Chapter Summaries

Ling Yuan defeated an Earthly Sovereign in the Douling Arena using his newly refined Sovereign Dharma Body and soul-piercing attacks. Afterward, Elder Yu Tan met him and again raised the possibility of becoming the Tailing Ancient Clan’s Holy Son.

• Ling Yuan manifested his complete Sovereign Dharma Body and used its Soul Spirit Beams to overwhelm the Earthly Sovereign, winning the arena match.
• Ling Yuan soothed the defeated opponent’s soul, then left the arena after earning forty million from his wager.
• Ling Yuan noticed Elder Yu Tan in the stands and met with her privately in a VIP room.
• Elder Yu Tan praised Ling Yuan’s progress and asked whether he was still interested in the Holy Son position.
• Ling Yuan worried he could not pass the clan’s test, so Elder Yu Tan said the requirements could be relaxed if he met the strength requirement and passed the test.

Elder Yu offered Ling Yuan the chance to become Holy Son of the Tailing Ancient Clan if he recovered the lost Tailing Heaven-Piercing Light from the Ancient Sacred Abyss. Ling Yuan agreed to pursue the mission later, after reaching upper Earth Sovereign, and secured a Great Perfection Earth Sovereign protector for his travels.

• Elder Yu told Ling Yuan that recovering the Tailing Heaven-Piercing Light from the Ancient Sacred Abyss would let him assume the position of Holy Son.
• Elder Yu asked Ling Yuan to use his soul techniques to awaken the Tailing Ancestor's remaining will, and Ling Yuan worried the attempt could get him killed.
• Elder Yu assured Ling Yuan that the ancestor would not harm him if he explained he came from the Tailing Ancient Clan.
• Elder Yu said Ling Yuan needed to reach upper Earth Sovereign before entering the dangerous Ancient Sacred Abyss.
• Ling Yuan requested a Great Perfection Earth Sovereign protector for his travels, and Elder Yu agreed to arrange one.

Ling Yuan reached an agreement with Elder Yu: the Tailing Ancient Clan would provide him with protection and eighty million Supreme Spirit Liquid in annual resources, and he would retrieve the Tailing Heaven-Piercing Light from the Ancient Sacred Abyss to become their Holy Son. He then collected ten million Supreme Spirit Liquid from the Douling Arena, bought Blood Crystal Dragon Ginseng, and used it with Zi Yan in a medicinal bath to temper their bodies.

• Ling Yuan demanded eighty million Supreme Spirit Liquid in annual resources and promised Elder Yu he would obtain the Tailing Heaven-Piercing Light.
• Elder Yu agreed to provide Ling Yuan with a guardian and cultivation resources, and gave him a provisional core disciple identity token.
• The Douling Arena returned Ling Yuan's ten million Supreme Spirit Liquid in fees and sent him off with an escort.
• Ling Yuan visited the Myriad Treasure Pavilion and bought its only Blood Crystal Dragon Ginseng for ten million Supreme Spirit Liquid.
• Ling Yuan and Zi Yan soaked together in a medicinal bath and used the ginseng's power to temper their bodies.

Ling Yuan and Zi Yan refined the Blood Crystal Dragon Ginseng, transforming their bloodlines, while Dragon Clan elder Ao Yin searched for the source of a powerful True Dragon aura. After waiting at the Flower-Filled Tower, Ao Yin found Zhu Kun and urged him to go to the Divine Beast Continent.

• Ling Yuan and Zi Yan slowly absorbed the Blood Crystal Dragon Ginseng’s medicinal effects as their bodies and bloodlines evolved.
• Ao Yin learned that the Myriad Treasure Pavilion had sold its Blood Crystal Dragon Ginseng, then sensed a pure True Dragon Bloodline near the Flower-Filled Tower.
• Ao Yin introduced himself to the Flower-Filled Tower Master and asked to find and bring the True Dragon back to the Dragon Clan; the Tower Master indicated he could wait but could not help him enter.
• Ao Yin waited in the Flower-Filled Tower for several days, but Zi Yan remained inside refining the ginseng.
• Zhu Kun set off for the Douling Arena with Supreme Spirit Liquid, and Ao Yin stopped him, recognized his True Dragon Bloodline, and invited him to the Divine Beast Continent.

