Chapter Summaries

Yang Shan won the Immaculate Profound Crystal by bidding an Eighth Grade Fire Bodhi Pill with Four-Colored Pill Lightning, drawing the attention of the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan and other auction guests. After Feng Qiuyue offered him a discount and sought a supply of Fire Bodhi Pills, Yang Shan left with his companions, while the Phoenix Branch looked to Feng Qing'er to secure future access to the pills.

• Xiao Aotian realized Yang Shan's Fire Bodhi Pill was an Eighth Grade pill and gave up hope of winning Tang Huo'er's favor by offering one himself.
• The auctioneer displayed the Fire Bodhi Pill's effects, and Fire Attribute magical beasts and clan leaders recognized its value.
• Huang Chao was furious that Yang Shan had won the pill, while Huang Xian'er saw its potential for the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan and Feng Qiuyue decided to reward Feng Qing'er.
• Yang Shan won the Immaculate Profound Crystal and planned to use it with other materials to forge a Saint Artifact for Yama.
• Feng Qiuyue brought Yang Shan the crystal and offered a discount, but Yang Shan paid in Enlightenment Pills rather than owe her a favor.
• After Yang Shan departed with Su Yitang, Little Zi Yan, and Little Qingqing, Feng Qiuyue urged Feng Qing'er to obtain a reliable supply of Fire Bodhi Pills from him.

Yang Shan joined the Ten Thousand Beasts Ceremony’s Ownership Tournament as foreign aid for the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan, while the event’s matches were livestreamed for viewers across the server. He faced Sword Rage Howl of the Silver Sword Sky Tiger Clan over ownership of Golden Sand Lake, with over two hundred million people watching as the fight began.

• Yang Shan and Su Yitang agreed to be livestreamed, with their shares of the revenue going to charity.
• Tian Yao Company announced forty-six Players in the Ownership Tournament, prompting banter among Yang Shan, Xiao Aotian, Lucky Poison Hand, and the other Players.
• Feng Qiuyue asked Yang Shan to represent the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan against the Silver Sword Sky Tiger Clan for Golden Sand Lake, and he accepted.
• The host introduced Sword Rage Howl as the Silver Sword Sky Tiger Clan’s fighter and Yang Shan as the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s foreign aid.
• Sword Rage Howl made a dramatic leap onto the arena, and Yang Shan rode a Sea Heart Flame dragon down from the clouds in response.
• Yang Shan checked the match’s audience of over two hundred million and prepared to fight Sword Rage Howl without restraint.

Yang Shan outmaneuvered Sword Rage Howl before revealing his soul-based Sonic Dou Skill, which broke through Sword Rage Howl’s defenses without defeating him. Yang Shan then summoned ten thousand lingering spirits, leaving Sword Rage Howl facing a far more overwhelming attack.

• Sword Rage Howl armored himself with his Silver Sword Sky Tiger Clan’s Demon Energy Protection and attacked Yang Shan with claws, but Yang Shan dodged every strike.
• Sword Rage Howl used Tear Gold Thousand Shatter Claws, but Yang Shan evaded the claw aura with Three Thousand Thunder Movement, impressing Yu Lan and the Heavenly Luan Clan delegation.
• After Sword Rage Howl taunted him to fight head-on, Yang Shan unleashed Lingering Spirit Hundred Howls, shattering the Square Golden Body and affecting Sword Rage Howl with soul pressure.
• Yang Shan explained that he had leaked only a little power, then summoned ten thousand lingering spirits from the clouds and asked Sword Rage Howl whether he wanted to continue.
• Sword Rage Howl crashed on the spot when he saw the overwhelming horde of spirits.

Yang Shan defeated Sword Rage Howl with an overwhelming illusion, then watched several high-profile matches at the Ten Thousand Beasts Ceremony. The next contest concerned ownership of Spiritual Peach Mountain, and Yang Shan suspected the unusually crowded lineup meant it would not be a one-on-one match.

