Chapter Summaries

Chen Sanshi used the Sky-Mending Stone Spirit Liquid to break through to Mid Golden Core and advanced his martial arts while cultivating in Tianyong City. He watched as his Spirit Pets overcame their tribulations and his Law-Devouring Cicadas advanced into Golden Core realm Gu Worms.

• Chen Sanshi refined the Sky-Mending Stone Spirit Liquid, broke through to Mid Golden Core, and comprehended the Eight Desolations Fiery Armor.
• Chen Sanshi advanced his Dragon Scripture cultivation and reviewed the progress of his other arts and skills.
• Qianxun overcame her tribulation and gained a golden mark, while Azurebird also survived her tribulation and learned to change her size.
• The White Jade Spirit Snake nearly failed her tribulation, but Chen Yunxi protected her with a talisman, and she underwent ancestral awakening after surviving the final lightning strike.
• Chen Sanshi discovered that the insect king and insect queen had advanced into Golden Core realm Cracked Core Cicadas, whose offspring would each contain a Miniature Golden Core.

Chen Sanshi left Great Han for Tianshui and learned that the Three Heavenly Sects had defended his actions against Guiyuan Sect, while secretly investigating Jiang Xiyue and the possible demonic seed within her. He returned to Qingxu Sect to find Master's Wife, but a Nascent Soul-level tribulation suddenly began overhead.

• Chen Sanshi checked on Sun Li, considered the progress of his disciples and children, then departed Great Han for the Tianshui border in June of the twenty-eighth year of Tianwu.
• Elders from the Thirty-Six Heavenly Sects accused Great Han and Qingxu Sect of responsibility for Guiyuan Sect's destruction, but Chongxu Zhenren said Tianwu had acted on his orders and ordered the dispute ended.
• Chongxu Zhenren, Qin Zhaozhi, and Wang Shouzhi questioned True Person Jiuhuan about Jiang Xiyue and debated whether she carried a sword demon or a demonic seed.
• The Three Heavenly Sects learned that Zhang Huaiqing had been added to the Supreme Profound Immortal Record, so Chongxu Zhenren warned Wang Shouzhi against provoking him; Wang Shouzhi left to investigate the demonic seed.
• Chen Sanshi disguised himself as a Foundation Establishment disciple and entered Qingxu Sect to find Master's Wife, but found Young Taoist Sixteen asleep at her cave abode instead.
• Black tribulation clouds formed above Qingxu Sect, and Chen Sanshi realized someone was undergoing a Nascent Soul-level heavenly tribulation.

Chen Sanshi watched Xu Taisu survive his Nascent Soul tribulation, then reported Xiyue’s safety to True Person Yuling and visited Mu Chutai, who taught him about the Fourth Realm of martial arts. While training in a baleful valley, Chen Sanshi was ambushed by Dongwei and Rong Roujun, leaving him facing two enemies.

• Xu Taisu completed his Nascent Soul tribulation with little danger while Chen Sanshi watched from Hundred Flowers Valley.
• Chen Sanshi told True Person Yuling and Jiang Qiongsu that Xiyue was safe, and learned more about her origins and Mu Chutai’s past.
• Chen Sanshi visited Mu Chutai, who tested his Dragon Scripture progress and explained that the Fourth Realm of martial arts was Heavenly Manifestation of Earth.
• Chen Sanshi trained in a baleful valley, opened his Yang Orifice, and advanced his Dragon Scripture to Early Stage progress 200/300.
• Dongwei attacked Chen Sanshi with the Qianyuan Taiji Fan, and Chen Sanshi recognized him as the cultivator whose body he had destroyed in Luoxiao Immortal Palace.
• Rong Roujun ambushed Chen Sanshi with a Heavy Ruler, and the two enemies confronted him together.

Chen Sanshi survived Rong Roujun’s attack when Xu Taisu intervened, while Rong and her allies grew suspicious of Qingxu Sect and continued investigating Jiang Xiyue. After Qingxu Sect released Xue Jingfeng from punishment, he joined Wang Shouzhi and revealed that the sect concealed three Blessed Lands.

