Chapter Summaries

Dongfang Yuan defeated Wild Dog Daoist, explained that he could leave the cave whenever he wished, and heard the Blood Refinement Hall Master's invitation to play chess against Heaven. The Orthodox Path disciples chose to enter with him, while Lu Yuan prepared to welcome them at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well with Little Black, a giant python.

• Wild Dog Daoist used his bone-controlling Rule to dislocate Zeng Shushu's arms, but Dongfang Yuan restored them and explained the Rule's limits.
• Dongfang Yuan struck at Wild Dog Daoist with a sword attack infused with a Rule phenomenon, and Bi Yao's Golden Bell freed everyone from its soul-suppressing effect.
• Wild Dog Daoist explained the stages of Rules and relayed the Blood Refinement Hall Master's invitation to join a gamble against Heaven.
• Dongfang Yuan told the others that they could enter the cave with him or wait outside, and Lu Xueqi, Fa Xiang, Yan Hong, and the other disciples chose to trust him and enter.
• Lu Yuan prepared to leave the eighteenth-layer fractured space with Little Black, revealing that the black mountain was a giant python, and opened a way toward the Abyss of the Dead and Sea of Ruthlessness.

Dongfang Yuan and the exhausted cultivators overcame the Dark Knights and reached the Abyss of the Dead, where he suspected the eighteenth trial awaited them. At the Sea of Ruthlessness, Dongfang Yuan reunited with the masked Blood Refinement Hall Master as the Black Water Mysterious Snake emerged transformed into a flood dragon.

• The cultivators struggled against the Dark Knights until Dongfang Yuan explained that spirit-damaging attacks could weaken them, and Li Xun's Ice Soul King Flame destroyed the suits of armor.
• After the Dark Knights rose again, the group realized each cultivator would have to defeat their own opponent and complained about the exhausting trials they had endured.
• Dongfang Yuan suggested that the sixteen trials represented the Eighteen Levels of Hell followed by the Eighteen Levels of Heaven, then led the group past a passage lit by countless luminous pearls.
• At the Abyss of the Dead, Dongfang Yuan predicted that the eighteenth checkpoint would pit them against the Blood Refinement Hall Master and the Black Water Mysterious Snake.
• Dongfang Yuan descended to the Sea of Ruthlessness and embraced the masked Blood Refinement Hall Master, who ordered Little Black to prioritize attacking the people from Heavenly Sound Temple.
• The Black Water Mysterious Snake emerged from the sea with horns and an overwhelming presence, and You Ji recognized that it had transformed into a flood dragon.

Dongfang Yuan and the Blood Refinement Hall Master debated the Hall Master's plan to sacrifice disciples to save the world, while the Hall Master revealed secrets about the Heavenly Book and the Zhu Xian Sword. After the Hall Master unveiled the Eye of Fate, Dongfang Yuan unleashed his full power and began their contest with Divine Fire Illuminates the Myriad Worlds.

• The Black Water Mysterious Snake attacked Bi Yao, You Ji, and the nearby sect disciples with towering water columns, and the white-masked Blood Refinement Hall Master let the attack soak everyone while sparing Dongfang Yuan.
• The Blood Refinement Hall Master defended his harsh treatment of the disciples and explained that he wanted Dongfang Yuan to help advance a plan to give humanity a chance to survive.
• Dongfang Yuan warned that the Blood Refinement Hall would face suppression from the major sects, while the Hall Master revealed that the five Heavenly Book volumes were held by different sects and that the fifth was inside the Zhu Xian Sword.
• The Blood Refinement Hall Master said Dao Xuan could not wield the Zhu Xian Sword without suffering backlash and declared he would accept the sacrifice of nearly a hundred thousand disciples for the world's future.
• Dongfang Yuan challenged the Hall Master's strength, but the Hall Master removed his mask to reveal the Eye of Fate, prompting Dongfang Yuan to unleash his full power and cast Divine Fire Illuminates the Myriad Worlds.

Dongfang Yuan fought the Blood Refinement Hall Master while the Hall Master used the Bloodthirsty Soul-Seizing Halberd and blood manipulation to threaten the gathered disciples. After the Hall Master pressed Dongfang Yuan to reveal his hidden power, Dongfang Yuan exposed his inhuman nature and began transforming into a dragon-like creature as he prepared to fight in earnest.

