Chapter Summaries

Lin Tian discovered that a maid in Li Zhi’s residence was actually the Nine-Tailed Fox chief of the Qingqiu Clan, who had infiltrated Great Tang to steal its fortune. After she revealed her motive and offered access to the Demon Emperor Hall, Lin Tian pressured her for terms, and she begged him to spare her clan.

• Li Zhi welcomed Lin Tian, who told him a demon was hiding in his residence and led him to a small courtyard.
• Lin Tian attacked the courtyard with the Kongtong Seal, exposing the Nine-Tailed Fox and destroying one of her tails.
• The Nine-Tailed Fox revealed that she was the Qingqiu Clan chief and had planned to enter the imperial harem to steal Great Tang’s fortune.
• Li Zhi demanded that Lin Tian kill the fox and offered to lead an army against the Qingqiu Clan.
• The Nine-Tailed Fox offered Qingqiu’s help in entering the Demon Emperor Hall, but Lin Tian threatened to take the information by force.
• The Nine-Tailed Fox knelt and begged Lin Tian to name his conditions and spare her clan.

Lin Tian made the Qingqiu Clan his slaves and planned to unite the scattered Demon Race under the Bull Devil King, while building ties with the Witch Clan. As the Demon Emperor Hall appeared in the Ten Thousand Great Mountains, the gathered forces faced a new opportunity and likely conflict.

• Lin Tian forced Qing Mei and the Qingqiu Clan to swear an oath of submission, then planned to use them to help unite the Demon Race under the Bull Devil King.
• Lin Tian visited the Witch Clan with Nine Phoenixes and saw how Human Race support had strengthened the clan and increased its population.
• Lin Tian traveled with Wu Zetian to the Qingqiu Clan settlement, where he learned that Qing Mei was its only Quasi-Saint and that weaker members were often captured.
• The Bull Devil King joined Lin Tian and the others in the Ten Thousand Great Mountains.
• At sunrise, the Demon Emperor Hall appeared near the Ten Thousand Great Mountains, visible to the gathered Three Realms.

Lin Tian claimed the Demon Emperor Hall and persuaded most of the Demon Race to swear allegiance to him. As the hall opened, Grand Supreme Elder Lord and other powerful figures arrived, leaving Lin Tian to face a gathering of rivals.

• Lin Tian had Bull Devil King warn the assembled demons that the Demon Emperor Hall belonged to Lin Tian alone.
• Many demons submitted to Lin Tian, while elders who refused to surrender insulted them; the powerhouses then swore Heavenly Dao Oaths of allegiance.
• The Demon Emperor Hall opened and released waves of Solar Power, along with a sensation Lin Tian recognized as coming from the Pangu Remnant Soul.
• Grand Supreme Elder Lord appeared, greeted Lin Tian, and revealed an aura that threatened him, though Lin Tian suspected he was the Daoist's Good Corpse rather than his true form.
• Several more Buddhist and Daoist figures arrived with auras roughly equal to Lin Tian's.

Lin Tian claimed the Demon Race’s allegiance and discovered that the Chaos Bell gave him control over the Demon Emperor Hall. The Saints’ good corpses raced to enter the hall, but its doors shut before they could reach the Pan Gu remnant soul.

• The Grand Supreme Elder Lord questioned Bodhi about the Western Religion’s presence, while Lin Tian declared that the Demon Race would not surrender the Demon Emperor Hall.
• Lin Tian’s connection to the Demon Emperor Hall strengthened as the Demon Race’s fortune gathered around him, and he told Bodhi that his ties to the Witch Clan made the Demon Race’s karma no concern.
• Bodhi and Yuqingzi grew angry at Lin Tian’s growing influence, while the Grand Supreme Elder Lord prepared to compete for the Pan Gu remnant soul.
• Lin Tian used the Chaos Bell to annihilate the Saints’ good corpses’ attacks and realized that the bell let him control the Demon Emperor Hall.
• The Grand Supreme Elder Lord reached the hall first, but its doors slammed shut, leaving him, Bodhi, and Yuqingzi unable to enter.

