Chapter Summaries

Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue arrived with their twin companions to confront Fu Ye for neglecting them, then reunited with him at the Northern Spiritual Academy. They met Nine Nether, and Fu Ye explained her ancient bloodline, unusual age, and potential for future cultivation.

• Bibi Dong, Qian Renxue, and their companions traveled to the Northern Spiritual Academy to find Fu Ye and complain that he had not visited them in over a year.
• Fu Ye welcomed the four women at the Level Eight Spirit-Gathering Array and admitted he had forgotten to spend time with them while dealing with other matters.
• Nine Nether brought tea to the courtyard, and Bibi Dong pulled her into her arms and asked Fu Ye who she was.
• Fu Ye explained that Nine Nether was a divine beast with pure Ancient Undying Bird bloodline whom he had saved from the Heavenly Gate tribulation.
• Fu Ye revealed that Nine Nether was over three hundred years old, had reached the Supreme Realm, and could use his Ancient Undying Bird heartblood to pursue Saint-grade cultivation.

Fu Ye reflected on the vastness of the worlds, promised to bring his wives to stronger planes, and recruited Nine Nether with offers of cultivation resources. Meanwhile, Luo Li planned to hunt Spirit Kings and rob high-ranking students, while Xiao Yan and Lin Dong’s group faced off over territory in Thousand Rock Valley.

• Fu Ye told Nine Nether, Bibi Dong, and the others that stronger worlds existed beyond the Great Thousand World and promised to take them there if he established himself.
• Fu Ye introduced his four wives to Nine Nether as Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereigns and offered Nine Nether resources and Phoenix heart's blood for working hard.
• Luo Li told Wu Yao and Su Youwei to focus on hunting Spirit Kings and target top-ranked students for robbery, while sparing Su Xuan and Su Ling'er.
• Mu Chen and Zhou Yuan took a Spirit King's Spirit Light, then encountered Li Xuantong and Crane Demon in the Spirit Light Realm.
• The Heavenly Demon Sable confronted Xiao Yan in Thousand Rock Valley and ordered him to leave Lord Sable's territory; Xiao Yan warned the bandits and summoned five heavenly flames.

Xiao Yan encountered Lin Dong, Little Sable, and Lin Yan, three young Supreme Realm bandits, and offered them pills in hopes of recruiting them to the Soul Domain. The brothers rejected his offer but accepted his gifts and gave him a token to summon them as friends.

• Lin Yan suggested retreating from Xiao Yan, but Little Sable urged the brothers to rob him, and Lin Dong agreed they could flee if needed.
• Xiao Yan introduced himself and gave Lin Dong a bottle of Eighth-grade pills in exchange for the brothers' names.
• Lin Dong introduced himself as the Martial Domain's Head Boss, with Little Sable and Lin Yan as his second and third brothers, then rejected Xiao Yan's offer to recruit them.
• Xiao Yan gave each brother a Sovereign pill, and Lin Dong gave him a Martial token that could summon the brothers across great distances.

Lin Dong declined Xiao Yan’s invitation to join the Soul Domain but accepted a token, while Xun Er and Zi Yan learned of the Soul Domain’s existence. In the Spirit Light Realm, Wu Yao and Su Youwei earned the right to challenge the Three Great Generals after defeating Li Xuantong and Shen Cangsheng.

• Xiao Yan offered Lin Dong a place in the Soul Domain and gave him a token granting benefits at Soul Hall branch halls.
• Lin Dong explained that he had avoided robbing Xiao Yan because his strength, pills, and connections made him a dangerous potential enemy.
• Xun Er and Zi Yan discovered that the former Hun Tiandi had founded the Soul Domain in the Great Thousand World.
• Fu Ye watched Lin Dong and Xiao Yan part without fighting, then told Little Nine Nether that the Hunting Battle results should be announced the next day.
• Wu Yao and Su Youwei defeated Li Xuantong and Shen Cangsheng, earning the qualification to challenge the Three Great Generals of the Punishment Hall.
• The Three Great Generals sat at the summit of the central peak, playing chess and resting in the sun.

