Chapter Summaries

Luo Chen studied Elder Tiange’s Golden Spear Mark aboard the Myriad Phenomena Heavenly Palace and reverse-engineered its spell formula. He learned the Great Divine Ability of the Realm of Soldiers, created a similar mark himself, and found a path toward inscribing Divine Ability Seeds.

• Jiang Huang joined True Person Yao Xi aboard the Myriad Phenomena Heavenly Palace and asked where Xuan Luo was.
• True Person Hong Zhan criticized Yao Xi and Xuan Luo for neglecting social ties, while He Lan redirected the gathering toward the Demon Suppression Trial.
• Luo Chen used his Divine Thought to study the Golden Spear Mark and analyze the spell formulas within it during the year-long journey.
• Tie Ma Zhenren, He Lan, and True Person Li Ting witnessed a Divine Ability disturb the World Vitality near Luo Chen’s chamber, and Elder Gu Mu contained the resulting torrent.
• Luo Chen revealed that he had learned the Great Divine Ability of the Realm of Soldiers and inscribed a Golden Spear Mark of his own.
• Yao Xi congratulated Luo Chen as he emerged from his palace, having found a direction for creating Divine Ability Seeds.

Luo Chen and the Su Ling Sect delegation arrived in Guangling Prefecture for the Demon Suppression Trial and met the Fudi Remnant Devils and cultivators from other sects. Near the Demon Suppression Tower, the Vacuum Gu sensed an unusual weakness in the Xuan World's space, leaving Luo Chen astonished.

• Jiang Huang briefed Luo Chen on the Heaven Origin Dao Sect, the trial at Danzhu Mountain, and the dangers of Guangling Prefecture, while Luo Chen considered how he would escape if exposed.
• Jiang Huang gave Luo Chen a superior-grade Return Immortal Pill from Yao Xi, and Luo Chen gave Jiang Huang a Tier 4 Divine Soul pill he had refined.
• Luo Chen joined Yao Xi, Jiang Huang, and the Su Ling Sect delegation as Elder Gu Mu brought the Myriad Phenomena Heavenly Palace to Guangling Prefecture.
• Xiu Teng, a talented Human-Devil Hybrid of the Fudi Lineage, greeted Elder Gu Mu and led the group toward the trial grounds.
• Luo Chen saw the Demon Suppression Tower and sensed the Vacuum Gu stirring because the space nearby seemed unusually weak.

Luo Chen discovered that the Demonic Qi leaking across Guangling Prefecture could be absorbed by his Chaos Undying Scripture, and he looked forward to using the Demon Suppression Trial to advance his cultivation. After a year of preparation, the sects’ chosen disciples gathered and flew toward the Demon Suppression Tower to begin the trial.

• Luo Chen sensed that an unknown force threatened the space across Guangling Prefecture and suspected the Demon Suppression Tower was suppressing it.
• Elder Gu Mu introduced the nearby factions and warned the Su Ling Sect disciples that the other Void Refinement forces, especially the Five Elements Divine Sect, could be enemies during the trial.
• A middle-aged man aboard the Five Elements Divine Sect’s treasure ship ordered a disciple to destroy the Su Ling Sect’s future leaders during the trial.
• Elder Gu Mu explained the rivalries among the Void Refinement forces and urged his disciples either to avoid their opponents or strike without hesitation.
• Luo Chen absorbed the local Demonic Qi without difficulty and planned to seek Spiritual Opportunity in the Dark Demon Cave to restore his Spirit Transformation cultivation.
• One year later, Luo Chen and the other sect disciples gathered after nine bell chimes and flew toward the Demon Suppression Tower.

Luo Chen and the other Nascent Soul Cultivators entered the Demon Suppression Tower to begin the dangerous trial in the Dark Demon Cave. The chapter ended with Luo Chen arriving in the dim cave and immediately flying off.

