Chapter Summaries

Ye Kong contacted Feng Yusheng from the Dragon Tribe, offering her a Peerless Divine Ability and warning her about Huang Jin, Huang Xuanzhi, and Blood River Old Ghost. Feng Yusheng became furious over their treatment of Ye Kong and left seclusion to find him, while Lu Shengjun emerged on the verge of forming a ninth Blood Ape.

• Ao Youdi told Ye Kong that a birthday gift for the True Dragon Emperor only needed to please him, and Ye Kong offered several Peerless Divine Abilities.
• Ao Youdi said Lin Jing could enter the Nine-Story Dragon Tower, then told Ye Kong that his disciple Wen Qingxuan had arrived with the Sword Domain delegation.
• Ye Kong worried that Huang Jin and his allies might target him, so he used Mind Reading, Myriad Mind Communion to contact Feng Yusheng for help.
• Feng Yusheng told Ye Kong that Lu Shengjun was close to breaking through and learned that Ye Kong had obtained the Great Wind Calling Technique for her.
• Ye Kong explained that Xiao Xiao had become the Heavenly Emperor's successor and warned Feng Yusheng that Huang Jin and Huang Xuanzhi were traveling with Blood River Old Ghost and had rejected her seal.
• Feng Yusheng angrily left the Sea of Divinity to find Ye Kong, while Lu Shengjun burst from the sea amid surging blood energy, nearing the formation of a ninth Blood Ape.

Ye Kong learned that three top-tier factions had arrived for the True Dragon Emperor’s birthday, including Endless Fire Domain, Great Spiritual Mountain, and Primordial Soul Ghost City. He headed out to meet Endless Fire Domain’s two mistresses while resolving to kill Xuan Jie and wondering what Heavenly Origin Ghost Lord’s arrival would bring.

• After two days of cultivation, Ye Kong answered Lin Jing’s call and learned that three top-tier factions had arrived.
• Lin Jing told Ye Kong that Endless Fire Domain’s Old Master Yao Chen had arrived with Xiao Xiao and both mistresses of Endless Fire Domain.
• Ye Kong learned that Xuan Jie was leading Great Spiritual Mountain and vowed to kill him despite the unwritten rule against killing Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereigns.
• Lin Jing revealed that Heavenly Origin Ghost Lord, the previous generation City Lord of Primordial Soul Ghost City, led the final faction.
• Ye Kong set out with Lin Jing to meet his two mothers-in-law first.

Ye Kong publicly denounced Xuan Jie and vowed to destroy him for past wrongs, then joined the Endless Fire Domain delegation and met Yao Chen. The chapter left Ye Kong greeting the Two Mistresses of Endless Fire Domain.

• Ye Kong told Lin Jing that he could not defeat the Heavenly Origin Ghost Lord without borrowing external power and worried over the ghost and blood cultivators’ leaders.
• Xuan Jie greeted Ye Kong as his Martial Uncle Grandmaster, but Ye Kong rejected the courtesy, accused him of betrayal, and threatened to kill him once his cultivation was complete.
• Xuan Jie restrained his anger, accepted Ye Kong’s challenge, and led the Great Spiritual Mountain monks onto Dragon Island.
• Ye Kong greeted Yao Chen, who praised his young age and strength and teased him about Xiao Xiao.
• Ye Kong bowed to the Two Mistresses of Endless Fire Domain.

Ye Kong won over Xiao Xiao’s mothers while they reminisced about her childhood, leaving Xiao Xiao embarrassed and Ye Kong armed with teasing material. Meanwhile, Old Monk Xuanjie plotted against Ye Kong and chose the people around him as targets, singling out Little Lion.

