Chapter Summaries

Lu Chen reviewed a simulation in which he rose to Rank Seven Sovereign, taught students, and died after fighting the Exterritorial Evil Clan. The simulation ended with him leaving an inheritance and cursing Lu Chen, and the real Lu Chen apologized in regret.

• In the simulation, Lu Chen joined the Endless Fire Territory, trained as an alchemist, then abandoned alchemy to focus on cultivation.
• Lu Chen founded Heavenly Flame Academy on the Dou Qi Continent and trained students, earning Sovereign Spiritual Liquid as a reward.
• Lu Chen returned to the Endless Fire Territory, learned the first transformation of Heavenly Flame Three Transformations, and became a Rank Seven Sovereign elder.
• Lu Chen fought the invading Exterritorial Evil Clan, suffered severe injuries and evil-energy contamination, then recorded his knowledge in an Inheritance Jade Slip before dying.
• The simulation offered Lu Chen a choice of Heavenly Flame Three Transformations, Gu He's alchemy inheritance, or the Inheritance Jade Slip.
• After reading the results, Lu Chen fell silent and apologized, recognizing that his actions had caused the simulated Lu Chen's suffering.

Lu Chen studied the inheritance left by his simulated self and learned that his Heavenly Flame Celestial Body could advance through a dangerous path that let him choose its divine abilities. As Nine Nether Palace lost cities to the Blood Hawk Hall, Lu Chen proposed striking back, and the chapter ended with him naming the Blood Hawk Hall as their target.

• Lu Chen read the inheritance jade slip and learned that advancing his Heavenly Flame Celestial Body required devouring increasingly powerful Heavenly Flames, with each new divine ability risking the body's destruction.
• Lu Chen memorized the inheritance's cultivation manuals and decided to cultivate the first transformation of the Heavenly Flame Three Transformations.
• Tang Bing reported that thirteen more cities had left Nine Nether Palace for the Blood Hawk Hall, leaving fewer than fifty cities under Nine Nether Palace's control.
• Lu Chen argued that Nine Nether Palace needed to demonstrate its strength rather than simply warn the remaining cities.
• Lu Chen announced that Nine Nether Palace would fight the Blood Hawk Hall, and Lin Jing eagerly offered to join the battle.

Lu Chen led the Jiuyou Guard to Blood Demon City to challenge Blood Hawk Hall’s forces and seize the city. Wu Tian summoned three thousand Blood Eagle Guard and fifty Supreme Realm city lords, then used an Air Spirit Pill to unleash their Blood Hawk Battle Intent as the battle began.

• Lu Chen rallied the Jiuyou Guard to answer rumors of their weakness and marched on Blood Demon City with Tang Bing and Lin Jing.
• Wu Tian gathered fifty city lords at Blood Demon City to prepare for Nine Nether Palace’s attack.
• Lu Chen offered to withdraw if Wu Tian surrendered Blood Demon City, but Wu Tian refused and demanded that Lu Chen prove his strength.
• Wu Tian swallowed an Air Spirit Pill and ordered the Blood Eagle Guard to form the Blood Hawk Battle Intent, which gathered into a crimson sea above the army.

Lu Chen fought Wu Tian and the Blood Eagle Guards above Blood Demon City, weathering their battle-array attacks and leaving their forces shaken. Wu Tian resorted to blood sacrifice to summon a spear approaching Fifth Grade Sovereign power, and Lu Chen answered by forming Emperor Yan's signature Wrath of Buddha Fire Lotus.

• Wu Tian combined the battle intent of three thousand Blood Eagle Guards with the spiritual energy of fifty city lords and attacked Lu Chen with a rain of Blood Demon Spears.
• Lu Chen blocked the spears with his Great Lo Heavenly Flame Sword and sent Tang Bing, Lin Jing, and the Jiuyou Guards to launch surprise attacks on the nearby cities.
• Lu Chen's violet-gold sword ray collided with Wu Tian's Blood Hawk Battle Seal, and the exchange left Lu Chen unharmed while Blood Eagle Hall's army lost momentum.
• Wu Tian ordered the guards and city lords to sacrifice their blood into the battle intent, then formed a Blood Demon Shattering God Spear that neared Fifth Grade Sovereign strength.
• Lu Chen joined his violet and golden flames into a crystal-clear fire lotus, revealing his Wrath of Buddha Fire Lotus.

