Chapter Summaries

Wen Shiqing told Jiang Bei that the court had abandoned the Demon Realm and warned him against returning, but Jiang Bei insisted he would protect Dongyao City and received the Heaven-Holding Scripture of Qiankun. Old Mo then reported that Qin Tianhong had survived his critical injuries, though his condition had only been stabilized.

• Wen Shiqing explained that the court had forbidden the Tianyao Alliance from sending senior forces to the Demon Realm, and that Qin Tianhong and the other Prefects had gone because Qingmu Domain was their homeland.
• Jiang Bei declared that he would return to the Demon Realm and keep his promise to protect Dongyao City, regardless of danger or pressure.
• Wen Shiqing praised Jiang Bei and gave him the Heaven-Holding Scripture of Qiankun, an Immortal Establishment Method forbidden to share.
• Wen Shiqing sent Jiang Bei to see his master, while privately telling the Alliance Leader that Jiang Bei might be the person they had sought.
• Old Mo emerged from the quiet chamber and said he had stabilized Qin Tianhong after treating his grievous injuries, and Fan Chen thanked him on behalf of Kaiyang Prefecture.

Jiang Bei prepared to return to the Demon Realm after learning that Chu had fallen in battle, while Fan Chen stayed behind to protect Kaiyang Prefecture and care for their injured master. Wen Shiqing arranged for Jiang Bei to use the Tianyao Alliance’s Spatial Profound Array, and Jiang Bei met the Elders guarding it.

• Jiang Bei told Fan Chen and Lu Xuewei that Chu had died fighting in the Demon Realm and that he planned to return to protect Dongyao City.
• Fan Chen agreed to remain in Kaiyang Prefecture while Jiang Bei went back to fight alongside Prefect Cheng, Prefect Xiao, and their forces.
• Jiang Bei examined the Northnight Wolf King’s demon core, learned it could grant the Beast Taming Hand talent, and chose not to refine it yet.
• Wen Shiqing secured permission for Jiang Bei to use the Alliance’s Spatial Profound Array to travel toward the Futian Domain more quickly.
• Jiang Bei entered the Elder Hall with Wen Shiqing and was introduced to the Elders guarding the array.

Jiang Bei used the Tianyao Alliance’s Spatial Profound Array to reach Black Wind Cliff, where Peng Tianzong’s men ambushed him; after learning who had sent them, Jiang Bei set out in disguise to attack the Domain Lord’s Mansion. At the mansion, Yang Zhi questioned Sun Tianming about a shipment that apparently had gone wrong.

• Shen Zhiqin praised Jiang Bei’s achievements and warned him that the Demon Realm was in grave danger before Jiang Bei departed through the Spatial Profound Array.
• Jiang Bei arrived at Black Wind Cliff in only a quarter of an hour and headed toward the Demon Realm, but more than a dozen assassins surrounded him.
• Jiang Bei killed the attackers, spared their scar-faced leader long enough to learn that Peng Tianzong had sent them, then killed him as well.
• Suspecting someone in the Elder Council had leaked his route, Jiang Bei put on a mask and headed for Futian City to settle accounts with Peng Tianzong.
• At the Domain Lord’s Mansion, Yang Zhi saw Sun Tianming arrive in a foul mood and asked whether the delivery of a batch of goods had gone badly.

Jiang Bei stormed the Domain Lord's Mansion and crushed Sun Tianming and Yang Zhi, then learned Peng Tianzong was away in the Holy City. He left the mansion without uncovering who leaked his destination to Black Wind Cliff, but began questioning the pair about the Blood Food Essence and Fierce Beast.

• Sun Tianming and Yang Zhi celebrated the Domain Lord's supposed killing of Jiang Bei at Black Wind Cliff and discussed sending Blood Food Essence to the Demon Realm to feed a Fierce Beast.
• A masked Jiang Bei entered the Domain Lord's Mansion and killed the black-clad envoy with an arrow before revealing himself through his blade technique.
• Jiang Bei severed both of Sun Tianming's arms and broke his limbs, then cut off Yang Zhi's legs and pinned him beneath his foot.
• Jiang Bei demanded to know where Peng Tianzong was, and Sun Tianming said he had gone to the Holy City that morning.
• Jiang Bei questioned Yang Zhi about who leaked his destination to Black Wind Cliff, but Yang Zhi said only Peng Tianzong knew the details.
• Jiang Bei asked Sun Tianming and Yang Zhi what the Blood Food Essence and Fierce Beast were for.

