Chapter Summaries

Fang Chen attacked White Jade City and confronted the White Jade Demon Lord, overwhelming the city lord with his strength. The White Jade Demon Lord broke out his Manifestation and Secret Arts, and the chapter ended as he thrust his spear at Fang Chen.

• Fang Chen flew over White Jade City and used the Floating Immortal Sword to kill its demons, trapping their Nascent Souls and Primordial Spirits within the city.
• The White Jade Demon Lord arrived and attacked Fang Chen with a crimson spear beam, but Fang Chen shattered it with a punch and struck him in the face.
• The White Jade Demon Lord unleashed his Manifestation and used White Jade Cage to twist space around Fang Chen.
• Fang Chen activated the Fourth Transformation of his Glazed Golden Body and shattered the spatial pressure with a punch.
• The White Jade Demon Lord appeared before Fang Chen and thrust his glowing red spear at him.

Fang Chen killed the White Jade Demon Lord after his Innate Dao Diagram returned and he summoned a Manifestation, then slaughtered demons in White Jade City to absorb their Spiritual Power. The Floating Immortal Sword revealed the Slaughter Heaven and Earth sword technique in Fang Chen's mind, where its mysterious wielder destroyed every attacker before vanishing.

• Fang Chen defeated the White Jade Demon Lord with Heaven and Earth Creation, cut him in half, and trapped his fleeing Primordial Spirit in the Seal God Domain.
• Fang Chen discovered that his Innate Dao Diagram had returned and that he had summoned a hazy Manifestation.
• The Myna bird sealed the White Jade Demon Lord's Primordial Spirit and the other demons' Primordial Spirits and Nascent Souls.
• Fang Chen charged through White Jade City, killing demons with the Floating Immortal Sword to absorb their Spiritual Power as the survivors fled.
• The Floating Immortal Sword flooded Fang Chen's mind with Spiritual Power and showed him the Slaughter Heaven and Earth technique, whose mysterious wielder annihilated every approaching figure before disappearing.

Fang Chen reached Chaotic Sword City and repeatedly attacked its defensive formation while drawing power from the Floating Immortal Sword. As the city prepared for its fall, his Nascent Soul underwent its eleventh Metamorphosis, greatly increasing his strength.

• Fang Chen received a flood of information from the Floating Immortal Sword and flew toward Chaotic Sword City.
• The Chaotic Sword Demon Lord learned of the White Jade Demon Lord's death, activated the city's defensive formation, and shut the gates against fleeing demons.
• Fang Chen struck Chaotic Sword City's Barrier repeatedly, while the Chaotic Sword Demon Lord ordered the demons to flee toward the sixth layer if the city fell.
• Fang Chen's Nascent Soul underwent its eleventh Metamorphosis, covering him and the Floating Immortal Sword with red Flames and Red Runes.
• The demons in Chaotic Sword City realized Fang Chen was only in the Nascent Soul Realm, while his Foundation Establishment Dao Platform absorbed the Spiritual Power released by his Nascent Soul.

Fang Chen destroyed Chaotic Sword City with a devastating sword strike, then followed the Chaos Demonic Star Vine beneath the city to a Blood Pool guarded by Bloodthirsty Red Velvet Bats. The vine attacked the bats as Fang Chen and the Myna bird discovered the hidden underground threat.

• Fang Chen broke Chaotic Sword City's Barrier and cut a long path through the city, prompting the Chaotic Sword Demon Lord and his subordinates to flee by breaking through to higher realms.
• Fang Chen unleashed Slaughter Heaven and Earth, killing every living thing in Chaotic Sword City and reducing it to ruins.
• The Floating Immortal Sword restored Fang Chen's Spiritual Power, while the Myna bird devoured the city's Blood Qi and the Chaos Demonic Star Vine flew toward the City Lord's Mansion.
• Fang Chen followed the vine through a mysterious passage and found a Blood Pool filled with tormented souls, guarded by Bloodthirsty Red Velvet Bats.
• The Chaos Demonic Star Vine plunged into the Blood Pool and pierced the bats, dragging their corpses into the water.

