Chapter Summaries

Lin Hao killed Daoist Fuhu after accusing him of betraying humanity, then led Li Wang and the others in a devastating attack on the demons surrounding the Blackstone Mountain Stronghold. He left the survivors to present the deaths as the thwarting of a demonic plot and submit the matter to Heavenly Dao Alliance Arbitration.

• Fuhu accused Li Wang of damaging the magic ships and undermining the war effort, while Li Wang insisted the Heavenly Dao Alliance would judge their mission fairly.
• When Fuhu challenged Lin Hao, Lin Hao accused him of being a Demon Clan lackey and struck him with a powerful black-and-white sword ray.
• Fuhu blocked the first strike but was overwhelmed by Lin Hao's following sword barrage, which killed him and his crimson spirit tiger.
• Lin Hao ordered Li Wang and the others to attack nearby demons, then unleashed a Tornado Sword Formation that devastated the surrounding terrain and slaughtered the demons.
• Lin Hao declared that Fuhu had been an inside man and that the demons' plot had been thwarted; Li Wang supported his account and pointed to the recordings on their identity jade tokens.

Lin Hao returned to Blackstone Stronghold after killing Fuhu and the demon cultivators, then helped shape the reports that framed Fuhu as the aggressor. As news reached the Heavenly Dao Alliance, its leaders decided to raise the mission’s rating and rewards while watching for a response from the Demon Clan.

• Lin Hao returned to Blackstone Stronghold with the Magic Ships and took Fuhu’s Spirit-Link Pendant, considering how its Spirit Fusion trait might enhance his clones or swarm.
• Li Wang gave Lin Hao a report for the Heavenly Dao Alliance, and Lin Hao asked for accounts from the stronghold and the Magic Ships to support the fleet’s version of events.
• Reports and rumors spread across the Alliance, describing Fuhu as having provoked the victorious fleet and Lin Hao as the cultivator who defeated the Demon Clan.
• Dao Lord Yulong demanded that Lin Hao be executed for killing Fuhu, but Dao Lord Rocksolid cited the evidence and warned that escalating the case could bring punishment from the Demon-Suppressing Heavenly Lord.
• Demon Transformation proposed raising Lin Hao’s mission rating to the highest level, and Dao Lord Rocksolid agreed to increase the rewards while strengthening surveillance of the front line.

Lin Hao’s success against the Demon Clan drew attention from both human and demon powers, and he spent half a year hunting their prodigies while preparing to claim greater rewards. Trapped by Jiao Yu and a host of attackers, Lin Hao sensed that a powerful threat was closing in and waited for the moment to turn the ambush to his advantage.

• Lin Hao accepted the special mission to hunt Demon Clan prodigies, claimed four High-Grade Spiritual Artifacts, and became the focus of rumors across the human territories.
• Human leaders discussed protecting Lin Hao, while Yao Ji decided to bring him his Hehuan Sect rewards and the Demon Clan resolved to kill him.
• Over half a year, Lin Hao hunted prodigies from the Sky Wolf, Spirit Fox, and Jade Rabbit clans, advanced to middle Divine Transformation, and accumulated War Merit and resources.
• Jiao Yu and other Demon Clan forces trapped Lin Hao in the Thousand-Layer Forest after his Sword Formation had been broken.
• Lin Hao sensed a hidden Great Demon and a secret force protecting him, and judged that the ambush was the point to turn the fight around.

Lin Hao seized control of the Ten-Thousand-Demon Grand Formation by revealing a powerful demon bloodline, turning the formation against its users. As the watching experts debated whether to intervene, Lin Hao killed Jiao Yu inside the reversed formation.

• Jiao Yu and the other demons trapped Lin Hao with the Ten-Thousand-Demon Grand Formation after breaking his Tornado Sword Formation.
• Lin Hao revealed a noble demon bloodline and a multicolored Dharma form, overpowering the demons and taking control of their formation.
• The demons mistook Lin Hao for an Immortal Seed and began wavering, but Lin Hao struck down those who considered changing sides.
• Lord Yunlei confronted three Body Integration Great Demons while Demon Transformation joined the standoff and warned against provoking a larger conflict.
• The constellation power surged through the reversed formation, and Lin Hao severed Jiao Yu's huge demonic body before the formation silenced his plea for help.

Lin Hao reversed the Ten-Thousand-Demon Grand Formation and emerged with its power, while Lord Yunlei defended him against three Body Integration Great Demons. Demon Transformation turned Spirit Moon Valley’s formation against Lin Hao, but Lin Hao’s true body was already inside the valley and prepared to act.

