Chapter Summaries

After the battle at Tyrant Blade Domain, Luo Chen realized he had wounded Demon Emperor Qing Shuang and resolved to close the gap between them. He spent five years cultivating in Soaring Sky Pass and advanced to the Nascent Soul Fourth Layer.

• Demon Emperor Qing Shuang appeared at the ruined Tyrant Blade Domain, exchanged a silent gaze with Luo Chen, and vanished after rescuing the Thunder Prison Divine Peng's Nascent Soul.
• The Soaring Sky City Lord ordered the Human Race cultivators to withdraw, and the victorious group returned to Soaring Sky Pass as the demon forces retreated and regrouped.
• At a private meeting, the Soaring Sky City Lord questioned Luo Chen about Qing Shuang and promised him exclusive use of a Fourth-Tier Mid-grade cave abode.
• Luo Chen discovered a speck of Qing Shuang's blood on Yuan Tu Sword and took it as proof that he could someday fight or defeat her.
• Luo Chen delegated sect and commercial affairs to his companions, entered seclusion, and advanced to the Nascent Soul Fourth Layer after five years.

After twelve years in seclusion, Luo Chen reviewed his cultivation, absorbed the memories of his Split Souls, and learned how to craft a Heart Questioning Mirror while preparing to leave seclusion with his strength concealed. Elsewhere, he visited a black market in Soaring Sky Pass disguised as a gray-robed cultivator and offered a Soul Absorption Essence Seizing Art to buy rare herbs.

• Luo Chen found that twelve years had passed and reviewed his progress, including his Nascent Soul Fourth Layer cultivation and the Soul Splitting Art reaching Perfect Level.
• Luo Chen decided to postpone splitting his Main Soul again and cultivating Prison Suppression because a period of weakness would leave him vulnerable to soul attacks.
• Luo Chen merged with Red Dog and Black Ape, learned that Returning Truth Liquid could activate Illusion Cores, and concluded that a Heart Questioning Mirror could help Canglong.
• Luo Chen examined the Frost Eagle Flying Shuttle, considered improving its concealment with the Wu Guang Beast's skin, and concealed his true cultivation with the Wither Bloom Divine Restriction.
• Disguised as a short gray-robed cultivator, Luo Chen learned about Soaring Sky Pass's Trade Fair and bought information from a Qi Refining cultivator.
• Luo Chen visited a black market and offered a Soul Absorption Essence Seizing Art to barter for Crimson Blood Grass.

Luo Chen secretly spread the Soul Absorption Essence Seizing Art so others would produce Soul Essence for his future cultivation, then began preparing to refine the Heart Questioning Mirror. While reviewing invitations, he learned that Xu Xiaoliu had died during his seclusion and accepted an invitation from True Person Lu to attend a gathering in three days.

• A Golden Core shopkeeper traded Crimson Blood Grass for the Soul Absorption Essence Seizing Art, and the Gray-Robed Cultivator spread copies through Soaring Sky Pass before revealing himself as Luo Chen.
• Luo Chen decided the copies would circulate without his help and planned to use the Human-Demon War to obtain Soul Essence for cultivating more Split Souls.
• Luo Chen spent ten Achievement Points to raise the Heart Questioning Mirror to Entry Level and considered seeking materials from cultivators who had invited him to meet.
• Heartless Immortal told Luo Chen that Xu Xiaoliu had died of old age during his third year in seclusion and had been buried at Hundred Mile Green River.
• Luo Chen accepted True Person Lu's invitation to a gathering hosted by Dongyang Sect and agreed to attend in three days.

Luo Chen arrived at Shouyang Mountain’s gathering of Nascent Soul True Persons and was welcomed warmly, drawing Doctor Yao’s envy and resentment. He opened the trading session by offering the intact remains of a Fourth Order Wu Guang Beast in exchange for Red Firmament, Violet Firmament, and Crimson Firmament Sky Qi.