Fang Chen continued clearing demons from the Fifth Layer of the Demon Cave, prompting the survivors to flee to the Sixth Layer. The Three Great Demon Emperors learned he was approaching and began planning a trap to kill him.

• Fang Chen left the Chaos Demonic Star Vine in the underground blood pool and continued hunting demons across the Fifth Layer.
• Fang Chen found Thousand Illusions City empty and kept slaughtering demons to clear the Demon Cave for the Glazed Sword Sect.
• Fifth-Layer demons fled upward and warned the Sixth-Layer demons that Fang Chen had destroyed cities with a single sword strike.
• The Three Great Demon Emperors heard that Fang Chen had devastated the Fourth and Fifth Layers and discussed how to stop him.
• The Flame Demon Emperor, Sword Demon Emperor, and Dream Demon Empress agreed to join forces, strengthen a city with Formations, and prepare a trap for Fang Chen.

Fang Chen finished wiping out most of the demons in the Fifth Layer and prepared to enter the Sixth Layer, worrying that his Nascent Soul’s slow progress would hinder his cultivation. Before he went in, a warning about unusual demon behavior left him cautious.

• Over the next year, Fang Chen’s Nascent Soul completed its Twelfth, Thirteenth, and Fourteenth Transformations as he killed nearly every demon in the Fifth Layer.
• Fang Chen and the Myna bird reached the Fifth Layer’s summit and prepared to enter the Sixth Layer, while Fang Chen worried that his cultivation breakthroughs were becoming too difficult.
• The Myna bird reassured Fang Chen that he could hunt demons and other creatures in deeper layers and beyond the Demon Cave.
• Mu Yunshu contacted Fang Chen on behalf of Black Flame and warned him that demons in the Sixth Layer had been acting strangely.
• Fang Chen thanked Black Flame and told the Myna bird about the warning, though he mistakenly referred to the Seventh Layer before repeating the warning about the Sixth.

Fang Chen and the myna bird entered the Sixth-Layer Space to learn how its demons planned to deal with him. After discovering that thirty million demons had gathered in Demon Burial City to trap him, Fang Chen returned to the Glazed Sword Sect to discuss a strategy with his fellow cultivators.

• Fang Chen and the myna bird entered the Sixth-Layer Space and agreed to scout the demons before making a move.
• The myna bird searched for information while Fang Chen hid, fed his Nascent Soul blood essence, and refined Talisman Blanks.
• The myna bird returned and reported that thirty million demons had gathered in Demon Burial City, where Formations would combine their strength to attack Fang Chen.
• Fang Chen and the myna bird left the Demon Cave and returned to the Glazed Hall.
• Fang Chen summoned Black Flame Dao Lord, Dao Master Honghe, Zixiao Daoist, and the others, then explained the demons' plan to lure and kill him.

Fang Chen warned the Glazed Sword Sect that the Demons had united in Demon Burial City, and the group devised a plan to poison them. After seeking poison and formulas from Drifting Dao Master, Black Flame Dao Master returned ten days later with Chen Xiaofei.

• Fang Chen told Black Flame Dao Master and the others that Myna bird had found many powerful Demons gathered in Demon Burial City.
• Azure Cloud Daoist proposed poisoning the Demons, and Myna bird offered to administer the poison.
• Black Flame Dao Master and Zixiao Daoist visited Drifting Dao Master, who could not obtain enough poison but agreed to find poison formulas.
• Black Flame Dao Master reported the news to Fang Chen, who continued making Talisman Blanks while they waited for the formulas.
• Ten days later, Black Flame Dao Master returned with Azure Cloud Daoist and Chen Xiaofei.

Chen Xiaofei reunited with the myna bird and the two bitter rivals fought until Fang Chen stopped them. After Chen Xiaofei explained that his damaged foundation had weakened his cultivation, he shared the poison formulas he had collected to help Fang Chen and Black Flame Dao Master prepare against the Devil Race.

