Chapter Summaries

Cheng Buzheng discussed the Dao with Island-Moving Venerable, secretly using his Dharma Body’s illusory Chaos Law to prevent Island-Moving Venerable from gaining insight while learning the Metal Law from him. Afterward, Cheng Buzheng planned to approach other cultivators to complete his Five Elements Laws and prepare for reshaping his spiritual root and advancing toward Void Refinement.

• Cheng Buzheng agreed to discuss the Dao with Island-Moving Venerable for up to three months, and they swore heart-demon oaths before beginning.
• Island-Moving Venerable studied Cheng Buzheng’s illusory Chaos Law, while Cheng Buzheng comprehended Island-Moving Venerable’s Metal Law and gained one Metal Law particle.
• At the end of three months, Island-Moving Venerable stopped the discussion, regretting that he had gained nothing while Cheng Buzheng had grasped the Metal Law’s essence.
• After Island-Moving Venerable left, Cheng Buzheng revealed that his Dharma Body’s law runes could not be truly comprehended and checked his progress on the Heavenly Jade Disc panel.
• Cheng Buzheng resolved to find candidates for the remaining Five Elements Laws, then restored his depleted soul strength with Spirit Medicine.

Cheng Buzheng, disguised as Venerable Peach Blossom, visited Venerable Canghai and proposed a Dao discussion to gain insights for the coming war against the Purgatory Race. Meanwhile, True Lord Mingxiang and the other Half-Venerables cautiously approached Purgatory Continent, used the Heaven-Peering Mirror to survey the distance, and prepared to continue their journey.

• Cheng Buzheng, posing as Venerable Peach Blossom, visited Venerable Canghai and persuaded him to discuss the Dao under a great oath of the heart demon.
• True Lord Mingxiang and the other Half-Venerables traveled through the Forbidden Sea for three months and spotted a blood-red expanse near the horizon, finding no Desolate Beasts along the way.
• True Lord Mingxiang stopped the group to check whether they had reached the Heaven-Peering Mirror's detection range, and the Half-Venerables agreed to survey from a safe distance.
• True Lord Mingxiang and the others set up defenses on a desolate island and poured their Magic Power into the Heaven-Peering Mirror to scan the blood-red sea.
• True Lord Mingxiang estimated they needed to travel another half-day before the mirror could observe Purgatory Continent, so the group rested and restored their Magic Power.
• Half-Venerable Ao Lei used a jade pendant to conceal and transport the group after they had recovered and packed away their formation.

True Lord Mingxiang and the other Half-Venerables used the Heaven-Peering Mirror to survey Purgatory Continent, but a deadly blood-red light struck back through the mirror and forced them to flee. Ao Lei died as the others escaped, while True Lord Mingxiang regrouped elsewhere without realizing his fate.

• True Lord Mingxiang used the Heaven-Peering Mirror and warned the Half-Venerables to retreat another fifteen hundred li, but Ao Lei and most of the others chose to proceed.
• The Half-Venerables activated their array and used the mirror to peer through the Blood Baleful Mist toward Purgatory Continent.
• A powerful blood-red light attacked through the mirror, overwhelming its power and forcing True Lord Mingxiang and the others to activate their Teleportation Talismans.
• The blood-red light shattered the fourth-rank Great Array and killed Ao Lei before the remaining Half-Venerables escaped.
• True Lord Mingxiang arrived elsewhere in the Forbidden Sea, destroyed her spent Teleportation Talisman, and set out to rendezvous with the others, unaware that Ao Lei was dead.

Fei and the other Half-Venerables found Ao Lei dead on the seabed, killed by the mysterious bloody light that had struck during their escape. True Lord Mingxiang claimed Ao Lei’s corpse and the group returned to Demon Venerable Nether Sea, leaving the bloody light’s source unresolved.

• Fei used the positioning tray to locate Ao Lei, and Sha Gu and the other Half-Venerables joined him above the Forbidden Sea.
• The group found Ao Lei’s enormous Flood Dragon body on the seabed and identified a small fatal wound on its brow.
• The Half-Venerables realized the bloody light had likely killed Ao Lei while they escaped, then restrained their greed because Demon Venerable Nether Sea would punish anyone who took his remains.
• True Lord Mingxiang stored Ao Lei’s corpse and led the group away from the seabed.
• Demon Venerable Nether Sea opened a spatial rift and drew True Lord Mingxiang and the others through it.

Demon Venerable Nether Sea questioned True Lord Mingxiang and the other cultivators about Ao Lei’s death, then used a secret art to replay the events preserved in Ao Lei’s corpse. After seeing their greed for Ao Lei’s body, he rebuked the Half-Venerables, transported the group back to the Boundless Sea, and sent True Lord Mingxiang to deliver a message to Moving Island.

