Chapter Summaries

Lin Yue and Su Qingyan traveled to Shattered Dragon Abyss to gather materials for defensive treasures, relying on her Time Dao Rhyme to find ore and avoid Malevolent Fiend Qi traps. After a close call brought them together, they returned with a full harvest and growing awareness of their feelings for each other.

• Elder Xuanqing sent Lin Yue to investigate Dragon Scale Ore and Phoenix Feather Silk at Shattered Dragon Abyss, and Su Qingyan insisted on joining him.
• Su Qingyan protected them from the Malevolent Fiend Qi and warned Lin Yue about a trap before guiding him to safely mine Dragon Scale Ore.
• Su Qingyan found Phoenix Feather Silk, then slipped on loose stones, and Lin Yue caught her in his arms as both noticed his racing heartbeat.
• Lin Yue and Su Qingyan gathered a full bag of Dragon Scale Ore and more than twenty strands of Phoenix Feather Silk by sunset.
• Lin Yue and Su Qingyan walked back side by side, both flustered and privately glad to remain together.

Demon Ancestor Luohu broke free from his seal and began spreading demonic corruption across the Primordial Wilderness. Lin Yue and Su Qingyan were tasked with infiltrating his stronghold to gather intelligence and stop a blood sacrifice planned for three days later.

• Luohu shattered the Chaos Crystal Stone, emerged in the Western Forbidden Zone, and corrupted living beings across the Primordial Wilderness.
• Lin Yue sensed Luohu’s destructive demonic qi, and Su Qingyan told him her divination had revealed the origins of Destruction and Devouring.
• The Three Pure Ones debated how to respond, while Lin Yue warned them that Luohu planned to use a hundred thousand captives in a blood sacrifice to activate the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation.
• Lin Yue proposed gathering intelligence and rescuing the captives before destroying the formation’s core, and Lord of Tongtian assigned him and Su Qingyan to lead the reconnaissance mission.
• Su Qingyan gave Lin Yue a Willow Leaf that could sense danger within a hundred miles, and they prepared to stop Luohu’s sacrifice.

Lin Yue and Su Qingyan rescued Xiao Shi from a demon-corrupted village and infiltrated Black Wind Stronghold to investigate the Demonic Cult’s planned blood sacrifice. They escaped with intelligence about the stronghold and its forces, then sent it to the Three Pure Ones Dojo as the three-day deadline approached.

• Su Qingyan protected Xiao Shi from his demonized father, and Lin Yue killed the creature with a Space Blade.
• Xiao Shi told Lin Yue and Su Qingyan that Demonic Cult members had taken villagers to Mount Sumeru for a blood sacrifice at Black Wind Stronghold.
• Lin Yue and Su Qingyan took Xiao Shi to safety, disguised themselves, and entered Black Wind Stronghold among the captives.
• Lin Yue and Su Qingyan surveyed the stronghold’s prisoners, forces, and layout, and Su Qingyan recorded the Blood Demon Technique.
• Lin Yue and Su Qingyan escaped through the rear gate after the stronghold’s red-robed head left, then sent their findings to the Three Pure Ones Dojo.
• Lin Yue and Su Qingyan resolved to join forces with the great experts and stop Luohu’s blood sacrifice before it began in three days.

The Three Pure Ones debated how to stop Luohu’s blood sacrifice, and Lin Yue proposed an intelligence mission before attacking. Lin Yue and Su Qingyan led a group of disciples toward Black Wind Stronghold to investigate the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation before the sacrifice began in three days.

• Laozi, Primordial Lord of Heaven, and Lord of Tongtian argued over whether to wait, attack Luohu immediately, or gather intelligence and organize an alliance.
• Lin Yue warned that Luohu’s demonic qi could corrupt cultivators and proposed scouting the Demonic Cult, rescuing the sacrifice victims, and sabotaging the formation.
• Lord of Tongtian assigned Lin Yue to lead the investigation, and Laozi approved Su Qingyan as his partner despite Primordial Lord of Heaven’s objection.
• Lin Yue and Su Qingyan selected more than a dozen disciples, gave them protective equipment, and assigned groups to watch the approaches to Black Wind Stronghold.
• Laozi gave Lin Yue a Taiji Diagram Fragment, and Lin Yue, Su Qingyan, and the disciples set out for the West to investigate before the blood sacrifice in three days.

