Chapter Summaries

Fang Yue fought his way deeper into the Ancient Mine, defeating demonic beasts before confronting a Black Robed Figure whose flute controlled Demonic Energy and puppets. After Fang Yue broke through the puppets and struck at him, the figure vanished and reappeared behind him, leaving their battle unresolved.

• Fang Yue slaughtered the Demonic Hounds with his vital energy and continued deeper into the Ancient Mine.
• Fang Yue defeated a Demonic Bear by piercing a weak spot beneath its scales and severing its head.
• Fang Yue resisted the flute music that clouded his mind, tracked its source, and shattered the Black Robed Figure's barrier.
• The Black Robed Figure attacked Fang Yue with a violent flute melody and Demonic Puppets, but Fang Yue cut through the puppets and reached him.
• Fang Yue's sword strike missed when the Black Robed Figure vanished, and Fang Yue sensed him reappear behind him.

Fang Yue broke the Black Robed Figure’s spatial restriction and destroyed him, then continued through the Ancient Mine, defeating Demon Bees and a black octopus. He found a weak point in a demon-shaped Stone Statue and cracked its neck, leaving the statue close to collapsing.

• Fang Yue found and destroyed the node of the Black Robed Figure’s spatial restriction, then killed the figure with his long sword.
• Fang Yue fought through a swarm of Demon Bees, discovered their vulnerable abdomens, and slaughtered them.
• Fang Yue defeated a black octopus in an underground pool by piercing its head and repeatedly attacking its wounds.
• Fang Yue evaded the Stone Statue’s axe and struck its neck, spreading cracks through the statue and weakening its movements.

Fang Yue fought through the guardians of a hidden hall, discovered the Source of Darkness depicted in an ancient ritual, and learned the Shadow Phantom Vitality Art. After cultivating it, he used its shadow techniques to defeat a swarm of ghostly figures, leaving him exhausted but more proficient in the art.

• Fang Yue defeated the Shadow Figures by disrupting their formation and destroying the glowing points that controlled them.
• Fang Yue entered a rune-covered circular hall, placed a glowing stone in a control platform, and revealed a ritual pattern centered on the Source of Darkness.
• Fang Yue defeated the metal puppets that rose from the floor, then deciphered the runes and learned the Shadow Phantom Vitality Art.
• Fang Yue cultivated the art in a shadow-rich area, merging shadow power with his yuan energy as ghostly figures approached.
• Fang Yue used concealment and the Shadow Rend Space Slash to destroy the ghostly figures and improve his command of the cultivation art.

Fang Yue entered a hidden tower, defeated its ghostly guardians, and passed a trial that released and strengthened him with power connected to the Source of Darkness. On the eighth floor, he overheard a Mysterious Person and a Demon Race Expert plotting to use that power to plunge the Human and Demon Realms into chaos, then quietly withdrew.

• Fang Yue activated a spatial array in the mine hall and stepped through its vortex into a strange realm, where he found an ancient tower.
• Fang Yue deciphered the tower doors' runes, entered, and defeated the ghost monsters on the second floor using the Shadow Phantom Vitality Art.
• Fang Yue faced a trial on the fifth floor, shattered the Crystal Ball controlling black lightning, and struggled to absorb the released power connected to the Source of Darkness.
• Fang Yue reached the eighth floor and overheard a Mysterious Person and a Demon Race Expert plan to open a passage between the Human and Demon Realms and unleash evil power.
• Fang Yue suppressed his anger and silently withdrew without alerting the conspirators.

Fang Yue ambushed the Black Robed Mysterious Person and the demon race expert, but their power forced him to flee through a gate into a strange space. As the enemies prepared to finish him there, the space shook and a barrage of light descended, which the Black Robed Mysterious Person blocked with his demonic array.