• Luo Chen entered Shouyang Mountain and greeted Nine Spirits Yuan Jun, Fu Old, Elder Lu, and other cultivators who gathered around him.
• Doctor Yao disparaged Luo Chen’s alchemy and complained that Luo Chen had ignored his three visiting cards, while Deng Taiyue and others went to meet Luo Chen.
• Doctor Yao waited for Luo Chen to acknowledge him, but Luo Chen did not approach before Elder Lu began the trading session.
• Luo Chen volunteered to present the first item and dropped the bloodied remains of a Fourth Order Wu Guang Beast into the hall.
• Luo Chen offered the beast’s remains in exchange for Red Firmament, Violet Firmament, and Crimson Firmament Sky Qi.

Luo Chen displayed and sold the remains of a Wu Guang Demon Emperor, using the corpse to demonstrate his strength and obtain large quantities of Sky Qi. As the gathering turned to other trades, he became interested in Deng Taiyue’s Seven Souls Jade and asked to buy it.

• Luo Chen presented the Wu Guang Beast’s corpse, explained the value of its parts, and impressed the gathered Nascent Soul cultivators with his strength and knowledge.
• Nine Spirits Yuan Jun bought the Scorpion Tail Needle and poison sac, Xiao Shiniang bought the wings, Qin Baixiang bought the flesh and blood, and other True Persons purchased the remaining remains.
• Luo Chen collected Sky Qi from the sales and considered whether the Dongyang Sect might have more Purple Sky Qi to trade.
• Deng Taiyue offered Seven Souls Jade in exchange for resources beneficial to the Divine Soul, and Doctor Yao proposed trading his unfinished research on the Clarified Butter Pill.
• After Elder Lu explained that the Clarified Butter Pill could help Nascent Soul Cultivators comprehend Law True Intent, Luo Chen asked Deng Taiyue to sell him the Seven Souls Jade.

Luo Chen traded Tier 4 Purple Qi Poison Resistance Pills with Deng Taiyue for the Clarified Butter Pill’s incomplete formulas and agreed to study them. After learning why Deng sought the pill and how Law True Intent might accelerate cultivation, Luo Chen left with Deng’s collected research while Deng prepared to abandon shortcuts if this effort failed.

• Luo Chen offered Deng Taiyue three Tier 4 Purple Qi Poison Resistance Pills for the Clarified Butter Pill, and Deng accepted while asking to meet privately; Doctor Yao angrily left Shouyang Mountain.
• The trading session continued, and after it ended Elder Lu began the cultivation discussion, where Luo Chen asked how cultivators should cultivate Law True Intent once they obtained it.
• Elder Lu said he had heard the Dongyang Sect’s Supreme Elder say that fundamental Law True Intents could be cultivated through steadfast persistence, while more profound True Intents might require other methods.
• Deng Taiyue met Luo Chen and explained that his Nascent Soul cultivation had slowed because his Heavenly Spirit Root left his Purple Mansion Barrier thin, and that he hoped the Clarified Butter Pill would help him comprehend Law True Intent and hasten cultivation.
• Deng Taiyue criticized Doctor Yao’s unproductive research and entrusted Luo Chen with his original incomplete Clarified Butter Pill formulas and records, declaring that he would enter a death retreat if this attempt failed.

Luo Chen attended Elder Lu’s Mount Shouyang gathering, learned about the Eastern Wasteland’s divisions and the benefits of Five Temples Immortal Brew, and agreed to support the gathering. After returning to Luo Tian Treasure Pavilion, he received ingredients for Jade Emperor Clear Eye Liquid and prepared to refine it.

• Luo Chen spoke with Deng Taiyue, who offered help with herbs and other matters while seeking Luo Chen’s aid in refining Clarified Butter Pills.
• At the gathering, Luo Chen heard Nascent Soul cultivators discuss the Demon Race’s advance and the reluctance of established sects to send their strongest experts to Soaring Sky Pass.
• Elder Lu gave Luo Chen Five Temples Immortal Brew, and Luo Chen agreed to attend future Mount Shouyang Dao Discussion Assemblies.
• Luo Chen visited Luo Tian Treasure Pavilion, where Gu Cai Yi gave him Returning Truth Liquid and the medicinal herbs needed for Jade Emperor Clear Eye Liquid.
• Luo Chen returned to his cave residence and entered the Pill Room to begin refining Jade Emperor Clear Eye Liquid for Pavilion Master Li.

