Chapter Summaries

Li Xiaoya reunited with Du Chengfeng in Heavenly Lake City and learned that Du Chengfeng's mother had died and the Du Household had grown prosperous. Du Chengfeng asked Li Xiaoya and his companions to help defend the city from an approaching thousand-year beast tide after the Mystic Heaven Way failed to respond to their plea for reinforcements.

• Li Xiaoya revealed his identity to Du Chengfeng, reunited with him, and learned that Senior Sister Tie had died after failing to reach the Nascent Soul Realm.
• Dong Santong's disguised mating call became a citywide rumor, while Du Chengfeng recounted the Du Household's growth and the uneasy history between the Heavenly Earth Demon Sect and the Mystic Heaven Way.
• Li Xiaoya asked why Heavenly Lake City was preparing for war, and Du Chengfeng knelt to request help against a thousand-year beast tide.
• Du Chengfeng explained that peak eighth-tier demon beasts led the tide and that the Mystic Heaven Way had not answered the city's request for reinforcements sent nearly half a month earlier.
• Li Xiaoya supported Du Chengfeng as he begged for help protecting Heavenly Lake City's millions of residents.

Li Xiaoya and his companions annihilated the beast tide threatening Heavenly Lake City in less than fifteen minutes. After returning to the Du Household, Li Xiaoya asked Du Chengfeng about spies in the Heavenly Earth Demon Sect and summoned Du Ling to discuss their intelligence network.

• When the beast tide approached, Li Xiaoya and his companions went out to protect Heavenly Lake City, and Du Chengfeng told the city’s cultivators and residents to stand down.
• Li Xiaoya and his companions slaughtered nearly ten thousand demon beasts and wiped them out in less than fifteen minutes.
• Back at the Du Household, Li Xiaoya cautioned Du Chengfeng not to reveal his name and asked him about spies inside the Heavenly Earth Demon Sect.
• Du Chengfeng explained that the Du Household’s spies were direct-line members, and that Dragon-and-Phoenix Twins could communicate across thousands of miles.
• Li Xiaoya asked Du Chengfeng to summon the spy’s sister, and Du Ling arrived to pay her respects.

Li Xiaoya questioned Du Ling about her brother’s knowledge of the Heavenly Earth Demon Sect and recruited him to investigate a suspicious chamber that might be connected to Li Muzhi. The chapter ended with Li Xiaoya explaining that Du Ling’s method of contacting her brother consumed her lifespan and divine sense, and that Iron Lady was responsible for her burden.

• Du Ling used a costly spiritual technique to contact her elder brother, who said he knew of Black Skeleton but had never seen him or heard of Li Muzhi.
• Du Ling revealed that her brother had once seen Black Old Devil emerge from a secret chamber in the Heavenly Earth Tower while cursing someone surnamed Li.
• Li Xiaoya asked Du Ling’s brother to investigate the chamber, Black Skeleton, and places where Li Muzhi might be imprisoned, and Du Chengfeng approved the mission.
• Li Xiaoya promised rewards, gave Du Ling elixirs to restore her lifespan and improve her divine sense, and asked her to keep the mission secret.
• After Du Ling left, Li Xiaoya explained to Dong Santong and Liu Xian'er that her contact technique consumed her lifespan and divine sense, and told them about Iron Lady.

After Heavenly Lake City celebrated the Beast Tide’s defeat, Li Xiaoya comforted Liu Xian'er and Zhang Hong as they shared painful memories about their families. The next morning, he left the city to search for Lingyu, investigate the Heavenly Earth Demon Sect, and seek help from the Mystic Heaven Way.

• Li Xiaoya, Liu Xian'er, and Zhang Hong watched Heavenly Lake City's victory celebration and discussed the different troubles faced by mortals and Immortal Cultivators.
• Liu Xian'er told Li Xiaoya that her parents had refused to leave the Liu Family, and revealed that they had died decades earlier; Zhang Hong shared that she had never met her parents.
• Li Xiaoya embraced both women and cheered them up, then the three playfully exchanged attacks and made elaborate fireworks for the city's residents.
• Dong Santong and the others joined the fireworks display, and Heavenly Lake City enjoyed an unforgettable night of celebration.
• The next morning, Li Xiaoya left Heavenly Lake City to search for Lingyu, investigate the Heavenly Earth Demon Sect, and enlist the Mystic Heaven Way against it.

