Chapter Summaries

A Spirit Transformation cultivator named Yun Ku halted the battle between the Human and Demon races, and a Demon Race Spirit Transformation cultivator, Lady Jin, arrived as well. The two ancestors gathered with the leaders of both sides to discuss what would happen next.

• Perfected Lord Tianyi and Mo Yuan traded taunts and clashed, with Tianyi's Seven Stars Sword blasting Mo Yuan away.
• Mo Yuan transformed into a giant black dragon, but Yun Ku appeared and froze the battlefield with his command over Spiritual Qi.
• Zhou Xun recognized Yun Ku as the second Spirit Transformation cultivator he had seen and wondered whether he was the man from Fengyuan.
• Netherfiend True Lord and the other Alliance Lords flew to Yun Ku, while Lady Jin arrived and drew cheers from the Demon Race.
• Netherfiend True Lord greeted Yun Ku and Lady Jin, and Yun Ku praised his progress toward the next realm.
• The Gold Dragon Demon Emperor and other dragons prostrated themselves before Lady Jin and called her their ancestor.

Netherfiend True Lord and the Demon Race leaders negotiated an end to the South Sea war after Perfected Lord Yunku revealed that the Netherworld had reopened its passage and invaded the Western Desert. The two races agreed to settle their territorial dispute with an arena battle outside Seatown Immortal City one month later, while Zhou Xun moved toward the war skiffs.

• Netherfiend True Lord argued that the South Sea belonged to the Human Race, while the Gold Dragon Demon Emperor and Perfected Lord Tianyi traded threats over the territory.
• Perfected Lord Yunku announced that the Netherworld had reopened its passage and occupied more than half of the Western Desert, urging both races to stop wasting cultivators in their war.
• Netherfiend True Lord proposed a wager match, and the Gold Dragon Demon Emperor agreed that a Human Race victory would push the border back three million li into Demon Race territory.
• Netherfiend True Lord and the Gold Dragon Demon Emperor agreed that each side would send five Nascent Soul Early Stage cultivators to an arena battle outside Seatown Immortal City in one month.
• Netherfiend True Lord ordered the Human Race army to retreat toward its defensive line, and Zhou Xun flashed toward the war skiffs controlled by Jiang Wanning and Wang Lingfeng.

After a Spirit Transformation cultivator halted the battle, Zhou Xun checked on his allies, learned Wang Lingfeng had been badly injured, and gave him a Tier 4 Healing Elixir. Zhou Xun then joined the Three Alliance Lords and other leaders to hear important news about the truce.

• Jiang Wanning told Zhou Xun that she and her group were safe, but Wang Lingfeng had been injured when his vessel was attacked by two Demon Emperors.
• Zhou Xun reprimanded Feng Chong and Chi Wu for neglecting Wang Lingfeng, then explained that a Spirit Transformation cultivator had stopped the battle.
• Ironside True Lord asked Zhou Xun about the truce, and Zhou Xun said the Alliance Lords had not yet shared its terms.
• Zhou Xun examined Wang Lingfeng, confirmed his foundation was unharmed, and gave him a Tier 4 Healing Elixir.
• Alliance Leader Yu summoned Zhou Xun to a meeting, where he joined Nine Swords True Lord and the Three Alliance Lords.
• Netherfiend True Lord sealed the meeting tent and began to announce the first matter concerning the battle's aftermath.

Netherfiend True Lord explained that the truce with the Demon Race was necessary so the Human Race could prepare for the Netherworld invasion, then announced an arena battle to settle their dispute. Zhou Xun agreed to represent the Human Race as one of five Nascent Soul Early Stage fighters, and he hoped victory would earn him a Tier 4 spirit island.

• Netherfiend True Lord honored the fallen Human Race cultivators and revealed that the Netherworld was preparing to invade through a reopened passage.
• Netherfiend True Lord announced that the Human Race and Demon Race would each choose five Nascent Soul Early Stage cultivators for an arena battle outside Seatown Immortal City in one month.
• Netherfiend True Lord asked Zhou Xun to fight, and Zhou Xun agreed to represent the Human Race.
• The gathered cultivators selected True Lord Tian Ci, Thunder Prison True Lord, True Lord Chang'an Wei Chang'an, and Master Ku Jie as the other fighters.
• Netherfiend True Lord promised the fighters great merit and possible Tier 4 spirit islands if they won, and Zhou Xun imagined naming his island Oblivion River Island.

