Chapter Summaries

Xu Chuan arranged for Mei Yun and Xu Wenxi to travel together, and they returned willing to become Dao companions and held a wedding in Dongxi. Meanwhile, Xu Dewen formed a Golden Core in Demon Warden City and plundered the Sima Clan estate; as the great calamity approached, the forces of the Northwest gathered at Taihe Lake and the Blackwater Domain’s demonic cultivators reached the heaven-sealing formation.

• Xu Jingwu began researching cultivation using essence-blood samples collected from Xu Bai, Xu Ying, Xu Hei, Xu Deling, Xu Deyue, and other clan members.
• Mei Yun gained control over his constitution’s involuntary absorption of fortune, and Xu Chuan restored his youthful appearance before introducing him to Xu Wenxi as a travel companion and potential Dao companion.
• Xu Deheng learned that Mei Yun was a Golden Core cultivator with an unusual constitution possibly connected to fortune, and Xu Mingxuan approved of the match for their branch.
• Mei Yun and Xu Wenxi traveled together, returned without objecting to becoming Dao companions, and held a grand wedding in Dongxi.
• Xu Dewen formed a Golden Core in Demon Warden City, reaching the second layer, then accepted a Sima Clan invitation and plundered its estate before escaping and hiding in Great Jin.
• The Xu Household recalled its covert operatives as Northwest forces gathered at Taihe Lake and Blackwater Domain demonic cultivators arrived outside the heaven-sealing grand formation.

Demonic cultivators gathered at the Black Prison Marsh and entered the Land of Imprisonment, while Southern Heaven’s factions set out for the War Between the Two Domains. Old Devil Wu reached a village, slaughtered everyone there with his Blood Corpses, and flew off to find more victims.

• Foundation Establishment and Golden Core demonic cultivators entered the Land of Imprisonment, while Nascent Soul cultivators gathered outside the Heaven-Sealing Grand Formation and awaited the Primordial Battlefield.
• Sun Zhantian asked Moyue whether Xu Mingxian was with the Azure Dragon Prefecture’s contingent, and Moyue told him that the Xu Household had already set out ahead of everyone.
• Zhang Daoran ordered Southern Heaven’s spell boats to depart for the battlefield, while demonic cultivators spread out through the region.
• Old Devil Wu trapped a village beneath a blood-colored formation and unleashed his five Blood Corpses on its inhabitants.
• Old Devil Wu watched the Blood Corpses kill every villager, then headed toward more villages and nearby settlements.

The Blackwater Domain demonic cultivators began slaughtering Great Jin and Great Liang, while a massive demon-beast tide poured out of the Ten Thousand Mountains and devastated villages and towns. Xu Chuan confirmed the calamity with Xu Dewen, who engaged a pursuing Golden Core demonic cultivator but realized the battle could attract other enemies.

• Old Devil Wu sent Blood Corpses to massacre defenders in a small town, while demonic cultivators across Great Jin slaughtered civilians and cultivators.
• Millions of beasts and demon beasts surged out of the Ten Thousand Mountains, overrunning villages and attacking county towns as their defenders fell.
• Xu Chuan sensed the calamity had begun and contacted Xu Dewen, who confirmed the Blackwater Domain cultivators were treating the land's inhabitants as livestock.
• Xu Chuan warned Xu Dewen that everyone entering the Land of Imprisonment before the Primordial Battlefield manifested was a sacrifice and told him not to play the hero.
• Xu Dewen turned to confront the Golden Core demonic cultivator pursuing him, surrounding the man with Blood Corpses and unleashing his Yin Soul Ghost King and yin souls.
• The gray-haired cultivator fought back with a Flying Sword and bone shield, then warned that the battle could draw other Golden Core demonic cultivators; Xu Dewen realized he had overlooked that danger.

Xu Chuan rescued Xu Dewen from the demonic cultivator Yun Huan and used Xu Dewen’s soul-devouring ability to learn about the Blackwater Domain’s powers. After Xu Dewen absorbed Yun Huan’s soul, he shared its memories, leaving Xu Chuan with new information about the region’s dominant factions but no knowledge of Spirit Transformation powers.

