Chapter Summaries

Lu Chen confronted the Divine Pavilion Master and revealed that, though he had not reached the Earthly Supreme stage, his spiritual energy had already crystallized and his power rivaled theirs. He used the Pagoda Godly Imprint to seal the Divine Pavilion Master's attack and sharply reduce his cultivation, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Lu Chen arrived and reminded the Divine Pavilion Master that he was the one whose sacred artifact the Master had wanted.
• The Divine Pavilion Master attacked Lu Chen, but Lu Chen's Gazed Sword shattered his giant palm seal.
• The Divine Pavilion Master recognized that Lu Chen was not an Earthly Supreme, and Lu Chen revealed his crystallized Supreme Sea and Half-Step Earthly Supreme cultivation.
• The Divine Pavilion Master called on the others to attack and used the Five Annihilation God Imprint against Lu Chen.
• Lu Chen summoned the Heavenly Flame Celestial Body and used the Pagoda Godly Imprint to seal the Divine Pavilion Master's attack.
• The Pagoda Godly Imprint struck the Divine Pavilion Master and caused his cultivation to fall from Lower Earthly Supreme peak to middle stage.

Lu Chen revealed that his Sovereign Divine Ability had sealed the Divine Pavilion Master's cultivation, then temporarily entered the Earthly Supreme realm and used the Ancestral Talisman and fire lotus to kill Ten Thousand Saints Old Ancestor and Sky Serpent Old Ghost. The Divine Pavilion Master was left alone, pale and facing Lu Chen.

• Mandala and Sleeping Emperor recognized the extraordinary power of Lu Chen's Sovereign Divine Ability, while the Demon Emperor withdrew after promising compensation.
• The Divine Pavilion Master persuaded Ten Thousand Saints Old Ancestor and Sky Serpent Old Ghost to fight again by offering them rewards.
• Lu Chen used Buddha Flame and the Heavenly Flame Three Transformations to temporarily reach the Earthly Supreme realm.
• Lu Chen sent the Ancestral Talisman and fire lotus toward the Divine Pavilion Master, but their attacks instead struck Ten Thousand Saints Old Ancestor and Sky Serpent Old Ghost.
• Lu Chen's violet-gold sword lights destroyed the two elders' escaping divine souls, leaving the Divine Pavilion Master alone.

Mu Chen and Great Lo Territory secured Stone Island after Sleeping Emperor defeated the Divine Pavilion and forced the Demon Gate to withdraw. Lu Chen gathered the Spirit God Liquid, leaving Great Lo Territory in possession of the prize.

• Jiuyou, Sky Vulture Emperor, and Spirit Eye Emperor battled the four Divine Pavilion Masters while Mu Chen’s scorpion attacked the Divine Pavilion forces trapped in his array.
• Sleeping Emperor arrived, gathered the spheres of light, and killed all four Divine Pavilion Masters to warn the Demon Emperor.
• The Demon Fairy accepted Sleeping Emperor’s terms and led the Demon Gate forces away from Stone Island.
• Mandala and Lu Chen arrived with the captured Divine Pavilion Master’s Divine Soul, and the defeated factions realized their leaders had lost.
• Lu Chen activated the vessels used to refine Spirit God Liquid, draining Stone Island’s lake and turning its essence into golden Spirit God Liquid.

Lu Chen learned that absorbing the Spirit God Liquid might make his already unbreakable Supreme Sea even harder to shatter, but Mandala told him that an ancient Tai Ling ancestor had faced the same problem. After realizing Mu Chen could help him find a solution, Lu Chen accepted the Nether God World-Extinguishing Flame, gave Mandala the Perfect Grade Spirit God Liquid, and returned with her and the Sleeping Emperor to the Da Luo Territory.

• Lu Chen asked whether he could absorb the Spirit God Liquid, and Mandala warned that it could strengthen his foundation and make his Supreme Sea harder to shatter.
• Lu Chen admitted that his Supreme Sea could no longer be shattered, and Mandala confirmed that his spiritual energy had transformed after he absorbed a sub-flame of a Heavenly Supreme-level flame.
• Mandala told Lu Chen that an ancestor of the Tai Ling Ancient Clan had once achieved a similar transformation, and Lu Chen realized Mu Chen could help him learn how to resolve it.
• Mandala gave Lu Chen the Nether God World-Extinguishing Flame and divided the Spirit God Liquid, while Lu Chen insisted that she take the Perfect Grade drop to help her reach the Upper Earth Sovereign level.
• Mandala promised Lu Chen one-third of the Da Luo Territory’s annual tribute, then knocked out the rival factions on the stone island and had the Sleeping Emperor take the captives away.

