Chapter Summaries

Chen Daoxuan received the Three Heads Six Arms divine ability in his inheritance trial and became an official Trial Taker with unlimited opportunities to challenge the inheritance. He spent a month consuming Blood Crystals to cultivate the ability and finally manifested two extra heads and four extra arms, taking his first step toward mastering it.

• The white-robed Daoist taught Chen Daoxuan the Three Heads Six Arms divine ability and required him to cultivate it to entry level before accepting another trial.
• Chen Daoxuan returned to his cave mansion and discovered that his Divine Mark now made him an official Trial Taker with unlimited trials.
• He compared Three Heads Six Arms with the Dharma Form Heaven Manifestation his clone had brought back from the True Demon Realm and considered seeking Blood Crystals through trade with the Jiang Family.
• Chen Daoxuan began cultivating Three Heads Six Arms with Blood Crystals, enduring painful changes as his body grew taller and stronger.
• After a month, Chen Daoxuan reached ten zhang in height and used more than five hundred Blood Crystals to grow two additional heads and four additional arms.

Chen Daoxuan trained under the white-robed Daoist to master Six-Arm Combined Attack, then practiced in reality until he could unleash all six strikes together. After more than a year of secluded cultivation, his attack limit reached 360, and his Message Jade Talisman suddenly flashed.

• Chen Daoxuan sparred with the white-robed Daoist using Three Heads Six Arms and gradually adapted to fighting with six arms.
• The white-robed Daoist demonstrated Six-Arm Combined Attack and explained that Chen Daoxuan needed to develop precise control over his body to learn it.
• After ten days of practice in the trial space, Chen Daoxuan left to train in reality, where he used the Inkfall Wall to stabilize his attacks.
• Chen Daoxuan practiced for five months until he could combine six strikes into one, producing an attack value of 360.
• After more than a year of secluded cultivation, Chen Daoxuan prepared to reenter the trial space, but his Message Jade Talisman began flashing.

Chen Daoxuan returned to Twin Lakes Island after the Qianyuan Sword Sect ordered cultivators from three provinces to reinforce Taizhou, where a long-known True Demon Realm Passage lay. He found the Chen Family thriving, but reprimanded its Military Department for delaying cultivation to pursue early Sword Intent.

• Chen Daolin reported that the Qianyuan Sword Sect had long known about the True Demon Realm Passage in Taizhou and had called up reinforcements from Cangzhou, Taizhou, and Jingzhou.
• Chen Daoxuan returned to the Chen Family Council Hall and learned that the family had 582 Foundation Establishment cultivators, including 153 in the Military Department.
• Chen Daoxuan discovered that eight Chen Family members had become Sword Cultivators and that many Military Department cultivators had held back their cultivation while trying to comprehend Sword Intent during Qi Refining.
• Chen Daoxuan ordered the family to apply its Bottom Elimination System across departments and told Chen Fusheng that cultivators must not suppress their cultivation for the sake of early Sword Intent.

Chen Daoxuan reorganized the Chen Family’s military forces for the conscription to Taizhou and reviewed the family’s industrial growth and contribution system. After agreeing to take Chen Fusheng with him, he visited the Clan School and quietly watched Chen Xianhe teach.

• Chen Daoxuan punished Chen Fusheng for failing to supervise the Military Department and ordered half its Foundation Establishment cultivators to join half of the other clan cultivators on the journey to Taizhou.
• Chen Daoxuan placed the Military Department under an annual Bottom Elimination System based on rankings in the Nine Ruins Exquisite Pagoda and ordered the clan to gather with Cangzhou cultivators the next day.
• Chen Daolian reported the factories’ output, and Chen Zhi explained that schools modeled on factory apprenticeships had solved the Talisman Factories’ worker shortage.
• Chen Daoxuan rewarded Chen Zhi with family contribution for his service and its benefits to his descendants.
• Chen Daoxuan agreed that Chen Fusheng would accompany him to Taizhou, while Chen Daolian worried that the clan’s defenses would be weakened.
• Chen Daoxuan visited the Clan School, watched Chen Xianhe teach the Fu generation, and left without revealing himself.

Chen Daoxuan brought a newly formed army to Spirit Shell Island and joined the Cangzhou cultivators summoned by Qianyuan Sword Sect. As the fleet departed for Taizhou, he learned that something had gone wrong beyond the True Demon Realm Passage and bought four high-grade third-tier Immortal Swords from Zhang Xuanling.

