Chapter Summaries

Chen Feng used the genuine Heavenly Blade Stone Carving to kill Lin Fu and devastate Wu Quan, but Wu Quan’s Nascent Soul escaped. As Chen Feng lay powerless, Black Dragon Master arrived and demanded the carving and True Devil Blood, threatening to destroy the Heavenly Blade Tribe.

• Chen Feng’s illusory Heavenly Blade erased Lin Fu and shattered Wu Quan’s treasures, though Wu Quan’s Nascent Soul escaped the attack.
• Li Qingshan watched the strike from a forbidden valley, then revealed to Chen Qingluo that he was a Nascent Soul True Lord and took her toward Desolate Mountain.
• Exhausted by the stone carving’s cost, Chen Feng regretted letting Wu Quan escape but believed the Black Spring Tribe would no longer threaten his people.
• Black Dragon Master emerged from a spatial crack, and Wu Quan’s surviving Nascent Soul urged him to kill Chen Feng and destroy the Heavenly Blade Tribe.
• Black Dragon Master demanded the Heavenly Blade Stone Carving and True Devil Blood, while Chen Feng, unable to fight back, faced the threat to his tribe.

Chen Qingluo persuaded Li Qingshan to protect the Heavenly Blade Tribe in exchange for the Heavenly Blade Stone Carving. Li Qingshan intervened as Black Dragon Master attacked, and the chapter ended with Black Dragon Master striking at him with the Black Dragon Demon Sword.

• Chen Qingluo begged Li Qingshan to save Chen Feng and the Heavenly Blade Tribe, and Li Qingshan said he could not save Chen Feng but would protect the tribe for the Heavenly Blade Stone Carving.
• Chen Qingluo agreed to give Li Qingshan the Heavenly Blade Stone Carving if he drove Black Dragon Master away.
• Chen Feng refused to hand over the carving and prepared to destroy it rather than let Black Dragon Master take it.
• Li Qingshan appeared before Chen Feng and warned Black Dragon Master to leave or die.
• Black Dragon Master dismissed Li Qingshan's warning and unleashed the Black Dragon Demon Sword at him.

Li Qingshan effortlessly defeated Black Dragon Master, destroyed his body, and captured his Nascent Soul along with Wu Quan’s. Ancestor Chen Feng and Chen Qingluo were left stunned as Li Qingshan turned his attention to the Heavenly Blade Stone Carving and True Devil Blood.

• Li Qingshan used the White Bone Soul Banner to dissolve Black Dragon Master’s sword aura and injure his soul.
• Black Dragon Master sent his Black Flood Dragon and thousands of sword blades at Li Qingshan, but Li Qingshan killed the demon beast with one punch.
• Li Qingshan shattered Black Dragon Master’s body with another punch and captured his fleeing Nascent Soul in the White Bone Soul Banner.
• Li Qingshan’s banner also trapped and absorbed Wu Quan’s Nascent Soul.
• Ancestor Chen Feng and Chen Qingluo stared in shock as Li Qingshan looked toward the Heavenly Blade Stone Carving and the True Devil Blood.

Chen Feng gave Li Qingshan the Heavenly Blade Stone Carving and True Devil Blood, then died after sacrificing his life to protect the Heavenly Blade Tribe. Li Qingshan agreed to guard the tribe for ten years before departing to study the carving in the Heavenly Blade Mountain Range.

• Chen Feng thanked Li Qingshan for saving him and offered him the Heavenly Blade Stone Carving and a drop of True Devil Blood.
• Li Qingshan accepted the treasures and offered to fulfill one last wish for the dying Chen Feng.
• Chen Feng asked Li Qingshan to protect the Heavenly Blade Tribe, and Li Qingshan agreed to stay for ten years.
• Chen Feng died after declaring he had no regrets, and Chen Qingluo mourned him.
• Li Qingshan told Chen Qingluo to tell Chen Baxian what had happened, then went to study the carving in the Heavenly Blade Mountain Range.
• Chen Baxian and the elders arrived, mourned Chen Feng, and learned that Li Qingshan had agreed to guard the tribe.

