Chapter Summaries

Saint Lord Taichu questioned Long Fei about the Dragon King's final instructions and the treasures he had left behind, while Long Fei grappled with Crown Prince Long Ying Tian's betrayal. As the little dragon beasts tried to flee, Saint Lord Taichu threatened Long Fei, leaving his fate uncertain.

• Saint Lord Taichu broke Long Fei's hand and challenged him to find someone in the Divine Dragon Cave who could match his strength.
• Saint Lord Taichu asked Long Fei what the Dragon King had instructed him to do before he died.
• Long Fei recalled that the Dragon King had told him to support Crown Prince Long Ying Tian, who had instead surrendered to Saint Lord Taichu and rejected his father.
• Saint Lord Taichu asked where Long Fei had hidden the Dragon King's treasures, but Long Fei denied receiving anything except the instruction about the Crown Prince.
• The little dragon beasts attempted to flee as Saint Lord Taichu threatened to send Long Fei to the afterlife if he would not confess.

Saint Lord Taichu tortured Long Fei to force him to reveal the treasure the Dragon King had given him, while Long Fei hid the Moon Pearls and the little dragon beasts lost faith in him. The chapter ended with Saint Lord Taichu insisting that Long Fei was concealing a treasure and threatening to keep torturing him.

• The little dragon beasts confronted Long Fei for submitting to Saint Lord Taichu, and Long Fei dismissed them as ignorant children.
• Saint Lord Taichu broke Long Fei's fingers and peeled back his fingernails to punish him for refusing to talk.
• Saint Lord Taichu offered to spare Long Fei if he revealed what the Dragon King had given him, but Long Fei gambled that his secret would remain hidden.
• Long Fei concealed that the Dragon King had given him rare Moon Pearls, which could sustain Origin Energy and strengthen their owner.
• Saint Lord Taichu accused Long Fei of hiding a fine treasure and threatened to continue the torture.

Saint Lord Taichu took Long Fei’s Night Pearl, despite Long Fei’s protests, and tried to consume a second one to complete the pair. A Little Dragon Beast intervened and broke the pearl, leaving Saint Lord Taichu furious and threatening the beasts.

• Saint Lord Taichu intimidated Long Fei into handing over the Night Pearl, which he found comfortable to consume.
• Long Fei explained that the Night Pearl had been entrusted to him by the Holy Lord as a reward for helping the Crown Prince, but Saint Lord Taichu refused to return it.
• The Little Dragon Beasts urged Long Fei to fight back, though he did not trust them to protect him.
• As Saint Lord Taichu prepared to eat the second Night Pearl, a Little Dragon Beast knocked over the pig and broke the pearl to return it to its Father King.
• Saint Lord Taichu angrily demanded that the Little Dragon Beasts restore the shattered pearl and threatened them when they dismissed his words.

Saint Lord Taichu tortured Long Fei to force him to reveal whether he had hidden more Night Pearls. Long Fei kept denying it, and Saint Lord Taichu continued stabbing him, leaving his fate uncertain.

• Saint Lord Taichu threatened to pull out Long Fei’s teeth unless he revealed where he had hidden more Night Pearls.
• Long Fei pleaded with Saint Lord Taichu and argued that humans and the Dragon Clan shared the same roots, but Saint Lord Taichu rejected his claim.
• Long Fei insisted he had already handed over all his Night Pearls, so Saint Lord Taichu stabbed his throat and blocked his airway.
• Saint Lord Taichu warned that Long Fei was losing blood and gave him another chance to confess.
• Long Fei continued to resist, and Saint Lord Taichu stabbed him repeatedly with another dagger.

Saint Lord Taichu lost patience with the dragon beasts and ordered the White Tiger Legion to slaughter the Divine Dragon Clan members. After the massacre, he let the White Tigers take the treasures they found.

• Long Fei handed Saint Lord Taichu his last Night Pearl, but the Little Dragon Beast knocked it away and smashed it.
• Saint Lord Taichu angrily slammed the Little Dragon Beast into the ground, then beat other dragon beasts and ordered the White Tiger Legion to kill them.
• The White Tiger Clan charged in and slaughtered every Divine Dragon Clan member at the scene.
• Saint Lord Taichu told the White Tigers to take whatever treasures they found, and they quickly began collecting them.

