Chapter Summaries

At the Northern Spiritual Academy, Lu Chen defeated Mu Chen and two other students, then explained his self-created Vibration Fist. A Future Life Simulator appeared in his mind, but Lu Chen chose not to start it and headed home.

• Lu Chen easily fought off Mu Chen and two other students, revealing that he had reached the peak of the Spirit Wheel Realm.
• Mu Chen asked about the technique behind Lu Chen’s punch, and Lu Chen named it the Vibration Fist and offered to trade it for a spiritual art or a Divine Soul Pill.
• Lu Chen discussed how spiritual arts worked and decided to return to his residence to cultivate toward the Divine Soul Stage.
• The Future Life Simulator announced that it had bound itself to Lu Chen and offered him one simulation attempt.
• Lu Chen declined to start the simulation and continued toward his residence.

Lu Chen used the Future Life Simulator and chose the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame from the future items it offered. A month later, he entered the Black Underworld Abyss to test a bold idea, where he killed a Black Nether Serpent and continued deeper.

• Lu Chen simulated a future in which he joined the Endless Fire Territory, cultivated the Flame Mantra, and died fighting the Extraterritorial Evil Clan.
• Lu Chen rejected the Flame Mantra and Heavenly Flame Celestial Body cultivation method, choosing the sealed Myriad Beast Spirit Flame instead.
• Lu Chen developed a bold idea involving the flame and traveled to the Black Underworld Abyss a month later.
• Lu Chen entered the poisonous forbidden land protected by an Antidote Pill, a homemade gas mask, and his Flame Manipulation Art.
• Lu Chen killed a Black Nether Serpent with Vibration Fist, realized he had neglected to bring repellent powder, and continued onward after applying some.

Lu Chen reached the Nine Netherbird's resting place in the Black Underworld Abyss and offered Jiuyou the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame and a Supreme Dharma Body cultivation method in exchange for her help. Jiuyou accepted, agreeing to help him evolve his spirit flame and backing his ambitions.

• Lu Chen entered a bone-strewn black basin and found the Nine Netherbird's hidden egg inside a shattered boulder.
• Lu Chen introduced himself to Jiuyou and said he had come to help her evolve.
• Jiuyou examined the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame and recognized it as a potent tonic.
• Lu Chen showed Jiuyou the Heavenly Flame Celestial Body cultivation method and claimed it came from his family inheritance.
• Lu Chen offered both treasures without asking for anything beyond a chance to see a broader world.
• Jiuyou laughed, said Lu Chen suited her taste, and promised to help him.

Lu Chen watched Jiuyou endure her divine beast tribulation and emerge as a Nine Netherworld Sparrow. After she revealed her identity as the Nine Netherbird Clan’s Young Clan Leader, she invited him to travel with her to Tianluo Continent, and he eagerly agreed.

• Lu Chen watched Jiuyou absorb the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame and face a fierce lightning tribulation as a Nine Netherbird.
• Jiuyou defeated the final strike and revealed her enormous violet Nine Netherworld Sparrow form before transforming into a woman.
• Jiuyou told Lu Chen to call her Sister Jiuyou and promised to protect him.
• Jiuyou explained that Tianluo Continent was a prosperous super continent and that she was the Young Clan Leader of the Nine Netherbird Clan.
• Jiuyou invited Lu Chen to accompany her to a top-tier power in Tianluo Continent’s Northern Domain, and Lu Chen accepted.

Lu Chen began cultivating the dangerous Flame Mantra by devouring Jiuyou’s Undying Fire in an attempt to create spiritual meridians. As the flames overwhelmed his qi sea and clouded his mind, Jiuyou prepared to intervene with a mysterious purple pattern.

• Lu Chen insisted on cultivating the Flame Mantra, and Jiuyou warned him that devouring Heavenly Flames could kill him.
• Jiuyou gave Lu Chen her weakened Undying Fire, and Lu Chen drew it into his qi sea.
• Lu Chen’s Divine Soul tried to resist the flames, but the Undying Fire overwhelmed his spiritual energy and caused him intense pain.
• Lu Chen opened his purple-lit eyes and lost control, prompting Jiuyou to restrain him and assess his failing condition.
• Lu Chen briefly regained clarity and told Jiuyou not to worry, but she chose to act and formed a profound purple-flame pattern between them.

Nine Netherworld formed a Bloodline Link with Lu Chen, helping him refine the Undying Fire and evolve the Flame Mantra into an Ancient Divine Technique as he broke through to the Heaven Fusion Realm. The chapter ended with Nine Netherworld explaining that their lives were now bound together through the link.

