Chapter Summaries

Fang Xiao subdued a Spirit Transformation true devil in the North Sea, then set out to investigate three new Sword Seal alerts. Meanwhile, Xue Lian and Six Desires were trapped at the Moluo Sect by forces from Xuan Mo Realm, and Xue Lian decided they had to retreat to Tian Luo Realm.

• Fang Xiao knocked out the true devil and prepared to search its soul, but Void Cutter reported Sword Seals triggered at three locations.
• Fang Xiao suspected more true devils had appeared than Six Desires had admitted and rushed to support the three locations with two Dao soldiers.
• At the Moluo Sect, a colossal demonic mountain suppressed Xue Lian’s Myriad Souls Banner and trapped the defenders inside.
• Six Desires asked whether reinforcements were coming, and Xue Lian said they had to retreat to Tian Luo Realm because they could not withstand the attackers from Xuan Mo Realm.

Xue Lian decided to retreat to Tian Luo Realm through the Demon Summoning Array, hoping to let Taichang Realm and Xuan Mo Realm weaken each other. As the nameless demonic peak continued to suppress Moluo Sect, Xuan Mo Realm’s powerful forces remained gathered outside.

• Xue Lian told Six Desires that Taichang Realm’s hidden strength made retreat the safest choice, and planned to wait for Taichang and Xuan Mo to exhaust each other.
• Xue Lian set off with Six Desires toward the depths of Moluo Sect to reverse the Demon Summoning Array, while Six Desires secretly gathered and then let an unseen thing vanish.
• The nameless demonic peak continued pressing down on the Myriad Souls Banner as Xuan Mo Realm’s forces surrounded Moluo Sect.
• Six peak Deity Transformation True Demons led Xuan Mo Realm’s gathering, whose numbers and strength far exceeded Tian Luo Realm’s forces.
• Xuan Mo Realm had dispatched its early-stage True Demons, including one who would have been recognized as an old acquaintance by Fang Xiao.

King Gan, now calling himself Sheng Tianjun, joined the Xuan Mo Realm after learning the Royal Court had abandoned him and the True Devils had captured him. He guided them toward the Taichang Realm, where they planned to strike before the Tian Luo Realm could claim it.

• Fang Xiao’s amplified yin-yang attacks sent King Gan into a Void Storm, which carried him far from the Taichang Realm.
• King Gan learned from his dissipated divided soul that the Royal Court had ascended without him, leaving him unable to catch up.
• King Gan encountered True Devils from the Xuan Mo Realm, who captured him and extracted the Taichang Realm’s coordinates and information.
• The True Devils abandoned their plan to harass the Tian Luo Realm and decided to seize the nearby Taichang Realm with King Gan as their guide.
• King Gan accepted devilification, took the name Sheng Tianjun, and advanced to peak Spirit Transformation.

Xuan Jian’s group discovered through the True Name List that seven of their devils had died in the Taichang Realm, and Xuan Jian demanded an explanation from King Gan. King Gan swore his intelligence was true and began outlining possible causes, leaving the deaths unresolved.

• Xuan Jian assured King Gan that the Xuan Clan would remove his restrictions and reward him if they conquered the Taichang Realm.
• Xuan Jian revealed the True Name List, which showed that seven devils investigating the North Sea had recently perished.
• Xuan Jian demanded that King Gan explain the deaths, while King Gan wondered whether an unforeseen change involving Fang Xiao had occurred.
• King Gan swore his intelligence was accurate and proposed that hidden high-level Spirit Transformation cultivators might have killed the seven, though he considered that unlikely.

King Gan warned Xuan Jian and the demons that a Nascent Soul prodigy in the Taichang Realm might have killed the missing Xuan Mo cultivators and devastated the Tian Luo Realm’s forces. As the Nameless Demon Peak pressed down on the weakening Myriad Demonic Souls, Xuan Jian ordered reinforcements back while the demons prepared to question survivors at the Moluo Sect.

