Chapter Summaries

Mu Chen entered the Spiritual Value Divine Hall and swiftly defeated the guardian protecting the Four Gods Constellation Scripture by severing its Spirit Array’s power source. He emerged with the divine art and the Nine Dragon Heavenly Wind Art, while Zhu Tian recognized the Four Gods Constellation Scripture’s connection to the Ancient Heavenly Palace.

• Mu Chen used his second chance to enter a dark golden hall and faced the late-stage Heaven Transformation Realm Spirit Puppet guarding the Four Gods Constellation Scripture.
• Mu Chen studied the runes on the Spirit Puppet’s armor and used his Void Heart Eye to stop it just before its saber struck him.
• Mu Chen severed the Spirit Puppet’s connection to the hall’s spiritual energy, leaving it powerless, and was teleported away with the divine art.
• The Great Elders were surprised that Mu Chen returned in less than an hour, and Zhu Tian revealed that he had taken the Four Gods Constellation Scripture.
• Mu Chen explained how he defeated the guardian, and Zhu Tian silently acknowledged that Mu Chen had also taken the Nine Dragon Heavenly Wind Art.

Li Kuanglan announced that Legend of the Heavenly Emperor would go premium on Qidian the next day and asked readers to support it with first subscriptions. He explained the book’s weak performance and his move to Qidian, and promised to finish the story despite its poor prospects.

• Li Kuanglan announced the premium launch for noon the next day and said he had 15 chapters ready, with plans to post more.
• Li Kuanglan explained that he had returned to writing a Great Ruler fanfic because it completed the trilogy he had been writing around and suited his style.
• Li Kuanglan said Legend of the Heavenly Emperor had been rejected three times on his former platform over its weak opening, then moved to Qidian after his former editor offered him a chance to publish it.
• Li Kuanglan described the book’s poor trial results and his dwindling follower expectations, which had fallen to 2,300.
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After leaving the Spirit Art Temple, Mu Chen studied the Four Gods Constellation Scripture and discovered that the Immortal Page could manifest the four divine beasts, helping him cultivate the art. A month later, he emerged from seclusion and entered the Thunder Territory, where he began considering the cost of cultivation and the academy’s Heavenly Thunder Bead trade.

• Zhou Ling and another Spirit Road King emerged with Spirit Grade Spiritual Arts, while Mu Chen said he would explain his unexpected results later.
• Mu Kui and Bing Qing returned with Quasi-Divine Spirit Arts, and the Luo God Clan’s Imperial Princess obtained a low-grade Divine Spirit Art.
• Mu Chen secluded himself with the Four Gods Constellation Scripture and learned that mastering its divine beasts’ true essence was difficult.
• The Immortal Page manifested the Azure Dragon, Vermilion Bird, White Tiger, and Black Tortoise, helping Mu Chen’s Spirit Soul imitate the scripture’s seals.
• After a month, Mu Chen emerged having mastered the basics of both divine arts and entered the Thunder Territory, paying five hundred Spiritual Value to get in.

Mu Chen entered the Thunder Territory to use its ancient lightning to wear down the seal on his Divine Veins, and his cultivation reached Heaven Transformation after months of refining thunder. He then ventured into the forbidden Nine Heavens Thunder River, heading toward the rumored tenth layer.

• Mu Chen bypassed the lower layers and began refining the eighth layer's lightning on a Lightning-Attracting Platform to weaken the seal on his Divine Veins.
• After several months, Mu Chen broke through to Heaven Transformation, though the seal on his Divine Veins remained intact.
• Mu Chen continued cultivating, discovered more mysterious points of light within his flesh, and entered the ninth layer.
• Mu Chen searched for the rumored tenth layer but found no entrance among the nine accessible layers.
• Mu Chen transformed into a Nine Nether Underworld Sparrow and plunged into the Nine Heavens Thunder River, heading toward the bottom layer.

