Chapter Summaries

Ye Kong used news of an Outer Domain Evil Tribe threat to escape a tense standoff between Xiao Xiao and Feng Yusheng, then traveled with Lu Shengjun to the Divine Beast Plains. There, Mu Chen and the Four Great Vajras claimed the Three Beast Venerates’ inheritance essence blood, awakening a powerful monster as the Four Apes revealed their true strength and held it back.

• Ye Kong summoned Lu Shengjun to take him to the Divine Beast Plains, prompting Feng Yusheng and Xiao Xiao to set aside their rivalry and accompany him in concealed forms.
• Mu Chen and the Nine Nether Sparrow Tribe observed the gathered teams, while Han Shan and others discussed Ye Kong’s influence and wondered why the Four Apes had come.
• Lu Hou announced that the Heaven-Reaching Ape Tribe would claim the Archaic Beast Venerate’s essence blood, defeated its stone carving, and summoned reinforcements after Lu Duowen sensed an Evil Tribe aura underground.
• Mu Chen challenged Bai Ming for the Undying Bird Essence Blood and defeated him, while the other teams claimed the Myriad Spirit Bird’s essence blood.
• Removing the Three Beast Venerates’ essence blood awakened an Evil Tribe monster, and the Four Apes revealed they were Earth Sovereign experts before raising a barrier to stop its black smoke.

Ye Kong and Lu Shengjun arrived at the Divine Tomb Garden, where Ye Kong destroyed the demon with the Merit Bowl and the descendants reunited with their ancient ancestors. Archaic Dust refused a chance at revival, so he suggested giving the Ancient Saint Revitalizing Pill to Undying Bird Beast Venerate, and Feng Yusheng offered the Phoenix Tribe’s welcome.

• Lu Hou held back from fighting, and Ye Kong used the Merit Bowl to erase the monster formed from five Evil Tribe Demon Emperors.
• The Divine Beasts greeted Ye Kong as King Ye, while Lu Shengjun introduced Huang Zhong to Archaic Dust, who learned that Huang Zhong had survived.
• Huang Zhong recounted his long ordeal, and Archaic Dust scolded Lu Hou and the Four Apes for lacking backbone.
• Lu Shengjun offered Archaic Dust an Ancient Saint Revitalizing Pill, but Archaic Dust refused because his chance of revival was too low.
• Archaic Dust suggested that Undying Bird Beast Venerate use the pill, and Feng Yusheng identified herself as the current King Feng and welcomed her back on behalf of the Phoenix Tribe.

Feng Yusheng used the Sea of Divinity and the Ancient Saint Revitalizing Pill to restore the Undying Bird Beast Venerate to life. With the elder reborn and permission to cultivate in the Sea of Divinity, Ye Kong plunged in to absorb its power and pursue the Heavenly Sovereign Realm.

• Ye Kong arranged for the Phoenix Tribe to receive the Ancient Saint Revitalizing Pill, and Feng Yusheng offered to help the Undying Bird Beast Venerate recover.
• The Archaic Beast Venerate, the Myriad Spirit Bird Beast Venerate, and the Undying Bird Beast Venerate brought Ye Kong and the others to the Sea of Divinity and explained its origins and immense power.
• Feng Yusheng shaped a new body from Divine Beast Essence Blood, used her True Phoenix Sacred Flame to purify it, and helped the Undying Bird Beast Venerate enter it with the Ancient Saint Revitalizing Pill.
• After several weeks of Saint Grade phenomena, the Undying Bird Beast Venerate returned to life and thanked Feng Yusheng, Ye Kong, and the others.
• The Undying Bird Beast Venerate invited them to cultivate in the Sea of Divinity, and Ye Kong plunged into it as the Bodhi Tree and his Dragon Phoenix Spirits absorbed its Essence Blood.

Ye Kong cultivated in the Sea of Divinity until he broke through the Heavenly Barrier and triggered his Heavenly Sovereign Spiritual Tribulation. As he began facing the first tribulation, he defiantly challenged the World Will Lord to strike him with lightning.

• Ye Kong nourished his True Dragon and True Phoenix Spirits with Divine Beast Essence Blood while his Bodhi Tree absorbed the Sea of Divinity’s energy.
• The Beast Venerates recognized Ye Kong’s connections to the Buddha Emperor, Feng Yusheng, and Kong Xuan, while the Myriad Spirit Bird Beast Venerate and Archaic Beast Venerate resolved to remain together rather than abandon the Divine Beast Plains.
• The Undying Bird Beast Venerate realized that the ancient era and its surviving acquaintances were fading away as the three Venerates’ inheritances found new owners.
• A year later, Ye Kong emerged from cultivation as black Tribulation Clouds gathered and his Heavenly Sovereign Spiritual Tribulation began.
• Ye Kong punched apart the first drop of black Decaying Water and declared that no heavenly tribulation could stop his breakthrough.

