Chapter Summaries

Meng Zhao shattered the Void Chains and revealed the true Town Evil Golden Hall, containing the Sheji Cauldron and a Buddhist Sarira. As the group coveted the treasures, Gan Mingfeng and Mu Yi felt drawn to the cauldron but held back under Meng Zhao’s watch, while Lu Hou'er sensed hidden evil within it.

• Meng Zhao broke the Void Chains with a finger strike, allowing the sealed square space to merge into the plaza.
• The true Town Evil Golden Hall appeared, revealing the Sheji Cauldron and a seven-colored Sarira.
• Monk Cheng Kong recognized the Sarira and believed he could return it to his sect if he pledged allegiance to Meng Zhao.
• Gan Mingfeng resisted a voice urging him to enter the Sheji Cauldron, while Mu Yi felt a powerful bloodline connection to it; both feared Meng Zhao’s response.
• Third Young Master Bai lost interest because the Sheji Cauldron was sacred rather than an Evil Artifact, while Lu Hou'er sensed hidden evil within it.

Meng Zhao and the others sensed that the Sheji Cauldron was dangerous, and a phantom claiming to be Yang Guang tried to lure Mu Yi toward it by offering him the Yang Clan inheritance. Meng Zhao broke the enchantment and questioned Gan Mingfeng to determine whether the phantom was behind the earlier temptation.

• Lu Hou'er sensed danger beneath the Sheji Cauldron's sacred power but stayed silent, hoping it would ambush Meng Zhao.
• Gan Mingfeng warned Meng Zhao that a voice was urging him to throw himself into the cauldron, and Mu Yi reported that his blood was reacting to it.
• A phantom above the cauldron called Mu Yi a Yang Clan descendant and urged him to accept the inheritance.
• The phantom's voice tempted Mu Yi to step forward, but Meng Zhao held him back and dispelled the influence.
• Mu Yi thanked Meng Zhao, and Meng Zhao asked Gan Mingfeng whether the voice matched the one he had heard earlier.

Meng Zhao tested the phantom above the Sheji Cauldron and discovered that it stirred dangerous changes in Gan Mingfeng and Mu Yi. He suspected the cauldron had not been fully purified, leaving its true nature unresolved.

• Gan Mingfeng confirmed that the phantom's voice matched the voice that had spoken in his heart, and Meng Zhao tested it with a blast of qi.
• The phantom answered Meng Zhao's attack with a surge of Killing Aura and threatened to exterminate his ten clans.
• Meng Zhao sent Gan Mingfeng and Mu Yi toward the Sheji Cauldron, where its influence changed Gan Mingfeng's face and stirred alien will and dragon qi within Mu Yi.
• Meng Zhao pulled both men away and restored them, then asked Monk Cheng Kong whether the Fuyu Cauldron had truly been purified into the Sheji Cauldron.
• Monk Cheng Kong realized that the Sarira's continuing Buddhist light suggested the cauldron had not been completely purified.

Meng Zhao suspected that the Sheji Cauldron concealed Emperor Yang Guang’s soul and a plan to possess his descendants, while the remaining Hidden Dragon Vein’s power lay trapped inside it. The group feared Yang Guang was connected to an evil demon, and several began considering retreat.

• Third Young Master Bai eagerly welcomed the possibility of the Sheji Cauldron becoming complete, hoping to use the Evil Artifact through Bai Qi’s Blood Sacrifice Diagram.
• Gan Mingfeng asked Meng Zhao whether they should forcibly suppress the Sheji Cauldron, and Meng Zhao proposed that an unexpected phantom had disrupted its purification.
• Meng Zhao suspected that Yang Guang had arranged the Sheji Cauldron as a means to resurrect himself by possessing a descendant, and Mu Yi recognized the pattern in his bloodline’s compulsion to enter it.
• Meng Zhao sensed that most of the Hidden Dragon Vein’s power remained inside the Sheji Cauldron, but said its power could not be wielded by an evil demon because it had been left to suppress evil.
• The group concluded that Yang Guang might be an evil demon connected to the dragon vein, prompting Mr. Yue, Third Young Master Bai, and others to consider retreating while Monk Cheng Kong began to grasp Meng Zhao’s intentions.

