Chapter Summaries

Lu Yuan met Mandala peacefully and explained how he had traced the Undying Diagram Fragment to her. He asked for her help finding the Ancient Heavenly Palace, and they agreed that he would promise to become the Heavenly Emperor’s disciple if he obtained the inheritance in exchange for her help.

• Lu Yuan explained to Mandala that he had used clues from the Undying Diagram Fragment and divination to find her.
• Lu Yuan told Mandala about the Dragon Demon Palace and showed her the fragment he had recovered there.
• Lu Yuan asked Mandala to reveal the whereabouts of the Ancient Heavenly Palace and offered to help kill Lu Heng.
• Mandala demanded that Lu Yuan promise to acknowledge the Heavenly Emperor as his master if he obtained the inheritance.
• Lu Yuan agreed, provided the Heavenly Emperor was willing to accept him, and Mandala accepted the transaction.

Lu Yuan discussed the Ancient Heavenly Palace with Mandala, learned that her token was a Gold Dragon Token, and agreed to help restore her strength with pills. Mandala left the Great Luo Gold Pond to learn about the current situation, while Lu Yuan stayed behind to prepare for their eventual search for the palace and promised to kill Lu Heng.

• Mandala explained that the Ancient Heavenly Palace's array could not normally be broken or summoned, but Lu Yuan remained confident he could find a way through his own methods.
• Mandala claimed Xiao Qing Yun had given her the identity token, then explained that it was a Gold Dragon Token carrying high-level permissions inside the Ancient Heavenly Palace.
• Mandala revealed that her injuries had reduced her strength to less than one-tenth of its peak and would take at least five years to heal without help.
• Lu Yuan offered to use his alchemy skills to make pills for Mandala, and she said he would need to refine at least ninth-grade pills to speed her recovery.
• Mandala left the Great Luo Gold Pond through a Spatial Rift to learn about the current situation, told Lu Yuan to stay and refine pills, and reminded him that Lu Heng must die.

Lu Yuan cultivated inside the Great Luo Gold Pond while Mandala dealt with the leaders of the Great Luo Heaven Territory outside. After punishing the Blood Eagle King for insulting her, Mandala sealed the pond and postponed the remaining entries.

• Lu Yuan began absorbing the Great Luo Gold Pond’s energy as Mandala descended into the Nine Nether Army’s camp.
• The Blood Eagle King mocked Mandala’s appearance and insulted the Nine Nether Guards, unaware that she was the territory lord.
• The Sleep Emperor, Spirit Eye Emperor, Heavenly Vulture Emperor, and veteran Kings bowed to Mandala and identified her to the Blood Eagle King.
• Mandala deprived the Blood Eagle King of his slots in the next Gold Pond contest as punishment for his disrespect.
• Mandala announced that the remaining three contestants would enter later and temporarily sealed the Gold Pond.
• Mandala ordered a crackdown on judging people by appearance before leaving through a Spatial Rift.

Mandala postponed the Great Luo Gold Pond competition so Lu Yuan could cultivate without a time limit, then inspected the Undying Diagram Fragment he gave her. As the fragment restored her origin power, Lu Yuan used the pond to break through from Three-Rank Supreme to Seventh Grade Supreme before stopping to steady his cultivation.

• Mandala announced that the remaining three Great Luo Gold Pond slots would be postponed until Lu Yuan finished cultivating.
• Lu Yuan handed Mandala the Undying Diagram Fragment while he continued drawing spiritual energy into a vortex above him.
• Mandala recognized the fragment as the source of her origin power and reflected that Lu Heng had failed to destroy her foundation.
• Lu Yuan broke through from Three-Rank Supreme to Fourth Grade Supreme with barely any fluctuations.
• Lu Yuan continued breaking through to Fifth Grade and Sixth Grade Supreme as Mandala's origin power returned.
• Lu Yuan reached Seventh Grade Supreme, stopped advancing, and focused on controlling his cultivation.

Lu Yuan refined pills that helped Mandala recover her origin and return to the Earth Supreme realm, then traveled with her to the Eastern Realm of Sky Luo Continent to find the Ancient Heavenly Palace. Mandala located a likely site but could not detect the Heavenly Emperor’s array, leaving Lu Yuan to reveal how he planned to find it.

