Chapter Summaries

Yan Qingshan traveled through the ruins of the Ancient Heavenly Palace and reached the First Palace to find Mandala’s sleeping true body. He examined the spirit array protecting her and began reconstructing its full design.

• Yan Qingshan glimpsed Mandala’s true body, a damaged Mandala Flower resting on a lotus platform in the First Palace.
• Yan Qingshan identified the skeletons beneath the stone pillars as the power hubs of an array Mandala had left to protect her true body.
• Yan Qingshan crossed an azure sea and descended to the underwater First Palace, following the fragrance of the Mandala Flower.
• Yan Qingshan opened the stone door and entered the ruined plaza where Mandala’s true body rested.
• Yan Qingshan analyzed the lethal spirit array and completed a model of its structure.

Yan Qingshan retrieved Mandala’s sealed true body and a valuable blood-red lotus platform from the First Hall, then traveled to the Heavenly Emperor’s Mausoleum. He entered the shattered battlefield and sent a golden thunder dragon ahead to probe its depths.

• Yan Qingshan used the pitch-black leaf Mandala gave him to wrap up and retrieve her true body, then collected the blood-red lotus platform.
• Yan Qingshan left the First Hall and chose not to explore the rest of the Ancient Heavenly Palace because he lacked a disciple token and feared triggering its defenses.
• Yan Qingshan crossed the desolate mountain range and sensed the lingering powers of the Heavenly Emperor and the Demon Emperor.
• Yan Qingshan found the Heavenly Emperor’s Mausoleum, approached through its shattered space, and felt its pressure slow his spiritual energy.
• Yan Qingshan unleashed Thunder Dragon Descent and followed the golden dragon into the mausoleum.

Yan Qingshan exposed the Nine Corpse Heavenly Devil Emperor hidden beneath the Heavenly Emperor’s appearance and trapped him in a Heaven-Sealing Demon-Refining Grand Array. After beginning to refine the demon, Yan Qingshan burned away the black skull and revealed the Heavenly Emperor’s figure of light.

• Yan Qingshan reached the floating plaza and saw a green-robed figure standing over a crystal sword and a black skull.
• Yan Qingshan recognized the figure as the Nine Corpse Heavenly Devil Emperor in disguise and activated the Spirit Array he had prepared.
• Yan Qingshan’s array bound and refined the weakened demon, who pleaded and tried to tempt him with promises and a seductive transformation.
• Yan Qingshan used the flames to melt the black skull, revealing the Heavenly Emperor as a figure of light.

Yan Qingshan had the Heavenly Emperor erase the Sky-Devouring Demon Emperor’s consciousness, then harvested its remaining demonic souls to upgrade his Demon Slaying Token into a Demon Slaying King token worth twenty thousand points. The Heavenly Emperor recognized the token’s connection to the Immortal Great Emperor, and the chapter left Yan Qingshan with his rewards while the Outer Realm threat remained unresolved.

• The Heavenly Emperor praised Yan Qingshan’s unusual cultivation and identified how his powerful clones were constrained by his main body.
• Yan Qingshan asked the Heavenly Emperor to erase the Sky-Devouring Demon Emperor’s consciousness while preserving its remaining power and remnant soul.
• The Heavenly Emperor summoned the Heavenly Emperor Sword and destroyed the Sky-Devouring Demon Emperor’s consciousness, though its remaining power continued to be refined by the array.
• Yan Qingshan absorbed a strand of demonic qi into his Demon Slaying Token, upgrading it to a Demon Slaying King token, then absorbed a second remnant soul to earn twenty thousand Demon Slaying Points.
• Yan Qingshan explained the token’s connection to the Great Thousand Palace, and the Heavenly Emperor recalled his past rivalry with the Immortal Great Emperor.

Yan Qingshan received the Heavenly Emperor’s One Qi Transforms Three Pure Ones art and used the Heavenly Emperor Sword’s power to strengthen his avatars. After pushing them to the limit below the Heavenly Sovereign realm, he began breaking through and triggered the Heavenly Venerate Tribulation.

