Chapter Summaries

Lin Changqing claimed the system’s reward of peak True Immortal cultivation while surrounded by demons on the Scarlet Sand Plains. As his cultivation surged, Golden Flame Demon Venerable ordered the demons to attack, but the system shielded Lin Changqing and left his breakthrough uninterrupted.

• Lin Changqing claimed the system’s peak True Immortal cultivation reward and laughed, startling Golden Flame Demon Venerable and the assembled demons.
• The reward flooded Lin Changqing with power, healed his wounds, and drove his cultivation from mid Earth Immortal toward True Immortal.
• Golden Flame Demon Venerable recognized the danger and ordered Jade-Eyed Demon Emperor and the other demons to attack Lin Changqing before he could finish breaking through.
• Lin Changqing reached early True Immortal, but the demons’ combined attacks vanished against a pale-gold shield created by the system.
• The system assured Lin Changqing that no attack could harm him before his breakthrough ended, and he closed his eyes to continue cultivating.

Lin Changqing’s shield absorbed the demonic beasts’ strongest attacks while he broke through from mid Earth Immortal to peak True Immortal. After suppressing the entire group with his newfound power, he concealed the heavenly breakthrough phenomenon and prepared to deal with them.

• Golden Flame Demon Venerable ordered the demonic beasts to unleash their strongest attacks against Lin Changqing’s shield, but it devoured every blow.
• Lin Changqing’s cultivation climbed to peak True Immortal, and his pressure crushed Golden Flame Demon Venerable, the Jade-Eyed Demon Emperor, and the other demons into the ground.
• An azure-gold lotus phenomenon appeared over the Scarlet Sand Plains as the Heavenly Dao recognized Lin Changqing’s breakthrough.
• Lin Changqing dismissed the phenomenon, turned toward the terrified demonic beasts, and said it was his turn again.

Lin Changqing broke through to peak True Immortal, killed the demon beasts that had hunted him, and claimed a system reward that upgraded his techniques, skills, items, and Realm Origin Pearl. The Small World within the pearl began transforming into a Minor Thousand Worlds, leaving Su Wanqing stunned.

• Lin Changqing reached peak True Immortal and healed his injuries, while the demon beasts trembled beneath his power.
• Lin Changqing told the Golden Flame Demon Venerable that a Beyond-Heavens Opportunity had caused his breakthrough, then received a system quest to subdue or kill his pursuers.
• Lin Changqing chose to kill the demon beasts and erased them all with a wave of azure-gold power.
• Lin Changqing completed the quest and claimed the reward after sensing that the Realm Origin Pearl was buckling under the auras of the Four Symbols Holy Guards and Golden Radiance.
• The reward upgraded Lin Changqing's techniques, martial skills, and treasures, while the Realm Origin Pearl expanded and transformed into a Minor Thousand Worlds.
• Su Wanqing watched the Small World's transformation in shock and wondered what was happening.

Lin Changqing revealed to Su Wanqing that he had reached peak True Immortal stage and explained that the Four Symbols Holy Guards and Golden Radiance advanced whenever he did because they were bound to him by a supreme treasure. He then took Su Wanqing and the others out of the Realm Origin Pearl, where they saw the Scarlet Sand Plains and the Upper Realm for the first time.

• Su Wanqing emerged from seclusion at late Quasi-Immortal stage as the Four Symbols Holy Guards and Golden Radiance broke through to early True Immortal stage, shaking the Realm Origin Pearl’s Small World until it expanded.
• Su Wanqing questioned the group about their repeated breakthroughs, and Lin Changqing appeared, startling her with his overwhelming power.
• Lin Changqing reassured Su Wanqing that he had not been possessed and confessed that he had reached peak True Immortal stage and that the Four Symbols Holy Guards and Golden Radiance were bound to him through a supreme treasure.
• Su Wanqing reproached Lin Changqing for previously concealing the truth, then forgave him and agreed to see the Upper Realm with him.
• Lin Changqing, Su Wanqing, the Four Symbols Holy Guards, and Golden Radiance left the Realm Origin Pearl and appeared above the Scarlet Sand Plains, where Su Wanqing gazed at the Upper Realm in wonder.