• Lu Yuan refined pills while studying the Golden Pool Spirit Mud, and Mandala used the pills to recover more efficiently.
• After twenty days, Mandala reclaimed her origin and returned to the Earth Supreme realm.
• Mandala took Lu Yuan by spaceship to the Eastern Realm of Sky Luo Continent, warning him that the Ancient Heavenly Palace’s array might be beyond his ability to break.
• Mandala led Lu Yuan to an open area in an Extreme Cold Land that she believed might have been the Heavenly Emperor’s bedroom.
• Mandala failed to detect the array even after stirring up a spatial storm, then left the problem to Lu Yuan.

Lu Yuan used the Red Dust Threads to reveal the array protecting the Ancient Heavenly Palace, triggering a vast pillar of sacred light that shook the Myriad Heavens. The light drew the attention of powerful figures, while Qing Yan Jing realized Lu Yuan had likely reached Sky Luo Continent and that the Ancient Heavenly Palace had emerged.

• Lu Yuan discovered the concealed array around the Ancient Heavenly Palace and tried to strike it with the Years Blade, but the blade shattered after missing its target.
• Lu Yuan used the Red Dust Threads to outline the array, which manifested and opened as though the threads were its key.
• The array unleashed a Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereign’s pressure and spread white light across the Eastern Realm of Sky Luo Continent, alerting the entire Myriad Heavens.
• Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran watched the pillar of light from the Endless Fire Territory and speculated that a great opportunity or battle had appeared.
• Qing Yan Jing refused her father’s demand that she honor a Marriage Contract, and the pillar of light interrupted their argument.
• Qing Yan Jing examined a shattered Xuan Wu shell and concluded that Lu Yuan had probably reached Sky Luo Continent and the Ancient Heavenly Palace had emerged.

Lu Yuan and Mandala survived the formation’s blast and reached the Ancient Heavenly Emperor’s sleeping palace, where Mandala suspected Lu Yuan was connected to the vanished Years Master. Lu Yuan spoke his own name to open the palace doors, while crowds gathered across the Sky Luo Continent in response to the Ancient Heavenly Palace’s emergence.

• Lu Yuan recovered from the formation’s blast, used pills to revive Mandala, and denied that his Red Dust Threads proved he was Years Master.
• Mandala explained that Years Master had been the Heavenly Emperor’s friend, a master of the Ancient Heavenly Palace’s defensive formations, and a possible candidate for humanity’s Ten Emperors before he vanished during the invasion.
• Mandala found instructions written on the sleeping palace door, and Lu Yuan concluded that saying his own name would open it.
• Lu Yuan spoke his name, causing the doors to open, and entered the sleeping palace with Mandala following.
• Crowds gathered at the Teleportation Arrays across the Eastern Realm of the Sky Luo Continent as experts identified the revealed site as the Ancient Heavenly Palace.

Lu Heng headed for the Ancient Heavenly Palace to free the Nine Corpse Heavenly Devil Emperor and destroy the Heavenly Emperor’s plans, but discovered many powerful factions had arrived before him. He found an ally in the Divine Pavilion Master, who secretly intended to devour the Devil Emperor himself.

• Lu Heng’s betrayal of the Heavenly Emperor and his plan to release the Nine Corpse Heavenly Devil Emperor were revealed.
• Lu Heng traveled toward the Ancient Heavenly Palace, convinced no one could reach it before him.
• Lu Heng arrived and found the Northern Region Wen Family, Bone God Clan, Mobei Wu Family, Sword Domain, Endless Fire Territory, and Martial Realm already there.
• Lu Heng discovered that the Divine Pavilion Master had also defected to the Nine Corpse Heavenly Devil Emperor, though he planned to devour it and claim its power.

Lu Heng described the Ancient Heavenly Palace’s entry procedures to the gathered factions, but a voice from within called him a traitor and Lu Yuan killed him with the Years Blade. Lu Yuan then killed the Divine Pavilion Master as well, leaving the surviving Earth Supremes shocked and questioning the Endless Fire Territory.