Lu Chen defeated Wu Tian and helped the Nine Nether Palace reclaim cities, then persuaded Jiuyou to accept Luo Mang’s surrender to attract more allies. As Lu Chen left to meet the Sky Vulture Emperor, Lin Jing secured the Heavenly Fire Jade Marrow he had promised her, while her mother watched from the hall.

• Lu Chen destroyed Wu Tian’s Blood Demon Divine Spear with his Heavenly Flames, killed Wu Tian, and pursued the fleeing city lords.
• Half a month later, Luo Mang asked Jiuyou to accept his allegiance, and Lu Chen recommended keeping him as an example to encourage other city lords to surrender.
• Lu Chen explained that the Nine Nether Palace’s harsh reputation was discouraging potential allies and proposed raising the Jiuyou Guard’s pay with the city lords’ offerings.
• Jiuyou agreed to accept Luo Mang and told Tang Bing to arrange it, while Lu Chen left to meet the Sky Vulture Emperor.
• Lin Jing followed Lu Chen and obtained a piece of Heavenly Fire Jade Marrow, while her mother watched their exchange from a corner of the hall.

Lu Chen received the materials Lin Jing needed to cultivate the Heavenly Jade Celestial Body and a violet jade slip from Qing Zhu. When he opened the slip, he encountered the Martial Ancestor’s true-intent inheritance, which began teaching him the Great Sun Thunder Body.

• Sky Vulture Emperor gave Lu Chen a Sumeru Bracelet containing Lin Jing’s cultivation resources and a purple jade slip from Qing Zhu.
• Lu Chen gave Lin Jing the materials, and she explained how the Heavenly Jade Celestial Body could develop into the Jade God Celestial Body.
• A messenger told Lu Chen that Tang Bing needed help against elite commanders sent by Blood Eagle King, so Lu Chen set out to assist her.
• Lu Chen examined Qing Zhu’s jade slip and was drawn into a dark space, where he saw the Great Sun Thunder Body inheritance.
• The Martial Ancestor’s true-intent incarnation appeared as Martial Teacher, explained the three levels of the Divine Art, and began passing its formulas to Lu Chen.

Lu Chen advised Nine Nether Palace to delay peace talks with Blood Hawk Hall, then used a simulation to explore infiltrating Profound Heaven Hall and aiding the Da Luo Territory’s rise. The simulation ended with his death at the hands of Nether Palace remnants, leaving him to choose one of three valuable rewards.

• Lu Chen reviewed the Great Sun Thunder Body inheritance and learned that lightning was needed to temper his body.
• Nine Nether Palace discussed Blood Eagle King’s offer of three hundred thousand Sovereign Spiritual Liquid and five Supreme Heaven Pills, and Lu Chen proposed demanding his five thousand Blood Eagle Guards or stalling the talks.
• Jiuyou agreed to delay the negotiations and prepare a surprise attack while Blood Hawk Hall’s defenses were lax.
• Half a month later, Lu Chen began a simulation in which he infiltrated Profound Heaven Hall, helped the Da Luo Territory defeat Blood Eagle King, and rose to become the hall’s First Elder.
• The simulation ended after Nether Palace remnants killed Lu Chen, and he had to choose between three hundred and twenty thousand Sovereign Spiritual Liquid, six Supreme Heaven Pills, or Mandala Extinguishing Heaven Light.

Lu Chen distributed three Supreme Heaven Pills to Jiuyou, Tang Bing, and Lin Jing, then spent three months cultivating until he broke through to Third Grade Sovereign. He uncovered the map fragment’s image of a powerful Heavenly Flame and began using a Supreme Heaven Pill to pursue Fourth Grade.

