Chapter Summaries

The Dream-Eating Gecko told Lin Ke and Lin Xuanyuan a rumor that the High Antiquity Demon Race caused an ancient war and was defeated, while the Dragon-Elephant Clan was assigned to guard Boundless Hell. After learning that Jin Zhan could expose his Dragon-Elephant Force, Lin Ke went to inspect his captive and considered how to use him rather than kill him.

• The Dream-Eating Gecko recounted that the High Antiquity Demon Race triggered a war among the Hundred Clans, was defeated, and retreated into Boundless Hell.
• He said the Dragon-Elephant Clan was appointed to guard Boundless Hell, beginning its feud with the Demon Race, and suggested some Demon Race bloodlines survived beyond the prison.
• Lin Ke asked whether the Dragon-Elephant Clan had truly been wiped out, but the Dream-Eating Gecko said he did not know.
• Lin Ke realized Jin Zhan was the only Demon Race prodigy who knew he used Dragon-Elephant Force and could reveal his secret if released.
• After the Dream-Eating Gecko and Lin Xuanyuan finished absorbing power, Lin Ke visited the unconscious Jin Zhan and dismissed the Alchemist and disciples.
• Lin Ke decided killing Jin Zhan would waste his rare status and bloodline, and wondered how to make use of him.

Lin Ke chose to enslave Jin Zhan’s soul with a Soul-Hunting Mosquito rather than kill him or make him a mount. The technique succeeded, and Jin Zhan awoke and addressed Lin Ke as his master.

• The Dream-Eating Gecko suggested destroying Jin Zhan, while Lin Xuanyuan proposed training him as a mount, and the two argued.
• Lin Ke summoned a Soul-Hunting Mosquito and sent it into Jin Zhan’s Sea of Consciousness to test its soul-enslavement ability.
• Jin Zhan’s golden peng soul detected danger and attacked, but the mosquito pierced it and infused it with dark red energy.
• The mosquito merged with Jin Zhan’s soul, forming a connection that let Lin Ke command him.
• Jin Zhan awoke, recognized Lin Ke, and respectfully called him “Master.”

Lin Ke confirmed that Soul Enslavement had made Jin Zhan his slave, then publicly presented Jin Zhan’s surrender to the disciples and took possession of his life-bound demon core. At a meeting with Azure Underworld Mountain’s elders, Lin Ke concealed how he had controlled Jin Zhan, and they began considering using him as a spy.

• Lin Ke questioned Jin Zhan and confirmed that he remembered his identity and background while remaining under Lin Ke’s control.
• Lin Ke told the returning disciples that Jin Zhan had submitted, and Jin Zhan offered his life-bound demon core and swore to obey him.
• The disciples accepted Jin Zhan’s surrender and agreed to assist the Alchemists with his treatment.
• Lin Ke went to the Garrison Hall and told seven Nascent Soul elders that Jin Zhan had submitted and given him his demon core, without revealing Soul Enslavement.
• An elder proposed sending Jin Zhan back to the Demon Race as a spy to give the Golden Wing Sect an advantage.

Lin Ke persuaded the elders to keep Jin Zhan alive as a future undercover agent, while True Person Liuyun concealed the arrangement. The elders then discussed a dangerous mission to destroy the Demon Race’s teleportation arrays, and an injured elder volunteered to lead it.

• The elders debated whether to kill Jin Zhan, search his soul, or use him to benefit the Human Race, and True Person Liuyun ruled out soul-searching.
• Lin Ke proposed sending Jin Zhan undercover in three months and promised a way to prevent betrayal, so the elders agreed to his plan.
• True Person Liuyun ordered the sect to conceal Jin Zhan’s submission and keep him in custody until he could return to the Demon Race’s camp.
• An elder reported that the demons were expanding teleportation arrays outside Azure Underworld Mountain and that the sect needed people to destroy their array sites.
• An old woman and another elder offered to undertake the mission, but the injured elder volunteered, saying he had little time left to live and did not fear death.

