Chapter Summaries

Jiang Chen and the experts from Jiang Manor defended their assigned stretch of City of Sin’s walls, using explosive arrows to wipe out a demon beast horde. The Ironclad Bull King then sent its clan into battle to break through the defenses, while Jiang Chen jumped down to absorb blood-qi from the slain beasts.

• A commander assigned Jiang Chen and the experts from Jiang Manor to defend a ten-li stretch of the city wall.
• Jiang Chen ordered his people to fire explosive arrows, quickly wiping out the demon beasts attacking their section.
• The Ironclad Bull King decided to send its clan forward to withstand the defenders’ arrows, with other elite demon beasts ready to follow.
• Jiang Chen leaped down from the wall and began absorbing blood-qi from the demon beast corpses.

Jiang Chen absorbed the remaining blood and qi from demon beast corpses beneath the City of Sin’s wall before the Ironclad Bull King launched a full assault. The Ironclad Bulls overwhelmed the defenders’ rune arrows and began climbing the wall, leaving the Jiang Manor experts to switch their Spirit Cannons to fire attacks.

• Jiang Chen jumped down from the city wall and used the Sky Devouring Demonic Dragon Art to absorb power from nearby demon beast corpses.
• The Giant Snake King objected to Jiang Chen’s presence beneath the wall, and the Ironclad Bull King ordered its herd to launch a full assault.
• The Ironclad Bull herd charged toward Jiang Chen, prompting the Jiang Manor experts to fire arrows and urge him to return to the wall.
• Jiang Chen returned to the wall and ordered the defenders to use fire attacks and Spirit Cannons after the rune arrows failed to pierce the Ironclad Bulls’ armor.
• The Ironclad Bulls slammed into the city wall and began climbing it, so the Jiang Manor experts switched the Spirit Cannons to fire-attack mode.

Jiang Chen and the defenders of Jiang Manor used Spirit Cannons to repel the Ironclad Bulls, but the Four Great Demon Sages then led a massive assault that overwhelmed the city wall. Jiang Chen killed an eighth-grade Ironclad Bull and continued cutting through the Demon Beasts as other eighth-grade enemies took notice.

• The Ironclad Bull King, White Wolf King, Giant Tiger King, and Giant Snake King prepared a coordinated assault after the Ironclad Bulls had broken through the city's outer defenses.
• Jiang Manor's Spirit Cannons engulfed the Ironclad Bulls in flames, killing hundreds and forcing the herd to retreat.
• The Four Great Demon Sages sent tens of thousands of Demon Beasts charging at the wall, where they destroyed the remaining formations and fought the Human Race defenders.
• Jiang Chen used his seventh-grade Spirit Weapons to slaughter Demon Beasts and confronted an eighth-grade Ironclad Bull that was killing defenders.
• Jiang Chen killed the Ironclad Bull with two Dragon King Fist strikes, replenished his true qi from nearby corpses, and drew the attention of other eighth-grade Demon Beasts.

Jiang Chen fought the Ironclad Bull King on the city wall and killed the Eighth Order, Fourth Level demon despite its formidable defense. The other three Demon Sages were left stunned by his victory.

• Jiang Chen’s rampage strengthened the Human Race defenders, and the Ironclad Bull King decided to confront him personally.
• Jiang Chen sent the nearby defenders away and stayed on the city wall to face the Ironclad Bull King.
• Jiang Chen transformed into a Half-Dragon Man and used his speed and strength to counter the Ironclad Bull King’s attacks.
• The Ironclad Bull King transformed into an armored bull-headed man, but Jiang Chen held his own in their direct clashes.
• Jiang Chen struck the Ironclad Bull King’s eye with a tenfold-enhanced Sky Annihilation Strike, killing it and shocking the other three Demon Sages.

Jiang Chen fought off the demon beasts attacking the city, killing the Ironclad Bull King and then surviving a coordinated assault by numerous eighth-rank enemies. After absorbing their blood essence, he broke through to the Martial Venerable Realm, Tenth Level, and prepared to finish off the remaining Demon Race experts.

