Recaps

Lu Changsheng killed Xu Sect Master and defended Changye Peak when Fu Wu, a Demon Realm Great Expert, attacked. After his Nine Taichu Forms failed to finish Fu Wu, Lu Changsheng revealed forty-nine battle swords and prepared to fight with their combined power, while Jiang Sheng promised the jealous Jiang Yu that he would someday become Sacred Lord.

• Lu Changsheng annihilated Xu Sect Master, and the Shadowless Hall deathsworn purged the Flame Virtue Sect’s surviving traitors.
• Lu Changsheng learned that his Master had gone to rescue Leize Holy Land and realized the Demon Realm had used a ploy to draw him away.
• Fu Wu attacked Changye Peak with a first-grade Dao Artifact, but Lu Changsheng used the Mountains and Rivers Diagram to protect the peak and then blocked Fu Wu’s assault.
• Lu Changsheng countered Fu Wu’s blade techniques and unleashed the third form of the Nine Taichu Forms, but Fu Wu broke through his sword attack and the two fighters paused to recover.
• Lu Changsheng summoned forty-nine battle swords, startling Fu Wu, while Jiang Yu watched from Taihua Sacred Ground and Jiang Sheng told him the Sacred Lord’s position would eventually be his.

Lu Changsheng used the Forty-Nine Battle Swords to kill Fu Wu, then relied on an Ancestral Dragon Blood Pill and his many treasures to hold off three Devil Realm Great Experts. The battle continued with Lu Changsheng protecting the Taihua Sacred Ground’s forces as the Absolute Yin Demon Venerable ordered Lin Beichen to intervene.

• Lu Changsheng trapped Fu Wu in the Great Evolution Sword Formation, while Lin Shiyu’s Avatar dispersed under the combined assault of three Devil Realm Great Experts.
• Lu Changsheng took an Ancestral Dragon Blood Pill to temporarily reach the Immortality Realm and used a Sunset Star River Talisman to delay the three attackers.
• Lu Changsheng strengthened the sword formation and pierced Fu Wu’s heart, shattering his Dao seal and killing him.
• Lu Changsheng used the Illusory Sea Mirror to trap one Great Expert in an illusion, but the other two freed him before the swords could kill him.
• Lu Changsheng combined his treasures, pills, and talismans to hold off all three Great Experts, while the Absolute Yin Demon Venerable urged Lin Beichen to join the fight.

Lin Xuanshuang returned to Taihua Sacred Ground and saved Liu Yue'er and Lin Qinghan from the Rakshasa Devil Lord. Several long-missing experts from Taihua also appeared to repel the Demon Realm army, while Lu Changsheng remained locked in a desperate fight against three Great Experts.

• Lin Beichen threatened to join the fight against Lu Changsheng, but the Ye Clan Ancestor and Shadowless Hall lacked the strength to stop him.
• The Rakshasa Devil Lord wounded Liu Yue'er and Lin Qinghan and trapped them in his sea of blood, draining their Blood Qi.
• Lin Xuanshuang returned, severed the Rakshasa Devil Lord's demonic claw, and rescued her mother and younger sister.
• Three Demon Realm Great Experts used Divine Pills and Law Treasures to intensify their assault on Lu Changsheng, who feared he could not hold them off.
• Zhu Xinguang used Heaven and Earth Manifestation to crush Demon Realm troops, and an Old Sword Saint revealed his Sixth Sword Realm.
• A burly man and a woman appeared with captured God King Realm Demons and addressed Lin Shiyu as their master.

Lin Xuanshuang and four returning geniuses helped Taihua Sacred Ground defeat the invading Demon Realm army, though the Absolute Yin Demon Venerable escaped. With the crisis over, Lu Changsheng left the Sacred Ground’s recovery to Lin Qinghan and Lin Xuanshuang and prepared to collect his Immortal Sword from Heavenly Fire Holy Land.

