Chapter Summaries

Xiao Chen killed Nether Silkworm True Monarch and Coffin Bearing True Monarch after their desperate attacks failed, while Hidden Ice True Monarch helped hold off the Yin Corpse Sect. After learning that the sect had sent most of its forces away, Xiao Chen decided to head there immediately.

• Nether Silkworm True Monarch transformed into a giant Nether Silkworm and attacked Xiao Chen with Soul Devouring Nether Silk, but Xiao Chen's Divinity Veil purified its Spiritual Sense attack and badly injured him.
• Xiao Chen pierced Nether Silkworm True Monarch's Nascent Soul with an Azure Wave Piercing Bone Needle while Hidden Ice True Monarch kept Coffin Bearing True Monarch occupied.
• Coffin Bearing True Monarch fled, then triggered two powerful spheres that shattered Xiao Chen's shield, but Xiao Chen caught up and killed him after finding him inside his Black Coffin.
• Xiao Chen burned the contaminated corpses of Nether Silkworm True Monarch and Zhi Qin True Monarch, then gave Hidden Ice True Monarch one million Spirit Stones for his assistance.
• Hidden Ice True Monarch told Xiao Chen that the Yin Corpse Sect had sent most of its forces away to pursue an alliance with the Heavenly Sound Sect, leaving its Mountain Protecting Grand Array undefended.
• Xiao Chen decided to head for the Yin Corpse Sect at once, intending to raid its Sect Warehouse.

Xiao Chen broke into the Yin Corpse Sect’s warehouse and claimed its treasures after the sect’s guest elders tried to flee. While inventorying the spoils, he found a strange white feather whose nature was still unknown.

• Xiao Chen hurried to the Yin Corpse Sect after learning its True Lords were absent and found Qi Zhongming leading guest elders in an attempt to escape through the mountain array.
• Xiao Chen shattered the mountain-protecting array and burned the Enforcement Elder when he charged at him, sending the sect’s remaining members fleeing.
• Xiao Chen opened the warehouse, destroyed its preserved corpse parts, and collected Spirit Stones, spiritual materials, pills, and several valuable items.
• Xiao Chen found Reflecting Plum Spirit Fungus Dried, three custom Spirit Tools, and twenty-six Dao Comprehension Crystals among the warehouse’s treasures.
• Xiao Chen opened the lightest treasure chest and found a small, unusually light and hard white feather with no detectable Spiritual Power.

Xiao Chen absorbed the Crimson Crystal Red Lotus and rapidly mastered several forms of the Crimson Sky Mountain Severing Palm before exploring the Yin Corpse Sect’s Scripture Pavilion. There, he uncovered the sect’s ties to the Devil Dao and vowed to destroy its surviving remnants.

• Xiao Chen discovered that a feather from the Yin Corpse Sect’s stores was extraordinarily hard and resilient, then opened the last Spirit Accumulating Treasure Box and found a Crimson Crystal Red Lotus.
• Xiao Chen touched the lotus, causing it to dissolve into his body and flood him with Fire Qi and Fire Spiritual Power while amplifying his distracting thoughts.
• Xiao Chen used the Heart of Clarity and cultivated the Crimson Sky Mountain Severing Palm to absorb the lotus’s power, advancing from Initial Glimpse to Mastery in six hours and learning three more moves.
• Xiao Chen left the Sect Warehouse for the Scripture Pavilion, crushed four attacking Corpse Puppets with a Mana Great Hand, and searched the pavilion’s books.
• Xiao Chen read the Yin Corpse Sect’s Founding Ancestor’s biography and learned that the sect had once sought ties with the Yin Demon Immortal Sect and the Flying General Manor.
• Xiao Chen concluded that the Yin Corpse Sect had Devil Dao origins and vowed to wipe out its surviving members.

An unknown Nascent Soul True Lord named Xiao attacked the Yin Corpse Sect, destroyed its mountain gate, and reportedly killed two True Lords, sending shock waves across the Storm Sea. As sects and powers scrambled to respond, Five Thunder Temple debated Xiao’s identity and considered how the upheaval might disrupt the Yin Corpse Sect’s planned alliance with the Heavenly Sound Sect.

