Chapter Summaries

Kong Wu killed Hun Qi with Moon Slash just before Hong Chen and his maids arrived, then faced off against Hong Chen’s maid Ao Mei. After using Soul Shock to disrupt her and Moon Slash to cut through her attacks, Kong Wu killed Ao Mei and gained 812 free attribute points.

• Kong Wu killed Hun Qi with Moon Slash and examined Hong Chen and the powerful maids who had arrived.
• Kong Wu assigned 578 free attribute points, boosting his Life and Strength, then challenged Hong Chen as he pointed his bone sword at him.
• Hong Chen sent Ao Mei to test Kong Wu, and she attacked him with invisible zither blades.
• Kong Wu used Soul Shock to disrupt Ao Mei’s mind and throw off her control of the zither blades.
• Ao Mei recovered and unleashed a wave of zither blades, but Kong Wu used Moon Slash to cut through them and kill her, earning 812 free attribute points.

Kong Wu used the Sudden Rain Divine Ability to kill Ao Mei outright, realizing its marked weaknesses could overcome Void Refining cultivators’ substitute-death clones. He faced Hong Chen’s next three maids, whose attacks barely slowed him, while Hong Chen recognized that Kong Wu grew stronger after killing opponents.

• Kong Wu’s sword struck Ao Mei’s marked weakness and killed her without allowing her Divine Ability clones to revive her.
• Hong Chen identified the attack as a Dao Severing Technique, while Kong Wu wondered whether the Heaven Shaking Finger could also bypass Void Refining clones.
• Kong Wu spent 812 free attribute points, raised his bone sword toward Hong Chen, and challenged him to fight.
• Hong Chen sent You Lan and two other maids to attack Kong Wu from a distance, and they spread out and launched their musical weapons.
• Kong Wu charged through their attacks with little injury, and Hong Chen concluded that he grew stronger after killing his opponents.

Kong Wu killed You Lan with the Moon-Slashing Divine Ability, then endured attacks from the remaining maids while Hong Chen watched and continued testing his limits. The chapter ended with Hong Chen deciding that he still needed to find out whether Kong Wu had a limit.

• You Lan used the Morning Wind Flute, but Kong Wu resisted its soul attack and charged at her as her strength weakened.
• You Lan turned her head for a final look at Hong Chen before Kong Wu killed her and gained 784 free attribute points and one Divine attribute point.
• Two of You Lan’s fellow maids attacked Kong Wu, while Hong Chen watched and joked with the women in his sedan chair.
• Kong Wu was briefly distracted by Hong Chen’s display and struck by a clay ocarina, but the maids’ attacks still could not pierce his defenses.
• Jian Zhu’s companion grew exhausted, while Hong Chen watched Kong Wu and said he still needed to test whether Kong Wu had a limit.

Kong Wu killed Jian Zhu and Dan Ju after defeating Jian Zhu’s pottery ocarina and surviving Hong Chen’s attack. Hong Chen suspected Kong Wu had a technique that let him grow stronger from killing, but after the latest deaths, Kong Wu’s aura remained unchanged, leaving Hong Chen puzzled.

• Hong Chen sent You Lan and the other two to test Kong Wu and concluded that Kong Wu possessed an unusual secret technique.
• Kong Wu deflected Jian Zhu’s pottery ocarina by striking it with the Tiger Soul Sword and hurling it into the distance.
• Kong Wu killed Jian Zhu with Moon Cleaver.
• Dan Ju fled toward Hong Chen, who repeatedly struck her with red light before letting his attack dissipate; Kong Wu then snapped her neck.
• Kong Wu received system rewards for killing Jian Zhu and Dan Ju, while Hong Chen asked whether Kong Wu had already reached his limit after seeing no change in his aura.

Young Master Hongchen realized Kong Wu’s strength grew through killing and offered him six maids in exchange for the technique he believed was responsible. Kong Wu rejected the deal and revealed an aura strong enough to overwhelm Hongchen, leaving their confrontation on the brink of battle.