Luo Chen successfully refined Jade Emperor Clear Eye Liquid and used it to transform his right eye, while Pavilion Master Li brought Lin Qingxuan and Hong Ling to make peace with him. After accepting Hong Ling’s apology and Lin Qingxuan’s sword-cultivation insights, Luo Chen challenged the Sword World Lone Goose to test his own Sword Dao.

• Luo Chen refined Jade Emperor Clear Eye Liquid and applied a drop to his right eye, which became lustrous like jade and golden amber.
• Heartless Immortal greeted Pavilion Master Li, Lin Qingxuan, and Hong Ling at Danluo Mountain and escorted them to meet Luo Chen.
• Luo Chen explained that the Ten Thousand Swords Pavilion and Jade Cauldron Sword Sect sought reconciliation because his rise and the demon crisis had changed their alliances.
• Lin Qingxuan revealed that his sect’s flawed Jade Emperor Clear Eye Liquid had failed to protect Ren Pingsheng, then confirmed Luo Chen’s batch was perfected.
• Hong Ling knelt to apologize for meddling in Luo Heaven’s internal conflict, and Lin Qingxuan gave Luo Chen his sword-cultivation insights.
• Luo Chen agreed to discuss the transaction but challenged Lin Qingxuan, the Sword World Lone Goose, to a Sword Dao exchange.

Heartless Immortal welcomed Shi Lan back to the Luo Tian Sect and revealed she had advanced to the Late Stage Golden Core, while Luo Chen sparred with Lin Qingxuan and negotiated a deal for Jade Emperor Clear Eye Liquid. The agreement left Lin Qingxuan injured and resentful, while he recognized how far Luo Chen surpassed him in Mana.

• Heartless Immortal welcomed Shi Lan after her three years of mourning and showed her that she had reached the Late Stage Golden Core.
• Heartless Immortal and other Luo Tian Sect cultivators sensed a clash of Sword Qi in Luo Chen's hall, where Luo Chen and Lin Qingxuan had sparred.
• Luo Chen negotiated a Jade Emperor Clear Eye Liquid agreement, securing forty percent of the refined liquid and Sword Pellets from Lin Qingxuan and Pavilion Master Li.
• Lin Qingxuan gave up a Fire Attribute Flawless Sword Pellet intended for Hong Ling, while Pavilion Master Li offered one Wood Attribute True Artifact Sword Pellet and two High-Grade Magic Treasure Sword Pellets.
• After leaving Danluo Mountain, Lin Qingxuan admitted he had been injured in the sword contest and sensed a vast gap between his Mana and Luo Chen's.
• Pavilion Master Li gave Lin Qingxuan one bottle of Jade Emperor Clear Eye Liquid, and Lin Qingxuan returned with Hong Ling, troubled by what he had sacrificed.

Luo Chen completed the refinement of the Ghost God Heart Questioning Mirror and learned that the war around Soaring Sky Pass had intensified with Arrogant Deceit’s arrival. With battle likely approaching, he began cultivating the Great Five Elements Sword Formation as a more reliable weapon.

• Luo Chen tested the newly acquired Sword Pellets and decided to refine them for a possible Great Five Elements Sword Formation, since he could not fully trust the Yuan Tu Sword.
• Luo Chen spent a year refining the Heart Questioning Mirror, inscribing illusion formations into it before leaving the Red Dog Puppet to complete the process.
• Luo Chen heard reports from Gu Cai Yi and Heartless Immortal, allowing Luo Tian Treasure Pavilion to expand its trade with the Heavenly Origin Commerce League only in pills.
• Wang Yuan reported that Huang Man, Centipede, Ox Demon, and Arrogant Deceit were pressuring Soaring Sky Pass, and that Skyscraper Old Ghost had been gravely wounded.
• Luo Chen gave Wang Yuan a branch of his Natal True Fire as a life-saving measure, then began using his five Sword Pellets to cultivate the Great Five Elements Sword Formation.

