Chapter Summaries

Online accusations pressured Chu Feng and the Undying Phoenix King to open their famed mountains and share their Breathing Methods, while many other mountains established sects. Chu Feng recognized a coordinated effort to seize their methods and decided to expose other hidden mountain masters.

• Claims spread online that Chu Feng and the Undying Phoenix King were selfish for keeping Wuyi Mountain and Longhu Tiger Mountain closed to the public.
• An ancient tortoise founded the Kongtong Sect, the Golden-Winged Roc King founded the Mount Hua Sect, and other human and beast masters established sects on famed mountains.
• Public criticism of Chu Feng and the Undying Phoenix King intensified as ten famed mountains opened sects and accepted disciples.
• Jiang Luo Shen said someone was targeting Chu Feng and the Phoenix King, and Chu Feng concluded that factions wanted their Breathing Method.
• Lin Nuo Yi reported that many factions were coordinating against them, and Chu Feng decided to reveal other hidden mountain masters.

Chu Feng answered the attacks over his Breathing Method by killing three Beast Kings who had plotted against him and challenging anyone who wanted it to face him at Longhu Mountain. After public opinion swung in his favor, he offered the three famous mountains the Beast Kings had occupied for temporary management, hoping to gain treasures and Exotic Soil in return.

• News spread that major Factions and Beast Kings had already occupied famous mountains, quieting many of the attacks on Chu Feng.
• Chu Feng livestreamed the heads of three Beast Kings, challenged anyone who wanted his Breathing Method to find him at Longhu Mountain, and released evidence of their conspiracy.
• The evidence exposed the plot against Chu Feng and the Undying Phoenix King, and the Heavenly God Biology Group, Bodhi Gene, and other Factions helped turn public opinion in his favor.
• Chu Feng announced that he would let others temporarily manage the three famous mountains, prompting Factions to compete for the opportunity.
• Chu Feng planned to use the arrangement to collect treasures and Exotic Soil while keeping Longhu Mountain as his team's base.

Chu Feng divided stewardship of the three famous mountains among the Government, Heavenly God Biology Group, and Bodhi Gene, while using Domains to protect public Legacy sites and reserved land there. As Meng Chuan contemplated helping Earth, his Spirituality warned him against acting, and he concluded that a hidden hand was manipulating the planet.

• Chu Feng entrusted one famous mountain apiece to the Government, Heavenly God Biology Group, and Bodhi Gene in exchange for ancient texts, Treasures, and Exotic Soil.
• Chu Feng explained that he wanted the Exotic Soil to help the Dao Tree at Long Dragon-Tiger Mountain grow.
• Chu Feng established Domain-protected Legacy sites on the three mountains, leaving a Breathing Method, Martial Techniques, and reserved land for Mutant Trees.
• The three parties objected to Chu Feng's reserved areas, but they yielded when he stood firm.
• Meng Chuan considered acting to reverse events affecting Earth, but his Spirituality warned him that doing so could trigger unpredictable changes.
• Meng Chuan concluded that a hidden hand stood behind Earth and was manipulating the planet.

Meng Chuan recognized that Earth was trapped in an artificial cycle of reincarnation and sensed a dangerous figure connected to an Immortal Emperor behind it. He made subtle adjustments to Earth while the Ten Great Sects drew eager disciples from across the land.

• Meng Chuan reflected that Earth had remained unchanged across eras while its history repeatedly reenacted itself, and he suspected someone was using the cycle to produce a person like Shi Hao or Ye Fan.
• Meng Chuan compared the dangers he sensed around Lin Nuo Yi, Earth, and the distant Unknown Land, and concluded the figure behind Earth was powerful but not a true Immortal Emperor.
• Meng Chuan decided against major changes to Earth and began making small adjustments, including subtly altering the flow of time.
• People across the land flocked to the Ten Great Sects to seek teachers and learn Evolution, while Chu Feng's three managed mountains remained a second choice.
• Foreigners envied the excitement and powerful, peace-loving figures they believed the land possessed.

Chu Feng and the Five Women dealt with visitors on Longhu Mountain while working to master the Celestial Master Demon-Subduing Art. The Legacy’s lightning trials had battered them, and the chapter ended as they examined the many skeletons beneath the terraces.

• Chu Feng learned about dramatic evolutions and rumors abroad, including the supposed reincarnation of eighty million deities as Mutant Trees, which turned out to be a translation error and rumor.
• Chu Feng and the Undying Phoenix King discussed the stream of visitors to Longhu Mountain, now home to six Kings, while Lin Nuo Yi and Jiang Luo Shen kept their organizations from gaining a foothold there.
• Chu Feng explained that the six were close to mastering the Celestial Master Demon-Subduing Art by receiving its Legacy in Longhu Mountain’s five terraced fields.
• Chu Feng and the Five Women repeatedly endured lightning strikes from the crops in the terraces to qualify for the Legacy, with the Undying Phoenix King finding the mountain especially difficult to enter.
• Chu Feng and his companions found human, nonhuman, and Western-armored skeletons beneath the Legacy terraces.

