Chapter Summaries

Huang Xiao protected fleeing Sima Clan disciples and fought a Jiang Family Entering Dao Realm expert, drawing on his strength and Imitation Saber to gain the upper hand. The Jiang Family expert tried to retreat, but a sudden black shadow pierced his chest and shattered his heart.

• Huang Xiao killed the Jiang Family pursuers and learned from the Sima Clan disciples that the Jiang Family had seized control of the Heavenly Evil Sect after the other families were nearly wiped out.
• A Jiang Family Entering Dao Realm expert arrived and tried to stop the Sima Clan disciples from fleeing, but Huang Xiao sent them away and stayed to fight.
• Huang Xiao clashed with the Jiang Family expert while Demon Phoenix watched from nearby, and their battle flattened the surrounding area.
• Huang Xiao drew his powerful Imitation Saber and used the Seventh Form of the Heavenly Demon Demon Saber to overwhelm the Jiang Family expert.
• The Jiang Family expert tried to retreat, but a black shadow struck his chest and shattered his heart.

Huang Xiao and Demon Phoenix killed two Heavenly Evil Sect experts after Demon Phoenix had already slain a Jiang Family expert, then fled the area. As they traveled toward Yizhou's border, they encountered another group of experts fleeing toward them from an unseen pursuer.

• Demon Phoenix killed the Jiang Family expert and nearby witnesses, then warned Huang Xiao that two more Entering Dao Realm experts were approaching.
• Huang Xiao lured the two Heavenly Evil Sect experts past Demon Phoenix, who ambushed and killed one before Huang Xiao and Demon Phoenix killed the other.
• Huang Xiao and Demon Phoenix fled for two hours, saw the Jiang Family hunting disciples from the other families, and decided to leave Yizhou without pursuing the Evil Water Region's treasures.
• Demon Phoenix and Huang Xiao sensed many experts fleeing toward them and realized they could not avoid the coming confrontation.

Chao Hun slaughtered a group of experts fleeing through the Evil Water Region, while Huang Xiao and Demon Phoenix watched. After killing everyone else, he confronted Huang Xiao and explained that rage had blinded him when he attacked before, leaving his intentions unclear.

• Huang Xiao and Demon Phoenix fled when they realized powerful experts were running from Chao Hun.
• Chao Hun caught up with the group and declared that he would kill them, then rejected their claim that he was interfering in the treasure struggle.
• The entering Dao realm experts sent weaker fighters forward while preparing to escape, but Chao Hun targeted and killed them first.
• Chao Hun killed the remaining entering Dao realm and enlightenment realm experts while Huang Xiao and Demon Phoenix stayed back unharmed.
• Chao Hun faced Huang Xiao and Demon Phoenix and said he had attacked Huang Xiao before because rage had blinded him.

Chao Hun spared Huang Xiao and Demon Phoenix because Huo Lian was nearby, then continued hunting experts to fulfill Huo Lian’s killing quota. Meanwhile, Zhu Fanjiang, Wang Mizong, and Fan Xiu reunited with Zhu Fancheng, whose Ghost Dao cultivation had left him horribly disfigured, before Huo Lian interrupted them.

• Chao Hun told Huang Xiao and Demon Phoenix that he wanted to reconcile, then left without attacking them.
• Chao Hun reasoned that Huo Lian would kill him if he harmed Huang Xiao and continued hunting experts in the Evil Water Region to fulfill his task.
• Huo Lian met Leng Guhan, Zhu Fanjiang, Wang Mizong, Fan Xiu, and Jiang Liuli with a black-robed figure beside him.
• Zhu Fanjiang, Wang Mizong, and Fan Xiu recognized the figure as Zhu Fancheng through the ring he had given Leng Guhan.
• Zhu Fancheng revealed his frightening appearance and explained that Ghost Dao cultivation had extended his lifespan at a terrible cost.
• Huo Lian stopped the reunion and told them they could talk later.

Zhu Fancheng and the others debated whether to give Huo Lian the Heavenly Evil Imperishable Art in exchange for his support, while Huo Lian considered using Jiang Liuli and her unborn child to control Huang Xiao. The group agreed to the exchange, but Zhu Fanjiang revealed that they possessed only the art’s first part, leaving them unable to fulfill the agreement as promised.