• The sect elders discussed the worsening Demon Cave Tremor, then wagered treasures on which sect would have the most surviving disciples and Spirit Transformation Cultivators.
• A Heaven Origin Dao Sect carriage arrived with more than a hundred Nascent Soul disciples, and Elder Li insisted the wager continue despite the change.
• Xiu Teng opened the tower and instructed the Nascent Soul Cultivators to enter while the Spirit Transformation Cultivators remained behind.
• Luo Chen recognized the tower’s runes as powerful Origin Runes and received a Demon Spirit Gourd filled with Demon-Clearing Liquid.
• True Lord Vermilion Bird ordered the ten Spirit Transformation Great Powers to summon her if powerful Demon Spirits appeared.
• Luo Chen and the Su Ling Sect disciples entered the Dark Demon Cave, where Luo Chen flew away after arriving.

Yan Di sought Youdu’s Dreamwood Heavenly Venerate to explain the Heavenly Phoenix Clan’s grievances against the Heaven Origin Dao Sect and warn that it intended to retaliate. After the meeting, the story shifted to Luo Chen in the Dark Demon Cave, where he found a fully formed Demon Cave.

• Yan Di arrived at Youdu and waited three days before receiving permission to visit the Dreamwood Dao Field.
• Dreamwood Heavenly Venerate heard Yan Di’s account of Phoenix Child Qixia’s entrapment and another junior’s death, then told him to delay retaliation until after the Demon Suppression Trial.
• Dreamwood Heavenly Venerate explained to Lin Xixiang that the Heavenly Phoenix Clan’s strength came from its Old Ancestor, but warned that racial war would leave Youdu no choice but to intervene.
• Luo Chen sensed a fellow disciple of the Su Ling Sect nearby, concealed his Lotus Brand, and continued through the Dark Demon Cave alone.
• Luo Chen used his Crimson-Eyed Golden Pupils to locate a fully formed Demon Cave eight hundred miles away.

Luo Chen used the Yuan Tu Sword to destroy and devour powerful Demon Spirits, then concealed himself in a mountain peak and cultivated until he reached the Nascent Soul Middle Stage. Elsewhere, cultivators faced unexpectedly dangerous changes in the Dark Demon Cave, and a Heaven Origin Dao Sect elder ordered them to focus on clearing Demon Moss and stop fighting one another.

• Luo Chen sent the Yuan Tu Sword to slaughter a host of Demon Spirits and devour a powerful bird-like Demon Spirit, increasing the sword's spirituality.
• Luo Chen set up an Earth-Binding Spirit-Gathering Array on the Nameless Mountain Peak and absorbed the surrounding Demonic Qi, breaking through to the Nascent Soul Middle Stage within days.
• True Person Yao Xi found that the trial map no longer matched the terrain, searched for fellow Su Ling Sect members, and continued toward the inner regions while clearing Nine Nether Demon Moss.
• A group of cultivators lost Fellow Daoist Jin of God Hand Valley to an Invisible Demon Spirit, then fought over his Storage Treasure and Obscure Bright Demon Flowers as Tian Sha fled with them.
• A Heaven Origin Dao Sect elder confirmed that the Dark Demon Cave had grown more dangerous and sent a message ordering the sect's Nascent Soul Cultivators to clear Demon Moss and restrain their infighting.

Luo Chen reached the Nascent Soul Late Stage by absorbing Demonic Qi, dispersed a demon cave, and gathered Spiritual Opportunity for a future breakthrough. As he traveled toward the Central Demon Abyss, he found the Dark Demon Cave filled with unexpectedly powerful Demon Spirits and came upon a group wielding the Suwang Sword beside an underground lake.

• Luo Chen reached the Nascent Soul Late Stage after a year of cultivating in the Dark Demon Cave, draining the surrounding Demonic Qi and Demon Crystals.
• Luo Chen retrieved Demon Marrow Diamonds underground, then used the Wither Bloom Dao Finger to disperse a demon cave and form a Spirit Cave.
• Luo Chen absorbed the Spirit Cave's Spiritual Opportunity with the Refining Heaven Secret and sealed it in his Purple Mansion for his future breakthrough to Spirit Transformation.
• Luo Chen traveled deeper into the Dark Demon Cave, found many fallen cultivators and Fifth-Rank Demon Spirits in the middle region, and avoided battles as he headed toward the Central Demon Abyss.
• Luo Chen saw an old man and six companions defeat a Flood Dragon-like Demon Spirit with the Suwang Sword, then noticed a whirlpool forming in the underground lake.

