Chapter Summaries

Gu Sheng rescued Yun Tianyi, sent Mu Yuanyuan and the others away, then returned to the Demon Suppressing Sect ruins and stole the Vajra Demon Suppressing Bell amid the battle. Lu Shu and Lin Tianhao exposed his escape and pursued him, while Zhao Honglie secretly weakened Zhu Hong and took an interest in his body and soul.

• Yun Tianyi tried to help Gu Sheng but was gravely wounded by Zhu Hong, so Gu Sheng saved him with a Yellow Grade High Rank pill and entrusted him to Mu Yuanyuan.
• Gu Sheng gave Mu Yuanyuan three pills, urged her group to leave, and returned alone to the ruins using the Shadow Concealment Art.
• Lu Shu and Lin Tianhao fought Zhu Hong as minor-family forces surged toward the Vajra Demon Suppressing Bell, and Zhu Hong burned his essence blood and lifespan to grow stronger.
• Zhao Honglie secretly sent black light into Zhu Hong, weakening him; Lu Shu and Lin Tianhao then struck him down while Gu Sheng took the bell and tried to escape.
• Lin Tianhao revealed Gu Sheng with golden tracking powder, and Lu Shu marked him with a red arrow that burst into mist as he fled.

After the others left the Demon Suppressing Sect ruins, Zhao Honglie revealed his demonic transformation and unleashed Holy Demon Race methods to devour Zhu Hong’s body and soul. He broke through the ancient formation and swallowed a drop of Demon General’s Essence Blood, but its power began overwhelming the Demon Seed within him.

• Gu Sheng escaped after Lu Shu and Lin Tianhao marked him, and the two returned to the ruins and pretended they had failed to catch him.
• The Governor’s Mansion, Thousand Poisons Sect, Haoyang Sect, and Great Sword Sect searched the ruins, found nothing, and departed.
• Zhao Honglie sealed the entrance, revealed his altered body, devoured Zhu Hong’s corpse, extracted his soul, and consumed it.
• Zhao Honglie spread demonic qi through the ruins and spent a day and a night breaking the formation that suppressed the underground demonic blood.
• Zhao Honglie restrained and swallowed a drop of Demon General’s Essence Blood, but its power began destroying his body and suppressing his Demon Seed.

Zhao Honglie stabilized the Demon General's Essence Blood and began refining it, while Gu Sheng discovered the powers of the Demon Suppressing Golden Scroll and Vajra Demon Suppressing Bell. The bell showed Gu Sheng a vision of Kong Hui sacrificing himself to seal the Nine-Winged Sacred Demon, leaving Gu Sheng with a glimpse of the bell's history.

• Zhao Honglie used the Demon Seed's methods to cage the Demon General's Essence Blood and began refining its essence.
• Gu Sheng failed to wash away Lin Tianhao and Lu Shu's marks, then activated the Demon Suppressing Golden Scroll with spiritual energy and was nearly crushed by its pressure.
• Gu Sheng discovered that studying the Vajra Demon Suppressing Bell's runes accelerated his cultivation, but touching it caused the bell to draw his blood and transport him to a hazy space.
• Gu Sheng witnessed Kong Hui refuse the Nine-Winged Sacred Demon's offer to join the Sacred Demon Clan and fight back with his prayer beads.
• Kong Hui used the Vajra Demon Suppressing Bell to trap the Nine-Winged Sacred Demon and sacrificed himself to fuel its golden flames.

Kong Hui’s relic entered Gu Sheng’s dantian, where the Vajra Demon Suppressing Bell contained its power and left him with two profound cultivation methods. After Gu Sheng discovered that Lu Shu had come alone to seize the treasures, they began fighting, and he countered her Thousand Swords Return to One with the Gale Nine Swords.

• Kong Hui’s relic entered Gu Sheng’s dantian, and a miniature Vajra Demon Suppressing Bell contained its overwhelming energy.
• Gu Sheng woke with the Prajna Heart Sutra and Golden Light Palm in his mind, then worried about the major powers pursuing the treasures after he left the Chiyun Secret Domain.
• Lu Shu appeared alone and demanded that Gu Sheng hand over the Vajra Demon Suppressing Bell and Demon Suppressing Golden Scroll.
• Gu Sheng used his sword aura to break Lu Shu’s Wave Breaker and disrupt her sword momentum.
• Lu Shu unleashed Thousand Swords Return to One, but Gu Sheng answered with the Gale Nine Swords and launched a counterattack aimed at killing her.

