Chapter Summaries

Wei Fan bought healing medicines at the Hundred Treasures Pavilion, then intervened when Yang Feng and his companions harassed Hu Qing at Misty Rain Tower. He brutally beat the men and invoked the Demon Suppressing Division’s authority, leaving Hu Qing worried that he had ruined his future for her.

• Wei Fan bought three kinds of healing medicine and accepted a Golden VIP Token after declining the Hundred Treasures Pavilion’s offer to become an honored guest.
• At Misty Rain Tower, Yang Feng threatened Hu Qing and pressured her to drink with him, while Ning Xuan tried to intervene.
• Hu Qing considered drawing her blade, but Ning Xuan arrived and challenged Yang Feng before Wei Fan came in with Su Guangwen.
• Wei Fan smashed Yang Feng and Luo Song into tables, knocked out their two companions, and ordered Ning Xuan’s group to bind all four men.
• Wei Fan claimed the Demon Suppressing Division was handling a case, then stayed to eat while Hu Qing apologized and feared he had endangered his future.

Wei Fan protected Hu Qing by killing Yang Lianchao and having Yang Feng’s group taken to the Demon Suppressing Division’s prison. Long Xueyi told Wei Fan to accompany her to East Forest City, and after she left, he advanced the Purple Profound Martial Codex to its second Heavenly Human level and prepared to study more martial arts.

• Hu Qing poured strong liquor onto Yang Feng and his companions, and Wei Fan accused them of colluding with demons when Yang Lianchao arrived to demand his son’s release.
• Wei Fan killed Yang Lianchao with one palm strike, and Ning Xuan and the others arrested Yang Feng and the rest of his group.
• Wei Fan used his Demon Hunter badge to have Yang Feng’s group interrogated and escorted Hu Qing to the Preparatory Camp, where she would be protected.
• Long Xueyi told Wei Fan to travel with her to East Forest City the next day and warned him that demons would target him, so Wei Fan showed her his Hundred Transformations Demonic Body disguise.
• Wei Fan used eight hundred years of cultivation to perfect the second level of the Purple Profound Martial Codex and learned that Feng Yi had arranged protection for Hu Qing.
• After night fell, Wei Fan prepared to go to Merit Hall to study the Mountain Shaking Fist and Dragon's Roar Sky Shattering Finger.

Wei Fan perfected the Pebble Breath Concealment Art, comprehended entry-level saber momentum, and set out with Long Xueyi for the East Forest Grand Gathering. Long Xueyi explained the dangers and principles of Demon Hunters and revealed that the gathering would bait demons with the supposedly imminent breakthrough of Jin Wucheng.

• Elder Huo told Wei Fan about Long Xueyi's murdered family and gave him the Pebble Breath Concealment Art, warning him to hide his aura from demons.
• Wei Fan perfected the concealment art, then used his cultivation to bring the Heavenly Human Chapter of the Dragon's Roar Sky Shattering Finger to half-completion and the Soul Extinguishing Demon Slaying Saber to complete perfection with entry-level saber momentum.
• Wei Fan and Long Xueyi left Su City in disguise, and Long Xueyi explained that Demon Hunters find demons by gathering and tracking their auras rather than taking assigned missions.
• Long Xueyi warned Wei Fan not to trust other Demon Hunters completely, explaining that some use comrades as bait to kill demons.
• Long Xueyi revealed that the East Forest Grand Gathering was a trap planned by Jin Wucheng to lure demons with the news that he was about to become a Divine Martial Grandmaster, while the demons would come despite knowing the danger.

Wei Fan and Long Xueyi reached East Forest City to join Demon Hunters waiting for demons drawn by Jin Wucheng’s apparent breakthrough. After the demons finally appeared and the city prepared for battle, Wei Fan stayed behind to watch the Jin Clan as a gigantic white ape attacked Jin Wucheng.

• Long Xueyi warned Wei Fan that the demons expected at East Forest City would be powerful, and explained that Demon Hunters might use a city as a battlefield despite the danger to its people.
• Wei Fan and Long Xueyi met Zhang Xianlong, who was disguised as Horizontal Saber, and learned that nearly twenty Demon Hunters had gathered around Jin Wucheng’s rumored breakthrough.
• Wei Fan obtained the White Elephant Young Master’s aura from Zhang Xianlong, revealing that he intended to track the demon who had escaped him.
• After days of waiting, the White Elephant Young Master’s aura began pulsing, and Long Xueyi, Zhang Xianlong, and the other Demon Hunters left to intercept the arriving demons.
• The city’s bells sent residents into underground chambers as Jin Wucheng’s breakthrough stirred the Jin Clan; Wei Fan stayed on a rooftop to watch the area.
• A huge white ape descended from the sky and swung an iron rod toward Jin Wucheng’s location, demanding to know whether Jin Wucheng had asked its permission to enter the Divine Realm.

