Chapter Summaries

Zhao Chen invited Heart Fox Fairy to visit the Thunder Palace and discuss cooperation, while Mandala and Luo Li made clear that the sect must take the proposal seriously. After learning that Zhao Chen was an Upper Earthly Sovereign and the Thunder Palace commanded more than ten Earthly Sovereigns, Heart Fox Fairy agreed to represent the Fox Immortal Sect in establishing cooperation.

• Zhao Chen invited Heart Fox Fairy to visit the Thunder Palace and discuss cooperation with the Fox Immortal Sect.
• Heart Fox Fairy offered to invite Fairy Fox Madam and personally attend to Zhao Chen, while Lin Jing, Luo Li, and Jiuyou reacted to her advances.
• Mandala told Heart Fox Fairy that she could learn to handle cooperation as the sect master's successor, but warned that the Thunder Palace would walk away if she did not take it seriously.
• Heart Fox Fairy asked who led the Thunder Palace, and Luo Li identified Zhao Chen as its Upper Earthly Sovereign master and said it had more than ten Earthly Sovereigns under its command.
• Heart Fox Fairy agreed to represent the Fox Immortal Sect in establishing cooperation with the Thunder Palace.

Zhao Chen secured the Fox Immortal Sect’s cooperation for Thunder Palace’s expansion and gave Heart Fox Fairy a jade talisman to contact him. After he departed, Ling Qingzhu watched from the shadows and assessed Thunder Palace as a powerful force that could shape Tianluo Continent’s coming upheaval.

• Zhao Chen told Heart Fox Fairy that Thunder Palace would need substantial resources to contend for Tianluo Continent and asked her to warn him if the Fox Immortal Sect could not provide them.
• Zhao Chen gave Heart Fox Fairy a jade talisman that could send messages and summon him, then left with his companions through a spatial gate.
• Heart Fox Fairy resolved to earn Zhao Chen’s favor by handling the cooperation well and vowed to work toward taking control of the Fox Immortal Sect.
• Ling Qingzhu emerged after Heart Fox Fairy departed and reflected on Lin Jing’s opportunity to grow stronger through her connection to Zhao Chen.
• Ling Qingzhu judged that Thunder Palace had several Upper Earthly Sovereigns and would likely unify the Northern Border, while hoping Lin Jing would reach the Earthly Sovereign Realm before they next met.

Zhao Chen arranged for Lin Jing to cultivate in Thunder Palace’s three treasured lands and promised her pills that could accelerate her advancement. As he prepared to search for the Ancient Heavenly Palace, he agreed to bring her along if it appeared, and Lin Jing eagerly accepted.

• Zhao Chen brought Lin Jing to the Great Luo Golden Pool and arranged for her to train in Thunder Palace’s three treasured lands.
• Zhao Chen promised Lin Jing exclusive pills to help her reach the Ninth-grade Sovereign Realm or break through to the Earthly Sovereign Realm.
• Zhao Chen explained that he and his companions had already visited the treasured lands and would search for the Ancient Heavenly Palace.
• Zhao Chen said he would bring Lin Jing along if the Ancient Heavenly Palace appeared, and Lin Jing enthusiastically agreed.

Zhao Chen, Luo Li, Jiuyou, and Mandala entered the Ancient Heavenly Palace Ruins ahead of other factions, intending to take control of them. Inside, they found the palace’s protective formation intact, leading Zhao Chen to conclude that an insider had enabled the Extraterrestrial Evil Clan’s invasion.

• Mandala used the Star Suppressing Demon Tower to locate the Ancient Heavenly Palace Ruins in the Westernmost Land and joined Zhao Chen, Luo Li, and Jiuyou to enter them.
• Zhao Chen tore through the spatial storms with a colossal sword and carried the group into the Ancient Heavenly Palace plane.
• The four arrived safely and discovered that the Ancient Heavenly Palace’s grandmaster-level Palace-Protecting Formation still remained intact.
• Zhao Chen reasoned that the formation had never been activated because the Ancient Heavenly Palace had been caught off guard by a precisely planned invasion.
• Zhao Chen concluded that an insider in the Ancient Heavenly Palace had leaked its defensive deployment map to the Extraterrestrial Evil Clan.

Zhao Chen and the others concluded that Lu Yuan had aided the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Emperor and planned to kill the demon’s remnant soul before confronting Lu Yuan. At the Dragon Ascension Gate, Mandala explained how its tokens granted access and protection within the Ancient Heavenly Palace, while Luo Li suspected the gate had helped the Extraterrestrial Evil Clan infiltrate the palace.