• An old fisherman and his grandson saw a powerful wind cross Wind Stop Reef, while emergency reports of the attack on the Yin Corpse Sect spread through the Storm Sea.
• Xuan Ren True Monarch ordered the Star Plucking Sword Pavilion to monitor the Yin Corpse Sect and investigate the unknown True Lord, as other powers issued similar orders.
• Huo Xinghuai and Ink Plum True Monarch decided to summon Lantern-Bearing True Monarch back from the Outer Sea, while the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance and the Three Great Families of Nether Sky Sea prepared their responses.
• Golden Whip True Monarch warned the Golden Haze Sect to train its cultivators and True Disciples more seriously after learning that the Yin Corpse Sect’s mountain gate had fallen.
• Azure Firmament True Monarch and Che Guang True Monarch read Li Cunyuan’s report that Xiao and Hidden Ice True Monarch had slain two attackers, then speculated that Xiao might be a Great Demon Transformation.
• Azure Firmament True Monarch observed that Xiao’s attack could disrupt the Yin Corpse Sect’s Marriage Alliance with the Heavenly Sound Sect, and Che Guang True Monarch agreed that this could benefit Five Thunder Temple.

News of Xiao Chen’s return and his destruction of the Yin Corpse Sect’s mountain gate spread across the Storm Sea, prompting sects to weigh their options and prepare to attend the Heavenly Sound Sect’s exchange meeting. After learning that Zhi Qin True Monarch had died in the fighting, Shu Yu True Monarch resolved to seek an alliance with the Yin Corpse Sect and revive a marriage proposal with the Dai Family.

• Shu Yu True Monarch ordered her people to verify the reports from the Lightless Sea and find out what had happened to Zhi Qin True Monarch.
• Cultivators across the Storm Sea learned that Xiao Chen had reappeared, broken through to the Nascent Soul Realm, and killed Nether Silkworm True Monarch; Lie Que True Monarch decided to bring disciples to the exchange meeting.
• Gao Changgeng dismissed Xiao Chen’s feat as a staged scheme involving Hidden Ice True Monarch, while Cui Yunxian asked Huo Xinghuai to help her meet Xiao Chen and agreed to attend the exchange meeting first.
• Withered Leaf True Monarch, the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance’s guest elders, and Che Guang True Monarch chose to attend the meeting and watch how the conflict developed, while Golden Whip True Monarch kept the Golden Haze Sect out of it.
• Shu Yu True Monarch learned that Zhi Qin True Monarch had perished and decided to join forces with the Yin Corpse Sect, avenge her, and use the crisis to propose a marriage alliance between Wen Suo Ruo and the Dai Family.

Shu Yu True Monarch tried to persuade Wen Suo Ruo to dual cultivate with You Zhong True Monarch so she could strengthen herself and enter the Vast Sea Secret Realm. Meanwhile, Yang Jiu True Monarch proposed a plan to counter Xiao Chen’s attempt to draw the righteous sects into a campaign against the Yin Corpse Sect.

• Shu Yu True Monarch brought Shan Shan to visit Wen Suo Ruo and praised You Zhong True Monarch’s cultivation and recent breakthrough to the Nascent Soul Late Stage.
• Shan Shan told Wen Suo Ruo that Xiao Chen had attacked the Yin Corpse Sect, massacred cultivators on Lightless Island, and joined Hidden Ice True Monarch in killing Zhi Qin True Monarch; Wen Suo Ruo doubted the account.
• Shu Yu True Monarch urged Wen Suo Ruo to dual cultivate with You Zhong True Monarch, claiming it would help her grow strong enough to enter the Vast Sea Secret Realm, but Wen Suo Ruo hesitated.
• You Zhong True Monarch questioned why Xiao Chen had raised the banner of slaying demons and eliminating evil, and Yang Jiu True Monarch explained that Xiao Chen aimed to draw other righteous sects into the conflict.
• Yang Jiu True Monarch dismissed You Zhong True Monarch’s fears and proposed spreading the claim that the Devil Master of Heaven Star Island had appeared in the Lightless Sea.

Yang Jiu True Monarch spread rumors portraying Xiao Chen as a demonic cultivator to keep other sects from aiding him, while Xiao Chen destroyed the Dai Family and its hidden Corpse Puppets. After telling Hidden Ice True Monarch that he would eliminate the Yin Corpse Sect’s surviving remnants at the Heavenly Sound Sect, news of his approach spread as a sensational rumor.

