Chapter Summaries

Ling Yuan emerged from seclusion as an Immortal Grade Heavenly Sovereign and led the Southern Border in a counterattack against the Outer Realm Evil Clan. After routing the enemy army and driving Soul Demon Ancestor to flee, Ling Yuan turned to help Elder Tan defeat the remaining Demon Emperors.

• Elder Tan urged the Southern Border forces to endure the Outer Realm Evil Clan's bombardment until Ling Yuan emerged from seclusion.
• Ling Yuan appeared at the defensive line, confirmed he had reached the Immortal Grade, and thanked Elder Tan for holding the border.
• Ling Yuan unleashed a vast divine-soul attack that killed or wounded thousands of Evil Clan members and shattered their formation and morale.
• The Southern Border experts followed Ling Yuan through the World Membrane and launched a counterattack against the Evil Clan army.
• Ling Yuan fought Soul Demon Ancestor, overwhelmed him with his divine soul, physical strength, and Little Spirit Palace, and forced him to flee.
• Ling Yuan went to help Elder Tan kill the remaining Demon Emperors.

Ling Yuan divided the Supreme Spirit Liquid with Qing Yanjing, then concealed the War Emperor’s fate from the Great Thousand Pavilion envoys. He took Qing Yanjing into the Little Spirit Palace and began torturing the imprisoned War Emperor, leaving him screaming in agony.

• Ling Yuan gave Qing Yanjing 1 billion drops of Supreme Spirit Liquid to compensate her for helping defeat the War Emperor.
• After recovering from his injuries, Ling Yuan told two Great Thousand Pavilion Heavenly Sovereigns that the War Emperor had escaped and that he did not mind losing the Supreme Spirit Liquid.
• Qing Yanjing laughed at Ling Yuan’s deception, then joined him in the Little Spirit Palace to confront the War Emperor.
• The War Emperor offered Ling Yuan the treasures in his War Hall and swore he would not seek revenge, but Ling Yuan refused to release him.
• Ling Yuan struck the War Emperor’s soul with controlled Nine Profound Golden Lightning, while Qing Yanjing watched him scream in pain.

Ling Yuan tortured and killed the War Emperor after the War Emperor coveted Qing Yanjing, then traveled with her to Tianluo Continent. He settled Qing Yanjing there and began searching for the Ancient Heavenly Palace.

• Ling Yuan stopped shocking the War Emperor, but resumed threatening him when he saw the War Emperor still harbored resentment.
• The War Emperor begged for mercy and offered Ling Yuan women from his War Hall; Qing Yanjing condemned him, and Ling Yuan decided to castrate him.
• Ling Yuan cut the War Emperor's body while the War Emperor's soul was restrained, then continued tormenting him until he died.
• After leaving the Little Spirit Palace, Ling Yuan told Qing Yanjing that the War Emperor had repented and committed suicide, but she called him a liar.
• Ling Yuan and Qing Yanjing traveled safely to Tianluo Continent, where Ling Yuan settled her before beginning his search for the Ancient Heavenly Palace.

Ling Yuan used the Little Spirit Palace’s aura to awaken the Ancient Heavenly Palace, then entered it with Qing Yanjing after breaking through its weakening seal. They arrived in the vast ancient realm and spotted the palace on a floating stone island.

• Ling Yuan activated the Little Spirit Palace, awakening the Heavenly Emperor’s remnant soul and the Nine Corpse Heavenly Demon Emperor in the mausoleum.
• The Ancient Heavenly Palace appeared in the far west of Tianluo Continent, and Ling Yuan and Qing Yanjing headed there.
• While the seal weakened, Qing Yanjing cultivated the Great Solar Undying Body to major completion as Ling Yuan explained his plan for her future inheritance.
• Ling Yuan tore open the seal and entered the Ancient Heavenly Palace with Qing Yanjing, causing most of the gathered Earthly Sovereigns to retreat.
• Qing Yanjing spotted the Ancient Heavenly Palace standing on a stone island floating high above them.

Ling Yuan and Qing Yanjing entered the Ancient Heavenly Palace, where Qing Yanjing cultivated the Immortal Golden Body before they went to the Heavenly Emperor’s Mausoleum. Ling Yuan exposed the Devouring Heaven Demon Emperor’s disguise and helped the Heavenly Emperor defeat it, then absorbed its final remnant life into the Little Spirit Palace.

