Chapter Summaries

Song Changming and the others discovered an ancient burial ground containing gravestones of legendary demon clans and human families, including Hua Sichen’s ancestors. When someone disturbed the graves, ghostfire and deathly aura formed ancient divine beast shadows that attacked the intruders, leaving the humans and demons facing overwhelming danger.

• Song Changming and the others learned from the Frost Zombie that the black obelisks were gravestones of ancient Qilin and other legendary clans.
• The Frost Zombie read human family names from the monuments, and Hua Sichen confirmed that the Hua clan names belonged to his ancestors.
• The great demons failed to move the monuments, and one demon’s attempt to dig triggered a surge of deathly aura and ghostfire.
• A shadow of the Ancient Vermilion Divine Sparrow formed and killed a great demon, but Hua Sichen saved a human Grandmaster with sword qi.
• Ghostfire and deathly aura formed shadows of several ancient divine beasts, including the Heavenly Phoenix, which lunged toward the assembled intruders.

Song Changming and the others fought the ancient race phantoms awakened by the black steles, including a Sea Covering Whale that swallowed the gathered Grandmasters. After the humans escaped, Human Ancestor phantoms joined the battle, while Chong Hao rushed toward the stele bearing his insect ancestor and Song Changming’s God Devourer Blade continued to grow by devouring lingering souls.

• Song Changping and Song Chang'an protected Song Changming from a great ape phantom, and Song Chang'an discovered that the phantoms’ pure Yin Energy could aid their cultivation.
• Song Changming helped Hua Sichen destroy a powerful Heavenly Phoenix phantom after it injured Hua Sichen and the others.
• The Sea Covering Whale swallowed the humans and demons, but Song Changming, Hua Sichen, Song Changping, and Song Chang'an joined forces to open a hole and free the Human Grandmasters.
• Human Ancestor phantoms attacked, and Hua Sichen destroyed the House Hua ancestor who had nearly defeated Hua Qingchi.
• Chong Hao recognized an ancestor of his Eight-Eyed White Hairy Worm lineage and rushed toward its black stele, while Song Changming’s God Devourer Blade devoured lingering souls and grew more powerful.

Song Changming and the other warriors fought the ancient race phantoms unleashed by the black steles, surviving the Sea Covering Whale’s attempt to swallow them and then facing Human Ancestors among the attackers. As the battle continued, Song Changming’s God Devourer Blade grew stronger by consuming remnant souls, while Chong Hao rushed toward the ancestral phantom of his race to test whether it could grant him a bloodline advance.

• Song Changping and Song Chang'an protected Song Changming from the phantoms and discovered that the pure Yin Energy they left behind could aid their cultivation.
• Song Changming used thunder and repeated blade strikes to destroy the Heavenly Phoenix phantom after it badly injured Hua Sichen.
• The Sea Covering Whale swallowed the fighters, but Song Changming, Hua Sichen, Song Changping, Song Chang'an, and the others opened a hole and escaped together.
• Human Ancestors emerged from the black steles and attacked with powerful martial arts; Hua Sichen rescued Hua Qingchi from their ancestor's sword techniques and defeated the phantom.
• Chong Hao recognized the ancestor of the Eight-Eyed White Hairy Worm race and rushed toward its stele, hoping to gain an ancestral bloodline.
• Song Changming's God Devourer Blade devoured ancient remnant souls and grew more powerful as its Blade Spirit Ferocious Beast took on an ancient aura.

Song Changming and the others encountered the Human Ancestor’s powerful lingering soul in the Heavenly Ruins Realm, which sent them into a vision of an ancient battlefield. There, Song Changming witnessed humans and ancient races fighting grotesque creatures from the fog, and the vision ended with an Ancient Kunpeng brought down into a bloodied sea.

• The Emperor Abyss stele formed a human-shaped shadow whose soul fluctuation destroyed the other lingering souls and stunned everyone.
• Song Changming and Hua Sichen bowed to the shadow, which scattered into lights that entered the humans’ and demons’ foreheads.
• Song Changming awoke on a fog-shrouded battlefield without his weapons or belongings and watched two ancient warriors fight a grotesque creature.
• The creature killed both warriors, then other creatures emerged from the fog as humans and ancient races battled them across the battlefield.
• An Ancient Kunpeng appeared overhead, but the creatures swarmed it and dragged it into the sea, staining the water with blood.

