Chapter Summaries

Tang Yuan, Lu Feng, and their companions arrived at Iron Halberd Tower for the beast-taming contest, where Qi Xiaoren confronted them before leaving in disgrace. Inside, Lu Feng examined the tower’s array-powered beast enclosures and noticed Jin Peipei appeared to be studying the grand array rather than choosing a beast.

• Xue Zier explained that the contestants had to choose untamed beasts from Iron Halberd Tower and described the different factions’ beast-controlling methods.
• Tang Yuan and the others reached the tower, where Xiao Jiao'er and Jin Peipei had waited for them; Qi Xiaoren emerged and offered Xiao Jiao'er a beast, but she rejected him and used Tang Yuan as a shield.
• Qi Xiaoren recognized Lu Feng, accused him of trespassing, and left after Lu Feng’s intimidating aura and Xiao Jiao'er's warning stopped him from escalating the confrontation.
• The group entered Iron Halberd Tower, and Lu Feng discovered that its crystal spheres were Living Spirit Spaces connected to a vast Spirit Communication Life Source Grand Array.
• Xiao Jiao'er explained that the contest would proceed from beast taming to beast control, while Lu Feng noticed that Jin Peipei’s route seemed to follow the grand array’s main vein.

Tang Yuan and Jin Peipei searched the Iron Halberd Tower for beasts to tame, then decided to inspect the dangerous third floor. White Eagle directed Tang Yuan to a beast captured by his mother, and Lu Feng urged him to choose it after seeing what was imprisoned there.

• Xiao Jiao'er warned Tang Yuan to choose a beast strong enough to face Qi Xiaoren's Thunder Flame Fire Lion and explained her resentment toward Qi Xiaoren's plans to marry her.
• Tang Yuan considered an Evil Eye Magic Vulture, but Jin Peipei judged that its proud bearing meant it would resist taming and possibly fight to the death.
• Jin Peipei asked to visit the third floor, and Tang Yuan decided to look there for a Heaven Soul Realm beast rather than settle for an Earth Grade one.
• Xiao Jiao'er persuaded White Eagle to let the group enter the third floor, and White Eagle directed Tang Yuan to the seventh eastern compartment, where his mother had captured a beast.
• Lu Feng saw the beast in the seventh compartment and told Tang Yuan to choose it.

Tang Yuan chose the ferocious Grand Yama Demon Lion as his taming target despite its sealed strength and dangerous temperament, while Jin Peipei selected a powerful Ancient Bristle Mastiff Bear. As the Beast Taming competition approached, Lu Feng took Jiang Ruoyun aside to address her discomfort over Xue Zier’s offer to acknowledge him as her master.

• White Eagle explained that Lin Jin'er had captured the Grand Yama Demon Lion, but it had become frenzied after returning from Sword Ruins and could no longer recover its full strength.
• Tang Yuan chose the Grand Yama Demon Lion, determined not to treat it as a useless beast, and its ferocious aura quieted in response to his feelings.
• Jin Peipei chose an Ancient Bristle Mastiff Bear near the Heaven Soul Realm Late Stage and confidently promised Xiao Jiao'er she would win first place.
• Xue Zier returned to Purple Cloud Mountain's Beast Taming grounds and told Lu Feng that her master wanted to meet him about acknowledging him as a master.
• Lu Feng led Jiang Ruoyun away to clear the misunderstanding, while she remained uneasy about Xue Zier's forward manner and wanted to hear what her master intended.

Lu Feng promised to destroy the Limitless Sect to protect Xue Zier, who accepted a three-month deadline from her master. At Tang Yuan’s failed attempt to tame the Grand Yama Demon Lion, the beast unexpectedly lowered its posture as soon as Lu Feng entered the field.

