Chapter Summaries

Wang Yu rejected Azure Dragon Demon Venerable’s request to refine a healing pill quickly, but received the Heavenly Demon Pill Transformation Art and chose to pursue the Heavenly Human Spirit Communication Treasure Vine despite the danger. As the Five-Colored Saint Lord surfaced from the collapsed depths of Phoenix Abyss Cold Pool, Wang Yu prepared to fight him, while Azure Dragon revealed that the Saint Lord was a spy for forces beyond the realm and led the Northern Demons away.

• Wang Yu told Azure Dragon Demon Venerable that he needed years to master the pill recipe, and Azure Dragon gifted him the Heavenly Demon Pill Transformation Art before leaving with Fire Crow King and Thunder Kirin King.
• Wang Yu used the Grand Yin Nether Eye to locate the Five-Colored Saint Lord near the Spirit Communication Treasure Vine and decided to continue into the cold pool with Yan Ling and Yu Tang Tang.
• Wang Yu and Yan Ling collected Sorrowful Phoenix Ice Blood Stone while the Five-Colored Saint Lord entered a fissure to retrieve the vine.
• The cold pool floor collapsed and the vine’s aura surged, so Wang Yu pushed the two women away and activated Chains of Heaven as the Five-Colored Saint Lord emerged.
• Azure Dragon Demon Venerable told Fire Crow King and Thunder Kirin King that the Five-Colored Saint Lord was a spy for forces beyond the realm, then left the secret realm with them.
• Azure Dragon Demon Venerable and the two kings found Sky Roc figures trapped in ice as Ice Clan members surrounded them on the Endless Ice Field.

Wang Yu nearly killed the Five-Colored Saint Lord after breaking through to the Fifth Tier of body refinement, but the Prison King Spirit Official intervened to save him. Outside the secret realm, the Azure Dragon Demon Venerable fought off an ambush by the Ice Clan, while Wang Yu ended the chapter negotiating for the return of his treasure.

• The Azure Dragon Demon Venerable recognized the frozen Sky Roc King and Peng Zhan, then killed an Ice Clan attacker who mistook him for an enemy.
• Bing Lie ordered the Ice Clan to trap the Azure Dragon Demon Venerable in a formation, while the Fire Crow King and Thunder Kirin King prepared to defend themselves.
• Wang Yu overpowered the Five-Colored Saint Lord with his newly strengthened physique, then broke through the Space Silk trap with help from Yan Ling’s instinctive Ice Phoenix power.
• The Five-Colored Saint Lord used the First Generation Saint Lord’s Saint Decree to summon Space Silk, but Wang Yu attacked him with three Great Yin Vast Cold Arrows.
• The Prison King Spirit Official blocked Wang Yu’s arrows and offered him an ascension quota in exchange for sparing the Five-Colored Saint Lord.
• Wang Yu demanded the return of his Heavenly Human Spirit Communication Treasure Vine, but the Five-Colored Saint Lord refused.

Wang Yu obtained the Heavenly Human Spirit Communication Treasure Vine after Prison King Spirit Official restrained the Five-Colored Saint Lord, then escaped the secret realm before he could be recruited. Outside, the Azure Dragon Demon Venerable slaughtered the Mixed-Blood Ice Clan until the secret realm’s spatial tremors forced everyone to flee.

• The Five-Colored Saint Lord resisted Prison King Spirit Official’s warning and tried to flee with the treasure vine.
• Prison King Spirit Official used a Retracing Talisman and Shadow Severing Gu to pull Lu You back, restrain him, and hand the Heavenly Human Spirit Communication Treasure Vine to Wang Yu.
• Wang Yu took the vine and immediately fled, angering Prison King Spirit Official, then used the Saint Token to teleport out of the secret realm and notified Yan Ling and the others.
• At the secret realm entrance, the Azure Dragon Demon Venerable used his Nine Dragons Thunderous Aura to slaughter the Mixed-Blood Ice Clan and called for the Demon Race Twin Kings to support him.
• When the secret realm began to shake, the Azure Dragon Demon Venerable ordered everyone to flee, and Wang Yu and the others hurried away.

