Chapter Summaries

After killing the Black Lotus Cult Altar Master, Shen Hao spared the coerced cultists and led his disciples to destroy the Black Lotus Cult's lair. The altar and its Shadowy Figure were destroyed, and Shen Hao watched the lair burn as the calamity ended.

• Shen Hao broke the Altar Master's wrist and killed him with the Lingyun Sword.
• The surviving cultists begged for mercy, and Shen Hao let them go after forbidding them from returning to the Black Lotus Cult.
• Shen Hao led his disciples into the Black Lotus Cult's cave to wipe out the Demon Emperor Remnants.
• Shen Hao split the altar, extinguished its black flames, and destroyed the Shadowy Figure inside.
• Shen Hao ordered the disciples to destroy the evil manuals and pills, and the Black Lotus Cult's lair burned to ashes.

After defeating the Black Lotus Cult, Shen Hao concluded that the Demon Emperor’s Remnant Soul might still survive. A recovered ancient book pointed him to the Demon Emperor’s Tomb in Myriad Demon Valley, and he decided to go there alone to find the Natal Demon Bead and destroy the threat.

• Shen Hao returned to the Qingzhou Prefecture branch and warned Zhang Qingyun that the Demon Emperor’s Remnant Soul might still be hidden.
• A disciple brought Shen Hao a tattered book called Secret Records of the Demon Emperor's Tomb, found in the Black Lotus Cult’s cave.
• Shen Hao learned that the Demon Emperor’s Tomb lay in Myriad Demon Valley and held a Natal Demon Bead that could control the Demon Emperor’s Remnant Soul.
• Zhang Qingyun warned Shen Hao that Myriad Demon Valley was dangerous, but Shen Hao resolved to go alone.

Shen Hao traveled to Snowy Wind City on his way to Myriad Demon Valley and learned that demonic activity around the valley had grown worse. He reached the valley and prepared to enter the Demon Emperor's Tomb.

• Shen Hao left the Qingzhou Prefecture branch and traveled through the frozen far north to Snowy Wind City.
• At an inn, Shen Hao overheard hunters say the demonic aura near Myriad Demon Valley had intensified and Demon Beasts had attacked hunting parties.
• Shen Hao introduced himself to the hunters, who told him the valley lay a hundred li north and was surrounded by a Prohibition Array.
• Shen Hao hurried to Myriad Demon Valley, where he saw black mist, surging demonic aura, and heard Demon Beasts roaring.
• Shen Hao tightened his grip on the Lingyun Sword and walked toward the valley, declaring that he had come to the Demon Emperor's Tomb.

Shen Hao broke the Prohibition Array guarding Myriad Demon Valley and fought his way through its demonic beasts to reach the Demon Emperor’s Tomb. He opened the mausoleum gates and prepared to face the dangers within.

• Shen Hao used his sword intent and the Ice Soul Pill to break the Prohibition Array at the valley entrance.
• Shen Hao entered Myriad Demon Valley and slew the Demon Beasts that attacked him.
• Shen Hao followed the pattern in the Demon Emperor Remnants’ runes to avoid the traps around the mausoleum.
• Shen Hao reached the mausoleum, pushed open its gates, and faced the darkness and dense demonic aura inside.

Shen Hao entered the Demon Emperor's Tomb and fought through a swarm of Soul Devouring Demon Spiders, killing their early Mahayana Stage leader. After healing his minor injury with an Ice Soul Pill, he continued toward the tomb's more dangerous depths.

• Shen Hao entered the tomb and found Soul Devouring Demon Spiders waiting in the darkness.
• Shen Hao blocked the spiders' venom and cut down many of them with the Lingyun Sword.
• Shen Hao pursued the spider leader and pierced its blood-red eye, killing it.
• The surviving spiders fled, and Shen Hao swallowed an Ice Soul Pill to recover from his injury.
• Shen Hao continued deeper into the tomb, where demonic qi and pressure grew stronger.

Shen Hao crossed a Demonic Pattern Illusion Array and defeated its spirit, the Demoness. With the illusions gone, he continued toward the core of the Demon Emperor's Tomb.

