Chapter Summaries

Luo Li prepared for the Luo God Festival as her grandfather, Luo Tianshen, welcomed word that Mu Chen would attend. The ceremony opened with Luo Li acclaimed as Empress, and she began the sacred rite by shedding a drop of heart blood into the Luo River.

• Luo Li recalled how the Flame Emperor owed Luo Tianshen a debt and how his family had visited the Luo God Clan, then told her grandfather that Mu Chen would attend the festival.
• Luo Tianshen eagerly welcomed Mu Chen, while Luo Li withheld her concern about the dangerous situation on the Tianluo Continent.
• The Luo God Clan gathered its Four Great Legions and assembled millions of people for the festival as clan leaders and elders emerged from the palace.
• Luo Li stood on the White Jade Platform and was hailed as Empress by the gathered clanspeople, while rival branch elders watched with dark expressions.
• Luo Li began the festival rite by cutting her skin and dropping her heart blood into the Luo River, where dark-red flames spread around her.

Luo Li awakened the Luo God Flowers, received the Luo God Inheritance, and manifested the Luo God Dharma Body as the Luo God Clan hailed her as its future ruler. The Blood God Clan’s patriarch Xue Lingzi then invaded with five Earth Sovereigns, and Luo Tianlong activated the Luo River Great Array to defend Luo God City.

• Luo Li awakened the Luo God Flowers across the Luo River, causing her cultivation to rise to the Upper Earth Sovereign realm and summoning the phantom of Luo God.
• Luo God bestowed her inheritance on Luo Li, who manifested the Luo God Dharma Body, while the Luo God Clan bowed to their ancestor and recognized Luo Li as the next Emperor Luo.
• Xue Lingzi arrived with five Lower Earth Sovereigns and mocked Luo Tianshen, renewing the Blood God Clan’s old conflict with the Luo God Clan.
• Luo Tianlong ordered the clan’s troops to activate the Luo River Great Array, raising a vast barrier over Luo God City.

The Blood God Clan’s attempt to break the Luo River Great Array was thwarted when the Luo God Clan’s Branch Clan Elders refused to betray their clan. Blood Lingzi then called on the Strength God Clan and Bone God Clan, revealing a larger assault as the chapter ended.

• Blood Lingzi called for Luo Feng and the other Branch Clan Elders to sabotage the Luo River Great Array, but they stood motionless.
• Luo Feng denounced Blood Lingzi’s accusation and revealed Blood Youlong’s severed head, prompting Blood Lingzi to vow revenge for his son.
• Luo Tianshen’s precautions were revealed: he had forced Luo Feng and the other elders to take Luo Water Poison Pills and swear obedience a month earlier.
• Blood Lingzi summoned the concealed Strength God Clan and Bone God Clan forces, and their Earth Sovereigns emerged from hiding.

Luo Tianshen revealed that he had recovered from Blood Demon Poison and reached Grand Perfection, turning back the allied God Clans as the Luo God Clan prepared to fight. The chapter explained that Xiao Xiao and Xiao Lin had secretly helped him, while he had allowed the crisis to test his clan and secure Luo Li’s succession.

• Gu Tianyou and Li Lingshen joined Xue Lingzi in demanding that the Luo God Clan stop the Luo God Festival and maintain the status quo.
• Luo Tianshen emerged from the Luo River Great Array and repelled the three clan chiefs with a single strike, revealing his Grand Perfection strength.
• Luo Tianlong and three Branch Clan Elders joined Luo Tianshen, while Luo Xiu and Luo Qingya led elite armies and fused their Battle Will toward a million-pattern formation.
• The chapter revealed that Xiao Xiao and Xiao Lin had used Emperor Flame to purge Luo Tianshen’s Blood Demon Poison and pills to restore his life force, allowing him to break through to Grand Perfection.
• Luo Tianshen had refused the siblings’ offer to destroy the Blood God Clan because he wanted to defeat his enemy himself and use the crisis to unite the clan behind Luo Li’s succession.

Luo Tianshen fought the allied clans while the Luo God Clan relied on its Great Array and Luo Li’s nearing completion of the inheritance. Elder Winter of the Western Heaven War Hall then appeared, raising the threat of outside intervention in the Luo God Clan’s heartland.

• Luo Tianshen fought three Upper Earth Sovereigns as Luo Tianlong, Luo Xiu, Luo Qingya, and the royal clan branches battled the Blood God Clan’s forces.
• The Bone God Clan and Strength God Clan’s Earth Sovereigns joined the fight against Luo Tianshen, turning the battle against him while Luo Li neared completion of her inheritance.
• Xue Lingzi summoned Elder Winter, whose arrival brought bitter cold and alarmed spectators who feared the Western Heaven War Hall was breaking its noninterference rules.
• Elder Winter congratulated Luo Tianshen with a veiled taunt, and Luo Tianshen coolly asked why he had come to the Luo God Clan’s capital.