• Jiang Chen killed the Ironclad Bull King, recovered by devouring its blood essence, and helped the Human Race defenders regain momentum.
• The Giant Tiger, White Wolf King, Giant Snake, and other eighth-rank demon beasts joined forces to attack Jiang Chen.
• Jiang Chen transformed into a Half-Dragon Man, wounded the assembled Demon Race experts with the Magic Dragon Fist, and killed many of them.
• Jiang Chen overpowered the Giant Tiger King and hurled the Giant Snake King away before absorbing blood essence from the surrounding corpses.
• Jiang Chen advanced to the Martial Venerable Realm, Tenth Level, doubling his strength, then turned toward the remaining Demon Race experts.

After breaking through to Martial Venerable Realm, Tenth Level, Jiang Chen slaughtered the demon beasts that had tried to kill him. He stabilized his cultivation by absorbing their blood-qi power and learned how much spiritual energy he would need to reach Martial Saint Realm, First Level.

• The Giant Snake King urged the demon beasts to join forces against Jiang Chen, but Jiang Chen killed the Giant Tiger King with a single blow.
• The White Wolf King fled, but Jiang Chen caught and killed it.
• The Giant Snake King ordered the remaining demon beasts to retreat, but Jiang Chen pursued it and rejected its offer of spirit medicines.
• Jiang Chen burned away the Giant Snake King's poisonous mist, struck its weak points, and killed it while the other eighth-level demon beasts escaped.
• Jiang Chen absorbed the dead demon beasts' blood-qi power, stabilized his cultivation, and realized that advancing to Martial Saint Realm, First Level required immense spiritual energy.

Jiang Chen’s forces defeated a demon beast army at their section of the City of Sin’s wall, but other defenses failed and demon beasts broke into the city. Jiang Chen ordered Jiang Manor to reinforce the city as Xu Li and the City Lord’s Mansion struggled to protect their own perimeter.

• Jiang Chen’s defenders routed the demon beasts at their wall, and he ordered sentries posted while the survivors rested and treated their wounds.
• Jiang Chen and more than a hundred people gathered the fallen demon beasts’ corpses and salvaged what they could.
• Flames and reports of breaches revealed that demon beasts had entered the city, and an envoy delivered the City Lord’s Mansion’s order for the forces to reinforce the city.
• Jiang Chen assembled Jiang Manor’s fighters and ordered them into the city to drive back the Demon Race army.
• Xu Li told a Martial Saint Realm elder that the demon beasts, including eighth-order beasts, made victory uncertain, while his forces defended the City Lord’s Mansion and sheltered nearby residents.

Jiang Chen led Jiang Manor’s experts through the besieged City of Sin, killing a Giant Rat King and its followers before heading to reinforce the City Lord’s Mansion. His forces’ War Spirit Cannons drew a Demon army away from the mansion, where Xu Li learned that Jiang Manor had come to help.

• Jiang Chen and his group encountered several hundred Demonic Beasts, and he killed their Eighth Order, First Level leader, the Giant Rat King, with a single strike before slaughtering the rest.
• Jiang Chen absorbed blood qi from corpses as he traveled through the city, then decided to lead Jiang Manor to reinforce the City Lord’s Mansion.
• Jiang Chen explained that the Human factions needed to unite against the Demon Race army, and his subordinates agreed to follow him.
• Human forces used War Spirit Cannons to inflict heavy losses on the Demons, prompting the Demon Race to send troops against them and reducing the pressure on the City Lord’s Mansion.
• Xu Li asked who had helped the defenders, and a Martial Saint Realm expert reported that Jiang Manor’s banner had been seen nearby.

Jiang Chen and the Jiang Manor forces held off a demonic beast army, and Jiang Chen killed all ten Eighth-Order Demonic Beasts leading it. The survivors fled into another Demon Race army, where the Giant Bear King learned that a powerful Human Race fighter had slaughtered his forces.

