Chapter Summaries

Song Changsheng learned that the Demon Race across the Cambang River might be preparing for unrest and set out to investigate, while Song Qingyun handed the Lineage a powerful Extreme Yin East Pearl. The chapter left Song Changsheng in Sunset City as Song Qingluo celebrated her breakthrough to Foundation Establishment.

• Song Changsheng purged the cold yin qi from Jinxuan, ordered it to face the wall for three days, and planned to send it down the mountain for training.
• Song Changsheng told Song Qingyun that the Demon Race across the Cambang River had grown restless and that he would investigate whether a Beast Tide was forming.
• Song Qingyun gave Song Changsheng the Extreme Yin East Pearl, and Song Changsheng combined it with the Cold Pond Coral to create a frozen zone for the Song Clan.
• Song Changsheng discussed the Clan’s defenses and the unfinished Sky Battleship with Song Xianming before setting out for Sunset City.
• Song Changsheng arrived in Sunset City and learned that Song Qingluo had broken through to Foundation Establishment.

After Song Qingluo took command of Wind Whisper Hall’s intelligence network, Song Changsheng joined Niu Dazhuang to investigate signs of a coming Beast Tide across the Canglan River. The two encountered a Red-tailed Golden Eagle mid-crossing and wounded it, but it escaped into the Gang Qi layer.

• Song Changsheng gave Song Qingluo control of Wind Whisper Hall’s spies in Bianzhou and told him to take over the network gradually.
• Zhan Tianxia told Song Changsheng that a Great Demon might be undergoing the Demon King’s tribulation and sent him and Niu Dazhuang to investigate across the Canglan River.
• Song Changsheng visited the unconscious Zhuang Yuechan and spoke to her about their son Yun'er and the dangerous journey ahead.
• Song Changsheng and Niu Dazhuang crossed the river using a route planned by Song Changsheng, but a Red-tailed Golden Eagle attacked them.
• Niu Dazhuang distracted the eagle while Song Changsheng bound it with the Demon Binding Rope, and the two wounded it before it broke free and fled into the Gang Qi layer.

Song Changsheng and Niu Dazhuang discovered a huge Beast Tide gathering under the newly ascended Six-winged Dragon Serpent, then fled after the Demon King spotted them. With four flying Great Demons pursuing them, they decided to fight back so they could escape.

• Song Changsheng and Niu Dazhuang crossed the Canglan River and traveled southeast through the Demon Domain, avoiding Great Demons.
• The pair followed a migrating flock of Three-legged Migratory Birds and Song Changsheng drove off a Six-winged Roc that attacked them.
• Song Changsheng and Niu Dazhuang discovered at least two hundred thousand Demon Beasts gathered beneath a Six-winged Dragon Serpent.
• The Six-winged Dragon Serpent spotted the two Cultivators and ordered four Great Demons to pursue them as they fled toward the Canglan River.
• Song Changsheng identified the pursuers as three Blue-eyed Demon Butterflies and a Giant-winged Sky Eagle, then volunteered to deal with the eagle while Niu Dazhuang held off the butterflies.

Song Changsheng and Niu Dazhuang fought the Giant-winged Sky Eagle and three Blue-eyed Demon Butterflies, with Song Changsheng eventually killing the eagle. The Blue-eyed Demon Butterflies began to retreat as Song Changsheng rushed to help the badly wounded Niu Dazhuang.

• Song Changsheng and Niu Dazhuang charged into the demons, splitting the fight as Niu Dazhuang drew the three Blue-eyed Demon Butterflies away from Song Changsheng.
• Niu Dazhuang activated the Nine Revolutions Golden Body and endured the butterflies’ attacks while Song Changsheng fought the Giant-winged Sky Eagle.
• Song Changsheng used the Five Beast Battle Body to gain the advantage, then destroyed the Heavenly Peng phantom with his Yin-Yang Annihilation divine ability.
• Song Changsheng burned the Giant-winged Sky Eagle with Violet Void Divine Fire and killed it with his Mountain Shaking Halberd before extracting a purple pearl from its abdomen.
• Song Changsheng rushed to reinforce the severely wounded Niu Dazhuang, and the three Blue-eyed Demon Butterflies began considering retreat.

Song Changsheng and Niu Dazhuang escaped the Demon Domain with news that the Six-winged Dragon Serpent was gathering a vast horde, prompting Tuo Province and the Song Clan to prepare for war. As the Black Star Battleship neared combat readiness, the Six-winged Dragon Serpent ordered the demons to attack.