Gu Sheng and Lu Shu fought fiercely in the Chiyun Secret Domain, each using treasures and desperate techniques as Lu Shu tried to escape. Gu Sheng ultimately shot her with the Zhuge Crossbow, and she died warning him that her father would take revenge on him and the Saint Pill Sect.

• Gu Sheng's Gale Nine Swords shattered Lu Shu's sword intent, but she blocked the attack with Spirit Steel Silk and fled after threatening him.
• Gu Sheng restrained Lu Shu with the Water Cold Sword's gravity domain, survived her explosive spheres, and refused to let her escape.
• Lu Shu swallowed a pill that greatly increased her strength, broke the gravity domain, and trapped Gu Sheng in a net that prevented him from using his power.
• Gu Sheng activated the Demon Suppressing Golden Scroll, suppressing both of them until its spiritual energy ran out, then cut himself free and resumed pursuing Lu Shu.
• As Lu Shu's pill weakened, Gu Sheng kept his distance and fired the Zhuge Crossbow until its bolts pierced her armor and fatally wounded her.
• Lu Shu stopped fleeing and warned Gu Sheng that her father would avenge her and destroy the Saint Pill Sect before she died.

After killing Lu Shu, Gu Sheng fled Lin Tianhao and Haoyang Sect’s pursuit, then agreed to cooperate with Lin Tianhao to reach a guarded spirit stone mine. Lin Tianhao insisted they first settle who would hold the Demon Suppressing Golden Scroll and Vajra Demon Suppressing Bell, leaving their partnership unresolved.

• Gu Sheng killed Lu Shu, took her armor and valuables, burned her corpse, and fled the Demon Suppressing Sect ruins.
• After running for three days, Gu Sheng encountered Lin Tianhao leading eleven Haoyang Sect disciples and escaped with his Wind Riding Boots.
• Lin Tianhao sent the disciples to wait and approached Gu Sheng alone, explaining that he wanted to discuss cooperation rather than keep pursuing him.
• Lin Tianhao revealed that a Wind Fire Giant Bird guarded a large spirit stone mine and swore to give Gu Sheng forty percent of the spirit stones they obtained together.
• Gu Sheng proposed postponing their dispute over the two treasures, but Lin Tianhao insisted they exchange one move to decide who would hold them.

Gu Sheng sparred with Lin Tianhao, narrowly winning their one-move contest and earning his respect before joining the Haoyang Sect group on a journey to a spirit stone vein. After seven days, they reached a valley filled with dense spiritual energy and prepared to face its demon-blood beasts, including a dangerous Wind Fire Giant Bird.

• Gu Sheng and Lin Tianhao each unleashed one powerful martial art, and Gu Sheng won by a narrow margin when Lin Tianhao admitted defeat.
• Lin Tianhao invited Gu Sheng to join the expedition to the spirit stone vein, and Gu Sheng agreed to travel with the Haoyang Sect disciples.
• Lin Tianhao led the group through the Chiyun Secret Domain, avoiding dangerous restrictions and teaching Gu Sheng how to identify them.
• After seven days of travel, the group reached a valley filled with dense Spiritual Power mist, and Lin Tianhao told them to rest before entering.
• Lin Tianhao warned Gu Sheng that the Wind Fire Giant Bird inside the valley could threaten the entire group if they failed to defeat it.

Gu Sheng and Lin Tianhao entered the valley with Haoyang Sect disciples, fought through waves of demon-blooded beasts, and confronted the Wind Fire Giant Bird. After injuring it and briefly grounding it, they watched it regain the air and switch to cautious hit-and-run attacks.

• Lin Tianhao led Gu Sheng and the Haoyang Sect disciples into the valley, where the disciples killed a herd of savage bulls and then battled wild boars.
• More than a hundred demon-blooded beasts charged from the valley, and the Haoyang Sect disciples used weakened Earthburst Heavenly Stars before attacking the horde.
• The Wind Fire Giant Bird arrived, and Gu Sheng and Lin Tianhao wounded its wings with their sword and spear attacks.
• The Wind Fire Giant Bird unleashed its Flowing Fire Sky Curtain and Wrathful Wind, while Gu Sheng countered with the Gale Nine Swords and Lin Tianhao attacked with his spear.
• Gu Sheng used a Spirit Sac to create a gravity field that forced the Wind Fire Giant Bird down, but the field soon failed and the bird escaped into the sky.
• The Wind Fire Giant Bird began circling above Gu Sheng and Lin Tianhao, diving to attack before quickly retreating out of their reach.

Gu Sheng and Lin Tianhao killed the Wind Fire Giant Bird and cleared the valley’s demon-blood beasts, though Lin Tianhao was badly wounded. The Haoyang Sect began mining the spirit stone vein, and after four days they uncovered exceptionally high-quality spirit stones, leaving Gu Sheng and Lin Tianhao eager to learn how large the reserve was.