• Ye Kong greeted Gu Xun Er and Cai Lin, who welcomed him and praised him for helping Xiao Yixian fulfill her wish.
• Cai Lin drew Xiao Xiao and Ye Kong into a warm family gathering, while Gu Xun Er and Cai Lin shared embarrassing childhood stories about Xiao Xiao.
• Lin Jing teased Xiao Xiao about her Lower Plane experiences, and Xiao Xiao retaliated by tickling her as Yao Chen watched.
• Old Monk Xuanjie took Shi Ku and Shi Qing aside, destroyed the Dragon Palace furnishings in a rage, and threatened them into supporting him.
• Xuan Jie convinced Shi Ku and Shi Qing that Ye Kong would target them and Shi Zhen, then claimed he had arranged for others to help kill Ye Kong.
• Xuan Jie decided that if he could not attack Ye Kong directly, he would target those around him, especially Little Lion.

Ye Kong asked the Sword Domain to protect his Golden Lion Tribe friend and guard against Xuan Jie, Huang Jin, and other Saint Grade experts. Xu Lingyun agreed to help, and the chapter ended with Ye Kong raising a second request for the Sword Domain to stand guard.

• Ye Kong rejected Ao Youdi's offer to have the Dragon Tribe monitor Huang Jin and Huang Xuanzhi, but asked him to keep watch over Master Jinjiu.
• Ye Kong and Xu Lingyun exchanged a sword strike outside Bamboo Garden, and Ye Kong won without injury.
• Ye Kong asked Xu Lingyun to find a powerful expert below the Heavenly Sovereign realm to protect his old friend in the Golden Lion Tribe.
• Xu Lingyun summoned Feng Jie, and Ye Kong gave him a Quasi-Peerless Divine Ability as payment for taking the assignment.
• Ye Kong asked the Sword Domain to guard against Xuan Jie, Huang Jin, and other Saint Grade experts who might act against him.

Ye Kong gathered allies while planning to confront Xuan Jie, then learned that Feng Jie was under attack from the Huang Clan on Dragon Island. He led his companions and the Sword Domain Grand Elder to intervene, suspecting the Huang Clan had a hidden motive.

• Ye Kong considered recruiting the Sword Domain Grand Elder, the Great Thousand Palace, and the Nine-Colored Peacock Tribe to help him deal with Xuan Jie and the Great Spiritual Mountain.
• Ye Kong remembered that Kong Ling was connected to him by a Bloodline Link and decided to warn him later, then asked Ao Youdi to send a letter to the Great Thousand Palace.
• After the gathering, Ye Kong and his companions received Lin Jing's message that the Huang Clan was besieging Feng Jie after he defended the injured Six-Headed Lion.
• Ye Kong, Xu Lingyun, Su Changxin, Ouyang Heng, Ao Youdi, and Monk Huaizhong set out for Dragon Island to help Feng Jie, and the Sword Domain Grand Elder followed.

Xiao Xiao and Xiao Lin arrived at the Dragon Island martial arena and stopped the escalating fight between the Phoenix-aligned forces and the Sword Domain and Golden Lion Tribe. After Huang Xuanzhi challenged their right to interfere, Ye Kong arrived and demanded that Huang Jin reveal himself.

• Xiao Lin learned that rumors about the Six-Headed Lion’s alleged scams had drawn Beast Tribe experts to the arena, where a Sword Domain expert had fought Huang Clan forces.
• Xiao Xiao and Xiao Lin found the Demon Swordsman battling Huang Clan and Golden Phoenix Eagle Tribe experts while the injured Six-Headed Lion and Master Jinjiu were under attack.
• Xiao Xiao and Xiao Lin released their Heavenly Sovereign pressure, stopped the fighting, and demanded that everyone establish the facts before acting.
• Huang Xuanzhi claimed the Phoenix Tribe was seeking justice and told the Xiao siblings not to interfere, but Xiao Xiao accused him of manipulating the Beast Tribe.
• Xiao Lin rejected Huang Xuanzhi’s attempt to exclude them, and Ye Kong arrived, overpowered Huang Xuanzhi with his presence, and called out Huang Jin.
• Huang Jin stepped out from the twisted space with a dark expression.

Huang Jin and Nether River Old Ancestor tried to frame Master Jinjiu and discredit Ye Kong to prepare for an assassination. When Huang Jin confronted Ye Kong at the Dragon Tribe, Ye Kong killed a Golden Phoenix Eagle Tribe expert and his allies launched an attack, leaving Huang Jin faced with two Mid Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereigns.

