Chapter Summaries

Duan Po continued fighting the Nether River Old Ancestor in the Blood Sea, refusing to embrace the inherited power of the Four Swords of Zhuxian and insisting on forging his own path. Saine arrived to support Duan Ning and noticed a change in Duan Po’s Firewood Chopping Knife as the battle continued.

• Duan Po fought the Nether River Old Ancestor with the Four Swords of Zhuxian and his Firewood Chopping Knife, but the old man's Twelfth Grade Karma Fire Red Lotus kept him unharmed.
• The Nether River Old Ancestor recognized that Duan Po refused to accept the swords' full power or become a second Master Tongtian, while the sealed Immortal Slaughtering Sword strained to reach its master.
• Saine arrived beside Duan Ning with Icarus and Fumila and reassured her that Duan Po would succeed.
• Saine assessed the Four Swords of Zhuxian and noticed a bronze glow spreading across Duan Po's Firewood Chopping Knife.

Duan Po’s 115-year battle with the Nether River Old Ancestor changed when the Immortal Slaughtering Sword broke free, only for Duan Po to turn against it and face the Four Swords of Zhuxian. As Duan Po fought his former self and deepened his understanding of Sword Dao, thunderclouds gathered over the Blood Sea, signaling a tribulation.

• Saine watched the battle while Fumila and Icarus recorded and analyzed it, and he considered how to address Icarus’s overheating and Fumila’s stalled advancement.
• After 115 years, the Immortal Slaughtering Sword broke free of the Nether River Old Ancestor’s seal and flew toward Duan Po.
• Duan Po struck at the Immortal Slaughtering Sword, and the Four Swords of Zhuxian formed a sword formation around him as the Nether River Old Ancestor withdrew.
• Saine reassured Duan Ning that her brother was breaking through himself while Duan Po fought the Four Swords and gained deeper insight into his Sword Dao.
• Dark clouds gathered over the Blood Sea, and the watching cultivators recognized the signs of a thunder tribulation.

Duan Po endured an eighty-one-bolt Sage Thunder Tribulation and entered the Sage Realm, regaining Master Tongtian’s memories as numerous Immortal Domain Sages gathered to witness his return. His Firewood Chopping Knife transformed into a Chaos Sword, leaving the assembled Sages astonished.

• Duan Po fought the Four Swords of Zhuxian while the Sage Thunder Tribulation descended, and the swords formed a ring to help protect him.
• Duan Po endured eighty-one bolts over half a year and completed his ascension into the Sage Realm.
• Azure Dragon, Vermilion Bird, White Tiger, Black Tortoise, Jade Emperor, Queen Mother, and many other Immortal Domain Sages arrived to witness Master Tongtian’s return.
• The Intercept Sect Sages appeared as Duan Po recovered Master Tongtian’s memories along with his Sage Primordial Spirit.
• Duan Po’s Firewood Chopping Knife transformed into a high-grade Chaos Sword, whose power and potential astonished the gathered Sages.

Duan Po advanced to the Sage Realm, forged the Azure Lotus Sword, and chose to embrace his present self while retaining ties to his past life. He set off for Golden Turtle Island with Duan Ning, while Saine stayed behind to handle other matters.

• Duan Po named his newly transformed sword the Azure Lotus Sword after its light tore through the void, and Nether River Old Ancestor recognized that he had chosen his True Self.
• The Four Swords of Zhuxian returned to Duan Po, who combined them with the Azure Lotus Sword and prepared to stabilize his Sage aura and adjust to his inherited memories.
• Duan Po showed Saine a gentler temperament, then invited Duan Ning to travel with him to their new home at Golden Turtle Island.
• The Intercept Sect’s disciples and Sages welcomed Duan Po’s return, while Saine told him he needed to handle other matters before visiting.
• Duan Po invited Nasi Xiu and Nicole to Golden Turtle Island and offered to teach them the Supreme Clarity Immortal Formula, but Saine said Nicole would study magic with him.

After Duan Po and Master Tongtian departed, Saine met several Immortal Domain Sages and built connections for Wizard Civilization. His talks with the Jade Emperor and Queen Mother opened the way to practical cooperation between Central Celestial Court and Saine’s Land of Ashes faction.

