Chapter Summaries

Jiu You restored Lin Suchou’s position as Jiu You Palace’s Commander during a meeting where the Nine Kings learned the Great Luo Golden Pool Competition had been moved up to three days away. After the meeting, Jiu You and Lin Suchou traded threats with Blood Eagle King, while the Domain Lord revealed interest in a visitor from the Martial Realm.

• Sky Vulture Emperor announced that the Great Luo Golden Pool Competition would begin in three days, following the Domain Lord’s order, and presented the Great Luo Golden Token.
• Sky Vulture Emperor restored Jiu You Palace’s place in the competition, and Jiu You declared that Lin Suchou was its Commander, prompting Blood Eagle King to threaten him.
• Jiu You mocked Blood Eagle King after the meeting, and Lin Suchou said he would need to become an Emperor rather than merely a King.
• Sky Vulture Emperor used the Great Luo Golden Token to contact the Domain Lord, who said she would offer goodwill to the ruler of Luo Huang Continent if he proved to be a Golden Scale.

Lin Suchou mastered a new form of the Nine Dragons Nine Elephants Art by combining Undying Fire with two kinds of divine thunder. As the Great Luo Golden Pool Competition began, Jiu You’s forces arrived at Golden Pool Peak, where the Blood Eagle King’s men planned to cripple Lin Suchou.

• Lin Suchou formed a purple fire dragon and azure and black lightning elephants, then fused them into a Dragon Elephant Divine Bead.
• The Blood Eagle King ordered his forces to accelerate their efforts to absorb Jiu You Palace’s holdings and told Wu Tian and Cao Feng to cripple Lin Suchou during the competition.
• Three days later, Jiu You, Lin Suchou, and the Tang Bing Sisters arrived at Golden Pool Peak with more than a thousand Jiu You Guards.
• Jiu You took her place among the Nine Kings, and spectators noticed that her army rivaled the strongest forces under the other Eight Kings.

Lin Suchou faced the Blood Eagle Hall commanders before the Three Emperors opened Golden Pool Peak and began the competition. He raced toward the summit as Jiu You and her followers hoped he would secure one of the four available places.

• Tang Rou warned Lin Suchou that Wu Tian and Cao Feng commanded the Blood Eagle Guard, and Lin Suchou vowed to reclaim the cities they had taken.
• Wu Tian and Cao Feng plotted to injure Lin Suchou during the competition, while Tang Rou warned him that Wu Tian was a Battle Array Master.
• The Three Emperors opened Golden Pool Peak, and Jiu You explained that competitors had to endure the powerful Golden Pool torrent to reach its summit.
• The Sky Vulture Emperor announced the competition's start, and Lin Suchou sped toward the summit as Jiu You, Tang Rou, and Tang Bing watched with hope.

Lin Suchou fought his way up Golden Pool Peak and defeated four peak first-grade Supremes in one move. His victory shocked the spectators and enraged Blood Eagle King, while Lin Suchou continued toward the summit with the contest still underway.

• Lin Suchou used his White Dragon to split the golden torrents and charged up the mountain, while pursuers who tried to follow his path were blasted away by lingering lightning.
• Sleeping Emperor praised Lin Suchou's talent and sensed something unusual within him, surprising Sky Vulture Emperor and Spirit Eye Emperor.
• Lin Suchou sensed four hidden enemies and confronted the peak first-grade Supremes, who revealed their ties to Blood Eagle Hall and attacked with identical Withered Wood Dharma Bodies.
• Lin Suchou shattered all four Dharma Bodies with black lightning and sent their owners crashing into the mountainside, then resumed his climb.
• The spectators and emperors were astonished by Lin Suchou's victory, Blood Eagle King seethed, and Jiu You cautioned Tang Bing and Tang Rou that the battle had only begun.

Lin Suchou raced to the Great Luo Golden Platform after defeating the Four Supremes of Mang Mountain, then challenged Wu Tian and Cao Feng to fight him together. Wu Tian accepted, and the crowd watched in astonishment as the final battle began.

