Chapter Summaries

Yun Yilan watched the Green Robe Sect Leader battle the Beast God and dreamed of using the Four Spirits Blood Array to reach the Earthly Immortal Realm. As the Beast God survived the Green Robe Sect Leader’s Heavenly Sword, the Green Robe Sect Leader opened the Heavenly Machine Seal for another attack.

• Yun Yilan watched the battle from above the Sky Dome and resolved to seize the Four Spirits Blood Array to pursue the Earthly Immortal Realm.
• The Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox watched the battle anxiously from the Mysterious Fire Altar.
• The Beast God transformed into a monstrous three-headed, six-armed form and attacked the Green Robe Sect Leader with spiked tentacles.
• The Green Robe Sect Leader cut down the Beast God’s tentacles with Seven-Colored Sword Light, then summoned a colossal Heavenly Sword.
• The Beast God trapped the Zhu Xian Sword against his chest and forced both fighters away before the Green Robe Sect Leader opened the Heavenly Machine Seal.

The Green Robe Sect Leader activated the Heavenly Machine Seal to gain the power needed to face the Beast God, risking corruption from a thousand years of Malevolent Qi. As everyone watched anxiously, the Demonic Sect anticipated his possible fall while Ye Changfeng and those close to him worried about what would happen next.

• The Green Robe Sect Leader activated the Heavenly Machine Seal, unleashing the Zhu Xian Sword Array’s power and drawing together Malevolent Qi, baleful energy, and spiritual energy.
• The Beast God warned that the Green Robe Sect Leader would suffer the backlash of the Malevolent Qi even if he defeated it.
• True Lord Daoxuan, Tian Buyi, Su Ru, Shuiyue, and the other Qingyun Sect leaders worried that the Green Robe Sect Leader would lose his sanity to the thousand years of Malevolent Qi.
• Ye Changfeng watched his future self activate the seal as Lu Xueqi and Jin Ping'er embraced him and shared his worry.
• Wan Renwang, Poison God, and the Demonic Sect members anticipated that the Green Robe Sect Leader might fall to demonic corruption and questioned whether he would still be called the Leader of the Righteous Path.

As Ye Changfeng activated the Heavenly Machine Seal, You Ji, Biyao, Yun Yilan, and Little White reacted to the danger of its Malevolent Qi backlash. Ye Changfeng wiped out the Blood Slaves and fought the Beast God, leaving his sword driven into its chest as he declared he would bear the backlash himself.

• You Ji worried for Ye Changfeng, while Biyao reconsidered her views of the righteous path after seeing him activate the seal for all living beings.
• Yun Yilan rejoiced at the prospect of Ye Changfeng falling to demonic corruption, while Little White feared the toll the seal would take on him.
• The Seven Peaks formed the Zhu Xian Sword Array, and Ye Changfeng used the Zhu Xian Sword to slay every Blood Slave in the Four Spirits Blood Array.
• Ye Changfeng attacked the Beast God, severing its arm with sword light that prevented it from healing.
• Ye Changfeng drove the Zhu Xian Sword into the Beast God's chest and declared that he would bear the backlash of ten thousand years of Malevolent Qi.

The Heavenly Curtain revealed Ye Changfeng as the Green Robe Sect Leader as he confronted the Beast God and vowed to bear the backlash of ten thousand years of Malevolent Qi. As people across the world reacted to his identity and resolve, Linglong understood his plan to cleanse the Malevolent Qi, though she wondered whether he had a way to survive.

• Ye Changfeng's Seven-Colored Sword Light broke through the Beast God's blood-red Malevolent Qi, and the Heavenly Curtain revealed his true appearance.
• True Lord Daoxuan worried that the Heaven's Secret Seal and Ye Changfeng's fall to the demonic path might leave him beyond anyone's control.
• Lu Xueqi and Jin Ping'er compared the revealed Green Robe Sect Leader with Ye Changfeng, and Ye Changfeng changed the subject when Lu Xueqi teased him.
• Wan Renwang recognized the Green Robe Sect Leader as the man he had met at Liubo Mountain and resolved that he needed the Four Spirits Blood Array to rule the world.
• Linglong realized Ye Changfeng intended to use himself as a vessel to suppress and eradicate the Beast God's ten thousand years of Malevolent Qi, and she praised his compassion.

