Chapter Summaries

Jiang Liu watched the Fire-Winged Monkey endure the Exotic Beast Temple’s pressure as he began transforming his bloodline to accept its inheritance. After the Fire-Winged Monkey broke through the pressure and entered the temple, Jiang Liu left to find the Unicorn Divine Ox.

• The Mystic Beast Realm’s gates opened, causing a disturbance across the Human Realm before its light curtain vanished and revealed dilapidated buildings.
• The Fire-Winged Monkey repeatedly fell under the temple’s pressure, while Jiang Liu held back rather than risk making the trial more dangerous.
• The Fire-Winged Monkey began transforming his bloodline, shed his golden fur, and reached the temple gates again with his iron staff.
• The Fire-Winged Monkey’s iron staff snapped against the gates, and Jiang Liu wondered whether the Heaven’s Mandate Mirror was connected to his inheritance.
• Jiang Liu left to find the Unicorn Divine Ox as the Fire-Winged Monkey formed a blood-red staff and smashed through the pressure into the temple.
• The Exotic Beast watching the trial showed satisfaction as the Fire-Winged Monkey entered the temple.

Jiang Liu watched the Unicorn Divine Ox receive a wind-and-ice inheritance from a powerful hybrid ox divine beast, then left it undisturbed. A loud boom from Sea Turtle’s passage drew his attention as he departed.

• Jiang Liu sensed the Unicorn Divine Ox receiving an inheritance of the Speed Rule and freezing rule, both suited to its wind-and-ice attributes.
• Jiang Liu entered the inheritance chamber and saw a one-legged ox divine beast’s phantom attack the Unicorn Divine Ox as part of the inheritance process.
• Jiang Liu concluded that the Unicorn Divine Ox might approach the Supreme God Realm and enter the Realm of Rules after completing its inheritance.
• Jiang Liu left the chamber to avoid disturbing the Unicorn Divine Ox, then heard a loud boom from the passage Sea Turtle had entered.

Jiang Liu discovered that the Sea Turtle was facing a trial to inherit the Dragon Turtle’s bloodline, which could transform its ordinary lineage. As he returned to the cave, he pondered why the Sky Devouring Cat had obtained its inheritance so easily and why the Saintly Legend inheritance belonged to the Fire-Winged Monkey.

• Jiang Liu sensed an aura resembling Xuanwu’s within the Sea Turtle’s inheritance and flew into the passage to investigate.
• The Sea Turtle, in its enormous true form, was battered by a Saint Realm opponent whose fighting will far surpassed its defensive aura.
• A Dragon Turtle phantom appeared, and Jiang Liu realized its dragon-and-turtle bloodline could help the Sea Turtle transform.
• Jiang Liu concluded that the Sea Turtle had to pass trials and adapt its bloodline to receive the inheritance, then left it to face the challenge on its own.
• Jiang Liu retreated toward the cave while wondering why the Sky Devouring Cat had gained its inheritance effortlessly and why the Saintly Legend inheritance was meant for the Fire-Winged Monkey.

Jiang Liu discovered a newly appeared passage in the mystic realm and sensed a powerful exotic beast within it. He suspected the beast was in the God Lord Realm and was the one that had driven Zhuge Cheng and Huangfu Hao away, so he stopped before going farther.

• Jiang Liu considered why Zhuge Cheng and Huangfu Hao had been secretive about the Heaven's Mandate Mirror and wondered which passage they had entered before.
• Jiang Liu heard metallic noises from a passage that had not produced any sounds during his earlier investigation and hurried toward it.
• Jiang Liu noticed that the passage was longer than the others and carried an unfamiliar aura, suggesting it might have appeared after he entered the mystic realm.
• Jiang Liu advanced cautiously as the aura grew stronger and raised a pale-blue radiance to protect himself from its erosion.
• Jiang Liu suspected a God Lord Realm exotic beast inside the passage had driven Zhuge Cheng and Huangfu Hao away, then stopped when he realized his exposed Human Race aura might have attracted its attention.