Jiang Bei learned that Peng Tianzong had secretly supplied hundreds of thousands of commoners to the Devil Master’s forces and headed for Myriad Demon Valley to intercept the latest convoy. After advancing to Minor Refinement of Eternal Immortal, he blocked the convoy and exposed its connection to the Domain Lord’s Mansion.

• Jiang Bei tortured Sun Tianming for information, killed Yang Zhi, and learned that Peng Tianzong had arranged for commoners to be delivered to the Heavenly Fiend Demon General and the Seven Abyss Karma Fire Hound.
• Sun Tianming revealed that the latest group had traveled through Tunnel Seven and would reach Myriad Demon Valley within two or three hours, so Jiang Bei killed him and slaughtered the guards in the Domain Lord’s Mansion.
• Jiang Bei informed Fan Chen of Peng Tianzong’s crimes and urged him to alert Wen Shiqing or another trustworthy Senior Elder.
• Jiang Bei spent one hundred million Merit Points to advance the Heaven-Holding Scripture of Qiankun and reach Minor Refinement of Eternal Immortal, then advanced the Nine Revolutions Sacred King Body by two revolutions.
• Jiang Bei flew to the Demon Realm and stopped a convoy; after he drew out its Domain Lord’s Mansion token, the leader ordered the group to flee, but Jiang Bei unleashed a terrifying pressure.

Jiang Bei reached Myriad Demon Valley after discovering that tens of thousands of commoners were being transported there as food for the Seven Abyss Karma Fire Hound. He attacked the valley and slaughtered its Demonic Cultivators, leaving the Heavenly Fiend Demon General furious and facing him alone after Mo You was killed.

• Jiang Bei killed the shipment leader after taking a jade bottle containing tens of thousands of commoners and rushed toward Myriad Demon Valley.
• The Seven Abyss Karma Fire Hound devoured more than ten thousand commoners as the Heavenly Fiend Demon General and a silver-haired Demonic Cultivator discussed Peng Tianzong's next shipment and the coming attack on Dongyao City.
• Jiang Bei burst through the demonic clouds and used the Void-Breaking Bow to kill or wound hundreds of Demonic Cultivators.
• Jiang Bei suppressed the charging Demonic Cultivators with his Eternal Immortal pressure and slaughtered them with the Heavenly Abyss Blade.
• Mo You joined the Heavenly Fiend Demon General in a pincer attack, but Jiang Bei killed Mo You with two slashes, prompting the general to roar threats at him.

Jiang Bei defeated the Heavenly Fiend Demon General, tamed the Seven Abyss Karma Fire Hound with his Beast Taming Hand talent, and turned it against the Demonic Cultivators. After the general warned that Dongyao City would soon fall, Jiang Bei rode the hound toward the city.

• Jiang Bei shattered the Heavenly Fiend Demon General’s attack and beat him until he could barely stand.
• Jiang Bei refined the Northnight Wolf King’s demon core, gained Beast Taming Hand, and made the Seven Abyss Karma Fire Hound kneel before him.
• Jiang Bei ordered the hound to kill the Demonic Cultivators, and it slaughtered dozens with one strike.
• Jiang Bei directed the hound to attack the Heavenly Fiend Demon General, who warned that Dongyao City would soon be finished.
• Jiang Bei killed the Heavenly Fiend Demon General and the remaining Demonic Cultivators, then rode the Seven Abyss Karma Fire Hound toward Dongyao City.

Cheng Poyue and Xiao Zhantian fought to defend Dongyao City while Night Demon’s forces revealed that the Seven Abyss Karma Fire Hound was coming to break the city’s formation. Night Demon demanded their surrender and Jiang Bei’s whereabouts, then ordered his forces to kill the two defenders before the beast arrived.

• Cheng Poyue and Xiao Zhantian battled the Demonic Cultivators led by Night Demon and four other powerful Demon Realm leaders outside Dongyao City.
• Wan Xuehun and You Baihai revealed that the Seven Abyss Karma Fire Hound would attack the Yuxuan Great Formation with its World Karma Fire.
• Night Demon demanded that Cheng Poyue and Xiao Zhantian hand over Jiang Bei, but Cheng Poyue said Jiang Bei had returned to the Tianyao Alliance and defended his killing of Yin Gu.
• Night Demon mocked the defenders and urged them to submit to the Devil Master, but Xiao Zhantian refused and vowed to die rather than surrender.
• Cheng Poyue stopped Xiao Zhantian from charging Night Demon, and Night Demon ordered the Demonic Cultivators to kill them before the Seven Abyss Karma Fire Hound arrived.

