Chapter Summaries

At the Great Luo Golden Pool, Luo Li, Tang Bing, and Tang Rou reached the bottom with Zhao Chen’s formation disc, where Zhao Chen’s main body absorbed Infinite Golden Light and advanced to the Eighth-grade Sovereign Realm. Meanwhile, Little Nine Netherbird considered searching for the Great Luo Domain Lord or sending Zhao Chen and the Nine Nether Guards to train in the Hundred Battles Domain.

• Little Nine Netherbird asked Zhao Chen to look for the Great Luo Domain Lord, hoping to find a way to confront the forces threatening the Great Thousand Domain.
• Zhao Chen agreed to return to Nine Nether Palace, while Luo Li guided Tang Bing and Tang Rou deeper into the Great Luo Golden Pool.
• When the pressure became too great, Luo Li activated Zhao Chen’s formation disc and used its barrier to take the three women down to the pool’s bottom.
• Zhao Chen moved the main body of the Nine-leaf Sword Grass outside the barrier, and it devoured the pool’s strange energy as nine golden snakes transformed into Five-clawed Golden Dragons.
• Zhao Chen absorbed Infinite Golden Light and reached the Eighth-grade Sovereign Realm, manifesting his ten-thousand-zhang Sovereign Dharma Body.

Zhao Chen reached the Eighth-grade Sovereign Realm in the Great Luo Golden Pool and found Mandala, the Great Luo Domain Lord, beneath it. Mandala revealed that a powerful curse was killing her, leaving Zhao Chen to consider how to save her.

• Zhao Chen advanced from the Fourth-grade to the Eighth-grade Sovereign Realm and formed a Great Luo Golden Body with nine golden dragon patterns.
• Zhao Chen saw that Luo Li and Tang Bing and Tang Rou had also gained strength in the Great Luo Golden Pool.
• Zhao Chen uncovered a stone platform at the pool’s bottom and found a petite golden-eyed girl lying on it.
• Zhao Chen introduced himself as the Thunder Emperor King, and the girl revealed that she was Mandala, master of the Great Luo Domain.
• Mandala told Zhao Chen that a curse from the Southern Region’s overlord had forced her to seal herself inside the formation and Great Luo Golden Pool.
• Zhao Chen considered cultivating the Curse Dao or using a sealing method to remove the danger of Mandala’s curse.

Zhao Chen proposed using Black God Lightning and Little Nine Netherbird’s Nine Nether Flame in a Human-Body Grand Formation to suppress Mandala’s curse and potentially strengthen her combat ability. Mandala agreed to the risky attempt and accepted the materials Zhao Chen said she would need.

• Zhao Chen explained that a special Spirit Formation balancing his Black God Lightning and Little Nine Netherbird’s Nine Nether Flame could contain Mandala’s curse.
• Mandala recognized the plan’s potential but noted that separating strands of origin would harm Zhao Chen and Little Nine Netherbird, and that the formation required master-level skill.
• Zhao Chen listed rare materials for Mandala to gather and described using her meridians and body as the formation’s spiritual lines and nodes.
• Mandala realized the Human-Body Grand Formation could turn a person into a lasting killing or defensive formation.
• Zhao Chen warned Mandala that the attempt carried risks, and Mandala agreed to proceed because she was tired of enduring the curse.

Zhao Chen completed the rudimentary Human-Body Grand Formation in Mandala, suppressing her curse and delaying its next flare-up. Mandala agreed to let Zhao Chen and Little Nine Netherbird lead Nine Nether Palace against the Hundred Battles Domain, with the Great Luo Heavenly Army ready to support them.

• Zhao Chen placed the formation materials inside Mandala and used Black Divine Thunder to help the unfinished formation suppress her curse.
• Mandala, satisfied that the curse had become more docile, asked Zhao Chen how he wanted to be rewarded.
• Zhao Chen requested the destruction of the Hundred Battles Domain and its territory for Nine Nether Palace so he could grow stronger through expansion.
• Mandala explained that Profound Heaven Hall had repeatedly encouraged the Hundred Battles Domain to provoke the Great Thousand Domain, and approved Zhao Chen's campaign with Little Nine Netherbird and Great Luo Heavenly Army support.
• Zhao Chen accepted the plan, while Mandala promised to back him as he moved against the Hundred Battles Domain.

