Chapter Summaries

The Pagoda Ancient Clan’s Spirit Vein Stele revealed the birth of a child with the legendary Nine Divine Veins, prompting Great Elder Futu Xuan to order an urgent search and protect the child. When the young clan master returned from the Spirit Road, Futu Xuan discovered that he himself bore the nine divine patterns.

• The Spirit Vein Stele erupted with a pillar of light that shattered the hall’s dome and drew the clan’s elders to the scene.
• Futu Xuan identified the manifestation as the Nine Divine Veins and ordered the clan to find their bearer, bring them into the inner clan, and make them the second sequence.
• Futu Xuan warned the elders not to obstruct the search, then said the young clan master would soon return from the Spirit Road.
• The young clan master returned with nine ancient chaotic light patterns on his body, and Futu Xuan recognized them as the Nine Divine Veins.

After the Pagoda Ancient Clan celebrated Futu Yun’s Nine Divine Veins, he confronted Qing Yanjing in a dark space and offered her a chance to atone. He sealed her Heavenly Sovereign cultivation and revealed that he had obtained her Eight Divine Veins.

• The Pagoda Ancient Clan’s younger generation learned that Futu Yun had awakened Nine Divine Veins, and they believed his era had begun.
• Qing Yanjing mocked Futu Yun’s low cultivation, prompting Futu Xuan to angrily defend the clan’s pride.
• Futu Yun stopped Futu Xuan’s argument and told Qing Yanjing he would give her a chance to atone.
• Futu Yun explained that he wanted Qing Yanjing to cultivate the Yin Scroll of the Futu Spirit Art as his attendant.
• When Qing Yanjing objected that her spiritual energy would overwhelm him, Futu Yun said he would use another method and sealed her cultivation.
• Futu Yun revealed that his Nine Divine Veins came from her and that her Eight Divine Veins had also fallen into his hands.

Futu Yun absorbed Mu Chen’s Nine Divine Veins and used Qing Yanjing’s Eight Divine Veins to seal her cultivation, while advancing to the peak of the Spirit Movement Stage. He prepared to make the stolen veins fully his own by adapting the Phoenix Clan’s Nine Revolutions Saint Art.

• Futu Yun stole Qing Yanjing’s Eight Divine Veins and Mu Chen’s Nine Divine Veins, then refined them and reached the peak of the late Spirit Movement Stage.
• Qing Yanjing begged Futu Yun to undo her seal, but he refused and claimed only a reborn Immortal Emperor could break it.
• Qing Yanjing tried to break the seal herself and discovered that Futu Yun’s restraint held firm.
• Futu Yun arranged for the Pagoda Ancient Clan to obtain the Phoenix Clan’s Nine Revolutions Saint Art in exchange for benefits.
• Futu Yun modified the art’s arduous requirements so he could make the Nine Divine Veins completely his own.

Futu Yun developed the Light Meridian Refining Method to strengthen the Pagoda Ancient Clan’s Earthly Sovereigns and improve their chances of advancing. He then approached the imprisoned Qing Yanjing and asked her to lead the Qing Lineage against the Xuan and Mo Branches in exchange for a reason to release her.

• Futu Yun combined Supreme Spiritual Liquid, a Nine Yang Ganoderma, and nine Void Great Sun Fruits to refine his Nine Divine Veins with the Light Meridian Refining Method.
• Futu Yun gave Futu Xuan a simplified version of the method, which could improve the clan’s Spirit Veins and strengthen its Earthly Sovereigns.
• Futu Yun finalized the plan with Futu Xuan and went to see the confined Qing Yanjing, who was eating a fruit barefoot.
• Qing Yanjing suspected Futu Yun wanted to use the method to marginalize the Qing Lineage, and Futu Yun struck her before explaining his request.
• Futu Yun told Qing Yanjing he wanted her to lead the Qing Lineage against the Xuan and Mo Branches and said he needed a reason to release her.

