Chapter Summaries

Ye Kong accepted Yanni as his disciple after Monk Dingxin revealed her Great Sun Undying Body and asked him to train her. Ye Kong left with Yanni and Lin Dong for the Martial Arts Gathering, while Dingxin and the Bright Consorts discussed Yanni’s future and resumed their intimate encounter.

• Monk Dingxin asked Ye Kong to take his daughter Yanni as a disciple, explaining that she was gifted and needed a powerful master.
• Yanni revealed her Great Sun Undying Body, and Ye Kong advised her about the Nine Yang Divine Ability and its tenth sun.
• Yanni formally became Ye Kong’s disciple, and he told her to remain loyal, avoid needless trouble, and judge risks carefully.
• Ye Kong, Lin Dong, and Yanni left through a spatial gate for the Seven-Layer Ice Tower to attend the Martial Arts Gathering.
• Buddha Lord Miyin worried about Yanni developing feelings for Ye Kong, while Monk Dingxin and Buddha Lord Konglian turned their attention to an intimate encounter.

Ye Kong and Lin Dong returned from the Joyful Zen Sect with the Great Joy Method, but Ying Huahuan and Ling Qingzhu confronted Lin Dong over his night away. Lin Dong took both wives to a secluded palace to practice the method, leaving Ye Kong and his new disciple Yan Ni to return together.

• On the way back, Ye Kong told Lin Dong that the Great Joy Method might help his wives break through to Saint Grade, and Lin Dong considered the benefits to the Martial Realm.
• Ying Huahuan and Ling Qingzhu intercepted Lin Dong, and Ye Kong and Yan Ni backed up his claim that he had gone to discuss serious matters and accepted Yan Ni as his disciple.
• Yan Ni explained that the Zen Sect Leader had given Lin Dong the Great Joy Method out of admiration for his bond with his wives, easing their suspicion.
• Lin Dong admitted he had acted on impulse, then used spatial power to take Ying Huahuan and Ling Qingzhu to a secluded palace.
• Ye Kong praised Yan Ni for handling the confrontation well, and they flew back together.
• Lin Dong practiced the Great Joy Method with his two wives, while a fierce battle was later reported between the two Late Immortal Grade women and Lin Dong, who emerged victorious.

Ye Kong organized the Sixth-grade Venerate matches while Lin Jing presided over the gathering, and his disciple Yan Ni entered the melee. Yan Ni used six Buddhist cultivators to defeat a group of challengers and reach the Top 64, while Lin Jing grew worried that her father had not emerged from seclusion.

• Ye Kong announced that the Martial Ancestor had entered seclusion and arranged for Lin Diao to take over before Lin Jing claimed the main seat.
• Ye Kong confirmed that Yan Ni could enter the Sixth-grade Venerate battles, then sent the contestants into the arena.
• Four female Venerates and one male Venerate surrounded Yan Ni, but six Buddhist cultivators appeared at her call and defeated them.
• The six cultivators' strength deterred nearby contestants, allowing Yan Ni to advance to the Top 64.
• Ye Kong told Lin Jing that Yan Ni was his new disciple, while Lin Jing mistook her for a potential rival to Sister Qingxuan.
• Lin Jing remembered that her mother and Aunt Ice had gone to confront her father and worried that he might be in danger because he still had not emerged.

Yan Ni defeated a Half-step Seventh-grade Venerate from the Thunder Sound Great Temple, then took a pill and began breaking through while Ye Kong protected her from interference. Ling Feizi resented Yan Ni, and Ye Kong warned that he would hold even the Western Heaven Battle Emperor responsible if she caused trouble.

• Ling Feizi dominated her Top 64 opponents with her Half-step Seventh-grade Venerate cultivation, while Yan Ni advanced by summoning six Buddhist Cultivator Guardians and defeating opponents with her physical strength and Buddhist arts.
• Yan Ni summoned her Great Sun Undying Body and the Six Yang Heaven-Deriving Banner, defeating Venerable Thunder’s disciple from the Thunder Sound Great Temple and advancing to the final.
• Yan Ni asked Chief Judge Ye Kong for permission to take an Elixir, then took a Two-pattern Bright Venerate Pill and began breaking through toward the Sixth-grade Venerate realm.
• Ye Kong placed a protective Buddha Halo around Yan Ni, and when Ling Feizi questioned his fairness, he explained that he was only preventing an ambush and cautioned her against causing trouble.
• Wen Qingxuan resolved to train harder after watching Yan Ni break through, while Ling Zhanzi warmed himself with Zhu Yan’s flame and reassured him that the Western Heaven Battle Hall could shelter him.