Jiang Bei returned to Dongyao City riding the Seven Abyss Karma Fire Hound and turned its World Karma Fire against the invading demons. After the attack devastated the demonic forces, Jiang Bei revealed himself and declared his defiance, giving the city new hope.

• Cheng Poyue and Xiao Zhantian prepared to retreat into Dongyao City as the Seven Abyss Karma Fire Hound emerged from the clouds.
• Night Demon and the demonic forces mistook the figure riding the beast for the Heavenly Fiend Demon General and prepared to attack the city.
• The Seven Abyss Karma Fire Hound unleashed World Karma Fire toward Night Demon, Wan Xuehun, You Baihai, Gu Luosheng, Hun Qianyuan, and their troops, killing many and badly injuring the surviving leaders.
• Jiang Bei stepped before the beast's head and announced that he would not allow the invaders to take Dongyao City.
• Cheng Poyue and Xiao Zhantian recognized Jiang Bei, and the people of Dongyao City erupted in cheers at his return.

Jiang Bei returned to Dongyao City on the Seven Abyss Karma Fire Hound and annihilated the invading demonic giants, saving the city. Afterward, he found a mysterious black stone on Night Demon, which projected an image that shocked Cheng Poyue and Xiao Zhantian.

• Night Demon ordered the demonic giants to attack Jiang Bei and the Seven Abyss Karma Fire Hound, while Cheng Poyue and Xiao Zhantian moved to help.
• Jiang Bei killed You Baihai with one palm, killed Wan Xuehun with one punch, and smashed Night Demon into a deep crater.
• The Seven Abyss Karma Fire Hound killed Hun Qianyuan and burned Gu Luosheng to ash as the remaining invaders fled.
• Jiang Bei killed the incapacitated Night Demon with the Heavenly Abyss Blade, and Dongyao City’s soldiers and citizens celebrated their victory.
• Jiang Bei took Night Demon’s Cosmic Bag and discovered a black stone that projected images of mountains and people; Cheng Poyue and Xiao Zhantian reacted in alarm.

After learning that the Devil Master’s forces were mining Flying Spirit Mountain for Spirit Ore, Jiang Bei set out to stop them. On the way, he upgraded the Heaven-Holding Scripture of Qiankun and broke through to Eternal Immortal Major Refinement, then continued toward the heavily guarded mountain.

• Jiang Bei learned from a Shadow Recording Stone that Demonic Cultivators were mining Flying Spirit Mountain, and Xiao Zhantian explained its value to the Devil Master’s recovery.
• Lu Wu reported that Yue Qianyin and the Crimson Prison and Nether Thunder Demon Generals guarded the mountain behind the Thousand Demon Slaughtering Immortal Array.
• Jiang Bei decided to attack Flying Spirit Mountain with the Seven Abyss Karma Fire Hound and left Cheng Poyue and Xiao Zhantian to defend Dongyao City and receive civilians from the Futian Domain.
• Jiang Bei spent 200,000,000 Merit Points to upgrade the Heaven-Holding Scripture of Qiankun and reached Eternal Immortal Major Refinement.
• Jiang Bei continued racing northwest toward Flying Spirit Mountain, determined to confront its demonic defenders.

The Nether Thunder Demon General and Crimson Prison Demon General oversaw Spirit Ore mining at Flying Spirit Mountain and discussed a secret shipment meant for Wu Zhen. Their conversation was interrupted when the Seven Abyss Karma Fire Hound arrived alone and began gathering World Karma Fire aimed at the mountain.

• The Nether Thunder Demon General and Crimson Prison Demon General discussed the mining progress and dismissed the threat posed by Jiang Bei and the Tianyao Alliance.
• Crimson Prison suggested taking some of the Spirit Ore, but Nether Thunder warned him that a portion was reserved for Wu Zhen in the Futian Domain.
• Yue Qianyin arrived and claimed he had preserved Flying Spirit Mountain’s resources for the Devil Master.
• The Seven Abyss Karma Fire Hound tore through the demonic clouds and approached Flying Spirit Mountain without the Heavenly Fiend Demon General.
• Yue Qianyin noticed the beast gathering World Karma Fire, and the Demon Generals saw that its attack was aimed at Flying Spirit Mountain.

Jiang Bei arrived at Flying Spirit Mountain atop the Seven Abyss Karma Fire Hound, shattered the mountain’s protective formation, and revealed that he had killed the Heavenly Fiend Demon General. He effortlessly wounded the three defenders and killed Crimson Prison Demon General, then moved to strike Nether Thunder Demon General.