• Huang Jin accepted Nether River Old Ancestor’s alliance and healing Elixirs, then joined him and Old Monk Xuanjie in planning revenge against Ye Kong.
• Huang Jin returned to Mountain Sea Golden Hall, reclaimed power, and helped devise a plot to smear Ye Kong by accusing Master Jinjiu of swindling ten billion Supreme Spirit Liquid.
• Feng Jie, Kong Ling, Sister Xiao Xiao, and her brother disrupted the attempt to capture Master Jinjiu, and Ye Kong arrived to challenge Huang Jin’s account of the attack.
• Huang Jin accused Master Jinjiu of swindling the Beast Tribe and suggested Ye Kong had helped him, while Master Jinjiu insisted he had gained only a little over one billion Supreme Spirit Liquid.
• Ye Kong killed the Golden Phoenix Eagle Tribe expert who mocked Master Jinjiu, prompting Xu Lingyun, Ao Youdi, Huai Zhong, Su Changxin, Ouyang Heng, Xiao Xiao, Xiao Lin, and Lin Diao to attack Huang Jin’s allies.
• Kong Ming and the Sword Domain Grand Elder appeared beside Ye Kong and suppressed Huang Jin as Ye Kong warned him that he should not have come.

Ye Kong intervened when Master Jinjiu’s wager disputes sparked a battle among the Heavenly Sovereigns, healing him and promising that he would repay and apologize for the wagers he had imposed on weaker opponents. After Ye Kong calmed the crowd, the Dragon Tribe’s Purple Gold Giant Dragons arrived and called for the fighting to stop.

• Nearly twenty Heavenly Sovereigns fought above Dragon Island as Huang Jin called on the Nether River Old Ancestor and Ye Kong enlisted the Sword Domain Grand Elder; Kong Ming joined to hold the Nether River Old Ancestor back.
• Ye Kong healed Master Jinjiu’s severed heads and promised him a Peerless Divine Ability once he reached Heavenly Sovereign, then demanded an account of his wagers.
• Master Jinjiu admitted to taking hundreds of millions of Supreme Spirit Liquid from Lower and High Earth Sovereigns and explained that a Golden Phoenix Eagle Tribe expert had challenged him to a wagered fight.
• Ye Kong announced that Master Jinjiu would repay those wagers with thirty percent extra and apologize in person, while Master Jinjiu publicly accepted responsibility; many angry Beast Tribe experts then stood down.
• Huang Xuanzhi accused Ye Kong of pretending to be merciful, but Xu Lingyun forced him back with sword attacks as Ye Kong refused to answer.
• Several Purple Gold Giant Dragons arrived and asked the battling Heavenly Sovereigns to stop for the Dragon Tribe’s sake.

The True Dragon Emperor ended the fighting between Huang Jin and Ye Kong, then suspected Huang Jin had joined forces with others to eliminate Ye Kong. After Ye Kong handled the dispute’s aftermath, he found Wen Qingxuan, Xiao Xiao, and Kong Ling waiting at his residence, agreed to accompany Wen Qingxuan to the Ancient Sacred Abyss, and sensed a phoenix arriving as he turned to speak with Xiao Xiao.

• The True Dragon Emperor stopped the battle and ordered Huang Jin and Ye Kong’s groups to leave Dragon Tribe territory.
• Ye Kong suggested that someone within the Dragon Tribe had accepted benefits to let the conflict escalate, and the True Dragon Emperor ordered Ao Guangtian to investigate.
• The True Dragon Emperor told the Dragon Tribe Great Elder that Huang Jin had likely joined forces with people wary of Ye Kong to try to eliminate him.
• Ye Kong thanked Kong Ming and the Sword Domain Grand Elder, secured the Golden Lion Tribe’s safety, and helped Master Jinjiu finish delivering the Supreme Spirit Liquid.
• Ye Kong agreed to accompany Wen Qingxuan to the Ancient Sacred Abyss when it appeared on the Sacred Abyss Continent.
• As Ye Kong prepared to speak with Xiao Xiao, a sea of fiery clouds arrived and formed a soaring phoenix.