Luo Chen saved He Yuan and the Su Ling Sect cultivators from a second High-Rank Demon Spirit, then left them to cultivate in the Spirit Cave formed when he dispersed the Demon Cave. He continued toward the Central Demon Abyss, where he saw a Void Refinement Rank Demon Spirit emerge and fly away.

• He Yuan and the surviving Su Ling Sect cultivators tried to flee a squid Demon Spirit, but Yao Xi and He Yuan turned back to protect their companions while Hong Zhan abandoned them to seek help.
• Luo Chen appeared, severed the squid Demon Spirit's tentacles, and burned and killed it with his fire ability and Yuan Tu Sword.
• Luo Chen left without revealing his identity, and the Su Ling Sect cultivators entered the newly forming Spirit Cave to gather its Spiritual Opportunities.
• Luo Chen watched over the group from a distance, considering his actions repayment for the Su Ling Sect's kindness, then set off for the Central Demon Abyss.
• Several days later, Luo Chen concealed his aura as a terrifying Avian Demon Spirit emerged from the abyss and flew away; he recognized it as a Void Refinement Rank Demon Spirit.

Luo Chen entered the Demon Abyss after witnessing a Void Refinement Rank Avian Demon Spirit depart, while the creature rampaged through the trial grounds and killed exposed cultivators. Inside the Demon Suppression Tower, True Lord Vermilion Bird and True Lord Black Tortoise learned that a Spirit Transformation cultivator was calling for help, and Vermilion Bird prepared to enter the tower.

• Luo Chen slipped into the Demon Abyss after the Avian Demon Spirit left the Dark Demon Cave.
• The Avian Demon Spirit swept across the lake, breaking True Person Youhuang’s concealment formation and injuring her soul; Jiang Huang gave her a Fourth-Order soul-nourishing pill.
• True Person Hong Zhan flew back to check on his fellow disciples but was killed by the Avian Demon Spirit.
• The Avian Demon Spirit attacked a Dao Sect gathering, killing its Nascent Soul Cultivators and confronting a Dao Sect Great Power.
• True Lord Vermilion Bird and True Lord Black Tortoise discussed the deaths reported during the trial and the fate of Qixia Yuanjun before a distress call reached them.
• True Lord Vermilion Bird ordered the restriction opened so she could enter the Demon Suppression Tower.

Luo Chen entered the Central Demon Abyss to find a secluded place to break through, discovered a pool of rare Demon Milk, and prepared a formation before beginning to reforge his Primordial Spirit. After using the Nine Nether Demon Moss to grasp Wood Origin and complete the fusion, his Primordial Spirit emerged and he began his breakthrough to the Spirit Transformation Realm.

• Luo Chen surveyed the Central Demon Abyss, detected numerous Void Refinement Demon Spirits, and chose a secluded cave inhabited by an Iron-Armored Dragon Python.
• Luo Chen discovered Demon Milk in the cave, killed the Iron-Armored Dragon Python, and set up the Great Five Elements Sword Formation with the Yuan Tu Sword as its formation eye.
• After a month of preparation, Luo Chen began merging his immense Divine Soul with his Nascent Soul using the Five Elements Sources.
• Luo Chen found that the Flourishing Decay True Intent was not fundamental Wood Origin and used the Nine Nether Demon Moss's resonance to gain insight into Wood Origin.
• Luo Chen completed the fusion, restored his Primordial Spirit, and surged into the abyss to break through to the Spirit Transformation Realm.

True Lord Vermilion Bird swept through the Dark Demon Cave and entered the Central Demon Abyss to stop a possible breach of the Nine Absolutes Seal, while Luo Chen broke through to Spirit Transformation and encountered the Black Light in the Vitality Ocean. Luo Chen comprehended the Destruction Great Dao, whose power repelled a Demon World Saint Ancestor’s attempt to break into the Xuan World.

