Chapter Summaries

After killing the White Elephant Demon Lord, Wei Fan returned to Qingyun City and discovered a massive Mysterious Yellow Cauldron among the demon lord’s possessions. He left for the Demon Suppressing Division with Zhang Xianlong and Long Xueyi, where Yue Chengwu recognized Long Xueyi and He Yun told Wei Fan that Elder Huo wanted to see him.

• Situ Feng and He Taixian examined the place where Azure Ox had died and asked Long Xueyi whether she had killed him.
• Wei Fan told Zhang Xianlong and Long Xueyi that the White Elephant Demon Lord was dead, then learned that Divine Martial Grandmasters often joined the Demon Suppressing Division for its resources.
• Zhang Xianlong told Wei Fan that neither Situ Feng nor He Taixian knew about the Yellow Dragon Spear, and Wei Fan told him to stop investigating it.
• Wei Fan found a million-jin Mysterious Yellow Cauldron, a piece of Tiger Soul Crimson Gold, and martial arts manuals in the White Elephant Demon Lord’s storage gourd.
• Wei Fan left Qingyun City with Zhang Xianlong and Long Xueyi, then encountered Yue Chengwu at the Demon Suppressing Division, where Yue Chengwu revealed that he was an old acquaintance of Long Xueyi.
• He Yun told Wei Fan that Elder Huo wanted to see him.

Wei Fan learned that a capital nobleman had challenged Tongzhou’s famous geniuses and was seeking him out, but he declined the fight. At the Merit Hall, Elder Huo discovered Wei Fan had killed the White Elephant Demon Lord and other demons, then advised him on Divine Martial Grandmaster cultivation and brought him to study martial arts before seeking a breakthrough.

• Elder Huo told Wei Fan that a capital nobleman had defeated Tongzhou’s notable geniuses and wanted to challenge him, but Wei Fan refused to participate.
• Wei Fan handed Elder Huo his merit token, and Elder Huo was shocked to learn that Wei Fan had killed the White Elephant Demon Lord, Azure Ox, and Yuan Xiao.
• Elder Huo advised Wei Fan to cultivate the Purple Profound Martial Codex at the Divine Martial Grandmaster realm and recommended the complete Heaven-Piercing Saber Codex.
• Wei Fan set aside merits for Long Xueyi and chose martial arts to exchange for, including the Dragon's Roar Sky Shattering Finger and a divine-weapon forging technique.
• Elder Huo explained the process for reaching the Demon Suppressing Division headquarters, then opened the Purple Profound Martial Codex: Divine Martial Grandmaster Chapter room and gave Wei Fan three days to comprehend it.

Wei Fan rested after studying the Divine Realm manuals, received a sealed gourd of confiscated martial arts manuals to deliver, and set out with Long Xueyi and Yue Chengwu for the Imperial Capital. On the road, Wei Fan intervened when Tang Xiao was surrounded by masked attackers, recognizing him as an old ally from Nanshan Town.

• Elder Huo gave Wei Fan an authorization and a sealed gourd of martial arts manuals to deliver to Demon Suppressing Division headquarters, then left to hunt the Azure Ox Demon Lord.
• Yue Chengwu challenged Wei Fan, but Wei Fan ignored him and left for Tongzhou the next day with Long Xueyi; Yue Chengwu joined them on the road.
• The three reached Tongzhou, received new authorizations from Liu Xingbin, declined his offer of an unspecified task, and bought Demon Horses before continuing toward the Imperial Capital.
• Three days later, the travelers came upon Tang Xiao and his guards battling masked attackers, whose red-masked leader wielded half-step Divine Realm strength.
• Wei Fan broke the leader's saber strike and saved Tang Xiao, whom Long Xueyi recognized as someone who had helped them fight the Blood Cloud Sect in Nanshan Town.

Wei Fan rescued Tang Xiao, revealed his connection to the Nanshan Grand Gathering, and reached the capital with Long Xueyi and Yue Chengwu. After registering to use the Demon Suppressing Division’s Spirit Gathering Space, Wei Fan began preparing for a Divine Realm breakthrough and discovered that failed attempts could widen his sea of consciousness.

