Chapter Summaries

The demonic sect leaders confronted the Seven Kill Demon Lord over the righteous forces’ attacks and demanded that he honor his promises. He revealed his plan to create Divine Stones in the Abyssal Underworld Palace, but the leaders remained wary and insisted he act against their enemies or they would leave.

• Gui Wuya, Yin Yuangui, Biluo Tian, and Xuan Zongyi pressured the Seven Kill Demon Lord to defend the demonic sects or face their withdrawal.
• The Seven Kill Demon Lord said he knew how to break through to the Divine Aperture Realm but explained that the destroyed Hengyuan Divine Vein made such a breakthrough impractical.
• The Seven Kill Demon Lord promised to build a Cross-Boundary Teleportation Array once they gathered the necessary materials.
• Gui Wuya and Yin Yuangui refused to risk their sects for promises and announced their intention to leave the Southern Wasteland.
• The Seven Kill Demon Lord revealed that the Abyssal Underworld Palace’s formation could draw buried divine power and produce Divine Stones, then showed them a black stone containing some of that power.
• Yin Yuangui questioned whether the stone was truly a Divine Stone, and Biluo Tian demanded that the Seven Kill Demon Lord fight the righteous holy lands or accept their departure.

Yang Chan learned that the Seven Kill Demon Lord had turned the War of Righteous and Demonic Paths into a stalemate, forcing the righteous factions to prepare for a prolonged conflict. He ordered continued monitoring and planned to strengthen his own cultivation while refining supplies for the Tianxuan Holy Land.

• Yang Chan read Han Bingyu’s intelligence and learned that the Seven Kill Demon Lord had fought several Blood-Changing Martial Saint experts without being defeated.
• Yang Chan realized the demonic sects had concealed their strength and that the war’s outcome remained uncertain.
• Yang Chan told Han Bingyu to keep monitoring the Southern Wasteland and send important intelligence as soon as it arrived.
• Han Bingyu left to coordinate intelligence and resources, including pills needed to support the war effort.
• Yang Chan decided to prepare for his third blood transformation and refine premium Earth Origin Blood Gathering Pills to increase his Potential Points income.

Yang Chan refined premium Earth Origin Blood Gathering Pills, increasing his potential for daily Potential Points and preparing to stockpile pills amid the uncertain Southern Wasteland war. He continued refining while Princess Lanyue studied his alchemy, leaving Yang Chan focused on building strength and supplies.

• Yang Chan monitored reports about the deadlocked War of Righteous and Demonic Paths while continuing his usual cultivation and alchemy.
• Yang Chan completed a batch of premium Earth Origin Blood Gathering Pills as Princess Lanyue observed his process and recognized the improvement in his technique.
• Yang Chan celebrated briefly, then decided to keep refining premium pills and accumulate more, while exchanging his older qualified pills for better ones.
• Yang Chan reflected that even his two-blood-change Martial Saint cultivation was inadequate against the powerful fighters in the war, and that he needed to keep increasing his strength.
• Yang Chan resumed refining Earth Origin Blood Gathering Pills while Princess Lanyue watched and considered what she could learn from his steady progress.

Yang Chan reviewed his growing Potential Point income and planned to refine more pills using the Holy Land’s newly available Spiritual Materials. Meanwhile, the Tianxuan Holy Son, Baili Xi, won permission to leave confinement and join the Southern Wasteland war, creating new uncertainty for the Tianxuan Saintess’s succession prospects.

• Yang Chan noted that his daily Potential Point income had risen to 110.36 and planned to pursue pill formulas with readily available Spiritual Materials.
• The Tianxuan Saintess learned that Baili Xi had volunteered to join the War of Righteous and Demonic Paths and that the Holy Land’s upper ranks had approved his request.
• The Tianxuan Saintess realized Baili Xi could regain influence if he performed well in the war, threatening her expected path to become the next Tianxuan Holy Master.
• Steward Li Yuelai said Yang Chan’s intelligence network had sent word about Baili Xi’s decision, though the agreement had already become final.
• The Tianxuan Saintess acknowledged Yang Chan’s help with her cultivation and accepted that Baili Xi’s departure had made the succession uncertain.

