Chapter Summaries

Taibai Jinxing persuaded the Taixu Profound Realm clans to join a campaign against the Devil Race by promising to lift the Heaven and Earth Shackles early. Meanwhile, Jian Wuhen disbanded the Sword Sect to protect its members after Ye Jing’s identity was exposed, while Ye Jing recovered in the Land of Spiritual Abandonment and prepared to seek a way out.

• Taibai Jinxing announced that the Heavenly Court would lift the Heaven and Earth Shackles by noon the next day, allowing the Taixu Profound Realm clans to enter the Profound Yellow Great World early.
• Ye Shitian became leader of the Demon Extermination Alliance, with the Ji Family, Jiang Family, and Zhao Family as deputy leaders, while he kept Ye Jing’s identity secret from Taibai Jinxing.
• Jian Wuhen learned that Ye Jing’s identity had been exposed and ordered the Sword Sect to disband and evacuate to protect its disciples from the Ye Family.
• Jian Wuhen told Qiuyue that Ye Jing was missing, and Qiuyue resolved to grow stronger so she could protect him.
• Ye Jing finished healing in the Land of Spiritual Abandonment, worried about Qiuyue and the dangers awaiting him, then prepared to find a way out.

Ye Jing searched the Land of Spiritual Abandonment for a way out, but found only a sealed world and a dried-up God Reincarnation Pool. When Gongsun Yan asked whether knocking on the sky’s shell could alert the Heavenly Court, Ye Jing realized her question might point toward a way out.

• Ye Jing accepted the deputy chief position and left the tribe with Gongsun Lue and another guide to search for an exit.
• Ye Jing explored the world and discovered that its rivers and lakes circulated within a barrier that only a Saint could break.
• Ye Jing found the dried-up God Reincarnation Pool beneath the world, along with traces of an unusable array left by the Yellow Emperor.
• Ye Jing spent a week searching the Land of Spiritual Abandonment, then studied the Sage Scholar’s books for clues about space and worlds.
• Gongsun Yan asked Ye Jing whether knocking on the shell above them might alert the Heavenly Court, and Ye Jing suddenly realized something.

Ye Jing found a way to use the Southern Heavenly Gate Token to determine a route out of the isolated world without alerting the Heavenly Court to Gongsun Yan or her people. After studying artifact refining overnight, he prepared to build a formation that could help him break through the world barrier.

• Ye Jing decided not to activate the token to summon Scruffy Daoist, since he did not trust the Heavenly Court and wanted to keep Gongsun Yan and her world hidden.
• Gongsun Yan suggested a way out, and Ye Jing told her that her idea had given him a useful hint before sending her to bed.
• Ye Jing read artifact-refining books through the night and used Heaven-Defying Comprehension to master their contents and gain the Eye of Clarity for Artifacts.
• Ye Jing examined the Southern Heavenly Gate Token and found that it sensed both Scruffy Daoist's moving location and a stationary Heavenly Court control point.
• Ye Jing chose to use Scruffy Daoist's location as his guide and planned to build a formation with the Xuanyuan Sword to crack the world barrier.
• Ye Jing prepared to begin the costly formation, relying on his discovery that the ground beneath the area consisted almost entirely of Spirit Stone veins.

Ye Jing led the tribe’s young people to mine Spirit Stones, hoping to build a force and find a way out of their hidden world. Meanwhile, Qiuyue continued searching Secret Realms for power while worrying about Ye Jing, and the Demon Extermination Alliance struggled to explain its defeat by a much smaller demon army.

• Ye Jing asked Gongsun Lige to gather the tribe’s young people and led about 7,000 of them to dig for ore.
• Qiuyue emerged from a Secret Realm close to breaking through into the Heaven and Earth God Realm, while Jian Wuhen warned her to protect her foundation.
• Qiuyue worried that the Ye Family had destroyed Sword Gate Mountain and issued a bounty for her and Ye Jing, then set out with Jian Wuhen for another Secret Realm.
• A red-haired commander berated the Demon Extermination Alliance after its 200,000 soldiers lost to 50,000 demons.
• A general explained that the demons had combat experience and had comprehended the Devouring Dao Principle, while many Alliance soldiers feared battle and death.

The Eastern Continent’s defenders struggled against the Devil Race while the Heavenly Court agreed to send aid on demanding terms. Meanwhile, the Devil Race prepared to track down the Innate Dao Body, and Ye Jing finished preparing a great array.

• The red-haired commander learned that his army was faring worse than the other fronts and that reinforcements from the Southern Ridge would take about a month to arrive.
• A Demon Saint ordered a surprise force entering Canglan Domain to find the Innate Dao Body and use the Heavenly Demon Tracking Map to locate him in Dali.
• Ye Shitian and the other Eastern Continent representatives left the Heavenly Court displeased by its demands, including leaving them to handle the campaign beneath the Demon Abyss.
• Two days later, Ye Jing inspected the completed great array and confirmed he had prepared a spatial teleportation formation and a way to draw the array back.

