Chapter Summaries

Wang Wu ground his Evil Wind Resistance for thirty years, enduring the plague’s increasingly dangerous stages until he escaped the heavenly tribulation’s lock. When he emerged from the Evil Wind Desert, he found Lu Wuchen waiting in the sky with a terrifying longsword.

• Wang Wu plucked ten Bear Fur hairs and stored them, then began grinding Evil Wind Bone Plague to raise his resistance.
• A tiny snake in the North Sea told Little Turtle that its plans would produce a second Demon Race supreme sovereign and spoke of the four hidden bloodline dragons and Five Aggregates Heaven Mending.
• Wang Wu initially planned to grind resistance for fifty years, but over twenty years his resistance rose as the plague became harder to contract and its benefits diminished.
• Wang Wu stopped avoiding the Evil Wind after contracting the plague, triggering its second and then third stages to gain resistance faster.
• Wang Wu spent nearly three years enduring the third stage, reached 4,000 Evil Wind Resistance, lost 800 years of lifespan, and escaped the heavenly tribulation’s lock after thirty years.
• Wang Wu emerged from the Darksteel Hut and saw Lu Wuchen hovering above the desert with a strange, terrifying longsword in each hand.

Wang Wu witnessed Lu Wuchen’s projection forcibly ascending Zhu Dachang, Old Turtle, and Yuchi Qianshan, then survived the fourth-stage Evil Wind Bone Plague that devastated the area. He recovered after three days, though the ordeal permanently reduced his lifespan and attributes, and left him with 5,000 Evil Wind Resistance and temporary protection from the heavenly tribulation.

• Wang Wu watched projected Lu Wuchen trap Zhu Dachang and Old Turtle with Yang Thunder, Yin Fire, and Evil Wind, then seize them and drag them into a giant disk after their attack cracked it and revealed a dark barrier beyond.
• Projected Lu Wuchen forced Yuchi Qianshan into the disk, then unleashed fourth-stage Evil Wind across the Evil Wind Desert to silence the witnesses.
• Wang Wu resisted the Evil Wind with Pale Fire, his Demon Cores, Spirit Pills, and spirit liquid while burrowing underground and rebuilding his body as it weathered away.
• Wang Wu survived the plague and recovered fully after three days, but lost 450 years of lifespan and 3,000 Health and Stamina Points, while gaining 1,000 Evil Wind Resistance.
• Wang Wu learned that the heavenly tribulation could no longer lock onto him for a long time and happily planned to deploy the Five Aggregates Spirit Array again.

Wang Wu completed the Five Aggregates Spirit Array, gained a clearer glimpse of the world’s prison-like nature, and refined six Seventh Rank Five Aggregates Spirit Pills. He decided to seek resources to upgrade his demon cores, then disguised himself as Yue Shan and flew toward the West Sea Coast.

• Wang Wu completed the Five Aggregates Spirit Array, which formed eighty-one streams of Pure Spirit Platform Energy around his demon soul and revealed a dangerous glimpse of the world’s hidden nature.
• Wang Wu refined six Seventh Rank Five Aggregates Spirit Pills and decided to use them to upgrade his three Dominant Body Demon Cores into Ruyi Demon Cores.
• Wang Wu disguised himself as Yue Shan and sensed that Yue Shan was in deep seclusion at Great Snow Mountain.
• Wang Wu rode his Destined Ice-Fire Flying Sword out of the Evil Wind Desert and reached the former West Sea Bee Kingdom, now home to human settlements and mining grounds.

Wang Wu reached Five Poisons on the West Sea Coast and warned him that Xiong Wu had arrived, but Five Poisons was shaken by Yuchi Qianshan’s death and concluded that Bear Sixteen had been impersonating Xiong Wu in the Southern Wilderness. Five Poisons refused Wang Wu’s plan to use him as bait and urged him to hide until the greater tide.

• Wang Wu avoided Five Poisons’s talisman traps and reached their secret meeting place, where Five Poisons tested his identity before accepting him.
• Five Poisons revealed that Yuchi Qianshan had died in Shamen Village and demanded that Wang Wu explain the conflicting reports about Xiong Wu.
• Wang Wu passed Five Poisons’s verification, and Five Poisons used the Heavenly Evolution Array and Truth-Verification Talisman to confirm his report.
• Five Poisons concluded that Bear Sixteen was impersonating Xiong Wu in the Southern Wilderness and complained about the hidden restrictions he had placed on Bear Sixteen and others.
• Wang Wu proposed using Five Poisons as bait, but Five Poisons rejected the plan and advised Wang Wu to hide at Great Snow Mountain or stay with him until the greater tide.

