Chapter Summaries

Lu Chen left Nine Nether Palace to travel and train across the Great Thousand World, entrusting Nine Nether Palace to Jiuyou and the Tang sisters. After nearly a month crossing many continents, he drew closer to Northern Azure Continent and the White Dragon Spiritual Treasury.

• Lu Chen accepted Jiuyou's supplies and gave Tang Bing two thousand drops of Sovereign Spiritual Liquid to help her reach the Supreme Realm.
• Lu Chen told Tang Bing to protect Nine Nether Palace and keep Jiuyou from being provoked into a war, then departed using his Space Divine Ability.
• After emerging above the Endless Sea, Lu Chen consulted a Spirit Map and identified Shang Continent as his route to other continents.
• Lu Chen traveled across dozens of continents for nearly a month, encountering varied landscapes and races as he approached Northern Azure Continent.

Lu Chen arrived at White Dragon City hoping to find the White Dragon Sovereign’s Supreme Spirit Treasury, but learned that only an ordinary Sky Passage Spirit Treasury was opening. He reunited with Mu Chen and met Luo Li, leaving them together in White Dragon City.

• Lu Chen entered White Dragon City in disguise and asked traders about spirit treasuries near White Dragon Hill.
• The traders told Lu Chen that only a Sky Passage Spirit Treasury was about to open, leaving him to wonder whether the Heavenly Supreme opportunity had passed him by.
• Mu Chen recognized Lu Chen and told him he had joined Northern Azure Spiritual Academy and reached the mid-Heaven Fusion Realm.
• Mu Chen introduced Luo Li to Lu Chen, and Lu Chen praised her beauty, making her blush.

Lu Chen learned that the White Dragon Jade Pillar could lead into the spirit treasury and recognized it as the key to the White Dragon Spiritual Treasury. He attended the White Dragon City auction with Mu Chen and Luo Li, where the pillar appeared as the auction neared its end.

• Lu Chen learned from Mu Chen that the Northern Azure Spiritual Academy classified the spirit treasury as Sky Passage grade and that the White Dragon Jade Pillar could provide entry.
• Lu Chen recognized the pillar's name, hurried with Mu Chen and Luo Li to the White Dragon Auction House, and concluded that the treasury was actually the White Dragon Spiritual Treasury.
• Lu Chen, Mu Chen, and Luo Li took front-row seats at the auction, where Mu Chen pointed out the Heavenly Gang Sword Sect and Lu Chen sensed that no Sovereigns were present.
• Bai Xuan opened the auction with the Frost spear, and Lu Chen watched as bidders bought it and other items that did not interest him.
• Bai Xuan displayed the White Dragon Jade Pillar, whose dragon roar and oppressive aura spread across the auction house.

At the Nine Summer Merchant Guild auction, Lu Chen revealed that he was a Supreme expert and claimed the White Dragon Jade Pillar, believed to be linked to the White Dragon Sovereign’s spirit treasury. He paid for the pillar and left after telling Mu Chen to meet him later.

• Bai Xuan presented the White Dragon Jade Pillar as a relic connected to the White Dragon Sovereign and opened bidding at ten million Spirit Coins.
• The Heavenly Gang Sword Sect, the young city lord of White Dragon City, and the Earth Travel Sect bid against one another for the pillar.
• Lu Chen raised the bid to fifteen million Spirit Coins, then released Supreme Realm pressure that stunned the auction hall and Mu Chen.
• Lu Chen declared that he wanted the pillar, and no one dared object, so Bai Xuan ended the auction and handed it to him.
• Lu Chen paid fifteen million Spirit Coins, told Mu Chen to see him later, and vanished.

Lu Chen told Mu Chen he had become a Sovereign and urged him and Luo Li to avoid the White Dragon Spiritual Treasury struggle. He asked Mu Chen to tell his dean that he would kill the Dragon Demon Palace’s five First Grade Sovereign deputy masters if the dean could hold off the Black Dragon Sovereign.