The Human cultivators decided their order for the coming battle with the Demon Race, placing Oblivion River True Lord last and Master Kujie first. With a month remaining before the battle, Zhou Xun asked Ironside True Lord to upgrade his Thunderclap Wings using the wings of a thunder roc he had killed, and Ironside agreed to begin the refinement.

• Perfected Lord Tianyi proposed the Human fighters’ order, with Master Kujie first, Thunder Prison True Lord or True Monarch Chang'an in the next positions, True Lord Tian Ci fourth, and Oblivion River True Lord last.
• Zhou Xun returned to Seatown Immortal City with Jiang Wanning and the others, while keeping the threat of the Netherworld invasion from her.
• Zhou Xun visited Ironside True Lord and asked him to upgrade his Thunderclap Wings using the wings of a Tier 4 Lower Grade thunder roc.
• Ironside True Lord examined the thunder roc wings and supplied the Millennial Thunder Spirit Wood, thunder marrow liquid, and Stardust Sand he had prepared.
• Ironside True Lord accepted Zhou Xun’s Thunderclap Wings for refinement and said the work could take half a month to several months.

Zhou Xun prepared to represent the Human Race in its arena battle against the Demon Race, receiving his newly upgraded Thunderclap Wings shortly before the contest. He and the other Human Race representatives arrived at the battlefield as both sides stood ready to begin.

• Zhou Xun admired the Wind-Guiding Butterfly’s performance against the Thunder Plume Demon Emperor and continued cultivating while news of the arena battle spread.
• Ironside True Lord told Zhou Xun that the Thunderclap Wings had been upgraded to a High-Grade Mystic Treasure, and Zhou Xun collected them.
• On the morning of the battle, Zhou Xun reassured Jiang Wanning and declined Feng Zhong’s request to join the fight.
• Zhou Xun met True Lord Tian Ci and the other representatives at Seatown Grand Hall, where Netherfiend True Lord entrusted the fate of the Southern Sea to them.
• The Human Race group arrived at the battlefield and saw the assembled cultivators and demon beasts facing each other across the arena.
• Monarch Qian Chuan reported to Netherfiend True Lord that the arena was prepared and both sides were ready for battle.

Perfected Lord Yunku arrived for the Human-Demon arena battle and revealed his past connection to Zhou Xun and Dan Xiong Hai. As the first match began, Master Kujie transformed with his Devil Subduing Body, leaving the South Abyss Demon Emperor worried that the demons would lose the opening fight.

• Perfected Lord Yunku appeared and Zhou Xun recognized him as Grandmaster Yun Ku, who had once traveled incognito in the Eastern Wasteland.
• Perfected Lord Yunku told Zhou Xun that Dan Xiong Hai was alive and cultivating in the Great Jin Buddhist Sect as his personal disciple.
• Perfected Lord Yunku and Demon Lord Jin Bi took their places as witnesses while Netherfiend True Lord announced the arena battle rules and declared the contest begun.
• Perfected Lord Tianyi reminded the human representatives that they could concede, and Wei Chang'an sent Master Kujie out as the first fighter.
• Master Kujie met Void Flame, a Shrimp Demon who also practiced body refinement, and manifested his enormous Devil Subduing Body.
• The South Abyss Demon Emperor told Gold Dragon that the demons might lose the first battle against Master Kujie.

Master Kujie defeated the Void Flame Demon Emperor in the opening battle, though his Dharma body was damaged. As the Human Race celebrated and Wei Chang'an expected an easier second fight, the Demon Race's black-horned second combatant came forward.

• The Void Flame Demon Emperor attacked Master Kujie's Dharma body with fire and transformed whiskers, but Kujie blocked both assaults with Buddhist light.
• The Void Flame Demon Emperor revealed his giant sea-shrimp true body and fought Kujie at close range, gradually tiring as his shell cracked.
• Master Kujie struck the charging Void Flame Demon Emperor into the sea, and the Gold Dragon Demon Emperor conceded the match.
• The Void Flame Demon Emperor returned to the Demon Race's side and apologized, while the Gold Dragon Demon Emperor reassured him.
• The Human Race celebrated Kujie's victory, and Wei Chang'an thought the weakened opposition would make his upcoming fight easier.
• The Demon Race's second combatant flew over, revealing himself as a young man in a black dragon robe with a black horn on his forehead.

