Chapter Summaries

Wei Fan and the other Demon Hunter Inspectors stopped Dragon Horned Deer Lord’s attack on Clear Water City and exposed City Lord Xue Yuanshan’s collusion with demons. When Wei Fan forced Xue Yuanshan to name his accomplices, Xue Yuanshan began to say “Yunzhou” before a hidden power killed him.

• Xue Yuanshan entered seclusion while Dragon Horned Deer Lord led demons toward Clear Water City to abduct people for their Golden Body Fruit.
• Wei Fan seized Dragon Horned Deer Lord with a golden hand, and Ji Qingyue struck the demons’ mountain stronghold as Wei Fan’s group revealed themselves as Demon Hunter Inspectors.
• Xue Yuanshan arrived and claimed he had been in seclusion, but Wei Fan’s overwhelming will forced him to admit that he had deliberately let the demons attack.
• Xue Yuanshan publicly confessed to colluding with demons, prompting outrage among Clear Water City’s residents and members of the Demon Suppressing Division.
• Wei Fan asked Xue Yuanshan to name the other conspirators, and Xue Yuanshan began to say “Yunzhou” before a terrifying force destroyed his head and divine soul.

Wei Fan uncovered the demonic bargains behind Xue Yuanshan’s and Zhong Zhenyu’s collusion, destroyed the Golden Body Fruit, and waited in Clear Water City for Zhong Zhenyu. In Yunzhou, Zhong Zhenyu learned Xue Yuanshan was dead and grew alarmed when the commander he sent to investigate failed to report back by dawn.

• Xue Yuanshan’s head exploded when he tried to reveal his secrets, and Wei Fan named Zhong Zhenyu as the likely mastermind before ordering Yang Wenhui to lead troops against the Deer Clan.
• Wei Fan used his will to make Dragon Horned Deer Lord reveal that he and Xue Yuanshan had sacrificed martial artists to grow a Golden Body Fruit, while Zhong Zhenyu had joined Flying Tiger Venerable to refine a Heavenly Demon Devouring Origin Pill.
• Wei Fan destroyed the Golden Body Fruit, then decided to wait in Clear Water City for Zhong Zhenyu rather than report him to the branch hall.
• Zhong Zhenyu learned that Xue Yuanshan’s soul plaque had shattered and ordered the Grace City commander to investigate Clear Water City.
• When dawn came without any report from the Grace City commander, Zhong Zhenyu could no longer sit still.

Wei Fan confronted Zhong Zhenyu in Clear Water City, where the Demon Suppressing Division commander denied colluding with demons and refused arrest. Their battle left Zhong Zhenyu struggling to keep up, and after he drew a powerful halberd, Wei Fan used Form Follows Will to strike him from behind and vanished again.

• Zhong Zhenyu arrived at Clear Water City and accused Kuang Shaohua of failing to report, while Kuang Shaohua relayed Dragon Horned Deer Lord’s accusation that Zhong had colluded with Flying Tiger Venerable.
• Wei Fan declared that his word was evidence and ordered Zhong to surrender, but Zhong demanded proof and refused arrest.
• Wei Fan and Zhong fought outside the city as Li Yunfei, Ji Qingyue, and Kuang Shaohua shielded Clear Water City from the battle’s shockwaves.
• Zhong realized Wei Fan’s Seven-Colored Golden Body was wearing him down and drew a powerful mid-grade Martial Venerable divine weapon.
• Wei Fan vanished with Form Follows Will, struck Zhong in the back, and disappeared again as Zhong’s Golden Body cracked.

Wei Fan defeated and killed Zhong Zhenyu after exposing his demonic path and refusing to let his past service excuse his crimes. He then headed toward Yunzhou to kill Flying Tiger Venerable and prevent the remaining demons from threatening its people.

• Wei Fan used his ghostly movements to repeatedly injure Zhong Zhenyu, who failed to defend himself or escape.
• Zhong Zhenyu admitted that he had killed people to pursue the Martial King realm, and Wei Fan exposed his fear-driven self-deception before killing him with a blow to the head.
• Wei Fan confiscated Zhong Zhenyu's weapon and storage gourd, then asked Kuang Shaohua to bury the body and accepted his thanks for rooting out Yunzhou's traitors.
• Wei Fan killed Dragon Horned Deer Lord in Clear Water City, then told Ji Qingyue, Li Yunfei, and Kuang Shaohua that they would go after Flying Tiger Venerable.
• Kuang Shaohua and Ji Qingyue praised Wei Fan as righteous and kind-hearted, while Li Yunfei privately doubted that description.

