Chapter Summaries

Xia Ping killed the eight demons who opposed him, renamed the Vanguard Battalion the Burning Legion, and frightened its soldiers into submission. Rock City’s other commanders learned of his strength and decided to send him into a battle over a Nether Stone vein, hoping the Swamp Lord’s forces would kill him.

• Xia Ping burned the six fleeing demons and the demons on the ground to ashes after killing the eight thorns of the Vanguard Battalion.
• The surviving demons denied having any objections, and Xia Ping renamed the Vanguard Battalion the Burning Legion.
• Rock City’s other commanders discussed Xia Ping’s defeat of Kaige and Bard and worried he could threaten their positions.
• The three-eyed demon commander revealed that both Rock City and the Swamp Lord’s forces had discovered a Nether Stone vein in the Loess Mountains.
• The commanders agreed to deploy Xia Ping’s Burning Legion against the Swamp Lord’s forces, hoping Xia Ping would die in battle.

Xia Ping refined Nether Stones to awaken one hundred thousand Hell Golden Crow Cells, then learned of a newly discovered vein in the Loess Mountains. He set out with the Burning Legion alongside Ye Shisan’s Yaksha Legion to seize it from the Swamp Lord’s forces.

• Xia Ping used up his Nether Stones and awakened one hundred thousand Hell Golden Crow Cells, but decided he needed far more Nether Stones to advance.
• Demon soldiers reported that the Burning Legion and Yaksha Legion were being sent to fight the Swamp Lord’s forces over a Nether Stone vein in the Loess Mountains.
• Xia Ping ordered the Burning Legion to assemble and corrected Ye Shisan when he called it the Vanguard Battalion.
• Yaksha officers mocked the Burning Legion, but Xia Ping ignored their taunts and asked to march before they violated military orders.
• Ye Shisan ordered the troops through a wormhole, and Xia Ping sent the Burning Legion after the Yaksha Legion toward the Loess Mountains.

Xia Ping and the Yaksha Legion found the Swamp Legion had prepared the Earth Baleful Swamp Grand Formation across the Loess Mountains. Ordered by Ye Shisan to attack it alone, Xia Ping led the Burning Legion into the formation, intending to use the separation from the Yakshas to carry out his own plan.

• Xia Ping saw through the black mist and discovered that the Swamp Legion had turned the land before the Loess Mountains into a poisonous swamp.
• A Yaksha general explained the dangers of the Earth Baleful Swamp Grand Formation, and the Yaksha commanders feared the losses an assault would bring.
• Xia Ping suggested abandoning the battle, provoking the Yaksha generals, who accused him of cowardice.
• Ye Shisan ordered Xia Ping to destroy the formation with the Burning Legion, threatening to execute him if he refused.
• Xia Ping accepted the order and led a hundred thousand Burning Legion demons into the formation as the Swamp Legion noticed their advance.

Xia Ping broke the Swamp Legion’s Earth Baleful Swamp Grand Formation with Hell Golden Crow flames and the Hell Furnace, slaughtering its demons. The surviving swamp demons fled and called for their commander to stop him.

• The Swamp Legion activated the Earth Baleful Swamp Grand Formation, trapping the Burning Legion fiends in a poisonous swamp.
• Xia Ping unleashed Hell Golden Crow Fire, raising volcanoes and burning tens of thousands of swamp fiends while gathering their soul energy into Soul Crystals.
• The swamp fiends used the Swamp Heaven-Devouring Art to engulf Xia Ping with liquid earth.
• Xia Ping formed the Hell Furnace and burned the swamp, killing hundreds of thousands of demons and breaking through the formation.
• The surviving swamp demons panicked, fled, and called for their commander to deal with Xia Ping.

Xia Ping led the Burning Legion through the broken Earth Baleful Swamp Grand Formation and pushed into the Loess Mountains, where he discovered the Swamp Legion’s generals trying to break the seal on the Hell magical treasure, the Mourning Staff. The Green Frog Demon commander realized a Burning Demon had reached their hidden altar, leaving Xia Ping face-to-face with the Swamp Legion’s leadership.

• Xia Ping shattered the grand formation, and the Burning Legion demons followed him in to hunt down the fleeing swamp demons.
• Xia Ping’s Hell Furnace absorbed the demons’ bloodline and soul power, growing stronger as he fought his way toward the Nether Stone vein.
• Xia Ping ignored the swamp demons’ desperate attacks and broke through the mountain’s defensive restrictions to reach its depths.
• Xia Ping found an altar surrounded by Nether Stones, with the sealed Mourning Staff at its center.
• Xia Ping discovered that the Green Frog Demon commander and the other Swamp Legion generals were trying to break the altar’s restriction formation.
• The Green Frog Demon cursed Xia Ping’s arrival, and a demon soldier identified him as the commander of the Burning Legion under the Rock Lord.

