Chapter Summaries

Li Qingyue could not approach the Flame Saint Tree, so she entered the outer crimson flames to study their Dao principles and temper her will. As the Fire Domain erupted around her, she realized its flames might help her condense devouring Dao fire and advance the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Art.

• Li Qingyue failed to approach the Flame Saint Tree and decided to comprehend its power through the Nine-Layer Sea of Fire.
• Li Qingyue merged her will with the crimson flames and used the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Art to draw them in and temper herself.
• The Fire Domain erupted, scorching the surrounding land and forcing those searching for Li Qingyue to flee.
• The searchers recognized the devastation as a sign of Li Qingyue and sent word that they had found traces of her.
• Li Qingyue sensed the different Dao principles within the flames and considered condensing devouring Dao fire to refine heaven, earth, and all things.

Li Qingyue comprehended the flames’ Dao and used her survival points to summon flames of many colors, transforming the world within her bitter sea. The resulting upheaval engulfed experts in the Fire Domain, while a Mighty One at its edge wondered who was devouring all the flames.

• Li Qingyue comprehended the flames’ transformations and gathered their Dao patterns into her swallowing life spring.
• The flames ignited her divine power and physique origins, merging the land and firmament within her bitter sea into a world with its own spacetime.
• Li Qingyue spent more than half her survival points to summon flames of other colors, triggering a nine-colored upheaval across the Fire Domain.
• A Dragon Transformation expert and two Half-Step Mighty Ones were swallowed by the flames, while other onlookers and powerful figures struggled to approach.
• A Mighty One at the edge of the Seventh Layer saw his nine-colored petal burst apart and wondered who was devouring the Fire Domain’s flames.

The Demonic Man with blood-red hair watched Li Qingyue cultivate deep within the Fire Domain as the gathered powers speculated about her and the ancient flames. Li Qingyue completed the Heaven-Swallowing Dao Fire, sensed a coming Heavenly Tribulation, and decided to forge a Dragon-Patterned Black Gold Cauldron.

• The Demonic Man with blood-red hair retreated from the Fire Domain’s spreading force and saw experts from the Eastern Wasteland’s Seven Great Holy Land and the Feathered Divine Dynasty gathered outside.
• The Demonic Man with blood-red hair learned that those assembled were discussing Li Qingyue, whom they called a demoness, and chose to wait in concealment.
• Li Qingyue fused the Dao patterns she had comprehended into her body and formed the Heaven-Swallowing Dao Fire within her Swallowing Life Spring.
• Li Qingyue’s Bitter Sea transformed as the Dao fire smelted flames and other powers, but she could not yet ascend to the Dao Palace realm.
• Li Qingyue sensed Heavenly Tribulation approaching and decided to forge an immortal-gold treasure in the form of a Dragon-Patterned Black Gold Cauldron.

Li Qingyue entered the heart of the Fire Domain, where her newly formed heaven-swallowing dao fire let her endure and refine the nine-colored flames. She began forging a cauldron from dragon-patterned black gold, but shaping the immortal metal would take time.

• Li Qingyue tested her dao fire against the ninth layer of flames and refined the fire into her Bitter Sea.
• She used the Myriad Transformations Sacred Art to dissolve the nine-colored flames and realized her strength had advanced.
• Li Qingyue entered the ninth layer and traveled to the Flame Saint Tree at the Fire Domain's core.
• She sent more than a hundred chunks of dragon-patterned black gold into the core flames to forge a cauldron for her future tribulations.
• Li Qingyue infused the melting black gold with Heaven-Swallowing Dao Patterns, but the immortal metal remained difficult to shape.

Li Qingyue used the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Art and the Fire Domain’s flames to forge a cauldron from dragon-patterned black gold while tempering her body with immortal gold essence. She completed the Black-Gold Dragon-Patterned Cauldron as onlookers gathered outside the Fire Domain, drawn by rumors of immortal gold and an Ancient Great Emperor Inheritance.

• Li Qingyue devoured the nine-colored flames to gather enough essence to forge the cauldron and struck dao patterns into the dragon-patterned black gold.
• The pounding sounds reached cultivators outside the Fire Sea Core, who suspected Li Qingyue was tempering immortal gold and began gathering to seize it and the rumored inheritance.
• Li Qingyue melted the black gold into one mass, absorbed its pure essence, and grew stronger as she forged the treasure.
• Li Qingyue merged the 365 divine patterns from her Bitter Sea into her flesh and bones, repeatedly breaking and repairing her body as it transformed.
• Li Qingyue shaped the remaining black gold into a small, round cauldron, which drew in the surrounding flames and shone with nine-colored light.

