Chapter Summaries

Mo Tang sent his clone away and tracked Yao Tian while waiting for the Yao Clan to act. Meanwhile, Gu Nan Hai and two Gu Clan commanders were intercepted by Hun Miesheng and his allies, and the battle over the Ancient Emperor Jade began with the Thunder, Yan, and Yao Clans supporting the Gu Clan.

• Mo Tang sent his clone with Phoenix and two others, then tracked Yao Tian and waited in hiding for the Yao Clan to make a move.
• Gu Nan Hai began leading Gu Hua and Gu Xing back toward the Eastern Domain after the trade fair.
• Hun Miesheng, Saint Hun Qing, the Soul Hall Vice Hall Master, and their forces blocked the Gu Clan members in the void.
• Gu Nan Hai revealed that Lei Lie, Huo Yao, and Yao Wan Gui had brought Thunder, Yan, and Yao Clan forces to support the Gu Clan against the Soul Clan.
• Hun Miesheng attacked with a black dragon, and Gu Nan Hai blocked the strike with his palm.

Gu Nan Hai attacked Hun Miesheng with the Imperial Seal Art, but Hun Miesheng’s avatar absorbed the attack and revealed that it wielded the Nihility Devouring Flame. As Gu Nan Hai and Huo Yao prepared to face him together, the Soul Hall Deputy Master and the other Dou Saints moved to block them.

• Gu Nan Hai struck Hun Miesheng with all five forms of the Imperial Seal Art, but Hun Miesheng remained unharmed.
• Hun Miesheng absorbed the attack’s residual energy and revealed his devouring ability.
• Huo Yao recognized the ability as belonging to the Nihility Devouring Flame, and he and Gu Nan Hai prepared to fight Hun Miesheng together.
• The Soul Hall Deputy Master led the Soul Hall’s Dou Saints forward to stop them.
• Huo Yao told Lei Lie and Yao Wan Gui to hold off the Soul Hall group while he and Gu Nan Hai dealt with Hun Miesheng.

Mo Tang ambushed the Soul Hall side during the battle, abducting two Dou Saints and then Yao Tian and the Third Venerable. His sudden attack helped Yao Wan Gui gain the upper hand, while Huo Xuan fled in alarm.

• Mo Tang used the map to approach Yao Wan Gui's battle, deciding to seize Dou Saint opponents as well as pursue the Pure Lotus Demonic Fire remnant map.
• Mo Tang emerged from the void and pierced a late One-star Dou Sheng through the chest, dragging him away as the other fighters recoiled.
• Yao Wan Gui took advantage of the missing opponent to injure Saint Hun Qing and force the remaining Dou Saint to flee.
• Mo Tang intercepted the fleeing Dou Saint through a golden spatial gateway and escaped with two Dou Saint corpses.
• Mo Tang appeared beside Yao Tian and the Third Venerable, seized both in a flash of golden light, and vanished; Huo Xuan fled in shock.

After Mo Tang kidnapped a Yao Clan genius and a Soul Hall Half-Saint, he returned to the Beast Region and planned for the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s response to the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s appearance. He then left Qing Lin to guard Zi Yan and took Medusa to begin preparations for uniting the Demonic Beast clans.

• Mo Tang escaped after the Soul Hall battle, leaving Yao Wan Gui to discover that a promising Yao Clan disciple and a Soul Hall Half-Saint had been taken.
• Mo Tang reunited with the Heavenly Demon Three Phoenixes and learned that Eagle Phoenix had publicly crushed the Scorpion Demon Trio.
• Mo Tang and the Heavenly Demon Three Phoenixes discussed the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s return in the Savage Ancient Region, and the three Phoenixes decided not to join the expedition.
• Mo Tang returned to Zi Yan’s mountain range and learned from Medusa that Zi Yan’s advancement would take at least another month.
• Mo Tang set up a spatial lockdown for Qing Lin to guard Zi Yan, then took Medusa with him to an undisclosed destination.

