Chapter Summaries

Li Qingshan and Leng Weiyue left the Eternal Night Devil Palace after she inherited its power, then parted ways outside the Coiling Dragon Mountain Range. Li Qingshan obtained the ruins’ key and headed back to the Five Elements Sect, while Leng Weiyue warned him about the Black Sha Cult and offered him refuge at the Heavenly Demon Sect.

• Leng Weiyue gave Li Qingshan the Mysterious Yin Heart-Clearing Lotus, and they left the Eternal Night Devil Palace together.
• Beside a brook, Leng Weiyue thanked Li Qingshan for helping her overcome the Eight Puppets and obtain the inheritance, while he said they were even.
• Leng Weiyue warned Li Qingshan that the Black Sha Cult might have a Spirit Transformation Venerable and offered him refuge at the Heavenly Demon Sect, joking that he was her first man.
• Li Qingshan asked for the ruins’ key, and Leng Weiyue gave him the jade talisman after warning him not to activate the Ancient Teleportation Array rashly.
• Leng Weiyue departed, and Li Qingshan rejected Black Mountain’s suggestion to pursue her before setting out for the Five Elements Sect.

Li Qingshan warned Wine Sword Immortal, Nangong Mo, and Venerable Liuli that the Black Sha Cult might be backed by its long-sealed founding patriarch, a Spirit Transformation Venerable. The group learned the planned ambush against the Black Sha Sect Leader could face a far more powerful threat and began reconsidering their strategy.

• Wine Sword Immortal told Li Qingshan that the Black Sha Sect Leader planned to infiltrate the Pill Cauldron Sect and steal its pills and Pure Yang Glazed Fire, so their allies intended to ambush him there.
• Li Qingshan revealed that a soul search had uncovered evidence of Black Sha Venerable, a Spirit Transformation Venerable who had been sealed and might have survived for over ten thousand years.
• Wine Sword Immortal brought Li Qingshan to meet Nangong Mo and Venerable Liuli at the Five Elements Sect to discuss the possible threat.
• Nangong Mo and Venerable Liuli questioned the report, and Li Qingshan explained that a Black Sha Cult Nascent Soul cultivator's memories had identified the patriarch as recently unsealed.

The leaders of the Five Elements Sect, Heavenly Demon Sect, and Moon Gazing Pavilion agreed to attack the Black Sha Cult while preparing their sects’ hidden treasures and requesting Great Xia Immortal Kingdom reinforcements. After the others left, Li Qingshan asked Venerable Liuli to trade her Nine Heavens Star Core, and showed her several rare treasures.

• Venerable Liuli proposed asking the Great Xia Immortal Kingdom to send a Spirit Transformation Venerable, while Nangong Mo argued they could not wait for help before confronting the Black Sha Cult.
• Wine Sword Immortal, Nangong Mo, and Venerable Liuli revealed their sects’ powerful hidden foundations and agreed to proceed with the plan while requesting reinforcements.
• Li Qingshan agreed to the plan, then asked Venerable Liuli to stay behind and sell him her Nine Heavens Star Core.
• Venerable Liuli said she had the core but intended to use it for her life-bound Dharma treasure, so Li Qingshan offered rare high-grade spirit pills, Dharma treasures, and Spirit Stones.
• Li Qingshan brought out three jade bottles and a sky-blue sword, surprising Venerable Liuli.

Li Qingshan traded a Nine Heavens Star Core and pills to Venerable Liuli for the Space-Rending Butterfly's molted shell, then used the core to repair his Life-Substitution Puppet. He placed the repaired puppet in the Ruyi Treasure Gourd to improve it before facing Black Sha Venerable.

• Li Qingshan offered Venerable Liuli pills and the Heavenly Evil Sword in exchange for treasures, and she agreed to trade her Nine Heavens Star Core and Space-Rending Butterfly shell for the pills she wanted.
• Li Qingshan returned to Azure Cloud Peak and used the Nine Heavens Star Core to repair the Life-Substitution Puppet.
• Li Qingshan put the repaired puppet into the Ruyi Treasure Gourd so it could be further improved.

Li Qingshan perfected his Life-Substitution Puppet and joined Wine Sword Immortal, Nangong Mo, and Venerable Liuli at the Pill Cauldron Sect to ambush the Black Sha Cult. The Black Sha Sect Leader arrived with four Nascent Soul cultivators, and the hidden defenders prepared to strike.

