Chapter Summaries

Ye Kong and the four apes defeated the beasts controlled by a Bodhi Demon Tree, then discovered and absorbed the remains of an ancient Saint Demon. After gaining the Heavenly Eye Divine Art, Ye Kong left with the apes, who admired his promise to help them earn recognition.

• Lu Hou and the other apes used their Buddha Jades to protect themselves from the demonic energy, then charged the Demon Tree in Berserk mode.
• Ye Kong summoned the Bodhi Tree phantom and used Kasyapa Sword Fall, Demon Burial to slaughter the rampaging Spirit Beasts.
• The four apes uprooted the weakened Demon Tree, while Ye Kong uncovered a decayed Demon Corpse beneath it.
• Ye Kong used the Alms Bowl to absorb the remains of the Saint Demon and obtained the Heavenly Eye Great Divine Art.
• Lu Hou offered to bring back Venerates to destroy the corpse, and Ye Kong praised him and promised the apes opportunities to speak at a clan assembly.

Ye Kong and the Four Apes learned that the Bodhi Demon Tree had been corrupted by demonic energy, while Ye Kong privately recalled a troubling connection to the Buddhist Sect. They then watched Lu Shengjun face the tribulation to become a Super Divine Beast, as he transformed into a golden Heaven-Reaching Ape and battled the heavens.

• Lu Changling explained that the Bodhi Tree had become a Demon Tree and that its seeds were deadly to anyone below the third grade of Supreme.
• Ye Kong recalled something he had seen four years earlier but hid his suspicions, and Lu Changling and Lu Hou warned him against acting rashly.
• A Thunder Tribulation appeared over Primordial Divine Mountain, and Lu Changling took Ye Kong and the Four Apes to watch Lu Shengjun.
• Lu Changling recognized that Lu Shengjun had formed four Blood God War Apes through the Nine Revolutions Divine Ape Transformation.
• Lu Shengjun transformed into a golden Heaven-Reaching Ape, raised his violet-gold iron staff against the tribulation, and sent the four blood-colored apes to guard the four directions.

Lu Shengjun fought through his thunder tribulation and broke into the Mid Immortal Grade Heavenly Sovereign realm. The Great Ape King of Heaven plotted to enlist Ye Kong in future plans against Spiritual Mountain, while Ye Kong looked forward to traveling more safely with his senior brother.

• Lu Shengjun used his Nine Revolutions Divine Ape Transformation to withstand the thunder tribulation as the Great Ape King of Heaven watched and reflected on Spiritual Mountain’s corruption.
• The Great Ape King suspected Old Monk Xuanjie of influencing Spiritual Mountain and considered recruiting allies, including Ye Kong, for a future conflict.
• Lu Shengjun faced the tribulation’s final black ape and used Heaven-Piercing Soul Shaker to shatter it and break through to the Immortal Grade.
• Lu Changling recognized Lu Shengjun’s Purple Ape King bloodline as his cultivation surged, and Ye Kong wondered whether he would reach the Mid Immortal Grade.
• Lu Shengjun devoured the remaining lightning and completed his breakthrough to the Mid Immortal Grade Heavenly Sovereign, prompting Ye Kong to anticipate safer travels.

Lu Shengjun explained the history of Burial Spirit Ruins and urged Ye Kong to train there, where he might encounter Divine Beast and Outer Domain Evil Tribe geniuses. Ye Kong accepted a role as the Heaven-Reaching Ape Tribe’s Friendship Ambassador and prepared to cause trouble among his rivals.

• Lu Shengjun told Ye Kong that Burial Spirit Ruins was an ancient Beast Tribe trial ground swallowed into black-hole space during the war fifty thousand years earlier.
• Lu Shengjun gave Ye Kong a booklet describing five potential rivals, including Master Jinjiu, who had become the Golden Lion Tribe elder’s adopted grandson.
• Lu Shengjun suggested that Ye Kong form Bloodline Links with Divine Beast geniuses, especially Kong Ling and Zong Qingfeng, and offered to help capture them if needed.
• Lu Shengjun appointed Ye Kong the Heaven-Reaching Ape Tribe’s Friendship Ambassador and gave him a monkey-head badge.
• Lu Shengjun warned Ye Kong that Outer Domain Evil Tribe geniuses might also enter Burial Spirit Ruins, and Ye Kong vowed to kill any he encountered.

