Chapter Summaries

Fang Chen visited the strange Bamboo Grove on Dog Head Ridge and discovered that its bamboo had become powerful Spirit Bamboo, including a grove of nearly indestructible Golden Bamboo. He recognized the first Golden Bamboo as the stalk he had once urinated beside, but could not explain the grove’s transformation, and found that Spiritual Sense could not leave his body inside it.

• Li Yanshan told Fang Chen that something strange had happened in the Bamboo Grove on Dog Head Ridge and led him there with Elder Yun and Wu Qingfeng.
• Fang Chen entered the grove and saw that its bamboo grew far taller inside than it appeared from outside, with Runes and Dao Resonance marking the Spirit Bamboo.
• Li Yanshan, Elder Yun, and Wu Qingfeng showed Fang Chen the Golden Bamboo, explaining that it had multiplied and resisted even Qing Yuan Quasi-Emperor’s attempt to cut off a branch.
• Fang Chen recognized the original Golden Bamboo as the stalk he had urinated beside on his first visit, then cut a shallow notch in it with the Floating Immortal Sword.
• Fang Chen watched the notch heal almost instantly and discovered that he could not extend his Spiritual Sense beyond his body inside the grove.

Fang Chen visited Elder Yun, Li Yanshan, and the other old fellows in their Bamboo Grove, where they could cultivate more easily after being struck by Heavenly Thunder. He shared stories from his travels and offered cultivation guidance, while Little Six remained asleep and the bamboo worms stayed out of reach.

• Elder Yun told Fang Chen that Spiritual Sense could not be extended in the Bamboo Grove and that only the sleeping Little Six could sniff out the hidden bamboo worms.
• Fang Chen asked Elder Yun to dig up Bamboo Shoots so Chef Wang could cook them, and Elder Yun brought the shoots to the Bamboo Houses.
• Elder Yun called to the residents, and Wu Qingfeng, Li Yanshan, Chef Wang, and the other old fellows came out to welcome Fang Chen.
• Fang Chen described his experiences on the Elf Continent, the Demon Race Continent, and the God Race Continent, and the old fellows lamented that they were too weak to join him on an adventure.
• Fang Chen answered the old fellows' cultivation questions, and they praised him for helping them understand long-standing problems.

Fang Chen refined a larger, more powerful batch of Heaven Demon Powder while the Green Grass Great Array burned and revived its cultivators, who grew stronger and spread word of its effects. As Fang Chen began another batch, the Qingtian Demon Emperor returned to the Demon Race Continent.

• Fang Chen spent a month chatting and advising Elder Yun, Old Deng, and the others in the Bamboo Grove before returning to refine Heaven Demon Powder.
• Colored Flames from the Tribulation Clouds ignited the Green Grass Great Array, and Saint Lian Yue and many cultivators burned to ash as their Runes and points of light rose into rainbow clouds.
• After three months, rain fell for a month, the Green Grass Great Array regrew, and the burned cultivators revived with stronger bodies and souls.
• The revived cultivators sent word to their sects and Lineages, prompting even more people to come to the Glazed Sword Sect.
• Fang Chen collected twelve billion jin of Heaven Demon Powder, began refining another batch, and cultivated by eating with his Manifestations.
• The Qingtian Demon Emperor emerged from a Space Vortex above the Demon Race Continent, and the Devil Race experts celebrated his return.

Qingtian Demon Emperor returned from Immortal Forget Island with Immortal Forget Water, then broke through in seclusion and learned that the Spatial Storms had subsided. Fang Chen and his allies prepared to attack the Devil Race, while Qingtian Demon Emperor planned to gather Emperor Source Power by killing Quasi-Emperors.

• Qingtian Demon Emperor gave Tianqin Alchemist a gourd of Immortal Forget Water and entered seclusion after returning from Immortal Forget Island.
• Fang Chen refined Heaven Demon Powder for seven years before Palace Mistress Lingxin told him that the Spatial Storms over the Barbaric Sea were weakening and the Elf Queen was preparing to attack the Devil Race.
• Fang Chen began refining Demon Devouring Saint Tools and absorbed the nine pearls from the Ninth Secret Realm’s Third Checkpoint.
• After two years, the Spatial Storms over the seas between the four continents subsided, and Fang Chen had absorbed all nine pearls while continuing to refine tools.
• Qingtian Demon Emperor emerged from seclusion stronger and near the Great Emperor Realm, deciding he needed to kill Quasi-Emperors to obtain enough Emperor Source Power.
• Skeleton Demon Emperor told Qingtian Demon Emperor that the Spatial Storms between the Demon Race, Elf, and God Race Continents had completely subsided, and Qingtian Demon Emperor celebrated the news.