• Nine Netherworld used Lu Chen's and her own essence blood to form a Bloodline Link, binding their lives and making the Undying Fire submit to Lu Chen.
• Lu Chen devoured the Undying Fire and drew in immense spiritual energy as the Flame Mantra evolved.
• Lu Chen broke through to the Heaven Fusion Realm and demonstrated that his technique could amplify spiritual energy by one hundred layers.
• Nine Netherworld recognized the Flame Mantra as an Ancient Divine Technique and regretted that she could not switch to cultivating it.
• Lu Chen asked how Nine Netherworld had helped him, and she revealed that she had formed a Bloodline Link with him.

Lu Chen used the Undying Fire granted through his Bloodline Link with Nine Netherbird to forge a Divine Meridian, enduring a dangerous refinement that nearly destroyed his soul. He succeeded, but he and Nine Netherbird still did not know the meridian’s level.

• Nine Netherbird explained that the Bloodline Link gave Lu Chen control of Undying Fire but made their lives dependent on each other.
• Lu Chen promised to cultivate until he became a Heavenly Supreme, then asked Nine Netherbird to guard him while he condensed his Spiritual Meridian.
• Lu Chen’s Divine Soul swallowed and refined the Undying Fire, struggling to stay conscious as it burned away at his soul.
• Lu Chen completed the refinement, and purple Divine Runes covered his Divine Soul as violet flames transformed his body.
• Lu Chen woke and told Nine Netherbird he had succeeded, but admitted he did not know his Divine Meridian’s level.

After forging an Eighth Grade Divine Meridian, Lu Chen and Jiuyou reached Da Luo Heaven, headquarters of the Da Luo Territory. Jiuyou returned as the Jiuyou King, while onlookers revealed that her position and Nine Nether Palace were under threat.

• Lu Chen said his Divine Meridian was likely Eighth Grade and that he could not forge another one, but remained satisfied with its potential.
• Lu Chen and Jiuyou traveled across Tianluo Continent and reached Da Luo Heaven in the Da Luo Territory.
• Lu Chen admired the vast floating headquarters, and Jiuyou teased him for staring at her before taking him to its entrance.
• Jiuyou showed the guards her token, and they knelt to greet her as the Jiuyou King.
• Bystanders said Jiuyou had returned after breaking through to the Supreme Realm, but her Nine Nether Palace faced pressure from the Blood Eagle King.

Jiuyou returned to Nine Nether Palace with Lu Chen and reunited with Tang Bing and Tang Rou, only to learn that Cao Feng had defected and the palace had been reduced to a few thousand people. Lu Chen promised to help the sisters reclaim everything in three years.

• Jiuyou brought Lu Chen to her palace and reunited with Tang Bing and Tang Rou, the orphaned sisters she had raised.
• Tang Bing told Jiuyou that Cao Feng had defected to the Blood Eagle King.
• Tang Bing explained that Nine Nether Palace had lost its funding and territory and was left with only a few thousand members after years of pressure from other forces.
• Lu Chen promised Tang Bing and Tang Rou that he would help Nine Nether Palace reclaim what it had lost in three years.
• Jiuyou introduced Lu Chen to the sisters and explained that he had helped her survive her tribulation.

Lu Chen simulated his future and discovered that Cao Feng, a traitor from Nine Nether Palace, killed him before he could break through to the Supreme Realm. He resumed cultivating, and a month later he reached the late stage of the Heaven Fusion Realm as a new simulation attempt became available.

• Lu Chen used the Spirit Gathering Array and simulator to preview a future in which he advanced to the gates of the Supreme Realm, while Jiuyou was injured at the Nine Kings Meeting.
• After Lu Chen left Nine Nether Palace to seek a breakthrough opportunity, a black-robed man killed him, and Jiuyou died soon afterward.
• Lu Chen chose his death memories and learned that Cao Feng had attacked him to curry favor with the Blood Eagle King.
• Lu Chen resolved to avoid leaving Nine Nether Palace without Jiuyou and resumed cultivating to increase his strength.
• A month later, Lu Chen broke through to the late stage of the Heaven Fusion Realm, and the simulator announced that one attempt was available.

Lu Chen used the Future Life Simulator and chose three thousand drops of Sovereign Spiritual Liquid, then gathered the liquid and became confident he could reach the Supreme Realm. Jiuyou summoned him to the training grounds and promised Nine Nether Palace would fund his cultivation if he could defeat any member of the Jiuyou Guard, so Lu Chen picked an early Heavenly Transformation Realm guard to fight.

• Lu Chen simulated a future in which he and Jiuyou killed Cao Feng, but later died in an ambush after Hundred Battles Territory declared war on Da Luo Territory.
• Lu Chen chose three thousand drops of Sovereign Spiritual Liquid from the simulation and captured the liquid fish that appeared, storing the resulting drops in his Mustard Seed Bracelet.
• Tang Rou called Lu Chen to join Jiuyou and Tang Bing at the training grounds.
• Jiuyou promised to cover Lu Chen’s cultivation resources if he defeated any one of the Jiuyou Guard.
• Lu Chen surveyed the guards and challenged one at the early Heavenly Transformation Realm.

