Chapter Summaries

The Bloodthirsty Demon Sect came under attack from Yuan Bu'er and three Sanxian while Chen Xuan and Bai Bingyan searched for its hidden Treasure Vault. After uncovering the Blood Demon King's avatar and learning the vault's location, they fought through its guards and entered, where Chen Xuan saw a vast trove of riches.

• Ye Wujiang entertained himself with nine captive cultivators as the Blood Demon King learned that Yuan Bu'er might be behind the disappearance of his men.
• Yuan Bu'er arrived with Xu Yue Sanxian, Han Li Sanxian, and Hua Lin Sanxian, trapping Ye Wujiang and launching a battle as Nangong Chuixue's forces attacked the sect's strongholds.
• Chen Xuan discovered and helped Bai Bingyan defeat the Blood Demon King's growing avatar, and Bai Bingyan used Soul Searching to learn the locations of the Treasure Vault and its hidden inner vault.
• Chen Xuan and Bai Bingyan killed the demonic cultivators who pursued them and reached the Treasure Vault, where Bai Bingyan opened its gate.
• Chen Xuan and Bai Bingyan defeated the vault guards, though one Transformation Spirit Realm cultivator escaped, then entered the vault and found a dazzling hoard.

Chen Xuan and Bai Bingyan looted the Bloodthirsty Demon Sect’s treasure vault before joining their allies in destroying the sect. After learning that chaos was rising in Central Province, Chen Xuan prepared for the coming conflict while Bai Bingyan teased him.

• Chen Xuan collected most of the Treasure Vault’s Spirit Stones, pills, treasures, and other goods with Bai Bingyan’s help.
• Bai Bingyan opened the vault within the vault, where Chen Xuan claimed the Star Moon Pill Furnace and shared the Golden Soul Fruits while giving the Sky Severing Demon Canon to Nangong Chuixue.
• Yuan Bu'er gave Chen Xuan the Soul Capturing Demon Lamp containing the remnant souls of the Blood Demon King and four demon generals, confirming that the second Seven Towers trial had been passed.
• The group left the ruined Bloodthirsty Demon Sect, and Nangong Chuixue warned Chen Xuan that demonic and Demon Race forces were stirring in Central Province.
• Yuan Bu'er encouraged Chen Xuan to face the turmoil, and Bai Bingyan linked arms with him and teased him about being her best husband.

The Black Abyss erupted, the Merfolk Queen fled onto land, and the Azure Cloud Sect faced mounting pressure as Wei Wuyan heard of a new alliance against demons and devils. Meanwhile, Ji Wushuang completed a demonic technique but discovered its side effect, while Chen Xuan and Bai Bingyan remained together in the pagoda.

• An ancient bone hall burst from the Black Abyss, captured the Soul Refining Sect experts, and devoured them.
• The Merfolk Queen changed her tail into human legs and swam toward shore, hoping to find Chen Xuan.
• Wei Wuyan learned that the Seven Towers planned to form the Slay Demons and Eliminate Devils Grand Alliance, though Liuyun Daoist sensed trouble.
• Ji Wushuang completed the Three Thousand Demon Soul Disc, enthralled Zhao Caiyue, Shen Qingqing, Bai Ling, and Mu Xueyuan, then found himself unable to perform sexually.
• The Extraterrestrial Great Heart Demon advised Ji Wushuang to capture Chen Xuan and take his Extreme Yang True Dragon Bloodline to recover.
• Chen Xuan and Bai Bingyan embraced in the pagoda beside his vast Spirit Stone hoard.

Liu Ruyan accepted Yao Ji as her master and learned the Great Red Dust Joyful Union Art, hoping to gain power and use its slave seal on Chen Xuan. After her cultivation surged overnight, she tried to seduce Ji Wushuang for support in the coming alliance, but he rejected her and left.

• Yao Ji appeared before Liu Ruyan, concealed herself from Xuan Yang Zhenren, and offered to teach her the Great Red Dust Joyful Union Art in exchange for cooperation.
• Liu Ruyan agreed to become Yao Ji's disciple after hearing about the Joyful Union Sect's treasure vault and the Joyful Union Slave Seal, and she imagined using the seal on Chen Xuan.
• Yao Ji entered Liu Ruyan's body and helped her advance to eighth-grade seventh-tier Golden Core Realm after one night of cultivation.
• Yao Ji advised Liu Ruyan to find a talented man for dual cultivation, then fell into slumber; Liu Ruyan invited Ji Wushuang to Azure Wave Cave.
• Ji Wushuang told Liu Ruyan that Seven Towers planned to form the Slay Demons and Eliminate Devils Grand Alliance and that he wanted a Vice Alliance Leader position.
• Liu Ruyan tried to seduce Ji Wushuang to secure his support, but he made an excuse about practicing swordsmanship and left, leaving her furious.