Wei Fan killed an ape demon attacking the Jin Clan, then raced to help Zhang Xianlong after learning he faced the White Elephant Young Master. On the way, Wei Fan intercepted the wounded Rhino Demon, which shattered its core just as he seized it and smashed off its horn.

• Jin Wucheng lured the Core Forming Ninth Grade ape demon away from East Forest City, while another ape demon attacked the Jin Clan.
• Wei Fan appeared on the ape demon’s shoulder, killed it with two punches, took its Demon Pill, and left after ordering Jin Hong to compensate for the destroyed houses.
• Zhang Xianlong fought a wounded Rhino Demon until the White Elephant Young Master arrived, drove the Rhino Demon away, and began battling Zhang Xianlong.
• Wei Fan received Zhang Xianlong’s message and headed north, where he encountered the fleeing Rhino Demon.
• The Rhino Demon attacked Wei Fan, but Wei Fan caught it with one hand; the demon shattered its core, and Wei Fan struck off its horn.

Wei Fan killed the Rhino Demon and reached the battlefield where Zhang Xianlong was losing to the White Elephant Young Master. After revealing his saber momentum, Wei Fan defeated the White Elephant Young Master and gained 2,800 years of cultivation, though the rhinoceros horn he used as a weapon shattered.

• Wei Fan killed the Rhino Demon before it could unleash the power of its shattered Demon Pill and took its horn.
• Zhang Xianlong, badly wounded by the White Elephant Young Master, refused to reveal Wei Fan's whereabouts as he waited for help.
• Wei Fan arrived and told Zhang Xianlong to retreat, then fought the White Elephant Young Master with the Rhino Demon's horn.
• Wei Fan unleashed saber momentum, severed the White Elephant Young Master's leg, and revealed that he had reached the second layer of Heavenly Human.
• The White Elephant Young Master shattered his Demon Pill and attacked, but Wei Fan cleaved him apart and gained 2,800 years of cultivation.
• Wei Fan's rhinoceros horn shattered after enduring his successive attacks.

Wei Fan and Zhang Xianlong survived the Demon Heaven Alliance’s retreat, while Wei Fan returned without collecting any demon auras despite killing the White Elephant Young Master and a fourth-grade white ape. Back at the courtyard, Zhang Xianlong revealed Wei Fan’s deeds to Long Xueyi, leaving her stunned.

• Wei Fan killed the White Elephant Young Master, took his tusks, and left with Zhang Xianlong as Yuan Xiao’s roar signaled the demons’ retreat.
• Yuan Xiao gathered the surviving great demons, learned that several companions were missing, and led them away after they concluded the missing demons had been killed.
• Jin Wucheng returned to East Forest City, found the white ape demon’s corpse near his clan, and learned from Jin Hong that a hunter called Netherflame had saved the family and civilians.
• Zhang Xianlong stored Wei Fan’s tusks in his silver gourd and explained that such storage treasures were forged by Divine Martial Grandmasters in exchange for Demon Pills.
• Long Xueyi returned to the courtyard and asked about Wei Fan’s collected demon auras; Zhang Xianlong explained that Wei Fan had killed the White Elephant Young Master in two strikes, shocking her.

Wei Fan learned why breaking through to the Divine Realm depended on the rare Spirit Gathering Space, then used his cultivation reserves to advance his skills and martial arts through the night. The next day, he arrived at Jin Wucheng’s banquet with Zhang Xianlong and Long Xueyi, where Jin Wucheng’s eldest son welcomed him as a senior.

• Wei Fan learned that Jin Wucheng had already failed to break through in the Spirit Gathering Space and that Demon Hunters received only one chance to enter.
• Wei Fan advanced the Great Sun Golden Bell Shield to minor accomplishment, producing Solar True Fire powerful enough to vaporize the ground.
• Wei Fan perfected the second layer of the Dragon Elephant Sky Supporting Skill and the third layer of the Purple Profound Martial Codex.
• Wei Fan perfected the Heavenly Human Chapter of Mountain Shaking Fist, and its fist intent disturbed Zhang Xianlong’s cultivation.
• Jin Hong welcomed Wei Fan, Zhang Xianlong, and Long Xueyi at the Jin Clan estate and led them inside for Jin Wucheng’s banquet.

