Chapter Summaries

Zhou Leng broke through Radiance of Mingzhu and Flesh Chariot’s defenses with a high-speed charge, then survived Radiance’s Great Demon Flame Explosion. He recovered from the blast before his companions, including Rao Mingxian, gathered around him, and the chapter ended with Rao fleeing when Zhou Leng tried to greet him.

• Zhou Leng endured the demon warlocks’ curses while fighting Radiance of Mingzhu and Flesh Chariot, then hurled Flesh Chariot into Radiance.
• Gong Futing rushed into the illusion-covered battle and was killed when Zhou Leng struck him at high speed.
• Zhou Leng used Whalefall Force and an Iron Mountain Lean to smash Radiance of Mingzhu into Flesh Chariot’s steel body.
• Radiance of Mingzhu unleashed Great Demon Flame Explosion, leaving Zhou Leng charred in a crater as his companions rushed to him.
• Azure-Crimson Flame realized Zhou Leng’s pink skin beneath the charred flesh was newly grown, and Zhou Leng stood up, shed the charred layer, and recovered.
• Zhou Leng dressed and greeted Rao Mingxian, who fled, while Zhang Xiaoxiao called him a coward.

Zhou Leng returned to the elves after defeating Radiance of Mingzhu and the Flesh Chariot, then used his authority as Elven Grand Duke to order a division of the elves and secure Yinhu Yue and Yinhu Feng's cooperation. As he negotiated with the elves, Blood of Tyranny arrived in the cavern and confronted him about his ties to them.

• Zhou Leng killed Radiance of Mingzhu and the Flesh Chariot, then rescued Zhang Xiaoxiao and reunited with Yinhu Yue.
• News of Zhou Leng's victory spread, prompting Jax, Aiden, Zhao He, and Lou Feiqiong to discuss his strength and connections.
• Yinhu Yue accepted the role of Elven Saintess, and Zhou Leng ordered some elves to leave with him while others joined the Joint Front Department under Yinhu Feng.
• Zhou Leng told the elves that the Elf Kings had crowned him their representative, then agreed to discuss cooperation after they returned to the Treant Base.
• Blood of Tyranny attacked the elves but stopped when he saw Zhou Leng, who explained that he was their Grand Duke and identified Yinhu Yue and Yinhu Feng as useful to him.

After escaping the ancient elven site, Zhou Leng and the others discovered that Flute Forest had been devastated and hurried toward Treant Base. Meanwhile, Aiden gathered pills and rare treasures for Jax to deliver to Zhou Leng as a gift of thanks.

• Blood of Tyranny left the cavern, and Zhou Leng told the elves to meet him at Treant Base after they escaped.
• Yinhu Yue appeared in the Platinum Kingdom Demigod Artifact, and Zhou Leng told Lush Root that the Treant Holy Land had been found and Flute Forest could become a battleground.
• The elves' magic array teleported everyone to a devastated Flute Forest where the underground roots had been severed, so Zhou Leng led the group toward Treant Base.
• Zhao He learned that Yinhu Yue had become an elven holy maiden and noticed that Zhou Leng was traveling with her.
• Aiden asked Jax about Zhou Leng and learned that Jax had previously compensated him with valuable treasures.
• Aiden filled a Demon Spirit Bag with Blood-Shaking Three Pills, a Dragon-Tiger Pill, and an Ancient Tree Fossil, then asked Jax to deliver it to Zhou Leng as thanks.

After learning that the elves had been nearly wiped out, Zhou Leng arranged for their survivors to seek refuge while preparing to leave Treant World with Yinhu Yue and the Prophet Guard. When the Flourishing Tribe came under attack, Zhou Leng chose to help, but Yinhu Yue defied his order to stay behind.