• Shen Hao entered a passageway lined with Demonic Patterns and resisted illusions of fire, ice, and the Qingyun Sect.
• Shen Hao recognized the alluring woman as the Demoness, the Illusion Array's spirit, and blocked her red ribbons with his azure barrier.
• Shen Hao wounded the Demoness with the Lingyun Sword and dispersed her red mist with his sword heart.
• Shen Hao killed the Demoness, causing the passageway's Demonic Patterns to dim and the illusions to vanish.
• Shen Hao continued toward the core of the Demon Emperor's Tomb.

Shen Hao fought the four late-Mahayana Ancient Demons guarding the Demon Emperor’s coffin. After wounding them and forcing their leader to burn his origin and reach peak Mahayana, Shen Hao unleashed his full strength, and the battle continued at its fiercest.

• The four Ancient Demons awakened and attacked Shen Hao, declaring that trespassers in the Imperial Tomb would die.
• Shen Hao clashed with the leader’s Black Spear, evaded its counterattack, and cut the Ancient Demon’s wrist.
• The other three Ancient Demons joined the fight, and Shen Hao used his fused sword intent to send rock shards and Sword Qi against all four.
• The Ancient Demons blocked most of the Sword Qi, but several streaks pierced their bodies and drew black blood.
• The leader burned his origin to rise to peak Mahayana, and Shen Hao darted between the four Ancient Demons, striking with the Lingyun Sword as the battle intensified.

Shen Hao fought the four tomb-guarding Ancient Demons until the Demon Emperor's Remnant Soul awakened from the stone coffin. The Remnant Soul revealed his plan to regain his body and erased the four Ancient Demons, leaving Shen Hao facing a powerful enemy.

• The leading Ancient Demon burned his origin essence and struck Shen Hao with an enhanced Black Spear, wounding him in their clash.
• As the Ancient Demons closed in, Shen Hao reached for the Dragon Scale he had obtained from the East Sea Dragon Palace.
• The Black Lotus Patterns on the stone coffin glowed, and the four Ancient Demons knelt to greet the Demon Emperor's Remnant Soul.
• The Demon Emperor's Remnant Soul recognized Shen Hao as the one who had destroyed his physical body and declared that he would reshape it and rule the world.
• The Demon Emperor's Remnant Soul waved his hand and turned all four Ancient Demons to flyash.

Shen Hao burned his Sword Intent to resist the Demon Emperor's Remnant Soul and keep it from awakening. He fatally wounded the remnant soul but could not stop it from escaping, then collapsed unconscious.

• The Demon Emperor's Remnant Soul killed the four Ancient Demons guarding the tomb and attacked Shen Hao, trying to devour his divine soul.
• Shen Hao used his Sword Heart and Dragon Scale to resist the suction force, but the Demon Emperor's Remnant Soul began to overwhelm his defenses.
• Shen Hao burned his Sword Intent, raising his strength to the peak of the Mahayana Stage, and struck the Demon Emperor's Remnant Soul with the Lingyun Sword.
• The clash reduced the stone chamber to rubble and shattered the stone coffin, while Shen Hao's Sword Intent burned away and left him gravely weakened.
• The Demon Emperor's Remnant Soul fled, and Shen Hao used his remaining strength to inflict a fatal wound before losing consciousness.

Shen Hao survived after the Dragon Scale restored his failing body, but his sword intent had burned away. Bei Mingxue told him a Thousand Year Snow Lotus might restore it, and they set off toward Snow Lotus Valley.

• The Dragon Scale released golden light that repaired Shen Hao's meridians and soul, allowing him to awaken on the snowfield outside Myriad Demon Valley.
• Shen Hao realized his sword intent had burned away, leaving his spiritual power depleted and his future as a swordsman uncertain.
• Bei Mingxue found Shen Hao and warned him that Demon Emperor's Remnant Soul had survived and could return.
• Bei Mingxue told Shen Hao that a Thousand Year Snow Lotus in Snow Lotus Valley might restore his sword intent, though a late Mahayana Stage Snow Wolf King guarded it.
• Bei Mingxue helped Shen Hao onto a horse, and they set out together toward Snow Lotus Valley.

Shen Hao and Bei Mingxue reached Snow Lotus Valley to seek the Thousand Year Snow Lotuses, facing the powerful Snow Wolf King guarding the entrance. With Bei Mingxue’s Ice Soul Pearl weakening the beast, Shen Hao struck its left eye, but the enraged Snow Wolf King turned on him.