• Wu Tian and Cao Feng saw Lin Suchou defeat the Four Supremes of Mang Mountain and continued toward the summit.
• Lin Suchou used the Dragon Soaring Technique to speed past the other climbers and reach the Great Luo Golden Platform.
• Lin Suchou evaded attacks from the gathered climbers and broke through their defenses to claim a place on the platform.
• Xu Qing and Zhou Yue greeted Lin Suchou, while Wu Tian told him and Fang Lei to choose their opponents for the final battle.
• Fang Lei challenged Wu Tian, and Lin Suchou declared that Wu Tian and Cao Feng could fight him together.
• Wu Tian accepted Lin Suchou's challenge as the crowd erupted in surprise, while Tang Bing and Tang Rou grew tense and Jiu You smiled.

After Lin Suchou killed Cao Feng and Wu Tian, Blood Eagle King tried to have his Golden Pool qualification revoked, but Lin Suchou challenged him to a life-or-death fight instead. As they prepared to battle, Lin Suchou resolved to kill both Blood Eagle King and Spirit Eye Emperor.

• Jiu You protected Lin Suchou from Blood Eagle King's killing intent, and Sky Vulture Emperor stopped their confrontation by invoking the Great Luo Heaven Domain's rules.
• Blood Eagle King demanded that Lin Suchou be stripped of his qualification, while Jiu You argued that Cao Feng and Wu Tian had died in fair fights.
• Spirit Eye Emperor suggested replacing Lin Suchou and compensating Blood Eagle King later, but Lin Suchou challenged Blood Eagle King to a life-or-death battle.
• Blood Eagle King accepted the challenge, and both men descended onto the golden Battle Platform as the crowd watched anxiously.
• As Spirit Eye Emperor prepared to oversee the fight, Lin Suchou resolved to kill him as well as Blood Eagle King.

After Lin Suchou killed Cao Feng and Wu Tian, Blood Eagle King demanded that Lin Suchou lose his qualification for the Great Luo Golden Pool Competition. Lin Suchou challenged Blood Eagle King to a life-or-death duel, and as the fight began, he resolved to kill Spirit Eye Emperor as well.

• Jiu You celebrated as Lin Suchou avenged Cao Feng's betrayal by killing him and Wu Tian, while Blood Eagle King threatened Lin Suchou until Jiu You stepped in to challenge him.
• Sky Vulture Emperor stopped Jiu You and Blood Eagle King from fighting, then Blood Eagle King demanded that Lin Suchou's qualification be revoked.
• Spirit Eye Emperor suggested temporarily replacing Lin Suchou, but Lin Suchou rejected the proposal and challenged Blood Eagle King to a life-or-death duel.
• Blood Eagle King accepted, and Lin Suchou descended to the Battle Platform as Jiu You and the Jiu You Guards watched anxiously.
• As Spirit Eye Emperor began the duel, Lin Suchou resolved to kill both Blood Eagle King and Spirit Eye Emperor.

Lin Suchou overwhelmed the Blood Eagle King with Black God Thunder and the Nine Dragon Nine Elephant Art, then killed him despite the Spirit Eye Emperor’s attempt to intervene. The chapter ended with Lin Suchou facing the Spirit Eye Emperor after revealing even stronger Azure Lightning.

• Lin Suchou used Black God Thunder to destroy the Blood Eagle King’s Blood Eagle Shattering Void Wings, Burning Heaven Art, and Devouring Heaven Seal.
• Lin Suchou struck the Blood Eagle King with the Nine Dragon Nine Elephant Art, leaving him gravely injured and unable to fight.
• The Blood Eagle King surrendered and begged the Spirit Eye Emperor to save him, but Lin Suchou refused to spare him.
• Lin Suchou rejected the Spirit Eye Emperor’s offer to let him become a New King in the next selection and insulted the seventh-grade Supreme.
• Lin Suchou unleashed Azure Lightning to reduce the Blood Eagle King to charred remains, then collected his Spirit Beast Essence.
• Lin Suchou turned his cold gaze on the Spirit Eye Emperor.

Lin Suchou defeated and killed the Spirit Eye Emperor with his two Divine Thunders and the Sacred Spirit Sword, then learned that an ancient Heavenly Supreme remnant still lived within the sword. After the Domain Lord named him the Spirit Eye Emperor’s successor, Lin Suchou chose the title Thunder Emperor.

