Chapter Summaries

After Shi Lan’s conflict with Shi Feng ended, Demon-Suppression Marshal Yue Xiuwen questioned her about surviving in the boundless Demon Domain and returning to the Shenzhou Vast Land. Shi Lan concealed the Lan Clan and Samsara, and the chapter ended with her worrying that Shi Feng might reveal the truth to Su Lanyue or Shi Tianlu.

• The Shengwu Immortal Sect’s gray-robed elder saw the purple Demon-Suppression Order, backed down, and led Shi Feng and the others away.
• Yue Xiuwen sealed off the area and questioned Shi Lan about disappearing into the boundless Demon Domain and returning unharmed.
• Shi Lan hid the truth about the Lan Clan and Samsara, claiming that a human race Imperial Armament had helped her return.
• Yue Xiuwen gave Shi Lan a brocade pouch to suppress her demonic aura, then left through a spatial passage.
• Su Lanyue checked that Shi Lan was unharmed, and Shi Lan worried that Shi Feng might reveal her secrets to Su Lanyue or Shi Tianlu.

Shi Lan used the Phoenix blood to help Shi Qinghu forge his first heavenly foundation, but a sudden marshal’s order announced that the Demon-Suppressing Army would seal Immortal Martial City. The chapter left Shi Lan and Wu Lingkong facing the threat of the city being sealed.

• Shi Lan calmed Su Lanyue and kept Shi Qinghu behind to prepare his foundation forging.
• Gu Rentong decided to take his group out of Chengtian Domain, and Shi Lan bought the Phoenix blood from him with treasured medicines and spirit crystals.
• Shi Lan brought Shi Qinghu and Wu Lingkong to a secret chamber and explained the Nine-Spirit Foundation-Casting Method to Shi Qinghu, who agreed to undergo it.
• Shi Lan used the Black Domain to refine the Phoenix blood and guide its energy into Shi Qinghu, forming a foundation as a divine phoenix phantom appeared.
• The Demon-Suppressing Marshal’s Token delivered an order to seal the city, leaving Shi Lan and Wu Lingkong solemn.

Shi Lan helped Shi Qinghu complete his celestial foundation, then learned that Immortal Martial City had been sealed and the Gu family could not leave. She sought Bai Weiyang’s help, but as he asked for a reason to assist her, a white-robed figure emerged from a spatial passage and told her to say yes.

• Shi Qinghu completed his celestial foundation with a divine phoenix totem, and Samsara recognized the phoenix blood as belonging to an existence of at least eight stars.
• Wu Lingkong left to return to the camp and help with the city lockdown, while Shi Lan recovered and prepared to break through a dragon gate.
• Shi Qinghu returned with Wu Lingkong and the Gu family, reporting that the gates were sealed and the protective formation was active.
• Shi Lan promised to look for a way to help Gu Rentong and took Wu Lingkong to Bai Weiyang’s camp.
• Shi Lan asked Bai Weiyang to help the Gu family leave the city, and he asked her to give him a reason.
• A white-robed figure stepped through a spatial passage and told Shi Lan to say yes.

Yan Mobei recognized Shi Lan as the bearer of the Sword Emperor’s inheritance, offered his protection, and gave her a sword talisman. After helping her friends leave Immortal Martial City, Shi Lan returned home and prepared to use her clan’s faith power and system draws to advance her cultivation.

• Yan Mobei cleared the tent and told Shi Lan that Senior Wuxu had informed him about her and entrusted him with her care.
• Shi Lan declined Yan Mobei’s offer to send her friends and family to the Central Heaven Domain, but accepted his sword talisman containing three Sword Qi.
• Bai Weiyang arranged for Shi Lan’s friends to leave through the west gate, and Shi Lan escorted Gu Rentong, Gu Qingcang, and his son out of the city.
• Shi Lan returned to Shi Mansion and entered the secret chamber to prepare to open her three Dragon Gates with phoenix blood and pursue the Heavenly Dipper Realm.
• Shi Lan checked her system, exchanged 200,000 points for two Intermediate Draws, selected the Items category, and started a draw before realizing she had forgotten something.