Master Kujie fought the Black Reef Demon Emperor after defeating the Void Flame Demon Emperor, but his injuries and depleted mana left him at a disadvantage. The Black Reef Demon Emperor shattered Master Kujie's Devil Subduing Body, and the Netherfiend True Lord conceded the round before the demon could finish him.

• Zhou Xun told Wei Chang'an that the Black Reef Demon Emperor was an Ink Dragon whose horn could fire a spatially crossing beam of light.
• The Black Reef Demon Emperor attacked Master Kujie with black pillars of Demon Energy, forcing him to defend with a golden shield.
• Master Kujie summoned a giant golden hand and struck the Black Reef Demon Emperor's tail, but the exchange drained his mana and ended in a draw.
• The Black Reef Demon Emperor fired a beam from its horn that bypassed Master Kujie's shield and shattered his Devil Subduing Body.
• The Netherfiend True Lord conceded the round, and Master Kujie returned to the Human Race camp as Zhou Xun and the others asked if he was alright.

Black Reef Demon Emperor defeated Wei Chang'an, but Thunder Prison True Lord and True Lord Tian Ci turned the battle in the Human Race's favor. The Human Race stood one victory away from claiming the final battle.

• Wei Chang'an lost to Black Reef Demon Emperor after pressing his advantage and falling into a trap.
• Netherfiend True Lord rescued Wei Chang'an, who apologized to his allies for his defeat.
• Thunder Prison True Lord fought Black Reef Demon Emperor, overwhelmed him with lightning, and forced the Demon Race to concede.
• Thunder Prison True Lord defeated the Demon Race's Wind Ripper Beast but lost to their red dragon carp after exhausting his mana.
• True Lord Tian Ci suppressed the red dragon carp, leaving the Human Race one victory from ultimate victory.

The Human Race celebrated its advantage in the arena battle, while the Demon Race pinned its hopes on the Purple Jiao Demon Emperor, whose talent the Gold Dragon Demon Emperor praised. True Lord Tian Ci began their match by unleashing his Natal Treasure and Golden Samadhi Trueflame, leaving Zhou Xun hopeful that he might not need to fight.

• Netherfiend True Lord and Zhou Xun assessed the Human Race's strong chance of victory, while the South Abyss Demon Emperor worried about the stakes of defeat.
• The Gold Dragon Demon Emperor introduced Zi Yi, the Purple Jiao Demon Emperor, and praised his talent; Black Reef greeted him, but Zi Yi answered dismissively.
• Zi Yi entered the arena and challenged True Lord Tian Ci, who judged him formidable and resolved to create an opening for Zhou Xun if he could not win.
• True Lord Tian Ci used the Nine Luminaries True Gourd to send a fire phoenix at Zi Yi, who blocked it with a giant purple sword.
• True Lord Tian Ci brought forth Golden Samadhi Trueflame, astonishing the Gold Dragon Demon Emperor and giving Zhou Xun hope that the Human Race could win without his intervention.

True Lord Tian Ci fought the Purple Jiao Demon Emperor to a costly stalemate before withdrawing, leaving Zhou Xun to take his place. As Zhou Xun faced Zi Yi, the Gold Dragon Demon Emperor urged his ally to use a costly forbidden technique, and the next duel began with both opponents sizing each other up.

• True Lord Tian Ci’s golden flames eroded the Purple Jiao Demon Emperor’s shield until Zi Yi spent precious innate dragon essence repairing it, turning their clash into a tug-of-war.
• The Purple Jiao Demon Emperor summoned a massive purple jiao, further draining True Lord Tian Ci, who continued fighting to weaken the demon before conceding.
• Zhou Xun welcomed True Lord Tian Ci back and gave him a Qi Recovery Pill as Human Race cultivators cheered his return.
• The Gold Dragon Demon Emperor sent Zi Yi a voice transmission, and Zi Yi agreed to a plan that appeared to involve a costly forbidden technique.
• Zhou Xun entered the arena, introduced himself, and learned that his opponent was Zi Yi, also known as the Purple Jiao Demon Emperor.

