Chapter Summaries

The Flame Emperor confronted the Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor and overwhelmed him with the power of his Imperial Flame and Eternal Fire Ancient Ruler. As the battle shook the Southern Border, the Western Heaven Battle Emperor shrank from comparisons with the Flame Emperor, while Ye Kong prepared to join the fight.

• The Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor emerged from shattered space, summoned a Saint Demon Fire Lotus, and attacked the Flame Emperor while secretly requesting reinforcements.
• The Flame Emperor shattered the Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor’s Black-White Fire Rings and formed the Eternal Fire Ancient Ruler around his Black Heavy Ruler.
• The Flame Emperor’s Flame Wave-Splitting Ruler cleaved through the Saint Demon Fire Lotus and the sea of black-and-white flames, then struck the Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor across a million miles.
• The Flame Emperor’s battle ignited the Black God Great Marsh, and Southern Border Heavenly Sovereigns recognized him while the Great Witch Tribe Clan Leader praised his arrival.
• The Spirit Worm Tribe Clan Leader asked the Western Heaven Battle Emperor to demonstrate his might, and the Battle Emperor nervously denied that he could compare with the Flame Emperor.
• Ye Kong brought a Phoenix Tree Divine Tree from his sleeve and prepared to merge with it so he could confront the two Heavenly Demon Emperors attacking Feng Yusheng.

Ye Kong used the Merit Bowl’s Buddha Liquid Essence and True Phoenix Essence Blood to merge with the Phoenix Tree Divine Tree and summon its power. As the Flame Emperor battled Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor, Ye Huan Kong arrived in a Golden Giant Phoenix form to join Feng Yusheng’s fight.

• Ye Kong fed the Phoenix Tree Divine Tree Buddha Liquid Essence made from the remains of Saint Yan Heavenly Demon Emperor and Flame Heavenly Demon Emperor, easing its resistance to him.
• Ye Kong swallowed treated True Phoenix Essence Blood, transformed into his True Phoenix form, and merged with the Phoenix Tree Divine Tree.
• The Phoenix Tree Divine Tree released immense Phoenix Flame and Buddhist light, alarming the Demon Emperors fighting Feng Yusheng.
• The Flame Emperor wounded Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor, who summoned the Saint Demon Flame Spear and attacked him with renewed fury.
• Ye Huan Kong appeared as a Golden Giant Phoenix and declared his intention to slay the Evil Tribe invaders.

Ye Kong and Feng Yusheng joined forces against Dark Heavenly Demon Emperor II and the Vampire Heavenly Demon Emperor, using overwhelming attacks to kill Dark Heavenly Demon Emperor II. The Vampire Heavenly Demon Emperor fled, but Ye Kong and Feng Yusheng immediately pursued him.

• Ye Kong transformed into a golden phoenix, wounded Dark Heavenly Demon Emperor II, and struck the Vampire Heavenly Demon Emperor with Imperial Flame meteors.
• Ye Kong and Feng Yusheng launched their divine abilities together, prompting Dark Heavenly Demon Emperor II to burn his blood and soul while the Vampire Heavenly Demon Emperor fought cautiously.
• Ye Kong's Ten Thousand Buddhas—Illuminate the Universe and Feng Yusheng's attacks overwhelmed the two Demon Emperors, and Dark Heavenly Demon Emperor II died.
• The Vampire Heavenly Demon Emperor panicked and tried to escape, so Ye Kong and Feng Yusheng attacked him together.

The Martial Ancestor faced six top Heavenly Demon Emperors who invaded the Martial Realm while Ye Kong and Feng Yusheng fought in the Black God Great Marsh. Ye Kong killed the Vampire Heavenly Demon Emperor, but two more top Heavenly Demon Emperors emerged as the battle against the Holy Demon Lord continued.

• The Martial Ancestor stopped to confront six top Heavenly Demon Emperors and their demonic forces, then summoned the Thunder Emperor Scepter and attacked them with lightning.
• Ye Kong and Feng Yusheng wounded the Vampire Heavenly Demon Emperor, and Ye Kong killed him with the Three Thousand Void Divine Steles and Sky-Covering Claw Marks.
• Ye Kong offered to help the Flame Emperor fight the Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor, but Feng Yusheng urged him to withdraw for his safety.
• The altar and Space Light Path collapsed after Jiang Nan and Jiang Bei vanished, but two top Heavenly Demon Emperors escaped through the path and attacked Ye Kong and Feng Yusheng.

