Chapter Summaries

Mandala learned that Wei Chen had established himself as Dual Emperor City Lord and confirmed he carried the Sun Emperor's bloodline, then ordered the Great Luo Heaven Domain to protect his city. In the Western Region, Ji Xuan discovered Wei Chen's whereabouts and began planning to expand toward him.

• Mandala received reports about Wei Chen's strength and appearance, recognized his resemblance to Wei Yang, and suspected he was the Sun Emperor's descendant.
• Wei Chen won control of Dual Emperor City and Dual Emperor Ridge by defeating their previous ruler in a wager, then declared himself the Dual Emperor City Lord.
• Mandala secretly observed Wei Chen for three days, confirmed his Sun Emperor bloodline, and returned to order the Great Luo Heaven Domain to support him.
• Two hidden observers watched Mandala's movements, though she did not detect them.
• Ji Xuan learned Wei Chen was in the Northern Region and planned to expand his faction toward it before confronting him.

Wei Chen gained the Great Luo Heaven Domain’s support for his plans to seek fierce battles and expand Dual Emperor City. As the joint forces invaded the Hundred Battles Territory, Wei Chen fought several Lower Earth Sovereigns and found his strength rapidly growing through combat.

• Mandala told Wei Chen she supported him because he resembled someone who had once shown her great kindness, then promised the Great Luo Heaven Domain would back his plans.
• Mandala ordered the Great Luo Heaven Domain to support Wei Chen, and its experts eagerly prepared to expand while Wei Chen let them keep the captured territory and resources.
• Wei Chen and the Great Luo Heaven Domain launched a sudden invasion of the Hundred Battles Territory, quickly occupying nearly half its land.
• Wei Chen fought through bloody battles that helped unlock his potential and improve his combat strength.
• Wei Chen used his thousand-zhang Dharma Body and Bloodline Power to fight several Lower Earth Sovereigns without falling behind, exhilarated by the battle.

The Great Luo Heaven Domain’s expansion stalled into a war of attrition, during which Wei Chen grew stronger and matured through repeated battles. When news arrived that the Dragon Phoenix Secret Realm was opening, Wei Chen decided to enter it to pursue the chance to strengthen his physique.

• The Great Luo Heaven Domain annexed the Hundred Battles Territory, prompting Northern Territory powers to surround it and Dual Emperor City to curb further expansion.
• Wei Chen fought experts from numerous powers throughout the ensuing stalemate and advanced toward the Ninth Grade Sovereign realm while developing an iron-blooded temperament.
• The Northern Territory powers temporarily halted their conflict when the Dragon Phoenix Heaven was announced to be opening.
• Wei Chen recalled Aunt Zi Yan’s formidable Dragon-Phoenix Body and her history of beating him and other powerful figures.
• Wei Chen declared that he would go see the Dragon Phoenix Secret Realm.

Wei Chen rose to become the Northern Territory’s strongest young expert, helped the Great Luo Heaven Domain and Dual Emperor City unify the region, and spent nearly three years building Dual Emperor City into a formidable power. As his grandfather Wei Yang’s trial neared its end, Wei Chen stood at the Half-step Earth Sovereign level and hoped to break through before returning to the Heaven Burning Continent.

• Wei Chen gained the Dragon Phoenix Body, reached the Ninth Grade Sovereign Realm, and obtained the Dragon Phoenix True Scripture in the Dragon Phoenix Heaven Secret Realm.
• Wei Chen and Mandala swept through the Fallen Battlefield, where Wei Chen killed the newly demonized master of the Divine Pavilion, and the Great Luo Heaven Domain took control of the weakened Northern Territory powers.
• The Great Luo Heaven Domain and Dual Emperor City unified the Northern Territory, then halted their expansion to consolidate their rule.
• Nearly three years into his trial, Wei Chen sat in Dual Emperor City at the Half-step Earth Sovereign level and reflected on the powerful army and forces he had built.
• Wei Chen hoped to reach the Lower Earth Sovereign Realm before Wei Yang’s three-year trial period ended.

