Chapter Summaries

Ji Haoyuan learned that a looming Human-Demon war could give True Monarch Yanfa a chance to advance to Spirit Transformation, but Flying Star Palace's wartime orders threatened to force Yanfa Sect to send three Nascent Soul True Lords away. The chapter left Ji Haoyuan consulting Ice Fire True Person about the order as Yanfa's breakthrough approached.

• Ji Haoyuan and the others left the Minor Grotto-Heaven, and Yanfa Sect cultivators rebuilt the Branch Courtyard while Ji Haoyuan and Ice Fire True Person invited the Ji Family and Crimson Cloud Sect to join it.
• More than ten years later, Ji Haoyuan received news that a Great Demon had attacked Golden Core Sects and that a larger Human-Demon war was likely imminent.
• True Monarch Yanfa told Ji Haoyuan he would attempt to break through to Spirit Transformation in four years and would seal off the Minor Grotto-Heaven during the attempt.
• Flying Star Palace ordered each major Nascent Soul sect to send one Nascent Soul Great True Monarch, or at least three Nascent Soul True Lords, to a designated war zone, leaving Yanfa Sect in a difficult position.
• Ji Haoyuan brought the message to Ice Fire True Person, who asked what had happened, and he handed her the Message Talisman.

Ji Haoyuan sent Ice Fire True Person to guard Yanfa Sect’s main mountain gate and gave her puppets to pass to Xuanyuan, Fuguang, and Baihua, who were heading to Yuantong Pass. Months later, as news revealed the Human Race’s worsening war against the Demon Race, Zhang Tianyang and True Person Beichen brought Ji Haoyuan corpses bearing the Evil Cultivator Blood Demon’s aura, leaving him demanding an explanation.

• Ji Haoyuan asked Ice Fire True Person to guard Yanfa Sect’s main mountain gate while he stayed behind, and gave her several powerful puppets for herself and Xuanyuan, Fuguang, and Baihua.
• Ice Fire True Person accepted the task and left for the main mountain gate.
• Half a year later, Ji Haoyuan received news that Xuanyuan, Fuguang, and Baihua had gone to Yuantong Pass as the Demon Race’s invasion overwhelmed the Human Race’s frontline defenses.
• Miao Zixi brought Zhang Tianyang and True Person Beichen to Ji Haoyuan, and they presented dozens of shriveled corpses.
• Ji Haoyuan recognized the Evil Cultivator Blood Demon’s aura on the corpses and demanded that Zhang Tianyang and True Person Beichen explain what had happened.

Ji Haoyuan sent his Fourth-Order Shadow Wolf Puppet to help Zhang Tianyang and True Person Beichen investigate the Blood Demons threatening the Yanfa Sect Branch Courtyard, but they encountered three Nascent Soul-level Blood Demons. Ji Haoyuan arrived with a golden spear attack that devoured the Nascent Soul Middle Stage Blood Demon, while the other two remained on the battlefield.

• Zhang Tianyang and True Person Beichen told Ji Haoyuan that many Evil Cultivator Blood Demons had appeared around the Branch Courtyard, and they suspected Nascent Soul-level enemies were hiding there.
• Ji Haoyuan ordered Zhang Tianyang and True Person Beichen to continue searching and promised to send a puppet to follow them.
• At Emerald Green Mountain, Zhang Tianyang and True Person Beichen saw two Nascent Soul-level Evil Cultivator Blood Demons fighting the Fourth-Order Shadow Wolf Puppet and fled when the puppet could not hold them back.
• A Nascent Soul Middle Stage Evil Cultivator Blood Demon appeared ahead of Zhang Tianyang and True Person Beichen, trapping them between it and the two pursuers.
• Ji Haoyuan's golden spear light appeared, devoured the Nascent Soul Middle Stage Blood Demon, and threatened to keep all the Blood Demons there.

Ji Haoyuan destroyed the Evil Cultivator Blood Demons threatening his Branch Courtyard and used the Blood Soul Tracking Technique to hunt for others. The search revealed traces of Myriad Fiends Demonic Qi, suggesting a cultivator of the Myriad Fiends Demonic Sect was involved.

