Chapter Summaries

Yan Qingshan used his violet-gold pillar to assert control of the Dragon-Phoenix Platform and challenged everyone to defeat him before advancing. After he effortlessly crushed Shi Xuan’s Dharma Body, several powerful experts joined forces to attack him, leaving their assault underway.

• Yan Qingshan told everyone on the platform to get down, while Immortal Fox Empress’s presence kept the other experts wary.
• Human Devil and the other powerful contestants tried to ascend, but Yan Qingshan sent them flying back with a wave of golden light.
• Shi Xuan attacked Yan Qingshan with his Evil Asura Dharma Body, but Yan Qingshan split it apart and knocked him from the platform.
• Yan Qingshan declared that he alone was acting and insulted the assembled experts, provoking them to prepare their attacks.
• Human Devil, the Underworld Prince, the Asura, and another expert unleashed their Dharma Bodies and divine abilities against Yan Qingshan.

Yan Qingshan defeated the experts blocking the Dragon-Phoenix Platform and climbed to the summit to claim the Dragon-Phoenix Inheritance. After reaching the forbidden tenth step, he awakened the Dragon-Phoenix Spirit and began absorbing the true dragon and true phoenix’s source essence blood.

• Yan Qingshan used the Dragon-Phoenix Bell to shatter the Sovereign Dharma Bodies of the experts opposing him and sweep them from the platform.
• The King Asura accepted defeat and asked Yan Qingshan for his name, and Yan Qingshan called himself the Azure Emperor before ascending.
• Yan Qingshan crossed the Dragon-Phoenix Platforms, received Dragon-Phoenix Essence Blood, and reached the golden altar at the summit.
• Yan Qingshan easily climbed the Dragon-Phoenix Staircase to its ninth step, then forced his way onto the legendary tenth step.
• Yan Qingshan released the Dragon-Phoenix Spirit Soul, triggering a pillar of golden light and a torrent of dark-golden essence blood that began cleansing his body.

Yan Qingshan claimed the Dragon-Phoenix Blood Bath and all ten inheritances on the Dragon-Phoenix Platform, obtaining the Dragon-Phoenix True Scripture. He shared the other nine inheritance treasures with the Immortal Fox Empress, then kissed her while Liu Ruofeng remained unconscious nearby.

• Yan Qingshan absorbed the Dragon-Phoenix Essence Blood, strengthening his Dragon-Phoenix Spirit Soul as the Dragon Scales and phoenix feathers appeared.
• Yan Qingshan ignored the rule allowing only one inheritance choice, seized all ten treasures, and suppressed Dragon-Phoenix Heaven's resistance.
• Yan Qingshan sent the other experts out of the secret realm and received the Dragon-Phoenix True Scripture from a dark golden bone.
• Yan Qingshan explained the inheritance to the Immortal Fox Empress and gave her the other nine dragon and phoenix treasures.
• The Immortal Fox Empress chose Yan Qingshan over the treasures, and they kissed while Ah Li and Little Fox watched; Liu Ruofeng lay unconscious nearby.

After leaving Dragon-Phoenix Heaven, Yan Qingshan and Immortal Fox Empress were confronted by the Divine Pavilion Lord, who demanded revenge for his slain Saint Son and claimed Yan Qingshan’s inheritance. Immortal Fox Empress badly wounded him, but the Underworld Heavenly Venerate and other rulers of the Northern Realm’s great powers arrived to intervene.

• Yan Qingshan led the group toward Dragon-Phoenix Ancient City to rest after they emerged from Dragon-Phoenix Heaven.
• The Divine Pavilion Lord confronted Immortal Fox Empress over the death of his Saint Son and demanded that Yan Qingshan surrender the inheritance.
• The Divine Pavilion Lord attacked Yan Qingshan, but Immortal Fox Empress intercepted his strike and blasted him away with a second blow.
• Immortal Fox Empress prepared to kill the injured Divine Pavilion Lord, who called for help as the Underworld Heavenly Venerate appeared.
• Liu Tiandao, the Myriad Saints Old Ancestor, the Demon Emperor, and Heavenly Serpent Old Ghost arrived and challenged Immortal Fox Empress.

