Chapter Summaries

Jiang Yuechu and Wang Ziyu discovered that Ma Dewang planned to give Wu Shisan’s treasured Heart Material to Demon Emperor Juechen in exchange for protecting the Ma Clan. As Juechen arrived at the mansion, Jiang Yuechu headed toward the front courtyard to eat.

• Wang Ziyu and Jiang Yuechu showed Ma Dewang proof that they served Wu Shisan, and Ma Dewang admitted he had prepared Wu Shisan’s Heart Material as part of a dowry for Demon Emperor Juechen.
• Ma Dewang explained that his grandson had angered Juechen, forcing him to offer the treasure and his granddaughter to save the Ma Clan.
• Ma Dewang warned Wang Ziyu and Jiang Yuechu that Juechen was a powerful overlord with hundreds of Great Demons and ties to the Living Soil Lineage.
• Demon Emperor Juechen arrived at the Ma Mansion in a White Bone Chariot escorted by armored demons, and Ma Dewang hurried to greet him.
• Wang Ziyu asked Jiang Yuechu what they should do, and she calmly set off for the front courtyard to eat.

Demon Emperor Juechen arrived at Ma Mansion to take Ma Dewang’s granddaughter as his concubine, publicly belittled the human clan, and began the feast on his own terms. As the Demon Emperors questioned why he had granted the Ma Clan any formal status, the reason for his unusual behavior remained unrevealed.

• Demon Emperor Juechen arrived at Ma Mansion in a White Bone Chariot and mocked the human guests and the Ma Clan for making a spectacle of his concubinage.
• Ma Dewang swallowed his humiliation, asked Juechen to begin the ceremony, and announced the auspicious hour after Juechen agreed.
• Demon Emperor Juechen ignored the prepared rites and took the seat of honor, where the other Demon Emperors toasted him.
• A massive bear demon asked Juechen why he had given the Ma Clan’s eldest young lady formal concubine status when he could have taken her by force.
• The Demon Emperors listened closely as Juechen’s unusual decision raised suspicions about his true motives.

Demon Emperor Juechen concealed his hunt for the Ma Clan’s top-grade Heart Material behind a wedding, then demanded the item from Ma Dewang. After finding only dowry treasures in the inner courtyard, Juechen threatened Ma Dewang, who claimed he had hidden the Heart Material elsewhere.

• Demon Emperor Juechen dismissed the wedding as amusement while secretly planning to obtain the Ma Clan’s top-grade Heart Material to strengthen his future cultivation.
• Juechen left the banquet and ordered Ma Dewang to take him to the item, ignoring Ma Dewang’s attempt to preserve the Ma Clan’s dignity.
• Juechen entered the inner courtyard alone while the deer demon guards waited outside.
• Ma Dewang led Juechen into a room filled with the Ma Clan’s treasures, but Juechen found no Heart Material among the chests he overturned.
• Juechen accused Ma Dewang of deceiving him and released his killing intent, so Ma Dewang explained that he had hidden the item and promised to fetch it.

Ma Dewang retrieved the Water-Fire Cold Smoke Coal for Demon Emperor Juechen, but Jiang Yuechu confronted him before he could deliver it. She struck Juechen into the banquet courtyard and faced the assembled demons, declaring that it was her turn to feast.

• Ma Dewang retrieved the Water-Fire Cold Smoke Coal from a hidden compartment in the Ma Clan’s ancestral shrine and hurried back to Demon Emperor Juechen.
• Jiang Yuechu appeared in the corridor and demanded that Ma Dewang hand over the stone box.
• Demon Emperor Juechen burst out of the room and confronted Jiang Yuechu, but she vanished and attacked him with a powerful kick.
• Jiang Yuechu’s strike sent Juechen crashing through the Ma Mansion’s walls and into the front courtyard, where he lay badly injured.
• The assembled demons rose to face Jiang Yuechu as she emerged from the ruins and said it was her turn to have a bite.

Jiang Yuechu fought the demons at Ma Mansion’s wedding feast, slaughtering nearly the entire horde with her strength and the Seven White Body-Breaking Method. When the lightning faded, only seven figures remained standing, including Demon Emperor Juechen.

• Demon Emperor Juechen urged the demons to attack Jiang Yuechu, and hundreds of Great Demons charged her.
• Jiang Yuechu caught a bear demon’s attack and hurled him into the horde, crushing more than a dozen Demon Kings.
• Jiang Yuechu evaded several Demon Emperors and pursued the fleeing lesser demons through the courtyard.
• Jiang Yuechu unleashed the Seven White Body-Breaking Method, whose gold-and-white lightning extinguished the demon souls it touched.
• The lightning subsided, leaving only seven figures standing as Demon Emperor Juechen watched Jiang Yuechu with lingering fear.