Li Qingyue completed the Dragon-Patterned Black Gold Cauldron and tried to leave the Fire Domain, only to find her escape blocked by a huge force that had sealed the region. Surrounded by more than a thousand cultivators, she faced an order for everyone to subdue her and let strength decide.

• Li Qingyue used the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Art to move the Dragon-Patterned Black Gold Cauldron, activate its defensive pure land, and absorb the surrounding flames.
• Li Qingyue stored the cauldron and left the Flame Saint Tree behind, planning to find a Dao Palace Realm scripture and grow stronger.
• Li Qingyue reached the Fire Domain's edge and destroyed the flames with her strengthened Myriad Transformations Sacred Art.
• Li Qingyue tried to cross the void with the Profound Jade Platform, but the sealed space rebounded her power and shattered it.
• More than a thousand cultivators gathered around Li Qingyue, and a Four Extremes Realm old man declared that the region was sealed.
• The old man and the surrounding cultivators called for a joint attack on Li Qingyue, saying strength would decide what happened next.

Li Qingyue was surrounded by Southern Region factions seeking the bounty on her, and they attacked her with prepared formations. She emerged unharmed beneath the Ghost Face Mask and rose into the air, leaving her attackers terrified.

• More than ten Southern Region factions surrounded Li Qingyue with formations designed to suppress her Heaven-Swallowing Demon Art.
• The factions linked their banners, treasures, and Dao patterns to cage Li Qingyue and shield themselves from suppression.
• Li Qingyue put on the Ghost Face Mask as the attackers unleashed their strongest techniques against her.
• The attackers’ palm imprints crumbled as Li Qingyue walked through them unharmed.
• Li Qingyue rose into the air, and the Four Extremes Realm cultivators recoiled in fear from her killing gaze.

Li Qingyue unleashed her manifested killing intent and fought a dozen Four Extremes Realm experts, knocking their treasures away with her bare hands. As she advanced, she began developing a powerful offensive technique that the onlookers identified as a Life-Killing Great Art.

• Li Qingyue resolved to grow strong enough to destroy the Divine Dynasty, and her will manifested as a freezing vision filled with killing intent.
• A dozen Four Extremes Realm experts attacked Li Qingyue together with their treasures.
• Li Qingyue shattered the void with a step and struck the incoming treasures with her bare hands, sending them flying back and damaging them.
• The experts retreated to their formations to regain control of their treasures as onlookers marveled at Li Qingyue's strength and body.
• Li Qingyue's killing intent and Dao patterns gathered as she developed an offensive art, which the onlookers recognized as a Life-Killing Great Art.

Li Qingyue developed a terrifying Life-Killing Great Art and attacked the Four Extremes Realm experts who had surrounded her. Her sword rays pierced their defenses, leaving them fighting for their lives as she pressed forward.

• Li Qingyue formed a blood-stained sword from killing intent and divine power, then unleashed a sword ray that shattered the experts’ treasures and wounded them.
• The spectators recognized her attack as a Life-Killing Great Art, while Li Qingyue realized she had developed a way of slaughter through her fury and killing intent.
• Li Qingyue crossed the distance in an instant and slashed at the Four Extremes Realm cultivators again.
• The cultivators joined their power with the grand formation and unleashed flames, a white tiger, and crashing waves, but Li Qingyue’s sword light tore through their attack.
• The Four Extremes Realm experts urged one another to stop holding back and fight for their lives.

Li Qingyue revealed the Myriad Transformations Sacred Art and shattered the secret treasures wielded by a dozen Four Extremes Realm experts. Masked and surrounded by holy light, she stepped into the crowd and swept her blood-colored sword outward.

• The Four Extremes Realm experts unleashed secret treasures that manifested as fierce beasts and attacked Li Qingyue.
• Li Qingyue swept her palm through the shattered void, causing the beasts and the surrounding void to crumble.
• Li Qingyue pierced through the void and slashed the secret-treasure manifestations apart, cracking the treasures and injuring their owners.
• The onlookers wondered at Li Qingyue's power, unaware that her Myriad Transformations Sacred Art combined the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Art with the Heaven-Swallowing Dao Fire.
• Li Qingyue ignored the crowd's reactions, stepped among them, and swept her blood-colored sword outward.

Li Qingyue used her newly created Life-Killing Great Art to destroy a Four Extremes Realm cultivator with one strike. The remaining cultivators joined forces to suppress her, and she stood her ground and raised her palm against their attack.