Wei Chen waited impatiently for the hidden opponent his grandfather had chosen to test him, while Wei Tong brought Lin Jing to Dual Emperor City and toured the city with her. After Lin Jing eagerly prepared to meet Wei Tong’s grandfather, the pair left without visiting Wei Chen, who remained unaware they had been there.

• Wei Chen wondered why his grandfather’s chosen opponent had not appeared and looked forward to fighting someone who could challenge him.
• Wei Tong explained Dual Emperor City’s history to Lin Jing as they strolled through its streets.
• Lin Jing said she admired Sun Emperor and eagerly asked Wei Tong to take her to meet him, then fretted over what gift and clothes to bring.
• Wei Tong declined to visit his younger brother Wei Chen, saying he did not want to interfere with his training.
• Wei Tong and Lin Jing left Dual Emperor City while Wei Chen remained unaware they had visited.

With the Ancient Heavenly Palace set to reappear in one month, Wei Chen learned it might hold the Immortal Golden Body inheritance and prepared to compete for it. Mandala revealed her connection to the palace and identified the Sacred Demon Palace’s master as the Heavenly Emperor’s former mount.

• News spread across the Heavenly Net Continent that the Ancient Heavenly Palace would reappear, and Mandala confirmed it would emerge in one month.
• Mandala warned Wei Chen that powerful experts might enter the palace and named Garuda, a Ninth Grade Sovereign who also cultivated the Great Sun Indestructible Body, as a likely rival.
• Mandala told Wei Chen that the palace contained the Heavenly Emperor’s complete Immortal Golden Body inheritance, and Wei Chen resolved to advance to the Lower Earth Sovereign realm before it appeared.
• Wei Chen asked about the Sacred Demon Palace, and Mandala revealed that she had been a Mandala Divine Flower planted by the Heavenly Emperor and that Lu Heng, its palace master, had once been the Heavenly Emperor’s mount.
• Wei Yang reacted with surprise to Mandala’s origins, and Mandala said Lord Sun Emperor already knew about them.

Wei Chen and Mandala arrived with their forces at the site where the Ancient Heavenly Palace was emerging, and Mandala revealed that her true body remained inside. She warned Wei Chen about a surviving remnant soul of the Heavenly Demon Emperor in the Heavenly Emperor Mausoleum, but he decided to enter and help her find her true body.

• Mandala condemned Lu Heng for abandoning the Heavenly Palace and said she would personally kill him, while Wei Chen offered his support.
• Wei Chen entered seclusion and broke through to the Lower Earth Sovereign realm before the Ancient Heavenly Palace began to emerge a month later.
• Wei Chen and Mandala led their Northern Territory forces to the palace ruins, where Mandala estimated that the palace would fully emerge in about ten days.
• Mandala told Wei Chen that her true body was still inside the Heavenly Palace and asked him to find it, warning him that the Heavenly Demon Emperor's remnant soul might be in the Heavenly Emperor Mausoleum.
• Wei Chen considered turning back but decided to enter, trusting the protective Jade Pendants and his grandfather's arrangements, and promised to help Mandala find her true body.

The Ancient Heavenly Palace emerged in the Far West, and Mandala and other Earth Sovereigns opened a passage through the deadly Space Storm for their followers. Wei Chen reached the palace gate, passed its trial with a Golden Dragon Jade Token, and entered the Heavenly Palace.

• Mandala, Wei Chen, and the Lower Earth Sovereigns joined forces to open a passage through the Space Storm, while independent cultivators who charged in alone died in large numbers.
• Wei Chen's group crossed the storm and arrived before the Ancient Heavenly Palace's towering gate.
• A cultivator passed the gate's trial and received a wolf-shaped jade token, revealing that the gate tested entrants before letting them through.
• Zhu Yan, Su Qingyin, and Garuda passed the trial and received Golden Dragon Jade Tokens.
• Wei Chen passed the gate's trial, received a Golden Dragon Jade Token, and entered the Heavenly Palace.

