Recaps

The Hall of Divine Abilities pulled Mu Chen away from Lin Jing and Xiao Xiao, then led him to a golden star where he encountered Garuda of the Holy Demon Palace. Mu Chen and Garuda both sought the Immortal Record, and the chapter ended with them launching attacks at each other.

• The Hall of Divine Abilities seized Mu Chen, and Lin Jing and Xiao Xiao concluded that the Scripture Repository had summoned him and waited for his return.
• Inside the Hall of Divine Abilities, Mu Chen discovered that its treasures could not be touched and used his Immortal Page to open a golden road to a distant star.
• Mu Chen followed the road to the golden star, where Garuda emerged through a spatial doorway.
• Mu Chen and Garuda discussed the missing third holder of an Immortal Page, then agreed to part ways while preparing to attack.
• Garuda unleashed the Holy Demon Hand as Mu Chen struck with the Samsara Death Seal.

Mu Chen overwhelmed Garuda in a battle between their Great Solar Undying Bodies, then killed him with the dark ray from his mysterious vertical eye. Garuda’s defeat left the Sea-Covering Seal and his ambitions behind.

• Garuda activated his Holy Demon Body and attacked Mu Chen, but Mu Chen’s Dragon-Phoenix Body withstood his blows.
• Garuda summoned his Great Solar Undying Body, and Mu Chen answered with his own golden version.
• The two fighters exchanged their Great Solar Undying Body’s divine abilities, but Mu Chen gained the advantage and shattered Garuda’s Holy Demon Body with the Ten Suns Divine Buddha Hand.
• Garuda summoned the Sea-Covering Seal and unleashed its black ocean against Mu Chen.
• Mu Chen opened the mysterious vertical eye between his brows and pierced both the Sea-Covering Seal and Garuda’s head with a dark ray.

Mu Chen killed Garuda, claimed the three Immortal Pages, and used two Supreme Dharma Bodies to forge the Immortal Golden Body, which he completed without advancing to Earth Sovereign. He then entered the Hall of Divine Abilities to seek the advanced cultivation method for the Four Gods Constellation Scripture.

• Mu Chen killed Garuda after he asked Mu Chen to pass a message to Lu Heng, and collected Garuda’s spoils, including an Immortal Page and a dark Buddha statue.
• Mu Chen combined the three Immortal Pages to obtain the cultivation method for the Immortal Golden Body.
• Mu Chen sacrificed the green and dark Buddha statues in a Golden Magma Divine Pool and transformed his body into the Immortal Golden Body.
• The transformation summoned an Earth Sovereign Spirit Tribulation, but Mu Chen scattered its clouds and chose not to break through.
• Mu Chen entered the Hall of Divine Abilities and asked for the advanced cultivation method for the Four Gods Constellation Scripture.

Mu Chen received the Four Symbols Divine Canon after condensing his Immortal Golden Body, then reunited with Xiao and Lin Jing and reached the Heavenly Pool as it opened. Su Qingyin stopped the first cultivators from rushing inside, setting the stage for the competition to gather Heavenly Pool Spirits.

• Mu Chen obtained the Four Symbols Divine Canon, but the Hall of Divine Abilities refused his request to borrow other supreme arts and sent him outside.
• Xiao and Lin Jing reunited with Mu Chen after waiting five days and nights, and the three traveled to the Heavenly Pool.
• Mu Chen and his companions joined nearly ten thousand cultivators gathered outside the Heavenly Pool and learned that baptisms required different numbers of Heavenly Pool Spirits.
• The Heavenly Pool's barrier vanished two days later, opening the sealed realm to the gathered cultivators.
• Su Qingyin stopped a Ninth Grade Sovereign from leading the crowd inside and established her authority as the highest-ranked present prodigy.

During the Heavenly Pool Baptism, Mu Chen used the Life-Extinguishing Pupil to gather and fuse ninety-nine Heavenly Pool Spirits into a Heavenly Pool Crystal, preparing for a Perfect Baptism. As he waited for the baptism to begin, Xia Yu arrived to confront him, apparently seeking revenge for his younger brother.