• Li Qingshan completed the Life-Substitution Puppet's transformation, gaining a powerful treasure that could activate instantly and teleport him away from danger.
• Wine Sword Immortal and Li Qingshan left substitute puppets at the Five Elements Sect before secretly traveling to the Pill Cauldron Sect.
• Liu Kun led them through a hidden entrance to a guarded cave abode, where Nangong Mo and Venerable Liuli were waiting.
• Liu Kun reported that the Black Sha Cult was expected to attack in three days and that Yuan Honglie had altered the sect's defenses while watching a traitorous elder.
• Three days later, the Black Sha Sect Leader arrived above the Pill Cauldron Sect with four Nascent Soul cultivators, and the four hidden great cultivators prepared to confront them.

The Black Sha Sect Leader attacked the Pill Cauldron Sect to seize its Pure Yang Glazed Fire, and the sect’s elders defended themselves with the Myriad Medicine Universe Array. The chapter left the array compromised by an insider’s betrayal as the Black Sha Sect Leader struck at the breach.

• The Black Sha Sect Leader confirmed that the Five Elements Sect, Heavenly Demon Sect, and Moon Gazing Pavilion’s strongest cultivators were not coming to the Pill Cauldron Sect’s aid.
• The Black Sha Sect Leader demanded that Yuan Honglie surrender the sect’s resources and Pure Yang Glazed Fire, but Yuan Honglie refused and rallied Danchen, Liu Kun, Chi Yan, and the elders.
• The Four Great Dharma Kings used the Mysterious Origin Demon Thunder Array Disk to bombard the Myriad Medicine Universe Array, but the fifth-tier formation held firm.
• Zhao Gan detonated a black jade talisman at an array node, created a breach, and fled toward the Black Sha Sect Leader after Yuan Honglie condemned him as a traitor.
• The Black Sha Sect Leader ignored Zhao Gan’s plea for help and brought down his black battle saber toward the opening in the array before Yuan Honglie could stop him.

The Black Sha Sect Leader and four Nascent Soul demonic cultivators broke into the Pill Cauldron Sect, only to discover that Yuan Honglie and Liu Kun had lured them into a trap. With the Myriad Medicine Universe Array sealing their escape, the sect’s hidden allies attacked the invaders.

• The Black Sha Sect Leader used the Void-Breaking Blade to widen the breach in the Myriad Medicine Universe Array, then led four demonic cultivators into the Pill Cauldron Sect.
• Liu Kun activated the array, which rapidly repaired the breach and trapped the five attackers inside.
• Yuan Honglie summoned Wine Sword Immortal, Li Qingshan, Nangong Mo, and True Monarch Liuli, who surrounded the trapped demonic cultivators.
• Wine Sword Immortal attacked the Black Sha Sect Leader while Li Qingshan, Nangong Mo, True Monarch Liuli, and Yuan Honglie engaged the other four demons.
• Nangong Mo used the Heaven-Shattering Hammer to destroy the demonic thunder attack and damage the Mysterious Origin Demon Thunder Array Disk, leaving the four demonic cultivators weakened.

Li Qingshan killed Zhu Cang and captured his Nascent Soul while the other battles continued around the Pill Cauldron Sect. The Wine Sword Immortal fought the Black Sha Sect Leader to a standstill, and both prepared powerful attacks for their next clash.

• Li Qingshan used the Longevity Sword Formation to destroy Zhu Cang’s Black Armor Beetles and afterimages, then killed him with a sword strike.
• Li Qingshan used the Golden Wind Cicada to restrain Zhu Cang’s Nascent Soul and captured it in the White Bone Soul Banner.
• Nangong Mo, Yuan Honglie, and Venerable Liuli fought separate Nascent Soul-stage demonic cultivators as the Wine Sword Immortal battled the Black Sha Sect Leader.
• The Wine Sword Immortal burned away the Black Sha Sect Leader’s Ten Thousand Demon Bone-Eroding Hand with Heart-Burning Wine Fire.
• The Wine Sword Immortal and the Black Sha Sect Leader collided in close combat, and the sword left a deep wound in the leader’s demonic body.
• The Black Sha Sect Leader summoned nine demonic dragons and the Ten Thousand Soul Banner while the Wine Sword Immortal gathered Geng Metal energy for a powerful strike.

