Chapter Summaries

Lin Changqing discovered the demons’ emperor-grade array and destroyed one of its cores before the Martial Saints could be weakened by its corrupting energy. The demons realized he had uncovered their trap, while Lin Changqing sensed that something was watching him and set off to destroy another core.

• Lin Changqing warned the Taixu Saint Emperor and the Four Symbols Holy Guards about the array, the mind-eroding energy, and his suspicion of the Great Qing Dynasty’s people.
• Lin Changqing rode Golden Radiance to a hidden array core, while the demons watched from their underground hideout and grew alarmed at his choice of destination.
• Lin Changqing exposed the core beneath the rubble and, with the Taixu Saint Emperor, the Four Symbols Holy Guards, and Golden Radiance, destroyed it, weakening the array.
• The peak Demon Saint realized Lin Changqing knew about the trap and considered ordering the demons to attack early.
• Lin Changqing sensed a faint observer but could not locate it, then mounted Golden Radiance and headed for the next array core.

Lin Changqing destroyed a second hidden node of the imperial array, confirming the demons’ fear that he could locate them all. The demons moved up their plan, alerted Patriarch Qingyun, and ordered the Space Lockdown array activated before the killing array.

• The Silver-Eyed Demon Saint and the other peak ninth-rank Demon Saint realized Lin Changqing was deliberately targeting the imperial array’s hidden nodes and debated whether to act early.
• Lin Changqing rode Golden Radiance directly to the second node, and he and the Taixu Saint Emperor, the Four Symbols Holy Guards, and Golden Radiance destroyed its crystal core.
• The demons watched the array’s power weaken and agreed they could no longer wait for their original plan to unfold.
• A demon saint left to warn Patriarch Qingyun that the plan had been moved up and that he should prepare to turn on the human Martial Saints.
• The peak ninth-rank Demon Saints ordered all Saint-realm experts to activate the Space Lockdown array first, then the killing array.

Lin Changqing witnessed the Inheritance Space seal itself off before an imperial-grade killing array awakened and attacked the gathered Martial Saints. As the first wave overwhelmed their defenses, Lin Changqing intervened to save one Martial Saint, while the trapped crowd remained under attack.

• Lin Changqing recognized the dark purple barrier as a Space Lockdown array and realized the demons had accelerated their plan after he destroyed array nodes.
• The array's core awakened, revealing the halls' demonic nature and releasing imperial-grade pressure across the Inheritance Space.
• Martial Saints discovered the exit had vanished and questioned Patriarch Qingyun, who claimed ignorance while blaming Lin Changqing inwardly for forcing the demons to act early.
• The killing array struck every Martial Saint with dark purple pillars, shattering defenses and injuring fighters across the plaza.
• Lin Changqing appeared on Golden Radiance and used an ancient seal to block a pillar that was about to kill an Early Martial Saint.

Lin Changqing protected the Martial Saints from the Emperor-tier killing formation and revealed that the supposed inheritance was a demon trap designed to corrupt and kill them. Eighteen demons emerged and warned that the restored formation still had enough power to kill everyone trapped inside.

• Lin Changqing used the Zhentian Seal to shield the Martial Saints from the formation’s attacks and gathered them beneath its barrier.
• Lin Changqing explained that demons had staged the inheritance, planted corrupting power in the Spiritual Energy, and intended to make the Martial Saints kill one another before the formation finished them.
• The Martial Saints realized they had been contaminated and thanked Lin Changqing, while Patriarch Qingyun concealed his anger that Lin Changqing had disrupted the plan.
• Lin Changqing challenged the demons, and the Silver-Eyed Demon Saint emerged with another peak ninth-rank Demon Saint and sixteen other Saint-realm demons.
• The demons revealed that the Emperor Formation had recovered much of its power and threatened to kill everyone, despite the humans’ numerical advantage.

Lin Changqing revealed the intact top-grade tenth-rank Green Peak Sword and Heavenly Gang Saint Armor, then shattered the Emperor Array’s strongest attack with one slash. The demons’ killing array was badly damaged, while Patriarch Qingyun abandoned his plan to betray the human Martial Saints.