• Lu Feng refused to take Xue Zier as his servant but vowed to destroy the Limitless Sect, and her master gave him three months to do so.
• Xue Zier accepted the deadline and said she believed in Lu Feng, who resolved to find a way to protect her with his own strength.
• A roar from Tang Yuan’s beast-taming grounds interrupted Lu Feng’s thoughts, and he joined Xue Zier’s group to investigate.
• Qi Xiaoren mocked Tang Yuan’s attempt to tame the Grand Yama Demon Lion, disrupting Tang Yuan’s use of the Heavenly Decree Eight Sounds and provoking the beast.
• Lu Feng stepped onto the field, and the Grand Yama Demon Lion lowered its posture before he even spoke, leaving the onlookers astonished.

Lu Feng and Tang Yuan struggled to tame the Grand Yama Demon Lion until its inexplicable shifts in temperament let Lu Feng uncover a violent aura inside it and Tang Yuan gain its obedience. They learned Jin Peipei had raised her Ancient Bristle Mastiff Bear to the Heaven Soul Realm Late Stage, while Qi Xiaoren reacted with jealousy when he saw Tang Yuan command the lion.

• The Grand Yama Demon Lion turned aggressive when Tang Yuan used the Heavenly Decree Eight Sounds, and Lu Feng and Tang Yuan failed to tame it with the method.
• As Lu Feng prepared to use the Pao Xi Dragon Control Art, the lion suddenly became docile, allowing him to strike its meridians and sense a scorching, violent aura within it.
• Tang Yuan took over training the obedient lion while Qiu Shuang and Chun Xue went to investigate a distant roar.
• Qiu Shuang and Chun Xue reported that Jin Peipei had tamed the Ancient Bristle Mastiff Bear and raised it to the Heaven Soul Realm Late Stage.
• Qi Xiaoren returned, saw Tang Yuan commanding the Grand Yama Demon Lion, and seethed with jealousy over his own failure to tame it.

Lu Feng’s unexplained soul power appeared to subdue the Grand Yama Demon Lion, while the Valley Masters speculated about his connection to Old Hu and a possible clan blood feud. At Beast Valley’s contest, the lion drew attention with its new black mane, and Lu Feng avoided questions about his formation skills as Ru Jijie and Miao Qiuyun approached him.

• Xiao Jiao'er taunted Qi Xiaoren about Tang Yuan taming the Grand Yama Demon Lion, and Qi Xiaoren insisted his beast-controlling ability could overcome it.
• Lu Feng told Xiao Jiao'er that his Aura Observation and Spirit Detection seemed to frighten the lion, and she could not recall a related beast-taming method.
• The First and Second Valley Masters wondered whether Lu Feng came from Old Hu’s clan and might be connected to Old Hu’s blood feud.
• At the Beast Fighting Arena, the Black Scorpion Gate withdrew after a fierce beast killed its elder, while the newly obedient Grand Yama Demon Lion attracted attention with a ring of black mane.
• Ru Jijie explained that Xia Yiyun had stayed behind to cultivate, and Jiang Ruoyun reacted jealously when she heard about Lu Feng’s promise to her.
• Miao Qiuyun asked Lu Feng for formation guidance, but he denied being skilled in formations, leaving Ru Jijie unable to ask about the lion’s apparent formation fluctuations.

Shen Tu Jiangshan began the beast-taming contest, pairing Tang Yuan against Qi Xiaoren and sending three factions to face Jin Peipei’s Ancient Bristle Mastiff Bear. The battles started, while Lu Feng watched the beast-taming techniques on display and kept the Iron-Masked Man from the Six Harmonies Sect in mind.

• Qiu Shuang and Chun Xue noticed that Lu Feng’s mannerisms resembled someone from their past and resolved to investigate after the contest.
• Shen Tu Jiangshan divided the arena and called the Grand Yama Demon Lion and Ancient Bristle Mastiff Bear forward, then warned Lu Feng and Tang Yuan to watch the Iron-Masked Man from the Six Harmonies Sect.
• Shen Tu Jiangshan told Tang Yuan to choose three Battle Beasts, and Tang Yuan accepted Qi Xiaoren’s challenge to face his Thunder Flame Fire Lion first.
• Shen Tu Jiangshan sent Purple Cloud Mountain, Azure Cloud Stream, and Phantom Sound Valley to fight Jin Peipei’s Ancient Bristle Mastiff Bear together.
• Tang Yuan requested that the Grand Yama Demon Lion face the Ancient Bristle Mastiff Bear in a third battle if he lasted that long, and Shen Tu Jiangshan agreed.
• Tang Yuan’s Grand Yama Demon Lion began fighting Qi Xiaoren’s Thunder Flame Fire Lion as the three factions’ Battle Beasts faced Jin Peipei’s Ancient Bristle Mastiff Bear, and Lu Feng studied their taming methods.

