Chapter Summaries

Hua Qiang fought the Dragon Bat King in the Abyss Stone Forest after it attacked his hungry ghosts. He killed the beast with his Raging Saber Domain: Nirvana, clearing the way for his forces to continue toward the Abyssal Demon.

• The Dragon Bat King attacked the hungry ghosts with a storm of blades, killing several before Hua Qiang intervened.
• Hua Qiang confronted the Dragon Bat King, dodged its spatial attack, and tried to bind it with black chains and Vine Cage.
• The Dragon Bat King burned through the vines with black flames, but Hua Qiang countered with Mystic Ice Storm, slowing the beast and weakening its flames.
• The Dragon Bat King formed thick armor from its scales and resisted the ice, prompting Hua Qiang to summon the Thunderclap Saber.
• Hua Qiang unleashed Raging Saber Domain: Nirvana, shattered the Dragon Bat King's armor, and dismembered it until it vanished.

Hua Qiang advanced to the Saint Realm Sixth Tier and traveled toward the center of the Abyssal Demon with his hungry ghosts, aiming to gather enough blood qi to reach the seventh tier. The chapter then shifted to a dark-robed woman at Black Dragon Pool, where she prepared to face its sixth-tier black dragon to obtain medicine that could save her poisoned master.

• Hua Qiang spent one million slaughter points to raise his blood qi and advance to the Saint Realm Sixth Tier, though he still needed 876,440 blood qi to reach the seventh tier.
• Hua Qiang ordered his hungry ghosts to clear the path, and they killed and ate the fierce beasts that ambushed him while he absorbed their bloody mist.
• After a week, Hua Qiang and the hungry ghosts reached the central region of the Abyssal Demon, where his blood qi progress had advanced only halfway.
• A black dragon emerged from Black Dragon Pool, unleashed its power into the sky, and plunged back beneath the water.
• A dark-robed woman arrived at Black Dragon Pool to claim a rare medicinal herb that could cure her master's demon poison, despite the danger posed by the sixth-tier black dragon.

Nalan Yan entered Black Dragon Pool to obtain the Azure Heart Nether Lotus Fruit and cure her master's Corrupting Demon Poison, but the Black Dragon caught her and fought her fiercely. After their attacks badly injured both of them, Nalan Yan fell to the ground as the dragon lunged at her.

• Nalan Yan cautiously descended into Black Dragon Pool and found the Nether Lotus and its three fruits guarded by a sleeping Black Dragon.
• The Black Dragon woke, attacked Nalan Yan, and pursued her out of the pool.
• Nalan Yan fought back with spiritual ribbons, a bagua shield, and her sword, but the Black Dragon's scales and attacks overwhelmed her defenses.
• Nalan Yan used the Dragon Trapping Pagoda to imprison the Black Dragon, but it blasted its way free with its Dragon Pearl.
• Nalan Yan unleashed Dark Spirit Blast, and the collision with the Dragon Pearl devastated the surrounding land and severely injured them both.
• Nalan Yan collapsed with torn clothes and blood at her lips, and the Black Dragon lunged toward her.

Nalan Yan used a powerful treasure to blast the Black Dragon’s tail and badly wound it, but the beast survived and advanced on her. As she prepared to die, she thought of her master and Hua Qiang before the Black Dragon reached her.

• Nalan Yan, too injured to fight, hurled the Sect Grand Elder’s spindle-shaped treasure at the Black Dragon as it tried to devour her.
• The Black Dragon used its tail to block the strike, losing its tail and suffering severe wounds but surviving the blast.
• The enraged Black Dragon rose from the crater and continued toward Nalan Yan, vowing to make her suffer before devouring her.
• Nalan Yan despaired that her final attack had failed and murmured a farewell to her master.
• Nalan Yan thought of Hua Qiang, then closed her eyes as the Black Dragon extended its claws toward her.

Hua Qiang rescued Nalan Yan from a Black Dragon and confirmed that they knew each other. After giving her a Healing Pill, he prepared to fight the tier-6 beast, confident he could defeat it.

• Hua Qiang killed the Phantom Spider King, then left the valley with his Hungry Ghosts.
• Hua Qiang spotted a Black Dragon about to attack Nalan Yan and wounded it with a blade carrying the Law of Destruction.
• Hua Qiang rescued the paralyzed Nalan Yan, who recognized him and excitedly confirmed her identity.
• Hua Qiang ordered the Hungry Ghosts to guard against the Black Dragon and gave Nalan Yan a Healing Pill.
• Hua Qiang told Nalan Yan to recover while he went to kill the Black Dragon, assuring her that he was a legend.

