Chapter Summaries

Jiuyou arranged for four Nine Netherbird Tribe prodigies to enter the Divine Beast Origin and gave them a token to call for help. Zhao Chen, Jiuyou, Luo Li, and Lin Jing reached the ancient continent and learned that the Tomb of Ten Thousand Beasts was the likeliest site of the Ancient Three Beast Sovereigns’ final battle.

• Jiuyou learned that the Nine Netherbird Tribe had four entry spots and gave its prodigies a Purple Flame Plume token to summon her if they faced danger.
• The Tianhuang Patriarch invited Zhao Chen, Luo Li, and Lin Jing to stay with the clan for several days before their journey.
• Zhao Chen, Jiuyou, Luo Li, and Lin Jing rode a meteorite through the deadly Void Land and arrived at the Divine Beast Origin.
• Jiuyou explained how the Heaven-Swallowing Divine Turtle and the other ancient defenders had fought the Extraterrestrial Evil Clan, leaving the Divine Beast Origin scarred.
• Jiuyou identified the Tomb of Ten Thousand Beasts as the most likely site where the Ancient Three Beast Sovereigns perished and warned that it was exceptionally dangerous.

Zhao Chen and his companions entered the Divine Tomb Garden, where Jiuyou found the Ancient Undying Bird Beast Venerable’s statue. The Beast Venerable recognized Jiuyou as a likely future Super Divine Beast and offered her an essence-blood inheritance that could raise her to the Heavenly Sovereign Realm and help destroy the demonic remnant souls.

• Zhao Chen led the group through the Ten Thousand Beasts Tomb’s deathly energy and cut through the curtain surrounding the Divine Tomb Garden.
• Luo Li sensed that the fallen Super Divine Beasts’ wills were sealing demonic remnant souls that were secretly recovering.
• Jiuyou recognized the three statues as the Ancient Undying Bird, Elder Myriad Spirits Bird, and Primordial Savage Beast Beast Venerables.
• Zhao Chen encouraged Jiuyou to seek the Ancient Undying Bird Beast Venerable’s inheritance, and Jiuyou awakened the statue with her Undying Fire.
• The Ancient Undying Bird Beast Venerable appeared, welcomed Jiuyou as a descendant, and offered her an essence-blood inheritance to reach the Heavenly Sovereign Realm and resolve the demonic remnant souls.

Jiuyou received the Ancient Undying Bird Beast Venerable’s essence blood inheritance and learned that a demonic soul formed from the Extraterrestrial Evil Clan’s remnant souls threatened the Divine Tomb Garden’s seal. Zhao Chen promised to destroy it, while Luo Li received the Elder Myriad Spirits Bird Beast Venerable’s essence blood to help her reach the Heavenly Sovereign Realm.

• The Ancient Undying Bird Beast Venerable explained that the three Beast Venerables and other Super Divine Beasts had sealed dozens of Extraterrestrial Evil Clan kings, but the remaining remnant souls had merged and grown by devouring divine beast blood.
• Jiuyou assured the Ancient Undying Bird Beast Venerable that Zhao Chen, already a Heavenly Sovereign, could eliminate the demonic creature.
• The Ancient Undying Bird Beast Venerable offered Luo Li and Lin Jing the Myriad Spirits Bird inheritance, but Lin Jing declined because her father had already made arrangements for her.
• Luo Li accepted the Elder Myriad Spirits Bird Beast Venerable’s essence blood, which she believed could help her break through to the Heavenly Sovereign Realm.

The sealing array in the Divine Tomb Garden weakened after two Beast Venerables’ blood essence inheritances were taken, freeing a remnant-soul demon. As the Beast Venerables entrusted the threat to Zhao Chen, he prepared to strike with the Thunder Emperor Sword.

• The Ancient Undying Bird Beast Venerable and Elder Myriad Spirits Bird Beast Venerable recognized that their inheritances had weakened the seal, while Luo Li’s inheritance could help her reach the Heavenly Sovereign Realm.
• The demon burst from the cracked earth, and the Primordial Savage Beast Beast Venerable used the sealing array and a gigantic palm to attack it but could not crush it.
• The Ancient Undying Bird Beast Venerable identified Zhao Chen as the Thunder Emperor and said he could defeat the demon while the inheritors advanced to Heavenly Sovereign Realm.
• Lin Jing told the Beast Venerables that the Extraterrestrial Evil Clan had seized half the Great Thousand World and that the Immortal Emperor had sacrificed himself to suppress the Heavenly Evil God.
• The Ancient Undying Bird Beast Venerable asked Zhao Chen to shoulder the Great Thousand World’s future, and he pointed at the demon and called, “Thunder Emperor Sword, slash!”

