Chapter Summaries

Tian Xiaojian was trapped in an independent space called the Soul Thought Space and tried to break through its invisible barrier with his Nether Heart-Shattering Sword. After purple lightning struck the sword and the demonic vortex began to stir, an unknown voice warned him that even its speaker had been trapped there for tens of thousands of years.

• Tian Xiaojian found himself in a gray wasteland beneath a vortex of purplish-red demonic mist and discovered an invisible barrier enclosing the space.
• Tian Xiaojian tested the barrier with demonic energy and concluded that he had been transported into an independent space rather than caught in an illusion.
• Tian Xiaojian drew the Nether Heart-Shattering Sword, enlarged it with the abundant demonic energy, and sent it crashing into the barrier.
• A purple lightning bolt struck the Nether Heart-Shattering Sword, dimming its radiance and rebounding it as the demonic vortex began to roil.
• Tian Xiaojian prepared to use a costly secret art, but an unseen voice told him that even its speaker had been trapped in the Soul Thought Space for tens of thousands of years.

Tian Xiaojian was swallowed by a devastating Devil Thought Divine Thunder while the Heaven Origin Devil Ancestor cleared a Wood Spirit passage and argued with the scholar sharing his body. The shadowy figure was shocked by what it saw after the thunder struck, leaving Tian Xiaojian’s fate uncertain.

• A mysterious voice revealed that the black beam was Devil Thought Divine Thunder as Tian Xiaojian prepared to defend himself.
• Tian Xiaojian deployed multiple treasures and barriers, but the beam tore through them and swallowed him.
• The shadowy figure expected Tian Xiaojian to die, since cultivators below Spirit Division could not withstand the thunder, then reacted with shock at what it saw.
• The Ancient Demon demonized the Wood Spirits in his passage and guessed that Wang Tinglou faced Earth Spirits in another passage.
• The scholar sharing the Ancient Demon’s body questioned why the Heaven Origin Devil Ancestor needed Wang Tinglou, and the two argued over their shared body and past betrayal.

Heaven Origin Devil Ancestor explained to the White-Faced Scholar that he sought a buried True Immortal treasure to secure Lord Bingpo’s help in separating their souls. He planned to use Wang Tinglou, whose vitality suggested he had consumed a Forget-Worry Fruit, in a Blood Sacrifice to retrieve the treasure, while believing the two other cultivators would die in their passages.

• Heaven Origin Devil Ancestor said he intended to give a True Immortal treasure to Lord Bingpo in exchange for her help separating his and the White-Faced Scholar’s souls.
• The White-Faced Scholar questioned why Heaven Origin Devil Ancestor would give up the treasure, and he explained that only a few treasures remained and one would be especially valuable to Lord Bingpo.
• Heaven Origin Devil Ancestor revealed that the treasure could be retrieved with either the Spirit Gauze Jade Talisman or the Forget-Worry Fruit, then recounted how both the talisman and two spirit beast eggs had vanished.
• Heaven Origin Devil Ancestor concluded that Wang Tinglou had likely consumed a Forget-Worry Fruit and could serve as the object of a Blood Sacrifice.
• Heaven Origin Devil Ancestor said the two cultivators ahead of them would likely die in the dangerous passages, leaving him and the White-Faced Scholar to claim the treasure.

Lin Xuan overcame the Inner Demon and destroyed the Ghost Mist with his Lesser Luo Heaven Dharma Image, then reached a vast underground hall while searching for the Immortal’s legacy. He found a skeleton clutching a Storage Bag, but the chapter left him before he could discover what it contained.

• Lin Xuan’s Lesser Luo Heaven Dharma Image broke through the Illusion Formation and dispersed the Ghost Mist, allowing him to continue forward with Yue'er’s help.
• Lin Xuan summoned Shi Zheng from a Beast Soul Talisman to test the enormous golden door, but lost contact with his divine sense after the beast entered.
• Lin Xuan equipped the Black Gold Dragon Scale Shield and Green Flame Qilin Armor, then entered the hall beyond the door.
• Lin Xuan discovered that the hall was a vast underground plaza where his divine sense could not leave his body.
• Lin Xuan spotted a face-down skeleton at the far end of the plaza, still clutching a Storage Bag.

Lin Xuan discovered that the apparent treasure was a deadly trap, then faced Wang Tinglou, whose overwhelming presence made victory seem unlikely. Meanwhile, Tian Xiaojian survived the Devil Thought Divine Thunder unharmed and moved away from it.