Wei Chen explored the Ancient Heavenly Palace, gained a perfect Heavenly River baptism, and recovered Mandala’s true body. At the Immortal Golden Body’s Inheritance Ground, he confronted Garuda and discovered that Ji Xuan had returned from the dead.

• Wei Chen parted ways with the Northern Territory group and set out to find the Heavenly Pool, Mandala’s true body, and the Immortal Golden Body’s inheritance.
• Wei Chen passed the Nine Prefectures trials, claimed the Li Fire Bell, and killed Zhu Yan when he tried to seize it.
• Wei Chen collected a hundred Heavenly River Crystals and received a perfect baptism, advancing closer to becoming an Upper Earth Sovereign.
• Wei Chen found and secured Mandala’s true body, the Ancient Mandala Divine Flower, after killing the Sacred Demon Palace’s Left Elder.
• Wei Chen encountered Garuda at the Immortal Golden Body’s Inheritance Ground and called out the person secretly following him.
• Ji Xuan appeared and told Wei Chen that he had revived after preserving a remnant soul.

Wei Chen realized Ji Xuan had been revived and trained as his opponent by Wei Chen’s grandfather, while Ji Xuan reacted with anger at being used as a whetstone. Ji Xuan killed Garuda and challenged Wei Chen to a fight to the death, and their evenly matched battle began.

• Wei Chen recognized Ji Xuan as the opponent his grandfather had arranged, and Ji Xuan realized he had been nurtured to serve as a whetstone.
• Ji Xuan struck Garuda with a palm attack and blasted him into mush.
• Ji Xuan challenged Wei Chen to decide victory, defeat, life, and death, and Wei Chen agreed.
• Ji Xuan and Wei Chen summoned their Great Sun Indestructible Body Dharma Bodies, revealing Ji Xuan’s Pale Gold Sun and Wei Chen’s Black Sun.
• The two Lower Earth Sovereigns fought fiercely with fists and techniques, injuring each other while learning from their shared cultivation.
• Ji Xuan vowed to repay the humiliation Wei Chen had dealt him in the Spirit Road, and Wei Chen replied that he would defeat him again.

Wei Chen gained the upper hand against Ji Xuan and, during their battle, entered a state of enlightenment that let him fuse Ten Directions Annihilation with his Great Sun Indestructible Body. He revealed his ten-black-sun ability and explained his confidence in challenging established techniques, but Ji Xuan charged at him, insisting the fight was not over.

• Wei Chen's deeper foundations gradually wore Ji Xuan down, though Ji Xuan refused to retreat and unleashed his Nine Suns Divine Ability.
• As they fought, Wei Chen drew insight from the Great Sun Indestructible Body, Nine Suns Indestructible Body, Ten Directions Annihilation, and Black Sun Calamity.
• Wei Chen emerged from his state of enlightenment and formed ten black suns around his Sovereign Body, creating a new ability he called Ten Suns... Ten Directions Annihilation.
• Ji Xuan questioned how Wei Chen had changed his Nine Suns Divine Ability, and Wei Chen said he had fused his family's inherited Ten Directions Annihilation into his Sovereign Body.
• Wei Chen told Ji Xuan that broad knowledge, vision, and courage set them apart, and revealed that his grandfather was a taboo who could rival the Immortal Emperor.
• Ji Xuan acknowledged the gap between them but charged at Wei Chen and demanded to face Ten Directions Annihilation.

Wei Chen defeated Ji Xuan with a weakened form of Ten Directions Annihilation, and Ji Xuan died after reflecting on his fate and his gratitude to his lord. Wei Chen then used Ji Xuan’s body to ignite the Inheritance Ground’s Divine Flame and advanced his Great Sun Indestructible Body into an Immortal Golden Body.