Song Changming and the other Grandmasters encountered the powerful Human Ancestor phantom in the Heavenly Ruins Realm, which sent them into a vision of an ancient battlefield. Song Changming watched humans and ancient races fight grotesque creatures emerging from the mist, as even an Ancient Kunpeng fell wounded into a sea of blood.

• A black stele bearing the words “Emperor Abyss” produced a Human Ancestor phantom whose soul wave destroyed the other ancient race phantoms and stunned everyone.
• The Human Ancestor examined Song Changming, endured an Old Grandmaster’s attacks, and then dissolved into motes of light that entered the humans and demons present.
• Song Changming awoke on a mist-covered battlefield, where two human warriors fought a bizarre creature that broke their weapons and killed them.
• More bizarre creatures emerged from the mist as human and ancient race forces fought them across the battlefield.
• Song Changming watched creatures swarm an Ancient Kunpeng and bring it crashing into the sea, turning the water dark red with blood.

Song Changming and the others witnessed an ancient war against creatures from the great fog and found a black stele associated with Emperor Abyss, raising questions about the catastrophe’s purpose. After escaping the collapsing underground space, Song Changming was ambushed by Great King Jiuyou, but he evaded the attack and wounded him.

• Song Changming and the others returned from the vision of an ancient war, while Chong Hao and Chong Si wondered whether it was the ancient catastrophe their father had mentioned.
• Song Changming and Hua Sichen found a black stele engraved with ancient human script, and the Grandmasters suspected it was connected to Emperor Abyss.
• Song Changming asked why Emperor Abyss’s lingering soul had drawn them into the catastrophe, and Hua Sichen resolved to report what happened to His Majesty.
• As the underground space collapsed, Song Changming and the others escaped, leaving the black steles buried beneath the earth.
• Great King Jiuyou ambushed Song Changming as he emerged, but Song Changming dodged his strike and slashed open his arm.

Song Changming and the others witnessed an ancient war against creatures from the great fog, then found a black stele apparently connected to Emperor Abyss before escaping the collapsing underground space. Outside, Great King Jiuyou ambushed Song Changming, who counterattacked and wounded him.

• Song Changming and the others returned from the vision of the ancient cataclysm and wondered whether the creatures from the great fog had caused it.
• Song Changming and Hua Sichen found a black stele bearing the words “Emperor Abyss,” prompting the Grandmasters to question whether Emperor Abyss’s lingering soul had shown them the war.
• Hua Sichen vowed to report the discovery to His Majesty, and the group escaped as the underground space began collapsing.
• Song Changming emerged to find the Sun Devouring Beast still gnawing on the immortal tree’s roots.
• Great King Jiuyou ambushed Song Changming, but Song Changming dodged his attack and slashed open his arm with his saber.

Song Changming activated his first Witch General Seal, Star Mark, and trapped Chong Si, Great King Jiuyou, and Heavenly Venerable Mo inside a star domain that amplified his power and suppressed theirs. He immobilized Great King Jiuyou and Chong Si, while Heavenly Venerable Mo remained the last Demon King able to act.

• Song Changming fought Great King Jiuyou and Heavenly Venerable Mo, then faced Chong Si as well, while Hua Sichen clashed with Chong Hao.
• Heavenly Venerable Mo and Great King Jiuyou used their combined attacks to batter Song Changming, and Chong Si's strike sent him crashing into Black Mountain.
• Song Changming activated his Witch General Seal, Star Mark, and expanded a star domain that imprisoned the three Demon Kings and empowered his attacks.
• Song Changming's Thunder Dragons badly injured the Demon Kings, and Heavenly Venerable Mo tried to study the domain while Chong Si and Great King Jiuyou held him off.
• Song Changming struck down Great King Jiuyou and used his Sound Spider Shaman Seal to freeze him, then immobilized Chong Si with the same command.

Song Changming activated his first Witch General Seal, Star Mark, and trapped Great King Jiuyou, Heavenly Venerable Mo, and Chong Si inside a Star Domain that amplified his power and suppressed theirs. He badly wounded the Demon Kings and froze Great King Jiuyou and Chong Si, while Heavenly Venerable Mo remained occupied trying to understand the domain.

