Chapter Summaries

Su Yueli learned from a Demon Cultivator’s memories that Shen Huai'an’s Divine Soul might still be resisting Motian Xing, leaving her unsure whether she could fight without killing him. When Motian Xing lured her to Burial Wind Valley, she chose to go and confirm whether her old friend was alive.

• Su Yueli searched a Demon Cultivator’s shattered memories and saw Shen Huai'an briefly struggle against Motian Xing for control of his body.
• Su Yueli told the recovering Han Yu that Shen Huai'an might still be alive, but she could not tell whether he was resisting Motian Xing or helping him.
• The Demon Cultivator died when the dungeon’s restrictions erupted, and Motian Xing left a message directing Su Yueli to Burial Wind Valley if she wanted to save Shen Huai'an.
• Han Yu warned Su Yueli that the invitation was a trap, but Su Yueli said she had to confirm whether her old friend was alive and departed for Burial Wind Valley.
• Su Yueli ordered Han Yu to stay and recover, while Han Yu questioned whether Shen Huai'an truly stood with Motian Xing.

Su Yueli pursued Motian Xing through a series of false leads while repeatedly leaving to stop wars and protect civilians, allowing him to stay ahead and exploit her concern for Shen Huai'an. After Little Black pointed out that the clues could be fabricated, Han Yu summoned her back over unusual movements at the borders, and Su Yueli insisted she would find Shen Huai'an.

• Su Yueli found Motian Xing's abandoned hiding place, heard his recording taunt her, and pursued one of six identical Demon Qi traces north.
• Su Yueli lost Motian Xing in a city when she avoided attacking among civilians, then learned that wars were flaring at multiple dynastic borders.
• Su Yueli stopped two Fourteenth Realm experts from endangering evacuating civilians, but arrived in Beihe Prefecture after Motian Xing had destroyed its teleportation formations.
• For several days, Su Yueli chased four more hiding-place clues while conflicts spread whenever she left the center of the continent.
• Little Black told Su Yueli that Motian Xing could plant Shen Huai'an's aura and belongings to lure her away, and Su Yueli admitted she still had to pursue any clue that might be real.
• Han Yu reported unusual movements at the dynastic borders, and Su Yueli left the underground palace saying she would find Shen Huai'an.

Su Yueli followed Motian Xing’s trail to an abandoned city and found evidence that Shen Huai'an had briefly regained control of his body. Shen Huai'an left her a clue to the Sunset Immortal-Burial Pit, and Su Yueli chose to pursue it despite the worsening war.

• Han Yu warned Su Yueli that Motian Xing was exploiting her concern for Shen Huai'an, but Su Yueli refused to decide what she would do if she had to kill him.
• Little Black detected Motian Xing’s aura in the Old City, where two consciousnesses had fought over the body, and Su Yueli went there to investigate.
• Su Yueli and Little Black found demonic cultivators killed by Shen Huai'an, along with signs that he had resisted Motian Xing and briefly controlled the body.
• Su Yueli discovered Shen Huai'an’s blood-written clue, “Sunset,” and identified it as the Sunset Immortal-Burial Pit.
• With the war still expanding, Su Yueli sent the location to Han Yu and left with Little Black for the forbidden zone.

Su Yueli found Motian Xing’s death-qi cultivation site and discovered that destroying it could not stop the power from flowing to him. Shen Huai'an’s lingering projection revealed that their souls could no longer be separated and urged her to kill Motian Xing even if it meant his own death; Su Yueli set out for the northeastern battlefield where Motian Xing was likely hiding.

• Su Yueli and Little Black found the bone platform and twelve pillars where Motian Xing had gathered death qi and resentment to heal and prepare to reach the Fifteenth Realm.
• Su Yueli destroyed the platform and pillars, but the death qi redirected toward the northeastern battlefield because Motian Xing had carved the formation into his Divine Soul.
• Little Black found Shen Huai'an’s faint divine sense beneath the ruins, and Su Yueli summoned his fading projection.
• Shen Huai'an told Su Yueli that Motian Xing had not completed the possession and that their Divine Souls could no longer be separated, so killing Motian Xing would kill him too.
• After Shen Huai'an urged her not to hesitate, Su Yueli learned that Great Xun and Great Qian were reinforcing the northeastern battlefield and headed there to find Motian Xing.

