Chapter Summaries

Xiao Hua showed the Wen family a plum blossom token that they recognized as the long-missing Heavenly Plum Token, and the elders agreed to research its origins before deciding what to do with it. He then accompanied Wen Zhou to see the Wen disciples practicing his cultivation technique, but was surprised when Wen Zhou activated a formation instead of leading him directly to Coiled Dragon Mountain.

• Wen Zhou told Xiao Hua that Wen family disciples were practicing the technique on the fourth level of Coiled Dragon Mountain, and the elders revealed that they had gathered nearly a hundred thousand young descendants for selection.
• Xiao Hua asked whether the Wen family bloodline was connected to a Phoenix True Spirit, then showed the plum blossom token he had found beside a Bone Phoenix.
• Wen Zhou and the other elders recognized the token as the Heavenly Plum Token and agreed to search the ancestral shrine records while leaving it with Xiao Hua until the family head returned.
• After the elders left, Xiao Hua promised to return the token without asking for payment once he learned its origin, and Wen Zhou led him toward the cultivation demonstration.
• Wen Zhou activated a concealed formation in a small room behind the Council Hall, prompting Xiao Hua to question whether the fourth level was actually inside Coiled Dragon Mountain.

Xiao Hua traveled with Wen Zhou and the others through a Teleportation Array within Coiled Dragon Mountain, while Wen Qingfan returned to the Wen family from a distant valley. True Person Ji Yan and the others arrived through a Land Teleportation Bridge and questioned Wen Qingfan about Zhang Xiaohua, learning that Wen Zhou was currently in charge and had just welcomed an honored guest.

• Xiao Hua entered the Teleportation Array after Wen Zhou, Liu Qingyu, and the others.
• Wen Qingfan emerged from a hidden Teleportation Array with a woman and ordered his disciples to prepare a feast for Peach Blossom Fairy.
• A Nascent Soul disciple told Wen Qingfan that Fourth Ancestor Wen Zhou had used Neon Sky Welcoming Guests for an honored visitor.
• True Person Ji Yan and his companions arrived through a Land Teleportation Bridge, and Ji Yan rebuked Wen Qingfan for missing the Alliance Meeting.
• Old Man Gu Qiong asked whether Zhang Xiaohua was on Coiled Dragon Mountain, and Wen Qingfan said he did not know him.
• Ancestor Ye Family asked who led the Wen family, and Wen Qingfan answered that Fourth Ancestor Wen Zhou was in charge and had just welcomed a guest.

True Person Ji Yan and Old Man Gu Qiong took control of the Wen family's Teleportation Arrays to intercept Zhang Xiaohua, while urging Wen Qingfan to reclaim his ambition and showing him the importance of Zhang's techniques. The chapter left Xiao Hua arriving through a Teleportation Array.

• True Person Ji Yan ordered Wen Qingfan to seal the Wen family's Teleportation Arrays so Zhang Xiaohua could not leave Coiled Dragon Mountain.
• Old Man Gu Qiong urged Wen Qingfan to summon Wen Zhen and criticized him for neglecting his responsibilities, prompting Wen Qingfan to admit he felt overshadowed by Wen Hou.
• True Person Ji Yan and Old Man Gu Qiong encouraged Wen Qingfan to stand on his own and revealed the Alliance Decree and Zhang Xiaohua's Spiritual Root techniques.
• Wen Qingfan realized Zhang Xiaohua's work could make the Wen family the birthplace of the Spiritual Root Cultivation Technique.
• Xiao Hua stepped into a Teleportation Array and arrived in another space after a brief flash of light.

Xiao Hua and his companions entered a vast Blood Formation, where he discovered that nearly a hundred thousand children and hundreds of Wen family disciples were trapped in devil formations. Wen Zhou revealed that he intended to kill Xiao Hua because his Spiritual Root Art threatened the Devil Race’s plans for Yilin Continent.

• Xiao Hua recognized the Blood Formation and tried to pull Nuo Yeqing, Liu Qingyu, and Yuehua into his space, but Wen Zhou warned that they could not escape.
• Xiao Hua knocked Liu Qingyu, Yuehua, and Nuo Yeqing unconscious and brought them into his space as devil patterns engulfed the children and Wen family disciples.
• The children and disciples burst apart as their blood and flesh fed the devil formations, while their souls were torn apart and formed into blood beads.
• Xiao Hua released the Netherworld Primordial Force and tried to stop Wen Zhou, but the formation had isolated the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi.
• Wen Zhou told Xiao Hua that he planned to kill him because his Spiritual Root Art could let cultivators with spiritual roots cultivate and interfere with the Devil Race’s rise.