• Xu Chuan gathered the Xu Household’s Golden Core cultivators, assigned who would stay or travel during the demon calamity, and warned them not to risk the clan by saving others recklessly.
• Xu Chuan and Xu Mingxuan disguised themselves and went to aid Xu Dewen, who was being cornered by Yun Huan of the Joyous Union Sect.
• Xu Chuan trapped Yun Huan with his blood corpses and yin souls, subdued him, and discovered that a restriction prevented him from searching Yun Huan’s soul directly.
• Xu Dewen devoured Yun Huan’s soul, greatly strengthened his spiritual consciousness, and learned about the Blackwater Domain’s factions and their exploitation of people and their remains.
• Xu Dewen told Xu Chuan that four powers dominated the Blackwater Domain and named other influential sects, but he had found no information about Spirit Transformation powers.

Xu Chuan and Xu Mingxuan hunted opportunities amid the Great Calamity, and Xu Chuan defeated Old Devil Wu and took control of his Blood Corpses. The chapter left Ye Fan, Xu Deyue, and Mei Yun watching Great Liang’s Imperial Capital come under attack by demon beasts and Golden Core demonic cultivators.

• Xu Chuan gave Xu Dewen magic treasures, pills, and corpse-refining materials, then left him to build his strength on his own.
• Xu Chuan and Xu Mingxuan traveled southwest, witnessed the devastation of the Great Calamity, and Xu Chuan killed demonic cultivators and beasts they encountered.
• Xu Chuan broke Old Devil Wu’s blood formation, killed him, and seized his Blood Corpses and the Ninefold Corpse Liberation Art.
• Xu Chuan used Old Devil Wu’s essence blood and souls to strengthen his forces, then followed Xu Mingxuan toward another promising opportunity.
• Ye Fan, Xu Deyue, and Mei Yun held back from attacking Great Liang’s Imperial Capital as demon beasts and Golden Core demonic cultivators laid siege to its protective formation.

Mei Yun drained the imperial fortune empowering Great Liang’s city formation, allowing the attackers to bring down the barrier and unleash a massacre across the capital. Ye Fan, Xu Deyue, and Mei Yun withdrew to the palace’s stronger defenses, while the Zhao Clan struggled against a vast beast horde and faced the arrival of a powerful flood dragon.

• Liu Qiankun used the Nine Dragon Seal to strengthen Great Liang’s city formation, but Mei Yun absorbed its imperial fortune while Ye Fan and Xu Deyue protected him from the defenders.
• Cao Jiyi and Sima Chengdao drew the northern demonic cultivators and western demon beasts to the southern gate, where the three attacking forces agreed to work together against the formation.
• Liu Qiankun abandoned the city formation’s enhancement, and the combined assault by the demonic cultivators, demon beasts, Ye Fan, Xu Deyue, and Mei Yun shattered the barrier.
• The demonic cultivators plundered the capital and the beasts slaughtered its inhabitants; Ye Fan, Xu Deyue, and Mei Yun avoided the fighting and went to the Imperial Palace’s stronger formation.
• At the Zhao Clan grounds, Zhao Guanyuan and Zhao Tieshan sacrificed themselves with other defenders to hold back the beast horde as Zhao Qiyang and the Black Cloud Spirit Leopard fought two third-rank beasts.
• A massive dark green flood dragon arrived over the Zhao Clan battlefield, drawing the attention of the humans and demon beasts alike.

Xu Chuan returned to Dongxi after destroying Great Liang’s ruling powers and gathering their fortune, only to learn that his family had already killed three Blackwater Domain demonic cultivators. As invasions spread through Great Wei and the Immortal-Martial Alliance, Dongxi prepared for the attackers’ arrival while Xu Chuan secluded himself to practice a secret art.

• Xu Chuan gave Mei Yun the Nine Dragon Seal, allowing him to seal Great Liang’s remaining fortune, then searched the imperial palace’s Treasure Vault and led his group back to Dongxi.
• Two Golden Core demonic cultivators arrived at the ruined imperial palace, found traces of a battle, and decided to investigate the Xu Household as a two-headed demonic bird approached.
• Three Blackwater Domain demonic cultivators reached Dongxi, where Xu Deling, Xu Mingwei, and Ming Shu emerged and killed them; Xu Deling awakened her fire phoenix bloodline and Xu Mingwei used an arrow to kill the Blue-Robed Youth.
• Xu Chuan returned and accepted the demonic cultivators’ remnant souls, essence blood, and golden cores, while his family sorted the spoils and discussed the spreading devastation beyond Dongxi.
• Xu Chuan entered seclusion to practice the Ninefold Understanding Art as attacks struck Great Wei and the Immortal-Martial Alliance; messages seeking aid from Dongxi could not get through.