Ye Kong and Feng Yusheng joined forces against two Heavenly Demon Emperors, using the Phoenix Combined Attack and Merit Pure Light to strengthen their battle. As Feng Yusheng’s tender concern for Ye Kong caught Xiao Yan’s attention, he grew alarmed about his daughter’s potential rival and attacked the retreating demons.

• Ye Kong and Feng Yusheng realized their dwindling strength left them unable to help Flame Emperor Xiao Yan, so Feng Yusheng proposed using the Phoenix Combined Attack.
• Ye Kong and Feng Yusheng repelled the Sky-Breaking Demon Emperor and Nine Spears Heavenly Demon Emperor, then Feng Yusheng transmitted the technique’s principles to Ye Kong.
• The Phoenix Tree Divine Tree replenished them, and Feng Yusheng drew Ye Kong’s dangerous spiritual energy into herself as they merged their power and received Merit Pure Light.
• Ye Kong focused on mastering the Immortal Golden Body’s strongest defense while Feng Yusheng unleashed their combined power against the two Heavenly Demon Emperors.
• Xiao Yan noticed Feng Yusheng’s tenderness toward Ye Kong and worried that she had fallen for her disciple, then hurled three Buddha's Fury Fire Lotuses at the fleeing demons.

Ye Kong and Feng Yusheng endured a combined assault from the Sky-Breaking Demon Emperor and Nine Spears Heavenly Demon Emperor, then unleashed the Phoenix Combined Attack while Xiao Yan struck the enemy forces with Buddha's Wrath Emperor Flame Lotus. The two demons and two other top Heavenly Demon Emperors fell, leaving the battle near its conclusion with the Great Thousand World holding the advantage.

• The Sky-Breaking Demon Emperor and Nine Spears Heavenly Demon Emperor combined their spear and lance attacks against Ye Kong and Feng Yusheng.
• Ye Kong shielded himself, Feng Yusheng, and the Phoenix Tree Divine Tree inside the Immortal Golden Lotus as Feng Yusheng prepared her Phoenix Bowl.
• The demons' attack pierced the lotus but failed to break through, and the two Heavenly Demon Emperors fled as Feng Yusheng launched the Phoenix Combined Attack.
• Xiao Yan used Buddha's Wrath Emperor Flame Lotus against the three Heavenly Demon Emperors fighting him, while the Crimson Phoenix and Golden Phoenix pursued the fleeing demons.
• The Phoenix Combined Attack reduced the Sky-Breaking Demon Emperor and Nine Spears Heavenly Demon Emperor to ashes, and Xiao Yan's attack left two other top Heavenly Demon Emperors as ruined corpses.
• The surviving combatants were gravely wounded or exhausted, and the gathered Heavenly Sovereigns recognized that the Great Thousand World had won the battle.

Jiang Gu obeyed the Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor’s order to sacrifice Jiang Dong and Jiang Xi and open a passage, while Feng Yusheng and Flame Emperor Xiao Yan fought to protect the Great Thousand World. Xiao Yan stopped pursuing the fleeing demon emperor to burn away the demonic threat across the Southern Border Continent, leaving the Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor to escape.

• The Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor forced Jiang Gu to use a blood sacrifice to open a spatial passage, and Jiang Dong and Jiang Xi sacrificed themselves to power it.
• After the Phoenix Combined Attack, Ye Kong collapsed from his injuries, and Feng Yusheng carried him away and treated him.
• Feng Yusheng attacked the wounded Jiang Ya with a Phoenix Flame Fire Feather, but a spatial passage carried him away.
• The Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor revealed that Demon Mist Seeds were spreading demonic mist across the Southern Border Continent, forcing Xiao Yan to abandon his pursuit.
• Xiao Yan summoned fires across the Great Thousand World and burned away the demonic mist and Demon Mist Seeds throughout the continent.
• The Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor fled into chaotic space rather than risk turning back to fight Xiao Yan.

After the Southern Border war made Ye Kong a celebrated hero, he woke from a year-long coma in an Ice Spirit Race Ice Coffin and learned that Feng Yusheng and Xiao Xiao had both kept their distance after speaking with the Flame Emperor. Fearing the romantic confrontation awaiting him, Ye Kong shut his eyes and chose to keep sleeping.

