Chapter Summaries

Lin Bai fought through the volcanic region and discovered that his newly advanced Five Elements Dao Body let him destroy a Fireheart Rock Serpent with one punch. After reuniting with Yi Song and Huang Qingyun, he learned that the region’s mutants had gathered to protect a wounded Fire Phoenix undergoing nirvana, the creature Old Man Wuchuan had asked him to find.

• Lin Bai encountered a Fireheart Rock Serpent, shattered it with one punch, and collected its remains.
• Lin Bai followed the Telepathic Bracelet’s signal toward Yi Song and Huang Qingyun as the volcanic region grew more crowded with martial artists and mutants.
• Yi Song and Huang Qingyun told Lin Bai that the mutants had gathered to protect their king, a severely wounded Fire Phoenix undergoing nirvana.
• Lin Bai remembered that Old Man Wuchuan had asked him to find a Fire Phoenix.

Lin Bai arrived at a giant volcano where a Fire Phoenix was said to be undergoing Nirvana, and learned that Northern Region martial artists had repeatedly attacked Tianshui Sect disciples. Yi Song and Huang Qingyun explained that the phoenix’s condition was uncertain, leaving Lin Bai among the gathered factions as they watched the volcano.

• Lin Bai followed the Telepathic Bracelet to the giant volcano and found martial artists from the Eastern and Northern Regions gathered around it.
• Yi Zien told Lin Bai that Corpse Refinement Sect martial artists had repeatedly stolen the Tianshui Sect disciples’ prey and beaten them, and that Yi Song and Huang Qingyun had rescued them.
• Lin Bai recognized Luan Tang, the Corpse Refinement Sect’s Sacred Son, and promised to deal with the matter after ordering Yi Zien’s group to heal.
• Lin Bai thanked Yi Song and Huang Qingyun, who warned that tensions between the Northern and Eastern Regions were close to erupting into war.
• Yi Song told Lin Bai that a Fire Phoenix was inside the volcano, but accounts differed on whether it was recovering from injuries or undergoing Nirvana and Return to Ancestry.

Lin Bai, Yi Song, and Huang Qingyun watched a volcano where a Fire Phoenix was undergoing nirvana, weighing its valuable treasures against the danger of attacking. As they waited for others to investigate first, Yun Qianji, the Crown Prince of the Yun Kingdom, approached and introduced himself.

• Yi Song told Lin Bai that a Fire Phoenix with a phoenix crown might return to its ancestry and become a true phoenix, and that its body and crown were immensely valuable.
• Lin Bai used his Asura Dharma Eyes to see hundreds of strange beasts guarding the volcano, including many at the Grand Luo Dao Fruit Realm and several nearing the Primal Chaos Dao Fruit Realm.
• Yi Song and Huang Qingyun explained that twenty or thirty martial artists had entered the volcano to investigate, while the rest waited to see what would happen.
• Lin Bai, Yi Song, and Huang Qingyun decided not to rush in because disturbing the volcano could draw the surrounding martial artists into a dangerous fight.
• A noble young man approached Lin Bai and introduced himself as Yun Qianji, the Crown Prince of the Yun Kingdom.

Yun Qianji, Crown Prince of the Yun Kingdom, proposed that the four regions join forces to attack the mutant beasts guarding the volcano and reach the Fire Phoenix’s nest. Lin Bai agreed to attack the eastern side at noon, but told the Eastern Region martial artists not to move without his order.

• Yun Qianji introduced himself to Lin Bai and the others and proposed that the four regions cooperate to break through the mutant beasts’ encirclement.
• Yun Qianji said the Northern, Southern, and Western Regions had agreed to cooperate, and warned that they would clear the Eastern Region first if it refused.
• Lin Bai agreed to the plan, and Yun Qianji assigned each region a side of the volcano to attack simultaneously at noon.
• After Yun Qianji left, Lin Bai told Yi Song to gather the Eastern Region martial artists and have them await his command.
• Lin Bai told Huang Qingyun that if they did not receive his order, the Eastern Region martial artists must not act rashly.

