Chapter Summaries

Shen Hong ordered Shen Ming to kill Nie Li, while Nie Li sneaked into Ye Ziyun’s courtyard and was caught by her father, Ye Zong. Ye Zong attacked Nie Li despite Ye Ziyun’s protests, and the chapter ended with Nie Li crashing into a wall after his barrier broke.

• Shen Hong ordered Shen Ming to kill Nie Li after learning Shen Ming had lost 450 million gambling, but Nie Li was protected inside the City Lord’s Mansion.
• Nie Li left Nie Yu to cultivate, merged with the Shadow Demon, and used the Vanish Combat Technique to reach Ye Ziyun’s courtyard.
• Nie Li opened the door while Ye Ziyun was bathing, then took off his shirt as she scolded him and Ye Zong approached.
• Ye Zong sensed Nie Li in the courtyard, exposed his concealment, and chased him as Ye Ziyun tried to explain the misunderstanding.
• Ye Zong pinned Nie Li with Soul Force and attacked him repeatedly; Nie Li raised a barrier with the Heavenly Dao Divine Art, but Ye Zong shattered it and sent him into a wall.

Ye Zong beat Nie Li for sneaking into Ye Ziyun’s courtyard, then spared him after Nie Li’s talent and importance to Glory City became clear. Ye Zong later learned that the Dark Guild planned to unleash demon beasts on the city and sought the Soul Unification Great Art as a last resort.

• Nie Li provoked Ye Zong during the beating and claimed he could use the Soul Unification Great Art to take him down with him.
• Ye Zong stopped attacking and gave Nie Li one year to prove himself, while Nie Li endured one final blow that slammed him into a wall.
• At the City Lord’s Mansion, Ye Ming and Ye Yan helped calm Ye Zong, and Nie Li admitted he had been in the wrong.
• President Gu Yan reminded Ye Zong of Nie Li’s value and warned him about the consequences of mistreating the Alchemist Association’s Alchemy Grandmaster.
• Ye Zong asked President Gu Yan about the Soul Unification Great Art and revealed that the Dark Guild planned to drive demon beasts into attacking Glory City.

After recovering, Nie Li visited the Heavenly Illusion Sacred Realm to find Xiao Ning'er, disguising himself before leaving the City Lord's Mansion. Inside, his Soul Sea expanded amid illusions, and he encountered Ye Yan, a founder of Glory City who offered to take him as a disciple; Nie Li refused.

• Nie Li told Du Ze and Lu Piao that he would take advantage of his strength to oppose the Sacred Family, and Lu Piao affirmed that his friends would stand with him.
• Lu Piao told Nie Li that Xiao Ning'er had entered the Heavenly Illusion Sacred Realm, so Nie Li disguised himself and went there after giving his fused demon spirits to his friends.
• Ye Sheng let Nie Li enter the Heavenly Illusion Sacred Realm, while Du Ze and Lu Piao stayed behind to integrate their demon spirits.
• Inside the realm, Nie Li fell from a corridor, saw illusions of Ye Ziyun with Shen Yue and Xiao Ning'er with Shen Fei, and meditated as his Soul Sea rapidly expanded.
• Ye Yan appeared inside Nie Li's Soul Sea, revealed that he was one of Glory City's five founders, and offered to accept Nie Li as his disciple.
• Nie Li refused Ye Yan's offer and said he could become a Legendary Demon Spirit Master through his own efforts, frustrating Ye Yan.

Nie Li taunted Ye Yan with his knowledge of cultivation arts, then interrupted Ye Yan’s attempt to recruit Xiao Ning'er and proposed a wager over the Heavenfall Divine Thunder Sword. The chapter ended with Nie Li confident he could subdue the sword and make Ye Yan follow him.

• Nie Li selected the Azure Wolf Art from Ye Yan’s five cultivation arts, wrote its missing tenth section, and claimed to know 3,600 stronger arts and a way to reconstruct Ye Yan’s body.
• Nie Li and Ye Yan argued over their respective times to reach the Legendary Realm, and Ye Yan left Nie Li’s Soul Sea.
• Ye Yan saw Xiao Ning'er cultivating, entered her Soul Sea, and offered to take her as his disciple.
• Nie Li used Soul Projection to warn Xiao Ning'er against giving Ye Yan her cultivation art, then offered Ye Yan a look at it in exchange for the Heavenfall Divine Thunder Sword.
• Nie Li proposed that if he subdued the sword, Ye Yan would follow him; if he failed, he would give Ye Yan the Wind Thunder Winged Dragon Art for free.

