Chapter Summaries

Ye Liang defeated the Vampire Progenitor with EXcalibur after learning that ordinary attacks could not seriously harm it. The Werewolf General, Katsuya Jonouchi, thanked him and took him to the werewolves’ territory to discuss Behemoth.

• The Vampire Progenitor attacked Ye Liang, who fought it at close range and resisted its attempt to drain his blood.
• The Vampire Progenitor invited Ye Liang to accept its First Embrace, but Ye Liang refused and struck it with sword aura.
• Ye Liang unsealed EXcalibur, concealed himself with Invisible Air, and cut the Vampire Progenitor into three pieces with the Curry Stick.
• The Werewolf General approached, introduced himself as Katsuya Jonouchi, and thanked Ye Liang for killing one of the Vampire Progenitors.
• Katsuya Jonouchi said six Vampire Progenitors remained and led Ye Liang toward the werewolves’ new territory to discuss Behemoth.

Ye Liang followed the Werewolf General to a secluded new base, where he gave Brother Ape a technique to shrink his body. He learned that Behemoth lay gravely injured and asleep in the eternal Church of Light, but the Werewolf General could not say what Behemoth would do if he awoke.

• The Werewolf General explained that traitorous werewolves had exposed the group’s movements and that Brother Ape’s size risked drawing vampire attention.
• Ye Liang gave Brother Ape the reversed Multi-Size Technique, and Brother Ape accepted him as his guardian.
• Ye Liang arrived at the remote settlement and asked the Werewolf General to explain Behemoth’s history and whereabouts.
• The Werewolf General said Behemoth had been injured after defeating outside cultivators, then betrayed by the Vampire Progenitors and left asleep in the eternal Church of Light.
• The Werewolf General blamed the beast race’s sacrifice for suppressing Behemoth’s last awakening, but he could not answer whether Behemoth would destroy the vampires if he awoke.

Ye Liang and Brother Ape returned to Godzilla after learning the Beast Clan’s dark history and why Brother Ape’s parents had been sacrificed. Godzilla admitted what happened and blamed Brother Ape’s Clan Head, but Brother Ape attacked him in anger.

• Ye Liang told the Werewolf General that Behemoth’s awakening could leave the Beast Clan as rations again, then chose to let the Beast Clan decide its own fate.
• Ye Liang and Brother Ape left the werewolf camp and traveled back through the Space Channel, with Brother Ape struck by Lightning Silk along the way.
• Godzilla revealed that Brother Ape’s Clan Head had stolen the throne’s crown, opened a path to the Beast God Mausoleum, and learned that Behemoth had raised the beasts as food.
• Godzilla said Brother Ape’s parents and other clansmen had volunteered as sacrifices to reseal Behemoth, and that they had asked him to care for the two brothers.
• Brother Ape called Godzilla a liar and charged at him.

Ye Liang revealed that the beasts were created as food for Behemoth and asked them to choose whether to awaken him in hopes of escaping. The beasts debated the danger, and Brother Ape warned that powerful vampires might interfere, prompting Ye Liang to question whether the werewolves could be trusted either.

• Brother Ape kicked Godzilla, but Godzilla accepted the blow to fulfill his promise to Brother Ape's parents and ease their grudge.
• The beasts gathered on the mountaintop, where Ye Liang introduced himself and explained what he had learned at the Beast God Mausoleum about Behemoth and the beast race's origins.
• The beasts reacted with anger and disbelief after learning they might be feed for Behemoth, and Godzilla urged them to consider the risks of awakening him.
• Godzilla advised against awakening Behemoth, while Brother Ape argued that the beasts could fight him but feared the vampires might strike while they were occupied.
• Ye Liang agreed that the vampires were a threat and said he also distrusted the werewolves, leaving Brother Ape shocked.

Ye Liang warned Brother Ape that the beast clans would remain vulnerable if they stayed in Dark City, so they planned to secretly find the Space Channel and lead the clans away. After arranging preparations, Ye Liang traveled to the Elf Forest, where he reunited with Zi Ling and received the Elf Queen and Sylvanas’s thanks.

• Ye Liang explained to Brother Ape that Behemoth could awaken and turn the werewolves and vampires against the beast clans, then proposed secretly finding the Space Channel and relocating the clans.
• Brother Ape agreed to gather capable officers, and after the meeting ended with a decision to stay, he assembled an elite team that learned Ye Liang’s shrinking technique.
• Ye Liang assigned Brother Ape the task of preparing the Flying Thunder God Formation and then used Flying Thunder God to travel to the Elf Forest.
• Ye Liang found Zi Ling with the elves, and she told him she had fled Beast God Mountain after beasts came down and nearly killed her.
• The Elf Queen thanked Ye Liang for helping the Brother Apes leave, while Sylvanas apologized for her earlier disrespect.

