Chapter Summaries

Bai Ze and Li Lüer drove Heiyun Tian from Dongjiang City, recovered their strength, and confronted him at the river, where they further damaged his divine soul. Heiyun Tian fled toward the riverbed, and they pursued him into the water.

• Bai Ze destroyed Heiyun Tian’s avatar above Dongjiang City, thwarting his attempt to blood-sacrifice the city’s people.
• Bai Ze and Li Lüer returned to the Cave Mansion, resolved to guard Dongjiang City, and spread their domains across it while they recovered.
• After several months, Bai Ze and Li Lüer regained their peak strength and went to the river to confront Heiyun Tian.
• Bai Ze and Li Lüer fought Heiyun Tian and weakened his divine soul further with their attacks.
• Heiyun Tian fled into the river toward its bed, and Bai Ze and Li Lüer pursued him.

Bai Ze and Li Lü'er discovered that the Black Gold Demon Breaking Stone had sealed Heiyun Tian's divine soul and caused Dongjiang City's restrictions. Li Lü'er began burning away his demonic qi with a Demon Refining Array, leaving Heiyun Tian trapped and unable to escape.

• Heiyun Tian entered the Black Gold Demon Breaking Stone and revealed his true form, while Bai Ze and Li Lü'er caught up and learned how it had sealed him.
• Li Lü'er explained that the stone reacted to demonic qi and that killing Heiyun Tian could lift the restriction keeping them in Dongjiang City.
• Li Lü'er scattered tens of thousands of High-grade Spirit Stones around the stone and formed a Demon Refining Array despite Heiyun Tian's threats and offers.
• The array's flames burned Heiyun Tian's divine soul, and his attempts to smash the stone failed as Bai Ze watched him trapped.

Bai Ze and Li Lüer destroyed Heiyun Tian’s divine soul and claimed the Black Gold Demon Breaking Stone, which Bai Ze began refining with the Mind Refining Technique. After Li Lüer finished cultivating, they left Dongjiang City without telling its residents that the curse had vanished.

• Li Lüer and Bai Ze watched as Heiyun Tian’s divine soul was ground away over more than a month, then recovered the Black Gold Demon Breaking Stone.
• Li Lüer gave Bai Ze the Mind Refining Technique and taught him how to use it to refine the stone.
• Bai Ze mastered the technique and began forging the Black Gold Demon Breaking Stone, but it barely shrank after more than a month.
• Li Lüer finished her secluded cultivation, and she and Bai Ze left Dongjiang City with the stone.
• The people of Dongjiang City remained afraid to leave because they did not know the curse had vanished.

After leaving Dongjiang City, Bai Ze and Li Lüer learned that powerful Innate Demonic Beings had devastated much of the continent and set off for the safer Southern Domain. They reached Changhai City, where refugees crowded around the Teleportation Array, and prepared to find a way through.

• Bai Ze and Li Lüer arrived in Liaoyue City and learned from a waiter that Innate Demonic Beings had destroyed major factions and were advancing across the continent.
• Bai Ze and Li Lüer fled westward while gathering information and learned that two of the Central Continent's five domains had fallen and another was half-fallen.
• Bai Ze and Li Lüer decided to head for the Southern Domain, where the demons had been contained, and made for Changhai City to use its Teleportation Array.
• Bai Ze and Li Lüer reached Changhai City and found it packed with people trying to escape, while earlier travelers had fought over access to the Teleportation Array.

As the Demon Race overwhelmed the Eastern Region, Li Lüer and Bai Ze secured tokens to escape through the City Lord's Mansion's Teleportation Array. While they waited, they learned that most of the region's top factions had fallen and that the Sacred Alliance had worsened the collapse.

• Li Lüer and Bai Ze found they lacked enough High-grade Spirit Stones to pay for the Teleportation Array, so they went to seek a way to exchange treasures.
• A middle-aged Earth Saint Realm martial artist attacked them for their Spirit Stones, but Bai Ze killed him with a burst of power and took his Storage Bag.
• Bai Ze found over seventy thousand High-grade Spirit Stones in the bag, giving them enough to pay for two places on the array.
• The person in charge of the City Lord's Mansion accepted their payment and gave them two tokens, warning them to keep the tokens safe.
• Li Lüer and Bai Ze discussed the demons' overwhelming strength as a nearby martial artist reported that major factions had fallen and the Sacred Alliance had helped accelerate the Eastern Region's collapse.

Bai Ze and Li Lüer discussed the Demon Race’s advance and the likely fall of the Eastern Region, then witnessed a Demigod Realm expert suppress a crowd attempting to seize the City Lord's Mansion's Teleportation Array. The old man limited access to the array, leaving Bai Ze to wonder how long the Southern Domain could resist.

