Chapter Summaries

The bald strong man of the Zhao clan left the farmhouse to prey on a woman in the village while the young man surnamed Luan and the mouse-eyed Innate waited for the Heaven Swallowing Dao Child. After he trapped a farmwife’s family in their courtyard, three unseen figures appeared on the wall behind him.

• The bald strong man asked the young man surnamed Luan for permission to replenish his vitality by preying on a village woman, and Luan agreed with a warning not to cause trouble.
• The bald strong man offered to bring the mouse-eyed Innate a woman, and the Innate eagerly accepted.
• The young man surnamed Luan and the mouse-eyed Innate stayed in the farmhouse courtyard while the bald strong man went out alone to hunt.
• The bald strong man followed a farmwife home, immobilized her family with true qi, and prepared to torment them.
• Three people silently appeared on the wall behind the bald strong man and watched him.

Meng Zhao watched Gu Sinan and Yun Fei ambush the bald strong man after he targeted a farm woman. The two powerhouses overwhelmed him, while Meng Zhao contained the fight and protected the farm family.

• Meng Zhao followed Gu Sinan and Yun Fei as they tracked the bald strong man and observed his wicked deeds.
• Gu Sinan and Yun Fei launched a sudden joint attack on the bald strong man as he approached the farm woman.
• Meng Zhao recognized that Yun Fei’s martial arts drew power from inscribed text linked to an old cultivation path.
• The bald strong man countered with a peach-tree manifestation and pink true qi, but Gu Sinan and Yun Fei’s attacks overwhelmed him.
• Meng Zhao sealed off the courtyard to contain the sound and shield the farm family from harm.
• The bald strong man was blasted backward with both arms mangled, though Gu Sinan and Yun Fei held back from killing him outright.

Gu Sinan and Yun Fei defeated Zhao Baojian, whose Three Revolutions Yin Cauldron Skill had briefly disrupted their minds, and began questioning him about his betrayal of the Demon Venerable Hall. The chapter left Zhao Baojian terrified of the Law Enforcement Hall’s torture as Gu Sinan started interrogating him.

• Gu Sinan and Yun Fei joined forces to defeat the injured Zhao Baojian and deliberately spared his life for questioning.
• Gu Sinan and Yun Fei expelled the skill’s disruptive yin true qi, and Yun Fei explained the strengths and limitations of the Three Revolutions Yin Cauldron Skill.
• Meng Zhao urged Gu Sinan and Yun Fei to interrogate Zhao Baojian before the other traitors became wary and escaped.
• Gu Sinan used true qi to torture Zhao Baojian and asked whether he recognized him.
• Zhao Baojian identified Gu Sinan and feared the Law Enforcement Hall’s notorious punishments more than death.

Gu Sinan learned that Zhao Baojian and his companions had come to meet the Heaven Swallowing Dao Child and trade stolen treasures for protection. Gu Sinan and Yun Fei decided to continue hunting the Demon Venerable Hall’s traitors, and Gu Sinan turned to Meng Zhao with a request.

• Gu Sinan interrogated Zhao Baojian, who identified Luan Yeping and Yang Chu as his companions and admitted they had come to seek the Heaven Swallowing Dao Child’s protection.
• Zhao Baojian explained that Luan Yeping had arranged a meeting so they could exchange the wealth they had taken while fleeing the Demon Venerable Hall.
• Gu Sinan worried about provoking the Human Path, but Yun Fei said he had fought the Heaven Swallowing Dao Child and still supported pursuing the traitors under their master’s orders.
• Meng Zhao reasoned that the Heaven Swallowing Dao Child was acting on his own, while Ye Huan’s power meant the Demon Venerable Hall need not fear him.
• Gu Sinan and Yun Fei looked to Meng Zhao, and Gu Sinan asked whether he would consider a request.

Meng Zhao agreed to help Gu Sinan and Yun Fei face the Heaven Swallowing Dao Child if he appeared. After Gu Sinan killed Zhao Baojian, Luan Yeping grew suspicious when Zhao failed to return and sent three disciples to search for him.

