Chapter Summaries

After the Otherworld Ruins massacred the Eight Great Houses’ delegation, Tang Yan helped the Pill Alliance plan for war and prepared traps to target a Heavenly Venerable. The chapter ended in Youcang Marsh, where a hidden sect’s master learned that the Otherworld Ruins had run into trouble.

• Ji Yinzhou explained that the Otherworld Ruins had killed the delegation to provoke the Eight Great Houses into an ill-prepared attack, and he sent the Second Elder to enlist the Demon Sect’s help in distracting them.
• Rao Baoyue recalled Tang Yan to Clear Sky Peak and told him that thirty members of the Eight Great Houses’ delegation had been killed by the Otherworld Ruins.
• Lin Jiuyuan played a recording of Jun Ting and Ji Yinzhou’s conversation, and Tang Yan warned that the Otherworld Ruins aimed to divide and weaken the Eight Great Houses before the Great Age.
• Tang Yan proposed publicizing the massacre and setting an attack date a month later, when the Demonic Spirit Heavenly Venerable would recover; he then returned to Fengnan Island to strengthen his traps and lure a Heavenly Venerable there.
• Tang Yan visited the Sword Alliance and the Mystic Maiden Sect, where he cultivated with Zi Yun, Lin Dongxue, and Immortal Maiden Qinglan.
• In Youcang Marsh, a sect elder told the long-haired sect master that the Otherworld Ruins had run into trouble, and the master asked him to explain.

A hidden man reacted to rumors of conflict between the Otherworld Ruins and the Eight Great Houses, while the Demon Sect negotiated with both sides for its own advantage. In the Otherworld Ruins, Ji Yinzhou learned that Tang Yan might be the reason Lin Jiuyuan and the others had come there.

• A man ordered his people to monitor ties between the Otherworld Ruins and the Demon Sect, buy high-grade pills, and sell them cheaply to the Otherworld Ruins after adding Manma.
• At the Sky-Reaching Tower, Lu Fengzong and the Demon Sect’s leaders debated the Otherworld Ruins’ offer, and Du Shu urged them to profit from both sides without betraying the Human Clan.
• The Demon Sect agreed to demand Immortal Artifacts from the Otherworld Ruins and resources from the Eight Great Houses while pretending to support each side.
• Seven days later, the Otherworld Ruins granted the Demon Sect three Immortal Artifacts and ordered it to act against the Human Clan for half a year; the houses also gave the Demon Sect valuable materials and information.
• Qin Shan told Ji Yinzhou that the Eight Great Houses had gained Sage Venerable inheritances in the Heavenly Wailing Ruins Secret Realm and that Tang Yan’s talent and connections suggested he had drawn Lin Jiuyuan and the others to the Otherworld Ruins.

Ji Yinzhou sent Pureblood Heavenly Venerable to capture Zhong Tianyin on Fengnan Island, but Tang Yan’s trap knocked the Heavenly Venerable unconscious. After searching his memories, Tang Yan learned the Otherworld Ruins’ strength and decided to send Pureblood Heavenly Venerable back to investigate Divine Mountain’s magma.

• Ji Yinzhou learned that Zhong Tianyin was on Fengnan Island and might have extended his life by a thousand years, then asked the Heavenly Venerables to capture him.
• Pureblood Heavenly Venerable uncovered the island’s Illusion Array, entered Zhong Tianyin’s supposed cultivation abode, and attacked him.
• The scenery vanished, and Tang Yan’s lightning cage, concealed weapons, and poison incapacitated Pureblood Heavenly Venerable.
• Tang Yan searched Pureblood Heavenly Venerable’s Divine Soul and learned that the Otherworld Ruins had forty-six Heaven and Earth Realm experts and two Heavenly Venerables.
• Tang Yan plundered Pureblood Heavenly Venerable’s Storage Ring and sent him back to the Otherworld Ruins to scout the dangerous area beneath Divine Mountain’s magma.

Tang Yan discovered the Purifying Spirit Flame beneath the magma, but Pureblood Heavenly Venerable broke free of his control and returned to the Divine Mountain. Qin Shan then learned that the Gu Race was already in conflict with the Divine Clan and agreed to accompany Zhe Feng to mediate.

