Chapter Summaries

Li Changsheng used the Dark Flesh Fruits to raise the proportion of his cells fused with Dharma Aspect will to fifteen percent, then returned to the Silent Forest seeking further opportunities. He discovered Blackvine Blood Flowers, a resource similar to the Dark Flesh Fruits, and continued exploring deeper into the forest.

• Li Changsheng perfected the first level of the Sacred Elephant Golden Body and used Dark Flesh Fruits to raise his cell transformation to fifteen percent.
• After exhausting his supply, Li Changsheng visited Xu Zixi and saw that her Body Refining Technique had advanced from carefully consuming her Dark Flesh Fruits.
• Li Changsheng reentered the Silent Forest and realized its vast interior was an Inner Heaven and Earth Void.
• He killed three Silent Shadow Beasts with Half-step Martial Saint-level combat strength and found a black vine bearing numerous flowers.
• Li Changsheng named the effective petals Blackvine Blood Flowers, gathered them, and left the vine intact before continuing deeper into the Silent Forest.

Li Changsheng ventured into the Silent Forest and discovered a Black Lake guarded by countless Silent Shadow Beasts and a terrifying presence within a Bronze Ancient Coffin. After barely escaping a powerful attack, he recovered and went to the Qingyuan Sect to bid farewell to Xu He and Xu Zixi.

• Li Changsheng gathered Black Mushrooms and killed nearby Silent Shadow Beasts as he explored deeper into the Silent Forest.
• At the Black Lake, countless Silent Shadow Beasts appeared, including a Martial Saint-level beast that attacked Li Changsheng.
• Li Changsheng killed the Martial Saint-level Silent Shadow Beast with two strikes of the Mysterious Heaven Immortal Slaying Art, then used the Void Escape Technique to survive a drop of water launched from the lake.
• Li Changsheng fled the Silent Forest and the island, then healed on an uninhabited island and concluded that an unknown existence inside the Bronze Ancient Coffin guarded the lake.
• After recovering several days later, Li Changsheng went to the Qingyuan Sect to bid farewell to Xu He and Xu Zixi.

Li Changsheng returned from the Silent Forest, strengthened his Half-step Martial Saint Will, and raised his Indestructible Dao Fruit to level 4. Meanwhile, Supreme Elder Liu Huayuan learned that Antu was a Shadow Demon seeking to possess him, and Antu took over his body.

• Li Changsheng warned Xu Zixi never to enter the Silent Forest, then returned to Xi Sect and told Jiang Ying about his journey.
• Li Changsheng cultivated for more than a year, transforming 45 percent of his cells with Dharma Aspect Will and strengthening his Half-step Martial Saint Will.
• Li Changsheng practiced the Mysterious Heaven Immortal Slaying Art, using its injuries to help his Indestructible Dao Fruit reach level 4.
• Liu Huayuan entered Daylight Valley and told Antu that he had perfected the second layer of the Myriad Demon True Body.
• Antu revealed that he was a Shadow Demon and that the Myriad Demon True Body was the Shadow Demon Furnace Skill, then possessed Liu Huayuan and extinguished his Primordial Spirit Will.

Antu turned the West Sea Demonic Sect and its subordinate forces into the Shadow Demon Race, then expanded the race across the West Sea Islands. When Xihai Sect sent Martial Saint Zhou Xi to investigate, he disappeared, and Great Sage Panshi discovered the Shadow Demons’ presence and withdrew to seek broader aid.

• Antu used Liu Huayuan’s identity to lure the West Sea Demonic Sect’s Martial Saints into Daylight Valley, where Shadow Demons seized their bodies and took over the sect.
• The Shadow Demon Race possessed the West Sea Demonic Sect’s subordinate forces, secretly growing to thirteen thousand members and capturing humans and demons to create more Shadow Demons.
• Xihai Sect’s Martial Saints suspected the West Sea Demonic Sect was practicing a dangerous demonic art and sent Martial Saint Zhou Xi to warn Liu Huayuan.
• After Zhou Xi vanished and his soul lamp dimmed, Xihai Sect informed its ancestor, Great Sage Panshi, who went to investigate.
• Great Sage Panshi sensed the Shadow Demons, killed one possessing a West Sea Demonic Sect disciple, and withdrew to gather help against the threat.

Great Sage Panshi warned Xihai Sect that the Shadow Demon Race had returned to seize fortune as the Great Era approached, while turmoil spread across Yangzhou. Xi Sect prepared to support the West Sea Islands against the threat, and Jiang He urged Li Changsheng to reach the Martial Saint Realm before the coming battles.

