Chapter Summaries

Da Hai led his Demonic Servants to slaughter three Demon Soul Battalions, but Ye Zhen directed an eight-thousand-strong Demon Soul Legion to pursue and encircle him. The Legion’s Blood Kill Crossbows killed the Water Fire Golden Ape, and Da Hai fled into the clouds as Ye Zhen disappeared.

• Da Hai and his Water Fire Golden Ape wiped out three Demon Soul Hundred-Man Battalions while Da Hai gathered their Demon Soul Blood Crystals.
• Da Hai spotted Demon Soul Legions approaching from two directions, while Ye Zhen scouted ahead and the Square-Faced Commander accelerated his six-thousand-strong force.
• Da Hai sent the Azure Origin Purple Clear Tiger and the Moon Patterned Silver Horned Rhinoceros to lure the pursuers, but Ye Zhen’s Legion ignored the feints and continued its pursuit.
• The Square-Faced Commander’s six-thousand-strong Legion caught up with the Water Fire Golden Ape, while a two-thousand-man force joined after defeating the Moon Patterned Silver Horned Rhinoceros.
• Da Hai used his tribe’s secret art to enlarge and strengthen the Water Fire Golden Ape, but Demon Soul soldiers fired successive volleys of Blood Kill Crossbows and killed it.
• Da Hai fled into the clouds on the Soaring Thunder Eagle, while Ye Zhen vanished from the Demon Soul Army.

Ye Zhen ambushed and killed Da Hai, the Southern Barbarian Spirit Practitioner, and claimed his valuable treasures, including the Azure Winged Divine Bow and thousands of Demon Soul Blood Crystals. Returning to the Demon Soul Legion, Ye Zhen felt ashamed that he had used its soldiers to help kill Da Hai, while Cloud Winged Tiger Little Cat roared nearby.

• Da Hai fled into the clouds on the Soaring Thunder Eagle, grieving the loss of the Water Fire Golden Ape and worrying about his mission to seize the Battle Soul Blood Banner.
• Ye Zhen ambushed Da Hai, wounded him, severed his left arm, and killed him with a sword strike as Cloud Winged Tiger Little Cat attacked the Soaring Thunder Eagle.
• Ye Zhen took Da Hai's Storage Bracelet and found more than seventeen thousand ordinary Demon Soul Blood Crystals' worth of crystals, the Azure Winged Divine Bow, and a spear.
• Ye Zhen tested the Azure Winged Divine Bow, then returned to the regrouping Demon Soul Legion in his Demon Soul Hundred-Man General form.
• Ye Zhen felt ashamed that he had used the Demon Soul Legion to kill Da Hai, while Cloud Winged Tiger Little Cat gave a delighted roar.

Ye Zhen amassed Demon Soul Blood Crystals while fighting alongside a huge Demon Soul Black Armored Legion, then left to refine a Monster Core before rejoining Black Water Country’s martial artists. Meanwhile, rival forces moved toward the Demon Soul Hall, and Sword Origin Sect planned to ambush Black Water Country during a battle.

• Ye Zhen received Monster Cores from Cloud Winged Tiger Little Cat, stored as much of the Water Fire Golden Ape’s corpse as he could, and returned to the Demon Soul Black Armored Legion.
• Zhu Kun led Black Water Country’s martial artists onward without Ye Zhen, while Lu Zixiong ordered Sword Origin Sect to shadow them and wait for a chance to attack.
• Luo Jingtian and the Illusory God Sect disciples slaughtered a Demon Soul Thousand-Man Regiment, and Luo demanded to know why Bu Changxuan and Ma Zhi had not joined them.
• As Demon Soul Legions grew larger and the struggle for the Battle Soul Blood Banner neared, Ye Zhen’s Black Armored Legion reached over 120,000 soldiers after heavy fighting.
• Ye Zhen left the battlefield, found a secluded place, and used the Mirage Dragon Pearl to absorb a Mid-grade Earth-tier Monster Core.