Wang Yu escaped the collapsing Heavenly Palace Secret Realm, but the Heaven Refining Demon Venerable emerged from the Spatial Storm and attacked the Azure Dragon Demon Venerable while sending a clone after him. Wang Yu sent Yan Ling and Yu Tang Tang to seek the White Tiger Demon Venerable’s help, then fled across the ice field with the clone in pursuit.

• Wang Yu and the others escaped the secret realm’s Spatial Storm and discussed the Prison King Spirit Official’s threat with the Azure Dragon Demon Venerable.
• The secret realm collapsed into a Spatial Storm, and the Heaven Refining Demon Venerable emerged from it.
• The Heaven Refining Demon Venerable attacked the Azure Dragon Demon Venerable, while Wang Yu fled with Yan Ling and Yu Tang Tang.
• The Heaven Refining Demon Venerable sent a Demon Flame Clone after Wang Yu and continued fighting the Azure Dragon Demon Venerable.
• Wang Yu gave Yan Ling a map and sent her and Yu Tang Tang to find the White Tiger Demon Venerable and ask for help.
• Yan Ling and Yu Tang Tang split off toward the Horned Dragon Mountain Range as Wang Yu raced across the ice field with the Demon Flame Clone pursuing him.

Grand Void Honored One and Dan Chenzi discussed Heaven Refining Demon Venerable’s trip to the Endless Ice Field and the Sword Sect’s hopes of breaking the Ice Prison Realm’s cage, before Chun Yangzi reported an unusual change in the stars. Meanwhile, Wang Yu lured the Demon Flame Clone into an Extreme Cold Storm and tried to exhaust it, but the clone saw through his concealment and shattered his Ice Hell Demon Seal; Wang Yu escaped again to stall for the White Tiger Demon Venerable.

• Grand Void Honored One and Dan Chenzi discussed Heaven Refining Demon Venerable, the Sword Sect’s plans, and the possibility of breaking the Ice Prison Realm’s cage.
• Chun Yangzi arrived and told Grand Void Honored One that Jian He, Fu Ling, and Miao Zhen had observed an unusually bright Grand Yin Star while traveling to support Thunder Fire Temple.
• Wang Yu led the pursuing Demon Flame Clone into an Extreme Cold Storm, hoping the harsh environment would drain the clone’s energy.
• The Demon Flame Clone used its Demon Pupils to locate Wang Yu through his concealment and shattered the Ice Hell Demon Seal, injuring him through its backlash.
• Wang Yu struck with the Dragon Emperor Fist, but the clone deflected and dispersed the attack, allowing Wang Yu to flee again while he waited for the White Tiger Demon Venerable.

Wang Yu stalled the Demon Flame Clone for seven days while Heaven Refining Demon Venerable fought Azure Dragon Demon Venerable, until White Tiger Demon Venerable arrived to join the battle. With Heaven Refining Demon Venerable now distracted, Wang Yu revealed that he had been targeting the clone’s Heaven Refining Demon Flame origin.

• Wang Yu used escape arts to drag the Demon Flame Clone into a costly seven-day battle while Heaven Refining Demon Venerable cautiously wore down Azure Dragon Demon Venerable.
• Azure Dragon Demon Venerable unleashed his Nine Dragons Thunderous Aura and Azure Dragon Gourd, but Heaven Refining Demon Venerable’s Heaven Refining Rings battered him and left him severely injured.
• White Tiger Demon Venerable arrived and used a curse art on Heaven Refining Demon Venerable, who dispersed it with the Evil-Expelling Divine Light from one of his rings.
• White Tiger Demon Venerable and Azure Dragon Demon Venerable agreed to join forces against Heaven Refining Demon Venerable.
• Wang Yu noticed the Demon Flame Clone falter as its main body faced two opponents, then told it he wanted the Heaven Refining Demon Flame origin used to create it.

