Chapter Summaries

Yi Chen investigated the strange creatures and forces around Willow Tree, then received a Dark Green Orb from Black-Robed Man and endured a violent surge of soul force. The chapter ended as Yi Chen pressed a bloodstained Talisman Paper to his heart, and it transformed into a golden membrane that began absorbing his life force.

• Yi Chen survived Old Crow's sudden death, discovered a bloody hole in his ankle, and realized a feather had emerged from it.
• Yi Chen tested Snow-White Rabbit near the pit, then dodged a feathered arrow that struck the soil beside Willow Tree.
• Yi Chen saw Black-Robed Man sleeping in the branches and watched a sentient Talisman Paper evade his grasp and speak.
• Black-Robed Man gave Yi Chen the Dark Green Orb and told him to drip his blood on it if he sensed danger.
• A torrent of soul force overwhelmed Yi Chen, who pressed a bloodstained Talisman Paper to his heart as it became a golden membrane and began draining his life force.

After killing the Black-Robed Man, Yi Chen discovered a mysterious wound in his chest and encountered the Demon Dragon Envoy inside a corpse. The Envoy began healing Yi Chen, whose body underwent a strange transformation, while the Envoy remained trapped and demanded release.

• Yi Chen absorbed the Talisman Paper, killed the Black-Robed Man, and collapsed after confirming his death.
• Yi Chen found himself in an ancient courtyard, noticed a bloody hole in his chest, and suspected he could heal his own injuries.
• Yi Chen explored the Demon Dragon Hall grounds and was pulled into the chest wound of a desiccated corpse by a powerful suction force.
• The voice inside the wound identified itself as the Demon Dragon Envoy and offered to heal Yi Chen in exchange for being spared.
• Yi Chen endured an hour of treatment and then demanded that the Demon Dragon Envoy heal his injuries before being released.
• A mysterious force entered Yi Chen, melting his body into black liquid before restoring his dark skin and changing his appearance.

Yi Chen discovered that the gray seed in his consciousness could not be destroyed, so he attacked the Demon Dragon Envoy and used the encounter to immobilize him. Yi Chen revealed that he intended to take the Demon Dragon Envoy’s body because he had no other way to survive.

• The Demon Dragon Envoy noticed his injuries healing and his cultivation increasing as he absorbed energy from Yi Chen.
• Yi Chen tried to drain the gray seed’s power, but it remained unchanged even after his own energy ran out.
• Yi Chen struck the Demon Dragon Envoy, who retaliated by throwing him into the cave wall and pinning him beneath his foot.
• The Demon Dragon Envoy became paralyzed by a wave of numbness and could not move.
• Yi Chen told the Demon Dragon Envoy that he needed a new body to escape his dire circumstances and that the Envoy was his only choice.

Yi Chen tricked the Demon Dragon Envoy into lowering his guard, then fought back with chaos runes and a devastating power that destroyed the envoy. The Demon Dragon Envoy was reduced to a pool of thick fluid, leaving Yi Chen poised to consume him.

• Yi Chen offered to let the Demon Dragon Envoy control him and struck the envoy with a fist that flooded him with information.
• The Demon Dragon Envoy rejected Yi Chen’s plea, declared that their contract meant nothing to him, and began devouring Yi Chen.
• Yi Chen wounded the Demon Dragon Envoy with a knife-hand strike and burned the wound with flames.
• Yi Chen demanded a blood curse, but the Demon Dragon Envoy lunged at him and was stopped by a formation of seven-colored chaos runes.
• Yi Chen unleashed phantom star blades and spatial power, shattering the Demon Dragon Envoy into a pool of thick fluid.

Yi Chen devoured the Demon Dragon Envoy’s remnant soul and recovered among the Demon Palace Guard Executive Corps. After learning that he was inside the Demon Palace, he asked which of them would follow him.

