Chapter Summaries

The Earth Demon Beast descended upon Golden Scale City and annihilated its defenses, martial artists, and buildings. It left the city as a smoking ruin and departed into the distance.

• The Earth Demon Beast approached Golden Scale City, darkening the sky and shaking the city with its roar.
• The Earth Demon Beast shattered the City Protection Array, smashed through the city walls, and began devouring residents and destroying buildings.
• Golden Scale City's Heaven Piercing Realm experts attacked with the Demon Suppressing Bell, but the Earth Demon Beast shattered it and killed them.
• The Earth Demon Beast rampaged through Golden Scale City for less than half an hour, reducing it to ruins before leaving.

Lu Changsheng and the Lingxiao Sect disciples returned to find Golden Scale City destroyed by the Earth Demon Beast, which had escaped after devouring the Ninth Demonic Son. Realizing the beast threatened the entire Eastern Mausoleum Domain, they joined Shi Jingtian, Tu Jiao, and Rui'er and hurried back to the Lingxiao Sect to warn Master Qinghui.

• Lu Changsheng, Shen Tianwei, Shen Yuening, Qing He, and the other disciples found Golden Scale City reduced to ruins, and Shen Tianwei collapsed after seeing the destruction.
• Lu Changsheng said the Earth Demon Beast had likely left to destroy other places and urged the group to report the disaster to Master Qinghui.
• Shi Jingtian, Tu Jiao, and Rui'er arrived, learned that the Earth Demon Beast had devoured the Ninth Demonic Son, Youquan, and heard how Youquan released it by damaging the Demon Suppressing Wall with the Blood Demon Bead.
• Lu Changsheng and Tu Jiao agreed that the group had to leave immediately and warn the Lingxiao Sect about the threat to the Eastern Mausoleum Domain.
• The disciples departed for the Lingxiao Sect as the setting sun cast blood-red light over Golden Scale City.

After learning that the Earth Demon Beast had destroyed Golden Scale City, Lingxiao Sect's leaders considered how to stop it and decided to send elite disciples into the Gods and Demons Battlefield to find the Domain Seal. Lingxuzi tested Lu Changsheng and Rui'er before allowing them to join the mission, and Lu Changsheng accepted his challenge.

• Lu Changsheng and Shi Jingtian told Lingxiao Sect's elders that the Earth Demon Beast had escaped its seal, killed Youquan, and massacred Golden Scale City, and the Lingxiao Mirror confirmed the destruction.
• Lingxuzi appeared before the elders and explained that the beast could be stopped by four True Monarch Realm experts or by finding the Domain Seal in the Gods and Demons Battlefield.
• Shi Jingtian, Tu Jiao, Qing He, Li Chengfeng, Zhao Gan, Zhou Mo, and Su Yurou volunteered for the dangerous mission, and Lingxuzi assigned them to two groups.
• Lu Changsheng and Rui'er asked to join the mission, and Shi Jingtian vouched for their combat and array abilities.
• Lingxuzi set a test requiring Lu Changsheng and Rui'er to defeat a fourth-level Heaven Piercing Realm Golden War Puppet before an incense stick burned, and Lu Changsheng accepted.

Lu Changsheng defeated the Golden War Puppet with the Thunder Tribulation Armor and Thunder Emperor Sword, proving he could enter the Gods and Demons Battlefield. Lingxuzi approved Lu Changsheng and Rui'er’s entry and offered to raise their cultivation with Spiritual Power Infusion.

• Lu Changsheng fought the Golden War Puppet, but his attacks could barely penetrate its defense and he began to lose ground.
• Lu Changsheng activated the Thunder Tribulation Armor, raised his aura to the first level of the Heaven Piercing Realm, and knocked the Golden War Puppet back.
• Lu Changsheng used the Thunder Emperor Sword to split the Golden War Puppet in two.
• Lingxuzi approved Lu Changsheng and Rui'er to enter the Gods and Demons Battlefield with Jingtian and the others.
• Lingxuzi offered to perform Spiritual Power Infusion for Lu Changsheng and Rui'er, and Tu Jiao explained how the technique could raise their realms.