Chu Feng visited Wuyi Mountain before his sixth Evolution Mission and asked Meng Chuan to teach him another of the Nine Secrets. Meng Chuan passed on Nine Secrets: Jie, warning that Chu Feng could not trigger it at will.

• Chu Feng returned to Wuyi Mountain, where Wang Jing and the others teased him for visiting instead of spending time with the women in his life.
• Yaoyao noticed Chu Feng had awakened Fiery Eyes and Golden Gaze, and Chu Feng admitted he had kept the Divine Ability secret because it had caused awkward incidents.
• Chu Feng asked Meng Chuan for another Nine Secrets to prepare for the danger of his sixth Evolution Mission.
• After Chu Feng chose Nine Secrets: Jie, Meng Chuan taught it to him and warned that its activation depended on chance.

Chu Feng and the others received their sixth Evolution Mission, which warned that parasitic alien lifeforms and the Burning Legion had arrived on a planet. They suspected they would need to save the planet, but the mission’s exact objective remained unclear.

• Chu Feng and the Undying Phoenix King discussed breaking the remaining Shackles and agreed that Divine Medicine or a Sacred Relic would be needed to do it quickly.
• The Evolution Game announced the sixth mission, describing the Arachnid Race, Xenomorphs, their enemies, and the Burning Legion appearing on a fog-covered planet.
• Chu Feng and the others realized their Demon-Subduing Arts might not help against the alien groups and worried that six people could not face their vast forces.
• Lin Nuo Yi pointed out that finding the alien life-forms’ weaknesses could give them a chance to complete the mission.
• Chu Feng noticed the briefing might require them to save the planet, though the mission objective was not stated outright.

Chu Feng and the others landed in a fog-shrouded world, where they fought off a swarm of insects and were rescued by an FBI squad. At a survivor base, they learned how Arachnis insects and Xenomorphs had fused and heard about the Burning Legion’s leader, whose name locals forbade them to say.

• Chu Feng warned the group that the fog disrupted their senses, and they moved together to investigate.
• The six fought an endless swarm of Awakening Realm insects, including hybrids containing Xenomorphs, until their energy began to run low.
• FBI squads arrived with rune-inscribed firearms and helped Chu Feng’s group escape to a survivor base.
• Chu Feng and the others learned that Arachnis insects from Nicholas Planet and Xenomorphs had merged into stronger creatures.
• The survivors described the Burning Legion’s leader, and locals immediately silenced Chu Feng when he began to say the leader’s name.

Chu Feng and the others completed a month-long mission by driving the Insect Race, the Xenomorphs, and the Burning Legion from a fog-shrouded planet. Back in Evolution Space, they reflected on the dangers they had uncovered and the progress they had made.

• Chu Feng and the others learned that speaking certain Great Beings' true names could draw their attention and form a dangerous connection.
• The fog covering the planet dispersed, and Chu Feng and the five women returned to Evolution Space after completing the mission.
• Healing Light restored the group's bodies, and they discussed the three forces that had marked them and the threat posed by the Ultraman Execution Squad.
• Chu Feng reassured the others that their next mission would take place elsewhere and compared the Ultraman Execution Squad to An Lan from the Ping'an Gele Campaign.
• The Undying Phoenix King noted that the mission's abundant energy had aided their training, and all six had broken through two more Shackles.

After returning to Earth, Chu Feng and his companions sought a way to help the Undying Phoenix King reach the Xiaoyao Realm before their next, increasingly dangerous Evolution Mission. They then supported negotiations between humanity and the Beast Kings, which produced a Peace Treaty and a measure of order, though Earth’s recovery remained unpredictable.

• Chu Feng and the other five returned to Longhu Mountain, found that all had torn through at least nine Shackles, and discovered their combined Evolution Points were insufficient for a Divine Medicine to advance the Undying Phoenix King.
• Chu Feng proposed searching Earth for a Divine Medicine, warning that their next Evolution Mission could be dangerous if the team did not grow stronger.
• The heads of the Ten Great Sects, famous-mountain Beast Kings, and peerless experts met with humanity’s leaders and agreed on rules against slaughtering innocents and extending mountain feuds beyond their bounds.
• Chu Feng and his companions took part in the negotiations and firmly backed peace and order, helping humanity and the Beast Kings reach a Peace Treaty.
• The Peace Treaty drew both condemnation and broad public support, and its rules restored a measure of order to the ancient kingdom of the East.

