Chapter Summaries

The Night Lord warned Wuxie Scholar that the Earth Realm’s secret must not fall into the Devil Race’s hands, then the Northern Lord King questioned Wuxie Scholar about the devil. Meanwhile, Ye Han tested an improved Qing Xuan Spirit Cannon and planned further upgrades as his sect prepared for a major war.

• The Night Lord ordered Wuxie Scholar to watch the devil and investigate Ye Han, while warning him to keep the Earth Realm’s secret from the Devil Race and monitor the Immortal Race.
• The Northern Lord King appeared, and Wuxie Scholar reported the Night Lord’s suspicions and information about the devil.
• Ye Han’s improved Qing Xuan Spirit Cannon struck a target ten thousand zhang away, impressing the gathered disciples and elders.
• Ye Han refused to begin mass production because the cannon consumed too many spirit stones and too much spell power, and he planned to add a formation and artifact to absorb and store spiritual energy.
• The elders considered how Ye Han’s Mecha Puppets could let Qi Refining disciples fight at Foundation Establishment strength, and they realized he was preparing for a major war.

As Heaven's Mandate Continent descended further into war, Ye Han strengthened the Azure Profound Sect by recruiting new disciples and preparing weapons and defenses. He left the sect poised for a new conflict by declaring war on the Devil Race and the Demon Race Alliance.

• Ye Han expanded the Azure Profound Sect's forces by recruiting cultivators displaced by war and using the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm trial to screen applicants.
• Over three years, warfare worsened as the Demon Race Alliance attacked human settlements and the Devil Race spread its demonic territory.
• The Azure Profound Sect remained secure under Ye Han's protection, while other powers grew wary of its preparations for war.
• Ye Han summoned the sect's disciples and declared war on the Devil Race and the Demon Race Alliance.
• The disciples answered Ye Han's declaration with cries to fight for humanity and Heaven's Mandate Continent.

Ye Han led the Azure Profound Sect to declare war on the Demon Race Alliance and Devil Race, preparing to fight while using the call for a human alliance to deter rival sects from attacking openly. The Black Water Sect joined him, but the other major sects stayed silent as Ye Han anticipated their next move.

• Ye Han persuaded the Azure Profound Sect's elders that the sect had to confront the Demon Race Alliance and Devil Race to protect humanity and restore its strength.
• Ye Han relied on White Snow's intelligence and infiltration of the Demon Race Alliance while recognizing that the Nine Wounds Devil Lord and rival human sects posed serious threats.
• Ye Han ordered the Azure Profound Sect to prepare its Spirit Cannons and armored puppets for war.
• Ye Han had the Azure Profound Sect Master urge the major sects to form an alliance and declare war alongside them.
• The Black Water Sect, led by Red Dragon Girl, joined the declaration of war, while the other major sects gave no reply.

White Snow persuaded the Dragon Horn Demon Emperor to use the Azure Profound Sect’s declaration of war as a chance to gain prestige in the Demon Race Alliance. The Dragon Horn Demon Emperor agreed to let White Snow lead the attack while he focused on his cultivation.

• The chapter described how the Dragon Horn Demon Emperor ruled Upper Tomb Land and built Dragon Horn Sky-Subduing City as a show of his ambitions.
• The Dragon Horn Demon Emperor hosted White Snow, a fellow Demon Emperor, and considered how White Snow could strengthen his standing in the Demon Race Alliance.
• White Snow argued that the Azure Profound Sect had only pretended to repel the Devil Race Army and was hiding behind its defensive formation.
• The Dragon Horn Demon Emperor agreed that attacking the Azure Profound Sect could expose its bluff and raise his faction’s influence.
• The Dragon Horn Demon Emperor said he was at a crucial stage in his cultivation, and White Snow volunteered to handle the matter.

White Snow persuaded the Dragon Horn Demon Emperor to send a vast Demon Beast army out of Dragon Horn Sky-Subduing City. As the army departed, the Azure Profound Sect launched an attack on the city, catching the Dragon Horn Demon Emperor by surprise.

