Chapter Summaries

Mo Tang and Bi Wu arrived at Luoshen Ravine and discovered Ice River Valley had attacked Xiao Yi Xian, who had advanced to Dou Zun and was sheltering behind a poison barrier. Mo Tang entered the ravine as Bing He wondered at Xiao Yi Xian’s astonishing cultivation speed.

• Mo Tang and Bi Wu traveled directly to the northern Pill Region and headed for Luoshen Ravine.
• Mo Tang noticed many people heading toward the ravine and realized something had happened to Xiao Yi Xian.
• Bi Wu sensed the ravine and identified Ice Venerable Bing He as its strongest presence, a four-star Dou Zun.
• Mo Tang entered the ravine and found its poisonous creatures frozen and its ground covered in ice.
• Tian She urged Bing He to break through Xiao Yi Xian’s poison barrier, while Bing He marveled that she had reached Dou Zun in less than three months.

Ice River Valley broke through Xiao Yi Xian’s poison barrier, and she fought Tian Shuangzi with her stabilized Calamity Poison Body. Bing He revealed that he possessed an Acquired Calamity Poison Body and intended to capture her, leaving Xiao Yi Xian facing the Valley Master’s threat.

• Bing He ordered Tian Shuangzi and the Ice River Valley experts to break Xiao Yi Xian’s barrier and surround her.
• Tian Shuangzi shattered the barrier, and Xiao Yi Xian taunted him as a defeated opponent before they clashed.
• Xiao Yi Xian and Tian Shuangzi exchanged blows, with her poison injuring his palm despite his icy Dou Qi.
• Bing He arrived and rebuked Tian Shuangzi for failing to capture Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Yi Xian realized Bing He had an Acquired Calamity Poison Body, and he declared that she should resign herself to fate.

Mo Tang killed Bing He and Tian Shuangzi, then spared the remaining Ice River Valley forces and ordered them to join the Wind Thunder Pavilion. Their surrender caused an uproar across the Central Plains, where people suspected the Ice Venerable and First Elder had died.

• Bing He and Tian Shuangzi froze under Mo Tang’s pressure, and his Destruction Thunderflame burned them to ashes.
• Mo Tang asked Xiao Yi Xian how she wanted him to deal with the surviving Ice River Valley forces, and she left the decision to him.
• Mo Tang placed Death Seals on the survivors and ordered Tian She to take Ice River Valley’s belongings and forces to the Wind Thunder Mountain Range to join the Wind Thunder Pavilion.
• Tian She led dozens of elders, elite disciples, and Ice River Valley’s belongings to the Wind Thunder Pavilion, sparking an uproar throughout the Central Plains.
• People across the Central Plains speculated that Ice Venerable and Tian Shuangzi had died.

Mo Tang and Xiao Yi Xian arrived in Ye City as the Ye Family faced losing its place among the Pill Region’s five great families. When Ye Xinlan rejected a marriage to Cao Dan, Mo Tang appeared in the family’s hall and questioned how many Seventh-grade alchemists the Ye Family had.

• Mo Tang and Xiao Yi Xian traveled to Ye City after leaving Luoshen Ravine.
• Ye Xinlan refused to marry Cao Dan, warning that the Cao Family intended to take over the Ye Family.
• Ye Zhong and Ye Lan explained that the Ye Family risked losing its Pill Tower protection if it failed the next assessment.
• Mo Tang, Xiao Yi Xian, and Bi Wu entered the Ye Family’s hall through a spatial gate.
• Mo Tang criticized Ye Xinlan’s abilities and asked how many Seventh-grade alchemists the Ye Family still had.

Mo Tang assessed the Ye Family’s strength and offered to protect them if they joined the Wind Thunder Pavilion. Ye Xinlan revealed the family’s alchemist reserves, and Mo Tang saw their value despite their weak high-grade alchemists.

• Mo Tang found that the Ye Family had declined badly and told Ye Zhong he wanted to assess whether they qualified for his protection.
• Ye Zhong protested that the Ye Family still had standing and connections in the Pill Tower, but Mo Tang asked whether those could solve their current crisis.
• Ye Xinlan asked whether Mo Tang’s offer was genuine, then disclosed that the Ye Family had three seventh-grade alchemists, twelve sixth-grade alchemists, and seventy-eight lower-grade alchemists.
• Mo Tang recognized the value of the Ye Family’s sixth-grade alchemists and introduced himself as Venerable Lei’s disciple and master of the Wind Thunder Pavilion.
• Mo Tang offered to protect the Ye Family if they joined the Wind Thunder Pavilion, while his reputation for destroying Ice River Valley lent weight to his offer.

The Ye Family agreed to submit to Mo Tang and join his planned Four Directions Pavilion Alliance, with the condition that they focus on alchemy and receive protection. Ye Xinlan then led Mo Tang and his companions to the Yang Fire Ancient Altar, where she explained that it had stopped producing earth fire several years earlier.