• Su Qingyin warned the crowd that only Flood Dragon and Dragon Token holders could cross the Heavenly Pool, then sailed out on her Azure Dragon Token.
• Mu Chen, Xiao Xiao, and Lin Jing transformed their Golden Dragon Tokens into boats and split up to search for Heavenly Pool Spirits.
• Mu Chen used the Life-Extinguishing Pupil to capture ninety-nine Heavenly Pool Spirits and fused them into a Heavenly Pool Crystal.
• Xiao Xiao hunted spirits with the help of her Martial Dao Heavenly Eye and the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python.
• Mu Chen waited on his boat until Xia Yu, the Great Xia Dynasty's crown prince and Xia Hong's elder brother, arrived to confront him.
• Mu Chen laughed and clapped his hands at Xia Yu, who narrowed his eyes at the unexpected reaction.

Mu Chen fought Xia Yu over the Heavenly Pool and killed the Great Xia Dynasty crown prince after destroying his Supreme Dharma Body. He then turned on Xia Yu’s guards gathered on the shore.

• Xia Yu attacked Mu Chen with the Imperial Dragon Qi, Son of Heaven Divine Palm, but Mu Chen used the Lesser Wind-Calling Art to evade him.
• Mu Chen struck Xia Yu from behind with the True Dragon Great Hand Seal, and his dragon and phoenix arts shattered Xia Yu’s Lesser Mountain and River Seal.
• Xia Yu summoned the Great Heavenly King Dharma Body and counterattacked, but Mu Chen’s Immortal Golden Body destroyed it with a single punch.
• Mu Chen crushed the fleeing Xia Yu beneath the Immortal Golden Body’s foot, killing him.
• Mu Chen attacked the Great Xia Dynasty’s generals on the shore and slaughtered them.

After Mu Chen revealed that he had killed Zhu Yan, Garuda, and Xia Yu, no one dared challenge him. The Heavenly Pool Baptism began, and Mu Chen, Xiao Xiao, and Lin Jing each triggered a Perfect Baptism as the Spirit Tribulation of Heaven and Earth descended, signaling a breakthrough to Earth Sovereign.

• Mu Chen announced that Zhu Yan, Garuda, and Xia Yu had died by his hand, then returned to his spiritual vessel to prepare for the baptism.
• The Heavenly Pool Baptism began, and cultivators triggered baptisms according to how many Heavenly Pool Spirits they had gathered.
• Qin Jingzhe triggered a high-grade baptism and advanced to Ninth Grade Perfection.
• Su Qingyin used ninety-nine Heavenly Pool Spirits to trigger the strongest high-grade baptism, and her bonded spirit insect transformed alongside her.
• Mu Chen used a Heavenly Pool Crystal formed from ninety-nine spirits to trigger a Perfect Baptism, and Xiao Xiao and Lin Jing triggered Perfect Baptisms as well.
• The Spirit Tribulation of Heaven and Earth gathered over the three, and the surrounding crowd fled as they realized someone was breaking through to Earth Sovereign.

Mu Chen endured the Earth Sovereign tribulation, dispersed it with his divine ability, and used his accumulated power and a Nine-Turn Green Lotus to break through to Upper Earth Sovereign. Lin Jing and Xiao Xiao also completed their breakthroughs, leaving all three Golden Dragon Disciples as Upper Earth Sovereigns.

• Mu Chen's Perfect Baptism triggered an Earth Sovereign Spirit Tribulation, which his Immortal Golden Body withstood.
• Mu Chen used his divine ability to disperse the tribulation and entered the Earth Sovereign realm.
• Mu Chen released the Nine-Turn Green Lotus's medicinal power and broke through to Upper Earth Sovereign.
• Lin Jing revealed her Jade God Dharma Body, while Xiao Xiao manifested a mysterious Dharma Body resembling a Seven-Colored Snake Image.
• Lin Jing and Xiao Xiao completed their breakthroughs and joined Mu Chen as Upper Earth Sovereigns, stunning the gathered groups.

Mu Chen explored the Second Hall Master’s sanctuary and learned from Su Qingyin that the ancient Heavenly Sovereign may have possessed a Phoenix Insect capable of restoring him to life. The chapter left Mu Chen considering what this secret could mean for the fallen Hall Master.

