Chapter Summaries

Lin Dong defeated Zong Ze in the Kunpeng Realm, then returned to Martial Realm and entered seclusion to pursue the next stage of his cultivation. He was soon awakened by news that Maha Tian had attacked the Endless Fire Territory, leaving him to decide whether to send aid.

• Lin Dong used the Nine Provinces Scroll to defeat Zong Ze and make him concede their match.
• Lin Dong and Zong Ze drank together in the Kunpeng Realm, and Lin Dong returned to Martial Realm with Kun Ling'er the next day.
• Lin Dong entered seclusion to attempt to advance his spiritual energy cultivation to Immortal Grade Late Stage.
• Ling Qingzhu woke Lin Dong and gave him a battle report saying Maha Tian had led an army to attack the Endless Fire Territory.
• Lin Dong learned that the Endless Fire Territory branch was asking whether Martial Realm should honor its alliance and send forces to help.

Maha Tian led the Maha Ancient Clan in an invasion of the Endless Fire Territory, using Qing Yanjing’s disappearance as a pretext to demand a search. The Martial Realm mobilized to aid its ally, and as the Flame Emperor provoked Maha Tian, another powerful force arrived.

• Maha Tian brought the Maha Ancient Clan’s army to Flame Emperor City, where the Flame Emperor confronted him and demanded an explanation for the invasion.
• The Martial Ancestor agreed that the Martial Realm should aid the Endless Fire Territory, and Tang Xinlian led its army through a teleportation array toward the territory.
• Maha Tian claimed Qing Yanjing had fled into the Endless Fire Territory and demanded permission to search it, though he knew the claim was false.
• The Flame Emperor mocked Maha Tian by suggesting Qing Yanjing had fled because Maha Tian was impotent, prompting laughter from the Endless Fire Territory’s forces and enraging Maha Tian.
• As Maha Tian threatened to kill the Flame Emperor, an unidentified voice declared that he would have to get past the speaker first, and a vast black army appeared.

The Martial Realm and Ice Spirit Clan reinforced the Endless Fire Territory, triggering their alliance war against the Maha Ancient Clan. As the battle turned against Maha Tian’s forces, a hidden expert emerged to attack Martial Ancestor.

• Lin Dong brought the Martial Realm army to support Xiao Yan, explaining that the Maha Ancient Clan still had two hidden Saint Grade Heaven Supremes.
• Martial Ancestor declared that the alliance agreement had made the Maha Ancient Clan’s invasion a war against the Martial Realm, while Ice Master Ying Huanhuan revealed the Ice Spirit Clan’s support.
• Maha Tian ordered his army to attack, and Flame Emperor set out to confront him while Martial Ancestor led the fight against the Maha forces.
• Martial Ancestor’s forces repeatedly broke through the Maha army, and he killed several Immortal Grade Heaven Supremes, causing the Maha formation to falter.
• A hidden expert launched Yin-Yang Profound Dragon Kill at Martial Ancestor as he attacked another Immortal Grade Heaven Supreme.

Lin Dong defeated the Maha Ancient Clan experts who ambushed him, then faced the Saint Grade ancestor Maha Ming and broke through to the Immortal Grade Late Stage. Their battle escalated as Lin Dong shattered Maha Ming’s defenses, and the chapter ended with Maha Ming’s spear appearing before Lin Dong.

• Lin Dong trapped and shattered the Yin Yang Twin Dragons with his Mental Energy, then confronted the hidden Saint Grade ancestor Maha Ming.
• Maha Ming accused Lin Dong of slaughtering his clan’s experts and urged him to withdraw, but Lin Dong refused to retreat.
• Lin Dong revealed his breakthrough to the Immortal Grade Late Stage and attacked Maha Ming with a Divine Spear, which Maha Ming caught and crushed.
• Maha Ming transformed into his Heavenly Sovereign Spiritual Body, but Lin Dong’s Great Heavenly Thunder Sound forced him to defend himself with the Maha Heavenly Bell.
• Lin Dong’s Great Wind Thunder Palm shattered Maha Ming’s bell, and Maha Ming launched a Maha Heavenly Spear at Lin Dong.