• Fang Yue activated a rune mechanism in the tower and hid nearby, then attacked the Black Robed Mysterious Person and the demon race expert when they approached.
• Fang Yue fought the pair and escaped their demonic array by striking its unstable connection point with Shadow Demon-Breaking Sword.
• Fang Yue fled through a gate of light into a misty space and tried to recover at a Spirit Spring, but the two enemies followed him.
• Fang Yue wounded the demon race expert with Shadow Ambush Sword, then was blasted down by the Black Robed Mysterious Person's beam.
• The space trembled and brilliant rays fell toward the enemies, but the Black Robed Mysterious Person formed a demonic array to shield them.

Fang Yue escaped his pursuers, recovered in a hidden valley, and discovered a mysterious crystal that transported him to an unfamiliar land rich in active vitality. He entered an ancient mountain city, where he began to encounter a world of unfamiliar cultivators and treasures.

• A mysterious burst of light shattered the demonic array, grievously injuring the Black Robed Mysterious Person and the demon race expert, while Fang Yue fled through an exit into a valley.
• Fang Yue healed in a cave using herbs and the Shadow Phantom Vitality Art, then cared for an injured little Demon Beast that later recovered and grew close to him.
• Fang Yue reflected on Demonic Energy's superior power and searched the valley with the little Demon Beast for clues about higher-level energy.
• Fang Yue found a deep-blue crystal on an ancient stone platform, and its runes activated and teleported him away as the little Demon Beast raced off to seek help.
• Fang Yue arrived in a forest where vitality flowed intensely, explored a stream whose water nourished him, and saw a gigantic multicolored bird fly deeper into the woods.
• Fang Yue reached an ancient city on a mountain peak, entered through its guarded gates, and explored streets lined with shops selling Mystical Treasures, pills, and cultivation manuals.

Fang Yue explored the Great Jin Dynasty’s city, learned about its cultivation opportunities, and headed to the Martial Arts Hall to seek a path to greater strength. After defending his little Demon Beast from Zhao Xuan, he registered for the hall’s assessment and spent three days preparing for it.

• Fang Yue met a woman in white playing the zither, learned he was in the Great Jin Dynasty, and heard about its major sects, the Martial Arts Hall, and the Spirit Void Mountain Range.
• Fang Yue watched two cultivators fight at the Martial Arts Hall, then refused Zhao Xuan’s demand to hand over his little Demon Beast and fought Zhao and his lackeys.
• A steward elder stopped the fight, ruled that Zhao Xuan could not seize Fang Yue’s companion, and invited Fang Yue to register for an assessment to become a Martial Arts Hall disciple.
• Fang Yue registered for the assessment scheduled three days later, concealing that he cultivated the Shadow Phantom Vitality Art.
• Fang Yue spent the next three days secretly practicing his art, reviewing battle techniques, and buying pills and materials to prepare.

After advancing at the Martial Arts Hall, Fang Yue learned that its people knew nothing of the Demon Disaster or the Demon Race and followed a rumor to an ancient ruin in Misty Forest. He reached the Abandoned Ancient Hall, where fresh marks led him to a loose floor tile.

• Fang Yue entered the Scripture Hall, chose the Profound Heaven Origin Breaking Art, and broke through his cultivation bottleneck while studying it.
• Fang Yue asked disciples about the Demon Disaster and the Demon Race; Zhao Qi and Qian Feng knew nothing, while Elder Li Tong pointed him toward rumors of dangerous ancient ruins.
• Fang Yue trained at the Martial Arts Hall, combined the Profound Heaven Origin Breaking Art with the Shadow Phantom Vitality Art, and learned from an adventurer about the Abandoned Ancient Hall in Misty Forest.
• Fang Yue bid farewell to the steward elder and his companions, then traveled to Misty Forest with the small Demon Beast.
• Fang Yue fought and killed a black-panther-like Demon Beast after entering the forest, then continued toward the ancient hall.
• Fang Yue entered the Abandoned Ancient Hall and found fresh marks on a wall that led him to a loose floor tile.

