Chapter Summaries

Lu Yuan, Luo Li, and Mu Ling entered the Heaven Evolution Pavilion’s former courtyard, where Lu Yuan broke Ling Xi’s spirit array. Li Xuantong arrived to test Lu Yuan, and Lu Yuan went out to meet him after Luo Li asked him not to kill Li Xuantong.

• Mu Ling explained why the Heaven Evolution Pavilion had no permanent base and described how its former courtyard had been maintained and used.
• Lu Yuan broke the spirit array protecting the courtyard, allowing Mu Ling and Luo Li to enter.
• Lu Yuan, Luo Li, and Mu Ling heard Li Xuantong arrive, and Luo Li explained her history with him and his ties to the Luo God Clan.
• Lu Yuan guessed that Li Xuantong wanted to test whether he could stand beside Luo Li, and he decided to face him without delay.
• Luo Li asked Lu Yuan not to kill Li Xuantong, and Lu Yuan reassured her before leaving the courtyard to confront him.

Li Xuantong confronted Lu Yuan over his relationship with Luo Li, warning that her responsibilities and the Blood God Clan’s threat made him an unsuitable partner. Lu Yuan answered that he understood the burden and would address the clan’s troubles, leaving Li Xuantong unable to accept his confidence in his strength.

• Li Xuantong questioned Lu Yuan’s age, knowledge of Luo Li’s identity, and understanding of the pressure she faced.
• Lu Yuan confirmed that he was Heaven Evolution Pavilion’s first master and said he knew Luo Li’s circumstances and would help resolve the Luo God Clan’s troubles.
• Li Xuantong argued that Luo Li needed a future Heavenly Sovereign as her partner and urged Lu Yuan to retreat, but Lu Yuan challenged his assumptions about Luo Li’s choices.
• Lu Yuan said he could reason with the Blood God Clan or fight if it refused to listen, while Li Xuantong doubted that a Supreme could defeat an Earth Supreme.
• Luo Li silently recognized how absurd Li Xuantong’s warning was, knowing Lu Yuan had killed many Earth Supremes.

Lu Yuan affirmed his relationship with Luo Li as she accepted Li Xuantong’s decision to report it to her clan. Ling Xi appeared, drove Li Xuantong away, revealed that she was Qing Yan Jing’s foster daughter, and gave Lu Yuan a letter from Qing Yan Jing.

• Lu Yuan told Li Xuantong that Luo Li had chosen him, and Li Xuantong agreed to respect her choice while reporting it to the Clan Chief.
• Luo Li asked Lu Yuan what status to give their relationship, and Lu Yuan said they were Dao Companions in an adjustment period.
• Ling Xi arrived, struck Li Xuantong with a spirit-array attack, and sent him flying.
• Ling Xi introduced herself as Qing Yan Jing’s foster daughter and explained that Lu Yuan and Qing Yan Jing had saved her as a child.
• Luo Li told Ling Xi that the war between the Luo God Clan and the Blood God Clan was still ongoing.
• Ling Xi gave Lu Yuan a letter from Qing Yan Jing that she said contained things he would be interested in.

Lu Yuan read Qing Yan Jing’s letter, which acknowledged his other confidantes and revealed a clue to the lost Eternal Undying Body. The letter left him wondering how Qing Yan Jing had fared after he was teleported away, so he asked Ling Xi about her.

• Lu Yuan read Qing Yan Jing’s explanation that she had learned he could cross time and had told her father the truth about the Great Floating Tu Art he had taught him centuries earlier.
• Qing Yan Jing wrote that she would accept Lu Yuan’s other confidantes for now, but warned that she would keep him safely stored away if she surpassed them and he failed to meet her standards.
• Qing Yan Jing told Lu Yuan that the Dragon Demon Palace’s master possessed an Undying Diagram Fragment, giving him a possible lead toward the Eternal Undying Body.
• Lu Yuan realized Qing Yan Jing had arranged a path for him to pursue the Dharmakaya but had said nothing about the difficulties she might face herself.
• Lu Yuan stored the letter and asked Ling Xi how Qing Yan Jing had fared after he was teleported away.

