Chapter Summaries

Mu Chen found Mandala at the bottom of the Great Luo Golden Pool and offered to cure her curse in exchange for her service. He used the Mandala Flower Pattern and his Double Pupils to dispel the curse, leaving Mandala’s response unresolved.

• Mu Chen and Nine Nether parted ways after entering the Great Luo Heavenly Domain, with Nine Nether heading to Nine Nether Palace.
• Mu Chen bypassed Golden Pool Peak’s defenses and descended into the Great Luo Golden Pool.
• Mu Chen found Mandala on an ancient stone platform and offered to cure her curse in exchange for her service.
• Mandala agreed to let Mu Chen try, and he suppressed the curse with the Mandala Flower Pattern.
• Mu Chen opened his Double Pupils and sent a white light into Mandala, dispelling the curse.

Mu Chen cured Mandala’s curse and struck a deal for control of the Great Luo Heavenly Domain, the Heavenly Emperor’s inheritance, and Mandala’s service. Nine Nether returned to her palace and reunited with her twin companions as Mu Chen arrived.

• Mu Chen removed Mandala’s curse, warned that she needed over a month to recover, and gave her a black robe.
• Mandala agreed that Mu Chen would take the Great Luo Heavenly Domain and that she would serve him, while insisting she wanted to deal with the Holy Demon Palace herself.
• Mu Chen asked Mandala for an emperor title under Nine Nether’s Palace and learned that the domain had less than ten million drops of Supreme Spirit Liquid available.
• Nine Nether returned to her palace and reunited with the twin sisters Bing'er and her companion.
• Mu Chen arrived as Nine Nether embraced the young women, and Nine Nether welcomed him.

Mu Chen told Nine Nether that the Domain Lord had handed him control of the Great Luo Heavenly Domain, and he planned to become an emperor without revealing his identity. Two months later, Mu Chen accompanied the newly returned Nine Nether to the Nine Kings' meeting, where the assembled factions anticipated a clash with the kings who had oppressed her palace.

• Mu Chen told Nine Nether that the Domain Lord was a young girl who had given him the Great Luo Heavenly Domain and herself after he solved her problem.
• Mu Chen said he would become an emperor first and appoint Nine Nether an emperor as well, rather than publicly announcing his authority.
• Two months later, Nine Nether and Mu Chen arrived at Great Luo Peak for the Nine Kings' meeting.
• The gathered figures recognized that Nine Nether had returned after overcoming her tribulation and expected her to confront the Blood Eagle King and the other kings who had suppressed her palace.

Mandala announced that the Great Luo Heavenly Domain would add two emperor seats for Nine Nether and Mu Chen. After they demonstrated their overwhelming power, the assembly accepted their appointments as Nine Nether Emperor and Emperor Mu.

• Mandala announced that Nine Nether and Mu Chen would receive the two new emperor seats.
• Nine Nether released her Ninth Grade Sovereign pressure, silencing the crowd's doubts about her strength.
• Mu Chen's killing intent overwhelmed the kings and Three Emperors, proving Mandala's claim about his combat power.
• Mandala appointed Nine Nether as Nine Nether Emperor and Mu Chen as Emperor Mu, with the decree taking effect immediately.
• The Three Emperors and the kings bowed and congratulated the new emperors.

After the Great Luo Heavenly Domain unified the Northern Realm, Mu Chen studied its Scripture Pavilion and combined its many legacies to create the divine ability Chaos Cavern Creation Tribulation. He completed the fourth refinement of his cultivation and reached First Grade Sovereign.

• Mu Chen and Mandala visited the Great Luo Heavenly Domain's Scripture Pavilion, where Mandala showed him its gathered legacies.
• Mu Chen spent half a year mastering the pavilion's contents and advancing his cultivation to the third refinement of Ninth Grade Sovereign.
• Mu Chen fused the principles he had studied and created the divine ability Chaos Cavern Creation Tribulation, which could annihilate opposing methods.
• Mu Chen completed the fourth refinement cycle of the Supreme Ninefold Refinement Spirit Pivot Scripture, and his cultivation stabilized at First Grade Sovereign.

Mu Chen and Nine Nether traveled to Dragon Phoenix Ancient City for the opening of Dragon Phoenix Heaven, where Mu Chen noticed a striking woman he suspected was Xiao Xiao, the Flame Emperor’s daughter. The chapter left him wondering whether his guess was right.

