Chapter Summaries

Song Changsheng gathered the forces of Ling and Yang Provinces to plan a campaign against the Demon Race on the North Bank of Canglan River. After assigning the armies their routes and establishing rear defenses at Five Elements Peak, he appointed Song Yulong to oversee the peak’s defenses.

• Song Changsheng reviewed the Song Clan’s assembled strength and met with the leaders of its affiliated forces at the Garrison Manor.
• Song Luyun and the other leaders reported their troops, revealing a combined force of more than six thousand cultivators and soldiers for the first offensive.
• Song Changsheng ordered three months of training, then planned a two-pronged sweep from Guanfeng Pass and Giant Elephant Mountain toward Qīxiá Mountain.
• Song Changsheng said he would remain in the rear to oversee the campaign while the armies advanced, and ordered the affiliated forces to follow commands without defiance.
• Song Changsheng assigned Song Qingyu, Song Changrong, and Song Qinghong to support Song Luyun at Five Elements Peak, left the Black Star Battleship and five hundred Clan Soldiers there, and appointed Song Yulong to command the peak’s defenses.

Song Changsheng sent the expeditionary army toward the North Bank of Canglan River and explained why he had entrusted Song Yulong with guarding Five Elements Peak. He then traveled to Dingyuan City, where Zhan Tianxia assured him that Su Ding would fight the Black Dragon Demon King to the death if necessary.

• Song Yulong asked to fight at the front, but Song Changsheng explained that only he could reliably guard Five Elements Peak and the allied army’s retreat route, so Song Yulong accepted the assignment.
• After three months of training, Song Changsheng dispatched the expeditionary army in two forces, defended the unchanged strategy to Song Xianming, and warned that the main battlefield’s outcome depended on Su Ding and the Black Dragon Demon King.
• Song Xianming departed with the main force, while Song Changsheng left Five Elements Peak in Song Luyun and Song Yulong’s care and told them to watch for infiltrators among newly conscripted cultivators.
• Song Changsheng arrived at the heavily fortified Dingyuan City and met Zhan Tianxia, admitting that he doubted the allied army’s chances because he feared Su Ding might not defeat the Black Dragon Demon King.
• Zhan Tianxia told Song Changsheng that Su Ding would give everything for Great Qi and perish together with the Black Dragon Demon King if the battle reached its crucial moment.

Song Changsheng watched Great Qi’s Expeditionary Allied Army depart to fight the Demon Race, then returned to the rear to strengthen the Song Clan’s defenses. Meanwhile, Song Xianming’s detached force encountered three great demons targeting him as the enemy’s main force moved to destroy Old Ghost Chihuo’s right army.

• Song Changsheng agreed with Zhan Tianxia’s plan and stayed in Dingyuan City to see the Expeditionary Allied Army set out.
• The allied army departed with over a hundred Flying Boats, more than a hundred Warships, four Sky Battleships, and thousands of cultivators, while Song Changsheng and Mu Guibai watched from the city tower.
• Song Changsheng returned to Vast Peak, continued upgrading the Mountain Protection Array, and left the detached force’s command to Song Xianming and Old Ghost Chihuo.
• Song Xianming slowed the detached force’s advance and sent scouts ahead, but Wind Whisper Hall spies later reported that the Demon Race’s main force was moving toward Old Ghost Chihuo’s right army.
• Song Xianming ordered his troops toward the right army, then faced the Flying centipede, the Crimson Flame Demon Tiger, and the Golden-Winged Vulture, who intended to kill or pin him down while the right army was attacked.

Song Xianming and the left-wing army fought the three Great Demons while the right-wing army struggled to hold off the Demon Race’s main force. Song Xianming defeated the Golden-Winged Vulture, and Jinxuan killed the Crimson Flame Demon Tiger and Flying Centipede, leaving the battle’s remaining threats revealed on the right wing.

• Song Xianming rejected a risky march to reinforce the right-wing army and ordered Song Chang'an’s soldiers to form a defensive array while he and Jinxuan engaged the three Great Demons.
• Song Chang'an and Song Qingxia coordinated arrow and token attacks that wounded the Crimson Flame Demon Tiger and Flying Centipede, while Jinxuan killed the Flying Centipede and helped bring down the tiger.
• Song Xianming overwhelmed the Golden-Winged Vulture with his Thousand Illusions Glazed Mirror and pierced its wing with Xun Wind Finger as the right-wing army fought tens of thousands of Demon Beasts.
• Chi Li and Song Lutong led the Blazing Sun Guard through the beast horde while Old Ghost Chihuo and Yuan Tianshu battled a One-Horned Thunder Lizard and a Giant-Winged Thunder Roc.
• The Giant-Winged Thunder Roc learned that Old Black had taken elite subordinates to attack the humans’ rear, then saw Song Xianming holding the Golden-Winged Vulture’s severed wing and Jinxuan carrying the Crimson Flame Demon Tiger’s head.

