Chapter Summaries

After the Demon Emperor’s clone exploded, Si Ming pursued Chongjing and wounded him, but Chongjing damaged Si Ming’s armor and escaped. Chongjing hid while injured, only to be surrounded by pale flames and attacked by the Military God’s strategist.

• Si Ming and Tu Wangyue protected the cultivators from the clone’s explosion, and Tu Wangyue chose to stay and face the approaching demon beast army.
• Si Ming pursued Chongjing and evaded his chains before clashing swords and wounding him.
• Chongjing damaged the True Vermilion Bird Profound Armor, forcing Si Ming to abandon the pursuit as Chongjing fled.
• Chongjing concealed himself to recover and worried about the demon beast army under the Military God’s command.
• Pale flames surrounded Chongjing, and the strategist attacked him from behind; Chongjing blocked the strike and demanded to know why.

Huang Yan and Ruo Si cornered the wounded Chongjing after Huang Yan revealed his betrayal and ambition to become Demon Emperor. Chongjing fought back with his own blade technique, but Huang Yan’s final attack trapped him as Chongjing’s eye technique recovered.

• Ruo Si ambushed Chongjing while Huang Yan restrained him with Pale Flame, but Chongjing used a strange light from his eyes to immobilize both attackers and escape pursuit.
• Huang Yan admitted he had betrayed Chongjing to become sovereign of the Demon Race, arguing he could offer them a future.
• Chongjing fought Huang Yan and Ruo Si with techniques beyond the Demon Blade Art, holding them off despite his injuries.
• Huang Yan revealed that he had pretended to be more injured than he was and that his Pale Flame had helped him heal.
• Ruo Si and Huang Yan unleashed their ultimate attacks, but Chongjing’s self-created blade technique wounded Ruo Si before Huang Yan’s flames overwhelmed him.
• Chongjing’s eye technique recovered, and he froze the surrounding Spiritual Qi as Huang Yan’s attack closed in.

Huang Yan killed Chongjing, then returned to the demon army carrying the Demon Emperor's corpse and claimed responsibility for his death. He led the five hundred thousand demon beasts safely through the encirclement and proposed moving them to a deserted island, promising a way to escape and find shelter.

• Huang Yan defeated Chongjing with the Eight Clouds Purple Thunder Halberd, and Chongjing entrusted the Demon Race to him before dying.
• Huang Yan arrived at the gathered demons carrying the Demon Emperor's corpse, and Zhen Hu and Chang Qing identified the fatal wound as one made by Xing Daozhuang's halberd.
• Zhen Hu accused Huang Yan of misleading the demons about Xing Daozhuang, while Huang Yan admitted his misjudgment had caused the Demon Emperor's death.
• Huang Yan announced that he had led the five hundred thousand demon beasts through the encirclement, and a Demon General confirmed that the army was approaching.
• Huang Yan explained that he had diverted the enemy by feinting toward Russia's western wall before changing course toward the Nation of Beauty, where he found the Demon Emperor's corpse.
• Huang Yan proposed moving the army to a deserted island on the eastern coast and said he had a way to get everyone out and find shelter.

Huang Yan traded information about the Remote Heaven Society for Si Ming’s world-transfer formation blueprint and revealed that Yun Jinzang had helped the demon army cross the defensive line. Their discussion left Si Ming asking whether anyone in the society resembled Holy Maiden Tu Wangyue.

• Huang Yan told Si Ming that Yun Jinzang belonged to the Remote Heaven Society and had allowed the demon army through the defensive line in exchange for Huang Yan’s promise not to expose him.
• Huang Yan explained that the society and the Demon Race had cooperated during the previous war, but he knew little about the society’s other members.
• Huang Yan identified the Heavenly Lion King as another Remote Heaven Society member and said neither he nor Yun Jinzang was its leader, Fushi Qingcang.
• Si Ming asked Huang Yan whether anyone in the Remote Heaven Society resembled Holy Maiden Tu Wangyue.