Mo Tang brought Medusa to Nine Nether Yellow Spring so she could try to advance her serpentine bloodline, then entered the spring to find Yao Ming. The chapter ended with Mo Tang locating Yao Ming’s skeletal, shriveled body chained to the sandy bottom.

• Mo Tang explained that soaking in Nine Nether Yellow Spring could help Medusa advance into a Nine-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python, and she eagerly agreed to go.
• Mo Tang and Medusa bypassed the Nine Netherworld Nether Python Clan’s defenses and reached its underground headquarters.
• Medusa considered moving the Snake People Tribe to the Central Plains or Beast Region but decided the Jia Ma Empire offered them a safer life.
• Mo Tang concealed himself and Medusa near the abyss, then asked her to wait while he went down to save someone.
• Mo Tang descended into Nine Nether Yellow Spring, endured its freezing waters and strange creatures, and followed his map to find Yao Ming chained at the bottom.

Mo Tang found Yao Ming imprisoned in the Nine Nether Yellow Spring and offered to free him and help him reclaim his clan leadership in exchange for the Nine Netherworld Nether Python Clan's allegiance. Yao Ming accepted, and Mo Tang discovered that Yao Ming had a Yellow Spring Blood Crystal worth 1,000 points of High-grade Energy.

• Mo Tang woke Yao Ming, who identified himself as the former clan chief and begged to be rescued from the Yellow Spring.
• Yao Ming revealed that Yao Xiaotian had seized his position and imprisoned him there for hundreds of years.
• Mo Tang offered to free Yao Ming and restore his leadership if the Nine Netherworld Nether Python Clan served him, and Yao Ming agreed.
• Yao Ming showed Mo Tang a Yellow Spring Blood Crystal and explained that he had consumed the others to survive.
• Mo Tang's system detected 1,000 points of High-grade Energy in the crystal, and Yao Ming said it was the only one he had left.

Mo Tang freed Yao Ming from the Nine Nether Yellow Spring by absorbing the energy of the Yellow Springs Yin Stone. Yao Xiaotian arrived with the Great Elder and clan fighters to kill them, but Mo Tang summoned a winged golden dragon as the confrontation began.

• Yao Ming told Mo Tang that destroying the mechanisms anchoring the chains would free him, while Yellow Springs Yin Stones drained his Dou Qi.
• Mo Tang absorbed the energy from a Yellow Springs Yin Stone, gaining 200,000 points and stopping the frigid yin energy that weakened Yao Ming.
• Yao Xiaotian sensed that Yao Ming's seal had broken and ordered the Great Elder to gather fighters before setting out to kill his brother.
• Mo Tang freed Yao Ming, who introduced himself and asked Mo Tang's name.
• Mo Tang and Yao Ming emerged to find Yao Xiaotian, the Great Elder, and their fighters waiting to attack.
• Mo Tang mocked Yao Xiaotian and summoned a winged golden dragon, making Yao Xiaotian's expression turn to terror.

Mo Tang and Yao Ming defeated Yao Xiaotian and the Great Elder, and Yao Ming killed his younger brother despite his plea for mercy. As Yao Ming turned to the Great Elder, Mo Tang’s golden flame stopped the elder from self-destructing and burned him to ashes.

• Mo Tang overwhelmed Yao Xiaotian and the Great Elder with his attacks, leaving them badly injured and their allies defeated.
• Yao Ming asked Mo Tang to spare Yao Xiaotian, but Yao Xiaotian’s plea did not change Yao Ming’s resolve to kill him.
• Yao Xiaotian tried to make himself explode, but Yao Ming plunged his palm into his head and extracted a black orb containing his soul.
• Yao Tong sensed Yao Xiaotian’s death from a cave deep in the Nether Snake Earth Vein.
• Yao Ming turned toward the Great Elder, who began to self-destruct, but Mo Tang’s golden flame pierced and burned him to ashes.

Mo Tang killed the Great Elder and learned that the Nine Netherworld Nether Python Clan possessed the Huangquan Demon Sage’s Yellow Springs Stone Tablet and its Demon Saint Essence Blood. After Medusa joined him, Yao Ming revealed himself to the clan and reunited with his son Yao Tong, who recognized Mo Tang as an old rival.

