Chapter Summaries

At the Tianluo Banquet, Zhao Chen challenged the five super-force leaders to fight him together or one by one, insisting the contest would decide who ruled Tianluo. Danyang Ancestor stepped forward, but Zhao Chen’s True Huang Flame countered his sacred fire until he brought out the Divine Fire Furnace, prompting Zhao Chen to suspect a connection to the Maha Ancient Clan.

• Zhao Chen received a sign-in mission to defeat his enemies and unite Tianluo, then invited the five leaders to fight him together or individually.
• Zhao Chen explained that the banquet would determine Tianluo’s ruler and that he wanted to avoid a costly war between their forces.
• Danyang Ancestor accepted Zhao Chen’s challenge and unleashed the Danyang Sacred Flame.
• Zhao Chen summoned a nine-colored True Huang with his True Huang Flame, suppressing Danyang Ancestor’s fire.
• Danyang Ancestor brought out the Immortal Grade Peerless Saint Object Divine Fire Furnace, and Zhao Chen wondered whether it came from the Maha Ancient Clan.

Zhao Chen defeated Danyang Ancestor and seized the Divine Fire Furnace, leaving the other leaders of the super forces wary of challenging him. White Tiger Valley and Xuanyin City withdrew from the contest for Tianluo, while the Ghost Emperor remained reluctant to give up.

• Zhao Chen’s Nine-Colored True Huang devoured Danyang Ancestor’s sacred flame and Divine Fire Furnace, inflicting a severe backlash on him.
• Purple Thunder Venerable judged the Maha Ancient Clan untrustworthy and decided he would rather yield to the Thunder Palace than help it seize Tianluo.
• The Ghost Emperor proposed that the Immortal Grade Heavenly Sovereigns attack Zhao Chen together, but admitted he feared being restrained and defeated.
• White Tiger Valley Master and Xuanyin City Master weighed their chances and concluded that fighting Zhao Chen could bring ruin even if they won today.
• White Tiger Valley Master and Xuanyin City Master publicly conceded to Zhao Chen and asked where the banquet seats were, leaving the Ghost Emperor stunned.

At the Tianluo Banquet, Zhao Chen faced the remaining challengers as leaders of several superpowers withdrew or conceded. Ghost Emperor’s attack failed when Zhao Chen caught its divine light, and Ghost Emperor conceded, deciding the Lord of Tianluo.

• White Tiger Valley Master and Xuanyin City Master took their seats, while Purple Thunder Venerable refused Ghost Emperor’s request to join forces and sat with them.
• Ghost Emperor announced that the Spirit Ghost Gate would withdraw from Tianluo if Zhao Chen defeated him, then attacked with the Ancient Divine Fusion Mirror.
• Zhao Chen caught the Ancient Divine Fusion Mirror’s God-Merging Light in one hand, shocking Ghost Emperor and the assembled Heavenly Sovereigns.
• Ghost Emperor conceded, confirming Zhao Chen as Lord of the Tianluo Continent.

After the Thunder Palace unified Tianluo Continent, Zhao Chen strengthened its foundations and gained the Kunpeng Art. Lin Jing returned to the Martial Realm with Ling Qingzhu, while Zhao Chen and the others planned to wait for her before entering Divine Sea Space.

• Superpowers across the Great Thousand World congratulated Zhao Chen after he defeated five Immortal Grade Heavenly Sovereigns and became Tianluo Continent’s ruler.
• Zhao Chen moved the Thunder Palace headquarters to Central Province, secured it with the Ancient Thunder Palace, and relocated its other foundations nearby.
• Zhao Chen signed in at Tianluo City and obtained the Kunpeng Art, one of the Ten Vicious Arts.
• Lin Jing told Zhao Chen she needed to return to the Martial Realm now that she had reached the Quasi-Heavenly Sovereign Realm, and he agreed to wait for her before entering Divine Sea Space.
• Ling Qingzhu arrived to bring Lin Jing home and represent the Martial Realm in congratulating Zhao Chen.