Jiang Liu fled after a God Lord Realm beast attacked him, and he discovered neither the creature nor the secret behind the Mystic Beast Realm. The beast was revealed to be a Sky-Devouring Beast chained and drained to sustain the realm, while Jiang Liu arrived at the Nether Realm boundary to avoid being tracked.

• Jiang Liu sensed a God Lord Realm beast in the passage and decided to retreat rather than confront it.
• The beast lashed at Jiang Liu with its white tongue, but he escaped through spatial traversal.
• The beast’s outburst made the other statues sink into the walls, and the passage disappeared after it failed to find Jiang Liu.
• The creature was revealed as the chained Sky-Devouring Beast, whose power flowed through the law-lit chain to maintain the Mystic Beast Realm.
• Jiang Liu appeared beside the Nether Realm boundary, having chosen to leave the Human Realm and avoid being tracked.

Jiang Liu saw that the Nether Realm had descended into even greater chaos after the Demon God’s disappearance, then returned to the Human Realm, where the turmoil would keep the devil races occupied. Meanwhile, the Nether Demon Lord fought the many factions resisting his rule and devoured their flesh and blood to heal and grow stronger, hoping to reach the Supreme God Realm before his enemies could stop him.

• Jiang Liu reflected on the power vacuum and rising conflicts among the Nether Realm’s devil races and beasts, fueled by the Nether Colossus and the Rì Yuè Honored One.
• Jiang Liu returned to the Human Realm, believing the Nether Realm’s chaos would give humanity time to develop and defend itself.
• The Nether Demon Lord sensed a powerful presence near the Nether Realm’s boundary, but the unsettling feeling soon disappeared without the stranger entering.
• The Nether Demon Lord continued battling the Xing Clan and other opponents while using their flesh and blood to recover from his injuries and strengthen himself.
• The Nether Demon Lord attacked a member of the Chi Clan and drained the victim until only bones remained, pursuing a breakthrough to the Supreme God Realm.

Jiang Liu found that the Exotic Beast Realm had vanished and learned from Nangong Xing that it disappeared as the Exotic Beast Temple passage opened. He waited for the beasts to complete their inheritances, and after several days a faint message reached his Divine Sea.

• Jiang Liu emerged into the desert and found the Exotic Beast Realm replaced by ruins.
• Nangong Xing told Jiang Liu that the realm had vanished about three hours after he entered, shining brightly before expanding outward.
• Jiang Liu concluded that the realm’s disappearance coincided with the Exotic Beast Temple gate opening and suspected the Heaven's Mandate Mirror was at the end of the passage.
• Jiang Liu considered possible links between the Heaven's Mandate Mirror and the Celestial Evolution Record and Celestial Evolution Art, then decided he needed to obtain the mirror.
• Jiang Liu waited for the Fire-Winged Monkey, the Unicorn Divine Ox, and the Sea Turtle to finish receiving their inheritances while Nangong Xing kept the Iron Blood Army away from the ruins.
• After several days of waiting, Jiang Liu received a weak message in his Divine Sea.

Jiang Liu learned that the Sea Turtle had survived the Dragon Turtle's inheritance but remained trapped in the Mystic Beast Realm, and he decided to wait for the Unicorn Divine Ox before attempting a rescue. Meanwhile, Nangong Xing's Iron Blood Army encountered an unseen threat in the desert, and she sought Jiang Liu's help without realizing the surroundings had changed.