• Young Master Hongchen used Dust Breaking Eyes and saw that Kong Wu’s Lifespan had more than doubled after his kills.
• Kong Wu revealed that he had spent his Free Attribute Points on Life and boasted that he would soon crush Hongchen.
• Shui Yueqi watched the confrontation from the clouds, prepared to rescue Kong Wu if he had a chance.
• Hongchen offered his six remaining maids in exchange for Kong Wu’s technique and promised not to harm him if it was genuine.
• Kong Wu demanded everything, including Hongchen, and the two unleashed auras that clashed in the sky.
• Kong Wu’s body transformed with red lines forming a ghostly face, and his aura surpassed Hongchen’s.

Kong Wu prepared to use the Heaven Shaking Finger against Hong Chen, but the attack vanished as a flood of system prompts announced kills elsewhere. On the Western Ox Continent, Little Red destroyed a mountain full of demons and Buddhas while searching for her master.

• Hong Chen sensed the destructive power of Kong Wu's Heaven Shaking Finger and worried that his defenses might not withstand it.
• Kong Wu aimed the Heaven Shaking Finger at Hong Chen, who summoned a protective copper bell as his six maids formed a hexagram array around him.
• The Heaven Shaking Finger's red glow dissipated, and Kong Wu discovered that his spirit had fallen to zero.
• System prompts flooded Kong Wu's mind with notifications that he had killed numerous powerful beings and earned free attribute points.
• On the Western Ox Continent, Little Red walked away after five blood-red fingerprints shattered a mountain and destroyed the demons and Buddhas there.
• A golden Buddha phantom cursed Little Red and threatened retribution from Spirit Mountain before it was destroyed, while Little Red asked where her master was.

Little Red searched Western Ox Continent for Kong Wu by hunting down demon gathering places, while the Buddhas investigated the deaths of two of their number. In Central Continent, Hong Chen attacked Kong Wu with the Dust-Severing Sword after Kong Wu called him weak, and the chapter ended as the sword struck.

• Little Red learned Kong Wu had not arrived at his intended destination, found and destroyed Myriad Monster Mountain, then set out for Black Dragon Pool using a map of demon gathering places.
• A Buddha announced that Bolojiedi and Fonu Jialan had ascended to the Land of Ultimate Bliss, and sent Poison-Dispelling Vajra and several others to investigate.
• Kong Wu saw that Little Red's killings had earned him 3,190 free attribute points and decided he no longer needed to use his Blood Ghost Battle Body against Hong Chen.
• Hong Chen grew enraged when Kong Wu called him weak, summoned the Dust-Severing Sword, and attacked him to sever his past and kill him.
• The sword reached Kong Wu, and Hong Chen stared in disbelief as it struck.

Kong Wu effortlessly shattered Hong Chen’s sword and overwhelmed his attacks, but the Golden Bell resisted his attempts to break through. When Hong Chen destroyed the Demon Lord Token to summon demonic reinforcements, Hun Jie and the maids rushed toward Kong Wu in apparent self-detonation attacks.

• Kong Wu assigned his new attribute points to strength, then bit Hong Chen’s supreme-grade immortal sword to pieces and swallowed it.
• Kong Wu’s strength surged, and he easily endured the maids’ attacks while testing Hong Chen’s Golden Bell barrier.
• Hong Chen unleashed several Divine Abilities at Kong Wu, but none of them harmed him.
• Hong Chen crushed a black Demon Lord Token, summoning demons to his aid, and Kong Wu sensed the call.
• Hun Jie charged upward and self-detonated, and Kong Wu then saw the maids rush toward him with violent energy fluctuations.

The Thousand Emotions Demon and Bloodthorn were unable to respond to a Demon Lord Token while fighting Nangong Yun, so the Thousand Emotions Demon attacked him and Qing An. Lin Youling and Yang Jian arrived in time to stop her, leaving the Thousand Emotions Demon to explain that she had risked the Heavenly Demon Vow’s backlash to test whether they would let her go.

