Chapter Summaries

Red Serpent used her flute to unleash thousands of snakes on the Gold Devouring Rats, disrupting their formation until Jin Shi conceded her test. After the trials resumed, Xing Hun stepped forward to challenge the weakened rats.

• Red Serpent played her flute, and snakes emerged to bite the Gold Devouring Rats and throw their formation into chaos.
• Jin Shi conceded the round after watching the rats suffer for several minutes, and Red Serpent stopped the snakes and joined Tian Yan on the mountaintop.
• Jin Shi and Jin Gu regrouped the rats, and the remaining challengers rushed to seize the chance to face their weakened formation.
• Xing Hun stepped forward and silenced the others with his imposing presence before Jin Shi announced that the test would continue.

Xing Hun, Zhu WuShi, Nameless, Nalan Yanran, and Purple Flame each cleared the trial using their abilities, bringing Chen Cheng’s group to the mountaintop. With eleven people present for only eight Tianshan Blood Pool spots, Lin Yinger realized three would have to leave.

• Xing Hun forced his way through the rats with soul force, Zhu WuShi drained their energy with his domain, and Nameless advanced using Sword Intent.
• Three-Eyed carried Nalan Yanran to the summit at high speed, and Clan Leader Jinshi ended the trial once the group exceeded eight people.
• Purple Flame asked to take the trial, and Clan Leader Jinshi allowed him after learning he was Chen Cheng’s pet.
• Purple Flame used Furious Lion’s Roar to scatter the rats, then flew to the summit and thanked Chen Zihang for teaching him the skill.
• Lin Yinger counted eleven people in Chen Cheng’s group and realized that three would have to give up their spots.

Lin Yinger and Ling Xiao tried to remove Nalan Yanran from the Tianshan Blood Pool trial, but the others turned the decision against them. After Lin Yinger withdrew, a vote sent Ling Xiao down as well, leaving one more person to be eliminated.

• Lin Yinger urged the group to make Nalan Yanran withdraw because she had the lowest cultivation, and Ling Xiao supported her.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Eagle, Chen Zihang, Xing Hun, Nameless, Zhu WuShi, Red Serpent, Purple Flame, and Tian Yan opposed Lin Yinger and said she should withdraw instead.
• Lin Yinger invoked Starfall Pavilion and tried to enlist Zhu WuShi and Nameless, but Ling Xiao also turned against her, so she withdrew.
• Red Serpent proposed a vote to choose who would leave, and Ling Xiao tried to align himself with Chen Zihang's group.
• The group revealed nine votes for Ling Xiao and one for Sister Yanran, so Ling Xiao accepted the result and left.
• Jinshi announced that one more person had to withdraw from the remaining group.

Elder Hao secured nine Tianshan Blood Pool spots for the other visitors by compensating Jinshi with a Royal Extreme Pill, while Chen Cheng prepared pills and hosted a public refinement in Yellow Spring Pavilion. At the Four Pavilion Tournament, three rival pavilion Venerables gathered and worried about Yellow Spring Pavilion’s power before a mysterious female Dou Venerable appeared and opened the event.

• Elder Hao offered Jinshi a Royal Extreme Pill, and the Gold Devouring Rat Race surrendered nine Tianshan Blood Pool spots.
• Chen Cheng returned to Yellow Spring Pavilion, spent three days preparing ingredients, and publicly refined thirty high-grade Tier 7 pills as Qin Yan Yang and the other alchemists watched.
• Chen Zihang’s puppet evolved into a Heavenly Demon Puppet after absorbing the pill lightning, and Chen Cheng stayed in Yellow Spring Pavilion until the Four Pavilion Tournament began.
• More than seventy young cultivators passed the tournament assessment, and Thunder Venerable, Sword Venerable, and Wind Venerable arrived and discussed their concerns about Yellow Spring Pavilion.
• A beautiful female Dou Venerable appeared in Yellow Spring Pavilion’s place, declared the Four Pavilion Tournament officially begun, and left the spectators wondering who she was.

