Chapter Summaries

Zhao Chen visited Netherworld Palace and pretended to seek an alliance against the Great Luo Domain Lord, then revealed that he had come to demand Netherworld Heavenly Venerable’s submission. His Heart-Demon Seed took root, and Netherworld Heavenly Venerable recognized the Supreme Heart Demon Scripture and suspected Zhao Chen came from Thunder God Palace.

• Netherworld Heavenly Venerable learned that Zhao Chen had arrived and tried to reassure his subordinates that Netherworld Palace’s formation could protect them.
• Zhao Chen entered, and Netherworld Heavenly Venerable cautiously welcomed him while assessing his strength.
• Zhao Chen claimed he planned to establish his own faction and proposed cooperating in the Great Hunting War against the Great Luo Domain Lord.
• Netherworld Heavenly Venerable shut the hall doors, activated the formation, and offered to split the gains from their supposed alliance.
• Zhao Chen revealed his youthful face and demanded that Netherworld Heavenly Venerable submit or die.
• Zhao Chen’s Heart-Demon Seed took root in Netherworld Heavenly Venerable, who recognized the Supreme Heart Demon Scripture and asked whether Zhao Chen came from Thunder God Palace.

Zhao Chen used the Thunder God Palace’s reputation and a promise of advancement to win Netherworld Heavenly Venerable’s loyalty, then brought him to the Divine Pavilion to confront its Master. The Master of Divine Pavilion appeared through a powerful spiritual clone and discovered that Netherworld Heavenly Venerable and the leaders of the other remaining factions had gathered as well.

• Netherworld Heavenly Venerable recognized Zhao Chen’s Netherworld Heart Demon Lightning and, believing him backed by the Thunder God Palace, surrendered and pledged his loyalty.
• Zhao Chen welcomed the Netherworld Palace into the Great Thousand Domain and promised Netherworld Heavenly Venerable a path to Upper Earthly Sovereign.
• Zhao Chen ordered Netherworld Heavenly Venerable to accompany him to Myriad Saints Mountain, the Demon Gate, and the Serpent God Hall, while identifying the Master of Divine Pavilion as his greatest concern.
• Zhao Chen arrived at the Divine Pavilion and called for its master, who appeared in a spiritual clone and asked why Zhao Chen had come.
• The Master of Divine Pavilion noticed Netherworld Heavenly Venerable, Myriad Saints Ancestor, Demon Emperor, and Sky Serpent Old Ghost watching him.

Zhao Chen revealed that he had persuaded four Northern Border Earthly Sovereigns to support unification and his ambition to contend for Tianluo and rebuild the Heavenly Palace. The Master of Divine Pavilion weighed resistance against surrender, while Zhao Chen made clear that the Heavenly Sovereign Realm was only a milestone.

• The Master of Divine Pavilion saw Netherworld Heavenly Venerable, Myriad Saints Ancestor, the Demon Emperor, Sky Serpent Old Ghost, and Zhao Chen arrive together and feared they had joined forces against him.
• Netherworld Heavenly Venerable claimed they had come to catch up, but his open hostility made the Master of Divine Pavilion suspicious.
• Zhao Chen told the Master of Divine Pavilion that he had persuaded the four Earthly Sovereigns to unify the Northern Border and contend for Tianluo.
• The Master of Divine Pavilion suspected Zhao Chen represented a super power, then considered the costs of surrendering or abandoning Divine Pavilion.
• Zhao Chen dismissed the idea that he was a super power’s representative and declared that the Heavenly Sovereign Realm was only a stage on his path forward.

Zhao Chen revealed himself as the Palace Master of the Ancient Thunder Palace and forced Master of Divine Pavilion to submit, then secured the loyalty of the Northern Border’s top experts. He announced plans to unify the region under the name Thunder Palace and promised Ancient Thunder Palace entry slots to those who distinguished themselves in the campaign for Tianluo.

• Netherworld Heavenly Venerable warned Master of Divine Pavilion that Zhao Chen’s forces could trap his true body, and Master of Divine Pavilion learned his territory was enclosed by a grand formation.
• Zhao Chen said he was not an agent of the Thunder God Palace but was the current Palace Master of the Ancient Thunder Palace, and Master of Divine Pavilion recognized the Supreme Heart Demon Scripture’s hold over him.
• Master of Divine Pavilion swore allegiance to Zhao Chen, who summoned a Thunder Tribulation to enforce the oath.
• Netherworld Heavenly Venerable, Myriad Saints Ancestor, Demon Emperor, and Sky Serpent Old Ghost also pledged their loyalty to Zhao Chen.
• Zhao Chen proposed announcing the Northern Border’s unification and accepted the name Thunder Palace, promising Ancient Thunder Palace entry slots based on the allies’ performance in the campaign for Tianluo.

