Chapter Summaries

Shen Lin completed his deduction of the Golden Metal Thunder Law and then cultivated the Evil-Exorcising World-Purifying Heart Sutra, struggling to connect with its Evil-Cleansing Dao Principles. He finally found a way to fuse them into his Dharma Aspect by recognizing that, like the sutra’s founder, he sought to slay demons and exterminate devils, though for the sake of Demon Lifespan.

• Shen Lin comprehended and fused the Golden Metal and Thunder Dao Principles, reaching Great Accomplishment in the Golden Metal Thunder Law.
• Shen Lin began deducing the Evil-Exorcising World-Purifying Heart Sutra and learned that its evil-cleansing qi drew on resentment and hidden Evil-Cleansing Dao Principles.
• Shen Lin failed for a long period to merge the Evil-Cleansing Dao Principles into his Dharma Aspect and tried to understand how the Golden Body Clan founder had succeeded.
• Shen Lin realized that his desire to kill demons for Demon Lifespan could connect him to the Evil-Cleansing Dao Principles, even though his motive differed from the founder’s.
• Shen Lin fused the Evil-Cleansing Dao Principles into his Dharma Aspect, completing the Evil-Exorcising World-Purifying Heart Sutra at Great Accomplishment.

Shen Lin fused the Golden Metal Thunder Law and the Evil-Exorcising World-Purifying Heart Sutra into a new cultivation art, the Golden Thunder Demon Extermination Art. After perfecting it, he planned to test its power by taking Demon-extermination missions at the Immortal Race’s World Entry Hall.

• Shen Lin decided not to break through to the Saint Realm yet and continued deducing cultivation arts to strengthen his future Dao-principle body and combat power.
• Shen Lin began fusing the Golden Metal Thunder Law and the Evil-Exorcising World-Purifying Heart Sutra, searching for a way to combine their Dao-principle powers.
• After millions of years of failed attempts, Shen Lin used Lightning Power as the foundation and Golden Metal and Evil-Cleansing Dao Principles as support to create the Golden Thunder Demon Extermination Art.
• Shen Lin sensed that the new art surpassed both source arts and had a stronger suppressive effect against the Demon Race.
• Shen Lin planned to visit the Immortal Race’s World Entry Hall the next day to find Demon-extermination missions and test his new cultivation art.

Shen Lin arrived at the Two Forms Holy Land as its newly appointed Holy Son, drawing the attention of its disciples. Zuo Yuan, who had been waiting to confront him, greeted him warmly and offered to show him the World Entry Hall.

• The chapter described the Two Forms Holy Land's disciple ranks and explained that it had three Holy Son and Holy Maiden positions reserved for exceptional cultivators.
• True Inheritance Disciple Zuo Yuan waited outside the World Entry Hall, while other disciples discussed his talent and recent defeat of Xiao Mingdao.
• Xiao Mingdao joined Zuo Yuan and urged him not to challenge the newly appointed Holy Son, whose selection by the Holy Lord must have had a reason.
• Shen Lin arrived and presented a White Jade Waist Token identifying him as the new Holy Son.
• Zuo Yuan flew to Shen Lin, introduced himself respectfully, and offered to guide him around the World Entry Hall.

Shen Lin entered the World Entry Hall with Zuo Fei, who sought guidance on his talisman saber after learning Shen Lin had passed Tyrant Saber's final trial. Shen Lin told him not to pursue saber techniques, warning that his own breakthrough to the Venerable Realm would strip other saber cultivators of their Dao Fruits.

• Zuo Fei showed Shen Lin the World Entry Hall's trading plaza while Xiao Mingdao followed them.
• Shen Lin noticed Zuo Fei's scarlet talisman saber and judged that it had form but lacked intent.
• Zuo Fei bowed and asked Shen Lin to teach him, hoping to overcome his cultivation bottleneck and advance toward the Saint Realm.
• Xiao Mingdao realized that Zuo Fei's willingness to disregard dignity for cultivation set him apart.
• Shen Lin advised Zuo Fei not to learn saber techniques if he aimed for the Venerable Realm, declaring that his own breakthrough would leave no other saber-technique Dao Principles in the Chaos Sea.

