Chapter Summaries

Song Changming defeated Chong Er and then continued studying the Abyss’s sealing formation, advancing his understanding of its runes. As he prepared to leave the Abyss, a mysterious voice asked whether he wanted to learn the truth of the world and its own origins.

• Song Changming reassured Mu Ye that he had dealt with the White Worm because it had targeted him, while Mu Ye praised his strength and the fox clan’s alliance with him.
• Chong Er returned to the Worm King severely wounded and admitted that Song Changming had defeated him, prompting the Worm King to regret not killing Song Changming earlier.
• After waiting several days for the Worm King to appear, Song Changming traveled through the copper mirror’s gate of light to the Abyss.
• Song Changming descended to the bottom of the Abyss, protected himself from attacking strange beasts with thunder armor, and deconstructed a rune, raising the Seal Star Formation’s completion to 10.37%.
• As Song Changming prepared to leave, a mysterious voice asked whether he wanted to know the truth of the world and where the speaker came from.

Song Changming heard the Star Devouring Dragon’s inner voice beneath the Abyssal seal and learned that it sought to return to a homeland beyond the Nine Provinces. After returning to Heavenly Dao Academy, he shared another deciphered rune with the Talisman Masters and learned that Li Jinyu’s vision of an empty, apocalyptic Nine Provinces remained unchanged.

• Song Changming heard the sealed Star Devouring Dragon speak through its inner voice, and the Abyssal Strange Beasts temporarily stopped attacking him.
• Song Changming questioned the Star Devouring Dragon, which said it wanted to return home and regarded the Nine Provinces as an anthill; the seal’s runes then interrupted their exchange, and the beasts attacked again.
• Song Changming escaped the Abyss and returned through a gate of light to Heavenly Dao Academy.
• Song Changming gave the Talisman Path Academy Talisman Masters the results of deciphering another rune, which they identified as spatial in nature.
• Song Changming met Li Jinyu for drinks and learned that, thirty years later, Li Jinyu’s vision of a Nine Provinces without people had not changed.

Song Changming told the Cloud Emperor that the Star Devouring Dragon sought to return to a broader world and might release Outer Realm Strange Beasts, prompting them to consider gathering intelligence on the New World. He then met Ancient Law Sect heirs Tong Zhige and Shen Yan, and the chapter left off as Song Changming and Tong Zhige prepared to spar, with Shen Yan predicting Tong Zhige would win.

• Song Changming relayed the Star Devouring Dragon’s mental message to the Cloud Emperor, who concluded that the dragon wanted to return to a broader world and might release Outer Realm Strange Beasts.
• Song Changming warned that the New World could remain a threat even if the Star Devouring Dragon was defeated, and the Cloud Emperor asked him to gather intelligence if they spoke again.
• The Cloud Emperor introduced Song Changming to Tai Jia Saber Sect heir Tong Zhige and Yun Tian Sword Sect heir Shen Yan, who had wanted to meet him.
• Tong Zhige praised Song Changming, and Shen Yan asked whether his saber art or Tong Zhige’s Taijia Blade was stronger.
• Tong Zhige challenged Song Changming to a spar, and the Cloud Emperor arranged for them to fight outside Cloud Palace in the Cloud Battle arena.
• Shen Yan predicted that Tong Zhige would win the spar.

Song Changming defeated Tong Zhige’s Taijia Blade techniques with his perfected Silent Blade, then demonstrated a seventy-two-sword formation to Shen Yan. Shen Yan agreed to examine it, leaving the spar between them about to begin.

• Shen Yan predicted that Tong Zhige would defeat Song Changming, while the Cloud Emperor explained the Taijia Blade’s history and watched the spar.
• Tong Zhige attacked with the Taiyin Style, but Song Changming endured its black blade aura and dispelled it with a casual gesture.
• Song Changming’s Thunder Dragon forced Tong Zhige into the open, and Tong Zhige answered with the Taiyang Style, drawing the attention of Imperial Palace experts.
• Song Changming defeated Tong Zhige’s ultimate strike with his Silent Blade, leaving Tong Zhige stunned before he acknowledged the gap between them.
• The Cloud Emperor invited Shen Yan to spar, but she declined; Song Changming then offered to show her a sword formation, and she agreed.
• Song Changming summoned seventy-two flying swords and arranged them into a formation before Shen Yan.

