Chapter Summaries

The battle at Demon-Suppressing Pass raged as Mo Chun’s formation held off powerful demons and human fighters struggled against their opponents. Pei Twelve confronted his traitorous master, Yang Jianbai, and prepared to fight him.

• Mo Chun summoned an enormous Ancient Ruins Battlefield formation that tied down Yingzhao, Nine-Headed Infant, and many Great Demons.
• Gu Kai fought alongside Zhou Wu and Qin Shi as Guiche approached and challenged them with his spear.
• Kong Yang cut off Baize’s torrent aimed at Demon-Suppressing Pass and charged at him despite his exhaustion.
• Pei Twelve evaded demons while striking at their forces, then encountered his master, Yang Jianbai.
• Yang Jianbai claimed he had betrayed humanity to preserve a province for the human race, but Pei Twelve rejected his reasoning and drew his bonded flying sword.

Li Ping'an moved Demon-Suppressing Pass to Cloud Province while the defenders sacrificed themselves to halt the Demon Race's advance. The passage between the pass and Cloud Province was severed, buying the Human Race a narrow chance at survival.

• Li Ping'an carried Demon-Suppressing Pass to Cloud Province while Shangyang attacked him, but he endured her flying swords and completed the move.
• Baize ordered the defenders to hold the passage as Mo Chun detonated himself and the Ancient Ruins Battlefield Grand Array, severely wounding Nine-Headed Infant and destroying himself completely.
• Gu Kai sent Qin Shi away before dying of exhaustion, while Zhou Wu stayed behind to face Guiche.
• Kong Yang unleashed his final sword strike against the Demon Race and died, and the passage between Demon-Suppressing Pass and Cloud Province was severed.

After Kong Yang severed the passage between Cloud Province and Demon-Suppressing Pass, Li Ping'an took command of the shattered city and began organizing an evacuation before the Demon Race could reopen the way. He reunited with Kitten at the Faraway Inn and ordered Zhao Ling'er to leave, while the city mourned its dead and prepared to flee.

• Kong Yang used his Sword Intent to sever the passage, and Demon-Suppressing Pass retreated to the northern edge of Cloud Province.
• Li Ping'an declared himself City Lord, ordered Wen Shi to impose a curfew and list the surviving Upper Third Realm cultivators, and set the evacuation of weaker residents in motion.
• Li Ping'an returned to the Faraway Inn with wounded Old Ox, Qin Shi, and Pei Twelve, where Kitten greeted them and Zhao Ling'er asked about the battle.
• Li Ping'an told Zhao Ling'er to leave Demon-Suppressing Pass with Cat Immortal because she could not fight in her condition.
• Zhang Ningyuan asked Li Ping'an about Zhou Wu and understood from his expression that his master had died.
• The city mourned through the night, and residents began evacuating the next morning as Demon-Suppressing Pass prepared for the Demon Race's return.

Li Ping'an ordered the remaining defenders to withdraw from Demon-Suppressing Pass while he and Old Ox stayed behind. As the Demon Army reached Cloud Province and advanced on the pass, Li Ping'an prepared to activate its Grand Array.

• Wen Shi reported that Demon-Suppressing Pass had only a handful of fighting forces left, and Li Ping'an ordered them to withdraw while he stayed behind.
• Li Ping'an recovered beside a stream as Demon-Suppressing Pass's power nourished him.
• Zhao Ling'er, Qin Shi, Chi Meng, Kitten, and Zhang Ningyuan left the pass, and Li Ping'an refused Qin Shi's offer to stay and fight.
• After the remaining Sword Cultivators withdrew, Li Ping'an and Old Ox ate the food Kitten had left and climbed the walls.
• The Demon Army reached Cloud Province after repairing the passage in seven days and advanced toward the pass.
• Li Ping'an and Old Ox dropped from the wall as Li Ping'an announced he would activate the array.

Li Ping'an and Old Ox fought through the Demon Army at the Demon-Suppressing Pass while the Demon Sages held back, calculating the risks of intervening. After Li Ping'an annihilated a large force of Demon Race Sword Cultivators, Demon Sage Guiche entered the battle and clashed with him.

• Li Ping'an and Old Ox split up to break through the Demon Army, and Li Ping'an cleared the battlefield with his Fist Intent and Fusang Saber.
• Demon Sages Qin Yuan and Baize watched the slaughter and chose to let expendable soldiers wear Li Ping'an down rather than risk joining the fight.
• Li Ping'an cut through a sword formation of several hundred Demon Race Sword Cultivators, killing most of Qin Yuan's forces.
• Demon Sage Guiche attacked Li Ping'an with a spear, and their clash unleashed flames that burned away nearby demons.