• Xu Li ordered the City Lord's Mansion defenders to focus on resisting the Demon Race's assault.
• Jiang Chen commanded the Jiang Manor experts to fire their cannons and explosive arrows, then used Flame Rain to burn the advancing demonic beasts.
• An Eighth-Order tiger-clan beast attacked Jiang Chen, who defeated and killed it with his transformed strength.
• Jiang Chen fought the other Demon Race experts and killed the remaining nine Eighth-Order Demonic Beasts, causing the surviving beasts to flee.
• Jiang Chen ordered his forces to pursue the fleeing beasts, which disrupted the nearby Demon Race army.
• A Seventh Order Great Demon told the Giant Bear King that a Human Race expert had killed ten Eighth-Order fighters, shocking him.

Jiang Chen and Jiang Manor reinforced the City Lord’s Mansion against the Demon Race before the Tiger-Striped Bear King arrived with a powerful force to kill him. Jiang Chen stepped forward to meet the Martial Saint Realm, Tenth Level, enemy as the battle began.

• A Seventh-Tier Demonic Beast reported Jiang Chen’s devastating flame attack, prompting the Tiger-Striped Bear King to go after him.
• Jiang Chen’s War Spirit Cannons and martial techniques inflicted heavy losses on the Demon Race and helped his forces join the City Lord’s Mansion defenders.
• Jiang Chen learned that hundreds of thousands of Demonic Beasts surrounded the mansion and asked to meet the City Lord to coordinate an attack on the enemy’s strongest experts.
• The Tiger-Striped Bear King arrived with Eighth-Tier and Seventh-Tier Demonic Beasts, while the City Lord’s Mansion sent an elder to summon the City Lord.
• Jiang Manor’s War Spirit Cannons struck the advancing force, but the Bear King blocked some blasts and charged to destroy the cannons.
• Jiang Chen transformed into his Half-Dragon form and met the Bear King’s palm attack with his tenfold-enhanced Magic Dragon Fist.

Jiang Chen clashed with Tiger-Striped Bear King but could not overcome the powerful Demon on his own, so Sky Swallowing Demonic Dragon took control of his body. It drove Tiger-Striped Bear King back and injured it, while its aura rose to the Martial Saint Realm, Second Level.

• Jiang Chen and Tiger-Striped Bear King exchanged blows, and both were forced back, though the bear held the advantage.
• Jiang Chen asked Sky Swallowing Demonic Dragon to lend him power, explaining that he wanted to protect the City of Sin and gain blood-qi power.
• Sky Swallowing Demonic Dragon warned that helping would exhaust its soul and make it fall into slumber, but agreed to take control of Jiang Chen's body.
• Sky Swallowing Demonic Dragon used Jiang Chen's body to block Tiger-Striped Bear King's next strike and hit it with an enhanced Magic Dragon Fist, sending it flying and making it spit blood.
• Sky Swallowing Demonic Dragon's aura rose to the Martial Saint Realm, Second Level, as Tiger-Striped Bear King raged at its injury.

The Sky Swallowing Demonic Dragon, disguised as Jiang Chen, used the Evil Demon Eye to immobilize and corrode the Demon Race forces, giving Xu Li and the Jiang Manor cultivators a chance to kill Tiger-Striped Bear King and his fighters. After the exhausting attack, he urged everyone to hurry and deal with the remaining Demon Race powerhouses.

• The Sky Swallowing Demonic Dragon wounded several Demon Race powerhouses and told them to retreat, while Tiger-Striped Bear King recognized the threat of his sudden strength.
• Xu Li arrived with other Martial Saint Realm powerhouses, and Tiger-Striped Bear King sent an expert to summon Blood Bat King and Black Flood Dragon King as reinforcements.
• The Sky Swallowing Demonic Dragon took out the Evil Demon Eye and used its immobilizing and corrosive power on the Demon Race forces.
• Xu Li and the Jiang Manor cultivators attacked the weakened demons with martial skills and War Spirit Cannons, killing Tiger-Striped Bear King and many others.
• The Sky Swallowing Demonic Dragon withdrew the Evil Demon Eye's power, gasped from the strain, and urged the group to pursue the remaining Demon Race powerhouses.

