Chapter Summaries

Ye Kong helped Lin Jing and Lin Diao find a birthday tribute for the True Dragon Emperor after they arrived without a suitable gift, sacrificing a divine ability he had intended for Lin Jing. The group reached Central Dragon Island, where Ye Kong sensed hostile figures as they prepared to enter the banquet.

• Lu Shengjun told Ye Kong that the Heaven-Reaching Ape Tribe had brought ten Ten-Thousand-Year Peaches and fifty thousand other peaches as tribute.
• Lin Jing and Lin Diao realized they had come without a proper gift, and Lin Jing explained that her father had taken back her protective treasures.
• Ye Kong gave Lin Jing a defensive Peerless Divine Ability he had originally planned as her birthday gift, leaving her devastated when it became the Martial Realm's tribute.
• Ye Kong warned Yan Ni to enter the banquet with her master because her enemies could target her, and she agreed.
• The group reached Central Dragon Island and saw the Dragon Tribe's Water Lotus banquet venue, while Ye Kong sensed several hostile gazes and recognized their owners.

Ye Kong and his companions arrived at the Dragon Tribe’s birthday banquet, where he and Yan Ni confronted the presence of their enemies, the Heavenly Origin Ghost Lord and Old Monk Xuanjie. As Ye Kong promised to help Yan Ni avenge her parents, Xuanjie revealed that he had recruited additional forces to attack Ye Kong, leaving the identity of those allies undisclosed.

• The Turtle Immortal announced Ye Kong, Lin Jing, and Lu Shengjun’s arrival and seated them among the honored guests at the Dragon Tribe’s banquet.
• Ye Kong spotted Old Monk Xuanjie speaking with the Heavenly Origin Ghost Lord, while Yan Ni recognized the Ghost Lord as one of the enemies who had helped destroy her family.
• Yan Ni told Ye Kong that Ghost Flower Buddha Lord had poisoned her father and mortally wounded her mother, and Ye Kong promised to let her kill Ghost Flower Buddha Lord and Chaos Blood Buddha Lord if he captured them.
• The Heavenly Origin Ghost Lord vowed to eliminate Ye Kong and Yan Ni, while Xuanjie assured him that additional factions would join their attack.
• The Heavenly Origin Ghost Lord speculated that Xuanjie’s allies included a powerful Saint Grade expert and watched Ye Kong enjoy the banquet, convinced that his death was near.

Ye Kong attended the True Dragon Emperor’s birthday banquet, where the Dragon Palace’s feast strengthened his cultivation and helped Lin Jing and Yan Ni advance. As the celebration ended, the Dragon Tribe opened the Nine-story Dragon Pagoda, and Ye Kong entered with the two women as countless guests watched.

• The Dragon Palace troupe performed while Ye Kong noticed two concealed gazes and then watched the True Dragon Emperor enjoy the festivities.
• After sleeping through the night, Ye Kong’s cultivation advanced, while Yan Ni reached Great Perfection Earth Sovereign and Lin Jing’s breakthrough was halted by Lin Diao.
• Ye Kong spent the remaining banquet days eating and resting, then chose not to attempt a breakthrough in public.
• The Golden Armor Old Turtle announced that the Dragon Tribe would open a treasure land, and Ao Guangtian revealed the Nine-story Dragon Pagoda, where guests could seek opportunities after presenting birthday gifts.
• Ye Kong rose with Lin Jing and Yan Ni and headed toward the pagoda as the crowd watched him.

Ye Kong gave the True Dragon Emperor a True Dragon Clone technique, prompting the emperor to arrange extensive support for Ye Kong in the Nine-story Dragon Pagoda. The emperor sent Ao Guangtian to provide maps and treasures, steer Immortal Golden Body cultivators toward Ye Kong, and protect him during the Eternal Gathering.

