Chapter Summaries

Ao Ying used the Dragon Pearl to bring Lin Changqing through the East Sea Dragon Palace’s sealed grand formation, where the Dragon Clan’s guards challenged his presence. Ao Ying defended him against Ao Huali, who backed down after she invoked her status as Princess.

• Ao Ying persuaded Lin Changqing to enter the Dragon Palace using her Dragon Pearl, which opened a passage through its formation.
• Lin Changqing and Ao Ying entered the palace, alerting its guards and drawing a crowd of transformed dragons.
• Ao Huali and the other guards recognized Ao Ying but objected to Lin Changqing riding on her back because he was human.
• Ao Ying ordered the guards to respect Lin Changqing and explained that he had saved her more than once.
• Ao Huali cited the Dragon King’s decree forbidding outsiders from entering and directed his power toward Lin Changqing.
• Ao Ying confronted Ao Huali with her superior bloodline and authority, and he withdrew his attack and apologized.

Lin Changqing and Ao Ying reached the East Sea Dragon Palace, where Ao Guang initially challenged Lin Changqing for bringing a human there. After learning that Lin Changqing was Tongtian's disciple, Ao Guang welcomed him into the palace.

• Ao Huali backed down, allowing Lin Changqing and Ao Ying to continue toward the Dragon Palace.
• Ao Ying reassured Lin Changqing that her status would protect her from punishment and told him about her younger brother, Ao Jia.
• Ao Ying brought Lin Changqing to the magnificent East Sea Dragon Palace and announced her return to her father, Ao Guang.
• Ao Ying told Ao Guang that she had advanced her cultivation and bloodline with Lin Changqing's help, and introduced Lin Changqing as Tongtian's disciple.
• Ao Guang questioned Lin Changqing, who identified himself as Tongtian's disciple, prompting Ao Guang to welcome him into the palace.

Ao Guang invited Lin Changqing to cultivate in the East Sea Dragon Palace's Blood Abyss after Lin Changqing returned Ao Ying and gave the palace Ao Yun's Quasi-Sage Dragon Pearl. Lin Changqing plunged into the abyss, where he found the blood energy ideal for his Divine Demon Prison Suppression Art, and continued deeper while guarding against the Killing Intent.

• Ao Guang explained that heavenly punishment had shattered his cultivation and lamented that Ao Yun's surviving soul had been destroyed by Heavenly Dao's Lightning Tribulation.
• Lin Changqing prepared to leave after returning Ao Ying, but Ao Guang offered him access to a secret cultivation site in gratitude for his gifts and help.
• Ao Guang led Lin Changqing to the Blood Abyss and warned that its dragon-tainted blood energy and Killing Intent could be dangerous to non-dragons.
• Lin Changqing entered the Blood Abyss and descended through hundreds of thousands of zhang, excited by the blood energy that could nourish his Divine Demon Prison Suppression Art.
• Lin Changqing formed crimson scales to resist the Killing Intent and suddenly sped sideways as the abyss remained bottomless.

Lin Changqing cultivated within the Blood Abyss, refining its blood qi and baleful aura until his first Divine Demon reached the peak of the Mystic Immortal realm. As he continued solidifying the remaining Divine Demons, a blood-colored dragon attacked, and Lin Changqing prepared to fight.

• Lin Changqing carved a cave into the Blood Abyss cliff and used the Divine Demon Prison Suppression Art to refine the surrounding blood qi and baleful aura.
• Ao Guang grew worried after a thousand years passed without Lin Changqing emerging, knowing the depths were dangerous and haunted by vengeful spirits.
• Lin Changqing formed a huge cocoon of impurities and began solidifying the 3,600 Divine Demons within his acupoints.
• Lin Changqing's first Divine Demon became fully solid, reaching the peak of the Mystic Immortal realm, and more Divine Demons began to solidify.
• A blood-colored dragon made of blood qi and baleful aura tore through the filth surrounding Lin Changqing's cave.
• Lin Changqing opened his eyes and welcomed the dragon as a chance to fight.

Lin Changqing fought the Blood Dragon in the Blood Abyss, absorbing its refined blood energy to solidify all three thousand six hundred Divine Demons and break through to the Golden Immortal realm. After his Divine Demon image merged into him, a streak of blood-red light granted him a new divine ability.

• Lin Changqing used his blood spear and wings to break through the filth and drive back the Blood Dragon.
• Lin Changqing fought the Blood Dragon, absorbing its blood energy and flesh while the dragon weakened.
• Lin Changqing solidified all three thousand six hundred Divine Demons, reaching the peak of the Mystic Immortal realm and breaking through to the Golden Immortal realm.
• Lin Changqing's Divine Demon image merged into his body, and a streak of blood-red light bestowed a new divine ability.

