Chapter Summaries

Luo Xiaotian used the Wooden Fish to summon a colossal Buddha phantom that destroyed the Evil Spirits, though the Holy Sons who had taken Explosive Pills died in the battle. Xu Xuan revealed that he came from the Mystic Universe Heavenly Palace and offered the surviving disciples a choice; they chose to stay and follow his orders.

• Luo Xiaotian struck the Wooden Fish, suppressing the Evil Spirits as Xu Xuan sensed that stronger enemies remained.
• Luo Xiaotian's Buddha phantom unleashed Buddhist light, scorching the Evil Spirits and scattering their souls.
• The Holy Sons who had swallowed Explosive Pills died, and Xu Xuan mourned them as heroes while urging the others to leave.
• Xu Xuan identified himself as a disciple of the Mystic Universe Heavenly Palace in the Grand Mystic Dao Province, impressing the gathered disciples.
• Xu Xuan offered the disciples the choice to withdraw or stay under his command, and they unanimously chose to stay.

Fang Mulin and his companions were freed and welcomed by Taixuan, who learned they were looking for Gu Ruoyi and arranged for them to stay. Meanwhile, Xu Xuan and Luo Xiaotian led the remaining Holy Sons into Chaos Valley, where Long Yi assured them the Chaos Race would not harm them as long as they avoided the abyss.

• Fang Mulin and the others were untied by the Chaos Race and escorted to meet Clan Chief Taixuan.
• Taixuan introduced himself, and Shangguan Jiantian quietly backed away and hid behind the group.
• Fang Mulin asked whether his junior sister had come to Chaos Valley, and Taixuan recalled a little girl who had arrived earlier.
• Taixuan arranged rooms for Fang Mulin and his companions while they waited for the other group to arrive.
• Xu Xuan and Luo Xiaotian led the remaining Holy Sons into Chaos Valley, where Long Yi warned them to avoid the creatures in the Chaos Valley Abyss.

Xu Xuan and the humans entered the Chaos Race’s territory under Long Yi’s protection, and Xu Xuan met with Taixuan to learn how he could free him. Taixuan told Xu Xuan to master Chaos Qi and fully unleash his chaos body in the True Forbidden Land of Chaos Valley, while the humans remained in the Chaos Palace as guests.

• Long Yi warned Shrimp Head not to attack the humans, then beat him for wanting to eat them.
• Xu Xuan and the others followed Long Yi to the Chaos Palace, where Xu Xuan entered alone and met Taixuan.
• Xu Xuan asked Taixuan how to open the space that would release him.
• Taixuan told Xu Xuan to master Chaos Qi, merge it with his blood, and fully unleash his chaos body in the True Forbidden Land of Chaos Valley.
• Xu Xuan questioned Taixuan’s trustworthiness, and Taixuan promised to treat the humans as honored guests while Xu Xuan went to the forbidden land.

Xu Xuan agreed to enter a dangerous space and awaken his Chaos Body after Taixuan threatened the people accompanying him. As Xu Xuan headed toward a vast mass of Chaos Qi, a sudden pull dragged him into deadly storms, and Taixuan’s necklace saved him once.

• Xu Xuan reluctantly agreed to enter the space after Taixuan threatened the lives of everyone there and warned that he had to awaken his Chaos Body.
• Taixuan opened a portal, cautioned Xu Xuan about spatial and chaos storms, and gave him a purple necklace that could block three deadly attacks.
• Xu Xuan entered the space with Taixuan, then continued deeper after Taixuan left and threatened to kill him if he ever got the chance.
• The system detected powerful Chaos Qi ahead, but a tremendous force suddenly sucked Xu Xuan into the depths.
• Spatial and chaos storms crushed toward Xu Xuan, but the necklace’s purple light calmed them and used one of its three protections.

Xu Xuan entered the chaos, endured its painful transformation of his spiritual energy into Chaos Qi, and awakened later in an endless void. There, he encountered a talking insect that claimed it had not seen a human in hundreds of thousands of years.

• Xu Xuan asked the system whether it would remain with him inside the chaos, then stepped in after it reassured him.
• Chaos entered Xu Xuan’s body and caused intense pain as his spiritual energy began transforming into Chaos Qi.
• The system told Xu Xuan that Chaos Qi would replenish itself, so he accelerated the transformation and formed a Chaos Body that absorbed more chaos.
• The chaos surged into Xu Xuan’s mind, and he fell into a deep sleep before waking in an endless void with no idea how much time had passed.
• A hand-sized insect appeared, remarked that it had not seen a human in hundreds of thousands of years, and ignored Xu Xuan’s question about what it was.

