Chapter Summaries

Fang Xiao forced Tian Yue to accept his arrangement for the Five Divine Peaks and waited for Xuan Jian’s group, while secretly monitoring their movements. When True Demons attacked the Tianlan Sect ahead of schedule, Tai Bing’s protection exposed their attempted infiltration.

• Fang Xiao offered Tian Yue compensation and three late Spirit Transformation Demon Corpses, then made him accept the plan to allocate the Five Divine Peaks.
• Fang Xiao explained that Xuan Jian and the others would have to travel through the Nine Heavens, where his Dao Soldiers could detect them.
• On the seventh day, Fang Xiao sensed Xuan Jian’s group approaching and learned that other True Demons had already attacked the Tianlan Sect.
• The True Demons used a Fifth Order Barrier Breaking Talisman to infiltrate the Tianlan Sect, but Tai Bing’s Great Yin projection watched over the sect.

Xuan Jian learned that Xuan Ming, Xuan Shuang, and more than a dozen Xuan Clan members had died, but insisted that Fang Xiao must be handled according to the clan’s plans. At the appointed duel site, Fang Xiao’s Dao Soldier waited in his place while the Xuan Mo Realm’s True Demons had yet to arrive.

• Xuan Jian saw the names of Xuan Ming, Xuan Shuang, and more than a dozen others turn gray on the True Name List, confirming their deaths.
• Xuan Clan cultivators demanded revenge, but Xuan Jian ordered them not to act rashly against Fang Xiao until the clan could decide his fate.
• Xuan Jian and the others set out again, intending to win the appointed duel and seize the Taichang Realm.
• At the duel site, the Taichang Realm’s Spirit Transformation cultivators gathered with Fang Xiao, while no True Demons from the Xuan Mo Realm appeared.
• Fang Xiao’s true body hid elsewhere after using the Void Cutter Sword, leaving a newly condensed Dao Soldier disguised as him.
• Li Fa asked Fang Xiao whether the True Demons might fail to appear and suffer the backlash of breaking their oath.

Fang Xiao asked Li Fa whether they should seize the Xuan Mo Realm’s Myriad Treasures Merchant Association, and Li Fa advised him to spare its detained insiders. As the appointed battle began, Fang Xiao revealed his powerful Dao soldier, prompting Xuan Jian and four other peak cultivators to activate their Half-step Dao Artifact, Origin Fiery Demon Peak.

• Fang Xiao told Li Fa that he had detained two Xuan Mo Realm merchant association members and asked whether he should keep them alive.
• Li Fa advised Fang Xiao to spare the two Deity Transformation cultivators so they could help him uncover hidden resources in the other realms’ merchant associations.
• Li Fa sensed the approaching True Demons, and dozens of Xuan Mo Realm cultivators arrived to face the Taichang Realm group.
• Fang Xiao’s Dao soldier surged to the late Deity Transformation stage and unleashed the Five Elements Primordial Magnetic Divine Light, easing the pressure on the Taichang Realm cultivators.
• Xuan Jian recognized the threat posed by Fang Xiao’s Dao soldier and ordered an immediate attack.
• Xuan Jian and four other peak cultivators activated Origin Fiery Demon Peak, whose suppressive force began collapsing Fang Xiao’s Five Elements Primordial Magnetic Divine Light.

Fang Xiao’s Dao soldier revealed that he had anticipated the Xuan Mo Realm’s use of Origin Fiery Demon Peak, but its suppressive force was soon overwhelmed by a sixth-rank method. The Taichang Realm cultivators mistook the power for a Void Refining Stage ally, while the Xuan Mo Realm’s confidence collapsed.

• Xuan Jian suppressed Fang Xiao’s Dao soldier with Origin Fiery Demon Peak and declared that Fang Xiao had lost.
• Fang Xiao’s Dao soldier resisted the suppression and told Xuan Jian that his side had lost instead.
• The five peak Deity Transformation cultivators intensified Origin Fiery Demon Peak’s suppression, trapping the Taichang Realm cultivators and worsening their injuries.
• A dazzling power swept through the void and instantly shattered Origin Fiery Demon Peak’s suppressive force.
• The Taichang Realm cultivators recognized the power as a sixth-rank method and assumed a Void Refining Stage Existence supported Fang Xiao, while the Xuan Mo Realm True Demons panicked.

