Chapter Summaries

After refining the Fruit of Destiny, Lin Feng broke through from the Human Venerable Realm to the Saint Venerable Realm and surveyed the Divine Sword Sect’s progress. The Brave and Valiant Great Emperor continued to struggle on the Emperor Ascension Platform.

• Lin Feng awakened from cultivation and realized the Fruit of Destiny had helped him comprehend a trace of Pangu's Path of World Creation, advancing him to the Saint Venerable Realm.
• Lin Feng inspected the sect through the system map and saw its disciples, elders, and experts cultivating across their assigned peaks, ruins, and sacred grounds.
• Lin Feng noticed Dongfang Qingyao awakening her Progenitor Bloodline and decided to visit her more often.
• Lin Feng observed Fire King Lin and Nangong Mutian cultivating diligently amid the Divine Sword Sect’s growing ranks of powerful experts.
• The Brave and Valiant Great Emperor repeatedly climbed the Emperor Ascension Platform, but its pressure hurled him down bloodied and vomiting blood.

Lin Feng admired the Divine Sword Sect’s growth before returning to cultivation. In South City, Di Shitian vanished after ordering the Heavenly Demon Sect to disband, but the Great Elder convinced the fiends it was a loyalty test, and they set out to find their Sect Master.

• Lin Feng surveyed Divine Sword City’s prosperity and the Divine Sword Sect’s rapid growth, then resumed cultivating.
• The Heavenly Demon Sect’s disciples found Di Shitian missing and heard his jade talisman announce that the sect would disband.
• The fiends questioned the order, and the Great Elder claimed Di Shitian was testing their loyalty.
• The fiends accepted the Great Elder’s explanation and rushed out to search for Di Shitian.
• The Great Elder detected Di Shitian’s concealed aura and pursued it with hundreds of fiends.

Di Shitian fled the Heavenly Demon Sect on a Flying Battleship and followed his inner sense to the Divine Sword Sect, unaware that hundreds of demons were pursuing him. When he appeared above the sect as a terrifying demon, its powerful figures began rushing to confront him.

• Di Shitian smugly believed the jade talisman he left behind would cause the Heavenly Demon Sect to disband, and continued toward the Divine Sword Sect.
• Di Shitian arrived above the Divine Sword Sect, where his demonic aura and clouds frightened the disciples below.
• Xuanyuan Qingtian, Dugu Qingming, Hu Xian, Fire King Lin, Nangong Mutian, and the Brave and Valiant Great Emperor sensed Di Shitian and hurried toward the Sect Gate to confront him.
• In Divine Sword City, Wu Shentong sensed a powerful aura and stirred in the Sword Forging Pavilion.

Di Shitian arrived at the Divine Sword Sect and claimed that he had disbanded the Heavenly Demon Sect to join the righteous path. The Sect’s powerful experts attacked him as a liar, leaving him desperately calling on the Esteemed Sect Master to save him.

• Wu Shentong sensed powerful demonic qi and rushed out to confront its source.
• Di Shitian arrived at the Divine Sword Sect’s gate and found seven powerful experts waiting for him.
• Di Shitian told Xuanyuan Qingtian, Dugu Qingming, and the others that he had disbanded the Heavenly Demon Sect and wanted to join the Divine Sword Sect as a disciple.
• Dugu Qingming accused Di Shitian of lying and attacked him, while Xuanyuan Qingtian and the others joined in.
• Di Shitian abandoned his act and shouted for the Esteemed Sect Master to save him.

Lin Feng recognized Di Shitian as a Heavenly Talent Disciple Template: a Human Immortal who had seized a body that projected an Extreme Dao Saint’s aura. After Lin Feng stopped the Divine Sword Sect’s experts from killing him, Di Shitian faced the sect master.

• Lin Feng used the Heavenly Secret Art to learn that Di Shitian was two thousand years old, had a Heavenly Demon Tyrant Body, and possessed Human Immortal cultivation despite his fearsome aura.
• Lin Feng guessed that Di Shitian had revived by seizing a demonic sect master’s body and decided to accept him into the Divine Sword Sect.
• Xuanyuan Qingtian, Dugu Qingming, Nangong Mutian, and the other Supreme Experts nearly killed Di Shitian at the Sect Gate.
• Lin Feng ordered the experts to stop and appeared before them in a display of overwhelming power.
• Lin Feng looked at Di Shitian and noted the contrast between his Extreme Dao Saint aura and his low cultivation.

Di Shitian left the Heavenly Demon Sect and begged Lin Feng to accept him into the Divine Sword Sect, where Lin Feng revealed his Heavenly Demon Tyrant Body and began helping him awaken it. Di Shitian started comprehending the Heavenly Demon Breathing Technique.