• Yang Jiu True Monarch ordered the Yin Corpse Sect to label Xiao Chen a Devil Master, and its disciples spread rumors that made other sects wary of intervening.
• Xiao Chen decided to destroy the Yin Corpse Sect with his own strength and planned to visit the Heavenly Sound Sect after dealing with the Dai Family.
• Xiao Chen broke through the Dai Family’s defenses, killed its defenders, burned its ancestral mansion, and destroyed the Corpse Puppets hidden across the island.
• Xiao Chen collected the Dai Family’s stored treasures and spirit stones before letting the fire consume its warehouse.
• Hidden Ice True Monarch revealed his blood feud with the Yin Corpse Sect, and Xiao Chen said he would notify the other sects before wiping out its remaining members at the Heavenly Sound Sect.
• Rumors about Xiao Chen’s plan spread through the Inner Sea and portrayed him as a man-eating butcher advancing on the Heavenly Sound Sect.

Xiao Chen prepared to confront the Yin Corpse Sect by breaking open three Storage Rings, discovering a Fifth-order Soul Devouring Fire Roach egg, and advancing the Crimson Sky Mountain Severing Palm to Great Accomplishment. Meanwhile, the Eastern Domain’s True Lords gathered at the Heavenly Sound Sect to assess his strength, and Xiao Chen headed toward their meeting as reports tracked his approach.

• Xiao Chen reassured Hidden Ice True Monarch that he had a plan to deal with the Yin Corpse Sect, despite the news that You Zhong True Monarch had reached the Nascent Soul Late Stage.
• Xiao Chen opened three Storage Rings, found Nether Silkworm True Monarch’s demonic insect research and a Soul Devouring Fire Roach egg, and decided to seek insect-raising knowledge from the Golden Haze Sect later.
• Xiao Chen used the Life Bead left by Jin Luan to master the Cloud Shattering Mountain Merging Palm and raise the Crimson Sky Mountain Severing Palm to Great Accomplishment.
• The True Lords at the Heavenly Sound Sect discussed Xiao Chen’s destruction of the Dai Family’s island and disagreed over whether he could challenge Yangjiu True Monarch.
• A disciple reported that Xiao Chen had entered the Flying Crossing Sea, and Xuan Ren True Monarch predicted that he would reach Cloud Pool Sea territory by the following night.

Wen Suo Ruo fled the Heavenly Sound Sect with five companions to preserve its lineage, while Shu Yu True Monarch denounced them as traitors and the Yin Corpse Sect suspected Xiao Chen was behind the split. The Demon Subduing Sword Sect's old sect master freed Ling Tianyi, and as he rushed toward the Heavenly Sound Sect, Xiao Chen attacked its mountain gate.

• Wen Suo Ruo left the Heavenly Sound Sect with five friends after returning her spiritual items and explaining that she wanted to preserve a branch of the sect.
• Shu Yu True Monarch branded Wen Suo Ruo and her companions traitors, issued Wanted Notices, and warned other sects not to recognize any Heavenly Sound Sect branch.
• Fiend Refining True Monarch persuaded You Zhong True Monarch and the others that Wen Suo Ruo's departure might be a trap connected to Xiao Chen, while Yang Jiu True Monarch insisted that strength would overcome any schemes.
• Ling Tianyi urged the old sect master to join Xiao Chen against the Yin Corpse Sect, but the old sect master explained his plan to revive the Demon Subduing Sword Sect by waiting for the demonic path to flourish.
• The old sect master released Ling Tianyi and sent him to take the Demon Slaying Sword, but Ling Tianyi sensed a powerful spiritual fluctuation near the Heavenly Sound Sect as Xiao Chen broke into its mountain gate.

Xiao Chen stormed into the Heavenly Sound Sect and confronted the Yin Corpse Sect amid accusations that he was a demonic cultivator. After Ling Tianyi revealed evidence against the Yin Corpse Sect, Xiao Chen rejected further debate and killed You Zhong True Monarch with a single palm.

