Chapter Summaries

During the demonic assault on Qianyun Mountain, Qu Zhengfeng fought off attackers before confronting Kang Hou, the Devil Ancestor. Kang Hou nearly killed Qu Zhengfeng, but Zhang Qingyuan intervened, revealing that he remained powerful and forcing Kang Hou to face him as a formidable enemy.

• Kang Hou considered whether to leave Yunzhou for the Central Continent while the Nine Nether grand formation attacked Qianyun Mountain.
• Qu Zhengfeng defended Qianyun Mountain, killing demonic cultivators and destroying Netherworld skulls as the assault spread across the mountain.
• Qu Zhengfeng found Kang Hou at the Cloud Viewing Platform and recognized him as the Devil Ancestor.
• Kang Hou used a dark vortex in his eyes to overwhelm Qu Zhengfeng and drain his life force.
• Zhang Qingyuan sealed Kang Hou in crystal lattices and rescued Qu Zhengfeng, prompting Kang Hou to acknowledge Zhang Qingyuan's strength.

Zhang Qingyuan arrived at Qianyun Mountain and confronted Devil Ancestor Kang Hou, identifying him as the supposedly dead Battle Dao Venerable Ku Yixin. Kang Hou launched a devastating attack, but Zhang Qingyuan broke through his supernatural ability with his sword arts, and the two began battling across the sky.

• Zhang Qingyuan appeared before Qu Zhengfeng and revealed that Devil Ancestor Kang Hou was Battle Dao Venerable Ku Yixin.
• Kang Hou unleashed his Swallowing Heaven and Devouring Earth supernatural ability, darkening the battlefield and crushing cultivators beneath its force.
• Zhang Qingyuan evaded Kang Hou's black-hole attack and summoned countless sword arts, breaking the vortex apart with his Sword Momentum.
• Kang Hou vanished into a black hole and struck Zhang Qingyuan from behind with a giant dark hand.
• Zhang Qingyuan met Kang Hou's palm with his sword fingers, and their clash shattered the surrounding space as they continued fighting in the sky.

Zhang Qingyuan fought Devil Ancestor Kang Hou in a battle so powerful that the watching Myriad Transformations Realm cultivators finally believed the accounts of Zhang Qingyuan’s earlier feats. Having sharpened his swordsmanship during their clash, Zhang Qingyuan declared the fight was over, revealing that Kang Hou could not pressure him and swordsmanship was only one of his many methods.

• Zhang Qingyuan and Devil Ancestor Kang Hou exchanged blows that shattered the sky and threatened to annihilate the watching Myriad Transformations Realm cultivators.
• The spectators acknowledged Zhang Qingyuan’s strength and abandoned their doubts about the reports of his past battle in the Barren Sea.
• Zhang Qingyuan compared Kang Hou favorably to the Founding Ancestor atop Five Elements Mountain, whom he had recently fought in a weakened state.
• Zhang Qingyuan reflected that the battle had improved his swordsmanship, but concluded that Kang Hou could not push him further.
• Zhang Qingyuan declared the fight was over and revealed that swordsmanship was only one of his many methods.

Zhang Qingyuan’s Myriad Swords Return to the Sect broke through Devil Ancestor Kang Hou’s strongest defense and nearly killed him, but a mysterious man from the Central Continent’s Prison Heaven Pavilion intervened. The newcomer blocked Zhang Qingyuan’s strike and declared that he had come to take his life.

• Zhang Qingyuan unleashed Myriad Swords Return to the Sect, merging countless sword shadows into a single devastating strike.
• Devil Ancestor Kang Hou invoked the Heavenly Heart Dao Seal: Dark Nether Void, but Zhang Qingyuan’s sword pierced the black hole and shattered the seal.
• As Zhang Qingyuan’s sword descended on the badly injured Kang Hou, a jade-white palm emerged from the void and stopped the fatal strike.
• A blue-and-white-robed man stepped out of the void, mocked Kang Hou, and identified himself as a representative of the Central Continent’s Prison Heaven Pavilion.
• The newcomer told Zhang Qingyuan that he had come to take his life.