Xia Ping used the Hell Golden Crow Claw to kill the Green Frog Demon and wipe out the Swamp Legion demons gathered at the altar. The strike destroyed the restriction formation and revealed the Mourning Staff, whose evil ghosts immediately attacked him.

• The Green Frog Demon attacked Xia Ping with a devastating sound-wave divine ability while the Swamp Legion demons worked to break the altar’s restriction formation.
• Xia Ping unleashed the Hell Golden Crow Claw, shattering the sound waves and tearing the Green Frog Demon apart.
• The claw slaughtered the demons at the altar and destroyed the restriction formation, despite the demons’ threats invoking the Swamp Lord.
• The Mourning Staff appeared before Xia Ping, and an army of evil ghosts surged from it to attack him.

Xia Ping claimed the Mourning Staff, devoured the Nether Stone vein, and collected the demon corpses after defeating the Swamp Legion. When Yaksha officers accused him of falsely claiming credit and demanded his punishment, he challenged their certainty that he could not have driven the swamp demons away.

• Xia Ping refined the Mourning Staff, whose hellish power awakened hundreds of thousands of Hell Golden Crow Cells within him.
• Xia Ping used his Devouring Ability to consume the mountain range and collect its Nether Stones, then gathered the demon and monster corpses.
• Tens of millions of demons and monsters from the Burning Legion and Yaksha Legion arrived, and a Yaksha general asked Xia Ping where the Swamp Legion and Green Frog Demon had gone.
• Xia Ping said he had driven the swamp demons away, but Yaksha officers accused him of lying and demanded that he be seized or executed for falsely reporting merit.
• Ye Shisan questioned Xia Ping and offered him a lighter punishment if he confessed, while Xia Ping challenged the Yakshas to explain why they believed he could not scare off the swamp demons.

Xia Ping proved that he had killed the Green Frog Demon by revealing its head and the Mourning Staff, but the Yaksha generals tried to seize the weapon and Ye Shisan ordered him executed. Xia Ping killed the attacking generals with one strike and declared that every Yaksha present would die, even if the Rock Lord appeared.

• Xia Ping produced the Green Frog Demon's head, convincing the Yakshas that he had killed their powerful foe.
• Xia Ping revealed the Mourning Staff, and the Yaksha generals recognized it as a legendary hell jailer's weapon.
• A Yaksha general demanded that Xia Ping hand over the staff for inspection, while Ye Shisan offered rewards to persuade him.
• Xia Ping called Ye Shisan an idiot, and Ye Shisan declared him guilty of insulting a superior and ordered the Yaksha generals to kill him.
• Xia Ping tapped the Mourning Staff against the void, killing the attacking Yaksha generals and shattering their souls.
• Xia Ping told Ye Shisan that he would kill every Yaksha present, even if the Rock Lord appeared.

Xia Ping killed Ye Shisan after negating the Yaksha commander’s assassination attack, then used the Mourning Staff to annihilate the Yaksha Legion in the Loess Mountains. With a huge harvest of souls and Nether Stones but now openly at odds with the Rock Lord, he decided to leave and strengthen his bloodline.

• Ye Shisan attacked Xia Ping with the Yaksha race’s assassination divine ability, but Xia Ping’s defense nullified the strike.
• Xia Ping smashed Ye Shisan into the ground and killed it despite its threats invoking the Rock Lord.
• The Yaksha soldiers and commanders charged Xia Ping to avenge Ye Shisan, and Xia Ping killed them all with one strike of the Mourning Staff.
• Xia Ping gathered the dead fiends’ souls and gained soul energy equivalent to five hundred thousand peak Lightning Tribulation Realm cultivators, along with the Mourning Staff and one billion Nether Stones.
• Knowing the massacre had made a clash with the Rock Lord inevitable, Xia Ping decided to leave Rock City and use the Nether Stones to strengthen his bloodline.

After Xia Ping fled, the Burning Legion remnants followed him rather than return to Rock City. The Rock Lord learned that the Yaksha Legion had been wiped out and ordered every demon in Rock City to hunt down the Burning Demon.

