Chapter Summaries

Song Tiancheng and the Northern Continent faction leaders confronted Lin Tian over his repeated use of their people as bait against powerful demonic beings. Lin Tian severed Song Tiancheng’s arm and ordered them to attack the area thirty kilometers ahead immediately, leaving them under threat of death.

• Song Tiancheng told Cang Yun that Lin Tian’s forces were treating Qingyue Sect disciples as cannon fodder and causing needless casualties.
• Lin Tian ordered the Northern Continent martial artists at Half-step Heavenly Human level and above to assault an area thirty kilometers away and report on its demonic beings within one day.
• Song Tiancheng gathered the faction leaders, and they agreed to ask Lin Tian to delay the assault until their forces could advance safely.
• Lin Tian rejected Song Tiancheng’s request to wait three or four days and threatened to force the leaders to obey.
• Lin Tian cut off Song Tiancheng’s left arm with Sword Qi and ordered everyone to attack immediately or die.

Lin Tian sent Song Tiancheng, Cang Yun, and the Northern Continent martial artists into a demonmen stronghold to scout while his group stayed behind. As the survivors were overwhelmed and Cang Yun sacrificed himself, Bai Ze arrived and rescued them, revealing that he had reached the Void Refining Realm.

• Lin Tian forced Song Tiancheng's group to scout the demonmen ahead, while his Shattering Realm companions waited for news.
• Bai Ze learned that Song Tiancheng and Cang Yun had been sent into the demonmen and rushed to find them.
• Surrounded by Heavenly Human Realm demonmen, Song Tiancheng urged Zhou Zidao to flee, while Cang Yun charged into the enemy and sacrificed himself to buy time.
• Song Tiancheng's remaining fighters were nearly wiped out, and he again told Zhou Zidao to escape.
• Bai Ze appeared, destroyed the demonmen around the survivors, and protected them with the Ten Thousand Sword Formation.
• Bai Ze told Song Tiancheng that he had reached the Void Refining Realm and began clearing the toxins from his master's body.

Bai Ze returned with Song Tiancheng and the survivors, learned that Lin Tian and the Profound Sect disciples had used Northern Continent martial artists as expendable scouts, and attacked them. He revealed his Void Refining Realm strength and pinned Lin Tian’s group down with the Ten Thousand Sword Formation, ignoring their threats about the Profound Sect.

• Bai Ze cleansed the survivors’ toxins, noticed Song Tiancheng’s missing arm, and led everyone back across the battle line.
• Lin Tian mocked Bai Ze for returning without completing the mission and warned him not to interfere with his men.
• Song Tiancheng and the others told Bai Ze how Lin Tian’s group had forced them to scout for demons, causing the deaths of most of Northern Continent’s top martial artists.
• Bai Ze challenged Lin Tian and unleashed the Ten Thousand Sword Formation when Lin Tian threatened him.
• Bai Ze revealed his Void Realm strength and used golden swords to pin Lin Tian and the other Profound Sect disciples to the ground.
• Lin Tian threatened Bai Ze with the Profound Sect, but Bai Ze dismissed the warning.

Bai Ze executed Lin Tian and his companions, then told Song Tiancheng that Demonic Beings had spread across the continent and urged the injured elders to withdraw. He spent several days killing Demonic Beings and searching for their source, but found none stronger than Shattering Realm before returning to the border defense line.

• Bai Ze severed Lin Tian and his companions’ limbs, threw them among the Demonic Beings, and killed them after they became infected.
• Bai Ze explained the continent-wide Demonic Being calamity to Song Tiancheng and advised the injured elders to return while the others held the line.
• Song Tiancheng warned Bai Ze to beware of the Demonic Beings’ source, then left with Zhou Zidao.
• Bai Ze attacked the Demonic Beings, discovered how the token awarded points and restricted exchanges, and continued hunting without finding their source.
• After several days of fighting and earning over one thousand points, Bai Ze returned to the border defense line, where countless martial artists were still battling an endless horde.