• Dongfang Yuan countered the Blood Refinement Hall Master's attacks with fire and lightning while the Black Water Mysterious Snake threatened the others.
• The Blood Refinement Hall Master controlled Xiao Yicai's blood, forcing him to kill Fa Shan and attempt to attack Qi Hao, until Dongfang Yuan's lightning freed the group.
• The Blood Refinement Hall Master revealed that he had reforged the Soul-Seizing Halberd with the Blood Devouring Pearl and unleashed the Blood Sea Devours the Heavens.
• The Blood Refinement Hall Master challenged Dongfang Yuan to choose between revealing his trump card and letting the others die, and Dongfang Yuan said he would rather die standing than live on his knees.
• Dongfang Yuan revealed crimson dragon wings and golden vertical pupils, then gathered multicolored flames into a tornado as two enormous claws emerged and a dragon roared.

Dongfang Yuan revealed himself as a powerful Fire Dragon, while the Blood Refinement Hall Master summoned a Silver Dragon and sent the Black Water Mysterious Snake attacking the survivors. As the clash left Fa Xiang grieving his Junior Brother’s death, Lu Xueqi began to suspect that Lu Yuan was truly a member of the Dragon Clan.

• Bi Yao and the others recognized Dongfang Yuan as a Divine Beast, and Zeng Shushu identified him as a Fire Dragon before Dongfang Yuan’s Eye Sword injured Zeng Shushu’s eyes.
• The Blood Refinement Hall Master revealed a Silver Dragon, and the Black Water Mysterious Snake attacked the survivors while the dragons confronted one another.
• The snake’s tail threatened Fa Xiang and his severely injured Junior Brother, who knocked Fa Xiang out of danger and died beneath the blow.
• Lu Xueqi connected Lu Yuan’s blood, Tian Ling Er’s cultivation, and the Insect Tide, then concluded that Lu Yuan was likely a Dragon Clan member.

Lu Yuan’s attack sent Bi Yao, Lu Xueqi, and the other observers through a Spatial Tunnel, while Dongfang Yuan left for Small Pond Town to pursue the Divine Fire Mirror. Stranded in an endless forest with distorted senses, Bi Yao proposed that the group follow the direction the motionless beasts faced.

• The Blood Refinement Hall Master revealed that he had become a Silver Dragon by devouring Lu Yuan’s corpse, and Dongfang Yuan identified the powers he had gained.
• Lu Xueqi, Tian Ling Er, and the others attacked the Silver Dragon, but he effortlessly nullified their spells and weapons.
• Lu Yuan created a black sphere that clashed with Dongfang Yuan’s flaming spear, opening a Spatial Tunnel that pulled Bi Yao, Lu Xueqi, and the others away.
• Dongfang Yuan threw the disoriented Black Water Mysterious Snake into the Sea of Ruthlessness and flew toward Small Pond Town, while Lu Yuan reflected on the eighteen trials and vanished.
• Bi Yao and the others appeared in a vast forest, where their senses were distorted; after recovering enough to explore, they found motionless, unfamiliar animals.
• Bi Yao suggested that Lu Xueqi, Yan Hong, and the group follow the direction the animals faced to find a landmark.

Bi Yao led the group through a lifeless forest by following the strange beasts, whose shadowy forms gathered beneath a tree at night. There, a humanoid shadow revealed its power by slaughtering the beasts with Spatial Turbulence, leaving the group stunned and afraid to approach.

• Bi Yao argued that the group should follow her deduction, and Lu Xueqi and Yan Hong led the others after her as darkness fell.
• Qi Hao discovered that black shadows resembling the motionless beasts passed harmlessly through people and objects, and he urged the group to follow them.
• Bi Yao led the group to a gathering of Exotic Beasts beneath a large tree, where a humanoid shadow appeared and spoke of leaving the forest the next day.
• The humanoid shadow summoned silver power and used Spatial Turbulence to grind the gathered beasts into blood and fragments.
• The shadow vanished, and Bi Yao and the others recovered from their shock but stayed back, afraid to approach.

Bi Yao led the group to investigate the strange tree, which revealed a record of a youth’s traumatic past in the Star Dou Great Forest and his conflict with Tang Hao and Tang San. After a golden arm bone merged with Yan Hong, spatial distortion transported everyone into another world.

• Bi Yao proposed that the forest was a record of past events and urged the group to search for clues near the tree.
• Lu Xueqi, Yan Hong, and the others split up to investigate while Bi Yao searched beneath the tree with You Yi.
• After Tian Ling Er’s observation inspired Bi Yao, Yan Hong used her Golden Flame to activate the tree and reveal its hidden writing.
• Tian Ling Er read the record describing how Tang Hao used his killing intent to force the youth to surrender a school enrollment spot, driving him to survive for six years in the Star Dou Great Forest before seeking revenge.
• A golden arm bone appeared and merged into Yan Hong’s left arm, then spatial distortion carried everyone away to another world.