Yan Ni broke through to Sixth-grade Venerate and advanced to the final four, then challenged Ling Feizi before the scheduled rest period ended. As the two women were sent onto the battle platform, Zhu Yan recognized Ling Feizi’s resemblance to his own troublesome little ancestor and thought he was not the only unlucky one.

• Yan Ni broke through with the Endless Fire Domain’s Two-pattern Bright Venerate Pill while Ye Kong guarded her.
• Ye Kong announced Yan Chen’s victory, and the audience watched Su Xian warmly welcome her after her battle.
• Yan Ni asked Ye Kong to let her fight Ling Feizi immediately, and Ling Feizi accepted the challenge.
• Ye Kong sent Yan Ni and Ling Feizi onto the battle platform as Lin Jing eagerly watched and Ling Zhanzi felt uneasy.
• Zhu Yan sensed that Ling Feizi resembled his own little ancestor and thought he was not the only unlucky one.

Ling Feizi and Yan Ni Buddhist Cultivator fought in the arena, with Yan Ni's space-and-sound Buddhist techniques turning Ling Feizi's offense into a desperate defense. The battle remained undecided as the onlookers weighed their cultivation and Dharma Bodies, and the author announced that the third update would come soon.

• Ling Feizi and Yan Ni Buddhist Cultivator unleashed opposing moonlit and sunlit Venerate Seas and began their battle.
• Yan Ni used spatial Buddhist lotuses and powerful chants to strike Ling Feizi from unexpected angles, forcing her to defend with the Jade Dragon Soft Whip.
• Yan Ni's attacks tore Ling Feizi's dress as the lotuses overwhelmed her defenses.
• Ye Kong recognized Yan Ni's techniques as methods passed down by Buddha Lord Konglian and Buddha Lord Miyin, while Zi Xiao and Hai Lin judged the attacks costly but not necessarily decisive.
• Wen Qingxuan and Zi Xiao discussed how Yan Ni's Nine Yang Divine Ability and Ling Feizi's Mystic Maiden Dharma Body could determine the outcome.
• The author said the third update would be coming soon.

Yan Ni and Ling Feizi unleashed their Venerate Dharma Bodies and clashed in a battle that left both women weakened. After Ye Kong read Ling Feizi’s spiteful thoughts about Yan Ni, he grew furious and vowed to challenge the Western Heaven Battle Emperor in the future.

• Yan Ni summoned the Great Sun Undying Body and attacked Ling Feizi with two Six Yang Heaven-Deriving Banners.
• Ling Feizi unleashed the Mystic Maiden Dharma Body and countered with the Mystic Maiden Moon Wheel.
• Yan Ni’s banners and Ling Feizi’s moon wheel collided, then shattered, sending both women flying and forcing Ye Kong to shield the battle platform from the shockwaves.
• Ling Feizi blamed Yan Ni’s strength on powerful backing and privately insulted her while vowing that her master, the Western Heaven Battle Emperor, would eventually surpass her.
• Ye Kong used Mind Reading to learn Ling Feizi’s thoughts, became furious, and vowed to visit the Western Heaven Battle Emperor when he reached the Heavenly Sovereign realm.
• Ling Zhanzi’s dizziness and panic suddenly disappeared, and he believed his Ice Spirit Race climate sickness had passed.

Yan Ni and Ling Feizi traded accusations during their battle, with Yan Ni turning the argument toward Ling Feizi’s devotion to the Western Heaven Battle Emperor. Ling Feizi’s defense of her master angered the Little Princess of the Martial Territory and threatened to bring the Western Heaven Battle Hall into conflict with powerful factions.