• True Lord Mingxiang reported that Purgatory Continent’s Blood Baleful Mist had thinned, its Desolate Beasts had vanished, and a terrifying presence might be hidden there.
• Demon Venerable Nether Sea asked where Ao Lei was, and True Lord Mingxiang gave him Ao Lei’s remains and recounted how Ao Lei had died.
• Demon Venerable Nether Sea used a secret art to reveal scenes of Ao Lei’s death and the cultivators’ covetous looks at his corpse, then treated True Lord Mingxiang more gently than the others.
• Demon Venerable Nether Sea transported the group to a seabed cave and reminded them to keep the teleportation array’s location secret under their Heart Demon Oath.
• Demon Venerable Nether Sea asked True Lord Mingxiang to tell Moving Island that he would return to his clan and arrive within half a month, and the cultivators departed for Seal Boundary Ancient City.

Cheng Buzheng ended his Dao discussion with Venerable Canghai after receiving word that the human-demon alliance meeting was beginning, then continued cultivating the Water Law while his Dharma body went to Seal Boundary Ancient City. At the meeting, Island-Moving Venerable began presenting intelligence from returning juniors, while the Golden Flood Dragon Ancestors questioned the absence of their clan’s Immortal Seedling.

• Venerable Canghai said he had failed to gain insight into Cheng Buzheng’s Water Law, and the two ended their discussion after receiving urgent messages.
• Cheng Buzheng checked his progress and found that he had comprehended 0.6 of a Water Law particle, then resumed cultivating it with his true body.
• Island-Moving Venerable opened the assembly at Seal Boundary Ancient City and explained that Venerable Nether Sea would be absent for half a month and that the meeting would share intelligence rather than make decisions.
• True Lord Mingxiang and four other Mortal Cultivators entered the hall and paid their respects to the gathered human and demon seniors.
• The Golden Flood Dragon Ancestors noticed their clan’s Immortal Seedling was missing, but another Demon Venerable warned them that Demon Venerable Nether Sea likely knew the circumstances.

True Lord Mingxiang and the other Half-Venerables reported strange changes in the Forbidden Sea, and Venerable Zongbao showed the gathered powers their recorded images. The evidence revealed that the Blood Baleful Mist had thinned and that a terrifying blood light within it had grown stronger; after the Heaven-Peering Mirror’s power ran out, Island-Moving Venerable let the surviving juniors keep their rewards.

• True Lord Mingxiang and the other Half-Venerables recounted the Forbidden Sea’s abnormalities, including the disappearance of the Desolate Beasts and Ao Lei’s death.
• True Lord Mingxiang presented the Heaven-Peering Mirror, and Venerable Zongbao used it to display the expedition’s recorded images.
• The images showed that the Blood Baleful Mist had thinned and revealed a blood light that violently churned the mist and drove the view backward.
• Venerable Peach Blossom recognized the blood light as more powerful than before, while True Lord Mingxiang recalled that a mysterious senior’s secret art had helped her sense danger and escape.
• Venerable Zongbao explained that the Realm Pearl’s power had been exhausted, and Island-Moving Venerable allowed the five surviving Half-Venerables to keep their bestowed treasures.

Venerable Zongbao proved that the Realm Pearl’s law-origin power had been exhausted, while Cheng Buzheng secretly examined the Realm Pearl and Heaven-Peering Mirror and inferred that the Alliance was concealing a powerful Spirit Treasure. Venerable Zongbao then used the mirror to enlarge the mysterious bloodlight, revealing a tiny blood sword to the gathered experts.

• Venerable Zongbao presented the Realm Pearl for inspection, and Island-Moving Venerable and the other experts confirmed its law-origin power was depleted.
• Cheng Buzheng examined the Realm Pearl and Heaven-Peering Mirror, discovered their Spirit Restrictions were connected, and suspected a complete Heaven-Peering Mirror was a concealed offensive Spirit Treasure.
• Cheng Buzheng confirmed that Venerable Zongbao had not withheld any law origin and resolved to keep his identity and abilities secret.
• Venerable Zongbao apologized to Venerable Peach Blossom for doubting his report about a terrifying powerhouse in Purgatory Continent.
• Venerable Zongbao activated the Heaven-Peering Mirror and enlarged the streak of bloodlight until the gathered experts saw a tiny blood sword formed from scarlet runes.