Ye Kong and the Four Great Vajras entered the Burial Spirit Ruins to search for Divine Beast Essence Blood, heading southeast aboard a flying boat. They passed Zong Teng and Liu Qing on the way to a Small Body Refining Tower, where Liu Qing and Zong Teng planned to challenge them.

• Lu Changling opened a gate into the Burial Spirit Ruins and sent Ye Kong and the Four Great Vajras inside.
• Lu Hou used a blood-marked Compass to point them southeast, and Ye Kong launched a flying boat toward the search area.
• Vajra Four described the ruins and their trials, and Ye Kong decided they would take any opportunities to gain resources.
• Lu Hou spotted a group from the Sky Peng Tribe, and Ye Kong identified their leader as Zong Teng and the woman with him as Liu Qing.
• After Ye Kong’s flying boat overtook them, Liu Qing insulted the group, and Zong Teng pointed out a nearby Small Body Refining Tower where they might confront them.

Ye Kong and the Four Great Vajras arrived at the Burial Spirit Ruins in a Flying Boat and turned an attack by the Thunder Raven Tribe into a public auction of their captured fighters. The chapter left Ye Kong urging the gathered Spirit Beasts to bid on the Thunder Ravens, with the crowd fired up by his speech.

• Ye Kong landed near the ancient tower and learned that the Heavenly Wolf Tribe had provoked him from the crowd.
• Lightning Light and Lightning Cloud of the Thunder Raven Tribe attacked the Flying Boat, but its golden barrier repelled them and struck them down.
• Lu Sui and Lei Feng attacked with a protective divine artifact, but Ye Kong’s golden palm prints captured them and another Thunder Raven.
• Vajra Two broadcast Ye Kong’s declaration that their group would defend itself against attacks without escalating conflicts to the tribal level.
• Ye Kong announced an auction of the captured Thunder Ravens, set the opening price at ten thousand drops of Supreme Spirit Liquid, and offered credit to bidders.

After the auction, Ye Kong’s fiery speech turned the gathered Spirit Beasts against Zong Teng’s group when Liu Qing complained that the Flying Boat had overtaken them. Lu Hou then revealed his overwhelming power and backed Ye Kong’s side, leaving the crowd in awe.

• Mo Feng paid for Lu Sui, and Ye Kong announced the successful conclusion of the auction and congratulated the four winning bidders.
• Liu Qing persuaded Zong Teng to confront the Flying Boat’s group, claiming they had offended her by overtaking the Sky Peng Five.
• After Liu Qing explained the grievance, dozens of Spirit Beast Experts attacked Zong Teng and his companions, leaving them badly injured.
• Liu Qing threatened the crowd with the Sky Peng Tribe’s ties to the Kunpeng Tribe, prompting the winners to prepare another attack.
• Lu Hou stepped off the Flying Boat, invoked the authority of the Heaven-Reaching Ape Tribe, and unleashed power that surpassed everyone present.

Zong Teng mistook the Heaven-Reaching Ape Tribe’s confrontation for a scheme against the Kunpeng Tribe and tried to save himself by offering Supreme Spirit Liquid and betraying Zong Qingfeng. Ye Kong ordered him brought aboard the Flying Boat and prepared a disguise to exploit his willingness to cooperate.

• Zong Teng panicked and surrendered, imagining that the Heaven-Reaching Ape Tribe had arranged the encounter to target the Kunpeng Tribe.
• Lu Hou rejected Zong Teng’s surrender and accused the Sky Peng Tribe of threatening the gathered Spirit Beast clans.
• Zong Teng offered Supreme Spirit Liquid and then volunteered to lead Lu Hou and Ye Kong to Zong Qingfeng and the others.
• Ye Kong told Lu Hou to collect payment or an IOU, reward the Spirit Beasts who fought, and bring Zong Teng to him.
• Ye Kong chose a disguise and headed to the Flying Boat’s water garden with Third while Fourth and Second stayed on watch.

Zong Teng secured his survival by denouncing the Kunpeng Tribe, swearing loyalty to the Heaven-Reaching Ape Tribe, and writing an IOU for the Spirit Beasts he had threatened. Brought before the green-robed Officer Ye, whom he recognized as the successor of the Green-robed Sword Saint, Zong Teng received a task to punish the Heavenly Wolf Tribe and left restored to full strength.

