Chapter Summaries

Zhao Chen offered huge spirit value rewards to draw three students into challenging his position as the Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy’s top Heaven Rankings powerhouse. Dark Assassin attacked first with a volley of hidden weapons, leaving the challenge unresolved.

• Zhao Chen discovered that his Heaven Rankings title made him shine conspicuously, then invited students to challenge him, but they were too wary to step forward.
• Zhao Chen promised ten million spirit value for every half-step he retreated and guaranteed ten thousand spirit value to each of three challengers who failed.
• Students scrambled for the limited slots, and Zhao Chen selected Guo Xiong, Li Qing, and Dark Assassin.
• Dark Assassin went first, transforming into a black shadow and launching hidden needle-like weapons at Zhao Chen’s weak points.

Zhao Chen defended his challenge ring against Dark Assassin and Guo Xiong, rewarding both with ten thousand spirit value points after they failed to make him retreat half a step. With two defenses complete, he turned his attention to Li Qing, who stepped forward and conceded.

• Dark Assassin attacked Zhao Chen with hidden weapons and a dagger, but Zhao Chen blocked every assault without moving and forced him to concede.
• Zhao Chen transferred ten thousand spirit value points to Dark Assassin, who thanked him and stepped aside.
• Guo Xiong challenged Zhao Chen and repeatedly attacked with his black broadsword and Heavy Mountain Shield, but Zhao Chen remained unharmed and unmoved.
• Guo Xiong conceded and said Zhao Chen might be stronger than Shen CangSheng, and Zhao Chen awarded him ten thousand spirit value points.
• Li Qing stepped forward to challenge Zhao Chen, then immediately conceded.

After Li Qing conceded, Zhao Chen completed his arena defense and checked in to obtain the Nirvana Bitter Sea, a Supreme Sea that could help him break through to the Supreme Realm. He entered the Mission Hall to accept a wanted mission, and the students discovered that he had killed the second-ranked Demon Dragon Child and was now targeting Demon Executioner Tian, the Wanted List’s top-ranked enemy.

• Li Qing admitted she could not make Zhao Chen retreat and conceded, allowing him to complete three arena defenses and finish his check-in mission.
• Zhao Chen checked in at the Mission Hall Square and received the Nirvana Bitter Sea, a small world that he believed could aid his breakthrough to the Supreme Realm.
• Zhao Chen went to the Mission Hall and asked Elder Liu to take him to accept a wanted mission.
• Li Qing explained that wanted missions targeted enemies who had harmed Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy students, while Guo Xiong described the strength of the Wanted List’s top targets.
• Li Qing saw that Zhao Chen had killed the second-ranked Demon Dragon Child and accepted a mission to hunt Demon Executioner Tian, ranked first on the Wanted List.

Zhao Chen killed Dragon Demon Child and accepted the mission to hunt Demon Executioner Tian, then prepared to advance his cultivation. With Nine Nether guarding him, he opened his Supreme Sea and broke through to the Supreme Realm.

• The Wanted List revealed that Zhao Chen had killed Dragon Demon Child and accepted the mission to kill Demon Executioner Tian.
• Elder Liu gave Zhao Chen information about Demon Executioner Tian and warned him about the target's strength and possible Supreme Realm protection.
• Zhao Chen returned to the Nine Dragons Blessed Land, studied the jade slip, and decided to focus on breaking through before tracking down Demon Executioner Tian.
• Zhao Chen asked Nine Nether to guard him and began opening his Supreme Sea by shattering his energy sea.
• Zhao Chen merged the embryonic Supreme Sea with the Nirvana Bitter Sea, absorbed White Dragon Supreme Spiritual Liquid, and reached the Supreme Realm.

Zhao Chen reached the Supreme Realm with Nine Nether concealing the breakthrough, then headed with her to the Thunder Domain’s ninth layer to meet Northern Nether Dragon Kun and help him advance to the Earth Supreme Realm. There, Zhao Chen discovered a Black God Thunder Sea and believed he could use it to condense a White Tiger Black God Thunder Supreme Dharma Body.