After uniting the Northern Border’s major forces, Zhao Chen and his companions visited the Dragon-Phoenix Pavilion to investigate Dragon-Phoenix Heaven, a treasure realm connected to the Dragon Clan and Feng Clan. Mu Qiu warned that Earthly Sovereigns could not safely enter, but Zhao Chen asked him to take them to the entrance.

• The Dragon-Phoenix Pavilion learned that the Thunder Emperor had subdued the Northern Border’s major forces and joined Thunder Palace.
• The Pavilion invited Zhao Chen, the Nine Nether Emperor, and Luo Li to Dragon-Phoenix Heaven, whose pools could grant dragon or phoenix bodies.
• Mu Qiu told the visitors that a crack entrance might open early and would need to be stabilized for a small group of Supreme Realm cultivators.
• Zhao Chen asked whether Earthly Sovereigns could enter, and Mu Qiu explained that past attempts had left them gravely injured.
• Zhao Chen accepted the warning and told Mu Qiu to take them to Dragon-Phoenix Heaven, leaving Mu Qiu alarmed about the risks.

Zhao Chen improved the Dragon-Phoenix Pavilion’s spatial rift formation and entered Dragon-Phoenix Heaven with Little Nine Netherbird and Luo Li. After Zhao Chen gave Mu Qiu a Sovereign Ascension Pill that raised him to the Ninth-grade Sovereign Realm, the group set out to seek materials for a pill that could help Little Nine Netherbird and Luo Li challenge the Earthly Sovereign Realm.

• Mu Qiu led Zhao Chen, Little Nine Netherbird, and Luo Li to the spatial rift, where Little Nine Netherbird recognized that the realm beyond contained a Dragon-Phoenix Pool suited to cultivating a True Phoenix Body.
• Mu Qiu explained that the pool was relatively high-grade and that killing spirit beasts and casting them into it could help peerless geniuses cultivate a True Phoenix Body.
• Zhao Chen raised the Spirit Formation to grandmaster level, allowing even Earthly Sovereigns to enter Dragon-Phoenix Heaven.
• Zhao Chen gave Mu Qiu a Sovereign Ascension Pill, and Mu Qiu took it and broke through from the Eighth-grade to the Ninth-grade Sovereign Realm.
• Zhao Chen entered Dragon-Phoenix Heaven with Little Nine Netherbird and Luo Li, intending to use the True Dragon and True Feng remains to refine a pill that could help them challenge the Earthly Sovereign Realm.

Luo Li decided to return to the Luo God Clan and take up the responsibility of saving it, while Zhao Chen and Little Nine Netherbird promised their support. Zhao Chen gave her a Spatial Formation Disk and planned to escort her after Dragon-Phoenix Heaven and the Fallen Battlefield.

• The Nine Netherworld Dark Bird slaughtered spirit beasts in Dragon-Phoenix Heaven and gathered their blood for the Dragon-Phoenix Pool, while Luo Li considered using the Nine Nether Guards to cultivate.
• Luo Li told Zhao Chen and Little Nine Netherbird that she planned to return to the Luo God Clan and stabilize its dangerous situation.
• Little Nine Netherbird offered Luo Li two-thirds of the Nine Nether Guards to help her build a personal army.
• Zhao Chen gave Luo Li a Spatial Formation Disk that could connect them across the vast distance between their continents.
• Zhao Chen said he would personally escort Luo Li to the Luo God Clan after Dragon-Phoenix Heaven and the Fallen Battlefield.

Zhao Chen, Luo Li, and Little Nine Netherbird reached the highest-level Dragon-Phoenix Pool, where Little Nine Netherbird defeated its guardian and gave Luo Li the Dragon-Phoenix armor and spear. They planned to cultivate with the pool's power, but Little Nine Netherbird protested when Luo Li suggested she cultivate a True Phoenix Body.

• Little Nine Netherbird decided to remain in the Northern Border and manage Thunder Palace while Zhao Chen and Luo Li continued onward.
• The trio found a golden Dragon-Phoenix Pool beneath the heads of a True Dragon and True Feng, with three Dragon-Phoenix Divine Fruits growing nearby.
• A Dragon-Phoenix Saint Spirit emerged from the pool and attacked Little Nine Netherbird, who destroyed it with her Undying Fire.
• Little Nine Netherbird offered Luo Li the guardian's Dragon-Phoenix Battle Armor and spear in exchange for one naturally matured Dragon-Phoenix Divine Fruit.
• Luo Li proposed that she and Zhao Chen cultivate Dragon-Phoenix Bodies and Little Nine Netherbird cultivate a True Phoenix Body, prompting Little Nine Netherbird to protest that she disliked phoenixes.

