Chapter Summaries

After Nine Nether urged Liu Chen to match Luo Li’s resolve, he cultivated in the lightning pool and emerged stronger alongside Luo Li and Shen Cangsheng. The Spiritual Academy Competition began as Luo Li privately prepared to leave Liu Chen after it ended.

• Nine Nether challenged Liu Chen to overcome his complacency and cherish Luo Li, so Liu Chen rushed to cultivate in Northern Darkness Dragon Kun’s lightning pool.
• Three months later, Shen Cangsheng and Luo Li had passed the Trial of the Flesh, while Liu Chen reached the half-step Supreme Realm and discovered a singular point that could become a Supreme Sea.
• Before the competition, Liu Chen told Luo Li he planned to take her to meet his Mother and later help her face her family, while Luo Li sadly thought she would have to leave him afterward.
• Liu Chen and Luo Li joined Shen Cangsheng, Li Xuantong, Dean Tai Cang, and the other students at the plaza for the Spiritual Academy Competition.
• Dean Tai Cang sent the Northern Cang Spiritual Academy delegation off, and the transmission arrays lit up as the competition began.

Liu Chen entered the Spiritual Academy Competition on Ruins Continent and seized points from rival teams through overwhelming force. As he set out to dominate the continent, Luo Li warned him against underestimating powerful opponents.

• Liu Chen, Luo Li, Xu Huang, Zhao Qingshan, and Mu Fengyang arrived on Ruins Continent and found that Shen Cangsheng's team had been scattered elsewhere.
• Liu Chen decided to draw competitors to them instead of searching for Shen Cangsheng, then publicly demanded that nearby teams surrender their points.
• After a burly young man insulted Liu Chen's father, Liu Chen killed him and his four teammates with a single spiritual power palm.
• Liu Chen chased off the remaining competitors, took their points, and left with more than a hundred points on his jade token.
• Luo Li cautioned Liu Chen about provoking other competitors and urged him to respect powerful and unknown opponents, while Liu Chen insisted he would not repeat what happened on the Spirit Road.

Liu Chen and Luo Li reconciled, then led their allies through the Spiritual Academy Competition, defeating rival teams and meeting old Spirit Road acquaintances. When they learned that Ji Xuan had ambushed a Northern Cang Spiritual Academy team, Liu Chen set out to confront him, while Luo Li remembered how she had chosen the academy to see Liu Chen again.

• Liu Chen gently pinched Luo Li's cheek and agreed to listen to her, easing the tension between them.
• Liu Chen's team gathered points by defeating rival teams, while Xu Huang, Zhao Qingshan, Mu Fengyang, and Luo Li grew stronger.
• Liu Chen beat Wu Yingying again and defeated Wen Qingxuan, but let her stay with the group after Luo Li asked him to.
• The group learned Ji Xuan had surrounded and attacked a Northern Cang Spiritual Academy team, so Liu Chen prepared to confront him and Wen Qingxuan offered to join.
• Luo Li recalled that Liu Chen's black flames had destroyed half the Spirit Road and that she had gone to the Northern Cang Spiritual Academy hoping to see him again.

Liu Chen arrived on the Ruins Continent and rescued Shen Cangsheng's group from Ji Xuan, who had been trying to force them to help kill Liu Chen. After Ji Xuan revealed his role in abducting Luo Li, he summoned five powerful experts to join the fight.

• On the Far Northern Border, Liu Xi watched the battle and resolved to kill the Top Heavenly Demon Emperors, while Xiao Yi Xian, Zi Yan, and Qing Lin fought alongside their guards.
• Liu Chen sensed Shen Cangsheng's group was in danger and rushed toward the valley where Ji Xuan and his team had them cornered.
• Ji Xuan mocked Shen Cangsheng and ordered Mu Feng to finish the wounded group, but Liu Chen arrived and shattered Mu Feng's blood blade.
• Liu Chen and Ji Xuan exchanged taunts about their past on the Spirit Road, and Ji Xuan admitted he had devised the plan to abduct Luo Li.
• Ji Xuan summoned Liu Qingyun, Fang Yun, Mo Xiu, Qiu Ning, and Liu San to join him against Liu Chen.

Liu Chen used the Fu Tu Pagoda to suppress Ji Xuan and his allies, then killed Ji Xuan after the Ancient Sky Dragon Eagle was sealed. He went on to win the Spiritual Academy Competition and became its champion.