Yan Hong and the other sect disciples explored a strange secret realm filled with Immortal Herbs and found jade boxes containing letters and clues. Two slips finally pointed to an Ice Fire Golden Body, and Fa Xiang secretly headed for the springhead to claim it.

• Yan Hong regained consciousness in a secret realm where the others had recovered, and Lu Xueqi urged everyone to search carefully while Bi Yao argued that the treasures might hold clues.
• Li Xun found a jade box beside a Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower, and its letter revealed how to use the herb, which Yan Hong reserved for him until its safety was confirmed.
• The group uncovered more jade boxes whose letters described Douluo Continent, a scheme to control an empire, and several Immortal Herbs and their effects.
• Zeng Shushu noticed that the red and blue pools formed a Taiji-like pattern, and Lu Xueqi and Yan Hong opened the matching boxes to find the phrase “Ice Fire Golden Body, Void Sculpting Self.”
• Fa Xiang recognized the promise of a golden body and slipped away toward the springhead of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

Fa Xiang tried to seize the Ice Fire Golden Body herbs, but the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings’ phantoms killed him before he could consume them. Their inscriptions revealed the history of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and Bi Yao asked Tian Ling Er to let her try the Lovesick Heartbreak Red, only for Tian Ling Er to refuse and offer Lu Xueqi the first chance instead.

• Fa Xiang used his Purple-Gold Alms Bowl to pluck the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass while grabbing the Infernal Delicate Apricot, suffering a ruined hand and a shattered magic treasure as the herbs’ powers injured him.
• The fire and ice dragon phantoms rose from the pools and blasted Fa Xiang into a cloud of blood mist before he could consume the herbs.
• The dragon phantoms displayed jade plates and inscriptions recounting how the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well became an inheritor’s treasure land, then returned to the springs.
• Bi Yao examined the jade plates and the Lovesick Heartbreak Red, while You Ji comforted her and asked Tian Ling Er to let Bi Yao try to pluck it.
• Tian Ling Er refused to give up her chance to try the Lovesick Heartbreak Red, but offered Lu Xueqi the first attempt if she wanted it.

Lu Xueqi and Tian Ling Er suspected that Lu Yuan was alive and might be the Blood Refinement Hall Master, then the group left the spring and entered a trial plain filled with unusually capable soul beasts. They found that the beasts had no physical bodies, but their organized attacks suggested that reinforcements were ambushing them.

• Lu Xueqi proposed that the disciples take seven Immortal Herbs in Jade Boxes and warned them not to repeat Fa Xiang's mistake.
• Lu Xueqi told Tian Ling Er she suspected Lu Yuan was alive and might be the Blood Refinement Hall Master, and Tian Ling Er recalled suspicious details about their relationship.
• Lu Xueqi and Tian Ling Er agreed to keep their theory secret while resolving to confront Lu Yuan if they found him.
• The words above the spring vanished, transporting the disciples to an open plain where they gathered their senses and surveyed the area.
• Lu Xueqi took command and led the group toward a vast Beast Tide, where they discovered the soul beasts lacked physical bodies but attacked in coordinated formations.

Lu Xueqi and the others watched memories of Lu Yuan fighting Tang Hao, the Rakshasa High Priest, and the gods, then read an account of his fate as the God Slayer. The secret realm returned them to a white expanse, where the story ended with Lu Yuan’s journey reaching a temporary close and a new legend beginning.

• Lu Xueqi identified the scene as a memory and led the group through the Soul Masters’ defenses, where they witnessed Tang San’s conflict with Shui Yue and Tang Hao’s intervention.
• A masked spear-wielder, whom the group suspected was Lu Yuan, defeated Tang Hao and the Rakshasa High Priest before confronting the Rakshasa God and Asura God.
• The injured newcomer demanded an explanation from the gods, then crushed the Eye of Fate and returned the group to a white expanse.
• Yan Hong and Bi Yao read golden descriptions explaining that Lu Yuan had avenged himself on Tang Hao, challenged the gods, and summoned an incarnation from across time.
• The account said the incarnation stripped interfering gods of their divine positions, returned the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to the Beast Race, and departed for another world, where later generations honored him as the God Slayer.

Lu Xueqi and the others entered a phantom replay of Lu Yuan’s early life in another world, where they watched him survive as a child and become Dongfang Guyue’s disciple. The record revealed that humanity was surrounded by four Demon Countries and raised new questions for the Incense Valley disciples about Dongfang Yuan’s connection to Dongfang Guyue and Pure Yang Flame.