The Tianxuan Saintess learned that Yang Chan had refined qualified Earth Origin Blood Gathering Pills and sent him resources to make Jade Dew Marrow Pills. Gu An delivered the supplies and received pills for himself and Chiyu Peak, while the war in the Southern Wasteland kept the holy land busy.

• Li Yuelai reported Yang Chan's successful refinement to the Tianxuan Saintess, who praised his talent and requested Jade Dew Marrow Pills.
• The Tianxuan Saintess sent Gu An to Yuanqing Courtyard with Spiritual Materials and ancient books for Yang Chan.
• Yang Chan accepted the resources and agreed to refine the pills, while he and Gu An caught up about the war and their recent work.
• Yang Chan offered Gu An Seven-Revolutions Organ Nourishing Pills and asked him to pass marrow-cleansing pills to Peak Master Liu and cultivation pills to Chiyu Peak's disciples.
• Han Bingyu went to retrieve a batch of pills for Gu An and Chiyu Peak.

Yang Chan balanced pill-refining and wartime duties while the demonic sect leaders confronted Seven Kill Demon Lord over their worsening position against the righteous factions. Seven Kill Demon Lord offered to use the Divine Stones to form a Nine Twists Divine Demon Array, leaving the leaders with a promised boost in power as they weighed whether to stay or retreat.

• Yang Chan refined the Tianxuan Saintess's Jade Dew Marrow Pills between his regular batches and deliberately slowed his work to make his help seem more significant.
• Gui Wuya, Yin Yuangui, Biluo Tian, and Xuan Zongyi warned Seven Kill Demon Lord that the righteous factions' reinforcements could turn the stalemate against them and considered retreating into the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains.
• Seven Kill Demon Lord argued that retreat would hand the Divine Stones to the righteous factions, who could use them to pursue breakthroughs or build a Cross-Boundary Teleportation Array.
• Seven Kill Demon Lord promised to arrange a Nine Twists Divine Demon Array using the partly nurtured Divine Stones to enhance the demonic leaders' strength and help them adapt to the stones' power.

The War of Righteous and Demonic Paths dragged on in the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains as the righteous factions tried to capture the Seven Kill Demon Lord. In Tianxuan Holy Land, Yang Chan completed his breakthrough to the Third Blood Transformation Martial Saint Realm.

• The righteous factions and Demon Sect remained locked in a prolonged war in the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains, with the righteous forces holding the advantage but unable to capture the Seven Kill Demon Lord.
• Yang Chan refined additional premium-grade Blood Transformation pills, raising his daily Potential Point income from 110.36 to 121.76.
• After the war had lasted more than a year, Yang Chan focused his Potential Points and the Original Demon True Intent's Demon Core on improving the Demon Dragon Blood Transformation Art.
• Yang Chan entered a secret chamber while Black Dragon stood guard, then used a Life-Generating Blood-Creating Pill to aid his third Blood Transformation.
• Yang Chan expelled the remaining old blood from his body and successfully broke through to the Third Blood Transformation Martial Saint Realm.

Yang Chan completed his third Blood Transformation and planned to advance toward the fourth while remaining cautious about the War of Righteous and Demonic Paths. After discussing Seven Kill Demon Lord with Black Dragon, he learned that the Ancient Demon could not recover Divine Aperture Realm strength under Taiyu Divine Continent’s current restrictions.

• Yang Chan completed his third Blood Transformation, gained twenty years of lifespan, and planned to pursue a fourth breakthrough within the year.
• Yang Chan bathed, changed into fresh clothes, and emerged from the aura-concealing formation as Black Dragon congratulated him.
• Yang Chan acknowledged the gap between his current strength and powerful late-stage Blood-Changing Martial Saints and Seven Kill Demon Lord.
• Yang Chan asked whether Seven Kill Demon Lord had recovered Divine Aperture Realm strength after entering the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains.
• Black Dragon explained that without a divine vein, Seven Kill Demon Lord could not recover Divine Aperture Realm strength and relied on secret arts to briefly exceed his limits.

After completing his third blood exchange, Yang Chan resumed cultivation and received news that the Ancient Seven Kill Demon Lord had vanished into a secret realm in the Southern Wasteland. The righteous factions continued their campaign against the demonic sects, while Yang Chan relied on Han Bingyu to manage the Spiritual Medicine Tower and considered what the Demon Lord might do next.

