Recaps

Liu Jiong attacked the Mixed Demon Sect after exposing its secret allegiance to the God-Burying Hall, gravely wounding Chao Mu. The sect’s leaders found support in Pang Rushan, a God-Burying Hall Regent Elder who arrived during their banquet and vowed to protect them from the Heavenly Demon Hall.

• Liu Jiong ignored Chao Mu’s pleas, struck him through the building, and left him gravely wounded.
• Chao Jin and Chao Shui treated Chao Mu while Chao Jin confronted Liu Jiong about discovering their secret.
• Liu Jiong declared that the Mixed Demon Sect would be erased, and Chao Jin claimed he was too late.
• Pang Rushan appeared, and Liu Jiong sensed that the newcomer was an Enlightenment Realm expert linked to the God-Burying Hall.
• Chao Jin, Chao Shui, and the others knelt to Pang Rushan, who promised to stand up for them and prepared to humiliate the Heavenly Demon Hall.

Pang Rushan confronted Liu Jiong over the Heavenly Demon Hall’s threat to the Mixed Demon Sect, which had joined the God-Burying Hall. Wu Cang and Huang Xiao arrived and mocked Pang Rushan, leaving the dispute unresolved as Pang’s anger grew.

• Pang Rushan demanded that Liu Jiong acknowledge his offense, but Liu Jiong rebuked Ke Song and refused to show Pang respect.
• Pang accused the Heavenly Demon Hall of threatening the Mixed Demon Sect and warned that the sect was now under the God-Burying Hall’s protection.
• Wu Cang and Huang Xiao appeared, and Pang realized he could not force the Heavenly Demon Hall’s people to back down while Wu was present.
• Wu and Huang Xiao mocked Pang for invoking other people and institutions to threaten others, and Huang Xiao called such cowards hollow and not worth a damn.
• Ke Song shouted that Huang Xiao had insulted Pang, while Pang’s expression darkened.

Huang Xiao ordered the Heavenly Demon Hall to continue exterminating the Mixed Demon Sect despite Pang Rushan’s threats. After Wu Cang killed Ke Song, Huang Xiao charged at Pang Rushan while the others attacked the God-Burying Hall group and the Mixed Demon Sect survivors.

• Huang Xiao exposed Ke Song’s claim that he had named Pang Rushan as a target, and Pang Rushan struck Ke Song for his foolishness.
• Pang Rushan demanded that the Heavenly Demon Hall leave, but Huang Xiao ordered his people to attack the Mixed Demon Sect again.
• Huang Xiao threatened to treat Pang Rushan and the God-Burying Hall as accomplices if they stayed, while Chao Jin and the others begged Pang Rushan for help.
• Wu Cang killed Ke Song with a palm strike after Huang Xiao ordered him to silence Ke Song.
• Huang Xiao charged at Pang Rushan as the Heavenly Demon Hall members attacked the God-Burying Hall group and the Mixed Demon Sect survivors.

Huang Xiao used the Heavenly Demon Disintegration Great Art and Sound Art Qi Control to fight Pang Rushan, overcoming the pressure of Heaven and Earth Momentum and exchanging a powerful blow with him. The clash left Huang Xiao bleeding but still standing, while Wu Cang held back from intervening.

• Huang Xiao combined the Heavenly Demon Disintegration Great Art with Sound Art Qi Control and tested Pang Rushan's strength with a palm strike.
• Pang Rushan used Heaven and Earth Momentum to suppress Huang Xiao and tried to keep him fighting so the forbidden art would cause lasting damage.
• Huang Xiao tripled the power of his true qi, broke through the suppression, and attacked Pang Rushan from behind with the Heavenly Demon Subduing Tiger Fist.
• Pang Rushan turned and struck with all his internal power, and the collision sent Huang Xiao back eight steps and Pang Rushan back five.
• Huang Xiao bled from the clash and signaled Wu Cang not to interfere.

Huang Xiao fought Pang Rushan and wounded the enlightenment realm Regent Elder, while Wu Cang stopped the God-Burying Hall’s remaining forces from turning the battle. Huang Xiao’s words made Pang Rushan suspect the Mixed Demon Sect had done something he did not know about, and he demanded an explanation.

