Chapter Summaries

The First Demon Venerable revealed how his sister sacrificed herself to give their afflicted race a future through her son, Xin Qi, and explained Xin Qi’s pure nature and Innocent Heart. As the Primordial World’s powers questioned why he had exposed these secrets, he began explaining that their origins would eventually have become known.

• The First Demon Venerable recounted how his sister devised a way to bear a child free of their race’s afflictions, then sacrificed herself during Xin Qi’s birth to cleanse him and pass on her knowledge.
• The Third Demon God and Second Demon Sage vowed to protect Xin Qi, while Great Powers across the Primordial World questioned the First Demon Venerable’s reasons for revealing his secrets.
• Ren told the Immortal Heavenly Emperor that Xin Qi’s Innocent Heart made him a priceless talent, though he doubted Kunpeng would risk him as part of a scheme.
• The First Demon Venerable named the child Xin Qi and said the name represented a new beginning for their race and his sister’s hopes.
• The First Demon Venerable explained that Xin Qi’s body and Primordial Spirit held no trace of Pangu’s essence or the Heavenly Dao’s aura, and that his Innocent Heart made him the Third Demon Venerable.
• The First Demon Venerable said he had revealed their past because the world would eventually uncover the origins of the nine Human Ancestors.

The First Demon Venerable revealed the Nine-Person Race’s secrets to protect his people from suspicion and interference, and the great powers recognized his strategic move. Ren and the Immortal Heavenly Emperor discussed Xin Qi’s Innocent Heart before Ren recalled Xiaosong’s growth and placed him among the fourth generation of his Shrouding Host.

• The First Demon Venerable declared that Xin Qi had inherited none of his dead mother’s unique constitution and had become the Third Demon Venerable through his Innocent Heart.
• The First Demon Venerable explained that his sister’s Purifying Immortal Art purged mixed bloodlines while preserving and combining their strengths.
• The Second Demon Sage, the Third Demon God, and the great powers realized the First Demon Venerable had revealed the race’s secrets to protect it and clear Xin Qi’s name.
• Ren and the Immortal Heavenly Emperor discussed the First Demon Venerable’s strategy and whether Xin Qi’s rise was truly due to his Innocent Heart.
• Ren recalled bringing Xiaosong to the Primordial World and sending him to Kunlun, where his Innocent Heart and Pine Pagoda helped him advance.
• Ren described the four generations of his Shrouding Host and placed Xiaosong, Ye Tong, and Yang Xi in the fourth generation.

Ren and the other rulers ordered Xiaosong to test Xin Qi, while tensions rose at the East Sea Shore after Kong Xuan and the Demon Cult arrived. After former humans challenged the First Demon Venerable’s claim that his Nine-Person Race were Human Ancestors, he renounced the title, but an unknown attacker tried to seize Xin Qi, prompting him to fight back.

• Ren ordered Xiaosong to test Xin Qi, and Dijun, Taiyi, and the Demon Empress also called for him to be tested.
• Kong Xuan arrived at the East Sea Shore with Ying Gou, Hou Qing, and other Magical Beasts, then rebuked Winged Immortal and noticed Peacock King.
• Ying Gou and Hou Qing challenged the First Demon Venerable’s claim that the Nine-Person Race were Human Ancestors, and former humans among the Magical Beasts supported them.
• The First Demon Venerable disclaimed the Human Ancestor title and said his race had no connection to the Human Race.
• An attacker tore open space and sent a gray-furred claw toward Xin Qi, so the First Demon Venerable drew his sword and charged.

The First Demon Venerable used his powerful Sword Dao to kill hidden attackers who tried to seize Xin Qi, the Third Demon Venerable. His display failed to deter the crowd and instead drew more mysterious figures to the East Sea Shore, leaving Xin Qi surrounded by growing suspicion and danger.

• The First Demon Venerable severed a hidden attacker's claw with Sword Aura that prevented the wound from healing.
• The Second Demon Sage and the Third Demon God charged at those attacking Xin Qi, while the First Demon Venerable unleashed his Void-Slaying Sword.
• The First Demon Venerable's Sword Aura killed attackers hiding across space, including Black Obsidian and Kong Xu.
• Ren and the Immortal Heavenly Emperor praised the First Demon Venerable's Sword Dao but warned that protecting Xin Qi would intensify others' curiosity.
• More black-robed figures tore through space and gathered around Xin Qi with greedy eyes.

