Chapter Summaries

On the Saint Abyss Continent, Futu Yijing confronted a Flame Demon Clan army alone and overwhelmed its forces with his powerful techniques. He killed one of its three commanders, leaving the remaining demons terrified and trapped far from their spatial passageway.

• Futu Yijing introduced himself to the Flame Demon Clan army as a member of the Futu Ancient Clan, prompting the demons to seek revenge for past losses.
• Futu Yijing charged into the army and used the True Dragon Precious Technique’s Dragon Roar Technique to kill many Flame Demonmen.
• Futu Yijing blocked the three commanders’ attacks with the Endless Light Body’s Light Wall, then swept through the army with Divine Dragon Tail Swing.
• Futu Yijing struck one commander with a sealing crystalline fist and killed him with Black Dragon Severs the Firmament.
• The surviving Flame Demon Clan forces feared Futu Yijing but could not easily retreat because their spatial passageway was far away.

Futu Yijing defeated the Flame Demon Clan army and advanced to Demon-Slayer King, becoming the second person to hold the title. After fulfilling the promise he made when leaving the Futu Ancient Clan, he prepared to return home.

• Futu Yijing used the Sacred Futu Pagoda, the True Dragon Fist, and his spear to kill three complete Earthly Sovereign Flame Demon Clan commanders.
• Futu Yijing wiped out the remaining Flame Demon Clan forces, collected their demonic souls, and became a Demon-Slayer King with 10,050 Demon Slaying Points.
• The Demon-Slaying Stele in Saint Abyss City displayed Futu Yijing’s name beneath Qin Tian’s, and golden light spread across the city.
• Demon Slaying Masters recognized Futu Yijing and marveled at his record of hunting the Outer Realm Evil Clan alone.
• Futu Yijing recalled his journey from Earth and his promise to return to the Futu Ancient Clan after becoming a Demon-Slayer King, then decided to go back.

Futu Yijing returned to Futu City for the Futu Ancient Clan’s Martial Gathering of the Branches and encountered guests from the Endless Fire Domain. He entered the Futuo Realm and ordered the clan’s attendant to bring the waiting guests in promptly.

• Xiao Xiao and Medicine Elder arrived in Futu City with the Endless Fire Domain’s delegation, and Xiao Xiao criticized the Futu Ancient Clan’s treatment of uninvited guests.
• Futu Yijing arrived alone, drawing Medicine Elder’s interest with his battle-worn aura and composure.
• Futu Yijing recognized Medicine Elder and Xiao Xiao, assessed the timing of events, and considered the situation involving Qing Yanjing and Mu Feng.
• Futu Yijing boarded a spirit vessel, where a Futu Ancient Clan attendant recognized him as the young master.
• Futu Yijing told the attendant to bring the guests into the Futuo Realm quickly and treat them properly.

Futu Yijing returned to the Futu Ancient Clan after two hundred years, where the guests learned he was the Great Thousand Palace’s second Demon-Slayer King. He reunited with Futuo Xuan and discussed Qing Yanjing’s child and the outsider connected to her.

• The guests aboard the spirit ship recognized Futu Yijing as the Futu Ancient Clan’s young master and learned he had earned the title of Demon-Slayer King by killing numerous Earthly Sovereigns.
• The spirit ship entered the Futuo Realm, where Kong Kong and Qing Shuang welcomed Futu Yijing back after two hundred years.
• Futu Yijing went straight to Futuo Xuan’s residence and reunited with his grandfather.
• Futu Yijing asked what Futuo Xuan planned to do about Qing Yanjing’s child and the outsider, and Futuo Xuan said the matter should take its course because the child carried Futu Ancient Clan blood.

Futu Yijing returned to the Futu Ancient Clan and told Futuo Xuan that he planned to leave soon to seek the Ancient Heavenly Palace and a breakthrough to Heavenly Sovereign. He visited the Ancestral Pagoda to accept a spear-wielding ancestor’s inheritance, and the ancestor asked him to demonstrate his full strength.

• Futu Yijing declined to compete in the clan’s inter-branch tournament because his complete Earthly Sovereign cultivation far surpassed the younger generation.
• Futu Yijing told Futuo Xuan that a saber-wielding Demon Emperor had scarred his face while pursuing him across the Saint Abyss Continent.
• Futu Yijing went to the Ancestral Pagoda, where five ancestral consciousnesses appeared before him.
• Futu Yijing agreed to accept the inheritance of the spear-wielding Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereign ancestor, who challenged him to attack with all his strength.
• Futu Yijing drew his spear and unleashed his blood vitality as the ancestor watched with interest.