• Ji Haoyuan killed three Nascent Soul-level Evil Cultivator Blood Demons with his pure Yang power and ordered Zhang Tianyang and True Person Beichen to search the surrounding area.
• Ji Haoyuan sent the Shadow Wolf Puppet to protect Zhang Tianyang and True Person Beichen, suspecting the demons’ appearance was connected to True Monarch Xuanyuan and the others’ transfer orders.
• Several months later, Ji Haoyuan pursued and killed a sixth-level Nascent Soul Evil Cultivator Blood Demon with Evil-Dispelling Divine Lightning, but it denied knowing who had sent it.
• Ji Haoyuan used the Blood Soul Tracking Technique to search for remaining demonic auras within the Branch Courtyard’s territory.
• Ji Haoyuan detected Myriad Fiends Demonic Qi in the blood-colored patterns and recognized it as the aura of a Myriad Fiends Demonic Sect cultivator.

Ji Haoyuan left the Branch Courtyard after sensing the Myriad Fiends Demonic Sect’s presence and confronted three of its powerful cultivators. He concluded they did not know the Branch Courtyard’s true secret, but Lu Changkong and the others prepared to capture him by force.

• Ji Haoyuan detected Myriad Fiends Demonic Qi in the blood-colored patterns and hurried toward the disturbance, determined to act on his own terms.
• Three thousand li from the Tian Dong Mountains, Ji Haoyuan found his Divine Sense blocked by a Void Severing Restriction and faced Silver Void True Monarch and Evil Ghost Demon Monarch.
• Ji Haoyuan sensed Lu Changkong in hiding and identified him as the Myriad Fiends Demonic Sect’s Fourth Elder, Worry-Free Demonic Flame.
• Ji Haoyuan questioned Lu Changkong about guiding the Blood Demons and targeting the Branch Courtyard, then inferred that the sect lacked definite knowledge of its true secret.
• Evil Ghost Demon Monarch urged Lu Changkong to capture Ji Haoyuan, and Lu Changkong said they would attack him personally.

Ji Haoyuan fought Silver Void True Monarch, Evil Ghost Demon Monarch, and Lu Changkong, revealing power far beyond his apparent Nascent Soul Middle Stage. After his clash with Lu Changkong’s Carefree Demonic Flames shook the surrounding region, Lu Changkong summoned his Demonic Flame Dharma Idol and launched another attack.

• Ji Haoyuan destroyed Evil Ghost Demon Monarch’s ghostly figure with his Silver Sword Pellet and lightning.
• Silver Void True Monarch trapped Ji Haoyuan with the Mysterious Void Silk Net and attacked with the Nirvana Void Blade, but Ji Haoyuan restrained the blade and severed the net.
• Ji Haoyuan unleashed Evil-Dispelling Divine Lightning, annihilating the evil ghosts summoned by Evil Ghost Demon Monarch.
• Lu Changkong attacked Ji Haoyuan with Carefree Demonic Flames, and Ji Haoyuan met the attack with Pure Yang Primordial Great Capture.
• Silver Void True Monarch and Evil Ghost Demon Monarch retreated after realizing Ji Haoyuan had Fourth-Order Late Stage strength.
• Lu Changkong summoned his Demonic Flame Dharma Idol and sent a black-patterned spear toward Ji Haoyuan.

Ji Haoyuan and Lu Changkong fought fiercely, and Ji Haoyuan’s strength and recovery shocked Lu Changkong without letting him defeat the older cultivator. As Lu Changkong prepared to withdraw, Ji Haoyuan decided to use his trump card and drew a sword hilt.