• Wei Fan killed the masked attackers who were trying to murder Tang Xiao, and Yue Chengwu abandoned the idea of fighting him after witnessing his power.
• Wei Fan identified himself to Tang Xiao with the words “Nanshan Grand Gathering,” then left with Long Xueyi and Yue Chengwu.
• Long Xueyi suspected that Tang Xiao was being escorted to the capital by the Demon Suppressing Division, while Wei Fan refused Yue Chengwu’s offer to join the Yue Family.
• After ten days of travel, Wei Fan and Long Xueyi registered to use the capital’s Spirit Gathering Space and were told to return the next day.
• Wei Fan used the panel to study the Divine Realm chapter of the Purple Profound Martial Codex, learned how to open his sea of consciousness, and suffered a painful failed attempt to condense his divine soul.
• Wei Fan continued training and found that the failed breakthrough had widened his sea of consciousness to eleven zhang and somewhat improved his mind.

Wei Fan repeatedly failed to condense his divine soul until the Spirit Gathering Space helped him overcome the imbalance between his mental power and other forces. He and Long Xueyi emerged as newly attained Divine Realm grandmasters, while Qingniao’s breakthrough failed.

• Wei Fan’s repeated failures outside the Spirit Gathering Space expanded his sea of consciousness to twenty zhang and strengthened his mental power.
• Wei Fan, Long Xueyi, and Qingniao entered the Spirit Gathering Space after Lord Jiang opened its sealed chamber and explained its purpose.
• Wei Fan’s early attempt failed, but the failure revealed that his mental power was insufficient to control his abundant True Force and vitality.
• After his sea of consciousness expanded to thirty zhang, Wei Fan successfully condensed his divine soul, widening his sea of consciousness to one hundred zhang and raising his lifespan to six hundred years.
• Long Xueyi also broke through, while Qingniao suffered a failed attempt and backlash.
• Lord Jiang welcomed Wei Fan and Long Xueyi as grandmasters when they left the Spirit Gathering Space, while Qingniao came out weakened and dejected.

Wei Fan and Long Xueyi broke through to the Divine Realm, rejected Princess Sheng’s attempt to recruit them, and flew back to Su City. There, they learned that Fu Shizheng had betrayed the Demon Suppressing Division and that Long Xueyi’s grandfather, the commander-in-chief, was trapped and unable to escape.

• Wei Fan and Long Xueyi received golden Demon Hunter waist tokens from Jiang Shangcai, then declined Yue Shengfang’s celebratory banquet and left the capital.
• Wei Fan and Long Xueyi flew toward Su City, tested their new abilities, and discovered that Wei Fan’s sea of consciousness reached one hundred zhang while Long Xueyi’s reached fifty.
• Wei Fan and Long Xueyi returned to Su City and found the Demon Suppressing Division nearly deserted, then learned from He Yun that Fu Shizheng had betrayed the commanders during the attack on Qingyun City.
• Wei Fan told Long Xueyi that the Yellow Dragon Spear had belonged to Fu Shizheng and asked why the commander-in-chief had not appeared.
• Long Xueyi revealed that her grandfather was trapped somewhere cut off from the world, and that only she and Grandfather Huo knew the truth.

After Elder Huo returned wounded from fighting three Demon Lords, Wei Fan and Long Xueyi learned that Su City was under siege and flew toward Qingyun City. On the journey, Wei Fan evolved his Great Sun Golden Bell Shield into the Great Thunder Bell, and Long Xueyi asked him to help rescue her grandfather from an ancient ruin where he was trapped while attempting to master the Nine Transformations of the Divine Silkworm.

• Elder Huo told Wei Fan and Long Xueyi that the Azure Ox, White Tiger, and Silver Fox Demon Lords had attacked him, and that he had wounded them in return.
• Elder Huo revealed that the Great Elder had been killed, reinforcements had failed to arrive, and Su City's sect masters refused to intervene as demons and fiends spread through the region.
• Wei Fan used his cultivation to evolve the Great Sun Golden Bell Shield into the Great Thunder Bell, which gained a Three-legged Golden Crow and lightning power.
• Long Xueyi asked Wei Fan to help free her grandfather, Long Jianying, from an ancient ruin that could only be opened by mastering the Nine Transformations of the Divine Silkworm.
• Wei Fan agreed to prepare for the rescue, then decided to use his remaining cultivation to fuse his blood and qi with True Force.

Wei Fan fused his qi-blood power and True Force into Supreme True Force while traveling toward Qingyun City, greatly increasing his strength and lifespan. At Qingyun City, Situ Feng learned that reinforcements were unavailable, and the demon army launched another attack.