• The Spirit Eye Emperor attacked Lin Suchou with soul-targeting techniques, but Lin Suchou’s Black God Thunder shielded him.
• Lin Suchou used Divine Wood Gang Thunder to disrupt the Spirit Eye Emperor’s spiritual energy and injure him.
• The Spirit Eye Emperor burned his essence blood and launched his strongest attack, but Lin Suchou endured it and struck back with the Divine Wood Gang Thunder.
• Lin Suchou destroyed the Spirit Eye Emperor’s remaining soul with the Sacred Spirit Sword.
• The Sacred Spirit Sword’s ancient Heavenly Supreme remnant told Lin Suchou that it remained alive and would return one day.
• The Sky Vulture Emperor announced that Lin Suchou would replace the Spirit Eye Emperor, and Lin Suchou chose the title Thunder Emperor.

Lin Suchou became the Thunder Emperor and entered the Great Luo Golden Pool with Xu Qing, Zhou Yue, and Fang Lei. He pushed deep into the pool to strengthen his Dharma Body, and the chapter ended as his Golden Talisman blazed, signaling he had reached a depth of two thousand zhang.

• Sky Vulture Emperor named Xu Qing, Zhou Yue, and Fang Lei the Great Commanders and Lin Suchou the Thunder Emperor, then gave them Golden Talismans for rescue.
• Lin Suchou led the others to the summit and entered the Great Luo Golden Pool first.
• Lin Suchou summoned his Luo Shen Dharma Body and used his Nine Pattern Thunder Body to withstand the pool’s pressure as he descended.
• Lin Suchou’s Dharma Body absorbed Golden Energy, but he continued deeper because it had not yet condensed the Immeasurable Golden Body.
• Sky Vulture Emperor and Sleeping Emperor watched Lin Suchou’s Golden Talisman shine brighter as he neared two thousand zhang.
• Lin Suchou’s Golden Talisman erupted with golden light, showing that he had reached two thousand zhang.

Lin Suchou endured the Great Luo Golden Pool’s final tempering and refined his golden body with Mandala’s help. After he merged nine golden dragons into one, Mandala gave him a massive piece of Great Luo Golden Rock.

• Lin Suchou absorbed the Golden Pool’s energy for three days until nine flood dragons transformed into golden dragons around his Luo Shen Dharma Body.
• The dragons drew scorching golden silt from the pool’s depths, burying the Dharma Body and causing Lin Suchou intense pain as the final golden-body tempering began.
• Mandala appeared and eased Lin Suchou’s pain, allowing him to continue refining his golden body.
• Lin Suchou merged the nine golden dragons into one, surprising Mandala with his unusual approach.
• Mandala swept away the silt, revealed a Great Luo Golden Rock, and gave it to Lin Suchou.

Lin Suchou emerged from the Great Luo Golden Pool with a powerful golden Supreme Dharma Body, stunning the assembled leaders and earning Jiu You Palace lavish gifts. Back at the palace, his playful exchange with Jiu You raised their intimacy level above 80, earning him a system reward as the Great Hunting War loomed.

• Lin Suchou appeared above Golden Pool Peak with a golden Supreme Dharma Body, suppressing the radiance of the other three Dharma Bodies.
• Jiu You, her guards, and the Seven Kings recognized Lin Suchou’s achievement, while the Sky Vulture Emperor praised his Great Luo Golden Body and announced the coming Great Hunting War.
• Lin Suchou returned to Jiu You Palace with Jiu You and her followers, and the other Seven Kings sent a mountain of lavish gifts.
• Lin Suchou and Jiu You teased and tussled at the palace, and Jiu You said he had not changed despite his rise to power.
• Lin Suchou’s intimacy level with Jiu You exceeded 80, and the system awarded him five hundred thousand Supreme Spirit Liquid and the Battle Array Master Talent.

After a week of cultivation, Lin Suchou reached fourth-grade Supreme and prepared to reclaim cities for Jiu You Palace. He led Jiu You and a thousand guards toward Blood Demon City, while fifty City Lords gathered in Demon Python City to oppose them.

