Chapter Summaries

Ye Kong and Feng Yusheng arrived at North Cang Spiritual Institute during its exchange tournament, where Luo Li and Mu Chen defeated Tai Ding Spiritual Institute’s challengers. After Mu Chen defeated Blood Slaughter, Ye Kong and Feng Yusheng appeared before the institute hand in hand, leaving their arrival as the story’s cliffhanger.

• Tai Ding Spiritual Institute’s Liu Zhen swept through North Cang Spiritual Institute’s Heavenly Ranking geniuses, prompting Bei Ming Long Kun to wait nervously for Ye Huan Kong.
• Luo Li arrived and defeated Liu Zhen with the Luoshen Sword Art, but Blood Slaughter then challenged and defeated her.
• Mu Chen arrived, shattered Blood Slaughter’s Blood God Armor, and gravely injured him after Blood Slaughter launched a sneak attack.
• Feng Yusheng recognized Mu Chen’s Futuo Ancient Clan bloodline and speculated that his mother might be Qing Yan Jing.
• Ye Kong and Feng Yusheng clasped hands and descended from their Buddha Boat, announcing Ye Huan Kong’s visit to North Cang Spiritual Institute.

Ye Kong arrived at the North Cang Spiritual Institute with Feng Yusheng and killed Blood Slaughter for his blood-arts crimes. Before leaving, he praised Mu Chen’s potential and offered to invest in him, while Mu Chen renewed his resolve to grow stronger and protect Luo Li.

• Ye Kong and Feng Yusheng arrived at the North Cang Spiritual Institute, where Bei Ming Long Kun and the students welcomed them.
• Ye Kong asked Fei Qingsong to hand over Blood Slaughter, then killed Blood Slaughter with a flash of white light and warned Fei Qingsong against admitting blood-arts practitioners.
• Fei Qingsong renounced his ties to the Blood God Clan and fled with his students, while Bei Ming Long Kun escorted Ye Kong and Feng Yusheng to their accommodations.
• Ye Kong told Mu Chen that he had the potential to become a Heavenly Sovereign and invited him to discuss an investment, noting that Mu Chen’s background might bring trouble.
• Dean Tai Cang told Mu Chen about Ye Kong’s powerful connections, and Mu Chen regained his confidence with Luo Li’s encouragement and reaffirmed his goals.

Feng Yusheng helped Bei Ming Long Kun break through to Earth Sovereign by repeatedly burning and rebuilding his body with Phoenix Flame, while Ye Kong watched. As Bei Ming Long Kun entered the Black Divine Thunder Cloud to face his tribulation, Ye Kong and Feng Yusheng grew closer and kissed.

• Bei Ming Long Kun welcomed Ye Kong and Feng Yusheng to the pavilion, and Feng Yusheng offered to help him advance to Earth Sovereign.
• Feng Yusheng destroyed Bei Ming Long Kun’s Thunder God Pearl and used Phoenix Flame to burn and rebuild his body repeatedly, strengthening him.
• Feng Yusheng held Ye Kong close and told him she would not let him leave, while Ye Kong argued that he had acted only out of filial devotion.
• Ye Kong kissed Feng Yusheng, and she returned his embrace as they shared an intimate moment.
• Feng Yusheng sent Bei Ming Long Kun into the Black Divine Thunder Cloud, where he stirred up the Sea of Thunder and faced an Earth Sovereign Tribulation.

Mu Chen and Ling Xi confirmed they were siblings and decided to ask Ye Kong for help finding their mother, Qing Yan Jing. Before they could reach him, the Blood Bell sounded an emergency alarm, and they rushed to the back mountain as Ye Kong sensed Mu Chen approaching.