Hua Qiang fought the Black Dragon, turning its Dragon Breath against it and wounding it with thunder attacks despite its mastery of the Space Law. The Black Dragon then launched a crushing spatial attack against Hua Qiang.

• Hua Qiang left Nalan Yan under the Hungry Ghosts’ protection and approached the Black Dragon.
• The Black Dragon attacked Hua Qiang with Dragon Breath, but Hua Qiang used the Law of Fire to command the flames and send them back at the dragon.
• The Black Dragon folded space to escape Hua Qiang’s fiery prison, so Hua Qiang attacked it with the Thunderclap Blade and Thunder Slaughter.
• The Black Dragon escaped the thunder-filled area badly wounded, then twisted and folded space around Hua Qiang to crush him.

Hua Qiang tried to escape the Black Dragon’s Folding Space domain by slashing through its pocket spaces, while the wounded Black Dragon struggled to maintain the domain. When Hua Qiang’s assault threatened to break through, the Black Dragon sent several powerful copies to attack him, and Hua Qiang summoned his World-Ending Thunder Dragon physique to face them.

• Hua Qiang cleaved through a spatial barrier, only to find himself trapped in another layer of the Black Dragon’s domain.
• The Black Dragon explained that its Folding Space contained countless interlocking pocket spaces and taunted Hua Qiang to surrender.
• Hua Qiang repeatedly slashed through pocket spaces, exhausting himself as he pressed toward escape.
• The wounded Black Dragon realized Hua Qiang’s relentless assault could break the domain and summoned several powerful Black Dragon copies to attack him.
• Hua Qiang activated his World-Ending Thunder Dragon physique, summoning a gigantic thunder dragon as the Black Dragons resumed their assault.

Hua Qiang broke out of the Black Dragons’ Folding Space and concealed himself, then trapped and slaughtered their horde with his Blade Domain. After killing the surviving Black Dragon, he absorbed its blood mist and recovered his strength while growing more powerful.

• Hua Qiang and the World-Ending Thunder Dragon fought through the Black Dragons, and Hua Qiang broke through the Folding Space with a World-Ending Thunder Slash.
• Hua Qiang concealed himself outside the breach, restored some strength with Origin Energy Pills, and hid his Blade Domain with the power of the void.
• Hua Qiang used Prediction to identify the Black Dragon’s true body among its clones, then trapped the gathered dragons in his Blade Domain.
• Hua Qiang’s blade edges shattered the Black Dragons’ Energy Shield and slaughtered the horde.
• Hua Qiang ignored the last Black Dragon’s pleas for mercy and cut it down, gaining 1,000,000 Slaughter Points.
• Hua Qiang activated the Blood Demon Scripture to absorb the blood mist, restoring his strength and increasing his attributes.

After killing the Sixth-Tier Black Dragon, Hua Qiang used his Slaughter Points to break through to Saint Realm Seventh Tier and learned how Nalan Yan had arrived on the Sacred Spirit Continent. The Black Dragon’s blood then seemed to trigger a strange reaction in both of them, leaving Nalan Yan overwhelmed and Hua Qiang trapped beneath her as the Hungry Ghosts watched.

• Hua Qiang spent Slaughter Points to break through to Saint Realm Seventh Tier, and Nalan Yan noticed his rising aura.
• Hua Qiang asked how Nalan Yan had reached the Sacred Spirit Continent, and she explained that her Gene Lock had unlocked before a beam of light brought her there.
• Hua Qiang felt his blood surge after absorbing the Black Dragon’s blood and suspected that it contained an aphrodisiac poison.
• Nalan Yan flushed, cried that she was hot, stripped off her clothes, and pounced on Hua Qiang.
• Hua Qiang could not free himself from Nalan Yan, while the Hungry Ghosts stared in shock.

Hua Qiang sheltered himself and Nalan Yan inside a grass dwelling while she underwent a mysterious transformation. When a lightning tribulation struck, Nalan Yan faced it alone, and Hua Qiang realized they had formed a deep bond.

• Hua Qiang formed a green spherical dwelling to shield himself and Nalan Yan from the Hungry Ghosts’ gaze.
• Nalan Yan rode freely inside the dwelling while the Hungry Ghosts waited outside, and a day passed without any demonic beasts approaching.
• Seven-colored radiance transformed Nalan Yan’s body as a powerful force from the sky locked onto the dwelling.
• Nalan Yan left the dwelling and endured successive bolts of tribulation lightning, absorbing their power despite her injuries.
• Hua Qiang woke, dismissed the green dwelling, and watched Nalan Yan as he recognized their bond.

