Chapter Summaries

Liu Bai reunited with his younger brother Liu Mubai and arranged for him to cultivate under his protection while Jiu You Palace grew into the Northern Realm’s leading king-level faction. As Liu Bai prepared to travel with Jiu You to the Primal Beast Plains, Mandala emerged from seclusion and discussed locating the Ancient Heavenly Palace.

• Liu Bai summoned Liu Mubai after learning he had joined the Jiu You Guard, then told him to leave the Guard and cultivate in his palace until he became stronger.
• The Great Luo Heavenly Region suppressed factions disrupting its expansion, and Jiu You Palace took control of a thousand cities under Tang Bing’s management.
• Liu Bai showed Jiu You a Supreme Heaven Pill he had refined and learned that the Nine Nether Sparrow Clan would provide Seventh Grade pill recipes.
• Jiu You told Liu Bai that Sky Sparrow Elder would arrive in five days and that they would return to the Nine Nether Sparrow Clan before the Primal Beast Plains opened; Liu Bai promised to help her find Immortal Phoenix Divine Blood.
• Mandala emerged as a Half-step High Earthly Sovereign and told Liu Bai that the Star Demon Suppression Pagoda could locate the Ancient Heavenly Palace once she broke through to High Earthly Sovereign.
• Liu Bai handed Mandala the Star Demon Suppression Pagoda and entrusted the Ancient Heavenly Palace matter to her while he and Jiu You prepared to travel to the Primal Beast Plains.

Liu Bai returned with Sky Sparrow Elder to the Nine Nether Sparrow Clan for the opening of the Primal Beast Plains, where he entered the dangerous void alongside Jiu You, Mo Feng, and Mo Ling. After finding Blood Spirit Mud, Liu Bai revealed that he could refine it into Blood Spirit Pills.

• Sky Sparrow Elder sensed the pressure of Liu Bai's Dragon Phoenix Body and warned him to hide his True Phoenix blood essence from clans with Phoenix bloodlines.
• Clan Chief Tian Huang prepared Liu Bai, Jiu You, Mo Feng, and Mo Ling for the Primal Beast Plains, then helped tear open its entrance so they could enter.
• Liu Bai used the Five Elements Spirit Talisman to shield the group from the void's spiritual-energy breakdown.
• The four boarded a massive boulder traveling through the void and searched it for Blood Spirit Mud.
• Jiu You found Blood Spirit Mud, and Liu Bai explained that he could refine it into Blood Spirit Pills, surprising Mo Ling and Mo Feng.

Liu Bai and his companions gathered Blood Spirit Mud in the meteorite belt, defeated a Thunder Raven Clan team, and refined a Blood Spirit Mud Fetus that awakened the power of his True Dragon and True Phoenix marks. They reached the Primal Beast Plains, where Liu Bai saw an immense palm-shaped crater carved into the ancient continent.

• Mo Ling gave Liu Bai Blood Spirit Mud in exchange for a Blood Spirit Pill each for her and Mo Feng.
• Liu Bai absorbed Blood Spirit Mud and grew stronger as the group searched the meteorite belt around the Primal Beast Plains.
• Liu Bai silently killed four members of the Thunder Raven Clan and collected their Divine Beast blood essence before claiming a Blood Spirit Mud Fetus from a massive meteorite.
• Liu Bai refined the Blood Spirit Mud Fetus on the Innate Five Spirits Disc, awakening the True Dragon and True Phoenix marks and releasing terrifying pressure.
• Jiu You announced that the group had reached the Primal Beast Plains, where Liu Bai saw a colossal palm-shaped crater splitting the ancient continent.

Liu Bai and Jiu You’s group traveled across the Primal Beast Plains to Great Desolation City, where they planned to enter an Ancient Body Refining Tower. After Liu Bai intimidated the Sky Peng Clan’s Liu Qing and learned that its prodigy Zong Teng was already inside the tower, the group reached the city center and sensed an ancient aura ahead.

• Liu Bai and his companions chose to travel to an Ancient Body Refining Tower, and they fought hostile Spirit Beast races along the way.
• Liu Bai, Jiu You, Mo Feng, and Mo Ling reached Great Desolation City, where one of the five surviving towers stood.
• Liu Qing mocked Jiu You and Liu Bai, but Liu Bai revealed his Ninth-grade Supreme cultivation and frightened her and the two Sky Peng Clan members with her.
• Liu Qing told Liu Bai that Zong Teng, the Sky Peng Clan’s gifted prodigy, had already entered the tower, then fled with her companions.
• Liu Bai’s group entered the ruined city and approached its center, where they sensed an ancient, primordial aura.

