Chapter Summaries

Lin Suchou and his companions reached the sealed Heavenly River and waited for the holders of the Lord of the Nine Mansions tokens to gather. When Zhu Yan threatened Xiao Xiao over her connection to the Flame Emperor, Lin Suchou stopped him from leaving and killed him.

• Garuda backed down from Lin Suchou and withdrew, remaining nearby because he still coveted the Heavenly River Baptism.
• Lin Suchou explained that the Heavenly River seal would open once all the token holders arrived, so he and the others waited.
• Zhu Yan arrived and recognized Xiao Xiao's Heaven-Swallowing Python, then demanded that she accompany him to the Flame Spirit Clan in exchange for its Divine Fire.
• Xiao Xiao refused Zhu Yan's demand and challenged him to fight within the Ancient Heavenly Palace.
• Lin Suchou reminded Zhu Yan of his earlier warning and trapped him with Black Thunder when he tried to flee.
• Zhu Yan summoned his Flame God Dharma Body, but Lin Suchou shattered it and killed him with a Thunder Dragon barrage, terrifying Garuda and the others watching nearby.

Lin Suchou and his companions entered the Heavenly River after the Nine Mansions' tokens opened its seal, then learned to use their identity tokens as protective skiffs. Lin Suchou set out to collect Spirits of the Heavenly River while telling Mu Chen and the others to stay on the skiff.

• Lin Suchou killed Zhu Yan, earning increased favorability and system rewards from Xiao Xiao and Lin Jing.
• The Nine Mansions' tokens gathered to form a rune that opened the seal around the Heavenly River.
• Lin Suchou explained the tiers of Heavenly River Baptism, and his group entered the river's realm with the arriving cultivators.
• A peak Ninth Rank cultivator jumped into the river without protection and was ground into blood by its crushing power.
• Lin Suchou used his Golden Dragon Disciple token as a protective skiff, and the other cultivators followed with their own identity tokens.
• Lin Suchou told Mu Chen and the others to stay on the skiff, then sent a thunder dragon to gather Spirits of the Heavenly River.

Mu Chen and the others completed their Heavenly River Baptisms, but Mu Chen’s Golden Dragon Token rejected his hundredth Spirit. After Lin Suchou revealed how to combine the Spirits, he helped Mu Chen form the massive hundredth Spirit, leaving Mu Chen poised to pursue a Perfect Baptism.

• Lin Suchou helped Mu Chen, Xiao Xiao, and the others gather ninety-nine Spirits of the Heavenly River each, but their tokens rejected the hundredth.
• Other cultivators triggered their Baptisms: a low-tier baptism greatly strengthened one man, while Qin Jingzhe’s high-tier baptism sharpened his Sword Intent and advanced him to Ninth Grade Perfection.
• Garuda gathered ninety-nine Spirits, and Lin Suchou urged Mu Chen to use Garuda’s breakthrough as a chance to attack, but Mu Chen insisted he would defeat him fairly after obtaining a Perfect Baptism.
• Lin Suchou explained that the hundredth Spirit required the first ninety-nine Spirits to devour and merge with one another.
• Lin Suchou used thunder to gather the Spirits together, forming a dazzling, sunlike hundredth Spirit for Mu Chen, Xiao Xiao, and the others.

Xiao Xiao, Lin Jing, and Su Qingyin completed their Heavenly River baptisms while Mu Chen advanced to Ninth Grade Perfection and challenged Garuda. Mu Chen revealed that he had poured the baptism’s power into his Dharma Body and unleashed the Ten Suns Divine Buddha Hand, leaving the battle’s outcome unresolved.

• Su Qingyin used the Heavenly River baptism to hatch her Life-Bound Spirit Insect, a powerful blood-red butterfly, while Lin Jing revealed the Jade God Dharma Body and Xiao Xiao displayed a Dharma Body created by the Flame Emperor.
• Garuda and Mu Chen summoned their Great Sun Indestructible Bodies, and Mu Chen’s baptism raised his cultivation to Ninth Grade Perfection.
• Mu Chen and Garuda clashed with their Nine Suns Divine Abilities, but neither gained the upper hand.
• Garuda fed a Buddha statue containing Great Sun Indestructible Bodies into his Dharma Body and launched an empowered Nine Suns Demon Cave.
• Mu Chen revealed that he had concentrated the power of his perfect baptism into his blazing sun, then unleashed the Ten Suns Divine Buddha Hand as Lin Suchou asked Xiao Xiao if she had ever seen a palm technique falling from the sky.

