Chapter Summaries

Trapped in a secret chamber with no apparent treasures or way out, Huang Xiao decided to cultivate while relying on the Supreme Demon Core to keep pace with Pang Yi. When he opened the box, he sensed that supreme demonic qi was disappearing near the chamber’s entrance.

• Huang Xiao searched the stone table and stools for a hidden formation key but found nothing.
• Huang Xiao accepted that he could not break the formation in time and decided to cultivate while leaving the escape to the Patriarch and the others.
• Huang Xiao opened the box containing the Supreme Demon Core and felt its pure supreme demonic qi resonate with his heavenly demon true qi.
• Huang Xiao noticed the supreme demonic qi’s concentration drop near the edges of the chamber, then opened the box again to observe it more carefully.
• Huang Xiao sensed the qi changing and suddenly turned his gaze toward the entrance.

Huang Xiao discovered that the stone gate absorbed Supreme Demonic Qi and activated a formation that projected the battle depicted on its relief. As the scene came alive across the chamber wall, a voice began explaining that the battle was the final clash between the intact Supreme Demon Saber and Xuanyuan Sword.

• Huang Xiao investigated the stone gate and found that its mirrored back drew in Supreme Demonic Qi from the Supreme Demon Core.
• Huang Xiao watched the relief transfer from the gate's front to its back, then close the box and activate the gate's formation.
• The formation made the chamber shelves retract and spread pitch-black light across the walls and ceiling.
• Huang Xiao saw the stone gate's battle relief come alive on a section of wall.
• A voice told Huang Xiao that the battle was the final clash between the intact Supreme Demon Saber and Xuanyuan Sword.

Huang Xiao listened to Kui Yong explain that he had fought in the ancient War Between the Orthodox and Demonic Sects, then awakened from grievous injuries with fragmented memories. The images Kui Yong preserved in a formation continued to play, leaving Huang Xiao to wonder why such a powerful expert feared forgetting what he remembered.

• Huang Xiao realized the disembodied voice was accompanying the images and listened to its speaker recount the ancient war.
• Kui Yong said he had served as a battle general under the Demon God and awakened from severe injuries with most of his memories lost.
• Kui Yong explained that he had searched for the Demon God and others, but their whereabouts were unknown and he could not determine whether the Demon God had perished.
• Huang Xiao concluded that Kui Yong had awakened long before Fan Zhuolang's generation and had regained his strength as memories returned.
• Kui Yong described preserving his memories in the formation so he could revisit them, and Huang Xiao wondered why he feared forgetting things he still remembered.

Huang Xiao watched Kui Yong’s final wall recording and learned that cultivating the Imperishability Chapter had made Kui Yong immensely powerful while rapidly shortening his lifespan. Kui Yong had left to pursue a way to restore his life, and the recording ended by directing later visitors to the final image.

• Huang Xiao finished watching more than a thousand recordings on the chamber walls and reached the last section.
• Kui Yong said he had obtained Zuo Qiu Yi’s Imperishability Chapter and become Number One in the world.
• Kui Yong explained that the chapter had damaged his body and made his lifespan approach its end because he lacked the Longevity Chapter.
• Kui Yong said he planned to spend thousands of years seeking a way to restore his lifespan and possibly increase his strength.
• Kui Yong speculated that Zuo Qiu Yi knew something about his origins and had deliberately led him to the Imperishability Chapter.
• Kui Yong ended the recording by telling anyone who could activate the formation with Supreme Demonic Qi to watch the final image.

Huang Xiao learned more about the Imperishability Chapter’s dangers and eagerly awaited Kui Yong’s final legacy, only to find battle memories instead of cultivation methods or treasures. The first scene showed Kui Yong’s early fight with a Zhu Family expert and explained the grudge that led him to oppose the families that later founded the Heavenly Evil Sect.

• Huang Xiao wondered whether Kui Yong was a divine beast and worried that the Longevity Chapter might also have hidden adverse effects.
• Kui Yong’s voice faded from the side wall, and Huang Xiao anticipated that the images overhead would reveal a valuable inheritance.
• Kui Yong explained that the overhead images recorded memorable battles from his life, disappointing Huang Xiao, who had hoped to find the Imperishability Chapter or another cultivation method.
• Huang Xiao watched Kui Yong’s first fierce battle after awakening, in which Kui Yong fought a Zhu Family expert while only in the Void Martial Realm.
• Kui Yong explained that his near-fatal defeat by the Zhu Family expert fueled his grudge against the Zhu, Fan, and Wang Families, and led him to establish the Demon Hall against the Heavenly Evil Sect.

