Chapter Summaries

Liu Tiandao tracked down Mu Chen, Lin Jing, and Jiu You to avenge his son, but Lin Jing’s mother, Ling Qingzhu, arrived and overwhelmed him. The chapter ended with an account of the Saint Grade powerhouses protecting Martial Border and the Great Thousand World.

• Liu Tiandao sensed that his son Liu Ming had died and vowed to take revenge.
• Liu Tiandao attacked Mu Chen, Lin Jing, and Jiu You, but Lin Jing’s protective Spirit Artifact blocked his strike.
• Lin Jing called for her mother, and Ling Qingzhu appeared and reunited with her daughter.
• Ling Qingzhu identified herself to Liu Tiandao and trapped him, leaving him terrified when he realized who she was.
• The narration described Martial Border’s Saint Grade protectors and the powerful forces on both sides of the Great Thousand World’s conflict with the Evil Clan from Beyond.

Ling Qingzhu killed Liu Tiandao and gave his spoils to Mu Chen after he and Jiu You befriended Lin Jing. The Martial Border party departed, leaving Mu Chen with a token, a teasing exchange with Jiu You, and a rich haul of treasures and techniques.

• Ling Qingzhu crushed Liu Tiandao to blood mist after he offered compensation for offending Lin Jing.
• Mu Chen and Jiu You greeted Ling Qingzhu, who welcomed Mu Chen as Aunt Ling and invited him to visit the Martial Border.
• Lin Jing gave Mu Chen a Martial Border token and asked him to visit, while Ling Qingzhu teased her about marrying him.
• Mu Chen and Jiu You joked about him becoming the Martial Border's son-in-law, and Jiu You blushed and hurried away.
• Ling Qingzhu gave Liu Tiandao's Mustard Seed Bracelet to Mu Chen, who also gained the Void Great Sun Fruit and Nine Dragons Nine Elephants Art from Liu Ming.

Mu Chen and Jiu You returned to Daluo Heaven, where Jiu You reunited with the Heavenly Vulture Emperor and revealed her remarkable rise in strength. Mu Chen then reported Liu Tiandao’s death and asked for an audience with the Domain Lord, prompting the emperor to demand whether he understood the weight of his words.

• Mu Chen and Jiu You reached Daluo Heaven, and the guards admitted them after recognizing Jiu You’s token.
• Jiu You took Mu Chen to visit the Heavenly Vulture Emperor at Heavenly Vulture Palace.
• The Heavenly Vulture Emperor was stunned to learn that Jiu You had reached Peak Sixth-Grade Sovereign and was evolving into a Nine Nether Underworld Sparrow.
• Jiu You learned that the Heavenly Vulture Emperor had preserved her palace and retained her subordinates during her absence.
• Mu Chen reported that Liu Tiandao had fallen and asked the Heavenly Vulture Emperor to introduce him to the Domain Lord.
• The Heavenly Vulture Emperor released a powerful aura and challenged Mu Chen to consider the significance of his request.

Mu Chen persuaded the Heavenly Vulture Emperor to bring him before Mandala and used Liu Tiandao’s personal artifacts to prove the Xuantian Hall was vulnerable. Mandala ordered the Daluo Territory’s armies to launch an immediate assault on the Xuantian Hall.

• Mu Chen reflected on Mandala’s history, her curse, and her conflict with Lu Heng, the Holy Demon Emperor.
• The Heavenly Vulture Emperor returned and led Mu Chen and his companions to meet the Domain Lord.
• Mandala appeared on the Golden Throne and asked Mu Chen to prove that Liu Tiandao was dead.
• Mu Chen presented Liu Tiandao’s Mustard Seed Bracelet and Heavenly Profound Compass, which Mandala recognized as his personal artifacts.
• Mandala ordered the Heavenly Vulture Emperor to gather the Daluo Territory’s armies and march against the Xuantian Hall.

Mandala appointed Mu Chen and Jiu You as King Mu and Empress Jiu You, then granted their requests to delay taking their posts until they reached the required grades. After Mu Chen received a Supreme Heaven Pill and emerged from seclusion, Jiu You Palace's loyal guards awaited Jiu You's return as its main hall doors opened.