Wang Wu entered the port city disguised as Yue Shan and met Chen Damao to collect the proceeds from Yue Shan’s share in the Black Iron mine. After Chen Damao verified his identity and sword, he admitted Wang Wu to the great treasury and offered him fifty million dou of spirit energy in proceeds.

• Wang Wu left Five Poisons and flew to the port city to gather resources, relying on Yue Shan’s identity to pass the city’s defenses.
• The city guards registered Wang Wu and gave him a flying Dharma treasure for use inside the city.
• Wang Wu observed the city’s strict surveillance and considered the power of the Immortal Alliance and the possibility that their world was a social experiment.
• Wang Wu met Chen Damao, Lu Wuchen’s loyal Guardian Spirit Beast, and asked him to inspect his Destined Flying Sword.
• Chen Damao verified the sword, brought Wang Wu into the great treasury, and told him he could claim fifty million dou of spirit energy from Yue Shan’s share.

Wang Wu, disguised as Yue Shan, acquired Iron Essence and resources from Chen Damao before leaving for Cloud Cauldron City. Five Poisons suspected him of being Xiong Wu, then uncovered that his recurring episodes had predicted Xiong Wu’s rise and decided to report the latest prophecy to Mistress.

• Wang Wu asked Chen Damao about treasures and accepted Iron Essence, ten million dou of spiritual energy, and three treasures to support his attempt to advance to First Grade.
• Chen Damao directed Wang Wu to find Grandpa Huang in Cloud Cauldron City and help him obtain Five Aggregates Spirit Pills.
• After Wang Wu left, Five Poisons told Chen Damao he believed Yue Shan was Xiong Wu in disguise and planned to follow him to Cloud Cauldron City.
• Five Poisons suffered an episode, accused Yue Shan of being Xiong Wu, then took a pill and used a bronze mirror to review what he had said.
• Five Poisons recalled that his earlier episodes had foretold Xiong Wu’s emergence and concluded that his tenth episode confirmed the prophecy.
• Five Poisons decided he had to report his vision to Master and resolved to find Mistress because Master was in the North Sea.

Wang Wu arrived in Cloud Cauldron City disguised as Yue Shan and passed Grandpa Huang’s inspection, then reunited with Yue Shan’s fellow disciples. He began preparing a meeting gift for Wu Yiner by examining her flying sword.

• Wang Wu left Mysterious Iron City for Cloud Cauldron City while remaining wary of Five Poisons and the unresolved spy in the Southern Wilderness.
• Grandpa Huang greeted Wang Wu, inspected his cultivation, and found no sign that he was impersonating Yue Shan.
• Grandpa Huang took Wang Wu to Lu Wuchen’s former teaching grounds, where Zhenhai and Feng Yang welcomed him after more than a century apart.
• Zhenhai introduced his disciple Wu Yiner, and Wang Wu agreed to give her a meeting gift despite not carrying Yue Shan’s belongings.
• Wang Wu took Wu Yiner’s earthly third-grade flying sword to examine it.

Wang Wu gave Wu Yiner’s mentor the Five Aggregates Spirit Pills and displayed extraordinary divine-talisman skill, drawing the attention of Madam Lu. She then urged him to compete for the top five of the Heavenly Pride Ranking to help relieve Lu Wuchen’s political pressure, leaving Wang Wu trapped in preparations as Five Poisons arrived.

• Wang Wu agreed to give Third Senior Brother Zhenhai the Five Aggregates Spirit Pills as a meeting gift for Wu Yiner, who had begun cultivating a Metal Spirit Root to pursue revenge for her family.
• Wang Wu drew an Ice Divine Talisman with power that overwhelmed Zhenhai, Feng Yang, and Wu Yiner, and Zhenhai praised it as a first-rank talisman.
• Madam Lu arrived with Qin'er and another companion, greeted Wang Wu and the senior disciples, and expressed concern about Wang Wu’s past injuries and recovery.
• Madam Lu told Wang Wu to challenge the top five of the Heavenly Pride Ranking so he could help defend Lu Wuchen’s reputation, and Wang Wu pledged to spare no effort.
• Grandpa Huang promised Wang Wu personal guidance and whatever resources he needed for the ranking challenge, then Wang Wu spotted Five Poisons arriving.

