Chapter Summaries

Ironside True Lord struggled to defend Ringless Island as the Demon Emperors battered its Mountain Protection Grand Formation. Zhou Xun arrived as reinforcements and confronted the Hundred-Winged Demon Emperor, who dismissed him despite Demon Emperor Wu Rong’s warning about his strength.

• Ironside True Lord used his Skyquaking Hammer against the Demon Alligator while blocking Demon Emperor Wu Rong’s cone-shaped weapons.
• The Hundred-Winged Demon Emperor repeatedly struck Ringless Island’s Mountain Protection Grand Formation, leaving it close to collapse and injuring cultivators on the walls.
• Ironside True Lord announced that reinforcements had arrived when Zhou Xun raced in on a streak of lightning.
• Demon Emperor Wu Rong recognized Zhou Xun and warned the Hundred-Winged Demon Emperor that Zhou Xun was a powerful lightning-attribute Sword Cultivator who had nearly killed him before.
• Zhou Xun summoned his High-Grade Lightning Sword, but the Hundred-Winged Demon Emperor ignored Wu Rong’s warning and prepared to fight him.

Zhou Xun fought the Hundred-Winged Demon Emperor, overwhelming the Tier 4 demon with his Mystic Thunder Sword and Lightning Shield. After Zhou Xun pierced the demon’s head, its miniature form escaped by teleporting away with its inner dan.

• The Hundred-Winged Demon Emperor attacked Zhou Xun with a massive water ball, but Zhou Xun destroyed it with lightning and summoned eighty-one streams of sword light.
• Demon Emperor Wu Rong recognized Zhou Xun’s strength and fled, leaving the Hundred-Winged Demon Emperor to face him alone.
• The Hundred-Winged Demon Emperor merged his blue swords into one giant blade and clashed with Zhou Xun’s Mystic Thunder Sword, but Zhou Xun’s strike overwhelmed it.
• Zhou Xun struck the Hundred-Winged Demon Emperor’s inner dan, then blocked its charging attack with a Lightning Shield.
• Zhou Xun’s Mystic Thunder Sword pierced the Hundred-Winged Demon Emperor through the head, but the demon’s miniature form escaped with its inner dan by teleporting away.

Zhou Xun killed the Tier 4 Demon Emperor at Ringless Island and secured its demon soul, inner core, corpse, and fin swords. He returned to Heaven Talisman Island, where he told his companions the siege had been lifted and the Sea Clan could not mount another attack for now.

• Zhou Xun intercepted the fleeing Demon Shark with a lightning net and killed it, then stored its demon soul and inner core as proof of his merit.
• Ironside True Lord explained that Zhou Xun could exchange the merit for a Nascent Soul Pill or an equivalent treasure, and agreed to help him obtain two Tier 4 Grade 2 Spirit Herbs.
• Zhou Xun collected the Demon Shark’s Storage Pouch, corpse, and hundred fin swords before leaving Ringless Island for Heaven Talisman Island.
• Cao Feiyu told Zhou Xun that two more Beast Tides had attacked Heaven Talisman Island and that the defenders had killed both leading great demons with Fellow Daoist Feng’s help.
• Zhou Xun told Li Daniu and the others that he and Ironside True Lord had killed a Tier 4 Demon Emperor, leaving the Sea Clan unable to organize another offensive for the time being.

After defeating the Hundred-Winged Demon Emperor, Zhou Xun examined the spoils and continued studying how to form a Nascent Soul. His five Bloodfiend Spawn advanced to Tier 3 High-Grade, and he tested their combined form, the Nascent Soul-level Bloodfiend General, with his Mystic Thunder Sword.

• Zhou Xun reassured his followers that battling across ranks was normal but ordered them to keep up their daily patrols.
• Zhou Xun fed his Wind-Guiding Butterfly Tier 3 Spirit Elixir and examined the Hundred-Winged Demon Emperor's Storage Pouch, finding Dark-Mystic Gold and seven Top-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Zhou Xun cleaned and dissected the Tier 4 Demon Shark, discovering its rare fish stone, then resumed studying a Jade Slip about forming a Nascent Soul.
• After a month, Zhou Xun found that all five Bloodfiend Spawn had advanced to Tier 3 High-Grade and took them to an uninhabited island to test their strength.
• Zhou Xun used a secret technique to fuse the five Bloodfiend Spawn into a Nascent Soul-level Bloodfiend General, then sent his Mystic Thunder Sword to attack it.

