Chapter Summaries

Shi Lan discovered energy-crystal weapons in a patrol craft, then advanced her martial understanding and helped Shi Qinghu improve his cultivation. After several days at home, she and Shi Tianlu left on an order from the Demon-Suppression Token, promising their family they would return safely.

• Shi Lan tested the patrol craft’s laser weapons and armor, removed their energy crystals, and absorbed them for a slight cultivation increase.
• At dawn, Shi Lan entered a deep state of martial comprehension until Shi Qinghu’s footsteps interrupted her.
• Shi Lan guided Shi Qinghu through a sparring session and used true qi to help him approach the Xiantian Realm.
• Shi Qinghu returned to train with Shi Lan the next day.
• Shi Lan and Shi Tianlu left together on an order from the Demon-Suppression Token after their family saw them off.

Shi Lan fought through a massive battle near Immortal Martial City, protecting her soldiers as Demon Kings joined the beast tide. After recovering from the slaughter, she checked her progress and turned to the system storage to inspect her quest reward.

• Shi Lan fought in the Demon-Suppression Army’s battle against a beast tide of more than a million demons, killing beasts with her bow and Golden Rainbow.
• A peerless Demon King in the form of a two-headed golden-maned lion landed among the soldiers, and other Demon Kings transformed into enormous beasts and attacked.
• Several Demon-Suppression Generals and human experts engaged the Demon Kings while Shi Lan continued fighting amid the devastation.
• The system announced that Shi Lan had completed her main quest and received one portion of Enlightenment Ancient Tea.
• After the battle, Shi Lan recovered as the survivors thanked her, and she discovered that six more spinal acupoints had opened.
• Shi Lan recalled her system reward and opened the system’s storage.

After swallowing the Enlightenment Ancient Tea Leaf, Shi Lan rapidly comprehended her martial arts and unleashed a devastating Heavenly Extremity Seal. As she and Shi Tianlu surveyed the destruction, a barrier enclosed Immortal Martial City and a powerful seven-colored bird appeared overhead.

• Shi Lan returned to Immortal Martial City after the Demon Race’s minor defeat, as the Demon Suppression Army withdrew to recover.
• Unable to obtain the six-star spiritual liquid needed to brew the Enlightenment Ancient Tea Leaf, Shi Lan placed the leaf beneath her tongue and entered a profound state of insight.
• Shi Lan perfected her Vajra Divine Fist, advanced her sword understanding, and grasped part of the Heavenly Extremity Seal while Shi Tianlu cleared the courtyard.
• Shi Lan unleashed the seal into the sky, destroying the courtyard walls and scattering clouds, then swallowed the leaf and apologized to Shi Tianlu.
• A formation barrier rose around Immortal Martial City as a giant seven-colored bird flew overhead, and Shi Lan and Shi Tianlu’s Demon Suppression Orders grew hot.

Bai Weiyang and the Shengwu Immortal Sect learned that the Demon Race had surrounded withdrawing units and was preparing to attack Immortal Martial City with a Demon Emperor’s sacred weapon. While Bai Weiyang refused to flee and the sect debated evacuation, the Demon-Suppression Army’s request for a rescue force left the sect considering how many disciples to send.

• Bai Weiyang told her commanders that a huge beast tide had surrounded the Women's Battalion and other withdrawing units, and the Demon-Suppression Commanders had ordered a rescue.
• Shen Ning warned that the Demon Race was luring the army into a trap, but Bai Weiyang upheld the order to march and dismissed the commanders.
• Six visitors urged Bai Weiyang to return to the Central Heaven Domain, but she refused to flee and said she had to keep pursuing the Human Emperor realm.
• Shengwu Immortal Sect leaders discussed the Supreme Sect Master’s delayed return, the threat to Immortal Martial City, and preparing to evacuate through the Shengwu Realm.
• After the Demon-Suppression Army requested help rescuing the surrounded units, an old man in green robes proposed sending inner disciples and ten thousand outer disciples.

Shi Lan’s army marched through the beast tide and joined the scattered Demon Suppression units, while the Demon Race prepared to strike once the humans had gathered. After meeting the Women's Battalion, Shi Lan found Wu Lingkong gravely weakened despite her cultivation progress.

• Shi Lan led the Demon Suppression Army away from Immortal Martial City as snow began to fall.
• The army learned that Demon Race beasts were closing in behind them and continued onward to join the other units.
• A blue-robed Great Venerable ordered the demons to wait until the human forces had assembled, then reprimanded Zhu Xiyang for letting Bai Weiyang escape.
• The army gathered more units until it numbered a million soldiers, then joined the Women's Battalion.
• Shi Lan found Wu Lingkong in a private tent and saw that she was pale and depleted despite reaching the ninth level of the Xiantian Realm.

