Chapter Summaries

Zhou Yong descended to the Mist Gorge to search for his daughter, but the Scarlet Radiance Demon Sage rescued Yan Zhan and attacked the Righteous Qi Sect party. Zhou Yong stayed behind to hold him off while the elders fled, and the Demon Sage sent a Spiritual Power attack after them.

• Zhou Yong prepared to descend into the Mist Gorge to find Xue'er, while Elder Liu Mingtao offered to scout ahead.
• The Scarlet Radiance Demon Sage arrived, rescued Yan Zhan, and condemned Zhou Yong and the elders for entering the Demon Beast Forest.
• Yan Zhan accused Zhou Yong of insulting the Crimson Flame Tiger Tribe, and the Scarlet Radiance Demon Sage vowed to kill the group.
• Zhou Yong ordered the elders to escape and attacked the Scarlet Radiance Demon Sage with his spirit sword.
• The Scarlet Radiance Demon Sage repelled Zhou Yong's strike without moving, then fired Spiritual Power toward the fleeing elders.

Zhou Yong fought the Scarlet Radiance Demon Sage to give the elders time to escape, then used a secret art and the force of the Demon Sage’s attacks to flee toward the edge of the Demon Beast Forest. As Zhou Yong neared the boundary with his strength nearly spent, the Scarlet Radiance Demon Sage hurled a Demon Blade at his back.

• Zhou Yong intercepted the Scarlet Radiance Demon Sage’s attacks to cover the elders’ retreat and was wounded in the process.
• Zhou Yong activated a secret art and clashed with the Scarlet Radiance Demon Sage’s Tiger-Shaped Demon Beast before turning to flee.
• Zhou Yong used a high-grade spirit sword and the force of the Demon Sage’s palm strike to propel himself toward the outskirts, prompting the Demon Sage to chase him.
• Zhou Yong repeatedly borrowed the force of the Demon Sage’s attacks to speed his escape as his secret art neared its limit.
• Zhou Yong reached the forest boundary, but the exhausted sect master could only twist away and raise a weak spiritual barrier as the Scarlet Radiance Demon Sage’s Demon Blade shot toward him.

Zhou Yong survived the Scarlet Radiance Demon Sage’s attack but was left unconscious and gravely injured. Yun Yao asked Li Dalong to rescue him, and Li Dalong learned that Zhou Xue was also missing in Misty Canyon and that Zhou Yong had fought the Scarlet Radiance Demon Sage to protect the elders.

• The Scarlet Radiance Demon Sage struck Zhou Yong into a mountain, mistook him for dead, and returned to the Crimson Flame Tiger Tribe’s encampment.
• Yun Yao learned that Zhou Yong had stayed behind to cover the elders’ retreat and went to the Rear Mountain to ask Li Dalong for help.
• Li Dalong teleported with Yun Yao to the Righteous Qi Hall, where he silenced the elders with his aura and demanded an account of what had happened.
• The elders told Li Dalong that Zhou Xue had disappeared in Misty Canyon after being hunted by Yan Zhan, and that Zhou Yong had fought the Scarlet Radiance Demon Sage to protect them.

Li Dalong rescued Zhou Yong from the Demon Beast Forest and arranged for the elders to help him recover. He then returned to confront the Crimson Flame Tiger Tribe, while the Scarlet Radiance Demon Sage sent Yan Zhan away with the Purple East Heavenly Demon Lord.

• Li Dalong ordered the Righteous Qi Sect elders to activate the sect's defenses, then followed the marked route into the Demon Beast Forest.
• Li Dalong found Zhou Yong unconscious in a crater and used a Supreme-Grade Healing Pill and his spiritual power to stabilize his injuries.
• Li Dalong brought Zhou Yong back to the Righteous Qi Hall, where Yun Yao wept over his condition and feared for Zhou Xue.
• Li Dalong set up a Spirit-Gathering Array and assigned elders to guide Zhou Yong's recovery before returning to the Demon Beast Forest to seek revenge.
• The unsettled Scarlet Radiance Demon Sage ordered the Purple East Heavenly Demon Lord to take Yan Zhan to the Ten Thousand Demons Hall and keep him there until he reached Heavenly Demon Lord.

The Purple East Heavenly Demon Lord tried to escort Yan Zhan to safety, but Li Dalong arrived to avenge Xue'er and confronted the Crimson Flame Tiger Tribe. Li Dalong killed the Scarlet Radiance Demon Sage, leaving Yan Zhan to realize that his actions had brought disaster upon his grandfather and tribe.