• Ling Yuan smashed through the Ancient Heavenly Palace’s spirit array and found the altar used to cultivate the Immortal Golden Body.
• Qing Yanjing endured several days of golden magma and completed her Immortal Golden Body cultivation.
• Ling Yuan and Qing Yanjing reached the Heavenly Emperor’s Mausoleum and Ling Yuan revealed that the black head was the real Devouring Heaven Demon Emperor.
• The Heavenly Emperor escaped his mutual seal with the Demon Emperor and struck it with the Heavenly Emperor Sword, destroying its eighth life.
• Ling Yuan summoned the Little Spirit Palace and absorbed the Demon Emperor’s final remnant soul, gaining Demon-Slaying Points and nourishment for the palace.

Ling Yuan helped Qing Yanjing obtain the Ancient Heavenly Palace’s One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones inheritance, and she gained two avatars and the Heavenly Emperor Sword. After they drove every other cultivator out of the palace, Ling Yuan secluded the Heavenly River and began undressing, leaving Qing Yanjing startled by his intentions.

• After learning Ling Yuan was a Demon-Slaying King, the Heavenly Emperor agreed to pass on his inheritance to Qing Yanjing, who had cultivated the Immortal Golden Body.
• The Heavenly Emperor used spiritual empowerment to teach Qing Yanjing One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones, and she formed two identical physical avatars.
• The Heavenly Emperor gave Qing Yanjing the Heavenly Emperor Sword and advised her to nurture her avatars in the Heavenly River before his phantom vanished.
• Qing Yanjing used her authority over the Ancient Heavenly Palace to teleport every other cultivator outside and seal the entrance.
• Ling Yuan brought Qing Yanjing and her avatars to the Heavenly River, raised a spiritual soul barrier, and removed his clothes, startling her.

Ling Yuan left the Ancient Heavenly Palace with Qing Yanjing and traveled to Lingxiao Continent after Lin Bei summoned him. There, he learned that Qin Tian had urgently requested a meeting, and Qin Tian began to explain the important matter.

• Ling Yuan and the three Qing Yanjings frolicked in the Heavenly River, then Ling Yuan and Qing Yanjing left with the Heavenly Emperor Sword and One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones.
• Ling Yuan considered where Qing Yanjing could receive a baptism of Continent's Power, ruled out Futu and Tianluo Continents, and set aside the search after Lin Bei summoned him.
• Ling Yuan and Qing Yanjing arrived at Lingxiao Continent, where Lin Bei and Lin Ya greeted them and Lin Shan first joked that the Futu Ancient Clan was searching for Ling Yuan.
• Lin Ya explained that Qin Tian, chief elder of the Great Thousand Palace, urgently wanted to discuss an important matter with Ling Yuan.
• Lin Bei took Ling Yuan to meet Qin Tian, who greeted him warmly and prompted Ling Yuan to ask why he had been summoned.

Qin Tian persuaded Ling Yuan to take charge of the Southern Border, explaining that the Soul Demon Clan threatened its defenses and that the Great Thousand Palace would support him. Ling Yuan accepted, arrived with Qing Yanjing, and established Spirit Domain as the region’s new lord.

• Qin Tian explained that the Southern Border had been left vulnerable after the Guardian Spirit Clan was wiped out and that Ling Yuan’s soul arts made him suited to guard against the Soul Demon Clan.
• Qin Tian promised Ling Yuan support from four Immortal Grade Heavenly Sovereigns, resources, and access to Continent’s Power for Qing Yanjing’s baptism.
• Ling Yuan agreed to take the post, and Qin Tian personally escorted him and Qing Yanjing to the Southern Border.
• Qin Tian introduced Ling Yuan to the four Immortal Grade Heavenly Sovereigns and briefed him on the region’s defenses and enemy activity.
• Ling Yuan took over the Southern Border, moved into its central hall, and named the region Spirit Domain.

Ling Yuan established his authority as the Southern Border Continent's lord, defended Qing Yanjing's choice to stay, and arranged for her to receive the Continent's Power baptism. He then opened a permanent passage to the Douqi Continent, reunited with his family, and brought Cao Ying, Medusa, Ling Long, and Ling Yao to the Great Thousand World.