• Wei Chen struck Ji Xuan with the Black Sun Ring, shattering his Great Sun Undying Dharma Body and fatally wounding him.
• Ji Xuan asked about Ten Directions Annihilation, and Wei Chen explained that he had used only a weakened imitation of the divine ability.
• Ji Xuan questioned whether their fates would have changed if they had switched places, and Wei Chen said his inheritance came from his grandfather’s struggles.
• Ji Xuan died without resenting Wei Yang, whom he remembered as the light that had saved and guided him.
• Wei Chen paid his respects to Ji Xuan, used the origin of his Great Sun Indestructible Body to ignite the Divine Flame, and advanced his own body into an Immortal Golden Body.

After advancing to the Immortal Golden Body, Wei Chen arrived at the Heavenly Emperor Mausoleum, where Mandala reunited with the Ancient Mandala Divine Flower and confronted Lu Heng. Lu Heng revealed his alliance with the Outer Realm Demonic Tribe and disturbed a grave, and the chapter ended with a mysterious white-robed figure appearing.

• Wei Chen arrived at the Heavenly Emperor Mausoleum, where powerful experts had gathered, and gave Mandala a spatial treasure she had asked him to find.
• Mandala confronted Lu Heng, accusing him of betraying the Heavenly Emperor, then merged with the Ancient Mandala Divine Flower and reached Earth Sovereign Great Perfection.
• Mandala attacked Lu Heng, who blocked her vines and sent Demonic Energy into a graveyard deep within the mausoleum.
• Mandala accused Lu Heng of siding with the Outer Realm Demonic Tribe, and Lu Heng admitted he had fused with Demonic Energy to gain strength.
• An explosion erupted from the depths of the mausoleum, and a powerful white-robed figure appeared above the gathered experts.

A white-robed figure resembling the Heavenly Emperor massacred the tomb raiders and devoured their blood essence while Mandala and Wei Chen fled. Just as Wei Chen prepared to summon his grandfather, a mysterious Chaos-wreathed figure appeared and dispelled the Sword Qi.

• Mandala crushed the Jade Pendant Lord Sun Emperor had given her, but Wei Chen’s grandfather did not appear.
• The white-robed figure unleashed a storm of Sword Qi, killing many intruders and consuming their blood essence.
• The survivors fled as Lu Heng laughed and declared they would become the Heavenly Emperor’s blood food.
• Wei Chen stopped running and prepared to crush his protective Jade Pendant, while Mandala searched her ring and worried she had used the wrong one.
• A mysterious aura dissolved the Sword Qi, and a Chaos-wreathed figure appeared with the phantom of a Chaos Ancient Mirror.

Wei Yang arrived at the Heavenly Emperor Mausoleum and revealed that the white-clad Heavenly Emperor was actually the Nine Corpses Heavenly Demon Emperor. Nine Corpses tried to flee, but Wei Yang trapped him inside an illusory space, leaving him flying in circles as the onlookers watched.

• Wei Chen recognized the Chaos Void Mirror and realized that his grandfather Wei Yang had arrived, while Mandala welcomed the Sun Emperor.
• Wei Yang surveyed the mausoleum, identified the white-clad figure as a demon, and demanded to know why he had impersonated the Heavenly Emperor.
• The figure revealed his true form as the Nine Corpses Heavenly Demon Emperor and introduced himself to Wei Yang.
• Nine Corpses admitted that he could not defeat Wei Yang and attempted to escape, promising to return once he had recovered.
• Wei Yang used the Chaos Stone Mirror to trap Nine Corpses in an illusory spacetime, where he unknowingly flew in circles while the onlookers watched.

Wei Yang captured the weakened Nine Corpse Heavenly Demon Emperor inside his World in Hand ability and bound him, while the people in the Heavenly Emperor Mausoleum thanked him for saving them. He reunited with Mandala, whose delight turned to embarrassment when he remarked that she had not grown since they last met.

• Wei Yang shrank the Space Sphere containing Nine Corpse and explained that his World in Hand ability had trapped the demon emperor in a world of layered space.
• Nine Corpse realized he had been trapped, but Wei Yang silenced him and bound him with Void Secret Pattern Chains before storing the Space Sphere.
• Wei Yang dismissed Nine Corpse's threat that the Holy Heavenly Demon Emperor would retaliate and planned to wear him down before enslaving him.
• Mandala and the others bowed to Wei Yang and thanked him for subduing Nine Corpse and saving them.
• Wei Yang greeted Mandala and recalled meeting her as a little girl, making her blush when he pointed out that she still had not grown.

