Chapter Summaries

Gu Yang disguised himself as an ordinary auxiliary soldier while clearing the Central Army Camp after battle, using his hidden perception to inspect the damaged defenses. He learned that the demonic disaster had worsened as the camp’s great formation failed, leaving the situation in chaos.

• Gu Yang joined a squad clearing demon-tainted debris from the Central Army Camp under the Captain’s orders.
• Gu Yang secretly sensed that the Void Domain’s natural order and energy flows had been disrupted.
• Gu Yang examined the central army’s great formation and detected widespread damage and failing spiritual-energy circulation.
• Gu Yang heard soldiers say that Demonic Energy was seeping through formations and that the High God was overwhelmed by crises on both fronts.
• Gu Yang realized the Returning Ruins’ defenses had weakened and the situation had descended into chaos.

The High Gods reviewed heavy losses from the demonic calamity and the inexplicable spontaneous combustion of the Ancient Ape Remnant Husk, ordering reinforcements and further divinations. The meeting ended with a report of another disturbance in the rift, only three days after the last calamity.

• A supreme commander reported 137 deaths, 246 wounded, and major damage to the Returning Ruins defenses, which would take seven days to repair.
• The High God of the Merit Department ordered headquarters to send cultivators, formation masters, and alchemists to reinforce the defenses and speed repairs.
• The supreme commander reported that investigators found no external cause for the Ancient Ape Remnant Husk's spontaneous combustion and that divinations had yielded no clues.
• The High God of the Divine War Department ordered the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion to devote every effort to divining the anomaly's course.
• A messenger rushed into the tent and reported another disturbance in the rift.

Qin He ventured into the unpatrolled Endless Ruins and discovered an unrecorded ancient corpse standing untouched in the void. He sensed a remnant thought within it, leaving him poised to investigate the find.

• Qin He avoided Divine Court patrols by entering the dangerous Endless Ruins and used hidden clones to scout ahead.
• Qin He mapped the ruins, void fissures, and ancient restrictions as he traveled deeper.
• Qin He's foremost clone found an open stretch of void containing an upright ancient corpse in dark Scale Armor.
• Qin He examined the corpse's single clean wound and sensed a stubborn remnant thought within it.

Qin He repaired the scale-armored ancient corpse, but its lingering consciousness faded without responding. He marked and concealed it for later, then continued searching the Endless Ruins for more Eternal Remains to burn when the High Gods were occupied.

• Qin He found an ancient armor fragment and carefully used it to mend the corpse’s chest and abdomen.
• The repaired corpse showed no response, and its final remnant of thought dissolved, leaving Qin He to conclude that its soul had been annihilated.
• Qin He decided not to burn the corpse, fearing the Flame Fire’s aura would alert the High Gods.
• Qin He concealed a mark and a tiny Flame Fire spark near the corpse so he could return to it later.
• Qin He sent out his avatars and continued searching deeper in the Endless Ruins for more Eternal Remains.

Qin He discovered and purified the corpse of an enormous Ancient Wizard in the deepest reaches of the Endless Ruins. When the wizard’s remnant consciousness failed to awaken, Qin He moved on to search for more corpses.

• Qin He traveled through dense gray mist and found a colossal Human Race corpse lying across the void.
• Qin He identified the corpse as an orthodox Ancient Wizard and noticed its heart-vein region had withered away.
• Qin He sent his clones to retrieve a fragment of Jianmu and shaped it to replace the wizard’s missing core flesh.
• Qin He used corpse-burning Spiritual Seals to lower the corpse’s protective restriction and fit the Jianmu into the cavity.
• Qin He completed the corpse purification, waited for the remnant consciousness to awaken, then continued onward when it did not respond.

Qin He found two ancient enemies locked in a fatal stalemate and discovered their intertwined killing intent could erase anything that entered their domain. Unable to purify the corpses by force, he performed the Consolation Rite, easing their lingering hostility and loosening the deadly impasse.

