Chapter Summaries

Chen Yan discovered that the Blood-Red Fragment hidden inside the Corpse Dragon’s chain was an extraordinarily sharp spiritual weapon and assimilated it into his spiritual sea. After testing its power and restoring the satellite it destroyed, he returned to his Dao Field to cultivate.

• Chen Yan found that the Blood-Red Fragment pierced his Indestructible Body and effortlessly sliced through the dense meteorite beneath him.
• Chen Yan sent the fragment into his spiritual sea, where it assimilated with his spiritual power with help from the newly awakened Corpse Dog Soul.
• Chen Yan used the Corpse Dog Soul to send the fragment streaking through space, cutting a newly formed satellite in half and tearing open a rift in the void.
• Chen Yan used his domain’s Power of Immortality and Calamity Destruction to restore the shattered satellite.
• Chen Yan returned to his Dao Field, put the fragment back in his spiritual sea, and sat down to cultivate.

Chen Yan advanced [Mirror Flower Water Moon] to [Three Lives Create Myriad Things], allowing him to create up to one hundred fully capable avatars. Seeking a way to accelerate his cultivation and protect Blue Star from the growing Black Tide, he received coordinates leading to another Heavenly Book fragment in Zero Rift, Peacock Feather Grotto-Heaven.

• Chen Yan broke through to the Fourth Sequence, [Three Lives Create Myriad Things], and manifested one hundred independent avatars.
• Chen Yan asked the Heavenly Book how to speed up cultivating the Three Souls and Seven Spirits, but it reported insufficient deduction capacity.
• The Heavenly Book revealed coordinates for another fragment in Zero Rift, Peacock Feather Grotto-Heaven.
• Chen Yan sensed the Martial Saints and Beast Saints on Blue Star, along with dormant auras in Zero Rift.
• Chen Yan resolved to seek the other fragments and strengthen the Heavenly Book so he could advance faster and help save Blue Star from the Black Tide.

Chen Yan encountered several Eighth-Rank Great Demon Kings traveling to Peacock Feather Grotto-Heaven for a meeting with Great Saint Peacock Feather. He secretly followed them, then revealed himself among the demons and drew their attention.

• Chen Yan noticed that the Heavenly Mystery Book fragment had gone quiet and sensed several powerful Great Demon Kings approaching.
• Chen Yan concealed his aura and watched as the Dark Prison Demon Baleful Tiger led the demons across the Zero Rift.
• The Dark Prison Demon Baleful Tiger and its companions discussed hoping to attack humanity and devour human martial artists.
• Chen Yan appeared behind the Great Demon Kings and remarked that their plans were not very nice.
• The demons searched for the speaker, discovered Chen Yan, and exclaimed that he was human.

Chen Yan froze the Great Demon Kings, killed all but the Dark Prison Demon Baleful Tiger, and forced the surviving tiger to guide him to Peacock Feather Grotto-Heaven. The tiger carried him onward while Chen Yan refined the demons’ life essence, unaware that Chen Yan had already decided it would eventually die.

• The Three-Headed Vulture attacked Chen Yan, but an invisible domain froze it and the other Great Demon Kings.
• The Dark Prison Demon Baleful Tiger recognized Chen Yan from Thunder Roar Mountain and realized he was likely a Martial Saint.
• Chen Yan annihilated the Three-Headed Vulture, the Green-Scaled Giant Crocodile, and the other frozen Great Demon Kings with Calamity Destruction.
• Chen Yan spared the Dark Prison Demon Baleful Tiger for the moment and ordered it to guide him to Peacock Feather Grotto-Heaven.
• The tiger called Chen Yan Great Saint Senior, offered to serve as his guide, and carried him toward the grotto-heaven while Chen Yan refined the slain demons’ life essence.

Chen Yan silently destroyed the Poison-Refining Winged Lizard for mocking the Dark Prison Demon Baleful Tiger, while Qi Tian and Zhao Xinyue arrived at Peacock Feather Grotto-Heaven. Great Saint Peacock Feather punished Qi Tian for insulting her and recognized Zhao Xinyue’s Qingyuan Bird bloodline.