• Huo Lian watched Jiang Liuli and considered using her and her unborn child to keep Huang Xiao obedient.
• Zhu Fancheng told Zhu Fanjiang, Wang Mizong, and Fan Xiu that he had promised Huo Lian the Heavenly Evil Imperishable Art.
• Wang Mizong objected, but Zhu Fancheng argued that Huo Lian’s strength and the Three Great Families’ precarious position made his support necessary.
• Zhu Fancheng persuaded Wang Mizong that surrendering the art could help the Three Great Families survive and rebuild, and Wang Mizong agreed.
• Zhu Fanjiang pointed out that the Three Great Families knew only the first part of the Heavenly Evil Imperishable Art and lacked the second part.

Zhu Fancheng and the Three Great Families agreed to give Huo Lian the first part of the Heavenly Evil Imperishable Art, but Huo Lian reacted angrily when they admitted they did not have the second part. The chapter ended with Huo Lian considering the offer while the others waited for his decision.

• Zhu Fancheng told the others that Leng Guhan wanted the Three Great Families' Supremely Evil Saber Manual in return for helping them.
• Zhu Fanjiang reminded Zhu Fancheng that three descendants were still missing, and Zhu Fancheng went to speak with Huo Lian.
• Zhu Fancheng offered Huo Lian the Heavenly Evil Imperishable Art but admitted that the Three Great Families only had its first part.
• Huo Lian accused Zhu Fancheng of breaking his promise, while Leng Guhan tried to calm him and Zhu Fancheng offered other cultivation methods or treasures as compensation.
• Huo Lian asked again whether they truly lacked the second part, then fell silent after Zhu Fancheng confirmed it.

Huo Lian obtained the first part of the Heavenly Evil Imperishable Art and the Supremely Evil Saber Manual from the Three Great Families, then arranged to search for the second part with them. After he left, Leng Guhan and the others discussed Jiang Liuli’s pregnancy and how her child could influence Huang Xiao’s future as Demon Hall Master.

• Huo Lian asked about the second part of the Heavenly Evil Imperishable Art, and Fan Xiu suggested Fan Family’s Ancestor had taken it to the place where Inugami was found.
• Huo Lian demanded the Supremely Evil Saber Manual and refused to return the Three Evil Blades, while Leng Guhan objected to him obtaining the manual.
• Zhu Fancheng and his companions gave Huo Lian the first part of the Heavenly Evil Imperishable Art and a copy of the Supremely Evil Saber Manual.
• Huo Lian left, and Leng Guhan ordered Jiang Liuli to keep what happened secret.
• Zhu Fanjiang and Fan Xiu urged Leng Guhan to treat Jiang Liuli better because she was carrying Huang Xiao’s child, which might give them leverage if Huang Xiao became Demon Hall Master.
• Leng Guhan reasoned that Huo Lian might also be using Jiang Liuli’s child to restrain Huang Xiao, and agreed to treat her more carefully.

Jiang Liuli and her allies prepared to return to the Sword Pavilion, but their plans changed when the Jiang Family’s attack left three families nearly destroyed. Meanwhile, Huang Xiao rescued Wang Jiu and Zhu Yang from Jianghu martial artists, and the battle ended with Huang Xiao and Demon Phoenix attacking their besiegers.

• Jiang Liuli worried that the Patriarch would threaten her and her child if Huang Xiao failed to become Demon Hall Master, while Zhu Fancheng’s group decided to leave Wang Jiu and the others with Huo Lian for now.
• Kong Qingze, Sima Rusuo, and Chen Zaihui arrived badly wounded and told Leng Guhan and Zhu Fancheng’s group that the Jiang Family had wiped out their three families.
• Wang Mizong urged the others to kill the survivors or hand them over to the Jiang Family, but Zhu Fancheng decided to take them away instead.
• Huang Xiao and Demon Phoenix found Wang Jiu and Zhu Yang surrounded by Jianghu martial artists demanding their treasures and cultivation methods.
• Huang Xiao charged the attackers, and Demon Phoenix joined the slaughter, leaving Wang Jiu stunned by Huang Xiao’s strength.

