Chapter Summaries

Lu Chen and Liu Yan fought above Hundred Battles City, pitting their Celestial Bodies and divine abilities against each other. Lu Chen’s Immeasurable Golden Light withstood Liu Yan’s Heaven Burning Feather, and Lu Chen launched his Great Sun Extinction Divine Light as the chapter ended.

• Liu Yan summoned the Ten Thousand Flames Celestial Body, and Lu Chen answered with the Heavenly Flame Celestial Body.
• Liu Yan’s Myriad Fires Spirit clashed with Lu Chen’s Heavenly Flame Burning Sea Palm, creating a massive spiritual energy hurricane.
• Lu Chen’s Great Lo Heavenly Flame Sword and Liu Yan’s Myriad Flames Divine Spear collided before their Celestial Bodies fought at close range.
• Lu Chen’s Heavenly Flame Celestial Body overpowered Liu Yan’s in the clash, shattering Liu Yan’s spear while remaining nearly unharmed.
• Liu Yan unleashed the Heaven Burning Feather, but Lu Chen’s Immeasurable Golden Light barrier protected his Celestial Body from the attack.
• Lu Chen began his Great Sun Extinction Divine Light and fired a golden beam toward Liu Yan.

Lu Chen defeated Liu Yan, but Liu Tiandao arrived and moved to kill him, forcing the Da Luo Territory’s experts to intervene. As the Sleeping Emperor tried to hold Liu Tiandao back, Lu Chen crushed a jade pendant and summoned the Great Desolate Imprisoning Sky Finger.

• Lu Chen shattered Liu Yan’s Ten Thousand Flames Celestial Body, leaving Liu Yan severely injured with shattered meridians.
• Sky Vulture Emperor defended Lu Chen from Sword Concealing Old Man, who threatened war between Profound Heaven Hall and Da Luo Territory.
• Liu Tiandao appeared, restrained Lu Chen with his Earthly Supreme pressure, and demanded that Da Luo Territory hand him over.
• The Sleeping Emperor stepped in with a Quasi-Saint Item whip and told Sky Vulture Emperor to take Lu Chen away.
• Lu Chen refused to flee and crushed a white jade pendant, summoning the ancient Great Desolate Imprisoning Sky Finger.

Lu Chen defeated Liu Tiandao’s body with the Martial Ancestor’s strike, and Mandala crushed Liu Tiandao’s fleeing spiritual body. The Hundred Battles Territory conceded a thousand cities and one million portions of Sovereign Spiritual Liquid to Da Luo Territory, while Sword Concealing Old Man blamed Lu Chen for their losses.

• Lu Chen’s giant finger shattered Liu Tiandao’s Heavenly Dao Sword and forced Liu Tiandao to self-destruct his body, letting his spiritual body escape.
• Mandala appeared before Liu Tiandao, seized him, and crushed his spiritual body.
• The Hundred Battles Territory’s leaders conceded a thousand cities and one million portions of Sovereign Spiritual Liquid after their losses and collapsing morale.
• Sky Vulture Emperor demanded payment within three days and threatened to flatten the three factions’ mountain gates if they failed to deliver.
• Da Luo Territory’s army withdrew in formation as Sword Concealing Old Man blamed Lu Chen for the defeat.

After Lu Chen’s victory over Liu Yan brought fame to the Da Luo Territory, Mandala conferred him as the Heavenly Flame King and granted him a territory, an elite army, and a Battle Array Master inheritance. Lu Chen chose Thunderfire Plains and prepared to establish his king’s hall there.

• The Hundred Battles Territory ceded a thousand cities and one million drops of Sovereign Spiritual Liquid, and Lu Chen’s victory spread his fame throughout the Northern Region.
• Mandala summoned Lu Chen and gave him a King Conferral Token naming him the Heavenly Flame King.
• Mandala granted Lu Chen access to the Scripture Pavilion and asked him to choose a territory from the lands seized from the Hundred Battles Territory.
• Lu Chen chose Thunderfire Plains and proposed building his king’s hall on the former site of the Thunder Demon Sect.
• Mandala assigned Lu Chen three hundred Great Lo Heaven Army soldiers and gave him the Battle Array Heart inheritance to study.

