Chapter Summaries

Ye Han spoke with the island lord of the Cape of the Ends of the World after slaughtering the sea demons attacking the island. Learning that demonic forces had left nearby cultivators unable to help, Ye Han offered to take the islanders back to the Heaven's Mandate Continent.

• The bald elder and other cultivators approached Ye Han's Crescent Moon Divine Vessel and the elder introduced himself as the island lord of the Cape of the Ends of the World.
• Ye Han asked why the sea demons had attacked, and the bald elder said they served a powerful demon saint who sought to rule the continent.
• The bald elder explained that demons and devils had besieged nearby sects for a hundred years, leaving cultivators unable to aid the island.
• Ye Han warned that the island could not withstand another sea demon attack after he left and offered to take the islanders back to the Heaven's Mandate Continent.
• The bald elder reacted with delighted surprise and asked whether Ye Han truly meant his offer.

Ye Han learned from the bald old man that demon and devil armies had devastated much of Heaven's Mandate Continent while he was away. As the Crescent Moon Divine Vessel carried him and the rescued Cape of the Ends of the World Cultivators toward the continent, he began to suspect the Devil Lord he had once fought might still be alive.

• Ye Han invited the Cape of the Ends of the World Cultivators aboard, shared the slain Sea Demons' materials with them, and gave the bald old man a lifespan-increasing pill.
• The bald old man told Ye Han that a Devil Race Army had seized territory in the east while a Demon Race Alliance led by more than ten Demon Emperors advanced from the Far Northern Lands and allied with the Demon Saint Kingdom.
• The bald old man said the demon and devil armies had taken a third of Heaven's Mandate Continent in a hundred years, destroyed many sects, and slaughtered countless mortals.
• The bald old man reported that Heavenly Billows was isolated in the south, with the Devil Army blocking its routes and targeting its Cultivators despite it not being a main battlefield.
• Ye Han wondered where the Devil Race Army had come from and suspected that the Devil Lord he had previously fought might have survived.

The Devil Race army assaulted the Heavenly Abyss Defense Line while Red Dragon Girl and the allied sect leaders watched for a hidden threat. More than ten thousand demonized cultivators sacrificed their lives to summon an enormous blood-colored demon.

• The Devil Race attacked the Heavenly Abyss Defense Line with flying beasts, demonic cannons, and puppets as cultivators reinforced the restrictions.
• Thousand Mountains Fairy urged Red Dragon Girl to strike, but Red Dragon Girl sensed a powerful presence and ordered the leaders to wait for their vanguard.
• Qing Xuan Daoist said the Azure Profound Sect vanguard had already advanced, and the leaders waited for news from Ming Jing and the others.
• The demonized cultivators began burning their cultivation and lifespans, then exploded into blood that formed a massive restriction rune formation.
• A blood-colored demon tens of thousands of zhang tall began rising from the formation.

The Blood-Colored Demon shattered the Heavenly Abyss Defense Line’s restrictions, leaving its defenders exposed to the Devil Race Army’s assault. As Red Dragon Girl and the others faced an advancing demon horde and an urgent call for help, a sudden golden light appeared in the sky.

• The Blood-Colored Demon, formed from more than ten thousand sacrificed demonized cultivators, cleaved through the Heavenly Abyss Restriction Formation with one strike.
• Red Dragon Girl urged Thousand Mountains Fairy, Bi Shan Jun, and Qing Xuan Daoist to stop the demon, but Qing Xuan Daoist received an emergency message that the Seventh Elder and Fellow Daoist Ming Jing were surrounded.
• Demon-Eye Spiders fired bloodlight at the broken defenses, destroying a turret and killing the Qi Refining Realm disciples stationed there.
• The Blood-Colored Demon charged toward the defenders, and its demonic pressure left ordinary disciples unable to stand and vulnerable to qi deviation.
• A brilliant golden light suddenly filled the sky, and Red Dragon Girl and the others looked up in shock as the crescent moon seemed to fall.

Ye Han returned aboard the Crescent Moon Divine Vessel and joined the battle against a gigantic blood-colored demon. He destroyed the demon with one punch, while a furious voice from the Devil Race Army recognized him.