Island-Moving Venerable persuaded the human and demon elders to join forces against the powerful Purgatory Clan expert, despite their fears that he was a Void Refinement cultivator. After the meeting, Cheng Buzheng sought to discuss the Law of Earth with Demon Venerable Xuanba, but when Xuanba declined, he set his sights on Venerable Scattered Soul.

• Island-Moving Venerable and Venerable Peach Blossom confirmed that neither could match the Purgatory Clan expert's Sword of Laws, and Cheng Buzheng judged that the expert was likely above Spirit Transformation.
• Island-Moving Venerable offered to let anyone withdraw, but Divine Baleful Venerable and the other elders stayed after he warned that leaving would forfeit their chance to ascend and abandon their races to the enemy.
• Island-Moving Venerable urged the human and demon races to attack soon, arguing that the Purgatory Clan expert had likely suffered a mishap, then ended the meeting and ordered preparations for their departure in half a month.
• Cheng Buzheng invited Demon Venerable Xuanba to discuss the Dao and exchange insights into the Law of Earth, but Xuanba declined because he needed to arrange his clan's affairs before the battle.
• Cheng Buzheng decided to approach Venerable Scattered Soul, who also cultivated the Law of Earth and might have time, and left to find him.

Cheng Buzheng, disguised as Venerable Peach Blossom, approached Demon Venerable Scattered Soul to discuss the Law of Earth before the coming battle with the Purgatory Clan. After weighing the risks and possible benefits, Scattered Soul agreed, though he first planned to speak with his junior brothers.

• Cheng Buzheng signaled Demon Venerable Scattered Soul at the Alliance Venerable Hall, and Scattered Soul left his fellow Primordial Soul Palace cultivators to meet him.
• Cheng Buzheng invited Scattered Soul to a pavilion and set up soundproofing restrictions, while Scattered Soul suspected he was being recruited into an alliance.
• Cheng Buzheng explained that he wanted to discuss the Dao and learn from Scattered Soul’s mastery of the Law of Earth to improve his chances of surviving the coming battle.
• Cheng Buzheng assured Scattered Soul that they could swear a Heart Demon Great Oath and explained that Demon Venerable Xuanba had declined because he needed to return to his clan.
• Scattered Soul decided the discussion could benefit them both and agreed, saying he would first inform his junior brothers.

Demon Venerable Nether Sea entered the Golden Flood Dragon Clan’s Dragon Tomb and examined ancient reliefs that suggested a terrifying being from the past might return, so he took the Inheritance Dragon Pearl to protect his clan. Meanwhile, Cheng Buzheng ended his half-month discussion of the Dao with Demon Venerable Scattered Soul, who offered to help him comprehend the Law of Earth.

• Demon Venerable Nether Sea arrived at the Golden Flood Dragon Clan’s undersea canyon, and two Half-Venerables opened the Dragon Tomb for him with dragon talismans.
• Demon Venerable Nether Sea entered the Dragon Tomb, calmed the Ghost Flood Dragons with his clan’s bloodline aura, and made his way to the Inheritance Hall.
• Demon Venerable Nether Sea studied reliefs of a cultivator fighting a blood-red monster and suspected that a terrifying being might not have perished.
• Demon Venerable Nether Sea prayed to his ancestors, took the Inheritance Dragon Pearl, and left the hall to preserve the Golden Flood Dragon Clan’s inheritance.
• Cheng Buzheng concluded his half-month discussion of the Dao with Demon Venerable Scattered Soul, who offered to help him complete his Law of Earth.

Cheng Buzheng reflected on his progress with the Five Elements Laws, then joined Spirit Transformation leaders in preparing a joint expedition against the threat hidden in Purgatory Continent. After the assembled forces swore Heart Demon Great Oaths, their legions and leaders teleported to the Forbidden Sea and set out aboard warships.

• Cheng Buzheng reviewed his Law comprehension and concluded that compatibility would shape his future cultivation before returning to his study of the Laws.
• At the Alliance Venerable Hall, Island-Moving Venerable proposed that the gathered leaders swear Heart Demon Great Oaths, and Cheng Buzheng and the others agreed.
• The leaders revised Island-Moving Venerable's oath template, swore the completed oaths, and ordered the forces to depart.
• The human and demon legions assembled at Seal Boundary Ancient City's teleportation plaza and were sent in batches to the Forbidden Sea.
• Island-Moving Venerable and the other Spirit Transformation leaders teleported to the Forbidden Sea, where the forces boarded warships and sailed toward the horizon.

The allied human and demon armies set out for Purgatory Continent, where Cheng Buzheng discovered a concealed Desolate Beast and learned from its memories that the Purgatory Clan had hunted the others. As the armies waited outside the Blood Baleful Mist, the Purgatory Progenitor ordered his forces to hold them back while he continued recovering, and Cheng Buzheng suspected Demon Venerable Nether Sea was waiting to locate and kill the mysterious blood-light wielder.

