Chapter Summaries

Futu Yijing joined the Great Thousand World's expeditionary army in the Outer Realm Evil Clan's territory and proved his identity as a Demon-Slayer King. The Sword Domain elders welcomed him, and he offered the army the spiritual energy he had stored in the Human Emperor Seal.

• The Human Emperor and the Heavenly Emperor discussed the Dragon Phoenix's likely location east of the Spirit Sword Continent, where Futu Yijing was heading.
• Yi Jian Heavenly Sovereign, Wine Sword Heavenly Sovereign, and Blood Sword Heavenly Sovereign led the expeditionary army through the ravaged Outer Realm Evil Clan territory and paused to rest.
• Futu Yijing arrived and asked to join the expedition, but the Sword Domain elders questioned his identity.
• Futu Yijing showed his Demon-Slayer King token, convincing the elders that he was a trusted ally.
• The elders offered Futu Yijing Sword Seals containing stored spiritual energy and explained that the territory's energy was contaminated.
• Futu Yijing revealed the vast spiritual energy stored in the Human Emperor Seal and offered it as logistical support, prompting Yi Jian Heavenly Sovereign to invite him to the Sword Domain.

Futu Yijing and the Sword Domain expeditionary army reached the Outer Realm Evil Clan’s territory and clashed with its defenders. The battle spread across four fronts, with Futu Yijing fighting two Demon Emperors at once.

• Futu Yijing and the Sword Domain army entered a desolate region marked on Yi Jian Heavenly Sovereign’s map as occupied by the Outer Realm Evil Clan.
• Five Demon Emperors and hundreds of Xuan Mo Guards confronted the army from a city wall, and Futu Yijing refused their demand to leave.
• Futu Yijing charged the Xuan Mo Guards, while the Sword Domain cultivators formed an azure sword with their battle intent.
• Yi Jian Heavenly Sovereign and the leading Demon Emperor summoned their Spirits of Battle Intent and Heavenly Sovereign Spirit Bodies, beginning the full-scale battle.
• Wine Sword Heavenly Sovereign and Blood Sword Venerable joined the fighting as the other Demon Emperors entered the fray.
• Futu Yijing suppressed one Demon Emperor in single combat but reached a stalemate against two, choosing not to summon Black Piece and White Piece.

Futu Yijing fought two Demon Emperors and killed one with a devastating spear strike. After a luminous figure protected him from the survivor’s counterattack, Futu Yijing pierced the remaining Demon Emperor’s chest and shattered his demon heart.

• Futu Yijing clashed with two Demon Emperors, combining his Demon-Slaying Spear and True Dragon techniques to withstand their attacks.
• Futu Yijing drew spiritual energy from the Human Emperor Seal and used the Sacred Futu Pagoda to suppress demonic energy.
• Futu Yijing hurled his spear through one Demon Emperor, destroying his Spirit Body and killing him.
• The surviving Demon Emperor launched a powerful palm strike, but an enormous luminous figure formed a Light Wall that blocked it.
• Futu Yijing pierced the surviving Demon Emperor’s shield and chest with his spear, shattering the Demon Emperor’s heart.

After Futu Yijing slew two Demon Emperors and shifted the battle in the Sword Domain Expeditionary Army’s favor, Fan Profound Demon Emperor arrived and threatened to overwhelm them. Futu Yijing revealed his two clones and set out to kill the remaining Nether Demon Emperors while his allies held Fan back.

• The Human Emperor considered passing his inheritance to Futu Yijing, while the Heavenly Emperor noted that Futu had yet to refine his spiritual meridian.
• Futu Yijing’s victories helped the Sword Domain Expeditionary Army gain control of the battlefield.
• Fan Profound Demon Emperor appeared, forcing the outnumbered expeditionary army to face an Immortal Grade opponent.
• Futu Yijing summoned Black Piece and White Piece, revealing his One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones ability.
• Futu Yijing sent Wine Sword Heavenly Sovereign, Blood Sword Venerable, and Yi Jian Heavenly Sovereign to hold Fan back while he and his clones attacked the three Nether Demon Emperors.

Futu Yijing fought through the Xuan Mo Guards until their formation trapped him with the Demon Emperor, who gained overwhelming power inside it. With Black Piece and White Piece unable to help, Futu Yijing poured nearly half the Human Emperor Seal’s spiritual energy into his ancestral spear and prepared to unleash its power.

• Futu Yijing used the Endless Light Body and the Dragon Roar Technique to resist the Xuan Mo Guards’ demonic battle intent and advance toward them.
• Futu Yijing shattered the Demon Emperor’s combined palm strike, crushed a demon general’s head, and charged into the Xuan Mo Guards with his spear.
• The Xuan Mo Guards formed the Xuan Mo Formation around Futu Yijing, sealing him in darkness with the Demon Emperor.
• The Demon Emperor struck Futu Yijing inside the formation, wounded him, and declared that the concentrated power of the demon generals made him king there.
• Black Piece and White Piece could not support Futu Yijing as the two Demon Emperors pressed their attacks and Yi Jian Heavenly Sovereign’s group remained occupied elsewhere.
• Futu Yijing drew nearly half the spiritual energy from the Human Emperor Seal into his ancestral spear, invoked the Futu Sky-Pillaring Spear, and began the Black Dragon Severs the Firmament technique.