• Gu Sinan asked Meng Zhao to hold off the Heaven Swallowing Dao Child if he intervened, and Meng Zhao agreed to test himself against him.
• Gu Sinan interrogated Zhao Baojian for information, then killed him with a steel needle formed from a strand of green silk.
• Gu Sinan, Yun Fei, and Meng Zhao left the farmhouse family restrained while they prepared for the possibility of enemy reinforcements.
• At the farmhouse, Luan Yeping worried that Zhao Baojian had not returned, but Yang Chu dismissed his concern and expected Zhao to bring back a young woman.
• Luan Yeping ordered three attendant disciples to search for Zhao Baojian and signal if they found anything unusual; they leaped over the courtyard wall, and an unexpected event occurred.

Gu Sinan and Yun Fei ambushed Luan Yeping and Yang Chu while Meng Zhao watched, hoping to learn the Demon Venerable Hall’s martial arts from their fight. Luan Yeping and Yang Chu tried to escape through the dust, but their opponents cleared it and intercepted them.

• A mysterious force struck three Houtian Realm martial artists dead outside the courtyard, alarming Luan Yeping and Yang Chu.
• Luan Yeping suspected the Law Enforcement Hall was involved, while Yang Chu worried whether the Heaven Swallowing Dao Child would arrive to save them.
• Gu Sinan and Yun Fei maintained their concealed ambush and used the uncertainty to wear down Luan Yeping and Yang Chu.
• Luan Yeping and Yang Chu smashed down the courtyard wall and fled in separate directions through the dust.
• Gu Sinan swept away the dust, and he and Yun Fei intercepted Luan Yeping and Yang Chu as Meng Zhao watched and studied their martial arts.

Meng Zhao studied Luan Yeping’s precise, threadlike use of True Qi during his battle with Gu Sinan and began tempering his own Crimson Dragon True Qi. Gu Sinan and Yun Fei continued fighting Luan Yeping and Yang Chu, with Yun Fei holding Yang Chu in place while awaiting a chance to join Gu Sinan.

• Gu Sinan and Luan Yeping fought in a fierce stalemate, using contrasting river-like and spider-like martial arts.
• Meng Zhao recognized that Luan Yeping’s fine control of True Qi could help him cultivate and temper his own power.
• Meng Zhao circulated Crimson Dragon True Qi while studying Luan Yeping’s techniques and gained greater agility in his True Qi.
• Meng Zhao judged that Gu Sinan would likely defeat Luan Yeping after about sixty to sixty-five moves, though killing him would take longer.
• Yun Fei and Yang Chu fought cautiously, with Yang Chu relying on speed and evasion while Yun Fei tried to keep him from escaping.
• Meng Zhao realized Yun Fei was waiting for Gu Sinan to finish his fight so they could join forces against Yang Chu.

Meng Zhao watched the battle in the village until a white-clad expert he suspected was the Heaven Swallowing Dao Child arrived and attacked him. After their clash, Meng Zhao recognized the Heaven Swallowing Sun Devouring Great Law and became eager to face its wielder.

• Meng Zhao chose to watch Gu Sinan and Yun Fei fight the two traitors rather than join them, while the villagers stayed indoors.
• Meng Zhao sensed a hostile presence and saw a white-clad expert land before him, whose appearance was so unremarkable that it was hard to remember.
• The white-clad man used a powerful suction technique that nearly pulled Meng Zhao's qi, blood, and spirit from his body, but Meng Zhao's Dragon Body divine ability resisted it.
• The man changed the suction into a fierce palm strike, and Meng Zhao answered with Coiling Dragon Palm, shattering the attack before retreating from the man's Energy Wall.
• Meng Zhao asked whether the man was the Heaven Swallowing Dao Child and recognized his technique as the Heaven Swallowing Sun Devouring Great Law, which filled him with battle excitement.

Meng Zhao fought the white-robed man suspected to be the Heaven Swallowing Dao Child, turning aside both of his attacks without giving him an advantage. Their exchange unsettled the ongoing battle in the Demon Venerable Hall, leaving Luan Yeping and Yang Chu faltering while Gu Sinan and Yun Fei gained confidence.

