Chapter Summaries

Jiang Shu arrived at the Great Tomb Canyon and rescued the True Martial Sect members by defeating the Demon Sect and Demon Race forces. He left Black Soul Dao Lord dead and killed Heavenly Phoenix Highness as the latter tried to flee.

• Jiang Shu emerged from a spatial rift and shattered Black Soul Dao Lord's Black Baleful Torrent with a punch.
• Jiang Shu told Lu Chong to heal while he confronted Black Soul Dao Lord and crushed him with the Five Emperors Annihilation Seal, destroying his body and soul.
• Heavenly Phoenix Highness transformed into his Heavenly Phoenix True Form and tried to escape after seeing Black Soul Dao Lord die.
• Jiang Shu trapped Heavenly Phoenix Highness in a Space Prison and beheaded him with the Pan Wu Splitting Heaven Axe.

Jiang Shu slew the Demon Sect and Demon Race forces, then treated Lu Chong and Luo Jun after the battle. With Lu Chong’s injuries healing and Luo Jun recovering, Jiang Shu turned his attention to the Heavenly Phoenix Corpse.

• Jiang Shu killed two fleeing Demon Race Commanders and annihilated the remaining Demon Sect and Demon Race True Lords.
• Lu Chong collapsed from severe injuries after thanking Jiang Shu, and Jiang Shu discovered that Black Evil Essence Power was eroding his body and threatening his cultivation.
• Jiang Shu used the Great Dao of Thunder and Lightning to purge the Black Evil Essence Power from Lu Chong, allowing his injuries to begin healing.
• Lu Chong thanked Jiang Shu, who asked him to keep calling him Junior Brother as before.
• Jiang Shu used Wood Great Dao Origin to treat Luo Jun’s severe injuries, then looked toward the Heavenly Phoenix Corpse.

After finding an untouched Demon Lord tomb for the recovering True Martial Sect disciples, Jiang Shu secluded himself to refine the Heavenly Phoenix’s golden wings. He revealed the Heavenly Phoenix Highness’s hidden Remnant Soul and prepared to make it the wings’ Artifact Spirit.

• Jiang Shu collected the Heavenly Phoenix corpse and its blood essence, then sensed an undiscovered Demon Lord tomb nearby.
• Two days later, Jiang Shu led the recovered True Martial Sect members to the tomb, where they found four Great Dao inheritances and began cultivating.
• Jiang Shu entered seclusion with the Heavenly Phoenix Golden Wings and examined their power.
• Jiang Shu exposed the Heavenly Phoenix Highness’s Remnant Soul hiding inside the wings and struck it with lightning when it tried to flee.
• The Heavenly Phoenix Highness threatened Jiang Shu, but the sight of Jiang Shu’s Kun Peng Demon Wings made it realize he intended to turn its Remnant Soul into an Artifact Spirit.

Jiang Shu fused the Heavenly Phoenix Golden Wings with the Kun Peng Demon Wings to create the Black Gold Mystic Wings, a Dao Artifact that greatly improved his spatial travel despite its remnant soul remaining unsubdued. Elsewhere in the Ancient Demon Sect Ruins, Zong Yue struggled to rally his followers after Qiu Taoguang drove him into retreat.

• Jiang Shu refined the Heavenly Phoenix Golden Wings for ten days, removing their mixed power while keeping the Heavenly Phoenix Remnant Soul sealed in a Soul Prison.
• Jiang Shu fused the Heavenly Phoenix Golden Wings with the Kun Peng Demon Wings over a month, forming the more powerful Black Gold Mystic Wings.
• Jiang Shu struck down the Heavenly Phoenix Remnant Soul's escape attempt with lightning and forced it into the Black Gold Mystic Wings, completing the artifact despite its resistance.
• Jiang Shu tested the Black Gold Mystic Wings and found that they enhanced his spatial travel while reducing his Origin Power consumption.
• Zong Yue arrived in the southwestern mountain range with several followers after days of fleeing Qiu Taoguang, who had surpassed him through the Great Disaster Dao Lord's inheritance.
• Zong Yue urged the Eight Great Sects' survivors to seek their own inheritances, but their silence left him furious and determined to avenge his defeat.