Xuan Jian and the Xuan Mo Realm demons tried to seize Taichang Realm cultivators as hostages, but Fang Xiao used the Five Elements Dao Soldier and his sword techniques to keep them occupied. After finally activating Great White Sword Pellet, Fang Xiao sent its silver-white sword light toward Origin Fiery Demon Peak.

• Xuan Jian realized the unknown being had trapped the Xuan Mo Realm demons and proposed taking Taichang Realm Spirit Transformation cultivators hostage before retreating.
• Xuan Jian’s group attacked the Five Elements Dao Soldier and the cultivators behind it, but Fang Xiao unleashed five Five Elements sword attacks that entangled all five demons.
• The Taichang Realm cultivators stopped fleeing while the Five Elements Dao Soldier held the demons in check and waited for Fang Xiao’s true body.
• Fang Xiao finished activating Great White Sword Pellet and launched its sword light at Origin Fiery Demon Peak.

Fang Xiao refused Origin Fiery Demon Peak’s submission and sent the Great White Sword Light to destroy it. Xuan Jian and the other five rushed to save the artifact as it formed humanoid figures of demonic flame.

• Origin Fiery Demon Peak sensed the Great White Sword Pellet’s sixth-tier power and submitted to Fang Xiao, but he decided not to accept it.
• Fang Xiao sent the Great White Sword Light toward Origin Fiery Demon Peak, while its sword momentum wounded the minds of those who looked at it.
• Xuan Jian and the other five peak Deity Transformation cultivators broke free from Fang Xiao’s Sword Breaks Myriad Laws and rushed to protect Origin Fiery Demon Peak.
• Origin Fiery Demon Peak released its full suppressive power, helping Xuan Jian and the others reach its summit.
• Heavenly Fiend Demonic Flame surged from the mountain and formed several humanoid figures as Xuan Jian and the others began activating the artifact.

Xuan Zhongtian possessed Xuan Jian through a hidden divine sense in Origin Fiery Demon Peak and confronted Fang Xiao’s Great White Sword Light. After learning how his juniors had ended up in Taichang Realm, Xuan Zhongtian admitted he could not defeat a genuine Void Refining Stage opponent and urged them to flee.

• A silver-white Great White Sword Light approached Origin Fiery Demon Peak, and the artifact spirit possessed Xuan Jian.
• Xuan Jian’s body unleashed sixth-rank power as Xuan Zhongtian revealed himself, prompting Fang Xiao to halt his attack.
• Fang Xiao realized that Xuan Zhongtian was using an incomplete Dao Track Projection and considered how the method could help him use Dao Track Projections and condense Dao Artifacts.
• Xuan Zhongtian questioned the kneeling Xuan Clan juniors, who recounted their encounters in Taichang Realm.
• Xuan Zhongtian concluded that he could not threaten a genuine Void Refining Stage existence and told the group to flee, while the juniors begged him to save them.

Xuan Zhongtian awakened from a soul fragment to protect Origin Fiery Demon Peak and help four Xuan Clan members escape, while Fang Xiao pursued one of them. Xuan Zhongtian then revealed that he had mastered Myriad Laws Born from the Sword and sent it to clash with Fang Xiao’s descending Great White Sword Light.

• Xuan Zhongtian explained that he had awakened to save Origin Fiery Demon Peak and ordered the four Xuan Clan members to flee into the depths of the void.
• Xuan Zhongtian drew Origin Fiery Demon Peak and the Heavenly Fiend Demonic Flame into his palm, then sent the four fleeing in different directions.
• Fang Xiao sent the Five Elements Dao Soldier after one of the fleeing True Demons because he wanted to stop them and obtain the opportunity to advance the Void Suppressing Sword.
• Xuan Zhongtian identified Fang Xiao’s Great White Sword Light as a Sword Dao attack and formed Myriad Laws Born from the Sword.
• Xuan Zhongtian launched Myriad Laws Born from the Sword toward the descending Great White Sword Light, and their auras clashed before they collided.

