Chapter Summaries

Nie Yun challenged Young Master Qi Yang to test his strength, then used Hidden Strength to pierce Mu Shengxue through Qi Yang’s defense. After Qi Yang healed Mu Shengxue and called for harmony, Nie Yun turned to Ouyang Cheng and asked him to demonstrate his Soaring Water Talent.

• Ouyang Cheng proposed dividing the treasures through compensation or combat, and Qi Yang called the group to move on.
• Nie Yun challenged Qi Yang after Mu Shengxue ordered him to be silent, and Qi Yang caught Nie Yun’s sword barehanded.
• Nie Yun revealed that his attack had also pierced Mu Shengxue’s chest with Hidden Strength.
• Qi Yang healed Mu Shengxue with Healing Qi and urged Nie Yun to let the conflict go.
• Nie Yun asked Ouyang Cheng to demonstrate his Soaring Water Talent.

Nie Yun and the alliance traveled across the Endless Ocean toward the Demon Saint Ancient Ruins, with Ouyang Cheng displaying his Soaring Water Talent and leading them underwater. They reached the ruins’ vicinity and began descending into the deep sea, where the cramped air bubble pressed Nie Yun and Bai Huaxiu close together.

• Ouyang Cheng demonstrated his Soaring Water Talent, convincing the others of his power underwater, and Qi Yang led the group toward the ruins.
• Nie Yun observed the alliance’s factions while Qi Yang secretly told Mu Shengxue that he planned to use Yun Tong as a scout before killing everyone for the Nine-Hearted Demonic Fruit.
• On the third day, Qi Yang produced an iron-armored ship from his Storage Dantian to carry the group through the sea storm and past demonic beasts.
• After seven or eight days, the group reached an island near the Demon Saint Ancient Ruins, and Qi Yang directed Ouyang Cheng to lead them beneath the sea.
• Ouyang Cheng formed an air bubble and guided the group into the depths; as the pressure shrank the bubble, Nie Yun was pressed close to Bai Huaxiu.

As the group approached the Demon Saint Ancient Ruins, Nie Yun resisted the women pressing against him and broke through to the middle Supreme stage. Mu Qing proposed an alliance, but Nie Yun demanded seventy percent of any gains, and Ouyang Cheng warned everyone about the Dark Gold Cold Currents ahead.

• Bai Huaxiu stumbled back into Nie Yun under the seawater pressure, while Mu Qing pressed close and quietly proposed an alliance between the sisters and Nie Yun's group.
• Nie Yun resisted the women's advances, overcame his cultivation bottleneck, and advanced to the middle Supreme stage with a thousand elephants of potential combat power.
• Nie Yun told Mu Qing he did not trust her and demanded seventy percent of any treasure they found; Mu Qing angrily left.
• Qi Yang silently vowed to kill Yun Tong, Bai Huaxiu, Mu Qing, and Mu Xia after the expedition.
• Ouyang Cheng announced that the group had reached the outskirts of the Demon Saint Ancient Ruins, where dangerous Dark Gold Cold Currents lay ahead.

Nie Yun and the others crossed the Dark Gold Cold Current and reached an eerie ancient road beneath the seabed. Mu Xia recognized it as the Demon Nether Ancient Path and feared they had entered the Nether Demon Ancient Clan’s territory.

• Qi Yang used Rootless Void Fire to pass through the Dark Gold Cold Current and opened a safe passage for the group.
• The group crossed the cold current, gathered leaves from the Nine-Hearted Demonic Fruit Tree, and landed on the seabed mountain range.
• Ouyang Cheng parted the boiling seawater and pushed aside the Earth Core Poison Gas, revealing an ancient road below.
• Qi Yang identified the road as the Demon Nether Ancient Path, and Mu Xia feared the Demon Saint belonged to the Nether Demon Ancient Clan.

Mu Xia identified the passage as the Nether Demon Clan’s deadly ancient path, but a vast swarm of Winged Cloud Armored Beasts blocked the way. After Ouyang Cheng abandoned the group, Nie Yun and the others fought through the swarm, leaving their escape uncertain.

