Chapter Summaries

Wang Yu entered seclusion to improve his cultivation method and abilities while the Northern Lands Demon Clan debated the Human Desire Art and war spread across Feng Province. Twenty years later, Wang Yu emerged after advancing the Ice Soul Saint Demonic Scripture and completing numerous arts, leaving the wider conflict unresolved.

• Wang Yu realized that his slow Demonic Essence accumulation came from the Ice Soul Saint Demonic Scripture and the inefficiency of converting Spirit Qi, then began seclusion with multiple enlightenment treasures.
• Lu Ming and the Sky Roc King, Thunder Kirin King, and Fire Crow King discussed the Human Desire Art, the place of Half-Demons, and the Northern Lands Demon Clan’s plans amid rising tensions.
• The Yellow Springs Temple, Demon Luo Sect, and Nether Mountain Sect intensified the conflict as several sects joined the fighting, while Wang Yu remained absent from Cold Blood Peak.
• During his first seven years of seclusion, Wang Yu advanced his alchemy, escape technique, sword, fist, divine light, and miscellaneous studies.
• In the eighth year, Wang Yu perfected the Fourth Tier Ice Soul Saint Demonic Scripture, greatly increasing his Demonic Essence cultivation speed.
• Wang Yu developed the Ice Flame Butterfly emperor, restored the Corpse Demon Secret Art to the Fourth Tier, and began merging it with the Yin Nether Demonic Dragon Art before emerging after twenty years.

After twenty years of seclusion, Wang Yu reached Nascent Soul Second Layer and developed a plan to pursue Dharma Intent while reducing his alchemy commissions. He obtained access to another Heavenly Enlightenment Dao Platform, and three years later a Blood Sea Anomaly revealed that he had reached Rudimentary Dharma Intent.

• Wang Yu completed his Fourth Tier body refinement method, strengthened his Demonic Essence, and reviewed his cultivation plans and the ongoing war.
• At the Council Hall, Wang Yu told Shadow Cat and Peng Qing that he would stop accepting alchemy commissions, but agreed to continue limited work for the Sky Roc Clan after Peng Qing offered a usable Heavenly Enlightenment Dao Platform.
• Wang Yu received the new platform and entered seclusion to comprehend divine abilities and Dharma Intent while the Thunder Corpse continued nearing advancement.
• Three years later, a Blood Sea Anomaly appeared outside Wang Yu’s Cave Abode, and Shadow Cat recognized it as a sign of Rudimentary Dharma Intent.

After advancing his Asura Killing Fist and preparing to forge an artifact, Wang Yu learned that Jin Miaoshan had lost control under the influence of the Asura Divine Sword. He began using the Wandering Immortal Dream Mystic Art to reach her, but encountered Ancient Demon Killing’s terrifying presence in his mind.

• Wang Yu manifested the Asura Killing God Dharma Body, gained his first trace of Asura Law Intent, and placed the Vast Cold Twelve Aspects into accelerated cultivation.
• Brother Hei asked Wang Yu to refine a special Demon Blood Pill, then introduced him to his daughter, Hei Liu, who recognized Wang Yu from her time with Jin Miaoshan.
• Hei Liu told Wang Yu that Jin Miaoshan had gone mad while trying to condense her Asura Killing Heart and was being held in Golden Toad Palace.
• Hei Liu gave Wang Yu the Wandering Immortal Dream Mystic Art, which could connect him to Jin Miaoshan through their Asura Killing Hearts.
• After a month of study, Wang Yu used the mystic art and encountered Ancient Demon Killing’s vast killing intent before searching for Jin Miaoshan again.

Wang Yu entered Jin Miaoshan’s Heart Lake to confront the Asura Divine Sword, but her Buddhist power awakened and trapped them in a battle of minds. Outside, Hei Liu revealed that she had followed Jin Lin’s scheme against Jin Miaoshan, while her father learned she had unknowingly endangered Wang Yu and tried to find a way to save him.

