Recaps

Pang Yi led Mo Pozheng, Shi Hen, and Liu Tengfan to the Tomb Clan’s hidden Land of Slumber to retrieve the Supreme Demon Saber. There, Pang Yi used the Supreme Demonic Art to remove the formation protecting the Previous Hall Masters’ resting place, and the group stood before its sealed stone doors.

• Pang Ji agreed to remain at the Demon Hall while Pang Yi selected Shi Hen, Liu Tengfan, and Mo Pozheng to accompany him to the Tomb Clan.
• Pang Yi’s party reached the Tomb Clan’s lands in Mist Mountain after three days, and he ordered the accompanying elders to wait several dozen li away.
• Mo Pozheng introduced Pang Yi as the Hall Master to the Tomb Clan’s experts, then led the party toward the Previous Hall Masters’ Land of Slumber.
• The Great Elder explained that only the Hall Master could unravel the formation on the stone doors protecting the resting place.
• Pang Yi pressed his hand to the doors while circulating the Supreme Demonic Art, causing the formation runes and restrictions to disappear.

Pang Yi entered the Land of Slumber and used his Supreme Demonic Art to awaken seven Previous Hall Masters from their ice pillars. The pillars shattered, and the seven men's Supreme Demonic Qi began to rise.

• Pang Yi opened the stone doors to the Land of Slumber, and Mo Pozheng explained that his aura could awaken the sleeping Hall Masters.
• Pang Yi released his Supreme Demonic Qi, clearing the cold mist and revealing seven ice pillars containing figures.
• Mo Pozheng said divine beast essence blood sustained the seniors and helped restore their strength as they slept.
• The ice pillars cracked and collapsed, revealing seven motionless men with no apparent aura.
• Pang Yi and the others sensed Supreme Demonic Qi rising from the seven men as they began to awaken.

Pang Yi and Mo Pozheng witnessed the awakening of seven former Hall Masters, who learned about the unusual events of the current thousand-year period. The seven agreed to help Pang Yi find the Supreme Demon Saber and kill Huo Lian, leaving to prepare for the hunt once Mo Pozheng fetched the locating treasure.

• The seven former Hall Masters awakened after their auras vanished, and Pang Yi confirmed that the thousand-year period had arrived.
• Pang Yi introduced himself as the current Hall Master and explained the changing influence of the Pang Family.
• Mo Pozheng briefed the seven Hall Masters on the Hall Master Contest, Huang Xiao's defection, and the current state of Jianghu.
• The Eighth Hall Master remarked that Pang Yi was stronger than Hall Masters had been in the past, and Pang Yi blamed Huang Xiao's involvement.
• Pang Yi ordered Mo Pozheng to fetch the treasure that could locate the Supreme Demon Saber, and the seven Hall Masters said they were ready to confront Huo Lian.

Pang Yi and the Former Hall Masters agreed to hunt Huo Lian and Huang Xiao, with Pang Yi claiming Huang Xiao as his opponent. Mo Pozheng used a jade plate to locate the Supreme Demon Saber in Mist Mountain, and the group set out to find Huo Lian.

• Pang Yi said he would fight Huang Xiao while the Former Hall Masters joined forces against Huo Lian.
• Mo Pozheng revealed a jade plate that responded to Pang Yi's Supreme Demonic Qi and showed the Supreme Demon Saber's location.
• Mo Pozheng determined that the saber was within a hundred li, in Mist Mountain.
• Pang Yi decided to leave at once without notifying Pang Ji, and Mo Pozheng offered to bring trackers to find Huo Lian faster.
• After gathering disciples skilled in tracking, Pang Yi's group left the Hall Master's Land of Slumber and headed into Mist Mountain.

Pang Yi’s party searched Mist Mountain for Huo Lian while Shi Hen and Liu Tengfan feared the consequences of his capture. Meanwhile, Huo Lian’s group discovered that their Different Flames would last only eight days at most, leaving Huo Lian considering possession of the new Supreme Demon Saber as a last resort.