Huang Xiao watched Kui Yong’s memories and learned why he had founded the Demon Hall to destroy the Three Great Families, as well as how the sect’s rivalry with the Heavenly Evil Sect grew. The memories showed Kui Yong and Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly fighting the divine beasts, leaving Huang Xiao recognizing the Black Tortoise Xuan Tu as the figure he had seen at the Xuanyuan Sword site.

• Huang Xiao learned that Kui Yong had founded the Demon Hall with the aim of destroying the Three Great Families, but could not act while Fan Zhuolang and the other two were too powerful.
• Kui Yong’s memories showed how Zuo Qiu Yi’s rise restrained both sects, then how the Heavenly Evil Sect expanded while Kui Yong focused on the Imperishability Chapter.
• Huang Xiao watched Kui Yong fight Fan Zhuolang and the heads of the Zhu and Wang Families, but the battle moved too quickly for him to discern Kui Yong’s techniques.
• Kui Yong’s memories showed him and Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly breaching the Divine Beast Holy Land and fighting its guardians in their true forms.
• Huang Xiao recognized the enormous Black Tortoise as the figure from the entrance to the Xuanyuan Sword site, and Kui Yong identified him as Xuan Tu.

Huang Xiao watched Kui Yong’s newly revealed, blurred memories of the Righteous-Demon War and reflected on the ancient experts whose strength he might someday have to face. The images ended with Kui Yong fighting a powerful Righteous Path expert as another joined the battle.

• Huang Xiao watched Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly fight Xuan Tu and marveled at their strength and survival across ten thousand years.
• Huang Xiao considered how becoming Hall Master might let him stand against the ancient experts, though he feared Kui Yong would still control his strength.
• Kui Yong explained that the next images came from uncertain memories and dreams of the Righteous-Demon War, then showed Huang Xiao the blurred battlefield.
• Huang Xiao saw the Demon God and the Xuanyuan Sword wielder from behind, then watched Kui Yong fight a powerful Righteous Path expert.
• Another Righteous Path fighter joined the battle against Kui Yong.

Huang Xiao watched Kui Yong’s memories reveal how the Minghong Saber’s soul was forced into an imitation blade during the ancient war, and how Kui Yong received the Supreme Demon Saber and other treasures from the Demon God. The memories ended before Kui Yong’s escape was shown, leaving Huang Xiao with new clues about the box and the Supreme Demon Core.

• The Righteous Path Leader captured the Supreme Demon Saber’s soul and pressed it into an imitation saber, which Huang Xiao recognized as the origin of his Minghong Saber.
• The Righteous Path forces gained the upper hand, and Kui Yong was attacked by two opponents while the Demon God faced three experts.
• The wounded Demon God ordered Kui Yong to retreat and threw him the Supreme Demon Saber, manuals, and a box identical to Huang Xiao’s.
• Kui Yong’s eyes turned an eerie red, terrifying his two opponents, but the images ended before his escape was revealed.
• Kui Yong’s reconstructed memories suggested he survived by breaking through or using a forbidden art, then escaped with the treasures and fell into a deep sleep.

Huang Xiao studied Kui Yong’s battle memories and discovered he could reactivate them with Supreme Demonic Qi, allowing him to examine the techniques repeatedly. Meanwhile, Huo Lian returned to the Heavenly Demon Hall and told Demon Phoenix that Huang Xiao would remain secluded at the Main Hall for a few years.

• Huang Xiao reflected on Kui Yong’s memories, focusing on how the Imperishability Chapter changed his fighting and wondering about a mysterious trump card the visions had not revealed.
• Huang Xiao reasoned that he could replay the visions and focus on individual moments to study their techniques more clearly.
• Huang Xiao opened the box, used its Supreme Demonic Qi to reactivate the stone gate, and began watching the images again.
• Huo Lian and Shi Hen returned to the Heavenly Demon Hall, where Demon Phoenix hurried over and asked where Huang Xiao was.
• Huo Lian told Demon Phoenix that Huang Xiao was secluded at the Main Hall and would likely remain there for a few years, then set off to search near Huang Xiao’s residence.

Huo Lian and Demon Phoenix searched the Heavenly Demon Hall for Huang Xiao’s Supreme Treasures and found the Supreme Demon Pearl and Supreme Evil Crystal, but not the Supreme Ghost Stele. Huo Lian abandoned the search and left with Demon Phoenix, who protested when he learned they were returning to Mist Mountain.

• Huo Lian and Demon Phoenix searched Huang Xiao’s quarters and then expanded their search through the Heavenly Demon Hall.
• Huo Lian found a wooden box hidden in a cliff face, containing the Supreme Demon Pearl and Supreme Evil Crystal.
• Huo Lian searched for the Supreme Ghost Stele for three days but failed to find it, so he ended the search.
• Huo Lian and Demon Phoenix left the Heavenly Demon Hall after bidding farewell to Shi Hen.
• Demon Phoenix objected when Huo Lian said they were returning to Mist Mountain.

