Recaps

Chen Changan and the others learned how the Guardians planned to reinforce the seal on the Demon Abyss, but the factions began debating how to form teams and whether the Heavenly Profound Sect should be excluded. The chapter ended with Chen Changan's group being dismissed as too weak to help.

• Chen Changan told Da Huang and the others that he would prioritize survival while investigating the Devil Race and the Demon Abyss.
• The Guardians agreed to accept help and explained that the factions needed to protect themselves, inspect nine Formation Cores, and reinforce any loose cores with Demon-Suppressing Stones.
• The Guardians said Demon-Suppressing Stones came from Blood Demons and that each Formation Core required ten stones, so the factions needed to form nine teams.
• The factions considered pairing their eighteen groups into nine teams, then argued that the Heavenly Profound Sect should stay behind because it was too weak to be useful.

Chen Changan agreed to separate from Su Tiandao’s group after the factions argued over whether the Heavenly Profound Sect should join them. He suspected Su Tiandao had lured them to the Demon Abyss for a hidden purpose, possibly targeting Chen Changan himself.

• Several factions argued that Chen Changan and his companions would be liabilities, while Su Tiandao initially tried to defend their place in the group.
• Chen Changan and Da Huang mocked the factions and agreed to act alone, prompting the others to grow angry.
• Su Tiandao ended the argument by allowing the groups to split up and warned Chen Changan not to interfere with their work.
• After the factions departed, Chen Changan questioned why Su Tiandao had invited them but then let them stay behind.
• Da Huang proposed that Su Tiandao might be dividing the factions to sacrifice them and could be targeting Chen Changan’s body for the devil race’s resurgence.

Chen Changan and Mu Yunyao fought the blood demons that surrounded the city to test whether the creatures contained Demon-Suppressing Stones. As the battle continued, Da Huang, Zhan Tian, and Xiao Hei noticed that some fallen demons had dropped objects that might be the stones.

• Dense demonic qi and the stench of blood surrounded the city, and Chen Changan suspected the blood demons could provide Demon-Suppressing Stones.
• Chen Changan told Da Huang and Xiao Hei to protect Zhan Tian, then went with Mu Yunyao outside the city to confront the blood demons.
• Chen Changan and Mu Yunyao attacked the Ultimate True Immortal Realm blood demons, while their companions watched from inside the city.
• Xiao Hei noticed that some of the blood demons dropped objects when killed, and Da Huang wondered if they were Demon-Suppressing Stones.

After Chen Changan and Mu Yunyao killed over a thousand Blood Demons, they discovered the so-called Demon-Suppressing Stones were filled with demonic qi and could weaken the sealing formation. Suspecting the Guardians and Su Tiandao had conflicting agendas, Chen Changan decided to find the Qian Family and investigate a formation core.

• Da Huang warned Zhan Tian that the dense demonic qi and Blood Demons could put the other teams in danger.
• Chen Changan and Mu Yunyao slew over a thousand Blood Demons and examined the stones they dropped.
• Chen Changan concluded the stones could drain the sealing formation and that someone was trying to release the Devil Race.
• Chen Changan and Mu Yunyao questioned the relationship between Su Tiandao and the Guardians, then decided to check on the Qian Family and investigate a formation core.
• Xiao Hei pointed out which way the Qian Family had gone, and Chen Changan led the group after them.

The Qian and Xu families questioned how Su Tiandao had led them into a dangerous mission, then encountered an enormous Blood Demon born from the Sky-Reaching Tribe. They feared they could not defeat it and wondered whether the tribe’s warriors had been scattered across battlefields before its extinction.

• The Qian Family Head and Xu Family Head regretted entering the mission and suspected Su Tiandao and the Guardians were hiding something.
• The two families sensed danger and watched as a huge Blood Demon burst from underground.
• Members of the families recognized the creature as a Blood Demon born from the Sky-Reaching Tribe, whose warriors had been famed for their immense strength.
• The Qian and Xu families despaired at the creature’s power and wondered whether the Sky-Reaching Tribe had gone extinct because its warriors were spread across many battlefields.

Chen Changan learned about the Sky-Reaching Tribe from the Qian Family Head and went to face a Blood Demon while the Qian and Xu families watched in disbelief. He survived the Blood Demon’s powerful strike and fought evenly, though it remained unclear whether he could win.