• Mo Tang offered the Ye Family a place in the alliance and responsibility for its pill refinement affairs.
• Ye Zhong secured terms exempting the Ye Family from battle and requiring Mo Tang to guarantee its safety, then agreed to submit.
• Ye Xinlan felt relieved that the agreement had spared her from being married into the Cao Family, while Xiao Yi Xian worried that Ye Xinlan had taken an interest in Mo Tang.
• Ye Zhong entrusted Ye Xinlan with showing Mo Tang's group around the family estate and the Yang Fire Ancient Altar.
• Ye Xinlan explained that sunlight once formed Yang Fire when earth fire burst from beneath the altar's stone tablet, but no earth fire had appeared in recent years.

Mo Tang restored the Ye Family’s Yang Fire by removing the obstruction from the ancient altar, then absorbed the Earth Core Pearl for its energy. He left the altar’s eruption contained beneath the stone tablet, while Ye Xinlan remained unaware of what had happened.

• Mo Tang learned from Ye Xinlan that the Yang Fire had once supported the Ye Family’s pill refinement and status.
• Mo Tang activated the altar and drew a crimson flame from the earth eye, producing the Yang Fire and discovering it could yield 50 points of High-grade Energy.
• When the earth fire and Yang Fire vanished again, Mo Tang used his soul power to find and extract the Earth Core Pearl blocking the earth eye.
• Mo Tang absorbed the Earth Core Pearl for 3000 points of High-grade Energy.
• The compressed energy in the earth eye erupted, and Mo Tang covered it with the stone tablet while Ye Xinlan stood unaware of what had happened.

Mo Tang abandoned his plan to pursue the Three Thousand Burning Flame and decided to seek the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit in the Beast Region. After returning to the Wind Thunder Mountain Range, he agreed to turn Ice River Valley into a Wind Thunder Pavilion branch based at its former territory.

• Mo Tang recalled the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit and decided to search for it in a Dou Saint space in the Beast Region.
• Mo Tang left Xiao Yi Xian to guard the Ye Family and traveled with Bi Wu to the Wind Thunder Mountain Range.
• Feng Qing'er summoned Mo Tang to meet Venerable Lei, who questioned what he would do with the people of Ice River Valley.
• Mo Tang agreed to send Tian She and Ice River Valley's people back to their former grounds and establish the Profound Ice Pavilion under the Wind Thunder Pavilion.

Mo Tang and Feng Qing'er headed to Lingshi City for the Four Pavilions Conference, where the Ling Family prepared to receive Hong Tianxiao and Hong Chen. The chapter also recounted Mo Tang’s visit to the Flower Sect, where he revealed his influence over the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan and challenged the Qing Hua Fairies’ doubts about uniting the Four Directions Pavilion.

• Venerable Lei summoned the other pavilion masters to Lingshi City, while Venerable Huang Quan declined to attend.
• Ling Yu agreed to receive Hong Tianxiao and Hong Chen, confident in his son’s status as a Wind Thunder Pavilion Direct Disciple.
• Feng Qing'er teased Mo Tang about visiting the Flower Sect, and he claimed he had gone to build friendly relations.
• Mo Tang met Qing Xianzi and Hua Xianzi, who questioned whether he represented the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan or the Wind Thunder Pavilion.
• Mo Tang declared that he represented himself and revealed that he could mobilize half the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s power.
• Qing Xianzi questioned why Mo Tang wanted to unite the Four Directions Pavilion when it would still lack the foundation and Saints of the strongest factions.

Mo Tang convened the leaders of the Four Directions Pavilion to propose merging their factions, using his strength to suppress Venerable Jian when he reacted angrily. The meeting ended with Tang Ying drawing his sword to defend Venerable Jian.

• Mo Tang traveled ahead of the Wind Thunder Pavilion’s main force to Lingshi City with Ling Feng, while Venerable Feng considered an alliance based on evidence about Old Yao and the Soul Hall.
• Representatives of the Wind Thunder Pavilion, Starfall Pavilion, and Myriad Swords Pavilion gathered at the Ling Family’s reception hall, where Mo Tang presided and Venerable Lei observed.
• Mo Tang announced that he wanted to merge the Four Directions Pavilion, surprising Venerable Jian and Venerable Feng.
• Venerable Jian accused the Wind Thunder Pavilion of intending to kill him and absorb the Myriad Swords Pavilion, then released his sword intent.
• Mo Tang’s golden-eyed display of power left Venerable Jian unable to summon strength, and Tang Ying drew his black sword to defend his master.

