Chapter Summaries

Zhu Xuanye brought the imperial decree to Blacksteel Camp, where Bai Meng and his men revealed their overwhelming strength and refused to submit. After Ouyang Meng killed an eunuch, Zhu Xuanye left without proclaiming the decree, and Bai Meng ordered guards assigned to protect Li Xuancang’s family.

• Zhu Xuanye and his companions entered the main tent and discovered that Bai Meng, Su Xinghai, and the others were all Profound Connection Realm experts.
• An eunuch rebuked Ouyang Meng for insulting the Emperor, provoking the seven men to unleash their killing intent and Ouyang Meng to attack him.
• Bai Meng and Su Xinghai revealed their Late Profound Connection Realm cultivation and forced Zhu Xuanye back when he tried to restrain Ouyang Meng.
• Ouyang Meng killed the eunuch with a punch, and Ouyang De warned Zhu Xuanye that escalating the conflict could endanger Great Yan.
• Zhu Xuanye left with his companions without proclaiming the imperial decree, while Bai Meng ordered three of the seven men to guard Li Xuancang’s family each day.

Li Xuancang volunteered to reinforce Jinghui County, where he arrived during a desperate battle and annihilated five Divine Repository Realm demons. He continued fighting the Demonic Beasts, leaving the county’s defenders stunned by his strength.

• Xiao Lingyun told the Night Watchers that the Abyss would soon launch a fierce offensive and assigned reinforcements to the county cities.
• Li Xuancang volunteered for the dangerous assignment and was sent to Jinghui County with two other Silver Badge Night Watchers and over a thousand Night Watchers.
• After more than half a month of travel, Li Xuancang and the reinforcements reached Jinghui County during a battle where five Divine Repository Realm demons were overwhelming three human experts.
• Li Xuancang transformed into a giant scarlet dragon, entered the battlefield, and swiftly killed all five Divine Repository Realm demons.
• Li Xuancang continued attacking the battlefield, slaughtering Demonic Beasts while the defenders watched in astonishment.

Li Xuancang and the reinforcements fought to defend Jinghui County, but Silver Badge Night Watcher Feng Zhanyun extinguished the Torch and revealed that he had lured them there as sacrifices to the Abyss. With the city consumed by darkness, Li Xuancang and the surviving defenders were trapped and overwhelmed by demons.

• After a night of fighting, Li Xuancang and the others helped Jinghui County survive the first Demonic Beast assault, and Feng Zhanyun welcomed them to the Night Watchers' base.
• When Demonic Beasts attacked again, Li Xuancang and the other Divine Repository Realm experts fought them while Feng Zhanyun sent everyone away from the Torch and communicated with it.
• The Torch shrank, leaving most of Jinghui County exposed to darkness, and Abyssal vines ensnared Li Xuancang as the Demonic Beasts intensified their assault.
• Li Xuancang's token shielded him from the darkness, while people without protection were dragged toward the Abyss and had their souls stripped away.
• The defenders discovered that Feng Zhanyun had fallen into demonhood and had lured the commandery city's reinforcements to Jinghui County as sacrifices for his ascension.
• More than a million people were swallowed by the Abyss, and Li Xuancang remained surrounded by eleven Divine Repository Realm great demons as the survivors struggled to escape.

Li Xuancang fought off Feng Zhanyun and a horde of Abyssal Demonic Beasts, but the destruction of the torch left Jinghui County facing eternal darkness. Feng Zhanyun detonated the torch beside him, and although Li Xuancang survived, the enemies pinned him down and unleashed a combined attack.