After the Great Hunting War, the Da Luo Territory absorbed most of the Northern Region, and Mandala advanced to Upper Earth Sovereign. The Demon Gate submitted, while Mandala prepared to claim the Dark Golden Pyramid and explore the Ancient Heavenly Palace with Lu Chen.

• The deaths of four Earthly Supremes left the Da Luo Territory controlling nearly eighty percent of the Northern Region, with only the Demon Gate remaining as a top-tier power.
• Mandala emerged as an Upper Earth Sovereign, and Demon Fairy arrived with forty million drops of Sovereign Spiritual Liquid for Lu Chen.
• Mandala ordered the Sleeping Emperor to receive the smaller factions and accepted the Demon Gate’s Inheritance Jade Seal as its pledge of submission.
• Mandala summoned the Demon Emperor to meet her in three days and forgave the Demon Gate’s past actions.
• Mandala told Lu Chen she would subdue the Dark Golden Pyramid and seek the Ancient Heavenly Palace, which might help solve his problem.

Lu Chen’s simulation charted his rise to Heavenly Supreme, his repeated defeats by the Martial Ancestor, and his eventual death fighting the Heavenly Demon Emperor. After the simulation ended, he reflected that he would have to repay the favors he had received as a war approached across the Great Thousand World.

• Lu Chen began a new simulation and became a Million Marks Battle Array Master before joining Mu Chen in the Ancient Heavenly Palace, where he and Xiao Xiao robbed rival prodigies.
• Lu Chen broke through to Upper Earth Sovereign with Xiao Xiao’s Nine Curves Spirit Ginseng, then trained in seclusion until he reached peak Earthly Supreme.
• Lu Chen became a Heavenly Supreme, learned the first level of One Qi Transforms into Three Purities, and lost his first challenge against the Martial Ancestor.
• Lu Chen studied the Ancient War Emperor’s inheritance and challenged the Martial Ancestor again, but lost despite reaching mid Immortal Grade combat power.
• Lu Chen later died helping the Western Heaven War Emperor against the Heavenly Demon Emperor, and the simulation offered him three rewards to choose from.
• Lu Chen considered the favors he would need to repay and the war he expected to engulf the Great Thousand World.

Lu Chen trained Mu Chen in Thunder Demon Abyss and gave him three Heavenly Rank spirit array diagrams to study before their trip to the Heavenly Palace. The chapter left Lu Chen and Jiuyou discussing a Phoenix Flame Flower that might help resolve the problem with his Supreme Sea.

• Lu Chen sparred with Mu Chen until Mu Chen asked to rest, then gave him a pill to restore his spiritual energy.
• Lu Chen urged Mu Chen to endure his training so he could help Luo Li and save his mother, and told him to prepare for the Heavenly Palace opening in a few months.
• Lu Chen gave Mu Chen three Heavenly Rank spirit array diagrams, which Mu Chen memorized and promised to study.
• Lu Chen went to the summit of Thunder Demon Mountain and reflected on how his position in the Da Luo Territory had changed.
• Jiuyou told Lu Chen that her clan would send a Phoenix Flame Flower, a rare treasure that might help him break through the shackles of the Supreme Realm.

Lu Chen learned why the Phoenix Flame Flower was so valuable and discovered that Jiuyou's father was coming to confront him over his absence from the Nine Netherbird Clan. After sharing a kiss with Jiuyou, Lu Chen resolved to explain their relationship and his situation with Lin Jing to his future father-in-law.