• Bei Ming Long Kun broke through to the Lower Earth Sovereign realm after surviving the True Phoenix Sacred Flame and agreed to keep watch for Ye Kong.
• Mu Chen trained with Ling Xi for half a month, revealed the Futuo Pagoda, and learned from her that they were siblings.
• Mu Chen and Ling Xi confirmed that their spiritual energies fused through the Futuo Clan’s Great Futuo Art, then agreed to ask Ye Kong for Qing Yan Jing’s location.
• The Blood Bell rang at North Cang Spiritual Institute, and Ling Xi explained that it signaled a life-threatening crisis involving a student in the Heavenly Ranking’s top ten.
• Mu Chen and Ling Xi hurried toward Ye Kong, who sensed them approaching and recognized that he had been waiting for Mu Chen.

Ye Kong told Mu Chen and Ling Xi that Mu Chen’s mother was Qing Yan Jing, a genius of the Futuo Ancient Clan who had been imprisoned after leaving the clan and having a child with Mu Chen’s father. He offered to help rescue her in exchange for the clan’s Endless Light Body, leaving Mu Chen to consider a bargain far beyond his means.

• Bei Ming Long Kun led Mu Chen and Ling Xi to meet Ye Kong, who explained that Mu Chen’s Futuo Pagoda showed he had the potential to rival the clan’s young masters.
• Ye Kong identified Mu Chen’s mother as Qing Yan Jing after Ling Xi showed him a portrait, and he explained her history and why the Futuo Ancient Clan had imprisoned her.
• Mu Chen became furious at the clan’s rules and treatment of his mother, while Ye Kong argued that Qing Yan Jing’s choices had helped bring about her imprisonment.
• Ye Kong charged Mu Chen and Ling Xi five million Supreme Spirit Liquid for the information, and they signed an IOU together.
• When Mu Chen asked what it would cost to rescue his mother, Ye Kong offered to help in return for the Futuo Ancient Clan’s Endless Light Body.

Mu Chen and Ling Xi discussed Ye Kong’s price for helping rescue Mu Chen’s mother, then learned the Western Heaven Battle Emperor threatened Luo Li’s future. Ye Kong agreed to seek the Flame Emperor’s help, and Mu Chen left after hearing that North Cang Spiritual Institute students were in trouble.

• Ye Kong offered to help Mu Chen rescue his mother in exchange for studying the Futuo Ancient Clan’s Endless Light Body cultivation method, but Ling Xi refused to decide on the clan’s behalf.
• Ye Kong warned Mu Chen that the Western Heaven Battle Emperor had targeted Luo Li and might use his authority to force her to the Western Heaven Battle Hall.
• Ye Kong suggested asking the Flame Emperor to intervene because of his connection to Luo Li’s grandfather, and Mu Chen gave Ye Kong an IOU for five hundred million Supreme Spirit Liquid.
• Ye Kong warned that the Flame Emperor usually waited until the last moment to act, then told Mu Chen that the North Cang Spiritual Institute students had encountered serious trouble.
• Mu Chen and Ling Xi left to respond to Dean Tai Cang, while Bei Ming Long Kun said he would wait to confront the Dragon Demon Palace until the students had graduated.
• Ye Kong confirmed that he had sent a little monkey to watch over Mu Chen, but said it would act only if Mu Chen faced certain death.

Mu Chen sought Ye Kong’s help to meet Dean Tai Cang’s demand that he reach the Heaven-Reaching Realm within a month, and Ye Kong explained the Great Futuo Art, the Futuo Pagoda, and dangers awaiting Mu Chen from the Futuo Ancient Clan. Ye Kong left for secluded cultivation after urging Mu Chen to prepare for Sacred Spirit Mountain and one day stand against the Outer Domain Evil Tribe, while Mu Chen resolved to grow strong enough to do so.