Luo Li killed Wang Shi, a Blood God Clan member and Tai Ding Academy student, after he appeared at Northern Spiritual Academy. Dean Fei swallowed his anger, and Tai Cang reassured Luo Li that the academy could handle the consequences.

• Luo Li recognized Wang Shi as a Blood God Clan enemy and rejected his plea that he had only come because of Tai Ding Academy.
• Luo Li struck Wang Shi with Universe Emperor Palm and killed him before Dean Fei could react.
• Tai Cang mocked Dean Fei and reminded him that Tai Ding Academy had come to challenge Northern Spiritual Academy while its strongest students were away.
• Northern Spiritual Academy students mocked Tai Ding Academy, while Dean Fei held back from starting a fight.
• Luo Li pretended Wang Shi had been too weak to withstand her palm strike, and Tai Cang said Northern Spiritual Academy would handle the matter.

Ling Xi broke through to the Earthly Supreme Realm and planned to remain at Northern Spiritual Academy until Fu Ye left. Days later, the Blood Bell sounded after Shen Cangsheng and Li Xuantong were ambushed, prompting a rescue mission that aimed to eliminate Demonic Dragon Son and his allies.

• Ling Xi broke through to the Earthly Supreme Realm, and Tai Cang and the academy’s elders congratulated her.
• Ling Xi told Tai Cang she would leave for the Luo God Clan only when Fu Ye left, and Tai Cang agreed to keep her breakthrough quiet.
• Luo Li reached the early stages of the Supreme Realm after several days of cultivation.
• The Blood Bell reported that Shen Cangsheng and Li Xuantong faced mortal danger after Demonic Dragon Son joined forces with wanted criminals to ambush them.
• Tai Cang sent the Three Great Generals of the Punishment Hall and arranged for Mu Chen, Zhou Yuan, Su Youwei, Wu Yao, Luo Li, and her companions to go after the attackers.

Fu Ye took Nine Nether to watch Luo Li and the others confront the Black Dragon Sovereign, who demanded the Great Sumeru Demonic Pillar. Nine Nether arrived with the pillar and knocked him headfirst into the ground, eager to hit him again.

• Fu Ye woke Nine Nether and brought her to watch Luo Li's group face the Black Dragon Sovereign outside Western Wasteland City.
• The Black Dragon Sovereign demanded that Luo Li reveal the location of the Great Sumeru Demonic Pillar, while Wu Yao and the others warned him to leave.
• As the Black Dragon Sovereign prepared to attack, Nine Nether smashed him into the ground with the Great Sumeru Demonic Pillar.
• Nine Nether celebrated her powerful new weapon and called for another strike against the Black Dragon.

Nine Nether used the Great Sumeru Demonic Pillar and her Nine Netherworld Fire to overpower the Black Dragon Sovereign, then returned to Fu Ye’s side. Tai Cang arrived and challenged the injured Sovereign, while Fu Ye and the others watched from safety.

• Nine Nether dismissed the Black Dragon Sovereign’s claim to the Great Sumeru Demonic Pillar and used its heat to burn him when he tried to reclaim it.
• Nine Nether warned the Black Dragon Sovereign that he could only obtain the pillar by defeating her or persuading her master, then returned to Fu Ye.
• Shen Cangsheng realized that Nine Nether was a powerful Supreme Realm guardian and that Fu Ye must be even stronger.
• Tai Cang arrived and taunted the Black Dragon Sovereign, who challenged him to fight.
• Fu Ye led the others to safety, and Tai Cang understood that he would have to face the Black Dragon Sovereign alone.

After Tai Cang and the Black Dragon Sovereign ended their clash, Fu Ye gave Yao Yao and Ling Xi pills to help their companions through the Sovereign Tribulations. The chapter ended with Mu Chen mastering the Four-patterned Thunder Body in the Thunder Domain.