Lin Changqing tested his new Annihilation Divine Light in the Blood Abyss, obliterating the Blood Dragon and startling Ao Guang above. After emerging, he met Ao Guang, who praised his breakthrough to the Golden Immortal realm without knowing how long Lin Changqing had truly lived.

• Lin Changqing opened the Eye of the Divine Demons and fired Annihilation Divine Light, consuming half the power of the Divine Demons within him.
• The Annihilation Divine Light annihilated the Blood Dragon and pierced through the Blood Abyss, passing close to Ao Guang and shaking the sea and Dragon Palace formation.
• Lin Changqing judged the divine ability powerful enough to gravely wound an unprepared Grand Unity Golden Immortal, then decided to leave the Blood Abyss rather than drain the Dragon Clan's cultivation ground.
• Ao Guang prepared to enter the Blood Abyss to find Lin Changqing, fearing for the disciple of a Sage and the safety of the East Sea Dragon Palace.
• Lin Changqing emerged beside Ao Guang, who sensed his breakthrough and praised him for reaching the Golden Immortal realm at such a young age.
• Lin Changqing wondered at Ao Guang's praise, unaware that Ao Guang assumed he was a human less than a hundred thousand years old.

After breaking through to the Golden Immortal realm, Lin Changqing left the East Sea and set out for Buzhou Mountain. Along the way, he found three peak Golden Immortal demons fighting a giant and began plotting to kill and absorb them.

• Lin Changqing thanked Ao Guang for allowing him to cultivate in the Blood Abyss, then left the East Sea while Ao Ying remained in seclusion and Ao Guang studied Ao Yun's Dragon Pearl.
• Lin Changqing traveled for a thousand years to reach the East Sea coast, then headed toward Buzhou Mountain while hunting demons and gathering their vital blood.
• After another two thousand years of travel, Lin Changqing spotted a battle between a giant and three peak Golden Immortal demons: a black tiger, a black sparrow, and a thousand-legged centipede.
• Lin Changqing calculated how much vital blood the three demons might yield and decided to risk attacking them, though he still needed to work out a plan.

Lin Changqing approached a battle between a Wu Clan warrior and three peak Golden Immortal demons, hoping to claim their bodies as a feast. When the wounded centipede demon landed near him, Lin Changqing attacked and positioned himself behind its damaged armor.

• Lin Changqing watched the Wu Clan warrior struggle against a sparrow, a centipede, and a black tiger, then decided to intervene for the chance to kill the demons.
• The black tiger and sparrow wounded the Wu Clan warrior while the centipede continued attacking, leaving the warrior close to collapse.
• Lin Changqing revealed his presence, and the Wu Clan warrior warned him to flee as the injured centipede crashed into a ravine near him.
• Lin Changqing dodged the centipede's fangs and legs with his Divine Demon Wings, then swept behind it and targeted its shattered back plates.

Lin Changqing lured the Centipede Demon away from the other Demon Kings and detonated the Spear of Divine Demons inside its body. The Centipede Demon was blown apart, leaving Lin Changqing stunned by the destruction of the valuable demon flesh.

• Lin Changqing’s spear pierced the Centipede Demon’s newly formed armor, and the wounded demon chased him through the mountains with poisonous mist.
• Lin Changqing drew the Centipede Demon far from the Black Tiger Demon and Sparrow Demon while the Wu clan man continued fighting them.
• Lin Changqing stopped on a mountain and waited as the Centipede Demon launched its fangs at him.
• Lin Changqing commanded the Spear of Divine Demons to explode inside the Centipede Demon, tearing its body apart.
• Lin Changqing dodged the blast’s fragments and lamented that the Centipede Demon’s flesh had been destroyed.

After killing the Centipede Demon King, Lin Changqing pursued the fleeing Sparrow Demon King while a Wu warrior chased the Black Tiger Demon King. Lin Changqing caught up with the Sparrow and launched a killing strike, leaving their fight unresolved.

• Lin Changqing found and recovered the Centipede Demon King's Spirit Pearl from the mountainside.
• The Sparrow Demon King and Black Tiger Demon King realized the Centipede was dead and began losing ground to the Wu warrior.
• The two Demon Kings pretended to coordinate, then fled in opposite directions and accused each other of betrayal.
• Lin Changqing and the Wu warrior split up, with the warrior pursuing the Black Tiger and Lin Changqing chasing the Sparrow.
• Lin Changqing overtook the Sparrow Demon King and attacked him with the Spear of Divine Demons.

