Chapter Summaries

Chen Fan agreed to join the Lianyun Witch’s search for the Jade Palace after learning it contained Sourceblood Marrow that could help Hu Jiuguang advance. The witch pointed them toward Su Pingcheng’s last known location, and Chen Fan and Hu Jiuguang headed there as Xuan Yingying’s squad faced a desperate battle against demons and Demon Sect disciples.

• The Lianyun Witch offered the Jade Palace’s riches and Sourceblood Marrow as an incentive, and Chen Fan agreed to the expedition after considering the risks.
• The Lianyun Witch used her bone children to locate Su Pingcheng’s last known position, and Hu Jiuguang sent martial artists to investigate.
• Chen Fan discovered that some members of Su Pingcheng’s squad, along with Xuan Yingying, were among Sword Sect disciples found nearby, but Su Pingcheng was absent.
• Chen Fan and Hu Jiuguang went to investigate the area, where Xuan Yingying’s squad was fighting Crowmen and Earth Yakshas in the fog.
• Rong Yixian fought Blood Shura while blaming Su Pingcheng for leaving him trapped in the battle.

Hu Jiuguang and Chen Fan arrived as the Sword Sect disciples faced Blood Shura, and Hu Jiuguang defeated Rong Yixian before offering the survivors a choice. After secretly spitting out the people he had swallowed, Hu Jiuguang showed them Su Pingcheng’s image, and their furious reaction confirmed the search was heading in the right direction.

• Junior Brother Yuan crushed a Vanishing Trail Talisman, but a spatial rift tore him apart and swallowed nearby enemies.
• Hu Jiuguang and Chen Fan arrived, and Hu Jiuguang offered the Sword Sect disciples death or capture; Rong Yixian killed one disciple who tried to surrender.
• Hu Jiuguang crushed Rong Yixian with a single strike and swallowed him, then devoured the few disciples who refused to submit while taking the others captive.
• After Blood Shura and the other demons left, Hu Jiuguang spat out Rong Yixian and the others he had swallowed, revealing Chen Fan had kept them alive.
• Hu Jiuguang showed the remaining martial artists Su Pingcheng’s projection, and their anger confirmed they had encountered him.

Chen Fan and Hu Jiuguang tracked down Su Pingcheng after learning he had abandoned his companions, then ambushed and subdued him. Chen Fan revealed his identity, and Su Pingcheng tried to stop him from killing him by claiming they were family.

• Chen Fan questioned the Sword Sect disciples, learned Su Pingcheng had left their group nearby, and sent them toward the northwest to escape.
• Chen Fan and Hu Jiuguang searched the area while Blood Shura found Su Pingcheng and engaged him, reporting his location.
• Hu Jiuguang ambushed Su Pingcheng in the fog, and Chen Fan struck him down before he could flee.
• Chen Fan revealed his identity to Su Pingcheng, who recognized him and accused him of joining the Heaven-Penetrating Demon Gate.
• Su Pingcheng raised his hands and begged Chen Fan not to kill him, claiming they were family.

Su Pingcheng revealed to Chen Fan and Hu Jiuguang that he was an embedded agent for the Primordial Demon Sect, then explained that he had found the nearby Demon Prison Gate and planned to lure Zhan Jianming there. Chen Fan accepted Su Pingcheng’s offerings but remained suspicious and asked how strong Zhan Jianming was.

• Su Pingcheng claimed he was Lord Luo Wuqing’s disciple and had infiltrated the Sword Sect, shocking Chen Fan and Hu Jiuguang.
• Su Pingcheng presented a Chaos Crystal and an Unfeeling Token as proof of his identity, and Chen Fan took the crystal.
• Su Pingcheng offered Chen Fan and Hu Jiuguang Purple Qi Jade Marrow Pills, which Chen Fan accepted.
• Su Pingcheng admitted he had confirmed the Demon Prison Gate was nearby and was using himself as a living coordinate to lure Zhan Jianming into an ambush.
• Chen Fan suspected Su Pingcheng had ulterior motives for seeking the Demon Prison Gate and asked him about Zhan Jianming’s exact strength.