Huang Xiao and his companions defeated the Jianghu fighters and learned that Fan Zhongkun had been killed. Huo Lian then asked about Fan Zhongkun’s birthplace, leaving Huang Xiao and Demon Phoenix suspecting he was seeking the village shown on Fan Tianhui’s map.

• Huang Xiao and Demon Phoenix joined Wang Jiu and helped kill the Jianghu fighters and two Entering Dao Realm experts.
• Huang Xiao learned Zhu Yang’s injuries had improved and discovered Fan Zhongkun had been killed by their attackers.
• Wang Jiu told Huang Xiao that Huo Lian had ordered them to kill Zhangsun Youyue and Jiang Liuli, but Zhu Yang and Wang Jiu had refused.
• Wang Jiu and Zhu Yang buried Fan Zhongkun, and Huang Xiao invited them to travel with him for safety.
• Huo Lian appeared and asked where Fan Zhongkun’s village was, prompting Huang Xiao and Demon Phoenix to recall Fan Tianhui’s Map.

Huo Lian learned that Huang Xiao had a map to Fan Tianhui’s deserted village and ordered Huang Xiao to bring Fan Tianhui back so he could search for the second part of the Heavenly Evil Imperishable Art. Huang Xiao and Demon Phoenix set off after Fan Tianhui, while Huo Lian turned his attention to Qinyang City and the Minghong Saber.

• Huo Lian recognized the village map Huang Xiao had received from Fan Tianhui as a way to locate Fan Zhongkun’s village.
• Huang Xiao explained that the villagers had abandoned the village to live in seclusion and knew of no treasure beyond Inugami.
• Huo Lian ordered Huang Xiao to find Fan Tianhui and bring him back, rather than pursue the villagers himself.
• Huang Xiao confirmed that someone would be in Qinyang City for about half a month and that he was interested in the Minghong Saber.
• Huang Xiao and Demon Phoenix left to pursue Fan Tianhui, discussing the possible treasure in his village and the Heavenly Evil Imperishable Art.

Huang Xiao and Demon Phoenix learned at a tea stall that Fan Tianhui had been captured and sold to people from the Ghost Spirit Sect. They set off toward Jiao Province to pursue the sect and rescue him.

• Demon Phoenix and Huang Xiao stopped searching in their previous direction and went to a tea stall, where they heard that the Jiang Family had destroyed the Sima, Kong, and Chen Families.
• The pair learned that Jianghu fighters were capturing surviving disciples of the three families for their valuable manuals and treasures.
• Huang Xiao recognized Fan Tianhui's name when three men discussed selling a Heavenly Evil Sect disciple for a reward.
• The men said they had sold Fan Tianhui to people from the Ghost Spirit Sect, and Demon Phoenix burned them to ashes.
• Huang Xiao and Demon Phoenix followed the Ghost Spirit Sect's trail toward Jiao Province, hoping to catch up with Fan Tianhui.

Huang Xiao and Demon Phoenix searched for Fan Tianhui and the Ghost Spirit Sect but found their ancestor, Yan Youwang, gravely injured in a secluded forest. Yan Youwang told them they might have a chance to kill him, leaving them facing a dangerous choice.

• Huang Xiao and Demon Phoenix pursued the Ghost Spirit Sect while passing Jianghu fighters hunting disciples of the Heavenly Evil Sect.
• After half a day, Huang Xiao and Demon Phoenix learned that a lone Ghost Spirit Sect member had recently gone ahead and followed the reported route.
• Huang Xiao spotted subtle traces leading into a dense forest, where he and Demon Phoenix found Yan Youwang sitting beneath a tree.
• Yan Youwang confronted Huang Xiao about following him, then admitted he was gravely injured and said they could try to kill him.

Yan Youwang told Huang Xiao and Demon Phoenix that his junior brother had betrayed him by stealing Ghost Spirit Sect, Heavenly Evil Sect, and Sword Pavilion cultivation methods and trading them to the Jiang Family and Leng Guhan. After the Jiang Family and his junior brother ambushed him, Yan Youwang spared Huang Xiao and Demon Phoenix and promised them benefits.

