Chapter Summaries

Zhang Sanxian used the Heart-Eroding Martial Path to drive three Demon Sect experts to horrifying deaths and gained five fragments. He flew north across the ice plains and reached the sacred Karakorum Ice Peak, where his journey left him facing the colossal mountain.

• Zhang Sanxian projected the stocky man's fear of Gu Youlian's needle-chamber torture onto his body, causing him to bleed from countless wounds.
• Zhang Sanxian engulfed Iron Mask and the tall, thin man in darkness, driving both men and the silver snake into madness and death.
• Zhang Sanxian accepted five fragments, shattered his cane and hidden sword, and stored the Immortal Mirror in the Mind-Image Cocoon Domain.
• Zhang Sanxian flew north through a fierce blizzard for two hours and crossed nine thousand li.
• Zhang Sanxian arrived at the sacred Karakorum Ice Peak, a colossal mountain rising beyond the northern ice plains.

Zhang Sanxian crossed Karakorum Ice Peak’s hidden path, reached the Sacred Mountain Ancestral Temple, and took its second Immortal Mirror. The mirrors resonated and forced him into a breakthrough as he slipped into the near future; two days later, Ba Wulie arrived to find the divine artifact missing.

• Zhang Sanxian failed to fly through the Icefire Turbulence and entered the Secret Ancient Path concealed in a glacier.
• Zhang Sanxian destroyed the path’s traps and slaughtered its ice beasts, gaining thirteen fragments as he advanced.
• Zhang Sanxian reached the Sacred Mountain Ancestral Temple and found the second Immortal Mirror, but not the Northern Di Imperial Preceptor Ba Yuanlie.
• Zhang Sanxian took the Immortal Mirror, and its resonance with the first mirror strengthened his body and soul and triggered a breakthrough.
• Zhang Sanxian slipped out of the timeline into the near future, and two days later Ba Wulie entered the temple and found the stone platform empty.

Ba Wulie discovered that the Immortal Mirror had vanished and waited in the Sacred Mountain Ancestral Temple for its thief, but eventually left. Months later, Zhang Sanxian emerged from hiding, broke through to the Sacred Embryo realm, and raised all his systems to Level 4, becoming overwhelmingly powerful.

• Ba Wulie found the stone platform empty and vowed to punish whoever had stolen the Immortal Mirror.
• Ba Wulie waited in the temple for two weeks, then left, suspecting the thief had used a sealed container and blaming the Central Plains.
• Two and a half months after Ba Wulie left, Zhang Sanxian appeared beside the empty platform and broke through to the Intent-Force Sacred Embryo realm.
• Zhang Sanxian advanced his realm to its peak and raised all his skills and systems to the end of Level 4, increasing his strength to six million tons.
• Zhang Sanxian sensed that his Mind-Image Cocoon Domain had become the Sacred Embryo Heart Domain and declared himself invincible beneath the heavens through the Heart-Eroding Martial Path.

Zhang Sanxian completed his transformation into a Mind Sacred Embryo and flew across the frozen lands as a blazing dragon, leaving a trail of devastation. He reached Flat Valley City and found Northern Di cavalry slaughtering its people, with Bo Geyu about to kill a captured general.

• Zhang Sanxian’s Mind Sacred Embryo radiated a reality-distorting Field that corrupted everything within its reach.
• Zhang Sanxian flew away at immense speed, becoming a dragon of plasma light and fire that devastated the landscape beneath him.
• Zhang Sanxian crossed the frozen expanse and arrived near the northern borderlands of Yan Province.
• Zhang Sanxian saw that Northern Di cavalry had turned Flat Valley City into a massacre.
• Bo Geyu mocked the Central Plains and tightened his grip around the captured general’s neck as his soldiers continued slaughtering civilians.

Zhang Sanxian arrived in Flat Valley City and effortlessly annihilated thousands of Di cavalry before crushing Bo Geyu. He spared Bo Geyu from immediate death, then spread his Sacred Embryo Heart Domain across the city.