• Di Shitian knelt before Lin Feng, disbanded the Heavenly Demon Sect, and asked to become a Divine Sword Sect disciple.
• Lin Feng accepted Di Shitian, prompting the system to reward him with the Heavenly Demon Breathing Technique, the Heavenly Demon Art, and the Nine Heavens Demonic Qi Pot.
• Lin Feng told Di Shitian that he possessed the Heavenly Demon Tyrant Body and promised to help awaken it.
• Lin Feng sent the Heavenly Demon Breathing Technique into Di Shitian's mind and urged him to comprehend it.
• Di Shitian sat cross-legged and began studying the technique.

Di Shitian used the Heavenly Demon Breathing Technique to awaken the Heavenly Demon Tyrant Body, break through to the True Immortal Realm, and earn Lin Feng’s full loyalty. Lin Feng gave him the Heavenly Demon Art and Nine Heavens Demonic Qi Pot, then directed him toward the sect’s handyman disciple peak and the Ancient Heavenly Demon Sect Ruins.

• Lin Feng gave Di Shitian the Heavenly Demon Breathing Technique, and Di Shitian endured its pain as his body and foundation transformed.
• Di Shitian awakened the Heavenly Demon Tyrant Body, rose from the Human Immortal Realm to the True Immortal Realm, and pledged his gratitude to Lin Feng.
• Lin Feng bestowed the Heavenly Demon Art and Nine Heavens Demonic Qi Pot upon Di Shitian, bringing his loyalty to one hundred percent.
• Lin Feng told Di Shitian to seek the Cosmos Heavenly Ladder assessment and explore the Ancient Heavenly Demon Sect Ruins before returning to Heaven-Defying Peak.
• The other cultivators returned to their territories after regarding Di Shitian as a future Demon Venerable.

Di Shitian reflected on his good fortune as a Divine Sword Sect disciple while Little Monk Seven Precepts arrived to destroy the Heavenly Demon Sect and found it abandoned. After Seven Precepts pursued the sect’s trail toward West City, a black-robed youth appeared outside its lair and vowed to erase it.

• Di Shitian decided to cultivate diligently and advance through the Divine Sword Sect after considering the opportunities Esteemed Sect Master had given him.
• Little Monk Seven Precepts, Buddha Son of Pudu Temple, appeared over the Heavenly Demon Sect and sought revenge for the monks its members had killed.
• Seven Precepts found no devils at the sect and followed their lingering aura toward West City.
• Seven Precepts crossed tens of thousands of miles with a Buddhist movement technique to pursue the fleeing devils.
• Several hours later, a black-robed youth appeared outside the Heavenly Demon Sect and declared that he would destroy it for rejecting his offer to submit.

Jun Lingtian discovered that the Heavenly Demon Sect had fled to West City and set off to challenge Seven Precepts. At the Divine Sword Sect, Di Shitian marveled at its immense resources, while the Heavenly Demon Sect’s fiends arrived to welcome their missing Sect Master.

• Jun Lingtian sensed the Heavenly Demon Sect had fled to West City and detected Seven Precepts searching for them.
• Jun Lingtian decided to travel to West City and compete with Seven Precepts again.
• Di Shitian reflected on the Divine Sword Sect’s rankings, treasures, and ruins before studying the Ancient Heavenly Demon Stele.
• The Heavenly Demon Sect’s Great Elder led the fiends to the Divine Sword Sect, believing their Sect Master was there.
• The fiends shouted welcomes and praise for their Sect Master as they waited for him to appear.

Di Shitian discovered that the Heavenly Demon Sect had followed him to the Divine Sword Sect despite his order to disband, threatening to make Lin Feng think he had lied. As Di Shitian confronted his former followers, their Great Elder announced they had come to welcome him back, leaving Di Shitian furious and unwilling to return.

• Di Shitian heard the Heavenly Demon Sect demons outside and panicked that Lin Feng would believe he had deceived him about disbanding the sect.
• Lin Feng spotted hundreds of demons at the Sect Gate and suspected Di Shitian had lied, while the Divine Sword Sect's disciples and elders prepared to defend the sect.
• Di Shitian flew to the Sect Gate, where the Heavenly Demon Sect demons and elders welcomed him and praised his increased power.
• The Great Elder told Di Shitian that the group had come to welcome him back to the Heavenly Demon Sect, and Di Shitian silently cursed them for ignoring his orders.

Di Shitian tried to get the Heavenly Demon Sect followers to leave him alone, but they misread his order to disband as a loyalty test. He decided to bring them into the Divine Sword Sect instead, leaving them stunned by his announcement that he had joined it as an inner disciple.

