Chapter Summaries

Huang Xiao and Pang Yi continued their contest while discussing their injuries, reserves, and willingness to risk the Forbidden Art’s aftereffects. Mo Pozheng ordered them to demonstrate the ninth strike of their saber techniques, leaving Pang Yi unsettled by the interruption and Huang Xiao hoping the limits of the techniques would help him endure.

• Huang Xiao explained that he had kept weight off his injured right foot to speed its recovery, while Pang Yi warned that his healing would not save him.
• Huang Xiao accused Pang Yi of holding back because he feared the Forbidden Art’s aftereffects, and Pang Yi insisted he could defeat Huang Xiao without using his full strength.
• Mo Pozheng and Pang Ji discussed how much each contestant was risking, with Mo noting that Huang Xiao seemed more willing to stake everything.
• Mo Pozheng had two Dao Realm Imitation Sabers brought to the arena and ordered Huang Xiao and Pang Yi to demonstrate the ninth strike of their saber techniques.
• Huang Xiao worried that Pang Yi’s God-Burying Demon Saber Technique would overpower his Heavenly Demon Demon Saber Technique, but decided that the technique’s limited power might help him hold on.
• Pang Yi was surprised by the sudden saber contest and reasoned that demonstrating the ninth strike should suffice, since the technique could restrict how much of his strength he unleashed.

Huang Xiao gained the upper hand against Pang Yi in their saber duel, prompting Pang Yi to accuse him of using the forbidden Supreme Demon Saber Technique. After Pang Ji dismissed the accusation, the fight continued, ending with both men’s flying sabers hurtling toward the watching Demon Hall experts.

• Huang Xiao and Pang Yi exchanged Ninth Strike techniques, and Huang Xiao’s subtle improvements let him suppress Pang Yi despite losing ground in direct clashes.
• Pang Yi accused Huang Xiao of using the Supreme Demon Saber Technique, but Huang Xiao denied it and Pang Ji rebuked Pang Yi for making a spectacle of himself.
• Pang Yi attacked with a storm of saber images, but Huang Xiao identified and blocked his true strike.
• Huang Xiao and Pang Yi tangled their blades, then both launched their Imitation Sabers toward each other and struck the hilts with their palms to increase their speed.
• Both men twisted aside as their sabers skimmed past them and shot toward the Demon Hall experts watching nearby.

Huang Xiao gained ground as Pang Yi’s forbidden art weakened, but Pang Yi revealed a ten-thousand-year-old Supreme Demon Pill that could restore his ability to control Supreme Demonic Qi. The chapter ended with Pang Yi poised to take the pill and turn the fight around.

• Huang Xiao forced Pang Yi to expend internal power, causing Pang Yi’s pseudo-Shattering-Void Realm and forbidden art to weaken.
• Pang Yi admitted he had held back because he feared the aftereffects, then said he could no longer afford to worry about them.
• Pang Yi revealed an ancient jade vial containing the Pang Family’s Supreme Demon Pill, and Pang Ji explained how he had found it.
• Mo Pozheng explained that the pill contained Supreme Demonic Qi and could let Pang Yi control more of it despite having exhausted his stored supply.

Pang Yi swallowed the Supreme Demon Pill and regained the power of Supreme Demonic Qi, putting Huang Xiao in danger. Huang Xiao used refined, simplified movements to keep Pang Yi at bay, but Pang Yi began adapting to them.

• Pang Ji reflected that the Supreme Demon Pill had been hidden by his ancestor and believed Pang Yi was destined to become the next Hall Master.
• Pang Yi swallowed the Supreme Demon Pill, regained Supreme Demonic Qi, and charged at the badly injured Huang Xiao.
• Huang Xiao used divine sense to slow Pang Yi briefly, then surprised him with swift, streamlined punches and evasive counterattacks.
• Pang Yi realized Huang Xiao's refined movements were no coincidence, while Mo Pozheng praised his skill and Pang Ji suspected it came from the First Hall Master's place of seclusion.
• Huang Xiao worried that Pang Yi was adapting to his moves and that his small advantage would soon disappear.