Zong Yue rested in the mountains after escaping Qiu Taoguang, unaware that Beast Taming Sect disciples and elders had betrayed the Eight Great Sects and revealed his location to the Demon Sect. Du Yun lured Zong Yue into a canyon and attacked him with exploding Demon Beast Remnant Souls, but Zong Yue survived, leaving the betrayal exposed as Qiu Taoguang approached.

• Zong Yue ordered the exhausted group to rest and began healing his severe injuries while a Beast Taming Sect True Transmission disciple secretly sent a message.
• Qiu Taoguang arrived with Demon Sect disciples and two Beast Taming Sect elders, who confirmed Zong Yue's location and pledged their allegiance to the Demon Sect.
• Du Yun told Zong Yue about a supposed Devil Master Great Tomb and led him into a canyon, where Zong Yue found no trace of an inheritance or Great Dao aura.
• Du Yun revealed his betrayal and unleashed exploding Demon Beast Remnant Souls against Zong Yue, who raised a barrier and emerged from the blast unharmed.
• Du Yun realized Zong Yue had survived and waited for Qiu Taoguang to arrive, believing his attack would secure his advancement into the Myriad Forms Realm.

Du Yun lured Zong Yue into an ambush, revealing his betrayal and the Beast Taming Sect’s alliance with Qiu Taoguang and the Demon Sect. Qiu Taoguang attacked the wounded Zong Yue and unleashed a Karma Fire Spear against his Supreme Slaughter Sword, leaving their clash at a silent collision.

• Zong Yue pursued Du Yun and struck at him, but Du Yun used a Heaven Rank Talisman to withstand the attack until Qiu Taoguang arrived with Demon Sect members and two Beast Taming Sect elders.
• Zong Yue confronted Du Yun and the elders over their betrayal, while Qiu Taoguang declared that the Demon Sect would defeat the Eight Great Sects.
• Qiu Taoguang attacked Zong Yue with Three Calamities Karma Fire, and the wounded Zong Yue was driven back and injured further.
• Zong Yue and Qiu Taoguang fought fiercely as Du Yun watched, hoping Qiu Taoguang would kill Zong Yue before he could escape.
• Qiu Taoguang absorbed the Karma Fire into his body and formed a Karma Fire Spear, which he launched at Zong Yue; Zong Yue countered with his Supreme Slaughter Sword, and the two attacks met in a deathly silence.

Qiu Taoguang trapped Zong Yue in the Three Calamities Forbidden Domain, but Zong Yue burned his source to break free and flee. Elsewhere in the Demon Sect Ruins, Jiang Shu arrived with Lu Chong and the True Martial Sect, rescued the Sword Concealment Sect survivors, and seized the fleeing Blood Robe Dao Lord.

• Qiu Taoguang shattered Zong Yue’s Supreme Slaughter Sword and sealed him inside the Three Calamities Forbidden Domain.
• Zong Yue burned his source, broke through the cage, and escaped, while Qiu Taoguang ordered Du Yun and the others to kill the remaining disciples and elders.
• The Blood Robe Dao Lord ambushed the fleeing Sword Concealment Sect group and killed one of its True Transmission disciples.
• Jiang Shu arrived with Lu Chong and the others, crushed the Blood Robe Dao Lord’s attack, and rescued the Sword Concealment Sect group.
• The Blood Robe Dao Lord tried to flee, but Jiang Shu used his Great Dao Power to break through the man’s defenses and drag him back.

Jiang Shu subdued Blood Robe Dao Lord and used soul searching to learn that Qiu Taoguang had found Zong Yue’s hiding place in the southeastern Demon Sect Ruins. The revelation that a traitor had exposed Zong Yue left Lu Chong worried about his danger.

