Chapter Summaries

Fang Mo prepared for the worsening beast threat by strengthening coastal defenses, then sent Qingshui to complete a hostage exchange with the Mechanical Empire. After returning to the empire, Raya confronted Silard over her suspicion that it had originally planned to abandon her and the others.

• Fang Mo reviewed reports showing safe-city reconstruction and Abyssguard Army operations were progressing, then ordered coastal cities prioritized for supplies, weapons, Mech Warriors, and radar systems.
• Fang Mo left the trade with the Mechanical Empire to Qingshui and returned to cultivation to pursue a breakthrough.
• Qingshui and Zhen Yue exchanged Raya for three starships and supplies, while Herde and Meng Ke remained with the Tianli Sect.
• Raya returned to the Mechanical Empire with Silard and questioned whether the empire had originally intended to abandon them.

Raya told Silard how the Tianli Sect’s technology had overwhelmed her team and admitted that Fang Mo now terrified her. After they reached Furnace Fortress, the Enforcement Division tried to take Raya for questioning, but Silard defied them and led her away.

• Raya confronted Silard over the Empire’s failure to ransom Herde and Meng Ke, and Silard said the Empire planned to seek their release after reinforcements arrived.
• Raya explained that Tianli Sect forces used advanced detection and weapons to capture her team, and confirmed they had dismantled the former Imperial Star and installed its weapons in their safe cities.
• Silard asked whether Fang Mo had bullied Raya, and she said he had not but was now so powerful that she felt unable to resist him.
• Raya and Silard discussed the growing danger of the Sea of Fog and its approaching beast tide, then stood together at the window.
• Three days later, at Furnace Fortress, the Enforcement Division ordered Raya to report for review, but Silard used his authority to force them aside and escorted her away.

White Phoenix and Xuan Lie launched a full-scale beast tide to attack the Ancient Realm and seize Fang Mo before he could grow stronger. As the beasts surged across the realm, a Mech patrol near Yunjiang City detected an approaching threat.

• White Phoenix persuaded Xuan Lie to help her capture Fang Mo and take his Divine Lord origin.
• White Phoenix and Xuan Lie unleashed their calls, stirring exotic beasts across the Ancient Realm into a widespread assault.
• The Black Flood Dragon and the fire-wreathed giant eagles and ice flood dragon joined the rising beast tide.
• Shi Yi led a five-Mech patrol near Yunjiang City and prepared to seek a breakthrough after finishing his mission.
• Shi Yi detected numerous approaching red dots on the radar, and his squad formed up for battle.

A massive beast tide erupted across the Central Continent and other regions, forcing Yunjiang City and Galaxy City to prepare their defenses. As the beasts approached, Yunjiang’s weapons opened fire, while Qingshui and Yunhe wondered where junior brother Fang had gone.

• Shi Yi’s patrol spotted fleeing martial artists and scout footage confirmed that an enormous beast tide was pursuing them.
• Shi Yi’s team used Particle Cannons and missiles to rescue fleeing martial artists and then retreated toward Yunjiang City.
• Mu Xin ordered Yunjiang City’s defenses into action after reports confirmed beast tides in multiple cities and across the Central Continent.
• Yunjiang City’s long-range weapons struck the approaching horde, vaporizing countless exotic beasts and astonishing the defenders.
• Qingshui and Yunhe received reports of outbreaks across several regions and discussed the threat from sea beasts and the absence of junior brother Fang.

As the beast tide erupted across the region, Fang Mo remained in seclusion to pursue the Undying Dragon Soul Realm, trusting Qingshui, Yunhe, and the others to defend the cities. At Yunjiang City, its weapons slowed the advancing horde, but the defenses were eventually tested as the Mech Warriors charged to meet the beasts.

