Recaps

Xia Guanxue defeated Ying Zhou in a sparring match and identified the hesitation holding back Ying Zhou’s saber. Si Ming urged Ying Zhou to embrace his devilish intent while letting divine will guide him, but Ying Zhou lost control, forcing Si Ming to knock him unconscious; Si Ming then encouraged him to try again.

• Xia Guanxue defeated Ying Zhou by unleashing Sword Qi from beneath the ground and piercing his lower leg.
• Xia Guanxue told Ying Zhou that hesitation prevented his saber intent from reaching its peak, and Si Ming explained how Ying Zhou could face his inner devil.
• Ying Zhou released the devilish intent in his heart, grew stronger, and attacked with a powerful Asura Flame Blade while losing all reason.
• Si Ming stopped Ying Zhou’s attack, knocked him unconscious, and calmed the dissipating Asura Devil Qi.
• Si Ming encouraged Ying Zhou to try again without holding back, but Ying Zhou refused to trust him.

Si Ming and Murong Wu helped Ying Zhou overcome his heart demon by letting him repeatedly lose control without risking harm to others. After mastering Divine Intent Halts Slaughter, Ying Zhou challenged Xia Guanxue and defeated him in a fierce exchange.

• Si Ming provoked Ying Zhou and knocked him unconscious when he succumbed to his heart demon, while Murong Wu observed that the treatment was working.
• Ying Zhou succeeded on his third attempt, regained his reason, and mastered Divine Intent Halts Slaughter.
• Si Ming compared Ying Zhou's calm, detached state to Si Jingyu's Clear Mirror and Still Water and suspected Xia Guanxue had cultivated the Mystic Void Divine Needle.
• Ying Zhou attacked Xia Guanxue with three saber strikes, while Xia Guanxue countered with precise sword formations and a concealed killing move.
• Ying Zhou feigned defeat, burst from the ground, and overwhelmed Xia Guanxue at close range, ending with a palm strike that sent him flying.

Si Ming and Murong Wu realized the Demon Race was likely targeting Medicine King Valley to prevent them from obtaining a snow mountain lingzhi that could help cure Ba Shenhuang’s poison. Si Ming feared leaving the front undefended, but Xiao Xuan arrived with Mohist School aid and reported that demon tides had tied down the Su State’s forces.

• Ying Zhou defeated Xia Guanxue in their spar, and Murong Wu treated Xia Guanxue’s injuries while ordering him to rest for three days.
• Murong Wu explained that Ba Shenhuang’s fused cold-and-heat poison could only be purged with powerful cold and flame forces applied at the same time.
• Murong Wu revealed that Medicine King Valley preserved a five-hundred-year-old snow mountain lingzhi that could help treat Ba Shenhuang.
• Si Ming connected Medicine King Valley’s location to the Demon Race’s northward advance and suspected Military God Huang Yan was targeting the valley.
• Xiao Xuan arrived and said the Su State was beset by demon tides numbering at least five hundred thousand, with Demon Kings leading them.

Si Ming explained why the Nation of Valor had obstructed Su State’s reinforcements, and Xiao Xuan revealed that he had advanced the Supreme Plain Decay True Scripture to its third stage. They discussed Xiao Xuan’s chances against the Demon Emperor, whom Si Ming suspected was a Chongming Bird.

• Xiao Xuan told Si Ming that Nation of Valor officials had barred Su State’s martial artists from entering, and the generals blamed traitors and promised the Mohist School an explanation.
• Si Ming asked Xiao Xuan whether the Republic would be safe without him, and Xiao Xuan said its inland location and additional Spirit Transformation Grandmasters would protect it.
• Xiao Xuan asked Si Ming to assess his chances against the Demon Emperor, then revealed his Polonium Poison Primordial Spirit Body by making Si Ming’s Jing Essence run wild with a touch.
• Si Ming estimated Xiao Xuan had a forty percent chance of winning and suggested that the Demon Emperor’s true form might be a Chongming Bird.
• Xiao Xuan asked Si Ming what weakness the Chongming Bird might have, and Si Ming hinted that its excellent eyesight could be exploited.