• The white-robed man attacked Meng Zhao with a mass of earth and vegetation, but Meng Zhao blocked it with an Energy Wall and split the ground beneath him.
• Meng Zhao used the Dragon Seizing Hand to launch stones from the ravine at the white-robed man, who shattered them with a barrier but showed signs of strain.
• The white-robed man stopped attacking after both moves failed to gain an advantage over Meng Zhao.
• Gu Sinan, Luan Yeping, Yun Fei, and Yang Chu grew distracted by the duel, and Luan Yeping and Yang Chu became anxious when the white-robed man could not overcome Meng Zhao.
• Luan Yeping and Yang Chu faltered against their opponents, while Gu Sinan and Yun Fei wondered whether the Heaven Swallowing Dao Child's reputation exceeded his actual ability.

Meng Zhao battled a man in white who wielded the Heaven Swallowing Sun Devouring Great Law but was not the Heaven Swallowing Dao Child. Their true qi reached a stalemate, and the chapter left the man in white struggling to withstand Meng Zhao’s scorching power.

• Yun Fei recognized that the man in white’s aura differed greatly from the Heaven Swallowing Dao Child’s, while Meng Zhao judged him to be a powerful expert with obvious weaknesses.
• The man in white demanded Meng Zhao’s name, but Meng Zhao challenged his identity and refused to treat him as the Heaven Swallowing Dao Child.
• The man in white attacked with a true-qi claw, and Meng Zhao met it with his scarlet fist force, locking them in a contest of power.
• Their collision unleashed explosions that tore up the ground as Gu Sinan, Luan Yeping, Yun Fei, and Yang Chu recognized the clash as a contest of true qi.
• The man in white began absorbing and converting Meng Zhao’s true qi, but Meng Zhao’s Crimson Dragon True Qi burned him from within and threatened to destroy his meridians and dantian.

Meng Zhao exploited the man in white’s fragile body to overwhelm him with Crimson Dragon True Qi and drive him into retreat. Their pursuit ranged away from the others, while Gu Sinan and Yun Fei pressed the traitors and Meng Zhao transformed into a Purple True Dragon Dharma Form to finish the fight.

• Meng Zhao’s crimson attack broke through the man in white’s devouring sphere, injured him, and forced him to retreat.
• Meng Zhao relentlessly pursued the wounded man in white with waves of dragon force, while the others watched the fight move away.
• Gu Sinan and Yun Fei intensified their attacks on Luan Yeping and Yang Chu as the traitors struggled and hoped the Heaven Swallowing Dao Child would arrive.
• Meng Zhao and the man in white fought across the surrounding area, destroying trees and stone troughs as the man’s injuries slowed his reactions.
• Meng Zhao transformed into a Purple True Dragon Dharma Form and continued his pursuit, determined to capture or kill the man in white.

Meng Zhao fought the white-clad man at a river, where the man used the Heaven Swallowing Sun Devouring Great Law to turn the water into deadly attacks. Meng Zhao overwhelmed him with dragon roars and the Dragon Locking Skill, then captured him, hoping to learn the technique’s secrets.

• The white-clad man reached the river and unleashed a barrage of water attacks against Meng Zhao.
• Meng Zhao fought back as a Purple True Dragon, using his defenses and flames to withstand and disperse the water.
• Meng Zhao released three dragon roars that shattered the water attacks and disrupted the white-clad man's true qi.
• Meng Zhao closed the distance and used the Dragon Locking Skill to pierce and bind the white-clad man.
• The defeated man fell into Meng Zhao's grasp, and Meng Zhao resolved to use the Heaven Swallowing Sun Devouring Great Law to advance his Crimson Dragon Heavenly Capital Secret Canon.

Meng Zhao captured Wei Qi, one of the Heaven Swallowing Dao Child’s substitutes, hoping to learn the Heaven Swallowing Sun Devouring Great Law and improve his own cultivation. Wei Qi revealed the Dao Child’s orders and his incomplete inheritance of the art, leaving Meng Zhao shocked by what he learned.