Wei Yang revealed Wei Chen as his grandson, praised his cultivation, and turned his attention to Lu Heng after discovering his attempt to flee. Mandala received permission to execute Lu Heng and absorbed him with her vines.

• Wei Chen greeted Wei Yang as his grandfather, shocking the assembled faction leaders.
• Wei Yang assessed Wei Chen’s cultivation, praised his foundation and Immortal Golden Body, and told him to return to his family after settling matters.
• Wei Yang spotted Lu Heng and crushed his bones and power with overwhelming force.
• Mandala asked Wei Yang to let her deal with Lu Heng, and he agreed.
• Mandala bound Lu Heng with dark vines that absorbed his blood until he disappeared.

After Mandala killed Lu Heng, the true Heavenly Emperor appeared from the sword embedded in the Nine Corpse Heavenly Demon Emperor’s remains and spoke with Wei Yang. The Heavenly Emperor offered Wei Yang his One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones, but Wei Yang declined, leaving the inheritance and Heavenly Emperor Sword to be passed on to a future successor.

• Mandala thanked Wei Yang after killing Lu Heng, and Wei Yang warned that the real master of the mausoleum was about to appear.
• The Heavenly Emperor emerged from the Heavenly Emperor Sword and recognized Mandala, whose joy turned to irritation when he said she had not grown up.
• Wei Yang greeted the Heavenly Emperor, who praised him and explained that he had sealed the Nine Corpse Heavenly Demon Emperor at the cost of his life but failed to destroy the demon completely.
• The Heavenly Emperor offered to pass his One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones to Wei Yang, but Wei Yang refused because it did not accord with his Dao.
• The Heavenly Emperor accepted Wei Yang’s refusal and planned to entrust him with the divine ability and Heavenly Emperor Sword so he could find a successor.

The Heavenly Emperor entrusted his remains and inheritance to Wei Yang, helped Mandala advance toward the Heavenly Sovereign realm, and then passed away. Afterward, Wei Yang told Wei Chen that the final operation of the Great Thousand Demon Slaying Array would launch the decisive battle against the Outer Realm Demonic Tribe.

• The Heavenly Emperor gave Wei Yang the Heavenly Emperor Sword and skeleton, entrusted Mandala to his care, and used his remaining strength to help her advance.
• Wei Yang gave Mandala a pill and sealed her in a Space Sphere so she could complete her breakthrough safely.
• The Heavenly Emperor disintegrated, and Wei Yang and the others solemnly bade him farewell.
• Wei Yang reminded Wei Chen that their generation must remember the sacrifices of the martyrs and declared his intent to wipe out the Outer Realm Demonic Tribe.
• Wei Yang told Wei Chen that the final operation of the Great Thousand Demon Slaying Array would be the decisive battle and urged him to become strong enough to join it.

The Luo Shen Tribe prepared for the Luo Shen Sacrifice, where Luo Li was expected to marry into the War God Palace, while Luo Tianshen hoped Wei Chen would come to save her. The Western Heaven War Emperor arrived after recounting how two mysterious Heavenly Sovereigns had kept him fighting for half a year.

• Luo Tianshen visited Luo Li as she practiced with the Luo Shen Sword and told her to prepare for the sacrifice and her marriage.
• Luo Li accepted that she would marry into the War God Palace, though she privately wondered whether Wei Chen would come.
• Guests gathered at the Luo Shen Palace, and Luo Tianshen anxiously watched the horizon for Wei Chen.
• The Western Heaven War Emperor arrived, checked the gathering for anything unusual, and recalled being ambushed by two Spirit Grade Peak Heavenly Sovereigns.
• The War Emperor recounted how the two men had bagged him, taken him to a remote sea, and dragged him into a half-year battle.