• Mu Xia warned that the pitch-black Hell Gate lay at the end of the Nether Demon Clan’s ancient path and that entering it left little chance of survival.
• Hundreds of thousands of Winged Cloud Armored Beasts surged through the passage, and Nie Yun and the others braced for their attack.
• Ouyang Cheng fled through the water, abandoning the group and leaving them without a Soaring Water Master’s protection.
• Mu Shengxue, Mu Qing, Mu Xia, and Bai Huaxiu attacked the beasts to carve a path, while Qi Yang and the others joined the fight.
• Nie Yun used the Profound Jade Sword and Hidden Strength to kill Winged Cloud Armored Beasts from within their intact shells.

Nie Yun discovered that the Winged Black Armored Beasts’ secret patterns helped him master twelve layers of Hidden Strength, making him far stronger as the group fought to escape the horde. Young Master Qi Yang ordered Yun Tong to attack the beasts’ king, while Mu Shengxue hoped the mission would leave Yun Tong weakened.

• A conch-like call halted the Winged Cloud Armored Beasts and brought forward Winged Black Armored Beasts whose Demon Race patterns made their shells exceptionally tough.
• Qi Yang shattered one black armored beast with repeated hammer blows, while Nie Yun realized their secret patterns resembled Hidden Strength.
• Nie Yun comprehended the patterns and unleashed twelve layers of Hidden Strength, killing dozens of Winged Black Armored Beasts with one strike.
• Nie Yun suspected the beast horde’s leader had even more valuable secret patterns, and Qi Yang proposed killing the king to break out.
• Mu Shengxue urged Qi Yang to send Yun Tong after the king, while Mu Qing and Bai Huaxiu argued that Qi Yang should go himself.
• Qi Yang claimed he had already led by example and ordered Yun Tong to go, threatening to have everyone execute him if he refused.

Nie Yun left the group to confront the Beast King after Mu Shengxue and Qi Yang demanded he obey their orders. He reached the golden-shelled Beast King and killed it with one strike, leaving the others to fend off the Winged Black Armored Beasts.

• Nie Yun seized Mu Shengxue, slapped him repeatedly, and threw him to the ground before heading toward the Beast King.
• Mu Qing worried that Nie Yun was rushing into danger, while Bai Huaxiu said he likely had his own reasons.
• Nie Yun used his Soaring Water Qi to speed through the water and suspected Ouyang Cheng was hiding his strength and pursuing a goal beyond the Nine-Hearted Demonic Fruit Tree.
• Nie Yun found the golden-shelled Beast King and admired the secret patterns on its back.
• The Beast King attacked Nie Yun with an icy current, but Nie Yun struck its shell with Earthly Momentum and destroyed its insides in one blow.

Nie Yun killed the Beast King and found a vast cache of treasures, including a Nine Nether Cold Pearl and eighteen Nine-Hearted Demonic Fruit Tree fruits. After using twelve fruits to strengthen his body, he disguised his improved condition as exhaustion just as Qi Yang and the others arrived, while Qi Yang and Mu Shengxue resolved to kill him.

• Nie Yun killed the Beast King, collected its treasures, and confirmed that one of them was a Nine Nether Cold Pearl.
• He stored the Beast King's corpse and the scattered treasures in his dantian as the Winged Cloud Armored Beasts fled without their leader.
• Nie Yun ate twelve Nine-Hearted Demonic Fruit Tree fruits, which removed his hidden injuries and greatly increased his physical strength and defense.
• He disguised his strengthened body by making himself appear exhausted and weakened.
• Qi Yang arrived with the others and praised Nie Yun, while he and Mu Shengxue exchanged a look and decided that Nie Yun had to die.

After killing the beast king, Nie Yun learned from Mu Qing that Qi Yang had led the group to a Demon Saint’s corpse and its precious demon core. Qi Yang tested Nie Yun’s injuries, then demanded that he surrender the beast king’s treasures, leaving their alliance on the verge of conflict.