• Ji Haoyuan and Lu Changkong’s spears collided, sending destructive shock waves through the surrounding mountains.
• Ji Haoyuan countered Lu Changkong’s attacks with the Yellow Heaven Canopy, but Lu Changkong’s Demonic Flame Dharma Idol eventually shattered it and sent him flying.
• Ji Haoyuan’s indestructible Nascent Soul healed his cracked body, alarming Lu Changkong and strengthening his resolve to kill him.
• Ji Haoyuan realized that Lu Changkong, Silver Void True Monarch, and Evil Ghost Demon Monarch could threaten him and the Yanfa Sect Branch Courtyard if they escaped.
• As Lu Changkong prepared to retreat, Ji Haoyuan decided to use his trump card and clasped a sword hilt.

Ji Haoyuan used the Sun Star Sword’s domain to kill Lu Changkong, Silver Void True Monarch, and Evil Ghost Demon Monarch, then gained insight into Fifth-Order power. Back in his cave, he removed the restrictions on their storage treasures and began inspecting Lu Changkong’s hoard.

• Ji Haoyuan activated the Sun Star Sword, spreading its domain across a thousand miles and trapping Lu Changkong, Silver Void True Monarch, and Evil Ghost Demon Monarch.
• Lu Changkong recognized the Sun Star Sword as a Spirit Treasure and pleaded for mercy, but Ji Haoyuan struck and annihilated him.
• Silver Void True Monarch and Evil Ghost Demon Monarch could neither move nor speak before the sword’s power vaporized them.
• Ji Haoyuan sensed the sword’s power, gained insight into the laws governing rules, and realized his current cultivation allowed him to use the sword only once.
• Ji Haoyuan returned to the Yanfa Sect Branch Courtyard, entered his Cave Mansion, and spent half a day removing the restrictions from the three storage treasures.
• Ji Haoyuan inspected Lu Changkong’s storage bracelet and found a vast hoard of treasures and Spirit Stones.

Ji Haoyuan discovered that the Myriad Fiends Demonic Sect had used the Sky-Swallowing Spirit Toad to detect an anomaly near the Yanfa Sect Branch Courtyard, then refined his body to the Late Fourth-Order stage using the Blazing Sun Heavenly Gold Fruit. He tested his new strength and found that his body could withstand an ordinary strike from the True Treasure Yuan Chen Sword Pellet, though it still left a faint mark.

• Ji Haoyuan searched the storage treasures of Lu Changkong and the demonic cultivators, finding a method to guide and mislead Evil Cultivator Blood Demons.
• Ji Haoyuan concluded that the Myriad Fiends Demonic Sect had detected the White Bone Demonic Cult's mountain gate through its Sky-Swallowing Spirit Toad, but had not confirmed the Minor Grotto-Heaven's true nature.
• Ji Haoyuan obtained the Tier 4 High-grade Blazing Sun Heavenly Gold Fruit and planned to use it to advance his body refinement.
• Two years later, Ji Haoyuan absorbed the fire lotuses in his Cave Mansion and broke through to the Late Fourth-Order body-refinement stage.
• Ji Haoyuan tested his transformed body with the True Treasure Yuan Chen Sword Pellet and found that an ordinary strike barely pierced his defenses, leaving only a thin blood mark.

Ji Haoyuan learned that the Demon Race had captured Yuantong Pass after a brutal assault, and worried about the fate of the Yanfa Sect’s leaders who had been defending it. The surviving True Lords had fled, but Ji Haoyuan expected the pass and the surrounding territory to remain lost to the Human Race for a long time.

• Ji Haoyuan emerged from seclusion, concealed the junction with the Minor Grotto-Heaven, and met Miao Zixi, Zhang Tianyang, True Person Beichen, and Pei Youlan.
• Zhang Tianyang told Ji Haoyuan that the Demon Race had breached Yuantong Pass, where Martial Uncle Xuanyuan and other Yanfa Sect leaders had been stationed.
• Miao Zixi, Zhang Tianyang, True Person Beichen, and Pei Youlan explained that the Red Flood Dragon King had led a massive assault using Tier 4 High-grade Restriction-Breaking Talismans to overcome the pass’s protective array.
• Ji Haoyuan suspected that someone among the Human Race had supplied the Demon Race with the talismans and considered whether a skilled talisman refiner had defected.
• Ji Haoyuan learned that True Monarch Xuanyuan, True Monarch Fuguang, True Monarch Baihua, and the other True Lords had fled separately after Yuantong Pass fell.
• Ji Haoyuan concluded that the Human Race was unlikely to reclaim Yuantong Pass or the vast surrounding lands anytime soon.

