Chapter Summaries

Yan Youwang killed Pang Naiwu and Pang Qingyao as they tried to assassinate Huang Xiao, then refused Huang Xiao’s request to help Wei Yidao. Huang Xiao hurried to warn the Hall Master, while Yan Youwang followed after him despite claiming Wei Yidao’s survival depended on fate.

• Pang Qingyao revealed that Pang Ruyuan planned to use a Shattering-Void Pill to attack Wei Yidao, and Yan Youwang charged at Pang Qingyao and Pang Naiwu.
• Pang Qingyao tried to kill Huang Xiao while Pang Naiwu held Yan Youwang back, but Yan Youwang overpowered Pang Naiwu and intercepted Pang Qingyao’s attack.
• Yan Youwang killed Pang Qingyao and then killed the wounded Pang Naiwu, protecting Huang Xiao from their assassination attempt.
• Huang Xiao told Wu Cang and the disciples that the Hall Master had arranged for a protector, and ordered them to take the bodies away.
• Huang Xiao begged Yan Youwang to aid Wei Yidao, but Yan Youwang refused and said Wei Yidao’s survival depended on his own fate.
• Huang Xiao left to warn Wei Yidao, and Yan Youwang followed after him, unwilling to let harm come to Huang Xiao.

Wei Yidao and Pang Ruyuan fought fiercely until Pang Ruyuan began avoiding a direct fight. Wei Yidao and Zhu Xing E killed Pang Hekong, then confronted Pang Ruyuan, who laughed as they advanced on him.

• Wei Yidao used Tenfold Force to fight Pang Ruyuan, while Zhu Xing E battled Pang Hekong.
• Pang Ruyuan grew wary of risking his life and dodged Wei Yidao’s attacks, saying Wei Yidao was doomed.
• Wei Yidao abruptly charged at Pang Hekong, giving Zhu Xing E an opening to strike him.
• Wei Yidao blasted Pang Hekong away with Tenfold Force, and Zhu Xing E killed him with a palm strike to the forehead.
• Wei Yidao confronted Pang Ruyuan, and he laughed smugly as Wei Yidao and Zhu Xing E advanced.

Pang Ruyuan fled after declaring that Wei Yidao was doomed, and Wei Yidao pressed on toward the Heavenly Demon Hall despite his fatal injuries. Huang Xiao found him unconscious and began using his Imperishable True Qi to repair his meridians.

• Pang Ruyuan fled, and Wei Yidao stopped Zhu Xing E from pursuing him because neither of them could catch or kill him.
• Zhu Xing E urged Wei Yidao to seek help from Lord Shi or Yan Youwang, then had to stop when his own injuries left him unable to continue.
• Wei Yidao continued alone toward the Heavenly Demon Hall, but his forbidden art neared its limit and he collapsed to his knees.
• Huang Xiao found Wei Yidao barely alive and recognized that his meridians had been severed by a forbidden art.
• Huang Xiao seated Wei Yidao and sent his Imperishable True Qi into him, managing to repair some vital meridians.

Huang Xiao tried to save Wei Yidao while Jiang Pandong and Fan Liya searched for Yan Youwang and discovered him nearby. Wei Yidao survived the limit of his forbidden art, but Huang Xiao's Imperishable True Qi stopped working, leaving his life in danger until Senior Zhu arrived.

• Jiang Pandong and Fan Liya appeared before Huang Xiao and Wei Yidao, mocked Huang Xiao's efforts, and said they had come to find Yan Youwang.
• Yan Youwang revealed himself to protect Huang Xiao, and Jiang Pandong and Fan Liya rushed after him.
• Huang Xiao used his Imperishable True Qi to repair Wei Yidao's crucial meridians as the Heavenly Demon Disintegration reached its time limit.
• Wei Yidao remained faintly alive, but Huang Xiao discovered that his Imperishable True Qi could no longer repair the remaining damage.
• Huang Xiao sensed someone approaching and recognized Senior Zhu.

Huang Xiao and Zhu Xing E struggled to save the gravely injured Wei Yidao until Huo Lian arrived and examined him. Huo Lian declared Wei Yidao dead, but meant that his death would be announced to give the Heavenly Demon Hall grounds to demand an accounting from the Pang Family.

