Chapter Summaries

Yang Chen returned from the Heavenly Capital Divine Kingdom after subduing the Black-winged Great Roc and saw that Yu Ban’s training had greatly improved the Black Mountain Black Bear brothers and Golden Claw. Back at Yuanshan Gate, he received Mu Baisheng’s request to meet and learned that he was now being hailed as North Mountain County’s number one genius.

• Yang Chen reunited with Golden Claw and the Black Mountain Black Bear brothers, whose cultivation had risen sharply through Yu Ban’s training and the use of demonic beast corpses.
• Yu Ban said the three demonic beasts needed to continue training before they could leave with Yang Chen, and Yang Chen agreed to return for them later.
• Yang Chen returned through the teleportation array to Flying Heaven Peak after nearly a month in the Heavenly Capital Divine Kingdom.
• The Merfolk Elder gave Yang Chen a transmission talisman from Mu Baisheng, asking him to meet the Gate Master after emerging from seclusion.
• As Yang Chen left Flying Heaven Peak, Yuanshan Gate disciples praised him as North Mountain County’s number one genius, which he took as a sign that North Mountain Main City was showing him goodwill.

Yang Chen learned that North Mountain Main City wanted him to represent it at the Black Dragon Cult’s birthday banquet and competition. He agreed to go, while telling Mu Baisheng he needed to handle some matters before the departure in two months.

• Yang Chen visited Mu Baisheng, who told him that North Mountain Main City had come to Yuanshan Gate seeking help.
• Mu Baisheng explained that the Black Dragon Cult’s ten-year birthday banquet included a competition where the cult usually defeated representatives from other forces.
• Mu Baisheng said North Mountain Main City wanted Yang Chen to represent it because its own geniuses repeatedly finished last.
• Mu Baisheng offered that North Mountain Main City would grant Yang Chen a future favor and provide benefits to Yuanshan Gate if he agreed.
• Yang Chen accepted the opportunity to attend the banquet in two months, but said he had matters to handle before departure.

Yang Chen returned to Liao City with Gu Mingyue and discovered that the Huang Family and Mo City Lord's Mansion were attacking the Liao City Lord's Mansion. As Jin Ying and Jin Cheng faced defeat, Yang Chen prepared to intervene because of his friendship with Jin Cheng.

• Yang Chen told Gu Mingyue he was returning to the Great Wilderness before traveling to the Black Dragon Cult, and they flew back aboard the Black-winged Great Roc.
• After roughly three days, Yang Chen reached Liao City and saw that the Huang Family was fighting the Liao City Lord's Mansion.
• Yang Chen learned that the Huang Family had joined forces with the Mo City Lord's Mansion and decided to step in for Jin Cheng's sake.
• Helian Cheng told Jin Ying and Jin Cheng that the Mo City Lord's Mansion had allied with the Huang Family, leaving Liao City under heavy attack.
• Huang Daokui and Zhang Chilong confronted Jin Ying and Jin Cheng, while Huang Chiyang mocked Jin Cheng and celebrated the Huang Family's impending victory.

Yang Chen arrived as Huang Daokui and Zhang Chilong attacked Jin Ying and Jin Cheng, then killed both men with one strike. Huang Chiyang knelt and begged Yang Chen to spare his life.

• Huang Chiyang and Huang Daokui dismissed Jin Cheng's hope that Yang Chen would help him, while Zhang Chilong and Huang Daokui prepared to attack Jin Ying and Jin Cheng.
• Yang Chen appeared before Jin Ying and greeted him and Jin Cheng, startling the gathered Huang Family and Mo City Lord's Mansion members.
• Zhang Chilong urged Huang Daokui to join forces against Yang Chen, and Yang Chen challenged them to fight.
• Yang Chen struck first and killed Huang Daokui and Zhang Chilong with a lightning attack.
• Huang Chiyang fell to his knees and pleaded with Yang Chen to spare his life.

Yang Chen killed Huang Chiyang, spared the remaining Huang Family and Mo City Lord's Mansion members, and returned to the Yang Family after visiting Jin Cheng. He noticed unusual heat in the Great Wilderness and was joyfully recognized by Fourth Master Yang upon arriving home.

• Yang Chen killed Huang Chiyang and ordered the remaining Huang Family and Mo City Lord's Mansion forces to leave, sparing their lives.
• Yang Chen reunited with Jin Cheng and stayed at the Liao City Lord's Mansion for two days before departing for the Great Wilderness with Gu Mingyue.
• Yang Chen sensed that the Great Wilderness's spiritual energy was unusually hot, though Gu Mingyue did not notice the change.
• Yang Chen returned to the Yang Family and visited the Training Field, where Fourth Master Yang recognized him and told the children to call him Uncle Yang Chen.