The great calamity swept across Prisonland as demon beasts and demonic cultivators overwhelmed the commanderies, while the Xu Household sheltered refugees in Dongxi. The Zhou Household fell, and the Black Cloud Spirit Leopard reached Dongxi with a pursuer, whom the Xu Household killed inside its formation.

• The Immortal-Martial Alliance and Great Wei Imperial Capital came under siege, and Lei Yunchao revealed that the thousand-year calamity was part of Prisonland’s cycle of destruction.
• A third-rank Earth Dragon Rhino broke the Zhou Household’s formation; Zhou Qingfang sacrificed himself, and Zhou Zongran fled to Dongxi, where the Xu Household rescued him from an Iron-Feathered Azure Roc.
• Xu Chonghui told the gathered refugees that the great calamity had begun and that Dongxi would shelter them unless they left to search for their clans.
• The Black Cloud Spirit Leopard entered Dongxi’s Cloudsky Illusion Formation while fleeing Zhongli He, and Mingwei, Xu Chuan, and others killed the Golden Core demonic cultivator with arrows and the Profound Heaviness Seal.
• Mingxuan collected Zhongli He’s magic treasures and strengthened the Seven-Treasure Glazed Pagoda’s defenses; the Black Cloud Spirit Leopard told Zhao Qingyan that the Zhao Clan had fallen.

Xu Chuan confronted seven Blackwater Domain demonic cultivators and five third-rank demon beasts outside Dongxi, killing one cultivator and driving the others away before the demon beasts attacked the Xu Household. The Xu family used its formation and Golden Core fighters to wipe out the invading beasts, while the demonic cultivators waited outside, unable to see what was happening inside.

• Xu Chuan gave Xu Dewen the incomplete Violet-Luo Baleful Sky Lamp and warned him to keep it secret, then returned to Dongxi as demon beasts and Blackwater Domain cultivators gathered outside.
• Xu Chuan killed a black-robed demonic cultivator who attacked him, then persuaded the remaining cultivators to withdraw from the fighting and watch from afar.
• The five third-rank demon beasts led a massive beast tide into the Cloudsky Illusion Formation, where Xu Mingxian divided the invaders and attacked them with formations and mist-made Cloud Soldiers.
• Xu Deling, Xu Mingwei, Xu Mingyuan, Xu Deyue, Xu Mingheng, Ye Fan, Xu Mingqing, Xu Mingshu, Xu Ying, Mei Yun, and the dragon crocodile demon spirit fought the five third-rank beasts.
• The Xu Household defeated the beast tide, collected the corpses and materials, and left the Blackwater Domain cultivators outside Dongxi wondering what had happened inside the formation.

Xu Chuan prepared Dongxi for an approaching demon beast army, then lured its leaders into the Cloudsky Illusion Formation and revealed a hidden force of blood corpses and ghosts. The slaughter began with Dongxi holding the advantage over the trapped beasts.

• Blackwater Domain demonic cultivators watched from afar as more than thirty third-rank demon beasts and a vast horde of lesser beasts gathered outside Dongxi.
• Xu Chuan assembled Dongxi’s people, assigned battle formations, and warned them that the true calamity was arriving.
• The demon beast army attacked, but the Cloudsky Illusion Formation let the third-rank beasts enter while keeping the lesser horde outside.
• Xu Chuan revealed nine peak third-rank Profound Yin Blood Corpses and five third-rank ghost creatures, making the demon beasts realize they had been lured into a trap.
• Xu Chuan ordered the trapped beasts killed, and Xu Deling, Xu Mingwei, Xu Mingxuan, and the others began overwhelming their opponents.

