Chapter Summaries

Zhang Lingshan clashed with Red Demon in Overlord Cave, then learned that Evil King Di Li disappeared after entering the Saint Tower and was considered Zhang Lingshan’s predecessor. Bone Demon revealed why Di Li had climbed the tower, but Zhang Lingshan refused to leave until the Demons helped him find Huo Wuye.

• Zhang Lingshan blocked Red Demon’s sword qi and countered his sword formation with the Righteous Qi Blade.
• Red Demon recognized Zhang Lingshan as Evil King Di Li’s successor, and Bone Demon said Di Li had gone to the Saint Tower in Central Province and never returned.
• Bone Demon explained that Di Li had named anyone who mastered the Evil King Blade Technique his successor, and Zhang Lingshan realized Di Li had entered the tower seeking a path to the Silent Blade.
• Zhang Lingshan rejected Bone Demon’s request that he leave and told her he would go only if she helped him find and hand over Huo Wuye.

Zhang Lingshan was trapped by Red Demon and Bone Demon while Xiang Guang deceived them and escaped. Red Demon unleashed the Red River Blood Sword, but White Demon stopped him, knocked him unconscious, and demanded an account of what had happened.

• Xiang Guang revealed himself, persuaded Red Demon and Bone Demon to attack Zhang Lingshan, then vanished while they fought.
• Red Demon trapped Zhang Lingshan with a Sword Formation Net, and Bone Demon’s White Bone Claws pierced him, but Zhang Lingshan absorbed the claws and turned them into Flame White Bone.
• Zhang Lingshan broke through Red Demon’s formation and attacked, prompting Red Demon to draw out the Red River Blood Sword and bind Zhang Lingshan with its power.
• White Demon arrived and ordered Red Demon to withdraw the sword, ending its blood-red phenomena and freeing Zhang Lingshan from its lock.
• White Demon struck Red Demon unconscious for unleashing the sword without permission, then ordered Bone Demon to explain what had happened.

Zhang Lingshan absorbed the Red River Blood Sword Qi to advance the Overlord's Grand Manual to Minor Accomplishment, strengthening his aura and allowing him to explore Overlord Cave more easily. He encountered Du Lao Jiu and traded flame for two Supreme Mystery Scriptures, while Du Lao Er was released from the Spirit Beast Bag.

• White Demon recognized Xiang Guang and left Bone Demon to guard Red Powder Manor while he went after him.
• Zhang Lingshan discovered that the Overlord's Aura could absorb the Red River Blood Sword Qi, so he hid beneath the Life and Death Bell and cultivated for several days.
• Zhang Lingshan broke through to Minor Accomplishment in the Overlord's Grand Manual and tested an aura that could crush Flying Sand and Rolling Stones within range.
• Zhang Lingshan searched Overlord Cave for treasures and absorbed its spiritual power, gradually opening the Origin Mansions in his body's pores.
• Zhang Lingshan released the dazed Du Lao Er from the Spirit Beast Bag and met Du Lao Jiu, who offered five Supreme Mystery Scriptures from Sky Province.
• Zhang Lingshan agreed to trade a bottle of flame for two scriptures, and Du Lao Jiu handed him a book pouch.

After completing the Supreme Mystery Scripture, Zhang Lingshan opened the Gate of All Wonders and gained the powers to derive techniques, sculpt his True God, and observe subtle details. With Du Lao Jiu, he returned to Red Powder Manor to settle accounts, where Bone Demon confronted them.

• Zhang Lingshan opened the Gate of All Wonders and saw countless versions of himself practicing and deriving cultivation methods.
• Zhang Lingshan formed a fetal True God whose brow briefly showed the power of his Heavenly Eye, then discovered that his vision had greatly improved.
• Zhang Lingshan teamed up with Du Lao Jiu and left Du Lao Er behind before they ventured deeper into Overlord Cave.
• Zhang Lingshan warned Du Lao Jiu about the white-haired strongman and Red Demon's chest-opening attack as they approached Red Powder Manor.
• Du Lao Jiu's Wine Qi sound dazed the manor's minions, and Zhang Lingshan burned them into white smoke for Nether Palace to refine.
• Bone Demon appeared, and Zhang Lingshan asked where the Red-Light Sword Man was.

Zhang Lingshan overpowered Bone Demon, tore at her Underworld Skull, and drove Red Demon back before escaping with Du Lao Jiu after ordering him to loot Red Powder Manor. The Demon Lords regrouped and learned that Xiang Guang had also stolen Blood Demon’s Blood Jade Pearl, while White Demon was still pursuing him.

