Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yu used his Heavenly Sovereign strength to make the Northern Frontier’s top factions submit to Chaos Palace, then allowed Great Luo Heavenly Domain to remain independent. As Xiao Yan prepared to leave Tianluo Continent to seek Sacred Fires, Nine Nether received word that her father had found the person she was searching for.

• Xiao Yu announced that the Divine Pavilion would be removed from the Northern Frontier and revealed his Heavenly Sovereign strength, forcing the gathered faction leaders to listen to his demand for submission.
• Liu Tiandao, the Netherworld Heavenly Venerate, Heavenly Snake Old Ghost, and the Demon Gate Demon Emperor all pledged their factions to Chaos Palace, and Xiao Yu let them divide most of the Divine Pavilion’s hidden treasury.
• Mandala urged Great Luo Heavenly Domain to submit, but Xiao Yu promised he would not force her or attack her faction.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Yu that devouring the Primordial Yin Fire had raised his cultivation to Ninth Grade Sovereign and said he planned to leave Tianluo Continent to seek more Sacred Fires.
• A Jiu You Nether Sparrow delivered Nine Nether a letter from her father saying he had news about the person she had asked him to find.

After learning that the Jiu You Clan had found one of the people from his scroll, Xiao Yu traveled with Nine Nether to the clan’s ancestral land. He revealed that he was a Heavenly Sovereign to Nine Nether’s father, Tian Huang, and explained that he was searching for companions separated from him on the way to the Great Thousand World.

• Nine Nether told Xiao Yu that her father had found one person from the scroll and arranged for the clan to bring them back.
• Xiao Yu asked Mandala to manage Chaos Palace and gave her a scroll of relatives to search for while he traveled with Nine Nether.
• Xiao Yu and Nine Nether reached the Jiu You Realm, where Nine Nether introduced him to her father, Tian Huang, and the clan elders.
• When the elders questioned Nine Nether’s choice of master, Xiao Yu released his aura and revealed his Heavenly Sovereign strength.
• Xiao Yu told Tian Huang that he had come from a lower plane and was searching for people separated from him by spatial turbulence.

Xiao Yu learned that Xiao Xuan and Qing Lin were wanted by the Heavenly Horned Poison Python Clan and decided to search for them on Heavenly Horned Continent. He left Nine Nether with Tian Huang before heading toward the clan’s territory.

• Tian Huang showed Xiao Yu a wanted notice identifying Xiao Xuan and Qing Lin as fugitives accused of killing clan members and controlling elders.
• Tian Huang explained that the Heavenly Horned Poison Python Clan was backed by the powerful Mahā Ancient Clan.
• Xiao Yu declared that he would resolve the conflict involving his ancestor and Qing Lin, regardless of the Mahā Ancient Clan’s involvement.
• Xiao Yu concluded that Xiao Xuan and Qing Lin were likely still on Heavenly Horned Continent and decided to search for them there.
• Tian Huang warned Xiao Yu that the clan could detect their own kind’s aura, and Xiao Yu told Nine Nether to stay behind.

Nine Nether demonstrated the powerful movement technique Xiao Yu had taught her and refused to pass it on to the Nine Nether Clan, honoring her oath. Meanwhile, Xiao Yu learned that Qing Lin and Xiao Xuan were being hunted in the Senluo Mountain Range and headed there as Jin Nan prepared to capture Qing Lin.

• Tian Huang questioned Nine Nether about Xiao Yu's rise and warned that his ambition to control Tianluo Continent would attract powerful enemies.
• Nine Nether vanished from Tian Huang's perception with a body technique taught by Xiao Yu, then refused to share it because she had sworn to keep it secret.
• In Heavenly Poison City, Xiao Yu learned that the Heavenly Horned Poison Python Clan had sent Grand State Preceptor Jin Nan to hunt two humans in the Senluo Mountain Range.
• Jin Nan ordered his subordinates to capture Qing Lin for her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and kill Xiao Xuan, who was protecting her.
• Inside a mountain cave, Qing Lin offered to draw the pursuers away so Xiao Xuan could escape, but he insisted on protecting her and urged her to hold on until Xiao Yu arrived.