• Bai Ze and Li Lüer agreed that the Eastern Region and eventually the Central Continent faced collapse if the Demon Race could not be stopped.
• As the invasion worsened, desperate martial artists gathered at the City Lord's Mansion and tried to seize its Teleportation Array.
• A Demigod Realm old man appeared and used his power to crush millions of martial artists to the ground, killing some of them.
• The old man announced that travelers needed one hundred thousand High-grade Spirit Stones and Saint Realm strength to use the Teleportation Array, and threatened anyone who caused trouble.
• Bai Ze and Li Lüer recognized the vast gap between Demigod and Saint Realm experts, and Bai Ze concluded that the Eastern Region had been abandoned and the Southern Domain might relocate its forces.

The Nether God revealed his plan to absorb a sea of blood and sacrifice the world after reaching the Divine Realm. Bai Ze and Li Lüer reached the Sword Sect, where Hong Yan was stunned to see Bai Ze had become a Heaven Saint Realm expert.

• The Nether God explained that he had nearly reached the Divine Realm by absorbing a sea of blood made from sacrificed Saint Realm experts.
• The Nether God planned to sacrifice the world and devour the Heaven-Piercing Tower's elders after breaking through.
• Bai Ze and Li Lüer learned that Demon Race forces had emerged in the Southern Region but that its sects had contained them for now.
• Bai Ze and Li Lüer traveled to the Sword Sect, where its guards verified Bai Ze's Misty Peak token and summoned Hong Yan.
• Hong Yan arrived, recognized Bai Ze, and exclaimed in disbelief that he had reached the Heaven Saint Realm.

Bai Ze and Li Lüer returned to the Sword Sect, where Hong Yan explained that the Demon Race had conquered nearly every region and the surviving forces were evacuating to the Central Domain. A year later, the Eastern Region fell completely, demons invaded the Southern Region in force, and some martial artists joined the Demon Race to survive.

• Hong Yan realized Bai Ze had reached the Heaven Saint Realm and welcomed her and Li Lüer back to Misty Peak.
• Bai Ze and Li Lüer recounted their time in the Land of Divine War, and Hong Yan explained the widespread Demon Race invasion and the Southern Region's evacuation plans.
• Hong Yan told Bai Ze that all other continents had fallen and that she would have to remain behind until the Saint Realm experts withdrew.
• A year later, the Demon Race swept into the Southern Region from both sides after conquering the Eastern Region.
• An Entering Saint Realm martial artist joined the Demon Race, became an Acquired Demonic Being, and blamed the top forces for abandoning the people of the Southern Region.

The Southern Domain fell to the Demon Race, leaving the Central Domain as humanity’s last refuge. Bai Ze reunited with Lü Ruoxue and settled in while the continent’s Demigod ancestors discussed defending the Demon King’s seal.

• The top forces withdrew from the Southern Domain, which fell as martial artists defected to the Demon Race or became its food.
• Bai Ze and Li Lüer arrived in the Central Domain with Sect Master Shangguan Fengyun and found its gathered forces crowded into limited territory.
• Bai Ze reunited with Lü Ruoxue, who introduced herself to Li Lüer as his Dao companion; the two women probed each other and sensed they shared a hidden connection.
• Bai Ze entered seclusion to grow stronger against the Demon Race and the remnant soul within his own soul.
• The continent’s Demigod ancestors gathered in the Holy Heaven Pavilion and agreed that protecting the Central Domain and the sealed Demon King was essential.
• Ancestor Cheng Tian asked Ancestor Huang Tian whether he could reach the true Divine Realm, and Huang Tian said it was difficult.

Ancestor Huang Tian and the other leaders prepared to resist the Demon Race, while the Sword Sect learned it must send its experts into battle to defend the Central Domain. The Sword Sect’s forces accepted that retreat was no longer possible and prepared to fight.

• Ancestor Huang Tian explained that he had been unable to reach the God Realm because he had not fully comprehended Law Power.
• Ancestor Huang Tian ordered ten Demigod Realm ancestors to guard the Demon King's seal and directed the top forces to unite against the Demon Race.
• Old Ancestor Xuanjian summoned the Sword Sect’s experts and announced that they would help defend the southern region alongside other forces.
• Old Ancestor Xuanjian ordered every force to send at least half of its experts above the Saint Realm into battle for five years, with full mobilization if needed.
• Shangguan Fengyun and the Sword Sect experts pledged to follow the orders and fight the demons.

The Central Domain’s forces mobilized to resist the Demon Race’s invasion, and a brutal battle began across the demon battlefield. Bai Ze and his companions were assigned to the third rotation, giving them ten years to strengthen themselves before joining the war.

