Chapter Summaries

Mandala showed Mu Chen his place on the Dragon Phoenix Record, then brought him to the Daluo Flame Pool to strengthen him. She ordered the Daluo Heaven Army to gather so she could activate the Nine-Nine Flame Dragon Array, leaving its commanders wondering whether Mu Chen would become their sixth commander.

• Mandala gave Mu Chen the Dragon Phoenix Record, which ranked him fourth among the Northern Realm's young talents.
• Mandala took Mu Chen to the Daluo Flame Pool, where the Sovereign members of the Daluo Heaven Army trained.
• The army's five commanders, led by Huo Mei'er, arrived to greet Mandala and Mu Chen.
• Mandala ordered Huo Mei'er to summon the army and announced she would activate the Nine-Nine Flame Dragon Array.
• The commanders brought several hundred Sovereigns out of the Flame Pool, uncertain whether Mu Chen was being tested for command.

Mu Chen accepted Mandala’s challenge to break the Nine-Nine Flame Dragon Array and defeated its escalating attacks with his techniques. He ultimately shut the array down by exploiting its flaws as a Heaven Grade Spirit Array Master.

• Mandala offered Mu Chen a drop of Flame Dragon blood essence if he broke through the array, and he accepted.
• Mu Chen fought off the nine Sixth Grade Flame Dragons with his divine techniques and seemingly inexhaustible spiritual energy.
• The array unleashed the Nine Dragon Burning Heaven Talismans, but Mu Chen shattered their furnace with the True Martial Demon-Sweeping technique.
• Mandala began raising the array’s strength to summon Seventh Grade Ancient Flame Dragons, but Mu Chen used Spirit Seals to sever the array’s connection to the Earth Veins and stop it.
• Mu Chen revealed that his Spirit Array Master abilities had let him spot the array’s flaws, leaving Mandala indignant at his showboating.

Mu Chen collected himself after nearly taking all the Ancient Flame Dragon blood essence and traveled toward Dragon Phoenix Heaven. At a lakeside, he interrupted a young woman bathing and recognized her and her brother as people best avoided.

• Mu Chen tried to take the nine Ancient Flame Dragon blood essence orbs, but Mandala pulled him out and warned him to leave enough for the Nine-Nine Flame Dragon Array.
• Mandala and King Mu left the Daluo Flame Pool, and Mu Chen departed for Dragon Phoenix Heaven half a month ahead of time.
• Mu Chen stopped at a lake to drink and saw a young woman bathing upstream.
• Mu Chen called out to warn the woman, who hurried ashore as her brother arrived and glared at Mu Chen.
• Mu Chen explained that he had been drinking downstream, then decided to leave after identifying the siblings.

Mu Chen tried to escape Cai Xiao and Gu Lin, but their powerful bonded beast caught him and brought him back. After introducing themselves, he deduced that the siblings were Xiao Yan’s children and named Lin Dong as his idol.

• Gu Lin chased Mu Chen until a protective Spirit Artifact forced him back, then recognized his Nine Nether Underworld Sparrow form as the result of a Bloodline Link.
• Cai Xiao sent her Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python after Mu Chen, and the Earth Sovereign-level beast caught him and carried him back.
• Gu Lin introduced himself and Cai Xiao, then suggested they become friends; Mu Chen resisted Cai Xiao’s innate charm and introduced himself as the King of Hundred Spirits and King Mu.
• Mu Chen inferred that Gu Lin and Cai Xiao were Xiao Yan’s children from their bloodlines, the snake, and their mothers’ surnames.
• When Gu Lin asked who could compare with Xiao Yan, Mu Chen named Lin Dong, and the siblings accepted the Martial Ancestor as their father’s equal.

Mu Chen agreed to accompany Cai Xiao to Dragon Phoenix Heaven in search of the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit. After they departed, the chapter revealed Cai Xiao’s immense inherited power and her choice to give up her cultivation and start again.

• Gu Lin told Mu Chen and Cai Xiao that Dragon Phoenix Heaven might contain the rare Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit, which could help Cai Xiao cultivate the Dragon-Phoenix Body.
• Cai Xiao decided to join Mu Chen on his trip, and Mu Chen agreed after she playfully persuaded him.
• Gu Lin declined Elder Ling’s offer to send someone after Cai Xiao, confident that nobody could bully his sister.
• The chapter explained that Cai Xiao had once possessed power equivalent to a Grand Perfection Earth Sovereign, but had transferred it to her companion divine beast, the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python, and begun cultivating again from the Sensing Realm.

Xiao Lin traveled toward the Western Heaven Continent on a mission from the Flame Emperor while Xiao Xiao and Mu Chen watched the powerful young cultivators gathering for Dragon Phoenix Heaven. Xiao Xiao’s charm drew another admirer, and she began questioning him under her bewitching influence.

