Chapter Summaries

Xiao Xiao delivered the Flame Emperor’s Ascension Pill to Mu Chen, who accepted a trial to kill a Heavenly Demon Emperor in exchange for it. Three months later, Mu Chen had slain Black Corpse Heavenly Demon Emperor and escaped a fight with two more, leaving the Great Thousand World and the Evil Clan from Beyond in turmoil.

• Xiao Xiao gave Mu Chen the Ascension Pill, which could help Quasi-Saints break through to Saint Grade, and explained the Flame Emperor’s trial.
• Mu Chen agreed to bring Xiao Xiao a Heavenly Demon Emperor’s head and set out for the Evil Clan from Beyond’s territory.
• Three months later, news spread that Mu Chen had killed Black Corpse Heavenly Demon Emperor, patriarch of the Corpse Demon Clan.
• Mu Chen fought two more pursuing Heavenly Demon Emperors, killing one and gravely wounding the other before escaping unharmed.
• Xiao Xiao was astonished by Mu Chen’s victory, while tensions rose along the border between the Great Thousand World and the Evil Clan from Beyond.

After killing the Black Corpse Heavenly Demon Emperor, Mu Chen revealed that he had already reached Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereign and helped the Undying Bird Sovereign advance with the Ascension Pill. He then joined the Heavenly Emperor and the Undying Bird Sovereign at Northern Wilderness Hill to prepare for the final activation of the Great Thousand Demon-Subduing Array.

• Mu Chen returned to the Daoist Sect with the Black Corpse Heavenly Demon Emperor's head and confirmed his victory to Mandala and the gathered leaders.
• Xiao Xiao offered Mu Chen the Ascension Pill, but he revealed that he had already broken through to Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereign during his battle with the Black Corpse Heavenly Demon Emperor.
• Mu Chen gave the Ascension Pill to the Undying Bird Sovereign, who advanced to Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereign a few days later.
• The Heavenly Emperor explained that King Qin was gathering top fighters to prepare for the Evil Clan from Beyond's counterattack during the World Array's final activation.
• Mu Chen, the Heavenly Emperor, and the Undying Bird Sovereign traveled to Northern Wilderness Hill and were welcomed by Graveyard Keepers into the realm protected by the World Array.

Heavenly Emperor and the gathered Saint Grade powerhouses attended a secret meeting at the Great Thousand Palace, where Flame Emperor and Martial Ancestor explained the Dominator Realm. The chapter ended as the two revealed they had gained insights into breaking through to it.

• Heavenly Emperor and the Daoist Sect arrived at the Great Thousand Palace, where Qin Tian and Lord of Undying welcomed the gathered heroes.
• Flame Emperor and Martial Ancestor appeared and revealed that they had arranged the secret meeting to share a plan for the final battle.
• Flame Emperor explained that the plan aimed to help him and Martial Ancestor reach the Dominator Realm while also resurrecting ancient Saint Grade heroes.
• Flame Emperor described how a Dominator could imprint their true spirit on the world's origin and command World Power.
• Flame Emperor announced that he and Martial Ancestor had gained a few insights into reaching the Dominator Realm.

The Great Thousand Twin Heroes revealed that they had become Half-Step Rulers, but warned that they still needed true Rulership to defeat the Heavenly Evil God before the Supreme Covenant arrived. They planned to enter seclusion for six months, leaving their allies waiting as they prepared their breakthroughs.

• The Firmament Ledger appeared above the Great Thousand Palace, recording the surnames Ye, Xiao, and Lin as the Immortal Great Emperor, the Flame Emperor, and the Martial Ancestor received World Marks.
• The Lord of Undying recognized that the Flame Emperor and the Martial Ancestor had reached the Half-Step Ruler realm.
• The Flame Emperor explained that Half-Step Rulers could not defeat the Heavenly Evil God, and that only true Rulers could save the Great Thousand World.
• The True Dragon Emperor, the Kunpeng Ancestor, and the other Saint Grade experts offered their aid, but the Flame Emperor told them to wait.
• The Flame Emperor planned to refine himself into a supreme Emperor Pill, while the Martial Ancestor planned to refine the Eight Great Ancestral Talismans into the Eight Ancestor Glazed Bowl.

Mu Chen explained that his path to the Dominator Realm was to unite the Ten Primordial Dharma Bodies, using his perfected One Qi Transforms into Three Purities as the foundation. He revealed that he had recovered the lost Dharma Bodies and summoned seven of them, leaving the assembled experts astonished as he prepared to claim the remaining three.

• The Daoist Heavenly Emperor revealed that Mu Chen, not himself, was the candidate to become the Great Thousand World's third Dominator Realm expert.
• Mu Chen explained the stages of One Qi Transforms into Three Purities and how he had developed its Nine Transformations, with a theoretical Unity Realm beyond it.
• Mu Chen declared that his path lay in uniting the Ten Primordial Dharma Bodies, which the world's will had created to defend the Great Thousand World from the Evil Clan from Beyond.
• Mu Chen described how he had searched for the lost Primordial Dharma Bodies and recovered the one hidden in the Corpse Demon Clan's territory after killing the Black Corpse Heavenly Demon Emperor.
• Mu Chen summoned seven Primordial Dharma Bodies, including the Eternal Undying Body and the Endless Radiant Body, revealing that he had found all five lost legacies.

Qing Yanjing and the allied clans gathered all Ten Primordial Dharma Bodies to help Mu Chen reach the Supreme Realm, while he, the Flame Emperor, and the Martial Ancestor entered seclusion. With the Heavenly Evil God looming and only two days before the Great Thousand Demon-Subduing Array began operating, the Great Thousand World's leaders sent their forces into the array without waiting for the three to emerge.

