Chapter Summaries

Shen Fei and Xiao Ning'er fought Wu Hong in the City Lord's Mansion courtyard while reinforcements approached. Shen Fei used their attacks to keep Wu Hong occupied and opened a chance to strike his back.

• Huyan Lie, Huyan Family elders, Sacred Nether Family experts, and Xiao Yunfeng's group rushed toward the City Lord's Mansion as Wu Hong dismissed them as ants.
• Shen Fei attacked Wu Hong with Ink Cloud, forcing him back half a step before Wu Hong blocked his follow-up strikes.
• Xiao Ning'er attacked from the air with two Thunder Spears, but Wu Hong crushed the first and deflected the second.
• While Wu Hong blocked Xiao Ning'er's dive, Shen Fei circled behind him and thrust Ink Cloud toward his lower back.

Shen Fei and Xiao Ning'er fought Wu Hong, who overwhelmed Shen Fei and then surrounded himself with a moving fire tornado. Xiao Ning'er forced open a gap in the flames, allowing Shen Fei to slip inside toward Wu Hong.

• Shen Fei attacked Wu Hong with Ink Cloud, but Wu Hong blocked his strikes and sent him crashing into a stone pillar, injuring his arm and leaving him bleeding.
• Xiao Ning'er landed beside Shen Fei as Wu Hong unleashed dark-red flames that expanded into a huge fire tornado.
• Wu Hong advanced on Shen Fei and Xiao Ning'er with the fire tornado, scorching the square as they retreated.
• Xiao Ning'er charged the tornado with her Thunder Spear and forced open a gap, burning her arm as she widened it.
• Shen Fei slipped through the gap toward Wu Hong, whose expression changed when he saw him enter the flames.

Shen Fei and Wu Hong traded devastating blows, leaving both badly wounded as Xiao Ning'er stood with Shen Fei. Huyan Lie arrived with reinforcements and renewed the fight against the Witch Ghost Family, while the exhausted opponents faced one another in a tense standoff.

• Shen Fei poured his remaining Soul Force into Ink Cloud and broke through Wu Hong's barrier, but Wu Hong struck him and broke his ribs.
• Shen Fei was thrown into rubble, while Ink Cloud left a deep wound in Wu Hong's waist.
• Shen Fei and Xiao Ning'er rose, both badly injured, and faced Wu Hong across the square.
• Huyan Lie arrived with over a dozen men and attacked the Witch Ghost Family, restarting the battle between the two sides.
• Shen Fei, Xiao Ning'er, and Wu Hong held their positions without attacking, each waiting for the other to move first.

Wu Hong decided to kill the badly wounded Xiao Ning'er first, despite the strange wound Shen Fei’s Ink Cloud had inflicted on him. Mingyu told Shen Fei and Xiao Ning'er that she and Yu Yan would suppress Wu Hong with the power of laws, but the chapter ended with Xiao Ning'er barely surviving his charge and nearly out of strength.

• Wu Hong found that the wound from Shen Fei’s Ink Cloud continued to erode his flesh and identified Xiao Ning'er as the more vulnerable target.
• Mingyu told Shen Fei and Xiao Ning'er that she and Yu Yan would suppress Wu Hong so Shen Fei could kill him.
• Wu Hong launched a full-strength punch at Xiao Ning'er, who tried to block it with a Thunder Spear.
• Wu Hong shattered the Thunder Spear and sent Xiao Ning'er flying more than twenty meters.
• Xiao Ning'er landed injured and struggling to stand, with almost no Spiritual Power remaining.

Shen Fei used the power of law to pin Wu Hong in place and killed him with a single strike from Ink Cloud. After landing in Wu Hong’s blood, Shen Fei struggled to stand, severely wounded.

• Wu Hong charged Xiao Ning'er, who was too weak and trapped by rubble to escape or mount an effective defense.
• An invisible pressure suddenly pinned Wu Hong down, and he realized Shen Fei was descending above him.
• Shen Fei poured his remaining Soul Force and Dark Law into Ink Cloud as he fell toward Wu Hong.
• Shen Fei split Wu Hong’s body in two with one sword strike, killing him.
• Shen Fei landed between Wu Hong’s remains, braced himself on Ink Cloud, and panted through his injuries.

Shen Fei killed Wu Hong while Nie Li, Ye Zong, and Ye Mo struggled to hold the Ten Thousand Demons and Spirits Array against the Witch Ghost Family’s Legend Rank attackers. Several enemies escaped through a breach before the array closed, and Ye Mo ordered the defenders to tend to the wounded instead of pursuing them.

