Chapter Summaries

Liu Bai entered the Heavenly Array Emperor’s hall, where the Emperor’s True Spirit awakened and judged him unsuitable to inherit the Battle Array path. He still entrusted Liu Bai with five Crystal Balls containing willpower cultivation methods, and Liu Bai spotted another stone sphere behind the throne.

• Liu Bai decided to postpone breaking the protected arrays in the spirit array chamber and pried out a second stone sphere above its door.
• Liu Bai entered the Heavenly Array Emperor’s hall and triggered the awakening of the Emperor’s True Spirit among the earthen battle soldiers.
• The Heavenly Array Emperor explained that Battle Array Masters cultivated willpower and warned Liu Bai that the methods could severely damage anyone incompatible with them.
• Liu Bai proposed combining battle intent with artifact refinement, and the Heavenly Array Emperor agreed to help him pursue the idea.
• The Heavenly Array Emperor gave Liu Bai five Crystal Balls containing willpower cultivation methods and told him to pass them only to compatible candidates.
• Liu Bai noticed another stone sphere suspended behind the throne.

Liu Bai inherited control of Three Emperors Heaven from the Heavenly Array Emperor, then boosted his cultivation and array mastery before carrying the sealed realm back to the Great Luo Heavenly Region. There, Jiu You confronted the surprise of learning that the little girl she knew was Mandala, ruler of the Great Luo Domain.

• Liu Bai took the three Spirit Soul Beads, learned they controlled Three Emperors Heaven, and received the Heavenly Array Emperor's inheritance before the Emperor vanished.
• Liu Bai spent a month refining the Spirit Soul Beads, discovered the realm's resources, and used five million Experience Points to break through to Fifth Grade Supreme and then Sixth-grade Supreme.
• Liu Bai spent Experience Points to improve the God Slaying Ancient Array and his Array Dao Realm, then shrank Three Emperors Heaven and carried it in a Nether Silkworm Silk pouch.
• Mandala and the Three Emperors met in Great Luo Heaven's Reception Hall while Jiu You realized that the little girl she knew was the ruler of the Great Luo Domain.

The Nine Nether Sparrow Clan came to investigate Jiu You’s Bloodline Link and take her back, but Liu Bai arrived and revealed himself as her partner. Mandala and Jiu You defended him against Sky Sparrow Elder, leaving Liu Bai to insist that the elder would understand once he knew him.

• Sky Sparrow Elder and the Nine Nether Sparrow Clan arrived at the Reception Hall, where Sky Sparrow Elder praised Jiu You’s rare bloodline and questioned her about its contamination.
• Jiu You tried to leave with the clan before Liu Bai returned, but Liu Qing and Sky Sparrow Elder demanded to know who her Bloodline Link partner was.
• Liu Bai arrived and openly identified himself as Jiu You’s partner, prompting Liu Qing to threaten him and Sky Sparrow Elder to attack him with pressure.
• Mandala stopped Sky Sparrow Elder and refused to surrender Liu Bai, while Jiu You warned that no one could touch him.
• Liu Bai put an arm around Jiu You and told Sky Sparrow Elder he would understand their relationship once he got to know him.

Liu Bai defended his worthiness to form a Bloodline Link with Jiu You by revealing his rapid cultivation and inherited array and crafting knowledge, then challenged Liu Qing to a spar. He overwhelmed Liu Qing with powerful spirit arrays until Sky Sparrow Elder intervened, prompting Jiu You to confront the elder for preventing Liu Qing’s defeat.

• Mandala countered Sky Sparrow Elder’s claim that Liu Bai was ordinary by describing his rise to Sixth-grade Supreme, and Liu Bai revealed he had inherited the Three Emperors Sect’s teachings.
• Liu Qing challenged Liu Bai’s claims, and Liu Bai accepted the spar despite Jiu You warning him about Liu Qing’s strength.
• Liu Qing attacked with his Scarlet Flame Spirit Finger, but Liu Bai trapped him in the Heavenly Net Demon Subduing Array.
• Liu Qing transformed into his Nine Nether Flame Sparrow form and tried to break free, so Liu Bai began casting the Four Saints Sealing Heaven Array.
• Sky Sparrow Elder destroyed both arrays and released Liu Qing, and Jiu You accused him of being unable to accept Liu Qing’s defeat.