Mo Tang urged the leaders of the Four Directions Pavilion to merge their factions, revealing that he had reached the Mid-stage Seven-Star Dou Zun realm. Wang Chen arrived representing the Yellow Springs Pavilion, and Venerable Jian began to consider accepting the merger despite suspecting Mo Tang had killed Huang Quan.

• Mo Tang argued that the Four Directions Pavilion needed to unite and revealed his Mid-stage Seven-Star Dou Zun strength, shocking the assembled leaders.
• Mo Tang claimed that uniting the four pavilions would give them the strength and foundation to rival the great sects.
• Wang Chen arrived with members of the Yellow Springs Pavilion and bowed to Mo Tang as his subordinate.
• Wang Chen said that his master, Huang Quan, had died after suffering a cultivation deviation and that he now managed the Yellow Springs Pavilion.
• Venerable Jian suspected Mo Tang had secretly killed Huang Quan and weighed the safety of his Myriad Swords Pavilion against resisting the merger.

The Four Directions Pavilion united six factions and established Ye City as a shared hub, while Mo Tang and Bi Wu built Space Wormholes linking their territories. The merger alarmed the Central Plains and drew the attention of the Heaven Nether Sect, where Crimson Flame Evil Lord prepared to confront Mo Tang over his brother’s suspected death.

• Bi Wu used the Bone-Shifting Method to fuse Venerable Huang Quan into Wang Chen, raising Wang Chen to Dou Zun but leaving him with only ten years to live.
• The Four Directions Pavilion merged with the Profound Ice Pavilion and Alchemy Pavilion, set rules for pavilion masters, and made Tian She deputy master of the Profound Ice Pavilion.
• Mo Tang and Bi Wu constructed Space Wormholes connecting the factions, with Ye City serving as their shared junction and training center.
• News of the merger stirred the Central Plains, as people wondered whether the united factions would rival the Two Sects or disrupt the region’s balance.
• Senluo Ghost Venerable told Crimson Flame Evil Lord that Mo Tang might have killed Demon Flower Evil Lord, then offered to accompany him against the Four Directions Pavilion.
• Crimson Flame Evil Lord, confident in his strength, refused company and prepared to confront Mo Tang.

Mo Tang returned to the Wind Thunder Mountain Range and refined a Heavenly Demon Puppet from Old Ghost Di Mo’s body, an eighth-tier Magic Core, and Ice Venerable Bing He’s soul. After completing the golden puppet, he noticed Xiao Yan’s Black Heavy Ruler and considered reforging it into a saber.

• Mo Tang left Venerable Lei to handle the Four Directions Pavilion’s remaining affairs and returned to the Wind Thunder Mountain Range.
• Mo Tang used the pavilion’s earth-vein flames to refine a puppet from Old Ghost Di Mo’s body, an eighth-tier Ice Attribute Magic Core, and Bing He’s soul.
• Mo Tang completed a dark-gold Heavenly Demon Puppet with combat strength comparable to a Dou Zun-level Strong individual and stored it in his inventory.
• Mo Tang picked up the Black Heavy Ruler and considered reforging it into a saber for his own use.

Mo Tang reforged the Black Heavy Ruler into the powerful Purple Sky Silver Moon saber and learned from Venerable Lei that Ancient Ruins in the Beast Region were about to open. He set out with Xiao Yi Xian and Bi Wu, preparing to face the dangers within and a possible confrontation with the Soul Hall.

• Mo Tang used his Destruction Thunderflame to melt the Black Heavy Ruler and reforged it as the heavier, Dou Qi-enhancing Purple Sky Silver Moon saber.
• Venerable Lei caught Mo Tang as he left the Earthfire Mountains and told him that Ancient Ruins in the Beast Region showed signs of opening.
• Mo Tang decided to go with Xiao Yi Xian and Bi Wu, judging that he did not need to bring more people.
• Bi Wu warned Mo Tang and Xiao Yi Xian that the ruins might belong to a peak Dou Saint and could contain dangerous soul-preserving techniques.
• Mo Tang recalled that the Soul Hall would seek the Dou Saint skeleton and resolved to face its Heavenly Venerates and Venerable Elders if necessary.

Mo Tang and the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s group gathered in the Bone Mountain Range as factions converged for the Ancient Ruins. When the spatial seal vanished, Mo Tang and the others entered the Ruins, where their search for treasures began.

• Mo Tang, Bi Wu, and Huang Xuan arrived in the Bone Mountain Range and found many powerful fighters gathered there.
• Bi Wu brought Mo Tang to the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s camp, where Mo Tang greeted Jiu Feng and the two eased the tense atmosphere between their factions.
• Huang Xuan warned that the Nine Netherworld Nether Pythons had sent a powerful elder, and Mo Tang took note of the danger of entering their territory.
• Over the next three days, the number of fighters in the Bone Mountain Range nearly doubled as news of a Heaven Tier Dou Technique drew more factions.
• When the spatial seal over the sea of bones shattered, Mo Tang and the others followed the crowd into the Ancient Ruins.