• Tang Yan controlled Pureblood Heavenly Venerable to descend into the magma, discovered the Purifying Spirit Flame, and lost control of him when the Soul-Thought Gu connection broke.
• Tang Yan returned to Heaven's Punishment and waited for a chance to steal the flame while Pureblood Heavenly Venerable reported being trapped and controlled by Gu Arts.
• Ji Yinzhou sent Grand Elder Qin Shan to investigate the Gu Race, and Qin Shan found its Royal City nearly empty.
• Zhe Feng explained that the Gu Race's elites had gone with the Gu King to confront the Divine Clan over accusations against Elder Di Chan.
• Qin Shan agreed to travel with Zhe Feng to the Divine Clan and mediate the conflict.

The Divine Clan and Gu Race nearly destroyed each other over attacks blamed on Di Chan, but Qin Shan brokered a truce and the God King cleared the Gu King by searching his Divine Soul. After the Gu King identified the Pill Alliance as a likely culprit, Qin Shan named Tang Yan as his suspect and proposed a plan to capture him.

• The God King accused the Gu Race of attacking the Divine Clan, while the Gu King demanded Elder Zao Yu's release and denied responsibility; their ultimatum led both sides into battle.
• Zhe Feng arrived with news of a lead, and Qin Shan persuaded the combatants to stop and consider that a Human Clan force skilled in Gu Arts had stirred up the conflict.
• The Gu King agreed to a Divine Soul search, and the God King found no plot against the Divine Clan and promised to compensate the Gu Race twofold.
• The Gu King suspected Di Chan had been controlled and pointed to the Pill Alliance as a key force involved in attacks on the Divine Clan and Otherworld Ruins.
• Qin Shan named Tang Yan as his suspect, citing his rapid advancement, knowledge of the races, and possible connection to the Gu God's inheritance.
• The God King called for Tang Yan's capture, and Qin Shan offered to devise a plan with the clans' help.

Tang Yan learned that the Otherworld Ruins had killed members of the Heavenly Punishment Clan and suspected they had prepared a countermeasure against his spatial formations. He persuaded the Pill Alliance to rally the Eight Great Houses for an assault, scheduled to begin after they gathered on March 25.

• Qin Shan proposed capturing Zhong Tianyin, and the Gu King offered the Space-Locking Domain-Suppressing Cage to trap him; Ji Yinzhou ordered forces from the Divine Clan and Gu Race to help capture him.
• Fang Xuan reunited with Tang Yan at his Immortal Feather shop, where Tang Yan shared what he had learned and left cultivation resources and a Void Child Pearl before departing two days later.
• The Otherworld Ruins killed twenty-three Heavenly Punishment Clan members at the Divine Mountain and sent one survivor back to deliver the news.
• Tang Yan appeared before Zhong Haobai in Zhong Tianyin's guise, told him to keep clansmen away from the Divine Mountain, and promised to try to resolve the curse within a month.
• Tang Yan met Lin Jiuyuan at the Pill Alliance and urged the Eight Great Houses to attack the Otherworld Ruins; Lin Jiuyuan agreed to gather them at the Sword Alliance on March 25.

The Otherworld Ruins sent a force to destroy Heaven's Punishment and draw Zhong Tianyin out, while the Eight Great Houses marched toward the ruins. Tang Yan hid his mother, detected the attackers, and waited in ambush as the battle began.

• The Eight Great Houses mobilized their forces and headed for the Otherworld Ruins, prompting Ji Yinzhou to plan to release the other races and attack Heaven's Punishment first.
• Ji Yinzhou sent the Grand Elder and allied experts to slaughter Heaven's Punishment, expecting Zhong Tianyin to appear to protect his clan.
• Tang Yan hid his mother Zhong Jinxiu in the Earth Hall after his formation detected powerful enemies approaching.
• Twenty-three Heaven and Earth Realm experts attacked Heaven's Punishment Island and killed many guards, while Tang Yan confirmed Pureblood Heavenly Venerable was lurking beneath the sea.
• Zhong Haobai rallied the clan's defenders against the invaders, and an unseen heavy sword killed Qin Shan before he could finish speaking.

Tang Yan disrupted the Otherworld Ruins' assault on Heaven's Punishment Island by using disguises, poison, and controlled fighters to narrow the gap between the forces. The battle remained deadlocked as the Pureblood Heavenly Venerable called for reinforcements.