• Great Sage Panshi explained to Xihai Sect’s Martial Saints the Shadow Demon Race’s ancient strength, the approaching Great Era, and the rise of Taixu Great Emperor.
• Great Sage Panshi learned that the Sun Sect could not send aid because trouble had erupted in the Sun Empire, and he feared Xihai Sect would not survive the coming chaos.
• Jiang He told Xi Yan, Chen Tai, Li Changsheng, Jiang Ying, and others that the West Sea Demonic Sect had fallen to the Shadow Demon Race.
• Li Changsheng recalled the ancient being in the Bronze Ancient Coffin and resolved to grow stronger to protect himself and his wife.
• Jiang He chose members of the Jiang Family to support Xihai Sect and told Li Changsheng to break through to the Martial Saint Realm as soon as possible.

Li Changsheng used Extreme Dao Bloodstones to transform his cells, broke through to the Martial Saint Realm, and traveled to Demon Slaying City as the Shadow Demon Race threatened the West Sea Islands. He sought the Void Evasion Technique to help fight the enemy, despite being warned that mastering it could get him swallowed by space.

• Li Changsheng spent a year refining Extreme Dao Bloodstones and transformed eighty percent of his cells as the Shadow Demon Race attacked the allied forces and severely wounded Xi Yan.
• After Jiang He left to fight, Li Changsheng completed the transformation of every cell and broke through to the Martial Saint Realm, then found that his Saint Body cultivation progressed slowly without resources.
• Li Changsheng went to Demon Slaying City and met Jiang He, who said the Shadow Demon Race was growing stronger and the allied forces might have to abandon the West Sea Islands.
• Li Changsheng decided that the Void Evasion Technique might let him ambush Martial Saint Grade Shadow Demons and asked Martial Saint Xuanze of the Xihai Sect to teach it.
• Martial Saint Xuanze warned that the Void Evasion Technique came from the extinct Void Yaksha Race and could cause its practitioners to be swallowed by space, but Li Changsheng insisted on trying it.

Li Changsheng learned of the Void Evasion Technique inheritance from Martial Saint Xuanze and traveled to a Void Yaksha ruin to claim it. After mastering the technique’s basics, he left for Demon Slaying City.

• Martial Saint Xuanze told Li Changsheng about the Void Evasion Technique inheritance and gave him the location of the ruin.
• Li Changsheng entered the Void Yaksha ruin, mastered Instant Concealment, and passed through a barrier to reach its core.
• Li Changsheng studied the murals and comprehended the Void Evasion Technique over a month.
• Li Changsheng used the Dao Fruit Space, the Immortal Undying Demonic Body, and the Indestructible Saint Body to open eighteen small spaces in his shoulder blades.
• Li Changsheng repeatedly practiced walking through the Space Layer until he reached the beginner stage of the Void Evasion Technique, then headed for Demon Slaying City.

Li Changsheng discovered that Xihai Sect planned to hide from the Great Era using a World-Avoiding Great Formation, while Xi Sect had no way to do the same. He began hunting isolated Martial Saint-level Shadow Demons and found a black crystal that greatly improved his Immortal Undying Demonic Body.

• Li Changsheng learned from Jiang He that Xihai Sect was delaying for time, then used the Void Evasion Technique to spy on Martial Saint Xuanze.
• Li Changsheng overheard Martial Saint Xuanze and Martial Saint Jinshan reveal that Xihai Sect planned to withdraw from the world with a World-Avoiding Great Formation.
• Li Changsheng told Jiang He about Xihai Sect's plan, and Jiang He explained that Xi Sect had no suitable place to withdraw to.
• Li Changsheng ambushed and killed a lone Martial Saint-level Shadow Demon outside the West Sea Demonic Sect, then escaped with its Storage Artifact.
• Li Changsheng found a black crystal in the Storage Artifact, used it to cultivate his Immortal Undying Demonic Body, and set out to hunt more Shadow Demons.

Li Changsheng cultivated for half a year, advancing his Immortal Undying Demonic Body and Great Demon Ape Cudgel Technique before returning to hunt Shadow Demons for more black crystals. After surviving a trap, he realized Demon Slaying City could not withstand the Shadow Demon Race and resolved to urge his father-in-law to leave the West Sea Islands.