Luo Chen used his newly refined Great Five Elements Sword Formation and other techniques to kill Tao Bao, earning the title Demon-Slaying True Person. After limiting his battlefield appearances for the next two years, he waited at Danluo Mountain for the Heart Questioning Mirror to emerge.

• Luo Chen intercepted Tao Bao, lord of the Blue Amber Great Prairie, as the Demon Emperor attacked Soaring Sky Pass.
• Luo Chen trapped Tao Bao in the Great Five Elements Sword Formation, studied its strengths and flaws, and wounded him as he tried to escape.
• Luo Chen struck Tao Bao with Flame Dragon Descends and used the Blood Sword to kill him, prompting cultivators to call Luo Chen the Demon-Slaying True Person.
• Luo Chen asked the Soaring Sky City Lord to send him into battle less often, then fought more cautiously over the next two years.
• Luo Chen sat before the Primal Chaos Cauldron at Danluo Mountain and anticipated the emergence of the Heart Questioning Mirror.

Luo Chen refined the Mortal Fate Immortal Mirror into a True Artifact and tested its ability to trap people in vivid illusions. He used it to begin awakening Senior Sister Cang Long’s consciousness while her body remained asleep, as the Demon Beast assault on Soaring Sky Pass grew more dangerous.

• Luo Chen’s Heart Questioning Mirror drew black Tribulation Lightning inside the Primal Chaos Cauldron, but it survived the ordeal and became a True Artifact, advancing him to a Tier 4 Artifact Refiner.
• Luo Chen tested the mirror on Heartless Immortal, Gu Cai Yi, Wang Yuan, and other Luo Tian Sect cultivators, trapping most of them in lifelike illusions before awakening them.
• Luo Chen named the treasure the Mortal Fate Immortal Mirror and learned from Wang Yuan that the Demon Beast attacks on Soaring Sky Pass had intensified, with heavy casualties among the cultivators and the PiaoMiao Sect.
• Luo Chen entered the ice chamber and used the Mortal Fate Immortal Mirror to send mist into Senior Sister Cang Long’s ice coffin, beginning to awaken her consciousness.

Luo Chen drew Canglong into an illusion to teach her the Soul Splitting Art while preparing for the intensifying war at Soaring Sky Pass. As the Demon Race’s enormous beast army threatened the city, Luo Chen went out to face the Demon Emperor Wuji.

• Luo Chen used the Mortal Fate Immortal Mirror to place Canglong in an illusion where she was rescued by a red dog, given the name Canglong, and taken to Ice Fortress to learn immortal arts.
• Luo Chen arranged for his Split Souls to guide Canglong’s illusory cultivation and infused the mirror with mana to sustain it for years.
• Luo Chen learned that Nascent Soul True Persons had begun dying as the Demon Race’s superior forces broke the stalemate at Soaring Sky Pass.
• Luo Chen used his Cloud Chess Water Mirror to survey the battlefield and saw more than a hundred million Low-Rank Demon Beasts surrounding the city.
• As pressure mounted on the western defenses and Demon Emperors attacked the formations, Luo Chen took action and confronted Wuji, who challenged him with a sword made from his own spine.

Luo Chen trapped the Limitless Demon Emperor in the Great Five Elements Sword Formation, refined his control of it during their fight, and forced the demon to flee after withdrawing the formation. He then answered an urgent summons and learned that three Great Commanders were leading Demon Emperors in a destructive raid on the rear, prompting the Soaring Sky City Lord to call the assembled experts into action.