• Yang Chan emerged from seclusion after a smooth third blood exchange and trained until he had mastered his enhanced strength.
• Han Bingyu reported that a secret realm had appeared in the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains, then closed after one day with the Ancient Seven Kill Demon Lord still inside.
• Yang Chan suspected the Demon Lord had entered the secret realm to escape the worsening situation, and concluded that his disappearance would give him time to strengthen himself.
• Han Bingyu said Holy Master Shangguan and the other righteous leaders were surrounding the remaining demonic sects, while Yang Chan told her the Spiritual Medicine Tower must keep supplying the war effort.
• Yang Chan reassured Han Bingyu that he trusted her to manage the work, and Black Dragon later speculated that the Demon Lord might seek treasures or a way to leave the Taiyu Divine Continent.

Yang Chan learned that the returning Tianxuan Holy Son Baili Xi had been released from confinement and resumed his contest with the Tianxuan Saintess for the next Tianxuan Holy Master position. Yang Chan remained publicly neutral as a Top Alchemist, while the Saintess retained the advantage and prepared to counter Baili Xi.

• Righteous factions continued hunting demonic sect survivors in the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains, and Tianxuan Holy Land celebrated reports of victory and promised rewards.
• Yang Chan relied on superior-quality pills for cultivation and stored other pills to exchange for Spiritual Materials, further expanding his considerable reserves.
• Tianxuan Holy Son Baili Xi returned from the Southern Wasteland, had his confinement lifted, and regained the ability to compete for the next Tianxuan Holy Master position.
• Baili Xi’s faction secretly counterattacked the Tianxuan Saintess’s faction, while Yang Chan followed developments through Han Bingyu’s intelligence network and offered no public support.
• The Tianxuan Saintess retained the upper hand because Baili Xi lacked broad support and Shangguan Yutian focused on seeking ways to extend his life and advance his cultivation.

The Tianxuan Holy Son and Saintess resumed their restrained rivalry while Yang Chan focused on cultivation and alchemy. Nearly a year later, the War of Righteous and Demonic Paths ended, and the righteous forces withdrew from the Southern Wasteland while leaving outposts to watch for Seven Kill Demon Lord and claim a foothold there.

• The Tianxuan Holy Son and Saintess competed to seize control of a minor inner sect peak, but the returning peak master ended their probing before it escalated.
• Yang Chan had Han Bingyu monitor the rivalry while he concentrated on Martial Cultivation and building his stock of pills and Spiritual Materials.
• The righteous forces ended their campaign after nearly a year, abandoning the search for Seven Kill Demon Lord inside the vanished secret realm and leaving surviving demonic sect members hidden in the mountains.
• The major righteous-path forces divided territories in the Southern Wasteland and stationed Blood-Changing Martial Saint experts and disciples there to watch for Seven Kill Demon Lord and future secret realms.

Yang Chan reviewed the changing fortunes of the Southern Wasteland and the intensifying struggle between the Tianxuan Holy Son and Saintess while quietly advancing his cultivation. He prepared to reach the fourth Blood-Changing Martial Saint transformation and planned to develop poison pills for a steadier supply of Potential Points, while avoiding deeper involvement in the Holy Land’s succession conflict.

• Han Bingyu sent Yang Chan information about Imperial National Fortune, explaining why the righteous holy lands could occupy territories left behind by the fallen Southern Wasteland dynasties.
• Yang Chan assessed how the Tianxuan Saintess had gained influence at the Tianxuan Holy Son’s expense, while the Holy Son’s participation in the War of Righteous and Demonic Paths had won him some additional support.
• Yang Chan saw that his Demon Dragon Blood Transformation Art had reached Fourth Order: Proficient at 97% and expected to complete the accumulation for his fourth Blood Transformation soon.
• Yang Chan planned to refine pills for fourth-to-sixth-transformation Blood-Changing Martial Saints and test poison-pill formulas using poison-attributed Spiritual Materials from the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains.
• Yang Chan chose not to ask Bai Keyi or the Tianxuan Saintess about the Holy Land’s confidential succession arrangements, and he remained focused on cultivation rather than seeking the Pill Pavilion Master position.