• Mu Chen asked Ye Kong to help him break through to the Heaven-Reaching Realm within a month, and Ye Kong explained the Great Futuo Art’s Yin and Yang Scrolls and their cultivation methods.
• Ling Xi refused Ye Kong’s suggestion of male-female dual cultivation, then offered to pass the Yin Scroll to Mu Chen so they could harmonize Yin and Yang.
• Ye Kong let Mu Chen and Ling Xi cultivate at his residence and taught Mu Chen how the Futuo Pagoda could refine spiritual energy to improve cultivation.
• Ye Kong warned Mu Chen that Xuan Luo and Mo Xin might pursue him because of his mother’s imprisonment, and Ling Xi asked about Qing Shuang and the Qing Vein’s position.
• Mu Chen vowed to become strong enough to rescue his mother, while Ye Kong said they would travel together to Sacred Spirit Mountain before he left.
• Ye Kong urged Mu Chen to defend the Great Thousand World against the Outer Domain Evil Tribe, and Mu Chen resolved to one day face them himself.

Ye Kong broke through to a higher level of Venerate cultivation and tested his combat abilities against Feng Yusheng, while Bei Ming Long Kun watched and speculated about the Beast Tribes’ plans. Mu Chen arrived after breaking through to the Heaven-Reaching Realm and learned not to compare himself with their extraordinary strength.

• Ye Kong refined a vast river of spiritual energy and advanced his cultivation as Feng Yusheng protected the mountain and Bei Ming Long Kun watched.
• Feng Yusheng challenged Ye Kong, and they exchanged attacks using powerful Divine Abilities, including the Heavenly Phoenix Illusion Feather Body and Ye Kong’s Great Sun Undying Body.
• Ye Kong summoned the Seven Sun Hidden Dragon Staff, broke Feng Yusheng’s phoenix illusion, and fought her True Phoenix form alongside his Great Sun Undying Body.
• Mu Chen arrived after reaching the initial stage of the Heaven-Reaching Realm, and Bei Ming Long Kun explained that Ye Kong and Feng Yusheng were far beyond ordinary Venerate experts.
• After two hours, Ye Kong and Feng Yusheng ended their exhausting battle, and Ye Kong encouraged Mu Chen to aim for the middle stage of the Heaven-Reaching Realm within twenty days.

Mu Chen broke through to the middle stage of the Heaven-Reaching Realm, prompting the North Cang Spiritual Institute’s top students and leaders to take notice. He agreed to face Dean Tai Cang’s test before pursuing Sacred Spirit Mountain, while Ye Kong revealed he planned to leave after the trip.

• Mu Chen emerged from cultivation with a Divine Soul avatar and reached the middle stage of the Heaven-Reaching Realm, astonishing the North Cang Spiritual Institute.
• Shen Cang Sheng and Li Xuan Tong watched Mu Chen’s breakthrough and decided to ask Dean Tai Cang to open the North Cang Gate.
• Luo Li learned of Mu Chen’s advancement and flew to meet him.
• Dean Tai Cang told Mu Chen to take a test at the Execution Platform the next day, and Mu Chen agreed despite learning that Mo Xingtian had attempted the Spiritual Energy Tribulation.
• Ye Kong warned Mu Chen to accept the dangers of gaining experience and said he would not intervene unless Mu Chen faced death.
• Ye Kong told Dean Tai Cang that he would explore Sacred Spirit Mountain and expected to leave the North Cang Spiritual Institute afterward.

Mu Chen passed Dean Tai Cang’s final test, prompting North Cang Spiritual Institute’s top students to seek entry to the North Cang Gate, while Ye Kong discovered that Sacred Spirit Mountain held the remains of Chen Kui, an ancient Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereign. After Mo Xingtian threatened Mu Chen at Sacred Spirit Pavilion, the group entered Sacred Spirit Mountain, where Ye Kong and Feng Yusheng ignored the mountain’s oppressive force.