• The Sea Turtle told Jiang Liu it had completed the Dragon Turtle's inheritance but could not find a way out of the Mystic Beast Realm.
• Jiang Liu chose to wait for the Unicorn Divine Ox to finish its inheritance and possibly break through the Mystic Beast Realm's defenses before rescuing the Sea Turtle and the Fire-Winged Monkey.
• Nangong Xing led her Iron Blood Army squad north through the desert and grew suspicious when they found neither vegetation nor any exotic beasts.
• Iron Blood Army members screamed that they were under attack, but Nangong Xing found no sign of Cheng Feng or the others when she reached the location.
• Nangong Xing sent a distress message to the Holy Lord, unaware that the desert scenery around her had already changed.

Jiang Liu rescued Nangong Xing and the Iron Blood Army from an illusion created by a blood-qi-draining exotic beast in the desert. After giving the weakened soldiers essence stones to recover, he searched for the injured beast and kept watch over the area.

• Jiang Liu crossed through space to Nangong Xing's distress coordinates but found only empty yellow sand and no trace of the Iron Blood Army.
• Sensing malicious intent, Jiang Liu struck at the illusion with the Godslayer Blade, Phantom Stomp, and Divine Strike, shattering it and revealing Nangong Xing and the soldiers.
• Jiang Liu found the soldiers weakened from losing their Blood-Qi and saw dried corpses and exotic-beast remains nearby.
• Jiang Liu gave Nangong Xing essence stones to distribute so the Iron Blood Army could recover while he searched for the exotic beast.
• Jiang Liu failed to find the injured beast and spread his Divine Sense over the region to guard the soldiers from another attack.

Jiang Liu suspected the Phantom Beast was hiding in the desert for a reason and sent Nangong Xing and the surviving Iron Blood Army soldiers back to Moyun City. As they departed, the Phantom Beast appeared, and Jiang Liu struck at it with the Godslayer Blade.

• Jiang Liu reasoned that the Phantom Beast’s concealment and choice of the barren desert suggested it had a scheme, possibly connected to the Mystic Beast Realm.
• Nangong Xing and the other surviving Iron Blood Army soldiers recovered, and Jiang Liu ordered them to return to Moyun City while the Martial Division took over the region.
• Nangong Xing gathered the bones of the fallen soldiers and led the survivors toward the Mo Province mountain range.
• A white light blocked the Iron Blood Army’s path as they tried to leave, and Jiang Liu attacked it with the Godslayer Blade.
• The Phantom Beast gave a strange cry, and faint, illusory figures began to appear.

Jiang Liu faced the illusion-controlling Exotic Beast while Nangong Xing and the Iron Blood Army escaped. He identified its powers and prepared to counter its renewed attack, leaving the battle poised to continue.

• A blue light and a voice urged Nangong Xing and the Iron Blood Army to flee, and they left at full speed.
• Jiang Liu recognized the Exotic Beast as a Rule Realm creature that wielded the Power of Illusion Rule and realized it had maintained the Mystic Beast Realm.
• The Exotic Beast transformed into a long snake and attacked Jiang Liu with its tongue, while the Power of Space Rule on the tongue let him track it.
• The long snake knocked Jiang Liu backward and pursued him, hoping to devour him and gain enough strength to reach the God Lord Realm.
• Jiang Liu unleashed his aura and the Power of Space Rule, then sent a dazzling pale-blue strike down toward the long snake.

Jiang Liu battled a powerful Phantom Beast whose illusions concealed its true form and injuries. He shattered the illusion and exposed the wounded Toad Beast, which trembled as he raised the Godslayer Blade for another attack.

• Jiang Liu missed the long-serpent Phantom Beast as its illusion misled his strike and concealed the wound he had dealt it.
• Jiang Liu considered how Phantom Beasts inherited Power of Rule and wondered what species his opponent was.
• The Phantom Beast changed the battlefield into a starry illusion and sent a sphere of light and a hidden maw at Jiang Liu.
• Jiang Liu used Divine Strike to shatter the illusions and cut through the Phantom Beast's attack.
• The Phantom Beast revealed itself as a badly wounded Toad Beast with a blade mark on its head, and it trembled as Jiang Liu raised the Godslayer Blade.

