Chapter Summaries

Devil Lord Blood Baleful Intent and the veteran Devil Lords attacked the Devil Lord Altar to seize the Starpeak Demon Sword, overwhelming its defenders and defeating Devil Lord Xuanlun. Just as Blood Baleful Intent moved to kill Xuanlun, Lin Xuan and Donghuang Ziyou arrived and destroyed Devil Lord Ghostcry.

• Devil Lord Qiyou and five other Devil Lords tried to stop Devil Lord Blood Baleful Intent, but his sword art gravely wounded them.
• Devil Lord Ghostcry used his Nether Ghost Devouring Art to drain the wounded Devil Lords while Blood Baleful Intent and his allies advanced toward the altar.
• Devil Lord Xuanlun appeared as the Demon Suppression Envoy and fought the attackers, but their combined assault shattered his barrier and Life-Death Devil Domain.
• Devil Lord Blood Baleful Intent stepped on the defeated Xuanlun and prepared to kill him.
• Lin Xuan and Donghuang Ziyou arrived, and Lin Xuan's profound purple seal reduced Devil Lord Ghostcry to ashes.

Donghuang Ziyou arrived at the Devil Lord Altar with Lin Xuan and their daughters, then killed Blood Baleful Devil Lord and the other Devil Lords who had invaded Northern Profound Heaven. After declining the Starpeak Devil Sword, she brought Xin Xiaoman to meet her father, whom Xin Xiaoman identified as Heavenpeak Devil Lord.

• Lin Xuan and Donghuang Ziyou arrived at the Devil Lord Altar, where the Devil Lords recognized them and Profound Wheel Devil Lord paid his respects.
• Blood Baleful Devil Lord tried to withdraw with Nine Refinements Devil Lord and the others, but Donghuang Ziyou blocked their way and declared that invaders of Northern Profound Heaven would die.
• Donghuang Ziyou attacked the Devil Lords with her Immortal-Devil Heart Intent Sword and destroyed them with a single strike.
• Profound Wheel Devil Lord offered Donghuang Ziyou the Starpeak Devil Sword, but she said she had not come for it.
• Xin Xiaoman told Profound Wheel Devil Lord that Donghuang Ziyou had brought her to see her father, Heavenpeak Devil Lord.

Xin Xiaoman discovered that she was Devil Lord Tianfeng’s daughter, inherited his Starpeak Devil Sword, and joined Devil Lord Qiyou and others in pledging allegiance to Northern Profound Heaven. A mysterious envoy plotted to unleash the Soul-Slaying Devil Orb near Profound Ice Palace, while Lin Xuan’s daughters prepared to attend the Culinary God Convention.

• Devil Lord Qiyou and the other Devil Lords recognized Xin Xiaoman’s Profound Lotus Devil Body and confirmed her bloodline connection to Devil Lord Tianfeng.
• Xin Xiaoman visited her father’s resting place, declined to take his sword, and then accepted the Starpeak Devil Sword when its spirit came to her.
• Devil Lord Qiyou invited Xin Xiaoman and the Southern Region’s leaders to submit to Northern Profound Heaven, and they pledged allegiance to Lin Xuan and Donghuang Ziyou.
• A mysterious envoy learned that Donghuang Ziyou had defeated nine Southern Region experts and plotted to release the Soul-Slaying Devil Orb near Profound Ice Palace.
• Xuanzhu and her sisters excitedly prepared to dress up for the opening day of the Culinary God Convention.

Lin Xuan dressed his four daughters in princess dresses and styled their hair and makeup for the Culinary God Convention. After earning a Grandmaster-Level Makeup Skill from the system, he took the excited girls to the convention.

• Lin Xuan woke up when Xuanxi and Xuanyou playfully urged him out of bed, then chose white princess dresses for all four girls.
• The girls asked Lin Xuan to make them look their prettiest for the Culinary God Convention, so he selected hairstyles and ornaments from the Perfect Dad Tutorial.
• Xuanxi applied rouge to her lips and chin, and Xuanhan and Xuanyou copied her; Lin Xuan showed them how a little blush on their cheeks looked prettier.
• Lin Xuan finished styling all four girls, who admired their reflections and praised his work.
• The system rewarded Lin Xuan with Grandmaster-Level Makeup Skill, and he took the girls in the Green-Winged Flying Bird Jade Carriage toward the convention on the Azure Dragon Continent.

