Chapter Summaries

Jiang Dao prepared a poison and yin-suppressing pills before setting out with Corpse-Devouring Pill Fiend toward the Sword Ruins, where a dying Old God would choose a successor. On the journey, Jiang Dao modified several martial arts, survived the resulting burst of yang energy, and saw his strength rise dramatically.

• Jiang Dao asked Corpse-Devouring Pill Fiend for a poison that could weaken the dying god and for pills to suppress his surging yang energy; the Fiend gave him poison and made twelve Profound Yin Pills.
• Corpse-Devouring Pill Fiend said he was invited to the Sword Ruins and agreed to travel there with Jiang Dao, who gathered the poison and pills before they departed White Dragon Town with Jing Huang.
• During the journey, Jiang Dao used twenty-eight modification chances on five martial arts, causing his yang energy to erupt and destroy the carriage.
• Jiang Dao swallowed all twelve Profound Yin Pills and circulated the Yin-Wrath Profound Heart Art and Frost Star Art until the eruption subsided; Corpse-Devouring Pill Fiend checked on him and felt the heat radiating from his body.
• Jiang Dao examined his panel and discovered that his strength had increased to 629, with four modification chances remaining.

Jiang Dao arrived at the Sword Ruins with Corpse-Devouring Pill Fiend and encountered hostile experts from Myriad Pill Mountain and the Ten Thousand Mountains. When the Ten Thousand Mountains group attacked Corpse-Devouring Pill Fiend, Jiang Dao killed them with his demon eyes, leaving the gathered Spirit Eliminators stunned.

• Jiang Dao used four modifications on Thousand Tribulation Spirit Slayer, raising its progress to 5% during the journey to the Sword Ruins.
• Jiang Dao and Corpse-Devouring Pill Fiend arrived at the Sword Ruins, where nearly a hundred invited experts had gathered without weapons.
• Jiang Dao noticed that people from Myriad Pill Mountain held a grudge against Corpse-Devouring Pill Fiend, while their Grand Elder Wang Ding met a group from the Ten Thousand Mountains.
• A man from the Ten Thousand Mountains used a soul-shattering snort against Jiang Dao and Corpse-Devouring Pill Fiend, injuring Corpse-Devouring Pill Fiend.
• Jiang Dao retaliated with his blazing demon eyes, burning the Ten Thousand Mountains experts until Wang Ding used a tri-colored liquid to save their leader, Jiao.
• Jiang Dao used Sky Shadow to wither Jiao into a corpse, shocking the Spirit Eliminators gathered around the Sword Ruins.

Jiang Dao entered the Sword Ruins with Corpse-Devouring Pill Fiend and learned that the god had singled him out as a potential body to seize. The god’s disciple Feng Sha welcomed the gathered Spirit Eliminators and said the trial would begin in two days.

• Jiang Dao shocked the gathered experts by using the Blazing Sun Demon Eyes to kill several Ten Thousand Mountains experts, then spared the people from Myriad Pill Mountain.
• Jiang Dao met Old Taoist Linghu, Xu Zifeng, and Zhao Ziling from Celestial Master Mountain and confirmed that he had come seeking the god’s legacy.
• The god secretly watched Jiang Dao and decided that his body was perfect, while Jiang Dao sensed the gaze and recognized that a god was spying on him.
• Sword Servants summoned the Spirit Eliminators into the Sword Ruins and led them to a palace, where Feng Sha introduced himself as the god’s second disciple.
• Feng Sha told the gathered Spirit Eliminators that the trial would begin in two days and offered to show them around, leaving Jiang Dao and Corpse-Devouring Pill Fiend uncertain about the god’s intentions.

Jiang Dao and the Spirit Eliminators spent the day touring the Sword Ruins, where Feng Sha warned them to remain indoors at night. After a crimson shadow began draining visitors of their blood, Jiang Dao confronted it and destroyed it, though the Sword Ruins remained shrouded in danger.

