Chapter Summaries

Mo Yu revealed the Primordial Heaven-Ripping Hand and overwhelmed Huang Wanjun's Ancestral God Prison-Suppressing Fist inside the Great Desolate Tower. After crushing Huang Wanjun and claiming his Primordial Origin, Mo Yu left as the stunned spectators fell silent.

• Huang Wanjun fused with the Ancestral God Phantom and attacked Mo Yu with the Ancestral God Prison-Suppressing Fist.
• Mo Yu summoned the Primordial Giant Ape Phantom and unleashed the Primordial Heaven-Ripping Hand, tearing apart Huang Wanjun's Ancestral God Phantom.
• Huang Wanjun retreated and hid inside the Great Desolate Myriad Beast Body, but Mo Yu seized him with the giant ape's hand.
• Mo Yu clenched the Primordial Heaven-Ripping Hand and crushed Huang Wanjun, then collected the Primordial Origin he left behind.
• Mo Yu strode away, while the spectators outside the Great Desolate Tower watched in stunned silence.

After defeating numerous opponents in the Great Desolate Tower and strengthening his Great Desolate Myriad Beast Body, Mo Yu reached the final eight and faced Huang Cang, a peak Mid Immortal Grade expert. Their battle began with Huang Cang overpowering Mo Yu in a direct clash, and both prepared to unleash their true abilities.

• Mo Yu defeated Huang Wanjun, then overcame several more opponents and absorbed their Primordial Origins as the tower eliminated half its remaining participants.
• Mo Yu continued advancing as the opponents grew stronger, until only eight people remained and he entered the tower’s final stage.
• Mo Yu encountered Huang Cang, the Desolate Blade, above a vast ocean, while spectators recognized Huang Cang as a formidable peak Mid Immortal Grade expert.
• Huang Cang endured Mo Yu’s Samadhi Ancestral Ape Fire with his physical body and struck Mo Yu with his Desolate Blade.
• Mo Yu fell behind in their first direct clash, then summoned an Ancestral Ape Phantom as Huang Cang enlarged his body to prepare for the next exchange.

Mo Yu fought Huang Cang using the Ancestral Ape Phantom, but could not overcome Huang Cang’s superior strength. During the battle, Mo Yu’s Primeval Ancestral Ape Bloodline awakened further, letting him break through to the Late Spirit Grade, and he prepared to continue fighting.

• Huang Cang and Mo Yu clashed over the sea, with Huang Cang gaining a slight advantage despite the Ancestral Ape Phantom’s formidable strength.
• Huang Qiu observed that Mo Yu could not sustain the intense battle long enough to reach the final level if the Ancestral Ape Phantom was all he had.
• Mo Yu stopped relying on physical clashes and formed a seal, unleashing ancient spiritual energy as his bloodline awakened.
• Mo Yu broke through two minor stages to reach the Late Spirit Grade, surprising the spectators and Huang Cang.
• Mo Yu sensed his increased power and invited Huang Cang to continue the fight.

After breaking through to the Late Spirit Grade Heavenly Sovereign, Mo Yu transformed into a Primordial Ancestral Ape and unleashed its Heaven-Shaking Fist against Huang Cang. He defeated Huang Cang with one punch, leaving the spectators stunned by his true strength.

• Mo Yu broke through to the Late Spirit Grade Heavenly Sovereign and forced Huang Cang back in a direct clash.
• Huang Cang unleashed his signature technique, Desolate Ancient—Slaying Gods, with the Huang Dao.
• Mo Yu awakened the Primordial Ancestral Ape bloodline and transformed into a hundred-zhang purple-gold giant ape.
• Mo Yu struck with the Primordial Ancestral Ape Heaven-Shaking Fist, shattering the Huang Dao and sending Huang Cang crashing into the ocean, badly weakened.
• The spectators stared in shock at Mo Yu's overwhelming power.

Mo Yu defeated Huang Cang, passed the elimination round, and reached the final layer, where the Desolate Ancestor Body was about to emerge. As the mountain containing it began to collapse, Huang Xuan, Huang Lie, and Huang Ye turned hostile toward Mo Yu, determined not to let an outsider claim it.