• Song Changming fought Great King Jiuyou, Heavenly Venerable Mo, and Chong Si while unable to use Grandmaster power, and their combined attacks drove him into a perilous position.
• The Frost Zombie recognized the Shaman Seal tattoos on Song Changming, but the other fighters remained focused on the battle.
• Song Changming activated his Witch General Seal, Star Mark, and expanded a Star Domain that trapped the three Demon Kings and strengthened his attacks.
• Song Changming struck the Demon Kings with thunderous saber attacks, badly injuring all three and forcing Heavenly Venerable Mo to seek a way out of the Star Domain.
• Chong Si used his six Insect Eyes and Wisdom Eye Needle against Song Changming, but Song Changming's thunder attack overwhelmed him and Great King Jiuyou.
• Song Changming immobilized Great King Jiuyou with his Stellar Sound Spider Seal, then froze Chong Si when he tried to intervene.

Song Changming used the Starfield and his Witch General Seal to kill Great King Jiuyou and Heavenly Venerable Mo, then overwhelmed Chong Si. The chapter ended with Chong Si’s six insect eyes destroyed, leaving him with no hope of rebirth.

• Song Changming used Star Mark to restrain Chong Si and beheaded Great King Jiuyou, taking his Great Demon core and flesh-and-blood essence.
• Song Changming killed Heavenly Venerable Bai, evaded Heavenly Venerable Mo’s Rootless Heavy Water, and eventually immobilized and slew him with spirit swords.
• Chong Si attacked the Starfield in an attempt to escape, but Song Changming wounded him and broke his conch-shell defense.
• Song Changming discovered that Chong Si’s insect demon art sacrificed an insect eye to protect him, while Chong Si damaged his own ears to counter Sound Spider.
• Song Changming unleashed his six seals and repeatedly attacked Chong Si, destroying all six of his insect eyes and ending his hope of rebirth.

Song Changming used his starfield and Witch General Seal to kill Great King Jiuyou and Heavenly Venerable Mo, then overwhelmed Chong Si. By the end, Chong Si had lost all six insect eyes and his chance of returning, though his fate remained unresolved.

• Song Changming beheaded Great King Jiuyou and drained the Demon King's essence while Chong Si broke free of his restraint.
• Song Changming killed Heavenly Venerable Bai, evaded Heavenly Venerable Mo's attacks, then immobilized and killed Heavenly Venerable Mo with his spirit swords and blade.
• Chong Si attacked the starfield, but Song Changming broke through his defenses and blinded two of his insect eyes.
• Chong Si damaged his own ears to resist Sound Spider, so Song Changming unleashed his other six seals and attacked openly.
• Song Changming destroyed Chong Si's remaining insect eyes, leaving him without any hope of rebirth.

Song Changming killed three Great Demon Kings with the Witch General Seal, then withdrew to recover from its severe cost to his body and lifespan. A mysterious Frost Zombie confronted him and asked how he knew Witch Clan methods, revealing that the zombie recognized his hidden inheritance.

• The Sun Devouring Beast escaped Black Mountain after the immortal tree failed to drain it, while the Star Domain above the battlefield began to disperse.
• Song Changming emerged alive as the Star Domain vanished, and the shriveled corpses of Great King Jiuyou, Heavenly Venerable Mo, and Chong Si fell before the assembled humans and demons.
• Hua Sichen killed Chong Yin after Chong Hao fled, then ordered the Human Grandmasters to attack the remaining Great Demons.
• Song Changming told Song Changping that the Witch General Seal had exhausted him and consumed nearly three years of his lifespan, then began refining the Demon Kings' harvested essence and Immortal Fruit energy.
• A Frost Zombie approached Song Changming despite Song Changping and Song Chang'an guarding him, then asked how he knew Witch Clan methods.

Song Changming used the Witch General Seal to kill Great King Jiuyou, Heavenly Venerable Mo, and Chong Si, but the Star Domain drained nearly three years of his lifespan and left him dangerously overdrawn. As he recovered under his brothers’ protection, the Frost Zombie confronted him and asked how he knew Witch Clan methods, exposing that it recognized his inheritance.