After cultivating in the Great Luo Golden Pool, Zhao Chen told Luo Li that the Great Luo Domain Lord had agreed to let them fight the Hundred Battles Domain on behalf of the Great Thousand Domain. Luo Li prepared to lead the Nine Nether Guards and develop her battle formation command, while Zhao Chen promised to stay by her side.

• Luo Li learned from Zhao Chen that he had met the Great Luo Domain Lord, who had agreed to let them fight the Hundred Battles Domain under the Nine Nether Palace’s banner.
• Zhao Chen said the Great Luo Heavenly Army should not enter the war yet, since its involvement would prompt the Profound Heaven Hall to act.
• Luo Li agreed to command the Nine Nether Guards and use the campaign to gain experience as a Battle Formation Master.
• Zhao Chen described the Nine Nether Guards’ growth to nearly two thousand members, with average cultivation at the Quasi-Sovereign Stage and some soldiers already in the Supreme Realm.
• Luo Li offered a cultivation method for a Ninety-ninth-rank Sovereign Dharma Body for when every guard reached the Supreme Realm.
• Zhao Chen recognized the pressure Luo Li faced with only a few years remaining and promised to always stay by her side.

Zhao Chen, Little Nine Netherbird, and Luo Li identified the Demon Thunder Abyss as the likely resting place of the Heart Demon Thunder Emperor and his legacy. Zhao Chen planned to capture the Demon Thunder Sect’s leader and claim the abyss, while Luo Li warned that its ancient fiend remnant could make the venture dangerous.

• Little Nine Netherbird proposed using the Demon Thunder Sect’s Earth Demon Lightning to train the Nine Nether Guards and having Zhao Chen subdue the Netherworld Heart Demon Lightning.
• Luo Li realized the Demon Thunder Abyss might be where the ancient Heart Demon Thunder Emperor fell during the war against the Extraterrestrial Evil Clan.
• Little Nine Netherbird and Zhao Chen concluded that the abyss might contain the Heart Demon Thunder Emperor’s legacy, and Luo Li warned that a powerful fiend remnant could remain there.
• Zhao Chen decided to capture Qin Tiangang and take control of the Demon Thunder Sect so the Nine Nether Palace could use it as a base.
• Little Nine Netherbird suggested Zhao Chen could restore the Ancient Thunder Palace by claiming the Thunder God Palace, but Zhao Chen warned that the palace might seize the legacy and kill him.

Zhao Chen, calling himself the Thunder Emperor King, confronted Qin Tiangang and demanded that the Demon Thunder Sect join him. After demonstrating control over the sect master's lightning and exploiting his fear, Zhao Chen secured Qin Tiangang's submission and ordered the Nine Nether Guards to take over.

• Qin Tiangang sensed an intruder in the Demon Thunder Sect's main hall and armed himself as Zhao Chen appeared.
• Zhao Chen introduced himself as the Thunder Emperor King, and Qin Tiangang recalled reports connecting him to the Nine Nether Emperor and the Spirit Eye Emperor's removal.
• Zhao Chen declared that he had come to incorporate the Demon Thunder Sect, then sealed the space and turned Qin Tiangang's Earth Demon Lightning against him.
• Qin Tiangang, injured and fearing for his life, agreed to submit to Zhao Chen.
• Zhao Chen ordered Qin Tiangang to cooperate with the Nine Nether Guards and warned that he could detonate the Earth Demon Lightning within the sect's cultivators.

Zhao Chen entered the Demon Thunder Abyss, subdued the intelligent Netherworld Heart Demon Lightning, and discovered the broken inheritance of the Heart Demon Thunder Emperor. He learned that the Supreme Heart Demon Scripture was incomplete and set out to recover its scattered fragments, confident he would become the Thunder Emperor of the Great Thousand World.

• Qin Tiangang led Zhao Chen to the Demon Thunder Abyss and warned him about its Earth Demon Lightning and Netherworld Heart Demon Lightning.
• Zhao Chen tore open the Earth Demon Lightning Sea and entered its depths, where he found a broken stone stele and confronted the Netherworld Heart Demon Lightning.
• Zhao Chen used the Thunder Emperor Art to calm the Netherworld Heart Demon Lightning, which recognized him, entered his Sovereign Sea, and submitted to him.
• Zhao Chen learned that the stone stele contained an incomplete Supreme Heart Demon Scripture and that its remaining fragments were scattered around the Demon Thunder Abyss.
• Zhao Chen learned about the Supreme Heart Demon Scripture's Heart-Demon State and declared that he would become the Thunder Emperor of the Great Thousand World.

