Chapter Summaries

Zhao Chen planned to keep the inheritances of Budur Ancestor and Tailing Ancestor, despite Jiuyou warning that the Budur and Maha Ancient Clans might challenge Thunder Palace. He explained the Maha Ancient Clan’s ambitions and declared that no one could take what he had claimed.

• Jiuyou warned Zhao Chen that the Budur and Tailing Ancient Clans would likely come demanding their inheritances, and that the Maha Ancient Clan might join the Budur Ancient Clan against Thunder Palace.
• Zhao Chen said the Tailing Ancient Clan could be offered a chance to copy its inheritance, while he would negotiate with the Budur Ancient Clan only if it approached respectfully.
• Zhao Chen said he had evidence of the Maha Ancient Clan’s schemes and would defeat it if it joined the Budur Ancient Clan to pressure Thunder Palace.
• Zhao Chen explained that the Maha Ancient Clan might seek to gain the Budur Ancient Clan’s bloodline and Eight Budur through marriage to its divine maiden, Qing Yanjing.
• Jiuyou was shocked by Zhao Chen’s explanation, and Zhao Chen declared that ancient clan inheritances were not limited to ancient clans and that no one could take what he had claimed.

Zhao Chen and Jiuyou arrived at Saint Abyss City, where Lu Tong of Great Thousand Tower welcomed them and confirmed that Thunder Palace would take over its defense. The chapter left Zhao Chen poised to assume responsibility for the Westernmost Land’s frontline against the Extraterrestrial Evil Clan.

• Zhao Chen and Jiuyou entered Saint Abyss City and sensed its grand formation checking their identities for evil fiends.
• Zhao Chen and Jiuyou viewed the Demon-Slaying List, where Qin Tian was its only Demon-Slaying King.
• Lu Tong introduced himself as the Tower Master of Great Thousand Tower and greeted Zhao Chen and Jiuyou.
• Lu Tong explained that the Great Thousand Palace had approved Thunder Palace’s takeover of Saint Abyss City’s defense.
• Lu Tong reflected on Zhao Chen’s reputation, including his defeat of the Western Heaven War Emperor and the destruction of the West Heaven War Hall.

Lu Tong welcomed Thunder Palace’s protection of Saint Abyss City, which eased Great Thousand Palace’s burden along the Westernmost Land. Zhao Chen proposed that Thunder Palace, the Luo God Clan, and the Nine Netherbird Tribe add rewards to the Demon-Slaying List while Great Thousand Palace continued administering it.

• Lu Tong explained that Thunder Palace’s presence in Saint Abyss City would let Great Thousand Palace reinforce its other border defenses.
• Lu Tong asked whether the Luo God Clan and Nine Netherbird Tribe would also send people to guard the Westernmost Land, and Jiuyou confirmed her tribe’s responsibility to resist the Extraterrestrial Evil Clan.
• Lu Tong agreed to coordinate with Zhao Chen and Jiuyou, and said Great Thousand Palace would withdraw most of its personnel once Thunder Palace could manage the defenses independently.
• Lu Tong explained that Great Thousand Palace would continue maintaining the Great Thousand Tower branch and honoring Demon-Slaying List rewards.
• Zhao Chen proposed that Thunder Palace, the Luo God Clan, and the Nine Netherbird Tribe contribute additional rewards for Demon-Slaying Masters in Saint Abyss City, and Lu Tong praised his generosity.

Zhao Chen agreed to increase the Demon-Slaying List’s rewards and accepted Lu Tong’s invitation for him and Jiuyou to become guest elders of the Great Thousand Palace. Lu Tong left relieved, while Qin Tian remained occupied fighting a Peak Heavenly Demon Emperor.

• Zhao Chen explained that higher Demon-Slaying List rewards would encourage Demon-Slaying Masters to kill fiends and strengthen the Thunder Palace’s influence on the Saint Abyss Continent.
• Lu Tong agreed and invited Zhao Chen and Jiuyou to become guest elders of the Great Thousand Palace.
• Zhao Chen and Jiuyou accepted the invitation, which Lu Tong said eased his worries.
• Lu Tong reflected that Qin Tian would have personally invited them if he had not been dealing with a Peak Heavenly Demon Emperor.
• Lu Tong considered how Qin Tian hoped that a future powerhouse matching the Immortal Emperor could defeat the Extraterrestrial Evil Clan for good.