• The Poison-Refining Winged Lizard mocked the Dark Prison Demon Baleful Tiger for carrying Chen Yan, and Chen Yan shattered it into ashes with a casual gesture.
• The other Demon Kings fled after witnessing Chen Yan kill the Poison-Refining Winged Lizard, while the Dark Prison Demon Baleful Tiger continued toward Peacock Feather Grotto-Heaven.
• Qi Tian and Zhao Xinyue climbed toward the gathering, and Zhao Xinyue sensed a faint, unsettling aura among the clouds.
• Great Saint Peacock Feather appeared at the stone archway and seized Qi Tian for privately calling her a pretty peacock, then released him after warning him not to repeat the insult.
• Great Saint Peacock Feather identified Zhao Xinyue as a descendant of the Qingyuan Bird clan, whose ancient lineage had once produced a Demon Saint.

Old Goat Demon realized Great Saint Peacock Feather’s words about the Qingyuan Bird Race carried a threatening meaning, but a sudden arrival diverted attention at Peacock Feather Grotto-Heaven. Chen Yan arrived riding the Dark Prison Demon Baleful Tiger and walked toward the strongest presence in the grotto-heaven, leaving the Demon Kings too frightened to stop him.

• Old Goat Demon understood that Great Saint Peacock Feather might intend to punish the Qingyuan Bird woman and fell silent when her warning gaze pinned him.
• The Dark Prison Demon Baleful Tiger arrived at Peacock Feather Grotto-Heaven with Chen Yan riding on its back, stunning the gathered Demon Kings.
• The Demon Kings’ divine senses vanished when they approached Chen Yan, and they feared he might be a Martial Saint.
• The Dark Prison Demon Baleful Tiger landed and told Chen Yan they had arrived; Chen Yan praised him as Little Sha.
• Chen Yan headed toward the palace where he sensed the strongest aura, and the Demon Kings scattered to clear his path.

Chen Yan arrived at Peacock Feather Grotto-Heaven and politely requested an audience with Great Saint Peacock Feather, leaving the gathered Demon Kings stunned when she welcomed him warmly as Saint Chen. Great Saint Peacock Feather recognized his concealed aura as that of the newly risen Martial Saint whose power she had sensed on Blue Star.

• Chen Yan rode through the demon hordes to Peacock Feather Grotto-Heaven and announced that he had come to visit Senior Kong Ling.
• The Demon Kings, including Zhao Xinyue and Qi Tian, expected Great Saint Peacock Feather to attack Chen Yan because she despised humans.
• Great Saint Peacock Feather came out smiling and greeted Chen Yan affectionately as the newly risen Saint Chen.
• The Demon Kings wondered whether Chen Yan was truly a human Martial Saint and why Great Saint Peacock Feather treated him so warmly.
• Great Saint Peacock Feather recognized Chen Yan's concealed aura as the same overwhelming aura of the newly risen ninth-rank expert she had sensed on Blue Star.

Chen Yan silenced the Demon Kings in Great Saint Peacock Feather’s grotto-heaven by briefly freezing time, proving he was a Martial Saint. As the gathering continued, he surveyed the grotto-heaven and noticed a prestigious warm-jade seat near the vacant place of honor.

• Chen Yan released his domain and froze everyone and everything in Peacock Feather Grotto-Heaven for an instant.
• The Demon Kings realized Chen Yan was a Martial Saint, while Qi Tian and the others cowered in fear.
• Great Saint Peacock Feather sensed that Chen Yan’s domain controlled time and regarded him with deep wariness.
• Chen Yan reflected that the Demon Kings had only witnessed his Time Authority, then surveyed the grotto-heaven.
• Chen Yan noticed the seats arranged for the Great Demon Kings and spotted a thousand-year warm-jade seat near Great Saint Peacock Feather’s vacant seat of honor.