• The Nine Nether Sparrow and Luo Li discussed their next objective, Sacred Spirit Mountain, while Tai Cang and the Black Dragon Sovereign remained evenly matched.
• The Western Extreme Sovereign mediated the dispute, and the Black Dragon Sovereign fled with the badly injured Demonic Dragon Son, giving up on reclaiming the Great Sumeru Demonic Pillar.
• Over the following month, Yao Yao reached the Earthly Sovereign level, Luo Li and the others advanced to the late Heaven Piercing Realm, and Mu Chen and Zhou Yuan reached the Heaven Piercing Realm.
• Yao Yao and Ling Xi asked Fu Ye for pills to help their companions pass the Three Tribulations of the Sovereign, and he gave them Divine Vein Pills and other pills.
• Fu Ye gave the Nine Nether Sparrow a hundred Ninth-grade Golden Pills, while Yao Yao handed her pills to Ling Xi.
• With the Northern Darkness Dragon Kun's guidance, Mu Chen learned to dispel the Black God Thunder and cultivated the Four-patterned Thunder Body.

Gu Yue Na, Na'er, and Gu Yue visited Fu Ye and stayed at the Northern Spiritual Academy, where Little Nine Nether accidentally spent a month eavesdropping on them and Fu Ye. Afterward, she surprised Fu Ye by offering herself, then discovered that only one day had passed outside the Time Barrier.

• Gu Yue, Na'er, and Gu Yue Na visited Fu Ye, and he introduced them to Ling Xi, Yao Yao, and Little Nine Nether.
• Gu Yue and the others discussed Qing Yan Jing's strength and how their Sovereign Dharma Bodies had grown through refinement.
• Gu Yue Na, Na'er, and Gu Yue stayed overnight at the Northern Spiritual Academy, concealed from everyone except Fu Ye, Ling Xi, Yao Yao, and Nine Nether.
• Little Nine Nether was trapped inside the Time Barrier for thirty-two days while Fu Ye and the three visitors were together.
• Fu Ye questioned Little Nine Nether about eavesdropping, and she offered her body to help him feel good.
• Little Nine Nether left the barrier and learned from Yao Yao and the others that only one day had passed outside.

As the Spiritual Academy Competition approached, Tai Cang assigned Northern Spiritual Academy’s students to four teams and explained the competition’s scale and rules. He revealed that the battlefield would be a shattered Ruined Continent, prompting Luo Li to ask about its history.

• Luo Li and the other girls rose to the top ranks of the Heaven Ranking, while Zhou Yuan’s breakthrough pushed Shen Cangsheng out of the top ten and Mu Chen settled at twelfth.
• Tai Cang assigned Luo Li, Wu Yao, and Su Youwei to the first team; Ye Qingling, Su Xuan, and Su Ling'er to the second; Tang Qian'er, Red Ling, and Ye Sun'er to the third; and Zhou Yuan, Shen Cangsheng, and Mu Chen to the fourth.
• Mu Chen asked about the number of competitors, and Tai Cang said tens of thousands of academies would participate, with Northern Spiritual Academy and Sacred Spirit Academy sending four teams each.
• Tai Cang warned the students not to underestimate other academies and said the competition would take place on a shattered Ruined Continent.
• Luo Li asked whether Tai Cang meant the Ruined Continent that had once been the Great Thousand World’s largest.

Tai Cang explained the Ruined Continent and the Spiritual Academy Competition rules to Luo Li’s team, while Fu Ye took Jiu You to the competition site. After the teams were teleported into the arena, Luo Li planned to conserve her team’s strength and later target familiar opponents for points.

• Tai Cang described the Ruined Continent’s treasures and handed out Jade Tokens, explaining that teams would lose points when defeated and be eliminated at zero.
• Fu Ye told Luo Li’s team he had placed power within them to help them locate one another, then took Jiu You to the Ruined Continent fragment after Yao Yao chose to stay behind.
• Luo Li, Wu Yao, and Su Youwei were teleported into a forest, where they found themselves separated from their Junior Sisters but able to sense their locations.
• A golden figure announced that each team started with eight points, winners took half the defeated team’s points, and the tokens would reveal the top sixteen teams’ locations and standings.
• Luo Li decided her team should conserve their strength, then target familiar Spiritual Road opponents once the rankings updated, and the three hid while waiting for their Junior Sisters to regroup.

