Chapter Summaries

Yang Shan watched Han Feng and Black Moon Ridge clash, then learned that Xiao Aotian had discovered a dangerous secret realm there. After Yang Shan left to investigate the realm and seek Venerable Yao’s advice, he rushed to rescue Yue Mei from the Tian Hao Alliance and drove off her pursuers.

• Han Feng, Earth Demon Old Ghost, and Mo Tianxing retreated to Demon Flame Valley, where Earth Demon Old Ghost activated the defensive formation and later declared an alliance with the Black Emperor Sect against Black Moon Ridge.
• Xiao Aotian visited the Cliffside Secret Realm with Heavenly Flame Venerable, who sensed a valuable treasure and a dangerous aura inside, then urged Xiao Aotian to return to the Burning Sky Refining Tower and break through to Dou Zong.
• Yang Shan left Demon Flame Valley to investigate the secret realm and planned to consult Venerable Yao, but Xiao Aotian messaged him that Yue Mei was being pursued by the Tian Hao Alliance.
• Yang Shan reached Yue Mei’s escort and killed Hao Yunqi and more than a hundred players with magical beast phantoms, Sea Heart Flame, and Extraterrestrial Ghoul Lightning.
• Blood Rampage apologized to Yang Shan, then used Blood Escape to flee.

Yang Shan rescued Yue Mei from Tian Hao Alliance’s attack and treated her injuries in Rakshasa City. After learning she had brought him a Seventh Order Rare Spirit Plant and chosen to become his, he won her heart, triggering a Global Announcement that raised his Good Fortune and capped others’ favorability with Yue Mei.

• Blood Rampage escaped while Yang Shan sent his clone to eliminate the remaining pursuers.
• Yang Shan rewarded Li Batian and the two Heaven Flame Alliance players, then carried the injured Yue Mei to Rakshasa City.
• Yue Mei explained that she had left the Serpent-People tribe to seek refuge with Yang Shan and gave him a Bone Nourishing Spirit Ginseng.
• Yang Shan learned Yue Mei’s plant-growing secret art could not nurture Seventh Order plants, but recognized the ginseng as the final rare plant needed to reforge his foundation.
• Yue Mei declared she wanted to become Yang Shan’s snake, and he brought out the Demon Python Thousand Desire Gall and Ten Thousand Serpent Spirit Flower to help her recover.
• Yang Shan won Yue Mei’s heart, earning a Global Announcement reward of Good Fortune +10 and restricting others’ favorability with her to 69 or less.

Yang Shan examined Yue Mei’s transformed status and learned that her loyalty, cultivation, and potential had increased after the Ten Thousand Serpent Spirit Flower and Demon Python Thousand Desire Gall strengthened her bloodline. After customer service explained that Yue Mei’s love was an unusually rare “until death do us part” setting, Yang Shan agreed to cooperate with the company’s research and left her to rest.

• Xiao Aotian questioned Yang Shan in the group chat about Yue Mei, and Yang Shan showed the group the Ten Thousand Serpent Spirit Flower while Yi Qingyang revealed he had gone to the Central Plains.
• Yang Shan inspected Yue Mei’s status panel and saw that she had reached Three-Star Dou Zong, gained a trace of Illusion Jade Python bloodline, and retained exceptional potential and loyalty.
• Yang Shan recalled that the Demon Python Thousand Desire Gall had benefited Yue Mei far more than him because their attributes were compatible, while his Supreme Foundation limited his own gains.
• Ruan Mei 007 explained that Yue Mei’s “until death do us part” devotion was an exceptionally rare setting designed for medical research, and Yang Shan signed the research cooperation contract.
• Yang Shan decided to keep Yue Mei’s loyalty and potential for his own purposes, then told her to rest while he attended to other matters.

Yang Shan gave Venerable Yao the Blood Life Flower and learned that Han Feng sought the Bodhi Transformation Saliva in Black Moon Ridge’s secret realm. He gathered allies for a planned operation, while Su Yitang rose to second on the Heaven Ranking, leaving Yang Shan confident that he held the advantage.

• Yang Shan gave Venerable Yao the Blood Life Flower, raising his Favorability, and learned that Han Feng wanted the Bodhi Transformation Saliva to repair his soul and improve his foundation.
• Yang Shan and Venerable Yao agreed to cooperate on a plan to buy time and counter the Soul Hall’s pursuit, then Yang Shan told Xiao Aotian about the secret realm and its powerful guardian beast.
• Su Yitang broke through to Dou Zong, took second place on the Heaven Ranking, and received the title Heavenly Sound Mysterious Woman.
• Xiao Aotian revealed that Heavenly Flame Venerable and his Nine Star Dou Zong puppet would help him, and he and Yang Shan agreed to cooperate against outside threats before competing for the secret realm’s rewards.
• Yang Shan flew toward Black Seal City to recruit Hun Dan and assemble his forces, which included Venerable Yao, Heavenly Flame Venerable, Protector Wu, Yue Mei, Su Yitang, and Xiao Aotian.

