Chapter Summaries

After defeating the three Northern Domain overlords, Shiluo claimed nearly half the region for the Great Luo Heaven Domain, leaving its leaders enraged but unable to resist. Xiao Yan planned to strengthen the domain by targeting Leiyin Mountain with a Life-Reversing Demon Venerable Pill, and secretly marked the pill with his Emperor Flame.

• Shiluo asked True Monarch Purple Cloud and the other two leaders to accept the Great Luo Heaven Domain taking charge of the Northern Domain.
• The Sleeping Emperor projected a map, and Shiluo expanded the Great Luo Heaven Domain's territory to nearly half of the Northern Domain.
• True Monarch Purple Cloud, Venerable Leiyin, and Golden Eagle Emperor protested the division, while Xiao Yan judged that Mandala could not yet control such a large territory.
• Xiao Yan decided to use a Life-Reversing Demon Venerable Pill to draw Venerable Leiyin toward the Great Luo Heaven Domain and marked one pill with his Emperor Flame.
• Xiao Yan sent a message to Shiluo and Venerable Leiyin, planning to disguise his approach as a Buddhist debate and discussion.

Shiluo invoked his master, Pharmacist Glazed Buddha, to deter True Monarch Purple Cloud and the other two from challenging the Great Luo Heaven Domain. Xiao Yan revealed that the claim was a calculated show of strength built on Old Yao’s true identity as the Future Buddha, leaving the Great Luo Heaven Domain’s backers stunned and its future looking secure.

• Shiluo rejected the three leaders’ warning about their powerful backers and claimed that Pharmacist Glazed Buddha was his master.
• True Monarch Purple Cloud and the other two questioned the claim, but Shiluo invited them to report it to their Super Powers, making them fear the Buddhist Sect had gained a mysterious Buddha.
• Xiao Yan recognized that Shiluo was using Great Spirit Mountain’s name to intimidate their opponents and noted that Old Yao was genuinely acknowledged as the Future Buddha.
• The gathered forces realized the Great Luo Heaven Domain had a Buddha behind it and looked at the Sleeping Emperor with envy.
• The Sleeping Emperor trembled with excitement as he understood that the Great Luo Heaven Domain now had a powerful backer.

Shiluo secured half of the Northern Domain for the Great Luo Heaven Domain and brought the factions in those territories under its command, reshaping the region’s balance of power. As news spread, the God Pavilion convened its leaders to discuss the competition’s outcome, with the Master of the God Pavilion hearing that the Great Luo Heaven Domain had won.

• Shiluo declared that the seized territories and their resident factions would belong to the Great Luo Heaven Domain, while True Monarch Purple Cloud and the other two accepted without protest.
• Factions across the Tianluo Platform reacted to the Great Luo Heaven Domain’s rise, and news of its victory spread across the continent.
• The Master of the God Pavilion gathered leaders at Heavenly God Mountain to discuss the Northern Domain Hegemony Competition.
• Nether Heavenly Venerate questioned why the competition mattered to the Northern Boundary, and Liu Heavenly Dao bluntly told him that the Great Luo Heaven Domain had won.

The northern factions learned that Dragon Subduing Arhat had made the Great Luo Heaven Domain the Northern Domain’s new power, and they decided to seek Mandala’s acceptance as vassals. In the Southern Domain, Lu Heng received news of the Arhat’s rise and reacted with fear.

• Nether Heavenly Venerate, All-Saint Ancestor, the Demon Emperor, Myriad Poison Snake Venerable, Liu Tiandao, and the Master of the God Pavilion discussed Mandala’s rule over the Great Luo Heaven Domain under Dragon Subduing Arhat’s protection.
• The Master of the God Pavilion proposed that the northern factions join together to pledge allegiance to the Great Luo Heaven Domain, and the other faction leaders agreed.
• The chapter revealed that Lu Heng secretly used the Demonic Qi beneath the Holy Demon Palace to transform himself, despite publicly posing as a demon-suppressing guardian.
• Lu Heng received a spiritual message about Dragon Subduing Arhat’s rise as a Spirit Grade Heavenly Sovereign and the Great Luo Heaven Domain’s new status.
• Lu Heng’s aura erupted before he suppressed it, and he rose from his throne with fear in his eyes.

Mandala led the forces of the Great Luo Heaven Domain to Demon Slashing Canyon to confront Lu Heng over his past ambush and Blood Curse. Discovering that Shiluo was not with her, Lu Heng dismissed the assembled army and activated a blood-sacrifice array to try to break through to Heavenly Sovereign.