Ji Xuan learned that Luo Li had reached the Spirit Energy Tribulation stage and vowed not to lose to her, while Fu Ye and Nine Nether watched the competition from concealment. Luo Li’s group encountered Sacred Spirit Academy robbing Tang Mei’er’s poisoned team, and Tang Qian’er rushed to help her sister.

• Ji Xuan heard that Luo Li had reached the Spirit Energy Tribulation stage, grew furious over her keeping pace despite fewer resources, and vowed to defeat her.
• Ji Xuan led his team to search the ruins for opportunities instead of focusing on points.
• Fu Ye showed Nine Nether the teams’ scenes and watched as Luo Li’s group sought inheritances ahead of stronger competitors.
• A week passed as Nine Nether lounged in the concealment barrier and absorbed energy with Fu Ye’s help.
• Tang Mei’er accused Captain Xiahou of exploiting her poisoned team as Sacred Spirit Academy’s fourth team robbed them.
• Tang Qian’er charged out of her team after seeing her sister in danger.

Tang Qian'er reunited with her sister Tang Mei'er, and Luo Li’s team grew stronger after they explored a secret realm. Meanwhile, Zhou Yuan, Mu Chen, and Shen Cangsheng fled their pursuers using the Shadow Immortal Step, which Fu Ye then taught to Nine Nether.

• Luo Li and the others defeated three Sacred Spirit Academy students and took them prisoner.
• Tang Qian'er reunited with her sister Tang Mei'er and gave her and her companions antidote pills, expanding the team to twelve.
• Luo Li and the others entered the Myriad Wood Realm, where Ye Sun'er and the others gained cultivation benefits.
• Mu Chen, Zhou Yuan, and Shen Cangsheng reached the Body Tribulation level, then fled after Mu Chen stole Storage Rings from the Fourth Prince of the Blood God Clan's group.
• Zhou Yuan used the Shadow Immortal Step to speed away with Mu Chen and Shen Cangsheng, and Fu Ye taught the technique to Nine Nether.

Luo Li’s group bought the Minor Thousand Sword Array for Ye Sun’er, then met Zhou Yuan and Mu Chen’s group. Ye Sun’er revealed that Yao Yao had reached the Earthly Sovereign realm half a year earlier, leaving Zhou Yuan stunned before Luo Li warned that their groups would not stay in contact long.

• Ye Sun’er wanted the Minor Thousand Sword Array, but Zhou Yuan and Mu Chen bid on it first.
• Luo Li raised the bid to 4,000 points, securing the array for Ye Sun’er.
• Zhou Yuan and Mu Chen joined Luo Li’s group and learned that Ye Sun’er had become an eighth-grade Array Master.
• Zhou Yuan asked about Yao Yao’s cultivation, and Ye Sun’er revealed that Yao Yao and Ling Xi had reached the Earthly Sovereign realm half a year earlier.
• Luo Li told Mu Chen’s group that they would not remain in contact because they had offended other academies.

Luo Li refused to shelter Mu Chen, Zhou Yuan, and Shen Cangsheng, leaving them to flee pursuing enemies while Ghost King Inkfish plotted to wear down Zhou Yuan and seize his movement technique. One week later, Luo Li’s group arrived at Wood God Mountain with only two of the six required tablets, where Tang Mei’er reunited with Luo Li alongside a familiar girl from the Spiritual Road.

• Luo Li warned the other students not to kill Mu Chen, Zhou Yuan, and Shen Cangsheng, then left with Ye Sun'er, Wu Yao, Su Youwei, and the others.
• Wu Yao and Su Youwei teased Mu Chen and Zhou Yuan, and Mu Chen used the Shadow Immortal Step to flee with Zhou Yuan and Shen Cangsheng as their enemies pursued them.
• Ghost King Inkfish ordered his men to chase the three, hoping to exhaust Zhou Yuan and take his movement technique, while Fu Ye watched and called Nine Nether away from practicing the technique.
• One week later, Luo Li and her group reached Wood God Mountain and learned they possessed only two of the six Wood God Tablets needed to open it.
• Tang Mei’er arrived with a golden-haired, rose-eyed girl, who recognized Luo Li from the Spiritual Road and rushed over to embrace her.

