Chapter Summaries

Mo Tang and the others broke through the Beast Tide and reached the Bodhi Ancient Tree. As they prepared to approach, Mo Tang sensed dangerous death qi hidden within the tree’s life-filled aura and warned the group to keep it out of their bodies.

• Mo Tang, Yao Ming, Feng Qing'er, and the other powerful Demonic Beasts transformed and led the group through the Beast Tide, disrupting Hun Yu’s plan to weaken the Gu, Yan, and Yao Clans.
• The group behind them followed through the opening, and Mo Tang’s party fought through the remaining beasts until they escaped the horde.
• Mo Tang, Yao Ming, and Feng Qing'er returned to human form, and Mo Tang gave them eighth-tier pills to restore their Dou Qi.
• Mo Tang and the others saw the enormous Bodhi Ancient Tree and cautiously prepared to approach it.
• Mo Tang sensed cold gray death qi concealed within the tree’s clear aura and warned everyone not to let it enter their bodies.

Mo Tang and the others approached the Bodhi Ancient Tree cautiously after Hun Yu warned that it had once made a Half-Saint disappear. When the Bodhi Heart appeared, Half-Saint puppets emerged from the tree and attacked the crowd, leaving Liu Cang face-to-face with one after Mo Tang secretly redirected it toward him.

• Hun Yu told the gathered factions that a Soul Clan Half-Saint had vanished near the Bodhi Ancient Tree and was likely killed by it.
• The factions advanced cautiously, and Mo Tang spotted the Bodhi Heart near the tree, prompting many people to rush toward it.
• Old Ancestor Huoyun stopped Tang Zhen from charging, and Tang Zhen realized the major factions were holding back.
• Five Half-Saint puppets emerged from the Bodhi Ancient Tree, struck Liu Cang into a crater, and killed or injured many people in the crowd.
• Mo Tang saw Liu Cang climbing out of the crater and secretly sent a puppet flying beside him.

Mo Tang entered the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s illusory space and learned that a dead Dou Di’s negative emotions had corrupted the tree. The Bodhi Ancient Tree asked him to remove the evil intelligence, and Mo Tang smiled as he considered the opportunity.

• Hun Yu asked the Saints to destroy the remaining puppets, and Gu Nan Hai, Mo Tang, Yao Ming, Old Ancestor Huoyun, and the others eliminated them.
• Mo Tang and Yao Ming entered the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s range alone, while Yun Yun, Xiao Yi Xian, and the other women stayed behind.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree enveloped Mo Tang and the others in a pillar of light that stripped away their Dou Qi and pulled them into its space.
• Mo Tang saw the tree’s memory of a Dou Di battle and learned that the dead Dou Di’s negative emotions had corrupted the Bodhi Ancient Tree.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree asked Mo Tang to disperse the evil intelligence within it, and Mo Tang smiled at the chance to exploit it.

Mo Tang bargained with the Bodhi Ancient Tree for help purging the Dou Emperor’s negative emotions and discovered he could convert them into Origin Qi. When the tree asked him to use his soul as bait to draw out the rest, he refused and stood his ground despite its attempt to intimidate him.

• Mo Tang demanded a reward for helping the Bodhi Ancient Tree, and it offered him twenty-four refined Bodhi Seeds.
• Mo Tang tested the tree’s offer by asking it to force out some negative emotions, then used the system to absorb the black thread and convert it into 0.5 points of Origin Qi.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree explained that the negative emotions were entangled with it and needed to be lured into Mo Tang’s soul space using his soul power.
• Mo Tang refused to open his soul without further benefits, despite the Bodhi Ancient Tree insisting that the Bodhi Seeds were already payment.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree summoned dark clouds and purple lightning to pressure Mo Tang, but he burned them away with his golden Dragon Emperor form and warned that it needed his help.