• Jiuyou explained that treasures capable of helping Sovereigns reach the Earthly Supreme Realm were exceptionally rare and prized even by first-rate powers.
• Jiuyou told Lu Chen that the Nine Netherbird Clan valued him for giving them the True Scripture of Heavenly Phoenix Nirvana and wanted him to return with her.
• Jiuyou revealed that her father, the Heaven Desolate Clan Leader, was coming and wanted to beat Lu Chen for neglecting his responsibilities.
• Lu Chen pulled Jiuyou into his arms and kissed her, but stopped when she asked him not to go further.
• Jiuyou promised to persuade her father, while Lu Chen vowed to explain his relationship with her and his connection to Lin Jing.

Heaven Desolate arrived in the Da Luo Territory to judge Lu Chen’s relationship with Jiuyou and whether he could protect her. Lu Chen demonstrated his unusual spiritual energy and promised to prove himself in three years, but Heaven Desolate also exposed that he had another confidante.

• Mandala welcomed Heaven Desolate, the Nine Netherbird Clan’s leader, and he recognized that she had entered the Upper Earth Sovereign level.
• Heaven Desolate told Lu Chen that the clan accepted his explanation about Jiuyou, but he remained unconvinced and threatened to withhold the Phoenix Flame Flower.
• Lu Chen explained Heaven Desolate’s concerns and promised to prove within three years that he could protect Jiuyou.
• Lu Chen displayed spiritual energy crystallization, impressing Heaven Desolate and the Nine Netherbird Clan experts.
• Mandala challenged Heaven Desolate’s demand that Lu Chen reach the Heavenly Supreme level in three years, and Heaven Desolate admitted he had been joking.
• Heaven Desolate teased Lu Chen about avoiding the Nine Netherbird Clan, and Lu Chen admitted he had another confidante.

Lu Chen received the Phoenix Flame Flower from the Heaven Desolate Clan Leader, who accepted his relationship with Jiuyou but warned him that Lin Jing's father, the Martial Ancestor, might not. In the Martial Realm, Lin Jing's mother reinforced her confinement after Lin Jing complained about being kept from Lu Chen.

• The Heaven Desolate Clan Leader learned that Lu Chen's other confidante was Lin Jing, the Martial Ancestor's daughter, and told Lu Chen to handle the matter himself.
• The Heaven Desolate Clan Leader gave Lu Chen a Phoenix Flame Flower, entrusted Jiuyou to him, and departed with the Nine Netherbird Clan.
• Lu Chen worried that he could not persuade the Martial Ancestor to accept his relationship with both Jiuyou and Lin Jing.
• Lin Jing complained to her mother that her father had confined her for a year and that she wanted to see Lu Chen.
• Lin Jing's mother warned that Lin Jing was vulnerable to the Extraterritorial Evil Clan until she became a Heavenly Supreme, then confined her until she became an Earthly Supreme.

Two months after learning that the Heavenly Palace would appear, Lu Chen finished refining his spiritual energy control and prepared to enter the Ancient Heavenly Palace with Mu Chen and three former leaders of the Hundred Battles Territory. The chapter ended with their Flame Dragon Scorpion setting off for the Far West Land, where the Heavenly Palace had appeared.

• Lu Chen spent two months refining his control over his spiritual energy after reaching the perfected Ninth Grade Sovereign.
• The Heavenly Palace appeared in the Far West Land, and leaders of the Tianluo Continent's top powers issued orders as conflict loomed.
• Mandala told Lu Chen to retrieve her true body from the First Hall Master's palace and explained that he would need to face Lu Heng afterward.
• Mandala urged Lu Chen to seek the Heaven River Baptism, then sent him to collect Mu Chen from Flame Pool Peak.
• Lu Chen gathered Mu Chen and the Sword Concealing Old Man, Corpse Mountain Old Ghost, and Demon Compassion Sovereign for the journey.
• Lu Chen and his companions departed on the Flame Dragon Scorpion, while Jiuyou remained in seclusion.

Lu Chen and his companions arrived in West City, where powerful young experts from across Tianluo Continent had gathered near the Ancient Heavenly Palace. As he listened for news of the city’s forces and an upcoming West Cold Sect auction, Sword Concealing Old Man and Corpse Mountain Old Ghost returned with the Young Experts Ranking.

