Chapter Summaries

Xu Zimo secured the Six Domains Alliance’s support for a war against the Divine Court and agreed to infiltrate it to obtain the last ancient god’s inheritance needed to free the Devil Race. After the meeting, he returned to the Kunxu Domain and summoned its soul bodies.

• Xu Zimo told the alliance leaders that cooperation against the Divine Court would benefit them all and asked them to help free the Devil Race from the Ancient Demon Cave.
• The Lord of the Dead revealed that his spy in the Divine Court was one of the Thirty-Six Emperors and could help one person infiltrate it.
• Xu Zimo volunteered to enter the Divine Court and obtain the final ancient god’s inheritance, after which the Six Domains and Devil Race would launch a decisive attack.
• The Lord of the Dead gave Xu Zimo snow jade for contacting the Holy Emperor, and Xu Zimo returned to the Kunxu Domain.
• Xu Zimo formed seals, summoning the soul bodies throughout the Kunxu Domain.

Xu Zimo used the God Offering Method to command billions of soul bodies and sent them through the passage to the Calamity Immortal Domain. The Sacred Court’s defenders summoned the Sacred Ancestor’s Outer Body, which began to emerge from its statue.

• Xu Zimo used the God Offering Method to gather billions of soul bodies and lead them toward the Calamity Immortal Domain.
• The Yellow Springs Sacred Emperor, the Undying Sacred Emperor, the Pure Yang Sacred Emperor, and their allies guarded the passage, with Elder Nine Pythons overseeing additional sentries.
• The defenders detected a disturbance in the Nine Domains Passage and went to intercept whoever was arriving.
• Billions of soul bodies surged through the passage, leaving the Sacred Court’s defenders unable to find or stop Xu Zimo.
• The Yellow Springs Sacred Emperor and the others called upon the Sacred Ancestor’s Outer Body, and a figure began emerging from its statue.

The rulers of six domains attacked the Sacred Ancestor’s avatar to distract the Sacred Court and give Xu Zimo time to infiltrate the Calamity Immortal Domain. The Sacred Ancestor withdrew rather than risk Xu Zimo benefiting from a fight, and Xu Zimo emerged from the torrent of souls inside the heavily guarded domain.

• The Sacred Ancestor’s avatar appeared before the Yellow Spring Sacred Emperor and the others, then reached toward the torrent of souls.
• The Lord of the Dead, Thousand Calamities Apocalypse, the Queen Mother of the West, Xian Zhu, Zhuge Yan, and the Fan Mo Great Emperor launched attacks that blasted the avatar away.
• The Lord of the Dead challenged the Sacred Ancestor, and Thousand Calamities Apocalypse refused his offer to leave; the Sacred Ancestor then withdrew to avoid giving Xu Zimo an opportunity.
• The six rulers waited for confirmation that Xu Zimo had entered the Calamity Immortal Domain, and the Lord of the Dead said the rest was up to him.
• Xu Zimo separated himself from the torrent of souls inside the Calamity Immortal Domain, where the Sacred Court had prepared a strict search to find him.

Xu Zimo contacted a Holy Emperor with the Jade Token and waited at Rock Mountain for them to arrive. While staying with a seemingly hospitable farming family, he discovered they were ghosts who lured travelers in as food and killed all three.

• Xu Zimo activated the Jade Token and told the Holy Emperor he was at Rock Mountain, and the Holy Emperor told him to wait.
• Xu Zimo asked an old farmer for directions and accepted the farmer’s invitation to stay the night.
• The old farmer’s son and daughter-in-law returned, roasted a rabbit, and offered it to Xu Zimo.
• The son attacked Xu Zimo, who killed him with the rabbit bone and revealed that the family were ghosts who preyed on travelers.
• The old man and woman lunged at Xu Zimo, who pierced them with the roasting rack and threw them into the fire.

