Chapter Summaries

After consolidating his strength, Huang Xiao left Mist Mountain with Demon Phoenix and headed for the Three Immortal Mountains to reunite with his wives and meet his child. On the way, they learned Pang Yi had become the Demon Hall Master, and Demon Phoenix worried that Kui Yong might have emerged.

• Huang Xiao finished consolidating his strength, but found the Patriarch absent from his cultivation chamber, so he decided to leave with Demon Phoenix.
• Huang Xiao used his understanding of the formation to lead himself and Demon Phoenix out of Mist Mountain without alerting Wei Yidao and the others.
• Huang Xiao chose to visit the Three Immortal Mountains to see his wives and the child he had never met, and left the Patriarch a letter explaining his destination.
• After leaving Mist Mountain, Huang Xiao and Demon Phoenix heard that Pang Yi had become the Demon Hall Master.
• Demon Phoenix asked whether Kui Yong had emerged, recalling that even Huo Lian feared him.

Huang Xiao and Demon Phoenix reached the docks to rent a tower ship for their journey to the Three Immortal Mountains, while Huang Xiao worried about the Demon Hall’s takeover by Pang Yi. As they boarded their ship, Demon Hall practitioners attacked the docks, destroyed the vessels, and slaughtered everyone there.

• Huang Xiao and Demon Phoenix discussed the threat posed by the figure who might soon emerge and hurried to the eastern docks of Qing Province.
• At a restaurant, Huang Xiao heard Jianghu folk discussing his defection and Pang Yi’s rise as the Demon Hall’s new Hall Master, and he worried about Senior Shi and the others.
• Huang Xiao asked the waiter where to rent a boat, then went to the dock administration office and paid Steward Yang extra to rent a large tower ship.
• Several Jianghu folk followed Huang Xiao, hoping to steal Demon Phoenix, but could not pursue them once Huang Xiao boarded the tower ship.
• Demon Hall practitioners destroyed the ships at the docks, killed Steward Yang and the people there, and Huang Xiao recognized their auras.

Huang Xiao and Demon Phoenix discovered Demon Hall members destroying ships at the docks, but the attackers did not know their purpose. Huang Xiao defeated their Enlightenment Realm leader and learned that groups were destroying ships across the coasts and waterways, leaving the Demon Hall’s objective unknown.

• Huang Xiao determined that the Demon Hall members had not come for him and identified them as belonging to the God-Burying Hall's line.
• The attackers approached Huang Xiao’s ship, and Demon Phoenix killed three men who tried to board it.
• The remaining Demon Hall members recognized Huang Xiao as their former Hall Master and tried to retreat.
• Huang Xiao stopped and injured the Enlightenment Realm leader, then demanded to know why the group was destroying ships.
• The leader said he had orders to destroy every ship and revealed that other groups were doing the same at docks, coasts, rivers, and river mouths.

Huang Xiao and Demon Phoenix sailed east toward the Three Immortal Mountains after wiping out the Demon Hall forces at the dock. As Huang Xiao worried about reuniting with his wives, he revealed that Chao Lingyi was also his woman and had already been sent away from the Heavenly Demon Hall.

• Demon Phoenix killed the Demon Hall practitioners at the dock, and Huang Xiao left with him aboard the tower ship.
• Huang Xiao ordered the boatmen to sail east, while the surviving Jianghu men fled the deserted dock.
• Huang Xiao and Demon Phoenix discussed the Three Immortal Mountains, the Demon Hall, and the threat posed by Kui Yong.
• Demon Phoenix teased Huang Xiao for taking a ship because he was nervous about seeing his wives again after six years apart.
• Huang Xiao revealed that Chao Lingyi was his woman and said he had arranged for her to leave the Heavenly Demon Hall.

Huang Xiao and Demon Phoenix reached the formations surrounding the Three Immortal Mountains and called out to Senior Wu Xuancang. Wu Xuancang opened a passage and greeted Huang Xiao as an equal.

• Huang Xiao and Demon Phoenix discussed the danger that Demonic Qi might make Huang Xiao lose control and attack his allies.
• After eleven days at sea, Huang Xiao recognized the thick fog as a formation and sent the boatmen away while he and Demon Phoenix flew onward.
• Huang Xiao found that a powerful formation blocked their way, and Demon Phoenix suggested calling out to the Three Immortal Mountains instead of trying to break through.
• Huang Xiao announced that he had come to visit Senior Wu Xuancang, and someone inside the formation invited them in.
• Huang Xiao and Demon Phoenix passed through an opened passage and met Wu Xuancang, who told Huang Xiao they could treat each other as peers.