Meng Zhao confronted a monstrous being that claimed to be Yang Guang and explained how it had been formed from part of Yang Guang’s essence merged with evil fiend aura. The monster revealed its plan to escape by possessing a descendant, while Meng Zhao admitted he still did not know how it could influence people beyond the Town Evil Golden Hall.

• Meng Zhao called on the phantom at the Sheji Cauldron to reveal itself, and it turned to show a crown-wearing monster with a huge, fanged mouth instead of a face.
• Mu Yi felt relieved that the creature looked like a monster, but Meng Zhao warned that this did not prove it was not Yang Guang.
• The monster said it was Yang Guang and yet not Yang Guang, and admitted it had tried to seize a descendant’s body and return to the human world.
• Meng Zhao deduced that the monster was part of Yang Guang’s soul, will, or martial essence fused with evil fiend aura, and that it sought Meng Zhao’s blood to escape its restraints.
• Meng Zhao explained that Gan Mingfeng had been influenced through a Red Gourd from Lishou Mountain, which carried properties linked to the Hidden Dragon Vein.
• Gan Mingfeng understood that the monster had manipulated him, while Meng Zhao admitted he did not know how it could affect people outside the Town Evil Golden Hall.

Meng Zhao rejected the monster’s offer and concluded that destroying it might complete the Sheji Cauldron and release the Hidden Dragon Vein’s full power. He accepted the monster’s challenge and ordered Monk Cheng Kong to remove the Sarira, leaving everyone else horrified and trying to stop him.

• The monster offered Meng Zhao the Sheji Cauldron and the Hidden Dragon Vein’s power in exchange for Mu Yi’s body and a drop of Meng Zhao’s vital blood, but Meng Zhao refused to trust it.
• The monster revealed that Meng Zhao had reached the martial path of a Great Grandmaster and tempted him with the promise of greater power.
• Meng Zhao reasoned that the Sheji Cauldron remained unfinished because of the monster and that destroying it might complete the cauldron.
• The monster challenged Meng Zhao to enter the Sheji Cauldron and fight it, and Meng Zhao recognized its attempt to lure him into a trap.
• Meng Zhao told Monk Cheng Kong to take down the Sarira, prompting the others to desperately urge him to stop.

Meng Zhao sent Evil Calamity to battle the demonic phantom after Monk Cheng Kong retrieved the Seven-Colored Glazed World Purifying Sarira. As Evil Calamity gained the advantage, Meng Zhao continued trying to subdue the Sheji Cauldron, and the phantom began to shrink.

• Monk Cheng Kong used Buddhist scripture to draw the Seven-Colored Glazed World Purifying Sarira into his palm, releasing the Sheji Cauldron and its monstrous phantom from suppression.
• Monk Cheng Kong shielded everyone from the phantom’s demonic whispers with the sarira’s Buddhist light.
• Meng Zhao released Evil Calamity from the Heavenly Evil Battle Casket to fight the thousand-handed, thousand-legged phantom.
• Evil Calamity absorbed the phantom’s attacks and matched its power, while Meng Zhao used his strength and skill to subdue the Sheji Cauldron.
• Evil Calamity gained the upper hand, and the phantom rooted in the Sheji Cauldron shrank as the battle’s outcome became nearly certain.

Meng Zhao destroyed the evil thing with Evil Calamity, allowing the Sheji Cauldron to reach perfection. He recognized the cauldron’s immense power and the danger of others learning he possessed it.

• The evil thing challenged Meng Zhao to fight it directly, and Meng Zhao joined with Evil Calamity before unleashing a sword formation that exposed its weakness.
• Meng Zhao drove Evil Calamity into the evil thing’s phantom, absorbing its Killing Intent until the phantom collapsed and vanished.
• The Sheji Cauldron erupted with visions of mountains, rivers, and dragons as the evil demon’s destruction completed the sacred artifact.
• Meng Zhao perceived the cauldron’s mysteries, while the gathered observers recognized its potential as the foundation of a great power.
• Third Young Master Bai reflected on his failed expedition and realized that Meng Zhao’s possession of the Sheji Cauldron could make him a target of the Beitang Imperial Clan.