• Song Changsheng and Niu Dazhuang escaped pursuing demons by hiding in the Canglan River, then returned to Sunset City and reported the Six-winged Dragon Serpent’s strength and its enormous army.
• Zhan Tianxia ordered preparations across the region, while Song Changsheng returned to the Song Clan and coordinated its defenses with Song Luzhou.
• Song Changsheng arranged voluntary missions for affiliated cultivators, offering contribution points and future access to Foundation Establishment Pills as rewards for defending Zhangye County.
• Song Changsheng learned from Lu Tianchou that the Black Star Battleship could be reassembled and already had combat power, though its speed remained limited.
• Sunset City and the Song Clan mobilized for war as the demon horde grew, until the Six-winged Dragon Serpent ordered the attack.

As fear and rumors disrupted Dingyuan City ahead of the Beast Tide, Mu Guibai calmed most of the residents while Bai Zhengchun uncovered another plot by the Vast Righteousness Alliance. Song Changsheng prepared Five Elements Peak for battle, then witnessed the Six-winged Dragon Serpent freeze a road across the Canglan River for its army.

• Li Hansong met Xu Yunhe in a tavern after Li Hansong’s companion, Zhang, left Dingyuan City out of fear of the Beast Tide.
• Mu Guibai used his qin music to calm the city, then sent the remaining residents demanding to leave beyond the walls as demon beasts approached.
• Bai Zhengchun killed a group of gray-robed plotters and learned through a soul search that they belonged to the Vast Righteousness Alliance.
• Song Changsheng strengthened Five Elements Peak’s defenses with clan members and hired cultivators, then received word that huge numbers of demon beasts were crossing the Canglan River.
• The Six-winged Dragon Serpent froze a hundred-zhang-wide road across the river and used its bloodline pressure to suppress the Water Demons as its army prepared to cross.

The Six-winged Dragon Serpent brought a beast tide of more than three hundred thousand across the Canglan River, then bypassed Dingyuan City and split its forces to wreak havoc across Tuo Province. Song Changsheng learned that a separate force of more than thirty thousand demon beasts was approaching Zhangye County and ordered the Song Clan to prepare for battle.

• The Six-winged Dragon Serpent led the beast horde across the Canglan River without suffering the losses Song Changsheng had expected, and Song Changsheng returned to Five Elements Peak to prepare.
• Mu Guibai ordered Sunset City to deploy the Sunset Battleship as the beast tide approached Dingyuan City, while Zhan Tianxia and the others gathered atop the city wall.
• The Six-winged Dragon Serpent confronted Mu Guibai, then withdrew with the demonic birds; a message soon revealed that the beast tide had split into dozens of groups and was bypassing Dingyuan City.
• Mu Guibai ordered Zhan Tianxia to warn the region and said he would keep watch over the Six-winged Dragon Serpent while seeking help from the Heavenly Meridian Sect and Golden Crow Sect.
• After receiving Zhan Tianxia's message, Song Changsheng learned from Song Qingshi that more than thirty thousand demon beasts, including three great demons, were approaching and ordered the Song Clan to prepare for battle.

Song Changsheng tested the approaching Beast Tide, then led Five Elements Peak's defenders into battle against its leaders. After the Red-tailed Golden Eagle ambushed Yuan Tianshu, Song Changsheng retreated with him behind the Mountain Protection Array, where Yuan Tianshu's injuries were severe.

• Song Changsheng used an array to disrupt the Beast Tide and identified its leaders and numbers before returning to Five Elements Peak.
• Song Changsheng rejected calls to summon forces from Ling Province and Yang Province, then prepared the clan's defenses as the Beast Tide approached.
• Song Changsheng and Yuan Tianshu charged out to fight the Great Demons while Song Lutong, Song Qingxing, and Song Changan led elite Law Enforcement Hall members against the horde.
• Song Changsheng was wounded by the Earth-Shattering Earth Dragon, activated his Five Beast Battle Body, and fought the Earth-Shattering Earth Dragon and Armored Barbarian Bear.
• The Red-tailed Golden Eagle ambushed and wounded Yuan Tianshu, forcing Song Changsheng to rescue him and retreat under cover of the Black Star Battleship's attack.
• Song Changsheng returned to Five Elements Peak with Yuan Tianshu, whose injuries were severe.