Wang Yu trapped and defeated the Demon Flame Clone, then began refining its Heaven Refining Demon Flame essence as Heaven Refining Demon Venerable fought White Tiger Demon Venerable and Azure Dragon Demon Venerable. The battle escalated into a clash between Heaven Refining Demon Venerable’s Dharma Idol and White Tiger’s true form, while Wang Yu’s Ice Dragon Pill Flame advanced to Fifth Tier Mid-grade.

• Wang Yu sealed the Demon Flame Clone’s Great Fire Escape with Chains of Heaven and struck it with the Sun Piercing Demon Bow.
• Wang Yu froze the weakened Demon Flame Clone with the Great Yin Vast Cold Arrow, extracted its Heaven Refining Demon Flame essence, and began refining it.
• White Tiger Demon Venerable revealed his Stone Spine Curse Blade and used its curses against Heaven Refining Demon Venerable, who was badly hurt when his natal Demon Flame essence was seized.
• White Tiger Demon Venerable and Azure Dragon Demon Venerable unleashed their trump-card attacks, prompting Heaven Refining Demon Venerable to summon his Heaven Refining Demon God Dharma Idol.
• White Tiger transformed into his Death Omen White Tiger true form to fight the Dharma Idol while Azure Dragon retreated to recover and search for Heaven Refining Demon Venerable’s true body.
• Wang Yu completed refining the Demon Flame essence, advanced his Ice Dragon Pill Flame to Fifth Tier Mid-grade, and planned to refine the Ice Phoenix’s corpse and natal true flame.

Wang Yu absorbed the Ice Phoenix’s essence and transformed into an Ice Phoenix, gaining powerful combat abilities and vastly improved cultivation aptitude while deciding to seek a suitable demon cultivation art. Meanwhile, the Heaven Refining Demon Venerable conceded his battle with the White Tiger Demon Venerable, who collapsed from his injuries and declared that they were even with the Azure Dragon Demon Venerable.

• Wang Yu refined the Ice Phoenix’s essence for weeks, raising the Ice Dragon Pill Flame to Fifth Tier Top Grade and transforming into an Ice Phoenix.
• Wang Yu assessed the Ice Phoenix Form’s strengths and limits, then called Snow Jade out to search for powerful ice demons and their cultivation inheritances.
• Wang Yu and Snow Jade began hunting through the Endless Ice Field for demon groups, while Wang Yu kept his new form secret.
• Azure Dragon Demon Venerable cut off spiritual vitality from the battle zone, leaving the Heaven Refining Demon Venerable’s Dharma Idol close to collapse.
• Heaven Refining Demon Venerable withdrew and declared that the White Tiger Demon Venerable would not be so lucky next time.
• White Tiger Demon Venerable collapsed from exhaustion and told Azure Dragon Demon Venerable that they were even for the injuries between them.

Azure Dragon proposed reuniting the Northern and Southern Demon Races by yielding the Saint Lord position to White Tiger, while Yan Ling and Yu Tang Tang received news that the Blood-Eyed Demon Flood Dragon had survived the war. Fifty years later, Wang Yu completed his preparations on the Endless Ice Field and stood on the verge of breaking through to Spirit Transformation.

• Azure Dragon proposed merging the Northern and Southern Demon Races and offered White Tiger the Saint Lord position in exchange for leading them.
• Yan Ling and Yu Tang Tang read the Demonic Dao Alliance's battle report and learned that the Blood-Eyed Demon Flood Dragon had lost his tail but was alive and recovering.
• Wang Yu spent fifty years cultivating on the Endless Ice Field, perfecting his demonic essence and several Law Intents while preparing for his breakthrough.
• Wang Yu advanced the Grand Yin Nether Eye to produce the Heavenly Sent Moon technique, which let him teleport between places touched by moonlight.
• Wang Yu completed his preparations and faced the challenge of breaking through to Spirit Transformation.

Wang Yu broke through to Spirit Transformation, passed the thunder tribulation, and began deducing a Dharma Idol from his accumulated yin and Ice Attribute cultivation. After half a year of sudden comprehension, he formed the initial shape of his Dharma Idol and prepared to return.