• Zong Teng accused Zong Qingfeng and the Kunpeng Tribe of abusing subordinate races, then swore allegiance to the Heaven-Reaching Ape Tribe.
• Lu Hou ordered Zong Teng to compensate the Spirit Beasts he had threatened, and Zong Teng wrote an IOU to Officer Ye for the debt.
• Lu Hou brought Zong Teng aboard the Flying Boat and warned him that Officer Ye was a powerful human genius.
• Zong Teng saw Officer Ye fishing beside a lake of Supreme Spirit Liquid and recognized him as the successor of the Green-robed Sword Saint.
• Officer Ye healed Zong Teng and tasked him with punishing the Heavenly Wolf Tribe, while Lu Hou threatened him if he failed.
• Zong Teng promised to eliminate the Heavenly Wolf Tribe and strode away, convinced the Spirit Beast Realm was about to change.

Ye Kong explained that he had sent Zong Teng to intimidate the Spirit Beasts and make the Heaven-Reaching Ape Tribe feared. Zong Teng killed Liu Qing, then defeated Huo Yang and his four companions and declared that the Sky Peng Tribe would punish those who stirred up conflict.

• Ye Kong explained to Lu Hou and Vajra Third that Zong Teng was bait meant to establish the Heaven-Reaching Ape Tribe’s authority over the Spirit Beasts.
• Ye Kong revealed that he had secretly marked the small fish to track Zong Teng and his companions, and he began considering asking for a raise.
• Zong Teng killed the unconscious Liu Qing and ordered Huo Yang’s Heavenly Wolf Tribe members to come with him and beg forgiveness.
• Huo Yang rejected Zong Teng’s demand and secretly told his four companions to escape and seek protection from the Phoenix Tribe and the Kunpeng Tribe.
• Vajra Second and Vajra Fourth confronted the Heavenly Wolf Tribe, and Zong Teng charged Huo Yang’s group with his Golden Feather Sword.
• Zong Teng killed Huo Yang, left the other four wolves badly wounded, and announced that he had executed Huo Yang for stirring conflict among the Spirit Beasts.

After Zong Teng killed Huo Yang, Ye Kong revealed himself as the Heaven-Reaching Ape Tribe’s Ambassador of Amity and demonstrated his strength by defeating Han Shan. The chapter ended with a healed and newly strengthened Han Shan challenging Lu Duowen for another fight.

• Lu Duowen and Zong Teng calmed the Spirit Beasts after Zong Teng killed Huo Yang, and the beasts rested while waiting for the Small Body Refining Tower to open.
• Ye Kong, Lu Hou, and Lu Kaizhi left the Flying Boat, and Ye Kong introduced himself to the Spirit Beasts as Kong Ye, the Heaven-Reaching Ape Tribe’s Ambassador of Amity.
• Han Shan challenged Ye Kong, who defeated him after three exchanges with the Burying Buddha Tablet.
• Ye Kong gave Han Shan an Elixir that healed his injuries and strengthened his body, and Han Shan immediately challenged Lu Duowen to another spar.
• Lu Ming agreed to fight Han Shan but warned him that he could not afford to give him an Elixir if he got hurt.

Ye Kong led the Spirit Beast talents through the Small Body Refining Tower, then set out with new allies toward an ancient Divine Beast ruin. After learning that Feng Xingkui of the Heavenly Crane Tribe had abused Huo Zhi and other Spirit Beasts, Ye Kong chose the Heavenly Crane Tribe as his next target.

• Ye Kong and the Spirit Beast ascetics passed the tower’s trials, where Ye Kong lit all nine lamps on the fourth level and slew five hundred blood beasts on the fifth.
• Ye Kong departed with the Four Great Vajras and five Ascetic Warriors aboard the Flying Boat, joined by Huo Zhi and members of three other tribes.
• Huo Zhi revealed the Heavenly Crane Tribe’s location and explained that Feng Xingkui had repeatedly harassed her and preyed on other Spirit Beast women.
• Ye Kong learned that many Flame Crane Tribe members had tolerated Feng Xingkui’s behavior and had mistreated Huo Zhi for resisting him.
• Ye Kong decided to hunt the Heavenly Crane Tribe and kill Feng Xingkui.

