Chapter Summaries

Zhao Chen accepted Qin Tian’s appointment as Warden of the Great Thousand Prison, where he would guard imprisoned Demon Souls and lure Black Corpse Heavenly Demon Emperor into a trap. The chapter ended with Zhao Chen preparing to face the threat and seize the chance to build his reputation.

• Qin Tian explained that the Great Thousand Prison held Demon Emperor-level souls and needed Zhao Chen to serve as its Warden.
• Qin Tian revealed that Black Corpse Heavenly Demon Emperor planned to send someone to free the prisoners, including his son, Corpse Profound Demon Emperor.
• Qin Tian warned Zhao Chen that Black Corpse Heavenly Demon Emperor might send a spiritual projection with early Saint Grade strength, and promised to confront his true body.
• Zhao Chen recalled that he had wiped out the Corpse Demon Clan’s young geniuses on Saint Abyss Continent and considered the prison assignment an opportunity to defeat Black Corpse Heavenly Demon Emperor.
• Zhao Chen agreed to become Warden of the Great Thousand Prison.

Zhao Chen arrived at Great Thousand Prison as its new warden and learned that the imprisoned Demon Emperors were growing more active, possibly helping Corpse Profound Demon Emperor break through. He warned the guards that someone might come to free them, then received a mission to slay one hundred Demon Emperor remnant souls.

• Great Thousand Palace guards joined forces to suppress Corpse Profound Demon Emperor and other Demon Emperor remnant souls after another attempted breakout.
• Chen Gongming and the other guards welcomed Zhao Chen, who presented his Purple-Gold Demon Extermination King token and announced that he would manage Great Thousand Prison.
• Chen Gongming told Zhao Chen that attacks had grown more frequent and suggested Corpse Profound Demon Emperor might be preparing to break through.
• Zhao Chen reviewed the prison's one hundred and three remaining Demon Emperor remnant souls and told the guards to prepare for someone to come break them out.
• Zhao Chen received a check-in mission to slay one hundred Demon Emperor remnant souls.

Zhao Chen entered the Great Thousand Prison with Elder Gongming to eliminate the imprisoned Demon Emperors. After releasing the seventy-four Nether Demon Emperors on the first level, Zhao Chen drew a longsword and prepared to show Elder Gongming his killing art.

• Zhao Chen brought Elder Gongming into the Great Thousand Prison to clear out its Demon Emperors.
• Elder Gongming warned Zhao Chen that Demon Emperors could only be killed by completely annihilating their Demon Souls.
• Elder Gongming showed Zhao Chen that damage to the first level’s altar seals had allowed some Demon Emperor souls to escape.
• Zhao Chen used the Profound Thunder Divine Curse to destroy the seals on all seventy-four remaining altars, freeing the Nether Demon Emperors.
• As the released Nether Demon Emperors attacked the sky, Zhao Chen drew a pitch-black longsword and told Elder Gongming to watch his sword strike.

Zhao Chen slaughtered all seventy-four Demon Emperor remnant souls on the first level of the Great Thousand Prison with his Asura Slaughter God Technique. When the gate to the second level revealed thirty rampaging Profound Demon Emperors and the possible threat of a breach into the third level, Zhao Chen declared he would face them alone.

• Zhao Chen used the Asura Slaughter God Technique to kill all seventy-four Nether Demon Emperors and erase their Demon Souls.
• Elder Gongming praised Zhao Chen’s power, and Zhao Chen asked to proceed to the second level of the Great Thousand Prison.
• As Elder Gongming opened the gate, a Profound Demon Emperor sent a demonic dragon head surging out, but Gongming smashed it with his Peach White Jade Staff.
• Elder Gongming warned that thirty Profound Demon Emperors were loose on the second level and suspected they had connected it to the third level to free the Corpse Profound Demon Emperor.
• Zhao Chen dismissed the need for reinforcements and said he would enter alone to slay the demons.

Zhao Chen entered the second level of the Great Thousand Prison to stop the Corpse Profound Demon Emperor from fusing with thirty Profound Demon Emperors and breaking through. He summoned two manifestations with One Qi Transformed into Three Purities and prepared to fight all thirty at once.