• Yan Youwang revealed that his trusted junior brother had helped injure him, leaving Huang Xiao and Demon Phoenix unsure whether to stay or flee.
• Yan Youwang explained that Jiang Pandong had sought the Ghost Spirit Sect's longevity cultivation methods, but Yan Youwang had refused to share its core arts.
• Yan Youwang said his junior brother secretly traded cultivation methods from the Ghost Spirit Sect, Heavenly Evil Sect, and Sword Pavilion to the Jiang Family and Leng Guhan, while practicing some himself.
• Yan Youwang explained that his junior brother and the Jiang Family had ambushed him so the junior brother could take control of the Ghost Spirit Sect and the Jiang Family could obtain more methods.
• Yan Youwang told Huang Xiao and Demon Phoenix that he had considered killing them but had changed his mind and would give them benefits.

Yan Youwang gave Huang Xiao the Ghost Spirit Sect’s last Ghost Capital Token, which could let him enter the sect’s intermittently visible ruined headquarters and seek its treasures. He also revealed that the Ghost Spirit Sect had lost its Supreme Ghost Stele, and Demon Phoenix reacted strangely when several supreme treasures were named.

• Huang Xiao and Demon Phoenix agreed to keep Yan Youwang’s whereabouts secret as Yan Youwang explained that he hoped to preserve the Ghost Spirit Sect’s future.
• Yan Youwang gave Huang Xiao the Ghost Capital Token and explained that it was the last remaining credential for entering the Ghost Capital.
• Yan Youwang described how the Ghost Capital’s distorted formation made the ruins appear and vanish, and warned that entering them carried danger as well as the chance of great rewards.
• Yan Youwang said the Ghost Spirit Sect had lost its Supreme Ghost Stele, and Demon Phoenix abruptly stopped himself while listing several supreme treasures.
• Yan Youwang mentioned that the Supreme Demon Pearl had also been lost, while Demon Phoenix’s reaction went unnoticed.

Yan Youwang explained the seven supreme treasures and the sealed Divine Beast Holy Land, then revealed that the Ghost Capital Token would warn Huang Xiao when the Ghost Capital was about to appear. Huang Xiao questioned whether the token and a chance to enter the Ghost Capital offered anything more than a risky gamble for the Supreme Ghost Stele.

• Huang Xiao asked whether the Righteous Path had supreme treasures, and Yan Youwang named the Supreme Imperial Cauldron, Supreme Immortal Bell, and Supreme Divine Tower.
• Demon Phoenix asked about the Divine Beast Holy Land, and Yan Youwang said it had been sealed in connection with Imperial Remnant Manor and the Demon Hall.
• Yan Youwang explained that the supreme treasures might hold a secret, but no one could prove it because they were held by separate powers and several had been lost.
• Huang Xiao asked about the Supreme Ghost Stele, and Yan Youwang said it was palm-sized and remained in the Ghost Capital.
• Yan Youwang told Huang Xiao that the Ghost Capital Token would change a month before the Ghost Capital appeared, giving him time to reach it.
• Huang Xiao challenged Yan Youwang's offer, asking whether it merely gave him a slim chance and made him gamble on obtaining the Supreme Ghost Stele.

Yan Youwang gave Huang Xiao the Ghost Capital Token and his personal command token, then revealed where the Ghost Spirit Sect members would gather. Huang Xiao and Demon Phoenix left to find Fan Tianhui, while Yan Youwang remained in danger from his junior brother and the Jiang Family.

• Yan Youwang urged Huang Xiao to gamble on obtaining the Supreme Ghost Stele and gave him the Ghost Capital Token.
• Huang Xiao told Yan Youwang that Ghost Spirit Sect members had captured his friend Fan Tianhui, whom he described as a young disciple of the Sima Clan.
• Yan Youwang gave Huang Xiao his personal command token and told him the Ghost Spirit Sect members would gather where Jiao Province, Jing Province, and Yizhou met.
• Huang Xiao and Demon Phoenix left carefully to find Fan Tianhui, and Huang Xiao explained that the Ghost Daoist Canon had helped him sense Yan Youwang.
• Huang Xiao and Demon Phoenix discussed Yan Youwang's slim chances of escaping his junior brother and the Jiang Family.

