Chapter Summaries

Yan Qingshan completed the Fire Spirit Tribe challenge by refining a true Imperial Pill, and Fire Spirit Ancestor accepted the tribe’s defeat and the loss of its spirit flames. Maha You challenged Yan Qingshan and unleashed the Maha Immeasurable Tribulation, but Yan Qingshan countered with a twenty-five-petal fire lotus as their attacks collided.

• Yan Qingshan used the Burning Heaven Spirit Flame to complete the Imperial Pill’s transformation, and Fire Spirit Ancestor acknowledged the Fire Spirit Tribe’s defeat.
• Yan Qingshan began taking the tribe’s inherited spirit flames, but Maha You objected on the Maha Ancient Clan’s behalf.
• Yan Qingshan dismissed Maha You’s threat, prompting Maha You to attack with a gemstone-like fist.
• Yan Qingshan’s Eight Desolations Annihilation Flame struck Maha You and knocked him to the ground despite his Maha Heavenly Bell.
• Maha You rose and unleashed the Maha Immeasurable Tribulation, while Yan Qingshan answered with a twenty-five-petal fire lotus; their attacks collided and tore open the sky.

Yan Qingshan defeated Maha You and claimed the Fire Spirit Tribe’s inherited spirit flames. He announced plans to establish a Fire Domain Dojo in the Burning Heaven Mountain Range, set to open in three months.

• Maha You’s Maha Immeasurable Tribulation failed to break Yan Qingshan’s fire lotus, and Yan Qingshan mocked him for relying on his clan and wasting his talent.
• Maha You merged his Heavenly Venerate Spirit Body with his Immortal Golden Body and launched another attack, but Yan Qingshan’s fire lotus shattered both and sent him crashing into the plaza.
• Fire Spirit Ancestor intervened to protect Maha You, and Yan Qingshan agreed not to implicate the Fire Spirit Tribe while claiming victory in their wager.
• Fire Spirit Ancestor accepted the defeat, and Yan Qingshan drew out and suppressed the tribe’s inherited spirit flames.
• Yan Qingshan announced that he would establish the Fire Domain Dojo in the Burning Heaven Mountain Range and open it to cultivators in three months.

After Yan Qingshan’s clash with Maha You stirred rumors across the Great Thousand World, Maha Tian decided the Maha Ancient Clan would delay confronting the Flame Emperor until he had received the clan’s inheritance and attempted to break through to Saint-grade. Both sides remained publicly silent as outside forces watched the tensions continue to build.

• News of Yan Qingshan’s actions spread from the Fire Spirit Continent throughout the Northern Domain and beyond.
• Maha Tian confronted Maha You, accusing him of provoking the Flame Emperor and worsening the Maha Ancient Clan’s reputation.
• Maha Tian said the clan would suppress the rumors and postpone action until he received the final inheritance and attempted a breakthrough to Saint-grade.
• Maha Tian ordered Maha You to enter seclusion and instructed elders to investigate the Flame Emperor’s origins and abilities.
• The Maha Ancient Clan and the Flame Emperor made no public response, while other forces continued watching and stoking the brewing turmoil.

Yan Qingshan received seven rare ancient divine beast essence bloods from the Phoenix Clan and planned how to counter the Maha Ancient Clan without drawing suspicion. After arranging for Super Divine Beast allies to guard the Burning Heaven Mountain Range, he began refining Bi Fang’s essence blood.

• The Phoenix Maiden delivered seven Saint-grade essence bloods selected by the Phoenix King, including blood from the Ancient Candle Dragon, Hou, Huo Dou, Bi Fang, the Great Sun Golden Crow, the Qilin, the Fire Kirin, and the Southern Bright Vermilion Bird.
• Yan Qingshan and the Phoenix Maiden discussed Maha Tian’s investigation and the threat he might pose after receiving the Maha Ancient Clan’s inheritance.
• Yan Qingshan asked the Phoenix Maiden to recruit young Super Divine Beast experts by offering them the Burning Heaven Spirit Flame to temper their bloodlines in exchange for guarding his mountain range.
• After the Phoenix Maiden left to make arrangements, Yan Qingshan seized Bi Fang’s essence-blood manifestation and began refining it with his Flame Emperor Spirit Body.

