Chapter Summaries

After Green Bamboo defeated Luo’s pear trees, Ye Jing and Qiuyue absorbed the blessed land’s life-filled spiritual energy and grew much stronger. They escaped when the Heavenly Court’s aura appeared, but saw a gigantic maw devouring the land’s spiritual energy and destroying everything within it.

• Green Bamboo’s side defeated Luo’s pear trees, and the pear trees disintegrated into spiritual energy that Ye Jing, Qiuyue, and the bamboos absorbed.
• Ye Jing advanced to Divine Realm Layer Five, while Qiuyue advanced to Divine Realm Layer Three.
• When five-colored Divine Light and the Heavenly Court’s aura appeared above Zhuli Blessed Land, Ye Jing and Qiuyue teleported away.
• As they fled, Ye Jing saw the spiritual bamboos fly into the sky and a vast, fanged maw devour their spiritual energy.
• Ye Jing and Qiuyue hid in a small town and discussed the Heavenly Court and the terrifying maw.
• The maw consumed the blessed land’s spiritual bamboo and pear trees, then burned the land to ash before disappearing with the rosy clouds.

After the Devil Race broke through the Eastern Continent’s final defense line, Ye Shitian gathered the major families and proposed a counterattack. Facing their doubts about the Heavenly Court, he said he would use the Eastern Continent’s losses to pressure it for help.

• The Eastern Continent’s defense line fell, leaving only around a hundred thousand of its garrison troops alive, and Ye Shitian realized the defeat would bring blame upon him and the Demon Extermination Alliance.
• Ye Shitian learned that leaders from several major families had come to meet him, then left his study to address them.
• The family leaders remained seated as Ye Shitian entered, and he proposed taking the initiative against the Devil Race.
• The Ji Family’s Clan Leader challenged the Heavenly Court’s failure to aid the Eastern Continent and questioned whether the Alliance could mount an offensive.
• Ye Shitian admitted he did not know why the Heavenly Court had not sent its Saints, but said he would pressure it using the Eastern Continent’s losses.

After leaving Zhuli Blessed Land, Ye Jing and Qiuyue heard that the Eastern Continent’s border had fallen and the Devil Race had begun invading. They headed for the Central Continent to enter the Qingyun Field Hunt, while the chapter ended with a Devil Race army slaughtering the people in a captured border city.

• Ye Jing and Qiuyue discussed the terrifying giant mouth at Zhuli Blessed Land, and Ye Jing decided they would avoid Blessed Lands while they focused on growing stronger.
• Guests at the inn said the Devil Race had broken through the Eastern Continent’s border and eaten the Human Race commander.
• Ye Jing reassured Qiuyue, then chose to travel with her to the Central Continent for the Qingyun Field Hunt, where the first-place prize was an Innate Spiritual Treasure.
• A Devil Race commander mocked the Human Race defenders in a ruined border city and ordered his army to attack.
• The Devil Race breached the city gates and massacred its defenders and residents, while the commander celebrated above the city.

As the Demon Race devastated the Eastern Continent, its commander continued searching for Ye Jing, who had also drawn the attention of the Ye Clan’s Dao Child. After uncovering the truth about Li Donglin’s death, the Dao Child identified Ye Jing as the culprit and ordered his trail pursued.

• The Demon Race commander sent two more squads to search the Central Continent and the Western Sea for Ye Jing.
• The Ye Clan’s Dao Child confronted Ye Lan and demanded the truth about Li Donglin’s death, then killed Ye Lan and another guard for lying.
• A surviving guard explained what had really happened, leading the Dao Child to identify Ye Jing as the likely culprit.
• A formation expert said Ye Jing’s traces would take at least a month to track because the guards had tampered with them.
• The Dao Child ordered the expert to work faster, then killed the remaining Ye Family and Li Family guards as Hu Jie watched helplessly.

Aboard a ferry to the Central Continent, Ye Jing explained the Qingyun Field Hunt and demonstrated his ability to comprehend a spear technique from a book. He gave Qiuyue the Grass Character Sword Art to practice, and she resolved to keep up with him.

• Ye Jing considered the Qingyun Field Hunt, its rules and rewards, and wondered whether the Cataclysm’s Secret Realms had been created to cultivate young powerhouses.
• Qiuyue asked Ye Jing for another sword technique, and he gave her the Grass Character Sword Art manual.
• Ye Jing claimed he could comprehend techniques from anything and learned Gao Qing’s Flame Wave Sixteen Spears from a biography, then demonstrated it with a spear.
• Qiuyue doubted Ye Jing had learned the spear technique on the spot, but thanked him for sharing the Grass Character Sword Art and promised to practice hard.

