Chapter Summaries

Liu Bai persuaded Chi Hongwu to become his Beast Slave by exploiting her resentment toward her sister, then distributed the inheritance trials among his followers. The trials began with overwhelming tests from the three stone sculptures, leaving Liu Bai, Zong Qingfeng, and Chi Hongwu under attack.

• Liu Bai used Chi Hongling’s status and Chi Hongwu’s feelings of inferiority to convince Chi Hongwu to submit, then gave her Beast Soul Points that raised her cultivation to the peak of Seventh Grade Supreme.
• Liu Bai extracted Super Divine Beast blood from essence blood preserved in four Quasi-Saint Artifacts and assigned Zong Qingfeng, Bai Bin, and himself to retrieve the three inheritance essence bloods.
• Chi Hongwu asked to face the Ancient Desolate Beast trial to learn her strength, and Liu Bai agreed before approaching the Immortal Phoenix Stone Sculpture.
• The Immortal Phoenix Stone Sculpture awakened and engulfed Liu Bai in crystalline Undying Flame, which he endured with his Dragon Phoenix Body and Ice Jade Divine Lotus.
• The Myriad Spirit Bird Stone Sculpture’s radiance forced Zong Qingfeng to his knees, while the Ancient Desolate Beast Stone Sculpture stomped toward Chi Hongwu.

Liu Bai and his companions claimed the three inheritance essence bloods, but the blood spilled around the altar awakened the sealed king of the Outer Realm Evil Race. The three Beast Venerables appeared to contain the threat and asked Liu Bai, a Battle Array Master, to help resolve the crisis.

• Liu Bai refined his spiritual energy with the crystal-colored Undying Flame and received the Immortal Phoenix Inheritance Essence Blood from the Immortal Phoenix Stone Sculpture.
• Liu Bai healed Chi Hongwu and Zong Qingfeng, accepted their inheritance essence bloods, and gave Jiu You the Immortal Phoenix essence blood.
• Liu Bai warned everyone to stay within the altar's bounds as a demonic face emerged from the black earth and sent black smoke toward them.
• The altar's light repelled the smoke, and the True Spirit projections of the three Beast Venerables appeared to confront the demon.
• The Immortal Phoenix Beast Venerable recognized Liu Bai as a Battle Array Master and requested his help, and Liu Bai agreed to hear what he must do.

Liu Bai commanded the Heavenly Beast Army and joined the three Beast Venerables in destroying the demonic face that threatened the Primal Beast Plains. The demon was eradicated, though the battle left the Divine Tomb Garden in ruins.

• The demonic face attacked the altar with a torrent of demonic smoke, and Desolate Beast Venerable joined Myriad Spirit Bird Beast Venerable in holding it back.
• Immortal Phoenix Beast Venerable revealed the Heavenly Beast Army and gave Liu Bai a protective light and the army seal so he could command it.
• Liu Bai merged his will with the army's battle intent and gained control of the Heavenly Beast Army.
• The three Beast Venerables formed the Demon Extermination Seal and bound the demonic face while Liu Bai gathered the army's battle intent into a beast spear.
• Liu Bai's beast spear struck the demon's glabella, weakening it, and the Beast Venerables sealed and destroyed it with their combined power.

Liu Bai and Jiu You entered the Sea of Gods, where they cultivated with the essence blood of ancient Divine Beasts while receiving a jade tablet that allowed one future return. Meanwhile, the survivors left the Primal Beast Plains and repeated Liu Bai’s cover story, though Cold Phoenix Clan elders doubted Bai Bin’s account.

• The Immortal Phoenix Beast Venerable brought Liu Bai and Jiu You to the Sea of Gods and explained how its Divine Beast essence blood had been gathered and protected.
• Liu Bai persuaded the Beast Venerables to give him a jade tablet for one future return to the Sea of Gods, and Jiu You received the Immortal Phoenix Beast Venerable’s guidance while Liu Bai cultivated his True Dragon and True Phoenix Spirits.
• The teams departed the Primal Beast Plains, and reports of the deaths among several Divine Beast clans spread through the Spirit Beast Realm.
• Bai Bin told the Cold Phoenix Clan that a demon had caused the losses in the Divine Tomb Garden and that Liu Bai had helped the Beast Venerables defeat it, following Liu Bai’s prepared story.
• Bai Teng angrily challenged Xuan Kong after the elder questioned Bai Bin’s account of a human commanding the Heavenly Beast Army.

