Chapter Summaries

Huang Xiao hid how much aura he had absorbed from the Longevity Pill while the old experts fought over it. Du Fuzhou activated the Longevity Bottle, but the pill’s medicinal potency soon vanished, leaving everyone without its prize.

• Huang Xiao decided not to absorb all the Longevity Pill’s aura, while Pang Ji blocked Huo Lian and the others continued scrambling for the pill.
• Du Fuzhou watched for an opening as the Longevity Pill’s aura weakened with each person who touched it.
• The formation collapsed, and Du Fuzhou secretly removed the Longevity Bottle’s stopper and poured in his true qi, causing the pill to freeze and spin in midair.
• Feng He offered ancient treasures for the Longevity Pill, but Pang Ji and Mo Pozheng rejected his offer, and Feng He warned Huo Lian to stop holding back.
• The Longevity Pill turned completely white as its aura disappeared, and the gathered fighters realized its medicinal potency was gone.

Du Fuzhou secretly used the Longevity Bottle to collect the Longevity Pill’s remaining medicinal aura, while Huang Xiao sensed what happened but decided not to tell anyone. After the pill shattered and its powder vanished, Pang Ji reminded everyone that they had only seen half of a Longevity Pill.

• Du Fuzhou concealed the Longevity Bottle after it absorbed the Longevity Pill’s remaining medicinal aura.
• Huang Xiao sensed the aura gathering inside Du Fuzhou’s bottle through his Heart Fire, but withdrew his gaze and chose not to inform the Patriarch.
• The Longevity Pill shattered into powder, which vanished when people tried to collect it.
• Huo Lian lamented that none of them had obtained the pill, and Feng He dismissed his hindsight.
• Pang Ji said the group had seen only half a Longevity Pill, prompting everyone to look at Xuanyuan Xing.

Pang Ji and the others accused Xuanyuan Xing of hiding the Longevity Pill at the Imperial Remnant Manor and pressed him to surrender it. As tensions rose and Leng Guhan challenged Feng He, Pang Ji unexpectedly invited Feng He to preside over the dispute.

• Pang Ji, Mo Pozheng, and Feng He demanded that Xuanyuan Xing explain the Longevity Pill’s aura at the Imperial Remnant Manor, while Leng Guhan confirmed it matched the aura they had just sensed.
• Xuanyuan Xing denied that his manor had obtained a Longevity Pill, but Pang Ji and Mo Pozheng insisted it had to be handed over.
• Wu Xuancang and Leng Guhan called for the Longevity Pill to be shared fairly, and Leng Guhan challenged Feng He after Feng insulted the younger experts.
• Pang Ji proposed fighting Xuanyuan Xing and asked who would join him, while Mo Pozheng volunteered.
• Pang Ji acknowledged Feng He’s status and invited him to preside over the matter, surprising Feng He.

Xuanyuan Xing refused to surrender the Longevity Pill and fled as Feng He, Pang Ji, and others pursued him. Meanwhile, Jiang Pandong’s group prepared to break into Imperial Remnant Manor to obtain divine beast essence blood for Jiang Pannan, leaving the manor facing threats from multiple sides.

• Xuanyuan Xing rejected Feng He’s demands, insisted Imperial Remnant Manor would fight to the end, and fled toward the manor.
• Pang Ji, Mo Pozheng, Huo Lian, Huang Xiao, and others chased Xuanyuan Xing, while Wu Xuancang and the remaining group set out after them.
• Wu Xuancang warned Leng Guhan, Baili Zhen, and Du Fuzhou not to take advantage of Imperial Remnant Manor’s troubles, and they agreed not to join Pang Ji and Mo Pozheng in harming it.
• Jiang Pandong’s group discussed raiding Imperial Remnant Manor’s divine beast grounds to obtain essence blood that could prolong Jiang Pannan’s life.
• Jiang Pandong said they would seize the essence blood by force if Xuanyuan Song refused, despite the risk of provoking Imperial Remnant Manor.