• The Silver-Eyed Demon Saint activated the Emperor Array’s full power and threatened to kill Lin Changqing and the Martial Saints.
• Lin Changqing manifested the Heavenly Gang Saint Armor and drew the Green Peak Sword, shocking the human Martial Saints and frightening the demons.
• Lin Changqing met the array’s massive dark-purple pillar with a sword strike, and the collision shook the inheritance space and damaged the Space Lockdown Array.
• Lin Changqing’s azure sword light split the pillar and struck the array’s web, leaving more cracks as the human Martial Saints celebrated.
• Patriarch Qingyun lowered his hand and abandoned his plan to order the Great Qing Dynasty’s Martial Saints to betray the others.

Lin Changqing exposed Silver-Eyed Demon Saint's bluff about the Imperial Formation and unleashed Ten Thousand Swords Return to Origin, overwhelming the Emperor-tier barrier. The gathered Martial Saints joined the attack, leaving the formation close to collapse while Patriarch Qingyun and the Great Qing Dynasty retainers secretly dealt it almost no damage.

• Lin Changqing revealed that the Imperial Formation had far less power than Silver-Eyed Demon Saint claimed, then summoned ten thousand strands of Martial Saint-level Sword Qi.
• Silver-Eyed Demon Saint ordered the Demons to reinforce the barrier, but Lin Changqing's Sword Qi broke through it and struck the formation cores.
• Lin Hu, Lin Long, the Four Symbols Holy Guards, Golden Radiance, and Taixu Saint Emperor joined forces against the barrier.
• Li Pokong and dozens of Martial Saints attacked the formation, driving it toward collapse.
• Patriarch Qingyun and the nine Great Qing Dynasty Martial Saint retainers pretended to attack while their strikes barely affected the barrier.

As the Emperor Formation battered the human Martial Saints, Lin Changqing protected the wounded with the Zhentian Seal. Patriarch Qingyun and his nine Great Qing Dynasty Martial Saint Consecrates then betrayed the humans, slaughtering those sheltering beneath the seal and revealing their alliance with the Demons.

• The Silver-Eyed Demon Saint redirected part of the Emperor Formation’s power against the human Martial Saints, forcing them to retreat beneath the Zhentian Seal after Lin Changqing shielded one of them.
• The Silver-Eyed Demon Saint ordered Patriarch Qingyun to use the chaos to kill weaker Martial Saints and help sustain the formation.
• Patriarch Qingyun and his nine Great Qing Dynasty Martial Saint Consecrates entered the seal’s barrier, pretended to be exhausted, and positioned themselves among the unsuspecting humans.
• Patriarch Qingyun and the Great Qing retainers ambushed the sheltered Martial Saints, killing seven or eight and grievously wounding several more.
• Elder Sun and the surviving Martial Saints confronted Patriarch Qingyun, who confessed that the Great Qing Dynasty had been allied with the Demon Lords from the beginning.

Lin Changqing fought the traitorous Great Qing Dynasty and the demons, using the Green Peak Sword and Zhentian Seal to attack while Patriarch Qingyun hunted the wounded Martial Saints. After sustaining a barrage of attacks, the Emperor Formation shattered, leaving the Silver-Eyed Demon Saint and the other demons weakened.

• Patriarch Qingyun ordered the Great Qing Martial Saints to kill the wounded humans, while the Silver-Eyed Demon Saint used fallen Martial Saints' remains to restore the Emperor Formation.
• Lin Changqing sent the Zhentian Seal after Patriarch Qingyun, and the seal overcame attacks from Qingyun and his nine retainers.
• Lin Changqing attacked the formation with the Green Lotus Sword Art and Ten Thousand Swords Return to Origin as the eighteen Saint-realm Demons poured power into its core.
• Lin Changqing's attacks overwhelmed the formation's defenses, and the dark-purple barrier developed a fissure across its full length.
• Lin Changqing struck the fissure with a final green lotus, shattering the Emperor Formation and injuring the Silver-Eyed Demon Saint and the other demons.