Jiang Yuechu gained nearly twenty million years of Dao Cultivation before the seven Demon Emperors attacked her with their Primordial Spirits. In Chang'an, Old Red Flood Dragon bemoaned being left behind while Hu Cuihua accompanied His Highness.

• Jiang Yuechu checked her system panel and saw that she had accumulated 18,926,455 years of Dao Cultivation.
• The seven Demon Emperors abandoned their bodies, revealed their Primordial Spirits, and launched a combined attack on Jiang Yuechu.
• Old Red Flood Dragon relaxed at the True Lord Temple while Niu Ben came by after Big Sis went to bed.
• Old Red Flood Dragon boasted about his temple post and mocked Niu Ben for idling around Chang'an.
• Niu Ben reminded Old Red Flood Dragon that His Highness had taken Hu Cuihua on an outing instead of him, leaving the dragon dejected.

Wang Canglan visited the Nine Heavens Zhao Yue Demon-Sweeping True Lord Temple to learn whether Jiang Yuechu was in Chang'an, while concealing his identity and unstable Pure Yang Fire. Old Red Flood Dragon and Niu Ben insisted he worship her statue, leaving Wang Canglan trapped in an increasingly humiliating confrontation.

• Wang Canglan arrived at the temple and claimed to be a Rogue Cultivator who admired the Grand Princess.
• Old Red Flood Dragon welcomed Wang Canglan and boasted about Jiang Yuechu, but said she could not meet just anyone.
• Wang Canglan asked whether Jiang Yuechu was in Chang'an, and Old Red Flood Dragon concealed his uncertainty about her whereabouts.
• Old Red Flood Dragon dragged Wang Canglan toward the statue to offer incense and kowtow, while Wang suppressed his anger and the unstable Pure Yang Fire.
• Wang Canglan tried to postpone worship by claiming he needed to bathe and fast, but Old Red Flood Dragon continued dragging him inside.
• Niu Ben joined Old Red Flood Dragon and threatened to beat Wang Canglan for resisting the temple's demands.

Wang Canglan endured humiliation at the True Lord Temple to learn where Jiang Yuechu had gone. After Old Red Flood Dragon revealed that she had traveled to the You Mountain Range, Wang Canglan left Chang'an City to pursue her.

• Old Red Flood Dragon and Niu Ben forced Wang Canglan to kowtow three times before Jiang Yuechu’s statue.
• Wang Canglan concealed his hatred and claimed he was deeply in love with Jiang Yuechu to learn her whereabouts.
• Old Red Flood Dragon told Wang Canglan that Jiang Yuechu had left on a long journey and named the You Mountain Range as her destination.
• Wang Canglan memorized the location and hurried out of the True Lord Temple toward the streets of Chang'an City.

Jiang Yuechu fought seven Tower-Ascending Realm Demon Emperors at Ma Mansion, killing three before transforming into a True Dragon and terrifying everyone present. As the battle continued, Wang Ziyu blocked Ma Dewang’s escape and revealed that he had trapped Ma Mansion with formations.

• Jiang Yuechu used her abilities to destroy the Primordial Spirits of three Demon Emperors in rapid succession.
• Demon Emperor Juechen attacked Jiang Yuechu, but she caught his blade and overpowered him.
• Jiang Yuechu used Triple Burner Chaos to disrupt the remaining Demon Emperors, then transformed into a True Dragon.
• Ma Dewang tried to flee Ma Mansion through the ruins but encountered Wang Ziyu and a striped tiger.
• Wang Ziyu told Ma Dewang that trapping formations surrounded Ma Mansion and warned him to stay put.

Jiang Yuechu revealed her True Dragon form and crushed the Demon Emperors who had attacked her, forcing the survivors to beg for mercy. She considered using Demon Emperor Juechen’s invitation to Wanchuan to seek resources, then demanded to know whether he had tried to threaten her with his adoptive father.

• Wang Ziyu told Ma Dewang that his formation came from Xuanzhen Grotto-Heaven, and Ma Dewang gave up resisting.
• Jiang Yuechu’s Demon Dragon form terrified Demon Emperor Juechen and the surviving Demon Emperors.
• Demon Emperor Juechen invoked his adoptive father, Elder Tianzhu of Wanchuan, and invited Jiang Yuechu to join the Living Soil Lineage.
• Jiang Yuechu returned to human form and considered using Juechen’s connections to find Heart Material and other cultivation resources in Wanchuan.
• Jiang Yuechu asked whether Juechen had meant to pressure her by invoking his adoptive father, and he denied it in fear.