• Qin He discovered an Immortal Court warrior and an Ancient Era evil cultivator who had killed each other and remained locked together for ages.
• More than a dozen of Qin He's avatars entered the forbidden domain and vanished without a trace.
• Qin He realized that removing the weapons by force could trigger a dangerous backlash, so he searched his memories for another way to proceed.
• Qin He recited the Consolation Rite, asking the two dead enemies to release their grievances and rest.
• The corpses' killing intent subsided, and their ancient stalemate quietly loosened.

Qin He carefully separated two ancient corpses, repaired their wounds with Jianmu Fragments, and purified their remains. He secretly marked both for later burning before leaving to search the Endless Ruins for more corpses.

• Qin He gently removed the ancient weapons locking the Immortal Court cultivator and the evil cultivator together, after their lingering thoughts assented.
• Qin He carved Jianmu Fragments to repair the Immortal Court cultivator's brow wound and the evil cultivator's chest wound.
• Qin He purified the remains and confirmed that the corpses were free of obsessions, killing restraints, and bindings.
• Qin He placed hidden Flame Fire marks beside both corpses so he could burn them later.
• Qin He promised to return the corpses to the Returning Ruins and departed into the Endless Ruins to seek more remains.

A messenger from the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion reported that the Sky Demon had entered the Returning Ruins, though its location could not be found. The High God of the Divine War Department suspected it was targeting the Central Army Camp and began searching the camp for it.

• A Heavenly Secrets Pavilion messenger arrived at the Central Army Camp with a confidential report.
• The commander-in-chief announced that the Sky Demon had slipped into the Returning Ruins, and the High Gods connected its presence to the Forbidden-Zone Ancient Ape's self-immolation.
• The messenger said the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion could not locate the Sky Demon and reported unusual movements among the seven leading evil-path powers.
• The High God of the Divine War Department warned that the Sky Demon might be hiding among the cultivators in the Central Army Camp.
• The High God of the Divine War Department enveloped the camp and surrounding void with divine sense to inspect every cultivator.

Qin He survived a High God’s Soul Interrogation by relying on his thoroughly established Lin Yan identity. The interrogation exposed several demonic spies in the Central Army Camp, where they were swiftly suppressed.

• A High God’s divine law questioned Qin He about his name, arrival in the Returning Ruins, reason for entering, and camp duties, and he answered as Lin Yan.
• After the Soul Interrogation ended, Qin He realized how close he had come to exposure and concealed his fear.
• Soul-locking beams revealed demonic spies hiding among patrol, logistics, and pill furnace teams.
• The Central Army’s Grand Commander ordered the troops to seize the exposed spies, who launched desperate counterattacks.
• The camp’s formations and prison-suppressing cultivators killed several spies and restrained the survivors while Qin He watched silently.

After the Soul Interrogation exposed twenty-three spies, the High Gods ordered a more focused examination of everyone who had joined the camp within the past three months. Qin He realized the new ten-person screenings could expose his hidden identity, leaving him trapped inside the sealed camp.

• The Soul Interrogation found twenty-three spies; nineteen were killed and four were captured, while seven Divine Court guards died.
• The High Gods found no trace of a Sky Demon and ordered investigators to verify ten people at a time, focusing on cultivators who had joined within the past three months.
• The central army commander sealed the camp and ordered all recent arrivals to assemble for examination, warning that suspicious movements would be punished with execution.
• Qin He realized that a focused soul examination could reveal his Corpse-Burning Dao Resonance and hidden identity.
• The camp's formations sealed every entrance and exit as Qin He faced the danger of being examined.

A second-level demonic calamity overwhelmed the Central Army Camp, forcing the High Gods and cultivators to abandon soul verification and fight for survival. With the camp in chaos and the High Gods occupied, Qin He saw his chance to act.

• Qin He prepared to sacrifice an avatar and escape before a deep crash erupted from the Returning Ruins Interlayer.
• A massive tide of demonic energy poured through the Void Rift and shattered the camp’s three defensive formation layers.
• Four Demon God Tier demonic creatures emerged from the mist, plunging the Returning Ruins Void Domain into disorder.
• The three High Gods ordered everyone to form up, and the cultivators rushed into battle against the demon tide.
• Qin He realized the chaos had obscured heavenly secrets and disrupted divine-sense probes, and he resolved to make his move.