• The Crescent Moon Flying Boat descended and clashed with the blood-colored demon, whose attacks were met by sword-rays from the vessel.
• Qing Xuan Daoist, Thousand Mountains Fairy, and Bi Shan Jun welcomed the unexpected aid, while Red Dragon Girl recognized Ye Han’s familiar aura.
• Ye Han emerged above the vessel, summoned his Vajra Avatar, and unleashed a massive golden fist at the demon.
• The demon’s saber and body shattered under Ye Han’s punch, and the blow also struck the ground with a devastating shockwave.
• A furious voice from the Devil Race Army shouted Ye Han’s name.

Ye Han arrived at the Heavenly Abyss Defense Line aboard the Crescent Moon Divine Vessel and destroyed the Devil Lord’s blood-sacrificed demon before it could break through. The Devil Lord ordered his army to attack, and Murong Xian transformed the Divine Vessel into a radiant full moon to unleash its full power.

• The Devil Lord raged after Ye Han destroyed the blood-colored demon and realized his plans to breach the Heavenly Abyss Defense Line had been ruined again.
• Ye Han brought Murong Xian, the bald elder, and the other cultivators from the Cape of the Ends of the World to reinforce the defense line aboard the Crescent Moon Divine Vessel.
• Ye Han recognized the Devil Lord in the enemy army and vowed to stop him from causing further trouble.
• The Devil Lord ordered his army to attack Ye Han and the Crescent Moon Divine Vessel.
• Ye Han commanded the Divine Vessel to attack at full power, and Murong Xian transformed it into a radiant full moon.

Ye Han’s Crescent Moon Divine Vessel transformed into a full moon and unleashed a devastating star-powered barrage that wiped out countless demonic forces. Enraged, the Devil Lord emerged in a form resembling Ye Han, and the two clashed as Ye Han attacked him with his Thunderclap Divine Armor and gloves.

• The Crescent Moon Divine Vessel transformed into a full moon and bombarded the demonic beasts and demonized people across hundreds of miles with stellar light.
• The Devil Lord erupted from his lair in a manlike form resembling Ye Han and vowed to kill him.
• Ye Han donned the Thunderclap Divine Armor and recognized the Devil Lord’s overwhelming power, while wondering why no Spirit Transformation cultivators had intervened.
• The Devil Lord recalled how Ye Han had repeatedly ruined his plans and wondered whether the Star Clan had discovered the Earth Realm’s secret.
• Ye Han used Sword Escape Art to rush beside the Devil Lord and struck him with lightning from his Thunderclap Gloves.

Ye Han and the Devil Lord clashed after the Devil Lord used a Heaven-Connecting Demonic Treasure to swallow the Demon-Breaking Divine Thunder. Ye Han countered with his own Heaven-Connecting Demonic Treasure and drove the Devil Lord into retreat with lightning-infused sword strikes.

• The Devil Lord summoned a Blood-Red Long Spear, a Heaven-Connecting Demonic Treasure, and used it to absorb Ye Han’s Demon-Breaking Divine Thunder.
• The Devil Lord drew in blood essence and demonic qi from the surrounding hundred li, strengthening himself before launching a devastating spear-ray at Ye Han.
• Ye Han revealed the Gods-and-Devils Hand and Bone-Refining Bone Sword, then met the Devil Lord’s spear-ray with his sword.
• Ye Han’s sword strike repelled the Devil Lord, who realized Ye Han’s Heaven-Connecting Demonic Treasure was of a higher grade than his own.
• Ye Han attacked with lightning-infused sword-rays, forcing the Devil Lord to retreat in a frantic scramble.

The Devil Lord sacrificed tens of thousands of demonized creatures to raise his power beyond the Nascent Soul Realm and unleash a colossal demonic attack against Ye Han. Ye Han blocked the attack with his Gods-and-Devils Hand and began channeling more power into his Thunderous Five-Element Golden Cudgel.