Lin Tian explored the Demon Emperor Hall, trapped the Three Saints’ Good Corpses in a formation, and claimed the Dao Fruit formed from Pan Gu’s remnant soul. After the three broke free, they reached the underground palace entrance, still believing the prize might be inside.

• Lin Tian entered the Demon Emperor Hall through its door and used the Chaos Bell to survey the palace and activate its formations.
• The Three Saints’ Good Corpses entered the hall and struggled to find their way through its wards and vast interior.
• Lin Tian activated a formation that separated the Three Saints’ Good Corpses in a starry expanse, then collected valuables as he headed deeper into the palace.
• Lin Tian found the purple Dao Fruit in an underground palace, dismantled its protective formations with the Chaos Bell, and absorbed the fruit’s power.
• The Three Saints’ Good Corpses escaped the formation, hurried to the underground palace, and eyed one another warily at its entrance.

Lin Tian tricked the Three Pure Ones’ good corpses into believing they had found Pan Gu’s surviving consciousness, then ambushed them after they escaped his formation. He battered the three, especially Bodhi, and drew the Executioner Immortal Sword as Bodhi realized Lin Tian might kill his good corpse.

• The three Saints’ good corpses entered the underground palace and encountered a phantom claiming to be Pan Gu, who accused them of coveting his remnant soul.
• Yuqingzi apologized and tried to leave, but the phantom trapped the three in a chaos formation.
• Lin Tian revealed that he had created the Pan Gu phantom and controlled the hall’s formation with the Chaos Bell.
• The three corpses broke the formation, and Lin Tian struck them with the Kongtong Seal while they were caught off guard.
• Lin Tian focused his blows on Bodhi, then replaced the seal with the Executioner Immortal Sword after Bodhi threatened him.
• Bodhi realized that Lin Tian’s killing intent was aimed at his good corpse rather than his true form.

Lin Tian killed Patriarch Bodhi’s Good Corpse, while the Grand Supreme Elder Lord and Primordial Heavenly Venerable escaped. He emerged from the Demon Emperor Hall, accepted the Demon Race’s allegiance, and granted them permission to leave the Ten Thousand Great Mountains under strict conditions.

• Lin Tian destroyed Patriarch Bodhi’s Good Corpse, causing Daoist Zhunti to spit blood and swear revenge.
• The Grand Supreme Elder Lord escaped by spraying blood and vanishing in flames, while Lin Tian’s punch wounded Yuqing before he fled through a spatial passage.
• Lin Tian searched the Demon Emperor Hall with the Chaos Bell and took its remaining spirit plants into the Chaos Pearl.
• The Demon Race cheered Lin Tian’s return, and its fortune surged as its members accepted him as their ruler.
• Lin Tian allowed the Demon Race to leave the Ten Thousand Great Mountains and settle in Human territory as long as they did not harm humans.
• The Demon Race pledged loyalty to Lin Tian, strengthening his Imperial Law, and chose representatives to accompany him to the Great Tang to discuss cooperation.

After Lin Tian drove the Grand Supreme Elder Lord from the battlefield, the Grand Supreme Elder Lord sent Great Master Xuandu to apologize and offer gifts. Xuandu reached the heavily fortified Jixia Academy in Jiangzhou City, where the Human Race’s rapid development surprised him.

• The injured Grand Supreme Elder Lord returned to Tusita Palace and summoned Great Master Xuandu.
• When Xuandu offered to avenge him, the Grand Supreme Elder Lord admitted Lin Tian had forced him to retreat and ordered Xuandu not to discuss it.
• The Grand Supreme Elder Lord instructed Xuandu to bring Immortal Pills and Spirit Treasures to Lin Tian, and to stay with the Human Race if Lin Tian remained dissatisfied.
• Xuandu obeyed and flew to Jiangzhou City, arriving at Jixia Academy and marveling at its new defenses.