• Lin Xuanshuang returned with four Great Experts, turning the battle against the Absolute Yin Demon Venerable’s forces and prompting him to order a retreat.
• Shi Niandao, Zhu Xinguang, and Lin Shiyu’s disciples killed a trapped Demon Realm Great Expert while Lu Changsheng and Zhu Xinguang blocked rescuers.
• Lin Beichen fled, and the Absolute Yin Demon Venerable escaped with the remaining Demon Realm experts inside his Demonic Pagoda.
• The returned geniuses reunited with Lin Shiyu and the Sacred Ground’s elders, who learned that Taihua Sacred Ground now had seven Great Experts.
• Lu Changsheng asked Lin Qinghan, Lin Xuanshuang, and Liu Yue'er to manage the Sacred Ground while he went to collect his Immortal Sword from Heavenly Fire Holy Land.
• Lu Changsheng told Shen Xiaoyao to retrieve the Heavenly Master Demon-Subduing Painting’s Mnemonic from the Heavenly Master Sect.

Lu Changsheng collected the Alioth Thunder Sword from True Lord Huohua and warned him about the Demon Realm’s invasion and infiltrators. As Holy Lands prepared their defenses and the Heavenly Master Sect sought refuge, the Evil Extremity Sect attacked Yellow Dragon Mountain, forcing Qingxu True Lord to ready its Mountain-Guarding Formation.

• True Lord Huohua gave Lu Changsheng the Yellow-Rank Supreme Treasure Alioth Thunder Sword and explained its power and formation.
• After Lu Changsheng warned True Lord Huohua about the Blood Sea Hall and Evil Extremity Sect infiltrators, True Lord Huohua activated the Heavenly Fire Holy Land’s defenses and offered Law Treasures to those who helped defend it.
• At the Lianshan Holy Land, the elders activated preparations for the Calamity and assigned Pill Saint Suxin to lead seventeen Pill Saints in refining an ancient pill.
• Lingqing Daoist reported that the Evil Extremity Sect had slaughtered nearby sects and ordered the Heavenly Master Sect to submit, so Qingxu True Lord considered moving the sect to the Taihua Sacred Ground.
• The Evil Extremity Sect attacked Yellow Dragon Mountain before its three-day ultimatum expired, and Qingxu True Lord ordered the Heavenly Master Sect to prepare its Mountain-Guarding Formation.

The Heavenly Master Sect activated the Yellow Dragon Demon-Suppressing Grand Formation against the Evil Extremity Sect, but Wang Tu broke through it from within. The Sect’s hidden elders joined the defense, yet Wang Tu and Chen Tiannan’s combined assault pushed the incomplete formation to the brink of collapse.

• Qingxu True Lord activated the Yellow Dragon Demon-Suppressing Grand Formation, and Wang Tu entered the dragon to break it from within.
• Lingqing Daoist identified Wang Tu as a notorious former fugitive who had returned to the Evil Extremity Sect.
• Daoist Mo Ping and six other hidden powerhouses emerged from the Rear Mountain and strengthened the formation.
• Chen Tiannan revealed himself as another Great Expert and joined Wang Tu in attacking the formation.
• Wang Tu and Chen Tiannan battered the yellow dragon until the formation began to fail, and Daoist Mo Ping revealed that its missing core was the Heavenly Master Demon-Subduing Painting.

Shen Xiaoyao returned to Yellow Dragon Mountain with the lost Heavenly Master Demon-Subduing Painting and helped Daoist Mo Ping drive off the Evil Extremity Sect. The Heavenly Master Sect fled to Taihua Divine Mountain, while Daoist Mo Ping entrusted Shen Xiaoyao with the painting, its Mnemonic, and the role of Twelfth-Generation Sect Master candidate.