• Jax comforted Rao Mingxian over Senior Gong’s death, and they mourned Tu Rong’s disappearance.
• Zhou Leng’s group learned that demons and Giant Insects had devastated the Elf Clan, leaving perhaps fewer than a hundred thousand elves alive.
• Zhou Leng and Yinhu Feng discussed relocating Yinhu Yue and the Prophet Guard and arranging refuge for other elves in Dragon Kingdom.
• Azure-Crimson Flame and Zhang Xiaoxiao left the group, while Zhou Leng continued toward the Treant Base.
• Lush Root said the Flourishing Tribe was under attack after the Treant elders rejected an alliance with Humans and Demon Spirit Masters, and Zhou Leng, Azure-Crimson Flame, and Yinhu Yue offered to help.
• Zhou Leng ordered Yinhu Yue to stay behind, but she resisted Yinhu Feng’s spell and firmly defied him.

Zhou Leng was ordered by Chen Shouhu to leave the Treant Tribe’s battle and return to Treant Base, where he learned the conflict had reached a devastating turning point. After Lush Scepter led Treant reinforcements toward the tribe, Zhou Leng reported the recent events while Lou Feiqiong began a report criticizing him.

• Chen Shouhu caught up with Zhou Leng’s group, ordered Zhou Leng to Treant Base, and let Lush Root and the other Treants continue toward their tribe.
• Chen Shouhu told Zhou Leng that Blood of Tyranny had killed more than a hundred Grandmasters and discussed the Treant Elders’ political choices and the coming conflict with Gan Realm.
• A gigantic blue butterfly appeared above the Flourishing Tribe, and Chen Shouhu restrained Zhou Leng as he tried to move toward it.
• At Treant Base, Lush Scepter led Treant Grandmasters and Innates away to aid the tribe, thanked Zhou Leng, and saluted him with the other Treants.
• Zhou Leng explained events in Beast World to Yinhu Yue, wrote a report for the 7th Division while omitting information about himself, and went to sleep.
• Lou Feiqiong stayed up writing a surveillance report and said he had misjudged Zhou Leng after entering Treant World.

Zhou Leng learned that Lush Root and Xiao Yong had died in battle, then cultivated beneath the Tree of Life and received costly gifts from Jax and Aiden as thanks for helping them survive. Jax explained Tu Rong’s connection to Zhou Leng’s uncle, and Zhou Leng entrusted Tu Rong’s body and belongings to Jax to bury and deliver to his family.

• Lou Feiqiong completed a report portraying Zhou Leng as calculating and warning that he might be exploiting Zhao Nandi and the elves.
• Azure-Crimson Flame told Zhou Leng that Lush Root had died and Xiao Yong had become a grandmaster before dying in battle, while Lush Root’s Treant Heart had been sent to the Mother Tree for revival.
• Zhou Leng cultivated beneath the Tree of Life, condensed thirty-seven Star Phoenix Feathers in an hour, and increased the number of cells under Life Over-Refinement by 273.
• Jax gave Zhou Leng gifts from himself and Aiden, and Zhou Leng learned that Aiden was thanking him for helping preserve their wealth and lives.
• Jax explained Tu Rong’s connection to Principal Lu and Ma Xingkong, and Zhou Leng gave Jax Tu Rong’s body and belongings to bury and pass on to his family.

Jax told Zhou Leng about the Great Battlefield, its treasures, and its chance of triggering the Heavenly Stair, while Zhou Leng arranged to invest in tools and techniques for cultivation and Beast World. As Zhou Leng continued consolidating his realm, Big Yellow joined Little Eight’s charge in Beast World, and Madam Xi Yan confronted Rao Mingxian about rumors that he had helped Zhou Leng.

• Jax explained the Great Battlefield’s origins, its stores of powerful remains and artifacts, and its possible connection to the Heavenly Stair; Zhou Leng recorded the information.
• Zhou Leng gave Azure-Crimson Flame materials to commission four Wood-Jade Talismans and asked him to gather demonized techniques, elf education materials, and refining equipment.
• Zhou Leng shopped with Azure-Crimson Flame, then met Tong Tianxia in secret to discuss the Blood of Tyranny before returning to the Tree Root Caverns to cultivate.
• Big Yellow, riding atop Little Eight, charged with the Eight-Tusked Mammoth herd against hostile beasts in Beast World.
• Madam Xi Yan questioned Rao Mingxian about claims that he had helped Zhou Leng, then brought in Qiu Fusheng to confront him with the rumors.

