Chapter Summaries

Zi Yan fought an apparent Tunling Clan intruder in her private realm before recognizing Yang Shan, who took her to the Void Thunder Pool. After strengthening their lightning and absorbing Black Demon Lightning Clouds, they sensed a fight nearby and hurried toward a possible crisis involving Zhang Hao.

• Zi Yan fought a dark purple intruder, bound it with Four Directions Void Dragon Lock, and discovered it was Yang Shan using Tunling Clan form.
• Yang Shan convinced Zi Yan to accompany him to the Void Thunder Pool, where he marked her hands with Northern Falling Seven Star Thunder and Extraterrestrial Ghoul Lightning.
• Yang Shan and Zi Yan entered the Void Thunder Domain and found five Black Demon Lightning Clouds.
• Over three days, Yang Shan absorbed fifteen clouds, advancing the origins of Northern Falling Seven Star Thunder and Extraterrestrial Ghoul Lightning to the Dou Sheng level.
• Zi Yan sensed a fight to the southeast, and Yang Shan detected Golden Qilin Mystic Lightning and suspected Zhang Hao was in trouble.
• Yang Shan and Zi Yan set off toward the fight after his Transmission Token failed to reach the Mystic Wrath Thunder Saint.

Yang Shan arrived in the Void Thunder Domain and rescued Lei Zhanghao and Mang Tianchi from Saint Hun Qing and Xuan Mo. He fought Saint Hun Qing while Zi Yan overwhelmed Xuan Mo, and the chapter ended as Saint Hun Qing prepared his Cosmos Phenomenon.

• Lei Zhanghao gave Mang Tianchi a token to deliver to Yang Shan and planned to send him away while defending him from Saint Hun Qing and Xuan Mo.
• Yang Shan ambushed Saint Hun Qing with Tyrant Blade - Nine Annihilations and identified him and Xuan Mo as a Soul Clan envoy and a commander of Western Dragon Island.
• Zi Yan arrived and used her divine-grade bloodline to overpower Xuan Mo, while Yang Shan sent his Thunder Phantom Body to protect Lei Zhanghao and Mang Tianchi.
• Saint Hun Qing tried to call off the fight, but Yang Shan mocked him and attacked, then battled him for several hundred exchanges until Saint Hun Qing's Protective Gang Qi was destroyed.
• Saint Hun Qing began using Cosmos Phenomenon—Ghoul Killing Domain as Yang Shan stopped his attack and watched the dark clouds gather.

Yang Shan endured Saint Hun Qing’s attacks before revealing the restorative Cosmos Phenomenon Sea Reflecting Star River, reversing the fight. After Zi Yan arrived carrying the defeated Xuan Mo, Saint Hun Qing surrendered to Yang Shan.

• Saint Hun Qing used Ghoul Killing Domain to suppress Yang Shan’s perception and attacked him, while Yang Shan’s Thunder Phantom Body prepared a formation to prevent his escape.
• Saint Hun Qing’s soul-based restraint and Heaven Rank Dou Skill failed to defeat Yang Shan, whose defenses and recovery let him withstand the assault.
• Believing Yang Shan could not use a Cosmos Phenomenon, Saint Hun Qing prepared to break his blade formation and abduct him.
• Yang Shan unleashed Sea Reflecting Star River, greatly boosting his recovery and shrinking Saint Hun Qing’s Ghoul Killing Domain.
• Yang Shan offered Saint Hun Qing a chance to surrender, and Saint Hun Qing refused until Zi Yan arrived carrying the defeated Xuan Mo.
• Saint Hun Qing withdrew his Cosmos Phenomenon and surrendered to Yang Shan.

Yang Shan interrogated Xuan Mo and learned how Saint Hun Qing had approached Western Dragon Island on behalf of the Dark Blood Organization. After discovering that Saint Hun Qing’s memories had been tampered with, Yang Shan sent Xuan Mo back as a spy and planned to use him to bring Western Dragon Island under their control.