Lin Dong fought Maha Ming, a Saint-grade Mighty Expert, and was nearly killed by the Maha Immeasurable Calamity. He revived with the Undying Heaven Evolution Technique, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Lin Dong used the Ancient Light Array and the Profound Heaven Hall's Myriad Treasure Torrent to counter Maha Ming and interrupt his attempt to summon the Maha Immeasurable Body.
• Maha Ming unleashed the Maha Immeasurable Calamity, a Peerless Divine Ability powered by his Saint-grade cultivation.
• Lin Dong used Great Star Devour and the Devouring Ancestral Symbol to resist the storm, but the black hole collapsed and the calamity dissolved his flesh and vitality.
• Maha Ming believed Lin Dong was dead when only his purple-gold remains were left behind.
• Lin Dong used the Undying Heaven Evolution Technique to regrow his flesh and return to life.

Lin Dong absorbed Maha Ming’s Sacred Rune Talisman and struck him with the Great Desolation Stele, then held him off while the Flame Emperor fought Maha Tian. Maha Tian summoned an ancient jade bottle whose immense power threatened to change the battle.

• Maha Ming tried to use a Sacred Rune Talisman to turn Lin Dong into his puppet, but Lin Dong transformed into the Eight Ancestor Glazed Bowl and swallowed its flame.
• A figure wielding the Great Desolation Stele struck Maha Ming, shattered his Maha Heavenly Luo Umbrella, and severely injured him.
• Maha Ming broke free of Lin Dong’s stasis and charged at him, so Lin Dong met him head-on as a Purple Gold Giant.
• The Flame Emperor continued overpowering Maha Tian, who had failed to suppress him even before the Flame Emperor advanced during their fight.
• Maha Tian formed hand seals and summoned an ancient black-and-white jade bottle, releasing a terrifying supreme majesty.

Maha Tian used the Maha Yin-Yang Bottle against Xiao Yan, but Xiao Yan outmaneuvered him with Emperor Flame clones until another Maha Ancient Clan Saint intervened. The Mother of Ten Thousand Snakes then appeared, forcing the Maha Saint-grade experts into despair and bringing the Endless Fire Territory’s forces to celebrate.

• Maha Tian attacked Xiao Yan with the Maha Yin-Yang Bottle, and Xiao Yan countered with the Buddha's Fury Emperor Flame Lotus, destroying the black-and-white torrent and forcing the bottle to shield Maha Tian.
• Maha Tian prepared to attack again, but Xiao Yan revealed his first body was an Emperor Flame clone and struck from behind.
• A hidden Maha Ancient Clan Saint attacked Xiao Yan, only to pierce another Emperor Flame clone.
• The Mother of Ten Thousand Snakes appeared as a million-foot Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python, and her roar wounded the Maha Ancient Clan Saints Maha Ming and Maha Guang.
• Maha Ming and Maha Guang recognized the Mother of Ten Thousand Snakes as the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python Tribe's Great Elder, while the Endless Fire Territory's forces celebrated and Medusa found relief.

After the Maha Ancient Clan’s invasion was repelled, the Flame Emperor rescued the Luo God Clan and helped it unify the Western Heaven Continent. Lin Dong and the Flame Emperor then each attained a Saint-grade crafting realm, raising the Endless Fire Territory and Martial Realm to Supreme Sacred Lands.

