Chapter Summaries

After the Eastern Domain repelled Bixin’s Demon Tide, Bixin returned to the Demon Realm badly wounded and was mocked by the other demons. Kong Fang detected a hidden aura in her and triggered a burst of deadly vines that attacked the demons, freezing the scene with spatial power as the chapter ended.

• Xu Changqing persuaded Fenglong and Mu Qingshuang not to pursue the fleeing Demon Emperor, and they withdrew their spiritual power.
• Xu Changqing declared the Eastern Domain’s defenses intact and ordered repairs, resupply, and an accounting of the dead.
• Bixin escaped to the Demon Realm and reported how the Mountain-Suppressing Chariot, Froststream Boat, and Xu Changqing had helped defeat her forces.
• The Bone Emperor and another Demon Emperor mocked Bixin, while Kong Fang sensed an unfamiliar aura hidden within her.
• Kong Fang pierced Bixin with demon light, causing green vines to erupt from her body and drain nearby demons.
• Kong Fang spread the Seven-Colored Tail Screen and froze the attacking vines and surrounding demons in place.

Kong Fang traced Bixin’s Creation Force to Xu Changqing and sent a devastating Seven-Colored Demon Radiance toward the Eastern Domain defense line. Xu Changqing met it with the four source powers of the Creation Genesis Record, and their collision engulfed the battlefield in overwhelming light.

• Kong Fang destroyed the Creation Force consuming Bixin, traced its karmic trail to Xu Changqing, and launched a Seven-Colored Demon Radiance toward him.
• Xu Changqing sensed the approaching attack and flew above the border as its shockwave killed cultivators who tried to intercept it.
• Xu Changqing warned Li Chuan and the others to retreat, explaining that only he could withstand Kong Fang’s strike.
• Xu Changqing summoned Defiled Earth, Primordial Weight, Nirvana Heartfire, and Creation Force, then struck the Seven-Colored Demon Radiance with their combined power.
• The two attacks collided, swallowing sound and spreading a shockwave that erased the clouds, shadows, and colors across the battlefield.

Xu Changqing shattered Demon God Kong Fang’s Seven-Colored Demon Radiance in a head-on clash, stunning the battlefield and earning the cultivators’ cheers. He recognized that he had barely managed to withstand Kong Fang’s casual probe using nearly all his available powers, and that he remained far weaker than the Demon God.

• Xu Changqing and Kong Fang’s powers clashed, sending a devastating shockwave across the battlefield and alarming the cultivators watching below.
• Xu Changqing strengthened his four-colored finger glow until it slowly forced Kong Fang’s Seven-Colored Demon Radiance backward.
• Xu Changqing condensed his four source powers into a light orb and destroyed the demon radiance, including the Creation Force within it.
• The cultivators cheered for Xu Changqing, while Mu Qingshuang, Li Lingbi, Qin Baili, and others reacted with astonishment or relief.
• Xu Changqing assessed the clash and realized that Kong Fang’s attack had only been a casual probe, while he had used nearly every trump card he possessed to stop it.

Xu Changqing blocked Kong Fang’s probe with a Four-Colored cycle of Laws, but he still lacked the Metal-Element Law needed to complete the Five-Colored Divine Radiance. Kong Fang became interested in Xu Changqing and ordered the invasion of the Eastern Domain to continue despite the Demon Tide’s defeat.

• Xu Changqing realized that Four Colors could hold against Kong Fang for now, but the missing Metal-Element Law kept him from completing the Five-Colored Divine Radiance.
• Kong Fang examined the four Laws that had ground apart its probe and became intrigued by Xu Changqing’s strength.
• The Bone Emperor and the avian Demon Emperor questioned how to proceed against the Eastern Domain’s defensive weapons, while other demons argued over whether to keep dragging out the battle.
• Kong Fang ordered the harassment and invasion to continue at every border.
• When the Bone Emperor warned that frontal assaults were ineffective, Kong Fang asked how many demons remained and how many cultivators the Eastern Domain had left.

