Chapter Summaries

Ye Kong was summoned by Peacock Heavenly Venerate to help slay the evil demons remaining in the Underground Palace, while Zong Qingfeng and the others searched for the Golden-Winged Great Peng's tomb. Peacock Heavenly Venerate revealed her bond with the Buddha Emperor and offered Ye Kong the Bodhi Tree if he succeeded, then asked how he had been expelled from Spiritual Mountain.

• Peacock Heavenly Venerate manifested, sent Ye Kong and his companions to the Underground Palace, and gave Zong Qingfeng a Nine-Colored Feather God Token amid the storm.
• Ye Kong entered the Underground Palace with Lu Hou and Zong Qingfeng, but Peacock Heavenly Venerate's token forcibly teleported him away before he could seek out the Golden-Winged Great Peng.
• Peacock Heavenly Venerate met Ye Kong beneath a Bodhi Tree and promised it to him if he helped slay the evil demons.
• Peacock Heavenly Venerate revealed that she and the Buddha Emperor had formed a Bloodline Link, created the Peacock King Sutra together, and that he had left her the Bodhi Tree.
• Ye Kong accepted Peacock Heavenly Venerate as his ancestor, and she asked him to explain how he had been expelled from Spiritual Mountain.

Ye Kong persuaded Peacock Heavenly Venerate to recognize him as a direct disciple of Buddha Emperor and learned the hidden history of Spiritual Mountain and his grandmaster. As Peacock Heavenly Venerate prepared to confront the demons sealed inside the Bodhi Tree, she empowered Ye Kong to hold one of them back for a quarter of an hour.

• Ye Kong told Peacock Heavenly Venerate that he had been expelled from Spiritual Mountain and claimed he planned to expose the Vile Evils within the sect.
• Peacock Heavenly Venerate revealed that Mount Sumeru had suffered similar corruption, and that Ye Kong’s grandmaster had been expelled after uncovering it before later returning to settle his grievances.
• Peacock Heavenly Venerate changed Ye Kong’s generation from Huai to Huan and named him Buddha Emperor’s Fifth Personal Disciple and the third orthodox lineage of Great Spiritual Mountain.
• Ye Kong learned that Buddha Emperor might still be alive, and Peacock Heavenly Venerate brought out Kong Xuan and the Ambassador of Amity Badge, whose Life Essence could help destroy the demons sealed in the Bodhi Tree.
• Peacock Heavenly Venerate strengthened Ye Kong with a Nine-Colored Mystic Stone and her essence blood, then asked him to hold off a weakened Profound Demon Emperor for a quarter of an hour; Ye Kong accepted.

Ye Kong battled the Illusion Soul Profound Demon Emperor inside the sealed world and survived a near-fatal exchange with the help of the Nine-Colored Bodhi Tree’s Life Essence. Revitalized and able to wield the Kasyapa Sword Scripture, he launched a new attack to finish the Demon Emperor.

• Kong Xuan, the Golden-Winged Great Peng, and Ye Kong entered separate vortices to fight the sealed demons, while Kong Xuan warned Ye Kong about the Illusion Demon Tribe’s illusions.
• Ye Kong attacked the Illusion Soul Profound Demon Emperor with the Thousand-Hand Tathagata Palm, his staffs, and Great Perfection Supernatural Footwork, then pierced a weak spot in the demon’s chest with the Burying Buddha Tablet.
• The Demon Emperor caught Ye Kong and stabbed him, but Ye Kong continued attacking until the demon unleashed Soul-Snatching Claw, leaving two enormous craters where Ye Kong had been struck.
• Ye Kong reappeared atop a Nine-Colored Bodhi Tree, restored by its Life Essence, and declared that he would behead the Demon Emperor.
• Ye Kong used the Kasyapa Sword Scripture to form nine giant Bodhi Flowers and launched his new technique, Slay Demons—Attain Bodhi, at the Demon Emperor.