The Four Pavilion Tournament began with a chaotic melee among more than seventy Dou Huang contestants, as Ling Xiao and Guan Hai prepared to compete for first place. Xiao Yan watched from the stands, inspired by the fighters and determined to grow stronger, while Wind Venerable approved of his closeness with Mu Qingluan.

• Wind Venerable questioned whether the brocade-robed woman who called herself the Demon King was the same person who had killed Yellow Spring.
• Yellow Spring Pavilion announced that the tournament's contestants would fight in a melee until ten remained to be ranked.
• Lin Yinger confronted Ling Xiao over his role in forcing her out earlier, and Ling Xiao spotted Guan Hai among the contestants.
• Ling Xiao vowed that Guan Hai would not win, while Guan Hai declared his intention to take first place for Yellow Spring Pavilion.
• The tournament began, and Xiao Yan watched the battle from the stands as Mu Qingluan described the action to him.
• Mu Qingluan reported that Lin Yinger had eliminated two contestants and was already facing Ling Xiao, while Wind Venerable watched Xiao Yan and Mu Qingluan warmly.

The Four Directions Pavilion tournament narrowed to one-on-one matches, where Guan Hai and Ling Xiao emerged as the top contenders with perfect records. Their battle began with Guan Hai revealing a strange surge of power that suggested he had secretly advanced to Nine Star Dou Huang.

• Feng Lingyu sent a Yellow Spring Pavilion elder to recruit promising contestants who had been eliminated.
• Guan Hai and Ling Xiao won all five of their matches, while Lin Yinger won four of five after losing to a Wind and Thunder Pavilion genius.
• The referee announced the match between Guan Hai and Ling Xiao, the two remaining undefeated fighters.
• Guan Hai attacked Ling Xiao with blood-colored wings and mist, and the two Eight-Star Dou Huangs fought evenly.
• Lin Yinger and Wind Venerable noticed Guan Hai’s strange bursts of energy and suspected he had recently advanced to Nine Star Dou Huang.

Guan Hai defeated Ling Xiao after revealing that he had advanced to Dou Zong, shocking the spectators and raising Yellow Spring Pavilion’s standing. Venerable Sword tried to seize Guan Hai, but Feng Lingyu intervened and protected him.

• Ling Xiao used the Great Thousand Sword Technique against Guan Hai, who countered with the Myriad Devouring Blood Skull Seal and exposed his Dou Zong cultivation.
• Guan Hai’s blood-colored skull shattered Ling Xiao’s sword attack, struck him unconscious, and shook the plaza barrier.
• The spectators learned Guan Hai was a young Dou Zong and praised Yellow Spring Pavilion, while Guan Hai credited Chen Cheng’s pills for his breakthrough.
• Venerable Sword entered the plaza, saw Ling Xiao’s injuries, and attacked Guan Hai for using excessive force.
• Feng Lingyu shattered Venerable Sword’s attack, stopped him from reaching Guan Hai, and ordered Guan Hai to withdraw.

Feng Lingyu, the queen of Yellow Spring Pavilion, challenged Venerable Sword after he demanded an explanation for Ling Xiao’s severe injuries. She gradually overpowered him in the sky, and Wind Venerable and Thunder Venerable realized she was a Nine-Colored Sky Swallowing Python before a mysterious young man and monkey appeared.

• Venerable Sword learned that Ling Xiao had suffered broken bones and severe internal damage, but Feng Lingyu dismissed his demand for an explanation.
• Venerable Sword challenged Feng Lingyu to fight in the sky, and she accepted while the two pavilion elders withdrew their auras.
• Wind Venerable and Thunder Venerable followed the fight and recognized Feng Lingyu as a magical beast with the bloodline of a Nine-Colored Sky Swallowing Python.
• After an hour of fighting, Feng Lingyu adapted to the battle and gained the advantage over Venerable Sword.
• Wind Venerable spotted a young man in black and an ugly monkey, and realized Yellow Spring Pavilion might have three Dou Venerables.