Shi Lan obtained the Crimson Dragon Armor, Violet Lightning Fluid, and a fragment of the Three-Life Stone, then used the lightning fluid to advance her cultivation to the great completion of the Earth-Fiend Realm. She left seclusion after Su Lanyue warned that the Lu Clan had come to call.

• Shi Lan examined and put on the Crimson Dragon Armor, which could protect her from attacks by late Heavenly Dipper Realm martial artists.
• Shi Lan drew the Violet Lightning Fluid and Three-Life Stone fragment, and wondered whether she would choose to return to her past life.
• Shi Lan absorbed the Violet Lightning Fluid to strengthen her body and true qi, breaking through the first two Dragon Gates.
• After nearly a day and night of cultivation, Shi Lan shattered the final Dragon Gate and reached the great completion of the Earth-Fiend Realm.
• Su Lanyue urgently told Shi Lan that the Lu Clan had come to call, reminding Shi Lan of what she had forgotten.

Shi Lan prepared to meet the Lu Clan about her engagement and arrived in the main hall wearing the Moon Extremity Dress. When Lu Clan members questioned her authority to speak for the Shi Clan, she revealed her Earth Dipper Realm cultivation at great perfection.

• Su Lanyue urged Shi Lan to dress formally before meeting Lu Changfeng and the Lu Clan, so Shi Lan changed into the Moon Extremity Dress.
• Shi Lan emerged in the striking dress and led the Shi Clan party to the main hall.
• Lu Clan members discussed the engagement and their concerns about Lu Yueqing's reputation while Lu Changfeng remained silent.
• Shi Lan entered and took the seat of honor, then explained that her father was in seclusion and she was managing Shi Mansion for him.
• After two Lu Clan members challenged Shi Lan's authority, she released her cultivation and displayed Earth Dipper Realm great perfection.

Shi Lan accepted Lu Changfeng’s proposal to cancel Lu Yueqing’s betrothal by declaring the Shi family’s eldest son dead and forming a sworn-sister bond with Lu Yueqing. The rite bound the two women and triggered Lu Yueqing’s breakthrough into the Earthly Fiend Realm, while the Lu family began to wonder how powerful Shi Lan might become.

• Shi Lan offered compensation for the Shi family’s mistaken betrothal, and Lu Changfeng demanded that the eldest son be declared dead and that Lu Yueqing become Shi Lan’s sworn sister.
• Shi Lan agreed, and Su Lanyue arranged a Dao altar and offerings for the rite.
• Shi Lan and Lu Yueqing exchanged blood, burned their talismans, and swore vows to Heaven, forming a bond that let them sense each other’s state.
• Lu Yueqing absorbed the energy in Shi Lan’s blood and broke through from the Xiantian Realm into the Earthly Fiend Realm.
• The Lu family celebrated Lu Yueqing’s breakthrough and wondered whether Shi Lan might lead the Shi family to produce a Human Emperor.

After Lu Yueqing broke through to the Earth Fiend Realm through her pact with Shi Lan, the Lu Clan left, and Shi Lan returned to seclusion to attempt the Heavenly Dipper Realm. At the Shengwu Immortal Sect, Shi Feng learned that Shi Lan might have awakened memories from a past life, leaving him unsure whether she was still the same person.

• Lu Yueqing reached the Earth Fiend Realm, vowed to repay Shi Lan, and promised to prove her worth.
• Lu Changfeng took the Lu Clan party home after asking Shi Lan to congratulate Shi Tianlu when he emerged from seclusion.
• Fang Yunhao treated Shi Feng's injuries and dismissed his claim that an evil spirit had taken over Shi Lan's body.
• Fang Yunhao suggested Shi Lan might have awakened memories from a past life, while Shi Feng wondered whether she was still Shi Lan.
• Shi Lan returned to her secret chamber and began using the remaining Purple Thunder Liquid to break through to the Heavenly Dipper Realm.