• White Snow convinced the suspicious Dragon Horn Demon Emperor to let him lead his clansmen out by reminding him that he held White Snow’s demon beast soul.
• The Dragon Horn Demon Emperor agreed after White Snow provoked his anger by mentioning the Hundred Flowers Demon Emperor.
• White Snow rode out with thousands of Demon Beasts while the Dragon Horn Demon Emperor wished them victory from the city wall.
• A black-feathered Demon Beast reported that the Azure Profound Sect was attacking Dragon Horn Sky-Subduing City.
• A golden Crescent Moon Flying Boat appeared on the horizon and flew toward the city.

The Dragon Horn Demon Emperor realized that the Azure Profound Sect was attacking and accused White Snow of being a spy. White Snow overpowered the demon kings with his aura and claimed he was taking them to run for their lives, but the Black Monkey Demon King questioned whether he planned to surrender them to the humans.

• The Dragon Horn Demon Emperor spotted the Azure Profound Sect's Crescent Moon Divine Vessel and sent a warning ordering the demon kings to return, calling White Snow a spy.
• The demon kings heard the warning and saw the approaching flying vessel, then turned on White Snow in confusion and suspicion.
• White Snow released a demon emperor aura stronger than the Dragon Horn Demon Emperor's and cowed the assembled demon kings and beasts.
• The Black Monkey Demon King challenged White Snow about serving the humans, and White Snow laughed before saying he was taking them to run for their lives.
• White Snow criticized the Dragon Horn Demon Emperor for hiding behind his city, while the Black Monkey Demon King demanded to know whether White Snow intended to take them to the humans.

White Snow persuaded the Demon Kings to abandon the Dragon Horn Demon Emperor and follow him toward another Demon Emperor, while Ye Han’s forces approached Dragon Horn Sky-Subduing City. The Dragon Horn Demon Emperor discovered White Snow had deceived him and activated the city’s defenses as the Azure Profound Sect prepared to attack.

• White Snow convinced the Demon Kings to leave the Dragon Horn Demon Emperor and declared them his subordinates.
• The Dragon Horn Demon Emperor received no response to his orders as the Demon Beast army continued away from him.
• The Crescent Moon Divine Vessel advanced with golden light, and the Dragon Horn Demon Emperor realized the Azure Profound Sect was about to attack.
• The Dragon Horn Demon Emperor destroyed White Snow’s Demon Beast Soul Pearl, discovered it held another soul, and concluded White Snow was a human spy.
• The Dragon Horn Demon Emperor activated Dragon Horn Sky-Subduing City’s defensive formation and sent its Demon Beasts and Demon Kings into action.
• Ye Han watched the city from the Crescent Moon Divine Vessel and reflected on the Dragon Horn Demon Emperor’s attempt to establish a demon kingdom.

Ye Han led the Azure Profound Sect in an assault on Dragon Horn Sky-Subduing City, using long-range spirit cannons and Mecha Puppets to overwhelm the demon defenders. The Red-Winged Demon King rushed to protect her forces as the Mecha Puppets closed in.

• Ye Han ordered the Azure Profound Sect to attack Dragon Horn Sky-Subduing City.
• Zhang Lingjun sent the First Mecha Puppet Division forward while the Second Elder ordered the spirit cannons to fire at the city's restrictions.
• The Dragon Horn Demon Emperor ordered the Red-Winged Demon King to send her flamebird demon beasts against the Mecha Puppets.
• The spirit cannons battered the city's barrier, then struck the flamebird demon beasts as they tried to return behind it.
• The Red-Winged Demon King used flame storms to block the remaining beams as over a thousand Mecha Puppets charged in.

More than a thousand Mecha Puppets trapped the Red-Winged Demon King in the Qing Xuan Sword Formation and slaughtered her Flamebird forces, while their talismans and defensive formation held off her attacks. As the Dragon Horn Demon Emperor refused to rescue her and called for outside aid, Azure Profound Sect’s Spirit Cannons began tearing apart Dragon Horn Sky-Subduing City’s defenses.

