Chapter Summaries

Wei Fan fought off Wei Family Manor’s martial artists while Shan Jinhong was overwhelmed by Wei Changqing and two Silver Foxes. After a Demon Suppressing General arrived and the survivors returned to the abandoned manor, Li Fengyi led Wei Fan to a hidden storehouse where he began absorbing two Ice Souls.

• Wei Changqing and two Core Condensing Silver Foxes attacked Shan Jinhong, while Shan Jinhong realized Wei Hongying and Hu Yulang had been intended as bait for the Demon Suppressing Division.
• Wei Fan revealed his strength to defeat Wei Yun, then killed several Wei Family attackers with the Dragon's Roar Sky Shattering Finger and Mountain Shaking Fist.
• Shan Jinhong ordered the Demon Suppressors to retreat, and Wei Fan and Li Fengyi fled until a Demon Suppressing General arrived.
• Wei Fan and Li Fengyi returned to Wei Family Manor and searched its abandoned grounds for valuables.
• Li Fengyi opened a hidden food storehouse containing Ice Souls and told Wei Fan to absorb their icy power.

After returning to the Demon Suppressing Division, Wei Fan traded his merits for three Ice Souls and confronted Zhang Wei for mocking his dead comrades. Wei Fan defeated Zhang Wei with the Soul Extinguishing Demon Slaying Saber, and Situ Ying recognized the technique and began investigating Wei Fan’s identity.

• Chen Qiming ordered the group back to Su City after the Wei Family Manor was burned and the casualties were gathered.
• Li Fengyi led the survivors to Merit Hall to register their merits, and Wei Fan exchanged his share for three Ice Souls.
• Zhang Wei taunted Li Fengyi’s group and tried to persuade Wei Fan to transfer to his command, so Wei Fan challenged him to withstand a saber strike.
• Wei Fan drew his saber and sent Zhang Wei flying with the Soul Extinguishing Demon Slaying Saber, leaving him with a wound that his true qi could not heal.
• Situ Ying removed the lingering saber intent from Zhang Wei’s wound and recognized the Soul Extinguishing Demon Slaying Saber, then asked to hear more about Wei Fan.

After the Wei Family Manor battle, Wei Fan used Ice Souls and cultivation to raise his Glazed Treasure Body to the sixth level, then joined his new captain Situ Ying’s command. His first proper assignment sent him and two squadmates to Bamboo Sea County to hunt a demon abducting people.

• Wei Fan spent twenty years of cultivation and three Ice Souls raising his Glazed Treasure Body to the sixth level and reaching seven hundred thousand jin of strength.
• Wei Changqing learned that Wei Yun had been killed by Wei Fan, then vowed to find and avenge his son.
• Wei Fan joined the other Demon Suppressors to meet Situ Ying, who reorganized Shan Jinhong’s remaining forces and assigned Guo Hongyi to lead Wei Fan’s squad.
• Wei Fan studied the bounty list and learned that promotion to captain required killing or capturing a listed demon.
• Guo Hongyi ordered Li Fengyi, Wei Fan, and Yu Hong to go to Bamboo Sea County and kill a True Realm demon abducting people.

Wei Fan, Li Fengyi, and Yu Hong traveled to Bamboo Sea County to investigate a demon abduction case and discovered that the county magistrate and several guards were working with demons. The demons captured the group using Spirit Bewitching Incense, but Wei Fan stayed conscious and recognized Hu Meiniang’s plan as the carriage headed toward Wu Family Village.

• Guo Hongyi assigned Wei Fan, Li Fengyi, and Yu Hong to investigate the demon calamity in Bamboo Sea County.
• Wei Fan spotted fox demons among the city guards, and the group learned that people had been abducted from Wu Family Village.
• Wei Fan identified Magistrate Li Wenchang as a demon collaborator and warned Li Fengyi and Yu Hong before they entered a carriage containing Spirit Bewitching Incense.
• The group took antidote pills but pretended to be unconscious, while Wei Fan recognized the carriage captains as demons in disguise.
• At Wu Family Village, Li Wenchang and the demons discussed Hu Meiniang’s plan, and Xiong Guangneng injured Li Wenchang before the demons drove away with the captive guards.

Wei Fan and his companions were taken to a demon den, where he used Golden Bell Shield to devastate the gathered demons and defeat their Bear Demon ancestor. After killing Xiong Wanxing and learning how Li Wenchang had been coerced into helping the demons, Wei Fan took the Bear Demon’s Demon Sac and turned toward the cave to search it.

