Chapter Summaries

Wu Ming revealed that his eldest brother Wu Zhen had seemingly ordered the massacre of their family to conceal his past, leaving Wu Ming, Wu Chuzhen, and their mad father as survivors. Jiang Bei and Lu Wu discovered that Wu Zhen was the same person the Devil Master had once called a benefactor, and Jiang Bei pressed Wu Ming for clues about his identity.

• Wu Ming told Jiang Bei and Lu Wu that his family had been massacred by people wearing the same robes as Wu Zhen's former subordinates, and he believed Wu Zhen had sought to erase his past.
• Wu Ming said his father had kept a broken bone fragment taken from Wu Zhen, and explained that the surviving family had spent years hiding in the Spatial Vortex.
• Wu Yongzong mistook Jiang Bei for Wu Chuzhen and offered him wine, prompting Jiang Bei to ask Wu Ming for his eldest brother's name.
• Wu Ming confirmed that his eldest brother was Wu Zhen, and he brought out the Wu Family Genealogy to verify the name.
• Jiang Bei and Lu Wu realized Wu Zhen was likely the Devil Master's benefactor, then Jiang Bei asked Wu Ming what Wu Zhen looked like and what he had done in the Holy Dynasty.

Wu Ming revealed a Shadow Recording Stone that showed Wu Zhen returning to his family, and Lu Wu recognized Wu Zhen’s guards as members of the Tianyao Alliance. When Wu Zhen’s face appeared, Jiang Bei recognized something familiar about him but could not identify where he had seen him.

• Wu Ming said he knew little about Wu Zhen and explained that his father, Wu Yongzong, had also gone mad.
• Wu Chuzhen reminded Wu Ming of the Shadow Recording Stone, and Wu Ming brought it out and activated it.
• The recording showed Wu Zhen returning to the Wu Family with guards wearing old Tianyao Alliance uniforms, which Lu Wu recognized.
• Jiang Bei concluded that Wu Zhen had likely used another identity within the Tianyao Alliance to hide his past.
• Wu Zhen turned toward the recording stone, and Jiang Bei found his face and bearing disturbingly familiar.

Jiang Bei discovered that Tianyao Alliance Vice Alliance Leader Shen Zhiqin was the Wu Family’s Wu Zhen, a traitor who had aided the Devil Master. Before Jiang Bei could act on the revelation, Dongyao City fell to a massive demonic assault, and he raced back to face the attackers.

• Jiang Bei recognized Wu Zhen as Shen Zhiqin from the Shadow Recording Stone and realized he had colluded with the Devil Master and likely betrayed the Tianyao Alliance.
• Jiang Bei questioned whether the Alliance Leader was also compromised, then received Prefect Cheng’s broken message that Dongyao City had fallen to Demonic Cultivators.
• Jiang Bei told Wu Ming to keep his clansmen hidden and flew with Lu Wu toward Dongyao City.
• Jiang Bei arrived to find the Yuxuan Great Formation destroyed, civilians slaughtered, and more than a thousand Demonic Cultivators attacking the city.
• Cheng Poyue and Xiao Zhantian led the surviving soldiers against the five remaining demonic powers, while Demon General Zhan Yu and Demon General Yuling watched from above.

Demon General Yuling attacked Dongyao City after the Yuxuan Great Formation fell, leaving Cheng Poyue and Xiao Zhantian gravely wounded. Wen Shiqing arrived and activated a Mysterious Teleportation Formation to evacuate them and nearby civilians, but Yuling struck at the hand holding the formation disk.

• Demon General Yuling mocked the former regional overlords, then struck Cheng Poyue and Xiao Zhantian into the ruins when they challenged him.
• Yuling revealed a formation disk from the Yuxuan Great Formation, and Cheng Poyue realized it had been taken from the Tianyao Alliance’s guarded forbidden ground.
• Wen Shiqing arrived and blocked Yuling’s attack on Cheng Poyue, then faced Yuling in combat.
• Wen Shiqing used a phantom body to escape Yuling’s claw and activated a Mysterious Teleportation Formation to target Cheng Poyue, Xiao Zhantian, soldiers, and nearby citizens.
• Yuling appeared beside Wen Shiqing and swung a powerful fist at the arm holding the formation disk.