• Mandala told Mu Chen that Dragon Phoenix Heaven was about to open, and he decided to go.
• Mu Chen and Nine Nether arrived at Dragon Phoenix Ancient City, where onlookers recognized him as Emperor Mu of the Great Luo Heavenly Domain.
• Mu Chen examined the ruined Spirit Array surrounding the ancient city and judged its design worth studying.
• Mu Qiu briefed Mu Chen and Nine Nether on Dragon Phoenix Heaven and the Dragon Phoenix Pools at the Dragon Phoenix Pavilion.
• Mu Chen met the gaze of a woman in a red dress and suspected she was Xiao Xiao, the Flame Emperor’s daughter.

Mu Chen and Nine Nether entered Dragon Phoenix Heaven, where Mu Chen obtained the True Dragon Treasure Art and True Phoenix Treasure Art. After a deadly insect swarm attacked the newcomers, he transported them to safety and sensed a nearby Dragon Phoenix Pool that could help Nine Nether evolve.

• Mu Chen and Nine Nether watched the entrance to Dragon Phoenix Heaven open and entered with the crowd.
• Mu Chen checked in upon arrival and received the True Dragon Treasure Art and True Phoenix Treasure Art.
• Dark-red insects rose from the grassland and devoured the cultivators who had rushed ahead.
• Mu Chen used his control over space to take Nine Nether ten thousand miles away from the insect swarm.
• Mu Chen sensed a nearby Dragon Phoenix Pool and said it should help Nine Nether evolve.

Mu Chen and Nine Nether claimed seven Dragon Phoenix Pools, strengthening Nine Nether to the peak of Ninth Grade Sovereign, then reached the final pool guarded by a powerful figure. After Mu Chen defeated the guardian, Xiao Xiao emerged from hiding nearby.

• Mu Chen killed the Spirit Beasts at White Bone Mountain and opened its Dragon Phoenix Pool for Nine Nether.
• Nine Nether absorbed the pool's essence, and Mu Chen led her to drain six more pools over the next two days, raising her cultivation to the peak of Ninth Grade Sovereign.
• Mu Chen and Nine Nether reached the super Dragon Phoenix Pool beneath the entwined skulls of a True Dragon and True Phoenix, where they saw a golden sapling bearing three Dao fruits.
• A golden guardian emerged from the pool and attacked Mu Chen, who crushed it with a hand seal.
• Mu Chen detected someone hiding nearby and called them out, revealing Xiao Xiao.

Mu Chen traded one Dragon Phoenix Divine Fruit to Cai Xiao for a promise of eighty or a hundred divine abilities from the Endless Fire Domain. He then took the remaining fruits and entered the Super Dragon Phoenix Pool to refine its essence and form shadows of the True Dragon and True Phoenix within his body.

• Cai Xiao asked Mu Chen for one Dragon Phoenix Divine Fruit and offered to trade for it.
• Mu Chen demanded eighty or a hundred divine abilities, and Cai Xiao agreed to provide them after their journey through Dragon Phoenix Heaven at the Endless Fire Domain.
• Mu Chen recorded their agreement, gave Cai Xiao a ripe fruit, and received an ancient scroll as a deposit.
• After Cai Xiao departed, Mu Chen collected the two remaining fruits, gave the ripe one to Nine Nether, and swallowed the other.
• Mu Chen entered the Super Dragon Phoenix Pool and refined its dragon and phoenix essence with the fruit, forming two lifelike tattoos on his body.

Mu Chen and Nine Nether arrived at the Dragon-Phoenix Platform as it emerged, and the gathered cultivators rushed toward the legacy of the True Dragon and True Phoenix. When the platform revealed the strength of their refined essence blood, Nine Nether and Mu Chen displayed power far beyond the others.

• Mu Chen and Nine Nether arrived at the Dragon Phoenix Domain, where the gathered cultivators recognized them and recalled their dominance in the Dragon Phoenix Pools.
• The Dragon-Phoenix Platform emerged from the warped space, unleashing the lingering pressure of the True Dragon and True Phoenix and drawing the cultivators toward its legacy.
• The platform's golden light hurled back hundreds of cultivators, while those who had refined dragon and phoenix essence blood resisted and pressed forward.
• Mu Chen and Nine Nether walked onto the platform unhindered as its surface transformed into a golden mirror that revealed the dragon and phoenix essence blood within everyone present.
• Nine Nether released a powerful black phoenix aura, while phantoms of a True Dragon and True Phoenix appeared behind Mu Chen and overwhelmed the other displays of power.

Mu Chen climbed the Dragon Phoenix Ladder, absorbed the Dragon-Phoenix Blood Bath, and transformed his True Dragon and True Phoenix phantoms into spirits. He then used the One-Qi Chaos Tower to seize every vessel of the Dragon-Phoenix Inheritance, leaving the altar empty.