Lu Chen accepted Mandala’s assignment to compete for Dragon Phoenix Pool and her recommendation to train at the Great Luo Flame Pool, while Jiuyou decided to relocate her palace to Thunderfire Plains. His simulation then predicted his rise as an artifact refiner, his survival of a major ambush, and his eventual stranding in the void with his spiritual energy depleted.

• Mandala assigned Lu Chen to represent Da Luo Territory in the Dragon Phoenix Pool contest and sent him to train at the Great Luo Flame Pool.
• Jiuyou decided to relocate Nine Nether Palace to Thunderfire Plains and rename it Heavenly Flame Hall.
• Lu Chen began a simulation that predicted he would hunt Spirit Flame Pythons, compete in Dragon Phoenix Heaven, and reach Fifth Grade Sovereign.
• The simulation showed Lu Chen becoming a level-five artifact refiner and using Heart Demon Thunder Lotuses to defeat pursuers before spatial turbulence swept him into the void.
• After years lost in the void, the simulated Lu Chen ran out of Sovereign Spiritual Liquid and prepared to seek resources on a nearby lower plane.

Lu Chen’s simulation followed his rise in the Gu World from a remnant soul to the Thunder Great Lord and Earthly Supreme, where he created the Insect Control Heart Sutra before returning to the Great Thousand World. After reviewing the results, he chose the Insect Control Heart Sutra as his reward.

• Lu Chen read the simulation of his long journey into the Gu World and his rise to power.
• He learned that the Gu World ranked among the mid-tier lower planes because it could produce Supreme Realm experts.
• The simulation showed Lu Chen combining Gu insects with battle arrays to become a Million-Mark Battle Array Master and the Gu World’s ninth Great Lord.
• Lu Chen refined the Plane of Origin, reached the Earthly Supreme Realm, left behind the Insect Control Heart Sutra, and returned to the Great Thousand World.
• Lu Chen considered the simulator’s three rewards and chose the Insect Control Heart Sutra.

Lu Chen entered the Great Luo Flame Pool and met Bing Xin, the Third Commander of the Great Lo Heaven Army, who explained the Spirit Flame Pythons and their Spirit Flame Marrow. After Lu Chen effortlessly defeated one, he decided to cultivate at the Flame Pool for two months.

• Lu Chen descended into the lava beneath Flame Pool Peak and showed the surrounding soldiers his identity token as the newly appointed Tenth King.
• Bing Xin verified Lu Chen’s token, introduced herself as the Third Commander, and explained that Spirit Flame Pythons carried Spirit Flame Marrow that could improve cultivation and temper meridians.
• Bing Xin questioned whether Lu Chen could handle the pythons, so he summoned and destroyed a giant lava python with one palm strike.
• Lu Chen collected the Spirit Flame Marrow, surprising Bing Xin with his fourth-rank body and spiritual cultivation.
• Lu Chen observed the Great Lo Heaven Army soldiers cultivating on platforms around the lava sea and declared that he would train there for two months.

After reaching Late Fourth Grade Sovereign, Lu Chen asked Bing Xin to take him to the deepest part of the Great Luo Flame Pool to find a fifth-grade Spirit Flame Python King. There, a Flame Dragon Scorpion appeared and attacked a Spirit Flame Python, leaving Lu Chen and Bing Xin facing a Sixth Grade Sovereign threat.

• Lu Chen finished cultivating and asked Bing Xin where to find fifth-grade Spirit Flame Pythons, giving her Sovereign Spiritual Liquid in return for her guidance.
• Bing Xin led Lu Chen deep into the Great Luo Flame Pool and explained that the Spirit Flame Python King might dwell there.
• Bing Xin awakened a fourth-grade Spirit Flame Python and explained that it had to lead them to the Python King alive.
• Bing Xin knocked the Spirit Flame Python away, but a Flame Dragon Scorpion suddenly seized it and drained its body.
• Lu Chen and Bing Xin recognized the scorpion as a Sixth Grade Sovereign Flame Dragon Scorpion.