Zhao Chen obtained the complete Supreme Heart Demon Scripture and the Thunder Emperor Token, inheriting the Heart Demon Thunder Emperor’s wish to destroy the Extraterrestrial Evil Clan. After resolving the Demon Thunder Sect, he planned to bring other Hundred Battles Domain powers under control and grow strong enough to protect his companions.

• Zhao Chen gathered the broken stele fragments and learned the Supreme Heart Demon Scripture from the Heart Demon Thunder Emperor’s remnant will.
• Zhao Chen promised to destroy the Extraterrestrial Evil Clan, and the Heart Demon Thunder Emperor’s remnant will dissipated, leaving behind the Thunder Emperor Token.
• Zhao Chen realized the token made him the master of the sealed Ancient Thunder Palace and resolved to become stronger to protect Luo Li, Little Nine Netherbird, Mandala, Tang Bing, Tang Rou, and the others.
• Zhao Chen received a check-in mission to recruit or destroy the three major powers of the Hundred Battles Domain in exchange for the Thunder Emperor Armor.
• Zhao Chen considered visiting the Ancient Thunder Palace to strengthen Netherworld Heart Demon Lightning, though doing so could bring him into conflict with the Thunder God Palace.
• After dealing with the Demon Thunder Sect, Zhao Chen planned to steadily subdue similar powers in the Hundred Battles Domain before confronting its three major factions.

The leaders of Hundred Battles Domain learned that the Thunder Emperor King had infiltrated their territory and suspected Profound Heaven Hall was using them to provoke Great Thousand Domain and draw out its lord. They agreed to target the Thunder Emperor King, but an unseen speaker interrupted their plan.

• Elder Hidden Sword told Corpse Mountain Old Ghost and Demon Sorrow Sovereign that the Thunder Emperor King had led a Great Thousand Domain faction into Hundred Battles Domain and was based in Demon Thunder Sect.
• Elder Hidden Sword explained that the Thunder Emperor King had replaced the Blood Eagle King and that the former Nine Nether King had become a Three Emperor, while Spirit Eye Emperor had been demoted to a Nine King.
• Demon Sorrow Sovereign and the others concluded that Profound Heaven Hall wanted them to provoke Great Thousand Domain until its lord appeared.
• Elder Hidden Sword proposed capturing the Thunder Emperor King and demanding money and territory from Great Thousand Domain in exchange for his release.
• An unseen speaker chuckled and advised the leaders to reconsider their plan.

Zhao Chen revealed himself as Thunder Emperor King and forced the leaders of three factions to recognize his overwhelming strength. Demon Sorrow Sovereign and Elder Hidden Sword surrendered and accepted his control, leaving Corpse Mountain Old Ghost worried that he had waited too long.

• Elder Hidden Sword, Corpse Mountain Old Ghost, and Demon Sorrow Sovereign realized someone had isolated their hall and assumed the Great Luo Domain Lord had arrived.
• Zhao Chen appeared and revealed himself as Thunder Emperor King, then turned Elder Hidden Sword's sword energies against him.
• Demon Sorrow Sovereign recognized Zhao Chen's strength, surrendered Great Compassion Heaven, and agreed to receive a Heart-Demon Seed.
• Elder Hidden Sword surrendered after Zhao Chen shattered his confidence in the sword path.
• Corpse Mountain Old Ghost was left wondering whether Zhao Chen would still accept his surrender.

Zhao Chen secured the submission of the Hundred Battles Domain’s leading factions and learned that Liu Tiandao planned to exploit the Great Luo Domain Lord’s old injuries to attack the Great Thousand Domain. He left with five million portions of Sovereign Spirit Liquid and ordered the factions to prepare for his coming move against Liu Tiandao.

• Elder Hidden Sword told Zhao Chen that Liu Tiandao had gathered Earthly Sovereign allies and intended to strike once he confirmed the Great Luo Domain Lord was weakened.
• Corpse Mountain Old Ghost suggested luring the Great Luo Domain Lord into attacking Liu Tiandao, but Zhao Chen decided to settle matters in the Hundred Battles Domain first and prepare a trap after advancing his cultivation.
• Demon Sorrow Sovereign offered one million portions of Sovereign Spirit Liquid, and Elder Hidden Sword and Corpse Mountain Old Ghost contributed two years of tribute from their factions.
• Zhao Chen took five million portions of Sovereign Spirit Liquid, vanished through spatial power, and told the three Sovereigns to act according to circumstances when he prepared a gift for Liu Tiandao within three days.
• After Zhao Chen left, Elder Hidden Sword and Corpse Mountain Old Ghost questioned Demon Sorrow Sovereign about removing their Heart-Demon Seeds, and he revealed Zhao Chen was heir to the Heart Demon Thunder Emperor and advised them to follow him.