Si Ming and Huang Yan exchanged information about the Remote Heaven Society, and Huang Yan revealed that he had killed the Demon Emperor and planned to become the demons’ leader. Huang Yan warned that the Society’s sealed leader might soon escape, then said he intended to leave the Sea Continent and avoid the coming danger.

• Si Ming gave Huang Yan the Flesh and Blood Wormhole instructions after Huang Yan shared what he knew about the Remote Heaven Society.
• Huang Yan explained that Society members pursued powerful personal ambitions and said he joined because he wanted to change his life and escape his reputation as the Military God.
• Huang Yan admitted he had killed the Demon Emperor Chongjing and taken the Eight Clouds Purple Thunder Halberd, and said he was seeking to become the demons’ leader.
• Huang Yan told Si Ming that the Society’s leader was likely a sealed evil fiend who wanted the Divine Pillars severed so he could escape.
• Huang Yan said Society members had stopped their operations because they feared releasing the leader, but believed he would act soon after two Divine Pillars had been severed.
• Huang Yan said he planned to leave the Sea Continent and could hide for years if necessary, leaving the Mohist Knight Guards to face the sealed leader.

Si Ming and Wu Xiu traced the Demon Race’s escape through the Flesh and Blood Wormhole to a barren Barbarian Continent, then prepared to use the remaining array energy to travel to the Barbarian Continent they had visited before. Si Ming suddenly sensed that Yu Shuying was in danger.

• Huang Yan escaped in flames after distracting Si Ming, and Si Jingyu revealed she had stayed hidden to learn more from him.
• Si Ming and his party found the Demon Race’s island abandoned except for the spatial array, and Wu Xiu examined its remains.
• Wu Xiu determined that Huang Yan had used a spatial beacon to send the demons to a different, Yao Qi-filled Barbarian Continent.
• Si Ming concluded the destination suited the demons but was barren enough to threaten their survival, so he decided not to pursue them.
• Si Ming asked Wu Xiu to redirect the array to the Barbarian Continent he had visited before so he could return there.
• Remembering that Yu Shuying had not contacted him in almost eight months, Si Ming sensed that she might be in danger.

Si Ming and his companions prepared to cross the wormhole after he sensed that Shuying was in serious danger. As the passage began collapsing, they rushed through toward the Barbarian Continent, while Si Shuiyun stayed behind to deliver Si Ming’s warning about Yun Jinzang to his master.

• Si Ming decided to investigate Yun Jinzang’s possible ties to the Remote Heaven Society and entrusted Si Shuiyun with passing the warning to his master or another Mohist elder.
• Si Shuiyun agreed to leave after Si Ming promised to protect Si Jingyu.
• Wu Xiu activated the formation, but black Qi began shrinking the wormhole entrance, prompting the group to hurry through.
• Si Ming seized Wu Xiu and carried her into the wormhole, while Murong Wu and Shi Yuan followed.
• Tu Wangyue gave Si Ming her hair ribbon as a means of contacting her, and Si Ming entered the rapidly shrinking passage.

Cease War City’s defenders fought off a zombie army while conserving their strength for stronger undead. When Flying Zombies joined the assault, Duan Jinsu began a ritual to counter them, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Corpse collectors gathered the dead outside Cease War City, and a disguised corpse attacked one of them before the supervisor beheaded it.
• A gong warned of another assault, and nearly fifty thousand zombies advanced toward the city under a cloud of Yin Qi.
• The defenders used fire oil, Pure Yang water, and wall defenses to repel the low-level zombies as they tried to climb the battlements.
• Flying Zombies descended from the Yin Qi cloud and attacked the defenders with venom and poisonous gas, which talisman shields blocked.
• Spell experts struck back with lightning and fire spells, while Duan Jinsu invoked the treasured orbs from an eight-trigram altar.

Duan Jinsu and Shen Wumian fought Zhu Mei while Tyrant Saber Dai Wen clashed with Kunming, as the Azure Mysterious Corpse King challenged Hongdou. The Azure Mysterious Corpse King moved the duel outside Cease War City, and Yu Shuying told Hongdou to follow her.

