Chapter Summaries

Jian Ziyu cleared the Sky Shuttle Fish that had swallowed the Spirit Warding Magnet, while Night Lion and the others approached the Sky Shuttle Tide and prepared their formation. Night Lion then used the strength supplied by Demon Lord Huiyuan to unleash a mighty roar that parted the storm, realizing the blessing had given him more power than expected.

• Jian Ziyu maintained control of her Ten Feet of Red Dust sword pellet and killed the Sky Shuttle Fish carrying Spirit Warding Magnets without disrupting the tide.
• Fen Guang confirmed the fish had been cleared, and Zheng Mancheng and Night Lion praised Jian Ziyu's skill and foundation.
• Night Lion activated Old Crow's Heaven-Connecting Disk, which linked the nine cultivators through their heart's-blood seals and revealed Demon Lord Huiyuan's avatar.
• Night Lion threw the formation disk into the sea and led the group toward the Sky Shuttle Tide.
• Night Lion roared with his Heavenly Gang Demonic Sound, briefly halting the storm and parting its clouds, then recognized the strength Demon Lord Huiyuan had lent him.

Gui Yan watched the Sky Shuttle Tide battle from a strange chessboard in the void, where the cultivators appeared as pieces he could influence. As Qin Xing became increasingly absorbed in his sudden cultivation advance, Gui Yan prepared to place Wan Mi’s piece and activate the formation.

• The Heavenly Dipper Demonic Sound killed nearly a thousand Sky Shuttle fish, disrupting the tide and unleashing a storm of chaotic Qi, lightning, and explosions.
• Night Lion confirmed that the formation disc was absorbing the fish’s essence blood, then joined the others in attacking the tide while Qin Xing followed Feng Guang.
• Qin Xing reveled in the power reinforcing him and became absorbed in his cultivation, unaware that his chess piece was resonating with Demon Lord Huiyuan’s Dharma form.
• Gui Yan observed from the void that Wan Mi and Qin Xing were losing themselves in the Demon Lord’s power, while the other cultivators remained largely autonomous.
• Gui Yan picked up Wan Mi’s chess piece and considered placing it to activate the formation, but paused with his hand suspended.

Gui Yan examined how the Demon Lord Huiyuan’s power affected the cultivators he controlled through Old Crow’s formation diagram. He realized he could limit the erosion by choosing whom to move, leaving him a chance to resist the scheme.

• Gui Yan moved Wan Mi’s piece and observed that Wan Mi’s focused thoughts absorbed the Demon Lord Huiyuan’s slight influence without losing coherence.
• Gui Yan moved Qin Xing’s piece and saw the Demon Lord Huiyuan’s power flood the Black Forest, where a dharma avatar began to take shape.
• Gui Yan tried to cast aside Qin Xing’s piece and calm the resulting thoughts, but neither stopping the move nor using mystic methods worked.
• Gui Yan realized Wan Mi was safer to control because Yu Ci could already restrain him, leaving little of Wan Mi’s power to amplify the Demon Lord Huiyuan’s influence.
• Gui Yan understood that Old Crow’s formation made him a regulating valve, and that the nine cultivators’ lower level left him a chance to resist.

Gui Yan examined the demonic seed forming inside Qin Xing and intervened before it could fully take root. He planted a misleading memory that made Qin Xing mistake the disruption for an inner demon and left a small vigilant thought alive within him.

• Night Lion warned Qin Xing about his suspiciously smooth progress, but Qin Xing stayed cautious outwardly while still indulging in his state of sudden enlightenment.
• Gui Yan entered Qin Xing’s mind and saw that the Demon Lord Huiyuan’s magic power had formed a demonic seed that directed Qin Xing’s proliferating thoughts.
• Gui Yan judged Qin Xing to be the party’s most vulnerable and strategically important Void Stepping cultivator, then sent a disguised fragment of his own memory through the demonic flood.
• Qin Xing sensed the intrusion, mistook its fleeting vision of an immortal palace for a failed demonic ambush, and believed the resulting imperfection was proof of an inner demon.
• Gui Yan protected a tiny vigilant thought in Qin Xing’s flooded mind and smiled at having used falsehood to counter falsehood.

Gui Yan strained to preserve Qin Xing’s vigilant thought from Demon Lord Huiyuan’s illusion while contacting Jian Ziyu through Old Crow’s array disc. Jian Ziyu answered by directing the Purple Dust Red Dust Lamp’s crimson light at Qin Xing.

