Chapter Summaries

The Daluo Sect searched for a way to survive the threat of Spirit Transformation experts, but Yue Qianchou refused its offer of three billion high-grade Spirit Stones. As Luo Qingtian rejected Zhu Xianxian’s proposal to seek allies among other nations, an enemy attack suddenly struck the sect.

• Luo Qingtian and the Daluo Sect elders discussed how to avert the sect’s impending destruction.
• The Daluo Sect offered Yue Qianchou three billion high-grade Spirit Stones, but he refused to help, saying some things could not be undone.
• Zhu Xianxian proposed contacting other nations to make friends, prompting Elder Hong to accuse him of betraying the Huaxia Cultivation World.
• Luo Qingtian rejected Zhu Xianxian’s proposal and insisted the sect’s situation might still improve.
• Alarm bells rang, disciples shouted that enemies were attacking, and the elders blasted through Lingxiao Hall’s roof to meet them.

Wangyue Sect and Myriad Demon Palace launched a coordinated assault on Daluo Sect while Yue Qianchou’s six thousand-man force encircled Luoxiao Mountain. The fighting turned against Wangyue Sect when Daluo Sect’s remaining Offering Hall elders broke away to protect Luo Qingtian, while Yan Wuchen ordered Myriad Demon Palace to hold back and let the two righteous sects weaken each other.

• Wangyue Sect attacked Daluo Sect’s halls as black-clad Myriad Demon Palace forces joined the battle around Luoxiao Mountain.
• Yue Qianchou ordered Zhang Peng to lead six thousand fighters in an encirclement and merciless assault on Daluo Sect.
• Luo Qingtian recognized Hua Yungu and learned that Wangyue Sect and Myriad Demon Palace had joined forces to destroy Daluo Sect.
• Yan Wuchen and Luo Guang fought while Hua Yungu ordered Luo Qingtian and the remaining elders killed.
• Luo Guang and the Offering Hall elders broke free from the fighting and rushed to protect Luo Qingtian.
• Yan Wuchen stopped Myriad Demon Palace from pursuing them, hoping Wangyue Sect and Daluo Sect would exhaust each other.

Daluo Sect’s fifteen late Tribulation Transcendence experts attacked Hua Yungu’s Wangyue Sect forces while Yan Wuchen watched, but Luo Qingtian ordered his elders to spare them and proposed an alliance against the Myriad Demon Palace. The battle ended with Hua Yungu’s response still unknown, as the Myriad Demon Palace realized the alliance could turn the odds against them.

• Yan Wuchen let Daluo Sect’s fifteen experts batter Wangyue Sect’s eleven mid Tribulation cultivators while his own Myriad Demon Palace forces held back.
• Hua Yungu accused Yan Wuchen of betraying her, and he mocked her by returning her earlier words about lending a hand.
• After hearing Yue Qianchou’s name, Luo Qingtian ordered Daluo Sect’s elders to restrain Wangyue Sect rather than kill its people.
• Luo Qingtian offered Hua Yungu forgiveness for Wangyue Sect’s attack if she joined Daluo Sect to drive back the Myriad Demon Palace.
• The Myriad Demon Palace realized that Wangyue Sect switching sides would give Daluo Sect a decisive advantage.

Yue Qianchou explained that the Daluo Sect’s attack on his master, Hao Sansi, had driven him to seek the sect’s destruction. As Daluo Sect forces retreated toward the summit, Yan Wuchen joined the battle, pushing the fighting to a climax.

• Luo Qingtian challenged Yue Qianchou over the assault, and Yue accused him of failing to discipline his son and sect members.
• Yue reminded Luo Qingtian that Zhu Xianxian had killed Hao Sansi over a Seven-Colored Spirit Ganoderma.
• Yue revealed that Hao Sansi had been his master and that he had vowed to destroy the Daluo Sect in revenge.
• The Myriad Demon Palace, Wangyue Sect, and masked fighters drove the Daluo Sect disciples back toward the mountaintop.
• Yue questioned Yan Wuchen for holding back his forces, so Yan ordered the Myriad Demon Palace experts to attack.

