Chapter Summaries

Qu Shuang and Zhuo Buming sealed all seven passages to the Second-Level Barrier, but their failing seal and signs of their injuries left the others uncertain whether to retreat. Xu Taiping proposed using the Profound Demon Crow to enter the barrier with their divine souls, giving the group a way to investigate the awakening Primordial Lord.

• Qu Shuang used the Four Symbols Seal to turn the gateway on Falling Cloud Slope into bronze doors that blocked the demonic beast’s attacks.
• Cloud Crane True Lord used a jade disc to confirm that Zhao Mou and Zhang Yu had died and that Qu Shuang and Zhuo Buming were badly injured.
• The Pearl Relic House Master revealed that Qu Shuang and Zhuo Buming had sealed all seven passages between the Third-Level and Second-Level Barriers.
• Great Elder Lou warned that the seal was cracking and asked whether the group would stay or leave as the Primordial Lord appeared to be awakening.
• Xu Taiping said the group could use the Treading the Sea Army’s method and the Profound Demon Crow to control its original body inside the Second-Level Barrier with their divine souls.
• Xu Taiping explained that the demonic beasts’ bodies were formed from xirang and could be used by the group if their primordial spirits occupied them.

Xu Taiping explained how the Treading the Sea Army had joined forces to possess Demonic Beasts, and the group resolved to use the method against the Ten Abysses Primordial Lord. He opened Lotus Eye’s Divine Soul Mark and saw a vision in which he and four companions were swallowed by Profound Demon Crows.

• Xu Taiping told Cloud Crane True Lord and the others that the Treading the Sea Army had once used their combined divine souls to control powerful Demonic Beasts.
• Cloud Crane True Lord gave the Stone Stele’s Divine Soul Mark to the group, and they read the account of the Treading the Sea Army’s sacrifices.
• Cloud Crane True Lord offered the others a chance to leave, but the Azure-Eyed Evil Lord, Great Elder Lou, Xu Taiping, and the rest chose to stay and fight.
• Cloud Crane True Lord began preparing a formation to use the Profound Demon Crow’s flesh and blood to enter a Demonic Beast’s original body.
• Xu Taiping opened Lotus Eye’s Divine Soul Mark and saw five Profound Demon Crows swallow him, the Pearl Relic House Master, and their three companions.

Xu Taiping warned the others that the Ten Abysses Primordial Lord might have anticipated their possession plan and prepared an ambush. The group chose Great Elder Lou to act as bait, while Xu Taiping secretly planned to save him and enlisted the Azure-Eyed Evil Lord’s help.

• Xu Taiping concluded that the Primordial Lord had seen through their intentions, then shared the danger with the Azure-Eyed Evil Lord without revealing Lotus Eye’s divination.
• The Azure-Eyed Evil Lord proposed using one person as bait so the others could attack the ambushing Profound Demon Crows.
• Cloud Crane True Lord, Great Elder Lou, the Pearl Relic House Master, and the Azure-Eyed Evil Lord agreed that Great Elder Lou would serve as bait.
• Xu Taiping decided to use the brief interval after their Divine Souls were forced from the Demonic Beasts to rescue Great Elder Lou.
• Xu Taiping asked the Azure-Eyed Evil Lord to kill five Demonic Beasts within two breaths, and the Azure-Eyed Evil Lord confidently agreed.

Xu Taiping and the others prepared to possess the demonic beast again so they could save Great Elder Lou, who had entered it alone. The Azure-Eyed Evil Lord demonstrated his Foresight true intent and warned Xu Taiping about the cost of divining heaven's secrets before Xu Taiping judged the moment to reactivate the formation.

• Great Elder Lou entered the formation and possessed the demonic beast, while Xu Taiping learned that Lou's Three-Origin Nail could protect his Primordial Spirit from three devastating blows.
• Xu Taiping urged Cloud Crane True Lord to rely on the Azure-Eyed Evil Lord's Foresight to decide when to reactivate the possession formation.
• The Azure-Eyed Evil Lord predicted the Pearl Relic House Master's exact words and actions, convincing Cloud Crane True Lord of his ability.
• The Azure-Eyed Evil Lord told Xu Taiping that his Foresight depended on what his eyes had seen and warned him that divining heaven's secrets demanded repayment.
• Xu Taiping used the Lotus Eye's Divine Soul Mark to judge the timing, then told the Azure-Eyed Evil Lord to have Cloud Crane True Lord activate the formation again.

Xu Taiping, Li Daoyan, and their allies rescued Great Elder Lou from the demonic beasts in the Second-Level Barrier, but a fierce battle elsewhere and a horde attacking the bronze gate left them facing a new crisis.

