Arc 9Jueyan's Legacy and Drum Infiltration

Su Zhan gained spatial power, won the Devil Race championship, and inherited Demon Lord Jueyan's legacy after experiencing an ancient battlefield. His search for the Golden Record Pages fragments led him to infiltrate the Drum Tribe, where a failed reconnaissance left him wounded and worried about exposure.

  • Su Zhan survived Yi Yun's ambush, obtained a Devil Beast's Space Attribute, and used spatial power to win the arena championship.
  • Su Zhan gained Great Dao Limitless · Heavenly Eye Art's recognition and entered Demon Lord Jueyan's trial through the Golden Bead.
  • Su Zhan impersonated the progenitor on an ancient battlefield and attacked an enemy stronghold before an artifact explosion killed him within the trial.
  • Demon Lord Jueyan left Su Zhan his legacy and revealed that three tribes held the Golden Record Pages fragments.
  • Su Zhan cleansed the Devil Race's heart demons during the Exorcism Ceremony, then left to seek the fragments and joined a resistance organization near the Drum Tribe.
  • Su Zhan infiltrated the Drum Tribe as a mercenary, survived its sacrificial altar, and became the altar's chosen sacrifice while secretly seeking the fragment.
  • Su Zhan investigated the dangerous moonlight, underwent the Living Spirits Array ritual, and proposed an alliance to a woman whose people the Drum Tribe had displaced.
  • Su Zhan scouted the Treasure Pavilion with a demonic creature, escaped a powerful guard with an unknown attacker's help, and feared the Drum Tribe could trace him.
Chapters 201–225 Vol. 3 Read

Ch. 201The Boy Without a Talent Attribute

Su Zhan searched the Devil Race selection for rare attributes and discovered a boy with unusual green eyes who claimed to have no Talent Attribute. He then easily overwhelmed Mu Bai in the second round, leaving the boy’s secret and Su Zhan’s next move unresolved.

  • Su Zhan found no Space Attribute among the contestants and decided to continue searching when the second round began.
  • A green-eyed boy told Su Zhan he had no Talent Attribute, and Su Zhan secretly attached a concealed surveillance insect to him.
  • Su Zhan faced Mu Bai, whose lightning attacks could not overcome Su Zhan’s constantly replenished Demonic Energy.
  • Mu Bai’s lightning spear vanished into Su Zhan’s Demonic Energy, and Mu Bai charged forward in desperation to attack him directly.

Ch. 202You dared deceive me! The Devil Beast of the Forbidden Land

Su Zhan defeated Mu Bai and met Yi Yun, who claimed to have a space attribute. Yi Yun lured him to the Devil Race’s Forbidden Land, where a Devil Beast dragged Su Zhan off a cliff, but Su Zhan burned through its tongue and escaped the initial attack.

  • Su Zhan knocked Mu Bai out with a single punch and stayed at the competition to search for a Devil Race genius with a time attribute.
  • Yi Yun approached Su Zhan and claimed to have a space attribute, then offered to demonstrate it somewhere open.
  • Yi Yun led Su Zhan to the outskirts of Devil Race territory, where Su Zhan studied his spatial power without noticing Yi Yun throw something over a cliff.
  • Yi Yun attacked Su Zhan from behind, but Su Zhan struck him down and sent him vomiting blood.
  • A Devil Beast’s tongue wrapped around Su Zhan and dragged him off the cliff, but Su Zhan used White Dragon Flame to burn through it and landed below.

Ch. 203Extracting the Space Attribute from a Devil Beast

Su Zhan subdued the chained Devil Beast with White Dragon Flame and discovered that it possessed a powerful Space Attribute. He used the Heavenly Demon Hammer to absorb the attribute, leaving the exhausted beast under his command.

  • Su Zhan illuminated the darkness with White Dragon Flame and learned from White Dragon that the Devil Beast had once been sealed there by White Dragon and his master.
  • Su Zhan frightened the Devil Beast with White Dragon Flame, then fed it pills that healed its wounds and earned its submission.
  • White Dragon pointed out that the space beneath the cliff differed from the view above, leading Su Zhan to realize the Devil Beast had a powerful Space Attribute.
  • Su Zhan summoned the Heavenly Demon Hammer and ordered the Devil Beast to release its Space Attribute into the artifact.
  • The Heavenly Demon Hammer gained a powerful aura as it absorbed the Space Attribute, and the Devil Beast collapsed from exhaustion.