Feng Lingyu defeated Venerable Sword and the Four Directions Pavilion Tournament concluded with Guan Hai in first place. As the attendees prepared to leave, Feng Lingyu stopped them to announce something.

• Chen Cheng arrived as Feng Lingyu fought Venerable Sword, who conceded after realizing he could not win.
• Feng Lingyu resumed the tournament, while Wind Venerable warned Xiao Yan that Chen Cheng and the Demon King were powerful threats.
• Lin Yinger conceded her match against Guan Hai, who finished with nine victories and took first place.
• Feng Lingyu stopped the attendees from leaving and said she had something to announce.

Feng Lingyu announced Yellow Spring Pavilion’s plan to unite the Four Pavilions and recruit disciples, but a Soul Hall Half-Saint arrived to challenge them. Chen Cheng assigned Sun Wukong to deal with the intruders, and Sun Wukong attacked Third Heavenly Venerate before he could finish introducing himself.

• Feng Lingyu told the gathered crowd that Yellow Spring Pavilion would forcibly integrate the Four Pavilions, revealed that Yellow Spring Venerable was dead and Ice River Valley destroyed, and announced public recruitment in three days.
• The crowd reacted with shock and excitement, while the leaders of Wind, Thunder, and Sword recognized they could not resist Yellow Spring Pavilion’s strength.
• A powerful Soul Hall presence appeared and accused Yellow Spring Pavilion of destroying a Soul Hall branch hall, frightening the people in the square.
• Chen Cheng sealed the area with a spatial barrier and ordered Sun Wukong to fight the two hidden Soul Hall Half-Saints.
• Third Heavenly Venerate emerged and began introducing himself, but Sun Wukong interrupted and struck at him with his staff.

Sun Wukong killed the Third Heavenly Venerate with a single enlarged strike, while Chen Cheng trapped the gray-robed Soul Hall Half-Saint who had planned to save him. After the battle, the rival pavilions turned against one another over the Third Heavenly Venerate’s Storage Ring, and Xiao Yan reached for it at Wind Venerable’s urging.

• The Third Heavenly Venerate unleashed his Nine Radiance Lion Spirit to block Sun Wukong’s Golden Cudgel, while Chen Cheng secretly locked the gray-robed Heavenly Venerate inside a spatial prison.
• Feng Lingyu asked Chen Cheng for the Third Heavenly Venerate’s Dou Skill, and Chen Cheng agreed to give it to her.
• Sun Wukong enlarged his Golden Cudgel, crushed the Third Heavenly Venerate’s attack, and killed him before devouring his soul.
• The gray-robed Heavenly Venerate failed to escape Chen Cheng’s spatial prison and realized the Demon King could defeat him as well.
• The Third Heavenly Venerate’s falling corpse killed a nearby Starfall Pavilion Dou Zong, and the three pavilions began competing for his Storage Ring.
• Wind Venerable distracted the others and urged Xiao Yan to take the Storage Ring, and Xiao Yan reached down to grab it.

Sun Wukong killed Third Heavenly Venerate and frightened the crowd by eating his corpse, while Chen Cheng revealed another powerful Soul Hall figure he had captured. The chapter ended with the gray-robed man identifying himself as Gu You, the Soul Hall Second Sky Sovereign known as Bone Nether Saint.

• Sun Wukong's one-swing killing of Third Heavenly Venerate inspired the Yellow Spring Pavilion disciples and made spectators consider joining the pavilion or fear the Soul Hall's retaliation.
• Xiao Yan tried to take Third Heavenly Venerate's Storage Ring, but Sun Wukong startled him away, claimed the ring, and ate the corpse in front of the horrified crowd.
• Chen Cheng quieted the Yellow Spring Pavilion disciples and told Sun Wukong to eat people out of sight in the future.
• Chen Cheng pulled a gray-robed Half-Saint from a spatial crack, and Sun Wukong flew up to watch him with his Golden Cudgel.
• Chen Cheng asked the gray-robed man to introduce himself, and he revealed that he was Gu You, the Soul Hall Second Sky Sovereign called Bone Nether Saint.