The Xu Household annihilated a massive beast tide at Dongxi, while Xu Chuan’s strength deterred nearby demonic cultivators and the Twin-Headed Blackflame Sparrow. The clan recovered from its victory as another ominous scene appeared outside the Azure Sea Forest.

• Xu Mingwei killed the early third-rank demon beasts, and Xu Chuan killed the Abyssal Poison Flood Dragon with the Profound Heaviness Seal after striking its soul with spiritual consciousness.
• Xu Deling and the others finished off the remaining demon beasts, while Xu Chuan recalled his Blood Corpses and ghost creatures and joined the battle; the Xu Household then defeated the beast tide after Xu Mingxian repeatedly admitted more beasts through the formation.
• Tao and the other demonic cultivators abandoned their plans to raid Dongxi after realizing the Xu Household’s formation and forces were too dangerous to challenge.
• Xu Chuan and Xu Mingxian discussed the absent Twin-Headed Blackflame Sparrow, and Xu Chuan began refining Demon Spirit Pills from the captured beasts.
• The Twin-Headed Blackflame Sparrow arrived outside Dongxi, sensed danger from Xu Chuan, and fled to Great Jin, where it considered using him against its elder brother.
• The Xu Household mourned its dead and treated its wounded after the battle, while survivors praised the Ancestor’s preparations; two hours later, the scene shifted to the gloomy sky outside the Azure Sea Forest.

Southern Heaven and Blackwater Domain's forces entered the Land of Imprisonment as the Primordial Battlefield neared, and Xu Chuan reunited with the Azure Dragon Alliance while arranging for Mo Wentian to guard Dongxi. Xu Mingwei ventured into the ruined Great Wei capital, where he fought several powerful demon beasts before an unseen swordsman struck down the last one.

• The Southern Heaven and Blackwater factions entered the Land of Imprisonment under an agreement that restricted Nascent Soul cultivators from intervening in the fighting.
• Moyue led Mo Wentian, the Lei Clan Ancestor, and the Azure Dragon Alliance disciples to Dongxi, where Xu Chuan explained the devastation and offered the Lei Clan survivors shelter.
• Xu Chuan gave Mo Wentian martial-way jade slips and persuaded him to stay behind and guard Dongxi instead of entering the Primordial Battlefield.
• Xu Chuan sent Xu Mingwei, Xu Deling, Ye Fan, Xu Deyue, and Xu Mingshu out to explore, while Black Cloud joined the Xu Household as Xu Mingxuan's spirit pet.
• Xu Mingwei traveled to the ruined Great Wei capital and killed a Redflame Flying Lizard, a One-Horned Ghost-Faced Spider, and a Golden-Eyed Ironback Ape while fighting a Purple-Striped Thunder Leopard.
• The wounded Purple-Striped Thunder Leopard fled from Xu Mingwei, but an unseen swordsman descended in purple lightning and beheaded it.

Xu Mingwei sparred with Shen Fei and then traveled with him, while Ye Fan and Xu Deyue fought demonic cultivators on their way to Great Jin. Xu Deling encountered her old rival Lu Qingxue in Great Liang and decisively shattered her sword attack, leaving Lu injured.

• Xu Mingwei fought Shen Fei over the Purple-Striped Thunder Leopard, then accepted the corpse and agreed to travel with him.
• Ye Fan and Xu Deyue were ambushed by five demonic cultivators; Xu Deyue killed the white bone banner cultivator and the wounded greatsword cultivator before the survivors fled.
• Xu Deling defeated several demonic cultivators and sparred with a Southern Heaven prodigy while traveling on the Four-Winged Chongming Bird.
• Xu Deling met Lu Qingxue in Great Liang and challenged her after learning she had slain a late third-rank demon beast.
• Xu Deling's Fire Phoenix shattered Lu Qingxue's Azure Lang sword ray, injuring Lu while Xu remained unmoved.

Xu Deling, Lu Qingxue, and Zhang Xuanzhi joined forces to drive off Sky Wolf True Lord and rescue two Azure Dragon Alliance elders. Xu Mingshu encountered the injured Twin-Headed Blackflame Sparrow and Yu Guihong, while Xu Chuan followed her trail and arrived at a tense standoff among Southern Heaven cultivators, Blackwater Domain demonic cultivators, and powerful demon beasts.