• Mandala and Zhao Chen reasoned that Lu Yuan had betrayed the Ancient Heavenly Palace and might be keeping the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Emperor’s remnant soul alive.
• Jiuyou proposed killing the remnant soul and then joining forces against Lu Yuan to seize control of the Southern Region, and Zhao Chen agreed.
• Zhao Chen brought Lin Jing into the Ancient Heavenly Palace, where she had reached the Seventh-grade Sovereign Realm.
• Mandala led the group to the Dragon Ascension Gate and explained that disciples’ tokens determined their authority and ability to survive the palace’s restrictions.
• Luo Li suggested that the Dragon Ascension Gate had been a security weakness that allowed the Extraterrestrial Evil Clan to invade.

Zhao Chen took control of the three Dragon Ascension Gates and gave the group Golden Dragon Tokens, securing the Ancient Heavenly Palace’s entrance. He then organized the others to help him seize control of the Palace-Protecting Formation so they could defend the palace and confront the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Emperor’s remnant soul.

• Luo Li, Mandala, Zhao Chen, and Lin Jing discussed the Dragon Ascension Gates’ trials and how their difficulty depended on cultivation.
• Zhao Chen entered a Dragon Ascension Gate, overwhelmed its weakened intelligence, and claimed all three gates as ownerless Saint Objects.
• Zhao Chen returned and revealed that he had taken control of the gates, leaving Mandala and the others astonished.
• Zhao Chen assigned Golden Dragon Tokens to all five people, causing golden pillars of light to rise over the Ancient Heavenly Palace.
• Zhao Chen gave formation disks to Luo Li, Jiuyou, and Mandala and sent them to place them at four key nodes so he could take control of the Palace-Protecting Formation.

Zhao Chen and the others entered the Ancient Heavenly Palace’s inner region and discussed its treasures and how they could strengthen the Thunder Palace. They planned to restore Mandala’s original body, while Zhao Chen considered the Ancient Heavenly Emperor’s spiritual body as a path to the Quasi-Heavenly Sovereign Realm.

• Zhao Chen, Luo Li, Jiuyou, Mandala, Lin Jing, and the others entered the Ancient Heavenly Palace’s inner region after taking control of its grand protective formation.
• Mandala explained that the Heavenly Pool could help a Ninth-grade Sovereign Realm expert break through, while the intelligent Scripture Repository was a high-rank Saint Object that could supply the Thunder Palace with divine arts and abilities.
• Mandala outlined her plan to turn the Ancient Heavenly Palace’s resources into Thunder Palace’s foundations and eventually incorporate the Ancient Thunder Palace.
• Zhao Chen said their first priority was to use Sovereign Spirit Liquid to restore Mandala’s original body, which could let her reach the Quasi-Heavenly Sovereign Realm.
• Mandala and the others suspected Zhao Chen would reach the Quasi-Heavenly Sovereign Realm first, and Zhao Chen recognized the Ancient Heavenly Emperor’s spiritual body as a potential source of immense power.

Zhao Chen and his companions retrieved the Ancient Mandala Flower’s true body from the First Hall and entered the Scripture Repository. Zhao Chen tried to persuade the Repository to show itself the Thunder Emperor Art, leaving its response unknown.

• Mandala led Zhao Chen, Luo Li, Jiuyou, and Lin Jing to the submerged First Hall, where her true body rested inside a protective formation.
• Zhao Chen broke the formation while preserving the eight skeletons of the First Hall elders who had sacrificed themselves to create it.
• Mandala took back the Ancient Mandala Flower’s true body and planned to reunite with it later, after they visited the Scripture Repository and the Heavenly Emperor Mausoleum.
• Mandala used her Golden Dragon Token, and Zhao Chen, Luo Li, Jiuyou, and Lin Jing followed her to the Scripture Repository, which appeared as a dark-blue pavilion in the sky.
• Zhao Chen entered the Repository’s star-filled space and called out, offering to show it the Thunder Emperor Art.

Zhao Chen took control of the Scripture Repository and obtained the Immortal Golden Body cultivation method, intending to use it to recruit Mu Chen. As he and the others set out for the Heavenly Emperor Mausoleum, the Scripture Repository warned that its changes made it dangerous to trust even the Ancient Heavenly Emperor’s spiritual body.