Jiang Liu defeated the wounded Toad Beast and learned it could help him obtain a God Lord Realm beast from the Mystic Beast Realm. The toad survived by revealing its secret, but it still secretly hoped to claim the Sky-Devouring Beast’s inheritance for itself.

• Jiang Liu used his battle experience and Phantom Stomp to see through the Toad Beast’s illusion and severely wound it.
• Jiang Liu struck the Toad Beast’s crown with the Godslayer Blade, leaving it unable to resist.
• Jiang Liu realized the toad might know about the Mystic Beast Realm and the Mysterious Aura, so he pressed it for answers.
• The Toad Beast begged Jiang Liu to spare its life and promised to help him obtain a God Lord Realm beast as a tamed beast.
• Jiang Liu put away the Godslayer Blade, while the Toad Beast concealed its desire to obtain the Sky-Devouring Beast’s inheritance and heal its body.

Jiang Liu questioned the Toad Beast about the God Lord Realm beast it claimed it could help him tame and learned that the beast was trapped in the Mystic Beast Realm beneath the desert. He grew angry at the realm’s creator for placing it in the Human Realm, while the Toad Beast secretly decided to continue its plot against the Sky-Devouring Beast and Jiang Liu.

• Jiang Liu kept his Divine Sense on the Toad Beast and asked where the God Lord Realm beast was.
• The Toad Beast said the beast was trapped in the Saintly Grounds, an inheritance secret realm beneath the desert.
• Jiang Liu realized the Saintly Grounds was the Mystic Beast Realm and erupted in anger that its creator had placed it inside the Human Realm.
• The Toad Beast considered abandoning its scheme to stay alive, then chose to pursue the Sky-Devouring Beast’s inheritance and possibly kill Jiang Liu.
• Jiang Liu suppressed his anger, reasoned that the Mystic Beast Realm had remained hidden from most people, and continued questioning the Toad Beast.

Jiang Liu questioned the injured Toad Beast about the Saint Heaven Mystic Realm and learned that it had found the trapped Sky-Devouring Beast, a God Lord-level kindred it hoped to devour. Wary of the Toad Beast’s Beast Trapping Art and its motives, Jiang Liu ordered it to use the art itself, holding the Godslayer Blade over its head.

• Jiang Liu questioned the Toad Beast about the Saint Heaven Mystic Realm while keeping it under his Divine Sense.
• The Toad Beast explained that it had discovered the mystic realm through a Void Storm and found the Sky-Devouring Beast trapped inside.
• Jiang Liu realized that the mystic realm could provide a hidden route into the Human Realm Space, threatening the realm’s fragile defenses.
• The Toad Beast revealed that its Beast Trapping Art could target members of its own kind, but Jiang Liu suspected it might be a trap.
• Jiang Liu decided to test the Beast Trapping Art and ordered the Toad Beast to use it while he held the Godslayer Blade over its head.

Jiang Liu forced the Toad Beast to reveal the danger in its Beast Trapping Art and make it execute the technique itself. The Toad Beast found the entrance to the Saint Heaven Mystic Realm, and the two vanished into it.

• The Toad Beast concealed that the Beast Trapping Art could provoke the Sky-Devouring Beast to attack whoever it saw first, hoping Jiang Liu would take the risk for it.
• Jiang Liu noticed the Toad Beast's aura shift when he ordered it to use the art, then threatened it with the Godslayer Blade until it agreed.
• Jiang Liu asked the Toad Beast how to reenter the Saint Heaven Mystic Realm, and it explained that powerful beasts could sense mystic realms.
• The Toad Beast searched the desert with its Power of Rule Light and performed a ritual that revealed a transparent entrance.
• The entrance expanded and enveloped Jiang Liu and the Toad Beast, making them disappear from the desert.