• Mo Yu defeated Huang Cang, whose Great Desolate Myriad Beast Body shattered and was devoured by Mo Yu's own body before Huang Cang was expelled from the tower.
• Mo Yu's Great Desolate Myriad Beast Body changed after absorbing Huang Cang's power, and Mo Yu was transported to the final layer.
• Huang Xuan, Huang Lie, and Huang Ye waited at the final layer and assumed Mo Yu could not have defeated Huang Cang.
• Mo Yu appeared before the three Late Immortal Grade Strong Persons, surprising them by confirming he had beaten Huang Cang.
• Mo Yu sensed the Desolate Ancestor Body within the pitch-black mountain, and Huang Xuan confirmed it was inside.
• The mountain began to crack and release Primeval Energy, drawing out the four men's Great Desolate Myriad Beast Bodies, while Huang Xuan, Huang Lie, and Huang Ye fixed hostile gazes on Mo Yu.

Mo Yu summoned the Mystic Dragon Army to keep Huang Ye occupied while he faced Huang Xuan and Huang Lie. The three pursued him into the sky, leaving the battle between the army and Huang Ye underway.

• Huang Xuan, Huang Lie, and Huang Ye decided to eliminate Mo Yu before the Desolate Ancestor Body appeared, but Mo Yu refused to withdraw.
• Mo Yu summoned the Mystic Dragon Army, and its commander, Jiang Long, raised a giant dragon Battle Spirit with sixty million Battle Patterns.
• Mo Yu told Jiang Long to restrain one opponent, so Jiang Long sent the Battle Spirit after Huang Ye.
• Huang Ye used the Great Desolate Divine Art to become a Primeval Giant and met the Battle Spirit's attack with a Primeval Light Wheel.
• Mo Yu flew away to change the battlefield, and Huang Xuan and Huang Lie pursued him while Huang Ye remained locked in battle with the Mystic Dragon Army.

Mo Yu transformed into the Purple-Gold Giant Ape using the blood essence of the Successor of the Primeval Ancestral Ape and fought Huang Xuan and Huang Lie for the right to obtain the Desolate Ancestor Body. He shattered both of their attacks, leaving Huang Lie badly injured as the battle continued.

• Mo Yu revealed his Primeval Ancestral Ape bloodline and transformed into the Purple-Gold Giant Ape, forcing Huang Xuan and Huang Lie to join forces against him.
• Huang Lie summoned the Desolate Ancient Sacred Mountain while Huang Xuan unleashed the Great Desolation Slash, but Mo Yu destroyed both attacks with one punch.
• Huang Xuan and Huang Lie used the Great Desolate Ancient Suppression Seal and Primeval Annihilation Light to attack Mo Yu's body and soul.
• Mo Yu's roar shook the Primeval Annihilation Light, and he countered the seal with his Primeval Ancestral Fist—Star Shattering.
• Mo Yu shattered the Great Desolate Ancient Suppression Seal, causing Huang Lie to vomit blood and grow weak.

Mo Yu blocked Huang Xuan’s Primordial Tribulation Light with his Primeval Ancestral Fist, proving he could contend with the Desolate Ancient Clan’s strongest young fighter despite their gap in cultivation. As Huang Xuan prepared to continue, the black mountain collapsed and revealed the Desolate Ancestor Body.

• Mo Yu defeated Huang Lie, leaving Huang Xuan as the last of the Desolate Ancient Clan’s Four Heroes on the final level.
• Huang Xuan unleashed the clan’s Primordial Tribulation Light, while Mo Yu answered with Primeval Ancestral Fist—Heaven Opening.
• Mo Yu’s fist aura shattered the Primordial Tribulation Light, stunning Huang Xuan and the spectators.
• Mo Yu and Huang Xuan prepared to resume their fight, but a towering pillar of light erupted as the black mountain collapsed.
• Mo Yu and Huang Xuan saw the Desolate Ancestor Body appear within the pillar of light.

Mo Yu, Huang Xuan, and Huang Ye reached the Desolate Ancestor Body, which struck Huang Xuan away and sent the contenders into a trial to choose its new master. Mo Yu endured the Blood Burning and Bone Crushing trials, transforming his bloodline and bones, before facing the remaining Trial of the Three Desolations.