• Lu Heng ordered the Holy Demon Palace to evacuate through a secret teleportation array, but Mandala and her forces sealed off Demon Slashing Canyon before they could leave.
• Mandala confronted Lu Heng and accused him of ambushing her and planting his life-bound Blood Curse in the Ancient Heavenly Palace.
• Lu Heng sensed that Shiluo was absent and regained his confidence, declaring that he would kill Mandala and her forces.
• Lu Heng activated the Ten Thousand Souls Blood Sacrifice Great Array, and blood-colored patterns spread across Demon Slashing Canyon.

Lu Heng blood-sacrificed the Holy Demon Palace and fused with the Demon Emperor Spine, transforming into a Quasi-Heavenly Sovereign Blood Demon Dragon. The Great Luo Heaven Domain's forces panicked, and an Earthly Sovereign urged Mandala to retreat while waiting for Venerable Dragon Subduing.

• Lu Heng's Soul-Devouring Blood Array drained and killed tens of thousands of Holy Demon Palace disciples, along with the three elders, to fuel his Dragon Transformation.
• Mandala recognized the thousand-zhang spine as the remains of the Blood Dragon Nether Demon Emperor, which the Heavenly Emperor had once slain and suppressed.
• Lu Heng fused with the Demon Emperor Spine and transformed into an Ancient Blood Demon Dragon, raising his cultivation to Quasi-Heavenly Sovereign.
• Lu Heng threatened the Great Luo Heaven Domain's experts, whose affiliated forces panicked and called for Venerable Dragon Subduing.
• A Great Perfection Earthly Sovereign urged Mandala to withdraw and fight while retreating until Venerable Dragon Subduing arrived.

Lu Heng overwhelmed the Great Luo Heaven Domain’s forces with his Quasi-Heavenly Sovereign power and demanded that Mandala submit to him. Mandala revealed and unfurled Dragon Subduing Arhat’s Arhat Dharma Decree, summoning a Great Might Heavenly Dragon over Demon Slashing Canyon.

• Lu Heng defeated the three Great Perfection Earthly Sovereigns with one attack and wounded the Upper Earthly Sovereigns with his dragon breath.
• Mandala blocked Lu Heng’s dragon breath with a sea of purple flowers, but Lu Heng demanded that she hand over her Soul Imprint and become his imperial consort.
• Lu Heng swept his dragon tail toward the Great Luo Heaven Domain’s army, while Mandala calmly announced that she could deal with him without Venerable Dragon Subduing appearing in person.
• Mandala revealed the Arhat Dharma Decree she had finished refining, explaining that Dragon Subduing Arhat’s power especially restrained dragons and Evil Demons.
• Lu Heng dismissed the decree, but Mandala unfurled it, releasing Spirit Grade Heavenly Sovereign pressure and summoning a golden lotus and the Great Might Heavenly Dragon.

Mandala used Venerable Dragon Subduing’s Arhat Dharma Decree to defeat Lu Heng and end their ancient blood feud. With Lu Heng dead and her authority recognized, she ordered the Great Luo Heaven Domain forces to prepare to return to the Northern Boundary of the Northern Domain.

• The Great Might Heavenly Dragon manifested from the Arhat Dharma Decree and suppressed Lu Heng’s Ancient Blood Demon Dragon form.
• The dragon’s Buddhist power purified the Demon Emperor’s Lingering Soul Fragment, shattered the Demon Emperor Spine, and left Lu Heng gravely injured.
• Mandala rejected Lu Heng’s plea for mercy and saw through his feigned self-detonation and attempt to escape as a soul phantom.
• Mandala trapped Lu Heng’s soul with a Buddhist character and destroyed it, ending his life and their ancient blood feud.
• The Great Luo Heaven Domain experts recognized Mandala as their true Domain Master, and she ordered them to clean up the battlefield and return to the Northern Boundary of the Northern Domain.

True Monarch Purple Cloud, Venerable Leiyin, and the Golden Eagle Emperor discussed how to respond after Shiluo defeated them and the Great Luo Heaven Domain gained half the Northern Domain. They agreed to avoid provoking Shiluo while forming an alliance to defend their remaining territory, though they doubted they would stand together if he attacked.

