Chapter Summaries

Ji Qingqing learned that her son Ji Le Ping had become the Ji Family’s Dao Seed and secured her pardon, while Ji Yunyue took Li Hao to retrieve the Twin Flowers. Li Tiangang and Ji Yunqing also hurried toward Heaven Imprisoning Island, and Ji Qingqing and Ning Ma spotted two climbers approaching.

• Ning Ma visited Ji Qingqing with news that her son had become Dao Seed and won her release.
• Ji Qingqing learned that her son was called Ji Le Ping and was stunned by his achievements.
• Li Hao and Ji Yunyue crossed the Wild Sea, obtained the Twin Flowers, and headed for Heaven Imprisoning Island.
• Li Tiangang and Ji Yunqing crossed the Wild Sea and climbed an Abyss Heaven Lock toward the island.
• Li Hao and Ji Yunyue climbed the chain despite the laws suppressing their abilities, while Ji Qingqing and Ning Ma waited above.
• Ning Ma spotted two figures climbing toward Heaven Imprisoning Island.

Li Hao and Ji Yunyue climbed toward Heaven Imprisoning Island as a Demon Saint named Wenren Ji emerged from the Abyss and began dragging the island down. With the prisoners trying to remove the Abyss Heaven Steles to escape, Ji Qingqing stood against them to protect the island.

• Li Hao spotted Ji Qingqing on Heaven Imprisoning Island and hurried up the Abyss Heaven Lock with Ji Yunyue.
• A massive scarlet tentacle erupted from the Abyss, seized the chains, and sent Heaven Imprisoning Island plunging downward.
• The blood lotus and enormous face of Wenren Ji emerged, and the prisoners recognized her as a Demon Saint who had once been suppressed by the Progenitor.
• Wenren Ji opened her mouth and drew the island and its climbers toward her, while the prisoners rushed to topple the Abyss Heaven Steles.
• Ji Qingqing blocked the prisoners with her Divine Soul and sword, forcing them back and declaring that she would not let them touch the steles.

Ji Qingqing tried to keep Heaven Imprisoning Island from sinking while Li Hao, Li Tiangang, and Ji Yunqing raced to reach it. As the islanders toppled the stele attached to Li Hao’s chain, Ji Qingqing chose to protect her husband and Ji Yunqing, and Li Hao fell into the Abyss with the stele.

• Li Hao and Ji Yunyue climbed toward Heaven Imprisoning Island as the Demon Sage attacked, and Ji Yunyue stayed behind to let Li Hao continue alone.
• Ji Qingqing fought the islanders who tried to topple the steles, but relented when they proposed toppling two to straighten the remaining chain.
• Ji Qingqing recognized Li Tiangang and Ji Yunqing climbing another chain, then guarded their stele and begged the islanders to wait for them.
• As the island plunged, Ji Qingqing pleaded with the islanders to delay, but she stopped resisting when they rushed to topple Li Hao’s stele.
• Li Hao used a Fate-Reversal Opportunity, but it had no effect; the stele fell onto him and his chain plunged into the Abyss as Heaven Imprisoning Island rose away.

After the Abyss Heaven Island rose, Ji Qingqing told Li Tiangang that Li Hao had fallen into the Abyss, leaving him and Ji Yunqing devastated. Below, Li Hao was swallowed by the Demon Sage, but the Sage suddenly began to die, and Li Hao suspected his desperate punches had triggered the 1% Fatal Attribute; he remained trapped in the corrosive blood as the chapter ended.

• Ji Qingqing guarded the last Abyss Heaven Stele as Heaven Imprisoning Island rose, and the survivors rushed to keep the remaining stele from loosening.
• Li Tiangang reunited with Ji Qingqing, who told him that Li Hao had fallen into the Abyss, and he broke down in grief.
• Ji Yunqing realized Li Hao had died because the other chains were toppled and blamed the people on the island.
• Li Hao failed to activate the Saint's Mark, fought the Demon Sage's tendrils, and was swallowed by its enormous mouth.
• The Demon Sage's body began collapsing, and Li Hao suspected his punches had triggered the 1% Fatal Attribute and killed it.
• Li Hao tried to swim through the Demon Sage's blood, but its lingering laws and corrosive force continued to destroy his body.