Lu Yuan pressed Ling Xi for the truth about Qing Yan Jing and learned that she had returned to the Floating Tu Ancient Clan, where her father still refused to cancel her marriage contract with the Maha Clan’s young clan leader. He considered how the altered circumstances had changed the original plot, while Qing Yan Jing remained in confinement and her engagement stayed unresolved.

• Lu Yuan asked Ling Xi to tell him the truth about Qing Yan Jing rather than give him a misleading explanation.
• Ling Xi revealed that Qing Yan Jing had killed the Dragon Demon Palace Master after Lu Yuan disappeared, then left for the Endless Fire Territory and instructed Ling Xi to wait for his return.
• Ling Xi explained that Qing Yan Jing had returned to the Floating Tu Ancient Clan, where her father had refused to cancel her marriage contract with the Maha Clan’s young clan leader.
• Lu Yuan reasoned that Qing Yan Jing’s virginity, standing as Holy Daughter, and his own potential had made the Floating Tu Ancient Clan less pressured to break the engagement than in the original plot.
• Lu Yuan noted that Qing Yan Jing was still being confined, while her marriage contract remained delayed rather than canceled.

Ling Xi warned Luo Li that Dragon Demon Palace was planning a major move and gave her a protective token, while Lu Yuan considered whether destroying the palace would harm Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy. After consulting Dean Tai Cang, Lu Yuan learned he could act against Dragon Demon Palace as long as he preserved the academy’s bounty targets where possible.

• Ling Xi told Luo Li that Dragon Demon Palace was Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy’s hunting target and advised her to stay at the academy, then gave her an array-protected token.
• Luo Li asked Lu Yuan whether she could accept the token, and he approved it as a useful defensive measure.
• Lu Yuan asked Ling Xi whether he could attack Dragon Demon Palace, and she explained that its destruction might disrupt the academy’s credit economy and leave students without missions.
• Ling Xi took Lu Yuan and Luo Li to Dean Tai Cang, who said Lu Yuan could destroy Dragon Demon Palace if he kept listed bounty and hunting targets alive and replaced them gradually where possible.
• Tai Cang gave Lu Yuan a list of people who should preferably survive, while allowing Lu Yuan to kill them if he had a grudge.

The chapter recounted how the Dragon Demon Palace declined after the Black Dragon Supreme and White Dragon Supreme split over whether to return to their homeland and rescue their clan. With Black Dragon and Huang Long dead, White Dragon missing, and Purple Dragon withdrawn, Red Dragon, Qing Long, and Azure Dragon struggled to maintain the palace.

• The Dragon Demon Palace’s leaders divided over the White Dragon Supreme’s wish to return to their homeland and the Black Dragon Supreme’s belief that doing so would endanger the surviving clan.
• After their homeland and its inhabitants were destroyed, White Dragon blamed Black Dragon for refusing to return, while Black Dragon argued that survival was necessary for future revenge.
• White Dragon took the Dragon Demon Palace’s sacred artifact and left, weakening the palace and driving Black Dragon toward increasingly desperate efforts to gain power.
• Qing Yan Jing’s anger over the Dragon Demon Palace’s attempt to kill Lu Yuan led to the deaths of Huang Long and Black Dragon.
• Purple Dragon withdrew from public life, leaving Red Dragon, Qing Long, and Azure Dragon to struggle to hold the Dragon Demon Palace together.

Lu Yuan entered the Dragon Demon Palace seeking its Undying Diagram Fragment, and the three surviving Supremes recognized him as the man who had killed Yellow Dragon Supreme. They said they knew nothing about the fragment, but Qing Long offered to help Lu Yuan search for it.