True Monarch Xuanyuan returned to Nanhua Peak and explained why Yuantong Pass fell, blaming True Monarch Beiming’s absence and Flying Star Palace’s cultivators fleeing first. His account left Ji Haoyuan and the others confronting the role of the Human Race’s powerful factions in the defeat.

• Ji Haoyuan spotted True Monarch Xuanyuan approaching the Branch Courtyard and opened the protective array to let him in.
• Ji Haoyuan and the others greeted True Monarch Xuanyuan, then asked what had happened at Yuantong Pass.
• True Monarch Xuanyuan said True Monarch Beiming had been absent when the Demon Race attacked, despite being Yuantong Pass’s highest-ranking commander.
• True Monarch Xuanyuan explained that Beiming’s absence and the destruction of a formation base weakened morale, but Flying Star Palace’s cultivators fleeing first caused the defenders’ collapse.
• Ji Haoyuan reflected that powerful sects kept their most capable cultivators away from the front and sent people who could ruin the defense.

Ji Haoyuan rushed out to save True Monarch Fuguang, whose Nascent Soul was fleeing two avian Demon Kings. He shrugged off their mana-weakening ability and seized both demons, then began tearing them apart.

• Ji Haoyuan asked whether True Monarch Fuguang and True Monarch Baihua had escaped, and True Monarch Xuanyuan said he did not know for certain.
• Ji Haoyuan spotted True Monarch Fuguang’s Nascent Soul being pursued by a Fire Sparrow and a Golden Eagle, and rushed beyond the Branch Courtyard’s formation to intercept them.
• True Monarch Fuguang warned Ji Haoyuan that the demons could weaken cultivators’ mana, but Ji Haoyuan’s Innate Pure Yang Body immediately resisted their ability.
• Ji Haoyuan transformed into a towering form, seized the Fire Sparrow and Golden Eagle, and shattered their combined attack.
• Ji Haoyuan smashed the two Demon Kings together, then grabbed the Golden Eagle and began tearing it apart.

Ji Haoyuan defeated the Golden Eagle and Fire Sparrow, capturing their Demon Nascent Souls before returning to Nanhua Peak with True Monarch Xuanyuan and True Monarch Fuguang. He gave Fuguang Yin Soul Wood to stabilize his Nascent Soul and asked about his experiences and Senior Sister Baihua’s whereabouts.

• Ji Haoyuan tore apart the Golden Eagle and sealed its Demon Nascent Soul inside the God Slaying Treasure Gourd.
• Ji Haoyuan caught the fleeing Fire Sparrow, destroyed its body with one punch, and sealed its Demon Nascent Soul in a Jade Box.
• True Monarch Xuanyuan and True Monarch Fuguang returned with Ji Haoyuan to Nanhua Peak, shocked by how much his strength had grown.
• Ji Haoyuan gave True Monarch Fuguang Yin Soul Wood to stabilize his condition and support the path of a Dharma Body Nascent Soul.
• Ji Haoyuan asked True Monarch Fuguang what he had experienced and whether he knew anything about Senior Sister Baihua’s whereabouts.

Ji Haoyuan and True Monarch Xuanyuan waited as True Monarch Yanfa began his breakthrough to Spirit Transformation, while they prepared for the threat of the Demon Race. Just as Yanfa’s transformation appeared to be going smoothly, the Myriad Fiends Demonic Ship arrived, revealing itself as his Human Tribulation.