• Yang Shan separately interrogated Xuan Mo and Saint Hun Qing, recording both sessions while Zi Yan and Lei Zhanghao stood by.
• Xuan Mo explained that Saint Hun Qing had offered Western Dragon Island a cultivation-boosting secret technique and hoped to help it unify the Ancient Void Dragon Clan.
• Yang Shan had Xuan Mo examine Saint Hun Qing’s soul and showed him footage revealing that Saint Hun Qing’s memories had been erased after he mentioned Dark Blood.
• Xuan Mo recounted how Saint Hun Qing had approached the Western Dragon King through an elder, then recruited Xuan Mo to meet Dark Blood’s leader, Blood Eyes, in exchange for help killing Lei Zhanghao and Mang Tianchi.
• Yang Shan imprisoned Saint Hun Qing, placed a Dragon Soul Imprint on Xuan Mo, and sent him back to Western Dragon Island with instructions to act as a spy.
• Yang Shan told Zi Yan they could use Xuan Mo to secure Western Dragon Island’s surrender, and Zi Yan said she would tell the Great Elder in exchange for more days off.

Yang Shan returned to Soul Sweeping Tower after helping the Ancient Void Dragon Clan and delaying his Constitution advancement until Zi Yan could become a Dragon Phoenix. He learned that Hun Dan had found no leads on Blood Eyes or Dark Blood, and left to bring Saint Hun Qing to the Ten Thousand Souls Ancient Emperor for answers.

• Yang Shan brought Lei Zhanghao and Mang Tianchi to Eastern Dragon Island, where they swore Oaths of Heaven and Earth to keep the Ancient Void Dragon Clan's secrets.
• Zhu Tian advised Yang Shan to postpone advancing his True Dragon Mystic Body until Zi Yan could provide Dragon Phoenix Source Blood, and Yang Shan stayed to play mahjong with Zi Yan, Lei Zhanghao, and Mang Tianchi.
• Yang Shan left Eastern Dragon Island in the Cheng E Set and met Wu Ying, who had advanced to Initial Half-Saint.
• Yang Shan met Hun Dan at Soul Sweeping Tower, and Hun Dan reported that his investigation had uncovered no leads on Blood Eyes or Dark Blood.
• Yang Shan and Hun Dan suspected that Saint Hun Qing might have acted independently, and Yang Shan decided to take him to the Ten Thousand Souls Ancient Emperor for answers.

Yang Shan visited Fallen Soul Valley and reunited with Xiao Aotian, whom Yellow Spring Demon Saint was training. He asked Ten Thousand Souls Ancient Emperor to examine a Soul Clan Dou Sheng tied to the Dark Blood Organization, and they suspected Soul Heavenly Emperor was behind the unusual soul technique.

• Yang Shan arrived at Fallen Soul Valley as a Dou Sheng, and Ten Thousand Souls Ancient Emperor praised his progress before welcoming him inside.
• Yang Shan found Xiao Aotian learning sealing arts from Yellow Spring Demon Saint, and the group traded teasing remarks about Xiao Aotian's stubbornness and Yang Shan's reputation.
• Yang Shan presented Saint Hun Qing, a Soul Clan Dou Sheng he had found connected to the Dark Blood Organization, and explained what he knew about Blood Eyes and the Cloud Rain Sect.
• Yellow Spring Demon Saint examined Saint Hun Qing and found his soul origin mark damaged and his thoughts sealed, while Ten Thousand Souls Ancient Emperor ruled out the Tunling Clan as the source.
• Ten Thousand Souls Ancient Emperor and Yellow Spring Demon Saint concluded that the technique came from someone highly skilled in soul arts, and Xiao Aotian identified Soul Heavenly Emperor as the likeliest culprit.

Ten Thousand Souls Ancient Emperor restored Saint Hun Qing’s memories, revealing Blood Eyes’ orders to support Dark Blood and investigate the Ancient Void Dragon Clan. He rewarded Yang Shan with a Tier Nine Nye Sha Ancient Dragon magic core, then spoke privately with the Central Plains Guardians about their dwindling legacy and their duty to aid Yang Shan without controlling him.