Shi Lan found Wu Lingkong gravely wounded and treated her before joining the army’s withdrawal toward Immortal Martial City. As the portal began transporting the troops, a blood-red blade aura struck toward it.

• Shi Lan discovered Wu Lingkong badly wounded after a blue-scaled python’s attack and used a Water Spirit Treasure Lingzhi and her own vital energy to help her recover.
• Shi Lan warned Wu Lingkong that a great battle was near, then left the tent and saw the camp preparing to move.
• Qi Ruiyu directed the army to enter a vast space channel formed by the Demon-Suppressing Commanders’ World Gates.
• Qi Ruiyu stabilized the portal with spirit crystals, and the wounded from the women’s camp entered first.
• The sky darkened, and a blood-red blade aura struck toward the portal.

Qi Ruiyu led the Demon-Suppressing Army against a Saint Weapon and its allies, using the army’s formation to withstand its attacks. As an endless tide of beasts approached, he spent all his military merits to receive empowerment from the Human Race Annals and crushed his Demon-Suppressing Token to invoke it.

• Qi Ruiyu rallied the million soldiers and used their gathered blood and qi to block the circular blade’s attacks.
• Qi Ruiyu drove the circular blade back and prepared to strike, but more than thirty powerful figures broke through the formation and defended the weapon.
• A young woman in blue called the circular blade a Saint Weapon and warned Qi Ruiyu that the human army was not the only force with numbers, as beasts surrounded the battlefield.
• Qi Ruiyu contacted the Human Race Annals and confirmed that he would exchange all his military merits for two breaths of empowerment.
• Qi Ruiyu crushed his Demon-Suppressing Token, shocking the Demon-Suppressing Marshals and Generals.

The Human Race's Historical Tome empowered Qi Ruiyu to save the million-strong army and strike down the great demons, but the power destroyed his body. Before crumbling to ashes, he gazed at the stars and wondered when the Emperor would return.

• The Human Race's Historical Tome appeared after the Demon-Suppressing Order shattered, and its power drove the demons and their sacred circular blade to retreat.
• Qi Ruiyu seized the circular blade, but it broke as the Tome's power began to disintegrate his body; he opened the spatial passage and sent the army through while the other Commanders held it stable.
• The blue-robed young woman led the great demons back toward Qi Ruiyu, who called for the Tome to grant him one more breath.
• The Tome's power returned, allowing Qi Ruiyu to send the million-strong army through the passage and strike the charging demons with a devastating palm.
• The palm gravely wounded the blue-robed young woman and suppressed the other great demons, while Qi Ruiyu's body crumbled after he glimpsed the starry ocean and wondered when the Emperor would return.

After Qi Ruiyu’s attack devastated the demons, their injured Supreme Lord called for reinforcements from the Eighteen Demon Emperor Halls. Back in Immortal Martial City, Bai Weiyang prepared his officers to defend the city, and Shi Lan found her spirits lifted by their resolve and banter.

• Liu Yunzheng told a phantom that he would accept punishment for using the Human Race's historical records when the Emperor returned.
• The surviving great demons dug out their severely injured Supreme Lord, who ordered them to summon reinforcements from the Eighteen Demon Emperor Halls.
• More than a million soldiers returned to Immortal Martial City through an unstable spatial passage, and Shi Lan reflected on Qi Ruiyu's righteousness.
• Bai Weiyang gathered his officers, declared that they had to defend Immortal Martial City without relying on the Shengwu Immortal Sect, and promised to face death beside them.
• The officers joked with Shi Lan about marriage and death, easing the somber mood as the Demon-Suppressing Army's flag flew outside.

Bai Weiyang offered Shi Lan and her family a chance to escape the Demon calamity by joining the Bai Household in the Central Heaven Domain, but she refused and stayed with the Demon Suppression Army. She reflected on her cultivation goals beneath the Shengwu Immortal Sect’s protective formation, which could not keep the Demon Race out.

• Bai Weiyang summoned six Bai Household elders and asked Shi Lan to join their household and leave for the Central Heaven Domain with her family and friends.
• Bai Weiyang offered to expel Shi Lan from the Demon Suppression Army rather than punish her for deserting, but Shi Lan declined the offer.
• Bai Weiyang accepted Shi Lan’s refusal and gave her nearly half a month off to return home and rest.
• Shi Lan reviewed her system panel and noted that she had one year to reach the Heavenly Dipper Realm to complete her main mission.
• Shi Lan looked at the Immortal Martial Yin-Yang Formation and recognized that it could not stop the Demon Race.