Yan Qingshan left the Burning Heaven dojo to seek the Ancient Undying Bird’s essence blood for the ninth revolution of the Nine Revolutions to Saint Art. He reached the ruined Divine Beast Origin and entered its desolate landscape, where the story leaves him beginning his search.

• Yan Qingshan judged that he was close to breaking through to the Saint grade but chose to seek the final essence blood before completing his cultivation.
• Yan Qingshan visited Phoenix Maiden and learned that the Burning Heaven dojo was stable while the Maha Ancient Clan remained restrained.
• Yan Qingshan told Phoenix Maiden he needed the Ancient Undying Bird’s essence blood and planned to find it in the Divine Beast Origin.
• Yan Qingshan crossed the turbulent void, found Blood Spirit Mud among the asteroids, and reached the ancient Divine Beast Origin.
• Yan Qingshan saw the vast palm-shaped crater and bowed before the four limbs of the Sky-Devouring Divine Turtle, then descended into the ruined land.

Yan Qingshan fought through the beast spirits of the Myriad Beasts Mausoleum and discovered the route to the Divine Mausoleum Garden, where a powerful Spirit Array guarded the inner region. After purifying beast hearts to open a passage, he entered the garden.

• Yan Qingshan entered the Myriad Beasts Mausoleum and used the Netherworld Poison Flame to absorb its deathly energy.
• He burned through waves of beast spirits with the Fallen Heart Flame, absorbing their soul energy and memory fragments until he located the Divine Beast Garden.
• Yan Qingshan reached the dark-red battlefield and recognized that an Ancient Undying Bird was likely buried within the Divine Mausoleum Garden.
• He entered the garden and destroyed more than ten thousand beast spirits as he flew toward the Spirit Array.
• Yan Qingshan fed purified Beast Spirit Hearts into the Spirit Array, opened a fissure in its light screen, and stepped into the inner region.

Yan Qingshan passed the three Beast Venerables’ inheritance trials and obtained their Inheritance Blood Essence, awakening the spirits that guarded the altar. A Demonic Face emerged and threatened the weakened seal, but the Beast Venerables recognized Yan Qingshan as a Heavenly Sovereign and asked about his bloodline.

• Yan Qingshan crossed the blood-red inner region and found the altar bearing statues of the Ancient Undying Bird, Myriad Spirit Bird, and Ancient Desolate Beast.
• Yan Qingshan endured the three statues’ inheritance trials and received a blood crystal from each Beast Venerable.
• A Demonic Face rose from the ground, spewed evil black mist at the altar, and announced that the seal had loosened ahead of time.
• The three Beast Venerables manifested as illusory figures and discussed how the seal had weakened after the Inheritance Blood Essence was taken.
• Yan Qingshan calmly challenged the Demonic Face, and the Beast Venerables sensed his Heavenly Sovereign aura.
• The Undying Bird spirit asked Yan Qingshan whether he belonged to the Phoenix Clan because his bloodline resonated with hers.

Yan Qingshan destroyed the Demonic Face with the Fallen Heart Flame and negotiated with the three Beast Venerates for Divine Beast blood essence. After they showed him the Divine Sea containing the gathered blood essence of fallen experts, he collected it and left the Divine Beast Origin.

• Yan Qingshan burned away the Demonic Face with the Fallen Heart Flame, annihilating the remnant souls of five Demon Emperors.
• Yan Qingshan returned the three Beast Venerates’ Inheritance Blood Essence and asked to take their remaining blood essence to cultivate the Nine Revolutions to Saint Art.
• The Undying Bird Venerate and the other Beast Venerates agreed and brought Yan Qingshan to a crimson Divine Sea filled with the blood essence of fallen Divine Beasts.
• The three Beast Venerates explained how the Outer Realm Evil Race had tried to use the Divine Beasts’ blood essence to revive, and how the Venerates had turned that scheme against them.
• Yan Qingshan collected the Divine Sea’s blood essence and left the Divine Beast Origin, leaving the Beast Venerates’ inheritances for them to pass on.

Yan Qingshan completed the Nine Revolutions to Saint Art and organized the migration of the Dou Qi Continent’s major forces to build the Endless Fire Domain. After assigning the Yan and Yao Clans their territories, he introduced Yao Ling and Feng Qing'er to Kong Xuan and Phoenix Maiden, leaving the four women together in the hall.