Lin Changqing and his companions traveled east from the Scarlet Sand Plains toward the Human Race’s Purple Cloud Domain after he explained how he had survived the Demon Race’s pursuit. Meanwhile, the clans whose experts he killed discovered their shattered life tablets, and Crimson Flame Demon Venerable learned that Golden Flame Demon Venerable had fallen.

• Lin Changqing told Su Wanqing and the others that he had killed the Demon Kings, Demon Emperors, and True Immortal Demon Venerable who pursued him across the Demon Domain.
• The Four Symbols Holy Guards and Golden Radiance vowed to protect Lin Changqing, who reassured them that their new True Immortal strength made them formidable allies.
• Lin Changqing led the group east toward the Human Race’s Purple Cloud Domain using his peak True Immortal Spatial Law.
• A Red-Eyed Venom Toad guard found that the life tablets of pursuing Demon Kings and Demon Emperors had shattered, prompting alarm throughout several Demon clans.
• The Crimson Flame Lion Clan discovered that Golden Flame Demon Venerable’s life tablet had shattered, and Crimson Flame Demon Venerable emerged from seclusion demanding confirmation.

Crimson Flame Demon Venerable investigated the massacre that killed Golden Flame Demon Venerable and concluded that a peak True Immortal from the Human Race was responsible. He vowed to report the attack to the Blazing Lion Demon Court, while Lin Changqing and Su Wanqing continued traveling toward Human Race Territory.

• Crimson Flame Demon Venerable found Golden Flame Demon Venerable's shattered life tablet and ordered the clan to investigate his death near the Scarlet Sand Plains.
• Crimson Flame Demon Venerable examined the battlefield and found the blood and remains of Golden Flame Demon Venerable, Demon Emperors, and Demon Kings.
• Crimson Flame Demon Venerable sensed the aura of a peak True Immortal and blamed a powerful Human Race cultivator for the massacre.
• Crimson Flame Demon Venerable vowed to report the incident to the Blazing Lion Demon Court and seek stronger experts.
• Lin Changqing and Su Wanqing traveled across the Azure Flame Domain, heading toward the Human Race Territory.

Lin Changqing began taking revenge on the Demon Domain’s beasts, annihilating the Purple-Scale Python Clan and sweeping through several territories with overwhelming strength. He and his companions reached the Crimson Flame Lion Clan’s territory, the last major obstacle before the Boundary River and the Vast Wild Domain.

• Lin Changqing identified the Purple-Scale Mountains as the territory of the Purple-Scale Python Clan and led his group straight into them.
• Lin Changqing killed the clan’s peak Heaven Immortal Demon Emperor and annihilated every Purple-Scale Python in the mountains.
• Lin Changqing continued across the Demon Domain, killing Demon Emperors, Demon Kings, and True Immortal Demon Venerables and collecting the True Immortal beasts’ corpses for Su Wanqing.
• Su Wanqing praised Lin Changqing’s strength, and he promised to use the demon beasts’ essence blood and pills to aid her cultivation.
• Lin Changqing checked the Twin Mountains and Rivers Map and found that the group had reached the Crimson Flame Lion Clan’s territory, where several True Immortal Demon Venerables were stationed.

Lin Changqing led Su Wanqing, the Four Symbols Holy Guards, and Golden Radiance into Crimson Flame Lion territory and slaughtered its beasts, drawing out the clan’s four Demon Venerables. The Red-Eyed Lion King confronted them and demanded they surrender, threatening them with the Blazing Lion Demon Court’s Profound Immortal Demon Lord.

• Lin Changqing rejected Su Wanqing’s suggestion to bypass the Crimson Flame Lion Clan and led the group toward its territory.
• Lin Changqing and his companions unleashed their True Immortal auras, entered the territory, and killed thousands of beasts as they flew through.
• The Red-Eyed Lion King and three other Demon Venerables learned that human True Immortals were attacking and decided to report the invasion while blocking them.
• The four Demon Venerables teleported to confront Lin Changqing and recognized that his group outmatched them.
• The Red-Eyed Lion King ordered Lin Changqing to surrender and threatened that the Blazing Lion Demon Court’s Profound Immortal Demon Lord would kill them if they refused.