• The Heavenly Emperor offered Yan Qingshan his ultimate art and the Heavenly Emperor Sword, then took him to a heavenly river to pass on his cultivation insights.
• Yan Qingshan accepted the true spirit empowerment and used Intelligent Brain Dawn to process the One Qi Transforms Three Pure Ones formula and the Heavenly Emperor’s experience.
• The Heavenly Emperor used the Heavenly Emperor Sword’s remaining power to help Yan Qingshan’s two spiritual bodies break through their limits, and witnessed his main body’s Dragon-Phoenix Body.
• Yan Qingshan’s lightning and flame avatars reached the limit below the Heavenly Sovereign realm, with strength that surpassed ordinary Earth Sovereigns.
• Yan Qingshan broke through the Heavenly Sovereign barrier, causing black clouds to gather as the Heavenly Emperor identified the coming calamity as the Heavenly Venerate Tribulation.

Yan Qingshan’s lightning and flame clones survived their Heavenly Venerate tribulations, while his true body used the Heavenly River to overcome the water and meteor trials. As he prepared to break through in seclusion, the Demon Slaying Stele in Holy Abyss City named him a Demon Slaying King, shocking the Great Thousand Palace’s warriors.

• Yan Qingshan’s Lightning Path Clone absorbed the black tribulation lightning and grew more powerful.
• Yan Qingshan’s Heavenly Flame Clone refined the tribulation fire, adding a twenty-fourth color to its fire lotus.
• Yan Qingshan’s true body used Great River Sword Intent to overcome the tribulation water and destroy the black meteor.
• The Heavenly Emperor’s remnant will warned Yan Qingshan that his true body would face at least a fivefold Heavenly Venerate Tribulation when it advanced.
• The Demon Slaying Stele in Holy Abyss City displayed Yan Qingshan’s name as a Demon Slaying King, stunning the city’s Demon Slayers.

Yan Qingshan returned from the Ancient Heavenly Palace Ruins with the Heavenly Emperor Sword after the Great Thousand Palace recognized him as a Demon Slaying King, stirring shock across the Great Thousand World. Back in the Northern Realm, he reunited with the Immortal Fox Empress, Mandala, Ah Li, and Little Treasure, then revealed a powerful Mandala Flower for Mandala to merge with.

• The Demon Slaying Stele trembled twice and ranked Yan Qingshan as the Great Thousand Palace's foremost Demon Slaying King, prompting astonishment across the Great Thousand World.
• The Heavenly Sovereigns debated whether to recognize Yan Qingshan, then acknowledged his title despite uncertainty about how he had earned it.
• Yan Qingshan completed his avatars' spiritual energy transformation, received the Heavenly Emperor Sword from the Heavenly Emperor, and placed the Heavenly Emperor's remnant consciousness inside it.
• Yan Qingshan left the Ancient Heavenly Palace Ruins and returned to the Northern Realm, intending to use the ruins' emergence to ensnare the superpowers pursuing its inheritance.
• The Immortal Fox Empress, Mandala, Ah Li, and Little Treasure welcomed Yan Qingshan back, and he presented Mandala with an ancient Mandala Flower to merge with.

Mandala fused with the ancient Mandala Flower and became a Great Perfection Earth Sovereign, then reunited with the Heavenly Emperor’s spirit. After the Heavenly Emperor’s final projection vanished, Yan Qingshan prepared to use his breakthrough and inheritance to conquer the Northern Domain within three months.

• Mandala merged with the ancient Mandala Flower, becoming a Great Perfection Earth Sovereign and gaining a dark, powerful new form.
• Yan Qingshan showed Mandala the Heavenly Emperor Sword and summoned the Heavenly Emperor’s spiritual projection, allowing them to reunite.
• Yan Qingshan told the Immortal Fox Empress that he had obtained the Heavenly Emperor’s inheritance and reached the Heavenly Sovereign realm.
• The Immortal Fox Empress reported that the seven Northern Realm forces remained loyal and that their apparent conflict with her sect had deceived the Northern Domain’s overlords.
• Yan Qingshan ordered preparations for the army’s departure and declared that he would bring the Northern Domain under his control within three months.
• The Heavenly Emperor asked Yan Qingshan to continue developing One Qi Transforms Three Pure Ones, then faded away as Mandala and the others watched.