• Li Changsheng killed five Martial Saint-level Shadow Demons, prompting the Shadow Demon Race to set a trap with a Shadow Talisman and a bait clansman.
• Li Changsheng stopped hunting and cultivated in Demon Slaying City, while the Shadow Demons held back from attacking for fear of his ambushes.
• After half a year, Li Changsheng reached the sixth layer Minor Accomplishment Realm in the Immortal Undying Demonic Body and the third layer Entry Realm in the Great Demon Ape Cudgel Technique.
• Li Changsheng returned to Shadow Demon territory for black crystals and was ambushed by several Martial Saint-level Shadow Demons, including one at Martial Saint Realm Perfection Realm.
• Li Changsheng escaped into the Space Layer, recovered in Demon Slaying City, and decided to persuade his father-in-law to leave the West Sea Islands.

Li Changsheng and Jiang He planned to flee the West Sea Islands for the Great Qi Dynasty, but Xi Sect’s Martial Saints refused to join them. As the Shadow Demon Race destroyed more powers and Xihai Sect abandoned its ordinary disciples to escape, Li Changsheng warned his allies to flee while Antu sent forces to pursue the fleeing sects.

• Li Changsheng advised Jiang He and Jiang Ying to withdraw to the Great Qi Dynasty, and Jiang He agreed to discuss the plan with Xi Sect’s Martial Saints.
• Xi Yan and Chen Tai rejected the Great Qi Dynasty and chose to seek opportunities in the Sun Empire, so Jiang He left and gathered the elders willing to follow his family.
• The Shadow Demon Race ambushed the Black Water Mysterious Snake Clan as it tried to migrate, captured its three Demon Saints and clansmen, and took them to Daylight Valley.
• After the Shadow Demon Race destroyed several more powers, Great Sage Panshi ordered Xihai Sect’s upper echelon and elite disciples to flee without its ordinary disciples; Li Changsheng alerted Jiang He and Qingyuan Sect to escape.
• Antu ordered Ye Ming to pursue Xihai Sect and sent other elders with Shadow Demons after the fleeing sects.

Li Changsheng defeated five pursuing Shadow Demon Martial Saints and rejoined the Jiang Family as they fled toward the Great Qi Dynasty. Meanwhile, the Shadow Demon Race expanded its campaign across the West Sea Islands, until a mysterious Middle-aged Woman appeared and slaughtered Shadow Demons in Demon Slaying City.

• Li Changsheng left the Jiang Family’s Flying Boat to confront five pursuing Shadow Demon Martial Saints, killing them all before rejoining Jiang Ying and the others.
• The Shadow Demon Race stopped pursuing the Jiang Family and instead attacked sects across the West Sea Islands, capturing people for sacrifices at Daylight Valley.
• Ye Ming told Antu that the Xihai Sect had escaped because Great Sage Panshi used a Supreme Saint Weapon to injure him and kill three Shadow Demon Martial Saints.
• A Middle-aged Woman arrived at the ruined Demon Slaying City and killed the Shadow Demons slaughtering its people with a white ribbon.

Mo Xuan, a powerful expert from the Yin Que Imperial Palace, hunted Shadow Demons across the West Sea Islands while searching for the Taiyin Sacred Body, Jiang Ying. After learning Jiang Ying was in the Great Qi Dynasty, Mo Xuan reached the Jiang Family’s new residence, where her overwhelming presence alarmed Li Changsheng and the others.

• Mo Xuan killed the Shadow Demons at Daylight Valley and learned from an Emperor Realm expert that Jiang Ying of Xi Sect possessed the Taiyin Sacred Body.
• Mo Xuan killed another group of Shadow Demons and attacked the West Sea Demonic Sect, but Antu wounded her with a quasi-Emperor trump card.
• Mo Xuan left the West Sea Islands and caught up with Xi Sect’s main group, where Xi Yan told her that Jiang Ying had gone to the Great Qi Dynasty.
• Li Changsheng led the Jiang Family to a mountain range in the Great Qi Dynasty, where they cleared out demons and built a residence.
• Mo Xuan arrived at the Jiang Family residence, and Jiang He and Li Changsheng trembled beneath her terrifying aura.

Mo Xuan took Jiang Ying to the Yin Que Imperial Palace after she agreed to join, leaving Li Changsheng determined to grow strong enough to find her. After advancing his Sacred Elephant Golden Body, Li Changsheng learned about the Jiang Family’s circumstances and decided to seek information about the Central Continent in the Sun Empire.

