Chapter Summaries

Ling Yuan emerged from the Spirit Firmament Palace after binding its miniature form and greatly strengthening his soul. With six Heavenly Sovereigns waiting outside, he agreed to explain the palace’s changes to them in private.

• Ling Yuan used Perfected Earthly Sovereign and quasi-Heavenly Sovereign Soul Cores to strengthen his soul and fully bind the Miniature Spirit Firmament Palace.
• Zi Yan asked Ao Yin to protect Ling Yuan, and Ao Yin agreed while urging her to learn about the Dragon Clan before deciding whether to join.
• The Spirit Firmament Palace gates stirred, and Ling Yuan emerged to find more than a thousand people waiting, including six Heavenly Sovereigns.
• Zi Yan checked on Ling Yuan and explained that the others had been expelled from the palace and were likely to hold him accountable.
• Lin Bei asked Ling Yuan what had happened on the fifth floor, and Ling Yuan requested a private conversation to keep sensitive information from the Outer Realm Evil Clan.

Ling Yuan revealed that he had obtained the Miniature Spirit Firmament Palace and demonstrated that he could activate it to make the Spirit Firmament Palace slaughter Outer Realm Evil Clan members. After confirming that the palace still functioned normally, Elder Lin asked Ling Yuan to stay and guard the southwestern border.

• Ling Yuan learned that Lin Bei and the other guardians already knew the Little Spirit Palace existed, so he revealed the treasure and explained how it had followed him after he supplied it with divine soul power.
• Lin Bei recognized the Little Spirit Palace and asked whether Ling Yuan's activations had caused the Spirit Firmament Palace's earlier attacks on the Outer Realm Evil Clan.
• Lin Bei sent his son Lin Ya to inspect the fifth floor, while Ling Yuan activated the Little Spirit Palace and caused the distant Spirit Firmament Palace to absorb more Evil Clan souls.
• Lin Ya reported that the Spirit Firmament Palace was functioning normally, easing Lin Bei's concern that Ling Yuan's ownership had disrupted its rules.
• Elder Lin praised Ling Yuan's ability to wield the treasure and asked him to remain at the southwestern border to use it against the Outer Realm Evil Clan.

Ling Yuan negotiated with Lin Bei and Yu Lao over how he would use the Spirit Firmament Palace to fight the Outer Realm Evil Clan while remaining a Holy Son candidate of the Tailing Ancient Clan. After learning that his past kills could not earn Demon-Slaying Points, Ling Yuan was offered a Continent's Chosen slot as compensation.

• Yu Lao and Lin Bei argued over whether Ling Yuan should remain with the Great Thousand Palace or return to the Tailing Ancient Clan, and Ling Yuan proposed traveling while remotely activating the Spirit Firmament Palace.
• Zi Yan asked whether Ling Yuan would receive rewards for the spiritual power he spent killing the Outer Realm Evil Clan, and Lin Bei explained the Demon-Slaying Token point system.
• Ling Yuan agreed to help fight the Outer Realm Evil Clan after Lin Bei guaranteed that all points from future kills would belong to him.
• Ling Yuan asked whether his previous massacres could earn points, but Lin Bei said kills made before registering for a Demon-Slaying Token did not count.
• Lin Bei offered Ling Yuan a slot in the upcoming Continent's Chosen competition as compensation for the lost points.

Ling Yuan secured a special Son of the Continent opportunity from Lin Bei in return for helping defend Lingxiao Continent with the Spirit Firmament Palace. He then went with Lin Bei to obtain a Demon-Slaying Token and worried that using the palace would expose his abilities.

• Ao Yin explained that a Son of the Continent could absorb a continent’s source power and strengthen their cultivation, and offered to seek a Dragon Clan baptism for Zi Yan.
• Lin Bei confirmed that Ling Yuan could receive an exclusive Son of the Continent slot without competing, and Ling Yuan accepted.
• Lin Bei said the source baptism would begin in two or three years and advised Ling Yuan to try to advance to Upper Earth Sovereign before then.
• Ling Yuan agreed to activate the Spirit Firmament Palace when he had time and pledged to kill more members of the Outer Realm Evil Clan.
• Ling Yuan asked Lin Bei to keep his control of the Spirit Firmament Palace secret, but Lin Bei warned that his Demon-Slaying score could draw attention.
• Ling Yuan asked whether he could register his Demon-Slaying Token under an alias or stay off the public ranking.