• Xiao Chen smashed through the Heavenly Sound Sect's defenses and demanded that the Yin Corpse Sect's remnants come out to die.
• Shu Yu True Monarch and You Zhong True Monarch accused Xiao Chen of demonic cultivation and tried to rally the assembled True Lords against him.
• Withered Leaf True Monarch defended Xiao Chen, and Ling Tianyi revealed a Memory Stone documenting the Yin Corpse Sect's disciples capturing rogue cultivators and extracting their Essence Blood.
• Yang Jiu True Monarch claimed the evidence implicated only individual disciples, while Xiao Chen said he had more proof but would settle the matter through battle.
• You Zhong True Monarch rang his Black Bell and stunned nearby cultivators, but Xiao Chen struck him with Mountain Breaking Palm and shattered his head.

Xiao Chen fought the Yin Corpse Sect and Heavenly Sound Sect after Shu Yu True Monarch joined the battle against him, but he overwhelmed his enemies and killed them. The chapter ended with Xiao Chen arriving at Wonderful Sound Mountain and being welcomed as Demon Burning True Monarch.

• You Zhong True Monarch's sonic attack failed to affect Xiao Chen, who broke his barrier and forced Yang Jiu True Monarch to summon nine Corpse Puppets.
• Xiao Chen's Mountain Burning Palm burned away the Corpse Puppets, while Shu Yu True Monarch used Falling Snow Song and Heavenly Sound Sect's Mountain Protecting Grand Array to suppress him.
• Xiao Chen used the Mechanical Grappling Claw to pull Shu Yu True Monarch to him and killed her with Mountain Breaking Palm, causing the grand array to lose its controller.
• Yang Jiu True Monarch began transforming through the Blood Demon Great Law, but Xiao Chen used Cloud Shattering Mountain Merging Palm to burn him and his two junior brothers to ash.
• Xiao Chen landed on Wonderful Sound Mountain, protected Heavenly Sound Sect's Warehouse from falling sparks, and asked its steward to open the door.
• The steward opened the Storeroom Restriction, knelt, and welcomed Xiao Chen as Demon Burning True Monarch.

After Xiao Chen wiped out the Yin Corpse Sect’s True Lords and destroyed its mountain gate, the watching cultivators struggled to comprehend his overwhelming strength. Withered Leaf True Monarch regretted not supporting him sooner, while Cui Yunxian resolved to seek him out for a Dao Discussion.

• Lie Que True Monarch, Heng Yi True Monarch, and Huo Xinghuai reacted with shock to Xiao Chen’s swift victory and powerful Fire Method.
• Withered Leaf True Monarch regretted waiting too long to support Xiao Chen and wondered whether his young lady had missed her chance with him.
• Ling Tianyi lamented that the battle had ended before he could draw his Demon Slaying Sword, while Che Guang True Monarch speculated that Xiao Chen was a Great Demon in transformed form.
• Azure Firmament True Monarch rebuked Che Guang True Monarch’s theory but privately admitted that Xiao Chen’s feats seemed almost inhuman.
• Cui Yunxian made Xiao Chen her cultivation goal and decided to invite him to discuss the Path of Enlightenment herself.

After Xiao Chen destroyed the Yin Corpse Sect and Heavenly Sound Sect, news of his overwhelming strength spread across the Storm Sea and beyond. As factions moved to assess or approach him, a Western Region intelligence agent was killed to prevent information about Xiao Chen from leaking.

• Gao Changgeng left with Mu Yayang after realizing Xiao Chen could easily have defeated him, while other witnesses departed to spread news of the battle.
• Golden Whip True Monarch, the Demon Subduing Sword Sect’s old Sect Master, and the Flame Manipulation School’s Sect Master received reports of Xiao Chen’s victory and reacted with shock.
• The Jade Dawn Sect’s Sect Master ordered his disciples to gather intelligence on Xiao Chen and prepare for an opportunity to contact him.
• A Western Region spy reported that Xiao Chen had slain five True Lords and offered a Memory Stone of the battle in exchange for an antidote and a breakthrough item.
• A woman killed the masked spy and explained that the commander had ordered extreme caution because Xiao Chen was the perfect breeding ground.

Xiao Chen searched the Heavenly Sound Sect warehouse, finding Spirit Stones, musical Spirit Tools, rare treasures, and a Golden Booklet containing maps and records of the Vast Sea Secret Realm. After sparing the sect’s disciples and allowing them to leave, he was surrounded by True Lords eager to congratulate and meet him.