Liu Bai agreed to accompany Jiu You to the Nine Nether Sparrow Clan and meet her father, the clan chief, despite the danger. As the clan’s elders gathered to discuss Jiu You’s relationship with Liu Bai, some called for him to be captured while others warned against alienating her.

• Sky Sparrow Elder agreed to take Liu Bai to the Nine Nether Sparrow Clan so its chief could decide whether to accept him as Jiu You’s partner.
• Liu Bai revealed that he was an array grandmaster, and Mandala ordered Sky Roc Emperor and Spirit Eye Emperor to keep the revelation secret in the Great Luo Heavenly Region.
• Jiu You explained that her pure Immortal Phoenix bloodline made the clan fiercely protective of her, but Liu Bai remained determined to go with her.
• Liu Bai reflected on the risks of meeting Jiu You’s powerful family while the pair prepared to travel to the Nine Nether Realm.
• Tian Huang gathered the Nine Nether Sparrow Clan elders, and some proposed capturing Liu Bai and severing his Bloodline Link with Jiu You.

Liu Bai arrived at the Nine Nether Sparrow Clan and faced the clan chief and its hostile younger generation over his Bloodline Link with Jiu You. Tian Huang offered him a chance to prove himself, and Liu Bai declared that he had already met the requirements and would keep his promise to help Jiu You evolve.

• Tian Huang told the Nine Nether Sparrow Clan elders that Liu Bai would get an opportunity to prove himself before they decided whether to accept his Bloodline Link with Jiu You.
• Sky Sparrow Elder brought Liu Bai and Jiu You to a plaza, where the clan’s elders and younger members watched Liu Bai with suspicion and hostility.
• Mo Ling asked Mo Feng about Liu Bai, and Mo Feng said Liu Bai would have to pass the clan’s tests to stand openly beside Jiu You.
• Jiu You reunited with her father, Tian Huang, who told Liu Bai that Jiu You’s bloodline was vital to the clan and that their relationship could be accepted if Liu Bai proved his ability to help her evolve.
• Liu Bai refused Tian Huang’s offer to give up and remain in the clan for ten years, saying he believed he already met the requirements and would keep his promise to Jiu You.

Liu Bai proved his combat strength to the Nine Nether Sparrow Clan by defeating Qin Xuan, then challenged the clan’s young prodigies to break his spirit array. The gathered youths stepped forward to accept, leaving the challenge poised to begin.

• Elder Qing chose Qin Xuan to spar with Liu Bai after the clan’s youths volunteered.
• Qin Xuan attacked with his Nine Nether Cold Sparrow form and a powerful snow arrow, but Liu Bai blocked it with the Five Spirits Canopy.
• Qin Xuan fired volleys of ice arrows, while Liu Bai dodged with the Golden Crow Rainbow Transformation Art and countered with five arrows of lightning.
• Liu Bai’s lightning attack defeated Qin Xuan, impressing Tian Huang and the watching clan members.
• Liu Bai challenged the Nine Nether Sparrow Clan’s prodigies to break his spirit array, and one after another stepped forward.

Liu Bai defeated the Nine Nether Sparrow Clan’s young geniuses with his Four Saints Sealing Heaven Array, then accepted Clan Chief Tian Huang’s test to comprehend a grandmaster array diagram within one month. If he succeeded, Tian Huang would stop opposing Liu Bai and Jiu You; Tian Huang then took Liu Bai away to begin the test.

• Liu Bai challenged the Nine Nether Sparrow Clan’s geniuses to enter his Four Saints Sealing Heaven Array, and Jiang Ya, Mo Feng, and several others accepted.
• Liu Bai trapped the geniuses in the array, whose attacks overwhelmed them until Clan Chief Tian Huang stopped the trial and declared Liu Bai the winner.
• Jiu You told Elder Qing that Liu Bai could potentially set up a grandmaster array if he obtained a suitable diagram, prompting Tian Huang to propose a one-month test.
• Tian Huang required Liu Bai to comprehend more than seventy percent of a low-grade grandmaster array diagram within one month to earn his approval of Liu Bai and Jiu You’s relationship.
• Liu Bai accepted the test, and Tian Huang took him away from the plaza.

Liu Bai comprehended the Void True Flame Array in twenty days and proved his skill before the Nine Nether Sparrow Clan’s elders. Clan Chief Tian Huang gave him the array’s crimson feather, and the elders watched as Liu Bai demonstrated the array and summoned Void True Flame.