Jin Peipei’s Ancient Bristle Mastiff Bear swiftly defeated the three allied beasts, while Tang Yuan’s Grand Yama Demon Lion continued to dominate Qi Xiaoren’s Thunder Flame Fire Lion. Qi Xiaoren then poured Origin Essence into the losing beast, unleashing a surge of power that made Tang Yuan wary and drew disgusted looks from the spectators.

• Jin Peipei’s Ancient Bristle Mastiff Bear evaded the coordinated attacks of the Dark Night Wolf King and Heavenly Swamp Great Evil Python, then suppressed all three opposing beasts with its overwhelming pressure.
• Lu Feng recognized Jin Peipei’s seamless coordination with her beast and worried about Tang Yuan, whose Grand Yama Demon Lion still held the advantage over Qi Xiaoren’s Thunder Flame Fire Lion.
• Tang Yuan’s Grand Yama Demon Lion sent the Thunder Flame Fire Lion flying, leaving Qi Xiaoren’s supporters with little hope of victory.
• Qi Xiaoren poured Origin Essence into the Thunder Flame Fire Lion’s beast core and ordered it to rise, causing its aura to surge toward the Second Stage of the Heaven Soul Realm.
• The Thunder Flame Fire Lion surrounded itself with deep blue lightning flame, making Tang Yuan wary and drawing disgusted looks from Shen Tu Jiangshan and the other Beast Valley Disciples.

Qi Xiaoren used the Bloodthirsty Bone-Corroding Curse to drive the Thunder Flame Fire Lion into a deadly assault against Tang Yuan’s Grand Yama Demon Lion, which absorbed and returned its thunder fire. As Qi Xiaoren pushed his beast toward a final attack, Lu Feng tried to stop it with killing intent, but the Thunder Flame Fire Lion was not intimidated.

• The spectators condemned Qi Xiaoren for using the forbidden Bloodthirsty Bone-Corroding Curse on the Thunder Flame Fire Lion, while he planned to turn their scorn into praise by winning.
• Qi Xiaoren sent the enhanced Thunder Flame Fire Lion charging at Tang Yuan’s Grand Yama Demon Lion, which swallowed its fire waves and blasted them back with a roar.
• Jin Peipei realized the Grand Yama Demon Lion was using power from a Nether Phoenix Dark Sparrow it had devoured to refine its body during the fight.
• Qi Xiaoren poured a second stream of Origin Essence into the Thunder Flame Fire Lion’s beast core and ordered it to attack despite the beast’s suffering.
• The Thunder Flame Fire Lion reached near the fourth level of the Heaven Soul Realm and charged at Tang Yuan, but Lu Feng’s killing intent only scattered some of its thunder flames and failed to stop it.

Tang Yuan and Grand Yama Demon Lion demonstrated Spirit Observation Realm coordination, overwhelming Qi Xiaoren’s Thunder Flame Fire Lion. Qi Xiaoren then brought the Iron-Masked Man and Blue Armor Centipede into the arena, leaving Tang Yuan disturbed by the man’s hostile aura.

• Tang Yuan had Grand Yama Demon Lion slow its attacks and wear down Thunder Flame Fire Lion.
• The disciples discussed the stages of Beast Tamer and Battle Beast rapport, and recognized Tang Yuan’s bond with Grand Yama Demon Lion as Spirit Observation Realm.
• Realizing Thunder Flame Fire Lion could not win, Qi Xiaoren called on Six Harmonies Sect’s Iron-Masked Man to enter the arena.
• Qi Xiaoren drained Thunder Flame Fire Lion’s remaining innate thunder flame and gave it to Blue Armor Centipede, strengthening its resistance to Grand Yama Demon Lion’s fire.
• Tang Yuan sensed a deeply unpleasant, hostile aura from the Iron-Masked Man and felt a sudden urge to kill him.

