Chapter Summaries

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.

After three years of seclusion, Wang Yu improved his Mind Power Secret Arts and set out for the Joyful Union Demon Sect to obtain materials for his Demonic Fetus. The sect called on the Heaven Refining Demon Sect for help, and Chi Tian was dispatched to confront him just as Wang Yu’s Fortune Fruit took effect.

• Wang Yu cultivated [Heart Without Defilement, Heavenly Fortune] and [Heart Glaze, Boundless Mortal World], gaining a Fortune Fruit, a Mortal World Boat, and greater comprehension and resistance to illusions.
• Wang Yu advanced Vajra Indestructible Body, accumulated Demonic Essence toward Spirit Transformation Second Layer, and decided to seek materials for the [Six Desires Heavenly Demon Diagram] at the Joyful Union Demon Sect.
• Hehuan Old Demon learned Wang Yu was approaching and persuaded Heavenly Desire Child to request help from the Heaven Refining Demon Sect while the sect prepared its grand formation.
• Heaven Refining Demon Venerable’s attendants found Earthly Fiend Demon Venerable absent, so they sent Chi Tian to deal with the supposed newly ascended Extreme Law Demon Venerable.
• Chi Tian rushed toward the Joyful Union Demon Sect without hearing the warning that Wang Yu was his opponent, while Wang Yu sensed that his Fortune Fruit had triggered.

Wang Yu returned to the Joyful Union Demon Sect and overwhelmed its defenses, killing Hongchen Old Demon and defeating Crimson Heaven. Crimson Heaven escaped by using Golden Cicada Sheds its Shell, but Wang Yu found the Northern Darkness Silkworm Silk in his Cosmos Ring and turned his attention to Heavenly Desire Child.

• Wang Yu disguised himself, entered the Joyful Union Demon Sect, and revealed his true appearance to provoke Crimson Heaven into attacking.
• Wang Yu broke Crimson Heaven’s Great Crimson Heaven Demon Light, tore into his body, and forced him to recover through his Blood Rage Dharma Aspect.
• Wang Yu refined the Seven Emotions Undying River Formation and killed Hongchen Old Demon, taking his Nascent Soul.
• Wang Yu broke free of the Mortal World Severing Immortal Formation as the Joyful Union Demon Sect’s cultivators fled.
• Frost Moon froze Crimson Heaven’s Dharma Aspect, and Wang Yu struck him with the Vast Cold Arrow, but Crimson Heaven escaped by using Golden Cicada Sheds its Shell.
• Wang Yu found the Northern Darkness Silkworm Silk in Crimson Heaven’s Cosmos Ring and looked toward Heavenly Desire Child.

Wang Yu obtained Seven Emotions Six Desires Tears, then received a plea for help from the Blood Demon Hall Master and traced the danger to the Prison King Spirit Official. After discovering the Wind Ancestral Token in the Heaven Refining Demon Venerable’s possession, Wang Yu avoided intervening and returned to the Inverse Spirit Blood Sect, while Crane Returning Valley debated how to deal with Huang Quan.

• Wang Yu demanded Seven Emotions Six Desires Tears from Heavenly Desire Child and gathered the main materials needed to refine the Six Desires Heavenly Demon Diagram.
• Wang Yu received a request for aid from the Blood Demon Hall Master, who was trapped in an underground palace while Huang Quan had disappeared.
• Wang Yu suspected the Prison King Spirit Official was behind the trap and sent a concealed Divine Sense clone to observe the Heaven Refining Demon Sect.
• Heaven Refining Demon Venerable burned tens of thousands of cultivators to restore himself, then sent out a powerful Demon Flame Clone carrying the Wind Ancestral Token.
• Wang Yu contacted the Northern and Southern Demon Races, sent a denunciation to the Sword Sect, and returned to the Inverse Spirit Blood Sect to cultivate.
• At Crane Returning Valley, Azure Crane Valley Master proposed opening the Void Daoist Canon to draw in void beasts, but Nascent Soul Elders opposed the plan.

The Azure Crane Valley Master kept Crane Returning Valley divided while secretly carrying out the Prison King Spirit Official’s plan, then killed Tianshou when he discovered the secret. Meanwhile, Dou Zhao obtained a top-tier Nascent Divinity cultivation secret art, and Wang Yu broke through to Spirit Transformation Second Layer as his Six Desires Heavenly Demon Diagram neared completion.