Jiang Yuechu agreed to travel to Wanchuan with Demon Emperor Juechen, who offered her Water-Fire Cold Smoke Coal and arranged a chariot. After she departed with Wang Ziyu and Hu Cuihua, the survivors at Ma Mansion realized that a True Dragon’s arrival could bring a great upheaval to the You Mountain Range.

• Jiang Yuechu accepted Demon Emperor Juechen’s invitation to go to Wanchuan.
• Demon Emperor Juechen broke Wang Ziyu’s formation, took the stone box from Ma Dewang, and presented its Water-Fire Cold Smoke Coal to Jiang Yuechu.
• Jiang Yuechu summoned Wang Ziyu and Hu Cuihua to join her in the White Bone Chariot, while Juechen and three Demon Emperors escorted them.
• Juechen asked whether he should kill the surviving human cultivators, but Jiang Yuechu told him they were not worth her time.
• The chariot flew toward the western mountains, leaving the survivors at Ma Mansion stunned by the True Dragon’s appearance and fearing upheaval in the You Mountain Range.

Jiang Yuechu traveled toward Wanchuan with Wang Ziyu and Hu Cuihua, maintaining her Demon Emperor disguise while Demon Emperor Juechen escorted them. As they neared the Living Soil Lineage’s territory, Juechen warned her about its powerful demons, but she dismissed his advice.

• Wang Ziyu anxiously tried to signal that they should leave with the Heart Material, but Jiang Yuechu questioned his fidgeting and ignored his concern.
• Jiang Yuechu told Demon Emperor Juechen that Wang Ziyu and Hu Cuihua were lowly attendants she had picked up casually, and Juechen offered to find her better servants at Wanchuan.
• Juechen warned Jiang Yuechu that Wanchuan was guarded by his adoptive father and that several powerful Great Demons there might offend her.
• Jiang Yuechu dismissed Juechen’s advice, and he reassured her that he would manage matters as the chariot continued toward Wanchuan.

Tianzhu’s Wanchuan territory was being squeezed by the allied elders Qingwu and Spirit Turtle, leaving his demons short of mines and spirit herbs. When Young Master Yi returned from Danhua City driving his carriage with several outsiders aboard, Tianzhu and his court were caught off guard.

• A python demon and a bull demon reported that Qingwu and Spirit Turtle had seized Wanchuan’s South Cliff mine and Spirit Herb Valley.
• The Great Demons discussed how the rival elders had steadily taken Wanchuan territory and how Tianzhu lacked enough powerful subordinates to resist them.
• Tianzhu told his demons not to rush over Spirit Herb Valley and asked why Young Master Yi had not returned.
• A rat demon announced that Young Master Yi’s carriage had arrived with several outsiders aboard and that Yi was driving it himself.
• Tianzhu slowly opened his eyes as the demons in the hall reacted with alarm.

Jiang Yuechu arrived at Wanchuan Valley with the injured Demon Emperor Juechen driving her carriage, and Elder Tianzhu ordered her brought straight to him without asking who she was. Jiang Yuechu entered the demon stronghold while Wang Ziyu worried that her disguise might fail, and they reached the doors of Tianzhu's hall.

• A rat demon reported that Juechen had been injured and was driving a stranger's carriage, while three Demon Emperors guarded it.
• Elder Tianzhu ordered his followers to bring Juechen and his guest to him immediately.
• Jiang Yuechu arrived at Wanchuan Valley, where Juechen described the stronghold and its thousands of demons and monsters.
• A rat demon told Juechen that Tianzhu wanted to see his guest without further questions, and Juechen led Jiang Yuechu into the valley.
• Wang Ziyu followed Jiang Yuechu through the demon stronghold, worrying that her human identity might be discovered, until they reached Tianzhu's hall.

Jiang Yuechu accompanied Demon Emperor Juechen to Wanchuan, where Qingyuan challenged her claim to be a True Dragon. She killed Qingyuan with one hand and left the hall’s demons shaken as Elder Tianzhu watched.

• Demon Emperor Juechen introduced Jiang Yuechu to Elder Tianzhu as a powerful True Dragon who had spared him.
• Qingyuan mocked Juechen and demanded that Jiang Yuechu transform into a dragon, while Elder Tianzhu silently allowed the challenge.
• Jiang Yuechu called Qingyuan a worm and seized him, frightening the other Great Demons with a single glance.
• Jiang Yuechu crushed Qingyuan’s face and killed him as Elder Tianzhu opened his eyes.