• Xiao Lin departed with Elder Ling for the Western Heaven Continent after Xiao Xiao left their mission midway.
• Hong Yu and Su Biyue arrived at Dragon Phoenix Ancient City, where cultivators gathered before Dragon Phoenix Heaven opened.
• Xiao Xiao teased Mu Chen about her beauty, then watched Ding Xuan and the Netherworld Prince arrive in the city.
• Lv Yang approached Xiao Xiao and proposed traveling together, ignoring Mu Chen.
• Xiao Xiao asked Lv Yang whether he liked her, and her bewitching influence left him dazed as he confessed his admiration.

Mu Chen and Xiao Xiao entered the Dragon Phoenix Heaven and battled their way through its dangers toward a Dragon Phoenix Pool. They flew past the Yin Beasts on White Bone Giant Mountain, while a massive creature slept deep inside the mountain.

• Xiao Xiao used her bewitching power on Lv Yang, who nearly stabbed himself before his spirit talisman broke the spell and let him escape.
• Mu Chen and Xiao Xiao entered the Dragon Phoenix Heaven as the gathered prodigies rushed through its newly opened passage.
• A swarm of dark-red insects attacked Mu Chen and Xiao Xiao, and Mu Chen burned them with Nine Nether Underworld Fire infused with Undying Flame.
• Mu Chen and Xiao Xiao reached White Bone Giant Mountain and found Yin Beasts attacking the arriving geniuses.
• Mu Chen sensed a dangerous creature sleeping inside the mountain, transformed into a Nine Nether Underworld Sparrow, and carried Xiao Xiao toward the summit as his divine-beast pressure scattered the Yin Beasts.

Mu Chen and Xiao Xiao reached the Dragon Phoenix Pool, where the Netherworld Prince and Chi Xue challenged them. Xiao Xiao fought Chi Xue while Mu Chen battled the Netherworld Prince, who raised his power to the peak of the Sixth Grade Sovereign realm.

• Mu Chen and Xiao Xiao arrived at the Dragon Phoenix Pool and encountered the Netherworld Prince and Chi Xue.
• The Netherworld Prince proposed that Chi Xue help him attack Mu Chen and Xiao Xiao, while Chi Xue targeted Xiao Xiao.
• Xiao Xiao wounded Chi Xue with a surprise strike, then continued fighting him with her seven-colored longsword.
• Mu Chen entered the Lesser Heart Demon state, trapped the Netherworld Prince's opening strike, and disoriented him with Nether Heart Demon Lightning.
• Mu Chen's Dragon Elephant Disk clashed with the Netherworld Prince's Nether God Halberd, and their exchange forced the prince backward.
• The Netherworld Prince used Nether Body Possession to absorb dark energy and raise his aura to the peak of the Sixth Grade Sovereign realm.

Mu Chen defeated the Netherworld Prince with the Great Solar Undying Body and its One Sun Vajra Bell, while Xiao Xiao’s spirit array killed the fleeing prince. Xiao Xiao fed the slain Chi Xue Divine Python to Xiao Cai as the surviving geniuses fled.

• The Netherworld Prince attacked Mu Chen with his Great Nether Dharma Body and Nether God-Extinguishing Halberd, but Mu Chen summoned the Great Solar Undying Body.
• Mu Chen used the One Sun Vajra Bell to shatter the Nether God-Extinguishing Halberd and overpower the Netherworld Prince.
• The weakened Netherworld Prince fled, but Xiao Xiao’s low-grade Heaven-tier Spirit Array killed him.
• The surviving human geniuses saw the Netherworld Prince and Chi Xue dead and scattered in fear.
• Xiao Xiao summoned Xiao Cai, which devoured the Chi Xue Divine Python and returned to sleep on her wrist.

Mu Chen and Xiao Xiao compared their spirit soul power, and Xiao Xiao learned that Mu Chen had touched the Heavenly Realm. They entered the Dragon Phoenix Golden Pool to absorb its scarce essences before searching for the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit.

• Xiao Xiao recognized that Mu Chen’s spirit soul had touched the Heavenly Realm and compared it with her own.
• Mu Chen explained that he understood her terminology as Grandmaster-level spirit soul power and confirmed he had nearly reached that level.
• Xiao Xiao noted that the other geniuses had left the mountaintop, so they could ignore them.
• Xiao Xiao judged the Dragon Phoenix Pool to be low-grade and urged Mu Chen to drain it with her before anyone found the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit.
• Xiao Xiao jumped into the pool and teased Mu Chen when he stared at her soaked clothes.

Mu Chen and Xiao Xiao found the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit at the Super Dragon Phoenix Golden Pool, then discovered that a white-robed man had been stalking them. Their coordinated attack forced him to use a Space Displacement Spirit Talisman to escape.

