Chapter Summaries

Great Crimson Heavenly Dragon sent Ancestor Yangmei and four hidden Quasi-Sage avatars with thirty million troops to delay the Immortal Dao Heavenly Court, then accepted a mysterious shadow’s demonic plan. Luo Qing discovered that Demon Ancestor Dragon had corrupted Great Crimson Heavenly Dragon and that the army was being prepared for a blood sacrifice, but chose not to interfere.

• Great Crimson Heavenly Dragon and Ancestor Yangmei decided to use the outsiders to wear down the Immortal Dao Heavenly Court, and Great Crimson Heavenly Dragon ordered Ancestor Yangmei to lead the main force and delay the enemy.
• Ancestor Yangmei and four hidden Quasi-Sage avatars departed with thirty million Crimson Heaven troops, while thirty million elite troops remained in the Crimson Dragon Mountain Range.
• A mysterious shadow urged Great Crimson Heavenly Dragon to follow its plan, and Great Crimson Heavenly Dragon agreed despite his unease.
• Demon Ancestor Dragon revealed that he had manipulated Great Crimson Heavenly Dragon, while demons across the Northern Domain began gathering toward the Crimson Dragon Mountain Range.
• Luo Qing detected the demonic intent in Great Crimson Heavenly Dragon and discovered the plan to use a Blood Sacrifice Formation Arrays to sacrifice the thirty million troops in battle.
• Luo Qing chose not to disrupt the plan or warn Haotian and the others.

Luo Qing considered whether Heart Light Power could support a fourth Primordial Chaos Dao Fruit, but concluded that the era was not yet suited to gathering Incense Fire. In the north, Xuan Nü’s army reached the Crimson Heavenly Court’s fortified border city, where both sides watched each other without engaging.

• Luo Qing examined a statue of Saint Huode and considered using Heart Light Power to cultivate an Incense Fire Divine Path Dao Fruit.
• Luo Qing judged that the Heart Light gathered by mortals was far too little and decided to wait for a more suitable era to spread teachings.
• Xuan Nü led five million Heavenly Court Immortals and Gods to the Crimson Heavenly Court’s Northern Domain border city.
• Yun Xiao warned Xuan Nü that the city’s formations, five Quasi-Sages, and thirty million defenders would make an assault difficult.
• Ancestor Yangmei and the other Crimson Heavenly Court defenders watched the Heavenly Court vanguard but chose to delay rather than attack.

Yun Xiao studied and dismantled the Crimson Heaven War City's defenses while the Heavenly Court Vanguard held its ground for more than a decade. With Haotian's main force nearing and the city exposed, Ancestor Yangmei decided to use the army's lives for a blood sacrifice.

• Xuan Nü assigned Yun Xiao to study and break the war city's defensive formation, and Yun Xiao promised to finish before the Heavenly Emperor arrived.
• Yun Xiao repeatedly attacked the city with the Vanguard's army formation, stripping away its defensive layers as the armies avoided direct battle.
• After more than a decade, Yun Xiao broke the city's formations just as Haotian's main force approached within a month's journey.
• The Crimson Heavenly Court's leaders debated retreating to Cang Mountain, while the four outside Quasi-Sages urged escape.
• Ancestor Yangmei concluded that his allies could not win and resolved to blood-sacrifice the Thirty Million Immortals and Gods.

Ancestor Yangmei convinced the Crimson Heavenly Court’s army to face Haotian’s vastly powerful force by falsely claiming his treasure could evacuate them all. As the armies clashed, Luo Qing anticipated Great Crimson Heavenly Dragon’s blood sacrifice, while Lu Ya resolved to restore the Demon Court despite Kunpeng’s doubts.

• Ancestor Yangmei showed the Crimson Heavenly Court’s leaders a High-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure and lied that it could carry their army to safety, persuading them not to retreat before fighting.
• A month later, Haotian led the Heavenly Court’s main army to Crimson Heaven War City, drawing awe and alarm from observers across the Primordial Wilderness.
• At Phoenix Perch Mountain, Lu Ya asked Old Ancestor Kunpeng whether he could restore the Demon Court, then vowed to pursue that goal after Kunpeng offered no hope.
• Luo Qing recognized that Great Crimson Heavenly Dragon’s planned blood sacrifice was imminent and reflected on the Devil Dao’s place in the world.
• Ancestor Yangmei rallied the frightened Crimson Heavenly Court army, and its thirty million immortals and gods gathered their formation’s power and attacked Haotian’s main force.