Song Changming tested Shen Yan’s ancient Untian Sword technique and then agreed to join her and Tong Zhige in investigating the demon gathering at Yanzhou’s border. The three arrived there through Song Changming’s teleportation gate and began following the demons toward their destination while concealing their auras.

• Shen Yan entered Song Changming’s Heavenly Dipper Spirit Sword Formation, broke out with her Untian Sword technique, and gained insights from the spar.
• Tong Zhige invited Song Changming and Shen Yan to investigate the gathering of great demons and demon kings along Yanzhou’s border, and Song Changming agreed after recalling Little Phoenix’s impending awakening there.
• Song Changming used his bronze mirror to teleport the group from Yunzhou to a volcano at the edge of Yanzhou.
• Song Changming gave Tong Zhige and Shen Yan seventh-rank Qi Concealing Talismans and demonstrated how they hid his aura and signs of life.

Song Changming, Shen Yan, and Tong Zhige traveled through Yanzhou under concealment while fire demons converged on the Fire Lava Cave where Little Phoenix was nearing awakening. When a Demon King attacked the Guan bird, the Heavenly Phoenix remains flew into the Fire Egg, and the wounded Guan bird fought to keep the intruders away from Little Phoenix.

• Song Changming used his seventh-rank Qi Concealing Talismans to hide himself, Shen Yan, and Tong Zhige as they flew through Yanzhou and spotted fire demons gathering below.
• The Guan bird gathered fire pearls to nourish Little Phoenix in the Fire Egg and activated Song Changming's defensive array when demons approached the cave.
• The Guan bird confronted the Ji Demon, Jia Mo, and the Sub-King as they gathered around the Fire Lava Cave, drawn by the Heavenly Phoenix aura.
• Jia Mo attacked the Guan bird, but the Heavenly Phoenix skeleton shielded her and injured Jia Mo.
• The Heavenly Phoenix skeleton broke free of the Guan bird's control and merged into Little Phoenix's Fire Egg as the Sub-King attacked.
• The Guan bird resisted the Sub-King with her Heavenly Phoenix Feather and fought to prevent him from reaching the cave.

Song Changming rushed to save the Guan bird and protected Little Phoenix as it underwent nirvana, then fought the Fire Rat Demon King who had attacked them. After a fierce battle, Song Changming detonated a Thunder Saber inside the Demon King's body, leaving both figures lost in the resulting explosion.

• Song Changming sensed the Guan bird's distress and raced ahead, reaching the fire cavern as the little old man attacked her.
• Song Changming bound the little old man with lightning and struck him with Dimensional Slash, then learned that Little Phoenix could not be moved during its critical rebirth.
• Song Changming deployed the Seventh-Order · Myriad Heavens City Formation around the fire cavern to protect Little Phoenix.
• The Fire Rat Demon King emerged from the earth and attacked Song Changming, who blocked its claw and revealed himself as the Human King.
• Song Changming overwhelmed the Fire Rat Demon King with the Human King Statue, but the Demon King shattered its Thunder Saber and fought back with crimson flames.
• Song Changming evaded the Demon King's flame cannon, struck its spine with a Thunder Saber, and detonated the blade inside its body, filling the air with blood mist.

Song Changming killed the Fire Rat Demon King’s body as Little Phoenix began to awaken, drawing ancient Great Demon Kings toward Yanzhou. He sent Tong Zhige and Shen Yan to safety while he stayed to protect Little Phoenix from the approaching threats.

• Song Changming used Dream Invasion and lightning to wipe out fleeing fire rats, though he could not confirm whether the Fire Rat Demon King had survived.
• Little Phoenix’s phoenix cry and golden pillar of fire awakened ancient Great Demon Kings across Yanzhou, including E Dou, who devoured Ji Demon.
• The Fire Rat Demon escaped underground, while a blazing divine bird flew over Yanzhou toward the Heavenly Phoenix’s aura.
• Song Changming urged Tong Zhige and Shen Yan to flee to the Land of Nine Nether as powerful demons approached, and he stayed behind to guard Little Phoenix.
• Tong Zhige regretted being unable to help Song Changming, while Shen Yan resolved that she would become strong enough to help someday.