• Bone Demon released her Underworld Skull, but Zhang Lingshan remained unaffected and began pulling it from her chest while Du Lao Jiu fled its influence.
• Zhang Lingshan ordered Du Lao Jiu to loot Red Powder Manor, then devoured the skull’s ghostly qi as Bone Demon pleaded for help.
• Red Demon arrived with the Red River Blood Sword, but Zhang Lingshan crushed his sword attacks, kicked the Underworld Skull toward him, and escaped with Du Lao Jiu.
• Black Demon, Mud Demon, Wind Demon, Sand Demon, and the others arrived at the ruined manor and learned Zhang Lingshan was a Demon Suppression Division Hammer Wielder.
• Bone Demon revealed White Demon was pursuing Xiang Guang, and Blood Demon arrived injured and reported that Xiang Guang had stolen his Blood Jade Pearl to reshape his body.

The Demon chiefs regrouped after Zhang Lingshan wounded Bone Demon and escaped, while White Demon revealed his plan to exploit the coming weakening of Nine Provinces Continent’s rules. Zhang Lingshan counted his gains and paused to consider his next move as Du Lao Jiu worried the Demons would pursue them.

• Mud Demon mocked Red Demon and Blood Demon for letting Zhang Lingshan and Xiang Guang escape, and the injured Demons gathered at Red Powder Manor.
• White Demon arrived with Cloud Demon, warned Bone Demon to avoid Zhang Lingshan, and explained that he wanted to use Zhang Lingshan’s power to trigger a catastrophe on Nine Provinces Continent.
• White Demon revealed that Xiang Guang had fled into Black Abyss and ordered Black Demon, Mud Demon, and Cloud Demon to guard it.
• White Demon sent Wind Demon and Sand Demon with Blood Demon to Wilderness to restore his vital blood ahead of the coming great eruption.
• Zhang Lingshan checked his Panel and found he had accumulated 1111 trillion+ Energy Points after absorbing sinister yin energy.
• Du Lao Jiu asked Zhang Lingshan whether they should keep moving before the Demons came after them.

Zhang Lingshan refined the Bone Powder Flowers in Overlord Cave, transforming his Jade Bone Vajra bones and opening his Origin Mansion. The chapter left him with a Golden Bone Arhat physique and a much stronger Profound Gold Body.

• Zhang Lingshan and Du Lao Jiu searched Overlord Cave for treasures, but its many entrances and passages made them lose their way.
• Zhang Lingshan swallowed the Bone Powder Flowers and found that they caused his bones to begin transforming, so Du Lao Jiu gave him the rest of the flowers.
• After half a day of refining, Zhang Lingshan absorbed the surging Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi as his bones began to transform and his Origin Mansion opened.
• Zhang Lingshan used his bones to reinforce the cracking Life and Death Bell, and the golden energy within it also strengthened the bell.
• Zhang Lingshan completed his transformation, opened his Origin Mansion, and saw his Panel list his physique as Golden Bone Arhat.

Zhang Lingshan advanced his Flawless Leakless Skill while the demons learned of his breakthrough and feared his growing power. Zhuo Da Wang sent Hou Juncheng to find Zhang Lingshan and recruit him before he left Overlord Cave, making him the Wilderness survivors’ last hope against the demons.

• Zhang Lingshan used the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi gathered by his Origin Mansion to advance his bones to the Arhat Golden Body, then broke through the Flawless Leakless Skill.
• Sand Demon sensed Zhang Lingshan’s breakthrough and told Wind Demon and Blood Demon that he feared Zhang Lingshan might be connected to the Wilderness survivors.
• Wind Demon and Sand Demon spotted a hidden observer but continued hunting the Wilderness people with Blood Demon.
• Hou Juncheng reported the demons’ conversation to Zhuo Da Wang, who ordered him to find Zhang Lingshan and ask for his help breaking the demons’ blockade.
• Zhuo Da Wang gave Hou Juncheng half a Jade Stone as a token and urged him to reach Zhang Lingshan before he left Overlord Cave.

Hou Juncheng crossed the Demon Lords’ blockade and delivered Zhuo Da Wang’s token to Zhang Lingshan, who tried to save him and learned the token was a body-refining treasure. After returning to his cave to stabilize his breakthrough, Zhang Lingshan used Sea Urchin Aconitum to begin opening his Dantian Mansion.