• The Mecha Puppets formed the Qing Xuan Sword Formation, trapped the Red-Winged Demon King, and cut down the Flamebird demon beasts with a rain of sword-rays.
• The Red-Winged Demon King attacked the puppets with her Flame Bead Treasures, but their Vajra Talismans shielded them from the blasts.
• The Mecha Puppets shifted into a defensive formation and withstood the Red-Winged Demon King’s continued bombardment as her Flamebird forces were wiped out.
• The Dragon Horn Demon Emperor refused the other Demon Kings’ request to rescue the Red-Winged Demon King, saying he would seek help from other Demon Emperors instead.
• Azure Profound Sect’s Spirit Cannons battered Dragon Horn Sky-Subduing City’s defensive barrier, and the Dragon Horn Demon Emperor ordered the Demon Kings to reinforce its formation nodes.

Ye Han ordered the Azure Profound Sect's Mecha Puppets to kill the Red-Winged Demon King while explaining why powerful cultivators avoided slaughtering weaker beings themselves. The puppets destroyed her body, Demon Core, and soul, while Dragon Horn Sky-Subduing City remained under attack.

• Ye Han recognized that the Dragon Horn Demon Emperor had stayed away out of cowardice, and decided to follow his original plan rather than attack the city himself.
• Ye Han reflected that slaughtering weaker beings could provoke heavenly retribution and that his own excessive killing had damaged his state of mind.
• Ye Han ordered the Mecha Puppets to attack the Red-Winged Demon King and strike the formation's Kan and Dou positions.
• More than a thousand Mecha Puppets combined their Qing Xuan Sword Intent into a massive sword-ray that cleaved the exhausted Red-Winged Demon King in two.
• The Red-Winged Demon King's Demon Core and soul tried to escape, but the Mecha Puppets destroyed them with rune beams.
• Dragon Horn Sky-Subduing City remained in trouble as the attack continued.

Ye Han’s Spirit Cannons exploited weaknesses in Dragon Horn Sky-Subduing City’s defenses and broke through its barrier. The Dragon Horn Demon Emperor ordered a counterattack, but the city’s Demon Beasts were slaughtered by the Azure Profound Sect’s Mecha Puppets as the Demon Kings hesitated to reinforce the formation.

• Ye Han’s Spirit Cannons repeatedly bombarded the Kan and Lin positions, draining the Demon Kings’ power as they privately considered fleeing.
• The Dragon Horn Demon Emperor ordered the defenders to pour more spell power into the formation, but they did not comply, and a Formation Disk shattered.
• Spirit Cannon blasts opened holes in two positions and destroyed Dragon Horn Sky-Subduing City’s defensive barrier.
• The Dragon Horn Demon Emperor sent his Demon Beasts out to fight, but sword-rays from the Mecha Puppets killed thousands of them.
• The Dragon Horn Demon Emperor regretted losing the Red-Winged Demon King and the Flamebird Demon Beasts, then ordered all Demon Kings to attack the Puppets.

The Dragon Horn Demon Emperor’s forces fled as Ye Han confronted him and offered mercy, but the Demon Emperor chose to escape and then unleash his dragon-horn divine ability. Ye Han intercepted him and shattered the attack with the Thunderous Five-Element Golden Cudgel, leaving the wounded Demon Emperor trying to flee again.

• The Demon Kings abandoned the Mecha Puppets and fled, prompting the Dragon Horn Demon Emperor to pursue them before he sensed Ye Han’s arrival.
• Ye Han offered to spare the Dragon Horn Demon Emperor if he surrendered, but the Demon Emperor refused and sped away.
• Ye Han caught up with the Dragon Horn Demon Emperor, who summoned two enormous black dragons from his detached horns and sent them against him.
• Ye Han enlarged the Thunderous Five-Element Golden Cudgel and smashed the two dragons apart, causing the Dragon Horn Demon Emperor to spit blood and attempt another escape.

Ye Han killed the Dragon Horn Demon Emperor with a single strike and captured his demon beast soul and demon nascent soul. After the Thousand Illusion Heavenly Bell devoured them, Ye Han summoned his Fire-Devouring Insects to collect the remains of the Demon Emperor’s body.