• Lu Chen sent Sword Concealing Old Man and Corpse Mountain Old Ghost to scout West City while he entered with Mu Chen and Mo Bei.
• Lu Chen listened in a tavern as people discussed powerful Sovereigns and the young experts arriving in the city.
• Mu Shan, Xia Hong, and Qin Ya arrived, and the tavern’s patrons revealed that West Cold Sect was holding an auction.
• Lu Chen considered whether West Cold Sect possessed treasures that could help him break through his realm.
• Sword Concealing Old Man and Corpse Mountain Old Ghost returned, and Corpse Mountain Old Ghost handed Lu Chen the Tianluo Continent Young Experts Ranking.

Lu Chen and Mu Chen read the Strongest Expert List, learning about Tianluo's top young geniuses and the dangers awaiting them. The list named Lu Chen its number one and branded him an old monster who had seized a body and been reborn, leaving him famous across Tianluo.

• Lu Chen and Mu Chen read the Strongest Expert List and saw its rankings of powerful young geniuses.
• Lu Chen warned Mu Chen that Garuda, a Ninth Grade Perfection expert from the hostile Saint Demon Palace, also cultivated the Great Sun Undying Body and urged him to reconsider his path.
• Lu Chen explained that Su Qingyin was an Insect Master who fought with spirit insects and had been trained by Ten Thousand Insects Old Ancestor.
• The list ranked Zhu Yan second and Lu Chen first, describing Lu Chen as an old monster who had seized a body and been reborn and advising others to flee if they met him.
• Lu Chen dismissed the list's speculation and said he would deal with anyone who believed it, while Mu Chen noted that Lu Chen had become famous throughout Tianluo.

Lu Chen learned that West Cold Sect was auctioning an item recovered from the Ancient Heavenly Palace, then attended the auction with his group. The auction opened with a Quasi-Saint Item, the Wave Breaking Pearl, which Xia Hong won uncontested.

• Sword Concealing Old Man and Corpse Mountain Old Ghost told Lu Chen that the auction would include an item rumored to be the Second Hall Master's token, and that it would begin in three days.
• Three days later, West Cold Sect escorted Lu Chen and his group to a private room on the auction house's third floor.
• Lu Chen praised the Ice Jade Fruits provided by West Cold Sect, while Mu Chen eagerly ate several of them.
• Han Fei opened the auction by presenting the Wave Breaking Pearl, a Quasi-Saint Item recovered from the Ancient Heavenly Palace.
• Xia Hong bid fifteen million Sovereign Spiritual Liquid for the Wave Breaking Pearl, and the other bidders withdrew, leaving him the winner.

At the auction, Lu Chen showed interest in an incomplete divine ability stone stele said to contain Azure Green Divine Lightning and a True Spirit Empowerment. After Qin Ya bid fifteen million Sovereign Spiritual Liquid, Lu Chen raised the price to twenty million.

• Han Fei auctioned an incomplete Nine Dragons Immortal Slaying Array, and Mu Bai bought it for six million Sovereign Spiritual Liquid.
• Han Fei revealed an incomplete divine ability carved on a stone stele, and the crowd learned it held Azure Green Divine Lightning and a True Spirit Empowerment.
• Qin Ya of Horizon's Edge Pavilion bid fifteen million Sovereign Spiritual Liquid, declaring that she was determined to obtain the stele.
• Lu Chen bid twenty million Sovereign Spiritual Liquid, challenging Qin Ya.

Lu Chen outbid Qin Ya for a damaged divine ability and acquired its stone stele, then declined to pursue the Second Hall Master's Token when Xia Hong raised the price to thirty million Sovereign Spiritual Liquid. The token went to Xia Hong as Lu Chen left the auction pavilion.

• Lu Chen outbid Qin Ya for the damaged divine ability, rejected her attempt to persuade him, and forced her to withdraw from the bidding.
• Han Fei awarded the stone stele to Lu Chen, and Lu Chen passed on the auction's other items.
• Bidders from several top factions competed for the Second Hall Master's Token, and Lu Chen raised the price to twenty-eight million Sovereign Spiritual Liquid.
• Xia Hong bid thirty million Sovereign Spiritual Liquid, and Lu Chen decided not to raise his offer and left the pavilion.
• Xia Hong won the Second Hall Master's Token as the other bidders discussed why Lu Chen had withdrawn.