Zhou Xun tested the Bloodfiend General’s strength, then finished studying his Nascent Soul formation notes and announced he would attempt a breakthrough. He prepared to enter seclusion on Heaven Talisman Island and sealed his cave abode with a grand formation.

• Zhou Xun struck the Bloodfiend General with the Mystic Thunder Sword and found its body could withstand the attack and rapidly heal.
• Zhou Xun successively enhanced the sword with the Sword Shadow Unification Technique, eventually piercing the Bloodfiend General’s defenses and judging its strength comparable to a peak Nascent Soul Early Stage cultivator.
• Zhou Xun finished studying his Nascent Soul formation insights after two months and decided to prepare for a breakthrough.
• Zhou Xun summoned Cao Feiyu, Li Daniu, Wen Yue, and Luo Yuancheng, told them he would enter seclusion to attempt Nascent Soul formation, and instructed them to maintain the island as usual.
• Zhou Xun sent them away and placed five Top-Grade Spirit Stones and the formation flags of the Five Elements Unification Grand Formation around his cave abode.

Zhou Xun prepared to form his Nascent Soul and swallowed a Superior Nascent Soul Pill, while the Black Reef Demon Emperor gained his father’s support and a Void Treasure for a campaign against Wang Lin. The chapter left Zhou Xun at the start of his breakthrough and the demon forces marching toward Heaven Talisman Island as a Seatown Immortal City patrol crossed nearby.

• Zhou Xun raised the cave’s Spiritual Qi, stationed five Bloodfiend Spawn at the entrance, and spent weeks preparing his body and mind for Nascent Soul formation.
• Zhou Xun swallowed the Superior Nascent Soul Pill to begin his breakthrough.
• The Black Reef Demon Emperor returned from the ancestral land with a Heaven-Grade bloodline, and the South Abyss Demon Emperor promised him the position of successor.
• The South Abyss Demon Emperor gave his son the Azure Jade Chalice and permitted him to march on Heaven Talisman Island with Crimson Noon to seek revenge on Wang Lin.
• The Black Reef Demon Emperor and Crimson Noon set out for Heaven Talisman Island as a Seatown Immortal City patrol team traveled west of the city.

Black Reef Demon Emperor and Crimson Noon Demon Emperor ambushed True Lord Dan Yuan’s patrol, broke its formation, and killed him. On Heaven Talisman Island, Zhou Xun began his breakthrough using a Nascent Soul Pill as strange spiritual lights appeared above the island.

• True Lord Dan Yuan’s patrol spotted approaching demon beasts and set up a formation while awaiting reinforcements led by Monarch Qian Chuan.
• Black Reef Demon Emperor transformed into an ink-black flood dragon and shattered the patrol’s formation with two strikes.
• Black Reef Demon Emperor captured True Lord Dan Yuan, prevented his Nascent Soul from escaping, and swallowed it.
• Zhou Xun swallowed a Nascent Soul Pill and began circulating the Purple Cloud True Scripture to attempt his breakthrough.
• Spiritual Qi churned above Heaven Talisman Island, where countless colorful points of light appeared and astonished Cao Feiyu, Li Daniu, and the other cultivators.

Zhou Xun faced the Nascent Soul lightning tribulation and used his Lightning Pool to devour its bolts. As the tribulation continued, he remained confident and began to realize his treasure was stronger than he had expected.

• The Heaven Talisman Sect and nearby cultivators witnessed a Nascent Soul Tribulation gathering above Zhou Xun's cave abode.
• Zhou Xun flew into the air and summoned his Lightning Pool, confident that his lightning cultivation and treasure could withstand the tribulation.
• The Lightning Pool swallowed and refined the first bolt of tribulation lightning.
• Zhou Xun used the Lightning Pool to absorb the second, third, and following bolts as the tribulation intensified.
• Cao Feiyu and Li Daniu marveled at Zhou Xun's feat, and Li Daniu compared him favorably to the famed Thunder Prison True Lord.
• Zhou Xun realized that the Lightning Pool's foundations were greater than he had expected.