• Mo Tang watched the Great Elder turn to ashes and heard Yao Ming offer him recompense from the clan’s treasures.
• Yao Ming told Mo Tang about the Yellow Springs Stone Tablet and the Demon Saint Essence Blood it supposedly contained, which greatly interested Mo Tang.
• Mo Tang opened a spatial rift, bringing Medusa out to meet Yao Ming and explaining that he had brought her to cultivate in the Nine Nether Yellow Spring.
• Yao Ming revealed himself to the clan elders, who were shocked because they had believed he died from a cultivation deviation.
• Yao Ming recognized his son Yao Tong and joyfully reunited with him, then introduced him to Mo Tang.
• Yao Tong recognized Mo Tang and accused him with a shocked look, recalling their encounter over a peak eighth-tier Pill Beast in the Ancient Ruins.

Mo Tang visited the Yellow Springs Stone Tablet after Yao Ming asked him to seek its treasures and promised him a drop of Demon Saint Essence Blood in return. Inside the tablet, Mo Tang’s soul resisted the Yellow Springs Finger and Palm, then faced a mysterious figure seated on a throne.

• Yao Ming urged Yao Tong to call Mo Tang “Uncle Mo,” then invited Mo Tang to rest while he reorganized the Nine Netherworld Nether Python clan.
• The next morning, Yao Ming led Mo Tang and his companions to the Yellow Springs Stone Tablet and asked him to bring back a drop of Demon Saint Essence Blood if he succeeded.
• Mo Tang recorded the Yellow Springs Finger and learned that the Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath and Demon Saint Essence Blood were hidden within the tablet’s remnant soul.
• Mo Tang sent his Supreme Dragon Phoenix soul into the tablet, where it countered the Yellow Springs Finger and broke free of the Yellow Springs Palm.
• A mountain rose inside the tablet, revealing an imposing figure in a yellow fur robe seated atop a throne.

Mo Tang faced the Huangquan Demon Sage’s remnant soul and survived its Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath by countering it with the Supreme Dragon Phoenix Seal. He earned the Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath technique and the Demon Sage’s essence blood, then watched the remnant soul disappear.

• The Huangquan Demon Sage’s remnant soul recognized Mo Tang as the Supreme Dragon Phoenix and demanded that he endure one strike to claim the inheritance.
• The remnant soul unleashed Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath, summoning the Demon Sage True Body and devastating the surrounding space.
• Mo Tang transformed into a colossal dragon and countered with the Supreme Dragon Phoenix Seal—Soul Suppression, surviving as a tiny golden dragon after the sound waves faded.
• The remnant soul gave Mo Tang the cultivation method for Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath and the Demon Sage’s essence blood.
• Mo Tang declined to fuse the essence blood himself and kept it to share with Yao Ming and his three women.
• The Huangquan Demon Sage’s remnant soul faded away as the mountain and throne cracked apart.

After defeating the Huangquan Demon Sage's remnant soul, Mo Tang gave Yao Ming and Medusa a drop each of the Demon Saint Essence Blood and stayed in the Nine Nether Yellow Spring to cultivate. By the time he finished absorbing his resources, he had reached late Three-star Dou Sheng and was shocked by the power contained in the remaining essence blood.

• Mo Tang emerged after the Huangquan Demon Sage's remnant soul vanished, confirmed he had obtained the Demon Saint Essence Blood, and gave one drop to Yao Ming and another to Medusa.
• Medusa went to cultivate in the depths of the Nine Nether Yellow Spring while Mo Tang stayed with Yao Ming to raise his strength.
• Mo Tang absorbed the bodies of two One-star Dou Saints and advanced from Early Two-star Dou Sheng to the peak of Two-star Dou Sheng.
• Mo Tang converted the Third Venerable and Yao Tian's corpses and stabilized at Early Three-star Dou Sheng.
• Mo Tang absorbed a drop of Demon Saint Essence Blood and rose to late Three-star Dou Sheng, astonished that a single drop had provided so much energy.