• Lin Xuan sent the Lion Soul to retrieve the Storage Bag, which exploded and destroyed it in black-red flames.
• Lin Xuan realized the Storage Bag was a trap and saw Wang Tinglou, the Human World's legendary strongest expert, approaching.
• Lin Xuan assessed his slim chances against Wang Tinglou but refused to back down over the Immortal's treasure.
• The Devil Thought Divine Thunder swallowed Tian Xiaojian, but it left him unharmed and merely warmed him.
• Tian Xiaojian recovered from his shock and shifted several dozen zhang away from the pillar of light.

Lin Xuan negotiated a partnership with Wang Tinglou to defeat the Ancient Demon, securing an oath that Wang Tinglou would not harm him afterward. In the Soul Thought Space, an unseen figure recognized Tian Xiaojian as having a True Demon Body and revealed it had waited millions of years for someone like him.

• Lin Xuan questioned Wang Tinglou's motives and agreed to cooperate against the Ancient Demon if Wang Tinglou swore not to harm him after the fight.
• Wang Tinglou agreed and swore a Heart Demon Oath, allowing each of them to compete for the Immortal's treasure afterward.
• Wang Tinglou asked Lin Xuan to call out the companion hidden in his Heavenly Mystery Mansion.
• In the Soul Thought Space, an unseen figure exclaimed that Tian Xiaojian had a True Demon Body.
• Tian Xiaojian turned toward the voice in alarm as the figure said it had waited millions of years for someone with a True Demon Body.

Lin Xuan accepted Wang Tinglou’s Invisibility Talisman for Yue'er to use in a planned attack on the Ancient Demon. In the Soul Thought Space, a mysterious phantom recognized Tian Xiaojian’s True Demon Body and asked whether he wanted to ascend and become an immortal.

• Wang Tinglou revealed that Yue'er was at Lihe and proposed that the three of them join forces against the Ancient Demon.
• Wang Tinglou gave Yue'er an Invisibility Talisman, explaining that it hid its user completely for less than half an hour but required her to remain motionless.
• Lin Xuan inspected the talisman for a trap, found none, and handed it to Yue'er.
• Wang Tinglou urged Lin Xuan and Yue'er to plan for the Ancient Demon, warning that its knowledge as a Split Soul of an upper-realm Devil Ancestor could be formidable.
• A phantom appeared before Tian Xiaojian in the Soul Thought Space, recognized his True Demon Body, and flew toward him.
• Tian Xiaojian attacked with the Nether Heart-Shattering Sword, but it passed harmlessly through the phantom, which asked if he wanted to ascend and become an immortal.

Lin Xuan and Wang Tinglou prepared to face the Ancient Demon, and their battle began when Lin Xuan attacked it. Wang Tinglou revealed the Golden Ripple Brush, while in the Soul Thought Space the Ancient Demon tempted Tian Xiaojian with the chance to become an immortal.

• Yue'er used an Invisibility Talisman to hide herself as Lin Xuan and Wang Tinglou recovered their strength.
• The Ancient Demon entered the hall, and Lin Xuan attacked it with Azure Fire, which clashed with the demon's square-brick treasure.
• The Ancient Demon questioned Wang Tinglou about breaking their alliance and threatened him with the risks of ascending without its help.
• Wang Tinglou rejected the demon's threats and brought out the Golden Ripple Brush, shocking the Ancient Demon.
• In the Soul Thought Space, the illusory Ancient Demon asked Tian Xiaojian whether he wanted to become an immortal.

Wang Tinglou revealed his mutated Haoran Qi and clashed with the Ancient Demon in the Underground Palace. He blocked the demon’s opening strike and launched a golden attack toward its heart.

• Wang Tinglou enveloped himself in golden Haoran Qi, while Lin Xuan and the Ancient Demon reacted to his overwhelming power.
• The Ancient Demon stretched its body and struck at Wang Tinglou with its Bone Blade at extraordinary speed.
• Wang Tinglou wrote the character for “shield” with his Golden Ripple Brush, turning it into a golden barrier that stopped the Bone Blade.
• Wang Tinglou wrote the character for “sharp” and fired a golden gleam toward the Ancient Demon’s left chest.

Lin Xuan and Wang Tinglou faced the Ancient Demon, whose feigned attack on Wang Tinglou concealed a strike at Lin Xuan. After Lin Xuan evaded it and unsettled the demon by appearing to know Mystic Phoenix Fairy, he and Wang Tinglou launched a coordinated attack.

• The Ancient Demon and Wang Tinglou exchanged attacks, revealing the danger of Wang Tinglou's mastery of time-related rules.
• The Ancient Demon feinted toward Wang Tinglou and secretly attacked Lin Xuan, who used talismans and the Nine Heavens Micro-Steps to escape.
• The Ancient Demon recognized Lin Xuan's Heavenly Phoenix Divine Eye and asked how a lower-realm cultivator knew Mystic Phoenix Fairy.
• Lin Xuan hid his shock, used the Ancient Demon's uncertainty to disrupt his focus, and signaled Wang Tinglou to attack.
• Lin Xuan sent the Nine Heavens Bright Moon Ring at the Ancient Demon as Wang Tinglou conjured eighteen weapons with his brush.

