Chapter Summaries

Luo Li and An Ran arrived in White Dragon City to investigate a possible Supreme-level spiritual trove and the Dragon Demon Palace, while Zhao Chen gained the Great Luo Sword Embryo through his third accumulated check-in. When Bai Dong tried to abduct the women, Luo Li killed him and declared that White Dragon City would become Luo God City.

• An Ran explained White Dragon Hill’s history and their mission, then warned Luo Li about White Dragon City’s potentially Transforming Heaven Realm lord.
• Zhao Chen checked in at White Dragon City, received the Great Luo Sword Embryo, and sensed that someone had targeted Luo Li.
• A trapping array sealed the inn, where Bai Dong revealed his intention to take Luo Li and An Ran to the City Lord’s Manor.
• A gray-robed early Transforming Heaven Realm elder attacked An Ran, but a sword strike split him in half and destroyed the array.
• Luo Li killed Bai Dong and announced that White Dragon City would cease to exist and be replaced by Luo God City.

Luo Li killed Bai Xuan and seized control of White Dragon City, renaming it Luo God City and appointing An Ran as deputy city lord. After clearing out the Dragon Demon Guards, Zhao Chen detected the approaching Demon Dragon Son.

• Bai Xuan learned that Bai Dong had been killed and attacked Luo Li and An Ran, despite discovering they were from the Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy.
• Bai Xuan revealed his ties to the Dragon Demon Palace and his secret search for the White Dragon Supreme's Spirit Treasury before launching deadly attacks on the women.
• Luo Li destroyed Bai Xuan's attacks, killed him with one sword strike, and declared herself the city lord of Luo God City.
• Luo Li ordered the Dragon Demon Guards wiped out and named An Ran her deputy city lord.
• Zhao Chen sensed that the Demon Dragon Son had arrived.

Luo Li and An Ran trapped Demon Dragon Son, who demanded Bai Xuan’s Qiankun Bag and tried to break free with his Dragon Scale Sword. After he shattered the sword qi prison and attempted to retreat, Luo Li destroyed his treasured sword and declared that she wanted his head.

• Demon Dragon Son planned to seize An Ran and recover Bai Xuan’s Qiankun Bag, hoping to secure his standing in the Dragon Demon Palace.
• Luo Li trapped Demon Dragon Son in a Myriad Sword Prison, and An Ran confronted him over his crimes.
• Demon Dragon Son demanded Bai Xuan’s Qiankun Bag and attacked Luo Li’s prison with black sword qi.
• Demon Dragon Son drew the Dragon Scale Sword and used Dragon Scale Sword Art, Dragon Slaying, to break the prison.
• Demon Dragon Son tried to leave, but Luo Li shattered his sword with the Luo God Sword and vowed to take his head.

Luo Li killed Demon Dragon Son in White Dragon City, prompting the Black Dragon Supreme to attack as she and An Ran escaped back to Northern Heavens City. Zhao Chen realized the Great Luo Sword Embryo had absorbed some of the Supreme Realm power and resolved to help Little Nine Netherbird overcome her tribulation before returning to fight.

• Demon Dragon Son tried to flee after Luo Li severed his Dragon Scale Sword, but Little Nine Netherbird burned away his sword qi and killed him.
• Little Nine Netherbird took Demon Dragon Son's head as a prize, and Zhao Chen urged Luo Li and An Ran to leave before the Dragon Demon Palace retaliated.
• Luo Li sent a message to Dean Ta Cang and escaped with An Ran through White Dragon City's teleportation array.
• The Black Dragon Supreme attacked the teleportation site, but Dean Ta Cang intercepted his claw before he could destroy the city.
• Luo Li and An Ran reached Northern Heavens City, while Zhao Chen recognized that the Great Luo Sword Embryo had absorbed some of the Supreme Realm power.
• Zhao Chen vowed to help Little Nine Netherbird overcome her tribulation and then return to fight.

At Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy, Luo Li and An Ran discovered that the Demon Gate was watching them because He Yao had become interested in Luo Li. Meanwhile, Zhao Chen discussed taking human form with Little Nine Netherbird and planned to help her face her next tribulation.

• An Ran realized the Demon Gate was watching them, and Luo Li recognized its emblem and suspected He Yao was behind the attention.
• An Ran explained that He Yao had likely shifted his interest from Su Xuan to Luo Li, and Luo Li restrained her desire to attack him within the academy.
• Luo Li and An Ran entered the Task Hall while Zhao Chen rode on Little Nine Netherbird's head.
• Zhao Chen asked Little Nine Netherbird whether reaching the Supreme Realm would let him take human form, and she said he might have to reach the Heavenly Sovereign Realm.
• Zhao Chen said they would exchange the Northern Sea Dragon Kun Divine Beast Blood Essence and undergo the tribulation, offering to help if Little Nine Netherbird could not endure it.

An Ran and Luo Li returned to the Task Hall after completing their dangerous Spirit Treasury mission, but Elder Liu dismissed the task as easy. When He Yao confronted Luo Li and attacked her, she instantly subdued him with a sword at his neck.

• An Ran and Luo Li entered the Task Hall, where students flocked to admire Luo Li until Elder Liu sent them away.
• Elder Liu assumed An Ran had failed the Spirit Treasury task, but An Ran said they had completed it and warned him that the intelligence had been inaccurate.
• He Yao confronted Luo Li over her injuries to Demon Gate members and offered to forgive her if she joined his group.
• Luo Li demanded that the Demon Gate disband, enraging He Yao, who unleashed his spiritual pressure at her.
• Luo Li instantly placed her longsword against He Yao's neck and warned him not to move.

Luo Li forced He Yao to disband the Demon Gate, then revealed that she had killed the Demon Dragon Son. After learning that challenging for first place on the Heavenly Ranking could earn her ten million Spiritual Value, she was stunned by the potential reward.

• Luo Li overpowered He Yao and made him agree to disband the Demon Gate.
• The Demon Gate members renounced their group, and Luo Li put away the Luo God Sword.
• Luo Li showed Elder Liu the Demon Dragon Son's head, shocking He Yao and the Task Hall witnesses.
• An Ran explained that Heavenly Ranking challenges and high placements brought Spiritual Value rewards.
• Elder Liu claimed Luo Li could receive at least ten million Spiritual Value for taking first place, astonishing Luo Li and An Ran.

After claiming Demon Dragon Son’s bounty, Luo Li spent the reward on Northern Sea Dragon Kun’s blood essence for Little Nine Netherbird and brought An Ran to the Spirit Art Hall for a Divine-grade Spiritual Art. Zhao Chen received a sign-in mission there for an Array Book, while Luo Li planned to challenge for first place on the Heavenly Ranking.

• Elder Liu transferred Demon Dragon Son’s eight-million-Spiritual-Value bounty to Luo Li, and she exchanged seven million for Northern Sea Dragon Kun Divine Beast Blood Essence.
• Luo Li gave the blood essence to Little Nine Netherbird, prompting Elder Liu to warn He Yao not to pursue or spread rumors about Luo Li.
• Luo Li took An Ran to the Spirit Art Hall to obtain a better Divine-grade Spiritual Art and gave her two hundred thousand Spiritual Value for cultivation.
• Luo Li said she would challenge for first place on the Heavenly Ranking to claim its ten-million-Spiritual-Value reward.
• Zhao Chen received a sign-in mission in the depths of the Spirit Art Hall, with an Array Book as the reward.

Luo Li entered the Spirit Art Hall and obtained the Four Divine Star Lodge Scripture, an ancient Divine-grade spiritual art no one had ever mastered. As she left with the scripture, Zhao Chen signed in at the hall and received the Array Book, which he resolved to study despite its difficulty.