• Old Man Tianshou and the Azure Crane Valley Master’s factions argued over how Crane Returning Valley should respond to the Out-of-World Thieves, and the Valley Master dismissed the meeting.
• The Azure Crane Valley Master reported to the Prison King Spirit Official that the sect was divided and had secretly prepared a formation to summon Void Beasts.
• Tianshou confronted the Azure Crane Valley Master after discovering his secret, and the next day the Valley Master announced that Tianshou had died in his Cave Abode.
• Dou Zhao completed the final trial on Ancestral God Mountain, broke through to Late-stage Core Formation, and received the Celestial Star Fate Nurturing Essence Mystical Method.
• Wang Yu refined the Six Desires Heavenly Demon Diagram during seclusion and advanced to Spirit Transformation Second Layer after two years.

Wang Yu tested the Demon Diagram, obtained the Celestial Star Fate Nurturing Essence Mystical Method through Dou Zhao, and used its Placement Slot to strengthen his Primordial Spirit. As he prepared to travel to Western Peak Capital for its treasures, he consolidated his control of the Inverse Spirit Blood Sect.

• Wang Yu captured a Sea of Sorrow Heavenly Demon in the Demon Diagram and discovered that its Boundless Sea of Sorrow could trap foes while granting him powerful evasion and resistance.
• Dou Zhao returned with the Celestial Star Fate Nurturing Essence Mystical Method, and Wang Yu placed it in a Placement Slot to cultivate his Primordial Spirit.
• Wang Yu instructed Dou Zhao to recruit pill-refining talents from battlefield-struck Golden Core Families and ordered her to deliver an item to Yin Gui Demon Lord’s eldest disciple.
• Wang Yu reviewed the upheaval at Crane Returning Valley and decided to travel to Western Peak Capital for the Extreme Yin Dragon Pearl, Star Tower, and Immortal Official Medicine Repository.
• The first feedback from Wang Yu’s cultivation strengthened his Primordial Spirit and gave him insight into advancing his Soul Destroying Death Light.
• Wang Yu expanded his influence within the Inverse Spirit Blood Sect, won Ice Soul Fairy’s loyalty, and brought the sect under his control within half a year.

Wang Yu reached Western Peak Capital and agreed to explore its ruins with Huang Quan Demon Venerable in exchange for a White Bone Dao inheritance and a share of the spoils. After collecting the Extreme Yin Dragon Pearl and numerous treasures, Wang Yu discovered the hidden Earth Master's Mansion and let Huang Quan enter ahead of him.

• Wang Yu traveled to Western Peak Capital, where Huang Quan Demon Venerable proposed joining his exploration and offered an Inheritance Essence Crystal.
• Wang Yu agreed to share the inheritance but demanded seventy percent of the treasures and first choice, and Huang Quan accepted.
• Wang Yu used the Water Ancestral Decree to summon the Extreme Yin Dragon King, whose body condensed into the Extreme Yin Dragon Pearl, and shared the Heavenly Yin Water Pool's gains with Huang Quan.
• Wang Yu and Huang Quan explored the capital ruins, gathering treasures as Wang Yu bypassed formations and restrictions with his authority and knowledge.
• Wang Yu discovered the hidden Earth Master's Mansion near the Bluestone Exorcism Lion Puppet workshop and invited Huang Quan inside.
• Huang Quan volunteered to enter the mansion first, charged in, and then fell silent.

Wang Yu discovered that the Earth Master Ancestor’s inheritance cursed Huang Quan with the karma of sacrificed mortals, forcing the Yellow Springs Demon Venerable to withdraw from the coming exploration. Wang Yu then continued through Western Peak Capital, cleared the Longevity Medicine Repository, and collected its pill treasures.

• Wang Yu sensed an enormous accumulation of human qi around the Earth Master’s Mansion and suspected the Earth Master Ancestor had sacrificed countless mortals to achieve his Dao.
• Huang Quan emerged from the mansion bound by a Life Substitution Disaster Curse after accepting the Earth Master Ancestor’s inheritance and its karma.
• Wang Yu explained that he knew of no way to break the curse, and Huang Quan withdrew from the exploration of Western Peak Capital and asked Wang Yu to watch over the frontline.
• Wang Yu left the mansion and traveled to the Longevity Medicine Repository, where he drove off the demonic cultivators gathered outside.
• Wang Yu entered the repository’s restriction and collected the Thousand Mechanisms Spirit Transformation Pill, the Undying Soul Return Pill, the Ephemera Dharma Pill, and the Nine Dragon Tyrant Blood Treasure Pill.

Wang Yu was ambushed at the Star Tower by the Prison King Spirit Official and a group of powerful cultivators, including enemies seeking revenge. After escaping Heavenly Mother Hermit's formation once, he was trapped again and wounded, then launched a final counterattack as the chapter ended.