Xu Xuan was immobilized after crushing a Heart-Devouring Insect, and a swarm cocooned him in silk. He stayed calm and let the poison pass through him, unknowingly thwarting the Insect Race’s plan to possess his body.

• A Heart-Devouring Insect tried to bite Xu Xuan, but he dodged and crushed it between his fingers.
• Xu Xuan became unable to move, and a swarm of strange insects wrapped him in a giant silk cocoon.
• Xu Xuan remembered Taixuan’s words and did not resist as a warm current spread through his body.
• The Insect Race wondered why Xu Xuan was not resisting, since they needed his resistance to make the poisonous silk invade his body and take possession of him.
• Xu Xuan watched the swarm hover around him, unaware that his lack of resistance had saved his life.

Xu Xuan escaped the first swarm of insects by using the Chaos Qi in his body, then found himself trapped in a strange place without a way back. He encountered Shi Lie, king of the Temporal Void Insects, who warned him to leave before he died.

• Xu Xuan melted the cocoon with heat from his body and used Chaos Qi to destroy the insects around him.
• Xu Xuan discovered that the spatial passage had vanished and walked onward through the endless space.
• The insects reappeared and gathered around Xu Xuan, who only noticed the swarm after it had surrounded him.
• Shi Lie emerged from the swarm, identified himself as king of the Temporal Void Insects, and asked why Xu Xuan had entered their territory.
• Shi Lie recognized Xu Xuan's Chaos Body and advised him to leave before he died.

Xu Xuan was escorted out of the temporal void bugs’ territory and learned that three months had passed while he was inside. Back in Chaos Valley, the five great elders confirmed his Chaos Body, and Taixuan took him to the Chaos Palace to see his fellow humans, who were being held there under guard.

• Xu Xuan asked how to leave the temporal void bugs’ territory, and a large bug opened a spatial passage and sent him back to Chaos Valley.
• Long Yi told Xu Xuan that three months had passed, and Taixuan assured him that Luo Xiaotian and the others were safe.
• The five great elders of the Chaos Race introduced themselves and examined Xu Xuan, confirming their interest in his Chaos Body.
• Xu Xuan insisted on seeing his fellow humans, and Taixuan led him to the Chaos Palace, where more than two thousand people were confined and unable to leave.

Xu Xuan visited his imprisoned friends and learned they had advanced their cultivation while held in a room with unusually dense spiritual energy. He then confronted Shangguan Jiantian, whose cultivation technique he suspected was connected to the Saint remnant soul.

• Xu Xuan found Luo Xiaotian, Gu Ruoyi, Wang Hao, Wang Shi, and Ye Qin cultivating, and saw that they had advanced to the Void Spirit Realm or beyond.
• Xu Xuan told his friends they would remain confined until he met Taixuan's conditions, and promised to get them out.
• Xu Xuan heard Shangguan Jiantian roaring from another room and remembered that more than two thousand people were being held under house arrest because of him.
• With Taixuan's permission, Xu Xuan entered Shangguan Jiantian's room and demanded to know where he had obtained his cultivation technique.
• Shangguan Jiantian assumed Xu Xuan's cultivation was suppressed and challenged him with a defiant look.

Xu Xuan pressured Shangguan Jiantian into revealing that his cultivation technique came from ruins in Primordial Dao Province, then asked him to lead the way there after they escaped. Xu Xuan left the captive behind and asked Taixuan what it would take to release him and let him return to the continent.

• Xu Xuan demonstrated that the effects of the place did not weaken him and forced Shangguan Jiantian to yield.
• Xu Xuan asked who had created Shangguan Jiantian's cultivation technique, and Shangguan Jiantian said its creator had died a thousand years earlier.
• Shangguan Jiantian revealed that he had found the creator's inheritance in ruins in Primordial Dao Province.
• Xu Xuan asked Shangguan Jiantian to take him to the ruins, and Shangguan Jiantian agreed once they got out.
• Xu Xuan told a guard to keep Shangguan Jiantian from escaping, then went to meet Taixuan.
• Xu Xuan asked Taixuan what he needed to do to be released and return to the continent.

