Chapter Summaries

Ye Lanxi learned that the Demon God Hall had trapped nearly half the Human Race martial artists in District One at a top-grade Mystic-Rank Martial Skill site, and she left to gather survivors and stop the attack. Zi Lingling stayed behind to watch Xiao Chen absorb Demon Cores, as he prepared to take in a Half-Step General Realm core.

• Ye Lanxi received an urgent message reporting that the Demon God Hall had surrounded Human Race martial artists at a top-grade Mystic-Rank Martial Skill site with over a dozen Half-Step Demon Masters and more than two hundred Demon Disciple Eighth Level cultivators.
• Zi Lingling prepared to summon Devouring South King Manor's fighters, but Ye Lanxi warned her that they would be outmatched and explained the scale of the ambush.
• Ye Lanxi told Zi Lingling to guard Xiao Chen while she gathered the remaining Human Race martial artists, then departed using her moonlight technique.
• Zi Lingling watched Xiao Chen absorb the Demon Cores of five Three-Eyed Vicious Tigers without showing pain or exploding.
• Xiao Chen prepared to absorb the Half-Step General Realm Demon Core of a Three-Headed Leopard Demon, whose remaining essence soul released a terrifying demonic aura.

Xiao Chen survived absorbing the Three-Headed Leopard Demon's core, advanced to the fourth level of Sword Master, and demonstrated his power by splitting a hill with one sword strike. A frightened martial artist who had witnessed the Demon God Hall slaughtering humans chased after him, hoping he would intervene.

• The Three-Headed Leopard Demon's soul essence attacked Xiao Chen, but his Sword Qi destroyed its demonic aura while he absorbed the demon core.
• Zi Lingling mistook Xiao Chen's pain and unstable energy for signs of an impending self-destruction and fled in tears.
• After Zi Lingling left, Xiao Chen adapted to the demon power, advanced to the second level of Sword Master, and absorbed the entire core to reach the fourth level.
• Xiao Chen cut a hill with the Dragon Slayer Sword, and the delayed strike split it in two after he had walked away.
• A fat martial artist who had escaped a Demon God Hall massacre saw Xiao Chen's strength and ran after him, shouting, "Wait, big brother!"

Xu Shuai found Xiao Chen and told him the Demon God Hall was slaughtering Human Race martial artists in a nearby forest. Xiao Chen agreed to go with Xu Shuai, while the besieged fighters heard a false report that Xiao Chen was dead.

• Xu Shuai recognized Xiao Chen and begged him to rescue the Human Race fighters surrounded by the Demon God Hall.
• After learning that a top-grade Mystic-Rank Martial Skill was at stake, Xiao Chen decided to go and insisted that he and Xu Shuai needed no reinforcements.
• Xu Shuai led Xiao Chen toward the Demon Maple Forest, fearing they were walking into a deadly battle.
• In the forest, the Demon God Hall's forces surrounded the wounded Human Race martial artists, including Xu Potian.
• A round-faced defector claimed Xiao Chen had exploded to death after absorbing a Demon Core, and Xu Potian mourned the news.

Xuan Yuan Sheng Yi held Ye Lanxi and the Human Race captives at his mercy, demanding their submission while dismissing Xiao Chen as a weakling. The chapter ended with Xu Potian injured but defiant, as Xuan Yuan Sheng Yi gave the captives one hundred breaths to accept his degrading terms or die.

• Xuan Yuan Sheng Yi demanded that Ye Lanxi join the Demon God Hall, but she refused, and Liu Qingfeng warned him against harming her.
• Xu Potian revealed that Xiao Chen had killed members of the Demon God Hall, but Xuan Yuan Sheng Yi rejected the claims and mocked Xiao Chen.
• Xuan Yuan Sheng Yi learned that Xiao Chen had killed Nan Hengshan and A'Wu, then dismissed the reports and doubted that Xiao Chen had defeated Xue Wuhen.
• Xuan Yuan Sheng Yi kicked Xu Potian to the ground after Xu Potian continued to defend Xiao Chen and the Human Race.
• Xuan Yuan Sheng Yi ordered the men to kneel and become his dogs and the women to serve his men, giving the captives one hundred breaths to decide.