Ch. 204Who Wants to Be Next?

Su Zhan created a spatial tool that could defend, contain, and destroy targets, then entered the third-round melee against nine allied contestants. After surviving their combined assault and killing one opponent, he challenged the remaining eight as they scattered in fear.

  • Su Zhan used a Devil Artifact and the time element to create a black-and-gold spatial tool, then tested its ability to trap and destroy a demonic bird.
  • The third round began as an all-out melee with ten contestants, and the other nine joined forces to attack Su Zhan.
  • Su Zhan used his spatial tool to block their attacks without injury, while Yi Yun realized Su Zhan had gained spatial power since their encounter the previous day.
  • The contestants spread out to find a weakness in Su Zhan's defense, but he moved swiftly and crushed one Devil Cultivator's neck.
  • Su Zhan asked the remaining eight who wanted to be next as they maneuvered around the arena, unable to overcome his strength.

Ch. 205Yi Yun's Death, the Match Ends

Su Zhan pursued Yi Yun, battered him until he could no longer fight, and killed him with a spatial explosion. He then trapped the remaining contestants in a shrinking space until they withdrew, ending the match with three unconscious contestants carried away.

  • Su Zhan relentlessly chased Yi Yun while ignoring attacks from the other contestants, wearing him down until Yi Yun turned to fight.
  • Su Zhan overwhelmed Yi Yun with repeated nonfatal blows, then immobilized him with a Space Attribute barrier.
  • Yi Yun realized Su Zhan had acquired the Space Attribute and exploded into a cloud of blood mist, leaving no corpse.
  • The remaining seven contestants gathered against Su Zhan, but he trapped them in an enclosed space and offered to spare anyone who withdrew.
  • Four contestants conceded and were thrown off the arena, while the final three withdrew after Su Zhan compressed the space around them.
  • Su Zhan threw the three contestants off the arena inside the shrinking space, and they fainted when it dispersed.

Ch. 206Great Dao Limitless · Heavenly Eye Art Successfully Cultivated

After winning the championship, Su Zhan demanded that the Devil Race find the person who had ambushed him, then chose to cultivate in the Library Pavilion. He successfully cultivated Great Dao Limitless · Heavenly Eye Art and, after joining it to his Chat Group, was drawn to a hidden spot where he touched a transparent membrane.

  • Su Zhan won the arena championship and demanded that the Devil Race find his attacker before the cleansing ritual.
  • Su Zhan refused the finest Cultivation Room and had the Library Pavilion sealed so he could cultivate there alone.
  • Su Zhan broke the seal on Great Dao Limitless · Heavenly Eye Art and gained its recognition through a clash of Demonic Energy.
  • Su Zhan invited Great Dao Limitless · Heavenly Eye Art into the Chat Group, and his strength surged.
  • A strange summons drew Su Zhan to the spot where the Golden Bead had been, and he felt a transparent membrane there.

Ch. 207The Seal Opens, Weaving Techniques

Su Zhan entered the sealed space around the Golden Bead and learned from Great Dao and White Dragon that the Devil Lord Jueyan had created the Library Pavilion and likely left the bead’s trial behind. Su Zhan discovered that he had to weave together the power of multiple techniques to pass, and began refining the technique power into a stronger form.

  • Su Zhan pushed through the seal, was pulled inside, and found himself shrunk within the Library Pavilion, facing the Golden Bead behind a barrier.
  • Su Zhan found the ants he had trapped, then asked White Dragon and Great Dao how he might approach the bead.
  • Great Dao and White Dragon explained that the bead and Library Pavilion likely came from Demon Lord Jueyan, a reclusive Devil Race expert who researched unusual items and techniques.
  • Su Zhan sent the power of several techniques toward the bead and discovered a gap that seemed to require a more intricate combination.
  • Su Zhan realized the bead’s trial required weaving together multiple powerful techniques, then began refining their energy into threads that grew sharper and stronger.

Ch. 208Demon Lord Jueyan, Bloody Ancient Battlefield

Su Zhan opened the box inside the Golden Bead and was transported to Demon Lord Jueyan’s world, where Jueyan named him his disciple. Jueyan then brought him to witness the ancient battlefield where the myriad races fought and the Devil Race began to decline.

