Chapter Summaries

Xiao Hei defeated a peak demigod Qilin Clan fighter with a single punch, forcing General Wang to challenge him next. When General Wang invoked the Qilin bloodline, Xiao Hei revealed a terrifying bloodline presence and claimed he had never lost at bloodline competition.

• Xiao Hei accepted Qi Chuan's challenge and faced a peak demigod subordinate of the Purple Flame General.
• Xiao Hei blocked the man's punch with his own, shattered his arm, and sent him flying through the banquet tables.
• General Wang caught the defeated fighter but was forced to step back while dispersing Xiao Hei's residual strength.
• General Wang entered the contest and summoned Qilin bloodline power, forming a roaring qilin phantom behind him.
• Xiao Hei declared that he had never lost at bloodline competition and unleashed a Devil God phantom with a golden marking and swirling nether souls.

Xiao Hei’s bloodline overwhelmed General Wang, forcing Qi Chuan to concede the contest. Xiao Hei then demanded to fight a Qilin expert two minor realms above him, and Qi Chuan accepted as a Purple Flame General stepped forward.

• Xiao Hei’s bloodline terrified General Wang and the others, and General Wang struggled to move under its suppression.
• Qi Chuan declared General Wang the loser, and General Wang withdrew after accepting the decision.
• Qi Chuan praised Xiao Hei and tried to resume the banquet, but Xiao Hei criticized the food and wine and demanded a stronger opponent.
• Xiao Hei insisted he wanted to fight someone two minor realms above him, and Qi Chuan warned he could be killed.
• Qi Chuan agreed and signaled to a Purple Flame General who had undergone the second lightning tribulation to face Xiao Hei.
• Qi Chuan poured his wine onto the ground as the Purple Flame General approached Xiao Hei.

Xiao Hei fought Lu Fang after Qi Chuan ordered the duel, and survived Lu Fang’s overwhelming attacks by relying on his bloodline’s healing power. The chapter ended with Xiao Hei standing beneath Lu Fang’s qilin foot and striking it back, shocking Qi Chuan.

• Qi Chuan poured wine onto the ground, and Lu Fang attacked Xiao Hei with his full strength.
• Xiao Hei met Lu Fang’s punch using the Devil God’s phantom, the Eternal Devil Body, and Holy Devil Bloodline abilities, but was driven back and spat blood.
• Xiao Hei laughed off the injury as his bloodline began healing him, so Lu Fang manifested his Qilin True Body.
• Lu Fang battered Xiao Hei into the ground with his qilin form and repeatedly stamped on him.
• Xiao Hei burst from beneath Lu Fang’s foot and knocked it back, while Qi Chuan rose in disbelief.

Xiao Hei defeated Lu Fang in the spar and nearly killed him before Prince Scarlet Flame intervened. After Xiao Hei and Qi Wu’s allies left Qi Chuan’s banquet, Prince Scarlet Flame openly sided with Qi Wu, and Mu Fusheng began preparing for Qi Chuan’s retaliation.

• Xiao Hei battered Lu Fang in his Qilin form until he reverted to his unconscious human body, then tried to kill him.
• Prince Scarlet Flame stopped Xiao Hei and threw him toward Mu Fusheng and Shi Sheng, who restrained him and helped him regain control.
• Xiao Hei healed his injuries, then left Qi Chuan’s banquet with Mu Fusheng and Shi Sheng.
• Qi Wu departed with Xiao Hei’s group, followed by two Purple Flame Generals and Prince Scarlet Flame, signaling their support for Qi Wu.
• Qi Chuan suppressed his anger and continued the banquet, while Mu Fusheng considered how to counter the retaliation he expected from Qi Chuan.
• Prince Scarlet Flame followed Mu Fusheng and the others back to Qi Wu’s courtyard.

Prince Scarlet Flame warned Qi Wu that Qi Chuan had already built an informant network to gain the advantage in finding the Earth Rod of the Classic of Mountains and Seas, and urged him to win over Prince Yang Flame. Qi Wu and Mu Fusheng went to approach Prince Yang Flame, where they found an unexpected guest.