• Li Xuancang broke free of vines with his Dharma Form and battled the green bull, a giant tree, and the other Demonic Beasts.
• Li Xuancang damaged the giant tree but was overwhelmed by coordinated attacks, while the destroyed torch cut off his connection to the sky and doomed Jinghui County to darkness.
• Feng Zhanyun ordered the Demonic Beasts to retreat, then threw the torch at Li Xuancang and detonated it beside him.
• Li Xuancang staggered out of the flames badly wounded, and the Demonic Beasts immediately attacked again.
• The giant tree and green bull restrained Li Xuancang as Feng Zhanyun and the remaining Demonic Beasts launched a combined strike, forcing Li Xuancang to prepare for a head-on clash.

Li Xuancang was dragged into the Abyss but found that it did not affect him, and he escaped back to Abundant Peace Commandery. He returned to the Night Watchers’ base, passed Xiao Lingyun’s inspection, and reported that Feng Zhanyun had fallen into the Abyss and lured the Jinghui County Night Watchers into a trap.

• Li Xuancang entered the Abyss, wounded the giant tree, took its life-giving sap, and fled deeper into the Abyss.
• Li Xuancang discovered that the Abyss had not changed his body, then traveled with Demonic Beasts through a rift into Xianyun Commandery.
• Li Xuancang avoided a Human Race city under attack and made his way back to Abundant Peace Commandery.
• Li Xuancang returned to the Night Watchers’ base and Xiao Lingyun used the Torch’s Sacred Flame to check him for abnormalities.
• Li Xuancang blamed Feng Zhanyun for the Jinghui County disaster, concealing that he had entered and escaped the Abyss; Xiao Lingyun condemned the Fallen Ones.

As the Abyss and otherworldly forces drove Great Yan toward collapse, factions fled the Imperial City and Su Xinghai left to risk a dangerous breakthrough. Human Race powers dispatched reinforcements to defend Great Yan and Northern Liang Pass.

• Li Xuancang returned to his residence and searched ancient texts for a way back to the Wild Continent as reports arrived that three of Abundant Peace Commandery's seven county cities had fallen.
• Zhu Xuanye ordered a retreat from Cloud Prefecture as Great Yan's armies suffered defeats, while the Grassland iron cavalry invaded Cool Prefecture and massacred civilians.
• Factions evacuated the Imperial City, including Wenxin Academy's party with Pei Hongwen and Pei Qingyuan, and the Du Family, which relocated to Yu Prefecture.
• Su Xinghai announced that he would seek a breakthrough to the Divine Repository Realm, entrusted his family to Bai Meng and the others, and warned them to keep the Du Family in check.
• The Prison Tiger Bureau and Profound Heart Sect sent Divine Repository Realm experts to Great Yan, while the Great Yin Dynasty, Great Li, and Great Yan Dynasty dispatched armies to Northern Liang Pass.

Li Xuancang searched the Abyss for a passage back to the Wild Continent, then returned to Fengning Commandery City as a massive battle began. He charged into the fighting and emerged unharmed after taking several attacks head-on.

• Li Xuancang studied an ancient tome, entered the Abyss, and searched for passages that might lead to the Wild Continent.
• After months of searching, Li Xuancang decided to question Abyss Demonic Beasts and returned to Fengning Commandery City to prepare for battle.
• Three days later, an Abyssal Rift opened above the city, and Human fighters met the invading Demonic Beasts in a bloody battle.
• Li Xuancang charged into the fighting and destroyed an Early-Stage Divine Repository Realm great demon with one punch.
• Li Xuancang took three attacks without defending himself and emerged from the dust without a single injury.

Li Xuancang demonstrated overwhelming physical and soul strength while battling the Demonic Beasts, defeating their attacks and badly injuring a powerful swordsman. The swordsman tried to recover as Li Xuancang charged in to finish it off.

• Li Xuancang endured three powerful attacks unharmed, then charged into battle and killed Demonic Beasts with ease.
• After hours of fighting, Li Xuancang faced two Late-Stage Divine Repository Realm Demonic Beasts while the other combatants fought evenly matched opponents.
• The Three-Legged Golden Toad attacked Li Xuancang's Soul Sea, but his powerful soul force shattered its soul storm and sent it staggering from backlash.
• A Demonic Beast swordsman attacked Li Xuancang with Sword Qi and a massive sword radiance, but Li Xuancang's Dharma Idol overwhelmed it and left it gravely injured.
• The wounded swordsman swallowed heavenly treasures to recover, and Li Xuancang charged toward it while it was unable to resist.

