Chapter Summaries

Chen Sanshi fought Monk Xuan Du and Master Miaotan, but the Witch intervened and defeated both Buddhist cultivators before leaving. Miaotan and Xuan Du identified the Witch as the Demon Seed and prepared to pursue her, while Miaotan also ordered an investigation into the Wang Family and Pujue Temple.

• Chen Sanshi used his artifacts and escape techniques to battle Monk Xuan Du, who transformed into a giant Heavenly Manifestation of Earth and repeatedly tried to crush him.
• Chen Sanshi struck Monk Xuan Du with the Luofeng Soul Locking Nail, but Master Miaotan returned and injured him with Buddhist light, forcing him to escape underground.
• The Witch appeared and cut apart Monk Xuan Du's kasaya and Heavenly Manifestation of Earth with one sword strike, then wounded Master Miaotan when she attacked.
• The Witch spared Miaotan and vanished into the moonlight, while Chen Sanshi had already disappeared.
• Monk Xuan Du identified the Witch as the Demon Seed and proposed activating the Avici Hell Array and summoning their elders.
• Miaotan agreed to pursue the Demon Seed but insisted that Monk Xuan Du investigate the Wang Family and Pujue Temple.

Chen Sanshi pursued the monks who had captured Chen Duhe and Yan Hanshuang, infiltrated Vajra Temple, and found them in the Demon Suppression Prison. There he discovered that the monk he had attacked was his long-lost Fifth Senior Brother, Meng Guangxin.

• Chen Sanshi found monk corpses and the remains of his Cracked Core Cicada, then followed Chen Duhe's blood trail until he saw Chen Duhe and Yan Hanshuang captured by monks.
• The Witch fought Zen Master Yungui while Chen Sanshi chased the captors to Vajra Temple and disguised himself to enter.
• Chen Sanshi learned that Master Jianzhen had taken Chen Duhe and Yan Hanshuang to the Demon Suppression Prison, then infiltrated the jail.
• Chen Sanshi ambushed Monk Jianzhen, but recognized him as Meng Guangxin, his missing Fifth Senior Brother.

Chen Sanshi and Meng Guangxin rescued the prisoners and escaped Xieyue Dao with Jiang Xiyue, while Zen Master Yungui allowed them to go. Yungui then admitted to Miaotan that the Buddhist Sect deliberately allowed demons to remain, and began explaining why.

• Meng Guangxin incapacitated two monks, freed Chen Duhe and the other prisoners, and led the disguised group out of Vajra Temple.
• Chen Sanshi waited for Jiang Xiyue, who returned unconscious on the Azure Bird, and persuaded Meng Guangxin to let her escape with them.
• Meng Guangxin convinced Abbot Huiming to open the border barrier, and the group passed through the Purgatory Great Formation to leave Xieyue Dao.
• Xuandu learned that Meng Guangxin had escaped with Chen Lei and the Witch, but Zen Master Yungui returned injured and ordered the formations withdrawn rather than pursuing them.
• Miaotan questioned why demons were allowed to remain in Buddhist territory, and Yungui admitted it was deliberate before recounting how Bodhisattva Zhixing used a leopard demon to overthrow a demonic sect.

Chen Sanshi returned to Tianshui Continent with Meng Guangxin, gained the Bodhi Formless Bone, and resumed his closed-door cultivation as the demonic army prepared to attack Five Zhang Plain. Four years later, he broke through to Late Golden Core, united his flames into Chaos True Fire, and continued advancing the Dragon Scripture.