• Mo Pozheng used the jade disc to narrow Huo Lian’s location to an area in Mist Mountain, and Pang Yi ordered the Tomb Clan forces to search it.
• Shi Hen and Liu Tengfan worried that Huo Lian’s death would leave them and their factions vulnerable to the Pang Family.
• Huo Lian told Ou Jin that the Netherworld Flame was nearly spent and more than half the Annihilation Flame had been consumed after five days.
• Ou Jin admitted that he had underestimated the Hidden Saber Soul’s power, and Huo Lian ordered him to continue despite the risk of failure.
• Huo Lian considered having the Hidden Saber Soul possess the new Supreme Demon Saber if the remaining Different Flames could not dissolve it.

As Ou Jin continued trying to dissolve the Hidden Saber Soul, its aura finally weakened, but Huo Lian was called away after intruders triggered the formation. Huang Xiao took over guiding the flames and suppressed the Hidden Saber Soul when its power suddenly surged.

• Ou Jin spent the remaining materials tempering the Hidden Saber Soul, while Huang Xiao reassured the uneasy Minghong Saber's saber soul that he would not let Huo Lian dissolve it.
• Ou Jin announced that the Hidden Saber Soul's aura had begun to weaken, and Huo Lian ordered him to keep going.
• Huo Lian sensed that several people had triggered the formation and left Huang Xiao in charge of guiding the different flames.
• Huang Xiao and Demon Phoenix speculated that the visitors might be people from the Three Immortal Mountains or the Demon Hall, but trusted the formation to hold them off.
• Ou Jin noticed that the Hidden Saber Soul's power had surged, and Huang Xiao released his aura to suppress it until the trembling blade grew still.

Huang Xiao, Ou Jin, and Demon Phoenix tried to suppress the hidden saber soul while reforging the Supreme Demon Saber, as Pang Yi and the seven former Hall Masters attacked Huo Lian's formation. The chapter ended with Huo Lian taunting Pang Yi as the group began working to break in.

• Demon Phoenix suggested that the hidden saber soul's sudden surge was a dying struggle, but Ou Jin doubted it and continued suppressing the soul with Huang Xiao's help.
• Huo Lian sensed Pang Yi and the seven former Hall Masters trying to break his formation, while the second Hall Master estimated it would take at least half a month.
• Pang Yi urged the former Hall Masters to hurry because he feared the Supreme Demon Saber would not hold out, and he questioned Mo Pozheng about its condition.
• Huo Lian spoke through the formation, and Pang Yi demanded that he surrender the Supreme Demon Saber.
• Huo Lian mocked Pang Yi about his authority and his relationship with Pang Ji, but Pang Yi dismissed the taunt and threatened him.

Huo Lian revealed that the Supreme Demon Saber contained a second Saber Soul tied to Kui Yong and claimed he was dissolving it so he could reforge the weapon for himself. Pang Yi and Mo Pozheng were trapped outside Huo Lian’s formation, and Mo Pozheng prepared to use a jade disc to stop him.

• Huo Lian questioned whether Pang Yi and Mo Pozheng had come for the Supreme Demon Saber, and Mo Pozheng admitted he could sense changes in it.
• Huo Lian revealed that the Supreme Demon Saber held two Saber Souls and said he had already dissolved the puppet Saber Soul nurtured by the former Hall Masters.
• Huo Lian claimed he was dissolving the second Saber Soul and would make the Supreme Demon Saber his alone, causing Pang Yi to order the others to break the formation.
• The seven former Hall Masters realized Huo Lian’s actions might be connected to the First Hall Master, but they could not break through the formation in time.
• Mo Pozheng challenged Huo Lian and told Pang Yi the saber was still unharmed for now, then took out a jade disc.

Mo Pozheng shattered the Jade Plate to open a vortex, paying the price to try to seize the Supreme Demon Saber. As the saber’s resistance overwhelmed Huang Xiao, Huo Lian rushed back to the secret chamber, where the crisis continued.