Huang Xiao secretly restored his essence blood while fighting Pang Yi, but Pang Yi’s strength and Supreme Demonic Qi overwhelmed him as Heavenly Demon Disintegration neared its end. Huang Xiao gambled on enduring the Qi and repeatedly charged back into the fight, while Pang Yi still could not land a fatal blow.

• Huang Xiao began using the Longevity Chapter to restore his essence blood so he could keep fighting and use the Ghost-Riding Technique.
• Pang Yi increased his speed, struck Huang Xiao with Supreme Demonic Qi, and blasted him across the arena.
• Huang Xiao realized Heavenly Demon Disintegration was about to end and that he could not absorb the Supreme Demonic Qi with his shattered Dantian and severed meridians.
• Huang Xiao used Imperishable True Qi to repair his ravaged flesh and charged at Pang Yi again, choosing to gamble on enduring the Supreme Demonic Qi.
• Pang Yi repeatedly drove Huang Xiao back, but Huang Xiao kept returning to fight, and his streamlined moves prevented Pang Yi from landing a fatal blow.

Huang Xiao concealed that his Heavenly Demon Disintegration had ended, using the time to restore his body and refine the Supreme Demonic Qi Pang Yi had forced into him. He surprised Pang Yi with another power boost, but remained badly injured and unable to risk unleashing a stronger stage; Pang Yi increased the flow of demonic qi to overwhelm him.

• Huang Xiao's aura suddenly weakened, making Pang Yi suspect he had run out of moves, but Huang Xiao used the pause to recover and prepare.
• Huang Xiao evaded Pang Yi's attack, then turned and met him with a palm strike powered by Supreme Demonic Qi and Heavenly Demon Assembly.
• Pang Yi was shocked that Huang Xiao still had Supreme Demonic Qi and a power boost, and Huang Xiao falsely claimed his forbidden art had only weakened.
• Huang Xiao's thoughts revealed that Heavenly Demon Disintegration had ended, but he had reforged his meridians, restored his dantian, and used Heart Fire to refine the demonic qi he had kept inside him.
• Huang Xiao judged that he could not risk using the fourth stage again, while Pang Yi guessed he had intercepted some of his demonic qi and increased the Supreme Demon Pill's output.

Huang Xiao was driven to the brink as Pang Yi overwhelmed him with Supreme Demonic Qi and depleted his reserves. With Pang Yi charging in for the kill, Huang Xiao decided to use the Ghost-Riding Technique despite not having achieved its perfect effect.

• Pang Yi used the Supreme Demon Pill to control a vast amount of Supreme Demonic Qi and prevented Huang Xiao from replenishing his supply.
• As Huang Xiao weakened, Mo Pozheng judged the fight nearly decided, while Shi Hen waited anxiously for Huang Xiao to use the Ghost-Riding Technique.
• Pang Yi blasted Huang Xiao to the arena floor and declared the fight over, but Huang Xiao rose and used his Imperishable True Qi to heal his injuries.
• Huang Xiao decided to unleash the Ghost-Riding Technique in an imperfect form rather than die, and Pang Yi rushed at him to finish the fight.

Huang Xiao used the Ghost-Riding Technique to disrupt Pang Yi and turn the fight in his favor, then faced accusations that he had violated the Hall Rules by using the Supreme Ghost Stele. As the Demon Hall experts argued over whether he owed Pang Yi an explanation, the decision was left to Mo Pozheng.