• Ten Thousand Souls Ancient Emperor restored traces of Saint Hun Qing’s soul and showed Yellow Spring Demon Saint, Yang Shan, and Xiao Aotian Blood Eyes’ messages about Dark Blood and an Ancient Void Dragon’s internal strife.
• Ten Thousand Souls Ancient Emperor gave Yang Shan a Tier Nine Nye Sha Ancient Dragon magic core as a reward for his progress.
• Yellow Spring Demon Saint urged Xiao Aotian to refine his Soul Nourishing Fruit, and Xiao Aotian vowed he might surpass Yang Shan one day.
• After Yang Shan began cultivating and Xiao Aotian refined the fruit, Yellow Spring Demon Saint shielded them while Thousand Azure Saint and Severing Heaven Blade Saint greeted the ancient figures.
• Yellow Spring Demon Saint told Ten Thousand Souls Ancient Emperor that the latest Central Plains Guardians, Dan Ru Jun and Burning Flame Old Ancestor, had died without known successors.
• Ten Thousand Souls Ancient Emperor ordered Thousand Azure Saint and Severing Heaven Blade Saint to help Yang Shan without interfering with his choices or fortune.

Yang Shan refined the Evil Sin Ancient Dragon's magic core, discussed the future of Ten Thousand Demons Howling to the Heavens, and returned to Soul Sweeping Tower. After Wu Ying broke through to Intermediate Half Saint, Yang Shan summoned Hun Miesheng and presented him with a coffin.

• Yang Shan released the Evil Sin Ancient Dragon and his other demon spirits, and the Ten Thousand Souls Ancient Emperor urged him to bring Ten Thousand Demons Howling to the Heavens to its ultimate form.
• Xiao Aotian gave Yang Shan a Space Jade Slip and lamented that he could not attend the Eight Clans Gathering.
• Yang Shan returned to Soul Sweeping Tower and waited while Hun Dan and Wu Ying refined Profound Yin Old Hag's Dou Sheng Essence Blood.
• Wu Ying broke through to Intermediate Half Saint and knelt to thank Yang Shan, while Hun Dan lamented that he had not advanced.
• Yang Shan summoned Hun Miesheng to Soul Sweeping Tower and showed him a coffin.

Yang Shan told Hun Miesheng that Hun Qing and two other Dou Shengs had attacked him, then learned that factions within the Soul Clan might have arranged the plot. Hun Miesheng rewarded him with a Spirit Source Holy Fruit, and Yang Shan learned that the Eight Clans Gathering would begin in ten days.

• Yang Shan told Hun Miesheng that Profound Yin Old Hag and Blood Fiend Old Demon had died in an ambush, while he had spared Hun Qing and uncovered a connection to Blood Eyes.
• Hun Miesheng said the attack had not been arranged by him, but suspected that members of the Soul Clan were behind it amid internal power struggles.
• Hun Miesheng gave Yang Shan a Spirit Source Holy Fruit to raise his Heaven Realm Late Stage soul to Heaven Realm Great Perfection, saying it compensated him for his service to the Soul Hall.
• Yang Shan gave Hun Miesheng Dou Sheng Essence Blood to pass to Gu You, who planned to attempt a breakthrough to Dou Sheng.
• Yang Shan used his Thunder Phantom Body as a decoy, then contacted Gu Yuan, who told him the Eight Clans Gathering would begin in ten days and offered to send Gu Zhen to fetch him.

Yang Shan accompanied Gu Zhen and Gu Yan into Tianwu Space for the Ancient Eight Clans Gathering, where he confronted Ling Jie after learning that Ling Jie had beaten Gu Zhen. He left Ling Jie battered with a flurry of slaps in front of the gathered clans.