• Ling Feizi insulted the Joyful Zen Sect, and Yan Ni defended its cultivation methods while Poison Young Master Su Xian and the sect’s allies grew furious.
• Yan Chen reassured Su Xian that she had not deceived him for resources, and Su Xian swore his devotion to her.
• Yan Ni criticized the Western Heaven Battle Emperor’s harem, and Ling Feizi insisted that the beauties loved him willingly.
• Yan Ni warned Ling Feizi not to speak so recklessly before the Little Princess Lin Jing, who resolved to tell her father about the insult.
• Ling Zhanzi realized Ling Feizi’s words had angered Lin Jing and numerous powerful cultivators, putting the Western Heaven Battle Hall at risk.

Yan Ni defeated Ling Feizi with her Seven Sun Soul-Clearing Bell and crippled her after Ye Kong ordered her to spare Ling Feizi's life. Ye Kong declared Yan Ni the winner, while Ling Zhanzi collapsed in despair.

• Ling Zhanzi watched Yan Ni prepare another attack, and Zhu Yan tried to console him.
• Yan Ni used the Seven Sun Soul-Clearing Bell to assault Ling Feizi's Divine Soul.
• Ling Feizi sacrificed her blood essence to summon the Mystic Maiden Moon Wheel, but Yan Ni's bell shattered it.
• Ling Feizi begged Ye Kong to save her, and he ordered Yan Ni to cripple her rather than kill her.
• Yan Ni burned away Ling Feizi's spiritual cultivation and Divine Soul, then Ye Kong declared her the winner and returned the crippled Ling Feizi to Old Man Winter.
• Ling Zhanzi collapsed, and Zhu Yan offered to cremate him.

Zhu Yan brought the gravely injured Ling Zhanzi to the Joyful Zen Sect, where the two recovered while the sect’s female cultivators tried to recruit Ling Zhanzi. Meanwhile, Ye Kong secretly went fishing at the estate and was confronted by Feng Yusheng as Lin Jing watched.

• Zhu Yan took Ling Zhanzi to the Joyful Zen Sect, where music, wine, and female Buddhist cultivators helped revive him.
• Ling Zhanzi blamed Ling Feizi for offending powerful figures, and a female Buddhist cultivator offered him protection if he joined the sect.
• After drinking sobering tea, Ling Zhanzi challenged a Ninth-grade Venerate and fought with renewed strength.
• Zhu Yan followed a female Buddhist cultivator into another chamber, where she overpowered him in their contest.
• Monk Dingxin and Ye Kong fished at the estate while Feng Yusheng and Lin Jing watched behind Ye Kong.
• When Ye Kong tried to leave after catching a fish, Feng Yusheng stopped him and demanded an explanation.

Ye Kong tried to reassure Lin Jing and evade Feng Yusheng’s possessive attention after she arranged a private fishing lake and gifted Yan Ni a Fire Feather. Meanwhile, Lin Dong completed an intense dual-cultivation session with Ying Huahuan, helping her break through to Saint grade Heavenly Sovereign.

• Feng Yusheng arranged for the Ice Spirit Race’s lakes to be stocked with fish and gave Yan Ni a Fire Feather as a gift.
• Lin Jing asked Ye Kong where her missing father, mother, and Aunt Ice were, and Ye Kong assured her that Lin Dong had not betrayed them.
• Feng Yusheng asked Ye Kong to comfort her, and he requested a few years to improve his cultivation before agreeing.
• Ye Kong left with Feng Yusheng and the three women after saying goodbye to Monk Dingxin.
• Lin Dong helped Ying Huahuan break through to Saint grade Heavenly Sovereign through dual cultivation.

Yan Ni advanced to the quarterfinals of the Seventh-grade Venerate battles before a Seventh-rank Perfected Supreme defeated her, while Zhu Yan and Ling Zhanzi considered how to approach King Ye and protect the women with them from Ling Zhanzi’s lecherous master. Xiao Xiao, Xiao Lin, and Wen Qingxuan prepared to fight the next day, and Wen Qingxuan wondered whether she could change Ye Kong’s view of her by taking their relationship further.

• Yan Ni entered the Seventh-grade Venerate battles and advanced to the Top 64 after the other competitors cleared the arena around her.
• Yan Ni won three more matches before a Seventh-rank Perfected Supreme knocked her out in the quarterfinals.
• A blue-clad Buddhist cultivator offered to speak with Yan Ni for Zhu Yan and ask her to pass a message to King Ye, and Zhu Yan eagerly accepted her help.
• Ling Zhanzi urged the fairy who had saved him to stay apart from his master, the Western Heaven Battle Emperor, because he feared his master would pursue her.
• Xiao Xiao, Xiao Lin, and Wen Qingxuan planned to take the field the next day, while Wen Qingxuan wondered whether making her relationship with Ye Kong intimate would change how he saw her.