Shen Lin confronted Zuo Fei’s request for guidance by claiming Zuo Fei could not even draw his saber in his presence. Zuo Fei failed to summon his Rune Long Saber, and Shen Lin left him with the advice to abandon the Saber Dao.

• Shen Lin told Zuo Fei and Xiao Mingdao that he was certain he would reach the Venerable Realm, then asked where disciples exchanged cultivation methods and martial arts.
• Zuo Fei asked Shen Lin to spar, while Xiao Mingdao tried to pull him back and warned Shen Lin to forgive his fellow disciple.
• Shen Lin said Zuo Fei could not draw his saber in his presence and that this disparity would prove the Saber Dao was a dead end for him.
• Zuo Fei tried to summon his Rune Long Saber, but it went still and would not respond to his commands.
• Shen Lin told Zuo Fei to give up on the Saber Dao and walked away.

After Shen Lin overwhelmed Zuo Fei with his mastery of saber techniques, Zuo Fei explained to Xiao Mingdao how Shen Lin might already be pursuing Dao Integration before reaching the Venerable Realm. The chapter left Xiao Mingdao wondering whether Shen Lin could break through to the Venerable Realm after comprehending and fusing every branch of the Great Dao of Saber Techniques.

• Xiao Mingdao felt sympathy for Zuo Fei after seeing how completely Shen Lin had defeated him.
• Zuo Fei said Shen Lin had mastered countless saber Dao Principles and could exert pressure resembling that of a Venerable Realm expert, though he had not actually reached that realm.
• Zuo Fei explained that Venerable Realm cultivators merged with the Dao and that Dao Integration involved comprehending and fusing the branches of a Great Dao.
• Xiao Mingdao realized Shen Lin might already be pursuing Dao Integration by mastering the branches of the Great Dao of Saber Techniques.
• Xiao Mingdao questioned whether Shen Lin could reach the Venerable Realm after comprehending the potentially millions of saber-related Dao Principles.

Guan Xuzi secured unlimited Immortal Race resources to cultivate Shen Lin, believing his talent could lead him to the Venerable Realm and beyond. But when Guan Xuzi learned Shen Lin had chosen other techniques instead of saber arts, he discovered the Holy Son had already left Qingxu Heaven on a demon-slaying mission.

• Guan Xuzi persuaded the white-browed old man to fund Shen Lin's cultivation without limit, citing his exceptional talent with saber techniques.
• The white-browed old man approved the investment, believing Shen Lin could become a powerful asset to the Immortal Race even if he only reached the Saint Realm.
• Guan Xuzi returned to the Two Forms Holy Land and learned Shen Lin had exchanged for swordsmanship, thunder arts, and Venerable Realm cultivation techniques, but no saber techniques.
• Guan Xuzi summoned Shen Lin, intending to remind him to focus on the Overlord Saber inheritance.
• The disciple rushed back and reported that Shen Lin had accepted a demon-slaying mission and left Qingxu Heaven.

Shen Lin accepted a search-and-rescue mission on Flowing Wave Island and joined a team of Two Forms Holy Land disciples, hiding his identity and cultivation. As Zhang Chong confronted him over his behavior toward Ling'er, a colossal golden roc approached with a winged man asking whether they belonged to the Two Forms Holy Land.

• Shen Lin exchanged for Venerable Realm techniques and martial arts and a fourth-grade Dao artifact, then chose a mission to search for missing Immortal Race disciples on Flowing Wave Island.
• Shen Lin joined a team of four disciples aboard Zhang Chong's flying vessel, concealing his identity and cultivation.
• Ling'er teased Shen Lin for being a newer disciple, but his calm response failed to charm her.
• Zhang Chong demanded that Shen Lin show Ling'er respect, but Shen Lin stayed seated and looked toward an approaching presence.
• A winged man on a gigantic golden roc called out to ask whether the group came from the Two Forms Holy Land.