• Ling Yuan defeated mid- and late-stage Spiritual Grade Heavenly Sovereigns, earning the Southern Border cultivators' recognition.
• Elder Xuanhua asked Ling Yuan to send Qing Yanjing back to the Futu Ancient Clan, but she chose to stay and Ling Yuan arranged for her to receive the Southern Border's Continent's Power baptism.
• Ling Yuan opened a passage to the Douqi Continent, alarming Ling Mie and the other Dou Di until he revealed himself.
• Ling Yuan told his family that he had reached Heavenly Sovereign, then invited Cao Ying, Medusa, Ling Long, and Ling Yao to visit the Great Thousand World.
• Ling Mie stayed behind to watch over the children and await Ling Yuan's mother, while Ling Yuan reunited with Cao Ying, Medusa, Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Yao Ling.

After bringing Cao Ying, Medusa, Ling Long, and Ling Yao to the Great Thousand World, Ling Yuan settled them in the Southern Border and showed his children the border. Ling Long and Ling Yao sensed something hidden on an old battlefield, and Ling Yuan uncovered a sealed space containing a blood-red incorporeal beast surrounded by fragments of divine souls.

• Ling Yuan distributed compatible cultivation resources to his family, then left the Douqi Continent for the Great Thousand World with Cao Ying, Medusa, Ling Long, and Ling Yao.
• Cao Ying and the others learned of Ling Yuan’s status as a peak Heavenly Sovereign, Demon-Slaying King, and Lord of the Southern Border after moving into his main hall.
• Ling Yuan explained the Great Thousand World to Ling Long and Ling Yao, then took them to patrol the border and warned them about the Outer Realm Evil Clan.
• Ling Long and Ling Yao sensed something hidden on a ruined battlefield, so Ling Yuan placed them in the Little Spirit Palace and searched the area himself.
• Ling Yuan discovered and shattered a concealed Outer Realm Evil Clan restriction, revealing a blood-red incorporeal beast amid fragments of human and evil-clan divine souls.

Ling Yuan discovered and defeated an Immortal Grade Devouring Void Beast that had been feeding on the fallen from the Southern Border battle. After taking its Spirit Core, he and the two Great Thousand Palace elders found the Outer Realm Evil Clan massed near the border, apparently focused on the beast he had killed.

• Ling Yuan identified the hidden creature as a Devouring Void Beast that had grown to the Immortal Grade by consuming the battlefield’s scattered Soul Origin.
• The Devouring Void Beast attacked Ling Yuan, who suspected the Soul Demon Clan had raised it and fought back to claim its Spirit Core.
• Ling Yuan found the beast’s unstable combat power weak and subdued it with a combination of the Tailing Heaven-Piercing Light, the Soul Spirit Bead, and the Little Spirit Palace.
• Two Immortal Grade Heavenly Sovereigns from the Great Thousand Palace arrived and watched as Ling Yuan extracted the beast’s Spirit Core.
• After the group left the hidden space, they saw the Outer Realm Evil Clan gathered densely beyond the border, and Ling Yuan suspected they had come for the Devouring Void Beast.

Ling Yuan held off Soul Demon Emperor and the Outer Realm Evil Clan after taking the Devouring Void Beast, ruining Soul Demon Emperor’s century-long plan to reach Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereign. The enemy withdrew, while Ling Yuan began seeking a way to refine the beast’s Spirit Core into a divine pill.

• Ling Yuan revealed that he had killed the Devouring Void Beast, and Soul Demon Emperor demanded its Spirit Core while threatening the Southern Border.
• Ling Yuan defied Soul Demon Emperor, and the two sides maintained a standoff until two more Immortal Grade Heavenly Sovereigns arrived; the Outer Realm Evil Clan then retreated.
• Soul Demon Emperor returned to the Outer Realm Demon Hall and raged over the loss of the beast he had spent a century raising for his breakthrough.
• A subordinate identified Ling Yuan and reported his past victories, causing Soul Demon Emperor to renew his hatred of him.
• Ling Yuan set about refining the Spirit Core into a Devouring Void Divine Pill and considered the Pill God Clan, since no local Alchemist could handle the material.