• Luo Chen used the Five Sword Pellets and a soul-bewitching technique to trap the Limitless Demon Emperor, who revealed that he served Commander Arrogant Deceit and recognized the sword formation associated with Han Zhan.
• Luo Chen discovered that the metal and wood Sword Pellets weakened each other, then concentrated the formation's power into the White Gold Sword Pellet and greatly increased its killing strength.
• The Limitless Demon Emperor tried to escape, but Luo Chen struck him back into the formation with Mountain Breaking Form and continued using the battle to improve the sword formation.
• After Heavenly Capital Child summoned him, Luo Chen withdrew the formation as the Limitless Demon Emperor unleashed a powerful attack, then let the demon flee and returned to Soaring Sky Pass.
• The Soaring Sky City Lord told Luo Chen and eight other Nascent Soul Middle Stage experts that Bi Zhen, Juan Kuang, and Brocade Immortal were leading Demon Emperors in a surprise attack on the rear to destroy and slaughter.

Luo Chen, Wind Flower Immortal, and Golden Feather True Person rushed to the rear after the Demon Race attacked its sects, while Arrogant Deceit prepared a major assault on Soaring Sky Pass. They found Wind Flower Palace in ruins, and Luo Chen noticed that the Second Palace Master's Nascent Soul was missing.

• The Soaring Sky City Lord ordered nine experts to split into three groups and pursue the Demon Emperors attacking the rear, sending Luo Chen, Wind Flower Immortal, and Golden Feather True Person toward Wind Flower Region.
• Heavenly Capital Child asked the group to aid Heavenly Capital Sect if they could, and the Soaring Sky City Lord confirmed that Mingyuan Sect would send reinforcements.
• Arrogant Deceit learned that experts had left Soaring Sky Pass and ordered his Fourth Order Demon Emperors to prepare an assault, summoning the wounded Seven Horns Commander as well.
• Luo Chen, Wind Flower Immortal, and Golden Feather True Person reached Wind Flower Palace and found its buildings destroyed and its survivors grieving.
• Luo Chen recognized the bloodied corpse of Wind Flower Palace's Second Palace Master and asked where her Nascent Soul had gone.

Luo Chen, Wind Flower Immortal, and Golden Feather True Person pursued the demons who had destroyed Wind Flower Palace and Dieyun Sect, discovering that the attackers included a formation expert. At Dieyun Sect, they found the bodies of two True Persons with their Nascent Souls missing, renewing Luo Chen’s dread about what had happened to the Second Palace Master’s Nascent Soul.

• Wind Flower Immortal questioned Feng Yue and learned that seven Demon Emperors, led by a female demon, had destroyed Wind Flower Palace and killed the Second Palace Master before fleeing.
• Luo Chen identified the female leader as Brocade Immortal, then accompanied Wind Flower Immortal and Golden Feather True Person toward Dieyun Region.
• Luo Chen detoured to Great Green Mountain, summoned a Black Dragon from beneath the mountain, and ordered the Luo Tian Sect disciples to keep their protective array active.
• The three arrived at Dieyun Sect and found its mountain gate destroyed; Luo Chen determined that one demon had located the formation core while another had broken the array with overwhelming force.
• Wind Flower Immortal learned that Flowing Cloud True Person had self-destructed and that Rosy Cloud True Person and Caiyun had been killed with their Nascent Souls missing, causing Luo Chen’s dread to return.

Luo Chen, Jin Ling, and Wind Flower Immortal pursued the Demon Emperors through the ruined sects of the Eastern Wasteland and concluded that the raids were meant to weaken the Heavenly Capital Sect. They reached its heavily fortified domain just as seven Demon Emperors attacked, and Brocade Immortal ordered three formation experts to find the formation core.

• Luo Chen and Jin Ling identified a mysterious threat behind the destruction of the Five Elements Divine Sect and the deaths of the Upper Sect True Persons, then continued their pursuit toward the Seven Caves Region.
• Black King found a cellar of eighty jars of spirit wine at the ruined Layered Clouds Sect, including fifty jars of Five Temples Immortal Brew, and Luo Chen kept the discovery to himself.
• Luo Chen, Jin Ling, and Wind Flower Immortal found Seven Caves Mountain in ruins and hurried onward toward the Heavenly Zenith Domain.
• The three found the Heavenly Zenith Chan Sect largely untouched, rested there, and reasoned that the Demon Emperors’ real target was the Heavenly Capital Sect.
• The Heavenly Capital Sect activated its vast network of defensive and killing formations as seven Great Demon Emperors entered the domain.
• Brocade Immortal told three gourd-topknotted Daoists to map the formations and locate the core while she and the other Demon Emperors blocked the attacks.