• Wei Fan repeatedly failed to fuse qi-blood power and True Force before succeeding after eight hundred years of cultivation, creating Supreme True Force that strengthened his body, divine soul, and lifespan.
• Long Xueyi witnessed Wei Fan's transformation, and the two resumed their flight toward Qingyun City.
• Situ Feng told Zhou Zhenyuan that his injuries were only suppressed and learned that other cities and the provincial capital could not send help because demons were attacking across Tongzhou.
• Zhou Zhenyuan reported that the three great sects had refused to provide aid and that Elder Huo was unable to fight after being besieged by the Azure Ox Demon Lord and Silver Fox Demon Lord.
• Situ Feng and Zhou Zhenyuan questioned why Commander Long Jianying and headquarters had not intervened, then war drums sounded as Chen Qiming reported that the demon army was attacking again.

Wei Fan and Long Xueyi arrived at Qingyun City as the demon army launched its decisive assault, and Wei Fan revealed that he had perfected Dragon's Roar Sky Shattering Finger. As Black Python Demon Lord and White Ape Demon Lord attacked, Long Xueyi told Situ Feng that she and Wei Fan had reached the Divine Martial Grandmaster realm, and they set their sights on White Ape Demon Lord.

• Situ Feng led the human army against the advancing demons while Zhang Xianlong and the other soldiers prepared to fight.
• White Ape Demon Lord and Black Python Demon Lord confronted Situ Feng and demanded that he hand over Wei Fan, but Situ Feng refused.
• Wei Fan and Long Xueyi appeared, and Wei Fan revealed that he had perfected Dragon's Roar Sky Shattering Finger and carried Demon Pills from several slain Demon Lord descendants.
• White Ape Demon Lord and Black Python Demon Lord attacked Wei Fan and Long Xueyi while Situ Feng tried to protect them.
• Long Xueyi secretly told Situ Feng that she and Wei Fan had entered the Divine Martial Grandmaster realm, and Situ Feng pretended to be overwhelmed so White Ape Demon Lord would charge toward them.

Wei Fan and Long Xueyi fought the White Ape Demon Lord after revealing that they had both become Divine Martial Grandmasters. Wei Fan overwhelmed the demon with his martial arts and divine weapon, leaving its fate sealed when he shattered its Demon Pill.

• The White Ape Demon Lord attacked Wei Fan and Long Xueyi, but they revealed their Divine Martial Grandmaster strength and countered it.
• Long Xueyi’s sword strike was repelled, but Wei Fan used his divine soul and perfected Dragon's Roar Sky Shattering Finger to injure the White Ape Demon Lord.
• Wei Fan and Long Xueyi pursued the wounded demon, and Wei Fan struck it back into the ground with Great Sun Collapse Fist while Long Xueyi opened a deep wound.
• The White Ape Demon Lord transformed into its enormous original form and fought wildly, but Wei Fan and Long Xueyi battered it with martial arts and sword strikes.
• Wei Fan summoned the divine weapon Yellow Dragon Spear and pierced the White Ape Demon Lord’s abdomen, shattering its Demon Pill.

Wei Fan killed the White Ape Demon Lord, and Situ Feng drove off the Black Python Demon Lord before ordering Wei Fan to level Qingyun Mountain. Wei Fan rallied the human army and confronted a powerful demon whose origins near Su City were unclear.

• Wei Fan shattered the White Ape Demon Lord’s Demon Pill, destroyed its fleeing soul, and gained cultivation power.
• The Black Python Demon Lord tried to end the battle, but Situ Feng attacked with Long Jianying’s Fledgling Eagle Sword and severed part of the demon’s tail before it escaped.
• Situ Feng handed Wei Fan his commander’s token and ordered him to return to Qingyun City and sweep the demons from Qingyun Mountain.
• Wei Fan announced the Demon Lords’ defeat to the battlefield, rallied the human forces, and urged them to counterattack and level Qingyun Mountain.
• Wei Fan intervened when a powerful demon rallied the retreating demons; its scale plate blocked his mental assault, and he questioned whether it came from near Su City.

Wei Fan killed the Flood Dragon Demon and helped the human army conquer Qingyun Mountain, then discovered a new threat in the Golden Sculpture Clan across Black Wind Ridge. While exploring the Black Python Demon Lord's lair, he found the Divine Realm Chapter of the Great Sun Collapse Fist.

• Wei Fan killed the Flood Dragon Demon with one finger, gaining 3,600 years of cultivation power as the surviving demons fled.
• Wei Fan and the human army pursued the demons into Qingyun Mountain and captured the mountain, while Chen Qiming organized the troops and Zhang Xianlong asked after Situ Feng.
• The army found humans and half-demons being raised as food, and Zhou Zhenyuan explained that the Golden Sculpture Clan controlled the territory beyond Black Wind Ridge.
• A Golden Sculpture watched from the sky but withdrew without attacking, and Wei Fan joined Chen Qiming to explore the Black Python Demon Lord's lair.
• Zhang Xianlong showed Wei Fan a collection of human martial arts manuals, and Wei Fan found the Divine Realm Chapter of the Great Sun Collapse Fist.

