Chapter Summaries

Shen Yunfan defeated Feng Chuan in the third match after the Worship Heaven Sect and the Overturning Heavens Sect conceded to avoid exposing Feng Chuan’s trump card. With the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace leading two matches to one, the fourth match was set between Di Hong and a Demon Palace God Child, but Elder Shi Renshan secretly told Yan Congjiao to wait for the fifth match.

• Lin Bai told Wang Zhengyang and Chu Junyou that Shen Yunfan’s Void Tracking Swordplay came from the Nine Underworlds Devil Scripture, while keeping its details secret.
• Shen Yunfan overwhelmed Feng Chuan with sword shadows, and the Worship Heaven Sect elders decided not to let Feng Chuan reveal his dangerous trump card.
• The Worship Heaven Sect conceded the match to prevent Shen Yunfan from killing Feng Chuan, giving Shen Yunfan the victory.
• Di Hong stepped onto the arena and offered to face either Mo Guyu or Yan Congjiao in the fourth match, leaving the other to fight Wang Heng in the fifth.
• Elder Shi Renshan secretly instructed Yan Congjiao to fight in the fifth match, though Yan Congjiao wanted the fourth match to restore his standing.

The Devil Palace chose Fourth God Child Mo Guyu to fight the fourth match while First God Child Yan Congjiao waited for the fifth, where a victory could restore his standing. As Mo Guyu faced Di Hong and his poison sword, Lin Bai learned about the Sword Cultivator Spirit Sealing Art and considered reforging his demon sword, though finding a powerful demon soul would be difficult.

• Saint Elder Shi Renshan told Yan Congjiao to hold back for the fifth match, and Yan Congjiao obeyed while Mo Guyu volunteered for the fourth.
• The Palace Lord approved Mo Guyu's challenge, and Di Hong immediately attacked him with a dark-green, poison-laced sword that contained a sealed demon soul.
• Wang Zhengyang identified Di Hong's technique as the Sword Cultivator Spirit Sealing Art and explained how sword cultivators sealed souls into treasured swords to strengthen them and command their power.
• Lin Bai considered reforging his demon sword with the technique but realized that powerful demon souls were scarce in the Devil Realm and Spirit World.
• Lin Bai thought that the Chu Kingdom might provide a Primordial Wilds Breed's soul, but he doubted he could leave the Devil Palace soon.

Lin Bai reflected on why returning to Chu could leave him trapped there, then watched Fourth God Child Mo Guyu use powerful talismans to overwhelm Di Hong. Mo Guyu’s Innate Dao Sect inheritance prompted questions from Crown Prince Chu Junyou and Wang Zhengyang, but Lin Bai said he knew nothing about it.

• Lin Bai considered the political risks of returning to Chu and postponed thoughts of reforging his demon sword until after the martial contest.
• Di Hong’s Green Serpent Sword failed to penetrate Mo Guyu’s defense, and Mo Guyu’s Purple Firmament Divine Lightning destroyed the sword’s serpent spirit.
• Di Hong lamented the loss of his sword, then fought back as Mo Guyu combined purple lightning with Heavenly Burning True Fire.
• Crown Prince Chu Junyou and Wang Zhengyang recognized Mo Guyu’s talismans as techniques of the Innate Dao Sect and questioned why he possessed that inheritance.
• Lin Bai explained that the Nine Great Palaces had their own hidden scriptures and inheritances, and said he did not know all of the Demon Palace’s arts.

Lin Bai learned more about the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace’s inherited arts and discussed the political threat posed by the First God Child with Chu Junyou and Wang Zhengyang. As Mo Guyu’s jade talismans drove Di Hong into a corner, Di Hong broke through their attacks and struck at Mo Guyu’s defense with his Ghost Shadow saber.

• Lin Bai learned that the Demon Palace’s inheritance included the revised Nine Underworlds Devil Scripture and the treasures and arts collected in the Nine Great Palaces’ Scripture Repositories.
• Duanmu Lin and Shen Yunfan told Lin Bai that Mo Guyu’s Seven-Colored Extinguishing Delusion Talisman came from the Fourth Divine Hall’s Scripture Repository.
• Chu Junyou and Wang Zhengyang warned Lin Bai that the First God Child might become a threat and urged him to eliminate him before Shi Renshan moved against Lin Bai’s faction.
• Mo Guyu used jade talismans to unleash Purple Firmament Divine Lightning and Heavenly Burning True Fire, forcing Di Hong to evade their attacks.
• Di Hong escaped the talismans’ pursuit, drew his Ghost Shadow saber, and shattered Mo Guyu’s thunder and fire before cracking his azure defensive barrier.