Immortal Fox Empress faced the leaders of the seven great powers of the Northern Realm after entering Dragon-Phoenix Heaven, and revealed that she had reached the Upper Earth Sovereign realm. The Great Luo Domain Lord brokered a halt to the confrontation, leaving the Divine Pavilion responsible for resolving Immortal Fox Sect’s plans to develop the Immortal Fox Commerce Guild on the Heavenly Net Continent.

• The Great Luo Domain Lord arrived as the leaders of the seven great powers surrounded Immortal Fox Empress and Yan Qingshan's group.
• The Divine Pavilion Lord, Liu Tiandao, and the Underworld Palace Lord accused Immortal Fox Empress of killing their people and violating the Northern Realm's rules.
• Immortal Fox Empress revealed her Upper Earth Sovereign power, forcing the seven Sovereigns to recognize that they could not defeat her.
• The Demon Emperor questioned Immortal Fox Empress about her intentions, and she threatened to kill the Divine Pavilion Lord.
• The Great Luo Domain Lord urged both sides to withdraw, warning that their battle could affect Yan Qingshan's group.
• Immortal Fox Empress agreed to end the confrontation but demanded that the Divine Pavilion allow the Immortal Fox Sect to develop its Commerce Guild on the Heavenly Net Continent.

Yan Qingshan explained why he had held back against the Northern Realm forces and promised the Immortal Fox Empress that he would deal with them. He visited the Divine Pavilion Lord that night and demanded the Divine Pavilion submit, then set the Lord ablaze when he attacked.

• Yan Qingshan told the Immortal Fox Empress that he planned to divide and control the Northern Realm without alerting its three great powers.
• The Immortal Fox Empress questioned Yan Qingshan about Mandala, and he reassured her before leaving their residence.
• The Divine Pavilion Lord reflected on his failed bid for the Dragon-Phoenix Heaven inheritance and planned to seek a breakthrough at the next Fallen Battlefield.
• Yan Qingshan entered the Divine Pavilion Lord's chamber and demanded that the Divine Pavilion submit to him.
• The Divine Pavilion Lord attacked Yan Qingshan with his Ancient Star Dharma Body, but Yan Qingshan's invisible flames engulfed him.

Yan Qingshan forced the Divine Pavilion Lord into submission and sent him to lure Liu Tiandao and Underworld Heavenly Venerate into a trap. The two arrived at Dragon-Phoenix Ancient City, where Yan Qingshan revealed himself and stopped Underworld Heavenly Venerate’s divine halberd with lightning.

• Yan Qingshan tortured the Divine Pavilion Lord with lightning and fire, planted Lightning and Fire Seeds inside him, and made him serve while keeping the submission secret.
• The Divine Pavilion Lord told Yan Qingshan that Liu Tiandao and Underworld Heavenly Venerate remained in Dragon-Phoenix Ancient City and agreed to summon them.
• Liu Tiandao and Underworld Heavenly Venerate met at Dragon-Phoenix Villa, where the Immortal Fox Empress and the fully recovered Divine Pavilion Lord confronted them.
• The Divine Pavilion Lord revealed that he served the Immortal Fox Empress, and Liu Tiandao realized the Divine Pavilion Lord’s strength had grown.
• A mysterious heartbeat disrupted the two visitors, and Underworld Heavenly Venerate summoned the Underworld God-Slaying Halberd.
• Yan Qingshan appeared behind the Divine Pavilion Lord, caught the halberd with one hand, and sent golden lightning surging toward Underworld Heavenly Venerate.

Yan Qingshan used golden lightning and a mysterious flame to subdue Underworld Heavenly Venerate and Liu Tiandao, then heard their plans for bringing the Northern Realm under his control. The group began discussing how to draw out the remaining powers, while Great Luo Domain Lord Mandala remained a difficult target.

