Chapter Summaries

After the Holy Alliance’s defeat, White Bone Saint revealed that he had reached the Saint Realm Middle Stage and offered the Nine Provinces Realm the heads of Withered Wood Saint and Azure Lamp Saint in exchange for a way for the Shattered Star Realm’s people to survive. He killed Azure Lamp Saint and seized Withered Wood Saint by the throat, leaving Withered Wood Saint pleading to surrender.

• Mount Tai Saint was defeated, Vicious Fire Saint died to the Heavenly Lake Holy Lord, and Withered Wood Saint escaped after sacrificing an arm to distract Wangyou Saint.
• The Heavenly Lake Holy Lord and Wangyou Saint checked on Hua Luo, and the Heavenly Lake Holy Lord offered to take her to Heavenly Lake for treatment.
• Withered Wood Saint and Azure Lamp Saint confronted White Bone Saint, who revealed his strength and asked the Heavenly Lake Holy Lord to spare the people of the Shattered Star Realm in exchange for their heads.
• Withered Wood Saint and Azure Lamp Saint attacked White Bone Saint, but White Bone Saint pierced Azure Lamp Saint’s heart with his bone staff and killed him.
• Withered Wood Saint’s decay attack exposed White Bone Saint’s skeletal form, after which White Bone Saint grabbed him by the throat and Withered Wood Saint begged to surrender.

White Bone Saint killed Withered Wood Saint and accepted the Shattered Star Realm’s submission to the Nine Provinces, ending the immediate turmoil. Mount Tai Saint died after warning that he had left a dangerous trump card behind, while Chen Ning stayed at Heavenly Lake to care for the unconscious Hua Luo.

• Withered Wood Saint detonated himself in an attempt to kill White Bone Saint, but White Bone Saint survived unharmed and Withered Wood Saint died.
• Heavenly Lake Holy Lord and White Bone Saint acknowledged White Bone Saint’s strength, and the remaining Holy Alliance members gathered under Carefree Holy Son.
• The battle’s outcome established Heavenly Lake and the Dragon-Seeking Sect as the Nine Provinces’ leading powers, while the Asura Divine Sect lost its chance to contend.
• Mount Tai Saint died after claiming he had left a hidden card that would eventually bring every living creature to its death, leaving the gathered leaders wary.
• Heavenly Lake Holy Lord decided to let the people of the Shattered Star Realm survive if they submitted completely, and White Bone Saint agreed to seek out Mount Tai Saint’s plan.
• Chen Ning remained at Heavenly Lake and tended to the unconscious Hua Luo, replenishing her depleted body with its water.

Chen Ning and Mu Tianji traveled to the Great Snow Mountain to seek the Snow Mountain Dragon Clan’s help in saving Hua Luo. A powerful dragon recognized Chen Ning’s connection to the Progenitor Black Dragon but dismissed him as too weak to offer anything of value.

• Hua Luo remained gravely ill despite soaking in Heavenly Lake, and Mu Tianji said no one there could save her.
• Mu Tianji suggested the Snow Mountain Dragon Clan might help because even Beyond the Heavens was wary of them.
• Chen Ning and Mu Tianji traveled to the Great Snow Mountain and called for the clan, but received no answer at first.
• Chen Ning invoked the Progenitor Black Dragon, and a powerful dragon emerged from the snowy mountain.
• The dragon acknowledged Chen Ning’s connection to the progenitor but said Chen Ning was too weak to have value to the clan.

Chen Ning brought Little Black Dragon and Hua Luo to the White Dragon King, who helped Little Black digest the beast soul and revealed that Hua Luo’s sealed power was draining her life. The White Dragon King said Chen Ning could save her by channeling that power, but his body could not withstand it, so he offered to transform him into a True Dragon Body.

• Chen Ning persuaded the White Dragon King to help by invoking his karmic connection to the Progenitor.
• The White Dragon King saw the sleeping Little Black Dragon, absorbed the beast soul Little Black could not digest, and said Little Black would awaken after they left.
• Chen Ning brought Hua Luo to the White Dragon King, who explained that a seal restrained her power and that breaking through it had cost her life force.
• The White Dragon King said Chen Ning was Hua Luo’s hope and had to channel some of her sealed power through his body to help her awaken.
• The Heavenly Lake Holy Lord warned that Chen Ning could die from the strain, and the White Dragon King offered to give him a True Dragon Body.