The Heavenly Curtain revealed Ye Changfeng’s identity and extraordinary future as the Dao Ancestor and an Immortal who saved the Divine Land. The world reacted in shock as the evaluation named him the Greatest of All Time.

• Yun Yilan saw the Green Robe Sect Leader’s face and vowed to kill him after obtaining the Four Spirits Blood Array and reaching the Earthly Immortal realm.
• Little White recognized the Green Robe Sect Leader in the Heavenly Curtain and hoped he would come rescue her.
• You Ji and Biyao recognized Ye Changfeng’s face and realized he was the Green Robe Sect Leader.
• The Heavenly Curtain froze after revealing Ye Changfeng’s name, and people speculated that it was beginning a separate evaluation of him.
• The Heavenly Curtain declared Ye Changfeng the Zhu Xian Sword’s wielder, Dao Ancestor, Number One Sword Immortal Under Heaven, and True Lord Qingyun Who Pacifies Demons, with a final cultivation of Immortal.
• The people of the world were stunned by Ye Changfeng’s accolades and his predicted rise to Immortality.

The Heavenly Curtain revealed that Ye Changfeng would fall into demonic cultivation, leaving those who cared about him fearing for his safety. Ye Changfeng reasoned that he must later recover, since his final cultivation rose to Immortal, and everyone waited to see what happened next.

• People debated why the Heavenly Curtain listed the Green Robe Sect Leader's final cultivation as Earthly Immortal but Ye Changfeng's as Immortal, and speculated that he would step down before advancing.
• The Qingyun Sect's Heads lamented that Ye Changfeng would fall into demonic cultivation after bearing the Shenzhou World's accumulated Malevolent Qi, and resolved to change the future.
• Lu Xueqi and Jin Ping'er worried about Ye Changfeng's safety, while Lu Xueqi feared for herself and her unborn child.
• Ye Changfeng reassured Lu Xueqi and Jin Ping'er that he likely returned to normal after falling into demonic cultivation, since his final cultivation had increased.
• Poison God and Yuyangzi wondered how Ye Changfeng would behave after falling into demonic cultivation and how the Righteous Path would treat him.

Linglong saw that Ye Changfeng would fall into demonic ways but eventually become an Immortal, while Yun Yilan anticipated Qingyun Sect’s response. In the Heavenly Curtain, Ye Changfeng let Malevolent Qi corrupt him so he could drive Zhu Xian Sword into the Beast God’s heart and seal the Malevolent Qi.

• Linglong realized Ye Changfeng’s final cultivation level would be Immortal and resolved to stay by his side to witness it.
• Yun Yilan gloated over Ye Changfeng’s fall into demonic ways and wondered whether Qingyun Sect would purge him or protect him.
• The Heavenly Curtain resumed as Ye Changfeng broke the Four Spirits Blood Array with sword energy and pressed Zhu Xian Sword into the Beast God’s chest.
• The Beast God healed itself with Malevolent Qi, fought Ye Changfeng, and used the Four Spirits Blood Array to threaten Qingyun Sect’s disciples.
• True Lord Daoxuan and the branch heads resisted the array while Ye Changfeng let Malevolent Qi invade his mind.
• Ye Changfeng drove Zhu Xian Sword into the Beast God’s heart, sealing away its Malevolent Qi.

Ye Changfeng killed the Beast God, but the Beast God poured the Source of Malevolence into him, driving him toward demonic madness. Ye Changfeng left the Qingyun Sect to protect it, and Xueqi arrived too late to find him.

• Ye Changfeng used the Zhu Xian Sword to kill the Beast God and seal the Source of Malevolence.
• As he died, the Beast God unleashed the Source of Malevolence into Ye Changfeng, whose mind began to succumb to it.
• Ye Changfeng gave the Qingyun Sect to True Lord Daoxuan and flew away with the Zhu Xian Sword and Fulong Ding.
• Xueqi arrived, learned Ye Changfeng was gone, and collapsed in grief as Jin Ping'er and Little White supported her.
• True Lord Daoxuan recognized the immense Malevolent Qi surrounding Ye Changfeng and feared the Qingyun Sect had lost its leader.

