Chapter Summaries

Shi Lan awakened after half a year unconscious, learned that her soul was injured and most of her lifespan was gone, and discovered that Samsara had fallen silent because the Heavens Reincarnation System lacked energy. After Wu Ya’s Buddhist chanting helped revive her, she faced a worsening war and a renewed crowd of visitors at Shi Mansion.

• Shi Lan woke with Golden Rainbow beside her, found that Samsara did not answer, and saw that the Heavens Reincarnation System had shut down ninety percent of its functions for lack of energy.
• Shi Lan used the essence of a Spirit Transformation Pill to ease her soul pain, then discovered that half her hair had turned white and she had lost nearly nine-tenths of her lifespan.
• Shi Lan reunited with Su Lanyue and thanked Wu Ya, who explained that he intended to wander in search of a Buddhist teaching that could save all living beings.
• Shi Tianlu checked that Shi Lan was safe before returning to the front line, where the Immortal Martial Yin-Yang Grand Formation remained badly damaged after six months of war.
• Visitors crowded Shi Mansion after news of Shi Lan’s awakening spread, but she turned most of them away while recovering from her injuries.

After recovering from her injuries, Shi Lan used a disguise and soul-cutting daggers to conceal her identity before returning to the war-torn Immortal Martial City. As her lifespan dwindled, she planned to obtain materials for the True Martial Indestructible Body through battle merits, while the Demon Suppression Commanders faced the prospect of their defenses failing.

• Shi Lan used two lottery draws to obtain God-Slaying Flying Daggers and the Myriad Transformations Sacred Garment (Imitation), then disguised herself as Wuxu and deterred those probing Shi Mansion with divine sense.
• A middle-aged man in black robes examined the disguised Shi Lan from the clouds above Shi Mansion and appeared satisfied with what he discovered.
• After recovering further, Shi Lan returned to the military camp and accepted Bai Weiyang's assignment of several thousand troops.
• Shi Lan told Qu Linghuan and other Aristocratic Clan scions what she knew about the battle, while their healing gifts did little to restore the lifespan she had lost.
• Shi Lan watched her battle merits rise and decided to use them to obtain materials for the first stage of the True Martial Indestructible Body.
• The six Demon Suppression Commanders discussed their mounting losses and wondered how much longer they could hold out as the Immortal Martial Yin-Yang Formation weakened.

Shi Lan received 130 million battle merit and a seven-colored essence from the Demon Suppression Marshals, who hoped she could summon the imperial weapon again, but she could not. In the Demon Domain, Cang Yue and the others worried over Shi Lan’s fading lotus totem, while Shi Lan used her battle merit to gather the materials for the first stage of the True Martial Indestructible Body.

• The Demon Suppression Marshals awarded Shi Lan 130 million battle merit for her role in the Demon Emperor’s death, and Yue Xiuwen gave her a seven-colored essence.
• A Demon Suppression Marshal asked Shi Lan whether she could summon the imperial weapon or its incarnation, but she said she could not, leaving the marshals disappointed.
• In the Demon Domain, Cang Yue told the others that Shi Lan had cut off their connection and that her lotus totem showed she was near death.
• Cang Yue worried that the Lan Clan would collapse without Shi Lan, while Tian Bai mourned as he watched the dim green lotus on the stele.
• Shi Lan spent her battle merit in Immortal Martial City to gather more than five thousand kinds of materials for the first stage of the True Martial Indestructible Body.

Shi Lan prepared for the coming battle and learned that Wu Lingkong had left Immortal Martial City with the Wu Household. As the beast tide launched a desperate assault, a Cloud-Winged Tiger appeared, and Yue Xiuwen vowed to wipe out its clan and bloodline.

• Shi Lan spent over 120 million battle merit points on spiritual items, then bought protective armor, halberds, and resources for her family.
• Shi Lan searched the women's camp for Wu Lingkong and learned from Lü Anqing that the Wu Household had taken her away with its other disciples.
• Blue Butterfly warned the Heavenly Demons that they had seven days to take Chengtian Domain and said she would personally try to break the Immortal Martial Yin-Yang Formation.
• Shi Lan returned to the city wall as the beast tide attacked recklessly, and she and Bai Weiyang's soldiers fought amid mounting casualties.
• A snow-white winged tiger appeared on the battlefield, and Yue Xiuwen vowed to exterminate its clan and bloodline.

Lan Die'er and the Heavenly Humans fought the Heavenly Demons and the beast horde as Immortal Martial City’s defenses faltered. The Winged Flying Tiger was slain, weakening the Cloudwing Tiger clan, while Shi Lan faced a wounded Demon King.