After rescuing Bai Bingyan and destroying the Bloodthirsty Demon Sect, Chen Xuan welcomed former Profound Maiden Dao Sect members and prepared to make the sect’s power known. In Central Province, Luo Qingxian emerged from seclusion stronger and agreed to compete for a Vice Alliance Leader position.

• Bai Bingyan returned with Chen Xuan and Yuan Bu'er, agreed to become a guest elder, and reunited warmly with Dong Yufei.
• Yue Li brought thirteen former Profound Maiden Dao Sect members to meet Chen Xuan, who welcomed them and gave them treasures and Spirit Stones.
• Chen Xuan revealed that he had destroyed the Bloodthirsty Demon Sect, shocking the assembled sect members with proof from the Soul Capturing Demon Lamp.
• Niu Ben reported that the Slay Demons and Eliminate Devils Grand Alliance would choose three Vice Alliance Leaders in seven days, and Chen Xuan indicated he intended to do more than compete for a position.
• Luo Qingxian emerged from seclusion having mastered the Ice Profound Secret Canon and Misty Ice Flower, and agreed to compete for a Vice Alliance Leader position.

Chen Xuan prepared to travel to Seven Towers, strengthening his soul and battle body before leaving his allies behind. At the Vast Sword Sect, Ji Yaoyue condensed a powerful Heaven and Earth Avatar and discovered that transforming it into a dragon would require Yin-Yang Dual Cultivation with Chen Xuan, leaving her Dao heart in turmoil.

• Chen Xuan used his last Golden Soul Fruit to accelerate the expansion of his Immeasurable Soul Sea and named his strongest battle-body state the Yan Huang Overlord Dragon Body.
• Chen Xuan comforted Bai Bingyan before arranging who would stay behind and who would accompany him to Seven Towers.
• Chen Xuan visited the poisoned Tian Xing, promised to find the Nine Yang Fire Essence, and heeded Tian Xing's warning about spies among the Nine Sects and Thirteen Schools.
• Chen Xuan and his group left for Seven Towers on Golden Horn Great King's back as cultivators gathered for the Slay Demons and Eliminate Devils Grand Alliance selection.
• Ji Yaoyue condensed a Blazing Flame Fire Serpent Heaven and Earth Avatar, then realized Chen Xuan's essence blood had caused its mutation and that transforming it into a dragon required Yin-Yang Dual Cultivation with him.
• Ji Yaoyue blushed and wrestled with whether to reconcile with Chen Xuan and cultivate with him.

The Slay Demons and Eliminate Devils Grand Alliance began choosing its Vice Alliance Leaders, and Ji Wushuang appeared to secure the Third Vice Alliance Leader position. Chen Xuan interrupted the announcement and declared that he wanted the position for himself.

• Meng Wuji pursued Ji Yaoyue, who coldly rejected him before Xuan Yang Zhenren urged her to speak with him for the alliance’s sake.
• Dragon Cry Superior announced the alliance’s leadership structure and said candidates for Vice Alliance Leader positions would be chosen through contests.
• Ji Wushuang defeated the other nine Nascent Soul prodigies and emerged as the apparent winner of the Third Vice Alliance Leader position.
• As Dragon Cry Superior prepared to announce Ji Wushuang’s appointment, Chen Xuan arrived on a Golden Horn Sky Devouring Python and challenged him for the position.

Chen Xuan struck Pill King Wuji after Wuji declared that anyone who disagreed with Ji Wushuang’s appointment should hit him, escalating the dispute with the Seven Towers. He revealed a poem from Mu Yun Sanxian and challenged Dragon Cry Superior to recognize his standing as the Seven Towers’ Young Master.

• Meng Wuji rejected Chen Xuan’s challenge and insisted that Ji Wushuang would become Third Vice Alliance Leader, daring Chen Xuan to hit him.
• Chen Xuan slapped Meng Wuji, sending him flying and provoking the Seven Towers’ leaders.
• Yu Meiren defended Chen Xuan and accused the Seven Towers of repeatedly mistreating Mu Yun Sanxian’s sole inheritor.
• Dragon Cry Superior demanded that Chen Xuan apologize, while Meng Wuji demanded that Chen Xuan kneel and endure a hundred slaps.
• Chen Xuan defended his actions by pointing out that Meng Wuji had told people to hit him if they disagreed.
• Chen Xuan revealed Mu Yun Sanxian’s poem, prompting some Seven Towers cultivators to hail him as their Young Master, and asked Dragon Cry Superior whether he had the right to challenge the Seven Towers.