Rao Mingxian was exposed for secretly warning Zhou Leng, but Madam Xi Yan let him go and Zhao He recruited him to investigate Dongjun's Six Volumes. At the Crimson Dragon Lair, Jade Wing named Zhou Leng as a possible helper for Crimson Eye's plans in the coming Great Battlefield.

• Qiu Fusheng accused Rao Mingxian of betraying Zhou Leng, and Madam Xi Yan found Rao's warning to Zhou in his Wuxin.
• Rao Mingxian killed Qiu Fusheng, but Madam Xi Yan deleted the evidence and ordered him to clean up and meet Zhao He.
• Zhao He questioned Rao Mingxian about the Ancient River Sect, then ordered him to track Tong Tianxia and investigate Dongjun's Six Volumes in Ru City.
• Rao Mingxian realized that Zhao He's search suggested Zhao Sheng had left behind Dongjun's Six Volumes, and he resolved to claim them for himself.
• Crimson Eye ordered Jade Wing to find a capable non-dragon helper for the Great Battlefield and Star Abyss, and Jade Wing proposed Zhou Leng.

Crimson Eye planned to recruit Zhou Leng to help raid the Armor King's Tomb, while Zhou Leng trained in Treant World and led two thousand elves toward their new destinations. As the elves reached Red-Spotted Forest, Zhou Leng caught up on messages from friends, including news of rare medicines and Zhang Xinglie's rise among the Orcs.

• Crimson Eye offered Zhou Leng Dragon-Scale Vermilion Fruit locations and a treasury treasure if he helped her explore the Armor King's Tomb, and Jade Wing went to contact him.
• Zhou Leng strengthened his Blood-Shaking Realm, advanced Heavenly Tide Palm to Divine Communion Realm, and began studying Starry Step and Heavenly Dragon Flash.
• Zhou Leng and Yinhu Yue joined Yinhu Feng and other elven Grandmasters in deciding to divide the two thousand elves among Beast World, Dragon Kingdom, and the Ice Snow Divine Cult.
• The elves traveled to Red-Spotted Forest, where Zhou Leng read Xu Qingjin's messages and learned that Elder Song had discovered a divine medicine called the Red-Bead Gourd.
• Zhou Leng watched Liang Baiyin's training-camp updates and learned that Zhang Xinglie had gained the Beast God's recognition, obtained Beast God Sariras, and reached the top of the Orc rankings.

Zhou Leng brought the elves to the Beast World and settled them among the Eight-Tusked Mammoths, where they began building a camp. He learned more about the elves’ deity and the Calamity Envoy, then asked Yinhu Yue to tame Polly.

• Zhou Leng returned to the base with the elves, and Yinhu Feng sealed the eight hundred Prophet Guard elves inside the Sealing Tree for transport.
• Zhou Leng released the elves in the Beast World, where Elder White welcomed them and helped him find a place for their settlement.
• Yinhu Yue revealed that the elves had three Tree of Life seeds and three Hearts of Life, and Zhou Leng told her to plant one in the Beast World.
• The Eight-Tusked Mammoths blessed Yinhu Yue, and Zhou Leng asked her to tame the injured Silver-Armored Warhorse Polly.
• Yinhu Yue explained that the elves’ deity had vanished and that the Mother Tree could not resist the living deity behind the Calamity Envoy.

Zhou Leng organized the elves and Eight-Tusked Mammoths while cultivating in Mammoth Lake and using forty thousand Star Spiral Shells to advance his Indestructible Star Body. Big Yellow returned with the seventh Golden Page, which revealed the Crouching Serpent Chapter of the Ten Inverse Beast Fist.

