The Great Dominator

After Battle Through the Heavens and Wu Dong Qian Kun, The Great Ruler is another epic Eastern fantasy from Tian Can Tu Dou. Set in the vast world where planes converge and countless races thrive, the story centers on spiritual power: cultivators begin by sensing spiritual energy, then advance through the stages of Spiritual Motion, Spiritual Wheel, Divine Soul, and the Three Heavens, all the way to Supremacy and the legendary Ruler realm that no one has ever attained. Heavenly Supremacies from lower planes contend here, and legendary figures such as Flame Emperor Xiao Yan and Martial Ancestor Lin Dong also leave their mark on this vast landscape. The protagonist, Mu Chen, hails from the Mu Territory in the Northern Spiritual Realm. He is the first youth in the territory ever to qualify for the Spiritual Road trial, yet he is expelled midway for unknown reasons, and others mostly assume he succeeded only by luck. Facing doubt, Mu Chen relies on his sealed spiritual veins, the Great Buddha Art, and his unique talent for spiritual arrays to prove himself step by step: competing for admission to the Five Great Academies, awakening the king of spiritual beasts, the Nine Nether Bird, entering the Northern Heaven Spiritual Academy, training in the Great Luo Domain, and tracing the origins of his missing mother and the mystery of the Bloodline of the Undying Ancient Clan. He grows from a marginalized youth into a powerhouse capable of shaping the situation in the vast world, while protecting the people he cares about amid the chaos. The book follows a progression-driven main plot, weaving spiritual vein grades, spiritual array techniques, spiritual beast pacts, and Supremacy Dharma Bodies into an expansive system. With brisk pacing and a dense stream of satisfying payoffs, it is one of the representative works of the web fantasy genre and has since spawned comic, animated, and live-action adaptations.