Lin Bai and Wang Zhengyang learned that Di Hong's saber was an evil weapon called the Blood-Soaked Demon Blade. Chu Junyou confirmed that it was the same blade once used to escape Chu's prison and unleash a Bloody Tempest in the Imperial Capital.

• Lin Bai examined the resentful souls in Di Hong's saber as Wang Zhengyang explained the rules governing evil weapons in the Devil Realm and Spirit Realm.
• Chu Junyou recognized the saber as the Demon-Slaying Saber, an execution weapon from the Zhao Xing Office of Chu.
• Chu Junyou explained that a prison executioner had secretly refined a Demon-Slaying Saber after Chu destroyed his family, then used it to break out of prison and attack the Imperial Capital.
• The executioner renamed the weapon the Blood-Soaked Demon Blade and escaped Chu's forces after becoming infamous.
• Chu Junyou said the Zhao Xing Office had investigated and confirmed that Di Hong's saber was the Blood-Soaked Demon Blade.

Lin Bai learned that Di Hong’s Blood-Soaked Demon Blade was a powerful artifact forged from wronged souls, while Mo Guyu’s Seven-Colored Extinguishing Delusion Talisman proved capable of countering it. Di Hong was battered by Mo Guyu’s attacks and faced a growing threat from the talisman’s fifth power, Dustfall Sand.

• Chu Junyou identified Di Hong’s demon blade as the Blood-Soaked Demon Blade that had vanished from Chu’s imperial capital, and explained why Chu would not demand its return.
• Wang Zhengyang said the demon blade could rival a Grand Yi Divine Weapon, though using its full power required an unbearable price.
• Di Hong’s blade aura nearly broke Mo Guyu’s cyan defensive curtain, but Mo Guyu repaired it and then used a blue talisman to trap the blade aura in Weak Water.
• Mo Guyu’s flames and lightning struck Di Hong after Weak Water drew in his blade aura, leaving him injured and unable to rely on his usual attacks.
• Mo Guyu unleashed a yellow talisman containing Dustfall Sand and warned Di Hong to surrender as sand, thunder, and flames swept toward him.
• Di Hong took a defensive artifact from his Storage Bag and admitted that Mo Guyu had forced him into a dangerous predicament.

Di Hong used a costly demonic secret technique to empower his blade and force Mo Guyu’s Seven-Colored Extinguishing Delusion Talismans onto the defensive. As Mo Guyu summoned five enormous mountains, the duel remained unresolved.

• Mo Guyu’s five jade talismans overwhelmed Di Hong until Di Hong activated a secret technique resembling Demon Offering, feeding his blood, qi, and cultivation to the Blood-Soaked Demon Blade.
• Lin Bai used his Demon Eyes to see Di Hong’s power being drained into the blade, while Li Guxian warned that the technique could cause grave damage or death.
• Di Hong’s power surged, and he cleaved through Mo Guyu’s wind, lightning, and fire attacks before merging his body and soul into the demonic blade.
• Lin Bai recognized Di Hong’s fusion as an unusual form of Blade-Self Unification, and the blade broke through Mo Guyu’s Azure Qi defense.
• Mo Guyu revealed two more jade talismans, and the orange one transformed into five enormous mountains that crashed down toward the arena.

Mo Guyu’s Seven-Colored Extinguishing Delusion Talisman failed to subdue Di Hong, who sacrificed his life force to strengthen his demon blade. Mo Guyu put away the talismans and prepared to change tactics as Di Hong attacked again.

• Mo Guyu crushed Di Hong’s demon blade beneath the Five Sacred Mountains, but Di Hong broke free and damaged the Orange Jade Talisman.
• Di Hong used his blood energy and life force to empower the demon blade, forcing Mo Guyu to defend himself with the Green Jade Talisman’s endless vines.
• Chu Junyou, Wang Zhengyang, and Lin Bai discussed the danger of Di Hong’s self-destructive attack and wondered why he was willing to risk his life.
• Mo Guyu combined the Green and Red Jade Talismans to burn the vines and form a vast sea of fire, but the demon blade endured the flames.
• Mo Guyu recalled all seven talismans and told Di Hong he would change tactics, just as Di Hong launched another strike.

Mo Guyu used the Innate Eight Trigrams Dao Arts to overwhelm Di Hong with wind, Samadhi True Fire, and Purple Firmament Divine Lightning. Di Hong shattered his fused demonic blade in a desperate final attack, but the Palace Lord stopped the battle and awarded victory to the Overturning Heavens Sect and Worship Heaven Sect, leaving Di Hong gravely damaged.