Tang Yuan and Lu Feng faced the Iron-Masked Man’s enhanced Blue Armor Centipede, which used a feigned opening to launch a surprise attack on Tang Yuan. The centipede withdrew after the Grand Yama Demon Lion wounded it, leaving Lu Feng and Tang Yuan suspecting the Iron-Masked Man had targeted Tang Yuan from the start.

• Qi Xiaoren was expelled from the arena after the Thunder Flame Fire Lion died, and Shen Tu Jiangshan ordered him to accept punishment.
• The Blue Armor Centipede matched the Grand Yama Demon Lion despite its lower cultivation, and Lu Feng detected an abnormal, pill-like aura boosting its strength.
• The centipede exposed its weak underside as bait, then attacked Lu Feng and Tang Yuan; Tang Yuan survived its strike when his Nine Revolutions Undying Art activated.
• The Grand Yama Demon Lion tore through the centipede’s armor with its transformed black-mist flame, and the Iron-Masked Man withdrew it from the match.
• Qi Xiaoren urged the Iron-Masked Man to keep fighting, while Tang Yuan treated his wound and he and Lu Feng suspected the opponent had planned to attack him.

Tang Yuan’s Grand Yama Demon Lion faced Jin Peipei’s Ancient Bristle Mastiff Bear in the final Beast Fighting Arena match, revealing its Celestial Phenomenon technique and Yama Demon Fire. Meanwhile, Tang Xuan recognized the Iron-Masked Man as one of the people responsible for Lin Jin'er’s death but stayed with Tang Yuan rather than pursue him.

• Tang Xuan recognized the departing Iron-Masked Man as a former attacker of Lin Jin'er, then stayed beside Tang Yuan after Hong Cang Zhenren stopped him from searching.
• Shen Tu Jiangshan offered Tang Yuan time to rest, but Tang Yuan chose to begin the final battle after sensing the Grand Yama Demon Lion’s eagerness to fight.
• Jin Peipei privately offered Lu Feng the chance to have the Ancient Bristle Mastiff Bear reveal an opening, but Lu Feng rejected the offer and urged her not to underestimate the match.
• The Grand Yama Demon Lion formed a giant beast shadow to meet the Ancient Bristle Mastiff Bear’s attack, displaying its Celestial Phenomenon technique.
• Tang Yuan fed the Grand Yama Demon Lion Fire Essence Qi, and its beast shadow became wreathed in the cold, sinister flames known as Yama Demon Fire.

Tang Yuan’s Grand Yama Demon Lion fought Jin Peipei’s Ancient Bristle Mastiff Bear with black flames and speed, but the bear’s fire resistance and Gravity Suppression turned the fight against it. As the lion’s Demonic Nature began to surge, Lu Feng resolved to release the formation restraining it.

• Tang Yuan used the Grand Yama Demon Lion’s black flames and guerrilla tactics to strike the Ancient Bristle Mastiff Bear, but the bear shook the flames off without harm.
• Lu Feng identified the bear’s Fire Bathing Trait as the reason it resisted the lion’s black flames, and Tang Yuan tried attacking from different angles until the lion’s flames weakened.
• Jin Peipei ordered the Ancient Bristle Mastiff Bear to counterattack, and it used Gravity Suppression to slow the Grand Yama Demon Lion and pin it down.
• Ru Jijie suspected that a powerful force in the lion’s black mane was sealed by a formation, while Shen Tu Jiangshan prepared to stop the match.
• The Grand Yama Demon Lion roared as its Demonic Nature surged, and Lu Feng decided to release the formation restraining it.