The First Demon Venerable refused to let Loose Cultivators examine Xin Qi, and the observers attacked the Demon Race to seize the secret of his physique. Members of the Demon God, Demon Sage, and Demon Venerable Rankings rallied together against them, leaving the Primordial World’s Great Powers alarmed by the Demon Race’s sudden unity.

• The First Demon Venerable denied that Xin Qi had inherited his younger sister’s gift and accused the observers of plotting to abduct his son.
• The First Demon Venerable, Second Demon Sage, and Third Demon God charged the observers and fought off growing waves of attackers.
• Demon Gods joined the battle to support the Third Demon God, while Ren and the others waited for answers.
• Demon Sages and Demon Venerables entered the fight to defend their leaders and Xin Qi, turning the East Sea Shore into a vast battlefield.
• The First Demon Venerable rallied the Demon Race to kill the observers, and the Great Powers watched in alarm as its three factions fought together.

The First Demon Venerable defeated a rival sword cultivator and explained how pain and severed bloodlines forged his Perfect Sword Dao, while his leadership united the Demon Race factions against the spying Loose Cultivators. After the leaders agreed to test Xin Qi with another Innocent Heart, Chuan Ying opened a Spacetime Tunnel, and Xiaosong was about to arrive.

• The First Demon Venerable cut through the rival’s Complete Sword Dao with his Perfect Sword Dao and revealed how he had cultivated it by severing his own bloodlines.
• Chuan Ying and the First Demon Sage recognized that the First Demon Venerable had united the Demon Race factions, and First Demon Sage and First Demon God Ni Jun joined the fight against the spies.
• First Demon Sage and Ni Jun agreed that Xin Qi’s origins and constitution needed testing, while Ning Fei revealed that Lord Ren had sent another young person with an Innocent Heart.
• Chuan Ying opened a Violet-Gold Divine Light Spacetime Tunnel, and Ni Jun and First Demon Sage remarked on its strategic value.
• Chuan Ying announced that Xiaosong was about to appear.

Xiaosong arrived on the battlefield and met Xin Qi, the Third Demon Venerable, and the two Innocent Hearts agreed to compete in a game. As their auras joined with the Great Dao, their contest began before the watching Great Powers.

• Xiaosong emerged from the Spacetime Tunnel, and Ning Fei directed him toward Xin Qi.
• Xiaosong and Xin Qi recognized each other as kindred Innocent Hearts, exchanged names, and agreed to play a contest.
• Xin Qi revealed that he had earned the title of Third Demon Venerable through contests he had thought were games.
• Ning Fei explained that Xiaosong had cultivated through his own understanding of heaven, earth, and the Great Dao.
• Xiaosong and Xin Qi released powerful auras that intertwined with the Great Dao as their contest began.

Xiaosong and Xin Qi unleashed Dao Diagrams that brought the Three Pure Ones and the ancient clans to life in battle. As their contest escalated, Xiaosong summoned his Pine Pagoda and announced that three thousand Purple Cloud Guests would descend.

• Xiaosong created the Three Pure Ones Diagram from the Dao meanings of the Three Pure Ones, while Xin Qi formed a Scale Armor Diagram from the Scale Armor Clan’s divine abilities.
• The diagrams transformed into the Three Pure Ones and a Nine-Clawed Golden Dragon, which clashed in the sky.
• Xin Qi expanded his attack by summoning a Kirin and a Phoenix from Beast Clan and Flying Bird Clan divine abilities to fight the Three Pure Ones.
• Onlookers marveled at the two youths reenacting a battle between the Three Pure Ones and the three ancient clans.
• Xiaosong called forth the Pine Pagoda and declared that three thousand Purple Cloud Guests would descend as violet light spread from him.

Xiaosong used his Pine Pagoda and Innocent Heart to manifest the three thousand Purple Cloud Guests, while Ren and the Immortal Heavenly Emperor explained his unusual ability to draw on the Great Dao. Xin Qi answered with his Divine Ability Hall and summoned countless Demon Race phantoms, leaving the two sides locked in an escalating battle.