• Lu Chen explained that a cultivation technique and a helpful big sister had enabled him to become a Sovereign, and he hinted that Mu Chen belonged to a powerful clan.
• Lu Chen told Mu Chen that his mother was safe but withheld details about her clan, prompting Mu Chen to renew his resolve to bring her back.
• Lu Chen offered to provide Mu Chen and Luo Li with items for their academy mission so they would not need to enter the Spiritual Treasury struggle, in exchange for delivering a message.
• Lu Chen asked Mu Chen to ask the dean how much Sovereign Spiritual Liquid the head of a Dragon Demon Palace Sovereign was worth.
• Lu Chen said he would kill the palace’s five First Grade Sovereign deputy masters if the dean held off the Fifth Grade Sovereign Black Dragon Sovereign, and claimed he could lure them into a trap.

Lu Chen arrived at Northern Azure City with Mu Chen and Luo Li, then met Tai Cang Dean to negotiate help from Northern Azure Spiritual Academy. Tai Cang agreed to seek approval for Lu Chen to use the Mirror of Judgment to locate the treasures needed to forge his Supreme Dharma Body.

• Lu Chen, Mu Chen, and Luo Li arrived at Northern Azure City, where Lu Chen sensed the academy’s powerful Heaven Grade Grand Array.
• Lu Chen gave Mu Chen his Great Lo Token and waited at a tea stall while Mu Chen went to contact the academy.
• While listening to city residents discuss the White Dragon Sovereign’s spiritual treasury and the Great Sumeru Demon Pillar, Lu Chen was approached by Tai Cang Dean.
• Tai Cang asked why Lu Chen had hunted Dragon Demon Palace Sovereigns, and Lu Chen explained that he wanted the academy’s favor as well as Sovereign Spiritual Liquid.
• Lu Chen asked to borrow the Mirror of Judgment to find the two treasures needed for his Supreme Dharma Body.
• Tai Cang agreed to consult the other academy deans about granting access to the Mirror of Judgment.

Lu Chen agreed to draw out the Dragon Demon Palace Sovereigns in exchange for the Northern Azure Spiritual Academy's support and learned it possessed the Flowing Fire Heavenly Flame he needed. His simulation showed that the ambush would end in disaster when the Dragon Demon Palace allied with powerful factions, leaving him to die at the hands of the Boundless Old Ancestor.

• Lu Chen agreed to lure the Dragon Demon Palace Sovereigns while the Northern Azure Spiritual Academy arranged an ambush and promised him rewards.
• Tai Cang told Lu Chen the academy possessed a Flowing Fire Heavenly Flame, but Lu Chen declined to buy it until after the operation.
• Lu Chen returned to White Dragon City and began a new Future Life Simulation.
• In the simulation, Lu Chen opened the White Dragon Spiritual Treasury, stole the Great Sumeru Demon Pillar and White Dragon Spiritual Pearl, and killed one of the Dragon Demon Palace deputy palace masters.
• The Black Dragon Sovereign arrived with the Boundless Old Ancestor and their allies, overwhelming Tai Cang and Lu Chen.
• The Boundless Old Ancestor killed Lu Chen, who then reflected on the Black Dragon Sovereign's cunning.

Lu Chen reconsidered why his plan against the Dragon Demon Palace had failed and concluded that he needed outside forces to match its Sovereigns. He sought cooperation from the Nine Summer Merchant Guild and recruited Ling Xi by revealing Qing Yanjing’s whereabouts.

• Lu Chen reasoned that the Black Dragon Sovereign had likely colluded with the Boundless Old Ancestor and the merchant guilds, and decided he needed outside combat strength to defeat their forces.
• Lu Chen visited Bai Xuan at the Nine Summer Merchant Guild’s White Dragon City branch and asked him to contact the guild president about cooperation.
• Tai Cang decided to seek help from the North Sea Great One after receiving Lu Chen’s message.
• Lu Chen went to meet Elder Ling Xi and offered information about Qing Yanjing in exchange for her help.
• Ling Xi agreed to assist Lu Chen, asking him to tell her everything about Aunt Jing once the matter was over.

Lu Chen opened the White Dragon Spiritual Treasury, then caused Bai Xuan to summon Black Dragon Sovereign as the treasury’s barrier blocked entry. After White Dragon Sovereign and Black Dragon Sovereign clashed and the barrier fell, Lu Chen destroyed their fading avatars and entered the treasury.