Xuan Nü led the Heavenly Court’s three armies against the Crimson Heaven War City and overwhelmed its defenses with a series of powerful strikes. As the second fist broke through the city’s hastily raised barrier, the Crimson Heaven Immortal Army faced imminent destruction.

• Haotian ordered Xuan Nü to command all three Heavenly Court armies and crush the Crimson Heaven forces.
• Xuan Nü gathered the Heavenly Court’s Army Formation power and struck the Crimson Heaven War City with a fist radiance.
• Ancestor Yangmei used the Crimson Heaven Immortal Army’s formation to block the first strike, but the collision wounded many soldiers and left the war city shaken.
• Xuan Nü immediately launched a second and then a third strike while the Crimson Heaven forces struggled to regroup.
• Ancestor Yangmei raised a rushed protective barrier against the second strike, but Xuan Nü’s fist radiance shattered it in half a breath.

The Crimson Heavenly Army’s defense collapsed under Xuan Nü’s attack, and Ancestor Yangmei abandoned the soldiers before triggering the Blood Sacrifice Grand Array. Xuan Nü’s next strike destroyed Crimson Heaven War City, while the array drained the survivors, leaving Yangmei to watch from afar.

• Xuan Nü’s fist light shattered the Crimson Heaven Immortal Army’s formation and killed at least three million soldiers.
• Ancestor Yangmei told the army that they had been sent to die for Crimson Heaven’s plan, then fled the city as the Great Luo Golden Immortals and four Quasi-Sages cursed him and scattered.
• As Xuan Nü’s third fist light approached, Ancestor Yangmei activated the Blood Sacrifice Grand Array, which trapped the army and drained their power, blood, and spirits.
• Xuan Nü’s golden fist light engulfed and destroyed Crimson Heaven War City, killing most of the trapped army and gravely wounding the four Quasi-Sages.
• The Blood Sacrifice Grand Array drained the wounded Quasi-Sages and other survivors to ash, while Ancestor Yangmei watched from tens of thousands of miles away.

Luo Qing explained the origins and power of the Devil Dao Blood Sacrifice as Xuan Nü and the Heavenly Court witnessed Great Crimson Heavenly Dragon sacrifice thirty million Immortals and Gods. The sacrifice strengthened the Crimson Heavenly Court, but its brutality alienated its allies and left its forces increasingly isolated.

• Luo Lian felt an unsettling resonance with the Blood Sacrifice, and Luo Qing explained that Demon Ancestor Luohou had developed the art and that the sacrifice could create several Quasi-Sages.
• Xuan Nü realized Great Crimson Heavenly Dragon had used her attack to trap the Crimson Heaven Immortal Army and sacrifice thirty million Immortals and Gods, including four Quasi-Sages.
• Xuan Nü destroyed the buried Blood Sacrifice Grand Array, but the victims' Dharma Power and essence had already been transmitted away.
• Haotian ordered news of the sacrifice spread throughout the Northern Domain, while Heavenly Empress Taihua warned that the Crimson Heavenly Court's strength would surge.
• Northern Domain forces withdrew from the Crimson Heavenly Court's alliance, and outside powers condemned Great Crimson Heavenly Dragon for sacrificing their people and destroying his own support.

The Great Crimson Heavenly Dragon’s Blood Sacrifice devastated the Northern Domain and turned him into a Demon Emperor, while Luo Qing explained that the Demon Ancestor Dragon had controlled events from the start. Though the Great Crimson Heavenly Dragon’s forces gained immense power at the cost of their lifespans, Luo Qing said he might still escape death by casting off his demonic nature.

• Luo Qing realized that the Demon Ancestor Dragon had secretly arranged the Blood Sacrifice and used the Great Crimson Heavenly Dragon as his shadow.
• The Blood Sacrifice devastated the Northern Domain, killed more than Sixty Million Immortals and Gods, and transformed the land around the Crimson Dragon Mountain Range into a Demon Domain.
• Ancestor Yangmei returned to the Great Crimson Heavenly Dragon, who promised him an Infinite Fruit Position after establishing the Supreme Heavenly Court.
• Ancestor Yangmei recognized that the Great Crimson Heavenly Dragon was under the Demon Ancestor Dragon’s influence and had sacrificed his lifespan to reach Peak Quasi-Sage level.
• Luo Qing assessed the Crimson Heaven Demon Dao Army’s overwhelming strength and explained that most of its forces would perish even if it won the struggle for Heaven.
• Luo Qing told Long Ling, Zi Luo, and Luo Lian that the Great Crimson Heavenly Dragon might still survive by casting off his demonic shell and becoming an immortal.