• Xiong Guangneng and the other demons carried Wei Fan, Li Fengyi, and Yu Hong to their mountain den, where Xiong Wanxing recognized Wei Fan and panicked.
• The Bear Demon ancestor emerged, and Li Fengyi realized he was preparing to transform into a Flying Bear with the help of captured martial artists.
• Wei Fan warned Li Fengyi and Yu Hong to cover their ears, then unleashed Golden Bell Shield and killed or injured most of the demons with its sonic shockwaves.
• Wei Fan killed the wounded Bear Demon and gained 240 years of cultivation, bringing his total to 1,512 years.
• Xiong Wanxing explained that the Bear Demon had used a fox demon to entrap Li Wenchang and force him to help lure in Demon Suppressing Division members; Wei Fan then killed Xiong Wanxing.
• Yu Hong retrieved the Bear Demon’s Demon Sac, and Wei Fan turned toward the cave to look for anything valuable.

Wei Fan and his companions uncovered treasure and martial arts manuals in the demons’ cave, then seized control of Bamboo Sea County and arrested County Magistrate Li Wenchang for colluding with demons. Back in his room, Wei Fan used his cultivation to raise his saber intent to major accomplishment and began strengthening the Roaring Tiger Dragon's Cry Golden Bell Shield.

• Wei Fan found treasure, medicinal herbs, and three martial arts manuals in the cave, including the Breath Concealment Art and two body-tempering techniques.
• Wei Fan and Yu Hong confronted Li Wenchang at the county yamen, exposed his scheme, and arrested him with help from the constables and Li Fengyi’s soldiers.
• Wei Fan’s group detained and executed the guilty officials and constables, while Li Wenchang was held for judgment by his superiors.
• Wei Fan invested cultivation in the Hundred Rivers Art, opening 120 apertures, but found that his immense true qi was difficult to control.
• Wei Fan cultivated the Soul Extinguishing Demon Slaying Saber until his saber intent reached major accomplishment and could activate the true qi of all 120 apertures.
• Wei Fan perfected the Breath Concealment Art and began adding cultivation to the Roaring Tiger Dragon's Cry Golden Bell Shield.

Wei Fan completed his Roaring Tiger Dragon's Cry Golden Bell Shield and killed Wei Changqing, a wounded Heavenly Human Martial Master who had ambushed him to avenge his children. He returned to the road with Li Fengyi, Yu Hong, and Li Wenchang, carrying Wei Changqing's head and a possible Core Formation Demon Pill as they approached Su City.

• Wei Fan spent a thousand years of cultivation completing the Roaring Tiger Dragon's Cry Golden Bell Shield and improved his Nine Nether Phantom Steps before the group left Bamboo Sea County.
• Wei Changqing blocked the road and targeted Wei Fan, while Li Fengyi, Yu Hong, and Li Wenchang fled; Wei Fan stayed behind to face him.
• Wei Fan enraged Wei Changqing by describing the deaths of Wei Hongying and Hu Yulang, then wounded him with his Soul Extinguishing Demon Slaying Saber.
• Wei Fan crushed Wei Changqing with his golden bell, gained a hundred years of cultivation, and took his head, saber, and a jade-white object that might be a Core Formation Demon Pill.
• Li Fengyi and Yu Hong returned with Li Wenchang, and the group continued toward Su City while discussing the merits and promotions they could earn.
• The group reached Su City shortly before nightfall.

Wei Fan traced the leak of his mission whereabouts to the Han Family and led a force to surround their residence, where he arrested Han Fei and exposed Han Kun as a demon collaborator. As Han Kun prepared to resist, Situ Ying and Li Chuyang watched from hiding, waiting to see how Wei Fan would face him.

• Wei Fan showed Situ Ying Wei Changqing’s head and reported that the Han Family had arranged the ambush; Guo Hongyi recalled telling Han Fei about the mission.
• Situ Ying ordered Wei Fan and Li Fengyi to mobilize soldiers and surround the Han Family, while Guo Hongyi was detained for questioning.
• Han Fei recognized Wei Fan outside the residence and was defeated and bound after Wei Fan struck him once.
• Han Kun emerged with other family members, and Wei Fan’s panel identified him as a demon collaborator; Wei Fan demanded the family surrender or face death.
• Li Chuyang and Situ Ying watched from a concealed tree canopy as Han Kun prepared to resist, and Situ Ying revealed that Wei Fan had joined the division only about ten days earlier.