Shi Lan broke through to the Heavenly Dipper Realm by opening her Guanyuan Acupoint, triggering a massive tide of spirit qi across Immortal Martial City. As Shi Tianlu displayed the Demon-Suppressing banner outside Shi Mansion, Shi Lan received new missions and numerous rewards from the system.

• Shi Lan absorbed Purple Thunder Liquid and Phoenix Blood to force open her Guanyuan Acupoint, then replenished her true qi with a spirit crystal and surrounding essence qi.
• Shi Lan's breakthrough drew a tide of spirit qi that spread nearly a hundred li, attracting martial artists across Immortal Martial City.
• Shi Tianlu emerged from seclusion as a Heavenly Dipper Realm expert, and Su Lanyue told him about the recent trouble involving the Shengwu Immortal Sect, the Demon-Suppressing Army, and the Lu Clan.
• When a guard reported that martial artists had gathered outside Shi Mansion, Shi Tianlu went out and planted a Demon-Suppressing banner before them.
• Shi Lan received rewards for completing her mission, new missions to reach the Myriad Phenomena Realm and kill a powerful Demon Race member, and multiple newly unlocked items and coordinates.

Shi Lan completed her breakthrough into the Early Heavenly Dipper Realm and examined the rewards and knowledge she had received. She learned that the system could open passages to other worlds with enough energy, but the chapter left her weighing that possibility against preserving Sword Emperor Guiyun's legacy.

• Shi Lan absorbed the surrounding energy and reached the Heavenly Dipper Realm, gaining vastly greater power and the ability to fly on true qi alone.
• Shi Lan studied the True Martial Indestructible Body and found that its first stage required thousands of rare spiritual materials, so she set the method aside.
• Shi Lan examined the Moon-Gazing Steps and stored the Soaring Feather Sword Art for later because she had not yet mastered her halberd art.
• Shi Lan opened the system panel, saw her world coordinates, and learned that she lacked the energy to open a space-time passage.
• Shi Lan refused to decompose Sword Emperor Guiyun's nine-star Dao Fruit, intending to find a successor for his inheritance, and learned what its energy could do.

Shi Lan learned that the system could send her three years into the past, though her current strength could not withstand the dangers of time travel. As Immortal Martial City prepared for a demon siege, the Saint Venerable ordered the attack to begin the next day, driven by a personal grudge and his race’s promise to protect the Spirit-Pole Cat Race.

• Shi Lan asked the system and Samsara about reversing time and learned that space-time travel could kill her at her current cultivation level.
• Shi Lan emerged from the secret chamber and spoke with Shi Tianlu and Su Lanyue as the Immortal Martial Yin-Yang Grand Formation lit up Immortal Martial City.
• Hu Nianchu reported that the city held at least twenty Heavenly Human Realm experts, more than a hundred Primordial Spirit Realm experts, and four to five million Demon-Suppressing Army troops.
• Blue Butterfly told the Saint Venerable that forty-eight million demon warriors were ready, with another fifty-four million in reserve, and he ordered the siege to begin the next day.
• The Saint Venerable revealed that he had at most three months to live, explained his personal grudge and promise to protect the Spirit-Pole Cat Race, then watched Blue Butterfly leave and wondered whether fighting and scheming had any point.

The Demon-Suppressing Marshals prepared Immortal Martial City for a massive Demon Race assault while Yan Mobei made clear he would flee if the city fell. General Yun Chen finally answered their summons with news of the Outer Starry Sky war, then sensed a Demon Emperor among the beasts outside the city.