The human forces defeated the Demon Race army and prepared to besiege Qīxiá Mountain, while the Iron-Backed Black Bear launched an attack on Five Elements Peak. The chapter ended as the defenders gathered beneath the Sky Battleship and the black bear, unaware of its power, ordered its beasts to attack.

• The Giant-Winged Thunder Roc ordered a last stand, then fled toward Qīxiá Mountain as Song Xianming and Jinxuan joined the battle and the Crimson Flame Demon Tiger's head shattered the beast horde's morale.
• Song Chang'an and Song Qingxia led the left-wing forces into the encirclement, while Chi Li, Song Lutong, and the Blazing Sun Guard countercharged and helped break the Demon Race army.
• The Giant-Winged Thunder Roc escaped after revealing that the Iron-Backed Black Bear had gone to attack the human rear, and Yuan Tianshu killed the One-Horned Thunder Lizard.
• Song Xianming ordered the army to rest for three days before marching on Qīxiá Mountain, while Song Yulong reinforced Five Elements Peak and kept its protective formation active.
• The Iron-Backed Black Bear failed to find a weakness at Five Elements Peak, then launched a direct assault; more than two thousand five hundred defenders assembled as the Sky Battleship rose behind them.

Song Changsheng reviewed the Expeditionary Allied Army’s costly victory and went to Five Elements Peak to deal with a demonic beast threatening its supply routes. As he fought the Iron-Backed Black Bear, the Blood Demon Sect launched coordinated attacks across southern Great Qi and besieged Vast Peak.

• Song Changsheng read the battle report: the allied army had won a decisive victory but suffered heavy casualties, including the death of Song Qingshui and the loss of many Blazing Sun Guards.
• Song Changsheng learned that an Iron-Backed Black Bear was threatening fleets near Five Elements Peak and quietly set out to eliminate it.
• The Iron-Backed Black Bear ambushed an approaching human fleet, but Song Changsheng appeared and confronted it as it tried to flee.
• The Blood Demon Sect launched near-simultaneous attacks on strongholds across southern Great Qi.
• Blood Demon Sect members gathered in the Moon-Gazing Mountain Range and besieged Vast Peak.

The Blood Demon Sect launched a surprise assault on Vast Peak to seize the Heavenly Demonic Handbook, while Song Changsheng was away at Five Elements Peak. Vast Peak's formation held against the opening attack, and after learning of the invasion, Song Changsheng prepared to return as he ordered his forces to continue their campaign.

• Mie ordered the Blood Demon Sect to attack Vast Peak immediately, rejecting Misa's plan to target Wangyue Market first.
• Song Qingshi realized the attacks on the Song Clan's allies were part of a plan to isolate the clan, and Blood Demon Sect forces appeared at Vast Peak.
• Jin used the sect's blood-red relic to attack Vast Peak's Mountain Protection Array, but five Dharma Artifacts awakened and stabilized it.
• Mie ordered the assault to continue and called on an ally for support as he prepared to personally act.
• Song Changsheng killed the Iron-Backed Black Bear, and Song Qingshi arrived through the Space Teleportation Array to report the invasion.
• Song Changsheng told his forces to stick to the plan and said he would return to deal with the Blood Demon Sect.

Song Changsheng returned to Vast Peak and halted the Blood Demon Sect’s assault, only to be trapped in a prepared Blood Sea formation by Mie and seven other Purple Palace Cultivators. The chapter left him surrounded by regenerating blood giants as his strength and soul were worn down.

• Song Changsheng sent Song Qingshi to wait behind while he hurried back to Vast Peak through the Space Teleportation Array, and Song Qingshi secretly activated Wind Whisper Hall’s spies.
• Song Changsheng found the Mountain Protection Array under attack and killed over a hundred Blood Demon Sect members with a sword strike, restoring the Song Clan’s morale.
• Song Changsheng confronted Mie, learned the Blood Demon Sect had isolated the Song Clan to pursue the Heavenly Demonic Handbook, and faced seven more Purple Palace Cultivators summoned by Mie.
• Song Changsheng’s sword defeated Mie’s Blood Sea Raging to the Heavens, but the eight enemies then self-destructed and transformed the area into a Blood Sea that restricted his movement.
• The eight Blood Demon Sect leaders formed regenerating blood giants that attacked Song Changsheng, while the Blood Sea corroded him and rapidly drained his dharma power.