Yang Shan enlisted Hun Dan to support Blade Sovereign’s alliance and prepared for the Black Moon Ridge secret realm. After Yang Shan returned to the game, Xiao Aotian had reached the Dou Zong realm, and the secret realm was about to open.

• Hun Dan reunited with Yang Shan, revealed he had reached Dou Zong Peak, and agreed to help Blade Sovereign while keeping his hands off the secret realm’s treasures.
• Yang Shan explained the operation to Hun Dan and left him to pose as a Soul Hall protector; Hun Dan resolved to earn Yang Shan’s respect.
• Yang Shan let Luo Xie remain in the Black-Corner Region with Su Mei, and Hun Dan arranged for Luo Xie to retire under Soul Hall protection.
• Yang Shan returned to Rakshasa City and spent time with Yue Mei while waiting for the secret realm to open.
• Yang Shan logged back in to find Xiao Aotian had entered the Dou Zong realm with a Supreme Foundation, then set out for Black Moon Ridge with Yue Mei.

Yang Shan’s group entered the secret realm and discovered Han Feng and the magical beast kings fighting a Heavenly Demon Phoenix so Han Feng could possess its body. The Phoenix self-destructed before Han Feng could claim it, engulfing the secret realm in black flames.

• Yang Shan, Xiao Aotian, and Su Yitang joined forces with Venerable Yao and Heavenly Flame Venerable, then headed toward Black Moon Ridge after Yue Mei reported that Han Feng had set out.
• Yang Shan, Su Yitang, and Xiao Aotian disguised themselves as Ghost Flame Tigers and attacked the beasts guarding the secret realm, while Su Yitang’s combo and Xiao Aotian’s Ruler Qi cleared the way.
• Yang Shan entered the secret realm under an Aura Concealing Pill and saw Han Feng, Earth Demon Old Ghost, Mo Tianxing, and the magical beast kings fighting the Heavenly Demon Phoenix.
• Han Feng used Ferocious Souls to weaken the Phoenix, then landed on its head and began trying to possess its body as the others restrained it.
• Yang Shan’s group entered the fight, but the Heavenly Demon Phoenix expanded its body and self-destructed, filling the secret realm with black flames.

Yang Shan and Venerable Yao cornered Han Feng, using attacks and painful truths about his obsession with surpassing his master to break his composure. Han Feng then revealed a hidden power by swallowing five Ferocious Souls, and his aura surged beyond Venerable Yao’s.

• A Heaven Demon Phoenix self-destructed, but Yang Shan used Sea Heart Flame to withstand its black flames and taunted Han Feng over the lost flame.
• Yang Shan disrupted Han Feng with Lingering Spirit Hundred Howls, bound him with Thunder Guiding Lock, and brought Venerable Yao’s puppet into the fight.
• Han Feng confronted Venerable Yao about withholding his cultivation method, while Venerable Yao explained that he had feared Han Feng could not bear learning he might never surpass him.
• Venerable Yao provoked Han Feng by comparing his talent with his own, then countered Han Feng’s attacks and struck him with Bone Spirit Cold Flame.
• Han Feng offered to leave the Soul Hall if Venerable Yao gave him the cultivation method and Bone Spirit Cold Flame, but Venerable Yao refused.
• Han Feng opened his iron umbrella and swallowed its five Ferocious Souls, causing his aura to surge past Venerable Yao’s.

Yang Shan’s allies overwhelmed the enemy leaders at Black Moon Ridge, capturing the Thousand Thunder Evil Wolf King and turning their attention to the Thousand Flame Ghost Tiger King. Yang Shan left the captured wolf in Su Yitang’s care and moved to help Yue Mei, while Bai Xiao Guai confronted the tiger king over the Ghost Tiger Clan’s future.

• Hun Dan intervened when Earth Demon Old Ghost attacked Yang Shan, then beat him into submission with Protector Wu’s help while Mo Tianxing escaped.
• Hun Dan’s unleashed Great Blood Obliteration Hand struck the Thousand Thunder Evil Wolf King, and Yang Shan bound the injured beast with the Imprisoning Spirit True Skill.
• Yang Shan and his allies subdued the Thousand Thunder Evil Wolf King, and Yang Shan planted a Spirit Locking Seal before leaving Su Yitang to guard it.
• Hun Dan, Protector Wu, and Su Yitang joined Heavenly Flame Venerable and Xiao Aotian against the Thousand Flame Ghost Tiger King, while Bai Xiao Guai demanded that the king choose whether its clan would survive.
• Yang Shan knocked the Flame Demon Ape down and asked Xiao which opponent he wanted.

