Chapter Summaries

After recovering from Nirvana, Wang Daoyuan learned that both sides had suffered heavy casualties and prepared to heal the wounded human cultivators. The devils chose to fortify Heavenly Demon Valley and wait for reinforcements from Absolute Heaven Abyss.

• True Man Lei Yan told Wang Daoyuan that the Violet Gold Exquisite Pagoda had suppressed the Bloodthirsty Heart-Shattering Blade and might absorb its power to reach the fifth rank.
• True Man Feng Yi noticed that Nirvana had awakened a trace of Vermilion Bird Bloodline in Wang Daoyuan, while True Man Lei Yan disputed the Zhou Clan’s connection to it.
• True Man Lei Yan reported that more than twenty Late Golden Core cultivators had died and that most survivors were injured; Wang Daoyuan offered to heal them with his Azure Dragon Pearl.
• Wang Daoyuan placed the Scarlet Luan Nirvana Flame within his Vermillion Bird Manifestation and began restoring his spiritual power.
• At Heavenly Demon Valley, the Nascent Soul devils assessed their losses and agreed to defend behind formations until Nascent Soul cultivators from Absolute Heaven Abyss could emerge.
• Mo Ming identified Wang Daoyuan as True Man Lei Yan’s honorary disciple, a Guest Elder of the Divine Weapon Pavilion, and the wielder of techniques linked to Myriad Beast Valley and Fumo Zhenren.

Wang Daoyuan healed the Human cultivators wounded by the Devil Race while both sides remained locked in a standoff. Two years later, the Violet Gold Exquisite Pagoda recovered to the fifth tier, and Old Ancestor Linglong appeared and questioned Lei Yan about Wang Daoyuan’s cultivation.

• Xue Yuan assured Mo Ting and the other devils that Wang Daoyuan had been fatally wounded, and they began repairing their Defensive Formation.
• Wang Daoyuan used the Crimson Feather Crow’s spiritual fire to expel the Demonic Qi from True Man Han Shuang, then used the Azure Dragon Pearl to heal her.
• Wang Daoyuan treated the Human cultivators, and after a month the Half-step Nascent Soul and Peak Golden Core cultivators had recovered while the two sides remained at a standoff.
• After two years of calm, purple lightning struck Demon Suppressing City, and the Violet Gold Exquisite Pagoda recovered to the fifth tier.
• Old Ancestor Linglong appeared atop the pagoda and asked Lei Yan why Wang Daoyuan did not cultivate the Baoding Lineage’s techniques.

Wang Daoyuan helped Old Ancestor Linglong recover by feeding her spirit fire, and she offered him cultivation guidance. With the Devil Race weakened, the human cultivators launched an assault on Heavenly Demon Valley, where Wang Daoyuan provoked the Devils while Mo Ting warned them against rashly engaging the humans.

• Old Ancestor Linglong ate Wang Daoyuan’s spirit fires and agreed to remain with the Violet Gold Exquisite Pagoda after he promised to provide her more Rootless Fire.
• Over the next half year, Linglong guided Wang Daoyuan in cultivation as her strength recovered to rival True Man Lei Yan’s.
• True Man Lei Yan gathered the four sect masters and led the human cultivators toward Heavenly Demon Valley, judging the weakened Devil Race vulnerable.
• Wang Daoyuan flew ahead with the Linglong Pagoda and loudly mocked the Devils, provoking their fury.
• Bone Demon challenged Xue Yuan over Wang Daoyuan’s survival, but Mo Ting urged caution because the humans had arrived with the Violet Gold Exquisite Pagoda and many Half-step Nascent Soul Cultivators.

Wang Daoyuan provoked the Devil Race into sending Xue Yuan after him, but the five Nascent Soul devils escaped back into Heavenly Demon Valley. The humans then began probing the valley’s formation, and Linglong told Wang Daoyuan that his Heaven Severing Sword lacked the sword intent needed to unleash its true power.

