Chapter Summaries

The Flood Dragon Demon Race learned that Ao Wushuang might be the Peerless Fortune Star and decided to test him with the deadly Thorn of Calamity. Bai Songming received the thorn and planned to use it at Fu Tian Sect’s succession ceremony to destroy the Great Ruin Realm.

• Long Pantian and Long Panyun discussed the dangerous demonic force in Demon Refining Lake and the need to find the Peerless Fortune Star.
• Lu Cailing reported that Ao Wushuang had survived the attack on the Great Ruin Realm and might be the Peerless Fortune Star.
• Long Pantian ordered Long Zhentu to take the Thorn of Calamity to Fu Tian Sect and test whether Ao Wushuang could survive it.
• Long Pantian promised Lu Cailing the Ancestor Demon Stone Token if she helped them find the Peerless Fortune Star.
• Bai Songming received the Thorn of Calamity from a black light and ordered that Ao Wushuang would use it to destroy the Great Ruin Realm at the succession ceremony.

Fu Tian Sect forced Ao Wushuang to wield a divine thorn aimed at Great Ruin Realm, sending an ominous gray mist toward it. Big Black Dog and Wu Dade recognized the danger, and Ao Wushuang ultimately withdrew the thorn, leaving the attack unresolved.

• Jiang You brought the terrified Ao Wushuang to Fu Tian Sect’s ceremony, where Bai Songming praised him as a battlefield hero and named him the sect’s successor.
• Bai Songming told Ao Wushuang to use the divine thorn in a formation to attack Great Ruin Realm, and Ao Wushuang reluctantly pointed it at the realm on a screen.
• A strange gray mist shot from Great Fortune Star Realm toward Great Ruin Realm, alarming Mu Wanqing and prompting Big Black Dog to rush out of Small Mountain Village.
• Big Black Dog showed Wu Dade the approaching mist, and Wu Dade’s glowing crystal shard led them to suspect it was connected to his treasure.
• Big Black Dog noticed the mist retreating, while Ao Wushuang pulled back the thorn, threw it into the jade box, and refused to continue the attack.

After Ao Wushuang refused to use the Thorn of Calamity, Bai Songming triggered its curse and turned into a spreading menace until Long Zhentu discovered Ao Wushuang’s blood could suppress it. The next day, Wu Dade and Qing Chen set out with the big black dog to find a rare plant.

• The big black dog traced the Spirit of Strangeness to the Great Fortune Star Realm and concluded someone had sent the aura but backed down.
• Wu Dade told Li Fan he had found traces of a rare plant, and Li Fan approved a search the next day.
• Ao Wushuang refused Bai Songming’s demand to thrust the Thorn of Calamity toward the Great Ruin Realm, so Bai Songming took the thorn himself.
• The thorn’s gray mist cursed Bai Songming, who attacked and killed people around him, spreading the petrifying calamity to the dead.
• Long Zhentu said the blood of a Peerless Fortune Star could suppress the calamity, used Ao Wushuang’s blood to stop it, and took Ao Wushuang and the jade box away.
• The next morning, Wu Dade and Qing Chen left the Small Mountain Village with the big black dog to find the rare plant.

The Flood Dragon Demon Race captured Ao Wushuang as the Peerless Fortune Star and prepared to use his blood to suppress the demonic power in Demon Refining Lake. Lu Cailing sought the Ancestor Demon Stone Token, but her clan arranged her marriage to Long Aotian; she used a macaque hair to fake a powerful presence and escaped.

• Long Zhentu brought Ao Wushuang to the Flood Dragon Demon Race, and Long Pantian ordered that he be lavishly fed for the ritual at Demon Refining Lake.
• Lu Cailing asked Long Pantian and Long Panyun for the Ancestor Demon Stone Token, and they delayed giving it to her until the grand array was activated.
• Long Pantian told Long Panyun that the stone token was likely worthless and suggested demanding more from Lu Cailing before handing it over.
• Lu Zhaizhai arrived with other members of the Six-Eared Macaque Race and announced that the clan intended to marry Lu Cailing to Long Aotian.
• Lu Cailing accused her relatives of betraying her, and Long Pantian said the stone token would be part of her wedding gifts.
• Lu Cailing displayed a macaque hair to distract the gathered demons and escaped, while Lu Zhaizhai realized the hair was only an illusion and ordered a pursuit.