• The Thousand Emotions Demon sensed a Demon Lord Token being crushed, while Bloodthorn remained locked in battle with Nangong Yun.
• The Thousand Emotions Demon struck at Nangong Yun and Qing An, but Nangong Yun called for help and Qing An cried out to her uncle.
• Lin Youling blocked the attack aimed at Nangong Yun, and Yang Jian arrived and destroyed the palm aimed at Qing An.
• Nangong Yun urged Lin Youling to leave before their senior disciple brother arrived, while the Thousand Emotions Demon greeted her eagerly.
• Yang Jian questioned why the Thousand Emotions Demon had not gone to support the bearer, and she admitted she had risked the Heavenly Demon’s backlash to test whether they would let her leave.

Lin Youling and Yang Jian stopped Thousand Emotions Demon from reaching the person who had issued the Demon Lord Token, while demonic forces surged across the Northern Commandery. Azure Cloud Daoist ordered the orthodox sects to block them, and a large-scale war began.

• Thousand Emotions Demon accused Yang Jian of helping Shushan and stayed behind after Lin Youling said she would only be stopped, not killed.
• Thousand Emotions Demon remarked that the Northern Commandery must be in chaos, and Lin Youling and Nangong Yun realized the demonic forces were advancing on Ghostly Soul Manor.
• Azure Cloud Sect elders learned that Young Master Hongchen had issued the Demon Lord Token and argued over whether to obstruct the demonic reinforcements.
• Azure Cloud Daoist ordered the orthodox sects to make their greatest effort to stop the Demonic Sect, saying they had to save the fellow cultivator who had forced Young Master Hongchen into dire straits.
• Azure Cloud Sect sent elders and disciples to reinforce the fighting, and orthodox and demonic forces clashed across the Northern Commandery.

Thousand Emotions Demon and the others were forced into battle when Fire Fury Demon arrived, while Blood Thorn Hermit tried to reach the Demon Lord Token. At Ghostly Soul Manor, Kong Wu learned that demonic reinforcements were coming and decided to wait for them so he could grow stronger by defeating them.

• Thousand Emotions Demon knocked Blood Thorn Hermit unconscious to keep her from violating the Heavenly Demon Great Oath.
• Fire Fury Demon appeared over Qing'an City, prompting Thousand Emotions Demon to attack Lin Youling while he fought Yang Jian.
• Blood Thorn Hermit made for the Demon Lord Token, and Nangong Yun vanished to stop her.
• Kong Wu defeated the attacking maids at Ghostly Soul Manor and learned that the Demon Lord Token had summoned demonic cultivators throughout the Northern Commandery.
• Kong Wu sat on Hong Chen's bamboo sedan and decided to ambush the reinforcements, even after Hong Chen warned that Body Integration Realm and possibly Mahayana Stage cultivators might come.

Kong Wu waited with Young Master Hongchen for reinforcements while the Immortal Platform Sect fought the Devil Dao Sect outside Ghostly Soul Manor. Blood Weeping True Monarch broke through the defense line and arrived, but his contemptuous reaction to Hong Chen left the young master furious.

• Kong Wu joked that no one had come to reinforce Young Master Hongchen and wondered whether the Demon Lord Token was fake.
• Liu Jing and the Immortal Platform Sect defended Ghostly Soul Manor as the Grand Elder urged her to enter the manor and deal with the demonic cultivator.
• Evil Bone Buddha engaged Liu Jing and struck her with his skull bracelet, allowing Blood Weeping True Monarch to break through the battlefield.
• Blood Weeping True Monarch arrived at Ghostly Soul Manor and found Hong Chen and Kong Wu waiting without any battle underway.
• Hong Chen identified himself, and Blood Weeping True Monarch regretted expecting a Sacred Sect prodigy, angering Hong Chen.

Blood Weeping True Monarch was forced by the Demon Lord Token to protect Hong Chen, but his resentment led him to let Kong Wu leave. Kong Wu refused to go before killing Hong Chen and fought Blood Weeping True Monarch, who trapped him with Blood Cage.