• Mo Pozheng said he would pay any price to keep Huo Lian from obtaining the Supreme Demon Saber, then shattered the Jade Plate and used its fragments to form a pitch-black vortex.
• Huo Lian sensed danger and rushed toward the secret chamber while Huang Xiao and Ou Jin continued trying to suppress the saber and dissolve its hidden saber soul.
• The Supreme Demon Saber began trembling violently, and Huang Xiao released a powerful aura but could not suppress it.
• Demon Phoenix shielded Ou Jin from Huang Xiao’s aura and called for Huo Lian to return.
• Huo Lian arrived beside Huang Xiao and recognized that the Supreme Demon Saber’s resistance posed a serious problem.

Huang Xiao and Huo Lian suppressed the Supreme Demon Saber and Huo Lian sealed it, but the Hidden Saber Soul remained powerful. After Ou Jin admitted he could not dispel it, the Supreme Demon Saber vanished, leaving behind a Pitch-Black Vortex.

• Huo Lian joined Huang Xiao in suppressing the Supreme Demon Saber, whose Hidden Saber Soul repeatedly resisted.
• Ou Jin told Demon Phoenix that the Hidden Saber Soul remained powerful and admitted he could do nothing to dispel it.
• The Minghong Saber's Saber Soul trembled, and Demon Phoenix worried that Huo Lian would sacrifice it to reforge the Supreme Demon Saber.
• Huo Lian added restrictions to the Supreme Demon Saber and said its changes might be connected to Mo Pozheng's jade plate.
• After Ou Jin apologized for failing to dispel the Hidden Saber Soul, Huo Lian lunged for the Supreme Demon Saber, but it disappeared and left behind a Pitch-Black Vortex.

Huang Xiao and the others prepared to evacuate after the Supreme Demon Saber vanished from Huo Lian’s formation. While Ou Jin and Demon Phoenix worked to make the materials easier to carry, Huang Xiao watched the gathering forces outside and recognized Pang Yi, Mo Pozheng, and numerous Demon Hall experts.

• The Supreme Demon Saber disappeared, and Huo Lian left the Supreme Demon Core behind before rushing out and ordering the others to prepare for evacuation.
• Huang Xiao stored the Supreme Demon Pearl, Supreme Evil Crystal, Supreme Demon Core, and Supreme Ghost Stele in two boxes, then took the Minghong Saber.
• Demon Phoenix and Huang Xiao worried they could not carry all the rare materials, so Ou Jin agreed to refine the ores while Demon Phoenix helped him.
• Huang Xiao adjusted the formation to watch outside and saw Pang Yi, Mo Pozheng, Shi Hen, Liu Tengfan, and many Demon Hall experts gathered there.

Huang Xiao recognized the seven former Demon Hall Masters among the arrivals and realized the Demon Hall had assembled nearly all its strength to confront Huo Lian. As the seven surrounded Huo Lian, he warned Mo Pozheng that he would destroy the Tomb Clan if Mo interfered with his plans.

• Huang Xiao identified the seven powerful newcomers as former Demon Hall Masters and decided to stay hidden until a critical moment.
• Huo Lian demanded to know what Mo Pozheng had done, and the seven former Hall Masters blocked Huo Lian from reaching him.
• The Second and Eighth Hall Masters revealed that the seven had devised a combined strike against Huo Lian during their thousand years of slumber.
• Pang Yi ordered the seven to surround Huo Lian and prevent him from returning to the formation.
• Huo Lian taunted Pang Yi and the former Hall Masters, then threatened to exterminate Mo Pozheng's Tomb Clan if Mo ruined his plans.

Mo Pozheng used the Jade Pendant to transport the Supreme Demon Saber out of Huo Lian’s formation, and Pang Yi reclaimed it. With the saber amplifying his power, Pang Yi confronted Huo Lian as the seven Former Hall Masters stood ready to fight.