• The Qian and Xu family members decided to face the Blood Demon rather than flee, and Chen Changan arrived and asked about the Sky-Reaching Tribe.
• The Qian Family Head explained the tribe’s history, prompting Chen Changan to wonder whether the war against the devils had wiped out other powerful races too.
• Chen Changan told the families to stay back and charged at the Blood Demon, while Da Huang stopped the others from interfering.
• Chen Changan withstood the Blood Demon’s slap without a scratch and began trading blows with him evenly.
• The Qian and Xu family members were astonished by Chen Changan’s strength but wondered whether he could defeat the Blood Demon.

Chen Changan defeated a powerful Blood Demon and exposed that the supposed Demon-Suppressing Stones might actually help revive the Devil Race. He led the group onward to investigate the Formation Core and uncover the truth behind the mission.

• Chen Changan's power surged, and he killed the Blood Demon, which dropped a Demon-Suppressing Stone.
• Chen Changan showed the stone to the group, who realized its dense Demonic Qi might undermine the seal and suspected the Guardians had deceived them.
• Chen Changan said he had sensed something was wrong in Heavenly Dao City and suspected the mission was intended to revive the Devil Race, then led the group toward the Formation Core.
• Qian Family Head wondered whether Su Tiandao had sacrificed other factions' elites, but Chen Changan said they should focus on uncovering the truth rather than trying to save everyone.
• As powerful Blood Demons appeared along the way, Chen Changan had Xiao Hei fight them, and the group marveled at Xiao Hei's ferocity.

Chen Changan’s group reached the Demon Abyss formation’s core and found it still powerful, confirming that the supposed guardians had lied about needing to reinforce it. Chen Changan went inside the core to investigate, while the group speculated about the guardians’ motives and possible corruption by demonic qi.

• Da Huang teased the Qian Family Head and Zhan Tian about their brothel habits, assigning them ranks as whoremongers.
• Chen Changan let the banter continue and estimated that the group was only a few days from the formation’s core.
• Xiao Hei noticed that they had stopped encountering Blood Demons, and Chen Changan suspected the demons were avoiding the core.
• Chen Changan and the others reached the formation’s core and found that it remained in good condition and needed no reinforcement.
• The group concluded that the guardians had deceived them and speculated that they might have become resentful or been corrupted by demonic qi.
• Chen Changan announced that he would enter the formation’s core to investigate.

Chen Changan investigated the formation core and concluded that the seal likely contained demonic qi that could corrupt people into a new Devil Race, along with something else. He gathered his group to search for the other factions while those groups suffered heavy losses fighting Blood Demons and began to suspect Su Tiandao and the Guardians.

• Chen Changan entered the formation core, found nothing inside, and determined that the formation remained sturdy and could not be reinforced from outside.
• Chen Changan explained that demonic qi could create a new Devil Race by corrupting people, rather than resurrecting dead Devils, and suggested the seal was containing demonic qi and perhaps another being.
• Chen Changan and the others decided to find the scattered factions before confronting Su Tiandao and the Guardians, who had teamed up with them.
• The other factions lost half their people fighting Blood Demons and found no Demon-Suppressing Stones.
• The surviving factions wondered whether Su Tiandao and the Guardians had deceived them, colluded with the Devil Race, or succumbed to demonic corruption.

Chen Changan led the surviving factions to the seal’s center, where he confronted Su Tiandao and uncovered his plan to embrace the Devil Race for power. Su Tiandao’s companions revealed that they were descendants of the Guardians, seeking to escape a curse and leave the Demon Abyss.

• Chen Changan warned the gathered factions that the Demon Abyss was a grave and ordered them to unite, avoid further deaths, and capture Su Tiandao without killing him.
• Chen Changan led the group toward the seal’s center, explaining that Su Tiandao’s real plan was likely already underway there.
• Chen Changan’s group found Su Tiandao and his companions beside the bodies of the people Su Tiandao had brought with him.
• Su Tiandao admitted that he wanted to embrace the Devil Race to break through his bottleneck and gain power.
• Su Tiandao’s companions said they sought to escape a curse and leave the Demon Abyss, and Chen Changan identified them as descendants of the Guardians.

The Guardians revealed that they had trapped and sacrificed outsiders to restore a Devil Race remnant soul, with Su Tiandao helping lure victims into the Demon Abyss. Su Tiandao disclosed that Chen Changan was chosen as a vessel for Lord Demon God, and the Guardians prepared to release him.