Lu Feng unsealed the Binding Ring Heart Cleansing Array inside the Grand Yama Demon Lion, allowing it to overwhelm Jin Peipei’s Ancient Bristle Mastiff Bear with Yama Black Flame and secure Tang Yuan’s victory. As Shen Tu Jiangshan declared the contest over, Qi Xiaoren objected that Tang Yuan had used an evil array to enhance the lion.

• Lu Feng unsealed the Binding Ring Heart Cleansing Array within the Grand Yama Demon Lion, and its black flames broke through the Ancient Bristle Mastiff Bear’s pressure.
• The Grand Yama Demon Lion attacked the Ancient Bristle Mastiff Bear, while Shen Tu Jiangshan reinforced the arena’s defensive array against the scattered flames.
• Ru Jijie recognized the Binding Ring Heart Cleansing Array, and Miao Qiuyun questioned how an array known for draining beasts could enhance the lion.
• A wisp of Yama Black Flame scorched the Ancient Bristle Mastiff Bear, which fled to Jin Peipei, ending its will to fight.
• Lu Feng resealed the Grand Yama Demon Lion, and Shen Tu Jiangshan declared Tang Yuan the winner.
• Qi Xiaoren protested that Tang Yuan’s beast-taming method was improper because he had enhanced the lion with the evil Binding Ring Heart Cleansing Array.

Tang Yuan and Lu Feng refuted Qi Xiaoren’s accusation that the Grand Yama Demon Lion’s Binding Ring Heart Cleansing Array was evil, and Ru Jijie confirmed that the improved array helped the beast manage its power. After Qi Xiaoren’s further challenge failed, the crowd pressed the sect to reveal the rare beast they had come to see.

• Qi Xiaoren accused Tang Yuan of using an evil array, but Lu Feng explained that the array had been improved to help the Grand Yama Demon Lion control its released power.
• Ru Jijie examined the Grand Yama Demon Lion and praised the array as a remarkable cultivation aid, leaving Qi Xiaoren unable to sustain his accusation.
• Tang Yuan explained that the Grand Yama Demon Lion was exhausted because its body and spiritual energy had not adapted to its suppressed power being released.
• Tang Yuan mocked Qi Xiaoren over his mistreatment of the Grand Yama Demon Lion, and Qi Xiaoren reacted with panic and anger.
• Tang Yuan considered how the Grand Yama Demon Lion’s past connection to his mother and his own Source Aura might have helped it trust him.
• The elder leading the Black Scorpion Gate demanded that the sect reveal the rare and exotic beast for the visiting spectators to observe.

Shen Tu Jiangshan revealed that Beast Valley had invited the factions to find a way to draw a holy-aura creature from a sealed crimson Hand-Held Furnace. After every participant failed, Lu Feng tried his own approach, and the vessel suddenly reacted just as he was about to leave.

• Shen Tu Jiangshan explained that the Hand-Held Furnace had fallen near a sealed site with a Heaven Stone and that the Ji Family Outer Clan had found a living beast aura inside it.
• Tang Yuan tried opening the furnace and probing it with aura and sound, but could not reach the creature within.
• Jin Peipei and representatives of other factions tried spiritual energy, smoke, formations, and sound without success.
• The Black Scorpion Gate elder briefly used Poison Mist, then abruptly declared that he was giving up.
• Lu Feng examined the furnace with his Evil-Dispelling Spirit Eyes, sent in soul power, and imitated Tang Yuan's sounds before a startling change erupted.

Foreign enemies attacked Beast Valley as the Iron Halberd Tower collapsed and released a ferocious beast horde. The Hand-Held Furnace revealed a radiant creature called Cheng Huang, which fled after approaching Lu Feng, and Lu Feng prepared to use an ancient formation disk to contain the beast tide.