Huang Xiao reunited with Wu Xuancang and learned that his wives had grown much stronger under the guidance of Fan Zhuolang and Zuo Qiu Shu. He also learned that Jiang Liuli had borne him a son named Jiang Xie, though her choice of surname made clear that she still had not forgiven him.

• Wu Xuancang told Huang Xiao that his wives were doing well and had advanced greatly with guidance from Fan Zhuolang and Zuo Qiu Shu.
• Wu Xuancang revealed that Jiang Liuli had given birth to a son named Xie, whom everyone called Jiang Xie or Jiang Little Xie because she would not let them use Huang as his surname.
• Huang Xiao felt his excitement fade when he realized Jiang Liuli still rejected him, while Demon Phoenix offered to speak with her.
• Huang Xiao set aside his hurt and asked about the women's Combined Strike Method.
• Wu Xuancang said that all eight women had achieved a combined strike so powerful that Fan Zhuolang believed their talent could surpass that of the Heavenly Evil Sect's three ancestors.

Wu Xuancang told Huang Xiao and Demon Phoenix that the eight women of the Divine Nun Convent could trap Shattering-Void Realm experts when they used their Combined Strike Method together. He led them to the True Martial Temple, where Huang Xiao learned that Li Bai was still in seclusion.

• Demon Phoenix questioned Wu Xuancang's claims about the eight women, but Wu Xuancang said their combined strength could trap Shattering-Void Realm experts.
• Wu Xuancang explained that Fan Zhuolang had taught the women their Combined Strike Method and that their rapid improvement had nearly reached its limit.
• Huang Xiao asked to see the women, and Wu Xuancang agreed to take him and Demon Phoenix to the Divine Nun Convent.
• Wu Xuancang brought Huang Xiao and Demon Phoenix to the True Martial Temple and sent a disciple to notify the Divine Nun Convent.
• Huang Xiao asked where Li Bai was, and Wu Xuancang said Li Bai remained in seclusion after more than four years.

Wu Xuancang brought Huang Xiao and Demon Phoenix through the Penglai Mystic Domain to meet the women living there. Huang Xiao reunited with Zhao Yunhui and the others, while Jiang Liuli took Little Xie inside before he could speak with him.

• Wu Xuancang led Huang Xiao and Demon Phoenix toward the Divine Nun Convent, which was inside the Penglai Mystic Domain.
• The trio crossed the domain’s shifting mist formations and found Little Xie practicing punches against a huge iron block.
• Little Xie greeted Wu Xuancang, and Demon Phoenix introduced himself as the boy’s uncle, prompting Little Xie to mistake him for a small divine beast.
• Zhao Yunhui dropped a copper basin when she saw Huang Xiao, and the women in the house came out to greet him.
• Jiang Liuli took Little Xie inside, while Demon Phoenix observed that four of the women looked at Huang Xiao with the affection of wives.

Huang Xiao reunited with the five women and spent four hours telling them about his experiences while learning about their lives at the Divine Nun Convent. As he prepared to see Jiang Liuli, Fan Zhuolang attacked him, and both men landed injured.

• Wu Xuancang and Demon Phoenix explained to Fan Xiu, Zhu Fanjiang, and Wang Mizong that Huang Xiao had left the Demon Hall after winning its Hall Master's Seat.
• Huang Xiao reunited with the five women, who shared their stories and asked him about his life in the Martial World.
• Yan Xi and Zhao Yunya asked Huang Xiao about Dugu Sheng and Hong Yi; he said Dugu Sheng was safe but Hong Yi's whereabouts remained unknown.
• After Jiang Liuli stayed inside with Jiang Little Xie, Huang Xiao prepared to go see her, but Fan Zhuolang suddenly charged at him.
• Huang Xiao and Fan Zhuolang exchanged several blows and both landed with blood at their mouths.

Huang Xiao explained that Kui Yong was alive and discussed uniting against the Demon Hall with Wu Xuancang, Fan Zhuolang, and Zuo Qiu Shu. They urged him to win over Demon Hall members, but agreed to let him spend three days with his wives before leaving.

• Fan Zhuolang explained that Huang Xiao's Supreme Demonic Qi had reminded him of his old battle with Kui Yong, and the group ended their confrontation.
• Huang Xiao told Wu Xuancang and the others that he had fled the Demon Hall after offending Kui Yong, confirming Kui Yong was alive.
• Fan Zhuolang and the others proposed that Huang Xiao try to win over Shi Hen, Liu Tengfan, and other Demon Hall members who might be targeted by Pang Ji.
• Huang Xiao agreed to try, while privately deciding he first needed to strengthen his essence blood and address the Demon Refining Formula's danger.
• Fan Zhuolang urged Huang Xiao to leave immediately, but Zuo Qiu Shu set a compromise of three days for Huang Xiao to stay with his wives.