• True Monarch Purple Cloud asked Venerable Leiyin and the Golden Eagle Emperor how the three Northern Domain overlords should respond to Shiluo’s victory and growing influence.
• The Golden Eagle Emperor and Venerable Leiyin warned that Shiluo’s strength and the backing of Great Spirit Mountain made opposing him too dangerous.
• True Monarch Purple Cloud argued that their powerful backers could help them fight, but Venerable Leiyin explained that their backers would not risk angering Pharmacist Glazed Buddha.
• The Golden Eagle Emperor revealed that Dragon Eagle Great Emperor had urged him to befriend Shiluo, while True Monarch Purple Cloud admitted that True Person Purple Qi had advised him to reconcile with the Great Luo Heaven Domain.
• True Monarch Purple Cloud, Venerable Leiyin, and the Golden Eagle Emperor agreed to defend their remaining territory and formed a blood oath alliance, privately doubting they would resist Shiluo if he attacked.

Venerable Leiyin, the Golden Eagle Emperor, and True Monarch Purple Cloud each secretly raced to be the first to submit to the Great Luo Heaven Domain. True Monarch Purple Cloud arrived first, but Domain Lord Mandala greeted him with a knowing stare.

• Venerable Leiyin pretended to agree to resist the Great Luo Heaven Domain, then hurried off to submit to Venerable Dragon Subduing first.
• The Golden Eagle Emperor recognized Venerable Leiyin's plan and raced after him to claim the first pledge of allegiance.
• True Monarch Purple Cloud revealed his own plan and used a hidden teleportation Formation to reach the Great Luo Heaven Domain ahead of them.
• True Monarch Purple Cloud presented his calling card at Great Luo Heaven and waited for permission to enter.
• Mandala came out to receive True Monarch Purple Cloud, who froze when he saw that she seemed to have expected him.

True Monarch Purple Cloud arrived at the Great Luo Heaven Hall and found Venerable Leiyin and the Golden Eagle Emperor had beaten him there to pledge allegiance to Shiluo. The three sect masters offered their factions’ submission, and Venerable Leiyin explained that following Shiluo could bring them closer to Great Spirit Mountain and greater strength.

• Mandala escorted True Monarch Purple Cloud through the Great Luo Heaven Domain, where he saw its powerful cultivators and recognized Shiluo’s influence.
• True Monarch Purple Cloud entered the Great Luo Heaven Hall and found Venerable Leiyin and the Golden Eagle Emperor already standing before Shiluo.
• Shiluo invited True Monarch Purple Cloud to join the other two sect masters, leaving all three awkwardly standing together.
• Venerable Leiyin, the Golden Eagle Emperor, and True Monarch Purple Cloud each pledged their faction’s allegiance to the Great Luo Heaven Domain.
• Mandala questioned why the three sects would submit despite their powerful backers, and Venerable Leiyin cited his lineage’s ties to Great Spirit Mountain while privately hoping for guidance from Pharmacist Glazed Buddha.

Shiluo secured the three Northern Domain overlords’ cooperation and invited them to join the search for the emerging Ancient Heavenly Palace. When he asked about Demon Emperor remains for refining Life-Reversing Demon Venerable Pills, Golden Eagle Emperor revealed that Dragon Eagle Cave guarded powerful demons captured by his lineage’s progenitor, the Golden-Winged Great Wisdom King Bodhisattva.

• True Monarch Purple Cloud, Venerable Leiyin, and Golden Eagle Emperor pledged their forces’ support to Shiluo and the Northern Domain.
• Shiluo let the three retain control of their domains, requiring them to contribute thirty percent of their troops and resources to the allied army, and summoned them to Great Luo Heaven Hall in three days.
• Shiluo told the three that the Ancient Heavenly Palace would soon emerge and said they could accompany him there.
• Shiluo asked whether they possessed Demon Emperor corpses or Demonic Souls, and the three connected his question to the Life-Reversing Demon Venerable Pill.
• Golden Eagle Emperor revealed that Dragon Eagle Cave held demons captured by the Golden-Winged Great Wisdom King Bodhisattva, including the Nether Demon Emperor and possibly Emperor Xuan Mo.

Shiluo revealed that Xiao Yan was his senior brother, and the three Northern Domain overlords eagerly sought Xiao Yan’s favor after learning who he was and what he could offer. Golden Eagle Emperor promised that Dragon Eagle Cave held multiple sets of Demon Emperor remains, so Xiao Yan decided to go there for materials to refine more pills.