• Ye Kong presented the True Dragon Scripture as a gift, and Golden Turtle Prime Minister hurried to show it to the True Dragon Emperor.
• After learning what the scripture could do, the True Dragon Emperor ordered Ao Guangtian to give Ye Kong every map in the Nine-story Dragon Pagoda and reveal its dangers and opportunities.
• The True Dragon Emperor directed Ao Guangtian to place the clan’s Tianming Thunder Sea on the ninth floor to help Ye Kong advance his Supreme Heart Demon Scripture.
• The True Dragon Emperor ordered Ao Guangtian to conceal Ye Kong’s identity and draw Immortal Golden Body cultivators into fighting each other before Ye Kong faced the strongest survivors.
• The True Dragon Emperor sent Huang Shi to watch over Ye Kong, and Ao Guangtian slapped Ao Youdi into the pagoda to help him as well.

Ye Kong left Wen Qingxuan, Lin Jing, and Yan Ni to explore the Dragon Tribe’s lower levels, while Lin Jing rallied them to seek opportunities and grow stronger. Outside the pagoda, Maha Tian prepared a covert plan to keep the Eternal Undying Body from leaving the Maha Ancient Clan, setting the stage for a confrontation with Ye Kong.

• Ye Kong warned Lin Jing, Wen Qingxuan, and Yan Ni about the dangers in the Nine-story Dragon Pagoda, then left to explore its upper levels.
• Lin Jing proposed that the three women gather opportunities on the second level and train on the third, revealing Ice Spirit Puppets Aunt Ice had prepared for her.
• Wen Qingxuan and Yan Ni agreed to follow Lin Jing, who rushed off hoping to recover protective items and find ways to break through.
• Lin Diao watched Lin Jing’s progress in a water mirror and toasted with members of the Heaven-Reaching Ape Tribe.
• After Cai Lin warned him about the Maha Ancient Clan, Yao Chen secretly observed Maha Tian and detected preparations involving two hidden Grand Elders.
• Maha Tian ordered his elders to act if Maha You lost to Ye Kong, declaring that the clan must protect the Eternal Undying Body at any cost.

Ye Kong explored the Nine-story Dragon Pagoda with Ao Youdi, who warned him that the Maha Ancient Clan might target him because of his Immortal Golden Body and the Eternal Undying Body. When the Dragon Emperor announced the Tianming Thunder Sea opportunity, Ye Kong hurried there to strengthen himself.

• Ye Kong broke into the pagoda’s sixth level, found a damaged golden staff in a Sea Eye, and met Ao Youdi, who secretly gave him the clan’s map and guidance.
• Ao Youdi told Ye Kong that the Maha Ancient Clan’s two Grand Elders had entered the clan’s residence secretly and might be plotting against him.
• Ao Youdi explained that Maha You sought the Eternal Undying Body and could see Ye Kong as a rival; Ye Kong also considered the possibility that the Black Sky Ancient Clan might join an attack.
• Ao Guangtian announced the Tianming Thunder Sea opportunity, and Ao Youdi explained that it could temper the body, evolve bloodlines, and aid artifact refinement.
• Ye Kong dragged Ao Youdi toward the thunder sea after learning that its Immortal Thunder could strengthen his Immortal Golden Body and obscure his aura.

Ye Kong cultivated his Indestructible Vajra Body and Immortal Golden Body in Tianming Thunder Sea while his companions trained across the Dragon Tower. After killing a quasi-immortal grade Heavenly Sovereign to seize his Immortal Qi, Ye Kong set out to hunt other Immortal Golden Body cultivators.

• Ye Kong absorbed the Sea of Thunder’s lightning with his cultivation arts, while his Immortal Golden Body devoured lightning infused with Immortal Qi.
• Ao Youdi endured the thunderstorms, and Lin Jing, Wen Qingxuan, Yan Ni, and Kong Ling each began training in Tianming Thunder Sea.
• After several days, Ye Kong healed Ao Youdi with a Three-Stripe Pill and sensed a quasi-immortal grade Heavenly Sovereign approaching with an Immortal Golden Body.
• Ye Kong killed the burly cultivator with One Leaf Returns to Void Hand and absorbed the Immortal Qi, strengthening his Immortal Golden Body by more than twenty percent.
• Ye Kong picked up the recovering Ao Youdi and searched the Sea of Thunder for more Immortal Golden Body cultivators to defeat.