Jiang Bei returned to Dongyao City and rescued Wen Shiqing from Demon General Yuling, then overwhelmed Demon General Zhan Yu as the surviving defenders and citizens watched. The chapter ended with Zhan Yu smashed into a crater while the fate of both demon generals remained unclear.

• Demon General Yuling destroyed Wen Shiqing's teleportation array disk, and Demon General Zhan Yu struck him into the ruins.
• Wen Shiqing rose despite his injuries, defied Yuling, and refused to abandon Dongyao City's people.
• Demon General Yuling seized Wen Shiqing and tried to crush his head, but Jiang Bei arrived and hurled Yuling into ruined buildings.
• Jiang Bei healed Wen Shiqing, Cheng Poyue, and Xiao Zhantian, then ignored Zhan Yu's challenge.
• Demon General Zhan Yu attacked Jiang Bei with his saber, but Jiang Bei caught and shattered it, seized Zhan Yu by the throat, and smashed him into a crater.

Jiang Bei’s Seven Abyss Karma Fire Hound devastated the demonic army and killed three of its leaders before the Devil Master arrived and immobilized the beast. With the Devil Master confronting him, Jiang Bei refused Wen Shiqing’s plea to flee and prepared to face him.

• The Seven Abyss Karma Fire Hound charged into the demonic army, killing hundreds of Demonic Cultivators and overpowering the five leaders.
• The Seven Abyss Karma Fire Hound killed the Ten Thousand Souls Heresy Cult Master, the Youjin City Lord, and the Blood Red City Lord.
• The Devil Master appeared in Dongyao City, and his pressure froze the Seven Abyss Karma Fire Hound as the surviving demonic forces welcomed him.
• Wen Shiqing warned Jiang Bei that the Devil Master remained far too powerful to fight, but Jiang Bei refused to leave.
• The surviving Demon Generals and demonic leaders watched eagerly, expecting the Devil Master to defeat Jiang Bei.

The Devil Master offered Jiang Bei the position of First Demon General and half the Demon Realm in exchange for submitting, but Jiang Bei refused and attacked him. Their fierce battle left neither with the upper hand, and the Devil Master summoned the World Devouring Demon God phantom to strike Jiang Bei.

• The Devil Master offered Jiang Bei a pardon and great power if he submitted, while Cheng Poyue and Xiao Zhantian silently accepted that he might choose to survive.
• Jiang Bei refused the offer and charged at the Devil Master, who unleashed overwhelming pressure that devastated Dongyao City and harmed its people.
• The Devil Master attacked Jiang Bei with a demonic punch, but Jiang Bei met it head-on with his own fist.
• Jiang Bei and the Devil Master exchanged dozens of blows at immense speed without either gaining a clear advantage, shocking their allies and subordinates.
• The Devil Master pulled back, summoned the World Devouring Demon God phantom, and sent it rushing toward Jiang Bei.

Jiang Bei defeated the Devil Master's phantom and forced the injured Devil Master to retreat through a spatial rift, but the Devil Master threatened to return at full strength. Jiang Bei killed the remaining demonic leaders and seized Demon General Yuling's unusual demon core.

• Jiang Bei shattered the Demon God Phantom's fists and cleaved the phantom apart, injuring the Devil Master.
• Jiang Bei struck down the Devil Master's body, but the Devil Master revealed it was a phantom and escaped through a spatial rift after threatening to return at full strength.
• Jiang Bei killed the fleeing Fentian Cult Leader and Underworld Sect Master, then crushed Demon General Zhan Yu's head.
• Demon General Yuling transformed into a lightning tiger and tried to flee, but Jiang Bei destroyed his clones and true body.
• Jiang Bei caught Yuling's unusual demon core and sensed it could grant him a powerful talent if he refined it.

After Jiang Bei defeated the demonic army, he helped Dongyao City's leaders recover and learned that the Devil Master might soon return at full strength. At the City Lord's Mansion, he identified Vice Alliance Leader Shen Zhiqin as a suspected traitor, leaving Cheng Poyue and Xiao Zhantian stunned.