• Mandala appointed Mu Chen the Ninth King and Jiu You the Fourth Empress of Daluo Heaven.
• Jiu You asked for a month to reach Seventh Grade before taking her post, and Mu Chen asked to wait until he reached Fifth Grade; Mandala approved both requests.
• Mandala gave Mu Chen a Supreme Heaven Pill for his copy of Liu Tiandao's ancient scripture, then left with the Heavenly Vulture Emperor to attack Xuantian Hall.
• Jiu You and Mu Chen entered seclusion, and Mu Chen emerged two days later after refining the pill.
• At Jiu You Palace, Tang Bing and Tang Rou discussed how Jiu You's return had steadied the guards, as the main hall doors opened.

Mu Chen used Jiu You Palace’s resources to strengthen its loyal guards and promised to rebuild the force while Jiu You remained in seclusion. After Daluo Heaven conquered Xuantian Hall, Tang Bing asked Mu Chen to help recover the cities and benefits seized by the Blood Eagle King.

• Mu Chen met the Tang sisters and learned that Cao Feng had betrayed Jiu You Palace to the Blood Eagle King, leaving the Jiu You Guard without a commander.
• Mu Chen gave Jiu You Palace a hundred thousand drops of Supreme Spiritual Liquid and ten Supreme Pills, then ordered the four captains to prepare a rebuilt force within a month.
• The thousand Jiu You Guards cheered Mu Chen’s promise of abundant resources, and he left them determined to surprise Jiu You when she emerged from seclusion.
• Daluo Heaven returned after conquering most of Xuantian Hall’s territory in five days, while Liu Tiandao remained missing and the other major powers arrived too late to intervene.
• Mu Chen attended the Nine Kings’ meeting in Jiu You’s place, and Tang Bing asked him to help reclaim the cities and Daluo Golden Pool quota taken by the Blood Eagle King.

Mu Chen attended the Kings' Meeting as Jiu You's representative and challenged Blood Eagle King over his seizure of Jiu You Palace's Golden Pool slot. The meeting turned to the upcoming baptism, leaving Blood Eagle King under pressure to return what he had taken.

• Mu Chen heard that Blood Eagle King had bought Jiu You Palace's Golden Pool slot and agreed to address the cities and slot taken from the palace.
• Blood Eagle King questioned Jiu You's return and criticized her for sending Mu Chen to the Kings' Meeting, but Heavenly Vulture Emperor reminded him that the Domain Lord had approved her return.
• Mu Chen told Blood Eagle King that their dispute with Jiu You Palace remained unsettled, and the kings then discussed rewards for the war against Xuantian Hall.
• Heavenly Vulture Emperor raised the Golden Pool Baptism scheduled for two months later, and Mu Chen demanded that Blood Eagle King return Jiu You Palace's seized slot.

At the kings’ meeting, Mu Chen stripped Cao Feng of his cultivation for betraying Jiu You Palace, then agreed to settle his conflict with the Blood Eagle King through a duel. On Daluo Peak, the Blood Eagle King revealed that he had reached Sixth Grade and summoned the Blood Eagle Spear as the fight began.

• Mu Chen ordered Cao Feng to kneel and used Tai Cang Divine Sound to destroy his Supreme Sea and cultivation.
• The Blood Eagle King tried to attack Mu Chen, but the Heavenly Vulture Emperor stopped him, and the Spirit Eye Emperor proposed a king’s duel with terms for the winner.
• Mu Chen accepted the duel, and the kings followed him and the Blood Eagle King to the platform atop Daluo Peak.
• The Blood Eagle King revealed he had advanced to Sixth Grade Supreme and formed the Blood Eagle Spear, a Middle-Rank Divine Artifact.

Mu Chen overwhelmed the Blood Eagle King with a series of powerful attacks, ending with a strike from the Heavenly Dao Sword that threatened to kill him. The Three Emperors rushed to intervene as the smoke cleared, leaving the Blood Eagle King's fate uncertain.