Xu Zimo met the Dragon Python Sacred Emperor, who revealed that the Space Ancient God’s inheritance was likely hidden in the Sacred Meteor Pavilion and offered a disguise to help him enter the Sacred Court. The Dragon Python Sacred Emperor explained that his betrayal stemmed from the Sacred Court’s past oppression of his flood dragon race.

• The Dragon Python Sacred Emperor told Xu Zimo that the Sacred Court had grown rotten and agreed to help him seek the Space Ancient God’s inheritance.
• The Dragon Python Sacred Emperor said the inheritance was likely stored in the Sacred Meteor Pavilion, which even the Thirty-Six Emperors had never entered.
• The Dragon Python Sacred Emperor gave Xu Zimo an Ink Flood Dragon hide to disguise him from the Sacred Court’s Sky Monitoring Mirror.
• The Dragon Python Sacred Emperor explained that Haotian had once tried to claim the flood dragon race as his mount, prompting the Emperor’s grandfather to lead the race in resistance.

The Dragon Python Sacred Emperor told Xu Zimo how the Sacred Ancestor destroyed his clan and how that hatred drove him to rise within the Sacred Court. Disguised in Black Flood Dragon hide, Xu Zimo entered the Sacred Court with him and reached the Twin Dragons Grotto-Heaven, where the Dragon Python Sacred Emperor began explaining the court’s map.

• The Dragon Python Sacred Emperor recounted how Haotian and the Sacred Ancestor destroyed the Flood Dragon clan and how the Lord of the Dead later helped him enter the Sacred Court under a new identity.
• The Dragon Python Sacred Emperor agreed to help Xu Zimo, and Xu Zimo disguised himself with Black Flood Dragon hide before they set out for the Sacred Court.
• On the way, the Dragon Python Sacred Emperor explained the Sacred Court’s hierarchy and described the Sacred Ancestor’s three disciples: Haotian, Huangtian, and Qingtian.
• Xu Zimo and the Dragon Python Sacred Emperor arrived at Sage's Abode, passed its surveillance, and entered the Sacred Court without incident.
• They reached the Dragon Python Sacred Emperor’s Twin Dragons Grotto-Heaven, where he showed Xu Zimo an internal map and pointed out the Sacred Fall Pavilion.

Xu Zimo, disguised as Ink Dragon, heard Qi Tian Sage Emperor reveal his fear of the Devil Master and learned that the Holy Fall Pavilion was difficult to enter. Outside the Cave Mansion, a woman who knew Ink Dragon claimed she had visited the pavilion.

• The Dragon Python Sage Emperor told Xu Zimo that he could not get him into the Holy Fall Pavilion and warned him to act as Ink Dragon when Qi Tian Sage Emperor arrived.
• Qi Tian Sage Emperor discussed the Devil Master with the Dragon Python Sage Emperor, admitting that he feared they would die if they encountered him.
• Qi Tian Sage Emperor objected to Ink Dragon listening in, so the Dragon Python Sage Emperor sent Xu Zimo outside.
• Xu Zimo watched the Holy Fall Pavilion from outside the Twin Dragon Grotto-Heaven and reflected that the Holy Court had differing views but would not split while the Holy Ancestor and Immortal Master remained.
• A woman in a lotus-patterned dress approached Xu Zimo, acted familiar with Ink Dragon, and told him she had been to the Holy Fall Pavilion.

Xu Zimo learned from Hua Zhaodi that Haotian cultivated inside the Sacred Fall Pavilion using the heart blood of beings with pure bloodlines, called Blood Food. Hoping to enter the pavilion by helping transport Blood Food, Xu Zimo went with the Dragon Python Sacred Emperor to the Food Workshop, where they met its enormous steward, Wang Pangzi.