Chen Cheng questioned Soul Hall's Second Heavenly Venerate, Bone Nether Saint, about the faction's strength and told him to summon reinforcements. After Bone Nether Saint refused and Sun Wukong killed him, Chen Cheng turned to deciding the fate of the three pavilions.

• Chen Cheng greeted Bone Nether Saint and asked how many Soul Hall experts were stronger than him, but Bone Nether Saint did not answer.
• Chen Cheng told Bone Nether Saint to call for help, while Xiao Yan listened and wondered whether Sun Wukong was the legendary figure from another world.
• Bone Nether Saint said he had no Space Jade Slips for summoning other experts and refused to endanger Soul Hall's remaining members.
• Chen Cheng ordered Sun Wukong to kill Bone Nether Saint, and Sun Wukong carried away and devoured his corpse.
• Chen Cheng weighed having Sun Wukong grow stronger against making a powerful puppet, then considered how to manage the three pavilions.

After Sun Wukong’s victory over two Half-Saints, Chen Cheng shared the location of the Dou Sheng Remains with Yellow Spring Pavilion’s new allies, and the group set out to explore them. Soul Hall learned of its losses and chose to report Yellow Spring Pavilion’s strength to its clan while dispatching a subordinate to pursue the remains.

• Chen Cheng offered the allied factions thirty percent of whatever they found in the Dou Sheng Remains, and the group agreed to open them in three days.
• Hun Miesheng concluded that Yellow Spring Pavilion had a powerful expert capable of stopping spatial transfer and decided Soul Hall would report the threat to its clan.
• A Soul Hall venerable elder told Hun Miesheng that Ice River Venerable had provided information about Dou Sheng Remains in the Beast Domain, and Hun Miesheng ordered him to retrieve their treasures.
• Sun Wukong absorbed the energy of the two Half-Saints and advanced to One Star Dou Sheng.
• Chen Cheng led Xie Jianxian, Sun Wukong, Nezha, Xiao Yi Xian, Yan Lingji, Howling Celestial Hound, and Yellow Spring Pavilion experts toward the remains.

Chen Cheng brought the gathered factions to the Beast Domain, uncovered the Dou Sheng Remains, and led the Yellow Spring Pavilion into the palace. As other factions and the Soul Hall approached, Xie Jianxian guarded the site and killed the Soul Hall vanguard after letting them stay.

• Chen Cheng transported the gathered experts to the Beast Domain and ordered Xie Jianxian to guard the remains.
• Chen Cheng found the hidden space, pulled the palace from beneath the earth, and warned the factions to cooperate as they entered.
• Chen Cheng led the Yellow Spring Pavilion experts, Yan Lingji, and Xiao Yi Xian into the palace.
• Nearby beast tribes and the Soul Hall learned of the palace and sent forces toward it.
• Xie Jianxian suppressed the approaching forces and drove away the beast tribes, but killed the Soul Hall Dou Zun and his companions after they asked to stay.

Chen Cheng reached the Dou Sheng cave abode first, claimed ten Earth Demon Puppets, and led his companions through its halls to a vast medicinal forest. Wind Venerable and Thunder Venerable arrived at the entrance hours later and hurried inside, worried that Yellow Spring Pavilion had already taken everything.

• Chen Cheng imprinted ten Earth Demon Puppets and stored them, while Xiao Yi Xian warned that upgrading them would require a great deal of pill lightning.
• Chen Cheng sent Sun Wukong and Nezha to search separate routes, then had Howling Celestial Hound lead his group toward a strong medicinal fragrance.
• Chen Cheng and Xiao Yi Xian discovered a forest full of medicinal ingredients and ordered Yellow Spring Pavilion's people to gather them carefully.
• Wind Venerable and Thunder Venerable reached the plaza hours later, argued over Thunder Venerable's choice of route, and rushed into the cave abode.

Chen Cheng, Nezha, and Sun Wukong explored the Dou Sheng Cave Abode and collected treasures, pills, and skill formulas. Chen Cheng reached the main hall, where he negotiated exchanges for ten Earth Rank Dou Skills before its thirteen puppets attacked.