• Song Changming’s Star Domain dissipated, revealing the corpses of Great King Jiuyou and Heavenly Venerable Mo, while he held Chong Si’s drained body.
• Chong Hao fled, Hua Sichen killed the wounded Chong Yin, and the Human Grandmasters attacked and defeated the remaining Great Demons.
• Song Changming told Song Changping that the Witch General Seal had consumed nearly three years of his lifespan, then began refining the Demon Kings’ blood essence and recovered Red-Origin Immortal Fruit energy.
• The Frost Zombie entered the brothers’ shelter, and Song Changming let it approach despite Song Changping and Song Chang'an’s wariness.
• The Frost Zombie asked Song Changming how he knew Witch Clan methods, revealing that it recognized his ancient inheritance.

Song Changming learned that the frost-covered zombie was Yuan San, the first Yin God, and accepted him as a servant after linking to the God Binding Seal. As Song Changming began seclusion to refine the energy inside him, Yuan San went to help the humans fight demons.

• Yuan San recognized Song Changming’s Witch Clan arts, and Song Changming revealed that he had learned them from a Witch God Stone fragment.
• Yuan San examined the fragment, explained that he had been born in the primordial era, and pledged to serve Song Changming as the Witch God Stone’s recognized inheritor.
• Song Changming used the God Binding Seal to connect to Yuan San’s soul and gain control over his life and death.
• Song Changming ordered Yuan San to guard him during seclusion and help the human race exterminate demons.
• Yuan San intervened when great demons pressed Situ Ming, seizing one by the neck and tearing off its head.

Yuan San helped the human Grandmasters drive the Great Demons from Black Mountain and collected their corpses for Song Changming. As the others refined their Immortal Tree rewards, Song Changming used the Immortal Fruit and demon flesh to strengthen his cultivation, reaching thirty-five drops of Grandmaster Essence Blood and one hundred strands of Dragon Power before continuing to cultivate witchcraft.

• Yuan San killed the Great Demons attacking the humans, gathering eleven corpses while the remaining demons fled Black Mountain.
• Hua Sichen stopped the Human Grandmasters from pursuing and led those who had obtained the Immortal Tree Opportunity to meditate and refine its energy.
• Song Changping and Song Chang'an questioned Yuan San, who said his true body was sealed beneath ice and rock and might only be freed if Song Changming mastered more of the Witch Clan inheritance.
• Song Changming refined the Immortal Fruit until his Purple Palace held thirty-five drops of Grandmaster Essence Blood, then switched to the Sorcery Refining Method.
• Song Changming absorbed Immortal Fruit energy and Demon King flesh and blood until his Dragon Power reached one hundred strands, then continued cultivating.

As the Heavenly Ruins Realm began to close, Song Changming and his companions escaped Black Mountain while demons and human Grandmasters emerged from the realm. The Jade-eyed Sable King survived with a rare Treasure Light, Chong Hao fled at the White Worm King’s command, and Bai Qing began telling Bai Yu about the strange events at Black Mountain.

• Situ Shenbo, Yi Hui, and Bai Yu waited outside the Heavenly Ruins Realm as its entrance grew unstable and began to close.
• Song Changming stopped refining the remaining sealed energy and left Black Mountain with Yuan San, Song Changping, Song Chang'an, and Situ Ming, abandoning the Red Origin Immortal Tree after sensing danger.
• The Jade-eyed Sable King emerged from the realm with Black Radiance Illusionary Light, while wounded Chong Hao escaped his pursuers and then obeyed the White Worm King’s summons.
• Yi Lang emerged and told Yi Hui that demons had attacked him, praising Bian Bohong for helping him protect his gains.
• Bai Qing reunited with Bai Yu and began recounting what had happened at Black Mountain, leaving Bai Yu grave and astonished.

After the Heavenly Ruins Realm closed, the White Hairy Worm King attacked the returning Grandmasters, but the Cloud Emperor drove it off. The Cloud Emperor questioned Song Changming about the suspected remnant soul of Emperor Abyss, and Song Changming revealed that a voice in the illusion had told him, “Go quickly.”