• Venerable Peach Blossom halted the allied armies, drew a hidden Desolate Beast from the seabed, and learned through soul-searching that the Purgatory Clan had encircled and suppressed the Desolate Beasts.
• Venerable Peach Blossom released the Desolate Beast, and Demon Venerable Nether Sea urged the armies to continue toward Purgatory Continent.
• Cheng Buzheng noticed that the Blood Baleful Mist was thinning and suspected the mysterious expert within Purgatory Continent was using it to heal injuries.
• The Purgatory Progenitor ordered the Divine Envoys and priests to keep the human and demon armies outside the Blood Baleful Mist and instructed them to follow the second plan.
• Venerable Zongbao used the restored Heaven-Peering Mirror to watch for the blood-light sword, while Cheng Buzheng suspected Demon Venerable Nether Sea was preparing a killing strike against its owner.

Demon Venerable Nether Sea and most of the Spirit Transformation cultivators voted to attack the Purgatory Continent, beginning a battle inside the Blood Baleful Mist. Cheng Buzheng discovered how the Purgatory Situ used [Progenitor's Divine Bestowal] to form a resilient monster, but the captives vanished before he could interrogate them, and a signal on his Jade Tray drew him away.

• Demon Venerable Nether Sea urged an immediate attack, and the cultivators voted three-quarters in favor before the armies charged into the Blood Baleful Mist.
• Island-Moving Venerable identified the bloody radiance as [Blood Prison Space], while the Purgatory Clan's magic trapped some legions and let others press ahead.
• Cheng Buzheng entered the mist and watched the Golden Flood Dragon Imperial Guard battle a blood-colored monster formed by Purgatory Clan Situ.
• Cheng Buzheng recognized the monster as the result of the Situ using [Progenitor's Divine Bestowal] together, then wounded it with a sword strike and ordered the captured Situ taken for questioning.
• The Purgatory Clan Situ vanished into the Blood Baleful Mist before Cheng Buzheng could stop them, and he left after his Jade Tray began flashing while the injured Golden Flood Dragon withdrew.

Demon Venerable Scattered Soul battled a Purgatory Clan priest and struggled against its blood-colored monster until Venerable Peach Blossom arrived to help. The priest then merged with the monster and drew in the surrounding Blood Baleful Mist, greatly increasing its power as the fight continued.

• The Purgatory Clan priest overwhelmed Demon Venerable Scattered Soul with blood flames and a summoned monster, breaking his shield and tearing apart his Law Spirit Body.
• Demon Venerable Scattered Soul reassembled from his Mysterious Yellow particles and called for Venerable Peach Blossom to arrive before his losses grew worse.
• Cheng Buzheng revealed himself as Venerable Peach Blossom, and Demon Venerable Scattered Soul joined him against the priest and its monster.
• Cheng Buzheng struck the priest and sent it flying, while Demon Venerable Scattered Soul remained locked in battle with the weakened monster.
• The priest merged with the blood-colored monster and absorbed the surrounding Blood Baleful Mist, causing its aura to surge again.

Cheng Buzheng and Old Devil Scattered Soul fought a Purgatory Clan priest empowered by the Blood Baleful Mist, but the priest escaped after detonating much of his law origin. Cheng Buzheng said the weakened priest would be unable to appear again for some time.

• The Purgatory Clan priest used the Blood Baleful Mist to transform into a middle-stage Spirit Transformation monster, but Cheng Buzheng destroyed it with a single sword strike.
• The priest reconstructed his body, and Old Devil Scattered Soul emerged from hiding after secretly striking him with a flying needle.
• Cheng Buzheng sealed the area with his law sword while Old Devil Scattered Soul attacked with his treasure gourd, forcing the priest to detonate his law origin.
• The priest’s explosion shattered Cheng Buzheng’s sealed space, allowing the priest to resonate with the Blood Baleful Mist and escape.
• Old Devil Scattered Soul reformed after the blast, and Cheng Buzheng explained that the priest had lost more than half his law origin and would not appear again soon.

Cheng Buzheng and Old Devil Scattered Soul withdrew to reconsider their strategy as the Purgatory Clan’s Blood Baleful Mist made defeating its Divine Envoys difficult. Elsewhere, Dao Soldier Legions fought two Divine Envoys: Venerable Tianzhao rescued the Spirit Fusion Immortal Sect’s trapped legion, while the Divine Sword Legion disengaged after testing the limits of its strength.