• Reports across the Great Thousand World praised the Flame Emperor, King Feng, Ye Kong, and Monk Dingxin for their roles in the Southern Border war, while the Martial Ancestor's defense of the Martial Realm sparked debate over who was strongest.
• Ye Kong woke in an Ice Spirit Race Ice Coffin with his shattered bones and severed meridians repaired by power left by the Flame Emperor, Feng Yusheng, and the Martial Ancestor.
• Lin Jing told Ye Kong he had been unconscious for twelve months, which meant only about three months had passed outside and he might still reach the Contest for Son of the Continent in the Sword Domain.
• Lin Jing explained that the Flame Emperor and Feng Yusheng had disagreed over where to take Ye Kong for treatment until the Martial Ancestor brought him to the Ice Spirit Race, and Ye Kong realized the Flame Emperor had discovered his relationship with Feng Yusheng.
• Lin Jing said Xiao Xiao had awakened a month earlier as a Great Perfection Earth Sovereign, then visited Feng Yusheng's residence after speaking with the Flame Emperor; Ye Kong shut his eyes and pretended to sleep to avoid the Shura field.

Xiao Xiao and Feng Yusheng confronted each other beside Ye Kong's Ice Coffin, arguing over their relationship with him. Ye Kong woke and tried to stop the two women from fighting.

• Xiao Xiao arrived at the Ice Spirit Ancestral Hall and silently resented Ye Kong for becoming involved with Feng Yusheng.
• Feng Yusheng came to check on Ye Kong, and Xiao Xiao challenged her for neglecting her duties as Phoenix King.
• Feng Yusheng said Ye Kong was important to the Phoenix Clan and admitted that she had been the first to cross the line with him.
• Xiao Xiao and Feng Yusheng's exchange grew more hostile until Ye Kong woke and urged them to talk instead of fight.

Ye Kong woke from his injuries and tried to calm Xiao Xiao, who left after Feng Yusheng intervened. As Ye Kong learned that the Outer Domain Evil Tribe had withdrawn from the Great Thousand World, Xiao Yan arrived and threatened him with two of his signature weapons.

• Ye Kong tried to placate Xiao Xiao with flattery, but Feng Yusheng defended him and explained that he was still too weak to withstand Xiao Xiao's pressure.
• Xiao Xiao decided to stop pressuring Ye Kong, wished him a full recovery, and vanished from the Ice Hall.
• Feng Yusheng warned Ye Kong that his severe injuries would take at least half a year to heal, and Lin Jing gave him Ice Soul Nectar to aid his recovery.
• Feng Yusheng reported that the Outer Domain Evil Tribe had withdrawn from every border over the past three months, prompting Ye Kong to wonder what plan they were pursuing.
• Xiao Yan appeared behind Ye Kong, painfully kneaded his shoulder, and asked whether he would rather face Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus or the Eternal Fire Ancient Ruler.

Ye Kong admitted to Xiao Yan that he loved both Xiao Xiao and Feng Yusheng and would not abandon either, prompting Xiao Yan to reconsider his opposition. Xiao Yan let the matter go and left Ye Kong to recover in the Ice Hall.

• Ye Kong refused to give up Feng Yusheng despite Xiao Yan demanding that he choose between her and Xiao Xiao.
• Ye Kong offered to leave the Endless Fire Domain and even return to the Buddhist Sect, swearing a heart demon oath that he would not make things difficult for Feng Yusheng.
• Ye Kong explained that Feng Yusheng had pursued him after he became her disciple, and Xiao Yan wondered whether his own actions had made him resemble the Misty Cloud Sect that had pressured him in the past.
• Xiao Yan abandoned his attempt to force Ye Kong to choose, saying he would not make him marry Xiao Xiao.
• Ye Kong collapsed after holding his bow too long, and Xiao Yan caught him with a cloud of fire before leaving; Ye Kong then fell asleep in the Ice Hall.

After watching a recording of Ye Kong rejecting Xiao Xiao and choosing Feng Yusheng, Xiao Yan and Xiao Lin realized that further pressure could worsen the conflict and provoke powerful allies. Xiao Lin suggested they stop interfering, leaving Xiao Yan to face the consequences of his failed attempt to arrange his daughter’s marriage.

• Xiao Lin watched the recording of Ye Kong’s confrontation with Xiao Xiao and Xiao Yan, then worried that Ye Kong’s death could bring the Martial Realm, Great Thousand Palace, and Beast Tribes against the Endless Fire Domain.
• Xiao Lin asked whether men preferred women like Feng Yusheng, and Xiao Yan reasoned that Ye Kong viewed Feng Yusheng more like Xun Er and Xiao Xiao more like Nalan Yanran.
• Xiao Yan reflected on his own past relationships with Yun Yun, Ya Fei, and Xiao Yixian, then hid his embarrassment by claiming the Ice Spirit Race’s cold made him sneeze.
• Xiao Yan admitted that his pressure had driven Ye Kong to reject Xiao Xiao and feared there was no room to reconcile them.
• Xiao Lin suggested that he and Xiao Yan stop meddling in Ye Kong and Xiao Xiao’s relationship.