• A Guardian explained that his people could not leave until the seal vanished and admitted they wanted to use the others' lives to restore a sealed Devil Race remnant soul.
• The Guardians revealed that Su Tiandao had helped lure outsiders into the Demon Abyss, and that Chen Changan's group was the tenth and final group of victims.
• Su Tiandao disclosed that Chen Changan and one other person had a potential value of two hundred million, and said Chen Changan was chosen as Lord Demon God's vessel.
• Chen Changan rejected the offer, and the Guardians ordered everyone to attack so they could release Lord Demon God.

Su Tiandao and the Guardians released the sealed Devil Race remnant soul, which devoured them to regain strength. Chen Changan sent Mu Yunyao and the others away, while his companions realized he was only pretending to sacrifice himself to win their gratitude and future support.

• Su Tiandao and the Guardians performed hand seals, drawing demonic qi to the fissure and releasing the sealed remnant soul without breaking the Sealing Formation.
• The remnant soul promised to absorb its followers, then devoured Su Tiandao and the others to restore its power.
• Chen Changan explained that the remnant soul had betrayed its followers for energy and joked with Da Huang as the others panicked.
• Chen Changan told Mu Yunyao to evacuate everyone while he stayed behind to hold off the remnant soul.
• Mu Yunyao took the group away, and Zhan Tian learned from Da Huang that Chen Changan was acting and using the rescue to earn allies for the Heavenly Profound Sect.

Chen Changan stayed behind to question the Devil's remnant soul about the Demon-Extermination War, while Xiao Hei subdued him with a slap. The Devil revealed that the war had been a widespread purge driven by other races' interests, and Chen Changan learned that no single race had organized it.

• Chen Changan let Mu Yunyao and the others escape while he confronted the Devil's remnant soul and asked what had caused the Demon-Extermination War.
• Chen Changan ordered Xiao Hei to attack, and Xiao Hei destroyed half the Devil's remnant soul with one slap.
• The Devil agreed to answer Chen Changan's questions and explained that the war had spread across Ultimate Heaven, with many Demon-Slaying Battlefields later sealed.
• The Devil said other races had purged the Devil Race because they felt threatened, and that some races had gone extinct in the fighting.
• When Chen Changan asked who had led the purge, the Devil said nobody had organized it and that the races had all attacked the Devil Race on their own.

Chen Changan questioned why other races had slaughtered the Devil Race with such frenzied excitement, and the remnant soul revealed that the Devil Race had survived through a secret escape technique. The Devil Race remnant soul wondered how its enemies had learned the secret—and how Chen Changan knew about a similar art.

• Chen Changan suspected the Devil Race had been targeted for a reason beyond its power and resources, possibly because someone had promised the other races benefits.
• The Devil Race remnant soul admitted it had devoured Su Tiandao and others to survive and denied being a good person.
• When the remnant soul refused to explain why some Devil Race members had been sealed away, Chen Changan threatened to have Xiao Hei attack it.
• The remnant soul revealed the Demon God Disintegration Art, which scattered the body and concealed the soul to let Devil Race members escape danger.
• The remnant soul explained that the battlefields also served as tombs sealing the Devil Race, then questioned how its enemies and Chen Changan had learned about the secret art.

Chen Changan escaped the Demon Abyss with the Devil Race remnant soul hidden in a temporary space, then reunited with Mu Yunyao and the others, who had waited for him for days. He told them the Devil Race member was gone and described their encounter as a dangerous battle.

• Chen Changan questioned the Devil Race remnant soul about the Devil Race’s downfall and agreed to keep him around for help finding other Devil Race members.
• Chen Changan created a temporary space to hide the remnant soul while Mu Yunyao led the others out of the Demon Abyss.
• Mu Yunyao and the group waited at the entrance for several days, fearing Chen Changan had died.
• Chen Changan emerged alive, and the group rushed to greet him and ask about his condition.
• Chen Changan said he had barely escaped and that the Devil Race member was gone, while the hidden remnant soul silently disputed his account of the battle.

Chen Changan accepted the survivors’ gratitude and arranged for them to take over Su Tiandao’s factions, with some resources sent to the Heavenly Profound Sect. On the journey back with Mu Yunyao and the others, he revealed that he had brought the devil’s remnant soul along because he suspected the Demon-Extermination War was more complicated than its rumors suggested.