Su Yueli tried to stop the four dynasties from fighting after forged intelligence turned them against one another, but the war spread beyond her control. As armies and sects slaughtered each other, Motian Xing absorbed the deathly energy and began ascending toward the Fifteenth Realm.

• Secret reports convinced Great Xun, Great Qian, Great Chu, and Great Yan that the other dynasties planned to attack them, prompting each to mobilize and strike first.
• Great Xun and Great Qian launched a full-scale war, while Great Chu and Great Yan also began fighting and sects across the continent attacked one another.
• Su Yueli reached the Great Xun–Great Qian battlefield and told the commanders that Motian Xing was absorbing the deathly energy, but neither side trusted the other enough to withdraw.
• Messages informed Su Yueli that Great Chu and Great Yan were fighting decisively, an unidentified army had appeared at the Great Li border, and every dynasty was preparing for full-scale war.
• Su Yueli shattered several formations but could not stop millions of cultivators from advancing, and Motian Xing's aura began climbing toward the Fifteenth Realm.

As the Eight Dynasties descended into war, Su Yueli tried to stop the fighting while searching for Motian Xing, whose Demon Path agents were fueling the chaos. She left Great Zhou and Great Chu under a fragile truce to answer a crisis at Great Li, but both armies resumed their advance after receiving forged reports, as a black-clad cultivator continued provoking the dynasties.

• Su Yueli destroyed a ruined qi-drawing Formation but could not locate Motian Xing, while Little Black explained that battlefield resentment concealed his aura.
• Great Wei, Great Zhou, Great Liang, and Great Li entered the spreading wars, drawing sects, clans, and local armies into the conflict and multiplying the deaths.
• After finding Demon Qi in the collapsed mine tunnel, Su Yueli broke Great Zhou and Great Chu's battle formations and ordered both armies to withdraw three hundred miles until she returned.
• Han Yu warned Su Yueli that Great Liang threatened Great Li and that Great Li's generals were preparing to strike, so Su Yueli left to stop them.
• A false Great Chu mark on a Great Zhou grain convoy and a report of a planned Great Zhou attack drove both armies back toward the mining area after Su Yueli departed.
• A black-clad cultivator reported that Great Zhou and Great Chu had moved, and an unseen voice ordered him to deepen the chaos until no one could distinguish allies from enemies.

Su Yueli uncovered the Demon Path’s role in assassinations that were driving the Eight Dynasties toward war and arranged peace talks at Sky Evolution Mountain. As representatives prepared to meet, Motian Xing ordered his followers to kill two people whose deaths would reignite suspicion.

• Han Yu refused to let Great Li attack first, and Su Yueli arrived to demand that Great Liang withdraw while she investigated its claims.
• After a Great Liang Peace Faction general was assassinated and framed on Great Li, loyalists turned back toward the border, while further killings and fabricated evidence silenced peace advocates across the Eight Dynasties.
• Su Yueli found Demon Qi in the Great Liang general’s wound and warned the army that Motian Xing was growing stronger through war, but the commander’s officers resisted withdrawing.
• When Han Yu reported that Great Yan had proposed peace talks, Su Yueli agreed to summon the rulers of all Eight Dynasties to Sky Evolution Mountain in seven days and ordered their armies to hold position.
• Motian Xing decided not to assassinate Su Yueli and ordered the deaths of two people whose loss would disrupt the peace talks.

Su Yueli brought the Eight Dynasties to a ceasefire agreement, but two deputies were murdered that night using techniques that implicated rival dynasties. The representatives accused each other and challenged Su Yueli to explain how a killer had bypassed her formations.