• Mu Chen reached the Second Hall and found the Second Hall Master dead from a fatal attack by the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Emperor.
• Mu Chen saw the five thousand surviving Spirit Slaughter Guard soldiers, who had become puppets while protecting their master.
• Su Qingyin arrived and surrendered after Mu Chen confronted her in the hall.
• Su Qingyin admitted she had come seeking the Second Hall Master and explained that an ancient record said he had raised a Phoenix Insect capable of reversing death.

Mu Chen discovered that the Phoenix Insect inside the Second Hall Master was still alive and decided to use it to attempt a revival. After sending Su Qingyin away with compensation, he sacrificed a hundred million drops of Supreme Spiritual Liquid to awaken the insect.

• Mu Chen learned from Su Qingyin that the Ancient Phoenix Insect within the Second Hall Master was alive but dormant.
• Su Qingyin proposed taking the insect to Ancestor Ten Thousand Insects to restore it, but Mu Chen refused and ordered her to summon it.
• Su Qingyin used her essence blood to draw out the Phoenix Insect, which fed on the blood-red pills before Mu Chen warned her away from it.
• Mu Chen gave Su Qingyin a bottle of high-grade pills as compensation and sent her from the hall.
• The Phoenix Insect returned to its cocoon inside the Second Hall Master, and Mu Chen burned a hundred million drops of Supreme Spiritual Liquid to rouse it.

Mu Chen revived the Second Hall Master with the Ancient Phoenix Insect and learned that the Canonization List remained with the Heavenly Emperor. He then headed to the First Hall to free Mandala’s sealed original body, where he confronted a Holy Demon Palace elder and overwhelmed him with Imperial Suppression.

• Mu Chen sacrificed Supreme Spiritual Liquid to revive the Second Hall Master with the Ancient Phoenix Insect’s power.
• After learning Mandala had sent Mu Chen and hearing that the Canonization List was likely still with the Heavenly Emperor, the Second Hall Master gave him a Spirit Slaughter Token and left to gather his old comrades.
• Mu Chen traveled beneath the ancient sea to the First Hall, where Mandala’s original body was sealed.
• The Left Elder revealed that he was guarding the Mandala Divine Flower on Palace Master Lu Heng’s orders and recognized Mu Chen as the Northern Realm’s Emperor Mu.
• Mu Chen told the Left Elder that he had killed Garuda, prompting the elder to attack him with Aspect of Heaven and Earth.
• Mu Chen used Imperial Suppression to shatter the Left Elder’s legs and mountain and pin him helplessly to the floor.

Mu Chen claimed the Blood Red Lotus Platform and Ancient Mandala Divine Flower from the First Hall, then joined Lin Jing and Xiao Xiao as they learned that the Heavenly Emperor Mausoleum had opened. At the mausoleum, Mandala and the Daluo Territory’s forces arrived, where the other sect leaders were shocked by Mu Chen’s rise to Upper Earth Sovereign.

• Mu Chen suppressed and killed Left Elder, used the Golden Rune to pass the ancient array, and took the Blood Red Lotus Platform and Ancient Mandala Divine Flower.
• Mu Chen met Lin Jing and Xiao Xiao, who reported encountering mysterious experts in the other halls, and explained that the Second Hall Master was a friend.
• Mu Chen and his companions sensed that someone had opened the Heavenly Emperor Mausoleum and hurried toward it.
• Mu Chen and his companions entered the mausoleum and used black stone beads to summon Mandala, the Netherworld Heavenly Sovereign, the Demon Emperor, and two other Earth Sovereigns.
• Mandala and the other sect leaders noticed that Mu Chen had reached Upper Earth Sovereign, while the Demon Emperor and Netherworld Heavenly Sovereign recognized Xiao Xiao’s power and looked away.

Mu Chen and Mandala faced the Holy Demon Emperor Lu Heng, who revealed that he had secretly recruited the Great Xia Emperor to join the fight against Daluo Heaven. As the two regional hegemons prepared to attack, a mysterious laugh interrupted them, leaving Lu Heng and the Xia Emperor alarmed.