Chen Yan demanded the seat occupied by Young Master White Dragon, heir to the powerful Sky Python Clan, while the demon kings watched for a confrontation. White Dragon unexpectedly yielded the seat, leaving the reason for his calm response unclear.

• The Dark Prison Demon Baleful Tiger told Chen Yan that White Dragon was a gifted eighth-rank heir of the Sky Python Clan, a clan with close ties to humanity.
• Chen Yan considered the mixed allegiances of the demon kings gathered by Great Saint Peacock Feather and walked toward White Dragon’s seat.
• The demon kings whispered in alarm as Chen Yan approached the warm jade seat reserved for White Dragon.
• Chen Yan told White Dragon, "I want this seat," while Great Saint Peacock Feather watched without intervening.
• White Dragon met Chen Yan’s gaze, stood, and said, "Fine."

Chen Yan attended a gathering of demon kings in Great Saint Kong Ling’s cave-heaven, where White Dragon recognized him as the Yama who had once defeated him. Kong Ling arrived and began the meeting, while Chen Yan waited for a chance to obtain the Fragment of the Heavenly Mystery Book.

• White Dragon asked Chen Yan whether he had heard the name Yama, then recognized him as the opponent who had defeated him in the East Continent Professional League.
• White Dragon forced a pangolin Great Demon King out of its seat, then restrained himself from confronting Chen Yan and resolved to consult his father.
• Chen Yan took the main seat while the Dark Prison Demon Baleful Tiger crouched submissively at his feet.
• Great Saint Kong Ling contacted Chen Yan through divine sense and asked to discuss his visit after she handled the gathering’s business.
• Kong Ling entered the hall, her ninth-rank pressure silenced the demon kings, and they rose to greet her before returning to their seats.

At Great Saint Peacock Feather’s banquet, she proposed peaceful coexistence and negotiations with the human race, shocking the assembled Demon Kings. She suggested exchanging access to resources and territory, leaving the demons uncertain whether such an agreement was possible.

• Great Saint Peacock Feather welcomed the guests and began the banquet, where Chen Yan sampled the rare dishes while Dark Prison Demon Baleful Tiger held back and Young Master White Dragon glared at him.
• Great Saint Peacock Feather said Zero Rift’s resources were limited and the demon race had too little territory compared with humanity, prompting Demon Kings to call for war.
• Great Saint Peacock Feather warned that war would cost both sides dearly because humanity had many more martial artists and the demon race had not recovered from its ancient battle.
• Great Saint Peacock Feather proposed peaceful coexistence, and Qi Tian challenged her before her pressure forced him to back down.
• Great Saint Peacock Feather suggested negotiating territorial boundaries and opening human Base Cities to demon migration in exchange for resources, leaving the Demon Kings doubtful.

Chen Yan searched Kong Ling’s grotto-heaven for the Heavenly Mystery Book fragment and discovered it was sealed inside Zhao Xinyue’s sea of consciousness. When Kong Ling tried to seize the treasure, Chen Yan intervened, leaving the two Great Saints’ dispute poised for confrontation.

• Chen Yan asked Kong Ling to show him her treasury, inspected its contents, and took a black short sword while confirming the Heavenly Mystery Book fragment was elsewhere.
• Kong Ling announced that Great Sage Equal to Heaven had sold Zhao Xinyue to her and demanded that Zhao Xinyue hand over the supreme treasure.
• Qi Tian stood between Kong Ling and Zhao Xinyue, but Kong Ling’s pressure forced him back and then sent him crashing into a jade wall.
• Chen Yan sensed the Heavenly Mystery Book’s aura leaking from Zhao Xinyue’s sea of consciousness when her composure faltered.
• Kong Ling moved to seize Zhao Xinyue’s treasure, but Chen Yan appeared in front of her and said he wanted what she had, too.

Chen Yan intervened when Great Saint Kong Ling threatened Zhao Xinyue, then erased the Ghost Fox King with a casual strike after it challenged him. Kong Ling transformed and summoned the Peacock Race’s Five-Colored Divine Light, preparing to fight Chen Yan.