• Lan Die'er used a secret art to suppress her Dao wounds and joined the fight as the Heavenly Demons attacked the Immortal Martial Yin-Yang Formation.
• Yue Xiuwen killed a Heavenly Demon who shielded Lan Die'er, then joined the Demon-Suppression Commanders in attacking the Winged Flying Tiger.
• The beast horde overwhelmed the city’s defenses, and Shi Lan and Bai Weiyang fought the beasts and demons pouring onto the walls.
• A white-robed Demon King used spatial law to pin Shi Lan and clawed her cheek, but Shi Lan broke free of the restraint.
• The Winged Flying Tiger was slain, causing the white-robed Cloudwing Tiger Demon King to lose his bloodline power as Shi Lan raised her halberd against him.

Shi Lan defeated the white-robed demon king after he wounded her and drank her spiritual blood, but the battle devastated Immortal Martial City and killed many civilians. She returned to the city wall to find Bai Weiyang surrounded by powerful demons and struggling to survive.

• Shi Lan struck the wounded white-robed demon king with her halberd and sent him tumbling, but he recovered his strength and transformed into a tiger-like demon.
• The demon king broke through Shi Lan's halberd and bit into her waist, then dragged her down into Immortal Martial City, where their fall destroyed hundreds of buildings and killed civilians.
• Shi Lan stopped her bleeding, freed herself, and struck the demon king's head with Heavenly Extremity Seals before using her Black Domain to drain his essence and blood.
• Shi Lan killed the demon king, received the system's quest rewards, and returned to the city wall after seeing the civilian casualties.
• Shi Lan found Bai Weiyang surrounded by several great demons, including two Primordial Spirit great demons, with his jade sword badly cracked.

The Immortal Martial Yin-Yang Array broke, and demon beasts overwhelmed Immortal Martial City as the Demon-Suppressing Army retreated under orders. Bai Weiyang was stranded in the beast tide after his sword shattered, and Shi Lan left the formation to save him just as a powerful Celestial Demon appeared.

• The array collapsed, letting flying demon beasts pour into Immortal Martial City and kill countless civilians.
• Demon-Suppressing Generals threatened to execute deserters and punish their families, so Shi Lan returned to the formation as nearly a hundred people were beheaded.
• The army withdrew into the city while Bai Weiyang remained trapped in the beast tide; his sentient jade sword shattered, and he ignited his imperial blood to destroy several Demon Kings and a Primordial Spirit great demon.
• Shi Lan left the retreating formation to help Bai Weiyang, accepting that the danger could cost her decades of life.
• A half-demon Celestial Demon landed near Bai Weiyang and ordered him to get lost.

The Heavenly Demons withdrew from the battle for Immortal Martial City as Zhu Xiyang rescued Bai Weiyang and Lan Die'er collapsed from exhaustion. Far away, a colossal battleship arrived at Hanhai Star and fired its main cannon at an enormous golden life-form.

• The Heavenly Demon tried to seize Bai Weiyang, but Zhu Xiyang surrounded her with bamboo and vanished through a passage in space with her.
• Yan Mobei held back from pursuing Zhu Xiyang, while the Demon Suppression Army and its commanders retreated toward the city.
• Lan Die'er collapsed after suppressing her Dao wounds and fighting the Demon Suppression Commanders, and a Heavenly Demon carried her to a hall.
• A colossal battleship completed its space-time transition to Hanhai Star, where its captain learned the ship lacked enough energy to return to the main route.
• The ship's artificial intelligence detected a gigantic golden life-form, and the captain ordered the battleship to evade, but its main cannon fired.

Demon Emperor Chenxin returned to the Lingyang Realm with the Monster Race, where the gray membrane reacted violently to a consciousness emerging from a starfield carried by a black-robed figure. Shi Lan sensed the disturbance as her system modules began to unseal, but its mission module remained inaccessible.

• A golden dragon carrying Chenxin passed a warship, which was destroyed by an invisible wave after its captain fled in the command cabin.
• Chenxin arrived at the Lingyang Realm with the Monster Race and learned that victory in the Chengtian Domain was nearly certain.
• Chenxin waited at the gray membrane until a black-robed figure brought a starfield toward the realm.
• A powerful, mindless consciousness surged from the starfield, provoking the gray membrane, which crushed it in an instant.
• Shi Lan looked up at the disturbance as her system unsealed several modules but failed to open the mission module.

Shi Lan witnessed Emperor Taishi and dozens of human Emperors face Demon Emperor Chenxin, who used the Ten Thousand Demons Ruler to claim Chengtian Domain for the demons. Taishi released the stars held aloft by the human Emperors, devastating the Boundless Demon Domain and nearby lands.

• A cosmic rift opened above the Lingyang Realm, and a black-robed figure arrived beneath a vast field of stars.
• Shi Lan recognized the figure as Emperor Taishi and saw that the golden fortune of all humanity did not include her.
• Dozens of human Emperors emerged as Demon Emperor Chenxin arrived and declared that Chengtian Domain would join the Boundless Demon Domain.
• Chenxin summoned the Ten Thousand Demons Ruler and began severing the bonds between the nine great domains to claim Chengtian Domain.
• Taishi and the human Emperors withdrew their laws from the starfield, sending its power crashing down across the Boundless Demon Domain and neighboring domains.