Mo Tang led the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan through the hidden route into the Dou Saint ruins, bypassing the deadly fire passages. At the first gate, ten Earth Demon Puppets awakened and, empowered by a formation, overwhelmed a gray-clothed Dou Zun.

• Mo Tang spotted the representatives of major factions, including Senluo Ghost Venerable and Hua Jin, and considered Hua Jin's ties to Heaven Nether Sect an opportunity.
• After the hall doors opened, several people charged inside and died in the fire passages; Mo Tang led his group through the magma to bypass the trap.
• Mo Tang and the others reached a plaza guarded by ten Earth Demon Puppets, and Jiu Feng suspected the stone gate's spatial barrier was connected to them.
• A gray-clothed One-Star Dou Zun approached the gate and fought the puppets, which the formation enhanced until they could contend with a Two-Star Dou Zun.
• A golden puppet struck the gray-clothed old man in the chest, caving it in.

Mo Tang seized a group of evolved Earth Demon Puppets and entered the ancient ruins’ Pill Hall with Bi Wu, Xiao Yi Xian, and the others. In the hall, they encountered two groups facing off, and someone recognized Mo Tang as chief pavilion master.

• Mo Tang used the Power of Space and soul threads to take control of the ten Earth Demon Puppets, then the sealed stone doors opened.
• Mo Tang and his companions entered the next hall, where Jiu Feng revealed a Treasure Seeking Mouse and led them deeper into the ruins.
• The Treasure Seeking Mouse guided them to the Pill Hall, where they found the first floor already looted and ruined.
• Xiao Yi Xian warned that poisonous gas filled the second floor, and the group continued past corpses into a vast hall.
• Mo Tang and his companions found two groups confronting each other, and someone called out to him as chief pavilion master.

Mo Tang met Mu Qingluan and Sky Luan elder Zi Hong at the ruins, where the Sky Luan Clan was clashing with the Nine Netherworld Nether Python over a rare Pill Beast. Zi Hong offered to give the creature to the Sky Demon Phoenix Clan in exchange for its help in the upcoming treasure hunt.

• Mu Qingluan arrived with the Sky Luan Clan and greeted Mo Tang, easing the clan’s concern about facing the powerful group.
• Zi Hong introduced herself to Mo Tang as an elder of the Sky Luan Clan while the Nine Netherworld Nether Python grew impatient.
• Mo Tang insulted the Nine Netherworld Nether Python, and Yao Tong responded angrily before Zi Hong cursed him for insulting the bird clans.
• Zi Hong showed Mo Tang a tiny white Pill Beast, which he identified as a medicinal pill that had transformed after a powerful pill lightning tribulation.
• Zi Hong offered the Pill Beast to the Sky Demon Phoenix Clan in exchange for its help during the coming treasure hunt.

Mo Tang accepted the Pill Beast from Zi Hong and agreed to help her search an ancient forest, while Yao Tong withdrew after deciding the Nine Netherworld Nether Python Clan could not fight the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan. The group opened a sealed stone door and found a forest made entirely of rare medicinal herbs.

• Yao Tong listened to Elder Ming's warning and led the Nine Netherworld Nether Python Clan out of the hall.
• Mo Tang took the Pill Beast from Zi Hong, who asked him to help her find something in an ancient forest.
• Mo Tang agreed to accompany Zi Hong, and Jiu Feng chose to stay with him.
• Zi Hong led Mo Tang and the others through a passage and opened a moss-covered stone door.
• The group saw an ancient forest made entirely of rare medicinal herbs beyond the door.

Mo Tang and Zi Hong entered the sealed Vermilion Bird Palace inside a giant tree, where Zi Hong explained the four supreme ancient Demonic Beast clans. The story left them inside the palace as Zi Hong revealed the Sky-Burning Vermilion Bird had vanished from even the continent’s legends.

• Mo Tang and the others harvested a third of the medicinal herbs in the ancient forest before following Zi Hong deeper into it.
• Mo Tang and Zi Hong reached a giant tree surrounded by a Dou Saint-level spatial seal, and Zi Hong used her essence blood and a crimson orb to open a brief passage.
• Mo Tang and Zi Hong entered the tree while Jiu Feng and the others remained outside, unable to detect the entrance after the seal closed.
• Mo Tang discovered a vast fiery-red palace inside the tree, and Zi Hong identified it as the Vermilion Bird Palace.
• Zi Hong told Mo Tang that the Vast Ancient Dragon, Ancient Heavenly Phoenix, Nine-Headed Sky Serpent, and Sky-Burning Vermilion Bird had once been supreme Demonic Beast clans, though the latter had disappeared from legend.