• Hou Juncheng escaped the underground passage and crossed the Demon Lords’ strongholds, but White Demon struck him as he fled Red Powder Manor.
• Hou Juncheng reached Zhang Lingshan’s cave and delivered a half piece of Jade Stone from Zhuo Da Wang, asking Zhang Lingshan to help break the blockade.
• Zhang Lingshan treated Hou Juncheng with Cloud Mist and his Essence Blood while Du Lao Jiu guarded him and asked about the token.
• Zhang Lingshan returned to his cave to stabilize his cultivation and advance toward Meridian Opening Realm Perfection.
• Zhang Lingshan swallowed Sea Urchin Aconitum, causing the spiritual qi in his body to surge toward his Dantian and strike at the Dantian Mansion.

Zhang Lingshan rescued Hou Juncheng, learned that the Wilderness sought help breaking the Demon Lords’ blockade, and went to Red Powder Manor. He overpowered White Demon with his Berserk Transformation, but White Demon revealed a divine weapon and the battle continued.

• Hou Juncheng recovered enough to explain that Zhuo Da Wang had sent him to ask Zhang Lingshan to help the Wilderness break the Demon Lords’ blockade, and Zhang Lingshan agreed to go to Red Powder Manor.
• Du Lao Er carried Hou Juncheng, whose calves were missing, as Zhang Lingshan led the group to Red Powder Manor.
• White Demon confronted Zhang Lingshan, who learned that White Demon had struck Hou Juncheng and challenged him to retreat.
• White Demon initially sent Zhang Lingshan flying, but Zhang Lingshan returned in his Berserk Transformation and knocked White Demon into a mountain wall.
• White Demon tore open his chest and revealed the Ruyi Divine Staff.

Zhang Lingshan fought White Demon, whose Ruyi Divine Staff made him impossible to defeat, until Zhuo Yu intervened and negotiated their safe withdrawal. Zhang Lingshan secured compensation and led Zhuo Yu and the Wilderness residents away from Red Powder Manor.

• White Demon summoned the Ruyi Divine Staff, and Zhang Lingshan’s attacks failed to break its golden defenses, though he withstood White Demon’s counterattacks.
• Zhang Lingshan demanded Xiang Guang or compensation, and he continued fighting White Demon while wondering why Zhuo Da Wang had not appeared.
• After Zhuo Yu’s disturbance exposed an opportunity to escape, White Demon fled and Zhang Lingshan pursued him until Zhuo Yu warned of the other demon lords’ ambush.
• Zhuo Yu negotiated with Bai Yuanzhen for the Wilderness residents’ safe departure and promised Zhang Lingshan the remaining half of the Jade Stone and its source.
• Zhang Lingshan also demanded healing treasures and body-tempering materials, and Bai Yuanzhen agreed to provide them after the withdrawal.
• Bai Yuanzhen handed Zhang Lingshan a Storage Bag at the edge of Red Powder Manor, and Zhang Lingshan escorted Zhuo Yu and the Wilderness residents away.

Xiang Guang offered to cooperate with White Demon against Zhang Lingshan, revealing that he knew White Demon’s plan to create a new world and securing resources for himself and Huo Wuye. Meanwhile, Zhang Lingshan and Zhuo Yu left Overlord Cave, and Zhang invited Zhuo Yu to help establish a faction in the Nine Provinces Continent.

• Xiang Guang and Huo Wuye revealed Huo’s ability to wield Black Spirit Power, prompting the demons to attack before Xiang Guang calmed them and proposed cooperating against Zhang Lingshan.
• Xiang Guang explained White Demon’s plan to break the Nine Provinces Continent’s Heaven and Earth Rules and create a new world, then agreed to join forces with him.
• Xiang Guang returned the Blood Jade Pearl to Blood Demon and obtained permission to guard Red Powder Manor, along with a trace of Divine Might Power from White Demon’s Ruyi Divine Staff.
• White Demon led the demons toward the Wilderness to inspect it after Xiang Guang and Huo Wuye stayed behind.
• Zhang Lingshan and Zhuo Yu chose to leave Overlord Cave instead of returning to fight the demons, and Zhang invited Zhuo Yu to help establish a faction after they reached the Nine Provinces Continent.

Zhang Lingshan emerged from Overlord Cave and announced that Huo Wuye had not been killed, while the Chen and Xiang Families rushed to meet him. He killed Xiang Xue, Xiang Mingchi, and the other Xiang Family members, declaring that all descendants of Xiang Guang had to die, then turned toward Chen Xiangxue.