Lin Bai waited for the four regions to attack the volcano together, then confronted Yun Qianji when no one moved at noon. As the dusk plan also looked unlikely to happen, the Northern and Southern Regions schemed to use Beast Luring Powder to throw the battlefield into chaos.

• Lin Bai, Yi Song, and Huang Qingyun led the Eastern Region martial artists in waiting for the other regions to attack at noon.
• When none of the four regions made a move, Lin Bai accused Yun Qianji, who blamed the Northern and Southern Regions and proposed acting at dusk.
• Lin Bai agreed to the dusk plan but expected the other regions to avoid making the first move.
• Luan Tang ordered a Northern Region martial artist to ask the Netherworld Holy Sect to scatter Beast Luring Powder toward the east.
• The Holy Son of Netherworld Holy Sect agreed to scatter the powder, but ordered it spread toward the south and west as well to plunge the area into chaos.

As the four regions remained at a stalemate around the volcano, mutant beasts suddenly charged down its slopes and attacked the eastern, northern, and western sides. Lin Bai suspected the Southern Region had provoked them and led Yi Song and Huang Qingyun toward the volcano, leaving the other Eastern Region warriors to choose whether to follow or hunt nearby.

• At dusk, Lin Bai decided to wait until morning for the other regions to act before abandoning the attempt to reach the Fire Phoenix.
• Thirty-four mutant beasts charged down the volcano and attacked the Eastern Region's warriors, while the northern and western sides faced similar assaults and the south remained mostly undisturbed.
• Lin Bai spotted the Northern, Western, and Southern Region forces using the attacks as cover to head toward the volcano's crater.
• Lin Bai warned the Eastern Region's warriors to act within their abilities, told Yi Zien to hunt beasts for the sect, and cautioned everyone that the Southern Region might be behind the attack.
• Lin Bai, Yi Song, Huang Qingyun, and several other Eastern Region warriors charged up the volcano.

Lin Bai, Yi Song, and Huang Qingyun fought through the beast tide and reached the volcanic crater, where rival regions gathered amid accusations over who had lured the exotic beasts. As the Northern Region entered the magma first, Lin Bai urged his companions to follow before the others claimed the treasures.

• Lin Bai, Yi Song, and Huang Qingyun broke through the exotic-beast tide and found three Grand Luo Dao Fruit Realm beasts guarding the crater.
• The Corpse Refinement Sect's Holy Son redirected the three beasts toward the Southern Region, allowing Lin Bai and the others to reach the summit.
• The Corpse Refinement Sect's Holy Son accused the Netherworld Holy Sect of using beast-luring medicine, but the Netherworld Holy Sect's Holy Son said the Corpse Refinement Sect had arranged it and that he had scattered some medicine northward as well.
• The Corpse Refinement Sect's Holy Son led the Northern Region martial artists into the magma, while Lin Bai and Yi Song waited and the Western Region stayed behind.
• Lin Bai decided to enter the magma with Yi Song and Huang Qingyun before the Northern Region could claim the treasures.

Lin Bai, Yi Song, and Huang Qingyun descended through the magma toward the Fire Phoenix, but a deadly burst of heat suggested it might already be fighting the Northern Region warriors. They prepared to retreat as they continued toward the bottom.

• Lin Bai entered the magma and found that its heat strained even Great Purity Dao Fruit Realm warriors, while Yi Song resisted it with the Celestial Immortal Sect's Heaven and Earth Great Furnace Art.
• Lin Bai reasoned that the Fire Phoenix was likely at the bottom of the magma, and he, Yi Song, and Huang Qingyun followed the other regions' warriors downward.
• As the heat intensified, several warriors turned back, leaving Lin Bai, Yi Song, and Huang Qingyun as the remaining Eastern Region warriors.
• A sudden heat storm burned a Western Region noble young master to ashes, and Lin Bai judged that the Fire Phoenix might have surpassed the Grand Luo Dao Fruit Realm.
• Lin Bai warned Yi Song and Huang Qingyun to prioritize their lives, and all three prepared means of escape while continuing downward.

Lin Bai and the others searched the lava beneath the volcano and found several valuable Fire Spirit Crystals. After Lin Bai claimed a massive crystal, a Western Region noble young master and his guards tried to force him to hand it over, and the guards attacked.