Lin Changqing killed Sparrow Demon King with his Annihilation Divine Light after Sparrow Demon King fled and threatened humanity. He then reunited with the Wu clansman, and they shared the meat of the two slain Demon Kings.

• Sparrow Demon King attacked Lin Changqing with fierce winds, then fled when he realized Lin Changqing could match his strength.
• Sparrow Demon King threatened to devour humans, so Lin Changqing unleashed the Annihilation Divine Light and killed him.
• Lin Changqing caught Sparrow Demon King's body, and the Demon King's remnant soul vanished under the attack's power.
• The Wu clansman returned after defeating Black Tiger Demon King and thanked Lin Changqing for his help.
• Lin Changqing and the Wu clansman roasted and ate both Demon Kings, then laughed together after realizing how much each had eaten.

Lin Changqing met Hou Yi after helping him defeat demons, and the two traveled together toward Buzhou Mountain. After five thousand years, they reached the mountain and began climbing under its immense pressure.

• Lin Changqing introduced himself to Hou Yi, who explained that he was traveling to Buzhou Mountain to gain experience as an adult of the Wu Tribe.
• Lin Changqing and Hou Yi agreed to travel together, fighting demons and roasting their meat along the way.
• During the journey, Lin Changqing refined the Centipede Demon King's Spirit Pearl and blood essence, more than doubling his Divine Demon Power.
• Five thousand years later, Lin Changqing and Hou Yi reached Buzhou Mountain and admired its immense height and grandeur.
• Lin Changqing and Hou Yi stepped onto the mountain, where a crushing force immediately pressed down on them.

Lin Changqing found that Buzhou Mountain’s pressure increased tenfold because it suppressed the hundred-zhang Divine Demon image in his sea of consciousness. After merit and Chaos True Dragon Qi failed to help, he provoked the complete Divine Demon image with the mountain’s pressure, and it finally responded.

• Lin Changqing struggled under Buzhou Mountain’s tenfold pressure while Hou Yi endured it more easily, prompting Lin Changqing to suspect the pressure targeted his Divine Demon image.
• Lin Changqing discovered that his hundred-zhang Divine Demon image was pinned down in his sea of consciousness and considered giving up the climb, but refused.
• Lin Changqing tried using his Merit Golden Body to dispel the pressure, but the Power of Merit had no effect.
• Lin Changqing activated his Chaos True Dragon Qi, causing the pressure to rise to fifteen times its original level, then withdrew it.
• Lin Changqing let Buzhou Mountain’s pressure bear down on his sea of consciousness, awakening the ten-thousand-zhang Divine Demon image, which roared as blood-red light and divine patterns appeared around it.

On Buzhou Mountain, Lin Changqing survived Pangu’s overwhelming pressure when the Divine Demon image devoured the dark clouds and strengthened his sea of consciousness. He gained the Chaos Furnace divine ability, concealed his presence from the mountain’s pressure, and continued climbing.

• Pangu’s divine might shattered Lin Changqing’s sea of consciousness, but the Chaos True Dragon Qi manifested and repaired it while making it stronger.
• The Divine Demon image struck through the clouds above the Nine Heavens, then devoured and refined them into energy for Lin Changqing.
• Lin Changqing’s Thirty-six Hundred Divine Demons surged in power, and he comprehended the Chaos Furnace divine ability.
• The Divine Demon image concealed Lin Changqing’s sea of consciousness from Buzhou Mountain’s pressure, reducing it to twice its normal strength.
• Lin Changqing accepted the longer recovery time for Annihilation Divine Light and declared that he would continue climbing Buzhou Mountain.

Lin Changqing and Hou Yi climbed Buzhou Mountain, growing stronger under its pressure as they passed from the foothills onto the mountainside. After a thousand years, they spotted a valley overflowing with green light, signaling that a treasure was about to emerge.

• Lin Changqing explained that the mountain’s pressure had injured him, then continued climbing with Hou Yi as it tempered their bodies and strengthened their cultivation.
• After a hundred years of climbing, one of Lin Changqing’s Divine Demons broke through from Mystic Immortal to Golden Immortal, while Hou Yi advanced to the peak of Golden Immortal.
• Lin Changqing and Hou Yi crossed the clouds marking the end of Buzhou Mountain’s foothills and surveyed the mountainside, finding no signs of an emerged treasure.
• They climbed for another thousand years, with half of Lin Changqing’s Three Thousand Six Hundred Divine Demons reaching Golden Immortal.
• Lin Changqing and Hou Yi saw boundless green light filling a valley between mountain ranges and realized a treasure was about to emerge.