Saint Lord Taichu and the White Tiger King decided to exterminate the remaining Divine Dragon Clan members in Divine Dragon Cave. As the White Tiger King discussed using the dragon beast corpses for food and pills, he recalled seeing his former wife, who had betrayed him.

• The White Tiger King knelt before Saint Lord Taichu and thanked him for helping the White Tiger Clan defeat the Divine Dragon Clan.
• Saint Lord Taichu ordered the White Tiger King to kill every remaining dragon beast in Divine Dragon Cave.
• The White Tiger King agreed to wipe out the Divine Dragon Clan and suggested using the corpses to make soup or medicinal pills.
• Saint Lord Taichu objected to processing the dragon beasts while they were alive and insisted they should be killed first.
• The White Tiger King remembered his former wife, who had once been devoted to him but later betrayed him.

Saint Lord Taichu oversaw the White Tiger King’s response to his wife’s infidelity and ordered the Dragon Clan wiped out. After warning the White Tiger King to obey him without question, he returned to Phoenix Mountain, where his exhausted disciples gathered around him.

• The White Tiger King’s wife pleaded for mercy, but Saint Lord Taichu left the marital dispute to him and told him not to neglect his duties.
• After the morning’s cleanup, Saint Lord Taichu confirmed that every member of the Dragon Clan had been killed.
• Saint Lord Taichu warned the White Tiger King that he hated deception and ordered him to follow instructions or face the deaths of his people.
• Saint Lord Taichu returned to his residence on Phoenix Mountain and found a large group of exhausted disciples waiting around him.

Saint Lord Taichu returned to Phoenix Mountain and learned that Young Lady Yun He of Nine Heavens Above had attacked and injured his disciples while demanding a duel. He struck her after she approached him, and the destruction of his energy-gathering stone lion left him furious.

• Saint Lord Taichu scolded his disciples for losing to Nine Heavens Above and heard that Young Lady Yun He had beaten them and challenged him.
• Young Lady Yun He arrived and explained that she had fought the disciples because she wanted to test her abilities and attract Saint Lord Taichu's attention.
• Saint Lord Taichu rebuked Young Lady Yun He for breaking the rules, then invited her inside for tea.
• Young Lady Yun He lowered her guard as she approached, and Saint Lord Taichu punched her, sending her flying nearly three thousand meters.
• Saint Lord Taichu saw that the stone lion at Phoenix Mountain's entrance had been smashed, while Young Lady Yun He realized she had no grounds to complain about his attack.

Saint Lord Taichu defeated Young Lady Yun He and challenged Taiyi Zhenren to come to Phoenix Mountain at midnight. In Nine Heavens Above, Taiyi Zhenren revealed he was too injured to fight, while True Lord Ruyi mocked him and urged him to face the challenge.

• Young Lady Yun He complained that Saint Lord Taichu had beaten her too harshly, and he told her to ask permission before challenging him again.
• Saint Lord Taichu declared Young Lady Yun He unqualified to fight him and challenged Taiyi Zhenren to meet him at Phoenix Mountain at midnight.
• Young Lady Yun He said she would accompany Taiyi Zhenren if he accepted the challenge, then left to report back.
• Taiyi Zhenren smashed his wine cup when he heard about the challenge and said his overdrawn body needed two or three hundred years to recover.
• True Lord Ruyi urged Taiyi Zhenren to face the challenge and mocked his lack of progress, believing his own authority rivaled Taiyi Zhenren's.

Taiyi Zhenren slapped True Lord Ruyi, who urged him to stop showing weakness and fight back against their enemies. Meanwhile, Saint Lord Taichu arrived at Nine Heavens Above seeking a fight with Taiyi Zhenren, but Young Lady Yun He tried to keep him away while Taiyi Zhenren recuperated.

• Taiyi Zhenren slapped True Lord Ruyi, then defended his push for Nine Heavens Above to prove its strength against its critics and the demons.
• Saint Lord Taichu arrived at Nine Heavens Above with his Disciples and gave True Lord Zi Xiao a precious flute to present to Taiyi Zhenren.
• Saint Lord Taichu asked Young Lady Yun He to summon Taiyi Zhenren so they could fight.
• Young Lady Yun He said Taiyi Zhenren was recuperating and refused to let Saint Lord Taichu enter, while he dismissed her authority and demanded to speak to Taiyi Zhenren.