After the Divine Tomb Garden survivors recounted the battle, the Nine Nether Sparrow Clan emerged as the greatest winner, while Liu Bai's role became known across the beast clans. In the Northern Realm, Mandala formed an alliance to search for the Ancient Heavenly Palace, and Liu Bai continued refining energy in seclusion until his cultivation neared the peak of Ninth-grade Supreme.

• Experts from several beast clans questioned Mo Feng and Mo Ling, who said Liu Bai had helped the three Beast Venerables destroy an ancient fiend and had been taken away with Jiu You to receive a great fortune.
• Clan Chief Tian Huang stopped Yun He from intimidating Mo Feng, and the visiting experts found no flaws in the siblings' account before ending their inquiry.
• Zong Qingfeng awakened his true Kun Peng bloodline and advanced to the eighth grade, raising his standing within the Kunpeng Clan.
• Mandala showed Liu Tiandao, the Myriad Saints Ancestor, and the Demon Emperor the Star Demon Suppression Pagoda and proposed an alliance to locate the Ancient Heavenly Palace; all three agreed.
• Liu Bai absorbed and refined Crimson Spiritual Energy in the Divine Sea space, bringing his cultivation close to the peak of Ninth-grade Supreme.

Liu Bai broke through to Earthly Sovereign in the Divine Sea space, transforming his body and summoning the Five Spirits Divine Incarnation to face the Spirit Tribulation. The first multicolored lightning strike collided with the Dharma Body’s five beams, and the outcome remained unresolved.

• Liu Bai learned that his True Dragon Spirit and True Phoenix Spirit had reached a bottleneck, then decided to attempt an Earthly Sovereign breakthrough.
• Liu Bai spent ten million Experience Points, and his body repeatedly shattered and reformed as he absorbed Divine Beast Blood Essence and transformed into an Earthly Sovereign.
• The three Beast Venerables watched Liu Bai complete his breakthrough and marveled at his immense physical strength.
• Liu Bai summoned the Five Spirits Divine Incarnation to face the Spirit Tribulation after the Immortal Phoenix Beast Venerable warned him to protect his Supreme Dharma Body.
• Liu Bai’s Five Spirits Divine Incarnation fired five beams at the first multicolored lightning strike, and the two attacks collided with explosive force.

Liu Bai endured the escalating spiritual tribulation with the Five Spirits Divine Incarnation, defensive arrays, and the Void True Flame, then provoked the final two bolts to descend together. He unleashed the Great Five Elements Annihilation Divine Light against both Thunder Dragons, but the collision left him blinded by lightning and briefly unconscious as the Divine Sea space cracked.

• Liu Bai used the Five Spirits Canopy to shield himself from the fourth and fifth tribulations, though the fifth injured him and dimmed the Five Spirits Divine Incarnation.
• Liu Bai deployed the Sky Severing Array against the sixth Thunder Dragon, then formed the Void True Flame Array around a crimson feather to swallow the bolt.
• The Void True Flame weakened the seventh tribulation, while Liu Bai replenished his energy with one million drops of Supreme Spirit Liquid and his Dharma Body helped disperse the thunderclouds.
• Liu Bai provoked the tribulation, causing the eighth and ninth Thunder Dragons to descend together, and the three Beast Venerables prepared to intervene if he failed.
• Liu Bai sent the Void True Flame and the Great Five Elements Annihilation Divine Light against the Thunder Dragons, and their collision briefly cracked the Divine Sea space before lightning overwhelmed his vision and consciousness.

Liu Bai entered the Immortal True Form Diagram, where the Five Emperors’ power strengthened his Five Spirits Divine Incarnation, then reunited with Jiu You after she mastered the Immortal Phoenix’s Undying Flame. With Jiu You’s inheritance complete, Liu Bai and his companions prepared to leave the divine sea space.

• The Immortal True Form Diagram drew Liu Bai inside, where the Five Emperors’ power strengthened his Five Spirits Divine Incarnation and expanded it to eight thousand feet.
• Liu Bai returned to the divine sea space, and he and Immortal Phoenix Beast Venerable sensed that Jiu You had completed her inheritance.
• Jiu You demonstrated her Undying Flame by turning a tree to ash and then restoring life from its ashes, and Immortal Phoenix Beast Venerable praised her mastery.
• Jiu You reached the Ninth-grade Supreme realm, bowed to Immortal Phoenix Beast Venerable, and heard her final advice about the Immortal Phoenix Clan.
• Liu Bai comforted Jiu You when she worried she had fallen behind him, and they agreed it was time to leave the divine sea space.

