Chapter Summaries

Shen Lin discussed divination and the broken compass with White-Eyed Old Daoist after arriving at the Fire Worship Cult. When Shen Lin casually named the Great Serpent as what lay above the sky, White-Eyed Old Daoist was stunned and asked if he could see the Dao Principles.

• White-Eyed Old Daoist and Imperial Uncle followed Shen Lin to his courtyard while the Fire Worship Cult disciple escorting them remained unaware of their presence.
• White-Eyed Old Daoist shared spirit-medicine wine with Shen Lin, who confirmed he had found the thing he was seeking and asked for help locating the others.
• White-Eyed Old Daoist explained that he could not reliably help with further searches, then revealed that the Thousand Evolution Sect's secret inheritance was connected to Shen Lin's broken compass.
• Shen Lin offered White-Eyed Old Daoist the compass, but the old Daoist declined and said the Fire Worship Cult held something useful to him.
• White-Eyed Old Daoist asked what Shen Lin thought lay above the sky, and Shen Lin answered, “The Great Serpent”; the old Daoist then asked whether Shen Lin could see the Dao Principles.

White-Eyed Old Daoist learned that Shen Lin could read Dao Principles and translate an ancient travelogue that revealed secrets about the world beyond their prison. Imperial Uncle agreed to deal with the Fire Worship Cult first, then began courting Shen Lin for the imperial clan by asking whether he was married.

• White-Eyed Old Daoist explained that martial artists who appeared to ascend were swallowed by the Great Serpent, and that people in this world could not see the Dao Principles.
• Shen Lin showed White-Eyed Old Daoist the strange travelogue and revealed that he could read its Dao Principle-based writing.
• After Shen Lin translated its contents, White-Eyed Old Daoist urged him to return to the imperial capital and help Great Wei understand the records.
• Shen Lin persuaded White-Eyed Old Daoist to deal with the Fire Worship Cult before pursuing the travelogue's secrets, and Imperial Uncle emerged to support the plan.
• White-Eyed Old Daoist went inside to contact the others while Imperial Uncle treated Shen Lin to spirit wine and delicacies, then asked if he was married.

The Left Protector summoned the Fire Worship Cult to welcome its master, while Shen Lin arrived with the White-Eyed Old Daoist and the Imperial Uncle, intending to attack. The Fire Worship Cult Master appeared in overwhelming force and revealed that Demon Race troops were poised to strike Great Wei’s imperial capital.

• The Left Protector received the Cult Master's command and decided to gather the branch members, hoping the crowd would help him survive the coming confrontation.
• Shen Lin reached the plaza with the White-Eyed Old Daoist and the Imperial Uncle, and the Left Protector mistook Shen Lin's excitement for eagerness to join the cult.
• The Fire Worship Cult Master condensed the Faith Condensing Flame into his human form, displaying power near the late stage of the Dharma Aspect Realm.
• The White-Eyed Old Daoist and the Imperial Uncle revealed their identities and prepared to hold off the Cult Master while reinforcements rushed to them.
• The Fire Worship Cult Master showed the Imperial Uncle a bronze mirror depicting Demon Race forces surrounding Great Wei's imperial capital.

The Myriad Demon Kingdom launched a surprise assault on Great Wei's imperial capital while its Dharma Aspect Realm experts were away. As Prime Minister Zhang refused to flee, a new Dharma Aspect Realm aura rose from the Demon Suppression Division and strengthened the city's barrier, leaving Li Xingyi shocked by the young figure who appeared.

• The Mystic Fiend Tiger Emperor and Qingqiu Fox Empress led the Myriad Demon Kingdom's forces toward Great Wei's imperial capital, counting on the absence of its Dharma Aspect Realm experts.
• The Mystic Fiend Tiger Emperor struck the city-protecting grand formation with his Wolf-tooth Club, and the Demons' attacks soon made the golden barrier tremble and dim.
• Li Xingyi urged Prime Minister Zhang to evacuate, but Prime Minister Zhang refused to abandon the city's people and said everything was within the plan.
• A Dharma Aspect Realm aura rose from Great Wei's Demon Suppression Division, and a young figure flew into the sky, restoring strength to the barrier.
• Li Xingyi recognized the aura's source and stared in disbelief at the young figure.