• Yi Song found a Fire Spirit Crystal and explained its rarity and value to Lin Bai and Huang Qingyun.
• Lin Bai, Huang Qingyun, Yi Song, and other warriors searched the lava and found more Fire Spirit Crystals.
• Lin Bai discovered and stored a ten-meter-tall Fire Spirit Crystal before a Western Region noble young master and two guards arrived.
• The noble young master demanded that Lin Bai surrender the crystal, then ordered his guards to attack when Lin Bai refused.

Lin Bai defeated the Crown Prince of Liu’s guards and seized the prince, dismissing his threat to start a regional war. Yun Qianji intervened, paid fifty Fire Spirit Crystals to secure the prince’s release, and Lin Bai departed with his companions.

• The Crown Prince of Liu ordered his two guards to attack Lin Bai, but Lin Bai wounded them with his physical strength.
• Lin Bai bypassed the guards, seized the Crown Prince of Liu by the throat, and rejected his threat to provoke a war between the Eastern and Western Regions.
• Yun Qianji arrived and offered fifty Fire Spirit Crystals in exchange for the Crown Prince’s life.
• Yun Qianji made the Crown Prince apologize, then handed Lin Bai fifty Fire Spirit Crystals himself when the prince claimed he had none.
• Lin Bai collected the crystals and left with Yi Song, Huang Qingyun, and the others.

Yun Qianji forced the Crown Prince of Liu to sign away three provinces and seventy-two commanderies, turning his rescue into a major territorial gain for Yun Kingdom. Meanwhile, Lin Bai and his companions moved on to search for Fire Spirit Crystals.

• Yun Qianji demanded either Liu Kingdom's northwestern territory or fifty Fire Spirit Crystals in repayment for rescuing the Crown Prince of Liu.
• The two guards agreed to cede the territory, and the Crown Prince of Liu signed a contract transferring it to Yun Kingdom.
• Yun Qianji told his guards he and his father had planned to take Liu Kingdom's territory because its Crown Prince was incompetent and Liu Kingdom might otherwise fall to the Fire Immortal Kingdom.
• Lin Bai explained to Yi Song and Huang Qingyun that Yun Qianji had waited nearby, then timed his intervention to gain Liu Kingdom's gratitude.
• Lin Bai and his companions searched for Fire Spirit Crystals as martial artists from the four great territories gathered their own harvests.

Lin Bai, Yi Song, and Huang Qingyun realized the repeated firestorms came from a Fire Phoenix endangered during its nirvana and rushed to find it, hoping to claim the Nirvana Stone it would leave behind. The martial artists of the three regions converged on the same stretch of magma and emerged into a cavern passage, where the Netherworld Holy Sect’s Holy Son seemed to confirm his suspicion.

• Lin Bai gathered 108 Fire Spirit Crystals, bringing his total to 158, before another scorching storm swept through the volcano and burned several martial artists to ashes.
• Yi Song and Huang Qingyun concluded that the Fire Phoenix was releasing the firestorms because Northern Region martial artists were attacking it during its nirvana.
• Huang Qingyun and Yi Song explained that a phoenix’s Nirvana Stone held potent fire power, healing essence, and possibly an inheritance, so Lin Bai abandoned his search for crystals to pursue the Fire Phoenix.
• Lin Bai, Yi Song, Huang Qingyun, and the other surviving martial artists searched the volcano and gathered at one stretch of magma alongside Yun Qianji and the Netherworld Holy Sect’s Holy Son.
• The martial artists from the three regions rose through the magma and entered a huge cavern passage; the Netherworld Holy Sect’s Holy Son smiled as if the discovery had confirmed his suspicion.

Lin Bai and the others discovered the Fire Phoenix’s hiding place in a cavern beneath the volcano and found a legendary Phoenix Tree at its center. They saw Northern Region martial artists attacking the tree and racing toward the blazing fruit hanging from its branches.