• The seven Former Hall Masters used their Combined Strike Method to block Huo Lian from reaching Mo Pozheng.
• A vortex appeared again, and the Supreme Demon Saber emerged from it after Mo Pozheng’s Jade Pendant bypassed Huo Lian’s formation.
• Mo Pozheng stepped aside and urged Pang Yi to take the saber, and Pang Yi grasped its hilt.
• The Supreme Demon Saber resonated with Pang Yi’s supreme demonic qi and greatly strengthened his aura.
• Pang Yi declared that Huo Lian would be buried there, while the seven Former Hall Masters watched the saber’s immense power.

Pang Yi seized the Supreme Demon Saber and ordered the seven Former Hall Masters to kill Huo Lian, who recognized the weakness in their Combined Strike Method and attacked its leader. The seven launched a fused Fist Force at Huo Lian, and he met it head-on with his elbow.

• The Second Hall Master mocked Huo Lian for supposedly empowering the Supreme Demon Saber, while Pang Yi thanked Huo Lian and ordered him killed.
• The seven Former Hall Masters joined their auras through a Combined Strike Method, and Huo Lian identified the Second Hall Master as its leader and its key weakness.
• Huo Lian repeatedly attacked the Second Hall Master, while the seven coordinated their strength to block him.
• The seven concentrated their true qi into their right fists and fused their seven blasts of Fist Force into a single attack.
• As the fused Fist Force rushed toward him in midair, Huo Lian dropped toward it and drove his right elbow into it.

Huo Lian fought the seven former Hall Masters and showed the strength of his perfected Heavenly Demon Indestructible. As both sides raised their power, Huang Xiao noticed Huo Lian was retreating away from the formation toward Pang Yi, apparently playing into the seven Hall Masters’ plan.

• Huo Lian shattered the seven Hall Masters’ combined Fist Force with his bare hands, shocking Pang Yi and revealing the power of Heavenly Demon Indestructible.
• The seven former Hall Masters charged Huo Lian again, and the eight fought fiercely while Huang Xiao watched from the sidelines with Pang Yi and Mo Pozheng.
• Pang Yi demanded that the seven kill Huo Lian, so the Second Hall Master and the others used a forbidden art to boost their strength.
• Huo Lian’s aura rose in response, but the seven Hall Masters pressed him back and believed they were driving him away from the formation.
• Huang Xiao realized Huo Lian seemed to be feigning weakness and retreating toward Pang Yi, where the seven wanted to finish the fight.

Huo Lian broke through the seven former Hall Masters’ combined attack and tried to seize the Supreme Demon Saber from Pang Yi. The hidden saber soul empowered Pang Yi, forcing Huo Lian back as Mo Pozheng and the others surrounded him.

• Huo Lian’s aura surged, and he shattered the seven former Hall Masters’ combined palm strike before escaping their encirclement.
• Pang Yi anticipated Huo Lian’s attempt to take the Supreme Demon Saber and attacked him with saber force.
• Huo Lian dodged Pang Yi’s strike and knocked the Eighth Hall Master back, but the others, Pang Yi, and Mo Pozheng joined the battle.
• Huo Lian charged at Pang Yi, but the hidden saber soul dispelled Pang Yi’s fear and helped him repel Huo Lian with the Supreme Demon Saber Technique.
• Mo Pozheng and the other seven surrounded Huo Lian and told him he could not escape into the formation.

Huang Xiao left the formation with the Minghong Saber to help Huo Lian fight Pang Yi and the eight other Demon Hall experts. As the people inside watched through the adjusted formation, Huang Xiao was assigned to face Pang Yi.

• Pang Yi ordered the seven Former Hall Masters to join him and Mo Pozheng in attacking Huo Lian, forcing Huo Lian to retreat away from the formation.
• Huang Xiao summoned the Minghong Saber and charged out of the formation, leaving Demon Phoenix to explain the battle to Wei Yidao, Wang Jiu, and the others.
• Wei Yidao recognized Pang Yi's companions as the Demon Hall's Previous Hall Masters, and Demon Phoenix realized the Demon Hall Thousand-Year Period had arrived.
• Huo Lian told Huang Xiao to deal with Pang Yi.