Wei Fan, Zhang Xianlong, and Long Xueyi headed back toward Su City while discussing Divine Realm experts, the Divine Blade Sect’s injured Sect Protecting Divine Beast, and a mysterious village that appeared along the road. At a riverside town, Zhang Xianlong jumped into the river to rescue Zhou Wanrou after she leaped from the Chastity Platform, leaving Wei Fan asking why no one else had tried to save her.

• Long Xueyi and Zhang Xianlong warned Wei Fan that the White Elephant Demon Lord might seek revenge and explained the power of Divine Realm experts and the Demon God Space.
• Zhang Xianlong told Wei Fan that the Divine Blade Sect had injured its Sect Protecting Divine Beast while trying to open its Spirit Gathering Space, and that the beast had begun eating people.
• The travelers passed a strange cluster of lights that vanished behind them, and Long Xueyi warned them not to approach such places.
• At a riverside restaurant, Wei Fan and Zhang Xianlong learned that Zhou Wanrou had been abducted and publicly shamed, and that she was heading to the Chastity Platform to die.
• Zhou Wanrou jumped into the river, and Zhang Xianlong leaped in after her while a local man shouted that she should not be rescued.

Wei Fan, Zhang Xianlong, and Long Xueyi uncovered Hu Qinghua’s scheme to kill women and feed on people in Linhe Town, then Wei Fan killed the fox demon. They joined a large Demon Suppressing Division force marching to besiege the Divine Blade Sect, where the chapter left them heading toward a major confrontation.

• Zhang Xianlong rescued Zhou Wanrou from the river and killed the fish demon beneath it, while Long Xueyi discovered that a demon fetus had driven Zhou Wanrou to jump.
• Long Xueyi deduced that Hu Qinghua had staged Zhou Wanrou’s abduction, and Wei Fan destroyed the fox demons guarding the Hu Family compound.
• Hu Qinghua admitted that he had driven women to their deaths to conceal his crimes, and Wei Fan killed him and took his Demon Pill.
• Zhang Xianlong arranged for the authorities to take Zhou Wanrou into custody, and the group continued their journey after Wei Fan searched the Hu Family compound.
• Situ Ying told Wei Fan, Zhang Xianlong, and Long Xueyi that the Demon Suppressing Division was marching to destroy the Divine Blade Sect after negotiations failed.
• Wei Fan and Long Xueyi agreed to join the campaign, and the three followed the army toward the Divine Blade Sect.

Wei Fan and Zhang Xianlong discussed the Divine Blade Sect’s strength and the possibility of war as the Demon Suppressing Division’s army surrounded Divine Blade Mountain. Wei Fan revealed that he had reached the Heavenly Human Third Layer and took charge of one sector, where he reunited with Li Fengyi and the others.

• Zhang Xianlong explained that the Divine Blade Sect had a frail sect master, a Divine Condensation Demon Lord, seven powerful lineage elders, and the gifted Che Jie, and warned that its loyal disciples might resist the Demon Suppressing Division.
• Chen Qiming’s army arrived at Divine Blade Mountain and surrounded the sect while delaying an attack in hopes of avoiding a costly battle.
• Wei Fan told Chen Qiming that he had reached the Heavenly Human Third Layer, surprising Zhang Xianlong, Long Xueyi, and Chen Qiming.
• Chen Qiming assigned Wei Fan to guard one sector against a breakout, and Wei Fan went to Situ Ying’s camp.
• Wei Fan joined Li Fengyi and the squad for dinner, congratulated her on becoming captain, and heard that she would gladly return the position to him.

Wei Fan joined the Demon Suppressing Division’s advance up Divine Blade Mountain, where the Divine Blade Sect refused to surrender its man-eating Sect Protecting Divine Beast. After Yu Chaosheng’s attempt to secure a path out turned into a confrontation, Wei Fan defeated Che Jie without drawing his saber and forced the sect’s disciples to retreat to the Sect Master's Hall.

• Wei Fan and his companions spotted Yu Chaosheng and several Divine Blade Sect disciples surveying the Demon Suppressing Division’s camp, and Che Jie identified what seemed to be a weak point in its defenses.
• Situ Ying told Wei Fan that the sect master still intended to resist, and the Demon Suppressing Division began climbing the mountain after receiving orders to advance.
• Yu Chaosheng initially ordered his disciples to retreat, then raised his saber intent and demanded that the Demon Suppressing Division let them descend the mountain.
• Wei Fan shattered Yu Chaosheng’s saber radiance before it could kill Situ Ying, then caught Che Jie’s blade and kicked him back without drawing his own saber.
• Yu Chaosheng abandoned the breakout and ordered the Divine Blade Sect’s disciples to withdraw to the Sect Master's Hall.