• The Demon Dragon Envoy’s remains merged into Yi Chen’s Dantian, where its remnant soul fought with a little snake inside a crystal.
• The Demon Dragon Envoy tried to seize control of Yi Chen, but Yi Chen unleashed a pinnacle Soul Skill, overwhelmed the envoy, and devoured his essence and soul fragments.
• Half a day later, Yi Chen awoke before fifty or sixty Demon Palace Disciples, and a man in a flame cloak apologized on behalf of the Demon Palace Guard Executive Corps.
• The man explained that their true bodies were imprisoned in the Demon Palace and that the surrounding cave was their camp.
• Yi Chen realized he was in the Demon Palace and asked which of them wanted to follow him.

Yi Chen gathered the man in the flame cloak and his companions, then learned about the ancient cultivation methods and their requirements. He led them toward the grove’s outskirts, where hundreds of Soul Masters had assembled, and faced their mocking search parties.

• Yi Chen invited the man in the flame cloak and the others to follow him, then said they needed greater strength to escape.
• The man in the flame cloak explained the Demon God Body-Refining Art, the nine levels of Ancient Battle Skills, and the legend of the ancient demonic sword Chaos.
• Yi Chen described how the methods absorbed blood essence and souls, but said he did not need to cultivate them because he already had the strength of a Peak Douluo.
• Yi Chen ordered the man in the flame cloak to lead him to the others so they could unlock the ancient cultivation methods together.
• Hundreds of Soul Masters gathered outside the grove, and Yi Chen and the man in the flame cloak arrived at the outskirts as the crowd mocked them.

Yi Chen acquired the Mysterious Technique and cultivated it while a group of fighters challenged him. After revealing his power was in the nineties, he vanished from the Lion Douluo’s attack and closed in with a fist nearly at his head.

• Yi Chen demanded the Mysterious Technique, received it from the Flame-Cloaked Man, and began cultivating.
• The Lion Douluo attacked Yi Chen, but Yi Chen effortlessly neutralized his strike, while the others also began cultivating.
• The Lion Douluo lost his nerve during a later attack, and the Flame-Cloaked Man asked Yi Chen about his origins.
• Yi Chen gave his name and said his power was somewhere in the nineties, shocking the group.
• The Lion Douluo attacked again, and Yi Chen vanished before appearing with his fist less than five centimeters from the Lion Douluo’s head.

Yi Chen crushed the Titled Douluos who tried to stop him, killing Lion Douluo, Flame Douluo, and the black-robed man. After the others fled, a mysterious black-robed Titled Douluo attacked Yi Chen and, despite being wounded by him, prepared to strike again.

• Yi Chen overwhelmed two Douluos with a punch, killed one, and left Lion Douluo gravely injured.
• Yi Chen killed another Douluo in seconds, then killed Lion Douluo, Flame Douluo, and the black-robed man as the crowd fled.
• A new black-robed man appeared and struck Yi Chen with a powerful force, leaving him badly injured.
• Yi Chen asked whether anyone else had come to kill him, and the black-robed man admitted his intent and charged at him as a streak of lightning.

Yi Chen was ambushed by a black-robed man and Zither Master Youyue, whose poisoned attacks left him badly weakened. Youyue invited him to join Netherworld City, but the black-robed man demanded the secret he had obtained and attacked when Yi Chen refused.

• Two soul weapons appeared as the black-robed man attacked Yi Chen, but music from a distant woman in white disrupted the assault long enough for Yi Chen to dodge.
• Yi Chen charged the woman in white, who summoned poisonous black strands and stabbed him with a poisoned dagger, leaving him weak despite his wood spiritual power.
• The black-robed man bowed to the woman and addressed her as Honored Zither Master; she identified herself as Zither Master Youyue, the younger sister of Netherworld City's city lord, and invited Yi Chen to join Netherworld City.
• Zither Master Youyue revealed that she and the black-robed man belonged to the Dark Church, while the black-robed man demanded Yi Chen's secret and threatened to take him as a sacrifice.
• Yi Chen refused to trust the black-robed man, who identified himself as Dark Demon Dragon and lunged at him.

Yi Chen tried to resist the Black-Robed Man, who had poisoned him and intended to refine him as a living sacrifice. The Black-Robed Man captured and tortured Yi Chen, leaving him battered and unconscious before continuing the abuse.

