Chapter Summaries

Duan Jian defeated Shen Yan and Shen Xiu in the city lord's hall, but Shen Hong stopped him from attacking again and apologized. After the Sacred Family members left, Nie Li warned Xiao Yunfeng that they would act against the Sacred Family that night, while Duan Jian declined a seat and remained by a pillar.

• Shen Yan's Blazing Flame Palm failed to harm Duan Jian, who defeated him with two punches before Nie Li stopped him from continuing the fight.
• Duan Jian slapped Shen Xiu and sent her crashing into a pillar, but Shen Hong intervened, apologized, and persuaded Duan Jian to withdraw.
• Shen Yan fled and Shen Fei helped Shen Xiu away as Shen Hong tried unsuccessfully to recruit Duan Jian.
• Students watching beneath the Sky Screen cheered Duan Jian's victory, while young Black Dragon Family members admired his Black Dragon Wings.
• Nie Li told Xiao Yunfeng that they would act against the Sacred Family that night, and Xiao Ning'er urged Nie Li to be careful.
• Ye Xiu offered Duan Jian a seat, but Duan Jian declined and stayed by a pillar, leaving Ye Shuo puzzled by his loyalty to Nie Li.

At the City Lord’s Mansion banquet, Huyan Xiong tested Shen Hong and the Sacred Family, whose armed reaction drew suspicion and exposed their unease. The other families increasingly leaned toward the Wind Snow Family, leaving Shen Hong aware that the Sacred Family stood isolated.

• Nie Hai received toasts as the families reassessed Nie Li’s standing, and Ye Xiu had Nie Li preside over the banquet.
• At Ye Xiu’s signal, Huyan Xiong repeatedly toasted Shen Hong while Shen Hong worried that the banquet concealed a trap.
• Two guards killed a suspicious visitor claiming to belong to the Huyan Family, following Ye Zong’s orders to stop unauthorized entrants and kill anyone identified as Sacred Family members.
• Huyan Xiong smashed his cup, prompting the Sacred Family to draw weapons; he then mocked Shen Hong by joking that they looked ready to rebel.
• Shen Hong denied any talk of rebellion, while the other families recognized Huyan Xiong’s test and understood that most would side with the Wind Snow Family.

Shen Hong challenged the Wind Snow Family’s suppression of the Sacred Family at Nie Li’s banquet, then accused Nie Li of conspiring to kill Ye Zong and take the position of City Lord. His claim shocked the gathered families and left them uncertain about whether Ye Zong was truly dead.

• Ye Zong led an assault on the Sacred Family’s headquarters and merged with the Wind Snow Giant Ape when its protective array activated.
• Shen Hong questioned why the City Lord had not appeared, and Nie Li took charge of the banquet while the other families accepted him as host.
• Shen Hong accused the Wind Snow Family of unfairly suppressing the Sacred Family and tried to blame the conflict on disputes between Nie Li and Shen Yue and Shen Fei.
• Nie Li rejected Shen Hong’s attempt to portray the suppression as personal favoritism and reminded the gathered families of the Wind Snow Family’s record of governing Glory City.
• Shen Hong claimed that Ye Han had told the Sacred Family that Ye Zong was dead and accused Nie Li of joining the Wind Snow Family in killing him and seizing the City Lord’s position.

Shen Hong accused Nie Li and the others of conspiring against Ye Zong and trying to seize power, while Huyan Xiong and Nie Li challenged his claims. Nie Li brought Shen Ming forward as a witness and invoked the Sacred Family’s Soul Refining Art, then revealed Li Yunhua as another captive.

• Huyan Xiong defended Ye Zong and tried to keep Shen Hong from turning the family heads against the City Lord’s allies.
• Nie Li reminded the family heads that Ye Ziyun had been named Ye Zong’s successor and warned that Ye Mo would punish anyone who tried to seize power.
• Shen Hong accused Nie Li and the others of colluding with the Dark Guild to kill Ye Mo, and Nie Li dismissed the slander.
• Nie Li brought Shen Ming before the families, while Shen Hong claimed Shen Ming had been expelled from the Sacred Family and would lie under pressure.
• Nie Li asked Shen Hong about the Soul Refining Art, prompting Shen Ming to beg Shen Hong to save him from the interrogation technique.
• Shen Hong objected to humiliating Shen Ming, but Nie Li had Li Yunhua brought in.