After the Peace Treaty, Chu Feng welcomed powerful visitors to Longhu Mountain and realized that many of them were Evolution Game players who had formed teams. The visitors hinted at their affiliations, setting the stage for possible cooperation on future missions.

• Meng Chuan admired the Ancient Kingdom's efforts to prepare for Earth's future despite the looming threat from life among the stars.
• The day after the Peace Treaty, Old Ape of Mount Song, Mastiff King of Kunlun, and other powerful figures arrived at Longhu Mountain to meet Chu Feng and his team.
• Chu Feng welcomed the visitors but stopped them at the team's restricted base, where the five women continued cultivating.
• Mastiff King invited Chu Feng to visit the Kunlun team, and Wu Qifeng welcomed him to the True Martial team.
• Chu Feng recognized that several visitors were Evolution Game players testing his identity and revealing their own team affiliations.

At Longhu Mountain, Chu Feng and the other Evolution Game players discussed their shared identities while powerful outsiders tried to learn how they had broken through Heaven and Earth's limits. The Old Ape offered a different path by revealing that Great Forest Temple worshipped Lingbao Heavenly Venerable.

• Chu Feng and the other Evolution Game players agreed that knowing allies from Earth could help them in future missions.
• The Master of Yuxu Palace and other powerful figures asked how Chu Feng's group had broken through the limits of Heaven and Earth.
• Chu Feng and the others explained that they could not share the Evolution Game's method or bring outsiders into it.
• The Old Ape said that worshipping a great existence in the Unseen might help the others.
• The Old Ape revealed that Great Forest Temple worshipped Lingbao Heavenly Venerable, surprising the assembled humans and Beast Kings.

Old Ape explained that Lingbao Heavenly Venerable had appeared in his missions and answered him after he returned to Earth, despite the Evolution Game claiming Mission Worlds could not reach Earth. Chu Feng was left wondering whether the Heavenly Venerable had bypassed the Evolution Game and begun influencing Earth.

• Old Ape said Lingbao Heavenly Venerable had manifested to save him, urged the master of Biyou Palace to reconsider his title, and described the power carried by certain names.
• Chu Feng supported Old Ape’s warning, recalled a similar being from his mission, and privately asked Old Ape how Lingbao Heavenly Venerable could affect Earth.
• Old Ape recounted how a statue of Lingbao Heavenly Venerable had purified an Evil God during a mission and how the Heavenly Venerable later answered him on Earth.
• Old Ape said worshipping the Heavenly Venerable had brought him rewards and made him increasingly devoted, though the Evolution Game had not detected the connection.
• Chu Feng wondered whether a being from a Mission World had slipped past the Evolution Game and invaded Earth.

Chu Feng wondered whether Lingbao Heavenly Venerable could reach Earth, while Meng Chuan privately explained that Old Ape had misunderstood his ordinary intervention and reward. After Meng Chuan pointed Chu Feng toward treasures on Kunlun and Mount Tai, Chu Feng hurried to Kunlun and saw the Divine Mountain awakening.

• Chu Feng questioned Old Ape's account and speculated that Lingbao Heavenly Venerable might be able to enter Earth despite the Evolution Game's rules.
• Meng Chuan explained that he had removed an Evil God that exceeded Old Ape's mission and had simply answered Old Ape's thanks and rewarded his devotion.
• Chu Feng visited Wuyi Mountain and asked Meng Chuan where he could find a treasure to break his remaining Shackles; Meng Chuan suggested Kunlun and Mount Tai.
• Chu Feng invited the Undying Phoenix King to meet him at Kunlun, called Yellow Bull, and left the others to cultivate on Longhu Mountain.
• Chu Feng reached Kunlun and saw clouds, divine light, and visions of palaces and God Trees as the mountain awakened.

Chu Feng searched Kunlun Mountain with the Undying Phoenix King for a treasure but found nothing, though Hell’s Gate gave him insight into its advanced Domain. A brilliant Sacred Tree then awakened and revealed itself as an incomplete Weapon-Refining Sacred Tree, setting Kunlun’s Beast Kings abuzz with the prospect of forging evolving Divine Weapons.

• Chu Feng and the Undying Phoenix King searched Kunlun Mountain and Hell’s Gate for the treasure but found no sign of it.
• Chu Feng studied traces of Hell’s Gate’s Domain, considered entering its lightning, and decided the risk was too great.
• A Mutant Tree appeared in a burst of divine light, and Chu Feng guarded himself and the Undying Phoenix King until she reminded him of their strength.
• The tree changed color and spoke, revealing that it had awakened as a Sacred Tree.
• Yellow Bull identified it as the Weapon-Refining Sacred Tree and explained that its pollen could transform weapon materials into evolving Divine Weapons.
• The Weapon-Refining Sacred Tree said it was incomplete, having awakened from only a severed Rootlet, and wondered why it had awakened before gathering enough energy.