• Blood Weeping True Monarch defended Hong Chen because the Heavenly Demon Great Oath prevented him from abandoning the token’s protection, then insulted Hong Chen over his spoiled behavior.
• Blood Weeping True Monarch let Kong Wu leave, explaining that the Demon Lord Token only required him to keep Hong Chen safe.
• Kong Wu refused to leave without taking Hong Chen’s head and charged Blood Weeping True Monarch with the Tiger Soul Sword.
• Blood Weeping True Monarch blocked Kong Wu’s strike with a blood sword, transformed into blood to evade another attack, and carried Hong Chen to safety.
• Blood Weeping True Monarch used Blood Cage to trap Kong Wu in chains formed from his own blood.

Blood Weeping True Monarch trapped Kong Wu in a blood sea domain that enhanced his own strength and suppressed Kong Wu's. He destroyed Kong Wu’s foothold and asked whether Kong Wu now understood the power of the Body Integration Realm.

• Blood Weeping True Monarch pierced Kong Wu with seven Evil Soul Blood Swords, which burrowed into Kong Wu’s body to attack his soul.
• Kong Wu broke free, then cut off Blood Weeping True Monarch’s arm with Tiger Soul Sword before the True Monarch reattached it.
• Blood Weeping True Monarch praised Kong Wu’s strength and unleashed Blood Sea... Raging Waves, drawing him into a sea of blood where Young Master Hongchen disappeared.
• Blood Weeping True Monarch explained that his domain strengthened him and suppressed Kong Wu, reducing Kong Wu’s Strength from 9,057 to 7,245 points.
• Blood Weeping True Monarch blasted apart Kong Wu’s foothold and declared Kong Wu’s domain-like skill useless against a complete domain.

Kong Wu discovered the openings in Blood Weeping True Monarch’s domain and used Moon Severing to cut through the blood sea, killing him and collapsing the domain. He returned to find Hong Chen still waiting, then allocated his new attribute points and sent out an aura that cracked the Golden Bell.

• Hong Chen realized Kong Wu and Blood Weeping True Monarch had been trapped in a domain, but stayed behind because he wanted neither to escape.
• Blood Weeping True Monarch attacked Kong Wu with waves from his Blood Sea Domain while planning how to flee Hong Chen’s pursuit.
• Kong Wu used the monsters’ rewards to restore Spirit points, perceived a golden line through the domain, and charged Blood Weeping True Monarch.
• Kong Wu struck with Moon Severing, splitting the giant wave, Blood Weeping True Monarch, and the domain’s sky before the blood world collapsed.
• Kong Wu returned to the outside and found Hong Chen still there, then allocated his points and released an aura that cracked the Golden Bell and dispersed Hong Chen’s barrier.

Yang Jian turned on the demons during the battle, wounding Thousand Emotions Demon and Fire Fury Demon before Thousand Emotions Demon revealed her Dharma Form. As Yang Jian challenged her in an enormous form, Lin Youling realized he had tricked her.

• Nangong Yun defeated Blood Thorn Hermit with Sword Qi, and Thousand Emotions Demon shielded Blood Thorn Hermit from the finishing attack.
• Yang Jian struck Thousand Emotions Demon with his vertical eye, leaving a silver-flaming wound, while Lin Youling’s sword also cut her during the disruption.
• Yang Jian blasted Fire Fury Demon with his silver beam, then rushed toward Thousand Emotions Demon claiming he was helping Lin Youling.
• Thousand Emotions Demon revealed her enormous Dharma Form and accused the human sects of joining forces with the Heavenly Court.
• Nangong Yun fled as Lin Youling realized Yang Jian had deceived her, and Yang Jian enlarged himself and his spear before challenging Thousand Emotions Demon.

Lin Youling, Yang Jian, and the Thousand Emotions Demon battled in the Northern Commandery until a Cosmic-grade Void Beast attacked. The Sword Heart arrived, punished Lin Youling and Nangong Yun, and greeted Demon Lord Ai Yu as an old acquaintance.