Lu Chen and Bing Xin encountered a Flame Dragon Scorpion at the bottom of the Great Luo Flame Pool, where Huo Meier arrived to fight it. Huo Meier severely injured the creature with a single attack, while Lu Chen watched in awe.

• Lu Chen asked Bing Xin whether the Flame Dragon Scorpion carried Spirit Flame Marrow, and she said nobody knew because the Great Lo Heaven Army had never killed it.
• The Flame Dragon Scorpion attacked, knocked Bing Xin aside, and clashed with Lu Chen, who wounded it with his Great Sun Thunder Body.
• Huo Meier appeared and told Lu Chen to check on Bing Xin while she handled the scorpion.
• Bing Xin identified Huo Meier as the Great Lo Heaven Army's Grand Commander and a Sixth Grade Sovereign, and Lu Chen gave Bing Xin a healing pill.
• Huo Meier struck the Flame Dragon Scorpion with Fish Dragon Nine Transformations, Fish Leaps the Sky, leaving it gravely wounded.

Lu Chen negotiated with Huo Meier for the wounded Flame Dragon Scorpion, promising three portions of fifth-grade Spirit Flame Marrow within a month. He used the Nine Coloured Soul Nurturing Lotus to overpower the scorpion and refine it into his puppet.

• Huo Meier arrived, recognized Lu Chen as someone connected to Jiuyou, and Bing Xin explained their history as rival candidates to become king.
• Huo Meier agreed to let Lu Chen keep the Flame Dragon Scorpion in exchange for three portions of fifth-grade Spirit Flame Marrow within a month, warning that she would kill him if he failed.
• Bing Xin offered to ask Huo Meier for more time, while Lu Chen went to tame the wounded scorpion using the Insect Control Heart Sutra.
• The Flame Dragon Scorpion resisted Lu Chen's golden runes, but the Nine Coloured Soul Nurturing Lotus intimidated it with its superior power.
• Lu Chen's runes overwhelmed the scorpion's will and transformed it into his puppet.

Lu Chen hunted Spirit Flame Pythons with the refined Flame Dragon Scorpion, delivered three pieces of Fifth Grade Spirit Flame Marrow to Huo Meier, and secluded himself to break through. He emerged before Mandala, Lin Jing, and the Great Lo Heaven Army commanders as a Fifth Grade Sovereign.

• Lu Chen and the Flame Dragon Scorpion found a group of hundreds of Spirit Flame Pythons guarded by a Fifth Grade Python King, and Lu Chen sent the scorpion to fight the king while he hunted the others.
• The Flame Dragon Scorpion defeated the Python King as Lu Chen slew the surrounding pythons and collected Spirit Flame Marrow, including a valuable piece of Fifth Grade marrow.
• Lu Chen gave Huo Meier three pieces of Fifth Grade Spirit Flame Marrow and declined her offer to join the Great Lo Heaven Army.
• Lu Chen consumed two pieces of Fifth Grade Spirit Flame Marrow during half a month of secluded cultivation to attempt a breakthrough.
• Mandala, Lin Jing, and the five commanders waited at Flame Pool Peak for Lu Chen, who emerged from the magma as a Fifth Grade Sovereign.

Lu Chen and Lin Jing traveled to Dragon Phoenix Heaven, where Da Luo Territory’s young geniuses faced threats from the Nether Palace and other enemies. After reaching the Dragon Phoenix Mountain Range, they met a mysterious young man who appeared at their camp to trade a Fragrant Pig hind leg for Lu Chen’s roast rabbit.

• Mandala told Lu Chen that he and Lin Jing would have to reach Dragon Phoenix Heaven on their own and warned him that Da Luo Territory’s young geniuses were often hunted by the Nether Palace.
• Lu Chen summoned the Flame Dragon Scorpion, and he and Lin Jing rode it toward the Dragon Phoenix Mountain Range.
• After traveling for several days, Lu Chen and Lin Jing camped in a forest near the mountain range and shared roast rabbit.
• A black-robed young man emerged from the forest, offered a Fragrant Pig hind leg for a rabbit, and left Lu Chen unable to sense his cultivation.

