Chapter Summaries

Flowing Cloud refined Bodhi Seeds to purge the negative emotions afflicting the Bodhi Ancient Tree. The tree restored his battle qi and expanded his capacity, and Flowing Cloud continued helping it remove the black aura.

• The Bodhi Ancient Tree showed Flowing Cloud how refined Bodhi Seeds could produce pure qi to dispel its black aura, then offered him nearly a hundred seeds.
• Flowing Cloud refined the first Bodhi Seeds with Heavenly Flames, sending their pure qi into the tree and dissolving threads of black aura.
• After refining about a tenth of the seeds, Flowing Cloud exhausted his battle qi and rested on a meditation cushion formed by the tree.
• The cushion flooded Flowing Cloud with pure energy, restoring his battle qi and increasing the amount his body could hold.
• Flowing Cloud resumed refining Bodhi Seeds, and the Bodhi Ancient Tree restored his energy as more black aura dissipated.

Flowing Cloud refined all the Bodhi Seeds and helped the Bodhi Ancient Tree purge its remaining black qi, then was drawn into the tree as the others were expelled from their illusions. Hun Yu and Huang Feng tried to attack him inside the tree but were violently repelled, leaving everyone stunned.

• Flowing Cloud refined the remaining Bodhi Seeds until none were left, and the Bodhi Ancient Tree released its last trace of black qi and became radiant and peaceful.
• Flowing Cloud sensed the tree's joy, shook a branch like a hand, and was pulled inside the trunk after exhaustion overcame him.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree expelled the other entrants, including Hun Yu and Huang Feng, who realized they had been trapped in illusions.
• Hun Yu and Huang Feng recognized Flowing Cloud's chance to gain enlightenment beneath the Bodhi Tree and grew furious that they could not summon their clans' experts.
• Hun Yu and Huang Feng attacked Flowing Cloud inside the tree, but its power shattered their defenses and sent them flying while the onlookers stared in shock.

While Flowing Cloud’s clone continued meditating beneath the Bodhi Ancient Tree, the Heaven and Earth Alliance began its Magical Beast Core auction in Bone Melting City, drawing bidders from across the continent. The auction revealed that many of its high-grade cores came from the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan, and the bidders began competing for them despite the risks.

• Hun Yu and Jiu Feng realized the Bodhi Ancient Tree was protecting Flowing Cloud, then sat down to recover as the others waited.
• Heavenly Fire Venerable welcomed the crowd to the Magical Beast Core auction and explained its rules before handing the event to chief auctioneer Little Black.
• Little Black began the auction, and a Seventh-grade Fire Element Demonic Core sold for one Form Transformation Pill, triggering Flowing Cloud’s ten-thousandfold return.
• Bidders hesitated when Little Black revealed an Eighth-rank Demonic Core from the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan, but one bought it with an eighth-rank core containing Beast Fire.
• Little Black revealed that more Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan cores were available, and bidders grew more willing to compete for them.

After the auction, Flowing Cloud gathered the Magical Beast Cores he needed and traveled to the Barbaric Ancient Region to confront the Bodhi Ancient Tree. He reached the tree after fighting through the Beast Tide, preparing to test the grand array against it.

• Little Black and Heavenly Fire Venerable ended the auction after nearly all the Magical Beast Cores had been sold.
• Flowing Cloud examined the collected cores and judged that they could let the Ice Blue Water Light Array restrain the Bodhi Ancient Tree.
• Flowing Cloud traveled to the Barbaric Ancient Region with the Void Burrowing Beast, leaving Void Gates along the way.
• Flowing Cloud crossed the Ancient Domain Platform and charged through the Beast Tide, killing the beasts that attacked him.
• Flowing Cloud emerged from the Beast Tide before the Bodhi Ancient Tree and shrank back to his normal size.

Flowing Cloud set up the Ice Blue Water Light Array around the Bodhi Ancient Tree while Gu You killed the Soul Clan members who had summoned him. After the array was complete, Flowing Cloud waited for his clone to finish comprehending inside the tree, and the clone finally opened his eyes.

