Chapter Summaries

After dominating the Demon Slaying Ranking and amassing Merit Points, Su Fan was sent from Huoyun Dao Palace’s rear outpost to its station on the third defensive line. He met True Person Qingyu, who let him avoid squad duty but expected him to fight hard on the battlefield.

• Su Fan mastered forging the Blazing Fire Demon Slaying Saber, earned more Merit Points, and was ordered to leave the rear outpost.
• Su Fan tried to exchange his rewards, and the female disciples at the counter recognized his ranking and crowded around him until he escaped with his escorts.
• Tang Fei and Wang Han escorted Su Fan by flying boat to Huoyun Dao Palace’s station on the third defensive line and told him the fighting was fierce.
• Su Fan met True Person Qingyu, explained how he had gained his Merit Points, and declined to lead a squad.
• True Person Qingyu allowed Su Fan to settle into a room and told him to give his full strength once he reached the battlefield.

Su Fan settled into Huoyun Dao Palace's station, sold spirit artifacts, and mastered the Greedy Wolf Breaking Army Seven Kill Sword Formation before proving himself on the battlefield. True Person Qingyu told him that reinforcements were no longer being sent to the Second Defense Line, suggesting it would soon be abandoned.

• Su Fan met True Person Qingyu, moved into the station, and discovered that Ye Tianhe had entered the Demon Slaying Ranking's top ten under Lingxiao Sword Sect.
• Su Fan set up a marketplace stall and sold more than a dozen low-grade spirit artifacts for Merit Points.
• Su Fan studied and practiced the Greedy Wolf Breaking Army Seven Kill Sword Formation, mastering it despite its heavy Spiritual Sense cost.
• Su Fan built a close relationship with True Person Qingyu and later fought alongside him, stabilizing the battlefield whenever trouble arose.
• Su Fan gave True Person Qingyu an Evil Spirit Bone, and the old man let him choose one of several items in return.
• True Person Qingyu told Su Fan that reinforcements were no longer being sent to the Second Defense Line, indicating that those above planned to abandon it.

Su Fan’s third defensive line was shattered by a surprise assault from Great Luo Heaven, and he survived a monstrous explosion only to find the battlefield overrun. He rescued the badly injured True Person Qingyu and carried him away while Foreign Demonic Beings searched the ruins for survivors.

• Su Fan received an Annihilation Thunder Pearl from True Person Qingyu and spoke with He Bin about the war, the Demon Slaying Ranking, and their friends in the Eastern War Zone.
• The Demon Suppressing Bell sounded as Great Luo Heaven’s forces attacked the third defensive line, and Su Fan followed True Person Qingyu to the front.
• A spatial breach filled with Foreign Demonic Beings opened near the line, but reinforcements briefly pushed back the invaders and helped plug the breach.
• A colossal maggot-like monster erupted from the ground and exploded, tearing open the defensive line as Foreign Great Heavenly Demons forced the Human Race cultivators to retreat.
• Su Fan survived the blast with severe injuries, hid among corpses, and found True Person Qingyu badly wounded beneath the wreckage.
• Su Fan gave True Person Qingyu a Poria Continual Pill and carried him away while the remaining Foreign Demonic Beings hunted for survivors.

Su Fan and True Person Qingyu hid from the Foreign Demonic Beings while recovering, but a gigantic altar began opening a spatial passage to the Foreign Realm. Su Fan sent Xu Qingyu away with a Storage Ring for Gu Qinghuan, then used the chaos of the battle to reach the altar and unleashed a dangerous blood art, charging toward it as his reason began to slip.

• Su Fan hid with the badly wounded True Person Qingyu, summoned Sister Zhen to keep watch, and used Poria Continual Pills to help them recover.
• Great Luo Heaven completed its enormous altar, and the activation of its teleportation formations disoriented Su Fan and True Person Qingyu as blue pillars of light rose across the battlefield.
• Su Fan told True Person Qingyu that he would try to stop the altar, gave him a Storage Ring to deliver to Gu Qinghuan, and watched him leave after swearing an oath.
• Human cultivators counterattacked Great Luo Heaven, drawing the Foreign Demonic Beings into battle and allowing Su Fan to reach the altar.
• Su Fan used the Blood Demon Mist on piles of human corpses, nearly succumbed to a heart demon, and took a Blazing Sun Blood Burst Pill before charging the altar.

