Chapter Summaries

Jiang Qiu obtained Grandmaster Kunjiu’s incomplete array inheritance, “Array Against the Sky,” in the ruined West Ice Tribe and discovered a vast sealing formation tied to a dragon vein. He found materials that might let him build a defensive array for the North Snow Tribe, but the chapter left unresolved what the sealed formation contained and whether he could construct the Minor Ice Realm.

• Jiang Qiu reached West Ice Valley after killing the West Ice Tribe’s Great Shaman and everyone he encountered, then accepted Grandmaster Kunjiu’s inheritance.
• Jiang Qiu studied the foundational array chapters and learned that a Minor Ice Realm could withstand attacks from the Path-Glimpsing Realm.
• Jiang Qiu sensed the array beneath West Ice Valley and discovered that the tribe occupied one core of a vast North Realm formation connected to the same dragon vein beneath the North Snow Tribe.
• Jiang Qiu identified the formation as the sealing array Heavenly Dao Imprisoning Dragon and found that its principles were too incomplete for him to understand.
• Jiang Qiu discovered the West Ice Tribe’s treasure vault and considered using its array materials to build a Minor Ice Realm to protect the North Snow Tribe.

After destroying the West Ice Tribe, Jiang Qiu returned to North Snow, where he learned the East Shore Tribe had invited him to receive its Ancestral Inheritance. Yuri watched from the void, amazed by Jiang Qiu’s victories and worried about the coming Heaven’s Chosen Competition, while wondering why Feng’s presence was missing.

• Jiang Qiu skipped Cold Sky Cliff because its forces had been devastated, he did not know its location, and its survivors might have relocated.
• Jiang Qiu returned to North Snow and spent more than half a month transporting the West Ice Tribe’s treasures and materials; allied tribes arrived to help rebuild.
• Lie told Jiang Qiu that the North Snow clansmen who had migrated south remained missing and that East Shore had invited him to receive its Ancestral Inheritance.
• Yuri watched Jiang Qiu’s victories and struggled to understand how he had defeated Feng and the West Ice Tribe’s Great Shaman.
• Yuri observed that the demon race had begun banding together after Jiang Qiu’s victory and wondered whether Ji could transform again and why Feng was absent from the void.

After three years of training with the East Shore Tribe’s inheritance, Jiang Qiu reached the limit of his Second-Tier Exquisite Blood and set out for North Realm Mountain to compete for the Enlightenment Fruit. He left the Northern Snow Tribe behind, then joined forces with more than a thousand South Mountain warriors on the road south.

• Jiang Qiu learned the East Shore Tribe’s complete secret art, Ice Prison Fire Pagoda, and spent three years tempering his body with its fire seed.
• Jiang Qiu reached Second-Tier Exquisite Blood: 100/100 and strengthened his Ice Armor talent, approaching the Dao-Forging Jade Tendons Realm bottleneck.
• Jiang Qiu bade farewell to the Northern Snow Tribe and rode south alone, leaving its defenses and formations under [Lie] and the other warriors’ control.
• Jiang Qiu traveled through the snow and South Mountain Range, where he met the South Mountain Tribe’s contingent led by [Qiang].
• Jiang Qiu ordered more than a thousand elite warriors from South Mountain and its allied tribes to march with him toward North Realm Mountain.

Jiang Qiu led his team to camp near North Realm Mountain while waiting for the East Shore Tribe, then ventured into the mountain’s concealing mist to scout a route. Lost in the fog, he overheard two demons discuss their newly awakened Heaven-Chosen Demon, Lord Ji, and their plans to break the seal.

• Jiang Qiu brought his team to a snowy forest near North Realm Mountain and made camp while they waited for the East Shore Tribe.
• Jiang Qiu entered the mountain’s white mist alone to investigate a possible route upward.
• The mist concealed Jiang Qiu’s way back, and he followed the sound of a river in search of an exit.
• Jiang Qiu overheard two demons say that Lord Ji had perfectly inherited their ancestor’s bloodline and might surpass the limits of the North Realm.
• The demons discussed obtaining the Enlightenment Fruit and breaking the seal with their Great Shaman’s help.

Jiang Qiu investigated the North Realm Mountain Demon Race and learned about the powerful inheritor [Ji], then returned to camp to plan a way past the demon strongholds. The team remained divided over whether to divert the demons or assault the mountain together when the East Shore Tribe arrived.