• Prince Scarlet Flame joined Qi Wu in the courtyard and learned that the claim about resonating with the Earth Rod had only been a pretext to help Xiao Hei and the others gain a foothold.
• Prince Scarlet Flame revealed that Qi Chuan had used Qi Wu’s informants to build a network tracking activity related to the Classic of Mountains and Seas.
• Prince Scarlet Flame advised Qi Wu to recruit Prince Yang Flame and, if necessary, intercept Qi Chuan’s people by force.
• Qi Wu asked Mu Fusheng to accompany him to persuade Prince Yang Flame, and Xiao Hei and Shi Sheng agreed that Mu Fusheng was best suited to negotiate.
• Qi Wu explained Prince Yang Flame’s secluded nature and strength as they traveled to his residence.
• The guards admitted Qi Wu and Mu Fusheng, where they encountered an uninvited guest.

Qi Chuan failed to recruit Prince Yang Flame and threatened Mu Fusheng, who answered with taunts of his own. Mu Fusheng then offered to heal Prince Yang Flame’s damaged source if he joined Qi Wu’s side, but Prince Yang Flame demanded Mu Fusheng’s head if he failed.

• Qi Chuan left Prince Yang Flame’s residence after his recruitment offer was rejected.
• Qi Chuan offered Mu Fusheng better terms to cooperate with him, but Mu Fusheng refused and warned him that the Qilin Clan would soon be in turmoil.
• Mu Fusheng provoked Qi Chuan with threats and insults, hoping to make him act rashly, and Qi Chuan left in anger.
• Qi Wu tried to recruit Prince Yang Flame by offering a way to heal his damaged source with the Classic of Mountains and Seas.
• Mu Fusheng promised he could heal Prince Yang Flame regardless of whether they obtained the Classic of Mountains and Seas, wagering that Qi Wu would fulfill any one demand if he failed.
• Prince Yang Flame accepted the wager’s premise but added that Mu Fusheng would have to bring him his head if the promise was not fulfilled.

Qi Wu stopped holding back against Qi Chuan’s pressure, but news of a Phoenix Soul drew both Qilin factions and the other great beast clans to the Phoenix Cry Sect. The Four Great Beast Clans arrived together, and the Qilin Clan asked the sect to grant them passage.

• Mu Fusheng admitted he had never sworn to treat Prince Yang Flame, explaining that he had made no promise lightly.
• Qi Chuan tightened his suppression of Qi Wu’s faction and searched for the Classic of Mountains and Seas’ Earth Rod, prompting Qi Wu to order his people to drive out or kill his spies.
• After Xiao Hei reminded him to stop hesitating, Qi Wu issued orders to resist Qi Chuan’s forces openly.
• Qi Chuan and Qi Wu both received news of a Phoenix Soul at the Phoenix Cry Sect and set out to investigate, while the other three great beast clans dispatched their own people.
• After an eight-day journey, the Four Great Beast Clans arrived at the Phoenix Cry Sect, where the newly advanced sect master watched as the Qilin Clan requested passage.

The Four Great Beast Clans pressured the Phoenix Cry Sect to investigate the Phoenix Soul’s repeated appearances, while the sect’s members remained unable to reveal what they knew. Xiao Hei and the others realized the Earth Rod of the Classic of Mountains and Seas might be at the sect after Mu Fusheng spotted a familiar man and woman.

• The Four Great Beast Clans arrived at the Phoenix Cry Sect, and Qi Chuan demanded that the sect cooperate with their investigation.
• Bi Yan, Bai Xiao, and Zhou Liu challenged Qi Wu and criticized the Qilin Clan for bringing humans, while Bi Yan privately recognized Xiao Hei and the others’ strength.
• Qi Chuan questioned the Phoenix Cry Sect Master about the Phoenix Soul’s appearances and threatened to examine the sect’s elders and disciples.
• The Phoenix Cry Sect Master gathered everyone at the square, where Qi Chuan requested information and offered rewards, but Lu Changsheng’s restrictions prevented anyone from speaking.
• Xiao Hei asked Qi Wu how he would seize the Classic of Mountains and Seas, and Mu Fusheng spotted a man and woman at the back of the square, realizing the Earth Rod might be there.