Taixuan sent Xu Xuan to Night Demon Valley to steal the Night Devil Race’s Demon Ruler, warning him not to provoke its inhabitants. Xu Xuan arrived, faced four Night Devils, and mocked them instead of hiding his presence.

• Taixuan explained that the Night Devil Race guarded a Demon Ruler that could increase its wielder’s strength, and asked Xu Xuan to steal it.
• Xu Xuan agreed, and Taixuan tore open space to teleport him into the dark, devilish Night Demon Valley.
• Xu Xuan dispersed the devilish energy targeting him and encountered four Night Devils outside their settlement.
• The Night Devils surrounded Xu Xuan and offered to spare him if he became their slave.
• Xu Xuan dismissed Taixuan’s warning, insulted the Night Devils, and declared that they were all trash to him.

Xu Xuan fought four Night Devil Race members in Night Demon Valley, then let them capture him so they would take him to the Night Demon King. He suspected the Demon Ruler might be with the king and arrived at the Night Devil Race’s territory surrounded by curious onlookers.

• Four Night Devil Race members attacked Xu Xuan with their scythes, but he used Chaos Qi to block them and grabbed one scythe.
• Xu Xuan was blasted back by the clash of Chaos Qi and demonic qi, then taunted the four Night Demons.
• The Night Demons demanded to know why Xu Xuan had come to Night Demon Valley and threatened to take him to the Night Demon King.
• Xu Xuan suspected the Demon Ruler might be with the Night Demon King and allowed the four Night Demons to capture him.
• The Night Demons brought Xu Xuan to their territory, where the curious residents gathered around him.

Xu Xuan was captured by the Night Demons, where a curious young Night Demon approached him and displayed a strange red scythe. In the settlement, the Night Demon elder killed and consumed a Dharma Protector before emerging to meet the others.

• A young Night Demon asked to taste Xu Xuan, then became curious about humans and questioned him about life on the continent.
• A Night Demon left to summon the elder while Xu Xuan broke free of his restraints and the others surrounded him.
• The young Night Demon drew his dark red scythe, releasing red vapor that enveloped Xu Xuan.
• In the forbidden grounds, the Night Demon elder killed the Dharma Protector and consumed the blood bubbles drawn from his body.
• The Night Demon elder emerged from the Main Hall, and the gathered Night Demons fell silent when he raised his hand.

Ye Ren slaughtered the Night Demon clansmen around him and absorbed their blood to raise his cultivation from the first to the third level of Heaven Martial. He demanded that Xu Xuan take him to the continent, then prepared to attack when Xu Xuan refused, but noticed that one little Night Demon had survived.

• Xu Xuan’s system identified Ye Ren as a first-level Heaven Martial cultivator with 100 Fate Points.
• Ye Ren announced that he would borrow the Night Demon clansmen’s lives and killed them despite their pleas and the clan’s taboo against harming its own.
• Ye Ren absorbed the clansmen’s blood and broke through to the third level of Heaven Martial.
• Ye Ren offered to make Xu Xuan his personal servant if he took him to the continent, but Xu Xuan said he did not know the way and had never planned to leave.
• Ye Ren summoned a fierce gale, then noticed the little Night Demon was still alive; the little Night Demon stood up and asked whether Ye Ren had tried to kill him.

Ye Ren backed down from killing the little Night Demon after seeing his Dark Red Scythe, then tried to force Xu Xuan to guide him out of the Ten Thousand Fiends Abyss. In Black Mist Forest, the Feather Race elder rejected Yu Jie's defense of Yu Hua and vowed to have him killed.

• Ye Ren recognized the little Night Demon's Dark Red Scythe and hid his fear, then demanded that Xu Xuan lead him out.
• Yu Jie told the Feather Race elder that Yu Hua had saved his life and might not be evil, but the elder warned that Yu Hua could kill Yu Jie's sister.
• The elder ordered Yu Jie to stop defending Yu Hua and wait for the lord who could lead the Feather Race out of Black Mist Forest.
• The elder privately resolved to ask the lord to kill Yu Hua rather than hand over the Feather Race members he had gathered.
• Ye Ren whipped the bound Xu Xuan and offered to spare him if he guided the Night Demons out, but Xu Xuan refused and provoked him.

Ye Ren trapped Xu Xuan and struck him with the Demon Ruler, putting him to sleep. Meanwhile, Bai Bujue and Black Rose attacked the Mystic Universe Heavenly Palace to seize Mo Tianji, but Black Rose stopped Bai Bujue from killing the Palace Master.