Yang Shan and his allies subdued the Shadow Wind Eagle and Flame Demon Ape, then joined the fight against Han Feng. Han Feng consumed the Ferocious Souls in his iron umbrella to gain near-Dou Zun power, but Venerable Yao sacrificed himself with the Bone Spirit Cold Flame, leaving Han Feng raging over the loss of his master's legacy.

• Yang Shan subdued the Shadow Wind Eagle with a Spirit Locking Seal, and the Flame Demon Ape willingly submitted before Yue Mei escorted both beasts and the Thousand Thunder Evil Wolf King away.
• Yang Shan, Venerable Yao, Hun Dan, and their allies cornered Han Feng, who unleashed hundreds of Ferocious Souls from his iron umbrella and absorbed them to strengthen himself.
• Han Feng's soul reached the Spirit Realm Perfect Stage and his combat power neared that of a Dou Zun as he charged at Venerable Yao.
• Venerable Yao pushed Yang Shan away and confronted Han Feng alone, taunting him with the certainty that he would never obtain his legacy.
• Venerable Yao ignited the Bone Spirit Cold Flame and destroyed himself along with its origin, while Han Feng desperately searched the flames for him.
• Han Feng realized Venerable Yao's legacy was gone and cried that he would not accept it.

Yang Shan and Venerable Yao’s staged death trick let Han Feng escape with a secretly altered Heaven Rank Cultivation Method, while the group began digging for Bodhi Transformation Saliva. Hun Dan then spotted black flames igniting in the tree canopy and warned everyone to retreat.

• Han Feng escaped the secret realm carrying a Heaven Rank Cultivation Method after the others refused to risk fighting him while the Burning Spirit Method was active.
• Xiao Aotian mourned Yao Lao until Yao Lao revealed that he had survived by using Yang Shan’s Mystic Spirit Body to fake his death.
• Yang Shan explained that the staged death was meant to fool the Soul Hall and that he had arranged for Hun Dan to preserve evidence against Han Feng.
• Venerable Yao revealed that he had altered the latter half of the cultivation method to use against Han Feng in a future confrontation.
• The group dug carefully for Bodhi Transformation Saliva while Hun Dan stayed back, then Hun Dan spotted black flames igniting among the tree’s leaves and warned everyone to retreat.

The Heaven Demon Phoenix Zhi Hong revived through Nirvana as an unstable Early Eighth Order Ancient Beast and attacked the group. Yang Shan and the others struggled to damage him, while Heavenly Flame Venerable gathered several Heavenly and Beast Flames for a powerful technique.

• Zhi Hong emerged from the black flames after Nirvana and demanded that everyone submit to him or die.
• Yang Shan used Lingering Spirit Hundred Howls to briefly stun Zhi Hong, and Yao Venerable and Heavenly Flame Venerable followed with soul attacks.
• Su Yitang, Hun Dan, Xiao Aotian, and the others joined the assault, but Zhi Hong's formidable body and bloodline made him difficult to harm.
• Yao Venerable and Su Yitang restrained Zhi Hong with Imprisoning Spirit True Skill and Winding Wind Tune as the group struggled to keep him contained.
• Yang Shan advised Su Yitang to give the veterans room to act, and Heavenly Flame Venerable summoned Bone Spirit Cold Flame, Sea Heart Flame, Fallen Heart Flame, and two Beast Flames for his next move.

Yang Shan and the others struggled to hold Zhi Hong back while Heavenly Flame Venerable used three Heavenly Flames to break the Heaven Demon Phoenix’s Demon Phoenix Bell. With their allies preparing to retreat, Yang Shan stayed behind for one last attempt to defeat Zhi Hong, and Su Yitang and Xiao Aotian returned to support him.

• Yang Shan and Su Yitang attacked Zhi Hong to buy Heavenly Flame Venerable time, but Zhi Hong’s Demon Gang badly wounded Yang Shan.
• Heavenly Flame Venerable formed the Five Round Separating Fire Disc with three Heavenly Flames and smashed Zhi Hong’s Demon Phoenix Bell, though he warned that Zhi Hong might still survive.
• Venerable Yao and the others shielded Yang Shan from the collision’s aftershocks, then decided to retreat because they could not safely kill Zhi Hong.
• Venerable Yao learned that Yang Shan had stayed behind for one last attempt, while Su Yitang reassured the group that Yang Shan would be fine.
• Su Yitang and Xiao Aotian flew back toward Yang Shan, determined to help him face Zhi Hong.