Fang Yue explored an ancient hall and underground cavern, uncovering clues about a mysterious organization behind the Demon Disaster and a ruin said to hold power capable of changing the world's fate. After awakening the ruin's energy, he defeated a powerful stranger who attacked him, and prepared to continue his investigation.

• Fang Yue opened a hidden box, took a strange crystal, and broke the suction formation activated by a rising Stone Platform.
• Fang Yue entered a concealed chamber, found records of a mysterious organization and a map pointing to a mountain range near the Misty Forest, then fought off Shadow Figures trapped with him inside.
• Fang Yue escaped the secret chamber and followed runes through an underground cavern to a glowing lotus that opened a passage to an ancient cave.
• Fang Yue found a scroll describing a hidden ruin with power capable of changing the world's fate and decided to seek it out.
• A powerful stranger attacked Fang Yue, but Fang Yue found an opening and struck the figure's vital point, defeating it.

Fang Yue explored the ruins, obtained the Chaos Return to Origin Art, and used its principles to fuse two types of vitality while fighting a Demonic Giant Beast. He then faced a swarm of Demonic Spiders and began to struggle against their numbers.

• Fang Yue found a Command Token on his defeated opponent and discovered a mural explaining that the lotus was part of a ritual to awaken the ruins' power.
• Fang Yue followed the mural's route, overcame traps, opened the ruins' Stone Gate, and acquired the Chaos Return to Origin Art, which described a way beyond the Great Grandmaster realm.
• Fang Yue memorized a map marking the limestone cavern and a mysterious mountain range, then continued deeper into the ruins.
• Fang Yue fused vitality from the Profound Heaven Origin Breaking Art and the Shadow Phantom Vitality Art, then used the new power to slay a Demonic Giant Beast.
• Fang Yue fought a swarm of Demonic Spiders with his fused vitality, but their overwhelming numbers began to wear him down.

Fang Yue survived the Demonic Spiders and the ruins’ traps, then passed the guardian’s final trial by absorbing the power sealed in the Stone Platform. Concerned that sinister forces would try to seize it, he left the ruins and hurried back to the Martial Arts Hall to warn its hall master.

• Fang Yue exploited the Demonic Spiders’ pauses to attack, then used Shadow Step to defeat the swarm and evade further traps.
• Fang Yue deciphered the runes in a circular hall and activated the stone pillars, lifting the Stone Platform’s seal.
• The guardian warned Fang Yue that he had to withstand and absorb the unleashed power or be destroyed, and Fang Yue accepted the trial.
• Fang Yue endured the power’s assault, gradually absorbed it, and transformed it into strength within his body.
• Fang Yue feared the evil figure and mysterious organizations would pursue the power, so he left the ruins and traveled toward the Martial Arts Hall.
• After several days, Fang Yue reached the Martial Arts Hall and headed directly to the council hall to see the hall master.

Fang Yue reported the ruins’ demonized creatures, mysterious runes, and hidden locations to the Martial Arts Hall, while concealing the Chaos Return to Origin Art. He fused three cultivation arts and nearly surpassed the Great Grandmaster realm as danger mounted across the Great Wei Dynasty.

• Fang Yue warned the Hall Master and elders that controlled Demonic Beasts guarded the ruins and that a map and strange runes pointed to a mysterious force.
• The Hall Master ordered Elder Li to strengthen the hall’s defenses and Elder Zhang to organize patrols, and he assigned Fang Yue to join the investigation after recovering.
• Fang Yue secretly attempted to merge the Profound Heaven Origin Breaking Art, the Shadow Phantom Vitality Art, and the Chaos Return to Origin Art, enduring severe pain before successfully fusing them.
• Fang Yue went to the back mountain to consolidate his new power as scouts harassed the Martial Arts Hall and the Demon Disaster and Demon Race worsened across the Great Wei Dynasty.
• Fang Yue’s cultivation advanced until his power nearly surpassed the Great Grandmaster realm, granting him extraordinary control over vitality and speed.