Su Fan destroyed the altar that was opening an Alien passage, then escaped to a secluded valley to recover from the strain of his Rage Slash and suppress the Demonic Thought it had awakened. After several days of cultivation, he reached the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage, though he still had to slowly grind away the remaining Demonic Thought.

• Su Fan broke through the altar's invisible barrier with his greatsword and began smashing the demonic skeletons as the Alien passage opened above him.
• Su Fan awakened Demonic Thought and split the central skeleton with Rage Slash, causing the pillar of light and the other skeletons to collapse and the opening to close.
• The Foreign Great Demons withdrew toward other altars, while Human Race cultivators wiped out the abandoned Evil Spirits and True Person Qingyu chose to keep Su Fan's role secret.
• Su Fan collected the remaining bone fragments, escaped to a secluded valley, and used an evil technique to convert the vital blood and magic power in his body.
• Su Fan spent several days converting his power and tempering himself with Heaven and Earth Lightning, suppressing his evil thoughts and reaching the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage.

Su Fan returned from the front line and reunited with True Person Qingyu, who planned to gather the surviving newcomers and establish a Huoyun Dao Palace Branch Sect after the war. Wanting to stay unnoticed despite his first-place Demon Slaying Ranking, Su Fan settled into a private courtyard and entrusted Tang Fei with selling his Evil Spirit Bone fragments.

• Su Fan entered the rear defenses, learned he had risen to number one on the Demon Slaying Ranking, and found his station at Tianhe Market.
• Tang Fei escorted Su Fan to True Person Qingyu, who returned his Storage Ring and explained that more than ninety percent of his disciples had died near the explosion site.
• True Person Qingyu proposed gathering the new Golden Core True Persons and possibly establishing a Huoyun Dao Palace Branch Sect after the war.
• Tang Fei arranged a quiet private courtyard for Su Fan, who asked him to keep his identity secret.
• Su Fan showed Tang Fei a heap of Great Heavenly Demon Evil Spirit Bone fragments and asked him to sell them through the sect for a share of the profits.

Su Fan cultivated in seclusion while Tang Fei sold his Evil Spirit Bone and exchanged the proceeds and Su Fan’s Merit Points for valuable resources. After taking first place on the Demon Slaying Ranking for the second time, Su Fan was promoted to the Inner Sect of Huoyun Dao Palace, though he remained unimpressed by the sect.

• Su Fan stayed in his Cave Mansion to cultivate and guard against the Demonic Thought still rooted within him.
• Tang Fei expanded the Evil Spirit Bone trade across Huoyun Dao Palace and attracted buyers from the Taiyi Pill Sect.
• Su Fan gave Tang Fei his Merit Points to exchange for Third-tier Immortal Talismans, Dao-heart-protecting treasures, six top-grade flying swords, and other resources.
• Tang Fei exchanged Evil Spirit Bone for rare artifact-refining materials, High-grade Spirit Stones, and several Annihilation Thunder Pearls.
• Two Golden Core True Persons summoned Su Fan to Tianhe Market, rewarded him, and announced his promotion to the Inner Sect of Huoyun Dao Palace.

Su Fan chose a quiet, anonymous post in Huoyun Dao Palace’s Artifact Forging Workshop and accepted a generous parting gift from True Person Qingyu. He arrived at Nine Stars Market and settled into a secluded, comfortable Cave Mansion.

• Su Fan chose the Artifact Forging Workshop and asked Huoyun Dao Palace not to announce his identity.
• Su Fan told Tang Fei to keep selling Evil Spirit Bone and expand its sales across the front line.
• True Person Qingyu shared rare Spirit Tea with Su Fan, then gave him the tea and two antique teacups.
• Su Fan left by Teleportation Array and arrived at Nine Stars Market, where he met the garrison disciples and steward.
• Su Fan inspected his secluded Cave Mansion and approved of its surroundings and luxurious cottages.

Su Fan guarded against a heart demon, kept a low profile at Nine Stars Market, and refined his artifact-making skills while using the market’s resources. Tang Fei arrived after selling out the Evil Spirit Bone, and Su Fan invited him to his Cave Mansion to discuss more stock over drinks.