After searching Black Dragon Master’s and Wu Quan’s souls, Li Qingshan learned how the Devil Race ruled the Primordial Devil Continent and how its human population survived. He suspected the Eternal Night Devil Palace was secretly harvesting humans and considered the hidden Demon-Extinguishing Alliance.

• Li Qingshan searched Black Dragon Master’s and Wu Quan’s memories, then fed their souls to the Mysterious Sky Demon-Suppressing Gourd to nourish Heishan.
• Li Qingshan learned that the Eternal Night Devil Palace ruled the Primordial Devil Continent through the Thirty-Six Devil Sects, while human tribes paid tribute for protection.
• Li Qingshan discovered that the Devil Race had once enslaved and slaughtered humans, but changed its policies after human Spirit Transformation Venerables struck back.
• Li Qingshan learned that human tribes still had to send gifted boys and girls to the Devil Sects, where they disappeared, and suspected the Devil Race was cultivating humans to harvest them.
• Li Qingshan learned that orthodox cultivators had formed the Demon-Extinguishing Alliance, whose hidden headquarters had never been found.

Li Qingshan spent three years studying the Heavenly Blade Stone Carving and realized its blade intent was incomplete. Chen Qingluo and Chen Baxian came to seek his help refining a Nascent Transformation Pill, but had not yet approached him.

• Li Qingshan decided to cultivate the Black Sky True Demon Body while guarding the Heavenly Blade Tribe and began studying the Heavenly Blade Stone Carving.
• Li Qingshan saw a vision of a blade cleaving a ninety-thousand-mile mountain range and began comprehending the Heavenly Blade Artistic Conception.
• After three years, Li Qingshan glimpsed the artistic conception’s outermost layer but noticed that the stone carving’s blade intent was incomplete.
• Chen Qingluo urged Chen Baxian to ask Li Qingshan to refine a Nascent Transformation Pill, offering to serve him if necessary.
• Chen Baxian cautioned Chen Qingluo that her feelings for Li Qingshan were unlikely to be reciprocated, and the two waited outside the Valley Forbidden Area.

Chen Baxian and Chen Qingluo asked Li Qingshan to refine a Nascent Transformation Pill, offering him a Black Devil Blazing Fruit in exchange. After accepting, Li Qingshan asked whether the Black Spring Tribe had caused trouble following the deaths of its elders and Black Dragon Master.

• Li Qingshan learned that the Heavenly Blade Tribe had once possessed three Heavenly Blade Stone Carvings, but two were lost in the Primordial Devil Secret Realm, which would open again in just over ten years.
• Chen Qingluo asked Li Qingshan to refine a Nascent Transformation Pill, and he agreed if the tribe provided a suitable price.
• Chen Baxian offered a Black Devil Blazing Fruit, which Li Qingshan recognized as valuable for cultivating his Black Sky True Demon Body, and Li Qingshan accepted it.
• Chen Baxian presented prepared ingredients for the pill, and Li Qingshan asked whether the Black Spring Tribe had caused trouble after its elders and Black Dragon Master died.

Li Qingshan learned that the Black Spring Tribe had been swallowed by the Sky Wolf Tribe and the Black Dragon Tribe was near collapse, while the Nether Spring Devil Sect had made no move after the battle. He refined two Nascent Transformation Pills for Chen Baxian, then prepared to cultivate the Black Sky True Demon Body with an enhanced fifth-tier Black Devil Blazing Fruit.

• Chen Baxian told Li Qingshan that the Black Spring Tribe had been seized by the Sky Wolf Tribe and the Black Dragon Tribe was weakened by internal strife and enemies.
• Li Qingshan ordered Chen Baxian to watch the Nether Spring Devil Sect closely in case it sent an envoy or took action.
• Li Qingshan refined four Nascent Transformation Pills, producing two successful pills and storing the two duds in the Wish-Fulfilling Gourd.
• Li Qingshan gave both successful Nascent Transformation Pills to Chen Qingluo for her father, Chen Baxian, to use in his breakthrough to the Nascent Soul Realm.
• Li Qingshan took out the enhanced fifth-tier Black Devil Blazing Fruit and prepared to cultivate the Black Sky True Demon Body.