• Shen Hao and Bei Mingxue traveled north for three days as Bei Mingxue explained the Snow Wolf King’s strength and revealed she had brought the Ice Soul Pearl.
• The group arrived at Snow Lotus Valley and found the Snow Wolf King guarding the Thousand Year Snow Lotuses.
• Bei Mingxue used the Ice Soul Pearl to fire a blue beam that grazed the Snow Wolf King and left a frost mark.
• Shen Hao used his last thread of Spiritual Power to stab the Snow Wolf King in its left eye with his dagger.
• The wounded Snow Wolf King screamed and lunged at Shen Hao with killing intent.

Shen Hao escaped the Snow Wolf King's attack with Bei Mingxue's help and retrieved the Thousand Year Snow Lotus from Snow Lotus Valley. After the Snow Wolf King defeated Bei Mingxue, Shen Hao stood between them and refused to surrender the lotus.

• Bei Mingxue used the Ice Soul Pearl to trap the Snow Wolf King in a barrier and urged Shen Hao to retrieve the Thousand Year Snow Lotus.
• Shen Hao ran into Snow Lotus Valley, killed the Snow Wolf King's cub, and picked the Thousand Year Snow Lotus, which began repairing his damaged meridians.
• The Snow Wolf King broke through the barrier and sent Bei Mingxue flying, leaving her gravely injured with the Ice Soul Pearl dimmed nearby.
• Shen Hao returned to Bei Mingxue's side with the lotus and challenged the Snow Wolf King to take it over his corpse.

Shen Hao swallowed the Thousand Year Snow Lotus and restored his Sword Intent, defeating the Snow Wolf King and saving Bei Mingxue. He and Bei Mingxue left the battle alive, while Shen Hao vowed to grow stronger and eventually destroy the escaped Demon Emperor's Remnant Soul.

• Shen Hao swallowed the Thousand Year Snow Lotus as the Snow Wolf King attacked, and its power began repairing his body and Sword Heart.
• Shen Hao's Sword Intent was reborn, and he clashed with the Snow Wolf King, cracking its claws.
• Shen Hao chased down the fleeing Snow Wolf King and killed it with a dagger thrust to its heart.
• Shen Hao helped Bei Mingxue to her feet, and she congratulated him on his reborn Sword Intent.
• Shen Hao resolved to keep cultivating until he could find and slay the Demon Emperor's Remnant Soul.

Shen Hao and Bei Mingxue returned to the Qingyun Sect after receiving an urgent summons about the Black Lotus Cult and the Demon Emperor's Remnant Soul. Shen Hao agreed to join the allied army's expedition to the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains, despite Daoist Qingfeng's warning about his newly reborn sword intent.

• Shen Hao and Bei Mingxue traveled back toward the Qingyun Sect after her injuries healed, and a Communication Talisman summoned Shen Hao to return at once.
• Shen Hao and Bei Mingxue hurried to the sect, where Daoist Qingfeng and the Qingyun Sect Master welcomed them.
• The Qingyun Sect Master told Shen Hao that the Black Lotus Cult remnants were gathering Essence Blood for the Demon Emperor's Remnant Soul, who was believed to be hiding in the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains.
• Shen Hao insisted on joining the expedition despite Daoist Qingfeng's concerns, and the Qingyun Sect Master said the allied army would depart in three days.

The allied forces of the Nine Provinces gathered under Qingyun Sect and marched to the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains to confront the Demon Emperor's Remnant Soul. After arriving, Shen Hao was chosen to lead a scouting party into the mountains, with Bei Mingxue joining him.

• The Qingyun Sect Master rallied the gathered cultivators and Demon Suppression Division soldiers to eradicate the demonic threat.
• Shen Hao and Bei Mingxue rode at the front as the hundreds of thousands of allied troops traveled south for ten days.
• The allied forces camped outside the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains, where the Qingyun Sect Master warned that demonic qi, miasma, and traps made a direct attack dangerous.
• The Qingyun Sect Master assigned Shen Hao to lead an elite scouting mission to locate the Demon Emperor's Remnant Soul and assess its defenses.
• Bei Mingxue and dozens of Qingyun Sect's elite disciples joined Shen Hao as he led the scouting party into the mountains.

Shen Hao and Bei Mingxue led Qingyun Sect's disciples into the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains, where a demonic Illusion Array trapped them in miasma. They left the disciples protected by a sword formation and ventured toward the valley to find the array's formation eye, where demonic ambushers revealed that the trial had only begun.