The surviving demonic sect leaders blamed the Seven Kill Demon Lord for their losses and agreed to cooperate while searching for their scattered disciples and waiting for the secret realm to reappear. At Tianxuan Holy Land, Yang Chan began his fourth Blood Transformation and passed its three trials with ease.

• Yin Yuangui, Biluo Tian, Gui Wuya, and Xuan Zongyi discussed how the Seven Kill Demon Lord had deceived them and left their sects badly weakened.
• Gui Wuya and Xuan Zongyi proposed using the secret realm’s return to draw in the righteous factions, then striking after they had fought the Seven Kill Demon Lord.
• Yin Yuangui and the other demonic leaders agreed to remain allied, recover their strength, and search for surviving members of their sects before gathering again in a month.
• Yang Chan entered seclusion at Tianxuan Holy Land to attempt his fourth Blood Transformation while Black Dragon guarded him.
• Yang Chan passed the trials of accumulation, blood production, and vital blood merging smoothly, with his Original Demon True Intent rising alongside his vital blood.

Yang Chan smoothly broke through to become a four-time Blood-Changing Martial Saint, gaining greater strength and a longer lifespan. He decided to keep cultivating quietly in the Tianxuan Holy Land until he reached the Blood Transformation Peak, leaving Black Dragon's hopes of obtaining a dragon body for later.

• Yang Chan completed the fourth Blood Transformation, increasing his lifespan to 1750 years and raising the Demon Dragon Blood Transformation Art to Fifth Order: Outstanding.
• Yang Chan tested his improved strength, concealed his aura, and thanked Black Dragon for his reminder about the breakthrough trials.
• Black Dragon praised Yang Chan's new standing among the Tianxuan Holy Land's experts, while Yang Chan resolved to keep developing quietly and avoid unnecessary risks.
• Yang Chan recognized that Black Dragon hoped to obtain the Green Horned Poison Flood Dragon's body, but he maintained that they should stay in the Tianxuan Holy Land until he reached the Blood Transformation Peak.
• Black Dragon agreed that staying was safer, especially after the Seven Kill Demon Lord's appearance.

Tianxuan Holy Land debated who should enter the Dongyuan Cloud Sea Secret Realm after the righteous factions agreed to open it early, but Baili Xun failed to secure support for Baili Xi to lead the group. Yang Chan chose to focus on refining the Jade Bone Blood Transformation Pill instead of entering the secret realm.

• Tianxuan Holy Master Baili Xun announced that the Dongyuan Cloud Sea Secret Realm would open ahead of schedule and urged Tianxuan Holy Land to prepare participants.
• Bai Keyi supported sending disciples to gain opportunities, while the master of Formation Pavilion and others insisted that the Supreme Elders must join the discussion before anyone was chosen.
• Baili Xun proposed that Holy Son Baili Xi lead the team, but the meeting ended without a decision and with little support for his proposal.
• News of the secret realm spread, and disciples began asking about the limited entry slots and their requirements.
• Yang Chan learned about the early opening and declined Bai Keyi's invitation, choosing to work on the Jade Bone Blood Transformation Pill instead.

Yang Chan told Gu An that the Cloud Sea Secret Realm's general entry requirement was Martial Cultivation between the Internal Refinement and Marrow Cleansing realms, though the remaining conditions had not been settled. He promised to reserve several quotas for Chiyu Peak if he received any.

• Han Bingyu accepted Yang Chan's decision to stay at Tianxuan Holy Land and chose to keep managing his intelligence network rather than enter the Cloud Sea Secret Realm.
• Gu An visited Yang Chan and congratulated him on advancing his alchemy and preparing to refine the Jade Bone Blood Transformation Pill.
• Gu An explained that Chiyu Peak wanted a chance to enter the Cloud Sea Secret Realm and asked Yang Chan about the entry conditions.
• Yang Chan said the general requirement was Martial Cultivation between the Internal Refinement and Marrow Cleansing realms, with other conditions still under discussion.
• Yang Chan promised to save several entry quotas for Chiyu Peak if he received any.

Gu An learned from Yang Chan that the Cloud Sea Secret Realm would open early and that its entry requirements had been lowered, giving Chiyu Peak’s younger disciples a chance to participate. At the council meeting, Tianxuan Holy Land began debating who would lead its team, with Shui Ruyi advocating for He Zixuan.