• Yan Qingshan's golden lightning overwhelmed Underworld Heavenly Venerate, while his flame suppressed Liu Tiandao's spiritual energy.
• Immortal Fox Empress revealed that Yan Qingshan had been far stronger than the Earth Sovereigns realized, and Liu Tiandao surrendered.
• Yan Qingshan's lightning tortured Underworld Heavenly Venerate until he submitted and addressed Yan Qingshan as Master.
• Liu Tiandao proposed joining the Profound Heaven Hall, Divine Pavilion, and Underworld Palace to seize control of the Northern Realm, and Yan Qingshan agreed while cautioning against causing a commotion.
• Liu Tiandao, Underworld Heavenly Venerate, and the Divine Pavilion Lord suggested ways to lure out their rivals, while the Divine Pavilion Lord warned that Mandala would be difficult to draw out.

Yan Qingshan planned to secretly bring several Northern Realm powers under his control while preparing to deal with the Great Luo Domain Lord. He then traveled to Great Luo Heaven with Ah Li and Little Fox, whose squabbling continued as they approached the domain’s headquarters.

• Liu Tiandao proposed that Heavenly Profound Hall and Underworld join forces to destroy the Great Luo Heaven Domain, but Yan Qingshan refused and assigned Divine Pavilion, Underworld, and Heavenly Profound to help the Empress secretly subdue the Demon Emperor, Wansheng, and Heavenly Serpent.
• Yan Qingshan and Immortal Fox Empress discussed the three leaders’ untrustworthiness and her jealousy over his plans to find Mandala; she told him that Ah Li and Little Fox would accompany him to Great Luo Heaven.
• Yan Qingshan arrived near Great Luo Heaven with Ah Li and Little Fox, who admired the floating headquarters and bickered over her sister’s attempts to steal their master’s attention.
• Yan Qingshan stopped Ah Li from bullying Little Fox, gently wiped the fox’s mouth, and looked toward Great Luo Heaven.

Yan Qingshan and Ah Li entered Great Luo Heaven to meet the three Emperors, presenting themselves as representatives of the Immortal Fox Sect. Yan Qingshan brought up the Great Luo Domain Lord’s appearance in the Dragon-Phoenix Mountain Range and began discussing the Immortal Fox Sect’s gains, leaving the three Emperors unsure of his purpose.

• Yan Qingshan and Ah Li presented the Immortal Fox Sect’s token at Great Luo Heaven’s gate and were admitted after the guards reported their visit.
• The three Emperors discussed the unexpected visit and wondered whether it was connected to the Great Luo Domain Lord’s actions in the Dragon-Phoenix Mountain Range.
• Yan Qingshan and Ah Li entered Great Luo Hall and greeted Heavenly Vulture Emperor, Spirit Eye Emperor, and Sleeping Emperor.
• Heavenly Vulture Emperor asked why the Immortal Fox Sect had come, and Yan Qingshan mentioned the Great Luo Domain Lord’s appearance in the Dragon-Phoenix Mountain Range.
• Yan Qingshan described the Immortal Fox Sect’s gains from Dragon-Phoenix Heaven, confusing the three Emperors about his intentions.

Yan Qingshan traded Dragon-Phoenix Essence Blood for access to the Great Luo Golden Pool, and the Great Luo Domain Lord approved the deal. After learning the pool would open in three days, Yan Qingshan flirted with Ah Li and teased Little Treasure before taking Ah Li to the inner chamber.

• Yan Qingshan offered Dragon-Phoenix Essence Blood to the Three Great Luo Emperors in exchange for places in the Great Luo Golden Pool.
• The Three Great Luo Emperors consulted the Great Luo Domain Lord, who approved opening the pool to Yan Qingshan's party.
• Ah Li told Yan Qingshan that the Heavenly Vulture Emperor had agreed to open the Great Luo Golden Pool exclusively for them in three days.
• Yan Qingshan teased Ah Li and Little Treasure, and Little Treasure fled after becoming embarrassed by her own words.
• Yan Qingshan carried Ah Li into the inner chamber, where she helped him undress at his request.

Yan Qingshan, Ah Li, and Little Fox entered the Great Luo Golden Pool to cultivate the Great Luo Golden Body, and Yan Qingshan descended far beyond the depth reached by ordinary cultivators. At the pool’s bottom, he found a mysterious little girl who had been resting on a golden platform and spoke to her with brazen confidence.