Li Qingshan swallowed the Black Devil Blazing Fruit and spent six years using its True Demon Origin and demonic baleful energy to cultivate the Black Sky True Demon Body. He reached its eighth layer, gaining physical combat power rivaling Nascent Soul Great Perfection, and looked ahead to the ninth layer.

• Li Qingshan swallowed the Black Devil Blazing Fruit and endured its violent True Demon Origin as he circulated the Black Sky True Demon Body art.
• Over three years, Li Qingshan advanced the Black Sky True Demon Body to the sixth layer and absorbed the fruit's dormant medicinal power.
• Li Qingshan spent another three years tempering his flesh and bones until he broke through to the eighth layer.
• Li Qingshan tested his strength and found that his physical combat power could rival Nascent Soul Great Perfection.
• Li Qingshan concealed his demonic aura and anticipated that the ninth layer could give him combat power comparable to the Spirit Transformation Realm.

Chen Baxian formed his Nascent Soul, but Sky Wolf Ancestor arrived to demand the Heavenly Blade Stone Carving and was forced to retreat by Li Qingshan. Li Qingshan then discovered Mo Yuan, a late-stage Nascent Soul elder of the Nether Spring Devil Sect, observing the confrontation.

• Li Qingshan sensed the breakthrough phenomenon and hurried to Heavenly Blade Ancient City, where Chen Baxian had just formed his Nascent Soul.
• Sky Wolf Ancestor arrived and demanded to borrow the Heavenly Blade Stone Carving, threatening Chen Baxian when he refused.
• Li Qingshan appeared, dispelled Sky Wolf Ancestor’s pressure, and revealed that the stone carving had been given to him.
• Sky Wolf Ancestor apologized with Heavenly Demon Cold Iron, then fled and vowed not to provoke the Heavenly Blade Tribe again.
• Li Qingshan sensed someone hiding nearby and exposed Mo Yuan, a late-stage Nascent Soul elder of the Nether Spring Devil Sect.

Elder Mo Yuan of the Nether Spring Devil Sect visited the Heavenly Blade Tribe and questioned Li Qingshan about the deaths of Wu Quan and Wu Xuan. After Li Qingshan admitted killing them, Mo Yuan dropped any demand for accountability and tried to recruit him as an honored guest elder, but Li Qingshan declined.

• Mo Yuan introduced himself to Li Qingshan and asked about his origins and ties to the Heavenly Blade Tribe.
• Li Qingshan admitted that he had killed Wu Quan and Wu Xuan while defending the tribe ten years earlier.
• Mo Yuan said the Nether Spring Devil Sect would not hold Li Qingshan accountable and joined him for tea in Heavenly Blade Hall.
• Mo Yuan recognized Li Qingshan as a Nascent Soul Great Perfection body cultivator and invited him to become an honored guest elder.
• Mo Yuan offered True Devil Essence Blood as an incentive, but Li Qingshan declined because he wanted to remain free of sect obligations.

Mo Yuan tried to recruit Li Qingshan to fight for the Nether Spring Devil Sect in the contest for places to study the Primordial Devil Immortal Map, promising him True Devil Essence Blood and a chance at a Spirit Transformation opportunity. Li Qingshan agreed and accepted a Nether Spring Token, then told Chen Baxian and Chen Qingluo he would stay with the Heavenly Blade Tribe for three more years.

• Mo Yuan told Li Qingshan that the Primordial Devil Secret Realm would open in about three years and held the Primordial Devil Immortal Map, which could help cultivators break through to Spirit Transformation.
• Mo Yuan offered Li Qingshan a drop of True Devil Essence Blood to fight for the Nether Spring Devil Sect, with a place to study the map as an additional reward if he won.
• Li Qingshan agreed to fight, intending to enter the secret realm to find the two lost Heavenly Blade Stone Carvings and pursue a chance to comprehend a concept of heaven and earth.
• Mo Yuan gave Li Qingshan a Nether Spring Token and said he would contact him in three years to travel to the Nether Spring Secret Realm together.
• After Mo Yuan left, Li Qingshan reassured Chen Baxian and Chen Qingluo that he would stay with the tribe for three more years, leaving Chen Baxian relieved and Chen Qingluo conflicted.