• Fang Mo learned the beast tide had begun earlier than expected but continued cultivating rather than abandon his preparations for a breakthrough.
• The beast tide surged toward human settlements, and Yunjiang City opened fire on the approaching Exotic Beasts.
• Unmanned fighters attacked the aerial horde with missiles and autocannons, then withdrew after taking losses and exhausting their weapons.
• Laser Cannons and other city defenses struck down many aerial beasts, but the cannons overheated and the flaming isolation belt was breached.
• Shi Yi and his squad readied their Mech battle formation as the surviving aerial beasts closed in and the ground horde approached.
• The Mech Warriors and other defenders engaged the advancing beasts as the city’s cannons continued firing.

Yunjiang City’s defenses repelled the first assault by several Form Transformation Level beasts, while a worldwide beast tide erupted and Galaxy City prepared for its own attack. Qingshui and Yunhe chose not to interrupt Fang Mo’s seclusion as the gray mist and beast horde reached Galaxy City.

• Mu Haixin ordered the Light of the Sun to fire at a Form Transformation Level beast, and its second strike killed the creature.
• A giant bird dodged the Light of the Sun, but a Godslayer Crossbow bolt and a Nascent Soul expert’s sword strike brought it down.
• A serpent-like beast and an Earthrock Lion attacked separate sections of Yunjiang City’s battle line, forcing Mech Warriors to retreat and reinforcements to respond.
• Qingshui and Yunhe received reports of beast tides erupting across multiple continents and learned that colossal creatures were approaching from beneath the Sea of Fog.
• Qingshui refused to contact Fang Mo while he was in seclusion, and Galaxy City’s defenders prepared as the beast tide arrived through the gray mist.

Galaxy City and the other Safe Zones endured the first day of the beast tide, while Fire Refining discovered that Heaven Penetrating Level beasts had begun to advance on Linshan City. In the Sea of Fog, White Phoenix unleashed a far greater assault and vowed to destroy Fang Mo’s cities until he came out.

• Fang Mo’s defenses kept the beast tide from threatening Galaxy City, and the Abyssguard Army reinforced Safe Zones in danger.
• Fire Refining praised Fang Mo’s defense system as Linshan City withstood fierce attacks from the sea.
• Fire Refining sensed the first wave landing and learned that Heaven Penetrating Level exotic beasts had begun moving, so he ordered Linshan City to prepare for battle.
• White Phoenix told Xuan Lie that the first wave had been only an appetizer and threatened to destroy Fang Mo’s cities to draw him out.
• White Phoenix screeched, and countless exotic beasts surged from the Sea of Fog toward the inland regions.

Mutated beasts from the Sea of Fog attacked coastal fortresses across the continents as the beast tide began. Mu Lei strengthened defenses and sent supplies to Silver Fortress, while True Lord Green Mandarin Duck warned that the crisis was far from over and returned to Lingxi Continent.

• Silard and Raya watched Silver Fortress fight off the Sea of Fog beasts, and Silard promised to protect her despite his demotion.
• Mu Lei reviewed reports showing Fenyu Continent was holding, ordered surveillance for Void Comprehension Realm aberrations, and arranged supplies for Silver Fortress.
• Mu Lei and Flash Thunder noted that Red Rock Continent faced the largest coastal beast tide, but decided not to aid the Tianli Sect.
• The three sects' leaders watched Heaven-Soaring City repel the beasts, while True Lord Green Mandarin Duck warned that stronger threats remained.
• True Lord Green Mandarin Duck left for Lingxi Continent, and Wordless and Purple Zenith wondered why she was acting strangely.

As the beast tide spread inland across Red Rock Continent, Ji Mingfeng led Sinking Sand City’s nighttime defense against an invasion through the Sinking Sand River. Five colossal beasts shattered the city’s defensive line and destroyed the forces stationed on Crouching Ox Peak and Reclining Tiger Peak.