Ye Kong continued hunting Immortal Golden Body experts on the sixth level of the Dragon Pagoda before meeting Kong Ling'er at the barrier to the seventh level. After she promised not to challenge Kong Ling and offered to serve his aims, Ye Kong agreed to help her grow stronger.

• Ye Kong defeated a fifth Heavenly Sovereign and absorbed his Immortal Origin, further strengthening his Immortal Golden Body.
• Ao Youdi told Ye Kong that the last powerful Immortal Golden Body expert on the sixth level was Monk Huaizhong, who worked with Xu Lingyun and Su Changxin to ambush hunters.
• Ye Kong chose not to confront Monk Huaizhong and prepared to lead Ao Youdi to the seventh level, helping him advance by roasting him in lightning.
• Ye Kong and Ao Youdi discovered Kong Ling'er hiding by the spiritual energy barrier, and she asked Ye Kong to support her.
• Ye Kong refused to change his agreement to support Kong Ling, but agreed to help Kong Ling'er improve her cultivation after she swore not to compete for the clan leader position and offered to follow his commands.

The True Dragon Emperor discovered that the Maha Ancient Clan had brought its Clan-Guarding Treasure and planned to send Ye Kong to the Ancient Sacred Abyss after the Dragon Tower. Meanwhile, Ye Kong defeated several Immortal Grade opponents before Huang Xuanzhi confronted him and used a Phoenix treasure fragment to greatly boost his strength.

• The True Dragon Emperor told Ao Guangtian that the Maha Ancient Clan had brought the Maha Yin-Yang Bottle, but decided not to intervene before it attacked Ye Kong.
• The True Dragon Emperor ordered Ao Guangtian to prepare a Teleportation Array to the Sacred Abyss Continent so Ye Kong could be sent there after leaving the Dragon Tower.
• Ye Kong defeated an Early Immortal Grade Heavenly Sovereign, and Kong Ling'er and Ao Youdi divided the man's treasures while Ye Kong collected his Immortal Qi.
• Ye Kong defeated three more Immortal Grade Heavenly Sovereigns as Kong Ling'er followed him through the Sea of Thunder.
• Huang Xuanzhi attacked Ye Kong, was quickly knocked back, then used a fragment of the Phoenix Clan's Clan-Guarding Treasure to raise his strength nearly to the Late Immortal Grade.
• Ye Kong faced Huang Xuanzhi's strengthened attack as the True Dragon Emperor broadcast their clash to the Great Thousand World.

Ye Kong’s fight with Huang Xuanzhi continued as the Phoenix Tree Divine Tree’s power gave Huang Xuanzhi Saint Grade flames and a major cultivation boost. Feng Yusheng rejected Huang Jin’s attempt to claim her support, then Ye Kong overwhelmed Huang Xuanzhi in the water screen.

• Lin Diao learned from Lu Shengjun and Huang Zhong that Huang Xuanzhi had drawn on the Phoenix Tree Divine Tree to raise his cultivation and borrow Saint Grade Phoenix Flame.
• Lu Shengjun worried that Huang Xuanzhi’s flames could threaten Ye Kong, while Feng Yusheng watched the fight without showing concern.
• Huang Jin privately warned Feng Yusheng not to blame Huang Xuanzhi if he crippled her disciple, and hoped to learn how Ye Kong had used the Divine Tree’s power.
• Feng Yusheng insisted Huang Jin address her as King Feng, accused him of disregarding her opinion, and threatened to make him lie down if he continued acting recklessly.
• A Huang Clan elder warned Huang Jin that Huang Xuanzhi was in trouble, and Huang Jin saw Ye Kong strike him with Thunderous Buddha Steles and batter him with Buddhist Vajra Fist.

Ye Kong defeated Huang Xuanzhi in the Dragon Tower and crushed his True Phoenix body, sparing his life while resetting his cultivation to zero. After retrieving the Phoenix Tree Divine Tree branch, Ye Kong continued toward the Sea of Thunder as Kong Ling'er and Ao Youdi reacted to his victory.