After Zhao Chen destroyed the remnant demon, he and his companions received the Beast Venerables’ inheritances, and Luo Li and Jiuyou advanced to Heavenly Sovereign. The Beast Venerables revealed Divine Sea Space’s cultivation benefits and limited uses, and Zhao Chen decided they would return after securing more resources.

• The Primordial Desolate Beast gave Zhao Chen its essence-blood inheritance, which he refined to reach the late Spirit Grade Heavenly Sovereign stage.
• Under the Beast Venerables’ guidance, Jiuyou evolved into a Primordial Undying Bird and reached late Spirit Grade, while Luo Li reached middle Spirit Grade.
• The Beast Venerables offered the group access to Divine Sea Space, where time passed at least four times more slowly and cultivation could potentially lead to higher grades.
• The Beast Venerables explained that Divine Sea Space could be entered twice before it collapsed, prompting Luo Li and Jiuyou to hesitate over when to use it.
• Zhao Chen decided they would first claim the Ancient Thunder Palace and gather cultivation resources before entering Divine Sea Space.

Zhao Chen and his companions left the dying Divine Beast Origin after the three Beast Venerables entrusted it to them and purified its land. Back in the Great Thousand World, Jiuyou revealed that she had inherited the Ancient Undying Bird Beast Venerable’s legacy and had become an Undying Bird Super Divine Beast.

• The Ancient Undying Bird Beast Venerable gave Zhao Chen a token to enter the Divine Sea Space and offered him the Divine Beast Origin if he could reconnect it to the Great Thousand World.
• Zhao Chen accepted the offer, and he and his companions bade farewell to the three Beast Venerables as they used their remaining power to purify the Divine Beast Origin.
• Zhao Chen and the others established a spatial grand formation linking the Divine Beast Origin to Thunder Palace on Tianluo Continent, then returned to the Great Thousand World.
• Jiuyou told the Tianhuang Patriarch that the Divine Beast Origin had disappeared and that she had received the Ancient Undying Bird Beast Venerable’s inheritance.
• The Tianhuang Patriarch warned the elders to keep their visit secret, and Jiuyou revealed that she had become an Undying Bird Super Divine Beast.

Jiuyou became clan leader of the Nine Netherworld Bird Clan after evolving into an Undying Bird, then returned with Zhao Chen and the others to Thunder Palace. The group planned to grow stronger using the Divine Sea Space and Ancient Thunder Palace’s resources, though reaching the latter’s sealed resources could bring them into conflict with Thunder God Palace.

• The Tianhuang Patriarch announced that Jiuyou would succeed him as clan leader, and Jiuyou agreed without a grand ceremony.
• Jiuyou and the others returned to Thunder Palace, where Mandala learned about the Divine Sea Space and its potential to help Heavenly Sovereigns advance.
• Zhao Chen proposed that the group reach the Immortal Grade before entering the Divine Sea Space and said Lin Jing could use Ancient Thunder Palace’s resources to reach the Quasi-Heavenly Sovereign Realm.
• Mandala suggested they go open the Ancient Thunder Palace’s hidden resources, and Zhao Chen warned that doing so could bring them into conflict with Thunder God Palace on Thunder Continent.

Zhao Chen and his companions arrived on Thunder Continent to open the sealed Ancient Thunder Palace, despite the Thunder Spirit Clan’s likely opposition. As Zhao Chen sensed strange fluctuations inside the palace, he suspected an Extraterrestrial Evil Clan Demon Emperor had survived there.

• Zhao Chen discussed his claim to the Ancient Thunder Palace and warned that the Thunder Spirit Clan could not stop him if it opposed him.
• Mandala explained that the Heart Demon Thunder Emperor had sealed the Ancient Thunder Palace inside the Thunder Realm, turning it into a Thunder Prison that even the Thunder Spirit Clan leader could not enter.
• Lin Jing recalled that the Ancient Thunder Palace seemed to have suffered no major battle during the Extraterrestrial Evil Clan’s invasion, prompting the group to consider how the Heart Demon Thunder Emperor had defeated the attackers.
• Zhao Chen suggested that a Demon Emperor might still be inside the Ancient Thunder Palace, and explained that the Extraterrestrial Evil Clan’s Thunder Demon Clan could withstand Divine Thunder.
• Zhao Chen used the uninscribed stone stele to sense strange fluctuations within the Ancient Thunder Palace and concluded that a Demon Emperor was still clinging to life.