Xuan Yuan Sheng Yi forced the Human Race warriors to surrender and let the Demon God Hall prepare to prey on the women. When the brutes threatened Ye Qingxuan and mocked Xiao Chen, Xiao Chen suddenly appeared and demanded an explanation.

• Xuan Yuan Sheng Yi killed a Human Race warrior who resisted, frightening Zhang Mu and dozens of others into surrendering.
• Xuan Yuan Sheng Yi ordered the remaining Human Race warriors to die and claimed Ye Lanxi for himself while assigning the other women to the Demon God Hall.
• Demon God Hall brutes surrounded Ye Qingxuan, while Gou Shatian tried to defend her and was killed by a spectral wolf claw.
• The brutes mocked Ye Qingxuan and Xiao Chen before reaching for her clothes.
• Xiao Chen appeared in front of the brutes and demanded an explanation for their slander.

Xiao Chen stunned the Demon God Hall camp by defeating an eighth-level Demon Disciple with one punch, then faced Xuan Yuan Sheng Yi as Liang-ge and Mazi switched sides and revealed a Longevity Blossom. The chapter ended with Xuan Yuan Sheng Yi demanding to know whether Xiao Chen had obtained it.

• Xiao Chen arrived alive, and the Demon God Hall members reacted with disbelief while Liang-ge and Mazi discussed surrendering.
• Xiao Chen sent a Demon God Hall brute flying with one punch after the brute tried to strike him.
• Xuan Yuan Sheng Yi approached Xiao Chen and demanded that he become his dog.
• Liang-ge and Mazi defected to Xiao Chen, claiming they wanted to stand with justice.
• Mazi revealed that he had told Xiao Chen about a Longevity Blossom, prompting Xuan Yuan Sheng Yi to demand its location and ask whether Xiao Chen had obtained it.

Xiao Chen revealed that he had the Longevity Blossom, then refused to hand it over to Xuan Yuan Sheng Yi, who ordered the Demon God Hall warriors to kill him. Xu Potian and several others stood with Xiao Chen, and after Xiao Chen rescued Xu Potian from a brute, the two faced the surrounding warriors as the Blade and Sword Brothers.

• Xiao Chen showed Xuan Yuan Sheng Yi the Longevity Blossom but put it away when Xuan Yuan Sheng Yi reached for it.
• Xuan Yuan Sheng Yi called Xiao Chen a fraud and ordered his men to chop him into a hundred pieces.
• Xu Potian, Liu Qingfeng, Ye Lanxi, Zi Lingling, and other Human Race warriors joined Xiao Chen, while Ye Qingxuan insisted that Xiao Chen had saved her because he still cared for her.
• Xu Potian boasted that he and Xiao Chen were the Blade and Sword Brothers, then panicked when a Demon God Hall brute lifted him by the collar.
• Xiao Chen knocked the brute away with one punch, and Xu Potian challenged the more than two hundred Demon God Hall warriors to face their supposed Gaga Rampage.

Xiao Chen killed Niu Batian with one casual punch and forced Xuan Yuan Sheng Yi to consider surrendering a top-grade Mystic-Rank Martial Skill. As Xuan Yuan Sheng Yi hesitated, Lan Yudie accused Xiao Chen of betraying the Human Race.

• Niu Batian challenged Xiao Chen to a fight, and Xiao Chen killed him with a single punch.
• Xu Potian boasted about the Blade and Sword Brothers as the Demon God Hall members and Xuan Yuan Sheng Yi reacted in fear.
• Xuan Yuan Sheng Yi proposed that both sides leave peacefully, but Xiao Chen demanded the Starlight Fist in exchange for letting them go.
• Lan Yudie stepped forward and cursed Xiao Chen for bargaining with the Demon God Hall, blaming him for not saving her sooner.

Xiao Chen confronted Lan Yudie and Xuan Yuan Sheng Yi after saving the Human Race martial artists, refusing to back down despite threats from both. The chapter left him facing the prospect of Demon God Hall’s Three Demon Absolute Kill Formation after Zi Lingling explained its power.