Li Xuancang held off the Abyss's forces while civilians evacuated, but the next assault brought three disguised Fallen Ones close to the Torch. As the defenders rushed to protect it, the Torch's fate remained uncertain.

• Li Xuancang fought three Abyss experts through the night until they withdrew, and the Human Race discussed the worsening battle.
• The Imperial Court ordered Phoenix Cry County and the other surviving county to evacuate toward the provincial capital.
• Li Xuancang fought the same three Demonic Beasts again as three civilians approached the Torch and revealed themselves as Fallen Ones.
• Xiao Lingyun attacked the Fallen Ones and rallied nearby people to defend the Torch, while the Human Race's fighters rushed back to reinforce it.

Li Xuancang saved the Torch from the Demonic Beasts, then returned to a battlefield where the Human Race had suffered devastating losses. After the exhausted defenders gathered, Guo Tianwei declared Fengning Commandery City could no longer be held, but Xiao Lingyun warned that abandoning it would send them to the Judgment Court.

• Li Xuancang used his enormous Dharma Manifestation to drive back the Three-Legged Golden Toad and two other experts, then rushed to defend the Torch.
• Li Xuancang pursued the retreating Demonic Beasts, killed a Mid-Stage Divine Repository Realm expert, confirmed the Torch was safe, and returned to the battlefield.
• The Demonic Beasts withdrew after a grueling night, leaving the Human Race with more than a hundred Divine Repository Realm cultivators dead in two days.
• Li Xuancang and the other defenders concluded that Fengning Commandery City would fall within ten days and requested reinforcements from the provincial capital.
• Guo Tianwei said the commandery city could no longer be defended, but Xiao Lingyun warned that abandoning it would bring the Judgment Court's punishment.

With Fengning Commandery City doomed, Li Xuancang escaped into the Abyss as the Human Race destroyed the city’s Torch, then searched fruitlessly for a passage to the Wild Continent. Meanwhile, Su Xinghai’s failed breakthrough turned him into a murderous Divine Repository Realm monster whose attacks disrupted the Barbarian campaign, and a powerful aura suddenly entered Yu Prefecture City.

• Li Xuancang escaped into an Abyssal rift, and the Human Race destroyed the Torch, leveling Fengning Commandery City and allowing some experts to flee.
• Disguised among the Demonic Beasts, Li Xuancang searched the Abyss for a passage to the Wild Continent but found no information after more than a month.
• Su Xinghai suffered cultivation deviation while attempting to reach the Divine Repository Realm and rampaged through Peace Prefecture and Cloud Prefecture, slaughtering Barbarians.
• The Barbarians repeatedly sent experts to kill Su Xinghai, but he recovered from grave injuries and continued attacking their forces, disrupting their campaign against the Great Yan Imperial City.
• Bai Meng suspected the rampaging Evil Cultivator was Su Xinghai, then sensed a Divine Repository Realm aura charging toward the Guard Commander's Estate in Yu Prefecture City and recognized it as the Northern Liang King.

The Northern Liang King attacked the Guard Commander's Estate to slaughter Li Xuancang’s family, but the estate’s evolving formation withstood his assaults. Unable to break through and wary of other Human Race experts, he withdrew, blaming Li Xuancang for preparing a safeguard.

• The Northern Liang King rushed to the Guard Commander's Estate, while Du Tianfeng and Du Tianhao hurried there to protect the family.
• Zhang Tianlong, his brothers, Ouyang De, and his brother defended the estate as Du Ruomei led Father Li, Mother Li, and the eldest sister to the rear courtyard.
• Bai Meng joined the defenders, and the estate’s formation blocked the Northern Liang King’s giant-hand attack and saber strike.
• Bai Meng and the others strengthened the formation with lower-grade heaven-tier divine weapons and spirit stones as it continued to evolve.
• The Northern Liang King repeatedly attacked but could not break the formation, so he withdrew before Human Race experts could arrive.