• Mu Shengxue warned Qi Yang that Nie Yun and Mu Qing might have formed an alliance, and Qi Yang vowed to kill them both.
• Mu Qing told Nie Yun that Qi Yang had brought the group to a Demon Saint’s complete corpse, which could contain a demon core.
• Qi Yang offered Nie Yun a position as a Qi Family guest elder and secretly used Healing Qi to examine his injuries.
• Nie Yun fooled Qi Yang by simulating severe injuries and pretended to welcome the offer.
• Qi Yang demanded that Nie Yun hand over the beast king’s treasures, and Nie Yun challenged his claim to a share.
• Mu Shengxue accused Nie Yun of violating their agreement and threatened him.

Nie Yun yielded the Cloud Armored Beast King’s corpse to Qi Yang and Ouyang Cheng, keeping its valuable shell, while Bai Huaxiu tried to protect and heal him. The group reached the Hell Gate, where Mu Shengxue demanded that the supposedly injured Nie Yun enter first and scout ahead.

• Nie Yun handed over the Cloud Armored Beast King’s corpse, and Qi Yang took its inner core while Ouyang Cheng claimed its flesh and wings, leaving Nie Yun the shell.
• Bai Huaxiu urged Qi Yang to heal Nie Yun, but Qi Yang refused until they left the seabed; Bai Huaxiu gave Nie Yun a Qianqing Great Return Pill, which he secretly stored away.
• The group continued along the Demon Nether Ancient Path and arrived at the Hell Gate, which they believed offered no way back.
• Mu Shengxue demanded that Nie Yun enter the Hell Gate first to scout, and Bai Huaxiu objected that he was too badly injured.

Nie Yun entered Hell Gate at Qi Yang’s insistence, secretly using his Soaring Water talent to scout ahead and mislead the others. After evading traps and Demon Race puppets, he found the Nine-Hearted Demonic Fruit Tree.

• Qi Yang and Ouyang Cheng refused to help the injured Nie Yun recover unless he entered Hell Gate first, while Qi Yang threatened Bai Huaxiu’s Hundred Flowers Sect to keep her from leaving.
• Nie Yun accepted Qi Yang’s Crimson Seeking Powder and entered Hell Gate, while Qi Yang and Mu Shengxue privately planned to kill him after using him.
• Once out of their sensing range, Nie Yun used his Soaring Water talent to detect and avoid traps, then scattered Crimson Seeking Powder over a trap to lure the others into danger.
• Nie Yun trapped a group of Demon Race puppets in water vortices and sped past them.
• Nie Yun spotted the Nine-Hearted Demonic Fruit Tree and recognized the object he had been seeking.

Nie Yun hid near the Nine-Hearted Demonic Fruit Tree and overheard the Sacred Empire’s Seventh Prince plot against Qi Yang. As the Seventh Prince attacked the tree to claim its fruits, Nie Yun saw a chance to exploit their rivalry.

• The Nine-Hearted Demonic Fruit Tree attacked Nie Yun with powerful branches, and he evaded them using his Soaring Water Master ability.
• Nie Yun hid behind a rock when the Seventh Prince and several Supreme Peak experts arrived at the tree.
• The Seventh Prince’s followers discussed how Qi Yang had unknowingly led them there, and the Seventh Prince rejected a plan to kill him because of the Qi Family elder’s influence.
• Nie Yun decided to use the conflict between the Seventh Prince and Qi Yang to his advantage.
• The Seventh Prince unleashed the Great Sorrow Meteor Swordplay against the tree, breaking its branches as his followers praised his skill.

Nie Yun took advantage of the Seventh Prince’s battle with three Supreme Peak puppets to steal all nine fruits from the Nine-Hearted Demonic Fruit Tree. He then searched for the legendary Nine-Heart Lotus, which was formed by the tree’s nine internal connections.