Luo Li told Zhao Chen that the West Heaven War Hall threatened to exterminate the Luo God Clan after learning of the Luo God Ritual. Zhao Chen agreed to help defeat the Western Heaven War Emperor and support Luo Li in reclaiming the West Heaven Continent for the Luo God Clan.

• Luo Li arrived with news that the Western Heaven War Emperor had learned of the Luo God Ritual, captured Winter Old Man, and demanded an explanation from the Luo God Clan.
• Zhao Chen received a sign-in mission to defeat the Western Heaven War Emperor and protect the Luo God Clan.
• Zhao Chen concluded that the Western Heaven War Emperor wanted Luo Li for her beauty and cultivation potential, while Luo Li explained the emperor's powers and army.
• Zhao Chen dismissed the Western Heaven War Emperor as no threat and proposed turning the West Heaven Continent back into the Luo God Continent.
• Luo Li agreed to overthrow the West Heaven War Hall and restore peace across the continent.

The West Heaven War Hall’s three Holy Sons confronted Luo Tianshen at Luo God City and demanded that Luo Li become a Holy Maiden under the War Emperor Edict. Luo Tianshen refused, warning that the War Hall’s coercion could damage its authority and leave the Luo God Clan’s future uncertain.

• Ling Zhanzi arrived at Luo God City with Ling Jianzi, Ling Longzi, elite armies, and War Hall elders, and asked where the newly enthroned Luo Li was.
• Ling Zhanzi presented the War Emperor Edict appointing Luo Li as a Holy Maiden of the West Heaven War Hall, and its Heavenly Sovereign pressure overwhelmed the Luo God Clan’s soldiers.
• Luo Tianshen rejected the appointment, insisting Luo Li should lead the Luo God Clan rather than be claimed by the War Hall.
• Ling Zhanzi accused the Luo God Clan of defying the edict and threatened to take Luo Tianshen to Western Heaven War City.
• Luo Tianshen challenged the Holy Sons’ handling of the matter, arguing that destroying the Luo God Clan could provoke other factions and drive Luo Li to seek revenge.

The West Heaven War Hall used the War Emperor Edict to force Luo Li into becoming its Holy Maiden and threatened the Luo God Clan. Just as Luo Tianshen prepared to fight back, a mysterious woman subdued the War Hall’s forces, Holy Sons, and elders with a vast sea of spiritual energy.

• Ling Zhanzi invoked the War Emperor Edict and pressured Luo Tianshen to accept Luo Li’s appointment as Holy Maiden.
• Ling Longzi insulted the declining Luo God Clan, while Ling Zhanzi and the other Holy Sons dismissed Luo Tianshen’s objections.
• Ling Longzi tried to seize Luo Tianshen as the West Heaven War Hall’s three elders moved to restrain him.
• A majestic female voice interrupted, and a silver sea of spiritual energy annihilated the West Heaven War Hall’s elite troops and bound its three Holy Sons and three elders.
• The subdued elders feared that the mysterious woman was a Quasi-Heavenly Sovereign or a Heavenly Sovereign.

Luo Li arrived as the Immortal Grade Heavenly Sovereign who answered the Luo God Clan’s plea for help and confronted the Western Heaven War Emperor. She declared war on the West Heaven War Hall and attacked its emperor’s spiritual projection with the Luo God Sword.

• Ling Zhanzi invoked the War Emperor Edict, and the Western Heaven War Emperor’s spiritual incarnation appeared to protect the West Heaven War Hall survivors.
• Luo Li appeared, suppressed the emperor’s projection, and warned him that the West Heaven War Hall would pay for attacking the Luo God Clan.
• The Western Heaven War Emperor recognized Luo Li and coveted her power, then decided to capture her by force when she refused to yield.
• Luo Li drew the Luo God Sword and condemned the Western Heaven War Emperor for neglecting the Westernmost Land’s defense against the Extraterrestrial Evil Clan.
• Luo Li unleashed a heaven-shaking sword strike against the Western Heaven War Emperor’s projection.