• Chen Xiaofei and the myna bird recognized each other, traded insults, and fought until Fang Chen ordered them to stop.
• Chen Xiaofei greeted Fang Chen, who helped him sit down and asked about his injuries and declining cultivation.
• Fang Chen explained that Three Thousand million demons had gathered to trap and kill him, so the group planned to develop poison against them.
• Chen Xiaofei revealed that he had collected many poison formulas and brought out his tortoise shells, stone tablets, Jade Slips, and books for the group.

Chen Xiaofei developed a poison Formula from the collected recipes, and Fang Chen, Black Flame Dao Master, and Azure Cloud Daoist prepared to test their skill at refining it. The chapter ended as Fang Chen summoned the Heaven Refining Furnace to begin.

• Fang Chen and the others studied the poison Formulas, and Chen Xiaofei quickly grasped their complexities.
• After a month, Chen Xiaofei announced that he had devised a poison Formula using mostly inexpensive ingredients, though refining it would be difficult.
• Fang Chen offered to refine the Formula, and Azure Cloud Daoist told Chen Xiaofei about Fang Chen's Wrath of the Heavenly Dragon pills.
• Black Flame Dao Master decided that he, Azure Cloud Daoist, and Fang Chen would refine the poison together while Chen Xiaofei watched because his injuries had not healed.
• After the ingredients arrived three days later, Black Flame Dao Master and Azure Cloud Daoist began refining, and Fang Chen summoned the Heaven Refining Furnace.

Fang Chen, Black Flame Dao Master, and Azure Cloud Daoist prepared poisons to test on Void Integration Realm members of the Devil Race. Fang Chen’s medicine became ash, and when he tried to mix it with water, a sneeze scattered the powder throughout the cavern.

• Fang Chen refined the ingredients in his Heaven Refining Furnace and gained two new Innate Dao Diagrams that improved his Alchemy.
• Fang Chen, Black Flame Dao Master, and Azure Cloud Daoist finished preparing their medicines and waited to open their furnaces together.
• Fang Chen found a furnaceful of ash, while Black Flame Dao Master and Azure Cloud Daoist produced black medicinal liquids.
• The three Alchemists went to the Glazed Sword Sect’s Forbidden Grounds and selected Void Integration Realm Devil Race captives for testing.
• Fang Chen tried to mix his powdered medicine with water, but he sneezed and scattered the powder throughout the cavern.

Fang Chen’s seemingly ineffective powder turned out to be a potent poison with a five-day delay, affecting every imprisoned Devil Race member and Demon who encountered it. After confirming its strength on thousands of newly captured prisoners, Black Flame Dao Master called for further testing before they used it on a large scale.

• Fang Chen’s powder failed to affect his test subject, while Black Flame Dao Master and Azure Cloud Daoist’s solutions worked too slowly to produce in useful quantities.
• Five days later, Black Flame Dao Master learned that every prisoner in the Forbidden Grounds had gone berserk from poison, and the group suspected Fang Chen’s powder had caused it.
• Black Flame Dao Master gave Fang Chen a Black Jade Gourd, and Fang Chen returned from the Demon Cave with more than ten thousand captives, including over a hundred Void Integration Realm Devil Race members.
• Fang Chen sprinkled his powder over the bound prisoners, and five days later they showed signs of poisoning, confirming that the powder worked even on powerful targets.
• Black Flame Dao Master praised the powder’s potency but told the group to keep testing its properties, dosage, and effects in different environments before using it widely.

The Three Great Demon Emperors prepared for Fang Chen while he and his companions studied a poison that harmed demons and the Devil Race but left humans unaffected. After agreeing to keep the poison secret, they urged Fang Chen to name it and choose a Dao Name.