• Yi Chen refused to reveal anything and threatened the Black-Robed Man, despite the poison spreading through his body and his strength failing.
• The Black-Robed Man attacked Yi Chen, wounded him with a dagger, and knocked him unconscious after Yi Chen failed to escape.
• The Black-Robed Man crushed one of Yi Chen’s teammates’ heads and dragged Yi Chen deeper into the cave, where five dead teammates lay.
• Yi Chen woke to find the Black-Robed Man torturing him, but continued to defy him and promise retribution.
• The Black-Robed Man slapped Yi Chen onto a jutting rock, leaving him bleeding and badly injured.

Yi Chen killed the black-robed man in the cave and escaped the valley with severe injuries. On the mountain path, a bow-wielding man ambushed him over stolen prey, and their fight ended with neither gaining the upper hand.

• Yi Chen used demonic power to suppress the black-robed man's cultivation, defeated him, and killed him with a silver needle.
• Yi Chen collected the black-robed man's valuables and left the valley, despite his severe injuries.
• A gray-clad man attacked Yi Chen with a throwing knife and demanded that he hand over the prey.
• Yi Chen shattered the man's wooden arrow, then fought him with swords, lightning, and a short blade.
• Yi Chen realized he would likely lose if the fight continued.

Yi Chen subdued a Demon Dragon Hall woman who had attacked him and forced her to reveal her affiliation and purpose. After she admitted she had come to apprehend him, he killed her and left, while the surviving youth vowed revenge.

• Yi Chen subdued the black-robed man, knocked him unconscious, and caught the whip of a woman who attacked him.
• Yi Chen burned the woman's whip with blue flames and threatened to search her soul when she refused to answer his questions.
• The woman identified herself as a member of the Demon Dragon Hall and said she had come to apprehend Yi Chen for killing its disciples.
• Yi Chen accused the Demon Dragon Hall of slaughtering cultivators and other races, then killed the woman with blue flames.
• Yi Chen left the youth behind, and the youth secretly swore to make him suffer.

Yi Chen fought Demon Dragon Hall attackers on his way to its headquarters, then witnessed a red cloud destroy a giant python. He fled with the unconscious python and was chased down by Angel, who introduced herself and said her group had come to kill him.

• Yi Chen saw the suffering caused by the Demon Dragon Hall and burned a man in black robes who ambushed him.
• Yi Chen defeated the black-robed men who confronted him and let them withdraw after warning them.
• A red cloud attacked a giant python, riddling its head with holes and bringing it down.
• Yi Chen knocked the python unconscious and carried it off, then fled when a beautiful girl tried to take it from him.
• Angel chased Yi Chen into the mountains, introduced herself, and told him her group had come to kill him.

Yi Chen confronted Angel on the way to the Demon Dragon Hall headquarters and overpowered her and the guards who came to her aid. He forced Angel to take a pill that would make her obey him, then left her subdued as he headed toward the valley.

• Yi Chen questioned Angel about the Demon Dragon Hall headquarters and rejected her warning to surrender.
• Angel threw a dagger at Yi Chen, but he kicked it aside and attacked her before two guards appeared and their swords were shattered.
• The burly man and six guards confronted Yi Chen, while Angel attacked him with scimitars; Yi Chen caught her and broke one of her blades.
• Yi Chen subdued Angel with magic, forced a pill down her throat, and warned her that her father should not provoke him.
• Yi Chen struck the burly man with lightning, water, fire, and a punch, then knocked out several of Angel's teeth when she struggled.

Yi Chen defeated Demon Dragon Hall forces, took Angel captive, and reached the Demon Dragon Citadel, where he attacked the guards and forced his way inside. He discovered that hundreds of thousands of disciples were celebrating preparations for an attack on the Douluo Continent, and the chapter ended as they turned to fight him.

• Yi Chen destroyed the burly man's body, then killed the knights who confronted him and learned that one was an outer member of the Demon Dragon Hall.
• Yi Chen sealed Angel's power, carried her away, and imprisoned her in a cave after releasing the restrictions on her.
• Yi Chen reached Demon Dragon City and killed guards who tried to stop him from approaching the Demon Dragon Citadel.
• Yi Chen sensed hundreds of thousands of Demon Dragon Hall disciples celebrating their planned attack on the Douluo Continent.
• Yi Chen breached the citadel's entrance, killed a guard with a blast of starlight, and charged inside as the disciples drew their weapons.