• Mother of Ten Thousand Snakes defeated the Maha Ancient Clan’s two Saint Grade Heaven Supremes, seized the Maha Yin-Yang Bottle, and forced the clan to pay war indemnity before retreating.
• Lin Dong told the Flame Emperor that the Luo God Clan was in danger, and the Flame Emperor set out for the Western Heaven Continent with Xun'er and his army.
• The Flame Emperor saved Luo Tianhe, advanced Luo Tianshen to the Heaven Supreme Stage, and led the destruction of the Blood God Clan, allowing the Luo God Clan to unify the Western Heaven Continent.
• Lin Dong emerged from seclusion and learned that the Flame Emperor had attained the Saint-grade Spirit Medicine Grandmaster Stage, making the Endless Fire Territory a Supreme Sacred Land.
• Lin Dong visited the Artifact Sect and attained the Saint-grade Spirit Artifact Great Grandmaster Stage, establishing the Martial Realm as another Supreme Sacred Land.

Xiao Yan gave Lin Dong a Saint-grade Emperor Pill that could boost the chance of reaching Saint Grade, asking him to upgrade the Mysterious Iron Heavy Ruler in return. Lin Dong then taught Xiao Yan the Supreme Sensing Art and revealed that a realm beyond Saint Grade might be reached through the Firmament Ranking, leaving Xiao Yan eager to learn how far Lin Dong had advanced.

• Xiao Yan summoned Lin Dong to the Flame Emperor Palace and presented him with the Ascension to Saint Pill, explaining that it could increase an Immortal Grade peak expert’s chance of reaching Saint Grade by thirty percent.
• Lin Dong agreed to upgrade Xiao Yan’s Mysterious Iron Heavy Ruler into a Saint-grade Peerless Sacred Object.
• Lin Dong gave Xiao Yan the Supreme Sensing Art and explained the existence of a supreme realm beyond Saint Grade, linked to the Firmament Ranking and the Great Thousand World’s World Will.
• Xiao Yan asked Lin Dong how far he had cultivated the Supreme Sensing Art.

Lin Dong refined Xiao Yan’s Mysterious Iron Heavy Ruler and spent months building his foundation while the Martial Realm prospered. Just as Qing Tan nervously brought up marriage and Lin Dong promised an answer within five years, the Outer Realm Demonic Tribe launched an attack on the Martial Realm.

• Lin Dong accepted Xiao Yan’s divine materials and refined the Mysterious Iron Heavy Ruler into a Saint-grade Peerless Sacred Object two months later.
• Over the following half year, the Martial Realm grew stronger as Lin Dong kept a low profile and prepared for a future breakthrough.
• The Master of Darkness encouraged Qing Tan to speak with Lin Dong, and Qing Tan asked when he would marry her.
• Lin Dong told Qing Tan to reassure her mother that he would give an answer within five years, but urgent bells interrupted them.
• Demonic forces tore open a rift beyond Shaking Light Continent, and the Outer Realm Demonic Tribe’s army launched its assault.

The Black Corpse Heavenly Demon Emperor led the Corpse Demon Tribe’s assault on the Martial Realm while Lin Dong tried to delay him and complete his Saint Grade breakthrough. The chapter ended as the Emperor unleashed corrosive demonic rain, forcing Lin Dong to choose between advancing and protecting the realm.

• Tang Xinlian told Lin Dong that the Black Corpse Heavenly Demon Emperor had mobilized the Corpse Demon Tribe, while the Sacred Demon Tribe also threatened the region and reinforcements were limited.
• Lin Dong swallowed a supreme divine pill and began attempting to break through as the Martial Realm’s forces assembled to face the invading army.
• The Black Corpse Heavenly Demon Emperor appeared before Martial Ancestor Lord and declared that he intended to eliminate Lin Dong and the Martial Realm before they could become greater threats.
• Lin Dong used the Space Ancestral Symbol to evade the Emperor’s attacks, redirecting one strike into the demon army and causing the deaths of tens of thousands of soldiers and two Nether Demon Emperors.
• The Black Corpse Heavenly Demon Emperor unleashed Black Corpse Demonic Rain, forcing Lin Dong to choose between continuing his breakthrough and protecting the Martial Realm.

The Eight Ancient Masters raised a barrier to protect the Shaking Light Continent, and the Martial Ancestor appeared after breaking through to Middle Saint Grade. He battled the Black Corpse Heavenly Demon Emperor, whose Extremely Evil Corpse Water shattered one of the Martial Ancestor’s Azure Dragons.