• Miaotan rejected Yungui’s claim that allowing suffering to inspire incense offerings was great compassion, while Yungui warned her that her doubts could destabilize her breakthrough.
• Chen Sanshi escorted Jiang Xiyue toward the Eastern Continent, learned how Meng Guangxin had ended up at Mount Sumeru, and persuaded him to return to the army as a Fourth Rank Divine Might Heavenly General.
• Meng Guangxin gave Chen Sanshi the Bodhi Formless Bone, then reunited with their fellow disciples at Five Zhang Plain and agreed to help defend Tianshui.
• Chen Sanshi ordered his generals to hold their positions against the demonic army and began closed-door cultivation, while Zhao ordered a costly assault on the Great Wall after learning Chen Sanshi had visited the Western Ox Continent.
• Four years later, Chen Sanshi used Breakthrough Pills to reach Late Golden Core, fused his flames into Chaos True Fire, and continued cultivating the Dragon Scripture until two of his three dantians were tempered and connected.

Chen Sanshi advanced his formation arts and Ten Thousand Swords Descend, then prepared for the coming battle as the Great Wall’s formation eye weakened. He broke through to the Late Golden Body Stage, gaining the ability to turn a slain enemy into a temporary flame puppet.

• Chen Sanshi became a Tier 4 Formation Master, completed the Three Tribulations Yuan-Slaying Formation, and stored it in a talisman.
• Chen Sanshi advanced Ten Thousand Swords Descend by creating three thousand sword phantoms that struck with power close to Ultimate Divine Abilities.
• Dongfang Jingxing reported that a crack had appeared in the Great Wall’s Grade-A formation eye, while two Fourth Realm Evil God Path Cultivators approached Bone-Eroding Ridge.
• Xiao Boxu and Feng Qingyan urged Chen Sanshi to use the demonic seed against the demonic army, but Kunxu refused to guarantee it would not pursue the seed.
• Chen Sanshi ordered the Grade-A formation eye closed in sixty days so the demonic army could enter an ambush, and he prepared three thousand Heavenly Soldiers and Generals.
• Chen Sanshi entered the Late Golden Body Stage and gained the Spirit Puppet effect, which let him temporarily bind a slain enemy’s soul with flame.

Chen Sanshi led Tianyong City in a surprise assault on the demonic army’s lightly guarded Main Camp while the main forces fought at the Great Wall. He activated the Spirit Extinguishing Great Formation and sealed the giant black serpent beneath the mountain, while Meng Guangxin confronted Suili Wu.

• Emperor Tianxi ordered the demonic army to attack the breached Great Wall, and the armies of Great Han and the demons clashed in a brutal battle.
• Xiao Boxu and the other righteous Nascent Soul cultivators fought Elder Suili, Zhao, and their allies, then fell back against the Great Wall as Chen Lei’s whereabouts remained unknown.
• Chen Sanshi arrived at Bone-Eroding Ridge with three thousand Tianyong City cultivators and launched a surprise attack on the demonic Main Camp.
• Wang Zhi and Meng Guangxin fought through the camp, and Meng Guangxin intervened when Suili Wu attacked Chen Sanshi.
• Chen Sanshi activated the Spirit Extinguishing Great Formation, which dragged the giant black serpent from beneath the mountain and sealed it inside the spirit pearl.

Chen Sanshi sealed the demonic army’s malevolent qi veins and killed Young Master Suili, then fought Elder Suili as Xiao Boxu and the others tried to hold back the retreating demons. Elder Suili transformed into a colossal form and overwhelmed Chen Sanshi and Monk Jianzhen, but a Three Tribulations Yuan-Slaying Formation appeared as he closed in on Tianwu.

• Chen Sanshi destroyed the malevolent qi veins at Bone-Eroding Ridge, cutting off the demonic army’s formation power, while Xiao Boxu and the others stopped Zhao’s group from returning to the rear.
• Xiao Boxu fought Suili Yan with his Nascent Soul outside his body, and he saved Feng Qingyan from Emperor Tianxi’s attack while Suili Yan escaped toward Bone-Eroding Ridge.
• Monk Jianzhen drove Young Master Suili into retreat, but Chen Sanshi intercepted him and killed him with his spear and Chaos True Fire as Suili Yan arrived too late to save his nephew.
• Chen Sanshi fought Suili Yan with his armor, movement techniques, and sword phantoms, but his attacks only wounded the Ancient Demon Elder slightly.
• Suili Yan used Heavenly Manifestation of Earth to crush Chen Sanshi’s defenses and blast Monk Jianzhen into a ravine, then advanced toward Tianwu as the Three Tribulations Yuan-Slaying Formation appeared.

