Chapter Summaries

Hu Xiao'er encountered a speaking puppet armor that recognized his master, Li Qi, while Li Qi entered Cherishing Flower Palace seeking golden pills. The Palace Master revealed that a mysterious figure called That One had supplied the pills, giving Li Qi a lead on their true source.

• Hu Xiao'er found a puppet armor in the cave, and it grabbed his legs before asking whether he knew Li Qi.
• Li Qi entered the empty Cherishing Flower Palace, where a seductive voice invited him to the main hall.
• Li Qi told the veiled Palace Master that he sought golden pills for the Ascension Immortal Cult.
• The Palace Master said Cherishing Flower Palace had few golden pills left because That One had achieved their purpose and stopped supplying them.
• Li Qi realized That One might be the source of golden pills for both Cherishing Flower Palace and the Ascension Immortal Cult.

Li Qi questioned Yin Xia about golden elixirs, but she exposed his false identity and attacked him after he removed his mask. Meanwhile, Tianhai told Hu Xiao'er and Wang Niuniu that the Palace Master of the Cherishing Flower Palace had killed the disciples she kept behind.

• Yin Xia warned Li Qi to leave the Ascension Immortal Cult and revealed that she knew he was not one of its members.
• Li Qi admitted that he wanted golden elixirs, and Yin Xia promised to explain their origin if he helped her and showed her his real face.
• After Li Qi removed his mask, Yin Xia seized him with her six fox tails and dragged him onto the bed despite his attempts to escape.
• In a cave, Tianhai told Hu Xiao'er and Wang Niuniu that the Cherishing Flower Palace's Palace Master had dismissed most of the disciples and killed those she kept behind.

Hu Xiao'er learned that Yin Xia had slaughtered Cherishing Flower Palace’s disciples, while Li Qi uncovered her role in the golden-pill scheme and helped her recover from a failed breakthrough. Yin Xia traced the pills to Great Qi and revealed that the Great Qi Emperor stood behind the conspiracy.

• Tianhai told Hu Xiao'er that Yin Xia had killed the palace disciples and that he had killed Ding Xiang after she became a Rat Demon.
• Hu Xiao'er tried to go to Cherishing Flower Palace, but Tianhai stopped him and argued that Li Qi could protect himself.
• A purple beam pierced the clouds, and Tianhai recognized its arrival as the emergence of a Martial Saint.
• Yin Xia explained to Li Qi that golden pills had caused her failed breakthrough and turned palace disciples into monsters, and that she had been planted in the palace by a hidden conspirator.
• Yin Xia said dual-cultivating with Li Qi had calmed her rampaging energy, though her cultivation had fallen from Second-Rank Peak to Third-Rank Peak.
• Yin Xia traced the golden pills to Great Qi, named Iron Hand of Six Doors as the trader, and confirmed that the Great Qi Emperor was behind him.

Li Qi learned that the Great Qi Emperor had engineered the conflict between the Righteous and Demonic Paths, but Liu Xuan’s breakthrough to Martial Saint had upended his plans. As the Righteous Path retreated and Li Qi reunited with the Li family, they abandoned Ingenious Manor and set out for the capital.

• Yin Xia confirmed that Zhao Yusheng, leader of the Ascension Immortal Cult, was the Great Qi Emperor’s Second Prince, and explained that the Emperor had cultivated the Demonic Sects to weaken the martial world.
• Yin Xia told Li Qi that Liu Xuan had become a Martial Saint, leaving Great Qi to face a threat that could derail the Emperor’s plans.
• Long Lie and White Eyebrows flew to confront Liu Xuan while the Righteous Path Alliance withdrew; Liu Xuan defeated and killed them but was injured.
• Li Qi decided to stop investigating the Golden Elixir and leave overseas to reunite with Li Xue Ren.
• Li Xue Ren gathered the Li family and their remaining companions at Ingenious Manor, then led them toward the capital to escape the coming invasion.

Li Qi prepared to return to the capital with Yin Xia, his two disciples, and Tianhai, while Wind Chaser arranged a new Six Doors identity for him. Wind Chaser assured Li Qi that Great Qi had measures to deter Liu Xuan, though he hinted that the Imperial Court possessed a powerful secret of its own.

