Chapter Summaries

Lü Ruoxue offered Bai Ze three Divine Realm cultivation arts, and he chose the incomplete Dragon Subduing Prison Suppressing Art, which he could later complete with the Martial God System. She gave him its inheritance and explained the Divine Realm’s levels and Laws, leaving Bai Ze better prepared for his future breakthrough.

• Lü Ruoxue described three Divine Realm cultivation arts and recommended the incomplete Dragon Subduing Prison Suppressing Art, which could form a True Dragon Divine Body.
• Bai Ze chose the Dragon Subduing Prison Suppressing Art and agreed to help Lü Ruoxue take revenge if he became strong enough.
• Lü Ruoxue imprinted the cultivation art into an Inheritance Crystal Stone and told Bai Ze he could cultivate it after reaching the Demigod Realm.
• Bai Ze asked about the Divine Realm, and Lü Ruoxue explained its seven realms, their nine layers, and the role of Laws and lightning tribulations.

Bai Ze and his companions fought the renewed Demon Race invasion while using their improved strength to kill powerful demons. As the battle raged and casualties mounted, a colossal hand appeared overhead and crashed down toward them.

• Bai Ze cultivated with the Heaven Saint Heart Refining Pill for more than half a month before the Demon Race launched another attack.
• Bai Ze, Lü Ruoxue, and Li Lüer headed to the city walls and joined the Human Faction's defense.
• Bai Ze and his companions coordinated their attacks, killing Heaven Saint Realm Perfection demons while avoiding his lifespan-consuming sword strike.
• The battle continued for days, leaving tens of thousands of martial artists dead in the region as Bai Ze kept watch over the battlefield.
• A giant hand appeared in the sky, radiated overwhelming pressure, and slammed down toward the defenders.

The North Martial Ancestor stopped a Demigod Realm demon from breaking the Nine-Winding Azure Dragon Grand Formation, and the two vanished into the void to battle. Bai Ze, Lü Ruoxue, and Li Lüer returned to the slaughter, while the Demon Race kept invading with barely any pause.

• The Nine-Winding Azure Dragon Grand Formation shattered the first attack but cracked under the giant palm, injuring Bai Ze, Lü Ruoxue, Li Lüer, and others nearby.
• The North Martial Ancestor used the Myriad Demon Subduing Spear to destroy a second attack and challenged the horned Demigod Realm demon who had launched it.
• The North Martial Ancestor and the demon clashed over the Demon Race’s invasion and disappeared into the void as their battle began.
• Bai Ze, Lü Ruoxue, and Li Lüer discussed the gulf between Saint and Demigod power, then rejoined the battlefield to kill demons and seek Heaven Saint Heart Refining Pills.
• The invasion continued for more than three months, and the Demon Race launched another assault just three days after the previous battle, leaving countless martial artists dead.

After five years fighting the Demon Race, Bai Ze and his companions returned to their sect with enough resources to advance their cultivation. Bai Ze raised his talent to Peerless in the World and realized he could break through to the late Heaven Saint Realm at any time.

• Bai Ze survived a Demigod Realm demon's attack and spent the following years cultivating while battling the Demon Race.
• Five years later, Lü Ruoxue and Li Lüer discussed their gains as they waited with Bai Ze for the replacement martial artists and their flying ships.
• Bai Ze and the others boarded the ships and returned to their sects after more than half a month of travel.
• Bai Ze returned to his residence and used his accumulated Talent Points to raise his talent from Blessed by Heaven to Peerless in the World.
• Bai Ze examined his improved status and realized his new talent let him break through to the late Heaven Saint Realm at any time.

Bai Ze broke through to the late Heaven Saint Realm while the Demon Race continued its invasion and the Heaven-Piercing Tower stayed neutral. The Ten Great Demon Generals debated how to free the Demon King and intensify their attack on the Human Faction.

• Bai Ze reached the late Heaven Saint Realm, improved his martial skills, and continued cultivating toward comprehending his own Law.
• The divine soul fragment trapped within Bai Ze panicked at his rapid growth and threatened to devour him once it escaped the seal.
• Five Divine Realm experts on the Heaven-Piercing Tower’s ninth floor decided not to interfere in the war between humans and Demonic Beings.
• The Demon Race failed to break into the Central Domain and release the Demon King despite sending experts to infiltrate it.
• Bewitching Demon General warned that the Demon King was essential to suppressing the humans, and Ghostly Tough Demon General urged relentless attacks and called on the Sacred Alliance to contribute.

Demon General Tu Tian pressed the Sacred Alliance to help invade the Central Domain and free the Demon King, while Ancestor Blood Fiend secretly planned to delay the rescue. Three months later, Sword Sect’s emergency bells summoned Bai Ze and the sect, leaving him unaware of what had happened.