Liu Bai returned from Divine Sea Space, accepted an elder position in the Nine Nether Sparrow Clan, and prepared Jiu You and their companions for the Ancient Heavenly Palace. He then traveled to the Fallen Continent to retrieve the Five Elements Spirit Talisman, where he found the land reduced to chaos.

• Clan Chief Tian Huang proposed Liu Bai as an elder of the Nine Nether Sparrow Clan, and Liu Bai accepted.
• Liu Bai and Jiu You discussed their plans for the Ancient Heavenly Palace, including bringing Zong Qingfeng, the other Beast Slaves, and Mo Ling.
• Liu Bai used the Three Emperors Space to make array disks and Formation Breaking Charms for Jiu You and the others.
• After three days of preparations, Liu Bai left for Five Elements Continent and used the Immortal True Form Diagram to enter the Fallen Continent.
• Liu Bai arrived in a gray, chaotic world and wondered whether the battle between the Five Emperors Divine Venerable and Hun Tian Demon Emperor had destroyed the continent.

Liu Bai found and began refining the Five Elements Spirit Talisman while the Ancient Heavenly Palace began emerging, drawing attention across the Great Thousand World. As Mandala prepared the Great Luo Heavenly Region for the coming expedition, Jiu You assured her that Liu Bai would return with a major surprise.

• Liu Bai followed the Five Elements Spirit Talisman's summons through the chaotic void, retrieved it, and began refining it.
• Mandala deciphered the Star Demon Suppression Pagoda's runes and sensed that the Ancient Heavenly Palace was about to emerge.
• Starlight revealed the Ancient Heavenly Palace in the far west of the Sky Net Continent, alerting Earthly Sovereign experts across the continent.
• Xiao Yan sensed the emergence and warned Old Yao that the Ancient Heavenly Emperor's vanished killer could pose a demonic threat, then asked Xun Er to let Xiao Xiao visit the Sky Net Continent.
• Lin Dong sensed the Ancient Heavenly Palace's emergence and secretly attached his divine consciousness to his daughter as she slipped out of the Martial Realm.
• Jiu You returned to the Great Luo Heavenly Region without Liu Bai and told Mandala to expect a major surprise when he came back.

Jiu You attended Great Luo Heavenly Region’s Emperor Conferment Ceremony as it prepared to choose a leader for the Ancient Heavenly Palace exploration. Liu Bai arrived unexpectedly and Mandala announced that he had become an Earthly Sovereign and would serve as Vice Domain Lord.

• Jiu You Palace expanded its forces, and Liu Mubai received a king title despite being only a Fourth-grade Supreme.
• Mandala prepared an Emperor Conferment Ceremony to select a leader for the Ancient Heavenly Palace exploration, with Jiu You, Dragon Arm Supreme, and Elder Ku as candidates.
• Jiu You arrived at the ceremony with Mo Ling and Zong Qingfeng, where Dragon Arm Supreme and Elder Ku watched her with battle intent.
• The Three Emperors oversaw the selection of five new kings, all Eighth-grade Supreme experts.
• Liu Bai appeared beside Mandala, and she announced that he had advanced to Earthly Sovereign and become Great Luo Heavenly Region’s Vice Domain Lord.

After Jiu You became an Imperial-ranked expert, Liu Bai and Mandala planned the Great Luo Heavenly Region’s advance into the Ancient Heavenly Palace. Liu Bai joined Jiu You’s advance party and revealed that her mission was to recover Mandala’s trapped true body.

• Jiu You defeated Dragon Arm Supreme and Elder Ku to become an Imperial-ranked expert, while Elder Ku later defeated Dragon Arm Supreme with his Withered Willow Brushing Heaven Hand.
• Mandala explained that Earthly Sovereigns could not enter the unstable Ancient Heavenly Palace and asked Liu Bai to help Jiu You recover her true body from the palace’s depths.
• Liu Bai agreed to join Jiu You’s advance party and scout the Space Rift, hoping to reach the Ancient Heavenly Palace ahead of other Western Region powers.
• Liu Bai told Jiu You about Mandala’s history, the palace’s Five Halls and Nine Prefectures, and the map and access granted by his War Hall elder token.
• Liu Bai and Jiu You departed with Zong Qingfeng, Mo Ling, three beast slaves, and three Eighth-grade Supreme experts from Jiu You Palace.