• The Prison King Spirit Official summoned powerful cultivators to the Star Tower, where Wang Yu recognized the Five-Colored Saint Lord, Dragon Chan Venerable, Heavenly Mother Hermit, Spirit Ruin Child, and several other enemies.
• Heavenly Mother Hermit trapped Wang Yu in the Heaven Sealing Earth Locking God Severing Formation, suppressing his Dharma Idol and attacking him with seven formation treasures.
• Wang Yu used his Feng Shui arts to alter the celestial phenomenon, break the formation, and detonate his Dharma Idol, but Heavenly Mother Hermit and the Half-Step Spirit Transformation cultivators quickly trapped him again.
• Wang Yu fired the Great Yin Vast Cold Arrow at Heavenly Mother Hermit, who reflected it back, while Spirit Ruin Child blocked his escape and caused the arrow to pierce Wang Yu's shoulder.
• Wang Yu mocked his attackers, unleashed his Perfection Realm Asura Law Intent, and sent a streak of pink light toward Heavenly Mother Hermit.

Wang Yu’s attempt to escape the ambush in Western Peak Capital faltered against Heavenly Mother Hermit and Spirit Ruin Child, but he revealed that he had prepared the city’s formations as a countermeasure. The Nine Dragon Slaying Immortal Formation manifested the Nine Dragon Emperor Sword and struck down the first attackers, forcing Prison King Spirit Official to intervene.

• Wang Yu used the Six Desires Heavenly Demon Diagram and Boundless Sea of Sorrow to attack Spirit Ruin Child, but Spirit Ruin Child repeatedly detected and thwarted his attempts to materialize nearby.
• Prison King Spirit Official sent the Five-Colored Saint Lord into the formation with the Three Pure Ones Bell, and Wang Yu used a Heavenly Demon attack and the Yellow Springs Evil World Spear to break through his defenses.
• Spirit Ruin Child intercepted Wang Yu and broke his Flesh Demon Sword, but Wang Yu counterattacked with the Dragon Emperor Fist and Vast Cold Twelve Aspects.
• Heavenly Mother Hermit drained the trapping formation to bind Wang Yu’s attack, leaving him surrounded by her, Spirit Ruin Child, and the Five-Colored Saint Lord.
• Wang Yu activated Western Peak Capital’s formations with his Coiling Dragon Ring, summoning the Nine Dragon Emperor Sword through the Nine Dragon Slaying Immortal Formation.
• The sword’s golden radiance killed the three Half-step Spirit Transformation cultivators and struck at the four Spirit Transformation cultivators, prompting Prison King Spirit Official to act personally.

Prison King Spirit Official crushed Wang Yu’s body, but Wang Yu escaped with the Void Moon Eye Technique and recovered while Heavenly Mother Hermit, Spirit Ruin Child, and Five-Colored Saint Lord pursued him for months. The pursuers grew suspicious of his repeated circuits near Lotus City and continued hunting, while Spirit Ruin Child and Heavenly Mother Hermit secretly left their true bodies behind to wait for him there.

• Prison King Spirit Official shattered Wang Yu’s Nine Dragon Emperor Sword, crushed his body, and ordered Heavenly Mother Hermit to kill him.
• Wang Yu escaped with the Void Moon Eye Technique, while Heavenly Mother Hermit tracked his blood and pursued him with Spirit Ruin Child and Five-Colored Saint Lord; Dragon Chan Venerable asked Prison King Spirit Official to accept him as a disciple.
• Wang Yu fled east, recovered his body with pills and his Fifth Tier cultivation, and avoided counterattacking because he feared Prison King Spirit Official would intervene again.
• After months of pursuit, Wang Yu returned to Red Kite Land and repeatedly passed near Lotus City, where Heavenly Mother Hermit, Spirit Ruin Child, and Five-Colored Saint Lord debated why he had not sought refuge.
• The three pursuers agreed to continue the hunt, but Spirit Ruin Child and Heavenly Mother Hermit secretly left their true bodies in Lotus City to wait for Wang Yu.

Wang Yu used a decoy and an ambush at Prison Ox Mountain to kill the Five-Colored Saint Lord, then learned that Heavenly Mother Hermit and Spirit Ruin Child had used him as bait. When the pair arrived, Wang Yu activated a prepared trap and took the Ephemera Dharma Pill, surging to Spirit Transformation Late Stage as he launched his attack.