Qingtian Demon Emperor planned to use a battle against the other races to gather enough Quasi-Emperor Source Power to reach the Great Emperor Realm. The Nether Race and Heavenly Human Race agreed to join an alliance against the Devil Race, while Qingtian Demon Emperor’s followers began preparing a gathering array.

• Qingtian Demon Emperor told his eleven Envoys that he needed to kill at least five thousand Quasi-Emperors and absorb their Source Power to break through.
• Skeleton Demon Emperor reported that most Devil Race cultivators had taken Heaven Demon Water and that the Human, Elf, and God Races were preparing to counterattack.
• Qingtian Demon Emperor welcomed the prospect of an attack, intending to gather enemy Quasi-Emperors and use the Heaven Demon Yuan Gathering Great Array to collect their Source Power.
• Three days later, Skeleton Demon Emperor and the other Envoys mobilized the Devil Race’s Formation Masters to build the array at Heavenly Demon Valley.
• Palace Master Lingxin, the Elf Empress, and the Goddess Empress sent Envoys to the Nether Race and Heavenly Human Race, whose rulers agreed to join the campaign against the Devil Race.

After two years of preparing for the coming war against the Devil Race, Fang Chen learned that the Chaos Demonic Star Vine was ready to face its ninth Heavenly Tribulation. Little Star survived the ordeal and emerged much larger, stronger, and exceptionally resilient.

• The five great races prepared to attack the Devil Race Continent as the Devil Race built the Heaven Demon Yuan Gathering Great Array, while the Qingtian Demon Emperor welcomed the prospect of fighting their Quasi-Emperors.
• Two years later, the Chaos Heart-Devouring Worm told Fang Chen that Little Star was about to undergo Tribulation Transcendence, and Fang Chen arranged a safe area inside the Green Grass Great Array.
• The Chaos Demonic Star Vine endured four powerful rounds of Heavenly Tribulation, was reduced to his life-bound origin pearl, and then restored his body after absorbing Source Power.
• The Chaos Demonic Star Vine grew to immense size, and Fang Chen tested his defenses with Sword Qi comparable to a Four-Star Quasi-Emperor's, leaving only a shallow cut that healed almost immediately.

Fang Chen tested the Chaos Demonic Star Vine's newly gained Super Quasi-Emperor strength, then learned from Palace Mistress Lingxin that the allied races were ready to attack the Devil Race. He gathered allies and explained the invasion plan, leaving the forces assembling at the Glazed Palace.

• Fang Chen's Sword Qi severed a branch of the Chaos Demonic Star Vine, revealing that it could rival the remaining eleven Envoys under the Qingtian Demon Emperor.
• Ten years later, Fang Chen received Palace Mistress Lingxin's message that the counterattack was ready and summoned the Chaos Demonic Star Vine and Quasi-Emperor Huo Li.
• Fang Chen told Quasi-Emperor Huo Li that the allied races would invade the Demon Race Continent and use Heaven Demon Powder, backed by their numerical advantage and the Demon Devouring Saint Tool.
• Fang Chen informed the Black Flame Quasi-Emperor, who summoned the Glazed Sword Sect's Quasi-Emperors to the Glazed Palace.
• Fang Chen met Ye Kong, who had passed the Ninth Secret Realm's seventh trial, and Quasi-Emperor Huo Li praised his progress.

Fang Chen reunited with Ye Kong at the Glazed Palace as Quasi-Emperors gathered to prepare for the journey to the Elf Continent. He learned that Ye Qingci was still attempting the Eighth Checkpoint and that all nine of his clones had cleared the Seventh, leaving the Human Race’s forces assembling for the coming conflict.