• Elder Gongming obeyed Zhao Chen's orders and guarded the entrance to the second level, worried the Corpse Profound Demon Emperor might seize Zhao Chen's body.
• Zhao Chen entered the demonic second level and sensed the Corpse Profound Demon Emperor preparing to break through from the third level.
• The Corpse Profound Demon Emperor taunted Zhao Chen and revealed a blood-colored avenue lined by the thirty Profound Demon Emperors.
• Zhao Chen recognized that the Corpse Profound Demon Emperor intended to fuse the Demon Souls of the thirty emperors to become exceptionally difficult to kill.
• Zhao Chen summoned two manifestations with One Qi Transformed into Three Purities, armed them with powerful divine weapons, and declared he would kill the thirty Profound Demon Emperors.

God Emperor used One Qi Transformed into Three Purities to destroy most of the Profound Demon Emperors on the second level of the Great Thousand Prison. Facing Zhao Chen’s advance, Corpse Profound Demon Emperor devoured five surviving late-stage Profound Demon Emperors and became the Corpse Eye Heavenly Demon Emperor.

• God Emperor unleashed a crimson sword, arrow, and tower, wiping out most of the thirty Profound Demon Emperors in one exchange.
• Corpse Profound Demon Emperor pulled five surviving late-stage Profound Demon Emperors onto the third level and explained that God Emperor’s two incarnations came from the Peerless Divine Power One Qi Transformed into Three Purities.
• As Zhao Chen approached, Corpse Profound Demon Emperor demanded the five join his plan to become a Heavenly Demon Emperor, and they agreed.
• Corpse Profound Demon Emperor swallowed the five Profound Demon Emperors and absorbed their demonic qi.
• Corpse Profound Demon Emperor transformed, shattered the third level’s space, and declared himself the Corpse Eye Heavenly Demon Emperor.

Corpse Profound Demon Emperor completed his breakthrough and became Corpse Eye Heavenly Demon Emperor, then challenged Zhao Chen in the Great Thousand Prison. Zhao Chen revealed his Saint Grade combat power and sealed the battlefield, ending the chapter by declaring that he would slay the first true Heavenly Demon Emperor.

• Corpse Profound Demon Emperor completed his breakthrough and became Corpse Eye Heavenly Demon Emperor, while Zhao Chen earned a sign-in reward and received the Asura Prison Suppression Strength.
• Corpse Eye Heavenly Demon Emperor adapted to his new power and threatened to devour Zhao Chen, but Zhao Chen mocked his confidence and let him attack.
• Corpse Eye Heavenly Demon Emperor struck with Corpse Demon Claw, and Zhao Chen split the demonic claw with a single sword strike.
• Corpse Eye Heavenly Demon Emperor recognized Zhao Chen's Saint Grade combat power and decided to devour him to create a new demonic body.
• Zhao Chen sealed the Great Thousand Prison in a Taiji Profound Array Diagram and told Corpse Eye Heavenly Demon Emperor that he had slain the remnant souls of Blood Zombie Heavenly Demon Emperor and Devouring Heaven Demon Emperor.
• Zhao Chen pointed his Asura Sword at Corpse Eye Heavenly Demon Emperor and declared that he would be the first true Heavenly Demon Emperor he slew.

Zhao Chen fought Corpse Eye Heavenly Demon Emperor and trapped him inside the Taiji Profound Array Diagram after the demon tried to flee. A system mission then tasked Zhao Chen with killing him for a check-in opportunity.

• Corpse Eye Heavenly Demon Emperor attacked Zhao Chen with demonic skulls, but Zhao Chen countered with the Asura Sword and drove him into close combat.
• Zhao Chen severed one pair of Corpse Eye Heavenly Demon Emperor’s wings, and the demon fired a bloody ocular attack before abruptly trying to escape.
• Zhao Chen used the Taiji Profound Array Diagram to neutralize the attack and block Corpse Eye Heavenly Demon Emperor’s escape.
• Corpse Eye Heavenly Demon Emperor threatened that Black Corpse Heavenly Demon Emperor would arrive, while Zhao Chen recognized the threat and noted that only an incarnation had come.
• The system gave Zhao Chen a check-in mission to kill Corpse Eye Heavenly Demon Emperor.

Zhao Chen fought Corpse Eye Heavenly Demon Emperor with swordsmanship, curses, and multiple spirit arrays, destroying several of the demon’s souls. As Corpse Eye fought desperately through the attacks, Zhao Chen began forming the Demon-Slaying Divine Luo Talisman.