• Wang Yu used the Heavenly Human Spirit Communication Treasure Vine to begin his Spirit Transformation breakthrough, expanding his Qi Sea and forming a Spirit Transformation Domain.
• Wang Yu merged his Nascent Soul, Divine Sense, and divine soul, then drew in Essence of Heavenly Human and completed the Nascent Soul’s transformation into a spirit.
• Wang Yu faced and absorbed the eighty-one bolts of Spirit Transformation Thunder Tribulation, tempering his body and nourishing his Black Demon Lightning.
• Wang Yu used Heaven and Earth’s blessing to deduce an All-Encompassing Star God Dharma Image, then remained immersed in sudden comprehension for half a year.
• Wang Yu’s Dharma Idol took initial form beneath a bright moon, with a Grand Yin star disk, aurora ribbons, and the Yellow Springs and Asura Demon Flood Dragons; he said it was time to return.

After returning from the Endless Ice Field, Wang Yu assessed his Spirit Transformation cultivation, Nascent Divinity, and new combat abilities before heading back to the Inverse Spirit Blood Sect. He healed Old Geezer Yu’s injuries and waited at the sect for the Blood Demon Hall Master to return.

• Wang Yu calculated how his Placement Slots could accelerate his early Spirit Transformation cultivation and reviewed the tribulations and Dharma Intent requirements for advancing further.
• Wang Yu discovered that his Ice Soul Saint Demonic Nascent Divinity and Grand Yin Demon Dragon Dharma Idol greatly strengthened his ice abilities and destructive power.
• Wang Yu returned to the Inverse Spirit Blood Sect after more than a hundred years away and found Old Geezer Yu recovering from injuries in the Blood Demon Hall.
• Wang Yu dissolved the thunder power blocking Old Geezer Yu’s wounds, allowing his severed legs to regrow, and Old Geezer Yu left to return to his ancestral land.
• Wang Yu waited three days for the Blood Demon Hall Master, who returned from the front and was surprised to see him.

After breaking through to Spirit Transformation, Wang Yu returned to the Inverse Spirit Blood Sect and asked the Blood Demon Hall Master about Nascent Divinity cultivation and the Divine Transformation Tribulation. He prepared to travel to the Chaotic Ancient Sea and sought Nine Evil's cultivation records at Evil Sword Peak, leaving the Evil Sword Mountain Lord alarmed by his arrival.

• Wang Yu refused a Spirit Transformation celebration and told the Blood Demon Hall Master he planned to visit the Chaotic Ancient Sea in search of a suitable Fifth Tier body-refinement cultivation method.
• The Blood Demon Hall Master explained ways to cultivate the Nascent Divinity and warned that drawing the Divine Transformation Tribulation required a precise method to avoid multiple heavenly demons.
• Wang Yu returned to Cold Blood Peak, inspected his advanced Fiend Dragon Armor and Sun Piercing Demon Bow, and resolved to master his newly increased power.
• Wang Yu went to Evil Sword Peak seeking Nine Evil's cultivation records and experiences from Core Formation Stage to Nascent Soul Stage.
• The Evil Sword Mountain Lord emerged, recognized Wang Yu's Spirit Transformation pressure, and trembled as Wang Yu requested Nine Evil's records.

Wang Yu investigated Nine Evil’s past and learned that the Gui Ming Ruins were in the South Sea, then reunited with Zuoqiu Ming and received a message from Dou Zhao. After meeting Dou Zhao in Ten Thousand Treasures City, he set out with her for the Joyful Union Demon Sect, while considering a trial for her at Ancient Beast Ancestral God Mountain.

• Wang Yu read Nine Evil’s records and learned that the Gui Ming Ruins lay in the Nether Mountain Sect’s South Sea territory.
• Zuoqiu Ming met Wang Yu, delivered Dou Zhao’s message, and agreed to investigate the Nether Return Secret Realm.
• Wang Yu left the Inverse Spirit Blood Sect and found Dou Zhao in Ten Thousand Treasures City, where she reunited with him after more than a century apart.
• Snow Jade told Dou Zhao an embellished account of Wang Yu’s ordeals, and the three spent more than half a month together in the city.
• Wang Yu took Dou Zhao to the Joyful Union Demon Sect after considering sending her to Ancient Beast Ancestral God Mountain for a trial.