• Wang Tu and Chen Tiannan broke the Yellow Dragon Demon-Suppressing Grand Formation and left the Heavenly Master Sect on the brink of defeat.
• Shen Xiaoyao arrived and killed dozens of Evil Extremity Sect demons, then gave Daoist Mo Ping the Heavenly Master Demon-Subduing Painting.
• Daoist Mo Ping activated the painting with Yellow Dragon Mountain's dragon vein, and its Heavenly Master severely wounded Wang Tu and Chen Tiannan, forcing them and the surviving demons to flee.
• Unable to sustain the painting and formation, Daoist Mo Ping ordered the Heavenly Master Sect to evacuate to Taihua Divine Mountain.
• Daoist Mo Ping gave Shen Xiaoyao the Heavenly Master Demon-Subduing Painting and its Mnemonic, naming him a candidate for the Heavenly Master Sect's Twelfth-Generation Sect Master.

Zhangsun Limo pursued Blood Sea Hall Guardians after they slaughtered a city, but they lured her to Old Man Black Mountain, who overpowered her and tried to enslave her. As she attempted to take her own life, Xiao Fan arrived and stopped her, promising he had returned for her.

• Zhangsun Limo attacked two Blood Sea Hall Guardians who were draining a city’s Blood Qi, severed one Guardian’s arms, and chased them when they fled.
• The Guardians lured Zhangsun Limo to Old Man Black Mountain, who had massacred a sect and absorbed its Sect Master's Blood Qi.
• Old Man Black Mountain struck Zhangsun Limo with his Heaven-Dominating Fist and offered to spare her if she accepted the Devoted Love Gu; she warned him that she had the Misfortune Physique.
• Zhangsun Limo recalled leaving seclusion to seek Xiao Fan, learned he had not returned to Taihua Sacred Ground, and believed he had forgotten her.
• Zhangsun Limo tried to stab herself, but Xiao Fan caught her wrist and said he was sorry for arriving late and had promised to return for her.

Xiao Fan reunited with Zhangsun Limo and defeated the Blood Sea Hall forces attacking them, killing Old Man Black Mountain and driving off the survivors. He told Zhangsun Limo how to suppress her Misfortune Physique and took her toward Taihua Sacred Ground, but they found the Blood Sea Hall and Evil Extremity Sect devastating the land, beyond their power to stop.

• Xiao Fan confronted Old Man Black Mountain and fought him with the Dragon-Subduing Tiger-Overcoming Fist, gaining the upper hand despite the Blood Sea Hall’s numerical advantage.
• Two Blood Sea Hall Guardians ordered tens of thousands of disciples to use the Blood Sea Grand Formation against Zhangsun Limo, hoping to capture her and threaten Xiao Fan.
• Xiao Fan unleashed the Star-Dream Separation Flame, destroying thousands of disciples and breaking the formation, while Zhangsun Limo attacked the remaining enemies.
• Xiao Fan trapped Old Man Black Mountain with the Creation Immortal Cauldron and forty-nine Talismans, then killed him; Zhangsun Limo killed one Guardian as the remaining Guardian and disciples fled.
• Xiao Fan told Zhangsun Limo about meeting Zhangsun Daosheng and explained that Xiaojin could temporarily suppress her Misfortune Physique, then brought her toward Taihua Sacred Ground to pass on her ancestor’s cultivation methods.
• Xiao Fan and Zhangsun Limo saw that the Blood Sea Hall and Evil Extremity Sect had devastated the surrounding lands, but they were too weak to stop both demonic sects.

The Yao Realm’s forces gathered to invade the Immortal Realm, while battles devastated the Leize Holy Land and threatened the Taichu Sacred Land’s defenders at Demon-Suppressing Pass. As Lu Changsheng weighed whether to aid Lin Xuantong, the Heavenly Master Sect of Yellow Dragon Mountain sought refuge at Taihua Sacred Ground, bringing a Great Expert into its ranks.