• Zhang Lingshan explained how to avoid the Nine Provinces Continent's Heaven and Earth Rules before leading the others out of Overlord Cave.
• Zhang Lingshan confronted Huo Wuye's disciples outside the cave and summoned Chen Xiangxue, alerting the entire Overlord Sect to his return.
• Chen Xiangxue and Chen Lingxiao hurried to meet Zhang Lingshan as Xiang Mingchi brought Xiang Xue and Xiang Family elders to claim the sect leadership.
• Xiang Mingchi offered Xiang Xue to Zhang Lingshan, who said he had not killed Huo Wuye and asked who Xiang Mingchi was.
• Zhang Lingshan burned Xiang Xue to ashes, absorbed her Yin Spirit, and killed Xiang Mingchi and the other Xiang Family members, saying all descendants of Xiang Guang had to die.
• Zhang Lingshan turned to Chen Xiangxue, leaving her and Chen Lingxiao trembling.

Zhang Lingshan ordered the Chen Family to help exterminate the Xiang Family after revealing that Xiang Guang was still alive and hiding in the Black Abyss. As the slaughter engulfed the Overlord Sect, Zhang Lingshan killed Xiang Mingliu, claimed the Chen Family as his followers, and ordered them to leave with him.

• Zhang Lingshan told Chen Xiangxue that Xiang Guang had survived by attaching his soul to Huo Wuye's body, then ordered her to seal the Overlord Sect and kill the Xiang Family.
• Chen Lifeng agreed to cooperate with Zhang Lingshan, and the Chen Family began attacking Xiang Family members across the sect.
• Zhang Lingshan, Gui Hong, and Han Ruier joined the slaughter, while Du Lao Jiu set out to help track down Xiang Family members.
• Xiang Mingliu seized Ma Ling as a hostage and forced Chen Lingxiao to let him pass through the Array Gate, then struck Ma Ling after escaping.
• Han Ruier saved Ma Ling with a Void Array Pattern, and Zhang Lingshan caught and killed Xiang Mingliu.
• Zhang Lingshan praised Chen Lingxiao, gave him insight into Body Refining, and ordered the Chen Family to follow him and prepare to depart.

After moving the Chen Family and Zhuo Yu’s people toward Jade Province, Zhang Lingshan returned to Snake Secluded Valley and learned that Snake Zhengming and Hua Liuxin had gone to rescue Zhao Taixuan in Flower City. He set out to find them, leaving Han Ruier in charge of the valley.

• Yue Jinglei declared himself Overlord Sect Master after the Chen Family and Xiang Family departed, and called the remaining sect members to gather.
• Chen Lingxiao proposed settling the Chen Family and Zhuo Yu’s group at the Heavenly Demon Sect Ruins in Jade Province, and Zhang Lingshan assigned him to lead them there while warning them not to harm anyone.
• Chen Xiangxue asked to accompany Zhang Lingshan, who entered the Mist Realm with her and others and safely reached Snake Secluded Valley in Flower Province.
• Zhang Lingshan gave Zhang Lingyu and Kou Guan Storage Bags full of corpses to refine, then learned that Snake Zhengming and Hua Liuxin had left to rescue Zhao Taixuan.
• Zhang Lingshan took Snake Zhengming’s scale and departed for Flower City with Du Lao Jiu and Chen Xiangxue, ordering everyone else to guard the valley under Han Ruier’s command.

Snake Zhengming and Hua Liuxin followed a message supposedly from Zhao Taixuan to Fenghua Inn, where Prince Liu revealed his trap and ordered Blood Robe to capture them. Snake Zhengming and Hua Liuxin were defeated and imprisoned, while Prince Liu waited for Zhang Lingshan to arrive.

• Snake Zhengming and Hua Liuxin entered Flower City after suspecting Zhao Taixuan had been captured and his message was bait.
• A waiter led them beneath Fenghua Inn, where they found Zhao Taixuan caged and learned that someone else had impersonated him to lure them in.
• Prince Liu tried to recruit Snake Zhengming, but Snake Zhengming refused and warned that Zhang Lingshan would come for them.
• Eight red-clad fighters attacked, and Snake Zhengming wounded one with a poisoned scale before a Blue-Clad Old Man healed him.
• Prince Liu revealed that he had captured Zhao Taixuan to draw in Zhang Lingshan and seize his Supreme Mystery Scripture.
• Blood Robe overwhelmed Snake Zhengming and Hua Liuxin, then carried Snake Zhengming away while Prince Liu prepared to use them to draw Zhang Lingshan in.