• Cloud Crane True Lord activated the possession formation, bringing Xu Taiping and the others into the demonic beast's body as Great Elder Lou's Divine Soul was attacked.
• Li Daoyan used Five Thunders Crashing Down to destroy the five beasts attacking Great Elder Lou, while Xu Taiping saved Lou's Divine Soul from demonic hounds with his Lion Roar Dragon Roar Shattering Gold Art.
• Li Daoyan's lightning destroyed the hounds, and he revealed that his Foresight had anticipated the rescue; Xu Taiping then struggled with the drain on his Divine Soul and true essence.
• Great Elder Lou formed a temporary body from the demonic beast's flesh and thanked Xu Taiping and Li Daoyan for saving him.
• The group saw Elder Zhuo and Elder Qu battling demonic beasts in the west as hordes of demonic hounds and Profound Demon Crows attacked the bronze gate, alarming the Pearl Relic House Master.

Xu Taiping recognized that the battlefield below was a trap disguised as the scene he had foreseen, and persuaded Azure-Eyed Evil Lord to follow a risky plan instead of seizing Po Jun. The chapter ended as Azure-Eyed Evil Lord weighed Xu Taiping’s request to swap the elders with the distant Demon Dragons.

• Elder Zhuo used Po Jun for a devastating strike against two Demon Dragons, then fell as the sword’s power overwhelmed him.
• Cloud Crane True Lord told Azure-Eyed Evil Lord that Po Jun was in Elder Zhuo’s hands, and Xu Taiping urged everyone to head toward the battlefield while they talked.
• Xu Taiping examined the newly clear vision in his divine soul mark and saw Elder Zhuo and Qu Shuang attack their allies before a demonic ritual shattered the barriers.
• Azure-Eyed Evil Lord carried Xu Taiping above the battlefield and prepared to descend for the sword, but Xu Taiping warned that the sword and Elder Zhuo were not what they seemed.
• Xu Taiping asked Azure-Eyed Evil Lord to use Form- and Shadow-Transposition to swap Elder Zhuo and Elder Qu with the two Demon Dragons, despite the spell leaving him unable to cast others for a time.

Xu Taiping and Azure-Eyed Evil Lord fought the Demonic Beasts while suspecting that Ten Abysses Primordial Lord was trying to stop Azure-Eyed Evil Lord from claiming the real Po Jun Sword. Xu Taiping revealed a powerful soul art, and the chapter ended as he unleashed Raging Waves.

• Xu Taiping and Azure-Eyed Evil Lord saw the Demonic Beasts attack Zhuo Buming and the wounded Qu Shuang while Pearl Relic House Master, Cloud Crane True Lord, and Great Elder Lou struggled to defend them.
• Azure-Eyed Evil Lord flew down with Xu Taiping, and Xu Taiping reasoned that the Demonic Beasts were targeting Azure-Eyed Evil Lord to prevent him from obtaining the real Po Jun Sword.
• Azure-Eyed Evil Lord's attacks failed when the Hound Demons used the Sun-Howling Method to break his Sword Qi and Thunder Technique, while Zhuo Buming warned them that ordinary attacks would not work.
• Xu Taiping formed a hand seal and told Azure-Eyed Evil Lord that he could temporarily disable the Demonic Beasts' Divine Soul power with a soul art.
• Azure-Eyed Evil Lord recognized Xu Taiping's hand seal as Great Emperor Mysterious Wasteland's Mysterious Wasteland Seal, and Xu Taiping shouted “Raging Waves” as a hundred-zhang wave appeared.

Xu Taiping and the Azure-Eyed Evil Lord fought off a group of Demonic Beasts, and Xu Taiping used the Mysterious Wasteland Art, exhausting his divine essence. After the Azure-Eyed Evil Lord went to reinforce Pearl Relic and the others, Xu Taiping stayed behind with Zhuo Buming, gambling that the Demonic Beast would not attack him before targeting the Azure-Eyed Evil Lord.

• Xu Taiping unleashed Raging Waves, the first move of the Mysterious Wasteland Art’s Sea-Overturning Chapter, and the Azure-Eyed Evil Lord killed the stunned Demonic Beasts with his Sword Qi.
• The Azure-Eyed Evil Lord nourished Xu Taiping’s divine essence and explained that his Sword Qi used the true intent Shatter the Corpse into Ten Thousand Pieces.
• Xu Taiping told the Azure-Eyed Evil Lord that Zhu Songyu had once praised his aptitude as a Sword Cultivator, prompting the Azure-Eyed Evil Lord to thank him.
• Xu Taiping introduced the Azure-Eyed Evil Lord to Zhuo Buming, who welcomed him and praised his swordsmanship, though the Azure-Eyed Evil Lord suspected Zhuo Buming was acting strangely.
• When Pearl Relic and his companions became locked in battle with the remaining Demonic Beasts, Xu Taiping arranged for the Azure-Eyed Evil Lord to go reinforce them while he stayed with Zhuo Buming.
• The Azure-Eyed Evil Lord warned Xu Taiping to remain within three thousand zhang, and Xu Taiping stayed behind, betting that the Demonic Beast would target the Azure-Eyed Evil Lord first.