• Yan Qingshan absorbed the last trace of the Burning Heaven Spirit Flame and completed the Nine Revolutions to Saint Art.
• Yan Qingshan met Yan Jin and Yao Dan, who reported on the migration of the Dou Qi Continent’s elite forces into the Great Thousand World.
• Yan Qingshan explained his plans to establish the Endless Fire Domain and prepare his forces for a possible war with the Maha Ancient Clan.
• Yan Qingshan assigned the northern region of the Burning Heaven Mountain Range to the Yao Clan and the southern region to the Yan Clan.
• Kong Xuan teased Yan Qingshan about introducing Yao Ling and Feng Qing'er, and he introduced them to Kong Xuan and Phoenix Maiden.

Yan Qingshan learned that the Heavenly Net Alliance was obstructing the Azure Emperor Palace and ordered a campaign to destroy it, while Mandala set out to confront Lu Heng. The Northern Domain mobilized for war, and Mandala arrived at the Holy Demon Palace to call Lu Heng out.

• Feng Qing'er explained the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s bloodline to the Phoenix Maiden as Kong Xuan teased Yan Qingshan about his ties to the Yan Clan and his relationships with women.
• The Immortal Fox Empress reported that the Heavenly Net Alliance, led by five super factions, was suppressing the Azure Emperor Palace and limiting its income and expansion.
• Yan Qingshan ordered Gu Yuan to prepare the Black Annihilation Army and directed the Northern Realm’s forces to provoke the alliance while mobilizing in secret.
• Yan Qingshan assigned Mandala to confront Lu Heng and announced that the Azure Emperor Palace would become the Azure Heaven Imperial Court.
• Mandala arrived above the Holy Demon Palace and demanded that Lu Heng come out, and Lu Heng appeared to ask what misunderstanding had brought her there.

Mandala confronted Lu Heng over his betrayal during the invasion of the Ancient Heavenly Palace and overwhelmed him with her recovered power. Lu Heng revealed his Ancient Blood Dragon form, but Mandala continued driving him into the ground.

• Mandala appeared above Holy Demon Palace and accused Lu Heng of abandoning the Heavenly Emperor and ambushing her during the invasion of the Outer Realm Evil Race.
• Lu Heng unleashed his Upper Earth Sovereign power and attacked Mandala, but her Mandala Divine Flower dissolved his strike.
• Mandala displayed Great Perfection Earth Sovereign power and launched a devastating attack at Lu Heng.
• Lu Heng revealed his Ancient Blood Dragon form and fought back with a star-shaped attack, which Mandala split apart with a single petal.
• Mandala’s aura reached the Quasi-Heavenly Sovereign level, and she repeatedly slammed Lu Heng into the ground until his scales cracked and he was in dire condition.

Mandala’s attempt to kill Lu Heng was obstructed by Ghost Spirit True Monarch and other Heavenly Net Alliance powerhouses, giving Lu Heng the chance to become demonized. Mandala revealed a Demon Slaying Decree against Lu Heng and the Alliance, while Azure Emperor Palace’s fleet arrived to enforce it.

• Ghost Spirit True Monarch intervened to protect Lu Heng, and he and Lu Heng fought Mandala together.
• Several Heavenly Net Alliance Earth Sovereigns joined the battle, forcing Mandala to retreat and accuse them of shielding Lu Heng.
• Lu Heng became a frenzied Ancient Demonic Dragon and devoured several Lower Earth Sovereigns.
• Mandala showed her Demon Slaying Token and declared Lu Heng an Outer Realm Evil Race spy, ordering a search of the Heavenly Net Continent and the execution of resisting Alliance members.
• Azure Emperor Palace’s warships appeared above Holy Demon Palace, leaving Ghost Spirit True Monarch and the Alliance powerhouses pale and scrambling for a way out.

Azure Emperor Palace’s demon-purging campaign swept across the Heavenly Net Continent after Lu Heng was exposed and killed, while the fleeing Ghost Spirit True Monarch and the Heavenly Net Alliance became targets of suspicion. The campaign ended in a temporary standoff with the alliance’s reorganized forces, as Immortal Fox Empress brought Yan Qingshan a ball of spiritual light.