• A White Eagle crashed toward the Iron Halberd Tower, where White Eagle Elder was killed, and the tower collapsed, releasing countless ferocious beasts.
• Shen Tu Jiangshan ordered the defenders to hold the line as foreign enemies attacked, and the two Valley Masters divided their forces between the beast tide and the invading soul masters.
• A Black Scorpion Gate elder stole the Hand-Held Furnace, but it blasted him into blood mist and released a dazzling light that briefly halted the beasts.
• A Little Cat Fox emerged from the furnace and raced toward Lu Feng, who sensed its name was Cheng Huang, but the Iron-Masked Man's attack sent it fleeing.
• The Iron-Masked Man seized the furnace and escaped, while Lu Feng surveyed the battlefield and took an ancient formation disk from the Kirin Ring.

Lu Feng activated Bai Ju’s Four Phases Source Array to restrain the battlefield, then explained how Jiang Ruoyun’s whip could guide trapped creatures toward its central opening. The group prepared to capture the ferocious beasts first, while the women watching Jiang Ruoyun reacted to her transformation into a commanding fighter.

• Lu Feng used the array disk Bai Ju had given him to deploy the Four Phases Source Array with Hong Cang Zhenren’s help, immobilizing beasts and people across the battlefield.
• Several Beast Valley elders rushed into the array to capture beasts but were suppressed, and Lu Feng warned that the array affected everyone inside it.
• Lu Feng explained that those trapped would circle toward the Source Opening after exhausting themselves, and that he could use Jiang Ruoyun’s Dragon Play Whip to direct them.
• Shen Tu Jiangshan sent Lu Feng a Storage Ring containing more than a hundred Seepage Jars and urged him to capture the ferocious beasts first.
• Jiang Ruoyun tied her hair back, took up her whip, and prepared to lash it into the array as Jin Peipei, Qiu Shuang, and Xiao Jiao'er watched her.

Lu Feng and Jiang Ruoyun used the Four Phases Source Array and her Dragon Play Whip to capture the vicious beasts trapped inside it. After the array was dismissed, an extraordinary Azure Crow Six-Headed Flood Dragon revealed itself, forcing Shen Tu Jiangshan and the Old Valley Master to confront it.

• Jiang Ruoyun lashed beasts from outside the array, and Lu Feng guided the wind phase to push them through the Source Opening for Tang Yuan to seal in Seepage Jars.
• Lu Feng coordinated with Jiang Ruoyun as she unleashed the Dragon Play Whip's fierce force to reach beasts deep within the array.
• Jiang Ruoyun's whip shattered while she dealt with the last beasts, and Lu Feng and Hong Cang Zhenren withdrew their aura to dismiss the array safely.
• Shen Tu Jiangshan ordered the injured to withdraw and joined the Old Valley Master against the final beast, whose strength continued to rise.
• Hong Cang Zhenren recognized the enormous horned python as an Azure Crow Six-Headed Flood Dragon.

The Old Valley Master sacrificed his life to restore the Azure Crow Six-Headed Flood Dragon’s chance to advance, saving Beast Valley but leaving Xiao Jiao'er grieving. After Shen Tu Jiangshan promised Lu Feng a favor, Lu Feng asked to exchange it for a Charred Wooden Lump, and Shen Tu Jiangshan warned him not to regret the choice.

• Hong Cang Zhenren explained that the Old Valley Master had hidden the Azure Crow Six-Headed Flood Dragon’s condition to protect Beast Valley, while Tang Yuan and Lu Feng suspected the thieves had come to cause chaos and steal the Strange Rare Beast.
• Ru Jijie's group returned without capturing the Iron-Masked Man, and she reported that his accomplices had helped him escape while the Hand-Held Furnace remained stolen.
• After the Second Valley Master returned from the failed pursuit, the Old Valley Master's lifeless body fell from the clouds, and Shen Tu Jiangshan and the Azure Crow Six-Headed Flood Dragon descended unharmed.
• Shen Tu Jiangshan revealed that the Old Valley Master had sacrificed his cultivation to suppress Azure Crow's ferocity and give it a chance to break through, and he told Xiao Jiao'er to treat the beast with respect.
• Shen Tu Jiangshan offered Lu Feng a favor in return for helping Beast Valley, but Lu Feng asked for the Charred Wooden Lump instead and returned Shen Tu Jiangshan's Storage Ring.