Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan and the others gathered at Northern Wilderness Hill to assess the Outer Evil Clan’s attacks on the Endless Fire Territory and Martial Border. Qin Tian announced a Great Thousand Conference to prepare for an all-out war, while the Undying Lord reflected on the heroes who might fall.

• Xiao Yan told the Undying Lord about the Saint Heavenly Devil Emperor’s attack, and Qin Tian admitted he had concealed earlier intelligence about the Heart Heavenly Devil Emperor.
• Qin Tian used the Mountain and River Stele to speak with Ying Huanhuan, who reported Lin Dong’s severe injuries after the Heart Heavenly Devil Emperor attacked the Martial Border.
• Qin Tian promised that the Great Thousand Palace would support the Martial Border and told Ying Huanhuan about the coordinated attacks on the Endless Fire Territory and Martial Border.
• Xiao Yan and Hun Tiandi discussed the Heart Heavenly Devil Emperor’s retreat and Lin Dong’s strength, then pledged their factions’ support for Qin Tian’s preparations.
• Qin Tian called for a Great Thousand Conference, while the Undying Lord looked toward the tombs and mourned the heroes who might be buried in the coming war.

After Luo Li took control of the Luo God Clan and restored its strength, she oversaw negotiations with the Bone God Clan and Strength God Clan over the return of their seized cities. She left the talks to reunite with Mu Chen, while Luo Tianshen continued bargaining.

• With Soul Hall support, Luo Li led the Luo God Clan as it annexed the Blood God Clan and became the strongest of the three remaining God Clans in the Little Western Heaven Realm.
• Li Xuantong told Luo Li that Gu Ming and Li Wudi were coming to discuss returning the cities their clans had seized, and she agreed to appear at the meeting.
• Gu Ming and Li Wudi met Luo Tianshen and Luo Li, and the clans began negotiating over the cities and the city lords who had betrayed the Luo God Clan.
• While the others argued, Luo Li sensed Mu Chen’s arrival, rushed out of the meeting, and embraced him at the palace entrance.
• Luo Tianshen praised Luo Li to his rivals and resumed bargaining, while Li Xuantong and the guards hid their reactions to the reunion.

Mu Chen reunited with Luo Li and told her how he earned his high Demon Slayer Ranking by helping the four Saint Ancestors defeat four Heavenly Devil Emperors. He gave Luo Li the Tai Ling Heaven-Extinguishing Light, then learned Hun Yufeng was preparing for an approaching war as he and the others departed.

• Mu Chen showed Luo Li his Demon Slayer Order, where he ranked third, and explained that he had helped the four Saint Ancestors end their ancient battle against four Heavenly Devil Emperors.
• Mu Chen gave Luo Li a crystal containing the Tai Ling Heaven-Extinguishing Light, one of the Thirty-Six Peerless Greater Divine Abilities, and said he had also gained two other such abilities for himself.
• Hun Husheng, Hun Jin, and Hun Yufeng arrived to bid farewell and said they would return to their clan the next day.
• Mu Chen gave Hun Yufeng a Crystal Pagoda holding spiritual energy mixed with traces of Demonic Qi from the Evil Spirit Continent.
• Hun Yufeng said he planned to seek a breakthrough and hoped to fight alongside Mu Chen in the future, prompting Mu Chen to recall Amon's warning of an approaching great war.

Hun Yufeng agreed to pursue a dangerous breakthrough to Heavenly Sovereign using the Blood Devil Emperor as a sacrifice. Meanwhile, the Outer Evil Clan’s rulers gathered after setbacks, and Heart Heavenly Devil Emperor admitted that his attempt to kill Martial Ancestor had failed.

• Hun Yufeng told Hun Zhang that Mu Chen’s success and his own experience with Demonic Qi had given him confidence to attempt a breakthrough.
• Hun Zhang outlined a plan to force the White Dragon Plane’s Plane Membrane to appear, then sacrifice the Blood Devil Emperor in the Spirit-Devouring Life-Extinguishing Array to help Hun Yufeng break through.
• Saint Heavenly Devil Emperor and the injured rulers discussed their losses against the Great Thousand World and the threat posed by its powerful fighters.
• Heart Heavenly Devil Emperor returned to Saint Devil City and confessed that Martial Ancestor had defeated him and destroyed two of his Devil Hearts.
• Saint Heavenly Devil Emperor angrily challenged Heart Heavenly Devil Emperor’s claim that killing Martial Ancestor would be a sure thing.