• Lin Hao absorbed the Ten-Thousand-Demon Grand Formation’s Astral Power and broke out in his multicolored Dharma form, shocking the demons and Lord Yunlei.
• Lord Yunlei rejected Demon Transformation’s accusation that Lin Hao was a disguised outsider and stood against the three Body Integration Great Demons.
• Demon Transformation refused to help, while the Sky Wolf, Jade Rabbit, and Spirit Fox fought Lord Yunlei and urged Lin Hao to join the Demon Clan.
• Lord Yunlei told Lin Hao to flee toward the Quicksand Sea stronghold, but Demon Transformation turned Spirit Moon Valley’s grand formation outward to block him.
• Cultivators in Spirit Moon Valley condemned Demon Transformation, and Lin Hao’s true body lowered his hood inside the valley, ready to intervene.

Lin Hao destroyed Spirit Moon Valley’s grand formation, killed Demon Transformation, and took his Spirit-Link Pendant. He then turned toward the three Great Demons threatening Lord Yunlei, revealing that he planned to use his clone’s position to ambush them with his true body.

• Lin Hao’s clone infiltrated the Spirit Moon grand formation and destroyed its nodes while Lin Hao’s other body held Demon Transformation at bay.
• Demon Transformation revealed his Beast Taming Sect bloodline tattoos, but Lin Hao overpowered him with his enhanced abilities and killed him with a second sword strike.
• Lin Hao took Demon Transformation’s Low-Grade Spiritual Treasure, a Spirit-Link Pendant, and equipped it to strengthen himself.
• The three Great Demons broke free of Lord Yunlei’s Thunder Cage and tried to escape through a Void Rift, but Lin Hao’s clone disrupted the surrounding space.
• Lin Hao’s true body replaced his clone and prepared to fuse all six Flesh Clones to attack the three Great Demons.

Lin Hao and Yunlei trapped Sky Wolf, Spirit Fox, and Jade Rabbit, then fought the three Body Integration Great Demons. Lin Hao destroyed and swallowed Spirit Fox, leaving Sky Wolf and Jade Rabbit facing him.

• Lin Hao arrived beside Yunlei, sealed the demons’ escape route, and asked whether they should keep the three Great Demons there.
• Yunlei agreed to fight, and Sky Wolf, Spirit Fox, and Jade Rabbit revealed their true forms and attacked.
• Lin Hao matched Spirit Fox’s attacks, then unleashed spatial rifts he had accumulated to tear apart the demon’s body.
• Lin Hao used Wish Power and [Will Manifestation] to prevent Spirit Fox from reviving, then swallowed him into his Dharma form.
• Lin Hao turned toward Sky Wolf, who was fighting Yunlei, and announced that he was next.

Lin Hao and Lord Yunlei suppressed the three Body Integration Great Demons and returned toward Spirit Moon Valley, where the cultivators struggled to comprehend Lin Hao’s strength. Yunlei warned Lin Hao that the Beast Taming Sect’s appeasement faction might target him in secret, while Lin Hao offered to trade [Object Bestowal] slots for Spiritual Treasures.

• With Lord Yunlei’s lightning weakening him, Lin Hao captured Elder Sky Wolf and suppressed him in the Blood Sea alongside the fox and rabbit Great Demons.
• Lin Hao thanked Lord Yunlei and explained that the Spirit Race’s [Object Bestowal] authority accounted for some of his unusual abilities.
• Lord Yunlei described the Beast Taming Sect’s appeasement faction and warned that its members might target Lin Hao secretly, though the Demon Clan’s rule-breaking could be answered with force.
• As they headed for Spirit Moon Valley, Lin Hao offered Lord Yunlei [Object Bestowal] slots in exchange for Spiritual Treasures, and Yunlei showed interest.
• The cultivators in Spirit Moon Valley watched Lin Hao and Lord Yunlei return, stunned that Lin Hao had helped defeat three Body Integration Great Demons.

After Lin Hao killed Demon Transformation and three Body Integration Great Demons, reports of his victory stunned the human leadership and threatened to inflame tensions over the Beast Taming Sect's Eldest Senior Brother. While Dao Lord Rocksolid considered the political fallout, Lin Hao cultivated with Yao Ji and advanced to late Divine Transformation; Yao Ji then offered him the Hehuan Sect's Violet and Azure Twin Swords.