After learning of the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s emergence, Mo Tang planned to join Yao Ming in the Savage Ancient Region and gather allies. At the Flower Sect, he learned that Elder Qinghua had been murdered, and an elder demanded his help against the Heaven Nether Sect.

• Yao Ming saw Mo Tang’s breakthrough to the late stage of Three Stars and congratulated him on his strength.
• Yao Ming told Mo Tang that news of the Bodhi Ancient Tree had spread and that he planned to visit the Savage Ancient Region; Mo Tang agreed to meet him there.
• Mo Tang left the Nether Snake Earth Vein to bring Xiao Yi Xian to the Flower Sect and coordinate with Yun Yun.
• Yun Yun told Mo Tang that Elder Qinghua’s soul jade slip had shattered half a month earlier, despite plans to have a pill made to extend her life.
• A Flower Sect elder accused the Heaven Nether Sect of killing Elder Qinghua and demanded that Mo Tang help the Flower Sect.

Mo Tang agreed to help Qing Xianzi destroy the Heaven Nether Sect, planning a two-front attack while he led a group toward the Bodhi Ancient Tree. After reaching Manghuang Town, the group learned that the Savage Ancient Region had already wiped out thousands of cultivators, and Mo Tang decided only four people would venture deep inside.

• Mo Tang promised Qing Xianzi that he would help the Flower Sect and planned for Lei Sheng and Qing Xianzi to attack the Heaven Nether Sect's stronghold while he handled its forces in the Savage Ancient Region.
• Mo Tang, Yun Yun, Xiao Yi Xian, Feng Qing'er, and the others traveled toward the Savage Ancient Region, with the group reaching its northeastern border after three days.
• Mo Tang and his companions arrived in Manghuang Town, where they heard that thousands of cultivators had been wiped out in the Savage Ancient Region without finding the Bodhi Ancient Tree.
• Mo Tang told Yun Yun that only four of them would enter the ancient region the next day, while everyone else would stay near the outskirts and prioritize survival.

Mo Tang and the three women entered the Savage Ancient Region behind a massive crowd, finding corpses, deadly poison mist, and powerful guardian beasts along the way. They reached the chasm before the true Desolate Ancient Region, where Mo Tang warned the group to be even more careful.

• Mo Tang followed the crowd into the ancient forest with Xiao Yi Xian, Yun Yun, and Feng Qing'er, using the others to scout the way.
• Mo Tang warned the women about ancient ferocious beasts, and Xiao Yi Xian gave them antidote pills for the poisonous mist.
• The group passed poison-corroded corpses and collected a valuable fruit after Mo Tang and the women killed its Mutated Twin-headed Flood Dragon guardian.
• Mo Tang and the women emerged from the poisonous miasma and reached a deep chasm separating them from the Desolate Ancient Region.
• Yun Yun lamented the deaths along the way, and Mo Tang reminded the group that the ferocious beasts ahead were exceptionally powerful.

Mo Tang used a Bodhi Seed to sense the direction of the Bodhi Ancient Tree and led Yun Yun, Xiao Yi Xian, and Feng Qing’er deeper into the Savage Ancient Region. The group found a mountain hiding a gigantic Ancient Sky Demon Python, which slaughtered a party of Dou Zun experts, and Feng Qing’er explained the beast’s origins.

• Mo Tang sensed the Bodhi Seed and set off toward the Bodhi Ancient Tree with Yun Yun, Xiao Yi Xian, and Feng Qing’er.
• The group saw an Ancient Demon Ape fighting human experts, and Feng Qing’er warned that it could be near the Ninth-tier.
• Mo Tang spotted something interesting on his Minimap and led the women to a gigantic mountain where several Dou Zun experts had gathered.
• An Ancient Sky Demon Python attacked the experts, smashing some into bloody mist and swallowing the rest.
• Feng Qing’er identified the snake as a rare, bloodthirsty mutated beast with a powerful but unintelligent bloodline.