• Meng Zhao reflected on how the Sky-Illuminating Mirror, his Purple Origin Dragon Body, and the Crimson Dragon Heavenly Capital Secret Canon had enabled his rise.
• Meng Zhao silenced the white-clad man and carried him to a secluded stretch of barren hills to question him.
• Meng Zhao used the Purple Origin Dragon Body’s pressure to intimidate the captive and asked why he knew the Heaven Swallowing Sun Devouring Great Law.
• The man identified himself as Wei Qi, one of the Heaven Swallowing Dao Child’s nine substitutes, trained to travel and handle affairs in the Dao Child’s place.
• Wei Qi said the Dao Child had ordered him to contact Luan Yeping and others, retrieve the Demon Venerable Hall’s foundational treasures, and take them to the Mishui Immortal Palace for a demon gathering.
• Wei Qi revealed that the Dao Child had taught him only one-fifth of the Heaven Swallowing Sun Devouring Great Law, and Meng Zhao reacted with shock.

Meng Zhao learned about the Heaven Swallowing Dao Child’s nine powerful doubles and the profound abilities and limits of the Heaven Swallowing Sun Devouring Great Law. After his Purple Star Thought calmed his fears, he resolved to rely on the Crimson Dragon Heavenly Capital Secret Canon and pursue the Emperor Dragon Body.

• Meng Zhao realized Wei Qi was one of nine doubles trained by the Heaven Swallowing Dao Child, whose influence and schemes might extend throughout the realm.
• The man in white explained that the Heaven Swallowing Sun Devouring Great Law could absorb and refine Essence, Qi, and Spirit, and might eventually devour beasts, divine weapons, and even the cosmos.
• Meng Zhao recognized that Wei Qi had learned only the Qi sect portion of the art, while the complete method could also strengthen the body and mind.
• Meng Zhao’s Purple Star Thought severed his fearful thoughts and tempered his mental will.
• Meng Zhao concluded that the Heaven Swallowing Sun Devouring Great Law still had limits and trusted the Crimson Dragon Heavenly Capital Secret Canon to protect him as he pursued the Emperor Dragon Body.

Meng Zhao forced Wei Qi to reveal a fragment of the Heaven Swallowing Eclipse Sun Demonic Art and uncovered the Heaven Swallowing Dao Child’s likely plan to use nine substitutes as fuel for a breakthrough. He used the Sky-Illuminating Mirror to begin fusing the fragment with the Crimson Dragon Heavenly Capital Secret Canon.

• Meng Zhao ordered Wei Qi to explain the fragmentary Heaven Swallowing Eclipse Sun Demonic Art, then analyzed its cultivation and combat methods.
• Meng Zhao asked whether the Heaven Swallowing Dao Child had divided three devouring methods among nine substitutes and forbidden them from sharing; Wei Qi confirmed it.
• Meng Zhao deduced that the Heaven Swallowing Dao Child intended to devour the substitutes’ blood essence, divine senses, and true qi to break through into the Grandmaster Realm.
• Meng Zhao checked the Sky-Illuminating Mirror and found an eighty-seven-point compatibility between the demonic art fragment and the Crimson Dragon Heavenly Capital Secret Canon.
• Meng Zhao began using the Sky-Illuminating Mirror to deduce and fuse the two arts, then stirred after half an incense stick had passed.

Meng Zhao integrated the Heaven Swallowing Sun Devouring Great Law into his cultivation system and renamed it the Heavenly Capital Imperial Dragon Ziwei Scripture. After learning about the Mishui Immortal Palace and its Demonic Assembly, he questioned what the Heaven Swallowing Dao Child sought there and considered Wei Qi’s offer to help him obtain it.

• Meng Zhao completed his integration of the demonic art and named his new cultivation method the Heavenly Capital Imperial Dragon Ziwei Scripture.
• Meng Zhao asked Wei Qi to explain the Mishui Immortal Palace and the Demonic Assembly.
• Wei Qi described the palace’s hidden location, its powerful master, and the gathering where Demonic Path experts exchanged goods, knowledge, and martial skills.
• Wei Qi revealed that the Heaven Swallowing Dao Child had sent him to trade three treasures from the Demon Venerable Hall for an unknown item from the Mishui Palace Master.
• Meng Zhao questioned what the Dao Child wanted, and Wei Qi offered to seek the item for him if Meng Zhao spared his life.