Lu Chen and Lin Jing met Gu Lin and his sister Cai Xiao in the Dragon Phoenix Mountain Range, where a trade of roasted rabbit for Fragrant Pig led to a shared meal. The four introduced themselves and feasted by the bonfire, while Cai Xiao briefly suspected Lin Jing might be someone she knew before dismissing the idea.

• Lin Jing eagerly asked Gu Lin about his Fragrant Pig, and Lu Chen traded him a freshly roasted rabbit for the pig's hind leg.
• A stone struck Gu Lin, and Cai Xiao emerged from the forest; Xiao Cai swallowed the rabbit before Gu Lin could give it to her.
• Lu Chen invited Cai Xiao and Gu Lin to share a meal, and Cai Xiao accepted after Xiao Cai pleaded with her.
• Gu Lin introduced himself as being from the Extremely Northern Land, while Lu Chen and Lin Jing said they came from Da Luo Territory.
• Cai Xiao briefly wondered whether Lin Jing was the child of someone she knew, then dismissed the thought after sensing Lin Jing's weak strength.
• Gu Lin and Lin Jing ate ravenously beside the bonfire, and Lu Chen burned the pile of bones to ash with a purplish-golden flame.

Cai Xiao decided to join Lu Chen and Lin Jing on their journey to Dragon Phoenix Heaven, hoping to obtain True Dragon Essence Blood to help Xiao Cai evolve. After Gu Lin left to complete their father’s task, the three set out for Dragon Phoenix Ancient City to learn where the Dragon Phoenix Pools would appear.

• Lin Jing told Cai Xiao about the opportunities in Dragon Phoenix Heaven, and Cai Xiao chose to go there to help Xiao Cai evolve.
• Lin Jing showed Cai Xiao the Dragon Phoenix Record, which ranked Lu Chen third and described him as a leading young genius.
• Gu Lin worried about leaving his sister with Lu Chen, but Cai Xiao ordered him to complete their father’s task alone.
• The next morning, Gu Lin entrusted Cai Xiao to Lu Chen and departed to handle his mission.
• Lu Chen, Cai Xiao, and Lin Jing headed for Dragon Phoenix Ancient City to learn the locations of the Dragon Phoenix Pools.

Lu Chen, Cai Xiao, and Lin Jing arrived at Dragon Phoenix Ancient City and went to Dragon Phoenix Pavilion to learn about Dragon Phoenix Heaven. Pavilion Master Mu Qiu announced that only five Dragon Phoenix Pools had appeared, but Lu Chen knew there were actually eight.

• Lu Chen released his Fifth Grade Sovereign pressure to drive away hostile stares, then led Cai Xiao and Lin Jing toward Dragon Phoenix Pavilion.
• Cai Xiao and Lin Jing refused Lu Chen's suggestion to wear veils as they entered the crowded pavilion.
• Su Bi Yue and Hong Yu noticed Lu Chen and exchanged barbed remarks about his Dragon Phoenix Record ranking.
• Lu Chen sensed a concealed observer on the top floor, suspected the Nether Prince, and wondered where Fang Yi was.
• Mu Qiu announced that five Dragon Phoenix Pools had appeared, and Lu Chen recognized that he was withholding the truth because eight had appeared.

As Dragon Phoenix Heaven prepared to open, Lu Chen met Fang Yi, who warned him about the Nether Prince’s plans and proposed they avoid becoming enemies. After Fang Yi departed, Cai Xiao teased Lu Chen about his relationship with Lin Jing, while a woman watching from afar realized Lin Jing had fallen for him and sent a message to the Martial Realm.

• Elder Mu Qiu showed the gathered geniuses the locations of five Dragon Phoenix Pools and warned them about the powerful creatures in Dragon Phoenix Heaven.
• A black-robed figure watched Lu Chen leave and decided to contact someone from Profound Heaven Hall because he could not handle Lu Chen alone.
• Lu Chen sensed Fang Yi following them, attacked him, and discovered Fang had come to warn him that the Nether Prince had invited him to hunt Lu Chen.
• Lu Chen and Fang Yi agreed to avoid becoming enemies in Dragon Phoenix Heaven, though Cai Xiao struck Fang Yi after he called her Lu Chen’s sister-in-law.
• Cai Xiao asked Lu Chen what his relationship with Lin Jing was, and a woman watching from afar concluded that Lin Jing had fallen for Lu Chen and sent a message to the Martial Realm.