• The Blood Eagle King's spear was knocked away, and Mu Chen's Nine Nether Underworld Sparrow drove back the ancient blood eagle formed by the divine artifacts.
• Mu Chen resisted the Blood Eagle King's Blood Explosion Art and wounded him with the Samsara Death Seal.
• The Blood Eagle King formed a massive Blood Shadow Sword, but Mu Chen's Nine Dragons Nine Elephants Art shattered it.
• Mu Chen summoned the Heavenly Dao Sword, shocking the Three Emperors and Seven Kings with his use of the Heavenly Dao Ancient Scripture.
• The Heavenly Dao Sword destroyed the Blood Eagle King's attempted defense, and he called for the Spirit Eye Emperor to save him.
• The Three Emperors rushed to intervene as the sword's radiance and smoke engulfed the battlefield.

Mu Chen and Jiu You were named King Mu and Empress Jiu You after their intelligence helped Daluo Heaven destroy Xuantian Hall. With Jiu You Palace strengthened and the Jiu You Guard restored, Mu Chen began studying the lost art of Battle Array Masters.

• The Sleeping Emperor saved the Blood Eagle King after Mu Chen defeated him, and the Heavenly Vulture Emperor announced Mandala's decree naming Jiu You Empress Jiu You and Mu Chen King Mu.
• Mu Chen demanded that the Blood Eagle King return Jiu You Palace's seized cities and baptism quota and pay three hundred thousand Supreme Spiritual Liquid in compensation.
• The Blood Eagle Hall handed over the resources, while Jiu You Palace's influence grew and its guard returned to three thousand members.
• Mu Chen studied the Heart of the Battle Array and received knowledge of Battle Will, Battle Seals, Battle Patterns, and the Spirit of Battle Will.
• Mu Chen decided to become a Battle Array Master and use the Jiu You Guard to develop his command of Battle Will.

Mu Chen mastered the Jiu You Guard’s Battle Will, condensed a Spirit of Battle Will, and raised his Battle Patterns to eight thousand while strengthening Jiu You Palace. The chapter ended with Jiu You emerging from seclusion and embracing Mu Chen after seeing the flourishing state of her forces.

• Mu Chen summoned the three thousand Jiu You Guard and refined their Battle Will into a Battle Seal, steadily increasing its Battle Patterns.
• Mu Chen unexpectedly condensed a Spirit of Battle Will in the form of an Ancient Demonic Bird, astonishing the Tang Sisters and alarming Daluo Heaven’s spies and kings.
• Mu Chen trained for a month and reached eight thousand Battle Patterns, but could not cross the ten-thousand-pattern threshold.
• Jiu You emerged from seclusion as a Seventh Grade Sovereign and was stunned by the strength and prosperity of her palace and army.
• The Jiu You Guard greeted Jiu You, and she declared that she loved Mu Chen’s surprise before throwing herself into his arms.

Jiu You Palace prepared for the Daluo Golden Pool Baptism as Mu Chen strengthened the Jiu You Guard and led it to Golden Pool Peak. Qiu Shan and Lan Hai won two of the four places in the baptism, while Blood Eagle King’s forces lost their expected slot.

• Jiu You assigned Qiu Shan and Bei Mo to compete for Jiu You Palace and went to visit Blood Eagle King.
• Mu Chen expanded the Jiu You Guard beyond five thousand troops and formed ten thousand Battle Patterns, becoming a Battle Array Master capable of confronting a Seventh Grade Supreme.
• Mu Chen led the Jiu You Guard to Golden Pool Peak, where the Four Emperors opened the Daluo Golden Pool gathering and announced that four commanders would receive the baptism.
• Xu Qing, Zhou Yue, Qiu Shan, and Lan Hai reached the halfway platform and won the four Golden Reception Talismans.
• Jiu You Palace claimed two baptism places, while Blood Eagle King's Wu Tian was eliminated and Blood Eagle King hid his anger.

Mu Chen entered the Daluo Golden Pool, formed Immeasurable Golden Light with his Great Solar Undying Body, and discovered Mandala hidden at the pool’s bottom. He revealed that his inheritance came from the Ancient Heavenly Emperor and showed her the Immortal Page, which briefly suppressed her curse, but Mandala tried to keep it.