• Wang Yu learned that Spirit Ruin Child had been seen in Lotus City and used the Inverse Spirit Blood Sect's intelligence network to plan an ambush at Prison Ox Mountain.
• Heavenly Mother Hermit and Spirit Ruin Child left the Five-Colored Saint Lord to face Wang Yu, while secretly preparing to arrive and attack afterward.
• Wang Yu used Snow Jade and the Fiend Dragon Armor as a decoy, then trapped the Five-Colored Saint Lord beneath the Ice Hell Demon Seal and killed him.
• Before his primordial spirit was destroyed, the Five-Colored Saint Lord revealed that the Out-of-Realm Thief had influenced him and mentioned an opportunity in the Severing Realm Mountain Range.
• Heavenly Mother Hermit and Spirit Ruin Child arrived and were separated by Wang Yu's formation and spatial storm as he used the Ephemera Dharma Pill to reach Spirit Transformation Late Stage.
• Wang Yu launched Frost Moon Across the Sky at Spirit Ruin Child, whose spiritual perception warned him of fatal danger.

Wang Yu killed Spirit Ruin Child with the Sun Piercing Demon Bow, fought Heavenly Mother Hermit, and escaped before the Ephemera Dharma Pill’s effects faded. While recovering in the Endless Ice Field, he examined his spoils and used the Six Desires Heavenly Demon Diagram to lure a Heavenly Demon Larva.

• Wang Yu destroyed Spirit Ruin Child’s treasures and killed him, then seized his Cosmos Ring and attacked Heavenly Mother Hermit.
• Heavenly Mother Hermit used her Treasure Gourds against Wang Yu, who eventually escaped when their clash left a cloud of dust.
• Wang Yu secluded himself in an ice cave, planned to explore the Frozen Demon Sealing Ground and the Crown Prince’s Tomb, and found over ten thousand Top Grade Spirit Stones and a Water-Fire Essence Crystal in Spirit Ruin Child’s ring.
• Wang Yu began raising a Heavenly Demon Larva with the Six Desires Heavenly Demon Diagram, sealing a Lustful Heavenly Demon, a Wrath Karma Heavenly Demon, and a Sorrowful Music Heavenly Demon into it.
• Wang Yu refined Heavenly Demon Pills and used captured demonic cultivators as bait, finally luring a Heavenly Demon Larva to descend.

Wang Yu completed ten years of seclusion, forging new treasures and advancing his cultivation before returning to the Red Kite Demon Domain to check the war. He learned that the Blazing Sun Sect was close to defeat after the Fire Crow Clan revolted, leaving little time before Heaven Refining Demon Venerable’s plan unfolded.

• Wang Yu captured a Heavenly Demon Larva, completed the Six Desires Heavenly Demon Diagram at Fifth Tier High Grade, and began feeding the larva Demonic Evil Thoughts.
• During his seclusion, Wang Yu forged the White Bone Demonic Sword, developed the Blood God Ascension Pill, increased his magic power, and upgraded the Ocean Heart Ring and Demon Lock Bracelet into the Fox Tail Snow Bracelet.
• Wang Yu perfected the Ice Soul Saint Demonic Scripture, swallowed two Blood God Ascension Pills, and emerged from the Endless Ice Field to investigate the battlefield from Maple Province City.
• The Fire Crow Clan tried to leave the Blazing Sun Sect and rejoin the demon race, sparking an internal revolt that killed or scattered more than half the sect’s experts.
• The Demonic Dao Alliance seized the Blazing Sun Sect’s weakness and conquered four provinces, prompting Wang Yu to estimate that the sect would fall within twenty years and that the decisive clash was approaching.

As the Demonic Dao prepared its final assault on the Sword Sect, the Blazing Sun Sect surrendered to Earthly Fiend Demon Venerable, while Heaven Refining Demon Venerable assembled his forces and advanced a plan to confront Prison King Spirit Official. Wang Yu learned the decisive battle was near and set out to secure Ancient Frozen Demon's inheritance before joining it.

• Facing the Demonic Dao's overwhelming forces, Blazing Sun Sect Master agreed to surrender and went to negotiate with Earthly Fiend Demon Venerable.
• Heaven Refining Demon Venerable accepted the surrender but ordered the Blazing Sun Sect to lead the assault on the Sword Sect Mountain Gate and its seven provinces.
• Heaven Refining Demon Venerable learned Chi Tian had been defeated by Wang Yu, warned him not to provoke Wang Yu, and discussed the plan involving Wuji, Sword Child, and the Life Ancient Demon.
• After receiving news of Wang Yu's victories against two Spirit Transformation opponents, Heaven Refining Demon Venerable rallied his sect and sent word to the demon race before marching west toward the Sword Sect.
• Wang Yu sensed the decisive battle was approaching, notified his contact with the Heavenly Demon Bone Forest Jade Pendant, and left Maple Province City for the Ice Clan's Gatekeeper Tribe to seek Ancient Frozen Demon's inheritance.