As the Golden Wing Sect elders discussed risking their lives to destroy the Demon Race’s formation, Lin Ke proposed a plan using a secret art to control demons and sabotage the formation from within. True Person Liuyun agreed to help capture Golden Core Stage demons so they could test the method first.

• The elders discussed entering the enemy ranks themselves, while Lin Ke realized they were trying to protect the sect’s younger generation.
• Lin Ke interrupted the discussion and insisted that disciples also had a duty to defend the Golden Wing Sect.
• Lin Ke revealed that the Dream-Eating Gecko had taught him a Spiritual Secret Art that could briefly control a living being’s consciousness.
• Lin Ke proposed capturing Demon Race members and controlling them to infiltrate the formation sites and destroy the demons’ grand formation.
• Lin Ke claimed at least ninety percent confidence and asked the elders to capture several Golden Core Stage demons.
• True Person Liuyun agreed to capture demons and test Lin Ke’s secret art before they carried out the plan.

Lin Ke defended Falling Moon Mountain against the Demon Race and used the battles to improve his flying-sword control. After two days, he could wield seven swords at full power, and True Person Liuyun summoned him back to test his secret art on captured demons.

• Lin Ke agreed to help the Golden Wing Sect and True Person Liuyun arranged to capture Demon Race members for a test of Lin Ke's secret art.
• Lin Ke left Azure Underworld Mountain for Falling Moon Mountain, where the Golden Wing Sect's disciples repelled the Demon Race with the Myriad Insects Heavenly Calamity Battle Art.
• Lin Ke released Lin Xuanyuan and the Dream-Eating Gecko, and the two Spirit Beasts fought the Demon Race alongside the disciples.
• Lin Ke fought with flying swords and trained his Mental Power control during battles across two days.
• Lin Ke increased the number of flying swords he could wield at full power to seven, and True Person Liuyun summoned him to test his secret art on the captured Demon Race members.

Lin Ke secretly enslaved ten captured demons with his Spiritual Control Method, proving its effectiveness to True Person Liuyun and Elder Huomu. The elders celebrated the breakthrough, and Liuyun hinted that the Sect Leader had a way to make Lin Ke’s limited number of controlled demons sufficient for the mission.

• Lin Ke sent True Person Liuyun and Elder Huomu out, then used the Dream-Eating Gecko’s Spiritual Barrier to conceal his methods while enslaving ten captured demons.
• Lin Ke pretended to be exhausted before the elders returned, and the awakened demons bowed to him and obeyed his commands.
• True Person Liuyun and Elder Huomu tested the demons’ obedience and praised Lin Ke’s powerful Spiritual Control Method.
• Lin Ke explained that he could control fewer than a hundred demons, prompting Elder Huomu to worry that this would not be enough for the mission.
• True Person Liuyun said the Sect Leader had a solution and told Lin Ke that the sect would reward him for his contribution.

Lin Ke received an open-ended reward from the sect leader for his merit and spent the next day improving his sword control and preparing to cultivate the second layer of the Five-Colored Glazed Body. He summoned Heartflame to temper his body, but its pain overwhelmed him and scattered his power before he could continue.

• True Person Liuyun told Lin Ke that Hua Wujiang had offered him any reward he wanted, and Lin Ke chose to decide after the sect leader returned.
• True Person Liuyun and Elder Huomu left to discuss sect matters, while Lin Ke took ten members of the Demon Race back to his temporary cave abode.
• After a day of cultivation, Lin Ke gained control of ten swords and felt close to advancing to the Mid Golden Core Stage.
• Lin Ke chose to practice the Five-Colored Glazed Body's second layer, which required Heartflame to temper his flesh while he remained conscious.
• Lin Ke summoned Heartflame, but its agony nearly made him pass out, scattering his stabilized power and dispersing the flame.

Lin Ke trained his body with Heartflame while preparing the Golden Wing Sect’s plan to destroy the demons’ grand teleportation formation. Fire Ore Source Crystals wrecked the formation and annihilated tens of thousands of demons, while Lin Ke was left wondering why the crystals felt familiar to him.