• Human intelligence cultivators read the full report from Spirit Moon Valley and learned that Yin-Yang Zi had killed the Beast Taming Sect's Eldest Senior Brother and three Body Integration Great Demons.
• Dao Lord Rocksolid reviewed Yunlei's encrypted message, recognized the danger of political turmoil, and began informing the Demon-Suppressing Heavenly Lord and other powers.
• Lin Hao cultivated with Yao Ji aboard a Hehuan Sect Magic Ship, drawing on her power and insights to break through to late Divine Transformation.
• Lin Hao told Yao Ji that his Flesh Clones could also accelerate his cultivation, and she agreed to arrange further help and find the Spiritual Treasures he wanted.
• Yao Ji presented the Hehuan Sect's Violet and Azure Twin Swords and said she believed Lin Hao was the generation's strongest disciple, challenging him to master both swords at once.

Lin Hao assessed how the Violet and Azure Twin Swords strengthened his Dao insights and planned to rely on Flesh Clones after returning from the Spirit World. At the Heavenly Dao Alliance, cultivators debated whether to hand over Yin-Yang Zi or risk war with the Demon Clan, and Lord Yunlei revealed that Yin-Yang Zi was a Transmigrator with [Object Bestowal], shifting opinion in his favor.

• Lin Hao discovered that the Violet and Azure Twin Swords granted him insights into the Spirit World's Yin-Yang Dao laws and planned to use those insights through his Flesh Clones.
• Demon-Subduing Dao Lord argued that Yin-Yang Zi's actions could provoke all-out war, while Lord Yunlei and Yao Ji defended his response to the demons at Spirit Moon Valley.
• Human cultivators at the Heavenly Dao Alliance debated whether to fight the Demon Clan or appease it, as Demon-Crossing Daoist questioned Yin-Yang Zi's identity and urged caution.
• Lord Yunlei revealed that Yin-Yang Zi was a Transmigrator with [Object Bestowal] and had granted him the same authority, causing many neutral cultivators to support Yin-Yang Zi.
• Lord Yunlei added that Demon Transformation had also possessed [Object Bestowal] and accused Demon-Crossing of hiding a way to obtain it.

After learning that Yin-Yang Zi could grant [Object Bestowal] slots in exchange for spiritual treasures, the Human Clan’s Dao Lords competed to secure access while debating how to protect or pressure him. Lin Hao brought Yao Ji to Penglai City, where she discovered the Swarm, while his duplicate returned to Heavenly Pillar City to prepare for negotiations over the limited slots.

• The Demon-Subduing Dao Lord and Demon-Crossing Daoist changed their stance toward Yin-Yang Zi after Lord Yunlei revealed he could provide [Object Bestowal] slots, and the Dao Lords discussed trading spiritual treasures for them.
• Demon-Crossing explained the transmigrators’ circumstances, including their limited slots, Evacuation Items, and Conversion slots, while Lord Yunlei rejected the idea of forcing Yin-Yang Zi’s true body to come for talks.
• Lin Hao decided to take Yao Ji to the Settlement and keep her away from the Spirit World until she had adjusted to the Swarm and he could control the risks.
• Lin Hao brought Yao Ji to Penglai City, where the sight of the Swarm frightened her, and introduced her to Miaoyu as the Body Integration sect master of the Hehuan Sect.
• Lin Hao’s duplicate returned with Lord Yunlei to Heavenly Pillar City to meet Dao Lord Rocksolid, while Yunlei predicted that competition for the limited slots would bring high-grade spiritual treasures as offers.

Lin Hao traded Transmigrator slots for rare Spiritual Treasures, then detected and destroyed a hidden Dao-law marker attached to his clone. Outside Heavenly Pillar Mountain, the Jade Rabbit Clan’s Mahayana cultivator and Du Yao discussed how to obtain slots after their earlier offer failed.

• Dao Lord Rocksolid and Dao Lord Thousand Souls offered Spiritual Treasures for Transmigrator slots, and Lin Hao accepted treasures including the Soul-Destroyer Bell and Sword Jade under strict exchange terms.
• Lin Hao noticed that the Beast Taming Sect had offered too little to secure a slot and questioned Dao Lord Yulong about the sect’s plans.
• After Lin Hao retrieved his clone with the Sword Jade, he detected a secret Dao-law marker and crushed it with his original body’s power.
• Lin Hao equipped the Sword Jade and considered using his improved strength against Yao Ji.
• The Jade Rabbit Clan’s Mahayana cultivator discovered that his Dao-law strand had vanished and discussed taking a slot with Du Yao, who had secretly come to the area.