• Huang Xuanzhi revealed his True Phoenix form and unleashed the Phoenix Tribe’s Nine Revolutions Entering Sainthood Art, but Ye Kong’s Fire Phoenix Divine Steles destroyed his attacks.
• Huang Xuanzhi formed the Nine Revolutions Phoenix Bowl with a ninth halo and the Phoenix Tree Divine Tree branch, but Ye Kong’s Heaven and Earth Manifestation shattered it with a palm strike.
• Ye Kong crushed Huang Xuanzhi’s True Phoenix body into blood mist, then used his power to spare Huang Xuanzhi’s life while making him start his cultivation over from scratch.
• Ye Kong retrieved the Phoenix Tree Divine Tree branch and asked Ao Youdi and Kong Ling’er to clean up the battlefield before walking deeper into the Sea of Thunder.
• Kong Ling'er worried that Ye Kong’s actions would provoke trouble, while Ao Youdi argued that Ye Kong had acted with confidence and that Huang Xuanzhi might someday be grateful.

After Ye Kong crippled Huang Xuanzhi inside the Nine-story Dragon Pagoda, Feng Yusheng stopped Huang Jin from retaliating and watched Ye Kong train while recalling how she had fallen in love with her disciple. The chapter left Huang Jin unconscious after he mistook Feng Yusheng's affectionate gaze at Ye Kong for proof that they were adulterers.

• Huang Jin demanded that Ao Guangtian and the True Dragon Emperor release Huang Xuanzhi, but Feng Yusheng argued that Huang Xuanzhi had to accept the consequences of his defeat.
• Ye Kong crippled Huang Xuanzhi's cultivation, and Feng Yusheng struck Huang Jin down when he tried to charge into the Nine-story Dragon Pagoda.
• Yao Chen, Lu Shengjun, Kong Ming, the True Dragon Emperor, Old Monk Xuanjie, the Nether River Old Ancestor, and the Heavenly Origin Ghost Lord restrained Huang Jin from escalating the conflict.
• Feng Yusheng watched Ao Huangshi, Maha You, Xiao Xiao, and Ye Kong on the water screens while remembering how she had come to love Ye Kong.
• Huang Jin saw Feng Yusheng gazing affectionately at Ye Kong, concluded that they were adulterers, and collapsed unconscious after spitting blood.

Ye Kong tempered his body and cultivation in the Tianming Thunder Sea, then reached the ninth floor of the Dragon Tower and confronted Maha You over the Eternal Undying Body. When Maha You demanded that Ye Kong abandon the treasure, Ye Kong rejected his offer and attacked, insisting that Great Thousand Palace was more qualified to guard it.

• Ye Kong tested whether the seventh-floor lightning could repair the Thunder Emperor Sky-Severing Saber, then continued cultivating while leaving the dangerous Burying Buddha Tablet unrepaired.
• After half a month, Ye Kong, Ao Youdi, and Kong Ling'er advanced to the eighth floor, where Ye Kong found an Immortal Grade bone spear and learned that two powerful cultivators had gone on to the ninth floor.
• After another month of tempering, Ye Kong led Ao Youdi and Kong Ling'er onto the ninth floor and encountered Ao Huangshi, Xiao Xiao, and Maha You.
• Xiao Xiao asked Ye Kong for permission to fight Maha You, while Ao Huangshi offered support; Ye Kong told both that he would face Maha You alone.
• Maha You offered Ye Kong a deal to give up the Eternal Undying Body, but Ye Kong refused and argued that Great Thousand Palace and the Gravekeeper Lineage were more qualified to guard it than the Maha Ancient Clan.
• Maha You declared that his clan would never allow Ye Kong to take the treasure, so Ye Kong drew the Thunder Emperor Sky-Severing Saber and charged at him.

At the Dragon Palace, Great Thousand Palace elders spread rumors linking Ye Kong to the Immortal Great Emperor, convincing many Heavenly Sovereigns that Ye Kong might be the emperor’s reincarnation. Alarmed by Ye Kong’s growing reputation and potential allies, Maha Tian arranged to call in a favor from the Black Sky Ancient Clan, then learned Maha You was in trouble on the ninth floor of the Nine-story Dragon Pagoda.