Mu Chen reached the deepest layer of the Thunder Territory, found the Thunder God Pill, and stole it along with its companion Thunder Pulp Lotus. He escaped before the bald old man discovered the theft, leaving the old man shocked to find his treasure missing.

• Mu Chen followed the Thunder Slurry into the final layer of the Thunder Territory and decided to seek the Thunder God Pill for his father, Mu Feng.
• Mu Chen used the Futu God Pagoda, the Heavenly Emperor's Legacy, and the Immortal Page to conceal himself as he traveled through the Thunder Sea.
• After five days, Mu Chen found the Thunder God Pill inside a Thunder Pulp Lotus and took both treasures, sealing their auras in the Futu Pagoda.
• Mu Chen transformed into the Nine Nether Underworld Sparrow and fled downstream toward the Thunder Territory's exit.
• The bald old man arrived at the Thunder Sea, sensed that something was wrong, and discovered that the Thunder God Pill was gone.

Mu Chen escaped the Thunder Territory with the Thunder God Pill, but the Northern Abyss Dragon Kun mistook him for the thief and dragged him back after defeating the Thunder Spirit. Mu Chen faced the furious old powerhouse in the ruined depths of the territory.

• The Thunder Spirit blamed the Northern Abyss Dragon Kun for the missing Thunder God Pill, and the two fought across the tenth layer of the Thunder Territory.
• Mu Chen reached the Thunder Territory's entrance after the Nine Heavens Thunder River turned turbulent and carried him out in a sorry state.
• The Northern Abyss Dragon Kun seized Mu Chen in front of thousands of students and carried him back to the Thunder Territory.
• After sealing the Thunder Spirit, the Northern Abyss Dragon Kun realized an unfamiliar human had stolen the Thunder God Pill and identified Mu Chen as the likely culprit.
• Mu Chen brushed himself off and stood before the Northern Abyss Dragon Kun, recognizing the legendary beast from the stories he had heard as a child.

Mu Chen traded the Thunder God Pill to Northern Abyss Dragon Kun for ten million Spiritual Value and the Thunder God Body, with a drop of divine beast blood essence promised after the guardian’s breakthrough. Northern Abyss Dragon Kun revealed that Dean Tai Cang had sent him to guide Mu Chen and help prepare the academy’s rising students for the Academy Tournament.

• Mu Chen tried to deny having Northern Abyss Dragon Kun’s treasure, but the guardian demanded the Thunder God Pill.
• Northern Abyss Dragon Kun offered ten million Spiritual Value and the Thunder God Body in exchange for a clue, then added a drop of divine beast blood essence after his breakthrough.
• Mu Chen handed over the Thunder God Pill and received the Spiritual Value and Thunder God Body, while keeping the Thunder God Lotus hidden.
• Northern Abyss Dragon Kun sent Mu Chen flying out of the Thunder Territory, then revealed that he had known Mu Chen’s identity and acted at Dean Tai Cang’s request.
• Northern Abyss Dragon Kun reflected on the academy’s plans for the Academy Tournament and turned his attention to his own Earth Sovereign breakthrough.

Mu Chen cultivated the Three-Pattern Thunder Body in the Thunder Territory, then returned to reunite with Luo Li. The next morning, Su Ling'er invited him to meet her elder sister, Su Xuan, on Lake Island.

• Mu Chen returned to the Thunder Territory and used a Lightning-Attracting Array to refine his body with thunder while cultivating the Thunder God Body.
• After a month, Mu Chen condensed three Thunder Patterns and gained enough strength to kill a late-stage Heaven Melting Realm expert with one punch.
• Mu Chen left the Thunder Territory and reunited with Luo Li, who had reached the Heaven Transformation Realm and risen to tenth place on the Heaven Ranking.
• Mu Chen spent the night with Luo Li at their lakeside pavilion and left quietly the next morning.
• Su Ling'er met Mu Chen outside the pavilion and invited him to meet Su Xuan on Lake Island, and Mu Chen agreed to go.