The Four Great Beast Clans attacked the Phoenix Cry Sect, convinced the Classic of Mountains and Seas had appeared there, while the sect tried to protect its secrets and withstand their bloodline suppression. As four prince-level experts prepared to break the sect’s great array, Qin Zhan stepped out from among the disciples.

• Bai Xiao and Zhou Liu threatened the Phoenix Cry Sect and demanded information about the Classic of Mountains and Seas.
• Qi Chuan ordered a disciple’s Soul Search, but a hidden restriction destroyed the disciple’s body and soul before he could reveal anything.
• The Phoenix Cry Sect Master and Phoenix King rallied the sect to fight rather than submit to Soul Search.
• The Four Great Beast Clans summoned manifestations of their bloodlines and overwhelmed the Phoenix Cry Sect with their bloodline suppression.
• The Phoenix Cry Sect activated the Phoenix Falls from the Nine Heavens Great Array, but Prince Azure Flame and three other prince-level experts took positions around it.
• Lu Changsheng noticed Qin Zhan walking out from among the Phoenix Cry Sect’s disciples.

Qin Zhan revealed an overwhelming, unfamiliar presence, took the Classic of Mountains and Seas from Xu Yeming, and used it to summon a phoenix and awaken a divine temple beneath Phoenix Cry Mountain. The temple sealed the area, leaving Lu Changsheng wondering who Qin Zhan was and how he was connected to the Classic.

• Qin Zhan walked through the bloodline suppression with ease, and Lu Changsheng sensed that his presence and soul had changed completely.
• Qin Zhan took the Classic of Mountains and Seas from Xu Yeming and told him he was only borrowing it.
• Qin Zhan smeared his blood on the phoenix page, summoning a towering phoenix that dwarfed the beasts formed by the Four Great Beast Clans.
• Qin Zhan struck Phoenix Cry Mountain, causing the terrain to shift and stone pillars to rise around everyone.
• A light curtain sealed the area, and a divine temple emerged, surrounded by seventy-five statues of exotic beasts recorded in the Classic of Mountains and Seas.

Qin Zhan revealed the Mountain and Sea Divine Temple and its store of exotic-beast bloodlines, while the Four Great Beast Clans prepared to enter it. As the temple opened, Xu Yeming and the others kept their identities concealed, and Qi Chuan confronted Qi Wu and Xiao Hei over their rivalry.

• Qin Zhan handed the Classic of Mountains and Seas to Xu Yeming and explained that the Mountain and Sea Divine Temple held the essence blood of seventy-five exotic beasts.
• Qi Chuan and the other beast clans held back from seizing the Classic, expecting whoever took it to be attacked by their rivals.
• Lu Changsheng sent information to Xiao Hei, Shi Sheng, Mu Fusheng, and Xu Yeming, and Mu Fusheng concealed his connection to Xu Yeming to avoid attracting attention.
• Qin Zhan disappeared into the temple, whose doors opened, and Zhou Liu ordered the Phoenix Cry Sect to enter first as cannon fodder.
• Qi Chuan challenged Qi Wu over their succession rivalry and threatened Xiao Hei, who retorted that Qi Chuan would not recover his lost face inside the temple.

Lu Changsheng slipped away from the group inside the Mountain and Sea Divine Temple and found Qin Zhan waiting beneath a statue. Qin Zhan revealed that the woman depicted there brought the Classic of Mountains and Seas into the world, but Lu Changsheng was left asking who she was.

• Qi Chuan entered the temple after threatening Qi Wu, while Qi Wu and Xiao Hei's group followed.
• Lu Changsheng used a spatial disturbance to cover his escape into the passageway, leaving Huang Qian to guide Xu Yeming and the others.
• Lu Changsheng passed seventy-five doors carved with exotic beasts from the Classic of Mountains and Seas and reached a chamber with a huge statue.
• Qin Zhan told Lu Changsheng they had met before, and Lu Changsheng recognized his eyes from the Latitude Barrier and the Immortal Realm Passage.
• Qin Zhan said the woman depicted by the statue brought the Classic of Mountains and Seas into the world and gave devil beasts their supreme bloodlines.
• Lu Changsheng asked Qin Zhan who the woman was.