• Huang Xiao used the Ghost-Riding Technique to daze Pang Yi and struck him hard enough to send him crashing onto the arena.
• Pang Yi got back up and charged Huang Xiao, but his body stiffened and his Divine Sense grew dazed again, allowing Huang Xiao to overpower his Palm Force.
• Pang Yi demanded to know what Huang Xiao had done to him, and Pang Ji identified the Supreme Ghost Stele as the source of the Ghost Dao aura.
• Pang Yi accused Huang Xiao of using the Supreme Ghost Stele in violation of the Hall Rules, while Huang Xiao denied it and said his secret cultivation method was responsible.
• Shi Hen and Liu Tengfan defended Huang Xiao, and the experts turned to Mo Pozheng to decide the dispute.

Mo Pozheng ruled that Huang Xiao had not violated the rules by using ghost qi, and Huang Xiao explained that he had used Feng He's Ghost-Riding Technique to weaken Pang Yi. Pang Yi shattered the Supreme Demon Pill for one final surge of power, but as their abilities waned, Huang Xiao regained enough control to keep dodging his attacks.

• Mo Pozheng ruled that Huang Xiao had not violated the rules because he had used the Supreme Ghost Stele's ghost qi rather than wielding the stele itself.
• Huang Xiao told Mo Pozheng that he had used Feng He's Ghost-Riding Technique to corrode Pang Yi's body and divine sense.
• Pang Yi shattered the Supreme Demon Pill and released all its supreme demonic qi, badly damaging his own body as he charged Huang Xiao.
• Pang Yi resisted the Ghost-Riding Technique and struck Huang Xiao with a backlash, but Huang Xiao quickly used the technique again while evading.
• Huang Xiao realized Pang Yi's shattering the void ability and control of heaven and earth momentum had weakened, allowing him to dodge Pang Yi's repeated attacks.

Huang Xiao evaded Pang Yi until Pang Yi seemed close to exhausting his supreme demonic qi, but Pang Yi had concealed a final attack. Their last exchange left Pang Yi outside the arena and Huang Xiao dead.

• Huang Xiao used his movement to evade Pang Yi, whose attacks weakened as his supreme demonic qi was depleted.
• Pang Yi appeared to lose his composure, then regained it while Huang Xiao sensed his qi becoming unstable.
• Huang Xiao tried to use the Ghost-Riding Technique, but Pang Yi’s condensed demonic qi broke through it.
• Pang Yi struck Huang Xiao over the heart before Huang Xiao could dodge, while Huang Xiao’s counterattack sent Pang Yi flying out of the arena.
• Huang Xiao fell lifeless onto the arena floor, and the spectators sensed no trace of life.

Huang Xiao survived Pang Yi’s supposedly fatal blow, overturning the arena result and securing the Hall Master’s Seat. He revealed that he had used the Demon Spirit Sect’s Flesh and Blood Regeneration Method, leaving Mo Pozheng astonished by his knowledge of multiple sect techniques.

• Pang Yi believed his hidden-force punch had shattered Huang Xiao’s heart and claimed victory, while Pang Ji asked Mo Pozheng to announce the result.
• Demon Hall experts recalled that the Ghost Spirit Sect had a method for returning from death, but Pang Ji argued that Huang Xiao’s destroyed heart was too badly damaged to recover.
• As Mo Pozheng prepared to inspect Huang Xiao, Huang Xiao spoke and slowly sat up, proving he was alive; Shi Hen and Liu Tengfan celebrated while Pang Ji reacted with fury.
• Pang Ji accused Huang Xiao of using underhanded methods, but Shi Hen insisted the fight had taken place in full view of everyone.
• Huang Xiao stood and showed that his injuries had healed, explaining that the Ghost Spirit Sect’s Rebirth Method had not saved him; he had used the Demon Spirit Sect’s Flesh and Blood Regeneration Method instead.
• Mo Pozheng questioned how Huang Xiao had managed to use the method in such dire condition and expressed surprise at his knowledge of multiple sect techniques.

Huang Xiao defended his revival in the Hall Master Contest by claiming the fading aura of the Longevity Pill had helped him regenerate his heart. After he regrew a severed finger, Mo Pozheng declared him the winner and the new Hall Master, while Pang Ji rejected the result.