Futu Yijing used the Demon Emperor wills sealed in his Futu Sky-Pillaring Spear to unleash overwhelming power and hunt the remaining Nether Demon Emperors. He killed two in quick succession and stored their sealed wills in the Human Emperor Seal, leaving the Human Emperor and Heavenly Emperor astonished.

• Futu Yijing joined the battle after destroying the Xuan Mo Guards and the Demon Emperor, then learned that his spear's sealed Demon Emperor wills could empower him.
• Futu Yijing resolved to collect Demon Emperor wills and develop a secret art of his own using them.
• Futu Yijing's aura approached that of an Immortal Grade Heavenly Sovereign, frightening the Nether Demon Emperor fighting Black Piece into retreat.
• Futu Yijing struck the fleeing Nether Demon Emperor with a sealing dragon, shattered his demon heart, and sealed his remains in a crystal sphere.
• Futu Yijing sent the sealed Demon Emperor will into the Human Emperor Seal, where the Human Emperor and Heavenly Emperor examined it.
• Futu Yijing sent another crystal sphere into the Human Emperor Seal soon afterward, astonishing the Human Emperor and Heavenly Emperor with how quickly he was killing Demon Emperors.

Futu Yijing and the Sword Domain forces overwhelmed Fan Profound Demon Emperor, but he survived Futu Yijing’s final strike and escaped. As Futu Yijing prepared to rejoin the others, he spotted a small world glowing in the crater.

• The Human Emperor and Heavenly Emperor marveled at Futu Yijing’s power as he charged toward Fan Profound Demon Emperor with Black Piece and White Piece.
• Yi Jian Heavenly Sovereign and the others wounded Fan Profound Demon Emperor while keeping him from counterattacking.
• Futu Yijing struck Fan Profound Demon Emperor with Black Dragon Severs the Firmament, and the others moved the Earthly Sovereigns away from the impact.
• Fan Profound Demon Emperor escaped after his demon heart survived the attack, though the Great Futu Art’s seal spread through his body.
• Futu Yijing noticed a fist-sized point of light in the crater and recognized it as a small world.

Futu Yijing entered the Dragon Phoenix Realm in search of the Dragon Phoenix and learned that its guardian faction, Dragon Phoenix Mountain, was holding a tournament for access to a newly revealed secret realm. He recognized a woman leading the Dragon Phoenix Army as someone with a Futu Ancient Clan Pagoda Tower, then watched her announce the tournament’s start.

• Futu Yijing entered the protected Dragon Phoenix Realm and sensed its powerful inhabitants gathering near one location.
• Futu Yijing reached Dragon Phoenix Mountain and learned about its two branches, the secret realm, and the tournament for young talents.
• Futu Yijing saw the Divine Beast Tribe and Dragon Phoenix Army leaders appear, including a woman whose Pagoda Tower responded to a mysterious pull.
• Futu Yijing learned from the Human Emperor that Qing Yang of the Qing Lineage had once served the Dragon Phoenix Empress, and he connected this history to Qing Yanjing’s knowledge of the Dragon Phoenix’s fall.
• The woman announced that the Dragon Phoenix Mountain tournament had begun, and drums sounded across the mountain.

Futu Yijing entered Dragon Phoenix Mountain's secret realm and learned from its guardian that the Dragon Phoenix Empress was still alive and undergoing nirvana. The revelation left him and the Human Emperor and Heavenly Emperor unsure what to do next.

• Futu Yijing entered Dragon Phoenix Mountain's secret realm and sensed the immense pressure of a Saint Grade existence.
• A woman from Dragon Phoenix Mountain discovered Futu Yijing, but he effortlessly suppressed her power and asked about the realm's cultivation levels.
• The woman explained that her ancestors had served in the Dragon Phoenix Empress's army and remained in the realm to protect her during nirvana.
• Futu Yijing learned that the pressure came from the living Dragon Phoenix Empress, who had been protecting her people.
• The Human Emperor and Heavenly Emperor were also stunned by the news, while Futu Yijing wondered whether to return empty-handed.

Futu Yijing met the Dragon Phoenix Empress and absorbed her bloodline power from the phoenix-tree leaves, triggering a violent transformation and a surge in cultivation. He suppressed his advance before reaching immortal grade, but the dragon phoenix bloodline erupted again and began raising his cultivation.

• Futu Yijing crossed the ancient bridge and met the Dragon Phoenix Empress beneath the blazing phoenix trees.
• Futu Yijing refined the bloodline-filled leaves and absorbed their essence, awakening a powerful dragon phoenix phantom and transforming his hair and body.
• Futu Yijing’s pressure spread across the Dragon Phoenix Realm, forcing its inhabitants to their knees until the Dragon Phoenix Empress sealed it inside a dome of light.
• Futu Yijing endured severe injuries as he continued absorbing the dragon phoenix essence blood, while the Dragon Phoenix Empress watched.
• Futu Yijing’s cultivation surged toward immortal grade, but he forced it back down to preserve his path to saint grade.
• The dragon phoenix bloodline erupted again, and Futu Yijing’s cultivation began climbing once more.