Xu Li and Sky Swallowing Demonic Dragon led a Human Race counterattack against the Demon Race army, aiming to kill its leaders and turn the battle. The forces gathered for a decisive clash, and Sky Swallowing Demonic Dragon revealed Tiger-Striped Bear King’s severed head.

• Sky Swallowing Demonic Dragon absorbed blood-qi from the battlefield corpses to restore his strength while Xu Li’s forces cleared the area.
• Blood Bat King and Black Flood Dragon King learned that Tiger-Striped Bear King had requested reinforcements and prepared to aid him.
• Xu Li and Sky Swallowing Demonic Dragon led more than two thousand Human Race elites in a charge against the Demon Race army, killing several powerful demons.
• Black Flood Dragon King and Blood Bat King rallied the Demon Race forces and moved to confront Xu Li and Sky Swallowing Demonic Dragon.
• Sky Swallowing Demonic Dragon showed the Demon Race leaders Tiger-Striped Bear King’s head, stunning their troops.

The Sky Swallowing Demonic Dragon used Jiang Chen’s body to help Xu Li defeat the Demon Race army in the City of Sin. After the enemy fled, he returned control of the body to Jiang Chen and went into the Sky Devouring Pearl to recover.

• The Sky Swallowing Demonic Dragon used the Eye of the Fiend to immobilize the Demon Race experts and weaken their defenses while Xu Li and the Human Race attacked.
• The Sky Swallowing Demonic Dragon killed the Blood Bat King, the Black Flood Dragon King, and many other top Demon Race combatants with Magic Dragon Bombardment.
• Xu Li and the Human Race experts killed the remaining injured eighth-tier Demon Race fighters and routed the army with a counterattack.
• The defenders and other factions joined the pursuit, driving the Demon Race out of the City of Sin and leaving few enemies behind.
• The Sky Swallowing Demonic Dragon returned control of Jiang Chen’s body to him, went back into the Sky Devouring Pearl, and fell into a deep sleep.

After the Demon Race attack, Jiang Chen helped rebuild the City of Sin’s defenses and strengthened his standing there, while continuing to cultivate without advancing realms. The chapter then shifts to Nanyuan Prefecture, where Mo Qingling, Mo Qingyan, and other young cultivators were trapped in a dangerous secret realm.

• Jiang Chen received the largest share of the battle spoils after the Demon Race army was repelled.
• Xu Li invited Jiang Chen to design a new Defensive Array, and Jiang Chen arranged an eighth-grade array capable of resisting Martial Sovereign attacks and killing Martial Saint experts.
• Jiang Chen’s influence led the major forces in the City of Sin to restrain their subordinates, and he spent more than a year cultivating and improving his combat skills.
• In a secret realm in Nanyuan Prefecture, Mo Dao despaired as he and several dozen young cultivators remained trapped among hundreds of powerful monsters.
• Mo Qingling reminded Mo Dao that the elders had been notified, but he pointed out that two rescue groups had already perished and the Lineage was preparing a third.
• Mo Qingyan, now at Martial Venerable Realm, Second Level, stood with Mo Qingling as the group awaited rescue.

Mo Qingyan and the Mission Hall geniuses were trapped in a secret realm after three rescue teams perished, leaving them to find their own way out. As a Corpse Swarm attacked their shelter, Mo Qingyan considered calling on Jiang Chen for help.

• Mo Qingling received word that the Mission Hall would send no more rescuers, so she urged the survivors to conserve their strength and plan a way out.
• A Corpse Swarm attacked the cave entrance, and the geniuses decided to keep the Defensive Array supplied with spiritual energy rather than fight the creatures directly.
• Mo Qingyan said that a friend might be able to help them, though others doubted anyone could succeed where the Mission Hall's elite teams had failed.
• Mo Qingyan thought of Jiang Chen and the three jade stones he had given her, which could summon his help if she shattered one.