Yang Shan, Su Yitang, and Xiao Aotian battled Zhi Hong after Heavenly Flame Venerable’s attack left the Heavenly Demon Phoenix badly weakened. Zi Yan suddenly arrived, defeated Zhi Hong, and extracted its bloodline essence, leaving Yang Shan to comfort her after she complained that he had left without her.

• Yang Shan, Su Yitang, and Xiao Aotian discovered Zhi Hong could no longer use Demon Energy, then fought it in close combat while avoiding its powerful attacks.
• After twenty minutes, Xiao Aotian and Su Yitang were near defeat, and Yang Shan prepared to help them escape as Zhi Hong’s health fell to about 40%.
• Su Yitang noticed a strange fluctuation and returned to help Yang Shan, who severed his own arm to escape Zhi Hong’s grip.
• Zi Yan appeared, pinned Zhi Hong down, and beat it until Yang Shan asked her to extract its bloodline essence before killing it.
• Zi Yan used Blood Refinement to turn Zhi Hong into a blue-and-red Blood Bead, gave it to Yang Shan, and complained that he had left without waiting for her.
• Yang Shan pinched Zi Yan’s cheek and gently teased her for throwing a child’s tantrum.

Yang Shan reunited with Zi Yan after she emerged from seclusion, and the group prepared to continue excavating the Bodhi Transformation Saliva. Yang Shan inspected the powerful Demon Phoenix Blood Marrow Pearl recovered from Zhi Hong while Zi Yan remained unable to identify her true form, leaving the group to await guidance from two arriving experts.

• Yang Shan told Zi Yan that he had gone ahead to scout the dangerous Central Plains for her, and Su Yitang backed up his story about his injuries.
• Yang Shan gained over three million experience from Zhi Hong's defeat and reached Four Star Dou Zong, while Xiao Aotian and Su Yitang received reduced experience.
• Zi Yan said she still did not know her true form or how to return to it, and Yang Shan reassured her that two renowned Dou Zun experts might help.
• Yang Shan examined the Demon Phoenix Blood Marrow Pearl and learned that it held immense power but was unusable by anyone below Dou Zun and could draw the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan's pursuit.
• Hun Dan and Protector Wu left after hearing Zhi Hong had died, while Venerable Yao and Heavenly Flame Venerable returned to help excavate and inspected Zi Yan until Yang Shan intervened.

Yang Shan accepted Black Da Sha as his contracted beast and declared him king of the Dark Moon Dogs, then joined the others in retrieving and sharing the Bodhi Transformation Saliva. The chapter ended with Yang Shan quietly receiving an extra fingernail-sized piece of Naling from Venerable Yao as a reward for helping him evade Soul Hall.

• Venerable Yao explained that Zi Yan might have an Ancient Beast bloodline and suggested she seek answers in the Southern Domain, so Yang Shan promised to take her after finishing matters in the Black-Corner Region.
• Black Thorn and Bai Li thanked Yang Shan for restoring their clans’ territory and offered Black Da Sha and Bai Xiao Guai as their respective clan kings.
• Yang Shan contracted with Black Da Sha, appointed him king of the Dark Moon Dogs, and urged him to develop into a Howling Celestial Dog.
• Yang Shan and the others continued digging and uncovered the Bodhi Transformation Saliva, which Venerable Yao divided into one bottle for each person.
• Yang Shan noticed Xiao Aotian’s envy but kept quiet about the extra piece of Naling that Venerable Yao had given him.

Yang Shan traveled to Mysterious Pill City in Central State’s Southern Domain with Zi Yan to search for her clan, while news spread of his Black Moon Ridge alliance and growing influence. After outlining three ways to find Zi Yan’s kin, Yang Shan followed Yue Mei’s sense of an Ancient Beast snake bloodline.

• Liu Ruyan reported that Yang Shan had allied with the Dark Moon Dogs and Snow Moon Cats, and several major guild leaders had joined him in protecting Black Moon Ridge.
• Yang Shan divided Black Moon Ridge’s future income among his allies, returned to the Jia Ma Empire, and then set out for Central State with Zi Yan.
• Yang Shan and Zi Yan traveled through Azure Spirit City and reached Mysterious Pill City, where Yang Shan planned to search for clues about Zi Yan’s clan.
• Yang Shan proposed searching for bloodline reactions, exploring Southern Domain ruins, and seeking help from the Nine Netherworld Python Clan.
• Yue Mei sensed a cold, sinister snake-clan bloodline that might belong to an Ancient Beast, and Yang Shan told her to lead him to it.