• Xiaosong used the Pine Pagoda to summon three thousand Purple Cloud Guest incarnations from purple energy and Dao Rhyme.
• The Immortal Heavenly Emperor explained that Xiaosong’s Innocent Heart let him draw on the Great Dao like an Innate Dao Embryo, and Ren warned that his power depended on the Primordial World.
• Xiaosong’s incarnations overwhelmed Xin Qi’s dragon, phoenix, and kirin manifestations alongside the Three Pure Ones.
• Xin Qi summoned the Divine Ability Hall and awakened the Demon Race imprints within it.
• Countless Demon Race phantoms unleashed their divine abilities against the Purple Cloud Guests, intensifying the battle.

Dijun, Taiyi, and Ren recognized that Xin Qi’s Divine Ability Hall had been refined from the Demon-Summoning Banner, a treasure tied to the Demon Race’s rule and spiritual imprints. As Ren ordered Xiaosong to end the duel and return to Kunlun, the banner’s reappearance revived suspicion and hostility among the Demon Race factions.

• Dijun and Taiyi recognized the Demon-Summoning Banner in Xin Qi’s Divine Ability Hall and wondered how Kunpeng had acquired it from Nuwa.
• Ren identified the banner’s likely importance, told the Immortal Heavenly Emperor it could provoke a Demon Race struggle, and ordered Xiaosong to end the fight and return to Kunlun.
• The Great Powers realized Xin Qi had not inherited the special constitution, and Demon Race fighters hunted down the Loose Cultivators trying to flee.
• Ni Jun and the First Demon Sage recognized the banner’s aura and turned against each other as their alliance faltered.
• Ning Fei and Chuan Ying asked Ni Jun about the banner, but he called it an internal Demon Race matter and warned them away.

The First Demon Sage and Ni Jun agreed to seize the Demon-Summoning Banner from Xin Qi, then compete for it, while the Shrouding Host watched from the sidelines. The First Demon Sage overwhelmed Xin Qi’s Divine Ability Torrent and grabbed the Divine Ability Hall, leaving the Demon Race rankings divided over the attack.

• Ni Jun and the First Demon Sage swore to cooperate against anyone trying to take the Demon-Summoning Banner before they could compete for it themselves.
• Ning Fei and Chuan Ying said the Shrouding Host would watch the Demon Race fight among itself, while Ni Jun warned them not to get caught in the battle.
• The First Demon Sage attacked Xin Qi with a Sky-Covering Great Hand Seal as Xin Qi fought Xiaosong.
• Xin Qi unleashed the Divine Ability Torrent from the Divine Ability Hall, but the First Demon Sage destroyed it with his Blazing Sun Great Hand Seal.
• The Third Demon God and First Demon Venerable tried to intervene, but Ni Jun blocked the First Demon Venerable and stopped him from reaching Xin Qi.
• The First Demon Sage seized the Divine Ability Hall and demanded that Xin Qi give it up.

Xin Qi’s hidden power erupted when the First Demon Sage tried to seize the Demon-Summoning Banner, revealing Nuwa’s aura and marking Xin Qi as her direct disciple. Ren and the Demon Court ordered their forces to withdraw, while the First Demon Sage also called the ranked Demon Sages back.

• The First Demon Sage raised the flames on Xin Qi’s Divine Ability Hall, and Xin Qi’s power burst out, shattering the attack and injuring him.
• Zhenyuan the Great, Dijun, and Taiyi recognized Nuwa’s aura in the blast, while Ren identified Xin Qi as Nuwa’s direct disciple through the Creation Restriction.
• Ren concluded that Nuwa had made hidden arrangements and ordered the Shrouding Host to withdraw, deciding to spare Xin Qi and leave the Demon-Summoning Banner alone.
• Taiyi told Ni Jun to withdraw the Demon God Host, protect Xin Qi, and avoid attacking him because the Demon Court had promised to safeguard Nuwa’s disciples.
• The First Demon Sage ordered all Demon Sages on the Demon Sage Rankings to withdraw.