As Ye Jing and Qiuyue neared the Central Continent, a reported theft aboard their ferry prompted Ye Jing to investigate. He caught a masked thief, who turned out to be a frightened young girl unable to speak, and questioned whether she had stolen anything.

• Ye Jing praised Qiuyue for learning the first form of Grass Character Sword Art in two days before they returned to their ferry cabin.
• A ferry maid told Ye Jing and Qiuyue that valuables had gone missing and advised them to stay inside until the thief was caught.
• Ye Jing left Qiuyue in the cabin and followed his instincts to a secluded corner, where he found disturbed cargo and smelled blood.
• A hidden attacker ambushed Ye Jing, but he dodged, chased the figure across the ferry, and subdued them.
• Ye Jing found a bag of Spirit Stones and pills on the masked thief, removed the hood, and discovered a frightened young girl.
• The girl made muffled sounds and shook her head when Ye Jing accused her of stealing, suggesting that she had not taken anything.

Ye Jing investigated a reported theft aboard the ferry and discovered that Master Cao had fabricated the incident to distract the guards. After ship-raiders sealed the vessel and demanded the passengers’ valuables, Ye Jing and Qiuyue watched from the clouds to assess their strength.

• Ye Jing caught a black-clad girl near a purse, learned she had only come to take advantage of the confusion, and turned her over to the ferry staff.
• Ye Jing used a secret art to replay events in Master Cao’s cabin and saw that no one had stolen the Spirit Stones, revealing that Master Cao was lying.
• Ye Jing searched outside the ferry for danger, then rushed to Qiuyue when an explosion sounded inside.
• Ye Jing and Qiuyue escaped just before someone activated the ferry’s modified protective formation, trapping everyone aboard.
• Ship-raiders demanded valuables from the passengers, and Ye Jing and Qiuyue hid in the clouds while he assessed their leader’s strength.

Ye Jing and Qiuyue searched the ferry’s hold for the hidden danger behind Ye Jing’s unease and found bizarre, evil creatures lurking in the darkness. After Ye Jing burned one creature with the Great Sun Golden Flame, countless shadows crawled toward them through the passage.

• Ye Jing used formation plates to bypass the ferry’s formation and took Qiuyue into the hold to investigate the ominous aura.
• Ye Jing and Qiuyue moved through the pitch-black, maze-like cargo hold, where their Divine Soul senses could detect only a viscous presence.
• A shadow attacked them, and Ye Jing destroyed it with the Great Sun Golden Flame.
• Ye Jing saw that the creature had been a thin, humanoid figure and found a foul-smelling trace where it burned away.
• Countless crawling shadows filled the passage around Ye Jing and Qiuyue.

Ye Jing and Qiuyue fought through the Dark Shadows aboard the ferry and discovered that the vessel was an Evil God's breeding ground. They reached an ancient altar where black creatures emerged from blood around a pulsing Black Giant Egg.

• Ye Jing and Qiuyue tried to retreat, but the Dark Shadows surged after them, so they burned their way through the creatures with their combined attack.
• As they continued deeper into the ferry, Ye Jing and Qiuyue heard a muffled heartbeat and encountered a stronger Dark Shadow, which Ye Jing eventually destroyed with the Great Sun Golden Flame.
• Ye Jing learned from the system that the ferry was an Evil God's breeding ground and gained resistance to yin and evil forces.
• Ye Jing and Qiuyue pressed on through the growing darkness and found an ancient altar covered in runes and flowing scarlet blood.
• Ye Jing and Qiuyue saw black creatures crawling from the blood around a Black Giant Egg that pulsed with a heartbeat-like sound.

Ye Jing and Qiuyue destroyed the Black Giant Egg, but a Black Infant emerged and grew stronger by devouring the Dark Shadows. Ye Jing wounded it and resisted its mind-controlling cries, but the Black Infant escaped through the deck toward the blood outside.

• Ye Jing and Qiuyue attacked the Black Giant Egg together, destroyed it, and released the Black Infant inside.
• The Black Infant devoured the Dark Shadows as its strength rose, while Qiuyue used forty-nine spiritual swords to restrict its movements.
• Ye Jing pierced the Black Infant's heart with the Xuanyuan Sword and spread the Great Sun Golden Flame across its body, but its black tears extinguished the flames.
• The Black Infant's cries filled Ye Jing and Qiuyue with evil thoughts, but Ye Jing's green lotus cleared his mind and he freed Qiuyue from its influence.
• The Black Infant escaped through the deck toward the blood outside, while Ye Jing and Qiuyue cut through Dark Shadows that blocked their pursuit.