Mu Chen joined Su Xuan’s team for a Heaven-Grade mission to explore a Spirit Treasury at White Dragon Hill, negotiating a larger share of the reward. As the group prepared to leave, He Yao arrived and addressed Su Xuan.

• Su Xuan introduced Mu Chen to Guo Xiong and Li Qing and explained that she had recruited him for a five-person Spirit Treasury mission.
• Mu Chen negotiated for 2.5 million Spiritual Value, and the group agreed on a reward split based on their strengths.
• Su Xuan explained that the mission concerned a possible Supreme Spirit Treasury at White Dragon Hill and that they could request support or withdraw if the danger exceeded expectations.
• The group agreed on a departure date and left Su Xuan’s house together.
• As Mu Chen headed back to the Lakeside Cottage, He Yao descended and called out to Su Xuan.

He Yao tried to take Mu Chen’s place on the Heaven-Grade Mission, but Mu Chen refused and attacked him after He Yao repeatedly blocked his way. Mu Chen’s Thunder God Body sent He Yao crashing to the ground, leaving their confrontation unresolved.

• He Yao arrived and learned that Mu Chen had taken the last place on the mission.
• He Yao offered to share the mission rewards if Mu Chen gave up his place, but Mu Chen refused.
• He Yao stopped Mu Chen again, and Mu Chen warned him that he was looking for a beating.
• He Yao challenged Mu Chen, and Mu Chen struck first with a lightning-charged punch.
• Mu Chen’s Thunder God Body punch injured He Yao and knocked him to the ground, where He Yao recognized the technique.

Mu Chen overwhelmed He Yao in a fight, forcing him to unleash the Heavenly Demon Crane and the Crane God Art. After Mu Chen defeated He Yao’s strongest attack, He Yao tried to invoke another technique but was knocked unconscious.

• Mu Chen judged He Yao’s late-stage Heaven Transformation Realm cultivation unimpressive, then battered him with the Three-Pattern Thunder Body as Su Xuan and the others watched in shock.
• He Yao summoned the Heavenly Demon Crane and used the Crane God Art, Feather Fall Slashes the Firmament, to attack Mu Chen.
• Mu Chen summoned an Ancient Thunder Beast, which crushed He Yao’s feather blade and shattered his shield, leaving him gravely injured.
• He Yao began forming a blood-red seal to use Crane God Descent, but Mu Chen knocked him unconscious with a stomp.

After defeating He Yao, Mu Chen led Su Xuan, Su Ling'er, Li Qing, and Guo Xiong to White Dragon Hill on a Heaven-Grade Mission. In White Dragon City, they attended the Nine Summers Auction House as news spread that a Supreme Spirit Treasury was about to open.

• Mu Chen tortured He Yao, extracted and refined the Heavenly Demon Crane Spirit Beast Essence, then left him unconscious for Su Xuan and Guo Xiong to take back to the Demon Sect.
• Three days later, Mu Chen and his companions left Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy and traveled toward White Dragon Hill.
• In White Dragon City, Su Ling'er enjoyed shopping while Mu Chen and Guo Xiong followed as bodyguards.
• Mu Chen took the group to the Nine Summers Auction House to gather information, where they learned that powerful local factions had gathered over the coming Supreme Spirit Treasury opening.
• Old Monster Yellow Earth mocked Elder Chen Kun inside the auction house, and Chen Kun challenged him while the two restrained themselves because violence was forbidden there.

At the White Dragon City auction, Mu Chen bid on a mysterious Spirit Array Orb after recognizing that it contained a powerful fifth-grade array. The bidding reached six hundred thousand Spirit Coins, and Mu Chen planned to open the orb using his Mind's Eye.