• Lu Chen gave Jiuyou three Supreme Heaven Pills for herself, Tang Bing, and Lin Jing, and said he would enter seclusion after reaching Third Grade Sovereign.
• Jiuyou agreed to distribute the pills and protect Lu Chen from interruptions while he cultivated.
• After three months, Lu Chen absorbed Sovereign Spiritual Liquid and broke through to Third Grade Sovereign, with three hundred thousand drops remaining.
• Lu Chen burned the blank map fragment and revealed the image of a strange Spirit Beast linked to the Heaven Wrath Thunder Emperor’s inheritance; his Violet Zenith Luo Fire reacted fearfully.
• Lu Chen decided to seek clues in the Da Luo Territory’s Scripture Pavilion or borrow the Mirror of Judgment again.
• Lu Chen swallowed a Supreme Heaven Pill with three thousand drops of Sovereign Spiritual Liquid and began cultivating to reach Fourth Grade Sovereign.

As Lu Chen remained in seclusion, Jiuyou led the Nine Nether Palace into the war against the Hundred Battles Territory, targeting the Thunder Demon Sect to obtain Netherworld Heart Demon Lightning. After capturing Earthfire City and surrounding the sect’s headquarters, she confronted Sect Master Qin Tian Gang as he revealed his forces.

• The Three Emperors ordered a campaign against the Hundred Battles Territory, and Jiuyou chose the Thunder Demon Sect as the Nine Nether Palace’s target.
• Jiuyou revealed that she had reached the Fourth Grade Sovereign realm and intended to obtain the Netherworld Heart Demon Lightning for someone who needed it.
• Jiuyou led her army out, while Lin Jing defeated two Third Grade Sovereigns at Earthfire City and took the city for the Nine Nether Palace.
• Several days later, Jiuyou’s forces encircled Thunder Demon Mountain, the Thunder Demon Sect’s headquarters.
• Qin Tian Gang emerged with the sect’s forces and challenged Jiuyou, declaring that she could not defeat his foundation.

Jiuyou rejected Qin Tian Gang’s offer to negotiate and demanded Thunder Demon Mountain, forcing the two forces into battle. Jiuyou went to confront Qin Tian Gang while Lin Jing faced Qin Ling and the Thunder Demon Army, ending the chapter as her Heavenly Jade Celestial Body dispersed their opening attack.

• Jiuyou refused Qin Tian Gang’s terms and insisted that the Thunder Demon Sect surrender Thunder Demon Mountain.
• Qin Tian Gang summoned the Thunder Demon Army and introduced its elder Qin Ling, whom Jiuyou assigned to Lin Jing.
• Qin Tian Gang and Jiuyou flew off to fight, while Tang Bing led the Jiuyou Guard away to battle the remaining forces.
• Qin Ling attacked Lin Jing with the Thunder Demon Army’s battle intent, but Lin Jing’s Heavenly Jade Celestial Body shattered the strike with Heavenly Spirit Rain.

Lu Chen arrived during Lin Jing’s battle with Qin Ling and revealed that he had advanced to Fourth Grade Sovereign. After Lin Jing pursued the fleeing Qin You, Lu Chen defeated Qin Ling and shattered the Thunder Demon Sect’s pseudo Spirit of Battle Intent.

• Qin Ling used Qin You’s ambush to disrupt Lin Jing’s Heavenly Jade Celestial Body and attack her with the Thunder Demon Spear.
• Lu Chen emerged and destroyed the Thunder Demon Spear, then revealed himself as a Fourth Grade Sovereign from the Da Luo Territory.
• Qin Ling ordered Qin You to retreat and used the Blood Sacrifice Battle Intent technique to form a pseudo Spirit of Battle Intent.
• Lin Jing chased after Qin You while Lu Chen confronted Qin Ling and the Thunder Demon Army.
• Lu Chen’s sword strike shattered the black thunder dragon and swept through Qin Ling, causing the Thunder Demon Army members to fall from the sky.

Lu Chen joined Jiuyou in battle against Qin Tian Gang and challenged him to a single move, offering to leave the Thunderfire Plains if he lost and asking Qin to join Nine Nether Palace if he won. The chapter ended as Lu Chen’s flaming dragon broke Qin Tian Gang’s lightning spear and struck his Thunder Demon Avatar.