• Jiang Bei healed Wen Shiqing, Cheng Poyue, and Xiao Zhantian after the demonic army was wiped out.
• Wen Shiqing warned that the Devil Master could regain his full strength within days, and Cheng Poyue restored the Yuxuan Great Formation around Dongyao City.
• Wen Shiqing revealed that the second core formation disk had vanished from the Elder Hall despite its protective formation remaining intact.
• Jiang Bei named Shen Zhiqin as the suspected thief, and Wen Shiqing's reaction confirmed that he had reached the same conclusion.
• Jiang Bei connected Shen Zhiqin's name to Wu Zhen, shocking Cheng Poyue and Xiao Zhantian, who questioned whether the wordplay proved the accusation.

Jiang Bei and the others learned that Shen Zhiqin had secretly colluded with the Devil Master for centuries, murdered the Tianyao Alliance Leader, and used his authority to advance a plan to seize the Holy Dynasty. Wen Shiqing revealed that the Alliance Leader’s surviving Primordial Spirit had entrusted him with the truth, and that he had finally intervened to protect Jiang Bei from Shen Zhiqin’s plot.

• Jiang Bei explained that a Shadow Recording Stone linked Wu Zhen to Shen Zhiqin, convincing Cheng Poyue and Xiao Zhantian that the Vice Alliance Leader had concealed his identity.
• Wen Shiqing revealed Shen Zhiqin’s plan to control the Tianyao Alliance, help the Devil Master conquer the Demon Realm, and use the ensuing chaos to seize the Holy Dynasty.
• Wen Shiqing said Shen Zhiqin had killed the Alliance Leader several years earlier and had since issued orders in the dead leader’s name, including the command to withdraw from Dongyao City.
• Wen Shiqing explained that Shen Zhiqin had tried to recruit Jiang Bei, then gave the Yuxuan Great Formation’s formation disk to the Devil Master after Jiang Bei refused.
• Wen Shiqing revealed that the Alliance Leader’s surviving Primordial Spirit had told him the truth and asked him to safeguard hope until Jiang Bei appeared.

Jiang Bei learned that Shen Zhiqin had turned the Tianyao Alliance and Holy Dynasty against them, then resolved to grow strong enough to face him and the Devil Master. After advancing to Creation Immortal Major Refinement, Jiang Bei discovered he could refine Yuling’s demon core to gain the Perfect Clone talent.

• Wen Shiqing explained that Shen Zhiqin had infiltrated the court and that they could rely only on themselves, making him their chief enemy.
• Wen Shiqing said he had entrusted Qi Yuan with helping Qin Tianhong and Jiang Bei’s fellow disciples escape the Tianyao Alliance.
• Jiang Bei overcame his despair and resolved to gain enough power to defeat Shen Zhiqin, the Devil Master, and every threat in his path.
• Jiang Bei spent 800,000,000 Merit Points to upgrade and broke through from Creation Immortal Minor Refinement to Major Refinement.
• Jiang Bei inspected Demon General Yuling’s demon core and discovered that refining it would grant him a Perfect Clone, then chose to refine it.

Jiang Bei learned that the Yin Scroll of the Yin-Yang Reincarnation Scripture was lost and its Yang Scroll was held by Shen Zhiqin, while Qi Yuan rescued Jiang Bei’s master and companions. When Qi Yuan arrived at Dongyao City with them, Jiang Bei suspected something was wrong and stopped him from opening the city barrier.

• Jiang Bei discovered that refining the Spirit Controlling Demon Core had created a perfect clone he could control.
• Wen Shiqing told Jiang Bei that the Alliance Leader’s faintly surviving Primordial Spirit had little hope of rebirth and that Shen Zhiqin held the Yang Scroll of the Yin-Yang Reincarnation Scripture.
• Wen Shiqing told Jiang Bei that Qi Yuan had rescued Qin Tianhong and the others, who would arrive in Dongyao City by the following day.
• Jiang Bei and Wen Shiqing went to the city gate to meet Qi Yuan, who arrived in a blue-canopied carriage and said he had been injured while rescuing the group.
• When Cheng Poyue prepared to open the barrier, Jiang Bei demanded that Qi Yuan lift the carriage curtain so he could see his master; Qi Yuan clenched his fist and prepared to attack.

Jiang Bei and his allies confronted Tianyao Alliance Senior Elders sent by Shen Zhiqin, while the traitor Qi Yuan defended his surrender. Shen Zhiqin then arrived, admitted to murdering Gu Cangsheng, and declared his ambition to take control of the Demon Realm and the Holy Dynasty.