• Su Fan’s Purple Heart Profound Water Jade Pendant dispelled a heart demon stirred by thoughts of gaining power through killing and consuming cultivators.
• Su Fan continued living quietly at Nine Stars Market, cultivating and forging artifacts while the market steward shared illicit income with him.
• Su Fan studied Huoyun Dao Palace’s artifact-making insights and let Sun Yong melt rare materials in the advanced workroom for the first time.
• Tang Fei told Su Fan he had sold all the Evil Spirit Bone and had opened sales channels through contacts at several supreme immortal sects.
• Su Fan brought Tang Fei to his Cave Mansion, where they found the two serving disciples chatting; Su Fan sent them home and denied Tang Fei’s teasing suggestions.

Su Fan was summoned from Nine Stars Market to a gathering of top Demon Slaying Ranking disciples from several sects, where the purpose of the meeting remained unclear. At the encampment, sword cultivators and demonic cultivators arrived looking for him, and Su Fan’s identity was still concealed.

• Su Fan learned from True Person Qingyu that the war with Great Luo Heaven remained at a stalemate and that Nascent Soul True Lords might be planning a major action.
• Su Fan forged the spatial spirit artifact Azure Spirit Vast Yin Bottle and received exchanged supplies and rewards from Tang Fei.
• Two Golden Core True Persons took Su Fan to a front-line gathering of top-ranked disciples from Huoyun Dao Palace, Taiyi Pill Sect, and other sects.
• True Person Qingyu told Su Fan that a True Lord had ordered the top hundred Demon Slaying Ranking disciples to assemble, though he did not know the plan.
• Zhuang Wuya of Lingxiao Sword Sect and Leng Xuan of Blood Demon Divine Sect separately demanded to know whether Su Fan was present, while Xiao Xian denied knowing him.

Su Fan avoided challengers seeking the Demon Slaying Ranking champion, then reunited with Ye Tianhe and learned that the gathered sect disciples might be sent into a battle arena when Great Luo Heaven invaded. After Ye Tianhe’s sword-cultivator companions recognized Su Fan’s connection to the champion, he fled to True Person Qingyu’s cave, leaving Liu Qingyi and Chu Ting frustrated when they came looking for him.

• Leng Xuan and Zhuang Wuya taunted Huoyun Dao Palace for hiding Su Fan, while Su Fan stayed anonymous and ignored the groups looking for him.
• Su Fan met Ye Tianhe, brought him to his cave, and shared hot pot and Spirit Wine with him.
• Ye Tianhe explained that the Ziyang Sword Sect had joined the Lingxiao Sword Sect and said he had risked a journey to Shaoyang Market Town after hearing Yongzhou had fallen.
• Ye Tianhe told Su Fan that the sects might send elite disciples into a battle arena during a Great Luo Heaven invasion, then brought Ding Lan, Liu Qingyi, and Chu Ting to join them.
• Liu Qingyi and Chu Ting grew suspicious that Su Fan was the Demon Slaying Ranking champion, but he denied it and slipped away to True Person Qingyu’s cave.
• Liu Qingyi and Chu Ting came to Su Fan’s cave the next day, found him gone, and argued about whether they should have visited him the previous night.

Su Fan hid from Liu Qingyi and Chu Ting while rumors spread that the sect disciples would be sent to a Battle Arena. After receiving orders to board a flying vessel, he settled into his cabin and ignored someone trying to reach him through the door.

• Su Fan moved to a remote Cave Mansion, ignored Ye Tianhe's messages, and disguised himself to gather rumors in the valley plaza about a Battle Arena connected to Great Luo Heaven's invasions.
• After Lingxiao Sword Sect cultivators searched for him with his portrait, Su Fan suppressed his anger, returned to his Cave Mansion, and later learned from Ye Tianhe that his senior sister and Gu Qinghuan were staying at Chushan Market.
• Su Fan directed He Bin to contact Tang Fei at Tianhe Market to buy Evil Spirit Bone, hoping to open a sales channel for his stock.
• True Person Qingyu summoned Su Fan to the square, where the Huoyun Dao Palace disciples assembled before boarding a super flying vessel bound for an unknown destination.
• Su Fan entered his private cabin, brewed Spirit Tea, and ignored the person whose efforts to contact him made the cabin door's array flicker.

Su Fan was thrown into the Time-Space Arena, where he began exploring a misty forest after summoning Sister Zhen to scout. Back in the Xuanluo Realm, Luo Guyin revealed to Senior Disciple Sister and Gu Qinghuan that Su Fan was alive, had reached Foundation Establishment, and was competing in the arena, while setting a condition for their marriage hopes.