Taishi used the Human Race's Historical Record to repel Demon Emperor Chenxin and claim the vast star field for humanity as the Illusory Star Domain. As Shi Lan reflected on the countless dead, Chenxin accused Taishi of breaking his oath, but Taishi remained unafraid of calamity.

• The Human Race's Historical Record appeared in its true form as Chenxin's Myriad Demons Ruler tore through Chengtian Domain.
• Taishi invoked the Heavenly Emperor Slaying Demons Image and forced Chenxin to retreat.
• Taishi and the Human Race's Historical Record bound the star field to the nine great domains and named it Illusory Star Domain.
• The Demon-Suppressing Army celebrated humanity's expansion while Shi Lan looked at the corpses and questioned the cost.
• Chenxin accused Taishi of breaking his oath, and Taishi replied that he had a clear conscience and did not fear calamity.

The Demon Emperor attacked the starfield with the Ten Thousand Demon Ruler, but Taishi burned his Imperial Blood essence and struck him down. After the Demon Emperor and a mysterious newcomer vanished, Taishi ordered the foreign races exterminated as the beast tide scattered across the Chengtian Domain.

• The Demon Emperor gathered the demon clouds into the Ten Thousand Demon Ruler and cleaved the starfield despite Lingyang Realm's laws suppressing most of his power.
• A spatial passage brought Ziyun into the battle, and the newcomer pierced the annals of human history's barrier, destroying dozens of living stars and killing hundreds of millions.
• Taishi burned his Imperial Blood essence and overwhelmed the distracted Demon Emperor, sending him crashing away and scattering his Imperial Blood over the land.
• Shi Lan used her Black Domain to gather some of the falling Imperial Blood while other human experts failed to contain it and were crushed by its power.
• The Demon Emperor, the Ten Thousand Demon Ruler, and the mysterious newcomer disappeared, leaving Taishi to face the scattered beast tide.
• Taishi drew a Heaven-Piercing Treasure Record and ordered the foreign races exterminated.

The Imperial Lord used the Heaven-Piercing Treasure Record to suppress the demon calamity in Chengtian Domain, and Shi Lan returned safely to Shi Mansion. In the Imperial Palace, Liu Yunzheng recorded the battle as a great victory despite humanity’s heavy losses.

• The Heaven-Piercing Treasure Record swept across Chengtian Domain, killing most of its demon beasts and clearing the skies.
• Shi Lan sensed that the spiritual energy had increased and hurried back to Shi Mansion, carrying a drop of Demon Emperor's blood within her.
• Shi Lan reached Shi Mansion and endured an attack from its defenders before reuniting with Su Lanyue and thanking the allies who had protected the mansion.
• The Lu Clan members and Shen Tianlan left Shi Mansion, and Shi Feng disappeared before Shi Lan could speak with him.
• Liu Yunzheng recorded that the Emperor and forty-three Human Emperors had slain nine Demon Emperors and five Devil Lords, while seven Human Emperors had died, and described the outcome as a great victory.

Taishi rewarded the Human Emperors for their victories and revealed that he had only a thousand years left to live, resolving to retrieve Lingchu from the Yellow Springs. In the Chengtian Domain, Shi Lan learned that she had been promoted to Demon-Suppression General.

• Taishi offered the Human Emperors fiefs in the Illusory Star Domain for territories they brought under human control and promised to retrieve the fallen heroes’ spirits from the Yellow Springs.
• After the Human Emperors left, Taishi told Liu Yunzheng that he had failed to advance and had at most a thousand years to live.
• Taishi said he would bring Lingchu back from the Nine Hells as a safeguard for the human race, and noted an unpolished pearl in the Chengtian Domain who did not belong to the Lingyang clan.
• Shi Tianlu told Shi Lan that distinguished officers would receive rewards at the Hall of Merits and gave her a set of new armor.
• Shi Lan recognized the dark armor and white cloak as the equipment of a Demon-Suppression General and realized she had been promoted.

Shi Lan attended the War Merit Hall, where Supreme General Yun Chen honored the fallen and announced military appointments, including her promotion to higher third-rank Demon Suppression General without command authority. After the others left, Yun Chen revealed that the Imperial Court had another substantial reward for her and asked if she wanted a star.