• Demon Lord Huiyuan’s illusion drew Qin Xing into a convincing false reality, while Gui Yan protected a fragment of Qin Xing’s vigilant thought.
• Gui Yan endured spiritual injuries and calculated paths through the Black Forest to keep Qin Xing’s thought from being extinguished.
• The surviving thought suffered thousands of impacts and split once, but Gui Yan sustained it for more than two instants.
• Gui Yan’s message reached Jian Ziyu through a blood-essence chess piece, warning that Qin Xing had been demonized.
• Jian Ziyu raised the Purple Dust Red Dust Lamp and sent its crimson light toward Qin Xing, who was more than a dozen miles away.

Jian Ziyu and Night Lion intervened to help Qin Xing resist the demonic taint, disrupting Demon Lord Huiyuan’s control and giving Devil Lord an opportunity to study their methods. Qin Xing only half-awoke, and Devil Lord’s own corruption slowed but remained unresolved.

• Jian Ziyu used the Purple Dust Red Dust Lamp to intervene, drawing attention to Qin Xing’s vacant, deluded state.
• Night Lion and Fen Guang attacked Qin Xing to break his inner demon, while Qin Xing mistook them for an illusion and cried out about a demonic tribulation.
• Night Lion’s method stirred Qin Xing’s thoughts into fierce resistance, and Devil Lord studied the changes in the Black Forest.
• Jian Ziyu’s power divided and organized Qin Xing’s thoughts, briefly sweeping away patches of demonic thoughts and further weakening Demon Lord Huiyuan’s influence.
• Qin Xing half-woke and struggled to escape, while Devil Lord’s own corruption slowed and he continued concealing his condition.

Guiyan was forced to focus on the chessboard controlling the Nine Palaces Demon Domain as the Sky Shuttle Tide engulfed the cultivators at sea. A Spiritfall Bird attacked Zheng Mancheng’s group, and Zheng used a thumb-ring to absorb its explosive lightning.

• Guiyan considered his limited chances of opposing Demon Lord Huiyuan and breaking the Nine Palaces Demon Domain, while the formation continued draining the Sky Shuttle Fish’s vital essence.
• An unseen voice ordered Guiyan to play chess and leave other matters alone, making clear that his options were restricted.
• The Sky Shuttle Tide swept over Night Lion and the other cultivators as Qin Xing was being treated, and the formation’s connections weakened.
• A white-winged Spiritfall Bird flew toward Zheng Mancheng, and Zhan Ji recognized it and warned the others.
• Zheng Mancheng teleported Zhan Ji and Wan Mi away as the bird exploded into Spiritfall Absolute Lightning, then used his thumb-ring to draw in the lightning.

Zheng Mancheng sacrificed Wan Mi’s essence and soul to use the Void Mirror Disk, revealing Spirit Warding Ancestor approaching with a flock of Spiritfall Birds. The assembled cultivators faced the Calamity Law Grandmaster and his birds, and Night Lion ordered a retreat.

• Zheng Mancheng used a ghostly maze to bring Wan Mi back and condemned him for demonic corruption.
• Zheng Mancheng forced Wan Mi to pour his essence blood and primal essence into the Void Mirror Disk to trace the Spiritfall Birds’ flight paths.
• The Void Mirror Disk revealed Spirit Warding Ancestor riding a gigantic demon dragon beast as heavenly demons vanished around him.
• Night Lion ordered the cultivators of the three sects to form up, while Old Crow’s formation disk activated beneath the sea.
• Spirit Warding Ancestor arrived before the Sky Shuttle Tide with a flock of Spiritfall Birds, and Night Lion shouted for everyone to retreat.

Night Lion and the other Devil Sect cultivators retreated from Spirit Warding Ancestor as Wan Mi became a demon-tainted puppet and absorbed the Spiritfall Absolute Lightning. Spirit Warding Ancestor maintained pace with the Sky Shuttle Tide, while Ghost Loathing realized the slow advance might leave him transformed before he could use the confrontation to his advantage.