Liu Bai and the Nine Nether Sparrow Clan competed for entry spots at the Ancient Body Refining Tower, where ten Reception Platforms appeared and rival clans began fighting over them. Liu Bai protected Mo Ling with a Heavenly Grade array as the other platforms erupted into battles and several clans prepared to challenge the Nine Nether Sparrow Clan.

• The Ancient Body Refining Tower opened ten Reception Platforms before the gathered Spirit Beast clans.
• Liu Bai claimed four platforms for the Nine Nether Sparrow Clan, and he, Jiu You, Mo Feng, and Mo Ling each took one.
• Liu Bai shielded Mo Ling's platform with a Heavenly Grade array and invited the other clans to challenge the array or the Nine Nether Sparrow Clan.
• Han Shan of the Rhino Demon Clan occupied a platform, then faced Xu Kun of the Demon Elephant Clan as the two began fighting.
• Zong Teng, He Qing, Chen Zhan, and Lu Jia claimed other platforms while rival clans contested the remaining spot and prepared to attack Liu Bai's array.
• Jiu You and Mo Feng faced challengers as Liu Bai watched the battles, including Mo Feng fighting a winged woman wielding sharp sword qi.

Liu Bai entered the Ancient Body Refining Tower and discovered that its scorching first level strengthened the body when endured, rather than merely testing entrants for rewards. After spending two hours refining himself in the desert, he headed toward the barrier to the second level, where Zong Teng, Jiu You, the Mo Feng siblings, and the others had gathered.

• Mo Feng revealed his Phoenix Flame and defeated the Green-Winged Woman, while Jiu You also won her fight.
• Xu Kun defeated the two combatants contesting the last Reception Platform, and the Ancient Body Refining Tower drew all ten platform owners inside.
• Liu Bai found the first level was a scorching desert and learned that reaching the fifth level would grant a Divine Ability Opportunity.
• Jiu You and the Mo Feng siblings left Liu Bai to continue ahead while he endured the desert's heat to refine his body.
• Liu Bai's Dragon Phoenix Body and Ice Jade Divine Lotus helped him withstand the crimson light, which strengthened his flesh and blood.
• After two hours of body refinement, Liu Bai headed for the second-level barrier, where Zong Teng and the other entrants had gathered.

Liu Bai tempered his body through the freezing second level of the Ancient Body Refining Tower, then used his golden phoenix wings to race into the lightning-filled third level. He summoned the Thunder God Lotus and drew the level’s lightning toward himself, while Jiu You and the others advanced toward a platform where Thunder Marrow was gathering.

• Liu Bai entered the second level alone and endured its freezing currents and cutting gales to strengthen his body.
• Zong Teng and the other competitors passed Liu Bai and advanced, while Spirit Beast clans outside the tower mocked his slower progress.
• After completing his tempering, Liu Bai spread his golden phoenix wings and flew to the third level faster than the Sky Peng Clan members.
• Liu Bai summoned the Thunder God Lotus, causing the third level’s lightning to surge toward him and alarming the other competitors.
• Jiu You and the others continued toward the third-level barrier as Jiu You reassured Mo Ling that Liu Bai would be fine.
• At the deepest part of the third level, Jiu You spotted lightning-charged liquid gathering beyond the cloud platform and recognized it as Thunder Marrow.

Liu Bai arrived at the Thunderlight Cloud Platforms and challenged the other prodigies for the five places leading to the fourth layer. After defeating several opponents and forcing others to withdraw, he watched Han Shan turn on Lu Jia, who was expelled from the Ancient Body Refining Tower.

• Liu Bai arrived protected by the Thunder God Lotus, and he declared that the Nine Nether Sparrow Clan would claim four of the five places.
• Zong Teng coordinated an attack by six prodigies, with three targeting Liu Bai and three attacking Jiu You, Mo Feng, and Mo Ling.
• Liu Bai used the True Dragon Fist and True Phoenix Palm to defeat Xu Kun, then chased down Zong Teng and sent Chen Zhan out of the tower.
• He Qing withdrew from her fight with Mo Ling, and the tower's light carried her away.
• Han Shan attacked Lu Jia while Lu Jia was fighting Jiu You's group, and Lu Jia was expelled from the tower.