• The White Dragon Spiritual Treasury emerged at White Dragon Hill, and Lu Chen secretly opened it before a protective barrier blocked the crowd.
• Lu Chen used spiritual energy to make Bai Xuan drop and shatter a black bead, summoning Black Dragon Sovereign.
• White Dragon Sovereign appeared and confronted Black Dragon Sovereign over a stolen supreme treasure and their clan’s vengeance.
• Black Dragon Sovereign attacked White Dragon Sovereign, and their battle caused the treasury barrier to fade and shatter.
• Lu Chen waited until the crowd had entered and Dragon Demon Palace’s Sovereigns stayed out, then destroyed both dragon avatars and entered the treasury.

Lu Chen reached the Spiritual Treasury’s core basin and took the Great Sumeru Demon Pillar and White Dragon Spiritual Pearl after sealing the demonic pillar’s imprint. His actions awakened the Dragon Demon Palace’s Palace Master, who set out to reclaim the treasure.

• Lu Chen crossed the lava lake, treasure halls, and stone-statue trials to reach the Spiritual Treasury’s core basin.
• Bai Xuan and the other gathered figures showed Lu Chen the Great Sumeru Demon Pillar and White Dragon Spiritual Pearl, which they could not claim themselves.
• Lu Chen tried to seize the Great Sumeru Demon Pillar, but its spiritual imprint erupted with a sea of blood and challenged him.
• Lu Chen used purple flames to seal the imprint, then stored the pillar and pearl in his Mustard Seed Bracelet.
• In the Far West Land, the Dragon Demon Palace’s Palace Master emerged from seclusion, sensed the pillar’s seizure, and left to confront whoever had taken it.

After escaping the collapsing spiritual treasure grounds, Lu Chen challenged Black Dragon Sovereign to trade for the Great Sumeru Demon Pillar in Western Desolate City. When Black Dragon Sovereign arrived, Lu Chen attacked once and immediately fled, leaving their confrontation unresolved.

• Lu Chen escaped the collapsing space and told the White Dragon City Lord to offer Black Dragon Sovereign the Great Sumeru Demon Pillar for one hundred thousand drops of Sovereign Spiritual Liquid in Western Desolate City.
• Black Dragon Sovereign learned that Lu Chen had taken the pillar and went to confront him, while the White Dragon City Lord decided to leave White Dragon City and lie low.
• Lu Chen waited on Western Desolate City's wall with the Great Sumeru Demon Pillar as residents speculated about the coming battle.
• Black Dragon Sovereign arrived and demanded to know who stood behind Lu Chen, but Lu Chen challenged him to fight.
• Lu Chen attacked with the Great Sumeru Demon Pillar, Black Dragon Sovereign countered with a black dragon formed from spiritual energy, and Lu Chen fled after the clash.

Lu Chen lured the Black Dragon Sovereign into Ling Xi’s ten Spirit Arrays, where the Northern Dark Dragon Kun joined him and the Dragon Demon Palace’s reinforcements arrived. Elsewhere, Tai Cang attacked Liu An while the Nine Summer Merchant Guild President and three Northern Azure Spiritual Academy elders confronted President Dong, leaving the Black Dragon Sovereign’s allies cut off.

• Lu Chen escaped the Black Dragon Sovereign into the Western Wilderness Territory and led him into Ling Xi’s prepared Spirit Arrays.
• Ling Xi activated ten High Grade Human Rank Spirit Arrays, and the Northern Dark Dragon Kun appeared beside Lu Chen.
• The Black Dragon Sovereign crushed SOS Jade Talismans, summoning five Dragon Demon Palace Sovereigns, then realized the others would not arrive.
• At the Dark Shadow Merchant Guild headquarters, Tai Cang attacked Liu An, accusing him of colluding with the Dragon Demon Palace and killing Northern Azure disciples.
• At the Heaven Origin Merchant Guild, the Nine Summer Merchant Guild President and three Northern Azure Spiritual Academy elders confronted President Dong.

Boundless Old Ancestor was intercepted and killed by the Martial Ancestor before he could reach the Northern Azure Continent. Meanwhile, Lu Chen began testing his strength against the five Dragon Demon Palace Sovereigns, and his first strike badly damaged Yellow Dragon Sovereign’s Heavenly Golden Celestial Body.

