Chapter Summaries

Shangguan Ye unleashed a Monster Beast tide across the battlefields while Nie Li and Heaven Cloud Divine Lord confronted Long Ming and Long Xiang. As Nie Li charged the Heavenly Meteor Divine Thunder Sword, Heaven Cloud Divine Lord struggled to keep both enemies at bay, and Long Xiang began transforming into a massive crimson dragon.

• Shangguan Ye ordered the Monster Beasts to attack all six battlefields, and Nie Li directed the Martial Ancestors to hold back the tide.
• Nie Li used his new grasp of Space Law to help Heaven Cloud Divine Lord pierce Long Ming's chest, but Long Ming revived by taking another disciple's heart.
• Nie Li asked Heaven Cloud Divine Lord to hold off Long Ming and Long Xiang while he charged the Heavenly Meteor Divine Thunder Sword.
• Long Xiang and Long Ming attacked Heaven Cloud Divine Lord, who dodged their blows and flames until lightning cut his cheek.
• Heaven Cloud Divine Lord fused with his demon spirit to prevent Long Xiang from taking his blood, and Long Xiang revealed his crimson dragon form.

Nie Li exposed Shangguan Ye’s role in the battle and drove back the Dawn Organization, then learned that Shangguan Ye was also Emperor Kongming’s inheritor. Shangguan Ye withdrew with Long Ming and Long Xiang, intending to spur Nie Li’s cultivation while preparing to confront Emperor Kongming.

• Long Ming and Long Xiang revealed their dragon forms, but Nie Li wounded them with lightning and blades while Heaven Cloud Divine Lord and the Feather God Sect fought them.
• Nie Li stopped Long Xiang from self-destructing and revealed that Long Ming and Long Xiang were Shangguan Ye’s subordinates.
• Shangguan Ye appeared and confirmed Nie Li’s deductions, then ordered the Dawn Organization to retreat from every battlefield.
• Shangguan Ye challenged Nie Li to grow stronger before facing the Holy Emperor and vanished with Long Ming and Long Xiang after reciting a saying that stunned Nie Li.
• In the Mountain River Space, Shangguan Ye told Xiao Ning'er that he had only meant to motivate Nie Li and vowed to make Emperor Kongming answer for his actions.

Nie Li disguised himself as Red Python and infiltrated the Demon God Sect with Yu Yan, hoping to investigate its strength and enter the Divine Flame Pool. At the Fire Spirit Hall market, he learned that Wu Yazi had replaced Li Huo as Holy Son, a change that differed from his memories of the previous life.

• Nie Li told Lu Piao he would infiltrate the Demon God Sect, and Lu Piao agreed to hold down the Feather God Sect.
• Nie Li took on Red Python’s appearance and intimidated two guards into letting him enter the Demon God Sect.
• Nie Li and Yu Yan headed to the Fire Spirit Hall market, where Nie Li sought a way into the Divine Flame Pool.
• Nie Li encouraged Fire Spirit Hall disciples to oppose giving Divine Flame Pool slots to outsiders and learned that Wu Yazi had become the new Holy Son.
• Nie Li was shocked that Wu Yazi’s appointment differed from what he remembered from his previous life.

Nie Li learned that the Divine Flame Pool had opened a month earlier and set out to stop the Holy Son from entering it. He reached the guarded entrance and obtained a way inside by knocking out the bear demon carrying Fire Spirit Crystals and a token.

• Nie Li learned from Yu Yan that the Divine Flame Pool had opened a month earlier, then decided to visit the market.
• A snake demon mistook Nie Li for her husband and tried to take him to her cave abode, but Nie Li escaped by claiming he had to report his cultivation breakthrough.
• Nie Li and Yu Yan reaffirmed their plan to stop the Holy Son from becoming the next sect master and flew to the Divine Flame Pool.
• Nie Li located the guarded entrance to the pool and met the bear demon carrying Fire Spirit Crystals and a token.
• Nie Li knocked the bear demon unconscious, then took his Fire Spirit Crystals and token.