Wei Fan learned the Divine Weapon Technique, forged the Tiger Soul Saber into a medium-grade divine weapon, and strengthened his soul before departing Qingyun Mountain with a convoy bound for Su City. As the procession traveled, he waited to lure out Fu Shizheng, who finally appeared on the second day.

• Wei Fan learned the Divine Weapon Technique and used Solar True Fire to extract supreme-grade materials from the White Ape Demon Lord's semi-divine weapon.
• Wei Fan forged the Tiger Soul Saber and tempered it into a medium-grade divine weapon, then spent his Soul Cultivation Power expanding his sea of consciousness.
• Long Xueyi and Situ Feng arrived, and Wei Fan joined the convoy carrying seized supplies and fallen soldiers back to Su City.
• Wei Fan rode near the front with his Yellow Dragon Spear and secretly tempered it, while Long Xueyi realized he was trying to draw out Fu Shizheng.
• On the second day of travel, Fu Shizheng emerged from the woods, and Chen Qiming challenged him.

Wei Fan confronted Fu Shizheng, who admitted betraying the human race for the Heavenly Peng Body Cleansing Technique and the chance to reach the Martial Venerable Realm. Wei Fan revealed his extraordinary soul-trained martial arts and wounded Fu Shizheng, leaving their battle underway.

• Fu Shizheng ordered Chen Qiming and the others to leave, while Li Chuyang demanded revenge for He Taixian.
• Wei Fan sent the group away and confronted Fu Shizheng, explaining that the White Elephant Demon Lord had exposed Fu's role in the attempt on his life.
• Fu Shizheng confessed that demons and monsters had offered him the Heavenly Peng Body Cleansing Technique in exchange for killing He Taixian or Situ Feng, and demanded Wei Fan's treasure.
• Long Xueyi revealed herself as a Divine Martial Grandmaster and refused to leave, but Wei Fan told her to hold back as Fu Shizheng attacked.
• Wei Fan countered Fu Shizheng's Vast Void Sun Collapse Palm with his soul-trained Great Sun Collapse Fist, then used the Dragon's Roar Sky Shattering Finger to blast open Fu Shizheng's chest.

Wei Fan defeated and killed Fu Shizheng, then obtained the Heavenly Peng Body Cleansing Technique from his storage gourd. He and Long Xueyi concealed the technique and Fu Shizheng’s death from the others, while Wei Fan wondered whether he could temper the Great Thunder Bell as a divine weapon.

• Fu Shizheng drew his low-grade divine sword, but Wei Fan revealed the mid-grade Tiger Soul Saber and overwhelmed him with perfected saber momentum.
• Wei Fan struck Fu Shizheng down, imprisoned his soul, and demanded the Heavenly Peng Body Cleansing Technique; Fu Shizheng said it was in his gourd before Wei Fan destroyed his soul.
• Wei Fan took Fu Shizheng’s gourd and divine weapon, found the Heavenly Peng Body Cleansing Technique, and gained cultivation power for killing him.
• Long Xueyi told Wei Fan not to reveal the technique or give it to the Demon Suppressing Division, and Wei Fan agreed.
• Chen Qiming, Zhang Xianlong, Situ Ying, and Li Chuyang arrived; Li Chuyang took Fu Shizheng’s head to honor his slain master, and the group agreed to conceal Wei Fan’s role in the killing.
• As the group continued onward, Wei Fan wondered whether the Divine Weapon Technique could temper the Great Thunder Bell, and his panel began to flicker.

Wei Fan strengthened the Great Thunder Bell and returned to Su City, where Elder Huo appointed him and Long Xueyi acting commanders to restore order. After learning that powerful officials protected the Peach Demon of Taoyuan Town for its life-extending fruit, Wei Fan prepared to confront it, while revealing that he had killed Fu Shizheng.

• Wei Fan spent twenty thousand years of cultivation power improving the Great Thunder Bell, whose transformations grew vast or tiny and whose power included thunder.
• The army arrived in Su City, where citizens recognized Wei Fan and spread exaggerated rumors about his ruthless reputation.
• Elder Huo appointed Wei Fan and Long Xueyi acting commanders and assigned Long Xueyi to Nine Bends Mountain and Wei Fan to warn the Peach Demon of Taoyuan Town.
• Elder Huo explained that powerful figures in Tongzhou protected the Peach Demon because its fruit extended life, and Wei Fan revealed that he had killed Fu Shizheng.
• Situ Ying and Fang Shaoling brought Wei Fan and Long Xueyi Mysterious Gold Fish Scale Heavy Armor and urged them to set out.