• Demon General Tu Tian dismissed Ancestor Blood Fiend’s objections and ordered the Sacred Alliance to infiltrate the Central Domain and help free the Demon King.
• Ancestor Blood Fiend agreed to do his utmost, then gathered Sacred Alliance experts and appointed Ancestor East Mad and Ancestor Evil Buddha to join his mission three months later.
• After the meeting, Ancestor Blood Fiend revealed that he would not truly rescue the Demon King until the Sacred Alliance leader, the Nether God, recovered his Divine Human Realm strength.
• Three months later, Bai Ze heard the Sword Sect’s emergency bells, went to the martial arts arena, and asked Lü Ruoxue and Li Lüer what had happened.
• Lü Ruoxue and Li Lüer said they did not know, though they suspected the emergency was related to the Demon Race.

The Central Domain’s forces mobilized to resist a massive Demon Race invasion, while Ancestor Wan Qing confronted Demon General Tu Tian at the battlefield. Their clash began with Wan Qing driving Tu Tian back, but Tu Tian unleashed a pseudo divine ability as the fight continued.

• Shangguan Fengyun announced that a trillion demons led by the Ten Great Demon Generals were invading and ordered the Sword Sect to support the battlefield.
• Bai Ze, Lü Ruoxue, and Li Lüer worried they would need to reach the Divine Human Realm before the Central Domain fell.
• Ancestor Wan Qing demanded that Demon General Tu Tian withdraw, but Tu Tian insisted that humanity hand over the Demon King.
• Ancestor Wan Qing and Demon General Tu Tian began fighting, and Wan Qing used his mastery of many martial arts to force Tu Tian back.
• Demon General Tu Tian unleashed the pseudo divine ability Demonic Flames Burn Heaven.

Ancestor Wan Qing and Demon General Tu Tian remained locked in a devastating battle while Ancestor Blood Fiend led the Sacred Alliance in a push to free the Demon King. Bai Ze, Lü Ruoxue, and Li Lüer fought the invading demons as the rescue attempt unfolded.

• Ancestor Wan Qing and Demon General Tu Tian exchanged powerful techniques in a battle that continued to shatter the void.
• Ancestor Blood Fiend and the Sacred Alliance's Demigod Realm experts broke through the Human Faction's defenses and headed for the Demon King's seal.
• The Human Faction's ancestors pursued them, while Bai Ze realized how far Demigod Realm power exceeded his own and killed a Heaven Saint Realm demon.
• Bai Ze, Lü Ruoxue, and Li Lüer joined forces against the invading demons amid the full-scale battle.
• Lü Ruoxue transformed her sword strike into a Nine Nether Phoenix and killed a peak Heaven Saint Realm demon with one blow.

Ancestor Mu Feng, also known as Ancestor Gui Xuan, defended the Demon King's seal from Ancestor Blood Fiend and the Sacred Alliance while the Demon Race army attacked elsewhere. Five years later, Mu Feng was badly wounded and close to collapse, but he continued to hold the seal against the invaders.

• Bai Ze and two companions fought the Demon Race army, deepening their understanding of their Profound Meanings.
• Ancestor Blood Fiend and Sacred Alliance experts reached the Demon King's seal, where Ancestor Mu Feng confronted them and refused to release the Demon King.
• Ancestor Blood Fiend attacked with a sea of blood, and Mu Feng used his domain and Black Tortoise Town Heaven to hold the enemy back.
• Over five years, the Sacred Alliance continued attacking while returning human ancestors were slain, leaving Mu Feng increasingly wounded and his defenses unstable.
• Mu Feng endured the assault rather than leave the formation, determined to prevent the Demon King from emerging.

Ancestor Mu Feng fought to keep Ancestor Blood Fiend from freeing the Demon King while Ancestor Wan Qing trapped Tu Tian and the other demon generals with the Divine Name Mirror. Ancestor Zhen Shi and the others arrived in time to stop the assault, forcing Ancestor Blood Fiend to retreat and leaving the Demon King sealed.

• Ancestor Mu Feng burned his essence blood to restore his strength and continued resisting Ancestor Blood Fiend's attacks.
• Ancestor Wan Qing used the Divine Name Mirror to trap Tu Tian and the demon generals, allowing Ancestor Zhen Shi and the other ancestors to return and support Mu Feng.
• As Mu Feng weakened and prepared to make a final stand, Ancestor Blood Fiend struck the Dragon Turtle phantom with a massive blood-red palm.
• Ancestor Zhen Shi and the others arrived, and their Law of Suppression shattered the attack before it could break through Mu Feng's defense.
• Ancestor Blood Fiend retreated, while the human ancestors left the Demon King's seal intact.