• Yue Xiuwen and the other experts discussed the approaching Demon Race attack and the need to organize the city's forces.
• Yan Mobei told Yue Xiuwen he would leave if Immortal Martial City became hopeless, and Yue Xiuwen accepted his decision.
• The eight Demon-Suppressing Marshals opened a passage with their command tokens and waited nearly three hours for a response.
• General Yun Chen appeared and said the Outer Starry Sky battle would end within half a year to a year, reporting heavy losses among the human, Demon, and Devil races.
• Yun Chen sensed a Demon Emperor in the beast tide outside Immortal Martial City.

As war approached Immortal Martial City, Shi Lan equipped herself and joined the mobilized troops, while the Demon-Suppressing Command prepared to hold out until reinforcements arrived. Bai Weiyang assigned Shi Lan command of thirteen thousand soldiers and sent her toward the city wall as the demons began roaring outside.

• Yun Chen told the Demon-Suppressing Commanders that the Demon Emperor outside the city was near death and urged them to hold the line until the Imperial Lord returned.
• Shi Lan put on her protective gear and left Shi Mansion with Shi Tianlu and the young Shi Qinghu, who had been ordered to join the city's defense.
• Shi Lan reported to Bai Weiyang's camp, where the reorganized army gathered and Bai Weiyang assigned her thirteen thousand troops.
• Bai Weiyang ordered Shi Lan to take her troops to the city wall, and she heard demon roars as the Demon-Suppressing Command issued a severe warning.

Shi Lan and the commanders witnessed the Immortal Martial Yin-Yang Grand Formation annihilate a massive beast attack, but learned that its enormous cost meant it could not remain active for long. Outside the city, Lan Die'er’s group discussed finding their target and waiting for the formation to fail.

• Shi Lan and her commanders reached Immortal Martial City’s western wall and saw the beast tide surrounding the city beyond the formation’s ten-li perimeter.
• The formation crushed nearly ten thousand demonic birds and almost a hundred thousand beasts, including a Demon King, then drew cheers from the city walls.
• The demon-slaying commanders warned that the formation’s killing array consumed spirit crystals too quickly and that even the city’s combined reserves would last only about a month.
• Shi Lan settled her troops and received weapons and supplies, realizing that they would soon have to fight the beasts at close range.
• Lan Die'er asked the old man whether he had found his target and could break the formation; he said he could not break it directly, but it would not remain active forever.

Shi Lan led the defense of Immortal Martial City as its array shut down and a beast horde advanced. Her arrows nearly wiped out the attackers, but after hidden experts killed the transformed demon kings who reached the wall, Shi Lan sensed an unseen threat.

• Lan Die'er followed the old man's order to send transformed demon kings and more than seven hundred thousand beasts to harass Immortal Martial City.
• Shi Lan took position on the city wall with Qu Linghuan and prepared her troops to meet the approaching beast tide.
• When the beasts came within three li, Shi Lan and the defenders fired two volleys, and Shi Lan's Shattering Void Arrows killed thousands of beasts.
• The surviving beasts retreated, but several transformed demon kings crossed space onto the wall and were killed by Sword Qi from a hidden Heavenly Man powerhouse.
• Shi Lan suppressed her unease, used her Black Domain to absorb nearby blood qi, and remained unable to locate the watching presence.

Shi Lan absorbed a Demon King's blood essence, broke through two death acupoints, and gained the Moon-Howling Silver Wolf clan's Moon Howl divine ability. As a vast beast horde approached again, a Heavenly Demon attacked the city wall with law-infused flames.

• Shi Lan secretly drained a slain Demon King's blood essence, causing her blood and qi to surge and draw attention from nearby warriors.
• Qu Linghuan praised Shi Lan's prospects and discussed Ling Yang's talent and short-lived fate with the other young men.
• Shi Lan opened two death acupoints and acquired the Moon Howl divine ability from the Demon King's bloodline.
• Shi Lan checked her system panel, confirmed Moon Howl had been added, and stopped absorbing as the beast horde approached.
• A Heavenly Demon struck the city wall with law-infused flames, killing or injuring thousands and vaporizing even Heavenly Dipper Realm warriors.