Wei Fan rode to Taoyuan Town as the Demon Suppressing Division’s new commander and confronted the Peach Tree Demon over its human sacrifices. The demon revealed its intention to devour Wei Fan and transform, while Wei Fan killed the Zhao Family Ancestor and prepared to fight.

• Wei Fan donned Mysterious Gold Fish Scale Heavy Armor and led Situ Ying and the others toward Taoyuan Town.
• Wu Shiping told Wei Fan that the Peach Tree Demon had increased its daily sacrifices and that the Zhao Clan had obstructed guards trying to rescue stolen children.
• The Peach Tree Demon learned that Wei Fan had arrived and, despite his interruption of the sacrifice, told him the rituals would stop and urged him to leave.
• Wei Fan refused, saying Elder Huo had sent him to knock sense into the demon, and the Peach Tree Demon recognized him and announced it would eat him to assume human form.
• The Peach Tree Demon tried to kill the Zhao Family Ancestor before facing Wei Fan, but Wei Fan pulled him away and then killed him himself.

Wei Fan killed the Peach Tree Demon after it tried to eat him, then returned to Merit Hall and learned that the demons of Nine Bends Mountain belonged to the Sacred Sect and should not be killed lightly. Back in his courtyard, he read the Heavenly Peng Body Cleansing Technique and began cultivating it with his stored cultivation power.

• Wei Fan waited for Taoyuan Town's civilians to flee, then fought the Peach Tree Demon and killed it with the Tiger Soul Saber.
• Wei Fan ordered Situ Ying and the others to execute the Zhao Clan members who resisted, while Wu Shiping arranged aid for the ruined town.
• Wei Fan harvested the Peach Tree Demon's tree core, left the remaining cleanup to his companions, and flew back to Merit Hall.
• Huo Tianzheng accepted the Peach Tree Demon's death but warned Wei Fan that the demons of Nine Bends Mountain belonged to the Sacred Sect and were dangerous to kill.
• Wei Fan returned to his courtyard, confirmed the Heavenly Peng Body Cleansing Technique appeared on his panel, and began adding cultivation power to it.

Wei Fan perfected the Heavenly Peng Body Cleansing Technique, increasing his potential fivefold before its benefits reached the limit of his current realm. At Su Guangwen’s funeral, Wei Fan confronted Du Haiping for mocking the grieving family, and Du Haiping tried to avoid punishment by invoking his master, Sun Jinglin.

• Wei Fan used cultivation power to master the Heavenly Peng Body Cleansing Technique, expanding his dantian and improving his potential fivefold.
• Wei Fan began tempering his body with the Purple Profound Martial Codex and agreed to attend Su Guangwen’s funeral after speaking with Ning Xuan.
• Wei Fan attended He Taixian’s funeral on behalf of the Demon Suppressing Division, then went with Deng Boyong to the Su Family to pay his respects to Su Guangwen.
• Wei Fan offered incense for Su Guangwen and tried to comfort Su Xuerong, who was grieving with Ning Xuan, Li Fengyi, and Peng Mingjie.
• Du Haiping arrived at the Su Family and taunted Su Xuerong, but stopped when he recognized Wei Fan and Deng Boyong.
• Wei Fan summoned Du Haiping and demanded to know who he was; Du Haiping identified himself as Sun Jinglin’s disciple and asked Wei Fan to forgive him.

Wei Fan executed Du Haiping for insulting fallen Demon Suppressing Division soldiers and agreed to force the three great sects to leave Su City's territory or destroy them. He then cultivated healing and soul-searching techniques and began refining the Mysterious Yellow Cauldron, which became a semi-divine weapon.

• Wei Fan ordered Du Haiping beheaded for mocking fallen soldiers at Su Guangwen's funeral, then told Deng Boyong to investigate and punish similar offenses against other soldiers' families.
• Wei Fan discussed removing the three great sects from Su City's territory with Huo Tianzheng and Long Xueyi, agreeing to give them a chance to leave before destroying those that refused.
• Wei Fan perfected the Soul Searching Technique and Spring Return Technique, expanded his Sea of Consciousness to two hundred zhang, and healed a cut on his arm.
• Wei Fan spent two thousand years of cultivation power refining the Mysterious Yellow Cauldron until it became a semi-divine weapon weighing more than ten million jin.