Mu Chen and Lin Suchou’s group reached the Heavenly Palace’s Scripture Library and entered the Second Hall, where they found the Second Hall Master’s body and the Spirit Slaughter Guards. Lin Suchou asked Su Qingyin to activate the army.

• Mu Chen killed Garuda, collected the spiritual energy from his Great Sun Indestructible Body, and returned to Lin Suchou’s side.
• Lin Suchou led the group deeper into the Heavenly Palace, and Xiao Xiao guided them to the Scripture Library’s entrance.
• Lin Suchou saw a vision of Mandala’s true form and her protective spiritual array before the Scripture Library transported the group to the Second Hall.
• Lin Suchou used the Golden Dragon Token to open the hall and discovered the Second Hall Master’s body, slain by a single finger strike.
• Lin Suchou found about five thousand inactive Spirit Slaughter Guards and asked Su Qingyin to activate them, while Su Qingyin asked whether he knew about the Phoenix Insect.

Lin Suchou helped Su Qingyin retrieve the Phoenix Insect and restore the power of the Spirit Slaughter Guards. He used the Military Talisman to make the army kneel, then pushed his willpower to its limit and became a Million-Pattern Battle Array Master.

• Mu Chen opened a path through the complete Nine Dragons Immortal-Slaying Array, allowing Su Qingyin to reach the Second Hall Master and extract the Phoenix Insect.
• Lin Suchou gave Su Qingyin Spirit Insect Fluid, and she used the Phoenix Insect to restore the power of the five thousand Spirit Slaughter Guards.
• The restored guards advanced on Lin Suchou, but the Military Talisman’s ancient horn call stopped them and made them kneel to him.
• Lin Suchou formed Battle Runes, forcing himself past the pain and exhaustion until their number reached one million and he became a Million-Pattern Battle Array Master.

Lin Suchou endured the Spirit Slaughter Guard’s trial, gained their acknowledgment, and brought all five thousand guards into his Military Talisman after receiving the Second Hall Master’s approval. He then summoned the Scripture Library for Mu Chen and the others before setting off to find Mandala’s true body.

• Lin Suchou survived visions of eight Earth Supremes dying to the Spirit Slaughter Guard and gained roughly two hundred thousand Battle Runes.
• Lin Suchou asked the Second Hall Master for permission to lead the Spirit Slaughter Guard into the future battle against the Outer Realm Evil Clan, and the Second Hall Master’s lingering obsession approved.
• Lin Suchou used the Military Talisman to take all five thousand Spirit Slaughter Guards with him.
• Lin Suchou and the others traveled toward the First Hall, where Mu Chen prepared to search for the Scripture Library.
• Lin Suchou summoned the Scripture Library from the void, leaving Mu Chen wondering who the real protagonist was.

Mu Chen entered the Scripture Library while Lin Suchou took Xiao Xiao and Lin Jing beneath the sea to find Mandala’s true body. There, Lin Suchou defeated Zuo Lenggu, but a cloud of multicolored mist spread from the dying elder.

• The Scripture Library formed stone stairs, and Mu Chen began climbing while other Strong Persons who tried were overwhelmed by their Inner Demons and thrown back.
• Su Qingyin went to search the palace complex for opportunities, while Lin Suchou led Xiao Xiao and Lin Jing beneath the sea to find Mandala’s true body.
• Lin Suchou found Mandala’s fragrance in an underwater hall and confronted Zuo Lenggu, who guarded the stone door beyond which Mandala’s true body lay.
• Zuo Lenggu attacked with divine abilities and his Heaven and Earth Dharma Idol, but Lin Suchou countered with black Divine Thunder and jade marrow.
• As Zuo Lenggu was destroyed by Lin Suchou’s attacks, he released a cloud of multicolored mist and vowed not to let Lin Suchou escape easily.