• Duan Po led Duan Ning and the others away, while Duobao Daozun, Golden Spirit Mother, and other Intercept Sect powers pursued Master Tongtian.
• Saine spoke with Great Immortal Zhen Yuanzi, who invited him to visit Five Villages Temple and share Ginseng Fruit.
• Azure Dragon introduced Saine to the Four Symbols; Vermilion Bird traded three fiery tail feathers for three vials of Life Potion, while White Tiger and Black Tortoise departed after brief encounters.
• Saine spoke with the Immortal Domain Sages to expand his network and maintain Wizard Civilization’s ties with their Dao Courts.
• Saine discussed practical transactions with the Jade Emperor and Queen Mother, securing promises for cooperation between Central Celestial Court and his Land of Ashes faction.

Saine received gifts from the Jade Emperor and Queen Mother, then discussed his powers and Wizard Civilization's ties with Nether River Old Ancestor. He secured access to Great Witch body-tempering techniques from Zhong Kui and learned of Chaos Stones, which he hoped to acquire in bulk.

• The Jade Emperor and Queen Mother gave Saine an Immortal Ring containing rare Peaches of Immortality and other specialties from the Central Celestial Court.
• Nether River Old Ancestor questioned Saine about his Karma Fire Lotus Seed and Source Laws, recognized his Chaos Flame and Destruction Flame, and directed him to seek cooperation with the Asura King.
• Saine asked Zhong Kui to sell or share the Witch Clan's body-tempering techniques, and Zhong Kui offered Great Witch-level arts while refusing to trade Ancestral Witch secret arts.
• Zhong Kui showed Saine a Chaos Stone gathered from the Chaos Void, and Saine asked to buy every surplus stone the Witch Clan had.

Saine arranged further trade and cooperation with the Witch Clan and Asura Race before visiting Golden Turtle Island, where Master Tongtian had gathered thousands of Intercept Sect cultivators. There, Nasi Xiu wandered off and startled Rainbow Cloud Fairy by prodding her cloud form, then left her alone with Nicole.

• Zhong Kui agreed to trade Chaos Stones and offered to have Witch Clan members gather rare materials from the Chaos Void for Saine.
• Saine met the Asura King, who offered to represent the Asura Race in future exchanges with the Land of Ashes.
• Saine went to Golden Turtle Island to meet Duan Po, where nearly twenty thousand Heavenly Immortal-level Intercept Sect cultivators had gathered under Master Tongtian.
• Saine brought Nasi Xiu and Nicole to the island, and Nasi Xiu slipped away to explore among the Intercept Sect disciples.
• Nasi Xiu repeatedly poked Rainbow Cloud Fairy in her cloud form until she transformed into a female cultivator, then left her with Nicole.

Duan Po gathered the Intercept Sect and announced that they would join the war in the Demon Court Star Territory, while Saine asked about Hong Hou and agreed with Duan Po’s sense of duty. At the sect meeting, Master Tongtian sought Wizard World support for the Intercept Sect’s campaign by asking Saine to sell them two thousand Space Fortresses, leaving Saine stunned.

• Duan Po told Saine that the Intercept Sect would fight in the Heavenly Demon Star Territory War to defend the Immortal Domain.
• Duan Po said he would wait for fate to bring him and Hong Hou together again rather than abandon his responsibilities for private affairs.
• Master Tongtian convened 28,769 Intercept Sect disciples and decided to march into the Demon Court Star Territory.
• Master Tongtian asked Saine to sell the Intercept Sect two thousand Space Fortresses, and Saine asked him to confirm the number.

Saine negotiated strategic cooperation between Wizard Civilization and the Intercept Sect, including a possible sale of two thousand Space Fortresses. After Master Tongtian’s sermon, the Intercept Sect mobilized to join the war in the Demon Court Star Territory, where Duan Po would lead its first contingent.