Li Xiaoya returned to the Mystic Heaven Way, persuaded its elders to prepare for war against the Heavenly Earth Demon Sect, and left to investigate the sect and search for Lingyu. Elsewhere, a mysterious young man used a strange device to extract information from Heavenly Earth Demon Sect cultivators, but learned nothing useful.

• Li Xiaoya reunited with the Nine Profound Fairy and the Mystic Heaven Way elders, then told them Black Skeleton might have died and proposed that they destroy the Heavenly Earth Demon Sect after he broke through its defenses.
• Li Xiaoya defeated Elder Han Bing and then Han Bing and Elder Lie Yan together, convincing Master Long and the other elders to consider his plan.
• The Nine Profound Fairy asked Li Xiaoya about Ouyang Qianru, and Li Xiaoya explained that he already had powerful Dual Cultivation Partners.
• Master Long agreed to prepare the Mystic Heaven Way for war, and Li Xiaoya traded for supplies before leaving to investigate the Heavenly Earth Demon Sect and search for Lingyu.
• A mysterious young man used a strange metal device on an unconscious Black-Armored Cultivator to extract information, but found no useful news; the same scene unfolded elsewhere.

The Black Demon Young Master investigated the disappearance of Golden Core cultivators from the Heavenly Earth Demon Sect while the Fourth Elder warned that reports about Elder Lü’s death might be a trap. They split up to verify the news and investigate their rivals, unaware that the Fourth Elder’s suspicion had played into someone’s plan.

• The Black Demon Young Master learned that twenty-one Golden Core cultivators had disappeared or died and ordered undercover disciples to investigate other sects and watch the Mystic Heaven Way.
• The Fourth Elder urged the Black Demon Young Master to take his responsibilities as Sect Master seriously, and they discussed the missing Martial Uncle Black Skeleton and a prophecy left by their Grandmaster.
• A Black-Armored Cultivator reported that Elder Lü’s Primordial Spirit Life-Bound Lamp had gone out, prompting the Black Demon Young Master to consider convening the Elder Council.
• The Fourth Elder suspected the report was a trap because Elder Lü and Senior Brother Ling were associated with their rivals, and he told the Black Demon Young Master to verify the lamp’s status.
• The Fourth Elder set out to investigate while the Black Demon Young Master ordered the Black-Armored Cultivator to look into the rival faction’s recent activities instead of focusing on the Mystic Heaven Way.

Li Xiaoya searched captured Heavenly Earth Demon Sect cultivators for information about his imprisoned father, then visited the hidden island to look for Lingyu. He found her disciple Yu Linglong instead, who recognized him as her Grandmaster, and he asked where Lingyu had gone.

• Li Xiaoya used Second Better’s soul-searching cap on a captured Nascent Soul Realm cultivator and learned where Li Muzhi was imprisoned, along with information about the sect’s defenses and leadership.
• Li Xiaoya discovered the cultivators’ crimes and burned one who had sacrificed tens of thousands of mortals to refine a treasure.
• Li Xiaoya flew to the Misty Sea Region and used his lantern and Guiding Spirit Disk to enter the hidden island.
• Li Xiaoya found Yu Linglong directing mechanism puppets to tend the island’s flowers and asked where her master had gone.
• Yu Linglong recognized Li Xiaoya as her Grandmaster, paid her respects, and explained how she had identified him.

Li Xiaoya met Yu Linglong, learned that Lingyu had reached the mid Golden Core stage and was away exploring ancient ruins, then left after asking Yu Linglong to contact her. He continued targeting the Heavenly Earth Demon Sect, while Dongfang Yi and Liu Yulan fled a battle until Huang Hua and Li Xiangxiang joined them and the sect’s Fourth Elder arrived.

• Yu Linglong told Li Xiaoya that Lingyu had gone to explore ancient ruins, and Li Xiaoya gave Yu Linglong pills and spiritual artifacts before asking her to send Lingyu a message.
• Li Xiaoya left Yu Linglong and decided to kill more Heavenly Earth Demon Sect cultivators to draw out their Nascent Soul elders.
• The Heavenly Earth Demon Sect’s Fourth Elder received word that attackers were near Diliang City and rushed toward the fighting.
• Dongfang Yi and Liu Yulan fled from two Nascent Soul middle stage cultivators, then faced two more pursuers as reinforcements arrived.
• Dongfang Yi and Liu Yulan made loud explosions to attract their allies, and Huang Hua and Li Xiangxiang joined them.
• The Heavenly Earth Demon Sect’s Fourth Elder appeared, alarming the fleeing cultivators’ opponents.