Zhou Xun passed the ninth tribulation bolt and overcame the Inner Demon Tribulation, becoming a Nascent Soul cultivator. As he celebrated his new realm, Black Reef Demon Emperor and Crimson Noon Demon Emperor headed toward Heaven Talisman Island, intent on hunting human cultivators.

• Zhou Xun’s Thunder Pool absorbed the crystalline purple tribulation bolt and transformed into a purple platform.
• Zhou Xun faced a vision of his former life on Blue Star, then broke the illusion with a bolt of lightning.
• Black Reef Demon Emperor and Crimson Noon Demon Emperor discussed devouring human Nascent Souls and spotted the tribulation near Heaven Talisman Island.
• Zhou Xun passed the Inner Demon Tribulation and tested his Nascent Soul’s ability to leave his body and move through space.
• Zhou Xun awakened in his cultivation chamber and declared himself Oblivion River True Lord.

A massive demon-beast force led by the Black Reef Demon Emperor and the Crimson Noon Demon Emperor arrived at Heaven Talisman Island, and Zhou Xun came out to face them. Zhou Xun began testing his strength against the Black Reef Demon Emperor as their first clash shook the air.

• Zhou Xun sensed an approaching enemy as more than a thousand demon beasts descended on Heaven Talisman Island.
• Cao Feiyu ordered the disciples to form ranks, and Wen Yue activated the island’s Mountain Protection Grand Formation.
• Zhou Xun arrived, instructed the others to defend the sect, and confronted the Black Reef Demon Emperor and the Crimson Noon Demon Emperor outside the formation.
• The Black Reef Demon Emperor attacked Zhou Xun by turning his body into a blade, and Zhou Xun sent the Mystic Thunder Sword to meet him head-on.

Zhou Xun fought the Black Reef Demon King and the Crimson Noon Demon Emperor after breaking through, using his lightning techniques and Bloodfiend Spawn to hold off their forces. As he began gathering sword lights for a powerful attack, the Black Reef Demon King’s horn struck through Zhou Xun’s blood armor, but his Heavenly Mystery Spirit Armor, Kaiyang, absorbed the blow.

• Zhou Xun matched the Black Reef Demon Emperor’s attack, while the Crimson Noon Demon Emperor transformed into a giant turtle and joined the fight.
• Zhou Xun bound the Crimson Noon Demon Emperor with Lightning Seeds, then summoned five Bloodfiend Spawn and formed blood armor around himself.
• The Black Reef Demon King raised thirteen powerful water dragons, and Zhou Xun sent twenty-six Lightning Seeds to fight them as the Bloodfiend Spawn fused into a Bloodfiend General to engage the Crimson Noon Demon Emperor.
• Zhou Xun began using Sword Shadow Unity against the Black Reef Demon King, who fired black light from his horn and shattered Zhou Xun’s blood armor.
• Zhou Xun’s Heavenly Mystery Spirit Armor, Kaiyang, appeared and swallowed the black light before it could strike him.

Zhou Xun killed the Black Reef Demon Emperor, but a Spirit Transformation demon lord rescued the demon’s inner Dan and soul. Zhou Xun then took the corpse and pursued the fleeing Crimson Noon Demon Emperor, rapidly closing the distance.

• Zhou Xun’s Mystic Thunder Sword pierced the Black Reef Demon Emperor’s head, killing him with one strike.
• Zhou Xun used concealed yin lightning to paralyze the Black Reef Demon Emperor’s escaping inner Dan and demon soul, but a Spirit Transformation demon lord reached through space and seized them.
• Zhou Xun inferred that powerful cultivators on both sides were limiting their involvement in the war, then took the Black Reef Demon Emperor’s Storage Pouch and corpse.
• The Crimson Noon Demon Emperor fled after seeing Zhou Xun kill the Black Reef Demon Emperor, and Zhou Xun sent Bloodfiend Spawn to handle the Tier 3 Demon Kings before pursuing him with his Thunderclap Wings.
• Zhou Xun rapidly gained on the Crimson Noon Demon Emperor, who was shocked by the speed of his pursuer.

Zhou Xun chased down Crimson Noon Demon Emperor and forced the Tier 4 demon turtle to submit, binding him by taking a portion of his essence soul. He then released the Soul Devourer Azure Ape from the banner.