Ye Kong fought Illusion Soul Profound Demon Emperor, repeatedly using the Bodhi Sword Flowers and his own rebirths to survive their clashes. After the Demon Emperor trapped him in a desire illusion, the chapter ended with the Demon Emperor shrieking in outrage at what Ye Kong had done.

• Illusion Soul Profound Demon Emperor summoned the Great Illusion God Annihilation Hand to crush Ye Kong’s nine Bodhi Sword Flowers, but Ye Kong charged through the attack.
• Ye Kong and Illusion Soul Profound Demon Emperor traded more than a hundred blows before the Demon Emperor wounded Ye Kong and tasted his blood.
• Ye Kong baited the Demon Emperor into another mutual strike, then released the fully bloomed Bodhi Sword Flowers, blasting both fighters apart before they regenerated.
• Ye Kong taunted Illusion Soul Profound Demon Emperor and said he would keep dying with him until his master’s wife arrived to finish the fight.
• Illusion Soul Profound Demon Emperor burned his essence blood to cast the Myriad Ancient Illusion Desire Cover, but after it enveloped Ye Kong, he shrieked that Ye Kong had gone too far.

Ye Kong repeatedly fought and outlasted the Illusion Soul Profound Demon Emperor, then used the Bodhi Self-Sacrifice Technique to overpower and seal him. After suppressing the Demon Emperor, Ye Kong asked his master's wife whether his performance showed Saint Grade potential.

• The Illusion Soul Profound Demon Emperor recalled how Ye Kong resisted his illusions and repeatedly survived their clashes, while Ye Kong used the Purple Gold Alms Bowl to devour scattered demonic energy.
• The Demon Emperor recondensed his body to stop the bowl, but Ye Kong used decoys and prepared explosions to blast him again.
• After another clash and explosion, Ye Kong summoned the Bodhi Flowers and challenged the Demon Emperor to witness his Bodhi Self-Sacrifice Technique.
• Ye Kong burned the Bodhi Tree and his own life force, drew the Burying Buddha Tablet, and chased down the fleeing Demon Emperor.
• Ye Kong crushed the Demon Emperor's defenses, severed his claws, and used Bodhi Demon Suppression to seal him in a cage of white flames.
• Ye Kong ended the body-burning technique and asked his master's wife whether his performance showed Saint Grade potential.

Kong Xuan destroyed the Illusion Soul Profound Demon Emperor, purified the corrupted trial ground, and helped Ye Kong advance his Demon Slaying Token. She and Peng Chaoyang chose to seek help from the ape tribe, then Kong Xuan prepared Ye Kong for a Phoenix Blood Baptism.

• Kong Xuan used the Source Lord Pure World Fan to erase the Illusion Soul Profound Demon Emperor and cleanse the demonized world.
• Peng Chaoyang introduced himself to Ye Kong and learned about his connections to Beast Tribe prodigies.
• Kong Xuan decided to take Peng Chaoyang to the ape tribe and upgraded Ye Kong's Demon Slaying Token with part of the Demon Emperor's soul.
• Peng Chaoyang told Ye Kong about Kong Xuan and Uncle Zhi's past as powerful leaders of the Nine-Colored Peacock Tribe and Spiritual Mountain.
• Kong Xuan revealed a cauldron and asked Ye Kong if he was ready for the Phoenix Blood Baptism.

Kong Xuan forced Ye Kong and nine others to temper their bodies in cauldrons using powerful essence blood. Ye Kong emerged with a transformed True Phoenix body and a new flame technique, while Kong Xuan reflected on the people and peaceful days she had lost.

• Kong Xuan extracted Ye Kong's Nine-Colored Stone Essence Blood and had Peng Chaoyang throw him into a cauldron to absorb True Phoenix essence blood.
• Kong Xuan ordered Peng Chaoyang to stew nine others using Kunpeng and Sky-Reaching Ape essence blood, and he tossed them into cauldrons.
• After seven days and seven nights, Ye Kong emerged with a powerful True Phoenix transformation and complained about the cauldron treatment.
• Ye Kong discovered that the others had fanned his fire and chased them with his newly comprehended Eternal Flame Phoenix technique.
• Kong Xuan watched the ensuing chaos and remembered the peaceful days of the past, then vowed that the Outer Domain Evil Tribe would be driven from the Great Thousand World.