Lu Chen proved his strength against the Jiuyou Guards, then entered Nine Nether Palace’s treasure trove to request two spiritual treasures for his planned cultivation. He left set on entering seclusion for two years to reach the Supreme Realm before Mu Chen could claim the White Dragon Spiritual Treasury.

• Lu Chen defeated Xue Yue repeatedly by meeting his attacks with Vibration Fist, and Xue Yue admitted defeat.
• Jiuyou praised Lu Chen’s tactics and took him to a sealed treasure hall, allowing him to choose three items.
• Lu Chen asked about God Grade movement techniques and divine artifacts, but Jiuyou said the palace had neither.
• Lu Chen requested Divine Wood Gang Lightning and Scarlet Flame Jade Marrow, saying he would enter seclusion for two years to break through to the Supreme Realm.
• Lu Chen resolved to reach the Supreme Realm before Mu Chen rose to prominence and claimed the White Dragon Spiritual Treasury.

After a year and a half of seclusion, Lu Chen endured all three stages of the Divine Soul Tribulation and began replacing his Qi Sea with a Supreme Sea. Three months later, he completed the breakthrough and entered the Supreme Realm.

• Jiuyou gave Lu Chen the Divine Wood Gang Lightning and Scarlet Flame Jade Marrow, and he urged her to conceal her strength until he could break through.
• Lu Chen used Divine Soul Fire and Undying Fire to temper his Divine Soul, enduring three months of agony to pass all three stages of the Divine Soul Tribulation.
• After recovering, Lu Chen released three thousand drops of Sovereign Spiritual Liquid and flooded his Qi Sea with spiritual energy.
• Lu Chen shattered his Qi Sea, opened a Supreme Source Point, and drew the rampaging spiritual energy and Sovereign Spiritual Liquid into it.
• Three months later, Lu Chen completed his Supreme Sea and entered the Supreme Realm.

Lu Chen broke through into the Supreme Realm and learned that his spiritual energy still needed true spirituality and a Supreme Dharma Body to make him a complete First Grade Sovereign. Jiuyou discovered that the Flame Mantra had already fused the Undying Fire into his spiritual energy, leaving Lu Chen to focus on cultivating his Supreme Dharma Body.

• Lu Chen's breakthrough sent a pillar of light into the sky, and the Three Emperors Heavenly Vulture and Spirit Eye Emperor sensed his advance.
• Tang Rou, Jiuyou, and Tang Bing watched Lu Chen's breakthrough, and Jiuyou said he would stay with the Nine Nether Palace.
• Lu Chen emerged from seclusion, and Jiuyou congratulated him before explaining the Supreme Realm's requirements.
• Jiuyou told Lu Chen that Supreme spiritual energy possessed spirituality that could be gained by fusing powerful spiritual objects.
• Lu Chen revealed that the Flame Mantra had automatically fused the Undying Fire into his spiritual energy, and Jiuyou recognized the technique's potential.

Jiuyou told Lu Chen about the Great Lo Golden Pool, a rare opportunity that could strengthen a Supreme Dharma Body, and offered him a commander post so he could compete for entry. After receiving his token and a list of rival commanders, Lu Chen recognized Cao Feng and recalled how much Sovereign Spiritual Liquid he had gained from killing him in simulations.

• Jiuyou explained that the Da Luo Territory possessed the Heavenly Dragon Sovereign Celestial Body and the Heavenly Asura Sovereign Celestial Body, but Lu Chen asked about stronger options.
• Jiuyou described the Great Lo Golden Pool and its ability to improve a Supreme Dharma Body or grant it Immeasurable Golden Light.
• Jiuyou explained that commanders competed for the limited pool spots and appointed Lu Chen Grand Commander of Nine Nether Palace.
• Jiuyou gave Lu Chen a Great Lo Token and a jade slip listing eighteen rival commanders, including Xu Qing, Zhou Yue, Wu Tian, and Cao Feng.
• Lu Chen recognized Cao Feng and recalled earning fifty-four thousand drops of Sovereign Spiritual Liquid by repeatedly killing him in simulations.

Lu Chen agreed to compete in the next Great Luo Golden Pool Competition and asked to leave for training, while Jiuyou explained his benefits as a commander and the ranks of Supreme experts. He planned to take the Great Lo Token and cultivate a Supreme Dharma Body before setting out to pursue an opportunity tied to a Heavenly Supreme.