Wang Wu tried to convince Madam Lu’s household that Yue Shan was determined to reach the top five of the Heavenly Pride Ranking, then received her support and was assigned to prepare for a match against Mu Qingli. He ended in the Lu Family’s mysterious treasury, where Grandpa Huang allowed him to choose rare treasures and one cultivation technique.

• Wang Wu pretended not to notice Five Poisons and vowed before Grandpa Huang to reach the top five of the Heavenly Pride Ranking, earning Grandpa Huang’s approval.
• Madam Lu sent Wang Wu a divine talisman and advised him not to put too much pressure on himself.
• Wang Wu returned to find Pine Skin apologizing for failing to notice his emergence from seclusion, and Grandpa Huang ordered Pine Skin to prepare a cultivation realm and gather information on Mu Qingli.
• Grandpa Huang teleported Wang Wu to the World- trấn giữ Treasure Cauldron and offered to lend him one magical treasure, but Wang Wu said he needed rare treasures and cultivation techniques instead.
• Grandpa Huang allowed Wang Wu to choose three rare treasures and one cultivation technique, then teleported him to another area.

Wang Wu entered the Enlightenment Divine Talisman and comprehended the Chaotic Sword Stance, then returned to the Peach Garden as the talisman crumbled. As the Heavenly Pride Ranking contest neared, Five Poisons secretly warned Wang Wu that he had to win or die.

• Wang Wu realized the empty city and its countless buildings were inside the Divine Talisman, then used his sword to comprehend the Chaotic Sword Stance and create the Borrowing Sword Stance.
• Wang Wu emerged from the talisman, which crumbled to ash, and Madam Lu praised him for comprehending one of the three sword arts in nine days.
• Madam Lu refused Five Poisons permission to enter the Heavenly Pride Ranking contest and ordered him to return to Mysterious Iron City to reflect.
• Five Poisons secured permission to remain in Peach Garden, then slipped a beetle into Wang Wu's hand before leaving for Mysterious Iron City.
• The beetle delivered Five Poisons' warning to Wang Wu: win the contest or die.

Five Poisons attacked Yue Shan’s secluded cultivation site, only for Yue Shan’s exposure to Five Poisons’ blood and poison to awaken his Ancient Bear Bloodline. Five Poisons then revealed that he was the Snake Emperor’s grandson and that Yue Shan and he were distant relatives, leaving both men stunned by the schemes behind their identities.

• Five Poisons decided to conceal Yue Shan’s impersonation until the Heavenly Pride Ranking contest ended and went to check whether the real Yue Shan was dead.
• Five Poisons flooded Yue Shan’s secluded cultivation site with his poison, dissolving its defenses and forcing Yue Shan to emerge badly injured.
• Five Poisons suffered a severe episode and fell into the poison, so Yue Shan dragged him out while the Five Poisons Spirit Energy nearly corroded Yue Shan to death.
• Yue Shan drank Five Poisons’ blood, awakening an Ancient Bear Bloodline that healed him and transformed him into a giant bear.
• Five Poisons told Yue Shan that Master was his father, the Snake Emperor’s daughter was his mother, and the two men were distant relatives caught up in the Snake Emperor’s scheme.

Yue Shan and Five Poisons uncovered their Snake Emperor heritage and learned that Lu Wuchen had killed Yuchi Qianshan, leaving them unsure whom to trust. After Yue Shan awakened as a powerful bear demon, the Divine Martial Demon Emperor urged them to attack Mysterious Iron City, but they chose to take resources and pursue their own freedom instead.

• Five Poisons revealed that his mother was the Snake Emperor's second daughter and that Yue Shan was a sealed bear whose mother had been killed by Lu Wuchen.
• Yue Shan and Five Poisons learned their family connections, discussed Lu Wuchen's secrets, and decided to head toward the Southern Wilderness rather than seek out Xiong Wu.
• Five Poisons revealed that Lu Wuchen had killed Yuchi Qianshan, and he foresaw that the First Madam and Grandpa Huang might pursue them.
• Yue Shan condensed three sixth-grade demon cores and transformed back into human form.
• The Divine Martial Demon Emperor welcomed Yue Shan's awakening and asked the pair to help take Mysterious Iron City.
• Yue Shan and Five Poisons rejected the attack, deciding to take resources, grow stronger, and live freely.