Si Ming traveled alone to Medicine King Valley to obtain the Snow Mountain Lingzhi for the injured War God, while Xiao Xuan stayed behind to hold the fort. After finding the hidden entrance, Si Ming entered the valley and demanded to speak with someone in charge.

• Xiao Xuan warned Si Ming that the Military God might have laid a trap at Medicine King Valley, and Si Ming said he was prepared to escape if necessary.
• Si Ming left Xiao Xuan to hold the fort, and Xiao Xuan visited the recovering Ba Shenhuang, where they traded insults and agreed to fight once Ba Shenhuang recovered.
• Si Ming searched the dense forest for Medicine King Valley, followed human scents to a cold pool, and crossed through it to reach the hidden settlement.
• Si Ming found no signs that the Demon Race army had attacked the valley and worried that the Military God might instead target Zhenzhou.
• The guards challenged Si Ming, but he ignored their questions and demanded to be taken to someone with authority over Medicine King Valley.

Si Ming reached Medicine King Valley and persuaded its guards to take him to Valley Master Qin Yueren. He warned the valley that the Demon Race’s army was advancing toward it to seize its medicines and prevent Ba Shenhuang from recovering.

• Si Ming disarmed three Medicine King Valley guards and reshaped their steel weapons, after which they recognized him as Mad Ink and escorted him inside.
• Si Ming met Qin Yueren and other Medicine King Valley experts, who welcomed him warmly for his service in the war against demons.
• Si Ming told the gathered leaders that the Demon Emperor had returned and a second war between humans and demons had begun.
• Si Ming warned Qin Yueren that the Demon Race’s army was advancing toward Medicine King Valley from the Nation of Valor.
• Si Ming explained that the Demon Race wanted the valley’s spirit medicines and Snow Mountain Lingzhi to keep Ba Shenhuang from recovering, alarming the valley’s leaders.

Si Ming obtained Medicine King Valley’s last Cold Marrow Pill Pearl for Ba Shenhuang and agreed to publicly claim the exchange would help protect the valley from the Demon Race. After Si Ming left, Qin Yueren revealed intelligence about his power and urged Elder Yi not to underestimate him.

• Qin Yueren offered Si Ming the Cold Marrow Pill Pearl and asked him to say Medicine King Valley had completed a proper exchange and had given away its last one.
• Si Ming accepted the pearl and promised to help Medicine King Valley weather the Demon Race’s threat.
• Elder Yi questioned Qin Yueren’s decision to be so cautious with Si Ming, and Qin Yueren showed him a letter about Si Ming’s reported battle against a Demon Emperor.
• Elder Yi doubted the report, but Qin Yueren argued that Si Ming’s strength could be extraordinary and that offending him would be unwise.

Si Ming was ambushed by Huang Yan and three Demon Kings after leaving Medicine King Valley, but he refused to yield despite their draining formation. He opened the fight by overpowering Zhen Hu’s first attack, leaving the other three poised to strike.

• Si Ming discovered two Cold Marrow Pill Pearls in the jade box and decided to honor his promise to protect Medicine King Valley while keeping its secret.
• Si Ming emerged from the cold pool and was surrounded by Huang Yan, Mengying, Zhen Hu, and Chang Qing, who trapped him in a formation that drained his power.
• Huang Yan explained that they had delayed Mohist School reinforcements and lured Si Ming to Medicine King Valley so they could ambush him at its exit.
• Si Ming learned that the Demon Emperor was attacking Zhenzhou and chose to fight the four enemies without using the Wheel-Turning King Sword’s trump card.
• Zhen Hu attacked with a compressed stone pillar, but Si Ming shattered it and drove him back with his superior strength.
• With Zhen Hu creating an opening, Mengying and another enemy began their attacks.

Si Ming fought Huang Yan, Chang Qing, Zhen Hu, and Mengying inside Huang Yan’s Pale Flame, using martial skill and enemy techniques to turn the battle in his favor. He wounded Huang Yan and Chang Qing, but his injuries and depleted strength were exposed, and the surviving opponents kept attacking to prevent him from recovering.