• Lin Tianhao drew the Wind Fire Giant Bird into a direct fight, allowing Gu Sheng to shoot it down with the Zhuge Crossbow, but the dying beast severely wounded Lin Tianhao.
• Gu Sheng treated Lin Tianhao and helped the Haoyang Sect disciples defeat the remaining demon-blood beasts in the valley.
• The group reached the spirit stone vein, and the Haoyang Sect disciples began excavating while Gu Sheng cultivated nearby and improved several martial arts.
• Four days later, a Haoyang Sect disciple found a spirit stone, and Lin Tianhao handed it to Gu Sheng after estimating the vein held at least a thousand stones of similar quality.

Zhao Honglie condensed the Holy Demon Body, escaped the Demon Suppressing Sect ruins, and gave Kang Tai a Demon Seed that greatly increased his strength. Kang Tai tracked down Gu Sheng’s hiding place and prepared to seize the Demon Suppressing Golden Scroll before the Chiyun Secret Domain closed.

• Gu Sheng returned Lin Tianhao’s spirit stone, then kept it to study spiritual energy as spirit-stone mining accelerated at the Demon Suppressing Sect ruins.
• Zhao Honglie condensed the Holy Demon Body, reopened the ruins’ entrance, and returned to the Chiyun Secret Domain.
• Zhao Honglie gave Kang Tai a Demon Seed, which transformed Kang Tai’s body, and sealed Kang Tai’s demonic qi while giving him concealment methods.
• Kang Tai searched for Gu Sheng with help from Thousand Poisons Sect disciples and a Soul Fragrance Butterfly, following Lan Liu’s trail to a valley.
• Kang Tai found Lan Liu watching the valley where Gu Sheng and the Haoyang Sect had remained for over a month, and declared that he would take the Demon Suppressing Golden Scroll from Gu Sheng.

Kang Tai entered the valley with Lan Liu and challenged Gu Sheng and Lin Tianhao, emboldened by the demonic power of the Demon Seed. He overwhelmed Lin Tianhao and shattered his strongest spear attack, leaving Gu Sheng to recognize the same terrifying power he had seen before.

• Kang Tai ignored Lan Liu’s warnings and marched into the valley to claim the Demon Suppressing Golden Scroll, the Vajra Demon Suppressing Bell, and the spirit stones.
• Gu Sheng sensed an unusually threatening presence approaching, and Kang Tai appeared with Lan Liu and demanded the treasures and spirit stones from Lin Tianhao.
• Lin Tianhao confronted Kang Tai, but Kang Tai matched his spear with bare fists strengthened by black light and mysterious runes.
• Kang Tai unleashed greater power and broke Lin Tianhao’s Yellow Dragon Breaking Formation Spear with his fists.
• Gu Sheng recognized Kang Tai’s power as the same demonic force he had seen on Zhao Honglie, while Lan Liu marveled at Kang Tai’s strength.

Gu Sheng and Lin Tianhao fought Kang Tai, whose Demon Seed-enhanced strength overwhelmed their attacks. When Kang Tai tried to consume Gu Sheng’s soul, the Vajra Demon Suppressing Bell’s golden light awakened Gu Sheng’s Prajna Heart Sutra, which began burning Kang Tai as Gu Sheng chanted.

• Lan Liu cheered Kang Tai on as he advanced on Lin Tianhao, and Gu Sheng joined the fight with the Water Cold Sword’s gravity domain.
• Gu Sheng and Lin Tianhao attacked Kang Tai together, but Kang Tai strengthened his short saber with his black blood and broke through their techniques.
• Gu Sheng activated Once Blood Burst and fought Kang Tai at close range, but Kang Tai eventually injured Lin Tianhao and struck Gu Sheng in the chest.
• Kang Tai grabbed Gu Sheng and tried to overwhelm his mind with black blood, but the Vajra Demon Suppressing Bell shone from Gu Sheng’s brow and burned the blood away.
• Gu Sheng began chanting the Prajna Heart Sutra, healing Lin Tianhao and inflicting severe pain on Kang Tai, while Lan Liu tried to attack Gu Sheng and Lin Tianhao’s thrown spear broke her shoulder.
• Golden light fell upon Kang Tai as Gu Sheng continued chanting, burning his black skin and filling the area with his screams.

Kang Tai broke free of Zhao Honglie’s restraint and attacked Gu Sheng, but the Vajra Demon Suppressing Bell trapped and destroyed him. Gu Sheng later woke after seven days, learned that Lin Tianhao had concealed his role in the battle, and insisted on the agreed spirit-stone split after the Haoyang Sect finished mining.

