Chapter Summaries

Wu Zhao, the Female God, the Sky Devouring Goddess, and Goddess Hu Jiuxian arrived at the Divine Sword Sect as newly advanced Mid-Tier Heavenly Gods, confronting Eternal Night Heavenly Demon after he lost an arm. Faced with their overwhelming power, Eternal Night Heavenly Demon began considering escape.

• Wu Zhao, the Female God, and the Sky Devouring Goddess appeared as Mid-Tier Heavenly Gods, shocking Eternal Night Heavenly Demon and Ouyang Ke.
• The three women saw that Dugu Qingming, Yuwen Shengxin, and Lin Jiutian had severed Eternal Night Heavenly Demon's arm and were amazed by their feat.
• The Sky Devouring Goddess accused Eternal Night Heavenly Demon of threatening the Divine Sword Sect's disciples and its Sect Master's Wife.
• The Sky Devouring Goddess summoned her Cold Moon Divine Sword, while Goddess Hu Jiuxian and Wu Zhao, the Female God, displayed their divine powers.
• Eternal Night Heavenly Demon sensed that the three women could defeat him and began thinking about fleeing.

Eternal Night Heavenly Demon tried to escape the three Divine Sword Sect goddesses by throwing Ouyang Ke at them as a human shield. The Sky Devouring Goddess killed Ouyang Ke with a word, and Goddess Hu Jiuxian slew Eternal Night Heavenly Demon with a single Orchid Leaf, leaving the witnesses in shock.

• Eternal Night Heavenly Demon hurled Ouyang Ke toward the three goddesses and fled.
• The Sky Devouring Goddess spoke a single word, shaking Ouyang Ke into a mist of blood.
• Goddess Hu Jiuxian sent an Orchid Leaf after Eternal Night Heavenly Demon as he celebrated his escape.
• The Orchid Leaf pierced Eternal Night Heavenly Demon's defenses and killed him, and his corpse crashed into the ruins.
• Lin Jiutian, Ye Jingyun, Ye Xuan, Shi Qingxuan, Xiao Feng, Li Shengnan, Tuoba Kun, and the others stared in shock at the three goddesses' power.

Goddess Hu Jiuxian arrived after the Eternal Night Heavenly Demon’s defeat, but Hu Wanwan’s plea for revenge backfired when her master revealed she had joined the Divine Sword Sect. Hu Wanwan was left embarrassed as the three Sect Protecting Elders departed, leaving the sect’s disciples to continue their trials under Dugu Qingming’s arrangements.

• Hu Wanwan asked Hu Jiuxian to punish Dugu Qingming and the Divine Sword Sect disciples for sealing her cultivation.
• Hu Jiuxian scolded Hu Wanwan, revealed that she and the other two Mid-Tier Female Heavenly Gods were Sect Protecting Elders, and said Hu Wanwan was now also a Divine Sword Sect disciple.
• Wu Zhao, the Female God declared that the three elders would protect the sect’s disciples, while Lin Jiutian and the others marveled at the Esteemed Sect Master’s influence.
• The Sky Devouring Goddess told the disciples to follow Dugu Qingming’s arrangements, warned them not to grow complacent, and announced that the Divine Sword Sect held the top spots on four Heavenly Talent Rankings.
• Wu Zhao, the Female God, the Sky Devouring Goddess, and Hu Jiuxian vanished, leaving the disciples to continue their trials.

Lin Feng approved the killing of the Demon God Sect after Wu Zhao, the Female God and Goddess Hu Jiuxian reported its collusion with Outer Realm Heavenly Demons. As they headed for North City, the Demon God Sect Master remained confident that Eternal Night Heavenly Demon would soon be revived.

• Lin Jiutian and the others learned that their fellow disciples had claimed the top places on the four major Heavenly Talent Rankings and prepared to prove themselves in the ruin.
• Dugu Qingming freed Hu Wanwan from her seal and welcomed her as a disciple of the Divine Sword Sect.
• Lin Feng watched events in the Dragon Phoenix Heavenly Talent Ranking ruin and praised Wu Zhao, Sky Devouring, Hu Jiuxian and Dugu Qingming for confronting Eternal Night Heavenly Demon.
• Wu Zhao, the Female God and Goddess Hu Jiuxian told Lin Feng that they had slain a surviving Outer Realm Heavenly Demon and suspected the Demon God Sect of colluding with its kind.
• Lin Feng authorized the three women to destroy the Demon God Sect and promised to support them against anyone who betrayed humanity.
• The Demon God Sect Master predicted that Ouyang Ke would revive Eternal Night Heavenly Demon and make his sect dominant in North City.