Liu Bai absorbed Thunder Marrow on the third level of the Body Refining Tower, greatly strengthening his Dragon Phoenix Body, then entered the fourth level and lit all nine bronze lamps on the Power Stele. The stele began releasing the Sky Devouring Divine Beast’s vital essence, and Liu Bai sensed the True Dragon and True Phoenix spirits within him stirring.

• Han Shan secured a place on the thunder platform, and the five entered the third level to collect Thunder Marrow.
• Liu Bai drew in multiple streaks of Thunder Marrow, which the True Dragon Mark and True Phoenix Mark absorbed as the Ice Jade Divine Lotus healed his wounds.
• After his body finished improving, Liu Bai entered the fourth level ahead of Jiu You and the others and found the Power Stele, which tested physical strength and offered Sky Devouring Divine Beast essence as a reward.
• Liu Bai struck the Power Stele with his Dragon Phoenix Body and lit all nine bronze lamps, stunning Han Shan, Jiu You, Mo Feng, and Mo Ling.
• The Power Stele released crimson patterns and wisps of chaotic energy dense with the Sky Devouring Divine Beast’s vital essence, stirring the True Dragon and True Phoenix spirits within Liu Bai.

Liu Bai and the others entered the Ancient Body Refining Tower’s fifth floor and faced the Blood War King’s trial: surviving one strike of the Body Sacrifice Demonic Fist. As his devastating punch crashed down, they unleashed their transformations and powers, leaving their fate uncertain.

• Liu Bai absorbed the Sky Devouring Divine Beast essence, strengthening his body with purple-gold divine patterns, while Jiu You, Mo Feng, Mo Ling, and Han Shan received their rewards and entered the fifth floor.
• The group arrived at an ancient battlefield, where the Blood War King appeared and revealed that they had to take one punch from him to pass.
• Mo Feng explained the Blood War King’s legend, and Liu Bai recognized the trial’s connection to the Body Sacrifice Demonic Fist and warned the others about the resolve it required.
• The Blood War King launched his fist, and Han Shan, Jiu You, Mo Feng, and Mo Ling manifested their Divine Beast forms while Liu Bai’s purple-gold dragon and phoenix forms began to emerge.
• The Blood War King’s enormous fist shadow crashed down over the five, collapsing the earth beneath them.

Liu Bai endured the Blood War King's Body Sacrifice Demonic Fist and emerged uninjured after obtaining its complete three-form inheritance. When Zong Teng and the other clans threatened Jiu You and her companions, Liu Bai attacked, leaving Zong Teng reeling from the force of his punch.

• Han Shan withdrew from the trial, and Jiu You, Mo Feng, and Mo Ling soon followed, leaving Liu Bai alone beneath the Blood War King's fist shadow.
• Liu Bai awakened the Dragon Phoenix True Spirits and met the fist shadow with an unwavering punch, surviving the impact and obtaining the complete Body Sacrifice Demonic Fist.
• Zong Teng and the other clan prodigies moved to threaten Jiu You and her companions while Liu Bai was presumed dead.
• Liu Bai reappeared unharmed, and Jiu You explained that their Bloodline Link had told her he was alive.
• Zong Teng threatened Liu Bai with retaliation from the clans, but Liu Bai vanished and struck at him with a physical-strength punch.
• Zong Teng evaded the first blow with spatial movement and counterattacked with a golden feather, but Liu Bai shattered its golden light and blasted him across the ruins.

Liu Bai killed Zong Teng and the Spirit Beast Clan prodigies who had attacked the Nine Nether Sparrow Clan, then learned from Han Shan that the Myriad Beast Tomb might hold traces of an ancient Immortal Phoenix. Han Shan also asked how Liu Bai passed Blood War King’s trial, and left after learning the fifth level tested whether challengers would face an apparently fatal punch without giving up.

• Liu Bai claimed the Golden Winged Great Peng Feather Sword, refined Zong Teng’s remaining life, and sealed his essence blood in a jade bottle.
• Liu Bai trapped the attacking Spirit Beast Clan prodigies inside the Sky Severing Array and killed them, while sparing Han Shan and the Rhino Demon Clan because they had not joined the siege.
• Han Shan warned Liu Bai that the Sky Peng, Flame Crane, and Dragon Ape clans had ties to powerful clans, including the Kunpeng Clan, Heavenly Crane Clan, Dragon Clan, and Sky-Reaching Ape Clan.
• Han Shan told Liu Bai and Jiu You that a clan member had heard a phoenix cry and sensed Undying Flame in the Myriad Beast Tomb, prompting their interest in searching there for the Immortal Phoenix.
• Han Shan asked Liu Bai how he passed Blood War King’s trial, and Liu Bai explained that the fifth level tested whether challengers would face the punch despite believing death was certain.
• Han Shan realized that his instinct to give up had ended his trial, thanked Liu Bai for explaining, and departed.