Chen Fan and Hu Jiuguang followed Su Pingcheng to the hidden Demon Prison Gate and discovered it was guarded by a vast demon horde and a powerful gatekeeper. After returning, Chen Fan began planning how to use the gate against Zhan Jianming and asked Hu Jiuguang about the Demon Lord sent by the Heaven-Penetrating Demon Gate.

• Su Pingcheng explained that Zhan Jianming had reached the second level of the Immortality Realm and had several Daos at the Dao Fruit level.
• Su Pingcheng used an apricot-yellow flag to reveal the concealed formation hiding the Demon Prison Gate.
• Chen Fan entered the formation alone, confirmed the Demon Prison Gate's location, and saw thousands of demons and a powerful gatekeeper protecting it.
• Chen Fan left without activating his true disciple token's mark or trying to destroy the gate.
• Chen Fan privately consulted Hu Jiuguang and asked which Demon Lord the Heaven-Penetrating Demon Gate had sent and how strong he was.

Chen Fan arranged for Hu Jiuguang to draw Demon Lord Jun Hao toward Zhan Jianming, while Zhan Jianming killed Blood Shura and found the concealed Demon Prison Gate. When Zhan Jianming entered the gate’s territory, Jun Hao confronted him and he realized he had walked into a trap.

• Hu Jiuguang told Chen Fan that Demon Lord Jun Hao and the Thousand-Handed Old Man were leading the demon sects’ forces, and Chen Fan had him warn Jun Hao that Zhan Jianming had found the Demon Prison Gate.
• Su Pingcheng met Zhan Jianming in the fog, and Zhan Jianming gave him a medicinal pill before asking him to lead the way to the gate.
• Blood Shura ambushed Su Pingcheng and Zhan Jianming, but Zhan Jianming killed him with silver dragons released from an orb.
• Su Pingcheng led Zhan Jianming to the valley and left after Zhan Jianming told him to avoid the gatekeeper.
• Zhan Jianming broke through the concealing formation and entered the Demon Prison Gate’s territory, where Demon Lord Jun Hao arrived with demon sect disciples and Zhan Jianming recognized the trap.

Chen Fan marked the Demon Prison Gate’s location while Zhan Jianming fought Demon Lord Jun Hao, prompting Sword Sect disciples across Jialan Kingdom to see its position. The Canghai Sword Emperor assembled the Sword Pavilion elders and prepared to launch the next offensive.

• Demon Lord Jun Hao stopped Zhan Jianming’s escape and badly wounded him with a black-qi attack.
• Chen Fan used his disciple token to mark the Demon Prison Gate, then evaded the Gatekeeper’s flaming arrow and slipped away.
• Hu Jiuguang trapped Su Pingcheng with Chen Fan’s Painting Scroll, killed him, and took his treasures.
• Zhan Jianming saw the crimson tower and confirmed that the Demon Prison Gate’s location had been marked, but Demon Lord Jun Hao attacked him again.
• The tower’s light appeared across Jialan Kingdom, and the Canghai Sword Emperor gathered the Sword Pavilion elders to act.
• An old man in a straw rain cape whistled and summoned an enormous flying whale.

Chen Fan returned to the Demon Prison Gate as Sword Sect elites fought through Demon Prison’s monsters and faced the Gatekeeper. A powerful young woman blocked the Gatekeeper’s arrows, and the Sword Sect’s leading fighters advanced while Chen Fan stayed concealed, waiting for an opportunity.

• Chen Fan learned through the Star God Seal that the Sword Sect had saved Zhan Jianming and that its forces were advancing toward the Demon Prison Gate.
• Chen Fan reached the Gatekeeper and watched it bombard the Sword Sect with flaming arrows, inflicting heavy casualties and halting its advance.
• A white-clad Sword Sect woman charged the Gatekeeper and swept its arrows from the sky with a single sword strike.
• Chen Qingru, Ji Yongge, and two other Longevity cultivators led the Sword Sect fighters toward the Gatekeeper.
• The Gatekeeper roared but stayed beside the Demon Prison Gate, while Chen Fan remained hidden and waited for a chance to act.