Ling Yuan registered for the Demon-Slaying Ranking and confirmed that the Spirit Firmament Palace could earn him points by killing Outer Realm Evil Clan experts. After the palace reopened and he settled in with Zi Yan, she admitted she had promised Ao Yin they would join the Dragon Clan, and Ling Yuan agreed to visit it soon.

• Ling Yuan voiced concern that public rankings might expose his control of the Spirit Firmament Palace to the Outer Realm Evil Clan, and Lin Bei gave him a protective jade slip.
• Lin Bei registered Ling Yuan and issued him a Demon-Slaying Token, which awarded him one hundred points after Ling Yuan used the palace to kill several dozen scouts, including two lower Earthly Sovereigns.
• Lin Bei reopened the Spirit Firmament Palace and explained that its earlier tremors had resulted from a malfunction, while visitors found many more Evil Souls inside than before.
• Lin Bei arranged a residence for Ling Yuan, Zi Yan, and their companions on the Lingxiao Continent.
• Zi Yan told Ling Yuan that she had summoned Ao Yin and promised the Dragon Clan they would join it, and Ling Yuan forgave her and agreed to visit the clan.

After Spirit Firmament Palace, Ling Yuan thanked Ao Yin and learned that Dragon Burial Valley’s ancient Void Demon Dragons shared abilities with Zi Yan, prompting them to travel there. They reached the valley and found its dragon-bone-strewn terrain filled with deadly restrictions.

• Ling Yuan thanked Ao Yin for coming to his aid, and Ao Yin said he was curious to see how far Ling Yuan would grow.
• Ao Yin explained that the Void Demon Dragons were ancient dragons skilled at traversing the void, ignoring restrictions, and sensing treasures; Ling Yuan realized their abilities matched Zi Yan’s.
• Ling Yuan decided to visit Dragon Burial Valley with Zi Yan and Ao Yin, bid Lin Bei farewell, and sent Yu Lao to report to Elder Yu.
• The three traveled by teleportation array to Molong Continent, where Ao Yin warned that many visitors were likely to die seeking the valley’s opportunities.
• Ling Yuan, Zi Yan, and Ao Yin entered Dragon Burial Valley and saw ancient dragon skeletons beneath countless restrictions, including several that threatened Ling Yuan.

Ling Yuan, Zi Yan, and Ao Yin entered a dangerous sealed space inside Dragon Burial Valley after Zi Yan sensed an important treasure there. They found Huang Xuanzhi and Huang Zhan at an empty stone seat, and Ling Yuan’s insult of the Phoenix Clan left both men ready to attack.

• Two second-rank Sovereign cultivators triggered a hidden restriction and were killed by spatial blades, stopping others from advancing recklessly.
• Zi Yan sensed something important for her inside the restricted space around the enormous dragon skeleton, so Ling Yuan agreed to enter with her and Ao Yin.
• The three entered a sealed corridor covered in ancient dragon patterns, and Ao Yin explained that he had previously escaped only after struggling to tear open the space.
• Ling Yuan sensed two Heavenly Sovereigns ahead, and the group reached a chamber with an empty dragon-patterned stone seat and Huang Xuanzhi and Huang Zhan standing before it.
• Ao Yin challenged the Phoenix Clan’s presence, and Ling Yuan called them mangy birds, provoking Huang Zhan and Huang Xuanzhi into unleashing their killing intent.

Ling Yuan and Ao Yin fought Huang Xuanzhi and Huang Zhan over the dragon egg’s blood essence, which Ling Yuan claimed after destroying the giant dragon’s lingering soul. With Ao Yin occupied by Huang Xuanzhi, Ling Yuan faced Heavenly Sovereign Huang Zhan and used the Little Spirit Palace to attack his soul.

• Huang Xuanzhi and Huang Zhan tried to seize the dragon egg’s blood essence, but the giant dragon’s lingering soul struck Huang Xuanzhi before Ling Yuan and Ao Yin attacked it together and shattered it.
• The dragon egg broke, releasing its blood essence, and Ling Yuan grabbed it and stored it in his spatial ring ahead of Huang Xuanzhi and Huang Zhan.
• Huang Xuanzhi attacked Ling Yuan, but Ao Yin intercepted him and fought him to a standstill while Huang Zhan charged at Ling Yuan.
• Ling Yuan summoned and activated the Little Spirit Palace, whose devouring force seized Huang Zhan’s soul and threatened to pull it into the palace.