Mo Tang removed the black-robed Dou Emperor’s negative emotions from the Bodhi Ancient Tree and gained Origin Qi, a Bodhi Heart, and Bodhi Seeds. He offered the tree more Origin Qi in exchange for access to the Bodhi Space and future rewards, but the tree countered with a proposal of its own.

• The Bodhi Ancient Tree offered Mo Tang a Bodhi Heart, and he agreed to help cleanse it.
• Mo Tang sent a golden dragon into a special space, where the black shadow attacked it and was absorbed for 39.5 points of Origin Qi.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree recovered from the negative emotions and rewarded Mo Tang with a Bodhi Heart and twenty-four Bodhi Seeds.
• Mo Tang showed the tree a ball of Origin Qi and proposed open access to the Bodhi Space in exchange for more Origin Qi.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree rejected Mo Tang’s terms and offered a proposal it could accept.

After Mo Tang cleared the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s negative emotions, it released everyone from their illusions and opened a way out. Mo Tang left with Yao Ming, hinting that he had obtained something valuable from the tree.

• The Bodhi Ancient Tree expelled Yao Ming, Gu Nan Hai, Old Ancestor Huoyun, and the others from their illusions.
• Hun Yu questioned Mo Tang about his apparent escape from the illusion, but Mo Tang refused to reveal what he had gained.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree opened a passage, and Mo Tang and Yao Ming led the group out of its space.
• Yun Yun, Feng Qing’er, and the other women welcomed Mo Tang back, while Yao Ming invited him to leave together because magical beasts still blocked the way.
• Mo Tang told Yao Ming that he had something good to show him, leaving Yao Ming wondering whether Mo Tang had obtained the Bodhi Seed or Bodhi Heart.

The Soul Clan’s Hun Feng and four Dou Saints trapped the explorers and attacked the Bodhi Ancient Tree with the Myriad Soul Devouring Spirit Array. The tree resisted, but black chains from the array bound its branches and sealed it inside a net.

• Hun Yu used a shattered Spatial Jade Slip to trap everyone, and Gu Xun'er realized the Soul Clan was targeting the Bodhi Ancient Tree.
• Hun Feng arrived with four Soul Clan Dou Saints and ordered the Elders to form the Myriad Soul Devouring Spirit Array.
• The four Elders surrounded the Bodhi Ancient Tree and unleashed black mist that cut it off from the outside world.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree released pure energy to strike the array, but the Soul Hall Dou Saint summoned thick black chains that bound its branches in a giant net.

The Soul Clan used the Myriad Soul Devouring Spirit Array and countless captured souls to attack the Bodhi Ancient Tree, but its pure energy began to break their chains and purify the souls. When Hun Feng summoned Nihility Devouring Flame, Mo Tang, Gu Nan Hai, and Yao Ming joined forces against the Soul Clan, leaving the array close to collapse while Nihility Devouring Flame began devouring the tree’s energy.

• The Bodhi Ancient Tree purified the Soul Locking Chains and broke several of them, revealing that they had been refined from captured souls.
• The Soul Clan’s Dou Saints unleashed thousands of controlled souls against the Bodhi Ancient Tree, prompting Yao Ming and Mo Tang to agree that they had to stop the Soul Clan.
• Hun Feng summoned Nihility Devouring Flame, which appeared as a black flaming face and devoured the pure energy around it.
• Gu Nan Hai called on Mo Tang and Yao Ming to set aside their grudges, and the three Dou Saints attacked the Myriad Soul Devouring Spirit Array together.
• The Soul Clan’s four Dou Saints used their souls to block the combined attack, losing more than half their forces as Nihility Devouring Flame began devouring the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s energy.

Mo Tang and his allies destroyed Hun Feng’s Myriad Soul Devouring Spirit Array and killed the four Soul Clan Dou Saints who had set it up. Mo Tang then absorbed Nihility Devouring Flame’s sub-flame, while Hun Feng and Hun Yu escaped through a spatial rift after crushing a soul jade slip.