• Wang Yu connected to Jin Miaoshan’s Heart Lake, where the Asura Divine Sword’s mental projection wounded him and forced him to retreat to his own side.
• Jin Miaoshan emerged with a Buddhist ring, merged their Heart Lakes, and attacked Wang Yu while struggling to resist the sword’s influence.
• Wang Yu fought Jin Miaoshan with his Asura Killing Heart and Dharma Body, but the Wandering Immortal Dream Mystic Art failed to free him from the Heart Lake.
• Hei Liu’s father confronted her at Wang Yu’s secluded mountain and warned her that Wang Yu could not be allowed to come to harm.
• Hei Liu explained that she had accepted Jin Lin’s secret art to destroy Jin Miaoshan’s Mind Nirvana, believing Gold Abundance Pavilion would provide her a better future.
• Hei Liu’s father gave her a Nascent Soul Pill he had prepared for her and demanded to know how they could save Wang Yu.

The Two-Tailed Shadow Cat sent Hei Liu away and ordered his clan to relocate after realizing she had betrayed Jin Miaoshan and endangered Wang Yu. In the Heart Lake, Wang Yu discovered Jin Miaoshan was merging Buddhist and Asura cultivation rather than being controlled, helped her complete the transformation, and persuaded her to bring a Great Cultivator to meet him in the Northern Severing Realm Mountain Range.

• The Two-Tailed Shadow Cat gave Hei Liu treasures and ordered her to leave, then arranged for the Demon Cat Clan to migrate in two directions.
• Wang Yu realized Jin Miaoshan was undergoing a deliberate fusion of the Asura Killing Saint Scripture and Prajna Heart Sutra, and concluded that Jin Lin was targeting her.
• Wang Yu sent his embryonic Asura Law Intent into Jin Miaoshan and recited the Prajna Heart Sutra to help her merge Buddhist and Asura power.
• Jin Miaoshan awoke in her Heart Lake, heard Wang Yu's account of Hei Liu's betrayal, and agreed to help him.
• Wang Yu asked Jin Miaoshan to bring a Great Cultivator to rendezvous with him, and she promised to arrive within ten days using a secret Ancient Teleportation Formation.

Wang Yu confronted the Two-Tailed Shadow Cat over Hei Liu’s disappearance, then helped his Thunder Corpse survive its tribulation and advance to the Fourth Tier. He later reunited with Jin Miaoshan and Peng Qing for a three-party meeting, where Jin Miaoshan was shocked to learn he had reached the Nascent Soul realm.

• Wang Yu found the Demon Cat Clan Territory emptied and accused the Two-Tailed Shadow Cat of shielding Hei Liu, while the patriarch offered compensation and promised an explanation.
• The Thunder Corpse reached the Fourth Tier through its Ninefold Thunder Tribulation, gaining the Imperishable Bone and Transform into Lightning abilities.
• Wang Yu warned the Two-Tailed Shadow Cat that he would settle accounts after the Sky Roc Clan arrived, then returned to his Cave Abode and began refining a Yin Demon Essence Pill.
• Jin Miaoshan and a senior ally arrived, followed several days later by the envoy Peng Qing, and Wang Yu convened a three-party meeting.
• Jin Miaoshan saw Wang Yu again after a hundred years and was astonished that he had broken through to Nascent Soul.

Wang Yu reunited with Jin Miaoshan and used her support to demand compensation from the Demon Cat Clan for Hei Liu’s betrayal, securing fifteen Fourth Tier Demonic Corpses. He and Jin Miaoshan discussed her revenge against Jin Lin and the danger of Wang Yu’s enemies, while Peng Qing confirmed the clan had surrendered everything it could obtain.

• Wang Yu greeted Jin Miaoshan and Jin Xi Yuanjun, then brought them into the Council Hall to confront Shadow Cat and Peng Qing over Hei Liu’s actions.
• Jin Miaoshan learned that Jin Lin had caused the conflict and vowed to slaughter him; Wang Yu asked her to notify him when she acted.
• Wang Yu demanded Fourth Tier Demonic Corpses as compensation, and Jin Xi Yuanjun’s presence helped compel Chief Hei to negotiate.
• Wang Yu and Jin Miaoshan discussed Hei Liu’s betrayal, Jin Miaoshan’s plans, and how Di Mingzi had uncovered Wang Yu’s identity.
• Chief Hei returned with fifteen Fourth Tier Demonic Corpses, and Peng Qing confirmed that the clan had given all it could obtain.