• Flowing Cloud arranged array foundations around the Bodhi Ancient Tree, and an Eight-star Dou Zun who attacked one was killed by Flowing Cloud's Soul Projection.
• A Soul Clan member crushed a Spatial Jade Slip to summon Gu You, who killed him and the other Soul Clan members before warning the remaining groups to stay still.
• Flowing Cloud completed the Ice Blue Water Light Array using sixty percent of the Magical Beast Cores and waited without activating it.
• After five days of growing unrest inside the Bodhi Ancient Tree Space, Flowing Cloud's motionless clone opened his eyes, and strange ripples spread through the space.

Flowing Cloud’s clone claimed the Bodhi Seeds released by the Bodhi Ancient Tree and tried to keep the tree from leaving. Meanwhile, Flowing Cloud’s true body activated an array that shattered the Ancient Tree Space, leaving everyone back in the Barbaric Ancient Region.

• The Bodhi Ancient Tree released nearly twenty Bodhi Seeds, and Flowing Cloud’s clone gathered them all before Hun Yu and the others could seize any.
• Flowing Cloud’s clone asked the Bodhi Ancient Tree to stay for two or three years, but it resisted.
• Flowing Cloud activated an array built from Magical Beast Cores outside the tree, causing spatial cracks to spread through the Ancient Tree Space.
• The Ancient Tree Space broke apart, and the gathered experts emerged into the Barbaric Ancient Region beneath the Bodhi Ancient Tree.

Flowing Cloud trapped the people inside the water-blue barrier before leaving the Barbaric Ancient Region with Gu You and the Bodhi Heart. In the Tian Niu Realm, Flowing Cloud and his clone advanced to the peak of Dou Zun, and his clone broke through to Intermediate Half-Saint as Flowing Cloud began absorbing the Bodhi Heart.

• The Bodhi Ancient Tree struck the underground portion of Flowing Cloud’s spherical barrier and could not sink, while Flowing Cloud, his clone, and Gu You teleported away, leaving the others trapped.
• Flowing Cloud brought Gu You to the Tian Niu Realm to hide him from the Hall of Souls and prepared to cultivate with the rewards from the Barbaric Ancient Region.
• Flowing Cloud swallowed a Ninth-grade Treasure Pill and reached First-turn Peak Dou Zun in less than an hour.
• Flowing Cloud’s clone consumed a Bodhi Great Return Pill and, two months later, reached Nine-turn Nine-star Peak Dou Zun and Intermediate Half-Saint.
• Flowing Cloud used several Ninth-grade Treasure Pills to reach Nine-turn Peak Dou Zun, then swallowed a Bodhi Great Return Pill and began absorbing the Bodhi Heart.

Flowing Cloud’s avatar returned to Bone Melting City and faced the Soul Hall Vice Hall Master, who attacked the city’s protective formation and questioned him about the Great Heavenly Venerable’s death. Flowing Cloud refused to open the formation, leaving the two poised for a fight.

• Flowing Cloud asked Qu Ming about events in the Central Plains and learned that only five or six days had passed outside the Tian Niu Realm.
• The Soul Hall Vice Hall Master shattered Bone Melting City’s outer barrier with a strike, and Qu Ming reinforced the second layer after Flowing Cloud ordered him to protect it.
• The Vice Hall Master appeared outside the formation, and Flowing Cloud recognized him as a Three-star Dou Sheng and the legendary Soul Hall Vice Hall Master.
• The Vice Hall Master asked whether Flowing Cloud had visited the Beast Domain or seen the Great Heavenly Venerable, and Flowing Cloud denied both.
• The Vice Hall Master demanded that Flowing Cloud open the formation to prove his innocence, but Flowing Cloud refused, prompting the Vice Hall Master to threaten to destroy it himself.

Flowing Cloud’s array repelled the Soul Hall Vice Hall Master, who withdrew after failing to break through it. Flowing Cloud organized the Heaven and Earth Alliance’s defenses and prepared to auction a powerful technique, while his allies anticipated a future war across the continent.