Ye Zhen advanced his cultivation by absorbing the Water Fire Golden Ape’s Monster Core, and the Mirage Dragon Pearl’s First Layer Space trembled as if its Second Layer Space might soon unseal. He sent a signal to rejoin the Black Water Country group, then spotted and captured a Sword Origin Sect scout preparing to ambush them.

• Ye Zhen used the Earth-tier High Grade Monster Core to purge the remaining True Essence from his dantian and reach the limit of the Spirit Drawing Realm.
• The Mirage Dragon Pearl’s First Layer Space trembled after absorbing the Monster Core’s energy, but its Second Layer Space did not unseal.
• Ye Zhen sent a Talisman Signal, and Third Prince Zhu Kun’s group prepared to meet him while complaining that his absence had cost them chances to collect Demon Soul Blood Crystals.
• Niu Qing reported a nearby Demon Soul Battalion, so Zhu Kun’s group attacked it as Sword Origin Sect disciples led by Lu Zixiong secretly moved in to ambush them.
• Ye Zhen arrived above the battlefield, noticed Hou Ling disguised as a blood-colored boulder, and captured him with his Seal Origin Meridian Finger.

Ye Zhen killed Hou Ling and discovered eleven Sword Origin Sect disciples preparing to ambush the Black Water Country martial artists, but Lu Zixiong chose to withdraw rather than risk the sect’s chance to seize the Battle Soul Blood Banner. After Ye Zhen exposed the ambush and proved his warning, the others learned that his cultivation had advanced to the verge of a breakthrough.

• Ye Zhen killed Hou Ling when he stalled under questioning, then took his Storage Bracelet as Little Cat warned him of danger.
• Ye Zhen and Little Cat spotted eleven Sword Origin Sect disciples in blood-colored cloaks near the battle.
• Lu Zixiong ordered the Sword Origin Sect disciples to retreat, arguing that a costly fight would ruin their chance to seize the Battle Soul Blood Banner.
• Chang An accused Ye Zhen of abandoning the Black Water Country fighters, but Ye Zhen revealed that the Sword Origin Sect had nearly ambushed them.
• Tong Wei recognized Hou Ling’s corpse, and the others realized Ye Zhen had saved them from the ambush.
• Chang An refused to apologize after Han Shi noticed Ye Zhen’s Peak Spirit Drawing Realm pressure and pointed out his rapid cultivation advance.

Ye Zhen confronted the group’s accusations by revealing that he had gathered seventy thousand Demon Soul Blood Crystals alone, far surpassing their total. After Chang An refused to apologize and claimed his slander had forced Ye Zhen to reveal the crystals, Ye Zhen killed him.

• Chang An accused Ye Zhen of hiding to cultivate instead of fighting, and Ye Zhen threatened him with the Heavenly Crystal Sword while demanding a chance to explain.
• Ye Zhen said he had hunted Demon Soul Soldiers, then produced two Storage Bracelets containing seventy thousand Demon Soul Blood Crystals.
• Third Prince Zhu Kun and the others realized Ye Zhen had gathered more crystals than their group, and several fighters praised him as Zhu Kun admitted his oversight.
• Ye Zhen demanded an apology from Chang An, but Chang An refused and claimed his insults had brought the crystals out of hiding.
• Ye Zhen killed Chang An with a stroke of sword qi as the gathered fighters watched in shock.

Ye Zhen killed Chang An after the disciple repeatedly slandered him, then stood his ground against Tong Wei and Third Prince Zhu Kun. As the Black Water Country group headed for the Demon Soul Hall, Six-fingered Eagle Demon Luo Jingtian demanded their Demon Soul Blood Crystals and attacked Ye Zhen, who countered with Wind Sweeping Clouds.