Ye Kong endured a Heavenly Sovereign Spiritual Tribulation that grew to seven strikes and broke through to the Heavenly Sovereign realm. After boasting about his new standing, he was struck by one last bolt and sank into the Sea of Divinity to recover.

• Ye Kong defeated the first five tribulations with his Heavenly Eye, spatial techniques, lightning arts, and Heavenly Phoenix Burning Demon.
• Ye Kong used All Swords Guard Heaven and his Perfect Heart Demon State to withstand the sixth tribulation, while the Undying Bird Beast Venerate repaired damage to the small world.
• Ye Kong survived the final black seal inside an Immortal Golden Lotus and emerged as a Heavenly Sovereign, sensing that he had gained a share of the world's authority.
• Ye Kong celebrated his new power, but World Will Lord struck him with another bolt of black lightning, leaving him charred and sending him into the Sea of Divinity.
• Feng Yusheng and Xiao Xiao decided not to check on Ye Kong, while Lu Shengjun and Huang Zhong pulled him from the sea; Ye Kong told Lu Shengjun not to suffer needlessly.

Ye Kong revealed that Myriad Spirit Bird Beast Venerate had once taught Kong Xuan and proposed using Tianluo Continent’s abundant Continental Power to restore him and Archaic Dust. The Beast Venerates accepted the plan, leaving Ye Kong ready to relocate the Divine Beast Plains there, though it would disrupt Mu Chen’s future plans for the continent.

• Myriad Spirit Bird Beast Venerate learned Kong Xuan was alive and recalled how he had taught her cultivation and the Five-Colored Divine Light.
• Ye Kong proposed taking Myriad Spirit Bird Beast Venerate and Archaic Dust to a place that could nourish their spirit shadows and possibly help them live again.
• Ye Kong showed the Beast Venerates a map of Tianluo Continent and explained that it lacked a Heavenly Sovereign and had accumulated vast Continental Power.
• Ye Kong suggested relocating the Sea of Divinity and the Divine Beast Plains to Tianluo Continent so the two elders could recover there.
• Myriad Spirit Bird Beast Venerate and Archaic Dust recognized the plan’s promise, while Ye Kong accepted that it would interfere with Mu Chen’s future rise on Tianluo Continent.

Ye Kong learned that the Ancient Heavenly Palace Ruins had appeared on the Tianluo Continent and prepared to investigate despite the deadly dangers within. He set out with Xiao Xiao, his Dragon-Phoenix clones, and the Undying Bird Beast Venerate, while Feng Yusheng and the other two Beast Venerates stayed behind.

• Ye Kong assessed his strength through sparring, then watched his Dragon-Phoenix clones become true Super Divine Beasts and reach Early Immortal Grade before they entered the Sea of Divinity to cultivate.
• Feng Yusheng told Ye Kong that the Ancient Heavenly Palace Ruins had appeared on the Tianluo Continent, where spatial storms made the site perilous even for Heavenly Sovereigns.
• Ye Kong explained that the ruins' destroyer, the Nine Corpse Heavenly Demon Emperor, might still be alive, and Xiao Xiao offered to accompany him.
• Ye Kong summoned his Dragon-Phoenix clones, who had advanced to Mid Immortal Grade, and convinced Xiao Xiao to follow his lead.
• The Undying Bird Beast Venerate agreed to Ye Kong's plan to relocate the Divine Beast Plains, then accompanied him to the Tianluo Continent while Feng Yusheng and the other two Beast Venerates remained behind.

Xiao Yan learned that the Ancient Heavenly Palace had appeared on Tianluo Continent and worried that the Demon Emperor who fought the Ancient Heavenly Emperor might still be alive. He expected Ye Kong and King Feng to investigate, then left the Sword Domain after repeatedly burning the chessboard when he was losing.

• While playing chess with the Green-robed Sword Saint, Xiao Yan learned that the Ancient Heavenly Palace had appeared on Tianluo Continent.
• Xiao Yan recalled the Ancient Heavenly Emperor's final battle against a Demon Devouring Tribe Demon Emperor and suspected the enemy might have survived.
• Xiao Yan predicted that his son-in-law would investigate the Ancient Heavenly Palace and that King Feng would join him to eliminate any Demon Emperor there.
• Xiao Yan announced his departure from the Sword Domain and gave the Green-robed Sword Saint two bottles of pills.
• Xiao Yan burned the chessboard, restarted the game, then burned the replacement board before leaving to return to Xiao Yixian.

