Chapter Summaries

Fang Yue defeated the Heavenly Heart Cult, cultivated to the Great Grandmaster realm, and discovered that Demon Emperor Youye had unified the Demon Realm and sent demon creatures into the Human Realm. At the northern border, Fang Yue began repairing the threatened realm-crossing node, then fought off a swarm of demon creatures attacking him.

• Fang Yue killed the Black Robed Figures, helped drive the Heavenly Heart Cult from the capital, and entered seclusion to cultivate.
• Emperor Youye broke free of his seal, defeated the fox and tiger demon alliance led by Bai Ling and Xiao Feng, and united the Demon Realm under his rule.
• Fang Yue broke through his cultivation bottleneck to reach the Great Grandmaster realm, then investigated reports of demon creatures appearing in a town and killed their vanguard scout.
• Fang Yue traveled to the northern border and found dark energy eroding the node between the Demon Realm and the Human Realm, so he began repairing its defensive formations.
• Demon creatures swarmed Fang Yue as he worked on the node, and he fought them with sweeping strikes of Sword Qi.

Fang Yue helped the Human Realm prepare for war while Emperor Youye suppressed a destructive Demonic Tide in the Demon Realm. Emperor Youye launched his invasion before fully recovering, and the great battle began with him and Fang Yue clashing at the front line.

• Fang Yue killed the Demonic Leader at the Northern Border Node, scattered its followers, reinforced the node, and reported the danger to the Human Realm.
• The Human Realm's factions strengthened their forces and planned defenses while Emperor Youye organized the Demon Army and searched for ways to increase his power.
• A violent Demonic Tide ravaged the Demon Realm; Emperor Youye used the Soul Suppressing Pearl and the Forbidden Technique Darkness Devouring Heaven to suppress it, leaving him badly weakened.
• Fang Yue and the Human Realm detected abnormal energy, accelerated their preparations, and developed plans to trap and disrupt the Demon Army, including elite teams targeting Emperor Youye.
• After recovering some of his strength, Emperor Youye launched an early invasion, and Fang Yue rallied the defenders as the great battle began.
• Emperor Youye attacked Fang Yue with his Demonic Banner and claws, but Fang Yue's sword could not pierce his hardened arm.

Fang Yue and Emperor Youye fought to a mutual defeat, leaving both realms braced for further conflict. After several months unconscious, Fang Yue awoke following treatment with rare treasures, but remained weak as the border situation stayed tense.

• Fang Yue used a forbidden fusion of Soul Power and Sword Qi to wound Emperor Youye, but both fighters were left severely injured and unconscious.
• Human Realm forces carried Fang Yue to safety while discord among the Demon Army gave way to a temporary truce and fortified borders.
• Empress Zhu Linlang brought Fang Yue to a divine physician, who said he needed an Ice Soul Snow Lotus, Spirit Source Ganoderma, and Starfall Crystal to heal.
• The Imperial Court and martial sects searched for months and recovered all three treasures, which the divine physician used to stabilize Fang Yue's soul and repair his injuries.
• Fang Yue awoke after several months, and Zhu Linlang told him that border clashes continued while a large-scale invasion remained unlikely.

Fang Yue recovered alongside Zhu Linlang, helped Great Wei organize a campaign to rescue Great Chu, and joined the fighting when Demon Beasts threatened the army. He confronted Emperor Youye in a valley and unleashed a dangerous ultimate technique as the battle around them turned desperate.

• Fang Yue and Zhu Linlang grew closer while he recovered, searched the Imperial Palace library for ways to counter the Demon Realm, and developed new techniques.
• After the Demon Race seized half of Great Chu, Fang Yue helped Zhu Linlang plan a campaign in which a Jianghu vanguard disrupted enemy supply lines while the Great Wei Army advanced.
• Fang Yue joined the battlefield despite his injuries, killed a Demon Beast, and helped Great Wei turn the tide before halting the pursuit when he suspected a trap.
• Fang Yue led an elite force into a valley and discovered Emperor Youye waiting with Demon Race soldiers and Demon Beasts.
• Fang Yue's attacks could not penetrate Emperor Youye's demonic barrier, so he risked renewed soul damage and formed a massive sword of light with his ultimate technique.

