Chapter Summaries

After Hua Qiang ascended to the Upper Realm, Ye Bingxue threw herself into cultivation to pursue a reunion with him. At Modu Base, Mo Yanran revealed that Hua Qiang had gotten her pregnant, and Mo Wuqiong celebrated the news as a boon for his family.

• James told Ye Bingxue that Hua Qiang had reached the Martial Saint Realm and ascended to the Upper Realm, leaving her devastated.
• Ye Bingxue returned to South Sea University and cultivated relentlessly until she reached Martial King Peak, hoping to advance toward Hua Qiang.
• Ye Bingxue used the A-grade Blood Qi Powder and concentrated on breaking through to the Martial Emperor Realm.
• Mo Wuqiong confronted Mo Yanran after discovering she was pregnant, and she quietly named Hua Qiang as the father.
• Mo Wuqiong's anger turned to delight, and he told Mo Yanran that her pregnancy would bring prosperity to their family.

Hua Qiang saved Lin Daiyu from a Blackwater Crocodile and killed both crocodiles, securing their mission items with Huo Qingtong. After Lin Daiyu learned that Huo Qingtong was Hua Qiang’s wife, she offered Huo Qingtong two spirit pearls, which might be Void Pearls.

• Huo Qingtong rushed to save Lin Daiyu, but another crocodile blocked her sword qi while Hua Qiang wounded the beast and gave Lin Daiyu a chance to escape.
• Huo Qiang used Annihilation Slash to kill both Blackwater Crocodiles, while his black qi drained their corpses and he gained Slaughter Points.
• Hua Qiang took two gray-glowing beads from the dried crocodiles and gave them to Huo Qingtong as mission items.
• Lin Daiyu thanked Hua Qiang for saving her, learned he was Huo Qingtong’s man and live-in son-in-law, and went to gather Sky Star Grass.
• Lin Daiyu gave Huo Qingtong two spirit pearls, and Huo Qingtong exclaimed that they might be Void Pearls.

Hua Qiang and Huo Qingtong arrived in Ruin City and saw its bustling streets alongside widespread poverty and violence. Hua Qiang stopped to speak with a hungry little beggar whose unusual pride and principles caught his attention.

• Hua Qiang and Huo Qingtong entered Ruin City while the Red-headed Eagle flew off, ready to return when Huo Qingtong called.
• Hua Qiang and Huo Qingtong observed the city's crowded streets, refugees, beggars, and frequent brawls.
• Hua Qiang noticed a silent little beggar who accepted food but did not actively ask passersby for help.
• Hua Qiang approached the little beggar and urged her to imitate the other beggars by asking directly for food.
• The little beggar explained that she could not bring shame upon her master and insisted that she had to keep her backbone and principles.

Hua Qiang gave the orphaned beggar Little Jiu'er money, but other beggars beat her unconscious and stole it. At the City Lord's Manor, Fei Nanxing explained that the Azure Cloud Sect disciples were being asked to hunt the Blood Shadow Demon Slayer, and Huo Qingtong vowed the villain would die.

• Little Jiu'er told Hua Qiang that her master had left a month earlier and never returned, so Hua Qiang gave her a silver ingot for food and clothes.
• Several beggars dragged Little Jiu'er into an alley, beat her unconscious, and stole the silver as she refused to fight back for fear of hurting them.
• Hua Qiang and Huo Qingtong met the injured City Lord Fei Nanxing, who welcomed them after learning they were disciples of the Azure Cloud Sect.
• Fei Nanxing identified their target as the Blood Shadow Demon Slayer, a Blood Demon Sect elder who massacred civilians as blood sacrifices.
• Fei Nanxing recounted how the demon had escaped a joint pursuit after injuring him, and Huo Qingtong declared that his death day had come.

Hua Qiang found Little Jiu'er injured and starving after beggars stole her silver, and he bought her meat buns before confronting the thieves. He crushed Niu Si and his men with a single palm strike, then told Little Jiu'er to hit them back.

• Hua Qiang noticed Little Jiu'er still curled up in the street, weakened by hunger and fresh injuries.
• Little Jiu'er stubbornly claimed she had eaten and spent all her silver, then accidentally revealed that beggars had stolen it.
• Hua Qiang bought Little Jiu'er several meat buns and helped her recover before leading her toward the beggars in the alley.
• Niu Si rallied more than ten beggars to threaten Hua Qiang, but Hua Qiang knocked them all to the ground with one palm strike.
• Niu Si admitted that his men had stolen Little Jiu'er's silver and beaten her, and Hua Qiang told Little Jiu'er to hit them back.