• Saine told Master Tongtian that he needed approval from Master Victor and General Kaseda before arranging two thousand Space Fortresses, and offered to contact the Black Domain as an alternative.
• Saine and the Intercept Sect reached strategic agreements, and Master Tongtian spent more than half a year expounding on the Dao to his disciples.
• Master Tongtian turned the Golden Turtle Island assembly into an oath-taking rally, and Duan Po raised his Azure Lotus Sword as the Intercept Sect declared its march to war.
• Duan Po prepared to lead nearly ten billion Intercept Sect cultivators to the Demon Court Star Territory, accompanied by Master Tongtian and Golden Spirit Mother.
• Duobao Daozun stayed behind to coordinate the sect’s armies, while Kui Niu returned to Ji Lei Mountain to mobilize demon forces and Zhao Gongming remained behind at the threshold of Level 8.

Saine and the Intercept Sect forces traveled toward the Demon Court Star Territory, where they encountered the Evil Tide’s advance and discovered that its army used technology-based war platforms. The chapter ended as Saine’s and Duan Po’s legions opened fire on the Evil Tide forces in the Gulan Star Territory.

• Saine joined Duan Po’s forces with three Dominators and crossed the Chaos Void into the Original Star Territory, which Duan Po said had once been called the Blue Fist Star Territory.
• Saine advised Duan Po to buy war platforms from the Galente Federation, and Duan Po agreed to place a large order using Federation Credits.
• Saine’s forces reached the Gulan and Heavenly Demon Star Territories and found battles underway, while Evil Tide infiltration units had also disrupted supplies in the Garuda World Cluster.
• Saine saw an Evil Tide force led by two Rank Seven Demon Emperors using purple warships and other technological platforms operated by small, purple-skinned humanoids.
• Saine’s and Duan Po’s legions exchanged fire with the Evil Tide Army in the Gulan Star Territory.

After the Evil Tide Civilization withdrew from the Gulan Star Territory, Saine and Master Tongtian learned about the greater battle in the Demon Court Star Territory and Saine examined captured Evil Tide warships. Saine discovered that his Mechanical Cataclysm magic could affect the ships but was hindered by Evil Tide Power, which could also demonize machinery and living beings.

• The Evil Tide legions retreated from the Gulan Star Territory after Saine and Master Tongtian arrived with a powerful relief force.
• Saine and the others learned from Yun Zhongzi that more than a hundred Evil Tide Dominators had gathered in the Demon Court Star Territory.
• Saine traded Energy Crystals with the Exposition Sect for captured low- and mid-tier Evil Tide warships and inspected their construction.
• Saine found that his Mechanical Cataclysm magic could influence the warships, but the Evil Tide Power within them resisted his control.
• Yun Zhongzi explained that Evil Tide Power could infect cultivators and described the cleansing methods used by the Immortal Domain's factions.

Saine and Master Tongtian arrived at the Demon Court Star Territory, where Immortal Domain forces were fighting the Evil Tide Civilization’s Dominators. As the battlefield erupted into a massive melee, Saine merged with Thunder God and prepared to join the fighting.

• Saine observed that the Evil Tide war had strengthened cooperation among the Immortal Domain’s Sage Dao Courts, even as the front lines continued to advance.
• Golden Spirit Mother told Master Tongtian that Mosquito Daoist had vanished after Saint Zhunti pursued him and recovered two petals of the Merit Golden Lotus.
• Saine and Master Tongtian reached the Demon Court Star Territory as Sage Laozi fought the Darkness Demon Ancestor and Yuanshi Tianzun and Saint Zhunti fought the Nether Bone Demon Ancestor.
• Master Tongtian entered a battle zone occupied by an enemy Level-8 Demon Emperor, wielding the Four Swords of Zhuxian and the Azure Lotus Sword.
• Saine ordered Icarus and Ming to join the battle, activated the Thunder God Fortress Group, and merged with Thunder God.

Saine arrived on the Southern Front with the Intercept Sect army and Mechanical Legion, rescuing the Ten Thousand Demons Queen from two Evil Tide Demon Emperors. He and his followers joined forces against the late Level-7 Bird-Head Demon Emperor as Saine prepared to fight with his usual preference for overwhelming numbers.