Lu Chen, Cai Xiao, and Lin Jing entered Dragon Phoenix Heaven, where Lin Jing pressed Lu Chen to admit his feelings for her. Their conversation was interrupted by Spirit Devouring Insects erupting across the crimson grassland, forcing the gathered experts to flee.

• Lu Chen reassured Lin Jing that they were friends, then departed with her after Cai Xiao left.
• Lu Chen, Cai Xiao, and Lin Jing entered Dragon Phoenix Heaven as it opened and were separated during their fall into the realm.
• Lu Chen found Lin Jing, and she urged him to stop playing dumb about his feelings, citing her mother's advice and threatening to call her father.
• Dark-red insects erupted from the grassland, devouring spiritual energy and leaving dozens of people as skeletons.
• Lu Chen recognized the creatures as Spirit Devouring Insects and fled upward with Lin Jing as insect-filled tornadoes swept across the grassland.

Lu Chen, Cai Xiao, and Lin Jing escaped a swarm of Spirit Devouring Insects, and Lu Chen captured and subdued several for his battle arrays. Guided by Cai Xiao’s map, they continued toward the nearest Dragon Phoenix Pool and came close to reaching it.

• Lu Chen shielded himself, Cai Xiao, and Lin Jing with Violet Zenith Luo Fire as they fled the insect tide, while many other powerhouses were killed.
• After escaping the grassland, Lu Chen caught several Spirit Devouring Insects and refined them, intending to raise them as battle-array troops.
• Cai Xiao used the Dragon Phoenix Pavilion map to point out the nearest Dragon Phoenix Pool, and the three set off toward it.
• The trio concealed their auras on a mountain as a herd of more than a hundred Supreme Realm blood-colored beasts flew past.
• Cai Xiao checked their location and estimated they would reach the Dragon Phoenix Pool in half a quarter-hour, and Lu Chen led the way onward.

Lu Chen, Cai Xiao, and Lin Jing reached White Bone Mountain and fought through its White Ape guardians to claim the Dragon Phoenix Pool. After Cai Xiao teased Lin Jing about chasing Lu Chen, Lin Jing ran to him and complained that Cai Xiao was bullying her, leaving Cai Xiao amused by her quick response.

• Lu Chen identified White Bone Mountain as the source of a Dragon Phoenix Pool and decided to seize it with Cai Xiao and Lin Jing.
• Lu Chen gave Lin Jing Little Red for protection before charging toward the mountain with Cai Xiao and Lin Jing following.
• Lu Chen cut down the White Ape guardians and reached the summit, where he found the Dragon Phoenix Pool formed from two enormous skeletons.
• Cai Xiao teased Lin Jing about chasing Lu Chen, and Lin Jing blushed and hurried after her.
• Lin Jing threw herself into Lu Chen's arms and complained that Cai Xiao was bullying her, prompting Cai Xiao to praise her quick learning.

Lin Jing entered the Dragon Phoenix Pool while Lu Chen drove away the young powerhouses who tried to seize it. Cai Xiao used a compass to locate a stronger pool in the northwest, and Lu Chen planned to investigate it after Lin Jing finished her baptism.

• Lu Chen sent Lin Jing into the Dragon Phoenix Pool first and suggested she put Little Red in with her.
• A sword strike from White Bone Mountain injured the young powerhouses gathering outside, and Lu Chen ordered them to leave.
• Cai Xiao told Lu Chen she was not angry that Lin Jing had used the pool first and offered to find a stronger one.
• Cai Xiao used a compass and essence blood from the pool to locate a Dragon Phoenix Pool in the northwest.
• Lu Chen checked the map, suspected the Dragon Phoenix Pavilion had concealed the pool, and planned to investigate with Cai Xiao after Lin Jing finished bathing.