• Elder Liu told Elder Zhu Tian that Luo Li had killed Demon Dragon Son, reached the Heaven-reaching Realm, and possessed a Nine-Colored Spiritual Value Token granted by Dean Ta Cang.
• Elder Zhu Tian learned that Luo Li was the Spirit Road Champion and decided to arrange the Spirit Art Hall's best divine art for her.
• Elder Liu revealed that Luo Li had already taken the Four Divine Star Lodge Scripture from the deepest part of the hall.
• Luo Li defeated the scripture's Late Transforming Heaven Realm guardian in one move and opened the scroll containing images of the Four Directional Star Spirits.
• Zhao Chen explained the scripture's method of visualizing the Four Directional Star Spirits, then signed in and obtained the Array Book.
• Zhao Chen decided to endure studying the Array Book so he could learn spirit formations.

Zhao Chen studied different kinds of formations and devised a plan to use the Hundred Thousand Mountains to amplify Little Nine Netherbird’s Black God Lightning Tribulation. He made himself the formation’s core and main target, while Luo Li agreed to support the plan and promised to protect him.

• Zhao Chen learned that formations could be based on runes, pills, artifacts, or natural terrain as well as spiritual energy.
• Luo Li summoned Little Nine Netherbird to prepare for her attempt to evolve into a divine beast.
• Zhao Chen found a mountain peak whose terrain suited the Ten Thousand Dragons Embracing the Pearl Formation and proposed using it to strengthen the tribulation and gather Thunder Liquid.
• Zhao Chen planted his true body at the summit as the formation core, intending to draw most of the enhanced tribulation’s power to himself.
• Little Nine Netherbird objected to Zhao Chen risking his life, but Luo Li respected his decision and vowed to protect him.

Zhao Chen used the Hundred Thousand Mountains’ terrain to draw the Black God Lightning Tribulation into himself, turning its power into cultivation. After advancing to the mid Heaven-reaching Realm, he urged Little Nine Netherbird to carry him into the lightning clouds so they could face the tribulation together.

• Little Nine Netherbird hatched and confronted the Black God Lightning Tribulation, attacking the clouds and suffering heavy injuries as the lightning intensified.
• Zhao Chen slashed at the clouds with the Grass-Character Sword Art to draw their attention away from Little Nine Netherbird and onto himself.
• Zhao Chen formed a grand formation from the Hundred Thousand Mountains’ earth-dragons and channeled lightning through it, absorbing the thunder force to temper himself.
• Little Nine Netherbird watched in disbelief as Zhao Chen swallowed the lightning and advanced to the mid Heaven-reaching Realm.
• Zhao Chen asked Little Nine Netherbird to carry him into the Black God Lightning Clouds, and she warned him not to force it if he could not handle the danger.

Zhao Chen, Luo Li, and Little Nine Netherbird refined Thunder Liquid after Zhao Chen subdued the Black God Lightning, allowing the bird to pass its tribulation and advance into a divine beast. Back at the Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy, Luo Li settled into a grand cave residence and offered An Ran Thunder Liquid to help her cultivate.

• Zhao Chen controlled the Black God Lightning Clouds and revealed a Thunder Pool filled with precious Thunder Liquid, then Little Nine Netherbird brought Luo Li to him.
• Zhao Chen, Luo Li, and Little Nine Netherbird refined the Thunder Liquid before the clouds dispersed, and the Nine Netherbird departed after successfully transforming into a Nine Netherworld Dark Bird.
• Dean Ta Cang and Elder Zhu Tian arrived, confirmed that the Nine Netherbird had passed its tribulation, and returned to the academy.
• Luo Li told An Ran that she had reached the Late Heaven-reaching Realm while Zhao Chen had reached the Sovereign Three Difficulties and completed the Body Tribulation.
• Luo Li gave An Ran a bottle of Thunder Liquid, and An Ran pledged to serve her.