Ye Kong led his force into Heavenly Feather Divine City, where he learned about the Feather God Hall and prepared to confront Feng Xingkui. Rumors of an invasion reached Feng Xingkui, who panicked when told the Heaven-Reaching Ape Tribe was advancing on the hall.

• Zong Teng and Huo Zhi explained why the Heavenly Crane Tribe had summoned their subordinate races to Heavenly Feather Divine City and warned Ye Kong about Feng Xingkui.
• Ye Kong ordered Zong Teng to meet the Kunpeng Tribe, told Huo Zhi to hide her aura and guide his group, and sent his allies toward the Feather God Hall.
• Ye Kong's large force marched through the city, leading witnesses to believe the Heaven-Reaching Ape Tribe was attacking the Flying Bird tribes' former homeland.
• Messengers warned Feng Xingkui that more than a hundred Spirit Beast races were advancing on the Feather God Hall with the Nine Nether Sparrow Tribe as guides.
• A messenger said the attackers intended to capture Feng Xingkui and Zong Qingfeng and crush the pride of the Flying Bird Divine Beast races, leaving Feng Xingkui pale with terror.

Ye Kong led a growing coalition of Spirit Beasts toward the Heavenly Crane Tribe's palace to punish Feng Xingkui. As the army entered the Feather God Hall ruins, Zong Qingfeng learned that Feng had also harmed Kunpeng Tribe members and decided to join the assault.

• Huo Zhi, Chi Hongwu, the Nine Nether Sparrows, and the Four Great Vajras rallied Spirit Beasts against Feng Xingkui as Ye Kong led the procession toward the Heavenly Crane Tribe's palace.
• Ye Kong resolved to crush Feng Xingkui with the people's support, and the army charged into the Feather God Hall ruins.
• Zong Qingfeng watched the approaching army and asked Zong Teng why so many Spirit Beast races were marching with the Heaven-Reaching Ape Tribe.
• Zong Teng told Zong Qingfeng that Feng Xingkui had abused Spirit Beasts, including members of the Sky Peng Tribe, and had harmed his distant younger female cousin.
• Zong Qingfeng grew furious, learned that races he had sent to gather intelligence had joined the army, and ordered his people to help attack Feng Xingkui.

Ye Kong led a vast punitive army to confront Feng Xingkui beneath the Feather God Heavenly Ladder, while Zong Qingfeng and the Kunpeng Tribe joined the campaign against him. The chapter ended with Ye Kong demanding that Feng Xingkui plead guilty.

• Feng Xingkui cursed the Heaven-Reaching Ape Tribe and hoped Zong Qingfeng would bring reinforcements, but Feng Hui returned gravely wounded and reported that Zong Qingfeng had turned against him.
• Zong Qingfeng arrived with the Sky Peng Tribe, denounced Feng Xingkui, and challenged him, while Feng Xingkui insisted that Zong Qingfeng could not defeat him.
• Ye Kong’s punitive army approached with nearly every Spirit Beast in Heavenly Feather Divine City, and Zong Qingfeng asked Ye Kong to let the Kunpeng Tribe deal with Feng Xingkui.
• After Ye Kong warned that the Heavenly Crane Tribe outnumbered Zong Qingfeng’s group, Zong Qingfeng chose to join the punitive army instead of standing aside.
• Ye Kong halted the army and pressed its overwhelming spiritual energy against Feng Xingkui’s forces, then asked Feng Xingkui whether he pleaded guilty.

Ye Kong led the Spirit Beasts to confront Feng Xingkui, whose threats and attacks failed to save him from the gathered Beast Tribe prodigies. After killing Feng Xingkui, Ye Kong ordered the remaining forces captured, while the Kunpeng and Sky Peng Tribes joined his side.

• Feng Xingkui claimed that strength gave him the right to oppress others and threatened Ye Kong with his Heavenly Sovereign grandfather.
• Lu Hou announced Ye Kong’s authority in the Heaven-Reaching Ape Tribe and struck Feng Xingkui, then Zong Qingfeng unleashed his Kunpeng Ten Thousand Miles attack against him.
• The battered Feng Xingkui questioned why Ye Kong would fight for the Spirit Beasts, and Ye Kong killed him with a sword ring formed from his finger.
• Ye Kong ordered the remaining forces captured and questioned, while the Three Vajras and Lu Hou moved to seize prisoners and Feng Xingkui’s body.
• The Kunpeng Tribe and Sky Peng Tribe rushed to capture the remnants, and Mo Feng realized that Ye Kong had brought the subordinate races under his influence.

