Chapter Summaries

Su Hao defeated Jiang Kongyi and the Wicked Demonic Body, then unexpectedly gained control of the Myriad Souls Pagoda when its Artifact Spirit recognized him as its master. Qin Feng escaped after losing his body, and Yu Xuanji confronted Su Hao, suspecting he was an impostor.

• Su Hao used the Sword Spirit Primordial Embryo to kill Jiang Kongyi and destroy the Wicked Demonic Body, then survived Qin Feng’s Heaven-Extinguishing Demonic Claw.
• The Myriad Souls Pagoda’s Artifact Spirit chose Su Hao, who bound the Dao artifact with his blood essence and took control of the pagoda.
• Su Hao burned the Ghost Emperor with purple flames and sent the pagoda’s yin souls to attack Qin Feng.
• Qin Feng abandoned his body and fled as a Primordial Spirit, while the yin souls devoured his physical form.
• Yu Xuanji appeared with Qin Feng bound in her white ribbon and questioned whether Su Hao was a reincarnated expert or an impostor.
• Su Hao insisted he was genuine and asked whether Yu Xuanji was truly his master.

Yu Xuanji told Su Hao that their master-disciple bond had ended and left through a spatial rift, directing him toward a hidden Sword Palace in Anyang Prefecture. After absorbing the fallen cultivators’ Talent Power, Su Hao advanced to Mid Spirit Transformation and gained twenty-three treasures of destiny, then addressed Elder Lin and Ziyi, who were concealed nearby.

• Yu Xuanji explained that she had absorbed the Immortal Realm’s Mysterious Maiden and remained herself, then declared that she was no longer qualified to guide Su Hao and that their master-disciple bond had run its course.
• Yu Xuanji refused to stay with Su Hao, revealed the location of a Sword Palace beneath an abyss northwest of Anyang Prefecture, and left through a spatial rift.
• Su Hao absorbed the Talent Power left by the fallen cultivators, advanced to Mid Spirit Transformation, and received twenty-three treasures of destiny.
• Su Hao kept Qin Feng’s Primordial Spirit alive in the Myriad Souls Pagoda to preserve its Yin Soul and considered how to obtain Qin Feng’s Wicked Demonic Body Talent Power.
• Su Hao called out to Elder Lin and Ziyi, who were concealed by black mist, and told them they could leave or stay.

Su Hao rebuilt the Golden Light Sect’s ruined grounds into a grotto-heaven blessed land and appointed Lin Daosheng to restore the sect under its old name. He returned to his cave dwelling, where Little Golden Dragon began cultivating in the Lapis Dragon Vein and Little Cai received a Dragon Blood Dao Pill.

• Su Hao told Lin Daosheng and Lin Ziyi that he would rebuild the Golden Light Sect, and they agreed to follow him without entering the Myriad Souls Pagoda.
• Su Hao established the Four Saints Dao Formation of the Grotto-Heaven and anchored a dragon vein beneath Wan Guang Peak, transforming the sect into a richly nourished spiritual realm.
• Su Hao gave Lin Daosheng command of the formation and tasked him and Lin Ziyi with restoring the Golden Light Sect, recruiting elite disciples, and abandoning its former demonic ways.
• Su Hao returned to his cave dwelling and allowed Little Golden Dragon to cultivate in the Lapis Dragon Vein while Little Cai stayed with him to complete her transformation.
• Su Hao activated the formation around Phoenix Perch Mountain, gave Little Cai a Dragon Blood Dao Pill, and went to the meditation chamber.

Su Hao refined his newly acquired treasures and strengthened his robe, then questioned Qin Feng about the Golden Light Demon Lord before extracting Qin Feng’s orange Wicked Demonic Body Talent. Qin Feng’s Primordial Spirit was left on the verge of collapse and was being transformed into the Myriad Souls Pagoda’s second Ghost Emperor.

• Su Hao refined his treasures, equipped several Innate Profound Artifacts, and upgraded the Esteemed Heaven Python Robe to a top-grade Innate Profound Artifact with the Star Scar Stone.
• Su Hao turned Jiang Kongyi, Shi Zuxuan, and the other Nascent Soul cultivators in the Myriad Souls Pagoda into Yin souls, while Qin Feng retained his reason.
• Qin Feng claimed that the Golden Light Demon Lord had left a Remnant Nascent Soul Consciousness in the Golden Light Abyss and offered to serve Su Hao.
• Su Hao rejected Qin Feng’s offer, restrained his Primordial Spirit, and extracted his orange Wicked Demonic Body Talent without killing him.
• Su Hao enveloped Qin Feng’s Primordial Spirit in black mist, beginning its transformation into the Myriad Souls Pagoda’s second Ghost Emperor.

