Recaps

Li Dalong and Zhou Xue fought three otherworldly demons in a cavern, where Li Dalong captured the speaking Shadow Demon General to question it. He began torturing the captive after it refused to cooperate, while the threat of the invading demons remained unresolved.

• A Frost Beast and a larger demon attacked Li Dalong and Zhou Xue, and the larger demon called itself the Shadow Demon General.
• The Shadow Demon General vanished into black mist and struck at Zhou Xue, but Li Dalong detected a spatial fluctuation and wounded it with the Azure Cloud Sword.
• The Shadow Demon General coordinated attacks with the other two demons, forcing Li Dalong to defend Zhou Xue before he destroyed the pair with a sword strike.
• Li Dalong seized and imprisoned the wounded Shadow Demon General, then demanded answers about the otherworldly demons.
• When the Shadow Demon General threatened him instead of cooperating, Li Dalong reversed the flow of Spiritual Power in its meridians and sealed away its foul odor.

Li Dalong interrogated demons in Misty Canyon and confirmed that nearly a hundred thousand demons had entered through a Spatial Rift, led by Demon Lord Wuming. He decided to return and plan with his sect, then received the Creation Cultivation Tower, an Immortal Artifact that could speed up cultivation and simulate battles.

• Li Dalong tortured a Shadow Demon General, learned about the Nether Demon Domain and the demons’ invasion, then killed it.
• Li Dalong and Zhou Xue searched deeper into Misty Canyon, where demons grew more numerous and the Spatial Rift became increasingly unstable.
• Li Dalong captured and interrogated two Demon God Stage demons, confirming the Shadow Demon General’s account of the invasion.
• Li Dalong decided to return to the sect with Zhou Xue and discuss plans with his junior brother.
• Li Dalong signed in and obtained the Creation Cultivation Tower, which enabled cultivation at five times the outside rate and simulated life-and-death battles.

Li Dalong returned from rescuing Zhou Xue and brought her safely back to the Righteous Qi Sect, where Zhou Yong had recovered enough to heal himself. Zhou Xue reunited with Yun Yao, while Li Dalong had planned for her to continue cultivating in the Creation Cultivation Tower.

• Li Dalong placed Zhou Xue in the Creation Cultivation Tower, then strengthened and concealed the arrays at the sites connecting the otherworldly realm and the Demon Beast Forest.
• After several days of treatment, Zhou Yong awoke and began circulating his Spiritual Power to heal himself, while Zhou Tianlong remained unaware of the crisis.
• Li Dalong returned to the Righteous Qi Hall and told the elders that Zhou Xue had been found and was safe.
• Li Dalong went to Zhou Yong's home and brought Zhou Xue out of the Creation Cultivation Tower so she could see Yun Yao.
• Yun Yao embraced Zhou Xue, and the two reassured each other that she was safe.

Li Dalong told Yun Yao and Zhou Tianlong that extraterrestrial demons would invade the Cultivation World and sent Zhou Xue and Zhou Tianlong to cultivate in the Creation Cultivation Tower. After Zhou Yong recovered, he reunited with Yun Yao, who told him that Zhou Xue had been rescued and was cultivating with Li Dalong.

• Li Dalong summoned Zhou Tianlong and explained Zhou Xue's rescue, the approaching invasion of extraterrestrial demons, and the Creation Cultivation Tower.
• Li Dalong took Zhou Xue and Zhou Tianlong into the tower to cultivate, then returned to the Rear Mountain to train himself.
• After half a month, Zhou Yong recovered, thanked the elders who had guarded him, and gave them cultivation rewards.
• Zhou Yong went home to see Yun Yao, and the two embraced as she cried with relief.
• Yun Yao told Zhou Yong that Li Dalong had rescued Zhou Xue and taken her to cultivate.

Li Dalong told Zhou Yong that Misty Canyon contained a spatial rift and a vast army of otherworldly demons, then discussed how the Righteous Qi Sect should prepare for war. Zhou Yong agreed to convene the elders and arrange for promising disciples and elders to cultivate in the Creation Cultivation Tower.

