Chapter Summaries

Xiao Ming defeated Fire Spirit Old Ancestor’s avatar and secured compensation for the Fire Spirit Race’s offenses. He agreed to compete in the Fire Spirit Grand Ceremony one year later for the chance to claim the clan’s Sacred Fire.

• Fire Spirit Old Ancestor admitted defeat and crippled Huo Mo and Elder Yan, stripping Elder Yan of the Netherworld Earth Fire.
• Fire Spirit Old Ancestor gave Xiao Ming the Netherworld Earth Fire and promised him two billion Supreme Spirit Liquid.
• Unable to provide four more Spirit Fires, Fire Spirit Old Ancestor invited Xiao Ming to compete in the Fire Spirit Grand Ceremony for the clan’s flames, including its Sacred Fire.
• Xiao Ming accepted the invitation, took Huo Mo’s Storage Bag, and said he would visit the Fire Spirit Race in one year.
• Fire Spirit Old Ancestor departed with Huo Mo and Elder Yan.

Xiao Ming used Red Lotus Karmic Fire to punish the experts who had tried to rob him, then left the Merchant Continent with Qing Yanjing and Qing Tan. The group arrived at Heavenly Net Continent and reached Great Luo Heaven, where Xiao Ming remarked on the domain’s impressive headquarters.

• Xiao Ming unleashed Red Lotus Karmic Fire on the assembled experts, killing most of them and leaving only twenty percent alive, including Joyful Immortal.
• Xiao Ming spared the survivors and departed the Merchant Continent with Qing Yanjing and Qing Tan after they visited a trading house in Commerce City.
• The deaths and Xiao Ming’s emergence as a young Heavenly Sovereign stirred unrest among the Merchant Continent’s neighbors, and the name of the Heavenly Emperor spread.
• Xiao Ming, Qing Yanjing, and Qing Tan arrived at Heavenly Net Continent, a contested land whose Northern Realm included Great Luo Heaven.
• Xiao Ming looked over Great Luo Heaven’s floating headquarters and noted that it had some presence.

Xiao Ming explained why he had chosen the Great Luo Heaven Domain, including the Great Luo Domain Lord’s connection to the Ancient Heavenly Emperor, and led Qing Yanjing and Qing Tan toward its suspended stronghold. After he subdued the guards, a Nine Netherbird attacked him and ended up captured in his hand.

• Xiao Ming told Qing Yanjing that the Great Luo Domain Lord was an Ancient Mandala Flower raised by the Ancient Heavenly Emperor.
• Xiao Ming revealed that he had also chosen the Great Luo Heaven Domain because it was near the Hundred Battles Territory and the Thunder Demon Sect’s fragment of the Supreme Heart Demon Scripture.
• Xiao Ming, Qing Yanjing, and Qing Tan flew to the Great Luo Heaven and landed at its guarded entrance.
• Xiao Ming used a flash of multicolored flame to make the guards return to their posts without resisting.
• A Nine Netherbird attacked Xiao Ming, but he shrank and caught her; she struggled against him before demanding that he stop pawing at her.

Xiao Ming entered the Great Luo Heaven Domain and subdued Nine Nether and the Three Sovereigns, telling them he intended to incorporate their domain. After the Domain Lord Mandala appeared and attacked him, his counterattack revealed her petite form.

• Xiao Ming captured Nine Nether, learned her name, and made her lead him and two women to the Three Sovereigns.
• Xiao Ming entered the central hall and restrained the Heaven Vulture Sovereign, Spirit Eye Sovereign, and Sleeping Sovereign with a glance.
• Xiao Ming said he had come to incorporate the Great Luo Heaven Domain and ordered the Three Sovereigns to summon their Domain Lord.
• The Sleeping Sovereign crushed a jade slip, summoning Mandala through a spatial passage.
• Mandala attacked Xiao Ming with a forest of dark thorns, but he sent them flying back and dispelled the light hiding her appearance.

Xiao Ming revealed himself as a Heavenly Sovereign and brought Mandala under his command by promising to remove her curse and restore her true body. He began purging the curse with the Life Spirit Flame, leaving Mandala to absorb the remaining energy as she woke feeling relieved.

• Mandala investigated Xiao Ming's strength, recognized that she could not oppose him, and respectfully asked why he had come.
• Xiao Ming offered to bring the Great Luo Heaven Domain under his command in exchange for removing Mandala's curse and recovering her true body.
• Xiao Ming revealed his Heavenly Sovereign power, and Mandala immediately agreed to serve him.
• Xiao Ming touched Mandala's forehead with the Life Spirit Flame, burning away the cursed black thorns that erupted from her body.
• Xiao Ming left some Life Spirit Flame inside Mandala and told her to absorb it to finish clearing the curse and strengthen herself.
• Mandala leaned against Xiao Ming as the black mist dispersed, then opened her eyes feeling relief.