The gatekeeper unleashed thirty-two Dao Fruit-level armored warriors against the Sword Sect raiders, then revealed a blood-red barrier that let him kill a Chang Sheng expert with one punch. As the Sword Sect forces struggled under his power, he targeted Ji Yongge and demanded that Chen Qingru use the Sect Master's trump card.

• The gatekeeper summoned thirty-two black-armored warriors, who slowed the Sword Sect's advance and inflicted heavy casualties.
• Rong Ziqi intercepted the gatekeeper's arrow, was badly injured, and rose again, giving Ji Yongge time to break free and rally the Sword Sect fighters.
• The gatekeeper created a vast dark-red barrier that immobilized the Sword Sect forces and drew Chen Fan's attention to the extraordinary power of the move.
• The gatekeeper killed Elder Geng with a single punch inside the barrier, shocking the Sword Sect fighters and Chen Fan.
• The gatekeeper aimed another attack at Ji Yongge, who urged Chen Qingru to use the trump card given to her by the Sect Master.

Chen Qingru used a golden bead to destroy the gatekeeper but failed to break the Demon Prison Gate’s umbrella. As Sword Sect fighters competed to destroy the gate, the Thousand-Handed Old Man emerged and seized the attackers, while Chen Fan watched from hiding.

• Chen Qingru released golden light that melted the gatekeeper and surrounding area, but she was badly injured and the Demon Prison Gate survived behind its umbrella.
• Ji Yongge and Elder Xuan attacked the umbrella while Rong Ziqi went to Chen Qingru and Chen Fan watched from concealment.
• Zhan Jianming appeared and broke through the umbrella with his spiral sword, but a hand from the void seized it before it could strike the gate.
• The Thousand-Handed Old Man emerged from the Demon Prison Gate, hurled the spiral sword through Zhan Jianming, and captured Ji Yongge and Elder Xuan.
• The Thousand-Handed Old Man drained Ji Yongge and Elder Xuan as Chen Fan recognized him from hiding.

Chen Fan rescued Chen Qingru and Rong Ziqi from an arm demon, but Thousand-Handed Old Man struck at them with a colossal palm. As Chen Fan prepared to reveal the Star Hall to save them, a streak of silver light descended from the heavens.

• Chen Fan watched Thousand-Handed Old Man ensnare Sword Sect experts and attack Zhan Jianming, then turned back toward the Demon Prison Gate.
• Rong Ziqi fought two arm demons to protect Chen Qingru, who froze the demons and helped Rong destroy one of them.
• Chen Fan appeared with Little Butterfly and blasted the remaining arm demon apart before carrying Chen Qingru and Rong Ziqi away.
• Thousand-Handed Old Man noticed Chen Fan and sent a colossal palm after the fleeing group, which Chen Fan could not stop with the branch.
• Chen Fan considered revealing the Star Hall to protect Chen Qingru and Rong Ziqi, but a streak of silver light suddenly descended.

The Moment Sword Emperor arrived and trapped Ning Xi in a small world, giving the others ten breaths to destroy the Demon Prison Gate. As Zhan Jianming and the two Sword Sect beauties fought through its defenders, Chen Fan slipped past them and appeared at the gate with a branch raised.

• The Moment Sword Emperor shattered Ning Xi's attack, healed Rong Ziqi and Chen Qingru, and arrived with Zhan Jianming.
• Ning Xi summoned scores of gigantic palms, but the Moment Sword Emperor destroyed them with a single sword strike.
• The Moment Sword Emperor trapped Ning Xi in a silver small world and gave Zhan Jianming, Chen Qingru, and Rong Ziqi ten breaths to destroy the Demon Prison Gate.
• Zhan Jianming charged the gate while Chen Qingru slowed its defenders and Rong Ziqi cleared a path for him.
• Chen Fan concealed himself, then appeared beside the Demon Prison Gate and raised a branch toward it.