Chen Ning agreed to rebuild his body with the Little Black Dragon's Essence Blood so he could withstand the power inside Hua Luo, despite the slim chance of survival. After repeated destruction and rebirth nearly erased his consciousness, he fought on, and his latest attempt began to affect the dragon Qi within him.

• Chen Ning accepted the White Dragon King's offer to use the Little Black Dragon's Essence Blood to give him a True Dragon Body, despite the dragons' objections and warnings of likely death.
• Chen Ning told the Heavenly Lake Holy Lord that he would risk his life to save Hua Luo, then the White Dragon King began the body-rebuilding process.
• The Essence Blood drew in primordial Qi and repeatedly destroyed and regenerated Chen Ning's body, while his consciousness weakened and the White Dragon King gave up hope.
• The Little Black Dragon's tear and terrifying presence silenced the dragons and made the White Dragon King lower its head as Chen Ning's torment continued.
• Chen Ning recalled the people and promises that still depended on him and refused to give up, and his latest regenerated body caused the dragon Qi within him to shake as dragon roars sounded.

Chen Ning completed his transformation with the Progenitor Black Dragon’s Essence Blood, gaining a True Dragon Body and reaching the Seventh Heaven of the Heavenly Martial Realm. He then used his new body to receive Hua Luo’s sealed power and guide it back into her, restoring her vitality and leaving the power to grow within her.

• Chen Ning completed the fusion with the Progenitor Black Dragon’s Essence Blood, gained progenitor-level dragon pressure and the Dragon Roar, and destroyed a mountain peak.
• Chen Ning thanked the White Dragon King and realized his new True Dragon Body could withstand the mysterious power within Hua Luo.
• Chen Ning entered Hua Luo’s sea of consciousness and asked her to loosen her seal and transfer some of her power to him.
• Hua Luo warned Chen Ning that he would die, then loosened the seal and sent her powerful energy into his body.
• Chen Ning guided the energy back through Hua Luo’s meridians, restoring her vitality and leaving the power within her to cultivate.

The Rakshasa Race poured into the Nine Provinces Realm and began slaughtering both civilians and cultivators, confirming the Mount Tai Saint’s hidden move. Chen Ning, the Heavenly Lake Holy Lord, and the White Bone Saint learned the scale of the threat and resolved to wipe out the invaders.

• The White Bone Saint realized the Mount Tai Saint had likely tampered with the passage between realms to unleash the Rakshasa Race if the Holy Alliance faced destruction.
• A Rakshasa fiend landed in a village, killed an old man and a young cultivator, then flew toward a nearby mountain to hunt for more flesh and blood.
• The Rakshasa Race descended across the Nine Provinces and massacred commoners and cultivators alike, plunging the realm into calamity.
• Chen Ning and the Heavenly Lake Holy Lord learned of the invasion and received requests for aid from many factions.
• The White Bone Saint described the Rakshasa King, his seven Saint-level fiends, and the Rakshasa Race’s ability to grow stronger by devouring living beings.
• Chen Ning, the Heavenly Lake Holy Lord, and the White Bone Saint agreed that the Rakshasa Race had to be wiped out.

The Dragon-Seeking Sect helped repel Rakshasa attacks in Cloud Province and sent reinforcements to rescue the Heaven-Praying Hall in Lan Province. In Spirit Province, the Great Yan Imperial Dynasty remained surrounded, and Bai Qingluo faced an ultimatum from a powerful fiend.

• Dragon-Seeking Sect disciples showered the Rakshasa army attacking the Heavenly Immortal Sect with Spirit Artifact arrows, while Butcher fought off the Ghost-Faced Demon General and helped secure the mountain gate.
• The Rakshasa Race overwhelmed Lan Province with demonic smoke and broke the Heaven-Praying Hall's formation, but Jiangli and the Dragon-Seeking Sect's Surprise Troops Battalion arrived to fight them.
• Jiangli killed a Heavenly Martial Realm Rakshasa fiend, and the Surprise Troops Battalion used Heavenly Lake water to purify the demonic smoke as the Heaven-Praying Hall's experts joined the battle.
• Rakshasa fiends devastated cities in Spirit Province and surrounded the Great Yan Imperial Dynasty, while their commander gave Bai Qingluo half a day to submit or see the dynasty's people killed.