Zhang Qingyuan recognized that Prison Heaven Pavilion had targeted him because of his connection to Zhang San Chen and the Immortal Scripture. Lu Feilong demanded that Zhang Qingyuan surrender and become his servant, while Kang Hou urged him to accept.

• Zhang Qingyuan recalled that the Yue Family's secret had led him to Zhang San Chen's Cave Heaven Secret Realm and the name Prison Heaven Pavilion.
• Zhang Qingyuan realized Prison Heaven Pavilion suspected he had obtained Zhang San Chen's Immortal Scripture legacy.
• Lu Feilong revealed that he had come to Yunzhou seeking insight into the origins of the law he cultivated, and that rumors about Zhang Qingyuan's rise had drawn his attention.
• Lu Feilong ordered Zhang Qingyuan to kneel and become his dog in exchange for being spared.
• Kang Hou echoed Lu Feilong and told Zhang Qingyuan to accept the offer as the surrounding onlookers watched.

Lu Feilong attacked Zhang Qingyuan with the One-and-Only Immortal Scripture, forcing Zhang Qingyuan to answer with his Chaos Great Dao. Their powers collided and annihilated each other, and the chapter ended as the compressed forces erupted in a blinding burst of light.

• Zhang Qingyuan mocked Devil Ancestor Kang Hou for submitting to Lu Feilong, and Lu Feilong demanded that Zhang Qingyuan die.
• Lu Feilong unleashed the One-and-Only Immortal Scripture, whose attack drove the watching Demon Lords of the Myriad Transformations Realm to the ground.
• Zhang Qingyuan recognized that the Immortal Scripture strike could kill him and considered the formidable rivals awaiting him on the Immortal Ascension Path.
• Zhang Qingyuan formed the Chaos Great Dao by combining Yin Yang Five Elements and unleashed it against Lu Feilong's attack.
• Lu Feilong's and Zhang Qingyuan's powers collided, destroyed the laws of Dao across the surrounding space, and erupted in a brilliant burst of light.

Zhang Qingyuan survived the devastating clash with Lu Feilong and recognized the immense strength of Central Continent cultivators and rivals on the Immortal Contention Path. Having shed his pride, he resolved to fight at full strength and launched his Supreme Annihilation Divine Heavenly Sword.

• The clash between Zhang Qingyuan and Lu Feilong unleashed a cataclysmic impact that drove the watching Myriad Transformations Demon Lords far from the battlefield.
• Zhang Qingyuan used his newly formed Chaos Power to withstand the energy storm and realized Lu Feilong surpassed Yunzhou's strongest experts.
• Zhang Qingyuan recognized that other geniuses on the Immortal Contention Path could rival or exceed him, and his self-satisfaction gave way to resolve.
• Zhang Qingyuan thanked Lu Feilong for awakening him and drew his Sword Pellet as it transformed into a radiant longsword.
• Zhang Qingyuan unleashed his Supreme Annihilation Divine Heavenly Sword with a decisive strike.

Zhang Qingyuan unleashed a sword imbued with annihilating power and severed Lu Feilong’s One-and-Only Immortal Dao. With Lu Feilong wounded and reeling, Zhang Qingyuan followed up with Buddha Kingdom in Palm, leaving the massive golden hand descending upon him.

• Zhang Qingyuan drew on insights from his battle with the Founding Ancestor and the annihilating Immortal Qi to unleash a devastating sword strike.
• Lu Feilong met Zhang Qingyuan’s sword with the One-and-Only Immortal Dao, and their techniques collided with force that shook the surrounding region.
• Zhang Qingyuan’s sword severed Lu Feilong’s One-and-Only Immortal Dao and sent him flying backward, injured and shaken.
• Zhang Qingyuan forced his depleted Magic Power to erupt again and summoned a colossal Buddha.
• Zhang Qingyuan brought down the Buddha’s Sky-Covering Hand with Buddha Kingdom in Palm toward Lu Feilong.