Lingxuzi performed a three-day Spiritual Power Infusion that raised Lu Changsheng and Rui'er into the Heaven Piercing Realm. As the Earth Demon Beast’s devastation forced Lingxuzi to seek allies to open the Gods and Demons Battlefield, the Boundless Demonic Palace sent You Wuya and four Demonic Sons to seize the Domain Seal and hunt the Lingxiao Sect’s disciples.

• Lingxuzi explained the Spiritual Power Infusion to Lu Changsheng and Rui'er and promised to perform it three days later.
• Lingxuzi drew in and refined Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, infusing Lu Changsheng and Rui'er for three days until both reached the Heaven Piercing Realm.
• Elder Moyan reported that the Earth Demon Beast had destroyed eight cities and dozens of sects, killing more than a million people, so Lingxuzi left to meet the Sword Saint and Pavilion Master Zhuge about opening the Gods and Demons Battlefield.
• At the Boundless Demonic Palace, its leaders learned that Lingxuzi was seeking to open the battlefield and resolved to prevent the righteous factions from claiming the Domain Seal.
• The Palace Master ordered You Wuya to lead Xue Kuang, Ying Mei, Du Sha, Gu Luo, and other elites into the battlefield to seize the Domain Seal and kill the Lingxiao Sect disciples.

After the Earth Demon Beast annihilated an alliance at Dragon Fall Ravine, three great powers announced that they would open the Gods and Demons Battlefield to search for the Domain Seal. Lingxiao Sect’s chosen disciples reached Gods and Demons City and settled in to await the battlefield’s opening.

• The Earth Demon Beast destroyed cities across the Eastern Mausoleum Domain and annihilated the sect alliance that tried to stop it at Dragon Fall Ravine.
• Lingxiao Sect, Taishang Sword Sect, and Divine Machine Pavilion agreed to open the Gods and Demons Battlefield and seek the Domain Seal.
• Lingxuzi sent Shi Jingtian, Tu Jiao, Lu Changsheng, and the other Lingxiao Sect disciples to Gods and Demons City, placing them under Shi Jingtian and Tu Jiao’s command.
• After traveling for three days, the Lingxiao Sect group arrived at Gods and Demons City and entered its ancient, demonic-qi-shrouded ruins.
• The group found a ruined hall to use as a temporary base and waited for the Gods and Demons Battlefield to open.

Lu Changsheng searched the Trading Area for the overdue Rui'er and bought a mysterious rusty token that stirred the Creation Devouring Heaven Cauldron. He found Rui'er injured after Leng Yunfeng and the Taishang Sword Sect disciples seized her Five-Colored Immortal Lotus, and confronted them as Leng Yunfeng threatened him.

• Tu Jiao allowed Rui'er to visit the nearby Trading Area for two hours, and Lu Changsheng gave her a warning talisman before she left.
• Lu Changsheng tried to study the Mountain Sealing Demon Array while the group rested, but his spiritual power could not support its advanced formations.
• When Rui'er failed to return, Lu Changsheng went to the Trading Area and bought a rusty token that caused the Creation Devouring Heaven Cauldron to tremble.
• Lu Changsheng found Rui'er surrounded by Taishang Sword Sect disciples after Leng Yunfeng took the Five-Colored Immortal Lotus she had paid for.
• Leng Yunfeng and the others attacked Rui'er, leaving her badly wounded, and Lu Changsheng appeared, furious, to confront them.
• Leng Yunfeng recognized Lu Changsheng and threatened to break his legs, while Zhen Qing accused him of having disgraced the Taishang Sword Sect.

Lu Changsheng confronted Leng Yunfeng over the Taishang Sword Sect stealing Rui'er’s Five-Colored Immortal Lotus and injuring her, then fought him to a standstill despite their difference in cultivation. When the Taishang disciples tried to gang up on Lu Changsheng, Shi Jingtian and Tu Jiao arrived, and Tu Jiao struck Leng Yunfeng down with one punch.