• Ye Ren refused Xu Xuan’s request to inspect the Demon Ruler, trapped him under a cover, and struck him unconscious with the ruler.
• Bai Bujue and Black Rose demanded that the Mystic Universe Heavenly Palace hand over Mo Tianji.
• Bai Bujue attacked the Palace Master with White Dragon Howls at the Moon, but the Palace Master defeated the technique with Heavenly Mystic Heart and wounded Bai Bujue.
• Black Rose struck the Palace Master and weakened him, then rebuked Bai Bujue for ordering her to kill him.
• Bai Bujue backed down when Black Rose threatened him and said he did not want to disappoint their lord.

The Heavenly Wasteland Sect Master discovered Mo Tianji in the Mystic Universe Heavenly Palace and ordered the Grand Elder to observe him without approaching. In Primordial Dao Province, Ouyang Quede faced opposition over succeeding his late brother Ouyang Zhengtian and went to seek an inheritance in the ancestral grounds.

• The Heavenly Wasteland Sect Master viewed the Mystic Universe Heavenly Palace in a sand mirror, found Mo Tianji there, and told the Grand Elder not to approach him.
• Ouyang Quede vowed to avenge Ouyang Zhengtian by destroying the Shangguan Family Lineage.
• Ouyang Bubai challenged Ouyang Quede’s claim to lead the Ouyang Family and said he should first obtain the inheritance Ouyang Zhengtian left in the ancestral grounds.
• Ouyang Quede paid respects at Ouyang Zhengtian’s memorial tablet and left for the ancestral grounds.
• The Fifth Elder quietly slipped away after Ouyang Quede departed.

Xu Xuan was tormented by a Heart Demon created by the Demon Ruler while imprisoned in the Ten Thousand Fiends Abyss. He used a system draw to obtain and consume a Heavenly God Pill, but his Heart Demon easily blocked his attack, leaving Xu Xuan in danger.

• The Demon Ruler's power caused Xu Xuan's Heart Demon to emerge from his chest, and the system offered rewards for destroying it.
• Xu Xuan summoned the Black Shadow Sword, but his Heart Demon produced an identical sword and matched his abilities.
• Xu Xuan used an unused system draw to obtain a Heavenly God Pill that temporarily granted Heavenly God Power without aftereffects.
• Xu Xuan consumed the pill and attacked the Heart Demon, but it effortlessly blocked his punch and taunted him.
• Xu Xuan backed away in fear, then gathered himself and swung another punch at the Heart Demon.

Xu Xuan fought his Heart Demon after using the divine power from the Heavenly God Pill to gain an advantage. The Heart Demon transformed and unleashed a powerful technique, leaving Xu Xuan facing an escalating threat.

• Xu Xuan's first attack was easily blocked, but he used the Heavenly God Pill's divine power to strengthen himself.
• Xu Xuan's divine-powered punches eroded the Heart Demon's Demonic Qi and drove him backward, though their clash remained fierce.
• Xu Xuan recognized that the Heart Demon relied on Chaos Qi and taunted him as his power began to scatter.
• Xu Xuan punched the Heart Demon into the barrier and wounded him.
• The Heart Demon swelled to more than three times his size, formed black wings from Demonic Qi, and unleashed the Chaos Annihilation Strike.

Xu Xuan persuaded his Heart Demon to help him seize the Demon Ruler from Ye Ren, while Little Night Demon contacted the Demon Ruler and learned that the Night Demon King was trapped in Night Demon Valley by the shackles of a Primordial Divine General. The story left the king imprisoned and Ye Ren still guarding Little Night Demon.

• Xu Xuan struck the Heart Demon with a Light Sword, then offered it Ye Ren's body in exchange for helping him take the Demon Ruler.
• Ye Ren revealed that he had slaughtered the Night Devil Race clanspeople and reached Heaven Martial Sixth Heaven, while keeping Little Night Demon confined.
• Little Night Demon insulted Ye Ren as he secretly sought to contact the Demon Ruler.
• The Demon Ruler told Little Night Demon that the Night Demon King was trapped in Night Demon Valley by the shackles of a Primordial Divine General.
• The Demon Ruler explained that Primordial Divine Generals had served the Heavenly Court and ranked below the 361 Orthodox Gods.