• The survivors praised Chen Changan for saving them, and he asked them to keep the devil race’s appearance in the Demon Abyss secret.
• Chen Changan told the survivors to take over the factions Su Tiandao had controlled and send a share of their resources to the Heavenly Profound Sect.
• Chen Changan entrusted Heavenly Dao City to the survivors and departed for the Heavenly Profound Sect with Mu Yunyao and the others.
• Da Huang teased Chen Changan about acting like a good man, and Chen Changan warned him with a look.
• Chen Changan told Mu Yunyao that he had kept the devil’s remnant soul alive because the Demon-Extermination War might not be as simple as people believed.
• Mu Yunyao worried that the devil would cause trouble, but Chen Changan decided to keep him because he might be useful and could not harm him.

After returning to the Heavenly Profound Sect, Chen Changan refined pills and spent fifty years cultivating, reaching the ninth level of the Ultimate Immortal Ascension Realm. He learned the Alchemist Alliance had targeted the sect over its pill-making, but proposed joining them if the sect could not win.

• Chen Changan returned to the Heavenly Profound Sect, spoke with the Qi Sect Master, and agreed to refine pills for the sect.
• Chen Changan used up the sect's alchemy materials, delivered the pills, and entered secluded cultivation with his companions.
• After fifty years, Chen Changan emerged at the ninth level of the Ultimate Immortal Ascension Realm, while the Qi Sect Master had reached the Ultimate True Immortal Realm.
• The Qi Sect Master told Chen Changan that the Alchemist Alliance had learned the sect was making pills and might soon come after them.
• The Qi Sect Master explained that a member of the Qian Family had alerted them after hearing the news through an Alchemist Alliance Branch.
• Chen Changan said the sect did not need to worry and could join the Alchemist Alliance if it could not defeat them.

Chen Changan considered joining the Alchemist Alliance after the Qi Sect Master suggested infiltrating it, and agreed to refine pills for the Heavenly Profound Sect before he left. As he began working through a huge stockpile of materials, Da Huang and Zhan Tian arrived to complain that the sect was exploiting him and to demand compensation.

• Chen Changan's companions joked that he might join the Alchemist Alliance, and he explained that he disliked powerful organizations with too many restrictions.
• The Qi Sect Master suggested Chen Changan join the Alchemist Alliance to learn about it from within, and the sect agreed not to hold him back if he left.
• Chen Changan promised to refine pills for the Heavenly Profound Sect, advised the sect on seeking help from allied forces, and asked them to care for the Guan Family and Heavenly Origin Martial Grounds.
• The Qi Sect Master handed Chen Changan a vast pile of alchemy materials, and Chen Changan began refining pills while waiting to see how the Alchemist Alliance approached him.
• Da Huang and Zhan Tian arrived, accused the Heavenly Profound Sect of making Chen Changan do hard labor, and demanded that the sect show its appreciation.

Da Huang and Zhan Tian pressured Sect Master Qi into giving them money for a brothel visit while Chen Changan refined pills. Three Alchemist Alliance Branch visitors watched Chen Changan work and were astonished by his self-taught mastery and batch of supreme-grade pills.

• Da Huang threatened to expose Sect Master Qi's brothel visits, and Sect Master Qi paid him to keep quiet.
• Da Huang and Zhan Tian left for a brothel after securing the money.
• Three representatives from the Alchemist Alliance Branch visited the Heavenly Profound Sect and questioned Sect Master Qi about Chen Changan's alchemy.
• Sect Master Qi led the visitors to watch Chen Changan refine pills without interrupting him.
• The visitors judged Chen Changan a prodigy and were stunned when every pill in his batch turned out supreme grade.

Chen Changan impressed three Alchemist Alliance Branch visitors by refining pills with an extraordinary success rate and quality, prompting them to recruit him. He pretended to weigh their offer against his loyalty to the Heavenly Profound Sect, then asked about the Alliance’s hierarchy as they began explaining it.

• Over several days, Chen Changan refined seventy-two batches across six pill varieties, with every batch succeeding and most pills reaching supreme grade.
• Chen Changan pretended he had not noticed the visitors and asked Qi Sect Master who they were.
• The three visitors revealed they had come to recruit Chen Changan into the Alchemist Alliance Branch and offered to consider his conditions.
• Chen Changan claimed he could not abandon the Heavenly Profound Sect, and the visitors explained that Alliance members could share resources with their own people but could not pass on alchemy secrets.
• Chen Changan gave his name and asked what positions the visitors held and what rank he would receive; they began explaining the Alliance’s strict hierarchy.