• Xu Deling and Lu Qingxue agreed to travel together, then rescued Zhang Xuanzhi and formed a group that defeated several demonic cultivators and demon beasts.
• Xu Deling, Lu Qingxue, Zhang Xuanzhi, and True Lord Bing Gan fought Sky Wolf True Lord together, forcing him to flee after they wounded him and allowing True Lord Bing Gan to take the injured Yang Qi to safety.
• Xu Mingshu found the Twin-Headed Blackflame Sparrow fighting Yu Guihong and learned that Yu Guihong wanted her to join the Spirit Taming Sect.
• Xu Mingshu told Xu Chuan about Yu Guihong and the injured sparrow, and Xu Chuan advised her to use Yu Guihong's interest as protection while he tracked the beast himself.
• Xu Chuan followed a heavenly-secrets divination southwest and arrived at a standoff involving True Lord Qingxuan, the Lei Clan Ancestor, Blazing Sun True Lord, Sky Wolf True Lord, Black Baleful, White Baleful, and three great demon beasts.

Xu Chuan confronted the three factions, defeated White Baleful with his Glory Seal, and negotiated with Daoist Yuansong for the Void Clarity Sect’s withering-and-flourishing legacy. He then challenged three peak third-rank demon beasts alone and began his attack with the Azure Dragon Treasure Umbrella.

• Xu Chuan emerged as the three factions held their positions, and the Twin-Headed Blackflame Sparrow recognized him as the cultivator who had protected the Dongxi Xu Clan.
• White Baleful attacked Xu Chuan with the Nine Nether Profound Baleful Palm, but Xu Chuan broke it with his Glory Seal and dissolved a quarter of White Baleful’s baleful qi essence.
• Sky Wolf True Lord revealed that Xu Chuan practiced the Primordial Withering-and-Flourishing Dao, and Daoist Yuansong offered to trade the Void Clarity Sect’s legacy for two Ancient Heavenly Pride Tokens.
• Xu Chuan said he had come to confront the demon beasts threatening his descendants’ Xu Clan and refused the Blackwater Domain cultivators’ offer to help.
• Xu Chuan opened the Azure Dragon Treasure Umbrella, formed its twenty-eight flying swords into an Azure Dragon of the Sword, and sent it roaring toward the three demon beasts.

Xu Chuan defeated three peak-rank demon beasts, captured the Twin-Headed Blackflame Sparrow, and killed it to avenge Ren Xiaoyao with the Xu Household present. The Ten Thousand Mountains demon beasts gathered a larger force to attack Dongxi, and Xu Chuan went out alone to face them.

• Xu Chuan wounded the Nine Nether Sparrow and Suanni and crippled the Twin-Headed Blackflame Sparrow, while the two surviving beasts abandoned their companion.
• Moyue arrived, drove off a hidden Nascent Soul cultivator's probing, and accompanied Xu Chuan back to the Jade-Cold Pool with the captive sparrow.
• Xu Chuan summoned Xu Mingyuan, Xu Derong, Xu Chongkai, and Xu Chongjian, explained the sparrow's role in Ren Xiaoyao's death, and killed it with repeated spiritual-consciousness attacks.
• The Nine Nether Sparrow and Suanni gathered third-rank demon beasts to counterattack Dongxi, while cultivators from Blackwater and Southern Heaven learned of their plan.
• A force of sixty or seventy third-rank demon beasts, led by Zhuyan, the Nine Nether Sparrow, and Suanni, arrived at Dongxi, and Xu Chuan stepped outside the formation to confront them.

Xu Chuan defended Dongxi from the Ten Thousand Mountains demon army, defeating Zhu Jingsheng in a fierce duel and persuading the invaders to withdraw. As the Primordial Battlefield neared its opening, allies and Xu Household members gathered in Dongxi, where several guests agreed to enter it alongside the household.