Yan Qingshan and the eight powers established the Azure Emperor Palace in the Divine City, drawing the three great overlords of the Northern Domain to the alliance ceremony. The unexpected name left the assembled factions wondering who stood behind the new alliance.

• The Immortal Fox Empress and the seven powers formed an alliance, prompting the three great overlords to attend its ceremony in the Divine City.
• Yan Qingshan told the Immortal Fox Empress that the three overlords stood in his way and that their arrival would save him trouble.
• The Immortal Fox Empress opened the ceremony as True Monarch Ziyun, Venerable Leiyin, and the Golden Eagle Emperor arrived and took their seats.
• True Monarch Ziyun identified Mandala as a Great Perfection Earth Sovereign, and Mandala broke the pressure released by the three overlords.
• The Immortal Fox Empress announced that the eight powers would form the Azure Emperor Palace, leaving the gathered factions confused about its name and backing.

Yan Qingshan appeared as the Azure Emperor, founded Azure Emperor Palace, and forced the Northern Domain’s three overlords to cede territory. The Palace rapidly unified the Northern Realm and expanded across the Northern Domain, while Yan Qingshan prepared to meet three Heavenly Sovereigns.

• Yan Qingshan appeared at the alliance ceremony, declared the founding of Azure Emperor Palace, and demanded that True Monarch Ziyun, Venerable Leiyin, and Golden Eagle Emperor surrender half the Northern Domain.
• Yan Qingshan stopped the three overlords from leaving and later summoned the Dragon Eagle Emperor, True Person Ziqi, and Venerate Lei to meet him at the Northern Realm Plains in three months.
• Azure Emperor Palace quickly pacified the Northern Realm and expanded into the Northern Domain as its factions seized territory and the old overlords ceded land.
• Within two months, Azure Emperor Palace controlled more than half the Northern Domain, drawing the attention of hegemonic factions and super factions across Heavenly Net Continent.

Yan Qingshan refined pills atop a lone peak in the Northern Realm Plains, drawing a Pill Tribulation that amazed the three Heavenly Sovereigns. The chapter ended as he refined the gathered thunderclouds into a pill within a vast, multicolored Flame Cauldron.

• True Person Ziqi, the Dragon Eagle Emperor, and Venerate Lei traveled to the Northern Realm Plains after learning that an unknown Azure Emperor threatened their interests.
• The three Heavenly Sovereigns discovered Yan Qingshan refining pills beneath gathering tribulation clouds and waited outside the lone peak rather than interfere.
• Yan Qingshan shaped scattered lightning into thunder creatures, impressing True Person Ziqi, Venerate Lei, and the Dragon Eagle Emperor with his mastery.
• A golden Nine-Headed Thunder Dragon appeared and devoured the lightning tribulation, leaving the three Heavenly Sovereigns stunned.
• Yan Qingshan spread twenty-four-colored flames across the sky and refined the thunderclouds into a Flame Cauldron, where a round pill began to form.

Yan Qingshan challenged the Dragon Eagle Emperor, True Person Ziqi, and Venerate Lei to test his strength before deciding whether to oppose his plans for the Heavenly Net Continent. He defeated the first two in turn and met Venerate Lei’s attack with the Great River Sword Intent.

• Yan Qingshan welcomed the three Heavenly Sovereigns and asked them to let him establish a Dao field on the Heavenly Net Continent, warning that they could be friends or enemies.
• The Dragon Eagle Emperor, True Person Ziqi, and Venerate Lei accepted Yan Qingshan’s challenge, and the Dragon Eagle Emperor attacked first with his Dragon Eagle Spirit Body.
• Yan Qingshan summoned a Nine Heavens Thunder Dragon and drove the Dragon Eagle Emperor back in their clash.
• True Person Ziqi attacked with Great Sun Purple Qi, but Yan Qingshan’s golden sun incinerated his purple qi river and shattered his purple sun, prompting Ziqi to concede.
• Venerate Lei attacked with the Tathagata Divine Palm, and Yan Qingshan countered with sword qi forming the Great River Sword Intent.

Yan Qingshan defeated the three Heavenly Sovereigns who contested the Northern Region, forcing their factions to withdraw and clearing the way for the Azure Emperor Palace to take control. He ordered the Palace to seize the whole region while planning to bring in reinforcements from the Dou Qi Continent for a future campaign.