Wang Yu entered the Joyful Union Demon Sect and forced Hongchen Old Demon to offer access to the sect’s inheritance. After revealing his Spirit Transformation cultivation, Wang Yu gained the sect’s cooperation and proceeded to its inheritance grounds, where he found the Extreme Desire Heavenly Demon Strategy.

• Wang Yu and Dou Zhao entered the Joyful Union Demon Sect openly and made their way to Hongchen Old Demon’s banquet.
• Wang Yu repelled the cultivators’ attacks, destroyed Hongchen Old Demon’s life-bound treasure, and captured Yu Hongchen and Ji Changjing.
• Wang Yu demanded access to the sect’s inheritance in exchange for returning the two juniors, while Hongchen Old Demon hesitated over the sect’s opposition.
• Heavenly Desire Child arrived and tried to negotiate, but Wang Yu revealed his Spirit Transformation cultivation, causing the sect’s cultivators to submit.
• Heavenly Desire Child escorted Wang Yu and his companions into the inheritance grounds, where they found the Spirit Transformation inheritance, Extreme Desire Heavenly Demon Strategy.

Wang Yu obtained the Extreme Desire Heavenly Demon Strategy and traveled to the Nether Return Ruins, hoping to uncover the Demon Heart Venerable’s research into the Profound Origin Demonic Fetus. After finding no clear record of the Venerable, he encountered Wanderers from the Heaven Sea Ancient Sect and asked what they were searching for.

• Wang Yu received the Extreme Desire Heavenly Demon Strategy and Nascent Soul cultivation methods from Heavenly Desire Child, while Snow Jade and Dou Zhao chose methods for themselves.
• Wang Yu gave Dou Zhao resources and a Longevity Blood Infant Pill before she departed for the Ancient Beast Ancestral God Mountain.
• Wang Yu studied the Mortal Desire Fire Burning Divinity Method and the Six Desires Heavenly Demon Diagram, considering how the diagram could help test whether his demonic fetus could evolve by devouring a Heavenly Demon.
• Wang Yu arrived at the Nether Return Ruins on Plum Rain Island and searched for clues about Demon Heart Venerable and the secret art’s future development.
• Wang Yu found several Wanderers from the Heaven Sea Ancient Sect searching the ruins, inspected the suspicious sites, and uncovered no useful record of Demon Heart Venerable.
• Wang Yu found the Wanderers at the final suspicious location and asked what they were searching for.

Wang Yu entered Demon Heart Venerable’s hidden meditation chamber and uncovered research that could guide the advancement of his Innate Demonic Fetus Body. He also found a mysterious skull sought by the Heaven Sea Ancient Sect, and Dragon Zen Master confronted him through a spatial transmission as he prepared to leave the ruins.

• Wang Yu pressured Qiu Mi and the other Heaven Sea Ancient Sect Wanderers into leaving the ruined chamber.
• Wang Yu discovered Demon Heart Venerable’s notes describing his attempt to raise a Heavenly Demon Larva and use it to advance his physique, a project that likely ended in his death.
• Wang Yu found a black, crystal-like skull beneath the meditation cushion, sealed it in his Ocean Heart Ring, and destroyed the chamber.
• Dragon Zen Master contacted Wang Yu through the void and asked to discuss the skull, which he said was valuable to the Heaven Sea Ancient Sect.

Wang Yu met Dragon Zen Master over the mysterious skull, refused to hand it over without a valuable exchange, and then consulted Jin Miaoshan about its origin. Jin Miaoshan identified it as a Demon Race relic from the True Spirit Realm that could contain Heavenly Demons, explaining its presence in the Nether Return Ruins.