Wang Yu secured the Sky Roc King’s help and arranged for Jin Miaoshan and Jin Xi Yuanjun to meet him in Maple Province after three years. During his seclusion, he refined the Ice Bone Urn and Taihe Blood Cauldron, then considered making a new combat treasure from the Ghost Wail Flute.

• Wang Yu asked Peng Qing to arrange a meeting with the Sky Roc King, then discussed the Nine Evil Sword Lord and the need to prevent his escape with Jin Miaoshan and Jin Xi Yuanjun.
• Jin Xi Yuanjun revealed she had reached the Nascent Soul Eighth Layer but was not skilled at frontal combat, while Jin Miaoshan agreed to find a Space Secret Treasure for Wang Yu in exchange for a future favor.
• The Sky Roc King arrived early, secretly negotiated with Wang Yu, and agreed to help after Wang Yu paid a substantial price.
• Wang Yu asked Jin Miaoshan and Jin Xi Yuanjun to wait in Maple Province City for three years, then secluded himself to refine treasures and comprehend the Demon Refining Art.
• Wang Yu refined a Fourth Tier Low-Grade Ice Bone Urn to house his Ice Flame Butterflies and a Taihe Blood Cauldron for pill refining.
• After three years, Wang Yu considered using the remaining materials to refine a combat treasure and turned his attention to the Ghost Wail Flute.

Wang Yu nurtured a newly born Ice Flame Monarch Butterfly and hurried to Feng Province, where he found the war worsening and began preparing to deal with Nine Evil Sword Lord. After reaching Maple Province City, he freed Wang Zheng Hong and two intelligence officers from his control and asked them to help with a plan.

• Wang Yu used the Ice Dragon Pill Flame to help the Ice Flame Monarch Butterfly emerge, then moved the other Ice Flame Butterflies into the Ice Bone Urn and set out for Feng Province with Snow Jade.
• Wang Yu assessed the turmoil across Feng Province as rival sects occupied territory and the Inverse Spirit Blood Sect struggled to hold its lands.
• Wang Zheng Hong and two intelligence officers discussed the worsening situation and their inability to contact Ice Demon or learn the fate of Three Corpses Daoist.
• Wang Yu arrived at the Prince's Residence, reviewed the intelligence gathered on the way, and considered using his contacts to set an ambush for Nine Evil Sword Lord.
• Wang Yu removed the demonic restraints from Wang Zheng Hong and the two intelligence officers, rewarded them with Human Pills, and asked them to help him handle a matter.

Wang Yu assembled Shadow Hound King, Truth Speech King, Jin Miaoshan, and Jin Xi Yuanjun to help him lure out and kill Nine Evil Sword Lord. He began the plan by posing as a wealthy young cultivator at Spring Flower Pavilion, where he discovered the courtesan Zi Yan was a Core Formation cultivator connected to Yellow Springs Dao, and the chapter ended with a Yu Clan young master confronting him.

• Wang Yu used the three people sent to investigate Evil Sword Peak as bait, concealing a Soul Gouging Evil Boat Curse in them to thwart soul searches while exposing himself to Nine Evil Sword Lord.
• Wang Yu arranged for Tao Si Xuan to leave Maple Province and gave her an Earth Luo Ghost Mask to help her infiltrate the Demon Luo Sect.
• Shadow Hound King and Truth Speech King joined Wang Yu, Jin Miaoshan, and Jin Xi Yuanjun in a plan to kill the Nascent Soul Seventh Layer Nine Evil Sword Lord.
• Wang Yu disguised himself and went to Spring Flower Pavilion to attract the attention of a Yu Clan scion, where he met courtesan Zi Yan and sensed her Yellow Springs Dao aura.
• A Yu Clan young master burst into Wang Yu's private room and demanded that he release Zi Yan, and Wang Yu challenged him to identify himself.