Bai Ze arrived in the Northern Continent as a Descendant of God and his powerful demonfolk forces overwhelmed the martial artists fighting them. He fought the Descendant of God, who revealed Void Return Realm strength, and the chapter ended with the battle still raging.

• After the demonfolk became more frenzied in the last imperial province, a Descendant of God emerged with tens of thousands of powerful demonfolk and ordered them to infect the martial artists.
• More than a dozen Void Comprehension Realm demonfolk attacked, inflicting heavy casualties on the Northern and Central Continent forces.
• Bai Ze arrived and killed a Void Comprehension Realm demonfolk with a sword strike, then learned that the self-proclaimed Descendant of God considered the other demonfolk failed products.
• Bai Ze rejected the Descendant of God’s offer to join him and began cutting down the Void Comprehension Realm demonfolk.
• The Descendant of God intercepted Bai Ze and revealed Void Return Realm Early Stage strength; Bai Ze met his attack with the King Ming Body-Breaking Sword, and their clash forced everyone nearby to flee.

Bai Ze fought a self-proclaimed Descendant of God whose body repeatedly regenerated, and wore down the power behind his recoveries. As Bai Ze cornered him inside the Ten Thousand Sword Formation, a more evil presence awakened within the demon and declared that Bai Ze would be its first meal.

• Bai Ze countered the demon’s God's Curse and wounded him with Question the Heart, then fought him while nearby martial artists fled the battlefield.
• Bai Ze discovered that the demon’s rapid healing consumed power, and repeatedly killed him until his strength fell from the Void Return Realm to Void Refining Realm Perfection.
• Bai Ze trapped the demon inside the Ten Thousand Sword Formation and continued attacking as the demon’s revivals slowed.
• After reviving again, the demon’s body awakened a more evil presence, which blamed Bai Ze for the body’s weakened state and called him its first meal.

Bai Ze fought Demon God Aus, a surviving god whose Remnant Soul had possessed the demon man, and the two unleashed devastating attacks. Demon God Aus fled when his unstable host began slipping from his control, warning Bai Ze that he would return.

• Demon God Aus revealed that he was a Remnant Soul who had secretly used demon men as food while recovering his strength.
• Bai Ze mocked Aus's claim to godhood and attacked him with the King Ming Body-Breaking Sword, Second Form—Soul Severance, while Aus countered with Blood Hand and Blood Demon Mountain Sealing Seal.
• Bai Ze and Aus exchanged powerful attacks that devastated the surrounding area, forcing the watching martial artists to flee farther away.
• Bai Ze wounded Aus and was wounded himself, then taunted the demon god as Aus gathered power for a final strike.
• Aus's host began trembling and resisting his control, so he fled and threatened to torment Bai Ze's soul the next time they met.

Bai Ze returned after confronting the source of the demonfolk, and forces across the Northern Continent launched a campaign that nearly wiped them out. Back at Qingyue Sect, he guided Wan Yanyun’s cultivation and explained how martial strength and Special Physiques worked.

• Bai Ze cut down hundreds of thousands of demonfolk after the battle with Demon God Aus, then returned to the others.
• Martial artists from the Northern Continent and Central Continent encircled the demonfolk, eliminating ninety-nine percent before the Two Great Dynasties ordered a complete search and extermination.
• At Qingyue Sect, Song Tiancheng broke through to the Heavenly Human Realm, while Bai Ze continued guiding Wan Yanyun and cultivating.
• Wan Yanyun questioned whether she was suited for martial cultivation after Bai Ze easily blocked her attacks, and Bai Ze explained that realm alone did not determine strength.
• Bai Ze described Innate and Acquired Special Physiques and revealed that he had cultivated the Acquired King Ming Sword Body after joining the Sword Sect.

Bai Ze brought Song Shilan, Song Nan, and Wan Yanyun from the Northern Continent to the Southern Region of the Central Continent, where they learned that demons had spread across the region. The chapter left them realizing that even the Central Continent’s powerful sects were struggling to contain the threat.