• True Monarch Fuguang explained that he had drawn away two Demon Kings so True Monarch Baihua could escape, and warned that the Yanfa Sect might need to prepare to relocate if the Demon Race advanced.
• Ji Haoyuan sent Message Talismans to the Yanfa Sect and arranged for Zhang Tianyang, True Person Beichen, Pei Youlan, and others to keep watch as True Monarch Fuguang began transforming toward a Dharma Body Nascent Soul.
• Ice Fire True Person reported that True Monarch Baihua had returned safely, while True Person Leixia needed one or two years to recover from severe injuries.
• True Monarch Yanfa began his assault on Spirit Transformation, and Ji Haoyuan and True Monarch Xuanyuan sensed his breakthrough progressing toward the Heavenly Tribulation.
• The Myriad Fiends Demonic Ship appeared several thousand li from the Branch Courtyard, and Ji Haoyuan and True Monarch Xuanyuan recognized it as True Monarch Yanfa’s Human Tribulation.

The Myriad Fiends Demonic Sect attacked the Yanfa Sect Branch Courtyard to avenge the destruction of its subordinate White Bone Demonic Cult and claim its territory. Ji Haoyuan and the other cultivators reinforced the Mountain Protection Array to stall the invaders while True Monarch Yanfa advanced, and Ji’s Pure Yang Lightning Pellet steadied the array as Blood Prison Demon Lord threatened him.

• Blood Prison Demon Lord arrived aboard the Myriad Fiends Demonic Ship with three Nascent Soul cultivators and demanded that the Yanfa Sect Branch Courtyard surrender.
• Blood Prison Demon Lord ordered the ship to fire its Formation-Breaking Demonic Light at the Branch Courtyard’s Mountain Protection Array.
• True Monarch Fuguang, True Monarch Xuanyuan, and Ji Haoyuan assessed the attack, and Ji said the reinforced array could hold long enough for True Monarch Yanfa to break through.
• Ji Haoyuan, True Monarch Fuguang, and True Monarch Xuanyuan rallied the Branch Courtyard’s cultivators to help defend the array.
• Ji Haoyuan shattered demonic light with his Flowing Flame Profound Yellow Spear and hurled a Pure Yang Lightning Pellet, stabilizing the array and enraging Blood Prison Demon Lord.

Ji Haoyuan used Evil-Dispelling Divine Lightning to repel the Blood Prison Demon Lord’s assault on his section of the Branch Courtyard Array, but the Demon Lord attacked several array nodes at once. As Ji Haoyuan’s puppets self-destructed and the array weakened, the first node shattered, leaving the whole defense in grave danger.

• The Blood Prison Demon Lord summoned his Blood Prison Dharma Aspect and used its blood-colored purgatory to corrode Ji Haoyuan’s section of the array.
• Ji Haoyuan grew to thirty-three zhang and used Evil-Dispelling Divine Lightning to dispel the demonic flames and restore the array’s light screen.
• The Blood Prison Demon Lord sent four blood-colored purgatories crashing down on other sections of the Branch Courtyard Array.
• Ji Haoyuan sent Fourth-Order puppets, including a Tier 4 High-grade puppet, to defend the array nodes and ordered them to self-destruct if necessary.
• A puppet self-destructed in the southeast, killing demonic cultivators but weakening the array, and Ji Haoyuan avoided using the Sun Star Sword to keep it secret.
• After the other puppets also self-destructed, the first array node shattered and the spiritual pressure of the entire array plunged.

True Monarch Yanfa emerged from seclusion as the Branch Courtyard’s formation faltered and confronted Blood Prison Demon Lord. He annihilated the invading cultivators and killed Blood Prison Demon Lord as he tried to escape.

• As the Branch Courtyard’s formation weakened under the attacks of Blood Prison Demon Lord and the Myriad Fiends Demonic Ship, Ji Haoyuan prepared to use the Sun Star Sword’s remaining Sword Qi.
• True Monarch Yanfa appeared from his Minor Grotto-Heaven and told Ji Haoyuan, True Monarch Xuanyuan, True Monarch Fuguang, and the others to leave the rest to him.
• Blood Prison Demon Lord sensed Yanfa’s overwhelming aura, mistook him for a Spirit Transformation Venerable, and begged him to spare the attackers in exchange for compensation.
• Yanfa unleashed a black-and-white force that sealed the space and drained the surrounding Spiritual Energy, killing the invading Myriad Fiends Demonic Sect cultivators, including two Nascent Soul cultivators.
• Blood Prison Demon Lord burned his Essence Blood, Nascent Soul origin, and lifespan to break the seal, but his body and Nascent Soul shattered before he could escape.