Wei Fan led the Demon Suppressing Guards in destroying the Han Family after Han Kun resisted arrest, then killed Han Kun despite the gap between their realms. The chapter ended with Wei Fan discovering the Great Sun Collapse Fist manual among the seized goods and returning home exhausted.

• Han Kun chose to fight rather than surrender, and the Han Family attacked the Demon Suppressing Guards as Wei Fan blocked his path.
• Wei Fan revealed his mastery-level saber intent and Innate Body Refinement, endured Han Kun's attacks, and killed him with the Dragon's Roar Sky Shattering Finger and the Sky Crystal Saber.
• Wei Fan ordered the guards to kill the Han Family members who resisted, and they wiped out the clan before taking Han Fei into custody.
• Li Chuyang and Situ Ying argued over whether Wei Fan would become their junior brother as Wei Fan directed the confiscation of the Han estate.
• Li Fengyi found the Great Sun Collapse Fist manual among the seized martial arts, and Wei Fan confirmed that his panel recognized it as a body-refining True Meaning Martial Art.
• Wei Fan returned to the Demon Suppressing Division with the others, then went home and collapsed into bed without visiting the Merit Hall.

Wei Fan perfected the Great Sun Collapse Fist, exchanged his merits for martial arts and supplies, and refused to surrender a Demon Pill for further rewards. After becoming a Purple Clothed Demon Suppressor, he learned Elder Huo was interested in taking him as a disciple and sent a boastful message to Hu Qing.

• Wei Fan used eighty years of cultivation to perfect the Great Sun Collapse Fist and gain the Great Sun True Intent.
• Wei Fan met Ning Xuan and Su Xuerong, who complained that he had left them out of major missions, and the group went to eat.
• At the Merit Hall, Wei Fan exchanged his merits for the Purple Profound Martial Codex, Mountain Shaking Fist, adamantine, and other rewards, but kept the Demon Pill he had taken from Wei Changqing.
• He Wei told Wei Fan that the Soul Extinguishing Demon Slaying Saber could only be learned by visiting its stored inscription with Elder Huo.
• Elder Huo praised Wei Fan's talent but doubted he would accept him as a disciple, while He Wei prepared Wei Fan's Purple Clothed Demon Suppressor uniform.
• Lu Caidie told Wei Fan that Hu Qing would not meet him, so Wei Fan asked her to tell Hu Qing that he had slain two Heavenly Human Martial Masters and urged her to cultivate harder.

Wei Fan switched to the Purple Profound Martial Codex, advanced to Aperture Opening Sixth Layer with a Demon Pill, and studied the Soul Extinguishing Demon Slaying Saber’s complete inheritance. He received Elder Huo’s Qi Gathering Demon Chasing Technique and became captain of his team, which gained a new member.

• Wei Fan replaced the Hundred Rivers Art with the Purple Profound Martial Codex, opened new apertures faster, and used a Demon Pill to reach the peak of Aperture Opening Sixth Layer.
• At the Merit Hall, Elder Huo led Wei Fan to the Soul Extinguishing Demon Slaying Saber inheritance, where Wei Fan studied the manual and Saber Intent Diagram and learned the forms’ structure.
• Wei Fan completed Mountain Shaking Fist, Heavenly Gang Blood Burning Saber, and Glazed Treasure Body, then gained initial understanding of the Soul Extinguishing Demon Slaying Saber’s remaining forms.
• Elder Huo gave Wei Fan the Qi Gathering Demon Chasing Technique after learning he had never encountered a complete saber intent inheritance.
• Peng Mingjie reported that Han Fei had been executed, the Han Family had been wiped out, and Guo Hongyi had been expelled for leaking Wei Fan’s whereabouts.
• Situ Ying appointed Wei Fan captain, introduced Lu Tao as a new team member, and Wei Fan asked Li Fengyi to explain their patrol duties.

Wei Fan’s patrol reached Dingyang Town, where the Demon Suppressing Division tolerated an evil spirit worshipped as a god because it protected the town and had deep roots among its people. Hu Zhao persuaded the town’s Ancestor Demon God to join the Fox Clan’s plan to seize Wei Fan’s Innate Body Refinement body, leaving the Demon Suppressing Guards unaware of the threat.