• Bai Dong noticed Su Ling'er, Su Xuan, and Li Qing, then ordered Elder Qiu to find out where they were from.
• Bi Sheng opened the auction and presented a series of Spirit Soldiers and spirit arts for bidding.
• Bi Sheng offered a rusted Spirit Array Orb, and bidders competed for it despite not knowing how to open it.
• Mu Chen bid six hundred thousand Spirit Coins for the orb after deciding it looked interesting.
• Mu Chen told Guo Xiong that his Mind's Eye would let him open the orb, which contained a fifth-grade array capable of threatening Heavenly Passage Realm warriors.

Mu Chen let Bai Dong win the fifth-grade Spirit Array Orb, then watched as the White Dragon Jade Pillar, a weapon and token left behind by the White Dragon Supreme, became the auction’s final prize. Bai Dong secured it for White Dragon City at twelve million Spirit Coins, while Mu Chen’s group stayed out of the bidding.

• Bai Dong repeatedly outbid Mu Chen for the fifth-grade Spirit Array Orb, and Mu Chen stopped bidding and let him have it.
• Bi Sheng revealed the White Dragon Jade Pillar as the auction’s grand finale and explained that the White Dragon Supreme had left it behind as both a weapon and a token.
• Su Ling'er asked Mu Chen whether they would bid, but Mu Chen refused because bidding could make the crowd turn against them.
• Old Monster Yellow Earth, Elder Chen Kun, and Bai Dong competed for the pillar as the price climbed into the millions and other bidders withdrew.
• Bai Dong bid twelve million Spirit Coins, outmaneuvered Old Monster Yellow Earth, and Bi Sheng announced that the White Dragon Jade Pillar belonged to White Dragon City.

Mu Chen led the Northern Heavens group outside White Dragon City, where Bai Dong ambushed them to seize Su Xuan and the other women. Mu Chen killed Bai Dong and plunged the group into battle against White Dragon City's guards, while three Heaven Transformation Realm experts moved to surround him.

• Mu Chen left White Dragon City with his companions, and Bai Dong ordered Elder Qiu to pursue them and reclaim the women.
• A few dozen miles outside the city, Bai Dong and a force of Dragon Demon Guards surrounded the five Northern Heavens cultivators.
• Bai Dong demanded that Mu Chen hand over the women, and Mu Chen killed him instantly with a shadowy hand.
• Elder Qiu and two other Heaven Transformation Realm experts attacked as Mu Chen charged into the guards and killed several of them.
• Su Xuan and the others fought the Dragon Demon Guards, whose battle formation and reckless tactics pinned them down.
• The three Heaven Transformation Realm experts encircled Mu Chen, and one hurled a High-grade Spirit Artifact spear at him in the shape of a black dragon.

Mu Chen killed three Heaven Transformation Realm experts with his Nine Dragon Heavenly Wind Art while Su Xuan and the Heaven Ranking experts defeated the Dragon Demon Guards. After they found the Dragon Demon Palace’s mark on a corpse, the group learned the palace’s violent history and the White Dragon Supreme’s betrayal of it to stop its atrocities.

• Mu Chen killed one Heaven Transformation Realm expert with a thunderous strike, then crushed the other two with the Sky-Tearing Hand.
• Su Xuan and the Heaven Ranking experts wiped out the Dragon Demon Guards and divided the spoils, with Mu Chen taking Bai Dong’s Mustard Seed Bracelet.
• Li Qing spotted a palace tattoo on a Dragon Demon Guard, and the Heaven Ranking experts identified it as the Dragon Demon Palace’s mark.
• The group learned that the Dragon Demon Palace had once tried to conquer the Northern Heavens, but the White Dragon Supreme’s defection with the Great Sumeru Demon Pillar turned the war against it.
• The group learned that the Dragon Demon Palace’s founders had fled the Sacred Dragon Plane after an Evil Clan invasion and that the White Dragon Supreme had opposed its sacrifice of innocent lives to strengthen the pillar.