Zhang Qingyuan overwhelmed Lu Feilong with a series of powerful attacks, but Lu Feilong escaped using a terrifying trump-card technique. As Zhang Qingyuan recovered, Devil Ancestor Kang Hou and the other Myriad Transformations Demon Lords tried to slip away.

• Zhang Qingyuan struck Lu Feilong with his Buddha Kingdom in Palm, and Lu Feilong used the Spirit Moon Mirror to copy the attack before the mirror’s reflection shattered and injured him.
• Zhang Qingyuan pursued Lu Feilong with a powerful punch and a relentless barrage that shattered his arms and left him close to defeat.
• Lu Feilong unleashed a beam of light that tore through space, forcing Zhang Qingyuan to retreat, then fled without leaving a trace.
• Zhang Qingyuan decided not to pursue Lu Feilong and vowed to defeat him when they met again.
• Devil Ancestor Kang Hou and the other Myriad Transformations Demon Lords began to leave, and Zhang Qingyuan called out to stop them.

After Zhang Qingyuan defeated Lu Feilong and captured the Outer Domain demonic forces that besieged Qianyun Mountain, news of his victory spread through Yunzhou and beyond. The chapter ends with Xiao Jingyun praising Zhang Qingyuan while his Martial Uncle decides to take him to Central Continent instead of having him compete with such an extraordinary figure.

• Zhang Qingyuan defeated Lu Feilong, who fled, and captured Devil Ancestor Kang Hou and the other Myriad Transformations Realm Demon Lords, sealing and imprisoning them within Qianyun Mountain.
• The remaining Demon Sect forces surrendered, the assault ended, and Qianyun Mountain's cultivators began treating the wounded and rebuilding.
• News of Zhang Qingyuan's victory spread across Yunzhou, where cultivators realized he had become the foremost cultivator in the region.
• Cultivators in the Outer Continents doubted or questioned the reports, but Xiao Jingyun trusted them because he had met Zhang Qingyuan and witnessed his rapid growth.
• Xiao Jingyun praised Zhang Qingyuan to his Martial Uncle, who decided to take Xiao Jingyun to Central Continent and snapped, "I'm sitting here watching!"

After defeating the Outer Domain Demonic Sect, Zhang Qingyuan cultivated in seclusion to absorb the insights from his battles and developed an embryonic Chaos Dao from Yin Yang and the Five Elements. He resolved to seek the relevant Immortal Scriptures so he could perfect the Chaos Great Dao and prepare for the Immortal Contention Path.

• The old Daoist remained confident that his disciple would prove himself on the Immortal Contention Path, while Xiao Jingyun considered congratulating Zhang Qingyuan and sending him advice about Central Continent.
• A visitor from Central Continent was shocked that Zhang Qingyuan had defeated a direct disciple of Prison Heaven Pavilion, and Dao Venerable Kong Sheng agreed to help befriend him.
• Zhang Qingyuan captured Demon Lord Kang Hou and the other Myriad Transformations Demon Lords, sealed their powers, and entered seclusion to absorb the gains from his battles.
• Zhang Qingyuan concluded that his Chaos Dao Power, formed by forcibly combining Yin Yang and the Five Elements, was only an imperfect beginning, though it could contend with the One-and-Only Immortal Dao.
• Zhang Qingyuan decided to seek the Yin Yang and Five Elements Immortal Scriptures to achieve a true fusion into the Chaos Great Dao and strengthen himself for the Immortal Contention Path.

After a year of cultivation, Zhang Qingyuan ran out of spiritual resources and decided to claim the wealth of the Outer Domain Demon Sect, including its hidden treasury and the Five Elements Supreme Treasure. He and Devil Ancestor Kang Hou reached the Demon Sect headquarters, where rising black smoke revealed something had gone wrong.