• Huyan Lie and his people gathered around Wu Hong’s body as the Witch Ghost Family’s Black Gold Rank experts remained kneeling in terror.
• More than twenty Legend Rank attackers concentrated their power against the array, and Nie Li, Ye Zong, and Ye Mo struggled to contain the breach.
• The Witch Ghost Family’s leader and several wounded Legend Rank experts broke through the array before Nie Li used his essence blood to close the fissure.
• The escaped attackers saw Wu Hong’s body and fled toward the city outskirts, leaving their Black Gold Rank companions behind.
• Ye Zong stopped Huyan Lie from pursuing the retreating enemies, and Ye Mo ordered everyone to help the wounded and handle the aftermath.

Shen Fei and Xiao Ning'er collapsed from their injuries after the Witch Ghost Family retreated, and the City Lord's Mansion began treating the wounded and securing the square. Nie Li warned Ye Zong that the grand array had a known weakness and needed at least half a month to repair, while a stronger attack could come before then.

• Shen Fei and Xiao Ning'er fell from exhaustion and were carried to the medical station, where they received treatment and lost consciousness.
• Huyan Lie and the City Lord's Mansion's guards secured the square, while Gongliang Shu and the twelve retainers were sent for medical care.
• Ye Zong kept the city gates closed and the City Guard on the walls after ordering the families to lift the First-Level Alert.
• Nie Li told Ye Zong that a Demi-God had used a shattered secret treasure to break the grand array and expose its weakness.
• Nie Li said repairing the array would take at least half a month and warned that the Witch Ghost Family's other two Demi-God experts might join its next attack.
• Ye Zong agreed to help Nie Li alter the array and said he would try to hold off the Witch Ghost Family; Nie Li then headed to his courtyard.

After Glory City’s battle, Nie Li considered how to strengthen the city and finally settle his marriage to Ye Ziyun. Shen Fei recovered from his injuries and learned that Nie Li had sent a marriage proposal to the City Lord’s Mansion.

• Nie Li reviewed the threat posed by the Witch Ghost Family, the grand array’s flaws, and the need to restore Glory City’s strength, then thought about marrying Ye Ziyun.
• Shen Fei woke after a day unconscious and assessed his healing injuries and partially recovered soul force.
• The old steward told Shen Fei that Nie Li had asked him to visit the City Lord’s Mansion and that the Second Elder had sent medicinal pills to the Winged Dragon Family for Xiao Ning’er.
• Shen Fei went to the Sacred Family’s entrance and saw a large procession of betrothal gifts from the Heavenly Marks Family.
• The old steward explained that Nie Li had asked the Heavenly Marks Family to propose marriage to the City Lord’s Mansion on his behalf.

Shen Fei visited Nie Li after learning about the battle’s casualties, including Venerable Zhou’s death. Nie Li strengthened the Ten Thousand Demons and Spirits Array and told Shen Fei to seek him out at Legendary Rank to awaken the Shadow Mantis, while insisting they bring Ling'er because they could no longer delay becoming stronger.

• Shen Fei learned that seven family guards and nine venerables had been wounded, and that Venerable Zhou had died from his injuries.
• Shen Fei went to Nie Li’s courtyard, where Nie Li was revising the Ten Thousand Demons and Spirits Array to reinforce the weakness the enemy had exploited.
• Nie Li told Shen Fei that the Shadow Mantis could awaken at Legendary Rank and asked him to return then for help completing the process.
• Nie Li told Shen Fei to bring Ling'er later, saying they were too weak to put it off any longer.

Shen Fei brought Xiao Ning'er to Nie Li's courtyard after warning her about the Witch Ghost Family's next attack. Nie Li revealed an improved cultivation formation powered by the Heavenly Meteor Divine Thunder Sword and urged everyone to strengthen themselves before the enemy returned.

• Shen Fei went to the Winged Dragon Family and found Xiao Ning'er recovering from her injuries.
• Xiao Ning'er left with Shen Fei after Xiao Yunfeng encouraged them to go out together.
• Shen Fei told Xiao Ning'er what Nie Li had said about the Witch Ghost Family returning with greater forces.
• Nie Li showed the group his improved formation, with the Heavenly Meteor Divine Thunder Sword at its center.
• Nie Li told everyone to cultivate and absorb as much power as possible before the next attack.

Nie Li activated the courtyard formation with the Heavenly Meteor Divine Thunder Sword and ten Space Rings full of Demon Spirits, giving everyone a chance to absorb Soul Force and Law Fragments as they cultivated. After the first batch was converted, he fully activated Duan Jian’s Black Dragon Bloodline, leaving him to test the change.