• The Three Great Demon Emperors learned that thousands of demons, including more than a hundred Void Integration Realm devils, had vanished near the Skywave Mountain Range and ordered their territories put on alert.
• Fang Chen and his companions spent a month studying the medicinal powder and found that it affected beings with Demonic Qi, causing the Devil Race to frenzy and lose power for an extended time.
• Black Flame Dao Master warned Fang Chen, Azure Cloud Daoist, and Chen Xiaofei to keep the poison secret and use it only when no outsiders were present.
• The myna bird and Chen Xiaofei argued over who deserved credit for the poison, while Fang Chen and Black Flame Dao Master insisted the others had contributed.
• Black Flame Dao Master and the others urged Fang Chen to name the powder and settle on a Dao Name, and Fang Chen agreed.

Fang Chen named his Devil Race poison Heaven Demon Powder and chose Floating Immortal as his Dao Name. After producing a million jin of the powder, he set out with the myna bird to clear the Sixth Layer Demon Cave, while Black Flame Dao Master reassured the others that Fang Chen had powerful protection.

• Fang Chen named the poison Heaven Demon Powder, and the others approved of the name.
• Fang Chen chose Floating Immortal as his Dao Name, drawing congratulations from Azure Cloud Daoist and Chen Xiaofei.
• At Black Flame Dao Master's request, Fang Chen made a million jin of Heaven Demon Powder, which the group kept secret from the rest of the sect.
• Fang Chen and the myna bird left to attack the demons in the Sixth Layer Demon Cave.
• Chen Xiaofei worried about Fang Chen facing tens of millions of demons, and Black Flame Dao Master told him about the Saint Token from Heavenly One Talisman Saint and Fang Chen's partnership with Heavenly Talisman Mountain.

Chen Xiaofei learned how the Glazed Sword Sect had begun recovering while he healed, and agreed to help Black Flame Dao Master study the Glazed Nirvana Pill. Meanwhile, Fang Chen and the myna bird prepared to attack the Demons in the Sixth-Layer Space, with Fang Chen heading toward Demon Burial City as the powder took effect.

• Chen Xiaofei regained hope after Black Flame Dao Master and Azure Cloud Daoist promised to seek a way to repair his damaged foundation.
• Chen Xiaofei chose to remain awake to see whether Fang Chen could wipe out the Demons in the Sixth Layer Demon Cave and vowed to avenge his wife by killing Yun Dan.
• Black Flame Dao Master asked Chen Xiaofei to help study the Glazed Nirvana Pill and find substitutes for its rare ingredients.
• Fang Chen gave the myna bird Heaven Demon Powder and told him they would move in five days.
• The myna bird swallowed the powder and flew off while Fang Chen concealed his aura and made his way toward Demon Burial City.

Fang Chen poisoned Demon Burial City, sending its Demons into widespread madness and throwing the Three Great Demon Emperors’ plans into disarray. As millions succumbed, the city descended into chaos and the Flame Demon Emperor realized the situation was worsening.

• Fang Chen reached Demon Burial City in disguise, and Myna bird told him the powder it had spread would take effect in about three days.
• Two days later, Demons began going mad, and reports of poison spreading through the city reached the Three Great Demon Emperors.
• The Flame Demon Emperor, Dream Demon Empress, and Sword Demon Emperor debated whether to remain in the city or flee to the Seventh Layer.
• The Dream Demon Empress urged the others to suppress the poisoned Demons, and the Flame Demon Emperor ordered unaffected Demons to subdue them.
• Within three hours, over five million Demons had been affected, the city was engulfed in fire and disorder, and the Flame Demon Emperor despaired as the poison continued to spread.

Fang Chen emerged from hiding in Demon Burial City to confront the poisoned Flame Demon Emperor, whose Spirit Flame and full power made him far stronger than expected. The Flame Demon Emperor's spear struck Fang Chen's Battle Armor, but Fang Chen remained unharmed.