Li Hao survived the Blood Lake by refining its power after the Crimson Blood Vine Demon King sacrificed itself, while the Ji Family believed he had died and expelled his parents. At the Abyss, Li Hao broke through to the Imperishable Undying Realm, severed his parents’ bloodlines, and emerged reborn as Haotian, the supreme sovereign.

• The Crimson Blood Vine Demon King willingly entered Li Hao’s body and gave him its blood energy, allowing him to resist the Blood Lake and continue refining its power.
• The Third Ancestor rescued Ji Yunyue and the others but concluded that Li Hao had died; he restored Heaven Imprisoning Island and brought them to Saint Mountain.
• Ji Daoxin learned that Li Hao had fallen, and Ji Qingqing realized that Li Hao had remembered the name and hopes she had once shared with him.
• The Ji Family executed the criminals from Heaven Imprisoning Island and expelled Li Tiangang and Ji Qingqing from the clan.
• Beneath the Abyss, Li Hao broke through the three immortalities extreme realm and gained the power to survive as long as any part of him remained.
• Li Hao severed the bloodline auras of Li Tiangang and Ji Qingqing, forged his own Dao Heart, and regenerated his body as Haotian, the supreme sovereign.

Li Hao returned from nirvana, advanced his physical cultivation, and forged a unique skill that let him enter the Dao Realm and create two Dao Domains. He remained above the blood lake, continuing his deductions as his overlapping domains weakened the Demon Sage’s aging Dao intent.

• Li Hao recovered the damaged Universe Jade Belt and discovered that Candlelight God, Madam Yin, and a strand of Chi Xu were alive inside its Heaven and Earth Space.
• Li Hao advanced the Path of the Physical Body from Seventh Dan to Eighth Dan and reached the Defying Fate Realm.
• Li Hao fused his body-refining methods and created the Supreme World Honored Body unique skill, whose suppression rule weakened the aging Dao intent.
• Li Hao used the Supreme World Honored Body to enter the Dao Realm and create the Great Peace Dao Realm, a Dao Domain of suppression.
• Li Hao created a second Dao Domain through the Dragon Ancestor Imperishable Body, layering its imposing pressure over his suppression and further weakening the aging Dao intent.

After surviving the Abyss, Li Hao grew stronger, rescued Candlelight God, Madam Yin, and Chi Xu, and named the Crimson Blood Vine Demon King Evening Primrose. He returned toward the Ji Family, where his sudden arrival stunned Ji Tianchao and the others.

• Li Hao developed nine overlapping Dao Domains, absorbed the Demon Sage’s remaining blood energy, and increased his physical strength to roughly seven million jin.
• Li Hao escaped the Abyss, left the Wild Sea, and used his Heaven and Earth Meridian to awaken Candlelight God and Madam Yin and restore Chi Xu’s life.
• Li Hao renewed his agreement with Chi Xu, named him Evening Primrose, and decided to travel with him and the recovering Candlelight God and Madam Yin.
• At the Ji Family, Ji Tianchao and the others learned about Li Hao’s past and mourned Ji Yunqing and Li Hao’s apparent deaths.
• Ji Tianchao spotted a figure flying toward the Cloud Lineage and recognized Li Hao, staring in disbelief.

Li Hao emerged from the Abyss in the great peace dao realm, remade his body, and severed the Ji Family bloodline. He named himself Haotian and left the Ji Family despite their pleas, while Ji Xuanshen confronted him on the way down the mountain.

• Li Hao asked Ji Tianchao to open the Holy Land Secret Realm and said he had taken the name Haotian.
• Li Hao revealed that he had remade his body and severed the Ji Family bloodline, declaring that only Haotian remained.
• Ji Daoxin and the Ji Family members pleaded with Li Hao to stay, but he refused and offered to repay Ji Yunyue’s kindness by helping her once.
• Ji Daoxin led the family in escorting Li Hao down the mountain as Ji Family members begged him to return.
• Ji Xuanshen landed before Li Hao and angrily asked why he was leaving before their challenge.