• The Eight Ancient Masters summoned the Eight Extremes Heavenly Pillars and raised a barrier that vaporized the Black Corpse Heavenly Demon Emperor’s demonic rain.
• The Black Corpse Heavenly Demon Emperor compressed the rain into a massive water sphere, but the Martial Ancestor destroyed it with an Azure Dragon Probing Claw.
• The Martial Ancestor revealed that he had broken through to Middle Saint Grade, and billions of Martial Realm experts cheered his arrival.
• The Black Corpse Heavenly Demon Emperor attacked with Life Devouring Skull and Corpse Demon Underworld River, but the Martial Ancestor countered with Azure Dragon techniques and seized him with a dragon claw.
• The Black Corpse Heavenly Demon Emperor unleashed Extremely Evil Corpse Water, shattering the attacking Ancient Azure Dragon into Azure Dragon Light Markings.

Lin Dong overwhelmed Black Corpse Heavenly Demon Emperor’s attacks and forced him to summon the Heaven Shaking Demonic Shadow. Lin Dong trapped the demonic statue inside his Eight Talisman Revolving Wheel, leaving the battle poised for its decisive strike.

• Lin Dong erased Black Corpse Heavenly Demon Emperor’s corpse water with the Thunder Emperor Starfall Hand, then swallowed the death qi from his first prostration with the Eight Ancestor Glazed Bowl.
• Black Corpse Heavenly Demon Emperor unleashed the second prostration’s Gray Light and began the third, but Lin Dong’s Azure Dragon Coiling Star destroyed the attack and the summoned god of death.
• Lin Dong followed with Azure Dragon Swallowing Sun, burning through the Corpse Demon Banner and severely injuring Black Corpse Heavenly Demon Emperor.
• Black Corpse Heavenly Demon Emperor summoned the Heaven Shaking Demonic Shadow and merged with it, challenging Lin Dong to use his Supreme Dharma Body.
• Lin Dong summoned the Eight Talisman Revolving Wheel and trapped the Heaven Shaking Demonic Shadow inside its expanding halo.

Lin Dong defeated the Black Corpse Heavenly Demon Emperor and destroyed the invading Corpse Demon army, while Flame Emperor repelled an attack on the Endless Fire Territory. After three years of secluded cultivation, Lin Dong emerged and secretly went to Northern Desolation Hill.

• Lin Dong used the Eight-Colored Halo, empowered by World Force, to break the Heavenly Corpse Divine Demon Statue and bind the Black Corpse Heavenly Demon Emperor.
• The Black Corpse Heavenly Demon Emperor tried to self-destruct, but Lin Dong banished him into the Corpse Demon army, where the explosion killed more than half the invaders.
• Lin Dong ordered the Martial Realm army to crush the surviving Corpse Demons, while Flame Emperor slew an incarnation of the Sacred Heavenly Demon Emperor and defeated the attack on the Endless Fire Territory.
• Lin Dong withdrew into secluded cultivation to pursue the supreme realm, then emerged three years later and secretly traveled to Northern Desolation Hill.

Lin Dong arrived at Northern Desolation Hill, where the Undying Lord recognized him as the Martial Ancestor’s successor and prepared the Tomb Guardians and Great Thousand Palace to protect the continent. Lin Dong entered the seal alone to face the Heavenly Evil God, who mistook him for easy prey and invited him closer.

• Lin Dong met Qin Tian at the Great Thousand Palace and asked to see the Undying Lord.
• The Undying Lord tested Lin Dong, then knelt when Lin Dong’s power compelled him and hailed him as the Great Emperor’s successor.
• Lin Dong ordered the Undying Lord and Qin Tian to activate the Surface Spirit Net and protect Northern Desolation Hill before he vanished into the seal.
• The Undying Lord and Qin Tian gathered the forces and raised the Surface Spirit Net across the continent.
• The Heavenly Evil God formed a white-robed body inside the Great Thousand Demon Transformation Array, dismissed Lin Dong as a threat, and coaxed him to come closer.