• Liu Chen warned Ji Xuan's allies to stand down, but they chose to oppose him, so he summoned the Fu Tu Pagoda and froze them with its power.
• Ji Xuan unleashed the Ancient Sky Dragon Eagle, but Liu Chen suppressed and sealed the beast in the Fu Tu Pagoda, allowing Liu Qingyun, Fang Yun, Mo Xiu, and the others to escape.
• The backlash from losing the Ancient Sky Dragon Eagle destroyed Ji Xuan's power, and Liu Chen burned him and his Divine Soul to nothingness.
• Luo Li and Wen Qingxuan supported Liu Chen as he recovered from the strain of controlling the Fu Tu Pagoda.
• Liu Chen advanced to the top eight as the points leader, defeated every opponent in the Ancient Divine Artifact Judgment Realm, and became champion of the Spiritual Academy Competition.
• Dean Tian Sheng tried to hold Liu Chen accountable for Ji Xuan's death, but backed down when Nine Nether intervened, bringing the competition to an end.

After breaking through to the Sovereign realm, Liu Chen learned that Luo Li had left him and withdrew from the Fu Tu Ancient Clan’s escort to wander alone. The Northern Cang Spiritual Academy received a vast trove of treasures, leaving its leaders expecting the academy to rise.

• Luo Li left with Luo Tianshen while Liu Chen remained in seclusion, telling Nine Nether that she was not worthy of him and asking Liu Chen to forget her.
• Liu Chen broke through to the Sovereign realm three months later and emerged to find Long Xiang and the Fu Tu Ancient Clan’s army waiting to take him back.
• Nine Nether told Liu Chen that Luo Li had returned to her family and left a message asking him to forget her, leaving him heartbroken and doubtful of his own abilities.
• Liu Chen refused to return to the Fu Tu Ancient Clan and set off to see the world, while Nine Nether followed him and Long Xiang decided to report back to Qing Yan Jing.
• Northern Darkness Dragon Kun and Tai Cang found piles of treasures left for the academy and decided to prepare a statue for Liu Chen.

After Luo Li left him, Liu Chen resolved to become strong enough to win her trust and chose to hone himself on the Tianluo Continent. He and Nine Nether set out from Commerce City, where they unexpectedly spotted Liu Chang Qing with a woman disguised as a man.

• Liu Chen wandered for a month in heartbreak until Nine Nether urged him to find Luo Li, and he decided he first needed to become strong enough to protect her himself.
• Liu Chen refused to return home in defeat and asked Nine Nether for a place with enemies and opportunities to grow; she suggested the Tianluo Continent.
• Liu Chen declared that he would conquer the Tianluo Continent before going to the Luoshen Clan to bring Luo Li back.
• Liu Chen and Nine Nether arrived in Commerce City, where Liu Chen saw Liu Chang Qing with a handsome woman disguised as a man; the brothers avoided acknowledging each other.
• Liu Chen abandoned his plans to explore the city and immediately set off with Nine Nether for the Tianluo Continent, where he began to devote himself to cultivation.

Nine Nether returned to the Great Luo Heavenly Domain with Liu Chen, prompting Mandala to lavish resources and privileges on him before ordering the domain to expand so he could seek real battle. After Liu Chen cultivated the foundational Sovereign Body of the Eternal Immortal Body, the campaign began with the Hundred Battles Domain, and Liu Chen chose the Thunder Demon Sect as the first target.

• Nine Nether brought Liu Chen to the Great Luo Heavenly Domain, where Mandala recognized his resemblance to Liu Xi and arranged generous support for him.
• Mandala made Nine Nether the Nine Nether Emperor and gave Liu Chen unrestricted access to the Great Luo Golden Pool, though she did not grant him a kingly title.
• Liu Chen told Mandala he wanted to face danger and fight, so she ordered the Great Luo Heavenly Domain to begin expanding.
• Liu Chen used resources prepared by Liu Xi to cultivate the foundational Sovereign Body of the Eternal Immortal Body in three days, impressing Nine Nether and Mandala.
• The Great Luo Heavenly Domain began its campaign in the Hundred Battles Domain, and Liu Chen selected the Thunder Demon Sect as its first target.

Liu Chen rapidly grew stronger through battles, Dragon Phoenix Heaven, the Great Hunting War, and the Garden of Divine Beasts while the Great Luo Heavenly Domain expanded across the Northern Boundary. After returning to Tianluo Continent, he learned that the Ancient Heavenly Palace was about to appear.