Lin Suchou broke the spirit array guarding the Ancient Mandala Flower, but the destruction of the eight corpses exposed Xiao Xiao and Lin Jing to a lust-inducing poison. After treating them, he worried about how their fathers would react, while both women vowed to stand by him.

• Lin Jing found a Jade Bottle and a Spirit Storage Ring among Left Elder's ashes, then opened the stone door with Lin Suchou and Xiao Xiao.
• Lin Suchou identified the intermediate Grandmaster-rank spirit array guarding the Ancient Mandala Flower and used Thunder to move the eight corpses from the stone pillars, breaking the array.
• Xiao Xiao and Lin Jing became flushed and feverish; Lin Suchou accidentally inhaled red powder from Left Elder's bottle and realized it was not an antidote.
• Lin Suchou treated Xiao Xiao and Lin Jing's poison in the darkened hall, and the two women later awoke beside him.
• Lin Suchou worried that their fathers would punish him, but Lin Jing and Xiao Xiao promised to stand by him as they approached the Heavenly Emperor's Mausoleum.

Lin Suchou retrieved Mandala's true body and gathered his companions before entering the Heavenly Emperor's Mausoleum. After the Xia Emperor descended to avenge the slain princes, Lin Suchou killed the messenger who accused him, and the Xia Emperor turned his fury on him.

• Lin Suchou used Mandala's black leaf to seal away her true body and took the blood-red Lotus Platform, which restored his strength and invigorated Xiao Xiao and Lin Jing.
• Mu Chen arrived with another page of the Immortal Divine Codex, and Lin Suchou's group waited for Su Qingyin before setting out for the Heavenly Emperor's Mausoleum.
• Lin Suchou and his companions crossed into the shattered mausoleum, where they encountered powerful pressures, broken space, and other arriving factions.
• A young man from the Great Xia Imperial Clan threatened Lin Suchou and crushed a jade talisman to summon the Xia Emperor.
• The Xia Emperor descended and learned that Lin Suchou had killed Xia Yu and the Fourth Prince, but Lin Suchou killed the young messenger before he could finish speaking.
• The enraged Xia Emperor fixed his gaze on Lin Suchou, bringing overwhelming pressure down upon him.

Lin Suchou confronted the Xia Emperor and Lu Heng in the Heavenly Emperor's Mausoleum, then revealed the allies and power he had brought to protect Mu Chen and Mandala. He helped Mandala reclaim her true body, leaving her grateful as Lu Heng and the Xia Emperor faced their formidable opposition.

• Lin Suchou blocked the Xia Emperor's attack and stood his ground as the Xia Emperor summoned two Lower Earth Supremes.
• Mu Chen admitted to killing Garuda, and Lu Heng questioned Lin Suchou about Mandala before Lin Suchou exposed Lu Heng's past as the Heavenly Emperor's mount who had fled during the war.
• Lin Suchou summoned more than ten Earth Supremes, and Mandala arrived to confront Lu Heng as he proposed joining forces with the Xia Emperor.
• Lin Suchou revealed four Earth Supreme-level Divine Thunders and then manifested Mandala's true body as an ancient divine flower.
• Mandala touched the awakening flower, thanked Lin Suchou, and his system announced that his intimacy with her had greatly increased.

Mandala fused with the Mandala Flower and reached Great Perfection Earth Supreme, forcing the Xia Emperor to retreat. Lin Suchou then killed the Xia Emperor and his two subordinates, while Lu Heng faced a new arrival: the Heavenly Emperor, whose appearance stirred the experts’ desire for his inheritance and One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones.

• Mandala entered the Mandala Flower and fused with it, reaching Great Perfection Earth Supreme.
• The Xia Emperor conceded defeat and withdrew his claim for revenge against Mandala.
• At Lin Suchou’s order, he and Mandala killed the Xia Emperor and his two subordinates with thunder and dark light.
• A mountain arrived with a man in Qingshan robes standing on it, and his overwhelming aura made experts across the mausoleum tremble.
• Mandala recognized the man as the Heavenly Emperor, and the experts turned their attention to his inheritance and One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones.