• Ye Kong told Fang Chen that Ye Qingci was still attempting the Eighth Checkpoint and that he had just cleared the Seventh.
• Fang Chen met the returning Quasi-Emperors at the Glazed Palace, including members of the Glazed Sword Sect, Yun Su, Di Long, the Chaos Heart-Devouring Worm, and the Demon Star Vine.
• Fang Chen’s nine clones arrived from the Ninth Secret Realm and told him they had all cleared the Seventh Checkpoint.
• The gathered Quasi-Emperors exchanged news of the forces across the Human Race, while the Glazed Sword Sect stood out for its many Super Quasi-Emperors.
• Fang Chen prepared to join the other factions’ Quasi-Emperors at Tianyuan Academy before they traveled across the sea to the Elf Continent.

Fang Chen assembled a force from the Glazed Sword Sect and joined the allied races’ expedition to the Demon Race Continent, intending to weaken the Devil Race through attrition and Heaven Demon Powder. After crossing the shortened Spacetime Passage to the Elf Continent, he reunited with Wendys and Quasi-Emperor Ou Ning.

• Fang Chen chose twenty-two companions for the expedition while leaving his Clones at the Glazed Sword Sect and the Buddhist Quasi-Emperors guarding Tianzhu City.
• Fang Chen and the Glazed Sword Sect group traveled to Tianyuan Academy, where the allied races prepared an expedition of thirty-seven hundred Quasi-Emperors.
• Fang Chen greeted old friends, including Ao Xuan, at the Glazed Palace before Palace Mistress Lingxin led the assembled forces into a Space Vortex.
• Fang Chen and the others reached the Elf Continent in a day because the Spatial Storm above the Barbaric Sea had subsided.
• Wendys welcomed the group aboard an Elf Warship, and Quasi-Emperor Ou Ning reunited with Fang Chen.

The Six Great Races marched to the Devil Race Continent, where the Qingtian Demon Emperor prepared to lure their Quasi-Emperors into the Heavenly Demon Array. After arriving, Fang Chen and a scouting party found the Devil Race's cities almost entirely deserted.

• Palace Mistress Lingxin and the Elf Queen gathered the allied races and set out for the Devil Race Continent aboard the Innate Purple Star Gourd and the Dark Elf Divine Ark.
• The Qingtian Demon Emperor ordered the Devil Race forces into the Heavenly Demon Array, planning to trap the allied Quasi-Emperors and confident they could counter Heaven Demon Powder.
• A month later, the allied races reached the Devil Race Continent and agreed to wait for reports from their scouts before attacking.
• Fang Chen joined Little Crane's scouting party and found cities across the continent empty, with only a few Devil Race members without cultivation remaining.

Fang Chen and the allied races learned that the Qingtian Demon Emperor was preparing to break through to the Great Emperor Realm in Heavenly Demon Valley. They resolved to stop him and launched an assault on the valley.

• Fang Chen and Little Crane reported that every city on the Demon Race Continent had been evacuated, and Palace Mistress Lingxin decided the allies should seek the Devil Race's stronghold.
• Palace Mistress Lingxin told the leaders that the Qingtian Demon Emperor had gathered the Devil Race in Heavenly Demon Valley for his breakthrough, so the allies traveled there together.
• Advance squads entered Heavenly Demon Valley, fought the Devil Race's Quasi-Emperors, and captured Demon Emperors whose memories confirmed the breakthrough plan.
• The allied leaders decided to attack before the Qingtian Demon Emperor could succeed, and Fang Chen joined Palace Mistress Lingxin in leading the charge into Heavenly Demon Valley.

Fang Chen and the Allied Army of the Foreign Race entered Heavenly Demon Valley, where the Qingtian Demon Emperor trapped them inside the Primordial Heavenly Demon Array and empowered the Devil Race with Black Rain. As the battle began, the Tianyuan Academy fighters merged into a giant and attacked the Devil Race’s combined shield.

• Fang Chen and the Allied Army of the Foreign Race charged into Heavenly Demon Valley despite the Demonic Qi and pressure.
• The Qingtian Demon Emperor ordered the Skeleton Demon Emperor to seal the valley and kill the intruders, revealing that he had lured them into the Primordial Heavenly Demon Array.
• The Skeleton Demon Emperor led the Devil Race Quasi-Emperors into battle while the array produced Black Rain that strengthened them.
• The Elf Race fired Light Arrows, but the Devil Race fighters combined their shields into a Red Shield that blocked the volley.
• Palace Mistress Lingxin ordered the Tianyuan Academy fighters forward, and its fifty Quasi-Emperors merged into a Five-Colored Giant that struck the Red Shield.