After killing the Beast God, Ye Changfeng absorbed the Beast God’s Source of Malevolence and fell to the Demonic Path, leaving Qingyun Sect to avoid harming it. In the present, Ye Changfeng wondered how his future self had escaped the corruption, while the world waited to see what he and Qingyun Sect would do.

• Ye Changfeng killed the Beast God, who poured the Source of Malevolence into him as he died.
• Corrupted by the Malevolent Qi from the Heavenly Machine Seal and the Beast God’s source, Ye Changfeng left Qingyun Sect to keep it safe.
• True Lord Daoxuan, Tian Buyi, Su Ru, and Shuiyue grieved as they watched Ye Changfeng depart and worried about Lu Xueqi and her unborn child.
• Lu Xueqi clung to the Green-robed Youth and hoped the scene in the Heavenly Curtain was not destined to happen, while Ye Changfeng considered how his future self had overcome the corruption.
• Poison God, Wan Renwang, and the other Demonic Sect members anticipated how Qingyun Sect would respond to its fallen leader.

The Beast God, Linglong, Biyao, and You Ji watched the Heavenly Curtain reveal that Ye Changfeng had fallen to demonic corruption and left Qingyun Sect. The chapter ended with Jin Ping'er telling the despairing, pregnant Lu Xueqi that Daoxuan and others were searching for her husband.

• The Beast God questioned why Ye Changfeng would risk his life for humanity but acknowledged him as a worthy opponent.
• Linglong feared that ten thousand years of Malevolent Qi would corrupt Ye Changfeng, though she believed he might later find a way to recover.
• Biyao and You Ji watched Ye Changfeng's fate, and Biyao questioned whether her father had been wrong.
• The Heavenly Curtain showed Lu Xueqi lying in a Bamboo House, grieving and protecting her unborn child.
• Jin Ping'er told Lu Xueqi that Malevolent Qi had eroded Ye Changfeng's mind, he had left Qingyun Sect, and Daoxuan's group and Little White were searching for him.

Lu Xueqi insisted on joining Jin Ping'er to find Ye Changfeng despite her pregnancy, while Ye Changfeng comforted the women watching the Heavenly Curtain. The vision revealed Ye Changfeng battling malevolent qi in a mountain cave with Linglong, and he prepared to try to destroy it at its source.

• Lu Xueqi insisted on going with Jin Ping'er to find her husband, and Jin Ping'er agreed to accompany her.
• Ye Changfeng comforted Lu Xueqi and Jin Ping'er as they watched the Heavenly Curtain together.
• The Heavenly Curtain showed an abandoned mountain whose cave poured out malevolent qi, revealing Ye Changfeng inside with the Zhu Xian Sword.
• Ye Changfeng told Linglong that malevolent qi had invaded his heart meridians and was consuming his mind, and he urged her to leave before he fell into demonic cultivation.
• Linglong refused to leave, and Ye Changfeng said he would try her method to eradicate the malevolent qi and asked her to pass a message to the others if he survived.

Ye Changfeng reassured Lu Xueqi and Jin Ping'er that he would never harm them, even if he fell to the demonic path, while resolving to prepare for the danger of Malevolent Qi. In the Heavenly Curtain, his future self struggled to reconcile two sources of Malevolent Qi as they twisted his thoughts toward violence.

• True Lord Daoxuan vowed to prevent the disaster shown in the Heavenly Curtain, while Tian Buyi, Su Ru, and Shuiyue watched with pride and worry.
• Lu Xueqi asked Ye Changfeng whether he would hurt her, and he promised that he would never harm her or Jin Ping'er.
• Ye Changfeng decided to prepare for the future and seek a way to counter Malevolent Qi.
• In the Heavenly Curtain, 'Ye Changfeng' endured the clashing Malevolent Qi from the Heavenly Machine Seal and the Beast God Origin.
• The Malevolent Qi twisted 'Ye Changfeng's' thoughts, urging him to indulge himself and kill anyone who tried to stop him.