• Feng Sha showed Jiang Dao and the others around the Sword Ruins and warned them not to leave their courtyard after nightfall.
• The old god of the Sword Ruins opened a blood coffin and told Meng Yao he had found a suitable God Corpse for himself, while the corpse demanded blood.
• A crimson shadow killed Luo Xuantian by draining his blood, and Jiang Dao warned Corpse-Devouring Pill Fiend and Jing Huang that he had seen it.
• As more screams sounded through the night, Jiang Dao saw the crimson shadow attack Jing Huang's room and rushed out to stop it.
• Jiang Dao's Blazing Yang Domain overwhelmed the crimson shadow, and he seized it and shattered it into ash.

Jiang Dao survived a night attack in the god's residence and suspected the creature was connected to the Old God. The next morning, Feng Sha blamed the deaths on Shadow Wills and served suspicious food, which Jiang Dao swallowed without digesting; he ended the chapter confronting Wang Ding.

• Jiang Dao crushed a blood-red creature, and the Corpse-Devouring Pill Fiend warned him that it might be connected to the god.
• The Old God used divine power to calm the injured God Corpse, Meng Yao, and vowed to make Jiang Dao pay.
• Feng Sha told the gathered visitors that weapon wills had formed the Shadow Wills responsible for the night's deaths, then announced that the selection would begin the next day.
• Jiang Dao spotted ominous runes in the food Feng Sha served and swallowed his own and his companions' portions while preserving them with true qi.
• Wang Ding mocked Jiang Dao for eating crudely, and Jiang Dao warned him to say another word.

Feng Sha led Jiang Dao and the other Spirit Eliminators through the Sword Ruins before drugging them and carrying Jiang Dao to an underground chamber filled with corpses. There, Feng Sha presented Jiang Dao’s body to his father, an aged divinity who intended to use it as a new shell.

• Jiang Dao intimidated Wang Ding, then joined the others as they toured forbidden areas and ate strange ingredients.
• Feng Sha showed the group the divinity’s treasure vault, where Jiang Dao spotted Blood Within Water and the Yellow Sky Battle Halberd.
• That night, Jiang Dao spat out the ingredients and discovered that the other Spirit Eliminators had collapsed unconscious.
• Feng Sha entered Jiang Dao’s courtyard and used green mist to put Jing Huang and Corpse-Devouring Pill Fiend to sleep.
• Feng Sha carried Jiang Dao to an underground chamber filled with corpses and told his father that the desired shell had arrived.

Jiang Dao pretended to be unconscious while the Old God prepared to possess his body, then launched a surprise attack and savagely wounded him. The Old God survived and vowed to show Jiang Dao a true god’s power.

• Jiang Dao learned that Feng Sha was the Old God's son and kept pretending to be unconscious as Feng Sha left the underground chamber.
• The Old God sealed the chamber, placed Jiang Dao in an Eight Trigrams formation, and prepared to stab him for the possession ritual.
• Jiang Dao unleashed his killing arts and Godslayer Form, setting the Old God ablaze and brutally attacking him.
• Jiang Dao forced deadly poison into the Old God's mouth, then retreated and swallowed the Elixir of Rebirth to heal his injuries.
• The Old God staggered back but survived, laughed, and challenged Jiang Dao to face a true god.

Jiang Dao fought the Old God, who revealed his giant centipede true form, and finally defeated him in the underground chamber. The Old God lay motionless while Jiang Dao, badly exhausted, realized he had won.

• Jiang Dao battered the Old God but found that his blows could not destroy the source of the Old God's life.
• The Old God transformed into a huge, blood-red centipede and attacked Jiang Dao.
• Jiang Dao held off the Old God and used his Blazing Yang Domain to suppress him and burn away his remaining life force.
• The Old God wrapped Jiang Dao in tentacles, but Jiang Dao's defenses and counterattacks weakened him until he broke free and fled.
• Jiang Dao pursued the Old God through a devastating battle that ended with the centipede lying broken and motionless.
• Jiang Dao collapsed, exhausted, and smiled as he declared that he had won.