• Mu Chen and Xiao Xiao followed the Ancient Compass northwest to a pit where the remains of a True Dragon and True Phoenix sheltered a Super Dragon Phoenix Golden Pool.
• The two reached the pool and found the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit growing where the two beasts' teeth crossed.
• Xiao Xiao spotted a hidden pursuer, and Mu Chen struck at him with his ancient battle staff.
• Xiao Xiao forced the white-robed man out of hiding with her seven-colored power while Mu Chen blocked his escape.
• The man vanished under their combined attack by using a Space Displacement Spirit Talisman.

Mu Chen and Xiao Xiao fought and defeated the Golden Armor Guardian beside the Super Dragon Phoenix Pool. They collected the Purple-Gold Divine Fruit and returned the guardian’s blood to the pool to strengthen their refinement.

• Mu Chen decided not to pursue Fang Yi and chose to gather the fruit and refine the Super Dragon Phoenix Pool with Xiao Xiao.
• A Golden Armor Guardian ambushed Mu Chen and Xiao Xiao as they approached the pool, and they joined forces against the Eighth Grade Sovereign Yin Beast.
• The guardian’s dragon-scale armor and Phoenix Wings made it difficult to defeat, but Mu Chen struck it down with his Heavenly Sovereign Hand Bone and palm technique.
• Xiao Xiao plucked the Purple-Gold Divine Fruit while Mu Chen cut off the guardian’s head and let its golden blood flow toward the pool.

Mu Chen and Xiao Xiao shared the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit’s baptism in the Super Dragon Phoenix Pool, refining their bodies toward the legendary Dragon Phoenix. After four days and nights inside a purple-gold cocoon, they emerged transformed and woke together at the dried pool.

• Mu Chen accepted the Dragon Phoenix Golden Armor and golden spear from Xiao Xiao, refined the armor, and stored it in his Supreme Sea.
• Mu Chen and Xiao Xiao decided to split the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit and entered the Super Dragon Phoenix Pool together.
• Xiao Xiao used the Dragon Phoenix Divine Wheel to draw the Origin Fruit into their shared baptism, forming a purple-gold cocoon around them.
• The cocoon absorbed the pool’s power for four days and three nights as Mu Chen and Xiao Xiao’s bodies transformed toward the Dragon Phoenix.
• The cocoon cracked open, and Mu Chen and Xiao Xiao woke naked at the bottom of the dried pool; Xiao Xiao asked whether she looked good, and Mu Chen praised her before she got dressed.

After Mu Chen and Xiao Xiao formed Dragon-Phoenix Bodies and advanced their cultivation, they headed for the Dragon Phoenix Domain to seek its true inheritance. Their arrival came amid growing crowds and news that the deaths of the Netherworld Prince and Chi Xue had put Mu Chen and Xiao Xiao in the eye of the storm.

• Mu Chen and Xiao Xiao emerged from the Super Dragon Phoenix Pool after advancing to the Seventh and Eighth Grade Sovereign stages.
• They summoned and examined their Dragon Phoenix Manifestations, then Xiao Xiao showed Mu Chen her silver Earth Demon Puppet and explained the ranks of Demon Puppets.
• Mu Chen and Xiao Xiao set off toward the Dragon Phoenix Domain, where gathered cultivators awaited the final inheritance.
• News spread that the Netherworld Prince and Chi Xue had died, drawing attention to Mu Chen and the mysterious woman beside him.
• Hong Yu, Su Biyue, Ding Xuan, and Ba arrived at the Ancient Dragon Phoenix Domain as cultivators discussed the Dragon Phoenix Pools and Pseudo Dragon and Phoenix Bodies.

Mu Chen and Xiao Xiao pursued Fang Yi and fought him after he used a crimson blood pill to raise his cultivation to the Eighth Grade Sovereign level. They overwhelmed his techniques together, leaving Fang Yi injured and his Zhou Heaven Nerve Scripture disrupted.

• Fang Yi fled from Mu Chen and Xiao Xiao, but they caught up and attacked him in front of the gathered factions.
• Mu Chen revealed that Fang Yi had followed them hoping to launch a sneak attack and said he would kill him despite the secrets Fang Yi knew.
• Fang Yi swallowed a crimson blood pill, raising his cultivation to the Eighth Grade Sovereign level at the cost of his future potential.
• Xiao Xiao thwarted Fang Yi's Void Evasion Technique and wounded him as he tried to ambush Mu Chen.
• Mu Chen shattered Fang Yi's Void Great Hand Seal with the Dragon Elephant Divine Halberd.
• Fang Yi unleashed the Zhou Heaven Nerve Scripture, but Xiao Xiao interrupted it and made him spit blood.

Mu Chen and Xiao Xiao killed Fang Yi, then the Dragon-Phoenix Inheritance appeared. They climbed the Heavenly Ladder unchallenged and waited for the Dragon-Phoenix Blood Bath as the other fighters battled for a place.