Kong Fang ordered the demons to investigate Xu Changqing and spread rumors of assassins to sow distrust among Eastern Domain's factions. Xu Changqing approved a campaign to assassinate Demon Emperors and then asked Li Lingbi for information about the Metal Element Origin.

• Kong Fang argued that the demons could exhaust the humans' spirit stones through repeated attacks and ordered his subordinates to investigate Xu Changqing and circulate rumors about Demon Emperor-level assassins.
• Qin Baili proposed sending cultivators into the Demon Realm to assassinate Demon Emperors, while Mu Qingshuang urged the humans to advance their battle line.
• Li Lingbi warned that the Demon Race might have planted traitors among the millions of newcomers, prompting debate over how to identify them.
• Xu Changqing decided that Qin Baili's forces would target Demon Emperors one at a time, postponing the advance until the assassinations succeeded.
• Xu Changqing stopped Li Lingbi after the meeting and asked whether he knew how to obtain the Metal Element Origin soon.

Xu Changqing learned that the Mo Clan likely possessed a supreme Metal-Element treasure but had allied with the Demon Realm and remained entrenched in the Central Region. He planned to exploit Hui Jiuming’s secret parasitism of Mo Yin to infiltrate the clan, then activated the Ink-Patterned Sword as he looked toward the Central Region.

• Li Lingbi told Xu Changqing that the Mo Clan possessed a treasure capable of stirring the Metal-Element Law and had survived the Demon Realm’s conquest by apparently defecting.
• Li Lingbi gave Xu Changqing a jade slip containing the Mo Clan’s location and information about its direct-line elders.
• Xu Changqing revealed that the Ink-Patterned Sword was a Mo Clan identity token and suggested using Mo Yin to approach the clan.
• Li Lingbi warned Xu Changqing that the Mo Clan was skilled in mechanical arts and formations, then left.
• Xu Changqing resolved to use his knowledge of Hui Jiuming’s parasitism of Mo Yin to make the Demon Emperor his insider and locate the treasure.
• Xu Changqing faced the crimson sky over the Central Region and activated the Ink-Patterned Sword.

Mo Yin decided to meet Xu Changqing after realizing the Mo Clan had pledged allegiance to the Demon Realm and was beginning to cast him aside. Xu Changqing traveled into the Central Region disguised as a five-colored peacock, and the chapter left him flying over a demon-patrolled city.

• Mo Yin sensed Xu Changqing activating the Ink-Patterned Sword and discussed the contact with Hui Jiuming, the Demon Emperor’s soul within him.
• Mo Yin recalled seeing Demon Kings treated as masters in the Mo Clan’s ancestral grounds and concluded that the clan had pledged allegiance to the Demon Realm.
• Mo Yin, worried that the clan would discard him for his weak cultivation, chose to meet Xu Changqing and hear his offer before agreeing to anything.
• Mo Yin sent his location through the mother sword, while Hui Jiuming warned him to keep his circumstances and terms guarded.
• Xu Changqing used the max-level Fur-Shedding Technique to take the form of a five-colored peacock and flew into the Central Region, where a two-headed eagle mistook his aura for that of a close relative of Kong Fang.

Xu Changqing met Mo Yin to ask about a Mo Clan treasure capable of stirring the Metal-Element Law. After learning it was the Gengjin Sword Blank, Xu Changqing asked Mo Yin to help him obtain it, and Mo Yin weighed the risk of betraying the clan against his desire to change his fate.

• Xu Changqing arrived near the Mo Clan Ancestral Grounds and waited for Mo Yin after sensing that the other party had agreed to meet.
• Mo Yin endured mockery from two direct descendants during a resource-site inspection, then slipped away to meet Xu Changqing.
• Mo Yin told Xu Changqing that the Mo Clan was cooperating with Kong Fang to excavate something, though he did not know what it was.
• Hui Jiuming identified the Mo Clan's Gengjin Sword Blank as the treasure that could stir the Metal-Element Law and explained why it had not been forged.
• Xu Changqing asked Mo Yin to help him obtain the Gengjin Sword Blank, and Mo Yin considered risking the Mo Clan's punishment to change his standing.