• A Great Thousand Palace Heavenly Sovereign told gathered Heavenly Sovereigns that the Immortal Great Emperor and Ye Kong shared a surname and that Ye Kong’s senior brother Huanzhen was the emperor’s son.
• The elder invoked Buddhist reincarnation and predicted Ye Kong would reclaim the Eternal Undying Body, prompting many Heavenly Sovereigns to speculate that he was the Immortal Great Emperor’s reincarnation.
• Maha Tian overheard the rumors and feared Ye Kong would gain support from the Gravekeeper Lineage and become impossible to stop.
• Maha Tian ordered a Maha Clan elder to contact the Black Sky Ancient Clan and demand repayment of an old favor.
• The elder reported that Maha You appeared to be at a disadvantage on the ninth floor of the Nine-story Dragon Pagoda.

Ye Kong battled Maha You in the Nine-story Dragon Pagoda and gained the upper hand after overpowering him in a fist exchange. As Maha You switched to defense, Xiao Xiao agreed that her husband's strength exceeded her expectations.

• Ye Kong and Maha You fought with their supreme sacred artifacts, while Maha You recalled how he had grown stronger by defeating Late Immortal Grade Heavenly Sovereigns.
• Maha You attacked Ye Kong with a powerful punch, but Ye Kong struck first and sent him flying farther than he sent Ye Kong.
• Ao Huangshi stopped Xiao Xiao from intervening, and she saw that Ye Kong was largely unharmed while Maha You was badly wounded.
• Maha You summoned his Immortal Golden Lotus to protect himself as the battle shifted in Ye Kong's favor.
• Ao Youdi watched Ye Kong in admiration, Kong Ling'er considered winning him over, and Xiao Xiao said Prince Ao was right about her husband's strength.

As Ye Kong fought Maha You for the Eternal Undying Body, Huang Jin and Maha Tian tried to portray the Maha Ancient Clan as its rightful guardian and cast Ye Kong as an unworthy thief. The True Dragon Emperor and Feng Yusheng rebuked them, while Lu Shengjun announced that Ye Kong had defeated Maha You.

• Huang Jin accused Ye Kong of trying to seize the Eternal Undying Body, and Maha Tian pretended to mourn the loss of his clan’s treasure while secretly planning to keep it.
• Huang Jin argued that the Maha Ancient Clan should choose a worthy new master, and the True Dragon Emperor denounced him and Maha Tian for twisting the Immortal Great Emperor’s instructions.
• The Coiled Dragon King mocked Huang Jin and Maha Tian, revealing ancient scandals until Feng Yusheng asked him to stop because the Huang and Phoenix clans shared ancestors.
• Feng Yusheng challenged Huang Jin and Maha Tian, defended Ye Kong’s contributions against the Evil Tribe, and warned them not to lecture those protecting the Great Thousand World.
• Lu Shengjun announced that Ye Kong had defeated Maha You in their battle.

Ye Kong broke Maha You’s Immortal Golden Lotus and defeated him by countering the Maha Ancient Clan’s strongest killing move with ten thousand Thunderous Buddha Steles. With Ao Huangshi and Xiao Xiao restraining Maha You, Ye Kong extracted his Immortal Qi and then asked Xiao Xiao to help him cultivate.

• Ye Kong used Bodhi Colorless Heaven to weaken Maha You’s Immortal Golden Lotus while striking it with the Thunder Emperor Sky-Severing Saber and Bodhi Divine Tree.
• Ye Kong shattered the lotus, prompting Maha You to unleash the Maha Ancient Clan’s Maha Immeasurable Tribulation.
• Ye Kong suppressed Maha You’s Black-White Tornado Storm with ten thousand Thunderous Buddha Steles and left him badly wounded.
• Ao Huangshi trapped Maha You, and Xiao Xiao sealed his cultivation after Ye Kong asked them to stop him from fleeing.
• Ye Kong extracted Maha You’s Immortal Qi, confirmed he was still alive, and asked Xiao Xiao to help him cultivate.