Feng Yusheng arrived at the Dragon Tribe’s gathering, where Ye Kong welcomed her with a spectacle of birds and Buddhas. After Lin Jing explained Huang Jin’s recent scheme against Ye Kong’s friends, Feng Yusheng promised Xiao Xiao she would demand an explanation from Huang Jin.

• Ye Kong escaped the women gathering around Feng Yusheng and prepared a display of Divine Beast Essence Blood for the Phoenix Clan’s arrival.
• Feng Yusheng’s anger eased when she saw Ye Kong’s Golden Giant Phoenix and the scene of birds and Buddhas paying homage.
• Feng Yusheng arrived with Ye Kong, held his hand in front of Xiao Xiao, and declined the Dragon Tribe’s resting halls so she could speak with him.
• Xiao Xiao said Feng Yusheng had arrived too late to prevent trouble, and Feng Yusheng asked Lin Jing what Huang Jin had done.
• Lin Jing recounted Huang Jin’s scheme against Ye Kong and his friends, and Feng Yusheng praised Kong Ling and promised Xiao Xiao she would seek an explanation.

Ye Kong used Mind Reading while Feng Yusheng taught him the Great Wind Calling Technique, uncovering the Nether River Old Ancestor’s ties to Old Monk Xuanjie and the blood monks at Spiritual Mountain. He resolved to kill Xuan Jie and the Nether River Old Ancestor, then discovered Kong Ming’s infatuation with Feng Yusheng.

• Xiao Xiao began refining a new Python Sparrow Swallowing Phoenix Pill while Wen Qingxuan and Lin Jing watched.
• Feng Yusheng brought Ye Kong into a sealed secret chamber, where he asked her to explain the Great Wind Calling Technique.
• Ye Kong read Huang Jin and Huang Xuanzhi’s thoughts, then learned from the Nether River Old Ancestor that Xuan Jie had colluded with him and that the blood monks at Spiritual Mountain had served the Blood River Ancestor.
• Ye Kong connected Xuan Jie to the blood monks, Shi Zhen’s difficulties, and Huang Jin’s recovery, and vowed to kill Xuan Jie and the Nether River Old Ancestor.
• Ye Kong read Kong Ming’s thoughts and realized the Peacock Clan Chief was still devoted to Feng Yusheng.

Ye Kong discussed the Supreme Heart Demon State with Feng Yusheng and asked her to help him cultivate by arranging access to the Phoenix Tribe's Divine Transformation Pool. He planned to enter as Kong Ling's Guardian, while reflecting on his ambitions to develop his own path and eventually change the Great Thousand World.

• Feng Yusheng demonstrated the Great Wind Calling Technique and explained how the Heart Demon Thunder Emperor had used the Supreme Heart Demon State to fight opponents above his realm.
• Ye Kong told Feng Yusheng that he hoped to develop a safer, broader form of the Supreme Heart Demon State and asked for her help.
• Ye Kong explained that he needed Saint Grade Flesh before risking the Heart Demon Seed, and proposed entering the Divine Transformation Pool as Kong Ling's Guardian.
• Feng Yusheng agreed to arrange the Divine Transformation Pool and said Kong Ling could benefit enough to become the likely future Nine-Colored Peacock Clan Chief.
• Ye Kong reflected on his plans to strengthen himself, inherit the Eternal Undying Body, and use his future power to make the Great Thousand World fairer and safer.

Ye Kong refined a wind-and-space movement technique while Feng Yusheng worried about his rushed cultivation. He explained that he was preparing to enter the Demon Domain if Master Kong Xuan found the Buddha Emperor, but their discussion was interrupted by the arrival of injured visitors.