• Zhang Sanxian appeared above Flat Valley City, and his frigid pressure silenced the slaughter.
• Zhang Sanxian erased thousands of Di cavalry with a gesture, terrifying the surviving soldiers.
• Bo Geyu attacked Zhang Sanxian, who crushed his body and left him barely alive in a crater.
• Zhang Sanxian descended beside Bo Geyu and spread his Sacred Embryo Heart Domain across Flat Valley City.

Zhang Sanxian unleashed a Blood Prison over Flat Valley City, where vengeful ghosts and sentient weapons tortured and killed the Di soldiers for their crimes. He endured Bo Geyu’s amplified suffering before drawing the Blood Prison and all the Di soldiers back into the hell within his heart.

• Zhang Sanxian’s heart-eroding power warped the rules of Flat Valley City and turned the dead into ghosts that attacked the Di soldiers.
• The ghosts inflicted gruesome punishments on the Di soldiers, making them relive the pain and terror they had inflicted on others.
• The Di soldiers’ weapons gained sentience and joined the slaughter as the city became a hell of blood and suffering.
• Bo Geyu suffered a hundredfold amplification of every slaughter and torment he had caused, then begged Zhang Sanxian for mercy.
• Zhang Sanxian ignored Bo Geyu’s pleas and drew the Blood Prison and the suffering Di soldiers back into the hell within his heart.

Zhang Sanxian annihilated Bo Geyu’s Northern Di army in Flat Valley City and discovered that Northern Di forces were devastating Yan Province while Great Yi’s defenders were nowhere to be seen. He began rescuing civilians by slaughtering the invading cavalry, then descended into a town and unleashed his heart domain against the Di soldiers there.

• Zhang Sanxian intensified the suffering inside his heart domain until Bo Geyu and tens of thousands of Northern Di soldiers died, leaving their corpses as prisoners in the domain and earning him thirty-eight Stronger Fragments.
• Zhang Sanxian left the cheering survivors in Flat Valley City and swept across Yan Province, finding ruined towns, dead civilians, and several Northern Di cavalry bands led by Return to Truth Rank generals.
• After seeing no sign of the Divine Strategy Army, Zhang Sanxian attacked the invading forces, vaporizing cavalry bands and their generals with blazing spheres of plasma.
• Zhang Sanxian descended into a town where Di soldiers were fighting civilians and defenders, freezing the battle before covering the town with his heart domain.
• The town transformed into a ruined, ghostly city as monsters and sinister shadows emerged from the darkness and surrounded the Northern Di cavalry.

Zhang Sanxian trapped the Northern Di soldiers in the Sacred Embryo Heart Domain, then appeared before Lian Shanyu’s Avatar at the peak of the Holy Embryo Realm. Lian Shanyu told him that the Great Yi Dynasty had collapsed into a divided and chaotic world.

• Zhang Sanxian’s Sacred Embryo Heart Domain engulfed the Northern Di army and turned its soldiers into ghosts of the dead city.
• Kui Tree Town’s survivors saw the ancient city appear and vanish, while the Northern Di soldiers and their weapons disappeared.
• Zhang Sanxian traveled to River Luo Town and appeared inside Celebrating Spring Tavern before Lian Shanyu’s Avatar.
• Lian Shanyu recognized that Zhang Sanxian had reached the peak of the Holy Embryo Realm in three months and feared his power.
• Lian Shanyu told Zhang Sanxian that the Great Yi Dynasty had collapsed, with regional forces dividing the land and the world descending into chaos.

Zhang Sanxian learned that martial factions blamed him for the destruction of Screen Sea City, then faced the arrival of Vast Mountain’s Yanghe and Hanging Sword Pavilion’s Shen Mobai. Zhang’s glance left Yanghe helpless on the ground, and enormous pale eyes appeared above Shen as he challenged Zhang.