• The Seventh Prince attacked the lowest fruit, but three Supreme Peak puppets emerged and trapped him and his men beneath a Water Locking Divine Palace Cover.
• The puppets wounded the Seventh Prince and fought his men to a stalemate inside the cover.
• Nie Yun disguised himself in a gray robe resembling Ouyang Cheng’s and slipped toward the tree while the battle distracted everyone.
• Nie Yun plucked all nine demonic fruits as the puppets turned toward him, while the Seventh Prince mistook their response for an attempt to escape.
• Nie Yun recalled that the tree’s nine hearts referred to a Nine-Heart Lotus formed by its internal connections, and set out to find it.

Nie Yun attacked the Nine-Hearted Demonic Fruit Tree, but it used the Nine-Heart Lotus to link its heartbeat to his and try to seize his body. By breaking through his fear and hesitation, Nie Yun reached the peak of the mid-Supreme realm and split the tree open, revealing a lotus-shaped object.

• Nie Yun stabbed the Nine-Hearted Demonic Fruit Tree with the Profound Jade Sword, and the tree linked its Nine-Heart Lotus to his heart to seize his body.
• As the tree's rhythmic sound drew Nie Yun's heartbeat under its control, he realized its puppets might have been former attackers it had possessed.
• Nie Yun resisted the urge to flee by recalling the regrets of his past life and resolving to save his family and see her again.
• Nie Yun broke through his inner shackles, consumed the spirit stones in his Storage Dantian, and reached the peak of the mid-Supreme realm with two thousand Elephant Strength.
• Nie Yun unleashed the Profound Jade Sword and split the Nine-Hearted Demonic Fruit Tree down the middle, revealing a lotus-shaped object.

Nie Yun stole and consumed the Nine-Heart Lotus, greatly increasing his physical strength, then disguised himself as a badly wounded man to set Qi Yang’s group against the Seventh Prince. The chapter ended as a worried woman in white rushed to his side and called him Yun Tong.

• Nie Yun took the Nine-Heart Lotus while the Seventh Prince and his men were distracted, then escaped by using Soaring Water Qi to stir the seawater into chaos.
• The Seventh Prince’s men blamed Qi Yang for arranging the theft, and the Seventh Prince swore to kill him.
• Nie Yun swallowed the Nine-Heart Lotus, raising his Spirit Rhinoceros Body Refining Technique to major mastery and his muscular strength to 500 elephants.
• Nie Yun spotted Qi Yang’s group approaching, disguised himself as a gravely wounded man, and left traces to draw the Seventh Prince’s group toward them.
• A woman in white hurried to Nie Yun and anxiously asked whether Yun Tong was all right.

Bai Huaxiu and the others found the injured Nie Yun, and Qi Yang tried to kill him for allegedly leading the group into a trap. Bai Huaxiu and Mu Qing stood up for Nie Yun, while Mu Shengxue, Ouyang Cheng, and Mu Xia sided with Qi Yang, until a furious voice interrupted the impending fight.

• Qi Yang accused Nie Yun of deliberately leading him into a Demon Saint's trap and moved to kill him.
• Bai Huaxiu intercepted Qi Yang's attack and argued that Nie Yun had saved them and obeyed his orders to scout ahead.
• Mu Shengxue and Ouyang Cheng declared their support for Qi Yang, who threatened Mu Qing and Mu Xia into choosing sides.
• Mu Xia sided with Qi Yang, but Mu Qing joined Bai Huaxiu and resolved to protect Nie Yun.
• As Qi Yang prepared to attack them, the surrounding waters churned and a voice vowed to kill him.

Nie Yun healed Bai Huaxiu while the Seventh Prince attacked Qi Yang over the stolen Nine-Hearted Demonic Fruit. Qi Yang used a life-draining pill to match the Seventh Prince’s soul-based technique, leaving both men severely injured and Qi Yang demanding an explanation.