Jiang Dao recovered from the divine fire, killed the remaining God Corpse, and extracted two divine sinews for his Emperor Sky Bow. He escaped the underground space, where Feng Sha was shocked to see him emerge in monstrous form.

• Jiang Dao used the Elixir of Rebirth to heal his burned body and returned to his normal form.
• Jiang Dao confirmed Old God was dead, cut open the giant centipede, and pulled out its damaged purple-black great sinew.
• Jiang Dao found a barely living God Corpse in the blood coffin and killed her with Blazing Divine Fire.
• Jiang Dao carved out the God Corpse’s great sinew and collected the underground treasures.
• Jiang Dao tore through the god’s seal and emerged outside in his flaming monstrous form, alarming Feng Sha.

Jiang Dao killed Feng Sha, looted the gods’ treasury, and rescued Corpse-Devouring Pill Fiend and Jing Huang. He left with two God Corpses and the Blood Within Water, planning to have Corpse-Devouring Pill Fiend refine the ancient Human Monarch Pill.

• Jiang Dao crushed Feng Sha to death and burned his remains to ashes.
• Jiang Dao broke into the gods’ treasury, took its treasures and the Yellow Sky Battle Halberd, and destroyed the treasury with a swing of the weapon.
• Jiang Dao found Corpse-Devouring Pill Fiend and Jing Huang unconscious, forced the poison from their bodies, and woke them.
• Jiang Dao revealed that he had killed two Old Gods and presented their corpses to Corpse-Devouring Pill Fiend.
• Jiang Dao confirmed that he had found the Blood Within Water, and Corpse-Devouring Pill Fiend said he could use it to refine the ancient Human Monarch Pill.
• Jiang Dao and his companions packed up to leave, and Jiang Dao dismissed Jing Huang’s suggestion to silence witnesses.

News that Jiang Dao had likely slain the Sword Graveyard Lord shook the Great Yu Dynasty, while the Spirit-Exorcising Xiao Family learned that Jiang Dao’s red blood marked him for elimination. Amid an upheaval in the Upper Realm, the Four Ancient Families and seven deities prepared to hunt for falling stars and pursue their own objectives.

• The Great Yu Dynasty learned that the Sword Graveyard Lord had been ambushed and killed, and people suspected Jiang Dao because he and his companions were missing from the Sword Graveyard.
• The Xiao Family Patriarch told the statue of his ancestor that Jiang Dao had red blood, and the ancestor declared that Jiang Dao must be eliminated once the Upper Realm crisis allowed it.
• The Xiao Family ancestor ordered his descendants to watch for falling stars and search among ordinary people for deities seeking new bodies with the aid of Heaven Washing Divine Water.
• The Spirit-Exorcising Ye Family, Spirit-Exorcising Lin Family, and Spirit-Exorcising Chu Family received similar orders and sent disciples to monitor the land.
• Seven deities gathered near the Endless Ruins and agreed to search for falling stars, hoping to regain divine ranks; they also vowed to capture Fang Tianba and discussed the possible return of the exiled evil gods.

The gods of the Endless Ruins announced a search for meteors and Jiang Dao, identifying him publicly as Fang Tianba. After a meteor appeared and devastated a distant town, Jiang Dao rushed toward its landing site.

• Seven ancient gods ordered the world to report falling meteors and search for a man named Fang Tianba, then revealed Jiang Dao’s image as the target.
• Jiang Dao heard about the bounty while guarding the Corpse-Devouring Pill Fiend in White Dragon Town and wondered why the gods sought meteors.
• Three days passed without the Corpse-Devouring Pill Fiend emerging, and Jiang Dao grew anxious about facing the seven ancient gods.
• Jiang Dao saw a brilliant meteor streak across the sky and immediately raced toward it.
• The meteor engulfed an ancient town, drained its residents into desiccated corpses, and crashed into the earth.