• Xu Zimo asked Hua Zhaodi about the Sacred Fall Pavilion, then checked her claim with the Dragon Python Sacred Emperor and made plans to learn more.
• Xu Zimo drew out Hua Zhaodi's account of delivering Blood Food to Haotian, the Sacred Ancestor's eldest disciple, inside the Sacred Fall Pavilion.
• Hua Zhaodi explained that Haotian used the heart blood of beings with pure bloodlines and suggested Xu Zimo ask the Food Workshop about delivering Blood Food.
• Xu Zimo and the Dragon Python Sacred Emperor decided to visit the Food Workshop, hoping the job could help Xu Zimo get into the pavilion.
• The Dragon Python Sacred Emperor brought Xu Zimo to the vast Food Workshop, where steward Wang Pangzi hurried over to greet them.

The Dragon Python Sacred Emperor arranged for Xu Zimo to enter the Saintfall Pavilion by delivering Blood Food to Haotian. Xu Zimo began traveling through the Pavilion’s hidden spatial route, convinced the Ancient Space God’s inheritance lay within.

• The Dragon Python Sacred Emperor asked Wang Pangzi to help deliver a letter to Haotian, but Wang Pangzi explained that all routes into the Saintfall Pavilion had been sealed.
• Wang Pangzi revealed that Haotian still secretly needed Blood Food and could not find anyone willing to deliver it, so the Dragon Python Sacred Emperor offered Xu Zimo for the task.
• Wang Pangzi prepared Blood Food in a blood pearl and warned Xu Zimo not to speak, wander, or expose him if discovered.
• Wang Pangzi opened a Void Gate and sent Xu Zimo onto the stairs that led into the Saintfall Pavilion’s hidden spatial layer.
• Xu Zimo began traveling along the stairs and concluded that the Ancient Space God’s inheritance was inside the Pavilion.

Xu Zimo entered the Sacred Meteor Pavilion as a guard delivering Blood Food and encountered Haotian, the Sacred Ancestor’s eldest disciple. After crushing the blood pearl instead of leaving it with Haotian, Xu Zimo provoked Haotian into attacking him.

• Xu Zimo rode the shifting formation through layers of space and avoided a direct assault that could have disrupted his search for the Ancient Space God’s inheritance.
• Two iron-armored guards searched Xu Zimo and asked whether the Dragon Python Sacred Emperor would pledge allegiance to Haotian; Xu Zimo said he personally thought highly of Haotian.
• Xu Zimo entered the scorching Sacred Meteor Pavilion, where the Fury That Burns Heaven fueled a sea of fire surrounding Haotian’s shrine.
• Haotian criticized the quality of the Blood Food and told Xu Zimo to deliver his complaint to Wang Pangzi.
• Xu Zimo searched for the Ancient Space God’s inheritance with his divine sense, then crushed the blood pearl instead of obeying Haotian’s order to leave it behind.
• Haotian roared in anger and struck at Xu Zimo, stirring up the sea of blood.

Xu Zimo revealed himself as the Devil Master, killed Haotian, and broke open the shrine containing the Ancient Space God Dijiang’s inheritance. The Sacred Ancestor arrived too late to stop him and began chanting an incantation as Xu Zimo approached the inheritance.

• Haotian recognized Xu Zimo as the Devil Master, and Xu Zimo demanded the inheritance of the Ancient Space God.
• Haotian attacked Xu Zimo to stop him, while the Sky Monitoring Mirror alerted the Sacred Court and the Sacred Ancestor rushed toward the Sacred Fallen Pavilion.
• Xu Zimo overwhelmed Haotian and obliterated his body and divine soul with a final slash.
• Xu Zimo shattered the shrine and revealed the inheritance of the Ancient Space God, Dijiang.
• The Sacred Ancestor arrived as Xu Zimo neared the inheritance and began chanting an incantation.

Xu Zimo fought the Sacred Ancestor’s external incarnation while trying to reach the Ancient God of Space’s inheritance, but the Sacred Ancestor activated its power to banish him. Xu Zimo was swallowed by the spatial force and could not resist as he sank into the banishment.