• Lian Shanyu told Zhang Sanxian that the martial world blamed him for the deaths at Screen Sea City and that Fangzheng was safe at Rain-Listening Tower’s headquarters.
• Yanghe arrived in River Luo Town, accused Zhang of destroying the martial world’s foundations, and demanded that he come out and die.
• Zhang Sanxian looked at Yanghe, overwhelming him with terror and forcing him to fall from the sky and collapse outside the tavern.
• Shen Mobai arrived and accused Zhang of killing his disciple Yun Feiyang, while Yanghe tried to warn him that Zhang was far stronger than he expected.
• A deathly aura erupted from the inn, and enormous pale eyes appeared in the sky above Shen Mobai.

Zhang Sanxian overwhelmed Shen Mobai and True Person Yanghe with his Eye Beyond the Eye, crushing Shen Mobai’s sword and terrifying them both. In Spring Celebration Tavern, they accepted Zhang Sanxian’s denial of responsibility for the Screen Sea City explosion and pledged to help clear his name.

• Zhang Sanxian manifested the deathly white giant eyes of Eye Beyond the Eye, making Shen Mobai experience seven deaths and shattering his sword and sword intent.
• The giant eyes vanished, and Shen Mobai and True Person Yanghe recovered from their terror as River Luo Town returned to normal.
• At Spring Celebration Tavern, Zhang Sanxian told Shen Mobai and True Person Yanghe that he had not caused the explosion in Screen Sea City.
• True Person Yanghe and Shen Mobai declared that Zhang Sanxian could not have been responsible and promised to find the culprit and defend his name.
• Lian Shanyu told Zhang Sanxian that the two men feared him but remained mindful of the Central Plains and the righteous faction.
• Zhang Sanxian recognized that neither man was truly wicked and explained that he had punished them rather than killing them.

Lian Shanyu revealed himself as the master of Rain-Listening Tower and helped Zhang Sanxian resolve his conflict with Shen Mobai and True Person Yanghe through apologies and gifts. Zhang Sanxian accepted Shen Mobai’s offerings, including Sword-Washing Island, while Lian Shanyu identified Yanghe’s gift as a possible Earthfire Lotus Heart Seed.

• Lian Shanyu rebuked Shen Mobai and True Person Yanghe, then shocked them by saying Zhang Sanxian had reached the Saint Embryo realm’s pinnacle only months after being an ordinary mortal.
• Lian Shanyu revealed he was the master of Rain-Listening Tower and urged Shen Mobai and True Person Yanghe to apologize and make amends to Zhang Sanxian.
• Shen Mobai apologized and offered Zhang Sanxian a Starfall Frost Soul, an incomplete sword-principle scroll, and the formation-control token for Sword-Washing Island.
• Zhang Sanxian sensed a tiny golden sword concealed inside the Starfall Frost Soul, though Shen Mobai and Lian Shanyu seemed unaware of it.
• Shen Mobai described Sword-Washing Island and its Tide-Watching Villa, and Zhang Sanxian accepted the token as part of the apology.
• True Person Yanghe offered Zhang Sanxian a fiery-red jade seed, which Lian Shanyu identified as possibly an Earthfire Lotus Heart Seed capable of hatching a Fire Lotus Qilin.

After accepting Vast Mountain’s Earthfire Lotus Heart Seed, Zhang Sanxian learned that the Central Plains’ Sacred Embryos feared Ba Wulie and agreed to attend a martial arts conference at Golden Cicada Temple. He set off with Yanghe and Shen Mobai at astonishing speed, leaving Lian Shanyu behind.

• True Person Yanghe presented Zhang Sanxian with Vast Mountain’s Earthfire Lotus Heart Seed, and Zhang Sanxian recognized that it could hatch into a Fire Lotus Qilin with Earth’s core source fire.
• Zhang Sanxian accepted the seed and stored all four gifts in his heart domain, settling the dispute with Yanghe and Shen Mobai.
• Yanghe explained that Ba Wulie had stayed hidden since Northern Di invaded and that no Central Plains Sacred Embryo could defeat him one-on-one.
• Yanghe invited Zhang Sanxian to a martial arts conference at Golden Cicada Temple to discuss Ba Wulie and clear Zhang Sanxian’s unjust accusations, and Zhang agreed.
• Zhang Sanxian carried Yanghe and Shen Mobai south toward Golden Cicada Temple at tremendous speed, while Lian Shanyu watched in shock.