• Zhao Chen traded a simplified Thunder Emperor Art for the Scripture Repository’s Bronze Secret Key, refined it, and gave it the art to comprehend so it could evolve into a Peerless Saint Object.
• Zhao Chen found the Immortal Golden Body method and decided to offer it to Mu Chen, hoping to recruit him rather than cultivate the Great Solar Undying Body himself.
• Zhao Chen told Mandala and the others to leave for the Heavenly Emperor Mausoleum, where the Ancient Heavenly Emperor’s spiritual body might remain.
• The Scripture Repository warned Zhao Chen’s group that something had changed in the mausoleum and that they should trust no one, not even the Heavenly Emperor.
• Zhao Chen explained that the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Emperor could deceive the Heavenly Emperor’s spiritual body, leaving them unsure whether the figure they encountered would be the Emperor or the demon.

Zhao Chen and the others entered the Heavenly Emperor Mausoleum and discovered that the green-robed figure on its summit was the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Emperor, still sealed in the Ancient Heavenly Emperor’s body. Zhao Chen prepared to confront the demon as he summoned Heavenly Tribulation Divine Lightning and Nine-Leaf Sword Qi.

• Zhao Chen told Luo Li and Jiuyou to protect Lin Jing before stabilizing a passage into the Heavenly Emperor Mausoleum.
• Jiuyou spotted a green-robed figure holding the Heavenly Emperor Sword, and Lin Jing sensed danger and warned that he might be the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Emperor disguised in the Ancient Heavenly Emperor’s skin.
• Zhao Chen approached the figure and confirmed that the real Heavenly Emperor Sword was sealing the demon’s remnant soul.
• Zhao Chen recalled that the Nine-Corpse Heavenly Demon Emperor had nine Demon Hearts and that the Ancient Heavenly Emperor had killed him seven times before Lu Yuan’s betrayal weakened the seal.
• Zhao Chen summoned Heavenly Tribulation Divine Lightning in one hand and Nine-Leaf Sword Qi in the other, preparing to strike.

Zhao Chen used the Heavenly Emperor Sword and his arts to destroy the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Emperor inside the Heavenly Emperor Mausoleum. He restored the Ancient Heavenly Emperor’s spiritual body, who reunited with Mandala and welcomed Zhao Chen as a worthy son-in-law.

• The Heaven-Swallowing Demon Emperor revealed his true form and attacked Zhao Chen after Zhao Chen drew the Heavenly Emperor Sword.
• Zhao Chen used the Grass-Character Sword Art, Thunder Emperor Art, True Dragon Art, and True Phoenix Art to shatter the demon’s eighth Demon Heart and destroy his final demonic qi.
• Zhao Chen purified the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Emperor’s contaminated remains, restoring the Ancient Heavenly Emperor’s spiritual body.
• Mandala rushed to greet the Ancient Heavenly Emperor, who was relieved to see her alive and well.
• The Ancient Heavenly Emperor thanked Zhao Chen for defeating the demon, and Zhao Chen called him family, prompting the Heavenly Emperor to regard him as a worthy son-in-law.

The Ancient Heavenly Emperor gave Mandala the Heavenly Emperor Sword and began restoring her true body, while passing One Qi Transformation into Three Pure Ones and his remaining spiritual energy to Zhao Chen. Mandala’s recovery triggered a direct breakthrough toward the Heavenly Sovereign Realm as the Ancient Heavenly Emperor prepared to dissipate.

• The Ancient Heavenly Emperor offered One Qi Transformation into Three Pure Ones to Zhao Chen and gave the Heavenly Emperor Sword to Mandala, who had urged him to leave it to Zhao Chen.
• Zhao Chen revealed the Great Luo Sword Embryo, and the Ancient Heavenly Emperor sensed it was more dangerous than the Heavenly Emperor Sword before deciding Mandala should keep her inheritance.
• Mandala called the Ancient Heavenly Emperor her father, and he promised to replenish her true body and use his remaining spiritual energy to enlighten Zhao Chen.
• Mandala revealed her wounded Ancient Mandala Flower true body, and the Ancient Heavenly Emperor poured spiritual energy into it to restore her.
• Mandala began charging directly toward the Heavenly Sovereign Realm as dark lightning struck the Ancient Mandala Flower, shocking Luo Li, Jiuyou, and Lin Jing.