Ling Yuan and Zi Yan finished refining the Blood Crystal Dragon Ginseng, gaining major improvements to their bloodlines, bodies, and cultivation. They then met Ao Yin, an Eighteenth Elder of the Dragon Clan, who invited Zi Yan to join and promised to nurture her into a Heavenly Supreme within a hundred years.

• Ling Yuan's Dragon-Phoenix bloodline evolved, strengthening his scales and physical defense and giving his Ancient Phoenix Armor an offensive boost.
• Zi Yan's cultivation rose from Third Grade Supreme to Fourth Grade Supreme as her bloodline purity, innate talent, and abilities improved.
• Ling Yuan and Zi Yan went to find Zhu Kun, expecting he had gone to gamble, but found him speaking with the unfamiliar Ao Yin.
• Ao Yin sensed Zi Yan's exceptional True Dragon Bloodline and invited her to join the Dragon Clan, promising its full support and rapid cultivation.

Ling Yuan and Zi Yan refused Ao Yin’s offer to join the Dragon Clan, though Ao Yin left them the first part of the True Dragon Art before departing. Elder Yu confirmed the art was safe and spoke well of the Dragon Clan, leaving Ling Yuan with a more favorable impression but the final decision still unresolved.

• Zi Yan refused to join the Dragon Clan at Ling Yuan’s urging, and Zhu Kun stepped away from Ao Yin as well.
• Ao Yin tried to persuade Ling Yuan by promising that the Dragon Clan would nurture Zi Yan, but Ling Yuan refused and cited his ties to the Tailing Ancient Clan.
• After waiting several days without changing their minds, Ao Yin gave Ling Yuan the first part of the True Dragon Art and left.
• Ling Yuan visited Elder Yu, who praised his improved foundation and advised him not to rush his cultivation.
• Ling Yuan asked Elder Yu to inspect the True Dragon Art, and she confirmed it was safe and said the Dragon Clan had a good reputation.

Ling Yuan asked Elder Yu for places to train and improve his combat strength, then chose to inquire about the Spirit Firmament Palace and its inheritance. He learned that countless cultivators had failed to claim its core inheritance, but the palace still served as a soul-training ground and trapped Outer Realm Evil Clan souls.

• Ling Yuan told Elder Yu he wanted to leave and gain experience, and she agreed that he needed real combat beyond the Douling Arena.
• Elder Yu recommended several training regions, including the Burning Heaven Mountain Range and the Divine Beast Continent, and Ling Yuan memorized her suggestions.
• Ling Yuan asked Elder Yu about the Spirit Firmament Palace, the inheritance site of the Spirit Firmament Emperor.
• Elder Yu explained that countless cultivators had attempted the palace's trials without claiming its core inheritance, so most visitors now used it to strengthen their souls.
• Ling Yuan learned that the palace absorbed Outer Realm Evil Clan souls near the Great Thousand barrier and turned them into trial monsters, making it a lasting source of protection and training.

Ling Yuan prepared to leave the Tailing Domain with Zi Yan and train at the Spirit Firmament Palace, while Zhu Kun chose to stay behind. Elder Yu assigned Yu Lao to guard them and asked Ling Yuan to deliver a jade slip to the Futu Ancient Clan on the way.

• Ling Yuan told Elder Yu he planned to visit the Spirit Firmament Palace after making preparations in the Tailing Domain.
• Ling Yuan gave Zi Yan and Zhu Kun the True Dragon Art, and both successfully switched cultivation methods after half a month.
• Ling Yuan invited Zi Yan and Zhu Kun to travel with him; Zi Yan agreed, while Zhu Kun stayed in the Tailing Domain and accepted five million Supreme Spirit Liquid.
• Ling Yuan and Zi Yan spent sixty million Supreme Spirit Liquid buying supplies at the Myriad Treasure Pavilion.
• Elder Yu introduced Yu Lao as their guardian and gave Ling Yuan eighty million Supreme Spirit Liquid and a jade slip to deliver to the Futu Ancient Clan.