• Yang Shan dispelled his illusion after Sword Rage Howl realized he could not withstand the ten thousand remnant spirits, and Sword Rage Howl conceded and left the arena.
• Su Yitang suppressed her opponent with wind blades summoned by her zither music until they surrendered.
• Wang Tianhao challenged Xiao Aotian with his Four-Winged Amethyst Profound Lion, but Xiao Aotian defeated them and knocked Wang Tianhao off the arena.
• The host announced a battle for Spiritual Peach Mountain involving more than a dozen Ancient Beast families.
• Feng Qiuyue asked Yang Shan to fight again, and Yang Shan noticed that many top players and several other contenders had taken the arena, suggesting the contest was not a one-on-one match.

Yang Shan agreed to fight sixteen opponents in a heavily promoted livestream, after Feng Qiuyue offered him a share of Spiritual Peach Mountain if he won. He entered the arena ready to face the group, and the broadcast was titled “Strongest Boss Raid Battle!”

• Cute Girl Customer Service 007 told Yang Shan that the match could draw a billion paying viewers and asked him not to end it too quickly.
• Feng Qiuyue explained the value of Spiritual Peach Mountain and offered Yang Shan ten percent of its shares if he won the battle.
• Players in the Big Shot Gathering Camp discussed teaming up against Yang Shan, and Yang Shan agreed to make the match exciting.
• Xiao Aotian revealed he had borrowed the Mysterious Heavy Ruler from Yao Lao and hoped to obtain its crafting blueprint.
• Yang Shan entered the arena, faced the sixteen opponents, and told them to bring out everything they had.
• Tian Yao's operations team changed the livestream title to “Strongest Boss Raid Battle!”

Yang Shan fought sixteen top Dou Zun players in a heavily publicized tournament match, testing their defenses while showing off his own techniques. He remained under pressure from the group as Ye Suifeng’s attack was stopped by Yang Shan’s dual-blade defense.

• Yang Shan entered the arena and prepared to face sixteen accomplished players, including Xiao Aotian, Yi Qingyang, and Ye Suifeng.
• At the start of the match, Yang Shan used Three Thousand Thunder Movement and Tyrant Blade to strike all sixteen players, who responded with different defenses.
• Yang Shan spotted Yi Qingyang’s Radiant Profound Gold trap and used Yama—Double Ghosts Reaping Lives to destroy the flying swords with Northern Falling Seven Star Thunder.
• Xiao Aotian attacked Yang Shan with a practiced combo using the Mysterious Heavy Ruler, but Yang Shan blocked the final strike with his dual blades.
• Ye Suifeng charged with Wind’s Pinnacle - Meteor Kill, and Yang Shan stopped the sword threads with Tyrant Blade—Hundred Twists Chaos.

Yang Shan fought off the coordinated attacks of sixteen top players, using his spatial powers and Liao Wuchen as a shield while trying to eliminate the defensive specialist. The battle continued with Lin Maokai and Lucky Poison Hand restraining Yang Shan, but Xiao Aotian cut the vines before Sea Heart Flame could harm Lin Maokai.

• Yang Shan dodged the group’s barrage and used Supreme Void Power to get behind Liao Wuchen, then knocked him down.
• Yang Shan used Liao Wuchen to block Ye Suifeng’s sword qi and flying swords while striking at him, but Liao Wuchen’s defenses endured.
• Lin Maokai bound Yang Shan with tough vines, and Lucky Poison Hand injected them with deadly poison.
• Yang Shan spread Sea Heart Flame across his body and burned along the vines, threatening Lin Maokai and Lucky Poison Hand.
• Xiao Aotian cut the vines with ruler qi infused with Fallen Heart Flame, preventing Sea Heart Flame from injuring Lin Maokai.

Yang Shan countered the coordinated attacks of the sixteen players, defeating their ambushes while his Thunder Phantom Body blocked Yuan Hongquan’s thunder strike. The opponents shifted their assault onto the Thunder Phantom Body, leaving Yang Shan under pressure as the fight continued.

• Ji Wusha protected Ye Suifeng from Yang Shan’s blade, while six Dou Zun players used Space Power to shackle Yang Shan.
• Yuan Hongquan unleashed Thunder Dragon Hundred Kills, but Yang Shan’s Thunder Phantom Body stopped the attack with Hundred Twists Chaos.
• Yang Shan flanked Yuan Hongquan, but Huangfu Qiangwei ambushed him; he knocked away her daggers and then stomped her into the ground after she parried his blades and dodged his kick.
• Xiao Aotian rushed to help Huangfu Qiangwei, but Yang Shan met him with Wandering Body Fire and defeated his defense with Hundred Twists Chaos.
• While Yang Shan fought Xiao Aotian, Yi Qingyang, Ye Suifeng, and the other Dou Zun players launched a fierce attack on the Thunder Phantom Body.