Li Qingshan refined Fifth-Order Demon Dragon Essence Blood while cultivating in the Valley Forbidden Area, completing the ninth layer of the Black Sky True Demon Body. He emerged with a body capable of overwhelming Nascent Soul Great Perfection cultivators as he prepared for the Primordial Devil Secret Realm.

• Chen Baxian warned Chen Qingluo not to harbor romantic hopes for Li Qingshan, and she resolved to cultivate until she could stand before him with her head held high.
• Li Qingshan checked the Golden Wind Cicada and found it nearing a possible breakthrough to the fifth order after digesting the Space-Rending Butterfly's molted shell.
• Li Qingshan swallowed the Fifth-Order Demon Dragon Essence Blood and endured its destructive energy and will as he refined it with the Black Sky True Demon Body formula.
• After nearly two years, Li Qingshan merged the essence blood's final trace of origin energy with his Heavenly Dao Nascent Soul and completed the body's ninth layer.
• Li Qingshan discovered that his physical strength had surpassed the limits of the Nascent Soul Realm and could tear apart the defenses of cultivators at Nascent Soul Great Perfection.

Li Qingshan reforged the Ten Thousand Soul Banner by fusing it with his White Bone Soul Banner and making the Earth Spirit its artifact spirit. After the Wish-Fulfilling Gourd raised it to a fifth-tier peak spirit treasure, he renamed it the Human Emperor Banner and began refining it.

• Li Qingshan used Black Sha Netherfire to fuse the White Bone Soul Banner into the Ten Thousand Soul Banner, creating a spirit treasure embryo.
• Li Qingshan refined the Earth Spirit into the banner, completing it as a fifth-tier spirit treasure.
• Li Qingshan placed the banner in the Wish-Fulfilling Gourd, which raised it to a fifth-tier peak spirit treasure over seven days.
• Li Qingshan renamed the transformed treasure the Human Emperor Banner and bonded it to himself with his blood essence and spiritual imprint.
• Li Qingshan stored the Human Emperor Banner in his dantian to nourish it with his Nascent Soul mana.

After three years of waiting, Li Qingshan left the Heavenly Blade Tribe to join the expedition to the Primordial Devil Secret Realm. He met the Nether Spring Devil Sect’s young sect master, Nalan Yue, and began meeting the powerful cultivators assembled for the journey.

• Li Qingshan considered replacing his Longevity Judgment Swords with the Five Elements Annihilation Sword, though he still needed rare fifth-tier treasures for most of its sword embryos.
• Mo Yuan summoned Li Qingshan to Diancang Mountain three years later, and Li Qingshan said farewell to Chen Baxian and Chen Qingluo before departing.
• Li Qingshan waited on Diancang Mountain until Mo Yuan arrived aboard a demonic treasure ship with Nalan Yue, the Nether Spring Devil Sect’s young sect master.
• Nalan Yue greeted Li Qingshan and said the group would rely on his strength in the battle for a place in the secret realm.
• Mo Yuan welcomed Li Qingshan aboard and introduced him to Ye Ming, a fourth-tier formation master at the Nascent Soul Late Stage.

Li Qingshan traveled with the Nether Spring Devil Sect's outside experts to the Primordial Devil Sea and learned about its ancient destruction and the entrance to the secret realm. At the Sea Eye, he saw the rival sects gather, including Situ Chongguang and Zheng Yuantu, who greeted Nalan Yue.

• Mo Yuan introduced Duanmu Rui and Linghu You to Li Qingshan as the other outside experts recruited for the competition.
• The Nether Spring Devil Sect's ship departed for the Primordial Devil Sea, and its passengers kept their distance during the half-month journey.
• Li Qingshan observed the sea's destructive aura and recalled the legend that heavenly punishment had destroyed the ancient Primordial Devil Sect's mountain gate.
• The ship reached the Primordial Devil Sea Eye, where the Primordial Devil Secret Realm entrance lay amid the assembled sects.
• Mo Yuan identified Situ Chongguang of the Skyfire Devil Sect and Zheng Yuantu of the Vajra Devil Sect to Li Qingshan and the others.
• Zheng Yuantu spotted Nalan Yue and greeted her, revealing his devotion to her.