Zhang Chong, Ling'er, and Shen Lin met Hao Ming of the Sacred Feather Clan while traveling toward Flowing Wave Island and accepted his invitation to ride his Golden Feather Roc. Shen Lin suspected the two hidden Saint Realm experts aboard might pose a threat, and the chapter ended with Zhang Chong asking to switch rooms so he could be near Ling'er.

• Zhang Chong recognized Hao Ming as a powerful True Inheritance Disciple and a candidate for the Sacred Feather Clan's Holy Son.
• Ling'er eagerly agreed to travel with Hao Ming aboard his Golden Feather Roc, and Zhang Chong put away his own vessel.
• Shen Lin suppressed Hao Xi's fate pattern and sensed two concealed Saint Realm auras on the roc.
• Hao Ming hosted the group for a banquet and assigned them quarters on the roc.
• Zhang Chong asked Shen Lin to switch rooms with him, and Shen Lin agreed after noticing Ling'er had gone toward Hao Ming's room.

Hao Ming questioned Ling'er about the Immortal Clan’s mission to Flowing Wave Island while trying to uncover what they knew. After reporting to Elders Hao Yuan and Hao Shan, he was ordered to keep the juniors under watch, and the elders agreed to let someone else eliminate them if necessary.

• Hao Ming learned from Ling'er that her group was traveling to Flowing Wave Island to find a missing senior brother, and he suspected the Immortal Clan did not know about the island’s secret.
• After leaving Ling'er, Hao Ming reported his findings to Elders Hao Yuan and Hao Shan, who concluded the Immortal Clan’s juniors were likely unaware of what had happened on the island.
• Elder Hao Shan told Hao Ming to keep the juniors in sight and raised the possibility of killing them after the matter was settled.
• Elder Hao Yuan reminded Hao Shan that the Sacred Feather Clan’s pact with the Immortal Clan forbade them from killing each other, then proposed letting someone else deal with the group on Flowing Wave Island.

Shen Lin traveled with Zhang Chong, Ling'er, and Haoming toward Flowing Wave Island, where he noticed Ling'er’s dwindling Heaven-Intercepting Dao Principles and learned the island’s surroundings had been devastated by an ancient war. The group reached the island, and Haoming revealed that the battle had pitted nearly a hundred Venerable Realm experts against the Demon Race.

• Shen Lin found Zhang Chong distraught after Ling'er had spent the night with Haoming, then invited him to breakfast.
• Ling'er arrived at breakfast arm in arm with Haoming, while Shen Lin noticed the Heaven-Intercepting Dao Principles around her had grown sparse.
• The group traveled aboard the Golden Feather Roc and reached the dangerous waters around Flowing Wave Island by noon on the third day.
• Ling'er asked Haoming about the spatial rifts surrounding the island, and he explained they were remnants of a great war against the Demon Race.
• Haoming said the Heavenly Demon’s forces had swept across nearly half the Chaos Sea before the Nine Heavens Ten Earths sent countless experts, including nearly a hundred Venerable Realm cultivators, to suppress them.
• Shen Lin recalled witnessing a scene from that ancient war while cultivating the Nine Revolutions Heavenly Demon Art and wondered if it had happened there.

Shen Lin and his companions learned that Flowing Wave Island was the corpse of the Heavenly Demon’s World-Ending Black Dragon, whose remains produced Dao Blood Stone. After Senior Brother Hao Ming left the group, Ling'er turned her attention to Zhang Chong, who agreed to accompany them on their mission.

• Senior Brother Hao Ming described the ten-year battle against the Heavenly Demon and the heavy losses suffered by the myriad races.
• Zhang Chong wondered whether Flowing Wave Island’s Dao Blood Stone came from the blood of a Venerable Realm expert.
• Shen Lin recognized that Flowing Wave Island resembled the black dragon he had seen beneath the Heavenly Demon during his cultivation.
• Senior Brother Hao Ming explained that the island was formed from the World-Ending Black Dragon’s corpse and that Dao Blood Stone came from its buried flesh and blood.
• After the group landed in a city on Flowing Wave Island, Senior Brother Hao Ming said goodbye and left despite Ling’er asking to go with him.
• Ling'er asked Zhang Chong to accompany the group on their mission, and Zhang Chong agreed.