Sacred Embryo experts and their followers gathered at Golden Cicada Temple to discuss resisting the Di and the Screen Sea City bloodshed. As they awaited Zhang Sanxian, a thunderous roar and overwhelming pressure shook the mountain, leaving the gathering stunned.

• Master Cien welcomed the martial artists and said Pavilion Master Shen and True Person Yanghe had gone to find Zhang Sanxian.
• The gathered experts condemned Zhang Sanxian, while Hua Yuanqing lamented Zhi'er and Tie Zhenyue vowed to kill him.
• Miao Lie argued that Zhang Sanxian had no need for explosives and that the Screen Sea City blast might conceal another truth.
• Tie Zhenyue accused Zhang Sanxian of possibly serving the Mirage Pavilion, and Miao Lie insisted he had spoken honestly.
• A series of thunderous booms and a crushing pressure struck Golden Cicada Temple, shaking the halls and the mountain as someone pointed toward the northern sky.

Zhang Sanxian arrived at Golden Cicada Temple with Shen Mobai and True Person Yanghe, stunning the assembled martial artists. Shen Mobai and Yanghe declared that Zhang had reached the peak of the Saint Embryo realm and had only been a mortal months earlier, while Yanghe forced Rock True Person to repeat his account of the Screen Sea City massacre.

• Zhang Sanxian swept into Golden Cicada Temple in the form of a blazing dragon, carrying Shen Mobai and True Person Yanghe, then transformed and landed in the square.
• Shen Mobai and Yanghe greeted the assembled cultivators, and Master Cien asked whether their companion was Zhang Sanxian.
• Shen Mobai proclaimed that Zhang Sanxian was innocent of the Screen Sea City massacre and had reached the peak of the Saint Embryo realm.
• True Person Yanghe revealed that Zhang had been a mortal just months earlier, shocking Li Muyun, Rock True Person, and the other martial artists.
• Yanghe summoned Rock True Person and ordered him to repeat his claim that Zhang had fled after being defeated and detonated explosives; Rock nervously repeated the lie.

Zhang Sanxian exposed Rock True Person as the one who triggered the Demonfire Thunder under Marshal Luo’s orders, then executed him. He next accused four Canal River Gang Elders of practicing demonic arts and crushed them to their knees as Hong Tianba protested.

• Miao Lie realized Rock True Person had set off the Demonfire Thunder, and Zhang Sanxian’s pressure made him confess that Marshal Luo had ordered him to do it.
• Rock True Person admitted he had acted for promised glory and wealth, and True Person Yanghe accepted responsibility for his disciple and left his fate to Zhang Sanxian.
• Zhang Sanxian killed Rock True Person with a strand of Sword Qi, and True Person Yanghe thanked him for sparing Vast Mountain’s dignity.
• Zhang Sanxian accused the Canal River Gang’s four Return-to-True Elders of practicing the Demon Sect’s flesh-and-blood arts, but they and Hong Tianba denied it.
• Zhang Sanxian forced the four Elders to their knees with overwhelming pressure, and Hong Tianba angrily accused him of humiliating the Canal River Gang.

Zhang Sanxian used a newly created soul-hypnosis art to expose four Canal River Gang Elders as Mirage Pavilion infiltrators and uncover their plan to seize control of the gang. Their revelations linked Mirage Pavilion to Luo Xiao, and Zhang killed the four men, leaving Hong Tianba devastated by his failure.

• Zhang Sanxian hypnotized the four Elders and made them reveal that they were senior members of Mirage Pavilion who planned to take over the Canal River Gang after Hong Tianba died.
• The four infiltrators said Mirage Pavilion's headquarters was in Hidden Seclusion Valley beyond Luo Jade Pass, and revealed that Luo Xiao was the Pavilion Master's only son.
• The crowd reacted with alarm to the connection between Mirage Pavilion and Luo Xiao, while Hong Tianba faced shame and suspicion over the gang's infiltration.
• Zhang Sanxian killed the four Mirage Pavilion hall masters with Sword Qi and received nine fragments.
• Hong Tianba lamented that his indulgence and blindness had nearly cost the Canal River Gang its legacy.