• Lan Yudie called Xiao Chen a traitor, and Xiao Chen slapped her when she challenged him.
• Xiao Chen warned Lan Yudie that he would kill her if she spoke again, forcing her to fall silent.
• Xiao Chen demanded that Xuan Yuan Sheng Yi hand over the Mystic-Rank Martial Skill or die, and Xuan Yuan Sheng Yi threatened to use the Three Demon Absolute Kill Formation.
• Human Race martial artists urged Xiao Chen to give in, but he asked Ye Lanxi about the formation instead.
• Zi Lingling explained that fifty Demon God Hall martial artists could use the formation to summon three exotic beasts with power reaching the ninth level of the Demon Master Realm.
• Xuan Yuan Sheng Yi mistook Xiao Chen’s surprise for fear and taunted him.

Xuan Yuan Sheng Yi summoned three powerful demon beasts through a life-draining ritual, leaving the Human Race camp convinced they were doomed. Xiao Chen remained defiant as the beasts appeared and Xuan Yuan Sheng Yi challenged him.

• Xuan Yuan Sheng Yi ordered forty-nine ninth-level Demon God Hall martial artists to form the Three Demon Absolute Kill Formation and promised them compensation for sacrificing their lifespans.
• Xuan Yuan Sheng Yi and the other cultivators sacrificed years of life to summon a phantom, which consumed their offerings and sent down three balls of light.
• The Icefang Tiger, Dragonwing Leopard, and Demonflame Lion appeared at the fifth, seventh, and ninth levels of the Demon Master Realm.
• Lan Yudie feared the beasts were unbeatable, while Xu Potian prepared for death and Zi Lingling lamented not eating more of Xiao Chen's grilled meat.
• Xuan Yuan Sheng Yi mocked Xiao Chen and asked whether he still dared to act arrogantly with the three beasts present.

Xu Potian and Xiao Chen faced the Demon God Hall’s three powerful beasts, and Xiao Chen revealed overwhelming sword strength. The chapter ended with him defeating all three beasts with one strike, leaving Xuan Yuan Sheng Yi stunned.

• Xu Potian challenged the Human Race fighters to join him and Xiao Chen in fighting the three beasts, but they refused.
• Xu Potian asked Xiao Chen’s true realm and learned he was a fourth-level Sword Master, though he did not believe him.
• Xu Potian stepped forward to face the beasts, but his injuries left him unable to raise his saber, so Xiao Chen drew his sword.
• Xiao Chen’s Sword Qi shocked both the Demon God Hall and the Human Race as he began drawing his sword.
• The Icefang Tiger, Dragonwing Leopard, and Demonflame Lion attacked Xiao Chen together.
• Xiao Chen swung once, dispersed their attacks, and killed all three beasts, leaving Xuan Yuan Sheng Yi in disbelief.

Xiao Chen killed the three summoned beasts and accepted Xuan Yuan Sheng Yi’s Starlight Fist inheritance scroll in exchange for letting the Demon God Hall members leave. He then handed Lan Yudie over to Xuan Yuan Sheng Yi after she challenged his decision, and a Human Race youth accused him of going too far.

• Xiao Chen’s purple Sword Qi killed the three demon beasts after crushing their attacks.
• Xuan Yuan Sheng Yi admitted defeat, gave Xiao Chen the Starlight Fist inheritance scroll, and asked to leave; Xiao Chen agreed.
• Lan Yudie objected to Xiao Chen letting the Demon God Hall go and demanded that he hand over the martial skill.
• Xiao Chen pushed Lan Yudie toward Xuan Yuan Sheng Yi and said they could settle their private grudge themselves.
• Xuan Yuan Sheng Yi implied that he would force himself on Lan Yudie, who threatened Xiao Chen with her family’s power.
• A handsome youth who had surrendered alongside Lan Yudie accused Xiao Chen of treating a fellow Human Race member too harshly.