• Lu Heng greeted the gathered factions and explained that outsiders normally entered the Ancient Heavenly Palace through the sealed Ascending Dragon Gate or by finding tokens from the Five Halls and Nine Mansions.
• When a Great Xia prince challenged his explanation, Lu Heng struck him into a mountainside and warned him not to speak to him disrespectfully.
• A girl’s furious voice from the Heavenly Palace called Lu Heng a traitor, and the Years Blade cut off his head and destroyed his body and soul.
• Lu Yuan swung a second Years Blade at the Divine Pavilion Master, killing him as the Earth Supremes’ souls returned to their bodies.
• The surviving Earth Supremes recognized the slaughter as resembling the deeds of a prodigy from over five hundred years earlier and pressed the Endless Fire Territory for information.

Lu Yuan and Mandala entered the Heavenly Emperor’s great hall, where the Heavenly Emperor’s remnant soul emerged from his sword and recognized Lu Yuan as the Years Master. Lu Yuan questioned whether the Heavenly Emperor had been corrupted by the Nine Corpse Heavenly Devil Emperor, and the remnant soul offered a way to verify his innocence through the Red Dust Threads.

• Lu Yuan’s remote blade killed Lu Heng and the Divine Pavilion Master, while the factions present avoided openly challenging the Endless Fire Territory.
• Mandala saw Lu Yuan’s attack and became convinced that he was the Years Master’s successor.
• Lu Yuan and Mandala reached the great hall and found the Heavenly Emperor Sword embedded in a formation.
• The Heavenly Emperor’s remnant soul emerged from the sword, greeted Lu Yuan as the Years Master, and stunned Mandala.
• Lu Yuan asked whether the Heavenly Emperor had been assimilated by the Nine Corpse Heavenly Devil Emperor, and the remnant soul proposed examining the history recorded in the Red Dust Threads.

Lu Yuan investigated his connection to the Heavenly Emperor and formally accepted him as his master, then learned how the Eternal Undying Body was divided and received the Heavenly Emperor’s portion of the Undying Diagram. The chapter ended as the Heavenly Emperor began teaching him One Qi Transforming into Three Purities.

• Lu Yuan dismantled the array, extracted the Red Dust Threads, and decided to question the Heavenly Emperor before reviewing their hundreds of thousands of years of memories.
• The Heavenly Emperor asked Lu Yuan to honor his promise and become his disciple, and Lu Yuan formally bowed to him.
• The Heavenly Emperor explained that the Eternal Undying Body had three parts and that its lower-ranked Great Sun Undying Body had multiple advancement paths.
• The Heavenly Emperor gave Lu Yuan the portion of the Undying Diagram he possessed, and Lu Yuan fused it with his fragment to obtain one-third of the diagram.
• The Heavenly Emperor began explaining his ultimate art, One Qi Transforming into Three Purities.

The Heavenly Emperor and Mandala discussed Lu Heng’s betrayal, the Heavenly Emperor’s past mistakes, and the troubles Mandala had faced since his death. As Lu Yuan studied the heavenly palace’s records, the Heavenly Emperor watched battles spread across the Eastern Realm, where factions fought over inheritances.

• The Heavenly Emperor explained that the Heavenly Emperor Sword contained his swordsmanship and other inheritances, while One Qi Transforming into Three Purities was his most important art.
• Mandala told the Heavenly Emperor that Lu Yuan had killed Lu Heng and the Divine Pavilion’s master, both of whom were spies for the Otherworldly Demon Race.
• The Heavenly Emperor admitted he had ignored Lu Yuan’s earlier warning about Lu Heng and comforted Mandala as she recalled the betrayal and her years alone.
• Mandala said Lu Yuan was sometimes improper or unwise but ultimately reliable and true to his promises, and she did not dislike him.
• As Lu Yuan studied the Red Dust Threads’ records, the Heavenly Emperor adjusted the palace’s restrictions and observed battles erupting across the Eastern Realm over the palace’s inheritances.

Wen Qingxuan and her classmates from the Ten Thousand Phoenix Spiritual Academy fled through the Hundred Thousand Mountains while Ji Xuan and Wu Family experts pursued them. As Wen Qingxuan tried to reach the teachers’ gathering place, the chapter revealed why the Wu Family wanted her dead and how her friendship with Xiao Xiao had strengthened the Wen Family.