Mu Chen and Ling Xi set out for the Ancient Heavenly Palace, while Liu Bai and Jiu You’s group traveled to the Far Western Land to investigate its unstable spatial barriers. Liu Bai determined that the space might stabilize in one or two months, and Jiu You’s group reached the bustling West City to gather information.

• Mu Chen resolved to enter the Ancient Heavenly Palace with Ling Xi, who had recently mastered a half-step Grandmaster-level Spirit Array, and they set off for the western region.
• Liu Bai, Jiu You, and their companions arrived near the Far Western Land and learned that West City was the nearest major hub for information about the Ancient Heavenly Palace.
• Liu Bai split from Jiu You’s group and traveled to the grassland, where he observed the shattered space and saw experts vanish while trying to force their way inside.
• Liu Bai realized the spatial barriers would need at least one or two months to become somewhat stable, then left to rejoin Jiu You’s group in West City.
• Jiu You and her companions arrived in West City, which had transformed from a declining settlement into a crowded center for those drawn by the Ancient Heavenly Palace.

Jiu You and her companions arrived in West City, where the ostentatious Fourth Prince Xia Hong of the Great Xia Dynasty targeted Jiu You, Mo Ling, and Chi Hongwu. After the Thunder Lion Spirit Beasts pulling Xia Hong’s carriage suddenly went berserk, Zong Qingfeng faced Xia Hong’s half-step ninth-grade guard, Wang Wu, and appeared to ignore his attack.

• Jiu You’s group watched Golden Sacred Spear Liu Ming battle an old man, then learned about the Green Lotus Swordsman and headed into West City.
• At a tavern, Jiu You heard that the Great Xia Dynasty’s Fourth Prince Xia Hong had arrived, and that he had reached ninth-grade Supreme and ranked twentieth among young powerhouses.
• Xia Hong emerged from his golden carriage, noticed Jiu You, Mo Ling, and Chi Hongwu, and openly leered at them.
• The four Thunder Lion Spirit Beasts pulling Xia Hong’s carriage suddenly attacked the Great Xia guards, killing several and overturning the carriage.
• Xia Hong blamed Zong Qingfeng and ordered his guard Wang Wu to deal with him; with Jiu You’s permission, Zong Qingfeng confronted Wang Wu and stood with folded arms as Wang Wu charged.

Liu Bai ordered Jiu You and the Divine Beasts to pressure Xia Hong’s forces, using the Great Xia Dynasty to establish his authority after Wang Wu’s death rewarded him with system points. Xia Hong’s group was overwhelmed in West City, while Liu Bai realized his Beast Slaves could earn him experience by killing powerful enemies.

• Zong Qingfeng summoned a Kun Peng phantom that swallowed Wang Wu and his battle blade, despite Xia Hong offering compensation and demanding a halt.
• Bai Bin and Chi Hongwu revealed their phoenix forms, and the arrival of the Phoenix Clan heightened Xia Hong’s alarm.
• Jiu You suspected the Divine Beasts were acting on Liu Bai’s orders, and Liu Bai told her and Mo Ling to join the confrontation and apply as much pressure as they wished.
• With Jiu You joining them, the five Divine Beasts overwhelmed Xia Hong’s group, while Liu Bai learned that a Beast Slave killing an eighth-grade Supreme earned him 900,000 Experience Points and 500 Spirit Veins Awakening Points.
• The gray-robed old man warned Xia Hong that their forces could not contend with the Divine Beasts, leaving Xia Hong furious and humiliated.

Liu Bai reunited with Mu Chen and Ling Xi in West City and met Lin Jing, learning that she was Martial Ancestor Lin Dong’s daughter. As powerful young experts gathered ahead of the Ancient Heavenly Palace’s opening, the group learned that a token marked “Second” had emerged from a Space Rift.

• After returning to the inn with Jiu You and the others, Dragon Arm Supreme endured curious stares from the crowd, while Mu Chen decided that he, Ling Xi, and Lin Jing should find another place to stay.
• Liu Bai approached Mu Chen and Ling Xi, recognized them from Northern Azure Spirit Academy, and invited them and Lin Jing to join his group.
• Lin Jing recognized Liu Bai as an Earthly Sovereign and revealed that she was from the Martial Realm and was Martial Ancestor Lin Dong’s daughter.
• Liu Bai introduced Mu Chen, Ling Xi, and Lin Jing to Jiu You and the others as more prominent young experts arrived in West City, including Mu Shan, Jiang Ling, and Qin Ya.
• Tan Qiu and the others reported that a team had found a token inside a Space Rift, triggering a deadly spiritual energy storm in the Ancient Heavenly Palace.
• Tan Qiu said the token bore the ancient character “Second,” prompting Jiu You to connect it to Liu Bai’s token marked “Fourth” and conclude that they should obtain it.