Nie Li subdued the Heavenfall Divine Thunder Sword, while Xiao Ning'er fused with the Wind Thunder Sky Sparrow. After Ye Yan's soul entered a bird-shaped Spirit Puppet, Nie Li named him Little Feifei, a scene that embarrassed the Ye Yan watching the Sky Screen.

• Nie Li gave Ye Yan the Wind Thunder Winged Dragon Art and wagered his Heavenly Dao Divine Art against the Heavenfall Divine Thunder Sword.
• Nie Li reached the altar, endured the sword's killing intent, and used his Demon Spirits to protect and replenish his soul sea.
• Nie Li recited the Heavenly Dao Divine Art, pulled the Heavenfall Divine Thunder Sword from the altar, and won Ye Yan's promise, though Ye Yan said his soul would survive only a few more days.
• Xiao Ning'er fused with the Wind Thunder Sky Sparrow, and she and Nie Li left the Heavenly Illusion Sacred Realm after asking Ye Sheng to keep their assessment results secret.
• Nie Li forged a bird-shaped Spirit Puppet, and Ye Yan entered it; Nie Li named him Little Feifei, embarrassing the Ye Yan watching the Sky Screen.

Nie Li and his companions defeated Shen Ming and Li Yunhua, then imprisoned them in the Alchemist Association while Shen Hong plotted against the Heavenly Marks Family. On the way home, Nie Li told Ye Yan that a Demon Beast’s evolution beyond Legendary had caused the Dark Age.

• Nie Li, Du Ze, Lu Piao, Xiao Ning'er, and Ye Yan defeated Shen Ming, Li Yunhua, and their men in the cornfield, then took the two leaders to the Alchemist Association.
• Shen Hong ordered his men to locate the prisoners and kill any members of the Heavenly Marks Family who left Glory City.
• Yang Xin confirmed that Shen Ming and Li Yunhua were secured in the Association’s dungeon, and Nie Li left for home with Ye Yan.
• Ye Yan insisted that the Wind Snow Family descended from his Thunderclap Family, while Nie Li explained that Legendary was only the beginning of cultivation.
• Nie Li told Ye Yan that a Demon Beast had advanced beyond Legendary, defeated humanity’s strongest experts, and commanded the beasts to begin the Dark Age.

Nie Li revealed to Ye Yan that he had surpassed Legendary in his previous life and promised to help Glory City's people reach a higher realm. The Sky Screen then showed Du Ze receiving the Du Family succession token, Lu Piao getting caught peeking at Xiao Xue, and Ye Zong assigning Ye Xiu to organize Demon Beast hunts.

• Nie Li told Ye Yan that he had reached a realm beyond Legendary and offered to show him its wonders after he reached Gold Rank.
• Nie Li promised Ye Yan and the people of Glory City that he would help them cultivate beyond Legendary.
• Du Rong gave Du Ze the Blazing Fire Jade Qilin Pendant and entrusted him with becoming the next head of the Du Family.
• Lu Ning confronted Lu Piao about peeking at Xiao Xue bathing, and Xiao Xue arrived and twisted Lu Piao's ear until he admitted it.
• Ye Xiu reported that Demon Beasts were reproducing faster in the Sacred Ancestor Mountain Range, and Ye Zong put him in charge of organizing hunts with pills as payment.

Ye Xiu asked Nie Li to decipher a booklet Ye Mo had found, and Nie Li revealed it contained the Ten Thousand Demons Demon Spirit Array. Ye Zong erupted when Nie Li demanded to move into Ye Ziyun’s courtyard, while beneath the Sky Screen Nie Li considered using a simplified version of the array in the Black Prison World.