• The Heavenly Vulture Emperor warned Yan Qingshan, Ah Li, and Little Fox about the Great Luo Golden Pool’s crushing pressure before they entered.
• Little Fox insisted she counted as one of the three, then rushed into the pool first, followed by Yan Qingshan and Ah Li.
• Yan Qingshan’s Sovereign Dharma Body absorbed the pool’s golden energy as he descended rapidly, astonishing the Three Emperors watching his talisman.
• Yan Qingshan reached the deepest part of the pool and found a naked little girl lying on a golden platform.
• The little girl woke and confronted Yan Qingshan, who claimed the pressure was insignificant and that the Great Luo Golden Body would merely be an extra benefit.

At the bottom of the Great Luo Golden Pool, Yan Qingshan discovered that Mandala was injured and used his life energy to help her recover. Above, Little Fox, Ah Li, and Yan Qingshan emerged after cultivating the Great Luo Golden Body, leaving the Three Great Luo Emperors astonished by the outsiders’ success.

• Yan Qingshan explained that he wanted to exchange Dragon-Phoenix Essence Blood for access to the Great Luo Golden Pool, which would benefit Little Treasure and Ah Li.
• Mandala revealed her name and asked whether Yan Qingshan could resolve the hidden problem in her body; he used the Withered Glory Profound Light to test its effect.
• Yan Qingshan held Mandala and circulated his cultivation art, allowing her to absorb his life energy and suppress the injuries left by a past betrayal.
• The Three Great Luo Emperors watched Little Fox and Ah Li emerge from the pool after cultivating the Great Luo Golden Body.
• Yan Qingshan emerged from the pool in a golden Dharma Body formed entirely from spiritual energy, surprising the Three Great Luo Emperors.

After Yan Qingshan cultivated the Great Luo Golden Body, Mandala followed him to his room and displaced Little Fox in his arms. She slept beside him while absorbing his Life Force to suppress the Curse Power in her body, leaving Little Fox jealous and worried about losing her place with him.

• Yan Qingshan emerged from the Great Luo Golden Pool after cultivating the Great Luo Golden Body, and the Three Great Luo Emperors congratulated him.
• Little Fox caught Mandala entering Yan Qingshan's room, and Yan Qingshan introduced Mandala to her and Ah Li.
• Mandala restrained Little Fox, took her place in Yan Qingshan's arms, and asked him to hold her while she slept.
• Yan Qingshan held Mandala beneath the covers and circulated Life Force, which she absorbed to ease the hidden danger in her body.
• Ah Li took the furious Little Fox outside, where Little Fox complained that Mandala had stolen her bed and began to fear that Yan Qingshan preferred her.

Mandala's curse erupted, and Yan Qingshan used the Flame of Life to weaken it and restore her. He then exploited her weakened state and the flame's life force, leaving Mandala determined to repay him someday.

• Mandala's curse erupted into black thorns that drained her blood and vitality, and she warned Yan Qingshan to move away.
• Yan Qingshan used the Flame of Life to burn back the thorns and suppress the curse, revealing that his life force could weaken it during an eruption.
• Mandala accepted his help and explained that repeated treatments might weaken the curse enough for her to suppress it herself.
• Yan Qingshan revealed that he had guessed Mandala was the Great Luo Domain Lord, then used the Flame of Life and their intimacy to weaken the curse further.
• Yan Qingshan's life force caused Mandala's body to grow, and he took advantage of her weakened state; Mandala silently vowed to get even with him.

Yan Qingshan used the Demonic Emperor's Heart and the Flame of Life to draw the curse from Mandala's body and rip it out, leaving her weakened but free of the curse. He then took advantage of her recovery to tease and make advances on her again.

• Mandala accused Yan Qingshan of taking advantage of her while she was weak, and he teased her about how she had ended up in his bed.
• Yan Qingshan suppressed Mandala's resistance and used the Flame of Life to examine the curse in her body.
• Yan Qingshan brought out the Demonic Emperor's Heart, whose power of similar origin drew the weakened curse toward it.
• Yan Qingshan pulled the curse from Mandala as a black thornbush, leaving her coughing blood and badly weakened.
• Yan Qingshan teased Mandala and continued making advances while she let him tend to her without resisting.