Nie Li and his allies exposed the Sacred Family’s ties to the Dark Guild while Ye Zong attacked its headquarters. Shen Hong learned of the assault and tried to fight his way out, but Nie Li pursued him as the battle began.

• Nie Li identified Li Yunhua as a Dark Guild deacon, but Shen Hong secretly killed him before Ye Shuo could use the Soul Refining Art.
• Ye Zong led experts from the City Lord’s Mansion to attack the Sacred Family’s headquarters while Huyan Xiong stalled for time at the banquet.
• Shen Hong tried to leave the banquet, but Ye Xiu, Huyan Xiong, and Chen Zhenglong’s forces surrounded the Sacred Family and blocked their escape.
• Nie Li accused the Sacred Family of withholding forces during beast tides, while Shen Hong denied the accusations and dismissed the evidence.
• A messenger told Shen Hong that the Sacred Family’s headquarters was under attack, so he accused Ye Xiu and the others of betrayal and urged his family to fight out.
• Shen Hong killed several guards and fled as Ye Xiu prepared the Ten Thousand Demons Demon Spirit Array; Nie Li chased him into an open space, where Shen Hong turned to attack.

Nie Li and his allies battled Shen Hong and the Sacred Family inside the City Lord's Mansion, while Nie Li headed for the Ten Thousand Demons Demon Spirit Array. The Sacred Family revealed its betrayal by summoning a Shadow Demon, and the Wind Snow Family answered with the Wind Snow Spirit God.

• Nie Li used a Guardian God Stone and a Red Flame Flying Knife to withstand Shen Hong, then killed two Dark Guild pursuers with a Legendary Rank Scroll's Setting Sun Thunderstorm.
• Shen Hong merged with his Demon Spirit Sacred Fire Roc and pursued Nie Li, but Duan Jian intercepted him and kept him occupied in the sky.
• As Ye Xiu and the guards gained ground below, the Sacred Family members activated the Shadow Demon Technique, summoning a giant purple Shadow Demon that killed dozens of guards.
• A member of the Wind Snow Family summoned the Wind Snow Spirit God, whose arrival shocked the Sacred Family and prompted Nie Li to recognize why the Ten Thousand Demons Demon Spirit Array had not yet been activated.
• Beneath the Sky Screen, Nie Li considered how easily the present Ye Mo, now the world's new Wind Snow Spirit God, would defeat the summoned spirit.

The Wind Snow Spirit God defeated the Shadow Demon, but Ghost Fiend of the Dark Guild arrived and overwhelmed it. With Glory City facing defeat, Ye Zong broke through to the legendary realm and confronted Ghost Fiend.

• The Wind Snow Spirit God froze and shattered the Shadow Demon, causing backlash that left the Sacred Family members surrounded by City Lord's Mansion guards.
• Ghost Fiend appeared to protect the Sacred Family, blocked the Wind Snow Spirit God's attacks, and drove it back with a blast of purple light.
• Shen Hong celebrated Ghost Fiend's strength, while Nie Li approached the Ten Thousand Demons Demon Spirit Array and recognized that Ghost Fiend's apparent power came from a device in his palm.
• Ye Zong returned, saw Ghost Fiend overpowering the Wind Snow Spirit God, and resolved to defend Glory City rather than retreat.
• Ye Zong fused with the Wind Snow Giant Ape demon spirit, advanced toward Ghost Fiend, and shattered his dragon flame after breaking through to the legendary realm.
• Beneath the Sky Screen, spectators cheered Ye Zong's breakthrough, and Nie Li praised him afterward while Ye Zong tried to hide his smile.

Ye Zong and Nie Li stopped Ghost Fiend’s escape, and Ye Zong killed Shen Hong as the Sacred Family fell. Dragon Fiend rescued Ghost Fiend, trapped Glory City’s forces behind a barrier, and invited Nie Li to the Dark Guild, leaving everyone beneath the Sky Screen horrified by the child-sacrificing Spirit Lodging Method.