• Jiang Shu appeared, shattered the Killing Intent around Blood Robe Dao Lord, and dragged him through the air while the Sword Concealment Sect survivors marveled at his strength.
• Jiang Shu struck Blood Robe Dao Lord with the Five Emperors Annihilation Seal, grievously injuring him, then killed a Demon Sect disciple who refused to reveal Qiu Taoguang’s whereabouts.
• A surviving Demon Sect disciple told Jiang Shu that Qiu Taoguang had gone after Zong Yue, prompting Lu Chong and the others to fear for Zong Yue’s safety.
• Jiang Shu questioned Blood Robe Dao Lord, who refused to answer and boasted that Qiu Taoguang would avenge him.
• Jiang Shu searched Blood Robe Dao Lord’s soul and learned that Qiu Taoguang had discovered Zong Yue’s hiding place in the southeastern ruins and suspected a traitor had leaked it.

Jiang Shu left the gathered cultivators to pursue Zong Yue and arrived just in time to stop Qiu Taoguang from killing him. After helping Zong Yue begin healing, Jiang Shu faced Qiu Taoguang, who attacked with the power of the Great Dao of Disaster.

• Jiang Shu assigned Lu Chong and the Sword Concealment Sect cultivators to gather their allies and eliminate the Demon Sect and Demon Race while he went to find Zong Yue.
• Jiang Shu departed on his Black Gold Mystic Wings, and Lu Chong killed the remaining Demon Sect True Transmissions.
• Qiu Taoguang offered to spare Zong Yue if he surrendered his soul and joined the Demon Sect, but Zong Yue refused and attacked with his remaining strength.
• Qiu Taoguang unleashed Three Calamities Karma Fire against Zong Yue, but Jiang Shu arrived and shattered the attack.
• Jiang Shu greeted Zong Yue, used the Wood Great Dao to help heal him, and confronted Qiu Taoguang.
• Qiu Taoguang attacked Jiang Shu with a storm of vicious claw strikes, and Jiang Shu judged the power of his Great Dao of Disaster.

Jiang Shu overwhelmed Qiu Taoguang in a battle that devastated the surrounding mountains and void. After Qiu Taoguang tried to flee, Jiang Shu struck him with the Pan Wu Splitting Heaven Axe, cleaving his body in two.

• Jiang Shu calmly blocked Qiu Taoguang's Three Calamities Karma Fire while Zong Yue watched from the mountain summit and marveled at Jiang Shu's nine Great Daos.
• Qiu Taoguang condensed his karma fire into a spear and hurled it at Jiang Shu, who answered with the Qi Swallowing Myriad Forms Fist.
• Jiang Shu summoned the Heavenly Dragon with the Five Elements Chaos Tribulation Dragon Transformation Art and battered Qiu Taoguang through his karma fire defenses until he spat blood.
• Qiu Taoguang used a secret method to boost his strength and tried to flee, but Jiang Shu summoned the Pan Wu Splitting Heaven Axe.
• Jiang Shu's Axe Light overcame Qiu Taoguang's Three Calamities Annihilation Seal and cleaved Qiu Taoguang's body in two.

Jiang Shu killed Qiu Taoguang, refined his soul, and took the Great Dao of Disaster after rescuing Zong Yue. The forces of the Eight Great Sects gathered, learned Jiang Shu had single-handedly defeated their greatest enemy, and recognized him as their new leader as he asked Lu Chong whether all their people had returned.