Xu Taiping carried the wounded Elder Zhuo Sword Immortal to the Azure-Eyed Evil Lord, while warning him that Elder Zhuo and Elder Qu might be the Demon Gods Black Hound and Dark Raven. The Azure-Eyed Evil Lord prepared to wield the Po Jun Sword as the group readied for battle and tried to prevent the Primordial Lord from awakening.

• Xu Taiping told the Azure-Eyed Evil Lord that the Treading the Sea Army's Divine Soul Mark identified Black Hound and Dark Raven as the only Demon Gods able to awaken the Primordial Lord, and urged him to have someone retrieve their true bodies and weapons.
• The Azure-Eyed Evil Lord struck down the last Demonic Beasts near the bronze gates, and Elder Zhuo Sword Immortal praised his pure Sword Intent.
• After the Azure-Eyed Evil Lord said everything was ready, Xu Taiping carried Elder Zhuo Sword Immortal to Cloud Crane True Lord, who offered to treat his injuries.
• Elder Zhuo Sword Immortal insisted on handing the Po Jun Sword to the Azure-Eyed Evil Lord, who told Xu Taiping he had prepared to kill the two Demon Gods.

The Azure-Eyed Evil Lord exposed the Demonic Beasts’ ambush and switched them away just before they could self-destruct, though his clone was destroyed. Zhuo Buming regained his true form, and the group found him alive as Cloud Crane True Lord asked how the Azure-Eyed Evil Lord had detected the danger.

• The Azure-Eyed Evil Lord accepted the Po Jun Sword from Zhuo Buming, then used Form- and Shadow-Transposition to redirect the Dark Raven’s attack when the sword transformed and Zhuo Buming revealed his Hound Demon form.
• The Dark Raven and Black Hound began transforming and preparing to self-destruct, but the Azure-Eyed Evil Lord struck them with Five Thunders Crashing Down.
• The Azure-Eyed Evil Lord switched the Demonic Beasts with Zhuo Buming and the Po Jun Sword over thirty li away, where the beasts exploded; Cloud Crane True Lord raised a Gang Wind barrier to shield the group.
• The Azure-Eyed Evil Lord’s clone burst apart, and Xu Taiping concluded that the Lotus Eye’s visions could warn of danger but could not be trusted in their specific details.
• Zhuo Buming and the Po Jun Sword fell from the sky in their true forms, and Cloud Crane True Lord and Pearl Relic House Master found Zhuo Buming alive.
• Cloud Crane True Lord asked the Azure-Eyed Evil Lord whether he had sensed the danger through his intuition.

Xu Taiping and the others watched Dark Raven and Dark Hound regenerate, a sign that the Ten Abysses Primordial Lord might awaken. Meanwhile, the Azure-Eyed Evil Lord faced the Po Jun Sword’s tests, and the chapter ended as both Demon Gods neared resurrection.

• The Azure-Eyed Evil Lord warned Cloud Crane True Lord and the Pearl Relic House Master about the taboos of Heavenly Mechanism Divination Art.
• Dark Raven and Dark Hound began rebuilding their bodies after their explosions, confirming they could return from death.
• Xu Taiping reminded Cloud Crane True Lord and the Pearl Relic House Master that the Demon Gods’ return often heralded the Ten Abysses Primordial Lord’s awakening.
• The Azure-Eyed Evil Lord waited for Great Elder Lou to bring their true bodies out of the Third-Level Barrier while studying the Po Jun Sword.
• Po Jun Sword tested the Azure-Eyed Evil Lord with a strike of sword qi, which he shattered, and he explained that only catching such a test would earn the sword’s willing acknowledgment.
• Dark Hound’s body took shape in the west as Dark Raven’s reconstruction passed halfway.

Azure-Eyed Evil Lord continued the Po Jun Sword’s master-recognition trial and began drawing its Sword Qi under control. As he approached the sword, the two demonic beasts reconstructed their bodies and appeared nearby.