• Zhu Xing E found Huang Xiao beside Wei Yidao and learned that Huang Xiao had used his Indestructible Cultivation Method to repair some of Wei Yidao’s meridians.
• Zhu Xing E said he could not save Wei Yidao and learned that Yan Youwang had left the Heavenly Demon Hall after Fan Liya and Jiang Pandong’s attack.
• Huang Xiao tried to restore Wei Yidao with his Imperishable True Qi, but Wei Yidao’s condition continued to worsen.
• Huo Lian arrived with Yan Youwang, examined Wei Yidao, and acknowledged that Huang Xiao’s method had kept him alive.
• Huo Lian said Wei Yidao was dead, then explained that they would announce his death and demand an accounting from the Pang Family for its attacks.

Huo Lian secured Wei Yidao’s life and concealed that he possessed both parts of the Heavenly Evil Imperishable Art. He sent Huang Xiao back to the Heavenly Demon Hall while preparing to use the art to treat Wei Yidao and test whether it could improve his strength.

• Huo Lian healed Zhu Xing E, told him to report to Shi Hen, and ordered him to demand an explanation from Pang Ji using Pang Ruyuan’s forged order as evidence.
• Huo Lian instructed Zhu Xing E to say Wei Yidao had fallen off a cliff and Huang Xiao had been rescued by Huo Lian, so everyone would give the same account.
• Huo Lian assured Huang Xiao that Wei Yidao’s life and strength could be restored, though he had hidden those plans from Zhu Xing E.
• Huo Lian sent Huang Xiao back to the Heavenly Demon Hall and warned that he would make Pang Ji pay if the Pang Family targeted him again.
• Huo Lian had Yan Youwang carry Wei Yidao while planning to use the Heavenly Evil Imperishable Art to treat him and possibly raise his strength.
• Huang Xiao encountered Yin Huju on the way back, and Yin Huju was relieved to see him safe.

Huang Xiao told the Heavenly Demon Hall’s elders and guardians that the Hall Master had died after Pang Ruyuan lured him into a deadly ambush. With the hall vulnerable, Huang Xiao took charge and weighed whether the attack had been ordered by the Pang Family or carried out by Pang Ruyuan and his allies on their own.

• Huang Xiao returned to the Heavenly Demon Hall and summoned its elders and guardians to the main hall.
• Huang Xiao revealed that Pang Ruyuan had deceived the Hall Master into leaving and that the Hall Master had fallen from a cliff after using a forbidden art.
• The elders and guardians called for retaliation against the Pang Family and the God-Burying Hall, while Huang Xiao said Zhu Xing E would report the attack to Lord Shi Hen.
• Wu Cang, Yin Huju, and Liu Jiong urged Huang Xiao to hide, but Huang Xiao said the senior who had protected him had already left and chose to stay in the Hall Master’s residence.
• Huang Xiao concluded that Pang Ruyuan and his allies had probably acted independently, since the Pang Family would not risk open conflict at this critical time.

Huo Lian tested the Heavenly Evil Imperishable Art on the near-dead Wei Yidao and discovered that it could restore his dispersed divine sense, then used Heavenly Demon Indestructible to rebuild Wei Yidao’s meridians. Wei Yidao woke after recovering most of his injuries, but his expression changed as he examined himself.

• Huang Xiao said the Pang Family should bear responsibility for Pang Ruyuan and the others’ actions, while the Heavenly Demon Hall searched for Wei Yidao’s supposedly dead body as a cover.
• Huo Lian had Yan Youwang guard the forest while he used the Heavenly Evil Imperishable Art to strengthen and then repeatedly restore Wei Yidao’s divine sense.
• Huo Lian rebuilt Wei Yidao’s meridians with Heavenly Demon Indestructible and continued reviving his divine sense until Wei Yidao awakened.
• Wei Yidao thanked Huo Lian and found that his meridians were repaired and his injuries were mostly healed.
• Wei Yidao’s expression suddenly changed while he examined his body, prompting Huo Lian to ask whether something was wrong.