• Tian Huang gave Liu Bai the Void True Flame Array and one month to comprehend it, while Liu Bai decided to study it himself before using Experience Points.
• While Liu Bai was away, Tang Bing kept Jiu You Palace running, and Zhan Taiyun trained five thousand Jiu You Guards with Hong San handling the commanders’ requests.
• Liu Bai emerged after twenty days having reached Initiation in the array, and Tian Huang recognized him as a Spirit Array Grandmaster.
• Tian Huang told Liu Bai to keep the crimson feather, revealing that it was an Array Dao divine artifact that strengthened arrays by thirty percent.
• Tian Huang brought Liu Bai to a barren mountain and gathered the clan’s elders and Jiu You to witness his array demonstration.
• Liu Bai formed the Void True Flame Array and summoned its gray-black flames, while Tian Huang defended giving him the array against an elder’s objections.

Liu Bai proved himself to the Nine Nether Sparrow Clan, secured Tian Huang’s promise not to obstruct his relationship with Jiu You, and agreed to help her seek Immortal Phoenix blood essence in the Primal Beast Plains. After returning to the Great Luo Heavenly Region, he arranged for Zhan Taiyun to command Mandala’s Great Luo Heavenly Army, leaving Tang Bing furious about losing him from Jiu You Palace.

• Liu Bai formed a giant firebird with his array, earning Tian Huang’s respect and an agreement that the Nine Nether Sparrow Clan would no longer obstruct him and Jiu You.
• Tian Huang explained the history of the Primal Beast Plains and asked Liu Bai to accompany Jiu You when it reappeared in search of Immortal Phoenix blood essence; Liu Bai promised to help.
• Tian Huang ordered Jiu You to remain with the clan and cultivate, so Liu Bai returned to the Great Luo Heavenly Region without her.
• Mandala told Liu Bai she needed another king for the Great Hunt, and Liu Bai recommended Zhan Taiyun to command the Great Luo Heavenly Army.
• Liu Bai returned to Jiu You Palace, teased Tang Bing, and told her Jiu You would be away; Tang Bing became furious when he said he planned to take Zhan Taiyun to Mandala.

Liu Bai sent Zhan Taiyun to train the Great Luo Heavenly Army and traveled to Dragon Phoenix Heaven, where he deliberately drew the Three Great Beast Emperors into a confrontation. He trapped the Thunder Roc Emperor in the Four Saints Sealing Heaven Array and began preparing another deadly array.

• Liu Bai promised Zhan Taiyun a Battle Array Master inheritance if he helped the Great Luo Heavenly Army condense a Spirit of Battle Intent, then took him to meet Mandala.
• Mandala and the other experts saw Liu Bai off to Dragon Phoenix Heaven, warning him that the Northern Realm's powerful factions might retaliate if he caused trouble.
• Liu Bai arrived in the Myriad Beast Plains, where the Ice Cloud Venerable chose not to target him, but the Three Great Beast Emperors decided to act.
• The Thunder Roc Emperor attacked Liu Bai, who used himself as bait to lure him into the Four Saints Sealing Heaven Array and trapped his accompanying experts in another array.
• Liu Bai replenished his spiritual energy and began setting up another array, while the trapped Thunder Roc Emperor sensed mortal danger and struggled to escape.

Liu Bai killed the Thunder Roc Emperor with the God Slaying Array, prompting the Golden Lion Emperor and Sky Wolf Emperor to retreat and begin plotting over Thunder Roc’s territory. He then arrived at Dragon Phoenix Ancient City for the opening of Dragon Phoenix Heaven, where Hong Yu approached him in the Dragon Phoenix Pavilion.

• Liu Bai unleashed the Slaughter Divine Light and killed the Thunder Roc Emperor, then slew several beast kings trapped in his array.
• The Golden Lion Emperor decided not to attack Liu Bai and ordered his forces to leave him alone, while the Sky Wolf Emperor planned to seize Thunder Roc’s territory and spread news of Liu Bai.
• Liu Bai traveled to Dragon Phoenix Ancient City during the opening of Dragon Phoenix Heaven and entered the crowded Dragon Phoenix Pavilion.
• Hong Yu introduced herself to Liu Bai and invited him upstairs for a drink, displaying the seductive charm that had earned her the name “Demoness.”

Liu Bai met the gathered geniuses at Dragon Phoenix Pavilion, learned that only five Dragon Phoenix Pools had been detected, and prepared to search for more using his strength and a special artifact. When Dragon Phoenix Heaven opened the next day, he entered and appeared atop a high mountain.