The Dragon Phoenix Heavenly Talent Ranking announced that Demon Son Ouyang Ke and the Outer Realm Heavenly Demon Eternal Night had been slain by an unidentified expert, whom the Demon God Sect Master and elders believed to be a True God. Three mysterious goddesses then annihilated the Demon God Sect, and news of the sect’s betrayal and destruction shocked the tournament’s other factions.

• The Dragon Phoenix Heavenly Talent Ranking revealed that Demon Son Ouyang Ke and the Mid-Tier Heavenly God-level Outer Realm Heavenly Demon Eternal Night had been slain by an unidentified expert.
• The Demon God Sect Master and elders concluded that the unidentified killer was a True God and feared the sect would be destroyed.
• Three peerless women appeared above the Demon God Sect and condemned it for betraying humanity and colluding with Outer Realm Heavenly Demons.
• The three women unleashed violet-gold pressure that crushed the Demon God Sect Master, its elders, and the sect’s buildings, erasing the sect.
• Other factions at the Four Cities Heavenly Talent Martial Arts Tournament learned that the Demon God Sect had colluded with Outer Realm Heavenly Demons and been annihilated by three mysterious True Gods.

Yuwen Huaji sensed that his daughter had survived by reincarnating, while the Sky Devouring Goddess, Wu Zhao, and Hu Jiuxian reported that they had destroyed the Demon God Sect and were ordered to resume training. As the Four Cities Heavenly Talent Martial Arts Tournament relic trials neared their end, Divine Sword Sect disciples dominated rankings across multiple fields.

• Yuwen Huaji sensed his daughter's aura and realized she had survived by using a Great Divine Ability to reincarnate.
• The Sky Devouring Goddess, Wu Zhao, and Hu Jiuxian reported to Lin Feng that they had wiped out the remaining members of the Demon God Sect.
• Lin Feng praised the three women and ordered them to return to the Ancient Heavenly God King Inheritance Palace Ruins to cultivate.
• Jun Lingtian and Little Monk Seven Precepts seized first place in the Demon Son and Buddha Son rankings, while Wenren Yin Mei, Yao Wujiang, and Ximen Ling'er took the top three Royal Family spots.
• Long Qingcheng, Meng Xiaoxing, and Xiao Qingtian claimed the top three Weapon Dao places, while Dugu Qingming, Yuwen Shengxin, Lin Jiutian, and others monopolized the top ten Dragon Phoenix positions.
• Bi Xiao and Shi Feixuan topped the Pill Dao and Poison Path rankings, while Fire God Lin and Dongfang Qingyao dominated the Exotic Beast ranking through their divine beast bloodlines.

The Divine Sword Sect claimed first place on all nine Heavenly Talent Rankings, astonishing the four cities and drawing countless people toward the sect. Lin Feng anticipated the final Eternal Heavenly Talent Ranking, where his disciples would face hidden talents from other states.

• Dugu Qingming took first place on the Peerless Beauty Heavenly Talent Ranking, while other Divine Sword Sect women filled the top ten.
• Martial artists across the four cities saw the Divine Sword Sect sweep all nine rankings and rushed to join it.
• The relic trials ended, and the ranked disciples prepared to receive rewards before entering the Eternal Heavenly Talent Ranking relic.
• The chapter explained that hidden talents from other states would compete in the final ranking, making it far more difficult than the individual rankings.
• Lin Feng watched the rankings from Heaven-Defying Peak and said his disciples were ready to face talents from beyond Pingzhou.

Yuwen Huaji arrived in Pingzhou to search for his daughter, Yuwen Shengxin, and enter the Eternal Heavenly Talent Ranking ruins to devour the talents gathered there. Though he appeared to be a gentle, devoted champion of the weak, he was secretly a ruthless demon who preyed on heavenly talents.