Lu Tong considered Thunder Palace’s decision to guard Saint Abyss Continent a valuable reinforcement as the Space-Time Storm in the Ancient Saint Abyss weakened. He expected Thunder Emperor to seek out the Extraterrestrial Evil Clan’s Demon Emperors, and the Great Thousand Tower kept its forces in place.

• Saint Abyss City’s residents were shocked to learn Thunder Palace would permanently defend Saint Abyss Continent.
• A subordinate told Lu Tong that the Space-Time Storm in the Ancient Saint Abyss had recently weakened.
• Lu Tong said the change might benefit the border defense and ordered the Great Thousand Tower’s forces not to withdraw yet.
• Lu Tong predicted Thunder Emperor would not stay quietly in Saint Abyss City and might cross the border to attack fiends.
• Lu Tong’s subordinates joked that they should observe a moment of silence for the Extraterrestrial Evil Clan’s Demon Emperors.

Zhao Chen prepared to enter the Space-Time Storm around the Ancient Saint Abyss, accepting the risk of being sent to the Demonic Domain so he could hunt Demon Emperors. He left Jiuyou to guard Saint Abyss Continent and secure the Ancient Saint Abyss, while she worried about the powerful enemies he might face and the rival clans who might arrive.

• Jiuyou warned Zhao Chen about the Space-Time Storm and the danger of entering the Demonic Domain, but he said he welcomed the chance to hunt Demon Emperors and make Thunder Palace feared there.
• A new sign-in mission tasked Zhao Chen with guarding Saint Abyss Continent and killing a Heavenly Demon Emperor for a sign-in opportunity.
• Jiuyou feared Zhao Chen might encounter Saint Grade or Peak Heavenly Demon Emperors, but accepted that she needed to stay behind and manage Thunder Palace's affairs.
• Zhao Chen hugged Jiuyou, told her to keep cultivating the Ten Vicious Arts and One Qi Transformation into Three Pure Ones, then vanished.
• Jiuyou resolved to guard Saint Abyss City and prevent the Budur Ancient Clan, the Tailing Ancient Clan, and other forces from claiming the Ancient Saint Abyss while Zhao Chen was away.

Zhao Chen arrived in the Demonic Domain and encountered a patrol from the Flame Demon Clan. After destroying the patrol, he forced its captain to reveal the intelligence he needed before killing him.

• Zhao Chen assessed the Demonic Domain’s dense evil aura and considered the difficulty of purifying the land and killing a Demon Emperor alone.
• A Flame Demon Clan patrol attacked Zhao Chen, and he recognized that its presence likely meant a Demon Emperor was stationed nearby.
• Zhao Chen effortlessly captured the patrol captain and killed the nine fleeing Ninth-grade Sovereigns with lightning.
• The captain revealed the intelligence Zhao Chen wanted, and Zhao Chen crushed him into a cloud of blood mist.

Zhao Chen discovered that he had arrived in the Demonic Domain beside the Endless Fire Domain, and considered the advantages of the location. After killing a Flame Demon Clan patrol, he faced a powerful Flame Profound Demon Emperor who sought to devour him.

• Zhao Chen learned that he was in the Southernmost Land near the Endless Fire Domain and considered meeting the Flame Emperor.
• Zhao Chen noted that the Flame Demon Clan’s Saint Grade Heavenly Demon Emperor was likely stationed near the Endless Fire Domain.
• A Flame Profound Demon Emperor arrived after learning that Zhao Chen had killed Flame Demon Clan soldiers and surrounded him with fiendish armies.
• The Flame Profound Demon Emperor declared that he would eat Zhao Chen and asked for his title.
• Zhao Chen summoned dark clouds and lightning, then named himself the Thunder Emperor.

The Thunder Emperor unleashed a vast sea of lightning that annihilated the Flame Profound Demon Emperor’s army and forced the Demon Emperor into a fierce battle. At the Endless Fire Domain, Yao Lao and the black-robed youth recognized the mysterious fighter as the master of Thunder Palace.