• Shiluo told his senior brother that they had found Demon Emperor materials, surprising the three overlords.
• Xiao Yan emerged from the void, and the overlords recognized the legendary Flame Emperor and bowed to him.
• True Monarch Purple Cloud, Venerable Leiyin, and Golden Eagle Emperor pledged their loyalty, hoping to obtain a Life-Reversing Demon Venerable Pill.
• Xiao Yan offered Golden Eagle Emperor the pill if his claim about the Wisdom King Secret Realm was true.
• Golden Eagle Emperor confirmed that Dragon Eagle Cave contained multiple sets of Demon Emperor remains and was guarded by his godfather, Dragon Eagle Great Emperor.
• Xiao Yan put the pill away and decided to travel with the others to Dragon Eagle Cave.

Xiao Yan followed Golden Eagle Emperor to Dragon Eagle Cave, where he learned the Dragon Eagle Great Emperor guarded the Wisdom King Secret Realm. Mistaking Xiao Yan for a threat to his godson, the Dragon Eagle Great Emperor attacked, and Xiao Yan answered with a single finger.

• Xiao Yan left Shiluo in charge of the Great Luo Heaven Domain and traveled with Golden Eagle Emperor, True Monarch Purple Cloud, and Venerable Leiyin to the Dragon-Swallowing Mountain Range.
• Golden Eagle Emperor led the group through a waterfall entrance into Dragon Eagle Cave’s secret realm and pointed out the Wisdom King Pagoda.
• Dragon Eagle Great Emperor sensed Xiao Yan’s powerful aura and assumed Xiao Jin had been coerced.
• Dragon Eagle Great Emperor transformed into his Golden-Winged Dragon-Swallowing Eagle form and struck at Xiao Yan with Golden Eagle Captures Dragon Claw.
• Xiao Yan remained calm and raised one finger to use Great Desolate Prison Heaven Finger, One Finger Imprisons Heaven and Earth.

Xiao Yan arrived at Dragon Eagle Cave and revealed his strength, earning Dragon Eagle Great Emperor’s respect. After learning that the Wisdom King Secret Realm was formed from the body of Dragon Eagle Great Emperor’s father, who had suppressed eighteen Demon Emperors within it, Xiao Yan agreed to help resolve the threat; Dragon Eagle Great Emperor began opening the pagoda.

• Xiao Yan stopped Dragon Eagle Great Emperor’s attack with one finger and briefly sealed him in space.
• Golden Eagle Emperor explained that he had returned willingly with Flame Emperor Xiao Yan, and Dragon Eagle Great Emperor welcomed Xiao Yan into the Wisdom King Pagoda.
• Dragon Eagle Great Emperor revealed that his father, the Golden-Winged Great Wisdom King Bodhisattva, had turned his body into the Wisdom King Secret Realm to suppress Demon Emperors.
• Dragon Eagle Great Emperor said the secret realm held sixteen Nether Demon Emperors and two Xuan Mo Emperors, and that his father had left instructions to open it once they could be killed completely.
• Dragon Eagle Great Emperor began chanting before the Wisdom King Pagoda, which erupted with golden light.

Xiao Yan gave the Life-Reversing Demon Venerable Pill to Golden Eagle Emperor, who swallowed it and broke through to Early-stage Spirit Grade Heavenly Sovereign. The chapter ended with Dragon Eagle Great Emperor asking whether the pill could be refined into a higher grade capable of helping him reach Immortal Grade Heavenly Sovereign.

• Xiao Yan gave the Life-Reversing Demon Venerable Pill to the excited Golden Eagle Emperor after the group witnessed the terrifying aura sealed within the Wisdom King Pagoda.
• Golden Eagle Emperor swallowed the pill, transformed into his Golden-Winged Sea-Splitting Peng form, and endured four waves of tribulation lightning.
• Golden Eagle Emperor broke through from Quasi-Heavenly Sovereign to Early-stage Spirit Grade Heavenly Sovereign and transformed into a Golden-Winged Dragon-Swallowing Eagle.
• True Monarch Purple Cloud and Venerable Leiyin congratulated Golden Eagle Emperor, while Dragon Eagle Great Emperor celebrated his adopted son's breakthrough.
• Golden Eagle Emperor swore loyalty to Xiao Yan and thanked him for the pill.
• Dragon Eagle Great Emperor asked Xiao Yan whether the Life-Reversing Demon Venerable Pill could be improved to help him reach Immortal Grade Heavenly Sovereign.

Xiao Yan entered the Wisdom King Secret Realm with Dragon Eagle Great Emperor and the others to harvest Nether Demon Emperor materials for refining medicine. He swiftly killed the demons on the first four levels of hell and continued deeper into the realm.