• Lin Bai identified the cavern as the Fire Phoenix’s hiding place and warned Yi Song and Huang Qingyun that the Black Veil Woman was stronger than the Saint Child of the Netherworld Holy Sect.
• Huang Qingyun judged that the noble young master beside Yun Qianji was stronger than Yun Qianji, and the groups entered the cavern cautiously.
• Lin Bai and the others reached an enormous chamber and discovered a withered Phoenix Tree bearing a blazing fireball.
• Lin Bai spotted Northern Region martial artists hacking at the Phoenix Tree and climbing toward the fireball, led by the Saint Child of the Corpse Refinement Sect.

Lin Bai and the others discovered that the Fire Phoenix was undergoing nirvana inside a blazing fireball, while the Corpse Refinement Sect Holy Son kept attacking it despite the deadly danger. Yun Qianji proposed that the Northern and Eastern Regions join forces to seize the Nirvana Stone if the fireball broke, but Lin Bai remained wary as the Holy Son launched another attack.

• Lin Bai saw that the Corpse Refinement Sect Holy Son was badly burned and used his Asura Dharma Eyes to discover that the man's blood had coagulated.
• Yi Song identified the enormous fireball on the Phoenix Tree as the Fire Phoenix undergoing nirvana, and Lin Bai judged its strength to have reached the Primal Chaos Dao Fruit Realm.
• Huang Qingyun watched the Corpse Refinement Sect Holy Son strike the fireball, which released a heat wave that sent him flying and drove Lin Bai, Yi Song, and the others back.
• Yi Song explained that the Holy Son was trying to break the fireball and disrupt the Fire Phoenix's nirvana, while Huang Qingyun warned that the resulting blast could kill him.
• Yun Qianji asked Lin Bai to join forces so they could seize the Nirvana Stone if the fireball broke, but Lin Bai declined to commit and questioned why the Holy Son kept attacking despite the outsiders' arrival.
• The Corpse Refinement Sect Holy Son climbed the Phoenix Tree and attacked the fireball again as Lin Bai watched in suspicion.

Lin Bai and Huang Qingyun realized that the charred Holy Son of the Corpse Refinement Sect attacking the fireball was a Corpse Puppet, not the real Holy Son. They suspected the real Holy Son was hiding among those gathered at the Phoenix Tree, but Lin Bai had not found him yet.

• Yi Song suggested joining forces with the Western Region martial artists and waiting to claim the treasure after the fireball shattered, but Lin Bai stayed focused on the strange feeling surrounding the volcano.
• As the Corpse Puppet repeatedly struck the fireball and Yun Qianji grew anxious, Lin Bai questioned Yun Qianji and suspected he was hiding something.
• Lin Bai told Yi Song and Huang Qingyun that the apparent Holy Son was probably a puppet rather than the real person.
• Huang Qingyun identified the figure as a corpse refined by the Corpse Refinement Sect and explained that the real Holy Son had to be nearby because the puppet was still present.
• Huang Qingyun asked whether Lin Bai had located the hidden Holy Son, while Lin Bai watched the gathered martial artists with a grim expression.

Lin Bai and Huang Qingyun realized the Corpse Refinement Sect's Saint Son was still hidden, while a fireball near the Phoenix Tree neared its breaking point. Lin Bai agreed to ally with Yun Qianji and the Western Region, but as they charged toward the treasure, he noticed the arguing Southern and Northern Region martial artists watching him.

• Lin Bai and Huang Qingyun searched for the real Corpse Refinement Sect's Saint Son and discussed how he might be hiding among them.
• The Corpse Puppet attacked the fireball again, causing it to tremble as if it would shatter.
• Yun Qianji urged Lin Bai to ally with the Western Region, and Lin Bai agreed after receiving Huang Qingyun and Yi Song's approval.
• Lin Bai, Yun Qianji, Huang Qingyun, Yi Song, and the Western Region martial artists rushed toward the Phoenix Tree as the Corpse Puppet prepared another strike.
• Lin Bai glanced at the Southern and Northern Region martial artists and saw that they were all watching him.

Lin Bai realized the Southern Region and Northern Region martial artists had feigned an argument to lure him into a trap, then discovered that Yun Qianji and the Western Region had joined the scheme over his Supreme Avatar. The chapter left Lin Bai facing the ambushers as Yi Song and Huang Qingyun stood by him, refusing to abandon him.