Lu Wuchen explained how he had used the Snake Emperor’s Hidden Dragons to trap it and revealed his ambitions to escape the prison. Wang Wu arrived at the Heavenly Pride Ranking battlefield and saw immense statues in the sky, leading him to suspect that powerful cultivators were captured and drained for Spiritual Essence.

• Lu Wuchen told Liu Wujiu and another vice leader that the Snake Emperor had been lured into the North Sea trap through its greed and the fate of its Hidden Dragons.
• Lu Wuchen revealed that Yue Shan was the true Hidden Dragon behind Xiong Wu, and that Five Poisons’ episodes and Yue Shan’s bloodline seal were connected parts of his plan.
• Lu Wuchen said he wanted to escape the prison rather than become a jailer, and hoped Yue Shan and Five Poisons would help create enough powerful, rebellious prisoners.
• Grandpa Huang gave Wang Wu the jade badge for ninth place and explained that he had to fight at least three battles in the Heavenly Pride Ranking contest.
• Wang Wu teleported with the other contestants to a vast formation high above the ground and spotted gigantic statues of humans, demons, dragons, and other beings in the dark sky.
• Wang Wu suspected that the heavenly prides would eventually be captured and drained for Spiritual Essence, as he believed had happened to other powerful cultivators.

Wang Wu realized that powerful beings could be captured and bled to replenish the prison world's dwindling Spiritual Essence, so he resolved to escape before the Heavenly Pride Ranking competition ended. He entered the ninth-place battlefield intending to exploit its turtle-shell arena, but the competition began with Liu Zongbai challenging him.

• Wang Wu suspected that Lu Wuchen and other prison guards captured powerful beings to replenish the heavens' declining Spiritual Essence, and worried that Guardian Spirit Beasts such as Chen Damao and Pine Skin could be next.
• Wang Wu decided to escape before the Heavenly Pride Ranking competition ended and noticed that Yu Jinyan had appeared among the competitors.
• The contestants followed the violet-gold banner to a gigantic turtle shell, where the ranking battles would take place behind separate curtains.
• Wang Wu entered the ninth-place battlefield and discovered that its First Rank turtle shell was weak enough for him to bore through.
• Liu Zongbai defeated Lu Yishu and immediately challenged Wang Wu for ninth place, prompting the ranking's rules to be announced.

On the Heavenly Pride Ranking battlefield, Wang Wu impersonated Yue Shan and faced Liu Zongbai, while a hidden alliance launched its long-planned jailbreak in the North Sea. The Snake Emperor and his allies attacked as the chapter ended with Liu Zongbai unleashing a sea of sword light at Wang Wu.

• Madam Lu and Grandpa Huang watched Liu Zongbai defeat Lu Yishu and discussed whether Yue Shan should concede against him.
• Lu Wuchen, Liu Wujiu, and Shen Wusheng watched the ranking battle while preparing to face the Snake Emperor, and Lu Wuchen realized Yue Shan was actually Xiong Wu.
• Yue Shan asked to concede, but Lu Wuchen sensed danger and warned the others that the Snake Emperor was about to break through.
• The Ten-Thousand-Year Stone Demon killed Liu Wujiu, Shen Wusheng, and more than a million elite human cultivators with a sweeping sword strike.
• Snake Nineteen revealed herself as the Snake Emperor's fourth daughter, and the Snake Emperor, a Nine-tailed White Fox, and their allies began their jailbreak.
• Liu Zongbai demanded Yue Shan's Purple Flag Fragment, then attacked Wang Wu with countless streaks of sword light when Wang Wu could not produce it.

Wang Wu fought Liu Zongbai inside the Curtain Battlefield, overcoming the Exquisite Pagoda’s suppression and turning Liu Zongbai’s charged sword strike against him. He left Liu Zongbai dead and kept the Storage Pouch, while the lack of a response from above the pagoda remained unexplained.

• Liu Zongbai discovered Wang Wu was a Half-Demon and attacked him with a Heavenly Sixth-grade Destined Flying Sword.
• Wang Wu used Danger Sense, Ancient Bear Form, and Pure Spirit Platform Energy to catch the sword and destroy the Curtain Battlefield with his Destined Demonic Weapons.
• Liu Zongbai trapped Wang Wu inside the Exquisite Pagoda, suppressed his abilities with divine talismans, and tried to call for help from his Duty Uncle-Master.
• Wang Wu neutralized the talismans with Bear Fur, resisted the pagoda’s suppression, and stacked Ice-Fire Shields while charging his weapons as Liu Zongbai prepared a powerful sword strike.
• Wang Wu escaped beneath a turtle shell and launched hundreds of basic attacks while Liu Zongbai’s sword was committed to its charge.
• Wang Wu’s barrage stripped away Liu Zongbai’s defenses and killed him, leaving only the Storage Pouch behind.