The Great Crimson Heavenly Dragon sacrificed lifespans to raise the Crimson Heavenly Court’s strength, shocking the Primordial Wilderness and drawing Haotian into a battle he could not retreat from because of his Heart Demon. Luo Qing explained the hidden connection behind Haotian’s predicament, while Haotian’s army continued its advance toward the Crimson Dragon Mountain Range.

• The Great Crimson Heavenly Dragon blood-sacrificed the Crimson Heavenly Court and exchanged lifespans for strength, leaving thirty million Demon Monsters, ten Demonic Quasi-Sages, and more than a thousand Grand Luo Golden Immortals.
• The revealed sacrifice horrified the Immortals and Gods, while Quasi-Sages debated whether the Crimson Heavenly Dragon could defeat Haotian before his forces’ shortened lifespans ran out.
• A concealed Quasi-Sage said Haotian could not retreat because of his Heart Demon, prompting Luo Qing to explain that Haotian’s Heart Demon was tied to the Demon Ancestor Dragon.
• Long Ling said the Heavenly Court still had advantages and could win a direct confrontation with the Great Crimson Heavenly Dragon.
• Haotian kept his army advancing through the Northern Domain, where it subdued resisting forces and killed Demon Monsters and those corrupted by Evil Demons.

Haotian led the Heavenly Court in a thousand-year campaign across the Northern Domain, gathering territory and troops while the Great Crimson Heavenly Dragon prepared within the Crimson Dragon Mountain Range. The armies assembled for a decisive battle, leaving the outcome of the Kalpa Tribulation uncertain.

• Haotian’s forces swept through the Northern Domain, accepting the surrender of its factions and slaughtering those that resisted while outside Quasi-Sages avoided intervening.
• Kong Xuan and Yunlong led the Water Department troops through the Northern Domain, and their force grew to more than ten million as factions surrendered or offered hostages.
• After a thousand years, the Heavenly Court’s thirty million main troops and thirty million miscellaneous troops gathered around the Crimson Dragon Mountain Range, while the Great Crimson Heavenly Dragon strengthened his Demon Army and became more deeply influenced by the Demon Ancestor Dragon.
• Haotian left the miscellaneous troops as an outer barrier and led the Heavenly Court’s main force and several Quasi-Sages toward the mountain range, declaring that he would cut down the Great Crimson Heavenly Dragon or the Demon Ancestor Dragon.
• Luo Qing watched the opposing Peak Quasi-Sages and their armies prepare for battle, unable to predict how the Kalpa Tribulation would end.

The Demon Ancestor Dragon sought Demonic Hong Yun’s help against the Heavenly Court, but Hong Yun refused to fight and gave him an Evil Magic Edict instead. As Haotian’s army approached the Crimson Dragon Mountain Range, the Great Crimson Heavenly Dragon prepared his demon army for battle.

• The Demon Ancestor Dragon entered Gui Xu and repeatedly summoned Demonic Hong Yun, who reluctantly appeared to meet him.
• Demonic Hong Yun refused to join the war, claiming a Dao injury, but gave the Demon Ancestor Dragon an Evil Magic Edict to disrupt the Heavenly Court’s immortals.
• After the Demon Ancestor Dragon left, Demonic Hong Yun fled Gui Xu and hid toward the West Sea.
• The Great Crimson Heavenly Dragon held the Evil Magic Edict and planned to drag Demonic Hong Yun into the conflict if his army lost.
• A Great Demon reported that Haotian’s army was approaching, and the Great Crimson Heavenly Dragon ordered the thirty million demon army to form ranks.
• Haotian’s thirty million Heavenly Court troops advanced toward the Crimson Dragon Mountain Range, dispelling the demonic clouds in their path.

The Heavenly Court and Crimson Heaven armies faced off above the Crimson Dragon Mountain Range, with Haotian and the Great Crimson Heavenly Dragon refusing to yield. Their first army-formation clash ended without a clear advantage, and the Heavenly Court launched a volley of arrows toward the demons.