• Elder Qi warned the Third Ancestor that the Yao Realm’s demons were assembling for an invasion, and the defenders of Demon-Suppressing Pass prepared for battle as the Third Ancestor summoned Qi Pojun and requested Heavenly Court reinforcements.
• The World-Destroying Black Dragon and Eight Desolate Fire Dragon prepared to attack the Immortal Realm, while Yin Hao and Yan Feng worried about the Torch Dragon’s impending return and the danger it posed to their clan.
• The Demon Venerable of the Blade Prison overpowered True Lord Xu Jing at Leize Holy Land, and Qingyue Immortal Maiden rescued disciples with her Orchid before wounding two pursuers with her Purple-Green Twin Swords and escaping.
• Lu Changsheng returned to Taihua Sacred Ground, learned that Lin Xuantong’s group might be in danger, and advised Lin Qinghan and Lin Xuanshuang not to weaken their defenses by rushing to help without a request.
• Shen Xiaoyao told Lu Changsheng that the Heavenly Master Sect of Yellow Dragon Mountain had fled an attack and sought refuge, so Lu Changsheng received its members at the mountain gate and discovered that Daoist Mo Ping was a Great Expert.

Lu Changsheng learned that a wounded Taihua Sacred Ground disciple was a Demon Realm plant sent to lure rescuers into an ambush, and he decided to turn the trap against the enemy. He led a team out of the Sacred Ground while the Demon Realm forces prepared to attack, unaware that Lu Changsheng knew their scheme.

• Qingxu True Lord and Daoist Mo Ping sought refuge for the Heavenly Master Sect at Taihua Sacred Ground, and Qingxu True Lord used the Truth-Listening Technique to identify a disguised Demon Realm agent.
• A bloodied disciple claimed that Lin Xuantong and the others had been ambushed by a Demon Venerable, but Qingxu True Lord secretly warned Lu Changsheng that the report was a trap.
• Lu Changsheng, Lin Xuanshuang, Shi Niandao, and Lin Shiyu agreed to exploit the ambush, while Shen Xiaoyao stayed behind to help defend the Sacred Ground if needed.
• Lu Changsheng led a rescue party with Shi Niandao, Zhu Xinguang, Lin Qinghan, Lin Qingzhi, and others, leaving Daoist Mo Ping, Qingxu True Lord, and Shen Xiaoyao behind.
• The Absolute Yin Demon Venerable and his allies watched the party approach, planning to kill Lu Changsheng's group and capture Liu Yue'er, Lin Xuanshuang, and Lin Qinghan.
• Han Shaolin and Xiao Xiangdao prepared to confront Lu Changsheng and Lin Qingzhi, while the Kunwu Devil Lord watched for Lu Changsheng's death so he could report back to the Cold Bone Demon Venerable.

Lu Changsheng’s group entered an ambush set by Han Shaolin, Xiao Xiangdao, and Absolute Yin Demon Venerable, but Lu Changsheng revealed that Taihua Sacred Ground had prepared a countertrap. With Lin Shiyu, her disciples, and the Heavenly Master Sect joining the battle, Absolute Yin Demon Venerable’s side was outnumbered, so he paid Kunwu Devil Lord to intervene.

• Absolute Yin Demon Venerable persuaded Han Shaolin and the other Demons to let Taihua Sacred Ground believe it had walked into a manageable ambush before revealing his forces.
• Han Shaolin and Xiao Xiangdao confronted Lu Changsheng and his companions, while Shi Niandao and Zhu Xinguang judged that the Demons were outmatched.
• Absolute Yin Demon Venerable appeared with two Great Expert subordinates, but Lu Changsheng revealed that he had expected the ambush and called for Lin Shiyu.
• Lin Shiyu arrived with Chu Wu and Qiao Wei, while Daoist Mo Ping and the Heavenly Master Sect’s experts joined Taihua Sacred Ground, shifting the balance of power against the Demons.
• As Taihua Sacred Ground prepared to attack, Absolute Yin Demon Venerable asked Kunwu Devil Lord for help, and Kunwu agreed to intervene in exchange for one Twenty-First-Grade Divine Pill and nine Twentieth-Grade Divine Pills.

Taihua Sacred Ground’s forces fought Absolute Yin Demon Venerable and his allies, while Lu Changsheng battled Han Shaolin and Daoist Mo Ping faced Kunwu Devil Lord. As Absolute Yin Demon Venerable was trapped and on the verge of defeat, he sensed new reinforcements arriving.