• Su Yueli presented evidence that the Demon Path had fueled much of the conflict and proposed a staged troop withdrawal while disputed cities and Spiritual Veins remained sealed.
• All Eight Dynasties swore on their Divine Souls to cease fighting, exchange prisoners, and begin withdrawing troops the next day.
• Su Yueli asked Han Yu and Little Black to inspect the attendants while she watched the mountain with her divine sense.
• At midnight, the Great Xun King Who Guards the Nation's Deputy Envoy was found murdered with traces of Great Qian's technique, and Great Qian's deputy general was killed with Great Xun's Imperial Secret Art.
• The Great Xun King Who Guards the Nation and the Great Qian Commander-in-Chief accused each other's sides, while Su Yueli realized Motian Xing had targeted the negotiations and intended to implicate her.

After two Deputy Envoys died at Sky Evolution Mountain, the Eight Dynasties’ representatives accused Su Yueli of manipulating the war, while she investigated the killings. She discovered Motian Xing’s Demon Marks had controlled the victims, but the representatives rejected the evidence and Su Yueli ended the talks.

• Su Yueli ordered Sky Evolution Mountain sealed, but the representatives of the Eight Dynasties suspected her after two Deputy Envoys were found dead.
• The Great Zhou Ancestor, the Great Chu Representative, and the Great Yan Representative questioned Su Yueli’s role in the deaths and the evidence against Motian Xing, while Han Yu defended her.
• The Great Xun and Great Qian delegations renewed their confrontation, and Su Yueli used her power to stop them and prevent anyone from leaving.
• Su Yueli examined the bodies and found matching Demon Marks that had controlled the victims and destroyed their Divine Souls.
• Su Yueli forced a Demon Mark from a corpse and revealed Motian Xing’s aura, but the Great Qian Commander-in-Chief dismissed the evidence as possibly planted.
• Su Yueli declared the talks over after the representatives refused to accept her findings.

After the peace talks collapsed, Su Yueli traced Motian Xing’s Demon Marks to a network of agents across the eight dynasties and exposed their role in fueling the war. The truth became public, but Great Xun and Great Qian resumed fighting over their losses and captured territory.

• Su Yueli ended the talks, removed the Formation around Sky Evolution Mountain, and followed a Demon Mark to a county town.
• Su Yueli rescued a child bearing a Demon Mark and discovered maps and an assassination list in a hidden passage beneath the County Office.
• Su Yueli captured a clerk linked to the network and sent the marked locations to Han Yu and her allies for raids.
• Han Yu’s forces uncovered imprisoned cultivators in Great Li, while Su Yueli captured a Great Xun Attendant who had served Motian Xing for over two hundred years.
• Su Yueli destroyed twenty-seven sites and exposed evidence that Demon Path agents had staged attacks and manipulated all eight dynasties.
• Great Xun and Great Qian resumed war over seized cities and Spirit Ore mines, as a Great Xun commander rejected a ceasefire proposal.

Su Yueli learned that the Eight Dynasties’ war had continued despite the truth about Motian Xing, and she went to the Red Sand Plains as he began absorbing the battlefield’s deathly energy. She faced Motian Xing in Shen Huai'an’s body, but he used their joined souls and her memories of Shen Huai'an to prevent her from striking as the armies resumed fighting.

• Han Yu reported that none of the dynasties had agreed to a ceasefire, and Su Yueli concluded that the war continued because its participants chose to fight.
• Reports showed the Eight Dynasties mobilizing their forces for decisive battles, and Su Yueli sensed that Motian Xing was waiting at the Red Sand Plains.
• The Great Xun and Great Qian armies clashed, while Motian Xing absorbed the deathly energy rising from the battlefield.
• Su Yueli confronted Motian Xing, who admitted he had used Shen Huai'an’s memories and warned that killing him would also kill Shen Huai'an.
• When the armies resumed their clash, Su Yueli turned to the battlefield and ordered everyone to stop.

Su Yueli tried to stop the armies and confront Motian Xing, but he used Shen Huai'an’s body and the battlefield’s deaths to strengthen himself. The armies finally realized the war was helping Motian Xing approach the Fifteenth Realm, while Su Yueli stood wounded before his breakthrough.