• Mu Chen and Nine Nether ascended the phoenix-wing platforms to the Dragon Phoenix Ladder, where Mu Chen quickly reached the ninth step and Nine Nether advanced to the eighth.
• Mu Chen stepped onto the tenth step and triggered the Dragon-Phoenix Blood Bath, drawing down a torrent of pure dragon-phoenix essence blood.
• Mu Chen's True Dragon and True Phoenix phantoms devoured the blood and transformed into powerful spirits.
• Nine Nether chose a high-quality phoenix feather from the inheritance vessels circling her on the ninth step.
• Mu Chen summoned the One-Qi Chaos Tower and swallowed all ten core inheritance vessels and every remaining inheritance on the ladder.

Mu Chen left Dragon Phoenix Heaven, met Xiao Xiao and Xiao Lin, and accepted their invitation to visit the Endless Fire Domain. Upon arriving, he checked in and obtained the Glazed Pure Fire Heart-Burning Manual, a soul-cultivation method that tempered the mind through pain.

• Mu Chen and Nine Nether emerged from Dragon Phoenix Heaven as the inheritance struggle ended, and the other cultivators kept their distance from them.
• Mu Chen met Xiao Xiao and her younger brother, Xiao Lin, and recognized that they were the Flame Emperor Xiao Yan's children.
• Mu Chen invited Xiao Xiao and Xiao Lin to the Great Luo Heavenly Domain, then accompanied them to the Endless Fire Domain.
• Mu Chen checked in at the Endless Fire Domain and received the Glazed Pure Fire Heart-Burning Manual.
• Mu Chen learned that the manual cultivated the soul by burning away distracting thoughts and inner demons, strengthening the mind against illusions.

Mu Chen entered the Endless Fire Domain with Xiao Xiao and Xiao Lin and traveled to Flame Emperor Hall. There, he met Flame Emperor Xiao Yan, who had summoned him.

• Xiao Lin guided Mu Chen through the Endless Fire Domain's fire-rich outskirts, where Mu Chen admired the realm's scenery and cultivation grounds.
• Xiao Xiao pointed out Flame Emperor Hall and told Mu Chen that Xiao Yan wanted to meet him; Mu Chen agreed to go.
• Xiao Xiao and Xiao Lin led Mu Chen across the seven-colored sea of flames on a Rainbow Bridge to the enormous gate of Flame Emperor Hall.
• The gate opened onto a gentle sea of seven-colored fire, where Mu Chen saw Flame Emperor Xiao Yan standing with his hands behind his back.

Xiao Yan welcomed Mu Chen and granted him access to the Endless Fire Domain’s Scripture Pavilion, where he could choose a hundred divine abilities and study the rest. After joking that Mu Chen and Xiao Xiao made a good match, Xiao Yan sent them to the pavilion and asked Yao Chen what he thought of Mu Chen’s strength.

• Xiao Yan praised Mu Chen and offered him a hundred divine abilities from the Endless Fire Domain’s Scripture Pavilion, along with permission to study its other treasures.
• Xiao Yan teased that Mu Chen and Xiao Xiao made a good match, embarrassing Xiao Xiao and amusing Xiao Lin.
• Xiao Yan sent Xiao Xiao and Xiao Lin to take Mu Chen to the Scripture Pavilion, and they left across the seven-colored flame bridge.
• After they departed, Xiao Yan asked Yao Chen for his assessment of Mu Chen.
• Yao Chen said Mu Chen seemed to be a first-grade Supreme but that he could not perceive the limits or depth of Mu Chen’s power.

Mu Chen studied the fire arts in the Scripture Pavilion and used the Chaos Dao Diagram to comprehend their shared principles. He kindled a pale flame of his own, the Great Return to Ruins Flame.

• Xiao Xiao brought Mu Chen to the Scripture Pavilion and explained its rules and collection of texts.
• Mu Chen began with basic fire techniques, rapidly absorbing the principles of each legacy he examined.
• Mu Chen studied fire arts of many kinds, including the Samadhi True Fire Art, World-Cleansing True Flame, and Great Sun Heaven-Burning Diagram.
• The Chaos Dao Diagram brought the conflicting fire principles together, revealing their shared roots and countless possibilities.
• Mu Chen combined the myriad fire arts and kindled the Great Return to Ruins Flame within himself.

After spending half a year studying the divine abilities in the Endless Fire Domain, Mu Chen returned to the Great Luo Heavenly Domain. There, Mandala and the others welcomed Elder Sky Sparrow, who had come to take Nine Nether back to her clan.