Xiao Chen drove off the Demon God Hall martial artists and collected the three giant beasts’ Demon Cores, while Lan Yudie’s threats raised fears of retaliation from her father, Lan Huchen. The chapter ended with Zi Lingling asking why Xiao Chen had not died after seeming ready to self-destruct.

• Xiao Chen struck down a youth who criticized him and threatened him with Sword Qi until he admitted Xiao Chen was being reasonable.
• Lan Yudie threatened Xiao Chen with retaliation from her father, Lan Huchen, but Xiao Zhouzi and Gang-ge stayed hidden, confident Zhenbei King Manor would protect him.
• Xiao Chen told Xuan Yuan Sheng Yi to leave, and Xuan Yuan Sheng Yi dragged Lan Yudie away while Ye Lanxi explained that the Zhenbei King had changed his attitude toward Xiao Chen because of his extraordinary talent.
• More than two hundred Demon God Hall martial artists fled, and Xiao Chen cut open the three giant beasts to take their Demon Cores.
• Zi Lingling asked Xiao Chen why he had not died after appearing about to self-destruct, and he warned her to watch her wording if she wanted to eat his roasted meat.

Xiao Chen tested his physical strength by lifting two demon beast corpses, revealing that his limit was thirty-five thousand pounds. Ye Lanxi then reported that traces of the Water-Fire Lotus had been found in the Second Zone.

• Xiao Chen decided to test his strength by lifting the Dragonwing Leopard and raised its fifteen-thousand-pound corpse overhead.
• Xiao Chen also lifted the much larger Icefang Tiger, astonishing the gathered cultivators.
• Ye Qingxuan suspected Xiao Chen had gained a powerful opportunity and began plotting to take it from him.
• Xiao Chen failed to lift the Demonflame Lion but estimated his physical strength at thirty-five thousand pounds.
• Ye Lanxi told Xiao Chen that someone had discovered traces of the Water-Fire Lotus in the Second Zone.

Ye Lanxi and Ye Qingxuan told Xiao Chen that the Water-Fire Lotus had appeared in the Second Zone, prompting the group to seek the Shadow Veil Gate. On the way back to Xiao Chen’s cave, Xu Potian confessed to Zi Lingling, who pointed to Xiao Chen as the man she liked, provoking Ye Qingxuan’s furious accusation.

• Ye Qingxuan explained that the Water-Fire Lotus was guarded by three Five-Clawed Serpent Dragons and would mature within half a month, so Ye Lanxi’s group needed to find the Shadow Veil Gate to reach the Second Zone.
• Ye Lanxi said two fifth-level Master Realm beasts guarded the Shadow Veil Gate and that only Xiao Chen could defeat them, prompting many martial artists to volunteer to search for it.
• Zi Lingling realized that the volunteers hoped to follow Xiao Chen into the Second Zone and privately decided she would charge them for the privilege.
• Xiao Chen agreed to let Ye Qingxuan move into his cave after Ye Lanxi pleaded on her behalf, and the group set off carrying demon beast meat.
• Xu Potian confessed his feelings to Zi Lingling, who said she liked Xiao Chen and challenged Xu Potian to kill him.
• Ye Qingxuan angrily accused Zi Lingling of stealing her future husband.

Ye Qingxuan and Zi Lingling fought over Xiao Chen, but he rejected Ye Qingxuan before Lin Qingxian arrived while fleeing the Blood Demonic Serpent. Lin Qingxian urged Xiao Chen to escape, while Xu Potian boasted that their team could kill the serpent.

• Ye Qingxuan argued with Zi Lingling over her feelings for Xiao Chen, and Xiao Chen told Ye Qingxuan their relationship was over.
• A wounded Lin Qingxian emerged from the forest with the Blood Demonic Serpent pursuing her and grabbed Xiao Chen's hand to lead him away.
• Xiao Chen stayed calm and teased Lin Qingxian, who warned him that the serpent was dangerously powerful.
• The Blood Demonic Serpent noticed the Demon Master Realm beast flesh carried by Xiao Chen's group and became terrified of its aura.
• Xu Potian introduced himself to Lin Qingxian and claimed the Blade and Sword Brothers could easily kill the serpent, but Lin Qingxian doubted him.