True Monarch Yanfa faced the Spirit Transformation Lightning Tribulation after suppressing Blood Prison Demon Lord. He survived the final strike and began recovering beneath the Seven-Colored Rosy Clouds, leaving his ascension to Spirit Transformation nearly complete.

• True Monarch Yanfa asked Ji Haoyuan, True Monarch Xuanyuan, and True Monarch Fuguang to handle what came next as the Spirit Transformation Lightning Tribulation formed overhead.
• True Monarch Yanfa left the Branch Courtyard's grand formation and countered the first four lightning tribulations with his black-and-white qi and millstone.
• True Monarch Yanfa met the final Five Elements Divine Lightning Tribulation with a Yin-Yang Taiji Diagram formed from the powers of the sun and moon.
• The final strike left True Monarch Yanfa charred and barely alive, alarming Ji Haoyuan, True Monarch Xuanyuan, and True Monarch Fuguang.
• Seven-Colored Rosy Clouds descended on True Monarch Yanfa, restoring his vitality as his charred body peeled away to reveal a new, intact body.

After True Monarch Yanfa reached Primordial Spirit Great Accomplishment, Ji Haoyuan entered enlightenment and comprehended God Annihilation Tribulation Lightning. The sect leaders then considered how to handle the captured Myriad Fiends Demonic Ship, and Yanfa gave Ji Haoyuan materials to begin modifying it.

• True Monarch Yanfa reached Primordial Spirit Great Accomplishment and accepted congratulations from Ji Haoyuan, True Monarch Xuanyuan, and True Monarch Fuguang.
• Remembering Yanfa's battle and tribulation, Ji Haoyuan entered enlightenment and comprehended God Annihilation Tribulation Lightning.
• True Monarch Yanfa and the others guarded Ji Haoyuan until his enlightenment ended, then congratulated him on his breakthrough in understanding.
• True Monarch Xuanyuan asked how they should handle the Myriad Fiends Demonic Ship, and True Monarch Yanfa asked Ji Haoyuan for his opinion.
• Ji Haoyuan offered to try modifying the warship if he could obtain suitable materials, and True Monarch Yanfa handed him a Storage Ring containing Fourth-Order materials.

Ji Haoyuan examined Blood Prison Demon Lord’s spoils, advanced to the sixth layer of Nascent Soul, and developed a lawful version of the Demon Eye of Illusion Breaking. At a meeting in the Tier 5 Minor Grotto-Heaven, True Monarch Yanfa proposed moving the Yanfa Sect’s mountain gate there and warned that the Human Race’s border passes were in grave danger.

• True Monarch Yanfa gave Ji Haoyuan Blood Prison Demon Lord’s black jade pendant and distributed the other defeated cultivators’ Storage Rings to True Monarch Xuanyuan and True Monarch Fuguang.
• Ji Haoyuan found Jade White Lotus seeds, the Demon Eye of Illusion Breaking, and artifact-refining records in the pendant.
• Over six months, Ji Haoyuan used the lotus seeds to reach the sixth layer of Nascent Soul, adapted the demonic ability into the Lawful Eye of Illusion Breaking, and developed ideas for modifying the Myriad Fiends Demonic Ship.
• True Monarch Yanfa proposed distributing the Minor Grotto-Heaven’s spiritual veins, establishing a Fifth-Order formation, and making it the Yanfa Sect’s new mountain gate; Ji Haoyuan, True Monarch Xuanyuan, and True Monarch Fuguang agreed.
• True Monarch Yanfa told the others that Ziyang Pass and Great Liang Pass were in peril and that the Ziyang Sect had sealed off its mountain.