• Zhao Chen completed his breakthrough to the Supreme Realm, and Nine Nether suppressed the immense spiritual-energy pillar to keep it secret.
• Zhao Chen told Nine Nether that three drops of White Dragon Supreme Spiritual Liquid had helped fill his Supreme Sea and said they could defeat the Black Dragon Supreme together.
• Zhao Chen proposed visiting Northern Nether Dragon Kun at the Thunder Domain’s ninth layer and helping him reach the Earth Supreme Realm in return for Dean Taicang’s protection.
• Zhao Chen and Nine Nether entered the ninth layer and found a vast sea of Black God Thunder that Nine Nether warned even a Ninth-Grade Supreme might struggle to withstand.
• Zhao Chen saw the Black God Thunder Sea as an opportunity to condense a White Tiger Black God Thunder Supreme Dharma Body.

Zhao Chen and Nine Nether reunited with Northern Nether Dragon Kun, who was astonished by their rapid rise to the Supreme Realm. Zhao Chen promised to retrieve the Thunder God Pill from the Black God Thunder Sea to help Northern Nether Dragon Kun break through to the Earth Supreme Realm, then entered the sea to form his first Supreme Dharma Body.

• Zhao Chen announced that he would enter the Black God Thunder Sea, and Nine Nether warned him about its danger.
• Zhao Chen called out Northern Nether Dragon Kun, who appeared and recognized him and Nine Nether as the visitors who had taken the Million Heavenly Thunder Pearls.
• Northern Nether Dragon Kun marveled at their progress to the Supreme Realm, and Zhao Chen said he had come to thank him and bring a return gift for Dean Taicang.
• Zhao Chen offered to retrieve the Thunder God Pill and help Northern Nether Dragon Kun reach the Earth Supreme Realm.
• After Northern Nether Dragon Kun urged him to be careful, Zhao Chen charged into the Black God Thunder Sea with his White Tiger Divine Thunder power and formed an illusory Dharma Body.

Zhao Chen subdued the Black God Thunder Sea’s thunder spirit, claimed the Thunder God Pill and Thunder God Lotus, and signed in to obtain the Nine Heavens Mysterious Thunder. After refining it, he evolved his White Tiger Supreme Dharma Body and advanced to the Second Grade Supreme Realm.

• Zhao Chen formed the White Tiger Black God Thunder Supreme Dharma Body and suppressed the thunder spirit in the Black God Thunder Sea.
• Zhao Chen sent the captured thunder spirit into his Nirvana Bitter Sea, where the Asura God struck it unconscious and crimson threads bound it into a black lotus.
• Zhao Chen claimed the Thunder God Pill and Thunder God Lotus, then merged the lotus into his Supreme Sea.
• Zhao Chen signed in at the Thunder Domain Ninth Layer and received the Nine Heavens Mysterious Thunder.
• Zhao Chen refined the Nine Heavens Mysterious Thunder, transforming his thunder spirit and lotus and evolving his Dharma Body into the White Tiger Nine Heavens Mysterious Thunder Supreme Dharma Body.
• Zhao Chen advanced to the Second Grade Supreme Realm.

Zhao Chen retrieved the Thunder God Pill for Northern Nether Dragon Kun, then used a secret blood-tracking array to locate Demon Executioner Tian in Western Wasteland City. He and Nine Nether confronted Tian outside an inn, where Zhao Chen announced his intention to kill him.

• Zhao Chen gave the Thunder God Pill to Northern Nether Dragon Kun, who thanked him and looked forward to breaking through to the Earth Supreme realm.
• Zhao Chen and Nine Nether left the Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy after seeing Zhao Chen ranked first on the Thunder Domain Stele.
• Zhao Chen revealed Demon Executioner Tian's preserved blood and used a Tracking Spirit Array to discover he was in Western Wasteland City.
• Zhao Chen and Nine Nether traveled to Western Wasteland City and found Demon Executioner Tian staying at an inn.
• When Demon Executioner Tian left the inn, Zhao Chen and Nine Nether blocked his way, and Zhao Chen said he had come to kill him.