• Liu Bai rejected Hong Yu's offer to team up but chatted with her, while Liu Yan and the Netherworld Prince kept their distance from him.
• Su Biyue arrived and greeted Liu Bai before Pavilion Master Mu Qiu announced that Dragon Phoenix Heaven would contain only five known Dragon Phoenix Pools and revealed their locations.
• Liu Bai memorized the map and planned to use his knowledge and a phoenix-bloodline-searching artifact to find hidden pools.
• Liu Bai left Dragon Phoenix Pavilion alone, and Dragon Phoenix Heaven opened the next day amid a surge of eager entrants.
• Liu Bai stepped through the spatial rift and appeared atop a high mountain inside Dragon Phoenix Heaven.

Liu Bai discovered an unmarked Dragon Phoenix Pool, defeated its Bone Lizard King guardians, and absorbed its power to form a middle-grade Pseudo Dragon Body. He then used a golden feather to locate a far stronger phoenix-bloodline signal and set off toward what might be the largest Dragon Phoenix Pool.

• Liu Bai sensed an undiscovered Dragon Phoenix Pool on a bone-covered plain and drew out the Bone Lizards guarding it.
• Liu Bai used Nether Heart Demon Lightning to kill the Bone Lizards, then trapped and defeated six Bone Lizard kings with his arrays and Golden Thunder.
• Liu Bai sacrificed the six kings into the pool and absorbed its Dragon Phoenix Power as nearby visitors recognized his Four Saints Sealing Heaven Array and left.
• Liu Bai gained a Pseudo Dragon Body with fifty-six Dragon Marks after the Dragon Marks overcame the Phoenix Marks in his body.
• Liu Bai activated a golden feather to sense phoenix bloodlines, which pointed toward a much stronger Dragon Phoenix Pool.

Liu Bai found the Super Dragon Phoenix Pool, defeated its golden-armored guardian, and gathered the Dragon Phoenix Golden Armor and three Dragon Phoenix Divine Fruits. He began refining the pool’s essence to form a Dragon Phoenix Body, but the Dragon Phoenix Essence Blood resisted and tried to overwhelm his own blood as the transformation began.

• Liu Bai reached the remote region’s Core Area and found the Dragon Phoenix Pool beneath the colossal dragon and phoenix bones.
• The Dragon Phoenix Golden Armor Guard attacked Liu Bai, but he trapped and killed it with his arrays, then took its armor and collected the three Dragon Phoenix Divine Fruits.
• Liu Bai entered the golden pool and used the refined Dragon Phoenix Golden Armor to draw its power into a Dragon Phoenix Divine Wheel.
• A drop of Dragon Phoenix Essence Blood formed and entered Liu Bai’s body, inflicting intense pain as it tried to expel his own blood.
• Liu Bai resisted the essence blood and began forcing it to fuse with his body as his flesh, blood, and bones underwent painful changes.

Liu Bai completed his Dragon Phoenix Body and arrived at the Dragon Phoenix Platform, where the gathered prodigies were tested for their Dragon Phoenix Essence Blood. The test revealed the strength of the top experts’ bodies, but the chapter ended as Liu Bai’s own display began to overwhelm the platform.

• Liu Bai fused the True Dragon and True Phoenix essence blood to complete his Dragon Phoenix Body, drawing attention across Dragon Phoenix Heaven.
• Liu Bai reached Dragon Phoenix Domain, where Ding Xuan, Hong Yu, Su Biyue, Fang Yi, and the Netherworld Prince gathered before the Dragon Phoenix Platform appeared.
• The Dragon Phoenix Platform emerged, and its golden light injured those without Dragon Phoenix Essence Blood who tried to ascend; Liu Bai and the qualified cultivators reached its surface.
• The platform formed a golden mirror that scanned everyone’s essence blood, revealing powerful Pseudo Dragon Bodies and Pseudo Phoenix Bodies among the crowd and True Dragon Bodies for Fang Yi and the Netherworld Prince.
• Dragon roars and phoenix cries suddenly drowned out every other sound as Liu Bai’s display began.

Liu Bai used his overwhelming strength to secure the Dragon Phoenix Platform contest’s final inheritance challenge, helping Hong Yu and Su Biyue advance while forcing Fang Yi and the Netherworld Prince to fight for their places. He reached the ninth step of the Dragon Phoenix Ladder, then leaped toward its final step despite nearing his limit.