Yan Qingshan reunited with Little Fox and Mandala as news spread of the Immortal Fox Empress’s rise to Upper Earth Sovereign and the Immortal Fox Sect’s expansion into the Northern Realm. As the Divine City branch’s opening ceremony approached, Yan Qingshan shared an intimate moment with the Immortal Fox Empress, which Ah Li interrupted.

• Little Fox waited outside Great Luo Peak for Yan Qingshan, then recognized Mandala by her scent and complained that he had left her behind.
• The Immortal Fox Empress’s victory over the Northern Realm’s seven major powers and the Immortal Fox Sect’s new Divine City branch drew attention across the region.
• The leaders of the seven major powers met before the ceremony, and Mandala challenged Liu Tiandao after he hinted that the Northern Domain’s three major powers were watching.
• Yan Qingshan helped the Immortal Fox Empress dress, but they began kissing and delayed her preparations for the auspicious hour.
• Ah Li called from outside, and the Immortal Fox Empress pushed her into Yan Qingshan’s arms and told her to serve him well.

The Immortal Fox Empress faced a tense assembly as the Northern Realm’s seven powers and the Northern Domain’s three hegemons assessed her new branch and her ambitions. After she revealed the power of her Spirit Array and warned the envoys not to interfere, they withdrew, leaving her position in the Northern Realm openly contested.

• Yan Qingshan told Ah Li that the Immortal Fox Empress was angry with him, then comforted Ah Li in the City Lord's Manor.
• The Immortal Fox Empress presided over the Immortal Fox Sect’s assembly as leaders of the Northern Realm’s seven major powers gathered in a tense show of force.
• Envoys from Purple Cloud Sect, Golden Eagle Manor, and Thunder Sound Mountain arrived together to probe whether the Immortal Fox Empress intended to expand into and unify the Northern Realm.
• Golden Eagle Manor’s envoy challenged the Immortal Fox Empress’s decision to establish a branch, and she accused the three hegemons of meddling in territory that was not theirs.
• The Immortal Fox Empress activated a Spirit Array and unleashed a spiritual energy storm, forcing the three envoys to acknowledge her warning before they departed.

Yan Qingshan rewarded the Northern Realm’s leaders and laid out a plan to deceive the Northern Domain’s three overlords while extending his influence. He then told Mandala and the Immortal Fox Empress about the Dou Qi Continent and used his victory over the Demonic Emperor to reassure them about the coming contest.

• Yan Qingshan gave divine pills to the six leaders of the Northern Realm’s major powers and ordered them to feign concern about the Immortal Fox Sect while secretly obstructing it.
• Yan Qingshan instructed the seven powers and the Immortal Fox Sect to stage controlled conflicts so the Northern Domain’s three overlords would believe they were divided.
• Mandala warned Yan Qingshan that the leaders might not truly submit, but he said his strength and restrictions would keep them under control.
• Yan Qingshan told Mandala and the Immortal Fox Empress how the Dou Qi Continent had been sealed after an ancient invasion by the Outer Realm Evil Race and how he became its first Azure Emperor in ages.
• The Immortal Fox Empress and Mandala questioned whether Yan Qingshan could contend with the three Quasi-Heavenly Sovereign overlords, and he cited the Demonic Emperor he had defeated to reassure them.

Yan Qingshan devised a way to reach the Ancient Heavenly Palace through Mandala’s connection to her true body, then entered the palace by exploiting a weakness in its formations. He left the others behind to guard their territories and arrived inside near the Fifth Hall.

• Yan Qingshan rejected the slow, conspicuous plan of using the Star Demon Suppressing Pagoda and revealed that he knew Mandala’s ancient identity.
• Yan Qingshan proposed using Mandala’s connection to her true body to open a temporary passage, but refused to let Mandala and Immortal Fox Empress accompany him.
• Yan Qingshan and the two women restored the connection between Mandala and her true body using the Bodhi Ancient Tree and the Flame of Life.
• Yan Qingshan followed Mandala’s soul fluctuations through the chaotic void to the Ancient Heavenly Palace and studied its formations with Intelligent Brain Dawn.
• When a void current weakened the formations, Yan Qingshan struck a weak point, slipped through the barrier, and teleported toward the Fifth Hall.