Ji Nan revealed that Prime Minister Zhang had arranged to draw the Qingqiu Fox Empress and Mystic Fiend Tiger Emperor to Great Wei’s capital while the Human Race attacked the Myriad Demon Kingdom. The chapter ended as the Tiger Emperor learned that his clan had been breached.

• The Qingqiu Fox Empress and Mystic Fiend Tiger Emperor struck Great Wei’s capital-protecting formation, while Ji Nan prepared to defend the city.
• The capital-protecting formation vanished, and Ji Nan confronted the demons outside the city as the Qingqiu Fox Empress warned them not to advance.
• Ji Nan said Prime Minister Zhang had arranged to send Great Wei’s Dharma Aspect Realm experts away and lure the demons to the capital.
• A message reached the Mystic Fiend Tiger Emperor that the Human Race had broken into the Myriad Demon Kingdom, then the communication bone fragment crumbled.
• Ji Nan mocked the demons for failing to learn from their previous loss.

Li Ruiwu's Team A destroyed the Profound Fiend Tiger Clan while Ji Nan fought the Mystic Fiend Tiger Emperor and Qingqiu Fox Empress in Great Wei's imperial capital. Ji Nan released Su Tu's Demon Devouring Physique, which began devouring the demons and left the Qingqiu Fox Empress fleeing and the Mystic Fiend Tiger Emperor vomiting blood.

• Li Ruiwu ordered Team A to leave after completing its mission to destroy the Profound Fiend Tiger Clan, and revealed that the Mystic Fiend Tiger Emperor was also a target.
• The Mystic Fiend Tiger Emperor attacked Ji Nan, and the Qingqiu Fox Empress joined the fight.
• Ji Nan blocked the pair's first attacks, but the Mystic Fiend Tiger Emperor's Profound Fiend Rage Martial Staff shattered Ji Nan's saber force and wounded him.
• Ji Nan summoned Su Tu and threw him toward the demons, where Su Tu's Demon Devouring Physique swallowed the Mystic Fiend Tiger Emperor's claw and began consuming the Demon Race formation.
• The Qingqiu Fox Empress sacrificed three tails and fled, while the Mystic Fiend Tiger Emperor turned pale and vomited blood.

Su Tu’s Demon Devouring Physique devastated the Myriad Demon Kingdom’s forces, while Prime Minister Zhang planned to use the lull for another step in his scheme. At the Fire Worship Cult’s altar, Shen Lin attacked the cultists as the Cult Master unleashed the Holy Fire Token against the White-Eyed Old Daoist and the Imperial Uncle.

• The Qingqiu Fox Empress fled with two Primal Chaos Realm demons as Su Tu devoured her forces, and she realized the Demon Race would have to hide from him.
• Li Xingyi recognized Su Tu’s Demon Devouring Physique, and Prime Minister Zhang warned that he still needed protection from human enemies and ordered the Demon Suppression Division to hunt the wounded Mystic Fiend Tiger Emperor.
• Prime Minister Zhang watched the sunset and said the Myriad Demon Kingdom should be quiet for a while before he proceeded to the next step.
• At the Fire Worship Cult’s branch altar, the Imperial Uncle gave the White-Eyed Old Daoist a Summoning Ring after losing their wager about Zhang’s plans.
• Shen Lin killed Fire Worship Cult disciples with a thunderblade strike and targeted the Left Protector while the White-Eyed Old Daoist prepared to act.
• The Fire Worship Cult’s Cult Master accused Great Wei’s agents of setting him up, then attacked the White-Eyed Old Daoist and the Imperial Uncle with the Holy Fire Token and Prairie Fire.

Shen Lin survived the Fire Worship Cult Master's devastating attack, while the White-Eyed Old Daoist and Imperial Uncle counterattacked together. As they engaged the cult master, Shen Lin turned to face the Left Protector, whose true body emerged from underground.