• Ye Kong practiced the Great Wind Calling Technique and combined wind with a Buddhist spatial technique, creating faster, harder-to-track afterimages.
• Feng Yusheng caught Ye Kong during their exchange and urged him to ease his frantic cultivation, offering to protect him.
• Ye Kong told Feng Yusheng he feared the Buddha Emperor was in the Demon Domain and would have to join Master Kong Xuan in rescuing him.
• Ye Kong resolved to strengthen himself before entering the Demon Domain, where replenishing spiritual energy and facing the Evil Tribe would make survival dangerous.
• Kong Ling announced that people from the Heaven-Reaching Ape Tribe had arrived with injured people.

Ye Kong learned that Monk Dingxin had been ambushed by Old Monk Wangyou and outsiders, leaving his life uncertain, and rushed to the Heaven-Reaching Ape Tribe after hearing its people had sheltered the survivors. He arrived to find Yan Ni grieving for her dead mother and heard how spies among Monk Dingxin’s wives had helped ruin him.

• Ye Kong hurried out when he heard the Heaven-Reaching Ape Tribe had injured visitors, then learned Lu Shengjun was safe and had advanced to the Immortal Grade Heavenly Sovereign realm.
• Feng Yusheng hurled Huang Jin and Nether River Old Ancestor hundreds of thousands of miles away for spying, while Kong Ling explained that Monk Dingxin had been ambushed and his fate was unknown.
• Kong Ling revealed that Monk Dingxin had sent Buddha Lord Miyin, Buddha Lord Konglian, and his second disciple to seek aid at the Heaven-Reaching Ape Tribe, where Lu Shengjun and Huang Zhong drove off their pursuers.
• Feng Yusheng took Ye Kong and Kong Ling to the Water Palace courtyard, where Yan Ni mourned her mother's death and Lu Shengjun recounted fighting the Nether River Young Ancestor.
• Huang Zhong explained that spies connected to Nether River Old Ancestor and Heavenly Origin Ghost Lord had infiltrated Monk Dingxin’s household, and warned Lu Shengjun to scrutinize a future wife's character and family background.
• Ye Kong praised Huang Zhong’s advice and reflected that men away from home had to protect themselves from traps disguised as beauty.

Ye Kong promised Yan Ni that he would avenge her parents and search for her missing father, rallying the Great Thousand Palace, Heavenly Machine Pavilion, and Dragon Tribe to find him. After Yan Ni regained some hope and resolved to rebuild the Joyful Zen Sect, Ye Kong urged his companions to enjoy the Dragon Emperor's birthday celebration and stand against anyone who threatened them.

• Ye Kong comforted Yan Ni by swearing to punish the Nether River Disciple, the Heavenly Origin Ghost Emperor, and everyone responsible for her parents' fate once he reached Saint Grade.
• Ye Kong sent letters to the Great Thousand Palace and Heavenly Machine Pavilion, and Ao Youdi asked the True Dragon Emperor to mobilize the Dragon Tribe's intelligence networks to find Monk Dingxin.
• Yan Ni thanked Ye Kong, accepted his support, and vowed to cultivate diligently and restore the Joyful Zen Sect's name.
• Lin Jing tried to cheer Yan Ni, and the women and their companions laughed as the courtyard's grief eased.
• Yan Ni recalled her mother's final sacrifice and instructions, then found comfort in knowing Ye Kong was still there to support her.
• Ye Kong invited everyone to enjoy the Dragon Emperor's birthday celebration in two days and warned that anyone who tried to ruin their fun would be made to mourn.

After seeing off his friends and disciples, Ye Kong chose to return to his courtyard with Lin Jing and Lin Diao rather than travel with Great Phoenix or Lu Shengjun. There, the Yin Yang Twin Venerables arrived in response to his Demon Slaying Token, giving Ye Kong powerful allies for his fight against the Ghost Cultivators and Blood Cultivators.