Ling Yuan used the Little Spirit Palace to restrain Huang Zhan while Zi Yan and Ao Yin kept the Phoenix Clan experts occupied. The demon dragon essence blood entered Zi Yan, and the Void Demon Dragon remnants began passing their inheritance to her as Ling Yuan summoned Lin Bei for help.

• Ling Yuan poured his soul power into the Little Spirit Palace, forcing Huang Zhan to defend against its soul-devouring pull while Zi Yan harassed him.
• Huang Xuanzhi used the Third-Revolution Phoenix Body Feathers to escape Ao Yin and rush toward the demon dragon essence blood.
• The essence blood dodged Huang Xuanzhi and merged into Zi Yan's Dragon-Phoenix body, triggering a violent change throughout Dragon Burial Valley.
• Countless dragon skeletons rose and formed a restriction around Zi Yan, preventing Ling Yuan and Ao Yin from reaching her.
• Ling Yuan crushed the jade slip to summon Lin Bei while the Void Demon Dragon remains gathered their source bone marrow and essence blood around Zi Yan.
• Ao Yin recognized that Zi Yan was accepting the Void Demon Dragon inheritance.

Zi Yan received the Void Demon Dragon’s inheritance, trapped Huang Xuanzhi and Huang Zhan, and helped Ling Yuan kill Huang Zhan before losing consciousness from the immense energy within her. Lin Bei arrived and helped Ling Yuan and Ao Yin seal the energy, then urged Ling Yuan to hide in the Spirit Firmament Palace while Ao Yin offered to take Zi Yan to the Dragon Clan for recovery.

• Huang Xuanzhi and Huang Zhan attacked Zi Yan’s restriction, failed to break it, and tried to retreat when Ling Yuan called for reinforcements.
• Zi Yan awoke, turned the restriction into a trap, and confined Huang Zhan while Huang Xuanzhi escaped Dragon Burial Valley.
• Ling Yuan and Ao Yin killed Huang Zhan, and Ling Yuan stored his soul and body.
• Zi Yan collapsed after telling Ling Yuan they had won, and Ling Yuan and Ao Yin struggled to suppress the vast inheritance energy inside her.
• Lin Bei arrived and helped seal Zi Yan’s energy, then warned Ling Yuan that the Phoenix Clan would seek revenge and offered him shelter in the Spirit Firmament Palace.
• Ao Yin offered to take Zi Yan to the Dragon Clan so its Dragon Transformation Blood Pool could help her absorb the energy safely.

Ling Yuan brought the unconscious Zi Yan to the Dragon Clan, where she recovered in the Dragon Transformation Blood Pool while absorbing the Void Demon Dragon's inheritance. After a year, Ling Yuan had reached the peak of the upper Earthly Sovereign level and Zi Yan the peak of the lower Earthly Sovereign level, as the Phoenix Clan demanded that the Dragon Clan hand them over.

• Ling Yuan chose to accompany Ao Yin and take Zi Yan to the Dragon Clan so it could help her control the energy within her.
• Ao Guang met them near the Dragon Clan's territory, learned that Zi Yan had inherited the Void Demon Dragon's legacy, and escorted them safely back.
• The Dragon Clan's patriarch inspected Zi Yan, and the clan placed her in the Dragon Transformation Blood Pool to recover and absorb the inheritance.
• Ling Yuan stayed with the Dragon Clan, remotely used Spirit Firmament Palace to kill invading Outer Realm Evil Clan members, and rose into the top ten of the Demon-Slaying Ranking.
• Over the following year, Ling Yuan reached the peak of the upper Earthly Sovereign level while Zi Yan advanced to the peak of the lower Earthly Sovereign level.
• The Phoenix Clan learned that Ling Yuan and Zi Yan were at the Dragon Clan and demanded that it hand them over to avenge Huang Zhan.

After the Phoenix Clan paid a heavy ransom to retrieve Huang Zhan, Ling Yuan learned that his repeated use of Spirit Firmament Palace had provoked a massive Outer Realm Evil Clan invasion of Lingxiao Continent. He left the Dragon Clan to return and aid Lin Bei as twenty-five Heavenly Sovereigns gathered to defend the border.