Wen Zhou revealed that he had used Xiao Hua’s arrival to activate a blood array and refine the Myriad Spirit Blood Pearl, then transformed into a Devil Emperor and attacked. Xiao Hua collected the remaining wandering souls, struck back with powerful divine sense and Qiu Yin Liu, and left Wen Zhou weakened and exposed.

• Wen Zhou confessed that he had seized control of the Wen clan and arranged the blood array, using Xiao Hua’s arrival to spread its blood Baleful Intent and refine the Myriad Spirit Blood Pearl.
• Wen Zhou transformed into a Devil Emperor and attacked Xiao Hua, who continued collecting the human wandering souls while fleeing.
• Xiao Hua’s divine-sense hammer dented Wen Zhou’s devilish palm and disrupted the blood waves, astonishing Wen Zhou.
• Wen Zhou stabbed at Xiao Hua with a blood-red bone spike, but Xiao Hua blocked it with Qiu Yin Liu, which shattered the spike and pierced Wen Zhou’s arm.
• Wen Zhou severed the pierced arm, but Qiu Yin Liu’s invading devilish qi broke his devilish markings and weakened him to the Devil King Realm.
• Xiao Hua mocked the weakened Wen Zhou and declared that he would take his life.

Wen Zhou sacrificed himself to unleash a blood ritual that trapped Xiao Hua and caused the demon formation to destroy Coiled Dragon Mountain. Old Man Gu Qiong and True Person Ji Yan rushed to investigate, suspecting the Wen family was behind the disaster.

• Wen Zhou exploded his demonic body and soul, scattering black shadows throughout the demon formation.
• Wen Zhou’s blood beads gathered into twin vortices that imprisoned Xiao Hua and forced him into the formation’s pointed tip.
• The demon formation collapsed, unleashing blood waves and a force that split Coiled Dragon Mountain and sealed the surrounding space.
• Old Man Gu Qiong and True Person Ji Yan sensed the upheaval and hurried to Coiled Dragon Mountain, leaving Wen Qingfan behind.
• Old Man Gu Qiong concluded that someone from the Wen family had likely conducted a blood ritual sacrificing more than a hundred thousand living beings.

The Blood Fiend Spiritual Pearl escaped through a spatial fault as Coiled Dragon Mountain collapsed, and the supreme cultivators suppressed the failing devil formation. After confirming that no people or souls remained beneath the mountain, Wen Qingfan organized the Wen Family’s response and questioned his clan elders about the events that had unfolded.

• The Blood Fiend Spiritual Pearl shrank and vanished through a spatial fault before Old Man Gu Qiong and the other supreme cultivators could seize it.
• Old Man Gu Qiong ordered the cultivators to suppress the collapsing devil formation, and True Person Ji Yan and Ancestor Ye Family used their treasures to stabilize the land.
• Fairy Mo Yun searched beneath the earth and reported that the devil formation had disappeared, with no trace of the Devil Race, Human Race, or any souls.
• Wen Qingfan ordered Wen Qing and Wen Yuxi to rescue endangered disciples and assigned Wen Zhuoqi and other clan members to handle urgent matters.
• After night fell, Wen Qingfan questioned Wen Zhen and the three clan elders about the trial, Zhang Xiaohua, and the events in the Council Hall, including the Heavenly Plum Token.

Wen Qingfan outlined two possibilities for Zhang Xiaohua’s identity and concluded that Wen Zhou had likely killed him to destroy the Dao Alliance’s cultivation reforms. The chapter ended with Wen Zhen producing copied techniques that delighted True Person Ji Yan and the other seniors.