• Liu Bai revealed that he had cultivated a Dragon Phoenix Body using Dragon Phoenix Divine Fruits, then led the contestants upward as the Dragon Phoenix Platforms dwindled and competitors battled for places.
• Liu Bai invited Hong Yu and Su Biyue to claim two of the four remaining platforms, leaving Fang Yi and the Netherworld Prince to fight; Fang Yi won and became one of the final four.
• Hong Yu and Su Biyue withdrew from the final inheritance contest, and Fang Yi declined Liu Bai’s challenge as the Dragon Phoenix Ladder appeared.
• Liu Bai climbed to the ninth step of the ladder while Fang Yi and the Netherworld Prince stopped at the seventh, Hong Yu and Su Biyue reached the sixth, and the other contestants halted at the fifth.
• After preparing for over ten minutes on the ninth step, Liu Bai leaped toward the tenth and final step.

Liu Bai survived the tenth stair of the Dragon Phoenix Ladder, gained the Dragon Phoenix True Scripture, and left Dragon Phoenix Heaven with promises of support from Su Biyue and Hong Yu. The chapter ended with him poised to turn those alliances toward the approaching Great Hunt.

• Liu Bai stepped onto the tenth stair, endured its deadly trial, and received a Dragon-Phoenix Blood Bath that strengthened his body and revealed true Dragon and Phoenix Marks.
• The Dragon Phoenix Platform released its inheritances, and Liu Bai's Dragon Phoenix Body drew the Dragon Phoenix True Scripture to him.
• Liu Bai used Jiu You's blood on the golden beast bone and witnessed the Scripture's vision of a figure displaying the Dragon Phoenix Body and its ultimate form.
• As Dragon Phoenix Heaven ended, Liu Bai and the other participants returned to the Dragon Phoenix Mountain Range without any Earthly Sovereigns confronting him.
• Su Biyue thanked Liu Bai and promised to tell her teacher of his help before departing.
• Hong Yu teased Liu Bai, then promised to tell her master of his help as well, offering him potential support ahead of the Great Hunt.

After returning from Dragon Phoenix Heaven, Liu Bai prepared the Great Luo Heavenly Region for the Great Hunt by securing Divine Beast Essence Blood and training its Battle Array forces. As Jiu You returned to Jiu You Palace, Liu Bai’s seclusion triggered a Divine Artifact Lightning Tribulation, drawing Mandala and the three Emperors to the back mountain.

• Mandala agreed to gather the ten kinds of Divine Beast Essence Blood Liu Bai listed as a reward for his service.
• Liu Bai gave Zhan Taiyun the Sixth Grade Golden Lotus Meditation Method and ordered him to help the Jiu You Guard and other armies condense Spirits of Battle Intent before the Great Hunt.
• Liu Bai entered the Artifact Refining Hall to forge a Divine Artifact by combining his armor design with the Dragon Phoenix Golden Armor.
• Zhan Taiyun helped the Jiu You Guard and the forces under the other kings condense Battle Intent Spirits, while raising his own Battle Markings to seven thousand.
• Jiu You returned to Jiu You Palace and learned from Tang Bing that Liu Bai had remained in seclusion since Dragon Phoenix Heaven.
• Jiu You saw a Divine Artifact Lightning Tribulation over the back mountain, where Mandala and the three Emperors appeared and confirmed what it was.

Liu Bai forged a powerful Dragon Phoenix Battle Armor, reunited with Jiu You, and received the Divine Beast Blood Essence Mandala had gathered for him. As the Great Hunt approached, he began tempering his body to activate the True Spirits within his Dragon Phoenix patterns.

• Mandala and the others watched Liu Bai's Thunder God Lotus absorb the lightning tribulation, then saw his new Dragon Phoenix Battle Armor emerge with the power to withstand an Eighth Grade Supreme's strike.
• Liu Bai was astonished that Jiu You had reached the middle phase of Seventh Grade Supreme, and she explained that developing her bloodline had raised her cultivation.
• Mandala gave Liu Bai ten jade bottles of Divine Beast Blood Essence and urged him to prepare for the Great Hunt.
• Liu Bai and Jiu You inspected the Jiu You Guard's Spirit of Battle Intent, which Zhan Taiyun had formed with seven thousand Battle Markings.
• Liu Bai began refining the Divine Beast Blood Essence and set out to activate the true dragon and true phoenix spirits in his Dragon Phoenix Body.