• Su Fan ignored the cultivators who gathered outside his cabin to confront him, while rumors about him spread throughout the flying vessel.
• The vessel entered the Time-Space Arena, and Su Fan was flung into the Spiritless Land, where he summoned Sister Zhen and began scouting the forest.
• Light screens across the Central Plains announced the arena contest between the Xuanluo Realm and Great Luo Heaven, and Luo Guyin explained the planes' conflict to Senior Disciple Sister and Gu Qinghuan.
• Luo Guyin revealed that she had sent Su Fan to the Central Plains, taken his Communication Talisman, and learned that he had reached Foundation Establishment and topped the Demon Slaying Ranking.
• Gu Qinghuan and Senior Disciple Sister insisted they would marry Su Fan, so Luo Guyin said she would agree if he reached Golden Core within a hundred years.

Su Fan entered the Time-Space Arena, concealed his identity, and killed a Black Bone Horn Demon just after the arena’s demons arrived. As the Central Plains watched his first victory on the light screens, he also killed an attacking Black Winged Ghost Demon with a single sword strike.

• Su Fan searched the forest for demons, contacted Ye Tianhe, and disguised himself after realizing the arena might broadcast battles to the Central Plains.
• When the demons descended from the sky, Su Fan fought and killed Futu of the Black Bone Horn Tribe, claiming the arena’s first kill.
• The light screens replayed Su Fan’s victory, drawing celebrations at Huoyun Dao Palace and recognition from cultivators across the Central Plains; Li Miaoxue, Luo Guyin, Senior Sister, and Gu Qinghuan watched the footage.
• Sister Zhen warned Su Fan of a Black Winged Ghost Demon approaching from a cliff, and the demon attacked with a shrill cry before diving toward him.
• Su Fan launched the Thunderclap Sword through the Black Winged Ghost Demon, killing it with one strike as viewers realized he was both a Body Cultivator and a Sword Cultivator.

Su Fan was pursued by a growing horde of Foreign Demonic Beings in the Time-Space Arena, and he fought back despite being unable to use higher-tier resources. After cutting down several elite demons, he faced a ring of enemies that attacked from a distance but feared closing in.

• Cheng Xi and Luo Guyin watched Su Fan kill the Black Winged Ghost Demon and regretted underestimating his abilities.
• Su Fan fled through the forest, but a Black Bone Horn Demon tracked him down and summoned reinforcements.
• Su Fan killed the Black Bone Horn Demon with Rage Slash, then found himself surrounded by more than a dozen Foreign Demonic Beings.
• When the Time-Space Arena blocked his Third-tier Immortal Talisman and bone talisman, Su Fan fought using his swords, formations, and martial techniques.
• Su Fan killed the Unicorn Berserker Demon, Black Winged Ghost Demon, Giant Stone Strength Demon, Shadow Ghost Demon, and Quicksand Earth Demon.
• The remaining Foreign Demonic Beings surrounded Su Fan and unleashed their spiritual powers without daring to approach him.

Su Fan fought off more than a dozen Foreign Demonic Beings in the Time-Space Arena and achieved thirteen consecutive kills, thrilling cultivators across the Xuanluo Realm. Powerful figures in several realms watched him and considered recruiting him once he reached the Golden Core stage.

• After Su Fan’s first six kills, Huoyun Dao Palace celebrated, while Meng Chao, Shen Yue, Senior Sister, Gu Qinghuan, and Luo Guyin watched the arena’s broadcast.
• A leading Black Bone Horn Demon gathered more than a dozen Foreign Demonic Beings to surround Su Fan, and Su Fan took a Blazing Sun Blood Burst Pill before challenging them.
• Su Fan used his sword techniques, flying swords, formations, and divine abilities to kill the charging demons, including the leader, and finished with thirteen consecutive kills.
• Cultivators across the Central Plains front cheered Su Fan’s victory, while Huoyun Dao Palace’s True Lords argued with Old Devil Guya over whether Su Fan practiced Blood Path techniques.
• A towering Black Bone Horn Demon on Great Luo Heaven saw Su Fan’s victory and angrily struck down the demonic beings beneath it.
• Elders on Miro Heaven and a black-robed man on Tongyou Heaven watched Su Fan’s battle and decided to summon him into their sects once he reached the Golden Core stage.

Su Fan defeated a group of Foreign Demonic Beings, hid in a secluded valley, and spent the fighting days recovering while Ghost Crow devoured a demon’s heart Essence Blood. Unable to resist studying the Zhou Family’s Blood Fusion Magic Scripture, he fused with a Shadow Ghost Demon bloodline and endured a torturous transformation.