Saint Lord Taichu confronted Taiyi Zhenren at Nine Heavens Above over Young Lady Yun He's destruction of his stone lion, while pressing Taiyi Zhenren to fight despite his secluded cultivation. Taiyi Zhenren shielded True Lord Jiuyang from Saint Lord Taichu's fireball and accused him of being ruthless.

• Taiyi Zhenren asked Saint Lord Taichu not to blame Young Lady Yun He, but Saint Lord Taichu demanded an apology for his broken stone lion.
• True Lord Zi Xiao stopped Young Lady Yun He from apologizing and said the Phoenix Mountain party had not come to demand compensation.
• Saint Lord Taichu challenged Taiyi Zhenren, who offered to pay for the stone lion rather than fight while his true energy could not be mobilized.
• True Lord Jiuyang defended Taiyi Zhenren and asked Saint Lord Taichu to leave, reminding him of the divine pill she had given him.
• Saint Lord Taichu launched a fireball at True Lord Jiuyang, and Taiyi Zhenren blocked it before accusing Saint Lord Taichu of nearly killing his wife.

Taiyi Zhenren confronted Saint Lord Taichu, who had struck him, and revealed that he had mastered the Diamond Shield during secluded cultivation. After their shields clashed and the disciples argued over Taiyi Zhenren’s condition, he ordered them to evacuate Nine Heavens Above’s elderly and children before the fight continued.

• Saint Lord Taichu struck Taiyi Zhenren and mocked his long-winded speech.
• Taiyi Zhenren activated his Diamond Shield and warned Saint Lord Taichu that he would send him to the Western Paradise.
• Taiyi Zhenren hurled the Diamond Shield at Saint Lord Taichu, who blocked it with his Purple Gold Shield but was blasted several meters away.
• Taiyi Zhenren’s disciples argued over whether his unstable condition and severe Origin Energy loss made him vulnerable.
• Taiyi Zhenren ordered his disciples to silence themselves and evacuate Nine Heavens Above’s elderly and children.

Taiyi Zhenren shattered his dantian to unleash his Origin Energy and challenge Saint Lord Taichu to a fight to the death. Saint Lord Taichu revealed that he had already taken control of Taiyi Zhenren’s dantian, leaving Taiyi Zhenren and his disciples stunned.

• Taiyi Zhenren ranted about his hardships and claimed his attacks had badly beaten Saint Lord Taichu.
• True Lord Jiuyang urged Taiyi Zhenren to stop fighting, then left with her daughter and son.
• Taiyi Zhenren shattered his dantian to release all his Origin Energy and declared he would fight Saint Lord Taichu to the death.
• Saint Lord Taichu sealed the Origin Energy and revealed that he had taken control of Taiyi Zhenren’s dantian without him noticing.
• Taiyi Zhenren’s disciples worried that their master would lose and damage their reputation, and Saint Lord Taichu challenged them to leave if they wanted to.

Saint Lord Taichu defeated Taiyi Zhenren, crippling him and taking his Dragon Pearls, while Taiyi’s wife turned against him. Back at Divine Dragon Cave, Saint Lord Taichu faced imprisoned little dragon beasts who refused food and defied him.

• Saint Lord Taichu overwhelmed Taiyi Zhenren and told him that destroying his dantian had left him unable to survive as before.
• Saint Lord Taichu crippled Taiyi Zhenren’s cultivation and extracted his Dragon Pearls, leaving him barely able to walk.
• Taiyi Zhenren’s wife blamed him for provoking Saint Lord Taichu and despised him for losing his dantian.
• Saint Lord Taichu returned to Divine Dragon Cave, where the little dragon beasts demanded freedom and threatened him.
• Saint Lord Taichu asked his Great Disciples why the dragon beasts had not been fed, while the prisoners refused food to avoid being fattened for divine pills.

Saint Lord Taichu pressured the little dragon beasts to reveal where the Dragon King had kept his magical beasts, but they refused and one challenged him to a fight. He ordered his disciples to feed the beasts wild boar, then watched to see how they would respond to the feast.

• Saint Lord Taichu asked the little dragon beasts where their Father King had raised the magical beasts, but they refused to answer.
• One little dragon beast challenged Saint Lord Taichu to release him so they could fight, and Saint Lord Taichu mocked him by comparing him unfavorably to the Dragon King.
• Saint Lord Taichu demanded the beasts disclose the magical beasts’ location and warned them that his patience was running out.
• Saint Lord Taichu stopped his disciples from arguing about killing the beasts and ordered them to feed the beasts pork to increase their Origin Energy.
• His disciples brought wild boars to the beasts, and Saint Lord Taichu asked why they were not eating the feast.