• Lu Yuan tore open space and appeared in the Dragon Demon Palace’s main hall, where Red Dragon, Azure Dragon, and Qing Long guarded themselves against him.
• Lu Yuan introduced himself as the one who had killed Yellow Dragon Supreme in self-defense, and the three Supremes recalled Qing Yan Jing’s devastating attack on their palace.
• Lu Yuan asked the Supremes where the Dragon Demon Palace kept its Undying Diagram Fragment.
• Azure Dragon and Red Dragon said they knew nothing about the fragment, which Black Dragon Supreme had left no information about.
• Qing Long offered to cooperate with Lu Yuan’s search until he was satisfied, despite Azure Dragon and Red Dragon’s angry looks.

Lu Yuan visited the former site of Dragon Demon Palace to search for the Undying Diagram Fragment Qing Yan Jing had hidden there. He uncovered her concealed array and retrieved the fragment, leaving the remaining pieces for him to find.

• Lu Yuan reflected on the Myriad Heavens' faction rankings and why its Heavenly Sovereigns followed rules against openly killing one another.
• Lu Yuan asked Red Dragon Supreme, Azure Dragon, and Qing Long to take him to the site where Qing Yan Jing had fought Black Dragon Supreme.
• The three Supremes led Lu Yuan to the empty plaza built over Dragon Demon Palace's original site.
• Lu Yuan spotted Qing Yan Jing's array concealed in a cloud and undid it, releasing the mist that hid a treasure chest.
• Lu Yuan opened the chest, used the Eye of Fate to confirm the black page was the Undying Diagram Fragment, and claimed it.

Lu Yuan arrived on Sky Luo Continent to search for the Ancient Heavenly Palace Ruins and the remaining inheritance needed to obtain the Eternal Undying Body. After turning away local solicitors, he entered a city and began sensing his surroundings for clues.

• Lu Yuan reached Sky Luo Continent aboard a Spatial Spaceship and learned that the Ancient Heavenly Palace had vanished, though its ruins remained somewhere on the continent.
• Local solicitors offered Lu Yuan lodging and auction services, but he released pressure to drive them away.
• Lu Yuan considered searching for the Ancient Heavenly Palace Ruins and going to Mandala in the Great Luo Heaven Territory if he could not find them.
• Lu Yuan reflected that obtaining the Eternal Undying Body was his priority for completing the Primal Chaos World Body.
• Lu Yuan entered the city and silently spread his perception through it and its surroundings.

After failing to find the concealed Ancient Heavenly Palace in the Extreme Cold Land, Lu Yuan traveled by Spatial Spaceship to the Northern Realm and learned about Great Luo Heaven Territory. He arrived within its territory, closer to the opportunity he sought, but still had to find a way to enlist and continue his search.

• Lu Yuan spent half a month searching the Extreme Cold Land but could not locate or open the Ancient Heavenly Palace.
• Lu Yuan boarded a returning Spatial Spaceship after finding no suitable Teleportation Array route from the Eastern Realm to the Northern Realm.
• A staff member explained Great Luo Heaven Territory's hierarchy, armies, and the option of enlisting through a City Lord Manor.
• The staff member pointed out the Northern Realm, and Lu Yuan recognized that he had entered Great Luo Heaven Territory.

Lu Yuan arrived in Spirit Sword City and planned to enter the Great Luo Gold Pond so he could find Mandala and ask her to locate the Ancient Heavenly Palace. He decided to establish himself by taking command of the weakened Nine Nether Palace and obtaining its entry quota, then arranged to send a letter to Mu Chen to secure his identity.

• Lu Yuan entered Spirit Sword City and considered how to reach the Great Luo Gold Pond without provoking the Great Luo Heaven Territory.
• Lu Yuan chose Nine Nether Palace because it retained a quota despite its weakness and the Nine Nether Sparrow's long absence.
• Lu Yuan planned to use his strength to win over the Nine Nether Guards, take command, and claim Nine Nether Palace's quota.
• Lu Yuan handed a letter and appointment document for Mu Chen, a first-year freshman at the Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy, to a Spirit Sword City mail clerk.