Zhao Chen and Nine Nether trapped Demon Executioner Tian outside Western Wasteland City, and Zhao Chen killed him before the Black Dragon Supreme could intervene. The chapter ended as a furious roar came from beyond the sealed array, demanding to know who had killed a member of the Dragon Demon Palace.

• Zhao Chen explained that Demon Executioner Tian was protected by the Black Dragon Supreme, while Nine Nether asked whether they should attack him.
• Zhao Chen and Nine Nether waited until Demon Executioner Tian left Western Wasteland City, then confronted him in an open area.
• Zhao Chen used the Taiji Profound Array Diagram to seal a hundred-li area and revealed that he was a top-ranked student of the Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy.
• Demon Executioner Tian recognized Zhao Chen and Nine Nether as possible killers of Dragon Demon Child and raised the Dragon Devouring Magic Spear.
• Zhao Chen summoned the Magic Eye Dragon Horned Spear and killed Demon Executioner Tian with its Supreme aura and Magic Eye Black Dragon.
• Demon Executioner Tian's Divine Soul Mark shattered, and an enraged voice outside the array demanded to know who had killed a member of the Dragon Demon Palace.

After Zhao Chen and Nine Nether killed Demon Executioner Tian, the Black Dragon Supreme arrived seeking revenge, only to learn they had also been behind the Dragon Demon Child’s death and the loss of the Great Sumeru Demon Pillar. Zhao Chen sealed the Black Dragon Supreme inside the Taiji Profound Array Diagram as Nine Nether began her first battle as a divine beast.

• The Black Dragon Supreme found Demon Executioner Tian dead and attacked the Taiji Profound Array Diagram, but it absorbed his strike.
• Zhao Chen and Nine Nether appeared, and Zhao Chen revealed that they were from the Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy and had killed Demon Executioner Tian.
• The Black Dragon Supreme suspected Zhao Chen had also killed the Dragon Demon Child and taken the Great Sumeru Demon Pillar, while Nine Nether eyed him as a target to refine.
• The Black Dragon Supreme attacked, and Nine Nether revealed her Nine Nether Underworld Sparrow form and shattered his Supreme Dharma Body strike.
• Zhao Chen deployed the Taiji Profound Array Diagram across a thousand miles, sealing the Black Dragon Supreme’s escape as Nine Nether fought him.

Zhao Chen obtained the Exquisite Western Wasteland Tower and used it to suppress Black Dragon Supreme after Nine Nether weakened him. With Black Dragon Supreme imprisoned and unable to escape, Zhao Chen and Nine Nether planned to make him produce Supreme Spirit Liquid.

• Western Extremity Supreme watched a life-and-death battle between Supreme Realm Experts from Western Wasteland City and ordered his forces to stay vigilant.
• After the system announced that Demon Executioner Tian had been killed, Zhao Chen signed in and received the Exquisite Western Wasteland Tower.
• Zhao Chen awakened the tower’s suppressive power and attacked Black Dragon Supreme, whose movements were already hindered by the tower’s force.
• Zhao Chen’s White Tiger Nine Heavens Mysterious Thunder Supreme Dharma Body shattered Black Dragon Supreme’s Supreme Dharma Body, and the tower imprisoned him.
• The tower’s Profound Yellow Chains interrupted Black Dragon Supreme’s secret art and left him badly weakened.
• Nine Nether praised the divine artifact, and Zhao Chen said they would obtain a steady supply of Supreme Spirit Liquid from their captive.

Zhao Chen and Nine Nether returned to the Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy after defeating Demon Executioner Tian, and Zhao Chen turned in the mission. He chose the damaged ancient sword Golden Crow as his reward despite Elder Liu's warning about its vicious remnant artifact spirit.

• The Western Extremity Supreme met Zhao Chen and Nine Nether, agreed to keep their battle confidential, and watched them leave Western Wasteland City.
• Zhao Chen and Nine Nether used the Small Sumeru Teleportation Space Spirit Array to return to the Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy.
• Elder Liu reacted with alarm when Nine Nether revealed her Supreme might, and Zhao Chen showed him Demon Executioner Tian's Dragon Devouring Magic Spear as proof of the kill.
• Elder Liu updated the Wanted List Crystal Pillar to mark Demon Executioner Tian as killed by Zhao Chen and awarded him ten million spirit value points and a choice of rewards.
• Zhao Chen chose the damaged ancient sword Golden Crow after Elder Liu warned him that its remnant artifact spirit was vicious.