• Fang Chen and Myna bird watched Heaven Demon Powder incapacitate Demon Burial City's demons and secretly destroyed the city's Formations.
• The Flame Demon Emperor became enraged and called for Fang Chen, while the Dream Demon Empress and Sword Demon Emperor suspected the poison was affecting them too.
• Myna bird identified the Flame Demon Emperor as a powerful demon with a mutated Peak Imperial Bloodline and noted that he had been poisoned.
• Fang Chen revealed himself and accepted Myna bird's challenge to fight the Flame Demon Emperor.
• The Flame Demon Emperor unleashed his Spirit Flame, Manifestation, and Fire Dragon attack before thrusting his spear at Fang Chen.
• Fang Chen's gray Battle Armor blocked the spear, leaving him motionless and unharmed.

Fang Chen killed the Flame Demon Emperor, captured his Primordial Spirit, and absorbed the Hell Spirit Fire into his Nascent Soul, where his three Spirit Flames began devouring it. The Dream Demon Empress and Sword Demon Emperor fled, while Fang Chen discovered that the Devil Race cultivators in Demon Burial City could not break through to the Nirvana Realm.

• Fang Chen's Nascent Soul Armor withstood the Flame Demon Emperor's strongest attack, and Fang Chen killed him with the Floating Immortal Sword before capturing his Primordial Spirit.
• The Flame Demon Emperor's corpse released the Hell Spirit Fire, which Fang Chen seized with the Hand of the Heavens and fed to his Nascent Soul for his three Spirit Flames to devour.
• The Dream Demon Empress and Sword Demon Emperor failed to break through to the Nirvana Realm, then fled using Escape Paper Talismans when Fang Chen turned toward them.
• The remaining Devil Race cultivators tried to break through and escape to a higher-level space, but they could not concentrate enough to advance, and some succumbed to the poison.
• The myna bird told Fang Chen that the Devil Race cultivators seemed unable to break through.

Fang Chen slaughtered the demons in Demon Burial City and absorbed the energy through the Floating Immortal Sword, enabling his Nascent Soul to complete its fifteenth Metamorphosis and begin its sixteenth. The chapter left him summoning his Nascent Soul, which began devouring energy through both its mouth and the Mysterious Runes covering its body.

• Fang Chen and Myna bird concluded that the Heaven Demon Powder was preventing demons from breaking through and escaping, so Fang Chen attacked them.
• Fang Chen unleashed Slaughter Heaven and Earth and the Seal God Domain, killing most of the demons and shredding their fleeing Nascent Souls and Primordial Spirits.
• The Floating Immortal Sword absorbed the Demonic Qi and the demons’ energy, and Fang Chen used Slay All Beings to kill the remaining demons.
• Fang Chen absorbed the Spiritual Power flowing from the sword, completing his Nascent Soul’s fifteenth Metamorphosis and beginning its sixteenth.
• Fang Chen’s Nascent Soul drew in energy from the city and its surroundings until he summoned it outside his body, where it devoured energy through its mouth and Mysterious Runes, stunning Myna bird.

Fang Chen completed his Nascent Soul’s Seventeenth Transformation, reaching a strength that let him stand against Void Integration Realm cultivators even without the Glazed Transformation. After gathering the spoils from Demon Burial City, he confronted the trapped Sword Demon Emperor and Dream Demon Empress and suggested they break through to the Seventh Layer.

• Fang Chen’s Nascent Soul grew to three zhang, became covered in gray Dao Patterns, and began its Seventeenth Transformation after returning to his dantian.
• Fang Chen refined the Nascent Soul’s gray Spiritual Power for three days as the Floating Immortal Sword, his treasures, and his body formed gray Dao Patterns.
• Fang Chen completed the transformation and realized he could face Void Integration Realm cultivators without using the Glazed Transformation.
• Fang Chen sent Paper Crane to collect the treasures and demon bodies scattered through Demon Burial City, then sensed the Sword Demon Emperor and Dream Demon Empress nearby.
• The Sword Demon Emperor and Dream Demon Empress waited for Fang Chen, and he told them they could break through to the Seventh Layer.