Su Hao used the Netherworld Demonic Fiend Beast Egg to create a powerful Demonic Fiend Clone, while learning more about the Golden Light Sect and its hidden connection to the Golden Light Demon Lord. He returned to Phoenix Perch Mountain with the clone, where a mysterious woman awaited him by the medicinal fields.

• Su Hao tested his Wicked Demonic Body talent and found that a clone made from spiritual power alone was weak and short-lived.
• Su Hao transformed Qin Feng into a loyal Ghost Emperor, read his memories, and learned that the Golden Light Abyss held a Demonic Void Jade containing a wisp of the Golden Light Demon Lord's Primordial Spirit.
• Su Hao freed Daoist Gusong from the purple flames and gained another Ghost Emperor under his command.
• Su Hao traveled to the Ten Thousand Corpse Pit and spent a year using the Netherworld Demonic Fiend Beast Egg, his essence blood, and a wisp of Primordial Spirit to create a Demonic Fiend Clone.
• Su Hao and the Demonic Fiend Clone returned to Phoenix Perch Mountain, where a tall woman in Yu Xuanji's old Daoist robe stood beside the medicinal herb fields.

Su Hao reunited with Little Cai and saw how she and the Fortune Golden Dragon had grown stronger in Phoenix Perch Mountain’s blessed land. He then observed the Golden Light Sect’s new disciples and encountered the abrasive Wei Wu, whose sword talent caught his attention, while Lin Daosheng moved to punish him.

• Su Hao surprised Little Cai, praised her medicinal garden, and gave her storage rings and the Misty Cloud Hundred Flower Basket.
• Little Golden Dragon revealed its Golden Core-level aura, and Su Hao learned about its growth and Little Cai’s abilities.
• Su Hao observed Lin Daosheng’s newly recruited disciples and found that they were kind-hearted and had at least blue talents.
• Su Hao encountered Wei Wu practicing swordsmanship and recognized his Fire Elemental Sword Physique and use of the Crimson Flame Sword Art.
• Lin Daosheng appeared and raised his hand to kill Wei Wu for disrespecting Su Hao, but Su Hao stopped him, prompting Lin Daosheng to apologize.

Su Hao ordered Lin Daosheng to prioritize Wei Wu’s training and conceal who truly controlled the Golden Light Sect, then learned Lin Daosheng was troubled by the sect’s destruction and gave him a pill to help. After rewarding Lin Ziyi and her master, Su Hao resumed cultivation while sending his Demonic Fiend Clone to seek a place rich in demonic energy.

• Su Hao learned that Wei Wu had lost his family to the Heaven Demon Path and ordered Lin Daosheng to give him priority training while letting him handle disputes himself.
• Su Hao told Lin Daosheng to treat him as an equal in public so other sects would not realize who led the Golden Light Sect, and Lin Daosheng said Lin Ziyi should remain in seclusion until she was stronger.
• Lin Daosheng told Lin Ziyi that memories of the sect’s destruction and the deaths of its disciples had become an inner demon, and she advised him to follow Su Hao’s orders without speculating about his motives.
• Lin Ziyi visited Su Hao and asked him to help Lin Daosheng, so Su Hao gave her an Enlightenment Pill for her master and a Longevity Golden Pill for each of them.
• Su Hao prepared to cultivate toward Early Soul Transformation, while his Demonic Fiend Clone left the Golden Light Sect to find a place rich in demonic energy.

Pei Baihai finished refining Essence of Nether Spring and set out to attack the Golden Light Sect, but he encountered Su Hao on the way. Pei Baihai attacked Su Hao, who healed from a claw wound and swallowed the Underworld Spring River, leaving everyone stunned.

• Pei Baihai ended his year of cultivation and learned from Old Man White Bone that the Golden Light Sect had been sealed off since its spies died.
• Pei Baihai decided Qin Feng had refined the Myriad Souls Pagoda and ordered his group to destroy the Golden Light Sect.
• Su Hao descended from the sky near Pei Baihai's group, and Pei Baihai challenged him after sensing his powerful demonic energy.
• Su Hao inspected Pei Baihai's talents, then dodged Pei Baihai's opening demonic-claw attack.
• Pei Baihai struck Su Hao with his demonic claw and poured Underworld Spring River over him, but Su Hao healed and swallowed the river water.

