Chapter Summaries

Tai'a Mohan unleashed the Domain of Troublesome Desires, exposing the hidden thoughts of the cultivators watching from Nine Truths Immortal Palace. A mental signal from Jiu Yan emerged from the collapsed void, then a clear human figure appeared within the demonic domain, leaving Black Robe unable to tell what was real.

• Tai'a Mohan expanded her demonic domain and used its curses to stir the cultivators’ negative emotions and drain their vital energy.
• Black Robe and Liu Guan recognized that Tai'a Mohan’s incantation was revealing the cultivators’ secret thoughts, and Black Robe accidentally exposed his suspicion about Ye Bin and the Rakshasa side.
• Liu Guan intercepted a strange, densely compressed mental thought that Black Robe traced to Jiu Yan, making him wonder whether Jiu Yan was still alive.
• The demonic snakes briefly stagnated, and a clear human figure appeared inside the domain, unaffected by the snakes’ attempts to obscure it.
• Black Robe realized the domain might be only a silhouette and questioned what in the ordeal had been real.

Ye Bin wounded Tai'a Mohan with a sword strike that surpassed the world's restraints, then vanished as the Jade Firmament Celestial Palace and Donghua Void began to collapse. Liu Guan and the others fled toward the passage between the two realms, leaving one small figure struggling amid the ruins.

• Ye Bin struck Tai'a Mohan with a sword that severed laws and wounded him, then disappeared from the Donghua Void.
• Liu Guan and the cultivators discovered that spiritual qi circulation in the Jade Firmament Celestial Palace had stopped and fallen into disorder.
• The palace complex collapsed, and the Donghua Void began breaking apart in a cataclysm of chaotic spiritual qi.
• Qi Baiyi and the others fled toward the passage between the two realms, while Liu Guan hesitated and sensed an omen.
• Liu Guan activated Shadow Void to carry Black Robe and Zhai Que'er toward the passage, and Tai'a Mohan vanished as well.
• One small figure remained struggling among the collapsing palace fragments.

Yu Ci watched the chaos in the Donghua Void while the Primordial Power steadily destroyed the Three-Party Primordial Energy. He used the Equality Bead to strike at the Donghua Void, but the attack missed, and the giant brush in the Inner Void began to fall.

• Little Five lost consciousness, reverted to an iron tablet, and drifted through the Donghua Void as heavenly demons succumbed to the surrounding pressure.
• Heavenly demons swarmed toward the Five Sacred Peaks True Form Diagram and Little Five, but dark radiance destroyed the first attacker and caused the target to vanish.
• Yu Ci sensed that he had to act, despite not understanding the Primordial Power’s evolution, and resolved to use the Equality Bead.
• Yu Ci resonated with the Equality Bead and sent its bright light toward the Donghua Void, aiming at the source that supplied fuel to the Primordial Power.
• The Equality Bead’s strike missed because its target and Yu Ci occupied different currents, and the giant brush in the Inner Void descended.

Yu Ci discovered that the voids were connected through distorted currents and used the Equality Bead’s true intent to strike the Donghua Void, triggering its collapse and freeing his divine intent. After glimpsing an existence beyond the void, he was overwhelmed by its information and terror and fell back into a confused state.

• Yu Ci controlled the Three-Party Primordial Energy, reshaping it into a flexible defense while continuing to direct the Equality Bead’s true intent at the Donghua Void.
• Yu Ci realized that the voids were connected like currents in one boundless river, and that the Equality Bead’s strike had not missed but was still traveling toward its target.
• Yu Ci’s insight let the Equality Bead’s true intent reach the Donghua Void, causing a momentary imbalance that led to the void’s collapse.
• Yu Ci’s divine intent broke free from the distorted void and expanded into a new level of perception, where he sensed two presences.
• One presence vanished, while the other drew Yu Ci close and overwhelmed him with immense information, starlight, gloom, and terror, knocking his consciousness back into confusion.

Yu Ci survived the overwhelming information exchange with the Primordial Demon Lord by sorting the influx through a rough three-part parsing method, but the demon lord’s negative power had already destroyed his vitality and collapsed his Inner Void Dharma Realm. As Yu Ci realized his life-and-death Dao foundation was keeping him alive, he uncovered the Primordial Demon Lord’s concern with the reality of the laws and the universe.

• Yu Ci’s consciousness was nearly overwhelmed until the incoming information divided into three branches, letting him use a prepared classification method to regain clarity.
• Yu Ci recognized that he had exchanged information with the Primordial Demon Lord, whose open transmission overwhelmed him and carried a devastating negative impact.
• Yu Ci discovered that his body had lost all vitality, his Inner Void Dharma Realm had collapsed, and his natal golden talisman had disintegrated, yet he remained alive.
• Yu Ci found that the surviving core of his seed true talismans connected to the law of life and death and preserved his foundational Dao foundation.
• Yu Ci drew from the Primordial Demon Lord’s information and realized that great beings sought to understand primordial law and the true reality of the universe.