Mu Chen received Lu Yuan’s letter and asked the Nine Nether Sparrow whether she would accept Lu Yuan as commander of the Nine Nether Palace. She agreed, and after Lu Yuan subdued the Nine Nether Army, he began training them while preparing to use the palace to enter the Great Luo Gold Pond.

• Mu Chen received a letter for the Nine Nether Sparrow and asked for her opinion on Lu Yuan’s proposal.
• The Nine Nether Sparrow agreed to appoint Lu Yuan commander and wrote an appointment letter addressed to the Nine Nether Palace.
• Mu Chen sent the letter, and the Nine Nether Army erupted in protest when it arrived.
• Lu Yuan entered the Nine Nether Palace, defeated the Nine Nether Army’s battle array, and subdued its remaining captains.
• Lu Yuan began training the Nine Nether Army and planned to nurture suitable soldiers in exchange for using the palace to enter the Great Luo Gold Pond.

Lu Yuan led the Nine Nether Army to Blood Eagle City to reclaim the Great Luo Gold Pond slots Cao Feng had sold to the Blood Eagle Palace. After overpowering the Blood Eagle King and forcing him to choose between paying the contract penalty or admitting interference in the Nine Nether Palace, Lu Yuan seized Cao Feng and took him into custody.

• Lu Yuan reviewed the Nine Nether Palace's records and learned Cao Feng had sold its Great Luo Gold Pond slots to the Blood Eagle Palace without proper authority.
• Lu Yuan told his assistant to gather the Nine Nether Army and lead it to demand repayment and redress from the Blood Eagle Palace.
• Lu Yuan seized Blood Eagle City's gate, called Cao Feng out, and forced the Blood Eagle King to kneel after easily overpowering him.
• Lu Yuan presented the contract for the Great Luo Gold Pond slots and argued that Cao Feng had lacked authority to sign it.
• The Blood Eagle King denied his palace had interfered in the Nine Nether Palace's affairs and chose to pay the penalty rather than accept the charge.
• Lu Yuan knocked Cao Feng unconscious and had Nine Nether Army soldiers drag him away.

Asura King learned that Lu Yuan had defeated Blood Eagle King and Ice River King while collecting Nine Nether Palace’s debts, and he ordered Xu Qing to investigate Asura Palace for anyone who had extorted the palace. The chapter left the Three Emperors uninvolved and the various Kings waiting, while Lu Yuan continued toward Magic Python Palace.

• Xu Qing told Asura King that Lu Yuan had humiliated Blood Eagle King, beaten Ice River King, and was heading to Iron Python’s Magic Python Palace.
• Asura King ordered Xu Qing to audit Asura Palace’s accounts and severely punish any commanders who had extorted Nine Nether Palace.
• Asura King explained that Lu Yuan’s appointment was legitimate and that the higher-ups would not interfere as long as the conflicts caused no mass casualties.
• Xu Qing reported that Lu Yuan was a Supreme whose origins might connect him to Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy, though the identity had not been confirmed.
• Asura King told Xu Qing that their Neutral Faction would wait for orders while the Three Emperors and Ten Kings refrained from escalating the dispute.

Lu Yuan returned to Nine Nether Palace with the Nine Nether Army and supplies, then confronted the sealed Cao Feng for betraying the palace and abandoning its forces. Tang Rou urged him to use Cao Feng to reestablish order in Nine Nether City, and Lu Yuan agreed to kill the chicken to scare the monkeys.

• After Lu Yuan withdrew, Blood Eagle King, Ice River King, and Iron Python King watched their subordinate cities waver and some city lords begin contacting Nine Nether Palace.
• Lu Yuan returned to Nine Nether Palace with the Nine Nether Army and captured supplies, while Tang Rou and Tang Bing explained how Cao Feng's actions had left the palace without control of its army.
• Lu Yuan brought the sealed Cao Feng before the palace's remaining members, and Tang Bing kicked him and denounced him for betraying Nine Nether Palace.
• Cao Feng defended his defection as a transfer to a better position, while Tang Bing accused him of deliberately trapping the Nine Nether Army in labor assignments and leaving the palace defenseless.
• Lu Yuan asked whether Cao Feng should be killed or used to restore order, and Tang Rou recommended making an example of him; Lu Yuan agreed.