Fang Xiao defeated Xuan Zhongtian’s Void Refinement incarnation with the Great White Sword Pellet, killing both the incarnation and Xuan Jian. In the Devil Realm, the true Xuan Zhongtian recognized the pearl hidden in Fang Xiao’s sword light and decided to visit the lower realm himself.

• Fang Xiao sent the Great White Sword Pellet, empowered by Dao Slaying, against Xuan Zhongtian’s Myriad Laws Born from the Sword.
• The Great White Sword Light shattered Xuan Zhongtian’s strongest attack, leaving his incarnation unable to counter it.
• Xuan Zhongtian tried to identify the pearl within the sword light, but his hesitation let Fang Xiao’s strike cleave him and Xuan Jian in two.
• In the Devil Realm, Xuan Zhongtian learned that his incarnation had been destroyed and resolved to visit the lower realm to investigate the pearl.
• After the battle ended, Fang Xiao left his hiding place and approached Xuan Jian’s mangled corpse.

Fang Xiao examined Xuan Jian’s corpse after destroying Xuan Zhongtian’s divine split and found that the Dao Track Projections he hoped to claim were gone. He discovered that Xuan Jian’s storage vessel was hidden inside one of his scales, leaving him a way to search for Origin Fiery Demon Peak and the remaining enemies.

• Fang Xiao concluded that his Primordial Chaos Sword Dao had dismantled Xuan Zhongtian’s projected sword Dao and absorbed its principles.
• Fang Xiao found no Dao Track Projection on Xuan Jian’s corpse and realized the Earth Dao Track Projection had returned to Origin Fiery Demon Peak.
• Fang Xiao decided to track down the three remaining peak Spirit Transformation members of the Xuan Clan to obtain Origin Fiery Demon Peak.
• Fang Xiao searched Xuan Jian’s corpse for a crucial item and used sword rays to confirm its location.
• Fang Xiao discovered that a scale on Xuan Jian’s arm concealed a storage vessel containing what he needed to track the three and escape the Xuan Mo Realm True Demons.

Fang Xiao found Xuan Jian’s True Name List and used it to sense three fleeing Xuan Clan peak Deity Transformation cultivators. After the battle, Ling Taichu and the Taichang Realm cultivators recognized Fang Xiao’s Great White Sword Pellet as a Dao Artifact.

• Fang Xiao tore the storage scale from Xuan Jian’s body, shattered it, and collected the items that spilled into the void.
• Fang Xiao found the True Name List, recognized Xuan Jian’s gray name, and sensed three linked auras belonging to the remaining Xuan Clan peak Deity Transformation cultivators.
• Fang Xiao told himself the three fugitives could not escape, then turned to the Taichang Realm cultivators who had returned after the battle.
• Ling Taichu recognized Fang Xiao’s Great White Sword Pellet as the one he had given him and was astonished that Fang Xiao had refined it into a Dao Artifact.

After Fang Xiao revealed the Great White Sword Pellet’s sixth-rank power, he reassured the gathered factions and assigned them work while he remained in the void. He ordered them to cleanse the Demonic Contamination in the Northern Plains and the North Sea, leaving Li and Jing Yuan in charge.

• Fang Xiao explained that the Great White Sword Pellet had briefly granted him power comparable to a Void Refining cultivator, though his own cultivation remained far weaker.
• The gathered Spirit Transformation cultivators recognized Fang Xiao’s strength, and Tian Yue reconsidered his earlier resentment over the Five Divine Peaks.
• Fang Xiao declared that the True Demon threat in the Taichang Realm was largely resolved and promised not to target factions that remained loyal.
• Fang Xiao postponed the division of resources and told the factions to clear out the remaining True Demons while he stayed in the void.
• Fang Xiao ordered the gathered cultivators to cleanse the Demonic Contamination in the Northern Plains and the North Sea, assigning the task to Li and Jing Yuan.