Chen Ning returned to Spirit Province and found Bai Qingluo facing Demon General Lieshan, a Saint Realm fiend who had invaded the Great Yan Imperial Dynasty. After Lieshan threatened Chen Ning and the gathered defenders, Chen Ning challenged the fiend to a contest of strength and punched him.

• Bai Qingluo grieved over Spirit Province's peril until Chen Ning appeared and assured her that he would protect it.
• Demon General Lieshan broke into the palace, killed the guards, and demanded Bai Qingluo while targeting Chen Ning.
• The Sword Immortal, Wine Maniac, and Spirit Province cultivators arrived and prepared to sacrifice themselves against the Saint Realm fiend.
• Bai Qingluo offered to surrender if Lieshan spared Chen Ning and the others, but Lieshan agreed to spare only the others.
• Chen Ning told Bai Qingluo not to bargain and urged the defenders to put away their weapons before challenging Lieshan to see whose body was harder.
• Chen Ning threw a punch at Demon General Lieshan as a dragon's roar rang out.

Chen Ning defeated and killed Demon General Lieshan, a Saint-level Rakshasa fiend, and absorbed power that brought his Heaven Martial Realm cultivation close to perfection. The story then shifted to a Rakshasa army led by Xiao Bichen, a human with Rakshasa blood who served as one of the seven great fiends.

• Chen Ning pierced Demon General Lieshan's fist and dodged his attacks, using his Darkness Divine Marks to absorb the fiend's corrosive black liquid.
• Demon General Lieshan increased his strength, and Chen Ning fought him with the Destruction Divine Fist before summoning a Shadow of Chaos to help overwhelm him.
• Chen Ning defeated Demon General Lieshan, ignored his plea to surrender, and burned him away with Dragon Roar.
• The Darkness Divine Mark absorbed power from Demon General Lieshan, bringing Chen Ning's Heaven Martial Realm Seventh Heaven cultivation close to perfection.
• The narration introduced Xiao Bichen, a Faded One who had risen to become one of the seven great fiends serving the Rakshasa King.

Xiao Bichen persuaded Yellow Springs Saint to offer the Asura Divine Sect’s territory and its people to the Rakshasa Race, while Chen Ning’s victory over a Rakshasa Saint heartened the Nine Provinces. In You Province, Xiao Mei escaped the Ghost Shadow Devil General after using Chen Ning’s Devil God Aura Experience Card.

• Xiao Bichen met Yellow Springs Saint, who agreed to supply the Rakshasa Race with humans from the Asura Divine Sect’s domain in exchange for his sect’s survival.
• A Rakshasa messenger reported that Lord Lieshan had been killed by Chen Ning of the Dragon-Seeking Sect, and Xiao Bichen vowed to kill Chen Ning himself.
• News of Chen Ning’s victory over a Rakshasa Saint spread through the Nine Provinces, alongside the revelation that the Asura Divine Sect had joined the invaders.
• The Heavenly Lake Holy Lord and Wangyou Saint condemned the Asura Divine Sect’s betrayal and discussed repaying the blood debt.
• The Ghost Shadow Devil General attacked Xiao Mei in Eternal Night City, killed Ren Tiankuang, and demanded the Ring of Calamity.
• Xiao Mei used Chen Ning’s Devil God Aura Experience Card to force the Ghost Shadow Devil General to kneel, then escaped with a teleportation talisman.

After recovering from her injuries, Xiao Mei told Chen Ning that the Ghost Shadow Devil General had hurt her, and Chen Ning went to You Province to take revenge. He killed the general despite its claims of being nearly indestructible, leaving its body completely destroyed.

• The Ghost Shadow Devil General planted a wisp of devil force in Xiao Mei before she vanished, then left in shadow form.
• Xiao Mei woke after Chen Ning fed her a divine fruit and recounted what had happened in You Province.
• Chen Ning vowed to kill the Ghost Shadow Devil General and traveled to You Province.
• Xiao Bichen ordered the Ghost Shadow Devil General to withdraw, but it refused and destroyed the voice transmission Spirit Stone.
• Chen Ning confronted the Ghost Shadow Devil General and overwhelmed its shadow clones with Shadow of Chaos.
• Chen Ning’s dragon might and Eternal Fire burned away the Ghost Shadow Devil General until it perished without a trace.