• A poison sect master learned the Eight Great Houses were heading to the Otherworld Ruins and ordered his people to go there with the Eight-Wing Shuttle.
• Tang Yan killed Qin Shan, stole his Storage Ring, and fled as the Otherworld Ruins attacked Heaven's Punishment's forces.
• The Demonic Spirit Heavenly Venerable revealed his power while the Gu Race's Second Elder trapped the battlefield inside a Space-Locking Domain-Suppressing Cage.
• A green speck entered Qi Chuan's mind, and he and the controlled Divine Clan's Third Elder attacked the Otherworld Ruins from behind.
• Tang Yan transformed into Ji Yinzhou, used Blue Mystery Breathless Dew and his disguise to control or wound more enemies, and held off three opponents.
• The Pureblood Heavenly Venerable ordered reinforcements, and the Otherworld Ruins' Fifth Elder crushed a Magic Treasure to summon them as the battle intensified.

Tang Yan turned the battle against the Otherworld Ruins by converting Zao Yu and a Gu Race Guardian, then trapped Pureblood Heavenly Venerable in God's Domain to buy time. After enduring Pureblood Heavenly Venerable's assault, Tang Yan brought Demonic Spirit Heavenly Venerable into the domain to join the fight.

• Tang Yan overwhelmed Zao Yu with Magic Treasures and Blue Mystery Breathless Dew, causing Zao Yu to switch sides and help defeat a Gu Race Guardian.
• Heaven's Punishment gained the upper hand, but Pureblood Heavenly Venerable ordered a retreat when reinforcements arrived and Giant Strength Heavenly Venerable was absent.
• Tang Yan trapped Pureblood Heavenly Venerable in God's Domain and tried to persuade him to join the Human Clan while buying time.
• Pureblood Heavenly Venerable rejected Tang Yan's proposal and attacked, forcing Tang Yan to defend himself while taunting him and using his stolen purple-gold gourd.
• After Tang Yan's Shield broke seven times and his strength began to falter, Demonic Spirit Heavenly Venerable defeated the two remaining enemies, and Tang Yan brought him into God's Domain.

Tang Yan defeated Pureblood Heavenly Venerable, took control of the Otherworld Ruins forces, and reunited Zhong Jinxiu with her parents. He then led Heaven's Punishment elites to join the Eight Great Houses as they sealed the Otherworld Ruins before their assault.

• Tang Yan survived Pureblood Heavenly Venerable's essence-blood attack, defeated him, and used the Soul-Thought Gu to bring the Otherworld Ruins forces under control.
• Tang Yan comforted Zhong Jinxiu, then restored Zhong Haobai and Mi Rong's memories so they could reunite with their daughter.
• Tang Yan told Zhong Haobai that the Heavenly Punishment Clan must join the Eight Great Houses in eradicating the Otherworld Ruins, and the clan prepared to march.
• Tang Yan led Heaven's Punishment elites across the seabed and waited near the Otherworld Ruins.
• The Eight Great Houses formed a battle domain that sealed the Otherworld Ruins, and Lu Lingjun rallied the assembled experts for the fight.

The Eight Great Houses attacked the Otherworld Ruins, but Tang Yan drove off the allied races with the Burning-Heaven Calamity Banner. As the battle dragged on, Pureblood Heavenly Venerable returned with supposedly captured allies, who turned on Ji Yinzhou’s forces from within.

• Ji Yinzhou and Lu Lingjun traded accusations as the Eight Great Houses deployed the Immortal Tribulation Pearl to deter the Otherworld Ruins’ Heavenly Venerable.
• Ji Yinzhou summoned forces from several Other Races, but Tang Yan threatened them with the Burning-Heaven Calamity Banner, and they withdrew.
• Lu Lingjun ordered the Eight Great Houses to attack, and they fought the Otherworld Ruins for four hours while the Immortal Tribulation kept Giant Strength Heavenly Venerable hidden.
• Tang Yan signaled Pureblood Heavenly Venerable, who returned with members of the Otherworld Ruins, Divine Clan, and Gu Race, then entered the ruins’ ranks.
• The returning forces revealed their betrayal by attacking Ji Yinzhou’s troops, while Pureblood Heavenly Venerable killed the Sixth Elder and opened a breach in the defenses.

Giant Strength Heavenly Venerable sacrificed himself to summon the Nether Domain, a deadly vortex that threatened everyone at the Otherworld Ruins. After several fighters failed to withstand it, Tang Yan entered the vortex, accepting the risk of not returning.