• Liu Chen led the Great Luo Heavenly Domain's forces to seize the Hundred Battles Domain, then fought the major factions and broke through to the Fourth-grade Supreme realm as they tried to block further expansion.
• At Dragon Phoenix Heaven, Liu Chen climbed the tenth step of the Dragon Phoenix Ladder, condensed a dragon-phoenix body, reached the Fifth-grade Supreme realm, and obtained the Dragon Phoenix True Scripture.
• Liu Chen was named a King, and during the Great Hunting War the Great Luo Heavenly Domain defeated its rivals; Mandala killed the Divine Pavilion's master, and Liu Chen advanced to the Sixth-grade Supreme realm.
• Nine Nether invited Liu Chen to return with her to the Nine Nether Sparrow Clan, where he entered the Garden of Divine Beasts, gained an ancient super divine beast's power, and reached the Half-step Ninth Grade Supreme realm.
• After Liu Chen returned to Tianluo Continent, he heard that the Ancient Heavenly Palace was about to appear.

Liu Chen learned that the Ancient Heavenly Palace would emerge in a month and that its Immortal Golden Body inheritance could help advance his Great Sun Undying Body. As Mandala prepared to confront the palace’s dangers and Garuda, the Great Luo Heavenly Domain gathered Northern Boundary forces and set out for the emergence site.

• Mandala told Liu Chen that the Ancient Heavenly Palace would emerge in a month and explained that ordinary Heaven Supremes would likely avoid the dangerous site, though figures like the Green Lotus Emperor and Martial Ancestor might come.
• Mandala revealed that the Ancient Heavenly Palace held an Immortal Golden Body inheritance and warned Liu Chen that Garuda, a Ninth Grade Supreme with the Great Sun Undying Body, would be his rival.
• Mandala explained that she and Lu Heng had come from the Ancient Heavenly Palace, and that Lu Heng had been the Heavenly Emperor’s mount before fleeing the final battle; she vowed to kill him herself.
• Mandala told Liu Chen to prove his strength as the Great Luo Heavenly Domain’s sixth Emperor, while the domain continued expanding after annexing the Divine Pavilion and other Northern Boundary powers considered submitting.
• Mandala led nearly all the Great Luo Heavenly Domain’s experts, joined by leaders and forces from Xuantian Hall, Myriad Saints Mountain, Nether Palace, and other powers, toward the Ancient Heavenly Palace.

As the Ancient Heavenly Palace emerged, Mandala revealed her connection to Liu Chen’s father and tasked Liu Chen with finding her true body and using a jade stone to summon her in the Heavenly Emperor’s Mausoleum. Liu Chen entered the palace and passed its trial, earning a Golden Dragon Jade Token.

• Mandala told Liu Chen that she was a bud of her true body, that Liu Xi had removed her curse, and that the Demon Emperor’s remnant soul remained in the Ancient Heavenly Palace.
• Mandala asked Liu Chen to find her true body and crush a jade stone if he entered the Heavenly Emperor’s Mausoleum, and Liu Chen agreed.
• Ten days later, Mandala and the other Earth Supremes opened a path through the spatial fractures so Liu Chen and the experts could reach the Ancient Heavenly Palace.
• Liu Chen’s group crossed the dangerous spatial fractures and arrived at the palace gates, where entrants had to pass a trial to receive a jade token.
• Zhu Yan, Su Qingyin, and Garuda each passed the trial and obtained Golden Dragon Jade Tokens.
• Liu Chen passed through the gate trial and received a Golden Dragon Jade Token.

Liu Chen explored the Ancient Heavenly Palace with Zhu Yan, reached Ninth Grade Supreme after a Perfect Heavenly River Baptism, and killed Garuda to claim the Immortal Golden Body inheritance. He left with his Great Sun Undying Body advanced into the Immortal Golden Body.

• Liu Chen parted ways with the other cultivators and set out to obtain the Heavenly Pool baptism before seeking the Immortal Golden Body inheritance.
• Liu Chen passed the Nine Palaces trials, acquired the Wind God Fan and Wind Summoning Technique, and Zhu Yan surrendered the fan before becoming his follower.
• Zhu Yan gathered a hundred Heavenly River Crystals for Liu Chen, who received a Perfect Baptism and advanced to the peak of Ninth Grade Supreme.
• Liu Chen and Zhu Yan killed Elder Zuo, then located the Immortal Golden Body inheritance using the Great Sun Undying Body.
• Liu Chen killed Garuda with the Ten Sun God-Demon Hand and used Garuda's Great Sun Undying Body to ignite the inheritance's divine fire, advancing into the Immortal Golden Body.