• The Soul Hall Vice Hall Master attacked the array with five black chains, but it repaired itself after absorbing the strike, and he left after warning Flowing Cloud that the Heaven and Earth Alliance would face disaster.
• Flowing Cloud assigned Qu Ming and Chu Donghai to lead rotating guard teams and gave Qu Ming seventh- and eighth-tier recovery pills.
• Flowing Cloud returned to the Tian Niu Realm and asked Duan San, Hai Bodong, Chu Donghai, and the others to help guard the array; they agreed.
• Flowing Cloud ordered the alliance to announce an auction of a Heaven-tier Intermediate Dou Technique one month later.
• Flowing Cloud gave Chu Donghai a new Soul Annihilation Spear scroll and said the alliance would wage war across the continent, exciting those who heard him.

Flowing Cloud absorbed the Bodhi Heart and broke through to peak One-star Dou Sheng, then announced that the Heaven and Earth Alliance would declare war on the continent’s powers. He led a small force to attack the Hall of Souls’ Human Hall, where they found a Spatial Barrier protecting the base.

• Flowing Cloud completed his refinement of the Bodhi Heart and reached peak One-star Dou Sheng.
• Flowing Cloud declared war on the other powers and chose the Hall of Souls as the Alliance’s first target, selecting the Human Hall.
• Flowing Cloud gathered Chu Donghai, Duan San, Qu Ming, Heavenly Fire Venerable, Mo Jiu, and Hai Bodong before teleporting the group to the Central Plains.
• Flowing Cloud led the group to the Corpse Burial Mountain Range and explained that a Spatial Barrier concealed the Human Hall.
• Chu Donghai proposed breaking through the Spatial Barrier and charging inside.

Flowing Cloud and his allies sealed the Hall of Souls branch before attacking, then overwhelmed its defenders. They battled the Heavenly Venerables inside, with Chu Donghai and Qu Ming showcasing their giant golden bodies as the fight continued.

• Flowing Cloud rejected Chu Donghai's suggestion to attack immediately and led the group in forming a Spatial Seal around the region.
• More than a dozen mist-born figures tried to leave the sealed space, but the Spatial Barrier crushed them before Flowing Cloud and his allies entered.
• Hall of Souls guards attacked the intruders, and Chu Donghai, Qu Ming, and the others swiftly destroyed the Protector-level defenders.
• More than a dozen Soul Hall Heavenly Venerables emerged from the Black Grand Hall to confront Flowing Cloud's group.
• Qu Ming and Chu Donghai transformed into giant golden forms and killed several Heavenly Venerables, while Hai Bodong, Heavenly Fire Venerable, Mo Jiu, and Duan San joined the battle.

Flowing Cloud and his allies stormed the Hall of Souls, where he killed Soul Universe Saint with a single punch. The survivors fled through the sealed space as Duan San and the Heavenly Fire Venerable received Saint essence blood.

• The Hall of Souls' Third Heavenly Venerate appeared, then called for Soul Universe Saint after sensing Flowing Cloud's strength.
• Soul Universe emerged from the Black Grand Hall and recognized that the area had been sealed, while Flowing Cloud identified his origin in the Soul Realm.
• Flowing Cloud grew to two hundred zhang tall and struck Soul Universe through his black mist, killing him with one punch.
• Flowing Cloud sent Soul Universe's golden essence blood to Duan San, the Heavenly Fire Venerable, and the others, inspiring them to pursue becoming Saints.
• The Third Heavenly Venerate and the other Hall of Souls fighters fled in all directions, trying to escape the sealed space.

Flowing Cloud and his allies destroyed a Hall of Souls branch, freed its imprisoned souls, and discovered the vast Soul Origin the Hall had gathered. After destroying the site, Flowing Cloud led the group through a Void Gate to attack the next branch hall.