• Xiao Chen searched the warehouse, collected its resources, and found Deep Sea Rock Paste, a Fourth-tier Defensive Formation, a rare Divinity Painting, and a Golden Booklet about the Vast Sea Secret Realm.
• Xiao Chen read the booklet’s maps and exploration accounts, became interested in the Inner Realm, and decided to ask when it would open.
• Xiao Chen left the warehouse and found Heavenly Sound Sect disciples kneeling to plead for their lives; he judged them uninvolved in the demonic arts and ordered them to disperse.
• Withered Leaf True Monarch and Lie Que True Monarch praised Xiao Chen for defeating the demonic threat and sparing the disciples.
• Xiao Chen humbly returned the congratulations and praised Ling Tianyi, while the gathered True Lords took turns introducing themselves and speaking with him.

Xiao Chen accepted Lie Que True Monarch’s invitation to Sword Washing Pavilion and Huo Xinghuai’s invitation to a private Exchange Meet, while declining Cui Yunxian’s request to discuss the Path of Enlightenment. He asked Withered Leaf True Monarch to locate Azure Wave Rogue, then investigated the Heavenly Sound Sect’s Scripture Pavilion and learned more about its Vast Sea Secret Realm preparations and financial dependence on Deep Sea Rock Paste.

• Lie Que True Monarch invited Xiao Chen to Sword Washing Pavilion to taste a Dragon Blood Red Cod King, and Xiao Chen agreed to visit later in the month.
• Huo Xinghuai invited Xiao Chen to Hundred Herbs City’s private Exchange Meet in the second month, and Xiao Chen accepted and received a passage token.
• Other True Lords offered Xiao Chen more invitations, but he declined them; Cui Yunxian then asked to discuss their shared Path of Enlightenment, and he refused her.
• Xiao Chen gave Withered Leaf True Monarch a portrait of Azure Wave Rogue and asked him to find the Golden Core cultivator without arranging a meeting.
• Xiao Chen studied the Heavenly Sound Sect’s Vast Sea Secret Realm plans, noted that he could cultivate the Golden Light Wind-Fixing Art to resist Yin Wind, and found requests to outsiders for pills, talismans, and array foundations.
• Xiao Chen found the Heavenly Sound Sect’s Deep Sea Rock Paste production records and learned that Shu Yu True Monarch had allied with the Yin Corpse Sect because her sect lacked cultivation resources.

Xiao Chen learned of the Central Region’s Great Jing Immortal Dynasty and the powerful True Lords who might stand in his way as he prepared to settle accounts with the Three Great Families. Rumors about his origins and strength spread across the Storm Sea and beyond, prompting Great Powers in several regions to investigate him and the Eastern Domain.

• Xiao Chen read Ancestor Miaoyin’s account of her betrayal by King Dingbei and learned of the Great Jing Immortal Dynasty, then considered searching the Central Region for the Chongtai Secret Realm.
• Xiao Chen studied reports on Yang Jiu True Monarch, Biyi True Monarch, and Pagoda True Lord, and weighed how to prepare for a future clash with Pagoda True Lord.
• Cultivators across the Storm Sea argued over whether Xiao Chen could defeat Biyi True Monarch or Pagoda True Lord, while fabricated stories about his hidden heritage and past spread as fact.
• Nascent Soul True Lords in the Eastern Domain investigated Xiao Chen, and some sought information from Compassion Sea, the Azure Mist Commerce Association, and the Central Region.
• The Azure Sea Immortal Sect and Heavenly Dipper Sect received news of Xiao Chen’s Nascent Soul Middle Stage breakthrough, while the Great Jing emperor ordered an inquiry into his origins.
• At the Profound Understanding Gate, a young True Lord ordered cultivation families to investigate Xiao Chen and monitor breakthroughs across the Eastern Domain.

Reports of Xiao Chen’s victory over five Nascent Soul True Lords spread through the Three Mountains Grotto-Heaven, where cultivators and Venerables debated his talent and the origin of his mechanical grappling claw. Kong Xing Ming Wang, alarmed by Xiao Chen’s rapid growth and killing intent, considered meeting him to determine whether he was a demon or had discovered a way to use Killing Intent.