After gaining the complete three forms of the Body Sacrifice Demonic Fist, Liu Bai traveled with Jiu You, Mo Feng, and Mo Ling to a trading point on the way to the Myriad Beast Tomb. There, they found a stall offering sealed treasures for a costly gamble, and Liu Bai recognized the opportunity.

• After Han Shan's group departed, Liu Bai and his companions headed toward the Myriad Beast Tomb and planned to stop at a free trading point to buy useful items and gather information.
• While cultivating in a cave, Liu Bai passed the Blood War King's trial and learned all three forms of the Body Sacrifice Demonic Fist, though he realized he could not yet unleash them fully.
• Liu Bai's group crossed the desolate Primal Beast Plains and reached the trading point, where they looked for items that could protect them from death aura.
• At a large Stone Tree, Liu Bai noticed that the displayed treasures were sealed and recognized the stall as an opportunity to open them.
• The stall's thin owner explained that each attempt cost five hundred thousand Supreme Spirit Liquid and had only a thirty percent chance of success, prompting protests from the gathered onlookers.

Liu Bai used Mo Ling's extraordinary perception to buy four sealed Crystal Balls containing treasures she wanted, then encountered Bai Bin and Chi Hongwu with Mo Feng and Mo Ling. After Bai Bin insulted the siblings, Liu Bai punched him.

• Mo Ling told Liu Bai that a black stone in a Crystal Ball held Phoenix Flame Essence, and Liu Bai bought it for five hundred thousand drops of Supreme Spirit Liquid.
• Liu Bai declined to open the Crystal Ball and bought three more items Mo Ling selected for another one million five hundred thousand drops.
• Mo Feng and Mo Ling stiffened when they saw Bai Bin and Chi Hongwu approaching, and Liu Bai realized a clash was likely.
• Bai Bin called Mo Feng and Mo Ling bastards and explained their family history to Chi Hongwu, making her more disgusted with him.
• Liu Bai stepped forward and struck Bai Bin with a golden fist.

Liu Bai defeated Bai Bin and prepared his group for the dangerous expedition to the Myriad Beast Tomb. After opening four sealed treasures, he gave Mo Ling the Phoenix Flame Essence and armor and entrusted Jiu You with a Thunder Devouring Beast Heart before they rested for their departure at dawn.

• Liu Bai knocked Bai Bin unconscious, and Chi Hongwu warned him that Bai Bin was not among the Cold Phoenix Clan's strongest young members.
• Liu Bai told Jiu You he planned to kill Bai Bin inside the Myriad Beast Tomb, where the coming danger could conceal his actions.
• Liu Bai opened four Crystal Balls, giving Mo Ling the Phoenix Flame Essence and a suit of Peerless Divine Artifact armor.
• Liu Bai identified the heavy horn as a Rhino Demon Clan relic suitable for forging a powerful bow and said he could forge it himself.
• Liu Bai recognized the silver heart as a Thunder Devouring Beast Heart and gave it to Jiu You as protection.
• Liu Bai told Jiu You, Mo Feng, and Mo Ling to rest before they set out for the Myriad Beast Tomb the next morning.

Liu Bai and his companions entered the Myriad Beast Tomb, where they learned that powerful Divine Beast clans were converging on the Divine Tomb Garden. They reached the gathering place and encountered the clans’ geniuses, while Liu Bai privately joked about killing them all.

• Liu Bai used a Soul Purifying Lotus to shield Jiu You from the Myriad Beast Tomb’s deathly aura, and the group entered the tomb.
• Liu Bai and his companions defeated several weak Beast Spirits and continued toward the depths, where they noticed powerful clans rushing ahead.
• Liu Bai forced members of the Scorpion Dragon Clan to share what they knew about the Divine Tomb Garden and the ancient battle that had created it.
• Liu Bai and his companions reached the Divine Tomb Garden and saw numerous powerful Spirit Beast clans gathered there.
• Jiu You identified several clans and their leaders for Liu Bai, who privately asked what would happen if he killed all the gathered geniuses; Jiu You warned him that the Divine Beast race would hunt him down.

Liu Bai's group clashed with the Phoenix Clan at the Divine Tomb Garden entrance, then entered the garden in search of Immortal Phoenix blood and the Eighth Grade Beast Spirit hearts needed to reach its inner region. After finding an injured Eighth Grade Beast Spirit among a weakened herd, Liu Bai began a plan to kill it while Jiu You, Mo Feng, and Mo Ling drew the herd away.