• Mu Chen handed Mandala an object as Lu Heng arrived with four Earth Sovereign elders and recognized her.
• Mandala revealed that Lu Heng had once been the Ancient Heavenly Emperor’s mount, and Lu Heng accused Mandala of failing to fight the Evil Clan from Beyond during the ancient calamity.
• Mandala attacked Lu Heng, but he shattered her assault and showed that he had also reached Grand Perfection Earth Sovereign.
• Lu Heng summoned the Great Xia Emperor and two imperial princes, joining forces with the Eastern Territory to avenge Xia Yu and Xia Hong’s deaths.
• An unidentified speaker laughed that the assembled forces were still too weak, and Lu Heng and the Xia Emperor changed expression.

Mu Chen and his companions returned to help Mandala’s side, while the Great Xia Dynasty withdrew from Lu Heng’s alliance. Mandala fused with her true body and reached the Heavenly Sovereign level, but Lu Heng revealed the Supreme Heavenly Emperor’s preserved image, halting her attack.

• Mu Chen appeared with his companions, and Xia Emperor withdrew the Great Xia Dynasty from Lu Heng’s side rather than join the fight.
• Mandala revealed her true form as the Ancient Mandala Divine Flower and fused with it, breaking through to the Heavenly Sovereign level.
• Mandala’s power blasted Lu Heng into a mountainside, and she vowed to erase him in revenge for the Heavenly Emperor.
• Lu Heng shattered the Ancient Spirit Mountain and revealed the Supreme Heavenly Emperor’s image on a hidden plaza, leaving Mandala and the other Earth Sovereigns overwhelmed by his presence.

Mu Chen and Lin Jing exposed the Heavenly Emperor’s remains as an illusion concealing the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Emperor, but Lu Heng freed the Demon Emperor by sacrificing four Holy Demon Palace elders. The Demon Emperor revived in a frail body and transformed the dying Lu Heng into a demonic flood dragon.

• Mu Chen and Lin Jing used their pupil techniques and Mu Chen’s Golden Rune to reveal the illusion around the Heavenly Emperor Sword and the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Emperor’s head.
• Lu Heng attacked his four Holy Demon Palace elders, detonated their Supreme Seas, and sent the blast toward the Demon Emperor’s sealed head.
• Mandala struck Lu Heng, but the blast dislodged the Demon Emperor’s head from the Heavenly Emperor Sword and freed it.
• The Heaven-Swallowing Demon Emperor absorbed the elders’ flesh and blood essence and formed a weak body from demonic energy.
• Mandala’s blow gravely wounded Lu Heng, and the Demon Emperor poured demonic energy into him, transforming him into a Devouring Demon Clan flood dragon.

The Heaven-Swallowing Demon Emperor revived and trapped the heroes of Tianluo beneath a demonic shroud while regaining strength by devouring the fallen. As Mu Chen sought help, a torrent of brilliant flames destroyed the shroud and a slender figure appeared.

• The Heaven-Swallowing Demon Emperor accepted Lu Heng's service and promised to make him a Nether Demon Emperor.
• The Heaven-Swallowing Demon Emperor's demon dragons attacked the gathered heroes of Tianluo as their deaths restored his strength.
• Mu Chen suggested that Lin Jing and Xiao Xiao call their families for help, and they activated protective tokens.
• Mu Chen activated a mysterious token of his own while the heroes prepared to face the revived Demon Emperor.
• A vast torrent of flames vaporized the demonic shroud, and a slender figure stepped through space into the Heavenly Emperor Mausoleum.

Xiao Yan arrived to protect the survivors and joined an Azure Dragon strike in badly wounding the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Emperor. Lin Dong then appeared, reuniting with Xiao Yan as the crowd celebrated the arrival of the Great Thousand Twin Heroes.

• Xiao Yan emerged amid Emperor Flame and forced back the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Emperor’s aura while shielding the survivors.
• An Azure Dragon claw struck the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Emperor, shattering his demonic body and leaving him near death; Lu Heng was erased by the clash.
• Mu Chen recognized the Azure Heaven Dragon Transformation Art, and Lin Jing explained that Lin Dong had perfected the technique.
• Lin Dong arrived and was identified as Martial Ancestor, prompting the survivors to cheer at the arrival of another Saint Grade powerhouse.
• Xiao Yan and Lin Dong greeted each other as old friends.