• Crimson Noon Demon Emperor accelerated with his demon energy, but Zhou Xun increased his speed and caught up.
• Crimson Noon Demon Emperor turned to negotiate, but Zhou Xun demanded that he submit and attacked him with the Mystic Thunder Sword when he refused.
• Crimson Noon Demon Emperor surrendered and assumed human form after Zhou Xun damaged his shell.
• Zhou Xun demanded a portion of Crimson Noon Demon Emperor's essence soul and threatened him with another sword attack until he agreed.
• Crimson Noon Demon Emperor placed a miniature turtle into Zhou Xun's banner, and Zhou Xun summoned the Soul Devourer Azure Ape.

Zhou Xun subdued the turtle demon and examined the Black Reef Demon Emperor’s Storage Pouch, discovering True Lord Dan Yuan’s pill-refinement inheritance and a Void Treasure. He tested the Azure Jade Chalice and confirmed that it could seal the void and prevent teleportation.

• Zhou Xun used Little Qing, a Soul Devourer, to frighten the turtle demon into swearing loyalty, then rode the demon toward Heaven Talisman Island.
• Zhou Xun searched the Black Reef Demon Emperor’s Storage Pouch and found numerous demon cores, spirit herbs, and a High-Grade Mystic Treasure pill furnace bearing the name “Dan Yuan.”
• Zhou Xun read True Lord Dan Yuan’s Jade Slip, learned that he had died, and found the Tier 4 Middle-Grade pill-refinement inheritance called Dan Yuan Arts.
• Zhou Xun discovered an Azure Jade Chalice Void Treasure and quickly erased the Black Reef Demon Emperor’s imprint before initially refining it.
• Zhou Xun activated the Azure Jade Chalice and tested its sealed space, finding that even his Violet Firmament True Thunder Formation could not teleport within it.

After defeating the Demon Race attack, Zhou Xun returned to Heaven Talisman Island with the subdued Crimson Noon Demon Emperor and helped the sect prepare for its surge in strength. Luo Yuancheng began attempting to form a core in Zhou Xun’s cave residence, and the chapter ended as he swallowed the Essence Crystallization Pill and started his breakthrough.

• Zhou Xun tested the jade cup’s sealing power, then returned to Heaven Talisman Island and introduced the subdued Crimson Noon Demon Emperor to Ironside True Lord.
• Cao Feiyu and the others returned, and Zhou Xun explained how he had made the demon turtle his spirit beast, while Feng Zhong worried about his standing as Zhou Xun’s mount.
• Heaven Talisman Island held a celebration, and Zhou Xun refined demon cores into pills while Ironside True Lord made magic treasures for the sect’s cultivators.
• Luo Yuancheng told Zhou Xun he planned to break through to the Core Formation Stage, and Zhou Xun examined him, gave him an Essence Crystallization Pill, and explained the process.
• The Heaven Talisman Sect secured the island as Luo Yuancheng prepared to form his core in Zhou Xun’s cave residence, swallowed the pill, and began his breakthrough.

Luo Yuancheng successfully formed a Superior True Core, and Zhou Xun formally accepted him as his sixth personal disciple in a ceremony attended by nearby cultivators. The ceremony concluded with Zhou Xun instructing Luo Yuancheng to follow his lineage’s rules and continue serving Cao Feiyu and the Heaven Talisman Sect.

• Luo Yuancheng condensed a Superior True Core after six days, bringing hope to Cao Feiyu and the Heaven Talisman Sect.
• Zhou Xun agreed to hold a formal disciple-acceptance ceremony for Luo Yuancheng, explaining that he had chosen not to hold a Nascent Soul Ceremony.
• Cao Feiyu welcomed nearby sect elders, who came hoping to meet Zhou Xun at an exchange gathering after the ceremony.
• Ironside True Lord arrived, and Zhou Xun welcomed him into the Heaven Talisman Great Hall.
• Zhou Xun accepted Luo Yuancheng as his sixth personal disciple before the gathered cultivators.
• Zhou Xun instructed Luo Yuancheng to obey his lineage’s rules, care for his fellow disciples, and continue serving Cao Feiyu and the Heaven Talisman Sect.