• Hun Feng’s countless frenzied souls trapped the gathered fighters, while protective barriers shielded the Nine Netherworld Nether Python, Yun Yun’s group, Blazing Flame Valley, and the ancient clans.
• Mo Tang, Gu Nan Hai, and Yao Ming combined their Heaven Tier Dou Skills to break the Myriad Soul Devouring Spirit Array, and their clash with Hun Feng’s group collapsed the sealed space.
• Mo Tang used his golden wings to kill the four backlash-weakened Soul Clan Dou Saints and collect their corpses.
• Nihility Devouring Flame abandoned its attempt to devour the Bodhi Ancient Tree and tried to flee with Hun Feng and Hun Yu.
• Mo Tang reached into Nihility Devouring Flame’s black flames and absorbed its sub-flame, leaving Hun Feng and Hun Yu terrified.
• Hun Feng crushed a soul jade slip, and a giant hand reached through a spatial rift to seize him and Hun Yu before vanishing.

Nihility Devouring Flame reported to Hun Tiandi that Mo Tang had destroyed one of his Origin Sub-flames, but Hun Tiandi ordered the Soul Clan to wait until he emerged from seclusion in a year. After returning to the Four Directions Pavilion, Mo Tang found the Soul Clan and Soul Hall unusually quiet and decided to focus on growing stronger.

• Nihility Devouring Flame told Hun Tiandi that Mo Tang had destroyed his Origin Sub-flame while intercepting Hun Feng's group.
• Hun Tiandi ordered the Soul Hall to investigate Mo Tang and forbade Soul Clan experts above Six-star Dou Sheng from acting until he emerged from seclusion in a year.
• Nihility Devouring Flame's flames surrounded the Spirit Realm as the Soul Clan prepared to attack the other ancient clans.
• Mo Tang gave Yao Ming a Bodhi Seed and explained his agreement with the Bodhi Ancient Tree, which granted him Bodhi Seeds and access to its Bodhi Space in exchange for Origin Qi.
• Mo Tang returned to the Four Directions Pavilion and, after more than half a month without Soul Clan or Soul Hall activity, decided to strengthen himself in case the quiet preceded an attack.

The Four Directions Pavilion rose to prominence while Mo Tang cultivated in the Bodhi Space and advanced to the mid-phase of Four-star Dou Saint. He reunited with Zi Yan and Qing Lin, who had been waiting in the Nine-Headed Sky Serpent Mountain Range, and gave each of them a Bodhi Seed.

• The Four Directions Pavilion gained powerful allies and submissions after Mo Tang helped defeat the Heaven Nether Sect and thwart the Soul Hall in the Savage Ancient Region.
• Mo Tang refined Dou Saint remains in the Bodhi Space and advanced to the mid-phase of Four-star Dou Saint.
• Mo Tang considered seeking energy in the Void Thunder Pool and wondered whether Zi Yan had finished advancing.
• Zi Yan and Qing Lin waited in the Nine-Headed Sky Serpent Mountain Range, unable to leave because Mo Tang's spatial barrier still surrounded it.
• Mo Tang emerged from a spatial fissure, apologized for the delay, and gave Zi Yan and Qing Lin a Bodhi Seed each.

Mo Tang brought Zi Yan and Qing Lin to East Dragon Island, where the Ancient Void Dragons recognized Zi Yan’s pure royal bloodline and hailed her as their Dragon Emperor. The chapter ended with Qing Lin stunned by the sudden revelation and the island’s people kneeling before Zi Yan.

• Mo Tang stopped Zi Yan from eating the Bodhi Seed, explaining that she was not strong enough to digest its energy yet.
• Mo Tang led Zi Yan and Qing Lin through a spatial passage to Ancient Dragon Island, where Qing Lin sensed danger and Zi Yan felt the presence of her kin.
• Mo Tang brought the girls down to East Dragon Island and sensed several powerful Dou Saints among its gathered forces.
• Qing Mu recognized Zi Yan’s pure royal bloodline and declared her the Dragon Emperor.
• The Ancient Void Dragons knelt and greeted Zi Yan as their Dragon Emperor, leaving Qing Lin astonished.