Shen Lin accompanied Ling'er and the others as they searched for a missing Sacred Land Disciple, while Hao Ming and the two Hao elders discovered that the Demon Race had secretly taken over Flowing Wave Island's operations. Hao Yuan revealed that he had brought the Hao Family's Bright Moon Cauldron as they prepared to confront the demonic monk.

• Shen Lin followed Ling'er and the others through the city as they decided to question the Immortal Race stronghold about the missing disciple.
• Hao Ming watched the building where the three great clans' experts were stationed while Hao Yuan and Hao Shan secretly investigated inside.
• Hao Yuan and Hao Shan reported that the three clans' stationed members had vanished and that Demon Race members were disguising themselves as ordinary personnel.
• Hao Ming realized the three missing Saint Realm cultivators had likely been captured and transformed by the Demon Race.
• Hao Shan opposed asking the clans for reinforcements, arguing that the Hao Family should claim the opportunity to defeat the demonic monk and seize his inheritance.
• Hao Yuan reassured Hao Ming that they could handle the threat and revealed he had brought the Bright Moon Cauldron, a third-grade magic treasure.

The Sacred Feather Clan learned that the demon monk might be at Tanyuan Mine and set out, while the injured Sky Lizard Demon Venerable forced demons to excavate there for the Sky Demon's hidden treasures. Shen Lin and his companions followed a map to the mine, but Zhang Chong deliberately took them into an empty mountain range and revealed they had not gone off course.

• Hao Yuan sent Hao Ming to interrogate a captured demon, and the three Sacred Feather Clan members learned that the demon monk had been directed to Tanyuan Mine.
• Blood Bat Demon Saint taunted Ink Elephant Demon Saint about the Sky Lizard Demon Venerable's weakness while the Sky Lizard searched for hidden treasures that could repair his damaged Dao Fruit.
• Tu Nan challenged the Sky Lizard Demon Venerable, who claimed their excavation was the Sky Demon's order and persuaded the demons to keep digging.
• Shen Lin and his companions learned that their target had gone to investigate a mine, and Ling'er obtained a map to Tanyuan Mine.
• Zhang Chong piloted the flying ship away from the mine's location and stopped in an empty mountain range, then insisted they had not taken a wrong turn.

Zhang Chong cornered Ling'er and the disciples aboard the vessel, but mistook her fear for a test of his devotion and vowed to kill Hao Ming and cover up his plans. As he prepared to kill a disciple at Ling'er's suggestion, Shen Lin sensed Saint Realm Demon Qi outside.

• Zhang Chong trapped the disciples aboard the flying vessel with his Integration Realm power and struck down one who tried to escape.
• A disciple denounced Ling'er for rejecting Zhang Chong, but Zhang Chong attacked him for insulting her.
• Zhang Chong decided Ling'er had been testing his devotion, and she agreed with him to survive.
• Zhang Chong vowed to kill Hao Ming and frame the Demon Race, then prepared to kill the disciple who had cursed Ling'er.
• Shen Lin stopped before intervening when he sensed Saint Realm Demon Qi outside.

Zhang Chong’s attack was interrupted when the Blood Crow Demon Saint appeared and overwhelmed everyone aboard the flying ship. Shen Lin pretended to be unconscious as the demon brought them to a cave, where he sensed the weakened Sky Lizard Demon Venerable and the Blood Bat Demon Saint asked whether it had brought back snacks.

• The Blood Crow Demon Saint shattered Zhang Chong’s barrier, then destroyed his talismans and revealed its Saint Realm strength.
• The Blood Crow Demon Saint expanded its body and knocked out everyone on the flying ship, while Shen Lin pretended to fall unconscious.
• Shen Lin sensed that the Blood Crow Demon Saint had taken them to a cave and recognized the distant aura of the weakened Sky Lizard Demon Venerable.
• The Blood Bat Demon Saint saw the unconscious Immortal Race members and asked whether the Blood Crow Demon Saint had brought back snacks.

Blood Crow Demon Saint captured Zhang Chong and his companions, while Blood Bat tried to claim Ling'er and attacked Blood Crow when he refused to hand over the captives. After Blood Crow interrogated Zhang Chong, the demons learned that Hao Ming and two Saint Realm elders were secretly on Flowing Wave Island.