• Gu Zhen admitted that Ling Jie had beaten him, and Yang Shan agreed to settle the score while telling him to leave his injuries untreated as an excuse.
• Gu Yan guided Yang Shan through the history of the Martial Emperor Space and the rules and opportunities of the Ancient Eight Clans Gathering.
• Yang Shan, Gu Zhen, and Gu Yan entered Tianwu Space and headed straight for the arenas, where Ling Jie was fighting Hun Li.
• Ling Xuan questioned Yang Shan's presence, and Gu Zhen insisted she address him as Saint Lord Yang.
• Ling Jie mocked Yang Shan and Gu Zhen after defeating Hun Li, so Yang Shan struck him twelve times and left his face swollen.

Yang Shan defended Gu Zhen against the Spirit Clan and demanded that Ling Xuan summon Ling Fu, while Xiao Xun'er completed her cultivation and hurried toward the Eight Clans Gathering. Yang Shan prepared to confront Ling Fu before the tournament began, and Xiao Xun'er raced to reunite with Junior.

• Yang Shan punched Ling Jie in both eyes after Ling Xuan told him to stop, then argued that he was standing up for Gu Zhen after Ling Jie attacked Gu Yan's fiancé.
• Lei Che and the Thunder Clan youngsters arrived, recognized Yang Shan as their Young Pavilion Master, and followed his order to stand back.
• Yang Shan defended Gu Zhen and Gu Yan's relationship, while Gu Zhen privately corrected his claim that he had already presented a betrothal gift.
• Yang Shan told Ling Xuan to call Ling Fu, revealing that he intended to fight him before the Eight Clans Gathering began.
• Xiao Xun'er completed her cultivation in the Ancient Realm's forbidden grounds and hurried toward Tianwu Space to see Junior.

Ling Fu challenged Yang Shan to a battle in the arena district, and the Ancient Eight Clans gathered to watch. As the clan leaders observed from a hidden space, Yang Shan and Ling Fu entered the arena, where the surroundings transformed into a valley.

• Ling Fu learned that Yang Shan had blocked the Spirit Clan's young geniuses and demanded that Yang Shan sign a Life and Death Contract.
• News of the match spread through the Eight Clans, drawing the younger generations and clan leaders to the arena district.
• Yi Qingyang told Shi Gandang that Yang Shan had killed a Dou Sheng while he was an Advanced Half-Saint, astonishing Shi Gandang.
• Shi Gandang joined Xiao Qian Di, Yao Tian, Lei Dong, Huo Xuan, and Gu Qingyang in a concealed space above the arena, where they discussed Yang Shan and the Ancient Clan's God Grade Bloodline.
• Ling Fu and Yang Shan entered the arena, and the arena's surroundings shifted into a valley.

Yang Shan battled Ling Fu in the Tianwu Arena, resisting Ink Lotus Nether Water and overpowering Ling Fu with his blade and lightning. He paused the fight to take a call from Gu Xun’er, whose affectionate message about her grapes stirred the other young clan leaders and revealed that Yang Shan might enter the Ancient Clan Marriage Tournament.

• Ling Fu ambushed Yang Shan with Ink Lotus Nether Water, but Yang Shan’s Star Mark Undying Body overcame its corrosive effects.
• Yang Shan clashed with Ling Fu at close range, using Tyrant Blade and Northern Falling Seven Star Thunder to counter his water techniques.
• Yang Shan triggered a Thunderfire Overload explosion against Ling Fu, but Ling Fu’s water flood dragon remained ready to attack.
• Yang Shan paused the battle to answer Gu Xun’er’s transmission, and she cheerfully told him she had picked him the biggest bunch of her ripe grapes.
• Huo Xuan and the other young clan leaders reacted angrily to Gu Xun’er’s warmth toward Yang Shan, while Gu Qingyang said Yang Shan would probably join the Ancient Clan Marriage Tournament.

Yang Shan faced Ling Fu in a public duel while the Clan Leaders watched, and both fighters unleashed their Cosmos Phenomena. Ling Fu destroyed Yang Shan’s blade formation in the mirror lake, but Yang Shan revealed a counterattack using demon spirits, Three Thousand Burning Flame, and Northern Falling Seven Star Thunder.