• The Thunder Emperor’s lightning slaughtered the Flame Profound Demon Emperor’s demon army, leaving the Demon Emperor alone.
• The Flame Profound Demon Emperor retaliated with Demonflame, and the two attacks shattered the land and space around them.
• The battle’s shockwaves drew the attention of Heavenly Sovereigns guarding the Southernmost Land and those inside the Endless Fire Domain.
• Yao Lao turned from his chess game to discuss the battle with the black-robed youth, who said the Flame Profound Demon Emperor had run into serious trouble.
• The black-robed youth identified the Thunder Emperor as the master of Thunder Palace.

Yao Lao learned that Zhao Chen, the Thunder Emperor, had entered the Demonic Domain and was fighting the Flame Profound Demon Emperor. Emperor Yan Xiao Yan explained Zhao Chen’s execution of the Western Heaven War Emperor and deduced that the Ancient Saint Abyss had transported him to the Demonic Domain.

• Yao Lao was shocked to discover that the Heavenly Sovereign fighting the Flame Profound Demon Emperor was Zhao Chen, the Thunder Emperor.
• Emperor Yan Xiao Yan told Yao Lao that Zhao Chen had executed the Western Heaven War Emperor for attacking the Luo God Clan.
• Yan Xiao Yan reflected that Zhao Chen’s protection had restored the Luo God Clan’s rule over the renamed Luo God Continent, and that the Thunder Emperor had earned the support of several Heavenly Sovereigns.
• Yao Lao praised the Thunder Emperor and surmised that he had entered the Demonic Domain to slay evil fiends and earn merit.
• Yan Xiao Yan deduced that the Ancient Saint Abyss’s Space-Time Storm had randomly transported Zhao Chen into the Demonic Domain.

Emperor Yan Xiao Yan and Yao Lao watched Thunder Emperor Zhao Chen battle the Flame Profound Demon Emperor, learning that Zhao Chen was trying to draw out a Heavenly Demon Emperor. Xiao Xiao arrived as they discussed sending her to Saint Abyss Continent, then recognized Zhao Chen as the ruler of Tianluo Continent, where she hoped to find True Dragon Essence Blood for Xiao Cai.

• Yao Lao and Emperor Yan Xiao Yan discussed Zhao Chen's battle with the Flame Profound Demon Emperor and learned his real target was a Heavenly Demon Emperor.
• Emperor Yan Xiao Yan said he would watch over Zhao Chen and let him test his strength, while Yao Lao suggested sending Xiao Xiao to gain experience.
• Emperor Yan Xiao Yan decided Xiao Xiao should visit Saint Abyss Continent and seek an opportunity in the Ancient Saint Abyss.
• Xiao Xiao arrived and asked about the battle, then learned that the Thunder Emperor was fighting the Flame Profound Demon Emperor.
• Xiao Xiao recognized Zhao Chen as the ruler of Tianluo Continent and recalled her interest in Dragon-Phoenix Heaven's True Dragon Essence Blood for Xiao Cai.

Xiao Xiao urged Emperor Yan Xiao Yan to save the Thunder Emperor, hoping to earn his favor and enter Dragon-Phoenix Heaven. Xiao Yan and Yao Lao instead planned for her to seek an inheritance in the Ancient Saint Abyss, leaving Xiao Xiao reassured that she was not being exiled and warning her father not to delay rescuing people.

• Xiao Xiao asked Emperor Yan Xiao Yan to save the Thunder Emperor so she could use his favor to enter Dragon-Phoenix Heaven and seek opportunities.
• Emperor Yan Xiao Yan proposed sending Xiao Xiao to Saint Abyss Continent to train and pursue one of the Four Saint Ancestors' inheritances in the Ancient Saint Abyss.
• Yao Lao explained that Saint Abyss Continent was guarded by Thunder Palace and that the weakening Space-Time Storm made it a timely chance to enter the Ancient Saint Abyss.
• Xiao Xiao worried that Emperor Yan Xiao Yan was banishing her, then learned that Saint Abyss Continent was a training destination rather than an exile.
• Emperor Yan Xiao Yan said he would protect Xiao Xiao if she obtained an inheritance, and Xiao Xiao told him not to cut it so close when saving people.

The Flame Emperor explained the Heartflame Demon Emperor’s power as the Thunder Emperor faced the Flame Demon Clan’s Second Elder. As the Heartflame Demon Emperor appeared in person, Xiao Xiao urged her father to intervene.