• Zhao Xinyue realized the Heavenly Mystery Book’s guidance had failed her and wondered why Chen Yan had come to save her.
• Chen Yan asked Kong Ling to release Zhao Xinyue, but he refused to back down when Kong Ling challenged him.
• The Ghost Fox King urged Kong Ling to kill Chen Yan and threatened to eat him, so Chen Yan erased it with one strike.
• Chen Yan asked if any other Monster King wanted to eat him, and the gathered Monster Kings fell silent.
• Kong Ling confronted Chen Yan over the Ghost Fox King’s death, transformed, and threatened to kill him with her Peacock Race power.

Chen Yan fought Great Saint Kong Ling in the grotto heaven, overpowering her in a contest of physical strength despite her spatial abilities. Kong Ling then unleashed the Soul-Absorbing Demon Sound, killing weaker demon kings and leaving the others struggling as the attack struck Chen Yan and those behind him.

• Chen Yan tossed Zhao Xinyue to safety before clashing with Kong Ling, whose spatial domain let her move at astonishing speed.
• Chen Yan struck Kong Ling through the grotto heaven's barrier, while his wounds rapidly healed and her claws were broken and cracked.
• Chen Yan asked Kong Ling to stop, but she answered by unleashing the Peacock Race's Soul-Absorbing Demon Sound.
• Kong Ling's sound killed several seventh-rank demon kings and incapacitated many eighth-rank demon kings, while Qi Tian, the Young Master White Dragon, and Zhao Xinyue struggled to endure it.

Chen Yan resisted Kong Ling’s Soul-Absorbing Demon Sound with the Corpse Dog Soul and challenged her to fight. Kong Ling used her Peacock Spreading Tail illusion, but Chen Yan’s Nightmare Return to Void turned it against her, forcing her to shatter the illusion and suffer backlash.

• Kong Ling’s Soul-Absorbing Demon Sound left Zhao Xinyue and the Dark Prison Demon Baleful Tiger struggling, but Chen Yan remained standing.
• Chen Yan summoned the Corpse Dog Soul’s red Divine Ring, clearing the lingering shock from his mind, then beckoned Kong Ling to attack.
• Kong Ling unleashed Peacock Spreading Tail, ensnaring Zhao Xinyue and filling the battlefield with layers of vivid illusions.
• Chen Yan used Nightmare Return to Void to seize control of Kong Ling’s illusion and turn its dreamscape against her.
• Kong Ling shattered her illusory domain to escape the reversal, suffering backlash as she stared at Chen Yan in disbelief.

Chen Yan defeated Great Saint Peacock Feather's Five-Colored Divine Light with a Blood-Red Fragment, leaving Kong Ling badly wounded but alive. As the Dark Prison Demon Baleful Tiger massacred the other demon kings and declared the grotto-heaven Chen Yan's, Chen Yan faced Kong Ling again.

• Kong Ling unleashed the Five-Colored Divine Light, and Chen Yan's five elemental attacks failed to overcome it.
• Chen Yan's Blood-Red Fragment pierced Kong Ling's divine light and cut her chest, sending her crashing into the ruins.
• The Dark Prison Demon Baleful Tiger declared the grotto-heaven Chen Yan's, then killed and devoured demon kings who resisted or fled.
• Chen Yan sensed Kong Ling was still alive, and one of her five tail feathers shattered to restore most of her injuries.
• Kong Ling's chest wound did not heal because the fragment's lingering power disrupted her regeneration, and Chen Yan descended before her.

Chen Yan faced Nine-Heads after the Great Saint intervened in his fight with the wounded Kong Ling. Chen Yan resisted Nine-Heads’ gravity domain, attacked him, and pierced the scales of his central serpent head with the Blood-Colored Fragment, leaving the Great Saint wounded and the demon kings stunned.