Lu Chen explained that the stone stele’s damaged Divine Ability could help him gain recognition from the Azure Green Divine Lightning Armor, a mid-grade sacred artifact. He entered seclusion and received the Azure Lightning Force inheritance from Pang Tong, chief disciple of the Ancient Heavenly Palace’s fifth hall master.

• Lu Chen told Mu Chen that the stone stele’s Azure Lightning Force was linked to the Azure Green Divine Lightning Armor and could help him claim its recognition.
• Lu Chen said he had informed the Domain Lord and asked Mu Chen to guard him while he cultivated the inheritance.
• Lu Chen pressed the stone stele to his forehead and entered a golden space containing an ancient tree.
• Pang Tong identified himself as the fifth hall master’s chief disciple and passed the Azure Lightning Force inheritance to Lu Chen.
• Lu Chen immersed himself in Pang Tong’s memories and insights as the inheritance unfolded.

Lu Chen refined the Azure Green Divine Lightning, then joined Mandala near the newly appeared Ancient Heavenly Palace and learned that powerful factions were waiting for its unstable space to settle. As the leaders opened passages into the palace, a veiled woman rushed ahead and asked Lu Chen to block the pursuing heirs of several major factions.

• Lu Chen emerged from six days of seclusion after refining the Azure Green Divine Lightning and strengthening his Great Sun Thunder Body.
• Mu Chen told Lu Chen that a mysterious woman had stolen the Second Hall Master's token and fled toward the Ancient Heavenly Palace; Mandala later confirmed the token remained in her hands and described the powerful imprint protecting her.
• Lu Chen met Mandala at the Da Luo Territory encampment and learned that the Heavenly Palace's unstable space would become safer for entry after three days.
• Three days later, the faction leaders opened spatial passages, and Lu Chen chose Mu Chen and Demon Compassion to accompany him while Sword Concealing Old Man and Corpse Mountain Old Ghost stayed behind.
• A veiled woman entered a passage ahead of Lu Chen, asked him to block her pursuers, and fled as heirs from Hidden Dragon Pavilion, the Great Xia Dynasty, Primordial Sect, and Netherworld Stream rushed toward him.

Lu Chen and Mu Chen entered the Ancient Heavenly Palace with Xiao Xiao, who was being pursued over the Second Hall Master's command token. After Xiao Hong's group trapped Xiao Xiao in a spirit array, she offered Lu Chen the second transformation of the Heavenly Flame Three Transformations, and he attacked Xia Hong and prepared to face the others.

• Lu Chen fled into the spatial passage with Mu Chen after sensing danger, then reunited with Xiao Xiao and learned that pursuers were after her command token.
• Lu Chen offered to help Xiao Xiao, but she refused to hand over the token; she later entered the Ancient Heavenly Palace ahead of him, with Lu Chen and Mu Chen following.
• Xia Hong, Mu Shan, and Mu Bai confronted Xiao Xiao and trapped her in the Profound Origin Heavy Water Array, while Lu Chen and Mu Chen watched from outside.
• Xiao Xiao offered Lu Chen the second transformation of the Heavenly Flame Three Transformations in exchange for help, and Lu Chen knocked Xia Hong unconscious.
• Lu Chen faced Mu Shan and the other pursuers, inviting them to attack him together.

Lu Chen and Xiao Xiao defeated the group holding her captive, collected ransom from them, and continued toward the Heavenly Palace’s Ascension Dragon Gate. There, they encountered Su Qingyin, the Insect Master ranked third on the Strongest Expert List, who challenged Lu Chen by summoning a powerful Spirit Sword Insect.

• Lu Chen shattered Mu Bai’s Spirit Array, defeated Mu Shan, and helped Xiao Xiao escape the Profound Origin Heavy Water Array.
• Lu Chen demanded ten million Sovereign Spiritual Liquid from each of the sixteen captors, and they paid before leaving.
• Xiao Xiao refused to give Lu Chen the third transformation of the Heavenly Flame Three Transformations, and Lu Chen, Xiao Xiao, and Mu Chen continued onward.
• The group reached the Ascension Dragon Gate, where Lu Chen explained its role in assessing Ancient Heavenly Palace disciples and their identity tokens.
• Su Qingyin arrived on a Four-Winged Spirit Insect, noticed Lu Chen, and summoned a hundred-foot Spirit Sword Insect to test him.