• Xiao Yan told Dragon Eagle Great Emperor that he lacked the Immortal Grade comprehension needed to refine a stronger Life-Reversing Demon Venerable Pill, then asked him to open the Wisdom King Secret Realm.
• Dragon Eagle Great Emperor opened the passage, and Xiao Yan, Golden Eagle Emperor, Dragon Eagle Great Emperor, True Monarch Purple Cloud, and Venerable Leiyin entered the first level of hell.
• Xiao Yan killed the Blood Dragon Nether Demon Emperor with the Great Desolate Prison Heaven Finger and collected its Magic Core and Demonic Soul.
• Xiao Yan killed the Black Dragon Nether Demon Emperor with the Great Creation Palm and refined its remains into materials.
• Xiao Yan crushed the Poison Dragon Nether Demon Emperor with a stomp, then refined the Ice Dragon Nether Demon Emperor with Emperor Flame and collected its materials.

Xiao Yan cleared the first sixteen layers of hell and led his companions into the seventeenth, where the middle-stage Immortal Grade Heavenly Sovereign Dragon Skeleton Emperor Xuan Mo was sealed. Xuan Mo broke free and gravely injured Xiao Yan’s companions, but Xiao Yan faced him calmly, declaring that he was there.

• Xiao Yan killed the Nether Demon Emperors on the first sixteen layers and collected their Magic Cores and Demonic Souls.
• Dragon Eagle Great Emperor warned Xiao Yan that Dragon Skeleton Emperor Xuan Mo was a powerful middle-stage Immortal Grade Heavenly Sovereign sealed on the seventeenth layer.
• Xiao Yan entered the seventeenth layer with Dragon Eagle Great Emperor, Golden Eagle Emperor, True Monarch Purple Cloud, and Venerable Leiyin.
• Dragon Skeleton Emperor Xuan Mo broke his golden chains and rose into the sky, unleashing Demonic Qi that injured True Monarch Purple Cloud, Venerable Leiyin, and Golden Eagle Emperor.
• Dragon Eagle Great Emperor shielded his companions and urged Xiao Yan to be careful, while Xiao Yan said, “I'm here,” and prepared to fight Xuan Mo.

Xiao Yan fought Dragon Skeleton Emperor Xuan Mo in the Seventeenth Layer of Hell and matched his demonic flame in a direct clash. Xuan Mo unleashed the Dragon Demon Lineage’s techniques, and the battle continued as the others struggled against the spreading Demonic Qi.

• Xiao Yan met Xuan Mo’s demonic flame with his Emperor Flame, and the two attacks ended in a draw.
• Xuan Mo dismissed the clash as a casual strike and threatened to kill Xiao Yan, while the Dragon Eagle Great Emperor and Golden Eagle Emperor marveled at Xiao Yan’s strength.
• Xuan Mo’s Demonic Body released immense Demonic Qi, Death Qi, and corpse poison across the Seventeenth Layer of Hell.
• Xuan Mo used the Dragon Demon Techniques Demon Dragon Controlling the Sea and Life and Death of White Bones.
• The chapter recounted how the Dragon Demon Lineage was targeted by the True Dragon Clan and Great Spirit Mountain, and how the Eternal Immortal Emperor destroyed the Heavenly Demon Emperor of the Dragon Demon Clan.

Xiao Yan unleashed his Endless Fire Domain and Emperor Flame Undying Body to shield his allies and destroy Dragon Skeleton Emperor Xuan Mo’s attack. He battered Xuan Mo with successive fire abilities and trapped him in the Seven Star Demon Entrapment Array.

• Xiao Yan activated the Endless Fire Domain and Emperor Flame Undying Body, while the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and Flame of Life protected and healed Dragon Eagle Great Emperor, Golden Eagle Emperor, True Monarch Purple Cloud, and Venerable Leiyin.
• Xiao Yan used the Nihility Devouring Flame to absorb the white-bone ocean’s power, then burned the attack away with the Chaos Emperor Flame.
• Xiao Yan struck Dragon Skeleton Emperor Xuan Mo with the Eight Extremes Collapse Sky Fist, cracking his bones and sending him flying.
• Xiao Yan trapped Xuan Mo in the Three Talents Demon Refining array, then sealed him with the Four Symbols Demon Sealing and Five Elements Heaven and Earth abilities.
• Xiao Yan brought down the Big Dipper Seven Star Exotic Fire Array on Xuan Mo.