Qing Lin and Xiao Xuan fled deeper into the Senluo Mountain Range while Jin Nan searched for them, but a black pillar released a terrifying Outer Domain Evil Clan presence. Xiao Yu arrived in time to shield Qing Lin and Xiao Xuan with Chaos Flame and began burning back the spreading Demonic Energy.

• Qing Lin persuaded Xiao Xuan to hide in the dangerous Senluo Mountain Range rather than flee into the Heavenly Horned Poison Python Clan's reach, while Jin Nan killed an elder and sent out Ghost Domain Specters to search for them.
• Qing Lin and Xiao Xuan reached an abyss, where Qing Lin sent two subdued elders down to investigate, and Xiao Yu entered the mountain range separately.
• A black pillar erupted from an altar beneath the abyss, prompting Jin Nan and Tian Du Xing to identify an Outer Domain Evil Clan invasion and summon reinforcements, including the Jiu You Realm army.
• Qing Lin and Xiao Xuan fled the spreading evil storm, but Xiao Yu appeared and blocked it with Chaos Flame before Qing Lin embraced him.
• Xiao Yu surrounded himself and the others with Chaos Flame, burning the Demonic Energy as a furious roar sounded from the black pillar.

Xiao Yu fought Crimson Nether Demon Emperor after the Demon Emperor emerged from the Demonic Pillar and corrupted the land around Senluo Mountain Range. Crimson Nether Demon Emperor self-destructed to kill Xiao Yu, who enclosed the resulting blast within a vast glazed barrier.

• Xiao Yu confronted Crimson Nether Demon Emperor as the Demon Emperor emerged from the Demonic Pillar, then attacked him with a sword aura.
• Crimson Nether Demon Emperor unleashed Demonic Energy that transformed the surrounding land into demonic soil and consumed the three elders, while Xiao Yu protected Qing Lin and Xiao Xuan and fought back with five elemental dragons.
• Xiao Yu concealed himself with a dark aura as his Chaos Flame cleansed Crimson Nether Demon Emperor's attacks, and the Heavenly Horned Poison Python Patriarch arrived with his army.
• Xiao Yu struck Crimson Nether Demon Emperor so severely that the Demon Emperor's armor was ruined and he suffered grievous injuries.
• Crimson Nether Demon Emperor self-destructed, and Xiao Yu raised a vast glazed barrier to contain the explosion.

Xiao Yu destroyed the Crimson Nether Demon Emperor and confronted the Heavenly Horned Poison Python Clan for hunting Qing Lin and Xiao Xuan. He secured a promise of compensation and returned with them to the Jiu You Continent, where Tian Huang explained why he trusted him.

• Xiao Yu burned away the Demon Emperor’s Demonic Energy after its demonic heart shattered, while the arriving Heavenly Horned Poison Python Clan found the Outer Domain Evil Clan already defeated.
• Tian Du Xing learned that Jin Nan had failed to capture Qing Lin and lost three Fifth Grade Supremes, then met Xiao Yu, Qing Lin, and Xiao Xuan.
• Tian Du Xing recognized Xiao Yu as the Heavenly Sovereign who had fought the Demon Emperor, and Xiao Yu demanded one hundred million drops of Supreme Spiritual Liquid as compensation for the clan’s pursuit of Qing Lin and Xiao Xuan.
• After Tian Du Xing invoked the Mahā Ancient Clan and offered only one million drops, Xiao Yu threatened the clan and gave him three days to deliver the full payment or seek help from the Mahā Ancient Clan.
• Tian Du Xing agreed to deliver the payment, and Xiao Yu took Qing Lin and Xiao Xuan back to the Jiu You Continent with Tian Huang following.
• Tian Huang told Xiao Yu he trusted him because Xiao Yu repaid grievances fairly and had traveled to the Jiu You Continent to find his relatives.