• True Lord Vermilion Bird descended into the Dark Demon Cave, killed the avian Demon Spirit with Origin Divine Fire, and began destroying Demon Caves throughout the region.
• True Lord Vermilion Bird entered the Central Demon Abyss and fought through its Demon Spirits, suspecting that the Nine Absolutes Seal had loosened.
• Seven Demon Spirits fled toward the Nine Absolutes Seal and helped a Demon World Saint Ancestor push its scaled left hand through the boundary as True Lord Vermilion Bird arrived.
• Luo Chen broke through to Spirit Transformation, comprehended the Wood Origin, and raised his Divine Soul Foundation to the Void Refinement level.
• Luo Chen followed the Black Light into the Vitality Ocean and witnessed a blood-red sword repel the Demon World Saint Ancestor’s attack across the Spatial Barrier.
• Luo Chen returned to his body after comprehending the Destruction Great Dao and declared that facing extinction was necessary to prove a great fortune.

True Lord Vermilion Bird urged True Lord Black Tortoise to destroy the Dark Demon Cave after the Nine Absolutes Seal broke, but he held back when the Demon Suppression Tower remained calm. Meanwhile, Luo Chen absorbed the world’s gift, reached Spirit Transformation Middle Stage, devoured Vermilion Bird Divine Fire, and left disguised as Xuan Luo, heading toward the Su Ling Sect cultivators before spotting something that promised another stroke of good fortune.

• True Lord Vermilion Bird emerged injured and warned True Lord Black Tortoise that the Nine Absolutes Seal had broken and the Demon World's Saint Ancestor had crossed realms, urging him to use the Demon Suppression Tower against the Saint Demon Left Hand.
• True Lord Black Tortoise observed that the Demon Suppression Tower remained undisturbed, chose to defer action to the Sect Master, and told True Lord Vermilion Bird to recover.
• Luo Chen absorbed a vast influx of energy for half a year, advanced to Spirit Transformation Middle Stage, and recognized that he had comprehended the Destruction Great Dao.
• Luo Chen sent the Chaos Myriad Spirit Fire to devour seven clusters of Vermilion Bird Divine Fire, collected treasures from the Central Demon Abyss, and disguised himself as Xuan Luo with Nascent Soul Middle Stage cultivation.
• Luo Chen flew toward the Su Ling Sect cultivators, intending to reunite with them and leave the Dark Demon Cave, then stopped when he spotted something nearby.

Luo Chen obtained the complete Soul Splitting Art after intervening unseen in Yun Dongjun’s fight, gaining methods to strengthen Split Souls and condense a Dharma Form. He spent half a year studying the arts, then looked up as the passage out of the Demon Suppression Trial began to form.

• Ding Ling'er and Xiao Fufeng joined Fairy Green Butterfly in attacking Yun Dongjun, but a Spirit Transformation Great Power suppressed their techniques and ordered them to leave for the opening of the Demon Suppression Tower.
• The unseen Luo Chen searched Yun Dongjun’s Storage Treasure, copied the complete Soul Splitting Art, and let Yun Dongjun leave unaware of what had happened.
• Luo Chen studied the art’s method for strengthening Split Souls and nourishing the Main Soul, hoping to mend the hidden damage to his Divine Soul.
• Luo Chen discovered the art’s Dharma Form secret technique, which could improve his chances of reaching the Body Integration Stage, and devoted himself to studying it.
• Half a year later, Luo Chen saw a vortex forming in the sky as the passage out of the Demon Suppression Trial opened.

After surviving the Demon Suppression Trial, Luo Chen passed the Heaven Origin Dao Sect’s Demon-Scrutinizing Treasure Mirror and rejoined his sect as the survivors gathered outside. The chapter ended with the Dao Sect’s four generals reviewing the mirror’s results, and True Lord White Tiger focusing on Luo Chen.