Ye Kong presided over the Spirit Beast World's first public trial, where victims accused Feng Hui and the Heavenly Crane Tribe of their crimes. The assembly ended with guilty defendants executed and a roast crane feast, while Ye Kong thought about his missing senior brother, Master Jinjiu.

• Ye Kong opened the public trial, and Zong Qingfeng introduced the judges, assistants, and clerks.
• Zong Teng and the other victims mourned their fallen clansmen and accused Feng Hui and the cranes of abuses committed under Feng Xingkui.
• Ye Kong restored order and invited the victims to recount their grievances as Chi Hongwu and Lu Duowen recorded the testimony.
• The trial continued through the day, and the final Cold Crane Tribe musician was released after being cleared of wrongdoing.
• The tribunal condemned fifteen crane Spirit Beasts, who were executed by the crowd, and Lu Lutong and Lu Kaizhi prepared the cranes for a feast.
• Ye Kong watched the Spirit Beasts eat and wondered whether Master Jinjiu was safe after more than a year apart.

Ye Kong perfected his Heavenly Eye by spending Merit Pure Light, gaining the ability to briefly glimpse the past, though the technique exhausted him. After waking, he learned from Zong Qingfeng that a hidden ruin connected to the Nine-Colored Peacock lay beneath the ancient city, and he invited Zong Qingfeng to join him on a trip.

• Ye Kong used Merit Pure Light to perfect his Heavenly Eye and saw visions of the Golden-Winged Great Peng, Nine-Colored Peacock, and Sky-Hanging Giant Phoenix in the past.
• Ye Kong found that using the perfected Heavenly Eye rapidly drained his spiritual energy and left him exhausted, so he rested after confirming Lu Hou was keeping watch.
• Lu Duowen told Ye Kong that Zong Qingfeng had arrived with intelligence about a discovery made by Kunpeng Tribe explorers who climbed the Heavenly Ladder.
• Zong Qingfeng explained that blood from a slain Outer Domain fiend had activated a Nine-Colored Feather God Token and transported Kunpeng Tribe seniors to a hidden world beneath the ancient city, where they found traces of the Nine-Colored Peacock.
• Ye Kong welcomed Zong Qingfeng’s decision not to cooperate with Feng Xingkui and invited him to accompany him on a trip.

Ye Kong ambushed three Outer Domain Evil Tribe fiends, killed Yan Gou and Gu Shi, and captured Shi Kui for interrogation. After Shi Kui revealed what he knew, Ye Kong collected fiend blood for teleportation and set off with a frightened Zong Qingfeng.

• Yan Gou and Gu Shi argued over the Great Thousand World’s experts and their tribes’ past conflict with the Kunpeng Tribe.
• Ye Kong appeared and struck the three fiends with golden qi swords, killing Yan Gou and Gu Shi while crippling Shi Kui.
• Ye Kong bound Shi Kui and questioned him, then had Lu Hou beat him until Shi Kui agreed to reveal everything he knew.
• Ye Kong killed Shi Kui and extracted fiend blood from the three corpses for teleportation.
• Zong Qingfeng, shaken by Ye Kong’s strength, agreed to leave with him and resolved to warn his tribe not to provoke him.

Ye Kong entered the Nine-Story Heavenly Ladder after it awakened and discovered that the Nine-Colored Peacock might still be alive. After the Peacock Heavenly Venerate’s trial expelled him with a Nine-Colored Feather God Token and the Peacock King Sutra, Ye Kong honored her with an elaborate ceremony.

• Ye Kong inspected the peacock-shaped apparition and sensed a faint trace of life, while Zong Qingfeng and the others gathered at the Heavenly Ladder.
• Zong Qingfeng sent Zong Teng into the trial first, and Zong Teng was defeated and awarded a Six-Colored Feather God Token.
• Ye Kong entered the arena, defeated the first two trial birds, and was declared too dangerous to continue.
• The Heavenly Ladder awarded Ye Kong a Nine-Colored Feather God Token and the Peacock King Sutra, then forcibly expelled him.
• Ye Kong read the sutra’s requirements and, after Lu Hou and the Three Great Vajras returned with their own tokens, led them in a ceremonial offering to the Nine-Colored Peacock.