• The Flame Emperor said the Thunder Emperor had completely outmatched the Flame Profound Demon Emperor and wanted to fight a Heavenly Demon Emperor.
• Yao Lao and Xiao Xiao watched as the Heartflame Demon Emperor appeared above the battlefield and revealed his terrifying pressure.
• The Flame Emperor identified the Heartflame Demon Emperor as the Flame Demon Clan’s Second Elder, an Early Saint Grade fighter.
• The Flame Emperor explained that Heartflame’s invisible Demonflame could enter wounds, burn spiritual energy, and control Heavenly Sovereigns.
• Xiao Xiao grew anxious about the Thunder Emperor’s danger and asked the Flame Emperor why he was not stepping in.

Zhao Chen revealed that he had drawn out the Flame Demon Clan’s Second Elder, the Heartflame Demon Emperor, and unleashed the Thunder Emperor Sword against him while targeting the wounded Flame Profound Demon Emperor. As the Heartflame Demon Emperor opened a Spatial Gate to save his clan expert, Zhao Chen attacked, leaving the confrontation poised for a decisive strike.

• Zhao Chen stood ready for the Heartflame Demon Emperor, whom he had drawn out by prolonging his fight with the Flame Profound Demon Emperor.
• The Heartflame Demon Emperor blasted Zhao Chen with Demonflame, and Zhao Chen answered with the Thunder Emperor Sword, wiping out demonic troops and trapping the wounded Flame Profound Demon Emperor in sword qi.
• The Heartflame Demon Emperor recognized Zhao Chen’s threat and opened a Spatial Gate to send the Flame Profound Demon Emperor away.
• Zhao Chen declared that his enemies either fled or suffered defeat, then swung the Thunder Emperor Sword toward the escaping Flame Profound Demon Emperor.

Zhao Chen killed the Flame Profound Demon Emperor despite the Heartflame Demon Emperor’s intervention, then faced the furious Saint Grade demon in his forbidden zone. The Heartflame Demon Emperor’s secret art began invading Zhao Chen, but Zhao Chen’s Netherworld Heart Demon Lightning destroyed the Heartflame and planted a heart demon in his opponent.

• The Heartflame Demon Emperor tried to protect the fleeing Flame Profound Demon Emperor, but Zhao Chen pinned him with sword energy and killed him.
• The Heartflame Demon Emperor realized the Flame Demon Clan would blame him for the heir’s death and resolved to kill Zhao Chen.
• Zhao Chen remained in the Demonic Domain and challenged the Heartflame Demon Emperor, who sealed the area with a Demonflame Forbidden Zone.
• The Heartflame Demon Emperor opened his Holy Eye and sent invisible Heartflame into Zhao Chen’s body toward his heart.
• Zhao Chen used the Netherworld Heart Demon Lightning to annihilate the invading Heartflame and inflict a Heart-Demon Seed on the Heartflame Demon Emperor.

Zhao Chen used Netherworld Heart Demon Lightning to take control of the Heartflame Demon Emperor, then vanished without killing him as Demon Emperors watched. In the Endless Fire Domain, Xiao Xiao blamed Xiao Yan for not intervening, while Xiao Yan explained that he had been guarding against the Peak Heavenly Demon Emperors and wanted Zhao Chen to prove his strength.

• Zhao Chen used Netherworld Heart Demon Lightning to control the Heartflame Demon Emperor and could have destroyed his Demonic Soul, but chose to leave the Demonic Domain without killing him.
• The Heartflame Demon Emperor recovered after Zhao Chen vanished and roared in fury, while the watching Demon Emperors realized the Thunder Emperor was a dangerous opponent.
• Xiao Xiao anxiously questioned why Xiao Yan had not gone to rescue Zhao Chen from the Demonic Flame Domain.
• Xiao Yan said Zhao Chen had shown he could handle the Heartflame Demon Emperor and explained that he had stayed back to watch the Peak Heavenly Demon Emperors.
• Xiao Xiao accused her father of being willing to let Zhao Chen die, while Xiao Yan said surviving a fight with a Saint Grade Heavenly Demon Emperor would earn Zhao Chen recognition.

Xiao Yan explained to Xiao Xiao that the Extraterrestrial Evil Clan remained stronger than the Great Thousand World and was waiting for the chance to invade again. He revealed that the Heavenly Evil God was an innate deity whose divine nature made him far harder to kill than even the strongest Demon Emperors.