Su Hao defeated Pei Baihai but failed to kill him after a heavenly demon will took control and escaped. He recruited Luo Chihu as an informant, then dived into the Underworld Spring River to absorb its power.

• Su Hao drank more than ten tons of the Underworld Spring River and overpowered Pei Baihai with two punches, but Pei Baihai transformed into a Heavenly Demon Incarnation and fled through a crack in the void.
• Su Hao killed Pei Baihai's ten attendants and questioned Luo Chihu, who revealed the Heavenly Demon Path planned to use the river's essence to disable the Golden Light Sect's Myriad Souls Pagoda and kill Qin Feng.
• Luo Chihu identified himself as the Heavenly Demon Path's Ninth Elder and pledged loyalty, and Su Hao ordered him to report on the Heavenly Demon Path and other sects.
• Su Hao dived into the Underworld Spring River, reached a depth of one hundred zhang, and began absorbing its power.

Su Hao weathered an extraordinary Spirit Transformation tribulation with ease, while Lin Ziyi resolved to pursue her own breakthrough. He returned to the Taiyuan Sword Realm and found another cultivator nearing the trial’s end, drawing the Silver Armored Guard’s anger.

• Lin Ziyi and Lin Daosheng watched as Su Hao withstood nine heavenly lightning strikes without his golden body being broken, then congratulated him on entering Spirit Transformation.
• Lin Ziyi became frustrated with Lin Zhu’s lack of cultivation and decided to enter seclusion until she reached the Nascent Soul stage.
• Su Hao considered his strength and chose to return to the Taiyuan Sword Realm in search of greater swordpath treasures.
• Su Hao arrived in the Sword Realm and saw a young man struggling toward the one-hundred-ninetieth step.
• The Silver Armored Guard angrily recognized Su Hao, and the young man turned around and realized Su Hao was not from the Supreme Origin Sword Sect.

Su Hao defeated the second trial’s guardian in the Taiyuan Sword Realm and claimed the Thirty-Three Emperor Swords of Xuandu, forcing Shen Rulong out of the trial. Su Hao then began climbing toward the third trial before withdrawing to study his new sword art.

• Shen Rulong recognized Su Hao as the person who had claimed the first trial’s reward, but Su Hao quickly climbed past him toward the second trial.
• Su Hao warned Shen Rulong that he was about to take the second trial’s reward, then defeated the Silver Armored Guard with Three Thousand Azure Nether.
• Su Hao claimed the Thirty-Three Emperor Swords of Xuandu, ranked thirty-ninth on the Heaven and Earth Sword Dao Ranking, and the Sword Realm expelled Shen Rulong.
• Shen Rulong told Cang Songzi and the gathered Sword Sect disciples that someone else had passed the trial and taken its reward, so Cang Songzi dismissed the crowd and took him to report to the Lord of the Sword Realm.
• Su Hao climbed to the 263rd step of the third trial, felt the strain, and withdrew from the Taiyuan Sword Realm to study his new sword art.

Su Hao perfected the Thirty-Three Emperor Swords of Xuandu and tested his sword abilities before the Great Ding Sect arrived to investigate and attack the Golden Light Sect. Chen Jing secretly reached him to warn him and offer escape, but Su Hao prepared to face the visiting elders.

• Su Hao perfected the Thirty-Three Emperor Swords of Xuandu and used the Universe Mirror to test his strength against simulated enemies.
• Lu Yuehe, Meng Lan, and Chen Qingbi arrived at the Golden Light Sect, where Lin Daosheng identified himself as its new Sect Master.
• Chen Qingbi prepared to attack Lin Daosheng and the Golden Light Sect after Lu Yuehe questioned the sect's dwindling population.
• Chen Jing found Su Hao at his cave abode and explained that the Righteous Sects had occupied the Qin Kingdom and suspected the Golden Light Sect of refining a Dao artifact.
• Su Hao learned that Chen Jing had come to take him away, but he asked about her relationship with the elders as he considered killing them.

Su Hao returned to Golden Light Sect and defeated three Void Refinement Realm invaders, then captured the Nine Dragon Divine Wind Robe. He revealed that he was in the early Soul Transformation Realm, while Chen Jing explained that she had found her Moon Gold Dao Wheel in Great Ding Sect’s back mountain.