• Lu Changsheng gave Rui'er a healing pill and demanded that Leng Yunfeng apologize and return the Five-Colored Immortal Lotus.
• Leng Yunfeng attacked Lu Changsheng with Yellow Springs Jade Fall, but Lu Changsheng blocked and countered his sword techniques with lightning and thunder attacks.
• Lu Changsheng forced Leng Yunfeng to stagger backward and mocked him, prompting Zhen Qing to urge the Taishang Sword Sect disciples to attack together.
• Shi Jingtian, Tu Jiao, Qing He, and the others arrived, and Rui'er told them that the Taishang Sword Sect had stolen her lotus and injured her.
• Tu Jiao punched Leng Yunfeng through his sword, severely injuring him and sending him crashing into a stone pillar.

Tu Jiao defeated Leng Yunfeng, and Ye Guying made the Taishang Sword Sect return Rui'er’s Five-Colored Immortal Lotus and apologize. After the Lingxiao Sect group cared for Rui'er, the Boundless Demonic Palace arrived and threatened them with a reckoning on the Gods and Demons Battlefield.

• Tu Jiao knocked Leng Yunfeng unconscious with one punch after the Taishang Sword Sect disciples mistreated Rui'er and took her Five-Colored Immortal Lotus.
• Ye Guying heard Shi Jingtian’s account, made Zhen Qing return the lotus and apologize, and warned his disciples that the Lingxiao Sect’s strength was formidable.
• The Lingxiao Sect group returned to their hall, where Tu Jiao treated Rui'er’s wounds and Su Yurou and Shi Jingtian gave her medicine and food.
• The five Demonic Sons of the Boundless Demonic Palace led their followers to confront the Lingxiao Sect and accuse them of killing their fellow disciples.
• You Wuya stopped Xue Kuang from starting a fight, threatened to kill the Lingxiao Sect on the Gods and Demons Battlefield, and led his group away.

After the Lingxiao Sect group avoided a direct clash with the Boundless Demonic Palace, three True Monarch Realm experts opened the Gods and Demons Battlefield. Lu Changsheng and the others entered the ancient, perilous realm, where their search for opportunity and the Domain Seal began.

• Shi Jingtian, Tu Jiao, Qing He, Li Chengfeng, and Su Yurou agreed to avoid fighting the Boundless Demonic Palace until they had grown stronger.
• Lu Changsheng said he was studying the Mountain Sealing Demon Array and hoped to master it in the Gods and Demons Battlefield.
• After four days, Lingxuzi, Dugu Yijian, and Zhuge Xingxuan arrived above Gods and Demons City and joined forces to open the battlefield entrance.
• Martial artists rushed into the dark vortex, and Lu Changsheng entered with Shi Jingtian, Tu Jiao, Rui'er, Qing He, Li Chengfeng, Zhou Mo, and the others.
• Lu Changsheng and the other arrivals emerged in a shattered, dangerous realm filled with unstable spatial rifts, violent energy, and ancient ruins.

Lu Changsheng and his companions explored the Gods and Demons Battlefield, survived hidden spatial cracks, and encountered a swarm of Ghost-faced Demonic Mosquitoes. The mosquitoes overwhelmed nearby sect forces and surrounded the group as they fought for survival.

• Shi Jingtian split the Lingxiao Sect forces into two groups to search east and west for the Domain Seal.
• Lu Changsheng and Rui'er detected hidden spatial cracks and warned a minor sect's disciples, but the group ignored them and was disintegrated by the cracks.
• Lu Changsheng and Rui'er guided Shi Jingtian's group safely through the spatial traps, and the group found only a broken, worthless saber.
• A vast swarm of Ghost-faced Demonic Mosquitoes descended and began draining the blood of martial artists, killing members of several sects.
• Tu Jiao, Qing He, and Lu Changsheng attacked the mosquitoes, but the swarm kept pressing in and the group remained surrounded.

Ghost-faced Demonic Mosquitoes overwhelmed the area, killing more than a hundred martial artists before attacking the Lingxiao Sect group. Rui'er shielded the five with her Starlight Sanctuary, but it could last only two hours, leaving Lu Changsheng searching for a way to survive as the barrier weakened.

• Ghost-faced Demonic Mosquitoes slaughtered several sect squads, killing more than a hundred martial artists in a quarter-hour.
• Lu Changsheng, Shi Jingtian, Tu Jiao, Qing He, and Rui'er fought the swarm, but the mosquitoes pierced their defenses and poisoned them.
• Rui'er gathered the group inside a Starlight Sanctuary barrier that could hold for at most two hours.
• Qing He used Clear Spirit Jade Dew Paste to ease the group's bites and numbing poison.
• The swarm struck the barrier more fiercely, and Rui'er grew pale and began trembling as its light dimmed.