• Mo Yu recovered his spiritual energy, while Huang Ye and the Mystic Dragon Army also regrouped after their battle with the Desolate Ancient Clan.
• The pillar of light contracted into the Desolate Ancestor Body, and Huang Xuan rushed to claim it before it struck him away and announced a trial for anyone seeking to become its master.
• The Desolate Ancestor Body transported Mo Yu to an ancient altar and revealed that he must pass the trials of Blood Burning, Bone Crushing, and Soul Devouring.
• Mo Yu entered the trial vortex and endured the Desolation Fire, which refined his Primeval Ancestral Ape Essence Blood and transformed his bloodline into Primordial Blood.
• Mo Yu endured the Bone-Shattering Refinement, which broke and reshaped his bones into dark-golden Primordial Bone.

Mo Yu passed the Trial of the Three Desolations and entered the final inheritance trial for the Desolate Ancestor Body. After learning to embrace desolation and enduring the Eternal Desolate Tribulation, he faced the Desolate Ancestor Battle Soul to prove he could become the body's new master.

• Mo Yu endured the Primordial Blood and Primordial Bone trials, then resisted the Desolate Ancient Evil Thoughts and awakened the Soul of the Primordial.
• Mo Yu passed the Trial of the Three Desolations and stepped through an ancient stone door toward the Desolate Ancestor Body's inheritance.
• Outside the Great Desolate Tower, Qing Yanjing hoped Mo Yu would succeed while Huang Qiu warned that the Desolate Ancestor Body could not be allowed to leave the Desolate Ancient Clan.
• The will of the Desolate Ancestor told Mo Yu to let go of his obsessions and become part of desolation, and Mo Yu meditated in a barren land until he sensed its silence and latent life.
• Mo Yu endured the Eternal Desolate Tribulation, experiencing the decline and destruction of a kingdom, a giant tree, and a primordial beast, and emerged with a deeper acceptance of endings.
• The Desolate Ancestor Battle Soul appeared before Mo Yu and attacked with a devastating punch.

Mo Yu defeated the Desolate Ancestor Battle Soul by fusing the Primeval Ancestral Ape's power with Desolate True Intent, then began transforming into a Primeval Body. As his transformation neared completion inside the Great Desolate Tower, the Desolate Ancient Clan gathered its forces outside, wary that an outsider might inherit the Desolate Ancestor Body.

• Mo Yu endured the Battle Soul's attacks, deepened his understanding of Desolation, and ultimately fused it with the Primeval Ancestral Ape's Origin of Power.
• Mo Yu absorbed the Battle Soul and the Sea of Desolate Ancestor Origin, beginning the transformation into a Primeval Body.
• The Ancient Light Shadow watched Mo Yu's transformation progress to roughly ninety percent after another year of waiting.
• Huang Xuan and Huang Lie emerged from the Great Desolate Tower empty-handed, while the clan realized an outsider had reached its final level and remained inside for over a year.
• Huang Qiu stood outside the tower with twenty Heavenly Sovereigns as tension mounted around Mo Yu's possible inheritance of the Desolate Ancestor Body.

After three years inside the Great Desolate Tower, Mo Yu emerged having gained the Desolate Ancestor Body’s recognition and formed a Primordial Body. He refused Huang Qiu’s demand to return it, leaving the Desolate Ancient Clan’s hostile standoff on the brink of escalation.

• Huang Qiu and the Desolate Ancient Clan’s elders concluded that Mo Yu had likely inherited the Desolate Ancestor Body and vowed not to let him take it away.
• Purple Fire learned that the Prison Master was gathering forces, while the Flame Emperor and Martial Ancestor had also come to support Mo Yu; Qing Xuan and Qing Yanjing worried about the clan’s opposition.
• Mo Yu awoke after three years of cultivation, swallowed the Primeval Energy around him, and revealed his newly formed Primordial Body.
• Mo Yu emerged from the Great Desolate Tower and confirmed to Huang Qiu that he had gained the Desolate Ancestor Body’s recognition.
• Huang Qiu offered to pay any price, including the Desolate Ancient Clan’s protective treasure, if Mo Yu returned the Desolate Ancestor Body.
• Mo Yu refused Huang Qiu’s demand to return it.

Mo Yu's Clone revealed a Saint Grade Physical Body and refused to leave the Desolate Ancestor Body behind, while Huang Qiu and the Desolate Ancient Clan prepared to stop him. Mo Yu's true body arrived, then Xiao Yan and Lin Dong joined him, leaving the Three Heroes of the Lower Planes facing the clan together.