• Ghost Fiend tried to flee with the Sacred Family through spatial gates, but Nie Li sealed the space and used the Ten Thousand Demon Spirit Array to pin him beneath mountain phantoms.
• Shen Hong fled, but Ye Zong pursued him with an icy sword and killed him, ending the Sacred Family patriarch’s betrayal.
• Dragon Fiend appeared, shattered the mountain phantom, rescued Ghost Fiend, and held off Ye Zong and the Wind Snow Spirit God while escaping.
• Dragon Fiend trapped the Ten Thousand Demon Spirit Array behind a soul force barrier, questioned Nie Li about spirit lodging, and invited him to visit the Dark Guild.
• Everyone beneath the Sky Screen learned that Spirit Lodging sacrificed thousands of children and feared how often the centuries-old Demon Lord might have used it.

Nie Li used the Ten Thousand Demons Demon Spirit Array to severely wound Dragon Fiend, who escaped with Ghost Fiend after surviving one strike. With the Dark Guild threatening to return in three months, Nie Li and Glory City prepared for the coming battle, and Nie Li suspected he would need to leave the city to grow stronger.

• Nie Li challenged Dragon Fiend to withstand one attack, and Dragon Fiend confidently entered the Ten Thousand Demons Demon Spirit Array.
• Nie Li formed a Heaven-Reaching Giant Palm that broke Dragon Fiend’s defensive treasures, grievously wounded him, and forced his Golden Winged Dragon fusion to dissolve.
• Dragon Fiend reminded Nie Li of the three-month deadline and fled with Ghost Fiend, while Nie Li was too exhausted to stop them.
• Ye Xiu stopped Nie Li from forcing the array to operate again, and Ye Zong prevented the families’ experts from pursuing the wounded enemies.
• Nie Li, Ye Zong, and Ye Xiu discussed the Demon Lord’s threat as Glory City restored order after the battle.
• Beneath the Sky Screen, Nie Li conjectured that he would have to leave Glory City to increase his strength before the three months were up.

After the battle, Dragon Fiend ordered the Dark Guild to avoid Glory City while Nie Li planned to leave the city to investigate the Dark Guild and seek a way to grow stronger. He invited his friends to join him, but left Ye Ziyun a farewell letter, and she realized he had already gone.

• Dragon Fiend told Ghost Fiend that he had challenged the Ten Thousand Demons Demon Spirit Array to seek a breakthrough, then ordered the Dark Guild to stay away from Glory City for three months.
• Glory City residents praised Nie Li for repelling Dragon Fiend and Ghost Fiend, while Ye Xiu and Ye Shuo heard them condemn Ye Han.
• Nie Li told Ye Yan he planned to leave Glory City and investigate the Dark Guild, then agreed to take Lu Piao, Xiao Ning'er, Chen Linjian, and the others along after the Sky Screen ended.
• Nie Li wrote letters for his family and friends as Ye Yan urged him to return safely.
• Nie Li left a letter at Ye Ziyun's door instead of saying goodbye, and Ye Ziyun opened it after he had gone and began to cry.

Ye Ziyun, Xiao Ning'er, Du Ze, and the others received Nie Li’s farewell letters and resolved to grow stronger while he was away. Nie Li reached the Heavenly Fortune Plateau, where he planned to explore the Black Spring, and recognized Old Man Yun’s porridge shop from his previous life.

• Ye Ziyun and Xiao Ning'er mourned Nie Li’s departure, while Du Ze, Lu Piao, and the others vowed to train harder in his absence.
• Ye Zong read Nie Li’s instructions for the repaired treasury treasures and a cultivation art suited to the Wind Snow Giant Ape, then discussed the Heavenly Fortune Plateau with Nie Li.
• Nie Li explained that the plateau sheltered a tribe of several thousand people and that the Black Spring beneath it was his true destination.
• Nie Li merged with the Shadow Demon and traveled through the mountains to the Heavenly Fortune Plateau.
• Nie Li recognized Old Man Yun’s busy porridge shop and saw Old Man Yun cooking with his daughter.