• Lu Xueqi and the others discussed whether Lu Yuan had come from another world and how someone might act across time before the golden writing faded and transported them again.
• The group arrived at a rain-soaked Dilapidated Temple, where they realized the temple was tangible even though the rain was an illusion.
• You Ji explained that the beggars had crippled and exploited children, and Lu Xueqi led the group inside to witness the scene as a replay.
• The child whose face remained indistinct warned Dongfang Huaizhu and Dongfang Qinlan against taking in a girl, then used fire to expel his Cold Poison and displayed mastery of flame.
• Dongfang Guyue accepted the child as his Close Disciple after he used Pure Yang Flame to warn Jin Renfeng.
• Golden writing identified the child as Lu Yuan reborn, described humanity’s conflict with the four Demon Countries, and prompted the Incense Valley disciples to wonder whether Dongfang Yuan descended from Dongfang Guyue.

Lu Xueqi and the others entered Godly Fire Mountain Manor, where they witnessed Jin Renfeng's defeat and learned of the manor's hidden history. As the secret realm ended, they read Lu Yuan's diary, which revealed a wider world and left them questioning whether its account was the whole truth.

• Lu Xueqi's group arrived at Godly Fire Mountain Manor, and Yan Hong deflected Zeng Shushu's questions about the manor's connection to Incense Valley.
• Lu Xueqi noticed the manor was unnaturally silent, then led the group toward a distant clash between black flames and the Pure Yang Flame.
• Lu Xueqi and the others reached the Main Hall and saw Jin Renfeng attempt a Blood Exchange against Dongfang Guyue before a faceless black shadow intervened and Jin Renfeng was defeated.
• The secret realm began to fade, and the group read a diary describing the Outside the Circle, the Black Fox Lady, Dragon Shadow Bookstore, and Lu Yuan's plans for cultivation and the manor.
• Lu Xueqi questioned whether the diary told the truth, and Bi Yao replied that it might record only the truth its author could see, perhaps as arranged by fate.

Lu Xueqi and the others watched another vision of Lu Yuan’s plans and learned that he intended to unify the world and launch a campaign against the Southern Kingdom. The vision left them questioning their beliefs about humans, demons, and the conflict between them as a Spatial Tunnel appeared.

• Lu Xueqi concluded that the masked Blood Refinement Hall Master and the altered dangers in the secret realm pointed toward Lu Yuan’s identity, while Xiao Yicai listed further suspicions about the Blood Refinement Hall.
• Dongfang Yuan cured Three-Tailed Fox and Six-Tailed Fox’s Cold Poison, advised them to seek refuge with Ghost King Sect, and left to return to Incense Valley and try to save Xiaobai.
• In the secret-realm vision, the faceless figure instructed Yuan Mao to prepare for a campaign, explaining that Dragon Shadow Bookstore would uphold a single law for humans and demons alike.
• The faceless figure chose the Southern Kingdom as the easiest target and said his preparations were meant to let Yuan Mao lead Dragon Shadow Bookstore after he was gone.
• Lu Xueqi and the others were shaken by the figure’s account of the cycle of vengeance between humans and demons and his proposal to unify the world; a Spatial Tunnel appeared as the vision ended.

The Qingyun Sect and Incense Valley group entered the Spatial Tunnel and followed the Dragon Shadow Bookstore team through a secret realm, where they learned about its mapping work and witnessed humans enslaved by monsters. The sight helped them understand Lu Yuan’s attempt to unite humans and monsters, leaving Bi Yao to reflect on the painful burden of his choice.

• Bi Yao calmed Tian Ling Er by suggesting Lu Yuan wanted her to understand him fully before choosing, while Zhang Xiaofan quietly struggled with his unrequited feelings.
• Bi Yao concluded the Spatial Tunnel was their only route forward, and Lu Xueqi, Zeng Shushu, Lin Jingyu, Zhang Xiaofan, and the others followed her through.
• Lu Xueqi and the others found the Dragon Shadow Bookstore team defeating demons, then watched Yuan Mao correct a map and learned why accurate maps mattered.
• After following the team through a forest, Bi Yao, Lu Xueqi, and Tian Ling Er realized the faceless figure was Lu Yuan and were distressed by what they witnessed there.
• At a mine on the Southern Kingdom’s border, the group saw monsters whipping enslaved humans, and Qi Hao and Li Xun condemned the abuse.
• Bi Yao reflected that Lu Yuan had chosen to stand between humans and monsters, accepting hatred from both sides in an effort to end their long conflict.