• Di Shitian demanded to know why the Heavenly Demon Sect elders and fiends had come after him instead of disbanding the sect.
• The Grand Elder and the others declared that they had recognized his order as a test of their loyalty and vowed never to betray him.
• Di Shitian realized the followers would not leave, then decided to recruit them into the Divine Sword Sect.
• Di Shitian told the Heavenly Demon Sect followers that he had become a Divine Sword Sect inner disciple and could recommend them to join.
• The followers stared at him in disbelief, shocked that their powerful sect master had joined an unfamiliar sect in West City.

Di Shitian asked Lin Feng to accept the Heavenly Demon Sect into the Divine Sword Sect, and Lin Feng agreed on the condition that the newcomers follow the sect’s rules. Di Shitian led them inside to show them the sect, and they were stunned by its extraordinary sights and spiritual energy.

• Di Shitian demanded that the Heavenly Demon Sect demons join the Divine Sword Sect, then respectfully asked Lin Feng to accept them.
• Lin Feng allowed the demons to join under Di Shitian’s management and warned that he would punish anyone who harmed the sect’s reputation or broke its rules.
• Di Shitian told the demons to stop calling him Sect Master and led them into the Divine Sword Sect.
• The demons saw the Sect Gate’s Dao rhyme and sword intent, the Black Stone Tablet, and the sect’s immense spiritual energy, and they cried out that it contained a Super Spirit Vein.

Di Shitian led the Heavenly Demon Sect devils through the Divine Sword Sect, whose extraordinary treasures and powerful inheritances left them awed and eager to join. He made them probationary Handyman Disciples, and Lin Feng watched them begin their chores before returning to cultivation.

• Di Shitian showed the Heavenly Demon Sect devils the Divine Sword Sect’s Fortune Golden Dragon, treasures, sacred sites, and powerful figures, erasing their contempt for the sect.
• The devils willingly accepted the sect’s greatness and thanked the Sect Master for letting them join.
• Di Shitian assigned the devils as probationary Handyman Disciples and promised they could visit the Ancient Heavenly Demon Sect Ruins and study the Ancient Heavenly Demon Stele after their chores.
• The devils eagerly swept, cooked, and tended the grounds, hoping to become official Handyman Disciples and earn the Esteemed Sect Master’s favor.
• Lin Feng watched the devils work with satisfaction, then resumed cultivating as Dongfang Qingyao nestled closer to him.

Little Monk Seven Precepts and Jun Lingtian arrived at the Divine Sword Sect, agreeing to destroy the Heavenly Demon Sect before settling their old rivalry. They were stunned to find a Half-step Saint Realm demon sweeping the sect gate, then Jun Lingtian called for the Heavenly Demon Sect’s demons to come out and die.

• Little Monk Seven Precepts arrived amid golden Buddha Light, while Jun Lingtian emerged from black demonic clouds.
• Jun Lingtian and Seven Precepts recognized each other as rivals who had fought to a draw five hundred years earlier and agreed to confront the Heavenly Demon Sect first.
• The two turned toward the Divine Sword Sect and spotted a Half-step Saint Realm demon earnestly sweeping its gate.
• Jun Lingtian roared at the Heavenly Demon Sect’s demons to come out and face death.
• Divine Sword Sect disciples sensed the Buddhist and demonic pressure beyond their protective array and wondered why the visitors had come to West City.

Dugu Qingming and Lin Jiutian emerged to face Seven Jie and Jun Lingtian, who had come to challenge the Divine Sword Sect. Their overwhelming auras crushed the Buddhist light and demonic clouds, leaving the two visitors wary of the sect’s prodigies.

• Dugu Qingming left her cave dwelling after sensing the Buddhist son and demonic son threatening the Divine Sword Sect.
• Lin Jiutian stopped cultivating in the Heavenly Tomb Garden and flew toward the sect gate as other disciples and elders also sensed the intruders.
• Di Shitian led several hundred demons into action after learning that people from the South City's Buddhist Sect and Demonic Sect had arrived.
• Lin Feng watched Seven Jie and Jun Lingtian through the sect map and chose to let the sect’s disciples handle them.
• Dugu Qingming appeared before Seven Jie and Jun Lingtian and crushed their Buddha Light and demonic clouds with her aura.
• Lin Jiutian appeared beside Dugu Qingming, and Seven Jie and Jun Lingtian sensed the threat of his combined god-and-demon aura.

The disciples of the Heaven, Earth, and Human Rankings gathered at the Divine Sword Sect, astonishing Seven Jie and Jun Lingtian with their number and power. Di Shitian revealed that he and the Heavenly Demon Sect fiends had joined the sect, but when Seven Jie and Jun Lingtian demanded blood and threatened him, Dugu Qingming and Lin Jiutian stepped forward to confront them.