• Kang Tai’s demonic energy surged back, and he transformed, broke free of Zhao Honglie’s restraint, and attacked Gu Sheng.
• The Vajra Demon Suppressing Bell shielded Gu Sheng, trapped Kang Tai, and burned him away; Gu Sheng then fainted from mental exhaustion.
• Lin Tianhao told the Haoyang Sect disciples that he and Gu Sheng had killed Kang Tai together, and ordered them to finish mining within ten days.
• Gu Sheng woke after seven days, ate, and heard Lin Tianhao recount how the Vajra Demon Suppressing Bell had saved them; Lin Tianhao promised to help protect him.
• The Haoyang Sect disciples completed the mining three days later, and Lin Tianhao offered Gu Sheng half the spirit stones, but Gu Sheng insisted on their agreed forty-sixty split.

Gu Sheng and Lin Tianhao traveled to the source of a powerful seven-colored light, where factions gathered to compete for an ancient black banner. As Gu Sheng sensed something ominous about it, Zhao Honglie prepared to use the crowd as fodder for his Myriad Souls Banner.

• Gu Sheng and Lin Tianhao agreed to join forces and pursue the new treasure, while Lin Tianhao concealed what he knew about Lu Shu from Lu Yun.
• Gu Sheng reassured Yun Tianyi that the Demon Suppressing Golden Scroll and Vajra Demon Suppressing Bell were safe, and Lin Tianhao recruited the Mu, Zhou, and Wu Families to his side.
• Lu Yun united the Governor's Mansion, the Thousand Poisons Sect, the Mad Saber Sect, and the Qian Family to oppose Lin Tianhao's alliance.
• Gu Sheng sensed a disturbing aura from the black banner and felt an unexplained sense of danger as the gathered factions waited for the seven-colored light to fade.
• Zhao Honglie watched the crowd from hiding and announced that it was time to harvest souls for his Myriad Souls Banner.

Gu Sheng and the other factions competed for the Myriad Souls Banner, but Zhao Honglie revealed himself as its owner and sprung a trap. The group became trapped inside his formation as Zhao Honglie transformed and declared that he would absorb them into the Sacred Demon Clan.

• Gu Sheng defeated Qian Duoduo with a single sword strike, and Linghu Qingwan withdrew from the competition.
• Gu Sheng pursued the Myriad Souls Banner, but Zhao Honglie seized it and Gu Sheng recognized him as the source of the danger.
• Gu Sheng warned everyone that the banner was bait and urged the factions to flee; Lin Tianhao and the others followed his lead.
• Zhao Honglie activated a formation that raised black mist barriers around the fleeing crowd, and Gu Sheng could not break through with Gale Nine Swords.
• Zhao Honglie transformed into a monster with four pairs of bone wings and told the trapped crowd they would become part of the Sacred Demon Clan.

Zhao Honglie trapped the crowd inside his formation and devoured several people to grow stronger, forcing Gu Sheng and Lin Tianhao to lead a desperate counterattack. Gu Sheng and Lin Tianhao damaged Zhao Honglie’s Sacred Demon Shattering Mountain Fist, giving the survivors hope as the battle continued.

• Zhao Honglie seized and devoured several people, strengthening his demonic energy and terrifying the rest of the crowd.
• Gu Sheng and Lin Tianhao failed to break Zhao Honglie’s barrier, so they united the Governor’s Mansion and the three schools to attack him instead.
• Gu Sheng kept the Silver Bone Realm disciples back to prevent Zhao Honglie from gaining strength by devouring them, then joined Lin Tianhao’s charge.
• Zhao Honglie unleashed the Sacred Demon Shattering Mountain Fist, and Gu Sheng and Lin Tianhao used their strongest techniques to meet it.
• Gu Sheng’s Gale Nine Swords and Lin Tianhao’s Yellow Dragon Breaking Formation Spear cracked the demonic fist, and Linghu Qingwan rallied the survivors to keep fighting.

Gu Sheng used the Demon Suppressing Golden Scroll to weaken Zhao Honglie, but the Myriad Souls Banner trapped him before he could strike again. The Vajra Demon Suppressing Bell awakened and empowered Gu Sheng’s Prajna Heart Sutra, destroying the banner and leaving Zhao Honglie exposed to its purifying runes.