Jiang Pandong and his brothers broke into Imperial Remnant Manor to steal Divine Beast essence blood for Jiang Pannan, who needed it to survive. After taking a chest of vials, they were trapped by the manor’s formations and confronted by Xuanyuan Song and Tan Ming, and Jiang Pandong ordered his brothers to fight.

• Jiang Pandong persuaded Jiang Panxi and Jiang Panbei that Imperial Remnant Manor would not destroy the Heavenly Evil Sect so close to the Thousand-Year Period, and the three agreed to risk the break-in for Jiang Pannan.
• The brothers infiltrated Imperial Remnant Manor, killed a disciple who discovered them, and searched for the collected Divine Beast essence blood.
• They reached the blood-collection square, subdued the disciples in its building, and found a chest containing several hundred vials of essence blood.
• Jiang Panxi took the chest, and the brothers fled without killing the manor’s remaining disciples, but their intrusion triggered Imperial Remnant Manor’s formations.
• Xuanyuan Song and Tan Ming confronted them; Xuanyuan Song demanded the essence blood, and Jiang Pandong refused before ordering Jiang Panxi and Jiang Panbei to attack.

Jiang Pandong and his brothers fought Xuanyuan Song and Tan Ming to seize Divine Beast essence blood for Jiang Pannan, refusing to back down despite the Imperial Remnant Manor’s growing formation suppression. Elsewhere, Chao Hun continued killing to increase his strength, then fled after sensing a powerful expert nearby.

• Jiang Pandong, Jiang Panxi, and Jiang Panbei attacked Xuanyuan Song and Tan Ming and demanded the Divine Beast essence blood to save Jiang Pannan.
• Jiang Pandong offered any terms in exchange for the essence blood, but Xuanyuan Song demanded the Evil Daoist Canon, enraging him.
• Xuanyuan Song activated the Imperial Remnant Manor’s formations, further suppressing the three brothers as they continued fighting.
• Xuanyuan Song considered capturing Jiang Pandong and his brothers to hand them over to the Sword Master, while recognizing their deep bond.
• Chao Hun killed an Imperial Remnant Manor expert and felt his strength rise, then sensed a more powerful figure and hurried away.

Chao Hun followed the powerful experts heading toward Imperial Remnant Manor, suspecting the Longevity Pill was there. Xuanyuan Xing returned to find the manor’s grand formations already fully activated and Jiang Pandong and his companions on the verge of defeat.

• Chao Hun recognized Huo Lian, Huang Xiao, Leng Guhan, and other formidable experts racing toward Imperial Remnant Manor, then decided to follow them from a distance.
• Xuanyuan Xing worried that the manor’s grand formations had not been activated in time as he hurried back with the pursuers close behind.
• Xuanyuan Xing discovered that the grand formations were already running at full power and entered Imperial Remnant Manor safely.
• Xuanyuan Xing learned that Jiang Pandong and his two companions had invaded and rushed to Xuanyuan Song and Tan Ming, who were suppressing them with the formation.
• Xuanyuan Xing arrived as Xuanyuan Song was about to capture Jiang Pandong and his companions, and Xuanyuan Song urged him not to spare them.

Xuanyuan Xing returned the divine beast essence blood to Jiang Pandong and the others, explaining that their actions had helped Imperial Remnant Manor by activating its formation early. As powerful outsiders gathered demanding the Longevity Pill, Xuanyuan Xing prepared the manor’s defenses and faced them at the entrance.

• Xuanyuan Xing stopped Xuanyuan Song from punishing Jiang Pandong and ordered him to return the divine beast essence blood and help the three recover.
• A disciple reported that Huo Lian, Leng Guhan, Baili Zhen, Du Fuzhou, and other experts had arrived, so Xuanyuan Xing ordered Imperial Remnant Manor placed on highest alert.
• Xuanyuan Xing brought Xuanyuan Song, Jiang Pandong, Tan Ming, and the others to the entrance, where they saw Feng He and Mo Pozheng among the gathered experts.
• Feng He demanded that Xuanyuan Xing hand over the Longevity Pill, but Xuanyuan Xing said he had not obtained it and refused to yield.
• Pang Ji warned that Imperial Remnant Manor’s formations would make an attack difficult, and Feng He questioned whether the Demon Hall experts could break through them.