• Blood Bat asked Blood Crow to give him the captives as food, but Blood Crow refused because he intended to transform them into members of the Demon Race.
• Blood Bat launched a full-strength sneak attack on Blood Crow, who blocked it, and Ink Elephant Demon Saint stepped in before asking why the captives were there.
• Blood Crow woke Shen Lin and the others, then agreed to trade Ling'er to Blood Bat for ten thousand Spirit Nurturing Pearls.
• Zhang Chong shielded Ling'er, but Blood Crow lifted him into the air and used his power to make him reveal why the group had come to Flowing Wave Island.
• Under Blood Crow's questioning, Zhang Chong revealed that Hao Ming was on Flowing Wave Island with two Saint Realm elders following him in secret.

Zhang Chong revealed a Venerable Talisman, which Blood Crow Demon Saint seized, while Shen Lin sensed that attacking the concealed Sacred Feather Clan experts would trigger a dangerous reaction from the Heaven-Intercepting Dao Principles. The Demon Race Saints exposed Hao Ming and the two hidden Sacred Feather Clan experts, leaving both sides facing off on Flowing Wave Island.

• Zhang Chong showed the Demon Race Saints a Venerable Talisman, revealing how he had discovered the concealed Sacred Feather Clan experts.
• Shen Lin recognized the talisman and realized that thoughts of attacking the hidden Sacred Feather Clan experts caused the Heaven-Intercepting Dao Principles around him to diminish.
• Blood Crow Demon Saint snatched the Venerable Talisman from Zhang Chong before Blood Bat Demon Saint and Ink Elephant Demon Saint could seize it.
• An unseen saber technique struck at Blood Crow Demon Saint, whose counterattack hit a rock wall and was blocked.
• The three Demon Race Saints attacked the rock wall, forcing Hao Ming and the two concealed Sacred Feather Clan Saint Realm experts to emerge.
• Hao Shan shattered the Demon Race Saints' combined attacks with a punch, and the two sides faced one another warily.

Hao Yuan and Hao Shan of the Sacred Feather Clan attacked the Demon Race forces with Mystic Wing Thousand Kill after their ambush was discovered. They overwhelmed the Blood Crow Demon Saint, who fled to seek help from the Sky Lizard Demon Venerable, while the two elders raced after him.

• Hao Yuan and Hao Shan realized their concealment had been exposed and decided to strike before the Sky Lizard Demon Venerable could become their target.
• Hao Yuan and Hao Shan used Mystic Wing Thousand Kill to armor themselves and ambush the Blood Crow Demon Saint.
• The Blood Crow Demon Saint escaped their attack with a life-saving technique and told the Blood Bat and Ink Elephant to hold off the elders while he sought reinforcements.
• The Blood Bat Demon Saint unleashed a sea of blood, but Hao Yuan and Hao Shan pierced through it and pursued the Blood Crow Demon Saint.

Shen Lin secretly used Hidden Saber Art to kill Blood Crow Demon Saint just as Hao Yuan and Hao Shan attacked him. Hao Yuan recognized the technique and suspected its mysterious master had recently encountered Blood Crow, leaving the Sacred Feather Clan unsure whether the hidden cultivator was an ally or a rival.

• Hao Yuan and Hao Shan used the Feather Flow Great Dao to bypass Blood Bat and Ink Elephant’s barriers and reach Blood Crow Demon Saint.
• Shen Lin secretly unleashed saber-qi blades that sliced Blood Crow Demon Saint into fragments before the Sacred Feather Clan could strike.
• Hao Shan prepared to use himself as bait to draw out the hidden attacker, but Hao Yuan stopped him and examined Blood Crow’s corpse.
• Hao Yuan recognized the attack as resembling Hidden Saber Art, which he had seen from a cultivator called Hidden Saber Saint in the Chaos Sea.
• Hao Yuan concluded that the mysterious master of Hidden Saber Art had probably encountered Blood Crow recently and warned that their goals could bring them into conflict.