Chapter Summaries

Li Changsheng perfected the Immortal Undying Demonic Body and other techniques, then endured the Extreme Black Flame to reach the Ten-Armed Abyss Lord’s inheritance palace. He defeated the troll’s remnant will and cleared the inheritance trial.

• Li Changsheng refined flawless-grade Dragon Elephant Pills and used them to cultivate the Immortal Undying Demonic Body to the fourth layer’s Perfection Realm.
• He perfected the Winged Golden Light Technique and cultivated the Void Escape Technique to the second layer’s Perfection Realm.
• Li Changsheng crossed the Extreme Black Flame by relying on his body-refining techniques and Winged Golden Light Technique.
• He found the Ten-Armed Abyss Lord’s palace and learned that the Immortal Undying Demonic Body was a prerequisite for obtaining the lord’s inheritance.
• Li Changsheng entered the Ten-Armed Troll Statue and defeated the Ten-Armed Troll’s will with his body-refining techniques and Void Sword Art.

Li Changsheng received the complete Immortal Undying Demonic Body inheritance and learned how to break the limits of his flesh. After exhausting his resources to advance the Primordial Dragon Elephant Body and beginning the Great Demon Ape Cudgel Technique, he left his secluded cultivation stronger and with the cudgel art at its first layer’s beginner stage.

• Li Changsheng received the Great Demon Ape Cudgel Technique and the complete Immortal Undying Demonic Body inheritance, which included a method for breaking the limits of his flesh.
• Li Changsheng used Dragon Elephant Pills and other spirit herbs to forcibly cultivate the third layer of the Primordial Dragon Elephant Body, repeatedly enduring his body’s collapse and recovery.
• After half a month, Li Changsheng stabilized one Primordial Dragon Elephant acupoint and reached the beginner stage of the third layer, but depleted all his resources.
• Li Changsheng began cultivating the Great Demon Ape Cudgel Technique with a low-grade Dharma treasure cudgel, resisting the demon ape’s influence on his spiritual sense.
• After another half month of practice, Li Changsheng reached the beginner stage of the Great Demon Ape Cudgel Technique’s first layer.

Li Changsheng perfected the first layer of the Great Demon Ape Cudgel Technique and began hunting Emperor Realm Demon Abyss creatures for resources. After killing the Thorn Snake Emperor and two creatures sent to investigate, he gathered wealth to refine pills but still needed more resources to break the limit of his Immortal Undying Demonic Body.

• Li Changsheng cultivated the Great Demon Ape Cudgel Technique to first-layer Perfection Realm over two years, then left the Ten-Armed Abyss Lord inheritance ruin.
• Li Changsheng chose to hunt the Thorn Snake Emperor and infiltrated Sky Serpent Mountain.
• Li Changsheng killed the Thorn Snake Emperor with a single cudgel strike, collected his corpse and resources, and escaped.
• The Crimson Nether Lord sent trackers after the killer, but Li Changsheng killed them and left no trace for the Crimson Nether Lord to find.
• Li Changsheng refined Demon Dragon Elephant Pills from the resources he had collected and decided he needed to hunt more Emperor Realm Demon Abyss creatures.

Li Changsheng killed Emperor Realm Demon Abyss creatures in the territories of three lords before shifting to safer resource gathering. Back in Xi Sect, Jiang Ying reached the mid-stage Emperor Realm and learned that Li Changsheng’s soul lamp still burned strongly, while Qin Xuan remained imprisoned in the Purgatory Tower.

• Li Changsheng ambushed and killed several Emperor Realm Demon Abyss creatures under the Demon Tiger Lord and the Demon Silkworm Lord, then returned to the Crimson Nether Lord’s territory to gather resources instead.
• The three lords secretly investigated the attacks but chose not to report them to the Demon Eye Abyss Lord after Li Changsheng stopped ambushing their subordinates.
• Qin Ang visited Qin Xuan in the Purgatory Tower and refused to release him before his ten-year punishment ended, while promising that the Qin Family would support him afterward.
• Qin Ang assured Qin Xuan that he expected to reach the Martial Saint Realm within twenty to fifty years, and Qin Xuan settled down to endure his punishment.
• Jiang Ying broke through to the mid-stage Emperor Realm, then concealed her cultivation by lowering it to the early stage.
• Jiang Ying asked Elder Jing about Li Changsheng’s soul lamp and learned that it remained healthy and appeared stronger.

Li Changsheng searched the Blood River for treasures and discovered the Blood Chi Demon Fish attacking a powerful Thousand-Eyed Demon Vine. He stole a severed fragment and returned to the Demon Cave to look for more.