• Divine Sword Sect elders and disciples celebrated as their talents occupied all nine major rankings.
• Yuwen Huaji descended at the border of Pingzhou in a magnificent dragon carriage, accompanied by more than a hundred holy sons and saintesses.
• Yuwen Huaji suspected that his daughter had reincarnated in Pingzhou to evade his Spiritual Sense and noted that the region was holding the Heavenly Talent Martial Arts Tournament.
• Yuwen Huaji set out to find Yuwen Shengxin and consume the fortune, blood qi, innate bones, physiques, Divine Abilities, and techniques of the tournament's heavenly talents.
• Yuwen Huaji's followers revered him as a powerful, humble, devoted man, unaware that he was a ruthless demon who secretly devoured other talents.

Yuwen Huaji hid his identity as the demon who devoured Heavenly Talents while publicly claiming he would hunt the demon in the Eternal Heavenly Talent Ranking ruins. At the Divine Sword Sect, Lin Feng saw the nine Heavenly Talent Rankings grant rewards to their listed names.

• Yuwen Shengxin had witnessed Yuwen Huaji devour a Heavenly Talent, so he devoured his daughter too; she preserved a remnant soul and escaped to reincarnate.
• Yuwen Huaji told more than a hundred Holy Sons and Saintesses that he would enter the ruins to destroy the demon, concealing that he was the demon himself.
• Yuwen Huaji departed in his dragon carriage as the Holy Sons and Saintesses followed him toward the ruins.
• Lin Feng sensed the nine Heavenly Talent Rankings activate and used his Supreme Heavenly Eye to inspect the rewards appearing inside the ruins.
• The ranked Heavenly Talents received Dao rhymes and laws, while those ranked higher also gained divine abilities, wondrous arts, and magic treasures; Lin Feng noted that his disciples had received substantial rewards.

The Fortune Golden Dragon absorbed the aura of the nine Heavenly Talent Rankings, greatly strengthening the Divine Sword Sect’s fortune, before the rankings merged into the Eternal Heavenly Talent Ranking. Talented disciples entered its dangerous ruins to seek inheritances and seize identity talismans, while an unknown demon began devouring contestants and leaving them as dried corpses.

• The Fortune Golden Dragon swallowed the ancient aura of the nine rankings, causing its body to grow and the Divine Sword Sect’s fortune to surge around Lin Feng.
• The nine Heavenly Talent Rankings merged into the Eternal Heavenly Talent Ranking, whose appearance filled the Divine Sword Sect’s elders and disciples with confidence.
• Contestants from Pingzhou and other states entered the Eternal Heavenly Talent Ranking ruins, where they could pursue God and Demon inheritances and compete for identity talismans.
• Several contestants were drained of their cultivation, vital essence, and spirit, revealing that a demon was secretly cultivating by devouring them.
• As time passed, even powerful heavenly talents were found as dried corpses after their strength and vital essence had been consumed.

The Divine Sword Sect disciples discussed the demon preying on Heavenly Talents, and Yuwen Shengxin suspected that it was her father, Yuwen Huaji. Yuwen Huaji then arrived in the relic, pleased with the progress of his secret Demonic Cultivation and ready to keep hunting.

• The Divine Sword Sect’s ranked disciples searched the relic for inheritances and identity talismans, establishing themselves in the Eternal Heavenly Talent Ranking’s top hundred.
• Ye Xuan and the others discussed the demon draining Heavenly Talents, while Long Qingcheng vowed to kill it if she encountered it.
• Yuwen Shengxin recognized similarities between the demon’s methods and Yuwen Huaji’s past crimes, and resolved to expose and take revenge on him after the trial.
• Yuwen Huaji entered the relic in a dragon carriage accompanied by over a hundred Holy Sons and Saintesses.
• Yuwen Huaji reflected with satisfaction on his improved Demonic Cultivation and regarded the relic as a hunting ground for further victims.

Yuwen Huaji sensed that his daughter Yuwen Shengxin had reappeared and plotted to eliminate her while hiding his own demonic nature. He framed the Divine Sword Sect as a sect of demons, leaving the Holy Sons and Saintesses enraged and ready to target its disciples.

• Yuwen Huaji noticed Yuwen Shengxin on the Eternal Heavenly Talent Ranking and resolved to capture her again.
• Yuwen Huaji told the surrounding Holy Sons and Saintesses that a demon was devouring heavenly talents in the ruins, then pretended to deduce the culprit's identity.
• Yuwen Huaji accused the Divine Sword Sect and its Sect Master of using demonic cultivation to devour heavenly talents and explain the sect's sudden rise.
• The Holy Sons and Saintesses believed Yuwen Huaji's claims and became eager to destroy the Divine Sword Sect.
• Yuwen Huaji planned to use the heavenly talents to hunt the Divine Sword Sect disciples and kill Yuwen Shengxin while he continued devouring others undetected.