Experts gathered around the Heavenly Emperor’s remains, his sword, and a black skull, and several Lower Earth Supremes seized the remains. Lu Heng killed three of them, then the remains swallowed their flesh and blood, leaving the assembled experts horrified.

• Mandala recalled how the Heavenly Emperor had saved her and resolved to keep Lu Heng from obtaining his legacy.
• The experts discovered the Heavenly Emperor’s Sword embedded in a black skull beside the Heavenly Emperor’s remains, and Mandala warned them not to act rashly.
• Lu Heng accused Mandala of wanting the legacy for herself, but Lin Suchou told her to let the others face the consequences of their choices.
• Several Lower Earth Supremes grabbed the Heavenly Emperor’s remains and retreated, while Lin Suchou used Thunder to retrieve the black skull.
• Lu Heng killed three Lower Earth Supremes and caused their remains to swallow the resulting torrent of flesh and blood.

Lu Heng revealed that he served the Outer Realm Demon Emperor and trapped the experts inside the Heavenly Emperor’s Mausoleum, where the false Heavenly Emperor devoured them. Lin Suchou freed the Heavenly Emperor’s Spirit Body, but after it killed Lu Heng, the Demon Emperor awakened and began devouring the remaining experts.

• Lu Heng admitted that he had been controlled by the Outer Realm Demon Emperor and sealed the mausoleum so no one could send a message outside.
• The false Heavenly Emperor killed and devoured eight Lower Earth Supremes, while Xiao Xiao and Lin Jing told Lin Suchou they had called for help.
• Lin Suchou used Thunder to remove the demonic energy from the black head and released the Heavenly Emperor’s Spirit Body.
• The Heavenly Emperor summoned the Heavenly Emperor Sword and killed Lu Heng in his Blood Flood Dragon form.
• The Demon Emperor awakened, devoured Lu Heng’s corpse, and began dragging the other Earth Supremes toward him to consume them.

The Flame Emperor, Xiao Yan, arrived at the Heavenly Emperor's Mausoleum and saved Lin Suchou and the others from the Devouring Heaven Demon Emperor's attacks. He confronted the Demon Emperor and began burning away the demonic soil, leaving their battle underway.

• The Heavenly Emperor split off two avatars and attacked the Demon Emperor while demonic energy and Demon Dragons threatened the experts, including Lin Suchou, Xiao Xiao, and Lin Jing.
• Sword Senior helped Lin Suchou fend off the demonic energy, but the attack overwhelmed them until a blazing black ruler appeared and burned it away.
• The Flame Emperor emerged from a sea of fire, introduced himself as Xiao Yan, and greeted Xiao Xiao, Lin Jing, and Lin Suchou.
• The Flame Emperor confronted the Devouring Heaven Demon Emperor, who revealed himself as a Heavenly Demon Emperor and transformed the surrounding land into demonic soil.
• The Flame Emperor pointed toward the spreading demonic soil, and his sea of fire burned it into scorched earth.

The Flame Emperor fought the Devouring Heaven Demon Emperor, destroying his body and containing his self-destruction in a sea of flames. The Demon Emperor survived and fled through space, but the Heavenly Emperor arrived as a massive hand reached through the void to stop him.

• The Devouring Heaven Demon Emperor unleashed the Great Demon Art, Devouring Heaven World-Destroying Hand, and the Flame Emperor shattered it with a Fire Lotus.
• The Devouring Heaven Demon Emperor survived the attack and charged at the Flame Emperor, then self-destructed in an attempt to take him down.
• The Flame Emperor trapped the resulting demonic aura in a barrier of Myriad Flames and vaporized it.
• A strand of demonic aura escaped the collapsed space, revealing that the Devouring Heaven Demon Emperor had survived despite his Demon Heart shattering.
• Xiao Xiao urged the Flame Emperor to stop the fleeing Demon Emperor, and the Flame Emperor revealed that someone else had arrived.
• The Heavenly Emperor appeared and spoke with the Flame Emperor as a massive hand pierced through space toward the escaping demonic aura.