After completing her inheritance and becoming an Upper Earth Sovereign, Luo Li rejected the War Emperor’s decree summoning her to the Greater Western Heaven Realm. A mysterious powerhouse named Long Xiang attacked Elder Winter, leaving the Luo God Clan’s confrontation with the War Emperor unresolved.

• Elder Winter delivered the War Emperor’s decree appointing Luo Li Saintess and ordering her to depart for the Greater Western Heaven Realm at once.
• The three great clans welcomed the decree, while the Luo God Clan’s leaders feared losing Luo Li and facing the War Emperor’s wrath.
• Luo Li emerged from beneath the Luo River Great Array after completing her inheritance, with the Luo God Dharma Body appearing behind her.
• Luo Li refused to accept the decree, and Elder Winter threatened her with the consequences of defying the War Emperor.
• An unseen speaker ordered Long Xiang to seize Elder Winter, and Long Xiang struck him with both fists.

Mu Chen arrived at the Luo God Clan’s battle, reclaimed and destroyed the War Emperor Decree, and reunited with Luo Li. As the fleeing allied clans tried to escape, Mu Chen and the Luo God Clan moved to defeat their Earth Sovereigns, with Mu Chen confronting five Blood God Clan elders.

• Long Xiang ambushed Elder Winter and took the War Emperor Decree, which he handed to Mu Chen.
• Mu Chen identified himself as a disciple of the Heavenly Palace and crumpled the decree into dust, enraging Elder Winter.
• Mu Chen ordered Long Xiang to fight Elder Winter, while Mu Chen and Luo Li reunited before the watching clans.
• Luo Tianlong spotted Xue Lingzi and the other allied clan leaders trying to flee, and Mu Chen joined the battle against them.
• Luo Tianshen, Luo Tianlong, and Luo Li engaged the three clans’ Earth Sovereigns, while Mu Chen confronted five Lower Earth Sovereigns of the Blood God Clan.

Mu Chen fought five Blood God Clan Earth Sovereigns, killing Blood Tong and overcoming the Yellow Springs Blood Sea with the Lesser Wind-Calling Art. As Blood Yi launched the Blood Demon Great Kasaya, Mu Chen faced the final elder standing.

• Mu Chen summoned his black and white incarnations to fight two Blood God Clan elders while he confronted Blood Yi, Blood Tong, and Blood Shou.
• Mu Chen used the Life-Extinguishing Divine Light to kill Blood Tong, destroying the Blood Demon Banner in the process.
• Blood Shou trapped Mu Chen in the Yellow Springs Blood Sea, but Mu Chen escaped by turning into a breeze with the Lesser Wind-Calling Art.
• Mu Chen killed Blood Yi with an iron fist while his incarnations killed one elder and sealed another in the Futu Pagoda.
• Blood Yi summoned his Blood Kasaya Dharma Body and began the Blood Demon Great Kasaya technique.

Mu Chen and the Luo God Clan defeated the Blood God Clan attackers, while a mysterious woman intervened to stop the Western Heaven War Hall’s Daoist Wang from targeting him. The woman revealed power equal to a Heavenly Sovereign, and her arrival stunned the empress and Luo Tianshen.

• Mu Chen killed Xue Yi, Xue Shou, and Xue Tong with the Undying Sacred Flame, while his black-and-white forms killed the other two Blood God Clan elders.
• Daoist Wang, the Western Heaven War Hall’s Deputy Hall Master, moved to capture Mu Chen after Elder Winter summoned him.
• A mysterious woman in white appeared and blocked Daoist Wang, activating a powerful Spirit Array against him.
• Daoist Wang and the woman clashed, and onlookers recognized him as a Late-Stage Spirit Grade Heavenly Sovereign and wondered whether the War Emperor was watching.
• Long Xiang mocked Elder Winter as the empress and Luo Tianshen recognized the mysterious woman as Ling Xi, who had once helped Mu Chen.

The War Emperor arrived on the battlefield after Mu Chen destroyed his imperial decree and threatened to punish him. Just as he attacked Mu Chen, a mysterious voice identified Mu Chen as his disciple and challenged him.

• The golden scroll reformed into a portal, and the War Emperor appeared as the Luo God Clan's forces gained the upper hand.
• Mu Chen and Long Xiang captured Elder Winter while Daoist Wang returned to the War Emperor and reported what had happened.
• The War Emperor noticed Luo Li and Mu Chen, then demanded to know why Mu Chen had destroyed his imperial decree.
• Mu Chen answered without fear and mocked the War Emperor, who decided to take him back to the War Hall by force.
• The War Emperor summoned a massive golden palm to strike Mu Chen, but a mysterious voice warned him not to touch its disciple.