• At the council meeting, Yunhe and Qingshui warned that the beast tide was spreading inland and that resources were running low, while Qingshui said Fang was in seclusion.
• At Sinking Sand City, Ji Mingfeng detected exotic beasts crossing the Sinking Sand River and ordered the city to request support and attack the horde.
• Ji Mingfeng deployed long-range weapons, unmanned fighters, and the mech corps to pin the beasts between Crouching Ox Peak and Reclining Tiger Peak.
• Five enormous Form Transformation Level beasts emerged from the river and endured the city’s particle cannon and long-range attacks without injury.
• The five beasts fired together, destroying both peaks and killing Mech Warriors and heavy mechs that failed to retreat.

Five peak-transformation Black Armor Dragon Rhinoceroses battered Shensha City's defenses, forcing Wondrous Sound to order the Destruction-class Weapon activated. Before the city could respond, a sea kun and an enormous azure-feathered bird emerged from ambush and attacked Wondrous Sound and the other Venerables.

• Ji Mingfeng ordered the army to retreat toward Shensha City as the Black Armor Dragon Rhinoceroses destroyed heavy combat armor.
• Wondrous Sound and five Venerables arrived, then attacked one rhinoceros together but barely damaged its defenses.
• The five rhinoceroses fired their Origin Power Breaths at Shensha City, badly weakening its defensive formation.
• Wondrous Sound ordered Ji Mingfeng to activate the Destruction-class Weapon as the rhinoceroses prepared to advance.
• A sea kun burst from the void and attacked the rhinoceroses, while an enormous azure-feathered bird swept down on the Venerables.
• Ji Mingfeng realized the giant beasts had been lying in ambush as Wondrous Sound and the others were struck by their attacks.

Ji Mingfeng and Sinking Sand City fought an ambush by powerful alien beasts, while Wondrous Sound and five Venerables struggled against the Sea Kun and a crimson-flamed giant bird. The Destruction-class Weapon devastated the horde but failed to kill the Black Armor Dragon Rhinoceroses, and the city faced a much larger attack as Ji Mingfeng desperately awaited reinforcements.

• Wondrous Sound led the six Venerables in a Sword Array that drove back the crimson-flamed giant bird and the Abyssal Sea Dragon Kun.
• Ji Mingfeng ordered the city’s artillery to support the six Venerables and fired the Destruction-class Weapon at the five Black Armor Dragon Rhinoceroses.
• The Destruction-class blast shattered the Rhinoceroses’ barrier and annihilated alien beasts across a hundred miles, but the Rhinoceroses survived.
• The late-stage Heaven-Reaching beasts broke the Sword Array, and the Sea Kun trapped Wondrous Sound and the other five Venerables in a vast water domain.
• More powerful alien beasts emerged from the Sinking Sand River, and Ji Mingfeng urgently asked when reinforcements would arrive.

Beast tides erupted across the Red Rock Continent, overwhelming the cities and forcing Galaxy City to scatter its forces. True Lord Yunhe arrived at Sinking Sand City, but White Phoenix and Xuan Lie prepared to target him and draw Fang Mo into the conflict.

• Yunhe and True Monarch Qingshui received urgent reports of beast attacks across the inland and sent Yunhe to reinforce Sinking Sand City.
• The crimson-flamed giant bird and five Black Armor Dragon Rhinos shattered Sinking Sand City's first defensive array, leaving its residents dependent on the energy shield.
• True Lord Yunhe arrived and drove the crimson-flamed giant bird away with a sword strike.
• Yunhe broke the Sea Kun's domain, allowing Wondrous Sound and the other trapped fighters to escape, but the Sea Kun killed two Venerables.
• Yunhe attacked the Sea Kun as the crimson-flamed giant bird joined the battle.
• White Phoenix and Xuan Lie watched from the void and decided to make the peak True Lord Yunhe their first target, hoping his fall would hurt Fang Mo.

Fang Mo endured the Void Comprehension Tribulation, was refined by Seven-Colored Thunder Dragon Fire, and emerged in the Undying Dragon Soul Realm. His Primordial Spirit entered the Space-time River, where he began comprehending its power.