• Rong Roujun nearly killed Chen Sanshi, but Xu Taisu arrived, drove her off, and saved him.
• Xu Taisu asked Chen Sanshi about repairing his fifth-grade formation disk before leaving, and Lord of Mount Tai returned to dismiss Chen.
• Rong Roujun and Daoist Master Dongwei told Wang Shouzhi that Xu Taisu had reached the Mid Nascent Soul Stage, and Wang ordered them to keep investigating Jiang Xiyue.
• True Person Xuancheng released Xue Jingfeng from Siguo Cliff and urged him to stop opposing Zhang Huaiqing, but Xue rejected his advice and left Qingxu Sect.
• Xue Jingfeng offered to help Wang Shouzhi and revealed that Qingxu Sect concealed three Blessed Lands held by Zhang Huaiqing, Xu Taisu, and Jade Spirit from Hundred Flowers Valley.

Chen Sanshi led the Great Han through a costly defense of the Great Wall, repelled the Blood Demon Army, and received a threat from the Ancient Demon Suili Clan. After half a year of stalemate, he opened his Central Palace Orifice and gained the Soul Refining True Fire.

• Qi Cheng ordered the Great Han forces to use the Xun Feng Tiangang Formation, and the rising gale empowered their arrows against the advancing Blood Demon Army.
• An Ancient Demon Golden Core cultivator attacked Zhou Weizhen, but Chen Sanshi arrived and killed it with a Fire Dragon before driving into the enemy ranks.
• Chen Sanshi burned a Blood Demon mother and child, then used his bow and Cracked Core Cicadas to devastate the Blood Demon Army, which retreated at dusk after losing one hundred thousand troops.
• Young Master Suili returned the Liquan Spear and demanded that Chen Sanshi join the Ancient Demon Clan with the Common People Praying to Heaven Bead; Chen Sanshi refused the offer and threat.
• Chen Sanshi and Qi Cheng organized the defense of Guangren Dao, and the armies remained in a prolonged standoff for half a year.
• Chen Sanshi exhausted the Sky-Mending Stone Spirit Liquid, opened his Central Palace Orifice, and gained the Soul Refining True Fire, which could burn spiritual senses and souls.

Chen Sanshi finished preparations for the looming war and received reinforcements at Guangren Dao, where tensions between Qingxu Sect and Qingxuan Mountain surfaced. The demonic army began preparing a formation against the Great Wall of Demon Suppression, while Chen Sanshi learned that Senior Sister Xiyue had also arrived.

• Chen Sanshi completed the Spirit Extinguishing Great Formation and refined two pills to support his cultivation.
• At the start of Tianwu Year Twenty-Nine, Chen Sanshi ordered soldiers to reclaim farmland and establish garrison settlements; four years later, Deng Wuchang reported that demonic Nascent Soul Cultivators would reinforce the enemy.
• Qi Cheng advised Chen Sanshi to request reinforcements, and the Heavenly Sword Sect sent Qingxu Sect and three Early Nascent Soul Cultivators to Guangren Dao.
• Chen Sanshi gave Qi Cheng a Tier 5 formation inheritance and urged him to prove himself as a commander.
• Feng Qingyan, Shangguan Yunzhi, Xiao Boxu, and Qingxu Sect's disciples arrived; Xiao Boxu and True Person Xuancheng argued over Danxia Mountain before Chen Sanshi sent the elders to inspect the front line.
• Chen Sanshi told True Person Xuancheng that Jiang Xiyue had vanished after the Sword Demon seized her body, then asked the Blind Woman whether she wanted to see Senior Sister Xiyue.

Chen Sanshi and the cultivators faced a massive demonic army assembling beyond the Great Wall, while True Person Yuling confronted Mu Chutai over his past betrayals. The chapter ended with the Great Song Emperor and Ancient Demon leaders demanding that the defenders surrender or be destroyed.