Yan Mobei drove the woman in red from Immortal Martial City, while the defenders feared the hidden Demon Emperor and watched the beast tide get destroyed. After Shi Lan snapped the gray sword she had been carrying, the Saint Venerable appeared before her and drew the city’s formation down on himself.

• The woman in red attacked Immortal Martial City with flames of law, and Yan Mobei struck her with the Divine Martial Heavenly Dipper Sword Qi, forcing her to retreat into the beast tide.
• Yan Mobei and the Demon-Slaying Commanders decided not to pursue her because they feared alerting the hidden Demon Emperor, whose threat left them searching for a way to defend the city.
• The million-strong beast tide charged the walls but was wiped out before reaching them, while Shi Lan saw the devastation and mourned the thousands killed by the flames of law.
• Shi Lan sat beside the damaged wall, took a gray long sword from her Universe Bracelet, and calmly snapped it in two.
• The Saint Venerable spotted Shi Lan and the broken sword, appeared on the city wall, and was attacked by the Immortal Martial Yin-Yang Formation as Shi Lan stared at him in confusion.

Immortal Martial City’s powerhouses trapped the old demon emperor in the Immortal Martial Yin-Yang Formation, but his imperial domain kept them at bay as he reached for Shi Lan. After Wu Xu’s avatar and Samsara’s desperate counterattack failed to stop him, the old man noticed Shi Lan’s shattered Azure Lotus Totem.

• More than thirty powerhouses activated the Immortal Martial Yin-Yang Formation to trap the old man, while Ji Yun spotted Shi Lan among the defenders.
• The old man burned his imperial Dao to restore his strength, and Wu Xu’s avatar wounded him before being swallowed by the old man’s starry-sky demon art.
• Samsara took control of Shi Lan, activated her treasures and Azure Lotus Totem, and raised her strength to the eighth level of the Heavenly Human Realm.
• The old man shattered the Heaven-Wasting Halberd and tore through Shi Lan’s defenses as the other powerhouses attacked him.
• The old man saw the shattered Azure Lotus Totem and reacted with shock.

Samsara exhausted its energy protecting Shi Lan and relived the life of its first host, the youth who named it and later gave it half his origin. As Samsara shut down, the Demon Emperor’s Primordial Spirit attacked Shi Lan’s mind.

• The old man used his Dao power to trap Shi Lan and Samsara, while Shi Lan burned her lifespan and Golden Rainbow was damaged trying to protect her.
• Samsara recalled its first host’s rise, betrayal, revenge, and decision to give Samsara half his origin when he sought to remake Heaven and Earth.
• Samsara depleted its energy, disabled its functions, and fell into slumber as Shi Lan regained control of her body.
• The old man’s body collapsed, revealing Wu Xu’s avatar, but the old man’s Primordial Spirit turned into a blade and plunged into Shi Lan’s mind.

Shi Lan remained unconscious for six months after the Demon Emperor’s Primordial Spirit attacked her, while the Demon Race continued its assault on Immortal Martial City. Wu Ya visited Shi Mansion and began chanting a Buddhist scripture to soothe her spirit and nourish her soul.

• The Demon Emperor’s Primordial Spirit invaded Shi Lan’s sea of consciousness, but an unseen figure struck through time and space and erased it.
• A blood rain fell over Immortal Martial City, revealing that an emperor had died, while the Demon Race continued attacking despite its loss.
• Wu Xu’s avatar guarded the unconscious Shi Lan for seven days before Yan Mobei transported her back to Shi Mansion.
• Shi Lan remained asleep for half a year as Shi Tianlu and others sought ways to heal her, and visitors came hoping to learn her secrets.
• Wu Ya arrived at Shi Mansion, offered a Buddhist scripture to help Shi Lan, and began chanting in the reception hall.