• Night Lion feared Spirit Warding Ancestor would defeat the six Six Desire Heavenly Demons as the group fled, but Wan Mi broke free and screamed at the Spiritfall Bird, triggering a burst of electric rings.
• Wan Mi swallowed the seawater and lightning as Demon Lord Huiyuan’s power transformed her into a puppet linked to the formation disk, leaving her badly injured and blind.
• Wan Mi’s body repaired itself, and Fen Guang recognized that her soul had been overthrown and that the puppet could help the cultivators retreat.
• Spirit Warding Ancestor did not pursue the retreating cultivators directly, instead keeping pace with the Sky Shuttle Tide toward the Nine Palaces Demon Domain.
• Night Lion demanded to know when Ghost Loathing would act, while Ghost Loathing realized that the silent powers behind him expected him to block Spirit Warding Ancestor and that the slow advance might doom him before he could return to position.

Gui Yan used Old Crow’s array disk and Jian Ziyu’s sword pellet to let the cultivators strike Sky Shuttle Tide from afar with void power, even as the array’s connection threatened to turn him into a puppet. Spirit Warding Ancestor retaliated against the cultivators, and a warm breeze slipped through their defenses.

• Gui Yan realized that Demon Lord Huiyuan’s power was flooding Wan Mi’s puppet through the array disk, and that the demon lord’s descent would complete his own demonization.
• Xiao Limai and Chui Yue pressured Gui Yan to use the array disk, but Gui Yan warned them that he might not protect everyone equally; he then directed Jian Ziyu to strike Sky Shuttle Tide.
• Jian Ziyu’s sword pellet killed more than a hundred Sky Shuttle Fish from far away, revealing that the array disk could augment attacks with void power.
• Night Lion and the other cultivators joined the assault, using the demon master’s augmentation to attack across vast distances and gaining a deeper grasp of the void.
• Spirit Warding Ancestor attacked Night Lion and the cultivators, and although Night Lion raised the array disk’s layered defenses, a warm breeze still reached them.

Night Lion and Zheng Mancheng realized that the Spirit Warding Ancestor was using the Sky Shuttle Tide to weave a simulated Wind Tribulation, forcing their group to retreat toward the Nine Palaces Demon Domain. Gu Yan recognized the danger early and saw an opportunity to act, ending the chapter as he ordered the array line held.

• Night Lion mistook a warm breeze for the terrifying Wind Tribulation, then joined Zheng Mancheng in examining the distant Sky Shuttle Tide.
• Night Lion and Zheng Mancheng saw that the Spirit Warding Ancestor was directing the Sky Shuttle Fish to weave spiritual Qi and manipulate the laws of the heavens.
• Night Lion led the cultivators in retreat, but their movement risked drawing the advancing calamity toward the Nine Palaces Demon Domain.
• Gu Yan, having sensed the Spirit Warding Ancestor's movements through the array disc, recognized an opportunity to carry out a decision he had already made.
• Wan Mi's puppet relayed Gu Yan's order to hold the array line, and Qin Xing answered with a sudden howl.

Qin Xing triggered his longevity tribulation during the battle with Spirit Warding Ancestor, while Gu Yan used a strand of his mind to steer Qin Xing’s remaining clarity and exploit Demon Lord Huiyuan’s power. The chapter left Gu Yan entering the innermost layer of Qin Xing’s divine soul as the tribulation and inner demons intensified.

• Qin Xing plunged into the sea, then emerged and was struck by Heavenly Jealousy Tribulation Lightning, triggering his longevity tribulation.
• Night Lion and Zheng Mancheng urged the cultivators to help Qin Xing endure the tribulation, recognizing that it would interfere with Spirit Warding Ancestor.
• Qin Xing panicked under the lightning and inner demons, while Gu Yan’s guarded strand of thought became the force directing his remaining clarity.
• Gu Yan used his experience with tribulation and his limited influence over Demon Lord Huiyuan’s power to keep Qin Xing’s assault on the pass going.
• As Qin Xing became the center of the storm, Gu Yan crossed the demonic lightning and reached the core of the Black Forest, where Qin Xing’s foundational mark resided.

Gu Yan guided Qin Xing’s Primordial Spirit through the final balance between the Heavenly Tribulation and Demon Lord Huiyuan’s power, allowing Qin Xing to undergo a qualitative transformation and step into longevity. Gu Yan withdrew as the forces surged out of balance, and Qin Xing’s chaotic pearl shattered, with its fragments and inner essence absorbed into Demon Lord Huiyuan’s Dharmakaya.