Li Ping'an fought the Demon Race’s sages and army at Demon-Suppressing Pass until he was nearly spent, killing Guiche and many other enemies. Just as he prepared to activate the formation, Gu Xizhou arrived and the Human Race’s reinforcements descended.

• Guiche, Shangyang, Feidan, Chitie, and Baize attacked Li Ping'an in succession while the demon army kept him from resting.
• Li Ping'an endured repeated assaults, killed Guiche, and wounded or defeated numerous demon sages and Eighth Realm great demons.
• The demon sages continued sending waves of enemies against Li Ping'an, the White Jade Capital, and Old Ox until their weapons and strength were nearly exhausted.
• As Li Ping'an prepared to activate the formation, Gu Xizhou arrived, drove back Yang Jianbai, and threw Li Ping'an onto the battlements.
• Li Ping'an saw a pillar of light descend with the Human Race’s reinforcements.

Great Sui and forces from across the Nine Provinces arrived at Demon-Suppressing Pass and launched a battle against the Demon Race. Li Ping'an was gravely injured and lost consciousness as Qingfeng raged over his condition.

• Gu Xizhou took over from Li Ping'an to open the formation, summoning Great Sui's armies and heavily armored troops to Demon-Suppressing Pass.
• Jing Yu and Liu Yong led Great Sui's forces as Cultivators, Sword Cultivators, and armies from across the Nine Provinces gathered to defend the pass.
• The Three Great Houses established a provisional Martial Department, ordered civil wars to cease, and mobilized the Nine Provinces against the Demon Race.
• The allied forces surged into battle, with Cultivators from many factions announcing themselves as they opened the formation.
• Li Ping'an was severely wounded and lost consciousness, while Qingfeng angrily demanded to know who had hurt his disciple.

After waking from two days of grievous injuries, Li Ping'an learned that the Human Race faced a decisive battle against the Demon Race and the Extraterrestrial Demons. He secretly drew strength from Demon-Suppressing Pass and headed for the Sword-Guarding Pavilion, where Liu Yun warned him he might not return.

• Liu Yun told Li Ping'an that the fighting continued, the Demon Race was gathering its armies, and the powers would meet at Azure Cloud Lake to discuss the coming decisive battle.
• Li Ping'an realized his injuries had damaged his foundation, but he accepted the cost as long as the Human Race endured.
• Li Ping'an sensed his deeper connection to Demon-Suppressing Pass and drew its power to replenish his Origin Qi.
• That night, Li Ping'an covered the sleeping Liu Yun with a blanket and went out toward the Sword-Guarding Pavilion.
• Liu Yun caught up with Li Ping'an and warned him that going farther might leave him no way back.

Before the coming battle, friends gathered at Demon-Suppressing Pass and reminisced through the night. Li Ping'an entered the Sword Pool, where the swords began merging with the White Jade Capital as the Great Dao Runes helped his badly wounded body endure their Sword Qi.

• Aliya, Pang Jun, Wang Yi, and Zhao Ling'er reunited in the pavilion and joked together.
• Yan Shisan, the Octopus Swordsman, and Run Tu drank wine outside, while Jing Yu and Changqing recalled their old friendship with Li Ping'an.
• Qingfeng accused Gu Xizhou of drinking the wine he had saved for his disciple, and Gu Xizhou denied stealing it.
• Friends and allies stayed awake at Demon-Suppressing Pass, writing final letters or celebrating their reunion before the battle.
• Li Ping'an entered the Sword Pool and tried to grasp an ancient sword, suffering cuts before falling into the water.
• The swords streamed into the battered White Jade Capital, and the Great Dao Runes transformed their Sword Qi into gentler energy that nourished Li Ping'an and balanced the three forces within him.

The Human Race and Demon Race fought a decisive battle at the Demon-Suppressing Pass while an Extraterrestrial Demon using Qing Xuan's body tried to destroy the pass and the Human Race's fortune. Li Ping'an awakened in the Sword-Guarding Pavilion and called on the other cultivators for aid.

• Gu Xizhou and Qingfeng confronted Demon Sage Baize as the battle began at the Demon-Suppressing Pass.
• Wang Yi challenged Nine-Headed Infant, while Yan Shisan, the Octopus Swordsman, and Run Tu fought Demon Sage Qin Yuan.
• Liu Yong led the soldiers in an assault as human and Demon Race forces clashed across the battlefield.
• The Extraterrestrial Demon revealed that he had taken Qing Xuan's body, thanked Yang Jianbai, and began using Qing Xuan's authority to destroy the Demon-Suppressing Pass.
• The pass resisted the Extraterrestrial Demon's power as Li Ping'an awakened in the Sword-Guarding Pavilion and called, "Fellow Daoists, aid me!!"