• Giant Strength Heavenly Venerable emerged from the Divine Mountain, took the Immortal Tribulation Pearl’s lightning, and dissolved into a vortex that Tang Yan identified as the Nether Domain summoned through the Netherworld Disk.
• Tang Yan sent the Fifth Elder of the Otherworld Ruins and then four more members into the vortex to find Giant Strength Heavenly Venerable’s divine soul, but the Nether Domain crushed them.
• Pureblood Heavenly Venerable reached the vortex’s center and struck Giant Strength Heavenly Venerable’s divine soul twice, but the vortex swallowed him.
• Xiang Tong used his Immortal Golden Body to attack the divine soul seven times before the Nether Domain overwhelmed him; he urged the Buddhist Sect to escort everyone away.
• Tang Yan stopped Qinglan and Elder Chanji from entering the vortex, then activated the Five Elements Tyrant Body Art and charged into the Nether Domain despite the sect leaders’ warnings.

Tang Yan sacrificed his life to destroy the Nether Domain’s vortex and save the Human Clan, leaving the Eight Great Houses to believe he was dead. As the other races moved to attack, a group outside the Otherworld Ruins sent Thousand-Faced Peach Blossom pollen through the barrier.

• Tang Yan attacked Giant Strength Heavenly Venerable’s divine soul with Heaven-Earth Creation Flame, but the Nether Domain fully formed and overwhelmed his flames.
• The Heaven-Earth Creation Cauldron freed Tang Yan from the vortex’s restraint, but Tang Yan chose to stay and sacrifice his life rather than abandon the people below.
• Tang Yan poured his vital essence into the cauldron and unleashed a blue flaming sword strike that shattered the Nether Domain’s vortex.
• Ji Yinzhou declared Tang Yan dead and urged the other races to seize the Human Clan’s resources, prompting Rao Baoyue and the Eight Great Houses to burn their lifespans and fight back.
• Twenty li from the Otherworld Ruins, a group riding an Eight-Wing Shuttle used a wind-generating magic treasure to send Thousand-Faced Peach Blossom pollen through the barrier.

Tang Wutian helped the Human Clan defeat the Otherworld Ruins, but learned that his son Tang Yan had sacrificed himself to seal the Nether Domain. After reuniting with Zhong Jinxiu, he told her their son was gone, and she tried to take her own life.

• Thousand-Faced Peach Blossom pollen poisoned the people of the Otherworld Ruins, and Tang Wutian appeared, urging the Eight Great Houses to attack them.
• Tang Wutian reunited with Zhong Haobai and said his research had been meant to free the Heavenly Punishment Clan and reunite his family.
• The Human Clan defeated the Other Races, but Lin Jiuyuan revealed that Tang Yan had disappeared after sealing the Nether Domain at the cost of his life.
• Tang Wutian learned of Tang Yan's sacrifice and collapsed in grief, while the Eight Great Houses promised to hold a memorial for him.
• Tang Wutian reunited with Zhong Jinxiu and told her their son was gone; after hearing what happened, she tried to stab herself with a dagger.

After learning that Tang Yan died saving the Human Clan, Du Shu mourned his friend and urged the Demon Sect to abandon its bid for dominion. He proposed that Lu Fengzong earn the Eight Great Houses’ support by uniting humanity against the coming Great Age, paving the way for Lu Fengzong to become Human Emperor.

• Tang Wutian comforted Zhong Jinxiu after Tang Yan’s death, and Mi Rong joined them in mourning.
• Lu Fengzong convened the Demon Sect’s leaders to discuss taking control of the Spirit Wasteland while the Eight Great Houses were weakened.
• Lu Fengzong revealed that Tang Yan had been the Human Emperor’s successor and showed the assembled leaders images of his final battle; Du Shu was devastated by his friend’s death.
• Du Shu argued that an attempt to seize power would provoke the Eight Great Houses and leave humanity vulnerable to the Other Races.
• Du Shu proposed that the Demon Sect negotiate with the great houses, prepare jointly for the Great Age, and establish Lu Fengzong’s reputation so humanity would willingly raise him to the Human Emperor’s throne.

Du Shu persuaded Lu Fengzong to lead the Demon Sect into the struggle against the Other Races, while Lu Fengzong considered making Du Shu his successor. After learning that Tang Yan had died, Fang Xuan and Lin Dongxue grieved, and Lin Dongxue’s Sentimental Dao shattered.

• Du Shu convinced Lu Fengzong and the Demon Sect’s leaders to cooperate with the Great Houses and fight the Other Races.
• Zheng Qingshi reported that Du Shu was using his earnings to win the members’ favor, but Lu Fengzong refused to search Du Shu’s soul and considered entrusting him with the Demon Sect.
• Du Shu told Fang Xuan that Tang Yan had died, and Fang Xuan agreed to help the Demon Sect fulfill Tang Yan’s wish before returning to Fang City.
• Lu Ruiqing told Lin Dongxue that Tang Yan had died in battle and gave her an Engraving Realm Pearl showing his final moments.
• Lin Dongxue walked away from Lu Ruiqing as her hair turned white and her Sentimental Dao shattered.