The Martial Ancestor captured the fleeing demonic aura and reunited with Lin Jing, while the Heavenly Emperor explained how he had sealed the Devouring Heaven Demon Emperor. The Heavenly Emperor destroyed the demon and promised Lin Suchou a gift, warning that the Outer Realm Clan might return in force.

• The Martial Ancestor seized the fleeing demonic aura, then reunited with Lin Jing and thanked Lin Suchou for protecting her.
• The Flame Emperor and Martial Ancestor handed the sealed Devouring Heaven Demon Emperor to the Heavenly Emperor, who explained that he had faced nine fused Demon Emperors and sealed the last two.
• The Heavenly Emperor greeted Mandala and praised Mu Chen for cultivating the Immortal Golden Body.
• The Heavenly Emperor promised Lin Suchou a gift and entrusted Mandala to his care.
• The Heavenly Emperor used the Heavenly Emperor Sword to destroy the Devouring Heaven Demon Emperor, who warned that the Outer Realm Clan would return.

After the Heavenly Emperor chose Lin Suchou to inherit One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones, the Flame Emperor and Martial Ancestor gave him gifts and prepared to leave. Lin Suchou promised to earn the Martial Ancestor’s approval by killing the Western Heaven Battle Emperor before he could marry Lin Jing, and Lin Jing returned to the Martial Realm to wait for him.

• The Heavenly Emperor thanked the Flame Emperor and Martial Ancestor for helping defeat the Devouring Heaven Demon Emperor and offered them his treasures and One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones.
• The Flame Emperor and Martial Ancestor declined the inheritance, and the Heavenly Emperor chose Lin Suchou to receive One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones.
• The Flame Emperor gave Lin Suchou a lamp to summon his aid, while the Martial Ancestor gave him the Great Desolate Prison Heaven Finger.
• Lin Jing and Xiao Xiao said they wanted to stay with Lin Suchou, and the Martial Ancestor tested Lin Suchou with his pressure before demanding that he kill the Western Heaven Battle Emperor to earn permission to propose to Lin Jing.
• Lin Suchou accepted the task, and Lin Jing returned to the Martial Realm after he promised to reunite with her.

Lin Suchou gained Flame Emperor's approval to marry Xun Er and promised to fight the Evil Clan. The Heavenly Emperor then prepared to pass on One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones to Lin Suchou and use the Heavenly Emperor Sword to help Mu Chen break through to Earth Supreme.

• Xiao Yan accepted Lin Suchou's relationship with Xun Er, asked him to fight Evil Clan members in the Ancient Sacred Abyss, and left with Xiao Xiao.
• The Heavenly Emperor praised Lin Suchou's character and transported him, Mu Chen, Su Qingyin, and Mandala to the Heavenly River to cultivate.
• The Heavenly Emperor told Lin Suchou that he would teach him One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones through true spirit empowerment, allowing his incarnation to possess Earth Supreme strength.
• The Heavenly Emperor offered to use the Heavenly Emperor Sword to help Mu Chen break through to Earth Supreme, and Mu Chen accepted his guidance.
• Lin Suchou and Mu Chen bowed to the Heavenly Emperor as their master, and he prepared to begin the empowerments.

The Heavenly Emperor taught Lin Suchou the One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones Divine Ability, allowing him to create two Earth Supreme avatars and entrust him with the Heavenly Emperor Sword and the Ancient Heavenly Palace. As the Heavenly Emperor explained the Divine Ability’s stages and the sword’s limits, his final Spirit Shadow grew close to vanishing.

• The Heavenly Emperor passed the One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones cultivation method and his insights into Lin Suchou’s mind.
• Lin Suchou used the Blade of Severing Self twice, creating two Lower Great Ruler avatars that looked like him.
• The Heavenly Emperor told Lin Suchou to leave the avatars in the Heavenly River and gave him the Heavenly Emperor Sword, which could control the Ancient Heavenly Palace.
• The Heavenly Emperor warned Lin Suchou that the sword had only enough power for two or three uses and explained the three stages of the Divine Ability.
• The Heavenly Emperor’s Spirit Shadow grew increasingly transparent, and Mandala became sorrowful as his final presence neared its end.