• Song Tiancheng asked Bai Ze to take Song Shilan to the Central Continent, and Song Nan joined them on the journey.
• Bai Ze and his companions traveled for over half a month and returned to the Southern Region of the Central Continent through a Teleportation Array.
• Song Shilan, Song Nan, and Wan Yanyun admired the Central Continent’s dense spiritual energy as Bai Ze described the powerful resources available there.
• Bai Ze and the others entered a city, where they overheard people discussing demons and learned that one had caused tens of thousands of casualties near Dongxiao City.
• A nearby man explained that demons occupied a vast area in the north and that Heaven Saint Realm demons had appeared in several places, forcing the Five Sects Ten Gates and other lineages to unite against them.
• Wan Yanyun said she had not expected the Central Continent’s demon situation to be so severe despite its many powerful experts.

Bai Ze brought Song Shilan, Song Nan, and Wan Yanyun to Sword City and gave the three women Spirit Stones and cultivation supplies before their entry into the Sword Sect. After seeing how difficult the sect’s assessment was for ordinary candidates, Song Shilan urged her companions to return to the inn and cultivate.

• Bai Ze explained that the demons in the Central Continent were stronger and that hidden demons remained, so sects were hunting them while powerful experts contained their spread.
• Bai Ze traveled with the three women through several Teleportation Arrays to Sword City and said he would take them to the Sword Sect the next day to receive disciple identities.
• Bai Ze gave Song Shilan, Song Nan, and Wan Yanyun Storage Bags containing Spirit Stones and supplies, and Song Shilan and Song Nan accepted them after Wan Yanyun reassured them.
• Bai Ze stayed at the inn to cultivate while Wan Yanyun took Song Shilan and Song Nan to explore Sword City, where they overheard candidates worrying about the Sword Sect assessment.
• Song Nan reminded Wan Yanyun that Bai Ze was a monstrous genius, and Song Shilan led the three women back to the inn to cultivate so they would not bring shame upon him.

Bai Ze brought Wan Yanyun, Song Shilan, and Song Nan into the Sword Sect, where Hong Yan accepted them as Outer Disciples and revealed their Special Physiques. Hong Yan gave Song Shilan permission to choose a technique for refining an acquired physique, and Bai Ze took her to the Cultivation Technique Pavilion to select one.

• Bai Ze led his companions into the Sword Sect through a different entrance while the disciple examination was underway.
• Bai Ze introduced Wan Yanyun, Song Shilan, and Song Nan to Hong Yan, who granted them Outer Disciple status and examined their physiques with the Treasure Stone.
• Hong Yan identified Song Shilan's Acquired Fire Spirit Physique, Wan Yanyun's Innate Sword Spirit Physique, and Song Nan's Innate Pure Water Physique.
• Hong Yan gave Song Shilan an exception to choose a technique for refining an acquired physique, while telling her she would need to obtain the other resources herself.
• Bai Ze took Wan Yanyun and Song Nan to the first floor of the Cultivation Technique Pavilion, then led Song Shilan to the fifth floor to choose a technique.

Song Shilan chose the Phoenix Spirit Physique cultivation method, believing a mysterious red crystal from her childhood might have given her Phoenix Blood. After training his sword techniques and deciding he needed more resources, Bai Ze left the Sword Sect and arrived at Nether Valley to hunt demons.

• Song Shilan chose the Phoenix Spirit Physique method, which required a drop of Phoenix Blood.
• Song Shilan recalled that a red crystal had melted into her hand when she was seven, seemingly leaving a drop of red liquid and an inheritance in her body.
• Bai Ze encouraged Song Shilan to try cultivating the Phoenix Spirit Physique and switch methods if she could not succeed.
• Bai Ze practiced the Heaven-Defying Three Forms and reflected on the difficulty of advancing his Sword Intent and cultivation.
• Bai Ze decided to hunt demons for resources and left the Sword Sect for Nether Valley, where demonic qi filled the region.