• Mo Guyu evaded Di Hong’s attacks by shifting through space with the Innate Eight Trigrams Dao Arts, which Chu Junyou identified as the Kun Position Arts.
• Mo Guyu trapped the demonic blade in a hurricane with Gale Shakes the Sea, then burned it with Samadhi True Fire.
• Mo Guyu struck the demonic blade with Purple Firmament Divine Lightning, and cracks appeared as Di Hong’s fused body began to split apart.
• Di Hong shattered the blade into countless fragments and unleashed Lotus Blade Purgatory, cornering Mo Guyu with a lethal storm of blades.
• The Palace Lord crushed the fragments and ended the fight in favor of the Overturning Heavens Sect and Worship Heaven Sect; Mo Guyu survived, while Di Hong emerged gravely injured with his martial foundation destroyed.

After Di Hong died from his injuries and Worship Heaven Sect’s elders showed little concern, Ling Yuanzi of the Spirit Realm Dao Sect appeared and offered to take Fourth God Child Mo Guyu as a nominal disciple. Just as Mo Guyu accepted, a Daoist from the Innate Dao Sect arrived, objecting that Mo Guyu belonged to his sect’s legacy.

• Di Hong returned to Worship Heaven Sect’s seats with his body shattered and died, while its elders reacted with striking indifference.
• Chu Junyou, Wang Zhengyang, and Lin Bai questioned Worship Heaven Sect’s cold response to Di Hong’s death.
• Ling Yuanzi appeared, praised Mo Guyu’s self-taught use of the Innate Eight Trigrams Dao Arts, and invited him to cultivate with the Spirit Realm Dao Sect.
• The Palace Lord of the Demon Palace approved Mo Guyu’s departure as long as he remained a disciple of the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace, and Mo Guyu accepted Ling Yuanzi as his master.
• A second cyan-robed Daoist appeared and protested that Mo Guyu practiced the Innate Dao Sect’s legacy and should become its disciple instead.

Lin Bai learned how Daoist titles marked ranks in the Dao System as Ling Yuanzi and Ling Kongzi competed to take Mo Guyu as a disciple. Mo Guyu chose to honor his promise to Ling Yuanzi, who planned to take him to the Spirit Realm after settling his affairs in the Devil Realm.

• Ling Kongzi emerged and angrily objected to Ling Yuanzi taking Mo Guyu from the Devil Realm.
• The Palace Lord of the Demon Palace explained to Lin Bai how Daoist titles progressed through the Heaven, Earth, Profound, and Yellow generations, with Great Mystic Art Users taking Ling- or Spirit-generation titles.
• Ling Kongzi argued that Mo Guyu should join the Innate Dao Sect and reminded the Palace Lord of the Demon Palace of their friendship.
• The Palace Lord of the Demon Palace asked Mo Guyu to choose between Ling Yuanzi and Ling Kongzi.
• Mo Guyu thanked Ling Kongzi but chose to honor his prior agreement with Ling Yuanzi, who accepted his decision.
• Ling Yuanzi told Mo Guyu to remain with the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace until he finished his affairs, then travel with him to the Spirit Realm.

Mo Guyu joined the Spirit Realm Dao Sect as Ling Yuanzi’s nominal disciple, while Lin Bai inferred that powerful family connections had paved the way for him. As the martial competition reached its tied final match, Lin Bai chose the Devil Palace’s victory over his personal advantage, hoping it would help stabilize the Eastern Region and support the Qi Tian Sect.

• Ling Yuanzi accepted Mo Guyu as a nominal disciple of the Spirit Realm Dao Sect, and Mo Guyu returned to his seat to receive congratulations.
• Lin Bai reasoned that Elder Mo Danqiu and Saint Elder Luo Yuanjing had arranged Mo Guyu’s cultivation and opportunities, though he wondered whether Mo Guyu was their son.
• Wang Zhengyang and Chu Junyou noted that the competition was tied two to two and that Yan Congjiao would face Wang Heng in the deciding match.
• Wang Zhengyang and Chu Junyou told Lin Bai that Yan Congjiao’s defeat could weaken his claim to become the Devil Palace Imperial Heir, benefiting Lin Bai personally.
• Lin Bai said he still hoped the Devil Palace would win so it could stabilize its territory and support the Qi Tian Sect, and Qi Lingyu thanked him with a toast.

Lin Bai learned about the Ten Thousand Saints Mountain’s Sacred Hall, a vast collection of ancient treasures and records, and became interested in its history of the war between the Giant God Race and the Heaven Swallowing Race. The chapter ended with Wang Zhengyang explaining that the Ten Thousand Saints Mountain had abandoned its attempt to compile a complete chronicle of the world.