Song Xianming gave Song Changsheng Heavenly Star Essence and devised a plan to lure away the Armored Barbarian Bear while Song Changsheng held off the other three Great Demons. The battle began, and Song Changsheng’s fight against the Three-Headed Hellhound, Earth-Shattering Earth Dragon, and Red-tailed Golden Eagle intensified.

• Song Changsheng discovered that Yuan Tianshu’s wounds had been infected by Fire Baleful Power and sent him back to Vast Peak for treatment.
• After reviewing the battle’s heavy supply losses, Song Changsheng summoned Zhu Yiqun and Old Ghost Chihuo and discussed the worsening siege with Song Xianming.
• Song Xianming revealed the family’s Heavenly Star Essence and explained that Song Changsheng needed to endure powerful attacks to absorb it; he planned to lure away the Armored Barbarian Bear.
• When the Beast Tide attacked again, Song Changsheng swallowed the Heavenly Star Essence and confronted the Three-Headed Hellhound, Earth-Shattering Earth Dragon, and Red-tailed Golden Eagle.
• Song Xianming used mind-confusing incense to enrage and draw away the Armored Barbarian Bear, while Song Changsheng blocked the Earth-Shattering Earth Dragon’s attempt to stop it.
• The Three-Headed Hellhound changed its flames from orange-red to black as Song Changsheng faced the three Great Demons alone.

Song Changsheng survived a battle against three great demons long enough for Song Xianming to kill the Armored Barbarian Bear and drive the enemy back. After Zhu Yiqun examined him, he revealed that Song Changsheng’s fusion with Heavenly Star Essence had transformed him into an Acquired Star Body, which began drawing in starlight that night.

• Song Changsheng endured the attacks of three great demons until Heavenly Star Essence triggered a powerful transformation in his body.
• Song Xianming arrived carrying the Armored Barbarian Bear’s head, and the three great demons withdrew with their forces.
• Song Lutong checked Song Changsheng’s injuries, then Song Xianming and Song Changsheng went to the Garrison Manor to discuss their condition and the defense.
• Zhu Yiqun examined Song Xianming and Song Changsheng, then traced Song Changsheng’s transformation to his earlier infusion of the Power of Stars and his fusion with Heavenly Star Essence.
• Zhu Yiqun identified Song Changsheng’s new physique as an Acquired Star Body, and that night Song Changsheng began drawing in starlight beneath the sky.

Song Changsheng’s Acquired Star Body advanced dramatically during an overnight epiphany, but news that a grand array had trapped Mu Guibai and two other Golden Core True Persons drew him from Five Elements Peak to the Canglan River. He joined the gathered formation masters and True Persons as they prepared to break the array, leaving the three trapped cultivators’ fate unresolved.

• Song Changsheng cultivated beneath the stars, experienced his first epiphany, and reached great mastery in Skin Refining.
• Song Qingshi reported that the beast tide had retreated, and Song Changsheng learned that the Six-winged Dragon Serpent had trapped three Golden Core True Persons near the Canglan River.
• Song Changsheng and Song Xianming received orders to join the effort to break the array, leaving Song Lutong in charge of Five Elements Peak.
• Niu Dazhuang told Song Changsheng that the array was growing stronger as Demon Beasts gathered inside it and that seven Third-Tier Formation Masters were present, with two still missing.
• Song Changsheng inspected the gray mist with his Illusion Breaking Eye, then followed Niu Dazhuang to pay respects to the gathered True Persons.

Song Changsheng recognized Su Ding as the Golden Core True Person who secretly intended him harm, then discovered that the grand array was growing stronger by sacrificing the gathered Demon Beasts. The cultivators began breaking the array with Master Chen absent, and just as Su Ding prepared to strike, a sudden change erupted.

• Song Changsheng hid his anger when Su Ding invited him to visit the Golden Crow Sect, while True Lord Wutian showed him unexpected goodwill.
• Song Changsheng reasoned that the Six-winged Dragon Serpent was using the gathered Demon Beasts as sacrifices to power its strengthening Fourth-Tier grand array.
• Master Bai challenged Song Changsheng's claim, but the True Lords confirmed that the array's aura was increasing and decided to break it the next day.
• Jian Nishang arrived, and Song Changsheng and the other array masters set up the Nine Palaces Spirit-Passing Array despite Master Chen's absence.
• Su Ding gathered power on the altar and prepared to strike the grand array when a sudden change erupted.