Xiao Yu secured the Nine Nether Clan’s agreement to affiliate with Chaos Palace for three hundred years in exchange for allowing them to cultivate the Ascension Body. He sent Xiao Xuan and Qing Lin to build influence and an intelligence network on Shang Continent, while news of his defeat of a Nether Demon Emperor drew the Mahā Ancient Clan’s attention and Mandala placed her hopes in his plan to unify Tianluo Continent.

• Xiao Yu told Tian Huang that the Nine Nether Clan could cultivate the Ascension Body if it affiliated with Chaos Palace for three hundred years, and Tian Huang agreed.
• Xiao Yu learned that Qing Lin and Xiao Xuan had arrived on Heavenly Horned Continent and told them that several of their companions, including Xun Er and Father, were still missing.
• Xiao Yu assigned Xiao Xuan and Qing Lin to help Cai Lin and Cai Die expand their influence on Shang Continent and establish an intelligence network, giving Xiao Xuan the Sky-Breaking Axe Body and Qing Lin the Immaculate Immortal Body of the Clear Vein.
• The Great Thousand World learned that a mysterious Heavenly Sovereign had slain a Nether Demon Emperor, and Mohetian ordered the Mahā Ancient Clan to investigate while monitoring developments on Tianluo Continent.
• Mandala watched the starry sky from Great Luo Mountain and resolved to keep the Ancient Heavenly Palace’s secrets while eliminating the traitor who had betrayed the Ancient Heavenly Palace.

On the Sacred Abyss Continent, Qin Tian learned of Xiao Yu’s strength and decided the Great Thousand Palace should recruit him as a guest elder. Meanwhile, Xiao Yu advanced to Spirit Grade Heavenly Sovereign Great Perfection and pressured Tian Du Xing to choose between following him and the Mahā Ancient Clan.

• Qin Tian reviewed Xiao Yu’s deeds, judged that he could defeat an early Immortal Grade Heavenly Sovereign, and decided to invite him to join the Great Thousand Palace as a guest elder.
• Xiao Yu broke through to Spirit Grade Heavenly Sovereign Great Perfection while cultivating on the Heavenly Horned Continent.
• Tian Du Xing brought Xiao Yu one hundred million drops of Supreme Spiritual Liquid, and Xiao Yu offered to help the declining Heavenly Horned Poison Python Clan.
• Tian Du Xing knelt and pledged the clan’s obedience, but Xiao Yu demanded that he clarify the clan’s allegiance and sever its affiliation with the Mahā Ancient Clan.
• Tian Du Xing left to decide what to do, while Xiao Yu resolved to tear open a gap through the Mahā Ancient Clan.

Xiao Yu explained why the Heavenly Horned Poison Python Clan might leave the Mahā Ancient Clan and promised that he could halt its bloodline’s decline. As the clan elders debated the offer, Maha Xu arrived to question Tian Du Xing about Xiao Yu and then set out for Jiu You Continent, where Xiao Yu was with Qing Lin.

• Xiao Yu told Tian Huang that the Heavenly Horned Poison Python Clan had reasons to seek independence from the Mahā Ancient Clan and would gain more from joining him.
• Tian Du Xing gathered his clan elders, who opposed breaking away from the Mahā Ancient Clan until he told them Xiao Yu had promised to stop their bloodline’s decline.
• Maha Xu arrived at Heavenly Horn Continent and ordered Tian Du Xing to tell him about the Heavenly Sovereign who had killed the Nether Demon Emperor.
• Tian Du Xing identified Xiao Yu as being on Jiu You Continent with the Nine Nether Clan, and Maha Xu ordered him to accompany him there.
• Xiao Yu finished stabilizing his cultivation, then embraced Qing Lin and carried her toward the bed.

Xiao Yu confronted Maha Xu over the Heavenly Horned Poison Python Clan's break from the Mahā Ancient Clan, then met Qin Tian, a powerful Great Thousand Palace elder who recruited him. Xiao Yu accepted an elder's token and asked Qin Tian for a favor, leaving the request unstated.