Chu Feng and the Undying Phoenix King left Kunlun Mountain with weapons forged by the Weapon-Refining Sacred Tree, but no breakthrough treasure, and planned to wait for their teammates before the next mission. Chu Feng returned to Wuyi Mountain to show off his Diamond Bangle, only to learn it was Ultimate Scrap and had originally belonged to Yaoyao.

• The Weapon-Refining Sacred Tree awakened after a surge of energy, and Chu Feng and the Undying Phoenix King used it to forge weapons from materials they had found in Kunlun.
• Chu Feng called Meng Chuan to report that he had gained a Divine Weapon, but Meng Chuan hung up before he could finish explaining.
• Chu Feng and the Undying Phoenix King decided to wait for Lin Nuo Yi and the other women to forge weapons before preparing for their mission in three days.
• Chu Feng went to Wuyi Mountain and showed Meng Chuan and Monster his Diamond Bangle, but they identified its material as Ultimate Scrap.
• Yaoyao said she had stored the material in a flowerpot long ago, while Meng Chuan reassured Chu Feng that the bangle was still useful and secretly valuable.

Chu Feng and his five teammates learned that their seventh Evolution Mission was a deadly Battle Royale where players started with equal strength and had to survive using items found in the world. They chose six-player mode and were dropped from a spacecraft toward Battle Royale Island.

• The Evolution Game revealed the rules of Desperate Evolution: Battle Royale, including sealed outside powers, equal starting strength, and victory by eliminating every opposing team.
• Chu Feng, the Undying Phoenix King, Jiang Luo Shen, Lu Shiyun, Xia Qianyu, and Lin Nuo Yi discussed the dangers and chose six-player mode.
• The six arrived aboard a futuristic spacecraft and saw a map of the mission area as a mechanical voice announced their drop onto Battle Royale Island.
• A hole opened beneath the team, and all six fell out of the spacecraft into the Starry Sky.

Chu Feng and the other five chose to land at the Ancient God Ruins, where they found battle royale equipment and a Divine Statue that could improve their physical attributes. After an enemy ambush wounded Chu Feng, the group prepared to attack the three opponents they could see, while Chu Feng sensed trouble ahead.

• Lin Nuo Yi chose the Ancient God Ruins as the group's landing site, and the other five followed her lead.
• The six assessed their strength, collected battle royale equipment, and learned that the Seven Heavenly Statues could improve their physical attributes using Battle Royale Eyes dropped by defeated players.
• An enemy fired an energy beam at Chu Feng, and the group took cover behind the statue.
• Chu Feng spotted three enemies nearby, and the Undying Phoenix King urged the team to attack before the opponents regrouped.
• The six prepared to charge, while Chu Feng felt a chill and feared he was about to suffer.

Chu Feng and his five teammates won the Battle Royale mission and returned to the Evolution Space, where they received the Winner's Chicken and planned their next breakthroughs. They spent all their saved Evolution Points on two bottles of Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid, hoping to tear apart every Shackle.

• Chu Feng and his teammates survived the Battle Royale, becoming the final winners and receiving the Winner's Chicken.
• Lin Nuo Yi returned the team to the Evolution Space, where Healing Light restored them and the others teased Chu Feng about always landing in the same spot.
• Lin Nuo Yi revealed that sharing the Winner's Chicken could strengthen their constitutions, aid their cultivation, and help each of them comprehend a Divine Ability.
• Chu Feng explained how the team had grown stronger by collecting Battle Royale Eyes and learned that repeated victories could upgrade them into Transcendent Eyes of Desperation.
• Chu Feng pooled the team's Evolution Points and exchanged them all for two bottles of Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid.

Chu Feng showed Meng Chuan two bottles of Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid and asked him to make more, then used one to break through. The liquid awakened Chu Feng’s mental power and helped him tear through his thirteenth shackle, beyond the usual peak of the Shackle Realm.

• Chu Feng told Meng Chuan that two bottles of Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid had fallen from the sky and asked what they did.
• Meng Chuan explained that the liquid would gently help someone in the Shackle Realm break through and restore the strain caused by rapid evolution.
• Chu Feng asked Meng Chuan to refine four more bottles if he found the ingredients, and Meng Chuan agreed.
• Chu Feng drank one bottle before Meng Chuan could stop him, while the other bottle remained with the Undying Phoenix King.
• The liquid tore apart the shackle tied to Chu Feng’s mental power, increased his Mental Power, and brought his total to thirteen shackles.