Hua Qiang pushed Little Jiu'er to fight the beggars who had robbed and beaten her, arguing that her master had abandoned her and that striking them would protect others. When Niu Si attacked her with a knife, Little Jiu'er punched him and blew his body apart, proving her warning had been true.

• Little Jiu'er refused to attack the beggars, insisting her master had forbidden it and that her strength would kill them.
• Hua Qiang urged Little Jiu'er to fight back and argued that her master had abandoned her after leaving her alone for a month.
• Hua Qiang pressed Little Jiu'er to kill the beggars, claiming they were evil and that sparing them would let them harm more people.
• Someone tossed a knife toward Little Jiu'er, and Niu Si grabbed it and lunged at her.
• Little Jiu'er dodged Niu Si's slash and punched him, blasting his body into a bloody mist.

Hua Qiang and Huo Qingtong took in Little Jiu'er, gave her the name Hua Jiu'er, and set off with her to hunt Blood Shadow Demon Slayer. Hua Jiu'er hinted that she might help them track him down.

• Hua Qiang welcomed Little Jiu'er after she defeated their attacker, then arranged a bath, clothes, and food for her at an inn.
• Hua Qiang learned that Little Jiu'er was ten and gave her his surname, naming her Hua Jiu'er and calling her his sister.
• Hua Qiang and Huo Qingtong rested at the inn with Hua Jiu'er, who recovered her strength and ate a lavish feast.
• Hua Qiang stocked up on food, and Huo Qingtong flew with Hua Qiang and Hua Jiu'er toward the town where Blood Shadow Demon Slayer had last appeared.
• Hua Jiu'er offered to help Hua Qiang and Huo Qingtong find Blood Shadow Demon Slayer but kept her method secret.

Hua Xiaojiu traced the aura of the evil cultivator who massacred a village, and Hua Qiang and Huo Qingtong pursued him northeast. The chapter revealed the killer as Blood Shadow Demon Slayer Hong Baiwei, refining the villagers’ blood essence in a secluded valley.

• Hua Qiang, Huo Qingtong, and Hua Xiaojiu found a village full of corpses and realized an evil cultivator had drained the villagers’ blood essence.
• Hua Xiaojiu used her special ability to reconstruct the murderer’s image and determine that he had fled northeast.
• Hua Qiang and Huo Qingtong praised Hua Xiaojiu, then followed her lead on the Red-headed Eagle to pursue the killer.
• Blood Shadow Demon Slayer Hong Baiwei refined the blood essence he had taken from the village using the Blood Demon Scripture.
• Hong Baiwei completed his refinement and opened his eyes, sending beams of bloody light through a tree.

Hua Qiang and Huo Qingtong tracked down Hong Baiwei, the Blood Shadow Demon Slayer, and confronted him before he could complete his breakthrough. After exchanging an opening attack, Hua Qiang launched his Annihilation Slash, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Hua Jiu'er located Hong Baiwei in a valley from the Red-headed Eagle’s back.
• Hua Qiang ordered Hua Jiu'er to remain on the Red-headed Eagle while he and Huo Qingtong descended to face Hong Baiwei.
• Hong Baiwei recognized that Hua Qiang and Huo Qingtong had come for him and attacked Hua Qiang with his Blood Vulture Demonic Claw.
• Hua Qiang countered twice with Blade Principle • Thunder Slaughter, destroying Hong Baiwei’s blood-red talon.
• Hua Qiang used Annihilation Slash against Hong Baiwei after Hong Baiwei dismissed his strength.

Hua Qiang fought Hong Baiwei through an exhausting battle and killed him with a final saber strike. Afterward, Hua Qiang gained 100,000 Slaughter Points and laughed in triumph.

• Hong Baiwei countered Hua Qiang's Annihilation Demonic Blade with his Blood Demon Triple Strike, but their attacks destroyed each other.
• Hua Qiang pressed his advantage and wounded Hong Baiwei despite Hong Baiwei's desperate spear attack.
• Hong Baiwei swallowed a blood-red pill to heal himself, then charged Hua Qiang and resumed their fight.
• Hua Qiang spotted a flaw in Hong Baiwei's offense and pierced him with a powerful saber strike.
• Hong Baiwei died, and Hua Qiang received 100,000 Slaughter Points before laughing toward the sky.