• The Devil Lord summoned a demonic phantom and used blood-red incantations to sacrifice tens of thousands of demonic beasts, demonized cultivators, and mortals, pushing his power to Spirit Transformation levels.
• The Devil Lord sent a storm of spear-rays at Ye Han, who drew spiritual energy from the Purple Cauldron Space rather than risk using the corrupted energy around them.
• The Devil Lord formed a gigantic blood-rune hand and fired a pillar of golden light from the Devil Race eye in its palm.
• Ye Han expanded his Demon God's Hand and blocked the golden demonic pillar head-on, creating a massive explosion of golden light.
• Ye Han poured five elements spell power, demon-breaking divine lightning, and Nascent Soul power into his Thunderous Five-Element Golden Cudgel.

Ye Han shattered the Devil Lord’s skull shield and destroyed the Demon God’s Eye with the Thunderous Five-Element Golden Cudgel, then struck down the Devil Lord’s escaping blood-red form. With the eye gone, Ye Han’s Demon God’s Hand broke through the golden pillar but could not penetrate the vortex’s powerful restriction.

• Ye Han battered the Devil Race skull shield with the Thunderous Five-Element Golden Cudgel until it shattered, sending the Devil Lord flying and spitting blood.
• Ye Han’s cudgel broke through the Devil Lord’s defense and destroyed the golden-pupiled Demon God’s Eye in the blood-red hand.
• A golden lightning bolt struck the Devil Lord’s blood-red form and shattered it into wisps as the immense blood-red hand disintegrated.
• Ye Han’s Demon God’s Hand crushed the golden pillar, but its attack dissolved against the vortex’s powerful restriction.
• The Devil Lord transformed into blood-red light and fled toward the horizon.

Ye Han defeated the Devil Lord, who fled while Ye Han pursued him with the Sword Escape Art. At the Heavenly Abyss Defense Line, Qing Xuan Daoist ordered a counterattack, and Murong Xian drove the Crescent Moon Divine Vessel into the Devil Lord’s remaining forces.

• The Devil Lord, having lost his trump-card attacks to Ye Han, decided to flee and seek an ally’s help.
• Ye Han pursued the Devil Lord with the Sword Escape Art, preferring it to the more costly Thunder Escape Technique.
• The cultivators at the Heavenly Abyss Defense Line watched the Devil Lord flee in disbelief.
• Qing Xuan Daoist ordered the disciples to counterattack against the Devil Lord’s forces left behind.
• Murong Xian drove the Crescent Moon Divine Vessel into the demonic beasts and demonized forces after Ye Han instructed her to attack.
• The Devil Lord realized Ye Han was catching up to him as they raced away.

Ye Han pursued the fleeing Devil Lord, who used a blood talisman and Earth Escape to try to get away. After three days, the Devil Lord emerged by Jun'an Kingdom’s ruined city wall, only to find Ye Han waiting with a formation that sealed the area and trapped him.

• The Devil Lord fled at great speed, but Ye Han tracked him with the demonic qi in his Gods-and-Devils Hand and chased him with a Sword Intent Storm.
• The Devil Lord launched a blood-red talisman at Ye Han, but Ye Han used Baleful Ghost Body to let it pass through him before following the Devil Lord underground.
• The talisman exploded into a vast vortex that devoured the surrounding land as the Devil Lord fled through the earth, concealing his aura and losing track of Ye Han.
• Three days later, the Devil Lord emerged beside Jun'an Kingdom’s collapsed ten-thousand-zhang city wall and boasted that Ye Han would never catch him.
• Ye Han activated the Formation Bead, sealing the space around the city wall and trapping the Devil Lord inside.

Ye Han trapped the fleeing Devil Lord with a formation and revealed how the Gods-and-Devils Hand had helped him track his enemy. As the formation collapsed, Ye Han unleashed a sword formation of metal puppets against the Devil Lord’s demonic beasts.