The Ancient Heavenly Emperor brought Zhao Chen to the Quasi-Heavenly Sovereign Realm and taught him One Qi Transformation into Three Pure Ones. Zhao Chen vowed to cultivate the technique at the right time and one day avenge the Great Thousand World by destroying the Extraterrestrial Evil Clan.

• The Ancient Heavenly Emperor recognized the Heart Demon Thunder Emperor's aura in Zhao Chen and said he could only raise him to the Quasi-Heavenly Sovereign Realm.
• Zhao Chen accepted the limit, revealed his Nine-leaf Sword Grass true form, and thanked the Ancient Heavenly Emperor for passing on One Qi Transformation into Three Pure Ones.
• The Ancient Heavenly Emperor explained the technique's four levels, from creating two incarnations to fusing three bodies into one.
• The Ancient Heavenly Emperor advised Zhao Chen to wait until he became a Heavenly Sovereign before creating incarnations, and Zhao Chen agreed to cultivate the technique at the appropriate time.
• Zhao Chen vowed to destroy the Extraterrestrial Evil Clan and avenge the Great Thousand World's countless living beings.

Jiuyou explained that Mandala and Nine-leaf Sword Grass’s breakthroughs would push her and Luo Li to pursue the Heavenly Sovereign Realm, while Lin Jing worried about falling behind. Lin Jing revealed that her father, Martial Ancestor Lin Dong, was coming to the Heavenly Emperor Mausoleum, leaving everyone startled by his imminent arrival.

• Jiuyou said Mandala had become a Heavenly Sovereign and Nine-leaf Sword Grass had reached the Quasi-Heavenly Sovereign Realm, motivating her and Luo Li to catch up.
• Lin Jing suggested arranging cooperation between Thunder Palace and the Martial Realm, but Jiuyou declined because Thunder Palace risked being swallowed by the larger power.
• Jiuyou described opportunities that could help her and Luo Li advance, including the Ancient Thunder Palace, the Nine Netherworld Bird Clan’s Divine Beast Origin, and Luo Li’s Luo God Inheritance.
• Jiuyou worried that Lin Jing would fall behind, but Lin Jing revealed that she had contacted her father for help and that her Protective Stone Talisman was now burning hot.
• Lin Jing said Martial Ancestor Lin Dong was locating the space and preparing to tear through it, prompting the others to exclaim that the Martial Ancestor was coming.

Martial Ancestor arrived in the Ancient Heavenly Palace after Zhao Chen had defeated the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Emperor's remnant soul. He found Lin Jing thriving outside the Martial Realm and praised Zhao Chen, then privately asked Lin Jing if she liked him.

• Martial Ancestor's spiritual avatar descended, and Luo Li and Jiuyou recognized him as the legendary protector of the Great Thousand World.
• Lin Jing realized Luo Li and Jiuyou had already guessed she was Martial Ancestor's daughter, and they explained they had suspected it in Commerce City.
• Martial Ancestor scolded Lin Jing for running away, but her Seventh-grade Sovereign Realm cultivation and stable foundation impressed him.
• Lin Jing told Martial Ancestor she wanted to stay as the Thunder Palace's divine maiden, and he decided there was no need to take her back yet.
• Martial Ancestor praised Zhao Chen for defeating the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Emperor's remnant soul and privately asked Lin Jing whether she liked him.

Martial Ancestor Lin Dong tested Zhao Chen by giving Lin Jing an ancient Stone Talisman for him, while discussing the threat of the Heavenly Evil God with the Ancient Heavenly Emperor. The Ancient Heavenly Emperor left with hope that Martial Ancestor and Zhao Chen’s generation would protect the Great Thousand World.

• Lin Jing denied having feelings for Zhao Chen, but Martial Ancestor Lin Dong saw through her and judged Zhao Chen’s romantic prospects.
• Martial Ancestor Lin Dong gave Lin Jing an ancient Stone Talisman for Zhao Chen and warned that it should be used against powerful Demon Emperors.
• Lin Jing realized Martial Ancestor Lin Dong was sending Zhao Chen toward danger as a test, and he denied that he was using Zhao Chen as bait.
• Martial Ancestor Lin Dong stabilized the Ancient Heavenly Emperor’s fading spiritual body and explained that the Extraterrestrial Evil Clan still occupied half the Great Thousand World.
• The Ancient Heavenly Emperor warned that the Heavenly Evil God could grow stronger after breaking free of his seal, then expressed hope in Zhao Chen and Martial Ancestor Lin Dong.