Song Changsheng used the Mountain Protection Array to break the Blood Sea and battle the Blood Demon Sect, killing Jia Lai and Mo Luo Ke while facing Mie. As Song Changsheng drove Mie back, a warning from his chest made him retreat into the array, just as a giant palm descended from the clouds.

• Song Changsheng burned the Blood Sea with Violet Void Divine Fire, then drew on the Mountain Protection Array to strengthen his power and split the sea with Stabilizing Rivers and Mountains.
• Song Changsheng used Yin-Yang Annihilation to collapse the Blood Sea and injure the Blood Demon Sect cultivators, then charged into battle against them.
• Song Changsheng killed Jia Lai and Mo Luo Ke while fighting off Mie, Misa, Jin, and the other Blood Demon Sect cultivators.
• Mie transformed into his Blood Demon True Body, and Song Changsheng fought him using the Five Beast Battle Body until Song Changsheng's body suddenly warned him of danger.
• Song Changsheng fled into the Mountain Protection Array as a giant palm burst through the clouds and descended toward him.

Song Changsheng fought Spirit Eye Immortal Fairy as she attacked Vast Peak and the Song Clan, holding her off until Mu Guibai arrived. Mu Guibai cut through her World in the Palm, wounding her and bringing the battle to a new stage.

• A hidden Golden Core attacker struck the Mountain Protection Array, and Song Changsheng confronted the enemy while trying to buy time for Mu Guibai.
• Song Changsheng deflected a Thunder Law lightning strike, but the attacker wounded his arm with a Space Blade and revealed herself as Spirit Eye Immortal Fairy of the Vast Righteousness Alliance.
• Spirit Eye Immortal Fairy unleashed World in the Palm, and Song Changsheng used the Hundred Fiends Qiongqi Cauldron to hold back her attack as the Song Clan watched.
• Mu Guibai arrived and severed Spirit Eye Immortal Fairy's giant palm with a sword strike, leaving a bloody wound on her hand.

Mu Guibai and Spirit Eye Immortal Fairy fought while the Blood Demon Sect besieged the Song Clan, and Song Changsheng faced Yu Dongyang and Mie to protect the Mountain Protection Array. In the Vast Small World, Song Qingxing broke through to Purple Palace and left to aid the clan as Song Qingqing evacuated the children.

• Spirit Eye Immortal Fairy drew Mu Guibai away to fight and gave Mie one hour to break the Song Clan's defenses.
• Yu Dongyang arrived and joined Mie in attacking Song Changsheng, while the Blood Demon Sect's forces assaulted the Mountain Protection Array.
• Song Changsheng ordered the clan's underage cultivators evacuated and engaged Mie to keep pressure off the array.
• Song Qingxing broke through to Purple Palace and manifested a Purple Mansion Phenomenon while Song Qingxi guarded him.
• Song Qingqing brought the children to the Vast Small World and reported that the clan was under attack and the array was close to failing.
• Song Qingxing left to aid the clan, telling Song Qingxi to guard the small world and seal its teleportation gate.

Song Qingxing returned to Vast Peak, revealed his breakthrough to the Purple Palace realm, and severely injured Meng Tuo with help from the White Star Battleship. The attack turned the battle against the Blood Demon Sect, and Mie ordered a withdrawal, leaving the Song Clan victorious but still threatened over the Heavenly Demonic Handbook.

• Song Qingxing assessed the siege and secretly coordinated with Song Youbai to target Meng Tuo at Spirit Embroidery Peak.
• Song Youbai fired the White Star Battleship's cannons at Meng Tuo, and Song Qingxing followed with Sword Opens Heavenly Gate, forcing Meng Tuo to flee grievously wounded.
• The White Star Battleship slaughtered the remaining Blood Demon Sect disciples at Spirit Embroidery Peak, while the Song Clan learned that Song Qingxing had broken through to the Purple Palace realm.
• Jin dispatched Jia Lan to drive off the White Star Battleship, but Mie judged the Blood Demon Sect's losses too severe and ordered its forces to withdraw.
• Mie threatened Song Changsheng over the Heavenly Demonic Handbook before fleeing, while Yu Dongyang and Ling Mou also withdrew from their battles.