• Venerate Lei conceded defeat and withdrew Thunder Sound Mountain from the Northern Region, followed by True Person Ziqi and the Dragon Eagle Emperor, who agreed to withdraw their factions as well.
• Yan Qingshan warned distant observers away, and the watching powers recognized the Azure Emperor Palace as a force that could not be provoked.
• Mandala confirmed that the Azure Emperor Palace had secured its foundation in the Northern Realm, and Yan Qingshan gave his subordinates one month to take over the entire Northern Region.
• The battle’s aftermath left the Azure Emperor Palace with a vast domain but too few experts to challenge the Heavenly Net Continent’s backing super sects directly.
• Yan Qingshan planned to use experts from the Dou Qi Continent to strengthen the Azure Emperor Palace and ordered it to seize the Northern Region during the power vacuum.

Yan Qingshan left the Northern Realm with Little Fox and Ah Li after the Immortal Fox Empress sent them with him, and arrived at the dangerous Holy Abyss Continent. The chapter ended with the three entering Holy Abyss City, where Yan Qingshan began their stay on the ancient battlefield.

• The Immortal Fox Empress caught Little Fox's private thoughts about competing for Yan Qingshan's favor, transformed her into human form, and joined Yan Qingshan in taking her to bed.
• Afterward, the Immortal Fox Empress asked Yan Qingshan to take Little Fox and Ah Li with him when he left, and he agreed.
• Yan Qingshan arrived on Holy Abyss Continent with Little Fox and Ah Li and reassured Little Fox about its harsh environment.
• Yan Qingshan brought Ah Li and Little Fox through Holy Abyss City's protective Spirit Array and entered the crowded city.

Yan Qingshan visited the Great Thousand Tower in Holy Abyss Ancient City to answer the Great Thousand Palace’s summons and spend his remaining demon slaying points. After exchanging points for treasures for himself and his companions, he rejected Lu Tong’s suggestion to visit the headquarters, leaving his place in the Great Thousand Palace unresolved.

• Yan Qingshan entered the Great Thousand Tower with Ah Li and Little Fox, and his glare drove away Earth Sovereigns who had been staring at Ah Li.
• Yan Qingshan met Lu Tong, who explained that the Great Thousand Palace would not grant him the full authority of a Demon Slaying King because his strength and standing were still limited.
• Yan Qingshan spent nearly five thousand demon slaying points on treasures, including a Myriad Wood Rejuvenation Body inheritance, charm techniques, and a God-Binding Whip for Mandala.
• Yan Qingshan exchanged more treasures for Ah Li and Little Fox before Lu Tong urged him to visit the Great Thousand Palace headquarters and meet its elders.
• Yan Qingshan refused Lu Tong’s suggestion, saying he had no interest in becoming the Great Thousand Palace’s Palace Master.

Yan Qingshan and Ah Li traveled to Futuo Continent after Elder Lu Tong invited them to the Futuo Ancient Clan’s Grand Martial Arts Gathering of All Lineages. They reached bustling Futuo City and set off to explore rather than wait in line for entry to the Futuo Realm.

• Elder Lu Tong invited Yan Qingshan to the gathering and introduced him to Qin Tian, a scarred-by-loss genius who continued slaughtering Fiend Clans in the Holy Abyss.
• Lu Tong gave Yan Qingshan a token and directed him to seek out an old friend in Futuo Ancient City.
• Yan Qingshan and Ah Li teleported to Futuo Continent and arrived at crowded Futuo City as powerful guests gathered for the gathering.
• Yan Qingshan saw that guests without invitations had to wait for Spirit Boats, so he chose to explore the city instead of waiting.
• The Little Fox ran ahead through the busy streets while Yan Qingshan and Ah Li followed.

Yan Qingshan and Ah Li met Old Immortal Chiyan in Futuo Ancient City and traveled with him to the Futuo Ancient Clan’s realm. Chiyan warned Yan Qingshan about the clan’s internal strife and introduced several promising young members, including the gifted Qing Yanjing.