After the Ancient Heavenly Emperor vanished, Mandala became a Heavenly Sovereign and joined Zhao Chen in preparing to conquer Tianluo, beginning with revenge on the Saint Demon Palace. Zhao Chen gave Lin Jing ten days to reach the Earthly Sovereign Realm before the Thunder Palace’s campaign began.

• The Ancient Heavenly Emperor thanked everyone and disappeared, and the Martial Ancestor offered to take Lin Jing back to the Martial Realm.
• Lin Jing chose to stay with the Thunder Palace and asked the Martial Ancestor to consider cooperation between the Martial Realm and Thunder Palace; he vanished without answering.
• Mandala emerged after completing her transformation, mourned the Ancient Heavenly Emperor, and took up the Heavenly Emperor Sword as the Thunder Palace’s first Heavenly Sovereign.
• Zhao Chen revealed that he had reached the Quasi-Heavenly Sovereign Realm and named the Saint Demon Palace and Lu Yuan as the Thunder Palace’s first targets for revenge.
• Zhao Chen told Lin Jing to reach the Ninth-grade Sovereign Realm and promised to help her break through to the Earthly Sovereign Realm within ten days; Lin Jing accepted the challenge.

Mandala confronted Saint Demon Emperor Lu Yuan at the Saint Demon Palace to avenge his betrayal of the Ancient Heavenly Palace. She revealed overwhelming power, killed him with the Heavenly Emperor Sword, and declared that her father could rest in peace because she could take care of herself.

• Saint Demon Emperor Lu Yuan sensed the Ancient Heavenly Palace had emerged early and felt an ominous foreboding.
• Mandala appeared before Lu Yuan at the Saint Demon Palace, and he realized she had recovered her true body and strength.
• Lu Yuan activated the Palace-Protecting Formation and claimed its Grandmaster Blood Flood Dragon Formation could withstand a Grand Completion Earthly Sovereign expert.
• Mandala pierced Lu Yuan and the formation’s blood-colored flood dragon with Dark Light, revealing power beyond the Earthly Sovereign Realm.
• Mandala used the Heavenly Emperor Sword to execute Lu Yuan and avenged the Ancient Heavenly Palace’s betrayal.
• Mandala held the Heavenly Emperor Sword and told her father to rest in peace, saying she could take care of herself now.

After the Thunder Palace took control of the Southern Region, Zhao Chen chose to help a Lower Plane invaded by the Extraterrestrial Evil Clan before expanding into other regions. The group prepared to leave for the Lower Plane, while Lin Jing regretted that her father had already departed before he could destroy its invaders.

• Mandala killed Lu Yuan, and the Thunder Palace swiftly took over the Southern Region with little resistance.
• Zhao Chen had Zhao Chen upgrade the former Saint Demon Palace’s formation and establish a spatial teleportation link between the Northern Border and Southern Region.
• Jiuyou urged Zhao Chen to attack the Eastern or Western Region next, but he said they should first visit the Lower Plane where White Dragon Supreme had lived.
• Zhao Chen explained that he and Luo Li intended to protect the Lower Plane from the Extraterrestrial Evil Clan and connect it to the Great Thousand World.
• Lin Jing recalled her father’s battles against the Extraterrestrial Evil Clan and lamented that she had not asked him to destroy the invaders before he left.

Zhao Chen, Lin Jing, Luo Li, Jiuyou, and Mandala entered White Dragon Supreme's Lower Plane to investigate the Blood Evil Clan's invasion. They found a world tainted by evil energy and learned that its Plane Spirit could let its controller command the plane's power.

• Lin Jing explained that the Blood Evil Clan might be a weaker branch of the Extraterrestrial Evil Clan and could be hiding its presence to cultivate a Heavenly Sovereign.
• Mandala located the spatial node, and Zhao Chen opened a temporary passage into White Dragon Supreme's Lower Plane.
• Zhao Chen and the others found a dark-red, lifeless world where the energy had been contaminated by the Blood Evil Clan.
• Lin Jing warned that the Extraterrestrial Evil Clan sought to corrupt the Plane Origin and turn the Lower Plane into a nest.
• Mandala sensed that the Lower Plane was close to falling and revealed that it possessed a Plane Spirit.
• Lin Jing realized the Blood Evil Clan had settled there to seize the Plane Spirit, which could let its controller wield the entire plane's power.