Lin Yue and Su Qingyan infiltrated Black Wind Stronghold to investigate the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation, discovered its core fragments, and escaped after their presence was exposed. They regrouped safely with the rescued prisoners and planned to investigate the nearby Demon Crystal Mine next.

• Lin Yue and Su Qingyan disguised their group with Qi Concealing Powder and entered Black Wind Stronghold through the south gate.
• Lin Yue and Su Qingyan found the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation's core fragments in the central hall, but fled when the stronghold master approached.
• The stronghold master detected Lin Yue's spatial aura and ordered the stronghold sealed and searched.
• Lin Yue and Su Qingyan freed the prisoners, and an elderly treant elder revealed a hidden tunnel near the north gate.
• Lin Yue and Su Qingyan led their group through the tunnel and teleported them to safety after evading the pursuing stronghold master.
• Lin Yue and Su Qingyan reviewed their findings at camp and planned to investigate the Demon Crystal Mine the next day.

Hongjun summoned the Primordial Wilderness’s great powers to plan a campaign against Luohu, and Lin Yue volunteered to lead an investigation of the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation’s core. The alliance prepared to surround Mount Sumeru while Lin Yue and Su Qingyan set out west to locate the core before the main attack.

• Hongjun announced that Luohu planned to use a blood sacrifice to activate the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation and called a meeting at the Purple Cloud Palace.
• Lin Yue sent his intelligence about Black Wind Stronghold to the Three Pure Ones Dojo, then traveled with Su Qingyan and the Three Pure Ones to the meeting.
• At the Purple Cloud Palace, Primordial Lord of Heaven proposed forming a Demon Slaying Alliance, while Jieyin suggested trying to persuade Luohu to surrender.
• Su Qingyan predicted that destroying the formation’s core first would greatly reduce casualties, and Lin Yue offered to lead a team into Mount Sumeru to find it.
• Hongjun approved the plan and assigned the alliance positions around Mount Sumeru, then Lin Yue and Su Qingyan departed to investigate the core.

Lin Yue and Su Qingyan accompanied the Three Pure Ones to Purple Cloud Palace, where Hongjun convened the great powers to plan a campaign against Luohu. Lin Yue was appointed to lead a scouting team to Mount Sumeru, and the team set out while remaining wary of Jieyin and Zhunti.

• Lin Yue and Su Qingyan met Dijiang, Zhurong, and Gonggong on the way to Purple Cloud Palace, then greeted Nuwa at its gates.
• Lin Yue overheard Jieyin and Zhunti discussing their desire to obtain a fragment of the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation’s core.
• Hongjun called for a united campaign against Luohu, and Lin Yue warned that negotiation would endanger the alliance and proposed scouting Mount Sumeru.
• Hongjun appointed Lin Yue to lead a twelve-person scouting team to locate the formation’s core within two days.
• Zhunti offered Western Teachings disciples for the team, but Su Qingyan refused, and Lin Yue and Su Qingyan led the team west toward Mount Sumeru.

Luohu sent Demonic Cult Disciples to provoke the Demon Slaying Alliance, but Lin Yue drove them away and warned the alliance that their demonic qi could corrupt Dao Hearts. With the battle three days away, Lin Yue and Su Qingyan prepared their scouting team to infiltrate Mount Sumeru and find the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation’s core.

• Luohu ordered Demonic Cult Disciples to threaten the alliance at Zixiao Palace before the planned blood sacrifice.
• Laozi and Nuwa cautioned the gathered leaders against reacting rashly, and Lin Yue volunteered to confront the Demonic Cult Disciples.
• Lin Yue blocked the red-robed disciple’s attack, killed dozens of attackers with Space Blades, and made the survivors retreat.
• Lin Yue reported that the disciples’ Chaos Fiend Qi could corrupt Dao Hearts, and Nuwa offered Sky-Mending Stone fragments to purify it.
• Hongjun assigned Lin Yue’s scouting team to find the formation’s core during the battle, and Lin Yue and Su Qingyan gathered treasures and planned their infiltration of Mount Sumeru.