• Yun Yao told Zhou Yong that Li Dalong had discovered an otherworldly demon invasion in Misty Canyon and wanted to speak with him.
• Zhou Yong visited Li Dalong, who explained that he had wiped out the Crimson Flame Tiger Tribe and rescued Xue'er from Misty Canyon.
• Li Dalong revealed that more than a hundred thousand demons had entered Misty Canyon through a spatial rift, including Wuming Demon Lord and several Great Demon Generals.
• Zhou Yong and Li Dalong weighed whether to inform the entire Cultivation World or form an alliance with a few major powers, considering the sect's casualties and future share of Misty Canyon.
• Li Dalong urged Zhou Yong to gather the elders and send promising disciples and elders to cultivate in the Creation Cultivation Tower; Zhou Yong agreed to arrange both.

Zhou Yong summoned the Righteous Qi Sect’s elders for an assembly, where he introduced Li Dalong as the sect’s strongest cultivator and appointed him supreme elder. Li Dalong then prepared to explain the major discovery he made in Misty Canyon and its consequences for the Cultivation World.

• Zhou Yong agreed to keep the sect’s arrangements confidential, and Li Dalong agreed to meet the elders and have the Creation Cultivation Tower moved outside the Rear Mountain’s Forbidden Grounds.
• Zhou Yong ordered the elders to return within three days and arranged for promising disciples of every realm to enter the Creation Cultivation Tower.
• Three days later, Li Dalong teleported into the Righteous Qi Hall, startling elders who could not detect or judge his cultivation.
• Zhou Yong told the elders that Li Dalong had reached the tribulation transcendence realm, rescued Zhou Xue, slain the Crimson Flame Tiger Tribe’s chief, and wiped out the tribe.
• Zhou Yong proposed making Li Dalong a supreme elder, and the assembled elders bowed to welcome him into the position.
• Zhou Yong invited Li Dalong to explain the major matter he had discovered in Misty Canyon.

Li Dalong explained the Extraterritorial Demons and the space cracks in the Misty Canyon to the Righteous Qi Sect elders, who debated how to respond. Zhou Yong decided to secretly invite the major powers to form an allied army, with the option of alerting the entire Cultivation World if they could not prevail.

• Li Dalong released his Tribulation Transcendence Realm aura to subdue the elders, then recounted his discoveries in the Misty Canyon and the threat posed by over 100,000 Extraterritorial Demons.
• The elders argued over whether to reveal the danger to the entire Cultivation World or inform only the major powers, while also disputing how to organize an allied army and divide its benefits.
• Zhou Yong and Li Dalong agreed to seek an alliance with the major powers first and have Zhou Yong lead the effort, with Li Dalong backing him.
• Zhou Yong announced that the sect would notify only the major powers initially and make the danger public if the allied army failed.
• Zhou Yong assigned Tang Mingxuan to send reliable elders with a jade slip inviting the major powers to a secret meeting.

Zhou Yong began inviting the Mystic Heaven Sect and the Nine Heavens Gate to a secret meeting about forming an alliance against the extraterritorial demons in Misty Canyon. Zheng Tianxiang agreed to attend, and Zhou Yong began explaining the matter to Yu Xiaohua.

• Zhou Yong tasked Tang Mingxuan with inviting the Mystic Heaven Sect, the Nine Heavens Gate, and the Purple Heaven Sect, then dismissed the sect assembly.
• Zhou Yong told Li Dalong to return to cultivation and reflected on Li Dalong’s power and his own need to break through to the Mahayana Realm.
• Zhou Yong visited the Mystic Heaven Sect and privately told Zheng Tianxiang that over one hundred thousand extraterritorial demons, led by a Demon Lord, had invaded Misty Canyon.
• Zheng Tianxiang agreed that the Mystic Heaven Sect would attend the secret meeting at the Righteous Qi Sect in three days to discuss forming an allied army.
• Zhou Yong went to the Nine Heavens Gate, where Yu Xiaohua asked why the Righteous Qi Sect was convening the secret meeting.

Zhou Yong invited Nine Heavens Gate and Heavenly Evolution Sect to a meeting about the spatial rifts and extraterritorial demons in Misty Canyon, then gathered representatives from across the Cultivation World. He opened the meeting by announcing that the Righteous Qi Sect would reveal a safe way to enter and leave Misty Canyon and share its benefits.