• Pang Ji accused Huang Xiao of using the Supreme Ghost Stele to cheat and demanded that he be disqualified.
• Huang Xiao said the aura of the Longevity Pill, preserved by Huo Lian, had helped him regenerate his heart, and Mo Pozheng accepted the explanation as plausible.
• Mo Pozheng asked Huang Xiao to prove his claim, and Huang Xiao offered to regenerate a severed finger.
• Huang Xiao cut off his index finger and quickly grew a new one, demonstrating that he could regenerate flesh and blood.
• Mo Pozheng declared Huang Xiao the winner and new Hall Master, but Pang Ji raged that he would not accept the result.

Pang Ji challenged Mo Pozheng’s ruling that Huang Xiao had won the Hall Master’s Seat, and the dispute escalated into a fight. Mo Pozheng revealed that he had used Pang Ji’s force to activate the Arena’s formation, apparently to teleport Huang Xiao to the place where the new Hall Master could increase his strength.

• Pang Ji demanded that Huang Xiao be disqualified or fight Pang Yi again, but Mo Pozheng refused to change the announced result.
• Liu Tengfan urged everyone to proceed with Huang Xiao’s appointment, while Pang Ji threatened to stop it by force.
• Mo Pozheng sent Shi Hen and Liu Tengfan to protect Huang Xiao as he prepared to face Pang Ji alone.
• Pang Ji struck Mo Pozheng, but an invisible force stopped his palm three feet away.
• Mo Pozheng revealed that the Arena’s four flags had activated a teleportation formation, and Pang Ji realized it was meant to send Huang Xiao to the place where the new Hall Master could grow stronger.

Mo Pozheng used the Supreme Demon Token to restrain Pang Ji while the teleportation formation prepared to carry Huang Xiao away. Pang Ji began forcing his way through the token’s effects and vowed to stop Huang Xiao’s ascension.

• Pang Ji charged toward Huang Xiao’s formation, and Shi Hen and Liu Tengfan moved to block him.
• Pang Ji blasted Shi Hen and Liu Tengfan aside and rushed for the arena.
• Mo Pozheng threw a black token toward Pang Ji, and its strange aura made Pang Ji and the surrounding Demon Hall experts struggle to move.
• Mo Pozheng identified the relic as the Supreme Demon Token bestowed by the First Hall Master and said Huang Xiao’s succession could no longer be stopped.
• Pang Ji roared that he would defy heaven and rewrite fate as his aura surged against the token’s influence.

Pang Ji resisted the Supreme Demon Token and tried to stop Huang Xiao from entering the Mysterious Land, but the arena formation halted him and Huang Xiao was teleported away. Pang Yi collapsed, and Mo Pozheng announced that Huang Xiao would become the new Hall Master when he returned.

• Pang Ji broke through much of the Supreme Demon Token's suppression and moved toward the arena while Huang Xiao struggled against the token's effects.
• Pang Ji touched the arena formation, screamed, and stopped moving as blood appeared at the corner of his mouth.
• Huang Xiao vanished in a flash and was transported into the Mysterious Land reserved for the new Hall Master.
• Pang Yi roared, spat blood, and collapsed after Huang Xiao's departure ended his hopes.
• The Supreme Demon Token returned to Mo Pozheng, freeing the Demon Hall experts from its suppression.
• Mo Pozheng told everyone to prepare for Huang Xiao's return and his installation as Hall Master.

Huang Xiao won the Hall Master's Seat, shifting power away from the Pang Family, while Pang Ji concealed his alarm over the First Hall Master's presence. Pang Ji asked Shi Hen to arrange a meeting with Huo Lian at Supreme Demon Peak the next day.