• Lin Ke repeatedly tempered himself with Heartflame, strengthening his body and firming up his Golden Core cultivation realm.
• True Person Liuyun told Lin Ke that the sect’s supplies would arrive within two days and that he needed to control the demons assigned to the mission.
• Hua Wujiang’s shipment arrived as crimson Fire Ore Source Crystals, which True Person Liuyun explained could destroy a formation foundation; Lin Ke felt an inexplicable affinity with them.
• The Golden Wing Sect distributed the crystals among its infiltrators, who returned to the demon camp and prepared to act when the grand formation was used.
• After the demons completed their grand teleportation formation and summoned reinforcements, Hua Wujiang ordered the infiltrators to activate the crystals.
• The crystals destroyed the formation as tens of thousands of demons passed through the Teleportation Passage, and spatial power annihilated them all.

The Golden Wing Sect celebrated the destruction of the demons’ grand teleportation formation and discussed how to use its hidden agents in a future counterattack. Lin Ke agreed to control more demons after replenishing his strength, then told the Dream-Eating Gecko and Lin Xuanyuan that sacrificing Soul-Hunting Mosquitoes could bring greater returns.

• The elders and True Person Liuyun discussed the sect’s prospects after the demon reinforcements were cut off and considered how to use dozens of undercover agents.
• Elder Liuyun proposed waiting for the Sect Leader’s counterattack plans and possibly planting more controlled demons for later cooperation.
• Lin Ke said he could use his ability again if the elders supplied enough live demon beasts to nourish his spirit insect.
• True Person Liuyun agreed to arrange the demon beasts and help capture the demons needed for the plan.
• The Dream-Eating Gecko and Lin Xuanyuan questioned Lin Ke’s use of valuable Soul-Hunting Mosquitoes, and Lin Ke said the small loss would bring greater returns.

Lin Ke learned that True Person Yuan Yong’s impounded holdings might belong to him under the sect’s rules, and decided to pursue them after returning. He remained curious about the extent of Yuan Yong’s assets, especially the Ape-Arm Scorpions.

• Lin Ke explained that producing Soul-Hunting Mosquitoes cost him little, while the Dream-Eating Gecko warned that the rare insects were valuable to the Golden Wing Sect.
• The Dream-Eating Gecko suggested Lin Ke claim True Person Yuan Yong’s holdings, and Lin Ke asked who had taken control of them.
• The Dream-Eating Gecko said Yuan Yong’s holdings had been impounded because he had no surviving blood relatives and might pass to the victor of their Lineage Branch conflict.
• The Dream-Eating Gecko reasoned that the sect had withheld the holdings until Lin Ke grew stronger, and Lin Ke resolved to pursue them after returning.
• Lin Ke and the Dream-Eating Gecko discussed Yuan Yong’s accumulated wealth, including the Ape-Arm Scorpions in Ape-Arm Forest.

Lin Ke learned that the Golden Wing Sect was preparing a counterattack and was assigned to receive its second batch of reinforcements. The reinforcements arrived at the teleportation formation, led by Hua Wujiang.

• Lin Ke decided to wait for the sect's plans rather than act rashly after hearing that the Golden Wing Sect might launch an operation against the Demon Race.
• Lin Ke visited Butterfly Transformation True Person in Hundred River Valley and learned she had been wounded by a Nascent Soul member of the Demon Race.
• Butterfly Transformation True Person told Lin Ke that the second batch of reinforcements would enable a counterattack and that Supreme Elder Hua would come to the front line.
• Butterfly Transformation True Person asked Lin Ke to receive the reinforcements in her place, and he agreed.
• Lin Ke joined six Nascent Soul elders at the teleportation formation as the reinforcements arrived, led by Grand Elder Hua Wujiang.

Golden Wing Sect reinforcements arrived in the Mí Lín Mountain Region, and Hua Wujiang told Lin Ke that someone within the sect may have ordered the attack on him. Hua Wujiang also promised him access to the Sect Core Secret Realm after the war to support his unprecedented Nine-Core Method.