After leaving the Elf Race, Ye Liang returned to the Beast Clan and organized a covert operation to destroy the Dark Race’s four sacred sites and free Behemoth. He led a team toward the Statue of Liberty in M Country, the first target.

• At the banquet, the drunken Elf Queen asked to become Ye Liang’s concubine, and Ye Liang spent the night with her.
• Ye Liang brought Zi Ling to the Beast Clan, where he gathered beast elites and explained that destroying the Dark Race’s four sacred sites could break Behemoth’s seal.
• Ye Liang’s group entered the Beast God Mausoleum, where a bat elite discovered and killed a vampire scout, and the team sealed its body.
• Ye Liang distributed Explosive Tags and assigned teams to infiltrate the four sacred sites and destroy them.
• Ye Liang led a bat, a leopard, and a rhinoceros into the shadows toward the Statue of Liberty in M Country.

Ye Liang fought the vampires guarding the Statue of Liberty while Leopard, Great Rhino, and Zi Ling held off the others. After the Vampire Progenitor nearly crushed his neck, Ye Liang returned to battle it alone and began setting up a trap with Flying Thunder God seals.

• Leopard ambushed and killed several vampires as Great Rhino and Zi Ling drove back the rest, giving Ye Liang a chance to climb the Statue of Liberty.
• The Vampire Progenitor caught Ye Liang by surprise, broke his neck, and forced him to teleport back to Zi Ling.
• The Vampire Progenitor rallied the surrounding vampires, and Ye Liang left Zi Ling's group to face it alone.
• Ye Liang exchanged taunts with the Vampire Progenitor, blocked its spatially controlled rocks, and planted Flying Thunder God seals on the rubble.
• As the Vampire Progenitor charged, Ye Liang began teleporting randomly around it.

Ye Liang tried to destroy the Statue of Liberty while confronting the Vampire Progenitor, but the Progenitor revealed he knew about Ye Liang’s mission and could control his Explosive Tags. Godzilla and the other colossal beasts then attacked the holy sites, forcing the Progenitor to transform into a giant and Ye Liang to prepare a new attack.

• The Vampire Progenitor revealed that he had noticed Ye Liang at the cathedral and knew Ye Liang intended to rescue Behemoth, then urged him to join the vampires.
• Godzilla destroyed the gorilla’s holy site, and other colossal beasts emerged across the Beast God Mausoleum to attack the vampires.
• The Vampire Progenitor recognized the beasts as sacrifices once used to suppress Behemoth and grew to nearly Godzilla’s size.
• Ye Liang told Zi Ling and the others to destroy the statue and flee, but the Progenitor used telekinesis to stop most of their Explosive Tags.
• Ye Liang formed hand seals and unleashed Mutually Multiplying Explosive Tags.

Ye Liang escaped the Vampire Progenitor at the Statue of Liberty and joined Brother Ape, whose forces were fighting several more Progenitors. As the battle continued, the monkeys lost two of their number but destroyed Notre-Dame of Paris, while Ye Liang discovered the vampires' airflow attacks and froze the battlefield to slow them down.

• Ye Liang used spatially linked Mutually Multiplying Explosive Tags to destroy the Statue of Liberty, then escaped the enraged Vampire Progenitor with Flying Thunder God.
• Three monkeys struggled against the vampires, transformed into giant monsters, and watched as the Vampire Progenitor killed Third Brother and lesser vampires drained another monkey.
• The last monkey charged into Notre-Dame of Paris with Explosive Tags, destroying the holy site and sending a streak of white light into the sky.
• Ye Liang arrived to help Brother Ape and his younger brother, who were fighting three Vampire Progenitors despite each having lost an arm.
• Ye Liang identified the Progenitors' airflow attacks, healed his severed arm with Creation Rebirth, and unleashed the Kuye Kingdom's ice power to slow them down.

Ye Liang and Brother Ape destroyed the final vampire sacred ground, releasing the energy that awakened Behemoth. The refined man who emerged from a coffin absorbed the white light, killed the Vampire Progenitor and Brother Ape, and turned his attention to Ye Liang.