Luo Li reunited with Wen Xuan at Wood God Mountain and shared the two martial arts revealed by the Wood God Tablets with her companions. The Heavenly Evolution Technique drew the group’s interest as they prepared to enter the mountain.

• Luo Li and Wen Xuan reunited, compared their cultivation, and recalled their friendship from the Spiritual Road.
• Tang Mei'er joined Luo Li’s group, and Luo Li told Wen Xuan that she had traveled to make friends rather than cultivate in seclusion.
• Wang Zhong’s Sacred Spirit Academy group debated entering Wood God Mountain despite Luo Li and Wen Xuan’s presence.
• Wood God Mountain opened, and the Wood God Tablets revealed the Wood Elemental Sword Art and the Heavenly Evolution Technique to Luo Li.
• Luo Li passed both martial arts to her companions, who were especially pleased by the Heavenly Evolution Technique’s ability to restore spiritual energy and heal injuries.

Luo Li and her companions learned about Sovereign Spirit Liquid and approached the Spirit Hiding Institute, where Ye Sun'er used her array knowledge to help them enter safely. As Cuttlefish tried to seize control of the institute’s defenses, an unseen force knocked him unconscious, while Ye Sun’er gained only temporary control over part of the array.

• Luo Li explained that Sovereign Spirit Liquid was essential for advancing to the Supreme Realm and reassured her companions that their powerful mentors could provide it.
• Ye Sun'er warned Luo Li that the forest was protected by a Spirit Sealing Array and offered to shield the group from its effects.
• Luo Li ordered the others to protect Ye Sun'er while she prepared arrays for their group.
• Cuttlefish broke through the barrier to the Spirit Hiding Institute and entered its inner array, intending to claim its treasures for the All Academies Alliance.
• An unseen force knocked Cuttlefish unconscious before he could act, while Ye Sun'er told Luo Li she had gained temporary control over only the array’s second level.
• Luo Li decided the group would enter and take whatever valuables they could find.

Luo Li’s group seized the Spirit Gathering Bowl and reached the Wood God Institute, where they easily endured its trials while other cultivators were eliminated. They remained inside the Sea of Thunder, protecting Wen Xuan and Tang Mei'er as the institute’s trial continued.

• Ye Sun'er used a ninth-grade Spirit Devouring Array to seal the Spirit Gathering Bowl and put it in her storage pouch, while Luo Li declined to rush into a Supreme Realm breakthrough.
• Luo Li’s group reached the Wood God Institute and encountered Mu Chen, Zhou Yuan, and Shen Cangsheng among the arriving cultivators.
• The Wood God Institute activated its entrance trial, and emerald energy pillars and Divine Wood Astral Thunder eliminated many cultivators.
• An ancient voice ordered entrants to endure the Sea of Thunder for one incense stick and inheritors to endure ten times as long.
• Luo Li’s group calmly endured the lightning and shielded Wen Xuan and Tang Mei'er, while Tang Qian'er and Red Ling bickered over who was the Second Senior Sister.

Luo Li and her companions looted the Wood God Institute and distributed its treasures according to who could use them best. They then raided the Ruined Continent for nearly two and a half months, leaving Sun'er wondering whether their team had become a band of villains.

• Wen Xuan asked Luo Li to introduce her Grandmaster, and Luo Li teased her about becoming a junior sister before the group passed the trial and entered the Wood God Institute.
• Sun'er cast a ninth-grade Spirit Sealing Array that suppressed the crowd while Luo Li and the others seized every treasure in the institute, including three Quasi-God Artifacts.
• Luo Li gave the Mysterious Turtle Seal to Sun'er, the Wind God Halberd to Wen Xuan, and the Dragon Tiger Divine Cauldron to Wu Yao, then the group divided the remaining Spirit Artifacts.
• Ye Sun'er suggested they secure their team ranking before seeking more opportunities, and the eleven girls began raiding ruins and taking points and treasures from other competitors.
• After nearly two and a half months of raids, Sun'er worried they were acting like villains, but Luo Li and Qingxuan persuaded her that they were keeping opportunities from the unworthy.