Mo Qingyan called on Jiang Chen to rescue her from the Black Yin Secret Realm, and Jiang Chen set out to leave the City of Sin. After learning he believed he had a seventy-percent chance of escaping, Xu Li asked Jiang Chen to take him along.

• Mo Qingyan told Mo Qingling and the others that Jiang Chen owed her a favor and could be asked to help them escape the Black Yin Secret Realm.
• Mo Qingyan sent Jiang Chen a voice transmission describing their danger and warning that the secret realm only allowed cultivators below the Martial Saint Realm to enter.
• Jiang Chen ended his cultivation and went to tell Xu Li that he was leaving the City of Sin to rescue Mo Qingyan.
• Xu Li offered to marry his youngest daughter, Xu Wenjing, to Jiang Chen if he stayed, but Jiang Chen refused and said he had to save his friend.
• Jiang Chen said he had about a seventy-percent chance of crossing the forbidden zone, and Xu Li eagerly asked him to take him along.

Jiang Chen agreed to escort Xu Li and more than a hundred others out of the City of Sin, accepting their promise to serve him for twenty years. After three days in the restricted zone, he encountered a powerful Black Cloud Wolf Beast near a lake inhabited by a Peak Eighth Order presence.

• Xu Li revealed that he owned a Small World Treasure and asked Jiang Chen to take his family along; Jiang Chen agreed to leave that night.
• More than a hundred people gathered at Jiang Manor to join them, and most swore a Heavenly Oath to serve Jiang Chen for twenty years if he got them safely across the restricted zone.
• Jiang Chen sent the group into Xu Li's Small World Treasure and departed the City of Sin.
• Three days later, the Sky Swallowing Demonic Dragon warned Jiang Chen to leave a lake where a Peak Eighth Order creature dwelled.
• Jiang Chen sensed an Eighth Order Triple presence, spotted a Black Cloud Wolf Beast approaching the lake, and recognized it as a powerful solitary Primordial Exotic Species.

Jiang Chen crossed a dangerous restricted zone, surviving a lake monster and swarms of beasts before entering a gray mist filled with evil corpses. After destroying hundreds of them, he faced a powerful armored corpse and realized it might have been created from someone who died trying to leave the City of Sin.

• Jiang Chen watched a Strange Fish drag the Black Cloud Wolf Beast into the lake, then left before the fish could attack him.
• Jiang Chen burned through scorpions, including an Eighth Order Scorpion King, and gained materials and blood-qi as he traveled.
• Dragon Lord warned Jiang Chen about powerful threats and cautioned him when gray mist surrounded his path.
• Jiang Chen entered the gray mist and used his Demonic Soul Blade and Pill Fire to destroy hundreds of evil corpses.
• Jiang Chen encountered a two-meter-tall armored evil corpse at the Seventh Level of the Eighth Order and suspected the corpses had once been people from the City of Sin.

Jiang Chen defeated the Evil Corpse General, collected Evil Corpses, and planned to use them in a Yin Corpse Grand Formation. In a valley, he encountered the concealed Green Dark Breath Snake and tried to negotiate by revealing its wish to break through to the ninth order.

• Jiang Chen used the Burning Annihilation Palm, Magic Dragon Blast Kill, and Pill Fire to destroy the Evil Corpse General.
• Jiang Chen left the Gray Mist Area with five hundred seventh-order Evil Corpses and three eighth-order Evil Corpses, planning to use them with other corpses in a Yin Corpse Grand Formation.
• Jiang Chen entered a valley and came face-to-face with a Peak Eighth Order Green Dark Breath Snake that Sky Swallowing Demonic Dragon had failed to detect.
• The Green Dark Breath Snake threatened to eat Jiang Chen, but he asked whether it had been stuck at the Peak Eighth Order for many years.
• The Green Dark Breath Snake demanded to know how Jiang Chen had discovered its cultivation, which it had concealed.