• Chen Daoxuan inspected the new army, ordered Chen Fusheng to take over its arrangements, and gave Lei Zhen the promised Purple Mansion Pill.
• Chen Daoxuan arrived at Spirit Shell Island, where Zhou Mucheng and Zhou Mubai greeted him and guided the Chen Family transport ship to port.
• Zhou Mubai told Chen Daoxuan that something had gone wrong on the other side of the Taizhou Passage.
• The Cangzhou cultivators set out for Taizhou, and Fire Spirit Daoist hinted that distant territories within Qianyuan Sword Sect's domain could be chaotic.
• Chen Daoxuan bought four high-grade third-tier Immortal Swords from Zhang Xuanling and gave him extra Spirit Stones in gratitude for the Zhang Family's help acquiring Purple Mansion Pills.

The Cangzhou cultivators joined forces with Yuan Chen Immortal City after True Monarch Yuan Chen explained that a treasure in the Qingqiu Demon Kingdom had drawn powerful Realm Demons toward the Taizhou Passage. The allied fleet reached the passage and saw the True Demon Realm merging with the island, as True Monarch Yuan Chen urged them onward.

• The Cangzhou Fleet met Yuan Chen Immortal City's fleet, and True Monarch Yuan Chen invited the Cangzhou cultivators to travel with him.
• True Monarch Yuan Chen revealed that a treasure in the Qingqiu Demon Kingdom had attracted many Realm Demon forces, prompting the Qianyuan Sword Sect to summon reinforcements.
• True Monarch Yuan Chen proposed an alliance, and Zhou Mubai insisted the Cangzhou cultivators would not be commanded or betrayed without consultation; True Monarch Yuan Chen agreed to lead publicly and discuss matters privately.
• The allied fleet reached the Taizhou Passage, where the cultivators passed inspections and entered the formation on the island.
• Chen Daoxuan and the others saw the True Demon Realm visibly merging with the island, and True Monarch Yuan Chen told them to proceed.

Chen Daoxuan and the Cangzhou reinforcements arrived at Weiyang Immortal City and joined a war council about a True Immortal-grade World Demon’s Source World emerging in Qingqiu Demon Kingdom. The council discovered that Great Yuan Demon Kingdom had sent no Demon Lords, and Chen Daoxuan suspected his avatar’s attacks had drawn their attention elsewhere.

• Chen Daoxuan and the reinforcements crossed the Taizhou Passage and reached the heavily fortified Weiyang Immortal City.
• Qin Zhan received the group and explained that Weiyang Immortal City’s satellite guard cities formed its outer defenses.
• Qin Zhan revealed that a Source World left by a True Immortal-grade World Demon had appeared in Qingqiu Demon Kingdom.
• Qin Zhan reported that Demon Lords from Shituo, Jiye, and Qingqiu had gathered, while the powerful Great Yuan Demon Kingdom had sent none.
• Chen Daoxuan suspected Great Yuan Demon Kingdom had withheld its Demon Lords because his avatar had been attacking its Realm Demons.
• Qin Zhan clarified that the cultivators faced the forces of three Demon Kingdoms, not a united force of fifteen Demon Lords.

At Weiyang Immortal City, Qin Zhan persuaded the Nascent Soul cultivators to launch an expedition into the Qingqiu Demon Kingdom’s True Immortal grade Origin World. True Monarch Yuan Chen explained that the expedition sought its preserved Great Dao laws, then revealed a Dao Engraving Stone and implied that Zhou Mubai would help collect them.

• Qin Zhan proposed striking first and convinced the gathered cultivators to send lower-level cultivators into the Qingqiu Demon Kingdom’s Origin World while the Nascent Soul cultivators stayed ready to retreat to Weiyang Immortal City.
• True Monarch Yuan Chen told Chen Daoxuan and the Cangzhou cultivators that the plan involved one thousand Purple Mansion cultivators and ten thousand Foundation Establishment cultivators entering the Origin World.
• True Monarch Yuan Chen explained that the Origin World contained Great Dao laws left by a True Immortal grade World Demon, which cultivators could use to study the Great Dao.
• Chen Daoxuan asked whether World Origin Beads could store the laws, and True Monarch Yuan Chen said only living Realm Demons could absorb them directly.
• True Monarch Yuan Chen displayed a Dao Engraving Stone, explained how it could collect Great Dao laws to form a Great Dao Stone Tablet, and made clear that Zhou Mubai’s help would be valuable.

True Monarch Yuan Chen recruited Zhou Mubai, Zhang Xuanling, and Fire Spirit Daoist to seek treasures in the True Immortal Origin Realm, offering Zhou Mubai the backing of Yuan Chen Immortal City and the others valuable resources. As the group prepared to enter the realm, Yuan Chen warned them about Realm Demons and human cultivators who might sabotage them.