After Malevolent Qi completely corrupted Ye Changfeng’s mind, he resolved to eradicate the Demonic Sect, believing that doing so would restore peace. The onlookers were relieved that he still targeted evil, but Qingyun Sect’s leaders recognized that his extreme, unstable state remained dangerous.

• Malevolent Qi overwhelmed Ye Changfeng, and Linglong realized that his mind had been completely corrupted.
• Ye Changfeng resisted the voice urging him to indulge himself and decided that the Demonic Sect should be wiped out.
• Ye Changfeng asked Linglong whether his plan was right, and she agreed while realizing his desires remained focused on the Demonic Sect.
• The onlookers were stunned that Ye Changfeng still upheld his convictions after falling to demonic cultivation.
• At Qingyun Sect, True Lord Daoxuan, Tian Buyi, Su Ru, and the branch heads felt relieved but recognized that Ye Changfeng remained a dangerous, unstable threat.

Ye Changfeng and the others discussed how demonic cultivation amplified desires, then playfully fought after Lu Xueqi caught him handling her sword. Across the land, demonic sect leaders and Yun Yilan watched the Heavenly Curtain in disbelief and waited to see whether Ye Changfeng would reveal darker desires.

• Lu Xueqi and Jin Ping'er questioned Ye Changfeng about his counterpart in the Heavenly Curtain, and he explained that Malevolent Qi amplified desires without controlling a person.
• Ye Changfeng tried to move Lu Xueqi's Tianya Divine Sword, but she caught him; he tossed the sword aside and playfully embraced her.
• Lu Xueqi and Ye Changfeng dragged Jin Ping'er into their playful scuffle.
• Demonic Sect elites protested Ye Changfeng's vow to vanquish demons, while Wan Renwang, Poison God, and Yuyangzi debated whether he would eventually reveal his desires.
• Yun Yilan watched from Burning Incense Valley and insisted that Ye Changfeng must have selfish desires despite his righteous actions.

After falling into demonic madness, Ye Changfeng still intended to exterminate evil and uphold the way, though he also showed desire toward Linglong. He left the cave with Linglong accompanying him, while people watching the Heavenly Curtain reacted with shock and worry.

• Little White noticed Ye Changfeng's lustful gaze toward Linglong, while Beast God realized his own actions had helped cause Ye Changfeng's madness and feared for her.
• You Ji wondered whether Ye Changfeng would kill her, and Biyao felt guilty after recognizing that her father had treated Ye Changfeng unfairly.
• Ye Changfeng told Linglong that they were cut from the same cloth, then drew Zhu Xian and declared that he would exterminate evil and uphold the way.
• Linglong asked to go with Ye Changfeng so she could keep an eye on him, and he agreed.
• Ye Changfeng and Linglong left the cave beneath a violet-black Sword Light as the world watched in bewilderment.

People across the world watched Ye Changfeng hunt down the scattered Demonic Sect factions, while wondering whether the Barbaric Holy Hall could stop him. After he slaughtered the survivors he found, the Demonic Path followers feared that if the Green Robe Sect Leader truly fell to the Demonic Path, every Demonic Sect disciple would be doomed.

• The observers recalled that the Barbaric Holy Hall sheltered the Demonic Sect’s veteran elders, including those who had followed Chou Wangyu, and wondered whether it could resist Ye Changfeng.
• Wan Renwang noted that Candle Dragon was in the Barbaric Holy Hall and saw the unfolding events as a chance to learn its strength.
• Ye Changfeng destroyed Viper Valley with one sword strike, killing its poison-art practitioners, and told Linglong that none of them were kindhearted.
• Ye Changfeng found Huqi Mountain and Liubo Mountain empty of Demonic Sect disciples, then headed for Longevity Hall.
• At the Deadly Great Swamp, Ye Changfeng slaughtered the surviving members of Longevity Hall, prompting Demonic Path followers to fear for the sect’s disciples.