• Situ Ying and Li Chuyang discussed using Wei Fan as bait for Core Formation Demons, and Elder Huo supported the plan to expose him to danger.
• Li Fengyi explained that the Demon Suppressing Division’s patrols deterred demons in towns where residents sometimes benefited from dealing with them.
• Zhang Xianlong arrived after being summoned to help with the plan to lure Core Formation Demons.
• Wei Fan’s group reached Dingyang Town and learned that its residents worshipped an evil spirit called the Ding Clan’s Ancestor Demon God.
• Hu Zhao visited the Ancestor Demon God and offered the Fox Clan’s help in possessing Wei Fan’s Innate Body Refinement body.
• The Ancestor Demon God agreed to Hu Zhao’s proposal.

Wei Fan killed the Ancestor Demon God and Hu Zhao, then joined Li Chuyang against a Tiger Demon in the battle near Dingyang Town. The Tiger Demon survived their attacks and lashed its tail toward Wei Fan.

• Wei Fan and Li Fengyi and Su Xuerong walked to the river, where Hu Tian and Hu Zhao confronted them alongside the Ancestor Demon God.
• Zhang Xianlong, Situ Ying, and Li Chuyang fought the White Elephant Young Master and the other demons while Li Fengyi took Su Xuerong toward town.
• Wei Fan used perfected saber intent to weaken the Ancestor Demon God, then destroyed it with the Golden Bell when it tried to possess him.
• Wei Fan killed Hu Zhao with two Great Sun Collapse Fists and helped Li Chuyang wound a Tiger Demon with their combined attacks.
• The Tiger Demon recovered enough to lash its tail at Wei Fan after his blade intent struck its neck.

Wei Fan and his allies killed the demons attacking them, though the White Elephant Young Master escaped after battling Zhang Xianlong. After Wei Fan dealt with Dingyang Town’s hostile residents, the group left overnight and returned to the Demon Suppressing Division.

• Wei Fan killed the tiger demon and fox demon, then joined Li Chuyang and Situ Ying to defeat their last tiger demon and gain thousands of years of cultivation.
• Zhang Xianlong drove off the White Elephant Young Master, then admitted that he had been too injured to win and urged the group to leave before the demon returned.
• Wei Fan and the others returned to Dingyang Town, where its residents had surrounded Li Fengyi and the other Demon Suppressing Guards after the Ancestor Demon God ordered them attacked.
• Ding Wen charged Wei Fan, who killed him and several other armed residents, then ordered the crowd to stand down.
• The group departed Dingyang Town overnight and arrived at the gates of the Demon Suppressing Division a day and a half later.

After returning from Dingyang Town, Wei Fan cultivated the Purple Profound Martial Codex to Aperture Opening Ninth Level and transformed his Golden Bell Shield into the Great Sun Golden Bell Shield. He exchanged his merits for several Heavenly Human Realm manuals and prepared to explore Su City during his leave.

• Wei Fan and his companions encountered Long Xueyi, the Commander's formidable granddaughter, who confronted Situ Ying and Zhang Xianlong.
• Wei Fan used a Demon Pill to reach Aperture Opening Ninth Level, then spent two thousand years of cultivation to create the Great Sun Golden Bell Shield.
• Wei Fan accepted Ning Xuan's invitation to explore Su City and went to the Merit Hall to claim his rewards.
• He Wei confirmed Wei Fan had enough merits to exchange for the Heavenly Human Realm Purple Profound Martial Codex, the Soul Extinguishing Demon Slaying Saber, and a top-tier body-refining art.
• Wei Fan chose the Dragon Elephant Sky Supporting Skill, and He Wei said Elder Huo would arrange approval for the Heavenly Human Realm manuals.
• Wei Fan left the Merit Hall and saw Ning Xuan and the others approaching.

Wei Fan rescued Li Fengyi from Piaoyu Sect disciples who were hunting her after she uncovered their demonic crimes. After learning the sect was raising people for cultivation, he decided to return with the others and lead an assault on the Piaoyu Sect.

• Ning Xuan and Peng Mingjie told Wei Fan that Li Fengyi had been branded a traitor and was being hunted by her sect.
• An Jiyong and three fellow disciples tracked Li Fengyi through her Natal Sword Qi and cornered her in the forest, intending to abuse and kill her.
• Wei Fan stopped Li Fengyi from taking her own life, defeated the four pursuers with the Vast Void Sun Collapse Palm, and killed them.
• Wei Fan used the Qi Gathering Demon Seeking Art to explain how he had tracked Li Fengyi from her room in Su City.
• Wei Fan declared that he would return to the Demon Suppressing Division, gather troops, and attack the Piaoyu Sect for its demonic practices.

Wei Fan and the Demon Suppressing Division surrounded Piaoyu Sect after Li Fengyi exposed its demonic cultivation. Wu Moyi confessed to the sect’s crimes, and as the corrupt elders fled, Long Xueyi and Wei Fan struck them down.