Lu Xueqi and the others watched Dragon Shadow Bookstore’s disciplined campaign through the Southern Kingdom and struggled to understand the scale of its power. After Lu Yuan defeated the Southern Kingdom’s strongest fighters, Bi Yao challenged them to recognize that his strength—not merely his spear—had decided the battle.

• Dragon Shadow Bookstore punished captured demons, freed their human captives, and continued its advance, leaving Xiao Yicai impressed by its organization and worried that Qingyun Sect could not adopt such a system in time.
• Lu Yuan rode into the Southern Kingdom Capital, defeated Princess Huan Du Luolan and Elder Gai, then pinned down Poison Emperor Huan Du Qingtian and forced him to concede.
• You Ji explained that the white spear’s resistance to poison and its unavoidable spinning attack had decided the Poison Emperor’s fight, while Bi Yao argued that Lu Yuan’s power surpassed even the spear’s.
• Tian Ling Er claimed her Junior Brother could wield the spear, but Bi Yao replied that others could use it too and warned the group against using excuses to deny Lu Yuan’s strength.

Lu Xueqi and the others finished watching Dragon Shadow Bookstore take control of the Southern Kingdom, then entered another secret realm despite having no food or water. They found themselves in a vast desert, where You Ji took command and the group spotted the same Dragon Shadow Bookstore force, prompting Bi Yao to suspect it was preparing a surprise attack on the Western Regions.

• Bi Yao rebuked Zeng Shushu for crediting the spear instead of respecting the figure who planned and carried out the campaign, and Lu Xueqi helped calm the dispute.
• Lu Xueqi and the others watched Dragon Shadow Bookstore secure the Southern Kingdom before the scenes faded and returned them to the pale white space.
• The group realized they had gone two days without food or water, so Lu Xueqi divided them into teams to gather supplies and clues before they entered the next Spatial Tunnel.
• The teams emerged into a scorching desert, and Lu Xueqi handed command to You Ji, who struggled to find food and water in the barren landscape.
• The group spotted Dragon Shadow Bookstore personnel crossing the desert, and Bi Yao argued that they might be exploiting the Southern Kingdom's secrecy to seize the Western Regions' royal city.

Lu Xueqi and the others followed Dragon Shadow Bookstore through a harsh desert before joining its assault on the Western Regions royal city. After the city fell, Li Muchen was chosen as its new ruler, revealing Lu Yuan’s plan to bring the Western Regions under human influence.

• Lu Xueqi’s group struggled through the desert without food or water while You Ji explained that Dragon Shadow Bookstore avoided lighting a fire to conceal its position.
• The faceless commander urged Dragon Shadow Bookstore to seize the Western Regions quickly, and the group set out chanting, “Conquer the South, pacify the West!”
• Lu Yuan’s forces stormed the Western Regions royal city, defeated its Demon Emperor, and freed the enslaved humans as Lu Xueqi and the others witnessed the battle.
• Li Muchen fought in her Fire Dragon form, and the surviving demons chose her as the common ruler of the Western Regions.
• You Ji realized Lu Yuan intended to install Li Muchen as ruler so the Western Regions would become a dependable ally and help him control the wider conflict.

The group read records revealing the faceless figure’s plans to strengthen Dragon Shadow Bookstore and reshape relations between humans and demons, then argued over whether he was connected to Lu Yuan. After returning through the Spatial Tunnel in search of food, they emerged in a beautiful mountain landscape that You Ji suspected belonged to Godly Fire Mountain Manor or Dragon Shadow Bookstore.

• The group learned that the figure had used his campaigns to secure Dragon Shadow Bookstore’s future, prepare to address human and demon political conflicts, and take notice of Tushan’s reincarnation laws.
• Lu Xueqi and Tian Ling Er realized the records seemed to have been written by the figure himself, and Tian Ling Er wondered whether their reactions were part of his plan and whether Lu Yuan was alive.
• Bi Yao insisted Lu Yuan was dead but admitted she could not explain the connections among him, the Blood Refinement Hall Master, and the Incense Valley Young Valley Master.
• You Yi defended Bi Yao against the group’s suspicions, and Yan Hong urged everyone to set aside their quarrel and focus on surviving their food shortage.
• The group returned to the Spatial Tunnel and entered it, then emerged on a mountain landscape that left You Ji wondering whether they had reached Godly Fire Mountain Manor or Dragon Shadow Bookstore.