• Mengying, Huang Yan, and Chang Qing attacked Si Ming together, but he deflected their martial arts without using True Qi in the spiritless environment.
• Zhen Hu struck Si Ming from behind with Dragon Whale Raises a Hundred Tides, but Si Ming endured the blow and redirected its force into Huang Yan and Chang Qing, wounding both.
• Mengying unleashed Divine Sandworm Bukong's Shadow-Shooting Sand, and Si Ming amplified and returned the attack, burying Chang Qing beneath an exploding mountainside.
• Si Ming tried to intimidate the remaining opponents, but Huang Yan recognized that he was injured and depleted, then summoned an ancient sword and urged Zhen Hu and Mengying to keep him from recovering.
• Huang Yan, Zhen Hu, and Mengying resumed their assault on Si Ming, while the elders of Medicine King Valley activated their formation against the shockwaves.

Si Ming defeated Huang Yan, Zhen Hu, and Mengying, then returned to find the Zhenzhou camp devastated and Xiao Xuan fighting Cang Baiyi. The chapter ended as Xiao Xuan unleashed Three-Phase Fierce Break toward Tu Wangyue and her protector.

• Si Ming defeated Huang Yan, Zhen Hu, and Mengying, but vines and their allies helped the three escape before he could pursue them.
• Si Ming returned to the ruined Zhenzhou camp and deduced that Huang Yan had divided his forces to attack Medicine King Valley and Zhenzhou while drawing attention elsewhere.
• Si Ming heard fighting near the central army and found Xiao Xuan battling Cang Baiyi, who stood between him and Tu Wangyue.
• Xiao Xuan wounded Cang Baiyi, but Cang Baiyi refused to move from his post protecting Tu Wangyue.
• Xiao Xuan gathered nuclear power and launched Three-Phase Fierce Break.

Xiao Xuan confronted Tu Wangyue over her role in trapping him in the snowy mountains, while she refused to reveal her reasons and defended her choice as serving the common good. Cang Baiyi urged Xiao Xuan to show her leniency, leaving their dispute unresolved.

• Cang Baiyi attacked Xiao Xuan, but Tu Wangyue shielded the onlookers from Xiao Xuan’s fireball with her divine power.
• Xiao Xuan struck Tu Wangyue and injured her after she and Cang Baiyi tried to stop him.
• Xiao Xuan asked Tu Wangyue why she had not drawn the Sacred Sword, and she said it was reserved for the common people.
• Tu Wangyue admitted she had a hand in trapping Xiao Xuan in the snowy mountains but refused to disclose why, insisting her choice had served the public good.
• Xiao Xuan challenged Tu Wangyue’s justification, while she argued that weighing harms and benefits was proper conduct.
• Cang Baiyi acknowledged that Xiao Xuan had reason not to forgive Tu Wangyue but asked him to show her leniency because she had come despite knowing he would confront her.

Si Ming reunited with Xiao Xuan after the senior martial uncle drove off the Demon Emperor, and learned Xiao Xuan planned to leave while warning him to remain cautious around the Holy Maiden. Si Ming then gave Murong Wu Cold Marrow Pill Pearls to prepare medicine for Ba Shenhuang and persuaded him to absorb their remaining spiritual essence.

• Xiao Xuan told Si Ming he had fought the Demon Emperor, admitted his injuries were severe, and explained why he had chosen not to continue fighting the Holy Maiden and the Heaven-Supporting Staff.
• Xiao Xuan said he would return home the next day and warned Si Ming to stay guarded around the Holy Maiden while still relying on her and the Mohist School Sacred Sword.
• Si Ming gave Murong Wu two Cold Marrow Pill Pearls, and Murong Wu explained that they needed processing before they could replace Snow Mountain Lingzhi in Ba Shenhuang’s treatment.
• Si Ming discovered Murong Wu had reached level sixteen Internal Cultivation but had not advanced to Spirit Transformation, then advised him to build his cultivation and bluff enemies rather than fight.
• Murong Wu accepted a Cold Marrow Pill Pearl to absorb its spiritual essence and hurried to the medicine-refining room, where the other preparations were ready.