• Corpse Eye Heavenly Demon Emperor summoned his Corpse Eye Demon Blade and clashed with Zhao Chen’s Asura Prison Suppression Slash, which shattered the demonic blade.
• Zhao Chen struck Corpse Eye with a Heavenly Divine Curse and detonated his demonic body, destroying one of his Demon Souls.
• Zhao Chen summoned the Nine Dragons Overturning Immortal Array, but Corpse Eye revived and fought the nine Five-Clawed Golden Dragons.
• Zhao Chen added the Nine Heavens Mysterious Thunder Divine Punishment Array and Nirvana Heavenly Flame Divine Punishment Array, and the three arrays destroyed two more of Corpse Eye’s Demon Souls.
• Corpse Eye revived again and fought on despite severe injuries as Zhao Chen drew a five-colored rune and began invoking the Demon-Slaying Divine Luo Talisman.

Zhao Chen destroyed the Corpse Eye Heavenly Demon Emperor’s fourth Demon Soul, driving him to sacrifice his own blood to summon the Black Corpse Heavenly Demon Emperor’s avatar. With the powerful avatar arriving, Zhao Chen prepared to fight both father and son rather than submit.

• Zhao Chen’s five-colored divine power annihilated the Corpse Eye Heavenly Demon Emperor’s fourth Demon Soul, and the demon revived in a weakened state.
• The Corpse Eye Heavenly Demon Emperor declared that killing Zhao Chen would make the loss of his Demon Souls worthwhile, then cut his palm to activate a blood-sacrifice summoning array.
• The Black Corpse Heavenly Demon Emperor’s avatar descended on a White Bone Throne, shaking the Taiji Profound Array Diagram with his immense power.
• The Corpse Eye Heavenly Demon Emperor urged Zhao Chen to surrender to the Saint Clan and promised him power, but Zhao Chen rejected the offer and vowed to kill father and son.

Zhao Chen faced Black Corpse Heavenly Demon Emperor after the powerful demon emperor descended to confront him. He used Great Luo Divine Light to erase two of Black Corpse Heavenly Demon Emperor’s attacks, leaving the demon emperor unable to discern how the technique worked.

• Black Corpse Heavenly Demon Emperor scolded Corpse Eye Heavenly Demon Emperor for being defeated by Zhao Chen and ordered him to undergo harsher trials after they returned to their clan.
• Zhao Chen attacked Black Corpse Heavenly Demon Emperor with a sword strike, and Black Corpse Heavenly Demon Emperor blocked it with blood-colored skulls.
• Zhao Chen declared that he had anticipated Black Corpse Heavenly Demon Emperor’s arrival and had already slain more than a hundred Demon Emperors in the Great Thousand Prison.
• Black Corpse Heavenly Demon Emperor attacked Zhao Chen with Corpse Demon Purgatory Hand, but Zhao Chen swept it away with Great Luo Divine Light.
• Black Corpse Heavenly Demon Emperor launched Corpse Demon Rain Ball, and Zhao Chen erased it with Great Luo Divine Light again.
• Corpse Eye Heavenly Demon Emperor guessed that Zhao Chen’s technique might be a spatial secret art, but Black Corpse Heavenly Demon Emperor dismissed the idea and challenged Zhao Chen to face more attacks.

Zhao Chen used the Great Luo Divine Light to erase the Black Corpse Heavenly Demon Emperor’s Corpse Demon Underworld River, forcing the two Heavenly Demon Emperors to seek a way around his technique. He then split the Black Corpse Heavenly Demon Emperor’s Heavenly Corpse God Demon Image with a single sword strike.

• The Black Corpse Heavenly Demon Emperor attacked Zhao Chen with the Corpse Demon Underworld River, and Zhao Chen erased it with the Great Luo Divine Light.
• The Black Corpse Heavenly Demon Emperor ordered the Corpse Eye Heavenly Demon Emperor to uncover the Great Luo Divine Light’s essence or merge with him, and the Corpse Eye Heavenly Demon Emperor agreed to pay a grievous price.
• Zhao Chen mocked the two Heavenly Demon Emperors and declared that he would slay them.
• The Black Corpse Heavenly Demon Emperor summoned the Heavenly Corpse God Demon Image and sent it to strike Zhao Chen.
• Zhao Chen cleaved the enormous demonic image in two with a sword technique he named Imperial Sword—sword light rises and falls, frost spans ten thousand miles to slay demons.

Zhao Chen overwhelmed Black Corpse Heavenly Demon Emperor and Corpse Eye Heavenly Demon Emperor, forcing them to flee through a portal to the Demon Domain. Corpse Eye betrayed his father to escape alone, while Zhao Chen declared that he would follow them into the Demon Domain.