• After Linglong explained how deeply the Devil Race revered its Heavenly Demon ancestor, Wang Daoyuan insulted the ancestor to provoke the devils into responding.
• Xue Yuan pursued Wang Daoyuan, but Linglong’s Violet Gold Exquisite Pagoda suppressed him until four other Nascent Soul devils intervened and helped him escape.
• Linglong honored his promise to call Wang Daoyuan Big Brother, and True Man Lei Yan shifted the group’s focus to attacking Heavenly Demon Valley’s formation.
• True Man Xuan Tian used the Yin-Yang Compass to probe the formation while cultivators attacked it, but the barrier resisted their efforts.
• Wang Daoyuan struck the barrier with the Heaven Severing Sword, and Linglong said his shallow understanding of sword intent limited the technique’s power.

Wang Daoyuan practiced fusing the White Tiger Sword Intent and Slaughter Sword Intent while helping the cultivators attack Heavenly Demon Valley’s defensive formation. After the sword intents began to fuse, True Man Xuan Tian explained a plan to find and destroy the formation’s eyes, and Wang Daoyuan joined the formation masters analyzing the barrier.

• Wang Daoyuan asked Linglong for guidance and used the Sword Shadow Divine Light Technique to attack the formation with the White Tiger Sword Intent and Slaughter Sword Intent.
• Linglong described the Taiyi Sword Sect’s method of forcibly suppressing multiple sword intents together, and Wang Daoyuan tried it while attacking with ten sword shadows.
• Wang Daoyuan attacked the formation for a day, and the repulsion between his two sword intents dwindled until they stayed fused without his divine sense suppressing them.
• True Man Xuan Tian used the Yin-Yang Compass to explain that the formation’s eyes remained fixed even as its spiritual energy flow changed, and proposed striking one formation eye with combined force.
• More than twenty fourth-order Formation Masters gathered aboard a flying warship to analyze the barrier’s spiritual energy paths, and Wang Daoyuan joined them to study the formation.

Wang Daoyuan and the human cultivators attacked the Heavenly Demon Valley formation, using a war of attrition to weaken the Devil Race while Wang Daoyuan merged his sword intents. As he fought, the force beneath Absolute Heaven Abyss drew him into sudden enlightenment as he sought to comprehend the Returning Origin Sword Intent.

• True Man Xuan Tian identified the formation’s northern eye and directed True Man Lei Yan and the other cultivators to attack it.
• True Man Lei Yan used the Violet Gold Exquisite Pagoda to suppress the formation eye while the cultivators struck the marked spot.
• Wang Daoyuan proposed wearing down the Devil Race by rotating attacks, and the human cultivators maintained the assault for three days.
• Wang Daoyuan’s White Tiger Sword Intent and Slaughter Sword Intent fused as he sensed a related force at the Bottom of Absolute Heaven Abyss.
• During another attack on the weakening formation, Wang Daoyuan immersed himself in his sword intent and entered sudden enlightenment.

Wang Daoyuan entered enlightenment as he broke the Heavenly Demon Valley Defensive Formation, gaining a powerful sword technique and killing a Half-step Nascent Soul Blood Demon. The Devil Race retreated into dense Demonic Qi, while Wang Daoyuan failed to kill Mo Ming but claimed the Taiyi Divine Sword and joined the humans in holding their ground.

• Wang Daoyuan entered a state of enlightenment and saw a sword in his consciousness as his sword shadows broke the Heavenly Demon Valley Defensive Formation.
• A Half-step Nascent Soul Blood Demon charged Wang Daoyuan, but he trapped and instantly killed it with the Heaven Sealing Sword Prison.
• Wang Daoyuan summoned a giant sword that forced Mo Ming to flee, then received the Taiyi Divine Sword from True Man Yun Jian and pursued him.
• Mo Ting shattered Wang Daoyuan's giant sword, and Xue Yuan helped shield Mo Ming from a later strike that wounded him but failed to kill him.
• Mo Ting ordered the Devil Race to retreat; human cultivators killed the remaining Golden Core devils, and the Heavenly Secret Sect set up formations to guard the valley.