Huang Xiao fought Pang Yi with the Minghong Saber while Mo Pozheng and the seven Former Hall Masters kept Huo Lian occupied. Though Pang Yi's genuine Supreme Demon Saber damaged Huang Xiao's saber, Huang Xiao struck back with enough force to send Pang Yi crashing into the ground, and Pang Yi retaliated with a massive upward slash.

• Pang Yi stopped Mo Pozheng from joining his fight with Huang Xiao, so Mo Pozheng went to help contain Huo Lian instead.
• Huang Xiao and Pang Yi exchanged more than a hundred blows with the Supreme Demon Saber Technique, while Pang Yi's genuine saber began notching the Minghong Saber's blade.
• Huang Xiao checked with the Minghong Saber's soul, which urged him to defeat Pang Yi and recover its true saber body from the hidden saber soul.
• Huang Xiao knocked Pang Yi out of the air and drove his legs into the earth with a powerful slash.
• Pang Yi shot back into the air and swung his Supreme Demon Saber upward, sending an enormous saber silhouette at Huang Xiao.

Huang Xiao overwhelmed Pang Yi in their saber battle despite Pang Yi wielding the Supreme Demon Saber, and declared that Pang Yi was only a substitute for the Demon Hall Master he might have been. Huang Xiao aimed to badly wound Pang Yi before the Thousand-Year Period, while Mo Pozheng rushed in to warn him.

• Huang Xiao shattered Pang Yi's saber phantom, kicked him out of the air, and pursued him through a series of fierce exchanges.
• Huang Xiao evaded Pang Yi's attack and struck his chest with a punch and Palm Force, forcing him to retreat and cough blood.
• Huang Xiao reminded Pang Yi that he had defeated him before and called him a substitute, then said Pang Yi would be buried there.
• Huang Xiao resolved to seriously injure Pang Yi rather than kill him, hoping to delay the Thousand-Year Period.
• Mo Pozheng noticed that rage had clouded Pang Yi's judgment and rushed toward the two fighters to warn him.

Mo Pozheng used the Supreme Demon Token to stop Huang Xiao from killing Pang Yi, leaving Huang Xiao unable to approach them while the token’s influence lasted. Huo Lian urged Huang Xiao to retreat, but Huang Xiao chose to join him against the seven Former Hall Masters, and Mo Pozheng pursued.

• Huang Xiao attacked Pang Yi with deadly force as Mo Pozheng rushed to intervene.
• Mo Pozheng activated and hurled the Supreme Demon Token, disrupting Huang Xiao’s and Pang Yi’s control over their true qi and forcing Huang Xiao to retreat beyond its range.
• Mo Pozheng supported the injured Pang Yi while Huang Xiao realized he could no longer attack them or reclaim the Supreme Demon Saber.
• Huo Lian warned Huang Xiao to retreat within the Formation, but Huang Xiao refused to leave him facing the seven Former Hall Masters alone.
• Huang Xiao charged toward Huo Lian’s opponents, and Mo Pozheng followed him.

Huo Lian told Huang Xiao to escape with the materials for reforging the Supreme Demon Saber while concealing that he had already broken free of the Demon Refining Formula. Left facing Pang Yi and the others, Huo Lian offered to explain how to resist the Supreme Demon Token, but they remained suspicious and kept him surrounded.

• Huo Lian told Huang Xiao to leave with Ou Jin and the others, keep his freedom from the Demon Refining Formula secret, and take the saber-reforging materials.
• Huang Xiao escaped toward the formation as Pang Yi and the others watched, then Pang Yi ordered them to attack Huo Lian.
• Huo Lian stopped the group by claiming he could explain how to break free of the Supreme Demon Token's influence.
• Mo Pozheng argued that Huo Lian was lying to get the Supreme Demon Saber, and the Second Hall Master accused Huo Lian of sowing discord.
• Pang Yi decided to consult Pang Ji about countering the Supreme Demon Token, while treating Huo Lian's offer as a ploy to escape.