Situ Feng killed White Deer, ended the Divine Blade Sect's resistance, and imposed punishments while sparing its disciples. Wei Fan returned to Su City, where Elder Huo discovered that he had become a Heavenly Human and killed four Core Formation Demons.

• Situ Feng refused the Divine Blade Sect's pleas to spare White Deer and killed the beast after defeating the old sect master.
• The old sect master named Lu Zheng the sixth-generation sect master, and Situ Feng assigned punishments to him, the branch chiefs, Yu Chaosheng, and Che Jie.
• Situ Feng departed for Qingyun Mountain with the old sect master and the branch chiefs, while Wei Fan and the others returned to the Demon Suppressing Division.
• Long Xueyi warned Wei Fan to rest and avoid the White Elephant Demon Lord, who might know Wei Fan had killed the White Elephant Young Master.
• At the Merit Hall, Wei Fan showed He Wei his Demon Hunter badge and went to see Elder Huo to exchange merits.
• Elder Huo saw that Wei Fan had killed four Core Formation Demons and was shocked to learn he had entered the Heavenly Human Realm in about ten days.

Wei Fan spent merit points on a storage treasure, a saber forged from a white elephant demon’s tusks, and the Heavenly Human Chapter of the Nine Nether Phantom Steps, then used his cultivation to strengthen his martial arts. After news came that Situ Feng had driven the White Elephant Demon Lord from Qingyun Mountain, Long Xueyi took Wei Fan to investigate an interesting case in the Demon Suppressing Division’s prison.

• Elder Huo told Wei Fan that the Spirit Gathering Space would open in three months and that his accumulated merit points covered only one-tenth of the entry cost.
• Wei Fan exchanged for a silver gourd and the Heavenly Human Chapter of the Nine Nether Phantom Steps, then completed the movement technique using one hundred years of cultivation.
• Wei Fan used his remaining cultivation to bring the Great Sun Golden Bell Shield to mastery and raised his True Qi cultivation to the Heavenly Human Fourth Level.
• Ning Xuan and Su Xuerong told Wei Fan that they had received orders to join the fighting at Qingyun Mountain, and Wei Fan saw them off with the departing troops.
• Elder Huo gave Wei Fan a heavy saber forged from the White Elephant Young Master's tusks and explained that Divine Martial Grandmasters could temper weapons that grew with their owners.
• News arrived that Situ Feng had gravely wounded the White Elephant Demon Lord and forced him to flee Qingyun Mountain, after which Long Xueyi took Wei Fan to investigate a prison case.

Wei Fan and Long Xueyi investigated the escape of commandant Luo Hongyuan, suspecting it was tied to a Bodhi Fruit hidden after a Great Demon’s death. At the great prison, guards blocked their search, and Wei Fan defeated deputy general Lin Cheng, leaving the pair poised to enter.

• Long Xueyi told Wei Fan that Luo Hongyuan had escaped the great prison and explained the strange circumstances surrounding his original imprisonment.
• Long Xueyi revealed that the Great Demon in Luo Hongyuan’s case had cultivated a Bodhi Fruit, which might soon mature, and she and Wei Fan suspected others were pursuing it.
• Long Xueyi presented her Demon Hunter badge at the great prison, but the guards refused entry and threatened to arrest them.
• Long Xueyi defeated the captain with a sword strike, while Wei Fan used his aura to hold the other guards in place.
• Deputy general Lin Cheng attacked Long Xueyi with a halberd, but Wei Fan caught the weapon and defeated Lin Cheng with a series of powerful blows.
• Wei Fan pinned Lin Cheng to the ground and demanded to know what other experts were inside the prison, while Long Xueyi stopped him from killing the deputy general.

Long Xueyi and Wei Fan forced Lin Cheng to give them Luo Hongyuan’s aura, then tracked Luo Hongyuan to a valley where he admitted he had let a demon slaughter villagers to mature the Bodhi Fruit. Luo Hongyuan prepared to kill them as further sacrifices, and Wei Fan asked whether Luo Hongyuan’s own blood could ripen the fruit.

• Long Xueyi revealed her assistant general’s token and ordered Cao Pei to shackle Lin Cheng and the other guards.
• Wei Fan tortured Lin Cheng until he surrendered Luo Hongyuan’s aura, and Long Xueyi agreed with Wei Fan to divide the Bodhi Fruits.
• Long Xueyi and Wei Fan followed the aura to a valley, where they found Luo Hongyuan waiting for them.
• Luo Hongyuan confessed that he had let a demon kill thousands of villagers to nourish the Bodhi Fruit and justified the deaths as a way to protect others.
• Luo Hongyuan declared that he would sacrifice Wei Fan and Long Xueyi to mature the Bodhi Fruit, and Wei Fan asked whether Luo Hongyuan’s blood would work instead.