Wang Yu captured the Blood Demon Hall’s Young Sect Master and learned from Zi Yan’s memories that Yellow Springs Temple was searching for ancient secret realms, while he considered the factions’ plans to escape the Ice Prison Realm. Meanwhile, Nine Evil Sword Lord received a report from Feng Province that revealed Wang Yu’s whereabouts.

• Wang Yu used soul searching on Zi Yan and discovered that Young Master Yu was the Blood Demon Hall’s Young Sect Master, who possessed the Blood Demon Body.
• Wang Yu inferred that Yellow Springs Temple sought ancient secret realms and might be gathering resources to refine a treasure for escaping the Ice Prison Realm.
• The Young Sect Master revealed his Nascent Soul cultivation and tried to teleport away, but Wang Yu’s Heaven’s Lock trapped him and the group subdued him.
• Wang Yu sealed the Young Sect Master inside the Glass Pagoda and considered the merit and Blood Dao inheritance he could gain from capturing him.
• Nine Evil Sword Lord waited in Guiling City for Wang Yu, then received a spy’s report from Feng Province and exclaimed that he had found him.

Wang Yu’s ambush drew Nine Evil Sword Lord into a trap, where the Shadow Hound King, Jin Xi Yuanjun, and Old Monkey overwhelmed him and seized his Demonic Light Relic. Nine Evil remained badly wounded but alive, while Wang Yu learned that Old Monkey’s Words Become Law could not issue direct death judgments without deadly backlash.

• Jin Miaoshan set up the Space Suppression Seal, while Wang Yu and his allies waited in ambush for Nine Evil Sword Lord.
• Nine Evil soul-searched Core Formation Elders, discovered Wang Zheng Hong’s trail, and followed it to the hidden stronghold.
• The Shadow Hound King ambushed Nine Evil, and the two fought until the hound king began to lose ground.
• Jin Xi Yuanjun joined the battle and bound Nine Evil, but he used his Demonic Light Relic to break free and attempt to escape.
• Old Monkey used Words Become Law to slow Nine Evil’s sword escape, and the Shadow Hound King and Jin Xi Yuanjun battered him while Old Monkey seized the relic.
• Wang Yu watched Nine Evil’s defeat and asked Jin Miaoshan about the limits of Old Monkey’s Words Become Law.

Wang Yu’s allies defeated and killed Nine Evil, and Wang Yu secured the Demonic Fetus Body while learning why he could not cultivate Words Become Law. He headed back to his sect to obtain Cold Blood Peak’s Nascent Soul Inheritance and pursue a self-created path to Spirit Transformation, while Jin Miaoshan and Jin Xi Yuanjun traveled east to Cloud Ridge Province.

• Truth Speech King used Words Become Law, while Shadow Hound King and Jin Xi Yuanjun helped destroy Nine Evil’s body and trap his Nascent Soul.
• Nine Evil’s Nascent Soul failed to escape the Space Suppression Seal, and Truth Speech King and Shadow Hound King finished him off.
• Wang Yu learned that Words Become Law required the Nine Words Truth Incantation and decades of silence and precepts, and accepted Nine Evil’s corpse in exchange for refining pills for the demons.
• Wang Yu planned to obtain Cold Blood Peak’s Nascent Soul Inheritance and deduce a Spirit Transformation cultivation technique to avoid the corruption of ancient demon inheritances.
• Jin Miaoshan and Jin Xi Yuanjun set off for Cloud Ridge Province, and Wang Yu asked them to watch for signs of Ksitigarbha’s lineage at Yellow Springs Temple.
• Before they parted, Jin Xi Yuanjun agreed to trade Wang Yu’s request for a pill-refining opportunity, and Jin Miaoshan told her they had discussed Jin Lin.

Wang Yu returned to the Inverse Spirit Blood Sect after nearly thirty years away and revealed that he had reached the Nascent Soul realm. He established his authority on Cold Blood Peak, then entered the Ancestor Hall to choose the Daoist title that would mark his new standing.