Feng He urged the group to force their way into Imperial Remnant Manor and seize the Longevity Pill, while Wu Xuancang tried to prevent a fight. Feng He entered the manor’s formations but was stopped by a deeper barrier, leaving the others to decide whether to follow him.

• Huo Lian and Pang Ji said the formations in Imperial Remnant Manor’s core could take a long time to break, so Feng He proposed forcing their way in.
• Feng He stirred the others against Xuanyuan Xing by arguing that Imperial Remnant Manor had unfairly taken half the Longevity Pill.
• Wu Xuancang urged Xuanyuan Xing to hand over the pill, but Xuanyuan Xing insisted it had vanished and then left.
• Feng He threatened Wu Xuancang and charged into Imperial Remnant Manor, breaking through the weaker entrance formations before a deeper formation stopped him.
• Pang Ji said Feng He’s approach to breaking the formations would not work, leaving the others to choose whether to stay or leave.

Wu Xuancang failed to persuade the others to abandon the search for the Longevity Pill, and Huo Lian, Leng Guhan, and Baili Zhen joined Feng He's group in breaking the Imperial Remnant Manor's formations. Xuanyuan Xing remained confident that the ten ancient Grand Formations would hold for months, while Jiang Pandong warned that the attackers could still reach the manor if they persisted.

• Mo Pozheng and Pang Ji argued that the group had to force its way through the formations, and Huo Lian chose to join Feng He's side after condemning Xuanyuan Xing's conduct.
• Leng Guhan and Baili Zhen also joined the effort to reach the Imperial Remnant Manor's half Longevity Pill, while Wu Xuancang accepted that he was asking too much by urging everyone to consider the greater good.
• With Pang Ji, Huo Lian, and the others helping, the group broke through dozens of formations before their progress slowed.
• Xuanyuan Song told Jiang Pandong that the formations could delay the attackers for several months, and Xuanyuan Xing explained that ten ancient Grand Formations guarded the manor's core area.
• Jiang Pandong warned Xuanyuan Xing that the attackers could break through if they persisted, but Xuanyuan Song dismissed the idea that the manor would simply wait for them.

Xuanyuan Xing and Xuanyuan Song explained that the Imperial Remnant Manor could use secret passages to raid the besiegers’ sects while its formations held. Outside, Feng He and the others struggled to break through the formations, and Leng Guhan and Pang Ji worried about their own strongholds being attacked.

• Xuanyuan Xing proposed leaving through secret passages to raid the enemy sects while the Imperial Remnant Manor’s formations remained active.
• Xuanyuan Song said the Sword Pavilion, Ghost Spirit Sect, and Demon Spirit Sect could not withstand an attack, alarming Jiang Pandong about the threat to the Heavenly Evil Sect.
• Huo Lian explained that the formations around the Imperial Remnant Manor’s Core Region were far stronger than those at its guest hall, and Feng He urged the group to keep breaking through them for the Longevity Pill.
• After an hour of effort, Feng He estimated that breaking through would take at least a month, while Pang Ji warned it might take three.
• Leng Guhan and Du Fuzhou worried that the Imperial Remnant Manor might attack the Sword Pavilion, while Pang Ji considered the danger to the Demon Hall if Xuanyuan Xing led a raid.

Mo Pozheng received secret instruction in methods for breaking Imperial Remnant Manor's formations and demonstrated them before the arguing elders. The first formation collapsed almost immediately, leaving the others astonished at his newfound ability.

• Pang Ji, Feng He, and the other elders argued over whether to focus on breaking the formations or split up to watch Imperial Remnant Manor.
• Xuanyuan Xing ordered Xuanyuan Song to intensify surveillance and prepare for action, while Wu Xuancang hoped the elders would disperse.
• Pang Ruyuan's body, controlled by another divine sense, secretly observed the elders and decided he would have to intervene despite the cost to his weakening divine sense.
• Mo Pozheng received a secret voice transmission teaching him general methods for breaking Imperial Remnant Manor's formations, which he believed came from the First Hall Master of the Demon Hall.
• Mo Pozheng called the elders trash, entered the formation, and emerged as it rapidly collapsed, startling Huang Xiao and the others.