• Xuan Nü warned Yun Xiao, Luo Tian, Luo Yao, and the others to be careful, while they reassured her that their protective methods and Father God would keep them safe.
• The Heavenly Court and the thirty-million-strong Demon Army assembled on opposite sides of the Crimson Dragon Mountain Range as Haotian and the Great Crimson Heavenly Dragon traded accusations and threats.
• Haotian ordered the Heavenly Court to attack, and the Great Crimson Heavenly Dragon commanded his demons to destroy their enemies.
• Azure Dragon took control of the Immortal Army Formation, sending a vast Canghai Sea of Water Tribe against the demons' tide of Demonic Energy; the two forces clashed and devastated the surrounding land without gaining an advantage.
• After the first probe ended, Haotian ordered Kong Xuan's forces to fire, and millions of immortals and gods launched formation-powered arrows toward the demon army.

The Heavenly Court’s arrow barrage battered the Crimson Heaven Demon Army’s formation, but the Golden Lion Demon King absorbed the attacks and hurled them back. After the Golden Lion insulted Haotian, Jade Pool Xuan Nü volunteered to kill him.

• Kong Xuan ordered repeated volleys of arrows that eventually weakened the Crimson Heaven Demon Army’s formation and injured its cultivators.
• The Golden Lion Demon King drew on the army formation, transformed into a giant lion, and advanced through the arrow rain.
• The Golden Lion Demon King devoured the Heavenly Court’s Demon-Slaying Arrows with his vortex and returned them toward the Heavenly Court after Kong Xuan halted the barrage.
• The Golden Lion Demon King taunted Haotian, who asked his Quasi-Sage allies to kill the lion.
• Jade Pool Xuan Nü stepped forward and volunteered to slay the Golden Lion Demon King.

Jade Pool Xuan Nü killed the Golden Lion Demon King with one sword strike, breaking through the Demonic Army Formation and lifting the Heavenly Court Immortal Army’s morale. The Great Crimson Heavenly Dragon then armed the Earth Tortoise Demon King with a High-grade Innate Defensive Spirit Treasure to face Xuan Nü.

• Xuan Nü took control of the Heavenly Court Army Formation’s power and confronted the Golden Lion Demon King.
• Xuan Nü’s sword strike shattered the Golden Lion Demon King’s army formation power, killed him, and destroyed his Good Corpse through karma.
• Xuan Nü challenged the remaining demons, and her victory strengthened the Heavenly Court Immortal Army’s morale while unsettling the Demonic Army.
• The Great Crimson Heavenly Dragon told the nine remaining Demonic Quasi-Sages that the Golden Lion Demon King had died through carelessness and offered the Heavenly Tortoise Spirit Armor to the next fighter.
• The Earth Tortoise Demon King volunteered, received the Heavenly Tortoise Spirit Armor, and prepared to face Xuan Nü.

Xuan Nü slew Earth Tortoise Demon King after breaking through to Peak Quasi-Sage, while Great Crimson Heavenly Dragon learned enough about formation control to take command of his army. Haotian then gathered the Heavenly Court Army Formation’s power and prepared to face him, reaching the highest peak beneath Hunyuan.

• Long Ling explained to Luo Lian and Zi Luo that Xuan Nü’s skill in controlling the Heavenly Court Army Formation had let her wield its power far more effectively than the demonic Quasi-Sages.
• Luo Qing said Haotian had traded the lives of two demonic Quasi-Sages for a chance to study formation control, while Great Crimson Heavenly Dragon had learned from Xuan Nü’s technique.
• Xuan Nü broke through to Peak Quasi-Sage, shattered Earth Tortoise Demon King’s Heavenly Tortoise Spirit Armor, and slew him with two swords.
• Great Crimson Heavenly Dragon took control of the Demonic Army Formation after the eight remaining Demon Kings joined their power to his.
• Haotian called Xuan Nü back, then gathered the power of the Heavenly Court Army Formation through six Quasi-Sages and reached the highest peak beneath Hunyuan.

Great Crimson Heavenly Dragon and Haotian began their decisive battle for control of the Heavenly Throne, representing the Devil Dao and Immortal Dao. After their forces clashed and their treasures proved unequal, both emperors drew on the Heavenly Dao and met sword against sword.

• Luo Lian learned from Zi Luo and Long Ling that Huang Tian was expected to become the Heavenly Emperor, and Luo Qing encouraged her to keep cultivating.
• Great Crimson Heavenly Dragon and Haotian led their armies into battle, with the Demonic Faction fielding eight Quasi-Saints against the Heavenly Court's six.
• The Heavenly Court's superior Innate Spiritual Treasures damaged or shattered the Demonic Faction's treasures, but Great Crimson Heavenly Dragon used Filthy Demonic Light to corrode the attackers.
• Haotian recalled his remaining treasures and attacked Great Crimson Heavenly Dragon with the Heavenly Dao Sword.
• Great Crimson Heavenly Dragon formed a Demonic Light Sword using Demonic Energy and Heavenly Dao Spiritual Light, and the two emperors' swords clashed, devastating the surrounding space.