Nie Li traded fine cloth and food with Yun Ling for purple smoke stones in the Heavenly Fortune Tribe, where people lived in hardship and knew little of the outside world. After Yun Ling and Xiao Yang began gathering the stones, Nie Li prepared to make use of the valuable material.

• Yun Ling brought Nie Li wood-flour porridge and questioned him about the outside world, and he told her he was a traveler passing through.
• Nie Li noticed the tribe's poverty and recognized Xiao Yang, an Elder's son, while considering an idea.
• Nie Li exchanged fine cloth for Copper Coins and asked Yun Ling to find purple smoke stones, which the tribe considered useless.
• Nie Li gave Yun Ling rice for twenty purple smoke stones and offered meat for more, and Yun Ling went to tell the others.
• Xiao Yang approached Nie Li about the trade and hurried off with his men to collect purple smoke stones.

Nie Li traded food for purple smoke stones in the Heavenly Fortune Tribe, then revealed Glory City's strength and resources to its people. When the traders demanded better terms, he ended the deal and left for the inn.

• The Heavenly Fortune Tribe rushed to exchange purple smoke stones for rice and meat, and Xiao Yang arrived to trade as well.
• Xiao Kuang tried to extort five hundred sacks of rice from Nie Li, but backed down after Nie Li described Glory City and demonstrated his strength.
• Nie Li told the tribe about Glory City, gave Xiao Yang a map, and invited the people to travel there and give his name at the City Lord's Mansion.
• Nie Li continued trading food for purple smoke stones, but the traders accused him of cheating and demanded more food.
• Nie Li ended the trades, put his supplies away, and went to the inn.

Nie Li cultivated with purple smoke stones on the Heavenly Fortune Plateau, broke through to Gold 3-Star, and fought off Xiao Lang and his men when they tried to steal his Space Ring. Xiao Kuang and Xiao Yang agreed to investigate Glory City and consider moving the Heavenly Fortune Tribe there.

• Xiao Kuang said he would give up his position as Young Clan Leader if Glory City offered a better life, and he and Xiao Yang agreed to travel there together.
• Ye Zong went to find powerful experts to accompany the geniuses training outside Glory City.
• Nie Li used hundreds of purple smoke stones to cultivate, reached Gold 3-Star, and exhausted the stones.
• Xiao Lang led five or six men to seize Nie Li's Space Ring, and Nie Li recognized him as someone who had killed people fleeing Glory City in his previous life.
• Nie Li merged with the Fangtooth Panda, used Gravity Field to pin Xiao Lang down, and then pummeled the attackers and sent them flying.

Nie Li forced two members of Xiao Lang’s group to guide him toward the Black Spring, while Xiao Kuang and Xiao Wu tracked them and waited at a fork. After the Sky Screen ended, Nie Li prepared to travel to the Heavenly Fortune Tribe and planned to break through to Black Gold Three-Star that night.

• Nie Li killed Xiao Lang with a Light-Dark Primordial Qi Blast, restrained the survivors, and forced three of them to take him to the Black Spring.
• When one man tried to flee, Nie Li killed him, and the remaining two led him onward despite their fear of the Black Spring.
• Xiao Kuang and Xiao Wu examined the battle site, followed the footprints, and stopped at a fork leading toward the Black Spring; Xiao Wu told Xiao Kuang to wait there for Nie Li.
• The Sky Screen ended before showing what lay inside the Black Spring, and Nie Li speculated that he might be able to watch it again in the Heavenly Fortune Tribe.
• Ye Zong arranged for Nie Li’s group to rest and set out the next day with Elder Ye Ming, while Nie Li planned to break through to Black Gold Three-Star that night.

Nie Li and his companions traveled to the Heavenly Fortune Plateau and reunited with Yun Ling and her father, who had sheltered him in his previous life. The group shared wood flour porridge, and Ye Ziyun resolved to finish hers in memory of their kindness.