Ji Xiao learned that Wei Yi was the Great Wei Empire’s princess when Wei Bin found her at Cloud-Filled Inn and forced her to return to the palace. Ji Xiao vowed to win the Culinary God Tournament and ask for Wei Yi’s hand, while the tournament’s lavish opening preparations awaited the Emperor Consort of the Northern Profound Heaven.

• Ji Xiao cooked an elaborate meal for Wei Yi, and he told her he aspired to become number one in the culinary path.
• Wei Bin arrived with imperial guards, revealed Wei Yi’s royal status, and ordered her taken back to the palace.
• Ji Xiao admitted he did not regret meeting Wei Yi and vowed to become the supreme Culinary God so he could seek her hand in marriage.
• The Great Wei Empire decorated its palace and surrounding streets on an immense scale for the Culinary God Tournament.
• A culinary master told the gathered crowd that the festivities honored the imminent arrival of the Emperor Consort of the Northern Profound Heaven.

Wei Changtian welcomed Lin Xuan to the Culinary God Convention, where Lin Xuan demonstrated his expertise by judging the first contest without tasting the dishes. Wei Yi watched anxiously for Ji Xiao, who had not appeared by the end of the chapter.

• Wei Changtian allowed Wei Yi to attend the convention instead of confining her after she sneaked out of the palace.
• Lin Xuan arrived with four little treasures and received a reverent welcome from the crowd.
• Zhou Baiwei announced the contest rules and named himself, Dongfang Yu, Feng Sheng, and Huang Fengqing as judges.
• Zhao Youyun and Wang Xu presented dishes that left the judges unable to decide a winner.
• Lin Xuan identified Zhao Youyun's rushed final cooking stage and judged Wang Xu the winner.
• Wei Yi grew worried that Ji Xiao had not come to the convention.

Xuanzhu and her sisters tasted the dishes from the first round before the culinary competition continued. Ji Xiao arrived near noon, defeated Shen Liuxiang with his poison-free Heavenly River Poison Pufferfish soup, and was hailed as the new Culinary God of the World.

• Xuanzhu and her sisters sampled Zhao Youyun and Wang Xu’s dishes, then saved room for the rest of the competition.
• Shen Liuxiang defeated thirty culinary prodigies, and Wei Bin told Wei Yi that the person she awaited would not appear.
• Ji Xiao arrived at the imperial palace and challenged Shen Liuxiang, exciting Wei Yi.
• Shen Liuxiang prepared a dish through poetic techniques while Ji Xiao swiftly removed all the poison glands from a hundred Heavenly River Poison Pufferfish.
• Zhou Baiwei tested Ji Xiao’s soup and confirmed it was poison-free, after which Shen Liuxiang conceded defeat and the crowd acclaimed Ji Xiao as the new Culinary God of the World.

Ji Xiao won the Culinary God Tournament and asked Wei Changtian for permission to marry Wei Yi. Wei Changtian made their marriage depend on Ji Xiao cooking Heavenly Treasure Eight Delicacies, but Ji Xiao’s attempt ended in a sudden demonic deviation.

• Ji Xiao defeated Shen Liuxiang and claimed the title of Culinary God.
• Wei Yi rushed to Ji Xiao and openly showed her affection, prompting Wei Changtian and the visiting rulers to react.
• Ji Xiao asked Wei Changtian to let him marry Wei Yi, and Wei Changtian set the challenge of cooking Heavenly Treasure Eight Delicacies before an incense stick burned out.
• Ji Xiao accepted the challenge and began cooking with his dual water-and-fire spiritual roots as the gathered culinary experts watched.
• Black light and demonic mist appeared around Ji Xiao’s cooking pot, and Zhou Baiwei identified the change as demonic deviation.

Ji Xiao’s attempt to cook the Eight Treasures of Heavenly Delicacies failed and nearly drove him into demonic cultivation, but Lin Xuan stepped in and made the dish with ease. Wei Changtian then granted Ji Xiao the wager’s victory after the princesses asked him to share some credit.