• Jiang Qiu overheard two North Realm Mountain Demon Race members discussing [Ji]'s perfect inheritance of [Kun]'s bloodline and left the river after learning about the demon ancestor's legacy.
• A blue-haired humanoid demon appeared by the river, recognized Jiang Qiu as an inheritor chosen by the four ancestors, and said he would accept him.
• Jiang Qiu surveyed North Realm Mountain and returned to camp, where he discussed routes through the guarded strongholds with [Lie] and the others for three days.
• [Qiang] proposed luring demons away so the three Heaven's Chosen Ones could climb, while [Lie] argued that they needed to charge together.
• Jiang Qiu listened without taking sides as the East Shore Tribe's team arrived outside the wooden house.

As the white mist began retreating from North Realm Mountain, the North Realm Mountain Demon Race prepared for the final Heaven's Chosen Competition. A patrol reported a large human force approaching their outpost, but the demons could not identify its spear-wielding leader, leaving them unsure whether it was humanity’s main force.

• The Great Shaman warned the North Realm Mountain Demon Race that the mist would disperse and ordered them to keep outsiders off the mountain.
• The white mist climbed the mountainside as the demons watched it retreat.
• A patrol soldier reported that a large human force with powerful Heaven's Chosen Ones was heading toward the outpost.
• The demon leader ordered nearby patrols to gather and assess the humans rather than immediately mobilizing the outpost.
• The patrols reported two human leaders, identifying the sword-wielder as [Fan] but failing to identify the spear-wielder, who had not yet acted.

The demon stronghold leader tried to determine the human forces’ numbers and where they would strike, but multiple attacks and Fan’s overwhelming swordsmanship shattered his assumptions. As he prepared to call on the Great Shaman, a sword-wielding figure announced he had comprehended Sword Intent and challenged the stronghold.

• The leader learned that one human force numbered seven or eight hundred, while a concealed gathering site could hold at least a thousand warriors.
• A plea for help reported that the northwest stronghold was under attack by a spear-wielding leader, so the leader called on the eastern stronghold for aid.
• Reports arrived that the human force was charging the leader’s stronghold and that Fan could kill demons from a hundred meters away.
• The leader ordered the demons to arm themselves and attack, realizing Fan was a Heaven’s Chosen One whose strength made the stronghold unlikely to hold.
• As the leader prepared to request the Great Shaman’s aid, a swordsman declared that he had comprehended Sword Intent and called for the sword’s edge to be tested.

[Fan], later identified as Tang Guang, unleashed his once-in-a-lifetime Myriad Swords Annihilation to hold back the empowered demons of North Realm Mountain. Jiang Qiu used the opening to race toward the mountain, determined to obtain the Enlightenment Fruit.

• [Fan] charged ahead alone and cut down several North Realm Mountain demons with his sword.
• The stronghold chief called on the Ancestor, and the demons gained enough power to reach the Jade Tendons Realm.
• [Fan] froze the falling snow into countless swords and unleashed Myriad Swords Annihilation, killing the empowered demons at the cost of his own strength.
• Jiang Qiu slipped through the stronghold while the battle drew everyone's attention and hurried toward the mountain path.
• Jiang Qiu recognized that [Fan] had staked his life to clear the way and pressed on toward the Enlightenment Fruit.

Tang Guang comprehended his Sword Intent and helped Jiang Qiu's group advance up North Realm Mountain, while Qiang's team also made progress. After Tang Guang appeared in the void beside Yuri, he realized the souls of dead Heaven's Chosen Ones gathered there and wondered why Feng Li was absent.

• Yuri watched Tang Guang use his newly comprehended Sword Intent and considered how it could help Jiang Qiu catch up to Ji.
• Yuri observed Qiang's group break through another stronghold and lead local warriors up the mountain, while Ji remained far ahead and entered the white mist.
• Yuri saw a spatial tremor and recognized Tang Guang's true body appearing beside him in the void.
• Tang Guang inferred that dead Heaven's Chosen Ones returned to their bodies and gathered in the void, then wondered where Feng Li was.

Jiang Qiu climbed North Realm Mountain and searched its enormous sealing array for a traversal array that could carry him upward. Meanwhile, the Great Shaman killed Heaven-Chosen Demons at the cost of his life, hoping to help his ancestor awaken and reclaim the human race’s seal.

• Jiang Qiu struggled up North Realm Mountain through snow and wind, realizing he needed another way to reach the summit within the year before the white mist returned.
• Jiang Qiu used his Array Path Intuition to inspect the Heavenly Dao Imprisoning Dragon and began searching for its traversal array.
• The Great Shaman killed three demon Heaven-Chosen Ones while burning away his life force to prevent them from climbing the mountain.
• The Great Shaman rose into the air and declared that the human race’s seal should be used by his ancestor.