• Hua Wujiang greeted Lin Ke as five armies arrived, bringing fifty thousand Golden Core cultivators, sixty Nascent Soul elders, and one Fusion mighty cultivator as reinforcements.
• Hua Wujiang asked Lin Ke about the attack during his Golden Core breakthrough and revealed that a sect member may have ordered the Final Shadow Gate to act.
• Lin Ke asked Hua Wujiang to identify the instigator, but Hua Wujiang withheld the clues and promised the sect would investigate and deliver justice.
• Hua Wujiang secretly asked Lin Ke about the Nine-Core Method, and Lin Ke said he had encountered no obstacles despite slow progress in accumulating power.
• Hua Wujiang told Lin Ke that the Sect Leader and Grand Elders would let him enter the Sect Core Secret Realm after the war to seek insights for his cultivation path.

Lin Ke welcomed Zhu Qingge to the front line and learned that the Golden Wing Sect was preparing to counterattack the Demon Race. Hua Wujiang rallied more than a hundred thousand disciples and revealed the sect’s Sect-Guarding Artifact before the campaign began.

• Hua Wujiang told Lin Ke he could cultivate in the sect’s Core Secret Realm after his front-line matters were settled.
• Lin Ke reunited with Zhu Qingge, who had broken through to Golden Core and brought gifts prepared by their friends.
• Lin Ke showed Zhu Qingge around Azure Underworld Mountain and introduced him to the captured Jin Zhan and Bilin; Zhu Qingge asked about Lin Ke’s mental-control method and hinted that he might need it later.
• The Golden Wing Sect’s mobilization order arrived, announcing that its counterattack against the Demon Race was about to begin.
• Hua Wujiang addressed the assembled armies in the Mí Lín Mountain Region, declared the sect ready to counterattack, and displayed the Sect-Guarding Artifact.

Hua Wujiang unleashed the Golden-Wing Nest and led the Golden Wing Sect army against the Demon Race, with Lin Ke sabotaging the enemy formation from within. After the sect broke through and routed the demons, a giant scarlet eye appeared in a spatial rift and confronted Hua Wujiang.

• Hua Wujiang led the Golden Wing Sect army out of the Mí Lín Mountain Region toward the Demon Race's defensive line.
• Hua Wujiang released tens of thousands of Golden-Wing Envoy puppets, which tore through the Demon Race's formation.
• Lin Ke ordered the demons under his control to detonate fire ore source crystals buried at the formation's nodes.
• Hua Wujiang's Scarlet Flame Nether Centipede shattered the weakened formation, and the Golden Wing Sect army poured through.
• The Golden-Wing Envoys routed the Demon Race forces, killing several Nascent Soul demons as the sect advanced ten li.
• A hundred-zhang spatial rift opened, and a giant scarlet eye appeared and accused Hua Wujiang of having nerve.

The Cloud Frontier Beast Venerable arrived and challenged Hua Wujiang, who drew him away to fight elsewhere while the Golden Wing Sect and Demon Race armies clashed. Lin Ke fought through the battlefield until he realized Golden Roc was approaching him and had set its sights on him.

• The Cloud Frontier Beast Venerable emerged from a spatial rift and threatened Hua Wujiang over the assault on his demons.
• Hua Wujiang activated the Golden-Wing Nest, joined with the Scarlet Flame Nether Centipede, and led the Beast Venerable away to fight elsewhere.
• Nascent Soul leaders on both sides ordered their forces into battle, and the Golden Wing Sect and Demon Race armies collided.
• Lin Ke, the Dream-Eating Gecko, and Lin Xuanyuan fought through the enemy ranks, killing demons and Demon Beasts.
• Lin Ke noticed Golden Roc fighting a Golden Wing Sect elder while moving closer to him, and realized Golden Roc had targeted him.

Lin Ke tried to escape Golden Roc, who pursued him across the battlefield despite the Golden Wing Sect elder's intervention. The elder survived Golden Roc's lethal spear through Golden Cicada Sheds Its Shell, while Lin Ke and his companions combined their abilities to face Golden Roc's next attack.