• Lin Suchou formed a golden Rock Dragon and used nearly ten thousand drops of Supreme Spirit Liquid to cultivate, while giving Luo Ling and the others two hundred thousand drops to support their breakthroughs.
• A week later, Lin Suchou’s panel showed he had reached fourth-grade Supreme and become a Low-grade Earth-tier Spirit Array Master, and Luo Ling and the others had also grown stronger.
• Jiu You told Lin Suchou that some City Lords had returned to Jiu You Palace, while others had been rejected by the Seven Kings; Lin Suchou rallied the guards and ordered them to march on Blood Demon City.
• Lin Suchou and Jiu You’s Three Maidens boarded the Void Breaking Ship, followed by a thousand Jiu You Guards, and the army’s departure drew attention across Great Luo Heaven.
• In Demon Python City, Luo Mang gathered fifty City Lords to oppose Jiu You Palace, believing Lin Suchou would not intervene despite his status as the New Emperor.

Lin Suchou revealed himself as Thunder Emperor, crushed the rebellion against Jiu You Palace, and brought the former Blood Eagle King’s cities under its control. After returning to Jiu You Palace, he prepared the Jiu You Guards for the Great Hunting War and began studying the Battle Intent Cultivation Method.

• Luo Mang rejected Jiu You Palace’s authority and declared that the City Lords would submit to Asura King.
• Lin Suchou revealed that he was Thunder Emperor and used his aura to force the City Lords to submit to Jiu You Palace.
• Lin Suchou killed Luo Mang for masterminding the rebellion, distributed his treasures, and appointed a new City Lord.
• Lin Suchou led the Jiu You Guards to secure the cities formerly under Blood Eagle King’s jurisdiction, making Jiu You Palace the Eight Kings’ largest force by number of cities.
• Lin Suchou expanded the Jiu You Guards and began studying the Battle Intent Cultivation Method from Mandala’s bamboo scroll.

Lin Suchou studied an ancient battle formation scroll and risked letting the Jiu You Guards’ battle intent overwhelm his mind so he could connect with their wills. By the next morning, he had mastered their battle intent and summoned the Jiu You Battle Intent in the form of a Dark Nether Sparrow.

• Lin Suchou absorbed visions and fragments of knowledge from the bamboo scroll, including the teachings that control by heart was the highest path.
• Jiu You, Tang Bing, Tang Rou, and the others worried about whether Lin Suchou could comprehend battle intent without guidance.
• Lin Suchou let the surging battle intent erode his consciousness and gradually connected his will to the wills within it.
• The Jiu You Guards answered Lin Suchou’s command, combining their battle intent into a thousand-foot Dark Nether Sparrow.
• Tang Rou celebrated Lin Suchou’s success, while Jiu You smiled proudly at the summoned Black Sparrow.

Mandala emerged from seclusion and ordered the Great Luo Heaven Domain to begin a war of conquest against the Hundred Battles Domain, warning that the Heavenly Profound Hall might be backing it. She offered rewards for conquered territory and promised the younger generation’s top fighter a chance to represent the domain in Dragon Phoenix Heaven, leaving Lin Suchou eager to compete.

• The Great Luo Heaven Domain prepared to confront the Hundred Battles Domain, whose three leading factions had been encroaching on its territory.
• Mandala appeared before the domain’s gathered leaders and announced the war of conquest against the Hundred Battles Domain.
• Mandala warned that the Heavenly Profound Hall might be supporting the Hundred Battles Domain and that Liu Tiandao could be drawn into a direct confrontation.
• Mandala promised that those who conquered and occupied territory could keep it and receive heavy rewards.
• Mandala offered the younger generation’s most distinguished fighter the chance to represent the Great Luo Heaven Domain in Dragon Phoenix Heaven, and Lin Suchou resolved to pursue the opportunity.

After the Kings Conference, Jiu You and Lin Suchou chose the Thunder Demon Sect as Jiu You Palace’s target so Lin Suchou could seek Netherworld Heart Demon Thunder. Jiu You led five thousand Jiu You Guards southwest, and the chapter ended as they launched their advance toward the sect.