Lin Changqing, calling himself Qingwu Heavenly Lord, slaughtered four True Immortal Demon Venerables who tried to stop him in the Blazing Lion Demon Court’s territory. He and his companions then crossed the Crimson Flame Lion Clan’s lands toward the Boundary River, leaving the entire territory lifeless.

• Lin Changqing sealed the four Demon Venerables inside a spatial barrier and declared himself Qingwu Heavenly Lord.
• Lin Changqing wounded the four demons with Green Lotus Sword Art, then killed three with Ten Thousand Swords Return to Origin.
• Lin Changqing overwhelmed the Red-Eyed Lion King and stored all four Demon Venerables’ corpses for their valuable materials.
• Lin Changqing reassured Su Wanqing that he would use the demon essence blood to help her cultivate, then used Spatial Leap to continue toward the Boundary River.
• Lin Changqing slaughtered every demon beast within his reach as his group crossed the Crimson Flame Lion Clan’s territory, leaving the mountain range lifeless.

Lin Changqing and his companions reached the Azurewild Boundary River, where he unleashed devastating sword attacks that killed the river’s demon beasts. After clearing the waters, he began planning their route across the river.

• Lin Changqing and his group emerged at the immense Azurewild Boundary River, which divided the Azure Flame Domain from the Vast Wild Domain.
• Lin Changqing consulted the Twin Mountains and Rivers Map and learned that powerful aquatic demon beasts filled the river.
• Lin Changqing struck the river with the Green Lotus Sword Art, splitting its waters and creating a vast gorge in the riverbed.
• Lin Changqing used Ten Thousand Swords Return to Origin to kill the fleeing demon beasts across thousands of li.
• Lin Changqing put away his sword and examined the Twin Mountains and Rivers Map to plan the group’s journey onward.

Lin Changqing used the upgraded Twin Mountains and Rivers Map to travel through the Vast Wild Domain toward the Human Race Territory, quickly crossing Azure Thorn Prefecture and other regions. Along the way, he discovered Zhao Ruoqing was injured and besieged by the Black-Pattern Demon Ape Clan, and the chapter left him recognizing her predicament.

• Lin Changqing teleported his group to Azure Thorn Prefecture, where his fully solidified presence crushed nearby demon beasts with his peak True Immortal pressure.
• Lin Changqing told Su Wanqing they should reach the Purple Cloud Domain in about a day, and they continued traveling with the Twin Mountains and Rivers Map.
• Lin Changqing and his group crossed the Vast Wild Domain’s forests and swamps, then arrived in the eerie territory of the Black-Pattern Demon Ape Clan.
• Lin Changqing spotted information on the map showing that Zhao Ruoqing was injured and surrounded by the clan’s Heaven Immortal Demon Emperors.
• Lin Changqing remembered Zhao Ruoqing’s kindness on Blue Wave Island and realized that she had survived the Void Storm but was now in danger.

Lin Changqing chose to rescue Zhao Ruoqing after discovering she had survived the Void Storm and was trapped in Demon Race territory. He arrived in time to kill the five Demon Emperors attacking her, leaving Zhao Ruoqing stunned by his transformation into a peak True Immortal.

• Lin Changqing found Zhao Ruoqing alone in the Black-Pattern Demon Ape Clan's territory and learned she was besieged by five Heaven Immortal Demon Emperors.
• Lin Changqing told Su Wanqing who Zhao Ruoqing was, and Su Wanqing agreed that they should save her.
• Zhao Ruoqing remembered Uncle Wu sacrificing himself during the Void Storm and fled from the five Demon Emperors until they cornered her.
• Black Bone Demon Emperor beat Zhao Ruoqing and threatened to make her his servant and plaything while the other Demon Emperors watched.
• Lin Changqing's pressure shattered the demons' Space Lockdown, and his Green Peak Sword killed Black Bone Demon Emperor and the other four Demon Emperors.
• Lin Changqing appeared before Zhao Ruoqing with Su Wanqing and the Four Symbols Holy Guards, and Zhao Ruoqing recognized him in disbelief.

Lin Changqing rescued Zhao Ruoqing from demon beasts, healed her injuries, and revealed that he had survived the Void Storm and reached the peak True Immortal stage. After Zhao Ruoqing recounted Uncle Wu’s sacrifice and her journey through the Vast Wild Domain, Lin Changqing agreed to let her travel with his group toward the Human Race Territory.