• The Devil Lord attacked Ye Han’s formations with a blood-red spear and the Demon-Heaven Hand Seal, destroying many of the gray-light hands.
• Ye Han explained that the Gods-and-Devils Hand let him sense the Devil Lord’s demonic qi while concealing his own presence, allowing him to prepare an ambush along the Devil Lord’s route.
• The Devil Lord’s assault overwhelmed the Fourfold Great Heaven-Covering Formation, and the formation beads began to break apart.
• Ye Han summoned metal puppets and empowered them with his sword intent and five elements spell power, forming a sword formation as the barrier fell.
• The puppets attacked the Devil Lord’s demonic beasts with countless sword-rays, leaving the Devil Lord stunned by Ye Han’s abilities and treasures.

Ye Han used his Metal Puppets and two Heaven-Connecting Spirit Treasures to wear down the Devil Lord, who burned his lifespan and cultivation to fight back. The Devil Lord appeared to kill Ye Han, but he sensed Ye Han’s aura had not vanished and suspected a trap.

• Ye Han sent his Metal Puppets to bombard the Devil Lord, whose Blood-Red Long Spear pierced several puppets and blocked their attacks.
• The Devil Lord realized Ye Han had lured him away from the living beings he used to replenish his power, then recklessly burned his lifespan, body, and cultivation to strengthen himself.
• Ye Han summoned the Thousand Illusion Heavenly Bell and Qing Xuan Divine Palace to suppress the Devil Lord with demonic phantoms and secret-realm illusions.
• The Devil Lord broke through both treasures’ attacks, grew to ten thousand zhang tall, and charged Ye Han with his Blood-Red Long Spear.
• Ye Han pleaded for mercy, and the Devil Lord pierced him with a massive spear-ray, seemingly reducing him to blood mist.
• The Devil Lord celebrated, then noticed Ye Han’s aura had not disappeared and suspected he had fallen into a trap.

Ye Han trapped the Heavenly Treasure Devil Lord in the Qing Xuan Divine Palace’s illusion and sealed him with the Demon-Sealing Chains. He imprisoned the Devil Lord’s clone in the Five Elements Soul-Suppressing Pagoda, then sensed that someone had arrived.

• The Heavenly Treasure Devil Lord realized Ye Han had lured him into an illusion and bound him with the Demon-Sealing Chains.
• Ye Han explained how the Thousand Illusion Heavenly Bell and Qing Xuan Divine Palace had confused the Devil Lord and drawn him into the trap.
• Ye Han used the Demon-Sealing Chains to drag the weakened Devil Lord into the Five Elements Soul-Suppressing Pagoda.
• The Demon-Sealing Chains sealed the Devil Lord’s power and will, leaving his clone unable to revive without his true body.
• Ye Han sensed that a woman had arrived.

Red Dragon Girl reunited with Ye Han at the ruined Ten-Thousand-Zhang Wall and warned him that a sealed devil had been released from the Darkness Forbidden Ground, possibly to join forces with the Devil Lord. As she began to explain the threat of another powerful demonic beast, she turned the conversation toward her relationship with Ye Han.

• Red Dragon Girl found Ye Han at the ruins of the Ten-Thousand-Zhang Wall and greeted him after sensing his aura.
• Red Dragon Girl asked about the Devil Lord, and Ye Han said he had sealed and suppressed him.
• Red Dragon Girl warned Ye Han that a restriction formation in the Darkness Forbidden Ground had been destroyed and its sealed devil released.
• Red Dragon Girl said the Devil Lord and the released devil might have joined forces, leaving another powerful demonic beast to lead the Devil Race Army.
• Ye Han asked whether Thousand Mountains Fairy and Bi Shan Jun were involved, and Red Dragon Girl complained that he cared about them but not her.

Ye Han reunited with Red Dragon Girl, learned what had become of the Azure Profound Sect’s cultivators, and gained the missing final three levels of the Heavenly Dragon Tyrant Body Art from her inheritance. As he refined his body and inspected the imprisoned Heavenly Treasure Devil Lord, he began considering a new plan based on the reason the devil lord resembled him.