Futu Yijing defeated the spear-wielding ancestor’s tests and received his Peerless Saint Artifact spear and inheritance. After healing, he spoke with Qing Yanjing, who learned he had become a Demon-Slayer King and prepared to ask him for help.

• Futu Yijing used his True Dragon Precious Technique against the spear-wielding elder, but the elder defeated him twice while holding back.
• The spear-wielding elder praised Futu Yijing and gave him his spear, which contained his entire inheritance.
• Qing Yanjing visited Futu Yijing and asked how her elder sister Qing Xuan was doing; Futu Yijing said he did not know and had heard the Qing Lineage was struggling.
• Qing Yanjing asked whether Futu Yijing had achieved his goal of becoming a Demon-Slayer King, and he confirmed it through his reply.
• Qing Yanjing, shocked by Futu Yijing’s achievement, revealed that she had come to ask him for help.

Qing Yanjing offered Futu Yijing the location of a fallen Dragon Phoenix in exchange for his promise to protect Mu Chen, and he agreed. Futu Yijing then subdued an ancient Long Spear and awakened its Demon-Slaying Spear divine ability.

• Qing Yanjing asked Futu Yijing to protect Mu Chen, and he assured her the Futu Ancient Clan would not harm him.
• Qing Yanjing offered Futu Yijing an opportunity to reach Heavenly Sovereign, and he agreed to help Mu Chen.
• Qing Yanjing sent Futu Yijing coordinates to the resting place of a fallen Dragon Phoenix, explaining that his true dragon blood made the opportunity suitable for him.
• Futu Yijing took the ancient Long Spear and overcame its resistance until it accepted him as its master.
• Futu Yijing received the Demon-Slaying Spear divine ability and performed its first form, Demon Subduing.

Futu Yijing mastered the Demon-Slaying Spear and emerged from the Ancestral Pagoda as the Futu Ancient Clan’s Branch Martial Assembly began. Futuo Xuan opened the assembly, and nineteen Heavenly Sovereigns took their places to compete for standing in the clan.

• Futu Yijing mastered all three forms of the Demon-Slaying Spear and left the Ancestral Pagoda.
• Futu Yijing arrived at the assembly grounds as guests from the Great Thousand World gathered across the mountain ranges.
• Futuo Xuan appeared before the gathered clans and superpowers, and they respectfully welcomed the Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereign.
• Futuo Xuan declared the Branch Martial Assembly open and told the competitors to defend their seats through their abilities.
• Nineteen Heavenly Sovereigns took their places on the jade platforms, revealing the Futu Ancient Clan’s strength and the branches’ struggle for influence in the Council of Elders.

Futu Yijing’s position as the Futu Ancient Clan’s leading heir had eased its internal strife, but the Branch Martial Assembly turned tense when Maha You challenged the clan’s young masters. Futu Yijing stepped forward to face him, leaving the confrontation poised to begin.

• The Futu Ancient Clan’s branches fought for seats at the assembly, with Qing Tian and Qing Xuan holding an advantage despite the Qing Lineage’s shortage of Heavenly Sovereigns.
• Futuo Xuan announced the young prodigies’ tournament, and Qing Shuang, Xuan Luo, and Mo Xin took their places on the platforms without anyone challenging them.
• Maha You of the Maha Ancient Clan entered the tournament and demanded to test the Futu Ancient Clan’s young masters, angering the clan’s members.
• Xuan Guang confronted Maha You, but a Maha Ancient Clan Heavenly Sovereign defended the challenge as a friendly exchange.
• Futu Yijing appeared, insulted the Maha Ancient Clan, and told Qing Shuang and the other young masters to step aside so he could face Maha You.

Futu Yijing confronted Maha You on the Futu Ancient Clan’s territory and gained the upper hand in their fight. After clashing with Maha You’s Immortal Golden Body, he summoned the Long Spear and prepared to continue the battle.

• Maha You became furious at Futu Yijing’s taunts, and Futuo Xuan warned the Maha Ancient Clan against acting recklessly on Futu territory.
• Futu Yijing and Maha You revealed their auras before Maha You charged first and threw a punch.
• Futu Yijing met Maha You’s punch with his True Dragon Fist and sent him crashing into the White Jade Platform.
• Futu Yijing struck Maha You again, making him spit blood, and Maha You summoned his Immortal Golden Body to attack.
• Futu Yijing clashed head-on with the Immortal Golden Body and was forced back several hundred meters, then summoned the Long Spear and announced that the second half of the fight was beginning.

Futu Yijing overwhelmed Maha You in their duel on the White Jade Platform, driving him back with the True Dragon Precious Technique. Maha You summoned the Maha Heavenly Bell to defend himself as Futu Yijing launched another attack.