Song Changming killed the Fire Rat Demon King’s battered body as Little Phoenix’s revival awakened ancient Great Demon Kings across Yanzhou. With powerful demons closing in, Song Changming stayed to protect Little Phoenix while Tong Zhige and Shen Yan fled to the Land of Nine Nether.

• Song Changming blasted apart the Fire Rat Demon King, then used Dream Invasion and lightning to wipe out the fleeing fire rats and nearby demons, though he could not tell whether the Demon King had survived.
• A golden pillar of Heavenly Phoenix Divine Fire burst from the lava cave, awakening ancient Great Demon Kings throughout Yanzhou, and E Dou devoured Ji Demon as she tried to flee.
• The Fire Rat Demon King escaped in a handful of tiny fire rats, while a radiant great bird crossed the sky and forced the survivor underground.
• Song Changming saw cracks form across Little Phoenix’s golden fire egg and sent Tong Zhige and Shen Yan toward the Land of Nine Nether as powerful demons approached.
• Tong Zhige and Shen Yan reached the Land of Nine Nether, where Tong Zhige lamented his helplessness and Shen Yan resolved to become stronger.

Song Changming and Guan bird guarded Little Phoenix as she underwent a Heavenly Phoenix bloodline transformation, while the Great Sun Divine Bird arrived to protect the Bird Tribe’s inheritance. Four other ancient-blooded Great Demon Kings gathered to seize the Heavenly Phoenix Divine Fire, and Song Changming joined the looming confrontation as Little Phoenix’s egg began to crack.

• The Great Sun Divine Bird arrived and said she had come to protect Little Phoenix’s nirvana, while Song Changming explained that Little Phoenix was his companion bird.
• E Dou attacked, but the Great Sun Divine Bird blocked his black flames and refused to let him claim the Heavenly Phoenix fire.
• An Innate Fire Essence, a Nine-headed Beast, and a Flame Demon arrived, joining E Dou in seeking the inheritance.
• The Flame Demon’s voice affected Guan bird, but Song Changming used his Witch God Soul to break its influence.
• The Great Sun Divine Bird challenged the Great Demon Kings to pass her test, and Song Changming raised his blade and offered to fight as Little Phoenix’s egg began to crack.

Song Changming and Yuan San deterred the Demon Kings from seizing the Heavenly Phoenix inheritance, and the Great Sun Divine Bird remained to guard the Spirit Pool. Three days later, the fire egg shattered and Little Phoenix Bird emerged, greeting Song Changming as its master.

• Song Changming severed one of the Nine-headed Beast's heads, and Yuan San arrived with an army of baleful ghosts to block the Demon Kings' attacks.
• Song Changming urged the Demon Kings to withdraw, and the Flame Demon, E Dou Black Hound, and Nine-headed Beast departed after the Innate Fire Essence vanished.
• The Great Sun Divine Bird stayed near the Spirit Pool while Yuan San sent the baleful ghosts to guard the surrounding area.
• Three days later, Song Changming removed the protective formation as the fire egg's energy erupted and its shell shattered.
• Little Phoenix Bird emerged from the flames, sensed the changes in its body, and greeted Song Changming as its master.

Little Phoenix awakened the Heavenly Phoenix bloodline, transformed into a girl, and chose to remain with Song Changming rather than return to Yanzhou with the Great Sun Divine Bird. Back on Fox Mountain, she met Hya and urged Song Changming to help Hya seek revenge, but he told them to wait; months later, Song Changming advanced his cultivation again.

• Little Phoenix absorbed the divine fire, awakened the Heavenly Phoenix bloodline, and transformed into a girl before reuniting with Song Changming.
• The Great Sun Divine Bird invited Little Phoenix to develop her bloodline in Yanzhou, but Little Phoenix chose to stay beside Song Changming and received one of the bird's feathers.
• Song Changming brought Little Phoenix and Guan Bird to Fox Mountain, where Little Phoenix tested her new powers against him but could not break his lightning defense.
• Little Phoenix met Hya and offered to help her take revenge on her father at Thunder Strike Mountain, but Song Changming told them to wait for a better opportunity.
• More than half a year later, Song Changming condensed another drop of Grandmaster Essence Blood, bringing his total to sixty-two.