• The Burning Legion demons feared the Rock Lord would punish them for their commander’s betrayal, so they fled with Xia Ping.
• A day later, the Rock Lord summoned Rock City’s generals and demanded an account of the Yaksha Legion’s destruction and the loss of the Nether Stones.
• A demon commander blamed the Burning Demon for killing Ye Shisan and the Yaksha Legion and turning the vanguard camp into deserters.
• The generals argued over whether the Swamp Lord or a third lord had orchestrated the battle, until the Rock Lord silenced them.
• The Rock Lord ordered every demon in Rock City to find and kill the Burning Demon, and the commanders mobilized troops across the world.

Xia Ping refined Nether Stones in seclusion until one billion Hell Golden Crow Cells awakened, causing a pillar of light to erupt across Flame Hell. The nine immortal-level lords mistook the phenomenon for a secret treasure and set out to claim it.

• Xia Ping refined five hundred million Nether Stones into nether energy and awakened one billion Hell Golden Crow Cells.
• Xia Ping's body erupted in dark-golden flames, destroying his formations and melting the surrounding mountain range.
• A vast pillar of light pierced Flame Hell's clouds and illuminated the realm, drawing the attention of its demons and Nether Ghosts.
• Many demons speculated that a secret treasure had appeared and flew toward the pillar of light.
• The nine immortal-level lords decided to seize the supposed treasure and flew out from their Castles.

Xia Ping awakened one billion Hell Golden Crow Cells, transforming his body into flame and granting him the Blood Rebirth divine ability. A hundred and eight layers of Nine Nether Hellfire Lightning gathered above him, forcing the approaching demons to retreat as he faced the tribulation.

• Xia Ping's heart released a powerful rhythm as dark golden blood surged through his body and his cells transformed into flame.
• Xia Ping learned that awakening one billion Hell Golden Crow Cells had granted him Blood Rebirth, letting him regenerate from a single drop of blood.
• Xia Ping sensed a heavenly tribulation and saw a vast vortex of black clouds gathering above Flame Hell.
• Xia Ping recognized the hundred and eight layers of lightning as Nine Nether Hellfire Lightning, a tribulation capable of seriously injuring immortal-level lords.
• The demons approaching the area saw the tribulation clouds, feared being killed by the lightning, and retreated without reaching Xia Ping.

All nine immortal lords of Flame Hell gathered near a Nine Nether Hellfire Lightning tribulation, each hoping to learn whether a powerful treasure was being born. They chose to wait rather than risk the lightning or expose themselves to their rivals.

• The Sea Shark Lord arrived near the tribulation clouds, and the Rock Lord and Swamp Lord followed, trading hostile remarks.
• Six more immortal lords emerged from wormholes, bringing all nine lords of Flame Hell together in an unprecedented gathering.
• The Sea Shark Lord asked what had caused the Nine Nether Hellfire Lightning, and the Swamp Lord and another lord considered the possibility of a rare hell artifact.
• The Rock Lord warned that approaching the tribulation could draw the lightning onto them and kill even an immortal lord.
• The nine lords weighed the danger from the lightning and from one another, then decided to wait for the tribulation to end.

Xia Ping absorbed the Nine Nether Hellfire Lightning with his Hell Furnace, awakening more Hell Golden Crow Cells and replenishing his weapons. The Spear of Hell unlocked its third and fourth forms, and Xia Ping mastered powers capable of sealing and destroying even Immortal-level demons.

• Nine Immortal-level lords appeared beyond the tribulation clouds, but Xia Ping focused on enduring the next wave of lightning.
• Xia Ping used the Hell Furnace to absorb and refine the Nine Nether Hellfire Lightning, strengthening his body and cultivation.
• The Spear of Hell and the Mourning Staff absorbed energy, and the Spear of Hell broke through a seal and sent Xia Ping new knowledge.
• Xia Ping learned the third form, Creation, and used it to create a hell world that sealed everything within its reach.
• Xia Ping learned the fourth form, Destruction, and tore through the void, blasting apart lightning bolts and opening a hole in the tribulation clouds.

Xia Ping awakened the Mourning Staff’s Soul-Suppressing Five Forms and fought the Nine Nether Hellfire Lightning tribulation, growing stronger as he did. The Immortal lords recognized him as a Burning Demon seeking to advance, and the Rock Lord identified him as the enemy responsible for its losses.