Wang Daoyuan explained how he fused sword intent and agreed to share his insights with the Taiyi Sword Sect, while refusing to keep its only Taiyi Divine Sword. With the sealed pit’s formation too damaged to repair, the cultivators chose to weaken the Devil Race from outside, beginning with a Spirit Gathering Formation.

• True Man Yun Jian asked Wang Daoyuan how he had resonated with the Taiyi Divine Sword, and Wang Daoyuan explained that enlightenment had helped him fuse sword intent and comprehend the Demon Slaying Sword.
• True Man Yun Jian offered Wang Daoyuan the Taiyi Divine Sword and its refining method in exchange for guidance, but Wang Daoyuan agreed only to borrow the sword and accepted the refining method.
• Wang Daoyuan showed True Man Yun Jian the Broken Sword and Golden Book that had helped him comprehend sword intent, and True Man Yun Jian copied the relevant passages before returning the Golden Book.
• True Man Xuan Tian reported that the Devil Race was trapped in the sealed pit but that its damaged Formation Eye made repairing the seal impossible.
• Wang Daoyuan proposed gathering spiritual energy around the pit and using his Golden Crow's Natal Spirit Fire to wear down the Devil Race, and the cultivators agreed to wait rather than risk a direct assault.
• True Man Xuan Tian began preparing a Spirit Gathering Formation, and three days later the spiritual energy in Heavenly Demon Valley rose sharply.

Wang Daoyuan and the human cultivators burned away the Demonic Qi and formations beneath Heavenly Demon Valley, turning the valley into a vast pit. With their defenses collapsing, the Devil Race’s Nascent Soul cultivators decided to send their weaker members toward Absolute Heaven Abyss while they fought the humans in a desperate breakout.

• Wang Daoyuan covered Heavenly Demon Valley with Five Elements Spirit Fire and used the Meteorite Fire Control Gourd to pour crimson-and-gold flames into the sealing pit.
• True Man Xuan Tian discovered and severed a small underground spirit vein, allowing the flames to advance without interference from the Devil Race’s formation.
• Over two years, Wang Daoyuan, True Man Lei Yan, and other Fire Attribute cultivators took turns sustaining the flames as they exhausted the Demonic Qi below.
• Wang Daoyuan added Dust Returning Flame to the gourd, and after another year the humans withdrew as the burning had turned Heavenly Demon Valley into a vast pit.
• Mo Ting, Blood Abyss, Ice Demon, and the other Devil Race Nascent Soul cultivators agreed to send their Golden Core and weaker members into Absolute Heaven Abyss while they fought the human race and targeted Wang Daoyuan.

The Devil Race launched a desperate assault from Heavenly Demon Pit, forcing Wang Daoyuan and the human cultivators into a decisive battle against five Nascent Soul Devils. The humans held the Devils off while Wind Snow Divine Palace destroyed the fleeing forces, leaving Xue Yuan still battling Wang Daoyuan and True Man Feng Yi.

• Five Nascent Soul Devils emerged from Heavenly Demon Pit and attacked Wang Daoyuan, but the human cultivators intervened to engage them.
• Wang Daoyuan, True Man Feng Yi, and True Man Han Shuang wounded Xue Yuan, while the other human cultivators gained the upper hand against the remaining Devils.
• Four Half-step Nascent Soul Devils led hundreds of Devils south aboard a flying vessel, but Mo Ming broke through the formations blocking their escape.
• True Man Han Shuang and two Wind Snow Divine Palace cultivators unleashed Wind Snow Cold Sky, freezing and shattering the fleeing Devils and their vessel.
• Wang Daoyuan took True Man Han Shuang's place beside True Man Feng Yi to hold off Xue Yuan as she flew south with her fellow cultivators.