• More than a dozen prodigies from the Divine Sword Sect descended before Seven Jie and Jun Lingtian, displaying formidable powers and physiques.
• Seven Jie and Jun Lingtian were stunned by the gathering of Heaven, Earth, and Human Rankings disciples, several of whom surpassed them.
• Di Shitian emerged with several hundred fiends and told Seven Jie and Jun Lingtian that he had joined the Divine Sword Sect as an inner disciple, while the fiends had become probationary Handyman Disciples.
• Seven Jie rejected Di Shitian's plea to put the past behind them and demanded repayment for the monks the Heavenly Demon Sect had killed.
• Jun Lingtian threatened to kill Di Shitian for defying him, and Seven Jie and Jun Lingtian prepared to attack.
• Dugu Qingming and Lin Jiutian stepped forward, condemning Seven Jie and Jun Lingtian for threatening members of the Divine Sword Sect.

Lin Jiutian's insult drove Jun Lingtian and Seven Precepts to unleash their powers against him and Dugu Qingming. Lin Jiutian devoured Jun Lingtian's Demonic Lotus, while Seven Precepts launched his 108 Arhat Grand Formation at Dugu Qingming.

• Lin Jiutian called Jun Lingtian and Seven Precepts ignorant ants, provoking both of them.
• Jun Lingtian unleashed his demonic aura and attacked Lin Jiutian with a Demonic Lotus.
• Lin Jiutian summoned a Reincarnation Vortex that devoured the Demonic Lotus and advanced toward Jun Lingtian.
• Jun Lingtian recognized Lin Jiutian as his strongest opponent and answered with a demonic punch.
• Seven Precepts formed a 108 Arhat Grand Formation and sent its enormous golden palm crashing down toward Dugu Qingming.

Dugu Qingming endured Seven Precepts’ full assault without being harmed, while Lin Jiutian defeated Jun Lingtian and beat him until he agreed to join the Divine Sword Sect. The chapter leaves Seven Precepts exhausted and humiliated after failing to damage Dugu Qingming.

• Dugu Qingming let Seven Precepts’s golden Buddha palm strike her, and the attack shattered while she remained unharmed.
• Seven Precepts unleashed his full strength against Dugu Qingming, while Lin Jiutian held Jun Lingtian at bay with his Reincarnation Vortex.
• Lin Jiutian exhausted Jun Lingtian, struck him into the Sect Gate, and demanded that he submit to the Divine Sword Sect.
• Lin Jiutian punched Jun Lingtian repeatedly until Jun Lingtian agreed to submit and join the Divine Sword Sect.
• Seven Precepts ran out of strength attacking Dugu Qingming, who remained completely unharmed.

Dugu Qingming defeated Seven Jie, and Lin Jiutian knocked him into submission alongside Jun Lingtian, forcing both rivals to join the Divine Sword Sect. Lin Jiutian reported their surrender to Lin Feng, who inspected their information and saw that both had 70% loyalty.

• Dugu Qingming split Seven Jie's golden Buddhist palm with one strike and sent him crashing beside Lin Jiutian.
• Lin Jiutian repeatedly knocked Seven Jie on the head until he begged him to stop and agreed to join the Divine Sword Sect.
• Seven Jie and Jun Lingtian exchanged looks as they lamented being defeated and humiliated at the Divine Sword Sect.
• Lin Jiutian reported Seven Jie and Jun Lingtian's surrender to the Esteemed Sect Master and asked him to decide their fate.
• Lin Feng used the Heavenly Secret Art to inspect Seven Jie and Jun Lingtian, seeing that both had 70% loyalty.

Lin Feng accepted Seven Jie and Jun Lingtian into the Divine Sword Sect after taking a wisp of each of their divine souls to ensure their obedience. The two new disciples were assigned opportunities suited to their cultivation paths and left to face the humiliation of joining as Handyman Disciples.

• Lin Feng saw that Seven Jie and Jun Lingtian had rare physiques and high Luck Values, but decided to take a wisp of their divine souls because their loyalty was low.
• Seven Jie and Jun Lingtian surrendered their divine souls and entered the Divine Sword Sect as Handyman Disciples, with the chance to advance after the Cosmos Heavenly Ladder trial.
• Lin Feng offered Seven Jie the Vajra Arhat Tree and the damaged Ancient Buddhist Sect Nine-Layered Treasure Casket, and offered Jun Lingtian the Ancient Heavenly Demon Sect Ruins and the Ancient Heavenly Demon Stele.
• Dugu Qingming instructed the two to cultivate diligently, while Lin Jiutian warned them not to provoke her and boasted about the sect's rankings.
• After the other disciples returned to their cave abodes, Seven Jie and Jun Lingtian silently resented how Lin Jiutian's warning had further crushed their spirits.