Liu Chen reached the Heavenly Emperor's Mausoleum and warned that the Heavenly Demon Emperor might still be alive, while the gathered factions summoned their powerful backers. Mandala merged with the Ancient Mandala Divine Flower and regained Earth Supreme Great Perfection, but Lu Heng awakened a mysterious white-robed figure who seemed to possess a Heaven Supreme's aura.

• Liu Chen arrived at the Heavenly Emperor's Mausoleum with Zhu Yan and warned him that venturing deeper could be fatal if the Heavenly Demon Emperor still lived.
• Xia Yu and Su Qingyin urged the prodigies to summon their ancestors, and powerful Earth Supremes emerged from Spatial Rifts.
• Mandala arrived, and Liu Chen confirmed that he had found the Ancient Mandala Divine Flower; he also told Lu Heng that Garuda and Elder Zuo had been killed.
• Mandala merged with the Ancient Mandala Divine Flower and rose to Earth Supreme Great Perfection, while Lu Heng revealed his allegiance to the Outer Realm Evil Clan.
• Lu Heng sent demonic energy into a burial ground, awakening a white-robed figure whose aura made the onlookers believe the Heavenly Emperor had returned.
• Mandala identified the figure as not being the Heavenly Emperor and infused spiritual energy into a Spatial Mark left behind a hundred years earlier.

Liu Xi arrived at the Heavenly Emperor's Mausoleum and exposed the demonic impostor posing as the Heavenly Emperor. Nine Corpse tried to flee, but Liu Xi moved to stop him.

• The false Heavenly Emperor slaughtered the intruders and absorbed their blood qi while Lu Heng urged them to become the Heavenly Emperor's blood food.
• Liu Chen and Mandala waited anxiously for Liu Xi to arrive as the intruders fled in panic.
• Liu Xi came through a spatial gate after sensing Mandala's activated Spatial Mark and surveyed the mausoleum.
• Liu Xi's command shattered the Heavenly Emperor's disguise and revealed Nine Corpse, a colossal demon that had once perished with the Heavenly Emperor.
• Nine Corpse admitted Liu Xi was stronger, transformed into demonic aura to escape, and vowed to return at his peak.
• Liu Xi mocked Nine Corpse's attempt to flee and began using the technique One Thought... Flowers Bloom.

Liu Xi captured Nine Corpse Heavenly Demon Emperor, reunited with his son Liu Chen, and let Mandala kill Lu Heng. In the depths of the Heavenly Emperor's Mausoleum, the real Heavenly Emperor began to appear.

• Liu Xi trapped Nine Corpse Heavenly Demon Emperor inside his Green Lotus ability and captured him for his Six Desires Heavenly Demons.
• Mandala and the survivors thanked Liu Xi, who greeted Mandala and then called Liu Chen out as his son.
• Liu Xi praised Liu Chen's Ninth Grade Supreme cultivation, while Lu Heng realized his danger and tried to flee.
• Liu Xi shattered Lu Heng's bones and stripped away his power, then left him for Mandala to kill with her vines.
• Liu Xi sensed the real owner of the mausoleum, as the Heavenly Emperor's Sword glowed in a dark, patterned skeleton and a benevolent white-robed figure appeared.

The Heavenly Emperor appeared and offered One Qi Transforms Three Pure Ones to Liu Xi, who declined and recommended Liu Chen instead. The Heavenly Emperor passed the divine ability to Liu Chen and used the Heavenly Emperor Sword’s remaining essence to strengthen him toward the Earth Supreme realm, leaving himself and the sword nearly spent.

• The Heavenly Emperor greeted Mandala and praised Liu Xi, then recounted how he had sealed the Nine Corpse Heavenly Demon Emperor and been controlled by him.
• The Heavenly Emperor offered to pass One Qi Transforms Three Pure Ones to Liu Xi, but Liu Xi declined and introduced Liu Chen as his successor.
• The Heavenly Emperor transferred One Qi Transforms Three Pure Ones to Liu Chen, causing him intense pain from the overwhelming information.
• The Heavenly Emperor used the Heavenly Emperor Sword’s final wisp of essence to help Liu Chen stabilize his realm and approach the limit of the Ninth Grade Supreme.
• The Heavenly Emperor and the Heavenly Emperor Sword were left nearly depleted as Liu Xi thanked him and the gathered experts watched in disbelief.