Lin Hao continued exchanging [Object Bestowal] slots and accepted the Demon-Crossing Daoist’s bonded Dharma Treasure, realizing it was likely a probe to pinpoint his location. He prepared to change Penglai City’s course while weighing the danger posed by powerful Tribulation Transcendence or Mahayana cultivators.

• Dao Lord Rocksolid praised [Object Bestowal] for its potential to improve survival during Heavenly Tribulation, encouraging the gathered representatives to seek slots.
• The Demon-Crossing Daoist arrived at Heavenly Pillar City and asked Lin Hao for a slot, offering his bonded Dharma Treasure, the [Demon-Crossing Bag].
• Lin Hao examined the [Demon-Crossing Bag] and agreed to arrange a slot later, while suspecting the Demon-Crossing Daoist intended to use it to pinpoint his location.
• Lin Hao’s main body concluded the Beast Taming Sect had improvised the probe after its earlier attempt failed, and judged he could withstand an ordinary Tribulation Transcendence cultivator outside the Spirit World.
• Lin Hao alerted Liu Qingqing to change Penglai City’s direction and considered seeking out nearby Zerg leaders with the Starry Sky Songstress.

Lin Hao lured Demon-Crossing into revealing the location of his Settlement, and three demon Mahayana cultivators followed the coordinates to invade it. They discovered too late that the apparent world was actually a gigantic Insect, which surrounded them as Lin Hao welcomed the newcomers.

• Lin Hao stalled Demon-Crossing over the exchange while Demon-Crossing secretly used the [Demon-Crossing Bag] to pinpoint Lin Hao's location.
• Demon-Crossing recruited Yuxiao and two other Mahayana cultivators, and the three clans agreed to seize Lin Hao's Settlement and control its [Object Bestowal] slots.
• The three cultivators crossed the Abyss and Lang Hao tore open the Settlement's world barrier, allowing them to enter.
• Yuxiao found Lin Hao watching a performance beside a plump little Insect, and Lin Hao said the newcomers had finally arrived.
• The forest and landscape transformed into densely packed Insects as compound eyes opened across the world, revealing that the entire world was an Insect.
• The three Mahayana cultivators despaired, and they cursed Demon-Crossing for leading them into the trap.

Lin Hao received Aberrant Flesh made from three Mahayana Demon Clan cultivators and used it to advance to Void Refinement while beginning to comprehend multiple Dao laws. In Heavenly Pillar City, he revealed that Demon-Crossing had led three Mahayana cultivators to the Swarm’s Settlement, leaving Demon-Crossing and the other Dao Lords alarmed.

• Lin Hao asked the Swarm’s Mother Bug to refine flesh materials for his infiltration mission, and the Mother Bug synthesized Aberrant Flesh from three Mahayana Demon Clan cultivators and immortal artifact remnants.
• Lin Hao equipped the Aberrant Flesh, gained Immortal Spiritual Energy, and began advancing his body, Divine Soul, and Magic Power toward the nature of Dao laws.
• Lin Hao pulled multiple Dao-law pathways toward himself and achieved Void Refinement, then sat down to comprehend the laws around him.
• In Heavenly Pillar City, Demon-Crossing questioned Lin Hao about the progress of locating their world after his divine-sense connection was cut off.
• Lin Hao told Demon-Crossing, Yunlei, and Dao Lord Rocksolid that three Mahayana cultivators from the Jade Rabbit, Sky Wolf, and Spirit Fox clans had been sent to suppress the Settlement.
• Demon-Crossing denied colluding with the Demon Clan, while Lin Hao warned that the Demon Clan would blame him for the loss of the three cultivators because he had provided the intelligence.

After Yuxiao and two other Demon Clan Mahayana cultivators died, Duyao tried to portray his dealings with the demons as a strategy that had benefited the Human Clan. The Demon Clan learned that their deaths were tied to Lin Hao and [Object Bestowal], and prepared to confront the Human Clan while cautiously investigating the force behind Lin Hao.

• Duyao received a final report confirming that Yuxiao had been destroyed body and soul, leaving three Demon Clan Mahayana cultivators dead.
• Rocksolid locked Duyao down with Heavenly Pillar City's grand formation and demanded an explanation, while Duyao claimed he had acted undercover for the Human Clan.
• Lin Hao proposed leaving Duyao for the Demon-Suppressing Heavenly Lord to judge and warned that the Demon Clan might attack after learning where the Human Clan's leader was.
• The Demon Clan's Mahayana cultivators gathered in the Demon God Hall and learned that Duyao had sold information about a Human Clan Transmigrator with [Object Bestowal] to Yuxiao and the others.
• The Demon Clan's leaders demanded an explanation from Duyao and the Human Clan, prepared for war, and resolved to investigate the power that had killed three Mahayana cultivators.