  • Su Zhan opened the small square box, and its power destroyed the Library Pavilion while pulling him inside.
  • Demon Lord Jueyan introduced himself, declared Su Zhan his disciple, and promised to pass on his knowledge after further training.
  • Su Zhan told Jueyan that the Devil Race had declined after the Progenitor disappeared, prompting Jueyan to reminisce about the past.
  • Jueyan transported Su Zhan to an ancient battlefield, where Su Zhan watched two exhausted fighters pass through him and die among the corpses.
  • Jueyan explained that the battle had caused the myriad races to perish and marked the beginning of the Devil Race’s decline.

Ch. 209War of the Devil Race, mistaken for the progenitor

Demon Lord Jueyan brought Su Zhan into a vivid vision of the ancient War of the Devil Race, where he was caught in the fighting and joined the Devil Race’s side. After his White Dragon Flame turned the battle, the Devil Race mistook him for their missing progenitor and welcomed him back.

  • Demon Lord Jueyan made Su Zhan observe the past, then the battlefield became real enough for attacks to wound him.
  • Su Zhan learned that the progenitor, Demon Lord Jueyan, and others had disappeared during the war, and he found himself trapped behind a barrier as the battle approached.
  • Su Zhan charged into the Devil Race’s ranks and trapped enemy powerhouses in his condensed space.
  • Su Zhan unleashed White Dragon Flame, killing many enemies and prompting the Devil Race to believe their progenitor had returned.
  • The enemy retreated, the Devil Race won, and its high-ranking members knelt before Su Zhan and welcomed him as the progenitor.

Ch. 210Ready to Strike Back and Catch Them Off Guard

Su Zhan impersonated the Heavenly Demon Ancestor and weighed Demon Lord Jueyan’s offer of a dangerous opportunity in the Ancient Battlefield. He left the Cultivation Room and ordered the Devil Race to march against their enemies, while White Dragon and Great Dao explained why the Heavenly Demon Kings believed his disguise.

  • Su Zhan told the kneeling Heavenly Demon Kings he was gravely injured and ordered them to prepare a Cultivation Room where no one could disturb him.
  • Demon Lord Jueyan urged Su Zhan to explore the battlefield for a rare opportunity, but Su Zhan initially refused because of the danger.
  • Su Zhan decided to risk pursuing the opportunity, left the Cultivation Room, and asked the Heavenly Demon Kings when the next battle would begin.
  • After learning their enemies might not attack, Su Zhan ordered the Devil Race to march out and catch them off guard, and the Heavenly Demon Kings agreed without challenging him.
  • Su Zhan asked White Dragon and Great Dao why the Heavenly Demon Kings had not recognized his impersonation, and they said the Heavenly Demon Ancestor’s presence resembled his and that only the ancestor could cultivate them.

Ch. 211Leading the Devil Race to Storm the Enemy Camp

Su Zhan led ten million Devil Race troops to attack the allied races’ headquarters after they had turned against his people. While the Devil Race fought at the defensive array, Su Zhan watched from hiding and studied the enemy’s forces for a chance to strike.

  • Su Zhan rallied the Devil Race army and led it on a punitive expedition against the races that had attacked them.
  • The enemy leaders learned the Devil Race Ancestor had returned and, after hearing that an invasion was approaching, Venerable Yujin ordered them to prepare their defenses.
  • The Devil Race reached the enemy headquarters and bombarded its protective Magic Array while taunting the defenders.
  • The enemy forces counterattacked outside the array as their soldiers remained at their posts under threat of punishment.
  • Su Zhan stayed far from the battle with his avatars, using Divine Sense to study the enemy’s formations, resources, tactics, and experts for weaknesses.

Ch. 212The Alien Race's Secret Stronghold

Su Zhan infiltrated the Alien Race’s stronghold and discovered a hidden chamber filled with powerful sealed artifacts. Unable to take them or enter the chamber himself, he began devising a way to exploit the artifacts’ hostility toward one another.

