Chapter Summaries

Xiao Xiao and Wen Qingxuan visited Ye Kong, who had remained unconscious for nearly two years, and learned that the Flame Emperor’s Elixir could leave him asleep for several more years while his body rebuilt itself. As Xiao Xiao and Feng Yusheng stayed by his coffin, Ye Kong briefly stirred but fell asleep again.

• Xiao Xiao introduced herself to Feng Yusheng as Ye Kong’s girlfriend, and the two women cautiously established their standing with each other.
• Xiao Xiao examined Ye Kong while Wen Qingxuan wept over his condition and worried that he might never wake.
• Xiao Xiao explained that the Flame Emperor’s Elixir was keeping Ye Kong safe as he underwent a lengthy process of breaking and rebuilding.
• Lin Jing excitedly observed Ye Kong, and she and Wen Qingxuan later left the Ice Hall because of the cold.
• Xiao Xiao asked Feng Yusheng to leave her alone with Ye Kong, but Feng Yusheng chose to remain by his coffin.
• Ye Kong’s fingers trembled as he heard the women talking, but he could not wake and soon fell asleep again.

As the Ice Spirit Ancestral Sacrifice drew powerful guests, Ye Kong finally regained consciousness but found himself trapped inside a massive block of ice, forcing him to slowly rebuild his strength. Feng Yusheng realized he was close to waking and sealed the room so she could deal with her disciple privately.

• Super Powers from across the Great Thousand World gathered for the Ice Spirit Ancestral Sacrifice, while Ling Zhanzi and Zhu Yan traded insults and admitted they had come to seek favor.
• Zhu Yan decided to leave the Flame Spirit Race and make a living on Tianluo Continent if his clan fell into ruin.
• Ye Kong awakened after months of transformation but discovered his body had fused with a massive block of ice and his spiritual energy moved sluggishly.
• Ye Kong began circulating the Bodhi No Tree Art to break free, while Lin Jing wondered whether he was finally coming back to life.
• Feng Yusheng told Lin Jing Ye Kong was not ready to wake, then sealed the door to keep outsiders from witnessing her planned talk with him.

After more than two years trapped in ice, Ye Kong broke free in the Ice Spirit Ancestral Land and reunited with Feng Yusheng and Lin Jing. He began evolving his Great Sun Undying Body with ten statues and golden pages, preparing to face the Earth Sovereign Spiritual Tribulation.

• Ye Kong absorbed the Spiritual Liquid released as he melted the ice and gradually freed his fingers, hands, and body.
• After awakening, Ye Kong spotted Feng Yusheng and Lin Jing watching him and carefully thawed the rest of the ice around himself.
• Feng Yusheng sealed Ye Kong's spiritual power at Perfect Ninth-grade Venerate and told him to evolve his Dharma Body before attempting the Earth Sovereign Spiritual Tribulation.
• Ye Kong met Lin Jing, Martial Ancestor's daughter, then summoned his Great Sun Undying Body and praised Qin Tian for providing the altar and ten statues.
• Ye Kong offered the ten statues on the Sacrificial Stone Platform and ignited the golden pages, sending the Great Sun Undying Body into the resulting magma as he studied its transformation with the Purple Gold Alms Bowl.

While his Great Sun Undying Body evolved into an Immortal Golden Body, Ye Kong suspected that his Merit Pure Light was connected to the Great Thousand World's World Will and feared he had been manipulated. He kept his discovery to himself, reassured Feng Yusheng, and left her and Lin Jing startled by his sudden embrace.

• Ye Kong analyzed how the Immortal Golden Pages and sacrificed Great Sun Undying Bodies were transforming his Great Sun Undying Body into an Immortal Golden Body.
• Ye Kong sensed that the magma's Immortal Origin resembled his Merit Pure Light and deduced that the Merit Pure Light might be a vessel for the Great Thousand World's World Will.
• Ye Kong panicked at the possibility that his transmigration and growth had been arranged, then calmed himself and resolved to avoid reckless investigations until he reached the Heavenly Sovereign realm.
• Feng Yusheng found Ye Kong distressed after the evolution ended, and he told her that magma had burned his Divine Soul.
• Ye Kong embraced Feng Yusheng and assured her that they would both be fine, while Lin Jing mistook their closeness for a secret romance and begged them not to silence her.