• Huang Qiu unleashed Saint Grade might to restrain Mo Yu's Clone, but the Clone shattered it with his Saint Grade Physical Body.
• Huang Qiu revealed that he also possessed a Saint Grade Physical Body and insisted that Mo Yu could not take the Desolate Ancestor Body away.
• Mo Yu's true body arrived and challenged the Desolate Ancient Clan's refusal to honor the Desolate Ancestor Body's choice.
• The Desolate Ancient Clan's Great Elder warned that Mo Yu and his Clone were outnumbered by the clan's Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereigns.
• Xiao Yan and Lin Dong arrived beside Mo Yu, and the Three Heroes of the Lower Planes gathered to face the Desolate Ancient Clan.

Mo Yu, Xiao Yan, and Lin Dong gathered outside Great Desolate City to demand the Desolate Ancestor Body from Huang Qiu and the Desolate Ancient Clan. Their three forces arrived and formed a united front, leaving the armies facing off as a battle threatened to erupt.

• Mo Yu, Xiao Yan, and Lin Dong stood together as the Three Heroes of the Lower Planes, drawing the attention of the Great Thousand World and the Desolate Ancient Clan.
• Huang Qiu ordered the Desolate Ancient Clan to prepare for battle and surrounded Mo Yu and the others with Heavenly Sovereigns, Earth Sovereigns, and an ancient formation.
• The forces of Endless Fire Territory, Martial Realm, and Thunder Prison arrived from three directions, led by Xiao Xuan, Old Yao, Lin Diao, Lin Yan, Ying Huanhuan, and Ling Qingzhu among others.
• Xiao Yan and Lin Dong pledged their forces alongside Mo Yu, while Mo Yu demanded that Huang Qiu hand over the Desolate Ancestor Body.
• Huang Qiu faced the united forces as their pressure shook the area, and observers across the Great Thousand World watched the impending confrontation.

Mo Yu's Clone challenged Huang Qiu and revealed his Saint Grade Physical Body and Mid Immortal Grade cultivation. Mo Yu, Xiao Yan, and Lin Dong then confronted Huanggu Fan, whose Saint Art expanded into a domain as their battle began.

• Mo Yu's Clone challenged Huang Qiu to a direct fight, and the two exchanged more than a hundred punches before Huang Qiu blasted him into Great Desolate City.
• Mo Yu's Clone recovered from his caved-in chest and unleashed Mid Immortal Grade spiritual energy, astonishing the gathered forces.
• Mo Yu, Xiao Yan, and Lin Dong joined forces to challenge Huanggu Fan, hoping to resolve the crisis without drawing their allied forces into a war.
• Mo Yu attacked with Thunder Emperor Heavenly Gang, Xiao Yan summoned Buddha Fury Reincarnation, and Lin Dong used Eight Talismans Binding Heaven to seal Huanggu Fan.
• Huanggu Fan countered with Desolate Ancient Saint Art, Heaven and Earth Mourn Together, expanding a domain where time and space became unstable.

Mo Yu battled Huang Qiu over the Desolate Ancestor Body while Mo Yu, Xiao Yan, and Lin Dong worked together to wound Huanggu Fan. Huanggu Fan then revealed his Saint Grade Spiritual Body and prepared to fight at full strength.

• Mo Yu unleashed the Primeval Ape God Hand, and Huang Qiu countered with the Desolate Ancient Heaven-Shattering Fist, reducing Great Desolate City to ruins.
• Mo Yu and Huang Qiu resumed their fierce close-range battle as their powers shattered the space around them.
• Mo Yu, Xiao Yan, and Lin Dong combined thunder, fire, and the Ancestor Talismans to break Huanggu Fan’s Desolate Ancient Domain and strike him with the Buddha Fury Reincarnation Disk.
• Huanggu Fan survived their coordinated attack with a minor injury, acknowledged the three Immortal Grade Heavenly Sovereigns, and said he would stop holding back.
• Huanggu Fan condensed the power of his Desolation Domain and transformed himself into a Saint Grade Spiritual Body as Mo Yu, Xiao Yan, and Lin Dong prepared to continue fighting.

Huanggu Fan summoned the Great Desolate Heaven Swallowing Body and overwhelmed Mo Yu, Xiao Yan, and Lin Dong, forcing them to unleash their strongest Sovereign Dharma Bodies and attacks. As the three barely held off Huanggu Fan’s killing formation, Mo Yu asked Xiao Yan and Lin Dong to lend him all their power.