Xiao Lin realized that he and Xiao Yan had pressured Ye Kong into a relationship while ignoring his feelings, and that Ye Kong intended to end things with Xiao Xiao after recovering. He went to the Ice Spirit Ancestral Land to speak with Ye Kong, still determined to make him Xiao Xiao’s brother-in-law.

• Xiao Lin told Xiao Yan that Ye Kong had sworn a Xin Mo oath to explain everything to Xiao Xiao and make a clean break once his injuries healed.
• Xiao Yan smashed the ice table in anger, then gave up handling the matter and told Xiao Lin to stop Ye Kong from speaking to Xiao Xiao.
• Xiao Lin recalled how Xiao Xiao and her family had pressured Ye Kong, and concluded that his resentment and his feelings for Feng Yusheng had contributed to the situation.
• Xiao Lin regretted failing to act as an impartial elder brother and decided to talk to Ye Kong again.
• Xiao Lin headed for the Ice Spirit Ancestral Land, still insisting that Ye Kong had to become his brother-in-law.

Xiao Lin came to the Ice Spirit Ancestral Hall, where Feng Yusheng challenged his intentions and secured his oath not to seek trouble with Ye Kong. Seven days later, Ye Kong woke and prepared to meet Xiao Lin, while Feng Yusheng urged him to reconcile with Xiao Xiao and left the choice to him.

• Feng Yusheng confronted Xiao Lin over his past threats and defended Ye Kong, whom she called her future husband.
• Xiao Lin swore that he would not seek trouble with Ye Huan Kong over the matter, then left to wait outside while Ye Kong recovered.
• Seven days later, Ye Kong woke and learned that Xiao Lin had been waiting to see him.
• Ye Kong agreed to meet Xiao Lin, though he feared the encounter could turn into a fight.
• Feng Yusheng gave Ye Kong space to speak with Xiao Lin and urged him to bring Xiao Xiao back if he could.

Ye Kong told Xiao Lin that he had chosen Feng Yusheng and would disappear from Xiao Xiao’s life, while Xiao Lin argued with him over his sister’s feelings. The chapter ended with Xiao Lin forcing Ye Kong to marry Xiao Xiao and make her happy when they wed.

• Ye Kong and Xiao Lin shared wine and discussed how Xiao Xiao’s past actions had led to their painful situation.
• Ye Kong said he would avoid Xiao Xiao, apologize for hurting her, and repay the Elixirs he had received from Xiao Lin’s father.
• Xiao Lin angrily accused Ye Kong of abandoning Xiao Xiao and refusing to say goodbye, while Ye Kong insisted that disappearing was the kindest choice he could make.
• Ye Kong explained that his resolve to fight the Outer Domain Evil Tribe came from losing every relative he had in his Lower Plane.
• Xiao Lin said he and his father would no longer force Ye Kong to give up Feng Yusheng, then grabbed Ye Kong and demanded that he marry Xiao Xiao and make her smile at their wedding.

Xiao Yan stopped Xiao Lin from forcing Ye Kong and accepted that neither he nor Xiao Lin would interfere with Ye Kong seeking Xiao Xiao. Unable to resolve the situation himself, Xiao Yan visited Lin Dong, and Lin Jing left with him to try to mediate between Ye Kong and Xiao Xiao.

• Ye Kong warned Xiao Lin that continued coercion could turn him into an enemy, but Xiao Lin tightened his grip until Xiao Yan appeared and ordered him to let go.
• Xiao Yan rebuked Xiao Lin, apologized to Ye Kong, and promised that he and Xiao Lin would no longer interfere with Ye Kong seeking Xiao Xiao.
• Ye Kong returned to the Ice Spirit Ancestral Hall to recover from his injuries while Xiao Yan went to the Martial Realm to ask Lin Dong for help.
• After hearing Xiao Yan's account, Lin Jing offered to help reconcile Ye Kong and Xiao Xiao, and Xiao Yan discussed a mediation plan with her.
• Lin Jing left for the Ice Spirit Ancestral Land, while Lin Dong assured Ling Qingzhu and Ying Huahuan that Ye Kong would not blame her if the plan failed.