Lin Xuan faced the Ancient Demon’s spatial abilities and relentless assault, using his divine eye and treasured shield to survive the first exchange. The Ancient Demon continued hammering at him as Lin Xuan retreated, leaving the fight unresolved.

• The Ancient Demon distorted space with a beam from his eyes, causing Lin Xuan and Wang Tinglou’s attacks to miss.
• The Ancient Demon vanished amid black afterimages and sent the copies to entangle Wang Tinglou while his true body pursued Lin Xuan.
• Lin Xuan used the Heavenly Phoenix Divine Eye to follow the Ancient Demon and retreated toward Yue'er’s hiding place.
• The Ancient Demon attacked Lin Xuan with claw lights and a knee strike, but Lin Xuan’s essence qi and Black Gold Dragon Scale Shield blocked the blows.
• The Ancient Demon laughed and continued attacking Lin Xuan with heavy fists as Lin Xuan retreated.

Lin Xuan endured the Ancient Demon's assault until his shield broke, then revealed battle armor and three-colored flames as the two clashed. The chapter ended with their collision unleashing terrifying power, leaving the outcome undecided.

• The Ancient Demon overwhelmed Lin Xuan with a relentless barrage while demonic-shadow clones kept Wang Tinglou from helping.
• The Ancient Demon broke Lin Xuan's Black Gold Dragon Scale Shield and pressed his attack, believing Lin Xuan was near death.
• Lin Xuan transformed his hand into a phoenix claw and revealed a full set of battle armor.
• Lin Xuan summoned three-colored flames around his claw, and the White-Faced Scholar added Burning Heaven Demon Fire to the Ancient Demon's fist.
• Lin Xuan's claw collided with the Ancient Demon's fist, sending powerful shockwaves across the battlefield.

Lin Xuan drew the Ancient Demon into position so Yue'er could ambush him with the Illusion Moon Profound Light Sword. Her strike badly wounded the demon and left it howling in agony.

• Lin Xuan blocked the Ancient Demon's punch with the Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire and his transformed Phoenix God Claw.
• The Ancient Demon turned his left arm into an Armor-Piercing Awl and prepared to attack Lin Xuan.
• Lin Xuan lured the Ancient Demon into the angle he had chosen and silently signaled Yue'er to strike.
• Yue'er emerged from concealment and slashed the Ancient Demon's back with the Illusion Moon Profound Light Sword.
• A skeleton formed from Yue'er's attack bit into the Ancient Demon's wound and drank his blood as he howled in pain.

Lin Xuan and Yue'er drove the Ancient Demon to the brink of defeat, and Wang Tinglou joined the fight to finish him. The Ancient Demon was left dismembered, with his remaining demonic energy collapsing.

• Lin Xuan's Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire froze and poisoned the Ancient Demon, who restored his wound and abandoned his right arm to escape the fire.
• The Ancient Demon intensified his attack and sent his Bone Blades at Lin Xuan, but Lin Xuan unleashed the Lesser Luo Heaven Dharma Image and struck him with eighteen weapons.
• The Ancient Demon used the Substitute Tribulation Transcendence Art to escape by sacrificing his right foot, then reappeared and hurled a spatial spear at Lin Xuan.
• Yue'er shielded Lin Xuan with her Inkstone and its Baleful Ghost Ink, stopping the spear and distracting the Ancient Demon.
• Wang Tinglou ambushed the Ancient Demon with his Flying Dagger, cutting him in two, then attacked with blades and swords until the demon's demonic energy collapsed.

Lin Xuan destroyed the Heaven Origin Devil Ancestor, recovered his strength, and impressed Wang Tinglou with his power and treasures. Elsewhere, Tian Xiaojian rejected a phantom’s promise of immortality, and the phantom revealed that he had once been the Devil Race’s Grand Commander.

• Lin Xuan trapped the demon soul in the Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire and destroyed it in both body and spirit, despite its threat that its true body would seek revenge.
• Lin Xuan used Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Milk to replenish his magical power while Wang Tinglou recognized him as a formidable equal and noticed Yue'er’s Baleful Ghost Ink.
• In the Soul Thought Space, Tian Xiaojian dismissed the phantom’s offer of immortality as an absurd lure.
• The phantom told Tian Xiaojian that he had been the Grand Commander of the Devil Race in ancient times.

Lin Xuan and Wang Tinglou searched the Underground Palace for the immortal’s lost treasure after defeating the Ancient Demon, while a golden pillar of light appeared in the hall. In the Soul Thought Space, Tian Xiaojian learned that the phantom was a fragment of the Devil Race Grand Commander’s Primordial Spirit, and asked why the Grand Commander had separated only one millionth of his essence.