• Li Changsheng infiltrated the Blood River and harvested a patch of Blood Dragon Grass, then continued collecting resources.
• Li Changsheng followed a gathering of Blood Chi Demon Fish to a Demon Cave and discovered their intelligent leader directing them to attack the Thousand-Eyed Demon Vine.
• The Blood Chi Demon Fish exhausted the Thousand-Eyed Demon Vine with waves of weaker fish before their Emperor Realm fighters joined the battle.
• Li Changsheng concealed and took a severed fragment of the Thousand-Eyed Demon Vine, then stored it in the Dao Fruit Space.
• Li Changsheng returned to the Demon Cave to search for more Thousand-Eyed Demon Vine fragments.

Li Changsheng gathered resources in the Blood River, broke the limit of the fifth layer of the Immortal Undying Demonic Body, and learned the beginner stage of the second layer of the Great Demon Ape Cudgel Technique. He returned to the Blood River for more resources and discovered that the Thousand-Eyed Demon Vine had made many Emperor Realm Blood Chi Demon Fish intelligent.

• Li Changsheng collected Thousand-Eyed Demon Vine Fragments while the Blood Chi Demon Fish fought the Thousand-Eyed Demon Vine, then escaped before the leader noticed him.
• Li Changsheng spent half a year refining pills, returned to the inheritance site of the Ten-Armed Abyss Lord, and used his resources to break the limit of the fifth layer of the Immortal Undying Demonic Body.
• Li Changsheng stabilized his breakthrough and cultivated the beginner stage of the second layer of the Great Demon Ape Cudgel Technique, then left the inheritance site to seek more resources.
• Li Changsheng returned to the Blood River and discovered that many Emperor Realm Blood Chi Demon Fish had gained intelligence because of the Thousand-Eyed Demon Vine.

Li Changsheng ambushed Blood Chi Demon Fish to collect Thousand-Eyed Demon Vine Fragments, then cultivated until his strength and ability to survive improved. He returned to the Blood River to infiltrate the clan’s ruin while the clan chief searched for him.

• Li Changsheng killed several Emperor Realm Blood Chi Demon Fish and looted their Storage Artifacts for Thousand-Eyed Demon Vine Fragments.
• He overheard two Blood Chi Demon Fish discussing their clan chief’s mysterious ruin and learned that several elders had entered it.
• After killing five Blood Chi Demon Fish elders, Li Changsheng escaped the Blood River and cultivated until his Intermediate Vajra Dao Fruit reached level 9.
• Li Changsheng used pills, Thousand-Eyed Demon Vine Fragments, and Extreme Black Flame to improve his body-refining techniques over several months.
• The Blood Chi Demon Fish clan chief failed to find the attacker and resolved to become an Abyss Lord as Li Changsheng approached the clan’s ruin.

Li Changsheng infiltrated a Blood Chi Demon Fish ruin and broke the illusion guarding a Taiyin Demonic Bird inheritance. He obtained the Pseudo-Sect Master Legacy Taiyin Spirit Refining Technique, which could cultivate spiritual sense beyond the Four Realms Extreme Spiritual Sense.

• Li Changsheng waited for a peak Emperor Realm Blood Chi Demon Fish to open the ruin’s array, then slipped inside unseen.
• He encountered an illusion centered on a Taiyin Star and used the Void Escape Technique to approach its source.
• Li Changsheng touched the Taiyin Star, absorbed Innate Spirit Essence of Spirit, and raised his Spirit Dao Fruit from level 8 to level 9.
• He discovered the illusion came from the Taiyin Demonic Bird’s eyeball on a stone diagram and realized the diagram also contained a Devil Moon and an inheritance.
• After nine days of comprehension, Li Changsheng received the Pseudo-Sect Master Legacy Taiyin Spirit Refining Technique, which could eventually grant Seven Realms Extreme Spiritual Sense.

Li Changsheng took the Taiyin Spirit Refining Technique inheritance, strengthened his Immortal Undying Demonic Body, and traveled to You Mountain City seeking a way out of the Tenth Layer of the Demon Abyss. After gathering information about the Martial Realm and its sealed entrances, he finally obtained useful intelligence from an Emperor Realm Demon Abyss creature.