Huo Lian left the Supreme Evil Crystal and Supreme Demon Pearl with Demon Phoenix on Mist Mountain, where Demon Phoenix learned to sense their Different Flames. Meanwhile, the Divine Beast Holy Land debated whether to give Huang Xiao the Dragon Crystal, and Big Brother asserted his authority to decide.

• Huo Lian agreed to send Demon Phoenix to Mist Mountain after Demon Phoenix refused to stay alone at the Transcendent Immortal Escort Agency.
• Huo Lian reminded Demon Phoenix that Huang Xiao might grow stronger in seclusion, reigniting Demon Phoenix’s drive to stay ahead of him.
• Huo Lian left the Supreme Evil Crystal and Supreme Demon Pearl with Demon Phoenix and guided him until he sensed the Different Flames within them.
• The Divine Beast Holy Land’s second brother argued that helping Huang Xiao could build ties with Baili Zhen, Tan Ming, Wan Liukong, and Huo Lian.
• Third Younger Brother and Junior Sister objected to giving Huang Xiao more benefits, but Big Brother declared that the Dragon Crystal belonged to his clan and that he would decide.

The Great Elder and Second Brother agreed that Hong Yi might receive the Dragon Crystal and, if he endured it, use the Supreme Divine Tower. The Great Elder summoned Hong Yi from the Dragon Pool and hinted that a greater opportunity awaited him, depending on his courage.

• Big Brother and Second Brother discussed giving Hong Yi the Dragon Crystal, while Third Younger Brother and Junior Sister remained opposed to helping a human.
• Big Brother proposed letting Hong Yi use the Supreme Divine Tower if he survived the Dragon Crystal, and Second Brother agreed to support him.
• Hong Yi continued cultivating in a secluded spot at the Dragon Pool, mindful of the divine beasts' hostility and careful not to approach the lake.
• The Great Elder arrived and summoned Hong Yi, who agreed to leave despite wanting to keep cultivating at the Dragon Pool.
• The Great Elder told Hong Yi that something good awaited him if he had the nerve, and Hong Yi became eager to learn what the opportunity was.

Hong Yi agreed to absorb the ancient Dragon Crystal, despite the risk that its condensed internal power could kill him. The Great Elder activated it and left Hong Yi to endure the process alone, while guards monitored the secret chamber.

• The Great Elder warned Hong Yi that the clan’s ancient treasure could improve his strength but might kill him.
• The Great Elder revealed the Dragon Crystal and explained that absorbing its condensed internal power could take a year or longer.
• Hong Yi resolutely agreed to use the Dragon Crystal, hoping to catch up with Huang Xiao and survive the coming Demon Hall thousand-year period.
• The Great Elder activated the Dragon Crystal and suppressed its immense aura as Hong Yi began to suffer.
• The Great Elder left the secret chamber and instructed the two guards to report if the aura inside disappeared.

Hong Yi received the Dragon Crystal’s immense influx of true qi and struggled to keep it from destroying his meridians. He used the energy to strengthen his Subduing Dragon Palm and temper his meridians, but when his palms could no longer absorb it, scales spread up his arms as he struck the reinforced floor.

• The two guards sensed Hong Yi’s aura inside the secret chamber and realized the Great Elder had ordered them to monitor him because he was in danger.
• The Great Elder activated the Dragon Crystal, and its recorded voice told Hong Yi that enduring longer would let him obtain more of its power and legacy.
• Hong Yi redirected the torrent of true qi into his Subduing Dragon Palm, strengthening the technique while trying to widen and toughen his meridians.
• When his palms could no longer absorb the incoming true qi, Hong Yi roared and hammered the chamber floor, cracking the stone.
• Dragon-scale patterns spread from Hong Yi’s hands across his wrists and farther up his forearms.

Hong Yi advanced his Subduing Dragon Palm to control the immense dragon qi inside him, while Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly learned that Dugu Sheng had formed a deep resonance with Xuanyuan Sword. She went with Xuanyuan Xing and Xuanyuan Song to see him.

• Hong Yi broke through in Subduing Dragon Palm and realized he had to keep advancing the technique while widening and strengthening his meridians to survive the influx of dragon qi.
• Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly learned that Zuo Qiu Shu had not appeared and ordered Xuanyuan Xing to handle Du Fuzhou and the others as he saw fit.
• Xuanyuan Song reported an unusual change in Xuanyuan Sword, saying Dugu Sheng seemed to have formed a deep resonance with it.
• Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly rose with Xuanyuan Xing and Xuanyuan Song to meet Dugu Sheng and inspect Xuanyuan Sword.
• At the entrance, Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly and Xuan Tu exchanged a silent glance before she went inside.