After Heart Heavenly Devil Emperor withdrew from his battle with the Martial Ancestor, Saint Heavenly Devil Emperor ordered the demons to prepare for an earlier attempt to free their god and assigned Heart Heavenly Devil Emperor to investigate Amon's avatars. In Luo God City, Red Flame Old Immortal tried to recruit Luo Li as the Tai Ling Ancient Clan's Saintess, claiming her Luo God Dharma Body had a connection to the clan.

• Saint Heavenly Devil Emperor ordered the demons to prepare to break their god's seal as soon as possible and sent Spirit Demon and Corpse Demon to investigate Amon's avatars with Heart Heavenly Devil Emperor.
• Heart Heavenly Devil Emperor reviewed his battle with the Martial Ancestor, recognized that arrogance and Dark Heavenly Devil Emperor's influence had weakened his tactics, and resolved to correct his flaws.
• Mu Chen entered seclusion in Luo God City after touring the city with Luo Li for several days.
• Red Flame Old Immortal urged Luo Li to become the Tai Ling Ancient Clan's Saintess, arguing that her distant ancestry might include the clan's bloodline.
• Luo Li asked whether the Luo God Dharma Body was connected to the Tai Ling Ancient Clan, and Red Flame Old Immortal admitted that it was somewhat connected.

Luo Li accepted Red Flame Old Immortal’s offer to become a candidate Saintess of the Tai Ling Ancient Clan, hoping to gain support for Mu Chen. She then revealed that Mu Chen had already given her the genuine Tai Ling Heaven-Extinguishing Light, leaving Red Flame Old Immortal astonished and delighted.

• Red Flame Old Immortal persuaded Luo Li to seek the Tai Ling Ancient Clan’s support by becoming its Saintess candidate.
• Luo Li asked whether the Tai Ling Ancient Clan would support her against the Budu Ancient Clan, and Red Flame Old Immortal promised limited pressure but no guaranteed all-out war.
• Luo Li agreed to become a candidate Saintess and listened as Red Flame Old Immortal explained her advantage in seeking Ancestor Tai Ling’s inheritance.
• Luo Li recalled that she knew how to use the Tai Ling Heaven-Extinguishing Light and demonstrated it to Red Flame Old Immortal.
• Red Flame Old Immortal confirmed the Divine Ability was genuine, and Luo Li explained that Mu Chen had obtained it from Ancestor Tai Ling’s inheritance and given it to her.

Mu Chen broke through to the Heavenly Sovereign realm in Luo God City and learned that saving his mother from the Budu Ancient Clan would require allies and a plan. Di Er Meng urged him to seek Hun Tiandi’s support, leaving Mu Chen persuaded that he could use the clan’s benefits to repay the Soul Hall.

• Mu Chen’s breakthrough unleashed a terrifying pressure across Luo God City, and Luo Tianshen and Li Xuantong recognized that he had reached the Heavenly Sovereign realm.
• Mu Chen reflected on his new strength and asked Di Er Meng about the Budu Ancient Clan’s power as he prepared to save his mother.
• Di Er Meng explained that Budu Xuan was a Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereign, while Mu Chen’s mother was a Saint Grade Spirit Array Grandmaster who was waiting for her son to prove himself to the clan.
• Di Er Meng offered her help against the Budu Ancient Clan and advised Mu Chen to ask Hun Tiandi and the Soul Hall for support.
• Di Er Meng argued that Mu Chen could repay the Soul Hall by sharing benefits from the Budu Ancient Clan, and Mu Chen accepted her reasoning.

After Mu Chen broke through to Heavenly Sovereign and was recognized as the Demon Slayer King, the Budu Ancient Clan learned he might possess the Eight Divisions Pagoda and be Qing Yanjing’s son. Xuan Guang sent Xuan Luo to investigate and deal with him cautiously, leaving Mu Chen’s conflict with the clan looming.