• Duan Jinsu broke through with the altar's power and recognized the Azure Mysterious Corpse King among the figures in the clouds.
• Zhu Mei attacked Duan Jinsu, but Shen Wumian intervened with his yang-ice sword technique and fought her alongside Duan Jinsu.
• The Azure Mysterious Corpse King sent Kunming to attack, and Tyrant Saber Dai Wen intercepted him before the two began fighting.
• The Azure Mysterious Corpse King attacked the gathered allies, but Hongdou blocked her Sword Qi with Boundary Wall Isolation and offered to fight her.
• The Azure Mysterious Corpse King descended to an open space outside the city, and Yu Shuying instructed Hongdou to follow her.

Hongdou fought the Azure Mysterious Corpse King but was outmatched by her skill and illusory sword techniques. The battle shifted when Dai Wen’s opponent Kunming and Zhu Mei were sent flying, and a powerful newcomer arrived to challenge the Corpse King.

• Hongdou opened with two finishing moves, but the Azure Mysterious Corpse King blocked and evaded them while gaining control of the fight.
• Yu Shuying considered using the Filth-Severing Blood Arrow but decided to conserve it and wait for Si Ming.
• Dai Wen emerged above the city and faced Kunming as the Azure Mysterious Corpse King warned that the war would end that day.
• Kunming was suddenly knocked away, and Yu Shuying recognized that Hongdou’s man had arrived; Zhu Mei was also sent flying through the city gate.
• The newcomer introduced himself and struck the Azure Mysterious Corpse King with a golden dragon, forcing her to slide back despite her parasol’s defense.

Si Ming arrived to rescue Hongdou and fought the Azure Mysterious Corpse King, who escaped after Yu Shuying said she might not be their enemy. Shuying revealed that the resurrected Purple-Pupiled Spirit King and Beast King Anye were attacking the Glazed Temple and Evil-Slaying Sword Sect, while the chapter ended with the Spirit King confronting the Glazed Temple.

• Si Ming arrived on the battlefield, reunited with Hongdou, and challenged the Azure Mysterious Corpse King.
• Si Ming and the Azure Mysterious Corpse King exchanged powerful attacks until she fled.
• Hongdou explained that Yu Shuying had told her not to stop the Corpse King, and Shuying said the woman might not be their enemy.
• Shuying told Si Ming that the resurrected Purple-Pupiled Spirit King and Beast King Anye were attacking the Glazed Temple and Evil-Slaying Sword Sect.
• At the Glazed Temple, the Purple-Pupiled Spirit King approached the gates with an army of monsters and asked whose turn it was.

Henzhen confronted the Purple-Pupiled Spirit King, insisting he was only a false copy and challenging his belief that people’s hearts were determined by their kind. She fought to protect the Glazed Temple, but the Spirit King overpowered her and declared that her combined powers were not enough to threaten him.

• The Purple-Pupiled Spirit King questioned Henzhen about joining the Buddhist School, and she rejected his accusation of betrayal and called him a defective copy.
• Henzhen explained that the Spirit King had arranged daily duels to wear down the Glazed Temple and revealed that she had knocked Abbot Fahong unconscious to take his place.
• Henzhen said she had come to prove that the Spirit King had misjudged people’s hearts, then attacked him with Buddhist arts and the Power of Anomalies.
• Henzhen combined the Sword of World Purification and the Saber of Evil Karma against the Spirit King, but he shattered her attacks and struck her with overwhelming force.
• Henzhen recovered from her injuries and recognized the gap between them as the Spirit King said she would need to fuse her powers to challenge him.

Si Ming arrived in time to save Henzhen and confronted the Purple-Pupiled Spirit King, Hongdou’s grandfather. Having grown much stronger, Si Ming gained the upper hand and continued battling the Spirit King above the battlefield.