Ling Yuan and Zi Yan traveled from Tailing Continent toward Futu Continent, turning their journey into six months of treasure hunting, cultivation, and dangerous battles. They reached the peak of the Ninth Grade Sovereign realm, and their next stop was Futu Continent, where Ling Yuan planned to break through to the Earthly Sovereign realm.

• Ling Yuan accepted Elder Yu's jade slip and left with Zi Yan, while Yu Lao concealed herself nearby as their protector.
• Ling Yuan chose high-grade teleportation arrays and repeatedly stopped with Zi Yan to explore ruins and search for treasures across the continents.
• Ling Yuan and Zi Yan fought rogue cultivators and spiritual beasts, and Ling Yuan killed an Upper Earthly Sovereign with a soul attack before spending half a month recovering.
• After six months of travel, Zi Yan advanced to Fifth Grade Sovereign and Ling Yuan reached the peak of the Ninth Grade Sovereign realm.
• Ling Yuan, Zi Yan, and Yu Lao boarded another teleportation array bound for Futu Continent, where Ling Yuan planned to attempt an Earthly Sovereign breakthrough.

Ling Yuan broke through to the Earthly Sovereign realm by enduring the Sovereign Spiritual Tribulation without injury, then traveled with Zi Yan and Yu Lao to the Futu Ancient Clan. He learned that the clan’s patriarch had recently fallen fighting the Outer Realm Evil Clan, a death he suspected concealed something more, and continued toward his mission.

• Ling Yuan began his breakthrough after arriving on Futu Continent, while Zi Yan and Yu Lao stood guard.
• Ling Yuan withstood all nine bolts of the Sovereign Spiritual Tribulation and entered the Earthly Sovereign realm, then demonstrated the Aspect of Heaven and Earth.
• Ling Yuan, Zi Yan, and Yu Lao reached the Futu Ancient Clan and entered after Ling Yuan presented his Tailing Ancient Clan identity token.
• Ling Yuan learned from an elder that the Futu Ancient Clan’s patriarch had fallen while fighting the Outer Realm Evil Clan.
• Ling Yuan suspected the patriarch’s death was suspicious but decided to focus on delivering the jade slip and leaving safely.

Ling Yuan delivered Elder Yu’s jade slip to Futu Xuan and learned that the Futu and Tailing clans planned to search the Ancient Sacred Abyss together. He recognized the young Qing Yanjing, whose suspicions about her father’s death left the Futu clan’s leadership under scrutiny.

• Ling Yuan gave Futu Xuan Elder Yu’s jade slip, which named Ling Yuan as a Tailing Holy Son candidate and discussed the Outer Realm Evil Clan and the search for lost divine abilities.
• Futu Xuan asked Ling Yuan to help the Futu clan recover the Eight Budur when they entered the Ancient Sacred Abyss, and Ling Yuan cautiously agreed to do his best.
• Qing Yanjing rushed into the hall and demanded that Futu Xuan investigate her father’s suspicious death, prompting Ling Yuan to leave.
• Ling Yuan recognized Qing Yanjing as the Futu clan’s gifted young bearer of the Eight Divine Veins.
• Qing Yanjing argued that her father was too powerful to have died in an ordinary border clash and that only clan leaders knew his confidential itinerary, then challenged Futu Xuan over whether he had colluded with the Outer Realm Evil Clan.

Ling Yuan left the Futu Ancient Clan and encountered Ao Yin on his way to Spirit Firmament Palace, where Ao Yin invited Zi Yan to study with the Dragon Clan. Five days later, Ling Yuan and Zi Yan reached the palace and found cultivators gathered to enter its trials.