Zhao Chen and three young Heavenly Sovereigns reached the Thunder Spirit Clan’s territory aboard the Thunder Palace Flying Ship and announced they intended to enter the Ancient Thunder Palace. The clan leader warned them about the Thunder Realm’s deadly restrictions, but they chose to press on.

• The Thunder Spirit Clan leader challenged the flying ship, then realized its lightning was being controlled and saw four young Spirit Grade Heavenly Sovereigns aboard.
• Zhao Chen told the clan leader they were heading to the Ancient Thunder Palace and would not fight the Thunder Spirit Clan unless stopped.
• The clan leader explained that the Thunder Realm’s divine-thunder restrictions made entry dangerous and warned them to bear the consequences themselves.
• Zhao Chen declared they would make an attempt and led the flying ship toward the Thunder Realm as the clan leader watched them go.

Zhao Chen entered the sealed Thunder Realm and confirmed that the Ancient Thunder Palace was suppressing powerful evil demons. As the Thunder Spirit Clan Chief watched through the Thunder Spirit Mirror, he revealed that the demon within was the Thunder Heavenly Demon Emperor, a Peak Heavenly Demon Emperor of the Thunder Demon Clan.

• Zhao Chen and Mandala concluded that the Heart Demon Thunder Emperor had sealed the Ancient Thunder Palace to suppress evil demons, and Jiuyou suspected the Thunder Spirit Clan Chief wanted them to test the seal.
• Zhao Chen refused to summon the Martial Ancestor and opened a gap in the barrier, leading his flying vessel into the Thunder Realm despite the Thunder Spirit Clan's warnings.
• The Thunder Spirit Clan Chief used the clan's Peerless Saint Object, the Thunder Spirit Mirror, to watch Zhao Chen's group and explained the Thunder Realm's role in sealing the Ancient Thunder Palace.
• The Thunder Spirit Clan Chief revealed that the evil demon still trapped beneath the palace was the Thunder Heavenly Demon Emperor, chief of the Thunder Demon Clan.

The Thunder Spirit Clan Chief recognized the four visitors as Heavenly Sovereigns and decided to seek their friendship rather than risk conflict. He sent word about the Ancient Thunder Palace and accepted that the Clan might be condemned for yielding it, hoping its new successor would bring them a chance to recover.

• The Thunder Spirit Clan Chief reflected on the Extraterrestrial Evil Clan’s growing threat and the Thunder Spirit Clan’s dwindling strength.
• The elders learned that all four visitors were Heavenly Sovereigns and realized the Clan could not stop them.
• The Thunder Spirit Clan Chief forbade his elders from provoking the visitors and ordered them to let the visitors leave with the Ancient Thunder Palace if they killed Thunder Heavenly Demon Emperor.
• The Thunder Spirit Clan Chief ordered a banquet and sent the white-robed young Heavenly Sovereign information about the Ancient Thunder Palace.
• The Thunder Spirit Clan Chief accepted that others might accuse him of betrayal, believing the visitor could become Heart Demon Thunder Emperor’s successor and bring hope to the Clan.

Zhao Chen and his companions reached the Ancient Thunder Palace and learned that the Thunder Spirit Clan guarded it to contain the Thunder Heavenly Demon Emperor. As the fading seal began to fail, Zhao Chen replenished its nine Divine Thunder origins, provoking the imprisoned fiend.

• The Thunder Spirit Clan Chief sent Zhao Chen information about the Ancient Thunder Palace through the Thunder Spirit Mirror.
• Luo Li explained that the Thunder Spirit Clan guarded the palace to keep the sealed Thunder Heavenly Demon Emperor from escaping.
• Zhao Chen recognized that the nine Divine Thunder origins were fading and could eventually let the demon reach the Transcendent Saint Stage and break free.
• Zhao Chen poured vast quantities of Sovereign Spirit Liquid into the formation’s nine key nodes, strengthening the seal and restoring the Divine Thunder origins.
• Black mist covered the Ancient Thunder Palace, and the trapped fiend shrieked that the nine Divine Thunder origins belonged to him.