Yu Ci survived the Primordial Demon Lord’s assault long enough to recover his complete soul and rebuild his powers amid the collapsing Donghua Void. He faced a choice between following the conventional cultivation path or pursuing cosmic truth directly, but concluded he was not yet capable of bearing the latter’s demands as the void began to recover and unleash its heat.

• Yu Ci learned that the Primordial Demon Lord had spent tens of thousands of years experimenting with void collapse as a possible way to escape his demonic nature and remake the universe.
• Yu Ci recognized that Donghua Void’s failed experiment would end in catastrophic heat, and he struggled to rally his nearly broken body using the Law of Life and Death.
• Yu Ci sensed Ghost Weary disintegrating, a four-foot azure blade falling, the celestial rail snapping, and the imprisoned core of the threefold void breaking free.
• Yu Ci drew scattered parts of himself across the twisted void and restored his soul to completeness.
• Yu Ci considered rebuilding the Heavenly Barrier Natal Golden Talisman by the conventional path or pursuing truth without compromise, then admitted he could not yet meet the latter’s demands.
• The twisted Heaven-and-Earth void began to recover and cast astonishing heat outward.

Yu Ci rebuilt his body amid the thermal energy storm, accepting that Primordial Demon Lord’s negative primordial substance would remain within him as he pursued the Realm of Truth. As the heavenly tribulation gathered, he used true reflection to grasp its workings and replenished his vitality, leaving him facing the thunder-filled void.

• Yu Ci used the Inner Void and Heart Refining Dharma Fire to withstand the thermal energy storm and reconstruct his body while preserving his divine soul and will.
• Yu Ci accepted that negative primordial substance from the Primordial Demon Lord would linger in his body and chose a steady path toward truth.
• The Heaven and Earth Law Will targeted Yu Ci with an immense heavenly tribulation as the thermal energy storm subsided and destroyed the Nine Truths Immortal Palace.
• Yu Ci used true reflection to perceive the tribulation’s changes, nearly exhausting his newly formed body in the process.
• Yu Ci absorbed and refined the incoming heavenly Qi to restore his longevity, then opened his eyes to the thunder storms gathering around him.

Gu Zhi, Ling Jiao, and Sheng Tong investigated the poisoned Zhu brothers and followed the murderer’s trail through a void passage. They emerged in a damp, lush place in the True World, where Sheng Tong found another corpse.

• Gu Zhi identified the Zhu brothers’ killer’s poison as an artificially refined insect venom and estimated that the murderer had gone upstream within the past eight hours.
• Sheng Tong searched the riverbed, found the residual poison vanished about fifty li upstream, and discovered a void passage he believed the murderer had used.
• Sheng Tong led Gu Zhi, Ling Jiao, and the other cultivators through the passage, and Gu Zhi confirmed they remained in the True World.
• The group cautiously explored the dark, damp, overgrown area, where Sheng Tong spotted a naked corpse showing signs of corpse transformation.

Gu Zhi and Sheng Tong’s Patrol Squad discovered and destroyed a Cang River bandit stronghold, then learned that the bandits used a void passage connected to Donghua Mountain. The passage linked the Cang River Defense Line to the dangerous Demon Sealing Defense Line, complicating the situation.

• Gu Zhi examined a corpse with shattered life force and heavy Yin energy, while Ling Jiao and Senior Sister Fan reacted to it.
• Sheng Tong and Gu Zhi heard laughter in the jungle and suspected that a bandit faction was responsible for the nearby deaths and disappearances.
• Sheng Tong led the Patrol Squad to scout the bandits’ lair, then ordered an attack after they found no Longevity-stage defenders.
• The Patrol Squad killed most of the bandits and interrogated captives, learning that their leader was called the Flying Centipede and that captives were held at another stronghold.
• Gu Zhi and Sheng Tong deduced that the bandits’ jungle was connected by a void passage to Donghua Mountain, making the Cang River Defense Line’s situation more complicated.

Sheng Tong’s patrol group uncovered the danger the void passage posed to the Cang River Defense Line, then pursued the bandits holding abducted cultivators. They rescued one badly injured captive but left Gu Zhi and Deacon Fan behind to care for her while the others pressed on.

• The patrol group realized that demons emerging through the void passage could break the blockade around Donghua Mountain and threaten the Cang River Defense Line from behind, so Sheng Tong reported the discovery and ordered the group to focus on the bandits.
• The cultivators interrogated the captured bandits, gathered the identities and appearances of the abducted people, and followed the trail toward the other den.
• Sheng Tong and Ling Jiao killed a bandit who had taken an abducted woman into the forest, and Ling Jiao recognized the woman as one of the captives.
• Gu Zhi examined the woman and found her seriously injured and mentally clouded after abuse and a beating.
• Sheng Tong ordered Deacon Fan to stay with the woman and asked Gu Zhi to treat her, while the rest of the patrol group continued toward the bandit den.