• Li Changsheng took the Taiyin Spirit Refining Technique and special treasures from the ruin, then killed the Blood Chi Demon Fish guarding it and fled.
• Li Changsheng spent more than a year cultivating at the Ten-Armed Abyss Lord's inheritance site and advanced the Immortal Undying Demonic Body to the fifth layer's Minor Accomplishment Realm.
• Li Changsheng perfected the first layer of the Taiyin Spirit Refining Technique, which formed a Taiyin Ring around his soul and improved his resistance to spiritual sense attacks.
• Li Changsheng searched for a way out of the Tenth Layer of the Demon Abyss and learned about You Mountain City, where Demon Abyss creatures gathered to trade.
• Li Changsheng entered You Mountain City in disguise and learned that the Demon Abyss was attached to the Martial Realm and its entrances had been sealed.
• Li Changsheng obtained useful intelligence about leaving the Tenth Layer of the Demon Abyss from an Emperor Realm Demon Abyss creature.

Li Changsheng learned that the Eighteenth Layer of the Demon Abyss would open in six years, offering a possible route back to the West Sea Islands, but he needed a way to hide his identity from Abyss Masters. He paid Crimson Horse Emperor to arrange a meeting with the Bee Emperor Society about obtaining a fragment of an Orthodox Grade transformation art.

• Li Changsheng learned that the Eighteenth Layer of the Demon Abyss battlefield would open for three years in six years and could offer him a route home.
• Li Changsheng decided he needed a top-tier Orthodox Grade transformation art to conceal his identity if he entered the battlefield.
• Li Changsheng asked Crimson Horse Emperor about such an art and paid ten High-grade Bloodstones for information about a fragment held by the Bee Emperor Society.
• Crimson Horse Emperor described the Bee Emperor Society and its powerful leader, the Bee Emperor, who had survived a fight with an Abyss Master.
• Li Changsheng paid another ten High-grade Bloodstones, and Crimson Horse Emperor arranged for him to meet an Emperor Realm representative of the Bee Emperor Society the next day.

Li Changsheng agreed to retrieve Six-Leaf Demon Grass from Black Mountain in exchange for the Bee Emperor Society’s incomplete Cloud Mist Transformation Technique. After entering Black Mountain with a group of doomed Dharma Aspect Realm Demon Abyss creatures, he found his first plant and continued his search.

• Bee Fang Emperor offered Li Changsheng the Cloud Mist Transformation Technique for ten Six-Leaf Demon Grass plants from Black Mountain, and Li Changsheng accepted after reviewing the information.
• Bee Fang Emperor brought Li Changsheng to You Mountain City, where the Bee Emperor Society gathered more than a hundred Dharma Aspect Realm Demon Abyss creatures for an expedition.
• Bee Fang Emperor led the group through a spatial rift to the Eleventh Layer of the Demon Abyss and ordered them to enter Black Mountain and gather Six-Leaf Demon Grass.
• The Bee Emperor Society’s Emperor Realm members discussed how they used the expendable explorers to gather the grass and satisfy You Mountain Abyss Lord.
• Li Changsheng entered Black Mountain under the Vast Heaven Concealment Technique and avoided helping a wounded Demon Abyss creature fighting a black monster.
• Li Changsheng found and collected his first Six-Leaf Demon Grass plant.

Li Changsheng traded ten Six-Leaf Demon Grass for the Cloud Mist Transformation Technique, then mastered its third layer and used it to transform into a giant snake. He continued gathering the rare grass in Black Mountain, where his theft of hundreds of plants triggered the black creatures to massacre the other intruders.

• Li Changsheng collected ten Six-Leaf Demon Grass and demanded that Bee Fang Emperor hand over the Cloud Mist Transformation Technique before he surrendered them.
• Bee Fang Emperor sent Bee Wave Emperor to fetch the inheritance, and Li Changsheng traded the grass for the stone before retreating safely into Black Mountain.
• Li Changsheng learned that the inheritance lacked the Cloud Mist Transformation Seal, but used his Immortal Undying Demonic Body and Undying Dao Fruit to cultivate the technique to third-layer perfection.
• Li Changsheng swallowed blood from a snake-type Demon Abyss creature and transformed into a giant snake, planning to use the technique to infiltrate the Eighteenth Layer of the Demon Abyss.
• Li Changsheng kept gathering Six-Leaf Demon Grass and stole hundreds of plants from a cave deep in Black Mountain, provoking the black creatures to kill the remaining Demon Abyss creatures.

Li Changsheng searched a deadly black sea and gathered rare black metal, then forged it into a powerful cudgel. After killing Crimson Horse Emperor for betraying him, he left with a new weapon capable of greatly strengthening his cudgel technique.