Dugu Sheng formed a mind-to-mind connection with the Xuanyuan Sword, which began exposing him to the sword insights of past masters. Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly warned that surviving the experience would not guarantee he could absorb the sword’s many imprints.

• Tan Ming told Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly and the others that Dugu Sheng had been surrounded by the Xuanyuan Sword’s golden glow for at least two hours.
• Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly examined Dugu Sheng and confirmed that he and the Xuanyuan Sword had formed a mind-to-mind connection.
• Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly explained that the Xuanyuan Sword was passing on imprints of past Sword Dao experts, causing Dugu Sheng’s sword intent to change.
• Tan Ming asked whether Dugu Sheng could endure the experience, and Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly said that survival alone would not mean he could absorb the sword’s many imprints.

Dugu Sheng risked his life as he absorbed the Sword Dao Imprints within the Xuanyuan Sword, while Tan Ming stayed by his side and hoped his disciple would survive. Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly then confronted Xuan Tu about Zuo Qiu Yi’s disappearance, learning that he was surprised Zuo Qiu Shu was still alive.

• Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly said there was no way to help Dugu Sheng and that his survival depended on heaven’s will, but promised him the Xuanyuan Sword and her guidance if he survived.
• Tan Ming chose to stay with Dugu Sheng and reflected on his own limits, hoping his disciple might surpass him in the Sword Dao.
• Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly sent Xuanyuan Xing and Xuanyuan Song away, then told Xuan Tu that the formation had stopped working a thousand years earlier.
• Xuan Tu said Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly’s formation skills had been insufficient to preserve it and that he had never tried to escape.
• Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly demanded to know where Zuo Qiu Yi had gone, and Xuan Tu reacted with surprise and pleasure when she said Zuo Qiu Shu was still alive.

Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly pressed Xuan Tu for Zuo Qiu Yi’s whereabouts and threatened the Divine Beast Holy Land when he insisted he did not know. Xuan Tu suggested Zuo Qiu Yi had embarked on the ruthlessness Dao, but Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly said that did not excuse her belief that Zuo Qiu Yi had used her.

• Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly demanded that Xuan Tu tell her where Zuo Qiu Yi had gone, and he repeated that he did not know.
• Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly threatened to use Huo Lian to enter the Divine Beast Holy Land and kill its divine beasts, while Xuan Tu warned that Huo Lian might not be able to take her inside.
• Xuan Tu explained that he had known many of Zuo Qiu Yi’s secrets but had never learned his final whereabouts, and Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly refused to believe him.
• Xuan Tu said he thought Zuo Qiu Yi had embarked on the ruthlessness Dao after his temperament changed.
• Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly dismissed Xuan Tu’s explanation and said she could have accepted the Dao’s effect on Zuo Qiu Yi if she had not believed he had used her.

Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly confronted Xuan Tu over Zuo Qiu Yi’s disappearance, while Xuan Tu argued that Zuo Qiu Yi must have had no choice and may have followed the footsteps of ancient seniors. Their dispute ended with Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly realizing that Xuan Tu had used the Xuanyuan Sword to recover from his old injuries.

• Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly accused Zuo Qiu Yi of using her to cultivate the Ruthlessness Dao, and Xuan Tu insisted that his feelings for her had been genuine.
• Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly vented her anger and grief at Zuo Qiu Yi for bearing his troubles alone, while Xuan Tu urged her to drop the cruel persona she had adopted to draw him out.
• Xuan Tu guessed that Zuo Qiu Yi had followed the footsteps of ancient seniors after discovering information about the coming Great Upheaval, but he could not say where Zuo Qiu Yi had gone.
• Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly threatened to await bad news from the Divine Beast Holy Land, and Xuan Tu warned her not to force him to act.
• Xuan Tu revealed that he had stayed for the Xuanyuan Sword, and Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly concluded that its miraculous effects had healed his injuries and strengthened him.

Xuan Tu confronted Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly over the suffering of the Divine Beast Holy Land’s juniors, then fought her long enough to escape. Tan Ming watched them disappear and wondered whether Xuan Tu had finally escaped his imprisonment.

• Xuan Tu asked Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly to end her grievances with Little Yi after revealing that the Xuanyuan Sword’s aura had gradually healed him.
• Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly rejected Xuan Tu’s appeal and attacked him, but her palm struck his shell instead of injuring him.
• Xuan Tu released a powerful aura and declared that although he could not defeat Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly, she could not stop him from leaving.
• Xuan Tu fled, intending to reach Huo Lian before Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly and protect the Divine Beast Holy Land’s surviving juniors.
• Tan Ming emerged from the valley, saw Xuan Tu and Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly disappear, and wondered whether Xuan Tu had escaped his sea of suffering.