• Lin Youling joined Yang Jian and the Thousand Emotions Demon in fighting the Fire Fury Demon, and their clash shattered space.
• The Fire Fury Demon attacked a small Void Beast, then was nearly killed when a colossal Cosmic-grade Void Beast appeared and advanced toward the Central Continent.
• The Thousand Emotions Demon blamed Lin Youling for attracting the beast, while Lin Youling acknowledged that her actions had escalated their conflict.
• Demon Lord Ai Yu appeared, the Void Beast stopped advancing, and the Thousand Emotions Demon rushed into his arms to complain about being bullied.
• Sword Heart threw Nangong Yun to the ground, scolded Lin Youling for getting lost, and ordered her to copy the Sword Scripture three thousand times and Nangong Yun ten thousand times.
• Sword Heart greeted Demon Lord Ai Yu, and the two old acquaintances spoke calmly while the Void Beast remained nearby.

Sword Heart and Demon Lord Ai Yu destroyed a Cosmic-grade Void Beast while East King Duke repaired the space and Yang Jian secured Qing'an a vice marshal position. Ai Yu rescued Hong Chen from a Heavenly Demon, then hinted that the man who had attacked him might be the descendant of an old acquaintance, leaving a lock of crimson-red hair behind in the sand.

• East King Duke arrived as Sword Heart confronted Yang Jian, and Yang Jian said he had intervened in a private matter to defend his nephew.
• Sword Heart and Demon Lord Ai Yu killed the Cosmic-grade Void Beast, and East King Duke used a purple lamp to restore the sky.
• East King Duke offered Qing'an the Heaven River Army vice marshal position, while Yang Jian warned him not to contact the Shu Mountain disciple again.
• Demon Lord Ai Yu caught a Heavenly Demon pursuing Thousand Emotions Demon and learned that Hong Chen was in danger after using the Demon Lord Token.
• Ai Yu pulled Hong Chen back to them, sent him away to serve his confinement, and speculated that his attacker was the descendant of an old acquaintance.
• Ai Yu left with Thousand Emotions Demon, and the wind uncovered a lock of crimson-red hair.

After Hong Chen vanished, Kong Wu questioned Shui Yueqi, took valuable supplies and a map from him, and headed toward Qing'an City. He left Shui Yueqi the other storage rings, keeping only Blood Weeping True Monarch's ring.

• Hong Chen disappeared before Kong Wu, who suspected a powerful stranger had taken him away.
• Kong Wu asked Shui Yueqi where the nearest large city was, and Shui Yueqi directed him to Qing'an City.
• Kong Wu ordered Shui Yueqi to hand over his valuables and map, then sorted through the items and kept spirit crystals, boots, a robe, and the Water Moon Heart Sutra.
• Kong Wu bundled up his supplies and left, giving Shui Yueqi the storage rings he had collected except for Blood Weeping True Monarch's ring.

Liu Jing learned that Demon Lord Ai Yu had intervened to protect the Demon Lord Token’s holder, then rushed to Ghostly Soul Manor hoping to meet the unknown genius. He discovered the genius had left after killing Blood Weeping True Monarch, while Shui Yueqi was forced to surrender three storage rings to the Immortal Platform Sect.

• Demon Lord Ai Yu announced that the Demon Lord Token’s holder was safe, and the Sacred Sect cultivators withdrew.
• Liu Jing recognized that Young Master Hongchen had held the token and hurried toward Ghostly Soul Manor to find the person who had protected him.
• Liu Jing spotted a figure on a mountain path but continued on and found Ghostly Soul Manor deserted except for Shui Yueqi.
• Shui Yueqi told Liu Jing that the unknown genius had left after killing Blood Weeping True Monarch, astonishing Liu Jing.
• Liu Jing demanded three storage rings for the Immortal Platform Sect, leaving Shui Yueqi grieving over his lost treasures.