After Xiao Ming removed Mandala’s curse and raised her strength, he ordered her to unify the Northern Realm and entrusted Qing Tan to the Great Luo Golden Pond. Meanwhile, a mysterious visitor warned True Person Ziqi that Xiao Ming’s expansion threatened his territory, and Ziqi decided to act against that threat.

• Mandala discovered that her curse had vanished, her strength had advanced to Upper Earth Sovereign, and Xiao Ming assigned her to unify the Northern Realm within ten days.
• Xiao Ming sent Mandala and Qing Tan to the Great Luo Golden Pond, then asked Qing Yanjing to oversee the newly established Heavenly Court while he handled matters there.
• A black-mist-shrouded visitor entered the Ziyun Sect unseen and told True Person Ziqi that Xiao Ming had killed Venerable Ziyun and was expanding his power in the Northern Realm.
• True Person Ziqi realized Xiao Ming’s growth could threaten his holdings on the Heavenly Net Continent and decided to take action before losing territory.

Mandala lured six peak experts of the Northern Realm to Great Luo Heaven with a false promise of a Secret Realm, then revealed her overwhelming strength. She demanded that they submit or die, leaving their response undecided.

• Liu Tiandao, the Heavenly Serpent Elder, and four other Earth Sovereigns gathered at Great Luo Heaven after hearing of a Secret Realm that could offer a breakthrough to the Upper Earth Sovereign realm.
• Mandala appeared in her true form as a little girl, confirmed the Secret Realm story was fake, and provoked the assembled experts.
• The Divine Pavilion Master and the others threatened Mandala, so she attacked them with a vast finger of spiritual energy.
• Mandala emerged unscathed from the clash while the six Earth Sovereigns were wounded and their followers rushed toward the damaged hall.
• Mandala told the six experts to submit or die, forcing them to consider fighting her together.

Mandala defeated the Northern Realm’s Earth Sovereigns and forced them to submit, then reported the conquest to Xiao Ming. Xiao Ming praised her and said he would leave for a time.

• The Divine Pavilion Master and the other Earth Sovereigns attacked Mandala, but she destroyed the Divine Pavilion Master’s body and erased his soul.
• Mandala marked the remaining Earth Sovereigns with spiritual seals and ordered them to subdue all other Northern Realm forces within seven days.
• Mandala went to the Great Luo Golden Pond and reported to Xiao Ming that the Six Great Forces had been subdued.
• Xiao Ming praised Mandala and told her that he would leave for a time.

Xiao Ming left Mandala in charge of developing the Heavenly Court, giving her a cache of treasures and assigning Qing Jing to protect her. He prepared to travel to the Western Heaven Realm to search for his companions while Qing Tan continued cultivating in the Great Luo Golden Pond.

• Xiao Ming told Mandala that Qing Jing would remain to help the Heavenly Court and gave Mandala an ancient storage cauldron filled with treasures and Supreme Spirit Liquid.
• Mandala accepted the resources and left, while Qing Jing remarked on Xiao Ming's trust in her.
• Xiao Ming watched Qing Tan's Netherworld Sovereign Immortal Body absorb the Great Luo Golden Pond's golden liquid and asked Qing Jing to look after her.
• Xiao Ming told Qing Jing he was heading to the far west to find the companions separated from him during their journey to the Great Thousand World.

Qing Yanjing warned Xiao Ming about the undefeated Western Heaven War Emperor as he prepared to travel to the Extreme Western Lands. Meanwhile, Xiao Ming’s Heavenly Court unified the Northern Realm, and Xiao Ming eventually reached the vast Extreme Western Lands after a month of travel.

• Qing Yanjing told Xiao Ming that the Western Heaven War Emperor might challenge him, and Xiao Ming agreed to be careful.
• The seven major powers of the Northern Realm dissolved and joined together to establish the Heavenly Court under Xiao Ming as its Heavenly Emperor.
• Experts and smaller forces flocked to join the Heavenly Court, while the Heavenly Net Continent’s top powers took notice of its rise.
• Xiao Ming visited the Hundred Battles Territory, traveled through Heavenly Sun City’s teleportation array, and gathered intelligence as he crossed the Great Thousand World.
• After a month, Xiao Ming arrived in the Extreme Western Lands, a vast region filled with powerful factions, hidden clans, and rumors of the Outer Realm Evil Tribe.