• Xu Chuan confronted the demon army, then revealed Moyue and Mo Wentian as powerful reinforcements that forced its leaders to reconsider attacking Dongxi.
• Xu Chuan fought Zhu Jingsheng and defeated him after the Zhuyan used its Three Heads and Six Arms ability, prompting the demon beasts to leave Dongxi.
• Chilongzi visited Xu Chuan, asked him to protect Heavenforged Sect Disciples in the Primordial Battlefield, and gave him a detection token in exchange for a custom-forged magic treasure.
• Xu Dewen joined three Blackwater Domain demonic rogue cultivators under the alias Wen De and concealed the strength of his magic treasures.
• Xu Mingwei, Xu Deling, and other cultivators gathered at Dongxi, where Shen Fei, Lu Qingxue, and Zhang Xuanzhi agreed to rest before entering the Primordial Battlefield with the Xu Household the next day.

Xu Chuan and the other cultivators entered the Primordial Battlefield after a formation sacrificed hundreds of millions of lives to open it. Separated across the battlefield, Xu Chuan discovered how to destroy the dangerous Chi and set out to find his clan members, while Xu Mingxian fled a group of them in pursuit of voidspace stone.

• Xu Chuan prepared the Xu Household for the Primordial Battlefield, distributed pills and spoils, and chose to leave Xu Mingwei behind to guard the Lineage.
• Nine Nascent Soul cultivators activated the blood-sacrifice formation, and its 108 pillars of blood revealed an inverted continent in the sky.
• Xu Chuan and the others entered the battlefield; Xu Mingwei and Yang Qi stayed behind, while Xu Chuan arrived alone in a stone forest.
• Xu Chuan found mountain copper essence gold and fought six Chi, discovering that his Glory Seal could dissipate their dark-red energy and destroy them.
• Xu Chuan used the Bloodline Tracking Mystic Art and cautiously headed toward a distant clan member, while Xu Mingxian fled more than ten Chi after finding only a few pieces of voidspace stone.

Xu Chuan reunited with Xu Mingxian, helped Zhang Daoran claim a Nine-Leaf Soul-Nourishing Lotus, and drove off the fourth-tier ghost king pursuing it with the Origin Life-and-Death Seal. After reuniting with Xu Deling, he entered a three-month seclusion to advance his corpse king, while Xu Mingxian and Xu Deling struggled to contain the growing Chi and prepared to use a Withering-and-Blooming Pill.

• Xu Chuan found Xu Mingxian surrounded by Chi, rescued him, and helped him seize a pile of voidspace stones.
• Xu Chuan and Xu Mingxian helped Zhang Daoran drive off a fourth-tier ghost king and divided the nearly mature Nine-Leaf Soul-Nourishing Lotus and its seeds.
• The fourth-tier ghost king tracked Xu Chuan down to demand the lotus, but Xu Chuan, Moyue, and the Origin Life-and-Death Seal wounded him and forced him to flee.
• Xu Chuan and Xu Mingxian reunited with Xu Deling, and the Profound Yin Corpse King advanced to half-step fourth tier.
• Xu Chuan entered seclusion to cultivate the Profound Yin Corpse King with the Ninefold Corpse Liberation Art while Xu Mingxian and Xu Deling guarded him.
• As Chi gathered in waves around their formation, Xu Mingxian urged Xu Deling to refine her Withering-and-Blooming Pill, promising to hold the Chi off for a day.

Xu Deling refined a Withering-and-Blooming Pill while Xu Mingxian and the Four-Winged Chongming Bird fought the Chi in the Mist Zone. After Xu Deling emerged with her Fire Emperor's True Eyes and Fire Phoenix divine ability, she entered the Mist Zone to take over the battle.

• Xu Deling swallowed a high-grade Withering-and-Blooming Pill and entered seclusion, leaving the Four-Winged Chongming Bird to guard her and help Xu Mingxian if needed.
• Xu Mingxian used his battle formations and Five-Color Greatsword to fight off waves of Chi as more creatures gathered in the Mist Zone.
• The Four-Winged Chongming Bird joined Xu Mingxian, and they spent fourteen to sixteen hours hunting Chi with formations and its true flame.
• Several Chi escaped the Mist Zone and charged Xu Deling, who awoke and used her Fire Emperor's True Eyes and Fire Phoenix to repel them.
• Xu Deling infused her Lifebound Magic Treasure, the Fire Phoenix Plume, into her Fire Phoenix apparition and entered the Mist Zone to attack the remaining Chi.