Shi Lan prepared to take leave from the camp and considered using the gray sword Wuxu had given her if the Demon Race threat became too great. While searching the women's camp for Wu Lingkong, she unexpectedly encountered Lu Yueqing, who did not recognize her until Wu Lingkong called her name.

• Shi Lan ordered Wang Ning to handle her camp duties while she took half a month of leave.
• Shi Lan changed out of her armor and considered the gray sword Wuxu had given her, deciding she would use it if necessary.
• Shi Lan went to the women's camp to check on Wu Lingkong but could not find her at first.
• Lu Yueqing stopped Shi Lan and asked where she was from and whether she had siblings, failing to recognize her.
• Wu Lingkong arrived and called Shi Lan by name, leaving Lu Yueqing shocked.

Shi Lan reunited with her fiancée Lu Yueqing and arranged to explain their engagement to her and her father. She then visited the Battle Merit Hall with Wu Lingkong, where she saw the rewards available for battle merit and learned that someone had exchanged for a sealed Fox Clan Demon King.

• Shi Lan told Wu Lingkong that Lu Yueqing was her fiancée, then offered to explain the engagement to Lu Yueqing and her father.
• Lu Yueqing said she would visit Shi Mansion with her father in three days, then hurried away.
• Wu Lingkong told Shi Lan about the Demon Suppression Army's exchange point, and they visited the Battle Merit Hall.
• Shi Lan used her Demon Suppression Token and discovered she had 4,135,674 battle merit points.
• Shi Lan viewed the listing for a sealed Shapeshifting Demon King, then saw that someone had exchanged for the Fox Clan Demon King.

Shi Lan exchanged battle merits for a Heavenwaste Halberd, cultivation pills, and a foundation-casting method for her younger brothers. On the third floor, she recognized the black-robed figure accompanying an Earth Fiend Realm martial artist as the fox-race Demon King and overheard them decide to leave the city quickly.

• Shi Lan considered the unknown martial artist who had spent more than eighteen million battle merits to take the fox-race Demon King, then focused on the exchange items.
• Shi Lan exchanged battle merits for a Heavenwaste Halberd, cultivation pills, and the Nine-Spirit Foundation-Casting Method for her younger brothers.
• A Demon-Subduing Army soldier escorted Shi Lan to the third floor to collect her items.
• Shi Lan used the Heavenly Eye Qi-Observing Technique and recognized the black-robed figure beside a young Earth Fiend Realm martial artist as the fox-race Demon King.
• The young man asked the Demon King whether Shi Lan had seen through her disguise, and she told him not to cause trouble and to leave the city quickly.

Shi Lan collected her rewards from the War Merit Hall, learned the risks and potential of the Nine Spirits Foundation-Tempering Method, and claimed the Heavenly Desolation Halberd. As hidden observers debated the pure demonic aura they sensed on her, Wu Lingkong invited Shi Lan to explore Immortal Martial City's market.

• Shi Lan studied the Nine Spirits Foundation-Tempering Method and considered carefully choosing the powerful beings whose blood would forge her younger brothers' foundations.
• Shi Lan collected the jade bottles and took the Heavenly Desolation Halberd, whose murderous aura shattered a wooden rack before a watcher warned her to leave if she wanted to test it.
• Several observers in the War Merit Hall's attic discussed a captured fox demon and the faint, exceptionally pure demonic aura they had sensed on Shi Lan.
• A Demon-Slaying Marshal dismissed concerns about Shi Lan, saying the Demon-Slaying Army's records confirmed its members' loyalty to humankind.
• Wu Lingkong met Shi Lan on the second floor and invited her to explore the market in Immortal Martial City.

Shi Lan and Wu Lingkong visited a quiet tavern in Immortal Martial City, where Shi Lan recognized Lu Chengye as someone she had met while fleeing the demon calamity. Lu Chengye approached her, believing she resembled an old acquaintance, and the chapter ended as their past connection resurfaced.

• Shi Lan and Wu Lingkong explored Immortal Martial City and entered a tavern where a purple incense stick brought a peaceful calm to its patrons.
• Lu Chengye arrived with several Confucian Sect disciples, disrupting the quiet, and apologized to the martial artists before escorting his group upstairs.
• Shi Lan recognized Lu Chengye from a brief encounter near Tenglong City two cycles of the seasons earlier, when she was still in the Body Tempering Realm.
• Lu Chengye approached Shi Lan, introduced himself, and asked her surname because she resembled an old acquaintance.