• Nine-Heads emerged into the cave realm and told Chen Yan to release Kong Ling, explaining that he wanted to delay the War of Godheads.
• Kong Ling rejected Nine-Heads’ intervention, while his gravity domain crushed the cave realm and worsened her injuries.
• Chen Yan resisted Nine-Heads’ gravity with his Chaos Myriad Laws Golden Core and his own domain, then warned the Great Saint to stay out of the fight.
• Nine-Heads intensified his domain and attacked Chen Yan with nine beams of energy, but Chen Yan dodged and charged him with the Blood-Colored Fragment.
• Chen Yan slashed the central serpent head, piercing Nine-Heads’ scales and leaving a wound that his demonic power could not heal.
• The demon kings watched in disbelief as Nine-Heads bled from Chen Yan’s attack.

Chen Yan overwhelmed Nine-Heads and the demon kings with his Domain Grinding Disc, then forced Nine-Heads to stop fighting. He demanded compensation for the damage and lost work, leaving Nine-Heads facing Chen Yan’s domain and Blood-Colored Fragment once more.

• Chen Yan used the Blood-Colored Fragment to injure Nine-Heads, then combined [Immortality] and [Calamity Destruction] into a domain that ground down the demon kings around them.
• The Dark Prison Demon Baleful Tiger shielded Zhao Xinyue as she watched Chen Yan overpower Kong Ling and Nine-Heads; Kong Ling lost another life and retreated.
• Chen Yan shattered Nine-Heads’ Ancient Nine-Headed Giant Serpent Dharma Image and blasted him through a jade wall, but sensed an ancient power when Nine-Heads emerged from the ruins.
• Nine-Heads called off the fight, and Chen Yan concealed how close he was to his limit with the Blood-Colored Fragment before demanding compensation for the ruined grotto-heaven and lost work.
• When Nine-Heads’ heads protested, Chen Yan summoned his domain and showed the Blood-Colored Fragment’s phantom, silencing them.

Chen Yan defeated Kong Ling, took Phantom Spirit Water from Nine-Heads, and looted the Peacock Saint's treasury before leaving with Zhao Xinyue and the Dark Prison Demon Baleful Tiger. Kong Ling realized Chen Yan had spared her because of the coming War of Godheads, a contest whose previous victor was the Beast God.

• Nine-Heads gave Chen Yan Phantom Spirit Water and left with his wounded son, White Dragon.
• Chen Yan demanded compensation from Kong Ling, then raided her treasury and took its treasures, including the three jade boxes she had saved for a breakthrough.
• Chen Yan left the ruined grotto-heaven with Zhao Xinyue and the Dark Prison Demon Baleful Tiger, intending to claim Zhao Xinyue's Fragment of the Heavenly Mystery Book.
• Kong Ling surveyed her ruined grotto-heaven and realized she had survived because Chen Yan was holding back for the War of Godheads.
• Kong Ling recalled that the War of Godheads pitted nine ninth-rank peak contenders against one another, and that the previous victor was the Beast God.

Huo Zhengbang’s meeting reviewed the tournament rewards and the East Continent’s defenses against increasingly frequent Black Tide invasions. The meeting ended with officials unable to explain why invasions were vanishing within moments, and Huo Zhengbang said the continent might need a hundred Martial Saints to respond so effectively.

• A middle-aged woman reported that East Continent Martial Arts Grandmasters took five of the tournament’s top ten places, with Chu Feng ranking first, and outlined rewards including an advance of Tribulation Qi Pills.
• Huo Zhengbang approved the proposed rewards, which required Grandmasters to repay the Alliance by recovering tribulation qi in the Rifts.
• General Wang reported that Black Tide invasions had increased to more than ten a month and described the Grandmaster defense network stationed across the Base Cities.
• General Wang said recent Black Tides had been vanishing within three breaths, before local Grandmasters could reach them.
• Huo Zhengbang and the officials considered possible explanations, and Huo Zhengbang said the East Continent might need a hundred Martial Saints to achieve that response rate.