Ling Yuan received the Supreme-Grade Devouring Void Divine Pill and entered seclusion, where its power raised him to the Mid-Stage Spiritual Grade Heavenly Sovereign level. While he remained secluded, Ao Yin visited the Southern Border and reassured Ling Long and Ling Yao about their mother and grandfather before Zhu Kun arrived with Zi Yan.

• Ling Yuan paid the Pill God Clan seven hundred million Supreme Spirit Liquid to refine the Spirit Core into a Devouring Void Divine Pill and provide its supplementary ingredients.
• The Pill God Clan delivered the pill in less than two and a half months, and Ling Yuan entered seclusion after entrusting the Southern Border's affairs to four Great Thousand Palace elders.
• After three months of refining the pill, Ling Yuan reached the Mid-Stage Spiritual Grade Heavenly Sovereign level, while the four elders kept the Spirit Domain stable.
• Ao Yin visited the Spirit Domain and met Ling Yao and Ling Long, who cautiously declined his gifts and asked about Zi Yan and Zhu Kun.
• Ao Yin said Zi Yan was cultivating in the Dragon Transformation Blood Pool and Zhu Kun had reached the Seventh Grade Sovereign realm; Zhu Kun soon arrived with Zi Yan, and the siblings rushed to greet their mother.

Ling Yuan emerged from a year of seclusion after refining the Devouring Void Divine Pill, reaching the Late Spirit Grade and greatly strengthening his divine soul. He reunited with Zi Yan and learned that the Dragon Clan wanted her to become its successor, leaving her waiting for his advice.

• Zi Yan arrived in the Southern Border with Zhu Kun and learned from her children that Ling Yuan had entered seclusion to refine a Devouring Void Divine Pill.
• Ling Yuan refined the pill's medicinal power, advanced to the Late Spirit Grade, increased his divine soul severalfold, and condensed three new clones for a total of twenty-two.
• Ling Yuan realized his clones had spent all his Supreme Spirit Liquid and planned to collect more taxes after leaving seclusion.
• Ling Yuan emerged and reunited with Zi Yan, Qing Yanjing, and the others, then told Ao Yin he had reached the Late Spirit Grade.
• Zi Yan told Ling Yuan that the Dragon Clan's leader intended to train her as the clan's successor and asked whether she should agree.

Ling Yuan expanded the Spirit Domain by defeating ten neighboring continental rulers, securing new territory, followers, and tax revenue. He then invaded the Soul Demon Clan to hone his strength, killed several Demon Emperors, and returned to the Great Thousand World after a Half-Step Saint Grade pursuer forced him to retreat.

• Ling Yuan encouraged Zi Yan to accept the Dragon Clan heir position and planned to train her for the competition in three years.
• Ling Yuan collected taxes from the Southern Border and defeated the rulers of ten neighboring continents, doubling his territory's annual tax revenue.
• Two Spiritual Grade Heavenly Sovereigns and other experts joined the Spirit Domain, which Ling Yuan agreed to support with its new income.
• Ling Yuan entered the Soul Demon Clan's territory, killed two Demon Emperors in an ambush, then killed six more while fighting ten Demon Emperors.
• Ling Yuan slaughtered Soul Demon Clan forces for a month before retreating from a Half-Step Saint Grade Demon Emperor and escaping back through the world barrier.

After ending his month-long battle in the Outer Realm, Ling Yuan broke through to Immortal Grade and discovered that the Evil Clan was harassing the Southern Border while he was in seclusion. The border defenders resisted calls to charge out, unaware that Ling Yuan had already emerged.

• The Soul Demon Ancestor threatened Ling Yuan but refused to cross the boundary because Great Thousand World reinforcements guarded it, and Ling Yuan mocked him as the battle ended.
• Zi Yan and the Southern Border experts welcomed Ling Yuan back, and he decided to break through after pushing his cultivation and combat experience to their limits.
• Ling Yuan gathered energy from his clones and broke through to Immortal Grade in seclusion.
• Ling Yuan emerged and sensed that more than twenty Demon Emperors, led by the Quasi-Heavenly Demon Emperor and Soul Demon Emperor, were harassing the Southern Border's world barrier.
• As Southern Border experts debated charging into the Outer Realm, Elder Tan and another Heavenly Sovereign urged them to stay put and avoid the enemy's provocation while Ling Yuan was in seclusion.