• Zhou Leng and Yinhu Yue rode across the grasslands, and he outlined plans for the elves to research magical products and support martial artists.
• Zhou Leng gave Yinhu Yue a White Flower Hairpin and Demonic Wristwatch, then received more Star Spiral Shells in Mammoth Town as the Eight-Tusked Mammoths made Mammoth Valley a forbidden breeding ground.
• Zhou Leng rested in Mammoth Lake, then cultivated beneath the Frost Giant Tree with forty thousand Star Spiral Shells until his Indestructible Star Body crossed a threshold.
• Zhou Leng ate Innate Dragon Meat, trained to digest its power, and wrote a procurement list that came to an estimated 9.8 billion.
• Big Yellow returned from Beast World, found a new Golden Page, and brought it to Zhou Leng.
• Zhou Leng read the page and learned that the Crouching Serpent Chapter accumulated power and could amplify forceful moves, alongside information about divine descent.

Zhou Leng studied Tree Senior’s warning about the Calamity God and trained in the Crouching Serpent Chapter before joining the Eight-Tusked Mammoth clan’s campaign. As the army prepared to attack the stronger Layerbone Monitor Lizards, he began proposing strategies to reduce their losses.

• Zhou Leng read that the Calamity God could destroy the Ten Realms and learned that a Dragon-Scale Vermilion Fruit might be found in the Great Battlefield, so he planned to obtain a Battlefield Shield Token.
• Zhou Leng learned the Crouching Serpent Chapter’s first move and stored Grandmaster-level fitness equipment in his spatial wooden box.
• Zhou Leng joined Little Eight, Big Yellow, and the Eight-Tusked Mammoth army for half a month of campaigns, winning battles and improving his bones by cultivating in Steel Lake.
• The Eight-Tusked Mammoths prepared to attack the five-thousand-strong Layerbone Monitor Lizard tribe, and Zhou Leng estimated that their army faced an overwhelming risk of defeat.
• Zhou Leng gathered the elders and proposed using stratagems, including luring the enemy away or striking its leaders, but the Beast World creatures reacted with alarm to his suggestion of feigned surrender.

Zhou Leng’s strategies helped the Eight-Tusked Mammoths defeat the Layerbone Monitor Lizards and claim their mountain, earning him the title of Wise One. After leaving Beast World, he was asked to join the Crimson-Eyed Queen’s dangerous Great Battlefield expedition, but he refused unless guaranteed protection.

• Zhou Leng proposed tactics to weaken the Layerbone Monitor Lizards, and the Eight-Tusked Mammoths used them to defeat a rescue force and drive the survivors back to Monitor Lizard Mountain.
• The beasts named Zhou Leng the Wise One, and he lectured them on strategic planning and urged them to build their strength carefully.
• The Mammoth army marched on Monitor Lizard Mountain, found the Layerbone Monitor Lizards had fled, renamed the mountain Mammoth Mountain, and swept through the surrounding lands.
• After returning to Xiaoru Village, Zhou Leng received Snow Mountain Wolf’s message about the Ice Snow Divine Cult’s initiation ceremony and spoke with Jade Wing by video call.
• Jade Wing asked Zhou Leng to help the Crimson-Eyed Queen find treasures in the Great Battlefield, but Zhou Leng refused because the mission was dangerous and the Dragon Clan could not be trusted without a death-immunity identity.

Jade Wing persuaded Crimson Eye to recruit Zhou Leng with the promise of Dragon blood and a trial qualification, while Zhou Leng returned to Ru University and discussed his plans and growing influence with Zhang Xinglie and Wang Boxiong. The chapter left Zhou Leng preparing to enter the Demon Spirit World, with Wang Boxiong warning him that Aiden would defend the Trump Family’s interests within the Ice Snow Divine Cult.