Luo Li defeated the Western Heaven War Hall’s forces and saved the Luo God Clan, revealing that she had become an Immortal Grade Heavenly Sovereign. She told Luo Tianshen that Zhao Chen had unified Tianluo Continent, while the Luo God Clan prepared to reclaim its place as the continent’s ruler.

• Luo Li killed the Western Heaven War Emperor with one sword strike, then slaughtered Ling Zhanzi, the other Holy Sons, and the West Heaven War Hall elders after they begged for mercy.
• Luo Li healed Luo Tianshen, refined his physique, and told him she had returned to revive the Luo God Clan.
• Luo Tianshen learned that Zhao Chen had helped Luo Li become a Heavenly Sovereign and asked about the state of Tianluo Continent.
• Luo Li said Zhao Chen had defeated five Immortal Grade Heavenly Sovereigns and unified Tianluo Continent under Thunder Palace, with Ling Qingzhu, the Martial Realm princess, and Xiao Lin attending on behalf of their factions.
• Luo Tianshen looked forward to the Luo God Clan’s revival and hoped to see Luo Li marry Zhao Chen and meet the Flame Emperor again.

Luo Li explained why the Martial Ancestor would support the Luo God Clan against the Western Heaven War Emperor and ordered preparations to defeat him and take over the Western Heaven War Hall. The chapter ended with Luo Li declaring that Thunder Palace, the Luo God Clan, and the Nine Netherbird Tribe would jointly guard the Great Thousand World's westernmost land.

• Luo Li told Luo Tianshen that the Martial Ancestor had a longstanding grudge against the Western Heaven War Emperor and would have reason to help them.
• Luo Li said Zhao Chen had gone to Western Heaven War City and declared that the Western Heaven War Emperor must die.
• Luo Li ordered the Luo God Clan to prepare to take over the Great Western Heaven Realm, allowing those from the Western Heaven War Hall who surrendered to stay.
• Luo Li said the Luo God Clan would station an elite army on Saint Abyss Continent to defend against the Extraterrestrial Evil Clan.
• Luo Li declared that Thunder Palace, the Luo God Clan, and the Nine Netherbird Tribe would jointly guard the westernmost land of the Great Thousand World.

The Western Heaven War Emperor fought off a thunder tribulation attack on his palace and learned that the mysterious Heavenly Sovereign behind it was acting for the Luo God Clan. The white-clad youth identified himself as the Thunder Emperor of Tianluo Continent, setting the stage for their battle.

• A colossal thunder dragon descended on Western Heaven War City, and the Western Heaven War Emperor stopped it with his War Emperor Spirit Fist.
• The Western Heaven War Emperor recalled that Luo Li had destroyed his spiritual avatar and suspected the mysterious attacker was connected to the Luo God Clan.
• The white-clad youth accused the Western Heaven War Emperor of sending an army to destroy the Luo God Clan and vowed that the West Heaven War Hall would perish.
• The Western Heaven War Emperor laughed off the threat and demanded the youth's name.
• The white-clad youth revealed that he was the master of Thunder Palace on Tianluo Continent, the Thunder Emperor.

Thunder Emperor Zhao Chen confronted the West Heaven War Emperor and crushed the Martial Ancestor’s Stone Talisman to summon him. The Martial Ancestor’s Desolate God-Slaying Finger arrived before he did, leaving the West Heaven War Emperor facing judgment.

• The West Heaven War Emperor considered defeating Zhao Chen and taking the Tianluo Continent to advance to the Saint Grade.
• Zhao Chen considered summoning the Martial Ancestor to settle the West Heaven War Emperor’s old grudges and defend the Luo God Clan.
• The West Heaven War Emperor recognized the Martial Ancestor’s Stone Talisman and begged Zhao Chen to fight him without summoning help.
• Zhao Chen crushed the Stone Talisman and condemned the West Heaven War Emperor for being unable to reach the Saint Grade.
• The Martial Ancestor’s Desolate God-Slaying Finger arrived before the Martial Ancestor himself.