Li Hao left the Ji Family after effortlessly suppressing Ji Xuanshen with his double Dao domain, though he promised he could return as a friend. Ji Xuanshen and other Ji Family prodigies decided to travel to Outer Great Wasteland Heaven, while Li Hao reached its border and declared he was back.

• Ji Xuanshen challenged Li Hao to withstand one move, and Li Hao accepted before suppressing his Fission Dao Domain with his own double Dao domain without attacking.
• Ji Daoxin and the others escorted Li Hao from the Ji Family Holy Land, gave him the secret pattern for returning, and heard him promise to visit again.
• After Li Hao departed, Ji Tianchao predicted that he might achieve Dao Hearing within five years and become a Sage.
• The next day, Ji Xuanshen and several Ji Family prodigies asked Ji Daoxin for permission to visit Outer Great Wasteland Heaven, and he warned them to respect the Jiang Family and avoid its endangered Imperial City.
• Ji Daoxin told Ji Xuanshen to offer Li Hao help if needed, and Li Hao later reached the edge of Great Wasteland Heaven on a crimson-furred demon and said he was back.

Li Hao returned from Great Wasteland Heaven to Great Yu, reaching You Province and learning that demons had been attacking Liyang City and other border cities. He prepared to head for Heaven's Gate Pass, but the growing attacks suggested a larger conflict with the Great Yu Dynasty was underway.

• Li Hao traveled through Great Wasteland Heaven with the Candlelight God and Evening Primrose, fighting demons and gathering treasures while the Candlelight God and Madam Yin recovered.
• After getting lost, Li Hao crossed into territory guarded by the Xia Family and disguised the Candlelight God as a Maned Horse before entering a township.
• Li Hao secretly delivered a demon corpse to the local Demon Suppression Division and took silver from a house in exchange for the expected reward.
• At an inn, Li Hao learned from the attendant that demons had repeatedly attacked Liyang City and other border cities in You Province.
• Li Hao suspected the attacks were part of a broader conflict and asked the attendant about Liang Prefecture.

Li Hao enjoyed an opera in a small town while silently killing demons, then continued toward Liyang City, where the Xia Family forces were besieged. He arrived as a demon threatened the city and destroyed the demon with a glance.

• A waiter told Li Hao that Liang Prefecture had recovered, and Li Hao set out with Evening Primrose and the Candlelight God to enjoy the town’s opera.
• Li Hao killed more than a dozen demons approaching the town by sending melon seed shells flying at them, then left for Liyang City the next morning.
• On the way, Li Hao secretly killed demons near two cities while he and his companions evaded their detection arrays.
• In Liyang City, the Xia Family’s advisers and generals argued over their dwindling supplies and whether to fly Young General Haotian’s battle flag to frighten the demons.
• A Three Immortalities Realm veteran pursued a demon beyond the city’s array but stopped before entering an ambush, while Li Hao rode toward them on horseback.
• As Li Hao approached, demons collapsed around him, and he killed the middle-aged demon in midair with a glance.

Li Hao reached Liyang City and effortlessly killed the Great Demon besieging it, then revealed his identity as Duke Haotian and Liang Province Grand Commander. After he agreed to stay for three days while the Xia Family consulted its Family Head, the demons learned he had returned and withdrew from the city, while the news spread to You Province’s front lines.

• Li Hao killed the Great Demon in the Three Immortalities Realm and the other demons on the road to Liyang City, then asked the Old General of the Xia Family to open the gates.
• The Old General of the Xia Family recognized Li Hao as Duke Haotian, welcomed him into the city, and introduced him to Xia Qingshuang, Xia Yucheng, and the other young Xia Family generals.
• Li Hao learned that Liang Prefecture was at peace while You Province faced war, and the Old General of the Xia Family begged him to help the clan; Li Hao agreed to stay for three days pending the Family Head’s decision.
• A Bird Demon reported Li Hao’s arrival to two Great Demons, who ordered the Demon Tide to retreat from Liyang City.
• Tianji Hall relayed the news of Li Hao’s return to the demonic front lines, including Gluttony Valley’s master.