Ye Kong traveled with Feng Yusheng and Lin Jing to an Ice Spirit Race cultivation ground to undergo his Spiritual Tribulation. As his Immortal Golden Body prepared to face the tribulation, Ye Kong considered whether the Primal Dharma Bodies were connected to the Great Thousand World's World Will and what that might mean for restoring his master's Three Realms Swastika Dharma Body.

• Ye Kong reassured Lin Jing, then asked her to take him to a spacious place for his Spiritual Tribulation.
• Lin Jing opened a spatial gate to the Ice Spirit Race's quiet cultivation grounds, and Ye Kong and Feng Yusheng followed her through.
• Feng Yusheng released Ye Kong's sealed spiritual energy, and the World Will began forming a Spiritual Tribulation over the ice lake.
• Ye Kong summoned his Immortal Golden Body and sent it skyward to wipe out the intensified tribulation.
• Ye Kong sensed an aura like Merit Pure Light in the Immortal Golden Body's ancient patterns and wondered whether the Ten Primal Dharma Bodies were linked to the Great Thousand World's World Will.
• Ye Kong questioned whether restoring his master's Three Realms Swastika Dharma Body would require reclaiming the homeland from the evil tribes.

Ye Kong crossed his Earth Sovereign Spiritual Tribulation, using the Immortal Golden Body’s Sovereign Divine Ability and the Burying Buddha Tablet to defeat all nine manifestations. After the tribulation ended, Ye Kong left through a spatial gate with Feng Yusheng and Lin Jing, heading toward the Ice Spirit Ancestral Sacrifice.

• Ye Kong used the Immortal Golden Body to withstand the first lightning bolt, then awakened its Immortal Divine Mark, Thousand Transformations, as the second tribulation took form as a Kui Ox.
• Ye Kong’s Immortal Golden Body formed an Immortal Divine Shield, defeated the Kui Ox, and devoured its Lightning Cloud, strengthening its control over spiritual energy.
• Ye Kong and the Immortal Golden Body defeated the next six tribulation beasts, including the Heavenly Wolf, Lightning Lion, Qiongqi, Taotie, Black Tortoise, and White Tiger.
• Ye Kong combined twelve Purple-Gold Light Patterns into a Purple-Gold Dragon Head Sword and released the Burying Buddha Tablet’s sealed Saint Sword to defeat the final nine-colored dragon.
• After the tribulation ended, Lin Jing opened a spatial gate, and Ye Kong and Feng Yusheng went through it with her toward the Ice Spirit Ancestral Sacrifice.

The Ice Spirit Race held an ancestral sacrifice honoring its past Heavenly Sovereigns and fallen battlefield heroes, then executed over a thousand captured Evil Tribe experts. Afterward, Ye Kong accepted the Martial Ancestor's invitation to referee the young geniuses' martial arts gathering in exchange for five stalks of Ice Sky Cattail Dragon Grass.

• Ying Huahuan and seven Ice Spirit Race Heavenly Sovereigns led the ancestral prayers before an altar piled with captured Evil Tribe experts.
• Zhu Yan and the Flame Spirit Race Third Elder regretted their clan's hostility toward the Ice Spirit Race and their past failure to ally with the Flame Emperor.
• Ling Zhanzi feared the consequences of the Western Heaven Battle Emperor's conflict with Ying Huahuan and the Ice Spirit Race.
• The Void Ice Mirror displayed the names of past Ice Spirit Race Heavenly Sovereigns and the Lifebound Jade Pendants of clansmen who died fighting the Evil Tribe.
• At Ying Huahuan's command, the Ice Spirit Race sealed and killed over a thousand Evil Tribe experts, including six Demon Emperors, ending the ceremony.
• Ye Kong accepted the Martial Ancestor's offer to referee the young geniuses' martial arts gathering for five stalks of Ice Sky Cattail Dragon Grass.

Xiao Xiao decided that she and Xiao Lin would enter the Martial Arts Gathering in disguised forms so they could meet Ye Tian, who would serve as chief judge and commentator. Wen Qingxuan and Lin Jing also chose to disguise themselves and join them, and the group prepared to register.