Ye Kong led his allies toward the Burial Beast Abyss, then organized a covert operation in a Spirit Beast settlement where Ice Phoenix experts and a Nine-Colored Peacock junior had been detected. With Kong Xuan and Peng Chaoyang backing him, he began preparing a Spirit Beast Alliance Oath Conference to recruit allies against the Evil Tribe.

• Kong Xuan stopped Ye Kong from tormenting the nine-man group, healed their injuries, and sent them back to the surface.
• Zong Qingfeng summoned the Northern Darkness Dragon Kun Tribe, Azure Peng Tribe, and other subordinate races to pay their respects to Ye Kong, and they flew toward the Burial Beast Abyss.
• Lu Lutong and Lu Duowen spotted Spirit Beast settlements and Ice Phoenix experts, so Ye Kong assigned his mobile groups and allied tribes to enter from different directions and gather intelligence.
• Kong Xuan told Ye Kong to pursue a Bloodline Link with a Nine-Colored Peacock junior, and ordered Peng Chaoyang to act as Ye Kong's Tool Person.
• Ye Kong led Lu Hou and Zong Qingfeng into the settlement and began setting up a Spirit Beast Alliance Oath Conference to unite Spirit Beasts against the Evil Tribe.

Ye Kong gathered Spirit Beasts from across the city for an Alliance Oath Assembly promoting harmony, while Master Jinjiu defended the venue from Bai Bin’s attack. The chapter ended with Ye Kong arriving in grand fashion and raising a cup to welcome the assembled beasts.

• The Heaven-Reaching Ape, Kunpeng, Phoenix, Nine-Colored Peacock, and Golden Lion Tribes sent signal flares, drawing Spirit Beasts toward Ye Kong’s assembly.
• Master Jinjiu arrived, claimed responsibility for venue security, and agreed to guard the guests.
• Bai Bin of the Ice Phoenix Tribe demanded to know who had released the summons, but Lu Duowen denied responsibility and challenged Bai Bin’s authority to speak for the Phoenix Tribe.
• Master Jinjiu struck Bai Bin and his companions after Bai Bin attacked him, beating them into the ground.
• Ye Kong rode in on a Golden-Winged Great Peng beneath banners bearing the words “The Sorrow of the Old Land Must Not Be Forgotten; Build a Harmonious Spirit Beast World Together” and toasted the guests.

Ye Kong rallied the Spirit Beasts to establish the Myriad Beast Palace, invoking their shared history of suffering under the Outer Domain Evil Tribe and pledging to fight demons. The chapter ended with Ye Kong claiming authority to represent the Nine-Colored Peacock Tribe, leaving Kong Ling intrigued by his connection to her clan leader.

• Ye Kong proposed that the Beast Tribes restrain internal conflicts and unite to protect their shared interests and homeland.
• Ye Kong presented the Demon Slaying Token, called for the creation of the Myriad Beast Palace, and vowed to slay ten Demon Emperors within twenty years.
• Lu Hou and Zong Qingfeng announced their Bloodline Link, while Chi Hongwu offered congratulations on behalf of herself and the Crimson Phoenix Tribe.
• Kong Ling and her companions realized they had forgotten their original mission to question the use of their tribe's Signal Flare.
• Ye Kong displayed the Nine Heavens Divine Sparrow Token and claimed that he could act with the Nine-Colored Peacock Tribe's full authority, astonishing Kong Ling and her companions.

Kong Ling visited Ye Kong to ask about his Nine Heavens Divine Sparrow Token and proposed a Bloodline Link in exchange for his support in her bid for power. Ye Kong accepted the link, and Kong Ling left to gather her followers for the next day.