• Qing Yanjing persuaded the Tailing, Hetian, and Huang Ancient Clans to contribute their Primordial Dharma Bodies, and Lord of Undying offered Mu Chen spiritual energy from the Immortal Body.
• Mu Chen gathered all Ten Primordial Dharma Bodies and began seclusion with the Flame Emperor and Martial Ancestor, who had only half a year to prepare.
• The Heavenly Emperor transferred his titles and authority to Mu Chen, then became the Supreme Palace Master.
• With two days remaining before the Great Thousand Demon-Subduing Array began operating, the leaders debated whether to wait for Mu Chen and the others or proceed.
• Lord of Undying and Qin Tian led the assembled Heavenly Sovereigns into the array, whose bronze coffins stood across a vast black plaza.

The Flame Emperor, Martial Ancestor, and Mu Chen broke through to the Divine Realm of the Supreme Great Ruler and inscribed their names on the Firmament Ledger, becoming protectors of the Great Thousand World. Their rise stirred the Evil Clan from Beyond and awakened the Heavenly Evil God, who began to shake Northern Wilderness Hill from beneath the plaza.

• The Lord of Undying tried to rally the experts gathered above the Great Thousand Demon-Subduing Array but fell silent before their resolve.
• The Firmament Ledger formed from the Great Thousand World's World Power and unfurled across heaven and earth.
• The Flame Emperor completed his Emperor Pill, the Martial Ancestor refined the Eight Great Ancestral Talismans, and Mu Chen combined the Ten Primordial Dharma Bodies to reach the Dominator Realm.
• The Flame Emperor, Lin Dong, and Mu Chen inscribed their names on the Firmament Ledger and received World Marks as they attained the Divine Realm of the Supreme Great Ruler.
• Living beings across the Great Thousand World bowed to the three new Great Rulers, while the Evil Clan from Beyond and the Heavenly Evil God awakened to their rise.
• The continental plate beneath Northern Wilderness Hill shook as demonic darkness surged from below the black plaza.

The Flame Emperor, Martial Ancestor, and Heavenly Emperor entered the World Array to confront the weakened Heavenly Evil God, who was shocked to find three Transcendent guardians opposing him. When they gave their names, the Heavenly Evil God reacted in disbelief to Mu Chen introducing himself as Zhou Yuan.

• Qin Tian asked whether the Great Thousand Demon-Subduing Array should be activated, and Mu Chen spread it across Northern Wilderness Hill while the Heavenly Emperor reinforced it with World Power.
• Zhou Yuan, at the Hundred Spirits Continent, wondered about strange memories of the Heavenly Source World and the Ancestral Dragon Scripture as a mysterious figure in the cosmos recognized him from the future.
• The Heavenly Evil God transformed into a white-robed youth and reflected on how the long sealing had drained his origin, leaving him in a weakened four-eyed state.
• The Heavenly Evil God attacked the three arriving guardians with demonic light, his Death-Extinction Eye, and World-Devouring Evil Beasts, but Mu Chen, the Flame Emperor, and Martial Ancestor destroyed his attacks.
• The Flame Emperor explained that the Great Thousand World continually produced defenders, and the Heavenly Evil God asked the three guardians for their names.
• The Flame Emperor named himself Xiao Yan, Martial Ancestor named himself Lin Dong, and Mu Chen introduced himself as Zhou Yuan, causing the Heavenly Evil God to cry out in shock.

Mu Chen revealed himself as the Second Generation Heavenly Emperor and joined the Flame Emperor and Martial Ancestor in confronting the Heavenly Evil God. The Heavenly Evil God sacrificed himself in a final attack, but the three Great Rulers banished him to another dimension, where he died without harming them.

• Mu Chen declared that he was the Second Generation Heavenly Emperor, and the Heavenly Evil God recognized the title.
• The Flame Emperor, Martial Ancestor, and Heavenly Emperor surrounded the Heavenly Evil God and attacked him together.
• The Heavenly Evil God opened five eyes and used the Five-Eye God-Slaying Diagram, but the three rulers' attacks wounded him and drove him back.
• The Heavenly Evil God burned his life and sacrificed his eyes to reach the Ten-Eyed state, then detonated the Ten-Eye Demon Statue in an attempt to kill the three rulers.
• The Heavenly Emperor, Flame Emperor, and Martial Ancestor unleashed their full power and banished the Heavenly Evil God to another dimension, where he died.

Mu Chen defeated the newly ascended Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor, ending the Evil Clan from Beyond’s threat to the Great Thousand World. Ten years later, Mu Chen prepared for marriage and a journey beyond the universe, while Immortal Great Emperor became the Great Thousand’s fourth Great Ruler.

• The Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor devoured the Evil Clan from Beyond, ascended to the Ancestor God realm, and fled toward the universe beyond the Great Thousand World.
• Mu Chen intercepted the Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor and killed him with the Demon-Subduing Staff.
• Ten years later, Mu Chen discussed visiting Xiao Xiao and Lin Jing with Ling Xi, while Qing Yanjing confronted him about his relationships and his pregnant partners.
• Mu Chen reflected on exploring the universe beyond the Great Thousand World with the Flame Emperor and Martial Ancestor, while Immortal Great Emperor remained behind as its guardian.
• Immortal Great Emperor transcended and became the Great Thousand’s fourth Great Ruler, and Mu Chen, the Flame Emperor, and Martial Ancestor toasted him from afar.