• Zhao Chen cleaved apart and erased Black Corpse Heavenly Demon Emperor’s Heavenly Corpse God Demon Image with the Asura Sword.
• Black Corpse Heavenly Demon Emperor attacked with the Heavenly Corpse Ghost Demon Seal, but Zhao Chen destroyed the corpse shadows with a sword strike.
• Black Corpse Heavenly Demon Emperor opened a portal to the Demon Domain and urged Corpse Eye Heavenly Demon Emperor to flee with him.
• Zhao Chen grievously wounded Black Corpse Heavenly Demon Emperor’s avatar with a sword strike infused with Nirvana Heavenly Flame.
• Corpse Eye Heavenly Demon Emperor struck Black Corpse Heavenly Demon Emperor, entered the portal, and activated it to escape alone while asking his father to hold Zhao Chen back.
• Zhao Chen watched Black Corpse Heavenly Demon Emperor weaken and declared that he, too, could go to the Demon Domain.

Zhao Chen thwarted Black Corpse Heavenly Demon Emperor and Corpse Eye Heavenly Demon Emperor’s escape from the Great Thousand Prison and trapped them inside the Exquisite Western Wasteland Tower. He prepared to kill Corpse Eye Heavenly Demon Emperor, whose attempt to escape through Black Corpse Heavenly Demon Emperor’s self-destruction failed.

• Black Corpse Heavenly Demon Emperor attacked the ancient array and proposed that Zhao Chen help him stop Corpse Eye Heavenly Demon Emperor from escaping, but Zhao Chen refused and struck at both demons.
• Black Corpse Heavenly Demon Emperor dodged Zhao Chen’s sword and joined Corpse Eye Heavenly Demon Emperor, revealing that their argument had been a ploy to buy time for their escape.
• Zhao Chen used Asura Prison Suppression Lord to crush the ancient array and prevent the two Heavenly Demon Emperors from reaching the demon domain.
• Zhao Chen summoned the Exquisite Western Wasteland Tower and imprisoned Black Corpse Heavenly Demon Emperor and Corpse Eye Heavenly Demon Emperor in Profound Yellow Chains.
• Corpse Eye Heavenly Demon Emperor urged Black Corpse Heavenly Demon Emperor to self-destruct, but Asura Prison Suppression Power restrained him, and Zhao Chen raised the Asura Sword over Corpse Eye Heavenly Demon Emperor.

Zhao Chen killed the Corpse Eye Heavenly Demon Emperor and suppressed the Black Corpse Heavenly Demon Emperor’s clone, then used a Chaos Purple Golden Lotus to strengthen himself. After transforming the Great Thousand Prison and advancing his cultivation, he sensed the Great Thousand World’s will and felt close to the Great Sky Ranking.

• Zhao Chen slew the Corpse Eye Heavenly Demon Emperor and told the Black Corpse Heavenly Demon Emperor that Elder Qin was waiting for his true body.
• Zhao Chen suppressed the Black Corpse Heavenly Demon Emperor’s clone in the Exquisite Western Wasteland Tower rather than killing him, avoiding warning his true body.
• Zhao Chen received a Chaos Purple Golden Lotus from the system after signing in at the Great Thousand Prison.
• Zhao Chen purified and fortified the Great Thousand Prison, preparing it to serve as a prison for the Asura Godly Court.
• Zhao Chen refined five Saint Grade Chaos Purple Golden Pills from the lotus and consumed them, enduring lightning tribulation as his cultivation rose.
• Zhao Chen sensed the Great Thousand World’s will examining him and felt the Great Sky Ranking was within reach.

Zhao Chen returned after eradicating the Demon Emperors in the Great Thousand Prison while Qin Tian failed to stop Black Corpse Heavenly Demon Emperor from escaping. Zhao Chen then warned Qin Tian that a Heart Demon Clan technique might have planted a demon within him as part of a thousand-year scheme.

• Elder Gongming learned that Black Corpse Heavenly Demon Emperor had entered the Great Thousand World and was relieved to hear Qin Tian had confronted him.
• Zhao Chen returned to the prison, confirmed that he had slain its Demon Emperors, and gave Elder Gongming permission to take a vacation.
• Qin Tian fought Black Corpse Heavenly Demon Emperor but could neither kill nor suppress him, and the Demon Emperor escaped.
• Zhao Chen told Qin Tian that the Great Thousand Prison had been cleared and that he had retained an important avatar of Black Corpse Heavenly Demon Emperor.
• Zhao Chen warned Qin Tian that the Heart Demon Clan Leader might have planted a heart demon within him as part of a thousand-year setup.