• Xu Zimo discovered that the Sacred Ancestor had sent an external incarnation to guard the Ancient God of Space’s inheritance.
• Xu Zimo attacked the incarnation, but its whisk distorted space and erased his blade qi.
• Xu Zimo caught the incarnation off guard with a kick and sent it flying.
• The Sacred Ancestor’s true body activated the inheritance, unleashing the Power of Space to banish Xu Zimo.
• Xu Zimo struggled against the spatial banishment but was swallowed and left unable to resist.

Xu Zimo escaped spatial exile by using the resonating inheritances of the other nine ancient gods to free himself and locate the Space Ancient God's inheritance. He encountered Dijiang's Eyes of Space, and the chapter began recounting Dijiang's obsession with space and the limits he discovered in his path.

• The Sacred Ancestor exiled Xu Zimo into the void, expecting him to remain lost without a way back to the Nine Domains World.
• Xu Zimo tried unsuccessfully to escape, then realized he could still sense the Divine Continent but not the Nine Domains World.
• Xu Zimo contacted the other nine ancient gods' inheritances, whose powers resonated and freed him from space's restraints.
• Xu Zimo followed the inheritances' guidance through space until Dijiang's Eyes of Space appeared before him.
• Dijiang's consciousness sent two torrents toward Xu Zimo as the chapter described how Dijiang had devoted himself to space and discovered that worlds he created could not sustain life.

Xu Zimo received the Ancient God of Space Di Jiang’s inheritance and saw a path out of exile. At the Holy Court, the Holy Ancestor exposed the Dragon Python Holy Emperor’s betrayal and sentenced him to die at Thunder Cliff.

• Xu Zimo absorbed Di Jiang’s inheritance, greatly deepening his understanding of space and realizing he could escape the exiled realm.
• The Holy Ancestor gathered the Holy Emperors and Holy Envoys at the Qilin Hall after the Devil Master’s exile and the discovery of a traitor within the Holy Court.
• The Holy Ancestor traced Xu Zimo’s entry into the Holy Court to the Dragon Python Holy Emperor, with Haotian and Wang Pangzi’s involvement revealing the scheme.
• The Dragon Python Holy Emperor revealed that the Holy Ancestor had destroyed his dragon jiao clan at Blood Fish Bay hundreds of thousands of years earlier.
• The Holy Ancestor ordered the Dragon Python Holy Emperor taken to Thunder Cliff to be destroyed by hundreds of millions of thunderbolts.

Xu Zimo escaped spatial exile and attacked the Saint Ancestor, then vanished after warning the Sacred Court of the Devil Master army’s return. The Saint Ancestor took the Glazed Immortal Realm ring and was drawn into a new space, where he saw the Green-robed Man.

• The Saint Ancestor ordered the Dragon Python Saint Emperor taken to Thunder Cliff, but Xu Zimo broke free from spatial exile and attacked with a blade strike that burned the Saint Ancestor’s whisk to ashes.
• Xu Zimo told the Saint Ancestor he would take the Ancient Space God’s inheritance and threatened the Sacred Court before disappearing into the void despite the Immortal Lord’s attempt to seize him.
• The Glazed Immortal Realm ring fell from the void, and the Saint Ancestor took it without understanding its purpose.
• The Dragon Python Saint Emperor laughed and declared the Devil Master would avenge him, so the Saint Ancestor again ordered him sent to Thunder Cliff.
• The ring drew the Saint Ancestor’s consciousness into a new space, where he saw the Green-robed Man.

The Saint Ancestor rejected the Green-robed Man’s offer to take him beyond Nine Domains World, but kept the ring as the Sacred Court prepared for war. Xu Zimo traveled to the weakest point in the Ancient Demon Cave’s seal, determined to use the Ancient God inheritances to break it.

• The Green-robed Man told the Saint Ancestor he came from another world and offered to send him beyond Nine Domains World so he could grow stronger.
• The Saint Ancestor resisted his desire to accept, erased the Green-robed Man’s projection, and kept the ring despite its continued promise.
• The Saint Ancestor mobilized the Sacred Court, gathered its forces, and activated the World Destroying Millstone Formation in preparation for the Devil Master and other domain overlords.
• Xu Zimo used the Spatial Ancient God and Temporal Ancient God inheritances to travel quickly toward the ends of the earth, where the Ancient Demon Cave’s seal was weakest.
• Xu Zimo felt a summons from the unseen darkness as he approached the Ancient Demon Cave.