• Xiao Yu told Maha Xu that the Heavenly Horned Poison Python Clan would submit to him, prompting Maha Xu to threaten the clan and warn that the Mahā Ancient Clan would target Tianluo Continent.
• Xiao Yu gave Tian Du Xing half of the Demon Form Body cultivation method and urged him to strengthen his clan quickly; Tian Du Xing pledged the clan's loyalty and left to settle its affairs.
• Xiao Yu told Tian Huang they were leaving for Tianluo Continent, then found Qin Tian waiting in his courtyard.
• Qin Tian introduced himself as the chief Great Elder of the Great Thousand Palace and invited Xiao Yu to join; Xiao Yu accepted an elder's token but declined to commit to visiting the Ancient Sacred Abyss.
• Xiao Yu asked Qin Tian whether he could request a favor from the Great Thousand Palace, and Qin Tian clarified that Xiao Yu was not asking for help against the Mahā Ancient Clan.

Xiao Yu returned to the Northern Frontier and learned that the Purple Cloud Sect was gathering information there, so he set out with Mandala to bring the Northern Region under their control. At the Purple Cloud Sect, Xiao Yu overwhelmed True Lord Purple Cloud and the six elders with a single attack, revealing his Heavenly Sovereign power.

• Qin Tian agreed to distribute Xiao Yu's portraits through the Great Thousand Palace branches, and Xiao Yu returned to Tianluo Continent with Qing Lin, Xiao Xuan, and Nine Nether.
• Mandala told Xiao Yu that the Purple Cloud Sect, Thunder Sound Mountain, and Golden Sculpture Mansion were the Northern Region's dominant forces and that the Purple Cloud Sect had been investigating the Northern Frontier.
• Xiao Yu told Mandala that the Mahā Ancient Clan might attack and decided to unify the Northern Region, beginning with the Purple Cloud Sect.
• Mandala explained that True Lord Purple Cloud led the Purple Cloud Sect and that the sect was backed by the Purple Qi Spiritual Cave, whose leader was an Immortal Grade Heavenly Sovereign.
• Xiao Yu and Mandala confronted True Lord Purple Cloud at Purple Cloud Mountain, and Xiao Yu immobilized the sect leader and his six elders with a powerful Spiritual Energy attack.

Xiao Yu forced the Purple Cloud Sect, Thunder Sound Mountain, and Golden Sculpture Mansion to surrender territory and resources, expanding Chaos Palace’s control across the Northern Region. He then outlined his plan for a future Heavenly Court, leaving Mandala ready to strengthen the Great Luo Heavenly Domain and keep pace with him.

• Xiao Yu demanded five billion drops of Supreme Spiritual Liquid from True Lord Purple Cloud, killed the six elders when the sect refused to leave, and sent True Lord Purple Cloud away with a warning for the Purple Qi Spiritual Cave.
• Xiao Yu sent Mandala to summon Chaos Palace’s elders to claim the Purple Cloud Sect’s territory, then led her to Thunder Sound Mountain.
• Thunder Sound Venerable agreed to surrender five billion drops of Supreme Spiritual Liquid and withdraw Thunder Sound Mountain from the Northern Region.
• Golden Sculpture Mansion also handed over five billion drops of Supreme Spiritual Liquid and fled the Northern Region.
• Xiao Yu told Mandala that the Great Luo Heavenly Domain would remain independent within his plans for a unified Northern Region and a future Heavenly Court spanning several continents.
• Mandala agreed to work hard to keep pace with Xiao Yu, who planned to plant the Chaos Green Lotus in Great Luo Heaven’s Great Luo Golden Pool.

After unifying the Northern Region, Xiao Yu settled the Chaos Green Lotus in the Great Luo Golden Pool and learned that the other Ancient Clans were moving to contest Tianluo Continent. He traveled to Shang Continent with Xiao Xuan and Qing Lin, unaware that Martial Ancestor Lin Dong had arrived there too, as Cai Lin reunited with them at the Great Shang Auction House.