• Huanggu Fan revealed his Saint Grade Spiritual Body and fought Mo Yu until Xiao Yan and Lin Dong joined in, allowing the three to match him.
• Huanggu Fan summoned the Great Desolate Heaven Swallowing Body, whose attacks badly injured the three and suppressed their powers.
• Lin Dong fused the Eight Great Ancestor Talismans into the Martial Ancestor Universe Body and blocked Huanggu Fan’s Great Desolate Annihilation Palm.
• Xiao Yan manifested the Flame Emperor Glazed Body and struck with the Exotic Flame Eternal Ruler, while Mo Yu unleashed the Heavenly Stellar Myriad Thunder Body and his Nine Heavens World-Annihilating Thunder.
• Huanggu Fan formed three god-suppressing stone steles to attack all three, and they used their ultimate abilities to hold the steles back.
• Mo Yu sent his divine sense to Xiao Yan and Lin Dong and asked them to lend him all their power.

Mo Yu, Xiao Yan, and Lin Dong fused their origin powers into the Chaos Heaven-Opening Tribulation Light and clashed with Huanggu Fan’s strongest attack. The battle ended with all four combatants incapacitated, and the three leaders’ forces rushed to search for them as the Great Thousand World reeled from the result.

• Mo Yu called on Xiao Yan and Lin Dong to lend him their origin powers, and they fused flame, thunder, and the Eight Great Ancestor Talismans into the Chaos Heaven-Opening Tribulation Light.
• Mo Yu’s attack collided with Huanggu Fan’s three Desolate Ancient God Suppressing Seals, leaving both sides under crushing pressure as their powers began to break apart.
• Mo Yu, Xiao Yan, and Lin Dong detonated their merged origins, unleashing a chaotic storm that shattered Mo Yu’s Heavenly Stellar Myriad Thunder Body and severely wounded all three men.
• Huanggu Fan’s Great Desolate Heaven Swallowing Body vanished, and he fell from the sky near death and unable to fight.
• The gathered forces and distant observers realized that the three Immortal Grade Heavenly Sovereigns had stripped a Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereign of his fighting power, while their followers searched the battlefield for them.

Xiao Yan, Lin Dong, Mo Yu, and Huanggu Fan were found alive after their mutual-destruction battle, while their forces carried them away to recover. As Mo Yu’s Clone fought Huang Qiu over the Desolate Ancestor Body, the legendary body appeared and shattered Huang Qiu’s Prehistoric War Axe.

• The three great forces searched the deadly battlefield and found Xiao Yan, Lin Dong, and Mo Yu alive, then escorted them to their respective strongholds for healing.
• Desolate Ancient Clan experts found Huanggu Fan alive and took him to the ancestral land to recuperate.
• The battle’s outcome shook the Great Thousand World, inspiring cultivators from Lower Planes and making other forces wary of the three great forces.
• Huang Qiu summoned the Great Desolate Heaven Swallowing Body and attacked Mo Yu’s Clone, who endured the blows and accepted Huang Qiu’s challenge to reveal the Desolate Ancestor Body.
• Huang Qiu summoned the Prehistoric War Axe and sent it crashing toward Mo Yu’s Clone, but the Desolate Ancestor Body appeared, struck it with one punch, and shattered it.

Mo Yu defeated Huang Qiu with the Desolate Ancestor Body’s Great Desolate Eternal Tribulation Stele, leaving the Desolate Ancient Clan unable to stop him from claiming it. The clan’s radicals then summoned the Desolate Ancient Ancestral Cauldron, its Sacred Object Protecting the Clan, and the confrontation continued.

• Mo Yu unleashed the Desolate Ancestor Body’s Great Desolate Return to Void Guidance and formed the Great Desolate Eternal Tribulation Stele.
• Huang Qiu summoned the Desolate Ancient Infinite Shield, but Mo Yu shattered it and suppressed Huang Qiu and his Great Desolate Heaven Swallowing Body beneath the stele.
• Huang Qiu accepted that Mo Yu had won the Desolate Ancestor Body, while the Desolate Ancient Clan’s Elders did not dare challenge Mo Yu.
• Several radical Desolate Ancient Clan Heavenly Sovereigns sacrificed Essence Blood to summon the clan’s final trump card.
• The Desolate Ancient Ancestral Cauldron emerged from the clan’s ancestral land, revealing the Sacred Object Protecting the Clan.