• Red Dragon Girl’s cultivation advanced toward a breakthrough after dual cultivating with Ye Han, and she told him how she had taken control of the Black Water Sect and absorbed the Green Mountain Sect and Thousand Mountains School.
• Red Dragon Girl told Ye Han that Zhang Qingshan remained missing, while Han Yuwan and Fairy Jade Orchid had become renowned Golden Core cultivators; Qing Xuan Daoist and others had gone to rescue Ming Jing’s force.
• Red Dragon Girl revealed that her inheritance from the Heavenly Dragon Demon Race’s Ascension Immortal Palace included the missing final three levels of Ye Han’s Heavenly Dragon Tyrant Body Art.
• Ye Han began refining his qi and blood with Primordial Ancient Beast essence blood and Bone-Refining Divine Marrow to advance his Eightfold Bone Refining Art and reduce the backlash from the Absolute Frost Divine Sword.
• Ye Han inspected the imprisoned Heavenly Treasure Devil Lord in the Five Elements Soul-Suppressing Pagoda and realized that the reason for their resemblance gave him a new idea.

Ye Han discovered that the Heavenly Treasure Devil Lord’s body shared his blood essence and decided to separate it from the Devil Lord’s divine soul so he could refine the body into a clone. As the Five Elements Soul-Suppressing Pagoda and Demon-Sealing Chains began suppressing the Devil Lord, Red Dragon Girl left for the Black Water Sect to attempt a breakthrough to the Nascent Soul middle stage.

• Ye Han realized the Devil Lord had used a trace of his blood essence to cultivate a powerful body resembling his own.
• Ye Han decided the Devil Lord’s body could serve as a clone and began using the Five Elements Soul-Suppressing Pagoda and Demon-Sealing Chains to separate it from the Devil Lord’s divine soul.
• Ye Han directed the Puppet to search the Devil Lord’s body for treasures, including the Blood-Red Long Spear, while he continued cultivating.
• Red Dragon Girl told Ye Han she was returning to the Black Water Sect to attempt a breakthrough to the Nascent Soul middle stage.
• Red Dragon Girl thanked Ye Han for giving her a new life, transformed into a streak of light, and flew away.

Ye Han returned to the Azure Profound Sect after defeating the Devil Race Army, and the sect celebrated its newfound standing as a leading power. He reunited with Qing Xuan Daoist and his master, the Seventh Elder, but noticed that Elder Liu, Zhang Qingshan, and Han Yuwan were missing.

• The Azure Profound Sect and the Black Water Sect were celebrated for defeating the Devil Race Army, while rumors about Ye Han's power and treasures spread across the continent.
• Ye Han arrived at the Azure Profound Sect and found the Crescent Moon Divine Vessel parked outside its gates because it was too large to bring inside.
• Ye Han sensed that the sect had grown greatly, but he could not find Elder Liu, Zhang Qingshan, or Han Yuwan on the mountain.
• Ye Han appeared at Qing Xuan Hall, where Qing Xuan Daoist, the Seventh Elder, and other sect leaders came out to welcome him.
• Ye Han greeted Qing Xuan Daoist and respectfully greeted his master, the Seventh Elder, then furrowed his brow as he looked at him.

Ye Han returned to the Azure Profound Sect and learned that, despite sealing the Devil Lord, another powerful Devil Race leader had appeared and gravely injured the Seventh Elder. The Seventh Elder suspected that the being sealed in the sect’s Darkness Forbidden Ground might have been released.

• Ye Han greeted the Azure Profound Sect elders, and Qing Xuan Daoist urged them to prepare for another Devil Race attack and the threat of the Demon Race Alliance.
• Qing Xuan Daoist and the Seventh Elder brought Ye Han into the Great Hall and activated its Restriction Formation before explaining how close the sect had come to disaster.
• Ye Han told them he had killed the Devil Lord and that Sect Master Hong had returned to the Black Water Sect, but Qing Xuan Daoist warned that a wisp of a Devil cultivator’s demonic soul could survive.
• The Seventh Elder revealed that he had been badly injured while leading an attack on the Devil Race after encountering someone who claimed to be its leader.
• The Seventh Elder said the Darkness Forbidden Ground sealed a mighty Devil Race being and suspected that it might have been released.