Qiang continued climbing North Realm Mountain with four warriors, hoping to glimpse the Enlightenment Fruit, until the Great Shaman struck and slaughtered his companions. Qiang survived the attack and faced the Great Shaman as the mountain collapsed beneath him.

• Qiang recalled the South Mountain Tribe's inheritance and the warriors who had followed him, while he and Ba offered water and urged the others to turn back.
• A sudden gale of ice and snow shattered the waterskin, killed the four South Mountain Tribe warriors, and knocked Ba down.
• The Great Shaman appeared and realized his surprise attack had failed to kill Qiang.
• The Great Shaman prepared another killing strike, but Qiang glared up at him in fury as North Realm Mountain collapsed beneath his feet.

Qiang defeated the North Realm Mountain Demon Race grand shaman but failed to reach the summit and was eliminated, while Ji flew through the mountain’s mist toward the Enlightenment Fruit. Jiang Qiu activated a traversal inscription, shaking North Realm Mountain and alerting Ji that Qiu might be involved in the formation’s disturbance.

• Qiang killed the North Realm Mountain Demon Race grand shaman, admitted he could not reach the summit, and told Eight to return.
• Eight insisted on seeing the summit, and Qiang’s consciousness faded as he was eliminated from the trial.
• Ji used his inherited Kunpeng Transformation to fly through the white mist toward the summit, confident that he would claim the Enlightenment Fruit.
• Jiang Qiu activated a traversal inscription in the Heavenly Dao Imprisoning Dragon grand formation, causing North Realm Mountain to shake and avalanches to bury several outposts.
• Ji sensed the formation’s disturbance and realized Qiu might have triggered it, recalling that taking the Enlightenment Fruit could awaken the Demon Emperor’s remnant soul and the true dragon.

Jiang Qiu reached the North Realm Mountain summit through the Heavenly Dao Imprisoning Dragon grand formation, where he encountered Ji and fought the demon’s enormous, nearly impenetrable Kun Body. After ordinary spear attacks failed to break Ji’s defense, Jiang Qiu prepared to use Ice Prison.

• Ji spent his spiritual essence and used the Kunpeng Transformation to race toward the summit, determined to reach the Enlightenment Fruit before the other Heaven’s Chosen Ones.
• Jiang Qiu emerged from the formation onto a vast, frozen summit and sensed the enticing scent of the Enlightenment Fruit.
• Ji arrived and challenged Jiang Qiu, transforming into a massive Kun Body to test the strength of his inherited techniques.
• Jiang Qiu’s spear struck Ji’s tough skin without piercing it, and the recoil sent him skidding across the ice.
• After dozens of exchanges left Jiang Qiu drained, he covered himself and the North Snow Spear in frost and prepared to unleash Ice Prison.

Jiang Qiu used Ice Prison and the North Snow Spear to kill [Ji], whose Kunpeng Transformation could not withstand the spear’s Weapon-Body Unification. As an ancient presence stirred and the eliminated contestants watched from the void, Jess noticed that only six people had appeared there.

• [Ji] recognized Jiang Qiu’s Ice Prison cultivation and charged at him using the Kunpeng Transformation.
• Jiang Qiu’s North Snow Spear combined with his spear intent to split [Ji]’s Kun Body and kill him.
• Jiang Qiu recovered from the collision, but an ancient voice praised him as the inheritor of four old fellows and an aura like the demon emperor’s bore down on him.
• Yuri, Tang Guang, Qiang, and other eliminated Heaven’s Chosen Ones watched from the void as Jess complained that a great shaman had helped [Ji] reach the summit.
• Jess counted the people in the void and realized there were only six, despite his expectation of more.

Heaven-Chosen Demon Ji reached North Realm Mountain Peak and approached the Enlightenment Fruit, intending to claim it and restore his power. As he pushed against the formation’s trial, a powerful presence appeared behind him.

• Ji decided to use the Heavenly Kun Illusion Realm to trap Jiang Qiu and planned to break the seal at the summit to restore his main soul.
• Ji crossed the storm-ridden white mist and reached North Realm Mountain Peak, believing no other Heaven's Chosen One could get there.
• Ji found the Enlightenment Fruit Tree and recognized that it served as the core of the Heavenly Dao Imprisoning Dragon formation.
• Ji stepped onto the ancient inscriptions and resisted the pressure of the Azure Luan Palace masters’ trial as he moved toward the fruit.
• A soul-cleansing spatial tremor sounded behind Ji, and an imposing aura appeared as someone reached the summit.