Yang Chen returned to the Great Wilderness and reunited with Yang Jinhe, Yang Wu, and Fourth Master Yang, but their repeated questions about when he would leave made him suspect something was wrong. He uncovered Fire Spirit Worms inside the three men, suggesting the Yang Lineage’s troubles were connected to Fire Spirit Beasts.

• Yang Chen met the Yang Lineage’s young children and went with Fourth Master Yang to see Yang Jinhe.
• Yang Chen reunited with Yang Jinhe and Yang Wu, then asked how the Yang Lineage had fared during his absence.
• Yang Jinhe and Fourth Master Yang both asked when Yang Chen planned to leave, raising his suspicions.
• Yang Chen asked Yun Lu to examine the men and used lightning snakes to draw worms from Yang Jinhe, Yang Wu, and Fourth Master Yang.
• Yang Chen recognized the worms as Fire Spirit Worms and suspected Fire Spirit Beasts were behind the unrest in the Great Wilderness.

After discovering Fire Spirit Worms controlling Yang Jinhe, Fourth Master Yang, and Yang Wu, Yang Chen freed them and learned that more than fifty Fire Spirit Beasts had invaded the Great Wilderness. The beasts had killed Yang Zhengyi and Feng Wuyang, and Yang Wu began describing how the lineages were forced to submit or resist under their rule.

• Yun Lu detected Fire Spirit Worms in Yang Jinhe, Fourth Master Yang, and Yang Wu, and Yang Chen crushed the worms.
• Yang Chen comforted the freed men and asked what had happened, while Yang Jinhe and Fourth Master Yang urged him to flee.
• Yang Wu said the crisis began after Yang Chen left, when more than fifty Fire Spirit Beasts appeared in the Great Wilderness.
• Yang Wu told Yang Chen that the beasts killed Yang Zhengyi and Feng Wuyang, then burned, killed, and looted across the region.
• Yang Wu said several lineages submitted to the Fire Spirit Beasts, and both those who submitted and those who resisted were implanted with worms.

Yang Chen learned that the Fire Spirit Beasts had occupied the Great Wilderness, enslaved clan leaders with Fire Spirit Worms, and were pursuing a hidden scheme. When the Yang family urged him to flee, he decided to face the beasts himself and protect them.

• Yang Wu told Yang Chen that the Fire Spirit Beasts had devastated the Great Wilderness and controlled many clan leaders with Fire Spirit Worms.
• Yang Wu said the Chen Family blamed Yang Chen for the beasts’ arrival, but he believed they had come to pursue a larger plan rather than simple revenge.
• Yang Wu defended Yang Chen’s past actions, and Yang Chen sympathized with the suffering endured by the Yang family.
• Yang Jinhe and Fourth Master Yang urged Yang Chen to leave before the Fire Spirit Beasts came after him.
• Yang Chen revealed that the beasts would discover the removed Fire Spirit Worms and declared that he would handle them himself.

Yang Chen learned that the Fire Spirit Beasts had captured Second Master Yang and decided to strike first by going to the Feng Family. He summoned his powerful demon beasts to help with the task.

• Yang Chen convinced Yang Jinhe and Fourth Master Yang to follow his lead, then learned that the Fire Spirit Beasts had taken Second Master Yang and left his fate unknown.
• Yang Chen resolved to take the initiative against the Fire Spirit Beasts instead of waiting for them to attack.
• Yang Wu told Yang Chen that Fire Spirit Beasts occupied the Feng Family, where they had taken over after Feng Wuyang died and given the outer area to the Chen Family.
• Yang Chen chose to go to the Feng Family and investigate what had happened to its people.
• Yang Chen released the Long-armed Ape and several demon beasts from the Eight Extremes Flowing River space, and they respectfully greeted him.

Yang Chen left the Yang Family for the occupied Feng Family estate, determined to confront the Chen Family and the Fire Spirit Beast. He discovered Feng Xuewu was being held there and found her still refusing to submit to Chen Mingfei.

• Yang Chen ordered the Long-armed Ape, Fire-tailed Fox, and Golden-spinning Leopard to protect the Yang Family, then departed with Yang Jinhe, Fourth Master Yang, and Yang Wu on the Black-winged Great Roc.
• Yang Chen reached the Feng Family estate in secret and saw through his soul search that the Chen Family had forced Feng Family members into servitude.
• Yang Chen searched for Feng Xuewu as he remembered Feng Wuyang's kindness and vowed not to let his descendants suffer.
• Chen Mingfei entered Feng Xuewu's courtyard and urged her to submit to him in exchange for comfort and status.
• Feng Xuewu rejected Chen Mingfei, condemned his allegiance to the Bandit Gang, and accused him of betraying humanity for the favor of demonic beasts.