Ye Kong and Xiao Xiao discussed his Immortal Golden Body and the threats posed by the Maha Ancient Clan and Huang Clan as they traveled through the Tianming Thunder Sea. In its deepest region, Ye Kong broke through to Early Immortal Grade Heavenly Sovereign, then teased Xiao Xiao about helping him cultivate.

• Ye Kong told Xiao Xiao that his Immortal Golden Body had likely surpassed every Venerate Dharma Body except the five Primal Dharma Bodies, and explained that most Immortal Golden Body cultivators had been crippled in the upheaval.
• Xiao Xiao asked whether Ye Kong could fight Saint Grade experts and urged him to retreat to the Endless Fire Domain if Huang Jin and Maha Tian attacked.
• Ye Kong reassured Xiao Xiao that he had arranged for the Dragon Tribe to prepare a Teleportation Array to the Sacred Abyss Continent.
• At the core of the Tianming Thunder Sea, Ye Kong used the Bodhi Divine Tree to withstand the lightning and broke through to Early Immortal Grade Heavenly Sovereign.
• Ye Kong reminded Xiao Xiao of her promise to help him cultivate, then brought out Xiao Lin's Little Blue Book and invited her to discuss Joyful Yin-Yang.

After breaking through to the Immortal Grade Heavenly Sovereign Realm, Ye Kong and Xiao Xiao spent two months cultivating together in the Nine-story Dragon Pagoda and emerged with greatly increased strength and a closer bond. They prepared to travel to the Sacred Abyss Continent, but the True Dragon Emperor revealed that Kong Xuan had found traces of Ye Kong’s Buddha Emperor master in the Demon Domain, giving Ye Kong a new reason to prepare for a dangerous rescue.

• Xiao Xiao sealed Ye Kong and herself inside an Imperial Flame barrier while the True Dragon Emperor ended the birthday celebration and saw the guests depart.
• Ye Kong explained yin-yang cultivation principles to Xiao Xiao, and the two debated and practiced together for two months.
• Ye Kong and Xiao Xiao emerged from the Nine-story Dragon Pagoda with greatly improved cultivation, and they thanked the True Dragon Emperor for his help and gifts.
• The True Dragon Emperor revealed a prepared Teleportation Array to the Sacred Abyss Continent, and Ye Kong said he would avoid confronting his enemies until he grew stronger.
• The True Dragon Emperor told Ye Kong that Kong Xuan had found traces of the Buddha Emperor’s aura in the Demon Domain, and Ye Kong promised to go provide reinforcements when the time came.
• Ye Kong and Xiao Xiao departed through the teleportation gate, while the True Dragon Emperor returned to cultivating the True Dragon Scripture.

Ye Kong and Xiao Xiao arrived in Sacred Abyss City and visited the Great Thousand Tower, where Ye Kong planned to seek the Great Spirit Heaven-Reaching Light and build ties with the Great Spirit Ancient Clan. The chapter ended with Mu Chen and Luo Li arriving, as Ye Kong headed to the tower’s treasure repository before meeting them.

• Ye Kong and Xiao Xiao admired Sacred Abyss City’s defenses and the Demon Slaying Ranking, where Ye Huan Kong’s name stood at the top.
• Ye Kong explained that he wanted to study Gun Ancestor’s Chaotic Yuan Seven Forms and recover the Great Spirit Ancient Clan’s Great Spirit Heaven-Reaching Light to gain an ally against Great Spiritual Mountain and the Maha Ancient Clan.
• Ye Kong took Xiao Xiao’s hand and used his Heavenly Sovereign aura to deter leering cultivators as they entered the Great Thousand Tower.
• Ye Kong greeted Tower Lord Lu, asked for a secluded place to stay, and requested notice when the Great Spirit Ancient Clan and the Wen Family arrived.
• Tower Lord Lu pointed out Old Immortal Chiyan with Mu Chen and Luo Li, and Ye Kong chose to visit the treasure repository before meeting them.