• Crimson Prison Demon General mistook the Seven Abyss Karma Fire Hound’s attack for a display of its power, but the World Karma Fire blasted him and shattered the Thousand Demon Slaughtering Immortal Array.
• Nether Thunder Demon General realized the hound was controlled, and Jiang Bei appeared before him, Crimson Prison Demon General, and Yue Qianyin.
• Jiang Bei identified the three Demon Generals and crushed them with a single gesture, sending them crashing into Flying Spirit Mountain.
• Crimson Prison Demon General threatened Jiang Bei, but Jiang Bei struck him again and killed him against a distant peak.
• Nether Thunder Demon General summoned a spear of yin lightning and vowed to avenge Crimson Prison, but Jiang Bei appeared before him and raised his palm to strike.

Jiang Bei wiped out the Demonic Cultivators on Flying Spirit Mountain and tortured the Nether Thunder Demon General until he revealed that most of the mountain’s Spirit Ore had been mined. After learning the ore could not restore the mountain, Jiang Bei spotted chests marked “Zhen” and confronted the demon general for lying about them.

• Jiang Bei crippled the Nether Thunder Demon General, sealed Flying Spirit Mountain, and killed every Demonic Cultivator there except the demon general.
• Jiang Bei examined the Spirit Ore and asked the Nether Thunder Demon General how much of the mountain had been mined.
• Jiang Bei repeatedly burned the Nether Thunder Demon General with World Karma Fire until he confessed that eighty percent of the Spirit Ore had been extracted.
• The Nether Thunder Demon General explained that mined Spirit Ore lost its essence after half a day and could not be returned to restore Flying Spirit Mountain.
• Jiang Bei compared Spirit Ore from ordinary chests with ore from chests marked “Zhen,” found them alike, and accused the Nether Thunder Demon General of lying.

Jiang Bei learned that the mysterious Wu Zhen was the Devil Master's benefactor, then refined Spirit Ore to strengthen his body and fed the remainder to the Seven Abyss Karma Fire Hound. A messenger reported Jiang Bei's victories and plunder to the Devil Master, who responded with chilling calm.

• The Nether Thunder Demon General revealed that the Spirit Ore was intended for Wu Zhen in the Futian Domain, but knew nothing else about him, and Jiang Bei killed him and finished off Yue Qianyin.
• Jiang Bei collected the Spirit Ore and refined more than half of it in a secluded valley, increasing his physical strength by at least thirty percent without advancing his cultivation realm.
• Jiang Bei gave the remaining Spirit Ore to the Seven Abyss Karma Fire Hound, which swallowed it and began growing stronger.
• A man in black reported to the Devil Master that Jiang Bei had wiped out the forces at three strongholds, killed several Demon Generals and Yue Qianyin, tamed the Seven Abyss Karma Fire Hound, and seized the Spirit Ore.
• The Devil Master said he knew, and his faint snort silenced the messenger before he could suggest gathering forces.

After destroying Flying Spirit Mountain, Jiang Bei returned to Dongyao City with a Spirit Marrow Sacred Body, broke through to Minor Refinement of the Creation Immortal realm, and strengthened his Nine Revolutions Sacred King Body. As the alliance’s forces prepared for the coming conflict, Senior Elder Li Xiuyong arrived with an order to cease fighting and withdraw, leaving Jiang Bei suspicious.

• The Devil Master refused to divert forces over Jiang Bei and ordered the black-clad man to withdraw, saying someone would deal with him.
• Jiang Bei returned to Dongyao City, where Cheng Poyue and Xiao Zhantian learned he had killed the Demon Generals, Yue Qianyin, and the other demonic cultivators at Flying Spirit Mountain.
• Cheng Poyue recognized that refining the spirit ore had given Jiang Bei the legendary Spirit Marrow Sacred Body, and Jiang Bei told the two Prefects about the mysterious Wu Zhen.
• Jiang Bei used his Merit Points to reach Minor Refinement of the Creation Immortal realm and advance his Nine Revolutions Sacred King Body to the Sixth Revolution.
• Li Xiuyong arrived in Dongyao City and ordered the alliance’s forces to cease fighting and leave the Demon Realm within three days; Cheng Poyue and Xiao Zhantian protested, while Jiang Bei sensed something was wrong.