Zhou Xun challenged Zi Yi and used the Mystic Thunder Sword to test his Sword Shadow Unity technique. After Zi Yi blocked the strike with his dragon essence, Zhou Xun trapped them both inside the Violet Firmament True Thunder Formation, prompting the Human Realm leaders to consider supporting him despite the risk of angering Fang Jiuzun.

• Zhou Xun and Zi Yi prepared to fight, and Zhou Xun summoned the Mystic Thunder Sword and fused three hundred and sixty sword lights into it.
• Wang Erniu and Nine Swords True Lord praised Zhou Xun's sword technique, while the Gold Dragon Demon Emperor feared Zi Yi would struggle against it.
• Zi Yi transformed into a giant purple flood dragon and strengthened his defensive shield with his precious innate dragon essence.
• Zhou Xun's thunder sword struck the shield, which Zi Yi managed to hold against the attack.
• Zhou Xun released seventy-two Lightning Seeds and raised the Violet Firmament True Thunder Formation, concealing the battle from both camps.
• Perfected Lord Yunku and Demon Lord Jin Bi decided Zhou Xun deserved the Human Realm's support, but worried about Fang Jiuzun's reaction.

Zhou Xun used the Violet Firmament True Thunder Formation and several powerful techniques to overwhelm the Purple Jiao Demon Emperor. Just as his Heavenly Origin Sword Formation was about to finish the trapped jiao, Demon Lord Jin Bi appeared and blocked the attack.

• Zhou Xun attempted to strike the Purple Jiao Demon Emperor with the Edge of Utmost Sharpness, but the jiao sensed his spatial movement and countered.
• Zhou Xun sent out the Wind-Guiding Butterfly, but the Purple Jiao Demon Emperor quickly resisted its illusion.
• Zhou Xun trapped the Purple Jiao Demon Emperor in the Celestial Talisman Formation and battered him with Tribulation Lightning Descent until he spent his dragon essence to block the final bolt.
• Zhou Xun unleashed seven hundred and twenty lightning swords with the Heavenly Origin Sword Formation, shattering the jiao's Demon Energy shield and swallowing him in the attack.
• Demon Lord Jin Bi appeared and blocked the lightning swords before they could kill the Purple Jiao Demon Emperor.

Zhou Xun’s victory over Purple Jiao Demon Emperor forced the Demon Race to concede the South Sea battle and retreat three million li, earning him renown across the Human Race. After the celebrations began, Grandmaster Yun Ku warned Zhou Xun to conceal his Thundercloud Sect inheritance from Fallen Sun Celestial Lord.

• Demon Lord Jin Bi stopped the duel, declared the Demon Race defeated, and ordered its forces to withdraw three million li.
• South Abyss Demon Emperor lamented losing a quarter of his domain, while Gold Dragon Demon Emperor promised that the other tribes would compensate him.
• The Human Race celebrated its victory, and cultivators across the camp praised Zhou Xun as Oblivion River True Lord.
• Grandmaster Yun Ku praised Zhou Xun’s achievements and told him to address him as Grandmaster again.
• Grandmaster Yun Ku warned Zhou Xun that Fallen Sun Celestial Lord feared the Violet Firmament True Thunder Formation and might target him if he learned Zhou Xun had obtained the Thundercloud Sect’s inheritance.

Perfected Lord Yunku gave Zhou Xun a communication Jade Slip and a map of the Human Realm before leaving for the Western Desert. Honored for helping win the battle for Central Continent, Zhou Xun received the first fief: a Tier 4 Middle-Grade spiritual island and its surrounding sea region.

• Perfected Lord Yunku gave Zhou Xun a communication Jade Slip and a Human Realm geographical map, then departed to guard the Netherworld passage in the Western Desert.
• Netherfiend True Lord thanked Zhou Xun for his service to Central Continent, and millions of cultivators joined in honoring him.
• The cultivators celebrated their victory at Seatown Immortal City for three days before gathering to distribute rewards and fiefs from the newly acquired territory.
• Netherfiend True Lord announced that Zhou Xun had earned the greatest merit and invited him to choose a fief first.
• Zhou Xun selected a Tier 4 Middle-Grade spiritual island, and Netherfiend True Lord granted him the surrounding hundred-thousand-li sea region as well.