Ye Jing used a Spirit Stone Great Array and the Xuanyuan Sword to open a passage through the void and follow the Southern Heavenly Gate Token back to the Profound Yellow Great World. He emerged with a mysterious faceless corpse in a white gauze dress and found Sloppy Daoist fighting the Devil Race.

• Ye Jing activated the Great Array and poured its power into the Xuanyuan Sword, enduring the strain as he built up enough energy to cut open the void.
• Ye Jing used his strongest sword move to open a spatial rift, told the tribe members to wait for his return, and entered it.
• Ye Jing followed the guiding line on the token through the Chaos space, where a faceless woman's corpse hooked onto his clothes and would not let go.
• Ye Jing and the corpse emerged into the Profound Yellow Great World, where a Devil Race attack sent them flying.
• Sloppy Daoist appeared and urged Ye Jing to help him slaughter the Devil Race.

Ye Jing and the Scruffy Daoist confronted a squad of Devil Race demons at the border of the Canglan Domain. After Ye Jing killed several demons and disrupted their attempt to fuse, the remaining enemies continued to resist.

• The Scruffy Daoist told Ye Jing that they were at the border of the Canglan Domain and had encountered a squad of Devil Race infiltrators.
• Ye Jing and the Scruffy Daoist rejected a demon’s offer to leave peacefully and prepared to fight.
• The Scruffy Daoist knocked a demon aside, and Ye Jing appeared behind it and killed it with the Xuanyuan Sword.
• The demons began devouring one another to fuse, so Ye Jing charged in and used sword strikes, sound waves, and his Time Divine Domain to interrupt them.
• Ye Jing killed another demon and unleashed several binding and control abilities against the demons still trying to fuse.

Ye Jing and the Sloppy Daoist defeated a Devil Race squad and learned that more squads threatened the Canglan Domain. After parting ways, Ye Jing hurried to find Qiuyue, but a mysterious voice appeared beside him before he could get far.

• Ye Jing and the Sloppy Daoist killed the remaining Devil Race members, and the last one warned that other squads would bring about the world's end.
• Ye Jing gave the Sloppy Daoist the God Realm Sixth Heaven Demonic Beast corpse in exchange for a Storage Bag of books, while the Sloppy Daoist warned him about the Ye Family's kill order and the Ji Family's protection order.
• The Sloppy Daoist said he would report the Devil Race squads and their unknown target to the Heavenly Court, then he and Ye Jing went their separate ways.
• Ye Jing flew toward Qiuyue, worried that she had left the Sword Sect and might have been hunted by the Ye Clan, but she did not reply to his message.
• After Ye Jing had flown barely two li, a sweet voice asked whether he had forgotten about her.

Ye Jing encountered the Faceless Woman in Chaos Space, where she entered his Divine Soul and took control of the conversation with the Dragon Tiger Jade Ruyi. Meanwhile, Devil Race members discovered Qiuyue’s location, and Qiuyue remained trapped in a trial that forced her to choose between gratitude to her former saviors and her belief in justice.

• The Faceless Woman appeared before Ye Jing, and he tried to placate her rather than risk attacking.
• The Faceless Woman entered Ye Jing’s Divine Soul, caught the Dragon Tiger Jade Ruyi, and sent Ye Jing’s consciousness back to his body.
• Ye Jing set off to find Qiuyue after realizing how powerful the Faceless Woman was.
• Devil Race members used a secret treasure in Ye Jing’s residence to learn that Qiuyue was in the Divine Question Secret Realm and alerted their hidden forces across the Eastern Continent.
• Qiuyue faced a trial in which she had to decide whether to kill the father and son who once saved her, after they became ruthless killers.

Jian Wuhen guarded Qiuyue while she underwent a trial in the Secret Realm, but Devils and Demon Cultivators discovered her location and attacked him. With eleven Divine Realm Layer Four Devils closing in, he summoned Sword Avatars to hold them back while waiting for help.

• Jian Wuhen worried that Qiuyue needed to steady her Dao Heart before advancing further, especially with the Devil Race threatening the Eastern Domain.
• A red-marked Devil confronted Jian Wuhen and attacked him with an Executioner Saber after asking for the Innate Dao Body.
• Jian Wuhen clashed evenly with the saber wielder, then evaded attacks from a bear-like Devil and a Black Sword Demon Cultivator.
• The bear-like Devil accidentally revealed that the attackers had a Special Secret Treasure to locate Qiuyue.
• Eight armored Devil Soldiers joined the three attackers, leaving Jian Wuhen facing eleven Divine Realm Layer Four Devils.
• Jian Wuhen crushed a Sword Talisman to call for help and summoned three Sword Avatars to stop the Devils from reaching Qiuyue.