Meng Zhao decided to broaden his reach amid the realm’s growing turmoil and questioned Wei Qi about Mishui Immortal Palace and the Heaven Swallowing Dao Child. Wei Qi pledged himself to Meng Zhao, who planned to use him to obtain the Dao Child’s desired item and then kill him to hide his identity.

• Meng Zhao weighed the unrest across the realm and concluded that he needed to strengthen himself and cultivate contacts beyond Lingwu City, including among the Demonic Path.
• Meng Zhao questioned Wei Qi about Mishui Immortal Palace, the Heaven Swallowing Dao Child, and the forces under his command.
• Meng Zhao revealed that the Dao Child might be raising Wei Qi and eight others as nourishment for his attempt to reach the Grandmaster Realm.
• Wei Qi recognized the danger and begged Meng Zhao to take him in, pledging to serve him.
• Meng Zhao concealed his doubts, intending to use Wei Qi to obtain the Dao Child’s desired item at the Mishui Immortal Palace gathering and then kill him to protect his identity.

Meng Zhao captured Wei Qi and brought him back to the village, where he told Gu Sinan and Yun Fei about the Heaven Swallowing Dao Child’s nine stand-ins. The group was left considering how powerful the Dao Child might be, while Gu Sinan reassured Yun Fei that he might not surpass their masters.

• Meng Zhao released one of Wei Qi’s meridians while keeping most of his true qi sealed, and Wei Qi failed to break free of the restraint.
• Meng Zhao and Wei Qi returned to the village, where Gu Sinan and Yun Fei had killed the traitors Luan Yeping and Yang Chu.
• Gu Sinan asked why Wei Qi was following Meng Zhao, and Meng Zhao proposed they discuss matters at the traitors’ lodging.
• Meng Zhao recounted his battle with Wei Qi and explained that the Heaven Swallowing Dao Child had nine powerful stand-ins.
• Yun Fei wondered whether the opponent who had defeated him was a stand-in and whether the Dao Child could rival his master, while Gu Sinan reassured him.

Meng Zhao planned to use Wei Qi to obtain an item sought by the Heaven Swallowing Dao Child at the Demon Gathering, despite Gu Sinan’s warnings about the powerful Mishui Palace Master. To guard against Wei Qi’s betrayal, Meng Zhao had him swallow a poison that only Gu Sinan’s Elder Brother’s technique could dispel, then left his true intentions uncertain.

• Gu Sinan explained the Mishui Palace Master’s formidable Buddha-Demon cultivation and warned Meng Zhao to proceed with caution.
• Meng Zhao said he would use Wei Qi to deceive the Mishui Palace Master and take the item before fleeing to Nan'an.
• Gu Sinan warned that Wei Qi could betray Meng Zhao, and Wei Qi swore he would remain loyal and not return to the Heaven Swallowing Dao Child.
• Meng Zhao asked Gu Sinan for a way to reduce the risk, and Gu Sinan offered a deadly poison that could control Wei Qi.
• Wei Qi swallowed the poison and begged Meng Zhao to spare his life after the mission, while Meng Zhao said he still needed Wei Qi’s knowledge.

Meng Zhao planned to attend the Mishui Immortal Palace demon gathering, and Yun Fei offered to accompany him. Gu Sinan and Yun Fei agreed to provide three Demon Venerable Hall treasures for Meng Zhao’s exchange, and the group settled on a disguise for their journey.

• Yun Fei said he would travel with Meng Zhao to Kunnan County and protect him at the demon gathering.
• Meng Zhao asked Gu Sinan and Yun Fei to lend him three Demon Venerable Hall treasures for a trade with the Mishui Immortal Palace’s Palace Master.
• Gu Sinan and Yun Fei agreed to give Meng Zhao the three treasures without requiring repayment, seeking a lasting partnership.
• Meng Zhao, Gu Sinan, and Yun Fei persuaded Gu Sinan to join their trip to the Mishui Immortal Palace demon gathering.
• The group decided Wei Qi would lead the journey while they posed as traitors who had fled the Demon Venerable Hall.