Zhao Chen took control of the Ancient Thunder Palace and restored its sealing array, then faced the Thunder Heavenly Demon Emperor as the fiend broke free. A new system mission tasked Zhao Chen with killing the demon emperor and annexing the Thunder Spirit Clan, and Zhao Chen prepared to fight.

• The Thunder Heavenly Demon Emperor mocked Zhao Chen and threatened to kill him, while Zhao Chen continued to control the nine Divine Thunder origins.
• Zhao Chen replenished the Divine Thunder origins and used the Thunder Emperor Token to repair the seal and claim the Ancient Thunder Palace as his own.
• Zhao Chen summoned the nine Divine Thunder origins back to the Thunder Emperor Token, which also contained the Netherworld Heart Demon Lightning, and shrank the Ancient Thunder Palace into a divine kingdom.
• The Thunder Heavenly Demon Emperor broke through the seal and attacked Zhao Chen and the other Heavenly Sovereigns with black demonic lightning.
• The system gave Zhao Chen a mission to suppress and kill the Thunder Heavenly Demon Emperor, annex the Thunder Spirit Clan, and earn a check-in opportunity; Zhao Chen smiled and declared that the demon had chosen death.

Zhao Chen used his lightning powers and Great Luo Sword Embryo to kill Thunder Heavenly Demon Emperor, then absorbed the demon’s lightning origin into his Netherworld Heart Demon Lightning. After realizing he could challenge Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereigns, Zhao Chen turned his attention to annexing the Thunder Spirit Clan, whose elder recognized him as a born Thunder Emperor.

• Zhao Chen devoured Thunder Heavenly Demon Emperor’s demonic lightning bombardment and revealed his combined lightning, sword, and Dragon-Phoenix powers.
• Thunder Heavenly Demon Emperor fled through the darkness, while Luo Li, Jiuyou, Mandala, and the flying vessel stopped his attacks on the others.
• Zhao Chen’s sword cut through time and space, split Thunder Heavenly Demon Emperor’s demonic soul, and killed him.
• Zhao Chen fed the demon’s lightning origin to his Netherworld Heart Demon Lightning, which grew into a dark True Dragon.
• Zhao Chen judged that he could fight an early Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereign and decided to annex the Thunder Spirit Clan.
• A white-haired elder watched through the Thunder Spirit Mirror and called Zhao Chen a born Thunder Emperor.

Zhao Chen secured the Thunder Spirit Clan’s submission and announced his plan to unite Tianluo Continent under the Thunder Palace. Chief Lei Cang learned about the powerful allies surrounding Zhao Chen, then discovered Lin Jing was the Thunder Palace’s guardian divine maiden with ties to the Martial Realm.

• Lei Cang pledged the Thunder Spirit Clan’s allegiance to Zhao Chen, who promised to protect them as the Thunder Palace’s master.
• Lei Cang offered to fold the Thunder God Palace into the Thunder Palace, and Zhao Chen said they would return to Tianluo Continent to complete its unification.
• Lin Jing explained that the four regions of Tianluo Continent had been conquered and introduced Mandala, the Luo God Clan’s queen, and the Nine Netherbird Tribe’s chief as allies.
• Lei Cang asked about Lin Jing, and Jiuyou revealed that she was the Thunder Palace’s guardian divine maiden and had helped establish a partnership with the Martial Realm.
• Lei Cang realized Lin Jing might be the Martial Ancestor’s daughter and the little princess of the Martial Realm.

After returning to the Northern Region, Zhao Chen proposed holding a Tianluo Banquet to settle which force would rule Tianluo Continent without a costly war. He expected the five super forces in Tianluo City to attend, and ended by saying that whether anyone died depended on his own wishes.

• Zhao Chen and the others returned to the Great Luo Heaven, where his cultivation advanced to the middle Immortal Grade and the four women reached the early Immortal Grade; Lin Jing reached the Quasi-Heavenly Sovereign Realm.
• Lin Jing asked whether they would head to Tianluo City, hoping to return to the Martial Realm after helping unify Tianluo Continent.
• Zhao Chen proposed inviting Tianluo City's five super forces to a Tianluo Banquet and settling the contest for leadership through a Heavenly Sovereign contest.
• Zhao Chen explained that the five super forces had been waiting for a force to unify the four regions, so they would have to respond to the Thunder Palace's invitation or risk being driven from the continent.
• Zhao Chen told the women that large-scale wars among Heavenly Sovereigns were restrained by worldly considerations, but said he could still kill them if he wanted to, mentioning the Western Heaven War Emperor.