Zhang Sanxian exposed Hua Yuanqing as Gu Qianjue’s Painted Skin Avatar, but Hua denied the accusation as the assembly split over whom to believe. Zhang used a mental imprint from Gu Youlian to provoke Hua, whose composure finally broke.

• Zhang Sanxian identified Hua Yuanqing as Gu Qianjue’s Painted Skin Avatar and revealed his hidden abilities and techniques.
• Hua Yuanqing denied being an avatar, while the assembled martial artists argued over Zhang’s accusation and Hua’s past charitable deeds.
• Sea Immortal Island disciples and other supporters rebuked Zhang, while several attendees began to suspect Hua.
• Zhang sent Hua a painful mental fluctuation carrying Gu Youlian’s hatred for her father, and Hua’s expression changed.

Zhang Sanxian revealed that Hua Yuanqing was Gu Qianjue and delivered Gu Youlian’s final message, prompting Gu Qianjue to shed his disguise and threaten the world with an improved corpse poison. The chapter left the gathered martial leaders facing the prospect of a worldwide Frenzied Corpse outbreak.

• Zhang Sanxian told Gu Qianjue that Gu Youlian remembered the torment he inflicted on her and would await him on the road to the Yellow Springs.
• Gu Qianjue dropped his benevolent persona, declared his true identity, and threatened to seize Zhang Sanxian’s power and life.
• Gu Qianjue’s body collapsed into a sheet of human skin, but he taunted Zhang Sanxian and the crowd by invoking the Frenzied Corpse Gu disaster in Lian City.
• Gu Qianjue revealed that he had improved the poison into Frenzied Corpse Foul Breath and prepared ten thousand jin to spread across the world.
• Chu Xiong, Tie Zhenyue, and True Person Yanghe condemned Gu Qianjue, who said he would accept living amid ruins if his demonic sect could not rule the world.

Zhang Sanxian identified Gu Qianjue’s true body and the location of his corpse miasma, but Gu Qianjue’s severed head warned that he would release it over the Central Plains. The story shifted to Sea Immortal Island, where Gu Qianjue prepared to use a Heavenly Corpse from Beyond the Realm and vowed he could still kill Zhang Sanxian.

• Zhang Sanxian used his abilities to locate Gu Qianjue’s true body beneath an island southeast of the Central Plains and identified the corpse miasma there.
• Gu Qianjue’s severed head threatened to scatter ten thousand jin of miasma toward the Central Plains before it fell silent.
• The people at Golden Cicada Temple despaired as they realized the scale of Gu Qianjue’s planned catastrophe.
• Gu Qianjue’s true body, embedded in a giant corpse beneath Sea Immortal Island, cursed Zhang Sanxian for taking You Lian’s Heart-Eroding power.
• Gu Qianjue explained that he needed Sacred Embryo Rank Heart-Eroding Power to revive the Heavenly Corpse and said he could still kill Zhang Sanxian despite his reaching the peak of the Sacred Embryo Rank.

Gu Qianjue launched a plan to spread mad corpse foul breath across the Central Plains, while Zhang Sanxian used The World to race to Sea Immortal Island and stop the first shell. Gu Qianjue recognized Zhang Sanxian and erupted in fury, leaving their confrontation imminent.

• Gu Qianjue ordered the Ten Dharma Kings to begin the Doomsday Dissemination Plan and fire mad corpse foul breath across ten thousand li.
• Zhang Sanxian activated The World, froze time, and flew toward Sea Immortal Island at extraordinary speed.
• Zhang Sanxian reached Sea Immortal Island just as Gu Qianjue's cannon fired a shell of mad corpse foul breath.
• Zhang Sanxian opened the Sacred Embryo Heart Domain and made the world-ending shell disappear.
• Gu Qianjue saw Zhang Sanxian through the cannon Avatar and roared that he would flay and devour him.