• Chen Cheng gave the exhausted herb gatherers fatigue-relieving pills, while Nezha found two ancient magical beast corpses and dismantled them for treasures.
• Nezha collected the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit and led the Yellow Spring Pavilion experts onward, while Sun Wukong swallowed a powerful Pill Beast and found dozens of pill formulas.
• After three days of exploration, Chen Cheng found the main hall, where Wind Venerable, Thunder Venerable, Venerable Sword, and their people had gathered.
• Chen Cheng identified the ten sealed scrolls as Earth Rank Dou Skills and offered the three Venerables a chance to copy five in exchange for their own skills.
• Chen Cheng broke the scrolls’ restrictions and let the Venerables choose, but the thirteen stone puppets activated and attacked everyone.

Chen Cheng claimed the thirteen Dou Venerable puppets and revived the Dou Sheng skeleton, which he tried to make his subordinate. Nezha arrived with two Ninth Rank Magic Cores and a Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit, while Feng Qing'er resolved to report the treasure to her clan.

• Chen Cheng subdued the thirteen puppets, took their Soul Imprints, and stored them away.
• Chen Cheng gathered the skeleton’s remnant soul and brought it to life, frightening Xiao Yi Xian and alarming the four pavilions.
• The skeleton recognized Chen Cheng as a Dou Sheng, and Chen Cheng introduced himself as its new master, but the skeleton refused to submit.
• Nezha arrived, examined the skeleton, and poked it with his Fire Tipped Spear before Chen Cheng told him to stop.
• Nezha gave Chen Cheng two Ninth Rank Magic Cores and a Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit that he had found among the remains of an Ancient Void Dragon and an Ancient Heavenly Phoenix.
• Feng Qing'er recognized the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit and decided to report the discovery to her clan.

Chen Cheng recruited Creation Saint after Nezha explained how he had broken the Beast Spirit Barrier. After Xie Jianxian drove off intruders and killed hundreds of powerful magical beasts, Chen Cheng began gathering materials to revive Creation Saint.

• Nezha told Creation Saint that he had broken the Beast Spirit Barrier with the Universe Ring, astonishing Creation Saint and Feng Qing'er.
• Sun Wukong arrived, and Chen Cheng offered Creation Saint a restored soul, a rebuilt body, and a chance to see the outside world in exchange for joining him.
• Creation Saint accepted Chen Cheng's offer, and the four pavilion disciples welcomed him as a future superior.
• Xie Jianxian reported that he had killed those who tried to seize the Dou Sheng Remains, including experts from the Nine Nether Earth Python Clan and Soul Hall.
• Chen Cheng told Creation Saint that the materials for his revival could be gathered from the corpses, then ordered the four pavilion disciples and the Three Great Dou Zun to collect them.

Chen Cheng refined a Bone Growing Blood Melting Pill, arranged for the Creation Saint to repair his soul, and summoned Taishang Laojun to support his cultivation and crafting needs. After his quiet routine resumed, he sensed Red Serpent activate the Space Jade Slip and went to find her.

• Chen Cheng refined a Five-Colored Pill Lightning Bone Growing Blood Melting Pill and used the lightning to advance an Earth Demon Puppet into a Heavenly Demon Puppet.
• Chen Cheng gave the Soul Infant Fruit to the Creation Saint to repair his remnant soul, then sent Sun Wukong to fetch Ao Bing and deliver techniques and pills to the Chen Family.
• Chen Cheng chose to wait for the Creation Saint's advice before letting Ao Bing use the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit.
• The system summoned Taishang Laojun and adjusted his cultivation to the world's Dou Di limit.
• Taishang Laojun asked Chen Cheng for three Ninth Rank Magic Cores, Sun Wukong, and Nezha so he could refine pills and strengthen them; Chen Cheng arranged a quiet place for him at Yellow Spring Pavilion.
• Chen Cheng sensed Red Serpent activate the Space Jade Slip and used spatial displacement to appear beside her.