• Ye Han used the Thunderous Five-Element Golden Cudgel to break through the Dragon Horn Demon Emperor’s defenses and kill him, while fleeing Demon Kings watched in terror.
• Ye Han trapped the Dragon Horn Demon Emperor’s demon beast soul and demon nascent soul within the cudgel and explained why he had restrained the destruction caused by his attack.
• The Dragon Horn Demon Emperor’s trapped soul demanded another fight, but Ye Han mocked him and released the Thousand Illusion Heavenly Bell to devour both souls.
• The Dragon Horn Demon Emperor begged for mercy and offered to surrender, but Ye Han refused and let the bell absorb his souls, strengthening the treasure.
• Ye Han summoned the Fire-Devouring Insects to gather the valuable flesh and blood scattered from the Dragon Horn Demon Emperor’s shattered body.

Ye Han watched his disciples take Dragon Horn Sky-Subduing City after killing the Dragon Horn Demon Emperor, then sent a message to White Snow as he prepared to expand his campaign against the Demon Race Alliance. He intended to secure the resource-rich Upper Tomb Land for the Azure Profound Sect and preserve the city as a strategic stronghold.

• Ye Han decided not to harvest the Dragon Horn Demon Emperor’s flesh and blood, hoping the fire-devouring insects might grow stronger by consuming it.
• The demon kings fled, and Ye Han’s mecha puppets and Foundation Establishment disciples overwhelmed the demon beasts defending Dragon Horn Sky-Subduing City.
• Ye Han let his disciples experience the brutal battle, believing that the human race had to resist the demon and devil races’ threat.
• Ye Han sent a messaging talisman toward White Snow’s army and resolved to target more than half of the Demon Race Alliance’s territory.
• Ye Han explained that he had attacked the Dragon Horn Demon Emperor to secure the Upper Tomb Land’s resources for the increasingly strained Azure Profound Sect.
• Ye Han planned to preserve Dragon Horn Sky-Subduing City, which controlled the route to the Upper Tomb Land, and improve its defenses for the Azure Profound Sect.

After the Azure Profound Sect captured Dragon Horn Sky-Subduing City and killed the Dragon Horn Demon Emperor, Ye Han ordered the city fortified and news of the victory inspired human sects to seek an alliance. The Heavenly Cold Demon Emperor vowed revenge, setting the stage for a counterattack.

• The Second Elder reported the battle’s casualties and losses, and Ye Han questioned how disciples had died despite his precautions.
• The Second Elder explained that twenty-three disciples had entered a trapped treasure site and others had died fighting demon cultivators; Ye Han told the elders to warn the survivors.
• Ye Han ordered changes to Dragon Horn Sky-Subduing City’s defenses, anticipating an attack by another Demon Emperor.
• News of the Azure Profound Sect’s victory spread, raising Ye Han’s prestige and prompting sects to send envoys to discuss an alliance against the Demon Race Alliance.
• The Heavenly Cold Demon Emperor shattered an ice mountain and swore to make the Azure Profound Sect pay for killing the Dragon Horn Demon Emperor.

The Hundred Flowers Demon Emperor refused to shelter White Snow and the Dragon Horn Demon Emperor’s former followers, while the Demon Race Alliance argued over how to respond to the Azure Profound Sect. The Heavenly Firmament Demon Emperor declared that the alliance would answer the insult and avenge the fallen Dragon Horn Demon Emperor.

• The Hundred Flowers Demon Emperor destroyed a vision of the Dragon Horn Demon Emperor’s death and rejected his former followers, suspecting a sinister scheme.
• White Snow and the demon kings left to seek the Four-Headed Demon Emperor after the Hundred Flowers Demon Emperor refused them.
• The Twelve Great Demon Emperors debated whether to retaliate against the Azure Profound Sect, strengthen the alliance, or avoid a wider war.
• The Heavenly Firmament Demon Emperor ended the argument and declared that the alliance would vent its fury over the Azure Profound Sect’s attack and the Dragon Horn Demon Emperor’s death.

Wuxie Scholar learned that Ye Han had killed the Dragon Horn Demon Emperor and appeared far more powerful than an ordinary Nascent Soul cultivator. Zhuge Qingshan had shared evidence of Ye Han’s strength with the Devil Race and the Demon Race Alliance, and Wuxie Scholar asked how they had reacted.