• Mu Chen and the other three entered the Daluo Golden Pool, and Mu Chen descended to its bottom to cultivate his Supreme Dharma Body.
• Mu Chen formed nine Dragon Marks and manifested Immeasurable Golden Light, awakening a girl seated on an ancient stone platform.
• Mu Chen recognized the girl as Mandala and explained that his Great Solar Undying Body came from an Immortal Record fragment passed down by the Ancient Heavenly Emperor.
• Mandala examined the Immortal Page and recognized the Origin Divine Pattern of an Ancient Mandala Flower, which temporarily suppressed her curse.
• Mandala began tucking the Immortal Page into her robe, and Mu Chen protested as she tried to keep it.

Mu Chen gave Mandala the Immortal Page so she could break the curse on her true body, and she agreed to recognize him as the Heavenly Emperor’s heir if he fulfilled her demands. A month later, restored to full strength, Mandala mobilized Daluo Heaven to attack the Hundred Battles Territory.

• Mu Chen offered Mandala the Immortal Page and the Mandala Heaven-Extinguishing Light to help her remove the curse.
• Mandala revealed that she had heard the Heavenly Emperor lecture but had never been his disciple, and she named Garuda and Lu Heng as the other heirs tied to his inheritance.
• Mandala agreed to recognize Mu Chen as the Heavenly Emperor’s heir if he helped retrieve her true body, kill the other two heirs, and advance to the Immortal Golden Body.
• Mandala said the Ancient Heavenly Palace would reappear in five or six years at the earliest, then told Mu Chen to prepare for an imminent battle.
• A month later, Mandala returned the Immortal Page after breaking the curse and ordered Daluo Heaven to mobilize against the Hundred Battles Territory.

Mu Chen led the Nine Nether Division against the Thunder Demon Sect and used the Jiu You Guards’ Spirit of Battle Will to break its powerful defensive array. After conquering the sect, he entered the Thunder Demon Abyss and discovered a connection between the abyss and the Heart Demon Thunder Emperor’s inheritance.

• Mu Chen led the Nine Nether Division across the Hundred Battles Territory and ordered an assault on the Thunder Demon Sect.
• Qin Tiangang brought the Three Thousand Thunder Demon Troops to defend the city and activated the sect’s low-grade Heaven-rank Spirit Array.
• Mu Chen summoned the Jiu You Guards’ Spirit of Battle Will, which tore through the array and killed Qin Tiangang and his elite troops.
• The Nine Nether Division occupied the Thunder Demon Sect, seized its stores and techniques, and Mu Chen went alone to explore the Thunder Demon Abyss.
• Mu Chen wondered how the Heart Demon Thunder Emperor’s inheritance had come to rest in the abyss.

Mu Chen defeated the Nether Heart Demon Lightning python, obtained the Supreme Heart Demon Scripture, and cultivated its entry level. Meanwhile, the Daluo Territory’s army surrounded Hundred Battles City, setting the stage for a decisive battle.

• Mu Chen transformed into a Nine Nether Underworld Sparrow, defeated the Nether Heart Demon Lightning python, and refined it into an ancient thunder bead.
• Mu Chen discovered the damaged stele recording the Supreme Heart Demon Scripture and learned that its Perfect Heart Demon State was missing.
• Mu Chen swallowed the ancient demonic bead and cultivated the Supreme Heart Demon Scripture, forming a Heart Demon Seed and reaching its entry level after five days.
• At King Mu’s command, the Nine Nether Division resumed its advance into the heartland of the Hundred Battles Territory.
• Ten Thousand Sword Valley, Demon Corpse Sect, and Great Sorrow Heaven gathered their forces at Hundred Battles City as the Daluo Territory surrounded the city and prepared for a decisive battle.

The Daluo Territory rejected the Three Sects’ challenge and prepared to assault Hundred Battles City, but the Luo Territory Lord arrived and shattered the city’s Grandmaster Spiritual Array. Just as he moved to destroy the defenders, the Netherworld Heavenly Sovereign intervened, bringing the two Earth Sovereigns face to face.