Xia Linglong planned to lure Gluttony Valley’s forces into a trap while protecting as many people as possible, then learned that Liyang was safe and that Li Hao had come to You Province. She invited him to the Xia Family residence, where she welcomed him in person.

• Xia Linglong ordered the Xia Family to evacuate residents and prepare an ancestral array at Azure Ridge to trap the Gluttony Valley Master.
• Xia Linglong received a report that Liyang was safe and learned that Li Hao had arrived in You Province.
• The Xia Family decided to invite Li Hao to join their campaign and sent him a personal letter from Xia Linglong.
• After the demons withdrew from Liyang, Li Hao left for Youzhou City with the Candlelight God and arrived at the Xia Family residence.
• Xia Linglong welcomed Li Hao outside the residence as General Haotian.

Li Hao visited Xia Linglong’s residence, learned that Qing Prefecture was under siege, and offered to help both Qing Prefecture and You Province. He raced to You Province’s eastern battlefield and challenged the Gluttony Valley Master, who had not yet appeared.

• Xia Linglong welcomed Li Hao and hosted a banquet where an elderly scholar recited his poems, impressing the Xia Family with his learning and accomplishments.
• After Li Hao asked about the fighting in eastern You Province, Xia Linglong explained that Gluttony Valley was attacking and that Qing Prefecture was besieged by the Saint Palace and Dragon Gate.
• Li Hao thanked Xia Linglong for offering the Xia Family’s battle flag to aid Qing Prefecture, then said he would deal with Gluttony Valley along the way.
• Li Hao revealed that he could handle the Great Peace Dao Realm, and Xia Linglong and Xia Yuanwu agreed to lead him to the eastern battlefield.
• Li Hao rode the Candlelight God to the Second Defense Line, where demons were overwhelming the defenders, and shouted for the Gluttony Valley Master to come out.

Li Hao revealed his great peace Dao realm strength, swiftly defeated King Taisui and Gluttony Valley’s elders, and left King Taisui’s remaining soul with Xia Linglong to interrogate. He then unleashed a vast rain of sword qi across the battlefield as he prepared to head to Qing Prefecture.

• King Taisui led four Gluttony Valley Elders toward Li Hao, Xia Linglong, and Xia Yuanwu after hearing Li Hao call out.
• Li Hao’s Dao domain instantly destroyed one elder, revealed his great peace Dao realm, and killed another elder.
• Li Hao allowed Candlelight God to burn two more elders, while King Taisui failed to release his half-step Dao domain against Li Hao.
• Li Hao crushed King Taisui’s body and left a fragment of his divine soul with Xia Linglong for interrogation before departing for Qing Prefecture.
• Li Hao gathered power across the battlefield and sent a vast rain of sword qi into the demon tide, killing demons across more than two hundred li.

Li Hao annihilated the demon army attacking the Xia Family’s defense line, then rode toward Qing Prefecture, where Qingzhou City was besieged and the Li Family faced destruction. With outside help absent and Li Muxiu nearing collapse, the family decided to invoke the Ancestral Blood Summons and call every Li bloodline descendant to defend their legacy.

• Li Hao used a vast rain of sword qi to destroy the demons attacking the Xia Family’s defense line, then left the remaining stragglers to Xia Linglong and Yuanwu as he headed for Qing Prefecture.
• The Li Family’s defenses retreated to besieged Qingzhou City after demons overran most of Qing Prefecture, while the Dragon Gate Master and Saint Palace Master kept Li Muxiu and Li Xiaoran under pressure.
• Li Muxiu learned that Boundless Mountain had not answered the Li Family’s plea for aid and told Li Xiaoran to prepare the Ancestral Blood Summons because he could no longer hold out much longer.
• Li Xiaoran reached the Divine General Residence and told Li Tiangang and the others to summon every descendant of Li Family blood for the final battle.

As Qing Prefecture faced a final battle against two demons of the great peace dao realm, the Li Family activated the Ancestral Blood Summons to call its scattered members home. Li Qianfeng felt the summons at Boundless Mountain, but the Buddha Master forbade him from returning and told him to remain focused on cultivation.

