Vol. 5The Road to Kunxu

Chen Sanshi survived the fall of Guangren Dao, pursued strength and answers through an ancient secret realm, and became entangled in the struggle over the Demon Race Saint Ancestor and Jiang Xiyue. After reaching Deity Transformation and leading Great Han against Kunxu, he was left in the midst of his duel with Situ Ting.

  • Chen Sanshi traveled to Western Ox Continent, saved Chen Duhe from Buddhist forces, and discovered that his missing senior brother Meng Guangxin was Master Jianzhen.
  • Chen Sanshi returned to the Tianshui front, cultivated to Late Golden Core and Late Golden Body Stage, and prepared an ambush at Bone-Eroding Ridge.
  • Chen Sanshi killed Suili Yan, passed his Mortal Tribulation, and became a Nascent Soul cultivator.
  • Feng Qingyan’s betrayal trapped the defenders in Juqiao City, where Shentu Hai revealed his plan to slaughter both the city and the demonic army.
  • Chen Sanshi entered the Xuanjing Mountain secret realm, reunited with Jiang Xiyue, and used the Flowing Years Candle Palace to gain years of cultivation at the cost of memories.
  • After emerging as a great cultivator, Chen Sanshi entered the Demon Suppressing Tower to help release the Demon Race Saint Ancestor when Huang Jiuyue seized Jiang Xiyue and Wang Jun.
  • Jiang Xiyue awakened the Witch, and Mu Chutai attacked Kunxu before True Person Chongxu trapped him.
  • Chen Sanshi survived his breakthrough tribulation, led Great Han’s army against Kunxu, and began fighting Situ Ting as Tai’a returned to him.
Chapters 401–501 Read from Ch. 401

Arc 17The Western Ox Journey

Chen Sanshi left the Tianshui front to find Chen Duhe and became entangled in a Buddhist pursuit that reunited him with his missing senior brother, Meng Guangxin. After returning to the war, he strengthened his cultivation and prepared an ambush for the demonic army as the Great Wall’s defenses began to fail.

  • Chen Sanshi broke through to Mid Golden Core, advanced his Dragon Scripture, and watched Qianxun, Azurebird, and the White Jade Spirit Snake survive their tribulations.
  • Chen Sanshi traveled to Qingxu Sect, trained under Mu Chutai, and was ambushed by Dongwei and Rong Roujun before Xu Taisu rescued him.
  • Chen Sanshi returned to the Great Wall, where he fought Young Master Suili and the demonic army, then helped defend against the Sha-Devouring Dragon-Drawing Formation.
  • Chen Sanshi investigated the Hundred Malevolent Spirits Weaving Net Formation and saw a mysterious swordsman rescue the trapped cultivators, while True Person Yuling and Jiang Xiyue survived the attack.
  • Chen Sanshi secretly traveled with the Witch to Western Ox Continent, discovered that Chen Duhe was being targeted by Buddhist forces, and found him fighting the Hundred Flowers Pavilion cultivators.
  • Chen Sanshi killed Master Pujue to save Chen Duhe, then fought Miaotan and Monk Xuan Du as the Witch revealed her strength and Buddhist forces pursued them.
  • Chen Sanshi infiltrated Vajra Temple and found that Master Jianzhen was his missing Fifth Senior Brother, Meng Guangxin, who helped free Chen Duhe and lead the group out of Xieyue Dao.
  • Chen Sanshi returned to the Tianshui front, recruited Meng Guangxin to help defend it, and spent four years cultivating until he reached Late Golden Core and Late Golden Body Stage before preparing an ambush at Bone-Eroding Ridge.
Chapters 401–42625 summaries Read

Arc 18The Fall of Guangren Dao

Chen Sanshi killed Suili Yan, survived his Mortal Tribulation, and became a Nascent Soul cultivator before returning to Guangren Dao. There, betrayal and the Inverted Seven Sufferings Reincarnation Great Formation trapped the defenders, while Shentu Hai revealed his plan to slaughter both sides and Chen Sanshi set out to strengthen his divine sense.