• Wang Zhengyang explained that Saint Elder Luo Yuanjing’s formation rebuilt the Martial Arts Arena by controlling earth-attribute essence, a feat associated with mastering the laws.
• Chu Junyou described the Sacred Hall as the Ten Thousand Saints Mountain’s storehouse of treasures, ancient texts, and records from across the ages.
• Wang Zhengyang revealed that the Ten Thousand Saints Mountain had secretly shut down the Divine Armory Pavilion because its rankings stirred conflict and instability.
• Lin Bai realized the Sacred Hall might contain records about the war between the Giant God Race and the Heaven Swallowing Race and considered seeking entry.
• Wang Zhengyang said the Ten Thousand Saints Mountain had abandoned its effort to compile a complete chronicle after years of research proved the task impossible.

At the Demon Palace Renaming Ceremony, Yan Congjiao faced Wang Heng in the fifth match, which the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace could not afford to lose. Yan Congjiao opened with the Heavenly Devil Fist, but Wang Heng’s Golden Light Mantra stopped his attack as the spectators discussed the techniques’ origins.

• Elder Yao Daogu announced the fifth match between Yan Congjiao of the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace and Wang Heng of the Overturning Heavens Sect.
• Yan Congjiao entered the arena with a dramatic display and taunted Wang Heng, who replied that he would take Lin Bai seriously but not Yan Congjiao.
• Provoked by Wang Heng’s contempt, Yan Congjiao unleashed the Heavenly Devil Fist and summoned a demon god phantom.
• Wang Zhengyang explained that the Heavenly Devil Fist had once been empowered by a lost treasure containing True Immortal aura.
• The demon god phantom struck Wang Heng, but his Golden Light Mantra absorbed the blow without breaking, prompting Wang Zhengyang to identify it as a Spirit Realm Dao Sect technique.

Wang Zhengyang explained why the Dao Sect allowed its techniques to spread, while Wang Heng’s Golden Light Mantra countered Yan Congjiao’s Heavenly Devil Fist and left the First God Child badly injured. As Yan Congjiao fell behind, Lin Bai and the others suspected Elder Shi Renshan had prepared a trump card, and Yan Congjiao drew a jade bottle from his robes.

• Wang Zhengyang told Lin Bai and Chu Junyou that the Dao Sect’s inheritance had spread through its long history and its decision to share its arts during humanity’s war against the Demon Race.
• Wang Heng’s Golden Light Mantra withstood Yan Congjiao’s repeated Heavenly Devil Fist attacks, and Wang Zhengyang explained that Dao Sect techniques could transform into many arts but required exceptional comprehension.
• Wang Heng transformed the Golden Light Mantra into a Guardian Deity General, whose saber cleaved Yan Congjiao’s demonic phantom and wounded him.
• Wang Zhengyang warned Lin Bai that Yan Congjiao seemed unlikely to win, while Lin Bai and Chu Junyou reasoned that Shi Renshan must have prepared a treasure or pill for him.
• Yan Congjiao landed injured and pale, then pulled a jade bottle from his robes.

Yan Congjiao consumed a blood-rich medicine and transformed with the Supreme Devil Art, forcing Wang Heng to prepare for a much stronger fight. Lin Bai learned that Elder Yue Chuanming had created the technique and suspected that Yue had secretly allied with Shi Renshan.

• Yan Congjiao swallowed the contents of a sealed jade bottle, and Wang Zhengyang and Chu Junyou concluded that it was medicine to increase his power.
• Wang Heng accused Yan Congjiao of using forbidden medicine, but Yan claimed it strengthened his body to withstand a Great Mystic Art User's technique.
• Yan Congjiao transformed into a six-armed, winged demon-like being and drove his power close to its peak, prompting Wang Heng to reinforce his defenses with the Golden Light Mantra.
• Lin Bai asked the other God Children and Goddess about Yan Congjiao's transformation, but none knew its origin.
• The Palace Lord told Lin Bai that the technique was the Supreme Devil Art, created by Yue Chuanming from the Heavenly Devil Fist.
• Lin Bai suspected that Yue Chuanming had passed the technique to Yan Congjiao through a secret agreement with Shi Renshan and recognized Yue as a potential enemy.

Lin Bai deduced that Elder Yue Chuanming had long been allied with Elder Shi Renshan as Wang Heng fought the transformed First God Child Yan Congjiao. After the First God Child nearly overwhelmed Wang Heng, Wang Heng revealed the Heaven and Earth Overturning Art and trapped him in a shifting space where he could not control his spiritual energy.