Meng Zhao absorbed the dragon vein within the Sheji Cauldron, gaining its fortune and a powerful kingly aura. The cauldron then merged into his dantian, while Third Young Master Bai had already decided that he would submit to Meng Zhao.

• Third Young Master Bai decided that serving Meng Zhao was preferable to dying, while the others struggled with the prospect of losing the Sheji Cauldron.
• Meng Zhao transformed into a Purple True Dragon and entered the Sheji Cauldron as dragon roars and heavy thuds echoed across the plaza.
• Monk Cheng Kong explained that Meng Zhao was absorbing the dragon vein, which would cause the Sheji Cauldron to merge with him naturally.
• After half a cup of tea, Meng Zhao emerged with the complete dragon vein and an aura that drew others toward him.
• Meng Zhao summoned the Sheji Cauldron, and it entered his dantian after finding the Heaven-Illuminating Divine Mirror and Emperor Yu Battle Armor in his Sea of Consciousness.

After the Sheji Cauldron entered Meng Zhao's dantian, it transformed his inner world and brought him profound enlightenment. As those gathered at Lishou Mountain pledged allegiance, Meng Zhao shared a bloodline-enhancing method with most of his new followers, leaving Mu Yi and Lu Hou'er untouched.

• The Sheji Cauldron became two streams of dragon qi in Meng Zhao's dantian, and he gained profound insights into heaven and earth.
• Gan Mingfeng, Wu Chen, Xu Tingyun, and Min Tao pledged allegiance to Meng Zhao, while Monk Cheng Kong entrusted him with the Seven-Colored Glazed World Purifying Sarira.
• Bai Xingyun and Mr. Yue also offered to follow Meng Zhao, and he welcomed them as allies.
• Meng Zhao sent pale gray currents into Mr. Yue, Bai Xingyun, Gan Mingfeng, Xu Tingyun, Min Tao, and Wu Chen, improving their bloodlines and abilities while giving him a means to control them.
• Monk Cheng Kong, Mu Yi, and Lu Hou'er did not receive the gray currents.

After the Town Evil Golden Hall’s space collapsed, Meng Zhao and Gan Mingfeng were separated from the others and scattered across Lishou Mountain. Meng Zhao decided to keep searching the mountain’s relics, while Mu Yi and Lu Hou'er remained the main exceptions to his control over what the group had discovered.

• Mr. Yue warned that the space would collapse now that Meng Zhao possessed the Sheji Cauldron and Hidden Dragon Vein, and Meng Zhao shielded everyone with the cauldron’s power.
• The space shattered and swept the group to different parts of Lishou Mountain; Meng Zhao landed beside a brook, with Gan Mingfeng nearby.
• Meng Zhao concluded that the others had been scattered, but expected Mu Yi to draw closer to him and believed Lu Hou'er might become useful in finding Shaohao’s legacy.
• A venomous snake attacked Meng Zhao from the brook, but he immobilized it, drew it onto the bank, and fed it to Flood Dragon Little Nine.
• Gan Mingfeng asked whether they should leave the mountain or search for the others, and Meng Zhao chose to explore Lishou Mountain’s relics before inviting Gan Mingfeng to speak freely.

Gan Mingfeng revealed a hidden map to a place in Lishou Mountain linked to the ancient War God Xing Tian, and Meng Zhao agreed to follow it. Separated from them after space shattered, Lu Hou'er chose to remain in the mountain and seek an opportunity, then sensed fresh blood nearby.

• Gan Mingfeng told Meng Zhao he had concealed a map to a dangerous site deep in Lishou Mountain and offered to guide him there.
• Meng Zhao accepted Gan Mingfeng's offer and set out to locate their separated companions and find a landmark for following the map.
• Lu Hou'er fell into a gorge fissure after space shattered and found himself alone among bones, weeds, and mushrooms.
• Lu Hou'er decided to stay in Lishou Mountain and seek an opportunity rather than risk meeting Meng Zhao at the mountain's exit.
• Lu Hou'er detected a strong scent of fresh blood about thirty zhang away and prepared to move away from it.