• Lu Hou and Zong Qingfeng distributed copies of the Glorious Memoirs of Spirit Beasts while Ye Kong checked the roster.
• Kong Ling asked Ye Kong how he obtained the Nine Heavens Divine Sparrow Token and learned that he represented a senior from her tribe.
• Kong Ling explained that outsiders who held the token were connected to the Clan Leader's bloodline through a Bloodline Link or marriage.
• Kong Ling offered to form a Bloodline Link with Ye Kong, revealing her ambition to become Young Clan Leader and eventually control the tribe.
• Ye Kong questioned how Kong Ling would ensure the elders obeyed him, then agreed to the Bloodline Link by merging his essence blood with hers.
• Kong Ling departed to gather the tribe's subordinates, who would follow Ye Kong's orders the next day.

Ye Kong and the other teams entered the Burial Beast Abyss and discovered that Outer Domain Evil Tribe members had created and controlled the Beast Spirits to kill the beast clans’ geniuses. While searching the ruins for the demons’ accomplices, Ye Kong and Master Jinjiu found a sealed underwater palace and confronted a hidden Blade Demon.

• Palace Lord Ye announced that teams could volunteer for the martial competition and warned them about the dangers of the Burial Beast Abyss.
• Ye Kong used the Flying Boat to attack the Beast Spirits and captured three Outer Domain Evil Tribe experts with Master Jinjiu and Zong Qingfeng.
• The captives revealed that their tribes had created and controlled the Beast Spirits, while accomplices from the Corpse Demon and Blade Demon Tribes had gone ahead to search for a Demon Emperor’s remains and inheritance.
• Ye Kong sent Lu, Zong Qingfeng, and Kong Ling to search separate areas while he and Master Jinjiu investigated a purple lake and uncovered a ruined underwater Dragon Tribe palace.
• Ye Kong and Master Jinjiu fought through powerful dragon-shaped Beast Spirits and reached a Six-pointed Star Purple Gold Ancient Array sealed by nine chains.
• Ye Kong struck a figure hiding near the array with sword qi and identified the figure as a member of the Blade Demon Tribe.

Ye Kong killed Dao Qianyun, learned where the Blade Demon Tribe’s companions had gone, and helped Ao Xu destroy the sealed Demon Soul. As Ye Kong prepared to hurry to his companions, Ao Xu revealed that he could still be saved and asked Ye Kong to take him back.

• Ye Kong defeated and killed Dao Qianyun, who revealed that Shi Yan had gone to the fallen Azure Dragon’s location and that he had come to free a sealed ancestor.
• Ye Kong awakened Ao Xu, the Purple Gold Divine Dragon who had sealed the Demon Soul, and joined him in attacking it.
• Ye Kong and Ao Xu destroyed the Demon Soul, which Ye Kong stored in his Purple Gold Alms Bowl.
• Ye Kong said he had to hurry to support Zong Qingfeng and the others, but Ao Xu asked him to take him back, promising the Dragon Tribe would reward him.

Ye Kong rushed to Vermilion Bird Palace after learning Kong Ling was facing a powerful Saint Demon Tribe fiend named Sheng Kui. Kong Ling fought Sheng Kui with the Peacock King Sutra and Buddha World Pure Land, and Ye Kong arrived just as Sheng Kui was about to kill her.