• Gu Yan found Qin Xing’s chaotic pearl in imminent danger as thunder and Demon Lord Huiyuan’s mind-thought branches threatened it from opposite sides.
• Gu Yan surrounded the pearl with Qin Xing’s lucid thoughts and guided it around the Dharmakaya until the opposing forces reached a precarious balance.
• The pearl broke through a barrier and reached the Dharmakaya’s crown, triggering Qin Xing’s transformation and briefly sobering his consciousness.
• Qin Xing sensed Gu Yan, but Gu Yan sent him a final wish of good luck and withdrew, causing the balance between the tribulation and Demon Lord Huiyuan’s power to collapse.
• Heavenly Tribulation lightning struck the pearl as Demon Lord Huiyuan’s mind-thought branches surged, and the pearl shattered.
• The branches absorbed the pearl’s fragments and its inner essence-light, causing Demon Lord Huiyuan’s Dharmakaya to grow dramatically.

Qin Xing survived the heavenly tribulation and became the Demon Lord Huiyuan’s Heavenly Demon Kin, while Guiyan endured the surge of demonic power and secured a chance to protect Bright Hall Palace. You Rui recovered the Dao Intent Jade Cicada, easing Guiyan’s fear for Yu Ci, before a mysterious rainbow carried Qin Xing away.

• Qin Xing completed his transformation into the Demon Lord Huiyuan’s Heavenly Demon Kin, and Guiyan struggled to preserve his clarity under the flood of Huiyuan’s power.
• Night Lion and the others helped Qin Xing withstand the tribulation lightning, while Jian Ziyu quietly waited at sea.
• You Rui rode A Da beneath the sea, found the Dao Intent Jade Cicada, and carried it away.
• Guiyan learned through Chengqitian’s channels that You Rui had recovered the jade cicada and felt relieved for himself and Yu Ci.
• A long rainbow appeared over the sea and carried Qin Xing away, leaving the watching cultivators bewildered.

Ghost Ann escaped Bright Hall Palace and impressed Supreme Good Demon Lord by explaining how he had guided Qin Xing through the heavenly tribulation. As Demon Lord Huiyuan’s power manifested over the sea, Spirit Warding Ancestor confronted the Demon Lords, while Supreme Good Demon Lord questioned Ghost Ann about the mysterious person behind the plan.

• Ghost Ann and Mr. Wugou were ejected from Bright Hall Palace, and Ghost Ann gathered the power that had flowed back from Qin Xing before Supreme Good Demon Lord confronted him.
• Ghost Ann claimed he had gained insight into how Qin Xing survived the tribulation, and Supreme Good Demon Lord took him to the deep valley to watch events unfold.
• The Demon Lords used Qin Xing to complete Bright Hall Palace’s replacement process, while Demon Lord Huiyuan’s power filled Wan Mi’s puppet and formed a beam revealing his dharma-form.
• Demon Lord Huiyuan’s voice challenged the cultivators, but Spirit Warding Ancestor’s demonic dragon destroyed the approaching fiends with its roar.
• Spirit Warding Ancestor rode forward and challenged Supreme Good Demon Lord, while Supreme Good Demon Lord privately demanded that Ghost Ann identify the person behind the plan.

Gui Yan learned that the absent devil lords had left Supreme Good Demon Lord to oversee events, then witnessed a vast heavenly fire erupt across the world. The chapter ended with Supreme Good Demon Lord taunting Spirit Warding Ancestor and claiming Sun Demon Lord was far away, fighting.

• Supreme Good Demon Lord told Gui Yan that several devil lords were absent and praised him for tainting and transforming Qin Xing.
• Gui Yan asked why no devil lords were present during the refinement of the Five Sacred Peaks True Form Diagram, and Supreme Good Demon Lord dismissed Xiao Lei's explanation as self-deception.
• Supreme Good Demon Lord beat time with his hand, and the seabed shook as crimson fire clouds spread across the sky and enormous waves rose.
• Gui Yan saw the heavenly fire reach Spirit Warding Ancestor, You Rui, A Da, and many other places; A Da plunged into the sea in terror.
• Supreme Good Demon Lord laughed at Spirit Warding Ancestor and claimed Sun Demon Lord was far away, fighting.

Supreme Good Demon Lord revealed that the Sword Discussion Pavilion and Northern Demonic Sect had joined forces to attack Madame Yellow Springs while Lu Chen was trapped in the Azure Sky Domain. He then exposed a separate scheme involving Madam Huanyong and an unrecognized formation, leaving Gui Yan to question her true allegiance.