Huang Xiao and Demon Phoenix tracked the Ghost Spirit Sect to the Junction of the Three Provinces and waited for Fan Tianhui to arrive. When Fan Tianhui appeared among the captives, Chao Hun suddenly attacked the sect, then claimed he held no grudge as its survivors fled.

• Huang Xiao and Demon Phoenix reached the Junction of the Three Provinces and followed a Ghost Spirit Sect disciple to the group’s resting place.
• Huang Xiao and Demon Phoenix waited as more Ghost Spirit Sect members arrived, bringing the number of Heavenly Evil Sect captives to ten.
• Fan Tianhui arrived injured, and Huang Xiao and Demon Phoenix noticed an old Dao Realm expert among his escorts.
• Chao Hun charged into the Ghost Spirit Sect group and killed more than a dozen members, including two entering Dao Realm experts.
• The Ghost Spirit Sect expert ordered the survivors to retreat, while Chao Hun killed several more captives and said he had no grudge against the sect.
• Chao Hun spotted Huang Xiao and Demon Phoenix among the onlookers.

Chao Hun killed the Ghost Spirit Sect’s Dao Realm expert and threatened the remaining Jianghu people, while Huang Xiao tried to escape with Fan Tianhui. Chao Hun unexpectedly left after greeting Huang Xiao, just as more Ghost Spirit Sect members arrived and pursued him.

• Chao Hun revealed himself as the Killing-Crazed Demon and fought the Ghost Spirit Sect’s Dao Realm expert, who tried to flee.
• Huang Xiao unsealed Fan Tianhui’s acupoints and attempted to take him away, but Chao Hun’s fight forced them to dodge aside.
• Chao Hun used Supreme Demonic Qi and killed the wounded Ghost Spirit Sect expert with a final palm strike.
• Chao Hun laughed at the Jianghu people who tried to flee, then greeted Huang Xiao and suddenly darted away.
• More Ghost Spirit Sect members arrived and ordered their people to pursue Chao Hun, dead or alive.

Huang Xiao and Demon Phoenix escaped Chao Hun and encountered Fan Liya, who wanted to capture Demon Phoenix but backed down after Jiang Pandong warned him about Huo Lian. After the group fled, Huang Xiao told Fan Tianhui that they had come to take him to meet his Patriarch, leaving Fan Tianhui to decide whether to go.

• Fan Liya sent two Ghost Spirit Sect experts after Chao Hun while Jiang Pandong focused on finding Yan Youwang and extracting his cultivation methods.
• Fan Liya recognized Demon Phoenix as a divine beast and said he would capture him, but Jiang Pandong warned that Huang Xiao and Demon Phoenix were connected to Huo Lian.
• Fan Liya let Huang Xiao, Demon Phoenix, and Fan Tianhui leave, then agreed with Jiang Pandong to launch a broader search for Yan Youwang.
• After traveling for two hours, Huang Xiao and Demon Phoenix discussed Chao Hun and thanked Fan Tianhui for trusting them.
• Huang Xiao told Fan Tianhui they had come to take him to meet Huang Xiao's Patriarch and said the decision was his.

Fan Tianhui agreed to return with Huang Xiao and Demon Phoenix to protect his village, and they brought him to Huo Lian at the Transcendent Immortal Escort Agency. Huang Xiao then showed Huo Lian the Ghost Capital Token, which Huo Lian immediately recognized.

• Huang Xiao told Fan Tianhui that his patriarch might target the village if Fan refused to help locate its treasures, and Fan agreed to go back with him to protect the villagers.
• Huang Xiao and Demon Phoenix traveled with Fan Tianhui to the Transcendent Immortal Escort Agency, while news spread of bloodshed over Evil Water Region treasures and Chao Hun’s continued killings.
• Huo Lian told Huang Xiao that Craftsman God Ou Jin was studying the two Minghong Sabers and would report back in three days.
• Huo Lian sent Fan Tianhui into a formation to temper himself and said he still needed to learn about Fan’s village.
• Huang Xiao showed Huo Lian the Ghost Capital Token, and Huo Lian recognized it at once.