Li Ping'an fought the Extraterrestrial Demon as the ancient swords of Demon-Suppressing Pass unleashed their power across the battlefield. Elsewhere, Jing Yu and Changqing confronted the demon sages as extraordinary visions spread throughout the Nine Provinces.

• The immortal swords of Demon-Suppressing Pass descended onto the battlefield, and Li Ping'an's sword qi broke through the demons' formations.
• The Extraterrestrial Demon wielding Qing Xuan's body summoned an Azure Long Sword and attacked Li Ping'an with Qing Xuan's integrated immortal arts.
• Li Ping'an defended himself with White Jade Capital and his fist intent, while an Ancient Sword shattered the demon's icy minor world and pulled him into another.
• Li Ping'an pursued the Extraterrestrial Demon through successive minor worlds, using the immortal swords' divine abilities as ancient sword qi rampaged inside him.
• Across Cloud Province, Jing Yu fought the demon sages with his sword and the fortune of Great Sui, while Changqing sat in prayer beneath a vast golden Buddha image.

Li Ping'an defeated the Extraterrestrial Demon, who destroyed Demon-Suppressing Pass before the heavenly Dao drove him from the world. With the human army facing annihilation, Li Ping'an began rebuilding the pass from its remnants and declared that he had no regrets.

• Qing Xuan destroyed his body and soul to wound the Extraterrestrial Demon, and Li Ping'an used Heart-Questioning to disperse the tribulation lightning and gain the advantage.
• The Extraterrestrial Demon revealed his power, collapsed Demon-Suppressing Pass, and vanished under the heavenly Dao's punishment, taking the pass with him.
• Jing Yu rallied the human army against the advancing Demon Race as the Guanning Iron Cavalry fell in a final charge.
• Li Ping'an discovered that a remnant of Demon-Suppressing Pass remained within him and began using its power and the Great Dao Runes to rebuild it.
• Remembering the people and places he had encountered, Li Ping'an declared, "I, Li Ping'an, have no regrets!!"

Li Ping'an sacrificed himself to form a new Demon-Suppressing Pass, and his friends carried on the war and celebrated the New Year without him. He awoke in what seemed to be the beginning of his old journey, where he found a young calf resembling Old Ox and took him in.

• Li Ping'an dissolved into golden threads as the new Demon-Suppressing Pass formed, and Old Ox merged with it to protect it from a distant sword strike.
• At the Faraway Inn, Zhao Ling'er and the others celebrated the New Year, while Little Girl secretly cried on the roof because she missed Li Ping'an and Niu Niu.
• After the Demon Ancestor died, the Extraterrestrial Demons vanished, the Demon Race fell into internal strife, and Changqing succeeded Li Ping'an as lord of the Demon-Suppressing Pass.
• Over the following centuries, the Human Race fought hundreds of battles, drove the Demon Race out of Cloud Province, and returned the Demon-Suppressing Pass to its old seat.
• Li Ping'an awoke beneath a tree in a familiar-looking world, saw a small calf that reminded him of Old Ox, and gathered it into his arms.

Li Ping'an returned to Demon-Suppressing Pass four hundred years after the great battle and learned how Kitten had waited for him and left him and Niu Niu her property. He reunited with the dying Liu Yun before settling into an ordinary life in a small town, where he played the erhu and left his next journey undecided.

• Li Ping'an visited the Faraway Inn and learned from its former innkeeper that Kitten had run to the pass every day for years, waiting for someone.
• Zhang Ningyuan recognized Li Ping'an and gave him the land deeds Kitten had left for him and Niu Niu.
• The old emperor of the Ten Thousand Great Mountains dreamed that Li Ping'an had come to retrieve the erhu, then discovered it had vanished from his desk.
• Li Ping'an reunited with the dying Liu Yun in the Great Sui capital, and she asked him to carry her outside for a walk in the snow.
• Li Ping'an moved to a small town, ate tofu with Niu Niu, and played the erhu while he rested before deciding where to go next.

A thousand years after the battles at Demon-Suppressing Pass, Jing Yu lived quietly in Capital City and reminisced about his old companions while watching a performance of the battle. As he wished he could see Li Ping'an again, Little Ox, a girl in red, and the Blue Robes Man appeared before him.

• Jing Yu watched a theater troupe perform the story of Demon-Suppressing Pass and remembered the sacrifices behind the victory.
• Jing Yu reflected on the lives and later deeds of his old acquaintances, including Changqing, Qin Shi, and the travelers from Li Ping'an's group.
• Jing Yu recalled hearing that Li Ping'an had visited Capital City to see the Female Emperor before disappearing, and wished his old friend had come to see him.
• Little Ox, a girl in red, and the Blue Robes Man appeared beneath the sunlight and greeted Jing Yu.