Zhao Chen and Luo Li reached the summit of the Dragon-Phoenix Platform, where their Dragon-Phoenix Bodies advanced and ten inheritances appeared. Zhao Chen chose a dark golden bone that revealed the Dragon-Phoenix Canon’s power to create the legendary Sacred Beast Dragon-Phoenix.

• Zhao Chen and Luo Li completed their Dragon-Phoenix Bodies, and Luo Li advanced to the Ninth-grade Sovereign Realm.
• Little Nine Netherbird said they needed True Dragon and True Feng bones and blood for Nine-leaf Sword Grass’s grandmaster-level pill, so Zhao Chen proposed visiting the Dragon-Phoenix Platform.
• Zhao Chen and Luo Li climbed the Dragon-Phoenix Stairway together and absorbed a torrent of True Dragon and True Feng Essence Blood, raising Luo Li to the Peak Ninth-grade Sovereign Realm.
• The Dragon-Phoenix Platform revealed ten inheritances, and Zhao Chen chose a dark golden bone engraved with obscure runes.
• Zhao Chen saw the inheritance’s vision of True Dragon and True Feng forms merging into the legendary Sacred Beast Dragon-Phoenix.

Zhao Chen obtained the Dragon-Phoenix Canon and signed in to receive the True Dragon Art, then shared the inheritance with Luo Li and discussed using it to cultivate a Dragon Phoenix. Little Nine Netherbird decided she would pursue the orthodox Dragon-Phoenix Body, hoping to challenge the Phoenix Clan that persecuted her people.

• Zhao Chen signed in at Dragon-Phoenix Heaven and obtained the True Dragon Art, bringing his collection of supreme arts to four.
• Luo Li received the Dragon-Phoenix Canon from Zhao Chen and learned that the fallen True Dragon and True Feng were likely Saint Grade.
• Zhao Chen and Luo Li prepared to leave Dragon-Phoenix Heaven, while Little Nine Netherbird learned that the Canon could cultivate a Dragon Phoenix.
• Little Nine Netherbird considered cultivating a Dragon-Bird Body but chose the orthodox Dragon-Phoenix Body instead.
• Little Nine Netherbird recalled the Phoenix Clan's persecution of the Nine Netherbird Tribe and vowed to make the clan regret it after she cultivated a Dragon Phoenix.

Zhao Chen, Little Nine Netherbird, and Luo Li returned to Mandala with Little Nine Netherbird and Luo Li having reached the Ninth-grade Sovereign Realm. The group decided to head to the Fallen Battlefield for Spirit God Liquid, and Mandala explained the dangers and the Fourth Hall Master's powerful restriction and puppets.

• Mandala noticed Little Nine Netherbird and Luo Li had reached the Ninth-grade Sovereign Realm and teased them about Zhao Chen's special tutoring.
• Mandala said she and Zhao Chen had been frank with each other when they first met, leaving Little Nine Netherbird suspicious and Luo Li unfazed.
• Zhao Chen invited Mandala to join their trip to the Fallen Battlefield to obtain Spirit God Liquid for making the Earthly Sovereign Divine Pill, and she agreed.
• Mandala explained that the Fallen Battlefield was a dangerous, corrupted place where elite forces could be wiped out during the Great Hunting War.
• Mandala revealed that the Fourth Hall Master left behind the finest Spirit God Liquid in the Fallen Battlefield, protected by a restriction requiring several Earthly Sovereigns and puppets that were difficult to overcome without Upper Earthly Sovereign strength.

Mandala, Little Nine Netherbird, Luo Li, and Zhao Chen planned to enter the Fallen Battlefield to obtain Spirit God Liquid and strengthen Zhao Chen. The conversation turned to Luo Li’s family, leaving Mandala apologizing after learning that Luo Li’s father had been killed in a plot against the Luo God Clan.

• Mandala said they would not bring the Master of Divine Pavilion or Netherworld Heavenly Venerable to the Fallen Battlefield and proposed relying on Zhao Chen to overcome its restriction and puppet.
• Mandala praised Zhao Chen’s potential, saying sufficient resources could help him reach the Heavenly Sovereign Realm, while Little Nine Netherbird misunderstood her meaning and blushed.
• Luo Li suggested prioritizing Spirit God Liquid for Zhao Chen, prompting Mandala to ask where Luo Li came from.
• Luo Li revealed she was from the Luo God Clan, and Mandala asked about its former clan chief, Luo Cangqiong.
• Luo Li nearly cried when Mandala mentioned Luo Cangqiong, and Little Nine Netherbird explained that the Blood God Clan, Strength God Clan, and Bone God Clan had plotted against him and caused his death.
• Mandala apologized for bringing up Luo Cangqiong, while Luo Li said she blamed the three clans and intended to take revenge.