Su Ding’s attempt to break the Nine Palaces Spirit-Passing Array was interrupted by the arrival of three Demon Kings, forcing him to fight while the trapped True Lords remained in danger. Song Changsheng proposed attacking the array with the Sunset Battleship and Purple Mansion cultivators, and Song Xianming urged Zhan Tianxia to try the plan.

• Su Ding prepared to strike the array, but the Howling Moon Wolf King, Lietian Thunder Roc, and Tuolong Demon King arrived to support the demonic side.
• True Lord Wutian challenged the Tuolong Demon King over its involvement, while the Demon Kings’ arrival revealed that the Beast Tide and the Six-winged Dragon Serpent had been part of a trap.
• Su Ding struck the Tuolong Demon King with his accumulated sword momentum, badly injuring it, but the Howling Moon Wolf King and Lietian Thunder Roc persuaded it to stay and hold him back.
• Su Ding, True Lord Tiangang, and True Lord Wutian engaged the three Demon Kings, leaving Song Changsheng and the other cultivators responsible for breaking the array.
• Song Changsheng proposed using the Sunset Battleship and Purple Mansion cultivators to attack the array and expose its weaknesses, and Song Xianming urged Zhan Tianxia to give the plan a try.

Song Changsheng discovered a way to break the Six-winged Dragon Serpent’s grand array from within and led seven others into it. As they fought the demons guarding the inner layer, Song Changsheng’s Violet Void Divine Fire overcame the Three-Headed Hellhound’s World-Extinguishing Black Flame.

• Zhan Tianxia summoned the Sunset Battleship, and the cultivators struck the array while Song Changsheng used his Illusion Breaking Eye to search for a flaw.
• Song Changsheng found a weakness in the inner layer and persuaded seven others to enter the array with him and form the Eight Trigrams Divine Statue Formation.
• The Six-winged Dragon Serpent sent nine Great Demons to stop the intruders, while Mu Guibai, Bai Zimou, and Bai Yan remained trapped and weakened inside the array.
• Song Changsheng and the others reached the inner wall and fought the Great Demons, with Song Changsheng battling the Three-Headed Hellhound and guarding against the Blade Mantis.
• Song Changsheng struck the Three-Headed Hellhound’s Sea of Consciousness with his Soul Severing Golden Blade, then sent his Violet Void Divine Fire against its World-Extinguishing Black Flame and devoured it.

Song Changsheng helped defeat the demons, free the trapped True Lords, and turn back the invasion across the Canglan River. Recognized as the battle’s foremost contributor, he was granted one request by Su Ding.

• Song Changsheng used the Violet Void Divine Fire to kill the Three-Headed Hellhound, then saved Bai Xueying from the Blade Mantis’s attack.
• Song Changsheng and the others killed the remaining great demons and used the Eight Trigrams Divine Statue Formation to break the formation trapping Mu Guibai, True Lord Wuxin, and True Lord Heavenly Sword.
• Bai Zimou, Mu Guibai, and Bai Yan attacked the Six-winged Dragon Serpent, destroyed its body, and drove its Demon Core underground while the other demon leaders fled.
• Song Changsheng and the others received recognition for their contributions, and Su Ding granted Song Changsheng one request as the battle’s foremost contributor.

Song Changsheng received a rare speed-enhancing treasure and several other rewards after Su Ding named him the greatest contributor to breaking the array. As the group left the hall, Niu Dazhuang explained that Bai Xueying had resented Song Changsheng for surpassing her reputation as Great Qi’s youngest Formation Master.

• Song Changsheng tried to refuse Su Ding’s generous promise, but Su Ding reaffirmed that he deserved the greatest reward for discovering the array’s flaw, slaying two demon beasts, and leading the array’s destruction.
• Song Changsheng asked Mu Guibai to choose his reward, and Mu Guibai requested Su Ding’s Light Smoke Silk, a Peak Grade Magic Treasure disguised as a pair of Cloud Boots that greatly increased its wearer’s speed.
• Su Ding gave Song Changsheng the Cloud Boots and invited him to visit the Golden Crow Sect, while Mu Guibai granted him an elder token that allowed him to choose a treasure from Sunset City’s Third-Tier Treasure Vault.
• Bai Yan gave Song Changsheng a bottle of Ten Thousand Flower Dew that could increase his cultivation by fifty years, thanking him for saving Bai Xueying.
• After the group left the hall, Niu Dazhuang praised Song Changsheng’s standing with the True Persons and told him that Bai Xueying had once been Great Qi’s youngest Formation Master and resented him for taking the spotlight.