The First Demon Sage revealed a face resembling Dijun's and ordered the Demon Sages to retreat, prompting the Demon Gods and Shrouding the Heavens Ranking members to withdraw as well. As the Jie Demon Beast attacked a retreating Demon Sage, the First Demon Sage struck him down, and the furious wolf charged back at him.

• The First Demon Sage revealed his appearance, which Ni Jun and the First Demon Venerable recognized as resembling Dijun's, and ordered most Demon Sages to retreat.
• Dijun concluded that Xin Qi was part of Nuwa's plan and ordered Junjiang to settle matters quickly and return.
• The First Demon Sage opened a fiery spatial passage for the retreating Demon Sages, while Ni Jun ordered most Demon Gods to withdraw and Ning Fei led the Shrouding the Heavens Ranking members away.
• The Jie Demon Beast attacked a retreating Demon Sage, and the First Demon Sage intercepted him with a golden-flame punch that sent him crashing into the sea.
• The Jie Demon Beast recovered with moonlight and charged the First Demon Sage again, who told Kong Xuan to discipline the beast.

The First Demon Sage defeated the Jie Demon Beast with Solar True Flame and a space-solidifying technique, prompting Kong Xuan to reveal that he resembled both Dijun and Dijiang. The First Demon Sage then acknowledged his unusual bloodline as others debated how the two rivals’ essences had been fused.

• The First Demon Sage struck the enraged Jie Demon Beast with a flaming fist and sent him crashing into solidified space, breaking his bones and exposing a spatial rift.
• Kong Xuan subdued the Jie Demon Beast and sent him back to the Demon Land to enter seclusion, then challenged the First Demon Sage about his resemblance to Dijun and Dijiang.
• Witnesses concluded that the First Demon Sage had been formed by fusing Dijun’s and Dijiang’s blood essences, and Ning Fei wondered whether this explained his concealment beneath a black robe.
• Ni Jun recognized both a Golden Crow aura and a repulsive Wu Clan aura in the First Demon Sage and questioned Dijun’s role in creating him.
• The First Demon Sage retorted that Ni Jun’s own powerful body must contain fused bloodlines, while Ni Jun argued that Dijun’s fusion of his essence with Dijiang’s was stranger than Taiyi’s experiments.

The First Demon Sage explained that Nuwa created the Bloodline Fusion Method and revealed that he and Ni Jun both carried powerful fused bloodlines. He described his accidental origin, while the crowd learned how widely Taiyi’s experiments had shaped the Demon Race and continued watching the Mystic Light Mirror.

• The First Demon Sage said Nuwa devised the Bloodline Fusion Method by combining bloodlines’ strengths and discarding their weaknesses, earning the Demon Race’s reverence.
• Ren and the Immortal Heavenly Emperor reflected that the Nuwa known to them seemed very different from the Nuwa revered by the Demon Race.
• The First Demon Sage revealed that Taiyi had fused Demon Race, Wu Clan, and Barbaric Beast bloodlines, and identified Ni Jun as one of the results.
• Ni Jun admitted his body combined Battle Ape, Barbaric Beast, and Xingtian blood essence.
• The First Demon Sage recounted how Dijiang and Dijun’s blood essence fused by chance, gained Sentience, and eventually became him.
• The First Demon Sage accused many ranked Demon Gods and Demon Venerables of carrying fused bloodlines, prompting the crowd and demons to debate the method’s consequences.

After the conflict at East Sea Shore ended, the gathered hosts departed, leaving Kong Xuan and the Magical Beast Host behind. Kong Xuan again found himself unable to accomplish what he came for, and the story left him fuming at being reduced to a spectator.

• The First Demon Sage accepted that he had gained Dijun and Dijiang's essence blood by coincidence and declared that the Primordial World followed the law of the jungle.
• Chuan Ying and Junjiang postponed their planned battle, exchanged challenges, and the Shrouding Host left through Spacetime Tunnels.
• Junjiang teleported away the Demon Sages, while Ni Jun ordered the Demon God Host to withdraw from East Sea Shore.
• The Third Demon God checked on the unconscious Xin Qi, and the First Demon Venerable took him away while pondering Nuwa's Creation Restriction.
• The Magical Beast Host remained after the other forces departed, and Kong Xuan angrily realized he had once again become a mere spectator.