• Jiang Xiyue told True Person Yuling that the demon seed had not taken over her body, and Chen Sanshi asked about the seed’s purpose.
• Mu Chutai barged into the tent looking for Jiang Xiyue, and True Person Yuling rebuked him for abandoning Qingyao and betraying Chen Sanshi before sparing his life.
• Chen Sanshi and several Nascent Soul cultivators saw millions of Blood Demon soldiers, demonic cultivators, and warships gathering beyond the Great Wall.
• Xiao Boxu and Shangguan Yunzhi identified the Nine Abyss Malevolent Qi Dragon Drawing Formation and warned that it could severely damage the Great Wall’s defenses.
• Suili Yan, Qu Sanyuan, and Great Song Emperor Zhao approached the wall, where Zhao tried to recruit Chen Sanshi and the other defenders into the demonic alliance.
• Chen Sanshi rejected Zhao’s justification for turning civilians into Blood Demons, and Young Master Suili threatened the defenders unless they joined the Ancient Demon Celestial Clan.

Great Han Tianwu’s forces struggled against the demonic army’s formation as the righteous Nascent Soul cultivators fell into a worsening disadvantage. Chen Sanshi charged into the formation alone, while the Han martial cultivators watching remained confident that their emperor knew what he was doing.

• Xiao Boxu, Shangguan Yunzhi, and Feng Qing fought the demonic Nascent Soul cultivators as the armies clashed.
• Young Master Suili’s Golden Core cultivators activated a warship formation that filled the battlefield with corrosive black mist and trapped the righteous cultivators.
• Chen Sanshi decided to breach the formation himself, activated the Blood Burning Method, and charged into the enemy ranks despite receiving no support from the other Golden Core cultivators.
• True Person Yuling tried to follow Chen Sanshi, but Dongfang Jingxing stopped her and Jiang Xiyue from going after him.
• Zhu Tong, Xiong Qiuan, Liu Jinkui, and the other Han martial cultivators told He Yuan that Chen Sanshi’s solo charge was nothing unusual for their emperor.

Chen Sanshi, appearing as Emperor Tianwu, attacked the demonic army alone and overwhelmed its cultivators with his endless-recovering true force and spirit beasts. After reaching Young Master Suili’s flagship, he faced Suili’s formidable counterattack, and their battle began in earnest.

• Young Master Suili ordered the demonic cultivators to attack Chen Sanshi, who had arrived alone to breach their formation.
• Chen Sanshi killed Corpse Cultivator Deng Ye and turned the tide against more than twenty Golden Core cultivators as his fighting strength grew during battle.
• Chen Sanshi summoned Azurebird, Qianxun, White Jade, and his other spirit beasts to kill two Late Golden Core cultivators and rout the demonic forces.
• Chen Sanshi cut through the demonic army and attacked the flagship, while Young Master Suili transformed and drove him back with his Abyssal Demon Blade.
• Chen Sanshi changed his flames into Soul Refining True Fire as he continued fighting Young Master Suili.

Chen Sanshi used Soul Refining True Fire to rout Young Master Suili, set the demonic fleet ablaze, and relieve pressure on the Orthodox Path Nascent Soul cultivators. The demonic army then resumed its assault with the Blood Demon Army and the Sha-Devouring Dragon-Drawing Formation, leaving the defenders at the Great Wall of Demon Suppression in an increasingly worsening position.

• Chen Sanshi overwhelmed Young Master Suili with Soul Refining True Fire, destroyed his armor, and set the demonic warships ablaze with a Cracked Core Cicada.
• Elder Suili interrupted Chen Sanshi before he could kill Young Master Suili, and Chen Sanshi withdrew as the demonic Nascent Soul cultivators retreated.
• Emperor Tianxi ordered the Blood Demon Army to attack while the fleet regrouped, and Chen Sanshi joined the Great Wall's defense.
• Two days later, the demonic army unleashed the Sha-Devouring Dragon-Drawing Formation against the Great Wall, and Chen Sanshi assigned the three Orthodox Path Nascent Soul cultivators to guard its formation eyes.
• The demonic army repeatedly attacked with the Blood Demon Army and the Sha-Devouring Dragon-Drawing Formation, gradually worsening the defenders' position.