The five Immortal Grade Heavenly Sovereigns met in Tianluo City to discuss how to stop Thunder Palace’s expansion and the Thunder Emperor. When the Thunder Emperor invited them to a Tianluo Banquet in the Northern Region, Danyang Ancestor suspected the challenge offered them a chance to retreat, while the others weighed whether to attend.

• Ghost Emperor, Danyang Ancestor, Purple Thunder Venerable, White Tiger Valley Master, and Xuanyin City Master gathered to discuss the threat posed by Thunder Palace.
• The five leaders agreed that the Thunder Emperor’s rise threatened their control of Tianluo Continent and considered joining forces against him.
• Nine-Colored Divine Thunder appeared over Tianluo City, announcing the Thunder Emperor’s invitation to the five Heavenly Sovereigns to attend a Tianluo Banquet in one day.
• Purple Thunder Venerable destroyed the round table in anger, while the leaders debated whether accepting the invitation would play into the Thunder Emperor’s plans.
• Danyang Ancestor argued that the invitation gave them room to retreat and wondered whether the Thunder Emperor had already reached the initial Immortal Grade.

Danyang Ancestor urged the super forces to borrow Immortal-grade Peerless Saint Objects from the Maha Ancient Clan so they could confront the Thunder Emperor at the Tianluo Banquet. Ghost Emperor agreed to the deal, and the group prepared to make the Thunder Emperor lose face.

• Danyang Ancestor said he would attend the Tianluo Banquet but wanted to prepare for the Thunder Emperor's possible ability to fight multiple Immortal Grade Heavenly Sovereigns.
• Danyang Ancestor proposed borrowing Immortal-grade Peerless Saint Objects from the Maha Ancient Clan, despite the clan's exploitative terms and ambitions for the Tianluo Continent.
• Purple Thunder Venerable refused to trade with the Maha Ancient Clan, while the leaders of White Tiger Valley and Xuanyin City remained hesitant.
• Ghost Emperor pointed out that Danyang Ancestor had already developed close ties with the Maha Ancient Clan, and Danyang admitted he expected to gain an Immortal-grade Peerless Saint Object and other benefits.
• Ghost Emperor agreed to trade with the Maha Ancient Clan and declared that they would make the Thunder Emperor lose face at the Tianluo Banquet.

At the Tianluo Banquet, the five superpowers of Tianluo City arrived with their forces, ready to eliminate Thunder Palace. Purple Thunder Venerable attacked Zhao Chen, but Zhao Chen casually controlled his Nine Heavens Purple Thunder and invited him to join Thunder Palace, leaving Purple Thunder Venerable furious and preparing a stronger strike.

• Outsiders gathered at Thunder Palace and discussed Zhao Chen’s rise and the power of his four Heavenly Sovereigns.
• The five superpowers of Tianluo City arrived with their armies and released pressure that Thunder Palace’s Spirit Formation neutralized.
• Purple Thunder Venerable challenged Zhao Chen and fired an Immortal Grade bolt of purple lightning at him.
• Zhao Chen caught and played with the lightning, then invited Purple Thunder Venerable to take a position in Thunder Palace.
• Purple Thunder Venerable grew alarmed and enraged, summoned his Nine Heavens Purple Thunder Staff, and launched Heavenly Punishment Dragon Breath.

Thunder Emperor Zhao Chen subdued Purple Thunder Venerable’s attack and agreed to spar with Danyang Ancestor at the Tianluo Banquet. He intended to use the confrontation to defeat the rival forces and secure Tianluo Continent for the Thunder Palace.

• Purple Thunder Venerable unleashed a devastating lightning attack, but Zhao Chen calmed the thunder dragon and turned the strike into a harmless spectacle.
• Danyang Ancestor mocked Purple Thunder Venerable and urged him to submit to the Thunder Palace, but Purple Thunder Venerable refused to be provoked into fighting Zhao Chen again.
• Purple Thunder Venerable challenged Danyang Ancestor to face Zhao Chen, prompting Danyang Ancestor to propose a sparring match at the Tianluo Banquet.
• Zhao Chen accepted the challenge and planned to demonstrate the Thunder Palace’s strength, defeat the five rival super forces, and keep future battles away from Tianluo Continent.
• A new sign-in mission appeared, requiring Zhao Chen to sweep away all enemies and unify Tianluo.