• Wei Fan brought Li Fengyi to Situ Ying and reported that Piaoyu Sect had used people for demonic cultivation, prompting Situ Ying to assemble troops and seek approval to surround the sect.
• The Demon Suppressing Division marched to Falling Wild Goose Mountain, where Wu Moyi and hundreds of Piaoyu Sect disciples awaited them.
• Wu Moyi admitted that he had practiced demonic arts to extend his life and had drawn Piaoyu Sect elders into the same practice; many disciples abandoned the sect after the truth came out.
• Wu Moyi and the corrupted elders fled, and Long Xueyi cut Wu Moyi down with a sword strike that revealed her understanding of Sword Momentum.
• Wei Fan defeated the fleeing Enforcement Elder with his saber and killed him after rejecting his plea for mercy.

Wei Fan helped the Demon Suppressing Division destroy the Piaoyu Sect’s demonic leadership and uncover its captives, while Chen Qiming and Elder Huo discussed the danger Wei Fan posed to the sects. After Elder Huo arranged for Long Xueyi to guide Wei Fan toward becoming a Demon Hunter, Wei Fan studied the Heavenly Human chapter of the Purple Profound Martial Codex and began examining its Soul Meditation Diagram.

• Wei Fan killed the Piaoyu Sect’s Great Elder with the Mountain Shaking Fist, and Situ Ying beheaded Wu Long after joining forces with Li Chuyang.
• Li Fengyi led the Demon Suppressors to hidden chambers, where they rescued dozens of captives and discovered the remains of infants among evidence of the sect’s atrocities.
• Chen Qiming learned that the Piaoyu Sect’s leaders had cultivated the Demonic Cultivation Art using captives and prepared to reply to letters from concerned sects.
• Elder Huo asked Long Xueyi to guide Wei Fan as a Demon Hunter, explaining that the path could help him avoid the attention of enemies watching his rise.
• Wei Fan went to the Merit Hall and studied the Heavenly Human chapter of the Purple Profound Martial Codex before focusing on its Soul Meditation Diagram.
• Wei Fan realized that the Soul Meditation Diagram drained and trained mental strength, which influenced the power of sword intent and saber intent.

Wei Fan studied three Heavenly Human martial arts, accepted Elder Huo’s offer to become a Demon Hunter, and tested his new waist token and demon-identifying art. He then began preparing to break through to the Heavenly Human Realm, learning that he first needed to sense the power of heaven and earth.

• Wei Fan recorded the Dragon Elephant Sky Supporting Skill and Soul Extinguishing Demon Slaying Saber on his panel, while Elder Huo explained how mental strength and comprehension shaped martial talent.
• Elder Huo gave Wei Fan the Qi Gazing Demon Identifying Art and a Demon Hunter waist token, explaining that Demon Hunters acted independently and avoided the imperial court’s life-plaque restraints.
• Wei Fan accepted the Demon Hunter token and discovered that it stored objects, transmitted messages, and recorded merit.
• Wei Fan completed the Qi Gazing Demon Identifying Art, learned to see qi, and noticed that the Breath Concealment Art could not hide his aura completely.
• Wei Fan used ten years of cultivation to finish his Aperture Opening Realm transformation, then began studying the Heavenly Human Realm Purple Profound Martial Codex and learned that he needed to sense the power of heaven and earth.

Wei Fan completed his breakthrough into the Heavenly Human Realm, transforming his true qi into True Force and advancing his body refinement to Body Refining Heavenly Human. After Ning Xuan recognized his breakthrough, their squad set out to celebrate while Wei Fan went to buy pills.

• Wei Fan used the tiger demon’s Demon Pill to transform all his true qi into purple True Force and perfected the first level of the Purple Profound Martial Codex’s Heavenly Human Chapter.
• Wei Fan exchanged merits for the Hundred Transformations Demonic Body, perfected it, and tested disguises resembling Su Xuerong and Ning Xuan.
• Wei Fan cultivated the Dragon Elephant Sky Supporting Skill until he became a Body Refining Heavenly Human, gaining three million jin of strength in one arm and a protective qi-and-blood force.
• Wei Fan visited Ning Xuan, who recognized his breakthrough and gathered their squad to celebrate at Misty Rain Tower.
• The squad could not find Hu Qing because she was away on a mission, and Wei Fan split off with Su Xuerong and another companion to buy pills while the others reserved a table.