• Cloud Crane True Lord explained that the demonic beasts could rebuild stronger bodies from Xirang, while the Dark Hound Demon God’s barking disrupted spells.
• Zhuo Buming awakened and urged Azure-Eyed Evil Lord to have Po Jun’s seal removed, but Azure-Eyed Evil Lord refused, insisting that he would not bow to the sword.
• Po Jun sent Sword Qi at Azure-Eyed Evil Lord, then stopped it just before striking him and allowed it to circle him.
• Azure-Eyed Evil Lord captured successive streaks of Sword Qi and walked toward Po Jun as Xu Taiping and the others watched.
• A tremor interrupted the trial, and the Hound-headed and crow-headed demonic beasts appeared with their bodies reconstructed.

Xu Taiping and the others fought the Dark Raven Demon God and Dark Hound Demon God, but Elder Zhuo sacrificed himself to save them. As the Dark Hound pressed its attack, Great Elder Lou delivered Xu Taiping’s true body, allowing him to prepare to fight in person.

• Xu Taiping recognized the approaching beasts as the Dark Raven Demon God and Dark Hound Demon God, and Cloud Crane True Lord, the Pearl Relic House Master, and Elder Zhuo flew up to confront them.
• Elder Zhuo struck the Dark Raven Demon God in the eye but was gravely weakened, while the Pearl Relic House Master and Cloud Crane True Lord paralyzed and sealed the Raven beneath summoned mountains.
• The Dark Hound Demon God's howl shattered the mountain phantoms and broke the cultivators' spells, then he brought his blade down on them.
• Elder Zhuo shoved Xu Taiping out of danger and used Weapon Dissolution to blast apart half the Dark Hound Demon God's head, dying as his flying sword vanished.
• The Pearl Relic House Master attacked the Dark Hound again, but its howl disrupted his thunder technique as Great Elder Lou emerged from the Bronze Gate and threw Xu Taiping his true body.
• Xu Taiping sent his Primordial Spirit toward his true body, ready to fight.

Xu Taiping drank Hidden Immortal Wine and returned to his true body as Dark Raven and Black Hound attacked Cloud Crane True Lord and the Pearl Relic House Master. Xu Taiping blocked Black Hound's slash with his armor, and Great Elder Lou joined the fight with a spear.

• Xu Taiping's demonic beast clone burst apart, and he returned to his true body and drank Hidden Immortal Wine to replenish his strength.
• Dark Raven broke free of the Three Mountains and Five Sacred Peaks Seal and attacked Cloud Crane True Lord and the Pearl Relic House Master with his sword.
• The Pearl Relic House Master struck Dark Raven twice with thunder lances, but Black Hound's howl disrupted the second attack and he appeared above the defenders.
• Black Hound shattered Cloud Crane True Lord's golden barriers and slashed at him and the Pearl Relic House Master.
• Xu Taiping intercepted Black Hound's saber with the Baxia Form, and the Great Sage Armor blocked the blow.
• Great Elder Lou thanked Xu Taiping and thrust his spear at Black Hound.

Great Elder Lou fought Black Hound with his spear while Xu Taiping tried to hold off Dark Raven, whose strength was rapidly increasing. The chapter ended with both demons beginning to overwhelm Great Elder Lou as their power continued to rise.

• Great Elder Lou drove Black Hound back with his spear and told Pearl Relic and Cloud Crane to retrieve their true bodies.
• Xu Taiping charged Dark Raven to buy Great Elder Lou time, but Dark Raven shattered his defenses and wounded him with a sword strike.
• Xu Taiping used the Wind-Suppressing Pearl to dispel Dark Raven's gang wind, then prepared to withstand another attack.
• Great Elder Lou cut apart Dark Raven's sword shadow with a flying sword while continuing to fight Black Hound with his spear.
• Xu Taiping retreated as Great Elder Lou fought both demons, then realized the demons were growing stronger and beginning to overwhelm the elder.

Xu Taiping recognized that Dark Raven and Black Hound grew stronger when killed separately, but Cloud Crane True Lord and the Pearl Relic House Master destroyed them before he could stop them. As the beasts’ power was poised to rise again, Xu Taiping prepared to use the Life-and-Death Seal.

• Xu Taiping learned from the Treading the Sea Army’s records that Dark Raven and Black Hound gained strength through prolonged combat and could grow stronger if killed separately after their Sun Wheel and Moon Wheel appeared.
• Dark Raven and Black Hound gained golden-edged halos and struck Great Elder Lou, shattering nearly all his Body-Protecting Golden Light.
• Cloud Crane True Lord attacked Dark Raven with the Three Mountains and Five Peaks Demon-Suppressing Seal while the Pearl Relic House Master sealed Black Hound’s mouth with a bamboo slip and True Words.
• Cloud Crane True Lord crushed Dark Raven into blood mist, and the Pearl Relic House Master destroyed Black Hound and scattered its Divine Soul with three True Words.
• Xu Taiping realized the beasts would grow stronger because they had been killed separately, approved of the Pearl Relic House Master’s actions, and took out the Life-and-Death Seal.