• The Clan Leaders inferred that the Ancient Clan’s invitation for Yang Shan to join the Marriage Tournament showed how highly the clan valued him.
• Ling Fu attacked Yang Shan in anger, and Yang Shan let him strike before saying he was repaying Ling Fu for stopping earlier.
• Ling Fu summoned Cosmos Phenomenon - Mirror Lotus, while Yang Shan answered with Cosmos Phenomenon - Nine Heavens Thunder Domain and defended with the Hundred Twists Chaos Array.
• Ling Fu strengthened his water dragon with ink lotuses and eroded Yang Shan’s blade formation, while Yang Shan’s Ten Thousand Demons Howling to the Heavens failed to affect him.
• Ling Fu submerged and destroyed the blade formation in the mirror lake, but Yang Shan unleashed another demon-spirit attack infused with Three Thousand Burning Flame as a second Yang Shan wielded Northern Falling Seven Star Thunder.

Yang Shan used his Overload and a series of lightning and blade techniques against Ling Fu, who countered with the Spirit Clan’s Heaven Rank skills. After Ling Fu’s decisive palm strike seemed to kill Yang Shan, Yang Shan appeared unharmed and asked whether Ling Fu still wanted to fight.

• Yang Shan’s Thunder Illusory Body returned to him after using Overload, which disrupted Ling Fu’s Mirror Lotus phenomenon but was ultimately suppressed by Ling Fu’s Nether Flower Myriad Blooms.
• Yang Shan trapped Ling Fu with the Imprisoning Spirit Heaven Lock Grand Formation and attacked with the Hundred Twists Chaos Array, while Ling Fu restrained him with the Nether Water Heaven Silk Art.
• Ling Fu gathered his remaining Ink Lotus Nether Water, escaped the contracting formation, and unleashed Heaven Devouring Azure Sea Palm through Yang Shan’s blade array.
• Yang Shan used Strange Speed and True Three Thousand Thunder Movement to evade the palm strike at extreme speed, though Ling Fu believed he had killed him.
• Yang Shan appeared beside the shocked Ling Fu in his Blood-Red Cloak and asked, “Brother Ling Fu, still fighting?”

Yang Shan defeated Ling Fu in the Tianwu Arena and reunited with Xiao Xun'er, whose affectionate gesture made Ling Fu lose control. As Yang Shan and Xiao Xun'er left together, the Ancient Clan leaders argued over their wager while Soul Heavenly Emperor revealed his intention to seek the Heavenly Martial Ancient Emperor's inheritance.

• Ling Fu admitted defeat after his Heaven Devouring Azure Sea Palm failed to harm Yang Shan, and Yang Shan left the arena without triggering a Tianwu Opportunity.
• Xiao Xun'er greeted Yang Shan outside the arena and fed him a grape, prompting Ling Fu to vomit blood and leave with Ling Xuan.
• Gu Yan helped Yang Shan take Xiao Xun'er for a walk, and Lei Che and the Thunder Clan youths called her the Young Pavilion Master's Wife.
• Lei Ying and Gu Yuan disputed whether Yang Shan belonged to the Thunder Clan or the Ancient Clan before collecting their winnings from Ling Zhou.
• Soul Heavenly Emperor said his clan would pursue the Heavenly Martial Ancient Emperor's inheritance, then challenged Yao Dan to send Yao Clan youths to Soul Hall.

Soul Heavenly Emperor and Xiao Xuan discussed having Hun Yu spar with Xiao Qian Di, while Yang Shan and Xiao Xun'er crossed paths with Xiao Qian Di in Heavenly Martial City. After Yang Shan provoked him over Yun Yun and Xiao Xun'er openly chose Yang Shan, Xiao Qian Di was left reeling and vowed to beat Yang Shan at the Ancient Clan's Marriage Tournament.