Wine Sword Immortal’s Heaven-Opening Sword damaged Black Sha Sect Leader’s life-saving ward, while the allies killed his four Nascent Soul Middle Stage subordinates. Black Sha Sect Leader tried to escape through the Myriad Medicine Universe Array, but Li Qingshan trapped him in the Longevity Sword Formation and left him badly wounded.

• Wine Sword Immortal’s Heaven-Opening Sword split Black Sha Sect Leader’s attack and cracked the ward protecting his brow, though the strike took a heavy toll on Wine Sword Immortal.
• Nangong Mo, Venerable Liuli, and Yuan Honglie killed the remaining three demon cultivators, while the array prevented their Nascent Souls from escaping.
• Black Sha Sect Leader used Void-Breaking Blade to tear open the array and sent four Nascent Soul puppets to hold off his pursuers.
• Li Qingshan used his Nine-Fold Thunder Body to reach Black Sha Sect Leader and trap him in the Longevity Sword Formation as he tried to escape.
• Black Sha Sect Leader’s Ten Thousand Soul Banner and Void-Breaking Blade failed to stop Li Qingshan’s assault, which wounded him severely.
• Artifact spirit Heishan urged Li Qingshan to use the Mysterious Sky Demon-Suppressing Gourd to capture Black Sha Sect Leader and claim his treasures.

Li Qingshan’s group cornered the Black Sha Sect Leader, Heiyuan, but he unleashed a fifth-grade Black Sha Nether Talisman. Li Qingshan devoured its power with the Mysterious Sky Demon-Suppressing Gourd, badly wounded Heiyuan, and began drawing him into the gourd.

• Li Qingshan ordered Black Mountain to keep wearing down the Black Sha Sect Leader while concealing the gourd, as Wine Sword Immortal, Nangong Mo, Venerable Liuli, and Yuan Honglie destroyed the four puppets and closed in.
• Heiyuan activated the Black Sha Nether Talisman, unleashing a devastating pillar of Black Sha Netherfire that shattered Li Qingshan’s sword formation and broke through the Myriad Medicine Universe Array.
• Li Qingshan revealed the Mysterious Sky Demon-Suppressing Gourd and devoured the Netherfire before it could reach its full power.
• Li Qingshan and his nine Thunder Shadow Clones struck Heiyuan with ten sword beams, shattered the Ten Thousand Soul Banner’s main souls, and blew apart the right side of Heiyuan’s body.
• Black Mountain appeared as the gourd’s spirit and mocked Heiyuan, who recognized him as his uncle and wondered how he had become a treasure spirit.
• Li Qingshan activated the gourd’s capture power and began pulling the gravely wounded Heiyuan into it.

Li Qingshan suppressed the Black Sha Sect Leader and his sect-destroying talisman, but the Black Sha Venerable arrived and threatened to kill the survivors. As the sect leaders brought out their hidden reserves to face him, Li Qingshan sensed that the ancient devil was still in control.

• Li Qingshan used the Mysterious Sky Demon-Suppressing Gourd to suppress the Black Sha Sect Leader and the fifth-tier talisman.
• Wine Sword Immortal, Nangong Mo, Venerable Liuli, and Yuan Honglie celebrated the victory, while Venerable Liuli warned that the Black Sha Venerable remained a threat.
• The Black Sha Venerable appeared, dismissed the Great Xia Immortal Kingdom's laws, and vowed to kill everyone present.
• Nangong Mo summoned the Heavenly Demon Sect's Spirit Transformation Dharma Body, Venerable Liuli brought out the Lunar God-Slaughtering Talisman, and Wine Sword Immortal wielded the Five Elements Dharma Sword.
• Li Qingshan sensed that the Black Sha Venerable was toying with them despite the combined power of their hidden reserves.

Li Qingshan discovered that Black Sha Venerable was a late-stage Spirit Transformation cultivator and recognized him as the Demonic Beast that had escaped the Mysterious Sky Secret Realm. As Li Qingshan and the others tried to flee, Black Sha Venerable effortlessly broke through their attacks and shattered the Five Elements Sword Formation.