• Li Changsheng endured the black sea's corrosive waters and collected thirty-six pieces of metal that resisted its effects.
• Li Changsheng escaped the black sea and left Black Mountain undetected while the Bee Emperor Society still believed he was inside.
• Li Changsheng killed Crimson Horse Emperor, crushing his neck and shattering his demonic soul for leading him into the Bee Emperor Society's trap.
• Li Changsheng raised his Forging Dao Fruit to level 9 and used the true Extreme Black Flame to smelt and forge the black metal into a cudgel.
• Li Changsheng tested the cudgel with the Great Demon Ape Cudgel Technique and found that its strikes were several times stronger than before.

Li Changsheng refined Six-Leaf Demon Grass until his Kunpeng Dharma Aspect fused with his body, then upgraded his Intermediate Vajra Dao Fruit and gained a Vajra Saint Body. As the Eighteenth Layer of the Demon Abyss neared opening, he decided to seek the Crimson Nether Lord’s help to secure a place in the expedition.

• Li Changsheng discovered that Six-Leaf Demon Grass tempered his Kunpeng Dharma Aspect and spent nearly a year refining it until his body transformed into a Kunpeng Treasure Body.
• Li Changsheng comprehended the upper-grade Kunpeng Treasure Body ability, then improved his Great Demon Ape Cudgel Technique and Primordial Dragon Elephant Body by hunting Emperor Realm Demon Abyss creatures.
• Li Changsheng upgraded his Intermediate Vajra Dao Fruit to an Upper-grade Dao Fruit and transformed his Divine Body into a Vajra Saint Body.
• Li Changsheng found that his strength surpassed the Crimson Nether Lord’s, while further Dao Fruit experience and body cultivation still required vast resources.
• Li Changsheng decided to seek refuge with the Crimson Nether Lord again and compete for a place in the group entering the Eighteenth Layer of the Demon Abyss.

Li Changsheng joined the Demon Eye Legion under a new identity and prepared to enter the Eighteenth Layer of the Demon Abyss, where the Demon Eye Abyss Lord ordered the recruits to collect Extreme Dao Bloodstones. Meanwhile, Xi Yan and Chen Tai discussed sending Xi Sect disciples to the battlefield.

• Li Changsheng pledged allegiance to the Crimson Nether Lord as a Demon Elephant Clan member and earned a place among the ten Dharma Aspect Realm recruits by defeating his opponents.
• The Crimson Nether Lord brought the recruits to Demon Eye Palace, where they trained for half a year under the Blood Burning Body Forging Technique; Li Changsheng pretended to use it while avoiding its cost to his potential.
• The Demon Eye Abyss Lord ordered the recruits to collect Extreme Dao Bloodstones and promised to nurture whoever obtained one into a peak Emperor Realm expert.
• The Demon Eye Abyss Lord placed a Blood Demon Curse on the recruits, and Li Changsheng accepted it while planning to have it removed after entering the Eighteenth Layer of the Demon Abyss.
• Xi Yan and Chen Tai agreed that Xi Sect should send ten disciples to the battlefield, hoping they might obtain Extreme Dao Bloodstones.

Xi Yan and Jiang He prepared family disciples to enter the dangerous Eighteenth Layer of the Demon Abyss in pursuit of Extreme Dao Bloodstones and other opportunities. Jiang Ying remained convinced Li Changsheng was alive and would return, and she went to see her younger brother Jiang Yi before he departed.

• Xi Yan recruited Xi He to seek Extreme Dao Bloodstones in the Eighteenth Layer and equipped him with life-saving items and high-grade treasures.
• Jiang Ying returned from seclusion with her cultivation at the late Emperor Realm and worried that Li Changsheng could not infiltrate the Eighteenth Layer and come back.
• Jiang Ying met her father Jiang He, who had returned after twenty years and broken through to the Half-step Martial Saint Realm.
• Jiang He revealed that Jiang Yi had returned and wanted to enter the Eighteenth Layer to seek the Blazing Sun Divine Mountain's inheritance, despite Jiang Ying's fears for his safety.
• Jiang He warned Jiang Ying to forget Li Changsheng, but she insisted that he was alive and would return.
• Jiang Ying went to see Jiang Yi, whom she had not seen for a long time.

Jiang Yi joined the Xi Sect’s elite delegation entering the Demon Prison Eighteenth Layer, while Li Changsheng entered with the Demon Abyss forces and began weakening the Blood Demon Curse. As Demon Eye Abyss City’s leaders sent their troops to explore and die, the first wave of slaughter began to nurture Extreme Dao Bloodstones.