Qiuyue resolved her moral dilemma, broke through to God Realm First Heaven, and left the Secret Realm as Jian Wuhen fought off the Devils. Just as the Devils overwhelmed them, a familiar young man arrived and killed the Executioner Saber Demon Cultivator.

• Jian Wuhen fought the Devils outside the Secret Realm, suffered severe wounds, and retreated to protect the entrance while wondering why they wanted Qiuyue.
• Qiuyue chose to kill the guilty father and son and accept death in return, then awakened at the peak of God Realm First Heaven.
• A Transparent Little Man watched Qiuyue leave the temple, dismissed the tribulation lightning, and said someone was already on the way to deal with the Devils.
• Qiuyue emerged from the Secret Realm and dodged a saber strike, but Jian Wuhen had to rescue her and shield her with his three clones.
• Eight more Devils arrived, and the Executioner Saber Demon Cultivator demanded that Qiuyue surrender.
• A young man appeared, pierced the Executioner Saber Demon Cultivator's head with a golden sword, and was recognized tearfully by Qiuyue as Young Master.

Ye Jing returned to Qiuyue and Jian Wuhen, then fought the Devil Race cultivators alone. He shattered the Black Sword Demon Cultivator’s weapon and called the Xuanyuan Sword back to begin the hunt.

• Qiuyue embraced Ye Jing in relief, and he killed a Devil Race attacker with the Xuanyuan Sword while holding her.
• Ye Jing protected Qiuyue and Jian Wuhen inside a defensive formation before charging the Devil Race cultivators alone.
• The Black Sword Demon Cultivator ordered his men to split up and attack Ye Jing and his sword.
• Ye Jing unleashed Divine Abilities against the cultivators while the Xuanyuan Sword repeatedly struck a flaw in the Black Sword.
• The Black Sword snapped, shocking the Devil Race cultivators, Qiuyue, and Jian Wuhen.
• Ye Jing called the Xuanyuan Sword back and prepared to hunt the remaining enemies.

Ye Jing killed the Devil Race attackers who had targeted Qiuyue, then escaped with her and Jian Wuhen. He learned that overseas islands could shelter the Yellow Emperor’s descendants and watched Jian Wuhen prepare to leave to pursue greater strength.

• Ye Jing used Xuanyuan Sword to kill the Devil Race members and prevent any survivors from revealing that he was alive.
• Ye Jing gathered the corpses, erased the battle’s traces, and escaped with Qiuyue and Jian Wuhen before other groups arrived.
• Ye Jing told Jian Wuhen and Qiuyue about the small world he had visited and asked where he could settle the Yellow Emperor’s descendants.
• Jian Wuhen suggested seeking help from the Ji Family or hiding the descendants on undeveloped overseas islands, and Ye Jing chose to go overseas.
• Jian Wuhen said Ye Jing could teach Qiuyue and announced that he was leaving to pursue greater strength.

The Devil Race’s Eastern Advance Army learned that Ye Jing had destroyed their capture squad and taken the Heavenly Demon Tracking Map, so they planned to lure the Ye Family into searching for it and ambush them. After parting from Jian Wuhen, Ye Jing discovered the map among the demon corpses and decided to use it before heading back to Dali’s Imperial Capital with Qiuyue.

• The commander with the demonic mark learned that Ye Jing had killed the Devil Race’s experts and taken the Heavenly Demon Tracking Map, and he ordered the army to ambush the Ye Family instead of sending another pursuit squad.
• Ye Jing and Qiuyue said goodbye to Jian Wuhen, and Qiuyue vowed to rebuild the Sword Sect once she grew strong enough.
• Ye Jing searched the demon corpses and found a tracking map whose locating Array Pattern could be removed without destroying the Magic Treasure.
• Ye Jing told Qiuyue that the Devil Race had likely found something connected to her at their home in Dali’s Imperial Capital, and he planned to return there before they went overseas.
• Ye Jing paused to deal with the demon corpses, intending to make the Scruffy Daoist pay a fortune.

Ye Jing sold the Devil Race corpses he had collected to the Sloppy Daoist for a fortune in Spirit Stones, then returned to the Great Li Dynasty before traveling with Qiuyue toward the East Sea Shore. The Sloppy Daoist presented the corpses at the Heavenly Gate, where a voice praised him and drew them inside.

• Ye Jing summoned the Sloppy Daoist and negotiated a price of forty thousand High-grade Spirit Stones for each of the Devil Race corpses.
• Ye Jing returned to Qiuyue, disguised the Heavenly Demon Tracking Map with a deceptive formation, and traveled with her to the Imperial Capital.
• Ye Jing collected books from Hu Jie and the former Great Li Imperial Family's secret treasure before leaving the palace.
• The Sloppy Daoist piled the corpses on the tower and knocked on the Heavenly Gate to report his haul.
• A voice behind the gate praised the Sloppy Daoist, and the corpses flew through the gate.