Jiu You and the others attended the auction of treasures from the Ancient Heavenly Palace, where Mu Chen bought a damaged Grandmaster-grade array diagram. The final item, a Golden Token marked “Second,” was revealed as factions prepared to bid for an advantage inside the palace.

• Liu Bai sent Jiu You and the others to the auction, where the Great Xia Dynasty, Hidden Dragon Pavilion, Sword Immortal Sect, and Tianya Tower also arrived.
• Xia Hong of the Great Xia Dynasty bought the Sea Breaking Pearl for twenty million drops of Supreme Spirit Liquid.
• Mu Chen bid six million drops of Supreme Spirit Liquid for the damaged Nine Dragon Immortal Slaying Array, and no one challenged him.
• Jiu You bid on the incomplete Divine Ability scroll but withdrew as its price climbed, and Miss Qin Ya of Tianya Tower bought it for eighteen million drops of Supreme Spirit Liquid.
• The auctioneer revealed the final item, a Golden Token marked “Second,” which the gathered factions recognized as a key to gaining an advantage in the Ancient Heavenly Palace.

Liu Bai confronted three Lower Earthly Sovereigns sent by the Great Xia Dynasty to seize the token, while Lin Jing, Mo Ling, and Dragon Arm Supreme were used as bait. After freeing the hostages, Liu Bai faced the attackers, but as they charged, he abruptly fled toward the distance.

• Jiu You bought the token for thirty million Supreme Spirit Liquid, and Liu Bai and Jiu You waited in West City for someone to challenge them.
• Three Lower Earthly Sovereigns from the Great Xia Dynasty captured Lin Jing, Mo Ling, and Dragon Arm Supreme to lure Liu Bai out.
• Lin Jing gave Dragon Arm Supreme a Heavenly Grade Spirit Revival Pill, and he recovered from his injuries.
• Liu Bai emerged and confirmed that he held the token, then demanded that the Great Xia experts release the hostages.
• The three experts freed Lin Jing's group and attacked Liu Bai, who spun around and fled at great speed.

Liu Bai trapped three Great Xia Dynasty Earthly Sovereigns in the God Slaying Ancient Array and defeated them, while Jiu You and her allies repelled the dynasty’s forces in West City. The group collected their spoils, and the fighting’s aftermath propelled Jiu You and Ling Xi onto the Sky Net Continent’s Ranking of Experts.

• Liu Bai sealed the three Great Xia Dynasty Earthly Sovereigns inside his array, where their Life and Death Tribulation Force clashed with the God Slaying Ancient Array’s destructive power.
• Liu Bai pursued and killed the three wounded Sovereigns with the help of his True Dragon Spirit and True Phoenix Spirit, gaining experience, Spirit Veins Awakening Points, and their Universe Rings.
• Jiu You failed to catch the fleeing Xia Hong but gave Ling Xi the Sea Breaking Pearl, and Mu Chen accepted it on Ling Xi’s behalf.
• Liu Bai learned that Ling Xi’s array support had helped Jiu You and the others defeat the Great Xia Dynasty’s reinforcements in West City.
• Jiu You and Ling Xi entered the Sky Net Continent’s Ranking of Experts after their actions against the Great Xia Dynasty.

Liu Bai strengthened his Beast Slaves and evolved the spirits in his Innate Five Spirits Disc while the Northern Realm Alliance reached West City. The Emperor Xia arrived with six Earthly Sovereigns to avenge the Great Xia Dynasty’s losses, leaving Liu Bai and Mandala preparing to face him.

• Liu Bai rewarded Zong Qingfeng, Chi Hongwu, and Bai Bin with bloodline enhancements, raising their cultivation and combat power.
• Liu Bai spent all his Beast Soul Points evolving the five spirits in his Innate Five Spirits Disc into powerful Divine Beasts.
• Mandala and the Northern Realm Alliance arrived in West City, where Liu Bai explained that his actions had protected Jiu You Palace from devastating losses.
• Xia Hong recounted his defeat to the Emperor Xia, who brought six Earthly Sovereigns and sensed Liu Bai’s group in West City.
• Mandala offered to hold off the Emperor Xia while Liu Bai acted, though she warned she could give him little time.