• The Ten Thousand Demons Queen struggled against a mid-stage Level-7 Stone Demon Emperor and a stronger late Level-7 Bird-Head Demon Emperor as the Demon Race legions faltered.
• Saine arrived with the Intercept Sect army and Mechanical Legion, and the Thunder God Fortress Robot fired at the Bird-Head Demon Emperor to interrupt its attack.
• Saine, Ming, and Icarus attacked the Bird-Head Demon Emperor together, forcing it to halt its advance on the Ten Thousand Demons Queen.
• The Ten Thousand Demons Queen thanked Saine and his companions after they freed her to fight, while Saine continued to gang up on the Bird-Head Demon Emperor.
• Saine coated the Thunder God Fortress Robot in pale cyan Chaos Fire as he prepared to continue the battle.

Saine and his allies attacked a well-equipped Bird-Head Demon Emperor while racing to end the battle before Evil Tide reinforcements arrived. After using the Thunder God Fortress Robot to conceal his preparations, Saine unleashed his Dominator-class spell Aether Star, leaving the Demon Emperor facing a terrifying attack.

• Saine, Ming, Icarus, and the Thunder God Fortress Robot fought the Bird-Head Demon Emperor, whose four World-Class Secret Treasures and sound-wave laws helped him withstand their assault.
• Saine recognized that Evil Tide forces outnumbered the Immortal Domain on the Demon Court Star Territory battlefield and decided to finish the fight quickly before reinforcements arrived.
• Saine ejected from the Thunder God Fortress Robot after suppressing the Demon Emperor, and the robot unleashed a barrage of Doomsday Weapons.
• Concealed behind the robot, Saine raised the Staff of Ashes and completed his preparations for Aether Star.
• The Bird-Head Demon Emperor recoiled as Saine's Aether Star appeared like a terrifying star behind the fortress robot.

Saine and his Mechanical Legion overwhelmed Bird-Head Demon Emperor Anubis with powerful magic and the Magic Cube’s Grid Starlight domain. Anubis escaped after losing much of his Dominator Omnipotent Soul, while Saine kept his red crown as a trophy.

• Saine struck Anubis with an Aether Star, then maintained a relentless barrage of Dominator-class spells.
• Saine used the Faceless Mask to detect Evil Tide Dominators rushing to support Anubis and intensified his attacks.
• The Magic Cube empowered Saine’s Mechanical Legion and formed a Grid Starlight domain that bombarded Anubis with beams.
• Anubis broke through the Grid Starlight and fled after losing at least thirty percent of his Dominator Omnipotent Soul.
• Saine collected Anubis’s bloodstained red crown, a valuable Sound Wave System material.

After helping the Ten Thousand Demons Queen drive off the Evil Tide Civilization’s Dominators, Saine examined her demonization and created a potion that suppressed it. He received a vial of Nether Spring Essence for research as the battle continued around them.

• Saine and his allies defeated the Bird-Head Demon Emperor Anubis, but the Stone Elemental Dominator escaped into the Evil Tide Army.
• Saine reached the Ten Thousand Demons Queen and found her injured and partially infected with Evil Tide Strange Power.
• Saine sent the Thunder God Fortress Group and Ming to support the ongoing battle, then offered to treat the Ten Thousand Demons Queen.
• Saine made and injected a Demon Breaking Potion that cleared the infection from her arms and suppressed the remaining demonization to her shoulders.
• The Ten Thousand Demons Queen gave Saine a vial of Nether Spring Essence bestowed by Sage Nvwa so he could study it.

Saine and the Ten Thousand Demons Queen faced a fresh assault from a larger force of Evil Tide Demon Emperors while other battles raged across the Demon Court Star Territory. Sage Laozi struck the Darkness Demon Ancestor with the Heavenly Dao Sword, but the Darkness Demon Ancestor recovered and prepared a counterattack.