The Daluo Sect’s remaining disciples fought desperately as the Myriad Demon Palace, Wangyue Sect, and Yue Qianchou’s forces closed in on Luoxiao Mountain. Luo Qingtian ordered thirteen offerings to break out, but Yue Qianchou’s Black Fire flying swords intercepted them in the air.

• Hua Yungu woke from her coma and sent five Wangyue Sect women to aid the Myriad Demon Palace, helping them kill a Daluo Sect elder.
• Luo Qingtian used the Daluo Sect Token to order the offerings to escape while the disciples covered them, and the battle surged toward Lingxiao Hall.
• Yue Qianchou summoned two thousand Black Fire flying swords as Luo Qingtian and his nine protecting elders charged into the battle.
• Thirteen Daluo Sect offerings broke through the fighting, while the disciples repeatedly blocked Yan Wuchen and the others from pursuing.
• Yue Qianchou sent the Black Fire flying swords after the thirteen offerings, cutting off their escape and tearing through their defenses.

Yue Qianchou helped Myriad Demon Palace and Wangyue Sect destroy Daluo Sect, killing its leaders and helping ensure no survivors could rebuild it. The chapter ended with news that the two sects and the gangs were hunting down Daluo Sect’s scattered remnants across the Cultivation World.

• Yue Qianchou slew the thirteen Daluo Sect consecrated elders, turning the battle decisively against Daluo Sect.
• Yan Wuchen killed Luo Qingtian and ordered the remaining Daluo Sect disciples cut down, while Yue Qianchou’s masked forces withdrew.
• Yue Qianchou warned Yan Wuchen to eliminate Daluo Sect’s other leaders, and Yan said Myriad Demon Palace and Wangyue Sect had ambushed the forces returning from the Eastern Sea.
• Myriad Demon Palace and Wangyue Sect occupied Luoxiao Mountain and divided Daluo Sect’s wealth, with Myriad Demon Palace taking two shares and Wangyue Sect one.
• After news of Daluo Sect’s destruction spread, Myriad Demon Palace and Wangyue Sect killed its scattered disciples and seized its businesses, while Hong Gang and Qing Gang joined the purge.

The Cultivation World reacted to the Daluo Sect’s destruction as Yue Qianchou’s revenge for his former master, while Huaxia’s sects watched the quiet Wuji Island warily. At the western border, Shi Wenguang rallied his generals to overthrow the Li Dynasty, then ordered two suspected spies bound as sacrifices to the army’s banner.

• Visitors from across the Cultivation World confirmed that the Daluo Sect had been destroyed, and Dongfang Changao left Luoxiao Mountain after mourning the fallen.
• News that Yue Qianchou had avenged his former Qingguang Sect Esteemed Master changed public opinion, turning condemnation of the Wangyue Sect into praise of Yue Qianchou.
• The Cultivation Alliance feared Wuji Island might exploit Huaxia’s internal strife, but Bi Changchun’s return kept the powers of other nations cautious.
• Shi Wenguang assembled his army at the western border, denounced the Li Dynasty, and won the generals’ pledge to follow him in overthrowing it.
• Shi Wenguang ordered Yan Ping and Wen Gao bound, accusing them of spying for the Li family and declaring that their heads would be sacrificed to the banner.

Shi Wenguang executed the court’s spies and launched his million-strong army against the Li Dynasty, while Yue Qianchou monitored the Cultivation World to prevent the sects from interfering. After Shi Wenguang’s forces seized Black Wind Pass and routed the Weiguo General, the panicked imperial court sought help from the hidden power behind the Li Dynasty.

• Shi Wenguang ordered Yan Ping, Wen Gao, and more than five hundred planted spies executed before his army departed.
• Yue Qianchou learned from Gu Qingyun that the Cultivation World’s sects were watching Fu Xian Island and warned his allies to report any suspicious movements.
• Shi Yintian led troops in a coordinated assault that captured Black Wind Pass, opening the route into the Central Plains.
• Shi Wenguang’s vanguard defeated the Weiguo General’s forces and captured three prefectures and eighteen cities in ten days.
• The Li Dynasty began conscripting men as its officials panicked over Shi Wenguang’s advance.
• The emperor asked the Imperial Preceptor to secure aid from the hidden power behind the Li Dynasty.