• Fang Mo withstood the eroding wind astral force as it tempered his body and Primordial Spirit.
• Fang Mo used the Eight Desolations Ancient Seal and Savage Dragon Heaven-Rending Hand against the lightning-fire dragon, but the tribulation shattered both attacks and engulfed him in flames.
• The Seven-Colored Thunder Dragon Fire burned Fang Mo's body and Primordial Spirit while his Liquid Metal Battle Armor began devouring the flames to evolve.
• A golden drop in Fang Mo's sea of consciousness ignited into a fire dragon, and his heartbeat and life returned as he absorbed the surrounding flames and spiritual radiance.
• Fang Mo reached the Undying Dragon Soul Realm and entered the Space-time River, traveling upstream to comprehend the power of space-time.

Fang Mo found Space-time Sand while traversing the river of Space-time and drove off a Void Comprehension cultivator who tried to take it. After returning from his tribulation, he mastered the Undying Dragon Soul Realm’s techniques and saw his armor evolve, leaving him ready to test his new strength.

• Fang Mo seized a golden grain of Space-time Sand in the river of Space-time, despite its force nearly sweeping him away.
• A Void Comprehension cultivator attacked Fang Mo for the Space-time Sand, but Fang Mo repelled him with the Savage Dragon Heaven-Rending Hand, and the cultivator fled.
• Fang Mo returned to his body after the tribulation and recognized that he had achieved the Undying Dragon Soul Realm, gaining an undying body and imperishable soul.
• Fang Mo learned the Undying Dragon Soul Spear and Light-Reversing Dragon Soul Body techniques from the Dragon Soul Fire and the Bronze Mirror.
• Fang Mo’s Liquid Metal Battle Armor evolved into the Thunder Dragon Heaven-Mixing Armor, and he prepared to test his abilities.

Yunhe struggled to defend himself against Sea Kun and the Crimson Flame Giant Bird while Sinking Sand City’s shield and defenses neared collapse. After a Void Nether Wolf ambushed him, Yunhe was wounded and found his escape blocked, leaving him facing three late Heaven-Reaching Realm beasts.

• Ji Mingfeng watched Sinking Sand City’s defenses fail under the beast tide and worried that Yunhe could not withstand his two opponents.
• Yunhe fought Sea Kun and the Crimson Flame Giant Bird with powerful sword techniques, but their combined attacks repeatedly drove him back.
• Sea Kun’s freezing breath threatened to freeze Yunhe’s Primordial Spirit, so Yunhe sacrificed his Golden Dharma Body’s right arm to stop the cold.
• A Void Nether Wolf ambushed Yunhe, and he used a Heaven-Escape Talisman to escape its claw, though the attack still injured him.
• Yunhe decided he had to retreat, but Sea Kun cut off his escape as the Void Nether Wolf and Crimson Flame Giant Bird closed in.

True Lords Yunhe and Houtu fought off the beasts besieging them, but White Phoenix summoned even stronger monsters and forced them to prepare for a desperate last stand. The chapter ended with the crimson flame bird suddenly tumbling from the sky in an agonized scream.

• White Phoenix and Xuan Lie watched the battle and held back, while Xuan Lie noted that Tianli Sect reinforcements had arrived.
• Yunhe summoned the Cloudshaker Sword and fought the Sea Kun as True Lord Houtu arrived, drove back the Void Nether Wolf, and wounded the crimson flame bird.
• White Phoenix ordered the beasts to attack, and a late-stage Two-Headed Golden Flame Lion and a peak-level Nether Sea Thunder Eel appeared.
• Yunhe told Ji Mingfeng to withdraw the people from Sinking Sand City while he and Houtu bought time, but Ji Mingfeng found retreat impossible and ordered everyone to prepare to fight.
• The crimson flame bird suddenly shrieked in terror and fell from the sky, startling everyone on the battlefield.