Fang Yue killed Emperor Youye and helped the Great Wei Army recover the lost territory, then agreed with Zhu Linlang to let the defeated Demon Race take refuge in the Human Realm as the Demonic Tide approached. The Demon Race was to settle under supervision near Desolate Valley, while Fang Yue warned that the tide was the greater threat to both realms.

• Fang Yue broke Emperor Youye's barrier, stabbed him, and watched the Demon Race collapse into disarray before he lost consciousness from exhaustion.
• Fang Yue awoke in the Great Wei Imperial Palace, where Zhu Linlang cared for him as he recovered from his injuries.
• After Emperor Youye's death, the Demon Realm fell into factional turmoil, and its leaders discussed seeking an ancient treasure to resist the approaching Demonic Tide.
• A Demon Race envoy asked Zhu Linlang and Fang Yue to shelter his people in the Human Realm, promising to settle near Desolate Valley, obey human rules, and accept supervision.
• Zhu Linlang temporarily approved the Demon Race's request, and Fang Yue ordered the envoy to prepare for migration while warning him against deception.
• Fang Yue told Zhu Linlang that the Demonic Tide was more dangerous than the Demon Race and that the two peoples should unite against it.

Fang Yue rushed to Desolate Valley to stop escalating clashes between the human race and Demon Race, but the Shadow Demon Society ambushed him on the way. He fought off its assassins as the Imperial Forest Army and a Demon Race patrol hurried toward the scene.

• Fang Yue remained in the palace recovering while Zhu Linlang arranged for forces to monitor Desolate Valley, where the Demon Race and human forces prepared for the migration under mutual suspicion.
• The Black Robe Elder ordered the Shadow Demon Society to spread rumors and stage attacks, provoking clashes between the two races around Desolate Valley.
• After hearing about the conflicts, Fang Yue disregarded his injuries and hurried toward Desolate Valley.
• The Black Robe Elder sent assassins to intercept Fang Yue, who fought them in a secluded valley and recognized them as members of the Shadow Demon Society.
• A hidden Shadow Demon Society expert blocked Fang Yue's strike, and the Imperial Forest Army and a Demon Race patrol rushed toward the battle as Fang Yue sought a weakness in the assassins' formation.

Fang Yue fought the Black Robe Elder and his Shadow Demon Puppets while badly wounded, holding out until human and Demon Race reinforcements arrived. The Black Robe Elder fled under cover of dark fog, leaving Fang Yue too injured to pursue him.

• Fang Yue killed two Shadow Demon Society assassins and clashed with their hidden expert, but the Black Robe Elder appeared and summoned Shadow Demon Puppets from the dead assassins' corpses.
• Fang Yue fought off the puppets and faced the Black Robe Elder's Wolf Fang Club, using Phantom Step to exploit an opening and counterattack.
• As the puppets intensified their assault, Fang Yue blasted them back with a Spiritual Power shockwave and escaped their encirclement.
• Fang Yue and the Black Robe Elder exchanged their strongest attacks, and the collision injured them both and scattered most of the puppets.
• Human Imperial Forest Army soldiers and Demon Race experts arrived, prompting the Black Robe Elder to escape in a cloud of dark Demonic Energy.
• Fang Yue tried to pursue the Black Robe Elder but staggered from his injuries.

After surviving an assault on the Shadow Demon Society’s stronghold and stealing the Great Book of Shadow Demons, Fang Yue escaped into the Demon Realm. Badly wounded, he fought off a Flame Tiger Demon Beast as the chapter ended.

• Fang Yue infiltrated Shadow Valley, learned that the Black Robe Elder was in seclusion, and fought his way into a cave containing a demon formation and a hidden chamber.
• Fang Yue used an aura-concealing Mystical Treasure to evade the Shadow Demon Society Members, breached the secret chamber, and took the Great Book of Shadow Demons.
• The alarm brought the Black Robe Elder back, and Fang Yue escaped the collapsing cave after forcing his way past him.
• Fang Yue fled into the Demon Realm, where the Shadow Demon Society Members refused to follow him.
• A Flame Tiger Demon Beast attacked Fang Yue, and he drove his sword into the beast’s throat.