  • When the outer formation faltered, Su Zhan concealed his aura and slipped into the Alien Race’s stronghold.
  • Su Zhan sent his incarnations to kill the two guards protecting a tower at the tribe’s center.
  • Su Zhan used monkeys formed from Demonic Energy to pass through the tower’s formation and explore its spatial interior.
  • Su Zhan discovered several powerful sealed artifacts and realized the Alien Race guarded them because they could not use them.
  • After noticing the artifacts repelled one another, Su Zhan considered making them destroy the tribe and struck upon an idea.

Ch. 213Powerful Mysterious Item

Su Zhan used Demonic Energy creatures to overcome the defenses around several powerful items and gathered three of them in a cramped space to intensify their conflict. He left the most powerful item aside after it subdued the others, but it stopped resisting when he created space beside it.

  • Su Zhan tested the items' defenses with monkeys, ants, elephants, and other Devil Creatures, but the formation intercepted them all.
  • Su Zhan sent waves of Devil Creatures into the formation, using elephants to shield smaller beasts as they seized and moved three high-grade items into the center of the room.
  • The most powerful item released a wave of energy that silenced the others, forcing Su Zhan to look for another way to deal with it.
  • Su Zhan repeatedly tried to create a space beside the powerful item until he succeeded, and the item withdrew its resisting aura.
  • Su Zhan used another space to trap the three gathered items together, where their clashes grew increasingly violent as he held the space open.

Ch. 214Return to Reality, Demon Lord Jueyan Disappears

Su Zhan survived a catastrophic explosion and learned that the Golden Record Pages still existed as three fragments held by the Drum Tribe, Great Evolution Tribe, and Moon Worship Tribe. He accepted the risk of seeking them, learned that Demon Lord Jueyan’s box contained the Library Pavilion and his full legacy, and watched Jueyan disappear after asking him to preserve his name.

  • A mysterious book stabilized Su Zhan’s collapsing space and catalyzed the confrontation into an explosion that killed him.
  • Su Zhan regained consciousness in the dark space and agreed with Demon Lord Jueyan that he needed to become stronger.
  • Demon Lord Jueyan revealed that the Golden Record Pages had shattered into three fragments held by the Drum Tribe, Great Evolution Tribe, and Moon Worship Tribe.
  • Su Zhan firmly accepted the danger of pursuing the fragments, saying strength was necessary to protect himself.
  • Demon Lord Jueyan explained that Su Zhan’s box contained the Library Pavilion and his entire legacy, including items others had stored there.
  • Demon Lord Jueyan’s Spiritual Body vanished after asking Su Zhan to reach the world’s highest point and proclaim his existence.

Ch. 215The Devil Race's Grand Ceremony: Exorcism Could Even Increase His Cultivation

After returning from the past, Su Zhan took part in the Devil Race’s Exorcism Ceremony and cleared their heart demons. In the process, he absorbed their memories and cultivation experience, gaining a remarkable boost before planning to leave the tribe.

  • Su Zhan reappeared at the site of the Library Pavilion, reassured the Heavenly Demon Kings by returning, and left without explaining where he had been.
  • Su Zhan decided to leave the Devil Race after the ceremony and seek an item connected to his mysterious journey into the past.
  • The Devil Race gathered for the Exorcism Ceremony, and Su Zhan used mental tendrils to enter their hearts and examine their memories.
  • Su Zhan weakened memories that could contaminate the Devil Race members, helping cleanse their heart demons.
  • Su Zhan gained vast cultivation knowledge and experience from their memories, then remarked that the ceremony was a great way to cheat at cultivation.

Ch. 216Leaving the Devil Race-The System Could Navigate Too?

After leaving the Devil Race, Su Zhan searched for the Three Great Clans but discovered that neither his cultivation methods nor the others knew where they were. The system gave him their locations and navigation, and he set off for the Drum Tribe before collapsing from exhaustion.

  • Su Zhan secretly left the Devil Race, while the Heavenly Demon Emperor told King Mu Yue he believed Su Zhan would surpass the Devil Race's greatest achievements.
  • King Mu Yue discovered that Su Zhan had killed the imprisoned Devil Race member who attacked him, and began to believe the Heavenly Demon Emperor's confidence in him.
  • Su Zhan visited several planets but found none that interested him, then asked his cultivation methods and the others where the Three Great Clans were located.
  • The system activated its Information Repository and identified the Drum Tribe, Great Evolution Tribe, and Moon Worship Tribe, then gave Su Zhan their locations.
  • Su Zhan activated the system's navigation to the Drum Tribe and flew for an hour before the system directed him to travel another thirty thousand light-years, leaving him exhausted and collapsed.