Mo Yin agreed to help Xu Changqing find the Gengjin Sword Blank in exchange for being taken away from the Mo Clan, while Xu Changqing set out for Azure Stone Ravine to find Han Xin. On the way, Xu Changqing discovered Mo Clan members and demons examining an ancient, inscribed stone slab.

• Mo Yin accepted Xu Changqing’s offer and received three treasures to help him search for the Gengjin Sword Blank.
• Mo Yin told Xu Changqing that Han Xin was at Azure Stone Ravine, where Mo Clan formation masters were studying ancient ruins.
• After Mo Yin departed, he insisted to Hui Jiuming that Xu Changqing was a good person and that he had made up his mind to help.
• Xu Changqing transformed into a Five-Colored Peacock and flew toward Azure Stone Ravine to find Han Xin and learn about the Mo Clan’s cooperation with the Demon Realm.
• Xu Changqing found a blasted-open cave guarded by demons, where Mo Clan members and demons examined an ancient stone slab bearing patterns like the Night-Cry Totem.

Xu Changqing watched Myriad Cries True Lord escape from his prison beneath Ring Mountain, then defeated the evil cultivator’s attack and claimed the stone slab. As he prepared to leave, the Bone Emperor arrived with hundreds of demons and mistook Xu Changqing for an envoy of Demon God Kong Fang.

• Myriad Cries True Lord escaped from the cave after the Mo Clan formation masters broke his seal, killing two Demon Kings and taking the stone slab.
• Myriad Cries True Lord attacked Xu Changqing for his tail feathers, but Xu Changqing dissolved his bloodline attack and swallowed part of his Dharma Form.
• Myriad Cries True Lord fled toward the Central Region, and Xu Changqing let him go, took the stone slab, and prepared to leave.
• The Bone Emperor arrived with hundreds of demons, recognized Xu Changqing as a Five-Colored Peacock with a Demon Emperor aura, and asked whether he was inspecting the territory under Demon God's orders.

Xu Changqing used his Five-Colored Peacock disguise to convince the Bone Emperor he served the Demon God, then followed him to a demon nest containing six more mysterious stone slabs. After learning the Demon God sought anything connected to “night,” Xu Changqing ordered every demon in the nest to gather so he could claim the slabs and valuable materials.

• Xu Changqing let the Bone Emperor believe he was inspecting the excavation for the Demon God and agreed to see the remaining stone slabs.
• The Bone Emperor led Xu Changqing through a large demon settlement to a cave holding six slabs similar to the one taken by Myriad Cries True Lord.
• Xu Changqing noticed Star-Patterned Darksilver, Inkbone Jade, and spirit bamboo among the disregarded objects in the cave.
• The Bone Emperor explained that the Demon God ordered the excavation of ruins and objects related to “night,” and that the Mo Clan had found the Ring Mountain clues in ancient records.
• Xu Changqing said he would present the slabs to the Demon God, then ordered every demon in the nest to gather for rewards.

Xu Changqing used the Blood Gourd to devour the Bone Emperor and nearly a thousand demons, then took the stone slabs and valuables from the rift valley nest. Kong Fang learned that the nest had vanished without a trace and wondered what kind of opponent could have destroyed it.

• Xu Changqing summoned the demons and claimed the Blood Gourd could temper their flesh.
• Xu Changqing activated the Blood Gourd, which devoured the Bone Emperor, ten Demon Kings, and nearly a thousand demons.
• Xu Changqing collected the six stone slabs and valuable materials and supplies from the nest before leaving.
• Kong Fang received reports that Myriad Cries True Lord had escaped with one stone slab and ordered two Demon Emperors to hunt him down.
• A second report told Kong Fang that the six remaining slabs, the Bone Emperor, and the demons had disappeared, leaving only spiral-shaped cracks behind.
• Kong Fang questioned what opponent could have silently wiped out the Bone Emperor and the entire nest.

Mo Yin learned that the Gengjin Sword Blank lay in the deepest part of the Mo Clan Ancestral Grounds, where it had been offered as bait for the direct-line assessment. Determined to enter the grounds, he considered Hui Jiuming’s dangerous proposal to summon the Abyssal Ruins Black Lotus.