• Futu Yijing warned Maha You to leave the platform and unleashed his spiritual energy and blood energy.
• Futu Yijing struck Maha You with Divine Dragon Tail Swing, sending him hundreds of meters backward.
• The superpower guests watched as Maha You lost face, and they recalled that he had interfered in the Futu Ancient Clan's tournament to retaliate for the failed marriage arrangement involving Qing Yanjing and Maha Tian.
• Maha You formed the Maha Heavenly Bell around himself as his strongest defense.
• Futu Yijing summoned the Sacred Futu Pagoda and struck the Maha Heavenly Bell with Dragon Moves the Nine Heavens.

Futu Yijing defeated Maha You in their battle on the White Jade Platform, overcoming the Maha Immeasurable Calamity with the True Dragon Precious Technique. The fight ended with Maha You badly injured and Futu Yijing still not having revealed his Supreme Dharma Body.

• Maha You unleashed the Maha Immeasurable Tribulation, but Futu Yijing countered it with the True Dragon Precious Technique: Black Dragon Severs the Firmament.
• Futu Yijing’s black dragon shattered the black-and-white tornado, shocking the cultivators watching from the surrounding peaks.
• Futuo Xuan told Xuan Guang that Futu Yijing’s Heaven-Gifted Divine Ability had nine forms, though he had used only four.
• Futu Yijing’s black dragon drove back Maha You’s Immortal Golden Body and sent Maha You crashing into the White Jade Platform.
• Futu Yijing stopped attacking, while the watching Heavenly Sovereigns realized he had not used his Supreme Dharma Body.

After defeating Maha You and ending the Futu Ancient Clan’s inter-lineage tournament, Futu Yijing reunited with Qing Xuan, who revealed her longstanding affection for him. He agreed to spend his remaining half month in the clan talking with her before leaving to investigate the Ancient Heavenly Palace ruins and seek One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones.

• Futu Yijing announced that the inter-lineage tournament would end, and the Maha Ancient Clan and other guests departed.
• Futuo Xuan praised Futu Yijing, and Qing Xuan came to speak with him about his victory and his long absence.
• Qing Xuan recalled how years of visiting Futu Yijing had deepened her affection for him, while Futu Yijing resolved to wait until he surpassed her before confessing his feelings.
• Futu Yijing told Qing Xuan he would stay about half a month before seeking the Ancient Heavenly Palace ruins and One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones.
• Futu Yijing agreed to spend his remaining time in the clan talking with Qing Xuan, and the two flew away together.

After the Ancient Heavenly Palace Ruins emerged, Futu Yijing left the Futu Ancient Clan for the Tianluo Continent, where countless powers had gathered to seek the ruins. As his spirit ship arrived, he encountered Lin Jing, the Martial Realm’s little princess.

• Futu Yijing stayed with Qing Xuan at the Futu Ancient Clan for half a month after the Branch Martial Assembly.
• Futu Yijing and Qing Xuan learned that the Ancient Heavenly Palace Ruins had appeared, and Futu Yijing decided to set out for them.
• Powers across the Tianluo Continent flocked to the far west after the ruins were confirmed to be real.
• Futu Yijing traveled toward the Tianluo Continent aboard a spirit ship from the Futu Ancient Clan.
• Futu Yijing recognized Lin Jing aboard a nearby spirit ship, and Lin Jing learned he was the Futu Ancient Clan’s young master.

Futu Yijing arrived in West City ahead of the gathering for the Ancient Heavenly Palace Ruins and encountered Mandala, Domain Lord of the Great Luo Heavenly Domain. He asked whether Mu Chen belonged to her domain, prompting Mandala to suspect he might be an enemy.

• Futu Yijing reached the dilapidated but crowded West City and found no Upper Earth Sovereigns there.
• Futu Yijing sensed an Upper Earth Sovereign outside the city and flew to a mountain peak, where he found Mandala and her followers.
• Futu Yijing's sudden arrival alarmed the Sleeping Emperor and the others, while Mandala recognized that he was at least as strong as she was.
• Futu Yijing asked Mandala whether a boy named Mu Chen was in her Great Luo Heavenly Domain, and she grew wary of his interest in him.

Futu Yijing confirmed that Mu Chen was in the Great Luo Heavenly Domain and planned to complete Qing Yanjing’s request to protect him. At an auction in West City, Lin Jing won an Ancient Heavenly Palace token and warned Mu Chen and Nine Nether that Futu Yijing had come to compete for the ruins.