Mo Pozheng used guidance from Pang Ruyuan to break Imperial Remnant Manor’s formations with ease, surprising the others and clearing a path toward the Longevity Pill. Pang Ruyuan worried that Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly might take the pill before Mo Pozheng could secure it.

• Pang Ji and the others realized Mo Pozheng had broken the earlier formation by understanding its key.
• Mo Pozheng entered the next formation and made it dissipate completely, startling Huo Lian and the others.
• Mo Pozheng declared that he could break most of Imperial Remnant Manor’s formations and continued through them.
• Huo Lian and Pang Ji speculated that Mo Pozheng’s knowledge came from the first Hall Master or his own skill with formations.
• Pang Ruyuan revealed that he had secretly guided Mo Pozheng, spending most of his divine sense on the voice transmission.
• Pang Ruyuan hoped Mo Pozheng would obtain the Longevity Pill before Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly could use it.

Pang Ruyuan hurried away from Imperial Remnant Manor with most of his Divine Sense depleted, while Chao Hun cautiously approached the manor and encountered him. Chao Hun overcame his fear of his former superior, but then realized Pang Ruyuan was seriously injured.

• Pang Ruyuan worried that his weakened Divine Sense would not survive the journey back through Mist Mountain and hurried away from Imperial Remnant Manor.
• Chao Hun approached Imperial Remnant Manor cautiously, searching for signs of the events that had drawn powerful figures there.
• Chao Hun spotted Pang Ruyuan, hid in fear, then convinced himself that his recent increase in strength meant he no longer needed to fear him.
• Pang Ruyuan noticed Chao Hun and asked who he was, leaving Chao Hun humiliated when he failed to recognize him or the Mixed Demon Sect.
• Chao Hun examined Pang Ruyuan’s weak aura and realized that he was seriously injured.

Chao Hun confronted the gravely injured Pang Ruyuan, whose Demon Refining and Baleful Intent Condensation nearly killed him before Pang Ruyuan died from his injuries. Chao Hun survived and worried about escaping Huo Lian’s control, pinning his hopes on the struggle over the Longevity Pill.

• Chao Hun recognized that Pang Ruyuan’s injuries were connected to the old men and decided he could defeat him while he was gravely wounded.
• Pang Ruyuan realized Huo Lian had created a superficial imitation of his Demon Refining and Baleful Intent Condensation, while Chao Hun revealed his fear and hatred of Huo Lian.
• Pang Ruyuan attacked Chao Hun’s Divine Sense and essence blood, but his remaining strength ran out and he died before Chao Hun could strike.
• Chao Hun struck Pang Ruyuan’s Baihui Point, realized he was already dead, and feared that he was still no match for Huo Lian.
• Chao Hun resolved to keep trying to survive and hoped the fighting over the Longevity Pill would leave Huo Lian gravely injured.

Chao Hun left Pang Ruyuan’s corpse behind and hurried toward Imperial Remnant Manor, where Mo Pozheng was breaking through its formations as the elders gathered to claim the Longevity Pill. Huo Lian sent Huang Xiao away for his safety, while an uneasy premonition left Huo Lian wondering whether Imperial Remnant Manor could really be breached so easily.

• Chao Hun continued toward Imperial Remnant Manor after glancing at Pang Ruyuan’s corpse.
• Mo Pozheng unraveled Imperial Remnant Manor’s formations, and Pang Ji and the others hoped to use the breakthrough to force Xuanyuan Xing to surrender the Longevity Pill.
• Huo Lian ordered Huang Xiao to return to the Heavenly Demon Hall or continue to the Main Hall, warning that the coming fight could put his life at risk.
• Pang Ji questioned Huo Lian’s reasons for sending Huang Xiao away, but Huo Lian insisted that Huang Xiao could not help in the battle.
• Huang Xiao left after Huo Lian and Pang Ji exchanged barbed remarks, disappointed that he would miss the elders’ full-strength struggle.
• Huo Lian felt an uneasy premonition and wondered whether Imperial Remnant Manor could be breached so easily.