Huo Lian restored Wei Yidao with the Heavenly Evil Imperishable Art and decided to keep him close while he investigated possible aftereffects. He then headed to Youzhou to judge the Pang Family’s response, while Zhu Xing E returned to Shi Hen with news that Huang Xiao was safe.

• Wei Yidao discovered that his divine sense had grown stronger after Huo Lian saved him, and Huo Lian warned him to report any later complications.
• Huo Lian told Wei Yidao that the world believed him dead, ordered him to conceal his identity, and planned to take him to Mist Mountain for personal guidance.
• Huo Lian said the Pang Family would be punished unless Pang Ji’s handling of the matter satisfied him, then joined Yan Youwang and set out for Youzhou.
• Zhu Xing E returned to the Demon Hall’s Main Hall badly injured, alarming the guards and Shi Hen.
• Zhu Xing E reassured Shi Hen that Huang Xiao was safe, and Shi Hen used his internal power to help treat Zhu Xing E’s injuries.

Shi Hen confronted Pang Tiangang over Pang Ruyuan’s assault on the Heavenly Demon Hall, which left Wei Yidao mortally wounded and implicated the Pang Family. After Shi Hen revealed an order bearing Pang Tiangang’s seal, he declared Pang Tiangang unfit to be Grand Elder and called for the Supreme Elder.

• Zhu Xing E told Shi Hen that Pang Ruyuan and the others had attacked the Heavenly Demon Hall, and Shi Hen blamed the Pang Family for allowing its members to defy the Hall Rules.
• Pang Tiangang learned that Pang Ruyuan and Pang Hekong had attacked Wei Yidao and Huang Xiao, leaving Wei Yidao with severed meridians and causing Pang Hekong’s death.
• Shi Hen arrived at Pang Tiangang’s residence with Zhu Xing E, and Pang Tiangang insisted that Pang Ruyuan and the others had acted without his knowledge.
• Shi Hen showed Pang Tiangang an order bearing his genuine seal that had been used to draw Wei Yidao out of the Heavenly Demon Hall.
• Pang Tiangang accused Pang Ruyuan of stealing his seal, but Shi Hen said Pang Tiangang was unfit to be Grand Elder and called for the Supreme Elder.

The Supreme Elder stripped Pang Tiangang of his position as Grand Elder after Wei Yidao’s death, then considered candidates for the vacant post. He left the appointment unresolved and demanded that the God-Burying Hall pay for Wei Yidao’s death with its current Hall Master’s life.

• Pang Tiangang and the other elders gathered in the Demon Hall’s Main Hall as they weighed the fallout from the attack on the Heavenly Demon Hall and Wei Yidao’s death.
• Pang Ji arrived, examined Shi Hen’s order, and demoted Pang Tiangang from Grand Elder to Inner Hall Elder.
• The elders nominated Pang Tianjiu, Pang Tianlu, and Liu Tengfan to replace Pang Tiangang, with Pang Tianjiu receiving the most support.
• Shi Hen objected that demoting Pang Tiangang did not adequately address the attack and Wei Yidao’s death.
• Pang Ji declared that the God-Burying Hall must pay for Pang Ruyuan’s role in Wei Yidao’s death, then ordered the life of its current Hall Master, Pang Rufu, as payment.

Pang Ji killed Pang Rufu as the price for the God-Burying Hall’s wrongdoing, ordered Pang Ruyuan hunted down, and appointed Pang Tianlu Grand Elder of the Inner Hall. Shi Hen challenged the appointments and relayed Huo Lian’s demand for an accounting, but Pang Ji threatened to kill anyone who objected.

• Pang Ji rejected Pang Rufu’s pleas and killed him, then ordered guards to remove the corpse.
• Pang Ji ordered Pang Ruyuan tracked down and killed if found.
• Pang Ji appointed Pang Tianlu Grand Elder of the Inner Hall, passing over Pang Tianjiu.
• Shi Hen challenged Pang Ji’s appointment and said Liu Tengfan was more suitable, while Pang Tianlu protested.
• Shi Hen relayed Huo Lian’s demand for a satisfactory accounting, but Pang Ji dismissed Huo Lian’s claim and threatened anyone who objected.