• Li Qingyue's sword light devoured a Four Extremes Realm cultivator's power and origin, leaving him as dry bones.
• Li Qingyue recognized the sword art as the Life-Killing Great Art and considered how her devouring Dao had shaped its power.
• More than a dozen Four Extremes Realm cultivators joined forces with nearly a hundred Dao Palace Realm cultivators arrayed behind them.
• The cultivators gathered Heaven and Earth's power into illusory Dharma manifestations and launched a massive attack on Li Qingyue.
• Li Qingyue refused to retreat, dispersed her sword light, and raised her palm to strike against the heavens.

Li Qingyue unleashed her newly created secret arts and overwhelmed more than a dozen Four Extremes Realm cultivators with a devastating palm strike. She moved in to suppress them as they tried to flee.

• Li Qingyue manifested a peerless figure from her powerful will and soared into the void.
• She combined the Only I Am Supreme Art and Heaven-Slaying Dao to raise her strength several cultivation stages.
• Li Qingyue unleashed the Flying Immortal Art, striking the gathered power of the Four Extremes Realm cultivators with a brilliant palm imprint.
• Her attack shattered their collective power and injured the cultivators, who staggered backward and feared her might.
• Li Qingyue appeared before the injured cultivators and enveloped them in holy light to suppress them.

Li Qingyue slaughtered the Four Extremes cultivators blocking her way, terrifying the onlookers with her overwhelming power. Holy Sons, Saintesses, and family heirs then confronted her, and a Holy Son of the Heavenly Pivot Holy Land asked her to hand over the Immortal Gold in exchange for safe passage.

• Li Qingyue killed the Four Extremes cultivators and destroyed their formation, leaving only withered bones behind.
• The onlookers retreated in fear while several Holy Sons, Saintesses, and family heirs remained facing Li Qingyue.
• The crowd identified the gathered figures and discussed which Holy Lands and families had not sent representatives.
• Li Qingyue recognized the figures as acquaintances from the banquet in Ancient Source City and asked whether they meant to block her path.
• A Holy Son of the Heavenly Pivot Holy Land warned that the Immortal Gold had drawn powerful forces from across the Eastern Wasteland and Northern Plains, then offered to let Li Qingyue leave if she handed it over.

Li Qingyue refused to surrender the immortal gold despite the five heirs’ warnings that the Eastern Wasteland’s powers would stop her from leaving safely. When she insisted they take it only by killing her, the Heavenly Pivot Holy Son, the Heavenly Secret Holy Son, the Jade Balance Saintess, and the Wang and Peng family heirs prepared to attack.

• Li Qingyue recognized the Heavenly Pivot Holy Son, Heavenly Secret Holy Son, Jade Balance Saintess, and the Wang and Peng family heirs as formidable leaders from the Eastern Wasteland.
• The Jade Balance Saintess and the others urged Li Qingyue to give up the immortal gold and offered to intercede for her with the Feathered Divine Dynasty.
• Li Qingyue refused, explaining that she needed the immortal gold to survive the heavenly tribulations caused by her cultivation of the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Art.
• The five exchanged glances and unleashed their powerful auras after Li Qingyue told them to take the immortal gold only if they killed her.

The Jade Balance Saintess confronted Li Qingyue while the Holy Sons guarded the battlefield. As the two women prepared to fight, Li Qingyue unveiled a vast vision of heaven, earth, and stars that matched the Saintess’s might.

• The five Holy Sons released terrifying auras, and spectators discussed their power and Li Qingyue’s ability to defeat Four Extremes cultivators.
• The Jade Balance Saintess told Chen Feng, Shu Chen, Wang Heng, and Peng Yu to hold the perimeter, then approached Li Qingyue with her Guanghan Heavenly Palace appearing behind her.
• The Jade Balance Saintess warned Li Qingyue that the Feathered Divine Dynasty’s people might arrive and invited her to fight without holding back.
• Li Qingyue agreed, and the two women faced each other in the void as the Holy Sons guarded the area and spectators watched.
• Li Qingyue released holy light that formed a phantom world of blue skies, seas, mountains, rivers, and stars, astonishing the onlookers with its power.

Li Qingyue overwhelmed the Jade Balance Saintess with her world-like vision and a devouring palm, forcing her to retreat. As the Feathered Divine Dynasty’s experts approached, Li Qingyue summoned a black cauldron and challenged everyone to attack her together.