• The Earth Sovereigns fled as the Black Annihilation Army sealed space and pursued them, while Mandala bound Lu Heng and destroyed his body and soul.
• Azure Emperor Palace publicized proof that Lu Heng was an Outer Realm Evil Race spy, and the resulting suspicions weakened the Heavenly Net Alliance and its allies.
• Azure Emperor Palace’s army took control of the Southern Region, and the Great Xia Dynasty was annihilated after resisting the demon-purging order.
• Most former Holy Demon Palace forces surrendered, while the five super factions retreated and gathered the Heavenly Net Alliance’s remaining forces into a defensive line.
• The two armies entered a temporary standoff, and Immortal Fox Empress arrived to give Yan Qingshan a ball of spiritual light.

Yan Qingshan accepted the Heavenly Net Alliance’s invitation to a meeting and prepared to confront its leaders as the Alliance gathered in Heavenly Net City. The five alliance giants assembled before the meeting began, while the continent watched to see whether they could halt the Azure Emperor Palace’s expansion.

• The Immortal Fox Empress told Yan Qingshan that the five giants of the Heavenly Net Alliance had invited him to a meeting in Heavenly Net City, and he decided to meet their challenge.
• News of the meeting spread as the Azure Emperor Palace controlled sixty percent of the Heavenly Net Continent and the Heavenly Net Alliance held most of the rest.
• Old Ancestor Danyang, Venerate Zilei, the Ghost Emperor, and two other leaders debated how to respond to Yan Qingshan’s advance, with most favoring a quick end to the conflict.
• The Ghost Emperor agreed to seek a favorable position before deciding whether to continue fighting, despite privately considering how to draw his allies back into the conflict.
• Experts and factions gathered at the White Jade Plaza in Heavenly Net City, where the five Immortal-grade leaders took their seats on Golden Thrones.

Yan Qingshan confronted the five leaders of the Heavenly Net Alliance at their meeting and rejected their demand to end the conflict, ordering them to leave the continent. After the alliance’s fighters attacked, he swiftly seized Venerate Zilei and prepared to face the remaining leaders.

• Four warships surrounded Heavenly Net City, and Yan Qingshan appeared above the plaza with Xiao Yi Xian, Medusa, Qingling, Gu Yuan, and Gu Xun'er.
• Old Ancestor Danyang asked Yan Qingshan to cease the fighting, but Yan ordered the alliance to leave the Heavenly Net Continent within one day.
• Three Spirit-grade Heavenly Sovereigns attacked, and Xiao Yi Xian trapped them in poisonous mist.
• Venerate Zilei attacked Xiao Yi Xian, but Yan Qingshan blocked him, shattered his arm, and seized him by the throat.
• Ghost Emperor and three other alliance leaders manifested their spirit bodies, and Yan Qingshan threw Venerate Zilei aside and signaled Xiao Yi Xian to withdraw.

Yan Qingshan effortlessly defeated the Ghost Emperor and the other Immortal-grade Heavenly Sovereigns, even reflecting their bone mirror’s combined attack back at them. The five attackers were left severely injured in craters across the White Jade Plaza.

• The Ghost Emperor, Old Ancestor Danyang, the White Tiger King, and the Youxuan City Lord attacked Yan Qingshan together, but his Azure Divine Vine absorbed their assault without harm.
• The four summoned their Sovereign Dharma Aspects, but Yan Qingshan shattered three of them and destroyed the White Tiger King’s aspect with his vine.
• The Ghost Emperor revealed the Ancient God-Merging Mirror and joined with Old Ancestor Danyang, the Youxuan City Lord, the White Tiger King, and Venerate Zilei to channel their spiritual energy into it.
• The mirror fired a compressed silver beam that annihilated Yan Qingshan’s vine, but Yan Qingshan caught the beam unharmed and sent it back toward the five attackers.
• The Ghost Emperor and the other four fled, but the reflected beam exploded around them and left all five severely injured.

Yan Qingshan defeated the five powers contesting the Heavenly Net Continent, used his Demon Slaying King authority to exile Ghost Emperor and Venerate Zilei to the Holy Abyss, and forced the remaining leaders to pay compensation and withdraw. His demon-slaying record gave him the standing to bring the continent under his control, while the other factions faced a three-hour deadline to leave.