• The Terror Devour Demon Emperor arrived with five other Demon Emperors, and the Ten Thousand Demons Queen said she had requested aid from Nüwa.
• The Terror Devour Demon Emperor and the Dark Dragon Demon Emperor targeted Saine, while a Small-Sized Demon Emperor fought the Thunder God Fortress Robot.
• Master Tongtian fought the Level-8 Demon Emperor Wen Zhong with the Four Swords of Zhuxian.
• Sage Laozi and the Darkness Demon Ancestor continued their battle as both grew stronger, and Laozi cleaved the Darkness Demon Ancestor in two with the Heavenly Dao Sword.
• The Darkness Demon Ancestor restored his body using his Omnipotent Soul and began unleashing the power of the Burial Sky Blade, prompting nearby Demon Emperors to flee.

The Darkness Demon Ancestor and Saint Laozi resumed their battle, and the Demon Ancestor’s Burial Sky Strike shattered Laozi’s body and badly damaged his treasures. After Laozi restored himself with Nine-Turn Golden Pills, their escalating clash summoned the Eye of the Astral Realm, which vanished after the Darkness Demon Ancestor challenged it.

• The Darkness Demon Ancestor unleashed the Burial Sky Strike, shattering the Demon Court Star Territory further and reducing Saint Laozi’s body to pieces while damaging the Heaven and Earth Xuanhuang Exquisite Pagoda and the Taiji Diagram.
• Saint Laozi restored his body with his omnipotent soul, then swallowed two Nine-Turn Golden Pills to replenish his strength.
• The Darkness Demon Ancestor praised Laozi’s pills and eagerly resumed their fierce battle, while Saine watched the growing rule anomalies from nearby.
• The Eye of the Astral Realm appeared above Laozi and the Darkness Demon Ancestor, forcing them to stop fighting as Laozi felt startled by the manifestation.
• The Darkness Demon Ancestor shouted at the Eye of the Astral Realm, and it faded away after finding no balance-breaking being lingering nearby.

Darkness Demon Ancestor and Sage Laozi resumed their clash as their battle devastated the Demon Court Star Territory and the Evil Tide Civilization steadily turned it into a staging ground. On Saine’s battlefield, two Devil Emperors reinforced the enemy, but Baxia arrived to aid Saine, who revealed a new Mechanical Arcana and began combining his robots.

• As the Eye of the Astral Realm faded, Darkness Demon Ancestor challenged Laozi to continue, and Laozi faced him with a strengthened Heavenly Dao Sword.
• The duel’s rule power devastated the Demon Court Star Territory, while Atulu creatures helped the Evil Tide Civilization create demonized planes and replenish its armies.
• Saine judged the Immortal Domain’s position increasingly unfavorable and saw two Level-7 Devil Emperors arrive to reinforce the four Dominators surrounding him.
• Baxia arrived and charged to help Saine, giving the two a chance to fight the four enemies together.
• Saine activated his Mechanical Arcana, sending blue light from the Magic Cube to his Intelligent Robots, which began to combine under the Decepticons and Optimus Prime.

Saine and his allies fought off several Evil Tide Dominators with a new fusion robot and a forbidden spell, while Dao Dali arrived from the Heavenly Shu Realm with a greatly enhanced Azure Dragon Blade. After Saine badly wounded the Terror Devour Demon Emperor, he sensed more enemies approaching and led a strategic retreat toward the Immortal Domain Civilization’s prepared defenses.

• Saine’s Transformers fused into a giant robot that rivaled a Dominator-class Synthetic Beast and attacked the Heavenly Winged Demon Emperor.
• Dao Dali arrived at the battlefield from the Heavenly Shu Realm and challenged the Bone Spike Demon Emperor, wielding an Azure Dragon Blade strengthened by his recent discoveries.
• Saine asked Baxia to protect him while he cast Chaos Flame Calamity, which devastated Evil Tide forces and inflicted persistent Chaos Fire and Ash Law injuries on four Dominators.
• Saine activated his Chaos Demon Body, smashed one of the Terror Devour Demon Emperor’s heads with the Staff of Ashes, and used the Magic Cube to destroy one of its claws.
• Baxia struck the Dark Dragon Demon Emperor into a collapsing plane while Saine and his allies prepared to withdraw after he sensed more Evil Tide Dominators approaching.
• Baxia covered the retreat, and the Ten Thousand Demons Queen ordered her demon army to withdraw with them toward the Immortal Domain Civilization’s defensive lines.