Wang Daoyuan and his allies fought the five Nascent Soul Devil Race members, killing or capturing several as the battle turned in their favor. The Soul Devouring Demon then attempted to seize Wang Daoyuan’s body and entered his Sea of Consciousness, where he advanced toward Wang Daoyuan’s Purple Mansion.

• Wang Daoyuan, True Man Feng Yi, and True Man Mo Lin rotated attacks against Xue Yuan while True Man Han Shuang and others overwhelmed the Soul Devouring Demon.
• True Man Lei Yan trapped Mo Ting in a sea of purple flames, while Linglong drew the Ice Demon into the Linglong Pagoda.
• Linglong captured Xue Yuan inside the tower just as he tried to detonate his Nascent Soul, and Wang Daoyuan and his allies turned their attacks on the Soul Devouring Demon.
• True Man Han Shuang froze the Soul Devouring Demon, and Wang Daoyuan shattered his body with the Demon Slaying Sword.
• The Soul Devouring Demon’s Nascent Soul bypassed Wang Daoyuan’s defenses, entered his Sea of Consciousness, and moved toward his Purple Mansion.

Wang Daoyuan fought the Soul Devouring Demon's Nascent Soul inside his Violet Mansion until Yinglong emerged from his Five Elements Divine Beasts phenomenon and subdued the demon. After the demon was burned away, Yinglong absorbed the gray-purple energy released from it, and Wang Daoyuan recorded Yinglong's image to study its divine essence.

• The Soul Devouring Demon suppressed Wang Daoyuan's Five Elements Divine Beasts and prepared to attack his Violet Mansion, but bright yellow radiance dispelled the demon's black qi and Law Power.
• The Five Elements Divine Beasts merged into Yinglong, which suppressed and captured the Soul Devouring Demon's Nascent Soul.
• Linglong entered the Violet Mansion, learned Wang Daoyuan was safe, and returned outside after reporting that Lei Yan had defeated the Thunder Demon and Linglong had suppressed the Bone Demon.
• Wang Daoyuan burned the Soul Devouring Demon's Nascent Soul with Crimson Sun True Fire, while Yinglong absorbed the gray-purple energy released from it.
• Wang Daoyuan engraved a visualization diagram of Yinglong in his Violet Mansion so he could study its divine essence.

After the Soul Devouring Demon's Nascent Soul was destroyed, Wang Daoyuan passed inspections proving he had not been possessed and received recognition for his role in defeating the Devil Race. He claimed the first merit and secured a fourth-tier flying warship refining method and five hundred years of protection for the Wang Clan, clearing the way for his journey to the Seven Stars Sea Cultivation World.

• Wang Daoyuan destroyed the Soul Devouring Demon's Nascent Soul with the heavenly tribulation power within him, then passed tests with the Five Elements Subduing Demon Seal and Hundred Beasts Mirror.
• Wang Daoyuan returned the Taiyi Divine Sword to True Man Yun Jian, who gave him a Taiyi Sword Sect Guest Elder token.
• Wang Daoyuan told Linglong to refine the imprisoned Ice Demon and Bone Demon, and the Violet Gold Exquisite Pagoda absorbed their spiritual power.
• After cultivators inspected Demon Quelling Mountain and found its formations intact, the four great sects rewarded those who had fought the Devil Race.
• Wang Daoyuan received first merit and requested the fourth-tier flying warship refining method and five hundred years of protection for the Wang Clan.
• True Man Yun Jian granted both requests on behalf of the four great sects, allowing Wang Daoyuan to leave Northern Abyss without worrying about his clan.

Wang Daoyuan returned to Heavenly Demon Valley to destroy Wang Ming's soul after showing him that the Devil Race had been eradicated, then joined the celebrations at Treasure Cauldron Mountain. With True Man Lei Yan's help, he improved the Spirit Gathering Bead and prepared to refine a fourth-order flying warship for his journey to the Seven Stars Sea Cultivation World.