• Lin Bai recognized the staged argument, warned his companions, and tried to escape the karst cavern with Yi Song and Huang Qingyun.
• The Southern Region and Northern Region martial artists joined forces and blocked their retreat, while the Netherworld Holy Sect's Saint Son revealed they had allied before Lin Bai entered the cavern.
• Yun Qianji stayed apart from the group and offered Yi Song and Huang Qingyun safe passage, exposing that the plot targeted Lin Bai alone.
• Lin Bai learned the attackers wanted to see his Supreme Avatar, and Yi Song and Huang Qingyun refused to leave him behind.

Lin Bai faced a coalition of warriors from the Southern, Northern, and Western Regions at the Phoenix Tree, with Yi Song and Huang Qingyun refusing to abandon him. He unleashed his long-suppressed killing intent and, as the Netherworld Holy Sect's Holy Son attacked, charged forward to meet him.

• The Southern and Northern Region warriors blocked Lin Bai and his companions at the base of the Phoenix Tree, while Yun Qianji and the Western Region warriors barred their way above.
• Lin Bai urged Yi Song and Huang Qingyun to leave, but both insisted on staying and honoring their alliance.
• Unable to unravel the plot against him, Lin Bai resolved to answer the gathered enemies with his sword and warned them that the place would become rivers of blood.
• Lin Bai taunted Yun Qianji and the Northern and Southern Region warriors, promising to kill anyone who stood against him.
• The Netherworld Holy Sect's Holy Son attacked Lin Bai with his skull-headed staff, and Lin Bai stopped Yi Song and Huang Qingyun from intervening before rushing to meet the strike.

As Lin Bai arrived at the volcano, the Corpse Refinement Sect's Holy Son recruited Yun Qianji to persuade the other regions to help kill him. Yun Qianji agreed after the Holy Son promised to guarantee his ascension, while experts in the Ascension Celestial Palace watched the four regions gather.

• Lin Bai's arrival at the volcano drew attention, and observers believed he was heading to meet Yi Song and Huang Qingyun.
• The projections showed Chen Yule fighting martial artists, Meng Qinxian escaping a giant beast, Yi Heze and Lu Qingjun fighting beasts, and Qian Hen and Shui Mo Dan traveling after a battle.
• Yun Qianji negotiated with martial artists from the other regions as the prospect of a four-region alliance gathered interest in the Ascension Celestial Palace.
• The Corpse Refinement Sect's Holy Son asked Yun Qianji to persuade the Western and Southern Regions to help kill Lin Bai, citing his Supreme Avatar as a risk.
• The Corpse Refinement Sect's Holy Son promised to guarantee Yun Qianji's ascension, and Yun Qianji swallowed his anger and agreed.

The Corpse Refinement Sect's Holy Son and Yun Qianji's scheme to lure Lin Bai into the volcano unraveled amid disputes over the Fire Phoenix's treasures, but the regional martial artists still surrounded Lin Bai. As the Netherworld Holy Sect's Holy Son attacked and was driven back, he demanded that Yun Qianji and the others join the fight.

• The Corpse Refinement Sect's Holy Son and Yun Qianji arranged to lure Lin Bai into the volcano, recruiting the Netherworld Holy Sect and the Southern Region martial artists while the Northern Region searched for a place to ambush him.
• The Northern Region martial artists found the Fire Phoenix's nest and began looting its treasures, angering the Netherworld Holy Sect's Holy Son and Yun Qianji when they arrived.
• Yun Qianji turned against the Corpse Refinement Sect's Holy Son and tried to persuade Lin Bai to join the Western Region, but Lin Bai sensed danger and attempted to leave.
• The Southern, Northern, and Western Region martial artists surrounded Lin Bai, while the Corpse Refinement Sect's Holy Son continued attacking the Fire Phoenix's nirvana.
• The Netherworld Holy Sect's Holy Son struck at Lin Bai, but Lin Bai's punch sent him flying a hundred meters.
• The Netherworld Holy Sect's Holy Son demanded that Yun Qianji and the others attack together, while Yun Qianji blamed the plan on the Corpse Refinement Sect's Holy Son.