• Li Qi told Li Qiao that he expected to return from overseas around the beginning of the year, then ended their dream connection.
• Li Qi warned Yin Xia to conceal her identity when meeting Wind Chaser, and she said her disguise technique would keep her hidden.
• Wind Chaser greeted Li Qi at the border and revealed that he had broken through to the Grandmaster Realm; Li Qi introduced Yin Xia, Hu Xiao'er, Wang Niuniu, and Tianhai.
• Wind Chaser legitimized Li Qi's Six Doors identity as Li Zhen, a Patrolling Envoy, so he could operate under that name in the capital.
• Li Qi asked how Great Qi would respond to Liu Xuan's Martial Saint breakthrough, and Wind Chaser said Liu Xuan would not dare attack the capital because the Imperial Court had its own means of protection.

Li Qi returned safely to the capital and reunited with his family, learning that Bai Yuzhu had already been sent there and arranging for Huang Wanmian to visit. With four crates of Spiritual Energy Stones waiting in the treasury, he began planning to use alchemy to improve his power.

• Wind Chaser arranged a safe escort for Li Qi to the capital, where Li Qi arrived without incident and went to Li Manor.
• Zheng Qiuqing anxiously welcomed Li Qi home, while Yin Xia introduced herself to his parents with a misleading story until Li Qi corrected her.
• Li Xue Ren told Li Qi that Bai Jinyan was overseeing a transfer of power at the Mysterious Sword Sect and Bai Yuzhu was already in the capital.
• Li Qi asked about Huang Wanmian, and Li Xue Ren agreed to invite her from Heavenly Physician Valley to meet him.
• Li Xue Ren told Li Qi that Dragon Martial Pavilion had delivered four crates of Spiritual Energy Stones, and Li Qi planned to use them to create Magic Devices now that he could construct a Magic Circuit.

Li Qi prepared Magic Devices and other defenses as he continued cultivating toward the Martial Saint realm. At the Ten Thousand Demon Dao Sect, Zhao Yusheng told Liu Xuan that the Qi Emperor could wield Martial Saint-level power and revealed that the Ascension Immortal Cult’s golden pills came from a mysterious aura released by the Dragon Vein.

• Li Qi used astral energy to construct six Magic Power Channels and planned to make Magic Devices, puppets, and relics to defend himself against Liu Xuan.
• After recovering and stabilizing his Martial Saint realm, Liu Xuan summoned Zhao Yusheng, who had returned to the Ten Thousand Demon Dao Sect.
• Zhao Yusheng revealed his inhuman appearance and asked Liu Xuan for help, warning that Zhao Qiongxuan possessed the power of a Martial Saint.
• Zhao Yusheng explained that a mysterious aura had escaped from the Dragon Vein seventeen years earlier and that Zhao Qiongxuan had infused it into golden pills that activated the Ancient Demon Bloodline.
• Zhao Yusheng began connecting the golden pills to the world’s Mythical Legend of demons, a Saint, and the creation of humanity.

Zhao Yusheng asked Liu Xuan to stop the Qi Emperor from forcing the imperial family to take Golden Cores, offering the Dust Cleansing Platform’s secret method in return. After emerging from seclusion, Li Qi met Huang Wanmian, who revealed she had awakened memories of a Past Life as a member of the Undead Race; Li Qi wondered whether his own reincarnation was different.

• Zhao Yusheng explained that Golden Cores activated the Demon Race Bloodline but could distort the body, and said the Qi Emperor had become a monstrous, increasingly insane ruler.
• Zhao Yusheng asked Liu Xuan to eliminate the Qi Emperor and offered him the imperial family’s method for using the Dust Cleansing Platform; Liu Xuan considered the bargain.
• Li Qi emerged from seclusion after completing a refined, portable Magic Device and expected it to help him reach the Martial Saint Realm before age twenty.
• Huang Wanmian visited Li Qi and said she had remembered most of her Past Life, identifying herself as a member of the Undead Race while asking him to keep calling her Huang Wanmian.
• Huang Wanmian described the Undead Race as people who could reincarnate and might recall Past Life memories, leading Li Qi to wonder whether his consistent memories meant his reincarnation was different.