• Lu Chen used the Great Lo Heavenly Flame Sword to kill several Second Grade Sovereigns, helping Nine Nether Palace rout the Thunder Demon Sect’s forces.
• Qin Tian Gang transformed into a giant with his Greater Divine Ability, Thunder Demon Body, and Jiuyou faced him in the sky.
• Lu Chen arrived and told Jiuyou to oversee the takeover below while he fought Qin Tian Gang.
• After Qin Tian Gang saw the Thunder Demon Sect’s forces fleeing, he accepted Lu Chen’s one-move wager and agreed to join Nine Nether Palace if he lost.
• Lu Chen combined the Great Lo Heavenly Flame Sword with the Dragon Slaying Sword and sent a purple-gold flame dragon against Qin Tian Gang’s Thunder Demon Spear and Avatar.

Lu Chen defeated Qin Tian Gang and secured the Thunder Demon Sect’s surrender to Nine Nether Palace. While inspecting the sect’s treasury, he found a method for refining an explosive thunder lotus and considered adapting it to make the Wrath of Buddha Fire Lotus easier to use.

• Lu Chen defeated Qin Tian Gang with a single sword strike, and Qin Tian Gang surrendered in exchange for mercy for the Thunder Demon Sect.
• Lu Chen ordered the fighting to stop, and Qin Tian Gang returned to Thunder Demon Mountain to address his people as some sect members fled.
• Several days later, Qin Tian Gang offered the Thunder Demon Sect’s treasury to Nine Nether Palace, and Tang Bing began counting its treasures.
• Lu Chen examined the Thunder Demon Body and other lightning techniques, then found a bamboo slip describing how to refine the Heart Demon Thunder Lotus.
• Lu Chen considered using Undying Fire and Great Lo Golden Flame to create portable Wrath of Buddha Fire Lotus attacks and left the dangerous research to his simulated self.

Lu Chen descended into the Thunder Demon Abyss to find Netherworld Heart Demon Lightning, which could help him cultivate the Great Sun Thunder Body. At the lightning sea’s depths, he discovered that the lightning had formed a giant python guarding a broken stele inscribed with the Supreme Heart Demon Scripture.

• Lu Chen entered the Thunder Demon Abyss and used Violet Zenith Luo Fire to protect himself from the Earth Demon Lightning.
• Lu Chen plunged through the lightning sea and found a vacuum zone where the Earth Demon Lightning would not approach.
• Lu Chen approached a dim gray glow and was struck by the Netherworld Heart Demon Lightning’s eerie thunder.
• Lu Chen recovered and saw that the lightning had taken the form of a giant python.
• Lu Chen spotted a broken stele on the python’s back and recognized the Supreme Heart Demon Scripture, the Heart Demon Thunder Emperor’s inheritance.

Lu Chen subdued the Netherworld Heart Demon Lightning and discovered an incomplete Supreme Heart Demon Scripture. He asked Martial Ancestor to supervise a dangerous method of cultivating the Great Sun Thunder Body in the Heart Demon State, and Martial Ancestor agreed to begin.

• Lu Chen fought the Netherworld Heart Demon Lightning with his sword and Heavenly Flame Celestial Body, then captured it as a Thunder Seed.
• Lu Chen collected the Thunder Seed and the damaged stele containing the incomplete Minor Heart Demon Chapter.
• Lu Chen summoned Martial Ancestor and asked whether the lightning and the Heart Demon State could accelerate his cultivation of the Great Sun Thunder Body.
• Martial Ancestor warned that the method could cause qi deviation and severe injury, but Lu Chen insisted that he would take the risk.
• Martial Ancestor agreed to supervise Lu Chen and began displaying the Great Sun Thunder Body’s cultivation instructions.

Lu Chen refined the Netherworld Heart Demon Lightning and cultivated the Supreme Heart Demon Scripture until its Heart Demon Seed formed. He then entered the Little Heart Demon State and began tempering his body with the Great Sun Thunder Body.

• Lu Chen used Violet Zenith Luo Fire to suppress and refine the Netherworld Heart Demon Lightning into his spiritual power.
• With Martial Ancestor watching, Lu Chen circulated the refined lightning into his heart and endured repeated strikes to cultivate the Supreme Heart Demon Scripture.
• After several days, Lu Chen formed the Heart Demon Seed, marked by a dark lotus pattern on his chest.
• Lu Chen entered the Little Heart Demon State and began cultivating the Great Sun Thunder Body with the Netherworld Heart Demon Lightning.
• The lightning spread through Lu Chen's body, remaking his physique as his skin gradually turned bronze.