• Yan Qingshan took Ah Li into a tavern, where Old Immortal Chiyan confronted him and invited him to join the Tailing Ancient Clan’s group traveling to the Futuo Realm.
• Old Immortal Chiyan brought Yan Qingshan and Ah Li aboard the Spirit Boat, which passed through the spatial gate into the Futuo Realm.
• Elder Xuanzun and other Futuo Ancient Clan elders received the group and escorted them to guest quarters.
• Old Immortal Chiyan explained that the Futuo Ancient Clan’s vacant leadership and rivalries among the Xuan, Mo, and Qing Lineages had made its internal situation dangerous.
• Yan Qingshan asked about the younger generation, and Old Immortal Chiyan named Xuan Guang, Mo Tong, Qing Tian, Qing Xuan, and the exceptionally talented Qing Yanjing.

Yan Qingshan attended the Futuo Ancient Clan’s Grand Martial Arts Gathering of All Lineages with Old Immortal Chiyan and the Tailing Ancient Clan. The gathering began with the appearance of Saint-grade Heavenly Sovereign Futuo Xuan, while Yan Qingshan watched the younger generation.

• Yan Qingshan discussed Qing Yanjing’s Eight Divine Veins with Old Immortal Chiyan, then joked about being introduced to the Qing sisters.
• Five days later, Yan Qingshan relaxed in the Futuo Ancient Clan’s courtyard with Ah Li and Little Fox before preparing to attend the gathering with Old Immortal Chiyan’s group.
• The Grand Martial Arts Gathering of All Lineages began as bells summoned guests to the Futuo Ancient Clan’s mountain venue.
• Futuo Xuan appeared above the main peak, and Yan Qingshan recognized him as a powerful Saint-grade Heavenly Sovereign.
• Old Immortal Chiyan explained Futuo Xuan’s role in suppressing the Futuo Ancient Clan’s internal conflicts, while Yan Qingshan turned his attention to the clan’s younger talents.

Yan Qingshan watched the Grand Martial Arts Gathering of All Lineages begin and learned how the Futuo Ancient Clan’s factional struggle over Elder Council seats worked. After identifying the clan’s rising talents and attracting Maha You’s hostility, he learned that Maha Tian was another young Heavenly Sovereign with Saint-grade potential.

• Futuo Xuan opened the gathering, and nineteen Heavenly Sovereigns took their places on the jade platforms to compete for Elder Council seats.
• Old Immortal Chiyan explained that the Qing, Xuan, and Mo Lineages controlled most of the seats and warned that their arena contest fueled dangerous infighting.
• Yan Qingshan studied the Futuo clan’s young talents, including Xuan Guang, Mo Tong, Qing Tian, Qing Xuan, and Qing Yanjing.
• Maha You glared at Yan Qingshan after noticing his attention to the Futuo sisters, and Old Immortal Chiyan identified Maha You and Maha Tian as members of the allied Maha Ancient Clan.
• Old Immortal Chiyan told Yan Qingshan that the clans were considering a marriage alliance between the Maha brothers and Qing Xuan and Qing Yanjing, while Yan Qingshan recognized Maha Tian’s rare achievement in reaching the Heavenly Sovereign realm.

Yan Qingshan watched the Futuo Ancient Clan’s gathering end without upheaval, then left for Ice Spirit Continent after hearing that an ascender from a lower realm had caused a disturbance. There he found his former student Lin Dong, who explained that Ying Huanhuan had fallen into a coma during their ascent and that he had brought her to the Ice Spirit Clan seeking a way to awaken her.

• Yan Qingshan observed the Futuo Ancient Clan’s lineages fight fiercely while preserving the balance of power, and declined Old Immortal Chiyan’s invitation to the celebration banquet.
• The Grand Martial Arts Gathering ended peacefully, and Yan Qingshan left the Futuo Ancient Clan after learning that a lower-realm ascender had caused a disturbance in the southwest.
• Yan Qingshan and Ah Li found Lin Dong on Ice Spirit Continent beside the ice coffin holding Ying Huanhuan.
• Lin Dong told Yan Qingshan that he had defeated the Demonic Emperor, helped Tianxuan Continent recover, and ascended with Ying Huanhuan.
• Lin Dong explained that a spatial storm damaged Ying Huanhuan’s divine soul during their ascent, so he had brought her to the Ice Spirit Clan in hopes of waking her.