Great Master Xuandu came to Jixia Academy to offer the Grand Supreme Elder Lord’s apology, but Lin Tian turned the gifts into a deal that made Xuandu serve him for five hundred years. Just as Lin Tian strengthened the Human Race with immortal pills and a new quasi-saint ally, overwhelming demonic qi appeared near Great Tang.

• Lin Tian agreed to meet Xuandu, who apologized on behalf of the Grand Supreme Elder Lord and offered him hundreds of gourds of immortal pills and many spirit treasures.
• Lin Tian said the gifts were not enough, and Xuandu agreed to serve him for five hundred years in exchange for his freedom afterward.
• Lin Tian accepted the gifts and gained Xuandu, a powerful quasi-saint, as support for the Human Race.
• Lin Tian distributed the Nine-Turn Golden Elixirs to talented members of the Human Race.
• Earth-shaking demonic qi surged from northwest of Great Tang, threatening to engulf the Human Race.

Lin Tian and the other powerful figures gathered at a fissure pouring out Demonic Qi, where the God-Slaying Spear emerged. As Devil Race Quasi-Saints rushed to seize it, Zhen Yuanzi and the Grand Supreme Elder Lord moved to stop them.

• Lin Tian and Xuandu flew northwest to investigate the growing Demonic Qi, and found a vast fissure connecting to the Demon Realm.
• Zhen Yuanzi, Patriarch Minghe, the Grand Supreme Elder Lord, and Wutian arrived at the fissure, while Minghe kept his distance from Lin Tian.
• The Demonic Qi condensed into the God-Slaying Spear, shocking the gathered figures and delighting the Devil Race Quasi-Saints.
• The Grand Supreme Elder Lord warned Lin Tian that the Devil Race must not obtain the spear, while Lin Tian privately reflected on Wutian's identity.
• The Devil Race Quasi-Saints attacked together to claim the spear, and Zhen Yuanzi used Universe in the Sleeve to oppose them.

Zhen Yuanzi and the Grand Supreme Elder Lord fought the Devil Race Quasi-Saints, while Patriarch Minghe joined the demons to pursue the God-Slaying Spear. After the demons were killed, Zhen Yuanzi grievously wounded Minghe, who then found himself under attack from newly arrived Devil Race Quasi-Saints.

• Zhen Yuanzi trapped the Devil Race Quasi-Saints with Universe in the Sleeve, and the Grand Supreme Elder Lord struck them with his Diamond Bangle.
• Patriarch Minghe joined forces with the Devil Race Quasi-Saints, helping them widen the Demon Realm Rift and draw on demonic qi.
• The Devil Race Quasi-Saints pleaded with Wutian to help them, but he refused because he stood with his master, Lin Tian.
• The Grand Supreme Elder Lord used the Diamond Bangle to annihilate the Devil Race Quasi-Saints, leaving Minghe facing Zhen Yuanzi and the Elder Lord.
• Zhen Yuanzi attacked Minghe with the Earth Book, destroying his clones and grievously injuring him.
• More than a dozen Devil Race Quasi-Saints emerged from the rift and attacked Minghe, who escaped by sacrificing Blood River Clones.

Minghe fled as the Grand Supreme Elder Lord and Zhen Yuanzi were overwhelmed by Devil Race Quasi-Saints, but Lin Tian killed the attackers with the Kongtong Seal. Afterward, Lin Tian and Zhen Yuanzi considered how to seal the rift to the Demon Realm, and Lin Tian proposed using his Kongtong Seal to suppress it.

• Minghe used a secret technique to escape toward the Netherworld, leaving the Grand Supreme Elder Lord and Zhen Yuanzi to face the Devil Race Quasi-Saints.
• The Devil Race Quasi-Saints joined forces and gradually pinned down the Grand Supreme Elder Lord and Zhen Yuanzi.
• Three Quasi-Saints charged Lin Tian, and he killed them with the Green Duckweed Sword before attacking the rest with the Kongtong Seal.
• Lin Tian killed all the Devil Race Quasi-Saints despite their pleas for mercy.
• Lin Tian and Zhen Yuanzi agreed that the rift to the Demon Realm needed to be sealed, and Lin Tian brought out the Kongtong Seal to suppress it.