• Su Yueli suppressed the armies, but their commanders and Demon Path agents blamed her for not killing Motian Xing, who briefly let Shen Huai'an speak to her.
• Motian Xing triggered explosions among both armies, shattering formations and turning the truce back into fighting.
• Motian Xing forced Su Yueli to block his attack on the troops, then absorbed the resentment and divine souls of hundreds of thousands of dead cultivators.
• Su Yueli tried to pull Motian Xing from the death-energy vortex, but the dead people's resentment distracted her and he struck her, drawing blood.
• The armies stopped fighting as Motian Xing’s power surged toward the Fifteenth Realm, and he taunted Su Yueli about the millions killed in the Eight Dynasties’ war.

Su Yueli began fighting Motian Xing in earnest while Han Yu led the armies away from the Red Sand Plains. Motian Xing used the dead to attack the retreating troops, but Su Yueli freed hundreds of thousands of Divine Souls from his control.

• Motian Xing urged the armies of Great Xun and Great Qian to keep killing so he could absorb their resentment, and both commanders hesitated to continue the battle.
• Su Yueli sent Han Yu and Little Black away from the fight, and Han Yu ordered the armies to retreat to their borders.
• Su Yueli attacked Motian Xing and drove him into a crater, but he healed with the power he had absorbed from the dead.
• Motian Xing controlled Divine Souls to shield himself and unleash deathly energy at the retreating armies, while Han Yu protected the troops and Little Black swallowed some of the energy.
• Su Yueli froze the spiritual energy across the Red Sand Plains and broke Motian Xing's control over hundreds of thousands of Divine Souls.

Su Yueli severed Motian Xing’s link to the dead and chased him from the Red Sand Plains, where the armies of Great Xun and Great Qian withdrew. After Shen Huai'an revealed that Demon Seeds threatened three cities, Su Yueli let Motian Xing go so she could save their inhabitants.

• Su Yueli severed Motian Xing’s connection to the lingering souls, punched through his abdomen, and pursued him after he fled northeast.
• The commanders of Great Xun and Great Qian ordered their armies to withdraw from the Red Sand Plains as Su Yueli and Motian Xing left.
• Motian Xing attacked a village to slow Su Yueli, but she protected the villagers and caught up with him, breaking his arm and gravely wounding him.
• Shen Huai'an briefly regained control and warned Su Yueli that Motian Xing had buried Demon Seeds in three cities southeast of them.
• Motian Xing told Su Yueli the Demon Seeds would erupt after he left, and black qi began spreading through the three cities, infecting their inhabitants.
• Su Yueli released Motian Xing and turned toward the cities, choosing to save the living people rather than finish him off.

Su Yueli abandoned her chance to pursue Motian Xing and raced to save three cities from Demon Seeds, accepting that she could not save everyone. After Motian Xing escaped, she decided that she would still protect civilians when she could, but resolved to kill him even if millions died in the process.

• Motian Xing intensified the Demon Seeds as Su Yueli left him behind and rushed to the three cities.
• Su Yueli cleansed the first city’s underground waterways of Demon Qi, extracted its Demon Seed, and destroyed it.
• Su Yueli rescued the surviving people in the second city and destroyed the Demon Seed beneath its granary, though more than a thousand people had already died.
• Su Yueli reached the third city, where the Demon Seed had spread corruption through the City-Guarding Formation, and saved the survivors while destroying it.
• Motian Xing escaped while Su Yueli was saving the third city, and she told Han Yu that she did not regret her choice.
• As survivors searched for the dead and missing, Su Yueli concluded that she would kill Motian Xing even if millions of civilians perished.

Su Yueli discovered that Motian Xing was still absorbing deathly energy, then accepted his challenge to fight at the borderland of the Eight Dynasties in seven days. After threatening to awaken Demon Seeds across the continent, Motian Xing forced her hand, and she set out to find the seeds before their showdown.

• Su Yueli found seven new Formations channeling battlefield resentment to Motian Xing and realized he had made himself their core.
• Motian Xing projected his image across the Eight Dynasties and challenged Su Yueli to a fight to the death at the borderland in seven days.
• Motian Xing threatened to awaken Demon Seeds buried across the Eight Dynasties if Su Yueli refused to come.
• Despite Han Yu's warning, Su Yueli accepted the challenge and vowed to kill Motian Xing.
• Su Yueli told Han Yu to help her find the Demon Seeds before the showdown.