Ji confronted Feng, who had returned from the dead by refining the Cold Sky Stele and inheriting Demon Emperor Azure’s power. Feng planned to kill Ji and take the Enlightenment Fruit before hunting down Jiang Qiu.

• Ji recognized Feng as the Heaven-Chosen Demon of Cold Sky Cliff and questioned how he had survived.
• Ji realized Feng had refined the Cold Sky Stele, which had revived him and given him Demon Emperor Azure’s inheritance.
• Feng sensed that Demon Emperor Kun controlled Ji’s body and recalled that Lord Chen had prepared him for this possibility.
• Feng’s hatred of Jiang Qiu intensified over his death and the disruption of Lord Chen’s recovery.
• Feng resolved to kill Ji, devour the Enlightenment Fruit, and then kill Jiang Qiu.

Feng defeated Ji, but Ji’s corpse released Jiang Qiu into the mountain peak where the Enlightenment Fruit grew. Feng and Jiang Qiu faced each other, while Kun’s bloodline demons below the mountain died in a mass sacrifice to their patriarch.

• Feng used Blade Intent to break Ji’s defenses and split his body in two.
• A spatial disturbance pushed Feng back, and Jiang Qiu emerged from Ji’s corpse holding the North Snow Spear.
• Jiang Qiu recognized Feng, whom he believed he had killed three years earlier, and realized he had arrived at the North Realm Mountain Peak near the Enlightenment Fruit.
• Jiang Qiu and Feng stood off against each other, both weakened from their recent battles.
• Hundreds of thousands of demons carrying Kun’s bloodline, including the newly promoted Great Shamans, died in a sacrifice to Kun.

Kun revived through Ji’s body and trapped Jiang Qiu and Feng inside the Heavenly Kun Illusion Realm, intending to refine them. Jiang Qiu escaped through the protective aura of Grandmaster Yuanchu, leaving Feng alone to face Kun as he summoned the power of Demon Emperor Chen.

• Ji’s body dissolved into streams of light that formed Kun, who restored the Heavenly Kun Illusion Realm around Jiang Qiu and Feng.
• Kun announced that he would refine Jiang Qiu and Feng, confident they could not escape his small world.
• A towering phantom of Grandmaster Yuanchu appeared through Jiang Qiu’s bloodline, forcing Kun to send Jiang Qiu out of the illusion realm.
• Kun turned his full pressure on Feng, who declared that Demon Emperor Chen had also left him a true body aura.
• Feng raised his blade and summoned an Azure Dragon Phantom as he prepared to fight Kun.

Jiang Qiu endured the ancient inscriptions’ crushing pressure and prepared to pick the Enlightenment Fruit after Feng emerged from the Heavenly Kun Illusion Realm badly wounded. Just as Jiang Qiu was about to leap, a concealed attacker pierced his chest and tore out fragments of his heart.

• Jiang Qiu used Ice Prison and Fire Pagoda to withstand the pressure beneath the Enlightenment Fruit Tree and steadily strengthened his body.
• Feng emerged from the Heavenly Kun Illusion Realm with a severed arm and a broken wing, carrying a bloodied blade after killing Kun.
• Feng tried to reach the Enlightenment Fruit but was pinned in place by the ancient inscriptions’ pressure.
• Jiang Qiu confirmed Feng could not advance, then prepared to leap for the Enlightenment Fruit.
• A hidden attacker tore through Jiang Qiu’s Ice Armor and stabbed a hand through his chest, clutching fragments of his heart.

A concealed Heaven's Chosen One named Eight emerged beneath the Enlightenment Fruit Tree and killed Jiang Qiu just as he was about to claim the fruit. Jess recognized Eight as the Stone Forest Tribe youth who had once refused the Water of Tracing Origin, while Feng realized that an outsider had entered the Great Secret Realm of the Northern Wasteland.

• Eight emerged from beneath the Enlightenment Fruit Tree and punched through Jiang Qiu's heart, scattering black spiritual light beneath him.
• Feng confronted Eight, who mocked the measures Chen had prepared, and Feng recognized that Eight had entered the Great Secret Realm in person.
• The other Heaven's Chosen Ones watched the summit become visible and reacted with shock as they saw Jiang Qiu dead and Eight standing beneath the fruit.
• Tang Guang and Jess recognized Eight, and Jess recalled that he was the Stone Forest Tribe youth who had received zero Ancestral Inheritance after refusing the Water of Tracing Origin.
• Jess realized Eight had concealed his abilities and manipulated the group during their time in the North Realm.