Jiang Liu followed the Toad Beast into the Saint Heaven Mystic Realm and watched it lure the Sky-Devouring Beast, while the Toad Beast secretly planned to use the beast to kill him. The Sky-Devouring Beast appeared, and the Toad Beast flew toward it with Jiang Liu being pulled along.

• Jiang Liu entered a pitch-black passage with the Toad Beast and noticed that its walls lacked the statues he had seen before.
• The Toad Beast channeled the Power of Rule to lure the Sky-Devouring Beast, hoping to trap it with the Beast Trapping Art and use it against Jiang Liu.
• Jiang Liu considered the Toad Beast’s belief that humans would die in the realm and recalled that Huangfu Hao and Zhuge Cheng had survived their visits.
• The Toad Beast recovered some of its injuries under the Power of Illusion Rule as knocking sounds and the Sky-Devouring Beast’s aura emerged from another passage.
• Jiang Liu sensed the Sea Turtle nearby and told it to stay put; the Sea Turtle’s aura then fell silent.
• The Toad Beast flew toward the knocking sounds, and a ribbon of light pulled Jiang Liu after it.

Jiang Liu followed the Toad Beast into the passage where the Sky-Devouring Beast was trapped, but realized the beast’s illusions had deceived the Toad Beast and weakened its supposed suppression. After recovering from the illusion, the Toad Beast used Jiang Liu as bait and dragged him deeper into the passage to pursue its plan to devour the Sky-Devouring Beast.

• Jiang Liu entered the white-mist passage with the Toad Beast, then stopped when he sensed danger and cut through the light ribbon pulling him forward.
• Jiang Liu realized the Sky-Devouring Beast had trapped the Toad Beast in an illusion, while the sounds from deeper in the passage suggested the beast was using its restraints to enhance its power.
• Jiang Liu prepared to fight but decided to retreat if his attack failed, since he could still escape through spatial traversal.
• The Toad Beast recovered from the illusion, wrapped Jiang Liu in a ribbon of light, and dragged him toward the passage’s depths as bait for the Sky-Devouring Beast.

Jiang Liu tried to use the Toad Beast’s attack on the Sky-Devouring Beast to approach it, but discovered the beast had deceived them both and swallowed the Toad Beast. As Jiang Liu fought the Sky-Devouring Beast’s suction and the passage’s suppression, he found a trace of Space Rule power inside it and moved to detonate it so he could subdue the beast.

• Jiang Liu concealed himself behind a clone while the Toad Beast, still trapped in an illusion, charged toward the Sky-Devouring Beast.
• The Sky-Devouring Beast opened its enormous maw, swallowed the Toad Beast, and pulled Jiang Liu toward it with powerful suction.
• Jiang Liu realized the Toad Beast had never awakened and decided he needed to subdue the Sky-Devouring Beast and destroy the secret realm to protect the Human Realm Space.
• Jiang Liu struggled against the suction and suppression while considering whether his Spirit Control Art could overcome the Sky-Devouring Beast’s powerful spirit.
• Jiang Liu noticed a trace of Space Rule power obstructing the Sky-Devouring Beast’s attack and sent his own Space Rule power toward it to detonate it.

Jiang Liu weakened the Sky-Devouring Beast and used the Spirit Control Art to subdue it. As the beast shrank and the passage reopened, a series of booms signaled that the Mystic Beast Realm was about to collapse.

• The Sky-Devouring Beast struck Jiang Liu and pulled him back into the sealed passage.
• The spatial chain flared, and Jiang Liu learned that the Fire-Winged Monkey and Unicorn Divine Ox had completed their inheritances.
• The chain and the Toad Beast's Beast Trapping Art weakened the Sky-Devouring Beast until its aura no longer threatened Jiang Liu.
• Jiang Liu sent the Spirit Control Art into the Sky-Devouring Beast's sea of consciousness and stamped its miniature form with the imprint.
• The Sky-Devouring Beast shrank, the passage opened, and tremors indicated that the Mystic Beast Realm was collapsing.