• Wu Cang and Liu Jiong watched in shock as Huang Xiao’s strength far exceeded their expectations, while Pang Rushan suspected he was using a forbidden art.
• Huang Xiao tested his limits against Pang Rushan, then struck with his left fist while blocking Pang Rushan’s residual Palm Force, wounding them both.
• Wu Cang abandoned his attempt to attack Pang Rushan and caught Huang Xiao, who pulled free and said he was all right.
• Huang Xiao taunted Pang Rushan and said Wu Cang could kill his subordinates, while Pang Rushan noted how many of his forces had died or been injured.
• Huang Xiao warned that he had grounds to kill even an enlightenment realm expert and would only face a little punishment, making Pang Rushan realize he had overlooked something.
• Pang Rushan asked what the Mixed Demon Sect had done.

Pang Rushan fled the Heavenly Demon Hall after Huang Xiao humiliated him, while the Mixed Demon Sect captives faced execution. Huang Xiao left the fate of Chao Lingyi’s captured relatives to her, and she confronted the father who had abused her and her mother.

• Huang Xiao rebuked Pang Rushan, who withdrew with his remaining subordinates to report to the God-Burying Hall’s Hall Master.
• The Heavenly Demon Hall executed the Mixed Demon Sect disciples who begged for mercy, and Huang Xiao killed Chao Mu.
• Chao Lingyi’s father begged her to save him when guards brought him and other captives before her.
• Huang Xiao told Chao Lingyi to decide for herself, and she approached her father while the other captives pleaded for their lives.
• A Void Martial Realm practitioner asked Chao Lingyi what she wanted done with the captives.

Chao Lingyi killed her father after the Heavenly Demon Hall slaughtered the Mixed Demon Sect, and Huang Xiao explained why he had let Pang Rushan go. The Heavenly Demon Hall searched the sect and uncovered a huge hoard of treasure, including gifts prepared for Pang Rushan.

• Chao Lingyi ordered the Mixed Demon Sect members killed, then stabbed her father to death and returned to Huang Xiao's side.
• Huang Xiao ordered Liu Jiong to kill Chao Jin and Chao Shui and sent the Heavenly Demon Hall members after the survivors and the sect's treasures.
• Wu Cang worried that Pang Rushan might reveal Huang Xiao's strength to Pang Ruyuan, and Huang Xiao said he had deliberately let more of his strength become known.
• Liu Jiong led Huang Xiao and Wu Cang to a large pile of recovered treasures and said ten chests of gifts for Pang Rushan made up nearly half the sect's hoard.

Huang Xiao’s group divided the Mixed Demon Sect’s spoils and found a fragmentary map in a chamber said to belong to Chao Hun. Meanwhile, Wei Yidao stormed the Outer Hall Elders’ Council and attacked Ma Jing and another figure, leaving a confrontation underway.

• Huang Xiao agreed to set aside half the treasures and distribute the remainder by merit, while choosing only a few items for himself.
• A Void Martial Realm disciple brought Huang Xiao a damaged sheepskin map found in a secluded chamber, and Wu Cang judged it to be one part of a larger map.
• Huang Xiao kept the map and ordered Liu Jiong to give the disciple an extra share as a reward.
• Huang Xiao and the others took the Mixed Demon Sect’s valuables and burned the sect down, prompting shock and speculation across the Jianghu.
• Wei Yidao ignored a guard and entered the Outer Hall Elders’ Council, where he destroyed the great hall while demanding that Ma Jing come out.
• Wei Yidao saw Ma Jing and another figure emerge from the ruins and lunged at them with killing intent.

Wei Yidao attacked Ma Jing and Pang Ruyuan after destroying the Main Hall, while the Outer Hall elders watched and called for help from the Inner Hall. Yao Renwu learned that the fight had been caused by Ma Jing admitting an Enlightenment Realm Regent Elder into the Outer Hall Elders' Council and accused Xie Ji of helping set events in motion.

• Wei Yidao knocked Ma Jing into the Main Hall ruins, then fought Pang Ruyuan until Ma Jing returned and joined the battle against him.
• Ma Jing and Pang Ruyuan teamed up against Wei Yidao, while Outer Hall elders sent for the Inner Hall and watched the fight intensify.
• Yao Renwu learned that Wei Yidao had attacked because Ma Jing admitted an Enlightenment Realm Regent Elder from the Heavenly Demon Hall into the Outer Hall Elders' Council.
• Xie Ji tried to distance himself from Yao Renwu, who accused him of contributing to the affair and warned him not to silence him.
• Xie Ji offered to repay Yao Renwu tenfold, but Yao Renwu ignored him as the elders looked on with contempt.