After killing the Ghost Shadow Devil General, Chen Ning reached the Heaven Martial Realm Eighth Layer and confronted the newly emerged Heartless Devil Emperor. The Heartless Devil Emperor’s threat against Chen Ning’s people provoked Chen Ning to attack him, and the chapter ended with Chen Ning preparing to prove that the emperor could be killed.

• The Darkness Divine Mark absorbed the Ghost Shadow Devil General’s power, helping Chen Ning advance to the Heaven Martial Realm Eighth Layer.
• The Heartless Devil Emperor emerged from seclusion, rescued the Prison Devil King and Dark Devil King, and learned about the upheaval in You Province.
• The Heartless Devil Emperor found Chen Ning instead of the Ghost Shadow Devil General and dismissed Chen Ning’s claim that he had killed the Rakshasa expert.
• The Heartless Devil Emperor attacked Chen Ning, but Chen Ning’s power shattered the attack and the Darkness Divine Mark disrupted the emperor’s Devil Qi.
• The Heartless Devil Emperor offered to rule alongside Chen Ning and threatened revenge against his loved ones, so Chen Ning vowed to kill him despite his claimed Undying Body.

Chen Ning defeated the Heartless Devil Emperor and spared him in exchange for six Devil Crystal Stones, then forced him to submit. He left the Heartless Devil Emperor under the Dark Devil King's command and ordered him to heal the Dark Devil King.

• Chen Ning engulfed the Heartless Devil Emperor in dragon flames, but drew them back when the Dark Devil King confirmed the Emperor had a great opportunity to offer.
• The Heartless Devil Emperor revealed six Devil Crystal Stones and explained that seven stones opened the Devil God Secret Scripture.
• Chen Ning ordered the Heartless Devil Emperor to submit and used the Darkness Divine Mark to force his surrender.
• Chen Ning ordered the Heartless Devil Emperor to heal the Dark Devil King and take orders from him, or die.
• The Dark Devil King gratefully reflected that joining Chen Ning had been the best decision of his life.

Chen Ning combined the seven Devil Crystal Stones and received the Devil God Transformation, a secret art he would have to comprehend himself. Meanwhile, the Rakshasa King used the Blood Devil Grand Array to strengthen his followers and learned that Chen Ning had killed Ghost Shadow, leaving the coming conflict looming.

• Chen Ning combined the seven Devil Crystal Stones and learned that Devil God Transformation could summon a Devil God Dharma Body, though he had not yet comprehended how to use it.
• The Rakshasa King’s Blood Devil Grand Array transformed Xiao Bichen, raising him from the Saint Realm Early Stage to the Middle Stage.
• Xiao Bichen told the Rakshasa King that General Ghost Shadow resented his selection for the array and described the Nine Provinces Realm’s powerful leaders, including the Dragon-Seeking Sect’s master.
• A Rakshasa messenger reported that Ghost Shadow had been killed by the Dragon-Seeking Sect’s master, and the Rakshasa King recognized the threat.
• General Zhanxiong entered the array and reached the Late-Stage Saint realm as the Rakshasa King continued sacrificing humans to strengthen his forces.

The Rakshasa King agreed to Xiao Bichen’s plan to draw the Nine Provinces’ Saints to Spirit Province while General Zhanxiong attacked Central Province. Meanwhile, Chen Ning oversaw pill production for Spirit Province and visited the Heavenly Demon Wonder Manor after Little Black Dragon awakened and led him there.

• Xiao Bichen advised the Rakshasa King to appear in Spirit Province while General Zhanxiong attacked Central Province, and the Rakshasa King approved the plan.
• True Person Qingyang learned the Dragon-Seeking Sect had delivered over a thousand High-Grade Spirit Artifact pill cauldrons for refining Chen Ning’s pills.
• Little Black Dragon awoke after a year of sleep, reached the Heavenly Martial Realm, and demonstrated that he could fly and travel through the void.
• Little Black Dragon led Chen Ning to the Heavenly Demon Wonder Manor, where Ling Xiaoyun welcomed him respectfully.
• Chen Ning told Ling Xiaoyun to take him to see the devil ape.