Kong Xuan left the East Sea Shore with Winged Immortal as the exposed First Demon Sage and Nuwa’s schemes stirred concern in the Heavenly Court. Ren visited Jinao Island, where Zhao Gongming revealed that an unexplained force was draining its Spiritual Qi, and Ren began investigating.

• Kong Xuan seized Winged Immortal and ordered the Demon Clan to return to Demon Land, while the Magical Beasts followed him away from the East Sea Shore.
• Ren and Immortal Heavenly Emperor discussed the First Demon Sage, the danger of Bloodline Fusion Art, the Wu Clan’s reaction, and the need to investigate Nuwa through Kunpeng, White Vine, and Golden Phoenix.
• Jiang Shang reported that Ren’s Sword Dao geniuses had been placed in Heaven’s Pride Tower, and Ren praised their progress before directing Jiang Shang to keep gathering geniuses.
• Ren traveled to Jinao Island, inspected the Sword Dao Legion, and heard Zhao Gongming describe how Spiritual Qi had been draining through flaws in the island’s Sword Formation.
• Ren questioned how Jinao Island’s abundant Spiritual Qi could be draining away and prepared to investigate the unexplained loss.

Ren returned to Jinao Island, promised Zhao Gongming he would investigate its leaking Spiritual Qi, and entrusted him with several hundred Sword Dao geniuses from the Martial Arts World. The newcomers began settling into the Interception Sect, while Ren stayed on the island to investigate the problem.

• Zhao Gongming told Ren that Jinao Island's Spiritual Qi was leaking and that the erosion could eventually cause its Formation Array to collapse.
• Ren summoned several hundred Sword Dao geniuses from the Heaven's Pride Tower and showed Zhao Gongming that they had all condensed Sword Hearts.
• Ren asked Zhao Gongming to teach the newcomers cultivation basics and Interception Sect Sword Techniques, leaving them to comprehend the Sword Dao themselves.
• Ren welcomed the Sword Dao geniuses to Jinao Island, and they said that cultivating the Sword Dao was their greatest happiness.
• Zhao Gongming arranged for Dao attendants to care for the newcomers, while Ren stayed on Jinao Island to investigate the Spiritual Qi leakage.

After emerging from seclusion, Ren refined the cultivation methods and abilities he had gained in Eternal Life and arranged for them to be shared with senior members of the Shrouding Host. He then discovered that Yuding Zhenren had come to Jinao Island to teach sword prodigies from the Myriad Worlds.

• Ren completed a long seclusion, refining the Great Dao Scripture, the Three Thousand Divine Abilities, and his Supreme Divine Abilities without advancing beyond Quasi-Saint Peak.
• Ren asked Firmament to pass his organized divine abilities and secret arts to Ye Fan, Ruthless, and the first and second generations of the Shrouding Host, but not the younger third and fourth generations.
• Ren sensed a distinctive Sword Aura on Jinao Island and recognized it as Yuding Zhenren's.
• Ren went to the Interception Sect Plaza, where Yuding was teaching swordsmanship to hundreds of sword prodigies.
• Zhao Gongming told Ren that he had invited Yuding because the prodigies had quickly outgrown his basic instruction and begun studying and cultivating on their own.

Ren reunited with Yuding Zhenren on Jinao Island, where Yuding was teaching the Sword Dao geniuses Ren had gathered. As they shared wine in Biyou Garden, Yuding asked where Ren had found them and learned that Ren hoped they would inherit the Interception Sect’s sword arts.

• Zhao Gongming told Ren that Yuding Zhenren had stayed on Jinao Island to teach the Sword Dao geniuses, while Zhao discovered a talent for alchemy.
• Ren learned that Duobao was investigating the loss of Spiritual Qi from Jinao Island and agreed that he should find its cause rather than merely repair the formation.
• Yuding Zhenren watched the Sword Dao geniuses practice, praised their comprehension, and warmly reunited with Ren.
• Zhao Gongming invited Ren and Yuding to Biyou Garden, where they began catching up over wine.
• Yuding asked where Ren had found the Sword Dao geniuses, and Ren explained that he had gathered them from secret realms or cultivated them through special secret arts so they could inherit the Interception Sect’s sword legacy.