Ch. 217Mysterious Organization, Resisting the Drum Tribe

Su Zhan arrived at Silver Star and learned that its people suffered under the Drum Tribe, then joined a resistance organization after demonstrating his strength. He agreed to help cover an undercover agent’s return, while keeping his own goal of infiltrating the Drum Tribe and taking its item fragments.

  • Su Zhan failed to enter the guarded golden planet and stopped on a nearby world to eat.
  • A local told Su Zhan that Silver Star’s leaders gave the best food and resources to the Drum Tribe, and that the people had grown accustomed to their hardship.
  • Su Zhan offered to cooperate with the local resistance and proved his strength by releasing his pressure in the restaurant.
  • Green Snake brought Su Zhan to the resistance stronghold, where White Moon accepted him as a partner after voicing doubts about trusting a newcomer.
  • White Moon assigned Su Zhan to cover an undercover agent returning through the eastern street city gate.

Ch. 218Heard You Need an Undercover Agent

Su Zhan helped a swift-moving operative escape the city, then learned that the organization was seeking someone to infiltrate the Drum Tribe. He volunteered for the undercover mission, giving him a chance to enter the tribe.

  • Su Zhan used Space Barriers to hold back three guards at the city gate, letting the fleeing operative escape.
  • Su Zhan caught up with the operative, who was confused when Su Zhan asked about his undercover work and said he had no useful information.
  • The operative brought Su Zhan to a more formal branch, where Su Zhan learned that the operative was named Xuanniao and gathered intelligence for the organization.
  • After spending several days at the branch, Su Zhan learned the organization needed an undercover agent to infiltrate the Drum Tribe.
  • Su Zhan volunteered for the dangerous mission, and the organization saw him as its most suitable candidate.

Ch. 219Entering Venus and the Mysterious Altar

Su Zhan entered Venus disguised as a mercenary and joined a mysterious Drum Tribe mission. At an ancient altar, the mercenaries were drained into mummified corpses, while Su Zhan survived and faced the three Drum Tribe members.

  • Su Zhan arrived on Venus as a mercenary recruited by a previous spy and joined a large mission led by three Drum Tribe members, including a Seventh Elder.
  • The team reached an abandoned altar, where the old Drum Tribe man offered his blood and the others claimed the altar would enhance their strength.
  • The altar awakened, drained the mercenaries of their flesh and blood, and left them as mummified corpses.
  • Su Zhan avoided the altar’s effect and remained standing with the three Drum Tribe members, who questioned why he had survived.
  • Su Zhan claimed he was a Silver Star person recruited at random, and the old man promised to discipline whoever had brought him there.

Ch. 220Cultivating Gold Qi

Su Zhan joined the Drum Tribe after their altar selected him, then discovered that the tribe’s golden energy rapidly strengthened his body. After he smashed a huge crater into the ground while testing his new strength, a Drum Tribe member entered and was astonished by what he could do.

  • The Drum Tribe elder invited Su Zhan to become a priest after the altar selected him, and Su Zhan eagerly agreed.
  • Su Zhan’s cultivation methods said the altar’s aura felt familiar, but none could remember where they had encountered it.
  • The Drum Tribe members brought Su Zhan to Venus Main City and gave him a luxurious room.
  • Su Zhan set up a Space Barrier and questioned his cultivation methods about the altar, but they had no answers.
  • Su Zhan absorbed the Drum Tribe’s powerful energy, enduring intense pain as it greatly strengthened his body.
  • After cultivating for half a day and night, Su Zhan punched a crater dozens of meters deep into the ground, and a Drum Tribe member entered and exclaimed at his strength.

Ch. 221Two-Way Detection with the Altar

Su Zhan discovered that the Drum Tribe’s altar dated back to the Myriad Races War and agreed to join the tribe so he could investigate its connection to the shattered prop. The altar accepted his blood, healed him, and bestowed powerful energy, leaving him honored as its chosen sacrifice while he wondered how to retrieve the prop’s fragments.