Zhao Chen secured control of the Hundred Battles Domain, gained the Thunder Emperor Armor, and prepared to lure Liu Tiandao into a deadly formation. Back at the Demon Thunder Sect, Little Nine Netherbird offered a Bloodline Link but left Zhao Chen to consider it only if her family approved.

• Zhao Chen received the intact Thunder Emperor Armor after taking control of the Hundred Battles Domain and found that it greatly increased his strength.
• Zhao Chen planned to lure Liu Tiandao into Hundred Battles City, where his Supreme Slaughter Formation could kill him.
• Zhao Chen returned to the Demon Thunder Sect and told Little Nine Netherbird that the Hundred Battles Domain now essentially belonged to Nine Nether Palace.
• Zhao Chen explained that Netherworld Heart Demon Lightning could suppress the Great Luo Domain Lord's curse, and he refused Little Nine Netherbird's offer to provide Undying Fire.
• Little Nine Netherbird proposed forming a Bloodline Link with Zhao Chen, then tried to play down the suggestion by asking to borrow his Netherworld Heart Demon Lightning.
• Zhao Chen told Little Nine Netherbird they could form a Bloodline Link if her family agreed, leaving her speechless.

Zhao Chen planned to use his Earthly Sovereign tribulation to target Liu Tiandao and strengthen his hold over Hundred Battles Domain. As the Three Emperors were summoned to a meeting, Zhao Chen learned that Liu Tiandao had arrived in Hundred Battles City in person.

• Zhao Chen offered Little Nine Netherbird and Luo Li Sovereign Spirit Liquid, but Little Nine Netherbird declined her share so Luo Li could use it.
• Zhao Chen explained that he intended to draw Liu Tiandao into his Earthly Sovereign tribulation, alarming Little Nine Netherbird.
• Zhao Chen urged Little Nine Netherbird to secure Hundred Battles Domain for Nine Nether Palace in case Profound Heaven Hall fell.
• Little Nine Netherbird received a summons to a small Three Emperors meeting and suspected it was connected to Zhao Chen.
• Zhao Chen announced that Liu Tiandao had arrived in Hundred Battles City with his true body.

Liu Tiandao ordered Hundred Battles City's faction leaders to target the Nine Nether Emperor and Thunder Emperor King, expecting to draw out the Great Luo Domain Lord. Zhao Chen appeared and cut apart Liu Tiandao's attack, leaving the Earthly Sovereign wary as thunder gathered overhead.

• Liu Tiandao met with Elder Hidden Sword, Corpse Mountain Old Ghost, and Demon Sorrow Sovereign, then ordered them to eliminate the Nine Nether Emperor and Thunder Emperor King.
• The three leaders hesitated because they had secretly submitted to the Thunder Emperor King, and Liu Tiandao mistook their fear for reluctance to face the Great Luo Domain Lord.
• Zhao Chen appeared in the hall, and Liu Tiandao identified him as the Thunder Emperor King before accusing the leaders of playing both sides.
• Demon Sorrow Sovereign boldly declared that the Thunder Emperor King and Great Luo Domain Lord protected them, while Elder Hidden Sword and Corpse Mountain Old Ghost feared Liu Tiandao's response.
• Liu Tiandao attacked Zhao Chen with a mountain of crystallized spiritual energy, but Zhao Chen drew the Great Luo Sword Embryo and split it in two.
• Thunder rumbled overhead, and Liu Tiandao's ominous premonition intensified.

Zhao Chen drew Liu Tiandao into the Heavenly Tribulation while fighting him, causing the Thousand-Dragon Lightning Tribulation to target the Earthly Sovereign. The lightning swallowed Liu Tiandao, and his scream cut off.

• Liu Tiandao attacked the Thunder Emperor King with a colossal sword of spiritual energy, but the Thunder Emperor King withstood it.
• Elder Hidden Sword, Demon Sorrow Sovereign, and Corpse Mountain Old Ghost fled after the Thunder Emperor King urged them to leave.
• A lightning bolt shattered Liu Tiandao’s giant sword, and he continued attacking with his Sovereign Dharma Manifestation.
• The Heavenly Tribulation struck Liu Tiandao instead of the Thunder Emperor King, then unleashed countless lightning dragons.
• Zhao Chen revealed that Liu Tiandao had become a tribulation target by confronting the Heavenly Tribulation, and the Thousand-Dragon Lightning Tribulation swallowed him.