• Yun Dongjun surveyed the survivors and noticed that the Su Ling Sect had preserved six members, including He Yuan, who had reached the Spirit Transformation Stage.
• Luo Chen emerged and reunited with his fellow disciples, telling them he had removed his Demon Infection and advanced to the Nascent Soul Middle Stage while cultivating in seclusion.
• The trial participants handed over their Demon Spirit Gourds and passed beneath the Bronze Mirror for examination; Luo Chen changed his Mana, and the mirror shone gold as he passed.
• Luo Chen joined Elder Gu Mu and the other survivors outside, where sect elders waited amid heavy losses and large Dao Sect forces surrounding the tower.
• A Dao Sect powerhouse invited the survivors aboard a great ship to visit the Dao Sect, while inside the tower Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Black Tortoise, and Vermilion Bird examined the mirror’s results.
• True Lord White Tiger fixed his attention on the image of a thin young man in the mirror.

After the Demon Suppression Trial, Luo Chen considered leaving the Su Ling Sect and traveling to the Blood Rain Continent, then unlocked two Void Refinement pill recipes that could aid his future cultivation. As the great ship reached the Heaven Origin Dao Sect, he recognized Flying Star Terrace, the abandoned route once used by ascenders from the Mountain Sea World.

• True Lord White Tiger admired Xuan Luo’s talent and declared that he wanted to take him as a disciple.
• Elder Gu Mu warned the Su Ling Sect survivors to be cautious at the Heaven Origin Dao Sect, while He Yuan explained that Hong Zhan had clashed with them before his death.
• Luo Chen weighed leaving the Su Ling Sect and considered traveling to the Blood Rain Continent to pursue artifact refining.
• Luo Chen removed the restrictions from the Mind Stabilization Pill and Perceiving Illusion Pill recipes, discovering that he possessed most of the ingredients for the latter but still lacked Formless Void-Driving Insect eggs.
• Luo Chen remembered that Qixia had taken the Dao Integration pill recipe, then arrived at Flying Star Terrace and learned from Elder Gu Mu that Pill Saint Chu Yan had been its last ascender.

Luo Chen was questioned by the Heaven Origin Dao Sect about the Demon Suppression Trial, then received an invitation from Chu Yan to visit her at Sitting-Hidden Peak. The chapter ended with Chu Yan greeting him warmly, revealing that she remembered him from the Mountain Sea World.

• Luo Chen realized the ruined Flying Star Terrace was a Spatial Node connected to the Mountain Sea World and considered how its teleportation array might be restored.
• The Heaven Origin Dao Sect summoned Luo Chen to recount his movements in the Demon Suppression Trial, and he described finding the shattered Demon Cave and cultivating there for three years.
• Yu Jiajia and her senior brother compared Luo Chen's account with Jiang Huang's and the Demon Spirit Gourd's records, then told him he might be questioned again.
• Yu Jiajia invited Luo Chen to Sitting-Hidden Peak on Chu Yan's behalf, and he accepted while asking about Chu Yan's reputation and temperament.
• Chu Yan emerged from the clouds at Sitting-Hidden Peak, smiled at Luo Chen, and greeted him as an old acquaintance.

Luo Chen revealed his identity to Chu Yan, who explained how her Jade Pot Pill Heart and memories of his past helped her recognize him. As they enthusiastically discussed and demonstrated pill refinement, the Heaven Origin Dao Sect continued investigating the unknown Spirit Transformation cultivator who had rescued several sects, and the Nine Yang Sword Lord headed to visit Chu Yan.

• Luo Chen recognized Sitting-Hidden Peak as a reminder of his hometown and revealed to Chu Yan that he was Luo Chen.
• Chu Yan explained that her Jade Pot Pill Heart let her sense the Tier 5 Divine Pill aura on Luo Chen, and that she had remembered his soul aura from his Epiphany on Heaven Earth Peak.
• Luo Chen told Chu Yan about the Law Derivation Pill and the Primordial Era Clarified Butter Pill, and the two exchanged pill-making knowledge and demonstrations.
• True Person Youhuang and Yao Xi discussed how the Heaven Origin Dao Sect had repeatedly interrogated them about the unknown Spirit Transformation cultivator who had saved them.
• Elder Gu Mu told the Su Ling Sect cultivators that Xuan Luo had been invited to visit the Pill Saint, while they complained about the interrogations and heard that Grand Lord Tianyuan would soon emerge from seclusion.
• The Nine Yang Sword Lord learned that an unidentified sword-wielding Spirit Transformation cultivator had aided several sects and flew to Sitting-Hidden Peak to ask Chu Yan to refine pills.