Haotian steadily overpowered Great Crimson Heavenly Dragon as both armies’ formations neared exhaustion. Just as Haotian prepared to deliver the decisive blow, Ancestor Yangmei sent a suspicious edict toward the weakened Heavenly Court Army Formation.

• Haotian fought Great Crimson Heavenly Dragon for over a thousand rounds and gradually gained the advantage.
• Haotian severed the head of Great Crimson Heavenly Dragon’s projection, weakening the Demonic Army Formation and its emperor.
• Haotian announced that Great Crimson Heavenly Dragon had lost and raised his sword for a final strike.
• Great Crimson Heavenly Dragon gathered the Demonic Army Formation’s remaining power to meet Haotian’s attack.
• Ancestor Yangmei emerged from the ruins and sent an edict toward the Heavenly Court Army Formation.
• Heavenly Empress Taihua warned the Heavenly Court Quasi-Saints to stop the edict, and they threw out several Innate Spiritual Treasures.

A demonic edict shattered the Heavenly Court’s formation, leaving Haotian exposed to the Great Crimson Heavenly Dragon’s killing blow. Luo Qing’s long-planted Destiny seed restored the Dragon’s memories and sense of self, and he began resisting Demon Ancestor Dragon’s control.

• The Evil Magic Edict pierced the Heavenly Court Army Formation, turning a million Immortals and Gods to the Evil Demon heresy and trapping more than five million in Heart Demon illusions.
• The weakened formation collapsed, draining Haotian of his Half-step Sage power as the Great Crimson Heavenly Dragon swung his demonic sword at him.
• Luo Qing’s Destiny seed broke its seal in the Great Crimson Heavenly Dragon’s primordial spirit and restored memories of Demon Ancestor Dragon’s plan to make him a puppet.
• The Great Crimson Heavenly Dragon regained his clarity, declared that Destiny had revealed his true self, and began suppressing his Devil Dao aura.
• Demon Ancestor Dragon sensed that his control was slipping and reached across the distance to seize the Great Crimson Heavenly Dragon again.

The Great Crimson Heavenly Dragon resisted the Demon Ancestor Dragon’s attempt to control his fate and joined Haotian in a hunt for the Sage, who had not yet regained Hunyuan cultivation. As Heavenly Court and the Devil Dao fought on the sealed battlefield, the watching Quasi-Sages learned the target could be vulnerable and were tempted to join the pursuit.

• The Great Crimson Heavenly Dragon resisted the Demon Ancestor Dragon’s control, hurled the Demonic Light Sword toward him, and invited Haotian to help slay him.
• Haotian accepted after learning the Demon Ancestor Dragon had not recovered his Hunyuan cultivation, and the two set off together.
• Haotian ordered Taihua and the Heavenly Court forces to exterminate the Devil Dao cultivators, while Taihua sealed the battlefield and led the attack.
• Ancestor Yangmei was trapped between the warring sides and despaired over having nowhere to escape.
• The watching Quasi-Sages realized the Demon Ancestor Dragon might be vulnerable, and those who had suffered in the North Sea Tribulation were especially eager for revenge.

Great Crimson Heavenly Dragon and Haotian confronted the Demon Ancestor Dragon, whose Quasi-Sage body had been wounded by Great Crimson Heavenly Dragon’s sword strike. The Demon Ancestor Dragon revealed his Peak Quasi-Saint strength and seized Haotian’s Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure.

• The Quasi-Sages searched for Great Crimson Heavenly Dragon and Haotian and found the enormous abyss carved by Great Crimson Heavenly Dragon’s sword strike.
• Long Ling questioned whether Great Crimson Heavenly Dragon and Haotian could defeat the Demon Ancestor Dragon, and Luo Qing said Haotian had Hongjun Dao Ancestor as his teacher.
• At the bottom of the abyss, the Demon Ancestor Dragon ground away the sword light and discovered his palms had been badly wounded.
• Great Crimson Heavenly Dragon and Haotian confronted the Demon Ancestor Dragon, who appeared in the void and revealed his Peak Quasi-Saint cultivation.
• Haotian attacked with a Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure, and the Demon Ancestor Dragon caught it and began crushing it in his hand.