• Old Ancestor Xuanjian ordered Shangguan Fengyun to lead Sword Sect disciples to the demon battlefield, and Hong Yan arranged three five-year rotations for Misty Peak.
• Hong Yan assigned Bai Ze, Li Lüer, Lü Ruoxue, and their companions to the third batch, leaving them ten years to cultivate.
• Three days later, Shangguan Fengyun led Sword Sect disciples toward the battlefield as forces throughout the Central Domain mobilized.
• The human forces and the Demon Race clashed in a battle that spread across hundreds of thousands of kilometers, while four human Demigod Realm ancestors held back three demonic opponents.
• Bai Ze entered secluded cultivation to improve his strength and seek a way to transform his soul into a divine soul, while Li Lüer, Lü Ruoxue, and the other Sword Sect disciples also trained.

Overlord Blade Ancestor confronted two newly arrived Demigod Realm demons while the Human Faction fought to keep the Demon Race from entering the Central Domain. The battles continued without a clear victor, and both sides suffered enormous casualties.

• Two more Demigod Realm demons appeared in the Demon Race's camp, giving them the advantage in numbers over the Human Faction's ancestors.
• Overlord Blade Ancestor took on the two newcomers while the other Human Faction ancestors fought the remaining demons.
• Jin Wushi revealed that he had become an Acquired Demonic Being, and Overlord Blade Ancestor challenged him over their rivalry from the past.
• Overlord Blade Ancestor attacked with his black saber and held a slight advantage against Jin Wushi and the other demon as their battle entered the void.
• The Human Faction and the Demon Race continued fighting below, with both sides suffering heavy losses as the humans blocked the invasion.

Bai Ze perfected his King Ming Sword Body and vowed to condense a divine soul before reaching the Divine Realm, then continued cultivating ahead of his planned departure for the human-Demon battlefield. Years later, the battle had intensified, and Ancestor Ji Yuan was trapped in a secret realm with ten Demigod Realm opponents.

• Bai Ze's King Ming Sword Body reached perfection, greatly increasing his strength and bringing him to the limit beneath a divine body.
• Bai Ze told the lingering divine soul corroding him that he would condense a divine soul before reaching the Divine Realm and erase it.
• Bai Ze resumed cultivating, planning to break through to the middle Heaven Saint Realm and use Talent Points to pursue his goal.
• Several years later, Acquired Demonic Beings tried and failed to destroy the formation sealing the Demon King as the human-Demon war grew fiercer.
• Ancestor Ji Yuan faced ten Demigod Realm experts in a secret realm, burned his blood essence, and unleashed Secret Technique: Candle Dragon.

Ancestor Ji Yuan burned more of his essence blood to reach the complete Demigod Realm and break free from Ancestor Fumo and the other ancestors. He escaped after leaving a Blood Dragon to delay them, while a powerful elderly man ordered the others to keep watch.

• Ancestor Ji Yuan burned half his essence blood and fought Ancestor Fumo and the other Demigod Realm ancestors, who sealed the void and blocked his escape.
• As the other battles ended, Ancestor Ji Yuan burned two-thirds of his remaining essence blood and reached the complete Demigod Realm, blasting his attackers away.
• Ancestor Ji Yuan knocked Ancestor Fumo back, left a Blood Dragon to stall the others, and fled before stronger experts could arrive.
• Ancestor Fumo and two other ancestors shattered the Blood Dragon, but Ancestor Ji Yuan had already vanished.
• An elderly man told Ancestor Fumo and the others to let Ji Yuan go and keep watch, noting that his weakened state would make him easy to deal with.

Ancestor Ji Yuan escaped after burning his essence blood, leaving him gravely wounded and weakened, while the others began searching for him. Several years later, Bai Ze broke through to the middle Heaven Saint Realm as Li Lüer and Lü Ruoxue discussed his talent and their past identities.

• The terrifying old man ordered a search for Ancestor Ji Yuan and asked Ancestor Fumo to eliminate him if he was found.
• Ancestor Ji Yuan emerged from a spatial rift tens of thousands of kilometers away, swallowed pills, and lamented his injuries and the Demon Race’s future resurgence.
• Ancestor Ji Yuan hid in the Central Domain and avoided killing humans for blood food so Demigod Realm experts would not discover him.
• Several years later, Li Lüer and Lü Ruoxue sensed Bai Ze’s breakthrough and discussed his talent, their past lives, and Lü Ruoxue’s identity as the Snow Moon Divine Emperor.
• Bai Ze emerged from seclusion after reaching the middle Heaven Saint Realm and reflected on his decades of progress with the Martial God System.

After breaking through to the Mid-Heaven Saint Realm, Bai Ze visited the Scripture Pavilion to memorize Nine Heavens Sword Art and other Saint Realm martial skills. He then joined Li Lüer and Lü Ruoxue in a spar above the Sword Sect, where the three continued testing their strength.