Mandala and Luo Li suspected that the Western Heaven War Emperor had engineered the Luo God Clan’s downfall, while Zhao Chen dismissed him as overrated. Zhao Chen revealed that the Thunder Emperor Token could help the women prepare for the Heavenly Sovereign Realm, and Mandala asked whether he intended to claim the Ancient Thunder Palace.

• Mandala suggested that an unseen force had orchestrated Luo Cangqiong’s death and the Luo God Clan’s decline.
• Little Nine Netherbird suspected the Western Heaven War Emperor had manipulated the three great divine clans to protect his rule, and Luo Li considered the possibility.
• Zhao Chen explained that the Western Heaven War Emperor was a Battle Formation Master whose strength fell far short of top Heavenly Sovereigns, and called his reputation inflated.
• Little Nine Netherbird teased Zhao Chen about boasting before he had reached the Heavenly Sovereign Realm, while Zhao Chen offered the Thunder Emperor Token to help them forge their foundations.
• Mandala recognized the token and asked Zhao Chen whether he wanted to become the new master of the Ancient Thunder Palace.

Zhao Chen rejected the idea of becoming the Ancient Heavenly Palace’s new master, saying it belonged to the Ancient Heavenly Emperor and should remain a resting place for those who died there. Mandala revealed that she had escaped from the palace and believed the Fourth Hall Master's relics might help restore her memories and reveal answers.

• Zhao Chen and the others discussed the Ancient Heavenly Palace’s history, its peerless divine ability, and why no one had entered it for countless years.
• Little Nine Netherbird said she wanted to become the Ancient Heavenly Palace’s new master, but Mandala dismissed the idea.
• Luo Li asked whether Mandala knew where the Ancient Heavenly Palace was, and Zhao Chen said he did not want to claim it for himself.
• Zhao Chen explained that the palace belonged to the Ancient Heavenly Emperor and that its ruins should remain a resting place for the fallen.
• Mandala revealed that she had escaped from the Ancient Heavenly Palace and had narrowly survived an ambush by the Ancient Heavenly Emperor’s former mount.
• Mandala said the Fourth Hall Master's relics might bring them into contact with the Ancient Heavenly Palace and help restore her incomplete memories.

Zhao Chen and his companions entered the Fallen Battlefield to reach the Fourth Hall Master's secret realm, and Zhao Chen resolved to cleanse the corrupted land with lightning. After breaking the realm's restriction, they discovered the Star Suppressing Demon Tower inside, a Saint Object once controlled by the Fourth Hall Master.

• Zhao Chen, Little Nine Netherbird, Luo Li, and Mandala discussed how Fallen Origin Pills could open the secret-realm ruins within the Fallen Battlefield's formation.
• Zhao Chen insisted they should cleanse the Fallen Battlefield with Heavenly Tribulation to eradicate its evil demons and prevent a threat to the Northern Border.
• Zhao Chen used Fallen Origin Pills and a dragon claw to shatter the restriction concealing the Fourth Hall Master's secret realm.
• Little Nine Netherbird and Luo Li spotted a black pyramid inside the shattered space.
• Mandala identified the pyramid as the Star Suppressing Demon Tower, a middle-grade Saint Object once controlled by the Fourth Hall Master.

Zhao Chen and his companions entered the Fourth Hall’s shattered space, gathering relics as they approached the black pyramid. Inside, they encountered the Ten Fierce Ancient Formation, but Zhao Chen ignored its trial and split the bronze gate with a single sword strike.

• Little Nine Netherbird, Luo Li, and Mandala warned that the Fourth Hall could still contain the remnants of an Extraterrestrial Evil Clan fiend and agreed to search for treasures as they crossed it.
• Luo Li found a golden sword, Little Nine Netherbird obtained a Fire Phoenix Blood Pill, and Zhao Chen kept a mysterious piece of Black Triangular Iron.
• Zhao Chen reconstructed a spatial passage into the black pyramid, where the group found a bronze hall protected by the Ten Fierce Ancient Formation.
• Mandala failed to break the bronze gate and concluded that Supreme Realm cultivators would have to defeat the formation’s fierce beasts under its rules.
• Zhao Chen stopped Little Nine Netherbird from taking the trial and cleaved the bronze gate open with his sword aura.