• Chen Jing warned Su Hao that Lu Yuehe, Sun Yuanliang, and Chen Qingbi were Void Refinement Realm experts attacking Golden Light Sect.
• Chen Qingbi attacked Lin Daosheng with her Myriad Sword Treasure Casket, but Su Hao appeared and shattered her defenses and physical body with the Thirty-Three Emperor Swords of Xuandu.
• Su Hao wounded Lu Yuehe and destroyed Sun Yuanliang’s physical body, but Lu Yuehe escaped with Chen Qingbi’s Primordial Spirit and Sun Yuanliang using the Heavenly Dipper Ten Thousand Mile Talisman.
• Su Hao used the Black Tortoise Dharma Form to suppress the fleeing Nine Dragon Divine Wind Robe and returned to his cave abode with Chen Jing.
• Su Hao told Chen Jing he was in the early Soul Transformation Realm, and Chen Jing revealed that she had found her Moon Gold Dao Wheel in Great Ding Sect’s back mountain.

Su Hao reunited with Chen Jing before a coalition of righteous cultivators arrived at the Golden Light Sect, angry that the Great Ding Sect had acted behind their backs. Su Hao revealed his strength and unleashed the Myriad Souls Pagoda against them, leaving Yu Xinjian isolated and at his mercy.

• Chen Jing showed Su Hao the Moon Gold Dao Wheel she had found and explained that she would leave with the injured Great Ding Sect cultivators.
• Su Hao escorted Chen Jing to the mountain gate and invited her to visit the Golden Light Sect again.
• Yu Xinjian led a coalition of cultivators to confront Lu Yuehe, but Su Hao blocked their way and identified himself as the Golden Light Sect's Vice Sect Master.
• True Master Qingyue attacked Su Hao, who endured her strike with the Profound Gang Indestructible Golden Body and killed her with sword light.
• Su Hao summoned the Myriad Souls Pagoda, which swallowed more than half the coalition and trapped the rest.
• Yu Xinjian learned that Qin Feng and Jiang Kongyi had died seven years earlier, while Su Hao explained that Lu Yuehe's group had already fled.

Su Hao defeated Yu Xinjian, captured her yin body, and extracted her Human Race Heavenly Talent, gaining the teleportation divine ability Star King Steps. He left Yu Xinjian to be refined in the Myriad Souls Pagoda and began inspecting his spoils, including the sealed Nine Dragon Divine Wind Robe.

• Yu Xinjian trapped Su Hao in her Primordial Unity space, but he broke through with his Emperor Sword True Bodies and split her yang body in two.
• Yu Xinjian's Primordial Spirit self-destructed, but Su Hao spotted her surviving yin body fleeing five hundred li away.
• Su Hao used ten Emperor Sword True Bodies to defeat the yin body and imprisoned Yu Xinjian's Primordial Spirit instead of letting her self-destruct.
• Su Hao extracted Yu Xinjian's Human Race Heavenly Talent and gained Star King Steps, a long-range teleportation divine ability.
• Su Hao left the Myriad Souls Pagoda to refine Yu Xinjian and examined the seized storage rings, magic treasures, and sealed Nine Dragon Divine Wind Robe.

Su Hao looted the defeated cultivators’ belongings, gathered six Ghost Emperors in the Myriad Souls Pagoda, and began preparing to subdue the Nine Dragon Divine Wind Robe. Meanwhile, the Great Ding Sect and several allied sects abruptly withdrew from the planned campaign against the demonic path, whose leaders learned of the retreat as Pei Baihai arrived.

• Su Hao spent two hours removing Chen Qingbi’s and Meng Lan’s divine sense imprints, then inspected their damaged treasures and belongings.
• Yu Xinjian became a Ghost Emperor, and the final righteous cultivator in the Myriad Souls Pagoda was transformed, bringing its total to six Ghost Emperors.
• Su Hao absorbed talent powers and prepared to use the Grotto-Heaven’s Four Saints Dao Formation to subdue the Nine Dragon Divine Wind Robe.
• Lu Yuehe, Chen Qingbi, and Meng Lan realized their treasures were being taken and decided to withdraw the Great Ding Sect from the demon-extermination operation.
• Great Elder Mo You announced the withdrawal, and Zhao Yun and the Azure Firmament Sect learned that major cultivators had died and ordered their own forces to retreat.
• The remaining sects withdrew in disarray, the demonic path received the news, and Pei Baihai arrived at the Heavenly Demon Path’s encampment.