• Mu Chen emerged from the ruins, where Luo Tianshen and Li Xuantong congratulated him on his breakthrough and new Demon Slayer King rank.
• In the Budu Realm, Xuan Guang and Xuan Zun learned that Mu Chen had earned forty thousand Demon Slayer Points and suspected he had obtained the Eight Divisions Pagoda.
• Xuan Zun revealed that Mu Chen had displayed a Budda Pagoda and was likely the Budu Ancient Clan’s lost clansman and Qing Yanjing’s son.
• Xuan Guang decided that Xuan Luo should approach Mu Chen through the younger generation to avoid provoking the Soul Hall directly.
• Xuan Luo agreed to investigate Mu Chen and was warned to bring others and act cautiously because Mu Chen was the Soul Hall’s Vice Hall Master.

Mu Chen learned to use the Spirit Sealing Array to suppress his aura and discovered it could help consolidate his cultivation. Xuan Luo and three Great Perfection Earthly Sovereigns from the Budu Ancient Clan arrived to demand the Eight Divisions Pagoda and take Mu Chen back, but his Heavenly Sovereign aura shocked them.

• Di Er Meng taught Mu Chen the Spirit Sealing Array, and Mu Chen used it to hide his aura and condense his spiritual energy.
• Mu Chen learned that Di Er Meng was also a skilled Spirit Array Master and War Array Master.
• Xuan Luo and three Budu Ancient Clan attendants confronted Mu Chen and demanded the Eight Divisions Pagoda and his surrender.
• Mu Chen recognized Xuan Luo as Xuan Guang's son and refused to return to the clan.
• Mu Chen unleashed his Heavenly Sovereign pressure, terrifying Xuan Luo and his attendants.

After reaching the Heavenly Sovereign realm, Mu Chen killed Xuan Luo and his companions and arranged Soul Hall’s support for taking control of the Budu Ancient Clan. He set the attack for half a month later and prepared to leave for Budu Continent.

• Mu Chen used Di Er Meng’s Spirit Sealing Array to disable Xuan Luo’s jade pendant, then killed Xuan Luo and the other three with a single strike.
• Mu Chen told Di Er Meng he intended to rescue his mother and settle the Budu Ancient Clan’s debt, and she promised to support him.
• Mu Chen contacted Hun Tiandi and offered Soul Hall extensive benefits in exchange for backing his claim to lead the Budu Ancient Clan.
• Hun Tiandi agreed to support Mu Chen’s attack and said he would wait for him in Budu City in half a month.
• Mu Chen obtained a route map to Budu Continent from Luo Tianshen, who urged him to be careful and remember that Luo Li was waiting for him.
• Di Er Meng encouraged Mu Chen to proceed without hesitation.

Xuan Guang learned that Xuan Luo was in danger and went to seek the Budu Clan’s First Elder, who was attending a Great Thousand Palace meeting. At the meeting, the leaders discussed the Outer Evil Clan’s attacks, Amon joined them in person, and the group asked him to assess the Heart Heavenly Devil Emperor.

• Xuan Guang sensed that the mark on Xuan Luo had been erased and suspected that someone from the Soul Hall had attacked his son.
• Two guards stopped Xuan Guang from entering the Ancestral Land, explaining that Budu Xuan was attending a Great Thousand Palace meeting.
• Qin Tian summarized the Outer Evil Clan’s attacks on the Endless Fire Territory and Martial Border, including the Flame Emperor’s battle and the Martial Ancestor’s severe injuries.
• Amon appeared in person at the meeting, and Lin Dong revealed that he had reconciled with him.
• Xiao Yan asked Amon about the Heart Heavenly Devil Emperor, and Amon warned that the enemy had not used his full strength in the invasion of the Martial Border.

Amon warned the assembled leaders that Heart Heavenly Devil Emperor could use Spirit Lines to create hidden puppets and devastate the Great Thousand World, and he volunteered to stop him. After the war council ended, Budu Xuan worried that the damaged Ancestral Pagoda might not survive the coming battle, then heard Xuan Guang accuse the Soul Clan Leader of killing his son.