• Bai Ming led the Phoenix Clan to confront Liu Bai's group, and Liu Bai blocked Bai Ming's icy attack with Undying Fire.
• Liu Bai told Jiu You that the True Phoenix Spirit sensed an Immortal Phoenix had fallen in the Divine Tomb Garden.
• When the deathly aura weakened at dawn, Liu Bai's group entered the garden alongside the other clans.
• Bai Ming and Bai Bin discussed pursuing the Nine Nether Sparrow Clan after they entered the inner region, while prioritizing the Phoenix Clan's mission.
• Liu Bai's group found a scattered beast herd and an injured Eighth Grade Beast Spirit, and Liu Bai sent Jiu You, Mo Feng, and Mo Ling to distract the herd while he approached his target.

Liu Bai led Jiu You, Mo Feng, and Mo Ling into the Divine Tomb Garden’s inner region, where they found the altar and its three ancient Beast Sovereign statues. As the gathered clans prepared to compete for the inheritance essence blood, Liu Bai activated a Grandmaster-level spirit array around the altar and escaped with his companions, trapping the others inside.

• Liu Bai used a golden array to hold off the Seventh Grade Beast Spirits pursuing Jiu You, Mo Feng, and Mo Ling, then led them toward the inner region.
• Liu Bai purified the Eighth Grade Beast Spirit heart with the barrier’s light and used it to open a passage through the Light Screen for the four of them.
• Liu Bai’s group found a massive altar and encountered the other teams, including Bai Ming and the Phoenix Clan.
• Liu Bai recognized the statues of the ancient Immortal Phoenix, Ancient Ten Thousand Spirits Bird, and Ancient Desolate Beast, while the clans gathered to compete for their inheritance essence blood.
• Bai Ming chose the Immortal Phoenix inheritance, but Liu Bai stayed silent and secretly spread spiritual energy through the stone platform.
• Liu Bai raised a crimson Grandmaster-level spirit array around the altar, then carried Jiu You and the other two outside it, trapping the gathered teams.

Liu Bai used the Grandmaster-level Void True Flame Array to defeat the gathered clan teams and demanded that survivors surrender their Soul Blood to become his Beast Slaves. After Bai Bin submitted, Liu Bai discovered that the contract had unlocked a Beast Pet slot in his system.

• Liu Bai activated the Void True Flame Array, and the trapped clan teams struggled to resist its flames with their Quasi-Saint Artifacts.
• Liu Bai condensed the flames into a giant firebird, which overwhelmed the teams’ defenses and killed Bai Ming despite his Phoenix Blood Sacrifice Spirit.
• Kong Ling, Zong Qingfeng, and the other clan leaders offered to give up the inheritance essence blood, but Liu Bai demanded that three of them become his Beast Slaves.
• The Sky-Reaching Ape Clan refused and was burned to death, followed by the Nine-Colored Peacock Clan after Kong Ling rejected Liu Bai’s offer.
• Liu Bai offered the Phoenix Clan members a chance to surrender, and Bai Bin handed over his Soul Blood while Chi Hongwu denounced him.
• Liu Bai absorbed Bai Bin’s Soul Blood and discovered that his system had gained a Beast Pet slot listing Bai Bin.

Liu Bai discovered that his system could strengthen those who became his Beast Slaves, and he used it to empower Bai Bin and Zong Qingfeng. After Zong Qingfeng defeated the Kunpeng Clan members, Liu Bai subdued the Heavenly Crane Clan team and offered the remaining Phoenix Clan members a chance to submit.

• Liu Bai invested twenty thousand Beast Soul Points in Bai Bin, raising Bai Bin’s cultivation to the peak of Seventh Grade and greatly increasing his bloodline power.
• Zong Qingfeng rejected the Kunpeng Clan’s condemnation, gave Liu Bai his Soul Blood, and received enough Beast Soul Points to evolve into a true Kun Peng and reach early Eighth Grade Supreme.
• Zong Qingfeng killed the five Kunpeng Clan members, while Liu Bai gained Beast Soul Points and Experience Points from the kills.
• Liu Bai activated the great formation and burned the Heavenly Crane Clan team, leaving only their crimson longsword.
• Chi Hongwu and three Cold Phoenix Clan members tried to self-destruct, but Liu Bai drained their spiritual energy and offered to spare them if they acknowledged him as master.