Martial Ancestor Lin Dong and the Flame Emperor arrived at the Heavenly Emperor Mausoleum, followed by the resurrected powerhouses of the ancient Heavenly Palace. When Mu Chen revealed that the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Emperor had nine Demon Hearts and one life left, Martial Ancestor seized the demon and ordered Mu Chen to continue.

• Lin Jing and Xiao Xiao reunited with their fathers, Martial Ancestor and the Flame Emperor, who arrived at the mausoleum.
• The Second Hall Master led the revived leaders of the Heavenly Palace lineage to the gathering and greeted Mandala and Mu Chen.
• The Heaven-Swallowing Demon Emperor asked the two Saint Grade titans for their names, and they introduced themselves as Xiao Yan and Lin Dong.
• Mu Chen explained that the demon had nine Demon Hearts and nine lives, with only one remaining after Martial Ancestor destroyed the eighth.
• Martial Ancestor stopped the demon from threatening Mu Chen, crushed his counterattack with the Azure Dragon Seating Heaven Seal, and captured him in his palm.

The Flame Emperor and Martial Ancestor revived the Green-Robed Heavenly Emperor, who reunited with Mandala and named Mu Chen his final disciple and true successor. The Heavenly Emperor’s approval gave Mu Chen the title he had once claimed on his own.

• The Flame Emperor and Martial Ancestor dismissed the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Emperor’s threats and agreed to summon the Heavenly Emperor before executing him.
• The Martial Ancestor poured life-and-death power into the Green-Robed Heavenly Emperor, restoring him to life.
• The Heavenly Emperor greeted the Heavenly Palace’s leaders and comforted Mandala, though she knew his life was nearly over.
• Mandala introduced Mu Chen, and the Heavenly Emperor declared him his final disciple, true successor, and the future Second Generation Heavenly Emperor.
• Mu Chen bowed to the Heavenly Emperor and accepted him as his master.

Martial Ancestor Lin Dong and the Flame Emperor explained their plan to revive the dying Heavenly Emperor as part of a larger effort to prepare the Great Thousand World for another war with the Evil Clan from Beyond. The Heavenly Emperor agreed to their help, hoping to restore the Daoist Sect and Heavenly Palace and drive out the Outer Realm Demons.

• The Flame Emperor prompted Martial Ancestor Lin Dong to explain why they had come to the Tianluo Continent.
• Martial Ancestor Lin Dong revealed that he and the Flame Emperor were pursuing plans to reach the Dominator Realm and revive fallen ancient experts before the Great Thousand Demon-Subduing Array’s final activation.
• The leaders learned that the Heavenly Emperor was their first target for revival, and Mandala questioned whether his exhausted Origin could be restored.
• The Flame Emperor said he could revive the Heavenly Emperor with spirit medicines and other treasures, while Martial Ancestor Lin Dong could use the Undying Coffin.
• The Heavenly Emperor thanked everyone and said he wanted to restore the Daoist Sect and Heavenly Palace and drive out the Outer Realm Demons.

Mu Chen used the Heavenly Emperor Sword to destroy the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Emperor, while Flame Emperor confined the Tianluo leaders and prepared the Life and Death Coffin to revive the Heavenly Emperor. The Heavenly Emperor entered the coffin, leaving his revival in Martial Ancestor and Flame Emperor’s hands.

• The Heavenly Emperor lent Mu Chen the Heavenly Emperor Sword and entrusted him with killing the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Emperor.
• Mu Chen revealed his Great Completion Immortal Golden Body, and the sword’s awakened Spirit of the Artifact annihilated the demon’s last Demon Heart and remnant soul.
• Flame Emperor swept the Tianluo Continent’s veteran leaders into a pocket space so they would not witness the Heavenly Emperor’s revival.
• Martial Ancestor summoned the Life and Death Coffin and asked the Heavenly Emperor to enter it.
• The Heavenly Emperor stepped into the coffin, whose lid closed as his revival began.

The Heavenly Emperor returned to life after the Flame Emperor and Martial Ancestor restored his soul, body, and Supreme Sea. He revealed the Canonization List and planned to use the Tianluo Continent’s accumulated origin power to resurrect the Heavenly Palace’s heroes.