• Chu Wu, Qiao Wei, and the people of Taihua Sacred Ground attacked the Demon Realm forces as Lu Changsheng confronted Han Shaolin.
• Han Shaolin unleashed the World-Burning Demon Fire, but Lu Changsheng countered with the Alioth Thunder Sword and the Mountains and Rivers Diagram.
• Lin Qingzhi fought Xiao Xiangdao while Lin Shiyu, Chu Wu, and Qiao Wei joined forces against Absolute Yin Demon Venerable.
• Kunwu Devil Lord appeared as Absolute Yin Demon Venerable’s hidden ally, and Daoist Mo Ping engaged him with the Heavenly Master Demon-Subduing Painting.
• Lu Changsheng used the Forty-Nine Battle Swords to wound Han Shaolin, while Lin Shiyu and her disciples trapped Absolute Yin Demon Venerable.
• Absolute Yin Demon Venerable laughed and declared that his reinforcements had arrived.

Taihua Sacred Ground faced a renewed assault when Hu Xingsan joined the battle, leaving Lu Changsheng to fight Han Shaolin and Hu Xingsan's Avatar while his disciples were occupied elsewhere. Lu Changsheng unleashed the Alioth Thunder Sword's formation but was nearly overwhelmed, and Xiao Fan and Zhangsun Limo arrived with Lu Qinglian and the Moon Palace as the battle continued.

• Hu Xingsan arrived with Demon Realm reinforcements, and Chu Wu failed to stop him with a direct attack.
• Lu Changsheng pressed Han Shaolin with the Great Evolution Sword Formation, but Hu Xingsan's Avatar attacked him and shattered the Mountains and Rivers Diagram.
• Han Shaolin joined Hu Xingsan's Avatar against Lu Changsheng, while Xiao Xiangdao and other Demon Realm fighters kept Lin Qingzhi and the other disciples occupied.
• Lu Changsheng activated the Alioth Thunder Sword's Myriad Gods Thunder Bureau Demon-Slaying Formation, gravely injuring Han Shaolin and weakening Hu Xingsan's Avatar before the formation ran out of power.
• Hu Xingsan empowered his Avatar, whose Ruthless One Blade knocked away Lu Changsheng's swords and wounded his body and soul.
• Xiao Fan and Zhangsun Limo arrived near the battlefield and spotted Lu Qinglian, Shiniang, and people from the Moon Palace.

Xia Ningxue and the Moon Palace arrived in time to save Lu Changsheng and help drive back the Demon Realm forces. After the survivors gathered at Taihua Sacred Ground, Lin Qinghan received news that Demon-Suppressing Pass was about to fall, opening the way to another crisis.

• Lu Changsheng was left near death after Hu Xingsan's slash, and Han Shaolin moved to kill him.
• Xia Ningxue arrived with Zi Ling, Xiao Fan, Zhangsun Limo, and Moon Palace forces, saving Lu Changsheng and overwhelming the Demons.
• Absolute Yin Demon Venerable and the other Demon Realm survivors retreated, while Xia Ningxue's Sword Qi grievously wounded Han Shaolin as he escaped.
• Lu Changsheng and Xia Ningxue reunited, and Lin Xuanshuang invited Xia Ningxue and the Moon Palace to Taihua Sacred Ground.
• Xiao Fan introduced Zhangsun Limo, and Lu Changsheng arranged for her to live near Xiaojin to help suppress her Misfortune Physique.
• Lin Qinghan received a message that Demon-Suppressing Pass, guarded by Taichu Sacred Land, was about to fall and that the major Holy Lands had been asked for aid.

Lu Changsheng led Taihua Sacred Ground, the Moon Palace, and other allies toward Demon-Suppressing Pass while the Yao Realm’s forces battered its defenses. As Kunlun Holy Land and other powers sent newly strengthened fighters to aid the pass, Lu Changsheng arrived at Tianqing Mountain with his group.