Zhang Lingshan rescued Snake Zhengming, Zhao Taixuan, and Hua Liuxin from Prince Liu’s palace, then confronted Prince Liu’s powerful followers. After absorbing Blood Robe’s attacks and driving her away, Zhang Lingshan launched a coordinated sneak attack on Prince Liu, who caught him and tore into his chest to examine the Zhang Family’s Qi and Blood Fire Seed.

• Zhang Lingshan broke free of the chains, freed Zhao Taixuan and Snake Zhengming, and healed Hua Liuxin.
• Xiao Xue guarded the rescued group while Du Lao Jiu killed the eight red-clad people; the Blue-Clad Old Man escaped.
• Prince Liu ordered Blood Robe to attack Du Lao Jiu, but Zhang Lingshan absorbed her Red Light and forced her to retreat.
• Zhang Lingshan told his companions to leave, then rushed Prince Liu as Du Lao Jiu’s wine spread through his flames and engulfed the hall.
• Prince Liu revealed that he had anticipated the Zhang Family’s Qi and Blood Fire Seed, seized Zhang Lingshan, and tore through his skin.

Prince Liu trapped Zhang Lingshan in layers of Golden Runes and tried to seize his mind, but Zhang’s body and will resisted. After Blood Robe was nearly consumed by Zhang’s Seven Aperture Exquisite Heart, Qing Chen prepared to use a newly developed poison against him.

• Prince Liu bound Zhang Lingshan in a golden cocoon, summoned Xin Ling to seize his mind, and ordered the others to capture Zhang’s companions.
• Du Lao Jiu flooded the hall with wine and carried himself, Chen Xiangxue, and the others to safety while Prince Liu’s forces focused on Zhang.
• Xin Ling failed to subdue Zhang and fainted from the effort, while Zhang continued breaking through the Golden Runes.
• Blood Robe entered Zhang’s chest to investigate his Qi and Blood Fire Seed, but the Seven Aperture Exquisite Heart absorbed her red light and burned it away.
• Qing Chen treated Blood Robe, and after learning about Zhang’s heart, told Prince Liu he would use a newly developed Mysterious Poison on Zhang.

Zhang Lingshan endured Prince Liu’s subordinates’ poison and sound attacks, killing Sound Deception and forcing Prince Liu and the others to abandon their headquarters. After they fled, Zhang Lingshan broke free, looted the remaining supplies, and headed to the Heaven and Earth Pavilion.

• Prince Liu opened the Golden Runes so Qing Chen could send poison into Zhang Lingshan, but Zhang Lingshan refined it and grew stronger.
• Sound Deception attacked Zhang Lingshan with sound waves, but he spat a fireball through them and killed her.
• Prince Liu attacked Zhang Lingshan and searched his Storage Bag for the Supreme Mystery Scripture, but found nothing.
• Blood Robe and Qing Chen urged Prince Liu to flee, and he led his followers away with Xin Ling and Sound Deception’s corpse.
• Zhang Lingshan broke free when Prince Liu stopped sustaining the talisman art, searched the headquarters, and took the abandoned supplies into his Pouch Space.
• Zhang Lingshan left for the Heaven and Earth Pavilion after looting the area.

Zhang Lingshan used a pill refined from Qing Chen’s poison to track disciples of Medical Immortal Valley and find a way to reach Bai Zhiyao. After capturing two of Bai Zhiyao’s senior sisters, he forced one to poison herself so her injury would lure Bai Zhiyao out within three days.

• At the Heaven and Earth Pavilion, Zhao Taixuan told Zhang Lingshan that Bai Zhiyao was Medical Immortal Valley’s embattled Valley Master, and Zhang Lingshan realized Qing Chen might lead him to the young healer.
• Zhang Lingshan refined and swallowed a Red Pill from Qing Chen’s poison, sensed Qing Chen’s lingering aura outside Flower City, and waited at the forest for Medical Immortal Valley disciples to investigate.
• Two veiled women arrived to investigate Qing Chen’s aura, and Zhang Lingshan seized them and demanded to know where Bai Zhiyao was.
• The women admitted they did not know Bai Zhiyao’s exact location but offered to lure him out by reporting that one of them was seriously injured.
• Zhang Lingshan ordered the women to poison themselves and spread the news, and one woman swallowed a poison that would kill her without treatment within three days.