• Jiang Yi told Jiang Ying he would enter the Demon Prison Eighteenth Layer to pursue the strength needed to become a Martial Saint, and she urged him to be careful and look for Li Changsheng.
• The Xi Sect selected ten elite disciples, and Dharma Aspect Realm perfected martial artists from many factions entered the newly opened battlefield.
• Li Changsheng recognized six Divine Body-level Demon Abyss prodigies among the Demon Eye forces and entered the Demon Prison Eighteenth Layer through a Cross-Realm Array.
• Li Changsheng found that the Taiyin Spirit Refining Technique and his Four Realms Extreme Spiritual Sense could erode the Blood Demon Curse, though removing it would take at least three months.
• Qian Tong ordered the six Demon Eye prodigies to wait for Extreme Dao Bloodstones and forbade them from seeking opportunities alone, while their troops explored as cannon fodder.
• Demon Abyss creatures began dying across the Demon Prison Eighteenth Layer, and the battlefield’s blood qi started nurturing Extreme Dao Bloodstones.

After breaking the Blood Demon Curse, Li Changsheng killed six divine-body geniuses and slaughtered most of Demon Eye Abyss City, enraging the Demon Eye Abyss Lord. Searching for treasures on the Demon Abyss Eighteenth Layer, he found two Limit Breaking Grade Demon Abyss creatures fighting and judged them no match for him.

• Li Changsheng broke the Blood Demon Curse and decided to kill the six divine-body geniuses before leaving the Demon Abyss Eighteenth Layer.
• Disguised as a Demon Abyss creature, Li Changsheng killed Yan Cheng and the other five geniuses, then slaughtered nearly all the Demon Abyss creatures in Demon Eye Abyss City.
• The Demon Eye Abyss Lord learned that the six geniuses had died and raged, but he could not enter the battlefield without sacrificing his cultivation and life.
• Li Changsheng found a map in Qian Tong's Storage Artifact and went searching for Enlightenment Tea Trees and Demon Abyss creatures who had stayed behind to gather treasures.
• Li Changsheng found the Enlightenment Tea Tree bare, then saw Niu Yan fight pursuers and reveal that he had broken his limit.
• A Demon Elephant Divine Body prodigy also revealed that he was Limit Breaking Grade, and Li Changsheng judged both fighters to be no match for him.

Li Changsheng killed two Limit Breaking Grade Demon Abyss creatures and discovered that Niu Yan's Storage Artifact contained three Extreme Dao Bloodstones. After spending months refining their energy and nearing a breakthrough in his Immortal Undying Demonic Body, he intervened to save Xia Yu from a group of Demon Abyss creatures, who mistook him for a Sky Demon Sect disciple.

• Li Changsheng used a Spirit Refining Secret Method and the Great Demon Ape Cudgel Technique to kill Niu Yan and another Limit Breaking Grade Demon Abyss creature, then took their Storage Artifacts.
• Li Changsheng found more than a hundred Enlightenment Tea Leaves, numerous spirit herbs, and three Extreme Dao Bloodstones in Niu Yan's Storage Artifact.
• Li Changsheng refined the Extreme Dao Bloodstone energy for several months, bringing his Immortal Undying Demonic Body close to the fifth layer Great Accomplishment Realm.
• Li Changsheng noticed Xia Yu, a Dharma Aspect Realm perfection cultivator with the Glazed Pagoda Dharma Aspect, being overwhelmed by a group of Demon Abyss creatures.
• Li Changsheng slaughtered the pursuing Demon Abyss creatures, and Xia Yu cautiously asked whether he was a senior brother from the Sky Demon Sect.

Li Changsheng learned about the major powers and searched the Eighteenth Layer of the Demon Abyss for Xi Sect disciples. After finding Zhang Wan and learning that Jiang Yi had gone to Blazing Sun Divine Mountain, Li Changsheng set out to find him.

• Li Changsheng questioned Xia Yu, who told him about the Sun Empire, its Profound Yang Valley, and the three Sect Master Grade Powers, but could not identify the entrance from the West Sea Islands to the Eighteenth Layer.
• Li Changsheng searched for West Sea Islands martial artists, fought off ambushers, and eventually found Xi Sect Core Disciple Zhang Wan.
• Zhang Wan told Li Changsheng that the Xi Sect had sent ten disciples and that Jiang Yi was heading to Blazing Sun Divine Mountain to cultivate Sun God Fire.
• Li Changsheng departed for Blazing Sun Divine Mountain, while Zhang Wan reflected on his strength and Qin Xuan's past offense against him.