After Zhuo Buming died fighting the two Guardian Demon Gods, Xu Taiping revealed that they had not been truly slain and had grown stronger. The group prepared to reopen the barrier while the Azure-Eyed Evil Lord tried to fully master Po Jun, their best hope against the Primordial Lord.

• The Pearl Relic House Master mourned Zhuo Buming and feared the group could be annihilated if the Azure-Eyed Evil Lord failed to master Po Jun.
• Cloud Crane True Lord, the Pearl Relic House Master, and Great Elder Lou agreed to protect Xu Taiping and get him out of the grotto-heaven if the coming battle went badly.
• Xu Taiping warned the others that the two Guardian Demon Gods had not been completely slain, and the group confirmed they had gained a tier of Cultivation Power.
• Cloud Crane True Lord explained that the guardians had only recently begun appearing as the barriers weakened and the Primordial Lord grew stronger.
• The Azure-Eyed Evil Lord reached for Po Jun among the gravestones, and Cloud Crane True Lord said he was close to mastering the Immortal Sword.

As the Dark Raven Demon God and Dark Hound Demon God began to revive, Cloud Crane True Lord and the Pearl Relic House Master protected Xu Taiping and the others while Li Daoyan mastered Po Jun. The Dark Raven awakened as Ya Xuan, a sentient demon with devastating swordsmanship, and threatened to destroy the Cloud Tower before Li Daoyan could finish.

• The Dark Raven Demon God and Dark Hound Demon God began forming in enormous pits as swarms of Profound Demon Crows and Profound Demonic Hounds attacked.
• Xu Taiping warned Cloud Crane True Lord that the demons’ rebirth could not be stopped, so the group should defend themselves and wait for a chance to strike.
• Cloud Crane True Lord raised the Cloud Tower Grand Formation, and the Pearl Relic House Master strengthened it with True Words to protect everyone while Li Daoyan mastered Po Jun.
• The Dark Raven Demon God struck the Cloud Tower with a black sword, and Xu Taiping explained that the demons had three stages of transformation.
• The Dark Raven Demon God awakened as Ya Xuan, declared himself the Sun Guardian of the Ten Abysses Primordial Lord, and attacked the Cloud Tower with the enormous sword.
• Ya Xuan cleaved through three stories of the Cloud Tower and cracked the Pearl Relic House Master’s protective True Intent, prompting him to warn that the formation might not hold until Li Daoyan finished mastering Po Jun.

Xu Taiping stopped the others from fighting Ya Xuan and waited until Dark Raven and Black Hound attacked together. He used All Beings Are Equal and the Life-and-Death Seal to freeze and kill both Demonic Beasts, leaving their fates in blood mist.

• Xu Taiping persuaded Great Elder Lou and the others to wait until Dark Raven and Black Hound appeared together.
• Ya Xuan used Karmic Flame to destroy the Cloud Tower with a single sword strike, but Pearl Relic House Master's True Words preserved its final floor.
• Dark Raven and Black Hound attacked the Cloud Tower together, and Xu Taiping urged Great Elder Lou and Pearl Relic House Master not to intervene.
• Xu Taiping invoked All Beings Are Equal as the demons' Blade Force and Sword Intent shattered the Cloud Tower's barrier.
• Xu Taiping raised the Life-and-Death Seal, summoned a Spirit Form, and commanded it to kill Dark Raven and Black Hound, whose bodies exploded in unison.

Xu Taiping used the Yin-Yang Life-and-Death Seal to kill the Black Hound and Dark Raven, but revealed that he could not use it again for three years. As the Azure-Eyed Evil Lord tried to break the seal on Po Jun, the Black Hound began reforming through a power that appeared to reverse time.

• The Pearl Relic House Master recognized Xu Taiping’s seal as the Yin-Yang Life-and-Death Seal, whose artifact spirit rebuked him and expressed hostility toward the Confucian Sect.
• Xu Taiping told Cloud Crane True Lord that the seal could not be used again for three years, though it had killed the two Demon Gods.
• The Azure-Eyed Evil Lord infused Po Jun with sword qi and began breaking the sealing runes left by the Previous Generation Sword Bearer.
• The world trembled, and Cloud Crane True Lord warned the others before the Black Hound’s blood mist gathered into a mangled figure.
• Cloud Crane True Lord said the Black Hound seemed to be reversing the time before its death, astonishing Xu Taiping.