A Black Infant attacked the people aboard the ferry, growing stronger by drinking blood and taking over the bald bandit’s body. Ye Jing rescued the passengers and confronted the creature, which survived his first sword strike and declared that everyone must die.

• The Black Infant emerged through the ferry deck, killed a bandit, drank his blood, and reached Divine Realm Layer Five.
• The Black Infant grabbed Xiao Hua, but Ye Jing drove it away with his sword and surrounded it with Spiritual Power swords.
• The Black Infant’s cries made the crowd attack one another, so Ye Jing used blue waves from his Divine Soul to clear their minds while the bald man crushed bandits with a giant boulder.
• The Black Infant resisted Ye Jing’s attack and entered the bald man’s body, draining his power and taking control of him.
• Ye Jing struck the possessed bald man with Spring Wind Proud, but the Black Infant blocked the blow and, unharmed, threatened everyone.

Ye Jing fought the prematurely born Evil God possessing the bald man while Qiuyue led the unconscious passengers to safety. Ye Jing weakened the Black Infant with his Yin Yang law and continued attacking as it tried to flee.

• The Black Infant’s whisper injured the people on the ferry, so Ye Jing told Qiuyue to evacuate them while he faced the Evil God.
• Qiuyue carried a little girl and guided the unconscious passengers inside as the surviving bandits fled the deck.
• Ye Jing and the Black Infant exchanged attacks in the air, but the Evil God’s sigils, speed, and regeneration made it difficult to injure.
• Ye Jing put away the Xuanyuan Sword and struck the Black Infant with Yin Yang Annihilation and a punch that drained its life force.
• The Black Infant panicked and tried to escape, but Ye Jing pursued it and kept attacking.

Ye Jing defeated and killed Black Infant, who revealed that he was the Evil God's ninth son, Soul Devourer, and had come to find something that could help revive his father. Ye Jing was left wary that the Evil God could recognize his disguise, then checked himself for injuries and reassured Qiuyue that he was unharmed.

• Ye Jing restrained Black Infant with yin-yang chains, interrogated him, and burned him with the Great Sun Golden Flame.
• Black Infant revealed that he was the Evil God's ninth son, Soul Devourer, and said a special thing nearby could help revive his father.
• Soul Devourer refused to reveal what the special thing was or who had helped him be born on the ferry, then threatened to return and expose Ye Jing's disguise.
• Ye Jing pierced Soul Devourer's head with the Xuanyuan Sword and burned his body to ash with the Great Sun Golden Flame.
• Ye Jing worried that the Evil God could see through his disguise, took a pill to recover, and checked himself for hidden injuries or curses.
• Qiuyue asked whether Ye Jing was all right, and he reassured her that he was fine but had gained another enemy.

After destroying Soul Eater, Ye Jing questioned the ferry passengers to learn who had helped the Evil God’s son descend, but the lie-detecting disc cleared both the captain and his accuser. A young thief then told Ye Jing she knew what had happened and said the ritual’s culprit was already dead, but demanded he agree to a condition before she explained.

• Ye Jing told Qiuyue that Soul Eater was the Evil God’s ninth son and warned her that the Evil God could threaten the world again.
• Ye Jing and Qiuyue returned to the ferry, woke the unconscious passengers, and Ye Jing announced that someone aboard had performed a gestation ritual.
• Luo Yong accused the captain of sneaking into the lower hold, but Qiuyue’s lie-detecting disc showed that both men were telling the truth.
• The captain admitted that he had gone to the lower hold to meet a married woman, leaving Ye Jing without a culprit.
• A young thief contacted Ye Jing telepathically, said the ritual’s perpetrator was dead, and demanded that he agree to a condition before she shared the details.

Ye Jing rejected a mute girl's demand to travel with him, then secretly followed her to learn about the Evil God's ritual. When members of her sect caught up with her, Ye Jing stepped in and claimed he was a businessman.

• The girl demanded that Ye Jing take her along, but he refused and left the ferry with Qiuyue.
• The girl continued toward the Central Continent, hoping to meet Ye Jing again at the Qingyun Field hunt.
• Ye Jing told Qiuyue they would follow the girl and help her if she ran into danger, so they could get her to reveal what she knew about the Evil God's ritual.
• Four days later, men in black caught the girl and tried to take her back to her sect.
• Ye Jing shattered the spiritual-energy chains around the girl, then faced the men in black and called himself a businessman.