Fu Xian Island decided to yield its influence over the mortal world rather than risk a conflict with Yue Qianchou. After telling Old Fellow that he had avenged him, Yue Qianchou broke down at his grave, where Bai Suzhen found him; he then sobered up when he realized he could not get drunk.

• Feng Xiangtian and the Fu Xian Island elders agreed to stop sending Imperial Preceptors to the Li Dynasty and avoid confronting Yue Qianchou.
• Lu Yanqing told the Hundred Charm Demoness and Yan Yu that Yue Qianchou had destroyed the Daluo Sect, and the Hundred Charm Demoness understood that he had avenged her.
• Yue Qianchou visited Old Fellow's grave, burned Zhu Xianxian's head, and poured wine as an offering.
• Yue Qianchou drank and wept while telling Old Fellow about his years of hardships and joys.
• Xue Qingkong heard Yue Qianchou sobbing and fetched Bai Suzhen, who came to watch over him.
• Yue Qianchou saw Bai Suzhen, got to his feet, and cursed that cultivation made it impossible for him to get drunk.

Yue Qianchou secretly returned to Shuntian Island, visited Bai Suzhen, and then went to Lingfang Valley to check on Yan Yu and the Hundred Charm Demoness. Meanwhile, Bi Changchun told Nong Zhu that he hoped to face a powerful Netherworld opponent and break through to a new realm.

• Yue Qianchou embraced Bai Suzhen by Hao Sansi's grave, admitted he had avenged his master, and poured wine over the tombstone.
• Yue Qianchou and Bai Suzhen walked to the lakeside, shared a playful moment, and parted without telling anyone he had returned.
• Bi Changchun told Nong Zhu that he had asked the Ghost King to direct anyone emerging from Nine Nether Cave to him so he could seek a battle and enlightenment.
• Bi Changchun asked Nong Zhu to take Furong to Purple Bamboo Grove if he left, explaining that he was not certain he could defeat a peak Netherworld expert.
• Yue Qianchou used the silver ball to locate Lingfang Valley and watched the valley from a nearby mountain, intending to check on Yan Yu and the Hundred Charm Demoness.

Yue Qianchou followed Xin Lao San from Lingfang Valley and discovered that he and three fellow disciples were bringing unconscious young women to a remote valley for Yan Zhuixing. Yan Zhuixing used his demonic red eyes to awaken and control seven of the women, leaving Yue Qianchou hidden in the stream and horrified by what he witnessed.

• Yue Qianchou hid beneath a tree and saw Xin Lao San emerge from the grass carrying two unconscious young women.
• Yue Qianchou secretly followed Xin Lao San through the mountains to a remote valley, where he found the two women left on the gravel bank.
• Three more Lingfang Valley disciples arrived with six additional women, then returned carrying stone basins.
• Xin Lao San arrived with Yan Zhuixing, who questioned the four disciples and had them check the area for observers.
• Yan Zhuixing placed seven basins around the women, used black light and his red eyes to control seven of them, and made them undress while Yue Qianchou watched from the stream.

Yan Zhuixing used seven captive girls and seven Seven Star Blood Orchids in a demonic ritual to strengthen his cultivation, but Yue Qianchou interrupted it with a surprise attack. The battle ended with Yue Qianchou facing Yan Zhuixing again as hundreds of black flying swords surged toward him.

• Yan Zhuixing placed seven Seven Star Blood Orchids in stone basins beside seven young women and used black flying serpents to kill the women and gather their blood.
• Yan Zhuixing performed a demonic rite that made the orchids align with the Big Dipper while the serpents fed on gray mist and grew stronger.
• Yue Qianchou realized the serpents were absorbing power that Yan Zhuixing could reclaim, then launched a storm of black flying swords from the stream.
• Yan Zhuixing's serpents blocked the attack, but the swords destroyed the Blood Orchids and stone basins, enraging Yan Zhuixing.
• Yue Qianchou sprang from the stream and killed three of Xin Lao San's fellow disciples with the Star Absorbing Great Method, while Xin Lao San fled into the water.
• Yue Qianchou confronted Yan Zhuixing, who recognized him, and sent hundreds of black flying swords at him again.

Yue Qianchou fought Yan Zhuixing, whose seven flying serpents resisted his Black Fire and nearly subdued him. Yue Qianchou discovered that his Azure Fire could weaken and destroy the serpents, then drove Yan Zhuixing into a desperate escape through his sword rain.