• King Gan proposed that a newly emerged Taichang Realm prodigy had killed the missing cultivators, and said the prodigy had been at Nascent Soul Late Stage when he left.
• The demons doubted King Gan’s claim that a Nascent Soul cultivator could defeat Spirit Transformation experts, but King Gan described how the prodigy had trapped and killed several of his pursuers.
• King Gan said the prodigy remained in the Taichang Realm, wielded numerous methods including the Way of Space, and could have killed the seven Xuan Mo cultivators separately.
• King Gan pointed out that the Tian Luo Realm had sent unusually few forces and argued that it must have suffered a major setback.
• As the Myriad Demonic Souls weakened beneath the Nameless Demon Peak, Xuan Jian used the True Name List to summon the True Demons outside back to the battle.
• King Gan urged caution and suggested questioning the Tian Luo Realm survivors at the Moluo Sect for information.

Fang Xiao used his Nascent Soul Dao Sword and Chengxu Pendant to overcome the True Devils’ defenses against Soul Searching and uncovered their connection to King Gan and the Xuan Clan of the Xuan Mo Realm. He learned that the Xuan Clan had brought a Half-step Dao Artifact, leaving the threat to the Taichang Realm far greater than he expected.

• Fang Xiao captured four True Devils alive after Jingyuan, Tian Yue, and Nan Dou slew the others.
• Fang Xiao separated each devil soul from its mind with Spirit Severing and the Chengxu Pendant, then searched their memories.
• Fang Xiao discovered that King Gan had encountered the True Devils from the Xuan Mo Realm and joined forces with them.
• Fang Xiao learned that the Xuan Clan possessed a Half-step Dao Artifact powerful enough to threaten even numerous peak Deity Transformation cultivators.

Fang Xiao decided not to fight the Xuan Mo Realm forces inside the Taichang Realm, where Origin Fiery Demon Peak could suppress his spatial techniques, and devised a plan to lure them into the void. Meanwhile, Xuan Jian told King Gan that Fang Xiao was dead, but King Gan remained uneasy about the missing Tian Luo Realm cultivators.

• Fang Xiao assessed Origin Fiery Demon Peak's soul-burning flame and Dao Track suppression, concluding that his Dao Slaying was his only reliable way to oppose it.
• Fang Xiao revised the campaign plan, sent transmission talismans assigning the Deity Transformation cultivators to the North Sea and Northern Plains border, and planned to visit the Moluo Sect.
• Xuan Jian told King Gan that Fang Xiao had supposedly died after five peak Deity Transformation cultivators attacked him, and said twenty-six Tian Luo Realm cultivators had vanished while besieging the Tianlan Sect.
• King Gan questioned whether Fang Xiao was truly dead, but reasoned that he could not have reached Deity Transformation so quickly and silently killed all twenty-six cultivators.

Xuan Jian rallied the Xuan Mo Realm devils to conquer Taichang Realm, confident that Origin Fiery Demon Peak would overwhelm its hidden defender. He led them north toward the North Sea to eliminate Fang Xiao, who was traveling south, setting their paths to converge.

• Xuan Jian declared that Taichang Realm would fall once its mysterious defender was eliminated with Origin Fiery Demon Peak.
• The recalled True Devils learned that seven of their companions had been killed near the North Sea and privately celebrated their own survival.
• Xuan Jian urged the devils to seize Taichang Realm and bring it under the Sacred Clan's rule.
• The Xuan Clan's five peak Spirit Transformation cultivators shrank Origin Fiery Demon Peak and placed it in Xuan Jian's hand.
• Xuan Jian led the devils north toward the North Sea while Fang Xiao continued southward.

Fang Xiao sent two Dao soldiers to confront the Xuan Mo Realm’s True Demons while his true body remained in the North Sea. As Xuan Jian’s group reached the sea, Fang Xiao appeared in a lunar phenomenon, and the chapter ended with him asking who among the devils could make decisions.