• A powerful attacker arrived, and Ouyang Cheng shielded Qi Yang from the assault before fighting the newcomer.
• Nie Yun rose from the stone platform, revealed his deception by healing Bai Huaxiu, and restored her strength.
• The Seventh Prince attacked Qi Yang and demanded the return of his Nine-Hearted Demonic Fruit.
• Qi Yang swallowed a Mad Demon Refining Heart Pill, boosting his power at the cost of his blood, life, and lifespan.
• Bai Huaxiu explained that the Seventh Prince’s Soul-Binding Seven-Life Bridge attacked the soul and came from the Sacred Empire’s Path of the Soul.
• Qi Yang and the Seventh Prince clashed, both suffered severe injuries, and Qi Yang demanded to know why the Seventh Prince wanted him dead.

Nie Yun exposed Ouyang Cheng as the likely thief of the Nine-Hearted Demonic Fruits, turning Qi Yang’s group against him. After Nie Yun struck Mu Shengxue with a spiritual attack and then coughed blood himself, the Seventh Prince considered recruiting him and asked his name and origin.

• Qi Yang and the Seventh Prince argued over who had stolen the Nine-Hearted Demonic Fruits, while Ouyang Cheng denied taking them.
• Nie Yun pointed out that Ouyang Cheng had left the group earlier, prompting the others to suspect him.
• Ouyang Cheng attacked Nie Yun, but Bai Huaxiu and Mu Qing intervened.
• Nie Yun accused Ouyang Cheng of stealing the fruits and manipulating the Seventh Prince into targeting Qi Yang.
• Nie Yun used a spiritual attack to injure Mu Shengxue, then spat blood, leading the Seventh Prince’s subordinates to discuss recruiting him.
• The Seventh Prince asked Nie Yun for his name and where he came from.

Nie Yun manipulated the Seventh Prince and Qi Yang into turning against Ouyang Cheng, who escaped with the Nine-Hearted Demonic Fruit. With Qi Yang cornered, he offered to guide the Seventh Prince to the Ancient Demon Saint Corpse in exchange for three conditions, then used his ties to powerful figures to make the prince hesitate.

• The Seventh Prince claimed Nie Yun as his subordinate and blocked Qi Yang from attacking him.
• Nie Yun revealed that Qi Yang’s body had been drained by the Mad Demon Refining Heart Pill and accused Ouyang Cheng of stealing the Nine-Hearted Demonic Fruit.
• Qi Yang confronted Ouyang Cheng, who broke off their partnership and fled as a Soaring Water Master.
• The Seventh Prince and Qi Yang failed to stop Ouyang Cheng, and Nie Yun urged the prince to retaliate against Qi Yang.
• Qi Yang offered to lead the Seventh Prince to the Ancient Demon Saint Corpse if the prince accepted three conditions.
• Qi Yang warned that his grandfather and the First Prince would retaliate if anything happened to him, making the Seventh Prince hesitate.

Qi Yang forced the Seventh Prince to accept terms in exchange for leading him to the Ancient Demon Saint Corpse, including permission to kill Nie Yun. Mu Shengxue’s sword could not pierce Nie Yun’s body, and the chapter ended with Nie Yun slapping Mu Shengxue to the ground.

• Qi Yang demanded that the Seventh Prince agree to three conditions: let him kill Yun Tong, compete fairly for the Ancient Demon Saint Corpse, and seek no revenge afterward.
• The Seventh Prince accepted, and Qi Yang ordered Nie Yun to kneel while Mu Shengxue volunteered to kill him.
• Bai Huaxiu revealed that Nie Yun was the emperor of the Shenfeng Empire, but Qi Yang dismissed his status and threatened Bai Huaxiu and Mu Qing.
• The Seventh Prince refused to protect Nie Yun, and Mu Shengxue attacked him with the Sky-Breaking Annihilation Supreme Great Sword Art.
• Mu Shengxue’s sword struck Nie Yun’s chest without piercing his skin, leading the Seventh Prince to suspect he had a defensive magic treasure.
• Nie Yun extended his hand and slapped Mu Shengxue onto the ground.