Lin Tian destroyed the enormous spatial rift with the Kongtong Seal and his power-law cultivation. He gave Wutian the God-Slaying Spear, which transformed into a Black Dragon and greatly increased Wutian’s strength.

• Zhen Yuanzi and the Grand Supreme Elder Lord tried to dissuade Lin Tian from destroying the spatial passage, but Lin Tian struck it with the Kongtong Seal and shattered it.
• Lin Tian told Wutian to refine the God-Slaying Spear, and Wutian approached it while the others watched.
• The God-Slaying Spear transformed into a Black Dragon when Wutian touched it, then merged with him and strengthened him.
• Wutian thanked Lin Tian and called him Master after receiving the God-Slaying Spear.

Daoist Zhunti sent five Buddhas from Spirit Mountain to the Demon Realm to ally with the Demon Cave against Lin Tian and Wutian. Medicine Buddha’s group crash-landed in the Demon Realm and found themselves surrounded by hostile devils.

• Daoist Zhunti announced that Spirit Mountain would counterattack by joining forces with the Demon Cave, and Tathagata sent five Buddhas to negotiate.
• Daoist Zhunti hoped the Demon Realm’s resentment toward Wutian and Lin Tian would help him turn its devils against them.
• Medicine Buddha’s party took a dangerous shortcut through the Chaos and crashed into the Demon Realm, narrowly surviving the journey.
• Medicine Buddha cursed Tathagata for the route and complained about being sent to negotiate, while his disciples silently recalled that he had chosen the shortcut and volunteered for the mission.
• Medicine Buddha and Sun-Moonlight Bodhisattva noticed the demonic figures surrounding them as powerful demonic senses probed their party.

Medicine Buddha entered the Demon Realm to propose an alliance against Lin Tian, but the Devil Race mocked him and kept him waiting while their Demon King sought the Demon Venerable. The chapter left Leng Yi arriving at the Demon Venerable’s cold, eerie cave abode to report Medicine Buddha’s offer.

• Medicine Buddha and his two disciples were surrounded by powerful Devil Race forces, and he humbly asked to announce their arrival.
• A Demon King mocked Spirit Mountain, but Medicine Buddha swallowed his anger and offered an alliance against Lin Tian in exchange for a chance to reclaim the God-Slaying Spear.
• The Demon King ordered Medicine Buddha and his companions to wait while he went to report to the Demon Venerable.
• Medicine Buddha’s disciples urged him not to provoke the Devil Race, and he reluctantly stayed quiet.
• Leng Yi entered the Demon Venerable’s hidden cave abode after being summoned.

Leng Yi reported to Demon Venerable Jidu that the God-Slaying Spear had been seized by Lin Tian and was now with Wutian, while Spirit Mountain sought an alliance against Lin Tian. Jidu ordered Leng Yi to lead the Demon Cave into the Three Realms and seize the spear at any cost.

• Leng Yi secretly absorbed demonic qi in the Demonic Land until Demon Venerable Jidu kicked him away and demanded his report.
• Leng Yi told Jidu that the God-Slaying Spear had appeared in the Three Realms, but Lin Tian seized it and it was now with the Devil Race leader Wutian.
• Leng Yi explained that the Demon Cave had lost more than ten Quasi-Saint Experts and had avoided attacking Lin Tian because of his strength and powerful allies.
• Leng Yi reported that Spirit Mountain had approached the Demon Cave to form an alliance against Lin Tian.
• Demon Venerable Jidu ordered Leng Yi to lead the Demon Cave to seize the God-Slaying Spear, even if the entire group was wiped out.