The Eight Dynasties gathered millions of cultivators at their borders, where rumors turned them against Su Yueli even as Motian Xing prepared to exploit their mistrust. Motian Xing revealed that the supposed demon-seed threat had been staged to lure Su Yueli into a trap, and he planned to suppress Shen Huai'an before their battle.

• The Eight Dynasties assembled their armies near the border, claiming they had come to watch Su Yueli and Motian Xing’s decisive battle while preparing to fight one another.
• Rumors spread that Su Yueli planned to abolish the imperial families, and Great Qian’s commander ordered his forces to remain ready to kill her if she and Motian Xing were both injured.
• Motian Xing learned that Su Yueli had found sixty-seven demon-seed sites and that the remaining false seeds had destroyed themselves without harming any cities.
• Motian Xing explained that he had staged the demon-seed threat and spread suspicion so the gathered armies would erupt into violence, trapping Su Yueli among them.
• Motian Xing learned that Shen Huai'an was increasingly resisting his control and said he would deal with him before the decisive battle.

Su Yueli reached the Eight Dynasties’ borderlands and ordered the gathered armies to withdraw before Motian Xing could use them in his final slaughter. The armies feared both Motian Xing and one another, and the chapter ended with the Great Zhou Ancestor demanding to know who would control the borderlands after they left.

• Motian Xing clashed with Shen Huai'an for control of their shared body, while Shen Huai'an warned Su Yueli not to come and Motian Xing vowed she would witness his breakthrough to the Fifteenth Realm.
• Su Yueli destroyed the last Demon Seed and realized Motian Xing was using the armies gathered at the borderlands to fuel a mass slaughter and advance his cultivation.
• The eight armies grew suspicious of one another, shifting their formations and preparing for battle as each faction feared that retreating first would surrender its claim to the borderlands.
• Su Yueli arrived a day before the appointed battle and demanded that all armies leave within fifteen minutes, but the Great Zhou Ancestor questioned who would claim the borderlands afterward.

Su Yueli tried to keep the Eight Dynasties’ armies focused on Motian Xing, but his agents fueled suspicion and provoked clashes across the wasteland. As tensions rose, an attack on Great Xun’s nation-guarding artifact bearing Great Qian’s emblem pushed the armies toward battle.

• The imperial powers demanded that Su Yueli swear not to interfere in the Eight Dynasties, but she refused and ordered their armies to withdraw.
• Demon Path agents staged attacks between Great Qian, Great Xun, Great Chu, and Great Zhou, and Su Yueli halted the fighting while the armies remained on edge.
• Motian Xing used a corpse and altar to create blood rain, but Su Yueli traced it to the western wasteland and found only a dead cultivator implanted with a demon mark.
• Great Chu killed a Great Yan scout who crossed its boundary, and Su Yueli ordered Great Yan to fall back while the two sides argued.
• An attacker struck Great Xun’s nation-guarding artifact with a black spike bearing Great Qian’s imperial emblem, and the Great Xun King Who Guards the Nation ordered his forces to engage.

Su Yueli tried to stop the Eight Dynasties’ armies from destroying one another, but Motian Xing exploited the chaos to attack her and corrupt the formations. The chapter left her forced to protect millions of cultivators while Motian Xing taunted her for holding back.

• Great Xun attacked Great Qian after the Great Xun King Who Guards the Nation accused it of planting demon qi in the nation-guarding artifact, and the retreating armies became entangled in a widening battle.
• Su Yueli and Han Yu tried to contain the fighting and aid the wounded, while false reports and hidden Demon Path agents drove the armies further into chaos.
• Su Yueli caught a formation’s attack before it could kill tens of thousands, but Motian Xing struck her from behind and then threatened the ancient ley-line formation with an artifact.
• Motian Xing attacked military formations and corrupted Great Chu’s cultivators, forcing Su Yueli to dismantle formations, shield armies, and purge demon qi instead of pursuing him.
• Motian Xing moved between the densest crowds and baited Su Yueli into holding back, then taunted her for slowing her attacks.