Chen Changan agreed to join the Alchemist Alliance and prepared to leave the Heavenly Profound Sect with his companions. After Da Huang and Zhan Tian returned, the group set out for the branch, where one of the alchemists recognized Zhan Tian.

• Chen Changan learned that alchemists advanced through rank assessments and that his skill could qualify him for a green robe.
• Chen Changan arranged for his wife, friends, and servants to accompany him to the Alchemist Alliance Branch, while Qi Sect Master accepted his departure and his continued support for the Heavenly Profound Sect.
• Chen Changan returned to his residence and found that Da Huang and Zhan Tian were away, so the three alchemists agreed to wait for them.
• Da Huang and Zhan Tian returned three days later, and Chen Changan told everyone to prepare to leave for the branch.
• One of the alchemists recognized Zhan Tian as a member of the Zhan Family.

Chen Changan traveled to the Alchemist Alliance Branch with Zhan Tian and the three recruiters, joining the branch after learning its rules. When the recruiters reported his extraordinary pill-refining record to the branch Alliance Leader, the Alliance Leader urgently summoned him to meet.

• Zhan Tian reunited with the three Alchemist Alliance Branch recruiters and credited Chen Changan for his rapid cultivation progress.
• The recruiters led Chen Changan and his companions on a journey of several years to the Alchemist Alliance Branch.
• A recruiter explained that branch members had to hand over part of the pills they refined, and Chen Changan agreed.
• The three recruiters told the branch Alliance Leader that Chen Changan produced supreme-grade pills at an astonishing rate and had never failed.
• The branch Alliance Leader ordered the recruiters to bring Chen Changan to him at once.

Chen Changan joined the Alchemist Alliance branch and learned he would have to wait half a month for grading, so Zhan Tian brought him and the others to stay with his uncle Zhan Kuang. After hearing about Chen Changan’s exceptional talent, Zhan Kuang realized his nephew had befriended someone remarkable.

• The branch Alliance Leader told Chen Changan that alchemist grading would take place in half a month and asked Zhan Tian and the others to arrange his accommodations.
• Zhan Tian suggested they stay at his third uncle Zhan Kuang’s residence and explained that Zhan Kuang had been named for being soft, then repeatedly beaten by people mocking his name.
• Zhan Tian introduced Chen Changan and the others to Zhan Kuang, who mistakenly thought Chen Changan was the result of Zhan Tian’s father straying.
• Zhan Kuang arranged rooms for the group, then privately asked Zhan Tian how he had met Chen Changan and whether his friends were trustworthy.
• Zhan Tian told Zhan Kuang that Chen Changan’s talent test had reached the Testing Stone Tablet’s limit of two hundred million, convincing him that Chen Changan was a prodigy.

Zhan Kuang learned that Chen Changan was an extraordinary talent and alchemist, then sought his advice on refining pills. Chen Changan identified the flaw in Zhan Kuang’s method and told him to inspect ingredients before refining them.

• Zhan Kuang was shocked by Chen Changan’s potential score and learned that Chen Changan had reached the Ultimate True Immortal Realm.
• Zhan Tian showed Zhan Kuang the perfect-grade pills Chen Changan had given him, prompting Zhan Kuang to ask for a meeting and advice on alchemy.
• Zhan Tian brought Zhan Kuang to Chen Changan, who asked him to demonstrate his pill refining.
• Zhan Kuang refined five pills and called the batch his best in decades, while Da Huang and Zhan Tian teased him about his skills.
• Chen Changan explained that Zhan Kuang followed the standard steps correctly but needed to identify each batch of ingredients before refining.

Chen Changan taught Zhan Kuang to sense changes during alchemy, helping him produce a supreme-grade pill and giving him confidence to attempt the Green Robe assessment. Zhan Tian explained the Alchemist Alliance’s tiered ranks, while Chen Changan worried his own advancement could take too long.

• Chen Changan told Zhan Kuang that he had been following alchemy steps mechanically and needed to notice subtle changes and adapt.
• Zhan Kuang failed his first attempt, then refined another batch successfully and produced a supreme-grade pill.
• Zhan Kuang thanked Chen Changan and decided to spend the remaining half month practicing for the Green Robe ranking assessment.
• Zhan Tian told Chen Changan that Zhan Kuang’s standing in the branch could rise and explained that each robe rank had lower, middle, and upper tiers.
• Chen Changan worried that he would have to progress through the ranks slowly, and Zhan Tian said his skill could earn him special treatment.