• Supreme Good Demon Lord mocked Spirit Warding Ancestor and explained to Gui Yan that powerful figures controlled the fates of those beneath them.
• Supreme Good Demon Lord told Gui Yan that Lu Chen was trapped in the Azure Sky Domain and that three sword immortals and three Free Heavenly Demons were arrayed against him.
• Supreme Good Demon Lord revealed that the forces had assigned a sword immortal and four devil lords to target Madame Yellow Springs, with allies including a figure from the East Sea drawn into the conflict.
• Gui Yan realized that the impending battle at Donghua Mountain could endanger countless lives and feared he would be powerless if he went there.
• Supreme Good Demon Lord said Old Crow's formation was not recognized by the Void teachings and that Madam Huanyong hoped to use the battle to make it legitimate.
• Gui Yan was startled by Supreme Good Demon Lord's claims and began doubting Madam Huanyong's stance.

Supreme Good Demon Lord explained the doctrinal origins and sacrificial requirements of the Nine Palaces Demon Domain, revealing that Madam Huanyong and he were rivals competing to become the Yuran or Five Pass Demon Lord. He took Guiyan toward Cave Dwelling Palace, where the conflict with Huanyong was now unavoidable, while Spirit Warding Ancestor remained stalled before the Huiyuan Devil Master's defense.

• Supreme Good Demon Lord described the Action and Original Meaning factions and said he would support the Five Pass faction because Huanyong had claimed Cave Dwelling Palace.
• Supreme Good Demon Lord admitted that he and Huanyong were life-and-death enemies, showed Guiyan Old Crow's inert incarnation, and explained that the palace positions required powerful guardians or sacrificial offerings.
• Supreme Good Demon Lord revealed that Huanyong planned to use Jian Ziyu and the Purple Dust Red Dust Lamp, while he hoped Guiyan could help him after he defeated her.
• Supreme Good Demon Lord told Guiyan that Huanyong could hear their conversation and led him toward Cave Dwelling Palace, making their opposition to Huanyong unavoidable.
• Spirit Warding Ancestor stayed silent before the nearly solid Huiyuan Devil Master as Old Crow's array and the Demon Sect figures held their defensive formation.

Supreme Good Demon Lord brought Gui Yan to Cave Dwelling Palace to meet Madam Huanyong, who was trapped in a prolonged struggle with her Heavenly Demon Delusion Realm. Huanyong recognized Gui Yan’s abilities and asked about his connection to Ziyun and Qin Xing’s devil seed, leaving him caught between the two powerful figures.

• Supreme Good Demon Lord distracted Gui Yan with taunts as they traveled to Cave Dwelling Palace.
• Gui Yan saw Madam Huanyong sitting alone on a seabed plain and sensed the dangerous influence of her Heavenly Demon Delusion Realm.
• Supreme Good Demon Lord warned Gui Yan not to enter Huanyong’s delusion realm, then mocked her about her long struggle.
• Huanyong recovered her composure enough to call Supreme Good Demon Lord a scoundrel and criticize his conduct.
• Huanyong recognized Gui Yan, praised Ziyun’s choice of partner, and asked whether he had intercepted Qin Xing’s devil seed.

Guiyan learned that Qin Xing’s demonic seed was a rare Transcendent Demonic Seed, prompting Madam Huanyong and Supreme Good Demon Lord to probe and maneuver around him. Supreme Good Demon Lord escorted Guiyan back to the Mud Pill Palace and explained that claiming the Five Pass Demon Lord level would be neither immediate nor without danger.

• Madam Huanyong revealed that Guiyan’s demonic seed was likely Transcendent and asked him to surrender it, while Supreme Good Demon Lord reacted with surprise and suspicion.
• Guiyan confirmed that Qin Xing’s seed was a pure Transcendent Demonic Seed and refused to let the two powerful figures pressure him into giving it up.
• Guiyan challenged Madam Huanyong’s sincerity and asked Supreme Good Demon Lord if he could leave; Supreme Good Demon Lord mocked Huanyong and then departed with Guiyan.
• Supreme Good Demon Lord told Guiyan that the seed had not been part of his plans, suggested Guiyan could later sell it to him, and advised him to remain in the Mud Pill Palace.
• Supreme Good Demon Lord explained that completing the five palaces only opened a path toward becoming the Five Pass Demon Lord, and that any success would bring great trouble.