Nie Li infiltrated the Divine Flame Pool and entered its sealed vortex after altering the Fire Source Sealing Heaven Array. Red Lotus War Venerable let him pass, while Ying Yueru and Feng Yu watched from the Mountain River Space and spoke of the Holy Emperor.

• Nie Li entered the Fire Spirit Hall with Fire Spirit Crystals and found the Divine Flame Pool guarded by barriers and the Fire Source Sealing Heaven Array.
• Yu Yan sensed that the flames could restore her cultivation, while Nie Li studied the array and planned to use it to break the barriers.
• Nie Li joined the workers replacing Fire Spirit Crystals and began altering the array's inscriptions.
• Red Lotus War Venerable spotted Nie Li, so he channeled Heavenly Dao Power and charged into the illuminated vortex.
• Red Lotus War Venerable smiled after Nie Li entered, while Feng Yu and Ying Yueru watched from the Mountain River Space and remarked on the Holy Emperor.

Nie Li entered the Divine Flame Pool and followed Wu Yazi to a sealed formation hiding a secret place. As rival Holy Sons arrived and clashed with Wu Yazi, Nie Li began deciphering the formation himself.

• Feng Yu told Ying Yueru that Shangguan Ye would choose what happened after the Holy Emperor was dealt with, and that they would support his choice.
• Nie Li entered the Divine Flame Pool and followed two demons toward a hidden place where Wu Yazi was leading an effort to break a seal.
• Nie Li watched Wu Yazi's subordinates struggle with the formation's complex inscriptions and considered how to enter the secret place first.
• Lei Ming, Cai Feng, Xuan Ying, Qing Xuan, and Wan Ying confronted Wu Yazi and demanded a share of the hidden place.
• Wu Yazi and the rival Holy Sons began fighting, while Nie Li sneaked to the formation and started deciphering its inscriptions.

Nie Li opened the hidden place’s entrance and fled from Wu Yazi and the other Holy Sons, but they soon caught up with him. When they attacked, Nie Li revealed strength far beyond what they expected, and a battle began.

• While Wu Yazi and the others fought, Nie Li activated the formation and opened the gateway to the hidden place.
• Nie Li entered the hidden place and escaped by merging with the Shadow Demon, while Wu Yazi, Lei Ming, and the other Holy Sons followed.
• Nie Li hid after the Holy Sons failed to find him, and Yu Yan warned him that two terrifying beings lay beneath the black lava.
• Wu Yazi and five others found Nie Li, and Cai Feng proposed keeping him alive to test future inscription formations.
• Lei Ming attacked Nie Li, but Nie Li sent him reeling with a single palm strike, prompting the Holy Sons to attack together.

Nie Li and the Holy Sons encountered the powerful flaming dragon Death's Wing while seeking an inheritance, and barely survived its attacks. Death's Wing then revealed that Nie Li had met the inheritance’s three-attack condition and offered him the inheritance despite knowing he was human.

• Wu Yazi and the others attacked Nie Li, but a giant eye appeared in the lava and struck Nie Li with a powerful blast.
• Death's Wing emerged from the lava, revealed that the inheritance was upon it, and attacked the group with fireballs.
• Nie Li redirected a fireball into the Myriad Mountains and Rivers Painting, then used the painting to fight Death's Wing.
• Death's Wing wounded Wu Yazi and the others with wind blades and knocked the Holy Sons unconscious with its roar, so Nie Li prepared to retreat.
• Death's Wing stopped Nie Li and explained that he had withstood three attacks and could receive the inheritance, which would raise his demon spirit's awakened bloodline.

Nie Li absorbed the Heavenly Blood Sacred Crystal, gaining God-level combat strength and the ability to use two demon spirits at once. Death's Wing began offering him a key to the Holy Demon Ancestral Land, but Shangguan Ye appeared before he could finish.