Lin Dong defeated and killed the weakened Heavenly Evil God beneath the Great Thousand Demon Transformation Array, then led the Great Thousand World to victory over the Outer Realm Demonic Tribe. The chapter ended with the Flame Emperor reaching the Dominator Realm, Lin Dong marrying six women, and the birth of his eight children.

• Lin Dong approached the Heavenly Evil God, and their Eight Symbol Hand and Evil Torrent attacks collided without either landing a decisive blow.
• Lin Dong used Eight Symbol Annihilation to destroy the Heavenly Evil God's attacks and slice away most of his body.
• Lin Dong engulfed and annihilated the Heavenly Evil God's remaining head with Great Universe, and the World Will descended as the experts learned of his death.
• Lin Dong ordered the Great Thousand World forces to attack, and they wiped out the Outer Realm Demonic Tribe within three months.
• The Flame Emperor left his true name on the Firmament Ranking, Lin Dong married Ying Huanhuan, Ling Qingzhu, Tang Xinlian, Lin Qingtan, Kun Ling'er, and Xin Qing, and their eight children were born three years later.

The author defended the Demon Domain’s power levels by comparing them with other regions and arguing that the novel’s unstated forces could keep the Tianxuan Continent balanced. The chapter ended with an estimate that the Heavenly Demon Marten Tribe had at least forty Samsara Stage experts, supporting the claim that each of the Four Great Overlord Clans could have about that many.

• The author compared Samsara Stage and Reincarnation Stage experts with the power levels of Fighter Venerables and Fighter Saints, arguing that the Demon Domain’s numbers were not excessive.
• The author explained that the Chaotic Demon Sea’s Sea Overlord Clans could rival the Land Overlord Clans and that the Four Great Profound Regions could have powerful figures who were hidden or asleep.
• The author argued that the Demon Domain’s apparent dominance did not prove that the Human Race and Demon Race were unbalanced, noting that regions could contain unmentioned experts.
• The author acknowledged that the original novel did not specify exact expert counts and said the numbers in the fan fiction were estimates intended to preserve plausibility.
• The author counted known Heavenly Demon Marten Tribe Samsara Stage experts and estimated that the tribe had at least forty, making a similar number for each Four Great Overlord Clan reasonable.

The author reflected on completing the book and explained that declining readership and criticism of the original Great Thousand Plane arc led him to end it after 130,000 words. He planned to take a break, then write another fan fiction, and asked readers for recommendations and donations.

• The author said the book had run for 166 days and ended at 1.12 million words.
• The author explained that he had continued past the Heavenly Profound Arc to write Lin Dongdong's story in the Great Thousand Plane after readers urged him to continue.
• The author said subscriptions and readership fell during the original Great Thousand Plane arc, and criticism and declining support contributed to his decision to stop.
• The author admitted that original writing was not his strength and said he would focus on fan fiction in future books.
• The author said he would take a break, asked readers to recommend one popular book for his next adaptation, and requested donations.

The author explained the book’s stalled subscriptions and outlined plans to continue Lin Dong’s story in the Great Thousand World. He would try to build a complete Great Ruler arc, but might instead write several shorter bonus stories, and would announce if he needed to take a day off to plan.

• The author described how the book reached 332 first-day subscriptions without promotion and later settled at 700 average subscriptions, below his previous book’s 900.
• The author said he would continue Lin Dong’s story in the Great Thousand World because readers felt the existing 400 chapters were too short.
• The author planned to reread The Great Ruler and try to assemble a complete Martial Ancestor arc based on its plot.
• The author said that if he could not form a complete arc, he would write roughly twenty or thirty chapters of separate bonus stories, possibly including one about Martial Ancestor causing havoc in the Ice Spirit Clan.
• The author planned to work on the outline that night and update the next day if possible, promising to post a notice if he needed to take the day off.