Li Qi learned that Huang Wanmian wanted his soul-tempering technique and considered whether becoming an undead could give him a lasting companion across reincarnations. As his wedding to Bai Yuzhu passed peacefully amid the demonic path’s conquest, Li Qi waited for a chance to break through safely—and spotted a demonic force approaching the capital.

• Huang Wanmian explained that undead could lose their Past Life memories as reincarnation consumed their soul energy, and said Li Qi’s technique had helped her recover memories faster.
• Li Qi realized his reincarnations did not consume his soul and that his uncontrolled soul energy had accelerated Huang Wanmian’s memory recovery; he declined to decide whether to let her transform him into an undead.
• After Huang Wanmian left, Li Qi considered the risks of joining the undead but recognized that he needed a companion who could share the burden of his successive lives.
• The Li family prepared Li Qi and Bai Yuzhu’s wedding as the demonic path conquered much of the righteous territory, and the couple married without incident in the capital.
• Li Qi neared a breakthrough to the Second Rank but needed a chance to avoid attracting attention from Great Qi’s experts.
• Li Qi sensed a demonic aura in black clouds moving toward the capital and saw it as the opportunity he needed.

Liu Xuan attacked Great Qi’s Imperial Palace, where the Dragon Vein suppressed his strength and Prince Zhao summoned three Second Rank Grandmasters to help defend the capital. As Liu Xuan clashed with a monstrous flying dragon from the palace, Li Qi used the chaos to break through to Second Rank Grandmaster.

• Liu Xuan entered the Imperial Palace to challenge Prince Zhao, prompting Li Xue Ren to prepare Li Qi’s puppet armor in case the capital faced danger.
• A Black-Purple Dragon Vein emerged from the palace, and Prince Zhao called Sun Wuwang, Li Xue Ren, and Dongfang Jing to attack Liu Xuan while he was suppressed.
• Liu Xuan told the three Grandmasters that Prince Zhao could not leave the palace and warned that monsters had taken over the Imperial Palace.
• A younger man from the palace sent a living black Five-Clawed Flying Dragon at Liu Xuan, who merged with the demonic clouds to meet its attack.
• Li Qi concealed his breakthrough within the chaotic energy of the battle and became a Second Rank Grandmaster.

Li Qi successfully broke through to the Second Rank while Li Xue Ren and the others battled Liu Xuan in the sky. Li Xue Ren’s explosive arrows injured Liu Xuan and drew his pursuit, while the Black Dragon revealed itself as the Qi Emperor and rushed to confront an Azure Dragon in the imperial palace.

• Li Qi suppressed his chaotic Protective Wind with the Magic Device and Undying Heart Scripture, then successfully broke through to the Second Rank.
• Sun Wuwang and Dongfang Jing attacked Liu Xuan while the Black Dragon fought him, and Li Xue Ren launched Li Qi’s explosive arrows.
• The arrows detonated around Liu Xuan, burning and injuring him, but he rapidly began to heal.
• Liu Xuan called out Zhao Yusheng, and an Azure Dragon appeared in the imperial palace; the Black Dragon identified Zhao Yusheng as a rebellious son and flew toward the palace.
• Liu Xuan pursued Li Xue Ren, who fled with his Armor Mecha, while Sun Wuwang and Dongfang Jing followed to aid him.

Li Xue Ren tried to lure Liu Xuan close enough to destroy the Yan Jia, but Li Qi arrived in a Silver Yan Jia and kicked the Martial Saint away. Li Qi revealed himself as Li Xue Ren’s grandson and rushed off to confront Liu Xuan, leaving Sun Wuwang and Dongfang Jing stunned by his strength.

• Liu Xuan pursued Li Xue Ren through the sky, and Li Xue Ren prepared to self-destruct the Yan Jia rather than risk Liu Xuan attacking people in the capital.
• As Liu Xuan attacked with a giant palm, Li Qi appeared in a Silver Yan Jia and blocked the strike.
• Li Qi kicked Liu Xuan down beyond the city wall, astonishing Li Xue Ren, Sun Wuwang, and Dongfang Jing.
• Li Qi told Li Xue Ren to help the Qi Emperor while he dealt with Liu Xuan, then flew away at tremendous speed.
• Sun Wuwang and Dongfang Jing realized the Silver Yan Jia’s pilot was Li Xue Ren’s eighteen-year-old grandson, Li Qi, a Second Rank Grandmaster.