Zhao Chen trapped the badly wounded Liu Tiandao inside the Tai Chi Two-Yi Formation and let the Heavenly Tribulation continue. Liu Tiandao self-destructed, but the formation absorbed the force, leaving Zhao Chen unharmed as he prepared to face the next wave and complete his transformation into human form.

• As the Thousand-Dragon Lightning Tribulation weakened Liu Tiandao, Zhao Chen activated the Tai Chi Two-Yi Formation and sealed him inside.
• Liu Tiandao failed to break the formation, begged Zhao Chen for mercy, and attacked the barrier when Zhao Chen refused to spare him.
• Liu Tiandao burned his essence blood, unleashed his Sovereign Dharma Manifestation, and self-destructed in an attempt to kill Zhao Chen.
• Zhao Chen used the formation to withstand Liu Tiandao's self-destruction and convert its force into power for the barrier.
• Zhao Chen remained unharmed as he looked toward the gathering thunderclouds and prepared to survive the next wave of tribulation.

Zhao Chen survived the Thousand-Dragon Lightning Tribulation by devouring its lightning and refining its thunderclouds, then emerged as an Earthly Sovereign in human form. With Liu Tiandao dead, Zhao Chen claimed the Profound Heaven Hall for himself as the Hundred Battles Domain army moved to attack it.

• Zhao Chen revealed his Nine-leaf Sword Grass form, broke the lightning greatsword, and had the Netherworld Heart Demon Lightning devour it.
• Zhao Chen used the Tai Chi Two-Yi Formation to trap and refine the Heavenly Tribulation thunderclouds, leaving the sky clear as he disappeared from view.
• Demon Sorrow Sovereign announced that Zhao Chen had ordered the army to form the Great Luo Vanguard and attack the Profound Heaven Hall, prompting Elder Hidden Sword and Corpse Mountain Old Ghost to mobilize their forces.
• The Hundred Battles Domain army turned toward the Profound Heaven Hall, while Zhao Chen transformed into human form in Hundred Battles City and confirmed he had become an Earthly Sovereign.
• Little Nine Netherbird proposed founding their own faction, but Zhao Chen rejected the idea and declared that the Profound Heaven Hall belonged to him, the Thunder Emperor.

After Zhao Chen became the Thunder Emperor and killed Liu Tiandao, the Great Thousand Domain rallied behind him and launched an attack on Profound Heaven Hall. Profound Heaven Hall surrendered and was destroyed, leaving Zhao Chen firmly established in the Northern Border.

• The Northern Border’s major forces congratulated the Thunder Emperor, and the Great Thousand Domain declared that it would have two masters: the Great Luo Domain Lord and the Thunder Emperor.
• Spirit Eye King publicly apologized to the Nine Nether Emperor and volunteered to fight; she promised he could become the Great Thousand Domain’s fourth Emperor if he earned great military merit.
• The Nine Kings and Great Thousand Domain’s army marched against Profound Heaven Hall, while Sleep Emperor stayed behind to guard the domain.
• Profound Heaven Hall’s forces lost their morale after Liu Tiandao’s death and the Thunder Emperor’s Heavenly Tribulation covered their territory.
• Profound Heaven Hall surrendered to the Great Thousand Domain, and its territory was conquered.

After Zhao Chen cured Mandala’s curse, they discussed the dangers of the Great Hunting War and the other Northern Border powers. Zhao Chen rejected Mandala’s cautious approach and argued that the Great Thousand Domain had enough strength to challenge its rivals, even without a formal justification.

• News of Profound Heaven Hall’s surrender spread, reducing the Northern Border’s top powers to six, while Zhao Chen finished removing the curse from Mandala.
• Mandala warned that Divine Pavilion and Netherworld Palace might target the Great Thousand Domain during the Great Hunting War, and described the Master of Divine Pavilion as a particularly dangerous opponent.
• Zhao Chen said the Great Thousand Domain did not need to rely on the Great Hunting War to gain power, since its two earthly sovereigns and Profound Heaven Hall’s resources made it formidable.
• Mandala said they had no reason to attack the Netherworld Heavenly Venerable, but Zhao Chen argued that disliking his sight was reason enough.