The nine great Demon Sects gathered before the Primordial Devil Secret Realm opened, and old hostilities flared between the Nether Spring Devil Sect, the Ten Thousand Poison Devil Sect, and the Soul Refining Devil Sect. As the Sea Eye began to stir, Li Qingshan considered exploiting the sects’ grudges while the realm’s opening drew near.

• Zheng Yuantu asked Nalan Yue to explore the secret realm with him, but she refused and said they should seek their own opportunities.
• Tian Xie taunted Mo Yuan about the Nether Spring Devil Sect’s chances, and Mo Yuan mocked the Ten Thousand Poison Devil Sect’s past lack of slots.
• You Hong insulted Nalan Yue, prompting Mo Yuan to threaten him and Nalan Yue to challenge Yin Wujiu over their old grudge.
• Zheng Yuantu claimed Nalan Yue was his woman, while Yin Wujiu and Nalan Yue traded threats as the gathered Demon Sects watched.
• Li Qingshan noticed that the sects’ deep enmities might be useful, while Mo Yuan warned his group they could kill members of the Ten Thousand Poison Devil Sect or Soul Refining Devil Sect in the realm.
• The Primordial Devil Sea Eye’s vortex spun faster and radiated stronger spatial fluctuations, signaling that the secret realm was about to open.

Li Qingshan was separated from his companions by spatial turbulence when the Primordial Devil Secret Realm opened, then followed the Heavenly Blade Stone Carving’s connection to a valley holding another carving. He reached for it, only for the Black Giant Ape guarding it to wake and challenge him.

• The Primordial Devil Secret Realm portal erupted with spatial turbulence, scattering Li Qingshan and the others across the realm.
• Mo Yuan sent a broken message telling everyone to head for Primordial Devil Mountain and beware of the other Devil Sects.
• Li Qingshan used the Heavenly Blade Stone Carving to sense the direction of another carving and set off alone.
• Li Qingshan crossed dangerous terrain and evaded or killed corrupted demonic beasts as the carving’s pull grew stronger.
• Li Qingshan found the second Heavenly Blade Stone Carving atop a pillar in a misty valley, guarded by a sleeping Black Giant Ape.
• Li Qingshan rushed to take the carving, waking the Black Giant Ape, which demanded to know who was stealing its treasure.

Li Qingshan defeated the Black Giant Ape guarding the second Heavenly Blade Stone Carving and captured its soul in the Human Emperor Banner. After claiming the carving, he sensed that the third one lay deep within the Primordial Devil Secret Realm, then noticed something at the far end of the valley.

• Li Qingshan fought the Black Giant Ape and tested his newly strengthened body against its attacks.
• Li Qingshan killed the Black Giant Ape with a decisive punch through its chest.
• Li Qingshan used the Human Emperor Banner to capture the ape-shaped soul, making it the banner's twenty-fifth main soul.
• Li Qingshan took the second Heavenly Blade Stone Carving and sensed that the third carving was deep within the Primordial Devil Secret Realm.
• Li Qingshan turned toward the far end of the valley after noticing something there.

Li Qingshan discovered a Dragon Blood Spirit Spring, collected Chen Yue’s remains, and took the second Heavenly Blade Stone Carving. Following the third carving’s signal, he found You Hong and Li Qingdong attacking Ye Ming and charged in to strike You Hong.

• Li Qingshan found a Dragon Blood Spirit Spring beside Chen Yue’s skeleton and stored the spring in his Wish-Fulfilling Gourd.
• Li Qingshan collected Chen Yue’s bones and used the two Heavenly Blade Stone Carvings to locate the third.
• Li Qingshan followed the moving signal to a battlefield where You Hong and Li Qingdong were besieging the wounded Ye Ming.
• Li Qingshan sensed the third carving’s aura on the attackers and punched You Hong, shattering his Bone Shield.