Chapter Summaries

After the Four Pavilions Conference, Mo Tang warned Venerable Feng that the Soul Hall could drive the continent into chaos and revealed that its members had called a soul body Venerable Yao. Venerable Feng’s reaction drew Venerable Lei and the pavilion leaders, and Mo Tang proposed explaining the matter to them together.

• Mo Tang visited Venerable Feng after the conference and raised the idea of a complete alliance among the Four Directions Pavilion.
• Mo Tang argued that the continent faced great chaos and described the Soul Hall’s efforts to connect with powerful forces and harvest souls.
• Venerable Feng doubted that the Soul Hall could provoke continent-wide wars, so Mo Tang asked whether he knew the title Venerable Yao.
• Mo Tang said he had heard a Soul Hall member use that title for a soul body in the Black Corner Region, causing Venerable Feng to unleash his killing intent.
• Venerable Lei and the other pavilion leaders arrived, and Mo Tang told them he wanted to discuss the unusual matter with everyone.

Mo Tang used Han Feng’s name to convince Venerable Feng to consider an alliance against the Soul Hall, while explaining to Venerable Lei that the Wind Thunder Pavilion needed to prepare for future turmoil. He then took Xiao Yi Xian toward Luoshen Ravine to accelerate her cultivation, where she eyed a powerful poisonous beast as a potential source of strength.

• Mo Tang told Venerable Feng that Medicine Emperor Han Feng had fought a mysterious soul body, prompting Venerable Feng to believe much of his account and defer a decision on the alliance until he could investigate.
• Venerable Lei questioned Mo Tang about his plans, and Mo Tang explained that the proposed Four-Pavilion Alliance would prepare the factions for danger without obliging them to fight the Soul Hall immediately.
• Mo Tang told Venerable Lei that the continent was nearing turmoil and that the Wind Thunder Pavilion was too weak to protect itself, while revealing he hoped to use Venerable Feng’s connections to recruit Dou Zun experts.
• After obtaining a map of the Pill Region, Mo Tang told Xiao Yi Xian to cultivate at Luoshen Ravine, where her Calamity Poison Body could grow stronger.
• Mo Tang warned Xiao Yi Xian about the late Seventh-tier Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast at Luoshen Ravine, but she secretly resolved to hunt it once she became strong enough.

Hua Jin rebelled against Yun Yun’s appointment as Flower Sect Master and left the sect to seek outside help. Yun Yun focused on refining the Old Sect Master’s Dou Qi and preparing to avenge the Misty Cloud Sect, unaware that Mo Tang was already traveling toward the Flower Sect.

• Hua Jin raged over the Old Sect Master appointing Yun Yun and passing her Dou Qi to her.
• Hua Jin left the Flower Sect’s hidden realm to seek outside help after losing support within the sect.
• Yun Yun learned that Hua Jin had departed but remained focused on refining the inherited Dou Qi to strengthen her hold as Sect Master.
• Yun Yun vowed to find the powerful person who had attacked the Misty Cloud Sect and imagined reuniting with Mo Tang after taking revenge.
• Mo Tang left the Wind Thunder Pavilion and headed toward the Flower Sect, while Yun Yun remained unaware of his approach.

Mo Tang killed Ying Yi, a peak Dou Zong from the Eagle Phoenix branch, after Ying Yi tried to force him back to the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan. He fused Ying Yi’s body to advance his bloodline, and three days later his aura surged to the level of at least a Seven-star Dou Zong.

• Ying Yi confronted Mo Tang and ordered him to return with him to the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan.
• Mo Tang refused, and Ying Yi attacked while insulting his bloodline.
• Mo Tang used the Heavenly Phoenix Demonic Sound to suppress Ying Yi, then pierced his chest and killed him.
• Mo Tang took Ying Yi’s Magic Core and stored his corpse in the system inventory before flying away.
• Mo Tang fused Ying Yi’s body into his bloodline, enduring three days of pain as the process completed.
• Mo Tang’s aura erupted from the mountain, frightening nearby Demonic Beasts with its strength.

After raising his cultivation and perfecting his Sky Demon Phoenix bloodline, Mo Tang found the Flower Sect and forced its hidden spatial barrier to reveal itself. The sect’s disciples recognized Yun Yun’s name, and Mo Tang waited while they sent word inside.

• Mo Tang stabilized his cultivation at peak six-star Dou Zong and raised his Sky Demon Phoenix bloodline to Perfection after devouring Ying Yi.
• Mo Tang reached the mountains where the Flower Sect was hidden and struck the air, prompting the sect’s spatial barrier to appear.
• Flower Sect disciples emerged with weapons ready, and Mo Tang asked them whether Yun Yun had joined their sect.
• The composed woman reacted to Yun Yun’s name, asked Mo Tang about his relationship with her, and sent a young disciple to report his arrival.
• Mo Tang waited while the Flower Sect disciples kept watch and he checked their strengths with his system.