• Ye Zong reluctantly sent Ye Xiu to ask Nie Li to decipher the booklet, setting aside his dislike of him for Glory City’s sake.
• Nie Li identified the booklet’s script and discovered it described the Ten Thousand Demons Demon Spirit Array, which could kill even Legendary Rank experts.
• Ye Xiu asked Nie Li to set up the array within two months, and Nie Li demanded to move into Ye Ziyun’s courtyard with Nie Yu in return.
• Ye Zong smashed a chair and threatened to punish Nie Li, while Ye Xiu tried to calm him by stressing the array’s importance to Glory City.
• Beneath the Sky Screen, Nie Li considered visiting the Black Prison World and noted that any of the array’s eight smaller formations could operate independently.

Ye Zong tried to stop Nie Li from demanding Ye Ziyun’s hand in exchange for the Ten Thousand Demons Demon Spirit Array, but Ancestor Ye Yan defended Nie Li. Ye Xiu negotiated a compromise, and Nie Li set off with Nie Yu while Ye Ziyun saw his reflection appear in the lake.

• Ye Xiu warned Ye Zong that Nie Li was the only person who could establish the Ten Thousand Demons Demon Spirit Array, but Ye Zong refused to hand over Ye Ziyun.
• Ye Zong confronted Nie Li, but Ye Yan revealed that he had entered the Spirit Puppet willingly and stopped Ye Zong from attacking him.
• Ye Xiu proposed a compromise to Ye Zong, who agreed, then returned to Nie Li to tell him the decision.
• Nie Li called for Nie Yu, and the siblings hurried off with a large bundle before Ye Xiu could explain the compromise.
• Ye Ziyun wondered whether Ye Zong was still troubling Nie Li, then mistook Nie Li’s reflection in the lake for a vision.

Nie Li moved into Ye Ziyun’s courtyard and helped Ye Xiu establish the Taiyi Killing Array, while Ye Ziyun’s cultivation continued to improve. After Nie Li approached her during training, she admitted she considered him a good friend but doubted her father would ever approve of them.

• Nie Li teased Ye Ziyun by announcing that he and Nie Yu would move into her courtyard, then settled into a neighboring building.
• Ye Xiu prepared more than ten thousand Black Gold demon spirits and materials, and Nie Li oversaw the completion of the Taiyi Killing Array.
• Nie Li explained that he wanted two killing arrays to protect his foothold in the Black Prison World.
• Nie Li watched Ye Ziyun cultivate with her Wind-and-Snow Empress Demon Spirit, while Ye Zong secretly admired her progress and resented Nie Li’s arrival.
• Ye Ziyun told Nie Li that she regarded him as a good person and a friend, though she believed Ye Zong would never allow them to be together.

Nie Li teased Ye Ziyun about Ye Zong’s priorities and drew closer when she offered him three requests, but asked only to talk with her. Ye Zong held back from confronting Nie Li and decided to observe him longer, though he remained furious beneath the Sky Screen.

• Nie Li criticized Ye Zong to Ye Ziyun, who defended her father and explained that his duties as City Lord kept him busy.
• Nie Li claimed Ye Zong had effectively offered Ye Ziyun to secure the Ten Thousand Demonic Spirits Array, while Ye Zong listened angrily from behind a tree.
• Ye Ziyun thanked Nie Li for helping her cultivation and promised to fulfill three requests within her abilities.
• Nie Li stepped close to Ye Ziyun, then said he wanted her to keep him company and talk; she blushed, stomped on his foot, and ran away.
• Ye Zong stopped himself from confronting Nie Li and decided to observe him longer, while Nie Li returned to his quarters.

President Gu Yan informed Ye Zong that the Sacred Family had secretly supplied pills to the Dark Guild, prompting Ye Zong to order a thorough investigation. Meanwhile, Nie Li challenged Ye Zong to test the partially completed Ten Thousand Demons Demon Spirit Array, and Ye Zong entered it after wagering over whether he could break it.

• President Gu Yan told Ye Zong that Shen Ming had confessed to dealings with the Dark Guild and that tracked pills from the Sacred Family had reached it.
• Ye Zong assigned Ye Xiu to lead an investigation into the Sacred Family, while he and Ye Xiu worried about Glory City's defenses and the possibility of a beast tide.
• Ye Xiu reported that part of the Ten Thousand Demons Demon Spirit Array was ready, and Ye Zong went with him to see Nie Li directing its construction.
• Nie Li claimed the array could kill Black Gold Rank experts, provoking Ye Zong to challenge it and wager that Nie Li would stay away from Ye Ziyun if Ye Zong broke it.
• Ye Zong entered the array after Nie Li bet that Ye Zong would have to stop interfering in his relationship with Ye Ziyun if he failed to break it.
• Nie Li continued modifying the array to combine two killing arrays, seeking to increase its power while reducing the space it required.