• The Fire Worship Cult Master unleashed a sea of flames, and Shen Lin charged out to cut down the kneeling Fire Worship Cult disciples.
• The flames engulfed the altar branch and shattered the concealment formation, while the White-Eyed Old Daoist and Imperial Uncle survived by using their Dharma Aspects.
• Shen Lin endured the attack with his Heavenly Demon Body and emerged scorched but alive, astonishing the others.
• The White-Eyed Old Daoist bound the Fire Worship Cult Master with a compass phantom as Imperial Uncle attacked with the Dragon Suppressing Seal.
• Shen Lin addressed a mound of earth, and the Left Protector's true body crawled out.

Shen Lin fought the Fire Worship Cult's Left Protector while the Fire Worship Cult Master battled the White-Eyed Old Daoist and the Imperial Uncle overhead. After revealing that his Visualization Diagram had left him unable to reach the Dharma Aspect Realm, the Left Protector renewed his attack, and Shen Lin cut apart his golden beam.

• The Fire Worship Cult Master ordered the Left Protector to capture Shen Lin alive, then flew off to fight the White-Eyed Old Daoist and the Imperial Uncle.
• The Left Protector attacked Shen Lin with golden beams and his armored body, eventually ramming him into a mountain peak.
• The Left Protector explained that his complex Moths Flying into the Flame Visualization Diagram had left him unable to complete his breakthrough to the Dharma Aspect Realm.
• Shen Lin urged the Left Protector to stop wasting his life and let himself be killed, but the Left Protector refused and fired another golden beam.
• Shen Lin swept his saber through the golden beam and cleaved it apart.

Shen Lin used Indestructible Vajra Body and a relentless barrage of attacks to overwhelm the Left Protector, while the Fire Worship Cult Master gained the upper hand against the Imperial Uncle and White-Eyed Old Daoist. Just as the battered Left Protector thought Shen Lin had exhausted himself, Shen Lin summoned countless Spirit Crystals.

• The Left Protector recognized Shen Lin's Indestructible Vajra Body and attacked him with Casting Gold Horn, but Shen Lin countered with Universe Saber and knocked him down.
• The White-Eyed Old Daoist and Imperial Uncle struggled against the Fire Worship Cult Master, whose Dharma Aspect melted the White-Eyed Old Daoist's sword qi and unleashed flaming dragons at the Imperial Uncle.
• Shen Lin relentlessly attacked the Left Protector with saber and sword strikes, flames, thunder, and Thunder Finger Force, driving him into a hole and cracking his carapace.
• The Left Protector emerged in his gigantic beetle form and feared Shen Lin's assault would resume, but Shen Lin waved his hand and produced countless Spirit Crystals.

Shen Lin used the Spirit Crystals he received from the White-Eyed Old Daoist and the Imperial Uncle to replenish his spiritual power instantly and kill the Left Protector. He found the Left Protector’s Visualization Diagram beneath the ashes, but a thunderous voice and crimson sky interrupted him.

• The Left Protector mocked Shen Lin for relying on Spirit Crystals and launched another golden beam at him.
• Shen Lin instantly absorbed the Spirit Crystals and shattered the Left Protector’s attack with his saber.
• Shen Lin thanked the Left Protector before killing him with a wave of fire, and the system absorbed the demon’s remaining lifespan.
• Shen Lin discovered a golden sheet bearing the Left Protector’s moth-flying-into-flames Visualization Diagram beneath the ashes.
• A thunderous voice called the Left Protector useless as the clouds broke apart and flames lit the sky crimson.

The Fire Worship Cult Master tried to escape the White-Eyed Old Daoist and the Imperial Uncle, but he seized Shen Lin and prepared to take him away. Yuwen Fengxian arrived in time to destroy the Cult Master's flaming doorway, yet the Cult Master still made off with Shen Lin.

• The Fire Worship Cult Master used a burst of fiery energy to distract the White-Eyed Old Daoist and the Imperial Uncle and flee, but the White-Eyed Old Daoist caught up with him.
• The White-Eyed Old Daoist struck what appeared to be the Fire Worship Cult Master, only for the body to reveal itself as an illusion while the real Cult Master grabbed Shen Lin.
• The Fire Worship Cult Master shattered Shen Lin's Indestructible Vajra Body, knocked the Taowu Saber from his hand, and suppressed his Sky-Splitting Saber Technique.
• Yuwen Fengxian arrived and destroyed the flaming doorway with his halberd, but the Fire Worship Cult Master delayed him by blocking his path.
• The Fire Worship Cult Master enveloped Shen Lin in flames and escaped with him while Yuwen Fengxian watched helplessly.