Dongfang Yi, Liu Yulan, Huang Hua, and Li Xiangxiang were trapped and overwhelmed by the Fourth Elder and four other Heavenly Earth Demon Sect elders. Li Xiaoya raced to help them, but the Fourth Elder sensed his approach and unleashed a massive saber at Li Xiangxiang.

• The Fourth Elder caught up with the fleeing group, injured Dongfang Yi and Liu Yulan with his black fists, and joined four elders who surrounded them.
• Dongfang Yi confronted the Fourth Elder, who realized the group came from the Great Illusion Continent; Huang Hua and Li Xiangxiang then attacked, but the sect elders soon forced all four onto the defensive.
• Li Xiaoya killed two Heavenly Earth Demon Sect elders after learning someone had been discovered, then hurried toward the battle using the Five Elements Escape Technique and his Storm Gold-Light Wings.
• The Fourth Elder sensed Li Xiaoya approaching, warned the other elders, and sent a colossal black saber slashing toward Li Xiangxiang.

Li Xiaoya arrived in time to save Li Xiangxiang and Huang Hua from the Fourth Elder, then revealed his identity and confronted him while the others fought off the Heavenly Earth Demon Sect’s elders. The chapter left Li Xiaoya appearing behind the Fourth Elder and striking at his waist.

• The Fourth Elder broke Li Xiangxiang and Huang Hua’s Combined Divine Ability, wounded them, and nearly killed them with his Black Great Saber.
• Li Xiaoya arrived in five-colored escaping light and destroyed the saber ray pursuing Li Xiangxiang and Huang Hua with a Golden Light Fist.
• Li Xiaoya sent Huang Hua and Li Xiangxiang to aid Dongfang Yi and Liu Yulan, while he stayed to fight the Fourth Elder.
• The Fourth Elder recognized Li Xiaoya after seeing his Golden Light Fist, and the two exchanged powerful attacks.
• The Fourth Elder launched a spiraling beam of black light, but Li Xiaoya used his Storm Gold-Light Wings to appear behind him and punch toward his waist.

Li Xiaoya battled the Fourth Elder, whose black qi and formidable body tempering made him difficult to defeat. After destroying the elder’s gauntlets and striking him down, Li Xiaoya noticed something was wrong and rushed to save Dongfang Yi from a black-flame spear.

• Li Xiaoya forced the Fourth Elder into the open with golden beams, then pursued him through the sky and fought him with golden and blue power.
• Li Xiaoya gained the advantage in their close-quarters battle, while the Fourth Elder’s gauntlets froze and shattered.
• Li Xiaoya avoided the Fourth Elder’s punch and struck him apart with the Fire Dragon Sword, but sensed that something was wrong.
• Li Xiaoya saw Dongfang Yi blasted away by a black-flame spear, flew to his Third Senior Brother, and cut the spear in two.

Li Xiaoya turned the battle against the Heavenly Earth Demon Sect cultivators, but the Fourth Elder emerged fully demonic and forced him into a brutal duel. The chapter ended with Li Xiaoya severing the transformed Fourth Elder’s enormous saber in a single strike.

• Dongfang Yi was badly wounded after the Heavenly Earth Demon Sect cultivators lured him into an attack, while Huang Hua and Li Xiangxiang continued to fall back.
• Li Xiaoya killed Elder Ha by cutting through his Spirit Treasure and then struck the remaining cultivators with Golden Light Fists.
• The Fourth Elder revealed his complete demonic transformation and attacked Li Xiaoya with an enormous pitch-black saber.
• Li Xiaoya dodged the transformed Fourth Elder’s close-range attack, but the Fourth Elder blocked his counterstrike and swept his saber toward him.
• Li Xiaoya formed golden armor and severed the Fourth Elder’s saber with a powerful reverse-handed sword strike.

Li Xiaoya fought the Fourth Elder after he transformed into a powerful demonic beast, surviving the monster’s hell lightning and recognizing the language of his incantation. The Fourth Elder fled after his strongest attack failed, and Li Xiaoya pursued him.