Lin Yue killed a red-robed Demonic Cult Disciple who attacked him and received protective gifts before the alliance finalized its plan to scout Mount Sumeru in three days. He and Su Qingyan prepared their team for the dangerous mission to locate the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation’s core.

• The red-robed Demonic Cult Disciple burned his essence blood and attacked Lin Yue, but Su Qingyan slowed his Chaos Fiend Qi with the Law of Time, allowing Lin Yue to kill him and claim his Demon Crystal.
• Nuwa gave Lin Yue a jade pendant to purify demonic qi, and Su Qingyan gave him a willow leaf that could sense nearby demonic qi.
• Hongjun confirmed that Lin Yue’s scouting team would infiltrate Mount Sumeru at dawn in three days and report the formation core’s location before the hour of Wei.
• Su Qingyan predicted three dangers along the route, and she and Lin Yue planned how to overcome the demonic qi barrier, patrol, and formation trap.
• Lin Yue and Su Qingyan trained the scouting team, and Su Qingyan gave Lin Yue a cloak that could conceal his aura and the flow of time.

Hongjun finalized the allied forces’ plan to destroy Luohu’s Immortal Slaying Sword Formation and attack Mount Sumeru. Lin Yue and Su Qingyan prepared to scout for the formation core the next morning, promising to return safely together.

• Hongjun assigned Lin Yue to find the formation core, the Wu Clan and Western Teachings to clear twelve outer strongholds, and the Three Pure Ones and Nuwa to lead the assault at noon.
• Su Qingyan secretly placed a protective rune on Lin Yue and a perception rune around Jieyin, whose attention remained fixed on the sword formation.
• Lin Yue and Su Qingyan equipped their scouting team with Sky-Mending Stone fragments and Space Runes, then planned a timed route into Mount Sumeru.
• Lin Yue and Su Qingyan shared Spirit Porridge and agreed to protect each other during the dangerous mission.
• Lin Yue stayed up studying spatial fluctuations, and Su Qingyan reassured him that her Law of Time and Pangu’s Chaos Energy could help them escape danger.
• Lin Yue and Su Qingyan promised to return together after the mission and live peacefully once Luohu was defeated.

Lin Yue and Su Qingyan led a scouting party into Mount Sumeru to locate the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation’s eye and record its coordinates. After escaping the pursuing Black Wind Stronghold Master, they returned safely with the information for the allied forces.

• Lin Yue used a fragment of the Sky-Mending Stone to open the secret passage while Su Qingyan detected and helped the party avoid a trap inside.
• Lin Yue and Su Qingyan evaded the Demonic Cult Guardians and discovered corrupted miners, resolving to seek a way to restore them after Luohu’s defeat.
• Lin Yue infiltrated the Demonic Cult camp and found the formation eye at the Demonic Pattern Altar, but the Black Wind Stronghold Master discovered the scouts and pursued them.
• Lin Yue and Su Qingyan combined the Law of Space and the Law of Time to reach the altar, where Lin Yue recorded the coordinates of the formation eye’s three black crystals.
• Lin Yue sent the coordinates to the allied forces, and the party escaped Mount Sumeru through the secret passage as the Stronghold Master chased them.

Lin Yue and Su Qingyan infiltrated the Demonic Cult Stronghold, mapped its defenses, and recorded its forces while posing as recruits. As they neared a rear gate to escape, a Demonic Cult Disciple approached them, threatening to expose their disguise.

• Lin Yue and Su Qingyan entered the stronghold disguised as hopeful recruits and shielded their auras from the demonic qi.
• Lin Yue mapped the stronghold’s concentric layout while Su Qingyan counted its disciples and detected a quasi-sage leader inside the central hall.
• Lin Yue and Su Qingyan passed the registration test, discovered a concealed passage and signal towers, and recorded the layout and forces on a jade talisman.
• Lin Yue and Su Qingyan watched a creature be sacrificed in the Blood Pool and identified the lightly guarded rear gate as their escape route.
• Lin Yue and Su Qingyan approached the rear gate after noting more defenses, but a suspicious Demonic Cult Disciple walked toward them.

Lin Yue and Su Qingyan infiltrated a Demonic Cult outpost and learned that its disciples used living beings’ blood essence and souls to boost their cultivation. After the leader imposed a lockdown because of the Demon Slaying Alliance, they had to find another way to rescue the captives and escape with the intelligence for Purple Sky Palace.