• Nie Li fitted ten Space Rings into the pillar and told everyone to sit within the formation while Mingyu and Yu Yan watched from outside.
• Nie Li used the Heavenly Meteor Divine Thunder Sword to crush over a thousand Black Gold Rank Demon Spirits, sending Soul Force and Law Fragments through the formation.
• Shen Fei circulated the Dark Prison Reincarnation Art as Soul Force flowed into his meridians, strengthening them and feeding Law Fragments to the Shadow Mantis in his Soul Sea.
• Nie Li waited until the first batch of Demon Spirits was converted, then examined Duan Jian and explained that thirty percent of his Black Dragon Bloodline remained sealed.
• Nie Li inserted silver needles into Duan Jian’s back and unsealed the remaining bloodline, then told him to circulate his cultivation art and notice the difference.

Nie Li used the Heavenly Meteor Divine Thunder Sword and the formation to strengthen everyone’s cultivation, and several companions broke through to higher ranks. By the time the cultivation session ended, Nie Li and Duan Jian had also advanced substantially.

• Nie Li unsealed the remaining nine rings and fed their Demon Spirits to the Heavenly Meteor Divine Thunder Sword, sustaining the formation’s concentrated Soul Force.
• Shen Fei broke through to Black Gold Rank Five-Star, followed by Xiao Ning'er reaching Black Gold Rank 3-Star and Lu Piao reaching Black Gold Rank 3-Star.
• Xiao Xue advanced to Black Gold Rank 1-Star, and Du Ze broke through to Black Gold Rank 3-Star.
• Ye Ziyun advanced to Black Gold Rank 2-Star, and Nie Li reached Black Gold Rank 3-Star before collecting the rings.
• Duan Jian absorbed Soul Force with his activated Black Dragon Bloodline and advanced from Black Gold Rank 2-Star to Black Gold Rank Five-Star.

After Nie Li’s group finished cultivating, he agreed to accompany Duan Jian as Duan Jian went to settle his revenge against Sikong Yi. Meanwhile, Sikong Yi summoned the heads of the Thirteen Families and proposed electing an Alliance Leader to lead them out of the Black Prison World, but Li Xiao questioned how they could leave without a known exit.

• Nie Li ended the cultivation session, and Mingyu and Yu Yan absorbed the array’s Soul Force as the others recovered.
• Nie Li told Duan Jian he could take revenge on Sikong Yi, then agreed to go with Duan Jian, Shen Fei, and Xiao Ning'er while leaving the confrontation to Duan Jian.
• Nie Li took twelve Light Keys from a pouch as the group prepared to leave for the Black Prison World.
• Sikong Yi gathered the heads of the Thirteen Families in the Silver Wing Family’s square, where armed guards surrounded them.
• Sikong Yi proposed electing an Alliance Leader to unite the families and lead them out of the Black Prison World.
• Li Xiao questioned Sikong Yi’s proposal, pointing out that the Teleportation Array was lost and no one knew where the exit was.

Sikong Yi offered Li Xiao and Mo Ya a way out through a Teleportation Magic Array, but demanded they swallow Mystic Marrow Elixirs and pledge allegiance to him. As Sikong Hongyue recalled her father’s plan and the life-threatening cost of his secret method, Sikong Yi forced the two leaders to choose between submission and death.

• Sikong Yi claimed that a Radiance Stone could activate a Teleportation Magic Array and offered to lead everyone out.
• Li Xiao and Mo Ya challenged Sikong Yi’s claims and refused to swallow the Silver Wing Family’s Mystic Marrow Elixir, which could turn its user into a puppet.
• Sikong Yi threatened Li Xiao and Mo Ya, while Silver Wing guards advanced and archers aimed at the Divine Flame Clan members.
• Sikong Hongyue recalled Sikong Yi’s plan to use the elixirs to subdue the alliance leaders and preserve the Silver Wing Family, despite the secret method consuming his remaining lifespan.
• Sikong Yi demanded that Li Xiao and Mo Ya swallow the elixirs and swear to serve him, then said refusal meant death and submission offered a chance to survive.

Li Xiao and Mo Ya rejected Sikong Yi's demand that they take the Mystic Marrow Elixir, and Sikong Yi swallowed it himself before attacking them. The fight left Li Xiao falling from the air and Mo Ya blasted aside, while Sikong Yi's elixir-powered strength continued to rise at the cost of his meridians.

• Li Xiao and Mo Ya denounced Sikong Yi's Mystic Marrow Elixir as a means to control the other families and refused to take it.
• Sikong Yi swallowed the elixir, ended negotiations, and launched an attack on Li Xiao and Mo Ya.
• Li Xiao and Mo Ya fought back with their Crimson Flame Lizard and Gray-backed Wolf, but Sikong Yi's Frostfeather Eagle and freezing attacks gained the advantage.
• Li Xiao realized Sikong Yi's power was fueled by the elixir and urged Mo Ya to wait out its effects, even as Sikong Yi's meridians suffered.
• Sikong Yi's Frostfeather Eagle seized the Crimson Flame Lizard, causing Li Xiao to drop his blade and fall from the air.
• Sikong Yi split Mo Ya's Gray-backed Wolf phantom with an ice spike and struck Mo Ya in the chest, sending him flying.