Nalan Yan defeated the nine Tribulation Dragons and ascended to the Immortal Realm after entrusting Hua Qiang with saving her poisoned master, Dugu Wuqing. Before leaving, she gave Hua Qiang power that raised him to the Saint Realm Seventh Tier, and he was left behind as she vanished into the sky.

• Nalan Yan fought the nine Tribulation Dragons with Star Phoenix, her spirit seal, the Ocean Seal, and her awakened bloodline power, ultimately destroying them.
• Nalan Yan survived the tribulation and received the golden light and energy that marked her ascension to the Immortal Realm.
• Nalan Yan told Hua Qiang to retrieve the Azure Heart Nether Lotus Fruit from Black Dragon Pool, consume two, and deliver the remaining fruit to Dugu Wuqing at Lone Peak of the Crimson Cloud Sect.
• Nalan Yan sent a streak of seven-colored radiance into Hua Qiang, raising his cultivation to the Saint Realm Seventh Tier.
• Nalan Yan ascended into the sky and disappeared, leaving Hua Qiang behind.

Hua Qiang entered the Black Dragon Pool and found three Azure Heart Nether Lotus Fruits, consuming two to advance to the Saint Realm Ninth Stage pinnacle. After gaining an initial grasp of Space Law, he prepared to fulfill his promise.

• Hua Qiang entered Black Dragon Pool with the Hungry Ghosts and passed through an Energy Shield into a hidden space.
• Hua Qiang found three nearly ripe Azure Heart Nether Lotus Fruits and collected all of them.
• Hua Qiang ate one fruit and refined its energy, advancing to the Saint Realm Eighth Order.
• Hua Qiang consumed a second fruit and reached the Saint Realm Ninth Stage pinnacle.
• Hua Qiang used the Void Pearl to gain an initial grasp of Space Law, then set out to fulfill his promise.

Hua Qiang arrived at the Crimson Cloud Sect with medicine entrusted to him by Nalan Yan to save Dugu Wuqing from the Corrupting Demon Poison. The sect leaders recognized the Azure Heart Nether Lotus Fruit and believed Dugu Wuqing could be saved.

• Yan Chixia and the Crimson Cloud Sect elders despaired over Dugu Wuqing's worsening condition and the lack of a cure.
• The elders recalled how Dugu Wuqing had taken a Demonkin's strike while protecting her fellow disciples during an ambush by the Ghost Sect and Devil Race.
• The sect leaders hoped Nalan Yan would return from Black Dragon Pool with the legendary Spirit Fruit, despite the danger posed by its Level Six Black Dragon.
• Hua Qiang appeared above the Crimson Cloud Sect and said Nalan Yan had entrusted him with medicine for Dugu Wuqing.
• Hua Qiang produced the Azure Heart Nether Lotus Fruit, and Yan Chixia recognized it as the medicine that could save Dugu Wuqing.

Hua Qiang told Dugu Wuqing that Nalan Yan had ascended to the Immortal Realm, and she eventually accepted the news. On his way back to the Azure Cloud Sect, Hua Qiang found two Level 8 Demonic Beasts fighting and watched as he considered taking advantage of their battle.

• Hua Qiang told Dugu Wuqing that he and Nalan Yan were Dao companions and that she had ascended to the Immortal Realm.
• Dugu Wuqing questioned Hua Qiang's account, then believed him and reflected on Nalan Yan's extraordinary rise.
• Hua Qiang left Lone Peak and traveled toward the Azure Cloud Sect, choosing to admire the scenery rather than use the Space Law.
• Hua Qiang heard a tiger's roar, concealed his aura, and descended toward a valley where two fierce beasts were fighting.
• Hua Qiang saw a Flying White Tiger and a Blazing Python battle as two Level 8 Demonic Beasts.

Hua Qiang intervened in the battle between the Flying White Tiger and the Blazing Python, killed the python by turning its flames back on it, and faced the wounded tiger’s plea to become his master. He left the tiger’s fate dependent on whether it could prove its worth.

• The Flying White Tiger and the Blazing Python fought fiercely, leaving both beasts badly wounded and the tiger unable to continue.
• Hua Qiang appeared just as the Blazing Python prepared to deliver the Flying White Tiger a fatal blow.
• The Blazing Python attacked Hua Qiang with a torrent of flames, but he stopped them and sent them surging back at the beast.
• The flames engulfed the Blazing Python, killing it and earning Hua Qiang Slaughter Points.
• The terrified Flying White Tiger surrendered and offered to acknowledge Hua Qiang as its master, but he demanded that it prove its ability.