• The Martial Ancestor used the Life and Death Ancient Coffin to repair the Heavenly Emperor, who emerged from it and was welcomed by the Heavenly Palace’s heroes, the Flame Emperor, and the Martial Ancestor.
• The Heavenly Emperor produced the Canonization List, which held true spirit traces of roughly a million Heavenly Palace disciples and other powerful figures.
• The Heavenly Emperor and the two visitors discussed the enormous resources needed to resurrect the spirits recorded on the list.
• The three decided to draw on the Tianluo Continent’s origin power, accumulated underground during nearly fifty thousand years of division, to activate the Canonization List.
• The Flame Emperor and the Martial Ancestor offered to contribute their power alongside the Heavenly Emperor.

The Heavenly Emperor, Northern Emperor, and Southern Ancestor awakened a million heroic spirits through the Golden Canonization List and gathered them at the Heavenly Palace in the Western Region. With Tianluo Continent sealed off, foreign factions lost contact with their agents as the Heavenly Palace's returning heroes assembled before the Green-Robed Heavenly Emperor.

• The Heavenly Emperor, Northern Emperor, and Southern Ancestor poured Tianluo Continent's spiritual energy into the Golden Canonization List, awakening its Spirit of the Artifact and summoning a million heroic spirits.
• The heroic spirits recovered their memories and marched toward the Heavenly Palace's Ancestral Court in the Western Region, while senior Heavenly Palace figures across the continent awoke and joined the gathering army.
• The Heavenly Palace activated ancient Spirit Arrays that sealed Tianluo Continent against departures and blocked communication with the outside world.
• The Purple Cloud Sect, Thunder Sound Mountain, and Golden Eagle Prefecture panicked when they could no longer contact their backing High Sects, while foreign Heavenly Sovereigns who later infiltrated the continent were converted by the Heavenly Emperor and joined the Heavenly Palace.
• At the Heavenly Palace headquarters, the million-strong heroic spirit army and leaders from across the Heavenly Palace stood assembled before the Green-Robed Heavenly Emperor.

The Ancient Heavenly Palace lineage publicly returned to Tianluo Continent, and Green-Robed Heavenly Emperor planned to rebuild its forces before launching a campaign to unify the continent. Mu Chen’s new status as the Heavenly Emperor’s heir brought him closer in standing to Lin Jing and Xiao Xiao, who both gathered around him.

• Green-Robed Heavenly Emperor planned to rebuild the Five Halls and Nine Prefectures, restore the million-strong army, and let the lineage recover before conquering Tianluo Continent.
• Green-Robed Heavenly Emperor proclaimed the Ancient Heavenly Palace lineage’s return, and its million Heavenly Soldiers and Generals echoed his announcement.
• The announcement spread across Tianluo Continent and alarmed its sects and outside-backed forces, which faced a sealed continent and the returning former overlord.
• Northern Emperor and Southern Ancestor watched as Lin Jing and Xiao Xiao circled around Mu Chen, the newly appointed heir to the Heavenly Emperor.
• Xiao Xiao considered how Mu Chen’s new status made him her equal in background, while her parents accepted their daughters’ admiration for him.

Mu Chen asked Martial Ancestor to upgrade his treasured Demon-Subduing Staff, and Martial Ancestor began reforging it with the Great Sumeru Pillar and Mu Chen’s collected materials. The chapter left the materials melting in Martial Ancestor’s flames as the Sacred Artifact was being made.

• Martial Ancestor asked Mu Chen about his natal Spirit Soldier, and Mu Chen showed him the Demon-Subduing Staff his father had given him.
• Martial Ancestor offered to raise the staff’s grade, and Mu Chen brought out his forging materials, the Great Sumeru Pillar, and a Heavenly Sovereign Hand Bone.
• Martial Ancestor gave Mu Chen the choice of making either the Great Sumeru Pillar or the Demon-Subduing Staff the main weapon.
• Mu Chen chose the Demon-Subduing Staff, and Martial Ancestor began melting the staff and materials together with his spiritual flames.
• Flame Emperor praised Martial Ancestor’s control over flames as the forging began.