• Wang Daoyuan released Wang Ming's weakened soul at Heavenly Demon Valley, showed him the Devil Race's destruction, and burned him away with Gui Water Nether Flame.
• Wang Daoyuan returned to Demon Suppressing City as the rewards were distributed and the remaining cultivators headed back to Treasure Cauldron Mountain.
• Wang Daoyuan and Wang Daoyin returned to a celebratory welcome at Treasure Cauldron Mountain, where True Man Lei Yan gave a month-long Dao lecture.
• True Man Lei Yan gave Wang Daoyuan the fourth-order flying warship refining method and agreed to improve his Spirit Gathering Bead.
• True Man Lei Yan improved the Spirit Gathering Bead, and Wang Daoyuan refined a Low-grade Fourth-order version with stable spiritual power output.
• Wang Daoyuan planned to use the improved Spirit Gathering Bead to power a fourth-order flying warship for his journey to the Seven Stars Sea Cultivation World.

Wang Daoyuan returned from the Southern Wilderness, reunited with his family, and began preparing to refine a fourth-order flying warship. After advising Wang Mingchen about cultivation and future rule, he studied the warship’s complex spiritual-power conversion artifact.

• True Man Lei Yan gave Wang Daoyuan an unfinished-core flying warship for study and a jade talisman for contacting the Divine Weapon Pavilion.
• Wang Daoyuan returned to Jade Spring Peak, where Wang Mingchen and Qingli Commandery’s subordinate forces welcomed him.
• Wang Daoyuan advised Wang Mingchen to strengthen his cultivation foundation, develop alchemy and artifact refining, and learn to govern before inheriting the throne.
• Zhou Luan welcomed Wang Daoyuan and questioned him about the Ice Demon, then learned that the Ice Demon had been refined by the Violet Lightning Divine Flame.
• After spending more than two months with Zhou Luan, Wang Daoyuan began studying fourth-order flying warships and their spiritual-power conversion artifact.

Wang Daoyuan refined and tested two fourth-order flying warships, then delegated Spirit Gathering Bead production to his capable avatars. He also reforged the White Tiger Blade until it could contain his Returning Origin Sword Intent and still fuse with his other Natal Artifacts.

• Wang Daoyuan spent three years refining a spiritual power conversion device and another year completing a fourth-order flying warship, which his clansmen tested for speed and combat strength.
• He refined a second, more durable flying warship and planned to take both to sea while leaving True Man Lei Yan’s ship for the Lineage to study.
• Wang Daoyuan calculated how many Spirit Gathering Beads the ships would need and assigned his artifact-refining avatars to make them.
• He decided to focus on sword cultivation and planned to combine his five Natal Artifacts into an Yinglong Demon Slaying Sword.
• Wang Daoyuan spent five years and more than thirty attempts improving the White Tiger Blade until it could accommodate the Returning Origin Sword Intent and still fuse with the other four Natal Artifacts.

Wang Daoyuan tended the Lineage’s resources, helped the Hollow Willow advance by nourishing it with Life Spirit Fire, and prepared to leave for the Seven Stars Sea Cultivation World. He returned to Jade Spring Peak and announced that Wang Mingchen would take over Qingli Commandery.

• Wang Daoyuan decided to postpone modifying his other Natal Artifacts until after traveling to the Seven Stars Sea Cultivation World and advancing to Nascent Soul.
• Wang Daoyuan reviewed the Spirit Pearl Space’s spiritual plants, transplanted nine True Essence Fruit trees, and left their care to the Lineage’s Spirit Planters.
• Wang Daoyuan placed low-grade Fourth-order Life Spirit Fire at the Hollow Willow’s roots, and the tree absorbed its vitality without harming Green Willow Secret Realm.
• Wang Daoyuan refined ten batches of Golden Core Pills, produced twenty-five pills, and entrusted twenty to Fifth Uncle-Grandfather for the Lineage’s future core-forming cultivators.
• The Hollow Willow advanced to low-grade First-order, slightly increasing Green Willow Secret Realm’s spiritual energy, and Wang Daoyuan saved one of its branches to try growing it as a cutting.
• Wang Daoyuan returned to Jade Spring Peak and told Wang Mingshan, Wang Dezhao, and Wang Mingchen that he intended to abdicate in Wang Mingchen’s favor.