• Jade Wing convinced Crimson Eye to offer Zhou Leng Refined Dragon Blood and a Dragon Clan trial qualification, and she vowed not to kill him if he joined her.
• Zhou Leng contacted Shanhe Yuan about a Battlefield Shield Token, shared information with the Ancient River Sect group, and told Zhang Xinglie that the token might help him obtain a Dragon-Scale Vermilion Fruit.
• Zhang Xinglie told Zhou Leng that an orc princess had tried to force herself on him during the Beastman Trial, so he had killed her.
• Zhou Leng visited Wang Boxiong, delivered gifts, and discussed the elves’ refuge with the Ice Snow Divine Cult and Tu Rong’s possible recognition as a hero.
• Wang Boxiong urged Zhou Leng to join the Monster-Slaying Camp and warned that Aiden would oppose him if his plans threatened the Trump Family’s interests in the Ice Snow Divine Cult.

Zhou Leng learned that obtaining a Battlefield Shield Token would be extremely difficult, then discovered that the Xue Family was being pressured to surrender its mines and prepared to handle the dispute. He reunited with Xu Qingjin, who gave him a Demonic Training Mat, and they spent the afternoon together before he mentioned gifts from Treant World.

• Wang Boxiong warned Zhou Leng to keep a low profile at Innate Mountain and told him he would watch for a chance to obtain a Battlefield Shield Token.
• Xue Chengsong told Zhou Leng that Twin-Horn Corporation’s forces had attacked the Xue Family and forced its mines to stop operating, so Zhou Leng promised to negotiate with them.
• Zhou Leng used the Martial Guard intelligence system to identify Liu Liang and other Twin-Horn Corporation managers involved in the attempt to seize the mines.
• Shanhe Yuan explained that Battlefield Shield Tokens were scarce among the Giants and promised to ask his father and the royal court elders for help.
• Zhou Leng met Xu Qingjin for lunch, held her hand as they walked, and heard about her Divine Script work and life in Ru City.
• Xu Qingjin gave Zhou Leng a Demonic Training Mat she had bought with her savings, and Zhou Leng told her he had brought her gifts from Treant World.

Zhou Leng bought Xu Qingjin gifts, spent his fortune on Bone-Tempering Pills, and reassured her about their relationship before visiting her family. He later endured Blood of Tyranny’s poetry and thousands of Moments posts in exchange for a Battlefield Shield Token to seek Dragon-Scale Vermilion Fruit.

• Zhou Leng gave Xu Qingjin beauty tonic and thin elven armor, then mailed Treant World specialties to Elder Song, Zhang Xinglie, and Zhao Nandi.
• Zhou Leng exchanged otherworldly currencies for nearly 600 million and spent 1.2 billion on four hundred portions of Bone-Tempering Pills.
• Zhou Leng took photos with Xu Qingjin, visited her family for dinner, and later liked her post about the day’s wind and clouds.
• Zhou Leng praised Blood of Tyranny’s poems sarcastically, then liked thousands of his Moments posts after Blood of Tyranny demanded it.
• Blood of Tyranny told Zhou Leng he was returning to Siren World to advance to Martial Saint and offered to send him a Battlefield Shield Token.
• Zhou Leng accepted the token so he could enter the Great Battlefield to search for Dragon-Scale Vermilion Fruit.

Zhou Leng endured the Beast-Insect Valley trial, discovered Big Yellow could draw insight from Aiden’s black jade stone, and settled back into cultivation and his relationship with Xu Qingjin. After learning the Lou Clan had returned to Ru City and was coercing mine owners, he infiltrated their mine and overheard their plan to force more closures before buying the mines cheaply.

• Zhou Leng tried the Beast-Insect Valley trial, endured insects hatching inside his body, then escaped and used the Red Lotus Fire Prison to dispel the lingering disgust.
• Big Yellow showed an unusual attachment to Aiden’s black jade stone, so Zhou Leng let it keep the stone and had a Demon Spirit Bag fitted around its body.
• Zhou Leng arranged to offer two Tree of Life seeds, distributed treasures, cultivated, and grew closer to Xu Qingjin while Song Juesi and Zhang Xinglie benefited from the gifts he gave them.
• Snow Mountain Wolf alerted Zhou Leng that the initiation ceremony was approaching, and Zhou Leng’s investigation linked Liu Liang’s mine harassment to the Lou Clan’s return to Ru City.
• Zhou Leng disguised himself and infiltrated the Lou Clan’s mine, where he overheard Liu Liang’s group discussing their plan to pressure nearby mines for another half month before buying them at low prices.