Li Xuancang bought information about the passage to the Wild Continent from Xiang Ranyi at Drizzle Pavilion and raced there. He entered the storm surrounding the sealed passage, where its blades tore through his protective light and wounded him.

• The Northern Liang King withdrew after failing to break the formation, and news of his attack on the Li Family spread through Human Race territory.
• Li Xuancang reached Drizzle Pavilion and asked its Pavilion Master for information about the Myriad Realms Passage to the Wild Continent.
• Xiang Ranyi accepted Li Xuancang's treasures in exchange for a written record of the passage's location and defenses.
• Li Xuancang traveled for more than three months to reach the passage, learning that the Wild Continent had sealed it and that its laws would destroy outsiders who crossed.
• Li Xuancang charged into the Abyss storm, but the wind blades fractured his protective light and tore into his body.

Li Xuancang endured the passage’s storm and returned to the Wild Continent, where he discovered two continents and chose the lower one. After emerging onto a remote island, he flew across the ocean and found a sect fleet battling a giant octopus.

• Li Xuancang forced his way through the storm, entered the passage, and confirmed it carried the aura of the Wild Continent.
• Li Xuancang passed through a barrier and felt a terrifying, fleeting gaze that he suspected belonged to the Heavenly Dao.
• Li Xuancang saw two Wild Continents connected by divine chains and continued through the passage to the lower continent.
• Li Xuancang left the passage, found himself on a lonely island, and flew across the ocean for five days until he spotted ships.
• Li Xuancang disguised himself and struck the giant octopus attacking a sect fleet with a powerful punch, while the beast released blackish-purple mist and dove toward the seabed.

Li Xuancang traveled with the Endless Sea Pavilion fleet from the East Sea toward the Human Race, defeating sea monsters and pirates along the way. After reaching the Bohai Sea, he set off alone toward Yang Prefecture, increasingly worried about his family as he learned the Human Race was at war.

• Li Xuancang rescued two Divine Repository Realm cultivators, learned he was more than a hundred thousand li from Human Race territory, and agreed to travel with Zhao Yanlin's fleet to the Bohai Sea.
• After more than ten days at sea, Li Xuancang killed a Mid-Stage Divine Repository Realm Black Tortoise, then let Zhao Yanlin and the others claim its corpse.
• Li Xuancang learned that the Human Race was fighting the Otherworldly Races and grew frantic with concern for his family's safety.
• Li Xuancang eliminated two bands of pirates as the fleet traveled at full speed for more than a month to the Bohai Sea.
• Li Xuancang declined Zhao Yanlin's offer of an escort and headed alone upstream along the Canglan River toward Yang Prefecture.

Li Xuancang returned to Yu Prefecture as Great Yan faced invasion and his family prepared to flee. He reunited with his loyal subordinates and, after years away, embraced his parents.

• Li Xuancang arrived in Yang Prefecture and saw that the Giant Whale Gang was looting amid the chaos of war.
• Bai Meng, Ouyang De, Zhang Tianlong, and the others decided to evacuate Yu Prefecture to the Profound Heart Sect if the Grassland cavalry approached.
• Bai Meng reported that Xinghai had failed, been wounded by the Barbarians, and been captured by the Prison Tiger Bureau.
• Li Xuancang reached the Guard Commander's Estate, where his soldiers recognized him and announced his return.
• Bai Meng and the others welcomed Li Xuancang with a grand salute, and he thanked them for protecting his parents.
• Li Xuancang reunited with Father Li and Mother Li, who wept and embraced him.