The Heavenly Emperor’s projection appeared to protect Mu Chen and confronted the War Emperor for attacking him. After the Heavenly Emperor revealed that Spirit Mountain had withdrawn its support, the War Emperor pleaded to be spared by offering to defend the Great Thousand against the Evil Clan from Beyond.

• The Heavenly Emperor’s projection destroyed the War Emperor’s Immortal Grade strike and rebuked him for attacking Mu Chen.
• The War Emperor tried to rely on his ties to the Buddhist Sect, but the Heavenly Emperor revealed that Spirit Mountain had closed its gates for thirty days.
• The War Emperor’s message to Spirit Mountain went unanswered, while the gathered powers realized Mu Chen had a Saint Grade giant backing him.
• Luo Tianshen seized Xue Lingzi and prepared to hand him over to the empress of the Luo God Clan.
• The War Emperor pleaded for his life, promising to reach Saint Grade and guard the border against the Evil Clan from Beyond.

The Heavenly Emperor gave the Western Heaven War Emperor a chance to withstand one attack, then killed him with a single strike. As the Heavenly Emperor vanished, the Flame Emperor arrived to take charge.

• The Heavenly Emperor offered to spare the War Emperor if he survived one move, and recalled meeting the Battle Emperor in ancient times.
• The War Emperor unleashed the Invincible War Spirit Cauldron, combining countless sacred suns and their armies' Battle Will into a devastating attack.
• The Heavenly Emperor's jade-like palm overwhelmed the cauldron, leaving the War Emperor apparently unharmed.
• The War Emperor recognized the attack's karmic power, then cracked apart and disintegrated into dust.
• The Heavenly Emperor told the others to handle what remained and vanished, and the Flame Emperor arrived in a blaze of mysterious flames.

Flame Emperor arrived at the Luo God Clan after Mu Chen helped defeat its enemies, then revealed that he had come to resurrect the ancient Luo God. He summoned her form from the Luo River, and her consciousness began to awaken.

• The Luo God Clan wiped out the Blood God Clan and forced the Strength God Clan and Bone God Clan to submit as vassals.
• Flame Emperor Xiao Yan reunited with Luo Tianshen and explained that Xiao Xiao and Xiao Lin had visited in his place, healing and helping the old patriarch advance.
• Flame Emperor told Mu Chen that he had come to resurrect the ancient Luo God, shocking the Luo God Clan's leaders.
• Flame Emperor revealed that the Luo River had formed from Luo God's body after she fought two Heavenly Demon Emperors, and that her true spirit had survived within the river and fused with generations of the clan.
• Flame Emperor gathered the river water into Luo God's ancient silhouette and called her back, causing her eyes to awaken.

Luo God awakened early through the Spirit of the Luo Water, and the Flame Emperor prepared to restore her to full strength. She reclaimed her ancient Saint Grade Luo God Sword and, a month later, announced that she had successfully returned as the Flame Emperor headed north.

• Luo God awakened through the Spirit of the Luo Water and recognized the Flame Emperor, who explained that the Great Thousand World needed her before the final operation of the Great Thousand Demon-Subduing Array.
• Luo God called Luo Li forward and asked her to draw the inherited Luo God Sword.
• Luo God shattered the clan's Peerless Divine Artifact and revealed the real Saint Grade Peerless Sacred Artifact, the Luo God Holy Sword, which the clan had secretly hidden for generations.
• The Luo God Sword gave Luo God the strand of her consciousness it had preserved, but its origin was damaged and its Spirit of the Artifact fell into a deep slumber.
• The Flame Emperor agreed to restore Luo God, and a month later she announced her successful return as he secretly headed north.

The First Hall Master revealed to Mu Chen that he had taken over the Western Heaven War Hall as the Western Heaven War King, following the Heavenly Emperor’s plan to stabilize the continent and preserve a baptism opportunity for Mu Chen. He refused to guarantee Mu Chen a tournament place, leaving Mu Chen eager to prove himself in the upcoming competition.

• After the Western Heaven War Emperor died, the First Hall Master arrived as the Western Heaven War King, defeated Daoist Wang, and announced that the Son of the Continent Tournament would proceed.
• Mu Chen heard that the Western Heaven War Hall had been taken over and complained that the Western Heaven War King seemed like a fake.
• The First Hall Master appeared before Mu Chen and revealed that he was the Western Heaven War King, having come to stabilize the continent on the Heavenly Emperor’s orders.
• The First Hall Master explained that the Heavenly Emperor wanted Mu Chen to compete for a baptism slot and planned to hand the Western Heaven Continent back to Luo God when she returned.
• The First Hall Master told Mu Chen he would not bend the tournament rules for him, and Mu Chen said he was confident enough to challenge the Complete Earth Sovereign battlefield.