• Heishan identified Black Sha Venerable as a late-stage Spirit Transformation cultivator and urged Li Qingshan to run.
• Li Qingshan recognized Black Sha Venerable as the Demonic Beast that had escaped from the Mysterious Sky Secret Realm and warned Wine Sword Immortal that they had to flee.
• Black Sha Venerable saw the Black Sha Netherfire and Heishan's aura on Li Qingshan, then attacked the fleeing cultivators with a demonic claw.
• Nangong Mo's Spirit Transformation Dharma Body was destroyed, while Black Sha Venerable swallowed Venerable Liuli's Lunar God-Slaughtering Talisman.
• Wine Sword Immortal used the Five Elements Dharma Sword to trap Black Sha Venerable as he and the others fled in different directions.
• Black Sha Venerable broke the Five Elements Sword Formation with a single punch and sent the Five Elements Dharma Sword flying.

Black Sha Venerable relentlessly pursued Li Qingshan, whose teleportation talismans and defenses could not overcome the gap in their strength. Cornered, Li Qingshan unleashed the Mysterious Sky Demon-Suppressing Gourd, and Black Sha Venerable recognized it as the weapon that had sealed him for ten thousand years.

• Black Sha Venerable ignored the fleeing Wine Sword Immortal and the others and pursued Li Qingshan through the void.
• Li Qingshan used two Lesser Teleportation True Talismans to escape, but Black Sha Venerable caught up each time and then blocked a third talisman's power by locking down space.
• Black Sha Venerable struck Li Qingshan with a black beam that broke through his swords and defensive talismans, badly injuring him.
• Li Qingshan activated a barrage of offensive true talismans, but Black Sha Venerable shattered the attacks with a single punch.
• Li Qingshan and Heishan fired the Mysterious Sky Chaos Divine Light from the Mysterious Sky Demon-Suppressing Gourd, prompting Black Sha Venerable to recognize the gourd and counter with a fist.

Li Qingshan escaped Black Sha Venerable’s fatal attack with a Life-Substitution Puppet and raced toward the Eternal Night Devil Palace, hoping to flee the Eastern Wasteland. Black Sha Venerable sensed the direction of his escape and pursued him.

• Black Sha Venerable was wounded by the Mysterious Sky Chaos Divine Light, then attacked Li Qingshan to seize the Mysterious Sky Demon-Suppressing Gourd.
• Li Qingshan fled toward the Coiling Dragon Mountain Range using the Nine-Fold Thunder Body and his last Lesser Teleportation True Talisman, but Black Sha Venerable caught up and pinned him with spatial force.
• Black Sha Venerable sent his Netherworld Demon Blade at Li Qingshan, but a Life-Substitution Puppet took the blow and teleported him away.
• Li Qingshan reappeared thirty thousand miles away, while Black Sha Venerable used their shared Black Sha Netherfire to track his direction.
• At Heishan’s urging, Li Qingshan used a God-Speed True Talisman and raced toward the Eternal Night Devil Palace’s teleportation array.

Li Qingshan fled Black Sha Venerable into the Eternal Night Devil Palace ruins and raced to activate its ancient teleportation array. Black Sha Venerable broke into the palace and destroyed the eight Devil Puppets, leaving Li Qingshan's escape uncertain.

• Li Qingshan used the God-Speed True Talisman and burned his blood essence to reach the Coiling Dragon Mountain Range, then entered a secret realm through a hidden entrance.
• Black Sha Venerable traced Li Qingshan to the secret realm with his Nether Eye and forcibly opened a portal into it.
• Li Qingshan passed through the Eternal Night Devil Palace barrier and released eight Nascent Soul Late Stage Devil Puppets, which activated as palace guards.
• Li Qingshan reached the Ancient Teleportation Array and had Heishan activate it with three hundred and sixty top-grade Spirit Stones.
• Black Sha Venerable shattered the palace formation, and the eight Devil Puppets attacked him.
• Black Sha Venerable crushed the eight Devil Puppets within a few breaths while Li Qingshan and Heishan were still activating the teleportation array.

Li Qingshan escaped Black Sha Venerable through the Ancient Teleportation Array, but the palm strike left him grievously wounded. He arrived in a ruined underground palace that he suspected might be on the Primordial Devil Continent, and the chapter ended with him assessing his near-crippled condition.