Wang Yu went to the Frozen Demon Sealing Ground, destroyed the Gatekeeper Tribe, and took its Ice Clan inheritances. The Frozen Demon then poured Demonic Qi into him, unexpectedly advancing him to Spirit Transformation Third Layer.

• Wang Yu arrived at the Gatekeeper Tribe and found the Great Priest and two Ice Clan elders discussing their dwindling prospects.
• Wang Yu discovered the corpses of female cultivators used to nurture Ice Clan embryos, rejected the Great Priest’s claim that Cold Blood Peak had permitted it, and killed the three leaders.
• Wang Yu crushed the Gatekeeper Tribe with the Ice Hell Demon Seal, seized the spoils, and transformed into a Pure-Blood Ice Clan member to enter its inheritance temple.
• Wang Yu collected numerous Ice Dao techniques, divine powers, secret arts, and treasure-refining methods from the temple’s statues.
• Wang Yu entered the Frozen Demon Sealing Ground, where the Frozen Demon poured Demonic Qi into him and propelled him to Spirit Transformation Third Layer.

Wang Yu questioned the consciousness inside the sealed iceberg after the Frost Demon’s Demonic Qi entered his body, then negotiated with it while concealing his own plans. He agreed to receive its cultivation inheritance without approaching the iceberg, leaving the Frozen Demon Consciousness unable to impose its intended control on him.

• Wang Yu realized the Frost Demon’s Demonic Qi remained under the demonic shadow’s control and resisted when it tried to force him closer.
• The demonic shadow explained that it was an aggregate of the Ancient Demon’s residual will and claimed the Demon Race had originated the Body Refinement Dao.
• Wang Yu deduced that the Frozen Demon Consciousness wanted to use him to spread its inheritance and manipulate Ice Clan cultivators into helping break its seal.
• The Frozen Demon Consciousness proposed that Wang Yu teach the Ten Directions Freezing Demonic Dao to the Ice Clan, and Wang Yu feigned agreement while demanding it remove its control over his Qi Sea.
• Wang Yu refused to approach the iceberg, foiling the Frozen Demon Consciousness’s plan to lodge part of itself in his body, and introduced himself as Crimson Heaven Demon Venerable.

Wang Yu obtained the Frozen Demon’s cultivation inheritance, then joined the demonic army gathering to attack the Sky Sword Sect. He extorted the Demon Crossing Heart Incantation from Heaven Refining Demon Venerable, and the assault began.

• The Frozen Demon consciousness gave Wang Yu the Ten Directions Freezing Demonic Dao inheritance while withholding its Divine Abilities and Secret Arts.
• At the Sky Sword Sect, Grand void Sword Venerable assigned Jian He to guard the Sword Tomb and Miao Zhen, Fu Ling, and Hao Ran to defend the sect formation as the elders prepared for the coming siege.
• Two months later, the Five Demonic Sects and the remaining demon-race venerables gathered around the Sky Sword Sect’s Immortal Mountain, with Heaven Refining Demon Venerable leading them.
• Wang Yu arrived after contacting Chang Xi, learned that the Sky Sword Sect’s defenses were arranged to draw out Prison King Spirit Official, and warned the other demon venerables about the danger he posed.
• Wang Yu demanded Heaven Refining Demon Venerable’s secret art for refining Demonic Contamination and received the Demon Crossing Heart Incantation.
• Wang Yu finished studying the secret art and declared that the war would begin.

Wang Yu watched the Heaven Refining Demon Sect’s assault on the Taixu Sword Sect and secretly intervened when Thunder Howler Lord was about to be killed. As the Spirit Transformation battle intensified, Wang Yu rescued Thunder Howler Lord and challenged the newly ascended Righteous Qi Sword Chief.

• Wang Yu concealed himself in a spatial interlayer while the demonic forces attacked the Seventy-Two Peaks and the sword formations cut down their vanguard.
• Fu Ling, Miao Zhen, Crimson Heaven, Yellow Springs, and Blood Demon clashed in the sect-protecting formation, where Blood Demon’s Blood Sea corroded several peaks and Miao Zhen fought off three Demon Venerables.
• Thunder Howler Lord and his External Incarnation pierced Heaven Sword Peak Master, but Righteous Qi Sword Chief arrived and drove them back with seven-colored Righteous Qi sword qi.
• Wang Yu used his Space Silver Lock to pull Thunder Howler Lord into the void before Righteous Qi sword qi struck him down.
• Wang Yu thanked Thunder Howler Lord for his past support, then offered to fight Righteous Qi Sword Chief.