Wei Fan attacked the Flying Tiger Venerable in Tiger Leap Ravine after killing Zhong Zhenyu, and the two fought through a prolonged battle that destroyed both their divine weapons. The Flying Tiger Venerable tried to use his wings and superior speed to kill Wei Fan, but Wei Fan vanished from his sight and seized one of his wings, leaving the fight unresolved.

• The Flying Tiger Venerable discussed restricting raids on Yunzhou while elders took the clan’s young to other provinces for their coming-of-age hunts.
• Wei Fan struck Tiger Leap Ravine with Zhong Zhenyu’s Great Halberd, and the Flying Tiger Venerable rushed out to defend his clan.
• Wei Fan told the Flying Tiger Venerable that he had killed Zhong Zhenyu and attacked because the Venerable had turned a provincial Commander-in-Chief toward the demonic path.
• Wei Fan and the Flying Tiger Venerable exchanged hundreds of blows until their divine weapons shattered, leaving the Venerable furious and weakened.
• The Flying Tiger Venerable attacked with his powerful wings, but Wei Fan evaded him with incredible speed and seized one wing from behind.

Wei Fan brutally killed Flying Tiger Venerable, strengthened the Human King Bell, and left Yunzhou with Ji Qingyue. The Great Elder of Yanxia Sect and the sect master of Changchun Palace confronted him, warning that the Wasteland Martial Alliance would retaliate if he destroyed more of its allied sects.

• Wei Fan tore off Flying Tiger Venerable’s wings and used them to kill him, ending the demon’s threat to Yunzhou.
• Kuang Shaohua calmed Yunzhou City after the battle, and a new commander-in-chief arrived the following day with the Great Elder of Yanxia Sect and the sect master of Changchun Palace.
• After hearing rumors of a duel between Wu Zhaoyan and Zhou Hu at Jade Wave Lake, Wei Fan decided to travel toward Yuheng Prefecture with Ji Qingyue.
• Wei Fan spent cultivation power to advance the Human King Bell to Proficient and reach Golden Body Fourth Refinement.
• The Great Elder of Yanxia Sect, the sect master of Changchun Palace, and Yunzhou’s new commander-in-chief followed Wei Fan and Ji Qingyue, then confronted Wei Fan on a mountain.
• The sect master of Changchun Palace warned Wei Fan that the Wasteland Martial Alliance would not tolerate him destroying more of its allied sects.

Wei Fan killed the Changchun Palace Master and Yanxia Sect Great Elder after they attacked him, then spared the Yunzhou Commander-in-Chief with a warning. He and Ji Qingyue traveled to Jade Wave Lake to seek Prison Dragon Stronghold, but paused to tour the lake before an expected duel, where an elegant woman joined their boat.

• Wei Fan counterattacked the Changchun Palace Master and killed him with two punches, taking his Martial Venerable divine weapon.
• Wei Fan shattered the Yanxia Sect Great Elder’s divine weapon and killed him, then wounded the Yunzhou Commander-in-Chief and let him leave with a warning.
• Wei Fan gave the Changchun Palace Master’s divine weapon to Ji Qingyue and said they should visit Jade Wave Lake before pursuing Prison Dragon Stronghold.
• At Jade Wave Lake, Wei Fan bought a pleasure boat and steered it onto the water with his willpower so he and Ji Qingyue could tour the scenery.
• An elegant woman descended onto Wei Fan and Ji Qingyue’s boat and asked to join them, offering to pay the fare.

Wei Fan, Ji Qingyue, and a mysterious woman shared wine on Jade Wave Lake before she killed Zhou Hu and several Martial Venerables from Flying Cloud Stronghold and Prison Dragon Stronghold. Wei Fan captured Wu Zhaoyan and set off with Ji Qingyue for Prison Dragon Stronghold in the Great Ying Dynasty.

• The mysterious woman joined Wei Fan and Ji Qingyue on their boat and shared spirit wine that strengthened Wei Fan and advanced Ji Qingyue's Golden Body to Five-Colored.
• Wei Fan identified Wu Zhaoyan of Prison Dragon Stronghold and Zhou Hu of Flying Cloud Stronghold as criminals marked for death.
• The mysterious woman killed Zhou Hu with a single palm, then slaughtered four or five Martial Venerables who rushed from shore and vanished.
• Wu Zhaoyan attacked Wei Fan's boat, but Wei Fan effortlessly stopped him and seized him.
• Wei Fan tortured Wu Zhaoyan until he revealed Prison Dragon Stronghold's location in the Great Ying Dynasty, then sealed his cultivation.
• Wei Fan and Ji Qingyue took Wu Zhaoyan with them and headed for Prison Dragon Stronghold.