Bai Ze hunted demonic humans in Nether Valley to earn points for Void Spirit Pills, then left to break through after demonic qi began accumulating in his body. On his way out, he found several Sword Sect Personal Disciples surrounded by demonic humans and joined the fight.

• Bai Ze killed demonic humans in Nether Valley and earned enough points to exchange for a Void Spirit Pill.
• Bai Ze continued hunting for several days, gathering enough points for two Void Spirit Pills and sensing demonic qi mixing into his body.
• Bai Ze decided to leave Nether Valley, refine the pills, and return later to hunt deeper in the valley.
• Bai Ze discovered four or five Sword Sect Personal Disciples surrounded by hundreds of demonic humans, including dozens at Void Refining Realm or above.
• Bai Ze struck the demonic humans with the Second Form of the King Ming Body-Breaking Sword and helped the Sword Sect disciples turn the fight around.

After helping Artifact Refining Sect disciples escape Nether Valley, Bai Ze exchanged points for two Void Spirit Pills and purged demonic qi from his body. Meanwhile, Lü Ruoxue continued hunting demonic beings and building points before Bai Ze began preparing to break through to Void Refining Realm Perfection.

• Bai Ze and the Artifact Refining Sect disciples defeated the demonic beings, then parted ways after Chen Ping and the others thanked him.
• Bai Ze exchanged his points for two Void Spirit Pills at Holy Heaven Pavilion’s temporary branch and returned to an inn to expel the demonic qi.
• Lü Ruoxue, now at Void Return Realm Mid Stage, easily defeated a Void Return Realm Perfection demonic being and continued hunting demonic beings for points.
• Lü Ruoxue calculated that she needed several tens of thousands more points for the Nine Nether Heaven Burning Pill and Quenching Spirit Grass, and avoided Nether Valley’s Core Area.
• After several days, Bai Ze finished purging the demonic qi and began cultivating with his Void Spirit Pills to break through to Void Refining Realm Perfection.

Bai Ze broke through to Void Refining Realm Perfection and hunted demons deeper in Nether Valley, rapidly earning points while demonic energy seeped into his body. After months of hunting and periodically purging the corruption, he encountered a sect group surrounded by thousands of demons and fled rather than risk being overwhelmed.

• Bai Ze used two Void Spirit Pills and several more days of cultivation to reach Void Refining Realm Perfection, then stayed behind to stabilize his realm.
• Bai Ze hunted deeper in Nether Valley, killing more than a thousand demons and defeating a Void Return Realm Early Stage demon with his sword techniques and Ten Thousand Sword Formation.
• After Bai Ze left the battlefield, demons devoured the corpses, and some grew stronger from the feast.
• Bai Ze realized demonic energy was invading him faster during his more intense battles, so he left Nether Valley to purge it before returning to hunt.
• Over the following months, Bai Ze amassed points by repeatedly hunting demons and purging the demonic energy when needed.
• Bai Ze saw thousands of demons, including dozens or possibly over a hundred at the Void Return Realm, surrounding more than a dozen sect disciples, and he fled in the opposite direction.

As demonfolk rioted across Nether Valley, Bai Ze fought his way toward the outskirts and was pursued by a newly ascended Saint Realm demonfolk. He used the contingency Hong Yan had left on him to kill his attacker, then reached the valley’s edge, where sect disciples were still battling the demonfolk.

• Bai Ze fled as demonfolk surged through Nether Valley and used his sword techniques to clear a path through the fleeing warriors and attackers.
• A powerful demonfolk caught up with Bai Ze, overwhelmed his King Ming Domain, and offered to make him a Descendant of God.
• Bai Ze provoked the demonfolk into attacking so Hong Yan’s contingency would activate, then the Ice Seal World froze and shattered his pursuer.
• Bai Ze escaped the surrounding demonfolk and rushed toward the outskirts as his points increased.
• Several hours later, Bai Ze reached Nether Valley’s edge and saw sect disciples fighting dense masses of demonfolk beneath the ongoing battle in the sky.