• Flowing Cloud tore apart the Black Grand Hall, shattered the chains binding the captured Soul Bodies, and told them to leave once the Spatial Barrier opened.
• Flowing Cloud uncovered a transparent light cluster of Soul Origin extracted from the souls, and Chu Donghai and the others learned it had been condensed from about a million souls.
• Flowing Cloud explained that the Hall of Souls was gathering Soul Origin to help Nihility Devouring Flame reach an Emperor Realm soul and strengthen the Hall's plans against the other clans.
• Flowing Cloud stored the Soul Origin in the System Space for his avatar, opened the Spatial Barrier, and released the rescued souls.
• Flowing Cloud burned the branch hall's remains to ashes and led Chu Donghai, Qu Ming, and the others through the Void Gate toward the next branch hall.

Flowing Cloud’s group destroyed ten Soul Hall Branches and seized their Soul Origin, prompting Soul Clan reinforcements and Hun Miesheng to investigate. Flowing Cloud then halted the attacks, returned to the Heaven and Earth Alliance, and protected Bone Melting City with a hidden Blood Fiend Luo Tian Array.

• Flowing Cloud and his companions destroyed ten Soul Hall Branches over three days and took their Soul Origin and other resources.
• Two Soul Clan Dou Saints arrived at the ruined Human Hall, and Hun Miesheng told them that nine more branches had been attacked.
• Hun Miesheng persuaded the two Dou Saints to help him restrain the attackers as the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame approached its emergence.
• Flowing Cloud refused to attack an eleventh branch, reasoning that the Hall of Souls would strengthen its defenses, and led his companions back to the Heaven and Earth Alliance.
• Flowing Cloud set up a hidden Blood Fiend Luo Tian Array around Bone Melting City to monitor and defend the area.

Flowing Cloud tested the Blood Fiend Luo Tian Array and found that even a ten-percent-powered attack could overpower him. Back in the Tian Niu Realm, his clone absorbed the plundered Soul Origin and advanced to the Great Perfection of the Heaven Realm, while Flowing Cloud considered seeking the Heaven Tomb Spirit’s vast Soul Origin to reach the Emperor Realm.

• Flowing Cloud tested the Blood Fiend Luo Tian Array against his full-strength attack and withdrew when the array’s blood-red greatsword proved too powerful.
• Flowing Cloud returned to the Tian Niu Realm with his subordinates and gave the collected Soul Origin to his clone.
• Flowing Cloud’s clone used the Soul Devouring Art in the Myriad Demon Hall, drawing Soul Origin from the Soul Light Cluster and the Soul Nurturing Ancient Tree.
• Within three days, the clone’s Soul Realm rose from the Early Heaven Realm to the Late Heaven Realm, and Flowing Cloud expected it to reach Great Perfection.
• The clone’s soul pressure enveloped the Tian Niu Realm, forcing Chu Donghai, Qu Ming, and the others to endure it as cultivation training.
• Flowing Cloud considered obtaining the Heaven Tomb Spirit’s accumulated Soul Origin to advance his own Soul Realm toward the Emperor Realm.

Flowing Cloud’s clone reached Heaven Realm Great Perfection, and Heavenly Bull advanced in strength, prompting Flowing Cloud to begin a campaign against the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan. Meanwhile, news that the Hall of Souls’ ten branches had been destroyed spread across the Central Plains, where portraits of the attackers stirred widespread disbelief and alarm.

• Flowing Cloud’s clone absorbed the remaining Soul Origin and broke through to Heaven Realm Great Perfection, gaining the ability to use the Soul Projection Technique.
• Heavenly Bull broke through, and Flowing Cloud considered his growing strength enough to advance his plans against the magical beast clans.
• Flowing Cloud summoned Heavenly Bull, and the two set out through a Void Gate toward the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan while Flowing Cloud established more Void Gates along their route.
• Soul Bodies escaping the Hall of Souls revealed the destruction of the Human Hall and nine other branches, spreading the news across the Central Plains within five days.
• Escaped Soul Bodies circulated portraits of the attackers, and Central Plains factions questioned how the same group had reached distant branches so quickly; one observer recognized the faces as familiar.