• Fang Yi summoned the Ancient Star Dharma Body and attacked Xiao Xiao, but Mu Chen and Xiao Xiao countered with three Supreme Divine Abilities and killed him.
• Mu Chen and Xiao Xiao's victory terrified the remaining fighters, including Su Biyue and Hong Yu.
• The Dragon Phoenix Battle Platform and its ten-tiered Heavenly Ladder appeared, revealing the path to the Dragon-Phoenix Inheritance.
• Mu Chen and Xiao Xiao entered the platform, climbed all ten tiers, and sat down to await the Blood Bath.
• Other fighters challenged one another on the Battle Platform to earn a place in the inheritance.

Mu Chen and Xiao Xiao obtained the Dragon Phoenix Scripture as Dragon Phoenix Heaven closed. Outside, the Ten Thousand Poison Snake Sovereign confronted them over Chi Xue’s death, and Mandala appeared to protect them.

• After half a month of absorbing Dragon Phoenix true blood, Mu Chen and Xiao Xiao awakened and joined their broken golden bones, revealing the Dragon Phoenix Scripture.
• Xiao Xiao shared Aunt Yan’s cultivation method with Mu Chen, and spatial vortices opened to carry the survivors out of Dragon Phoenix Heaven.
• In Dragon Phoenix Ancient City, Mandala told Jiu You she would protect Mu Chen, even if she had to abandon Daluo Heaven.
• Mu Chen and Xiao Xiao emerged from the spatial passage as the Ten Thousand Poison Snake Sovereign arrived and demanded vengeance for Chi Xue.
• Mandala appeared before the Snake God Palace Master and challenged him for threatening Mu Chen and Xiao Xiao.

Mandala refused to surrender Mu Chen and Xiao Xiao to Ten Thousand Poison Snake Sovereign, who summoned God Pavilion Master to help confront her. As the two Earth Sovereigns closed in, Xiao Xiao drew Ten Thousand Poison Snake Sovereign’s attention, and Mandala prepared to reveal her trump card.

• Ten Thousand Poison Snake Sovereign demanded that Mandala hand over Xiao Xiao, but Mandala refused to give up either her or Mu Chen.
• Ten Thousand Poison Snake Sovereign summoned God Pavilion Master, while Netherworld Heavenly Sovereign remained in seclusion.
• God Pavilion Master confronted Mu Chen over Fang Yi’s death, and Mu Chen mocked him by saying he had been bold for nearly twenty years.
• Ten Thousand Poison Snake Sovereign pressed Mandala to change her decision, but she released a terrifying aura and prepared to break through by force.
• Xiao Xiao teased Ten Thousand Poison Snake Sovereign, who claimed he would first help God Pavilion Master suppress Mandala and then take her.

Xiao Xiao summoned the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python, which devoured the Ten Thousand Poison Snake Sovereign and a spiritual energy clone of the God Pavilion Master. The gathered powers were left stunned by the beast’s strength and Xiao Xiao’s threat, while Mandala revealed she had reached the Half-Step Upper Earth Sovereign level.

• Xiao Xiao awakened the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python after warning the Ten Thousand Poison Snake Sovereign not to forget his words.
• The Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python ignored the Sovereign’s deadly poison and swallowed him whole.
• The God Pavilion Master fled into space, but the python caught and swallowed his spiritual energy clone.
• Mandala told Jiu You that she had reached the Half-Step Upper Earth Sovereign level and intended to keep it secret as a surprise for her old friends.
• The Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python returned to Xiao Xiao, while the gathered powers stood silent and wondered about her origins and her connection to King Mu.

After absorbing the Snake God Palace, Daluo Heaven prepared to face the God Pavilion and the coming Great Hunting War. Mandala explained the Fallen Battlefield and secretly set out to find the Earth Sovereign Secret Treasury, which she knew how to open without collecting Fallen Source Pills.

• Mandala concealed Xiao Xiao’s departure, led Daluo Heaven in conquering the Snake God Palace, and defeated the God Pavilion Master’s spiritual avatar when he came to investigate.
• Daluo Heaven absorbed the Snake God Palace’s territory, promoted King Mu to Emperor and appointed the Iron Python King, leaving it with five Emperors and nine Kings.
• After two months of training, Mu Chen and Jiu You’s thirty thousand Jiu You Guards gathered with Daluo Heaven’s forces when the Daluo Bell summoned them.
• Mandala announced that the Great Hunting War would begin in three days, ordering the divisions to collect Fallen Source Pills while she and the Emperors searched for the Earth Sovereign Secret Treasury.
• Mandala and Mu Chen knew that collecting Fallen Source Pills was a smokescreen, since her awakened memories let her find and open the treasury without them.