After Lin Changqing shattered the Imperial Formation, the human Martial Saints turned on the Great Qing Dynasty traitors, who fled to Silver-Eyed Demon Saint. The Demon revealed the Soul-Devouring Emperor Bone Blade and sacrificed itself to awaken the Emperor Monarch's will, leaving Lin Changqing facing another Emperor-level threat.

• Lin Changqing shattered the Imperial Formation, freeing the Martial Saints from its pressure.
• The human Martial Saints attacked the Great Qing Dynasty traitors, who blasted back the Zhentian Seal and fled to Silver-Eyed Demon Saint.
• Silver-Eyed Demon Saint revealed the Soul-Devouring Emperor Bone Blade, a Tenth-tier Supreme Grade Emperor Weapon forged from a Demon Emperor's bones.
• Lin Changqing calmly claimed the blade as spoil, while the Demons believed his power was nearly exhausted.
• Silver-Eyed Demon Saint plunged the blade into its own chest and offered its body, blood, and cultivation to awaken the Emperor Monarch's will.

The Silver-Eyed Demon Saint sacrificed itself to empower the Soul-Devouring Emperor Bone Blade, allowing the Heavenly Chief Demon Saint to summon the remnant soul of an ancient Demon Emperor. Lin Changqing refused the Martial Saints’ offers to sacrifice themselves and faced the awakened remnant soul alone, ending the chapter poised to fight it.

• The Silver-Eyed Demon Saint exploded into blood mist, which the Soul-Devouring Emperor Bone Blade absorbed, and the Heavenly Chief Demon Saint took up the strengthened weapon.
• The Martial Saints offered their lives and resources to empower Lin Changqing’s Green Peak Sword, but Lin Changqing refused and said he would handle the bone blade alone.
• The Soul-Devouring Emperor Bone Blade awakened the remnant soul of an ancient Demon Emperor, who demanded that the Heavenly Chief Demon Saint sacrifice ten million human martial artists after Lin Changqing’s death.
• Lin Changqing dismounted Golden Radiance, readied the Green Peak Sword, and challenged the Demon Emperor’s remnant soul, declaring that he would destroy it and claim the bone blade.

Lin Changqing defeated the Xuanhuang Emperor Monarch’s remnant soul in a fierce battle, then seized the Soul-Devouring Emperor Bone Blade and attacked the Heavenly Chief Demon Saint. The Heavenly Chief Demon Saint was struck by Lin Changqing’s fist, and the battle continued with the other demons and devils in danger.

• Lin Changqing overwhelmed the Demon Emperor phantom with his Emperor armor, Green Peak Sword, and Zhentian Seal, wearing down its demonic qi.
• The Demon Emperor phantom poured its remaining soul power into the Soul-Devouring Emperor Bone Blade and unleashed a full-power strike, but Lin Changqing met it with four attacks at once.
• Lin Changqing survived the clash while the Demon Emperor phantom dissipated, annihilating the final will of the Xuanhuang Emperor Monarch and cracking the bone blade.
• The demons and devils were shocked by the remnant soul’s defeat, while the Martial Saints celebrated Lin Changqing’s victory.
• Lin Changqing used Heaven-Stepping Steps to snatch the Soul-Devouring Emperor Bone Blade from the Heavenly Chief Demon Saint and appeared before him.
• Lin Changqing struck the Heavenly Chief Demon Saint in the chest with the seventh form of the Great Wilderness Demon-Subduing Fist.

Lin Changqing killed the Heavenly Chief Demon Saint and seized the Soul-Devouring Emperor Bone Blade, leaving the demons and Patriarch Qingyun’s group trapped by the human Martial Saints. As they fled toward a temporary rift to the Demon World, Lin Changqing intercepted and killed the fastest demon, crushing their hopes of escape.