After the Heavenly Emperor faded away, Liu Xi stayed in the Heavenly Emperor's Mausoleum while Liu Chen continued growing toward the Earth Supreme realm. Liu Xi trapped the Nine Corpse Heavenly Demon Emperor in his Green Lotus World and let him regain strength, intending to turn him into a Six Desires Heavenly Demon, while considering a path beyond the Dominator Realm.

• The Heavenly Emperor departed after speaking with Mandala, and Liu Xi gave Zhu Yan a flame that could help him reach Earth Supreme Great Perfection.
• Liu Chen continued growing inside a sphere of spiritual light as Liu Xi remained in the mausoleum.
• Liu Xi trapped the Nine Corpse Heavenly Demon Emperor inside the Green Lotus World, where the demon failed to escape and unleashed his Demonize Heaven and Earth technique.
• Liu Xi sent his demon soldiers against the Nine Corpse Heavenly Demon Emperor, who used Great Demon Art, Swallow Heaven, Destroy World, and devoured them to recover his strength.
• Liu Xi decided to let the Nine Corpse Heavenly Demon Emperor regain his peak strength before erasing his consciousness and imprinting the Six Desires Heavenly Demons template.
• Liu Xi watched Liu Chen's growth and wondered whether Liu Chen would reach the Dominator Realm first, while resolving to seek a path beyond the Great Thousand World.

Liu Chen overcame his Spiritual Tribulation and broke through to the Earth Supreme realm, then inherited the Heavenly Emperor Sword and created two clones through One Qi Transforms Three Pure Ones. Liu Xi took him away to meet the woman from his old marriage arrangement, despite Liu Chen insisting he already liked someone else.

• Liu Chen passed the Spiritual Tribulation with his Immortal Golden Body and reached the Earth Supreme realm as Liu Xi watched proudly.
• Liu Xi gave Liu Chen the Heavenly Emperor Sword and told him to carry on the Heavenly Emperor's legacy.
• Liu Chen began cultivating One Qi Transforms Three Pure Ones and divided his true spirit to create white-robed and black-robed clones.
• Liu Xi brought up Liu Chen's marriage arrangement, but Liu Chen protested that he already had someone he liked.
• Liu Xi told Mandala he was taking Liu Chen to meet the young lady from the arrangement.

As the Luoshen Festival began, Luo Li accepted that she would marry to protect the Luoshen Clan, while Liu Chen arrived unaware that he was her betrothed. When Liu Xi teased him by offering to cancel the agreement, Liu Chen hurriedly insisted that it be confirmed, leaving the festival set to bring him and Luo Li together.

• Luo Tianshen visited Luo Li as she cultivated and told her the Luoshen Festival was approaching, and she agreed to attend and marry for the clan’s peace.
• Guests gathered at the Luoshen Palace for the festival, and Liu Xi arrived with Liu Chen beneath a golden light.
• Liu Xi introduced Liu Chen to Luo Tianshen and revealed that he had come to discuss the old marriage agreement with Luo Li.
• Liu Chen was shocked to learn that Luo Li was his betrothed and demanded to know why Liu Xi had not told him.
• Liu Xi pretended he would cancel the agreement, and Liu Chen quickly insisted that it be confirmed.
• Liu Xi dismissed the exchange as excitement and urged Luo Tianshen to begin the festival so Liu Chen and Luo Li could meet.

Liu Chen reunited with Luo Li at the Luoshen Festival, and they agreed to proceed with their engagement as the Luo River responded to Luo Li’s sacrifice. The Western Heaven War Emperor arrived to pay his respects to Liu Xi and invited Liu Chen to compete in the upcoming Son of the Continent selection.

• Liu Xi sent Liu Chen to greet Luo Li, who was shocked to learn that he was the Green Lotus Emperor’s son and her betrothed.
• Liu Chen and Luo Li reconciled and walked together to the plaza, while Luo Tianshen and Liu Xi approved of their growing closeness.
• The Western Heaven War Emperor arrived and respectfully greeted Liu Xi, who invited him to witness Liu Chen and Luo Li’s engagement.
• Luo Li offered a sacrifice to the Luo River, which answered her prayers with blooming Luoshen Flowers that signified her potential to become Luo Shen.
• After Liu Xi reprimanded the Western Heaven War Emperor for staring at Luo Li, the War Emperor invited Liu Chen to compete in the upcoming Son of the Continent selection as a congratulatory gift.