• Lin Jing told Xiao Xiao, Wen Qingxuan, and Xiao Lin that Ye Tian had agreed to serve as chief judge and commentator at the Martial Arts Gathering.
• Wen Qingxuan and Lin Jing volunteered to enter the gathering, and Xiao Xiao ordered Xiao Lin to suppress his cultivation and compete in the Ninth-grade Venerate division.
• Xiao Xiao argued that she and Xiao Lin could meet Ye Tian through the gathering while giving the other competitors a chance to learn from their strength.
• Xiao Xiao told Xiao Lin to disguise himself and use the name Hai Lin, then allowed Wen Qingxuan and Lin Jing to change their appearances too.
• Xiao Xiao sent the group to prepare and register, anticipating Ye Tian's reaction to their surprise.

Lin Jing, Xiao Lin, Wen Qingxuan, and Xiao Xiao registered for the Ice Spirit Race's Martial Arts Gathering while disguised as Rogue Cultivators. After they left, more than twenty percent of the onlookers and queued geniuses, including Liu Qingfeng, inexplicably blacked out.

• Onlookers discussed Poison Young Master Su Xian and Liu Qingfeng, while the Ice Spirit Race Earth Sovereign and the Third Elder of the Flame Spirit Race argued over their races' histories and ties to the Martial Realm.
• Lin Jing registered as Ying Jing, a First-grade Venerate Rogue Cultivator, and passed the ice mirror's cultivation check.
• Xiao Lin registered as Hai Lin, a Ninth-grade Perfected Venerate Rogue Cultivator, and passed the check.
• Wen Qingxuan registered as Ye Qingxuan, a Fifth-Rank Supreme Rogue Cultivator, and passed the check.
• Xiao Xiao registered as Zi Xiao, a Perfect Eighth-grade Venerate Rogue Cultivator, and received her number plate.
• After the four left, more than twenty percent of the crowd, including Liu Qingfeng, suddenly blacked out, while Xiao Lin and the three women continued on their way.

Ye Kong used his Heavenly Eye to uncover that the people attacked at the Martial Arts Gathering registration site had been knocked unconscious by a Heavenly Sovereign protecting four disguised women. He realized the women were Lin Jing, Wen Qingxuan, Xiao Xiao, and Xiao Lin, then tried to enlist Lin Dong to deliver a speech that would help him deal with the group.

• Ye Kong rewound time at the registration site and saw that the unconscious men had been staring at three beauties before a hidden Heavenly Sovereign struck them down.
• Ye Kong showed Lin Dong the scenes and identified the four Rogue Cultivators as disguised women, while agreeing that the men deserved their beating.
• Lin Dong recognized Lin Jing among the women and urged Ye Kong not to investigate further, revealing that the incident involved his daughter.
• Ye Kong deduced that the other women were Wen Qingxuan, Xiao Xiao, and Xiao Lin, and decided to leave them alone for now.
• Ye Kong handed Lin Dong a draft opening speech intended to intimidate troublesome people, but Lin Dong struggled with its unfamiliar wording.
• Ye Kong resolved to give Lin Jing, Xiao Lin, Wen Qingxuan, and Xiao Xiao their own forms of trouble, including lessons and mock exams.

Lin Dong surprised his family and the Martial Arts Gathering guests by delivering an eloquent speech after Ye Kong helped him prepare. The chapter left Lin Jing convinced that someone had replaced her father.

• Lin Dong claimed he had become cultured, but Lin Diao, Ying Huahuan, and Ling Qingzhu mocked his literary ambitions.
• Lin Dong took Ye Kong to the Ice Spirit Race Martial Arts Gathering stage and delivered a polished speech encouraging the younger generation.
• Lin Diao, Ying Huahuan, and Ling Qingzhu suspected Ye Kong had helped Lin Dong prepare the speech.
• The audience applauded Lin Dong enthusiastically, while Lin Jing reacted with disbelief and suspected someone had switched out her father.

At the Martial Arts Gathering, Lin Jing advanced through the First-grade Venerate free-for-all and won the first formal match by defeating Monk Gangwu. Ye Kong praised her skill and wondered what surprises other familiar contestants, especially Xiao Xiao, might have prepared.

• Ye Kong announced the Martial Arts Gathering, and thousands of First-grade Venerates entered a free-for-all that left Lin Jing among the sixty-four survivors.
• Martial Ancestor healed the contestants, and Lin Jing drew Monk Gangwu as her opponent in the first arena match.
• Lin Jing used her ice-element fists to overpower Gangwu, then pressed her attack when he retreated into his Venerate Sea.
• Gangwu summoned his Great Vajra Dharma Body and unleashed the Vajra Heaven-Destroying Bowl, but Lin Jing's ice-mirror decoy left him open to her counterattack.
• Ye Kong declared Lin Jing the winner, and she resolved to keep supporting the Heavenly Machine Pavilion's newspapers while Ye Kong wondered what Xiao Xiao would do.