Wu Dade, Qing Chen, and the big black dog traveled through Great Fortune Star Realm as the Flood Dragon Demon Race reopened the Demon Refining Lake and broke into a sealed secret realm. Their journey toward Fu Tian Sect ended with Lu Cailing fleeing Heavenly Demon pursuers and calling to them for help.

• Wu Dade and Qing Chen followed the big black dog through Great Fortune Star Realm while Dark Ghost Lord suspected the expert from Small Mountain Village might act against the realm.
• Long Pantian used Ao Wushuang's blood to calm the Demon Refining Lake and restore Long Panfeng.
• Long Panfeng declared that the region beyond the lake held a great opportunity, took more of Ao Wushuang's blood, and broke open the secret realm's barrier.
• The opened secret realm released a flood of demonic and strange energy as Wu Dade, Qing Chen, and the big black dog hurried toward Fu Tian Sect.
• Lu Cailing fled two Heavenly Demons, spotted the three travelers, and called out for help.

Wu Dade, Qing Chen, and the big black dog rescued Lu Cailing and followed her to the Demon Refining Lake, where the Flood Dragon Demon Race opened a secret realm. As deathly aura and darkness engulfed the area, the big black dog called for a ghost to turn on the light.

• Lu Cailing asked Wu Dade and Qing Chen for help, and the big black dog killed the two Heavenly Demons pursuing her.
• Lu Cailing explained that the Flood Dragon Demon Race had attacked her clan, then led the group toward the secret realm.
• Lu Cailing returned to the Demon Refining Lake with the group, where Ao Wushuang recognized them and Lu Zhaizhai learned that his subordinates were dead.
• Long Pantian and the others activated the Demon Refining Lake's formation and entered the secret realm, leaving the lake filled with deadly aura and darkness.
• Wu Dade worried about the darkness, and the big black dog asked a ghost to turn on the light.

Wu Dade and Qing Chen met the Dark Ghost Lord, who enthusiastically helped them clear the death qi before they entered the Secret Realm. Inside, Wu Dade was pricked by a Thorn of Calamity, prompting Lu Cailing to suspect Ao Wushuang was a fake Peerless Fortune Star, and the group found many more thorns ahead.

• The Dark Ghost Lord recognized Wu Dade and Qing Chen as companions of the Tooth Extraction Monster and ordered the ghosts to devour the death qi around the Demon Refining Lake.
• The ghosts cleared the way, and Wu Dade, Qing Chen, Lu Cailing, and Big Black Dog entered the Secret Realm while the Dark Ghost Lord stayed behind.
• Big Black Dog led the group through the mist, but Wu Dade stepped on a Thorn of Calamity that pierced his foot.
• Lu Cailing mistook Wu Dade for a Peerless Fortune Star because the village's aura repelled the gray mist, then wondered whether Ao Wushuang was a fake.
• Qing Chen noticed Wu Dade's crystal shard glowing, and Lu Cailing spotted many Thorns of Calamity scattered ahead.

Wu Dade and his companions encountered the badly injured Long Panfeng, killed him, and roasted his true form before facing a vast bramble forest. The Big Black Dog sent Wu Dade rolling through the Thorns of Calamity, where he broke through to the second revolution of the Nine Revolutions Golden Body and carved a path for the others; Long Pantian and his party arrived as they reached the forest’s edge.

• Long Panfeng became trapped and badly wounded in a bramble forest, then called for help when Wu Dade and his companions approached.
• Lu Cailing refused to save Long Panfeng, and the Big Black Dog killed him before Wu Dade, Qing Chen, Lu Cailing, and the dog roasted and ate his flood-dragon form.
• The Big Black Dog hurled Wu Dade into the bramble forest and ordered him to roll through it, carving a path with his body.
• Wu Dade endured the Thorns of Calamity, healed as he rolled, and completed the second revolution of the Nine Revolutions Golden Body.
• Qing Chen, Lu Cailing, and the Big Black Dog followed Wu Dade's path, and Long Pantian and his party arrived as they reached the forest's edge.