• Ji Xiao’s anxiety and exhaustion caused a heart demon to emerge while he cooked the Eight Treasures of Heavenly Delicacies.
• Dongfang Yu, Zhou Baiwei, Feng Sheng, and Huang Fengqing joined Ji Xiao, but their combined efforts failed and drained their spiritual energy.
• The wok erupted with demonic mist, Ji Xiao lost control of his state of mind, and he apologized to Wei Yi for failing.
• Lin Xuan froze the scattered ingredients, used his Primordial Fire Spirit Dragon to cook the dish, and earned the culinary world’s reverence as the Supreme.
• Lin Xuan explained that the secret was “ice and fire, two heavens,” then plated the dish for Xuanzhu and her sisters.
• The princesses asked Wei Changtian to give Ji Xiao some credit, and he declared Ji Xiao the winner of their wager.

At Yunxia Kingdom’s fireworks festival, Lin Xuan granted his daughters’ wish by turning eight islands into a spectacular display. The celebration was interrupted by news of Prince Yun’s sudden death, and the chapter ended with his consort Jiang Rong mourning him.

• Lin Xuan took Xuanzhu and the other girls to Yunxia Kingdom’s fireworks festival after they asked to keep playing.
• When the girls wished to see the whole sky filled with fireworks, Lin Xuan lifted eight uninhabited islands into the sky and shattered them with his Primordial Fire Spirit Dragons.
• The girls delighted in Lin Xuan’s enormous fireworks, and he continued enjoying the festival with them.
• A Yunxia Kingdom official told Han Hongzheng that his younger brother, Prince Yun Han Wensheng, had died suddenly after overexerting himself in martial arts training.
• Han Hongzheng and Crown Prince Han Hui left for Prince Yun’s Residence, where Jiang Rong wept over her husband’s portrait.

At Prince Yun’s mourning, Jiang Rong and Han Jun lured visiting sect masters into a Ghost Path formation so Jiang Rong could devour their essence and become an Emperor Realm powerhouse. Their plan was interrupted when Han Hongzheng arrived with True Person Jiuyang, whose presence alarmed them.

• Jiang Rong mourned Prince Yun while Han Jun comforted her and announced that allied sect masters were arriving.
• Jiang Rong unleashed the Phantasmal Heart Ghost Curse as Han Jun opened a hidden chasm, dropping the sect masters into a secret chamber.
• Yue Zaitian and the other sect masters were trapped in a Ghost Path formation and attacked by skeletal ghost heads while they could not resist.
• Han Jun and Jiang Rong revealed their plan for her to devour the sect masters and remain with him in human form.
• Jiang Rong dispelled the curse on the mourners before Han Hongzheng arrived with True Person Jiuyang, prompting alarm from Jiang Rong and Han Jun.

Lei Dingxiao exposed Jiang Rong as a ghost creature and killed her after she attacked him. Han Hongzheng then killed Han Jun for conspiring with her, but a Blood Crystal Corpse Worm escaped Jiang Rong’s remains.

• Lei Dingxiao saw through Jiang Rong’s disguise and wounded her with his peachwood sword, revealing a swarm of white maggots inside her abdomen.
• Han Hongzheng accused Jiang Rong of killing his younger brother, while Han Jun denied knowing she was a ghost creature and turned against her.
• Lei Dingxiao struck Jiang Rong down with his Nine Yang True Martial Sword, destroying her body and the ghost formation holding Yue Zaitian and the sect masters captive.
• Yue Zaitian accused Han Jun of conspiring with Jiang Rong, and Han Hongzheng pierced Han Jun’s heart and killed him.
• A red-headed, white-bodied Blood Crystal Corpse Worm emerged from Jiang Rong’s remains, startling Lei Dingxiao.

Song Han of the Blood Soul Sect overwhelmed Lei Dingxiao and the other sect masters at the royal residence, intending to feed their vitality to a Blood Crystal Corpse Insect. After Lei Dingxiao sent a distress signal, Lin Xuan arrived and struck Song Han down with a gesture.