• Yan Qingshan spared the defeated five leaders but shortened their withdrawal deadline to half a day and demanded payment for their defeat.
• Yan Qingshan revealed five demonic souls and absorbed them into his Demon Slaying Token for thirty thousand Demon Slaying Points, warning the leaders that he could kill them.
• Yan Qingshan seized Ghost Emperor and Venerate Zilei and exiled them, along with three Spirit-grade Heavenly Sovereigns, to the Holy Abyss, ordering the Purple Lightning Immortal Sect and Spirit Ghost Gate to remain there until they slew enough demons.
• Yan Qingshan ordered Old Ancestor Danyang, White Tiger King, and the Youxuan City Lord to leave within three hours and pay ten billion Sovereign Spirit Liquid or equivalent treasures.
• White Tiger King and the Youxuan City Lord handed over Cosmic Bracelets containing their wealth, while Yan Qingshan's demon-slaying achievements strengthened his claim to the Heavenly Net Continent.

Yan Qingshan founded the Azure Heaven Imperial Court and secured its rule over the Heavenly Net Continent. In Holy Abyss City, the Demon Slaying Stele announced another Devil Emperor’s death, then flashed with golden light again.

• Old Ancestor Danyang traded an ancient Mandala Flower’s remains and other treasures to settle his debt, and Yan Qingshan gave him and the other two faction leaders one hour to leave.
• Yan Qingshan declared the founding of the Azure Heaven Imperial Court, and factions across the Heavenly Net Continent acknowledged him as supreme.
• Factions flocked to submit to the new court, which screened applicants and began consolidating control of the continent.
• In Holy Abyss City, Qin Tian urged the War Emperor to explore the Holy Abyss together, but the War Emperor refused until he could grow strong enough to kill ten Devil Emperors and confront his enemies.
• The Demon Slaying Stele flashed to signal another Devil Emperor’s death, which the gathered Demon Slayers attributed to Yan Qingshan; it then erupted with golden light once more.

Yan Qingshan’s five Demon Emperor kills and exile of five Heavenly Sovereigns shocked the Great Thousand World, while the War Emperor brooded over his defeat and seal. The chapter ends with Maha Tian emerging as a Saint-grade Heavenly Sovereign and setting up an impending clash between the Maha Ancient Clan and the Endless Fire Domain.

• Yan Qingshan’s name flashed across the Demon Slaying Stele after he killed four Emperor Xuanmo and one Heavenly Demon Emperor, earning thirty thousand Demon Slaying Points.
• The War Emperor recalled Yan Qingshan’s seal and his own defeat by Yan Qingshan’s disciple, the Martial Ancestor, and despaired of getting revenge.
• Yan Qingshan exiled five Heavenly Sovereigns from Spirit Ghost Gate and Purple Lightning Immortal Sect to Holy Abyss, prompting Lu Tong to plan how to handle them.
• The Great Thousand World reacted to the Azure Heaven Imperial Court’s rise, Yan Qingshan’s Demon Emperor kills, and the exiles.
• Maha Tian emerged from seclusion after breaking through to Saint-grade Heavenly Sovereign and chose the Endless Fire Domain as the target for his show of strength.

Maha Tian broke through to the Saint-grade Heavenly Sovereign realm and decided to target Yan Qingshan’s Endless Fire Domain after hearing reports about the Flame Emperor. Yan Qingshan learned that the Maha Ancient Clan demanded his domain submit and pay tribute, and prepared to face its next move.

• Maha Tian broke through to the Saint-grade Heavenly Sovereign realm, and Maha You briefed him on the Great Thousand World’s recent events.
• Maha Tian ruled out a marriage alliance with Qing Yanjing and decided the Maha Ancient Clan would avoid acting against the Azure Emperor Palace for now.
• Maha You reported Yan Qingshan’s ties to the Phoenix Clan and his role in thwarting the Maha Ancient Clan’s operations, so Maha Tian ordered the Grand Elder to deliver a message to the Endless Fire Domain.
• Yan Qingshan’s avatar returned from the Mountains and Seas Continent after helping make him the successor to the next Empress Phoenix King.
• Yan Qingshan gathered the Endless Fire Domain’s experts and learned that the Maha Ancient Clan had demanded submission and tribute, prompting him to consider its coming envoy.