• Fang Xiao sent two Dao soldiers ahead to challenge the True Demons while keeping his true body far away in the North Sea.
• Xuan Jian and the other True Demons reached the Northern Plains–North Sea border after recalling their scattered forces.
• A silver moon rose from the North Sea, dispersed the demonic clouds, and turned day into a starry night.
• King Gan recognized Fang Xiao’s Lunar Dharma Form and urged Xuan Jian to kill him, but Xuan Jian identified the figure as a Dao soldier rather than Fang Xiao’s true body.
• Fang Xiao stepped out from the lunar moon and asked the True Demons who among them could make decisions.

Fang Xiao faced five true devils while Xuan Jian watched, then used a mysterious sword technique to halt their movement within a small area. Xuan Jian recognized the technique as Myriad Laws Born from the Sword.

• Several true devils threatened Fang Xiao and moved to attack while Xuan Jian chose to observe.
• Fang Xiao deduced that Xuan Jian had ordered the attack to test his abilities and prepared to surprise the devils.
• Five true devils surrounded Fang Xiao, and a late-stage devil charged him with a high-grade Spirit Treasure greatsword.
• Fang Xiao opened his fist and released invisible ripples that immobilized the five attackers within a limited area.
• Xuan Jian recognized Fang Xiao’s technique as Myriad Laws Born from the Sword.

Fang Xiao used Myriad Laws Born from the Sword through Tai Bing to freeze five True Devils, but Xuan Jian and four clansmen suppressed the Dao soldier with Origin Fiery Demon Peak. Fang Xiao dispersed Tai Bing before the pressure could crush its consciousness and realized he needed countermeasures before facing them again.

• Fang Xiao wielded Myriad Laws Born from the Sword, which threatened to kill the five True Devils before him.
• Xuan Jian recognized the danger and joined four clansmen in unleashing Origin Fiery Demon Peak to suppress Fang Xiao.
• Fang Xiao struck first, and the Great Yin light froze the five True Devils into ice sculptures.
• Origin Fiery Demon Peak immobilized Tai Bing and its sword cavities, while its pressure also slowed Fang Xiao's thoughts through their connection.
• Fang Xiao dispersed Tai Bing, escaping the suppression's effects, and decided to prepare countermeasures before meeting Xuan Jian's group again.

Fang Xiao captured a powerful demonic Spirit Treasure and asked Zhenkong to imprison it in the Sword Mound, while hinting that he had a way to help the Void Suppressing Sword advance into a Half-step Dao Artifact. After the Xuan Mo Realm demons confirmed that five of their number had died, Fang Xiao appeared before them in a new solar incarnation and confronted Xuan Jian.

• Fang Xiao seized the late-stage Deity Transformation True Demon's colossal sword and asked Zhenkong to suppress it in the Sword Mound so it could provide sword spiritual essence.
• Fang Xiao told Zhenkong that he had found an opportunity related to advancing into a Half-step Dao Artifact.
• Xuan Jian and the other True Demons confirmed the five demons had died and discussed recruiting Fang Xiao or killing him before he grew stronger.
• King Gan suggested using the demonic transformation of the Taichang Realm or an attack on the Tianlan Sect to lure Fang Xiao out.
• Fang Xiao arrived in a blazing solar incarnation, addressed Xuan Jian, and asked him to speak plainly.

Xuan Jian tried to recruit Fang Xiao into the Xuan Mo Realm, but Fang Xiao refused and threatened to destroy the Taichang Realm rather than let it fall into enemy hands. Xuan Jian recognized that Fang Xiao wanted to negotiate, yet insisted the Xuan Clan had to conquer the realm.