• The Fourth Elder attacked Li Xiaoya with black chains, claws, and a barrage of spikes, but Li Xiaoya fought through them with the Fire Dragon Sword.
• The Fourth Elder chanted in a language Li Xiaoya recognized and struck him with hell lightning, but Li Xiaoya emerged unharmed.
• Li Xiaoya realized the Fourth Elder was a demonic beast from the Demon Realm, prompting the monster to unleash a massive ball of hell lightning.
• Li Xiaoya dodged the attack, then burst out of the resulting blast without serious injury.
• The Fourth Elder fled into the sky, and Li Xiaoya chased after him at even greater speed.

Li Xiaoya and Ouyang Haotian joined forces to defeat the Fourth Elder after he transformed into a demonic beast and tried to self-destruct. After the battle, Li Xiaoya pursued and killed a fleeing Heavenly Earth Demon Sect elder, while Dong Santong, Liu Xian'er, and the others arrived.

• Ouyang Haotian froze the transformed Fourth Elder with his icy attack, but the monster broke free and fought back with black lightning.
• Ouyang Haotian attacked with the Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Mountain as Li Xiaoya cut the Fourth Elder in two with the Fire Dragon Sword.
• The Fourth Elder tried to self-destruct, but Li Xiaoya's Shaking-Heaven Divine Fire Staff and Ouyang Haotian's treasure blasted him into a mountain, destroying him.
• Li Xiaoya thanked Ouyang Haotian for saving his life, but Ouyang Haotian responded with unexplained coldness and irritation.
• Li Xiaoya spotted a fleeing Heavenly Earth Demon Sect elder as Dong Santong, Liu Xian'er, and the others arrived in pursuit.
• Li Xiaoya caught up with the elder and smashed him to pieces with the Shaking-Heaven Divine Fire Staff.

Li Xiaoya realized the Fourth Elder’s demonic form had faked its destruction and escaped, then learned from Ouyang Haotian how the demon had entered their world. After reuniting with Liu Xian'er, Zhang Hong, and the rest of the group, Li Xiaoya heard how they had met Ouyang Haotian and began asking Dongfang Yi about the group’s encounter with Demonic Path cultivators.

• Li Xiaoya hurried to Ouyang Haotian to ask whether Heavenly Earth Demon Sect cultivators could transform into demons, but Ouyang Haotian realized the monster had tricked them and escaped.
• Ouyang Haotian explained that the Fourth Elder had died while he was hunting him, after using the Demonization Divine Ability to bring a demonic beast’s qi from the Demon Realm into their world.
• Li Xiaoya suggested the monster might have escaped underwater, and Ouyang Haotian used the Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Mountain to freeze the crater’s water as Liu Xian'er, Zhang Hong, and Dong Santong arrived.
• Liu Xian'er thanked Ouyang Haotian for helping them, and Zhang Hong told Li Xiaoya that she and Liu Xian'er had met Ouyang Haotian while investigating the Heavenly Earth Demon Sect.
• Dongfang Yi and the others arrived safely with Li Mother, and Li Xiaoya checked on Dongfang Yi and Liu Yulan before asking how they had encountered the Demonic Path cultivators.

Ouyang Haotian froze the underground river to force the surviving enemy out, and Li Xiaoya pursued him while the others returned toward Heavenly Lake City. Meanwhile, Black Old Devil emerged from seclusion and confronted Black Demon Young Master over the sect’s losses, just as Elder Sha arrived and insulted his son.

• Ouyang Haotian froze the lake and underground river, driving a pitch-black mass of energy out of the ground.
• Ouyang Haotian flew after the escaping enemy, and Li Xiaoya followed while telling Dong Santong and the others to return with Li Mother.
• Li Mother’s group headed toward Heavenly Lake City, and Liu Xian'er worried that Li Xiaoya might question Ouyang Haotian about her.
• Black Old Devil emerged from seclusion, criticized Black Demon Young Master’s response to the deaths among the sect’s cultivators, and blamed him for failing to involve more people.
• Elder Sha entered Black Old Devil’s hall, congratulated him on his cultivation, and insulted Black Demon Young Master.