Xiao Aotian briefly gained the upper hand against Yang Shan, unaware that Yang Shan was splitting his attention between his body and Thunder Illusory Body. As the sixteen Players prepared to counter Yang Shan’s next major attack, Yang Shan changed his plan and began coordinating a powerful technique with his clone.

• Xiao Aotian broke through Yang Shan’s defenses and struck his shoulder, but Ye Suifeng revealed that Yang Shan’s divided attention had given Xiao Aotian an opening.
• Yang Shan’s Thunder Illusory Body outmaneuvered the other Players, while Ye Suifeng struggled to keep pace.
• Xiao Aotian unleashed Six Harmonies Fire as Lin Maokai and Liao Wuchen tried to trap the Thunder Illusory Body, but the clone vanished and appeared beside Yang Shan.
• Yang Shan decided the sixteen Players had received enough opportunities to show their skills and prepared a powerful attack with his Thunder Illusory Body.
• The Players initiated Plan B, sending seven fighters to use Space Power to disrupt Yang Shan’s technique, while Lin Maokai fueled Xiao Aotian’s flames and Yi Qingyang prepared a three-attribute reaction.
• Yang Shan and his Thunder Illusory Body formed a spatial wall with Supreme Void Power and began preparing Lingering Spirit Hundred Howls.

Yang Shan countered the players’ coordinated ultimate attacks and exposed Huangfu Qiangwei’s assassination attempt as a trap. With Lucky Poison Hand and Huangfu Qiangwei eliminated, he turned to hunt the exhausted survivors, choosing Ji Wusha as his next target.

• The players combined attribute reactions and their strongest techniques to attack Yang Shan, while more than twenty powerful experts contained the arena’s destructive aftermath.
• Yang Shan countered their attack with Double Howl Overload, and the Heaven Ranking players struggled to hold their techniques against it.
• Huangfu Qiangwei struck Yang Shan from behind with her daggers and poison, while Lucky Poison Hand rushed in to follow up.
• Yang Shan revealed that Huangfu Qiangwei had stabbed his Void Thunder Phantom Body, then killed Lucky Poison Hand with Hundred Twists Chaos and eliminated Huangfu Qiangwei with Northern Falling Seven Star Thunder.
• After the clash ended, Yang Shan declared the hunt had begun and chose Ji Wusha as his next target.

Yang Shan defeated most of the Players in the arena, then ran out of Dou Qi and let the remaining Heaven Ranking Players and Liao Wuchen surrender with their dignity intact. After he won Spiritual Peach Mountain for the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan, he learned Feng Qing'er had grown more loyal to him, but a familiar voice warned that something had happened to the Young Lady.

• Yang Shan defeated Ji Wusha and cleared the other Dou Zun Players from the arena while Xiao Aotian, Yi Qingyang, and Ye Suifeng struggled to protect Liao Wuchen.
• After exhausting his Dou Qi, Yang Shan stopped fighting, and Yi Qingyang, Xiao Aotian, Ye Suifeng, and Liao Wuchen each surrendered.
• The referee declared Yang Shan the winner and announced that Spiritual Peach Mountain belonged to the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan.
• Feng Qiuyue urged Feng Qing'er to maintain a relationship with Yang Shan and suggested she could marry him; Feng Qing'er resented the Phoenix Branch's motives, and her loyalty to Yang Shan increased to 75.
• As Yang Shan went to ask Feng Qing'er what had happened, a familiar voice told him that something had happened to the Young Lady.

Yang Shan left the Ten Thousand Beasts Ceremony to rescue Xiao Xun'er, who had been trapped for half a month in an array inside the Sealing Spirit Relic. He reached the array with Zi Yan and Gu Zhen, and the Sea Heart Flame reacted as Yang Shan wondered whether the array was an illusion.