Rumors spread through the Eternal Heavenly Talent Ranking ruins that the Divine Sword Sect’s disciples were demons who devoured martial artists, and the geniuses began hunting them. After learning of the accusations and the siege, Lin Jiutian and the others grew furious and prepared to retaliate against whoever was behind the plot.

• News accused Dugu Qingming, Yuwen Shengxin, Lin Jiutian, Jun Lingtian, and the other Divine Sword Sect disciples of devouring talented martial artists’ blood essence and cultivation.
• The geniuses in the ruins split between those who believed the accusations, those who stayed neutral, and a few who defended the sect.
• The majority began searching for the Divine Sword Sect disciples and launched a joint manhunt to kill them.
• Dugu Qingming, Yuwen Shengxin, Wenren Yin Mei, Lin Jiutian, Little Monk Seven Precepts, and the others learned of the accusations and suspected someone was using them to kill by proxy.
• Lin Jiutian condemned the slander and declared that the Divine Sword Sect would not fear anyone who challenged it.

Dugu Qingming and the Divine Sword Sect disciples vowed to punish those who slandered Lin Feng and their sect, while Lin Feng watched the events in the Eternal Heavenly Talent Ranking relic. He identified Yuwen Huaji as the mastermind behind the accusations and saw that he had already devoured hundreds of martial artists’ Blood Essence and cultivation.

• Dugu Qingming declared that the Divine Sword Sect would defend its name and execute those who offended it.
• Jun Lingtian, Wenren Yin Mei, and the other disciples pledged to stand with Dugu Qingming and punish anyone who disrespected Lin Feng or the sect.
• Yuwen Shengxin wondered whether Yuwen Huaji was the demon operating within the relic.
• Lin Feng used the Supreme Heavenly Eye to observe Yuwen Huaji and recognized him as a scheming villain targeting the Divine Sword Sect.
• Lin Feng saw that Yuwen Huaji had devoured the Blood Essence and cultivation of several hundred heavenly talent martial artists.

Lin Feng watched from the sidelines as Dugu Qingming and the Divine Sword Sect faced a challenge from Huang Jin Gang of the Savage Holy Land. After suspecting Yuwen Huaji might be Yuwen Shengxin’s father, Lin Feng chose to let the confrontation unfold, and Dugu Qingming demanded that Huang Jin Gang’s group surrender or face her wrath.

• Lin Feng decided not to help Dugu Qingming and the Divine Sword Sect disciples, believing they needed to prove themselves through danger.
• Lin Feng suspected that Yuwen Huaji was the father Yuwen Shengxin had described from her previous life and resolved to keep watching.
• Huang Jin Gang arrived with several dozen Saintesses and holy sons, introduced himself as the heir of the Savage Holy Land, and confronted Dugu Qingming’s group.
• Huang Jin Gang accused the Divine Sword Sect of devouring talented martial artists’ blood essence and cultivation, and demanded an explanation.
• Dugu Qingming refused to justify the sect’s actions and ordered Huang Jin Gang’s group to kneel, kowtow ten thousand times, surrender their identity inscriptions, and leave the ruins.

Huang Jin Gang attacked the Divine Sword Sect after Dugu Qingming provoked his pride, but Ye Jingyun stepped forward to defend the sect and unleashed the Savage God Fist. The chapter ended with Ye Jingyun’s Savage Ancient God phantom crushing Huang Jin Gang’s axe strike and leaving Huang Jin Gang shocked.

• Huang Jin Gang erupted in rage over Dugu Qingming’s demand that he kowtow, surrender his identity tokens, and leave the ruins.
• Huang Jin Gang swung his Meteor Axe at Dugu Qingming and the others, sending a massive axe-energy strike down toward them.
• Ye Jingyun stepped out and asked the Azure Nether Fairy and his junior brothers and sisters to let him begin the battle.
• Ye Jingyun condemned Huang Jin Gang for insulting the Divine Sword Sect and rose into the air with the Savage God Fist.
• Ye Jingyun’s Savage Ancient God phantom appeared and crushed Huang Jin Gang’s axe-energy strike before it could reach the sect members.