After Hua Qiang killed a powerful enemy, he looted the man’s belongings and learned two Blood Demon techniques, using Slaughter Points to reach perfection and advance to Saint Realm Fifth Tier. He gave the Storage Ring and remaining loot to Hua Jiu'er, who eagerly collected the silver and other items.

• Huo Qingtong embraced and kissed Hua Qiang for killing the demon, while Hua Jiu'er teased them by offering to watch and learn.
• Hua Qiang removed the dead man’s Storage Ring and searched the corpse before pouring out its contents.
• Hua Qiang read the Blood Demon Scripture and Blood Demon Spear Art, then spent Slaughter Points to perfect both techniques.
• Hua Qiang converted one hundred thousand Slaughter Points into Blood Qi and broke through to Saint Realm Fifth Tier.
• Hua Qiang gave the Storage Ring to Hua Jiu'er, who stored her silver and took all the remaining loot.

After killing Hong Baiwei, Hua Qiang and Huo Qingtong returned to the sect with Hua Jiu'er, completed their missions, and arranged for her to join the Outer Sect. Meanwhile, Fu Disheng learned that Hua Qiang had returned with the Saintess and plotted to eliminate him through someone else.

• Hua Qiang wrapped Hong Baiwei's severed head as proof of the mission, and he, Huo Qingtong, and Hua Jiu'er returned to Ruin City to meet Fei Nanxing.
• Fei Nanxing welcomed the group, celebrated Hong Baiwei's death, and thanked Hua Qiang and Huo Qingtong for saving Ruin City.
• Hua Qiang and Huo Qingtong turned in their missions at the sect's main hall, and Huo Qingtong helped Hua Jiu'er enroll as an Outer Sect Disciple.
• Xiao Xiaoji told Fu Disheng that Hua Qiang had returned with the Saintess and was behaving intimately with her.
• Fu Disheng decided to have Hua Qiang killed indirectly and gave Xiao Xiaoji a mission.

Fu Disheng sent Xiao Xiaoji to provoke Du Tianming by spreading a rumor that Huo Qingtong had become Dao companions with Hua Qiang. Du Tianming stormed into the outer sect and challenged Hua Qiang to a duel on the Life and Death Stage.

• Fu Disheng told Xiao Xiaoji to carry out a plan and promised him a reward.
• Du Tianming practiced spear techniques in the back mountain, where disciples told him Huo Qingtong had taken Hua Qiang as her Dao companion.
• Du Tianming lost his temper, rushed toward the outer sect, and left Xiao Xiaoji and the others pleased that their provocation had worked.
• Du Tianming arrived at the outer sect plaza and challenged Hua Qiang to meet him on the Life and Death Stage.

Hua Qiang and Hua Jiu'er shared a joyful barbecue behind the waterfall, then returned to the sect plaza, where Du Tianming challenged Hua Qiang to a duel to the death. Hua Qiang accepted the threat with a grin, declaring that Du Tianming was courting death.

• Hua Qiang taught Hua Jiu'er to skewer meat and grilled it for them in the stone chamber behind the waterfall.
• Hua Jiu'er eagerly ate the skewers, praised Hua Qiang, and shared some with him.
• As the sun set, Hua Qiang and Hua Jiu'er left the waterfall chamber and headed back to their quarters.
• Disciples in the sect plaza told Hua Qiang that Du Tianming from the inner sect had been looking for him because Hua Qiang had supposedly stolen his woman.
• Du Tianming appeared in the plaza and challenged Hua Qiang to a duel to the death.
• Hua Qiang grinned at Du Tianming and said he was courting death.

Hua Qiang accepted Du Tianming’s life-and-death challenge after Du threatened him over Huo Qingtong, and the two began a fierce battle on the Life and Death Stage. After their opening attacks left them evenly matched, Du unleashed his Man-Spear Unity technique against Hua Qiang.

• Du Tianming challenged Hua Qiang to a life-and-death battle, and Hua Qiang accepted.
• Hua Jiu'er offered to fight Du, while Huo Qingtong hurried to warn Hua Qiang that Du fought recklessly.
• Du Tianming and Hua Qiang signed the life-and-death documents, and the sect elder declared the battle underway.
• Hua Qiang blocked Du’s dragon-shaped Spear Qi Manifestation with his Heavenly Horse Meteor Fist.
• Du and Hua Qiang exchanged powerful spear and saber strikes until Du activated Man-Spear Unity, Shattering the Firmament, and charged at Hua Qiang.