• Ye Kong split from Master Jinjiu after a Nine-Colored Signal Flare rose, giving him a feather from Peng Chaoyang and sending him to search for Zong Qingfeng while Ye Kong headed to Vermilion Bird Palace.
• Kong Xuan told Ye Kong that a powerful Saint Demon Tribe fiend had entered Kong Ling’s group, promised to protect Kong Ling, and secretly sent a plea for aid beyond the Burial Spirit Ruins using a fragment of Ao Xu’s remnant soul.
• Sheng Kui trapped Kong Ling and the Ice Phoenix Tribe in his Saint Demon Son Flame, crushed their defenses, and killed three Ice Phoenix Tribe members while demanding that Kong Ling submit to him.
• Kong Ling activated her Buddha energy and used Divine Sparrow Perched on Bodhi and the Peacock King Sutra’s Buddha World Pure Land to shatter Sheng Kui’s demon stele and badly wound him.
• Sheng Kui knocked Bai Ming, Bai Bin, and the other Ice Phoenix Tribe members unconscious, then moved to kill Kong Ling, but Ye Kong’s Golden Sword struck him away.
• Ye Kong arrived beside Kong Ling, restored her with Life Essence, and promised to finish Sheng Kui.

Ye Kong defeated Sheng Kui and, with Peng Chaoyang’s help, destroyed the released Demon Emperor Yan Guyou. After obtaining the Vermilion Bird’s inherited essence blood for Kong Ling, Ye Kong and the others left to join Azure Dragon and Wild Beast for the final leg of the Burial Spirit Ruins.

• Ye Kong exposed Sheng Kui’s attempt to release the Demon Emperor and struck him down as Sheng Kui broke the seal holding Yan Guyou.
• Ye Kong overwhelmed Yan Guyou with his sword techniques and crippled Sheng Kui, binding him for Kong Ling.
• Peng Chaoyang emerged from Ye Kong’s Badge and completely destroyed Yan Guyou’s Demon Soul, then claimed the Demon Slaying Token for Ye Kong.
• Peng Chaoyang gathered the Vermilion Bird’s final inherited essence blood, and Ye Kong asked to give it to Kong Ling.
• Ye Kong and the others departed with the injured Nine-Colored Peacock Tribe members to meet Azure Dragon and Wild Beast.

Ye Kong and his companions found the Desolate Beast Ancestor, Huang Zhong, and persuaded him to leave with them and live again. Huang Zhong entered Ye Kong’s Peach Blossom Spirit Ancestor Badge, and Ye Kong claimed the ancestor’s essence blood before preparing to leave the ruins.

• Lu Hou and the Four Great Vajras found the Desolate Beast Stone Carving and tried to move or store it, awakening Huang Zhong.
• Huang Zhong asked whether the Desolate Beast Tribe still had descendants, and Lu Hou told him the tribe had perished after the ancient war.
• Ye Kong arrived with a Corpse Demon leader’s head as a gift and introduced Huang Zhong to Peng Chaoyang, who urged him to live again.
• Ye Kong and the Four Great Vajras appealed to Huang Zhong to preserve the Beast Tribe, and Peng Chaoyang challenged him not to act like a coward.
• Huang Zhong agreed to leave with Ye Kong and entered his Peach Blossom Spirit Ancestor Badge, while the stone carving broke open and its essence blood flew into Ye Kong’s hand.

Ye Kong prepared to leave the Burial Spirit Ruins with his allies, knowing his demon-slaying had angered many Demon Emperors. As the Beast Tribe elders protected the young geniuses, the Black Corpse, Heaven-Slaying, and Saint Yan Heavenly Demon Emperors appeared with a demon army, and the Great Ape King of Heaven and True Dragon Emperor joined the battle.

• Ye Kong told Kong Ling that powerful Beast Tribe elders and outside allies were ready to protect them from retaliation by the Outer Domain Evil Tribe.
• Spiritual pillars began retrieving the Beast Tribe and Evil Tribe geniuses from the Burial Spirit Ruins, and Ye Kong warned his companions to escape quickly if attacked.
• The Nine-Colored Peacock Clan Chief shattered the Demon Emperors' first attacks, giving Ye Kong and the others a chance to get out of the spatial passage.
• The Black Corpse, Heaven-Slaying, and Saint Yan Heavenly Demon Emperors appeared with around ten other Demon Emperors and threatened the Beast Tribe elders.
• The Great Ape King of Heaven charged the Heaven-Slaying Demon Emperor, while the True Dragon Emperor struck the Black Corpse Heavenly Demon Emperor.