Futu Yun kept Qing Yanjing under house arrest while using the threat to control her and secure his power in the Pagoda Ancient Clan. He prepared to refine a Primordial Mandala Flower and expanded his Light Meridian Refining Method into a recruitment scheme that offered experts a path to become “Sons of Light.”

• Futu Yun briefly restored Qing Yanjing’s cultivation, then resealed it when she tried to attack him.
• Futu Yun taunted Qing Yanjing and ordered her to wash before he used her after his breakthrough.
• Futu Yun prepared to refine the Nine Divine Veins’ Futu Chaos Light with a Primordial Mandala Flower’s remains.
• Futu Yun used Meridian Refining Loans to recruit Spirit Vein holders, funding their cultivation in exchange for service to the Pagoda Ancient Clan.
• Futu Yun’s Light Meridian Refining Method offered experts an alternative to competing for the Western Heaven War Temple’s scarce Son of the Continent positions.

Futu Yun formed an extraordinary Spirit Wheel and secured Mandala’s loyalty by promising to find her true body and the Ancient Heavenly Palace. The story then shifted to Mu Chen in Northern Spiritual City, where the chapter recounted how Futu Yun had taken the opportunities that would have shaped Mu Chen’s early journey.

• Futu Yun’s Spirit Wheel appeared vast and tiny by turns, bearing the Datura Flower’s energy and the power of his Nine Divine Veins.
• Mandala addressed Futu Yun as her master after gaining the Heavenly Sovereign Realm and agreeing to serve him in exchange for help finding her true body and the Heavenly Emperor’s inheritance.
• Qing Yanjing teased Futu Xuan about Futu Yun’s connection to Mandala, and Futu Xuan told Qing Yanjing to train his disciple without forcing him into Spirit Formations.
• Mu Chen appeared in Northern Spiritual City as a renowned Northern Spiritual Academy student and heir of Mu Territory.
• The chapter recounted that Futu Yun had driven Mu Chen from the Spirit Road and taken the Immortal Catalog and Mu Chen’s encounter with Luo Li.

Futu Yun chose the dangerous Forest of Death Seal at the Northern Spiritual Academy and used Mandala’s Black Divine Lightning to forge it with the essence soul of the tribulation-struck Nine Nether Sparrow. The Nine Nether Sparrow resisted within the Seal, so Mandala continued layering Seals to weaken her.

• Futu Yun picked the Forest of Death Seal, a dangerous Spiritual Art that required domineering spiritual energy.
• Futu Yun sought the rare Nine Nether Sparrow whose bloodline could evolve into an Undying Bird.
• Mandala controlled the Black Divine Lightning as Futu Yun struck the gravely wounded Nine Nether Sparrow and absorbed her essence soul into the Forest of Death Seal.
• Futu Yun sensed the Nine Nether Sparrow resisting, and Mandala forged additional Death Seals from the remaining Black Divine Lightning.
• The Nine Nether Sparrow’s resistance began to weaken as the Seals accumulated on Futu Yun’s palm.

Futu Yun entered the Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy’s Thunder Realm and revealed that he knew about the Thunder God Pill the Northern Sea Dragon Kun had been cultivating. He arranged for Mandala to retrieve the pill in exchange for claiming the rest of the Thunder Realm.

• Futu Yun left the Northern Spiritual Realm and headed for the Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy, having already reached the Spirit Wheel Stage.
• Futu Yun entered the Thunder Realm with Mandala’s help and surveyed its vast sea of black lightning.
• Mandala confronted the Northern Sea Dragon Kun when he watched Futu Yun, and Futu Yun identified the Thunder God Pill.
• The Northern Sea Dragon Kun explained that a Thunder Spirit guarded the pill and feared destroying it if he attacked.
• Futu Yun offered to have Mandala retrieve the Thunder God Pill for the Northern Sea Dragon Kun in exchange for the Thunder Realm and everything else within it.
• The Northern Sea Dragon Kun accepted the deal.