• Amon explained that Heart Heavenly Devil Emperor could use Spirit Lines to control victims, disguise his location, and threaten the Great Thousand World while the Outer Evil Clan attacked Northern Wilderness Hill.
• Amon agreed to handle Heart Heavenly Devil Emperor, and the leaders finalized wartime rules, supplies, and troop arrangements.
• Budu Xuan returned to the Ancestral Pagoda and worried that its unrepaired damage would leave it unable to withstand the coming battle.
• Xuan Guang told Budu Xuan that his son Xuan Luo had gone to investigate Mu Chen, the Sinner, and that an unknown expert had erased the mark he had placed on Xuan Luo.
• Budu Xuan learned Xuan Guang suspected the Soul Clan Leader and realized that the alleged victim was Mu Chen, Soul Hall's Vice Hall Master.

Budu Xuan convened the Elder Council to report on the coming war and debate what to do about Mu Chen, Qing Yanjing’s son and the Soul Hall Vice Hall Master. The council split over whether clan rules required his capture and punishment, leaving the dispute unresolved.

• Budu Xuan heard Xuan Guang’s account of Xuan Luo’s mission to capture Mu Chen and decided to convene the Elder Council.
• Budu Xuan briefed the elders on the Great Thousand Palace meeting and the looming war against the Outer Evil Clan.
• Budu Xuan explained that Mu Chen had resisted Xuan Luo and might possess the Eight Divisions Pagoda, prompting elders to call for his punishment and capture.
• Qing Tian argued that possession of the Eight Divisions Pagoda entitled Mu Chen to become clan leader, while Xuan Guang insisted he remained a Sinner bound by the Elder Court’s orders.
• Mo Tong backed Xuan Guang by declaring that Elder Court resolutions stood above the clan leader and First Elder, and Qing Tian slammed his fist on the table in anger.

Xuan Guang persuaded the Budu Ancient Clan elders to trade the Soul Hall’s formations and resources for Mu Chen, while Qing Xuan sent Qing Shuang to warn him. Qing Shuang found Mu Chen in Budu City and questioned why he had come into danger.

• Xuan Guang proposed using the Soul Hall’s formations on Budu Continent as leverage to demand Mu Chen and the Eight Divisions Pagoda, and sixteen elders approved the plan.
• Budu Xuan ordered Xuan Guang to bring Mu Chen back alive and keep the plan from Qing Yanjing.
• Qing Xuan sent Qing Shuang to warn Mu Chen that the clan planned to harm him and that the Soul Hall might betray him for profit.
• Mu Chen arrived in Budu City and waited at an inn for Hun Tiandi’s arrival.
• Qing Shuang sensed her connection to Mu Chen, recognized him, and asked why he had walked into a trap.

Qing Shuang warned Mu Chen that the Xuan and Mo Branches were hunting him and that Xuan Guang was trying to trade the Soul Hall’s interests on Budu Continent for his capture. Mu Chen doubted the Soul Hall would abandon him, while Xuan Guang asked Honored Elder Hun Shan to relay his demand to the Soul Hall; Mu Chen’s Soul Hall Token then flashed with a message.

• Qing Shuang found Mu Chen in Budu City, warned him to flee, and explained that the Council of Elders’ order to capture him remained valid despite his possession of the Eight Divisions Pagoda.
• Mu Chen told Qing Shuang that he had killed Xuan Luo, and she warned him that Xuan Guang was seeking the Soul Hall’s help to capture him.
• After Qing Shuang left, Mu Chen asked Di Er Meng about the Soul Hall’s interests on Budu Continent and concluded that the Soul Hall had little reason to trade him away.
• Xuan Guang visited Honored Elder Hun Shan and offered the Soul Hall’s interests on Budu Continent in exchange for Mu Chen.
• Hun Shan sent Xuan Guang’s request to a Celestial Worthy, and Mu Chen’s Soul Hall Token began flashing.

Mu Chen rejected the Budu Ancient Clan’s request to trade the right to gather souls and blood-energy for his surrender, then learned from Hun Tiandi how refining Spiritual Meridians could perfect his Celestial Sovereign Spirit Body. He was left anticipating the power of his own hidden Spiritual Meridians.

• Mu Chen received Hun Shan’s request and rejected the Budu Ancient Clan’s proposal outright.
• Hun Shan told Xuan Guang the proposal had been rejected, then discovered that Mu Chen himself had made the decision.
• Mu Chen told Hun Shan to tell Xuan Guang that he would repay the care Xuan Guang had shown him.
• Xuan Guang learned that Mu Chen might be on the Budu Continent and reacted angrily to his message.
• Hun Tiandi visited Mu Chen and explained that refining Spiritual Meridians could perfect a Celestial Sovereign Spirit Body and grant a Spiritual Meridian Divine Ability.
• Mu Chen realized he could sense his hidden Spiritual Meridians and anticipated that they would be extraordinary.