• Zhuge Qingshan reported Ye Han’s suspicious rise, past clashes with the Zhuge Lineage, and apparent sealing of a devil.
• Wuxie Scholar told Zhuge Qingshan to stop investigating the devil’s location and focus on current news.
• Zhuge Qingshan reported that Ye Han had led the Azure Profound Sect’s strike on Dragon Horn Sky-Subduing City and killed the Dragon Horn Demon Emperor.
• Zhuge Qingshan showed Wuxie Scholar a recording of Ye Han wielding the Thunderous Five-Element Golden Cudgel and said he had sent copies to the Devil Race and the Demon Race Alliance.
• Wuxie Scholar praised Zhuge Qingshan’s actions and asked how the Devil Race and the Demon Race Alliance had responded.

Wuxie Scholar and Zhuge Qingshan discussed Ye Han, the growing conflict around the Azure Profound Sect, and the possible powers behind the Devil Race and Demon Race Alliance. Meanwhile, the Nine Wounds Devil Lord confronted the Heavenly Treasure Devil Lord and revealed an orb that he said proved Ye Han had sealed the latter’s clone.

• Zhuge Qingshan warned Wuxie Scholar that the Demon Race Alliance was gathering an army to attack the Upper Tomb Land and destroy the Azure Profound Sect, while Ye Han might be seeking control of the Heaven's Mandate Continent.
• Wuxie Scholar told Zhuge Qingshan to watch Ye Han and the surrounding factions rather than act, suspecting Ye Han possessed the ominous object and might reveal the secret of the Earth Realm.
• Wuxie Scholar suggested that a powerful demon saint could be backing the Demon Race Alliance, and Zhuge Qingshan left after asking whether Elder Liu Head could return.
• The Nine Wounds Devil Lord continued recovering as demonic qi poured into him, then challenged the Heavenly Treasure Devil Lord for interrupting his cultivation.
• The Nine Wounds Devil Lord showed the Heavenly Treasure Devil Lord a strange orb and claimed it proved Ye Han had sealed his clone.

The Heavenly Treasure Devil Lord tried to push the Nine Wounds Devil Lord into confronting Ye Han, but the Nine Wounds Devil Lord refused until his cultivation recovered. By invoking the Nine Wounds Devil Lord’s beloved and the Earth Realm’s secret, the Heavenly Treasure Devil Lord persuaded him to continue pursuing Ye Han.

• The Nine Wounds Devil Lord showed the Heavenly Treasure Devil Lord an image of Ye Han killing the Dragon Horn Demon Emperor and refused to fight Ye Han while his cultivation was weakened.
• The Nine Wounds Devil Lord accused the Heavenly Treasure Devil Lord of scheming and ended their cooperation, while the Heavenly Treasure Devil Lord wondered why he had become so clever.
• The Heavenly Treasure Devil Lord brought up the Nine Wounds Devil Lord’s woman, and the Nine Wounds Devil Lord anxiously asked whether she had received his message and whether she was in danger.
• The Heavenly Treasure Devil Lord claimed the Nine Wounds Devil Lord’s enemies were troubling his woman and warned that he could not defeat them without recovering his cultivation.
• The Nine Wounds Devil Lord decided to uncover the Earth Realm’s secret and deal with Ye Han, then agreed to use the Heavenly Treasure Devil Lord’s cultivation technique despite its aftereffects.

Nine Wounds Devil Lord learned that the Demon Race Alliance would act against Ye Han and the Azure Profound Sect, while Ye Han refined the Demon-Binding Chains and cultivated as he waited for a breakthrough. Zhang Lingjun then brought news that the alliance had mobilized an army to attack, and Ye Han welcomed the coming battle.

• Heavenly Treasure Devil Lord’s image vanished, and Nine Wounds Devil Lord greeted his returning companion, who reported that the Demon Race Alliance would soon move against Ye Han.
• Ye Han refined the Demon-Binding Chains, having removed the Third Young Master’s mark and claimed the treasure for himself.
• Ye Han cultivated with the Heaven and Earth Five Elements Meditation Cushion, but his killing intent continued to block his advance beyond the peak of the Nascent Soul Realm Third Layer.
• Ye Han planned to wait for his injury to heal and for the Azure Profound Sect to find the herbs needed to make a pill that could resolve his killing aura.
• Zhang Lingjun told Ye Han that the Demon Race Alliance had mobilized an army to attack the Azure Profound Sect, and Ye Han said he had been waiting for them.