• True Monarch Yuan Chen admitted that his cooperation proposal had been a ploy to enlist Zhou Mubai to seize Great Dao laws, and offered him a Crimson Feather Immortal Token and resources worth ten billion Spirit Stones.
• Zhou Mubai accepted Yuan Chen’s offer, while Zhang Xuanling and Fire Spirit Daoist agreed to seek lesser Great Dao laws in exchange for resources worth one billion Spirit Stones.
• Yuan Chen explained that Blood Marrow and Vital Energy Essence could be kept as personal gains, exciting Zhou Mubai and Chen Daoxuan because they needed ways to strengthen their bodies and raise their cultivation.
• Yuan Chen warned the cultivators that the True Immortal Origin Realm held dangers from Realm Demons and human Hidden Hands, and claimed that Jiang Family cultivators were capable of such schemes.

Chen Daoxuan decided to enter the True Immortal Origin Realm despite the overwhelming strength of the Purple Mansion prodigies. He discovered that Chen Fusheng had volunteered to join the expedition so he could fight beside him, and the two promised to go and return together.

• True Monarch Yuan Chen dismissed Zhou Mubai and the others without asking about Chen Daoxuan, then Fire Spirit Daoist and Zhou Mubai left to prepare for the expedition.
• Chen Daoxuan told Zhang Xuanling he intended to enter the True Immortal Origin Realm, and Zhang explained the prodigies’ strength before accepting his decision.
• Chen Daoxuan calculated that his Six-Arm Combined Attack brought his attack power close to that of lower-ranked Purple Mansion prodigies.
• Chen Daoxuan returned to the Chen Family camp and learned that Chen Fusheng had volunteered among the Foundation Establishment cultivators selected for the expedition.
• Chen Fusheng said he had joined because he knew Chen Daoxuan would go and wanted the Chen Family Military Department to fight beside him.
• Chen Daoxuan accepted Chen Fusheng’s choice, and they promised to go together and return together.

Thirteen Spirit Boats carrying cultivators from Weiyang Immortal City entered the Qingqiu Demon Kingdom to compete for a True Immortal-grade Origin World. After seeing Realm Demons devour mortals, Qin Zhan killed one of them, and the fleet arrived at the contested site, where the Ruler of Qingqiu Kingdom confronted them.

• Thirteen Spirit Boats departed Weiyang Immortal City, and Qin Zhan assured Yuan Chen that Jiang’s Nascent Soul Late Stage cultivation was enough to guard the city.
• Zhang Xuanling gave Chen Daoxuan intelligence on nineteen powerful Purple Mansion Realm Demons, including a Shituo Green Lion Essence said to have the potential to become a Demon Lord.
• The fleet entered Qingqiu Demon Kingdom territory, where Chen Daoxuan and Zhang Xuanling saw Realm Demons raising and slaughtering humans as food.
• Qin Zhan struck down a Purple Mansion Nine-Tailed Demon Fox that was devouring mortals, while a Golden Core Realm Demon fled from the fleet.
• The Spirit Boats reached the True Immortal-grade Origin World, and the Ruler of Qingqiu Kingdom flew up to challenge the human cultivators.

The Hall Master of Zhenhai Hall defeated the Qingqiu Country Lord’s opening attack and negotiated entry quotas for the True Immortal Origin Realm with the Demon Kingdom rulers. Demon Lord Manwu then arrived for Great Yuan Country and challenged the agreed rules, leaving the human cultivators and several Demon Kingdoms facing a disadvantage in high-end combat power.

• The Hall Master of Zhenhai Hall stopped the Qingqiu Country Lord’s demon claw with one finger, then struck him down and tore off his skullcap before the Shituo Country Lord intervened.
• The Hall Master of Zhenhai Hall negotiated with the Shituo Country Lord, the Jiye Country Lord, and the Qingqiu Country Lord, and they agreed each side would send one thousand Purple Mansion cultivators and ten thousand Foundation Establishment cultivators into the True Immortal Origin Realm.
• A Spirit Boat carrying Demon Lord Manwu arrived, and Manwu questioned why Great Yuan Country had been excluded while human cultivators were included.
• Chen Daoxuan concealed his aura after recognizing Manwu as the Demon Lord who had nearly captured his avatar in the past.
• Manwu demanded that Demon King Qinghe be allowed to enter, arguing that Shituo Kingdom also planned to send the Blood Prison Demon King despite his limited cultivation.
• The rulers disputed the proposed exceptions, and the human cultivators and the Qingqiu and Jiye forces realized their combat strength was inferior to that of Shituo and Great Yuan.