Gu Zhi and Fan Qing approached the aftermath of the patrol unit’s attack on the water bandits, but the rescued cultivator was revealed to be an enemy in disguise. The ambusher subdued them both and introduced herself as Color Essence, one of those called God Detests, Ghost Aversion.

• Gu Zhi treated the rescued female cultivator, then learned from the jade talisman that she was a survivor of the destroyed Lingya Sword Sect.
• Gu Zhi realized Fan Qing was troubled by the turmoil in her own Siming Sect and left her in peace.
• As the patrol unit began defeating the bandits, Gu Zhi and Fan Qing went to carry the rescued cultivator away.
• Fan Qing suddenly collapsed, and the female cultivator sat up after catching her.
• Gu Zhi tried to flee and use a secret art, but the jungle bound and poisoned him until he stiffened like a block of wood.
• The woman pressed down Fan Qing’s hand on her sword hilt and introduced herself as Color Essence, one of the beings called God Detests, Ghost Aversion.

The Lust Manifestation subdued Fan Qing and sent her to attack Ling Jiang, then used Fan Qing’s altered eyes to distract Ling Jiang during Sheng Tong’s arrival. The chapter left Ling Jiang under attack from Sheng Tong’s feint and heavy-hammer artifact.

• The Lust Manifestation used her pupil technique, an elixir, and demonic qi to control Fan Qing and command her to leave.
• Ling Jiang noticed Fan Qing approaching and was forced to knock her down when Fan Qing attacked without warning.
• Ling Jiang discovered Fan Qing was severely weakened and could not find Gu Zhi or the rescued female cultivator with her soul-searching art.
• Sheng Tong arrived with the captured Flying Centipede, examined Fan Qing, and saw her eyes open with a demonic technique.
• Ling Jiang resisted Fan Qing’s gaze, but Sheng Tong struck at her defenses and dropped his heavy hammer toward her head.

Ling Jiao fought Sheng Tong while trying to save Fan Qing, but poison and Se Yun’s jungle domain turned the battle against her. Sheng Tong knocked Ling Jiao unconscious, then attacked the patrol unit as Se Yun treated his injury and revealed her interest in taking another prize.

• Ling Jiao parried Sheng Tong’s hammer and rescued Fan Qing, but the centipede’s poison and Sheng Tong’s attacks left her struggling under his domain.
• A Thousand Poison Dragon phantom and hidden toxins disrupted Ling Jiao’s sword intent as Se Yun’s jungle domain trapped her and Sheng Tong shattered her flying sword.
• Bound by vines and struck with a sealing blow, Ling Jiao pierced Sheng Tong’s left eye with the Snowfall Featherlight Sword before he knocked her unconscious.
• Sheng Tong charged the patrol unit and slaughtered its members while Se Yun used vines to draw sword qi from his skull and promised to help regenerate his eye.
• Se Yun emerged from the jungle, and after the centipede praised her for securing the Wuling Forbidden Garden, she said she intended to take one more thing.

The Form Manifestation, the Flying Centipede, and Sheng Tong secured Ling Jiao and chose Fan Qing to become the Form Manifestation’s natal Yin Demon. As they prepared to retrieve Ling Jiao, the Wuling Forbidden Garden began shaking, and the Form Manifestation realized its void had latched onto something.

• The Form Manifestation selected the unconscious Fan Qing to become her natal Yin Demon, and the Flying Centipede agreed.
• The group discussed Ling Jiao’s treasures, while Sheng Tong urged them to hurry because Donghua Mountain was dangerous.
• The Form Manifestation used the Wuling Forbidden Garden to bury the captured patrol members and confine Ling Jiao and Gu Zhi.
• As the Form Manifestation tried to retrieve Ling Jiao, the garden trembled and she discovered that its void had hooked onto something.
• Sheng Tong explained that the demon sect’s distortion of the void might have affected the garden, and the Form Manifestation questioned who had died at the passageway entrance.
• Sheng Tong recalled the strange corpse, but the Form Manifestation denied killing it; a heavy vibration then shook the garden.

A corpse that entered Wuling Forbidden Garden awakened and approached Sheng Tong, Se Yin, and Flying Centipede, disrupting their poison arts and suppressing their cultivation with its heartbeat. Flying Centipede was dissolved by her own toxins, and the garden's jungle began to wither as the poison backlash spread.