Wei Yidao fought Ma Jing and Pang Ruyuan at once, overpowering their attacks with his layered Heavenly Demon force. He left Pang Ruyuan badly injured and knocked Ma Jing from the sky, while the elders helped Ma Jing from the rubble.

• Wei Yidao repelled Ma Jing and Pang Ruyuan with six layers of Heavenly Demon Ninefold Force, injuring their hand meridians.
• Wei Yidao fought Pang Ruyuan head-on, then wounded Ma Jing with a claw strike when Ma Jing attacked from behind.
• Pang Ruyuan unleashed God-Burying Shattering-Void Force against Wei Yidao, but Wei Yidao's layered palm force broke through and sent him flying while he spat dark blood.
• Wei Yidao struck Ma Jing with sevenfold force and kicked him into the ruins.
• Several elders pulled Ma Jing from the rubble, and he could barely stand because of his severe injuries.

Wei Yidao defeated Ma Jing and Pang Ruyuan, then repeatedly humiliated Pang Ruyuan and broke his limbs without killing him. After Pang Ruyuan lost consciousness, Wu Renping rushed at Wei Yidao, who moved to meet him despite a companion's warning.

• Pang Ruyuan tried to flee, but Wei Yidao blocked him and attacked.
• Wei Yidao beat Pang Ruyuan repeatedly, humiliating him before the gathered elders.
• Wei Yidao grabbed Pang Ruyuan by the neck, then snapped all four of his limbs and declared he would not kill him.
• Wei Yidao kicked Pang Ruyuan unconscious as the God-Burying Hall elders rushed to treat him.
• Wu Renping ordered Wei Yidao to stop and charged at him, while his companion urged Wei Yidao not to act rashly.

Wei Yidao revealed that he had broken through to the Shattering-Void Realm when he repelled Wu Renping, changing the balance of power in the dispute over his attack on Ma Jing and Pang Ruyuan. He agreed with Wu Renping that the matter should be reported to the Grand Elder, intending to seek justice against Ma Jing and Pang Ruyuan.

• Wu Renping used Shattering the Void against Wei Yidao, but discovered that Wei Yidao could also shatter heaven and earth momentum.
• Wei Yidao struck Wu Renping and sent him flying, then revealed that he had recently reached the Shattering-Void Realm.
• Hao Wenhe congratulated Wei Yidao, while the nearby Outer Hall Elders realized that his new realm gave him special standing and protection.
• Ma Jing and Pang Ruyuan heard of Wei Yidao's breakthrough and fainted again, fearing the consequences of his pursuing Yao Renwu's case.
• Wu Renping said he would report Wei Yidao's conduct to the Grand Elder, and Wei Yidao calmly said he would seek justice over Ma Jing and Pang Ruyuan.

Wei Yidao and Hao Wenhe punished Yao Renwu’s allies after the affair exposed Ma Jing and Pang Ruyuan’s misconduct, and Pang Tiangang issued the final judgments. Back at the Heavenly Demon Hall, Huang Xiao learned of the Hall Master’s Shattering-Void Realm strength and heard that the Pang Family kept hidden experts within its lineage.

• Wei Yidao ordered Yao Renwu’s internal power crippled and imprisoned, while Hao Wenhe ordered an investigation and the arrest of those connected to him.
• Wei Yidao had Ma Jing and Pang Ruyuan confined, and Hao Wenhe limited their detention to the Main Hall.
• Pang Tiangang reprimanded Wei Yidao, stripped Ma Jing and Pang Ruyuan of their positions, sentenced Yao Renwu to death, and severely punished Xie Ji and others implicated in the affair.
• Huang Xiao learned from Wu Cang that the Hall Master had reached the Shattering-Void Realm and had fought Ma Jing and Pang Ruyuan while outnumbered.
• Wu Cang told Huang Xiao that the Pang Family retained powerful experts outside the Demon Hall’s Outer Hall, Inner Hall, and Hidden Demon Guard.