The Great Thousand World’s allies overwhelmed the Evil Tribe’s forces as the True Dragon Emperor and Great Ape King of Heaven unleashed their strongest attacks against the Black Corpse Heavenly Demon Emperor and Heaven-Slaying Demon Emperor. With the Saint Yan Heavenly Demon Emperor pressed by the Peacock Clan Chief, he called for Holy Demon to save them.

• The Peacock Clan Chief used nine-colored radiance to attack Saint Yan Heavenly Demon Emperor while the Great Ape King of Heaven and True Dragon Emperor fought the Evil Tribe’s leaders.
• The True Dragon Emperor crushed the Black Corpse Heavenly Demon Emperor’s defenses and battered his Heavenly Corpse Divine Demon Statue, citing advice Lu Shengjun had passed on from Ye Kong.
• The Great Ape King of Heaven activated Berserk and the Nine Revolutions Divine Ape Transformation, then unleashed Ninth Revolution, Ape Emperor's Path to Sainthood, Shatter the Heavens against Heaven-Slaying Demon Emperor.
• The True Dragon Emperor followed with Ancestral Dragon Sacrifice, Ten Thousand Dragons Return to Ancestor, attacking the battered Black Corpse Heavenly Demon Emperor.
• Seeing the other Evil Tribe leaders losing, Saint Yan Heavenly Demon Emperor shouted, “When we are in trouble, Holy Demon, save us!”

Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor rescued the defeated demons, while the True Dragon Emperor and Great Ape King of Heaven let them retreat. The Peacock Clan Chief learned of Ye Kong’s ties to powerful figures and his Nine Spirit Meridians, then departed with Kong Ling as Ye Kong began his Fleshly Body Tribulation.

• Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor trapped the True Dragon Emperor and Great Ape King of Heaven with rings of fire, then escaped with Saint Yan Heavenly Demon Emperor and the other demons.
• The True Dragon Emperor and Great Ape King of Heaven assessed Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor’s strength and admitted they could not kill him without another Late Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereign.
• The Great Ape King of Heaven told the Peacock Clan Chief that Kong Ling and Ye Kong had formed a Bloodline Link and implied Ye Kong was connected to the Green-robed Sword Saint.
• The Great Ape King of Heaven revealed that Ye Kong had Nine Spirit Meridians, and the True Dragon Emperor supported Ye Kong by giving him a Purple Gold Dragon Soul.
• The Peacock Clan Chief gave the Great Ape King of Heaven a token and left with Kong Ling, while the True Dragon Emperor gave the Great Ape King a Purple Gold Dragon Token and departed.
• The Great Ape King of Heaven watched as Ye Kong began his Fleshly Body Tribulation and reflected on his expulsion from Great Spiritual Mountain.

Ye Kong fused Kong Xuan’s Nine-Colored Feather Divine Light into his Venerate Sea and completed the Great Sun Undying Body, reaching the Venerate Realm with a powerful Dharma Body. Lu Changling then delivered letters from Kong Ling and a girl from the Wen Family, and Ye Kong began reading the first one.

• Huang Zhong trained Ye Kong until Kong Xuan ordered him to rest and finish fusing his Venerate Sea with the Nine-Colored Feather Divine Light.
• Ye Kong used his Divine Soul and Merit Bowl to complete the fusion, making his Venerate Sea nine-colored and studying the principles of Venerate cultivation.
• Kong Xuan explained how to cultivate the Great Sun Undying Body, and Ye Kong used all nine portions of the required materials to temper his Dharma Body embryo.
• Ye Kong completed the Great Sun Undying Body and formed a super Venerate Dharma Body that impressed Peng Chaoyang, Huang Zhong, and Lu Changling.
• Lu Changling gave Ye Kong letters from Kong Ling and the Wen Family of the Northern Region, and Ye Kong recognized the sender of the first letter as Little Wen.