• Mo Yin spent several days searching for information about the Gengjin Sword Blank but found nothing.
• Mo Yun mocked Mo Yin and revealed that the Gengjin Sword Blank was among the treasures offered to the top three assessment candidates.
• Mo Yin realized that passing the assessment would give him a legitimate reason to enter the ancestral grounds and approach the sword blank.
• Mo Yin showed Hui Jiuming the Threefold Azure Edge and the Profound Origin Golden Light Talisman that Xu Changqing had given him.
• Hui Jiuming proposed summoning the Abyssal Ruins Black Lotus, and Mo Yin reacted with alarm.

Hui Jiuming used his demonic power to expose the Mo Clan Ancestral Grounds to the Abyssal Ruins, bringing down an enormous Black Lotus that silently annihilated everything in its path. The lotus overcame Mo Teng’s defenses and began assimilating him and the Mo Clan’s Mechanism Puppet.

• Mo Yin agreed to wait while Hui Jiuming poured out his demonic power to draw the Abyssal Ruins toward the Mo Clan Ancestral Grounds.
• A Black Lotus appeared above the ancestral grounds, destroyed the Maze Illusion Formation, and began descending as the clan’s disciples fled.
• A Mo Clan Nascent Soul elder attacked the lotus with his bronze mirror, but the lotus devoured his attack and destroyed his natal artifact.
• Mo Teng emerged from seclusion and tried to stop the lotus with layered restrictions, but they melted away.
• Mo Teng summoned the golden-armored Mechanism Puppet, which attacked with a Formation-Breaking Ray, six blades, and Thunder Crystal projectiles, but none affected the lotus.
• The Black Lotus sent out a ripple that froze the Mechanism Puppet and Mo Teng, assimilating their mechanisms, bodies, and souls.

Mo Yin found the Gengjin Sword Blank in the Mo Clan Ancestral Grounds and called Xu Changqing to retrieve it. As Xu Changqing approached, his Five-Colored Lotus and Daoheart Lotus Embryo answered a mysterious summons from within the Black Lotus’s expanding domain.

• Mo Yin slipped through the assimilated ancestral grounds and opened a sealed chamber containing the Gengjin Sword Blank and a restrained mechanism beast.
• Mo Yin confirmed the sword blank’s location to Xu Changqing, who immediately flew toward the ancestral grounds.
• Xu Changqing felt the Five-Colored Lotus and Daoheart Lotus Embryo respond to a summons growing stronger as he neared the Mo Clan Ancestral Grounds.
• Xu Changqing saw the Black Lotus swallowing the ancestral grounds and freezing the Mo Clan disciples and elders caught within it.
• The surviving Mo Clan members begged Xu Changqing to save their lineage, but he ignored their pleas and flew toward Mo Yin and the Gengjin Sword Blank.

Xu Changqing reached Mo Yin in the collapsing secret chamber, claimed the Gengjin Sword Blank, and used Myriad Mechanisms, Myriad Transformations to tame the Mo Clan’s black Qilin mechanical beast. After learning that Hui Jiuming had summoned the Abyssal Ruins Black Lotus, Xu Changqing felt his Five-Colored Lotus resonate with it and longed to refine it.

• Xu Changqing arrived as a Five-Colored Peacock and reassured Mo Yin while the chamber’s restrictions crumbled under the black lotus’s assimilation.
• Xu Changqing took the Gengjin Sword Blank and sealed its sharp aura for later refinement.
• Mo Yin explained that the Mo Clan had built the black Qilin around half an Elder Qilin’s corpse but could never control it.
• Xu Changqing used Myriad Mechanisms, Myriad Transformations to reorganize the Qilin’s directives, heal its damage, and bring it under control.
• Mo Yin told Xu Changqing that Hui Jiuming had summoned the Abyssal Ruins Black Lotus, which could assimilate and freeze everything.
• Xu Changqing sensed his Five-Colored Lotus resonating with the black lotus and struggled to suppress his desire to refine it.