Wei Fan brought the captured Wu Zhaoyan to Prison Dragon Stronghold, killed him, and revealed his Seven-Colored Golden Body to Wu Qiulong and the dragonheads. After realizing Wei Fan was the enemy they had repeatedly tried to kill, the stronghold’s leaders abandoned their fear and greedily prepared to fight over the Heavenly Peng Body Cleansing Technique.

• Wu Qiulong learned that Wu Zhaoyan was approaching Prison Dragon Stronghold and led four dragonheads outside while the Third Brother readied the stronghold’s grand formation.
• Wei Fan and Ji Qingyue arrived with the injured Wu Zhaoyan, and Wei Fan demanded that Wu Qiulong kill himself in exchange for his son.
• Wu Zhaoyan’s pleas failed, and Wei Fan killed him as Wu Qiulong and the dragonheads charged to intervene.
• Wu Qiulong attacked Wei Fan with a high-grade divine weapon, but Wei Fan revealed his Seven-Colored Golden Body and shattered the staff shadow with a punch.
• Wu Qiulong and the dragonheads recognized Wei Fan and, after learning he had the Heavenly Peng Body Cleansing Technique, chose to fight him and called for the Prison Dragon Battle Formation.

Wei Fan attacked Prison Dragon Stronghold and killed Wu Qiulong and the four chieftains fighting beside him. After discovering that the Seal God Seal could suppress Primordial Spirits but could not affect him, Wei Fan turned his attack toward the stronghold, whose people fled or tried to reinforce its formation.

• Wu Qiulong joined his strength with four Prison Dragon Stronghold chieftains to attack Wei Fan, who countered with the Tiger Soul Saber and its top-grade Martial Venerable divine weapon power.
• Wei Fan used the Heaven-Piercing Saber Codex to kill two chieftains, then used the Phantom Moon Movement Technique to kill the other two as Wu Qiulong fought to hold him back.
• Wu Qiulong tried to flee and then to seize Wei Fan, but the Seal God Seal struck him; Wei Fan finished him off by splitting his Primordial Spirit.
• Third Brother used the Seal God Seal to suppress Wei Fan, but the Human King Bell protected him and he escaped the seal’s range.
• Wei Fan descended toward Prison Dragon Stronghold with a hundred-zhang saber strike as its people panicked, reinforced the formation, or fled.

Wei Fan destroyed Prison Dragon Stronghold, discovered that the Seal God Seal could suppress Primordial Spirits, and perfected the Human King Bell. He returned to Tongzhou with Ji Qingyue to settle remaining grudges, shocking Pei Shinan by revealing that Prison Dragon Stronghold was already gone.

• Wei Fan shattered Prison Dragon Stronghold's grand formation, killed Third Chief, and wiped out the stronghold's surviving bandits.
• Wei Fan collected the Seal God Seal and found that channeling true essence into it unleashed a power that nearly put his Primordial Spirit to sleep.
• Ji Qingyue warned Wei Fan that powerful factions might have supported Prison Dragon Stronghold, but Wei Fan welcomed the chance to confront them.
• Wei Fan spent 200,000 years of cultivation power to perfect the Human King Bell as he and Ji Qingyue traveled toward Tongzhou.
• Wei Fan returned to Tongzhou and told Pei Shinan that he had already destroyed Prison Dragon Stronghold, leaving Pei Shinan stunned.

Wei Fan and Pei Shinan prepared to attack the Black Lake Demon Clan, but Chi Zhu and Chi Yan raided Tongzhou’s great prison to rescue Red Sand. Red Sand demanded that Pei Shinan hand over Wei Fan, leaving the two Demon Venerables surprised to learn that he was their target.

• Wei Fan told Pei Shinan he planned to target the Black Lake Demon Clan, and Pei Shinan went to mobilize troops.
• Chi Zhu and Chi Yan attacked Tongzhou’s great prison, killed the guards, and freed Red Sand and Pang Shuwen.
• Red Sand restored his strength by devouring the guards’ corpses, then set out to avenge Wu Yinglong by killing Wei Fan.
• Pang Shuwen left separately, while Pei Shinan, Wei Fan, Ji Qingyue, and You Qingfeng headed toward the prison.
• Pei Shinan confronted the three Crimson Eyebrow Oxes, and Red Sand demanded that he hand over Wei Fan.