Chen Sanshi used the Three Tribulations Yuan-Slaying Formation to battle Suili Yan, but the Ancient Demon Elder broke through its barrier and nearly killed him. Chen Sanshi ultimately killed Suili Yan with a final formation technique and began turning the corpse into a Spirit Puppet.

• Chen Sanshi activated the Three Tribulations Yuan-Slaying Formation, using its Heaven, Earth, and Human tribulations to attack Suili Yan.
• Chen Sanshi joined the formation’s assault and struck Suili Yan with the Luofeng Soul-Locking, leaving the Ancient Demon Elder severely wounded.
• Suili Yan pulled out his own spine to make a spear and sacrificed his blood essence to tear open the formation barrier.
• Chen Sanshi absorbed the damaged formation’s power and released the Return to Ruin Divine Ability, clashing with Suili Yan’s final spear attack.
• Chen Sanshi stabbed Suili Yan through the heart and then cast a spell on the corpse to make a Spirit Puppet.

Chen Sanshi returned from Bone-Eroding Ridge with Suili Yan dead and his body turned into a puppet, helping the defenders defeat the demonic army and hold the Great Wall of Demon Suppression. After resuming cultivation, he developed Arrow Way’s Condense Law into Arrows ability and went to find Mu Chutai for his next cultivation technique.

• Suili Yan arrived at the battlefield, but Chen Sanshi controlled his dead body and attacked Qu Sanyuan, turning the battle in the defenders’ favor.
• Chen Sanshi and the allied cultivators drove Zhao and Qu Sanyuan to flee, then routed the demonic army by revealing Suili Yan’s death and Young Master Suili’s severed head.
• The defenders held the Great Wall of Demon Suppression after a costly battle, and Chen Sanshi learned that reinforcements might come from Kunxu while the Evil God Path Cultivators remained a future threat.
• After half a year of cultivation, Chen Sanshi developed the Arrow Way ability Condense Law into Arrows, allowing him to fire up to five thousand Flowing Light Arrows using his spiritual power.
• Chen Sanshi flew to Five Zhang Plain to find Mu Chutai and request the cultivation technique needed to continue after reaching the Late Golden Body Stage.

Chen Sanshi learned the Heavenly Manifestation of Earth cultivation chant from Mu Chutai while weighing whether to leave the Eastern Continent with Jiang Xiyue. As Chen prepared for reinforcements and continued cultivating, the Heavenly Sword Sect conspired with the demonic path to kill Zhang Huaiqing, and Chen advanced his alchemy to Tier 4.

• Chen Sanshi traded wine, medicinal materials, spirit stones, and other valuables for Mu Chutai's instruction in opening the Seven Orifices and deduced the Fourth Realm cultivation chant through repeated attempts and lashes.
• Mu Chutai urged Chen Sanshi to take Jiang Xiyue to the Myriad Monster Kingdom for safety, but Chen refused to leave before Kunxu Sect reinforcements arrived.
• Chen Sanshi learned that Zhang Huaiqing had reached the Late Nascent Soul Stage and ordered the City Protection Array activated while the Sacred Sect arranged for reinforcements to arrive within two months.
• Rong Roujun and Daoist Master Dongwei secured Zhao's cooperation in a plan to kill Zhang Huaiqing, and Zhao ordered attacks on the Great Wall to distract the defenders.
• Chen Sanshi refined a Tier 4 Spirit Replenishing Pill despite his damaged furnace and advanced his Alchemy skill to Tier 4, gaining the ability to practice Fire Method Alchemy without tools.