• Lei Dingxiao tried to seize a Blood Crystal Corpse Insect, but Song Han appeared, reclaimed it, and revealed that he belonged to the Blood Soul Sect.
• Lei Dingxiao attacked Song Han with his Nine Yang True Martial Sword, but Song Han crushed the attack and defeated him with a Nine Yin Ghost Palm.
• Yue Zaitian and the other sect masters joined the fight, but Song Han overwhelmed them and reduced the royal residence to ruins.
• Song Han used a ghostly seal to drain the cultivators' blood qi and vitality so the Blood Crystal Corpse Insect could feed.
• Lei Dingxiao sent up a blood-red distress signal, and Song Han dismissed the threat of reinforcements.
• Lin Xuan arrived with the four little treasures, and Song Han recognized him as the Emperor Consort of the Northern Profound Heaven before Lin Xuan slammed him to the ground with a gesture.

Lin Xuan questioned Song Han after destroying his Blood Crystal Corpse Worm, then used his divine sense to find and kill the other three in Xuan Province. He set out to eradicate the Blood Soul Sect, leaving Xuanzhu and the other princesses under Han Hongzheng’s protection while more than seven hundred thousand cultivators followed him.

• Lin Xuan killed Song Han’s Blood Crystal Corpse Worm and learned that the Blood Soul Sect had released four worms in Xuan Province.
• Lin Xuan spread his Rakshasa Divine Sense across Xuan Province and destroyed the remaining three Blood Crystal Corpse Worms.
• Lin Xuan ordered Song Han to lead him to the Blood Soul Sect, dismissing Song Han’s warning about the sect’s strength.
• Han Hongzheng offered to care for Xuanzhu and the other princesses, and Lin Xuan left them at the Yunxia Kingdom’s imperial palace behind a Heavenly Cycle Stellar Array.
• More than seven hundred thousand righteous cultivators gathered and followed Lin Xuan toward the Blood Soul Sect.

Lin Xuan led more than seven hundred thousand cultivators into the Blackstone Mountain Range to attack the Blood Soul Sect. He dispelled the sect’s powerful barriers and killed an Innate Blood Corpse King with one sword, while the Blood Soul Sect Master learned that the Blood Crystal Corpse Insects had been destroyed.

• Lin Xuan led the group through the Blackstone Mountain Range toward the Blood Soul Sect’s sea of blood and mountain of corpses.
• Lin Xuan snapped his fingers and dispelled the netherworld and blood baleful forces surrounding the sect’s territory.
• An Innate Blood Corpse King rose from the sea of blood, and Lei Dingxiao warned that the endless sea sustained its life.
• Lin Xuan used the Supreme Sword Technique to kill the Blood Corpse King and burn the sea of blood dry.
• A messenger reported to the Blood Soul Sect Master that all the Blood Crystal Corpse Insects they had sent out had been destroyed at once.

Yin Xuan prepared to refine a Profound Nether Blood Crystal for the Long family after the Blood Soul Sect's four Blood Crystal Corpse Insects were destroyed. Lin Xuan arrived with a massive force to confront the sect, while Zhao Jinyong feared he might target the Long family next.

• Cui Yi reported that all four Blood Crystal Corpse Insects had been destroyed and that Song Han had not returned.
• Yin Xuan promised Zhao Jinyong a Profound Nether Blood Crystal and ordered the elders to capture four Quasi-Emperor Realm cultivators.
• A powerful Sword Qi struck as the elders left the hall, prompting Yin Xuan to lead the Blood Soul Sect's forces out to fight.
• Yin Xuan and the ghost cultivators saw that the Sword Qi had leveled the corpse mountain and cleaved the Blood Sea.
• Lin Xuan appeared with Lei Dingxiao, Yue Zaitian, and more than seven hundred thousand cultivators, who demanded the Blood Soul Sect surrender.
• Zhao Jinyong realized Lin Xuan might next come after the Long family.

Lin Xuan rejected Yin Xuan’s offer to withdraw and attacked the Blood Soul Sect with his Primordial Fire Spirit Body. He defeated Yin Xuan with one sword, leaving Zhao Jinyong wondering whether his young master truly meant to make an enemy of the Northern Profound Heaven’s Emperor Consort.