Snake Emperor and the other leaders launched a massive prison break, and Wang Wu escaped through the opening into the outside world. After leaving, he destroyed Liu Zongbai’s soul fragments to avoid being tracked and continued onward.

• Lu Wuchen resisted Lu Ji’s attempt to take control of him, maiming himself to stay awake and witness the prison break.
• Snake Emperor, Stone Demon, Grandpa Tree, and Nine-Tailed Emperor led demons and Human cultivators in a united assault that shattered the prison’s outer barrier, while the Heavenly Pride Ranking faltered.
• A powerful attacker seized the damaged purple-gold banner and slaughtered several top contenders, while Wang Wu hid and avoided confronting them.
• Wang Wu reached the shrinking fissure, saw Snake Emperor hold it open, and escaped into the outside world through the Great Desolation Sin Prison.
• Wang Wu rejected the chance to absorb Liu Zongbai’s Divine Soul fragments, burned them away with Pale Fire, and continued on his way.

After escaping the Great Desolation Sin Prison, Wang Wu found a world with scarce spiritual energy and no cultivators nearby, then assessed the dangers facing the escapees. He hid deep underground in a heavily concealed shelter and prepared to inspect Liu Zongbai's Storage Pouch.

• Wang Wu and the four stinkers deduced that the outside world had little spiritual energy, powerful cultivators, and likely no daily Spiritual Essence for escaped prisoners.
• Wang Wu decided to hide, traveled three thousand li through the mountains, and found more than a thousand escapees gathering information in a mortal town.
• Wang Wu descended thirty thousand meters underground and built a small shelter from profound iron, then strengthened his concealment and Danger Sense.
• Wang Wu sensed a brief chill that suggested someone with a similar bloodline had stronger Danger Sense, but he waited and felt no further danger.
• Wang Wu took out Liu Zongbai's high-quality Storage Pouch, which could determine how well he would fare in the outside world.

Wang Wu dismantled Liu Zongbai’s trapped storage pouch and discovered its treasures, including vast spiritual energy resources and cultivation materials that confirmed outsiders were draining the Great Desolation Sin Prison. He concluded that breaking out of prison was the right choice, while the outside world might prove dangerous for most escapees.

• Wang Wu neutralized the pouch’s Pale Fire, Evil Wind, and Yang Thunder traps, then opened it and found an enormous storage space.
• Wang Wu discovered Refined Mysterious Iron and 637 spirit stones, and Grandpa Tree Information Database explained that outside cultivators were stealing the prison’s spiritual energy resources.
• Wang Wu found a dragon-scale copy of the Five Aggregates Heaven Mending Art, eighteen jade slips containing diaries, maps, pill formulas, and Dao arts, plus divine talismans and thousands of Spirit Plant Seedlings.
• Wang Wu identified Madam Lu’s Forget Each Other in the Jianghu Divine Talismans and decided that the outside Cultivation World was not as impressive as he had imagined.
• Wang Wu concluded that outsiders’ resource harvesting threatened the Great Desolation Sin Prison and that breaking out of prison had been the right choice.

Wang Wu reviewed his supplies and explained how his inner and outer circulations formed Pure Spirit Platform Energy, which he understood as the guiding principle of his cultivation. The appraisal revealed that he had cultivated Divine Sense and begun developing a ninth-rank Divine Soul, while warning him about the risks of damaging or projecting it.

• Wang Wu confirmed that his newly acquired Storage Pouch contained no tracking artifact and decided to keep it.
• Wang Wu counted his spirit liquid and other supplies, then postponed bonding with the Iron Essence cub until after upgrading his Demon Cores.
• Wang Wu described how his qi-and-blood and ice-fire spiritual-energy circulations worked together through the Five Aggregates Spirit Array.
• Wang Wu defined Pure Spirit Platform Energy as a force that warded off evil and kept his cultivation aligned with his Humble Dao.
• The appraisal reported that Wang Wu had cultivated Divine Sense and was progressing toward a ninth-rank Divine Soul, and it explained their abilities and risks.