• Wen Qingfan proposed that Zhang Xiaohua was either a Devil Race infiltrator or a human targeted by Wen Zhou, and the elders explained why no one could have escaped through the Blood Fiend Spiritual Pearl.
• Wen Qingfan concluded that Wen Zhou had tried to destroy Zhang Xiaohua and the modified cultivation techniques to harm the Dao Alliance, while admitting he had given Wen Zhou authority over the sect.
• Old Man Gu Qiong and Ancestor Ye Family questioned Wen Qingfan and the clan elders about Wen Zhou’s possession and whether any copies of the techniques remained.
• Wen Zhen revealed that he had copied jade slips, and True Person Ji Yan quickly took them and made copies for the other seniors.
• True Person Ji Yan examined the jade slips and discovered they contained complete Qi Refinement and Foundation Establishment techniques, along with several Golden Core techniques.

The Dao Alliance mourned Zhang Xiaohua and prepared to use his cultivation techniques to revive Daoist cultivation, while Wen Qingfan gained their support as head of the Wen family. Unbeknownst to them, Xiao Hua was still alive, struggling against immense teleportation force as he escaped the devil formation.

• Wen Zhen explained that Senior Zhang had willingly let him copy cultivation techniques, and True Person Ji Yan rewarded the Wen family for providing the jade slips.
• Old Man Gu Qiong encouraged Wen Qingfan, revealed the story behind his name, and instructed him to activate the Wen family's Teleportation Arrays.
• True Person Ji Yan and the others concluded that Zhang Xiaohua had likely died in the devil formation, though they had found no bodies, and decided to share his techniques and investigate the Devil Race.
• The Dao Alliance members traveled toward the Heaven Alliance, while Xiao Hua resisted the power of the souls in the Blood Fiend Spiritual Pearl and an overwhelming teleportation force.

Xiao Hua struggled against the Ten Thousand Blood Pearl’s bloodline force during teleportation and feared it would send him to the Demon Realm. Demon Venerable Slayer awakened, and after discussing their situation, Xiao Hua reconsidered his distrust of him.

• The blood pearls’ combined soul and bloodline force threatened to destroy Xiao Hua’s body, and he fought back with his demonic techniques.
• After more than ten days of teleportation, Xiao Hua feared the Ten Thousand Blood Pearl was sending him to the Demon Realm and prepared to refine it into his demonic body.
• Demon Venerable Slayer awakened and asked Xiao Hua about the abundant Blood Spirit aura.
• Xiao Hua explained how Wen Zhou had trapped him, and Demon Venerable Slayer realized he could not move because their bodies were still recovering from crossing realms.
• Demon Venerable Slayer thanked Xiao Hua, prompting Xiao Hua to reflect on his own mistrust and decide to give him more trust.

Demon Venerable Slayer took control of Xiao Hua’s body and rapidly refined most of the blood essence inside the Blood Fiend Spiritual Pearl. When he looked beyond the pearl, he found it had fallen into a dangerous abyss filled with scattered spatial fragments and violent storms.

• Demon Venerable Slayer discovered that Demon Blade Shi had fused into his Law Body, and Xiao Hua accepted that it belonged there.
• Demon Venerable Slayer took control of Xiao Hua’s body while Xiao Hua withdrew to revise his cultivation technique.
• Demon Venerable Slayer unleashed devil flames and blood-devil tentacles, refining ninety percent of the essence blood from the Wen family disciples’ blood pearls.
• Demon Venerable Slayer’s devil sense was torn apart when he tried to probe outside the Blood Fiend Spiritual Pearl.
• Demon Venerable Slayer saw that the pearl was spinning through an abyss of incomplete celestial fragments and raging spatial storms, and wondered why Wen Zhou had sent it there.

Demon Venerable Slayer discovered that the Blood Fiend Spiritual Pearl was being drawn toward a hidden Devil Race ritual in the Heaven Sacrificing Abyss. The Devil Race members began a formation to awaken Demon Venerable Ju, while the final pearl’s arrival remained uncertain.

• Demon Venerable Slayer realized that a force was guiding the Blood Fiend Spiritual Pearl toward a particular spatial fragment.
• A devil-helmeted Devil Race member said the group had gathered blood essence from forty-eight clans and needed the final pearl refined from the Wen clan of Coiled Dragon Mountain.
• The Devil Race members discussed the delayed pearl and feared they would miss the chance to revive Demon Venerable Ju, whose incomplete remains lay beneath them.
• When the hour of Yin Gang arrived, the leader decided to begin the ritual despite the missing pearl and the risk of Dao Alliance cultivators tracking them.
• The leader and forty-six other Devil Race members sent blood shadows into their pearls, which blazed and formed forty-eight Demonic Pillars from the surrounding devil qi.