Lu Changsheng and Rui'er joined forces to form the Divine Cauldron Refining Heaven Array and incinerated a million demonic mosquitoes. After recovering briefly, the team continued deeper into the Gods and Demons Battlefield to search for traces of the Domain Seal.

• As Rui'er's barrier began to fail under the demonic mosquitoes' assault, Lu Changsheng proposed using a spirit array to destroy them.
• Lu Changsheng studied the Array Sovereign's inheritance while Rui'er held the barrier, then instructed her to gather the mosquitoes as he prepared the Divine Cauldron Refining Heaven Array.
• Lu Changsheng and Rui'er placed the array eyes, withdrew the barrier, and formed a giant crimson cauldron that trapped the mosquitoes.
• Lu Changsheng and Rui'er unleashed the Heaven Refining True Fire, burning all the demonic mosquitoes to ash.
• After recovering briefly, Lu Changsheng, Rui'er, Shi Jingtian, Tu Jiao, and Qing He left the area and continued searching for the Domain Seal.

Lu Changsheng and his companions searched the Ruins for clues to the Domain Seal, then followed Rui’er’s keen senses to an Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid bearing four drops of Immortal Orchid Dew. Their discovery drew Elder Blazing Fire and the Blazing Sun Sect, who demanded half the treasure, and Shi Jingtian rejected the claim.

• Lu Changsheng’s group explored the palace Ruins but found no clues to the Domain Seal and agreed they needed guidance or greater understanding of the battlefield.
• Rui’er detected a faint orchid fragrance, and Lu Changsheng led the group deeper into the Ruins to investigate.
• The group found an Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid with four drops of Immortal Orchid Dew, which Tu Jiao identified as a rare and powerful healing treasure.
• Elder Blazing Fire and nine Blazing Sun Sect disciples arrived and demanded two drops, claiming both groups should share the treasure.
• Shi Jingtian argued that Lu Changsheng’s group had found the Immortal Orchid Dew first and refused Elder Blazing Fire’s demand.

The Lingxiao Sect group fought Elder Blazing Fire and the Blazing Sun Sect over the Immortal Orchid Dew, with Shi Jingtian defeating the elder and driving them away. After collecting the treasure, the group explored deeper into the Gods and Demons Battlefield and spotted an emerald-green light within dense demonic fog.

• Elder Blazing Fire demanded an equal share of the Immortal Orchid Dew, but Tu Jiao and the Lingxiao Sect group refused to yield it.
• Shi Jingtian fought Elder Blazing Fire and defeated him in fewer than twenty moves, forcing the Blazing Sun Sect disciples to retreat with their injured elder.
• Tu Jiao collected the four drops of Immortal Orchid Dew and dug up the Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid.
• The five Lingxiao Sect members rested briefly, then continued exploring deeper into the Gods and Demons Battlefield.
• Tu Jiao noticed a steady emerald-green light flickering inside dense demonic fog, and the group turned toward it.

Lu Changsheng and his companions found a Martial Venerable Bead on a preserved corpse, but Shi Jingtian’s attempt to take it awakened a powerful Martial Venerable Demon Corpse. The demon corpse overwhelmed the group, leaving all five gravely wounded and facing its killing blow.

• Shi Jingtian and the others discovered a Martial Venerable corpse with an emerald Martial Venerable Bead in its dantian.
• Lu Changsheng sensed that demonic qi was seeping from the corpse, but Shi Jingtian reached for the bead before he could stop him.
• The corpse awakened as a Martial Venerable Demon Corpse and struck Shi Jingtian into a rocky hill.
• Tu Jiao, Rui'er, Lu Changsheng, and Qing He attacked the demon corpse, but it resisted their blows and corroded Rui'er's spirit array.
• Shi Jingtian returned and cracked one of the demon corpse's arm bones with his iron staff, but the corpse retaliated with a storm of claw shadows.
• The demon corpse gravely wounded all five and raised its claw over them as they lay unable to resist.