Lu Changsheng learned from Qin Zhan that the woman behind the Classic of Mountains and Seas was Nüwa, and that the Great Tribulation of the Six Realms was approaching. He remained wary of Qin Zhan’s arrangements, then watched his disciples’ trials and demanded a greeting gift.

• Qin Zhan revealed that the beasts regarded the woman as their creator and named her Nüwa, confirming Lu Changsheng’s suspicions.
• Qin Zhan said Nüwa was still alive, the Classic of Mountains and Seas was her handiwork, and the Great Tribulation of the Six Realms was near, while warning Lu Changsheng not to investigate too deeply.
• Lu Changsheng said he would try to resist Qin Zhan’s arrangements because he did not know Qin Zhan’s background or have reason to trust him.
• Qin Zhan summoned a screen showing Xiao Hei, Shi Sheng, Mu Fusheng, and Xu Yeming, and Lu Changsheng settled in to watch them.
• Lu Changsheng demanded a greeting gift, so Qin Zhan tossed him a spatial ring and regretted arranging their meeting.

Lu Changsheng extorted more gifts from Qin Zhan before turning to watch the light screen, where Xu Yeming identified a way to activate the Qilin Hall. The Qilin Clan’s attempt to awaken the Qilin Essence Blood began draining their blood, and Qi Chuan asked Xu Yeming to summon a Qilin.

• Lu Changsheng took more gifts from Qin Zhan and inspected the contents of his spatial ring.
• In the Qilin Hall, Xu Yeming suggested filling two recesses with Qilin blood to activate the mechanism.
• Qi Chuan ordered the Qilin Clan to pour their blood into the grooves, which began sucking blood from their hands.
• Several weaker Qilin Clan members shriveled and collapsed as Qi Chuan urged the others to continue.
• Qi Chuan asked Xu Yeming to use the Classic of Mountains and Seas to summon a Qilin.

Qi Chuan and Prince Azure Flame tried to take the Classic of Mountains and Seas from Xu Yeming, but Huang Qian intervened and proved strong enough to hold Prince Azure Flame back. The chapter ended with Huang Qian’s Divine Phoenix Bloodline suppressing the Qilin Clan as Qi Chuan recognized what it might mean.

• Qi Chuan targeted Xu Yeming for the Classic of Mountains and Seas while Qilin Clan members continued filling the hall’s grooves with their blood.
• Xiao Hei, Shi Sheng, and Qi Wu stood up for Xu Yeming, but Prince Azure Flame swiftly bypassed Xiao Hei and Shi Sheng and confronted him.
• Prince Azure Flame offered to take Xu Yeming as his disciple in exchange for the Classic of Mountains and Seas, but Xu Yeming refused and remained unaffected by his bloodline suppression.
• Huang Qian appeared and stopped Prince Azure Flame from pressing his palm against Xu Yeming, explaining that poaching someone’s disciple was a bad habit.
• Prince Azure Flame failed to break Huang Qian’s grip despite using eighty percent of his strength, and her Divine Phoenix wings and bloodline emerged.
• The Qilin Clan sensed Huang Qian’s bloodline suppressing theirs, and Qi Chuan’s expression tightened as he recognized it.

Huang Qian revealed her Divine Phoenix Bloodline and overwhelmed Prince Azure Flame with Divine Phoenix Fire, forcing him to manifest his true Qilin form. She then manifested her own true form and continued attacking, while the Phoenix Cry Sect's sect master watched in awe.

• Qi Chuan recognized Huang Qian's flames as Divine Phoenix Fire and identified her Divine Phoenix Bloodline.
• Huang Qian broke Prince Azure Flame's hold and pursued him, burning Qilin clansmen caught in her path.
• Prince Azure Flame manifested his true Qilin form and attacked Huang Qian, but she retreated from his powerful stomp.
• Huang Qian unleashed a Divine Phoenix-shaped blaze, and Prince Azure Flame countered with azure flames that were soon overwhelmed.
• Huang Qian manifested her true Divine Phoenix form and rained fiery meteors on the Qilin, who gathered his scales into a shield.
• The Phoenix Cry Sect's sect master marveled at the power of a Divine Phoenix.