• Ye Zhen defended killing Chang An, challenged Tong Wei and Third Prince Zhu Kun, and refused to give Li Shui Sect an explanation.
• Wan Zhanjun and Niu Qing backed Ye Zhen, while Zhu Kun ended the dispute and ordered the group toward the Demon Soul Hall.
• Southern Barbarian Spirit User Jiza led the nine available Spirit Practitioners toward the Demon Soul Hall after Da Hai failed to appear.
• Zhu Kun explained how the Demon Soul Hall gates opened and led the Black Water Country party to its southeastern entrance.
• Six-fingered Eagle Demon Luo Jingtian demanded fifty thousand Demon Soul Blood Crystals, and Ye Zhen refused.
• Luo Jingtian attacked Ye Zhen, whose Wind Sweeping Clouds shattered the Eagle Claws and forced Luo Jingtian to change his move.

Ye Zhen drove Six-fingered Eagle Demon Luo Jingtian away with help from the Black Water Country fighters, then took charge as the group opened the Demon Soul Hall and entered. Inside, he gave up his share of their Demon Soul Blood Crystals and set off toward the inner passage, leaving the team to divide the remaining crystals.

• Ye Zhen fought Luo Jingtian to a standstill, and Han Shi, Gao Xinglie, Wan Zhanjun, and Niu Qing joined the attack, forcing Luo Jingtian to flee with threats of revenge.
• Ye Zhen warned the group to avoid fighting Luo Jingtian alone and led them to the Demon Soul Hall's southeastern gate, while Third Prince Zhu Kun watched the others follow Ye Zhen's lead.
• Third Prince Zhu Kun supplied ten thousand Demon Soul Blood Crystals to open the gate, and Ye Zhen organized the group to enter before the doors closed, pulling Zhu Kun inside when he hesitated.
• Third Prince Zhu Kun explained that the Battle Soul Blood Banner was on the hall's Ninth Floor and proposed dividing the team's crystals, but Ye Zhen declined his share and offered it to the others.
• Ye Zhen reminded everyone that obtaining the Battle Soul Blood Banner was their main task and walked toward the blood-lit passage while the others divided the crystals.

Ye Zhen explored the Demon Soul Hall, spending large quantities of Demon Soul Blood Crystals to find passages between its floors. On the fifth floor, he killed a Sword Origin Sect disciple and then discovered an item in a newly entered room.

• Ye Zhen entered the Demon Soul Hall, searched several empty rooms, and used his abundant Demon Soul Blood Crystals to advance through the floors.
• Ye Zhen reached the fifth floor after spending twenty thousand Demon Soul Blood Crystals and found its rooms largely stripped bare.
• A Sword Origin Sect disciple recognized Ye Zhen and attacked him with the Tiger Roar Sword Art, but Ye Zhen killed him with one sword strike and took his Storage Bracelet.
• After searching three more empty halls, Ye Zhen entered another room and spotted something on the armor rack.

Ye Zhen found the Black Wind Treasure Armor, a Mid-grade defensive treasure, but Human Bear Cha Hai trapped him in close combat and demanded it. Ye Zhen used Ice Fiend Qi to freeze Cha Hai’s striking hand and prepared a counterattack.

• Ye Zhen discovered that the Black Wind armor was a Mid-grade Treasure Armor with built-in Protective Spiritual Light and put it on.
• Human Bear Cha Hai entered the hall, blocked the teleportation passage, and demanded Ye Zhen hand over the armor.
• Ye Zhen fought Cha Hai at close range, but Cha Hai’s Body Cultivation overwhelmed him and cracked the Heavenly Crystal Sword.
• Cha Hai unleashed Five Bears Shaking the Earth, forcing Ye Zhen to face his powerful attack.
• Ye Zhen struck with Ice Fiend Qi, freezing Cha Hai’s right hand, then sent another stream of the technique toward him.