• Shi Lan followed Shi Tianlu to the War Merit Hall, still worried about Bai Weiyang, who had been taken by a Demon Race woman.
• Supreme General Yun Chen led a ceremony honoring fallen officers and announced appointments for surviving commanders, including Xia Yixiu.
• Yun Chen appointed Shi Lan a higher third-rank Demon Suppression General but withheld military authority because she lacked seniority.
• Yun Chen privately told Shi Lan to stay behind, and she remained after the hall emptied.
• Yun Chen told Shi Lan the Imperial Court had another substantial reward for her and asked whether she wanted a star.

Shi Lan received a living planet in the Illusory Star Domain as a reward, along with a sealing token from Yun Chen, who questioned her about the Lingyang human race. Back at Shi Mansion, she examined her quest rewards and the newly available Heavens Reincarnation System features, then decided to focus on strengthening herself before claiming the planet.

• Yun Chen told Shi Lan that the Imperial Court had awarded her a living planet and gave her a jade token that allowed entry through its sealing formation.
• Yun Chen asked Shi Lan what she thought of the Lingyang human race, then warned her that she would have to handle the planet's natives and other dangers herself.
• Shi Lan returned to Shi Mansion and examined the Divine Refining Scripture: Soul-Evolving Chapter and the Netherworld Jade.
• Shi Lan opened the Heavens Reincarnation System and found that its shop and traversal interfaces had become available, though she chose not to use the traversal function.
• Shi Lan decided to enter her secret chamber and cultivate the True Martial Indestructible Body to raise her strength.

Shi Lan cultivated the True Martial Indestructible Body in a jade pool, enduring a brutal body-reconstruction that left her stronger but still short of perfecting its first layer. After recovering, she planned to visit the Illusory Star Region and investigate the Heavens Reincarnation System’s world-traveling function.

• Shi Lan prepared the jade pool with rare spiritual materials she had bought using battle merits, intending to cultivate the True Martial Indestructible Body.
• Shi Lan submerged herself in the spiritual liquid and circulated her blood and qi as violent spiritual energy tore apart and remade her body.
• Shi Lan used Blood纹 Steel and other treasures to repair and transform her bones, flesh, and blood during the cultivation.
• Shi Lan emerged from the pool with a remade body, finding that she had grown stronger and nearly three inches taller, though she had only reached the middle stage of the first layer.
• Shi Lan decided to explore the Illusory Star Region and test the Heavens Reincarnation System’s world-traveling function in hopes of learning how to awaken Samsara.

Shi Lan traveled in soul form to another world and parasitized Ning An without erasing her soul, gaining control of the body for twelve hours each day. After spotting people with supernatural abilities, Shi Lan tried to train but injured the weak body, leaving Ning An hospitalized and wondering whether a ghost had possessed her.

• Shi Lan used the Heavens Reincarnation System to travel in soul form after learning her cultivation made physical entry into a low-level world impossible.
• Shi Lan refused to erase the original soul and parasitized Ning An, whose body she could control for twelve hours a day.
• Shi Lan explored the modern world of Nanhao and spotted people racing across rooftops with superhuman speed and strength.
• Shi Lan attempted the Vajra Divine Fist, but the strain caused her to collapse from pain and exhaustion.
• Ning An woke with severe muscle pain, and Qin Yinhua took her to the hospital, where a physician diagnosed overexertion.
• Ning An noticed unfamiliar memory fragments after the physician left and wondered if a ghost had possessed her.

After Ning An was injured, Shi Lan cultivated within her mind and unknowingly helped her recover and grow stronger. As the college entrance exams approached, Shi Lan discovered that Ning An’s classmate Lin Mo was the world’s child of fortune, and the chapter ended with him taking Ning An home through a dark alley.

• Ning An was discharged from the hospital, and Shi Lan began cultivating the Soul Evolution Chapter, easing Ning An’s discomfort and helping her heal.
• Ning Kangping visited Ning An, who found that her arm no longer hurt as much, and she returned to school after resting at home for two days.
• Shi Lan sensed Lin Mo’s fortune and noticed that several ordinary-looking students watching Ning An seemed to have shed blood.
• Over the following month, Ning An’s soreness faded, her strength and energy increased, and she developed an extraordinary appetite for meat.
• After Qin Yinhua could not pick her up from evening study, Ning An waited for a cab until Lin Mo offered her a ride on his bicycle.
• Lin Mo took Ning An through a dim alley as they headed home near midnight.

Lin Mo and Ning An encountered three dangerous martial artists in a dark alley, where the men attacked them and the slight man tried to assault Ning An. Ning An unexpectedly killed him with a single kick, then seemed to enter a strange trance as the remaining attackers charged her.

• Lin Mo and Ning An found a bloodied person embedded in a dumpster and encountered three men who ordered them killed.
• The burly man choked Lin Mo unconscious while the slight man grabbed Ning An and tried to assault her.
• Ning An kicked the slight man across the alley, killing him and shocking the two surviving men and the hidden observers.
• The young man and the burly man charged at Ning An, but she opened her eyes with an icy, murderous calm.