Fang Yue led an expedition to destroy an Evil Force in the Great Jin Dynasty, breaking through its stronghold and defeating its leader. He uncovered the group’s connection to evil cults in the Great Wei Dynasty and their plan to gather Soul Power for a catastrophic ritual, then set out to return there.

• Fang Yue joined the Martial Arts Hall’s expedition to suppress the Evil Force ravaging the Great Jin Dynasty.
• Fang Yue used his perception and tactics to break the cultists’ coordination, then led disciples through a side gate into their mountain stronghold.
• Fang Yue and the disciples broke through the stronghold’s evil formation and fought their way to the Evil Forces’ leader.
• Fang Yue wounded the leader and probed his memories, learning that the Great Jin attacks gathered Soul Power for an evil ritual linked to cults in the Great Wei Dynasty.
• Fang Yue left to return to the Great Wei Dynasty, traveling across deserts, mountains, and rivers.

Fang Yue rushed to Great Wei’s border and fought the Demon Race to disrupt their array and suppress the Ancient Demon’s awakening. After briefly weakening the formation, he faced a manifested Ancient Demon Phantom while the defenders urged him to retreat.

• Demon Race elders used the border node to activate a Demon Array, while Great Wei’s defenders struggled to withstand its first attack.
• Fang Yue arrived as a death squad charged the array, saved the soldiers from a powerful blast, and joined the fight.
• Fang Yue found a flaw in the array and struck it, disrupting the formation as the Ancient Demon’s power began to stir.
• Fang Yue followed the array’s suction force and struck back along its energy veins, temporarily suppressing the awakening power.
• The Demon Race elders sacrificed their essence blood to summon an Ancient Demon Phantom, and Fang Yue refused to retreat despite the general’s warning.

Fang Yue fought the Ancient Demon Phantom with the Great Wei defenders’ support, destroying the Demon Array and dispersing the phantom. The Horned Demon Venerable was left in despair as Fang Yue stood victorious.

• Fang Yue endured the Ancient Demon Phantom’s attacks and launched a sword-dragon strike, but the phantom overcame it and sent him crashing toward the ground.
• A mysterious Mystical Treasure activated to save Fang Yue, allowing him to recover enough to keep fighting.
• The Great Wei defenders gathered their Military Qi and channeled it into Fang Yue, who used it to block the phantom’s black energy sphere with his newly created Demon Break Slash.
• Fang Yue drew on the army’s Military Qi again and unleashed a golden wheel of light against the Ancient Demon Phantom.
• The clash shattered the Demon Array, killed and wounded many Demon Race elites, and dispersed the Ancient Demon Phantom.
• The Horned Demon Venerable reacted with disbelief and despair as Fang Yue landed and declared that the Demon Race’s plot had failed.

After defeating the Demon Race, Fang Yue rejected court titles in favor of cultivation resources and inspected Great Wei for hidden threats. He helped Zhu Linlang organize a nationwide purge, but the campaign’s forces encountered an exceptionally powerful opponent.

• Fang Yue forced the defeated Demon Race to surrender, and Great Wei soldiers captured Horned Demon Venerable and several elders.
• Empress Zhu Linlang offered Fang Yue a noble title and riches, but he asked for cultivation resources instead and then secluded himself to train.
• Fang Yue inspected Great Wei, finding an evil cult cave linked to Great Jin, a sealed ruin beneath a lake, and a secret organization gathering intelligence against the court.
• Fang Yue reported his findings to Zhu Linlang and advised stronger intelligence networks, greater support for martial sects, and a nationwide purge of Evil Forces.
• Fang Yue and the Imperial Court began the purge around the capital, destroying several strongholds before encountering an exceptionally powerful opponent.