Summary

• Plot/events: The chapter opens with the narrator suffering from an intense toothache, described as so painful that it interferes with breathing. No further events are provided.
• Character development: The narrator is established as being in severe physical distress, but there is not enough text to show how this experience affects their decisions or personality.
• Themes: Pain, physical vulnerability, and the need to take time away from normal responsibilities are suggested by the title and opening line.
• Character interactions: No interactions with other characters appear in the excerpt.

The Martial Ancestor arrived to confront the Western Heaven War Emperor for his crimes, including targeting the Luo God Clan, and rejected his excuses. He left the War Emperor’s fate to Zhao Chen, saying he would only bear witness.

• The Martial Ancestor used the Desolate God-Slaying Finger to seal the Western Heaven War Emperor in place and appeared before him.
• The Western Heaven War Emperor panicked and accused the Martial Ancestor of bullying him, while Zhao Chen rebuked him for stirring up wars and targeting the Luo God Clan.
• The Western Heaven War Emperor defended his actions by claiming he had sent people to the Saint Abyss Continent and intended to fight the Extraterrestrial Evil Clan after reaching the Saint Grade.
• The Martial Ancestor said the Western Heaven War Emperor’s state of mind would never let him reach the Saint Grade.
• The Martial Ancestor told Zhao Chen that someone else could guard the Saint Abyss Continent and said the War Emperor’s life or death was between Zhao Chen and the War Emperor, while he would serve as a witness.

Zhao Chen faced the Western Heaven War Emperor while the Martial Ancestor watched without intervening. Zhao Chen’s Radiant Thunder Emperor Finger shattered the War Emperor’s strongest attack and left him badly wounded, setting up Zhao Chen’s rise to rule the Western Heaven.

• The Martial Ancestor refused to intervene and declared that the victor would guard the border at Saint Abyss Continent.
• The Western Heaven War Emperor attacked Zhao Chen with the Nine Heavens War God Seal, but Zhao Chen crushed it with an invisible hand.
• The Western Heaven War Emperor summoned the Ancient War Emperor Dharma Body and unleashed War Spear Spirit Rain, which Zhao Chen destroyed with sword qi.
• The Western Heaven War Emperor formed the War Emperor Glazed Heaven-Shattering Finger and aimed to kill Zhao Chen with one strike.
• Zhao Chen answered with the Radiant Thunder Emperor Finger, shattered the Western Heaven War Emperor’s attack, and made him spit blood in disbelief.

Zhao Chen killed the Western Heaven War Emperor with the Great Luo Sword Embryo and declared the West Heaven War Hall destroyed. He restored the West Heaven Continent’s name to the Luo God Continent and placed it under Luo Li’s rule.

• Zhao Chen summoned the Great Luo Sword Embryo as the Western Heaven War Emperor mocked him.
• The Great Luo Sword Embryo pierced the Western Heaven War Emperor’s Heavenly Venerable Spiritual Body, destroying him and the worlds within his three spheres of light.
• Zhao Chen declared the West Heaven War Hall destroyed after the Western Heaven War Emperor’s followers witnessed his death.
• Zhao Chen renamed the West Heaven Continent the Luo God Continent and placed it under Luo Li’s rule, warning that he would pursue any attacker to the death.

After the Thunder Emperor killed the Western Heaven War Emperor, the Luo God Empress announced that the Luo God Clan would rule the Luo God Continent and restore peace. The Martial Ancestor thanked Zhao Chen, gave him a replacement Stone Talisman, and asked whether he would go to guard the border at the Saint Abyss Continent.