Si Ming and Murong Wu used a foul-smelling medicinal soup to help Ba Shenhuang purge the strange poisons from his body. Ba Shenhuang began recovering in seclusion, while the others continued debating whether Murong Wu’s medicine was truly as awful as it smelled.

• Si Ming considered who should receive the last Cold Marrow Pill Pearl and decided to choose between Murong Qing and Si Shuiyun later.
• Murong Wu prepared a medicinal soup whose fumes made Si Ming, Ying Zhou, and Xia Guanxue recoil, though Murong Wu insisted it was fine.
• Murong Wu and Si Ming treated Ba Shenhuang by combining the soup’s medicinal power with Blazing Sun True Qi to expel the poisons.
• Ba Shenhuang spat out boiling, foul-smelling fluid and was told he would recover after half a month of rest.
• Ba Shenhuang thanked them and went into seclusion to cultivate, while Si Ming and the others discussed Murong Wu’s medicine.

Si Ming and his companions reached Medicine King Valley, where the elders recognized Murong Wu’s Hundred-Refinement Medicinal Body and asked for his blood. After Ying Zhou and Xia Guanxue threatened them, the group argued over the limits of medical aid, and Si Ming questioned Qin Yueren’s example of charity.

• Si Ming left for Medicine King Valley with Ying Zhou, Xia Guanxue, and Murong Wu after Tu Wangyue and Cang Baiyi discussed the defenses and coming reinforcements.
• Si Ming broke through rubble blocking the underwater tunnel, and the group met Valley Master Qin Yueren and the elders.
• Qin Yueren recognized Murong Wu’s Hundred-Refinement Medicinal Body and asked to use some of his blood as a medicinal catalyst.
• Ying Zhou and Xia Guanxue threatened the elders, but Murong Wu and Si Ming calmed the confrontation and Qin Yueren apologized.
• Murong Wu offered to give some blood, prompting Ying Zhou to warn that the requests might never end.
• Qin Yueren defended Medicine King Valley’s limits on whom it could treat by recounting a story about a poor man who received medicine for his mother, and Si Ming called it a tale of filial piety moving the heavens.

Qin Yueren explained the Medical School’s utilitarian approach to saving lives and asked Murong Wu to trade blood from his Hundred-Refinement Medicinal Body for heavenly treasures. After the exchange, Qin Yueren searched for records about the physique and defended his conduct toward Si Ming and the others as a way to prepare Medicine King Valley for troubled times.

• Qin Yueren described how Medicine King Valley limited requests for life-extending medicine and asked Murong Wu to consider whom a physician should save first in a battlefield emergency.
• Si Ming advised Murong Wu that he could choose his own path and challenged Qin Yueren with a question about saving his mother or wife.
• Qin Yueren explained the Hundred-Refinement Medicinal Body and offered Murong Wu a heavenly treasure for a cup of blood; Murong Wu agreed and asked to learn what his blood could do.
• Murong Wu revealed that his master was Wu Xiu, then gave Medicine King Valley three cups of blood and chose three heavenly treasures, including Snow Mountain Lingzhi.
• Elder Yi told Qin Yueren that disciples criticized his weak conduct, and Qin Yueren explained that he had accepted the loss of face to keep Medicine King Valley humble and alive in troubled times.

Ying Zhou and Si Ming scouted the Demon Race army, which appeared to be heading toward Medicine King Valley despite the strategic risks. Si Ming sent Ying Zhou to attack the camp, where he encountered the supposedly dead Demon General Hujia.

• Ying Zhou and Si Ming shared a quiet drink beneath the moon, and Si Ming later took Ying Zhou to scout the Demon Race army.
• Si Ming studied the army’s route and reasoned that an attack on Medicine King Valley made little strategic sense, but he decided they could raid the camp.
• Si Ming ordered Ying Zhou to target the enemy leader and retreat if a Demon King or Demon Emperor appeared, while he covered him from behind.
• Ying Zhou entered the Divine Intent Halts Slaughter state and charged through the sleeping demon beasts, cutting a bloody path into their camp.
• Hujia blocked Ying Zhou’s attack, and Ying Zhou recognized the Demon General he had believed was destroyed; Hujia explained that his Primordial Spirit had let him reshape his body.