Ye Jingyun revealed the power of the Savage God Fist and killed Huang Jin Gang and the Saints and Saintesses accompanying him with a single punch. News of the Divine Sword Sect disciple’s strength spread through the Eternal Heavenly Talent Ranking ruins, leaving the other geniuses shocked.

• Huang Jin Gang and the other Saints and Saintesses realized Ye Jingyun had summoned the phantom of the Savage Ancient God.
• Ye Jingyun struck Huang Jin Gang with one punch, shattering the Meteor Axe and killing him before he could finish his threats.
• Ye Jingyun’s punch also killed the dozens of Saints and Saintesses behind Huang Jin Gang, and he collected their identity jade tokens.
• Ye Xuan and the other Divine Sword Sect disciples praised Ye Jingyun, who said he worked hard because his fellow disciples were more talented than him.
• News of Huang Jin Gang’s death at Ye Jingyun’s hands spread through the ruins and shocked the gathered geniuses.

After Ye Jingyun killed Huang Jin Gang with one punch, Yuwen Huaji blamed the Divine Sword Sect and urged Beimingzhou’s holy sons and Saintesses to hunt its disciples, while secretly planning to devour them. Outside the ruins, the Eternal Heavenly Talent Ranking revealed Huang Jin Gang’s death, leaving the martial arts factions stunned and fearing Beimingzhou would retaliate against the Divine Sword Sect.

• Ye Jingyun of the Divine Sword Sect killed Huang Jin Gang with one punch, prompting some holy sons and Saintesses to stop pursuing the sect’s disciples while others hunted them more aggressively.
• Yuwen Huaji learned of Huang Jin Gang’s death, privately praised the Divine Sword Sect’s strength, and resolved to devour its disciples’ Blood Essence and cultivation.
• Yuwen Huaji told his followers that Huang Jin Gang had died fighting demons and urged them to find and kill the Divine Sword Sect disciples.
• The Eternal Heavenly Talent Ranking displayed Ye Jingyun’s victory over Huang Jin Gang, shocking the martial arts factions watching from outside the ruins.
• The factions praised the Divine Sword Sect’s strength but feared Beimingzhou’s Savage Holy Land would retaliate and destroy it.

After Ye Jingyun killed Huang Jin Gang with one punch, the Savage Holy Land vowed to destroy the Divine Sword Sect and sent five Godly Realm experts. Lin Feng watched events unfold while his disciples feasted in the ruins.

• Martial factions reacted to Ye Jingyun defeating Huang Jin Gang, while a rumor accusing the Divine Sword Sect of demonic cultivation turned the sect into a target of public condemnation.
• Huang Li Shen, the peak Godly Realm Holy Lord of the Savage Holy Land, vowed revenge for Huang Jin Gang and ordered the Divine Sword Sect razed.
• Five intermediate Godly Realm experts departed the Savage Holy Land under Huang Li Shen’s decree.
• Lin Feng watched through the Supreme Heavenly Eye, praised Ye Jingyun, and noticed Yuwen Huaji acting sooner than expected.
• Lin Jiutian, Jun Lingtian, Ye Xuan, Ye Jingyun, Xiao Qingtian, Dugu Qingming, and Little Monk Seven Precepts enjoyed barbecue in the ruins.

Lin Jiutian and the others feasted on the Heavenly Spirit Deer and Xuanqing Bird prodigies they had defeated before Yuwen Huaji and Feng Qingguo arrived in the ruins. Feng Qingguo declared that she had come to kill the demon who had slain members of the Nine Phoenix Dynasty.

• Dugu Qingming and the others defeated the Heavenly Spirit Deer and Xuanqing Bird prodigies, then turned them into barbecue.
• Wenren Yin Mei roasted the meat with the Divine Phoenix Leaving Fire, and Lin Jiutian, Jun Lingtian, Little Monk Seven Precepts, and the others feasted.
• Yuwen Huaji arrived in a dragon carriage with more than a hundred Holy Sons and Saintesses and took an interest in the Divine Sword Sect.
• Feng Qingguo descended in a phoenix carriage with several hundred Golden Armored Guards and received Yuwen Huaji's greeting.
• Feng Qingguo announced that she had come to kill the demon who had slain royal descendants of the Nine Phoenix Dynasty.