• Lin Changqing pinned the wounded Heavenly Chief Demon Saint to the spatial barrier with the Green Peak Sword and killed it.
• The remaining demons and Patriarch Qingyun’s group faced more than forty human Martial Saints, who surrounded them.
• A late ninth-rank Demon Saint ordered the demons and Great Qing Martial Saints to scatter toward a temporary Spatial Rift leading to the Demon World.
• The human Martial Saints attacked the fleeing demons and Great Qing Martial Saints across the battlefield.
• Lin Changqing intercepted a mid-Ninth-tier demonic saint near the rift and smashed it into bloody mist with the Zhentian Seal.

Lin Changqing wiped out all sixteen Saint-realm demons, then rejected Patriarch Qingyun’s plea for mercy and joined the other Martial Saints in killing him and his nine retainers. The Great Qing Dynasty traitors were dead, and the fallen human Martial Saints had been avenged.

• Lin Changqing slew the sixteen demons with the Zhentian Seal and Green Peak Sword while the human Martial Saints watched.
• The surviving Martial Saints surrounded Patriarch Qingyun and his nine Great Qing retainers, accusing them of killing their comrades.
• Patriarch Qingyun and his retainers knelt and offered the Great Qing treasury and Heart-Control Pills in exchange for their lives.
• Lin Changqing refused to spare them, declaring that Qingyun only knew he was about to die, and the Great Xia patriarch called for their execution.
• More than forty Martial Saints attacked alongside Lin Changqing, killing Patriarch Qingyun and all nine retainers and leaving their Storage Rings behind.

Lin Changqing distributed the Great Qing Martial Saints’ spoils among his allies, then led Golden Radiance through the inheritance space to seize its treasures. He uncovered three rare foundation-enhancing treasures intended for Xiao Qianjun and continued searching the halls.

• The Great Xia ancestor gathered ten Storage Rings from the fallen enemies and offered them to Lin Changqing, who told the Martial Saints to divide the contents among themselves.
• The Martial Saints accepted the spoils, thanked Lin Changqing, and then spread out to explore the intact halls for treasures.
• Lin Changqing sent the Taixu Saint Emperor and the Four Symbols Holy Guards to search while he rode Golden Radiance to the grandest hall and broke through its restrictions.
• Lin Changqing collected the treasures from the halls, gathering more than the other Martial Saints combined.
• Lin Changqing sensed a hidden chamber beneath a stone forest and found a Golden Dragon Nirvana Fruit, a Star Marrow Ganoderma, and Saint Nectar for Xiao Qianjun.
• Lin Changqing stored the three treasures and rode Golden Radiance onward to search the inheritance space.

After escaping the inheritance space, Lin Changqing claimed the system’s complete Martial Emperor inheritance and began breaking through. His ascent filled the night sky with auspicious signs, leaving the Martial Saints and people of Qing Prefecture witnessing the birth of a new Martial Emperor.

• The Great Xia Ancestor and more than forty Martial Saints offered Lin Changqing all the treasures they had collected, but he accepted only seventy percent and returned the rest for them to share.
• Lin Changqing shattered the Space Lockdown array, and he, the Taixu Saint Emperor, and the other survivors left the inheritance space.
• Deng Jingchun noticed that no one from the Great Qing Dynasty had emerged, while Lin Changqing received the system reward and claimed the complete Martial Emperor inheritance with its breakthrough.
• The inheritance supplied Lin Changqing with cultivation knowledge and primordial energy, driving his aura beyond the Half-Emperor realm.
• Golden light and auspicious clouds spread across the sky as the Martial Saints and people of Qing Prefecture recognized Lin Changqing’s breakthrough toward Martial Emperor.

Lin Changqing broke through to the Martial Emperor realm despite the Heavenly Martial Continent’s incomplete laws, astonishing the Martial Saints who witnessed it. He brushed off their questions by saying a little insight had unexpectedly let him cross the bottleneck.

• Lin Changqing opened his eyes after his breakthrough and felt the Martial Emperor power and inheritance within him.
• The heavenly phenomenon faded as Li Pokong and the other Martial Saints celebrated Lin Changqing’s breakthrough and wondered how he had overcome the incomplete laws.
• Lin Hu, Lin Long, and Golden Radiance treated the breakthrough as inevitable, while their own cultivation quietly advanced to the middle stage of Martial Saint.
• Taixu Saint Emperor asked Lin Changqing how he had reached the Martial Emperor realm.
• Lin Changqing said he had gained a little insight and tried breaking through, leaving the Martial Saints stunned.