The Sky-Piercing Halberd sensed the Devil Master’s presence, stirring the Ancient Demon Cave and giving the exiled Devil Race hope that their lord was returning. Meanwhile, Xu Zimo reached the weakest point of the seal, where two powerful guardians sat in the land of death.

• The Ancient Demon Cave trembled, and the Curse Mark Demon used its curse marks to discover that the Sky-Piercing Halberd had stirred.
• Devil Race members gathered at the Sky-Piercing Halberd and worshipped as it released devilish and blood-red energy.
• The High Priestess told the assembled demons that the Sky-Piercing Halberd had sensed their lord’s presence and that he was drawing near.
• The Twilight Devil Elder and the Devil Race members cried out to welcome the Devil Master’s return.
• Xu Zimo arrived at the weakest point of the seal, where two guardians sat within a desolate land of death.

Xu Zimo defeated the Yin and Yang Envoys and destroyed the Yin Yang Great Dao guarding the world barrier that sealed the Ancient Demon Cave. He reached the barrier and felt the Sky-Piercing Halberd calling to him, marking the next step in his path to take up the Devil Master's banner and fell heaven.

• Xu Zimo arrived at the place where the sky met the sea, and the Yin and Yang Envoys attacked him with their respective Daos.
• Xu Zimo shattered their attacks with Overlord Shadow, then blew apart both Envoys’ heads with a punch and a kick.
• The Envoys fused their powers into the Yin Yang Great Dao, but Xu Zimo split it apart and erased them.
• The Heavenly Dao gathered wind and lightning in anger, and Xu Zimo challenged it to wait for his campaign to fell heaven.
• Xu Zimo reached the world barrier sealing the Ancient Demon Cave and felt the Sky-Piercing Halberd calling to him as ten beams of ancient god light erupted around him.

Xu Zimo used the ten ancient gods’ powers to break the seal imprisoning the Devil Race, freeing the Ancient Demon Cave. He rallied the Devil Race to wage war against Heaven and then met privately with its elders and protectors.

• Xu Zimo sent the powers of the ten ancient gods into the seal, weakening it as the Devil Race attacked from within.
• The seal shattered, and the Ancient Demon Cave emerged as a vast continent surrounded by demonic fog.
• The Devil Race gathered before Xu Zimo, with Dusk Devil Elder, Flying Immortal Devil Elder, the Four Great Protectors, and the devil generals leading the welcome.
• Xu Zimo asked the Devil Race to follow him into battle against Heaven, and its members pledged to fight for him.
• Xu Zimo called forward the devil generals and later met privately with the elders and protectors, including the formidable Dusk Devil Elder and Flying Immortal Devil Elder.

Xu Zimo reunited with the Devil Race and learned that the Sky-Piercing Halberd awaited him in the Ancient Demon Cave. He entered the halberd’s world to receive the previous Devil Master’s Dao, and the chapter ended as its power flooded into him and his fragmented vision cleared.

• Xu Zimo greeted the Devil Race elders, who reported the strength of their diminished but still formidable forces.
• The High Priestess told Xu Zimo that the Sky-Piercing Halberd awaited him in the Ancient Demon Cave, and he promised to fulfill the Devil Race’s mission.
• Xu Zimo entered the Ancient Demon Cave and walked through its kneeling devils to the Sky-Piercing Halberd’s territory.
• Xu Zimo approached the halberd, hoping to learn the previous Devil Master’s Dao as a reference for perfecting his hundred million Great Daos.
• Xu Zimo accepted the blood mist and devilish qi summoned by the Sky-Piercing Halberd, and his vision eventually returned to clarity.