• Yang Shan learned from Gu Zhen that Xiao Xun'er was trapped in an array and decided to leave the ceremony to rescue her.
• Yang Shan arranged for Feng Qing'er to manage his affairs at the ceremony and train Black Da Sha while he was away.
• Zi Yan showed Yang Shan the stolen Nine Cold Immortal Melon, then joined him on the rescue mission.
• Yang Shan and Zi Yan traveled with Gu Zhen to the Sealing Spirit Relic in the Barren Ancient Domain, learning why Xiao Xun'er sought its inheritance for the Purple Immortal Pavilion.
• Gu Zhen introduced them to Gu Yan, who guarded the array, and Yang Shan sensed a reaction from his Sea Heart Flame as he considered whether the array was an illusion.

Yang Shan arranged a distraction with Zi Yan and entered the illusion formation to rescue Xiao Xun'er. Inside, he found himself on a mountain overlooking a farming village, where he heard a familiar voice call out to him.

• Yang Shan learned that about three hundred members of the Ancient Eight Clans were inside the relic and arranged to draw them away from Xiao Xun'er’s formation.
• Yang Shan used Zi Yan’s blood to create a dragon-aura lure and gave her an illusion-sealing bracelet and Zhu Li’s Space Jade Slip.
• Yang Shan left Gu Zhen, Gu Yan, and his Thunder Phantom Body outside as contingencies, then entered the illusion formation himself.
• Yang Shan found himself in a mountain village with no cultivation, and a familiar voice made him turn and call out, “Senior!”

Yang Shan followed a village girl whose voice matched Xiao Xun'er’s and discovered that she shared his own name, Yang Shan. He spent the day and night with her in the remote village, and the chapter ended as he tried to frighten her by pretending to spot a snake, only to learn she could not see it.

• Yang Shan met a village girl with Xiao Xun'er’s voice, but she did not recognize him when he called her Senior.
• The girl invited Yang Shan home for food and introduced herself as Yang Shan, so he gave his name as Yang Erlang.
• Yang Shan learned about the girl’s hard-working village life, shared a meal with her and her mother, and stayed overnight.
• Yang Shan joined the girl on her village watch, where she said she feared snakes despite having helped drive away a bear.
• Yang Shan pointed at an imaginary snake, but the girl could not see it.

Yang Shan helped the village girl live out the peaceful village life Xiao Xun'er had longed for, then used a staged attack to awaken her from the illusion. Xiao Xun'er regained her true appearance, and as the illusion began to disappear, she ordered Yang Shan to close his eyes.

• Yang Shan helped the little girl's family with farm work and discovered that her memories and unusual connection pointed to Xiao Xun'er.
• On Yang Shan's fifteenth day in the village, Tianyao Official announced Version 3.2 would end in ten game days, while Yao Lao's body reconstruction storyline would continue in Version 3.3.
• A scar-faced Dou Master and sixteen thugs attacked the village and demanded its women for the Cloud Rain Immortal Sect.
• Yang Shan gave the little girl Yama and urged her to protect the village; she defeated the attackers and ordered them to live out their lives there as punishment.
• The little girl recognized what Yang Shan would do, revealed herself as Xiao Xun'er, and the illusion froze as she began to disappear from the village.
• Xiao Xun'er told Yang Shan to close his eyes as her coarse clothes vanished.

Xiao Xun'er emerged from the illusion array after Yang Shan helped her fulfill her wish to live in a village, and the system revealed that her predestined fate could now be changed. At Tian Yao Company, Xiao Yan learned that her favorability lock had begun unlocking, but he decided to wait and see how Yang Shan progressed.

• Gu Yan continued guarding the illusion array while a mysterious bandit stirred trouble in the secret realm and Xiao Qian Di's arrival forced Gu Zhen to divert attention elsewhere.
• Xiao Xun'er emerged from the illusion array, and Gu Yan tactfully avoided asking what had happened inside.
• Yang Shan fed Xiao Xun'er a grape, prompting the system to announce that he had fulfilled her birthday wish and that an opportunity to alter her predestined fate had appeared.
• Yang Shan considered how Xiao Xun'er's life in the game differed from her original story and recorded his thoughts about her likely character storyline.
• Lao Wang told Xiao Yan that Xiao Xun'er's favorability lock had begun unlocking, and Xiao Yan rejected changing her code because it risked AI Nüwa errors.
• Xiao Yan decided to leave Xiao Xun'er's restrictions unchanged and said Yang Shan would have to win her over within ten versions to impress him.