• Lin Xuan and Wang Tinglou agreed to search the hall together, wary of risking a fight over an unknown treasure.
• Wang Tinglou triggered a trap by approaching a jade-white skeleton, but escaped without injury and destroyed the remaining skeletons.
• The Underground Palace shook and its central floor opened, releasing a golden pillar of light containing an unidentified object that astonished Lin Xuan, Yue'er, and Wang Tinglou.
• The phantom told Tian Xiaojian that it was one millionth of the Devil Race Grand Commander’s Primordial Spirit, separated just before the Grand Commander and two True Immortals perished.
• Tian Xiaojian asked the phantom why the Grand Commander had separated only one millionth of his essence.

Lin Xuan and Wang Tinglou found four treasures behind an impenetrable golden screen on an altar built around six sacred beasts. Lin Xuan’s two Jade Pendants activated the altar and gathered the beasts’ beams into a powerful sphere of light, leaving the barrier’s fate unresolved.

• Lin Xuan and Wang Tinglou watched a white jade altar rise, revealing six beast-carved pillars and four treasures sealed behind a golden screen.
• Wang Tinglou tried to breach the screen with a spiritual claw and thunderfire from his Golden Ripple Brush, but neither attack affected it.
• Lin Xuan joined Wang Tinglou at the altar, and the two men could find no way to break the restriction.
• Two Jade Pendants flew from Lin Xuan’s Storage Bag and hovered above the screen, releasing runes that stirred the six pillars.
• The six beast pillars came alive and sent beams into the Jade Pendants, forming a sphere of immense spiritual power that made Lin Xuan and Wang Tinglou retreat.

Lin Xuan and Wang Tinglou survived the collision that destroyed the Altar’s restriction, and the Jade Pendants flew back to Lin Xuan before the two approached the Immortal’s four remaining treasures. In the Soul Thought Space, the Void Shadow explained that it had inherited Grand Commander’s memories and hinted to Tian Xiaojian that it could lead him to secret stores of rare treasures.

• The purple pillar of light collided with the Altar’s golden screen, devouring space until both forces vanished.
• The two Jade Pendants flew into Lin Xuan’s palm, and Wang Tinglou abandoned his fleeting desire to seize them.
• Lin Xuan and Wang Tinglou agreed to inspect the treasures and approached the Altar together.
• The two saw two Jade Boxes, one wooden box, and one jade bottle resting on the stone platform.
• The Void Shadow explained that Grand Commander had preserved a wisp of essence soul and passed down his knowledge and memories.
• The Void Shadow told Tian Xiaojian that Grand Commander had hidden several caches of rare treasures and asked whether he wanted to obtain them.

Tian Xiaojian questioned Void Shadow about the price of the benefits he offered, while the Soul Thought Space shook as a restriction was broken. Outside, Lin Xuan and Wang Tinglou opened two Jade Boxes, only to find a bundle of ordinary-looking hair and a damaged talisman.

• Tian Xiaojian asked Void Shadow what he would have to pay for the Lord of the Demon World's cultivation method and treasures, earning Void Shadow's approval.
• The Soul Thought Space trembled, and Void Shadow realized the Nine Heavens Mysterious Maiden's restriction had been broken, possibly by the Spirit Gauze Jade Talisman.
• Lin Xuan and Wang Tinglou agreed to divide the four treasures fairly and each opened one Jade Box.
• Lin Xuan used the Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire to dissolve the electric arcs guarding his box, then found several hundred strands of hair with no spirituality.
• Wang Tinglou opened his box and found a damaged Immortal's talisman that could not be used.

Lin Xuan and Wang Tinglou examined the four treasures left by a True Immortal and found that most were worthless, while Wang Tinglou’s Wooden Box contained a makeup set coveted by Nailong True Person. The chapter ended with Lin Xuan asking how to divide the treasures and Wang Tinglou insisting that the contents of the Wooden Box belonged to him.

• Lin Xuan and Wang Tinglou exchanged the useless Residual Talisman and bundle of hair, then chose the Jade Bottle and Wooden Box from the altar.
• Lin Xuan opened the Jade Bottle and found a Waste Pill, leaving both cultivators disappointed.
• Wang Tinglou opened the Wooden Box and revealed a makeup set that Nailong True Person identified as the Nine Heavens Mysterious Maiden's Makeup Box.
• Nailong True Person told Wang Tinglou he had crossed into the Human World to obtain the Makeup Box and asked him to help secure it for Xianxian Fairy.
• Lin Xuan asked Wang Tinglou how they should divide the treasures, and Wang Tinglou said the Wooden Box had to belong to him.