The Ye Family learned that Ye Jing was alive and sent a Jia-character Guard squad to hunt him and find the Innate Dao Body. Meanwhile, Ye Jing and Qiuyue disguised themselves and prepared to take a ferry toward the coast, while the Demon Race tracked their movements.

• The Sloppy Daoist reported that a Demon Race squad had been searching for Ye Jing, but the Heavenly Court's True Lord told him not to warn the Demon Extermination Alliance.
• Ye Shitian ordered Ye Zhenlong to lead a Jia-character Guard squad into the Profound Yellow Great World to search for Ye Jing and the Innate Dao Body.
• The Blood-robed Demon Cultivator told the Man with Demonic Mark on Forehead that Ye Jing and Qiuyue had changed course toward the Southern Ridge.
• Ye Jing and Qiuyue bought tickets for the Xiumei Ferry while disguised as a young master and maid.
• Ye Jing told Qiuyue to cover for him after they boarded the ferry.

Ye Jing secretly left the ferry to prepare a mountain-wide formation and use the Heavenly Demon Tracking Map as bait for the Devil Race. As he waited for his trap to draw someone in, the Devil Race and Ye Family both learned his location and sent forces toward him.

• Gongsun Yan fretted that Ye Jing might not return, while Gongsun Lue reassured the children and brought them back to the tribe.
• Ye Jing left Qiuyue aboard the ferry and traveled to a hidden cave to prepare his trap.
• Ye Jing spent a day and a night laying concealed formations across the mountain, then revealed the Heavenly Demon Tracking Map's location as bait.
• The Man with Demonic Mark on Forehead ordered Luosheng Kuai, a Divine Realm Layer Nine general carrying a Secret Demonic Pearl, to infiltrate Ye Jing's location and had the information spread.
• Ye Shitian received Ye Jing's location from Heaven, questioned its motives, and sent for Ye Zhenlong.
• Ye Zhenlong and five Jia-character Guards changed course and rushed toward Ye Jing's location.

Ye Jing waited at Demon Slaying Mountain to ambush the Devil Race, but Ye Family fighters arrived first, led by Ye Zhenlong. A Divine Realm Layer Nine Devil Race member then entered the array, and Ye Jing realized the Devil Race had likely used the Ye Family to draw him out before attacking.

• Ye Jing hid inside the formations at Demon Slaying Mountain and waited for the Devil Race to send a stronger fighter.
• The Faceless Woman offered to kill Ye Jing’s enemies if he gave her a face, while the Dragon Tiger Jade Ruyi’s Artifact Spirit refused to come out.
• Ye Zhenlong and five other Ye Family members arrived, spread out, and began setting up a formation to capture Ye Jing.
• Ye Jing saw that the Ye Family had entered his mountain and prepared to activate his own formations against them.
• A Divine Realm Layer Nine Devil Race member entered the array, and Ye Jing concluded that the Devil Race had leaked his location to let the Ye Family confront him first.

Ye Jing trapped Ye Zhenlong’s group and Luosheng Kuai in a powerful formation, then lured them into a cave prepared with another surprise. The intruders reached an empty cavern containing only two formations bearing Ye Jing and Qiuyue’s auras.

• Ye Jing activated his formation after Ye Zhenlong and his guards approached the cave, trapping them alongside Luosheng Kuai.
• Ye Zhenlong protected his group from the formation’s sword energy while Luosheng Kuai repeatedly dispelled it.
• Ye Jing revealed that he had built a weakened Immortal Slaying Sword Formation and added smaller formations to mislead and weaken the intruders.
• Ye Zhenlong led several Jia-character Guards into the cave, followed by Luosheng Kuai, whose body resisted the sword energy.
• Ye Zhenlong and the others found an empty cavern with a table holding two formations that radiated Ye Jing and Qiuyue’s auras.

Ye Jing trapped Ye Zhenlong, the Jia-character Guards, and Luosheng Kuai in a Great Array that forced each to fight a matching double. After the doubles vanished and Ye Zhenlong thought he could escape, Ye Jing prepared to begin the next part of his plan.

• Ye Zhenlong tried to leave the mountain cave, but six shadow doubles appeared and attacked him and the other men.
• Luosheng Kuai fought his matching double while Ye Jing watched from outside the Great Array.
• Luosheng Kuai and his double exchanged devastating blows, killing the Jia-character Guards in the shock waves and leaving Ye Zhenlong badly wounded.
• Ye Zhenlong tried to flee but struck an unseen Imprisonment Formation, which held against his Bronze Mace.
• The shadow doubles vanished, and Ye Zhenlong thought the formation had ended as Ye Jing moved farther away with a smile.