Lu Chen completed the Bronze Thunder Body after a month of cultivation, then received the Territory Lord’s order to assemble at Hundred Battles City as the war intensified. Jiuyou led her forces, including Lu Chen, toward the city.

• The Hundred Battles Territory’s Ten Thousand Swords Valley, Corpse Demon Sect, and Great Compassion Heaven united to resist the Da Luo Territory’s invasion, slowing its advance.
• Lu Chen completed the Bronze Thunder Body in Thunder Demon Abyss and proved that a Low-Grade Divine Artifact could not mark his skin.
• The Martial Ancestor congratulated Lu Chen and said he might cultivate the Great Sun Thunder Body within three years.
• Lu Chen received a summons ordering him to assemble at Hundred Battles City within three days or face execution.
• Jiuyou gathered her forces at the Thunder Demon Sect and led them, including Lu Chen and Lin Jing, toward Hundred Battles City.

The Da Luo Territory confronted the Hundred Battles Territory over its annexation of border cities, and the two sides agreed to settle their dispute through a three-match wager. The chapter ended as Sleeping Emperor and Demon Compassion Sovereign prepared to fight the Emperor-level match.

• Lu Chen and the Nine Nether Palace forces joined the Da Luo Territory’s army outside Hundred Battles City, where the Three Emperors faced the Hundred Battles Territory’s leaders.
• Sky Vulture Emperor demanded that the Hundred Battles Territory cede one thousand cities, but Sword Concealing Old Man proposed a wager instead.
• Sword Concealing Old Man set three matches between Emperor-, King-, and Commander-level fighters, with the loser to pay one million Sovereign Spiritual Liquid and cede one thousand cities.
• Sleeping Emperor agreed to fight the first match, and Demon Compassion Sovereign stepped forward to face him.
• Sleeping Emperor unleashed overwhelming spiritual pressure, splitting the surrounding space as the battle began.

Sleeping Emperor defeated Demon Compassion Sovereign in the opening wager match, revealing his strength as a Ninth Grade Sovereign. Sky Vulture Emperor then challenged the Hundred Battles Territory to send a commander-level expert, prompting Demon Compassion Sovereign to seek help from Profound Heaven Hall’s Liu Yan.

• Demon Compassion Sovereign summoned his Great Vajra Celestial Body and attacked Sleeping Emperor with the Vajra Body Extinguishing Bowl.
• Sleeping Emperor used his Heavenly Dragon Sovereign Celestial Body to swallow the golden torrents, and Demon Compassion Sovereign conceded the match.
• Sky Vulture Emperor proposed that Da Luo Territory send a commander-level expert for the next wager match.
• Demon Compassion Sovereign suggested asking Profound Heaven Hall to send Liu Yan, fourth on the Dragon Phoenix Record, and Sword Concealing Old Man agreed to contact them.

Lu Chen faced Liu Yan, a renowned prodigy recruited by the Hundred Battles Territory for its wager match against the Da Luo Territory. After Liu Yan revealed his Ten Thousand Flames Celestial Body, Lu Chen reached half-step Fifth Grade Sovereign strength with his Golden Flame Transformation, and the two prepared to clash.

• Sky Vulture Emperor challenged the Hundred Battles Territory to send out its King Rank experts, and Sword Concealing Old Man protested that their candidates were still in seclusion.
• Liu Yan appeared and was accepted as a representative of the Hundred Battles Territory after Sword Concealing Old Man gave him a Ten Thousand Swords Valley Guest Elder token.
• Sky Vulture Emperor asked Lu Chen to represent the Da Luo Territory, and Lu Chen agreed to fight Liu Yan.
• Liu Yan unleashed his peak Fourth Grade Sovereign strength, half a step from the Fifth Grade, and warned Lu Chen he would strike with all his might.
• Lu Chen used the first transformation of the Heavenly Flame Three Transformations to reach half-step Fifth Grade Sovereign strength.
• Liu Yan summoned his Ten Thousand Flames Celestial Body as the two prepared to battle.