After the ancient Luo God returned, she focused on strengthening the Luo God Clan while Mu Chen trained Ling Xi and prepared for the Son of the Continent Tournament. Mu Chen and Long Xiang arrived in Western Heaven War City, where Mu Chen assigned targets among the tournament favorites.

• The ancient Luo God returned and began rebuilding the Luo God Clan, strengthening Luo Tianshen and training Luo Li and the other clan members.
• Mu Chen failed to persuade Luo Li to become his wife, then used the Great Emperor Inner Canon to help Ling Xi advance to the Lower Earth Sovereign level.
• Long Xiang urged Mu Chen to leave Ling Xi, and the two traveled to Western Heaven War City for the upcoming tournament.
• Long Xiang presented the tournament favorites, including the War Hall's Four Holy Sons and Elder Winter.
• Mu Chen decided to challenge Ling Zhanzi, Ling Jianzi, and Ling Longzi, while assigning Long Xiang to deal with Elder Winter.

The Son of the Continent Tournament began under the First Hall Master’s control, while Mu Chen sized up the Upper Earth Sovereign rivals and the War Hall’s Four Holy Sons. He sent Xiao Qingyun and the Heavenly Palace disciples to compete in the Lower Earth Sovereign battlefield, where they prepared to face Ling Feizi.

• Nearly 1,600 contestants gathered as the First Hall Master, Daoist Wang, and the Old Heavenly Sovereign appeared to open the tournament.
• Liu Xingchen, Su Mu, and Chu Men arrived together at the Upper Earth Sovereign battlefield, while the Four Holy Sons considered the tournament and Ling Longzi privately weighed leaving the War Hall.
• Ling Feizi gathered her admirers in the Lower Earth Sovereign area and believed no contestant there could challenge her.
• Mu Chen ordered Xiao Qingyun and the other Heavenly Palace disciples to enter the Lower Earth Sovereign battlefield and compete.

Mu Chen entered the upper Earth Sovereign battlefield, defeated Xiong Ba and collected his Battle Seals. Five days later, Fire Cloud King ambushed him and fled when the attack failed, but Mu Chen appeared in his path and asked him to stay.

• Xiong Ba ambushed a newly arrived participant and killed him, but Mu Chen’s Imperial Suppression shattered Xiong Ba and his divine-beast phantom.
• Mu Chen collected three Battle Seals from the corpse and flew away.
• Five days later, Mu Chen leisurely crossed the wilderness, waiting for the competition to thin out before seeking more opponents.
• Fire Cloud King attacked Mu Chen with a gigantic flaming palm, found no trace of him, and fled using Spirit Fire Divine Escape.
• Black Sparrows gathered into Mu Chen’s figure and blocked Fire Cloud King’s path as Mu Chen asked him to stay.

Mu Chen killed Fire Cloud King after thwarting his escape and shattering his Sacred Artifact, then confronted five Upper Earth Sovereigns who had been hired to test his strength. The five attacked him together, surrounding him as the chapter ended.

• Fire Cloud King fled using his Spirit Fire Divine Escape, but Mu Chen used the Lesser Wind-Calling Art to block every route.
• Fire Cloud King defended himself with the Fire Cloud Cover and offered Mu Chen two Battle Seals for mercy, but Mu Chen refused and killed him with a mysterious black ray.
• Mu Chen collected four Battle Seals from Fire Cloud King and called out several hidden observers.
• The Purple Mountain Sect Master and four other Upper Earth Sovereigns revealed that Ling Zhanzi, Ling Jianzi, and other Holy Sons had hired them to probe Mu Chen.
• The five Upper Earth Sovereigns attacked Mu Chen together and surrounded him.

Mu Chen defeated the five Earth Sovereign enemies and Master Ghost with an array of powerful techniques, then learned the four Holy Sons had orchestrated the attack. As he confronted the spectators through the void, the spiritual-energy mirror shattered, leaving the crowd unable to see him.

• Master Ghost's Dragon-Binding Array was shattered by Mu Chen's Golden Armored Giant, while Mu Chen sealed one Earth Sovereign's spiritual energy and killed two others with the Undying Sacred Flame.
• Mu Chen's Dragon-Phoenix Dao Armor blocked an Earth Sovereign's punch, and his Self-Sacrifice Demon Fist killed that attacker.
• The Purple Mountain Sect Master tried to flee, but Mu Chen summoned the Holy Spirit White Tiger with the Four Symbols Divine Canon, and it swallowed him.
• Mu Chen caught the gray-robed Earth Sovereign after he begged for mercy, killed him, and said the four Holy Sons had brought this on themselves.
• Mu Chen looked through the void at the spectators, shattering their spiritual-energy mirror and leaving the crowd in awe of his strength.