Gu Yang used the Demonic Transformation Art to turn his hidden avatar into a tiny demon and slip through the battlefield. He reached the central area of the Returning Ruins rift, where the three High Gods fought four demon generals.

• Demonic might swallowed Gu Yang and the surrounding cultivators, but his body remained unharmed inside the mist.
• Gu Yang absorbed Demonic Energy and used the Demonic Transformation Art to erase nearby low-level demons and transform himself.
• Gu Yang emerged as a tiny demonic snake whose appearance and aura were indistinguishable from a demon’s.
• The tiny demonic snake avoided the fighting and traveled through the demonic mist toward the Returning Ruins rift.
• Gu Yang passed through the open gate of the final Protective Magic Array and entered the central battlefield.

Qin He tried to reach the source fissure of the Returning Ruins Interlayer, but a High God of the Divine War Department intercepted him and killed his true body with a single palm. The High God identified Qin He as an Interworld Sky Demon and declared him executed.

• Qin He slipped through the Demon Tide toward the source fissure while the three High Gods fought the demonic generals.
• A High God of the Divine War Department blocked Qin He’s path and revealed he had been waiting for him.
• The High God struck Qin He with a palm that froze space and suppressed him with the laws of the world.
• Qin He abandoned his demonic-serpent form, revealed his true body, and used Heavenly Law, Earthly Form to resist the attack.
• Qin He’s defenses failed after three breaths, and his golden body disintegrated into blood-colored mist.
• The High God purified Qin He’s true demonic qi and declared the Interworld Sky Demon executed.

Qin He’s attempt to enter the Returning Ruins interlayer rift failed, costing him Gu Yang’s incarnation and thirty percent of his assets. He shifted to harvesting the opportunities he had prepared in the Endless Ruins, while the incarnation’s apparent defeat convinced the Divine Court that no hidden Sky Demon threat remained.

• The world-suppressing palm seal wounded the shared soul bond, causing "Lin Yunlang" and "Lin Yan" to cough blood and secretly erase all traces of it.
• "Lin Yan" recognized that Gu Yang’s incarnation had fallen, accepted the loss of thirty percent of his assets, and abandoned the failed plan to enter the interlayer rift in a demonic body.
• Qin He activated the Fire Seeds he had hidden among sixteen purified ancient corpses, igniting them to harvest their accumulated opportunities.
• Qin He concealed his aura and left the Endless Ruins disguised as a left-wing messenger, while the Divine Court concluded that no hidden Sky Demon threat remained in Returning Ruins.

As the High Gods and Central Army held back the demonic assault, Wan Tianba received news that strange flames had erupted among the sealed corpses in the Endless Ruins. The three High Gods briefly faltered after receiving his secret message, but resumed fighting the demon generals rather than let them escape.

• The High Gods sealed the fissure while the four demon generals battered the barrier and the border cultivators gradually pushed back the demonic tide.
• Wan Tianba used an ancient golden mirror to spread violet Merit light across the battlefield, purging demonic mist and demons.
• A messenger told Wan Tianba that Strange Flame had engulfed the sealed ancient corpses deep in the Endless Ruins.
• Wan Tianba sent a secret message about the danger to the three High Gods.
• The three High Gods paused briefly, allowing the demon generals to strike the barrier, then resumed their attack to keep the demons from breaking through.

After the four demon generals fell, the High Gods remained occupied stabilizing the interlayer crack while a mysterious fire consumed the Endless Ruins. Qin He, disguised as Lin Yan, returned to his tent to recover, where Burning Heaven Lord appeared in disguise.