• Wang Yu returned to the sect and showed the Blood-Eyed Demon Flood Dragon that he had reached the Nascent Soul Second Layer.
• Wang Yu told the Cold Blood Mountain Lord of his breakthrough, stunning him and the elders who gathered there.
• Yu Ran Tang tried to claim Wang Yu's former Seventh Elder post and assign him work, so Wang Yu seized and killed him.
• Wang Yu demonstrated his alchemy by refining nine Third Tier Top Grade human pills, and the other elders quickly withdrew.
• Wang Yu chose to remain on Cold Blood Peak, settled his new status with the Mountain Lord, and entered the Ancestor Hall to carve his Daoist title.

Wang Yu established his title as the Extreme Law Mysterious Pill Demon Lord, selected new cultivation methods, and learned Jade Book Elder was still missing. He handed the Young Sect Master over to the Blood Nether Three Demons and asked for a treasure to improve his comprehension, with Blood Spring offering a permanent one.

• Wang Yu inscribed his title and a Divine Sense inheritance on a memorial tablet, then received Cold Blood Peak's Old Ancestor token and formation authority.
• Wang Yu replaced his perfected Fourth Tier Ice Soul Saint Demonic Scripture with a new cultivation method, placed Soul Destroying Death Light in Number Seven Slot, and made plans to develop his Asura Law Intent and Aurora Escape Technique.
• Wang Yu investigated Jade Book Elder but found no news, while visitors flocked to meet him after his fame spread as Cold Blood Peak's youngest Nascent Soul Old Ancestor.
• Wang Yu visited Blood Nether Peak, thanked Blood Axe Demon Lord, and released the captured Young Sect Master for the Blood Nether Three Demons.
• Wang Yu explained how he captured the Young Sect Master and exposed the Yellow Springs Temple spies; Blood Axe offered an ancient alchemy recipe, Blood Origin offered Spirituality Dust, and Blood Spring offered Nine Orifices Stone Man Blood to improve Wang Yu's comprehension.

Wang Yu used the rewards for returning Zhuo Shouyun to improve his abilities, then absorbed Nine Evil's corpse and refined rare treasures during six months of seclusion. He emerged after receiving an invitation to a high-level war mobilization meeting, as the Inverse Spirit Blood Sect prepared to counterattack.

• The Blood Nether Three Demons rewarded Wang Yu with Nine Orifices Stone Man Blood, Spirituality Dust, and the Heavenly Wisdom Treasure Pill recipe, then discussed secretly preparing a Blood Demon Body for Zhuo Shouyun.
• Wang Yu returned to Cold Blood Peak, where Tantai Chan and Yu Tang Tang visited; Tantai Chan sought alchemy instruction, and Wang Yu spent the afternoon with her before entering seclusion.
• Wang Yu absorbed Nine Evil's corpse and awakened the Innate Demonic Fetus Body's Myriad Transformations ability, gaining a Tree Spirit form and learning that the power could reveal bloodline inheritances.
• Wang Yu refined the Spirituality Dust and Nine Orifices Stone Man Blood, greatly improving his divine sense and comprehension over six months.
• Wang Yu received an invitation to a high-level war mobilization meeting and realized the Inverse Spirit Blood Sect was preparing a counterattack after the Sect Master's condition had been resolved.
• Wang Yu ended his seclusion the next day.

Wang Yu attended the Inverse Spirit Blood Sect’s war council, where the Sect Master assigned commanders to several fronts while leaving Wang Yu in seclusion. Five years later, Wang Yu received orders to reinforce Black Mountain Pass and prepared to visit Heaven Treasure City before departing.