• Jiang Shu split Qiu Taoguang's body with the Pan Wu Splitting Heaven Axe, then destroyed his escaping soul with the Great Dao of Thunder and Lightning.
• Jiang Shu sealed Qiu Taoguang and the Great Dao of Disaster, told Zong Yue that the Demon Sect and Demon Race were no longer threats, and said the ruins should be brought to an end.
• Jiang Shu and Zong Yue returned to Lu Chong and the gathered forces of the Eight Great Sects, where Jiang Shu announced that Qiu Taoguang, the Heavenly Dragon, and the Heavenly Phoenix had been slain.
• Jiang Shu revealed Qiu Taoguang's soul and the Great Dao of Disaster, stunning the gathered sect members and prompting them to thank him and Zong Yue.
• Zong Yue clarified that Jiang Shu alone had defeated Qiu Taoguang, and the Eight Great Sects accepted Jiang Shu as their leader while Zong Yue offered no objection.
• Jiang Shu asked Lu Chong whether all of the True Martial Sect's people had been gathered back.

After exposing the Beast Taming Sect’s betrayal, Jiang Shu led the surviving cultivators in a sweep of the Demon Sect Ruins and refined Qiu Taoguang’s soul to claim the Great Dao of Disaster. One year later, Jiang Shu emerged from the ruins as a Ten Thousand Manifestations Realm expert, followed by other survivors, shocking the Demon Sect and Demon Race leaders gathered outside.

• Jiang Shu revealed that the Beast Taming Sect’s True Transmissions and elders had defected, and Zong Yue confirmed the betrayal by recounting their ambush and the disclosure of his whereabouts.
• Jiang Shu ordered Zong Yue and Lu Chong to seal the array’s breaches while the others hunted down the Demon Sect, Demon Race, and Beast Taming Sect enemies inside the ruins.
• Jiang Shu stayed behind to refine Qiu Taoguang’s soul and claim the Great Dao of Disaster.
• One year later, Dao Lords and Demon Monarchs gathered outside the ruins, where Tai Cang Dao Lord and Wu Ji Dao Lord discussed their confidence in Zong Yue and the rising talents of their sects.
• Jiang Shu emerged from the array with Ten Thousand Manifestations Realm power, and more survivors followed, leaving the Demon Sect and Demon Race leaders shocked and enraged.

After the Eight Great Sects emerged victorious from the Ancient Demon Sect Ruins, Dao Lord Xuan Ming attacked them, but Jiang Shu blocked his strike. The Demon Sect and Demon Race demanded vengeance, and Wu Ji Dao Lord warned that the sect masters might intervene, leaving the threat of a wider war unresolved.

• Zong Yue, Lu Chong, and the Eight Great Sects’ survivors emerged from the ruins carrying the remains of the Demon Sect and Demon Race forces they had wiped out.
• Dao Lord Xuan Ming attacked Jiang Shu and the others with a Black Baleful Palm Seal, and Jiang Shu countered with Qi Swallowing Myriad Forms Fist, stopping the strike before its recoil knocked him back.
• Tai Cang Dao Lord and Wu Ji Dao Lord shielded Jiang Shu’s group and confronted Xuan Ming, while another Dao Lord argued that both sides had suffered losses inside the ruins.
• Blood Armor Demon Lord demanded that the Eight Great Sects hand over the killer of Heavenly Dragon and Heavenly Phoenix, threatening total war if they refused.
• Wu Ji Dao Lord warned Black Dragon Demon Lord that the Eight Great Sects’ sect masters could summon allies to confront the Extraterritorial Demon Race, leaving the Demon Race alarmed.

Black Dragon Demon Lord and the Demon Sect retreated after the Eight Great Sects confronted them, while Jiang Shu and the others reported the Demon Sect Ruins’ events. Their account raised suspicions that the Beast Taming Sect had secretly colluded with the Demon Race, and the chapter ended with the True Martial Sect’s Sect Master welcoming Jiang Shu home in amazement at his Ten Great Dao Origins.