Xiao Chen frightened off the Blood Demonic Serpent, brought Lin Qingxian and the others to his well-stocked cave, and shared a meal with them. As he prepared to inherit the Starlight Fist, a woman approached, and he put the scroll away to confront her.

• Xiao Chen faced the Blood Demonic Serpent, which retreated in fear, while Lin Qingxian mistakenly blamed its departure on the aura of the Demon Master Realm meat.
• Xiao Chen invited Lin Qingxian to stay in his cave, making Ye Qingxuan jealous as she regretted how harshly she had treated him.
• Xiao Chen, Xu Potian, and Liu Qingfeng hauled the demon beast meat back to the cave, where everyone settled in for the night and ate Xiao Chen's roasted meat.
• Xiao Chen reflected on his transmigration and resolved to grow stronger as he stood beneath the moonlight with the Starlight Fist scroll.
• As Xiao Chen was about to begin the inheritance ritual, a fragrant breeze announced someone's arrival, and he put away the scroll and coldly asked what she wanted.

Xiao Chen rejected Ye Qingxuan and went to a lake to cultivate Starlight Fist, where Zhao Xinghe’s phantom demonstrated the technique. After struggling to draw down a single thread of starlight, Xiao Chen unexpectedly began drawing more, astonishing Xu Potian.

• Xiao Chen told Ye Qingxuan he had changed his mind about their future and left her beneath the moonlight; Ye Lanxi secretly rejoiced while pretending to sleep.
• Xiao Chen absorbed the Starlight Fist scroll by a lake and met its creator, Zhao Xinghe, within his Sea of Consciousness.
• Zhao Xinghe demonstrated Starlight Fist, praised Xiao Chen’s emperor body, and urged him to become a pillar of the Human Race.
• Xiao Chen began cultivating on his own and managed to draw down one thread of starlight after an hour of effort.
• Xu Potian spotted Xiao Chen practicing and was shocked when faint threads of starlight rose from Xiao Chen’s body.

Xiao Chen rapidly advanced in the Starlight Fist, astonishing everyone when he drew down starlight, then continued practicing while awaiting news of the Shadow Veil Gate. The chapter ended with Zi Lingling reporting that Xu Potian and Liu Qingfeng had been detained by the Demon Race there.

• Xu Potian saw Xiao Chen draw down starlight after about an hour of practice and returned to the cave in dismay.
• Zi Lingling doubted Xu Potian's claim until Xiao Chen demonstrated that he could draw down starlight in front of everyone.
• Xiao Chen practiced the Starlight Fist for eight days, drawing down starlight more quickly and in greater amounts but still not getting started.
• Zi Lingling announced that the Demon Race had detained Xu Potian and Liu Qingfeng at the Shadow Veil Gate.

Xiao Chen rushed toward the Shadow Veil Gate after learning that Xu Potian and Liu Qingfeng had been gravely wounded by its guardians. At the gate, Xuan Yuan Sheng Yi treated the two with precious pills while the Bloodfeather Skyhawks dismissed the threat posed by Xiao Chen.

• Zi Lingling told Xiao Chen that Xu Potian and Liu Qingfeng had found the Shadow Veil Gate and been badly injured by its guardians, so Xiao Chen set out with Ye Lanxi, Ye Qingxuan, Lin Qingxian, and Zi Lingling.
• Xuan Yuan Sheng Yi and the Demon God Hall faction waited at the gate, where the Bloodfeather Skyhawks guarded the entrance and Lan Yudie stood bound and disheveled.
• Xuan Yuan Sheng Yi gave Xu Potian a life-preserving pill, and Xu Potian urged him to give Liu Qingfeng one as well, warning that Liu Qingfeng was Xiao Chen's brother through life and death.
• Xuan Yuan Sheng Yi gave Liu Qingfeng a pill, but a Bloodfeather Skyhawk hurled him away for helping the humans.
• The Bloodfeather Skyhawk told Xuan Yuan Sheng Yi that Xiao Chen was no threat and challenged him to come.