Wei Fan killed Red Sand’s father, Demon Venerable Chi Zhu, and subdued his grandfather, Demon Venerable Chi Yan, before testing the Seal God Seal on him and killing him as well. After the prison was secured, Wei Fan and the Tongzhou forces prepared to march on Black Lake, while the escaped Pang Shuwen remained unidentified.

• Pei Shinan called Wei Fan to face Red Sand, who arrived with his father Chi Zhu and grandfather Chi Yan to seek revenge.
• Wei Fan killed Chi Zhu with a single punch and caught Chi Yan’s powerful strike, then crushed Chi Yan’s fist.
• Red Sand knelt and kowtowed at Wei Fan’s demand, but Wei Fan struck Chi Yan with the Seal God Seal and sealed his Primordial Spirit.
• Red Sand attacked after realizing Wei Fan had not promised to spare Chi Yan, and Wei Fan killed him with a casual sweep of his sleeve.
• Wei Fan tested the Seal God Seal on Chi Yan, found that its stronger sealing force destroyed Chi Yan’s Primordial Spirit, and killed him.
• Pei Shinan reported that Pang Shuwen had escaped the prison, and Wei Fan joined the Tongzhou forces as they set out for Black Lake.

The Demon Suppressing Division’s army arrived at Black Lake to confront the flood dragon clan, and the Black Lake Flood Dragon Venerable emerged with a newly strengthened Five-Colored Golden Body. After learning that Wei Fan had killed Qi Zhicun and destroyed the Divine Sword Sect, the Flood Dragon Venerable challenged him, and Wei Fan faced him in the sky as the armies clashed below.

• Ao Xingyun rallied the Black Lake demons to fight the approaching Demon Suppressing Division army while their father remained missing.
• Wei Fan, Pei Shinan, and Ji Qingyue discussed how ancient human experts might have weakened the flood dragons’ bloodlines and divine abilities.
• Pei Shinan demanded that the Black Lake Flood Dragon Venerable appear, and the Venerable emerged with a Five-Colored Golden Body at the Fourth Refinement.
• Ao Xingyun told his father that Wei Fan had cultivated a Six-Colored Golden Body and destroyed the Divine Sword Sect, prompting the Venerable to target Wei Fan.
• You Qingfeng led the soldiers into battle as Wei Fan confronted the Black Lake Flood Dragon Venerable and declared he would forge a bow from the dragon’s body.

Wei Fan killed and sealed the Black Lake Flood Dragon Venerable, then slew Bai Mingyuan when he challenged him. After the battle, Wei Fan explored Black Lake with Pei Shinan and Ji Qingyue, found an intensely cold source too dangerous to approach, and returned with the army to Tongzhou City.

• Wei Fan shattered the Black Lake Flood Dragon Venerable’s water attacks and sealed its Primordial Spirit with the Seal God Seal, leaving its body intact.
• Pei Shinan killed Ao Qiangda and several Demon Lords, while the human army routed the Black Lake demons.
• Wei Fan investigated the flood dragon lineage’s restricted potential, destroyed the Black Lake Flood Dragon Venerable’s Primordial Spirit, and gained cultivation power.
• Bai Mingyuan ordered Wei Fan and the troops to stop, but Wei Fan identified him as the Lord of Nine Bends Mountain and killed him with a single palm strike.
• Wei Fan, Pei Shinan, and Ji Qingyue explored Black Lake; Pei Shinan and Ji Qingyue turned back as the cold intensified, and Wei Fan found a dangerous source of the cold near the lakebed.
• Pei Shinan led the victorious army back toward Tongzhou City, carrying the demon and flood dragon corpses with them.

After the Black Lake Demon Clan’s destruction, Wei Fan returned to Tongzhou City and forged the Dragon Sunset Bow, a powerful divine weapon. The celebration ended when Pei Shinan reported that Qingzhou City had fallen and that Long Jianying might be sent there as Commander-in-Chief, putting him in grave danger.

• Pei Shinan announced that the Black Lake Demon Clan had been exterminated, and Wei Fan displayed the Flood Dragon Venerable’s corpse to Tongzhou’s cheering citizens.
• Wei Fan advanced to the Golden Body Fifth Refinement and forged the Dragon Sunset Bow from the Flood Dragon Venerable’s body, tempering it into a top-tier Martial Venerable divine weapon.
• Wei Fan tested the Dragon Sunset Bow and found that it could draw power from heaven and earth to destroy a distant mountaintop, though only a sufficiently strong warrior could draw it.
• Pei Shinan told Wei Fan that demons and monsters had taken Qingzhou City, killed Commander-in-Chief Guan Xiong and four commanders, and threatened further slaughter unless Wei Fan and Pei Shinan were handed over.
• Pei Shinan warned that the Demon Suppressing Division headquarters planned to appoint Long Jianying Commander-in-Chief of Qingzhou, where his low cultivation could leave him exposed to danger.