• Xiao Yu and Mandala placed the Chaos Green Lotus in the Great Luo Golden Pool, where it spread a strengthening chaotic aura across the Northern Frontier, and Xiao Yu declared the area forbidden and the lotus Chaos Palace's sacred relic.
• Mohetian and Maha You discussed the Heavenly Sovereign in the Northern Region and planned to ally with the other Ancient Clans to control Tianluo Continent and pursue the Ancient Heavenly Palace inheritance.
• Xiao Yu brought Xiao Xuan and Qing Lin to Shang Continent and used his Great Shang Auction House elder token to request a meeting with its person in charge.
• Lin Dong arrived at the Great Shang Auction House seeking medicinal ingredients, including Soul Returning Grass and Yin Gathering Pearl, while Xiao Yu went upstairs without knowing Lin Dong was there.
• Xiao Yu reunited with Cai Lin, who welcomed Qing Lin and explained that she and Cai Die had grown stronger using the Sky Swallowing Demonic Body; Cai Die was helping with the auction at Ya Fei's request.

Xiao Yu and his companions attended the Great Shang Auction House’s auction, where Ghost Cultivators competed for the Soul Returning Grass and Yin Gathering Pearl. After Lin Dong challenged Myriad Ghosts Sect and Xiao Yu backed him, Lin Dong bid against the sect again for the final item.

• Cai Lin explained that the auction featured the Soul Returning Grass and Yin Gathering Pearl, and Xiao Yu decided to attend because he suspected something might happen.
• At the auction, Ya Fei began hosting the final lots as Ghost Cultivators waited to bid.
• When Myriad Ghosts Sect tried to intimidate rival bidders over the Soul Returning Grass, Lin Dong challenged its claim and repelled its attack with lightning.
• Xiao Yu suppressed Myriad Ghosts Sect’s members and told Qing Lin to ask Ya Fei to delay handing over the Soul Returning Grass so he could meet Lin Dong.
• Lin Dong won the Soul Returning Grass for three hundred thousand Supreme Spiritual Liquid, then bid five hundred ten thousand for the Yin Gathering Pearl after Myriad Ghosts Sect offered five hundred thousand.

Lin Dong won the Yin Gathering Pearl and Soul Returning Grass, befriended Xiao Yu, and destroyed the Myriad Ghosts Sect members who ambushed him. Xiao Yu learned of a possible lead at the Futuo Ancient Clan’s All Veins Martial Arts Tournament and prepared to go there alone.

• The Young Sect Master ordered the Corpse Ghost Elder to kill Lin Dong after the auction, while the Myriad Ghosts Sect stopped bidding on the Yin Gathering Pearl.
• Xiao Yu and Ya Fei gave Lin Dong the auctioned items without taking his Supreme Spiritual Liquid, and Xiao Yu agreed to help refine a Nine Revolutions Life Pill if Lin Dong found Ying Huanhuan’s soul.
• Lin Dong noticed the Myriad Ghosts Sect’s spies and went to Shang City’s outskirts, where he killed the Corpse Ghost Elder and the sect members who attacked him.
• Xiao Yu received a message linking the Futuo Ancient Clan’s All Veins Martial Arts Tournament to a trace of the person he sought and news of someone from a lower plane in the Mahā Ancient Clan.
• Xiao Yu told Cai Lin, Cai Die, and the others to remain on Shang Continent while he traveled to the Futuo Ancient Clan alone.

Xiao Yu entered the Futuo Ancient Clan by accompanying the Western Heaven War Emperor and learned about the Clear Vein’s growing influence ahead of the All Veins Martial Arts Tournament. After searching unsuccessfully for someone inside the clan, he was visited by Ling Fei’er, who asked him to refine a pill.