• Zhou Yong told Yu Xiaohua about the danger in Misty Canyon, and she agreed that Nine Heavens Gate would attend a meeting in three days.
• Zhou Yong invited Gong Tiandao and the Heavenly Evolution Sect to the meeting, and Gong Tiandao agreed to attend.
• Zhou Yong returned to the Righteous Qi Sect and found that many major and mid-sized powers had sent representatives to the gathering.
• Sun Xingyun praised Zhou Yong's efforts, while representatives including Wu Jinhuan and Zuo Changqing arrived despite past conflicts with the Righteous Qi Sect.
• Zhou Yong opened the meeting and announced that Grand Elder Li Dalong had discovered a safe way to enter and leave Misty Canyon, which the Righteous Qi Sect would share along with its benefits.

Zhou Yong proposed uniting the cultivation powers against the Extraterritorial Demons in Misty Canyon, and the sect leaders formed an alliance with him as its leader. The Alliance Assembly began organizing an expedition and preparations for war while accounting for possible interference from the Demon Race and the Devil Race.

• Zhou Yong called for the cultivation powers to unite against the Extraterritorial Demons and seal the spatial rift in Misty Canyon.
• The sect leaders debated who should lead, and Zhou Yong proposed an Alliance Assembly whose council would direct the alliance and whose leader would command it during war.
• The powers approved a nine-member Alliance Assembly, nominated Zhou Yong as alliance leader, and appointed Zheng Tianxiang, Yu Xiaohua, and Gong Tiandao as deputy alliance leaders.
• Zhou Yong assigned Gong Tiandao to lead a team to Misty Canyon, while Zheng Tianxiang agreed to negotiate with the Demon Palace for passage through Demon Beast Forest.
• Sun Xingyun and Wu Jinhuan offered resources and manpower, and Zhou Yong warned that the alliance should prepare for possible intervention by the Demon Race and the Devil Race.

Zhou Yong organized the alliance’s forces and established preparations for the coming war, then turned to his own cultivation. His breakthrough carried him beyond the Mahayana realm, but he nearly died before Li Dalong intervened and helped stabilize him.

• Zhao Wuji proposed dividing the allied forces between the Demon and Devil Races and the operation in Misty Canyon, and Zhou Yong assigned Qian Jin to build a forward base in the Demon Beast Forest.
• The alliance meeting concluded with its forces, bases, and responsibilities arranged, while Li Dalong watched from the Forbidden Grounds and returned to cultivating.
• Zhou Yong issued a decree increasing disciples’ cultivation resources, then entered seclusion to break through to the Mahayana realm.
• A surge of power overwhelmed Zhou Yong during his breakthrough and knocked him unconscious.
• Li Dalong sensed Zhou Yong was in danger, rushed to his cultivation hall, and guided his disordered spiritual power until Zhou Yong recovered and reached a new realm.

After Zhou Yong survived the Heavenly Dao’s backlash and reached the mahayana realm, the Human Race Alliance prepared for war against the Extraterritorial Demons. The chapter ends with Feng Wuhen leading the first wave into the Misty Canyon to scout and open a breach.

• Zhou Yong explained that the sect’s secret technique had damaged his foundation and reduced his lifespan, but his breakthrough restored the years he had lost.
• Over the following months, several dozen cultivators across the Cultivation World broke through as the major powers devoted resources to preparing for war.
• Gong Tiandao and Zheng Tianxiang returned with a nonaggression agreement with the Heavenly Demon Hall, a safer passage through the Misty Canyon, and intelligence about the Extraterritorial Demons.
• Zhou Yong convened the leaders and organized the allied forces into successive waves, with a vanguard tasked with breaking through the Misty Canyon.
• Twenty mahayana realm elders and 2,000 spirit transformation stage cultivators assembled in twenty squads under Feng Wuhen’s command.
• Feng Wuhen assigned the first wave scouting, defense, and resource-survey duties as they advanced into the Misty Canyon.

Feng Wuhen’s party encountered increasingly dangerous extraterritorial demons in Misty Canyon and suffered heavy losses when they attacked a stronghold guarded by a Great Demon General. An unknown senior rescued them with a single sword strike, and the surviving members discovered a high-grade spirit stone lode beneath the stronghold.