Ye Kong and Xiao Xiao explored West City while waiting for news about the Ancient Heavenly Palace, then met their informant Zhu Yan. After learning how to enter the ruins and arranging to meet someone Zhu Yan knew, they prepared to travel together.

• Ye Kong and Xiao Xiao spent half a month enjoying West City and teased each other about racing to reach Saint Grade first.
• Ye Kong told Xiao Xiao that Zhu Yan, a Flame Spirit Race candidate he had recruited as a spy, had arrived with information about the Ancient Heavenly Palace.
• Zhu Yan explained that entrants had to pass the Dragon Gate and that Earth Sovereigns who entered the ruins had not returned, while the Heavenly Emperor's Mausoleum could admit stronger experts.
• Ye Kong instructed Zhu Yan to report his location from the mausoleum and offered to speak to the Ice Spirit Race on his behalf if he completed the task.
• Ye Kong told Zhu Yan to conceal his red hair and accompany him and Xiao Xiao to meet a woman Zhu Yan had encountered before.

Lin Jing was cornered by Feng Yan and the Spirit Ghost Gate at an auction house until Ye Kong appeared and pretended to be her grandfather. The two agreed to play along and swindle the Spirit Ghost Gate, with Lin Jing dramatically appealing for his protection.

• Lin Jing fought Feng Yan with her Crane Fan, but Feng Yan ordered his men to capture her after she resisted.
• A one-eyed elder and three other Great Perfection Earth Sovereigns attacked Lin Jing’s protective barrier, while the auction house’s onlookers stayed out of the conflict.
• Ye Kong appeared, drove the four elders back with his cane, and declared that Feng Yan had bullied his granddaughter.
• Ye Kong secretly told Lin Jing to call him her adoptive grandfather and said they would swindle the Spirit Ghost Gate, splitting the gains seventy-thirty in his favor.
• Lin Jing clung to Ye Kong and cried that she had nearly been bullied to death, while a hidden expert outside the auction house reacted in exasperation.

Ye Kong, posing as Lin Jing’s grandfather, killed the Spirit Ghost Gate’s guardians and Feng Yan after they threatened Lin Jing, while Xiao Xiao released the victims’ resentful souls. Ye Kong then waited at the auction house and prepared a plan with Lin Jing, Xiao Xiao, and Zhu Yan to deal with the Spirit Ghost Gate.

• Ye Kong killed the four Great Perfection Earth Sovereigns who had attacked Lin Jing, and Xiao Xiao burned their Divine Souls and used a Buddhist jade pendant to release their victims’ souls.
• Feng Yan hid behind a defensive barrier and threatened Ye Kong and Lin Jing, but Ye Kong shattered the barrier, destroyed Feng Yan’s Divine Soul, and crippled his cultivation.
• Lin Jing killed Feng Yan with three punches and cleared away his corpse and the battle damage.
• Ye Kong led Lin Jing to a VIP room and told the auction staff they could continue, while they explained that the auction had not yet begun and guests were still arriving.
• Ye Kong taught Lin Jing a script and sent its next part to Xiao Xiao and Zhu Yan as they prepared a plan to eliminate the Spirit Ghost Gate.

At an auction, Ye Kong effortlessly defeated Ancient Ghost King after the Spirit Ghost Gate attacked over Feng Yan’s death, then declared his intent to purge Ghost Cultivators and Blood Cultivators. As the auction began, Xiao Xiao sent the Nine-Colored Sky Swallowing Python out to act on Ye Kong’s plan.

• Mu Chen and Jiu You entered the auction and wondered whether Ye Kong was powerful enough to challenge a Heavenly Sovereign.
• Ancient Ghost King arrived to avenge Feng Yan, but Ye Kong struck him down with one palm and sealed his power.
• Ye Kong refused Ancient Ghost King’s offer of compensation, crushed his identity Token, and let Lin Jing knock him unconscious.
• Lin Jing summoned Uncle Sable for support while the auction began and Ye Kong waited for more targets.
• Ye Kong resolved to eliminate Ghost Cultivators and Blood Cultivators, and Xiao Xiao sent the Nine-Colored Sky Swallowing Python out of the auction house.

Ye Kong planned to conceal his identity while killing the Ghost Emperor, then destroy the Spirit Ghost Gate. The chapter left him preparing for the Ghost Emperor’s arrival after Lin Jing’s attempt to summon Lin Diao failed.