Wu Dade and his companions crossed a sea of Thorn of Calamity and reached a field of white sand and ancient graves, where he witnessed the past sacrifice of powerful warriors to preserve the Melting Gold Tree and await the World Honored One’s return. Wu Dade touched the ruined weapons and said that he had returned.

• The Flood Dragon Demon Race found Long Panfeng’s discarded scales and mistook them for evidence that he had achieved an immortal demon body and forced a path through the Thorn Forest.
• Long Pantian led the Flood Dragon Demon Race along the path through the thorns to follow Long Panfeng.
• Wu Dade completed the third revolution of the Nine Revolutions Golden Body after enduring the sea of thorns, then crossed into a vast desert of white sand with his companions.
• Wu Dade saw visions of ancient warriors sacrificing their lives and divine weapons to keep the Melting Gold Tree alive after the World Honored One used his body to mend a hole in heaven.
• The big black dog said he had brought the World Honored One back, and Wu Dade touched the ancient weapons and said, “I’m back.”

Wu Dade mourned his lost companions while the Flood Dragon and Six-Eared Macaque clans caught up with the group and learned that Qing Chen had roasted and eaten Long Panfeng. As both sides rushed toward a strange thorn-covered tree that might be a supreme treasure, conflict was about to erupt.

• Wu Dade paid tribute to the sand-dune tombs with dragon meat and grieved for his past-life companions.
• Lu Cailing realized that Wu Dade, Qing Chen, and the dog carried secrets powerful enough to trigger her race's sensory-deprivation ability.
• Long Panyun and the surviving Flood Dragon and Six-Eared Macaque members emerged from the thorny forest and found Wu Dade, Qing Chen, Lu Cailing, and the dog.
• Qing Chen revealed that he had roasted and eaten Long Panfeng, enraging the Flood Dragon Demon Race.
• Lu Zhaizhai spotted a thorn-covered tree among the tombs, and the assembled demons rushed toward it to claim the treasure.

Wu Dade’s Thorn Tree unleashed an ancient Calamity Mist that threatened to erase the Great Fortune Star Realm and spread across the universe. A Divine Realm overlord searched for the calamity’s source, but the Spirit of Strangeness destroyed his all-seeing eyes, while he revealed his interest in finding the burial grounds of the World Honored Ones.

• Lu Zhaizhai attacked Wu Dade, then grabbed the Thorn Tree, whose golden light vanished and revealed its stone-like form.
• Gray mist from the tree petrified and killed Lu Zhaizhai, then turned dozens of Flood Dragon Demon Race experts and Long Pantian’s demon scissors to stone.
• The big black dog recognized the mist as an unmelted remnant of the ancient Calamity Mist and warned that its release could destroy the Yang Realm.
• The mist formed a humanlike Spirit of Strangeness and spread across the starry sky, making Dao laws and parts of the world vanish.
• A Divine Realm overlord used his Shine Upon All Heavens power to search for the calamity, but the Spirit of Strangeness shattered his manifested eyes across the universe.
• The overlord concluded that the calamity could lead him to the World Honored Ones’ burial grounds and help him rule the Yang Realm.

The Spirit of Strangeness attacked Wu Dade and overwhelmed the Great Fortune Star Realm, while Big Black Dog called for help through a mirror. Li Fan wiped the mirror clean in the Small Courtyard, erasing the fog and the Spirit of Strangeness, leaving the witnesses stunned.

• The Spirit of Strangeness emerged in the Great Fortune Star Realm, and its presence erased a divine miracle and terrified the Flood Dragon Demon Race.
• The Spirit of Strangeness attacked Wu Dade, while Qing Chen failed to harm it and Big Black Dog used a mirror to call for help.
• Little White Cat noticed the gray fog appearing in the mirror in Li Fan's room and alerted Li Fan and his disciples.
• Li Fan wiped the mirror clean, and the gray fog vanished from the mirror and the Small Courtyard.
• A hand appeared through the mirror in the Great Fortune Star Realm, cleared the fog, and erased the Spirit of Strangeness as the gathered witnesses stared in shock.