Lu Hou'er encountered the transformed Peng Haibing, who explained that they had both been infected by the Demonic Nature of Xingtian War God's Head. Peng Haibing proposed that they join forces to seek the Emperor Stele's blessings and the Demonic Script inheritance, leaving Lu Hou'er to weigh the offer.

• Lu Hou'er sensed someone intimately connected to him approaching and met Peng Haibing, who appeared savage and had blood and flesh in his mouth.
• Lu Hou'er told Peng Haibing about Meng Zhao and what had happened in the Town Evil Golden Hall.
• Peng Haibing revealed that their Demonic Nature came from separate characters in the Demonic Script, part of Xingtian War God's Dao Fruit.
• Peng Haibing proposed that they seek the Emperor Stele's blessings and Demonic Script inheritance together, and Lu Hou'er silently considered his offer.

Peng Haibing urged Lu Hou'er to embrace his Demonic Nature, claiming it brought rapid martial progress, while Lu Hou'er weighed the risks and considered the power he might gain. They agreed to save testing their combined strength for a suitable opponent, each wary of the other's motives.

• Peng Haibing explained that acting on demonic instincts had strengthened his cultivation and urged Lu Hou'er to abandon restraint.
• Lu Hou'er recognized the potential benefits of following his Demonic Nature but recalled how Meng Zhao had thwarted his schemes in the Town Evil Golden Hall.
• Lu Hou'er warned that Meng Zhao might find Xingtian's Head on Lishou Mountain and said they needed a plan before confronting him.
• Peng Haibing proposed that they combine their Demonic Nature, which came from a fragment of the Dao Fruit of War God Xing Tian, to threaten Meng Zhao.
• Lu Hou'er suggested testing their combined power, but Peng Haibing suspected he coveted his Demonic Nature and proposed waiting for a suitable opponent instead.

After the Town Evil Golden Hall space shattered, Meng Zhao and Gan Mingfeng and Peng Haibing and Lu Hou'er headed toward the same destination, while the others found separate opportunities throughout Lishou Mountain. Monk Cheng Kong and Mu Yi gained a ruined sect’s inheritance, and Cheng Kong planned to give its Martial Troops training method and other knowledge to Meng Zhao.

• Peng Haibing openly told Lu Hou'er that he would claim their shared destination’s fortune for himself, and Lu Hou'er chose not to answer.
• Xu Tingyun found an ancient secret chamber and gained golden-thread treasure armor, a profound martial art, and incantations that could help him reach Grandmaster.
• Min Tao and Wu Chen ate azure fruits that strengthened their foundations and brought them close to the Grandmaster realm.
• Third Young Master Bai and Mr. Yue found a basin of bones and planned to capture an evil weapon so Bai could complete his Blood Sacrifice Diagram and advance toward Grandmaster.
• Monk Cheng Kong and Mu Yi reached a ruined medieval sect’s inheritance site and found martial arts, pill formulas, formation diagrams, and a method for training Martial Troops.
• Monk Cheng Kong memorized the sect’s inheritances and planned to give them to Meng Zhao after they escaped.

Meng Zhao and Gan Mingfeng explored Lishou Mountain, where Meng Zhao’s connection to the Hidden Dragon Vein brought him opportunities and unusual influence over serpents. Gan Mingfeng explained how excessive fortune could invite backlash, and Meng Zhao resolved to favor steady growth supported by the Sheji Cauldron.

• Meng Zhao’s subordinates gained opportunities through the Hidden Dragon Vein, strengthening his forces as the Sheji Cauldron steadily accumulated fortune.
• Meng Zhao and Gan Mingfeng searched caves in Lishou Mountain and found three limited legacies.
• Meng Zhao observed that some serpents attacked him while others acted as though they wished to follow his commands.
• Gan Mingfeng explained that fortune should grow steadily, citing the rises and downfalls of Huo Qubing and Liu Xiu.
• Meng Zhao agreed that the Sheji Cauldron’s restraint suited his goal of enduring power rather than a brief, brilliant rise.

Meng Zhao and Gan Mingfeng reached a spatial barrier concealing the Cave-Heaven World where Xingtian's Head was sealed. Unable to break through by force, Meng Zhao decided to wait for Lu Hou'er and Peng Haibing, while keeping his Emperor Yu Battle Armor in reserve.