• Black Dragon Demon Lord withdrew after threatening the Eight Great Sects, and Dao Lord Xuan Ming retreated with the Demon Sect when Tai Cang Dao Lord confronted him.
• Jiang Shu and the other True Martial Sect disciples recounted their experiences in the ruins to Wu Ji Dao Lord, including the Beast Taming Sect’s suspected collusion with the Demon Race and its members’ suicides.
• Wu Ji Dao Lord and Tai Cang Dao Lord agreed to keep the unproven allegations quiet while reporting them to their Sect Masters and investigating the Beast Taming Sect.
• White Marsh Dao Lord questioned the surviving disciples, received no useful answers, and hurried back to the Beast Taming Sect, increasingly uneasy about his missing disciples.
• Half a month later, the True Martial Sect’s Sect Master personally welcomed Jiang Shu and the returning group, then marveled at Jiang Shu’s Ten Great Dao Origins.

After returning from the Ancient Demon Sect Ruins, Jiang Shu was made Vice Sect Master of the True Martial Sect and received the Devouring Sky Mirror. Wu Ji Dao Lord warned the sect that the Beast Taming Sect might betray the Eight Great Sects, and the chapter ended with Dao Lord Xuan Ming emerging at the Demon Sect’s main lineage in Soul Suppressing Valley.

• The Sect Master welcomed Jiang Shu, Lu Chong, and the others back, then summoned the Peak Lords and elders to hear Wu Ji Dao Lord’s account of the expedition.
• Wu Ji Dao Lord recounted Jiang Shu’s victories over Qiu Taoguang and the Demon Race princes, leading the Peak Lords and elders to recognize Jiang Shu as their equal in strength.
• The Sect Master appointed Jiang Shu Vice Sect Master and bestowed the defensive Dao Artifact Devouring Sky Mirror upon him; Lu Chong and the other True Transmissions also received promotions and rewards.
• Wu Ji Dao Lord reported that the Beast Taming Sect was likely preparing to betray the Eight Great Sects, prompting the Sect Master to begin making plans and spread word of Jiang Shu’s appointment across the Vast Desolate Domain.
• Dao Lord Xuan Ming returned to Soul Suppressing Valley, the Demon Sect’s main lineage.

Dao Lord Xuan Ming reported that Qiu Taoguang and the other Demon Sect disciples had died in the Ancient Demon Sect Ruins, and the Demon Sect Master blamed Jiang Shu for the setback. The Demon Sect and Demon Race joined forces, tore open a Demon Domain Barrier, and launched a full-scale invasion that overwhelmed the Eight Great Sects’ defenses.

• Dao Lord Xuan Ming told the Demon Sect Master that Qiu Taoguang and the other Demon Sect disciples had been wiped out in the Ancient Demon Sect Ruins, and the Demon Sect Master spared him pending an investigation.
• The Demon Sect Master learned that Jiang Shu had led the survivors out of the ruins and ordered Xuan Ming to seek the Demon Race’s aid and force the True Martial Sect to hand Jiang Shu over.
• The Demon Race agreed to join the Demon Sect’s assault after learning that Heavenly Dragon and Heavenly Phoenix had died in the ruins.
• Half a year later, a middle-aged Demon Venerable with Dragon Horns crossed through a small tear in the barrier between the Endless Sea Domain and Demon Domain.
• The Demon Sect and Demon Race launched a massive invasion, and their forces—including Primal Chaos Realm powers and Demon Venerables—broke through the Eight Great Sects’ defenses.

As the Demon Sect and Demon Race invaded the Endless Sea Domain, Jiang Shu learned that the Demon Race had discovered he killed Heavenly Dragon and Heavenly Phoenix and sought permission to leave True Martial Sect. The Sect Master agreed to Jiang Shu’s plan to enter the Demon Domain and gave him three protective Void Travel Talismans.

• The Demon Sect and Demon Race overwhelmed the Eight Great Sects’ defenses, killing five Myriad Forms Realm Dao Lords before reinforcements brought the fighting to a stalemate.
• The Sect Master summoned Jiang Shu, guided his cultivation, and warned that the Demon Race had learned he killed Heavenly Dragon and Heavenly Phoenix.
• Jiang Shu learned that the sects had secretly prepared to restrain the Beast Taming Sect, whose collusion with the enemy remained concealed to avoid unrest.
• Jiang Shu asked to leave True Martial Sect and explained that he would enter the Demon Domain, drawing enemy attention away from the sect while pursuing his own plans.
• The Sect Master agreed and gave Jiang Shu three Void Travel Talismans that could help protect him from a Primal Chaos Realm Dao Venerable.