• Xiao Xiao questioned how Thunder Emperor Zhao Chen could watch only the Peak Heavenly Demon Emperors when many other Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereigns could attack him.
• Xiao Yan warned that the Extraterrestrial Evil Clan still surpassed the Great Thousand World in strength and could unite under the Heavenly Evil God if he escaped his seal.
• Xiao Yan said the Heavenly Evil God might have allowed the Immortal Emperor to seal him so he could use the tens of thousands of years to weaken the Great Thousand World's suppression of him.
• Xiao Xiao wondered why the Great Thousand Pact had not yet killed the Heavenly Evil God, but Xiao Yan explained that even Peak Heavenly Demon Emperors were like ants before him.
• Xiao Yan revealed that the Heavenly Evil God was the second Holy God, an innate deity from the Heavenly Origin World, and that killing him required divine power beyond the Transcendent Saint Stage.

Xiao Yan explained to Xiao Xiao that the Heavenly Evil God surpassed the Transcendent Saint Stage and remained a grave threat to the Great Thousand World. He believed Zhao Chen could become its savior, and as Zhao Chen fought the Heartflame Demon Emperor, Xiao Xiao realized he might not need her father's help.

• Xiao Yan told Xiao Xiao that the Immortal Emperor had sacrificed himself to suppress the Heavenly Evil God, whose power had once exceeded the Transcendent Saint Stage.
• Xiao Yan warned that the Heavenly Evil God might break free and regain his strength, leaving the Great Thousand World in danger.
• Xiao Yan said he believed Zhao Chen could become the savior who would break through to a realm beyond the Transcendent Saint Stage.
• Xiao Xiao questioned whether Zhao Chen could survive the Heartflame Demon Emperor without Xiao Yan intervening, and Xiao Yan explained he could not step in whenever he pleased.
• When the Heartflame Demon Emperor roared in anger, Xiao Xiao saw that Zhao Chen had dealt him a heavy blow and concluded Xiao Yan might not need to intervene.

After Zhao Chen escaped the Heartflame Demon Emperor’s domain, the Heartflame Demon Emperor fought the Chaotic Blade Demon Emperor and Sea-Devouring Demon Emperor, then self-detonated and grievously wounded them. Xiao Yan suspected the Thunder Emperor had left behind a contingency, while the fallout threatened to destabilize the Flame Demon Clan.

• Yao Lao and the watching experts were stunned when the Heartflame Demon Emperor’s domain withdrew and the Thunder Emperor had vanished.
• The Heartflame Demon Emperor purged his Demonic Soul of possible traces left by the Thunder Emperor, then attacked the Chaotic Blade Demon Emperor and Sea-Devouring Demon Emperor after they mocked him.
• The Heartflame Demon Emperor self-detonated, shattering his Demonic Soul and gravely injuring both Demon Emperors.
• Xiao Xiao and Yao Lao struggled to understand why the Heartflame Demon Emperor had died, while Yao Lao considered the consequences for the Flame Demon Clan and the Great Thousand World.
• Xiao Yan wondered whether the Thunder Emperor had left behind a contingency that caused the Heartflame Demon Emperor’s self-destruction.

Thunder Emperor Zhao Chen revealed that he had caused the Heartflame Demon Emperor, Chaotic Blade Demon Emperor, and Sea-Devouring Demon Emperor to self-detonate, shocking the watchers with his power. Xiao Yan and Yao Lao speculated about Zhao Chen’s heart-demon techniques while Xiao Xiao became impressed by him.

• Zhao Chen reappeared unharmed after the Heartflame Demon Emperor’s self-detonation and named the Chaotic Blade Demon Emperor and Sea-Devouring Demon Emperor.
• Zhao Chen snapped his fingers and made the two injured Heavenly Demon Emperors self-detonate, killing them and devastating the surrounding battlefield.
• Xiao Xiao and Yao Lao realized Zhao Chen had caused the three emperors’ deaths, while Xiao Yan attributed his method to Netherworld Heart Demon Lightning and the Supreme Heart Demon Scripture.
• Xiao Xiao admired Zhao Chen, and Yao Lao predicted that he might reach the Transcendent Saint Stage.
• Xiao Yan teased Yao Lao about remembering his youth and asked what became of a youth who was already accomplished.