Yuwen Fengxian and the White-Eyed Old Daoist realized the Fire Worship Cult Master had used a clone to rescue Shen Lin, and they ordered a massive search for him. Trapped in a spatial rift with the cult master, Shen Lin identified him as an outsider and began using the Heaven-Intercepting Marvelous Skill to escape.

• The White-Eyed Old Daoist concluded that the Fire Worship Cult Master who fought them was a clone, and Yuwen Fengxian estimated the real master had cultivation no lower than his own.
• Yuwen Fengxian ordered Great Wei's forces, including the Demon Suppression Division and Hidden Dragon Guard, to search for Shen Lin and the Fire Worship Cult's bases.
• The Fire Worship Cult Master carried Shen Lin through a spatial rift and demanded to know what secret made others treat him strangely.
• Shen Lin recognized that the Fire Worship Cult Master had cultivated the Spirit Void Cattail Flame using the Secret Fire-Nurturing Method and deduced that he came from outside the continent.
• Shen Lin confirmed the cult master's origins, said he would seek him out after reaching the Dharma Aspect Realm, and formed a hand seal to use the Heaven-Intercepting Marvelous Skill.

Shen Lin used a Dao Principle Secret Technique to trigger a space storm and escape the Fire Worship Cult Leader’s spatial trap. The leader, Xiao Bai Lian, returned to his body in the Central Prefecture Xiao Family and prepared to hand over several Fire Worship Cult branch altars to the Great Wei authorities.

• The Fire Worship Cult Leader recognized Shen Lin’s Dao Principle Secret Technique as Shen Lin attacked with his saber.
• Shen Lin’s saber qi passed through the spatial turbulence, and a sneeze from Candle Dragon disturbed space and created a storm.
• The Fire Worship Cult Leader realized Shen Lin had caused the space storm, but the flame passage collapsed and Shen Lin escaped.
• Xiao Bai Lian awoke in the Xiao Family’s secret chamber and learned from his clone that Shen Lin had escaped.
• After hearing that the Demon Suppression Division was investigating the Fire Worship Cult, Xiao Bai Lian decided to reveal the locations of several branch altars.

After escaping the Fire Worship Cult Master through a spatial rift, Shen Lin landed in the frost-pine forest north of Youzhou and followed the trail of a powerful demon. He discovered a wounded Tiger Demon whose Dharma Aspect seemed hollow, and prepared to claim its Demon Lifespan.

• Shen Lin emerged from a spatial rift in the frost-pine forest and identified the Extreme North Ice Plains nearby.
• Shen Lin decided to return to Great Wei’s imperial capital before seeking a breakthrough and confronting the Fire Worship Cult Master.
• Shen Lin sensed excellent Demon Qi and followed it, realizing its owner had at least Primal Chaos Realm cultivation.
• Shen Lin tracked the Demon Qi into a hidden hollow beneath a massive frost pine and found a wounded Tiger Demon.
• The Tiger Demon threatened to use Shen Lin’s head as a wine snack after claiming it had eaten members of the Demon Suppression Division.
• Shen Lin noticed that the Tiger Demon’s Dharma Aspect was hollow and began eyeing it as a source of Demon Lifespan.

After pursuing the weakened Mystic Fiend Tiger Emperor, Shen Lin confronted him in the Frostwood and fought him using his Heavenly Demon Body and Taowu Saber. The Mystic Fiend Tiger Emperor struggled to keep up, and Shen Lin unleashed Universe Myriad Manifestations, leaving him terrified as the attack came at him.

• The Mystic Fiend Tiger Emperor escaped the Demon Suppression Division's pursuit after losing part of his body and cultivation to Su Tu's Demon Devouring Physique.
• The Mystic Fiend Tiger Emperor attacked Shen Lin, who transformed into his Heavenly Demon Body and punched him through the tree wall.
• Shen Lin kicked the Mystic Fiend Tiger Emperor into the frozen ground, but the Tiger Emperor rose with his Wolf-tooth Club and attacked with Mountain Collapse.
• Shen Lin returned to his original body and blocked the Tiger Emperor's strike with his Taowu Saber, then exchanged blows with him in the Frostwood.
• The Mystic Fiend Tiger Emperor realized Shen Lin was reading the gaps in his Profound Fiend Saber Technique as Shen Lin unleashed Universe Myriad Manifestations.