Huang Xiao prepared to evacuate with his allies after the Demon Hall exposed their hidden base, packing up the refined materials and bringing Ou Jin along. The group left carrying the huge bundle as Huo Lian stayed behind to hold off the Demon Hall’s experts.

• Huang Xiao told Wei Yidao and the others to prepare to withdraw, explaining that Huo Lian would hold off their pursuers and that they should take anything important.
• Huang Xiao found Ou Jin refining materials and hurriedly packed the treasures into a large cloth bundle before they could be refined again.
• Demon Phoenix questioned whether Huang Xiao and Huo Lian could defeat the Demon Hall’s forces, and explained to Ou Jin that seven former Hall Masters had joined the battle.
• Huang Xiao said he would deal with anyone who pursued them and might try to win over Shi Hen and Liu Tengfan if they caught up.
• Huang Xiao invited Ou Jin to leave with them and used Heaven and Earth Momentum to carry the bundle as the group departed the base.

Huang Xiao led his group out of the formation with Ou Jin, but Pang Yi and his allies caught up while Huo Lian remained surrounded by the Demon Hall experts. The pursuers confronted Huang Xiao’s group, and Pang Yi focused on the bundle they carried.

• Demon Phoenix introduced Ou Jin as the Craftsman God, and Huang Xiao led the group out of the formation while Huo Lian battled the Demon Hall experts.
• Pang Yi learned that Huang Xiao’s group was escaping and ordered Mo Pozheng, Shi Hen, and Liu Tengfan to pursue them.
• Huo Lian tried to stop the pursuers, but the Second Hall Master and six others surrounded him again.
• Pang Yi and his companions caught up with Huang Xiao’s group, which had been slowed by the need to protect Ou Jin and the others.
• Pang Yi recognized Wei Yidao, dismissed him as a threat, and asked Huang Xiao if he was moving house as he eyed the large bundle.

Pang Yi moved to seize Huo Lian’s treasures and attacked Huang Xiao, while Huang Xiao tried to protect his companions from the Demon Hall and Tomb Clan forces. The chapter ended with Huang Xiao blocked from reaching them as Shi Hen, Liu Tengfan, and the Tomb Clan’s experts closed in.

• Pang Yi claimed Huo Lian’s possessions as his own and ordered Shi Hen and Liu Tengfan to attack Huang Xiao.
• Huang Xiao told Pang Yi that the Demon Hall’s members were controlled by the First Hall Master, and Demon Phoenix urged Pang Yi to take the Supreme Demon Token from Mo Pozheng.
• Pang Yi ordered the others killed and joined Mo Pozheng in attacking Huang Xiao.
• Huang Xiao evaded Pang Yi’s strike and moved toward Demon Phoenix and the others while carrying the bundle of materials.
• Demon Phoenix urged Huang Xiao to escape with Old Man Ou, but Huang Xiao refused to abandon the group.
• Shi Hen, Liu Tengfan, and the Tomb Clan’s experts closed in as Pang Yi and Mo Pozheng blocked Huang Xiao from reaching his companions.

Shi Hen and Liu Tengfan betrayed Pang Yi and helped Huang Xiao fight the Tomb Clan, while Mo Pozheng used the Supreme Demon Token to suppress Shi Hen. The battle remained unresolved as Pang Yi withdrew, unable to face Huang Xiao alone.

• Shi Hen and Liu Tengfan turned on Pang Yi’s forces and revealed that they had arranged for Demon Hall factions to withdraw.
• Mo Pozheng charged Shi Hen, while Huang Xiao agreed to keep Pang Yi occupied and warned Shi Hen about the Supreme Demon Token.
• Huang Xiao attacked the retreating Tomb Clan experts, killing several and prompting Mo Pozheng to use the Supreme Demon Token against Shi Hen.
• Liu Tengfan avoided the token’s range and joined Huang Xiao in attacking the Tomb Clan members.
• Pang Yi held back from fighting Huang Xiao and finally ordered a retreat.