• Soul Heavenly Emperor silenced Yao Dan with a reminder of his fearsome past, and Xiao Xuan urged him to let Hun Yu spar with Xiao Qian Di.
• Shi Feng revealed that Xiao Qian Di had gone to challenge someone, and the Clan Leaders focused on Heavenly Martial City's gates.
• Xiao Qian'er and Yang Shan encountered Xiao Qian Di, who questioned Yang Shan about Yun Yun and his plans for the Ancient Clan's Marriage Tournament.
• Yang Shan claimed Yun Yun was willing to be his concubine and boasted about his appeal, leaving Xiao Qian'er laughing and Xiao Qian Di stunned.
• Xiao Xun'er said she would not let Yang Shan become a live-in son-in-law and asked him to keep the other women away when they were together.
• Xiao Xun'er's remark about her God Grade Bloodline made Xiao Qian Di spit blood, and he threatened to beat Yang Shan at the tournament.

Yang Shan and Xiao Xun'er grew closer during a private conversation, and a system announcement declared that he had won her heart. After the system revealed the unique nature of her feelings, an emergency notice announced that the server would shut down for maintenance in three in-game hours.

• Yang Shan told Xiao Xun'er about his seven lives, and they discussed her feelings for him and the emotional effects of her God Grade Bloodline.
• Xiao Xun'er pinned Yang Shan down, then asked about Zi Yan; Yang Shan claimed he had remembered meeting only one girl who could use the Golden Emperor Burning Flame.
• A Global Announcement declared that Yang Shan had won the heart of Gu Xun'er and awarded him Good Fortune, provoking Xiao Aotian to rage at Starfall Pavilion.
• Xiao Xun'er left to find her father, while system messages reported her favorability had reached 75 and that Yang Shan was the only person who could make her feel love.
• The system announced emergency maintenance and said the server would shut down in three in-game hours.

Yang Shan and Su Yitang joined a meeting with Xiao Yan and the other closed beta players to discuss helping Tian Yao Company develop the unfinished Dou Sheng-stage content. The group agreed to cooperate with AI Nüwa’s calculations, and Xiao Yan named their operation “Five Sages Opening the Heavens.”

• Xiao Yan complained that Yang Shan’s Favorability progress had nearly triggered a damaging Global Announcement, then invited him to a remote meeting during the server shutdown.
• Su Yitang told Yang Shan she had signed the closed beta contract and reached Dou Sheng, then joined him in the Game Pods for the meeting.
• Xiao Yan asked the five players about their high-level inheritances and contact with Dou Di; Yang Shan reported three Dou Di remnant souls, while Xiao Aotian revealed his lead to the Heaven Flame Ancient Emperor.
• Xiao Yan explained that the players’ influence would help AI Nüwa complete Dou Sheng-stage calculations, and asked them not to disrupt the Heavenly Underworld Sect’s role as a major villain faction.
• The five players agreed to help Tian Yao Company, and Xiao Yan named the closed beta operation “Five Sages Opening the Heavens.”

Xiao Xun'er told the Ancient Clan's Council of Elders that she intended to marry Yang Shan, forcing Gu Yuan and the elders to confront the prospect of their God Grade Bloodline marrying out. The elders objected until Gu Yuan revealed Yang Shan's power and threatened to let the Thunder Clan marry him instead, leaving them scrambling to negotiate.

• During the Server Shutdown, Gu Yuan convened the Ancient Clan's Council of Elders, and Xiao Xun'er announced that she would skip the Ancient Clan Marriage Tournament and marry Yang Shan.
• When Gu Dao warned about the importance of Xiao Xun'er's God Grade Bloodline, Xiao Xun'er revealed that she had already given herself to Yang Shan, and Gu Yuan pretended to share the elders' concerns.
• Gu Lie defended Xiao Xun'er and Yang Shan, but Xiao Xun'er clarified that she would marry Yang Shan rather than have him marry into the Ancient Clan.
• Gu Dao and the other elders objected to Xiao Xun'er marrying out, while Gu Yuan warned that Yang Shan possessed the Supreme Void and was protected by the remnant souls of Thousand Azure Saint and Severing Heaven Blade Saint.
• Gu Yuan suggested letting the Thunder Clan marry Lei Ting to Yang Shan instead, and Xiao Xun'er agreed to persuade him; the elders then called them back and said everything was negotiable.