Lin Jing won her opening arena battle, and Blessing of the Flame Spirit Race defeated Bing Yu with the Flame God Dharma Body. Blessing revealed that the Flame Spirit Ancestor was his father and had sent him to greet King Ye, leaving Ye Kong wondering whether Lin Jing could beat him.

• Lin Jing crushed her opponent in the first battle, impressing the spectators and the Martial Ancestor with her flexible fighting style.
• Ye Kong interrupted Blessing's long prepared speech before Blessing and Bing Yu began their match.
• Blessing overwhelmed Bing Yu with his sacred saber and powerful flame techniques, then revealed the Flame God Dharma Body, shocking Zhu Yan when the Third Elder explained Blessing was the Flame Spirit Ancestor's biological son.
• Blessing defeated Bing Yu, and Ye Kong sent her from the arena before praising the contestants and announcing a fifteen-minute break.
• Blessing told Ye Kong that the Flame Spirit Ancestor had sent him to convey his greetings, and Ye Kong wondered whether Lin Jing had enough hidden strength to defeat him.

Ye Kong commentated on the remaining battles of the Martial Arts Gathering, which ended with Lin Jing defeating the Spirit Worm Tribe genius in a brutal close-quarters fight. Zhu Fu then conceded the final, leaving Lin Jing as the winner.

• Ye Kong watched the Wind Spirit Tribe genius summon the Wind Ancestor and continued commentating on the strange methods revealed in the battles.
• Zhu Fu and the Star Emperor Sect genius chose to fight, and Zhu Fu defeated his opponent with the Flame God Dharma Body.
• Lin Jing fought the Spirit Worm Tribe genius, destroying her spirit worms with a blizzard and explosive ice before overwhelming her in close combat.
• Lin Jing froze the Spirit Worm Tribe genius into an ice sculpture, and Ye Kong declared her the winner of their battle.
• Zhu Fu said he was too frightened by the women’s brutal fight to face either of them and conceded the final.

At the Martial Arts Gathering, Ye Kong stopped Zhu Fu from manipulating Lin Jing’s match, punished him, and warned the gathered cultivators against using underhanded tricks. The tournament continued more cautiously, and on the fifth day Wen Qingxuan faced Yanni of the Joyful Zen Sect, who unexpectedly addressed Huan Kong before the fight began.

• Lin Jing refused Zhu Fu’s offer to concede, and Ye Kong stopped Zhu Fu from harming himself and knocked him unconscious.
• Ye Kong condemned Zhu Fu’s conduct, threatened those who tried to manipulate the gathering, and declared Young Master Ying Jing the stage champion.
• The Martial Ancestor endorsed Ye Kong’s warning, and the first round ended with the Flame Spirit Race fearing the consequences of Zhu Fu’s actions.
• Over the following days, the gathering proceeded more carefully under dozens of judges, while Ye Kong gave occasional comments from the sidelines.
• On the fifth day, Wen Qingxuan faced Yanni of the Joyful Zen Sect in the final battle, but Yanni bowed to Huan Kong instead of preparing to fight.

Ye Kong rejected the Joyful Zen Sect’s attempt to proclaim him the Buddhist Sect’s leader, then judged Wen Qingxuan’s match against Yanni Buddhist Cultivator. After Yanni defeated Wen Qingxuan, she privately acknowledged her connection to Ye Kong’s favored disciple before disappearing, and Ye Kong pursued her.

• Yanni Buddhist Cultivator said the Joyful Zen Sect’s Sect Leader had ordered the sect to honor Ye Kong as its leader, but Ye Kong refused the title and denounced the sect’s attempt to win his favor.
• Wen Qingxuan angrily challenged Yanni’s claims, and Ye Kong interrupted their argument so they could begin the match.
• Wen Qingxuan attacked with her spear and Golden Phoenix Heavenly Plume, but Yanni blocked her moves with her Buddha Umbrella and prayer beads.
• Ye Kong pulled Wen Qingxuan from the arena before she could summon her Great Sun Undying Body and declared Yanni the winner.
• Yanni told Wen Qingxuan in a voice transmission that she had heard Wen Qingxuan was favored by Ye Kong, then vanished; Ye Kong warned Wen Qingxuan she would be punished and chased after Yanni.