• Lin Changqing healed Zhao Ruoqing and revealed his identity, shocking her with his survival and cultivation breakthrough.
• Zhao Ruoqing changed clothes, met Lin Changqing’s companions, and learned that Su Wanqing was his Dao companion.
• Zhao Ruoqing explained that Uncle Wu had died protecting her from the Void Storm and described how she ended up in the Savage Domain.
• Zhao Ruoqing offered to repay Lin Changqing for saving her, but he said he was returning a favor from their earlier meeting.
• Zhao Ruoqing asked to travel with Lin Changqing’s group to the Human Race Territory, and he agreed.

Lin Changqing reassured Zhao Ruoqing that he would face any trouble from the Holy Qilin Demon Court, then used the Twin Mountains and Rivers Map to carry the group across the Vast Wild Domain. As they continued toward Human Race territory, Su Wanqing comforted Zhao Ruoqing over the companions she had lost in the Void Storm.

• Zhao Ruoqing warned Lin Changqing that the Holy Qilin Demon Court might send Profound Immortal Demon Lords after him for making Golden Radiance his mount, but Lin Changqing refused to release Golden Radiance.
• Golden Radiance and the Four Symbols Holy Guards declared their loyalty to Lin Changqing, and he used the Twin Mountains and Rivers Map to transport everyone away from the Black-Pattern Demon Ape Clan's territory.
• Earth Immortal Demon Kings attacked the group as they materialized above a mountain range, and Lin Changqing's peak True Immortal pressure killed them instantly.
• Lin Changqing made more than a dozen long-distance transmissions across the Vast Wild Domain, leaving Zhao Ruoqing amazed by his strength and the map's power.
• Su Wanqing comforted Zhao Ruoqing over the deaths of Uncle Wu and the other companions lost in the Void Storm, and Zhao Ruoqing resolved to live well and honor their sacrifice.

At Blazing Lion City, Red-Bearded Demon Venerable learned that Lin Changqing and his group had killed five True Immortal Demon Venerables and slaughtered across the Blazing Lion Demon Court’s territory. He mobilized two late True Immortal Demon Venerables and called for reinforcements to intercept them in the Vast Wild Domain, while planning to use the incident to pressure the Human Race if they escaped.

• Su Wanqing comforted Zhao Ruoqing, and Lin Changqing used the Twin Mountains and Rivers Map to continue toward the Purple Cloud Domain.
• A Demon Emperor reported to the nine Demon Venerables that Human Race cultivators had entered their territory and sent urgent pleas for aid from multiple domains.
• Red-Bearded Demon Venerable learned that the group had killed five True Immortal Demon Venerables, destroyed branches of the Crimson Flame Lion Clan, and swept through the territories of more than ten affiliated races.
• The Demon Venerables resolved to stop the group before it reached the Purple Cloud Domain, and Red-Bearded Demon Venerable set out with two late True Immortal Demon Venerables.
• Red-Bearded Demon Venerable ordered the races of the Vast Wild Domain and Azure Flame Domain to send reinforcements and planned to use the killings as a pretext to demand the Human Race hand over the culprit or risk losing the Purple Cloud Domain.

Lin Changqing and his companions reached the blood-soaked Buffer Zone between the Demon Domain and the Human Race's Purple Cloud Domain, where Zhao Ruoqing saw the defenses of her homeland. Six Demon Venerables recognized Lin Changqing's group as the targets of the Sacred Court's order and prepared to intercept them.

• Lin Changqing used the Twin Mountains and Rivers Map to carry the group across Thousand Woods Prefecture toward the Human Race border, while Zhao Ruoqing looked forward to returning home.
• At dusk, the group arrived at the Buffer Zone and saw the Human Race fortifications facing the Myriad Demon Race camp.
• Zhao Ruoqing recognized the familiar Human Race defenses and realized Lin Changqing no longer needed her warnings to stay safe.
• Six Demon Venerables in the Myriad Demon Race camp released their auras after sensing a Human Race True Immortal near the border.
• A peak Heaven Immortal Demon Emperor reported that Lin Changqing's group matched the Sacred Court's target, and the Azure-Scaled Demon Venerable ordered him to withdraw and secure the main camp.
• The Demon Venerables concluded that Lin Changqing had used a powerful spatial treasure to slip through their defenses.