Demon Venerable Slayer emerged from the Blood Fiend Spiritual Pearl and devoured the forty-nine devil cultivators and the gathered bloodline, soul, and yin astral power. After several years, Xiao Hua and Slayer collected the remaining pearls and prepared to head to the Wumeng Mountain Range, leaving Demon Venerable Ju’s remains for Zhang Qingxiao.

• The final Blood Fiend Spiritual Pearl shattered, releasing Demon Venerable Slayer, who recognized Demon Venerable Ju’s remains and the power gathered in the space.
• Demon Venerable Slayer killed and devoured the forty-nine devil cultivators, then absorbed the power flowing from the Blood Fiend Spiritual Pearls.
• Several years later, Slayer emerged from Xiao Hua’s bloodline and told Xiao Hua he had learned nothing about why Demon Venerable Ju’s remains were there.
• Xiao Hua told Slayer to give Demon Venerable Ju’s remains to Zhang Qingxiao and ordered him to gather the pearls before they left for the Wumeng Mountain Range.
• Demon Venerable Slayer merged the remaining Blood Fiend Spiritual Pearls into one and began drawing in the surrounding devil qi.

Demon Venerable Slayer recovered the missing tip of Demon Blade Shi, revealing a fragment of its Heaven and Earth Law in Xiao Hua’s arm and prompting Xiao Hua to speculate that all things were formed from Laws. Sacred light then emerged from beneath Demon Venerable Ju’s remains and attacked his devil body, and Demon Venerable Slayer prepared to destroy the holy artifact producing it.

• Demon Blade Shi’s missing tip emerged from the demonic qi and joined the broken blade fused with Demon Venerable Slayer.
• Xiao Hua sensed an incomplete Law of Demon Blade Shi in his left arm and reasoned that artifacts, bodies, and cultivation might all be connected to Heaven and Earth Laws.
• Unknown chanting and sacred light erupted from beneath Demon Venerable Ju’s mutilated body, summoning winged spirit bodies that fought the devil heads.
• The sacred light damaged Demon Venerable Ju’s already crumbling body, while Xiao Hua urged Demon Venerable Slayer to take it in for Zhang Qingxiao.
• Demon Venerable Slayer recognized the light as belonging to the Sacred Light Realm and declared that he would destroy the unmastered holy artifact producing it.

Xiao Hua entered the sacred-light space beneath Demon Venerable Ju’s remnant body and found a vessel radiating the light. He subdued and collected it, while Demon Venerable Slayer sealed the remnant body and gave Xiao Hua its blood crystal.

• Demon Venerable Slayer suppressed the sacred light with Demon Blade Shi while Xiao Hua descended to investigate.
• Xiao Hua entered the bright space, saw spirit bodies transform into armed guardians, and found a vessel at its bottom.
• A luminous figure appeared above the vessel and blocked Xiao Hua, who explained his intentions and said he planned to collect it.
• Xiao Hua formed a lightning restriction around the vessel, then extinguished its sacred light and captured it.
• Demon Venerable Slayer sealed Demon Venerable Ju’s remnant body in a blood crystal and handed it to Xiao Hua, who also sealed the vessel in his space.

Xiao Hua spoke with Demon Venerable Slayer about their bond and learned that they were at the bottom of the Heaven Sacrificing Abyss, on the border between the Heaven Alliance and the Dao Alliance. They decided to seek information from the Shaque Immortal Alliance before attempting to cross the Wumeng Mountain Range.

• Xiao Hua entrusted Demon Venerable Slayer with refining the demon blade and protecting him, affirming that he and the other incarnations were family and fellow Masters of the Creation Sect.
• Demon Venerable Slayer told Xiao Hua that they were at the bottom of the Heaven Sacrificing Abyss, which marked the boundary between the Heaven Alliance and the Dao Alliance.
• Demon Venerable Slayer explained that the Heaven Alliance and Dao Alliance were rival leagues of Daoist sects, and that the Chan He Sect did not belong to the Qu Pu Immortal Alliance despite being within its sphere of influence.
• Xiao Hua asked whether the Shaque Immortal Alliance belonged to either alliance, but Demon Venerable Slayer did not know.
• Xiao Hua decided to fly toward the Wumeng Mountain Range and agreed with Demon Venerable Slayer that they should first find the Shaque Immortal Alliance to learn how it had crossed the range's innate restriction.