Zhao Chen and his companions entered the Fourth Hall Master's Sovereign Sea and witnessed a projection of the Extraterrestrial Evil Clan's devastating invasion. As they reflected on the losses suffered by their ancestors and homes, Zhao Chen accepted the fiends as his enemies.

• Zhao Chen warned Luo Li, Little Nine Netherbird, and Mandala about the invasion projections before they passed through the bronze gate.
• The group watched a battle projection showing extraterrestrial fiends overwhelming Great Thousand World experts, whose spiritual energy they corrupted and whose dead they could use to revive.
• Mandala explained the invasion's lasting danger, the Immortal Emperor's sacrifice against the Heavenly Evil God, and the efforts to weaken him at the Land of Ten Thousand Tombs.
• Luo Li vowed to avenge the Luo God Clan's fallen, while Little Nine Netherbird recalled the Ancient Undying Bird Beast Venerable's death and the Nine Netherworld Bird Clan's decline.
• Mandala mourned the destruction of the Ancient Heavenly Palace, and Zhao Chen declared the Extraterrestrial Evil Clan his enemy.

Zhao Chen destroyed the evil fiend’s remaining power beneath the sea and approached the stone island to reach the Spirit God Liquid. When the Fourth Hall Master’s spirit puppet appeared, Zhao Chen threw the Black Triangular Iron at it, leaving his companions puzzled.

• Zhao Chen struck the sea with Heavenly Punishment Lightning, burning away the evil fiend’s remaining aura and demonic power.
• Zhao Chen warned his companions that the Extraterrestrial Evil Clan could leave contingencies behind and that the Great Thousand World’s ancient conflict remained unresolved.
• Mandala discovered that the stone island’s restriction possessed Upper Earthly Sovereign Realm power, and Zhao Chen’s spiritual energy failed to break through it.
• Zhao Chen invited out the Fourth Hall Master’s lifeless spirit puppet, which formed from crystalline motes.
• Zhao Chen tossed the Black Triangular Iron toward the spirit puppet, surprising Luo Li, Little Nine Netherbird, and Mandala.

The Fourth Hall Master's spirit puppet awakened, recognized Mandala, and left her the Star Suppressing Demon Tower and Perfect-Grade Spirit God Liquid before vanishing. Zhao Chen accepted the liquid to break through to the Upper Earthly Sovereign Realm, while Mandala took Little Nine Netherbird and Luo Li to gather more and prepare to purify the Fallen Battlefield.

• The Black Triangular Iron activated the Fourth Hall Master's spirit puppet, which recognized Mandala as the Ancient Mandala Flower he had seen in the Heavenly Emperor's garden.
• The Fourth Hall Master learned that Mandala's memories of the Ancient Heavenly Emperor were incomplete and confirmed that the sealed evil demon had been destroyed.
• The Fourth Hall Master left Mandala the Star Suppressing Demon Tower and transformed the remaining Sovereign Sea into Perfect-Grade Spirit God Liquid before his spirit body vanished.
• Mandala gave the Spirit God Liquid to Zhao Chen and kept the Star Suppressing Demon Tower, while Zhao Chen promised to collect more liquid for her and purify the Fallen Battlefield with Heavenly Punishment.
• Mandala took Little Nine Netherbird and Luo Li to gather Spirit God Liquid, and Zhao Chen sat down to refine the liquid and begin his breakthrough.

Zhao Chen reached the Upper Earthly Sovereign Realm and purified the Fallen Battlefield with his Heavenly Tribulation. He prepared to accompany Luo Li to the troubled Luo God Clan, where he intended to cure Luo Tianshen’s poison and face any powerful enemies who intervened.

• Zhao Chen broke through to the Upper Earthly Sovereign Realm, drew a Heavenly Tribulation, and used its lightning to purify the Fallen Battlefield.
• Zhao Chen and Mandala discussed leaving for the Luo God Clan, and Zhao Chen chose to go at once because Luo Tianshen’s condition and the clan’s crisis were urgent.
• Luo Li explained that Blood Spirit Son had poisoned Luo Tianshen with Blood Demon Poison, while the Luo God Clan also faced internal strife and threats from other divine clans.
• Mandala gave Zhao Chen a Qiankun Bag of medicinal ingredients she had gathered to help heal Luo Tianshen and strengthen him.
• Mandala warned Zhao Chen about the possible involvement of the West Heaven War Hall and the Western Heaven War Emperor, but Zhao Chen vowed to fight if a Heavenly Sovereign intervened.