• Mo Xuan identified Jiang Ying as the Taiyin Sacred Body and pressed her to join the Yin Que Imperial Palace, warning that the palace would take her by force if she refused.
• Jiang Ying agreed to leave for the Yin Que Imperial Palace after Mo Xuan refused to let her husband and father accompany her, and she spent one final hour with her family before departing.
• Li Changsheng blamed his weakness for losing Jiang Ying and entered seclusion to cultivate the Sacred Elephant Golden Body with black crystals from the Shadow Demon Race.
• Li Changsheng reached the Minor Accomplishment Realm of the Sacred Elephant Golden Body’s second layer, greatly increasing his strength.
• Li Changsheng learned that the Qingyuan Sect had returned, defeated the Tengshe Demon Country’s forces, and destroyed the Iron Blood Sect, while the Jiang Family remained withdrawn and short on resources.
• Li Changsheng decided to travel alone to the Sun Empire to learn how to reach the Central Continent and find Jiang Ying.

Li Changsheng crossed the Black Abyss and investigated reports of zombies in the Great Yu Dynasty’s Hurricane Mountain Range. He killed a newly awakened Martial Saint-level Corpse King and its strongest followers, then left the remaining cleanup to the major sects.

• Li Changsheng warned Jiang He to retreat if danger arose, then traveled toward the Sun Empire and crossed the Black Abyss on foot and with repeated leaps.
• In Xuan Yu City, Li Changsheng heard that zombies and a powerful Corpse King had appeared in the Hurricane Mountain Range, so he went to investigate.
• Li Changsheng infiltrated the ancient tomb and learned that the Corpse King and its followers belonged to the Corpse Race, which planned to grow slowly rather than provoke powerful humans.
• Li Changsheng struck down the Martial Saint-level Corpse King and killed its Emperor Realm followers, then eliminated the other Emperor Realm members outside the tomb.
• The major sects’ Emperor Realm experts found the Corpse King’s body and ordered the remaining Corpse Race members killed and their corpses burned, while Li Changsheng inspected the Corpse King’s Storage Artifact.

Li Changsheng reached the Sun Empire and learned that Eastern Emperor Mountain’s emergence had devastated its territory, prompting three empires to establish the Monster Suppressing Hall. He killed ten Demon Saints for slaughter points, exchanged them for a blue-grade Heaven and Earth Spiritual Fire, and began consuming their corpses to strengthen his Vajra Dao Fruit.

• Li Changsheng crossed the Great Yan Dynasty and entered the Sun Empire, where he found scorched land, ruined settlements, and signs of a Demon Race invasion.
• In Lingyang City, Li Changsheng learned that Eastern Emperor Mountain had emerged and that the Sun, Kunshan, and Luohe Empires were fighting its Demon Saints.
• Li Changsheng studied the Monster Suppressing Hall’s missions, took a token, and headed for the battlefield to hunt Demon Saints.
• Li Changsheng used the Void Evasion Technique to assassinate ten ordinary Demon Saints over eleven days and collected their corpses.
• Li Changsheng submitted the ten Demon Saint corpses, requested a blue-grade Heaven and Earth Spiritual Fire, and then began devouring the corpses to improve his superior Vajra Dao Fruit.

Li Changsheng strengthened his cultivation and spiritual sense while war between the three great empires and Eastern Emperor Mountain escalated. After surviving the destruction of Lingyang City, he reached the middle stage of Martial Saint and became a prominent target on Eastern Emperor Mountain’s wanted list.

• Li Changsheng learned that crossing the Nine Continents Barrier required Great Sage Realm strength, so he focused on cultivating rather than traveling to Central Continent.
• Over half a year, Li Changsheng greatly improved his spiritual sense, advanced his Vajra Dao Fruit, and neared the middle stage of Martial Saint, though his physical body remained difficult to strengthen.
• The Azure Scale Great Sage destroyed Lingyang City, and Li Changsheng escaped through the Space Layer as the Great Sage fought White Sage.
• Li Changsheng learned that White Sage had lightly injured the Azure Scale Great Sage, who fled grievously wounded after attacking over the death of his descendant.
• Li Changsheng continued cultivating and assassinating Demon Sages, eventually advancing to the middle stage of Martial Saint as the Sun Sect ordered all cultivators above the Emperor Realm into the war.
• Li Changsheng gained renown for killing Demon Sages and ranked twenty-first on Eastern Emperor Mountain’s Saint Realm wanted list.