• Cheng Buzheng and Old Devil Scattered Soul agreed to return and discuss the Purgatory Clan’s resistance with the other Fellow Daoists.
• The Spirit-Fusion Immortal Clan’s Giant Spirit Dao Soldier Legion broke out of the Seventh Divine Envoy’s Blood Prison Space, but the Seventh Divine Envoy began corrupting its Array Patterns with Blood Baleful power.
• Venerable Tianzhao arrived, drove the Blood Baleful Mist from the Blood-Armored Divine General, and fought the Seventh Divine Envoy while the legion expelled the corrupting force.
• The Seventh Divine Envoy withdrew as the Dao Soldier Legion regained its ability to move, and Venerable Tianzhao escorted the legion away.
• The Divine Sword Dao Soldier Legion clashed with the Eighth Divine Envoy, whose law-origin attacks eventually halted the legion’s rising sword intent.
• The Divine Sword Dao Soldier Legion withdrew after completing its mission to entangle the Eighth Divine Envoy, who let it go.

Island-Moving Venerable fought the Grand Divine Envoy inside the Blood Baleful Mist, escaped the Blood Prison Space with his spirit treasure, and received a message that made him turn back. Venerable Zongbao and Demon Venerable Nether Sea discussed their failed search and the High Priest as the other cultivators’ status remained uncertain.

• The Grand Divine Envoy trapped Island-Moving Venerable in Blood Prison Space and attacked him with torrents of blood-red lightning.
• Island-Moving Venerable used his spirit treasure to absorb the Blood Baleful Mist and shatter the crimson world, forcing the Grand Divine Envoy to flee.
• Island-Moving Venerable received a message through the Jade Tray and turned back from the depths of the Blood Baleful Mist.
• Venerable Zongbao told Demon Venerable Nether Sea that the Heaven-Peering Mirror could not penetrate the mist and had not found the owner of the trace of aura.
• Demon Venerable Nether Sea said he had encountered the High Priest and withdrawn without reaching Purgatory Continent, then asked whether the other Fellow Daoists had returned.

After the two races withdrew from the Blood Baleful Mist, Island-Moving Venerable proposed establishing a base before discussing how to respond to the Purgatory Clan. At their meeting, the Venerables concluded that the mist gave their enemies major advantages and suspected the Purgatory Clan was hiding something connected to the blood sword's master.

• Venerable Zongbao and Demon Venerable Nether Sea learned from the Golden Flood Dragon Imperial Guard Legion that Venerable Peach Blossom had rescued them, and Nether Sea thanked him for his aid.
• Demon Venerable Nether Sea confirmed that the Purgatory Clan could teleport through the Blood Baleful Mist and gain strength from it, deepening Venerable Zongbao's concern.
• Island-Moving Venerable and the other Venerables decided to establish a base, then joined forces with the two races' legions to raise an enormous island and build an Immortal City.
• Island-Moving Venerable opened a meeting in the new city and explained that the mist's suppression of senses and spatial fluctuations, along with the Purgatory Clan's teleportation, had caused their probe to fail.
• Demon Venerable Xuanba and other Venerables observed that the Purgatory Clan had not pursued them and might be stalling, while Venerable Zongbao and Demon Venerable Nether Sea reported strange activity deep in the mist.
• Demon Venerable Nether Sea suggested that the Purgatory Clan was concealing the situation in Purgatory Continent, possibly because of the master of the blood sword detected by the Heaven-Peering Mirror.

Venerable Wantong revealed that the Blood Baleful Mist was flowing toward Purgatory Continent’s depths, prompting the gathered cultivators to prioritize gathering it rather than risk using their trump cards. Island-Moving Venerable revealed a secret Ten Thousand Immortals Sect formation inheritance, but its extreme requirements left the assembly without an apparent way to use it.

• Venerable Wantong reported sensing the Blood Baleful Mist flowing toward the depths before the Purgatory Clan’s Second Divine Envoy interrupted his investigation.
• Venerable Zongbao argued that a hidden powerhouse might be holding back because it sensed danger, and Cheng Buzheng and most of the assembly agreed to focus on gathering the mist.
• Island-Moving Venerable asked Venerable Seeking the Dao to choose a formation and revealed a secret Ten Thousand Immortals Sect inheritance to him.
• Venerable Seeking the Dao identified the formation as a powerful fifth-rank array that could gather the Blood Baleful Mist and counter the Purgatory Clan’s terrain advantage.
• Venerable Seeking the Dao explained that the formation required a supreme-spirit-treasure-grade Formation Artifact and twelve spirit treasures, leaving the assembly disheartened while Cheng Buzheng coveted the inheritance.