Su Qingqing broke through to the Great Demon realm on Fox Mountain and reunited with Song Changming and Little Phoenix. A year later, Song Changming noticed Song Ping'an's aging and urged him to start a family, while the Insect King began plotting to draw Song Changming into danger.

• Hya and Little Phoenix finished their three-day battle, and Little Phoenix asked Hya to teach her to refine stronger elemental armor.
• Su Qingqing's breakthrough shook Fox Mountain, and Mu Ye crushed an insect spy who had already sent news of the event.
• Su Qingqing emerged safely as a Great Demon with her human and demon bloodlines balanced, then joyfully embraced Little Phoenix.
• Xi Yanxue and the fox clan's influential figures congratulated Su Qingqing, and Xi Yanxue hosted Song Changming for an extra day.
• The Insect King heard that Song Changming had stayed on Fox Mountain for Su Qingqing and began planning to lure him into danger.
• Song Changming tasted Song Ping'an's Scorching Heart Wine, noticed his old friend's silver hair, and urged him to start a family.

Song Ping'an was ambushed by insect demons while negotiating for Shattered Sun Gold, then captured and carried toward Yuanzhou. Su Qingqing and Little Phoenix rescued him, but he warned that the demons were targeting Song Changming.

• Song Ping'an learned that an expedition team had found a huge supply of Shattered Sun Gold and traveled with Innate Martial Artists to negotiate for it.
• Disguised insect demons revealed themselves and attacked Song Ping'an’s party, so he used a seventh-rank talisman to kill them.
• A Great Demon appeared and overwhelmed Song Ping'an’s group, then captured him and carried him toward southern Yuanzhou.
• Su Qingqing and Little Phoenix spotted the Insect Tribe Great Demon, recognized Song Ping'an’s aura on it, and pursued it.
• Su Qingqing and Little Phoenix defeated the Great Demon and rescued Song Ping'an, who urged them to contact Song Changming because the demons were after him.

The Worm King and the tiger kings formed an alliance to kill Song Changming, while Chong Yi captured Su Qingqing, Song Ping'an, and Little Phoenix as bait. Song Changming struck Chong Yi from tens of thousands of miles away with Mind Slash, leaving Chong Yi badly wounded.

• The Worm King agreed to join forces with Yeli Feige, Dai Carson, Kannan Gray, and the other tiger kings, then led them away to prepare to lure and kill Song Changming.
• Chong Yi pursued Su Qingqing, Song Ping'an, and Little Phoenix, bound them with insect threads, and prepared to plant Gu worms in them.
• Xi Yanxue rushed to rescue her daughter, and Song Changming and Hya left Fox Mountain after learning of the attack.
• Song Changming located Chong Yi with the Witch God Soul and raised the God Devourer Blade spirit to strike him from afar.
• Song Changming's Mind Slash hit Chong Yi, damaged his core, and caused him to spit blood and lose consciousness.

Song Changming rescued Su Qingqing, Little Phoenix, and Song Ping'an from the Worm King’s capture, then faced the king of the insect race inside a spatially sealed cage. Their battle began with Song Changming’s Annihilation saber art colliding with the Worm King’s ancient demon technique.

• Song Changming used Mind Slash to wound Chong Yi’s demon soul, allowing Little Phoenix to free Su Qingqing’s group and escape.
• The Worm King pursued and recaptured Su Qingqing’s group, but Song Changming arrived, broke his restraints, and sent them toward Fox Mountain.
• The Worm King revealed he had used the group as bait to draw out Song Changming and trapped him in an insect cage that blocked spatial travel and weakened spatial techniques.
• Song Changming struck the Worm King with Martial Law · Silent Saber, then charged in with an empowered slash.
• The Worm King countered with Demon Art · Worm King’s Dignity, manifesting an Ancient Toothed Worm as Song Changming’s slash plunged the battle into a silent, desolate void.