Yang Chen arrived in the Great Wilderness and rescued Feng Xuewu from Chen Mingfei, then faced four Fire Spirit Beasts. Chen Mingfei took confidence from their arrival as Yang Chen prepared to confront them.

• Chen Mingfei tried to force himself on Feng Xuewu, then attempted to kill her when she resisted.
• Yang Chen appeared with Yang Wu and Yang Jinhe, saved Feng Xuewu, and frightened Chen Mingfei by revealing his identity.
• The Fire Spirit Beasts arrived and attacked Yang Chen with waves of demon fire, but he carried Feng Xuewu, Yang Wu, and Yang Jinhe into the sky.
• Chen Mingfei taunted Yang Chen and praised the Fire Spirit Beasts, while Yang Chen turned his attention to the four beasts.

Yang Chen confronted four Origin Martial Realm Fifth Level Fire Spirit Beasts and insisted on fighting them alone. After testing his demonic fire against Lang Tu, he unleashed Benlei with his Purple Forbidden Roaming Dragon Spear, forcing the other three beasts to intervene and rescue Lang Tu.

• The Fire Spirit Beasts found Yang Chen and vowed to kill him for killing one of their kind and learning their race's secret.
• Yang Chen refused to rely on the Black-winged Great Roc and challenged all four Fire Spirit Beasts by himself.
• Yang Chen and Lang Tu clashed with their demonic fire, and Lang Tu's flames initially overpowered Yang Chen's.
• Yang Chen decided the beasts' Origin Fire Essence could strengthen his own demonic fire and drew the Purple Forbidden Roaming Dragon Spear.
• Yang Chen's Benlei strikes tore through Lang Tu's flames, so the other three Fire Spirit Beasts attacked together and rescued him.

Yang Chen overcame the four Fire Spirit Beasts by hiding the God-Piercing Nail until they lowered their guard, then killed three of them with his varied techniques. Lang Tu remained surrounded by Yang Chen’s lightning and threatened revenge from the Fire Spirit Beast clan.

• The four Fire Spirit Beasts joined their demonic fire against Yang Chen, forcing him to defend himself with the Benlei Stance.
• Yang Chen pretended to be out of options as the Fire Spirit Beasts’ flames overwhelmed his lightning, while the Black-winged Great Roc remained confident he had another move.
• Yang Chen secretly launched the God-Piercing Nail and killed Berg, weakening the combined flames.
• Yang Chen counterattacked with the Black Mountain Black Cloud Palm, the Mountain God's Roar, and lightning serpents, killing two more Fire Spirit Beasts.
• Yang Chen spared Lang Tu for the moment, and Lang Tu warned that killing him would bring the Fire Spirit Beast clan’s revenge.

Yang Chen defeated the Fire Spirit Beasts, uncovered the Chen Family’s long-standing collusion with them, and punished the family’s guilty members. He left the remaining Chen Family members alive after warning them, while Yun Lu retained the memories she had extracted from Lang Tu.

• Yang Chen had Yun Lu search the severely wounded Lang Tu’s memories before Lang Tu’s head exploded from its memory seal.
• Yang Jinhe, Fourth Master Yang, Yang Wu, Feng Xuewu, and the Black-winged Great Roc watched Yang Chen’s victory over the Fire Spirit Beasts.
• Yang Chen searched Chen Mingfei’s soul, learned that the Chen Family had pledged allegiance to the Fire Spirit Beasts long ago, and killed him.
• Yang Chen collected the four Fire Spirit Beasts’ corpses and Origin Fire Essences.
• Yang Chen identified and killed more than a dozen Chen Family members who had betrayed humanity and abused their power, then warned the survivors.

Yang Chen spared the Chen Family members who had not abused the Fire Spirit Beasts’ power and promised Feng Xuewu that the Feng Family would be protected. After learning that fifty Fire Spirit Beasts were in Demon Beast Mountain and targeting the Spirit Guarding Great Array, he prepared an ambush while refining four Origin Fire Essences, which caused his Demonic Fire to mutate.

• Yang Chen killed the Chen Family members who had used the Fire Spirit Beasts’ power to oppress others and sent the survivors away from the Feng Family.
• Yang Chen comforted Feng Xuewu and promised to protect the Feng Family from further oppression.
• Yun Lu told Yang Chen that fifty-four Fire Spirit Beasts had entered the Great Wilderness, with fifty inside Demon Beast Mountain corroding the Spirit Guarding Great Array.
• Yang Chen decided to have the Merfolk set up formations around the Feng Family and wait for the Fire Spirit Beasts to investigate.
• Yang Chen refined all four Origin Fire Essences, and his Demonic Fire began to mutate.