Hua Qiang shattered Du Tianming’s Man-Spear Unity with Thunder Slaughter, then killed him with Thunder Annihilation Slash. Sect Master Huo Cangliang ordered Hua Qiang to meet him after the battle, while the sect’s younger generation reeled from the demonstration of his strength.

• Hua Qiang used Blade Principle—Thunder Slaughter to break Du Tianming’s Man-Spear Unity and leave him injured.
• The watching disciples and elders marveled at Hua Qiang’s power, and Sect Master Huo Cangliang ordered him to come see him after the battle.
• Du Tianming launched a final attack, forming a Spear Domain from countless spear shadows and declaring that one of them would die.
• Hua Qiang unleashed Thunder Annihilation Slash, shattered Du Tianming’s Spear Domain, and split him in two.
• A mysterious black aura engulfed Du Tianming’s remains and destroyed them, leaving no bones behind.

After Hua Qiang defeated Du Tianming, Tie Futu attacked him in revenge, but Sect Master Huo Cangliang intervened. Hua Qiang challenged Tie Futu to a life-and-death duel one month later and vowed to defeat him despite the enormous gap between their realms.

• Tie Futu interrupted the aftermath of Hua Qiang’s duel and struck him, sending him flying and leaving him coughing blood.
• Huo Cangliang attacked Tie Futu for violating the rules of the Life and Death Stage, and the two argued over their disciples.
• Huo Qingtong gave Hua Qiang a healing pill, while Hua Jiu'er vowed to avenge him when she grew stronger.
• Hua Qiang challenged Tie Futu to a life-and-death duel on the stage one month later, and Tie Futu accepted.
• Huo Cangliang and Hua Qingtong warned Hua Qiang that Tie Futu was at the Saint Realm Seventh Tier, but Hua Qiang insisted he would defeat him.

Hua Qiang entered the Abyssal Demon to gain Slaughter Points and grow stronger before his one-month wager with Third Elder Tie Futu. After cutting down a flock of Night Owls, he drew more demonic beasts toward him and felt the Saint Realm Sixth Tier within reach.

• Hua Qiang refused to let Huo Qingtong and Hua Jiu'er accompany him and promised to return in a month with a surprise.
• Hua Qiang set out for the Abyssal Demon, determined to hunt powerful demonic beasts and reach the Saint Realm Seventh Tier before confronting Third Elder Tie Futu.
• Hua Qiang presented his Azure Cloud Sect token to the guards and entered the abyss through its barrier.
• Hua Qiang used Prediction to see through the darkness and killed a Night Owl with Cold Moon, earning 1,000 Slaughter Points.
• Hua Qiang slew a flock of Night Owls for over twenty thousand Slaughter Points and let their Blood Qi spread to attract more beasts.
• Hua Qiang saw massive silhouettes approaching and welcomed the chance to collect more Slaughter Points.

After killing the Night Owls, Hua Qiang continued leveling up and entered a Stone Forest filled with concealed Dragon Bats. He defended himself against one bat’s sound, spiritual, and needle attacks, leaving the battle underway.

• Hua Qiang checked his Void Panel, resolved to reach the seventh stage before leaving, and absorbed the remaining blood mist from the Night Owls.
• Hua Qiang entered an eerie Stone Forest and activated Flame Martial Guardian when he sensed danger among the motionless black specks.
• Hua Qiang’s protective light revealed that the specks were Dragon Bats, and one attacked him with a sound wave that struck his mind and spirit.
• Hua Qiang resisted the Dragon Bat’s next spiritual assault, devoured its shockwaves, and strengthened his primordial spirit.
• The Dragon Bat fired a rain of black needles at Hua Qiang, who summoned a vortex and swallowed them.

Hua Qiang used his Hungry Ghosts to slaughter Dragon Bats in the Stone Forest and gained Slaughter Points while avoiding a surprise attack with Void Concealment. The Dragon Bat King joined the battle, and Hua Qiang saw a chance to advance by killing the Tier Five beast.

• Hua Qiang killed a Dragon Bat with his saber, then summoned Hungry Ghosts that ignored the bats’ sonic and spiritual attacks and tore them apart.
• Hua Qiang sent more Hungry Ghosts into the Stone Forest, where they fought the Dragon Bats and earned him Slaughter Points.
• Several enormous Dragon Bats attacked Hua Qiang in formation, but he escaped with Void Concealment and killed them with Soul Stab.
• The Dragon Bat King flew into the battle and cut down many Hungry Ghosts with waves of black blades.
• Hua Qiang spotted the Tier Five Dragon Bat King and realized killing it might let him advance to Tier Six.