Jiang Yuechu killed Qingyuan and demanded that Elder Tianzhu give up his seat, provoking him into a fight in Wanchuan. After Elder Tianzhu’s first attack failed and Jiang Yuechu struck him down, he transformed into his enormous Armed Ape form and shattered Black Rock Palace.

• Jiang Yuechu destroyed the python demon Qingyuan’s body, and his Primordial Spirit appealed to Elder Tianzhu for help.
• Elder Tianzhu questioned Jiang Yuechu for killing his subordinate, but she demanded that he stand up and let her take his seat.
• Demon Emperor Juechen and Wang Ziyu were stunned as Elder Tianzhu rose and attacked Jiang Yuechu with his Emerald Bamboo Staff.
• Jiang Yuechu caught the staff, kicked Elder Tianzhu into a stone wall, then hurled the staff back at him.
• Elder Tianzhu declared himself Demon Emperor Tianzhu and revealed his ancient Armed Ape bloodline, growing until he burst apart Black Rock Palace.

Jiang Yuechu killed Elder Tianzhu, claimed the Bone Throne, and was welcomed as the Demon Emperor. After recording Tianzhu’s demon gift, she discovered that Demonic Self-Freedom merged her Primordial Spirit with her body.

• Jiang Yuechu used her Flying Swords and golden seal to force Elder Tianzhu into a kneel, then beheaded him with blood-colored blade auras.
• Jiang Yuechu trapped and destroyed Elder Tianzhu’s fleeing Primordial Spirit, absorbed his demon soul, and stored his corpse and head.
• Jiang Yuechu sat on the Bone Throne, and Demon Emperor Juechen and the other demons knelt to welcome her as their Emperor.
• Jiang Yuechu spent 1,320,000 years of Dao Cultivation to record Demon Emperor Tianzhu and gain the talent Demonic Self-Freedom.
• Jiang Yuechu tested the talent and found that her Primordial Spirit dispersed through her body, making her flesh itself the Primordial Spirit.

At Wanchuan, Demon Emperor Juechen abandoned any thought of avenging Elder Tianzhu and pledged himself and the demons to the figure on the Bone Throne. Meanwhile, Wang Canglan heard rumors of a powerful young woman in Danhua City and set out to investigate, suspecting she was connected to the old Loach.

• The serpent demon condemned the kneeling demons and Juechen for betraying Elder Tianzhu, and Juechen kicked the serpent demon's Primordial Spirit into a cliff.
• Juechen bowed to the figure on the Bone Throne, considered revenge, then decided to stay alive and secure Wanchuan's future by serving the victor.
• Juechen denounced Elder Tianzhu and declared that Wanchuan's demons would serve the Demon Emperor; his trusted Great Demons followed suit.
• Wang Ziyu watched the figure on the Bone Throne and wondered whether the girl had been disguising her true demonic nature in Great Tang.
• Wang Canglan traveled through You Mountain, learned that a young woman had defeated several Demon Emperors in Danhua City, and left to investigate.

Wang Canglan arrived at the Ma Mansion in Danhua City and persuaded Ma Dewang to recount the recent calamity. After hearing the story, he headed toward Wanchuan, intent on confronting the young woman responsible.

• Wang Canglan approached the guarded Ma Mansion and bribed a retainer to announce him.
• Ma Dewang met Wang Canglan and feared he might have been sent by a Demon Emperor.
• Wang Canglan invented a missing-friend story and asked Ma Dewang about the calamity at the estate.
• Ma Dewang told Wang Canglan what had happened, then ordered his clan to finish packing and leave before dawn.
• Wang Canglan left Danhua City and set his sights on Wanchuan, eager to meet the young woman who had crushed the Demon Emperors.

After taking control of Wanchuan Valley, Jiang Yuechu questioned Demon Emperor Juechen about its treasures and cultivation techniques. Juechen revealed that the treasury might contain Heart Material and that Tianzhu had prized an ancient soul-tempering fragment called the True Form Map of You Mountain.

• Jiang Yuechu dismissed the demons who had sworn loyalty to her and kept Demon Emperor Juechen behind.
• Jiang Yuechu considered how she could use her Demon Emperor identity to hunt demons and gather strength while avoiding attention from Great Tang and the Twenty-Five Lineages.
• Jiang Yuechu asked Juechen where Wanchuan’s treasury was, and he said it lay in a cavern behind the main hall, sealed by the now-dead Tianzhu.
• Juechen said the treasury might contain Heart Material, but he did not know its contents well because Tianzhu had distrusted him.
• Juechen explained that Tianzhu would not have possessed the Chess-Condensing Method, then described the True Form Map of You Mountain, a soul-tempering technique fragment that could make the soul nearly tangible and indestructible at Major Achievement.