Hua Qiang spared the Flying White Tiger and used it to hunt high-level demonic beasts, bringing him halfway closer to the Blood Qi needed to reach the Divine Realm. He returned to Azure Cloud Sect through folded space, reunited with Huo Qingtong and Hua Jiu'er, and offered his wife a little toy.

• The Flying White Tiger begged Hua Qiang to spare its life, and he accepted it as his servant instead of killing it for Slaughter Points.
• Hua Qiang and the Flying White Tiger hunted high-level demonic beasts in the Abyssal Demon, shortening his path to the Divine Realm by half.
• After killing a Level 8 black bear, Hua Qiang used spatial power to take the Flying White Tiger back to Azure Cloud Sect in a single step.
• Huo Qingtong and Hua Jiu'er worried about Hua Qiang's absence and lamented that they could not find him.
• Hua Qiang appeared in the pavilion and embraced Huo Qingtong and Hua Jiu'er, then told his wife he had a little toy for her.

Hua Qiang gave Huo Qingtong a Level 8 Flying White Tiger and revealed that he had reached the Saint Realm Ninth Stage. He challenged Tie Futu to a life-and-death duel, and after both signed the contract, Tie Futu unleashed his aura on the arena.

• Hua Qiang gave Huo Qingtong the Flying White Tiger, Little White, as her protector and promised Hua Jiu'er a high-level demonic beast in the future.
• Hua Qiang revealed that he had reached the Saint Realm Ninth Stage, shocking Huo Qingtong and Hua Jiu'er.
• The next day, Hua Qiang called Tie Futu out to fight at the Life-and-Death Arena, interrupting Tie Futu's cultivation.
• Huo Cangliang arrived at the arena, where Huo Qingtong assured him that Hua Qiang would win, while his attempt to probe Hua Qiang's cultivation failed.
• Tie Futu appeared at the arena, and Hua Qiang and Tie Futu signed the life-and-death contract.
• Tie Futu released his aura toward Hua Qiang and demanded his life.

Hua Qiang effortlessly countered Tie Futu’s techniques and defeated him in their life-and-death duel. Tie Futu warned that powerful people stood behind him as Hua Qiang prepared to decide his fate.

• Tie Futu trapped Hua Qiang in an Iron Prison Cage, but Hua Qiang broke the chains with a few flicks of his finger.
• Tie Futu summoned a Flame Demon, but Hua Qiang evaded its strike and dispersed it with a touch.
• Tie Futu activated his Steel True Body and charged Hua Qiang, whose Flame Martial Guardian shielded him from the spiritual blades.
• Hua Qiang transformed the shield into golden and crimson rays, bound Tie Futu, and drained his spiritual power until his Steel True Body collapsed.
• Hua Qiang released Tie Futu, who fell to the ground and threatened him with retaliation from the people behind him.

Hua Qiang prepared to kill Tie Futu on the Life and Death Stage despite threats from Tie Futu’s Lineage and pleas from the elders. When Tie Futu called for Grand Elder Chen Yao, she was interrupted during her cultivation and reacted furiously.

• Hua Qiang rejected the elders’ calls to spare Tie Futu and declared that he would kill him despite any retaliation from his Lineage.
• Tie Futu threatened Hua Qiang with the sect’s rules and the consequences for the sect, but Hua Qiang insisted he would take responsibility.
• Hua Qiang confirmed he would kill Tie Futu as the Sect Master and elders avoided intervening.
• Tie Futu called out for Grand Elder Chen Yao to save him, and Hua Qiang revealed he had been waiting to see her response.
• Chen Yao awoke from her cultivation in an ice cave and demanded to know who had attacked Tie Futu.

Hua Qiang defeated Tie Futu on the Life-and-Death Arena and invited him to summon his strongest allies. After Tie Futu called for his ancestor, Grand Elder Chen Yao arrived and threatened Hua Qiang, who calmly challenged her to attack.

• Hua Qiang reassured Huo Qingtong that he feared no one below the Divine Realm while keeping Tie Futu pinned beneath his foot.
• Hua Qiang allowed Tie Futu to summon his Lineage’s ancestor, and Tie Futu used a bloodied black stone to call for help.
• Chen Yao rushed to Tie Futu’s aid, while Huo Cangliang watched with a Sound Transmission Stone in hand.
• Chen Yao demanded that Hua Qiang release Tie Futu and apologize, but Hua Qiang refused and cited the Life-and-Death Arena’s rules.
• Chen Yao threatened to kill Hua Qiang herself, and he calmly invited her to make her move.