• Wang Yu showed Dragon Zen Master the skull, and Dragon Zen claimed it belonged to an Undead Demon from the Buddhist Enemy’s forces and asked to take it for safekeeping.
• Wang Yu demanded a Fifth Tier Buddhist body-refinement method in exchange, then left when Dragon Zen said the Heaven Sea Ancient Sect had no suitable bargain.
• Dragon Zen scolded the four Qiu-generation Wanderers for losing the Treasure Skull and ordered them to investigate Wang Yu’s title, while Qiu Mi argued that Wang Yu might still negotiate with the sect.
• Wang Yu contacted Jin Miaoshan at the Gold Abundance Pavilion and asked her to identify the skull.
• Jin Miaoshan identified the skull as belonging to a Demon Race being from the True Spirit Realm and explained that it could contain Heavenly Demons and serve as a powerful resource for demonic cultivators.

Wang Yu visited the Heaven Sea Ancient Sect to seek a Buddhist body-refinement inheritance, but Long Pan and Long Chan plotted to trap him with the Vajra Subduing Demons Grand Formation. Wang Yu overwhelmed Long Pan with his divine powers, then broke through the formation and struck at him while Long Chan’s ambush remained underway.

• Wang Yu prepared to refine the Six Desires Heavenly Demon Diagram and traveled to the Heaven Sea Ancient Sect, leaving a concealed Thunder Corpse armed with the Sun Piercing Demon Bow as backup.
• Wang Yu announced his visit, and Long Pan agreed to stall him while Long Chan prepared the Vajra Subduing Demons Grand Formation.
• Wang Yu realized Long Pan was delaying him and attacked with the Ice Hell Demon Seal, then overwhelmed Long Pan’s Vajra Dharma Idol with his Grand Yin Demon Dragon Dharma Idol and illusion art.
• Long Chan activated the Vajra Subduing Demons Grand Formation and demanded that Wang Yu surrender the Demon Skull Container, but Wang Yu broke free.
• Wang Yu teleported behind the illusion-trapped Long Pan and aimed the Blood Slaughter Heart Rend Sword at him.

Wang Yu attacked Heaven Sea Ancient Sect, escaped Dragon Zen Master’s Formless Realm Protective Formation with help from the Thunder Corpse’s arrow, then destroyed Floating Sky Mountain with his Vast Cold Twelve Aspects. He faced the wounded Dragon Zen Master and Sect Leader Long Pan as they charged him, while his depleted Magic Power began to recover.

• Wang Yu ambushed Sect Leader Long Pan, but Dragon Zen Master arrived in time to block his strike and save Long Pan.
• Dragon Zen Master activated the Formless Realm Protective Formation, trapping Wang Yu until the Thunder Corpse fired an arrow that opened a path out.
• Wang Yu gathered power into a Vast Cold Arrow and shattered the formation and the Vajra Subduing Demon Bright King before annihilating Floating Sky Mountain.
• Long Pan and Dragon Zen Master emerged badly wounded, and Dragon Zen Master realized Wang Yu had exhausted his Magic Power.
• Wang Yu provoked the two cultivators while recovering, but Dragon Zen Master recognized the delay and ordered them to attack together.

Wang Yu defeated Heaven Sea Ancient Sect's Long Pan, drove off Long Chan, and recovered Buddhist inheritances that advanced his plans for body refinement and mind cultivation. After studying them on Purple Bamboo Island and cultivating through the Placement Slot, he prepared to return to Red Kite with greater confidence.

• Wang Yu skinned and killed Long Pan, captured his frozen primordial spirit, and forced Long Chan to flee.
• Wang Yu summoned the Yellow Springs Earth Hatred Puppet and retrieved the Heaven Sea Ancient Sect Scripture Pavilion's stolen collection.
• Wang Yu found the Eight Divisions Vajra Skill, the Buddha Speaks of Lapis Lazuli Sacred Heart Sutra, and the Twelve Precepts Conduct Sutra among the recovered texts.
• Wang Yu studied the Eight Divisions Vajra Skill and planned to combine its methods with the Yin Nether Demonic Dragon Art to create a new Fifth Tier body-refinement method.
• Wang Yu learned the higher mind realms and two mind-power secret arts from the Sacred Heart Sutra, then assigned the secret arts to Placement Slots.
• After three years of cultivation on Purple Bamboo Island, Wang Yu prepared to return to Red Kite.