• The Jade Balance Saintess unleashed her Guanghan Heavenly Palace vision, but it could not affect Li Qingyue’s phantom world.
• Li Qingyue struck with a world-shaking palm that devoured the Saintess’s icy power and drove her back.
• The Jade Balance Saintess realized Li Qingyue’s strength could rival experts of the Dragon Transformation Realm.
• Li Qingyue sensed the Feathered Divine Dynasty’s experts approaching and summoned a pitch-black cauldron above her head.
• Li Qingyue challenged everyone present to attack her together.

Li Qingyue challenged the Heavenly Mechanism Holy Son, the Heavenly Pivot Holy Son, the Jade Balance Saintess, and the Holy Sons of the Wang and Peng Families at once, unleashing her immortal-gold Dragon-Pattern Black Cauldron. As the five opponents counterattacked with their powerful physiques, Li Qingyue recognized the rare lineages among them.

• Li Qingyue revealed the Dragon-Pattern Black Cauldron she had forged from immortal gold in the Fire Domain, astonishing the onlookers.
• Li Qingyue attacked all five Holy Sons and Saintesses with the cauldron's Devouring Dao, creating a vast black hole that shattered everything nearby.
• The Heavenly Mechanism Holy Son called for the group to attack, and all five opponents unleashed their visions against Li Qingyue's cauldron.
• The crowd identified the Heavenly Mechanism Holy Son's nine heavens king body and the Heavenly Pivot Holy Son's divine body, while a hidden voice claimed the Wang and Peng Holy Sons had Ancient Race bloodlines.
• Li Qingyue suspected the Wang Family was descended from the Golden Ancient Race and recognized the other opponents' nine heavens king body, divine body, and guanghan spirit body.

Li Qingyue used the Dragon-Patterned Black Gold Cauldron to suppress five powerful opponents, whose visions briefly held it back before her Heaven-Swallowing Demon Art shattered their resistance. The five Saint Sons realized that her demonic art was absorbing their attacks as the cauldron continued to descend.

• The Heavenly Mechanism Saint Son summoned the Nine Heavens Soaring Clouds Vision, and the Heavenly Pivot Saint Son unleashed the Rising Bright Moon Over the Sea Vision to resist Li Qingyue's cauldron.
• The Wang Family Saint Son and the Peng Family Saint Son added their visions, and all five opponents combined their power to pin the cauldron in the air.
• Li Qingyue activated the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Art, shattering the five visions and driving the cauldron down another hundred zhang.
• The five Saint Sons and Saintess struck upward together, but the cauldron dissolved their attacks and absorbed the resulting power.
• The five opponents recognized Li Qingyue's demonic art as the cauldron continued to suppress them.

Li Qingyue used the Dragon-Patterned Black Gold Cauldron and the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Art to suppress five Holy Sons and Saintesses, draining their vitality and life origins despite their Saint Weapons. Half-Step Mighty Ones attacked her, but a mysterious laughter began dissolving their techniques and the hands reaching for the cauldron.

• The five Holy Sons and Saintesses brought out their Saint Weapons, but the black cauldron smelted their radiance and devoured their vitality.
• Li Qingyue’s Heaven-Swallowing Demon Art revealed the embryonic form of the Great Devouring Dao, and she ordered the Dragon-Patterned Black Gold Cauldron to suppress the five.
• The Heavenly Mechanism Holy Son and the others realized their life origins were draining away and feared the cauldron would ruin their Saint Weapons.
• Several Half-Step Mighty Ones emerged from the void, attacked Li Qingyue, and reached for the black cauldron.
• A clear laughter rang out, crumbling the Half-Step Mighty Ones’ attacks and dissolving their hands as a voice condemned the Holy Lands for sending elders after the young.

A mysterious powerhouse shattered the Half-Step Mighty Ones’ attacks with a terrifying flower-shaped display of Dao power, protecting Li Qingyue and intimidating everyone present. The crowd recognized him as the legendary Demon Flower Bloom, and he began responding to their claim that the Holy Lord of Tianxuan had sealed him away.

• A booming laugh filled the area with floral fragrance, and its Dao resonance dissolved the Half-Step Mighty Ones’ attacks.
• Petals tore through space and formed a vast flower that absorbed the surrounding power before blooming with world-destroying force.
• Li Qingyue sensed that the power was meant to intimidate rather than kill and realized the unseen speaker had intervened to save her.
• A Half-Step Mighty One recognized the voice as Demon Flower Bloom, prompting others to recall his bloody history and fear his return.
• The unseen Demon Flower Bloom chuckled and questioned the claim that the Holy Lord of Tianxuan had sealed him away.