Jiang Shu left True Martial Sect for the Endless Sea Domain, where he found the region devastated by the Demon Sect and Demon Race and confirmed Thunder Sound Island remained untouched. He returned to Asking Immortal Hall as a Ten Thousand Manifestations Realm Dao Lord, and its ancient keeper recognized him as a possible aid in awakening the Master.

• Jiang Shu departed True Martial Sect for the Endless Sea Domain, while the Sect Master set out to reinforce the alliance there.
• Jiang Shu found a ruined island marketplace and saw Demon Sect and Demon Race forces ravaging the occupied sea regions as he traveled toward Thunder Sound Island.
• A Blood-Robed True Disciple and a Demon Race Commander mistook Jiang Shu for a weak cultivator and surrounded him, but he killed them and their companions with one palm.
• Jiang Shu confirmed Thunder Sound Island was undamaged, entered its Abyss crack, and returned to Asking Immortal Hall.
• The ancient keeper recognized Jiang Shu's Ten Thousand Manifestations Realm cultivation and said he might one day help awaken the Master.

Jiang Shu learned from the Asking Immortal Hall Artifact Spirit that the Vast Desolate Domain’s Heavenly Dao assimilated powerful cultivators and severed their path to immortality, making escape beyond the Demon Domain necessary to seek a higher plane. He received an Immortal Decree for emergencies and agreed to seek materials to restore the artifact spirit, then asked for advice on cultivating in the Ten Thousand Manifestations Realm.

• Jiang Shu asked what cultivation realm the Asking Immortal Hall’s master had reached, and the artifact spirit said its master had failed to become an Immortal after reaching the peak of the Return to Void Realm.
• The artifact spirit explained that Return to Void Realm cultivators were gradually assimilated by the Vast Desolate Domain’s Heavenly Dao when they wielded Great Dao Power, which severed their path to immortality.
• The artifact spirit told Jiang Shu that the Immortal path in both the Vast Desolate Domain and the Demon Domain was severed, and that he would need to venture beyond the Demon Domain to seek a higher plane.
• Jiang Shu confirmed he planned to infiltrate the Demon Domain, then agreed to help the artifact spirit’s master escape eternal slumber and to search for Dao Rank Materials or Dao Artifacts with Artifact Spirits.
• The Asking Immortal Hall gave Jiang Shu an Immortal Decree that could return him to the hall or empower him in danger, but it could be activated only three times before the artifact spirit recovered further.
• Jiang Shu asked the Asking Immortal Hall Artifact Spirit for guidance on improving his cultivation in the Ten Thousand Manifestations Realm.

After consolidating his Ten Thousand Manifestations Realm cultivation in the Asking Immortal Hall, Jiang Shu chose to enter the Demon Domain in search of another path to immortality. He broke through the Realm Barrier into the Chaotic Demon Sea, where the Black Dragon Demon Lord recognized him and saw a chance to redeem himself.

• Jiang Shu thanked the Asking Immortal Hall Artifact Spirit and left for the Demon Domain, carrying the Immortal token it gave him.
• Jiang Shu concealed the Abyss Rift on Thunder Sound Island with a Concealment Maze Formation before departing.
• Jiang Shu tore open the Demon Domain's Realm Barrier and entered the Chaotic Demon Sea.
• The Black Dragon Demon Lord, resentful over his assignment to guard the Realm Barrier after the losses at the Ancient Demon Sect Ruins, sensed Jiang Shu breaking through and hurried to intercept him.
• The Black Dragon Demon Lord recognized Jiang Shu and exclaimed his name in shock.