• Venerable Kong Diao read a report on Xiao Chen’s battle and praised his exceptional talent, then sent the report to Venerable Hongyun.
• Venerable Hongyun shared the report with his disciples, who were stunned by Xiao Chen’s victory at the Nascent Soul Middle Stage without using talismans.
• Several Spirit Transformation Venerables speculated that Xiao Chen had inherited the Divine Machine Sect’s mechanical arts and discussed the approaching Vast Sea Secret Realm.
• Kong Xing Ming Wang reviewed Xiao Chen’s rapid progress and wondered whether he was the reincarnation of Asura or had learned to exploit Killing Intent.
• Kong Xing Ming Wang considered meeting Xiao Chen in person and using the Demon Subduing Buddha Lamp and his own methods to investigate him.

Xiao Chen sorted the spoils from the Yin Corpse Sect, assessing his resources and discovering several valuable treasures. He found Thousand Rivers Hundred Herbs Paste and used it to revive his listless Mixed Color Phoenix Flower.

• Xiao Chen broke the restrictions on five Storage Rings and counted more than 6.46 million Low-grade Spirit Stones, along with pills, talismans, and other items.
• Xiao Chen found a set of 236 Array Plates and learned that they formed the Yin Yang Two Forms Counter-Barrier Breaking Grand Array for breaking restrictions in ruins and Secret Realms.
• Xiao Chen examined the Six Desires Demon God Painting and found it had no effect on him, then considered strengthening his defenses after recalling the power of the Yin Yang Thunder Fire Beads.
• Xiao Chen opened the heaviest Spirit Accumulating Treasure Box and identified its Earthenware Pot of pale green liquid as Thousand Rivers Hundred Herbs Paste.
• Xiao Chen dripped several drops of Thousand Rivers Hundred Herbs Paste onto his Mixed Color Phoenix Flower, and the plant absorbed it and recovered its vitality.

Xiao Chen uncovered how the Yin Corpse Sect had cooperated with a Tunhai Fish to hunt hidden cultivators and gather Nascent Soul Essence Blood for a Demonic Altar, then found a rare Double-Patterned Honey-Flavor Fruit. He set out for the Nether Sky Sea to confront the Three Great Families, who were exploiting rogue cultivators as miners while hiding the risks of their scheme.

• Xiao Chen discovered four bottles of Nascent Soul Essence Blood with different Spiritual Root attributes and learned that the Yin Corpse Sect had obtained them over many years.
• Xiao Chen read the records and learned that the Yin Corpse Sect used a Seashell Contact Token to work with a Tunhai Fish, which located hidden cultivators for the sect to slaughter.
• Xiao Chen studied the Yin Demon Immortal Sect’s legacy and learned that its Demonic Altar could create an Acquired Five Elements Demonic Body, but the process required rare sacrifices and carried risks and irreversible costs.
• Xiao Chen refined the Seashell, kept the Demonic Body method as a backup, and stored the Water-and-Wood Double-Patterned Honey-Flavor Fruit for future cultivation.
• Xiao Chen set out for the Nether Sky Sea, planning to travel through several regions and settle accounts with the Three Great Families along the way.
• The Three Great Families recruited rogue cultivator Golden Cores to mine for Fourth-Order ore, luring them with fabricated claims of valuable Special Ore and arranging for true discoveries to end in disappearances or accidents.

Xiao Chen destroyed the Chu Family after discovering its scheme to rob rogue cultivators, then acquired their Sea Wave Stone Mother and wealth. He traveled to Rising Haze Mountain to visit the Golden Haze Sect, where aspiring disciples faced strict spirit-root requirements.

• Elder Liu and two rogue cultivators found a Sea Wave Stone Mother and agreed to exchange it for Spirit Stones at the Chu Family Manor.
• The Chu Family lured the three into its Warehouse and used them as targets for its younger cultivators to practice fighting.
• A messenger reported attacks on the Wen and Zhao families, and Xiao Chen arrived, burned the Chu Family cultivators to ash, and healed the three rogue cultivators.
• Xiao Chen paid the three rogue cultivators nine hundred thousand Spirit Stones for the Sea Wave Stone Mother, then took the Chu Family's stored wealth.
• Xiao Chen traveled to Rising Haze Mountain and arrived at the Golden Haze Sect, where only cultivators with at least Three Spirit Roots could become disciples.