Chen Sanshi helped repel Emperor Tianxi’s attack on the Great Wall, but the arrival of a Buddhist Evil God Path cultivator turned the battle against Guangren Dao. The fat monk captured Xiao Boxu’s Golden Firmament Sword with the Sinful Color Reincarnation Pearl.

• Chen Sanshi warned Xiao Boxu to guard Guangren Dao’s formation tokens and remained on the Great Wall as the demonic army waited for Buddhist reinforcements.
• Zhu Tong told Chen Sanshi about his daughter, and Chen Sanshi revealed that Su Can had asked to marry her; Zhu Tong approved.
• The demonic army attacked the C formation node, and Chen Sanshi used his bow to destroy advancing demons while Xiao Boxu fought Zhao, also called Emperor Tianxi.
• Chen Sanshi and Xiao Boxu wounded Zhao, but Buddhist chants from the arriving Evil God Path bewitched the battlefield until Meng Guangxin broke Chen Sanshi’s restraint.
• A fat monk from the Buddhist Evil God Path defeated Xiao Boxu’s Golden Firmament Sword and seized it with the Sinful Color Reincarnation Pearl.

Chen Sanshi and Xiao Boxu were trapped by two Evil God Path cultivators until Mu Qing Ming arrived and drove the attackers away. After the battle, Mu Qing Ming asked Chen Sanshi to reveal Jiang Xiyue’s location, warning that her demon seed could cause the Heavenly Dao to collapse, but Chen Sanshi refused.

• Zen Master Cihang seized Xiao Boxu’s flying sword, and the Mysterious Fiend Spirit Official trapped Chen Sanshi and Xiao Boxu beneath the Sinful Sea Hell Prison Umbrella.
• Chen Sanshi raised the Black Tortoise Mountain Suppressing Formation while Xiao Boxu protected him, and the two prepared to risk their lives to destroy the umbrella.
• Mu Qing Ming arrived and fought Cihang and the Mysterious Fiend Spirit Official, giving Chen Sanshi and Xiao Boxu time to retreat; the Evil God Path forces later withdrew.
• Mu Qing Ming explained that the war was worsening and that even Deity Transformation Cultivators had entered the conflict.
• Mu Qing Ming asked Chen Sanshi where Jiang Xiyue was, warning that her demon seed could cause the Heavenly Dao to collapse, but Chen Sanshi refused to reveal her location.

Chen Sanshi prepared to break through by seeking the spiritual items and destination he needed, while learning more about Jiang Xiyue’s demonic seed and promising to rescue his master’s wife. After advancing his puppet and talisman techniques, he departed for the Myriad Beast Mountain Range and reached Leiming Lin Continent, where he sensed someone following him.

• Mu Qing Ming and another mid-stage Heavenly Azure Tower cultivator arrived at Guangren Dao, easing the defenders’ pressure and giving Chen Sanshi time to prepare for his breakthrough.
• True Person Yuling told Chen Sanshi that Heavenly Gang Primordial Spirit came from a rare Heavenly Gang Tiger in the distant Myriad Beast Mountain Range, and urged him to bring Jiang Xiyue along.
• Mu Chutai revealed that Nangong Qingyao had sealed the demonic seed inside Jiang Xiyue before her birth, and that removing it would kill her; he also said the seed’s fate was unknown and Aunt Qing might still be alive in Kunxu Immortal Prison.
• Chen Sanshi promised Mu Chutai that he would one day rescue his master’s wife, then improved his puppet and talisman techniques and created three powerful puppets.
• Chen Sanshi left Guangren Dao openly, leaving Jiang Xiyue behind temporarily while he traveled to gather what she needed for her tribulation.
• After more than two months of travel, Chen Sanshi reached Leiming Lin Continent and sensed that someone was following him.

Chen Sanshi evaded the Mysterious Fiend Spirit Official, reached Blood Slaughter City, and traced a Heavenly Gang Tiger Kui to Cold Spring Mountain. While scouting the mountain in disguise, he discovered Huang Liulang was conspiring with a Buddhist cultivator to unleash a Beast Tide against the city and kill its returning ruler, True Lord Blood Butcher.