Song Changming used his Star Domain to weaken the Insect King’s eight powerful avatars and turn the battle around inside the Insect Cage. He destroyed two avatars, while the Insect King realized he had to stop Song Changming before the rest were lost.

• The Insect King’s avatars fought Song Changming, and he summoned four more when the first two failed to defeat him.
• Song Changming strengthened his Thunder Armor and injured several avatars, but the Insect King summoned four more, bringing their number to eight and overwhelming him.
• Song Changming activated the Witch General Seal and expanded his Star Domain, weakening the avatars while strengthening himself.
• Song Changming destroyed one avatar with a lightning slash, and the Insect King suffered the loss through their shared connection.
• Song Changming evaded the remaining avatars and killed a second one with a swift slash and an explosive burst of lightning and saber aura.
• The Insect King realized Song Changming could keep killing the avatars and knew he could not allow them all to be destroyed.

Xi Yanxue learned that the Insect King had targeted Su Qingqing and planned to seek help in Yunzhou, while Song Changming faced the Insect King and five Tiger Kings alone. As the enemy assault began to overwhelm his Star Domain, Song Changming invoked his Moon Wheel Witch General Seal and restored it with the combined power of starlight and moonlight.

• Xi Yanxue and Mu Ye met Su Qingqing, who told them the Insect King had attacked and Song Changming had saved her; Xi Yanxue concluded the enemy wanted to prevent Song Changming from returning and decided to seek support in Yunzhou.
• Song Changming and the Insect King clashed their battle domains, but neither could gain the upper hand, so the Insect King summoned the five Tiger Kings waiting outside the insect cage.
• The Insect King and the Tiger Kings joined forces against Song Changming, with Dai Carson and the other Tiger Kings unleashing Smiting Lightning to wear down his Star Domain.
• Song Changming activated his second Witch General Seal, Moon Wheel, and a divine moon appeared within his Star Domain, restoring its power beyond its initial strength.

Song Changming used his enhanced Star Domain and a devastating saber strike to fight the Insect King and five Thunder Wheel Tiger Kings, though the battle pushed his body and lifespan to their limits. The Cloud Emperor and Fox Immortal Granny arrived as reinforcements and entered the Star Domain, where they found the fight still underway.

• Song Changming expanded his Star Domain across the insect cage, crushing Kannan Gray's domain and compressing the Insect King and Dai Carson's domains.
• Song Changming unleashed a thousand-zhang saber light infused with starlight, moonlight, and his strongest saber intent, forcing the Insect King and five Tiger Kings to the edge of the insect cage.
• Song Changming's Star Domain and Witch General Seals rapidly consumed his life force, but he pressed his attack and clashed with Dai Carson's thunder tiger after the Tiger Kings combined their Five Divine Thunder Strike.
• Xi Yanxue, Su Qingqing, Little Phoenix, Mu Ye, Fox Immortal Granny, and the Cloud Emperor arrived through the Void-tail Demon's teleportation gate, and Fox Immortal Granny confirmed that Song Changming was still safe.
• The Cloud Emperor and Fox Immortal Granny entered Song Changming's Star Domain while the others stayed back, joining the battle amid its cosmic field of stars and the Divine Moon.

Song Changming and the Cloud Emperor fought the Tiger Kings after Fox Immortal Granny helped break the Insect Cage, and they killed Dai Carson. Song Changming then blocked the surviving Tiger Kings as Sinload charged him, insisting he could not still be at his peak.

• The Cloud Emperor and Fox Immortal Granny arrived and attacked the Insect Cage, breaking White Hairy Worm King's sorcery and freeing Song Changming.
• The Cloud Emperor's attack forced the thunder tiger projection to turn, letting Song Changming split its head and trigger a vast release of Smiting Lightning.
• The Cloud Emperor struck down Dai Carson and killed him by destroying his heart core, while Fox Immortal Granny kept White Hairy Worm King occupied.
• Kannan Gray attacked the Cloud Emperor, and Song Changming blocked the other Tiger Kings as Bikearl Ray's charge left him badly wounded.
• Sinload transformed and charged Song Changming, calling on Yeli Feige to join him and doubting that Song Changming remained at full strength.