Lin Changqing broke through to Martial Emperor, and the Martial Saints acclaimed him as Human Emperor until he accepted the title. Deng Jingchun then asked what had happened to Great Qing’s Patriarch Qingyun and attendants, prompting the gathered Martial Saints to turn on him with killing intent.

• Lin Changqing’s breakthrough to Martial Emperor shocked the gathered Martial Saints, who congratulated him and praised his achievement.
• A Martial Saint proposed that Lin Changqing take the title of Human Emperor, and the others and the assembled soldiers demanded that he lead the Human Race.
• Lin Changqing accepted the Human Emperor’s title after the crowd repeatedly urged him to ascend the throne.
• Deng Jingchun asked Lin Changqing why Patriarch Qingyun and Great Qing’s Martial Saint Attendants had not emerged from the Martial Emperor Inheritance Space.
• The Martial Saints’ celebration turned cold as they glared at Deng Jingchun with killing intent, leaving him frightened and confused.

Lin Changqing revealed that Patriarch Qingyun and nine Great Qing Dynasty Martial Saints had betrayed humanity, and a recorded image proved their treachery and defeat. The surviving Martial Saints called for an investigation of the Great Qing court and urged Lin Changqing to seize the capital before anyone could warn potential accomplices.

• Lin Changqing told Deng Jingchun and the soldiers that the supposed inheritance realm had been a demonic trap and that Patriarch Qingyun's group had secretly betrayed humanity.
• A Great Zhou Martial Saint played an Image Recording Stone that showed Qingyun's group attacking their fellow Martial Saints and Lin Changqing defeating the Demons and traitors.
• Deng Jingchun and the Great Qing soldiers collapsed in shock as they realized their patriarch had defected to the Demons.
• The assembled martial artists realized Lin Changqing had reached the Martial Emperor realm without any inheritance and marveled at his breakthrough.
• A white-robed Great Zhou Martial Saint urged Lin Changqing to seize control of the Great Qing capital, investigate the court, and summon the remaining Great Qing Martial Saints for questioning.

After Lin Changqing accepted Deng Jingchun’s plea to spare uninformed people, he ordered the Great Qing Dynasty’s frontier Martial Saints summoned and destroyed the Spatial Rift. He then led his forces to the Great Qing capital, where he confronted the Qing Emperor over Patriarch Qingyun’s crimes.

• Deng Jingchun begged Lin Changqing not to punish innocent Great Qing subjects, and Lin Changqing agreed to distinguish them from those who colluded with Demons.
• Lin Changqing ordered the Great Qing frontier Martial Saints to return for questioning and warned that fugitives would be treated as guilty.
• Lin Changqing used the Zhentian Seal to smash the Spatial Rift closed, then departed with Golden Radiance and his army.
• The Qing Emperor celebrated his imagined alliance with the Demons until Lin Changqing’s overwhelming presence appeared above the imperial palace.
• Lin Changqing announced that Patriarch Qingyun had been executed for colluding with Demons and called for the Qing Emperor to answer.

Lin Changqing exposed and killed the Great Qing Dynasty’s demon-colluding court retainers, while Lin Long reached the Qing Emperor’s bedchamber. The chapter ended as an old eunuch attacked Lin Long so the Qing Emperor could escape.

• Lin Changqing used the Martial Emperor’s Eye to see demon blood-contract marks on the Great Qing Dynasty’s court retainers, who denied conspiring with Demons and tried to leave.
• Lin Changqing crushed more than a dozen Great Grandmaster retainers into blood mist with his Martial Emperor pressure.
• The Imperial Guards and Royal Forest Guard soldiers dropped their weapons after witnessing Lin Changqing’s power.
• Lin Long tore through space and appeared in the Qing Emperor’s bedchamber, where the Qing Emperor ordered his guards to seize him.
• An old eunuch revealed his peak Grandmaster strength and attacked Lin Long, urging the Qing Emperor to run.