An Ran told Luo Li that Mo Xingtian had captured the Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy’s Punishment Hall Three Generals, likely to force the academy to surrender her. Luo Li decided to go to Western Wasteland City and considered using the confrontation to make Luo God City a leading power on the Northern Heavens Continent.

• An Ran told Luo Li that Mo Xingtian of the Dragon Demon Palace had captured the Punishment Hall Three Generals.
• An Ran explained that the Three Generals were powerful graduates hunting Mo Xingtian, and Luo Li realized the Dragon Demon Palace might be targeting her through them.
• Little Nine Netherbird appeared, and An Ran took comfort in her presence and strength.
• Luo Li asked where the Three Generals were and learned they had been captured in Western Wasteland City, where the Dragon Demon Palace might have hidden reinforcements.
• Luo Li said she would deal with Mo Xingtian and asked whether Zhao Chen wanted Luo God City to become the Northern Heavens Continent’s overlord.
• Zhao Chen agreed, and An Ran asked whether she would still be Deputy City Lord.

Mo Xingtian captured Lin Zheng, Zhou Qingshan, and Gu Tianyan to force the Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy to surrender the student who killed Demon Dragon Son. The Silver-haired Girl arrived alone to confront him, and Mo Xingtian dismissed her as an inadequate opponent.

• Mo Xingtian explained that he had ambushed and captured the Punishment Hall Three Generals under orders to avenge Demon Dragon Son and draw out his killer.
• Lin Zheng learned that the Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy student who killed Demon Dragon Son was still unidentified, and he mocked Mo Xingtian for his plan.
• Mo Xingtian threatened to kill the captives if the Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy did not send someone, while Lin Zheng resisted his attempts to weaken his resolve.
• Mo Xingtian prevented Lin Zheng from killing himself and forced a pill into his mouth so he would stay alive until help arrived.
• The Silver-haired Girl flew onto the Western Wasteland Platform and confronted Mo Xingtian, who laughed at the Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy for sending a little girl.

Luo Li arrived at the Dragon Demon Palace’s prison to rescue Lin Zheng and the other captives, revealing that she had killed Demon Dragon Son. She killed Mo Xingtian despite a Supreme Realm expert’s attempt to intervene.

• Mo Xingtian mocked Luo Li and moved to strike Lin Zheng, but Luo Li cut open three cages with a sword beam.
• Lin Zheng realized Luo Li had killed Demon Dragon Son, and she confirmed it before challenging Mo Xingtian.
• Luo Li identified Mo Xingtian as only one step short of the Late Heaven-reaching Realm and easily broke his attack.
• Mo Xingtian summoned the Devouring Dragon Demon Spear, but Luo Li severed it with the Luo God Sword, leaving him badly wounded.
• A Dragon Demon Palace Supreme Realm expert sealed the space and attacked Luo Li with a giant dragon claw, but she broke the seal and pierced Mo Xingtian’s head.

Luo Li killed Mo Xingtian, prompting Black Dragon Supreme to attack her and threaten war with the Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy. Dean Ta Cang defended her, and Luo Li ended the chapter saying she had locked onto Black Dragon Supreme's location and asking if he would come.

• Black Dragon Supreme tried to kill Luo Li, but Dean Ta Cang intervened and stopped his attack.
• Black Dragon Supreme threatened war unless the Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy handed Luo Li over, and Dean Ta Cang declared that the academy would fight back.
• Black Dragon Supreme attacked Dean Ta Cang while Dragon Demon Palace experts ambushed the academy's reinforcements, but Luo Li killed many of them with Ten Thousand Swords.
• Black Dragon Supreme failed to reach Luo Li and withdrew, warning that the Dragon Demon Palace would make the academy pay.
• Luo Li offered to bear responsibility for the coming conflict, but Dean Ta Cang told her the Dragon Demon Palace had already wanted to destroy the academy.
• Luo Li told Dean Ta Cang she had locked onto Black Dragon Supreme's location and asked whether he was coming.