Fang Xiao announced that he would found a sect in the Northern Plains to combat the devil path, and the gathered cultivators pledged their support. Tian Yue then proposed elevating the Five Divine Peaks into Half-step Dao Artifacts, leaving the group stunned by the weapons’ power.

• Fang Xiao announced his plan to found a sect in the Northern Plains devoted to eliminating the devilish scourge and invited like-minded cultivators to join.
• Tian Yue and the other cultivators, including Yan Tiandong, Shao Ting, and Yun Lei, agreed to support Fang Xiao’s new sect.
• Fang Xiao asked Tian Yue to explain his proposal to elevate the Five Divine Peaks into Half-step Dao Artifacts.
• Tian Yue told the cultivators that three artifacts would be publicly allocated among the factions and Fang Xiao, while the other two would be secretly handed to Fang Xiao.
• Fang Xiao compared the artifacts’ abilities to those of the True Demon of the Xuan Mo Realm, shocking the cultivators and stirring their desire to possess them.

Fang Xiao arranged for the sects to return to the Taichang Realm and prepare to extract earth veins and refine Half-step Dao Artifacts, then set off to pursue the escaped True Demon remnants. Meanwhile, King Gan reached the abyss at the edge of Zhongyuan Dao and recognized it as the legendary Ruins of the Underworld.

• The sect leaders agreed to help the Yuetian Sect extract earth veins in exchange for control over a Half-step Dao Artifact, unaware that Fang Xiao and the Yuetian Sect planned to take all three.
• Fang Xiao warned the cultivators that King Gan might still be in the Taichang Realm, then left to pursue the escaped True Demon remnants.
• After Fang Xiao departed, the cultivators returned to the Taichang Realm, confident they could stay safe by traveling together and contacting his Spirit Transformation cultivators if King Gan appeared.
• King Gan recalled hiding from Fang Xiao after seeing Shang Que and Yi Cheng fall into Fang Xiao's hands, then wandered back to the Central Lands without carrying out Xuan Jian's orders.
• At the edge of Zhongyuan Dao, King Gan saw the abyss devouring landmasses and the world's origin qi and identified it as the legendary Ruins of the Underworld.

King Gan suspected Fang Xiao had a hidden plan in the void and set out to investigate, unaware that Fang Xiao controlled the Nine Heavens with the Myriad Manifestations Realm. King Gan encountered Ling Taichu and the returning Taichang Realm Spirit Transformations, who realized Xuan Jian and the others had lost and prepared to use Fang Xiao’s hidden method against him.

• King Gan concluded that Fang Xiao’s wager concealed a plan involving the void and decided to travel there.
• Fang Xiao’s Six Energies Dao Soldiers had reached late Spirit Transformation, and the Myriad Manifestations Realm now encompassed the Nine Heavens above the Taichang Realm.
• King Gan sensed danger beneath the Nine Heavens but could detect nothing, then noticed ripples above as figures returned from beyond the realm.
• King Gan recognized Ling Taichu and the other Taichang Realm Spirit Transformations and realized Xuan Jian’s side had lost.
• Ling Taichu identified King Gan as a traitor and explained that Fang Xiao had arranged a method in the Nine Heavens to deal with him.

Fang Xiao used the Myriad Manifestations Realm to trap King Gan in an illusion and seize him, intending to kill him. King Gan began self-destructing to break free, prompting Ling Taichu to warn everyone to keep their distance.

• Fang Xiao manifested the Myriad Manifestations Realm across the Nine Heavens, astonishing Li Qingyun and Peng Gan with his command of its phenomena.
• King Gan saw the manifestation and tried to flee, but the realm's illusion trapped his consciousness in the transformations of heaven and earth.
• Fang Xiao's giant manifestation reached beyond the Nine Heavens and grabbed King Gan, leading the Spirit Transformation cultivators to believe he was about to die.
• King Gan released a destructive burst of spiritual radiance and began self-destructing to escape the illusion.
• Ling Taichu warned everyone to remain within the Nine Heavens and keep their distance from King Gan.