• Flying Centipede attacked the corpse with pill poison while Se Yin dispersed the toxins through Wuling Forbidden Garden and Sheng Tong prepared his magical treasure.
• The corpse rose and walked toward the group, ignoring a captive and continuing on its path even after Sheng Tong, Se Yin, and Flying Centipede scattered.
• The corpse fixed its gaze on Flying Centipede and Se Yin, and its presence caused Flying Centipede's toxins to turn ferocious and threaten to reverse through her body.
• The corpse's heartbeat resonated with Se Yin and Sheng Tong, disrupting their qi and blood and suppressing their cultivation despite Se Yin forming her domain.
• Flying Centipede dissolved into toxic pus as her thousand poison dragon phantom vanished, and Se Yin saw the garden's jungle withering from the spreading poison backlash.

The Wuling Forbidden Garden sealed Sheng Tong and the corpse together as the corpse’s ancient consciousness awakened and overwhelmed Sheng Tong with fear and malice. Seyun escaped the containment area, but a mysterious figure emerged from the jungle and left her collapsing to the ground.

• Sheng Tong realized the corpse concealed a terrifying evil presence, while Seyun fled into the jungle.
• Seyun caused the garden’s vegetation and talismanic lights to form a cage around Sheng Tong and the corpse.
• The corpse recognized Sheng Tong, revealed its awareness of events in the garden, and unleashed a shadow of malice that attacked his mind.
• Sheng Tong charged the corpse with his hammer, resisting the demon in his heart before it could consume him.
• Seyun recognized that remaining near the battle was dangerous and tried to leave, but a figure emerged from the jungle and she collapsed before it.

Sese tried to survive the terrifying, silent man by pleading and using her seductive arts, but his thunderous power shattered her attempt and badly injured her. She collapsed and noticed that the man standing before her could not be touched.

• The man approached Sese, and his aura crushed her against a tree while distorting the Wuling Forbidden Garden’s laws.
• Sese realized the man was breathing and saw that his body had changed from corpse-like gray-blue to pale, living flesh.
• Sese pleaded with the man to spare her and offered to serve him as a beast of burden.
• Sese tried to use her seductive arts, but the man’s body remained beyond her reach.
• A thunderous rumble struck Sese, reversing her qi and blood, injuring her internal organs and Yang God, and leaving her collapsed on the ground.

Se Yun was dragged into a sea of blood, where her stolen Yin demons repeatedly tortured her until she begged for release. The Devil Lord pulled her out and asked whom she had sold a plaque to half a year earlier.

• Se Yun realized a terrifying being had severed her connection to her natal Yin demon and ripped it from her body.
• Her Yin demons turned on her, returning the torments they had suffered and draining her vital essence.
• Se Yun sank into a sea of blood where demons were repeatedly destroyed and reborn amid poisonous rain and purple lightning.
• Se Yun called upon the figure behind a bright moon, and blue-white light erased the demons before pulling her from the sea.
• Se Yun begged the Devil Lord to spare her, and he asked whom she had sold a plaque to half a year earlier.

The Devil Lord spared the Sese Yin Demon because she knew about the badge, reclaimed the Wuling Forbidden Garden, and took the unconscious Ling Jiao as Sword Discussion Pavilion cultivators approached. He left for the Cang River with the Sese Yin Demon trapped in his realm, where the blood sea swallowed her again.

• The Sese Yin Demon identified the badge that could cut a person's hand, and the Devil Lord spared her because she could help him find it.
• The Devil Lord sent the Sese Yin Demon back into the Myriad Demon Pool, reclaimed the Wuling Forbidden Garden, and returned it to her as a jasper hairpin.
• The cultivators imprisoned in the Wuling Forbidden Garden fell free, and the Devil Lord noticed the unconscious Ling Jiao and said he owed her an apology.
• As Sword Discussion Pavilion cultivators approached, the Devil Lord questioned the Sese Yin Demon about Ling Jiao, then swallowed Ling Jiao into his void.
• The Devil Lord headed toward the Cang River, drawing the Sese Yin Demon into his vast realm, where the blood sea swallowed her.

Cultivators flocked to Sky Beam Mountain Island as Ring Belt Lake descended into disorder, drawn by Daoist Baihe’s pill-making. After a tense confrontation erupted around a bonfire, the Heavenly Purple Bright Pill appeared, leaving the gathered crowd in an uproar.

• Cultivators gathered in huge numbers at Sky Beam Mountain Island amid Ring Belt Lake’s worsening scarcity and chaos.
• Brother Zhou mocked the Northern Lands’ suffering and the powerful beings who had claimed territory, while Brother Niu urged him to stop.
• The White-robed Scholar encouraged Brother Zhou, provoking others nearby until someone threatened to make him their prey.
• A cry announced that the pill was ready, interrupting the brewing fight.
• A radiant vision of a cauldron appeared, and the crowd realized Daoist Baihe had refined the Heavenly Purple Bright Pill.