After a thousand years of searching Buzhou Mountain, Lin Changqing and Hou Yi found a valley where four peak Golden Immortals and more than twenty other demons fought over a ripe Nine Bell Flower. Lin Changqing and Hou Yi charged in to claim the treasure, and his blood-red spear struck down a hundred demons.

• Lin Changqing and Hou Yi reached the valley and spotted a Nine Bell Flower ripening in the lake, guarded by four peak Golden Immortal demons and more than twenty others.
• Lin Changqing recognized the Ghost Face Spider’s human resentful souls and decided it had to die.
• Lin Changqing and Hou Yi waited ten years for the Nine Bell Flower’s final bell to turn gold and ring.
• The Three-legged Sparrow, Ghost Face Spider, Giant Elephant Demon King, Silver Wolf Demon King, and their followers rushed toward the flower.
• Lin Changqing and Hou Yi charged from the mountaintop as Lin Changqing summoned the Spear of Divine Demons.
• Lin Changqing’s bloodlight streaked through the clouds, struck down a hundred demons, and returned.

Lin Changqing and Hou Yi raced to kill demons as they fought their way toward the Nine Bell Flower and the Innate Spiritual Root. After arguing over who had killed more, they set their sights on defeating a mighty Demon King first.

• Hou Yi hurled his wooden club and killed a late-stage Golden Immortal bear demon before Lin Changqing's Spear of Divine Demons reached its target.
• Lin Changqing's spear pierced a black-backed pangolin's defenses, then split into countless points that killed one Demon King and wounded two others.
• Hou Yi and Lin Changqing compared their kills, while the Giant Elephant Demon King, Silver Wolf Demon King, and Ghost Face Spider Demon King ordered their followers to hold the pair back.
• Lin Changqing and Hou Yi charged the demons and challenged each other to see who could kill a mighty Demon King first.

Lin Changqing fought the remaining Demon Kings over the Innate Spiritual Root and detonated his Spear of Divine Demons, devastating their ranks. With only two enemies left and his power depleted, he summoned his new Chaos Furnace to replenish it.

• Lin Changqing charged the Demon Kings and killed several with his spear while Hou Yi advanced nearby.
• Lin Changqing detonated the Spear of Divine Demons, killing five more Demon Kings and leaving only the wounded Toad Demon King and Wolf Spider Demon King alive.
• The Wolf Spider Demon King realized the spear was Lin Changqing's divine ability rather than a treasure, and the survivors feared him as he approached.
• Lin Changqing assessed his dwindling Divine Demon Power and considered the threat posed by Golden Immortal peak-stage Demon Kings.
• Lin Changqing invoked the Chaos Furnace, summoning an ancient, thousand-foot-tall furnace around himself.

Lin Changqing used the Chaos Furnace to refine demon corpses and strengthen his Divine Demons while Hou Yi slaughtered the valley’s demons. As Lin Changqing and Hou Yi raced toward the Innate Spiritual Root, Golden Sparrow turned on the other Demon Kings, and Hou Yi charged into the fray.

• Lin Changqing refined nearby demon corpses in the Chaos Furnace, absorbing their vital essence and gaining hundreds of Divine Demon breakthroughs.
• Lin Changqing killed Snow White Wolf Spider with his spear, while Hou Yi continued crushing Demon Kings with his club.
• Hou Yi and Lin Changqing competed to be the first to kill a major Demon King as they watched the Demon Kings fight over the Innate Spiritual Root.
• Golden Sparrow killed Toad Demon King and another fleeing demon, enraging Ghost Face Spider, White Elephant King, and Silver Wolf King.
• Lin Changqing and Hou Yi raced toward the lake as the three Demon Kings attacked Golden Sparrow, and Hou Yi charged in to claim the first major Demon King kill.

Hou Yi fought the Demon Kings and discovered the Elephant Lord had trapped him as part of a plan to lure and kill him. After using a Witch Clan Battle Technique to break the Elephant Lord’s defenses, Hou Yi faced an attack from the silver wolf while Lin Changqing joined the battle.

• Hou Yi charged the four Demon Kings and struck at the Elephant Lord, while Golden Sparrow and the Ghost Face Spider weakened his club’s attack.
• Lin Changqing realized the Demon Kings had pretended to turn on one another to lure Hou Yi into an ambush and warned him.
• The Elephant Lord bound Hou Yi’s club and stunned him with his Subdue ability, then attacked his chest.
• Hou Yi used a Witch Clan Battle Technique to recover, doubled his strength, and shattered the Elephant Lord’s trunk and tusks.
• Lin Changqing sent a divine ability toward the battle as the silver wolf attacked Hou Yi with poisonous needles and its Silver Wolf Howls at the Moon ability.