• Yue Qianchou's Black Fire flying swords failed to harm Yan Zhuixing's seven flying serpents, and the two traded threats about their previous encounter and Yan Bugui's death.
• Yue Qianchou distracted Yan Zhuixing with a claim that his father had been killed, but the serpents independently blocked Yue Qianchou's ambush.
• Yan Zhuixing absorbed Yue Qianchou's Black Fire, and his flying serpents broke through the swords and coiled around Yue Qianchou.
• Yue Qianchou instinctively released Azure Fire, which burned and weakened the serpents, then unleashed Azure Fire flying swords against them.
• Yue Qianchou's Azure Fire swords sliced the seven serpents into pieces, and Yan Zhuixing split into three smoky figures, swallowed the pieces, and charged through the sword rain toward Yue Qianchou.

Yue Qianchou drained Yan Zhuixing with the Star-Sucking Art, but Yan Zhuixing revived and escaped after a brutal fight. Yan Zhuixing hid in a mountain ravine, badly wounded and missing an arm, and began treating himself.

• Yue Qianchou struck Yan Zhuixing with the Star-Sucking Art, but black light and ice restored Yan Zhuixing's body.
• Yue Qianchou attacked Yan Zhuixing as he emerged from the ice, severing one of his arms.
• Yan Zhuixing ordered Xin Lao San to steal ten pots of Blood Orchids from Lingfang Valley, and Xin Lao San flew away.
• Yan Zhuixing crushed his severed arm and used Blood Escape to vanish from the valley, leaving Yue Qianchou behind.
• Yan Zhuixing collapsed in a mountain ravine, endured his pain, stopped the bleeding from his shoulder, and began meditating.

Yue Qianchou pursued Xin Lao San to Lingfang Valley, hoping to stop him from stealing the Seven Star Blood Orchids and causing a disaster. He reached Lu Yanqing and Xin Lao Jiu after Xin Lao San escaped with the orchids, and urged them to help capture him.

• Yue Qianchou realized Xin Lao San was heading for Lingfang Valley and suspected Yan Zhuixing had used his demonic eye to control him.
• Yue Qianchou caught up with Xin Lao San as he stole all ten pots of Seven Star Blood Orchids, but Xin Lao Jiu blocked Yue Qianchou while Xin Lao San fled.
• Xin Lao San accused Yue Qianchou of killing their brothers and stealing the orchids, but Xin Lao Jiu began doubting the accusation when Lu Yanqing recognized Yue Qianchou.
• Yue Qianchou told Lu Yanqing that Xin Lao San had escaped with the orchids and urged Lingfang Valley to pursue him.

Yue Qianchou revealed that Yan Zhuixing was hiding in Lingfang Valley, using a demonic art and controlling Xin Lao San, who had stolen blood orchids. As the valley searched for him and called for reinforcements, Yue ordered Lingfang Valley closed to protect its visitors, while Lu Yanqing admitted that Wen Lanfeng was the only help on the way so far.

• Yue Qianchou told Lu Yanqing and Xin Lao Jiu that Yan Zhuixing was hiding in Lingfang Valley, had controlled Xin Lao San, and had killed three other disciples.
• Xin Lao Jiu led hundreds of people into the mountains to search for Xin Lao San, while Lu Yanqing contacted Wen Lanfeng and other potential helpers.
• Yue warned Hundred Charm Demoness and Yan Yu about Yan Zhuixing’s mind-controlling eyes, and Hundred Charm Demoness recalled that Xin Lao San had urged them to visit the back mountain.
• Yue ordered Hundred Charm Demoness and Yan Yu to turn away arriving patients and close Lingfang Valley for a month, and Lu Yanqing agreed.
• Lu Yanqing told Yue that Wen Lanfeng was bringing people, but she feared the other helpers would not arrive soon.

Yue Qianchou returned to Shuntian Island to ask Bi Changchun about Yan Zhuixing’s strange ability to revive after death. Bi Changchun explained that Yan Zhuixing’s demonic art might be connected to the long-sealed Demon Realm and recounted the rise of the Demonic Path’s first supreme figure, the Demon God.