  • Chen Sanshi destroyed Bone-Eroding Ridge’s malevolent qi veins, killed Suili Yan with the Three Tribulations Yuan-Slaying Formation, and turned his corpse into a Spirit Puppet to help rout the demonic army.
  • After developing Condense Law into Arrows and refining a Tier 4 Spirit Replenishing Pill, Chen Sanshi sought cultivation guidance from Mu Chutai and traveled to find a Heavenly Gang Tiger for Jiang Xiyue’s tribulation.
  • Chen Sanshi joined Nie Yuan and Lü Ji in killing Huang Liulang, then underwent his Mortal Tribulation in Great Qi, aided Zhang Ping and Zhang An, and passed his Nascent Soul lightning tribulation.
  • Back at Five Zhang Plain, Chen Sanshi and Lu Ji uncovered Cihang’s formation plot, but Cihang and the Multi-Eyed Daoist Lord trapped Chen Sanshi as the demonic forces attacked the Great Wall.
  • Feng Qingyan betrayed the defenders, killed Xiao Boxu and Li Feng, and used the three command tokens to deactivate the City Protection Array, forcing Mu Qing Ming and the others to retreat to Juqiao City.
  • The Inverted Seven Sufferings Reincarnation Great Formation sealed Juqiao City, drove its inhabitants mad, and began killing soldiers and weaker cultivators as Chen Sanshi and the formation experts searched for a way out.
  • Monk Hui Kong and Miaotan weakened the barrier from within, but Shentu Hai arrived with Wang Shouzhi and the Heavenly Sword Sect’s Twelve Elders, then revealed he meant to slaughter everyone in the city and the demonic army.
  • Rong Roujun and Daoist Master Dongwei used Nine Profound Formation Core Gu Worms to seize control of the formation, and Zhang Huaiqing sent Chen Sanshi to strengthen his divine sense with Mu Qing Ming accompanying him.
Chapters 427–45125 summaries Read

Arc 19The Demon Suppressing Tower

Chen Sanshi entered the ancient secret realm seeking strength and answers about Jiang Xiyue, then emerged from the Flowing Years Candle Palace to confront the forces seeking to release the Demon Race Saint Ancestor. The arc left him inside the Demon Suppressing Tower as demonic energy erupted and the tower’s seal was breached.

  • Chen Sanshi returned to Great Han after the war, then left to seek Jiang Xiyue and continue cultivating in the Myriad Monster Kingdom.
  • Chen Sanshi broke through to the Heavenly Manifestation of Earth Realm, developed the Fourth-Tier Arrow Way, and returned to Great Han when Gu Xinlan became gravely ill.
  • Gu Xinlan and Sun Li died, and Chen Sanshi set out to pursue Mei Xiyue while vowing that the Tianshui Immortal Sect’s elders would pay for underestimating him.
  • Chen Sanshi joined the demon cultivators seeking the ancient Xuanjing Mountain secret realm, entered through a Void Rift, and defeated several cultivators who had opposed him in Guangren Dao.
  • Chen Sanshi escaped the demon elders’ plan to release the Demon Ancestor, reunited with Jiang Xiyue and Wang Jun, and learned that the Flowing Years Candle Palace could grant years of cultivation at the cost of memories.
  • Chen Sanshi entered the Flowing Years Candle Palace carrying a white robe, while Chen Xianyü’s life and the Star Realm group’s struggle against the Dark Forces unfolded beyond it.
  • Chen Sanshi emerged as a great cultivator, killed Geng Jingcheng and Master Nituan, and fought the forces gathering around the Demon Suppressing Tower.
  • Huang Jiuyue broke the tower’s lower seals and seized Jiang Xiyue and Wang Jun, so Chen Sanshi agreed to help release the Demon Race Saint Ancestor and entered the tower with the Guardian Envoy token as demonic energy erupted.
Chapters 452–47625 summaries Read

Arc 20The Siege of Kunxu

Chen Sanshi pursued the materials and cultivation needed to break through, while the Witch’s awakening and Mu Chutai’s sacrifices reshaped the struggle over Jiang Xiyue and the demonic seed. After overcoming his tribulation, Chen Sanshi led Great Han’s army against Kunxu, where the siege began and his battle with Situ Ting continued.

  • Chaos escaped the ruined Demon Suppressing Tower but was lured into Dugu Ao’s illusion array and bound with golden chains.
  • Chen Sanshi refused Mu Qing Ming’s demand to abandon Eastern Continent, then prepared for the beasts’ transformations as the border war ended.
  • Chen Sanshi learned that Kunxu had imprisoned his Master’s Wife to force him to become a Guest Elder, and agreed to join the Slay Immortal Sect’s plan against Kunxu after reaching Deity Transformation.
  • At the Myriad Demon Assembly, Chen Sanshi won the Star-Laced Tianyuan Vine, killed Huang Chongli, and refined a True Phoenix Fire Plume before An Chuzhi exposed him.
  • Jiang Xiyue awakened the Witch, who fought An Chuzhi, but Mu Yun’s forces pursued the fugitives and Mu Chutai revealed that Jiang Xiyue carried an upper-realm demon seed.
  • Mu Chutai killed Mu Yun and five other Deity Transformation cultivators, then attacked Kunxu and reached Nangong Qingyao in the immortal prison before True Person Chongxu trapped him.
  • Chen Sanshi survived his breakthrough tribulation and the God Slaying Platform, then spent years pursuing the Martial Path Divine Intent Realm while Great Han prepared to attack Kunxu.
  • Chen Sanshi led Great Han’s army to Kunxu, where its bombardment broke the damaged Mountain Protecting Formation and his duel with Situ Ting began, and Tai'a returned to Chen Sanshi as Situ Ting sent countless swords against him.
Chapters 477–50125 summaries Read
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