• Mu Chen used the Great Sumeru Demon Pillar to defeat all six Punishment Spirit War Puppets, and Shen Cang Sheng, Li Xuan Tong, and other Heavenly Ranking geniuses asked to enter the North Cang Gate.
• Dean Tai Cang led Ye Kong, Feng Yusheng, Mu Chen, Ling Xi, and Luo Li to Sacred Spirit City, where Ye Kong and Feng Yusheng recognized Chen Kui’s presence within Sacred Spirit Mountain.
• At Sacred Spirit Pavilion, Ye Kong’s pressure drove away men staring at Feng Yusheng, and Mu Chen met Xia Youran, who offered to look after him and provoked her fiancé, Liu Ying.
• Mo Xingtian arrived and declared that he intended to kill Mu Chen; Luo Li and Ling Xi attacked, and Dean Tai Cang confronted Black Dragon Venerate until he retreated.
• Three days later, Mu Chen entered Sacred Spirit Mountain with Xia Youran, while Ye Kong and Feng Yusheng entered hand in hand without being hindered by its pressure.

Ye Kong and Feng Yusheng found War God Chen Kui’s remains and discovered that his lingering power had preserved a vast blood sea. Ye Kong led the Divine Ape Army in a musical and scriptural send-off, awakening Chen Kui’s true spirit, who greeted them and thanked them.

• Feng Yusheng identified the fading pressure as the remnant power of War God Chen Kui and took Ye Kong to the energy source above the Nine-layer Cloud Ladder.
• Feng Yusheng and Ye Kong entered a hidden space containing a vast blood sea formed from Chen Kui’s essence blood.
• Ye Kong and Feng Yusheng found Chen Kui’s broken remains, still gripping a saber stained with a Demon Emperor’s blood.
• Ye Kong summoned the Divine Ape Army and ordered them to play music and chant the Rebirth Sutra in honor of Chen Kui.
• Feng Yusheng and Ye Kong’s efforts awakened Chen Kui’s true spirit, and he identified himself as the First War God of the Lightning Palace and thanked them.

Chen Kui recounted how the Heavenly Evil God destroyed the Thunder Spirit Clan and the Thunder Palace, then passed his saber and inheritance to Ye Kong before his final will faded. Ye Kong and Feng Yusheng examined the expanded Supreme Heart Demon Scripture and prepared to leave with their gains.

• Ye Kong told Chen Kui that the Heavenly Evil God had been sealed for nearly forty-nine thousand years, and Chen Kui described the ancient war and the destruction of the Thunder Spirit God Ancestor and Thunder Palace.
• Chen Kui asked Ye Kong to return his bones to the ancient realm and offered him the Thunder Emperor Sky-Severing Saber, warning him not to use it lightly before reaching the Heavenly Sovereign realm.
• Ye Kong accepted the saber and promised to honor Chen Kui’s inheritance, and Chen Kui’s fading projection vanished.
• Feng Yusheng opened Chen Kui’s storage ring and found a more complete version of the Supreme Heart Demon Scripture.
• Ye Kong studied the scripture’s stages and the Supreme Heart Demon State, then anticipated cultivating its method.

Mu Chen gained a fragment that revealed the Great Sun Undying Body’s cultivation method and strengthened his body, while Ye Kong spent half a year cultivating in Chen Kui’s Blood Sea and created a powerful new combat art. After reaching the Seventh-grade Venerate realm, Ye Kong prepared to return with Feng Yusheng, making a stop at the North Cang Spiritual Institute after Mu Chen’s communication stone lit up.

• Mu Chen absorbed the essence blood from Chen Kui’s lost bone fragment, learned of the Great Sun Undying Body and the Eternal Undying Body, and decided to ask Ye Kong about its rare materials.
• Mu Chen used the energy left by the Undying Record to cultivate a second lightning mark, then flew toward the Nine-Story Heavenly Ladder to challenge Mo Xingtian.
• Ye Kong used the Seven Treasures Spiritual Light Bodhi Tree to absorb Chen Kui’s Blood Sea lightning and, with Feng Yusheng’s guidance, developed the combat art One Thought Return to Void Hand.
• After half a year of cultivation, Ye Kong reached the Seventh-grade Venerate realm, mastered the Great Heart Demon State, and used One Thought Return to Void, Vajra Thunder Burst to smash Feng Yusheng’s thirty-six Ninth-grade War Puppets.
• Ye Kong joked with Feng Yusheng after his breakthrough, and they decided to return, stopping at the North Cang Spiritual Institute because Mu Chen’s communication stone had lit up.