Lu Changsheng and the others struggled against the powerful Martial Venerable Demon Corpse, and their Mountain Sealing Demon Array failed to defeat it. Lu Changsheng realized the Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid could purify the demonic qi, and Tu Jiao used it to cleanse the corpse, which fell inert.

• Shi Jingtian, Tu Jiao, Qing He, Lu Changsheng, and Rui'er suffered severe injuries fighting the Martial Venerable Demon Corpse.
• Lu Changsheng and Rui'er formed the Mountain Sealing Demon Array while Shi Jingtian and Tu Jiao bought them time, but the demon corpse shattered the array with its fists.
• Tu Jiao and Shi Jingtian prepared to sacrifice themselves so Lu Changsheng, Rui'er, and Qing He could escape.
• Lu Changsheng noticed the Martial Venerable Bead at the demon corpse's dantian and urged Tu Jiao to use the Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid to purify it.
• Shi Jingtian distracted the demon corpse as Tu Jiao threw the Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid into its dantian.
• The orchid's light dispersed the demonic qi and freed the demon corpse, which fell to the ground without its baleful aura.

After defeating the demon-corrupted Martial Venerable corpse, Lu Changsheng and his companions shared the Martial Venerable Bead’s energy, healing their injuries and greatly advancing their cultivation. As they prepared to bury the corpse, they discovered a hidden scroll in its belt and wondered whether it held clues to the Domain Seal.

• Lu Changsheng, Rui'er, Shi Jingtian, Tu Jiao, and Qing He recovered from their battle and retrieved the Martial Venerable Bead from the purified corpse.
• Tu Jiao proposed that the five refine the bead together, and they absorbed its energy for two days and two nights.
• Lu Changsheng and Rui'er advanced to the third level of the Heaven Piercing Realm, Shi Jingtian and Tu Jiao reached the seventh level, and Qing He advanced to the fifth level.
• Shi Jingtian stored the depleted bead, and the group agreed to bury the Martial Venerable corpse.
• Tu Jiao triggered a hidden compartment in the corpse's belt, revealing an ancient scroll that might contain cultivation knowledge or clues to the Domain Seal.

Shi Jingtian and the others discovered a map leading to the Pill Palace and Artifact Hall, ancient Demon Slaying Alliance bases in the Gods and Demons Battlefield. After reaching the ruins, they split into two teams, and Lu Changsheng, Rui'er, and Tu Jiao found a towering, golden-haloed structure deep in the Pill Palace.

• Shi Jingtian opened a hidden scroll from a Martial Venerable's corpse and found a map marked with the Pill Palace and Artifact Hall.
• Qing He explained that the two sites had served as the Demon Slaying Alliance's alchemy and artifact-forging bases during the Primordial Era.
• Lu Changsheng and the others mapped their position, traveled through the battlefield, and reached the ruins, where they spotted signs that other forces had arrived and fought.
• Tu Jiao split the group, sending Shi Jingtian and Qing He to the Artifact Hall while she, Lu Changsheng, and Rui'er entered the Pill Palace.
• Lu Changsheng, Rui'er, and Tu Jiao passed looted chambers and lingering ancient restrictions before Tu Jiao spotted a huge tower radiating a faint golden halo.

Lu Changsheng, Tu Jiao, and Rui'er reached the Pill Palace, where rival factions gathered before its sealed gates. After fifteen Heaven Piercing Realm experts broke the seal, the factions rushed inside, and the three followed.

• Lu Changsheng, Tu Jiao, and Rui'er arrived at the Pill Palace and found more than a dozen factions gathered before its sealed gates.
• Leng Ningshuang determined that fifteen Heaven Piercing Realm experts had to strike the seal's weakest point together to break it.
• Leng Yunfeng confronted Lu Changsheng and Tu Jiao over their past conflict, but Xiong Lie and Leng Ningshuang persuaded the factions to set aside their grudges.
• Fifteen experts, including Tu Jiao, Leng Yunfeng, Xiong Lie, and Leng Ningshuang, attacked the sealing node and shattered the gates.
• The factions rushed into the Pill Palace, and Tu Jiao led Lu Changsheng and Rui'er inside with them.