• Zhao Jinyong concealed himself to watch Lin Xuan and Yin Xuan face off.
• Yin Xuan warned Lin Xuan that the Blood Soul Sect held the advantage and urged him to withdraw, but Lin Xuan answered by unleashing eight Primordial Fire Spirit Dragons against the ghost cultivators.
• Yin Xuan attacked Lin Xuan with the Chaos Heaven Ghost Sword, turning the remaining mountain of corpses into a towering blood sword.
• Lin Xuan countered with the Supreme Dao Sword Art and destroyed Yin Xuan’s blood sword and body with a single strike.
• The Blood Soul Sect’s ghost cultivators despaired as Lei Dingxiao and the other cultivators celebrated Lin Xuan’s victory.
• Zhao Jinyong wondered whether his young master truly intended to make an enemy of Lin Xuan.

Yin Xuan summoned the power of the Blood-Pupiled Yin Deity and reached the Ancient God Realm, but Lin Xuan killed him with one sword strike. Lin Xuan then exposed the hidden Zhao Jinyong, who admitted he was the Dao Protector of Long Lin of the Long family.

• Yin Xuan restored his body with ghostly aura and transformed into a gigantic Blood-Pupiled Yin Deity, absorbing the power of the Blackstone Mountain Range until he reached the Ancient God Realm.
• Lin Xuan attacked Yin Xuan with the Ultimate Dao Sword Art, and his sword dragon broke through Yin Xuan's strongest curse.
• Yin Xuan threatened Lin Xuan with retaliation from the Nine Nether Corpse-Eating Ghost Clan, but Lin Xuan burned him to vapor with sword energy and spirit fire.
• The Blood Soul Sect's cultivators despaired at Yin Xuan's death, while Lei Dingxiao and the other cultivators praised Lin Xuan.
• Zhao Jinyong tried to leave under concealment, but Lin Xuan found him and identified him as a member of the Long family.
• Zhao Jinyong admitted that he was the Dao Protector of Long Lin, the Long family's young master.

Lin Xuan uncovered Long Lin’s plan to forge the Dragon Soul Treasure Saber against him using the Blood Soul Sect, then set out for the Long Lineage. As the Long Lineage began its ancestral worship ceremony, Long Lin prepared to receive the Dragon Ancestor’s baptism.

• Zhao Jinyong admitted that Long Lin had allied with the Blood Soul Sect to obtain Mystic Underworld Blood Crystals and forge the Dragon Soul Treasure Saber to kill Lin Xuan.
• Lin Xuan ordered Zhao Jinyong to lead him to the Long Lineage, dismissing Zhao’s warning about its true dragon heritage.
• Lin Xuan’s eight Primordial Fire Spirit Dragons burned the Blood Soul Sect’s disciples, and he used mystic lightning to destroy the Blackstone Mountain Range.
• Lei Dingxiao and more than seven hundred thousand cultivators followed Lin Xuan as he escorted Zhao Jinyong toward Primordial God Mountain.
• At the Long Lineage’s ancestral worship ceremony, Long Aotian addressed the three million assembled members, while Long Lin anticipated receiving the Dragon Ancestor’s baptism.

Lin Xuan confronted the Long family over Long Lin’s plot to kill him and declared that he would take Long Lin’s life. The Dragon Ancestor’s True Dragon Divine Shield appeared to protect Long Lin, but Lin Xuan shattered it with one strike of Five Elements Divine Thunder.

• During the Long family’s ancestral rite, Lin Xuan appeared atop the Dragon Ancestor totem, accompanied by Lei Dingxiao and more than seven hundred thousand cultivators.
• Lin Xuan accused Long Lin of colluding with the Blood Soul Sect to refine the Dragon Soul Treasure Saber, and Zhao Jinyong’s confession confirmed the plot.
• Long Aotian offered to punish Long Lin himself, but Lin Xuan refused to relent and said no one could stop him from taking Long Lin’s life.
• The Dragon Ancestor bestowed the True Dragon Divine Shield on Long Lin, and Long Aotian claimed it could withstand an Ancient God Realm expert’s full-force strike.
• Lin Xuan unleashed Five Elements Divine Thunder, which shattered the True Dragon Divine Shield in a single strike.