Xiao Hua and Demon Venerable Slayer escaped the Heaven Sacrificing Abyss through the Devil Race’s Black Demon Paths. They emerged beside an old Teleportation Array, where Xiao Hua realized how many secrets of the world remained beyond his knowledge.

• Demon Venerable Slayer opened a Black Demon Path in the spatial fragment, and Xiao Hua followed him through it.
• After emerging from the abyss, Xiao Hua chose another Black Demon Path over the Heaven Alliance’s Teleportation Array to avoid trouble near the Dao Alliance.
• Xiao Hua and Demon Venerable Slayer traveled to a desolate swamp and entered the second Black Demon Path.
• They emerged atop a mountain, where Xiao Hua discovered the path’s exit lay inside an old Teleportation Array that could still be repaired and used.
• Xiao Hua reflected that his knowledge remained shallow despite cultivating many techniques.

Xiao Hua learned why the Devil Race had come to Yilin Continent, then brought Yuehua and Liu Qingyu out of his space and offered them a choice about their future. He revealed his identity and invited them to join the Creation Sect, summoning Li Xiang and Xiong Yi to receive them.

• Demon Venerable Slayer told Xiao Hua that the Devil Race had entered Yilin Continent during a realm overlap and that their purpose seemed connected to Demon Venerable Ju.
• Demon Venerable Slayer advised Xiao Hua to use his Zhang Xiaohua appearance to avoid being recognized by Demon General Ji Peng or the Shaque Immortal Alliance.
• Xiao Hua brought Yuehua and Liu Qingyu out of his space and assured Liu Qingyu that his disciple was safe.
• Xiao Hua offered Yuehua and Liu Qingyu the choice of following him or returning to the Chan He Sect, and they called him Master.
• Xiao Hua revealed himself as True Person Xiao Hua, Grand Master of the Creation Sect, and said his disciples would accept them into the sect.
• Xiao Hua summoned Li Xiang and Xiong Yi, who bowed and greeted him as their Master.

Xiao Hua brought Yue Hua and Liu Qingyu into the Creation Sect, where Li Xiang accepted them as disciples despite their ordinary aptitudes. He prepared to return to the Xiaoyu Continent and left Nuo Yeqing’s affairs to fate.

• Xiao Hua explained the dangers of the Yilin Continent and said he intended to cross the Wumeng Mountain Range toward the Xiaoyu Continent.
• Xiong Yi examined Yue Hua and Liu Qingyu but declined to take them as disciples, so Li Xiang accepted both of them.
• Xiao Hua gave Yue Hua and Liu Qingyu pills, and Demon Venerable Slayer appeared and frightened them before returning to the space.
• Xiao Hua used the Kunlun Mirror to send Xiong Yi, Li Xiang, Yue Hua, and Liu Qingyu back to the Shenhua Continent, promising to summon them again after reaching the Xiaoyu Continent.
• Liu Qingyu asked Xiao Hua to bring Nuo Yeqing into the Creation Sect, but Xiao Hua said he would not interfere in Nuo Yeqing’s affairs.

Xiao Hua declined to interfere with Nuo Yeqing’s choices and flew on toward an imposing city in the Heavenly Alliance. Near its gates, he met an unfamiliar, monk-like cultivator and asked whether he knew True Person Liao of Jinqiu Mountain.

• Liu Qingyu pleaded with Xiao Hua to reveal the Creation Sect’s strength to persuade Nuo Yeqing, but Xiao Hua explained that he respected people’s choices and affinity.
• Xiao Hua used the Kunlun Mirror to take the others in, then continued flying toward a distant great city.
• Xiao Hua examined the city’s towering walls, mountain, and powerful formation, and judged it more impressive than Xuntian City despite appearing ordinary.
• As Xiao Hua approached the gates, an obese cultivator riding a white-tiger-like spirit beast flew over from a bamboo grove.
• Xiao Hua greeted the cultivator and asked whether he knew True Person Liao of Jinqiu Mountain.