• Lu Changsheng agreed to lead Taihua Sacred Ground’s forces to Demon-Suppressing Pass, joined by Shi Niandao, Zhu Xinguang, Xia Ningxue, and many disciples.
• Lu Changsheng rewarded Chen Yi, Su Xiaoqi, and Lu Qinglian, receiving Buddhist and bronze supreme treasure fragments and the Yellow-Rank Supreme Treasure Nine-Dragon Bow with nine God-Extinguishing Arrows.
• True Lord Daoxuan and the surviving geniuses emerged from a hundred million years of cultivation in the Purple Void Illusory Abode as Great Experts, then sent Chongxu Daoist and Yan Zhiqiu toward Demon-Suppressing Pass while he sought help from an Old Lord.
• Geniuses from Taiji, Taiyi, Taisu, and Primordial Beginning Holy Lands left the Primordial Ancient Mine after learning the Three Realms Calamity had begun.
• The Demon Race’s Demon Kings attacked Demon-Suppressing Pass, damaging its walls but failing to break through the protective Formation.
• Lu Changsheng arrived with his group at Tianqing Mountain, where millions of Xiuzhenzhe from various Holy Lands had gathered to aid Demon-Suppressing Pass.

Lu Changsheng and the gathered forces reached Tianqing Mountain, where the Demon God's Law Treasure blocked the way to Demon-Suppressing Pass. Reinforcements from the Five Great Innate Sacred Lands and the Martial God Palace arrived, but Great Wisdom Bodhisattva judged that their strength was still insufficient to break through the blockade.

• Lu Changsheng arrived with Xia Ningxue and saw that the major forces had gathered on Tianqing Mountain because the Demon God's golden cauldron had sealed the space around Demon-Suppressing Pass.
• Great Wisdom Bodhisattva recognized Chen Yi as a reincarnated Buddha but promised Sumeru Mountain would not interfere with him, then said the gathered forces needed more reinforcements to overcome the Demon God's Law Treasure.
• Lu Changsheng watched Demon Kings attack Demon-Suppressing Pass and saw that its ancient formation was gradually weakening under their assault.
• The Exiled Sword Immortal and the Five Great Innate Sacred Lands arrived, but Great Wisdom Bodhisattva warned that the forces present still could not contend with the Demon God and its Demon Kings.
• The Martial God Palace arrived as the Heavenly Court's representative, and Chu Wuqing greeted Lu Changsheng while suppressing his urge to challenge him.

As the gathered factions prepared to break the Demon God's blockade at Demon-Suppressing Pass, Lu Changsheng obtained a Substitute Death Doll by bestowing a Curse Doll on Xu Jing. Old Lord Chenyuan arrived to join the effort, and the chapter ended with him recognizing Lu Changsheng.

• Yan Zhiqiu arrived with the Purple Void Palace and revealed that the Kunlun Holy Land's resources had helped him reach the Immortality Realm.
• The factions gathered on Tianqing Mountain discussed the Demon Race's former strength and waited for an Old Lord from the Purple Void Palace to arrive.
• Lu Changsheng bestowed treasures on his disciples, then gave Xu Jing a Curse Doll and received a Substitute Death Doll that could die in his place.
• Old Lord Chenyuan arrived with True Lord Daoxuan, and the High Antiquity Great Experts greeted him with reverence.
• Old Lord Chenyuan acknowledged Lu Changsheng as the genius Daoxuan had mentioned, and Lu Changsheng bowed to him.

Old Lord Chenyuan led the Human experts through the Qilin Sacred Cauldron’s barrier, where the Demon God confronted him and the two began a battle. As the Demon Kings attacked, Lu Changsheng and his allies fought to protect Ning Qianqian from the World-Destroying Black Dragon, and the chapter ended with Lu Changsheng joining Shi Niandao and Zhu Xinguang against it.