Nie Li used the Taiyi Killing Array to overpower Ye Zong and nearly force him to concede their bet over Ye Ziyun. Ye Zong admitted the array was formidable, then turned on Nie Li instead of accepting defeat.

• Ye Zong merged with his Black-Scaled Earth Dragon and entered the Taiyi Killing Array to test its power.
• Nie Li sent a Nether Bear, Blackwater Slime Insect, and Flame Serpent against Ye Zong, whose full strength could not keep him from being pinned beneath the bear.
• Ye Xiu persuaded Nie Li to stop the assault, and the demon spirits dispersed as Ye Zong released his possession.
• Nie Li asked whether Ye Zong had lost the bet, but Ye Zong grabbed Nie Li by the foot and hoisted him upside down, claiming he could defeat the array by dealing with its controller.

Ye Zong disciplined Nie Li by spanking him, leaving Nie Li sore but giving the City Lord a rare chance to laugh freely. Back at the Courtyard, Nie Li found himself caught between Xiao Ning'er and Ye Ziyun, both offering to apply medicine to his injuries.

• Ye Zong spanked Nie Li repeatedly and threatened to keep him from seeing Ye Ziyun unless he repaired the array.
• People watching the Sky Screen laughed at the sight of Ye Zong turning the tables on Nie Li, while Nie Ming resigned himself to his son's predicament.
• After Nie Li limped away, Ye Zong repeatedly burst into laughter as Ye Xiu tried to discuss the Ten Thousand Demons Demon Spirit Array.
• Nie Li returned to the Courtyard, where Nie Yu, Xiao Ning'er, and Ye Ziyun gathered around him, and Xiao Ning'er offered him osmanthus cakes.
• When Xiao Ning'er and Ye Ziyun both offered to apply ointment to Nie Li's backside, he could not decide which one to choose.

Nie Li finished installing the City Lord's Mansion's killing arrays before the Dark Guild infiltrated and summoned a Legendary Rank Abyss Troll. As the mansion came under attack, Nie Li sent Ye Ziyun and Nie Yu to safety and prepared to rely on his arrays, suspecting the Dark Guild had come for him.

• Ye Ziyun and Xiao Ning'er helped Nie Li recover from Ye Zong's beating, and Nie Li later completed the Divine Thunder Killing Array and gave Ye Ziyun and Ye Xiu imprints to activate both arrays.
• A Dark Guild team disguised itself as a mouse, investigated the mansion's defenses, and summoned an Abyss Troll at the southern training field.
• The Abyss Troll rampaged through the mansion, drawing its guards and experts into action.
• Nie Li suspected the attack was a feint and told Ye Ziyun to take Nie Yu to the secret chamber.
• Ye Ziyun and Nie Yu hurried to safety while Nie Li prepared to use the killing arrays, believing the Dark Guild had targeted him.

Nie Li lured a Dark Guild Demon Spirit Master into the Taiyi Killing Array while the City Lord's Mansion fought the Abyss Troll and other Dark Guild attackers. He trapped his pursuer, who broke free by using Berserk Heart, leaving the observers beneath the Sky Screen mocking the outdated technique.

• The Abyss Troll attacked the City Lord's Mansion as Ye Xiu's forces tried to draw him west toward the Divine Thunder Killing Array, while Dark Guild members searched for Nie Li.
• Gongliang Shu fought Dark Guild Demon Spirit Masters, lost a Black Gold Martial Artist to the black-fox Demon Spirit Master, and vowed revenge.
• Nie Li used Invisibility and a bluff about Ye Zong to escape a Mongoose Demon Spirit Master's first attack, then led him toward the Taiyi Killing Array.
• Nie Li used the attack's force to enter the array, where the Nether Bear knocked the Mongoose Demon Spirit Master down and the Flame Serpent bound him.
• The Mongoose Demon Spirit Master activated Berserk Heart to break free, and observers beneath the Sky Screen mocked the technique as outdated.