Ying Zhou fought Hujia and Xu Ming while Si Ming infiltrated the demon beast army and triggered a camp-wide riot. Ying Zhou gained the upper hand against the two demons and ended the chapter attacking Xu Ming.

• Ying Zhou defeated Hujia in their rematch, but Xu Ming interrupted before he could finish him.
• Si Ming entered the demon army in shadow and killed a Demon General, causing the suppressed beasts to riot and attack friend and foe alike.
• Hujia and Xu Ming attacked Ying Zhou together, but he turned their techniques against each other and wounded them both.
• Xu Ming warned Hujia to stop underestimating Ying Zhou, while Ying Zhou launched another attack at Xu Ming.

Ying Zhou battled Hujia and Xu Ming, using his Asura arts and newly comprehended saber move to overwhelm them before exhaustion stopped him from pursuing. Si Ming killed the two demons, and as their army fell into chaos, he dragged Ying Zhou off to search for the missing Demon Kings, Demon Emperor, and other demon armies.

• Ying Zhou killed Xu Ming's companion and used the Brahma Sea Asura Art to trap Hujia and the surrounding demons in an illusion.
• Xu Ming freed Hujia with Toad's Cry Across the Nine Heavens, and the two demons attacked Ying Zhou together.
• Ying Zhou defended against their assault and struck them with Asura Tempers the Heart, Crosses the Brahma Sea, severely wounding both.
• Xu Ming tried to flee with Hujia, but Si Ming intercepted and killed them both with Sword Qi.
• The demon soldiers and Demon Generals scattered, throwing the demon beast army into chaos.
• Si Ming noticed the Demon Kings, Demon Emperor, and many expected demon beasts were absent, then dragged the exhausted Ying Zhou to search for other armies.

After the Demon Emperor’s surprise attack on Rui State killed eighteen Spirit Transformation Grandmasters, Si Ming deduced that the Military God had used his victory as a feint and set out to find the fleeing Thunder King. He activated a hidden trump card—a Profound Armor stored in his bracelet—but the chapter ended as the armor materialized around him.

• Si Ming learned that the Demon Emperor and his forces had attacked Rui State’s meeting of national representatives, killing eighteen Spirit Transformation Grandmasters, while Thunder King Xing Daozhuang escaped with a group of survivors.
• Si Ming concluded that the Military God had used news of his victory and the demon army’s march to distract everyone from the attack on Rui State.
• Si Ming explained that the Demon Emperor’s subordinates had helped trap the Grandmasters, then decided to go rescue Xing Daozhuang and the people fleeing with him.
• Si Ming revealed a hidden trump card to Ying Zhou and Xia Guanxue, activating a bracelet that deployed his Profound Armor.

Xing Daozhuang led representatives from Rui State, the Su Kingdom, and France through the forest after the Demon Race attacked the International Building. He agreed to let the exhausted group rest, but warned that the Demon Race might still be hunting him to frighten the Human Race.

• Xing Daozhuang guided several dozen survivors through the mountain forest after escaping the attack on the International Building.
• Lord Yunxia urged Xing Daozhuang to stop because the fleeing group was exhausted and injured.
• Xing Daozhuang agreed to let the survivors rest after seeing their condition.
• The Su Kingdom's representative asked Xing Daozhuang whether they were safe, recalling how the Russian representative had been killed.
• Xing Daozhuang explained that the Demon Race might have already achieved its goals or might continue hunting them, especially to kill him and spread panic.

Xing Daozhuang stayed behind to hold off Huang Yan, Mengying, and the Demon Generals while Lord Yunxia led the others in retreat. Lord Yunxia struggled to protect the retreating group as the battle continued and casualties mounted.