Wen Qingxuan, Yan Ni, and Monk Dingxin arrived at the Ice Spirit Ancestral Hall and learned that Ye Kong was sleeping by choice while recovering, and that he and Feng Yusheng had become involved. Wen Qingxuan left determined to pursue Ye Kong herself, beginning her ten-year plan to sleep with Master.

• Lin Jing spent four months at the Ice Spirit Ancestral Hall trying to learn Ye Kong and Feng Yusheng's feelings about Xiao Xiao, while Ye Kong slept and Feng Yusheng focused on cultivation.
• Wen Qingxuan, Yan Ni, and Monk Dingxin arrived and found Ye Kong lying unconscious in the Ice Coffin; Lin Jing explained that he had awakened earlier and was sleeping voluntarily.
• Lin Jing told them that Xiao Xiao had left heartbroken after learning Ye Kong and Feng Yusheng had gotten together, while the Flame Emperor and Young Master Xiao had failed to make Ye Kong give Feng Yusheng up.
• Monk Dingxin concluded that Ye Kong would have to rely on himself to resolve the conflict, and Lin Jing explained that the Flame Emperor had stopped interfering in Ye Kong's relationships.
• Wen Qingxuan decided that Ye Kong had broken the rules by getting together with his grandmaster and began a ten-year plan to sleep with him.

Ye Kong awakened from his recovery when Wen Qingxuan tried to touch his face, then discovered that she openly loved him and refused to be deterred by his threats. He remained injured but mobile, and the chapter ended with Wen Qingxuan telling him she had suppressed her feelings for a long time and would now follow his example.

• Monk Dingxin left the Ice Spirit Ancestral Hall to congratulate the Martial Ancestor, while Lin Jing and Yan Ni prepared Image Recording Orbs as Wen Qingxuan approached Ye Kong.
• Ye Kong woke, seized Wen Qingxuan's wrist, and said his injuries were seventy percent healed but he still could not fight recklessly.
• Ye Kong reprimanded Yan Ni for letting Wen Qingxuan act freely, but Yan Ni defended her senior sister by citing the Joyful Zen Sect's customs.
• Wen Qingxuan admitted she loved Ye Kong and said she would follow him for life, then challenged his threats to expel her by pointing to his past with Phoenix King Ancestral Master.
• Wen Qingxuan told Ye Kong she had suppressed her feelings since joining the sect and would now follow his example, leaving him speechless.

Xiao Yan learned that Ye Huan Kong had awakened and that Wen Qingxuan had confessed her feelings to him, complicating matters with Xiao Xiao and Feng Yusheng. After deciding to apologize to Ye Huan Kong and stop interfering, Xiao Yan visited Xiao Xiao’s secluded valley and found Xiao Yixian waiting there.

• Xiao Lin told Xiao Yan that Ye Huan Kong had awakened early and that Wen Qingxuan had confessed her feelings to him.
• Xiao Yan watched a recording of Wen Qingxuan’s return and regretted that his earlier threats had worsened the situation between Ye Huan Kong and Xiao Xiao.
• Xiao Yan asked Xiao Lin to invite Ye Huan Kong for a meeting and apologize, warning Xiao Lin not to threaten or insult him again.
• Xiao Yan entered Xiao Xiao’s secluded valley and sensed the presence of a familiar woman besides Xiao Xiao, Cai Lin, and Xun Er.
• Xiao Yixian greeted Xiao Yan beneath an old locust tree, teasing him about how much older he looked.

Xiao Yixian confronted Xiao Yan about how his interference had pushed Ye Kong away from Xiao Xiao, then offered to speak with Ye Kong herself. Xiao Yan left to see Xiao Xiao, while Xiao Yixian was left alone with painful memories.

• Xiao Yan told Xiao Yixian about the mistakes he and Xiao Lin had made with Ye Kong and Xiao Xiao.
• Xiao Yixian explained that Xiao Yan had threatened Ye Kong before giving him a chance to explain, driving him toward Feng Yusheng.
• Xiao Yixian criticized Xiao Yan for meddling in Xiao Xiao's relationship and hiding the situation from Cai Lin and Xun Er.
• Xiao Yan asked Xiao Yixian how he could make amends, and she said she would speak with Ye Kong for Xiao Xiao's sake.
• Xiao Yixian teased Xiao Yan about his past romantic entanglements, then watched him leave for Xiao Xiao and shed a tear.