• Black Sha Venerable was distracted by the Eternal Night Demon God Statue as Li Qingshan’s Ancient Teleportation Array began to activate.
• Black Sha Venerable tried to stop the teleportation with his domain and a demonic palm, while Li Qingshan used spirit talismans and his treasures to defend himself.
• Black Sha Venerable’s attack grievously wounded Li Qingshan, but the array completed and transported him away.
• Black Sha Venerable vowed to find Li Qingshan and turned his attention to the Eternal Night Demon God Statue.
• Li Qingshan woke in a vast, ruined underground palace filled with broken Demon God Statues and suspected he might be on the Primordial Devil Continent.
• Li Qingshan examined his injuries and found his body, organs, meridians, and Nascent Soul severely damaged.

Li Qingshan used Black Sha Netherfire to purge the demonic energy from his damaged Nascent Soul, then swallowed a Primordial Chaos Pill and recovered enough to protect himself. As he prepared to explore the underground palace, five injured Foundation Establishment cultivators burst inside, and he hid from them.

• Li Qingshan refined the demonic energy clinging to his Heavenly Dao Nascent Soul with Black Sha Netherfire, restoring a faint connection to his magical power.
• Li Qingshan took a top-grade fourth-tier Primordial Chaos Pill and spent several days using the Primordial Five Elements Dao Scripture to heal his body.
• Li Qingshan recovered enough physical strength to defend himself, but his Nascent Soul remained badly damaged and his magical power stayed below one percent of its former strength.
• Li Qingshan prepared to investigate the underground palace, then concealed his aura and hid behind a damaged Demon God Statue when a battle approached.
• Four men and one woman, all injured Foundation Establishment cultivators, blasted open the stone door and cautiously entered the underground palace.

Fairy Qingluo revealed the hidden statue of the Eternal Night Demon God in the underground palace, then used its power to subdue four cultivators who tried to betray her. She left them helpless before the statue and revealed that she had used them to find it.

• After finding no treasures in the underground palace, the four Foundation Establishment cultivators demanded that Fairy Qingluo explain where the promised opportunity was.
• Fairy Qingluo activated a black jade talisman, revealing a hidden statue of the Eternal Night Demon God, which Li Qingshan recognized.
• Fairy Qingluo told the cultivators that sincere worship could grant them the Demon God's inheritance, but they surrounded her and threatened to search her soul.
• The leading cultivator admitted that Chen Biyun had sent them to kill Fairy Qingluo, and the four prepared to attack her.
• The statue unleashed a crushing pressure that sealed the four cultivators' magical power, while Fairy Qingluo remained protected by her talisman.
• Fairy Qingluo confronted the helpless cultivators, saying she had known they meant to kill her and had used them to locate the statue.

Chen Qingluo sacrificed four captives to the Eternal Night Demon God, gaining a cultivation breakthrough and a demonic art before leaving with the statue. Li Qingshan emerged from hiding, confirmed he was in the Abyssal Secret Realm, and began exploring the demonic landscape.

• Chen Qingluo killed the four bound Foundation Establishment cultivators and offered their souls to the Eternal Night Demon God statue.
• The statue granted Chen Qingluo a powerful demonic art and raised her cultivation from Foundation Establishment Early Stage to Middle Stage.
• Chen Qingluo stored the statue and left the underground palace, while Li Qingshan emerged from hiding after she was gone.
• Li Qingshan concealed his aura and explored the barren, demonic realm, suspecting it was the Primordial Devil Continent.
• A Foundation Establishment Bone-Armored Demon Leopard ambushed Li Qingshan, and he killed it with a controlled physical blow.

Li Qingshan found a Seven-Leaf Devil Lotus in the Abyssal Secret Realm and seized it after defeating the cultivators fighting over it. Soul-searching a survivor revealed that he was on the Primordial Devil Continent, where Black Sha Venerable could not pursue him, and Li Qingshan resolved to recover and grow stronger there.

• Li Qingshan spotted a Seven-Leaf Devil Lotus in a spring while three factions of Foundation Establishment cultivators fought over it.
• Li Qingshan charged into the valley and killed two Foundation Establishment Late Stage cultivators with a single palm strike, leaving a burly cultivator near death.
• The remaining cultivators fled, and Li Qingshan searched the burly man's soul to learn that he was in the Abyssal Secret Realm in the Nether Spring Domain of the Primordial Devil Continent.
• Li Qingshan plucked the Seven-Leaf Devil Lotus, sealed it in a jade box, and resolved to heal and cultivate before returning to settle his score with Black Sha Venerable.