• Xiao Xiao found Mu Chen had advanced from a First Grade Supreme to a Fifth Grade Supreme and learned that he no longer needed the pavilion's hundred divine abilities.
• Mu Chen gave Xiao Xiao a jade slip containing his insights into the pavilion's divine abilities, then said he had to return to the Great Luo Heavenly Domain.
• Xiao Lin gave Mu Chen a token containing Xiao Yan's will, and Xiao Xiao saw Mu Chen off through the teleportation array to the Tianluo Continent.
• Mandala, the Three Emperors, and Nine Nether waited at the Guest Welcoming Hall for Elder Sky Sparrow, who had come to take Nine Nether back to the Nine Nether Sparrow Clan.
• Sky Sparrow arrived on a giant purple bird and greeted Mandala as his formidable spiritual pressure spread across the area.

Elder Sky Sparrow visited the Great Luo Heavenly Domain to bring Nine Nether back after she awakened her ancestral bloodline, but he was shocked by Mu Chen’s hidden power. Mu Chen learned that the Divine Beast Origin was about to appear and asked whether that was why Elder Sky Sparrow had come.

• Mandala deflected Elder Sky Sparrow’s probing pressure and revealed that she had reached the Upper Earth Sovereign level.
• Elder Sky Sparrow recognized Nine Nether as a Nine Netherworld Sparrow and praised her bloodline and Ninth Grade Sovereign cultivation.
• Mu Chen returned from the Endless Fire Domain and realized that the Nine Nether Sparrow Clan had come to take Nine Nether home.
• Mandala introduced Mu Chen as the true ruler of the Great Luo Heavenly Domain, leaving Elder Sky Sparrow astonished.
• Mu Chen released a trace of his aura, terrifying Elder Sky Sparrow, then asked whether the elder had come because the Divine Beast Origin was about to appear.

Mu Chen secured the Nine Nether Sparrow Clan’s final place in the Divine Beast Origin by agreeing to become an affinal retainer, so he could help Nine Nether obtain the Undying Bird’s divine blood. He traveled with Nine Nether and Elder Sky Sparrow to the clan’s ancestral homeland, arriving at Nine Nether Mountain as the clan gathered.

• Mu Chen asked Elder Sky Sparrow for a place in the Divine Beast Origin, and Elder Sky Sparrow agreed to recommend him as the clan’s final candidate.
• The Nine Nether Sparrow Clan approved Mu Chen’s participation on the condition that he temporarily accept the title of affinal retainer, and Mu Chen agreed.
• Elder Sky Sparrow explained that the Divine Beast Origin was opening soon and urged Mu Chen and Nine Nether to travel to the clan’s ancestral grounds.
• Mu Chen and Nine Nether said farewell to Mandala, then flew with Elder Sky Sparrow toward the Nine Nether Realm.
• Elder Sky Sparrow brought Mu Chen and Nine Nether to Nine Nether Mountain, where the clan’s elders and other powerful members had gathered.

Mu Chen arrived at the Nine Nether Sparrow Clan’s gathering and used his overwhelming aura to silence the clan’s doubts about him. After Tian Huang welcomed him as an ally for the Divine Beast Origin, Mu Chen asked to borrow two hundred million drops of Supreme Spirit Liquid.

• Mu Chen arrived at the Nine Nether Sparrow Clan’s plaza with Nine Nether and introduced himself to the assembled clan members and elders.
• Mu Chen’s aura overwhelmed the gathering, frightening the clansmen and shocking Tian Huang and the elders.
• Tian Huang asked Mu Chen to withdraw his aura, and Mu Chen apologized after the pressure vanished.
• Tian Huang promised that Mu Chen could keep anything he obtained in the Divine Beast Origin and asked him to help Nine Nether claim the Undying Bird’s inheritance.
• Mu Chen agreed to help Nine Nether and asked Tian Huang to lend him two hundred million drops of Supreme Spirit Liquid.

Mu Chen completed two months of secluded cultivation and prepared to accompany Nine Nether and the Mo siblings into the Divine Beast Origin. When the Origin opened, he tore through space and led them inside.

• Tian Huang agreed to give Mu Chen two hundred million drops of supreme spirit liquid, which Mu Chen used during his secluded cultivation.
• Mo Feng and Mo Ling visited Mu Chen, and Nine Nether reassured them that he was not ill-tempered.
• Mu Chen emerged after advancing from fourth-refinement Fifth Grade to fourth-refinement Seventh Grade and greeted the Mo siblings.
• Nine Nether told Mu Chen that the Divine Beast Origin would open within days and began explaining what to expect.
• At dawn, the Nine Nether Sparrow Clan gathered at the mountaintop square as the Divine Beast Origin opened in the sky.
• Mu Chen tore open space and led Nine Nether, Mo Feng, and Mo Ling into the Divine Beast Origin.