After killing the Flame Tiger, Fang Yue escaped the approaching Demonic Tide and formed an alliance with fleeing Demon Race members. Together they fought their way to the tide’s source, destroyed a Demon Statue, and scattered its Demon Soldiers.

• Fang Yue killed the Flame Tiger, found a hidden cave, and recovered enough to scout the Demonic Tide.
• Fang Yue fought off a demonic bird, escaped through the forest, and allied with a group of fleeing Demon Race members led by a Demon Race Expert.
• Fang Yue led the group against surrounding Demon Soldiers, coordinating with Lei Bao and Yun Shang as they fought through a valley.
• Fang Yue identified a cave as the source of the Demonic Tide and led the group inside to confront a Demon Statue.
• Fang Yue stabbed the Demon Statue in the neck while the Demon Race members attacked its eyes, and the statue fell, scattering the Demon Soldiers.

After surviving the Demonic Tide, Fang Yue and the Demon Race members took shelter in a devastated Demon City and decided to travel to the Human Realm to seek help and investigate the disaster. Their journey brought them into conflict with the Shadow Demon Society and Shadow Pavilion, and the chapter ended with them searching for a way through a hidden, sealed passage to the Human Realm.

• Fang Yue led the exhausted Demon Race members out of the valley and into a ruined Demon City, where they learned from its elderly residents how severely the Demonic Tide had damaged the city.
• The Cloud Dress Witch explained that the Demonic Tide might stem from an imbalance or awakening evil power, and Fang Yue volunteered to accompany the group to the Human Realm and investigate possible links to the Shadow Demon Society.
• Fang Yue and the Demon Race members prepared for several days, then set out for the Human Realm while avoiding dangerous areas and Shadow Demon Society scouts.
• The group fought off a flock of demonic crows that Fang Yue identified as Shadow Demon Society scouts, then continued their journey with greater caution.
• Fang Yue and the Demon Race members defeated a group of Shadow Pavilion cultivators in a forest and learned from the Cloud Dress Witch's map that a hidden passage to the Human Realm lay nearby behind a powerful barrier.

Fang Yue and the Demon Race opened the passage to the Human Realm after defeating the Shadow Demon Society and solving the barrier’s runes. As they entered, Demonic Beasts ambushed them in the passage, and Fang Yue moved to attack their three-headed leader.

• Fang Yue led the group through the forest, where they encountered a divine beast guarding the barrier and calmed it with his Jade Pendant.
• Fang Yue placed the Jade Pendant in the barrier, but it only stirred faintly before Shadow Demon Society Members arrived and attacked.
• The barrier’s protective power shielded Fang Yue and his companions, who then defeated the Shadow Demon Society and its leader.
• Cloud Dress Witch deciphered the barrier’s runes, and the group opened the passage to the Human Realm and entered it.
• Demonic Beasts attacked inside the passage, and Fang Yue sent Lei Bao to draw them away while he approached their three-headed demonic lion leader.

Fang Yue and his companions defeated the Three-Headed Demon Lion, entered the devastated Human Realm, and hurried to the Demon Race settlement in Desolate Valley. There Fang Yue killed the Black Robed Figure controlling the demonized beasts, revealing himself as the renowned Human Grandmaster Fang Yue to his astonished companions.

• Fang Yue used Phantom Nine Swords to wound and kill the Three-Headed Demon Lion, then led the group in driving off the remaining Demonic Beasts.
• Fang Yue and his companions emerged into a devastated Human Realm, where refugees told them the Demonic Tide had destroyed homes and separated families.
• Fang Yue led the group toward the Demon Race settlement in Desolate Valley and found demonized Demonic Beasts attacking its inhabitants.
• Fang Yue planned an assault: Lei Bao drew the beasts' attention, the Cloud Dress Witch slowed them with a spell, and the Demon Race elder guarded the rear.
• Fang Yue reached the tower and killed the Black Robed Figure controlling the beasts, who recognized him as Human Grandmaster Fang Yue.
• The Demon Race members celebrated Fang Yue's arrival, while the Cloud Dress Witch and the Demon Race elder realized the man traveling with them was the legendary expert.