Mo Tang entered the Flower Sect and reunited with Yun Yun, who had become its Sect Master and reached the peak of Four-Star Dou Zun. They embraced and kissed in her courtyard, but an approaching visitor interrupted them.

• A Flower Sect disciple led Mo Tang through the sect’s flower-filled protective formation.
• Yun Yun hurried to Mo Tang and welcomed him into her courtyard after three years apart.
• Mo Tang and Yun Yun were astonished by each other’s cultivation, as he had reached Six-Star Dou Zong and she had reached peak Four-Star Dou Zun.
• Yun Yun credited her strength to Granny Hua’s gift and kissed Mo Tang to comfort him.
• Mo Tang pulled Yun Yun into his arms, and they kissed until heavy footsteps sounded outside the door, making them separate and straighten their clothes.

The Flower Sect’s Great Elder warned Yun Yun and Mo Tang that Hua Jin would challenge Yun Yun for the Sect Master position with the support of her powerful male companion, Demon Flower Gentleman. Mo Tang refused to accept that their opponents’ advantage made defeat inevitable, and the chapter ended with him proposing that he and Yun Yun fight them together.

• The Great Elder arrived at Yun Yun’s courtyard after hearing that a strange man had come to see her and found Yun Yun and Mo Tang together.
• Mo Tang introduced himself as a disciple of Venerable Lei from the Wind Thunder Pavilion, but the Great Elder remained unimpressed by his status and cultivation.
• The Great Elder explained that Hua Jin still had many supporters and would challenge Yun Yun for the Sect Master position according to the Flower Sect’s rules.
• The Great Elder revealed that Hua Jin’s companion, Demon Flower Gentleman, was a Six-Star Dou Zun, while Hua Jin herself was a Four-Star Dou Zun.
• Yun Yun vowed to reach Five-Star Dou Zun before Hua Jin returned, but the Great Elder doubted she could defeat both opponents.
• Mo Tang said that he and Yun Yun could face Hua Jin and Demon Flower Gentleman together.

Hua Jin returned to the Flower Sect with Demon Flower Gentleman, intending to reclaim her position as Sect Master with the Heaven Nether Sect’s support. Yun Yun and Mo Tang prepared to face them, and Mo Tang agreed to fight Demon Flower Gentleman while Yun Yun challenged Hua Jin.

• Hua Jin arrived at the Flower Sect with Demon Flower Gentleman, who planned to use her status to help the Heaven Nether Sect weaken the Flower Sect.
• Yun Yun reached Five-Star Dou Zun, while Mo Tang advanced to Two-Star Dou Zun during the month they spent preparing.
• Hua Jin and Demon Flower Gentleman gathered with the Flower Sect’s disciples and elders as Yun Yun and Mo Tang arrived at the main hall plaza.
• Demon Flower Gentleman challenged Mo Tang, and Mo Tang accepted so Yun Yun could focus on defeating Hua Jin.

Mo Tang fought Demon Flower Gentleman for the Flower Sect Master contest, revealing his Sky Demon Phoenix bloodline and using his lightning arts to trap his opponent. Yun Yun stopped Hua Jin from rescuing Demon Flower Gentleman, and the two women began fighting.

• Demon Flower Gentleman attacked Mo Tang, who evaded him with his cyan Demon Phoenix Wings.
• Mo Tang summoned a Sky Demon Phoenix and used Bloodline Spirit Devour to raise his strength to Four-Star Dou Zun.
• Demon Flower Gentleman unleashed Great Wind Rift, but Mo Tang shattered the spatial fissures and trapped him in Myriad Thunder Heavenly Prison.
• Hua Jin moved to rescue Demon Flower Gentleman, but Yun Yun's sword aura forced her to dodge and cut a lock of her hair.
• Hua Jin abandoned her attempt to help Demon Flower Gentleman and focused on fighting Yun Yun.

Mo Tang overwhelmed Demon Flower Evil Lord with his lightning clones and an enhanced Heavenly Phoenix Sacred Image, destroying the giant formed by Evil Lord’s technique. As Evil Lord struck at what seemed to be Mo Tang beside him, the figure dissolved into lightning, revealing a trick.

• Demon Flower Evil Lord broke out of Mo Tang’s Endless Thunder Prison by summoning a giant with Qi Transforms Heaven and Earth.
• Mo Tang created three powerful clones with the Three Thousand Lightning Illusory Body, but they were driven back by Evil Lord’s giant.
• Mo Tang summoned a larger Heavenly Phoenix Sacred Image and used Devour Heaven and Earth to batter Evil Lord’s giant.
• The giant exploded under Mo Tang’s attacks, leaving Demon Flower Evil Lord wounded and stunned.
• Demon Flower Gentleman punched at a figure beside him, only for Mo Tang’s body to scatter into lightning and vanish.