• Old Lord Chenyuan and the assembled experts broke through the Qilin Sacred Cauldron’s barrier, but the Demon God arrived with more than a hundred million demons.
• Old Lord Chenyuan challenged the Demon God over its campaign against the Human Race, and the two fought while the other experts faced the Demon Kings.
• Lu Changsheng reminded the Eight Desolate Fire Dragon of its debt of two favors, securing its tacit promise to help him secretly if needed.
• The World-Destroying Black Dragon attacked Taihua Sacred Ground’s fighters and targeted Ning Qianqian for her Dragon Emperor Bloodline, while Shi Niandao and Zhu Xinguang struggled to stop him.
• Lu Changsheng used the third form of the Nine Taichu Forms to drive the World-Destroying Black Dragon away from Ning Qianqian, then joined Shi Niandao and Zhu Xinguang in fighting it.

The Human Race fighters battled the Demon Kings as more demons poured through the Qilin Saint Cauldron, while the World-Destroying Black Dragon targeted Lu Changsheng. After apparently killing Lu Changsheng, the dragon discovered it had struck a Substitute Death Doll, and Lu Changsheng launched a surprise arrow at its back.

• Great Wisdom Bodhisattva and True Lord Daoxuan fought the Divine Ape King, while Great King Heavenly Sage arrived to aid him.
• Xia Ningxue and the Moon Palace Elders fought the Nine-Headed Heavenly Python, and Xia Ningxue severed several of its heads with her sword strikes.
• The Human Race experts struggled to reach the Qilin Saint Cauldron as its barrier continued bringing in Demon Race reinforcements.
• The World-Destroying Black Dragon endured attacks from Shi Niandao, Zhu Xinguang, and Lu Changsheng, then tore Lu Changsheng apart.
• Lu Changsheng's disciples and Xia Ningxue reacted to his apparent death, but Lin Qingzhi said the events followed his master's plan.
• Lu Changsheng revealed that the dragon had destroyed a Substitute Death Doll and shot it in the back with the God-Extinguishing Arrow.

Lu Changsheng gravely wounded the World-Destroying Black Dragon, but the human forces remained overwhelmed until Qin Ruyu broke the Qilin Saint Cauldron and forced the Demon Emperor to retreat. The reinforcements entered Demon-Suppressing Pass, where Qi Pojun reunited with Old Lord Chenyuan and revealed they had lived in the same era.

• Lu Changsheng struck the World-Destroying Black Dragon twice with God-Extinguishing Arrows, grievously wounding him and forcing him to withdraw and heal.
• The Pig King and a million Pig Demons emerged from the Qilin Saint Cauldron, worsening the human forces’ losses as the demons continued to pour into the battlefield.
• Qin Ruyu broke through the demons, defeated the two Qilin Clan Great Experts, and damaged the Qilin Saint Cauldron with her Red-Tasseled Spear and nine Talismans.
• The Demon Emperor ordered the demons to retreat through the damaged cauldron, and the human reinforcements entered Demon-Suppressing Pass as the space-time blockade ended.
• Qi Pojun greeted the Taichu Sacred Land experts and told Old Lord Chenyuan that they had last met 478,120,000 years earlier.

At Demon-Suppressing Pass, Lu Changsheng gained Qi Pojun’s help after explaining that the Qi Clan Tribe’s chief had taught him the Nine Taichu Forms. As the Demon Race prepared another assault, Lu Changsheng struggled with the Taiyin Goddess Talisman absorbing his returned cultivation, and the arrival of new reinforcements brought his old enemy Great Freedom Buddha within reach.

• Lu Changsheng told Qi Pojun that the Qi Clan Tribe’s chief had taught him all nine Taichu Forms, and Qi Pojun offered to advise him.
• Lu Changsheng obtained a Substitute Death Doll by rewarding Xu Jing, then transmitted cultivation to Dugu Aotian and Liu Yiyi.
• The Taiyin Goddess Talisman absorbed Lu Changsheng’s returned cultivation, including the ninety billion days from Yun Qianyue’s transmission, and refused to leave his body when he tried to summon it out.
• The Demon Race army returned to attack Demon-Suppressing Pass, while Old Lord Chenyuan and Qi Pojun assessed the threat posed by the Demon God.
• Reinforcements from the High Antiquity Qian Clan and Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple arrived, and Lu Changsheng spotted Great Freedom Buddha among them.
• Great Freedom Buddha sensed Lu Changsheng and Chen Yi’s overwhelming strength, lost his bravado, and hid among the other Buddhas.