After Tang Yan’s death, his family, Lin Dongxue, and Reach the Summit mourned him while the Human Clan faced growing threats from the Other Races. The Demon Sect proposed uniting with the great houses under its command to weather the Great Age, leaving the leaders to consider its terms.

• Lin Dongxue told Lu Ruiqing she would forge a new path of the sword without Tang Yan, and Lu Ruiqing promised the Sword Alliance would support her.
• Tang Wutian and Zhong Jinxiu returned to Tang Ling and told him that Tang Yan had sacrificed his life; Tang Ling collapsed in grief, and Reach the Summit mourned Tang Yan.
• The Eight Great Houses announced victory over the Otherworld Ruins, and leaders and allies gathered at the Pill Alliance to hold a memorial ceremony for Tang Yan.
• At a meeting of the Eight Great Houses, Lin Jiuyuan warned that Earth Abyss Passages were appearing more frequently and asked for strategies against the Other Races.
• Ma Tengyun and Du Shu proposed that the Demon Sect and the great houses unite against the Great Age, with the Demon Sect leading under six safeguards, including blood oaths and a three-month trial period.

The orthodox sects agreed to cooperate with the Demon Sect against the Other Races and the coming Great Age, setting plans for an alliance and preemptive warfare. After the meeting, Lin Dongxue chose to stay at the Pill Alliance and resolved to fight the threats emerging from Earth Abyss Passages.

• Lin Jiuyuan and the orthodox sect leaders agreed to cooperate with Ma Tengyun and Du Shu, then accepted the Demon Sect’s plans for joint teams, rewards, and an invasion of races that rejected a non-aggression treaty.
• The sects scheduled an alliance oath at Emerald Star Peak for the tenth day of the fifth month.
• Lin Dongxue asked Lu Ruiqing to let her stay at the Pill Alliance and return the Red Dust Sword, but Lu Ruiqing told her to keep it; she explained that Du Shu was Tang Yan’s brother-in-arms.
• Zi Yun told Lin Dongxue she planned to go to the Dragon Clan, rule it, and form an alliance with the Human Clan in fulfillment of Tang Yan’s wish.
• Lin Dongxue decided to hunt the beings emerging from Earth Abyss Passages and vowed to kill every Yaoguai, God, and Gu she encountered.

Zi Yun traveled to the Dragon Clan's Royal City and revealed herself as the reincarnation of Sage Jin Qi, while the Human Clan organized against the invading Other Races. The chapter ended with Lin Dongxue confronting four Black Generals emerging from an Abyss Passage.

• Zi Yun left the Pill Alliance, crossed an Earth Abyss Passage, and learned from a Black Dragon where to find the Dragon Clan's Royal City.
• Zi Yun declared herself the reincarnation of a Sacred Dragon and demonstrated Sage Jin Qi's Thunder Domain, prompting the Dragon King to welcome her to the Dragon Palace.
• The righteous sects and the Demon Sect formed an alliance, arranged a non-aggression treaty with the Other Races, and offered rewards for hunting invaders.
• Feng Chenye released his novel modeled on Tang Yan, inspiring more people to join the fight against the invaders.
• Lin Dongxue faced four Black Generals in the Ancient Wilderness Marsh and demanded that they swear not to oppose the Human Clan and return to the Demon Race.

Lin Dongxue resisted severing her love for Tang Yan, absorbed the Emotion Sword Venerable's Inheritance, and reached the peak of the Dao-entry realm. Months later, the Spirit Wilderness Realm remained stable against the invaders, while Xiang Xiaoyu prepared a test of her new long-distance communication artifact.

• Lin Dongxue fought four Black Generals and, while recalling Tang Yan, entered an epiphany that sharpened her swordplay.
• Lin Dongxue rejected the Dao of supreme forgetfulness, declared she would never forget Tang Yan, and began reshaping her Sentimental Dao.
• Lin Dongxue absorbed the Emotion Sword Venerable's Inheritance, rose to the peak of the Dao-entry realm, and killed the three Black Generals who returned to attack her.
• Over the next two and a half months, Du Shu and Fang Xuan coordinated resistance to the invading races, and the Human Clan remained stable as suspicion of the Demon Sect faded.
• Xiang Xiaoyu gave her disciples Heavenly Communicators and sent them to distant locations to test their long-distance calls.