Fang Yue and his companions followed clues about the Demonic Tide into the northern mysterious mountain range, where they fought dangerous beasts and discovered a rune formation linked to the dark ritual. As Fang Yue tried to disrupt its core rune, a powerful dark force surged from beneath the stone platform and attacked him.

• Cloud Dress Witch found a black booklet on the defeated black-robed figure, and the group learned it contained clues about a ritual to summon a dark creature.
• Fang Yue led the group toward the northern mysterious mountain range, where they defeated a pack of Demonic Wolves and Fang Yue slew a powerful Demonic Bear with one sword strike.
• The group followed symbols resembling those in the booklet through a Stone Forest, where animated rocks attacked them.
• Cloud Dress Witch spotted the rune formation controlling the rocks, and Fang Yue found instructions in the booklet for breaking it by disrupting its core hub.
• Cloud Dress Witch identified the core rune, and Fang Yue sent vital energy toward it, triggering a powerful dark force beneath the stone platform.

Fang Yue, Lei Bao, the Cloud Dress Witch, and the Demon Race elder destroyed the Dark Demon God Phantom and opened the Dark Palace. Inside, animated statues attacked them, and Fang Yue discovered their defenses were formidable.

• Lei Bao, the Cloud Dress Witch, and the Demon Race elder joined Fang Yue in weakening the Dark Demon God Phantom with lightning, spells, and a Spiritual Power formation.
• Fang Yue and Lei Bao struck the weakened phantom while the Cloud Dress Witch and the Demon Race elder added their attacks, and the phantom collapsed into black fragments.
• Fang Yue opened the Dark Palace gates by using clues from his small black booklet, and the group entered the fog-filled palace.
• Fang Yue led the group through a corridor lined with statues, which came alive and closed in around them.
• Fang Yue struck a statue with his sword, but it suffered only a shallow mark.

Fang Yue and his companions defeated the Dark Palace’s stone guardians, then encountered its illusory guardian, who trapped Fang Yue behind a barrier and attacked him with dark tentacles. Fang Yue destroyed the guardian’s demonic shadow with a powerful sword technique, but the guardian remained defiant.

• Lei Bao, the Cloud Dress Witch, the Demon Race elder, and Fang Yue worked together to destroy the statues guarding the corridor.
• The group entered a circular chamber, where a glowing black book summoned an illusory figure that identified itself as the Dark Palace’s guardian.
• The guardian attacked with black tentacles, then fused them into a barrier that separated Fang Yue from Lei Bao, the Cloud Dress Witch, and the Demon Race elder.
• Fang Yue studied the guardian’s attacks and broke through a wave of tentacles, while his companions searched for a way to shatter the barrier.
• The guardian turned part of the barrier into a demonic shadow wielding a black axe, but Fang Yue used the Sky-Rending Slash to destroy it.
• The illusory guardian recovered its composure and warned Fang Yue that the battle was not over.

Fang Yue defeated the phantom figure in the Dark Palace and learned that the Demonic Tide fed on the evil thoughts of all living beings. After returning to the Great Wei Capital, he healed his injuries, refined a Gathering Origin Pill, and absorbed its power to strengthen himself for the fight ahead.

• Fang Yue shattered the phantom figure's Black Shield and defeated it, but the figure warned that the Demonic Tide would still come.
• The phantom figure explained that the Demonic Tide drew power from the evil thoughts of all living beings, and Fang Yue rejected its claim that the tide was unstoppable.
• Fang Yue sent the Cloud Dress Witch, Lei Bao, and the elder of the Demon Race away, then rode to the Great Wei Capital to seek the truth and prepare to stop the Demonic Tide.
• Fang Yue spent several days healing in seclusion, then gathered ingredients and refined a Gathering Origin Pill after stabilizing the furnace when its flames went out of control.
• Fang Yue swallowed the Gathering Origin Pill and cultivated until he had absorbed its power, emerging with greater cultivation and a more powerful aura.