• Zhang Qingyuan absorbed the lessons from his battle with Lu Feilong and continued cultivating until his spiritual pool and Spirit Stones were exhausted.
• Zhang Qingyuan realized that the captured Demon Lords’ hidden wealth could replenish his resources and recalled that Blood River Old Monster might know where the Five Elements Supreme Treasure was.
• Zhang Qingyuan used Soul Search to locate the Demon Lords’ wealth and brought Devil Ancestor Kang Hou to guide him to the Demon Sect’s hidden treasury.
• Devil Ancestor Kang Hou explained that the treasury held the Demon Sect’s accumulated resources and that the Five Elements Supreme Treasure had been sent there.
• Zhang Qingyuan and Devil Ancestor Kang Hou arrived near the Demon Sect headquarters, saw black smoke rising, and reacted with alarm.

Zhang Qingyuan and Devil Ancestor Kang Hou found the Demon Sect headquarters reduced to lifeless ruins, with no bodies or blood left behind. Kang Hou identified the Abyssal Demons as the likely cause and explained their origins beyond the Outer Domain, leaving Zhang Qingyuan to confront the threat of these invaders.

• Zhang Qingyuan and Devil Ancestor Kang Hou arrived at the destroyed Demon Sect headquarters and sensed an ominous black mist among the ruins.
• Kang Hou feared that Abyssal Demons had attacked and consumed everyone at the headquarters, including its two Myriad Transformations Realm Demon Lords.
• Kang Hou noted that the Outer Realm Demonic Dao had already been weakened after its leaders were imprisoned at Qianyun Mountain.
• Zhang Qingyuan recognized the Abyssal Demons as a power he had heard of during his time in Yuzhou.
• Kang Hou explained that Abyssal Demons emerged from the Black Mist beyond the Outer Domain, devoured living beings, and brought disaster wherever they went.

Zhang Qingyuan learned that Abyssal Demons had appeared again and feared that events in Yuzhou might threaten his old home and acquaintances. After finding the Demon Sect treasury looted, he set off with Kang Hou to pursue the creatures and test their strength.

• Zhang Qingyuan recalled Yuzhou’s history with the Abyssal Demons and worried that the receding Black Storm meant something had happened there.
• Zhang Qingyuan resolved to return to Yuzhou after settling matters in Yunzhou, reflecting on the people and conflicts he had left behind.
• Zhang Qingyuan and Kang Hou found the Demon Sect’s secret treasury empty, with its Spiritual energy and treasures gone.
• Zhang Qingyuan deduced that the Abyssal Demons had left only one or two hours earlier and learned from Kang Hou that Magic Beasts carried their plunder.
• Kang Hou warned Zhang Qingyuan that Abyssal Demons were powerful, nearly undying, and traveled in groups, but Zhang Qingyuan pursued them to recover his spoils and test them.

Zhang Qingyuan and Devil Ancestor Kang Hou witnessed a vast Demonic Beast procession hauling stolen Spirit Items and corpses through the mountains as Heaven unleashed a storm but held back its thunder. Both men felt Heaven’s wrath compelling them to attack the procession, and Kang Hou urged an immediate retreat before they lost their reason.

• A massive Demonic Beast procession carved a passage through the mountains while hauling black carriages loaded with Spirit Stones, spiritual medicines, ores, and corpses.
• Heaven darkened the sky with black clouds, lightning, wind, and rain in response to the procession’s theft of its wealth, but the black mist concealed the beasts and prevented the thunder from striking.
• Zhang Qingyuan and Devil Ancestor Kang Hou landed on a distant mountain and sensed Heaven’s furious will urging them to fight the procession.
• Kang Hou recognized the influence as a danger that could drive them to fight to the death and urged Zhang Qingyuan to retreat at once.

Zhang Qingyuan destroyed the advancing Abyssal Demons with two devastating sword strikes, leaving Devil Ancestor Kang Hou convinced of his strength. As Kang Hou stared at the vast field of thunder crystals, Zhang Qingyuan sensed that something was coming.