Mo Tang learned that East Dragon Island planned to cultivate Zi Yan in the Dragon Pool so she could grow strong enough to reunify the Ancient Void Dragon Clan. When Qing Mu asked about Mo Tang’s identity, Mo Tang revealed a Supreme Dragon Phoenix, shocking the Great Elder.

• Mo Tang considered the Ancient Void Dragon Clan’s division and the threat posed by the surviving Dragon Kings after the South Dragon Island Dragon King’s death.
• Qing Mu explained that East Dragon Island would use its resources and the Dragon Pool to help Zi Yan reach the Ninth-tier before the four islands met again.
• Zi Yan entered the Dragon Pool, while Mo Tang and Qing Lin stayed outside as guests of East Dragon Island.
• Qing Mu returned to Mo Tang and asked about his background, sensing that Mo Tang possessed a formidable and unusual bloodline.
• Mo Tang summoned a Supreme Dragon Phoenix, and Qing Mu recognized it with astonishment.

Mo Tang revealed to Qing Mu that he had refined the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit using an Ancient Heavenly Phoenix body and promised no hostility toward the Ancient Void Dragon Clan. Qing Mu agreed to let Qing Lin cultivate in the Dragon Tomb and arranged for Mo Tang to visit the Void Thunder Pool.

• Qing Mu suspected Mo Tang was a Sky Demon Phoenix or an Ancient Void Dragon, and Mo Tang explained that he had refined the fruit as an Ancient Heavenly Phoenix.
• Mo Tang and Qing Mu agreed to set aside the old grudges between the Ancient Heavenly Phoenixes and the Ancient Void Dragons.
• Mo Tang asked to borrow the Dragon Tomb, and Qing Mu agreed after recognizing Qing Lin's Nine-Headed Sky Serpent and Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.
• Mo Tang asked about the Void Thunder Pool, and Qing Mu offered to send someone to lead him there.
• A burly Eight-Star Dou Zun entered the hall after Qing Mu summoned him.

Mo Tang traveled to the Void Thunder Pool and began cultivating in its lightning, relying on his Dragon Phoenix Ancient Armor to withstand the powerful strikes. After absorbing a vast amount of energy, his Supreme Dragon Phoenix Body grew stronger.

• Hei Qing carried Mo Tang through the void toward the Void Thunder Pool, intimidated by Mo Tang's Supreme Dragon Phoenix aura.
• Mo Tang arrived at the vast pool of lightning, thanked Hei Qing, and entered it alone.
• Mo Tang walked deeper into the pool until the lightning turned purplish-black, then sat down to cultivate.
• A huge thunder vortex formed above Mo Tang as the pool's energy flooded into his body.
• When the vortex vanished, Mo Tang's absorption stopped, and he felt his physical strength had risen another level.

Mo Tang pushed deeper into the Void Thunder Pool, slaughtering its lightning creatures and harvesting their energy while searching for Origin Qi. At the pool’s center, he encountered a seemingly harmless Silver Little Snake that stirred a sense of danger in him.

• Mo Tang used the Power of Space to restrain a group of black thunder dragons, killed one, and absorbed its energy through his system.
• The disturbance Mo Tang caused sent Thunder Beasts surging into the middle region, forcing Mang Tianchi to flee the Void Thunder Pool.
• Mo Tang reached the central region, fought stronger creatures condensed from Black Demon Thunder, and suffered his first injury without finding any Origin Qi.
• Mo Tang entered the pool’s center and found a one-chi-long Silver Little Snake, which turned toward him and adopted a threatening posture as he approached.