Leng Yi tricked Medicine Buddha into making Spirit Mountain the vanguard against Jixia Academy while the Demon Cave waited to exploit the conflict. At Jixia Academy, Lin Tian gathered powerful factions to discuss the Demon Realm threat and learned that Grand Supreme Elder Lord had already left.

• Demon Venerable Jidu ordered Leng Yi to use Spirit Mountain as the Devil Race’s vanguard, and Leng Yi agreed to fetch the God-Slaying Spear.
• Medicine Buddha and his disciples waited anxiously outside the Demon Cave until Leng Yi announced that the Demon Venerable would ally with Spirit Mountain if the Buddhist Sect marched first against Jixia Academy.
• Medicine Buddha eagerly accepted the plan and left with Sunlight Bodhisattva and Moonlight Bodhisattva, while Leng Yi watched them go and called them fools.
• Lin Tian convened powerful factions at Jixia Academy to discuss the Demon Realm’s return and its threat to the Primordial World.
• Lin Tian asked Great Master Xuandu whether Grand Supreme Elder Lord had stayed to help, and Xuandu confirmed that his master had left because of his fear of the Demon Realm.

Lin Tian gathered the Human Race and allied factions to discuss the coming war, learning that the Witch Clan had recovered more than a dozen Quasi-Saint fighters. As Spirit Mountain's surviving Buddhas advanced on Human Territory, Lin Tian and the assembled leaders prepared to face them together.

• Lin Tian kicked Bull Devil King out of the Great Hall for talking too much, then asked Nine Phoenixes how many Witch Clan fighters could join the war.
• Nine Phoenixes reported that the recovering Witch Clan had more than a dozen peak Quasi-Saints and wanted to fight under Lin Tian's command.
• Lin Tian's allies recognized the strength of their growing coalition, and Lin Tian resolved to unite the Human Race and Demon Race against the Demon Realm and Heavenly Court.
• Lin Tian sensed Spirit Mountain's surviving monks approaching Human Territory, and Yuchi Gong warned that Tathagata might have made preparations.
• Lin Tian dismissed concerns about Spirit Mountain, while the Eighteen Arhats, three thousand Kashyapas, and surviving Buddhas advanced in a vast display of Buddhist power.

The Buddhist Sect invaded the Great Tang with plans to kill Lin Tian and reclaim its faith, but Lin Tian ambushed its army with the Kongtong Seal. He killed Medicine Buddha in one strike, leaving Tathagata and the Buddhas shaken as the confrontation began.

• Tathagata led the Buddhist Sect's forces into the Great Tang, while Medicine Buddha claimed the Demon Cave's Demon Venerable had agreed to help them.
• Tathagata rallied the Buddhas to kill Lin Tian, destroy Jixia Academy, and reclaim the Buddhist Sect's faith.
• Lin Tian attacked with the Kongtong Seal, shattering Buddha Kingdoms and crushing Buddhas as the army fell into chaos.
• Medicine Buddha taunted Lin Tian, who appeared beside him and killed him with the Green Duckweed Sword.
• Tathagata recognized that Lin Tian had grown stronger, while the surviving Buddhas feared his power.

Lin Tian faced Buddha Tathagata’s invading Buddhist army as the Bull Devil King, Zhen Yuanzi, and Wutian arrived with their forces to support him. Tathagata realized the Demon Cave had deceived the Buddhist Sect, and Lin Tian declared that none of the invaders would leave alive.

• The Bull Devil King and the Demon Race arrived and knelt before Lin Tian, revealing that he commanded them as their emperor.
• Zhen Yuanzi and Wutian appeared, and Wutian condemned the Buddhist Sect for exploiting humans and bringing ruin upon itself.
• Tathagata announced that Spirit Mountain had committed its full army and that the Demon Realm’s experts would join the assault on Jixia Academy.
• Lin Tian said no Devil Army was anywhere near the Primordial World, prompting Tathagata to realize the Demon Cave had tricked the Buddhist Sect through Medicine Buddha.
• Lin Tian condemned Tathagata for invading Great Tang and declared that the Buddhist forces would not be allowed to leave.