• Bai Qing told Bai Yu that he and the other Grandmasters had seen a shadow and tombstone bearing Emperor Abyss’s name in an ancient catastrophe illusion.
• Situ Ming and Song Changming emerged from the Heavenly Ruins Realm just before its entrance closed.
• The White Hairy Worm King attacked the people gathered at sea, and the Cloud Emperor blocked its black hand with a golden palm.
• The Cloud Emperor identified the attacker as the White Hairy Worm King and learned that Song Changming had killed two White Worm Clan demons and one had escaped; he called Song Changming’s actions merit and promised a reward.
• In Cloud Palace, Song Changming described Emperor Abyss’s remnant soul and the ancient war illusion to the Cloud Emperor, then reported hearing a voice say, “Go quickly.”

The Cloud Emperor revealed how two ancient calamities shaped the Nine Provinces and told Song Changming to enter the great fog and find the Star Devouring Dragon’s seal site. Elsewhere, Yuan San headed to Dark Province to gather the zombie race, while the Eight-Eyed White Hairy Worm King turned his attention toward Yunzhou and Song Changming.

• Song Changming told the Cloud Emperor that Emperor Abyss’s remnant soul had urged him to hurry, and the Cloud Emperor confirmed the shadow in the illusion had been Emperor Abyss.
• The Cloud Emperor explained that Outer Realm Strange Beasts had devastated the Primordial Age, then returned during the ancient era when the Star Devouring Dragon summoned them.
• The Cloud Emperor revealed that Emperor Abyss had led a million human experts and myriad demons into the great fog to stop the calamity, and that he had not returned.
• The Cloud Emperor directed Song Changming to enter the great fog and find the Star Devouring Dragon’s seal site in the direction of Yunzhou.
• Yuan San led Song Changping and his brother away from the Heavenly Ruins Realm and said he would return to Dark Province to reorganize the zombie race for Song Changming.
• The Eight-Eyed White Hairy Worm King looked toward Yunzhou and brooded over Song Changming’s killing of Chong Yin and Chong Si.

Cloud Emperor told Song Changming that the ancient calamities were caused by the Outer Realm Strange Beasts and the Star Devouring Dragon, and revealed that Emperor Abyss had sacrificed himself to seal the threat. He directed Song Changming toward the dragon’s sealing ground, while Yuan San prepared to reorganize the zombie race and the Eight-Eyed White Hairy Worm King turned his attention toward Yunzhou and Song Changming.

• Cloud Emperor explained that the great fog and Outer Realm Strange Beasts had ended the primordial age, then described how the Star Devouring Dragon summoned them during ancient times.
• Cloud Emperor revealed that Emperor Abyss led a million human experts and myriad demons into the Land of Great Fog, where fewer than a hundred returned, and that Emperor Abyss did not survive.
• Cloud Emperor told Song Changming to enter the great fog and inspect the Star Devouring Dragon’s sealing ground, which lay to the south.
• Yuan San led Song Changping and his brother away from the White Bone Forest and said he would return to Dark Province to reorganize the zombie race for Song Changming.
• The Eight-Eyed White Hairy Worm King looked toward Yunzhou, recalled Song Changming killing Chong Yin and Chong Si, and expressed interest in the human who had slain his offspring.

Song Changming accompanied the Cloud Emperor to the Bottomless Abyss and saw the Star Devouring Dragon imprisoned beneath it by Emperor Abyss’s ancient rune array. After learning that evolving Abyssal Strange Beasts were gradually threatening the seal, Song Changming plunged into the abyss to investigate.

• Song Changming and the Cloud Emperor reached the Bottomless Abyss, where Song Changming effortlessly destroyed the Abyssal Strange Beasts that approached them.
• The Cloud Emperor sent waves of light into the abyss, and Song Changming used his Spiritual Insight Eyes to see the Star Devouring Dragon and the ancient rune array sealing it.
• Song Changming noticed that Abyssal Strange Beasts were attacking the array’s runes, and the Cloud Emperor explained that the beasts had evolved under the dragon’s influence and might eventually break the seal.
• The Cloud Emperor suggested Emperor Abyss had left his remnant soul to warn those who came after him, and Song Changming wondered whether the seal was nearing collapse.
• After the Cloud Emperor warned that entering the abyss could mean certain death, Song Changming suppressed the dragon’s influence on his thoughts and plunged into the abyss.