Qing Yanjing confronted Futu Xuan over Mu Chen’s Sinister Vein and threatened to fight the Pagoda Ancient Clan if it harmed her son. Futu Xuan agreed to delay sending Heavenly and Earthly Sovereigns but insisted that Sovereign Stage experts capture Mu Chen, while Qing Yanjing accepted the compromise and hoped he would stay hidden.

• Futu Xuan confronted Qing Yanjing about hiding Mu Chen’s Sinister Vein, and she warned that she would fight to the death if the clan threatened her son.
• Qing Yanjing reflected that Mu Chen had lost the Nine Nether Sparrow and remained at the peak of the Spirit Wheel Stage, leaving him unable to face Liu Jingshan’s Fusion Heaven Realm power.
• Futu Xuan weighed the cost of fighting Qing Yanjing and agreed that Heavenly and Earthly Sovereigns would not be sent after Mu Chen for now.
• Futu Xuan insisted that the clan would still send Sovereign Stage experts to capture Mu Chen and bring him back.
• Qing Yanjing accepted the compromise, trusting that the hunters would not find Mu Chen, and hoped he would walk his path safely on his own.

Futu Yun used the Thunder Spirit and Thunder God Lotus to break through into the Divine Soul Stage, while the Undying Thunder Seal became the embryonic form of a Divine Ability. He discovered that his true, potentially limitless Divine Ability was Seal, which could refine different kinds of energy into Seals.

• Futu Yun explained that he had forged the Undying Thunder Seal from Forest of Death Seals, Black Divine Lightning, and the Immortal Bird Bloodline, raising it to a Perfect Divine Art and the peak of the Spirit Wheel Stage.
• Mandala subdued the black Thunder Spirit, which merged into Futu Yun's Undying Thunder Seal, and Futu Yun claimed the Thunder God Lotus.
• Futu Yun refined the Thunder Spirit and Thunder God Lotus's energy until he condensed a Divine Soul and entered the Divine Soul Stage.
• Futu Yun learned that the Undying Thunder Seal had become the embryonic form of a Minor Divine Ability, though stronger lightning would be needed to advance it.
• Futu Yun discovered that his true Divine Ability was Seal, which could refine different kinds of energy into Seals with no limit on their number.

Mandala explained how Futu Yun’s chaotic spiritual energy let him cultivate independent Seals that could rival the powers they came from, but worried that it might prevent him from gaining the spirituality required at the Sovereign Stage. She advised him to find a spirit beast soul, and Futu Yun decided to pursue a Bloodline Link with a Dragon-Phoenix in the Boundless Fire Territory.

• Mandala examined Futu Yun’s Datura Flower Seal and discussed how his independent Seals differed from the Martial Ancestor’s many spiritual energy attributes.
• Mandala reasoned that Futu Yun’s chaotic spiritual energy could absorb outside attributes, but might prevent him from gaining the spirituality needed to advance as a Sovereign.
• Mandala explained the Myriad Beast Record and described how Bloodline Link could unite a human and a spirit beast through mutual consent and a life-and-death bond.
• Futu Yun decided to seek a Bloodline Link with a Dragon-Phoenix in the Boundless Fire Territory.

Futu Yun visited the Boundless Fire Territory hoping to connect with Zi Yan’s Dragon-Phoenix bloodline, but she refused to meet him. The Flame Emperor sent him the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Flame as a courteous gesture, and Futu Yun accepted the slight calmly before leaving the encounter with the Flame Emperor’s respect.

• Futu Yun considered how a bloodline connection with Zi Yan could strengthen them both, but Zi Yan rejected the idea and refused to meet him.
• A messenger from the Boundless Fire Territory presented Futu Yun with the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Flame, which had developed a flame spirit and suited his Divine Soul.
• Futu Yun recognized the flame, thanked the Flame Emperor for protecting him, and asked the messenger to convey his gratitude.
• The Flame Emperor observed that Futu Yun responded without anger and reflected on Nalan Yanran’s broken engagement with Xiao Yan.
• The Flame Emperor concluded that Futu Yun’s composure came from both broad-mindedness and confidence in his future strength.