Ye Zhen fought his way up the Demon Soul Hall, killed Six-fingered Eagle Demon Luo Jingtian on the Eighth Floor, and claimed a Jade Talisman from the hall. After discovering Luo Jingtian carried more than ten thousand Demon Soul Blood Crystals, Ye Zhen hurried to learn what the talisman contained and continue toward the Battle Soul Blood Banner.

• Ye Zhen drove Human Bear Cha Hai away with Ice Fiend Qi, then entered the Sixth Floor and quickly paid to ascend to the Seventh Floor.
• Ye Zhen killed an Illusory God Sect disciple on the Seventh Floor and found four thousand Demon Soul Blood Crystals in his Storage Bracelet.
• Ye Zhen reached the Eighth Floor, where he found Luo Jingtian about to take a Jade Talisman from a blood-colored light barrier.
• Ye Zhen fought Luo Jingtian with Thundercloud Intent, his Mid-grade Treasure Armor, and Ice Fiend Qi, then beheaded him despite Luo Jingtian's threats.
• Ye Zhen took Luo Jingtian's Storage Ring and Six-fingered Finger Guard, discovered more than ten thousand Demon Soul Blood Crystals, and retrieved the Jade Talisman to inspect it.

Ye Zhen reached the Ninth Floor of the Demon Soul Hall by discovering that its formation required eight Hundred-Man General Demon Soul Blood Crystals and a Thousand-Man General crystal, then entered the Commander Hall and faced the Battle Soul Blood Banner. Outside, Sword Origin Sect elders revealed that Black Water Country did not know the secret of reaching the Ninth Floor.

• Ye Zhen killed Shi Liang when Shi Liang pretended to need Demon Soul Blood Crystals and ambushed him, then found a Thousand-Man General crystal and eight Hundred-Man General crystals in his Storage Bracelet.
• Ye Zhen found the transmission formation and activated it with eight Hundred-Man General Demon Soul Blood Crystals and a Thousand-Man General crystal in the Formation Eye.
• Ye Zhen entered the Commander Hall and saw the Battle Soul Blood Banner, whose character for “Battle” turned into a vision of charging troops.
• At Demon Soul Mountain, Elder Zou Zhi mocked Zhong Li Jing and Li Shi for not knowing how to reach the Ninth Floor, and Elder Yu Gao Bo confirmed the floor required a special method.

Ye Zhen used the Azure Winged Divine Bow and the Southern Barbarian Spirit Users’ dependence on their Demonic Servants to turn a seemingly hopeless fight in the Commander Hall into a massacre. With the last Spirit User at his mercy, Ye Zhen aimed another arrow at him.

• Ye Zhen resisted the Battle Soul Blood Banner’s soul-shaking cries, but paused before collecting it when four Southern Barbarian Spirit Users and thirteen Demonic Servants entered the hall.
• Ye Zhen revealed the Azure Winged Divine Bow and shot the leading Spirit User, causing his four Demonic Servants to become masterless and attack those nearby.
• Ye Zhen and the Cloud Winged Tiger exploited the resulting chaos as the masterless beasts fought the remaining Spirit Users and their Demonic Servants.
• Ye Zhen killed Jiza with his sword, while masterless Demonic Servants killed another Spirit User.
• Ye Zhen used repeated Azure Winged Spirit Arrows to kill the remaining beasts and Demonic Servants, then aimed at the final Spirit User, who begged for his life.

Ye Zhen learned that the Battle Soul Blood Banner could be upgraded with Demon Soul Blood Crystals, greatly increasing its combat enhancement, but collecting it would leave his soul vulnerable. He chose to ambush anyone entering the Commander Hall, killing an Illusory God Sect disciple and preparing to strike again as another arrival approached.