Shi Lan avoided forming ties with Lu Chengye after he mistook her for someone else, then returned home to reflect on her gains from the Battle Merit Hall. At the Shengwu Immortal Sect, Shi Feng refused to enter the Holy Martial Realm and left for Immortal Martial City to repay two lives, where his master knew his greatest obstacle awaited.

• Shi Lan left the tavern after telling Lu Chengye he had mistaken her for someone else, and her true energy repelled him when he tried to follow.
• Shi Lan and Wu Lingkong toured the city before parting, and Shi Lan returned home to sort through what she had gained at the Battle Merit Hall.
• Fang Chan told Shi Feng that the sect had arranged for him to cultivate in the Holy Martial Realm and Nine Dragon Pool, but he refused to enter.
• Shi Feng left the sect for Immortal Martial City, saying he still owed two lives and had to repay them.
• Luo Xiuhan declined to send a guardian after Shi Feng and revealed that the greatest obstacle in Shi Feng's life was in Immortal Martial City.

Shi Tianlu decided to enter seclusion to attempt a breakthrough to the Heavenly Gang Realm, leaving Shi Lan to protect the family. The next morning, Shi Lan received word that four people claiming to be her friends had arrived at the Shi Mansion.

• Luo Xiuhan recalled failing to alter Shi Feng's fate and the divination master's warning, then passed through a silver gate.
• Shi Lan finished cultivating with sixty-nine of her seventy-two Earthly Fiend acupoints opened, and Shi Tianlu told her he planned to break through to the Heavenly Gang Realm.
• Shi Tianlu asked Shi Lan to oversee the family during his seclusion and advised her to be patient with Lu Changfeng, but not to tolerate excessive mistreatment.
• Shi Lan gave Shi Tianlu a Primordial Yang Fruit to aid his breakthrough.
• The next morning, Shi Lan noticed that the spiritual energy in Immortal Martial City had grown muddied and scarce, then went to meet four visitors who claimed to be her friends.

Shi Lan reunited with Gu Rentong, Gu Deyuan, and Gu Qingcang in Immortal Martial City and learned they had fled Ancient Phoenix City. Gu Rentong offered her Phoenix Blood in exchange for help getting Gu Qingcang into the Shengwu Immortal Sect’s inner sect, but an arrival interrupted before she could answer.

• Shi Lan sensed Phoenix Blood in the reception hall and greeted Gu Rentong, Gu Deyuan, and Gu Qingcang.
• Gu Qingcang knelt to thank Shi Lan for helping awaken his mind, but she told him the favor had already been repaid.
• Gu Rentong explained that he and nearly a hundred others had fled Ancient Phoenix City and settled in Immortal Martial City.
• Gu Qingcang opened crystal boxes containing Phoenix Blood, and Gu Rentong asked Shi Lan to help him enter the Shengwu Immortal Sect’s inner sect.
• An unseen speaker interrupted Shi Lan before she could respond, saying Gu Rentong was a step too late.

Shi Lan ordered Shi Feng to surrender his Shi Clan token and sever his ties to the Shi Mansion, while discovering that her bond had been draining his fortune. A voice revealed that Shi Lan had died two years earlier, and Shi Feng drew his cross-blade in shock and despair.

• Shi Feng entered the Shi Mansion with his shadow guard token and learned that the Shengwu Realm had already opened.
• Shi Lan tried to take Shi Feng’s token and ordered him to leave it behind and cut ties with the Shi Mansion.
• Shi Lan used the Heavenly Eye Qi-Observing Technique and saw that her chain had drained Shi Feng’s fortune until cracks formed in his Pillar of Fortune.
• A voice told Shi Feng that Shi Lan had died two years earlier, and he realized her strange changes had a different explanation.
• Shi Feng drew his pitch-black cross-blade as earth-baleful True Qi surged around him.

Shi Lan defeated Shi Feng after he attacked her, then faced the Shengwu Immortal Sect when its people arrived at the Shi Mansion. A Demon-Suppression Army officer intervened and declared that the army would take full control of Immortal Martial City.

• Shi Feng attacked Shi Lan, but Golden Rainbow blocked his blade aura while Samsara shielded the Shi Mansion from the destruction.
• Shi Lan told Shi Feng that she was Shi Lan now, then struck him with the Heavenly Extreme Seal and held the Heavenwasteland Halberd to his throat.
• Shi Lan told Shi Feng that she owed him nothing and that they had been even since Twin Moon City.
• The Shengwu Immortal Sect arrived at the Shi Mansion, and its gray-robed elder challenged Shi Lan for injuring its True Disciple.
• Wu Lingkong stood beside Shi Lan, and a Demon-Suppression Army officer arrived and announced that the army would take control of Immortal Martial City.