• Chen Sanshi hid in a Tier 4 formation while the Mysterious Fiend Spirit Official and Multi-Eyed Daoist Lord searched for him, then learned they were rushing to aid Leiming Lin Continent against Buddhist forces.
• Chen Sanshi reached Blood Refining City and posted a bounty for Heavenly Gang Primordial Spirit Marrow, but the Lin Clan shopkeeper instead directed him toward a Heavenly Gang Tiger Kui on Cold Spring Mountain.
• Chen Sanshi learned that the Tiger Kui, Huang Liulang, had repeatedly attacked the city and that Blood Slaughter City was under martial law amid growing threats.
• Chen Sanshi disguised himself in a wolf demon's hide and infiltrated Huang Liulang's palace, where he discovered a Buddhist Lay Disciple was urging Huang Liulang to unleash a Beast Tide in seven days.
• Huang Liulang agreed to help the Buddhist sects attack the city, and the two planned to intercept and kill True Lord Blood Butcher before he returned.

Chen Sanshi uncovered Huang Liulang’s plot against Lü Ji and reunited with Nie Yuan before they hurried to Great Crow Mountain. There, Lü Ji fought Huang Liulang and Li Youwei’s ambush, and the chapter ended as Lü Ji tried to flee after hearing Nie Yuan was trapped.

• Chen Sanshi overheard Huang Liulang planning to ambush True Lord Blood Butcher and attack the city, then recognized Lü Ji and Nie Yuan’s statues in the temple.
• Chen Sanshi forced his way past the city guards, revealed himself to Nie Yuan, and warned him that Lü Ji was in danger.
• Chen Sanshi and Nie Yuan learned Lü Ji was nearing Great Crow Mountain, and they set out to reach him.
• Huang Liulang ambushed Lü Ji’s army at Great Crow Mountain, where Lü Ji crushed thousands of attackers and began fighting Huang Liulang.
• Li Youwei joined the battle with Golden Cymbals, and their sound attacks put Lü Ji at a disadvantage while killing soldiers on both sides.
• Huang Liulang claimed Nie Yuan was imprisoned in his cave, and Lü Ji tried to flee before realizing he had missed his best chance.

Lu Ji was trapped and badly wounded by Huang Liulang and Li Youwei, but Chen Sanshi and Nie Yuan arrived to help. Chen Sanshi activated the Three Tribulations Yuan-Slaying Formation and defeated Huang Liulang, who transformed into a Heavenly Gang Tiger Beast before falling under the combined assault.

• Li Youwei trapped Lu Ji between the Golden Cymbals while Huang Liulang attacked, leaving Lu Ji gravely wounded.
• Lu Ji began burning his divine rank, but Chen Sanshi and Nie Yuan arrived and helped him recover enough to keep fighting.
• Chen Sanshi revealed a Tier 4 formation set and activated the Three Tribulations Yuan-Slaying Formation around the group.
• Chen Sanshi used the formation and his spear to overwhelm Huang Liulang and leave him badly wounded.
• Huang Liulang transformed into a Heavenly Gang Tiger Beast, but Chen Sanshi pierced his skull and the formation’s three tribulations delivered the fatal blow.

Chen Sanshi helped Lu Ji and Nie Yuan defeat Li Youwei and Huang Liulang, then joined his senior brothers in abandoning Blood Slaughter City to avoid a Buddhist siege. They reached a secluded mortal land where Chen Sanshi prepared to undergo the Mortal Tribulation before attempting to form his Nascent Soul.