A hand appearing through a mirror erased the Calamity Grey Mist, and the big black dog’s group defeated the Flood Dragon Demon Race and claimed the Melting Gold Tree. Lu Cailing searched for an Ancestor Demon Stone Token fragment while Ao Wushuang looted the race’s medicinal field, but Roy True God caught him as he tried to leave.

• A hand wiped away the Calamity Grey Mist through the mirror, stunning the witnesses and revealing the power of Qing Chen’s master.
• The big black dog killed Long Pantian, Long Panyun, and the other Flood Dragon Demon Race members, while Qing Chen tied up their dragon forms.
• Wu Dade uncovered the golden Melting Gold Tree from its cracked stone shell, and the group prepared to return to the village for an all-dragon feast.
• Lu Cailing found a fragment of the Ancestor Demon Stone Token and discovered Ao Wushuang looting the medicinal field; she invited him to follow her, but he declined.
• Lu Cailing left after telling Ao Wushuang that Fu Shen Tian could suppress evil luck, and Ao Wushuang finished looting the medicinal field.
• Roy True God and the other True Gods found Ao Wushuang at the Flood Dragon Demon Race’s gate, recognized him, and ordered him to come with them.

Roy True God brought the crippled Chang Dao Heavenly God to meet God Lord Xing Luo, while Xing Luo prepared a plan involving Dark Ghost Lord and Blood Demons. Meanwhile, Wu Dade, Qing Chen, and the big black dog emerged from the Demon Refining Lake, where Dark Ghost Lord and the ghosts asked them to pull out their teeth.

• Roy True God found Chang Dao Heavenly God aged and unable to absorb sacred aura, and Chang Dao asked to be taken to God Lord Xing Luo for help.
• Chang Dao kept Ao Wushuang with them because he knew about the Demon Race, and the group left the Great Fortune Star Realm.
• Star Annihilation Divine Monarch told Xing Luo to secure the chance to become a Divine Monarch, and Xing Luo said he would empower Dark Ghost Lord with the deathly aura of ten thousand worlds and Blood Demons.
• Xing Luo's eight Heavenly God subordinates gathered, then Roy True God arrived carrying the dying Chang Dao and begged the God Lord to save him.
• Wu Dade, Qing Chen, and the big black dog found the Demon Refining Lake cleared of deathly aura, and Dark Ghost Lord and the ghosts knelt and asked them to pull out their teeth.

Starfall God Lord recruited Ao Wushuang and ordered the destruction of the Brightglow Star Wheel so its deathly energy could strengthen Dark Ghost Lord. As Xue Can and Xue Jin carried the blood-and-death energy toward the Great Ruins Star Wheel, Ao Wushuang hesitated to warn his new master about Small Mountain Village.

• Roy True God reported that Chang Dao Heavenly God had been crippled after the armies attacking the Great Ruin Realm were wiped out, and Starfall God Lord blamed Dark Ghost Lord.
• Starfall God Lord spared Ao Wushuang after noticing the divine sources in his legs and accepted him as a disciple.
• Starfall God Lord ordered the eight Heavenly Gods to destroy a star wheel and send its deathly energy to the Great Ruins Star Wheel; Chang Ming Heavenly God left his dying brother behind to carry out the order.
• The eight Heavenly Gods slaughtered the inhabitants of the Brightglow Star Wheel's realms, leaving the entire star wheel filled with deathly energy.
• Xue Can and Xue Jin arrived, gathered the blood and deathly energy into a river, and sent it surging toward the Great Ruins Star Wheel.

Wu Dade and Qing Chen brought the Dark Ghost Lord and a crowd of ghosts to the Small Mountain Village, where the ghosts mistook the village trash pickers’ goods for supreme treasures and wondered if the surviving Demon Race had found a secret hideout. Wu Dade brought a giant dragon back as a supposed giant loach for a village feast, then returned to Li Fan’s courtyard with Qing Chen and the Big Black Dog.