Mo Tang defeated Demon Flower Gentleman and forced Hua Jin to concede, securing Yun Yun’s victory and her appointment as the Flower Sect’s new Sect Master. After threatening the Heaven Nether Sect with the backing of the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan, Mo Tang stayed for Yun Yun’s inauguration, then left when her new duties kept her busy.

• Mo Tang’s Netherworld Death Seal withered Demon Flower Gentleman’s arm, forcing him to sever it and retreat beyond the arena, where he conceded defeat.
• Hua Jin conceded to Mo Tang, and the Flower Sect’s Great Elder declared Yun Yun the contest’s winner and new Sect Master.
• Mo Tang marked Demon Flower Gentleman’s aura on the System Map as Hua Jin warned that the Heaven Nether Sect would retaliate for his injury.
• Mo Tang invoked the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s strength, while Demon Flower Gentleman left and Hua Jin withdrew into the Flower Sect.
• After Yun Yun’s modest inauguration and several days at the Flower Sect, Mo Tang left because her new responsibilities kept her occupied.

Mo Tang left Yun Yun at the Flower Sect's spatial realm and tracked down the injured Demon Flower Gentleman. He attacked the Heaven Nether Sect elder, who struggled to withstand Mo Tang's overwhelming strength.

• Mo Tang bid farewell to Yun Yun, who vowed to refine Granny Hua's Dou Qi and become strong enough to protect him.
• Mo Tang used his map to locate Demon Flower Gentleman, who was hiding in the wilderness while recovering from his injuries.
• Demon Flower Gentleman threatened Mo Tang with retaliation from the Heaven Nether Sect, but Mo Tang activated Bloodline Spirit Devour and surrounded him with three clones.
• Mo Tang's clones repeatedly reformed after Demon Flower Gentleman destroyed one, while Mo Tang summoned his Heavenly Phoenix Sacred Elephant.
• Demon Flower Gentleman used the Heavenly Nether Method to block Mo Tang's golden attack, but his giant began to collapse and he fell into despair.

Mo Tang survived Demon Flower Gentleman's self-detonation with the Demon Phoenix Bell, then absorbed his body and advanced to Four-Star Dou Zun. Feng Qing'er and an elderly black-robed man arrived near Mo Tang's valley and noticed the powerful breakthrough.

• Demon Flower Gentleman detonated his illusory giant, but Mo Tang defended himself with the Demon Phoenix Bell and survived the blast.
• Mo Tang collected Demon Flower Gentleman's corpse and extracted its essence, using 15,000 High-grade Energy Points to absorb it.
• Mo Tang refined the immense energy until his aura surged and he reached Four-Star Dou Zun.
• Feng Qing'er and an elderly black-robed man emerged from a spatial rift and looked toward the valley, where the man wondered who had just advanced to Four-Star Dou Zun.

Feng Qing'er and Huang Xuan found Mo Tang, whose rapid cultivation left them suspecting he had an extraordinary bloodline. Huang Xuan questioned him about a dead clan member, while Mo Tang revealed his relationship with the Flower Sect's new Sect Master, and Feng Qing'er mocked him as an old scumbag.

• Feng Qing'er and Huang Xuan were shocked to learn Mo Tang had reached the Four Star Dou Zun realm.
• Huang Xuan introduced himself and questioned Mo Tang about encountering other Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan members after leaving the Wind Thunder Pavilion.
• Mo Tang denied meeting any other clansmen and said he had been staying at the Flower Sect, leaving Huang Xuan uncertain about Ying Yi's death.
• Feng Qing'er asked how Mo Tang became involved with the Flower Sect, and Mo Tang said its new Sect Master was his woman.
• Feng Qing'er mistook the Sect Master for an elderly woman and then called Mo Tang an old scumbag for finding a new lover so soon after Xiao Yi Xian left.

Mo Tang traveled with Huang Xuan and Feng Qing'er to the Heavenly Phoenix Space, hoping to gain the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan's support while keeping his role in Ying Yi's disappearance secret. After entering the clan's domain, he followed Huang Xuan into a golden hall to face the clan chief's judgment.

• Feng Qing'er explained the Beast Region and the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan's power as the group flew toward their destination.
• After nearly a month of travel, Huang Xuan used a golden feather and his blood to open the entrance to the Heavenly Phoenix Space.
• Mo Tang entered the space and sensed its dense energy and the many powerful Heaven Demon Phoenixes living there.
• Huang Xuan told Mo Tang that the clan chief would decide his fate, then led him into the golden hall as Feng Qing'er watched with concern.

Mo Tang accompanied Huang Xuan to meet the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan Chief, Huang Tian, and discovered that Huang Tian was an Ancient Heavenly Phoenix. When Huang Tian tested Mo Tang’s blood, he revealed a powerful Ancient Heavenly Phoenix bloodline, prompting Phoenix and Kun Phoenix to compete to claim him for their lineages.