Su Hao’s Demonic Fiend Clone inherited the Nether Fiend Sun Devouring Scripture, broke through to Early Spirit Transformation, and learned that Pei Baihai’s body had been taken over by the Heavenly Demon Pei Haichuan. As Su Hao continued cultivating beneath the Underworld Spring River, Shen Rulong arrived on the Tianyuan Continent and sensed him nearby.

• Su Hao’s Demonic Fiend Clone gained the Nether Fiend Sun Devouring Scripture and began devouring the Underworld Spring River more rapidly.
• Su Hao’s clone reached Early Spirit Transformation and swallowed twelve bolts of heavenly lightning.
• Luo Chihu told Su Hao that Pei Haichuan had taken over Pei Baihai’s body and that the Heavenly Demon Path planned a blood sacrifice to strengthen him.
• Su Hao rewarded Luo Chihu with refined demonic qi and continued cultivating the Nether Fiend Manifestation and Vajra Claw while sensing a mysterious object beneath the riverbed.
• Shen Rulong arrived on the Tianyuan Continent, detected Su Hao’s demonic aura near the Underworld Spring River, and descended toward him.

Su Hao defeated Shen Rulong twice, first as his Demonic Fiend Clone and later with a mere strand of sword intent. Shen Rulong revealed that the Supreme Origin Sword Sect’s Sword Master had sent him to invite Su Hao to join the sect as a prodigy.

• Shen Rulong confronted Su Hao beside the Underworld Spring River, but Su Hao’s Vajra Claw shattered his sword attack and sent him flying.
• Shen Rulong unleashed the Pure Yang True Martial Heavenly Sword, but Su Hao’s claw passed through him and destroyed two mountain peaks behind him.
• Shen Rulong chose to live and flew toward the Golden Light Sect to complete his mission, while Su Hao suspected the Sword Sect had sent him to make contact.
• Shen Rulong found Su Hao at the Golden Light Sect and explained that the Sword Master had tracked his location using the Scrying Jade Mirror.
• Shen Rulong challenged Su Hao, but Su Hao’s sword intent suppressed him before he could draw his sword.
• Shen Rulong admitted that the Sword Master had sent him to invite Su Hao to join the Supreme Origin Sword Sect as a prodigy.

Su Hao refused Shen Rulong’s invitation to join the Supreme Origin Sword Sect, but offered him a chance to survive by fighting the Heaven and Heavenly Demon Path. Shen accepted and began dismantling the group’s outlying forces.

• Shen Rulong explained the Supreme Origin Sword Sect’s prodigy benefits and urged Su Hao to join as its next chief disciple.
• Su Hao declined to join for now, and Shen Rulong angrily left the Golden Light Sect.
• Shen Rulong returned to the Underworld Spring River intending to kill himself, but Su Hao stopped him and offered a trade: destroy the Heaven and Heavenly Demon Path in exchange for his life.
• After learning the group planned to blood-sacrifice several cities to summon a heavenly demon, Shen Rulong agreed to stop it.
• Shen Rulong destroyed an affiliated force that night, then moved from one branch stronghold to another, defeating the Heaven and Heavenly Demon Path’s members and experts.

After two years of secluded cultivation, Su Hao learned that Shen Rulong’s fate was unknown and that the Heavenly Demon Path had blood-sacrificed two cities, prompting him to decide he could no longer ignore the threat. He returned to his sect’s affairs and then encountered Little Cai and the Green-robed Female Daoist Boy, who had come looking for him.

• Su Hao reached the Mid Spirit Transformation Realm and asked Lin Daosheng about developments on Tianyuan Continent.
• Lin Daosheng reported that Shen Rulong had been trapped by Pei Yin and three Spirit Transformation cultivators, but his fate remained unknown while the Heavenly Demon Path blood-sacrificed two cities.
• Su Hao concluded that Shen Rulong might still be alive and worried that Pei Haichuan would grow stronger and eventually threaten the Demonic Fiend Clone and the Golden Light Sect.
• Lin Daosheng reported that Wei Wu had left to seek revenge, that the Golden Light Sect had recruited five hundred disciples, and that he had rejected and killed several troublesome demonic cultivators.
• Su Hao gave Lin Daosheng nearly a hundred bottles of pills and told him to prioritize the sect’s safety and keep the mountain sealed if necessary.
• Little Cai and the Green-robed Female Daoist Boy finished refining pills and went to find Su Hao; Little Cai ran into him and hugged him while the girl wondered whether he would recognize her.