• Feng Wuhen’s party fought off weak extraterritorial demons in sinister mist, then sent warnings about the demons’ growing numbers and the polluted spiritual energy to nearby teams and the Alliance Council.
• Feng Wuhen led the party onward through Misty Canyon, where they found a stronghold guarded by a Great Demon General and powerful Humanoid Stage demons.
• The demons’ attacks killed or wounded many members, and Feng Wuhen ordered a retreat while he held off the Great Demon General.
• As the party was being pursued and more members were killed, a streak of sword light slew the Great Demon General, allowing Feng Wuhen and the survivors to defeat the remaining demons.
• Feng Wuhen learned that sixteen members had died and around fifty were wounded, then was told the stronghold concealed a large high-grade spirit stone lode.

After the discovery of a large spirit stone vein and a fierce demon attack, Li Dalong investigated the Extraterritorial Demons’ gathering in Misty Canyon. He found a Spatial Rift and a vast stream of demons transporting plunder back to the Nether Demon Domain.

• Feng Wuhen fortified the spirit stone vein, reported the battle and its casualties to the Alliance, and called nearby teams to reinforce the site.
• Gong Tiandao and Zhou Yong responded to the report by ordering forces to regroup, reinforcing the vein, and convening the Alliance Council to reconsider its plan.
• Li Dalong decided to investigate the demons’ gathering himself after hearing that their numbers and strength had greatly exceeded previous estimates.
• Li Dalong inspected the fortified encampment, then flew deeper into Misty Canyon and observed polluted spiritual energy, many more Great Demon Generals, and Spatial Rifts appearing overhead.
• Li Dalong found a huge demon camp around a Spatial Rift and watched at least a thousand demons pass through, apparently carrying plundered cultivation resources to the Nether Demon Domain.

Li Dalong entered the demon encampment to test the strength of its Demon Lords and fought Wuming and Soul Devourer at once. He killed Soul Devourer with a sudden counterattack, while Wuming remained alive and the battle continued.

• Li Dalong sensed Wuming and Soul Devourer in the encampment and challenged them to a fight.
• Li Dalong struck Wuming with the Heaven-Slaying Art, while Soul Devourer disappeared to prepare an ambush.
• Li Dalong transformed into a golden divine dragon and battled Wuming, who turned into a dark demon dragon.
• Soul Devourer appeared above Li Dalong to attack, but Li Dalong struck him with a Divine Dragon Tail Sweep.
• Li Dalong pierced Soul Devourer's chest with the Azure Cloud Sword and killed him before Wuming could intervene.

Li Dalong escaped Demon Lord Wuming after killing another Demon Lord and reported the demons’ rapid growth and the expanding Spatial Rift to the Righteous Qi Sect Alliance Council. The alliance began revising its extermination plan and considered revealing Misty Canyon’s threat to the Cultivation World.

• Demon Lord Wuming pursued Li Dalong, but Li Dalong cut down demons in his path and escaped without fighting him head-on.
• The Council decided to recall its scattered squads, concentrate forces at the Misty Canyon forward base, and send reinforcements to secure a spirit stone vein.
• Li Dalong returned to the forward base, then went to the Alliance Council after Elder Yun Feng relayed Zhou Yong’s request.
• Li Dalong told Zhou Yong and the elders that the demons had more than tripled in number, that he had killed one of two Demon Lords, and that the Spatial Rift was expanding and contaminating Misty Canyon.
• Zhou Yong and the alliance leaders proposed revealing Misty Canyon’s secrets to the Cultivation World so they could gather enough strength to face the demons.

Li Dalong and Zhou Yong finalized plans for the Cultivation World's campaign against the Extraterritorial Demons, and Li Dalong returned to cultivation after checking on Zhou Xue and Zhou Tianlong. The Alliance issued orders across the Cultivation World, crushed fierce opposition, and gathered cultivators at the Forward Base, where old disputes quickly erupted into fights.

• Li Dalong told Zhou Yong to contact the Demon Race, guard against the Devil Race, recruit Nascent Soul Realm cultivators for formation defense, and build fortified Forward Bases as the army advanced.
• Li Dalong returned to the Forbidden Grounds, checked the siblings' progress, and found Zhou Xue at the early Out-of-Body Stage and Zhou Tianlong at the Middle Nascent Soul Realm before resuming cultivation.
• Zhou Yong and the Three Deputy Alliance Leaders refined the plan, assigned elders, and issued Alliance notices requiring Nascent Soul Realm cultivators to register and Out-of-Body Stage cultivators and above to report within fifteen days.
• The Alliance threatened to punish disobedient sects and cultivators, then sent at least twenty squads to purge those who fiercely opposed its orders.
• Cultivators at the Out-of-Body Stage and above gathered at the Forward Base outside the Demon Beast Forest, where people with old grudges began fighting.