• Lingxiao Sword Sect cultivators marveled at Su Fan’s use of the Greedy Wolf Breaking Army Seven Kill Sword Formation, while Western Wilderness demonic cultivators speculated that he was the same Su Fan who had slaughtered the Zhou Family’s mortals.
• Su Fan suppressed his Demonic Thought, collected the defeated Foreign Demonic Beings, and let Ghost Crow devour the Black Winged Ghost Demon’s heart Essence Blood.
• As the Blazing Sun Blood Burst Pill’s effects faded, Su Fan found a hidden valley, set up three formations, and rested there instead of joining Old Ye and the other cultivators.
• Su Fan studied the Zhou Family’s Blood Fusion Magic Scripture and decided to practice it, choosing the Shadow Ghost Demon’s bloodline for its stealth ability.
• Su Fan refined the Shadow Ghost Demon’s bloodline essence in the Crimson Phoenix Cauldron and completed the fusion after enduring intense pain.

Su Fan completed his fusion with the Shadow Ghost Demon bloodline and inherited three assassination abilities, then traveled to the boarding site for the departing vessel. After rescuing two Taixu Immortal Sect disciples and reuniting with Old Ye, he boarded and settled into his cabin.

• Su Fan transformed into a Shadow Ghost Demon, discovered he could turn invisible, and later inherited Critical Strike and Stealth.
• After receiving a boarding summons, Su Fan declined Old Ye’s offer to travel together and headed for the designated location with Sister Zhen scouting ahead.
• Su Fan killed two Black Winged Ghost Demons that attacked him, then escorted Chen Chang and Zhou Sen to the boarding site and accepted Chen Chang’s Communication Jade Talisman.
• Su Fan reunited with Old Ye, met Zhuang Wuya and the sword cultivators, and avoided Zhuang Wuya’s challenge by claiming he had reached the top of the Demon Slaying Ranking through luck.
• Su Fan turned down Old Ye and the women’s invitation to eat hot pot, boarded the vessel, and relaxed in his cabin with Spirit Tea.

After returning from the Time-Space Arena, Su Fan discovered that he had topped the battle-results ranking and tried to avoid the attention. The revelation humbled Zhuang Wuya and rekindled Ye Tianhe’s resolve as a sword cultivator, while Su Fan returned to his Cave Mansion and invited Old Ye to visit.

• Su Fan stayed secluded aboard the flying ship while rumors spread that he had hidden in the arena and refused Zhuang Wuya’s challenge.
• After landing, Su Fan disguised himself and slipped past Old Ye and the others, then saw footage of his arena battles and his name at the top of the results ranking.
• Zhuang Wuya saw Su Fan’s recorded battle feats, accepted that he was outmatched, and left alone to confront the blow to his Sword Heart.
• Ye Tianhe recognized Su Fan on the light screen and resolved to go alone to the battlefield’s front line, while Ding Lan worried about his decision.
• Su Fan returned to his Cave Mansion, replied to Chen Chang about visiting Chushan Market, and agreed to meet Old Ye after hearing a change in his voice.

Su Fan recovered from a night of drinking with Old Ye, then visited the Huoyun Dao Palace’s True Lords and was accepted as True Monarch Hongda’s disciple. After receiving gifts and being registered as an elite disciple, Su Fan traveled with Chen Chang into Taixu Immortal Sect territory to visit a friend, where he spotted someone familiar.

• Su Fan remembered Old Ye’s decision to head alone toward the battlefield and gave him weapon-refining materials and Evil Spirit Bone before they parted.
• True Monarch Hongda accepted Su Fan as his disciple, and True Monarch Haodong and Hongda gave him Storage Rings containing valuable gifts.
• True Person Qingyu identified Su Fan’s new master as True Monarch Hongda, and Su Fan found six supreme-grade flying swords among Hongda’s gifts.
• Wei Feng registered Su Fan as an elite disciple of Huoyun Dao Palace and recorded his Essence Blood and a wisp of his soul for the sect’s files.
• Su Fan contacted Chen Chang, who escorted him through teleportation into Taixu Immortal Sect territory and introduced him to his childhood friend He Yuanguang.
• As Su Fan, Chen Chang, and He Yuanguang left the plaza to find lodging, Su Fan spotted a familiar figure.