• Death's Wing gave Nie Li a Heavenly Blood Sacred Crystal, and Nie Li absorbed its energy to transform his bloodline and strengthen his demon spirits.
• Nie Li realized he could unleash God-level combat strength and use two demon spirits at once, while Yu Yan recovered her cultivation nearby.
• Shangguan Ye consolidated his cultivation in the Mountain River Space and decided to visit the Demon God Sect with Feng Yu.
• Death's Wing offered Nie Li a key to the Holy Demon Ancestral Land, but sensed a powerful presence approaching.
• Shangguan Ye stepped through a rift in space, and Nie Li recognized him.

Shangguan Ye battled Death's Wing for the key to the Holy Demon Ancestral Land and trapped him in his Heavenly Palace. After Shangguan Ye badly wounded Death's Wing, Nie Li called for him to stop.

• Shangguan Ye demanded that Death's Wing hand over the key, and Death's Wing refused and attacked with flames.
• Shangguan Ye countered Death's Wing's attacks with Water Style, Amaterasu fireballs, Wood Style, and Adamantine Shackles.
• Death's Wing tore free of the chains and raised the black magma, but Shangguan Ye moved everyone into his independent space, Heavenly Palace.
• Shangguan Ye transformed with Golden Saint Dragon King Possession and used Dragon Patterned Roar Shakes Nine Heavens to shatter Death's Wing's scales and injure him.
• Shangguan Ye demanded the key again and threatened to feed Death's Wing to Monster Beasts, but Nie Li shouted for him to stop.

Nie Li obtained the Holy Demon Ancestral Land key from Death's Wing by promising him two Formless Divine Fruits, then set out with Shangguan Ye for the Demon God Sect's teleportation array. Shangguan Ye located the array beneath Sect Master Mu Yue's residence, and Nie Li prepared to test his combat strength against the elder guarding it.

• Nie Li asked Shangguan Ye to spare Death's Wing and offered him two Formless Divine Fruits in exchange for the key.
• Death's Wing gave Nie Li the key, and Shangguan Ye led the group back to their hidden place.
• Nie Li and Shangguan Ye discussed their shared inheritance from Emperor Kongming and their plans to enter the Holy Demon Ancestral Land.
• Shangguan Ye seized the Martial Ancestor Elder guarding the teleportation array and used Human Path to find the array's location beneath Mu Yue's residence.
• Nie Li asked Shangguan Ye to let him handle the elder so he could test his combat strength.

Shangguan Ye and Nie Li attacked Mu Yue at the Demon God Sect, while Shangguan Ye fought off the sect’s Martial Ancestors outside the formation. After destroying their Heavenly Demon, he confronted the Demon Lord, who appeared to challenge him.

• Shangguan Ye and Nie Li arrived above Mu Yue’s residence, and Shangguan Ye sealed the area with the Four Red Yang Formation.
• Mu Yue recognized Nie Li as the Feather God Sect’s master and vowed to kill him as their battle approached.
• Dozens of Demon God Sect Martial Ancestors formed a Heavenly Demon and attacked Shangguan Ye while he guarded the formation.
• A scarlet figure appeared and accused Shangguan Ye of revealing information about him, but Shangguan Ye denied that it mattered.
• Shangguan Ye used Sage Art: Inorganic Reincarnation to destroy the Heavenly Demon, leaving the Martial Ancestors afraid to act.
• Shangguan Ye greeted the Demon Lord, who hinted that they would discover whether his strength had grown by fighting.

Shangguan Ye fought the transformed Demon Lord in Heavenly Palace and nearly defeated him, but an ancient voice warned the Demon Lord to escape, and he vanished using a glowing bead. Shangguan Ye repaired Heavenly Palace and returned to find Nie Li had defeated Mu Yue, whom Nie Li chose to keep alive.