Huang Xiao discovered that he had retained a substantial amount of the Longevity Pill’s aura, while Mo Pozheng rapidly broke through the Imperial Remnant Manor’s formations. With the manor under threat, Xuanyuan Xing ordered its people to retreat to the Mausoleum Grounds and abandon or destroy what they could.

• Huang Xiao realized the Longevity Pill’s aura had mingled with his true qi and essence blood but remained stored within his body, and he decided to study how to use it after returning to the Heavenly Demon Hall.
• Feng He remarked that Huang Xiao’s gain made him the luckiest among the younger generation, while Pang Ji dismissed the comment as none of Feng He’s concern.
• Mo Pozheng broke through the Imperial Remnant Manor’s formations with ease, alarming its disciples and prompting them to report to Xuanyuan Xing.
• Pang Ji threatened to slaughter the manor unless Xuanyuan Xing handed over the Longevity Pill, and Xuanyuan Xing said the manor had none to give.
• Xuanyuan Xing ordered the manor’s people to retreat to the Mausoleum Grounds, protect the Xuanyuan Sword, and destroy or abandon anything they could not carry.

Xuanyuan Xing led Imperial Remnant Manor’s disciples to the ancestors’ burial grounds as the manor faced destruction and activated a hidden formation through Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly’s tomb. The formation’s halo spread across an area one li wide, though its effects had not yet been revealed.

• Xuanyuan Song ordered Imperial Remnant Manor’s disciples to retreat to the ancestors’ burial grounds as the manor’s formation neared collapse.
• Xuanyuan Xing explained that Imperial Remnant Manor had only sensed the Longevity Pill’s aura from the False Tortoise Shell Inscription and had never obtained the pill.
• Xuanyuan Xing brought Tan Ming, Jiang Pandong, and the others into the burial grounds, where Xuanyuan Song confirmed the disciples had gathered and been assigned to safe locations.
• Xuanyuan Xing knelt before Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly’s tomb, apologized for disturbing her rest, and pressed his hands against the tombstone.
• Xuanyuan Xing poured his aura into the tombstone, causing a formless halo to spread outward until it covered an area one li in radius.

Three layers of grand formations protected Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly's graveyard, where Xuanyuan Xing and the remaining Imperial Remnant Manor disciples were hiding. Mo Pozheng failed to unravel the outer formation and warned that brute force would be needed to breach it, with two more layers beyond.

• Tan Ming sensed three halos form around Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly's graveyard, with the strongest protection concentrated in the innermost area.
• Jiang Pandong, Xuanyuan Xing, and Xuanyuan Song discussed the formations guarding Imperial Remnant Manor's last refuge and the few dozen disciples inside.
• Mo Pozheng broke into the manor's Core Region, but his group found it empty and searched for traces of Xuanyuan Xing and the others.
• Pang Ji and the others discovered formations around the forebears' burial grounds, which Mo Pozheng could not fully unravel because they combined different formation techniques.
• Mo Pozheng said the group would have to break through the outer layer by force, and everyone saw two more layers beyond it.

Feng He, Mo Pozheng, and the others broke through the first layer of Imperial Remnant Manor’s Threefold Overlapping Formation and began attacking the second. Xuanyuan Xing explained that each inner layer absorbed the attackers’ force and grew at least ten times stronger, leaving the attackers facing a much tougher barrier than they expected.

• Mo Pozheng warned that the two inner formations might take months or years to break, while Wu Xuancang worried that Imperial Remnant Manor would be destroyed.
• Xuanyuan Xing explained that the Threefold Overlapping Formation amplified the power of each inner layer and said he could not stop it from outside.
• After more than two hours of attacks, Feng He and the others broke the first layer and discovered hidden formations where Imperial Remnant Manor disciples were sheltering.
• Feng He, Pang Ji, and Huo Lian attacked the second layer and sensed that it was absorbing and dissipating their strikes.
• Feng He insisted that they continue breaking the second layer and looked toward the mausoleum grounds.