Mu Chen learned from Ye Kong that cultivating the Great Sun Undying Body would draw him into a deadly struggle with other cultivators, and that obtaining the Eternal Undying Body would require challenging the powerful Maha Ancient Clan. Ye Kong warned him against the contest, then departed, leaving Mu Chen determined to pursue his goals.

• Mu Chen completed his four-pattern Lightning God Body training and asked Bei Ming Long Kun where to find three heavenly treasures, learning they might be available on the Commerce Continent for about fifty thousand Supreme Spirit Liquid.
• Ye Kong arrived through the Black Divine Thunder on a Golden Light Path, and Mu Chen greeted him while discussing his unpaid debt.
• Ye Kong revealed that his Venerate Dharma Body was the Great Sun Undying Body and gave Mu Chen a booklet and a Universe Bracelet, explaining that cultivators of that body were drawn into deadly battles to evolve it.
• Mu Chen resolved to cultivate the Great Sun Undying Body and rescue his mother, but Ye Kong warned that winning the Eternal Undying Body would mean contending with the Maha Ancient Clan, which guarded it as its own treasure.
• Ye Kong explained that the Maha Ancient Clan held an Eternal Gathering where Immortal Golden Body cultivators could compete, warned Mu Chen about the risks, and then said farewell to Mu Chen and Bei Ming Long Kun before departing.

Ye Kong received gifts and a letter from his mother, Kong Xuan, while Feng Yusheng dealt with a backlog of clan affairs. Kong Xuan revealed she had gone to search for his master’s ruins and sent Ye Kong a statue containing a powerful Buddhist technique.

• Feng Yusheng returned to her Phoenix Clan office and found letters of thanks from avian clans and the terrestrial clans that Ye Kong had helped coordinate with the Heaven-Reaching Ape Tribe.
• Kong Ling gave Ye Kong a Universe Bracelet containing six Great Peaches and a Little Buddha Statue sent by his senior brother.
• Ye Kong read Kong Xuan’s letter, which praised his influence over Feng Yusheng and said she had gone to the former battlefield to seek his master’s ruins.
• Kong Xuan explained that the Little Buddha Statue contained Mount Sumeru’s offensive Divine Ability, Myriad Buddhas Illuminate the Universe, and urged Ye Kong to study it.

Ye Kong contemplated Sumeru Mountain’s Myriad Buddha Illusion Mirror, escaped its dream illusion, and learned it contained the Divine Souls of Buddhist cultivators who had died while practicing it. Despite the danger, he chose to keep the Three-Inch Void Buddha and postpone further contemplation until he became stronger.

• Ye Kong saw increasingly intricate attacks in the Buddha Images, but realized he had fallen into an illusion when his self-inflicted palm strike injured him and Feng Yusheng woke Kong Ling.
• Feng Yusheng explained that the Myriad Buddha Illusion Mirror drew in practitioners who focused on its attacks, eventually consuming their Divine Souls, and revealed that its images were dead Buddhist cultivators.
• Ye Kong learned that his Master had broken with Sumeru Mountain after discovering the truth and had freed only one-third of the trapped souls despite being a Late Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereign.
• Ye Kong decided to keep the Three-Inch Void Buddha and continue cultivating its divine ability once he advanced to the Earth Sovereign realm or beyond.
• Ye Kong suggested using the Supreme Heart Demon Scripture or his Clones to reduce the risks of contemplating the illusion.

Ye Kong learned that Ao Huangshi had challenged Zong Renwang and heard Feng Yusheng explain the Phoenix Clan’s recent troubles and warn him to avoid Huang Jin and Huang Xuanzhi. He reassured her while privately planning to grow strong enough to confront the Heavenly Evil God before the final war.