• Lin Bai concluded that Elder Yue Chuanming belonged to Elder Shi Renshan's faction and identified the opposing sides within the sect.
• The First God Child Yan Congjiao used the Supreme Devil Art to transform and break through Wang Heng's Golden Light Mantra, driving him back across the arena.
• Wang Heng re-formed the Golden Light Mantra, repelled the First God Child, and declared that the fight would end.
• The First God Child continued attacking with killing intent, and Wang Heng answered by unleashing the Heaven and Earth Overturning Art.
• The Heaven and Earth Overturning Art overturned the space around the fighters and disrupted the First God Child's spiritual energy, leaving him trapped and unable to counterattack.

Wang Heng defeated Yan Congjiao with the Heaven and Earth Overturning Art, then tried to force Lin Bai to announce the Demon Palace’s defeat. Lin Bai entered the arena to challenge Wang Heng, who backed down and ended the battle.

• Wang Heng trapped Yan Congjiao with Cage and crushed his defenses with Overturning Heaven Palm, leaving Yan Congjiao injured and begging Saint Elder Shi Renshan for help.
• Wang Zhengyang explained that Wang Heng had used only two techniques from the Heaven and Earth Overturning Art, while Lin Bai and the Palace Lord of the Demon Palace reacted with displeasure to the defeat.
• Saint Elder Shi Renshan asked the Palace Lord to end the battle, and the Palace Lord gave him permission to intervene.
• Wang Heng refused to release Yan Congjiao unless Lin Bai personally declared that the Demon Palace admitted defeat.
• Lin Bai descended into the arena with his Supreme Avatar and Crimson Lotus Sword Intent and challenged Wang Heng to test the Golden Light Mantra and Heaven and Earth Overturning Art.
• Wang Heng yielded, released Yan Congjiao, apologized to the Palace Lord, and told Lin Bai they could exchange pointers another time.

Lin Bai nearly challenged the Overturning Heavens Sect and Worship Heaven Sect after their victory over the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace, but stopped at the Palace Lord's command. As the defeated Devil Palace endured public humiliation, visitors from the Demon Realm and Spirit Realm arrived and began disparaging the contest, setting up new tensions.

• Wang Heng apologized to Lin Bai, but Lin Bai kept advancing toward the arena until the Palace Lord of the Demon Palace ordered him to stop.
• Lin Bai withdrew his Supreme Avatar and Crimson Lotus Sword Intent and returned to the spectators, while Yan Congjiao returned to Shi Renshan and received no comfort from him.
• Elder Yao Daogu announced that the Overturning Heavens Sect and Worship Heaven Sect had won the martial contest, and the crowd's comments deepened the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace's humiliation.
• Several young visitors emerged from the void and mocked the contest; Chu Junyou identified them as members of the Demon Race, while Lin Bai recognized the Purple-haired Youth.
• Zhou Jichen of the Qiankun Sect and Long Rui of the Imperial Dragon Race greeted the Palace Lord, who rebuffed both visitors and questioned the Dragon Race's sincerity.

At the Demon Palace’s Renaming Ceremony, Long Rui of the Imperial Dragon Race and Zhou Jichen of Qiankun Sect challenged the Palace’s remaining geniuses, focusing their provocation on Lin Bai. The Palace Lord revealed his old grudge with Qiankun Sect and gave Lin Bai permission to accept the challenge, warning him not to kill Long Rui but allowing him to kill Qiankun Sect’s fighters.

• Wang Zhengyang and Chu Junyou explained that the Imperial Dragon Race was the dragon race’s royal bloodline and that dragons had an enormous population in the Demon Realm.
• Long Rui asked to spar with a Demon Palace disciple, and Zhou Jichen joined him, turning their requests into public challenges during the Renaming Ceremony.
• Duanmu Lin accused Long Rui and Zhou Jichen of taking advantage of the Demon Palace’s injured geniuses, but they pointed to Lin Bai and the other remaining fighters as possible opponents.
• Wang Zhengyang and Chu Junyou suspected the two visitors had come for Lin Bai because of his recent battle at the frontier, while Lin Bai also wondered whether they held a grudge against the Palace Lord.
• The Palace Lord told Lin Bai that he had killed two Qiankun Sect Great Mystic Art Users while intervening against their slaughter of a city, explaining the sect’s hostility toward the Demon Palace.
• Lin Bai agreed to spar, and the Palace Lord told him not to kill Long Rui but said he could kill Qiankun Sect fighters and that he would handle any fallout.