The Qingyun Sect leaders worried that Malevolent Qi would turn Ye Changfeng into a killing machine, while Ye Changfeng reasoned that combining the Three Teachings True Methods with the Five Volumes of Heavenly Books could eventually destroy it. In the Heavenly Curtain, his counterpart continued toward the Barbaric Holy Hall, slaughtering wicked fiends and bandits as the Malevolent Qi urged him to kill.

• True Lord Daoxuan admitted that he did not know how to resolve the Malevolent Qi, and the Qingyun Sect leaders decided to study the Heavenly Curtain for clues.
• Ye Changfeng guessed that cultivating the Five Volumes of Heavenly Books and mastering the Three Teachings True Methods could let him destroy the Malevolent Qi, though he still needed to verify his theory.
• In the Heavenly Curtain, Ye Changfeng killed the remaining Longevity Hall members and set his sights on the Barbaric Holy Hall.
• Ye Changfeng flew through the wasteland, killing wicked fiends and murderous bandits while the Malevolent Qi urged him to continue slaughtering.
• When a fiend begged for mercy, Ye Changfeng told him to kill his companions, then killed him after he obeyed.

Ye Changfeng slaughtered his way through the Barbaric Holy Hall, killing its hidden experts while the world watched and debated his actions. A mysterious woman in black appeared and recognized him, leaving Ye Changfeng facing a new arrival.

• People across the world argued that the people Ye Changfeng killed around the Barbaric Holy Hall deserved their fate, while the Demonic Sect elites watched to judge the Hall’s strength.
• Yun Yilan realized Ye Changfeng showed no desire to dominate the world, and Little White watched the Heavenly Curtain and found no serious flaw in him beyond his lecherousness.
• Ye Changfeng carved a path of slaughter through the area around the Barbaric Holy Hall, killing both cultivators and ordinary people with Zhu Xian.
• The Barbaric Holy Hall’s hidden experts, including more than a dozen Upper Purity Realm cultivators, fell to Ye Changfeng’s single sword strokes.
• A tall woman in a black skirt appeared and called Ye Changfeng by name, and he turned toward her with bloodshot eyes and killing intent.

Linglong told You Ji that Ye Changfeng needed help releasing the desire amplified by the Malevolent Qi, and You Ji chose to help him despite his efforts to keep her away. After Ye Changfeng slaughtered everyone in the Barbaric Holy Hall except You Ji, she embraced him, and he carried her away.

• Linglong explained that Ye Changfeng's Malevolent Qi was magnifying his desires and that he needed help before it destroyed him.
• You Ji stayed silent while Ye Changfeng killed the Demonic Sect fiends in the Barbaric Holy Hall.
• After Ye Changfeng killed everyone but You Ji, Linglong told her that he was deliberately restraining himself to avoid hurting her.
• You Ji approached Ye Changfeng despite his warnings and wiped the blood from his face.
• You Ji embraced Ye Changfeng, and he scooped her up and carried her away.

The Heavenly Curtain showed Ye Changfeng facing a crisis that the Vermilion Bird Emissary, You Ji, was willing to resolve by giving herself to him, shocking people across the Shenzhou World. As observers reacted, Linglong, the Qingyun Sect leaders, and You Ji herself wrestled with embarrassment and complicated feelings.

• People across the Shenzhou World recognized the black-clad woman as You Ji, the Demonic Sect's Vermilion Bird Emissary, and discussed her apparent beauty trap for Ye Changfeng.
• In the Demon Suppressing Ancient Cave, the Beast God erupted in despair and jealousy when he heard Linglong offer herself to Ye Changfeng.
• Outside the cave, Linglong felt embarrassed by the Heavenly Curtain's version of her, admitted Ye Changfeng was outstanding, then remembered she was only a remnant soul.
• At Qingyun Sect's Yuqing Hall, Su Ru, Shuiyue, True Lord Daoxuan, and Tian Buyi reacted to You Ji's relationship with Ye Changfeng and chose to stay silent.
• At Ghost King Sect headquarters, You Ji blushed at the scene while Biyao teased her about marrying a man three hundred years younger and praised her beauty.