Fang Chen and the allied experts battered the Devil Race’s Red Shield, but it kept repairing itself until Fang Chen’s Heaven Mending Goddess Manifestation shattered it with the Black Stone. The Black Stone plowed into the Devil Race ranks as the Floating Immortal Sword devoured the shield’s runes and the fallen Quasi-Emperors’ remains.

• The Five-Colored Giant and experts from the other races struck the Red Shield with Supreme Emperor Weapons, but it repaired the damage as the Devil Race advanced behind it.
• Quasi-Emperor Huo Li, Palace Mistress Lingxin, the Elf Queen, the Goddess Empress, the Nether Emperor, the Heavenly Human Emperor, and the sea dragons attacked the shield, spreading cracks across it.
• Fang Chen sent the Floating Immortal Sword through the Red Shield, and it absorbed the fallen Dao Patterns while its power surged through him.
• Fang Chen activated the Glazed Battle Runes and summoned the Heaven Mending Goddess Manifestation, which hurled the Black Stone at the Red Shield.
• The Black Stone shattered the Red Shield, crushed several Devil Race Quasi-Emperors, and the Floating Immortal Sword devoured their blood and flesh.

Fang Chen studied the formidable Heavenly Demon Array and discovered its flaws, preparing to infiltrate it with Little Crane and the others. The Allied Army continued attacking the Devil Race as the Qingtian Demon Emperor watched, confident the array would eventually turn the battle in his favor.

• The Allied Army exploited the shattered Devil Race formation and charged, killing large numbers of Quasi-Emperors while scattering Heaven Demon Powder.
• The Qingtian Demon Emperor watched Source Power from the dead flow toward the Heavenly Demon Array’s core and remained confident that its demonic energy would weaken the Allied Army.
• Quasi-Emperor Huo Li urged Fang Chen to enter the array with Little Crane and use Heaven Demon Powder against its power source.
• Fang Chen studied the array with the Reincarnation Eye Secret Technique, merged with a Silhouette from the Innate Eight Trigrams Array Diagram, and found vortices marking its flaws.
• Fang Chen had Little Crane take Huahua, Chi You, and Little Star into the Spirit Crane Space, then flew toward the sky to enter the array.

Fang Chen and Little Crane slipped through the Primordial Heavenly Demon Array’s Formation Runes while Huo Li battled Skeleton Demon Emperor on the battlefield. After Qingtian Demon Emperor sensed Fang Chen, Little Crane took him into the Spirit Crane Space, leaving Qingtian unable to find him.

• Fang Chen vanished into the Void and wove through the Heavenly Demon Array’s dangerous Formation Runes as Qingtian Demon Emperor searched for him.
• Chen Xiaofei and Yan Ziyi wondered where Fang Chen had gone while fighting Devil Race experts.
• Huo Li fought Skeleton Demon Emperor and drove him back, astonishing the leaders of the other races, who learned he was the Glazed Saint’s junior brother.
• Huo Li challenged Qingtian Demon Emperor, but Qingtian ignored him as Fang Chen and Little Crane continued through the array.
• After Fang Chen passed every Formation Rune, Qingtian sensed him, and Little Crane carried him into the Spirit Crane Space before Qingtian could catch them.

Fang Chen and Little Crane spread Heaven Demon Powder through the Heavenly Demon Array while Qingtian Demon Emperor pursued them, but the powder showed no effect. After ten days, the devils revealed that Master Tianqin had developed a potion to counter it, leaving the Demon Slaying Alliance Army trapped and in danger.

• Qingtian Demon Emperor tracked Little Crane into the core of the Heavenly Demon Array, where Fang Chen recognized the devils sustaining it.
• Little Crane scattered Heaven Demon Powder through the array, and Fang Chen sent out Myna bird's Clones to help spread it.
• Qingtian Demon Emperor pursued Little Crane with the Sky-Covering Net and claimed the devils had found a way to counter the powder.
• Fang Chen ordered Little Crane to continue spreading the powder, but the devils showed no reaction as the battle outside raged on.
• Ten days passed without the Heaven Demon Powder taking effect, and the devils announced that Master Tianqin had developed a counteracting potion.