• Lin Yue and Su Qingyan followed a red-robed lackey to a building where the Demonic Cult tortured captives and sacrificed them to fuel cultivation.
• Lin Yue observed that the lackey’s demonic energy increased his power while corroding his soul, and learned that the lackey wanted to use an ancient Qilin-bloodline beast to advance further.
• Lin Yue tricked the lackey into planning a secret midnight trip and learned that other early-stage Golden Immortal disciples served at the outpost.
• After the lackey left to meet the leader, Su Qingyan sensed that the altar’s demonic patterns might connect to a formation in the main hall, and Lin Yue gave Healing Pills to the captives.
• The lackey returned and announced that activity by the Demon Slaying Alliance had triggered a lockdown, forcing Lin Yue and Su Qingyan to seek another way out.

Lin Yue tricked a Demonic Cult underling into revealing the cult’s plans and stronghold defenses, then subdued him to escape with Su Qingyan. They headed for the back gate before the main altar’s inspection team arrived.

• Lin Yue coaxed the underling into revealing that the Demonic Cult’s main altar was on Mount Sumeru and protected by the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation, which required living sacrifices.
• The underling disclosed the planned World-Ending Demonic Tribulation and agreed to secretly capture a qilin-blooded beast with Lin Yue, sharing details about the Demon Suppressing Token and the stronghold’s defenses.
• Lin Yue learned about the hidden teleportation array and Spirit Devouring Restriction, while Su Qingyan agreed to wait near the back gate.
• Lin Yue incapacitated the underling with the power of Space, took his Demon Suppressing Token and Storage Ring, and sealed him inside an abandoned stone house.
• Lin Yue hurried to meet Su Qingyan at the back gate so they could escape before the inspection team arrived.

Lin Yue and Su Qingyan were discovered while trying to escape the Demonic Cult stronghold and fought their way through the pursuing disciples. As they neared the woods, the quasi-Saint leader attacked Lin Yue from behind with a black spear.

• Lin Yue and Su Qingyan killed the two back-gate guards, then fought the Golden Immortal disciple who discovered them.
• The stronghold raised an alarm, and the pair battled a crowd of Demonic Cult Disciples as they searched for a way out.
• Lin Yue used Chaos Energy to kill a mid-stage Golden Immortal disciple while Su Qingyan slowed their attackers with the Law of Time.
• Su Qingyan froze the surrounding disciples, and Lin Yue led them through the back gate before the stasis ended.
• Lin Yue and Su Qingyan ran toward the woods as their pursuers gave chase, but the quasi-Saint leader struck at Lin Yue with a black spear.

Lin Yue and Su Qingyan escaped a Demonic Cult stronghold by combining the Law of Space and the Law of Time, then rescued Demon Slaying Alliance members from a battle with the Blood Demon Protector. They continued toward Purple Heaven Palace with their intelligence, knowing the journey remained dangerous.

• Su Qingyan blocked the quasi-sage leader’s attack with the Time Shield, and Lin Yue protected her before they used Space Shattering and Time Reversal to escape.
• The quasi-sage leader ordered a Golden Immortal disciple to report their actions to headquarters, while Lin Yue and Su Qingyan recovered and resumed their journey toward Purple Heaven Palace.
• Lin Yue gave Su Qingyan the Demon Suppressing Token after she warned that the Spirit Devouring Restriction could consume her Power of Time.
• Lin Yue and Su Qingyan found dozens of Demon Slaying Alliance members surrounded by Demonic Cult Disciples and identified the Blood Demon Protector as their enemy.
• Su Qingyan disrupted the Blood Demon Protector with the Law of Time while Lin Yue killed his three mid-stage Golden Immortal leaders, giving the alliance members time to retreat.
• Lin Yue and Su Qingyan escaped the Blood Demon Protector and continued toward Purple Heaven Palace as Su Qingyan recovered from the strain of using the Law of Time.

Lin Yue and Su Qingyan reported the Demonic Cult’s plans and the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation’s weaknesses to Dao Ancestor Hongjun, prompting the leaders to revise the demon-slaying strategy. After receiving their mission and a protective talisman, they led an elite team toward Mount Sumeru to investigate the formation.