• Ye Kong read Ao Huangshi’s challenge letter to Zong Renwang, and Feng Yusheng discussed the Dragon Third Prince’s prospects and the Kunpeng heir’s hidden strength.
• Feng Yusheng explained that Huang Jin and Huang Xuanzhi had been badly injured amid a conflict involving Feng Yuxiao and the Phoenix Clan’s elders, then warned Ye Kong to avoid them.
• Ye Kong promised Feng Yusheng he would not cause trouble for Huang Jin and Huang Xuanzhi, while she told him they likely could not threaten him for ten years.
• Ye Kong privately planned to reach Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereign strength through cultivation, resources, and hunting Demon Emperors.
• Ye Kong vowed to stop the Heavenly Evil God from escaping the seal and to eliminate him for good.

Ye Kong taught the Divine Ape Army how to analyze thank-you letters and reply to other Beast Tribes according to their strength and interests. He urged the Phoenix Tribe to manipulate rivalries through other tribes while staying out of the conflict, shocking Feng Yusheng with his ruthless strategy.

• Ye Kong began a diplomatic letter-writing class for Lu Kaizhi, Lu Duowen, Kong Ling, and a hundred skilled apes, while Feng Yusheng listened in.
• Ye Kong analyzed the Nine Nether Sparrow Tribe's thank-you letter and explained that its offer of more resources hinted at a desire for greater benefits.
• Ye Kong sorted Beast Tribes into four tiers by strength and taught the students how to tailor replies to each tier's priorities.
• Ye Kong advised encouraging competition between rival tribes and using other Super Divine Beast tribes to pressure the Heavenly Crane Tribe and Golden Phoenix Eagle Tribe.
• Ye Kong warned that the Phoenix Tribe should stay hidden and avoid entering conflicts directly, leaving Feng Yusheng shocked by his ruthless approach.

Ye Kong lectured the Heaven-Reaching Ape Tribe students on trade and social strategy while envisioning ways to expand the Phoenix Clan’s business and develop entertainment in the Great Thousand World. After class, he used his authority as principal to assign Feng Yusheng a five-thousand-word, ten-year development plan and forced her into extra tutoring.

• Ye Kong taught the apes how to approach different avian tribes according to their status and needs, while Feng Yusheng watched him with disgust.
• Ye Kong reflected on the Phoenix Clan’s growing trade network, the success of beast-made goods, and his plans to increase the clan’s reserves and develop entertainment businesses.
• After dismissing the students, Ye Kong confronted the still-hidden Feng Yusheng and accused her of disrespectful behavior during class.
• Ye Kong assigned Feng Yusheng a five-thousand-word report on the Phoenix Clan’s next ten years of development and brought out books for extra tutoring.
• Feng Yusheng reluctantly agreed to the lesson as Ye Kong began explaining the Dragon Tribe’s Ancestor Dragon.

Ye Kong learned that Zong Renwang had set his duel with Ao Huangshi on the Sacred Abyss Continent to draw the Beast Tribes into a fight against the Outer Domain Evil Tribe, and he arranged support from Qin Tian. He then risked a dangerous cultivation breakthrough, while Qin Tian arrived at Sacred Abyss City.

• Kong Ling told Ye Kong that Zong Renwang had accepted Ao Huangshi's challenge and invited the Beast Tribes to the Sacred Abyss Continent, where Zong Renwang sought revenge for a slain clan elder.
• Ye Kong decided to join the expedition, asked the Great Thousand Palace to send Qin Tian as support, and traveled to the Golden Red Blood Sea to pursue the Perfect Heart Demon State.
• Ye Kong used the Supreme Heart Demon Scripture to resist the Three-Inch Void Buddha's illusions while enduring the Nether Heart Demon Thunder and striving to strengthen his Heart Demon Seed.
• At the Great Thousand Tower in Sacred Abyss City, Demon Slaying Masters discussed the coming duel until Qin Tian arrived and Bai Zhu identified him as the Demon Slaying King.