Song Changsheng entered Sunset City's Third-Tier Treasury and chose a powerful Five Thunder Heavenly Fiend Talisman, then learned that the Cultivation World was naming him Zixu. A year later, the Song Clan held its Immortal Ascension Assembly on Vast Peak, where a nervous child waited for his spirit test and met Song Youlin.

• Song Changsheng and Niu Dazhuang entered the Third-Tier Treasury through a Spatial Tunnel guarded by Martial Grand-Uncle Changmei, and Song Changsheng selected a Grade Five Thunder Heavenly Fiend Talisman.
• Song Qingluo told Song Changsheng that people favored the title Zixu, then secretly urged someone to promote it; the title quickly spread across Great Qi while Song Changsheng returned to closed-door cultivation.
• A year later, the Song Clan held Immortal Ascension Assemblies across the Mortal World and on Vast Peak as its Intelligence Network and number of Clan Cultivators grew.
• A nervous child in a violet robe waited in line for a spirit test and spoke with the calm boy ahead of him, Song Youlin.

Song Youlin revealed an Earth Heavenly Spiritual Root during the clan’s spirit test, prompting Song Qinghong and the clan leaders to conceal the result and arrange for his protection and training. Song Xianming also agreed to consider teaching Song Youfu alongside him, and the boys were left poised to begin a demanding cultivation education.

• Song Youlin calmly took the spirit test and displayed an Earth Heavenly Spiritual Root, astonishing Song Qinghong and the other deacons.
• Song Youfu tested with Earth-Water Dual Spiritual Roots and later told Song Youlin about his result, while Song Youlin concealed his own aptitude by claiming to have a Three-Element Spiritual Root.
• Song Qinghong secretly reported Song Youlin’s result to Song Luzhou, who ordered the witnesses rewarded, reassigned, and kept under watch.
• Song Luzhou, Song Changsheng, and Song Xianming honored the ancestors and agreed to keep Song Youlin’s identity confidential while giving him the clan’s best resources and instruction.
• Song Changsheng suggested that Song Youfu be taught alongside Song Youlin, and Song Xianming agreed to consider taking both boys under his instruction.

Song Changsheng and the Song Clan arranged new training journeys and prepared for the clan’s growth, while Song Qingxing set out to explore the Abyss again. Two years later, Wind Whisper Hall held its first Advancement Ceremony, dividing its young disciples between the Hidden Hall and Dark Hall through an arena competition.

• Song Qingyun chose to travel alone to Zhangye in Tuo Province after the new year, and Song Changsheng gave him the Ink Jade Lotus Platform for protection before entering seclusion to pursue Purple Mansion Mid-stage.
• Yuan Tianshu took Song Qingxia down the mountain to broaden her sword training, while Song Qingxing left Song Qingxi behind and flew off to explore the Abyss again.
• Song Luzhou approved training-journey applications and set aside four of the clan’s six demon cores to preserve its future supply of Foundation Establishment Pills.
• Two years later, Song Qingshi opened Wind Whisper Hall’s first Advancement Ceremony, where ninety-six eighteen-year-old disciples competed for six places in the Hidden Hall, with the rest assigned to the Dark Hall.

Song Qingshi’s Arena Competition tested whether cultivators could survive a melee, and Jiang Ling won the first group by revealing her hidden strength. Qin Yu won the second group with an aphrodisiac, forcing Song Qingshi to suspend the competition and leaving Song Changxue ready to deal with him.

• Song Qingshi explained to Song Changxue that the competition rewarded composure and survival, and that he had distributed the strongest cultivators among the groups.
• Jiang Ling defeated the first group after joining forces with Chen Chuan, then revealed she had reached Qi Condensation Seventh Layer and advanced alone.
• Jiang Ling discovered that the Little Fatty had pretended to faint in hopes of picking up an easy win, and he fled after she exposed him.
• Qin Yu challenged the seven members of his group to attack him, then released an aphrodisiac that weakened them and made them unable to continue.
• Song Qingshi declared Qin Yu the winner but took the affected cultivators to Cloud Reaching Hall, while Song Changxue ordered Qin Yu off the arena and warned that she would settle accounts with him later.