Six Demon Venerables raced to intercept Lin Changqing before he could enter the Purple Cloud Domain, while he prepared to meet them with his companions. Lin Changqing sent Su Wanqing and Zhao Ruoqing into the Realm Origin Pearl, where Zhao Ruoqing discovered it was a vast, richly endowed small world.

• Blackwind Demon Venerable and the other five Demon Venerables agreed to delay Lin Changqing until reinforcements led by Red-Bearded Demon Venerable arrived, then set out for the Buffer Zone.
• Lin Changqing sensed the six approaching Demon Venerables and showed their positions on the Twin Mountains and Rivers Map.
• Lin Hu, Lin Que, Lin Long, Lin Wu, and Golden Radiance eagerly asked Lin Changqing to leave some opponents for them, while Zhao Ruoqing wondered at their confidence.
• Lin Changqing told Su Wanqing and Zhao Ruoqing to take shelter in the Realm Origin Pearl before the battle, and Su Wanqing agreed.
• Lin Changqing sent both women into the pearl, where Zhao Ruoqing was astonished by its immense landscape, dense spiritual energy, and precious spiritual plants.

Lin Changqing and the Four Symbols Holy Guards confronted six Demon Venerables in the Buffer Zone and overwhelmed them with their strength and combined array. The Demon Venerables were crushed beneath Lin Changqing’s Zhentian Seal and the Holy Guards’ Five-Element Divine Beast Phantom.

• Zhao Ruoqing asked Su Wanqing about the rare spirit plants in the Realm Origin Pearl, and Su Wanqing said Lin Changqing had obtained them through a fortuitous chance.
• Azure-Scaled Demon Venerable and five other Demon Venerables arrived and sealed the space around Lin Changqing and his companions.
• Lin Changqing named himself Qingwu Heavenly Lord, revealed his peak True Immortal power, and trapped the Demon Venerables inside a second spatial barrier.
• Lin Long, Lin Hu, Lin Que, and Lin Wu formed the Four Symbols Killing Array with Golden Radiance, and their first assault with Lin Changqing badly injured all six Demon Venerables.
• Lin Changqing summoned the Zhentian Seal while the Holy Guards united their five divine beast powers into a Five-Element Divine Beast Phantom.
• The Zhentian Seal and Five-Element Divine Beast Phantom shattered the Demon Venerables’ defenses and crushed them into the ground.

Lin Changqing used his Supreme True Grade Divine Soul Thorn to kill Jade-Eyed Demon Venerable and Iron-Spined Demon Venerable and leave four other Demon Venerables gravely dazed. Purple Firmament Heavenly Lord and five other Human Race True Immortals arrived at the Buffer Zone, where they discovered the devastation and were stunned by the attack’s power.

• Lin Changqing unleashed six divine soul spikes against the injured Demon Venerables, breaking through their defenses.
• The attack annihilated the souls of Jade-Eyed Demon Venerable and Iron-Spined Demon Venerable and severely wounded the other four Demon Venerables.
• Purple Firmament Heavenly Lord heard reports of the battle and ordered the Purple Cloud Domain defense line to its highest alert.
• Five other Human Race True Immortals arrived at Border-Guard Fortress, and they joined Purple Firmament Heavenly Lord to investigate the Buffer Zone.
• The six True Immortals saw the two Demon Venerable corpses and the four dazed survivors, and they marveled at the strength of the soul attack.

Purple Firmament Heavenly Lord and the Human Race True Immortals watched as Lin Changqing’s group overwhelmed the six Demon Venerables, and chose not to intervene. Lin Changqing yielded the four helpless survivors to his eager companions, warning them to preserve the corpses.

• Purple Firmament Heavenly Lord decided the Human Race True Immortals would watch from the sidelines, while ordering his deputy to record and investigate the unfamiliar Heavenly Lords.
• Lin Changqing sensed the six distant True Immortals, found no hostility, and turned back to the four stunned Demon Venerables.
• Lin Changqing prepared to finish off the four Demon Venerables, but Lin Hu asked him to let the Four Symbols Holy Guards and Golden Radiance fight them.
• Lin Changqing agreed and told his companions to leave the Demon Venerables’ corpses as intact as possible for later use.