Yi Chen forced his way into the Demon Dragon Hall, killed one of its experts, and defeated its pope while demanding to see the Hall’s leader. As armed guards attacked him, Yi Chen prepared to fight them.

• Yi Chen paralyzed the Demon Dragon Hall disciples, killed the young leader who tried to guide him, and forced others to lead him inside.
• Yi Chen entered the council chamber, announced himself, and killed a short old man who accused him of being from the Douluo Continent.
• The Demon Dragon Hall’s pope attacked Yi Chen, but Yi Chen disarmed and badly wounded him, then struck him with lightning.
• Yi Chen threatened to kill everyone in the hall unless the leader appeared within thirty minutes.
• Two squads of armed guards arrived and aimed their short guns at Yi Chen, while two disciples charged him and he shook the silver ring on his wrist.

Yi Chen forced the Demon Dragon Hall to swear eternal allegiance, enslaved its pontiff, and warned the disciples to remain in Demon Dragon City. He left them terrified and ended by dismissing an elder’s threat of retaliation.

• Yi Chen killed a disciple who attacked him, injured another, and forced the Demon Dragon Hall’s pontiff to negotiate.
• Yi Chen revealed that he controlled the pontiff, extracted his primordial soul, and made the hall’s disciples and elders swear binding oaths of allegiance.
• Yi Chen branded the pontiff with a demon mark, transformed him, and made him kneel as a slave before drawing him into his bracelet.
• Yi Chen killed an elder who tried to rescue the pontiff, then warned the remaining disciples that they must obey him forever.
• Yi Chen told the disciples to stay in Demon Dragon City and crippled one who approached him; as he walked away, an old man threatened retaliation, and Yi Chen dismissed the warning.

Yi Chen forced the Demon Dragon Hall to submit, left its hall master in charge, and provided Demon Shadow and Demon Moon with a cultivation technique. He then entered a deadly mist and endured its crushing pressure and corrosive power as he approached a small pearl.

• Yi Chen threatened the Demon Dragon Hall elders, and the hall master declared his submission to Yi Chen.
• Yi Chen appointed the hall master to oversee the Demon Dragon Hall while he was away and refused to let him accompany him until he became stronger.
• Demon Shadow and Demon Moon studied a cultivation technique Yi Chen had given them and spoke of their desire for revenge.
• Yi Chen entered a dense, corrosive mist and struggled toward a small pearl at its center.
• Yi Chen's body endured the mist's pressure as his skin and muscles changed color and his clothes shattered.

Yi Chen endured the violent remaking of his body as he refined the demonic qi and medicinal power within him, then faced a lethal attack from the world’s origin power. Golden light shattered the attack, and a flood dragon phantom appeared behind him as he floated above the ground, while an emerald sprout grew in his mental space.

• Yi Chen’s body was remolded as his strength increased and the refined demonic qi ravaged him from within.
• Yi Chen struck the pale green barrier surrounding the sphere, resisting its force with his soul power.
• The sphere exploded, and a small sword of pale blue-green light trapped Yi Chen and aimed for his forehead.
• Golden light struck the sword’s light curtains and shattered them before the blade could reach Yi Chen.
• A flood dragon phantom emerged behind Yi Chen as he floated in the air, while an emerald sprout swayed in his mental space.

Yi Chen survived the assault of twelve figures, recovered from his injuries, and gained overwhelming strength and Soul Power. After the figures vanished, he exposed and subdued another hidden attacker, demanding to know who they were.

• Yi Chen absorbed the attacks and lightning as his injuries healed and his body transformed, growing stronger than before.
• Yi Chen struck the twelve figures and sent them flying, then identified himself as Yi Chen when one demanded to know who he was.
• The twelve figures laughed, faded away, and released pure Soul Power that greatly expanded Yi Chen’s soul sense.
• Yi Chen shattered a sword light, caught a fragment that broke his fingers, then punched a hidden attacker out of concealment.
• Yi Chen pinned the attacker beneath his foot and demanded to know who they were.