Jiang Dao confronted a child who descended from the upper realm and slaughtered the residents of a town to form a body, then beat him until he revealed a treasure. The child’s body was destroyed, but his tiny surviving spirit begged Jiang Dao to spare him and offered to share secrets about the upper realm.

• A meteor crashed into a town, and the blood of its residents gathered to form a child who said he had descended from the upper realm.
• Jiang Dao appeared and repeatedly struck the child with Yang Fire until he was badly injured and agreed to answer questions.
• The child said he had fled the upper realm to escape his enemies and denied bringing anything valuable.
• Jiang Dao beat the child again until he offered a Bloodline Divine Pill bottle containing three pills, which Jiang Dao took.
• Jiang Dao tried to open the child’s forehead for more treasures, but the child demanded a Blood Curse before revealing a secret.
• Jiang Dao killed the child’s body, caught his fleeing spirit with the Blazing Yang Domain, and heard it beg for mercy and offer treasures and information about the upper realm.

Jiang Dao learned that the Heavenly Dao Palace’s master had been ambushed by a former Night Watcher and used Heaven Washing Divine Water to remove the curse on his body. As the gods of the Endless Ruins threatened him and his allies, the Corpse-Devouring Pill Fiend emerged from seclusion after announcing his success.

• Jiang Dao took the Heaven Washing Divine Water from the bizarre child, then learned that a woman who was the Night Watcher Sovereign’s daughter had ambushed the Heavenly Dao Palace’s master and fled to the lower realm.
• Four members of the Spirit-Exorcising Xiao Family investigated the ruined town, suspected Jiang Dao had taken the descending god, and returned to report to their ancestor.
• Jiang Dao sealed the bizarre child in a jade bottle and bathed in Heaven Washing Divine Water, which washed the red-hair curse from his body over three days and further strengthened his physique.
• The gods of the Endless Ruins learned Jiang Dao’s identity, ordered him to come die, and threatened to slaughter everyone connected to him.
• The Corpse-Devouring Pill Fiend’s quarters erupted with a terrifying aura as he shouted that he had finally succeeded, and Jiang Dao rushed to see him.

Jiang Dao swallowed the Human Monarch Pill after destroying its lightning tribulation, and the pill’s power left him roaring as he began refining it. News of the pill’s birth spread across the Great Yu Dynasty, and the Spirit-Exorcising Xiao Family arrived at White Dragon Town to attack him while he was vulnerable.

• The Corpse-Devouring Pill Fiend’s newly refined Human Monarch Pill triggered a lightning tribulation, and Jiang Dao transformed into his God-Slaying Form to disperse the storm and swallow its lightning.
• The Corpse-Devouring Pill Fiend handed the sentient Human Monarch Pill to Jiang Dao, who trapped it with his Blazing Yang Domain and swallowed it despite the warning that few people survived taking it.
• Jiang Dao’s body blazed with the pill’s power, and his roar shook White Dragon Town as the Corpse-Devouring Pill Fiend and Jing Huang struggled to withstand the sound waves.
• Spirit Eliminator Lineages across the Great Yu Dynasty learned that Jiang Dao was taking the Human Monarch Pill, and some rushed to notify the gods while others headed for White Dragon Town to interfere.
• More than ten eighth-turn experts from the Spirit-Exorcising Xiao Family reached White Dragon Town and advanced to kill Jiang Dao while he refined the pill.

As the Human Monarch Pill’s power engulfed Jiang Dao, the Spirit-Exorcising Xiao Family attacked him during his seclusion. Jiang Dao’s fleshly body and Blazing Sun Demon Eyes annihilated the attackers, and he ordered Jing Huang and the Corpse-Devouring Pill Fiend to withdraw while he continued absorbing the pill’s power.