• Jiang Bei destroyed the carriage and revealed Liao Zhenning, He Zheng, and Cao Xuan, then explained how he had seen through their disguise.
• Wen Shiqing confronted Qi Yuan for betraying the alliance, but Qi Yuan insisted that Shen Zhiqin was too powerful to oppose.
• Liao Zhenning ordered Jiang Bei and the others to surrender, while Xiao Zhantian and Wen Shiqing denounced the elders as Shen Zhiqin’s accomplices.
• Shen Zhiqin appeared at the city gate, and Wen Shiqing, Cheng Poyue, and Xiao Zhantian accused him of betraying the alliance and causing their suffering.
• Shen Zhiqin confessed that he had killed Gu Cangsheng and declared that the Demon Realm and the Holy Dynasty would fall under his control.

Shen Zhiqin’s powerful clone attacked Dongyao City and fought Jiang Bei, who had reached Creation Immortal Major Refinement and matched his strength. After Shen Zhiqin withdrew and threatened Jiang Bei’s master and fellow disciples, Jiang Bei killed Qi Yuan and pursued the fleeing traitors, with Wen Shiqing following.

• Shen Zhiqin demanded the Ancient Saint Fragments from Wen Shiqing and ordered his clone and Liao Zhenning, He Zheng, and Cao Xuan to attack the Yuxuan Great Formation.
• Jiang Bei left the formation and blocked Shen Zhiqin’s devastating palm strike with his Creation Immortal Major Refinement power.
• Jiang Bei fought Shen Zhiqin and blasted Liao Zhenning, He Zheng, and Cao Xuan away when they tried to attack him from behind.
• Shen Zhiqin said he held Qin Tianhong and Jiang Bei’s fellow disciples, then withdrew his clone as the three injured attackers escaped using an array disk.
• Jiang Bei killed Qi Yuan and pursued the escaping traitors, while Wen Shiqing told Cheng Poyue and Xiao Zhantian to guard the city and followed Jiang Bei.

Jiang Bei pursued Liao Zhenning, He Zheng, and Cao Xuan until Wei Feng and the Black Abyss Sword Sect intervened on Shen Zhiqin’s behalf. Pei Xiu and Zhou Yunnan then arrived with Canglan Hall and Tianhua Villa to support Jiang Bei and Wen Shiqing, and Pei Xiu ordered an attack on Wei Feng.

• Jiang Bei wounded Liao Zhenning and nearly killed all three traitors before a black sword light from Wei Feng stopped his blade aura.
• Wei Feng arrived with Black Abyss Sword Sect elites, and Wen Shiqing realized the sect had secretly submitted to Shen Zhiqin.
• Pei Xiu led over a hundred Canglan Hall fighters to support Jiang Bei, then Zhou Yunnan arrived with Tianhua Villa reinforcements.
• Pei Xiu and Zhou Yunnan told Wen Shiqing they believed Gu Cangsheng had been betrayed and had come to help him and Jiang Bei seek justice.
• Pei Xiu drew his saber, called Wei Feng a lackey of Shen Zhiqin, and ordered his forces to attack.

Jiang Bei crushed Wei Feng and killed three Black Abyss Sword Sect elders, ending their attack with help from Pei Xiu and Zhou Yunnan. After they regrouped, Pei Xiu revealed that Shen Zhiqin had allied with powerful forces across the Holy Dynasty, leaving Jiang Bei concerned that his cultivation was still insufficient.

• Pei Xiu and Zhou Yunnan led Canglan Hall and Tianhua Villa forces into battle against the Black Abyss Sword Sect, then joined forces to overwhelm Wei Feng.
• Wei Feng unleashed Black Prison Sword Waterfall and tried to flee, but Jiang Bei caught him and crushed him to death with one hand.
• Jiang Bei killed Liao Zhenning, He Zheng, and Cao Xuan, then cut down the remaining Black Abyss Sword Sect disciples.
• Jiang Bei thanked Pei Xiu and Zhou Yunnan for their aid, and Wen Shiqing reunited with them and praised their support.
• Pei Xiu told Wen Shiqing that Shen Zhiqin had drawn major powers, including Night Bright Pavilion, Mysterious Peak Valley, and Dragon Soul Sect, into his alliance.
• Jiang Bei worried that he needed a Reincarnation Immortal cultivation method to grow strong enough, then proposed that they return to Dongyao City.