After Mu Territory destroyed Liu Territory, Mu Chen began preparing to break through and pursue stronger techniques, while Futu Yun traveled with Mandala to seek the Netherworld Heart Demon Thunder in the Thunder Demon Abyss. The thunder took the form of a giant python, and Futu Yun believed his dragon-infused Thunder Attribute Divine Soul could help him refine it.

• Qing Yanjing’s victory over Liu Jingshan and Liu Territory’s experts spread Mu Territory’s growing prestige across the Northern Spiritual Realm.
• Mu Chen began closed-door cultivation and planned to reach the Divine Soul Stage before seeking a Heaven-Tier Spirit Beast Essence Soul and entering one of the Five Great Academies.
• Futu Yun located the Netherworld Heart Demon Thunder, which Mandala revealed as a gigantic python concealed within a dim, twisted space.
• Futu Yun explained how his Thunder Attribute Divine Soul and Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Flame could resist and suppress the thunder’s attacks.
• Futu Yun and Mandala headed for the Thunder Demon Sect’s Thunder Demon Abyss in the Hundred Battles Domain to find and refine the Netherworld Heart Demon Thunder.

New students gathered in the Northern Cang Realm to begin an assessment that required them to reach Northern Heavens Palace with a Seal of at least Level Four. Luo Li arrived with a core quota and a Level Five Seal, while Futu Yun was already at the Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy as an investor-like mentor.

• Students arrived on the Reception Platform and received Seals whose levels reflected their quotas, learning that they needed to reach Level Four to qualify for the academy.
• Luo Li appeared on the platform and drew the crowd's attention with her beauty and calm bearing.
• Luo Li touched the stone stele and received a golden Level Five Seal, revealing that she held a core quota.
• The chapter explained that Futu Yun had replaced Mu Chen on the Spirit Road, met Luo Li there, and agreed with her to enter the academy together.
• Futu Yun, who had not joined the Northern Cang Realm assessment, was inside the Spiritual Arts Hall, where students exchanged Spiritual Value for Spiritual Arts.

Futu Yun cultivated at the Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy while preparing to master the Four Divine Beasts Constellation Scripture. After transforming a lake into an island, he summoned the Primordial Tiger Jiao and began revealing the White Tiger’s killing intent.

• Futu Yun studied the Four Divine Beasts Constellation Scripture and considered using the true spirits of the four cardinal directions to cultivate it.
• Futu Yun relied on the Supreme Heart Demon Scripture’s heart demon state, which came naturally to him because he had refined Hu She's Netherworld Heart Demon Thunder.
• Futu Yun went to the Level Six Spirit Gathering Array and used lightning to turn a lake into an island, startling students who had been cultivating there.
• Futu Yun summoned a Primordial Tiger Jiao, which ignited itself and transformed into a snow-white giant tiger that unleashed overwhelming killing intent.

Futu Yun advanced to the Peak Divine Soul Stage and transformed his Netherworld Heart Demon Thunder into a Dragon Soul Thunder Spirit, then tested his foundation by challenging the Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy’s Spirit Ranking. Using the name Ye Yun, he claimed first place despite not being officially enrolled, shocking the academy.

• Futu Yun cultivated the White Tiger, Black Tortoise, and Azure Dragon Divine Seals, advancing from mid Divine Soul Stage to the Peak Divine Soul Stage.
• The Azure Dragon Divine Seal helped Futu Yun’s Netherworld Heart Demon Thunder complete its transformation from a jiao into a true dragon, which he named Dragon Soul Thunder Spirit.
• Futu Yun decided to pause his cultivation and consolidate his foundation, then used his Spirit Value Token to challenge the Spirit Ranking.
• The Spirit Ranking’s golden light surged to first place, displacing Su Ling’er, who had advanced to the Fusion Heaven Realm.
• The ranking revealed Ye Yun as first place and not officially enrolled, stunning the academy; Futu Yun was satisfied with the result and explained that he had changed his surname to avoid drawing attention.