  • The elders questioned Su Zhan about surviving the altar’s influence and explained that the Drum Tribe needed a suitable sacrifice to care for it.
  • Su Zhan learned that the altar had been built after the Myriad Races War and agreed to join the Drum Tribe, suspecting it came from the shattered prop.
  • Su Zhan tested the altar by dripping his blood into its groove, and after a delay the altar absorbed it, healed his wound, and sent powerful energy into him.
  • The elder declared Su Zhan the altar’s chosen sacrifice and knelt to worship him.
  • Su Zhan professed faith in the altar while privately considering where the prop’s fragments might be and how he could take them.

Ch. 222Meeting with the Previous Undercover Agent

Su Zhan tried to awaken the Altar with a formation but failed, then met the previous undercover agent to seek help. The agent promised to gather information and supplies, leaving Su Zhan with a crystal transmitter and instructions to meet at midnight.

  • After the elder left, Su Zhan placed formation bases around the Altar and tried repeatedly to awaken it, even strengthening the formation with his blood, but nothing happened.
  • Su Zhan received a summons through his bracelet and went to the meeting place, where he recognized the concealed figure as the previous undercover agent.
  • Su Zhan told the agent that the other infiltrators were dead and claimed he had been chosen as the Altar's officiant but could not make it resonate.
  • The agent agreed to gather information and contact the organization for help, then gave Su Zhan a red crystal for sending messages.
  • The agent told Su Zhan to collect any deliveries at exactly midnight and explained that the Drum Tribe hid from the moonlight at that hour.

Ch. 223The Drum Tribe's Secret, Resonance Formation

Su Zhan discovered that strange moonlight stirred the energy in people’s bodies, then found the Altar could lessen its effects. The next morning, the seven Elders began a formation to connect him with Venus and bind him to the Altar.

  • Su Zhan went outside at night and saw purple light sweep past the moon; the Chat Group members said repeated exposure could make their energy run wild and kill them.
  • Su Zhan tested the moonlight and found it appeared every twenty minutes, while he could withstand at least ten exposures.
  • Su Zhan discovered that sitting on the Altar calmed the agitation caused by the moonlight, then spotted a fast-moving woman in the forest and failed to catch her.
  • The next morning, a messenger told Su Zhan that the seven Elders wanted to see him, and they led him to a star-disc formation.
  • After checking that the formation held no murderous intent, Su Zhan sat at its center as the Elders began a ritual to connect him with Venus and the Altar.

Ch. 224Woman in the Magic Array

Su Zhan absorbed the Living Spirits Array’s energy and glimpsed a mysterious woman in a forest before waking. He found her again and learned she belonged to Venus’s displaced natives, then sought an alliance against the Drum Tribe.

  • The elders activated the Drum Tribe’s Living Spirits Array, and Su Zhan absorbed its energy so powerfully that he entered a vision of the planet and a forest.
  • Su Zhan saw a cold, beautiful woman in the vision, woke after several hours, and became convinced she was real.
  • Su Zhan followed the woman into the forest and grabbed her hand, but she angrily accused the Drum Tribe of taking her people’s land and driving them to the brink of extinction.
  • Su Zhan told the woman that the Drum Tribe had tried to kill him too and proposed joining forces against them.
  • The woman agreed to bring Su Zhan’s offer to her chieftain, and Su Zhan welcomed the chance to pursue cooperation.

Ch. 225Night Investigation of a Restricted Area, Discovered

Su Zhan secretly investigated the Drum Tribe’s Treasure Pavilion, hoping to find valuable items, but its hidden defenses alerted a powerful mercenary guard. He escaped with help from an unknown attacker, injured and worried that the demonic creature he left behind could expose him.

  • Su Zhan refused to meet the patriarch before dawn and spent the day surveying Venus, identifying the Treasure Pavilion and other important locations.
  • Su Zhan waited until midnight, then sent a demonic creature through the Treasure Pavilion’s protective formations to scout its upper floors.
  • A covert formation detected the demonic creature, and a mercenary guard attacked Su Zhan as he tried to flee.
  • The guard shattered Su Zhan’s spatial trap and wounded his hand and foot while blocking his escape.
  • An unknown attacker struck the guard, allowing Su Zhan to disappear and return to his room.
  • Su Zhan replayed the close call and worried that the Drum Tribe could trace the demonic creature’s energy back to him.
Arc 9 of 29
Arc 9 of 29