• Boundless Old Ancestor was ambushed in the skies above the Endless Sea by the Martial Ancestor, who bound him with lightning and killed him for coveting Qing Zhu.
• The Martial Ancestor learned that Lu Chen had sent word about Boundless Old Ancestor and decided to visit the battle on the Northern Azure Continent.
• Lu Chen formed the Great Lo Heavenly Flame Sword and challenged the five Dragon Demon Palace Sovereigns while Ling Xi’s arrays kept Black Dragon Sovereign trapped.
• Yellow Dragon Sovereign confirmed with Northern Dark Dragon Kun that defeating Lu Chen would earn the five Sovereigns safe passage, then summoned his Heavenly Golden Celestial Body to attack.
• Lu Chen’s sword strike blasted Yellow Dragon Sovereign’s celestial body backward and melted it with violet flames.

Lu Chen destroyed Yellow Dragon Sovereign’s Heavenly Golden Celestial Body and physical body with the Great Lo Heavenly Flame Sword, then captured and killed his fleeing soul essence. Northern Dark Dragon Kun watched without intervening.

• Yellow Dragon Sovereign formed the Heavenly Golden Wheel and clashed with Lu Chen’s Purple Flame python, until both attacks dissipated.
• Lu Chen compressed his flames into a purple ray that pierced the Heavenly Golden Celestial Body and shattered it, fatally wounding Yellow Dragon Sovereign.
• Yellow Dragon Sovereign’s soul essence escaped from his burning body, but Lu Chen used his purple flaming wings and Space Divine Ability to catch it.
• Lu Chen asked Northern Dark Dragon Kun whether capturing Yellow Dragon Sovereign alive raised the price, and Northern Dark Dragon Kun told him to give his opponent a quick death.
• Lu Chen crushed Yellow Dragon Sovereign’s soul essence, scattering it into specks of light.

Lu Chen killed Red Dragon Sovereign and three other Dragon Demon Palace Sovereigns, then confronted the wounded Black Dragon Sovereign. Martial Ancestor arrived, explained his grudge against Boundless Old Ancestor, and rewarded Lu Chen with a jade pendant containing a protective divine ability before departing.

• Lu Chen killed Red Dragon Sovereign with a surprise attack and shattered the Supreme Sovereign Celestial Bodies of the other three Sovereigns, leaving them buried beneath a mountain.
• Lu Chen brought the three Sovereigns’ heads to Black Dragon Sovereign, whose attempt to escape the spiritual array was stopped by its attacks.
• Lu Chen told Ling Xi Jie that Dragon Demon Palace’s past atrocities justified fighting them, and invoked Martial Ancestor’s example of defending the Great Thousand World.
• Martial Ancestor arrived and revealed that he had come to settle his old grudge against Boundless Old Ancestor, then returned Lu Chen’s Great Lo token.
• Martial Ancestor examined Lu Chen’s Amulet Spiritual Jade and sealed a divine ability inside it that could block an attack from a Lower Earthly Supreme.

After the battle, Lu Chen thanked Ling Xi and the Nine Summer Merchant Guild, then gave Mu Chen and Luo Li Spirit Tools to complete their academy mission. While sorting the spoils from the Red Dragon Sovereign and his companions, Lu Chen discovered that they had owned a complete set of Five Elements Low-Grade Divine Artifacts.

• Lu Chen gave Ling Xi the information she wanted and a Communication Jade Talisman, and they agreed to help each other in the future.
• Ling Xi said she would not meet Mu Chen because Aunt Jing wanted to keep the Ancient Buddha Clan matters from him.
• Lu Chen left the Nine Summer Merchant Guild with a few selected items, leaving the rest as payment for the guild's assistance.
• Lu Chen gave Mu Chen and Luo Li the Dragon-Serpent Spirit Rings, which they could use to complete their academy mission.
• Lu Chen searched the Red Dragon Sovereign's Sumeru Bracelet and found a crimson Low-Grade Divine Artifact.
• Lu Chen searched the other bracelets and discovered the Red, Yellow, Wood, Water, and Earth Dragon Pearls formed a set of Five Elements Low-Grade Divine Artifacts.