Li Qi fought Liu Xuan in his Yan Jia, revealing power enough to threaten a Martial Saint, while the World Will’s influence appeared to intensify Liu Xuan’s hostility. Their battle paused when a dragon’s cry announced the outcome of the struggle in the imperial palace: Zhao Qiongxuan had defeated the Azure Dragon.

• Li Qi kicked Liu Xuan into a crater outside the capital, then fought him across the wilderness as the Yan Jia absorbed energy and repaired its damage.
• Sun Wuwang and Dongfang Jing watched from the sky and recognized that Li Qi’s Yan Jia gave the Li family the strength of a Martial Saint, while Li Xue Ren worried about Li Qi’s safety.
• Liu Xuan unleashed a black, human-faced cloud infused with the World Will’s pressure, and Li Qi suspected that the World Will was magnifying Liu Xuan’s hostility toward him.
• Li Qi transformed the Yan Jia’s arms into cannons and blasted through Liu Xuan’s attack, forcing Liu Xuan to escape the beam before his protective True Qi shattered.
• A dragon’s cry from the imperial palace halted the duel, and Li Qi and Liu Xuan saw Zhao Qiongxuan’s black dragon reign over the dead Azure Dragon.

After Zhao Yusheng’s death, Liu Xuan faced Li Qi and the Qi Emperor in a standoff before withdrawing, while the battle revealed the Qi Emperor’s transformation and Li Qi’s powerful magic device. The martial world settled into a brief peace, and six months later Li Qi calmly waited at Li Manor for his next breakthrough.

• Liu Xuan, Li Qi, and Black Dragon formed a standoff after Black Dragon displayed Zhao Yusheng’s severed head, and Li Qi and Black Dragon swore an alliance.
• Liu Xuan withdrew when none of the three could safely defeat the others, ending the battle over the capital.
• Black Dragon revealed himself as the Qi Emperor, Zhao Qiongxuan, and he and Li Qi separately left after exchanging thanks and declining a palace banquet.
• The martial world learned of the Qi Emperor’s transformation and Li Qi’s magic device; a circulating account claimed Li Qi’s power came at the cost of being unable to advance beyond Third Rank Grandmaster.
• Li Qi became the Righteous Path Alliance leader, the Demonic Path slowed its offensive, and six months of relative peace followed.
• At Li Manor, Li Qi fed the goldfish and waited calmly for a future breakthrough toward Martial Saint, despite knowing it might not go smoothly.

Li Qi dismissed Yin Xia’s fears that Qi Emperor would attack, relying on his preparations and expecting his growing strength to prevail. After escorting pregnant Bai Yuzhu back inside, he planned to ask Huang Wanmian about joining the Undead Race, but Long Xingyun arrived to meet him.

• Yin Xia warned Li Qi that Qi Emperor might target the Li Family to seize his Yan Jia Technology, but Li Qi said he had prepared defenses and would send his family away if necessary.
• Li Qi and Yin Xia argued over her refusal to become his equal wife, and Yin Xia left when pregnant Bai Yuzhu joined them.
• Bai Yuzhu asked whether Li Qi liked Yin Xia and cautioned him about her, while Li Qi escorted her back to rest.
• Li Qi planned to consult Huang Wanmian about joining the Undead Race, but a servant reported that Long Xingyun had come to see him.
• Long Xingyun told Li Qi he was now Pavilion Master of the Dragon Martial Pavilion, and Li Qi asked why he had come.

Long Xingyun offered Li Qi Spiritual Energy Stones, Dragon Martial Pavilion’s Heavenly Craft Secret Manual, and a future pledge of aid in exchange for protection. Li Qi accepted and decided to travel to Dragon Martial Pavilion’s occupied headquarters to reclaim its resources, confident that his puppets could face Liu Xuan.

• Long Xingyun explained that Dragon Martial Pavilion wanted Li Qi’s protection, not his puppet-making techniques, and offered Spiritual Energy Stones as payment.
• Long Xingyun presented the Heavenly Craft Secret Manual and swore that Dragon Martial Pavilion would aid the Li family if it rose again.
• Li Qi asked about Dragon Martial Pavilion’s remaining disciples and learned that its forces had retreated into Central Province after losing their Second Rank successor.
• Li Qi discovered that most of Dragon Martial Pavilion’s Spiritual Energy Stones remained at its occupied headquarters and decided to go there himself.
• Long Xingyun warned that the Blood Demon Sect and a Second Rank Peak grandmaster held the headquarters, but Li Qi said he could rely on more than one puppet to face Liu Xuan.