Shen Lin pursued the weakened Mystic Fiend Tiger Emperor into the Extreme North Ice Plains, where the blizzard slowed his advance. Following sounds of combat, he reached an ice-crystal canyon and found two Star Realm martial artists from the Demon Suppression Division fighting a giant white bear demon beast.

• The Mystic Fiend Tiger Emperor unleashed Blood Fiend Tiger Roar, but Shen Lin resisted its Baleful Intent with the Buddhist golden light of the Indestructible Vajra Body.
• The Mystic Fiend Tiger Emperor fled north, and Shen Lin followed his conspicuous Demon Qi trail out of the Frostpine Forest.
• The Mystic Fiend Tiger Emperor entered the Extreme North Ice Plains to use its blizzard to slow Shen Lin, who pressed on behind him through the storm.
• Shen Lin heard fighting ahead and recalled that Ji Zhanxie had arrived in the region, so he hurried toward the sounds.
• Shen Lin reached an ice-crystal canyon and saw two Star Realm martial artists in Demon Suppression Division uniforms fighting a massive white bear demon beast.

Shen Lin rescued two Information Marquis from a white bear and discovered that the Mystic Fiend Tiger Emperor had misled him with one of its fangs. As he prepared to leave the Extreme North Ice Plains, the two revealed that the Howling Moon Sky Wolf Clan had moved there.

• Shen Lin watched two Information Marquis battle a white bear and noticed their talisman trap was threatened by the surrounding environment.
• Shen Lin killed the white bear with a flick of spiritual power, then warned the two Information Marquis before an Ice Scale Python burst through the ice and swallowed the bear.
• Shen Lin recognized the black horn embedded in the Ice Scale Python as a fang from the Mystic Fiend Tiger Emperor, realizing the Demon Qi trail had misled him.
• The Ice Scale Python withdrew, and the two Information Marquis thanked Shen Lin and asked him to deliver their report to Demon Suppression Division headquarters.
• One Information Marquis told Shen Lin they had found traces of the Howling Moon Sky Wolf Clan, which seemed to have moved its entire clan to the Extreme North Ice Plains.

Shen Lin accompanied the Zhao brothers to investigate the Howling Moon Sky Wolf Clan's settlement in the Extreme North Ice Plains, eager to confront the clan himself. At the settlement, he found only empty ice houses and questioned whether the brothers had really seen the clan there.

• Shen Lin learned that the Howling Moon Sky Wolf Clan had migrated to the area and insisted on going after it despite the Zhao brothers warning that it included several Primal Chaos Realm experts.
• Zhao Yudong and Zhao Yuliang led Shen Lin through the blizzard and explained that Gao Yichen had traveled farther north, while they had not encountered Ji Zhanxie.
• The Zhao brothers guided Shen Lin to the settlement and lent him a Demon Suppression Division treasure that improved his vision in the harsh conditions.
• Shen Lin looked over the settlement and saw rows of ice houses but no living creatures, then asked the Zhao brothers if they had truly discovered the clan there.

Shen Lin found the abandoned Howling Moon Sky Wolf Clan settlement and followed signs of a battle involving the Mystic Fiend Tiger Emperor. The wolves were dragging the captured Tiger Emperor toward the Frost Divine Kingdom, hoping to trade him for their imprisoned grandfather.

• Zhao Yuliang and Zhao Yudong discovered that the Howling Moon Sky Wolf Clan had vanished from its settlement, leaving frozen meat behind.
• Shen Lin found a huge footprint marked with the Mystic Fiend Tiger Emperor’s Blood Fiend Qi and tracked the trail left by his body.
• The Howling Moon Sky Wolf Clan continued across the freezing ice plains with the bound Mystic Fiend Tiger Emperor in tow.
• The Fourth Elder said the Tiger Emperor would serve as a sacrifice to the Frost Divine Kingdom, which had promised to release their imprisoned grandfather in exchange.