• The auction guests bid cautiously around Lin Jing, while Ye Kong ignored the treasures and considered how to fight the Ghost Emperor without revealing himself.
• Lin Jing asked whether Ye Kong could defeat the Ghost Emperor, and Ye Kong judged that the fight would be difficult if he avoided his signature techniques.
• Lin Jing revealed that she had sent a message to Lin Diao for backup, but could no longer contact him to redirect him to the Spirit Ghost Gate headquarters.
• Ye Kong decided that after killing the Ghost Emperor, he would go with Lin Diao to wipe out the Spirit Ghost Gate and learn how to eliminate every survivor.
• Ye Kong confirmed that Lin Jing knew her role in their plan, then concealed his cultivation and prepared to end the coming battle quickly.

The Ghost Emperor arrived in West City to demand the release of the Ancient Ghost King, but Ye Kong refused and killed him while cleansing the slain cultivator’s resentful souls. Ye Kong then challenged the Ghost Emperor, leaving the two Heavenly Sovereigns poised to fight.

• A prodigy from the Danyang Divine Palace bought the Second Hall Master's Token, leaving Mu Chen lamenting that he could not afford it.
• The Ghost Emperor descended on West City and demanded that Ye Kong release the Ancient Ghost King.
• Ye Kong fought off the Ghost Emperor’s opening attack, then rejected his offer to redeem Ancient Ghost and let Lin Jing decide the captive’s fate.
• Lin Jing declared that Ancient Ghost could not be spared, and Xiao Xiao lent Ye Kong a Buddhist Seal Jade Pendant to deliver the departed souls.
• Ye Kong ground Ancient Ghost into dust, used the pendant’s Buddhist light to soothe the resentful souls, and declared that he would kill Ghost Cultivators like the Ghost Emperor whenever he saw them.

Ye Kong fought the Ghost Emperor without revealing his Heavenly Venerate spirit body or using a Spiritual Meridian divine ability, then overwhelmed him with a surprise punch and relentless attacks. Xiao Xiao and Lin Jing watched as Xiao Xiao revealed that Little Cai and two Clones had already cleared out the Spirit Ghost Gate branch on Tianluo Continent, while Lin Diao remained hidden near the battle.

• The Ghost Emperor activated his Heavenly Venerate spirit body and summoned the Ten Thousand Ghosts Soul Guarding Armor to defend against Ye Kong.
• Ye Kong clashed with the Ghost Emperor using his sword, then broke the stalemate with a punch and battered him with fists, kicks, and sword strikes.
• Xiao Xiao told Lin Jing that she had planned to help Ye Kong if needed, but now they could wait to burn the Ghost Emperor's corpse and attack the Spirit Ghost Gate headquarters.
• Xiao Xiao revealed that Little Cai and two Clones had been sent to clear out the Spirit Ghost Gate branch on Tianluo Continent.
• Xiao Xiao sensed Lin Diao hiding near the fight and said the Ghost Emperor's life was nearly over.

Ye Kong killed the Ghost Emperor of the Spirit Ghost Gate and, with Lin Diao, set out to destroy the sect at its roots. As the Ancient Heavenly Palace Ruins opened, Mu Chen and Jiu You entered with the Northern Border Earth Sovereigns, while Ye Kong returned to Xiao Xiao.

• Ye Kong overwhelmed the Ghost Emperor, killed him with the Azure Immortal Sword, and asked Xiao Xiao to use Buddha energy to free the resentful souls.
• Ye Kong invited Lin Diao to help wipe out the Spirit Ghost Gate, and the two left to divide the gains while Xiao Xiao took Lin Jing away.
• Zhu Yan urged the gathered powers to restrain their disciples, while Mu Chen and Jiu You discussed the terrifying Heavenly Sovereigns and the contest for One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones.
• One day later, news arrived that a mysterious expert had destroyed the Myriad Ghost Heavenly Gate; three days later, Ye Kong's sword energy appeared over West City again.
• Seven days later, the Ancient Heavenly Palace Ruins opened, and Mu Chen and Jiu You entered with Mandala and the other Northern Border Earth Sovereigns.
• Ye Kong returned to his true appearance and went with Xiao Xiao to their guest room to discuss affection and cultivation.

Ye Kong explained that he was researching ways to strengthen Great Thousand World cultivators’ Divine Souls by adapting soul cultivation methods from lower planes. After Lin Jing went to gather reference materials, Xiao Xiao offered to help return his displaced Divine Soul, though her interest in it left Ye Kong alarmed.