Chen Xuan rejected Ji Yaoyue’s plea for reconciliation and declared that he would kill Ji Wushuang, while Li Yinglian challenged his eligibility for the Vice Alliance Leader position by accusing him of colluding with the demonic path. When Chen Xuan refused to make a Great Dao Oath, he insisted that he had a better way to prove himself.

• Dragon Cry Superior agreed to let Ji Wushuang and Chen Xuan contend for the third Vice Alliance Leader position, and Chen Xuan challenged Ji Wushuang to a fight to the death.
• Ji Yaoyue begged Chen Xuan to return to Jade Maiden Peak, but he rejected her and vowed to settle their debts and kill Ji Wushuang.
• Feng Qingyang urged Chen Xuan to let go of his vengeance, but Chen Xuan said he could not find peace until Ji Wushuang died.
• Li Yinglian accused Chen Xuan of illicit ties to the Qingqiu Fox Clan and the demonic path, then demanded he prove his innocence with a Great Dao Oath.
• Chen Xuan refused the oath and announced that he had a better way to prove himself.

Chen Xuan proved that the Bloodthirsty Demon Sect had been destroyed and qualified the Profound Maiden Dao Sect to compete for the Third Vice Alliance Leader position. Ji Wushuang forced the contest into a pill-refining duel, but Chen Xuan left with Luo Qingxian to woo her before beginning the first round.

• Chen Xuan displayed the Soul Capturing Demon Lamp and destroyed the remnant souls of the Blood Demon King and four demon generals, then revealed that the Profound Maiden Dao Sect had wiped out the Bloodthirsty Demon Sect.
• Dragon Cry Superior accepted the sect’s proof and agreed to begin the contest for Third Vice Alliance Leader.
• Ji Wushuang demanded that Seven Towers draw lots to choose the contest method, and the result set a pill-refining duel presided over by Meng Wuji.
• Meng Wuji announced a best-of-three contest, with the first round requiring a Nirvana Pill within one day; Ji Wushuang began refining while Chen Xuan remained idle.
• Chen Xuan teased Ji Wushuang, then left the contest with Luo Qingxian to woo her before refining pills.

Chen Xuan delayed the pill contest while spending time with Luo Qingxian, then arrived with only an incense stick left and claimed he could still refine a Nirvana Pill. He left the crowd stunned as he prepared to prove his skill.

• Luo Qingxian admired Chen Xuan’s treasure hoard, learned how he had obtained it, and accepted a defensive dress he had brought for her.
• Luo Qingxian arranged a private space in the treasure tower, where she and Chen Xuan spent time together instead of returning to the pill contest.
• Ji Wushuang refined and produced a Top-Grade Nirvana Pill, prompting the crowd to mock Chen Xuan for his absence.
• Chen Xuan and Luo Qingxian arrived hand in hand with only one incense stick remaining, and Chen Xuan declared that he had enough time to refine a Nirvana Pill.
• Chen Xuan told the assembled cultivators that he would show them how a true pill-refining master could obtain a Nirvana Pill with ease.

Chen Xuan won the pill duel against Ji Wushuang by refining a Low-Grade Treasure Nirvana Pill and then a High-Grade Treasure Origin Return Sky Star Pill with astonishing speed. His victory secured him the Third Vice Alliance Leader position, and Yu Meiren declared that he deserved to be the Pill Venerable of Central Province.

• Chen Xuan refined a Low-Grade Treasure Nirvana Pill, and Meng Wuji confirmed that it was genuine after the Vast Sword Sect accused him of using an illusion.
• Ji Wushuang demanded a second round, and the Seven Towers supplied him with a Low-Grade Dao Artifact pill furnace and a treasured flame.
• Chen Xuan brought out his mid-grade Dao Artifact Star Moon Pill Furnace and refined a High-Grade Treasure Origin Return Sky Star Pill in one incense stick.
• Chen Xuan gave the pill to Fang Yushan and won over cultivators from the Seven Towers, while Ji Wushuang lost control of his furnace and caused it to explode.
• Chen Xuan won two rounds and claimed the position of Third Vice Alliance Leader, and Yu Meiren declared him the Pill Venerable of Central Province.

Chen Xuan’s alchemical prowess earned him the title of Pill Revered, and he used his new prestige to promote the Profound Maiden Dao Sect. As the alliance’s vice-leader selections continued, Luo Qingxian defeated Ji Yaoyue and condemned her for betraying Chen Xuan.