• Huang Xuan brought Mo Tang before Huang Tian and the Heavenly Demon Three Phoenixes, while Mo Tang used his System Map to assess the clan’s strength.
• Mo Tang recognized Huang Tian as a late Five-star Dou Sheng and was shocked that the Clan Chief’s true form was an Ancient Heavenly Phoenix.
• Eagle Phoenix insulted Mo Tang as a mongrel, while Kun Phoenix defended his place in the clan and Phoenix showed little interest.
• Huang Tian asked Mo Tang to produce a drop of blood and used a hand seal to reveal his Ancient Heavenly Phoenix bloodline.
• Phoenix claimed Mo Tang for her lineage, and Kun Phoenix offered to take him as a disciple.

Huang Tian took Mo Tang to the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s mausoleum and revealed that he knew Mo Tang had seized the Sky Demon Phoenix bloodline. He offered Mo Tang a chance to strengthen that bloodline and become a candidate for clan chief, leaving Mo Tang eager to accept.

• Huang Tian took Mo Tang away from the Phoenixes and brought him into the clan’s mausoleum space, warning him about the soul power left by dead Sky Demon Phoenixes.
• Huang Tian told Mo Tang he knew he was not a Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan member and explained how the Tunling Clan’s bloodline-devouring ability differed from Mo Tang’s.
• Huang Tian said he wanted to learn how Mo Tang had seized the Sky Demon Phoenix bloodline, then led him through a passage to a pool of accumulated essence blood.
• Huang Tian offered Mo Tang the chance to enhance his bloodline in the pool and become a candidate for the next clan chief, with command over half the clan’s power.
• Mo Tang welcomed the opportunity and considered how much power it could give him.

Mo Tang absorbed the Sky Demon Phoenix blood pool and transformed into a Golden Flame Heavenly Phoenix, awakening the Ancient Heavenly Phoenix’s Power of Time. Huang Tian saw Mo Tang’s transformation as a chance to restore the Ancient Heavenly Phoenixes to prominence.

• Mo Tang entered the blood pool, and Huang Tian warned him that its powerful bloodline energy could tear him apart.
• Mo Tang used the system to absorb and convert the bloodline energy, rapidly draining the pool as Huang Tian watched.
• After a month, Mo Tang transformed into a Golden Flame Heavenly Phoenix, astonishing Huang Tian.
• Mo Tang released a gray halo that briefly affected Huang Tian, who recognized it as the Ancient Heavenly Phoenix’s Power of Time.
• Huang Tian identified Mo Tang’s golden flames as Destruction Thunderflame and considered how the Ancient Heavenly Phoenixes might rise again.

Mo Tang completed his transformation and reached Seven-Star Dou Zun, then Huang Tian appointed him a candidate for the next Clan Chief of the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan. Huang Tian also assigned the mid-level Half-Saint Bi Wu to protect him as Mo Tang prepared to return to the Central Plains.

• Mo Tang emerged from the blood pool with his strength at Seven-Star Dou Zun and considered saving the remaining blood for his future children.
• Mo Tang showed Huang Tian his improved power, and Huang Tian declared that he had met the requirements and opened a passage back to the Demon Phoenix Hall.
• Huang Tian named Mo Tang the second candidate for the next Clan Chief, equal in status to Jiu Feng, prompting an uproar among the gathered Sky Demon Phoenixes.
• Jiu Feng grew resentful, while Phoenix and the others watched Mo Tang without challenging Huang Tian's decision.
• Mo Tang explained that he could not stay in the clan for long, so Huang Tian assigned Elder Bi Wu to accompany and protect him.

Mo Tang traveled through the Beast Region with Feng Qing'er and Bi Wu, collecting resources from affiliated Demonic Beast clans until Bi Wu took them away. He then set out for the Pill Region to recruit the Ye Family for the Four Directions Pavilion Alliance and pursue plans involving the Pill Tower and Three Thousand Burning Flame.

• Mo Tang persuaded Feng Qing'er to take him to the Silver Wolf Clan, where he obtained resources and gained twenty thousand High-grade Energy points.
• Feng Qing'er led Mo Tang to several more Demonic Beast clans, and Bi Wu finally stopped their visits and took them out of the Beast Region.
• Mo Tang found that he had gained a total of eighty thousand High-grade Energy points, though he still fell short of reaching Eight-Star Dou Zun.
• Feng Qing'er asked why Mo Tang was going to the Pill Region, and he explained that he wanted to recruit the Ye Family for the Four Directions Pavilion Alliance.
• Mo Tang considered establishing the alliance's foothold in the Pill Region, eventually gaining influence over the Pill Tower, and absorbing the Three Thousand Burning Flame.