• Shen Hao and Bei Mingxue discovered that demonic miasma had sealed their path and obscured the mountain route with an Illusion Array.
• Shen Hao dispelled visions of hanging skeletons and stopped a Qingyun Sect disciple from fleeing into the fog.
• Shen Hao told the disciples to hold the Qingyun Sword Array while he and Bei Mingxue went to seek the formation eye.
• Shen Hao resisted an illusion of Daoist Qingfeng and Qingyun Sect in flames, while Bei Mingxue used the Ice Soul Pearl to destroy an attacking Shadowy Figure.

Shen Hao and Bei Mingxue fought through a pack of demonic Demon Wolves in the mist-filled valley, defeating their powerful leader. After recovering some Spiritual Power, they sensed an even more terrifying aura deeper inside and believed they were nearing the formation core.

• Shen Hao pulled Bei Mingxue to safety as more than a hundred Demon Wolves erupted from beneath the ground and attacked them.
• Shen Hao and Bei Mingxue battled the pack, and Shen Hao crushed a Demon Wolf that tried to strike him from behind.
• The leading Demon Wolf grew stronger, reached the early Mahayana Stage, and attacked Shen Hao with a corrosive beam.
• Bei Mingxue spotted the leader’s forehead marking as its weak point, and Shen Hao pierced it with the Lingyun Sword, causing the remaining wolves to scatter.
• Bei Mingxue gave Shen Hao a pill to recover his Spiritual Power, and they sensed a terrifying aura deeper in the valley.

Shen Hao and Bei Mingxue crossed the Poisonous Swamp to reach the Illusion Array’s core, where a Swamp Demon ambushed them. After Shen Hao was dragged underwater and poisoned, the Dragon Scale saved him, and he joined Bei Mingxue in attacking the black stone pillar.

• Shen Hao and Bei Mingxue discovered the Poisonous Swamp and identified the island at its center as the location of the array core.
• Shen Hao and Bei Mingxue flew across the swamp, struggling against the miasma and poisonous gas as they approached the island.
• A Swamp Demon attacked with its tentacles, and Shen Hao urged Bei Mingxue toward the island while fighting it off.
• The Swamp Demon dragged Bei Mingxue toward the water, and Shen Hao rescued her but was caught and pulled underwater in her place.
• The Dragon Scale purged the poison from Shen Hao and helped him escape the swamp.
• Bei Mingxue attacked the black stone pillar with the Ice Soul Pearl, and Shen Hao joined her with a sword strike.

Shen Hao and Bei Mingxue destroyed the black stone pillar, dispersing the miasma across the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains, but the Demon Emperor's Remnant Soul appeared and attacked them. As they fought, the Dragon Scale shielded Shen Hao from a lethal strike, prompting the Remnant Soul to covet it.

• Shen Hao and Bei Mingxue joined their sword intent and frost qi to shatter the black stone pillar and disperse the miasma.
• The Demon Emperor's Remnant Soul appeared and revealed that he had lured them into the valley to make them sacrifices for his reconstructed body.
• Shen Hao and Bei Mingxue attacked the Remnant Soul together, but their combined strike failed to break his demonic qi barrier.
• The Demon Emperor's Remnant Soul rushed at Shen Hao and clawed toward his chest.
• The Dragon Scale formed a golden shield that stopped the Remnant Soul's claws, and he declared that he wanted the treasure to rebuild his body faster.

Shen Hao and Bei Mingxue fought the Demon Emperor's Remnant Soul, but he overpowered them and began extracting Shen Hao's divine soul to use with the Dragon Scale. Just as Shen Hao faced death, the Qingyun Sect Master and Daoist Qingfeng arrived with countless streaks of Sword Light.

• The Demon Emperor's Remnant Soul attacked Shen Hao and demanded the Dragon Scale, while Shen Hao used it to block his assault.
• Bei Mingxue tried to help Shen Hao with the Ice Soul Pearl, but the Demon Emperor's Remnant Soul shattered her ice spikes and attacked her.
• Shen Hao shoved Bei Mingxue out of danger and took the demonic claw's strike, while Bei Mingxue's counterattack failed and left her injured.
• The Demon Emperor's Remnant Soul flung Shen Hao aside, then began using a rune to draw out his divine soul for his physical restoration.
• The Qingyun Sect Master and Daoist Qingfeng arrived at the valley with countless streaks of azure Sword Light.