Ye Kong discovered the Joyful Zen Sect’s powerful estate on Ice Spirit Race territory and persuaded the Martial Ancestor to accompany him inside. They were welcomed by Miyin, a Late Immortal grade Heavenly Sovereign and one of the Joyful Zen Sect’s leading experts.

• Ye Kong used his Heavenly Eye to glimpse the estate and learned that the Ice Spirit Race had permitted the Joyful Zen Sect to establish properties on its territory.
• Ye Kong saw powerful Heavenly Sovereigns and young Supremes gathered inside, and recognized the sect’s influence among the Great Thousand World’s factions.
• Yan Ni and a veiled woman invited Ye Kong to descend, but he asked the Martial Ancestor to come along because he could not judge the woman’s strength.
• The Martial Ancestor hesitated because he feared his wives’ reaction, then accepted after Ye Kong invoked advice attributed to a friend whose father was named Yan.
• Miyin and Yan Ni welcomed Ye Kong and the Martial Ancestor, and Miyin was revealed as a Late Immortal grade Heavenly Sovereign and one of the Joyful Zen Sect’s top experts.

Ye Kong visited the Joyful Zen Sect and saw its unusual cultivation practices, then waited while Dixin Sect Master and Buddha Lord Konglian completed a breakthrough. Dixin emerged with Konglian and greeted Ye Kong.

• Buddha Lord Miyin led Ye Kong and Yan Ni through the Joyful Zen Sect estate, where Ye Kong questioned the sect’s cultivation practices.
• Miyin brought Ye Kong and the Martial Ancestor to the Seven-Layer Ice Tower, where they discovered Dixin Sect Master and Buddha Lord Konglian cultivating in seclusion.
• Ye Kong and the Martial Ancestor waited as a powerful breakthrough fluctuation spread from the Lotus Pond, and the Martial Ancestor protected Ye Kong with a spiritual energy barrier.
• Dixin Sect Master and Buddha Lord Konglian emerged from the Lotus Pond, and Dixin greeted Ye Kong.

Ye Kong and Lin Dong met with Monk Dingxin, who sought their support in reforming the Joyful Zen Sect and gave them an Image Recording Orb. Its footage showed the Bodhi Ancestral Tree empowering Shi Ku with a dark presence, and Dingxin revealed that the tree had become a Demon Tree.

• Monk Dingxin welcomed Ye Kong and Lin Dong and gave them scrolls showing his yin-yang dual cultivation method.
• Ye Kong and Lin Dong agreed to support Dingxin as he restrained abusive members of the Joyful Zen Sect.
• Dingxin showed Ye Kong footage of Shi Luo fighting Shi Ku, who gained strength from the Bodhi Ancestral Tree and severely wounded him.
• Shi Zhen arrived and stopped Shi Ku and Xuan Jie from continuing their attack on Shi Luo.
• Dingxin explained how he obtained the recording and declared that the Bodhi Ancestral Tree had become a Demon Tree.

Monk Dingxin revealed that Spiritual Mountain had secretly harvested the blood of countless living beings for a century to sustain the corrupted Bodhi Ancestral Tree. Ye Kong vowed to stop the slaughter and warned that if Shi Zhen continued it, he would destroy Spiritual Mountain after reaching Saint Grade.

• Monk Dingxin told Ye Kong and Lin Dong that the Bodhi Ancestral Tree had become a Demon Tree and that its corruption predated the calamity a century ago.
• Monk Dingxin explained that Mysterious Solitary Divine Monk had died fighting the Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor, leaving Xuan Jie unable to save the badly damaged tree through Buddhist cultivation alone.
• Monk Dingxin revealed that Spiritual Mountain had secretly gathered and transported the blood of living beings to nourish the Bodhi Ancestral Tree.
• Ye Kong and Lin Dong reacted with fury, and the Martial Ancestor's killing intent frightened Miyin, Konglian, and Monk Dingxin.
• Monk Dingxin asked Ye Kong to help restore the Buddhist Sect, and Ye Kong pledged to punish the chief culprits if Shi Zhen ended the bloodshed, but vowed to destroy Spiritual Mountain if it continued.