Mu Chen and the others discovered that White Dragon City was tied to the Dragon Demon Palace remnants, and Mu Chen killed a Heavenly Dipper Sword Sect elder who had witnessed their battle. Convinced White Dragon City might threaten them later, Mu Chen led his companions back there to strike first.

• Mu Chen decided the group would continue exploring White Dragon Supreme’s Spirit Treasury and Su Xuan sent a message to the academy.
• Mu Chen chased down Chen Kun, an elder of the Heavenly Dipper Sword Sect, and killed him with Nine Nether Underworld Fire after striking him as he fled.
• The group chose to camp outside rather than return to White Dragon City, but Mu Chen insisted they go back and eliminate the threat.
• Su Xuan and the others followed Mu Chen as he and the group secretly slipped back into White Dragon City.

Mu Chen and his allies raided White Dragon City's City Lord's Mansion, killing guards and Heaven Transformation Realm experts until Su Xuan's fight exposed them. Mu Chen confronted City Lord Bai Xuan, who revealed his late-stage strength and wielded a supreme-grade Spirit Artifact as their battle continued.

• Mu Chen silently killed two hidden Heaven Transformation Realm experts while the rest of the team infiltrated the City Lord's Mansion.
• Su Xuan's attempt to assassinate the last expert was exposed, triggering an alarm and a battle between the Dragon Demon Guards and Guo Xiong, Li Qing, and Su Ling'er.
• Mu Chen fought through the guards and headed for Bai Xuan, smashing aside the City Lord's Demon Dragon Sky-Tearing Claw.
• Bai Xuan accused the mysterious attacker of killing Bai Dong, and Mu Chen denied that Bai Dong was dead before Bai Xuan attacked him.
• Mu Chen repeatedly punched Bai Xuan into the ruins, but Bai Xuan revealed his late-stage Heaven Transformation Realm cultivation and drew the Blood Sea Spirit-Devouring Spear.

Mu Chen killed Bai Xuan and the remaining Dragon Demon Palace forces, then grew into the mid-stage of the Heaven Transformation Realm. He and the Northern Heavens group followed the crowds through White Dragon Hill to the site where the Supreme Spirit Treasury was expected to appear.

• Mu Chen defeated Bai Xuan and his Blood Demon Beast, crushed Bai Xuan's skull, and advanced to the mid-stage of the Heaven Transformation Realm after devouring him.
• Mu Chen used the Blood Sea Spirit-Devouring Spear to kill the last Heaven Transformation Realm expert, while he, Guo Xiong, and the others wiped out the leaderless Dragon Demon Guards.
• The Northern Heavens group looted the battlefield and burned the City Lord's Mansion before leaving; the next day, White Dragon City's factions fought over Bai Xuan's abandoned territory.
• Mu Chen feigned ignorance among the crowds gathered at the mansion ruins, then followed the vast throng into White Dragon Hill with the Heaven Ranking experts.
• After four or five days, Mu Chen and the others reached the five peaks surrounding a clear lake, where the Earth Element Sect and the Heavenly Dipper Sword Sect had also assembled for the Supreme Spirit Treasury.

Mu Chen and the others entered the Supreme Spirit Treasury after a white dragon activated the passage, but random teleportation separated them. Mu Chen found a lava lake filled with Flame Spirit Lotuses and claimed the treasure for himself, ordering the other martial artists to leave.

• At night, a white dragon emerged from the lake and activated an array formed by five peaks, opening a spatial passage to the Supreme Spirit Treasury.
• Mu Chen and the Northern Heavens group entered the passage, and Mu Chen was randomly teleported above a lava lake without his companions.
• Mu Chen spotted a sea of Flame Spirit Lotuses and stopped a blue-robed martial artist from charging toward them.
• Dozens of Flame Swallowing Pythons surfaced from the lava, including several at the Heaven Transformation Realm.
• Mu Chen claimed the lotuses and the area for himself, giving the assembled martial artists ten breaths to leave.