• Yu Meiren declared Chen Xuan’s alchemy worthy of a Pill Revered, while Meng Wuji challenged his title and refused Chen Xuan’s proposed contest.
• Jin Wuji asked whether Chen Xuan could refine a Half-Immortal Pill, and Chen Xuan said he had a thirty percent chance if supplied with the rare ingredients and given sufficient sincerity by the Grand Void Sword Sect.
• Chen Xuan invited independent cultivators to join the Profound Maiden Dao Sect and offered rewards for bringing promising cultivation seedlings, but rejected Mu Yin Xue’s request to become his disciple.
• Dragon Cry Superior announced Chen Xuan as the third Vice Alliance Leader, then began the contest for the second position among fifteen candidates.
• Yu Meiren considered seeking the first Vice Alliance Leader position, but Chen Xuan warned that the Grand Alliance might hide a conspiracy and persuaded her not to risk the sect.
• Luo Qingxian defeated Ji Yaoyue in the final battle, and Chen Xuan sensed a mysterious connection to Ji Yaoyue’s Blazing Flame Fire Serpent Heaven and Earth Avatar as Luo condemned Ji Yaoyue for betraying him.

Luo Qingxian defeated Ji Yaoyue and secured the Second Vice Alliance Leader position, while Chen Xuan discovered that a hidden demonic force had ensnared several powerful figures. The chapter ended with Luo Qingxian kissing Chen Xuan in front of Li Chen to prove that he was the man she loved.

• Ji Yaoyue attacked Luo Qingxian again, but Luo Qingxian defeated her and challenged her to swear a Great Dao Oath to prove her innocence.
• Li Yinglian led the Vast Sword Sect away as Ji Wushuang awoke, and the Extraterrestrial Great Heart Demon urged Ji Wushuang to sacrifice his parents to gain power.
• Luo Qingxian became Second Vice Alliance Leader, and Dragon Cry Superior named Xuan Yuan Jingxian among the candidates for First Vice Alliance Leader.
• Xuan Yuan Jingxian arrived with Li Chen and Xuan Yuan Longjing, and Chen Xuan used the Ancestor Dragon Little Immortal Qi to discover demonic qi binding Xuan Yuan Jingxian and several others.
• Li Chen approached Luo Qingxian and asked her to meet him, but she held Chen Xuan's hand and kissed him to show Li Chen that she loved Chen Xuan.

Chen Xuan defeated Li Chen in a fierce sword battle, then declared that he would carry on Mu Yun Sanxian's legacy and bear Central Province's burdens. After Luo Qingxian praised him, Xuan Yuan Longjing asked for his help and offered to sleep with him whether he succeeded or failed.

• Luo Qingxian kissed Chen Xuan in public at his request, provoking Li Chen into challenging him.
• Chen Xuan and Li Chen exchanged sword strikes, and Chen Xuan's Dragon Sword overwhelmed Li Chen's Qingxuan Sword.
• Li Chen unleashed his Eight Directions Extinction Sword, but Chen Xuan endured the attack with his Yan Huang Overlord Dragon Body and knocked him into a pit.
• Xuan Yuan Jingxian stopped Li Chen from fighting again, while Chen Xuan declared his vow to inherit Mu Yun Sanxian's will and bear Central Province's burdens.
• Luo Qingxian congratulated Chen Xuan, and Xuan Yuan Longjing offered to sleep with him if he helped her with a request.

Chen Xuan agreed to help Xuan Yuan Longjing, realized her shocking proposal was meant to draw attention to Xuan Yuan Jingxian’s Death Soul Magic Lock, and found a way to break it. After the alliance’s campaign against demons ended, Xuan Yuan Longjing came to Chen Xuan asking to speak privately.

• Xuan Yuan Longjing offered to sleep with Chen Xuan in exchange for his help, and Chen Xuan agreed while guessing that she was trying to provoke Xuan Yuan Jingxian.
• Xuan Yuan Jingxian imprisoned Xuan Yuan Longjing, and Chen Xuan found a method in the Sky Dragon Soul Canon to break the Death Soul Magic Lock.
• Xuan Yuan Jingxian became First Vice Alliance Leader, and Chen Xuan organized his assigned cultivators into ten squads.
• Chen Xuan sent two loose immortals to protect Mu Yun Sanxian and kept Xu Yue Sanxian nearby to guard him.
• Chen Xuan and the alliance defeated the demons and demonic factions along Central Province’s borders, then Chen Xuan returned to the Profound Maiden Dao Sect with Du Meng and Niu Ben.
• Xuan Yuan Longjing visited Chen Xuan and shyly asked to speak with him in private.