Huang Xiao discussed the Pang Family’s influence over the Demon Hall with Wu Cang, then gave Spirit-Restoring Pills to Wu Cang, Yin Huju, and Yue Cheng. As Yin Huju and Yue Cheng began healing, Yin Huju’s aura surged and suddenly contracted, suggesting he was breaking through to the Enlightenment Realm.

• Huang Xiao questioned why the Pang Family did not simply take over the Demon Hall, and Wu Cang said they likely had their reasons.
• Huang Xiao gave Wu Cang a Spirit-Restoring Pill, which Wu Cang accepted after Huang Xiao assured him he had more.
• Huang Xiao visited Yin Huju and Yue Cheng, learned their foundations were intact, and gave each a Spirit-Restoring Pill for their injuries.
• Huang Xiao asked Yin Huju and Yue Cheng to tell him about the Forced Labor Camp and Zheng Gu after they recovered.
• Yin Huju swallowed his pill and began gathering power, while Huang Xiao and Yue Cheng watched his aura surge and then contract.

Yin Huju recovered and broke through to the Enlightenment Realm with Huang Xiao’s Spirit-Restoring Pill. As Yin Huju and Yue Cheng described the Core Forging Area, Huang Xiao learned that Demon Spirit Armor was made from divine beasts slaughtered alive and that Imperial Remnant Manor supplied them.

• Yin Huju thanked Huang Xiao for the Spirit-Restoring Pill after breaking through to the Enlightenment Realm, and Huang Xiao congratulated him.
• Yue Cheng said his injuries had healed and his strength had improved, though he remained far from breaking through to the Enlightenment Realm.
• Huang Xiao asked Yin Huju and Yue Cheng about the Core Forging Area and how Heavenly Demon Hall made its supreme-quality armor.
• Yin Huju explained that the armor was forged from divine beast hides, fur, sinews, bones, and Essence Blood, which had to be harvested by slaughtering the beasts alive.
• Yin Huju revealed that Imperial Remnant Manor offered the raised divine beasts as tribute to the Demon Hall.

Huang Xiao and Yin Huju discussed Imperial Remnant Manor’s Divine Beasts, then welcomed Wu Cang and Liang Chenghao after Yin Huju’s breakthrough to the Enlightenment Realm. With Heavenly Demon Hall moving toward unity after Yao Renwu’s execution, Yin Huju chose to strip Zheng Gu of his authority rather than kill him, and the hall prepared to celebrate.

• Yin Huju told Huang Xiao that Imperial Remnant Manor supplied Divine Beasts to Heavenly Demon Hall in exchange for nonaggression, and that the Main Hall used them to make armor.
• Wu Cang and Liang Chenghao arrived and congratulated Yin Huju on reaching the Enlightenment Realm.
• Wu Cang informed Yin Huju and Yue Cheng that Yao Renwu had been executed after events at the Main Hall, and they celebrated the Hall Master’s triumph over God-Burying Hall.
• Wu Cang proposed making Yin Huju an Enlightenment Realm Regent Elder and letting him decide Zheng Gu’s fate.
• Yin Huju chose to strip Zheng Gu of his authority but spare his life, saying the hall should retain a Martial Realm expert.
• Huang Xiao urged everyone to handle the hall’s affairs and celebrate before the Hall Master returned the next day.

Huang Xiao weighed the risks of becoming closer to Chao Lingyi while preparing to strengthen himself for the contest against Pang Yi. His attempt to break through to the tenth stage of the Heavenly Demon Skill failed and damaged his meridians, but he repaired them and believed another attempt might succeed soon.

• Chao Lingyi washed and massaged Huang Xiao’s feet, while Huang Xiao considered his feelings for her and chose not to pursue her before securing his future.
• Huang Xiao began cultivating the Heavenly Demon Skill and resolved to surpass Pang Yi by a wide margin before their contest.
• Huang Xiao attempted to use the tenth-stage mental formula, but most of his true qi went berserk and cracked his meridians.
• Huang Xiao spent more than four hours stabilizing his true qi and repairing his meridians with imperishable true qi.
• Huang Xiao gave up on breaking through that night, consolidated his ninth-stage cultivation, and reflected on his attempt.