• The Demon Race ambushed Xing Daozhuang and the representatives with Pale Flame and a force of Demon Generals.
• Mengying attacked with swarms of insects, while Huang Yan wounded Xing Daozhuang with a flaming harpoon.
• Lord Yunxia shielded Xing Daozhuang from Mengying’s ghostly attack, and Xing Daozhuang drove the figures back with lightning.
• Xing Daozhuang ordered Lord Yunxia to lead the others away while he stayed to hold the rear.
• Huang Yan narrowed the Pale Flame around Xing Daozhuang, and Mengying declared that she would kill him to avenge her earlier defeat.
• Lord Yunxia fought to protect the retreating group, pushing her Cultivation Body to its limit as casualties mounted.

Si Ming arrived as Lord Yunxia and the others were overwhelmed by Demon Generals, then killed nearly all their attackers. After learning Thunder King was holding off the Military God and Demon King Mengying alone, Si Ming set out to save him.

• Lord Yunxia’s sword attack weakened the Demon Generals, but Qianzhang swallowed one fighter and the Wild Boar King wounded her badly.
• The vulture demon attacked Lord Yunxia, but Si Ming arrived and killed him before he could reach her.
• Si Ming unleashed his sword wings and slaughtered nearly all the Demon Generals, then killed the Wild Boar King with a flaming Vermilion Bird strike.
• Si Ming pursued the fleeing demons and killed them all except Qianzhang, which escaped underground.
• Lord Yunxia told Si Ming that Thunder King was holding off the Military God and Demon King Mengying, and Si Ming agreed to save him.

Si Ming killed the thousand-zhang centipede and rushed toward Lord Yunxia’s destination. Meanwhile, Huang Yan and Mengying defeated Xing Daozhuang through coordinated attacks, leaving him mortally wounded.

• Si Ming used the Vermilion Flame Sword to kill the centipede, then flew away at great speed after Lord Yunxia prayed he would arrive in time.
• Xing Daozhuang wounded Mengying with the Eight Clouds Purple Thunder Halberd, while Huang Yan injured Xing Daozhuang with Pale Flame.
• Mengying explained that the halberd was made from Bai Ze’s bones and restrained demons, and he and Huang Yan agreed to coordinate their attacks.
• Huang Yan defended against Xing Daozhuang while Mengying attacked, forcing Xing Daozhuang to the foot of the mountain.
• Xing Daozhuang unleashed his supreme thunder techniques, but Huang Yan weakened his attack and Mengying struck him through the chest.

Si Ming arrived as Huang Yan and Mengying prepared to leave after defeating Xing Daozhuang, then provoked Mengying into fighting instead of escaping. Si Ming overwhelmed the exhausted Demon King, while Huang Yan struggled to intervene.

• Huang Yan prepared to kill the near-dead Xing Daozhuang, while Mengying transformed the Eight Clouds Purple Thunder Halberd into a bone weapon and healed himself with its power.
• Si Ming struck Mengying into a crater, then protected Xing Daozhuang and drove Huang Yan back when he attacked.
• Huang Yan urged Mengying to retreat, but Si Ming taunted him about killing Qianzhang, Xu Ming, Hujia, and Youtong until Mengying lost control and charged.
• Si Ming fired the Vermilion Flame Cannon and nearly destroyed Mengying, while Huang Yan used Void Ash Earth Core to give him time to escape the blast.
• Mengying attacked Si Ming with the halberd as Si Ming kept Huang Yan at bay with his sword wings and gained the upper hand in their duel.

Si Ming killed Mengying by turning Huang Yan’s flame dragon against him, but Huang Yan escaped. Si Ming then found Xing Daozhuang and helped him conceal the severity of his injuries as they returned to the survivors.

• Si Ming used Return Evil, Turn Radiance, Shift the Stars to transform Huang Yan’s flame dragon into a devastating firestorm that annihilated Mengying.
• Si Ming searched for Huang Yan but found that the Military God had escaped, then realized Xing Daozhuang’s halberd had melted in the blast.
• Xing Daozhuang awoke, and Si Ming offered to take him to Medicine King Valley for treatment.
• Xing Daozhuang insisted that they first reassure the survivors, so Si Ming transferred True Qi to help him pretend his injuries were minor.
• Lord Yunxia and the others welcomed Si Ming and Xing Daozhuang back, unaware that Xing Daozhuang was barely holding himself together.