The Great Luo Gold Pond opened as the Great Luo Heaven Territory’s factions gathered for a contest in which only four competitors would earn entry. Lu Yuan arrived with the Nine Nether Army, drawing attention from the Kings he had recently defeated, and the Three Emperors officially began the battle.

• The chapter explained the factions led by the Three Emperors and the Great Luo Gold Pond’s ability to accelerate the growth of a Supreme Dharmakaya.
• The Gold Pond’s opening drew crowds and armies to Gold Pond Peak, where representatives of the Various Kings assembled for the contest.
• Lu Yuan arrived with more than a thousand soldiers of the Nine Nether Army, filling the Nine Nether Palace’s previously empty platform and unsettling Blood Eagle King, Ice River King, and Iron Python King.
• Heavenly Vulture Emperor announced that competitors could use any method to reach the peak, but only four would enter the pond.
• The Three Emperors opened the spatial barrier around Gold Pond Peak, revealing its golden torrent, and Sleep Emperor declared the battle officially begun.

Lu Yuan entered the Great Luo Gold Pond contest and confronted six Supremes sent to intercept him, crippling one and forcing the others to yield before beating them incapacitated. He then headed toward Gold Pond Peak’s summit as the outside observers argued over whether his tactics violated the rules.

• Lu Yuan entered the Great Luo Gold Pond and recognized that Blood Eagle King had hired the Supremes waiting to intercept him.
• Lu Yuan gave the six Supremes a chance to choose whether to yield, then crippled the one who refused to listen.
• The remaining five Supremes moved to the left and yielded, angering Blood Eagle King, Ice River King, and Iron Python King outside.
• Spirit Eye Emperor criticized Lu Yuan, but Heavenly Vulture Emperor defended him by pointing out that his actions were allowed under the contest rules.
• Lu Yuan struck the five yielding Supremes hard enough to break their bones and disable them, then set off toward Gold Pond Peak’s summit.

Lu Yuan easily claimed the first place in the Great Luo Gold Pond Battle and descended into the pond to find Mandala, who knew where the Ancient Heavenly Palace was. He reached the pond’s bottom and uncovered the platform where Mandala lay, while the Eight Kings discussed how to arrange his position in the Great Luo Heaven Territory.

• Lu Yuan reached the summit and entered the Great Luo Gold Pond after the other Supremes avoided challenging him.
• Spirit Eye Emperor proposed appointing Lu Yuan as a king, but Heavenly Vulture Emperor objected to abolishing the Nine Nether Palace.
• Sleep Emperor ended their argument and said he would ask the territory lord how to arrange Lu Yuan’s position.
• Lu Yuan activated the Great Sun Undying Body and dived deep into the pond, absorbing its spiritual energy as he searched for Mandala.
• Lu Yuan cleared away the spiritual-energy silt and uncovered a platform with Mandala lying on it.

Lu Yuan introduced himself to Mandala and explained that his Supreme Dharmakaya was a higher form that could evolve from several other Dharmakayas. Mandala suspected he had come on Lu Heng’s orders, but after gauging Lu Yuan’s strength, she apologized and asked why he had sought her out in person.

• Mandala woke and questioned Lu Yuan about his identity and his many Supreme Dharmakayas.
• Lu Yuan said he commanded Nine Nether Palace in the Great Luo Heaven Territory and described his Dharmakaya as a higher form whose preliminary stages included the Great Sun Undying Body.
• Mandala asked whether Lu Yuan was seeking the Undying Golden Body and whether Lu Heng had sent him.
• Lu Yuan denied Lu Heng’s involvement and drew the Years Blade to show Mandala that he was not someone Lu Heng could command.
• Mandala recognized Lu Yuan’s overwhelming strength, apologized for suspecting him, and asked why he had not arranged to meet her through the Three Emperors.