Nie Li captured a Black Gold Rank Dark Guild expert and handed Ye Zong the seals to Glory City’s killing arrays as the City Lord’s Mansion came under attack. With reinforcements arriving, Nie Li helped Ye Xiu defeat the Legendary Rank Abyss Troll, but the effort drained his Soul Force and left him unconscious.

• Nie Li defeated the frenzied mongoose Demon Spirit Master, and Gongliang Shu ordered the captured Dark Guild expert taken to prison.
• Nie Li gave Ye Zong the seals for the Taiyi Killing Array and the Divine Thunder Killing Array, then went to help at the Divine Thunder Killing Array.
• Ye Xiu lured the Abyss Troll into the Divine Thunder Killing Array while lesser flame demons overwhelmed the City Lord's Mansion guards.
• Chen Zhenglong sent Chen Fei and three Black Gold Demon Spirit Masters to reinforce the City Lord's Mansion, and Shen Hong sent two Black Gold Demon Spirit Masters to make a show of helping.
• The Sacred Nether Family, the Winged Dragon Family, the Heaven Soul Family, and the Alchemist Association arrived with reinforcements as Nie Li took control of the Divine Thunder Killing Array.
• Nie Li used the Heavenfall Divine Thunder Sword to kill the Abyss Troll, then fell unconscious after exhausting his Soul Force.

After exhausting his Soul Sea with the Heavenfall Divine Thunder Sword, Nie Li fell unconscious, and Ye Zong gave up the precious Mist Leaf Grass to save him. As Nie Li relived the losses of his previous life, Ye Ziyun and Xiao Ning'er promised to face the future at his side.

• Nie Li's attack helped defeat the Dark Guild's assault, and Ye Xiu carried him away while the remaining enemies retreated.
• A black-masked man watched Nie Li leave, while Dragon Fiend punished the failed attackers with Soul Chains and destroyed the stones tied to the imprisoned Demon Spirit Masters.
• Ye Zong learned that Nie Li's Soul Sea was completely drained and ordered Ye Xiu to use the Mist Leaf Grass to save him.
• Ye Ziyun fed the ground Mist Leaf Grass to the unconscious Nie Li, who dreamed of his father dying and Ye Ziyun's death in his previous life.
• Ye Ziyun and Xiao Ning'er each took one of Nie Li's hands and promised that he would not face the future alone.

Xiao Ning'er and Ye Ziyun confronted their feelings for Nie Li while he recovered from his injuries, leaving him awake and caught between them. Meanwhile, Ye Zong welcomed Ye Han back to the City Lord's Mansion, unaware that Ye Ming had sent him away from a dangerous secret realm.

• Xiao Ning'er vowed to remain by Nie Li's side despite his feelings for Ye Ziyun, and Ye Ziyun realized she did not want to give him up either.
• Nie Li learned that he had been unconscious for three days and had recovered more than eighty percent of his strength.
• Ye Ziyun told Nie Li she did not want to give him up to anyone, leaving him feeling caught in a Shura Field.
• Ye Zong prioritized building the Ten Thousand Demons Demon Spirit Array after the attack on the City Lord's Mansion.
• Ye Han returned alone and told Ye Zong that Ye Ming had found a dangerous secret realm and sent him back.
• Ye Zong welcomed Ye Han, planned a banquet, and said he would test his cultivation.

Nie Li decided to attend the banquet welcoming Ye Han, while Huyan Lanruo went hoping to see Nie Li. At the banquet, her search for him became obvious, and Ye Han took notice of the young genius.

• Nie Li agreed to attend the City Lord's banquet after Ye Ziyun told Xiao Ning'er that she had to go welcome Ye Han.
• Huyan Lanruo decided to attend the banquet after realizing Nie Li would likely be there, despite Huyan Xiong worrying she would cause trouble.
• Ye Han greeted Chen Linjian and Shen Fei at the banquet while searching the room for Ye Ziyun.
• Huyan Lanruo greeted Ye Han, then threatened Shen Fei for bringing up her childhood crush on him.
• Huyan Lanruo asked Shen Fei whether he had been having trouble with her Nie Li, leaving the guests surprised.
• Ye Han learned that Nie Li had reached Silver 5-Star at fourteen and became interested in him.