After returning to Dongyao City, Jiang Bei learned that Shen Zhiqin held Qin Tianhong and the other captives while Wen Shiqing revealed the history of the Ancient Saint Fragments. Jiang Bei produced the missing third fragment, and Wen Shiqing assembled the complete key and prepared to open the Ancient Sage Space, warning that its trial had never been passed.

• Cheng Poyue and Xiao Zhantian welcomed Zhou Yunnan and Pei Xiu's reinforcements, then the group discussed their weak position and the captives held by Shen Zhiqin.
• Pei Xiu proposed charging into the Tianyao Alliance, while Jiang Bei resolved that he had to rescue Qin Tianhong and his fellow disciples but recognized that a direct attack would be suicidal.
• Jiang Bei asked Wen Shiqing about the Ancient Saint Fragments, and Wen Shiqing explained that all three were needed to open the founding patriarch's hidden inheritance space.
• Wen Shiqing showed Jiang Bei the two fragments entrusted to him by Alliance Leader Gu Cangsheng, and Jiang Bei revealed that he possessed the missing third fragment.
• Jiang Bei explained that the Wu Family had given him the fragment and that Wu Zhen's father had taken it from Shen Zhiqin; Wen Shiqing inferred that Shen Zhiqin had arranged the elder's death and pursued the Wu Family over the fragment.
• Wen Shiqing joined all three fragments into a complete bone talisman and urged Jiang Bei to open the Ancient Sage Space, but warned that no one had ever passed the Ancient Saint's trial.

Jiang Bei entered the Ancient Sage Space to seek the inheritance that could help save Dongyao City and his endangered allies. The Ancient Sage set him a ten-day trial to reach the fourth layer of the Vast Long Saber Art, and Jiang Bei accepted with unexpected confidence.

• Wen Shiqing activated the three Ancient Sage Bone Talismans and sent Jiang Bei alone through the spatial passage, entrusting Dongyao City's hopes to him.
• Jiang Bei met the Ancient Sage, who explained that he was a remnant soul guarding the inheritance and learned Jiang Bei was a young Creation Immortal Heavenly General.
• Jiang Bei told the Ancient Sage that people outside were in danger and asked how soon he could leave, but the Ancient Sage said the rules could not be broken.
• The Ancient Sage challenged Jiang Bei to reach the fourth layer of the Vast Long Saber Art within ten days, and Jiang Bei accepted the trial eagerly.

Jiang Bei used the Space Bead and his merit-point panel to master the Vast Long Saber Art’s fourth level in less than an hour. He returned to the Ancient Saint and proved his achievement, leaving the Ancient Saint and Green Fish stunned.

• The Ancient Saint gave Jiang Bei the Vast Long Saber Art and a Space Bead, setting a ten-day deadline to reach the fourth level.
• Jiang Bei entered the Space Bead and spent merit points to raise the Vast Long Saber Art to the fourth level in less than an hour.
• The Ancient Saint and Green Fish assumed Jiang Bei had given up when he returned so quickly, and the Ancient Saint ordered him to leave.
• Jiang Bei said he had completed the trial and demonstrated a river of saber qi that shattered a distant hill.
• The Ancient Saint and Green Fish recognized Jiang Bei’s fourth-level mastery and reacted with profound shock.

Jiang Bei received the Ancient Saint’s saber, complete scripture, and the incomplete Vast Void Divine Dragon Body inheritance, then endured its painful refinement. While he was still inside the trial, Shen Zhiqin’s forces attacked Dongyao City, leaving Wen Shiqing and Cheng Poyue to face a besieging army as the city’s formation neared collapse.

• The Ancient Saint praised Jiang Bei’s saber technique and gave him the Primordial Beginning Heavenly Saber, a Supreme Dao Emperor Weapon.
• The Ancient Saint passed Jiang Bei the complete Yin-Yang Reincarnation Scripture, including both the Yin and Yang Scrolls.
• The Ancient Saint revealed the incomplete Vast Void Divine Dragon Body inheritance and began injecting its origin into Jiang Bei, who endured the painful transformation.
• The next morning, Wen Shiqing waited anxiously for Jiang Bei’s return when Cheng Poyue reported that Shen Zhiqin’s forces had reached Dongyao City with over a thousand elites.
• Wen Shiqing went to meet the enemy as the attackers battered the Yuxuan Great Formation until it was covered in cracks and close to breaking.