Luo Chen and Chu Yan refined Clarified Butter Pills and discovered that they shared a history of being controlled by the Heaven Origin Dao Sect. After learning that Chu Yan’s Primordial Spirit was bound by Grand Lord Tianyuan, Luo Chen wondered whether he could help her as he considered leaving for the Blood Rain Continent.

• Luo Chen helped Chu Yan complete the Clarified Butter Pill recipe, and she praised his alchemy while identifying his unfamiliar furnace as the reason the pills’ quality suffered.
• Nine Yang Sword Lord visited Sitting-Hidden Peak but was turned away by Chu Yan, then questioned Yu Jiajia about her delivery of medicinal materials and the friend working with Chu Yan.
• Chu Yan told Luo Chen that Nine Yang Sword Lord was a Mountain Sea World ascendant from the He Family, and Luo Chen suspected that he might have cultivated the same sword scripture he had encountered before.
• Luo Chen asked whether Chu Yan was being controlled, and she explained that Grand Lord Tianyuan’s restriction could collapse her Primordial Spirit at a thought.
• Yu Jiajia brought Chu Yan the requested materials and warned that the Pill Saint Hall needed more pills, while Chu Yan told Luo Chen that Nine Yang Sword Lord pursued her on the Sect Master’s orders.
• Luo Chen said he might leave for the Blood Rain Continent, then wondered whether he could find a way to deal with Chu Yan’s threatened Primordial Spirit.

Chu Yan and Luo Chen refined the Seed Devil Manifestation Pill together, and she gave him one before he shared the Mind Stabilization Pill recipe with her. A month later, Lin Xixiang arrived alone at the Demon Suppression Tower and took charge of it for the Youdu Source Court.

• Chu Yan brought Luo Chen to the Pill Saint Hall, where he examined the grand furnace nurturing Holy Devil Essence Liquid made with Styx Divine Milk.
• Chu Yan asked Luo Chen to help refine the Seed Devil Manifestation Pill, a Tier 5 Divine Pill that could let Spirit Transformation Cultivators form a Dharma Form early.
• After two days of study and about ten days of refining, Chu Yan and Luo Chen completed the pills, and Chu Yan secretly gave Luo Chen one.
• Luo Chen gave Chu Yan the Mind Stabilization Pill recipe, which could restore a Primordial Spirit at the moment it collapsed.
• At the Demon Suppression Tower, Lin Xixiang dismissed the Four Generals of Tianyuan and announced that the Youdu Source Court would take charge of the site.

Luo Chen and Chu Yan prepared to refine the Mind Stabilization Pill while the Heaven Origin Dao Sect assembled for the Tianyuan Grand Ceremony. The ceremony opened with a display of the Sect’s powerful cultivators, ending with Grand Lord Tianyuan’s arrival.

• Luo Chen and Chu Yan completed their study of the Mind Stabilization Pill Recipe, and Luo Chen agreed to help Chu Yan refine it using the Sun and Moon Pot.
• Luo Chen began refining the pill with his Vermilion Bird Divine Fire while Chu Yan added his Zhenlong Frost Flame, and its fragrance began to emerge as it neared completion.
• Elder Gu Mu led the Su Ling Sect cultivators to Yao Mountain, where they learned about the ceremony’s rewards and saw the Heaven Origin Dao Sect’s many Spirit Transformation cultivators.
• Nine Yang Sword Lord, Hundred Poisons True Lord, and the Four Great Generals arrived at the summit plaza.
• The Four Great Generals welcomed Grand Lord Tianyuan, who descended and took his seat.