• More than a dozen Spirit-Exorcising Xiao Family experts arrived at Jiang Dao’s courtyard, and the Corpse-Devouring Pill Fiend warned them that approaching could cause Jiang Dao to explode.
• The Xiao Family attacked the Corpse-Devouring Pill Fiend, and Jing Huang intervened to fight one of their experts.
• The Xiao Family experts struck Jiang Dao with finger force and weapons, but his body resisted their attacks and shattered their weapons.
• Jiang Dao opened his eyes and used the Blazing Sun Demon Eyes to burn the attacking Xiao Family experts to ashes.
• Jiang Dao also burned the expert fighting Jing Huang, then told Jing Huang and the Corpse-Devouring Pill Fiend to leave while he continued absorbing the pill’s power.

After the Corpse-Devouring Pill Fiend and Jing Huang left White Dragon Town, Jiang Dao swallowed the lightning striking him as he refined the Human Monarch Pill. News of the forbidden pill stirred the Endless Ruins and drew hundreds of Spirit Eliminators to town, where a handful charged at Jiang Dao while the others watched.

• The Corpse-Devouring Pill Fiend and Jing Huang departed, and Jiang Dao's golden aura surged as lightning struck him without harming him.
• Jiang Dao sucked the lightning into his mouth and swallowed it, while arriving experts recognized the Human Monarch Pill's tribulation and hurried toward White Dragon Town.
• The Spirit Eliminator informed the ancient gods that Jiang Dao might have consumed the Human Monarch Pill, prompting all seven to mobilize.
• A scarlet infant watched White Dragon Town from a distant peak and anticipated Jiang Dao's death.
• Hundreds of Spirit Eliminators gathered outside White Dragon Town and discussed killing Jiang Dao for the Higher Will's favor.
• Seven or eight Spirit Eliminators rushed toward Jiang Dao as the rest watched them test his strength.

Jiang Dao endured a massive assault while refining the Human Monarch Pill, then killed his attackers with Sky Shadow when they tried to stop him. A deity from the Endless Ruins arrived as the pill still needed time to finish refining.

• Seven or eight powerful Spirit Eliminators and fiends attacked Jiang Dao, but none could penetrate his defenses.
• More assailants joined in, including the Millennial Malevolent Spirit, whose cursed blood burned away against Jiang Dao’s Extreme Yang Divine Fire.
• Jiang Dao opened his eyes and unleashed Sky Shadow, burning the attackers’ souls until they died as dried corpses.
• Jiang Dao resumed refining the Human Monarch Pill, but sensed a deity approaching before the pill was complete.
• A strange infant on a distant mountain recognized the approaching presence as an old fellow from the Endless Ruins and expected him to crush Jiang Dao.

Jiang Dao fought a god that tried to capture him and take the treasure he wore. After the god failed to crush his robe, Jiang Dao fused with the Human Monarch Pill, broke free, and struck back with enough force to shatter the god’s forehead.

• A god appeared outside White Dragon Town and attacked Jiang Dao, but his mysterious robe blocked its strike.
• The god seized Jiang Dao and tried to crush him, while Jiang Dao unleashed his Blazing Sun Demon Eyes and set the god’s body ablaze.
• The god suppressed Jiang Dao’s eye techniques and reached to gouge out his eyes, but Jiang Dao’s power surged as the Human Monarch Pill fused within him.
• Jiang Dao broke the god’s fingers, punched its chest, and blasted its enormous body backward.
• Jiang Dao appeared before the god and stomped its forehead, shattering its bone and spraying divine blood.

Jiang Dao overwhelmed the god in battle, shattering his dharma body and exposing his injured true form. He left the god pierced through the chest and burning from within.

• Jiang Dao stomped through the god's forehead and knocked away one of his massive palms, but the other struck his back.
• Jiang Dao seized the god's palm and swung his enormous dharma body into the ground repeatedly.
• Jiang Dao punched the god's heart, causing his dharma body to explode and reveal his wounded true form.
• Jiang Dao interrupted the god's threat with a punch that crushed his face, then fought him through thousands of exchanges.
• Jiang Dao stabbed his arm through the god's chest and burned his internal organs with blazing light.