• Meng Zhao noticed that his aptitude, flashes of inspiration, spiritual perception, and intuition had grown stronger, likely because of the dragon vein.
• Meng Zhao and Gan Mingfeng reached an illusory wall separating them from a mist-shrouded, life-filled space.
• Meng Zhao explained that removing the Fire Cloud Tree's core had likely disturbed the formation sealing Xingtian's Head and exposed the spatial barrier.
• Meng Zhao said the barrier could not be breached by force and proposed waiting for Lu Hou'er and Peng Haibing to arrive.
• Meng Zhao considered using the Emperor Yu Battle Armor to make the barrier disappear but decided to keep it as a last resort.

Meng Zhao concealed himself and planned to use Gan Mingfeng to lure Lu Hou'er and Peng Haibing into breaking the spatial barrier around Lishou Mountain’s greatest opportunity. The chapter left Lu Hou'er and Peng Haibing suspecting that Gan Mingfeng was trying to claim the opportunity for himself.

• Meng Zhao told Gan Mingfeng to cultivate while they waited for Lu Hou'er and Peng Haibing, then examined the spatial barrier and found it beyond the reach of his martial cultivation.
• At dawn, Meng Zhao sensed Lu Hou'er and Peng Haibing approaching and concealed himself, while Gan Mingfeng remained unaware until their powerful auras jolted him from cultivation.
• Meng Zhao told Gan Mingfeng to act as bait and make Lu Hou'er and Peng Haibing lower their guard so they might open the barrier for him.
• Lu Hou'er and Peng Haibing arrived, saw Gan Mingfeng alone, and searched for Meng Zhao before relaxing when they found no trace of him.
• Gan Mingfeng acted as if he wanted to keep the opportunity to himself, leading Lu Hou'er and Peng Haibing to believe he was not working with Meng Zhao.

Lu Hou'er and Peng Haibing confronted Gan Mingfeng over the hidden place in Lishou Mountain, where he revealed a map pointing to Xingtian's Head and the legacies of Shaohao and Emperor Yu. Lu Hou'er wanted those legacies without freeing Xingtian, while Peng Haibing secretly hoped to claim the War God's power.

• Lu Hou'er questioned Gan Mingfeng about how he had found the secluded place, while Peng Haibing studied his formidable aura.
• Lu Hou'er explained to Peng Haibing that Gan Mingfeng's power came from the scheme involving Yang Guang's remnant soul, dispelling Peng Haibing's suspicion that they shared the same Demonic Nature.
• Gan Mingfeng revealed that a map he obtained two years earlier pointed to Xingtian's Head and possibly the legacies of Heaven Emperor Shaohao and Human Emperor Yu.
• Gan Mingfeng challenged Lu Hou'er and Peng Haibing over whether they intended to release Xingtian's Head, and Lu Hou'er said they sought the ancient legacies instead.
• Lu Hou'er resolved that Xingtian's Head should remain suppressed, while Peng Haibing secretly yearned to claim its power and had fallen into demonic obsession.

Peng Haibing and Lu Hou'er confronted Gan Mingfeng over the fortune he had gained, and the dispute erupted into a fight. Gan Mingfeng initially gained the upper hand against Peng Haibing, but Lu Hou'er joined in and turned the battle against him.

• Peng Haibing accused Gan Mingfeng of hoarding the fortune and threatened to kill him, while Lu Hou'er silently watched.
• Gan Mingfeng accepted the challenge and struck Peng Haibing with force strengthened by the Sheji Cauldron’s fortune.
• Peng Haibing blocked Gan Mingfeng’s attack with the Overlord Wave Black Tortoise Skill, and the two exchanged blows.
• Gan Mingfeng attacked Lu Hou'er with condensed starlight, nearly breaking through his finger technique.
• Peng Haibing charged Gan Mingfeng again, and the two exchanged twelve moves, with Gan Mingfeng gaining the advantage.
• Lu Hou'er joined the battle, reversing the situation and allowing him and Peng Haibing to suppress Gan Mingfeng.