After defeating Li Xiao and Mo Ya, Sikong Yi declared himself the Thirteen Families’ sole Alliance Leader and vowed to lead them out of Black Prison. Duan Jian confronted him and began a fierce battle, while Duan Longfei wondered whether Duan Jian descended from the Black Dragon Family.

• Sikong Yi forced the injured Li Xiao and Mo Ya to submit and announced that the Thirteen Families would have one Alliance Leader.
• Duan Jian stepped forward, and Sikong Yi recognized him as the black-winged youth he had once tried to kill.
• Sikong Yi attacked Duan Jian with Frostfeather Eagle energy, but Duan Jian held his ground and charged at him with his wings spread.
• Duan Jian and Sikong Yi exchanged fierce blows, with Duan Jian shattering Sikong Yi’s ice shield and striking back after taking a palm strike.
• Duan Longfei watched Duan Jian fight and wondered whether he was a descendant of the Black Dragon Family.

Duan Jian fought Sikong Yi with reckless determination, briefly overpowering the Legendary Peak expert before exhausting himself. After Sikong Yi unleashed a devastating Thunderbird attack, Duan Jian vanished into the crater, but a faint sound suggested the battle was not over.

• Duan Jian ignored his wounds and continued attacking Sikong Yi, while Nie Li chose not to intervene because the fight was Duan Jian's to settle.
• Sikong Yi unleashed his ice and snow domain, but Duan Jian charged through it and struck him hard enough to send him flying.
• Xiao Ning'er and Shen Fei recognized that Duan Jian was pushing beyond his limits, and Nie Li warned that his Soul Sea was already overdrawn.
• Sikong Yi formed a destructive Thunderbird from frost and lightning and hurled it at Duan Jian.
• Duan Jian struck the Thunderbird with his saber, but the resulting explosion engulfed him in lightning and left him missing from the crater.
• Sikong Yi prepared to turn away, but a faint sound came from the crater.

Duan Jian endured Sikong Yi’s ice attacks and struck him down, but Sikong Yi kept fighting with increasingly powerful ice birds. As Duan Jian pressed forward despite his injuries and the damage to his Soul Sea, Sikong Yi gathered his remaining Spiritual Power into one final ice sphere and hurled it at him.

• Duan Jian broke through Sikong Yi’s Ice and Snow Domain and knocked him into the mud with a punch.
• Sikong Yi rose and sent a fast ice bird at Duan Jian, who blocked it with his arms and was driven backward.
• Sikong Yi unleashed more ice birds while Duan Jian dodged some and endured others, advancing despite worsening frostbite and damage to his Soul Sea.
• Sikong Yi, frightened by Duan Jian’s resilience, condensed his remaining Spiritual Power into a deep blue ice sphere and hurled it at him.

Duan Jian broke through to the Legendary Realm after surviving Sikong Yi’s final attack, then defeated him as he tried to flee. The chapter left Duan Jian standing over the badly wounded Sikong Yi and declaring that he had lost.

• Sikong Yi’s ice sphere struck Duan Jian’s chest and sent him crashing into rubble, while Nie Li and Shen Fei sensed that Duan Jian was breaking through.
• Duan Jian rose from the rubble as his wound began healing and his Soul Force surged into the Legendary Realm.
• Sikong Yi recognized Duan Jian’s breakthrough and fled across the square on an ice track.
• Duan Jian caught Sikong Yi, smashed him into a crater, and pinned him down.
• Duan Jian lifted Sikong Yi’s head and told him, "You lost."

Duan Jian stood over the defeated Sikong Yi, ready to kill him, but Sikong Hongyue threw herself in front of her father and challenged Duan Jian to strike. After Nie Li urged him to release his hatred, Duan Jian spared them, saying he would not dirty his hands like theirs.

• Duan Longfei watched Duan Jian and recognized him as Duan Yun's son and a legend of the Black Dragon Family.
• Duan Jian turned away from Sikong Yi and walked across the square, pausing at the place where he had once been bound.
• Duan Jian prepared to kill the helpless Sikong Yi, but Sikong Hongyue rushed in and took the blow meant for her father.
• Sikong Hongyue shielded Sikong Yi and mocked Duan Jian for showing mercy to his enemies.
• Nie Li urged Duan Jian to let go of his hatred, and Duan Jian chose to spare Sikong Yi and Sikong Hongyue.