Mo Tang absorbed the Silver Little Snake in the Void Thunder Pool, survived the pool’s violent retaliation, and gained enough High-grade Energy points to consider advancing to Five-star Dou Saint. Back on East Dragon Island, he found the island preparing for conflict over Zi Yan’s claim to the Dragon Emperor’s throne and learned Qing Lin had emerged as an Eight-Star Dou Zun.

• Mo Tang lured the Silver Little Snake with a lightning crystal and absorbed it through the system, gaining more than five hundred thousand High-grade Energy points and fifteen Origin Qi points.
• The Void Thunder Pool erupted with silver lightning, badly burning Mo Tang before he escaped; he healed, changed clothes, and decided not to explore deeper.
• Mo Tang examined his new energy reserves and considered using them to advance toward Five-star Dou Saint.
• Mo Tang returned to East Dragon Island and learned its forces were on alert because the West and North Dragon Kings might challenge Zi Yan’s claim to the throne.
• Mo Tang learned Qing Lin had refined the Nine-Headed Sky Serpent’s remnant soul and emerged as an Eight-Star Dou Zun.

Mo Tang accepted the Soul Hall’s challenge to a martial contest one month later, suspecting they wanted to draw attention away from their larger scheme. At the Nine Netherworld Nether Python Clan, Queen Medusa emerged from seclusion amid signs that she had evolved into a Nine-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python.

• Mo Tang received the Soul Hall’s invitation to a decisive contest atop the Fallen Mountain Range and accepted it on behalf of the Four Directions Pavilion.
• Mo Tang weighed the Soul Hall’s remaining strength and concluded that the Four Directions Pavilion might have to forfeit a match against the Deputy Hall Master.
• A nine-colored pillar of light erupted from the Nine Nether Yellow Spring at the Nine Netherworld Nether Python Clan’s headquarters, alarming Yao Ming and the elders.
• Yao Ming suspected Queen Medusa had evolved to the legendary nine-colored level as the pillar cracked apart and an enormous serpent tail burst out.

Soul Hall’s challenge to the Four Directions Pavilion drew the attention of Central Plains factions as they weighed how to respond. As the appointed battle approached, spectators flooded the Fallen Mountain Range, leaving the story poised for the clash between the old and new powers.

• Old Ancestor Huoyun and Tang Zhen discussed Soul Hall’s challenge and wondered why the Gu Clan and other ancient races had not responded.
• Xuan Kongzi told Pill Tower’s hidden experts that the Four Directions Pavilion’s master was likely a Three-star Dou Saint and a Supreme Dragon Phoenix.
• Old Monster Lin decided Pill Tower would not declare its position yet and said he would personally watch the battle.
• Factions and spectators from across the Central Plains traveled to the Fallen Mountain Range, forcing local Demonic Beast clans to relocate.
• The crowd in the Fallen Mountain Range grew to an overwhelming size as anticipation for the decisive battle mounted.

The Soul Hall and the Four Directions Pavilion arrived at Fallen Peak for their confrontation, drawing a crowd of powerful observers. Mo Tang saw that the Soul Clan had sent a late-stage Five-star Dou Sheng as reinforcement, but he had prepared for the imbalance too.

• A pillar of light opened a spatial passage above Fallen Peak, and seven powerful Soul Hall figures emerged.
• Old Monster Lin and other observers recognized Old Man Soul Demon among the Soul Hall's experts and feared the strength gathered against the Four Directions Pavilion.
• Hun Miesheng and Old Man Soul Demon watched as eight figures from the Four Directions Pavilion and Flower Sect appeared above the summit.
• Observers judged the Four Directions Pavilion's forces outmatched, despite the presence of Mo Tang, Venerable Lei, Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, Feng Qing'er, Yun Yun, and the Qinghua Two Immortals.
• Mo Tang noticed the Soul Hall had another late-stage Five-star Dou Sheng from the Soul Clan and thought that he had brought preparations of his own.