• Yue Qianchou left Lu Yanqing and the two women, then flew back to Shuntian Island to see Bi Changchun.
• Yue Qianchou told Bi Changchun and Nong Zhu that Yan Zhuixing had survived being killed and had escaped after Yue Qianchou chopped off one of his arms.
• Bi Changchun said that returning from death was a near-godlike ability and doubted someone with Yan Zhuixing’s cultivation could truly possess it.
• Bi Changchun explained that the Demon Realm had once been sealed and its demonic cultivators eradicated, causing knowledge of it to disappear from the mortal world.
• Bi Changchun described how a supreme expert of the Demonic Path created the Demon Realm and ascended to the God Realm, earning the title of Demon God.

Bi Changchun explained the ancient Demon God and the origins of the demonic path before confirming he would travel to Xuanxuan Island to await the opening of the Eastern Pole Sacred Land. He revealed that Yue Qianchou’s golden pearl was a treasure he had once abandoned and trusted it to protect Yue Qianchou while he was away.

• Bi Changchun described how the ancient Demon God’s departure weakened the Demon Realm and explained how perilous primordial life gave rise to the ancient demonic path.
• Yue Qianchou asked whether Myriad Demon Palace was connected to the ancient demonic path, and Bi Changchun said they were entirely unrelated.
• Bi Changchun told Yue Qianchou and Nong Zhu that he planned to go to Xuanxuan Island and wait for the Eastern Pole Sacred Land to open.
• Nong Zhu urged Bi Changchun to reconsider because Yue Qianchou had many enemies, but Bi Changchun said Yue Qianchou could survive even if they were killed.
• Bi Changchun connected Yue Qianchou’s relationship with a thousand-year-cultivating white fox to a treasure he had once abandoned, revealing that he believed the golden pearl had come into Yue Qianchou’s hands by Heaven’s will.
• Bi Changchun told Yue Qianchou to keep the golden pearl secret and said it was one reason he could leave in peace; Yue Qianchou asked what it was called and what it could do.

Bi Changchun appointed Yue Qianchou as the next Punishment Envoy of the Demon Ghost Domain and spoke with him privately through the night about the domain’s secrets. Yue Qianchou described the red dragon chained beneath Twilight Valley, and Bi Changchun concluded that it was Myriad Sword Demon Lord’s imprisoned mount, waiting for the fated person who could free it.

• Bi Changchun named Yue Qianchou his successor as Punishment Envoy, but Yue Qianchou tried to refuse and proposed Nong Zhu instead.
• Bi Changchun sent Nong Zhu away by saying only the next Punishment Envoy could hear his secrets, then formed a soundproof barrier and spoke privately with Yue Qianchou.
• Nong Zhu worried that Yue Qianchou could not protect the Demon Ghost Domain from powerful factions after Bi Changchun left.
• After speaking through the night and into the next day, Yue Qianchou told Bi Changchun about the child and red dragon he had seen beneath Twilight Valley’s blue flames.
• Bi Changchun recognized the dragon as Myriad Sword Demon Lord’s mount and explained that it had been chained underground to await the fated person who would free it and help avenge its master.

Yue Qianchou learned why Bi Changchun had chosen him to govern the Demon Ghost Domain and tried to shift the burden to Nong Zhu. Bi Changchun prepared to leave, promised Nong Zhu would eventually return, and offered Yue Qianchou a way to contact him if trouble arose.

• Yue Qianchou proposed freeing the divine dragon to guard the Demon Ghost Domain, but Bi Changchun warned that the dragon was dangerous and could not be controlled.
• Bi Changchun told Yue Qianchou he was leaving after a thousand years and explained that Yue was better suited to govern than Wen Lanfeng because he could be decisive while retaining kindness.
• Bi Changchun revealed that Nong Zhu had suppressed his cultivation to avoid becoming Punishment Envoy, and said Nong Zhu would eventually return and help Yue Qianchou.
• Yue Qianchou offered to make Nong Zhu accept the position, but Bi Changchun told him there was no need and hinted that Nong Zhu owed him a debt.
• Bi Changchun showed Yue Qianchou a pile of silver spheres and said Yue could seek him out if the objects worked and Yue faced trouble, provided Bi Changchun was still alive.