• Ling Yuan left the Futu Ancient Clan by teleportation array and headed toward Spirit Firmament Palace.
• Yu Lao sensed Ao Yin's aura on Caixu Continent and appeared to protect Ling Yuan and Zi Yan, but Ling Yuan recognized Ao Yin and stopped her.
• Ao Yin praised Ling Yuan's rapid progress and Zi Yan's purifying True Dragon bloodline, then invited Zi Yan to study with the Dragon Clan; Ling Yuan said they needed time to consider.
• Ao Yin explained he was traveling to Molong Continent to seek ancestral remains and inheritances in Dragon Burial Valley, offered Ling Yuan a summoning jade slip, and departed.
• Ling Yuan and Zi Yan reached Lingxiao Continent five days later and saw the colossal Spirit Firmament Palace, where cultivators from many factions had gathered for its trials.

Ling Yuan and Zi Yan learned how the Spirit Firmament Palace used the remnant souls of the Outer Realm Evil Clan as trial monsters and Soul Cores for cultivators. They entered the palace and watched Evil Souls begin to materialize across its first floor.

• Ling Yuan saw Elder Fen send collected Evil Clan remnant souls into the Spirit Firmament Palace, where they were absorbed as trial monsters.
• Ling Yuan explained the palace’s five floors and how defeating Evil Souls produced Soul Cores that strengthened the soul.
• Ling Yuan and Zi Yan entered the palace through its protective barrier and found a vast first floor with no visible monsters.
• Evil Souls began appearing as space twisted across the first floor.

Ling Yuan and Zi Yan hunted Evil Souls in Spirit Firmament Palace, refining Soul Cores to strengthen their divine souls. After Ling Yuan collected more than forty Earthly Sovereign Soul Cores in a respawn, an Upper Earthly Sovereign and two Lower Earthly Sovereigns confronted him and demanded some.

• Ling Yuan tested a First-Grade Supreme Soul Core, confirmed it was pure, and gave the other core to Zi Yan, whose divine soul improved significantly.
• Ling Yuan took Zi Yan to the second and third floors, where he tested stronger Soul Cores and rapidly killed Lower Earthly Sovereign Evil Souls.
• Ling Yuan and Zi Yan refined more than thirty Soul Cores, gaining divine soul growth equivalent to several months of cultivation, then waited for the monsters to respawn.
• When the Evil Souls returned on the fourth day, Ling Yuan swept through them and collected more than forty Earthly Sovereign Soul Cores.
• An elderly Upper Earthly Sovereign approached Ling Yuan with two Lower Earthly Sovereigns and demanded that he hand over some of his Soul Cores.

Ling Yuan robbed three Soul Core hunters on the third floor, then moved with Zi Yan to the fourth floor, where he quickly established himself among its powerful cultivators. The chapter ended with the others questioning his origins after watching him hunt upper Earth Sovereign Evil Souls with ease.

• Ling Yuan used the Soul Spirit Bead to defeat three attackers and take their more than twenty Soul Cores, warning the crowd not to challenge him.
• Ling Yuan trained on the third floor for half a month, harvesting Soul Cores until the lower Earth Sovereign cores yielded too little benefit.
• An old man told Ling Yuan that the fourth floor held stronger Evil Souls, richer Soul Cores, and fewer cultivators, so Ling Yuan and Zi Yan headed there the next day.
• Ling Yuan learned that stronger cultivators on the fourth floor could rob weaker hunters, while Yu Lao revealed herself to protect Zi Yan and discourage anyone from provoking them.
• Ling Yuan returned from two hours of hunting with fifteen Soul Cores, having killed upper Earth Sovereign Evil Souls in a few moves and defeated great-completion ones without injury.

After his divine soul stopped improving on the fourth floor, Ling Yuan passed the fifth-floor barrier’s test and entered alone. He found the floor apparently empty, but noticed the unreachable gray mist above and flew upward to investigate.

• Ling Yuan spent more than two months hunting monsters and refining Soul Cores, greatly strengthening his divine soul before further cultivation on the fourth floor yielded little benefit.
• Ling Yuan poured his divine soul power into the barrier between the fourth and fifth floors, endured its devouring test, and gained passage through it.
• Zi Yan and Yu Lao failed to pass the barrier, leaving Ling Yuan to enter the fifth floor alone after recovering his strength.
• Ling Yuan searched the fifth floor and found no people, Evil Souls, treasures, or restrictions.
• Ling Yuan noticed that his divine soul could not reach through the gray mist overhead and flew upward to investigate.