• Nie Li led Ye Ziyun, Xiao Ning'er, and their companions from Glory City toward the Heavenly Fortune Plateau with Ye Ming as their guide.
• The group reached the Heavenly Fortune Tribe after five days of flight on the Golden Feather Eagle.
• Nie Li and his companions entered the tribe and visited Old Man Yun's porridge shop, where Yun Ling served them.
• Nie Li told Yun Ling they were travelers exploring the Sacred Ancestor Mountain Range and introduced Ye Ming as a Legendary Demon Spirit Master.
• Nie Li complained that the wood flour porridge tasted awful, while Ye Ziyun ate hers to honor the help Yun Ling and her father had given him in his previous life.

Nie Li won the Heavenly Fortune Tribe’s trust by giving them food and proposing that they move to Glory City. While the group waited for the Sky Screen, Chen Linjian returned from exploring with a band of followers and Xiao Lang’s severed head.

• Xiao Ning'er, Lu Piao, Xiao Xue, Duan Jian, and Chen Linjian drank the tribe’s wood-flour porridge.
• Xiao Yang met Nie Li and learned that the visitors came from Glory City to explore the Sacred Ancestor Mountain Range and might help the tribe relocate.
• Nie Li distributed rice and meat to the tribe, and the chief and Five Elders began considering a move to Glory City.
• Nie Li and Ye Ziyun befriended Yun Ling and her father, and Old Man Yun’s shop began serving rice porridge with meat instead of wood-flour porridge.
• Chen Linjian explored the mountain with new followers and returned with Xiao Lang’s severed head.

After the Sky Screen revealed Nie Li’s past and future to the Heavenly Fortune Tribe, he entered Black Spring to investigate the dangers and ruins he had discovered in his previous life. He reached the bottom and found profound inscriptions carved into the stone walls.

• Chen Linjian explained that Xiao Lang and three others had tried to ambush him, and he had killed them instead.
• Chief Xiao Wu organized the Heavenly Fortune Tribe’s preparations to migrate to Glory City, while Xiao Kuang went to scout Nie Li’s safe route.
• The Sky Screen appeared and showed the tribe memories of Nie Li’s rebirth, Glory City, and his journey to Black Spring.
• Nie Li used Detoxification Pills to make two guides help him cross dangerous terrain and gather planks and vine rope, then let them go with antidotes.
• Nie Li used the rope to descend into Black Spring and found sealing, lightning, and sacred fire inscriptions carved into the walls.

Nie Li explored the Black Spring, uncovered the remains of ancient Legendary Rank experts, and met Yu Yan, the Fire Spirit God. Yu Yan revealed the ancient war between humans and Demon Beasts and warned that a newly born Demon Beast Spiritual God threatened the Human Race’s legacy.

• Nie Li unraveled the inscriptions and entered a hidden passage beneath the Black Spring, where he found a glowing pool, more barriers, and the corroded remains of Legendary Rank experts.
• Nie Li took the Wind Spirit Battle Armor, buried the remains, and examined the barrier that had preserved energy around the spring.
• Yu Yan appeared above the spring and told Nie Li that she was the Fire Spirit God, whose soul had survived for tens of thousands of years while her Divine Core slowly reformed.
• Yu Yan explained that the Demon Beast race had once waged war against the Human Race, and that a newly born Demon Beast Spiritual God now threatened the Human Race’s legacy.
• Yu Yan told Nie Li that the Space-Time Spiritual God had escaped into the river of time in an attempt to save the Human Race, and that Nie Li was the first person to enter the Black Spring.

Yu Yan began teaching Nie Li to cultivate Law Power in the Black Spring, but he absorbed it far faster than she expected and descended toward the source. He found Yu Yan’s reconstructed divine body and touched it, leaving her unable to stop him.

• Yu Yan explained that Nie Li could cultivate only one law and warned that sensing Law Power might take decades, but Nie Li insisted on trying the strongest laws.
• Yu Yan told Nie Li to temper his body in the Black Spring, and he absorbed its Law Power to ease the burning pain.
• Nie Li rapidly advanced to Gold Four-Star as he drained the upper spring, then swam deeper despite Yu Yan calling him back.
• Nie Li broke through to Gold 5-Star while the vine in his Soul Sea absorbed Law Power, and he spotted a golden light below.
• Nie Li found Yu Yan’s divine body inside her Divine Core and briefly touched it, while Yu Yan felt the contact and could not stop him.