Mo Tang subdued an Ancient Sky Demon Python and named it Blackie, then brought Yun Yun and Xiao Yi Xian to its lair to use the Heavenly Demon Blood Pool to strengthen their bodies and Dou Qi. He assured them that his Supreme Dragon Phoenix bloodline would suppress the pool’s violent energy.

• Mo Tang watched the Ancient Sky Demon Python devour the group that had fought it, then went to capture the beast as a gift for Qing Lin.
• Mo Tang used a sound wave and the Power of Space to subdue the Ancient Sky Demon Python, which shrank into a tiny black snake and submitted to him.
• Mo Tang called the snake Blackie and let Feng Qing'er, Yun Yun, and Xiao Yi Xian inspect it before wrapping it around his wrist.
• Mo Tang explained that the Heavenly Demon Blood Pool inside the mountain could help Yun Yun and Xiao Yi Xian reach Nine-Star Dou Zun and improve their constitutions.
• Feng Qing'er warned that the blood pool’s energy was violent, but Mo Tang said he would use the Supreme Dragon Phoenix bloodline to suppress it while the women absorbed its energy.

Mo Tang brought Yun Yun and Xiao Yi Xian to the Heavenly Demon Blood Pool, where they absorbed its energy and broke through to Nine-Star Dou Zun. The women completed their advances, while Feng Qing'er remained outside the pool to continue absorbing the Ancient Heavenly Phoenix skeleton’s benefits.

• Mo Tang cleaned and transformed the Heavenly Demon Blood Pool with his golden blood, then sent Yun Yun and Xiao Yi Xian into it to cultivate.
• Mo Tang and Feng Qing'er waited in the cave as the Ancient Sky Demon Python guarded the entrance and drove off intruders.
• Yun Yun broke through to Early Nine-Star Dou Zun, and Mo Tang shielded Xiao Yi Xian from the disturbance with a spatial barrier.
• After stabilizing her cultivation, Yun Yun watched Xiao Yi Xian complete her breakthrough to Nine-Star Dou Zun.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Mo Tang that her advancement from Seven-Star to Nine-Star Dou Zun had gone better than expected.

Mo Tang and his companions reached the Ancient Domain Stage, where they encountered rival factions and Mo Tang spotted Gu Xun'er among the Gu Clan representatives. He met Yao Ming, who warned that a vast army of ferocious beasts blocked the route to the Bodhi Ancient Tree.

• Mo Tang and his companions arrived at the Ancient Domain Stage after putting away the conspicuous Ancient Sky Demon Python.
• Mo Tang recognized Tang Zhen, Blazing Flame Valley's Dou Saint ancestor, and Gu Xun'er, whose aura revealed her Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame.
• Yao Ming greeted Mo Tang, and the two exchanged playful remarks before discussing the journey ahead.
• Yao Ming told Mo Tang that an army of ferocious beasts had surrounded the depths of the Desolate Ancient Region and blocked the way to the Bodhi Ancient Tree.

Gu Xun'er united the gathered factions into an alliance to break through the Beast Tide and reach the Bodhi Ancient Tree. Mo Tang joined the alliance, and after Hun Yu revealed the Soul Clan’s presence, the combined force formed up and prepared to depart.

• Gu Nan Hai told Gu Xun'er it was time to unite the gathered factions, and Mo Tang noticed her Minimap marker had gained a faint red glow toward him.
• Gu Xun'er urged everyone to work together against the Beast Tide and promised the alliance would have no hierarchy or forced participation.
• The Yan Clan and Yao Clan supported Gu Xun'er's proposal, prompting most factions and independent strong individuals to join.
• Yao Ming asked Mo Tang what they should do, and Mo Tang chose to join the alliance; the hesitant Demonic Beast strong individuals followed.
• Gu Xun'er exposed the hidden Soul Clan, and Hun Yu appeared and suggested they set out.
• Gu Xun'er ordered the alliance to depart, and the gathered strong individuals formed an arrow-shaped formation in the sky.