Saint Lord Taichu forced the dragon beasts to eat the livestock he had provided, then began extracting their blood while they were imprisoned. The beasts protested and threatened him, but he answered by stabbing them with daggers.

• The dragon beasts resisted eating Saint Lord Taichu’s food until he threatened to throw it away, then began devouring the livestock.
• Saint Lord Taichu told True Lord Zi Xiao to force-feed the beasts the remaining wild boars and cattle after they finished eating.
• True Lord Zi Xiao questioned how creatures from cold Phoenix Mountain could have pure yang bodies, and Saint Lord Taichu said the world’s principles were often contrary to expectations.
• Saint Lord Taichu cut a dragon beast’s blood vessel to extract its blood, revealing that he had fed the beasts to make use of them.
• The dragon beasts accused Saint Lord Taichu of exploiting them and demanded release, so he stabbed them with daggers and invoked the law of the strong devouring the weak.

Saint Lord Taichu drained the little dragon beasts of blood and demanded to know where their Dragon King’s talisman was hidden. The dragon beasts refused to betray the secret, leaving Taichu to continue holding their lives and blood in his hands.

• Saint Lord Taichu reminded the little dragon beasts that their clan had once tormented and killed ordinary humans, and said they were now suffering retribution.
• The little dragon beasts warned that their Father King would awaken from the talisman and avenge them, while protesting that they were being punished for his actions.
• Saint Lord Taichu said strength gave him the right to take their blood and mocked its foul smell, then continued draining them for ingredients to make pills.
• Seeing the little dragon beasts collapse and foam at the mouth, Saint Lord Taichu offered to leave some blood in them if they revealed where their Father King hid the talisman.
• The little dragon beasts kept silent, unwilling to reveal the talisman’s hiding place despite their pain and fear.

Saint Lord Taichu ignored the dragon beasts’ threats and searched Divine Dragon Cave for the legendary talismans, while entrusting the Hundred Spirits Bird with keeping the captives under control. He then challenged the dragon beasts to a bet: if he found the talismans, they would die, but if he failed, he would free them.

• The Hundred Spirits Bird threatened the dragon beasts, but they refused to reveal where the talismans were hidden.
• Saint Lord Taichu entered the ruined Divine Dragon Cave to search for the talismans himself.
• The Hundred Spirits Bird offered to scout ahead, but Saint Lord Taichu told him to stay back and prevent the dragon beasts from causing trouble.
• A dragon beast insisted that its Father King had hidden the talismans too well for Saint Lord Taichu to find.
• Saint Lord Taichu wagered that he would kill the dragon beasts if he found the talismans, but free them if he did not.

Long Feipeng persuaded his brothers to stake their lives on a bet that Saint Lord Taichu would never find their father’s hidden talisman, while Saint Lord Taichu agreed and entered the ruined Divine Dragon Cave with Hundred Spirits Bird. Inside, Hundred Spirits Bird discovered the Dragon King’s tooth and saw the Dragon King’s corpse.

• Long Feipeng accepted Saint Lord Taichu’s bet and urged his brothers to join, promising they would be freed if Saint Lord Taichu failed to find the talisman.
• Saint Lord Taichu warned the Dragon Beasts to remain where they were, ordered his followers to guard them, and went into the Divine Dragon Cave with Hundred Spirits Bird.
• Hundred Spirits Bird walked through the ruined cave, smelled the scattered corpses, and stumbled upon the Dragon King’s tooth.
• Saint Lord Taichu told Hundred Spirits Bird that the Dragon King was dead and could no longer threaten him.

Saint Lord Taichu entered Divine Dragon Cave to search for talismans, leaving Hundred Spirits Bird outside. In the darkness, he encountered a Ksitigarbha Divine Beast seeking revenge for the Dragon King, and they prepared to fight.

• Saint Lord Taichu sent Hundred Spirits Bird away, warning that he would only get in the way if a fight broke out.
• Saint Lord Taichu walked deeper into Divine Dragon Cave, where his torch suddenly went out.
• A Ksitigarbha Divine Beast emerged and accused Saint Lord Taichu of killing its master, the Dragon King.
• Saint Lord Taichu challenged the Ksitigarbha Divine Beast and took a fighting stance as the beast bared its claws.