• Gu An discussed the Cloud Sea Secret Realm’s lowered Martial Cultivation requirements with Yang Chan, who promised to send Chiyu Peak the council’s decision once it was made.
• Gu An thanked Yang Chan and left, hoping Chiyu Peak’s disciples could use the secret realm’s opportunities to strengthen the peak and Qingyuan Sect’s lineage.
• Baili Xun told the council that the Dongyuan Cloud Sea Secret Realm would open in half a year and that they needed to decide its team leader and entry conditions.
• Shui Ruyi proposed that He Zixuan lead the team, arguing that the secret realm could help her advance toward the Blood-Changing Martial Saint Realm and secure her claim to become Tianxuan Holy Master.

The Holy Lord Pavilion debated who would enter the Dongyuan Cloud Sea Secret Realm, and the Supreme Elders ultimately barred the Tianxuan Holy Son while approving the Tianxuan Saintess, Quasi Holy Son Gongye Zhe, and Quasi Saintess An Gongyan. Yang Chan later sent the realm’s entry conditions and two slots to Chiyu Peak, then returned to refining Jade Bone Blood Transformation Pills and planned to monitor the Spiritual Materials brought back.

• Supreme Elder Cui Tiansheng argued that the Tianxuan Holy Son and other young experts should enter the Dongyuan Cloud Sea Secret Realm, while opposing Supreme Elders backed Gongye Zhe and argued against the Holy Son’s participation.
• Supreme Elder Shui Ruyi defended the Tianxuan Saintess’s participation by citing her strong performance at the East Sea Martial Arts Exchange Conference.
• The Supreme Elders reached a joint arrangement excluding the Tianxuan Holy Son and allowing the Tianxuan Saintess, Gongye Zhe, An Gongyan, and others to participate, despite Baili Xun’s objections.
• Yang Chan sent the entry conditions and two slots to Chiyu Peak, gave Han Bingyu another slot to assign, and left the arrangements in her hands.
• Yang Chan resumed refining Jade Bone Blood Transformation Pills and planned to have Han Bingyu track the secret realm’s Spiritual Materials and major developments.

Yang Chan struggled to control the heat while refining the Jade Bone Blood Transformation Pill, but paused after another failure and continued advancing his martial cultivation. He learned that the Dongyuan Cloud Sea Secret Realm had opened and asked Han Bingyu to monitor important news, especially reports of rare spiritual materials.

• Yang Chan failed again to refine the Jade Bone Blood Transformation Pill, and Princess Lanyue comforted him as he decided to stop for the day.
• Yang Chan reflected that the Original Demon True Intent had sped up his progress toward his fifth blood transformation, though he still relied chiefly on Potential Points and panel proficiency.
• Han Bingyu told Yang Chan that the Dongyuan Cloud Sea Secret Realm had opened and that the Tianxuan Saintess was leading Tianxuan Holy Land's team after the Tianxuan Holy Son was opposed.
• Yang Chan asked Han Bingyu to report only important developments, particularly news about valuable spiritual materials brought back from the secret realm.
• Han Bingyu agreed to keep watch, noting that a member of her intelligence network had entered the dangerous secret realm.

The Cloud Sea Secret Realm opened, and Tianxuan Holy Land’s group entered under the Tianxuan Saintess’s leadership. Meanwhile, Yang Chan continued struggling to refine the Jade Bone Blood Transformation Pill, leaving his progress slower than expected but still advancing through study and practice.

• Supreme Elder Shui Ruyi and the other factions’ leaders formed the Golden Giant Gate and Golden Staircase to open the Cloud Sea Secret Realm.
• Supreme Elder Shui Ruyi warned the Tianxuan Saintess, the Quasi Holy Son, the Quasi Saintess, and the others to unite and gather quickly inside the realm.
• The Tianxuan Saintess and the other factions’ disciples entered the Cloud Sea Secret Realm, while their elders remained outside on guard.
• Yang Chan studied pill-refinement books and reflected on how sharply the difficulty rose between stages of Blood Transformation pills.
• Yang Chan decided to keep studying and practicing the Jade Bone Blood Transformation Pill, since poison pills were dangerous and offered less benefit to his Potential Point income.