Xiao Xun'er, Yang Shan, and Zi Yan explored the illusion array after Gu Yan returned to Purple Immortal Pavilion. As they entered the mist, Zi Yan sensed a dangerous urge to kill.

• Xiao Xun'er sent Gu Yan back to Purple Immortal Pavilion while she continued investigating the ruins with Yang Shan.
• Zi Yan arrived, reunited with Xiao Xun'er, and joined her and Yang Shan in taking a picture together.
• Xiao Xun'er asked Zi Yan to help explore the illusion array, and Yang Shan concealed its perimeter with two Heaven Rank Dou Skills he said he had learned through a senior's guidance.
• Zi Yan led Yang Shan and Xiao Xun'er into the grayish-white mist and held their hands so they would not get separated.
• Zi Yan stopped in the mist and warned them that she felt like going on a killing spree.

Yang Shan, Zi Yan, and Xiao Xun'er fought a mysterious multi-attribute creature that ambushed them in the mist. The creature revealed itself as an Eight Star Dou Zun, and the chapter ended with it directing a water-attribute attack at Yang Shan as he summoned Sea Heart Flame.

• Zi Yan sensed a hostile presence through her bloodline, and she swallowed its opening attack with a space-powered black hole while Xiao Xun'er and Yang Shan struck back.
• Yang Shan spotted the attacker through his Thunder Phantom Body and identified it as a dark-purple, three-attribute Mysterious Creature at Eight Star Dou Zun.
• Zi Yan and Xiao Xun'er equipped sacred artifacts, then Zi Yan charged the creature with Void Rending Fist as Yang Shan prepared to assist.
• The creature defended with earth, then attacked with lightning, but Zi Yan shattered its stone wall and Yang Shan broke its lightning with Northern Falling Seven Star Thunder.
• Zi Yan and Yang Shan pinned the creature between Void Hundred Fists and Tyrant Blade—Hundred Twists Chaos, but it turned its water-attribute attack toward Yang Shan, who called on Sea Heart Flame.

Yang Shan, Zi Yan, and Xiao Xun'er fought a mysterious creature whose strength surged through a Dou Di Bloodline secret art. The creature’s power-up revealed its identity as a member of the Tunling Clan.

• Yang Shan used Lingering Spirit Hundred Howls while Zi Yan battered the mysterious creature, then carried Zi Yan away so Xiao Xun'er could attack.
• Xiao Xun'er combined the five seals of her Emperor Seal and used the Golden Emperor Burning Flame to crush and burn the creature, clearing the surrounding mist.
• The creature survived with severe injuries, broke free of Xiao Xun'er's Heavenly Dragon Flame Gang, and began smiling as its wounds leaked dark purple blood.
• The creature's strange forehead patterns triggered a surge in its Qi and Blood, raising its cultivation from Eight Star Dou Zun to One Star Dou Zun Peak.
• Xiao Xun'er identified the power-up as a Dou Di Bloodline secret art, and Zi Yan recognized the creature as a member of the Tunling Clan.

Yang Shan, Xiao Xun'er, and Zi Yan defeated a Tunling Clan member in the Sealed Spirit Secret Realm, but it vanished before they could question it. The Sealing Spirit Saint appeared, recognized their hatred of the Tunling Clan, and offered Yang Shan a reward from his preserved residence.

• Xiao Xun'er and Zi Yan attacked the Tunling Clan member while Yang Shan prepared the Seven Star Thunder Kill Array, but the two women overwhelmed it before he joined the fight.
• Xiao Xun'er bound the defeated enemy with the Imprisoning Spirit True Skill, but it convulsed and vanished before Zi Yan could question it.
• The Sealing Spirit Saint appeared, greeted Xiao Xun'er, recognized Zi Yan's Ancient Void Dragon royal bloodline, and teased Yang Shan about his Peach Blossom Luck.
• The Sealing Spirit Saint noticed Yang Shan's Northern Falling Seven Star Thunder, praised its array mysteries, and offered him a reward from the treasures in his preserved residence.