Wei Fan killed Luo Hongyuan, a Half-step Divine Realm expert, and used his blood to nourish the Bodhi Fruit. He and Long Xueyi also gave their blood to ripen the fruit, but someone arrived just as it was about to mature.

• Luo Hongyuan attacked Wei Fan, whose Blade Intent and violet True Force overcame Luo Hongyuan's mental power and protective aura, allowing Wei Fan to behead him.
• Wei Fan carried Luo Hongyuan's body into the hidden cave and poured his blood over the Bodhi Fruit's roots, while Long Xueyi recognized the tree beside a great demon's skeleton.
• Wei Fan persuaded Long Xueyi to feed the Bodhi Fruit with her blood, then gave his own; the four fruits grew plumper as the tree absorbed their blood.
• Long Xueyi announced that the Bodhi Fruit was about to ripen, but Wei Fan heard someone approaching and saw a figure enter the cave.

Wei Fan fought Yuan Zi'an, Sun Jinglin’s disciple, over the Bodhi Fruit and destroyed the Divine Martial Grandmaster’s sealed attack with his Great Sun Golden Bell Shield. He killed Yuan Zi'an, and he and Long Xueyi left with the ripe Bodhi Fruits, aware that Sun Jinglin might eventually learn what happened.

• Long Xueyi recognized Yuan Zi'an as Sun Jinglin’s disciple and warned Wei Fan that he might carry power bestowed by a Divine Martial Grandmaster.
• Yuan Zi'an admitted he had arranged Luo Hongyuan’s escape from the great prison, then attacked Wei Fan when they refused to leave the Bodhi Fruit.
• Wei Fan overwhelmed Yuan Zi'an with saber momentum and Supreme True Qi, but Yuan Zi'an unleashed the power Sun Jinglin had sealed within him.
• Long Xueyi gathered the four ripe Bodhi Fruits as Sun Jinglin’s enormous palm struck at Wei Fan.
• Wei Fan summoned his Great Sun Golden Bell Shield, which burned through the giant palm and incinerated Yuan Zi'an, earning him 900 years of cultivation.
• Wei Fan and Long Xueyi left the cave with the Bodhi Fruits, and Wei Fan said he would have killed Yuan Zi'an regardless.

As Wei Fan and Long Xueyi traveled to Nanshan Town, Long Xueyi explained how Divine Martial Grandmasters advanced and what it meant to train martial arts into the soul. They learned the Nanshan Grand Gathering would take place the next day, received news that the White Elephant Demon Lord was still pursuing the killer of his son, and Wei Fan refined two Bodhi Fruits that greatly improved his comprehension.

• Long Xueyi explained that using the Spirit Gathering Space to become a Divine Martial Grandmaster did not make someone weaker, and described how martial arts could be trained into the soul.
• Wei Fan and Long Xueyi reached Nanshan Town, where Tang Xiao told them the Nanshan Grand Gathering would be held the next day and offered to lead them there.
• Wei Fan and Long Xueyi received Demon Hunter messages saying the White Elephant Demon Lord had returned to Qingyun Mountain and demanded the killer of the White Elephant Young Master.
• Long Xueyi gave Wei Fan two Bodhi Fruits, and he refined them with the Purple Profound Martial Codex, improving his comprehension.
• Wei Fan tested his progress and found that comprehending the fifth layer of the Purple Profound Martial Codex now took far less cultivation than before.

Wei Fan attended the Nanshan Grand Gathering with Long Xueyi and heard martial artists discuss the famed young geniuses Yan Yun, Lü Chunyang, and Duan Xingyun. The gathering was interrupted when the Blood Young Master arrived with several others.

• Wei Fan completed the fifth level of the Purple Profound Martial Codex and advanced the Dragon Elephant Sky Supporting Skill to its fourth level.
• Wei Fan and Long Xueyi followed Tang Xiao to Nanshan and leaped onto the cliff, where Cloud Smoke Pavilion was hosting the grand gathering.
• Kong Kaitai explained that Cloud Smoke Pavilion had not invited Wei Fan, then welcomed the powerful Little Tyrant Yan Yun, who admitted he might lose to Wei Fan in a fight to the death.
• Long Xueyi told Wei Fan about Lü Chunyang's Pure Yang Physique and Duan Xingyun's claim of being born with his apertures opened.
• The Blood Young Master called out from below the cliff, and several figures shot up as the attendees reacted with alarm.