• Chen Sanshi used a Body-Fixing Talisman to immobilize Li Youwei, and Blood Butcher struck him down before Chen Sanshi finished him with a spear.
• Lu Ji explained how he had become the Wutong God’s High Priest, attained the Killing God Fruit Position, and built his own following.
• Lu Ji decided to abandon Blood Slaughter City rather than face the Buddhist army, and he agreed to take his group north to aid Tianshui in its war against the Demon Saber.
• The group left the city, and Monk Xuan Du’s army arrived later and occupied the deserted settlement instead of pursuing them.
• Lu Ji and Nie Yuan brought Chen Sanshi to a secluded valley in Great Qi Kingdom with a fourth-rank spirit vein, where he began considering how to undergo the Mortal Tribulation.

Chen Sanshi spent five years living as a hunter in Guniu Town during his Mortal Tribulation, then secretly guided the Zhang brothers to raise a rebellion against the corrupt Great Qi court. As their army grew powerful, Buddhist Saintess Miaotan revealed that she had recognized him by the unusual karma surrounding him.

• Chen Sanshi settled with the Zhang family in Guniu Town and kept watch on Mu Qing Ming while undergoing his Mortal Tribulation.
• Over several years, famine, plague, corruption, and war devastated the region, while the Zhang family fell apart and Zhang An regretted deceiving the poor with fake Talisman Water.
• Chen Sanshi urged Zhang Ping and Zhang An to fight the court and gave them a plan to seize Qing'an County's granary and gather support.
• The Zhang brothers raised an army that grew to hundreds of thousands and dominated two provinces, with Chen Sanshi serving as their strategist without using spells or martial arts.
• Miaotan entered Chen Sanshi's tent with a young bald man and explained that she had recognized him through the rare sight of karmic slaughter and evil entwined with great compassion.

Chen Sanshi confronted Miaotan over his role in the civil war, then rode alone to rescue the Zhang brothers from Venerable Tian Xuan and Prince Duan. As Tian Xuan’s flying sword threatened him, Chen Sanshi hesitated over whether saving them would ruin his Mortal Tribulation and his path to the Nascent Soul realm.

• Miaotan warned Chen Sanshi to stop interfering in the war, arguing that his actions had caused mass deaths and endangered his Mortal Tribulation.
• A soldier reported that Venerable Tian Xuan had trapped the Zhang brothers at Fenglong Gorge, and Chen Sanshi learned that fighting him with cultivation would violate his Mortal Tribulation precept.
• Tian Xuan overwhelmed the Yongle Army and prepared to kill Zhang Ping and Zhang An, but Prince Duan ordered him to draw out their strategist, Mister Shi.
• Chen Sanshi rode alone through the imperial army and reached the mountaintop, where Prince Duan demanded that he submit and Tian Xuan threatened him with a flying sword.
• Hui Kong warned Chen Sanshi that failing the Mortal Tribulation could cost him his chance to reach the Nascent Soul realm, while Chen Sanshi wondered whether saving the Zhang brothers was worth that risk.

Chen Sanshi realized that his Dao lay in protecting Great Han and the common people, and he passed the Mortal Tribulation without abandoning his mortal ties. After returning to Mount Daiyun, he prepared for and began his Nascent Soul breakthrough, but the final lightning strike descended as he lay gravely wounded.

• Chen Sanshi rejected the idea that he had to sever his mortal ties, then killed Venerable Tian Xuan with a glance as the golden flying sword stopped before him.
• Zhang An killed Prince Duan, and the Yongle army regrouped, captured the nearby city, and won a major victory by daybreak.
• Chen Sanshi warned Zhang An to rule for the people and avoid massacres, then left Great Qi as Master Miaotan and Hui Kong wondered how he had passed the Mortal Tribulation.
• At Mount Daiyun, Chen Sanshi refined a Nascent Soul Pill, completed the Mysterious Star Array, and began his breakthrough after preparing in seclusion.
• Chen Sanshi endured the first forty-six lightning strikes with his physique and formation, but the Mysterious Star Array broke and the lightning shattered his body.
• As Chen Sanshi fell, the final lightning strike gathered into a vast waterfall of lightning dragons and descended upon him.