• Lin Ke fled from Golden Roc, and the Dream-Eating Gecko used Divine Mill to help him evade Golden Roc's first strike.
• Golden Roc resumed his pursuit, but the Golden Wing Sect elder blocked him with Soul-Shaking Lure and gave Lin Ke time to escape farther.
• Golden Roc unleashed Golden Roc World-Destroying Spear-Heaven-Piercing, destroying the elder's golden cicada and apparently killing the elder before he reappeared elsewhere through Golden Cicada Sheds Its Shell.
• Golden Roc used Thunderstep to catch up with Lin Ke and thrust a killing-intent spear at him.
• Lin Ke raised a Sword Formation and combined his power with Ancient Rust, Lin Xuanyuan's abilities, and the Dream-Eating Gecko's Divine Mill as they met Golden Roc's attack.

Lin Ke used Ancient Rust to shatter Golden Roc’s attack and wound him with its corrosive killing intent, then escaped while the Golden Wing Sect fought off the Demon Race’s pursuit. The battle’s focus shifted when the Cloud Frontier Beast Venerable accused Hua Wujiang of setting him up and Fusion Stage blood rained across the battlefield.

• Golden Roc’s spear broke through Lin Ke, the Dream-Eating Gecko, and Lin Xuanyuan’s attacks, but Lin Ke used Ancient Rust to cut it apart and felt the sword awaken after absorbing its killing intent.
• Ancient Rust wounded Golden Roc and its killing intent invaded his body, forcing him to rely on his Golden-Winged Great Peng bloodline to suppress it.
• Lin Ke withdrew the Dream-Eating Gecko and Lin Xuanyuan and fled more than a hundred li with Dragonfly Dash Art while Golden Roc ordered the Demon Race to stop him.
• Two Demon Race Nascent Soul cultivators pursued Lin Ke, but Golden Wing Sect elders intercepted them as Lin Ke cut through the Demon Race Golden Core cultivators blocking his way.
• The Cloud Frontier Beast Venerable accused Hua Wujiang of setting him up, and a vast rift opened in the sky as crystalline Fusion Stage blood began raining down.

Grass Louse True Lord and Hua Wujiang ambushed the Cloud Frontier Beast Venerable, leaving him severely wounded and turning the battlefield in the Golden Wing Sect’s favor. Grass Louse True Lord then asked whether the Beast Venerable would keep fighting or negotiate.

• Grass Louse True Lord appeared with his Spirit Insect and hurled the Cloud Frontier Beast Venerable’s body into the battlefield, forcing both armies to retreat.
• The Beast Venerable’s impact devastated the battlefield, and Hua Wujiang and the Scarlet Flame Nether Centipede emerged seriously injured.
• The Cloud Frontier Beast Venerable survived the fall but revealed severe injuries and cursed Grass Louse for the ambush.
• Grass Louse True Lord explained that he had fought to protect the Golden Wing Sect, while Lin Ke realized the sect had concealed its plan to ambush the Beast Venerable.
• Grass Louse True Lord asked the wounded Beast Venerable whether he would continue fighting or negotiate.

Hua Wujiang and the Grass Louse True Lord tried to stop the Cloud Frontier Beast Venerable from escaping, but his mastery of spatial power let him retreat with tens of thousands of demons. The Golden Wing Sect reclaimed its lost territory, though both leaders realized the Beast Venerable was close to advancing to the late Fusion stage.

• The Cloud Frontier Beast Venerable rejected negotiations and prepared to fight Hua Wujiang and the Grass Louse True Lord.
• The Cloud Frontier Beast Venerable opened a spatial rift, and Hua Wujiang and the Grass Louse True Lord used their Divine Abilities to attack and block him.
• The Cloud Frontier Beast Venerable unleashed Ten Thousand Defenses, escaped through the rift with tens of thousands of demons, and vowed to return.
• Hua Wujiang and the Grass Louse True Lord recognized the Cloud Frontier Beast Venerable's strength and ordered the Golden Wing Sect forces to reclaim their lost territory.
• The Golden Wing Sect army reclaimed its lost territory and advanced another hundred miles, bringing the battle to a close.