Yang Chen evolved his demonic fire into liquid fire and helped Yun Lu complete the Thunderstorm Demon Breaking Formation to prepare for the Fire Spirit Beasts. When more than twenty Fire Spirit Beasts arrived, Yang Chen took his place above the formation, ready to fight them.

• Yang Chen discovered that refining the Origin Fire Essences had transformed his demonic fire into powerful liquid fire.
• Yun Lu explained that Lang Tu’s exceptional Origin Fire Essence cultivation had likely helped Yang Chen achieve the transformation.
• Yang Chen gave Yun Lu twelve million spirit stones for the Thunderstorm Demon Breaking Formation and supplied the formation with Heavenly Thunder Essence.
• After about five days, Yun Lu warned Yang Chen that more than twenty Fire Spirit Beasts had arrived.
• Yang Chen rose above the formation alone and prepared to prevent the Fire Spirit Beasts from escaping.

Yang Chen trapped Tu Ao and the Fire Spirit Beasts in the Thunderstorm Demon Breaking Formation and used it to decimate their group. After the thunderstorm ended, white mist filled the formation, leaving the survivors unable to see or sense their surroundings.

• Tu Ao recognized Yang Chen and taunted him by revealing that it had tortured Second Master Yang after searching his memories.
• Yang Chen admitted that Tu Ao had provoked him and activated the formation with help from six merfolk.
• Thunder and corrosive rain struck the Fire Spirit Beasts, killing many of them and stirring the Feng family with Yang Chen’s words.
• After the storm stopped, white mist engulfed the formation and blocked the surviving Fire Spirit Beasts’ vision and divine sense.

Yang Chen used Yun Lu’s guidance to kill Tu Ao’s Fire Spirit Beasts inside the white fog formation, then defeated Tu Ao with his transformed demonic fire. With Tu Ao dead and the fog dispersed, Yang Chen was left stunned by the strength of his liquid fire.

• Yun Lu guided Yang Chen through the white fog and helped him aim the God-Piercing Nail, which killed one Fire Spirit Beast.
• Yang Chen used the Five Thunders Orthodox Method to kill the rest of Tu Ao’s Fire Spirit Beasts, leaving Tu Ao alive.
• When the white fog dispersed, Tu Ao attacked Yang Chen with flames and vowed to avenge its companions.
• Yang Chen countered Tu Ao’s flames with his transformed liquid fire and devoured Tu Ao in a few breaths.
• Yang Chen was shocked that his liquid fire had so easily killed a Fire Spirit Beast three levels stronger than him.

Yang Chen defeated the Fire Spirit Beasts on the Great Wilderness’s outskirts and began rectifying the region by removing Fire Spirit Worms and punishing those who had betrayed humanity. Two days later, leaders from the major Lineages gathered at the Feng family as Yang Chen appeared before them.

• Yang Chen finished killing the Fire Spirit Beasts outside Demon Beast Mountain and decided to weaken the beasts inside before confronting them.
• Yang Chen ordered Yang Wu and the Black-winged Great Roc to help him rectify the Great Wilderness, remove Fire Spirit Worms, and kill traitors.
• Yang Wu went to the Zhou family, whose patriarch refused to attend the Feng family gathering and ordered his people to seize Yang Wu.
• The Black-winged Great Roc killed the Zhou Family Patriarch and several others who had resisted, and Yang Wu warned the remaining Zhou family members not to object.
• Two days later, leaders from the major Lineages gathered at the Feng family, where Yang Chen arrived with Yang Wu and the others.

Yang Chen gathered the Great Wilderness family elders and announced that he would restore order and divide the benefits left after the Fire Spirit Beast’s defeat. Most elders remained skeptical, and Wu Hai challenged Yang Chen’s right to make the decision.

• Yang Chen noticed that over twenty percent of the family elders, including the Zhou Family, had failed to attend and told Yang Wu he would investigate later.
• Yang Chen told the assembled elders that he planned to remove the Great Wilderness’s parasites and compensate families harmed by the Fire Spirit Beast.
• Yang Chen said absent families would have no share in the benefits, but the elders remained wary and unconvinced that the Fire Spirit Beast was gone.
• Wu Hai mocked Yang Chen’s authority, and Yang Chen recognized him as a Spiritual Martial Realm Seventh Level patriarch who had risen under the Fire Spirit Beast.
• Yang Chen calmly asked Wu Hai whether he objected to his plan.