Xiao Xiao competed as the disguised Rogue Cultivator Zi Xiao in the Martial Arts Gathering semifinals, while Ye Kong recognized her and played along. After both her opponents forfeited, she won the championship, broke through to the Ninth-grade Venerate realm, and asked to compete again the next day.

• Xiao Xiao appeared as Zi Xiao, and Ye Kong recognized her but cooperated with her act.
• Zhu Yan forfeited against Zi Xiao, citing exhaustion from spending time with his wife, and Ye Kong declared her the winner.
• Ling Zhanzi won the other semifinal, then forfeited the final because he was exhausted, so Ye Kong announced Zi Xiao as champion.
• Zi Xiao broke through to the Ninth-grade Venerate realm during Ye Kong's championship speech.
• Zi Xiao asked to compete in the next day's gathering, and Ye Kong agreed while worrying about facing her and Xiao Lin.

Ye Kong explained to Feng Yusheng that transcending Saint Grade might require merging with the Great Thousand World's power and gaining the World Will's recognition. After the World Will struck him with lightning, Ye Kong thanked it for the reminder and the blow.

• Ye Kong and Feng Yusheng fished together until Feng Yusheng received an urgent message from Elder Feng Cailou about Martial Ancestor's two wives gaining Saint grade auras after three days and nights with him.
• Feng Yusheng wondered whether dual cultivation could help break the Saint Grade Shackles, but Ye Kong explained that Martial Ancestor's cultivation, not the technique alone, had enabled his wives' breakthroughs.
• Ye Kong told Feng Yusheng that he and Martial Ancestor had sensed mysteries beyond Saint Grade through a deep connection with the world's power.
• Ye Kong proposed that the Great Thousand World had a World Will whose recognition could enable cultivators to transcend Saint Grade.
• Thunder rumbled in response, so Ye Kong loudly thanked World Will Lord for the warning; a lightning bolt struck him, and he thanked it again after Feng Yusheng revived him.

Ye Kong used three Ice Sky Cattail Dragon Grass to advance to the Half-step High Earth Sovereign realm, with Feng Yusheng helping him through the breakthrough. After checking him for hidden dangers, Feng Yusheng kissed him, and the two shared an intimate moment.

• Ye Kong noticed that his spiritual energy had connected more strongly with heaven and earth and asked Feng Yusheng to help him use the Ice Sky Cattail Dragon Grass.
• Feng Yusheng extracted the grass's medicinal essence with her True Phoenix Sacred Flame, and Ye Kong swallowed the three pools of spiritual fluid.
• Ye Kong absorbed the medicinal power amid a violent heavenly phenomenon and advanced to the Half-step High Earth Sovereign realm.
• Feng Yusheng examined Ye Kong for hidden dangers, and Ye Kong reached toward her waist under the pretense of offering a massage.
• Feng Yusheng drew Ye Kong close and kissed him, and Ye Kong embraced her and confessed his devotion before she told him to behave himself.

During the Martial Arts Gathering’s free-for-all, Hai Lin disguised as Xiao Lin provoked seven opponents and unleashed the Flame Emperor’s devastating fire lotus, forcing Ye Kong to step in and contain it. Ye Kong eliminated the fighters, then accused Hai Lin of plagiarizing the Flame Emperor and ordered him sent to the Endless Fire Domain for judgment, leaving Xiao Lin pretending to be unconscious.

• Lin Jing told Ye Kong that Hai Lin was Xiao Lin in disguise and that Xiao Xiao had planned for him to dominate the Ninth-grade Venerate tier.
• Hai Lin attacked seven Venerates at once, then declared he would prove Rogue Cultivators’ strength and formed the Buddha's Sorrow ~ Fire Lotus.
• Ye Kong stopped the judges from intervening and raised barriers around the battlefield as Hai Lin’s fire lotus overwhelmed the seven Venerates’ attacks.
• Ye Kong used Profound Ice Dragon Soar to extinguish the fire lotus and eliminated Hai Lin and the seven Venerates.
• Ye Kong accused Hai Lin of plagiarizing the Flame Emperor’s exclusive technique and ordered him sent to the Endless Fire Domain for judgment, so Xiao Lin kept pretending to be unconscious.