• Zhang Qingyuan struck down the procession’s vanguard and mountain-cleaving beasts, provoking the Abyssal Demons into charging at him and Kang Hou.
• Zhang Qingyuan unleashed “Yin and Yang Give Birth, Myriad Phenomena Thunder Sovereign,” wiping out the Abyssal Demon tide and creating a crater covered in thunder crystals.
• Devil Ancestor Kang Hou marveled at Zhang Qingyuan’s power and abandoned his thoughts of escaping and seeking revenge.
• Zhang Qingyuan’s expression grew solemn as he sensed that something was coming.

Zhang Qingyuan confronted the enormous demonic beast that emerged from beneath the earth, resisting its mind-twisting influence and landing a devastating sword strike. As the beast rapidly healed and counterattacked, Zhang Qingyuan escaped its tentacles, leaving Kang Hou in their path.

• Zhang Qingyuan sensed the surviving aura of the beast’s leader after his thunderous sword strike destroyed the Abyssal Demons.
• The demonic beast erupted from beneath the earth, and its corrupting presence afflicted Kang Hou and threatened to twist Zhang Qingyuan’s mind.
• Zhang Qingyuan used the Taiyi Spirit Refining Technique to shield himself and attacked the beast with a sword fused with yin and yang and ten thousand bolts of thunder.
• Zhang Qingyuan’s sword tore a huge wound in the beast, but its black flesh rapidly regenerated as it launched countless tentacles at him.
• Zhang Qingyuan used Mayfly Between Heaven and Earth to escape ten li away, while the tentacles swept toward Kang Hou.

Zhang Qingyuan unleashed his strongest techniques to annihilate the rapidly regenerating Abyssal Demon, nearly exhausting his magic power. Afterward, he discovered a mysterious pool of blue liquid formed from the demon’s remains and the surrounding spiritual energy, which stirred a powerful urge within him.

• Kang Hou used Swallowing Heaven and Devouring Earth, but the Abyssal Demon’s tentacles overwhelmed and swallowed him.
• Zhang Qingyuan judged that the demon’s recovery made a prolonged fight too dangerous and decided to stake everything on a single attack.
• Zhang Qingyuan combined his sword arts, supernatural abilities, and Chaos Power to unleash a devastating barrage that destroyed the Abyssal Demon and devastated the surrounding land.
• Zhang Qingyuan recovered more than half his magic power, then found a flowing mass of blue liquid left behind by the demon and the fused spiritual energy.
• Zhang Qingyuan felt an intense urge when he faced the mysterious blue liquid.

Zhang Qingyuan absorbed the blue liquid left by the Abyssal Demon creature, gaining a dramatic increase in Magic Power and refining it over ten days. He emerged with his Aura completely subdued, appearing like an ordinary mortal.

• Zhang Qingyuan sensed that the blue liquid held immense benefits as the surrounding heaven and earth began to stir around it.
• Zhang Qingyuan absorbed the blue liquid, which cleansed his body and Divine Soul and flooded him with vast Spiritual energy.
• Zhang Qingyuan's Magic Power surged by more than thirty percent, and he sat cross-legged to refine and contain it.
• Zhang Qingyuan spent ten days refining the power as his Aura roiled through the surrounding heaven and earth.
• Zhang Qingyuan opened his eyes as the surrounding Yin Yang Five Elements returned to his body, leaving him with an ordinary-looking, fully subdued Aura.

Zhang Qingyuan reflected on his gains from the battle, including a fifty-percent increase in Magic Power from mysterious blue liquid. After deciding not to investigate the Black Mist until he was stronger, he left the abyss and returned to Qianyun Mountain.

• Zhang Qingyuan realized that refining the blue liquid had increased his Magic Power by fifty percent and made it easier to sense the laws of Heaven and Earth.
• Zhang Qingyuan collected the remaining Thunder Crystal marrow and suspected the Abyssal Demons had taken the Demon Sect’s most valuable treasures into the Black Mist.
• Zhang Qingyuan decided against exploring the Black Mist and resolved to return when he had reached greater strength.
• Zhang Qingyuan considered how the battle had improved his combat experience and recorded his insight from Embodying Heaven’s Will in the Proficiency Panel.
• Zhang Qingyuan left the abyss and returned to Qianyun Mountain.