• The True Demons realized Fang Xiao could repeatedly create powerful avatar-like beings, while Xuan Jian refrained from attacking him again.
• Xuan Jian offered to recommend Fang Xiao as a disciple of a Void Refining great power, but Fang Xiao rejected the offer.
• Xuan Jian argued that Fang Xiao could not defend the Taichang Realm alone and urged him to join the Xuan Clan.
• Fang Xiao warned that he could destroy the Taichang Realm, threatening to leave the Xuan Clan with nothing if they made its defense impossible.
• Xuan Jian refused to be driven off by the threat and declared that the Xuan Clan had to obtain the Taichang Realm.

Fang Xiao forced Xuan Jian to negotiate by threatening to destroy the Taichang Realm, then proposed settling the conflict through a battle in the void. Xuan Jian accepted with altered terms, unaware that Fang Xiao believed his Great White Sword Pellet gave him a decisive advantage.

• Fang Xiao pretended to leave negotiations and threatened to let the Taichang Realm return to nothingness, making Xuan Jian call him back.
• Fang Xiao proposed that representatives from both sides fight in the void, with the Taichang Realm at stake.
• King Gan warned Xuan Jian that Fang Xiao could control chaotic void currents and create Void Storms.
• Xuan Jian agreed to the battle but demanded that Fang Xiao swear loyalty to the Xuan Mo Realm and the Xuan Clan if his side lost.
• Fang Xiao accepted the altered wager without revealing his confidence in the Great White Sword Pellet.

Fang Xiao accepted Xuan Jian’s wager for a battle in the void ten days later and departed. Xuan Jian arranged surveillance, a plan to seize Tianlan Sect’s disciples, and an investigation into Taichang Realm’s preparations to destroy itself before the appointed fight.

• Fang Xiao agreed to Xuan Jian’s revised wager, swore an oath to meet him in the void in ten days, and left.
• Xuan Jian ordered Xuan Jue and Xuan Ce to patrol Taichang Realm’s surroundings and watch for departing cultivators and True Devils from other realms.
• Xuan Jian ordered Xuan Ming and Xuan Shuang to use a Barrier Breaking Talisman to capture Tianlan Sect’s disciples after the group left for the battle.
• Xuan Jian tasked King Gan with investigating Taichang Realm’s plans to destroy the realm and assigned Shang Que and Yi Cheng to help through the Myriad Treasures Merchant Association.
• Xuan Jian promised the remaining True Devils double their original benefits if they accompanied him to fulfill the wager in ten days.

Fang Xiao reassured the Taichang Realm’s Spirit Transformation cultivators that he was confident in the coming battle against the Xuan Mo Realm’s true devils and arranged protections for their sects. He then headed into the void ahead of the appointed battle to scout its location and avoid being caught off guard by Origin Fiery Demon Peak.

• Fang Xiao told the Taichang Realm cultivators he would fight the Xuan Mo Realm’s true devils in the void and explained that his methods could not be fully used within the realm.
• Fang Xiao arranged for the Myriad Treasures Merchant Association to relay reports of any true devils, and left Yin-Yang Dao Soldier to guard the Tianlan Sect and the association.
• Li Fa affirmed that the Myriad Treasures Merchant Association would cooperate with Fang Xiao, while the other cultivators considered ways to build ties with him.
• Fang Xiao departed for the void to scout the appointed battlefield and ensure Origin Fiery Demon Peak could not suppress him before he acted.
• Fang Xiao considered using Dao Soldiers to observe Xuan Jian and the others from a safe distance, but he had already dispatched all eight of his current Dao Soldiers and would need stronger mana to form more.

Fang Xiao realized that his eighth-story Twelve-Story Building had brought his Dharma Manifestation to the threshold of bearing a Dao Track Projection, but he chose to refine the fragmented Primordial Chaos Sword Dao Track within himself instead. He began preparing for a future Void Refining breakthrough, including obtaining a sixth-tier spirit vein from Taichang Realm’s resources.