Mu Chen refined his hidden Spiritual Meridians and discovered that he possessed the legendary Nine Divine Meridians, awakening a powerful new ability. The resulting phenomenon alerted the Budu Ancient Clan, whose leaders recognized the signs of peerless talent.

• Hun Tiandi stood guard while Mu Chen began refining his Spiritual Meridians outside Budu City.
• Mu Chen dispersed the concealment over his meridians, refined eight purple moons, and gained the Devouring Spirit Purple Flame.
• Mu Chen sensed nine blazing suns beneath the purple moons and realized his mother might have placed her own Spiritual Meridians within him.
• Mu Chen refined the Nine Divine Meridians, causing nine sun patterns to appear and a pillar of light to rise over Budu City.
• The Spirit Vein Stele confirmed the Nine Divine Meridians, prompting Budu Xuan to arrive and inspect the phenomenon.

The Budu Ancient Clan elders followed the Spirit Vein Stele’s light to a forest, where they confronted Hun Tiandi and Mu Chen. Hun Tiandi backed Mu Chen against the clan and declared that their friendship with the Budu Clan would continue, whether the clan agreed or not.

• Budu Xuan and the elders learned that a newborn had awakened the Nine Divine Meridians and followed the stele’s light out of the Budu Realm.
• The light led them to a forest, where they found Hun Tiandi and Mu Chen waiting on a mountain peak.
• Budu Xuan recognized Mu Chen as a Sinner, while Hun Tiandi claimed him as Soul Hall’s Vice Hall Master and demanded an explanation for the Budu Clan’s attack on him.
• Mu Chen said he had killed Xuan Luo, prompting Xuan Guang to demand justice and prepare to fight him.
• Hun Tiandi restrained the other elders and told Mu Chen to face Xuan Guang while he provided cover.
• Budu Xuan summoned the damaged Ancestral Pagoda and ended the Budu Clan’s friendship with Soul Hall, but Hun Tiandi insisted that their friendship would continue.

Mu Chen fought Xuan Guang, a late-stage Immortal Grade Heavenly Sovereign of the Budu Ancient Clan, and revealed his Saint Budu Pagoda and several powerful abilities. The battle remained unresolved as Mu Chen summoned two identical clones, prompting Xuan Guang to recognize One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones.

• Xuan Guang attacked Mu Chen with his Celestial Sovereign Spirit Body, but Mu Chen endured the strike and used his sealing ability to weaken its force.
• Xuan Guang and Mu Chen brought out their Budu Pagodas, and the elders recognized Mu Chen's tower as the Saint Budu Pagoda despite his supposed Sinful Lineage.
• Xuan Guang unleashed Thunder God's Wrath, while Mu Chen countered with the Devouring Spirit Purple Flame and the Eight Divisions Pagoda.
• Mu Chen told Xuan Guang he would use another Peerless Greater Divine Ability and created two identical figures beside himself.
• Xuan Guang recognized Mu Chen's technique as One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones.

Mu Chen merged his three avatars into the Three-Unity Realm, raised his cultivation to early Immortal Grade, and revealed the Nine Divine Meridians while fighting Xuan Guang. The two brought out their Celestial Bodies, as hidden observers discussed their plan for Mu Chen to inherit the five Primal Celestial Bodies.

• Mu Chen merged his three avatars and entered the Three-Unity Realm, raising his strength to early Immortal Grade.
• Di Er Meng told Mu Chen that Xuan Guang and the Xuan and Mo Branches had helped imprison his mother to suppress the Qing Branch.
• Xuan Guang attacked Mu Chen with his Thunder-Piercing Arrow, but Mu Chen used Chaos Budu Light to swallow and contain it.
• Budu Xuan realized Mu Chen possessed the Nine Divine Meridians detected by the Spirit Vein Stele.
• Xuan Guang manifested the Great Budu Celestial Body, and Mu Chen revealed his Immortal Golden Body.
• Two bystanders said their plan was nearly complete and depended on Mu Chen inheriting the five Primal Celestial Bodies.