Chen Fan destroyed the Demon Prison Gate, ending the blood-red mist and demon tide across Jialan Kingdom and weakening Demon Lord Jun Hao enough for him to flee. The Sword Emperors learned that Chen Fan had broken the gate, while the Demon Sect conflict remained unresolved.

• Chen Fan struck the Demon Prison Gate with his extraordinary branch and used his Void-Escaping Wings to evade Zhan Jianming’s silver attack as the gate collapsed.
• The blood-red mist and demon tide vanished, and Chen Qingru and Rong Ziqi confronted Zhan Jianming when he tried to attack Chen Fan.
• The Canghai Sword Emperor arrived and said Demon Lord Jun Hao had fled after the gate’s destruction weakened him.
• Ning Xi escaped from the arriving Canghai Sword Emperor and Moment Sword Emperor, who could not stop him from leaving.
• Chen Qingru and Rong Ziqi revealed that Chen Fan had destroyed the gate, and he told the Sword Emperors that luck and an extraordinary treasure had helped him succeed.

Chen Fan learned that his branch was a remnant of Jianmu, the ancient divine tree, and claimed the reward for destroying the Demon Prison Gate. Beneath the Black Gold Vein, Demon Lord Jun Hao sacrificed a subordinate to gather enough blood qi to open the small world, causing the earth to tremble.

• The Moment Sword Emperor identified Chen Fan's branch as a remnant of Jianmu and warned him that ordinary longevity cultivators might covet it.
• After the Demon Prison Gate fell, Chen Fan received the Golden Dragon Transcendent Immortal Pill as its destroyer, while the remaining Demon Sect forces fled or scattered.
• Chen Fan used the Star God Seal to check on Hu Jiuguang and learned that he and Lian Yun were waiting at the Black Gold Vein for the small world to open.
• Ning Xi told Demon Lord Jun Hao that the sacrifices were still slightly short and that another one or two longevity cultivators might be needed.
• Jun Hao killed his burly subordinate and offered the man's blood qi toward opening the small world.
• The depths of the earth trembled as the gathered blood qi reached the earth veins.

Chen Fan discovered that his Origin Art could purge haunting power, then killed a Demon Gate disciple he had briefly saved and hurried toward Hu Jiuguang. At the Black Gold Vein, Hu Jiuguang and Shi Zhongyu fought over the slaughter of corrupted disciples before Lian Yun stopped them, and a mysterious figure appeared.

• Chen Fan sensed the small world opening and used Origin Art to resist the haunting power spilling from the rift.
• Chen Fan cleansed a Demon Gate disciple of haunting power, then killed him and stored his body in his Sumeru Ring.
• Ning Xi and Demon Lord Jun Hao entered the rift, expecting the blood sacrifice to open the Jade Palace and release a demonic artifact.
• Shi Zhongyu killed many corrupted Demon Gate disciples, prompting Hu Jiuguang to attack him until Lian Yun forced them apart.
• A figure appeared among the ruins, and Lian Yun told the Demon Gate martial artists that the newcomer was one of them.

Chen Fan joined Lian Yun, Hu Jiuguang, and Shi Zhongyu as they entered the Jade Palace’s spatial passage, where the Haunting power troubled everyone but Chen Fan. The four emerged onto a desolate gray land, where the hostile environment and stronger Haunting power left them badly weakened.

• Chen Fan evaded Shi Zhongyu’s attack and struck him with his Black Sword, earning Shi Zhongyu’s approval to join the group.
• Lian Yun explained that the group needed to wait for the Haunting power in the passage to weaken before entering, and Chen Fan considered how his Origin Art could protect him inside.
• When the time came, Lian Yun used a silver pearl to shield herself and Hu Jiuguang as they flew toward the rift, while Chen Fan entered on his own and absorbed the Haunting power as energy.
• Chen Fan, Lian Yun, Hu Jiuguang, and Shi Zhongyu endured the dangerous passage for nearly half an hour, while Haunting Demons and the Haunting power threatened them.
• After the four emerged onto a dim gray land, Hu Jiuguang vomited blood, and all four found their strength suppressed by the powerful Haunting force and harsh environment.
• Lian Yun urged the group to descend because the scarce energy made maintaining flight costly.