• Gu Sheng activated the Demon Suppressing Golden Scroll with four spirit stones, forcing Zhao Honglie and himself to the ground as its golden light burned away Zhao Honglie’s demonic energy.
• As the scroll’s suppression threatened to crush Gu Sheng, the Vajra Demon Suppressing Bell appeared between his brows and shielded him.
• When the golden light faded, Zhao Honglie trapped Gu Sheng in the Myriad Souls Banner and raised a black curtain to hold back Lin Tianhao and the others.
• Zhao Honglie began refining Gu Sheng into a demon puppet, but the Vajra Demon Suppressing Bell enveloped Gu Sheng and burned away the demonic chains.
• Gu Sheng’s body chanted the Prajna Heart Sutra, and its swastika runes shattered the Myriad Souls Banner, badly injuring Zhao Honglie.
• The runes then struck Zhao Honglie, suppressing his demonic power and rapidly removing the blackness from his body.

Zhao Honglie broke through to the Marrow Refining Realm, but the Chiyun Secret Domain’s laws expelled him and everyone else. After Gu Sheng was rescued, the Governor’s Mansion suspected him of causing Lu Shu’s death and learned that he possessed two treasure weapons beyond the mystic grade.

• Zhao Honglie refined the Demon General’s Essence Blood, broke through to the Marrow Refining Realm, and attacked Lin Tianhao and the others as he absorbed spiritual energy.
• The Chiyun Secret Domain’s laws rejected Zhao Honglie and forced him out; outside, he escaped after Wen Mingyan and the other faction leaders attacked him.
• The secret domain expelled the remaining cultivators, and Wen Mingyan found Gu Sheng unconscious beside the badly injured Lin Tianhao.
• Lin Tianhao urged Wen Mingyan and Yun Tianyi to leave quickly, warning that events involving Gu Sheng could make the Saint Pill Sect a target.
• Lu Feng and Lu Yun accused Gu Sheng of being connected to Lu Shu’s disappearance and revealed that he had reached the Gold Bone Realm and possessed two treasure weapons beyond the mystic grade.
• The chief steward of the Governor’s Mansion ordered everyone to return so the Governor could decide how to handle the matter.

Gu Sheng and Wen Mingyan reached the Saint Pill Sect while rival forces pursued Gu Sheng and coveted the Demon Suppressing Golden Scroll and Vajra Demon Suppressing Bell. The Saint Pill Sect used its protective formation to bring Gu Sheng safely inside, then began preparing for a confrontation as Gu Sheng investigated his newly acquired treasures.

• Jiang Bai attacked Gu Sheng and Wen Mingyan outside the Saint Pill Sect, demanding that Gu Sheng answer for Lu Shu's death.
• Gu Sheng revealed the Demon Suppressing Golden Scroll and Vajra Demon Suppressing Bell to defend himself until Lu Junyi arrived with reinforcements and drove Jiang Bai away.
• Leaders and representatives from numerous factions gathered and argued over the treasures, so Lu Junyi activated the Saint Pill Sect's protective formation and escorted his people back inside.
• Lu Junyi and Wen Mingyan discovered they could not remove the Vajra Demon Suppressing Bell from Gu Sheng, and Wen Mingyan ordered him to remain within the sect.
• Lin Zhenghao negotiated cooperation between the Haoyang Sect and the Saint Pill Sect in exchange for Wen Mingyan's sword-intent insights and other benefits.
• Gu Sheng examined the treasures and tried to activate both with the spiritual energy he could mobilize, but neither responded.

Gu Sheng advanced his cultivation while Zhao Honglie recruited Shi Jianyi and coerced Dai Sen into luring him to the Chiyun Mountain Range. Gu Sheng’s group encountered a Gold Bone Realm Lightning Bird, and the chapter left them fighting it as Zhao Honglie watched from a distance.

• Gu Sheng tested the Demon Suppressing Golden Scroll with a spirit stone, startling Shi Jianyi, who fled after being struck by a falling branch.
• Zhao Honglie forced Shi Jianyi to swallow a Demon Seed and ordered him to gather intelligence on the Saint Pill Sect.
• Qin Xue broke through, and a month later Gu Sheng reached the middle stage of the Gold Bone Realm before celebrating with his companions at Fragrant Pavilion.
• Zhao Honglie ordered Shi Jianyi to bring Dai Sen to him, then forced Dai Sen to swallow a Soul Control Pill and command him to lure Gu Sheng to the Chiyun Mountain Range.
• Dai Sen persuaded Lin Miaomiao to invite Gu Sheng on a hunt, and Gu Sheng led Dai Sen, Lin Miaomiao, Huang Miaoyin, and Mo Jianwen into the mountains.
• A Gold Bone Realm Lightning Bird attacked the group, and Gu Sheng struck its wing with an arrow while Zhao Honglie watched from a distant cliff.