• Wen Qingxuan cursed Ji Xuan and led her classmates in a fighting retreat toward the city where the Five Great Spirit Academies’ teachers were staying.
• Ji Xuan told Wen Qingxuan that he had joined the pursuit after the Wu Family found him, hoping to improve his standing, and blamed her for putting her classmates in danger.
• Wen Qingxuan recalled how Xiao Xiao had given her a medicinal pill that helped her branch’s Earth Supreme ancestor become a Spirit Grade Heavenly Sovereign, making Wen Qingxuan the Wen Family’s young mistress.
• The Wen Family’s rise and ties to Xiao Xiao and the Endless Fire Territory threatened the Wu Family, which feared the Wen Family could become a true ally of Yan Di’s forces.
• After a girl from the Wu Family studying at the Ten Thousand Phoenix Spiritual Academy reported Wen Qingxuan’s whereabouts, the Wu Family seized the chance to surround and kill her.

Lu Yuan remained wary of the Heavenly Emperor and the spiritual arts he had taught, while the Heavenly Emperor used his authority over the Ancient Heavenly Palace to watch events unfold. Mandala’s emergence from seclusion and the rise of Xiao Yan and Lin Dong had reshaped the Great Luo Heaven Territory, and the chapter ended with the Heavenly Emperor noticing a mysterious white-clad girl approaching Wen Qingxuan and the others.

• Lu Yuan questioned whether the Heavenly Emperor had been assimilated by the Nine Corpse Heavenly Devil Emperor and postponed cultivating the spiritual arts he had received.
• The Heavenly Emperor used the Ancient Heavenly Palace’s permissions to control the Ascending Dragon Gate and observe the fighting around Wen Qingxuan, Ji Xuan, and the Wu Family members.
• Mandala emerged from long periods of seclusion to deter rival forces, learn about changes in the era, and decide whether the Great Luo Heaven Territory should adopt alchemy and talisman crafting.
• Mandala learned that Xiao Yan and Lin Dong had become Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereigns, and she adapted the Great Luo Heaven Territory to new systems and technologies.
• The Heavenly Emperor noticed a peerlessly beautiful girl in white whose route led toward Wen Qingxuan and the others, and speculated that she was a descendant or a Divine Sense avatar.

Wen Qingxuan’s escape from the Wu Family pursuers led her and Ji Xuan’s group to Lin Jing, the daughter of Martial Ancestor Lin Dong. After the Wu Family attacked Lin Jing, she revealed her identity and killed Ji Xuan and the pursuing group with the Great Desolate Imprisoning Sky Finger.

• The Wu Family pursuers released a Signal Flare after finding Wen Qingxuan, hoping to summon nearby squads and trap her.
• Wen Qingxuan led the pursuers, Ji Xuan, and the Holy Spirit Academy group around a hill, where they encountered Lin Jing.
• The Wu Family pursuers attacked Lin Jing, and Wen Qingxuan tried to protect her by warning them that she was Lin Dong’s daughter.
• Lin Jing recognized Wen Qingxuan as someone who had followed Xiao Xiao and revealed her power by using the Great Desolate Imprisoning Sky Finger.
• Ji Xuan fled after realizing Lin Jing was Lin Dong’s daughter, but Lin Jing killed him and the other Holy Spirit Academy students.

Lin Jing rescued Wen Qingxuan from the Wu Family and Holy Spirit Academy pursuers, then explained that Xiao Xiao was coming after sensing her Great Desolate Imprisoning Sky Finger. Xiao Xiao arrived and asked Lin Jing and Wen Qingxuan what had happened as the other pursuers approached.

• Lin Jing used the Great Desolate Imprisoning Sky Finger to defeat the pursuers and calm the Ten Thousand Phoenix Spiritual Academy students.
• Lin Jing asked Wen Qingxuan why the Wu Family members and Holy Spirit Academy students had been hunting her.
• Wen Qingxuan explained that Holy Spirit Academy students had revealed her whereabouts to the Wu Family pursuers.
• Lin Jing offered to take Wen Qingxuan and the others to safety and sensed Xiao Xiao approaching.
• Xiao Xiao tore open space, greeted Lin Jing and Wen Qingxuan, and asked what had happened.

Xiao Xiao revealed that she had entered the Ancient Heavenly Palace hoping to learn from Lu Yuan, while Lin Jing and Wen Qingxuan explained their own reasons for coming. Multiple white pillars appeared, and the third opened into an ancient Stone Gate labeled “Ascending Dragon Gate,” leaving Xiao Xiao and the others to decide what it meant.