• Bai Ze checked his Martial God System and saw that his King Ming Sword Body had reached Perfection and his Sword Profound Meaning had reached Great Accomplishment.
• Bai Ze went to the Scripture Pavilion and memorized Nine Heavens Sword Art along with other martial skills to cultivate for Talent Points.
• Bai Ze returned to Li Lüer and Lü Ruoxue, who had emerged from seclusion after breaking through, and Lü Ruoxue noted his perfected physique.
• Li Lüer suggested that the three spar, and Bai Ze and Lü Ruoxue agreed.
• Bai Ze, Li Lüer, and Lü Ruoxue fought in the sky above the Sword Sect, using the battle to better understand their martial skills.

Bai Ze sparred with Li Lüer and Lü Ruoxue to master his strength before joining the Sword Sect’s expedition to the Demon Battlefield. As the journey began, he rejected the soul within him’s offer to join the Demon Race and remained determined to reach the God Realm on his own.

• Bai Ze, Li Lüer, and Lü Ruoxue sparred for hours, and the women acknowledged that Bai Ze’s strength and Sword Profound Meaning rivaled their own.
• Bai Ze continued training with the two women for more than a month instead of returning to seclusion.
• Shangguan Fengyun ordered the Sword Sect’s martial artists to board a flying ship bound for the Demon Battlefield, with only those above the Void Realm allowed to go.
• Bai Ze considered the battlefield a dangerous opportunity to advance toward the Demigod Realm and reaffirmed his goal of reaching the God Realm within a hundred years.
• The divine soul eroding Bai Ze’s soul tempted him to join the Demon Race, but Bai Ze rejected the offer and vowed to overcome the God Realm lightning tribulation.

Bai Ze, Li Lüer, and Lü Ruoxue arrived at the Demon battlefield and joined the defense of Dawn City when the Demon Race launched an attack. As a peak Heaven Saint Realm Demon threatened their group, Li Lüer urged Bai Ze to use the Dragon Phoenix Merging Palm with her.

• Shangguan Fengyun told the Sword Sect martial artists they would defend the Demon battlefield for five years and could earn points by killing Demons.
• Bai Ze, Li Lüer, and Lü Ruoxue entered Dawn City as the city alarm sounded and Demons surged toward its walls.
• Bai Ze fought on the walls, killing a group of Demons and cleaving an early Heaven Saint Realm Innate Demonic Being in two.
• Bai Ze, Li Lüer, and Lü Ruoxue joined forces as the battle grew more brutal, while a peak Heaven Saint Realm Demon slaughtered martial artists and approached them.
• Li Lüer told Bai Ze to use the Dragon Phoenix Merging Palm, and the two joined their powers to form dragon and phoenix phantoms.

Bai Ze, Li Lüer, and Lü Ruoxue fought a Demon at Heaven Saint Realm Perfection for the chance to earn a Heaven Saint Heart Refining Pill. After the Demon revealed his true form, Bai Ze burned several hundred years of his lifespan to unleash his strongest sword, Eternal Longevity.

• Bai Ze and Li Lüer used Dragon Phoenix Merging Palm to repel the Demon’s attack, though the clash forced them to retreat.
• Bai Ze proposed that the three kill the Demon to earn points for a Heaven Saint Heart Refining Pill, and Lü Ruoxue and Li Lüer agreed.
• Bai Ze, Li Lüer, and Lü Ruoxue attacked together, sealing the space and fighting the Demon to a standstill while gaining the advantage.
• The Demon grew enraged and revealed his true form as the three prepared to finish him.
• Bai Ze burned several hundred years of his lifespan and unleashed Longevity Sword Art: Eternal Longevity.

Bai Ze, Li Lüer, and Lü Ruoxue killed a Heaven Saint Realm peak demon and fought through a month-long demonic assault. After the battle paused, Bai Ze exchanged his points for pills and other resources, relying on the cultivation arts and skills Li Lüer and Lü Ruoxue already knew.

• Bai Ze, Li Lüer, and Lü Ruoxue joined forces to wound and slay a powerful demon, and Bai Ze took its Demon Core.
• Bai Ze, Li Lüer, and Lü Ruoxue continued fighting the invading demons for more than a month until the assault temporarily ended.
• Li Lüer suggested that the three of them wash up and rest before the Demon Race attacked again.
• Bai Ze, Li Lüer, and Lü Ruoxue visited the exchange pavilion, where Li Lüer and Lü Ruoxue advised Bai Ze not to spend points on cultivation arts or martial skills.
• Bai Ze exchanged all his points for two Heaven Saint Heart Refining Pills, Floating Heart Pills, a Heart-Illuminating Stone, and other resources.