• Li Tiangang agreed to request the Ancestral Blood Sacrifice while Li Xiaoran and the family remained divided over Li Hao’s death.
• He Jianlan rebuked Wang Xiangru for her children’s estrangement from the Li Family, and Wang Xiangru defended herself before the other madams dismissed her words.
• Li Xiaoran reflected that Li Hao had no reason to return, as the family prepared to spend its resources and lives fighting the demons.
• An ancestor sacrificed his divine soul to raise the Ancestral Blood Summons, and Li Yuanzhao, Li Zhining, and Li Family members throughout the residence felt its call.
• Li Family disciples at Boundless Mountain felt the summons and hurried to leave, while Li Qianfeng asked the Buddha Master to let him return home.
• The Buddha Master refused Li Qianfeng’s request, promised to send Universal Salvation Bodhisattva to aid the Li Family and bring his mother, and urged him to set aside worldly attachments.

As Qing Prefecture faced catastrophe, the Li Family invoked the Ancestral Blood Summons, prompting Wang Zhenping to hurry there to rescue his daughter while arranging for Li Jiangying and Li Rumeng to enter a Mo River. Across Great Yu, Li Family descendants and allied factions answered the summons and began converging on Qing Prefecture.

• Li Jiangying and Li Rumeng sensed the Ancestral Blood Summons, and Wang Zhenping decided to travel to Qing Prefecture to save their mother.
• Li Jiangying suggested entering a Mo River to avoid the summons, so Wang Zhenping arranged for the siblings to enter one and pursue merit.
• Li Jiangying and Li Rumeng discussed their hopes of catching up to the youth they resented and feared their mother might not be rescued in time.
• Across Great Yu, people with Li Family blood responded to the summons, and factions including the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion mobilized forces toward Qing Prefecture.

Li Tiangang mobilized the Li Family’s forces and resources to defend Qingzhou City, while blood relatives across Qing Prefecture answered the Ancestral Blood Summons. Outside the city, Dragon Absolute God and Phoenix Soaring Sky received orders and treasures from the Desolate God as they prepared to attack.

• Li Tiangang ordered the Li Family to open its Secret Vault, distribute medicines and weapons, and bring returning relatives through the secret passage beneath the Huai River.
• Li Tiangang told Ji Qingqing to rest, then reassured Li Yuanzhao, Li Wushuang, and the other young relatives that they would help when the family members returned; Li Wushuang mourned Li Hao.
• Liu Yuerong prayed that her son would stay with the Buddha Master and not return to risk his life for the Li Family.
• Li Family branches across Qing Prefecture sent signals to guide relatives toward Qingzhou City, while others fought demons as they traveled there.
• The Tianji Hall Elder warned Dragon Absolute God and Phoenix Soaring Sky that the Li Family had used the Divine General Blood Summoning Secret Technique, and they discussed how to break the city’s defenses.
• The Desolate God warned Dragon Absolute God and Phoenix Soaring Sky that the Qing Prince was approaching, then lent them two Saint Heart Treasures and demanded they destroy the Li Family.

Dragon Absolute God and Phoenix Soaring Sky attacked Qingzhou City with Saint Heart Treasures while the demon army launched an all-out assault. As the Sunlight Fate Wheel Array drained the city’s lifespan, the Li Family’s ancestral heroic souls emerged to join the battle and empower their descendants and allies.

• Phoenix Soaring Sky battered Qingzhou City's array with the Profound Universe Heavy Tower while Dragon Absolute God engaged Li Muxiu with the Ten Extremes Sword.
• Ji Qingqing and Li Tiangang attacked Phoenix Soaring Sky, but the demon elders and millions of soldiers advanced on the city.
• Li Tiangang activated the Sunlight Fate Wheel Array, drawing lifespan from the city’s inhabitants and prompting the Li Family ancestors’ heroic souls to emerge from the Ancestral Shrine.
• Li Qingzheng joined with Li Xuanyin’s remnant soul, regained his fighting strength, and flew toward the battlefield.
• The ancestors empowered He Jianlan and Li Yuanzhao for battle, while Xiao Yujing accepted an ancestor’s invitation after he acknowledged the Li Family’s debt to women who married into it.
• Li Family members accepted their ancestors’ soul robes and rushed toward the battlefield to face the demon tide.