Bai Ze helped contain the demons’ riot in Nether Valley, where Ancestor Blazing Flames forced Youming and Xuanming back before the valley was sealed. After purging the demonic qi from his body, Bai Ze exchanged his points for Void Spirit Pills and began secluded cultivation.

• Bai Ze joined the battle outside Nether Valley while a Saint Realm Array Master prepared an array to contain the demons.
• The Array Master activated the Golden Light Spirit Trapping Array, sealing Nether Valley, as Ancestor Blazing Flames held off Youming and Xuanming until they retreated inside.
• Ancestor Blazing Flames ordered Nether Valley temporarily sealed, and Bai Ze later met Lü Ruoxue in a nearby city.
• Bai Ze used a Spirit Gathering Array to purge the demonic qi from his body overnight and resolved to advance toward the Saint Realm.
• Bai Ze exchanged his points for Void Spirit Pills at a Holy Heaven Pavilion branch, then returned to his room to cultivate in seclusion.

Chen Tianyang and the sect masters debated how to fight the demonic beings without leaving the seals vulnerable, then secured a top-grade Demigod Artifact to counter the Divine Sparks’ suppression. With Moonlight Slash in his possession, Chen Tianyang was prepared to lead the next stage of their response.

• Chen Tianyang told the sect masters that Demigod Realm demonic beings had appeared in the Central Domain and that the other regions could not help the Southern Region.
• The sect masters discussed sending Heaven Saint Realm experts to replace their Demigod ancestors, but Chen Tianyang warned that the Sacred Alliance could use their absence to destroy the demonic seals.
• Chen Tianyang proposed obtaining a top-grade Demigod Artifact from the Holy Heaven Main Pavilion to overcome the Divine Sparks’ suppression, and the sect masters agreed to prepare for the demonic beings’ attack.
• More than half a month later, Elder Cao delivered Moonlight Slash to Chen Tianyang and explained that he could control it temporarily by binding it with his blood.
• Chen Tianyang bound Moonlight Slash to himself and drew it into his body.

Chen Tianyang used the supreme Demigod Artifact Moonlight Slash to lead the sects in an assault on the demonfolk in Nether Valley. Nether sacrificed Profound Nether to survive the weapon’s attack, then fought back with his Divine Spark and unleashed a forbidden technique when the Heaven Saint Realm experts surrounded him.

• Elder Cao delivered Moonlight Slash to Chen Tianyang and returned to the Central Domain.
• Chen Tianyang gathered forces from the Five Sects Ten Gates and led their attack on the demonfolk in Nether Valley.
• Chen Tianyang and the Heaven Saint Realm experts confronted Nether and Profound Nether in the valley’s depths.
• Nether pushed Profound Nether into Moonlight Slash’s path, and the weapon cleaved him in two.
• Nether used his Divine Spark to resist Moonlight Slash as the Heaven Saint Realm experts attacked him.
• Nether was blasted back and shouted Blood God Disintegration.

Chen Tianyang and the other experts defeated Nether, who detonated his divine spark to escape and badly injured most of them. After the sects’ disciples and elders hunted down the remaining demonfolk, Nether Valley was left without any demonfolk.

• Nether revealed his true form and fought Chen Tianyang and the other experts, but their coordinated attacks wounded him and pushed him into a disadvantage.
• Nether detonated his divine spark, destroying the surrounding area; Chen Tianyang survived behind a top-grade Demigod Artifact, while the other experts suffered serious injuries.
• Chen Tianyang concluded that Nether had escaped as a remnant soul and left Nether Valley to let the sects’ elders and disciples deal with the remaining demonfolk.
• Over the next half month, the sect disciples and Saint Realm elders eradicated the remaining demonfolk, leaving Nether Valley empty.