• Shangguan Ye pulled the Demon Lord into an icy space, but the Demon Lord’s strange black energy injured Shangguan Ye and revealed his new Dark Demon Dragon spirit.
• Shangguan Ye trapped the Demon Lord with Planetary Devastation and unleashed a barrage of powerful techniques, but the Demon Lord survived and healed rapidly.
• Shangguan Ye combined the Golden Saint Dragon King’s power with the Divine Tree and overwhelmed the Demon Lord in close combat.
• An ancient voice urged the Demon Lord to flee, and he escaped after using a radiant bead to suppress Shangguan Ye briefly.
• Feng Yu and Mo Xuan recognized the demonic aura and decided to let the Demon Lord serve as an opponent for their lord for now.
• Shangguan Ye repaired Heavenly Palace and returned to find Nie Li had defeated Mu Yue; Nie Li decided to keep her alive so the Demon God Sect could maintain tension among the Divine Sects.

After fleeing a narrow defeat by Nie Li, the Demon Lord spoke with the black-qi figure in his Sea of Soul before Shangguan Ye and Nie Li entered the Holy Demon Ancestral Land. A gigantic mammoth attacked them there, and while Nie Li fought it, Shangguan Ye flew away to seek battles of his own.

• Nie Li said he had narrowly defeated the Demon Lord, who escaped after a powerful aura suppressed him.
• The Demon Lord consulted the black-qi figure in his Sea of Soul, who recognized a Taotie aura among Nie Li’s demon spirits and urged the Demon Lord to search for ruins of great experts.
• Shangguan Ye and Nie Li used the key to enter the Holy Demon Ancestral Land through its teleportation array.
• A giant half-human mammoth seized Shangguan Ye and Nie Li, became enraged when Nie Li called them tourists, and attacked them.
• Shangguan Ye dodged the mammoth’s blows while Nie Li used his demon spirits and flying blades to fight it.
• Shangguan Ye left Nie Li to battle the mammoth and flew off in search of life-and-death fights.

Shangguan Ye discovered a powerful spiritual plant in a secluded lake and faced the Monster Beast guarding it, while Nie Li continued his fierce battle with Mammoth. Shangguan Ye gained the upper hand, but the fight for the plant remained unresolved.

• Shangguan Ye found a glowing spiritual plant on an island and approached it, drawing out the Monster Beast guarding it.
• Nie Li used the Holy Blood Winged Dragon, the Shadow Demon, and his flying blades to pressure Mammoth, who transformed into a stronger form.
• Shangguan Ye evaded the Monster Beast's water attack, then merged with the Golden Saint Dragon King and fought it with the Silver Moon Spear.
• Shangguan Ye gradually gained the advantage, landing increasingly fierce spear strikes that wounded the Monster Beast.

Shangguan Ye killed the Mystic Tortoise, absorbed the strange plant’s Heavenly Dao Power, and ventured deeper into the Holy Demon Ancestral Land. Nie Li recovered from his battle with Mammoth and continued exploring with Yu Yan, while ten Peak God-level demon gods surrounded Shangguan Ye to attack him.

• Shangguan Ye defeated the Monster Beast guarding the strange plant, killing the Mystic Tortoise and absorbing all of the plant’s Heavenly Dao Power.
• After Shangguan Ye left, unseen observers ordered more enemies to surround and kill him, while deciding not to target Nie Li.
• Nie Li swallowed a medicinal pill after defeating Mammoth, then stabilized his cultivation as Yu Yan encouraged him.
• Nie Li and Yu Yan resumed their exploration after his cultivation and demon spirits grew stronger.
• Shangguan Ye sensed ten Peak God-level auras and prepared for battle as the Ten Great Demon Gods surrounded him and launched their attack.

Shangguan Ye fought the Ten Great Demon Gods, resisting their mental techniques and combined attacks before using the Silver Moon Spear to kill the Nine-tailed Fox. He then used Time Law to weaken and pull the remaining demons back toward him.