• Lin Yue and Su Qingyan arrived at Purple Sky Palace and gave Dao Ancestor Hongjun their intelligence on Luohu’s strongholds, sacrifices, and Immortal Slaying Sword Formation.
• Lin Yue presented Empress Nuwa with a Demon Suppressing Token and a Soul Devouring Spear, and Nuwa confirmed the items could help counter the Demonic Cult’s magic and restrictions.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun ordered the Alliance to clear the western strongholds, rescue captives, protect its members, and send Lin Yue and Su Qingyan to investigate Mount Sumeru.
• Lin Yue warned Hongjun that the Blood Demon Protector had attacked Alliance members, so Hongjun assigned the Three Pure Ones, Nuwa, Jieyin, and Zhunti to patrol and protect them.
• Empress Nuwa gave Lin Yue and Su Qingyan a Dao Protecting Talisman, and Yang Jian joined them at the Alliance assembly point.
• Lin Yue divided the Alliance members into teams and led the main group with Su Qingyan and Yang Jian toward Mount Sumeru to investigate the formation’s core.

The Demon Slaying Alliance attacked Black Wind Ridge, where Laozi killed Black Wind Protector and destroyed the Teleportation Array. With victories reported from other fronts, Laozi said the first step had succeeded as Lin Yue and Su Qingyan approached Mount Sumeru on a dangerous reconnaissance mission.

• Laozi used the Demon Suppressing Tokens and the Taiji Diagram to break Black Wind Ridge's demonic restriction, allowing the alliance to invade.
• The alliance overwhelmed the Demonic Cult Disciples while Laozi fought and killed Black Wind Protector with Mysterious Yellow Qi.
• Laozi destroyed Black Wind Ridge's Teleportation Array after the alliance stopped Demonic Cult Disciples from sending a warning to Mount Sumeru.
• The Primordial Lord of Heaven, Lord of Tongtian, and Empress Nuwa reported victories at other strongholds and aid to wounded beings.
• Laozi declared the first step of the plan successful as Lin Yue and Su Qingyan led an elite squad toward Mount Sumeru to conduct reconnaissance.

Luo Hu grew furious over the Demon Slaying Alliance’s attacks and took the field personally, drawing Laozi into battle at a captured stronghold. As Luo Hu and Laozi unleashed their full powers, Lin Yue and Su Qingyan continued investigating the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation, unaware of the danger approaching them.

• Luo Hu ordered his remaining forces to assemble at Mount Sumeru and set out to attack the Demon Slaying Alliance himself.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun sent Laozi to hold Luo Hu off while he, Primordial Lord of Heaven, and Tongtian coordinated the allied forces from Purple Void Palace.
• Luo Hu attacked the alliance troops at a captured stronghold, shattered their defenses, and killed several members.
• Laozi arrived to protect the surviving alliance troops and fought Luo Hu with the Taiji Diagram.
• Luo Hu summoned a powerful black phantom, and Laozi answered with the Taiji Diagram’s full power as their battle began.
• Lin Yue and Su Qingyan continued investigating the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation at the foot of Mount Sumeru, unaware of the growing crisis.

Lin Yue and Su Qingyan’s squad continued scouting Mount Sumeru’s Immortal Slaying Sword Formation while Luohu overwhelmed the Three Pure Ones and the Demon Slaying Alliance. After the Alliance retreated, the squad found a possible location for the formation core, unaware that the Spirit Devouring Guardian had spotted them.

• Lin Yue stopped Yang Jian from joining Laozi’s battle, arguing that the squad should keep investigating the formation core instead of risking exposure.
• Luohu’s attacks overwhelmed Laozi until Primordial Lord of Heaven and Lord of Tongtian arrived and joined forces with him.
• Luohu shattered Lord of Tongtian’s replica Immortal Slaying Sword Formation, wounded him, and killed several Alliance fighters before the Three Pure Ones led a retreat.
• Laozi treated Lord of Tongtian and told the survivors that destroying the formation core could weaken Luohu.
• Lin Yue and Su Qingyan noticed unusual energy flowing into the formation on Mount Sumeru’s northwest side and led the squad toward it.
• The Spirit Devouring Guardian spotted Lin Yue and his squad as they approached the suspected formation core.