After the Song Clan defeated Blood Demon Sect’s attack, Song Changsheng recovered and spoke with Mu Guibai about Ling Mou’s mysterious identity and the dangerous Heavenly Demonic Handbook. News of the victory transformed the cultivation world’s view of the Song Clan and restored the Coalition Army’s morale, leaving Song Xianming ready to attack Crimson Sunset Peak.

• Mu Guibai healed Song Changsheng, removed the Blood Fiend Qi and Demonic Qi from his body, and praised his stand against a Golden Core Cultivator.
• Song Changsheng and Mu Guibai suspected Ling Mou might be connected to the Qingtian Sect Master, and Mu Guibai warned Song Changsheng not to destroy or cultivate the Heavenly Demonic Handbook.
• Song Changxiu reported the Song Clan’s heavy casualties, and Song Changsheng ordered proper burials, compensation, treatment for the wounded, and news sent to the front lines.
• Song Qingxing gave Song Changsheng the Amethyst Jade Marrow and chose to pass it to Clan Great-Aunt Xia Yunxue.
• Reports of the Blood Demon Sect’s defeat spread across Great Qi, raising Song Changsheng’s and the Song Clan’s standing while alarming Heavenly Sword Sect.
• Song Xianming heard the news, saw the Coalition Army’s morale recover, and ordered the army to advance toward Crimson Sunset Peak.

Song Xianming led the allied army in an assault on Crimson Sunset Peak, where he and Jinxuan confronted the two remaining great demons. Meanwhile, the Blood Demon Sect’s leaders forced Mie to surrender his authority to Hun Sha, who claimed she could awaken the two Protector Envoys.

• Song Xianming studied Crimson Sunset Peak’s natural array and arranged for the allied army to attack its weak points while he and Jinxuan targeted the Golden-Winged Vulture and the Giant-Winged Thunder Vulture.
• The Golden-Winged Vulture accused Jinxuan of betraying the Demon Race, but Jinxuan rejected the accusation and recalled how the Thunderous Demon King had destroyed his clan.
• The Giant-Winged Thunder Vulture charged at Jinxuan, while Song Xianming attacked the Golden-Winged Vulture with the Thousand Illusions Glazed Mirror.
• Misa confronted Mie over the Blood Demon Sect’s losses, then Hun Sha emerged and demanded that the sect accept a younger leader.
• Hun Sha claimed she had a way to awaken the two Protector Envoys, and Mie surrendered his token and left the hall alone.

Hun Sha regained control of the Blood Demon Sect, reassigned its leaders, and decided to shift the sect’s focus toward the Lu Kingdom Cultivation World while retaining key strongholds in Great Qi. Meanwhile, the Song Clan’s army secured Crimson Sunset Peak and the North Bank of Canglan River, then fought to protect the newly claimed territory from Rogue Cultivators.

• Hun Sha appointed È nú Great Protector and Misa Great Elder, then named Jin Vice Sect Master to secure the allegiance of Mie’s former followers.
• Hun Sha decided to move the Blood Demon Sect’s development toward the Lu Kingdom Cultivation World while keeping important bases in Great Qi, and Yu Fu left for Yun Province after being spared a purge.
• While Yu Fu traveled to Yun Province, a man and a woman appeared, and she collapsed after losing consciousness.
• Song Xianming’s army killed the Golden-Winged Vulture and Giant-Winged Thunder Vulture, defeated the Demon Race at Crimson Sunset Peak, and claimed the North Bank of Canglan River for the Human Race.
• Song Luyun organized construction and resource recovery as Rogue Cultivators flooded into the territory, and Song Changsheng executed two Purple Palace Stage raiders to deter further pillaging.

Song Changsheng uncovered the Zhang Clan’s betrayal, assigned Song Qingyu to produce Foundation Establishment Pills, and then traveled to Crimson Sunset Peak as preparations for a decisive battle continued. There, he explained why the Golden Crow Sect and the Heavenly Meridian Sect might accept Sunset City’s expansion into the newly conquered lands.

• Song Qingshi reported that the Zhang Clan had leaked Song Changsheng’s whereabouts using a Blood Demon Sect artifact, and Song Changsheng ordered the clan exterminated and a broader investigation launched.
• Song Changsheng entrusted Song Qingyu with an Iron-Backed Black Bear core to practice refining Foundation Establishment Pills, and she produced her first batch at a sixty percent pill formation rate.
• Song Changsheng set a target of one hundred Foundation Establishment Pills within a year; Song Qingyu later achieved a seventy percent rate on a second batch.
• Song Changsheng took thirteen Foundation Establishment Pills to Crimson Sunset Peak, where he inspected its defenses as the Coalition Army prepared for a decisive battle.
• Song Changsheng told Song Xianming and Chi Li that the Two Sects had historical claims to resources in Tuo Province and could accept Sunset City’s expansion elsewhere in exchange for those resources.