• Ye Liang froze and destroyed the vampires while Godzilla fought the Vampire Progenitor, revealing that Godzilla had been holding back against Brother Ape.
• Brother Ape destroyed the last vampire sacred ground, causing all four pillars of white light to gather above the church.
• The Vampire Progenitor tried to push back the white light but was overwhelmed and hurled out of the city.
• The white light destroyed the church and revealed a black coffin, from which a refined man emerged and absorbed the energy.
• The refined man erased the Vampire Progenitor and Brother Ape with beams of black light, then confronted Ye Liang as a cultivator.

Ye Liang confronted Behemoth, who revealed he had manipulated events to lure a Saint to him and planned to restore his strength by absorbing the Beast Clan. Ye Liang attacked him in fury, and their battle collapsed the Space Channel, leaving them trapped.

• Behemoth annihilated Brother Ape and his younger brother before Ye Liang could intervene.
• Behemoth opened a Space Channel and revealed he had planted books about destroying the Dark Race and breaking the seal to attract a powerful cultivator.
• Behemoth explained that the Vampire Progenitor had sealed him to steal his power, then admitted he intended to replenish his strength by absorbing the Beast Clan.
• The ape brothers became blood mist and fused into Behemoth, and he snapped Ye Liang's Curry Stick with one finger.
• Ye Liang attacked Behemoth with the Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack, and their exchange of blows caused the Space Channel to collapse.

Ye Liang fought Behemoth, whose power grew as Dark City’s residents worshipped him, and sealed off his recovery with Dust Release and the Eight Scarlet Yang Formation. When Behemoth unleashed Destruction White Light, Ye Liang left his body with the Spirit Transformation Technique and charged through the attack, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Ye Liang used Multiple Shadow Clones, Fire Release, and frost to fight Behemoth, who controlled the flames and clashed with Ye Liang beyond the city walls.
• Dark City’s werewolves knelt before Behemoth, restoring his strength through their Power of Faith.
• Ye Liang used Dust Release to disperse the Power of Faith and the Eight Scarlet Yang Formation to isolate Behemoth from outside recovery.
• Behemoth transformed into a dark creature and fired Destruction White Light, overpowering Ye Liang’s repeated Daytime Tiger attacks.
• Ye Liang used the Spirit Transformation Technique to free his soul from his body, then charged through Behemoth’s white light and closed in on him.

Ye Liang battled Behemoth in Dark City, first attacking his soul before being outmatched by Behemoth’s own Soul Seizing Formula. Trapped and near death after detonating his power, Ye Liang was saved by Zi Ling’s sudden attack on Behemoth.

• Ye Liang used Soul Seizing to tear away Behemoth’s soul power, forcing Behemoth to abandon his body and attack Ye Liang’s soul.
• Behemoth proved far more skilled at devouring souls and revealed that he knew Soul Seizing Formula.
• Behemoth sealed Dark City with Formation Eyes set up by his Werewolf Clan descendants, trapping Ye Liang and preventing his escape.
• Ye Liang detonated his laws and icy power, badly damaging Behemoth’s body but failing to destroy his soul.
• As Behemoth began recovering by absorbing Ye Liang’s power, Zi Ling pierced him with a streak of cold light, and Ye Liang recognized her.

Zi Ling defeated Behemoth with her Ice Frost Qi, forcing him to abandon his Dark Power and reveal his original form. Ye Liang and Zi Ling learned that Behemoth’s True Dragon Power had been corrupted, then decided he could not be allowed to survive.

• Zi Ling explained that Ye Liang’s power had unsealed her Ice Frost Qi, then attacked Behemoth with six ice blades.
• Zi Ling repeatedly severed Behemoth’s regenerating arms and warned that his body would eventually run out of material.
• Behemoth surrendered and dispersed his Dark Power, returning to his original form as Ye Liang watched from his space.
• Zi Ling explained that Behemoth had once been a ruler whose True Dragon Power was corrupted by Dark Power.
• Ye Liang and Zi Ling decided to kill Behemoth to prevent him from returning, but a black shadow sprang out of Ye Liang’s space.

Ye Liang and Zi Ling learned how Behemoth lost his mind and how Dark City’s rulers tried to restore him, while Zi Ling questioned whether the Dragon Slaying Plan could have been devised by anyone in the Immortal Realm. The Werewolf General revealed that a failed soul-summoning ritual had tainted Behemoth’s soul, but the chapter ended before he explained the demon’s possession in full.

• The little beast called Behemoth its father, and Behemoth gathered it into his arms as the werewolves celebrated his return to normal.
• The Werewolf General thanked Ye Liang for expelling Behemoth’s evil thoughts, and Ye Liang asked about Behemoth’s condition and the child.
• The Werewolf General recounted how cultivators backed dissidents, killed the ruling Lord, and left the newly crowned Young Master lost amid endless rain.
• Ye Liang recognized the events as resembling the Dragon Slaying Plan, while Zi Ling insisted that the Immortal Realm’s laws would erase anyone who plotted such crimes against mortals.
• The Werewolf General admitted that his people had used a Western soul-summoning ritual to restore Behemoth, but it tainted his soul and caused him to become violent and arrogant.