Chen Fan and his companions entered the ruined Jade Palace, where they faced Haunting Demons and a sudden surge of baleful power. When Hu Jiuguang began to demonize, Chen Fan intervened and stopped the transformation, leaving Lian Yun and Shi Zhongyu stunned.

• Shi Zhongyu killed a Marauder, and Lian Yun warned the group that the Jade Palace was full of Haunting Demons and urged them to stay close.
• The four entered the ruined Jade Palace and fought powerful Haunting Demons, while Lian Yun explained that her map might not reflect the current guardian locations.
• Ning Xi and Jun Hao opened the tower where the baleful power was most concentrated, unleashing a surge that swept across the Jade Palace.
• The surge overwhelmed Hu Jiuguang, who reverted to his fox form as his eyes reddened and black power coiled around him.
• Shi Zhongyu proposed killing Hu Jiuguang before he became a Haunting Demon, but Chen Fan fed him something and stopped his transformation, astonishing Lian Yun and Shi Zhongyu.

Chen Fan and the others reached the Jade Palace treasury after Hu Jiuguang resisted demonization, but the fortress was guarded by a powerful Haunting Demon. Their attacks injured it only briefly before its wounds healed, leaving Lian Yun urging them to use their full strength.

• Chen Fan used his origin energy to help Hu Jiuguang resist demonization, then asked Lian Yun about the haunting power.
• Lian Yun explained that the Demon Lord and the Thousand-Handed Old Man had triggered the demonic artifact's reactive power, and the group continued through the ruins.
• Lian Yun led the others to an intact fortress she identified as the Jade Palace treasury, and the four attacked its sealed gates until Hu Jiuguang shattered them.
• A Chaos Primordial Demon ambushed the group inside the vast hall, and Lian Yun recognized it as the first guardian.
• Chen Fan, Lian Yun, Hu Jiuguang, and Shi Zhongyu fought the guardian, but its wounds healed quickly, so Lian Yun called for them to stop holding back.

Chen Fan, Hu Jiuguang, Lian Yun, and Shi Zhongyu escaped a Chaos Primordial Demon by breaking into the treasury. Inside, they found immense piles of precious ores and three golden chests, and Chen Fan eyed the treasures greedily.

• Lian Yun asked Chen Fan how to defeat the Chaos Primordial Demon, but he suggested wearing it down or finding another way past it.
• Hu Jiuguang proposed destroying the treasury gate, and Lian Yun and Shi Zhongyu worked to break it open while Chen Fan helped Hu Jiuguang keep the demon occupied.
• Lian Yun and Shi Zhongyu opened the gate after several hours, and the four entered the treasury as the demon became trapped outside.
• Lian Yun sealed the gate, then led the others through a lava cavern into a hall filled with precious ores and three golden chests.
• Chen Fan recognized many valuable minerals, including ores needed to repair the White Emperor Armor, and secretly glanced at Lian Yun and Shi Zhongyu with greed.

Chen Fan escaped an illusion cast by the black flowers in the Jade Palace and discovered that the apparent treasure vault was a trap. After the group recovered, Lian Yun opened one of the three indestructible chests with a crimson feather, revealing nearly three hundred Sourceblood Marrow stones.

• Chen Fan recognized that the heaps of familiar ores were an illusion and, with White Lord's help, awakened from the black flowers' Haunting Demon power.
• Chen Fan cleared the flowers from Hu Jiuguang, then let the still-entranced Lian Yun and Shi Zhongyu remain in danger while he examined the three chests.
• Chen Fan's sword strikes failed to damage the chests, so he freed Lian Yun and Shi Zhongyu from the flowers.
• Lian Yun used a crimson feather to open one chest, releasing black smoke and revealing nearly three hundred Sourceblood Marrow stones.