Xuan Kong Zi and the Pill Tower elders recognized members of the Heaven and Earth Alliance in the Hall of Souls’ wanted portraits and prepared to monitor the conflict. Meanwhile, the Soul Hall Vice Hall Master sought reinforcements, while Flowing Cloud traveled to the Beast Domain and confronted Huang Tian at his secluded cultivation grounds.

• Xuan Kong Zi, Xuan Yi, and Tian Lei Zi identified Yun Liu, Heavenly Fire Venerable, and Mo Jiu in the portraits and decided the Pill Tower should watch the Northern Region and aid the Heaven and Earth Alliance if needed.
• Bing Kuang studied the portraits at Ice River Valley and anticipated an entertaining confrontation with the Hall of Souls.
• The Soul Hall Vice Hall Master recognized Heavenly Fire Venerable and Flowing Cloud, then opened a spatial rift to report the threat and request reinforcements.
• Flowing Cloud learned of the developments through his informants and reasoned that the Soul Clan would not send its strongest experts against the Heaven and Earth Alliance.
• Flowing Cloud and Heavenly Bull traveled to the Beast Domain and approached Huang Tian’s secluded cultivation site, where Huang Tian appeared and challenged the intruder.

Flowing Cloud and Heavenly Bull confronted Huang Tian in the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s ancestral land, where Flowing Cloud revealed his giant form and faced the clan’s protective formation. The battle continued as Flowing Cloud and the formation’s giant phoenix exchanged blows, while Huang Tian demanded that the Three Heavenly Demon Phoenixes join the fight.

• Huang Tian met Flowing Cloud and Heavenly Bull, and the Three Heavenly Demon Phoenixes arrived to support him.
• Flowing Cloud and Heavenly Bull attacked, but Flowing Cloud transformed into a giant and withstood Huang Tian’s golden feather.
• Flowing Cloud struck at Huang Tian, who evaded the punch and judged the giant a serious threat.
• Huang Tian summoned the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s members to form the Heavenly Phoenix Ancient Formation, which manifested as a thousand-zhang phoenix.
• The giant phoenix and Flowing Cloud exchanged blows, injuring the formation’s members and forcing Flowing Cloud back.
• Huang Tian noticed the Three Heavenly Demon Phoenixes had not joined the battle and demanded their help.

Huang Tian used the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s speed to suppress Heavenly Bull, while Flowing Cloud defeated the clan-protecting formation’s giant phoenix. Huang Tian became distracted by the threat to his clansmen and was struck by Heavenly Bull, leaving the duel’s outcome uncertain.

• Huang Tian confronted Heavenly Bull, then unleashed his golden wings and Heavenly Phoenix Steps to attack with overwhelming speed.
• Flowing Cloud fought the giant phoenix while the Three Heavenly Demon Phoenixes held back, weakening the clan-protecting formation.
• Flowing Cloud defeated the giant phoenix, causing its phantom to dissipate and the exhausted Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan members to collapse.
• Huang Tian worried that the freed giant would attack his clansmen and grew furious at the Three Heavenly Demon Phoenixes for refusing to intervene.
• Huang Tian became distracted, missed a sneak attack, and was struck by Heavenly Bull, sending him flying and dispelling his golden afterimages.

Flowing Cloud and his clone struck Huang Tian with twin Soul Annihilation Spears, killing thousands of Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan members in the soul storm. Huang Tian transformed into his true form and charged at Flowing Cloud, who slowed him with a soul soundwave.

• Flowing Cloud and his clone hit Huang Tian with two Soul Annihilation Spears while he evaded the Heavenly Bull, and the resulting soul storm killed several thousand Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan members.
• Huang Tian emerged from the storm battered but standing and vowed to fight Flowing Cloud and the Heavenly Bull to the death.
• Huang Tian transformed into his Demon Phoenix true form and charged at Flowing Cloud with overwhelming speed and force.
• Flowing Cloud unleashed a soul soundwave that struck Huang Tian, slowing his charge, overturning his feathers, and causing him intense soul pain.