• Ye Kong saw off Xiao Xiao, Xiao Lin, Wen Qingxuan, and Kong Ling, steering conversations with the Wen and Nine-Colored Peacock clans toward the Ancient Sacred Abyss and the Divine Transformation Pool.
• Ye Kong chose to escort Feng Yusheng back to the Phoenix Clan encampment instead of joining Lu Shengjun or traveling with Lin Jing and Lin Diao.
• Feng Yusheng kissed Ye Kong in front of the Phoenix elders, and Ye Kong returned the kiss before she sent him back to his courtyard.
• Ye Kong found the Yin Yang Twin Venerables waiting in his courtyard with Lu Shengjun, Huang Zhong, and Lin Diao.
• Yin Venerable Yan and Yang Venerable Luo saluted Ye Kong as the Demon Slaying King and introduced themselves as Third Seat elders of the Great Thousand Palace.

Ye Kong met the Yin Yang Twin Venerables, who urged him to assume the Great Thousand Palace Lord Position because they believed he was the Immortal Great Emperor’s successor. He was stunned by their claim, since he considered himself the Buddha Emperor’s successor.

• Ye Kong learned that he had been made a Second Seat Elder of the Great Thousand Palace after Qin Tian became Chief Elder, and Lin Jing explained the change.
• The Yin Yang Twin Venerables praised Ye Kong’s demon-slaying record and asked when he would formally take up his position.
• Yang Venerable Luo suggested that Ye Kong become Great Thousand Palace Lord, delighting Lu Shengjun and Huang Zhong and surprising Lin Diao and Lin Jing.
• Ye Kong declined, citing his Late Spirit grade cultivation and the difficulty of convincing the Great Thousand World’s experts.
• Yin Venerable Yan said Ye Kong was the Immortal Great Emperor’s successor and therefore could inherit the Great Thousand Palace Lord Position, leaving Ye Kong bewildered.

At Ye Kong’s birthday banquet, the Yin-Yang Venerables argued that he could inherit the Great Thousand Palace Lord Position despite having no confirmed blood connection to the Immortal Great Emperor. Ye Kong learned that the Immortal Great Emperor’s son was his Third Senior Brother Huanzhen, but remained wary of being declared the Great Emperor’s successor based on coincidences.

• Ye Kong denied having any connection to the Immortal Great Emperor, while Lin Jing and Lu Shengjun agreed that no such relationship had been reported.
• The Yin Venerable revealed that the Immortal Great Emperor had also been surnamed Ye and that his son was one of the Buddha Emperor’s disciples.
• The Yin Venerable identified the Immortal Great Emperor’s son as Ye Kong’s Third Senior Brother Huanzhen, the sole survivor among the Buddha Emperor’s four great disciples.
• Ye Kong recalled his senior brothers’ histories and realized that his connection to Huanzhen made inheriting the Great Thousand Palace Lord Position seem possible.
• The Yin-Yang Venerables said the Gravekeeper Lineage might confirm Ye Kong’s ancestry, then cited his surname, Buddhist ties, Immortal Golden Body, and legendary path as reasons he could become the Immortal Great Emperor’s successor.

As Ye Kong traveled toward the Dragon Tribe’s largest island, the Venerable Yin-Yang explained how the Great Thousand Palace had chosen him to become its next Palace Lord, despite his current lack of cultivation. Ye Kong agreed to take the position after obtaining the Eternal Undying Body from the Maha Ancient Clan, then joked with Yan Ni about making her his secretary.

• Ye Kong asked why the Great Thousand Palace had selected him, and the Venerable Yin-Yang explained that his alliances, battle record, potential, and popularity made him a stronger candidate than Qin Tian.
• The Great Thousand Palace Council found a dusty record linking the Immortal Great Emperor to Buddha Emperor’s third disciple and decided to use the revelation to build support for Ye Kong’s appointment.
• The Venerable Yin-Yang described how the Great Thousand Palace would publicize Ye Kong’s deeds and the historical connection while denying any rumors that he was the Immortal Great Emperor’s reincarnation.
• Ye Kong agreed to become Great Thousand Palace Lord after obtaining the Eternal Undying Body, and the Venerable Yin-Yang and his companion concealed themselves among the crowd to await his orders.
• As the group remained caught in the sky traffic jam, Ye Kong told Yan Ni he would make her his Palace Lord’s secretary, leaving her unsure what that meant.