• Wang Yu assessed the Inverse Spirit Blood Sect’s factions and watched the Sect Master assign the Blood Nether Three Demons, Old Man Lanxin, Ice Soul Fairy, and other Great Cultivators to the war’s fronts.
• The Sect Master sent Three Corpses Daoist, Nine Nether Demon Lord, Five Poisons Evil Lord, and Ghost Fiend Woman to Feng Province, while Evil Soul Old Ancestor and Secluded Blade Demon Lord prepared a surprise attack on Black Mountain Pass.
• Wang Yu remained in seclusion, advanced his arts, refined a Fourth Tier Mid-Grade Thunder Fiend Coffin, and cultivated for five years as the war continued.
• In the fifth year and sixth month of Wang Yu’s career as an Old Ancestor, the sect ordered him to reinforce Black Mountain Pass alongside the Wei Clan Old Ancestor, Nether Demon Savage Lord, and Nether Tiger Demon Lord, leading fifty Core Formation elites.
• Wang Yu met his fellow commanders and planned to visit Heaven Treasure City before setting out for Black Mountain Pass.

Wang Yu reunited with Situ Hong, Hermit Qingyang, Xu Ruozhou, and Yang Xiong in Heaven Treasure City, collected the spirit stones they had saved, and strengthened them with pills and magic treasures. He invited them to join the Inverse Spirit Blood Sect’s campaign at Black Mountain Pass, and they agreed to go with him.

• Wang Yu arrived in Heaven Treasure City and contacted Situ Hong to arrange a meeting.
• Situ Hong, Hermit Qingyang, Xu Ruozhou, and Yang Xiong met Wang Yu, and Situ Hong handed over twenty million low grade spirit stones from Guiling City.
• Wang Yu treated the group to Blood Brew Wine and spirit food, then gave them pills and let each choose a magic treasure suited to their needs.
• Wang Yu invited Hermit Qingyang and Xu Ruozhou to formally join the Inverse Spirit Blood Sect and brought up taking the group to Black Mountain Pass.
• Hermit Qingyang, Xu Ruozhou, Situ Hong, and Yang Xiong agreed to follow Wang Yu to the battlefield.

Wang Yu and his allies arrived at Black Mountain Pass as Evil Soul Old Ancestor and Secluded Blade Demon Lord launched a powerful assault against its defenders. With the pass under siege and the battle turning against the defenders, Wang Yu’s group changed course after receiving a secret message attributed to Secluded Blade.

• Wang Yu met Nether Demon Savage Lord and Nether Tiger Demon Lord, then joined their force of fifty Core Formation elites heading to Black Mountain Pass.
• Evil Soul Old Ancestor unleashed his Myriad Souls Evil Ghost Legion while Secluded Blade Demon Lord struck the pass’s weakened formation, opening a breach.
• The Righteous Qi Sword Chief and Silver Moon Granny fought back, with the Sword Chief wounding a Ghost King and Silver Moon Granny trapping Secluded Blade Demon Lord in her Moonlight Sea.
• Wang Yu’s group suddenly changed direction after You Mo confirmed that their information and secret phrases came from Senior Secluded Blade.

Wang Yu and his allies entered Tai Lake territory to ambush the Sky Sword Sect reinforcement team heading for Black Mountain Pass. They trapped the arriving swordsmen in a valley, where Wang Yu recognized Moonlight Fairy Chang Xi as the battle began.

• Nether Demon Savage Lord redirected Wang Yu’s force to intercept the Sky Sword Sect reinforcements, and Nether Tiger Demon Lord’s Blood Crows scouted their route through Withered Leaf Swamp.
• Wang Yu and the others learned that the incoming force had two Nascent Soul cultivators, eighteen Core Formation disciples, and three thousand Foundation Establishment disciples, and agreed to attack it.
• The Sky Sword Sect team, led by Eight Trigrams Exalted Master and Hemp Robe Ancestor, flew toward Black Mountain Pass while discussing the dangers and political divisions among the righteous sects.
• Hemp Robe Ancestor sensed an ambush as the team passed over a valley, but Nether Tiger Demon Lord sealed the area with ghost gates while Wang Yu cast Chains of Heaven.
• Nether Demon Savage Lord took Eight Trigrams Exalted Master, Nether Tiger Demon Lord took Hemp Robe Ancestor, and Wang Yu prepared to deal with the other cultivators after recognizing Chang Xi.