After years of stalemate at the Great Wall, Chen Sanshi strengthened Tianyong City's defenses and learned that the Heavenly Sword Sect might target Zhang Huaiqing and Jiang Xiyue over their unusual fortunes. Dugu Ao left Golden Core disciples to aid the defense but refused to fight personally, leaving Chen Sanshi wary of his motives.

• Chen Sanshi continued cultivating and studying arrays, then gave Dongfang Jingxing third-tier city-protecting arrays to deploy along the border.
• Chen Sanshi directed Tianyong City's drills, and the cultivators' Zhou Tian Xing Dou Zhu Mo Great Formation achieved a breakthrough that awakened the Five Elements Rotation effect of his Immortal Taming divine ability.
• Dugu Ao and Shangguan Siheng arrived from the Slay Immortal Sect, and Dugu Ao warned Chen Sanshi to beware of the Heavenly Sword Sect's interest in Zhang Huaiqing and Jiang Xiyue.
• Dugu Ao explained that the Heavenly Sword Sect and Qingxu Sect contested Dao fortune and that Zhang Huaiqing's extraordinary human fortune could make him a target.
• Dugu Ao said the Heavenly Sword Sect was also searching for Jiang Xiyue because of her demonic seed, while Chen Sanshi concealed that her whereabouts were unknown after the seed's Body Seizure.
• Dugu Ao refused to remain and fight, leaving several Golden Core disciples behind; Chen Sanshi watched him depart and wondered about his true intentions.

Chen Sanshi and his allies raced to rescue Xiao Boxu’s pursuing force after Qu Sanyuan trapped them inside the Hundred Malevolent Spirits Weaving Net Formation. As Chen Sanshi fought Suili Yan outside the formation, Rong Roujun and Daoist Master Dongwei captured True Person Yuling and began searching her soul for her disciple’s whereabouts.

• Wang Li reported that Qu Sanyuan had attacked a Great Wall formation node and that Xiao Boxu and Feng Qingyan had pursued her with Qingxuan Mountain, Qingxu Sect, and Hundred Flowers Valley cultivators.
• Feng Qingyan struck Qu Sanyuan down near Soul Severing Cliff, but she lured her pursuers into a trap and unleashed the Hundred Malevolent Spirits Weaving Net Formation, killing and trapping many cultivators.
• Chen Sanshi and Shangguan Yunzhi arrived outside the sealed formation as Zhao and Suili Yan approached, and Chen Sanshi charged the demonic army to buy time for the trapped cultivators.
• Chen Sanshi dodged Suili Yan’s axe and repeatedly used the cracking Soul Suppressing Bell against him while Suili Yan attacked from the demonic army.
• Inside Soul Severing Cliff, True Person Yuling tried to protect Jiang Xiyue and escape, but Rong Roujun and Daoist Master Dongwei attacked them and captured True Person Yuling.
• Rong Roujun began using a soul-searching technique on True Person Yuling to learn where her disciple was.

Chen Sanshi and Shangguan Yunzhi fought to keep their allies from being captured, but Chen Sanshi was forced to retreat and Emperor Tianxi and Suili Yan reached Soul Severing Cliff. A mysterious Foundation Establishment cultivator destroyed the formation and rescued the trapped Qingxu Sect Disciples, leaving Chen Sanshi wondering who the stranger was and what hidden forces surrounded him.

• Chen Sanshi used immortal fire and Cracked Core Cicadas to delay Suili Yan, but was struck down by the Ancient Demon Elder and escaped with an Earth Escape Talisman; Shangguan Yunzhi also withdrew from her battle with Emperor Tianxi.
• Suili Yan and Zhao abandoned the pursuit and headed to Soul Severing Cliff, while Chen Sanshi asked Lord of Mount Tai for help rescuing the people trapped inside the formation.
• The Hundred Malevolent Spirits Weaving Net Formation collapsed, and a mysterious man wielding an ancient wooden sword defeated Suili Yan and Zhao long enough to free the captives.
• Suili Yan and Zhao withdrew after the mysterious man vanished, and the rescued group returned behind the Great Wall with heavy casualties among the Qingxu Sect Disciples.
• Chen Sanshi questioned True Person Yuling and Jiang Xiyue about the mysterious man, but neither recognized him, deepening his suspicion that a major secret surrounded the Qingxu Sect.