Luo Li and Dean Ta Cang agreed to launch a war against the Dragon Demon Palace, while Zhao Chen refined a Saint Spirit Fruit and triggered a devastating Heavenly Tribulation. After overcoming its attacks, Zhao Chen reached a Heavenly Pool filled with pure spiritual energy that could help him advance further.

• Luo Li persuaded Dean Ta Cang to pursue the weakened Dragon Demon Palace, and he sent Lin Zheng and the others back to recover before taking revenge.
• West Extreme Sovereign worried that Western Extremity Hall would have to choose a side in the coming war.
• Zhao Chen refined the Saint Spirit Fruit, overcame the remaining difficulties of the Sovereign Three Difficulties, and reached the Quasi-Sovereign Stage.
• Zhao Chen faced the Thousand-Dragon Lightning Tribulation and fought through waves of thunder dragons, poisonous rain, and heavenly flames while Luo Li and Little Nine Netherbird watched.
• Zhao Chen used the Great Luo Sword Embryo and Grass-Character Sword Art to survive the Heavenly Tribulation and entered a Heavenly Pool filled with pure spiritual energy.

Zhao Chen emerged from his tribulation at the Third-grade Sovereign Realm and gave Luo Li the Tribulation Fluid to help her advance. He traveled with Little Nine Netherbird’s clone to the Dragon Demon Palace headquarters, where he signed in and obtained the Thunder Emperor Art before preparing to test it on his enemies.

• Zhao Chen discovered that the Tribulation Fluid had vanished and that he had reached only the Third-grade Sovereign Realm.
• Zhao Chen gave the remaining Tribulation Fluid to Luo Li, who began cultivating while Little Nine Netherbird prepared to take him to the Dragon Demon Palace.
• Zhao Chen traveled to the Dragon Demon Palace headquarters and killed the figures leaving to mobilize its forces.
• Zhao Chen signed in at the headquarters and received the Thunder Emperor Art, one of the Ten Vicious Arts.
• Zhao Chen looked toward the Dragon Demon Palace and planned to test the Thunder Emperor Art on its members.

Zhao Chen, acting through his spiritual energy incarnation as the Thunder Emperor, brought a Black God Lightning Tribulation into the Dragon Demon Palace and overwhelmed Yellow Dragon Sovereign. After Black Dragon Supreme and the other Sovereigns demanded that he leave, the Thunder Emperor refused and began his attack.

• Black God Lightning clouds gathered over the Dragon Demon Palace, and Yellow Dragon Sovereign recognized them as a dangerous tribulation.
• Black Dragon Supreme appeared and asked who had brought the tribulation to the palace.
• The Thunder Emperor revealed himself, and Yellow Dragon Sovereign's attack was torn apart before lightning struck and severely wounded him.
• Black Dragon Supreme opened a spatial rift to divert the Thunder Emperor's lightning-claw attack, then called the palace's other Sovereigns to his side.
• Black Dragon Supreme warned the Thunder Emperor to leave, but the Thunder Emperor mocked the Sovereigns and unleashed the Thunder Emperor Art, Nine Heavens Tribulation Light.

Zhao Chen, revealed as Luo Li’s protector, attacked the Dragon Demon Palace with rainbow immortal light, killing one Supreme and nearly breaking its Ancient Spiritual Array. Black Dragon Supreme tried to bargain for peace, but Zhao Chen refused and prepared to turn the array against its defenders.

• Rainbow immortal light struck a Dragon Demon Palace Supreme and reduced him to ash.
• Black Dragon Supreme and the others retreated behind the Ancient Spiritual Array as the light cracked its barrier.
• Yellow Dragon Sovereign and four Supreme Realm experts reinforced the array with Sovereign Spirit Liquid.
• Zhao Chen saw through the Ancient Spiritual Array and planned to seize control of it.
• Black Dragon Supreme recognized Zhao Chen as Luo Li’s protector and offered to stop targeting her if he left.
• Zhao Chen rejected Black Dragon Supreme’s offer to surrender.