Li Changsheng rescued Zhang Wan from Demon Race fighters and learned that the Xi Sect had suffered heavy losses after being forced into the war. Days later, a forbidden zone collided with the Sun Empire, and the Sun Sect decided to send selected fighters inside as its rivals prepared to do the same.

• Li Changsheng saved Zhang Wan and other Emperor Realm martial artists by killing the Demon Race experts attacking them.
• Zhang Wan told Li Changsheng that the Xi Sect’s Supreme Elder Chen had died, Supreme Elder Xi Yan was gravely injured, and the sect had been forced to take missions for the Sun Sect.
• Li Changsheng left after warning Zhang Wan to be careful, and Zhang Wan resolved to use the war’s missions and rewards to pursue greater strength.
• A strange forbidden zone struck the Sun Empire, causing a massive disturbance, and Li Changsheng returned to the capital to learn what had happened.
• The Sun Sect’s leaders discussed the forbidden zone and the threat of the Demon Abyss, then agreed to send top Great Sages and other fighters inside.

Li Changsheng entered the Forbidden Zone to gather body-tempering resources and strengthen himself, then found Golden Stripe Saint Fruits guarded by a Great Sage-level Giant Snake Fierce Beast. After an Eight-Armed Yaksha Great Sage engaged the beast, Li Changsheng seized several fruits, but both opponents turned on him.

• Li Changsheng decided to enter the Forbidden Zone after weighing his physical strength and ability to survive its dangers.
• Li Changsheng entered the Forbidden Zone, where his dharma power and divine sense were suppressed, and killed fierce beasts while collecting resources.
• Li Changsheng consumed fierce beast flesh and blood to rapidly increase his superior Vajra Dao Fruit's experience.
• Li Changsheng found a Golden Stripe Saint Fruit tree guarded by a Giant Snake Fierce Beast that rivaled a Great Sage.
• An Eight-Armed Yaksha Great Sage fought the Giant Snake Fierce Beast, and Li Changsheng took several Golden Stripe Saint Fruits while they battled.
• The Eight-Armed Yaksha and the Giant Snake Fierce Beast attacked Li Changsheng together as he reached for more fruits.

Li Changsheng escaped two Great Sage Realm beasts by using his Intermediate Space Dao Fruit, then spent a year cultivating in the Forbidden Zone until his Immortal Undying Demonic Body reached sixth-layer Perfection and his Vajra Dao Fruit reached Level 8. After purchasing intelligence in Sun Imperial Capital, he headed back into the Forbidden Zone to seek Purple Sun Fire Crystals at the dangerous Purple Sun Volcano.

• Li Changsheng used his Intermediate Space Dao Fruit to teleport away from the Eight-Armed Yaksha and Giant Snake Fierce Beast, escaping their attack at the cost of injuries.
• Li Changsheng hid underground, refined Golden Stripe Saint Fruits, and consumed fierce beast flesh and blood to strengthen his Immortal Undying Demonic Body and Vajra Dao Fruit.
• After a year of cultivation, Li Changsheng reached sixth-layer Perfection in the Immortal Undying Demonic Body and raised the superior Vajra Dao Fruit to Level 8.
• Li Changsheng returned to Sun Imperial Capital and bought intelligence about the Forbidden Zone, learning that several Great Sages had fallen and identifying the Purple Sun Volcano as his next destination.
• Li Changsheng returned to the Forbidden Zone to seek Purple Sun Fire Crystals, which could temper his body.

Li Changsheng ventured into Purple Sun Volcano to collect Purple Sun Fire Crystals and strengthen his body and Indestructible Dao Fruit. After reaching the volcano’s depths and advancing his cultivation, he left determined to push the Immortal Undying Demonic Body to its seventh layer.

• Li Changsheng entered Purple Sun Volcano, evaded a Great Abyss Master, and found and refined Purple Sun Fire Crystals.
• Li Changsheng endured the volcano’s deepest flames to level his Indestructible Dao Fruit from level 4 to level 8, then collected a large supply of Purple Sun Fire Crystals.
• Li Changsheng refined the crystals for several months and advanced the Sacred Elephant Golden Body to the Great Accomplishment Realm of the second layer.
• Li Changsheng raised the Indestructible Dao Fruit to level 9, learned that nurturing a Top-grade Dao Fruit required a one-hundred-year cooldown, and chose to wait.
• Li Changsheng advanced the Sacred Elephant Golden Body to the Perfection Realm of the second layer and resolved to break the Immortal Undying Demonic Body through its limit to the seventh layer.