As the demonic army prepared to attack Guangren Dao with help from the Evil God Nations, Chen Sanshi advanced his cultivation and planned to destroy the malevolent vein at Bone-Eroding Ridge. The Witch appeared in his tent and asked him to accompany her to Western Ox Continent, leaving her purpose unclear.

• Zhao Rui told Suili Yan and Qu Sanyuan that the Evil God Nations had agreed to send Fourth Realm Evil God Path Cultivators to aid the demonic army.
• After two years of cultivation, Chen Sanshi advanced his Dragon Scripture and decided to strike Bone-Eroding Ridge to destroy its malevolent vein and weaken the Sha-Devouring Dragon-Drawing Formation.
• Chen Sanshi planned to adapt the Three Tribulations Yuan-Slaying Formation, using spirit pearls and the malevolent vein to create a powerful formation against the demonic cultivators.
• The Witch appeared in Chen Sanshi's tent without her disguise, dodged his spear, and explained that she had suppressed her cultivation.
• The Witch asked Chen Sanshi to accompany her to Western Ox Continent, and he asked what she intended to do at the Buddhist sect.

Chen Sanshi and the Witch traveled to the Western Ox Continent and discovered that his eldest son, Chen Duhe, had become a revered local deity by fighting evildoers. After the Witch killed Buddhist monks who attacked the villagers honoring Chen Duhe, Chen Sanshi decided to find his son and protect him, while the pair stayed in Xieyue Dao to seek supplies.

• Chen Sanshi secretly left the army with the Witch and traveled for more than sixty days to the Western Ox Continent.
• In Xieyue Dao, Chen Sanshi recognized a statue of Chen Duhe and learned that his son had earned the title True Lord by killing corrupt officials and evil cultivators.
• Buddhist monks destroyed Chen Duhe’s temple and denounced him as a devil cultivator, but the villagers defended him, strengthening the mysterious fortune in Chen Sanshi’s Common People Praying to Heaven Bead.
• When the Thin Monk attacked a villager, the Witch killed him and the other Buddhist disciples, and Chen Sanshi and the Witch fled in disguise.
• Chen Sanshi learned that Buddhist forces and the Great Jin court were preparing to target Chen Duhe, whose whereabouts were unknown, and resolved to find him.
• Chen Sanshi and the Witch remained in Xieyue Dao to seek a Bodhi Formless Bone and a Brahma Twin Vine.

Chen Sanshi searched Eight Treasures Marketplace for rare materials and learned that an auction at an Arhat Temple might have the Brahma Twin Vine he needed. After witnessing the Buddhist Saintess heal a mortal, he prepared to attend the auction with the Witch, whose own purpose remained secret.

• Chen Sanshi learned that the Buddhist Saintess's pilgrimage had drawn a huge crowd to Eight Treasures Marketplace.
• The Buddhist Saintess healed an old woman's eyes, and Chen Sanshi considered the rumors that she was a Bodhisattva Reincarnation.
• Chen Sanshi searched the marketplace for the Brahma Twin Vine but found none, then bought other goods at Eight Treasures Pavilion.
• The shopkeeper gave Chen Sanshi a token for a secret midnight auction at an Arhat Temple, where the Twin Vines were expected to appear.
• Chen Sanshi investigated the auction's origins and decided to attend, while the Witch refused to explain her purpose and he warned her to be careful with his senior sister's body.

Chen Sanshi and the Witch attended the Hundred Flowers Pavilion auction, where Chen Sanshi lost the bidding for a rare Brahma Twin Vine to the masked cultivator in Room 98. After learning that the winner had paid with counterfeit spirit stones, Chen Sanshi pursued the pair and found them preparing an ambush in a gorge.