Lin Hao and the Demon-Suppressing Heavenly Lord discussed the Demon-Crossing Daoist’s betrayal and the Demon Clan’s looming invasion. Lin Hao agreed to help the Human Clan, while the Human cultivators learned that the Demon Clan might invoke the pact allowing Mahayana experts to fight.

• The Demon-Suppressing Heavenly Lord admitted he had misjudged the Demon-Crossing Daoist and planned to have Soul-Extinguisher refine him into a formation soul.
• The Demon-Suppressing Heavenly Lord warned Lin Hao that the Demon Clan was preparing an all-out assault and asked what support the Transmigrators would offer.
• Lin Hao asked whether the Human Clan should split off from the realm; the Demon-Suppressing Heavenly Lord refused, choosing to defend its land and fight the Demon Clan.
• Lin Hao promised the Human Clan would not be left to face the conflict alone, and the Demon-Suppressing Heavenly Lord said he had contacted the Overseas Immortal Mountain and the Asura Clan.
• News spread among the Human Clan’s Body Integration Dao Lords that the Demon-Crossing Daoist had betrayed Lin Hao and that the Demon Clan might send Mahayana experts into the coming war.

The Spirit Race proposed an arranged seven-on-seven battle between the Human Clan and Demon Clan to settle their conflict while limiting damage to the Spirit World. The Demon Clan accepted and began assembling its strongest fighters, while Lin Hao and Demon-Suppression assessed the Human Clan’s difficult prospects.

• The Spirit Race discussed the Demon Clan’s grievance over three dead Mahayana cultivators and decided to resolve the conflict through an arena battle supervised by two Spirit Race members.
• The Spirit Race announced that each side would send seven representatives to fight in a round-robin competition, with territory and border terms at stake.
• Lin Hao and Demon-Suppression discussed the Human Clan’s likely lineup, including possible help from the Asura Clan and the Overseas Immortal Elder.
• Races across the Spirit World speculated about the battle and widely favored the Demon Clan’s chances.
• The Demon Clan accepted the proposal and resolved to field its strongest Mahayana cultivators, invite outside reinforcements, and draw other races to watch.

A year after the Demon Clan demanded a reckoning for the deaths of three Mahayana cultivators, Lin Hao prepared to fight at a Spirit Race-selected Outer Heaven and arrived at the Human Clan’s alliance headquarters with Yao Ji. The Human Clan’s allies gathered, but the Overseas Immortal Elder remained absent, leaving the seven-person fighting order dependent on fragile support and Lin Hao’s promised [Object Bestowal] authority.

• Lin Hao strengthened his cultivation and equipment over the past year, then left his beloved in charge of the city as he headed to the Spirit World for the coming battle.
• The Human Clan faced growing despair and calls to surrender as its leaders prepared for a confrontation with the stronger Demon Clan.
• At the Heavenly Dao Alliance headquarters, the leaders learned that the Overseas Immortal Elder had failed to return and discussed the limited aid they had secured from other clans.
• Lin Hao and Yao Ji arrived at headquarters, where the Body Integration Dao Lords greeted them and Lin Hao urged the group to set out for the venue.
• The Demon-Suppressing Heavenly Lord arrived with Heavenly Lord Gui Kuai of the Ghost Clan and a Mahayana cultivator of the Xuan Clan, both of whom had agreed to help because of Lin Hao’s [Object Bestowal] authority.
• The alliance placed Lin Hao last in the seven-person fighting order so he would remain able to honor his promise if he was injured.

The mediated duel between the Human and Demon Clans began with the outside reinforcements facing off. After Long Li effortlessly defeated Gui Kuai and the other reinforcements withdrew, Lin Hao asked the Demon-Suppressing Heavenly Lord to block one strike from Jin Lu while he handled the rest.

• Jin Lu offered to spare the Human Clan's Mahayana cultivator if the Human representatives surrendered, but the Demon-Suppressing Heavenly Lord challenged him to begin the matches.
• Gui Kuai volunteered to fight first, but Long Li defeated him with one casual strike and sent him away badly injured.
• Long Li offered to trade himself for the outside reinforcements, and the Xuan Clan and Asura Clan Mahayana cultivators accepted his terms.
• The Demon-Suppressing Heavenly Lord agreed to face Jin Lu's strike while Lin Hao fought the remaining opponents.