• The Purple-Pupiled Spirit King attacked Henzhen with a sweeping blade strike, but Si Ming arrived and stopped it with a punch.
• Si Ming teased the Spirit King and urged him to retreat, but the Spirit King attacked him with a torrent of weapons.
• Si Ming redirected the Spirit King’s punch, broke his arm, and blasted him into a mountainside with nuclear power.
• The Purple-Pupiled Spirit King emerged from the shattered mountain and countered Si Ming’s Sword Qi dragon with a blade formed from his forehead’s vertical eye.
• Their continued aerial battle flattened the remaining mountainside, scattered deadly debris, and caused casualties among the Monster Race.

Si Ming killed the Purple-Pupiled Spirit King at the Glazed Temple, then rushed to the Evil-Slaying Sword Sect to find that Beast King Anye had already fled. He learned that Anye had lost the Power of Sacred and Evil, leaving the allies to assess the threat and prepare for what came next.

• Si Ming defeated the Purple-Pupiled Spirit King with his sword techniques, then destroyed the king’s unformed true body with Evil-Slaying Sword Qi.
• The dying Purple-Pupiled Spirit King asked Si Ming to care for Illusion Ji’s daughter before perishing.
• Ying Zhou and Xia Guanxue emerged from hiding, and Si Ming left Ying Zhou to deal with the remaining monsters while he hurried to the Evil-Slaying Sword Sect.
• Si Ming reached the sect and learned from Hongdou that Beast King Anye had fled as soon as he saw them.
• Zheng Jingyuan revealed that Anye had lost the Power of Sacred and Evil, and Si Jingyu suggested that his resurrection had restored only his own body.

Si Ming helped Wan Ziqiu let go of his guilt and renew his resolve to restore the Evil-Slaying Sword Sect, then returned to the Heavenly Martial Alliance to manage the aftermath of battle. After exhausting himself with work, he was interrupted by Yu Shuying, who insisted he help her with the desire she had suppressed for seven months.

• Si Ming reunited with Wan Ziqiu and learned that the new sect master, Zheng Jingyuan, had struggled with the burden of leading the Evil-Slaying Sword Sect.
• Si Ming heard that Wan Ziqiu blamed himself for his father's death and took him aside to explain how Wan Ziling had endured her own suffering.
• Si Ming encouraged Wan Ziqiu to stop punishing himself, and Wan Ziqiu vowed to restore the Evil-Slaying Sword Sect to its former glory.
• Si Ming agreed to meet Zheng Jingyuan and the others at the Glazed Temple the next day, then returned to the Heavenly Martial Alliance to help restore order.
• Yu Shuying slipped into Si Ming's room and persuaded him to give in to her after he protested that he was exhausted.
• Afterward, Si Ming wondered who had masterminded the three Kings of Monsters and whether an Emperor or Thearch of Anomalies existed.

Si Ming and Yu Shuying discussed the possible failure of Glazed Temple’s Demon-Suppressing Pagoda and the changes in the Barbarian Continent’s martial world while clearing her Blood Sha Qi, then shared an intimate conversation before Hongdou joined them. The next morning, Si Ming met the Heavenly Martial Alliance’s leaders and challenged their deference to him, leaving the meeting focused on the alliance’s egalitarian principles.

• Si Ming and Yu Shuying suspected that the Demon-Suppressing Pagoda had failed and caused the trouble coming from beyond the Barbarian Continent.
• Yu Shuying explained that the Heavenly Martial Alliance had drawn smaller evil sects into its ranks by offering people a path to orthodox martial arts.
• Si Ming cleared most of Yu Shuying’s Blood Sha Qi, and they spoke honestly about their feelings before Hongdou arrived.
• Si Ming went to the Heavenly Martial Alliance’s main hall and told the waiting leaders to sit before he took his seat.
• Si Ming questioned Qiu Dahu and the others’ deference, saying the alliance’s guiding principle did not call for a ruler-subject hierarchy.

Si Ming attended a Heavenly Martial Alliance meeting, where Yu Shuying handled its affairs while the alliance members revered him for his deeds. At the Glazed Temple, he recognized how immense his reputation had become, and Abbot Fahong praised his casual remarks as profound Chan wisdom.