Shi Hen and his allies accepted Pang Ji’s decision, while learning that Wei Yidao had survived and was secretly with the Hall Master. After Pang Tianlu planned a triumphant return to his family, Huo Lian heard how the Demon Hall had handled Pang Ruyuan’s case and decided to remind Pang Ji not to grow overconfident.

• Pang Ji imposed his decision, and Shi Hen’s faction reluctantly agreed before Pang Tianlu left as the newly appointed Grand Elder of the Inner Hall.
• Shi Hen told Zhu Xing E and Liu Tengfan that Pang Ji had blocked their attempt to remove him, then warned them to be cautious around the Pang Family.
• Shi Hen revealed that Wei Yidao was alive because the Hall Master had rescued him, and ordered the others to keep it secret.
• Pang Tianlu planned to return to his family in three days and let them prepare a grand welcome despite his aide’s understanding of his instructions.
• Huo Lian’s party reached Youzhou, where Wei Yidao learned that only Pang Rufu had been killed and Huo Lian decided to remind Pang Ji not to be overconfident.

Huo Lian led Wei Yidao and Yan Youwang to Pang Tianlu’s branch and waited for Pang Tianlu to arrive. As Pang Tianlu welcomed his clansmen, Huo Lian ordered an attack, and the chapter ended with dozens of them dead and Pang Tianlu shouting in fury.

• Huo Lian decided to punish Pang Ji by targeting Pang Tianlu’s branch and set out with Wei Yidao and Yan Youwang.
• Wei Yidao learned that Pang Tianlu was coming to the branch’s festive gathering, so Huo Lian chose to wait and kill his clansmen in front of him.
• Pang Tianlu arrived to a jubilant welcome from his clansmen, who gathered outside the town to greet him as Grand Elder.
• Huo Lian told Wei Yidao and Yan Youwang to kill everyone except Pang Tianlu while he held Pang Tianlu back.
• Two attackers charged into Pang Tianlu’s gathering and killed dozens of clansmen, prompting Pang Tianlu to shout at them.

Huo Lian ordered Wei Yidao and Yan Youwang to slaughter Pang Tianlu's branch as retaliation against Pang Ji. After killing Pang Tianlu, Huo Lian sent a survivor to the Main Hall with an ultimatum for Pang Ji, giving him three days to respond.

• Huo Lian blocked Pang Tianlu from intervening as Wei Yidao and Yan Youwang attacked Pang Tianlu's clansmen.
• Huo Lian told Pang Tianlu that the attack was revenge for Pang Ji disregarding his words and a warning to the Supreme Elder.
• Pang Tianlu fought Huo Lian desperately, but Huo Lian shattered his meridians and killed him with a palm strike.
• Wei Yidao brought a surviving void martial realm clansman to Huo Lian, who ordered him to take Pang Tianlu's corpse to the Main Hall and deliver his three-day ultimatum to Pang Ji.
• The survivor buried the dead, took Pang Tianlu's corpse, and hurried to the Main Hall to ask Pang Ji to intervene.

After Huo Lian killed Pang Tianlu, Pang Ji appointed Pang Tianjiu as the Inner Hall Grand Elder despite Shi Hen warning him about Huo Lian’s threat. Pang Tianjiu accepted the position and decided to scatter his clansmen while staying in the Main Hall.

• A messenger brought Pang Tianlu’s corpse to the Main Hall, and news spread that Huo Lian had killed the newly appointed Inner Hall Grand Elder.
• Pang Tiangang and Pang Tianjiu realized their own branches might have been targeted if either had taken the position.
• The Demon Hall’s experts gathered before Pang Ji, while Shi Hen anticipated that Huo Lian’s demand would not be satisfied.
• Pang Ji appointed Pang Tianjiu Inner Hall Grand Elder and told him to leave the Pang Family’s affairs behind.
• Pang Ji rejected Shi Hen’s warning, saying Huo Lian’s threat would not make him submit, then left the hall.
• Pang Tianjiu accepted the post and resolved to scatter his clansmen while remaining inside the Main Hall.