• The three High Gods defeated the four demon generals but stayed at the interlayer crack to stabilize the spatial barrier.
• The chief commander led elite Saint Tier cultivators toward the Endless Ruins, where two scouts perished at its fiery boundary.
• The chief commander used the Heaven-Peering Divine Mirror to see ordered fires and traces of movement inside the ruins, then reported the unexplained blaze.
• News of the battle and the fire spread through the Left Army Camp, and Qin He listened before returning to his tent to recover.
• Burning Heaven Lord entered Qin He's tent disguised as an ordinary logistics cultivator.

Qin He met Burning Heaven Lord, who called in the favor from their previous deal and asked to be taken into the Returning Ruins Interlayer. Qin He agreed after Burning Heaven Lord offered to hold off one High God for ten breaths, and they planned to act during the Tier-One Demon Tide in ten days.

• Burning Heaven Lord revealed that he had come to fulfill their agreement and demonstrated that he knew Qin He's three bodies and concealed circumstances.
• Burning Heaven Lord asked Qin He to take him into the Returning Ruins Interlayer.
• Qin He refused at first, explaining that bringing another person past the three High Gods would make the attempt too dangerous.
• Burning Heaven Lord offered to hold back one High God for ten breaths when Qin He explored the secret realm.
• Qin He agreed to take Burning Heaven Lord into the interlayer, on the condition that neither would burden or interfere with the other.
• Burning Heaven Lord said a Tier-One Demon Tide would appear in ten days and advised Qin He to prepare.

Qin He received the rewards from eight burning Eternal Remains, including two Demon Flame Fire Seeds and several rare treasures. With eight more corpses still burning and a Level One Demon Tide due in ten days, he focused on preparing for his agreement to take Burning Heaven Lord into the Returning Ruins interlayer.

• Qin He set aside his agreement with Burning Heaven Lord and examined the gifts from the eight completed Eternal Remains.
• Qin He received Nine-Li Cold Flame and Nirvana Divine Flame Fire Seeds, which could strengthen his Lotus Flame.
• Qin He obtained a Void-Splitting Divine Talisman, two Nine-Revolution Qianyuan Pills, a Broken Ascendant Immortal Talisman, and a Void-Splitting Boat.
• Qin He received Primal Chaos Divine Metal and considered using it as material for his shovel.
• Qin He noted that eight Eternal Remains were still burning and prepared to strengthen himself before the Level One Demon Tide arrived in ten days.

After recovering from the battle, Qin He used the camp’s confusion to slip away and prepare to fuse the Nine-Li Cold Flame with his Lotus Flame. The chapter ended as their opposing Dao resonances began to clash and intertwine.

• Qin He spent a day recovering from the backlash of his avatar’s destruction and returned to peak condition.
• The Returning Ruins camps reinforced their defenses and dispatched urgent orders after the Demonic Calamity caused heavy casualties.
• Qin He used a messenger assignment and a duplicate made with One Qi Transforms Three Pure Ones to leave the camp unnoticed.
• Qin He chose to strengthen his Lotus Flame rather than attempt another realm breakthrough.
• Qin He summoned the Nine-Li Cold Flame and brought it into contact with his Lotus Flame, beginning their fusion contest.

Qin He spent six days using the Source-Birth Law to fuse the Nine-Li Cold Flame with his four Demon Flames. The opposing fire rhythms finally stabilized as a two-tiered Fire Lotus Tower, leaving him exhausted but delighted.

• Qin He brought the Nine-Li Cold Flame into his refining domain, where its opposing fire rhythm clashed with his fused Demon Flames.
• The Cold Flame unleashed its Malevolent Energy on the second day, and Qin He used the Source-Birth Law, Azurewood Demonic Flame, True Demonic Qi, and his soul power to keep the furnace intact.
• After the Cold Flame weakened, Qin He stopped forcing it toward the other flames and let the opposing rhythms collide under the Source-Birth Law's guidance.
• Over the next two days, the Cold Flame grew gentler and the four Demon Flames loosened their fixed patterns, entering a state of mutual restraint and coexistence.
• On the sixth day, the Lotus Flame transformed into a stable two-tiered Fire Lotus Tower, and Qin He recognized it with delight.