Zhou Xun formally accepted Luo Yuancheng as his sixth personal disciple, then hosted an exchange gathering where he sold talismans and considered a rare lightning treasure. He refused the North Cloud Sect’s request to become its Honored Guest Elder, and its elder instead asked whether he would agree to help the sect once in the future.

• Luo Yuancheng offered Zhou Xun spirit tea, and Zhou Xun named him his sixth personal disciple.
• Zhou Xun expounded the Dao for a day, and several cultivators broke through their bottlenecks during the lecture.
• Zhou Xun sold four Tier 3 High-Grade Sword Rain Talismans, and Ironside True Lord sold the Azure Ice Sword to the Red Rampart Sect's Supreme Elder.
• A North Cloud Sect elder offered Zhou Xun a Tier 4 Middle-Grade Thunder Essence Crystal in exchange for becoming the sect's Honored Guest Elder.
• Zhou Xun declined the position but offered to trade other treasures, so the elder asked him to take action for the North Cloud Sect once in the future.

Zhou Xun exchanged a token for the North Cloud Sect Elder’s promise that he would act once if needed, then learned from Ironside True Lord about Seatown Immortal City’s expanded battle merit list. He showed Ironside True Lord the Ink Dragon’s horn, and the chapter ended with Ironside confirming that it was a rare void material containing the dragon clan’s innate ability.

• Zhou Xun agreed to help the North Cloud Sect once if the request was righteous and within his capabilities, and gave the Elder a token as proof of the bargain.
• Ironside True Lord delivered a letter from True Lord Tian Ci detailing Seatown Immortal City’s new battle merit exchange list, including a Tribulation Transcendence Pill and several rare Spirit Herbs.
• Ironside True Lord said Zhou Xun had enough battle merit for most listed treasures, while Zhou Xun said he would rather exchange for Spirit Herbs than a pill he could not yet use.
• Zhou Xun brought out the Ink Dragon’s corpse and asked whether its horn could be incorporated into his lightning sword.
• Ironside True Lord examined the horn and determined that it held the Ink Dragon Clan’s innate divine ability and rare void properties.

Zhou Xun decided to have Ironside True Lord fuse the ink flood dragon’s horn into his Junmang spear, creating a treasure with space-shattering and teleportation abilities. He tested Luo Yuancheng’s talisman-making, gave him the complete Talismans Infusion Art, and continued tempering his body before finding Luo Yuancheng struggling to use the art.

• Zhou Xun and Ironside True Lord agreed that the ink flood dragon’s horn would suit the Junmang spear, and Ironside True Lord promised to finish refining it in half a month.
• Zhou Xun tested Luo Yuancheng’s talisman-making and gave him a Tier 3 Low-Grade Talisman Brush, allowing him to successfully make a Tier 3 talisman.
• Zhou Xun gave Luo Yuancheng the complete Talismans Infusion Art, and Luo Yuancheng thanked him on behalf of the Heaven Talisman Sect.
• Zhou Xun used the Divine Thunder Body Tempering Method and estimated he would reach the peak of the ninth layer in a dozen or so years.
• Luo Yuancheng practiced the Talismans Infusion Mystic Gestures, but his talisman exploded and burned to ash.

Zhou Xun helped Luo Yuancheng master the Talismans Infusion Art, then prepared to leave Heaven Talisman Island for Seatown Immortal City. After reassuring Cao Feiyu and bidding everyone farewell, he traveled to Ringless Island, where Xu Ziling and Lan Yanping greeted him as a newly formed Nascent Soul True Lord.

• Zhou Xun taught Luo Yuancheng the Talismans Infusion Art until Luo Yuancheng successfully infused a talisman with spiritual power.
• At a farewell banquet, Zhou Xun told Cao Feiyu that Ironside True Lord would protect Heaven Talisman Island and handed him the First Elder Token.
• Zhou Xun retrieved his formation flags and Top-Grade Spirit Stones, put the Wind-Guiding Butterfly in its pouch, and left Heaven Talisman Island with the Crimson Turtle and Earth Origin Beast.
• The Crimson Turtle and Earth Origin Beast raced each other on the way to Ringless Island, while Zhou Xun let them compete.
• Xu Ziling and Lan Yanping welcomed Zhou Xun to Ringless Island and congratulated him on forming his Nascent Soul.
• Zhou Xun asked whether Daoist Tieshan was there.