Wei Fan agreed to accompany Long Jianying to Qingzhou after the Great Ying Dynasty appointed him chief commander there, and the group found the province overrun by demons. Wei Fan attacked the Thousand-Foot Demon Venerable with an arrow as the demons prepared to use Qingzhou’s devastation to draw him out.

• Wei Fan realized the court’s appointment of Long Jianying might be a ploy to force him to Qingzhou, and promised to go with him.
• Pei Shinan briefed Long Jianying on Qingzhou’s crisis, including the death of Guan Xiong and the Thousand-Foot Demon Venerable’s presence.
• Long Jianying received his official appointment, and he, Wei Fan, and Ji Qingyue flew toward Qingzhou, where fleeing civilians began turning back after hearing his declaration.
• The group reached ruined Qingzhou City, where the Thousand-Foot Demon Venerable feasted on corpses and threatened further attacks unless Wei Fan and Pei Shinan arrived.
• Wei Fan’s arrow struck the Thousand-Foot Demon Venerable, destroying its body and the surrounding drill ground as it cried out for the Golden Scale Demon Venerable.

Wei Fan and his companions arrived in Qingzhou City and destroyed the demon ambush, with Wei Fan using the Dragon Sunset Bow to kill two Demon Venerables and cripple Golden Scale Demon Venerable. The chapter ended with Wei Fan holding Golden Scale Demon Venerable by the head and demanding to know who had masterminded the attack on Qingzhou.

• Wei Fan, Long Jianying, and Ji Qingyue arrived in Qingzhou City after Wei Fan killed Thousand-Foot Demon Venerable, and the demons fled as Long Jianying and Ji Qingyue pursued them.
• Golden Scale Demon Venerable, Blade Mantis Demon Venerable, and Azure Scale Eagle Venerable rose to ambush Wei Fan, but he drew them away from the city.
• Wei Fan killed Blade Mantis Demon Venerable with one arrow from the Dragon Sunset Bow.
• Wei Fan shot Azure Scale Eagle Venerable dead despite its attempts to evade and block the arrow.
• Golden Scale Demon Venerable blocked one arrow with his staff, but Wei Fan then imbued another arrow with his power and blasted away his arms and most of his body.
• Wei Fan grabbed Golden Scale Demon Venerable by the head and demanded that he reveal who had masterminded the events in Qingzhou.

Wei Fan and his allies defeated the demons that had overrun Qingzhou City, and he learned that the Purple-Eyed Demon King had orchestrated the attack. After Qingzhou recovered, Long Jianying prepared to sweep the surrounding demons while Wei Fan planned to confront the emperor over the scheme that sent him there.

• Wei Fan killed the Golden Scale Demon Venerable, whose failed soul search revealed that the Purple-Eyed Demon King had arranged the attack on Qingzhou.
• Wei Fan, Long Jianying, and Ji Qingyue assured Qingzhou's survivors that the city was safe, and Shentu Bao arrived with reinforcements and news of Guan Xiong's death.
• Shentu Bao told Wei Fan that the emperor had chosen Long Jianying to command Qingzhou, prompting Wei Fan to consider replacing the emperor and, if necessary, the imperial family.
• Long Jianying rebuilt his forces with returning soldiers and reinforcements from nearby provinces as Qingzhou recovered.
• Long Jianying proposed sweeping the nearby demons, and Wei Fan agreed.

Wei Fan helped Long Jianying purge the demons from Qingzhou, then traveled with Ji Qingyue to the Great Ying Dynasty’s Imperial Capital. The chapter ended as a streak of light smashed through the imperial palace gates, provoking the palace’s Martial Venerables.

• Long Jianying led Qingzhou’s army to Mount Wu, where they killed its demons and recovered the supplies they had plundered.
• The Elephant-Pig Demon Venerable confronted Long Jianying, but Wei Fan killed it with a single arrow from more than ten li away.
• Long Jianying’s army swept through Qingzhou and Wild Boar Mountain, and the demons fled; Wei Fan later gave Long Jianying a Martial Venerable divine weapon and learned Long Xueyi was in seclusion.
• Wei Fan and Ji Qingyue left Qingzhou after the demon unrest subsided, while Prince Liang went to the Imperial Capital to confront Emperor Hao over being passed over for the throne.
• A streak of light smashed through the imperial palace gates, knocking Prince Liang aside and drawing furious shouts and Martial Venerable auras from within the palace.