• Lu Chen told Jiuyou he would not avoid the next Great Luo Golden Pool Competition and wanted to leave Nine Nether Palace to gain combat experience.
• Jiuyou advised Lu Chen to cultivate a Supreme Dharma Body and take the Great Lo Token before training on other continents.
• Jiuyou said Lu Chen’s commander salary was one thousand drops of Sovereign Spiritual Liquid and that he could choose one Lesser Divine Ability from the Scripture Pavilion.
• Lu Chen asked how King Rank and Emperor Rank were assessed, and Jiuyou explained that King Rank generally began at Fifth Grade Sovereign while Emperor Rank covered Seventh through Ninth Grade Sovereigns.
• Lu Chen expressed his ambition to reach the highest ranks, and Jiuyou warmly recalled her own youthful resolve to venture into the world.

Lu Chen simulated a future in which cultivating the Heavenly Flame Celestial Body led him to the Emperor Yan Celestial Body’s advancement method, though he died when the Da Luo Territory fell. He left seclusion resolved to ask Jiuyou for help gathering the materials he needed.

• Jiuyou gave Lu Chen her token so he could claim a Greater Divine Ability, then entered seclusion to cultivate.
• Lu Chen found that ordinary spiritual energy barely improved his Supreme Realm cultivation and started a new simulation.
• In the simulation, Lu Chen selected Divine Abilities, explored the Northern Azure Continent, and later joined the war against the Hundred Battles Territory.
• At Dragon Phoenix Heaven, Xiao Xiao saved Lu Chen and explained that the Heavenly Flame Celestial Body could advance toward her father Emperor Yan’s Celestial Body.
• Lu Chen learned he needed to gather myriad flames to cultivate the Emperor Yan Celestial Body, but he died in battle after the Da Luo Territory was destroyed.
• After the simulation ended, Lu Chen decided to ask Jiuyou to help him find the materials for his Celestial Body cultivation.

Lu Chen asked Jiuyou to help gather materials for the Heavenly Flame Celestial Body, then cultivated for a month and used the Future Life Simulator. After a simulated death at the hands of Liu Ming’s Black-Robed Elder, Lu Chen chose the Amulet Spiritual Jade as his reward.

• Lu Chen gave Jiuyou the list of materials for the Heavenly Flame Celestial Body, and she agreed to help find them while he offered to pay the costs himself.
• Lu Chen claimed the Heavenly Flame Celestial Body Advancement Method and spent a month cultivating with one thousand drops of Sovereign Spiritual Liquid, reaching the point where he could soon attempt the peak of First Grade Sovereign.
• In the simulation, Lu Chen obtained Heavenly Fire Jade Marrow at auction and gave it to Lin Jing, who gave him an Amulet Spiritual Jade in return.
• Liu Ming ambushed Lu Chen and Lin Jing with a Black-Robed Elder, who shattered the amulet and killed Lu Chen.
• Lu Chen rejected the Heavenly Fire Jade Marrow and his death memories, then selected the Amulet Spiritual Jade.

Lu Chen visited the Scripture Pavilion on Great Luo Peak to claim divine abilities for himself and Jiuyou. With the Sleeping Emperor’s quiet guidance, he found the Dragon Flame Wings movement divine ability and then headed to the fourth floor to seek a Greater Divine Ability.

• Lu Chen examined the Amulet Spiritual Jade and set out for the Scripture Pavilion to choose divine abilities.
• At the Pavilion, Lu Chen presented his and Jiuyou’s tokens to the Sleeping Emperor, who opened the gates after Lu Chen offered him three thousand Sovereign Spiritual Liquid.
• Lu Chen searched the third floor for a movement divine ability but grew overwhelmed by the Scrolls’ divine intent.
• The Sleeping Emperor directed Lu Chen to the Dragon Flame Wings, which Lu Chen claimed as a Lesser Divine Ability.
• Lu Chen went to the fourth floor intending to choose the Great Lo Heavenly Flame Sword, a Greater Divine Ability he had mastered quickly in a previous simulation.

Lu Chen struggled to comprehend the Dragon Flame Wings and used a costly Lesser Bodhi Pill to aid his cultivation. After gaining sudden enlightenment, he mastered the space divine ability at the beginner level, giving him a way to escape even a Fifth Grade Sovereign.

• Lu Chen studied the Great Lo Heavenly Flame Sword and quickly gained an initial grasp of it, but struggled with the Dragon Flame Wings.
• Lu Chen attempted to summon and use the Dragon Flame Wings, but the purple wings collapsed before he could make them work.
• Lu Chen took a Lesser Bodhi Pill and began comprehending the Dragon Flame Wings as the phantom of an ancient Bodhi Tree appeared behind him.
• Lu Chen attained enlightenment and used the Dragon Flame Wings to vanish and reappear through space.
• Lu Chen mastered the Dragon Flame Wings at the beginner level and concluded that they could help him survive an encounter with a Fifth Grade Sovereign.