The Human Faction fought a brutal war against the Demon Race, and Bai Ze burned his lifespan to defeat encircling demons and rescue Lü Ruoxue and Li Lüer. Years later, the Demon Race retreated again, leaving the Human Faction to face a battlefield of corpses without celebration.

• The Demon Race and the Human Faction clashed in a years-long battle that killed countless warriors, including powerful experts.
• Several perfected Heaven Saint Realm demons surrounded Bai Ze, who burned his lifespan to unleash the Longevity Sword Art and kill them.
• Bai Ze slew dozens more demons and rushed to help Lü Ruoxue and Li Lüer, who were also surrounded.
• The three fought together and killed numerous perfected Heaven Saint Realm demons before returning to battle after recovering briefly.
• Several years later, the Human Faction drove back the Demon Race at great cost, and Bai Ze and Lü Ruoxue regarded the corpse-covered battlefield without joy.

Bai Ze recovered in seclusion and comprehended the Sword Profound Meaning to perfection, bringing him closer to the Divine Realm. As the Demon Race and Ancestor Blood Fiend remained at odds over rescuing the Demon King, Bai Ze faced pressure from the remnant soul within him and the limited time he had left.

• Bai Ze and his companions returned to the courtyard and entered seclusion after escaping the Demon Race.
• Demon General Tu Tian blamed Ancestor Blood Fiend for failing to rescue the Demon King, and threatened the Sacred Alliance with destruction if it failed again.
• After two months of cultivation, Bai Ze healed his injuries and comprehended the Sword Profound Meaning to the Perfection Realm.
• Bai Ze reasoned that he needed to comprehend Sword Law to enter the Divine Realm, while the remnant soul grew more desperate to break its seal and consume his soul.
• Bai Ze recognized that he had roughly twenty years left and resolved to condense his own divine soul as soon as possible.

After a year of cultivation, Bai Ze fought in the Demon Race’s renewed invasion of the Central Domain and proved invincible against enemies below the Demigod Realm. Old Ancestor Xuanjian intercepted a Demigod Realm attacker, while Bai Ze and his allies held their ground, but their strength still could not turn the tide of the war.

• Bai Ze swallowed the Heaven Saint Heart Refining Pill and spent a year refining it to increase his cultivation.
• The Demon Race invaded the Central Domain again, and Bai Ze joined the battlefield, cutting down Demon Race members with his sword arts.
• Demon Race experts at the Perfection Realm of the Heaven Saint Realm besieged Bai Ze, but his perfected Sword Profound Meaning let him slaughter them without fear.
• A Demigod Realm Demon Race expert attacked Bai Ze, and Old Ancestor Xuanjian stepped in to intercept him.
• Old Ancestor Xuanjian battled the mid-stage Demigod Realm enemy while Bai Ze retreated from their fight and continued killing lesser enemies alongside Lü Ruoxue, Li Lüer, and the others.
• Bai Ze and his allies kept the Demon Race from breaking through their position, but they could not change the war’s overall balance.

Bai Ze, Lü Ruoxue, and Li Lüer rushed to East Yue City to investigate hidden Acquired Demonic Beings, but Soul Annihilation Ancestor transformed the entire city’s martial artists before they arrived. He confronted the three Heaven Saint Realm experts and offered them a chance to join the Sacred Alliance.

• Bai Ze, Lü Ruoxue, and Li Lüer found demons near East Yue City and concluded that Sacred Alliance members were likely hiding in the city.
• Soul Annihilation Ancestor shattered East Yue City’s protective formation and turned its martial artists into bloodthirsty Acquired Demonic Beings.
• Bai Ze arrived too late to prevent the transformation and attacked Soul Annihilation Ancestor, who crushed his Sword Qi.
• Soul Annihilation Ancestor recognized Bai Ze, Lü Ruoxue, and Li Lüer as valuable targets and invited them to join the Sacred Alliance.
• Li Lüer rejected his offer, and Soul Annihilation Ancestor defended his choice to become an Acquired Demonic Being for greater strength and a longer life.

Soul Annihilation Ancestor tried to recruit Bai Ze and his companions, then attacked them after they refused. Though he transformed into an Acquired Demonic Being and unleashed his strongest state, the three continued to match his Demigod Realm power.

• Bai Ze rejected Soul Annihilation Ancestor's offer, condemning his transformation and saying his martial path had ended.
• Soul Annihilation Ancestor attacked Bai Ze, Lü Ruoxue, and Li Lüer, but their combined techniques blocked his assault.
• Soul Annihilation Ancestor unleashed his Law of Slaughter, which Bai Ze and the two women countered with their perfected Profound Meanings.
• Bai Ze, Lü Ruoxue, and Li Lüer fought Soul Annihilation Ancestor in a fierce battle that damaged the surrounding space.
• Soul Annihilation Ancestor released his full demonic aura and transformed into his true Acquired Demonic Being form, revealing a flaming tentacle atop his head.