Jiang Bei refused to withdraw from Dongyao City after Li Xiuyong ordered the troops back to the Tianyao Alliance, arguing that abandoning its people betrayed the alliance’s founding principles. The next day, Vice Alliance Leader Shen Zhiqin met Jiang Bei through a projected incarnation, but his reason for coming remained unrevealed.

• Li Xiuyong ordered Cheng Poyue and Xiao Zhantian to withdraw their troops from the Demon Realm and return to reinforce the Tianyao Alliance, citing wars across the Holy Dynasty.
• Cheng Poyue and Xiao Zhantian protested that withdrawing would leave Dongyao City’s million residents at the mercy of demonic forces, but Li Xiuyong displayed the Alliance Leader’s token and insisted they obey.
• Jiang Bei questioned Li Xiuyong’s account and declared that he would leave the Tianyao Alliance if the Alliance Leader truly intended to abandon Dongyao City.
• Li Xiuyong angrily departed, while Cheng Poyue and Xiao Zhantian wondered why the Alliance Leader would issue an order that contradicted his past defense of the people.
• The next day, Xiao Zhantian told Jiang Bei that Vice Alliance Leader Shen Zhiqin had arrived and requested to see him.
• Shen Zhiqin explained that he had come as a projected incarnation and began speaking with Jiang Bei, who asked why he had come to the Demon Realm.

Jiang Bei refused Shen Zhiqin’s order to withdraw from the Demon Realm, then rushed to rescue Lu Wu near Blackwind Gorge and killed Xuan Yan and the pursuing Demonic Cultivators. After saving Lu Wu, Jiang Bei accused the two civilians they had rescued of pretending to be someone they were not.

• Shen Zhiqin explained the Alliance Leader’s order and warned Jiang Bei about the Abyss Devil Master, but Jiang Bei refused to leave until the Demon Realm was cleared and its people were safe.
• Xiao Zhantian received an urgent message that Lu Wu was being hunted near Blackwind Gorge after rescuing two civilians, and Jiang Bei immediately set out to help.
• Xuan Yan ambushed Lu Wu, badly wounded him, and knocked down the blue-robed man before demanding that he reveal Jiang Bei’s whereabouts.
• Jiang Bei arrived, tore off Xuan Yan’s head, and killed the surrounding Demonic Cultivators with the pressure of his power.
• Jiang Bei gave Lu Wu a healing pill, then confronted the blue-robed man and slender woman, saying their performance was over and ordering them to reveal their true faces.

After Wu Ming and Wu Chuzhen revealed their identities as survivors of the Wu Lineage, they led Jiang Bei and Lu Wu to a hidden realm in the Demon Realm. The Wu siblings explained that enemies in the Holy Dynasty were hunting their people, then offered Jiang Bei two ancient relics in gratitude for saving them.

• Wu Ming and Wu Chuzhen shed their disguises and claimed they were natives of the Demon Realm fleeing enemies who sought to destroy their Lineage.
• Wu Ming led Jiang Bei and Lu Wu through a primeval forest to a hidden Spatial Vortex, which opened into a secluded Wu Lineage settlement.
• Wu Ming explained that his people could not flee to the Holy Dynasty because their enemies were there and had continued hunting them in the Demon Realm.
• Wu Ming introduced Jiang Bei and Lu Wu to the wary clansmen, who eased their hostility after learning the visitors had saved the siblings.
• Wu Ming offered Jiang Bei a shattered patterned bone fragment and an ancient rune-covered compass as thanks for rescuing him and Wu Chuzhen.

Jiang Bei accepted the Wu Family’s bone fragment and Disk of Reversal, then gave Wu Ming supplies to help his family survive. At dinner, Wu Yongzong mistook Jiang Bei for his absent eldest son, and Wu Ming began explaining how that brother had betrayed the family.

• Wu Ming offered Jiang Bei a mysterious bone fragment and the Disk of Reversal, which could seize control of an intact array but required an Eternal Immortal’s spiritual power and could be used only once.
• Jiang Bei accepted the treasures and gave Wu Ming a Cosmic Bag of weapons, protective gear, supplies, and medicine.
• Wu Chuzhen served dinner, and Wu Ming brought his confused father, Wu Yongzong, to meet Jiang Bei and Lu Wu.
• Wu Yongzong mistook Jiang Bei for his eldest son, called him a great alliance leader, and tried to fetch wine before Wu Chuzhen led him outside.
• Wu Ming explained that his father often mistook men for his missing eldest son, who had returned from the Holy Dynasty with great power before betraying and cutting ties with the family.