• Xia Ping received the Soul-Suppressing Five Forms from the Mourning Staff, whose techniques could stun, slow, track, or destroy an enemy’s soul.
• Xia Ping wielded the Spear of Hell to battle the Nine Nether Hellfire Lightning and absorbed its scattered energy with the Hell Furnace, awakening more Hell Golden Crow Cells.
• The nine Immortal lords realized that a Burning Demon was undergoing tribulation and feared how powerful it would become if it reached the Immortal realm.
• The Rock Lord recognized Xia Ping and accused him of killing Ye Shisan, inciting the vanguard camp to rebel, destroying the Yaksha Legion, and seizing the Nether Stone vein.
• The Swamp Lord suspected Xia Ping had also wiped out the Swamp Legion, and the Rock Lord agreed, blaming him for its devastating losses.

Rock Lord and the other eight Immortal Lords attacked Xia Ping during his tribulation, hoping to prevent him from ascending. Xia Ping absorbed their attacks and the remaining lightning, then pierced Rock Lord with his spear.

• Rock Lord persuaded the other eight Immortal Lords to attack Xia Ping before he could ascend.
• The nine Immortal Lords forced aside the Nine Nether Hellfire Lightning and launched a combined assault on Xia Ping.
• Xia Ping's Kunpeng Domain swallowed their attacks without harming him.
• Xia Ping absorbed the remaining Nine Nether Hellfire Lightning and stepped forward with a dark-golden spear.
• Xia Ping pierced Rock Lord through the chest with a single strike.

Xia Ping sealed the Rock Lord with the Spear of Hell’s third form and blocked the other immortal lords’ attacks with the Saha Prayer Beads. The immortal demons were left stunned that a Burning Demon could wield a human sacred artifact so effectively.

• The Rock Lord recovered from Xia Ping’s spear strike and attacked him with its full-strength Flame Prison Mountain-Sundering Axe.
• Xia Ping used the Spear of Hell’s third form, Creation, to form a Flame Hell that blocked the axe and bound the Rock Lord.
• The Rock Lord struggled against the seal as the other eight immortal lords demanded Xia Ping release it and then attacked him.
• Xia Ping activated the Saha Prayer Beads, whose Buddhist kingdom blocked the immortal demons’ combined attacks.
• The immortal demons questioned how Xia Ping could wield a human sacred artifact.

Xia Ping fought all nine immortal-level lords of Flame Hell, drawing the attention of demons who wondered about his origins. The Swamp Lord trapped him, the Nether Ghost Lord attacked his consciousness, and the Sea Shark Lord bit off his head.

• Xia Ping rejected the lords’ questions, and the nine immortal-level demons attacked him to seize his treasures.
• Xia Ping fought back with the Spear of Hell and the Saha Prayer Beads as demons watched from afar and fled from the battle’s destructive aura.
• Five immortal-level demons struck Xia Ping with the Underworld King Killing Palm, but his Saha Prayer Beads’ golden sea absorbed its power.
• The Swamp Lord ambushed Xia Ping with its Swamp Earth ability and bound him in a vast swamp.
• The Nether Ghost Lord attacked Xia Ping’s consciousness, and the Sea Shark Lord rushed in and bit off his head.

Xia Ping revived after the Sea Shark Lord bit off his head, revealing an immortal body and using Hell Golden Crow Flames to burn the Swamp Lord. He killed the Swamp Lord with the fourth form of the Spear of Hell-Suppressing Demon, Destruction.

• The immortal lords celebrated after the Sea Shark Lord bit off Xia Ping's head and left half his body behind.
• Hell Golden Crow Flames spread through the Swamp Lord's body, burning its energy and threatening its life.
• The Nether Ghost Lord realized Xia Ping was not dead as his flesh and blood reassembled into an immortal body.
• Xia Ping used Blood Rebirth, then thrust the Spear of Hell-Suppressing Demon in its fourth form, Destruction.
• Xia Ping's attack tore the Swamp Lord apart and destroyed its true spirit, killing it.

Xia Ping killed the Swamp Lord and the Nether Ghost Lord, feeding their soul energy to the Samsara Pen and bringing its first seal close to breaking. Terrified by the Hell artifacts in his hands, the remaining immortal lords fled.

• Xia Ping devoured the Swamp Lord's soul energy, bringing the Samsara Pen closer to unsealing its first layer.
• The immortal lords recoiled at the Swamp Lord's death, and the Nether Ghost Lord fled into the void.
• Xia Ping used the Mourning Staff to stun the Nether Ghost Lord, then killed it with the Spear of Hell.
• The Samsara Pen absorbed the Nether Ghost Lord's soul energy, and Xia Ping realized one more immortal lord's soul could lift its first seal.
• The Sea Shark Lord identified Xia Ping's weapons as legendary Hell jailer artifacts, and the other immortal lords fled.