Zhao Chen chose the damaged Golden Crow Sword, which Nine Nether identified as a ruined Quasi-Divine Tool, and used his reward to obtain the Ancient Golden Crow Sword Art. The chapter ended with Zhao Chen and Nine Nether teleporting away while Elder Liu called after him to finish assessing the new students.

• Nine Nether confirmed that the damaged blunt sword had once been a Quasi-Divine Tool wielded by someone with Ancient Golden Crow bloodline.
• Zhao Chen accepted the sword from Elder Liu, used Nirvana Heavenly Flame to reveal its crimson Golden Crow appearance, and learned that its remnant artifact spirit could let it be reforged.
• Nine Nether explained that the Golden Crow Sword could potentially regain its Quasi-Divine Tool rank through continuous reforging.
• Zhao Chen exchanged his reward for the Ancient Golden Crow Sword Art, and a crimson scroll appeared directly in his hand through his teleportation array.
• Elder Liu demanded to know how Zhao Chen had teleported the divine art, but Zhao Chen and Nine Nether vanished before he could ask further.
• Elder Liu shouted that Zhao Chen still had to assess the new students for Northern Azure Hall and threatened to deduct his spirit value.

Zhao Chen returned to Northern Azure Hall and told An Ran that Asura Hall had become a top-tier force, with Nine Nether as its Supreme Realm Expert. As the Northern Azure World assessment ended, Zhao Chen and An Ran prepared to welcome the new students and their special challenge assessment.

• Zhao Chen returned to Northern Azure Hall and learned from An Ran that assessments in three of the Four Northern Azure Worlds had ended.
• Zhao Chen told An Ran that Asura Hall was now a top-tier force and hinted that Nine Nether, first on the Asura Rankings, was a Supreme Realm Expert.
• Zhao Chen and An Ran went to welcome Asura Hall's new members after someone condensed a Ninth-Grade Mark and summoned Northern Azure Hall.
• Old Bai welcomed the new students and announced a special challenge assessment against senior students, including a legendary new student.
• More than ten pillars of light appeared behind Old Bai, and the black-clothed figure at the central Nine-Colored Pillar of Light drew everyone's attention.

Zhao Chen reunited with Wu Yingying, Song Yuqing, Luo Li, Tang Qian'er, and Mu Chen during the freshman challenge test. The students were sent to separate arenas, where An Ran let Tang Qian'er pass and earn five thousand spirit value points.

• Wu Yingying, Song Yuqing, and Luo Li recognized Zhao Chen, while Mu Chen and Tang Qian'er also greeted him.
• Zhao Chen reflected on the pressure the girls had faced to attend the Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy, and An Ran explained the challenge rules and rewards.
• Wu Yingying, Song Yuqing, and Luo Li each drew Zhao Chen as an opponent, while Tang Qian'er drew An Ran.
• In their isolated arena, Tang Qian'er asked An Ran whether she had joined Asura Hall, then began the challenge against her.
• An Ran held back during their fight, stopped once Tang Qian'er was tired, and awarded her the five thousand spirit value points for passing.

Zhao Chen reunited with Wu Yingying, Song Yuqing, and Luo Li at the Northern Azure Hall and learned what had happened after they left the Spiritual Road. He revealed that he had reached the Second Grade Supreme Realm, leaving his friends stunned and giving Luo Li hope that he might help her escape the pressure of the Luo God Clan.

• Zhao Chen reunited with Wu Yingying, Song Yuqing, and Luo Li, and they warmly greeted him.
• Wu Yingying told Zhao Chen that Martial Heavenly King and Dean Taicang had suppressed Heavenly Saint after he tried to attack them.
• Wu Yingying warned Zhao Chen that Ji Xuan might be revived, and Song Yuqing blamed Ji Xuan for the trouble they faced on the Spiritual Road.
• Wu Yingying explained that Wen Qingxuan had claimed the Spirit Crown after their group was held back by other champions.
• Zhao Chen said he had arranged for the women at the Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy and revealed that he had reached the Second Grade Supreme Realm.
• Luo Li wondered whether Zhao Chen could be her only hope against the Luo God Clan's demand that she reach the Supreme Realm.