• Living beings across the Luo God Continent learned that the Luo God Empress would rule after the Western Heaven War Emperor’s death and welcomed the Luo God Clan’s rise.
• The Luo God Empress declared that she would restore peace to the continent and end the fighting.
• The Martial Ancestor said he was satisfied by the Western Heaven War Emperor’s execution and thanked Zhao Chen for resolving an old grievance.
• The Martial Ancestor gave Zhao Chen a new Stone Talisman and explained that it might protect him from a powerful Extraterrestrial Evil Clan enemy.
• The Martial Ancestor asked Zhao Chen whether he planned to go to the Saint Abyss Continent to guard the western border.

Zhao Chen planned for the Thunder Palace, the Luo God Clan, and the Nine Netherbird Tribe to defend Saint Abyss Continent and use it as a base to reclaim territory from the Extraterrestrial Evil Clan. Martial Ancestor backed the plan, promised to handle Peak Heavenly Demon Emperors, and directed Zhao Chen to coordinate the transition of Saint Abyss City’s defenses with the Great Thousand Tower.

• Zhao Chen explained that the Thunder Palace, the Luo God Clan, and the Nine Netherbird Tribe would guard Saint Abyss Continent and proposed launching a counteroffensive into the Demonic Domain.
• Zhao Chen described using Spirit Formations with conversion cores to purify the Demonic Domain’s evil qi and demonic power into spiritual energy.
• Martial Ancestor approved Zhao Chen’s plan and promised to handle Peak Heavenly Demon Emperors while Zhao Chen built up his strength.
• Martial Ancestor said Lin Jing would soon reach Spirit Grade Heavenly Sovereign and praised Zhao Chen for helping her progress.
• Martial Ancestor told Zhao Chen to visit the Great Thousand Tower in Saint Abyss City and use the Stone Talisman to take over the city.

After defeating the Western Heaven War Emperor, Zhao Chen received the Qilin Art and prepared to travel to Saint Abyss Continent while Luo Li and Mandala reorganized the Luo God Continent. He taught Jiuyou the Qilin Step, which soon made her walk with its imposing power.

• The Martial Ancestor departed, and Zhao Chen assigned Luo Li and Mandala to reorganize the Luo God Continent while he took the Little Nine Netherbird to Saint Abyss Continent.
• Luo Li warned Zhao Chen about the dangers of Saint Abyss Continent and the Demonic Domain, and he said he would avoid venturing deep into it.
• Zhao Chen received a sign-in opportunity for defeating the Western Heaven War Emperor and protecting the Luo God Clan, then signed in on Luo God Continent to obtain the Qilin Art.
• Zhao Chen studied the Qilin Art and decided to use its Qilin Step despite realizing that its imposing manner could provoke others.
• Zhao Chen gave Jiuyou a jade slip containing the Qilin Step, and she learned it before realizing she had begun walking with its power.

Jiuyou explained the dangers and lost inheritances of the Ancient Saint Abyss as she and Zhao Chen traveled toward Saint Abyss City. Their conversation turned to the rival ancient clans and the Maha Ancient Clan’s ambitions, leaving the pair approaching a place where powerful inheritances and long-running conflicts awaited.

• Jiuyou told Zhao Chen that four Late Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereigns, known as the Four Saint Ancestors, had fallen in the Ancient Saint Abyss and named them.
• Jiuyou explained that the Budur and Tailing Ancient Clans had lost their ancestral inheritances, while the younger generations of both sides and the Extraterrestrial Evil Clan sought relics in the abyss.
• Jiuyou hoped she and Zhao Chen could find the inheritances of Spear Ancestor or Ancestor Qingtian, and Zhao Chen suggested they might instead obtain the inheritances of Budur Ancestor or Tailing Ancestor.
• Jiuyou described how the Tailing Ancient Clan welcomed talented outsiders but the Budur Ancient Clan rejected them and planned to send its Divine Maiden into a marriage alliance with the Maha Ancient Clan.
• Jiuyou warned that the Maha Ancient Clan might eventually seize the Budur Ancient Clan’s inheritance and Ancestral Pagoda, and recalled how it monopolized the Myriad Ancient Immortal Body while eliminating rivals.
• Jiuyou and Zhao Chen continued toward Saint Abyss City.