• Ye Zhen forced a Southern Barbarian Spirit User to reveal that the Battle Soul Blood Banner had levels and that roughly one hundred thousand Demon Soul Blood Crystals could raise it to Level Two, boosting nearby combat strength by forty percent.
• The Southern Barbarian Spirit User warned Ye Zhen that collecting the banner caused divine soul turbulence; Ye Zhen let him retreat, then had Little Cat kill him.
• Ye Zhen found sixty thousand Demon Soul Blood Crystals among the four Southern Barbarian Spirit Users' belongings and weighed the danger of collecting the banner while exposed to attack.
• Ye Zhen restored his spiritual energy with two Nine Revolutions Spirit Returning Pills and waited with his bow ready beside the banner.
• When an Illusory God Sect disciple entered the hall, Ye Zhen killed him with an Azure Winged Spirit Arrow and watched for more arrivals.
• Blood light appeared again, and Ye Zhen drew his bow to attack the next person entering.

Ye Zhen guarded the Battle Soul Blood Banner in the Commander Hall, using the Azure Winged Divine Bow to kill the martial artists who entered. After Human Bear Cha Hai escaped and more than twenty others died, Ye Zhen seized the banner, triggering a strange change throughout the Demon Soul Hall.

• Ye Zhen shot Lu Zixiong with the Azure Winged Spirit Arrow, then killed him with his sword when he tried to fight back.
• Ye Zhen killed wave after wave of martial artists entering the Commander Hall, replenishing his spirit power with Nine Revolutions Spirit Returning Pills.
• Human Bear Cha Hai survived an arrow to the shoulder and fled through the teleportation passage after recognizing Ye Zhen.
• Ye Zhen killed more than twenty martial artists over the next quarter hour, including nine Southern Barbarian Spirit Users, while no one from Black Water Country appeared.
• After more than a hundred breaths without anyone entering, Ye Zhen told Little Cat to protect him and touched the Battle Soul Blood Banner's flagpole.
• The banner blazed with blood light, a torrent of blood surged toward Ye Zhen's soul, and a strange change erupted throughout the Demon Soul Hall.

Ye Zhen seized the Battle Soul Blood Banner and emerged from the Demon Soul Hall with the surviving martial artists. With Black Water Country gathered around him and the other countries badly depleted, Ye Zhen led a sudden charge against the five remaining Sword Origin Sect disciples.

• Third Prince Zhu Kun and Tong Wei realized they had failed to reach the Battle Soul Blood Banner as the Demon Soul Hall's blood light began to recede.
• Ye Zhen learned how to control the Battle Soul Blood Banner, shrank it, and was forced out of the closing Demon Soul Hall.
• The martial artists emerged near the Demon Soul Hall, where Ye Zhen's body shone with the banner's light and Black Water Country recognized that he had seized it.
• Zheng Shuang saw that only five Sword Origin Sect disciples had survived, while the Illusory God Sect and Southern Barbarian Tribe had only two and one survivors respectively.
• Human Bear Cha Hai refused Zheng Shuang's offer to join forces, then led Gu An Kingdom's group away from Ye Zhen.
• Ye Zhen charged the Sword Origin Sect with the Black Water Country martial artists, and Zheng Shuang's five disciples scattered in panic.

Ye Zhen slaughtered the fleeing Sword Origin Sect disciples in the Demon Soul Battlefield while the elders of the five nations awaited the result. He emerged with the Battle Soul Blood Banner, bringing Black Water Country its first victory in a century, but the elders were shocked to find most of the martial artists missing.

• The elders of the five nations argued over which nation would seize the Battle Soul Blood Banner as Demon Soul Mountain began to tremble and its bloody light faded.
• Ye Zhen killed Zheng Shuang and watched the remaining Sword Origin Sect disciples flee in disarray after Lu Zixiong's death.
• Cha Hai, Miao Ziming, Li Ji, and Mu Jia retreated when Ye Zhen's gaze fell on them, while Ye Zhen's companions pursued the other Sword Origin Sect disciples.
• The Demon Soul Battlefield expelled its survivors, and Ye Zhen emerged carrying the Battle Soul Blood Banner as Zhong Li Jing and Li Shi celebrated Black Water Country's victory.
• The elders saw only about twenty martial artists emerge and cried out in alarm, asking where all the others were.