Zhou Yong organized the Alliance’s forces, communications, and supplies while the allied army trained and explored Misty Canyon. After the preparations were complete, the Alliance leaders approved a five-force campaign against the Extraterritorial Demons and began assembling troops for the advance.

• Zhou Yong expanded the Alliance leadership and deployed cultivators to Misty Canyon, establishing supporting bases and exploration teams.
• The Ten Thousand Demons Hall agreed to stay out of the war and clear low-level demon beasts from the Alliance’s passage, while Zhou Yong announced the terms across the Cultivation World.
• The Limitless Pavilion developed Communication Jade Tokens, and the Alliance ordered them for senior personnel and frontline teams.
• During three months of cultivation, Li Dalong grew stronger, Zhou Xue reached the middle Out-of-Body Stage, and Zhou Tianlong reached the Late Nascent Soul Realm; Alliance teams mapped Misty Canyon and found abundant resources.
• Gong Tiandao urged Zhou Yong to begin a major campaign, and the deputy Alliance leaders agreed to divide the army into five forces with bases, mobile support teams, and assigned commanders.
• The Alliance leaders mobilized supplies and cultivators, and each assembled force prepared to set out for the front.

The allied forces began their campaign to wipe out the Extraterritorial Demons, adapting their battle formations as casualties mounted. After Gong Tiandao’s army became exhausted deep in enemy territory and was threatened by a vast demon force, reinforcements arrived and the allied forces prepared a layered defense as the attack began.

• Zhou Yong assigned Li Dalong to guard the forward base in Misty Canyon while the allied armies launched their offensive.
• Zhao Wuji led the first army into the canyon with Zhao Ling'er, and Li Dalong reported that the forward base was secure.
• After early victories gave way to heavier resistance and ambushes, Zhao Wuji ordered Spirit Transformation Stage cultivators to fight in battle formations, and Zhou Yong extended the tactic to all fronts.
• Gong Tiandao led the second army deep into demon territory, then ordered a day of rest after several days of fighting and marching.
• A scout warned Gong Tiandao that a large demon force was approaching, so he requested reinforcements and arranged a concealed, layered defense.
• Zhao Wuji and Zheng Tianxiang arrived with the first and third armies, helped reinforce the defenses, and Gong Tiandao ordered the allied forces to fire as the demons charged.

The allied army repelled an Extraterritorial Demon assault after Gong Tiandao countered a surprise attack by Soul-Devouring Demons. A powerful Demon Lord then attacked the Fifth Army, but Li Dalong killed him and returned to the Forward Base.

• The allied army changed its tactics and fought off scattered Extraterritorial Demons, while Gong Tiandao sent Mahayana Realm cultivators and reserves to destroy a small force of Soul-Devouring Demons.
• After a day and night of fighting, the allied army wiped out the attackers, though the Second Army and other forces suffered heavy casualties.
• Li Dalong sensed a powerful aura in the Gorge and warned Gong Tiandao that a Demon Lord was about to attack.
• Li Dalong joined the Fifth Army's battle against the Demon Lord and fought him for two hours while studying his techniques.
• Li Dalong killed the Demon Lord with a powerful sword strike, then returned to the Forward Base after confirming no stronger demons remained nearby.

The Allied Army continued its costly campaign against the Extraterritorial Demons as Lin Tian used formation discs to save his contingent and earned a breakthrough to the Mahayana Realm. With the army stalled near the demons’ gathering ground and reinforcements pouring through the Spatial Rift, Zhou Yong weighed a dangerous plan to send Li Dalong on a mission to seal it.

• Lin Tian lured the Extraterritorial Demons into a canyon formation trap and led his contingent in wiping them out.
• Lin Tian earned Alliance resources and broke through to the Mahayana Realm, while the Allied Army continued advancing despite severe casualties.
• The Allied Army eliminated more than 200,000 Extraterritorial Demons and one Demon Lord but faced fierce resistance within 500 li of the demons’ gathering ground.
• Zhou Yong and the deputy Alliance leaders agreed that Li Dalong should lead Mahayana cultivators to protect formation masters repairing the Spatial Rift inside enemy territory.
• The deputy Alliance leaders expected Li Dalong to refuse the perilous mission, and Zhou Yong considered the consequences of failing to stop the demon reinforcements.