• Xiao Yu reached Futuo Ancient City and learned that Qing Yan Jing had won two Elder Council seats for the Clear Vein, which now sought to gain another at the tournament.
• Xiao Yu joined the Western Heaven War Emperor’s party and entered the Futuo Realm with them.
• Kong Xiu welcomed the group and arranged for them to stay on a separate mountain peak.
• Xiao Yu sent concealed Soul Power through the clan overnight to search for someone but found nothing.
• Ling Fei’er visited Xiao Yu and asked him to refine a pill, and he agreed to provide one.

Xiao Yu watched the Futuo Ancient Clan’s All Veins Martial Arts Tournament, where Qing Yan Jing led the Clear Vein to a decisive victory. As the Mahā Ancient Clan proposed marrying Qing Yan Jing to Mohetian, it revealed two captives whose sight made Xiao Yu erupt with killing intent.

• Spirit Concubine Zi asked Xiao Yu for a Profound Breaking Pill, and he promised to deliver one to the Western Heaven Continent in a year.
• Xiao Yu and the Western Heaven War Emperor attended the tournament, where Great Elder Futuo Xuan opened the competition among the nineteen Elder Council representatives.
• Qing Yan Jing challenged the Profound Vein and Ink Vein, displaying her Immortal Grade spirit-array mastery as the Clear Vein won all three matches and took a seat.
• Mohetian told Maha You that the Mahā Ancient Clan intended to marry Qing Yan Jing, then publicly proposed to make her his wife; Qing Yan Jing refused.
• Mohetian announced that the Mahā Ancient Clan had brought a gift and revealed two figures from a divine artifact, causing Xiao Yu to unleash a terrifying killing intent.

Xiao Yu found Xun Er and Gu Yuan imprisoned by the Mahā Ancient Clan, freed them, and demanded to take them away. When the Futuo Ancient Clan tried to claim them and stop their departure, Xiao Yu unleashed a deadly Spiritual Tribulation and killing arrays, forcing Futuo Xuan to let them go.

• Xiao Yu reunited with Xun Er and Gu Yuan, broke their forbidden curses, and learned that Mohetian had brought them to the Futuo Ancient Clan because they carried its bloodline.
• Futuo Xuan and the elders claimed Xun Er and Gu Yuan as members of the clan, but Xun Er and Gu Yuan rejected their claim and insisted on leaving with Xiao Yu.
• An elder of the Profound Vein attacked Xiao Yu, who defeated him with a single punch and faced a charge from the Profound Vein and Ink Vein experts.
• Xiao Yu broke through to Spirit Grade Heavenly Sovereign perfection and summoned a terrifying Spiritual Tribulation that shook the Futuo Ancient Clan’s protective formation.
• After Futuo Xuan pierced an illusion of Xiao Yu, Xiao Yu activated hidden killing arrays across the clan and attacked Futuo Mountain, killing many clan members.
• Futuo Xuan conceded and allowed Xiao Yu, Xun Er, and Gu Yuan to leave, demanding that Xiao Yu stop the attacks.

Xiao Yu fooled the Futuo Ancient Clan with illusion arrays, escaped as his heavenly tribulation freed Zhu Kun, and broke through to Immortal Grade Heavenly Sovereign. After Qing Yan Jing followed him to ask about his Spirit Arrays, she offered him one condition in exchange for teaching her.

• Mohetian warned Maha You not to retaliate against Xiao Yu and ordered preparations to keep him in check on Tianluo Continent.
• Futuo Xuan opened the clan-protecting grand array, and the heavenly tribulation struck Xiao Yu and accidentally freed Zhu Kun from his seal.
• Xiao Yu revealed that his apparent killing arrays were illusions, then left the Futuo Realm as Qing Yan Jing followed him into the void space.
• Zhu Kun mistook Qing Yan Jing for a pursuer and attacked her, but she explained that she had come to speak with Xiao Yu.
• Xiao Yu survived the final tribulation bolt, recovered, and advanced to Immortal Grade Heavenly Sovereign before releasing Xun Er and Gu Yuan.
• Qing Yan Jing asked Xiao Yu to teach her Spirit Arrays and offered to grant him one condition in return.