• Futu Yijing confirmed Mu Chen’s location in the Great Luo Heavenly Domain and decided to finish protecting him during this trip.
• Bidders fought over an Ancient Heavenly Palace token at a West City auction, driving its price to thirty-five million drops of supreme spirit liquid.
• Lin Jing bid forty-five million drops of supreme spirit liquid, paid for the token, and reunited with Mu Chen and Nine Nether.
• Lin Jing warned Mu Chen and Nine Nether that Futu Yijing had arrived, describing him as someone below Heavenly Sovereign could not withstand in a single exchange.
• Mu Chen and Nine Nether grew concerned that Futu Yijing’s presence would make securing the best opportunities in the Ancient Heavenly Palace Ruins much harder.

Mu Chen returned to the Northern Realm camp and learned that the Ancient Heavenly Palace’s unstable space restricted Earthly Sovereigns from entering, leaving the factions to seek a way into the Heavenly Emperor Mausoleum. Futu Yijing proposed cooperating with Mu Chen’s group, and the chapter ended as he revealed his strength as a Complete Earthly Sovereign.

• Mu Chen returned to the Northern Realm encampment with Nine Nether, Lin Jing, and the others after defeating Xia Hong and earning twentieth place on the young Strongest Expert List.
• Mu Chen met Futu Yijing, who had stayed with the Great Luo Heavenly Domain contingent while waiting for him.
• Mandala explained that Earthly Sovereigns could not enter most of the Ancient Heavenly Palace because its space was near collapse, and gave Mu Chen a coordinate jade token to use as an anchor in the Heavenly Emperor Mausoleum.
• Mandala said her main goal was to find her true body, and Futu Yijing identified her as an Ancient Mandala Flower once possessed by the Ancient Heavenly Emperor.
• Futu Yijing proposed cooperating to obtain the mausoleum’s spatial coordinates and promised to protect Mu Chen’s group from anyone inside.
• When Mandala’s five Earthly Sovereign companions joined her in pressuring him, Futu Yijing unleashed the spiritual energy of a Complete Earthly Sovereign.

Futu Yijing demonstrated his complete earthly sovereign strength and secured Mandala’s agreement to cooperate with the Northern Realm Alliance. He told Mu Chen that his mother was safe within the Futu Ancient Clan, then prepared to send the group into the Ancient Heavenly Palace as its surrounding space began to stabilize.

• Futu Yijing overwhelmed Mandala and the other sovereigns with his spiritual pressure, then withdrew it and prompted Mandala to agree to cooperate.
• Futu Yijing told Mu Chen that he had recently seen his mother, Qing Yanjing, and that she was doing well in the Futu Ancient Clan.
• Futu Yijing revealed his name, leaving Mu Chen stunned to learn that he belonged to the clan holding his mother.
• Futu Yijing told Mu Chen to find the Heavenly Emperor Mausoleum inside the Ancient Heavenly Palace and return its spatial coordinates.
• Five days later, as the space around the Ancient Heavenly Palace began to settle, Futu Yijing said he would send everyone inside.

Futu Yijing forced open a passage through the spatial storm so Mu Chen and the others could enter the Ancient Heavenly Palace, then waited outside until Mandala located them. He carved a path through the palace ruins with his spear, leaving Mandala struck by a presence that rivaled the Saint Grade Heavenly Emperor.

• Futu Yijing tore open the spatial storm with two punches and sent Mu Chen, Lin Jing, Nine Nether, and the other Northern Realm Alliance experts into the Ancient Heavenly Palace.
• Mu Chen asked Lin Jing about Futu Yijing’s strength, and she explained that no one below Heavenly Sovereign could withstand a single exchange with him.
• Futu Yijing and his companions waited outside the palace for several days until Mu Chen crushed Mandala’s jade token and revealed his location.
• Futu Yijing summoned a spiritual energy dragon with the True Dragon Heaven-Binding Technique and blasted a smooth passage through the palace ruins.
• Mandala and the other Earthly Sovereigns followed Futu Yijing, and Mandala sensed a presence like that of the Saint Grade Heavenly Emperor.

Mu Chen faced the Xia Emperor after Xia Hong summoned him to avenge Xia Yu, but Futu Yijing arrived and suppressed the emperor and the other faction leaders. As more Earthly Sovereigns entered the mausoleum, a newcomer called out to Mandala, setting up a new confrontation.

• Xia Hong crushed a jade talisman and summoned the Xia Emperor, who learned Xia Yu had died and tried to force Mu Chen to kneel with his spiritual pressure.
• Mu Chen resisted the Xia Emperor's pressure with violet-gold light.
• Futu Yijing arrived through a spatial breach with six companions and threatened the Xia Emperor for targeting Mu Chen.
• More faction leaders summoned their strongest Earthly Sovereigns into the mausoleum, and Futu Yijing withdrew his pressure after one leader asked him to.
• A newcomer entered and called out to Mandala, saying he had searched for her for years.