Yang Shan and Zi Yan tracked Xin Quan, a young descendant of the Nine Netherworld Python Clan, after Yue Mei sensed his presence in the Southern Domain. Zi Yan’s bloodline power forced Xin Quan to his knees, and Yang Shan took him away to question him and offer a task in exchange for pardon.

• Yue Mei led Yang Shan to the Ten Thousand Pill Workshop, where he inspected Xin Quan before the snake-person vanished from the second floor.
• Yang Shan confronted Xin Quan outside the workshop, and Xin Quan demanded that Yang Shan sell Yue Mei to him.
• Zi Yan attacked, but Xin Quan’s body was overwhelmed by fear of her bloodline and dropped to its knees.
• Zi Yan carried Xin Quan to an inn, where Yang Shan questioned him and learned that he was a low-grade descendant of the Nine Netherworld Python Clan.
• Yang Shan revealed that he was the Young Pavilion Master of the Wind and Thunder Pavilion, and Xin Quan apologized after recognizing the power behind him.
• Yang Shan offered to pardon Xin Quan and reward him if he carried out a task.

Yang Shan and Zi Yan learned that the Ancient Void Dragon Clan might be their best lead, then followed Xin Quan to the Ten Thousand Mountains to investigate a Dou Zun Remains connected to one of the clan’s affiliated groups. As they settled in among the Nine Netherworld Pythons, the ruins’ barrier broke.

• Yang Shan questioned Xin Quan about bloodline suppression, and Xin Quan revealed the Ancient Void Dragon Clan was the supreme magical beast clan and the only surviving ancient Ancient Beast clan.
• Zi Yan forced Xin Quan to explain that a Cloud Flipping Flood Dragon prodigy might be visiting a Dou Zun Remains in the Ten Thousand Mountains, giving them a possible lead to the Ancient Void Dragon Clan.
• Yang Shan and Zi Yan traveled with Xin Quan to the ruins, where Xin Quan introduced them to Xin Lian as deer-clan helpers from the Eastern Region.
• Xin Quan arranged a place for Yang Shan and Zi Yan on the Nine Netherworld Python Clan’s mountain, while Yang Shan judged Xin Quan could help them pursue opportunities.
• A strange spatial fluctuation spread through the air, and Zi Yan recognized that the ruins’ barrier had broken.

Yang Shan and Zi Yan followed the Nine Netherworld Python Clan into the Dou Zun Remains, where rival beast clans competed to enter first. They bypassed lesser treasures and crossed a Space Barrier into a hall, where Zi Yan found a Jade Light Flower for the “stupid dog.”

• Fei Feng of the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan and Yun Jun of the Cloud Flipping Flood Dragon Clan argued over who would enter first, but Fei Feng tricked Yun Jun and rushed into the ruins.
• Yang Shan told Zi Yan that Yun Jun might carry Ancient Void Dragon blood and suggested they watch him for a chance to test her bloodline.
• Xin Lian sent Xin Quan, Yang Shan, and Zi Yan down a passageway after Fei Feng’s group, while Yang Shan ignored already-opened rooms to seek better treasures deeper inside.
• Yang Shan and Zi Yan reached a powerful Space Barrier, and Zi Yan carried Yang Shan through it despite Xin Quan’s astonishment.
• Yang Shan and Zi Yan entered a hall and found a Seventh Order Jade Light Flower, which Zi Yan eagerly identified as food for the “stupid dog.”

Yang Shan and Zi Yan broke through the ruins’ barriers, claimed an Eighth Order Purple Profound Spirit Mushroom, and gathered more treasures together. They then headed toward the other explorers, where Fei Feng and Xin Lian were attacking Yun Jun over a missing treasure.

• Zi Yan broke the Jade Light Flower barrier and gave the plant to Yang Shan before leading him deeper into the ruins.
• Zi Yan, Yue Mei, and Yang Shan destroyed the central barrier and found an Eighth Order Purple Profound Spirit Mushroom, which Yang Shan handed to Zi Yan, raising her favorability to 39.
• Zi Yan led Yang Shan and Yue Mei through nearby rooms, collecting Seventh Order spirit items and other loot while giving Yang Shan the items he could use.
• When Demon Energy fluctuations signaled the other explorers’ arrival, Yang Shan and Zi Yan stopped looting and went to investigate.
• Fei Feng and Xin Lian accused Yun Jun of taking a treasure and attacked him, while Yun Jun denied having it.