Li Xuancang returned to the Guard Commander's Estate, reunited with his family, and learned from Ouyang De about the hardships and losses suffered while he was away. After announcing his return to the world, he left Yu Prefecture’s factions wondering what his survival from the Void would mean.

• Li Xuancang reunited with his family and Du Ruomei, then spent the night catching up with them.
• The next morning, Li Xuancang met with his trusted subordinates and learned that Su Xinghai had died after failing to break through to the Divine Repository Realm, and that the Northern Liang King had invaded.
• Li Xuancang vowed to repay the blood debts and ordered Ouyang De to announce his return publicly.
• News of Li Xuancang’s return spread through Yu Prefecture, and the Du Family hurried to visit him.
• Li Xuancang received the Du Family and stayed with his relatives as factions across the city confirmed he had survived falling into the Void.

Li Xuancang reached the Northern Liang battlefield, where the Human Race Coalition was struggling against the allied Otherworldly Races, and learned that Su Xinghai was alive but held by the Prison Tiger Bureau. Supreme Elder Qin refused to hand Su Xinghai over, leaving Li Xuancang facing a tense standoff.

• Li Xuancang's return spread across the lands, prompting the Emperor to send treasures in an attempt to repair their relationship and unsettling the Otherworldly Races.
• Li Xuancang left his family and traveled to Northern Liang to find Su Xinghai and settle old scores.
• At the battlefield, Li Xuancang watched the Human Race Coalition struggle against the Blood Race, Demon Race, Evil Cultivators, and Demons, and spotted Pei Qingyuan fighting among the cultivators.
• After both sides withdrew, Li Xuancang revealed himself to the Human Race's Divine Repository Realm experts and asked Supreme Elder Qin whether the Prison Tiger Bureau held Su Xinghai.
• Supreme Elder Qin confirmed that Su Xinghai was in custody but refused to hand him over, making the atmosphere tense.

Li Xuancang demanded that the Prison Tiger Bureau hand over Su Xinghai, but the bureau refused because Su Xinghai had fallen into demonic corruption and posed a danger to the world. After a confrontation nearly erupted, Wei Dongling persuaded both sides to withdraw and urged the Prison Tiger Bureau to let Li Xuancang handle Su Xinghai.

• Li Xuancang demanded Su Xinghai from Supreme Elder Qin, who refused to release him.
• Li Xuancang revealed his Mid-Stage Divine Repository Realm cultivation and pressured Supreme Elder Qin until Lu Tianchen intervened to defend the Prison Tiger Bureau's position.
• Wei Dongling and the others stopped Li Xuancang and the Prison Tiger Bureau from fighting, and both sides withdrew their auras.
• In the main tent, Wei Dongling argued that Su Xinghai's death would be a release, but Li Xuancang insisted he would try to save him.
• Wei Dongling asked Lu Tianchen and Supreme Elder Qin to hand Su Xinghai over to Li Xuancang, believing he would prevent Su Xinghai from harming anyone.

Li Xuancang secured the Prison Tiger Bureau’s agreement to take Su Xinghai, then suppressed him after freeing him from the Bureau’s seal. With Su Xinghai contained, Li Xuancang ordered a surprise counterattack against the Otherworldly Races, and the Human army charged onto the battlefield.

• Lu Tianchen and Supreme Elder Qin agreed to hand Su Xinghai over to Li Xuancang, on the condition that the Prison Tiger Bureau could execute him if he again threatened the world.
• Li Xuancang shattered Su Xinghai’s seal, then effortlessly suppressed his body and murderous soul until he fell unconscious.
• Li Xuancang sealed Su Xinghai’s soul and meridians, ensuring he could not threaten anyone while Li Xuancang sought a way to save him.
• Li Xuancang ordered an immediate surprise counterattack because the Otherworldly Races did not know he had arrived.
• Pei Qingyuan heard the attack drums, suspected Li Xuancang had prompted the offensive, and joined the assembled army as it charged.