• Zhao Jiaren advised Si Ming to observe proper etiquette so outsiders would not criticize the Heavenly Martial Alliance.
• Si Ming let Yu Shuying manage the meeting while he surveyed the assembled Grandmasters and Quasi-Grandmasters.
• Yu Shuying ended the meeting and told Si Ming they were leaving for the Glazed Temple.
• Si Ming found the monks worshipping him as Buddha Rōcana and regained his composure by reflecting on the dangers of pride.
• Si Ming explained that distance helped preserve people's favorable impression of him, and Abbot Fahong interpreted his words as Chan wisdom.

Si Ming and Abbot Fahong used a staged exchange to turn the Buddha Rōcana rumor into a story that could reassure people, then Si Ming’s group traveled to the Demon-Suppressing Pagoda. There, Master Faji explained that the Nine Continents were nearing the end of the Kalpa of Destruction and that the Black Tide might be its final calamity.

• Si Ming let the Glazed Temple’s followers believe he was Buddha Rōcana, and Fahong praised his choice while guiding the visitors toward the rear hall.
• Si Jingyu and Yu Shuying explained to Ying Zhou that Fahong’s performance would let the Glazed Temple spread a persuasive account of the rumor and its eventual correction.
• Si Ming, Ying Zhou, and the others met the Evil-Slaying Sword Sect at the Sarira Hall and used the Greater Teleportation Array to reach the wasteland around the Demon-Suppressing Pagoda.
• Si Ming noticed that the land had grown more barren and that half the pagoda’s engraved patterns had gone dim, while the monks sustaining it were now older and fewer in strength.
• Master Faji said the Nine Continents were in the final stage of the Kalpa of Destruction and identified the Black Tide as the calamity of wind preceding the world’s destruction.

Si Ming proposed using the Demon-Suppressing Pagoda as a model for resisting the Kalpa of Destruction, while Yu Shuying and Si Jingyu argued that the group had time to research a solution. He then revealed that Alto Dengbulishao had once contained a destructive force resembling the Black Tide, leaving the group with a precedent to investigate.

• Si Ming urged the group to study and reproduce the Demon-Suppressing Pagoda, and Faji admitted that the Glazed Temple had failed to understand or imitate it effectively.
• Yu Shuying and Si Jingyu reasoned that the world’s destruction was not imminent and that the group should buy time while pursuing research.
• Si Ming said there might already have been a successful case of stopping the Kalpa of Destruction and asked the Si sisters if they remembered Alto Dengbulishao.
• Si Huaruo recalled the plot of Dengbulishao’s novel, I Am a Great Mage, including his exile to the Sea Continent.
• Si Ming explained that Dengbulishao had encountered the Source of Sin, a force resembling the Black Tide, and had sealed it inside a young genius whose Primordial Spirit later escaped and sought revenge.

Si Ming replenished the Demon-Suppressing Pagoda by pouring out all three of his essences, restoring its light through the sixtieth level. With his Primal Qi exhausted, he used uranium crystal ore to begin cultivating the third stage of the Supreme Plain Decay True Scripture.

• Si Ming warned himself that the weakened Eternal Barrier might let the Source of Sin threaten Dengbulishao, and decided to report the Divine Pillars’ importance to Heaven's Will Palace.
• Faji explained that the Demon-Suppressing Pagoda could draw Primal Qi through its chains but would exhaust the donor’s Jing, Qi, and Spirit essences.
• Zheng Jingyuan, Abbot Fahong, and Dai Wen urged Si Ming not to risk himself, but Si Ming persuaded them that he had prepared for the attempt.
• Si Ming poured his three essences into a chain, and the Demon-Suppressing Pagoda relit through its sixtieth level before he collapsed from exhaustion.
• Si Jingyu and Si Huaruo enclosed Si Ming in protective ice while he exposed himself to uranium crystal radiation to cultivate the Polonium Poison Primordial Spirit Body.