Huang Qian killed Prince Azure Flame with golden Divine Phoenix feathers, while the Qilin portrait’s essence blood flew into Xu Yeming’s heart. Lu Changsheng suspected the transfer was connected to the great wilderness beast heart.

• Lu Changsheng criticized Huang Qian for not attacking Prince Azure Flame with full force, while Qin Zhan praised her strength.
• Prince Azure Flame used azure heat to boost his speed and rammed Huang Qian, sending her flying.
• Huang Qian gathered Divine Phoenix Fire and golden light into her feathers, pierced Prince Azure Flame’s defenses, and burned him and his divine soul away.
• Huang Qian ignored Qi Chuan and returned to Xu Yeming, while Lu Changsheng complained that she should have eliminated him too.
• After the Qilin portrait’s grooves filled with blood, its essence blood entered Xu Yeming’s heart, leaving Lu Changsheng wondering if the great wilderness beast heart was involved.

Xu Yeming absorbed Qilin Essence Blood and suppressed his imminent breakthrough, while Qi Chuan left without the Classic of Mountains and Seas. After Lu Changsheng reunited with his disciples, Qin Zhan gave Xiao Hei the key to Mo Qianqian's black-and-gold wooden box, leaving Xiao Hei questioning who Qin Zhan really was.

• Xu Yeming absorbed the Qilin Essence Blood and suppressed his cultivation breakthrough to avoid undergoing a lightning tribulation.
• Qi Chuan left the Qilin Hall after failing to obtain the Qilin Essence Blood or the Classic of Mountains and Seas, and Qi Wu warned that their return journey could be dangerous.
• Xiao Hei told Qi Wu that Lu Changsheng had arrived, and Qi Wu agreed to wait at the temple entrance while Xiao Hei and the others met their master.
• Lu Changsheng reunited with Xiao Hei, Mu Fusheng, Shi Sheng, Xu Yeming, and Huang Qian, then learned that Qin Zhan had called them over to give them fortuitous opportunities.
• Qin Zhan gave Xiao Hei an ancient black-and-gold key that could open Mo Qianqian's wooden box, and Xiao Hei asked Qin Zhan who he really was.

Qin Zhan gave Shi Sheng, Mu Fusheng, and Xu Yeming powerful resources and instructions to advance their cultivation, while hinting that a great calamity was approaching. After Qin Zhan vanished, Lu Changsheng resolved to strengthen his disciples as they prepared to help Qi Wu.

• Qin Zhan gave Shi Sheng the Star Source Technique to help him absorb the Star Essence remaining in his body.
• Qin Zhan gave Mu Fusheng a Tribulation Lightning Pearl and explained how to merge tribulation lightning into his Ancient Divine Lightning.
• Qin Zhan restored the missing pages of the Classic of Mountains and Seas and told Xu Yeming to absorb exotic beasts' essence blood to strengthen his Great Wilderness Beast Heart.
• Qin Zhan warned Lu Changsheng that a great calamity was coming and that his disciples would be tested, then vanished.
• Xiao Hei said they would help Qi Wu secure the clan leader position, while Xu Yeming asked to help his father and Lu Changsheng promised him special training.

After Xu Yeming emerged from the Mountain and Sea Divine Temple, two beast-clan princes tried to seize him, but Lu Changsheng defeated them with a single move. Lu Changsheng then decided to bring forward his plan for Xu Yeming to take control of the Devil Beast Continent.

• Qi Wu refused to retreat despite the Qiongqi and Seven Star White Tiger Clans outnumbering his Qilin Clan forces.
• The Phoenix Cry Sect Master emerged with Xiao Hei, Shi Sheng, Mu Fusheng, and Xu Yeming, showing the effects of absorbing pure Phoenix Essence Blood.
• Bai Xiao and Zhou Liu ordered their princes to seize Xu Yeming, while Bi Yan held back the Bifang Clan's prince to observe.
• Lu Changsheng intervened and knocked both princes into the crowd with one strike.
• Lu Changsheng told Xu Yeming that he would now bring forward his plan for him to take control of the Devil Beast Continent.