Zhou Xun received a vast dao field in Central Continent and agreed with True Lord Tian Ci and Ironside True Lord to return to the Eastern Wasteland after settling their new territories. He was then summoned to meet a Demon Race envoy and discovered it was the Purple Jiao Demon Emperor, Zi Yi.

• Zhou Xun claimed a hundred-thousand-mile domain centered on his spirit island, while True Lord Tian Ci and Ironside True Lord combined their merits to acquire a Tier 4 spirit island.
• Zhou Xun named his dao field Forgotten River, and True Lord Tian Ci and Ironside True Lord named theirs Heaven Han Island.
• Zhou Xun explained that the Eastern Wasteland's spiritual energy was recovering as the Netherworld invasion loosened its seal, prompting the three to plan a return there.
• Wang Lingfeng visited Zhou Xun to deliver an invitation from Monarch Qian Chuan to meet the Demon Race envoy at Seatown Grand Hall.
• Monarch Qian Chuan brought Zhou Xun to meet the envoy, and Zhou Xun recognized him as the Purple Jiao Demon Emperor, who introduced himself as Zi Yi.

Zhou Xun negotiated the return of Demon Race prisoners and treasures, then volunteered to build teleportation arrays for the relocated Seatown Immortal City. The chapter ended with him setting out to receive Oblivion River Island, a vast island suited to founding a sect.

• Zhou Xun and Monarch Qian Chuan agreed with Zi Yi to exchange prisoners and redeem Demon Emperor remains, while Zhou Xun kept the Azure Jade Chalice and traded the Black Reef Demon Emperor and Thousand Crab Demon Emperor bodies for forty Top-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Monarch Qian Chuan announced that Seatown Immortal City would move south, but worried that a lack of Array Formation Masters would leave the new city isolated.
• Zhou Xun revealed that he was a Tier 4 Array Formation Master skilled in Teleportation Arrays and offered to construct the arrays needed for the new city.
• Zhou Xun and the others proposed building a teleportation network across Southern Sea fortresses and relocating the existing arrays to the new city.
• Half a month later, Zhou Xun set out to receive Oblivion River Island, which had a Tier 4 Middle-Grade spirit vein and several Tier 3 branch veins.

Zhou Xun assigned Jiang Wanning, Feng Chong, and the Crimson Noon Spirit Turtle to begin developing Oblivion River Island while he prepared a Teleportation Array for Seatown Spirit Island. After refining its array foundation, he began processing the crucial Profound Void Crystal, leaving the array unfinished.

• Zhou Xun told his companions that they would relocate to Oblivion River Island and sent Jiang Wanning, Feng Chong, and the Crimson Noon Spirit Turtle there ahead of him.
• Zhou Xun met Monarch Qian Chuan, received ten sets of Teleportation Array materials, and asked for a Meditation Chamber to refine the array components.
• Zhou Xun began refining a Teleportation Array in a side hall beside Heavenly Star Hall, intending to link Seatown Immortal City with Seatown Spirit Island.
• After five days, Zhou Xun completed and assembled the 365 spirit-jade pieces into the array foundation.
• Zhou Xun split the Profound Void Crystal in two and began processing it with Mystic Gestures.

Zhou Xun completed one half of a Teleportation Array, then traveled with Seatown Immortal City’s people to settle on Seatown Spirit Island and built the other half. The array flashed to life, and Monarch Qian Chuan eagerly asked whether the work had succeeded.

• Zhou Xun refined the Profound Void Crystals and set up one half of the Teleportation Array, while Monarch Qian Chuan sealed the hall to protect it.
• Monarch Qian Chuan told Zhou Xun they would depart for Seatown Spirit Island in five days.
• Monarch Qian Chuan led the relocation fleet of twenty-one War Skiffs toward the island, and the fleet arrived after two months without encountering any demon beasts above Tier 3.
• Monarch Qian Chuan welcomed the people to Seatown Spirit Island and assigned its existing buildings and planned districts for their new Immortal City.
• Zhou Xun set up the other half of the Teleportation Array at the planned site of Heavenly Star Hall, and Monarch Qian Chuan asked whether it had succeeded.