Fang Yue led the capture of a Black Robed Mysterious Person and uncovered evidence of a plot to destabilize Great Wei, prompting the Imperial Court to organize a realm-wide response. When living black flames devastated a northwestern border city, Fang Yue led an elite force to find the source and suspected the array’s core lay beneath an ancient Bell Tower.

• Fang Yue and the martial world experts and Imperial Court forces defeated the Black Robed Mysterious Person’s Demonic Beasts, overcame his black bead’s dark power, and captured him.
• Fang Yue’s group found scrolls and letters linking the Black Robed Mysterious Person to cult organizations in Great Jin and a plan for simultaneous attacks across Great Wei.
• Fang Yue reported the evidence to Empress Zhu Linlang, who ordered a wider purge and a public warning, while Fang Yue coordinated regional patrols, training, and supplies.
• Black flames erupted across a small city on Great Wei’s northwestern border, and Fang Yue led an elite force there to help evacuate residents and find the source.
• An elderly array expert identified the spreading fire as part of a Nine Nether Flame Demon Array, and Fang Yue sensed its core beneath an ancient Bell Tower and charged toward it.

Fang Yue destroyed a demonic formation in a Bell Tower, then dispelled a mysterious fog at the Great Wei–Great Jin border and uncovered an evil stronghold. After fighting through its guards, he confronted a Mysterious Person who claimed Fang Yue could not stop their plan.

• Fang Yue and the others destroyed the Bell Tower’s demonic crystal by severing its connection to the black flames.
• Fang Yue reported the incident to Empress Zhu Linlang and the sect leaders, who established Warning Formations and strengthened defenses across Great Wei.
• Fang Yue investigated a fog-shrouded valley, repaired ancient runes, and dispersed the fog, revealing a sinister building.
• Fang Yue broke through the building’s barrier and defeated Black Robed Figures by striking the black crystals that powered them.
• Fang Yue reached a hall containing a Rune Array and confronted a Mysterious Person holding a black-gemmed Magic Staff.

Fang Yue defeated the Mysterious Person and broke the Rune Array, then uncovered Evil Forces’ plans and learned of a heart-controlling spell. After meeting the valley’s imprisoned guardian, he prepared to return to the capital with the intelligence and a Sealing Talisman Seal.

• Fang Yue overcame the Mysterious Person’s attacks, damaged the Black Gem, and dispersed the Demonic Beasts.
• Fang Yue searched the ancient building and found heavenly treasures, scrolls detailing Evil Forces’ strongholds and schemes, and a marked map.
• Fang Yue learned from an elderly guardian that Evil Forces were developing a heart-controlling spell and seeking Spirit Heart Grass to counter it.
• The guardian warned Fang Yue that Evil Forces would try to intercept him and gave him a Sealing Talisman Seal to suppress the valley’s evil power.
• Fang Yue accepted the talisman seal and promised to report the discoveries to the Imperial Court and send people to rescue the guardian.

Fang Yue returned to the capital with intelligence about the Evil Forces, helped prepare defenses, and led a team to find Spirit Heart Grass for an antidote to their mind-controlling arts. As the Heavenly Heart Cult attacked the capital, Fang Yue led an elite squad toward the Black Robed Figure commanding the assault.

• Fang Yue placed the Sealing Talisman Seal in the valley, fought off assassins sent by the Evil Forces, and carried his intelligence back to the capital.
• Fang Yue reported to Empress Zhu Linlang, who strengthened the capital's defenses and appointed him leader of a search for Spirit Heart Grass.
• Fang Yue's team survived a desert ambush, found clues in an ancient mountain range, and recovered Spirit Heart Grass from a mysterious cave.
• Fang Yue returned with the Spirit Heart Grass as the Imperial Court prepared an antidote and reinforced the capital, but the Heavenly Heart Cult launched a massive attack before the antidote was finished.
• Fang Yue spotted a Black Robed Figure directing the cult disciples and led an elite squad through their attacks to reach him.