• Shi Hen and Liu Tengfan welcomed Huang Xiao's victory, and Mo Pozheng decided to remain at the Main Hall until Huang Xiao returned.
• The assembled experts dispersed, leaving the Demon Hall's factions to reconsider their loyalties after Huang Xiao became Hall Master.
• Pang Ji stopped Shi Hen and asked to speak with him alone; Shi Hen sent Liu Tengfan away and listened.
• Pang Ji asked Shi Hen to tell Huo Lian to meet him the next day at Supreme Demon Peak, and Shi Hen agreed to pass on the message.
• Pang Ji recalled that the First Hall Master's divine sense had stopped him from interfering with the formation, confirming that the First Hall Master was still alive.

Pang Ji accepted that Huang Xiao would become Hall Master and planned to learn from Huo Lian how he had resisted the Supreme Demon Token. He used the Cold Pool he had prepared for himself to preserve Pang Yi, while Huang Xiao awoke alone in an ancient ice cave as a formation began to activate.

• Pang Ji decided to consult Huo Lian about the Supreme Demon Token and how he had countered its influence.
• Pang Ji found Pang Yi close to death and took him to his cultivation site to prolong his life.
• Pang Ji sealed Pang Yi in the Cold Pool, sacrificing the lifespan-extending preparation he had made for himself.
• Huang Xiao awoke in a vast, freezing ice cave and sensed a large shadow beneath the ice.
• Huang Xiao watched lines spread across the ice and form an intricate formation around a point of light on the floor.

Huang Xiao underwent Kui Yong’s strength-enhancement process in the Ice Chamber, where formations, indestructible supreme demonic qi, and powerful essence blood entered his body. The process widened and protected his meridians, leaving him enduring intense pain as his transformation continued.

• Huang Xiao stepped onto the formation eye, where Kui Yong’s divine sense examined him and stirred the essence blood produced by the Demon Refining Formula.
• Indestructible supreme demonic qi filled the Ice Chamber, and a powerful essence-blood aura seeped from the ice.
• A formation formed above Huang Xiao, descended, and imprinted itself onto his skin before activating.
• The formation drew the demonic qi and essence blood into Huang Xiao, splitting them into streams that began transforming his body.
• The demonic qi widened Huang Xiao’s meridians dramatically, while the formation restrained and protected them as he endured the pain.

Huang Xiao endured the painful increase in strength as he studied the indestructible supreme demonic qi and realized the formation and essence blood were protecting his body. Just as his progress slowed and he wondered whether he could match the era’s strongest experts, a mysterious red glint entered him and unleashed an extraordinarily powerful essence blood aura.

• Huang Xiao recognized that the Imperishability Chapter’s aura drove his strength upward while damaging his meridians, and that the formation and vitality from the essence blood healed and protected him.
• Huang Xiao noticed his improvement slowing and doubted he could reach the level of the Patriarch and other powerful experts in the Jianghu.
• A red glint flashed from the shadow beneath the ice and silently entered Huang Xiao through his feet.
• Huang Xiao felt a scorching aura surge into his body, causing his heart to thump and revealing an essence blood aura far stronger than the ones he had previously absorbed.
• Huang Xiao remained unable to resist the changes and passively endured the sudden increase in power.

Huang Xiao’s strength surged twice as powerful essence blood drew in the surrounding Indestructible Supreme Demonic Qi, and he realized that activating his heart fire seemed to trigger the surges. As the second day began, he sensed the source beneath the ice and wondered what enormous thing lay below him.

• Huang Xiao felt a second, much faster rise in strength after Kui Yong’s voice told him the process would last three days.
• Huang Xiao suspected Kui Yong’s divine sense had left, waited nearly a day, then activated his heart fire to study the Indestructible Supreme Demonic Qi.
• A powerful aura of essence blood surged through Huang Xiao’s feet, igniting the essence blood already within him and accelerating his growth again.
• On the second day, Huang Xiao activated his heart fire once more and sensed a huge shadow beneath the ice as another surge began.
• Huang Xiao wondered whether Kui Yong was sleeping below, then dismissed the idea because the shadow was too large to be a person.