Wei Yidao returned to Heavenly Demon Hall with Zhou Daohang, whose allegiance to the God-Burying Hall faction enraged him. Wei Yidao told Huang Xiao that Zhou Daohang had been appointed Regent Elder by Pang Tiangang, leaving Heavenly Demon Hall facing outside control of its daily affairs.

• Huang Xiao and the others welcomed Wei Yidao, who reacted coldly to Yin Huju's recent breakthrough to the Enlightenment Realm.
• Liang Chenghao recognized the returning elder as Zhou Daohang, a former member of Heavenly Demon Hall who had joined the Outer Hall Elders' Council.
• Wei Yidao took Huang Xiao into a secret chamber and angrily called Zhou Daohang a traitor for siding with the God-Burying Hall faction.
• Wei Yidao explained that Pang Tiangang had ordered Zhou Daohang to serve as Regent Elder and oversee Heavenly Demon Hall's daily affairs.

Wei Yidao warned Huang Xiao that Zhou Daohang had been placed in the Heavenly Demon Hall as a God-Burying Hall informant, then advised him to hide his strength and keep the Ten Thousand Demons Hall’s resources secret. He also revealed that Pang Yi had reached the tenth stage of the God-Burying Demonic Art, and the chapter ended with Huang Xiao showing Wei Yidao an incomplete map that might be connected to Chao Hun.

• Wei Yidao told Huang Xiao that Zhou Daohang had joined the Heavenly Demon Hall and instructed him to keep the appointment quiet and avoid revealing his true strength.
• Wei Yidao and Huang Xiao decided that Chu Fanyin should deliver the Ten Thousand Demons Hall’s resources to the Hall Master’s residence, keeping them out of Zhou Daohang’s reach.
• Wei Yidao praised Huang Xiao for challenging Pang Rushan, then warned him that Pang Yi had advanced to the tenth stage of the God-Burying Demonic Art.
• Huang Xiao vowed to advance to the tenth stage of the Heavenly Demon Skill and said he would not give up.
• Huang Xiao presented Wei Yidao with an incomplete sheepskin map he had found among the Mixed Demon Sect’s possessions, saying it might be connected to Chao Hun.

Wei Yidao identified Huang Xiao’s map fragment as ancient divine beast hide but could not decipher it, then gave Huang Xiao orders to deliver several appointments and announcements. At the Heavenly Demon Hall, Huang Xiao invoked the Hall Master’s authority and confronted Zhou Daohang, declaring that Zhou was no exception to his command.

• Wei Yidao examined Huang Xiao’s map fragment and said it was made from ancient divine beast hide, but he could not determine what it showed.
• Wei Yidao told Huang Xiao to ask the Patriarch about the map and gave him a letter authorizing Liang Chenghao’s transfer, appointing Yin Huju to Liang’s post, and announcing Zhou Daohang as a Regent Elder.
• Huang Xiao arrived at the Heavenly Demon Hall’s main hall, where Zhou Daohang and the other elders were waiting, and announced that he carried the Hall Master’s spoken command.
• Huang Xiao ordered Zhou Daohang to kneel and challenged him for defying the Hall Rules.
• Huang Xiao declared that he had final authority in the Hall Master’s absence and told Zhou Daohang that he was no exception.

Huang Xiao asserted the Hall Master's authority over Zhou Daohang as the returning Regent Elder, then announced Liang Chenghao's promotion to the Main Hall's Outer Hall Elders' Council and Yin Huju's appointment to fill his vacancy. Zhou Daohang left for Yao Renwu's former residence, while Yin Huju decided to side with Huang Xiao despite Zhou's entering Dao realm strength.

• Huang Xiao forced Zhou Daohang to kneel and reminded him that, as a Heavenly Demon Hall Regent Elder, he had to obey the Hall Rules.
• Huang Xiao confirmed Zhou Daohang's appointment as Regent Elder responsible for the hall's day-to-day affairs, and Zhou pledged to serve.
• Huang Xiao presented Liang Chenghao with the Hall Master's authorization to join the Main Hall's Outer Hall Elders' Council.
• Huang Xiao appointed Yin Huju to fill the vacancy left by Liang Chenghao, then dismissed the assembled elders.
• Huang Xiao assigned Wu Cang to take Zhou Daohang to Yao Renwu's former residence, and Yin Huju resolved to stand with Huang Xiao.