Ye Liang learned that the Western Sorcerer had vanished after causing Behemoth’s transformation, then left the chaotic world to investigate Dark City’s origins. He and Zi Ling traveled to Treasure Star, where its personnel received them under close supervision.

• The Werewolf General explained how the Western Sorcerer had disappeared, Behemoth had lost control, and the Young Master’s child had survived.
• Ye Liang and Zi Ling spared Behemoth, left the child with the werewolves, and departed with the others.
• Zi Ling opened a passage, and Ye Liang guided the strange beasts into lower realms before returning to the Third Heaven.
• Ye Liang set out for Treasure Star to seek another Time-Space Turtle, while Zi Ling followed under orders from the Immortal Realm to investigate Dark City.
• At Treasure Star’s satellite transfer point, Zi Ling accidentally tore open an infrared detector, startling the personnel as Ye Liang apologized.

Ye Liang and Zi Ling infiltrated Oversback’s mine to persuade the master craftsman to forge a Time-Space Treasure after his workers refused them. When Zi Ling accidentally injured an ore worker, Oversback noticed their presence and challenged Ye Liang as he tried to retreat.

• Ye Liang learned that Time-Space Treasures were prohibited and that Oversback had stopped forging, but he refused to abandon his request.
• Ye Liang and Zi Ling used Immortal Power to turn invisible and entered the mine, where Zi Ling marveled at its rare forging materials.
• Ye Liang recognized Oversback among the miners and prepared to force him to forge the treasure.
• An ore worker collided with invisible Zi Ling, split his head, and alerted the surrounding workers.
• Oversback noticed Ye Liang and Zi Ling and asked whether they intended to leave without facing him.

Ye Liang and Zi Ling learned that Oversback had stopped forging after an Earth-bound Spirit supposedly injured him, but Ye Liang suspected the story was false. At Oversback’s underground home, they discovered a second man who looked exactly like him and followed him to a smelting room, where he exposed their presence and recognized them as treasure seekers.

• Oversback pretended that an Earth-bound Spirit had attacked him and warned his disciples to remove the quarry worker Zi Ling had knocked down.
• Ye Liang learned that Oversback had supposedly been unable to forge for three years because of repeated attacks by the invisible spirit, and he decided to keep following him.
• At Oversback’s home, Ye Liang and Zi Ling saw a second man who looked exactly like the sleeping Oversback, and Ye Liang concluded they were twins.
• Ye Liang and Zi Ling followed the second man into a smelting room, where he sensed Zi Ling and called them out of hiding.
• The man identified them as the state’s treasure seekers and explained that Zi Ling’s sweat had revealed her presence.

Ye Liang discovered that Oversback’s crafting injuries were incurable, so Oversback offered to transfer his soul into his twin brother Gilneas to keep crafting. Ye Liang agreed and sealed Gilneas’s soul in a chair before the transfer began.

• Oversback coughed up blood, and Ye Liang found that his injuries from years of crafting could not be healed by the Mystical Palm Technique.
• Ye Liang started to leave rather than demand that the sick Oversback craft a treasure, but Oversback said his brother could take his place.
• Oversback explained that Gilneas had the talent to craft but was too lazy, and proposed transferring part of his soul into Gilneas’s body.
• Ye Liang agreed to help, then used the Mind Body Switch Technique to seal Gilneas’s Spiritual Power inside a chair.
• Oversback approached Gilneas as Ye Liang prepared to attach Oversback’s soul to his brother’s body.

Ye Liang transferred Oversback’s soul into Gilneas’s healthy body, and Oversback began forging a powerful Time-Space Treasure with an immense collection of rare materials. Ye Liang kept secret the unsavory promise he had made in return, while the artifact’s completion remained months away.

• Ye Liang used his techniques to place Oversback’s soul in Gilneas’s body, restoring Oversback’s strength.
• Oversback agreed to forge the best Time-Space Treasure and offered to supplement Ye Liang’s materials with his own.
• Oversback fed dozens of rare materials into the furnace and said the divine artifact would take several hundred days to complete.
• Oversback asked Ye Liang and Zi Ling to leave and stand guard while he worked.
• Zi Ling questioned Ye Liang about what he had promised Oversback, but Ye Liang stayed silent and fell asleep.