Ye Jing struck a bargain with the captured girl and intervened when the Shadowless Sect men tried to take her away. He knocked them all unconscious, leaving the girl free to pursue her ambitions at Qingyun Field.

• Ye Jing agreed to protect the girl in exchange for what she had seen, and she accepted after he promised to get her to Qingyun Field.
• Ye Jing stopped the Shadowless Sect men from taking the girl and refused to back down when their leader warned him not to interfere.
• The girl told Ye Jing she wanted to make a name for herself and show that the Shadowless Sect had an upright side.
• Ye Jing shattered the girl's spiritual energy chains and knocked out the black-clad men, including their leader.
• The girl cheered that she was free while Ye Jing lamented having a young sect mistress like her.

Ye Jing learned from Wu Qing that a mysterious man used an evil brush to absorb blood and inscribe runes on the Evil God's cradle. After reaching the city near Qingyun Field, Ye Jing heard reports of the Eastern Continent Garrison Army’s defeat and questioned why the Heavenly Court had not sent reinforcements.

• Ye Jing pressed Wu Qing for details about the ritual, and she described a black-clad man using a strange brush to absorb blood from two corpses before going to the bottom of the ship.
• Wu Qing formed images of the man and brush for Ye Jing, then left after he refused to travel with her.
• Two days later, Ye Jing and Qiuyue arrived in the city near Qingyun Field and discussed the bland local food.
• Ye Jing overheard people say the Eastern Continent Garrison Army had held its ground at great cost, its commander had died, and the Heavenly Court had sent no aid.
• Ye Jing suspected people were manipulating public opinion and told Qiuyue the Heavenly Court had a problem, reminding her of the terrifying giant mouth they had seen before.

Ye Jing suspected the terrifying giant maw was connected to the Heavenly Court, while Ye Shitian and the major Lineage heads pressured the Heavenly Court to aid the embattled Eastern Continent. At the Qingyun Field hunt, Ye Jing and Qiuyue spotted Jiang Xinyue, who brushed off Ji Futian’s boastful offer to win for her.

• Ye Jing told Qiuyue he had sensed the Heavenly Court’s aura before the giant maw appeared and vowed to investigate after they prepared for the Qingyun Field hunt.
• Ye Shitian ordered armies sent to the Eastern Continent and led major Lineage heads to pressure the Heavenly Court into sending powerful Saints.
• The Jade Emperor promised to send several Divine Lords to drive the Devil Race out of the Eastern Continent, leaving Ye Shitian uneasy about the Heavenly Court’s motives.
• Ye Jing and Qiuyue arrived at the Qingyun Field and saw Jiang Xinyue, but Ye Jing declined to approach her to avoid exposing their identities.
• Ji Futian promised to win the hunt for Jiang Xinyue, and she rejected his offer and said she would win the reward herself.

Ye Jing and Qiuyue arrived at Qingyun Field, where they observed the other young powerhouses and learned of a rumored hidden reward for the hunt. When the hunting grounds opened, they set out to collect points and spotted their first target.

• Jiang Xinyue rejected Ji Futian’s advances, but he followed her as Ye Jing and Qiuyue watched.
• Ye Jing and Qiuyue saw the Dao Body Holy Embryo Ye Dao arrive and heard the crowd discuss the strongest young competitors.
• The Buddha Son began preaching at Qingyun Field, and the Central Continent’s prince challenged him before they ended their evenly matched spar.
• Ye Jing learned that the hunter with more points than everyone else combined might earn a hidden reward.
• A red light transformed the wilderness and began the hunt, sending Zhao Ku, Jiang Xinyue, and the other competitors rushing out to seek beasts.
• Ye Jing and Qiuyue spotted a God Realm First Heaven beast and flew toward it to earn points.

Ye Jing and Qiuyue hunted demonic beasts in Qingyun Field, and Ye Jing killed a powerful Dragon Elephant Demonic Beast for sixteen points. The yellow-robed man confronted Ye Jing over the kill and prepared to attack him.

• Ye Jing killed a tiger demon and earned one point, then he and Qiuyue split up to hunt.
• After several hours, Ye Jing had nine points and Qiuyue had seven, and they encountered a Divine Realm Layer Five Dragon Elephant Demonic Beast.
• Ye Jing killed the Dragon Elephant Demonic Beast with his Xuanyuan Sword and raised his score to twenty-five points.
• The yellow-robed man arrived with his followers, accused Ye Jing of stealing the beast he had found, and threatened to take Ye Jing's points.
• Ye Jing challenged the yellow-robed man, who unleashed golden light and shouted, "Dragon Rises from the Abyss!"