The Blackflame Sword Demon appeared as a newly revealed Void Comprehension expert and killed the Crimson Flame Dragon Sparrow and Abyssal Sea Dragon Kun. Bai Ling confronted him, but their clash was interrupted by an Ancient Desolate Giant Ape plunging toward the Black Armor Dragon Rhinoceros formation.

• The Blackflame Sword Demon emerged from the clouds and killed the Crimson Flame Dragon Sparrow by draining its life force with his greatsword.
• The Blackflame Sword Demon attacked the Sea Kun, wounded it, and drained its energy until it died.
• Bai Ling appeared and challenged the Blackflame Sword Demon for attacking despite the Holy Envoy's command.
• The Blackflame Sword Demon and Bai Ling exchanged attacks, and both were driven back by the clash.
• An Ancient Desolate Giant Ape descended toward the Black Armor Dragon Rhinoceros battle formation, shocking Bai Ling.

Fang Mo watched the Ancient Realm through the Stellar Network after advancing to the Void Comprehension Realm, while two powerful observers wondered where he had gone. As several cities faced collapse, Fang Mo summoned giant battle beasts to rescue them, leaving the wider battle still underway.

• A white-haired old man and a black-clad man saw Fang Mo's Void Comprehension Realm battle beasts and suspected he had entered the River of Space-time.
• Fang Mo discovered that his strengthened connection to the Ancestral Dragon Blade let him perceive the entire Stellar Network without descending into it.
• At Cold Snow City, Chen Du ordered a desperate attack, but two Heaven Penetrating Level mutated beasts swallowed the Destruction-class Weapons' energy and forced him to order an evacuation.
• An enormous ice-crystal flood dragon appeared at Cold Snow City and shattered the two beasts' water domains with its tail.
• At Jade Wave City and Riverside City, flaming giant beasts appeared and attacked the mutated beast hordes, saving the besieged cities from imminent defeat.

Fang Mo returned to the beast-tide crisis and sent his battle beasts to rescue Red Rock Continent, astonishing Qingshui and Zhen Yue with their strength and number. After surveying the Ancient Realm and locating the sinister White Phoenix and Xuan Lie, Fang Mo prepared to confront them himself.

• Qingshui begged Zhen Yue to send help to Sinking Sand City, and Zhen Yue agreed to go without mobilizing the Black Armor Guard.
• The Blackflame Sword Demon and Desolate Sky Ape appeared in Void Comprehension Realm, defeating powerful beasts and making Qingshui and Zhen Yue suspect Fang Mo had advanced as well.
• Fang Mo's battle beasts appeared across endangered battlefields, turning the tide and prompting Qingshui and Zhen Yue to realize their Sect Master had returned.
• Using the Ancestral Dragon Blade, Fang Mo surveyed the Ancient Realm, sensed more than twenty Void Comprehension Realm experts, and wondered why Yao Huang had not intervened.
• Fang Mo located White Phoenix and Xuan Lie on Red Rock Continent, drew his Blood Demon Blade, and vowed not to let them leave.

Fang Mo confronted White Phoenix after she revealed her Nine Netherworld Dark Phoenix bloodline and unleashed flames that countered his Blood River blade technique. The chapter ended with White Phoenix’s netherflames overwhelming Fang Mo’s blood river as two Void Comprehension Realm observers considered whether to intervene.

• The white-haired old man and the black-haired burly man realized Fang Mo knew the battlefield and their presence, while White Phoenix sensed danger and tried to retreat.
• Fang Mo appeared and struck White Phoenix with Blood River Tribulation Killing Slash, forcing her back and confirming that he had reached the Void Comprehension Realm.
• Xuan Lie tried to escape, but the Blackflame Sword Demon stopped him and the Desolate Sky Ape attacked again.
• Fang Mo questioned White Phoenix about the beast tide on the Red Rock Continent, and she revealed her Nine Netherworld Dark Phoenix bloodline.
• White Phoenix unleashed Nine Netherworld Dark Flame, which devoured Fang Mo’s Blood River: World Burial and left the observers worried about his predicament.