• Fang Xiao determined that the Twelve-Story Building could raise his mana to late-stage Deity Transformation levels, allowing him to condense another Dao soldier for the arranged battle.
• Fang Xiao concluded that the divine ability could not advance beyond its eighth story without a Dao Track and that his Dharma Manifestation could now bear a Dao Track Projection.
• Fang Xiao chose not to refine a Dao Track Projection from a grotto-heaven because he already possessed a fragmented Primordial Chaos Sword Dao Track from the Great White Sword Pellet.
• Fang Xiao planned to refine the Primordial Chaos Sword Dao Track within the small world and considered how Taichang Realm might react to his doing so.
• Fang Xiao decided to prepare for Void Refining by securing a sixth-tier spirit vein, which he believed could be condensed from Taichang Realm’s many top-tier Fifth Order spirit veins.

Fang Xiao waited in the void for Xuan Jian and the other true devils, while Tian Yue arrived with Taichang Realm cultivators and proposed a plan to salvage the realm’s resources and protect its people during their departure. Tian Yue gave Fang Xiao a Jade Pendant containing a complete Dao Track Projection, leaving Fang Xiao astonished at the Yuetian Sect patriarch’s inheritance.

• Fang Xiao reached the appointed battle site and allowed a group of true devils leaving the Taichang Realm to pass without attacking them.
• Taichang Realm Spirit Transformation cultivators arrived together, praised Fang Xiao, and offered him maidservants as concubines, which he firmly refused.
• Tian Yue stayed behind and asked Fang Xiao whether they could exploit the Taichang Realm’s resources before leaving it.
• Fang Xiao said they should take the resources while keeping the realm intact as a trap for the Tian Luo Realm’s Devil Race army.
• Tian Yue proposed refining a void-crossing vessel from the lands of the five regions and gave Fang Xiao a five-colored Jade Pendant inherited from the Yuetian Sect patriarch.
• Fang Xiao examined the Jade Pendant and recognized the five mountain phantoms within it as a complete Dao Track Projection.

Fang Xiao recognized the Jade Pendant’s Dao Track Projection as the basis for refining the Five Divine Peaks into five Half-step Dao Artifacts that could combine into a Dao Artifact. Tian Yue offered the prepared Spirit Treasures and sought Fang Xiao’s permission to use Taichang Realm’s earth veins, leaving Fang Xiao to demand a benefit and safeguards against the Yuetian Sect turning against him.

• Fang Xiao realized the Dao Track Projection in the Jade Pendant had been divided among the Five Divine Peaks and inferred that the Yuetian Sect planned to refine them using the realm’s earth veins.
• Tian Yue revealed the five prepared Spirit Treasures and explained their history, power, and chaotic spiritualities.
• Tian Yue handed the Five Divine Peaks to Fang Xiao, who confirmed that he could command only one peak at a time.
• Fang Xiao asked Tian Yue what he would gain from approving the plan and how Tian Yue would prevent the Yuetian Sect from becoming a threat after obtaining a Dao Artifact.

Fang Xiao negotiated with Tian Yue over refining Yuetian Sect’s Five Divine Peaks into Half-step Dao Artifacts and rejected the idea of Yuetian Sect keeping two. He proposed that Tian Yue contribute one more artifact so the remaining treasure could be shared by the various sects, while Yuetian Sect retained one.

• Tian Yue offered Fang Xiao three of the five Half-step Dao Artifacts in exchange for help refining the Five Divine Peaks.
• Fang Xiao agreed to accept three artifacts but questioned how Tian Yue planned to distribute the remaining two.
• Tian Yue argued that Yuetian Sect deserved to keep two because it had supplied the materials for the refinement.
• Fang Xiao warned that the other cultivators would oppose Yuetian Sect monopolizing the artifacts and invoked unity against the Devil Race.
• Fang Xiao proposed that Tian Yue contribute one more artifact and let the sects jointly hold the resulting treasure, while Yuetian Sect kept one Half-step Dao Artifact.