Luo Chen, Wind Flower Immortal, and Jin Ling joined the Heavenly Capital Sect’s defense against Brocade Immortal and the six other Demon Emperors, coordinating attacks while the sect’s elders trapped Brocade Immortal in the Five Elements Eight Trigrams Array. The trio struck the white-robed Demon Emperor and destroyed his Nascent Soul, while Brocade Immortal remained trapped and the other demons’ assault continued.

• Luo Chen, Wind Flower Immortal, and Jin Ling entered the Heavenly Capital Domain to honor their promise to help Heavenly Capital Child and contacted Tian Quanzi through the formations.
• Tian Quanzi and the other elders gathered the domain’s spiritual qi to defend the mountain gate, while Luo Chen agreed to command the arriving cultivators’ coordination.
• Brocade Immortal led the seven Demon Emperors to Heaven Pillar Mountain, where Lu Changsheng directed attacks to expose the Five Elements Eight Trigrams Array’s weaknesses.
• Brocade Immortal entered the array and overwhelmed the sect’s defenses, so Tian Quanzi and the other elders released their Nascent Souls to bind her in the Eight Trigrams Diagram.
• Luo Chen, Feng Hua, and Jin Ling appeared and attacked the white-robed Demon Emperor, whose Nascent Soul fled after the Fire Phoenix and flaming giant struck him.
• Jin Ling followed Luo Chen’s call and destroyed the fleeing Demon Emperor’s Nascent Soul with his golden feather.

Luo Chen fought the Deer Brothers inside their Nine Chapters Bone Erosion formation, countering their attacks and charging at Lu Changqing. As Luo Chen struck at the formation’s final chapter, Brocade Immortal escaped, Heaven Pillar Mountain broke in half, and a white light flew toward Jin Ling’s battle.

• After killing a Demon Emperor, Luo Chen, Jin Ling, and Wind Flower Immortal each engaged the remaining enemies, leaving Luo Chen to face the Deer Brothers.
• The Deer Brothers trapped Luo Chen in their Nine Chapters Bone Erosion formation, where he raised his Great Five Elements Sword Formation in response.
• Lu Changqing exposed himself while disrupting Luo Chen’s sword formation, and Luo Chen charged at him through the formation’s Bone-Eroding Qi and Soul Erosion Wind.
• The Deer Brothers unleashed the Yin Yang Grinder, and Luo Chen enlarged his body with Source Qi and struck at one of the millstones.
• Brocade Immortal broke free and Heaven Pillar Mountain snapped in half as a white light flew toward Jin Ling; Tian Quanzi cried that it had swallowed the Nascent Souls of his three Junior Brothers.

Luo Chen survived Gao Chang’s ambush during the battle at Heaven Pillar Mountain, but Jin Ling was killed before Thunder Dao Child and Mingyuan Sect reinforcements forced the demons to retreat. Afterward, Luo Chen investigated the fallen elders and set out for Soaring Sky Pass, concluding that Gao Chang could be restrained by Desolate Beast Source Power and Thunder Force.

• Luo Chen broke the Deer Brothers’ Yin Yang Grinder, but Gao Chang’s white light killed Jin Ling and then failed to pierce Luo Chen’s powerful body.
• Black King drove Gao Chang away, and Luo Chen faced Brocade Immortal and the other demons as the battlefield teetered toward another clash.
• Thunder Dao Child attacked Brocade Immortal’s group, ordered the demons pursued, and led ten Mingyuan Sect Nascent Soul cultivators into the battle.
• Wind Flower Immortal joined the pursuit while Luo Chen stayed behind, recovered Jin Ling’s golden feathers, and told Tian Quanzi to report that Jin Ling’s body had vanished after his death.
• Luo Chen examined the three Heavenly Capital Sect elders killed by Gao Chang, then traveled toward Soaring Sky Pass and deduced how Gao Chang might be restrained.