• Wen Qingxuan reunited with Xiao Xiao and asked why she and Lin Jing had come to the Ancient Heavenly Palace.
• Xiao Xiao explained that she suspected Lu Yuan had killed Lu Heng and the Divine Pavilion Master, and she hoped to take her uncle as her master.
• Lin Jing said she had come to explore, while Wen Qingxuan had come with the Ten Thousand Phoenix Spiritual Academy to train its students.
• A white pillar rose in the distance, drawing cultivators toward the Ancient Heavenly Palace, and Xiao Xiao noticed Death Guards from the Wu Family nearby.
• A second pillar appeared far away, then a third erupted beside Xiao Xiao and the others; Lin Jing shielded them with a talisman array.
• An ancient Stone Gate appeared where the third pillar had been, and Xiao Xiao read its inscription as “Ascending Dragon Gate” while the Heavenly Emperor watched them.

Xiao Xiao and Lin Jing captured Wu Family disciples to scout the Ascending Dragon Gate while Wen Qingxuan organized a cautious probe of the Ancient Heavenly Palace. The Heavenly Emperor watched their actions and considered choosing another disciple, provided the candidate held no grudge against Lu Yuan.

• Xiao Xiao hesitated to enter the Ascending Dragon Gate, while Lin Jing argued that the ancient battlefield's arrays were unlikely to remain dangerous after hundreds of thousands of years.
• Wen Qingxuan proposed using Wu Family members to scout ahead and killing the rest before other forces could use them as Chess Pieces.
• Xiao Xiao and Lin Jing intercepted two Wu Family pursuit squads, killed their Death Guards, and captured Wu Family descendants.
• Xiao Xiao ordered the captives to investigate the gate, threatening those who refused with death.
• Wen Qingxuan split the captured disciples and sent a trusted subordinate to lead one group inside to scout the route.
• The Heavenly Emperor observed the group and considered selecting another disciple who did not bear a grudge against Lu Yuan.

A Ten Thousand Phoenix Spiritual Academy student explained the Ascending Dragon Gate’s token-based assessment and revealed that the Ancient Heavenly Palace was selecting an heir for the apparently living Heavenly Emperor. After Wen Qingxuan dealt with the Wu Family and freed the independent cultivators, Lu Yuan finished reviewing the Red Dust Threads and saw Xiao Xiao taking the assessment.

• A Ten Thousand Phoenix Spiritual Academy student described the four token types, their permissions, the Ancient Heavenly Palace’s five halls and three residences, and the assessment rules.
• The student explained that the Wu Family members had been assessed separately and might have failed, died, or teleported into the Ancient Heavenly Palace.
• Wen Qingxuan ordered the Wu Family members killed and the captured independent cultivators released.
• The independent cultivators left, intending to return and attempt the Ascending Dragon Gate assessment after Xiao Xiao and the others entered.
• Lu Yuan freed the Heavenly Emperor Remnant Soul after finishing his review of the Red Dust Threads, apologized for his earlier caution, and was shown Xiao Xiao and the others taking the assessments.

Lu Yuan recognized Xiao Xiao among the entrants to Ancient Heavenly Palace and chose not to meet her yet, despite the Heavenly Emperor offering to bend the rules. Xiao Xiao and her companions gathered after receiving their tokens, while Wen Qingxuan assessed the differences in their combat abilities and resources.

• Lu Yuan recognized Xiao Xiao from her appearance and fighting style, then decided to wait before meeting her because he wanted to respect Ancient Heavenly Palace's rules.
• The Heavenly Emperor assured Lu Yuan that he could change the rules if Lu Yuan wanted to visit Xiao Xiao, but did not press him to do so.
• Xiao Xiao received a Gold Dragon Token and was randomly teleported to the outer area of Ancient Heavenly Palace; Lin Jing, Wen Qingxuan, and other students arrived nearby and gathered.
• Lin Jing showed her Gold Dragon Token, while Wen Qingxuan displayed her White Dragon Token and considered how their resources and training explained the difference.
• Wen Qingxuan learned that another follower had earned a White Jiao Token, giving her a benchmark for deciding where to invest resources.