Zhou Yong asked Li Dalong to lead formation masters into the demons’ stronghold and seal the Spatial Rift, cutting off their reinforcements from the Nether Demon Domain. Li Dalong agreed to the plan, and the Alliance prepared supporting attacks, though the operation still needed more fighters and was about five days away.

• Li Dalong reached a cultivation bottleneck, checked in, and received a Low-Grade Immobility Talisman that could immobilize cultivators at the Tribulation Transcendence Realm or below for three minutes.
• Zhou Yong visited Li Dalong and explained that the Allied Army was struggling against the Extraterritorial Demons near their gathering place as reinforcements continued through the Spatial Rift.
• Zhou Yong proposed sending Li Dalong and formation masters into the demons’ stronghold to seal and repair the Spatial Rift while the vice alliance leaders launched attacks from other directions.
• Li Dalong agreed and suggested coordinating the advance with the supporting attacks, then asked whether the Alliance had prepared the supplies needed for the formation.
• Zhou Yong said the spatial spirit stones were only sufficient for one attempt and that the Alliance needed about five more days to recruit enough cultivators for the operation.

Li Dalong prepared for the coming battle against the Extraterritorial Demons while Zhou Yong organized the Alliance’s forces. After the Devil Race ambushed and annihilated the border garrison, Zhou Yong weighed whether to fight them first or continue the planned assault, and began explaining his reasoning to the divided council.

• Li Dalong reviewed his battle spells and treasures, then checked on Zhou Xue and Zhou Tianlong before heading to the Forward Base.
• An elder reported to Zhou Yong that the Devil Race had wiped out the Alliance’s border garrison in the Abyssal Devil Lands.
• Zhou Yong summoned the deputy Alliance Leaders and Council Elders to decide how to respond to the attack while the assault on the Extraterritorial Demons approached.
• Deputy Alliance Leaders Zheng Tianxiang and Gong Tiandao urged the Alliance to defeat the Devil Race first, while Elder Zhang and others argued for containing them and proceeding against the Extraterritorial Demons.
• Zhou Yong told the council that the Alliance had to avenge the fallen and could not ignore the Devil Race, while warning that splitting their forces would be dangerous.

Zhou Yong organized the Cultivation World's defenses and learned that a 200,000-strong Devil Race force was led by several Tribulation Transcendence Realm experts. He and Li Dalong decided to watch for an isolated leader whom Li Dalong could attack.

• Zhou Yong assigned Gong Tiandao to gather intelligence, Zheng Tianxiang to move troops from Misty Canyon, and Yu Xiaohua to arrange supplies while other leaders prepared forces and warned the Cultivation World.
• Gong Tiandao's scouts sacrificed hundreds of lives before identifying five Devil Race races, their leaders, and a force of around 200,000.
• After hearing Gong Tiandao's report, Zhou Yong worried that Li Dalong could not safely face the enemy leaders together and went to consult him.
• Li Dalong told Zhou Yong to watch for a Devil Race leader who was alone so he could kill that leader before the enemy could unite.

Li Dalong discussed the Alliance’s war plans and the sect’s cultivation priorities with Zhou Yong, then went to the Demon Beast Forest to investigate the Devil Race. He found a Flame Devil Race camp and began testing its strength by attacking its tribal chief.

• Zhou Yong told Li Dalong that the Alliance planned to eliminate the Devil Race first and defend against the Extraterritorial Demons until then.
• Li Dalong urged Zhou Yong to cultivate in the Creation Cultivation Tower and arrange for promising allies, disciples, and elders to train there.
• Zhou Yong reported that the sect had more than two hundred Mahayana Realm cultivators and around eight thousand Spirit Transformation Stage disciples.
• After Zhou Yong left, Li Dalong traveled to the Demon Beast Forest and found a camp of several hundred Flame Devil Race members.
• Li Dalong struck the camp’s tribal chief with a giant Spiritual Power palm, but the chief survived and transformed before charging at him again.