Huang Xiao told his companions that Zhou Daohang had secretly defected to the Pang Family, then dismissed concerns about elders who had visited Zhou. After learning that Pang Yi had reached the Martial Realm, Huang Xiao entered seclusion to pursue the tenth stage.

• Huang Xiao gathered Yin Huju, Yue Cheng, Liu Jiong, and Wu Cang and revealed that Zhou Daohang had secretly joined the Pang Family’s God-Burying Hall faction.
• Huang Xiao explained that Pang Tiangang had forced Zhou Daohang’s appointment by exploiting Heavenly Demon Hall’s shortage of Enlightenment Realm Regent Elders.
• Wu Cang raised concerns about elders who had visited Zhou Daohang, but Huang Xiao said he would not interfere with them unless they broke the hall rules.
• Huang Xiao told the others he planned to cultivate toward the tenth stage because Pang Yi had already broken through to the Martial Realm.
• Huang Xiao entered his secret cultivation chamber and began circulating the Heavenly Demon Skill while reciting the tenth-stage formula.

Huang Xiao pushed toward the Martial Realm by refining his true qi and control of heaven and earth momentum, then secretly continued his breakthrough attempts. Meanwhile, Senior Sister Fanlin visited Yan Xi and the other women from Great Song, who were living in the Penglai Mystic Domain, to share news about the three people they had asked about.

• Huang Xiao circulated his growing true qi while trying to master heaven and earth momentum, exhausting his divine sense and reaching the threshold of the Martial Realm.
• After resting, Huang Xiao resumed his breakthrough attempts and cultivated for three days and three nights while Chao Lingyi waited outside the secret chamber.
• Chao Lingyi sensed heaven and earth momentum leaking from the chamber, sent the guards away, and received Huang Xiao's instruction to return after three days while keeping his breakthrough secret.
• Senior Sister Fanlin arrived in the Three Immortal Mountains and told the six women, including Yan Xi, that she had news about the three people they had asked about.
• Yan Xi urgently asked Senior Sister Fanlin whether she had news of Dugu Sheng.

After learning that Huang Xiao had joined the Heavenly Demon Hall, the six women believed he was the husband they were searching for, but Fanlin suspected they were connected to the Demon Hall and left to report them. The chapter ended when the convent's Patriarch arrived with two powerful seniors to meet them.

• Fanlin told the six women that Huang Xiao had become a Heavenly Demon Hall Master Candidate and had survived the Evil Water Region and pursuit by Jianghu experts.
• Zhao Yunhui and the others realized Huang Xiao had joined the Heavenly Demon Hall only about three months earlier, and You Lian'er declared that he had to be their Huang Xiao.
• Xiao Yan revealed that Huang Xiao was the husband of four of the women, prompting Fanlin to worry about their ties to the Demon Hall and report the situation to the Patriarch.
• The women feared the convent might treat them as enemies, but took comfort that Huang Xiao was alive and his blood curse had likely been dispelled.
• Two hours later, the Patriarch arrived with two unfamiliar seniors, and the six women bowed to them.

Li Bai confirmed that the six women came from the same place as Huang Xiao and asked them to reveal their origins to Abbess Jingluo. After hearing their account, the elders discussed Huang Xiao’s dangerous bid for the Demon Hall Master’s Seat, while Abbess Jingluo remained undecided about letting the women stay at the Divine Nun Convent.

• Li Bai identified himself to the six women, confirmed he had met Huang Xiao, and said he knew their origins.
• Xiao Yan and the other five women apologized to Abbess Jingluo and explained their origins and their relationship with Huang Xiao.
• Abbess Jingluo, Senior Wu, and Li Bai compared Huang Xiao’s chances of becoming Demon Hall Master with Huo Lian’s past rise.
• Senior Wu revealed he had once led the Taixuan Sect and fought Huo Lian, the founder of the Heavenly Demon Sect and former Demon Hall Master.
• Zhao Yunhui and Zhao Xin'er asked about Huang Xiao’s fate, and Li Bai said Huang Xiao could no longer leave the Demon Hall struggle.
• Li Bai asked Abbess Jingluo to let the six women remain at the convent, but she hesitated because of their connection to Huang Xiao.