• Ye Kong revealed that he had used the Soul Control Art on himself and pulled his Divine Soul from his unconscious body while testing a cultivation method.
• Ye Kong explained that Great Thousand World Divine Souls were weaker than the Outer Domain Evil Tribe’s Demon Souls and proposed developing methods to strengthen them after the Venerate Realm.
• Xiao Xiao described soul cultivation on the Dou Qi Continent, and Lin Jing confirmed that her Tianxuan Continent had a spiritual-power cultivation path.
• Ye Kong admitted that his research was only beginning and asked for soul cultivation methods from the Dou Qi Continent for reference.
• Lin Jing left to ask Uncle Sable for spiritual-power cultivation methods, while Xiao Xiao asked when Ye Kong would return to his body.
• Xiao Xiao offered to cultivate the Soul Control Art and send Ye Kong back, revealing that she had long been interested in his Divine Soul.

Ye Kong proposed combining Lin Dong’s talisman arts with Divine Soul cultivation to create a path that could make Divine Souls powerful enough to fight independently. Lin Dong approved and opened the Martial Realm’s inheritances to him, while Ye Kong prepared to test his modified training methods with Lin Dong’s help and Xiao Yan’s approval.

• Lin Dong took Ye Kong aside to discuss spiritual power cultivation, while Lin Jing explained Tianxuan Continent’s talisman master ranks to Xiao Xiao.
• Lin Dong displayed the Eight Grand Symbols, and Ye Kong copied their runes well enough to draw in spiritual energy and threaten powerful Heavenly Sovereigns.
• Ye Kong suggested adapting the nine spiritual tribulations for Nine Grades of Supreme cultivators and developing Divine Souls that could leave the body and fight independently.
• Lin Dong approved Ye Kong’s proposal and offered him access to the Martial Realm’s spiritual power inheritances and talisman arts.
• Ye Kong presented modified Spirit Ghost Gate punishment methods as possible Divine Soul training methods and volunteered to test them on himself.
• Xiao Yan appeared, praised Ye Kong as his son-in-law, and offered to help with the test.

Ye Kong, Xiao Yan, and Lin Dong agreed to establish a vast Spirit Academy for Divine Soul cultivation on the former Spirit Ghost Gate territory. When a call for help came from the Ancient Heavenly Palace, Ye Kong returned to his body and set out with Xiao Xiao to confront the demon threat, while Xiao Yan and Lin Dong went to stand guard.

• Xiao Yan proposed using soul-tempering flames and specialized Elixirs to support Divine Soul cultivation, and Ye Kong suggested founding a Spirit Academy.
• Xiao Yan and Lin Dong pledged resources and support, and Ye Kong chose the former Spirit Ghost Gate territory in Tianluo Continent's Central Domain as the academy site.
• Ye Kong's spatial transmission pendant shattered, summoning him to the Ancient Heavenly Palace, and Lin Dong warned that the Nine Corpse Heavenly Demon Emperor might still be alive.
• Ye Kong used Divine Foot Through Heaven to return to his body, then took Xiao Xiao with him to slay demons.
• Xiao Yan and Lin Dong went together to the Ancient Heavenly Palace ruins to stand guard for Ye Kong and Xiao Xiao.

Zhu Yan entered the Heavenly Emperor's Mausoleum and watched the major factions clash over Mu Chen and the Northern Border Alliance. The Great Luo Domain Lord revealed her true form and broke through to Great Perfection Earth Sovereign, while Zhu Yan concluded that the Ancient Heavenly Emperor's forces had been surprisingly unimpressive.

• Zhu Yan entered the Heavenly Emperor's Mausoleum, hid among the arriving experts, and recalled King Ye's warning to save the Teleportation Jade Talisman for an emergency.
• Zhu Yan watched the Xia Emperor and Mandala face off over Mu Chen, whom he recognized as the young man who had killed Xia Yu and likely Garuda.
• Holy Demon Emperor Lu Heng joined the Xia Emperor in challenging the Northern Border Alliance, and Mandala exposed Lu Heng's past as the Heavenly Emperor's mount who had abandoned his master.
• Mu Chen produced the Ancient Mandala Flower, allowing the Great Luo Domain Lord to reveal her true body, block the High Earth Sovereigns' attacks, and break through to Great Perfection Earth Sovereign.
• The Xia Emperor backed down, while Lu Heng's attack was easily stopped by the Great Luo Domain Lord; Zhu Yan wondered how the Heavenly Emperor's mount and subordinates could have been so weak.