Futu Yun reunited with Luo Li at Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy and persuaded her to share a pavilion, with her taking the upstairs room and him the downstairs. As he settled in, Su Ling'er arrived and loudly demanded that Ye Yun come out.

• Su Ling'er complained that Ye Yun had knocked her off the Spirit Ranking, while a graceful woman reminded her that she could focus on the Sky Ranking.
• Futu Yun embraced Luo Li, and she was overjoyed to see him again.
• Futu Yun teased Luo Li about her cultivation and suggested they live together to save Spiritual Value.
• Futu Yun led Luo Li to a two-story pavilion, where she claimed the upstairs room and he took the downstairs room.
• Su Ling'er called out for Ye Yun, still angry that he had defeated her on the Spirit Ranking.

Futu Yun overwhelmed Su Ling'er and her group with his spiritual energy, leaving even Li Xuantong afraid of the anomaly in his cultivation. Back in his room, he searched the Spiritual Value Hall and settled on the Primordial Golden Crow Essence to strengthen his Divine Soul and prepare to cultivate the Vermilion Bird Divine Seal.

• Futu Yun released his aura and forced Su Ling'er and the senior students to their knees, though Su Ling'er struggled to remain standing.
• Li Xuantong watched Futu Yun suppress the group and felt instinctive fear at the inexplicable power of his Divine Soul Stage.
• Futu Yun returned to his room and used his Spirit Value Token to browse the Spiritual Value Hall.
• Futu Yun found the Primordial Golden Crow Essence and considered its fire and light attributes, three-legged form, and compatibility with his Divine Seals.
• Futu Yun chose the Primordial Golden Crow Essence to cleanse and strengthen his Divine Soul and support his future cultivation of the Vermilion Bird Divine Seal.

Futu Yun and Luo Li entered the freshmen assembly’s top five, and Futu Yun gave Luo Li a sword art and access to the Thunder Realm. Su Ling'er then brought Futu Yun to meet Su Xuan about a heaven-rank Spiritual Treasury mission at White Dragon Hill, which Futu Yun suspected contained the remains of a White Dragon Sovereign.

• Futu Yun secluded himself to cultivate while Luo Li trained, and her feelings for him grew as she recalled their pursuit in the Spirit Road.
• Mu Chen joined the Holy Spiritual Academy, reached the Fusion Heaven Realm with Ji Xuan’s support, and drew the attention of the Pagoda Ancient Clan through the lingering aura of the Great Pagoda Art.
• Futu Yun and Luo Li placed in the top five at the freshmen assembly, and Futu Yun gave Luo Li the Myriad Thunder Sword Control Art and free access to the Thunder Realm.
• Su Ling'er invited Futu Yun to meet her sister Su Xuan, who wanted him to join her heaven-rank Spiritual Treasury mission.
• Futu Yun identified White Dragon Hill as the likely resting place of the White Dragon Sovereign, and Su Ling'er realized the mission might involve a Sovereign Spiritual Treasury.

Futu Yun and the others arrived in White Dragon City to investigate the spiritual treasury rumored to be emerging in White Dragon Hill. At the auction, the White Dragon Jade Pillar revealed that the treasury was likely left by the White Dragon Sovereign, leaving Su Xuan worried about the powerful factions they would face.

• Su Xuan explained that White Dragon City and its surrounding region were ruled by a powerful city lord, then led the group to settle in and gather intelligence.
• Su Xuan took the group through the city's trading district to an auction run by the Nine Xia Merchant Association.
• Futu Yun noted that the auction's goods were mostly ordinary and that he had no use for its Spiritual Array Seed.
• The White Dragon Jade Pillar appeared as the auction's finale, releasing a dragon's roar and pressure that stunned the hall.
• Su Xuan recognized that the pillar confirmed Ye Yun's intelligence about the Sovereign Spiritual Treasury and feared the five of them would struggle against the powerful competitors it would attract.