• Heavenly Vulture Emperor asked Mu Chen’s opinion, and Mu Chen urged the Daluo Territory to reject the contest and conquer Hundred Battles Territory outright.
• Heavenly Vulture Emperor ordered an all-out assault on Hundred Battles City for the next morning.
• Hidden Sword Elder, Corpse Mountain Old Ghost, and Demonic Sorrow Sovereign appeared atop the city walls as the Daluo army advanced, and the Four Emperors confronted them.
• The Luo Territory Lord appeared above the battlefield, struck the Grandmaster Spiritual Array until it collapsed, and prepared another attack on the city.
• The Netherworld Heavenly Sovereign appeared, diverted the Luo Territory Lord’s palm strike, and faced him across the battlefield.

The Daluo Territory launched its assault on Hundred Battles City while the Luo Territory Lord and Netherworld Heavenly Sovereign fought above the battlefield. As Daluo forces broke into the city, the Demon Corpse Sect's long-hidden Corpse Spirit King appeared to confront Mu Chen.

• The Netherworld Heavenly Sovereign challenged the Luo Territory Lord, and the two Earth Sovereigns rose into the sky to fight.
• The Heavenly Vulture Emperor ordered the Daluo Territory's million-strong army to attack through the breach in the city wall.
• The Spirit Eye Emperor fought the Hidden Sword Elder, while the Heavenly Vulture Emperor and Empress Jiu You engaged Corpse Mountain Old Ghost.
• Demonic Sorrow Sovereign summoned his Great Vajra Dharma Body to face the Sleeping Emperor, who revealed a Ninth Grade Heavenly Dragon Dharma Body.
• King Mu led the Nine Nether Division and Jiu You Guards into the city, where Mu Chen broke away to hunt Demon Corpse Sect fighters.
• The Corpse Spirit King emerged from a roadside building and challenged Mu Chen after revealing his Seventh Grade Sovereign strength.

Mu Chen fought Corpse Spirit King, a Seventh Grade Sovereign who ambushed him after he left his army, and used the Lesser Heart Demon state to overpower him. After Corpse Spirit King detonated his lifebound demon corpse and fled, he found Mu Chen still alive and blocking the secret passage out of the city.

• Corpse Spirit King ambushed Mu Chen and attacked, but Mu Chen caught his wrist and revealed himself as King Mu.
• Mu Chen entered the Lesser Heart Demon state and used the Great Perfection Divine Art to crush Corpse Spirit King's attacks.
• Corpse Spirit King tried to flee after Mu Chen destroyed his Corpse Skull Great Art.
• Corpse Spirit King detonated his lifebound demon corpse and escaped through the blast while Mu Chen was thrown back.
• Mu Chen survived behind his Dark Futu Tower and blocked Corpse Spirit King's path, shocking him.

Mu Chen killed Corpse Spirit King, and Daluo Heaven crushed the Three Sects and took Hundred Battles Territory. Back in Jiu You Palace, Mandala sent Mu Chen to represent Daluo Territory in Dragon Phoenix Heaven and warned him to watch the Netherworld Palace’s heir.

• Mu Chen used the Mandala Heaven-Extinguishing Light to kill Corpse Spirit King, then ordered the Jiu You Guards to advance into Corpse Demon Sect’s territory.
• The Sleeping Emperor killed Demonic Sorrow Sovereign, while the Heavenly Vulture Emperor and Empress Jiu You defeated Corpse Mountain Old Ghost; Hidden Sword Elder took his own life when the Four Emperors arrived.
• Daluo Heaven wiped out the Three Sects’ upper ranks, captured Hundred Battles Territory, and returned home after dividing the spoils.
• Mu Chen returned to Jiu You Palace and announced that he would enter seclusion to reach the Sixth Grade Sovereign level.
• Mandala told Mu Chen to represent Daluo Territory in Dragon Phoenix Heaven in a month and to give the Netherworld Palace’s heir special attention.