Soul Annihilation Ancestor transformed into an Acquired Demonic Being and overwhelmed Bai Ze, Lü Ruoxue, and Li Lüer. Under the pressure of the battle, Bai Ze broke through to Heaven Saint Realm Perfection and wounded his opponent with a single sword strike.

• Soul Annihilation Ancestor blasted Bai Ze into the ground, then fought off Lü Ruoxue and Li Lüer without being injured.
• Bai Ze, Lü Ruoxue, and Li Lüer tried to escape, but Soul Annihilation Ancestor intercepted them and forced them to continue fighting.
• Soul Annihilation Ancestor's stronger attacks increasingly injured the three, while the divine soul within Bai Ze urged him to break its seal and merge with it.
• Under the pressure of repeated life-and-death crises, Bai Ze broke through to Heaven Saint Realm Perfection.
• Bai Ze cleaved apart Soul Annihilation Ancestor's demonic domain and struck him with a sword, leaving a deep wound.

Bai Ze, Lü Ruoxue, and Li Lüer defeated Soul Annihilation Ancestor after Bai Ze used the Longevity Sword Art’s forbidden final form. They escaped to a mountain cave to recover and realized they needed to grow stronger and comprehend their own Law Power before the coming war.

• Soul Annihilation Ancestor unleashed his demonic power, and Lü Ruoxue and Li Lüer joined Bai Ze to hold him back.
• Lü Ruoxue and Li Lüer created an opening, and Bai Ze burned more than a thousand years of lifespan to unleash the Sixth Form of the Longevity Sword Art.
• Bai Ze’s sword pierced Soul Annihilation Ancestor’s demonic domain and killed him despite his Demigod Realm strength.
• Bai Ze, Lü Ruoxue, and Li Lüer attacked the remaining bloodthirsty monsters, then left the city and carved out a cave in a mountain range.
• Bai Ze took a healing pill to stabilize his weakened aura, and the three discussed the Demon Race’s secret art and the need to comprehend Law Power.

Bai Ze and the others recovered and cultivated while Demigod Realm Demonic Beings threw the Central Domain into chaos. One year later, Bai Ze had strengthened himself but remained unable to comprehend Law Power, though he had begun to understand what it required.

• Bai Ze and the other two entered a cave abode to heal their injuries and improve their strength after killing Soul Annihilation Ancestor.
• Demigod Realm Acquired Demonic Beings spread across the Central Domain, transforming martial artists into monsters, while Holy Heaven Pavilion’s ancestors fought to contain them and Ancestor Wan Qing guarded the Demon King’s seal.
• Overlord Blade Ancestor easily slew several Pseudo Demigods with his superior Law Power, while other experts also crushed them on the battlefields.
• The Human Faction withdrew toward the Central Domain as the Pseudo Demigods and the Demon Race put its forces under pressure.
• After one year of secluded cultivation, Bai Ze recovered and consolidated his realm but could not break through to Law Power; he reasoned that he had to perceive the origin of heaven and earth and fuse it with his own understanding.

Bai Ze left seclusion to cultivate Law Power by experiencing life as an ordinary person, but his journey brought him into conflict with bandits who supported the Demon Race. After Su Qiaoqiao killed the bandits, she joined Bai Ze on the road.

• Bai Ze explained his situation to Lü Ruoxue and Li Lü'er, who remained in seclusion, then left the Cave Mansion.
• Bai Ze walked alone in disguise and was surrounded by bandits led by a one-eyed man, who threatened him and dismissed the Demon Race's invasion.
• Su Qiaoqiao attacked the bandits for wanting to defect to the Demon Race and killed them, though she appeared shaken afterward.
• Bai Ze thanked Su Qiaoqiao and continued walking while contemplating how to understand his own Law Power.
• Su Qiaoqiao followed Bai Ze, introduced herself, and asked his name; he told her he was Bai Ze.

Bai Ze traveled with Su Qiaoqiao and stayed with her in a ruined temple, where he revealed his mastery of her family’s sword technique. Su Qiaoqiao was left disbelieving as Bai Ze explained how to advance the technique to the Profound Realm.

• Bai Ze tried to part ways with Su Qiaoqiao, but she insisted on escorting him through the dangerous Central Domain.
• Bai Ze and Su Qiaoqiao reached a ruined temple at dusk, shared food, and discussed her family’s involvement in the war against the Demon Race.
• Su Qiaoqiao practiced the Wind Chasing Sword Technique, and Bai Ze told her she had already reached its Perfection Realm.
• Bai Ze demonstrated the Wind Chasing Sword Technique at a level that greatly surpassed its original form, astonishing Su Qiaoqiao.
• Bai Ze explained that practitioners had to adapt a martial technique to themselves to reach the Profound Realm.