Lu Chen used the Mirror of Judgment to search for the Great Sun Golden Crystal and discovered clues pointing to both the Remains Continent and Holy Spirit Mountain. Since Supremes could not approach Holy Spirit Mountain until its trial opened in a month, he decided to search the Remains Continent first and return if necessary.

• Tai Cang gave Lu Chen the Flowing Fire Heavenly Flame and twenty thousand drops of Sovereign Spiritual Liquid, then brought him to the Mirror of Judgment.
• Lu Chen activated the Mirror of Judgment and used it to search for the Great Sun Golden Crystal.
• The Mirror of Judgment revealed the Remains Continent, where Tai Cang recognized the Nine Yang Spirit Mushroom's region from Lu Chen's knowledge of his previous life.
• Tai Cang adjusted the mirror's search and revealed Holy Spirit Mountain, where a lingering Heavenly Supreme pressure barred all Supreme Realm experts from approaching.
• Tai Cang explained that Holy Spirit Mountain would open in a month and offered to send Northern Azure students there with Lu Chen.
• Lu Chen chose to search the Remains Continent first and planned to return in a month if he found nothing.

Lu Chen gathered the last supplementary materials for the Heavenly Flame Celestial Body and began a new simulation, which revealed how he would obtain the Great Sun Golden Crystal and master the body before dying in the Demon Abyss Mountain Range. The simulation ended with Lu Chen able to choose one item from his future life.

• Lu Chen escaped the Demon Fire Crystal Ants with their Ant Crystals, completing his collection of supplementary materials for the Heavenly Flame Celestial Body.
• Lu Chen rested in a cave by a waterfall and began the month's newly available simulation.
• Lu Chen's simulated self returned to the Northern Azure Spiritual Academy, where Tai Cang Dean helped search for the Great Sun Golden Crystal as Mu Chen entered Holy Spirit Mountain.
• Mu Chen obtained a fragment of the Great Sun Golden Crystal and gave it to Lu Chen, who used it to master the Heavenly Flame Celestial Body.
• Lu Chen's simulated self returned to the Demon Abyss Mountain Range, where an aged voice revealed that the Demon Fire Crystal Ants had an owner and an enormous black scythe killed him.
• The simulation offered Lu Chen a choice between the Great Sun Golden Crystal, Demon Fire Crystal Ant Ant Crystals, and his memories at the moment of death.

Lu Chen began cultivating the Heavenly Flame Celestial Body, shaping its embryonic form and tempering it with rare materials and Sovereign Spiritual Liquid. He sent the crimson figure toward the Great Sun Golden Crystal for the final step, then the author’s note said the chapter’s continuation was still being worked out.

• Lu Chen gathered the Great Sun Golden Crystal, Flowing Fire Heavenly Flame, Heavenly Fire Jade Marrow, and supplementary materials before beginning cultivation.
• Lu Chen formed a purple embryonic Supreme Dharma Body from his spiritual energy and infused it with supplementary materials.
• Lu Chen used the Flowing Fire Heavenly Flame and Heavenly Fire Jade Marrow to burn and forge the Celestial Body.
• Lu Chen poured fifty thousand drops of Sovereign Spiritual Liquid into the figure, turning it into a crystalline crimson form.
• Lu Chen sent the crimson figure toward the Great Sun Golden Crystal to begin the final tempering step.
• The author said writer’s block had delayed the chapter and that they would think over the continuation.

Lu Chen fused the Great Sun Golden Crystal with his Supreme Dharma Body and successfully formed the Heavenly Flame Celestial Body. In the Endless Fire Territory, Emperor Yan Xiao Yan sensed its creation and chose to let its cultivator follow his own path.

• Lu Chen used purple water pythons to help his shrinking Celestial Body withstand and absorb the Great Sun Golden Crystal’s golden flames.
• The golden sun entered the Celestial Body’s glabella, forming the enormous crimson-gold Heavenly Flame Celestial Body.
• Lu Chen emerged from the collapsing cave and summoned the thousand-zhang Celestial Body, evaporating the nearby waterfalls before retracting it.
• Emperor Yan Xiao Yan sensed that someone had cultivated the Heavenly Flame Celestial Body and discussed it with the woman in green.
• Xiao Yan said he would not restrict the Celestial Body’s cultivators and would welcome anyone who forged a path different from his own.