The elders learned that the Demon Soul Battlefield had claimed most of their disciples, while Black Water Country had seized the Battle Soul Blood Banner. As Black Water Country departed, its elders called for reinforcements, expecting the Sword Origin Sect to retaliate.

• Mu Jia told Southern Barbarian Elder Wu Wei that the other Spirit Users and the Water Fire Golden Ape were dead, leaving him as the sole survivor.
• Luo Heng reported that Black Water Country’s martial artists had hunted down and killed the Sword Origin Sect disciples who survived the Demon Soul Hall, prompting Zou Zhi to confront Zhong Li Jing and Li Shi.
• Yu Gao Bo stopped Zou Zhi from attacking, warning him that Black Water Country’s elders were baiting him into a fight.
• Miao Ziming and Li Ji confirmed to Bu Ziqi that they were the only two surviving Illusory God Sect disciples, while Elder Huo departed with the six Gu Xuan Sect survivors.
• Zhong Li Jing and Li Shi led Black Water Country away with the Battle Soul Blood Banner, and Zou Zhi sent talisman messages toward the Sword Origin Sect.
• Li Shi warned that the banner was not secure until they returned home, and Zhong Li Jing and Li Shi sent for reinforcements.

Fan Chuyu and Hong Banjiang schemed to lure Caiyi away and obtain the secret tied to Pulse Forging Divine Ability, but Hong Banjiang was urgently summoned after Black Water Country won the Battle Soul Blood Banner. On the return journey, Li Shi defended Ye Zhen for killing Chang An and arranged for Chang An to be counted as having died in battle, just before a disturbance erupted ahead of the Dark Cloud Wind-Breaking Falcon.

• Fan Chuyu told Hong Banjiang that Caiyi would not leave the sect, and Hong Banjiang urged him to find another way to draw her out and seize her secret.
• Guo Qijing summoned the elders and announced that Black Water Country had won the Battle Soul Blood Banner, then hurried with them to meet the returning party.
• Black Water Country's survivors surrounded Ye Zhen on the flight home and asked how he had won the banner and survived the Demon Soul Battlefield.
• Tong Wei raised Chang An's death with Li Shi, who rebuked Tong Wei for failing to discipline Chang An and urged Zhong Li Jing to count Chang An as having died in battle.
• Li Shi and Zhong Li Jing cried out as a startling sound of trembling air came from ahead of the Dark Cloud Wind-Breaking Falcon.

Ye Zhen used the Battle Soul Blood Banner to strengthen the Black Water Country warriors as Yu Ruhai pursued them and tried to seize it. Zhong Li Jing and Li Shi risked their lives to protect Ye Zhen and the banner, until Guo Qijing arrived to confront Yu Ruhai and the banner sent a ray of blood light toward him.

• Ye Zhen activated the Battle Soul Blood Banner, boosting the combat strength of nearby allies by about twenty percent.
• Yu Ruhai attacked the Dark Cloud Wind-Breaking Falcon with his Four Symbols Dragon Spirit, but Ye Zhen resisted its pressure through his Sword Vein Divine Ability.
• Yu Ruhai reached for the banner, and Li Shi and the Imperial Supplicant sacrificed spirit beasts to block his Azure Light Dragon Hands.
• Zhong Li Jing and Li Shi burned their Origin Spiritual Power and attacked Yu Ruhai, while Li Shi kicked Ye Zhen away and urged him to carry the banner back to Black Water Country.
• Yu Ruhai appeared above the falcon and sent his Four Symbols Dragon Spirit against the two elders, but Guo Qijing arrived and met the attack with a great hand seal.
• The collision sent the group and the Dark Cloud Wind-Breaking Falcon plummeting, as the Battle Soul Blood Banner shot a ray of blood light toward Guo Qijing.