Lu Ping’s resistance squad was trapped by Blood Demon Sect after a false ally lured them into a failed attack. Li Qi arrived and wiped out the sect’s surrounding forces, then faced Blood Demon as twelve powerful Yan Jia appeared around the sect.

• Lu Ping led a resistance squad into Dragon Martial Pavilion’s former residence to burn Blood Demon Sect’s granary, but torches revealed that the sect had anticipated their plan.
• The supposed Dragon Martial Pavilion survivor, Junior Brother Feng, admitted he had tricked the resistance into gathering, and a Blood Demon Sect Grandmaster struck Lu Ping down while the others were captured.
• Li Qi arrived in his Silver Yan Jia and killed the surrounding Blood Demon Sect disciples, including the Third Rank Grandmaster, with invisible arrows.
• Blood Demon emerged and confronted Li Qi, who summoned twelve Yan Jia to surround the sect and aim their weapons at it.

Li Qi drove the Blood Demon Sect from the Dragon Martial Pavilion and killed Blood Demon with a powerful cannon blast. Liu Xuan arrived and fought Li Qi, but Zhao Fan intervened and urged Li Qi to leave.

• Li Qi accused the Blood Demon Sect of invading the Dragon Martial Pavilion and gave its disciples fifteen minutes to leave.
• Blood Demon unleashed a sea of blood and skeletons, but Li Qi tore through it with a blast that killed him.
• Liu Xuan arrived, saw Blood Demon's corpse, and attacked Li Qi, who met him in a fierce exchange of blows.
• Zhao Fan arrived, forced Liu Xuan back with a palm strike, and told Li Qi to leave at once.

Li Qi used an explosive attack to badly wound Liu Xuan, who escaped before Li Qi could catch him. With Liu Xuan gone, Li Qi and Zhao Fan turned to crushing the demonic sects, while Zhao Fan worried about Li Qi’s strength and Great Qi’s future.

• Liu Xuan attacked Zhao Fan, but Zhao Fan used the Dragon Vein’s power to weaken Liu Xuan’s sword strike and urged Li Qi to flee.
• Li Qi ordered his puppets to surround Liu Xuan and detonate themselves, unleashing an explosion that severely wounded the Martial Saint.
• Liu Xuan escaped at high speed, and Li Qi pursued him with his remaining puppets but lost track of him.
• Li Qi told Zhao Fan they should use Liu Xuan’s injury to defeat the demonic sects in Central Plains, and Zhao Fan promised Great Qi’s army would help.
• Li Qi sent his puppets to eliminate the Blood Demon Sect’s remnants and searched Dragon Martial Pavilion for Spiritual Energy Stones.
• Zhao Fan reflected that Li Qi might be stronger than Great Qi and worried about what would happen after Liu Xuan’s threat was gone.

After Li Qi drove Liu Xuan away with his puppets, the Qi Emperor planned to ally with Liu Xuan against the Li Family, while Li Qi revealed that he was nearing the Martial Saint realm and might not live past twenty. He prepared his family to flee if he died, then asked Huang Wanmian how to become an Undead Race member in exchange for teaching her Heavenly Palace Soul Transfer.

• Zhao Fan reported Li Qi’s defeat of Liu Xuan to the Qi Emperor, who decided to seek an alliance with Liu Xuan and offer him control of the Central Plains martial world.
• Li Xue Ren warned Li Qi that the Qi Emperor and Liu Xuan would likely join forces against him, and Li Qi revealed that he was close to reaching the Martial Saint realm.
• Li Qi told Li Xue Ren that he might not live past twenty and had prepared puppets and a refuge on the Overseas Demonic Islands for his family if he died.
• Li Qi explained that he would remain in the capital to draw his enemies’ attention while his family escaped after Bai Yuzhu gave birth.
• Li Qi summoned Huang Wanmian and agreed to teach her Heavenly Palace Soul Transfer after she told him how to become an Undead Race member.