Zhou Leng attacked the Lou Clan’s mine operation, killed Liu Liang and the other martial artists, and traveled to the Ice Snow Divine Cult. There, Jade Wing offered him access to an advanced Colossal Dragon inheritance and revealed that he had claimed Zhou Leng might be connected to the Pale Queen.

• Zhou Leng overheard Liu Liang and his men discussing the Lou Clan’s plans to seize mines and crush local families, then broke through the building’s wall.
• Zhou Leng killed Liu Liang and the other martial artists, arranged their heads, and wrote “Huang Meng” on the wall to frame the Huangmeng Sect.
• Zhou Leng collected three Demon Spirit Bags and left for Water Continent Demon City with Snow Mountain Wolf and the Ice Snow Divine Cult personnel.
• Frost Hand and Jade Wing welcomed Zhou Leng at the Ice Snow Divine Cult, where Jade Wing offered him the Colossal Dragon Extraordinary Body and a bottle of Refined Dragon Blood.
• Jade Wing offered to take Zhou Leng into the Advanced Colossal Dragon Inheritance, and Zhou Leng questioned whether the Crimson-Eyed Queen could be trusted.
• Jade Wing admitted that he had told the Crimson-Eyed Queen Zhou Leng might be connected to the Pale Queen and warned him to maintain the story.

Zhou Leng negotiated terms for joining the Giant Dragon Battlefield, shopped in Holy Snow City, and learned that Aiden might resent resources transferred to him. After meeting Ice Snow Divine Cult leaders and other factions, Zhou Leng stood at the temple gates as the initiation ceremony began.

• Zhou Leng translated the planar Divine Script as “Heaven-Perishing Abyss” and set conditions for joining the Great Battlefield, including protection and a share of any gains from the Queen’s map.
• Zhou Leng withdrew money and bought magical beast meat and magical medicine in Holy Snow City, spending five hundred million before leaving the market.
• Jax warned Zhou Leng that Aiden might target him over resources transferred from Aiden’s share, and Zhou Leng asked Jax to reassure Aiden that he did not want a conflict.
• Jax told Aiden that five hundred million worth of resources had gone to Zhou Leng, and Aiden chose to wait and keep the matter from the elders.
• At a banquet, Frost Hand introduced Zhou Leng to Frost-Hanging Robe and other Ice Snow Divine Cult priests, while Frost-Hanging Robe said Zhou Leng could join the Hanging Moon Legion by passing its test.
• The next day, Zhou Leng stood with more than a hundred others before the temple gates as Frost Hand recited the cult’s scriptures and the initiation ceremony began.

Zhou Leng and Jade Wing received miraculous blessings during their Ice Snow Divine Cult initiation, earning the titles of Light Dancer and Snowborn. After the banquet, Zhou Leng prepared to leave for High Tower City and learned that the Three High Towers dominated the Ancient Spirit Trial, where he would need to wear his blessed high priest badge.

• Frost Hand recited the cult’s history and doctrines, then snowflakes began spiraling around Jade Wing and Zhou Leng during the initiation ceremony.
• Four Legendary priests called down holy light, and Zhou Leng received a denser blessing than Jade Wing; the light strengthened his Martial Will, Frost-Cold True Qi, and blood vessels while granting Jade Wing ice-element spells.
• The cult declared Zhou Leng a Light Dancer and Jade Wing a Snowborn, then celebrated with a banquet where both received valuable gifts and numerous matchmaking handkerchiefs.
• After waking, Zhou Leng contacted the nearby Snow Mountain Wolf and arranged to leave for High Tower City to meet Azure-Crimson Flame before the Ancient Spirit Path.
• Frost Hand said his granddaughters would accompany Zhou Leng and warned him to wear his blessed high priest badge during the trial, explaining the power and customs of the Three High Towers.