Huo Lian escalated his struggle with Pang Ji by slaughtering Pang Tianlu's and Pang Tianjiu's branches, forcing Pang Ji to meet him in person. The two former rivals faced each other after nearly a thousand years, with their confrontation still unresolved.

• Shi Hen dismissed the elders and told Zhu Xing E that Pang Ji would not surrender his authority easily.
• Huo Lian, Wei Yidao, and Yan Youwang wiped out Pang Tianjiu's branch to pressure Pang Ji.
• Pang Tianjiu pleaded with Pang Ji for justice, but Pang Ji sent him away without promising action.
• Huo Lian and his companions waited at the massacre site, while Shi Hen and Zhu Xing E watched for Pang Ji's response.
• Two days later, Pang Ji appeared before Huo Lian, and they remarked on how each had changed since their last meeting nearly a thousand years earlier.

Huo Lian and Pang Ji confronted each other over the Pang Family’s attack and challenged one another to a rematch. They revealed their competing Supreme Demonic Arts, then unleashed their auras as their battle began.

• Pang Ji accused Huo Lian of going too far by killing members of the Pang Family, while Huo Lian blamed Pang Ji for failing to control his subordinates.
• Pang Ji said he had come to fight Huo Lian again, and Huo Lian ordered Wei Yidao and Yan Youwang to withdraw.
• Pang Ji claimed Huo Lian’s lost essence blood had left him powerful in appearance but weak at his core, while Huo Lian questioned Pang Ji’s new Supreme Demonic Art.
• Pang Ji said his art had evolved from the God-Burying Supreme Art and that he wanted to test it against Huo Lian’s technique.
• Huo Lian released a powerful aura, and Pang Ji raised his internal power as their clashing auras tore through the surrounding terrain.

Huo Lian and Pang Ji tested each other’s strength, then Huo Lian proposed working together against the First Hall Master, whom he revealed was still alive. Huo Lian said he would abandon Huang Xiao if Pang Ji agreed, leaving Pang Ji to consider the offer despite his stated loyalty to the Demon Hall.

• Huo Lian told Pang Ji he had abandoned the Supreme Demonic Art for the Heavenly Demon Indestructible Cultivation Method, and they exchanged palm strikes to test their strength.
• Pang Ji acknowledged that they would both be badly hurt if they fought, while Huo Lian objected to Pang Tianjiu serving as Inner Hall Grand Elder and claimed his standing as Hall Master gave him a say.
• Huo Lian proposed that someone from the Pang Family take the Hall Master's Seat and said the First Hall Master of the Demon Hall was still alive and would emerge during the Thousand-Year Period.
• Huo Lian asked Pang Ji to work with him against the First Hall Master, but Pang Ji insisted that his family's ancestral precepts forbade betraying the Demon Hall.
• Pang Ji asked whether an alliance would waste Huo Lian's efforts to nurture Huang Xiao, and Huo Lian replied that Huang Xiao had been leverage to win the Pang Family's support and could be killed if Pang Ji agreed.

Huo Lian pressured Pang Ji over the Inner Hall Grand Elder position and used news of the First Hall Master to make the Pang Family fear becoming involved in the conflict. Three days later, Pang Ji yielded, and Liu Tengfan replaced Pang Tianjiu as Inner Hall Grand Elder and was assigned to decipher the Longevity Jade Slip.

• Pang Ji rejected Huo Lian's offer but revealed that Wei Yidao was no longer a member of the Demon Hall.
• After Huo Lian left, Pang Ji worried that the First Hall Master might threaten the Pang Family and decided he would have to compromise over the Inner Hall Grand Elder.
• Huo Lian told Wei Yidao that his Demon Hall membership was over, while Wei Yidao pledged to follow Huo Lian.
• Huo Lian admitted to Yan Youwang and Wei Yidao that he was trying to involve other forces so they would share the pressure from the First Hall Master.
• Three days later, the Supreme Elder removed Pang Tianjiu as Inner Hall Grand Elder, appointed Liu Tengfan, and ordered him to decipher the Longevity Jade Slip at Imperial Remnant Manor.