• The Dragon Clan refused to hand Ling Yuan and Zi Yan over to the Phoenix Clan, but accepted a costly ransom to return Huang Zhan.
• Ling Yuan learned that the Outer Realm Evil Clan had sent more than twenty Demon Emperors toward Lingxiao Continent after Spirit Firmament Palace killed large numbers of its members.
• Ling Yuan decided to leave the Dragon Clan and return to Lingxiao Continent, asking Ao Yin to look after Zi Yan.
• After traveling for a month, Ling Yuan arrived at Lingxiao Continent while Lin Bei was addressing twenty-five Heavenly Sovereigns gathered to defend the border.
• Lin Bei sensed a familiar aura descending as he spoke to the assembled experts.

Ling Yuan returned to the Spirit Firmament Palace to join the looming war against the Outer Realm Evil Clan, while Lin Bei explained the enemy’s strength and the Great Thousand World’s preparations. As more than thirty Demon Emperors planned an assault on the palace, Ling Yuan linked the Little Spirit Palace to it and strengthened its power, disrupting their forces before their invasion began.

• Lin Bei told Ling Yuan that nearly thirty Demon Emperors had gathered and that the Great Thousand World intended to strike back, while warning that the enemy sought to breach the defenses and destroy the Spirit Firmament Palace.
• Ling Yuan decided to stay behind the front lines and use the Spirit Firmament Palace to attack the ordinary Evil Clan forces.
• Ling Yuan connected the Little Spirit Palace to the main palace, increasing their combined power.
• More than thirty Demon Emperors from three clans gathered to plan an attack focused on destroying the Spirit Firmament Palace, since their clans were being steadily depleted and no major clan would help them.
• A clan chief sent four low-ranking Demon Emperors to stabilize the front line, but one returned reporting that the palace’s soul-devouring power had overwhelmed them and killed many soldiers.

The Outer Realm Evil Clan launched a full-scale invasion of Lingxiao Continent, aiming to destroy Spirit Firmament Palace, but Qin Tian emerged from the palace and turned the battle against them. The invaders’ retreat collapsed as Qin Tian and the Great Thousand World forces attacked while Spirit Firmament Palace devoured their souls.

• More than thirty Devil Emperors broke Lingxiao Continent’s border formation and led the Outer Realm Evil Clan’s army toward Spirit Firmament Palace.
• Lin Bei led the Heavenly Sovereigns in a deliberate retreat, drawing the invaders beneath Spirit Firmament Palace.
• The clan chiefs combined their power to strike the palace, but an invisible barrier stopped their demonic blade and Qin Tian appeared.
• The clan chiefs recognized Qin Tian and ordered their army to retreat, while Qin Tian attacked them and the four Black Devil Emperors protecting them.
• Lin Bei ordered the Great Thousand World forces to counterattack as Spirit Firmament Palace unleashed its suction across the battlefield, killing and devouring the souls of countless invaders.

Ling Yuan’s Spirit Firmament Palace helped the Great Thousand World win a decisive battle, while Qin Tian and the other experts finished off most of the invading Demon Emperors. Afterward, Qin Tian met Ling Yuan in the palace and asked whether he would guard the southern border once he reached the Heavenly Sovereign level.

• The three clan chiefs sacrificed fallen clansmen and wounded Nether Demon Emperors to create a Saint-level demonic creature, then fled while it held off the Great Thousand World’s experts.
• Qin Tian, Lin Bei, and their allies destroyed the creature and killed seventeen more Demon Emperors, including two clan chiefs, before Qin Tian called off pursuit into the Outer Realm.
• The battle ended with twenty-seven of the more than thirty invading Demon Emperors dead and all enemy cultivators below the Heavenly Sovereign level annihilated.
• Ling Yuan recovered inside Spirit Firmament Palace, reflecting that he wanted to keep his ability to control it secret until he was strong enough to protect himself.
• Qin Tian visited Ling Yuan and questioned him about possible infiltrators from the Outer Realm, but Ling Yuan withheld what he knew.
• Qin Tian asked whether Ling Yuan would remain on Lingxiao Continent and guard the southern border after reaching the Heavenly Sovereign level.

Ling Yuan accepted Qin Tian’s support and went into seclusion after his sudden rise to second place on the Demon-Slaying Ranking drew widespread attention. Meanwhile, the Lingxiao Continent held its competition for Continent’s Son and selected its candidates.