• The Scarlet Radiance Demon Sage gave the Purple East Heavenly Demon Lord a Storage Ring and ordered him to take Yan Zhan to the Ten Thousand Demons Hall.
• The Purple East Heavenly Demon Lord found Yan Zhan, but Yan Zhan refused to leave until Li Dalong appeared and confronted him over Xue'er.
• Yan Zhan and the Purple East Heavenly Demon Lord pleaded with Li Dalong, but Li Dalong refused to spare Yan Zhan.
• The Scarlet Radiance Demon Sage arrived and offered compensation, but Li Dalong rejected the offer and attacked him.
• Li Dalong defeated and killed the Scarlet Radiance Demon Sage, and Yan Zhan regretted provoking Xue'er and bringing calamity upon his tribe.

Li Dalong destroyed the Crimson Flame Tiger Tribe and pursued the Purple East Heavenly Demon Lord before turning to investigate Misty Canyon for Zhou Xue. Unable to determine what lay inside the canyon, he devised a cautious descent plan and began refining long rope treasures.

• Li Dalong killed Yan Zhan with a palm strike and pursued the fleeing Purple East Heavenly Demon Lord with Sword Qi, destroying him.
• Li Dalong crushed the Crimson Flame Tiger Tribe's camp with an enormous palm, leaving a vast pit in the Demon Beast Forest.
• Li Dalong returned to the place where Zhou Xue had jumped into Misty Canyon and found that the mist weakened his divine sense.
• Li Dalong probed down the cliff and concluded that he needed a safe way to explore the canyon without losing his route back.
• Li Dalong gathered materials, destroyed several high-grade spiritual swords, and refined a durable rope treasure inscribed with formations.

Li Dalong descended through the Misty Canyon using a chain of crafted rope treasures and reached a hidden world beneath the mist. He found traces of Zhou Xue’s landing but no sign of her, and continued searching the eerily empty canyon.

• Li Dalong crafted twelve rope treasures and prepared arrays before starting his descent into the Misty Canyon.
• He lowered himself down the cliff, noticing soil, platforms, and strange spirit-rich plants as he used up the ropes.
• Li Dalong discovered a world beneath the mist, marked his route with a sword and protective array, and searched for Zhou Xue.
• He found disturbed soil and broken branches nearly ten li away, which he identified as the place where Zhou Xue had landed.
• Li Dalong searched in several directions but found only plants and no living creatures or further sign of Zhou Xue.

Li Dalong found Zhou Xue fighting a powerful creature in Misty Canyon, rescued her, and helped treat her injuries. After deciding the canyon could benefit the Righteous Qi Sect, he checked in and received a powerful combat art.

• Li Dalong followed flying sword marks along the canyon wall and found signs that Zhou Xue was still alive.
• Li Dalong reached Zhou Xue as she fought a strange creature and killed it with a divine sense sword and a sword strike.
• Li Dalong comforted Zhou Xue, gave her a Supreme-Grade Healing Pill, and helped repair her injuries and meridians.
• Li Dalong examined the creature and considered using Misty Canyon as a resource or training ground for the Righteous Qi Sect.
• Li Dalong checked in through the system and received the Divine Dragon Combat Art.

Li Dalong learned the Divine Dragon Combat Art, protected the area with an array, and heard Zhou Xue’s account of encountering a monster in Misty Canyon. The two explored the canyon and found another beast, which Li Dalong captured and identified as a Crab-Claw Beast.

• Li Dalong set up a concealed defensive and illusion array, learned the Divine Dragon Combat Art, and tested its three techniques.
• After Zhou Xue finished healing, she told Li Dalong how she had fallen into the canyon and fought the monster.
• Li Dalong decided to investigate the canyon with Zhou Xue before returning to the Righteous Qi Sect, hoping it might serve as a future base or trial ground.
• Li Dalong and Zhou Xue flew to the place where Zhou Xue had fought the monster, found no clues, and continued onward.
• About three hundred li farther on, Li Dalong sensed an identical monster, immobilized it, and found that it had little intelligence and lived by instinct; he named it a Crab-Claw Beast.

Li Dalong and Zhou Xue discovered that otherworldly Soul-Devouring Demons had invaded Misty Canyon through a spatial rift, and they ventured deeper to investigate the threat. In a gloomy cave, a powerful wolf-like demon attacked them, and another demon emerged as they prepared to fight.

• Li Dalong killed the Crab-Claw Beasts they encountered and found a more intelligent demon whose memories revealed an invasion from another world.
• Li Dalong learned that the invaders were Soul-Devouring Demons, discovered the spatial rift had been in Misty Canyon for decades, and decided to investigate their numbers and strength.
• Li Dalong and Zhou Xue followed unstable spatial fluctuations deeper into the canyon, traveling on foot through terrain tainted by a dark aura.
• They reached a gloomy cave, where Li Dalong protected Zhou Xue from the dark aura and a massive wolf-like demon charged out.
• Li Dalong shielded Zhou Xue and attacked the wolf-like demon, which shattered his strike; as they prepared to fight, a frost-covered demon emerged from the darkness.