• Lin Suchou identified the Thunder Demon Sect as their target, explaining that its Thunder Demon Abyss might contain Netherworld Heart Demon Thunder needed for his cultivation.
• Jiu You backed the plan, ordered Jiu You Palace to set out the next day, and the two spent the night together.
• Jiu You led five thousand Jiu You Guards aboard Lin Suchou’s Void Breaking Ship toward the southwest.
• At Xiluo City, Ji Fan reported that fighting with the Hundred Battles Domain had shifted into a counterattack, though local forces had avoided the Thunder Demon Sect’s territory.
• Jiu You ordered the region’s forces to attack the Thunder Demon Sect, and Lin Suchou steered the Void Breaking Ship southwest.

Lion Tiger Mountain’s attack on Earth Fire City was repelled by two hidden third-grade Supremes, but Lin Suchou arrived with the Jiu You Guards and saved Fang Lei’s group. Lin Suchou left to target the Thunder Demon Sect, while Liu Shi led Lion Tiger Mountain to seize Earth Fire City and follow after him.

• Fang Lei told Liu Shi that two third-grade Supremes were defending Earth Fire City, so Liu Shi ordered Lion Tiger Mountain to retreat.
• The defenders revealed their strength and pursued the retreating Lion Tiger Mountain forces, striking down Liu Shi and Fang Lei’s group.
• Lin Suchou destroyed the attack threatening Fang Lei and killed the pursuing third-grade Supreme with a black lightning python.
• Fang Lei recognized Lin Suchou and addressed him as Lord Thunder Emperor, while Liu Shi thanked him for intervening.
• Lin Suchou departed aboard the Void Breaking Ship to attack the Thunder Demon Sect, and Liu Shi led Lion Tiger Mountain to seize Earth Fire City and follow after him.

Lin Suchou and Jiu You led their forces to Thunder Demon Mountain, where Qin Tiangang had gathered allies and the Thunder Demon Host to defend the sect. Lin Suchou fought Qin Tiangang and revealed the Black God Thunder’s overwhelming power, leaving the sect master badly wounded and stunned.

• Lin Suchou and Jiu You reached Thunder Demon Mountain after helping several factions on the way, and found its cities undefended.
• Jiu You challenged Qin Tiangang, who appeared with allied forces and the Thunder Demon Host, then asked Lin Suchou to fight in her place.
• Lin Suchou unleashed the Black God Thunder and mocked Qin Tiangang, who insisted that the Thunder Demon Sect’s Earth Demon Thunder was no weaker.
• Qin Tiangang ordered Qin Ling to join him, and Lin Suchou launched an assault with enormous Thunder Dragons.
• Lin Suchou used the Divine Wood Gang Thunder to protect the Jiu You Guards from the Demon Thunder Tiger’s mind-shaking roar.
• The Black Tiger collided with Lin Suchou’s Thunder Dragons, and Qin Tiangang was blasted back with a charred arm before recognizing Lin Suchou’s power as the Black God Thunder.

Lin Suchou defeated Qin Ling and Qin Tiangang, helped seize Thunder Demon Mountain, and searched the sect’s Spiritual Treasure Vault. He found a powerful single-use technique called the Heart Demon Thunder Lotus, which Jiu You suspected the Thunder Demon Sect had never managed to refine.

• Qin Ling unleashed his Thunder Demon Incarnation’s strongest attack, but Lin Suchou shattered the Thunder Sun with Thunder Sea Tide and defeated the Thunder Demon forces.
• Qin Tiangang attacked Lin Suchou from above, but Lin Suchou pierced his abdomen with Divine Wood Gang Thunder and killed him.
• Lin Suchou and the arriving allied factions routed Qin Tiangang’s remaining forces, then Lin Suchou led the Jiu You Guards to take control of Thunder Demon Mountain.
• Lin Suchou brought Jiu You and the Tang Bing sisters to the Spiritual Treasure Vault, where Tang Bing collected the Supreme Spirit Liquid.
• Lin Suchou inspected the vault’s techniques and discovered a Gray Bamboo Slip describing the Heart Demon Thunder Lotus, a powerful one-use explosive refined with Netherworld Heart Demon Thunder.
• Jiu You recognized the Heart Demon Thunder Lotus and suggested Qin Tiangang had not used one because the Thunder Demon Sect had failed to refine any.