Xu Changqing sealed the Mo Clan disciples outside the ancestral grounds and refined the Abyssal Ruins Black Lotus, awakening a sixth petal on his Five-Colored Lotus and gaining the divine ability Palm Abyssal Ruins. The Mo Clan Ancestral Grounds and those assimilated by the black lotus crumbled to dust, while Xu Changqing sensed a mysterious new connection to the Abyssal Ruins.

• Xu Changqing carried Mo Yin out of the secret chamber as the Mo Clan disciples demanded to know why he had not rescued their old ancestor and Grand Elder.
• Xu Changqing trapped the Mo Clan disciples outside the black lotus's territory with a Five-Element Locking Formation and returned to face the lotus alone.
• Xu Changqing summoned his Five-Colored Lotus and brought it into contact with the Abyssal Ruins Black Lotus, causing a sixth, black petal to form.
• Xu Changqing awakened the divine ability Palm Abyssal Ruins, which assimilated the black lotus's power and suppressed everything within three feet of his palm.
• The Abyssal Ruins Black Lotus was refined, and the Mo Clan Ancestral Grounds and those assimilated by it turned to dust as Xu Changqing sensed a faint connection to the Abyssal Ruins.

Xu Changqing subdued the Abyssal Ruins Black Lotus and used the sealed Mo Clan Ancestral Grounds to refine the Metal Element Origin Power. He completed the five-element cycle and gave birth to the Origin-Level Five-Colored Divine Radiance.

• Xu Changqing subdued the Abyssal Ruins Black Lotus, leaving Mo Yin and the Mo Clan disciples stunned by his power.
• Hui Jiuming admitted to Mo Yin that Xu Changqing’s rise from Spirit Farmer to his current strength in two hundred years surpassed anything he had seen.
• Xu Changqing decided to refine the Gengjin Sword Blank inside the sealed ancestral grounds rather than carry it back to the Eastern Domain.
• Xu Changqing absorbed the sword blank’s Metal Element Origin Power, enduring damage to his meridians as his four existing Origin Powers tempered and stabilized it.
• Xu Changqing completed the fifth lotus petal, formed a complete Five-Element Closed Loop, and brought forth the Origin-Level Five-Colored Divine Radiance.

Xu Changqing left the ruined Mo Clan Ancestral Grounds with Mo Yin and flew toward the Eastern Domain, where he encountered Demon God Kong Fang leading a vast demon army to the border. He discovered that two Void Refinement Dao Lords had gathered behind an unfamiliar golden restriction around the Eastern Domain defenses.

• Xu Changqing kept the amber sword embryo after drawing out its Metal Element Origin and gave no aid to the remaining Mo Clan members as he took Mo Yin away.
• Xu Changqing carried Mo Yin across the Ring Mountain Range toward the Eastern Domain, leaving him uncertain about his future without the Mo Clan.
• Xu Changqing sensed an ominous change in the demon clouds and stopped when seven-colored radiance revealed Demon God Kong Fang at the border.
• The avian Demon Emperor mistook Xu Changqing for another peacock seeking Kong Fang's protection, while Xu Changqing surveyed the enormous demon host.
• Xu Changqing saw that the Eastern Domain defensive line remained intact beneath an unfamiliar golden restriction and recognized Long Yuan and Mu Yunyi as two Void Refinement Dao Lords.

Xu Changqing revealed his power to help Mo Yin escape, then faced Kong Fang after the Demon God stopped time across the battlefield. Kong Fang recognized Xu Changqing and compared him with the arriving Void Refinement experts, but his display of power left the confrontation unresolved.

• Xu Changqing realized Kong Fang had come to meet the two Void Refinement Dao Lords and hurled Mo Yin toward the Eastern Domain border.
• Xu Changqing unleashed the Four Colors root forces to sow chaos among the demons, but Kong Fang stopped time across the battlefield.
• Xu Changqing used Palm Abyssal Ruins to create a pocket of space where he could move, meeting Kong Fang's time-stopping domain with his own power.
• Kong Fang identified Xu Changqing, and Xu Changqing dropped his disguise to reveal his human form.
• Kong Fang praised Xu Changqing's perfected Five-Elements Root Force and described Long Yuan and Mu Yunyi before revealing a deeper power within his Seven-Colored Demon Radiance.