Ye Kong detained Hai Lin instead of sending him to the Endless Fire Domain, then oversaw the selection of the Top Sixteen at the Martial Arts Gathering. After discovering Wen Qingxuan and Yan Ni nearby, he forgave Wen Qingxuan and promised to guide both disciples before announcing the quarterfinal match between Zi Xiao and Lu Duowen.

• Ye Kong ordered Earth Sovereigns to seal Hai Lin's cultivation and imprison him until the Martial Arts Gathering ended.
• The contestants completed the selection of the Top Sixteen, including four contestants Ye Kong had arranged to advance.
• Lin Jing asked whether Hai Lin would be sent to the Endless Fire Domain, and Ye Kong questioned her reasoning.
• Ye Kong discovered Wen Qingxuan and Yan Ni hiding nearby and learned that Wen Qingxuan had entered the competition to surprise him.
• Ye Kong forgave Wen Qingxuan, then told her and Yan Ni to prepare for his cultivation guidance.
• Ye Kong announced Zi Xiao's quarterfinal match against Lu Duowen of the Heaven-Reaching Ape Tribe.

Ye Kong arranged Zi Xiao’s tournament opponents so she could enjoy fighting, and she defeated Lu Duowen in the opening match. After the quarterfinals, Zi Xiao began her semifinal against Liu Qingfeng, who summoned the Wind God Dharma Body as she revealed her own powerful Dharma Body.

• Lu Duowen greeted Zi Xiao as his sister-in-law, but she attacked him with Seven-Colored Light Swords and knocked him from the stage.
• Ye Kong sent Lu Duowen to guard Xiao Lin in the Ice Spirit Race’s prison, then declared Zi Xiao the winner.
• Ye Kong told Lin Jing that he had arranged opponents for Zi Xiao because his priority was making sure she had fun.
• Lu Hou, Zong Qingfeng, and Poison Young Master Su Xian advanced from the quarterfinals, and Zi Xiao was matched against Liu Qingfeng in the semifinals.
• Liu Qingfeng summoned the Wind God Dharma Body, and Zi Xiao revealed the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Dharma Body while Ye Kong watched closely.

Xiao Xiao overwhelmed Liu Qingfeng with her Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Art during their battle above the Venerate Sea. Liu Qingfeng summoned a Saint Artifact and unleashed a Storm Domain, while Xiao Xiao prepared a third vortex and held back her Sovereign Divine Ability.

• Liu Qingfeng attacked Xiao Xiao with his Leaf Shattering Finger, but she swallowed the strike with a seven-colored vortex.
• Xiao Xiao sent the vortex after Liu Qingfeng and formed a second one, forcing him to flee and leaving him unable to land an effective attack.
• Liu Qingfeng used a Low-Grade Saint Artifact feather fan to create a Storm Domain filled with powerful storm beasts.
• Liu Qingfeng challenged Xiao Xiao to withstand two of his moves, but she told him to first get through her Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Art.
• Xiao Xiao formed a third vortex and chose not to reveal her Sovereign Divine Ability while Ye Kong watched from the main platform.

Xiao Xiao defeated Liu Qingfeng in the first semifinal match despite his sacred artifact and Sovereign Divine Ability, leaving the other contestants convinced that she would claim the crown. After announcing her victory, Ye Kong headed to the Ice Spirit Race’s prison to meet Xiao Lin.

• Liu Qingfeng unleashed his Wind God Great Luo Heaven, destroying two of Xiao Xiao’s seven-colored vortexes before a third weakened his attack.
• A fourth vortex appeared behind Liu Qingfeng and swallowed him, leaving him unconscious as his Dharma Body and Venerate Sea crumbled.
• Xiao Xiao asked Chief Judge Ye Kong to announce her victory, and he declared her the winner while ordering her to release Liu Qingfeng.
• Lu Hou, Zong Qingfeng, Su Xian, and the other contestants became wary of Xiao Xiao and accepted that she was the favorite to take the crown.
• Ye Kong left to visit Xiao Lin in the Ice Spirit Race’s prison.