Fang Chen's forces spread a more advanced Heaven Demon Powder through the Heavenly Demon Array, overcoming the Devil Race's Heaven Demon Water. As the poisoned Devil Race members turned on one another, the array weakened and the Black Rain thinned, giving the allied forces an opening.

• After ten days of fighting, Fang Chen's Quasi-Emperors grew weaker while the Heavenly Demon Array increasingly strengthened the Devil Race.
• The Devil Race began going berserk despite the Qingtian Demon Emperor's claim that Heaven Demon Powder no longer affected them, and Little Crane told Fang Chen the Qingtian Demon Emperor's Spiritual Sense had vanished.
• The Qingtian Demon Emperor brought poisoned Devil Race members to Master Tianqin, who explained that the advanced Heaven Demon Powder could only be delayed by Heaven Demon Water, not neutralized.
• As the poisoned Devil Race members attacked one another, they disrupted the Primordial Heavenly Demon Array and weakened its power.
• The Black Rain over Heavenly Demon Valley thinned, and the allied forces cheered as the Devil Race's boost faded.

Heaven Demon Powder poisoned the Devil Race’s Demon Emperors and threw their forces into chaos, while the Qingtian Demon Emperor fused with the Heavenly Demon Array to empower his Quasi-Emperors. He unleashed a stronger wave of Demonic Runes against the Demon Slaying Alliance as the poison continued to spread.

• Poisoned Demon Emperors went mad and attacked their own allies, prompting Palace Mistress Lingxin and the other leaders to withdraw and let the Devil Race fight among themselves.
• The Skeleton Demon Emperor told the Qingtian Demon Emperor that Heaven Demon Water had failed, and the Qingtian Demon Emperor ordered the Devil Race to keep fighting at any cost.
• Master Tianqin succumbed to the poison and charged the Qingtian Demon Emperor, who knocked him unconscious and used a Secret Method to subdue other poisoned Devil Race members.
• As the Devil Race Quasi-Emperors began falling to their enemies, the Qingtian Demon Emperor fused with the Heavenly Demon Array and raised its power.
• The Qingtian Demon Emperor appeared as a colossal Demonic Shadow and sent powerful red Demonic Runes into the Devil Race Quasi-Emperors.

The Qingtian Demon Emperor used the Heavenly Demon Array to empower poisoned Devil Race Quasi-Emperors, but the Demon Slaying Alliance retreated to avoid their suicidal assault. He then transformed the array into a refining cauldron, leaving the alliance scrambling to escape as Fang Chen and Little Crane moved toward its core.

• The Qingtian Demon Emperor empowered the Devil Race Quasi-Emperors with red Demonic Runes, temporarily restoring their senses and raising their strength.
• Fang Chen noticed that the array's pressure had eased and directed Little Crane toward the source of the Heavenly Demon Array.
• Palace Mistress Lingxin and the other alliance leaders ordered their forces to retreat and stall until the Heaven Demon Powder weakened the devils.
• The empowered Devil Race Quasi-Emperors killed some weaker Great Emperor experts, while Quasi-Emperor Huo Li challenged the Qingtian Demon Emperor to maintain the array.
• The Qingtian Demon Emperor activated the Primordial Heavenly Demon Array, overturning heaven and earth and filling the battlefield with flames.
• Palace Mistress Lingxin realized the array was refining everyone inside it, and the Nether Emperor urged the alliance to find a way out.

The Human Race, Elf Race, God Race, Demon Race, and Nether Race chose to stay in the Heavenly Demon Array and resist the Qingtian Demon Emperor, while the Heavenly Human Emperor led his people out. After the Heavenly Human Race escaped, the array’s barrier sealed itself and its pressure intensified, leaving the remaining forces to hold out together.

• Quasi-Emperor Huo Li argued that the alliance should stay and fight the Qingtian Demon Emperor, and Palace Mistress Lingxin agreed to let each race choose for itself.
• The Elf Empress, Goddess Empress, Three Great Dragon Kings, Dragon Turtle, and Nether Emperor each committed their forces to staying in the array.
• The Heavenly Human Emperor refused to gamble and led more than six hundred Quasi-Emperors to attack the barrier and escape.
• The barrier restored itself after the Heavenly Human Race left, and the Qingtian Demon Emperor declared that the remaining forces were finished.
• The array inverted again, increasing the spatial pressure and heat, and Palace Mistress Lingxin urged everyone to resist to the end.