The five factions agreed on entry quotas for the True Immortal Origin Realm, and Fairy Chi Yao planned to break through to Golden Core inside it. Chen Daoxuan entered with Chen Fusheng, explored the realm alone, and found Vital Energy Essence just as a human cultivator approached him.

• The five factions agreed to send one thousand Purple Mansion experts and ten thousand Foundation Establishment experts each into the True Immortal Origin Realm.
• The Hall Master of Zhenhai Hall asked Fairy Chi Yao to protect his Dao path, and she said she intended to form a Golden Core inside the realm.
• Chen Daoxuan gave Chen Fusheng a Storage Bag and reassured him before the factions opened the realm's barrier and entered.
• Chen Daoxuan landed in the desolate, unstable realm, searched for Realm Demons, and found Vital Energy Essence.
• A human Foundation Establishment cultivator flew toward Chen Daoxuan and called for him to wait.

Chen Daoxuan killed Jiang Chenxu after refusing to surrender Vital Energy Essence, then flew to an oasis where the Ji Family and Shituo Demon Kingdom’s Three Green Lion Essences contested a larger cache. As Ji Yanzhao and Ji Yanjue plotted to use Chen Daoxuan against the World Demons and then drive him away, the Three Green Lion Essences trapped him with an Origin Realm Projection.

• Chen Daoxuan collected Vital Energy Essence, rejected Jiang Chenxu’s demand to hand it over, and killed him with a single sword strike.
• Jiang Chenxu’s Soul Tablet shattered, and a group of Jiang Family Purple Mansion cultivators realized he had died.
• Chen Daoxuan spotted an oasis in the True Immortal Origin Realm and flew toward it, where he found Ji Yanzhao’s group facing three Three Green Lion Essences over a large cache of Vital Energy Essence.
• Ji Yanzhao offered to split the Vital Energy Essence with Chen Daoxuan, while he and Ji Yanjue secretly planned to use him to defeat the Three Green Lion Essences and then force him away.
• The Three Green Lion Essences turned their attention to Chen Daoxuan and trapped him with an Origin Realm Projection.

Chen Daoxuan killed Ji Yanzhao and the Ji Family cultivators after they tried to ambush him, then used two portions of Vital Energy Essence to advance to the Seventh Layer of Foundation Establishment. After sorting his spoils, he planned to wait near the gate between realms to hunt Realm Demons and collect more treasures.

• Chen Daoxuan’s attack killed three Green Lion Essences and twelve Ji Family Foundation Establishment cultivators, while Ji Yanzhao survived behind an Azure Talisman Sword.
• Ji Yanzhao fled toward the edge of the Oasis, but Chen Daoxuan used Six-Arm Combined Attack to destroy him and his talisman sword.
• Chen Daoxuan collected the World Origin Beads, the Ji Family cultivators’ belongings, and the Oasis’s Vital Energy Essence before flying to a freshwater lake.
• Chen Daoxuan absorbed the two portions of Vital Energy Essence and advanced from the Fifth Layer to the Seventh Layer of Foundation Establishment.
• Chen Daoxuan absorbed Chaos Qi from three World Origin Beads to replenish his comprehension Star Dust, then decided to wait near the gate between realms to hunt Realm Demons.
• While sorting the spoils, Chen Daoxuan recognized a pagoda-shaped artifact as one taken from a Jiang family cultivator.

Chen Daoxuan discovered the Jiang Family cultivator’s Cave Heaven artifact and the Soul Imprint secret art, then sought a powerful Realm Demon to enslave as a spirit pet. He confronted Crimson Pupil, whose Origin Realm Projection failed to prevent Chen Daoxuan from doing something that left the Nine-tailed Fox stunned.

• Chen Daoxuan found the Soul Imprint secret art among the Jiang Family cultivator’s possessions and realized it could explain why the Jiang Family brought a Cave Heaven artifact into the True Immortal Origin Realm.
• Chen Daoxuan crossed into a region beyond the Space Barrier and decided he needed a powerful Realm Demon to serve as his Black Gloves.
• Crimson Pupil devoured nine Bat Demons from the Jiye Demon Kingdom and grew stronger as he digested their Source Worlds.
• Chen Daoxuan revealed himself to Crimson Pupil and asked the Nine-tailed Fox to become his spirit pet.
• Crimson Pupil attacked Chen Daoxuan with his Origin Realm Projection, but Chen Daoxuan remained in control, leaving Crimson Pupil asking what had been done to him.