Xuan Yuan Longjing asked Chen Xuan to save her father from the Death Soul Magic Lock, and Chen Xuan agreed to help her obtain the treasures needed to break it. After sharing Drunken Rouge, Long Jing kissed him and began giving him a Purple Extreme Mysterious Yin Pearl.

• Xuan Yuan Longjing told Chen Xuan that her father, Xuan Yuan Jingxian, had been corrupted by eight strands of demonic qi after Li Chen suffered a Cultivation Deviation.
• Chen Xuan explained that a Great Light Talisman Seal could break the Death Soul Magic Lock and that he needed rare Light Attribute treasures to make it.
• Xuan Yuan Longjing offered her father's Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion Grand Guest Elder Token, and Chen Xuan agreed to travel with her to obtain the treasures.
• Xuan Yuan Longjing undressed and offered herself to Chen Xuan, but he told her he would help without expecting anything in return.
• Xuan Yuan Longjing dressed again, shared her Drunken Rouge spirit wine with Chen Xuan, and told him that her Purple Extreme Mysterious Yin Pearl could only be transferred through yin and yang crossing over.
• After they became drunk, Xuan Yuan Longjing kissed Chen Xuan and began giving him the pearl.

Chen Xuan absorbed the Purple Extreme Mysterious Yin Pearl from Xuan Yuan Longjing, then left with her for the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion as demonic forces plotted to accelerate their scheme. News of Chen Xuan’s victory reached Bai Qian, whose approaching Love Tribulation forced her to weigh killing him against sharing a husband with Bing Yan.

• Xuan Yuan Longjing kissed Chen Xuan and gave him the Purple Extreme Mysterious Yin Pearl, which expanded his Immeasurable Soul Sea beyond seven thousand zhang before dissolving.
• Chen Xuan and Xuan Yuan Longjing continued kissing for an hour, then left together for the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion to condense the Great Light Talisman Seal.
• At a demonic altar, the master ordered Nine Nether to accelerate his plan to capture Central Province cultivators and break free within one year, and Nine Nether agreed.
• The Green Eagle King reported that Chen Xuan had destroyed the Bloodthirsty Demon Sect, but the Demon Empress rebuked him for failing to capture Chen Xuan.
• After Tao'er told Bai Qian about Chen Xuan’s victory, Bai Qian worried that her Love Tribulation might force her to kill Chen Xuan or share a husband with Bing Yan.

Chen Xuan and Xuan Yuan Longjing arrived at the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion’s enormous headquarters, where they explored its privileges and extravagant services. As they prepared to travel across the island, Chen Xuan sensed a familiar summons from his bloodline somewhere nearby.

• Chen Xuan admired the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion’s floating island while Xuan Yuan Longjing praised his potential and explained that the Pavilion Master’s coming tribulation could destabilize the organization.
• Xuan Yuan Longjing described the island’s districts and trading opportunities, and Chen Xuan considered searching for overlooked treasures and possibly building a merchant association.
• Xuan Yuan Longjing explained that the Pavilion offered distinguished guests attendant cultivators, but Chen Xuan rejected the offer and reaffirmed his affection for her.
• Xuan Yuan Longjing used her father’s Grand Guest Elder Token to bring Chen Xuan through a private entrance, where they boarded the island’s Pegasus carriages.
• As Chen Xuan approached a carriage, his bloodline surged and he sensed a familiar summons from deep within the island, leading him to suspect that a close relative might be there.

Chen Xuan and Xuan Yuan Longjing traveled toward an unknown destination while Wan Pengfei arranged for Xiao Mimi to borrow the Four Elders and capture Old Monk Jianren. When Wan Pengfei heard that Xuan Yuan Longjing had arrived with a Golden Core cultivator who appeared to be her lover, he flew into a rage.

• Chen Xuan boarded a Pegasus Carriage with Xuan Yuan Longjing and directed the driver toward their destination.
• Xiao Mimi offered herself to Wan Pengfei in exchange for his help borrowing the Four Elders to capture Old Monk Jianren and seize his secret treasure.
• Wan Pengfei agreed to help Xiao Mimi after she promised to sleep with him ten times, and she named three locations where Old Monk Jianren might be hiding.
• Wan Pengfei learned that Xuan Yuan Longjing had arrived accompanied by a Golden Core man and that they appeared intimate.
• Wan Pengfei struck his informant and vowed to kill the man he believed had slept with Xuan Yuan Longjing.