• Chen Sanshi and the Witch entered the auction through a hidden Teleportation Array at Pujue Temple.
• Chen Sanshi bid against the cultivator in Room 98 for the Brahma Twin Vine, but withdrew when he ran short of spirit stones and the rival refused to yield.
• Chen Sanshi paid for his other purchases, and Noble Young Master offered him a position as a Guest Elder of Hundred Flowers Pavilion.
• A Hundred Flowers Pavilion attendant reported that Room 98 had paid with fake spirit stones and that Young Master Zhang was missing.
• Chen Sanshi asked the Witch to track the Room 98 cultivator, then found the pair laying a formation in a gorge as Chen Duhe sensed their arrival.

Chen Duhe and Yan Hanshuang ambushed Wang Shuyan and the Hundred Flowers Pavilion cultivators, but Master Pujue intervened and nearly killed them. Chen Sanshi arrived in time to destroy the monk with a barrage of Gu Worm arrows and began treating his wounded son.

• Wang Shuyan led Hundred Flowers Pavilion cultivators against Chen Duhe, who revealed himself and fought them with his Hook Sickle Spear and Howling Gold Beast.
• Yan Hanshuang activated a sword formation that helped Chen Duhe and the Howling Gold Beast overwhelm the attackers and bring down Wang Shuyan.
• Master Pujue arrived and defeated Chen Duhe and the Howling Gold Beast, while Yan Hanshuang stepped in to shield Chen Duhe.
• As Master Pujue prepared to kill Chen Duhe, Chen Sanshi attacked him with arrows made of Gu Worms and revealed that he was Chen Duhe's father.
• Chen Sanshi's Gu Worms destroyed Master Pujue's prayer beads, Golden Body, and life, after which Chen Sanshi gave Chen Duhe pills and began healing him.

Chen Sanshi rescued Chen Duhe, Yan Hanshuang, and her brother after they killed Wang Shuyan, then fought off Buddhist Saintess Miaotan when she tried to capture them. He escaped with the others, but warned that temples across Xieyue Dao had mobilized and they needed to leave quickly.

• Chen Sanshi healed Chen Duhe and Yan Hanshuang, and Chen Duhe explained how Wang Shuyan and his allies had used villagers to cultivate evil arts.
• Chen Duhe killed Wang Shuyan and took the pills containing the antidote for Yan Hanshuang's poisoned brother.
• Chen Sanshi fled west with the others, but Miaotan trapped their Flying Boat inside a vast lotus of Buddhist light.
• Chen Sanshi fought Miaotan with his Dharma treasures, then escaped when a powerful Wish Gathering King approached and Gu Worms delayed Miaotan's pursuit.
• Chen Sanshi reunited with Chen Duhe and the others and warned that temples across Xieyue Dao had mobilized, so they needed to leave immediately.

Chen Sanshi hid with Chen Duhe and Yan Hanshuang while Buddhist monks searched for them, then confronted Miaotan when she found their refuge. He exposed a White-browed Old Monk hiding in a flock of birds and identified him as a powerful Wish Gathering King.

• Chen Sanshi led Chen Duhe and Yan Hanshuang through Xieyue Dao, evaded ambushes, and hid them in a valley with an Inverted Illusion Great Formation.
• Chen Sanshi claimed the treasures Chen Duhe had won at auction, gave him other protective items, and argued with him over Chen Duhe’s proposal to extend mortals’ lives through corpse cultivation or ghost cultivation.
• Chen Sanshi sent Chen Duhe and Yan Hanshuang away after sensing danger, then confronted Miaotan and her Buddhist followers in the clouds.
• Chen Sanshi fought Miaotan, noticed birds repeatedly approaching him, and discovered purple aura moving between them as the White Jade Spirit Snake swallowed them.
• Chen Sanshi unleashed a vast wave of fire that burned the birds and forced the hidden White-browed Old Monk to appear, revealing his power as a Wish Gathering King.