Wang Daoyuan passed the Qingli County King title to Wang Mingchen and prepared to leave for the Seven Stars Sea Cultivation World. After the succession ceremony, True Man Lei Yan arrived with Wang Daoyin and offered supplies for Wang Daoyuan’s voyage.

• Wang Daoyuan gave Wang Mingshan more than thirty Purple Cloud Wood Hearts and set the succession ceremony for half a year later.
• Wang Daoyuan assured Zhou Luan that Wang Mingchen would have the resources to cultivate and promised to return from the Seven Stars Sea to help her reach the Nascent Soul stage.
• Zhao Jingguo read the Zhao Emperor’s decree, and Wang Daoyuan handed the seal and ceremonial sword to Wang Mingchen, who was acclaimed as Qingli County King.
• True Man Lei Yan arrived with Wang Daoyin and Wang Mingting, then explained that he would stay in Qingli Commandery and help deter troublemakers.
• Wang Daoyuan told True Man Lei Yan that he had refined two flying warships and prepared Spirit Gathering Beads for his voyage.
• True Man Lei Yan gave Wang Daoyuan more than sixty Spirit Gathering Beads and fourth-rank spiritual jade, then went to taste Dao Shu’s cooking and advise Zhao Liang.

Wang Daoyuan prepared to leave for the Seven Stars Sea Cultivation World, arranging protection for the Wang Clan and giving Zhou Luan a Black Demon Robe. After bidding farewell to his family, he began the journey east from Wan Chuan Market and reached Linhai Prefecture.

• Wang Daoyuan asked True Man Lei Yan to refine two Black Demon Robes and arranged which spirit beasts and avatars would stay with the Lineage and which would accompany him.
• Wang Daoyuan reassured Zhou Luan, left Fang Hu and Yao Long to guard Northern Mountain Market and Qingli Market, and gave Zhou Luan his previous Black Demon Robe.
• Wang Daoyuan retrieved the Split Souls of Cui Ming and Qian Feng, then received the two new Black Demon Robes from True Man Lei Yan.
• Wang Daoyuan bid farewell to his clansmen, entrusted Wang Mingchen to Wang Zhian and Wang Shouye, and gave him the Taiyi Sword Sect Guest Elder token.
• Wang Daoyuan piloted his flying warship from Jade Spring Peak through Wan Chuan River Valley and arrived in Linhai Prefecture.

Wang Daoyuan traveled east from Linhai Prefecture toward the open sea, where he encountered the Jade Scale Flood Dragon and Deep Sea Ink Dragon he had fought before. He defeated the Jade Scale Flood Dragon and brought it down over the sea.

• King of Linhai and Gu Chengfeng welcomed Wang Daoyuan near Wan Chuan River Valley and gave him aged wine for his journey.
• Wang Daoyuan passed the Wan Chuan River estuary, avoided entering Myriad Beast Valley, and released Ruan Chang to control the flying warship while he studied the Ying Dragon's Divine Bearing.
• On the second night at sea, the Jade Scale Flood Dragon and Deep Sea Ink Dragon blocked Wang Daoyuan's path and demanded revenge.
• The Deep Sea Ink Dragon fled when Wang Daoyuan displayed his Returning Origin Sword Intent, while the Jade Scale Flood Dragon used its Azure Dragon Phantom to fight him.
• Wang Daoyuan combined his White Tiger Blade, Sword Qi, and Grand Unity Golden Flame to break the phantom and fatally strike the fleeing Jade Scale Flood Dragon.