Chen Daoxuan used the Soul Imprint to subdue Crimson Pupil and ordered it to gather Nine-tailed Foxes into a team. Crimson Pupil defeated Xiyue with Chen Daoxuan’s intervention and made the gathered demons follow it, then demanded their collected Vital Energy Essence.

• Chen Daoxuan planted a Soul Imprint on Crimson Pupil, forced it to submit, and made it his spirit pet.
• Chen Daoxuan ordered Crimson Pupil to gather Foundation Establishment-level Realm Demons, and Crimson Pupil assembled thirty-seven Nine-tailed Foxes.
• Crimson Pupil challenged Xiyue for leadership, and the two fought after Chen Daoxuan reassured Crimson Pupil from inside the Small Tower.
• When Xiyue was about to kill Crimson Pupil, Chen Daoxuan immobilized her, allowing Crimson Pupil to kill her.
• Crimson Pupil claimed leadership of the gathered Fox Demons, who accepted it as their chief, and ordered them to hand over their Vital Energy Essence.

Crimson Pupil persuaded the Qingqiu Fox Demons to surrender their Vital Energy Essence and follow his plan to eliminate rival factions, while secretly serving Chen Daoxuan. After the Fox Demons slaughtered a Green Lion Essence group, Chen Daoxuan absorbed the gathered essence and Crimson Pupil prepared to break through.

• Crimson Pupil convinced Jiugu that gathering Vital Energy Essence would deny humans a chance to grow stronger, then secretly told him to seize the Small Tower if Crimson Pupil died.
• Crimson Pupil outlined a plan to gather the Qingqiu clansmen, kill strong members of the Shituo and Great Yuan Demon Kingdoms, and spare weaker enemies until Qingqiu became dominant.
• Crimson Pupil revealed through their Soul Imprint that Jiugu had taken the bait, while Chen Daoxuan began absorbing the Vital Energy Essence from thirty-six Nine-tailed Foxes in the Small Pagoda Cave Heaven.
• Crimson Pupil promoted Jiugu to deputy and ordered the Fox Demons to gather their clansmen and attack rival Realm Demons.
• Crimson Pupil led more than a hundred Nine-tailed Foxes in wiping out thirty-four Green Lion Essences, and Jiugu reported that he was close to reaching the Purple Mansion stage.
• Crimson Pupil collected the fallen Green Lion Essences' World Origin Beads and told Jiugu to stand guard because he was about to break through.

Chen Daoxuan and Crimson Pupil began breakthroughs together, and Chen Daoxuan successfully entered the Purple Mansion stage inside the Small Pagoda Cave Heaven. After testing his new strength, he prepared to measure the power of his Three Heads Six Arms Law Manifestation.

• Jiugu arranged for the fox demons to guard Crimson Pupil while he began his breakthrough at an Oasis lake, unaware that Chen Daoxuan was using the moment to advance inside the Small Pagoda Cave Heaven.
• Chen Daoxuan used Vital Energy Essence to transform his True Yuan into Magical Power and open a Purple Mansion, then drew his divine soul inside to complete his breakthrough.
• Chen Daoxuan’s Sea of Consciousness expanded to three hundred and fifty li, his Silk Rain Sword Intent reached the Third Layer Star Transformation Realm, and his Space Sword Intent advanced to the Second Formed Realm.
• Chen Daoxuan’s Purple Mansion Magical Power strengthened his body to Flesh and Blood Derivation Layer 6, and he measured a strength score of 50 with the Inkfall Wall.
• Chen Daoxuan calculated the combined force of his Sword Intents, artifacts, and body cultivation, then unleashed his Three Heads Six Arms Law Manifestation to test his strength.

Chen Daoxuan tested his new Purple Mansion strength and sent Crimson Pupil and the Fox Demons to hunt, while Chen Fusheng searched the Cangzhou camp for the missing Chen Daoxuan. The camp discovered Qingqiu Demon Kingdom scouts nearby and prepared to leave.

• Chen Daoxuan tested his attacks on the Inkfall Wall and found that his third-grade Flying Swords could not fully keep pace with his cultivation.
• Chen Daoxuan unleashed the Six-Arm Combined Attack for 2550 attack power, then ordered Crimson Pupil to begin hunting with all his strength.
• More than a month later, Chen Fusheng asked Zhang Xuanqing whether he had found Chen Daoxuan, but Zhang Xuanqing reported no trace of him.
• Zhang Xuanqing told Chen Fusheng that Fox Demon scouts had been spotted near the Cangzhou camp, indicating that a large Qingqiu Demon Kingdom force was nearby.