Zhao Chen revealed that the Heart Demon Clan Leader had planted a Heart Demon Seed inside Qin Tian, meant to be triggered during the final Great Thousand Covenant and disrupt the seal holding the Heavenly Evil God. Zhao Chen offered to help remove it, while suggesting the heart demon might also help Qin Tian reach the pinnacle of Saint Grade.

• Qin Tian recalled how he had killed a Heavenly Demon Emperor in the Heart Demon Clan's territory and feared the revelation of a heart demon would damage his standing.
• Zhao Chen explained that the Heavenly Demon Emperor Qin Tian had killed was a Heart Demon Seed, which had lain dormant and become part of Qin Tian.
• Qin Tian realized the Heart Demon Clan Leader intended to trigger the seed during the forty-ninth Great Thousand Covenant at Northern Wilderness Hill, when Qin Tian would influence the seal suppressing the Heavenly Evil God.
• Qin Tian asked Zhao Chen to remove the heart demon, and Zhao Chen offered to try using his knowledge of the Supreme Heart Demon Scripture and the Thunder Palace legacy.
• Zhao Chen told Qin Tian that the heart demon could become an opportunity to advance to the pinnacle of Saint Grade.

Zhao Chen began drawing out the Heart Demon Clan Leader’s hidden heart demon from Qin Tian, hoping to help Qin Tian merge with it and reach peak Saint Grade. Inside Qin Tian’s spiritual world, Zhao Chen discovered Heart Demon City and learned he must defeat Heart Demon Qin Tian.

• Zhao Chen explained that Qin Tian could turn his heart demon into strength and advance to peak Saint Grade, and Qin Tian agreed to the plan.
• Zhao Chen and Qin Tian returned to the Great Thousand Palace, where Zhao Chen planted a new heart demon in Qin Tian to draw out the one hidden inside him.
• Zhao Chen entered Qin Tian’s spiritual world and found Heart Demon City at its core, realizing Qin Tian’s hidden heart demon was essentially another version of him.
• A sign-in mission ordered Zhao Chen to defeat Heart Demon Qin Tian, and Zhao Chen entered Heart Demon City to face the Saint Grade opponent.

Zhao Chen attacked Heart Demon City and confronted Heart Demon Qin Tian, discovering that the city’s inhabitants were demonic heart demons and that Qin Tian’s hidden double served Heart Heaven Demon Emperor. Zhao Chen destroyed the city and defeated Heart Demon Qin Tian, then began a sealing technique as the chapter ended.

• Zhao Chen recognized the people of Heart Demon City as heart demons and headed for the City Lord’s Mansion to find Heart Demon Qin Tian.
• Zhao Chen killed two Immortal Grade Heavenly Sovereign guards and destroyed the demonic phantoms that attacked him.
• Heart Demon Qin Tian emerged with Saint Grade power, and Zhao Chen identified him as a concealed heart demon tied to Heart Heaven Demon Emperor.
• Zhao Chen and Heart Demon Qin Tian exchanged spear attacks, destroying Heart Demon City in the battle.
• Heart Demon Qin Tian used a desire-inducing heart demon technique, but Zhao Chen countered it with Netherworld Heart Demon Thunder and struck him with the Asura Heart Demon Fist.
• Heart Demon Qin Tian exploded, and Zhao Chen began forming a seal to subdue him.

Zhao Chen defeated and helped Qin Tian absorb his heart demon, then forged the Asura Sword with Nine Heavens Divine Jade Gold, raising it to the Transcendent Saint Grade. After receiving Nine Nether’s warning that the Phoenix Clan threatened her people ahead of the Transformation God Pool, he prepared to confront their Young Clan Leader, Huang Xuanzhi.

• Zhao Chen defeated Heart Demon Qin Tian and used the Asura Heart Demon Scripture to control it.
• Qin Tian absorbed his heart demon, while Zhao Chen left him to recover inside a crystalline cocoon.
• Zhao Chen signed in at the Great Thousand Palace and received Nine Heavens Divine Jade Gold.
• Zhao Chen fused the divine metal into the Asura Sword, elevating it to the Transcendent Saint Grade.
• Nine Nether told Zhao Chen that the Phoenix Clan had targeted her clan and might endanger its young geniuses at the Transformation God Pool.
• Zhao Chen identified Huang Xuanzhi as the Phoenix Clan’s Young Clan Leader and resolved to confront the Phoenix Clan.