• Shangguan Ye battled the burly Demon God while Nine-Tail’s charm and mental manipulation disrupted him, but Sage Mode expelled her Heavenly Dao Power.
• Bing Chan altered Shangguan Ye’s attack with her word-based ability, and the Ten Great Demon Gods joined forces against him.
• Shangguan Ye merged with the Divine Tree, but the Demon Gods broke his Truth-Seeking Orb shield and overwhelmed him with the power of heaven and earth.
• Shangguan Ye summoned the Silver Moon Spear and pierced the Nine-tailed Fox’s heart with Fierce Dragon's Charge: Raging Dragon Pierces Heart.
• The other nine Demon Gods fled, but Shangguan Ye’s Time Law aged them, weakened their Heavenly Dao Power, and dragged them back.

Shangguan Ye defeated the demons but suffered injuries, then recovered in the Mountain River Space. He and Ying Yueru visited the Dawn Organization’s stronghold, where Xiao Yunfeng and Shangguan Xun were settling in and cultivating.

• Shangguan Ye killed the demons who pleaded for mercy and collected their remains before entering the Mountain River Space, where he collapsed after spitting blood.
• Ying Yueru helped Shangguan Ye recover, and he learned that Xiao Yunfeng, Shangguan Xun, and their clans had moved near the Dawn Organization’s stronghold.
• After recovering, Shangguan Ye went with Ying Yueru to the stronghold to check on his family and the Dawn Organization.
• Shangguan Ye found Xiao Yunfeng and Shangguan Xun teaching young cultivators, praised their progress, and offered to help if they needed anything.
• Shangguan Ye and Ying Yueru left the stronghold and returned to the Mountain River Space.

Shangguan Ye revived the Ten Great Demon Gods and learned about the Holy Emperor’s conflict with the Heavenly Dao. Meanwhile, Feng Yu showed Ying Yueru visions revealing that Shangguan Ye’s life had been arranged to keep him away from a world of conflict, and Ying Yueru agreed to respect the plan while supporting his choice if he learned the truth.

• Shangguan Ye revived the Ten Great Demon Gods with White Zetsu sacrifices and made them swear to obey him.
• Bing Chan told Shangguan Ye that the Holy Emperor’s six Monster Beast ancestors had reached the late Heavenly Dao Realm, while the Demon Gods remained stuck at Peak God-level without the Heavenly Dao’s recognition.
• Ying Yueru suggested that the Heavenly Dao had aided human cultivators against the Holy Emperor and that Shangguan Ye’s arrival had helped restore Heavenly Dao Power in the Dragon Ruins Territory.
• After Shangguan Ye began cultivating, Feng Yu confronted Ying Yueru for speaking too freely and showed her visions of a woman creating and nurturing two colorful stones, one of which became the Monkey King.
• Feng Yu explained that Her Highness had arranged Shangguan Ye’s life to spare him from conflict, and Ying Yueru accepted the plan while recognizing that Feng Yu and the others would accompany him if he chose to return.

Nie Li learned that the Demon Lord had killed his master and seized control of the Formless Divine Sect, renaming it the Demon God Sect. After examining demonic qi from a spy, Nie Li and Shangguan Ye decided to avoid an immediate war and move to bring the Demon God Sect under their command while preparing for the greater threat of the Holy Emperor.

• Nie Li returned to the Feather God Sect and learned from Li Xingyun and Lu Piao that the Demon Lord had taken over the Formless Divine Sect.
• Nie Li examined a spy whose body had been corrupted by demonic qi and concluded that the sect had fallen under the Demon Lord’s influence.
• Nie Li consulted Shangguan Ye, who recognized the qi from his previous battle with the Demon Lord and suspected another power was hidden inside him.
• Shangguan Ye said the Holy Emperor remained their greatest enemy and proposed taking command of the Demon God Sect, with Nie Li warning the other sects to stay vigilant.