Luo Li’s looming return to the endangered Luo God Clan weighed on her as Zhao Chen invited her and his companions to join Asura Hall. They joined, and Zhao Chen revealed that its top-ranked member was a Fifth-Grade Supreme Realm Expert.

• The chapter explained that the declining Luo God Clan needed Luo Li to inherit its power and reach the Supreme Realm before her grandfather Luo Tianshen died, possibly within five years.
• Luo Li worried that her limited time at the Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy would be her last happy period and chose not to burden Zhao Chen with the clan’s troubles.
• Zhao Chen introduced Asura Hall to Luo Li, Wu Yingying, and Song Yuqing, and a system mission appeared asking him to recruit three members for a sign-in reward.
• Wu Yingying, Song Yuqing, and Luo Li agreed to join Asura Hall and received Crimson Tokens from Zhao Chen.
• Zhao Chen explained the tokens’ functions and said Asura Hall’s top-ranked member was a Fifth-Grade Supreme Realm Expert.

Zhao Chen explained how the Asura Hall would grow through the Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy and then received a Supreme Spirit Pill Recipe from his system. He planned to gather its ingredients and establish a spirit herb garden so he could refine pills and improve his cultivation.

• Luo Li and the others learned that Nine Nether, the top-ranked person on the Asura Rankings, was a Fifth-Grade Supreme Realm Expert.
• Zhao Chen told his companions that the Asura Hall would still rely on the Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy and would recruit only promising geniuses.
• Zhao Chen sent Wu Yingying and the other two away after their challenge trial and received a system sign-in opportunity for recruiting them.
• Zhao Chen signed in at Northern Azure Hall and obtained the Supreme Spirit Pill Recipe.
• Zhao Chen studied the recipe, considered creating a spirit herb garden, and planned to collect ingredients and refine Supreme Spirit Pills.

Zhao Chen and An Ran identified promising new students to recruit into Asura Hall while Mu Ling welcomed Zhao Chen and his companions to the academy. Mu Ling said they could stay at the Nine Dragons Blessed Land, prompting another new student to angrily challenge the special treatment.

• An Ran pointed out Sun'er and Ye Qingling as recruitment prospects, and Zhao Chen assigned her a mission to recruit them into Asura Hall.
• An Ran showed Zhao Chen another possible target, Bing Qing of the Ice Spirit Clan, though she doubted they could recruit her.
• Old Bai announced that the New Student Tournament would take place in one month and that instructors would lead the new students to their assigned areas.
• Mu Ling greeted Zhao Chen and met Wu Yingying, Song Yuqing, Luo Li, Tang Qian'er, and Mu Chen.
• Mu Ling said Zhao Chen and his companions could stay at the Nine Dragons Blessed Land, and an angry new student demanded to know why they received special treatment.

Mu Ling explained that Nine Dragons Blessed Land belonged to Zhao Chen, the Top of the Heaven Rankings, and left the complaining freshmen behind. Zhao Chen offered to take them to the freshman area, then revealed his identity as the Top of the Heaven Rankings.

• Ge Qing protested that the freshmen were being treated unfairly and demanded to go to Nine Dragons Blessed Land, so Mu Ling hurled him away with a wave of spiritual energy.
• Old Bai explained that Nine Dragons Blessed Land cost over ten million spirit points, belonged to Zhao Chen, and could be entered with the owner's acceptance.
• Mu Ling led Wu Yingying and the others toward Nine Dragons Blessed Land, leaving her freshmen behind as they argued over how to reach their lodging.
• An Ran left when the freshmen asked her to take them to the freshman area, but Zhao Chen stayed and offered to guide them.
• When the freshmen asked his name, Zhao Chen said he was the Top of the Heaven Rankings.