Ling Yuan emerged from seclusion having reached the Immortal Grade and led the Southern Border in a counterattack against the Outer Realm Evil Clan. After inflicting heavy losses and defeating the Soul Demon Ancestor, he turned to help Elder Tan finish off the remaining Demon Emperors.

• Elder Tan urged the Southern Border forces to endure the Soul Demon Ancestor's harassment until Ling Yuan emerged from seclusion.
• Ling Yuan appeared after breaking through to the Immortal Grade, crossed the World Membrane, and devastated the Outer Realm camp with a divine-soul attack that killed or wounded thousands.
• The Southern Border forces followed Ling Yuan into the Outer Realm and launched a counterattack while Ling Yuan confronted the Soul Demon Ancestor.
• Ling Yuan suppressed the Soul Demon Ancestor with his strength and the Little Spirit Palace, badly injured his divine soul, and forced him to flee.
• Ling Yuan went to help Elder Tan fight the remaining Demon Emperors and continued killing them.

Ling Yuan led the Southern Border to defeat the Soul Demon Clan, slaying ten Demon Emperors and reclaiming polluted Outer Realm territory. After ordering the land purified, his defiant words reached Great Thousand Palace headquarters, where Qin Tian praised them.

• The Soul Demon Ancestor and the remaining Demon Emperors fled, but Ling Yuan pursued and killed ten of them before clearing the battlefield with the Southern Border experts.
• The Southern Border cultivators celebrated their overwhelming victory and recognized Ling Yuan as their leader after his decisive successes.
• Elder Tan asked how to handle the battlefield, and Ling Yuan ordered the strongholds destroyed and the reclaimed land purified rather than abandoned.
• Ling Yuan declared, "They may go there, so may I," and rallied his forces to reverse the Great Thousand World's defensive posture.
• News of the victory and Ling Yuan's words reached Great Thousand Palace, where Qin Tian rose and praised his resolve.

After Ling Yuan’s victory and expansion into the Outer Realm, the Great Thousand Palace formally backed him, while his fame drew powerful experts to the Spirit Domain. The Futu Ancient Clan’s Futu Xuan postponed confronting Ling Yuan as his growing strength and influence made him increasingly difficult to challenge.

• Qin Tian secured the Great Thousand Palace’s support for Ling Yuan, and the Palace approved pushing the World Membrane outward to incorporate the reclaimed land.
• Ling Yuan’s victory and expansion spread across the Great Thousand World, making him famous and establishing a precedent for reclaiming territory.
• Futu Xuan halted plans to settle the score with Ling Yuan because the Great Thousand Palace and cultivators supported him, and his strength exceeded what the Futu Ancient Clan could control.
• Three Southern Border Heavenly Sovereigns and two unaffiliated Heavenly Sovereigns joined the Spirit Domain, bringing its total to eight Heavenly Sovereigns besides Zi Yan.
• Ling Yuan requested financial support from Qin Tian, and the Great Thousand Palace awarded the Southern Border five billion Supreme Spirit Liquid.

Ling Yuan welcomed Jiang Ya, a Mid-Immortal Grade Heavenly Sovereign who sought refuge in the Spirit Domain, but recognized the name as belonging to the chief of the Outer Realm Evil Clan's Evil Spirit Clan. Suspecting Jiang Ya had infiltrated the domain, Ling Yuan hurried to confront him.

• Ling Yuan received a report that Jiang Ya, a Mid-Immortal Grade Heavenly Sovereign from the Outer Realm, wanted to join the Spirit Domain.
• Ling Yuan met Jiang Ya, heard his flattering account of seeking a worthy lord, and accepted him as the Spirit Domain's second strongest expert.
• After resting with Qing Yanjing, Ling Yuan mentioned Jiang Ya's name and realized he was the Evil Spirit Clan's chief from the original story.
• Ling Yuan suspected Jiang Ya might be an assassin or spy and decided he could not be allowed to remain in the Spirit Domain.
• Ling Yuan dressed and rushed to the courtyard where Jiang Ya was staying.