Chen Ning unlocked the demon ape’s shackle in exchange for ten years of service, and the freed ape took revenge on the Heavenly Demon Wonder Manor. Meanwhile, the Rakshasa King led a vast army into Spirit Province, where Saints from across the Nine Provinces gathered to confront him.

• Chen Ning offered the demon ape freedom in exchange for ten years of service, and the ape agreed when he revealed the key to its shackle.
• Chen Ning unlocked the chain, restoring the demon ape’s immense size and Saint Realm Middle Stage power.
• The demon ape returned to Chen Ning’s side, and Chen Ning allowed it to take revenge on the Heavenly Demon Wonder Manor.
• The demon ape slaughtered the manor’s cultivators, including its Celestial Persons, then submitted willingly to Chen Ning.
• The Rakshasa King and his army, joined by four great fiends, Princess Dark Moon, Yellow Springs Saint, and Spear Saint, advanced on Spirit Province.
• Heavenly Lake Holy Lord, Wangyou Saint, White Bone Saint, Butcher, and other Saints gathered around the Rakshasa King, prepared to fight to the death.

Chen Ning unleashed the Insect Race against the invading Rakshasa army while Hua Luo and a demonic ape joined the Nine Provinces’ defenders. The Rakshasa King remained locked in battle with the Saints, and Yellow Springs Saint committed himself to fighting for the Rakshasa side.

• The Rakshasa King overpowered the Heavenly Lake Holy Lord, Butcher, Wangyou Saint, and White Bone Saint until Chen Ning and Hua Luo arrived.
• Chen Ning released vast swarms of insects and gave the Saints Insect-Repelling Pills, sending the swarms against the Rakshasa army.
• The demonic ape crushed the Blood-Winged Demon General and Red Python Demon General, then killed the Ghost-Faced Demon General.
• Xiao Bichen urged Yellow Springs Saint and Spear Saint to join the fighting as the Rakshasa army fell into disarray.
• Yellow Springs Saint decided to side with the Rakshasa Race and darted into battle.

Chen Ning killed the Spear Saint with one sword strike and faced Xiao Bichen, while the Rakshasa army ravaged Central Province and attacked Heavenly Lake. As the Battle Bear Devil General prepared to destroy Heavenly Lake, a crack appeared in an ancient rock, and Luo Changhe realized his Martial Uncle had emerged from seclusion.

• Chen Ning killed the Spear Saint instantly, shocking the Asura Divine Lord and the watching forces.
• Xiao Bichen confronted Chen Ning and revealed his resentment over the sacrifices he believed his position demanded.
• The Battle Bear Devil General rampaged through Central Province and headed for Heavenly Lake on the Rakshasa King's orders.
• Luo Changhe and Heavenly Lake's cultivators used a sword array to wound the Battle Bear Devil General, but he survived and advanced on them.
• An ancient rock in Heavenly Lake cracked, and Luo Changhe recognized that his Martial Uncle had emerged from seclusion.

Chen Ning defeated Xiao Bichen, while Yellow Springs Saint killed Princess Dark Moon and escaped with the Asura Divine Lord. The Rakshasa King remained dominant until Chen Ning used the Devil God Aura Experience Card to suppress him, giving the Saints a brief chance to regroup.

• Chen Ning struck Xiao Bichen with the fifth layer of Destruction Divine Fist, grievously wounding him.
• The devil ape killed the Blood-Winged Demon General and Red Python Demon General, while Yellow Springs Saint fled with the Asura Divine Lord and fatally struck Princess Dark Moon.
• Princess Dark Moon died after Xiao Bichen confessed why he had kept his distance from her, and Xiao Bichen vowed to kill Yellow Springs Saint before returning to meet his death.
• The Rakshasa King overwhelmed the Saints, but the devil ape broke free when Chen Ning used the Devil God Aura Experience Card to suppress the Rakshasa King.
• The Saints surrounded the temporarily restrained Rakshasa King as he warned them that he would recover and avenge his demon generals.