As the Demonic Tide overwhelmed the Demon Realm, its leaders began a Blood Sacrifice to awaken the Four Great Demon Emperors. After recovering from seclusion, Fang Yue traveled to Great Chu to investigate destroyed nodes and reports of demons, and entered the Abandoned Mine where strange Black Mist lingered.

• The Demon Race elders agreed to conduct a Blood Sacrifice, and their experts began capturing civilians while defenders held back the Demonic Tide puppets.
• Empress Zhu Linlang visited Fang Yue, who warned that the Demonic Tide sprang from the negative emotions of living beings and asked that its spread be contained.
• Zhu Linlang assigned Fang Yue to investigate destroyed nodes and demon sightings in Great Chu, and he set out with trusted subordinates.
• In Great Chu, Fang Yue questioned a local old man, who reported that soldiers had seen strange shadows near the Abandoned Mine north of the city.
• Fang Yue and his companions found Black Mist around the Abandoned Mine and cautiously entered its dark passages.

Fang Yue and his companions uncovered the Shadow Demon Society’s connection to the Demonic Tide and followed clues to a Mystical Treasure that could alter the laws of heaven and earth. They opened the chamber containing it, only to be surrounded by Shadow Demon Society Members led by a man who attacked Fang Yue.

• Fang Yue and his companions defeated Demon Race creatures in the mine and opened a rune-covered stone gate, discovering ancient ruins that linked the Demonic Tide to an Ancient Evil Organization.
• Fang Yue studied a map in the ruins and led the group to a valley, where they defeated a pack of strange monsters and found a hidden cave.
• Fang Yue deciphered an ancient tome describing the Shadow Demon Society’s rituals and its search for a Mystical Treasure sealed deeper in the cave.
• Fang Yue solved the Five Elements pattern on a crumbling stone bridge, and his companions crossed it safely before opening a crystal gate with fragments from the ruins.
• Fang Yue and his companions found the five-colored Mystical Treasure in a circular chamber, but Shadow Demon Society Members surrounded them and their leader attacked Fang Yue with a wave of black energy.

Fang Yue and his allies defeated the Shadow Demon Society and secured the Mystical Treasure, then brought it to Great Wei to investigate how it could stop the Demonic Tide. After discovering a way to direct the treasure’s power, Fang Yue learned that a Demon Crystal Core might let him apply it to the tide.

• Fang Yue and his companions fought the Shadow Demon Society until a Great Chu general arrived with soldiers, turning the battle in their favor.
• Fang Yue stopped the Shadow Demon Society leader from seizing the Mystical Treasure, killed him, and helped rout the remaining members.
• Fang Yue and the Great Chu general examined the treasure and cautioned that severing vital energy without understanding its effects could cause further disasters.
• Fang Yue returned to Great Wei, briefed Zhu Linlang, and began researching the Mystical Treasure in a palace secret chamber with summoned experts.
• Fang Yue discovered a method to guide the treasure’s power and successfully isolated part of the vital energy in a test formation.
• An elderly assistant found an ancient tome describing the Demon Crystal Core, a potential medium for directing the Mystical Treasure’s power toward the Demonic Tide.

Fang Yue led an expedition into the Ancient Abyss, found the Demon Crystal Core, and faced a Black Robe who tried to take it. Fang Yue’s counterattack wounded the Black Robe and let the group flee, but the cavern began collapsing around them.

• Fang Yue gathered intelligence and led a team to the Ancient Abyss, where they fought off dark creatures and followed runes to a sealed Stone Gate.
• Fang Yue and the expedition opened the gate, defeated a Dark Beast, and found the Demon Crystal Core in a cavern hall.
• A Black Robe appeared, cut off the vital energy of heaven and earth, and attacked Fang Yue and the expedition team.
• Fang Yue used the Demon Crystal Core to unleash a blue counterattack that severely wounded the Black Robe.
• Fang Yue led the expedition toward the exit as the Black Robe prepared to strike again and the cavern began collapsing.