• Ling Yuan pledged to fight the Outer Realm Evil Clan, and Qin Tian gave him Soul-Nourishing Pills and a jade slip that could summon a Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereign.
• Qin Tian left to investigate the suspicious death of the Futu Ancient Clan’s patriarch on the Saint Abyss Continent.
• News of the southwestern border victory spread, and Ling Yuan’s more than twenty thousand Demon-Slaying Points placed him second on the Demon-Slaying Ranking.
• Factions investigated Ling Yuan’s identity but found that he had not appeared on the list of participants in the Lingxiao Continent battle.
• Ling Yuan avoided public attention and cultivated in the Spirit Firmament Palace with thirteen avatars, planning to use them to challenge the Firmament List.
• Lin Bei began recruiting guards for the Lingxiao Continent through the Continent’s Son competition, and the candidates were selected after fierce contests.

After two and a half months in seclusion, Ling Yuan emerged to join the other seven Continent's Sons for their upcoming baptism. When Lin Shan challenged his right to a spot, Ling Yuan offered to fight him and give it up if he lost.

• Lin Bei told Ling Yuan that attention from outside factions had eased and brought him out of the Spirit Firmament Palace for the Continent's Sons' baptism.
• Ling Yuan arrived at Spirit Firmament Hall with Lin Bei, where the other seven Continent's Sons scrutinized him as the newcomer who had received a spot without competing.
• Lin Shan interrupted Lin Bei and questioned why Ling Yuan had been given a spot directly, while Lin Ya rebuked his son and explained Ling Yuan's ability to reach the fifth floor as a Lower Earthly Sovereign.
• Ling Yuan told Lin Shan they could fight and promised to surrender his spot if he could not defeat him.
• Lin Bei and Lin Ya let the match proceed, and Lin Ya privately encouraged Ling Yuan to hit Lin Shan hard.

Ling Yuan proved his strength in a spar with Lin Shan, then entered the Continent's Sons baptism and initially claimed the largest share of Continent's Power. When four Perfected Earthly Sovereigns joined forces to take his share, Ling Yuan released his thirteen clones and began reclaiming it.

• Ling Yuan effortlessly suppressed Lin Shan in a spar, convincing the others that none of them could challenge him.
• Lin Bei led Ling Yuan and the seven Continent's Sons through a spatial passage to the baptism grounds and explained that they would divide the Continent's Power without fighting.
• The eight Continent's Sons absorbed the Baptismal Power, and Ling Yuan initially secured nearly twenty percent, the largest share.
• Four Perfected Earthly Sovereigns joined forces to seize Ling Yuan's Baptismal Power, taking nearly ten percent from him.
• Ling Yuan released all thirteen of his clones, which helped him reclaim five percent and raise his share to fifteen percent.

Lin Shan allied with Ling Yuan during the struggle for Baptismal Power, helping him overwhelm the four rivals and claim most of their share. After Ling Yuan and Lin Shan divided their gains, the baptism began and Ling Yuan started absorbing the power.

• Lin Shan joined Ling Yuan against the four contestants, explaining that his father had told him to work with Ling Yuan, and agreed to take forty percent of their combined spoils.
• Ling Yuan and Lin Shan overwhelmed the four contestants and steadily seized their Baptismal Power as the two neutral contestants kept their own shares.
• The four contestants begged Ling Yuan to stop, but he continued until the struggle ended, leaving them with only two and a half percent each.
• Ling Yuan gave Lin Shan thirty percent of the Baptismal Power and kept forty percent for himself.
• The Baptismal Power enveloped the contestants and began baptizing them, and Ling Yuan felt his body and spiritual power grow stronger as he absorbed it.

Ling Yuan absorbed his share of the Baptismal Power and Heavenly Sovereign Soul Cores, greatly strengthening his body, spiritual energy, and soul. He finished at the level of touching upon the Heavenly Sovereign realm, though he had not truly broken through.

• Ling Yuan recalled his clones and spent three months tempering himself, advancing from Peak Upper Earthly Sovereign to Perfected Earthly Sovereign.
• Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor redeployed his forces after the Outer Realm Evil Clan suffered losses, ordering three Heavenly Demon Emperors to guard the border and avoid invading Lingxiao Continent.
• Over two years inside the baptismal starry expanse, Ling Yuan alone continued absorbing his unusually large share of Baptismal Power while the other seven Continent's Sons completed their baptisms.
• After Ling Yuan absorbed the final Baptismal Power, Little Spirit Palace and the Soul Spirit Bead extracted the origin power from more than twenty Heavenly Sovereign-level Soul Cores and poured it into him.
• Ling Yuan unleashed a powerful soul wave, then reined in his aura and recognized that he had reached the level of touching upon the Heavenly Sovereign realm without completing the breakthrough.