King Gan escaped Fang Xiao by destroying his body and fleeing into the void, while Fang Xiao returned to the Nine Heavens and continued toward Zhongyuan Dao. Injured and running out of resources, King Gan searched the void for shelter or someone who could protect him.

• King Gan self-destructed inside the Myriad Manifestations body's palm, shattering it and opening spatial vortices.
• King Gan's devil infant escaped through a vortex, and Fang Xiao could not trace him among the countless possible destinations.
• Fang Xiao scanned for other Devil Race members, returned to the Nine Heavens, and left as the cultivators continued toward Zhongyuan Dao.
• King Gan stopped in the void and lamented that Fang Xiao had repeatedly ruined his chance to ascend.
• King Gan considered returning to the Taichang Realm, finding a fragment of a shattered realm, or meeting people who could shelter him, and concluded he had to gamble on luck.

Fang Xiao and his Dao Soldiers pursued three fleeing Xuan Clan True Demons through the void, hoping to find the Origin Fiery Demon Peak. After one target was killed without the artifact, Fang Xiao neared Tai Bing and another quarry, but that True Demon’s Life-Soul Lamp suddenly went out.

• King Gan decided to roam the void while waiting for Xuan Jian and the other True Demons to find him.
• Fang Xiao sent Tai Bing and the Seven-Soul Dao Soldier after separate targets, using Life-Soul Lamps alongside the True Name List to track the three fleeing True Demons.
• Fang Xiao and his Dao Soldiers pursued the targets for half a month, and the Five Elements Dao Soldier killed one without finding the Origin Fiery Demon Peak.
• Fang Xiao caught and killed another True Demon, but again found no Origin Fiery Demon Peak on the corpse.
• After ten days of travel toward Tai Bing and the remaining target, Fang Xiao learned that the target’s Life-Soul Lamp in Tai Bing’s hand had suddenly gone out.

Fang Xiao tracked the fallen True Demon to recover the Half-step Dao Artifact, but found no trace of it and instead discovered a Void Anomaly with a space Dao Track Projection. As the creature approached, Fang Xiao realized it could give the Void Cutter Sword a chance to advance into a Half-step Dao Artifact.

• Fang Xiao saw that the Life-Soul Lamp had gone out and rushed with the Five Elements Dao Soldiers to the True Demon's last known location.
• Fang Xiao found the void empty and ordered Space Severance to search for whoever had taken the Half-step Dao Artifact.
• Space Severance detected unusually dense, seemingly sentient Space Force but no nearby being.
• Fang Xiao recognized an incomplete space Dao Track Projection and followed Space Severance toward its source.
• A strange fluid-like Void Anomaly approached Fang Xiao, and he realized it might have swallowed Origin Fiery Demon Peak and could help the Void Cutter Sword advance.

Fang Xiao recognized that the Void Anomaly could reveal a new way for Deity Transformation cultivators to refine Dao Track power and possibly surpass the lower realm’s cultivation limit. He let Tai Bing be swallowed so he could investigate the creature’s interior, where he discovered Origin Fiery Demon Peak and the Void Anomaly’s Dao Track powers crushing against each other.

• Fang Xiao considered how the creature’s Dao Track Projection might allow him to refine the Primordial Chaos Sword Dao Track in pieces and cultivate beyond peak Deity Transformation.
• Fang Xiao wondered what the creature was and where its Dao Track Projection came from, then decided to capture it alive.
• Fang Xiao sent Tai Bing toward the creature and shifted his consciousness into the Dao soldier after it swallowed him.
• Inside the creature, Fang Xiao found that the Void Anomaly’s Dao Track power was clashing with the power of Origin Fiery Demon Peak.
• Fang Xiao used Tai Bing’s Dao Slaying power to endure the crushing forces and began examining the creature’s internal space before the Dao soldier was destroyed.