The Human Race strengthened the Demon-Suppressing Pass with the Five Directions Emperor Formation while the Demon Race hesitated before its power. At the Ten Thousand Buddhas Assembly, the Buddha Lord revealed his plan to establish a Mahayana Buddhist Kingdom, and the Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple betrayed the defenders as the Black Tiger Emperor arrived to aid the Demon God.

• Qi Pojun led the Five Great Innate Sacred Lands in activating the Five Directions Emperor Formation, and Lu Changsheng and the other defenders supplied it with True Qi.
• The Demon God and the Demon Kings hesitated to attack the pass and waited for an old senior to arrive.
• At the Ten Thousand Buddhas Assembly, the Buddha Lord declared that the Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple would establish a Mahayana Buddhist Kingdom, then revealed his Demonic Fall and threatened the gathered Buddhist powers.
• At the Demon-Suppressing Pass, the Diamond Indestructible Great Guardian struck Great Wisdom Bodhisattva and led the Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple toward a formation eye controlled by the Primordial Beginning Sacred Land.
• The Demon God met the Black Tiger Emperor, who said Qilin Sacred Mountain had helped him recover most of his strength and that he would serve the Demon God in return.

The Diamond Indestructible Great Guardian and the Demon God weakened the Demon-Suppressing Pass’s Five Directions Emperor Formation, then the Black Tiger Emperor tore open its barrier and let the Demon Race army pour in. As the defenders fought desperately, Lu Changsheng attacked the demons and the Qian Clan Patriarch brought out his clan’s trump card.

• The Diamond Indestructible Great Guardian wounded the Primordial Beginning Sacred Land’s Grand Supreme Elder, struck the Primordial Beginning Saintess with his Buddhist technique, and damaged a formation core with his Demon-Subduing Pestle.
• The Demon God used Creation Demon Light to suppress the five Primordial Human Race Emperor phantoms and weaken the Five Directions Emperor Formation.
• The Black Tiger Emperor appeared after escaping the Moon Palace’s Endless Ice Domain, then tore open the weakened barrier with Black Tiger Rips Out the Heart.
• Qi Pojun fought the Black Tiger Emperor, while Old Lord Chenyuan confronted the Demon God with his natal Immortal Sword as the defenders battled the invading Demon Race and Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple.
• Lu Changsheng fired the God-Extinguishing Arrow from the Nine-Dragon Bow, killing thousands of demons, and the Qian Clan Patriarch produced a Sand Pot that absorbed the demon blood.

Demon-Suppressing Pass was overwhelmed by the Demon Race, and Lu Changsheng barely survived Great King Heavenly Sage’s attack as the Human Race considered retreating. The High Antiquity Qian Clan revealed that the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Insect was alive in its Sand Pot, turning the battle against the Nine-Headed Heavenly Python.

• The Demon Race overran Demon-Suppressing Pass, while the High Antiquity Qian Clan unleashed thousands of Talismans and summoned Great King Heavenly Sage from its Sand Pot.
• Great King Heavenly Sage attacked Lu Changsheng, shattered his Great Evolution Sword Formation, and nearly killed him despite the protection of his treasures and defenses.
• Yan Zhiqiu, Chongxu Daoist, and the leaders of Taiyi Holy Land and Taisu Holy Land fought back against the Demon Race as Qi Pojun warned that the Five Directions Emperor Formation had fallen and the Human Race might have to retreat.
• The Nine-Headed Heavenly Python demanded the High Antiquity Qian Clan's treasures, but the Qian Clan head refused and released the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Insect from the Sand Pot.
• The Heaven-Swallowing Demon Insect poisoned one of the Nine-Headed Heavenly Python's heads, forcing it to bite the head off while the other Demon Race members backed away in fear.