Ling Yuan activated the miniature Spirit Firmament Palace with his divine soul, causing the entire palace to expel its occupants and absorb a vast number of Outer Realm Evil Clan members. After the miniature palace followed him as he began descending, Ling Yuan was left to investigate its strange connection to him.

• Ling Yuan infused the miniature palace with divine soul force, lighting it up and sending a golden pillar through the Spirit Firmament Palace.
• The Spirit Firmament Palace shook and forcibly teleported everyone inside, including Zi Yan and Yu Lao, outside; Zi Yan worried that Ling Yuan was still missing.
• The palace's sudden surge of suction dragged every member of the Outer Realm Evil Clan garrison, including Demon Kings and Perfected Earthly Sovereigns, inside.
• A white-haired old man guarding Lingxiao Continent sensed the disturbance and rushed toward the Spirit Firmament Palace.
• Ling Yuan stopped infusing the miniature palace when his divine soul was nearly depleted, then discovered it followed him as he began descending.

Ling Yuan gained control of the Miniature Spirit Firmament Palace, which dispersed the Evil Souls across its floors and supplied him with Soul Cores to restore his weakened soul. Outside, Lin Bei found the palace sealed against everyone, while Zi Yan worried about Ling Yuan despite sensing that he was alive.

• The Miniature Spirit Firmament Palace followed Ling Yuan, settled into his hand, and seemed to respond to his thoughts.
• The palace cleared the fifth floor of Evil Souls and scattered them across the first four floors, leaving Ling Yuan with control over the entire space.
• Ling Yuan confirmed Zi Yan was unharmed, then received ten Perfected Earthly Sovereign Soul Cores from the palace and began restoring his soul.
• The palace expelled everyone inside, and the assembled crowd gathered outside as Lin Bei arrived to investigate.
• Lin Bei failed to pass through the palace gates, confirmed that no one had been injured, and asked the crowd to report anything unusual.
• Zi Yan sensed through their essence-blood bond that Ling Yuan was alive, but remained anxious about what was happening inside.

Elder Lin learned that Ling Yuan was trapped on the fifth floor of the Spirit Firmament Palace, while Ling Yuan discovered that its miniature form could absorb vast amounts of soul power. As Ling Yuan poured power into it, the palace shook violently again and its suction force swept across the Outer Realm.

• Two Perfected Earthly Sovereign experts told Elder Lin that Ling Yuan had reached the fifth floor, and Zi Yan confirmed that her husband was still inside.
• Zi Yan explained Ling Yuan's circumstances, and Elder Lin said he could not enter the palace or bring Ling Yuan out, so they would have to wait.
• Zi Yan crushed a jade slip to seek help, while Ling Yuan finished refining four Soul Cores and restored his soul to its peak.
• Ling Yuan poured a vast amount of soul power into the Miniature Spirit Firmament Palace and suspected it was a Peerless Sacred Artifact.
• The palace erupted with light and shook more violently than before, alarming the people outside.
• The Spirit Firmament Palace unleashed a stronger suction force with twice the range, threatening the Outer Realm Evil Clan members who had retreated.

The Spirit Firmament Palace unleashed its power under Ling Yuan’s influence, tearing the souls from thousands of Outer Realm Evil Clan members across the border. Ling Yuan refined a quasi-Heavenly Sovereign Evil Soul into a Soul Core and began considering the palace’s potential against other enemies.

• The Spirit Firmament Palace drew Evil Clan souls from five strongholds, and Lin Bei suspected Ling Yuan had triggered or controlled it.
• The palace’s absorption continued for half an hour, ruining ten strongholds and extracting the souls of several thousand Evil Clan members.
• Ling Yuan stopped supplying soul power after the wave drained him, then identified a quasi-Heavenly Sovereign Evil Soul among the harvested souls.
• Ling Yuan used the miniature palace to bind and refine the quasi-Heavenly Sovereign Evil Soul into a Soul Core.
• Ling Yuan concluded that the palace could unleash a broad soul attack and wondered whether it would work against enemies beyond the Outer Realm Evil Clan.