• Wu Dade, Qing Chen, and the Big Black Dog returned to the Burial God Great Wilderness with the Dark Ghost Lord and many ghosts.
• The ghosts were stunned by the Small Mountain Village’s sacred aura and watched Ming Tianbei and the Demon Marshals divide plums and discarded items, which they believed were treasures.
• The Dark Ghost Lord recognized the Demon Race and wondered whether the village was sheltering its survivors, but Wu Dade dismissed the Demon Marshals as trash pickers.
• Wu Dade and Qing Chen dragged a giant dragon into the village, where Wu Dade called it a giant loach and Uncle Zhang spread the news of a feast.
• Li Fan continued playing Gomoku with Yunxi, then welcomed Qing Chen, Wu Dade, and the Big Black Dog back into his courtyard.

Wu Dade brought back a Melting Gold Tree that could only feed on pot ash, while the disciples recounted their encounter with an ancient Spirit of Strangeness. After returning with a heap of giant loaches, they prepared to hold a feast in the village.

• Wu Dade presented the Melting Gold Tree, and Li Fan had Dugu Yuqing bring his rusty sword to test whether it could eat metal.
• The tree trembled in fear of the sword, so Wu Dade fed it pot ash instead, which it eagerly devoured.
• Wu Dade told the disciples about the ancient fog and Spirit of Strangeness they had encountered in the Great Fortune Star Realm.
• Qing Chen told Li Fan that the group had brought back plenty of prey, and Li Fan led everyone outside to see the giant loaches.
• Li Fan agreed to join Uncle Zhang and the others for a feast that night.

Xue Jin and Xue Can diverted their ocean of blood toward the Great Ruin Realm after destroying three Star Wheels, while secretly pursuing the Demon Race’s plans. Mu Wanqing and Yun Yinchen learned that the Blood Demons were approaching and decided to seek Senior Li’s help.

• Starfall God Lord watched the ocean of blood approach, expecting Dark Ghost Lord to absorb its deadly energy and help him complete his ascension ritual.
• Xue Jin and Xue Can attacked the Tai Guang Star Wheel, devoured the blood of its inhabitants, and destroyed three Star Wheels as they continued onward.
• Xue Can and Xue Jin revealed that they were Demon Race spies who intended to use the conflict to secure a homeland for their people.
• Scouts reported the approaching sea of blood to Mu Wanqing as she gathered six hundred elites and gave each one a grain of divine rice.
• Yun Yinchen identified the attackers as Blood Demons and warned that they had likely destroyed several Star Wheels, so Mu Wanqing and Yun Yinchen went to consult Senior Li.

Li Fan hosted a village feast with Flood Dragon meat and shared his three-year-old wine with everyone. Nan Feng reached a profound state while drinking and became a True God, leaving the gathered guests stunned.

• Li Fan taught Gongya how to prepare loaches and cooked Flood Dragon whiskers for his disciples and the village.
• Yun Yinchen, Mu Wanqing, and their companions arrived, recognized the feast’s meat as Flood Dragons, and joined the meal after Li Fan invited them.
• Li Fan had Lu Rang and Wu Dade retrieve his three-year-old wine, and his disciples poured it for the gathering.
• Nan Feng drank the wine, recalled her original carefree self, and formed a true-self spirit in her dantian.
• Nan Feng crossed into the True God realm, and her sudden aura shocked everyone around her.

Wine at the Small Courtyard brought Li Fan’s disciples and guests breakthroughs and profound insights, while Dark Ghost Lord discovered a deadly blood river approaching the Great Ruin Realm. He left to confront whoever was behind it and protect the Great Ruins Star Wheel.

• Nan Feng and several disciples, including Long Zixuan, Dugu Yuqing, Qing Chen, Wu Dade, Lin Jiuzheng, and Su Baiqian, advanced their cultivation through the wine’s power.
• Yun Yinchen fused the Three Thousand Great Daos into one and formed his own Dao after drinking the wine.
• Mu Wanqing, Yun Qianshan, Xin Ning, Gongya, and others also gained breakthroughs and cultivation insights.
• Dark Ghost Lord spotted an enormous blood river carrying a vast death aura toward the Great Ruin Realm and realized the Great Ruins Star Wheel could be destroyed.
• Dark Ghost Lord went into the universe and challenged the force behind the blood river to fight.