Elder Sha warned Black Old Devil that the Mystic Heaven Way was preparing to attack, while Li Xiaoya learned more about the mysterious demonic creature and Ouyang Haotian’s reluctance to confront the Heavenly Earth Demon Sect. Ouyang Haotian offered to help Li Xiaoya rescue his father in exchange for a promise, but their conversation was interrupted when the black qi appeared in the clouds.

• Elder Sha told Black Old Devil that the Mystic Heaven Way planned to attack and revealed that Black Demon Young Master had diverted their spies to watch him, leaving them unaware of the threat.
• Elder Sha and Black Old Devil left to answer the emergency Elder Council bell, while Black Demon Young Master followed them.
• Li Xiaoya caught up with Ouyang Haotian, asked about the demonic creature, and learned it threatened the Mystic Heaven Way but was not one of many such beings.
• Li Xiaoya admitted he had returned to seek revenge and rescue his father, and Ouyang Haotian warned him that the Heavenly Earth Demon Sect had ties to powerful people.
• Ouyang Haotian offered to help Li Xiaoya rescue his father in return for a promise, but spotted the black qi in the clouds and flew toward it.
• A thunderous explosion sounded in the clouds, and a streak of black qi shot upward.

Li Xiaoya clashed with Ouyang Haotian over a mysterious object, then headed toward the Misty Sea Region to check on Lingyu. At the Heavenly Earth Demon Sect, Black Old Devil postponed judgment of the Black Demon Young Master until after the war, while Elder Sha reported that unknown cultivators had been killing sect members and might be connected to the Mystic Heaven Way.

• Ouyang Haotian attacked Li Xiaoya to keep him from interfering, and their abilities collided in a blast that sent Li Xiaoya flying.
• Li Xiaoya forced the ice from his body, realized Ouyang Haotian had pursued the mysterious object, and changed course toward the Misty Sea Region to look for Lingyu.
• Elder Sha and other elders challenged the Black Demon Young Master's fitness to inherit the sect leadership, but Black Old Devil ordered them to unite against the Mystic Heaven Way and defer judgment until after the war.
• Black Old Devil made the Black Demon Young Master pledge to defend the sect and earn military merit to make amends for his failures.
• Elder Sha told the gathered elders that unfamiliar cultivators had killed sect disciples and elders, and that preparations suggested they might be linked to the Mystic Heaven Way's coming war.

Li Xiaoya reunited with Lingyu on the island and asked her to return with him to the Great Illusion Continent, but she chose to remain on the Origin Continent. He then returned to Heavenly Lake City, where Sun Ling reported that her brother had located Li Xiaoya's imprisoned father.

• Li Xiaoya reunited with Lingyu and learned how she had advanced in cultivation and taken Yu Linglong as her disciple.
• Li Xiaoya invited Lingyu to the Great Illusion Continent, but Lingyu decided to stay on the Origin Continent because of Yu Linglong and her remaining obligations.
• Li Xiaoya gave Lingyu a Storage Pouch of elixirs and treasures, warned her to avoid traveling, and left the island.
• Li Xiaoya returned to Heavenly Lake City and learned that Sun Ling's brother had found the exact location where his father was being held.
• Li Mother handed Li Xiaoya a green-lighting ball containing the location information.

Li Xiaoya and his allies set out to rescue his father from the Heavenly Earth Demon Sect, splitting up to weaken the sect before entering its territory. At the Heavenly Earth Tower, Black Old Devil suspected the attacks were a diversion but learned Elder Sha had already sent the latest report, then issued the Heavenly Earth Order to command him to investigate.

• Li Xiaoya’s group reached the Heavenly Earth Demon Sect’s territory and split from Dongfang Yi, Liu Yulan, Huang Hua, and Li Xiangxiang, who would harass the sect’s cultivators on the outskirts.
• Li Xiaoya, Li Mother, Liu Xian'er, Zhang Hong, and Dong Santong planned to harass the sect before infiltrating it, while Dongfang Yi’s group drew away its high-level cultivators.
• A cultivator reported that two Golden Core Stage cultivators had died or gone missing near Redglow City and delivered a Jade Slip to Black Old Devil.
• Black Old Devil suspected the attacks were a trap and considered whether the Mystic Heaven Way was behind them, while Black Demon Young Master urged him to send a force to investigate.
• Black Old Devil learned the Jade Slip had come from Elder Sha, then issued the Heavenly Earth Order and commanded him to investigate the attacks.