Song Changsheng explained the Song Clan’s new territory and planned to develop it by exchanging land for resources and bringing in outside families, while rewarding allied forces and preparing reinforcements. He led 1,500 elite cultivators toward the Main Battlefield, where a decisive battle was approaching.

• Song Changsheng explained that the Golden Crow Sect and Heavenly Meridian Sect would likely prioritize resources over developing their new territories, leaving Sunset City and Dingyuan City to bear much of the burden of guarding Tuo Province.
• Song Changsheng gave Song Xianming thirteen Foundation Establishment Pills for affiliated forces and promised further compensation and battle rewards for those who fought bravely.
• Song Changsheng presented a battle-merit exchange list that included land and mineral veins, and proposed using space teleportation arrays to attract families from Ling and Yang Provinces to develop the Song Clan’s new territory.
• Song Changsheng told Song Xianming that Elder Yuan would oversee a purchasing point at Lingyue Peak, where the Song Clan would buy resources from Rogue Cultivators and Monster Hunting Teams.
• Song Changsheng selected 1,500 elites, including Song Clan Soldiers and the Blazing Sun Guard, and led them by Flying Boat toward the Main Battlefield as a decisive battle loomed.

Song Changsheng arrived at the Main Battlefield with the Song Clan allied army as the Human and Demon Races fought a brutal probing battle. After agreeing to guard the army’s flanks, he was chosen to join the Five Spirits Imprisoning Heaven Array team tasked with restraining the Howling Moon Wolf King in the coming decisive battle.

• Song Changsheng urged the Song Clan cultivators to overcome their fear and fight for Great Qi after they witnessed the Main Battlefield’s devastating casualties.
• The Demon Race abruptly retreated, and Bai Zhengchun explained that the clash had been a probe before the decisive battle and assigned Song Changsheng’s forces to guard the army’s flanks.
• Bai Zhengchun brought Song Changsheng before True Lords Su Ding, Chen Fangzhong, Bai Zimou, Shi Potian, and Bai Yan, who revealed that the Black Dragon Demon King had advanced to half-step Fifth Tier.
• Su Ding explained that four Violet Palace cultivators had been selected to form the Five Spirits Imprisoning Heaven Array against the Howling Moon Wolf King and asked Song Changsheng to become the fifth.
• Song Changsheng accepted the dangerous mission and declared that he would not flee from responsibility.

Song Changsheng studied the Five Spirits Imprisoning Heaven Array and prepared to join the coalition’s decisive battle against the Demon Kings. The coalition confronted the Black Dragon Demon King, and the Sky-Rending Demonic Butterfly appeared as more powerful enemies gathered.

• Su Ding named Song Changsheng the final candidate for the array and gave him its diagram; Bai Zhengchun said Qingtian Sect Master had been cleared of the incident but excluded from the core circle.
• Song Changsheng studied the Five Spirits Imprisoning Heaven Array, learned he would command its White Tiger sub-formation, and recalled his promise to He Yunxuan concerning Gu Yiyi.
• After half a month, Song Changsheng joined the other candidates as the True Persons bestowed protective spiritual light on them and Shi Potian agreed to fight beside Su Ding.
• Su Ding transported the coalition leaders to the Black Dragon Demon King's marsh and challenged him; the Black Dragon appeared, followed by the Sky-Rending Demonic Butterfly and two more immense auras.

Su Ding and the allied cultivators engaged the Demon Kings while Song Changsheng led a smaller group away from the main battlefield to draw off the Howling Moon Wolf King. The group trapped it in the Five Spirits Imprisoning Heaven Array and prepared to kill it.

• Su Ding confronted the Black Dragon Demon King, broke through its attacks, and struck back with Buddhist Sect divine abilities.
• Chen Zhongfang and Shi Potian joined the assault on the Black Dragon Demon King, while Bai Zimou and Bai Yan held off the Sky-Rending Demonic King and Eight-Winged Demon King.
• The Howling Moon Wolf King chose to pursue Song Changsheng and the other juniors, who used a Heavenly Travel Talisman to lure it away from the battlefield.
• Song Changsheng led the group to a Spirit Peak and activated the Five Spirits Imprisoning Heaven Array with the others' essence blood and formation diagram.
• The array sealed the Howling Moon Wolf King, and Song Changsheng rallied the group to slay it as they merged with the five Divine Beast phantoms.