Huang Xiao reunited with his wives at the Three Immortal Mountains and learned that the Demon Hall was destroying ships to prevent people from fleeing overseas. Jiang Liuli still refused to see him, but he spent the three days with his other five wives before their uncertain fight against Kui Yong.

• Huang Xiao asked Wu Xuancang why the Demon Hall was destroying ships, and Wu explained that it aimed to hinder Jianghu sects from escaping overseas.
• Wu Xuancang said the Three Immortal Mountains had stockpiled ships to evacuate some people, though space and habitable islands were limited.
• Huang Xiao approached Jiang Liuli's room, but she angrily refused to see him or discuss Little Xie with him.
• Huang Xiao respected Jiang Liuli's refusal and turned to his five wives, who arranged to share his three nights together.
• Huang Xiao and his five wives treasured their reunion, knowing they might not survive the coming conflict with Kui Yong.

Huang Xiao left the Three Immortal Mountains after Jiang Liuli told him to survive first and speak with her afterward. As he and Demon Phoenix neared the True Martial Temple, a powerful black-robed elder named Senior Xuan asked to speak with Huang Xiao alone.

• Huang Xiao told Jiang Liuli he was leaving to face the Demon Hall and Kui Yong, and she finally answered, telling him to survive first.
• Huang Xiao said goodbye to the five women, Zhao Yunya, and Yan Xi, promising to return and to send word if he learned anything about Hong Yi.
• Huang Xiao and Demon Phoenix left the Penglai Mystic Domain with Wu Xuancang, trading jokes as they headed toward the True Martial Temple.
• Huang Xiao sensed a powerful black-robed old man near the True Martial Temple and felt that he had seen him before.
• The old man addressed as Senior Xuan asked Wu Xuancang to let him speak with Huang Xiao alone.

Huang Xiao, Demon Phoenix, and Xuan Tu discussed Huang Xiao’s Longevity Chapter and the dangers surrounding it. Xuan Tu promised to keep the secret, but Huang Xiao revealed that Kui Yong had already discovered it.

• Demon Phoenix began to leave, but Huang Xiao asked him to stay because they were brothers with no secrets between them.
• Xuan Tu confirmed that he knew Huang Xiao possessed the Longevity Chapter and praised the bond between Huang Xiao and Demon Phoenix.
• Xuan Tu explained that he had stayed at the Three Immortal Mountains to escape Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly and hoped the formation around the Divine Beast Holy Land would soon fail safely.
• Xuan Tu promised not to reveal Huang Xiao’s secret to Wu Xuancang or anyone else, while warning that others might still discover it.
• Huang Xiao told Xuan Tu that Kui Yong had sensed the Longevity Chapter through its resonance with Kui Yong’s Imperishability Chapter.
• Xuan Tu reasoned that Kui Yong’s discovery was why Huang Xiao had left the Demon Hall before becoming its true master.

Huang Xiao learned from Xuan Tu that Zuo Qiu Yi may have left the Martial World for another world, so he could not return to help defeat Kui Yong. Xuan Tu explained the levels of the Ancient Realm, leaving Huang Xiao to conclude that Kui Yong was likely at the Upper Ancient Realm.

• Huang Xiao told Xuan Tu that he had left the Demon Hall, and Xuan Tu warned that Kui Yong would not spare him.
• Huang Xiao asked whether Zuo Qiu Yi might return, but Xuan Tu said Zuo Qiu Yi had probably gone to another world beyond the Martial World.
• Demon Phoenix agreed that Zuo Qiu Yi might have reached another world, while Huang Xiao said they would have to face Kui Yong themselves.
• Huang Xiao asked about Kui Yong's strength, and Xuan Tu explained that the Upper Ancient Realm, Primordial Ancient Realm, and Ancient Realm formed the stages above the Void Realm.
• Huang Xiao concluded that Kui Yong was probably at the Upper Ancient Realm.

Xuan Tu explained that Kui Yong’s Imperishability Chapter would eventually destroy him without the Longevity Chapter, giving their side a way to wear him down. He taught Huang Xiao the Spirit Turtle Fetal Breath Art to help conceal the Longevity Chapter’s aura from Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly.

• Demon Phoenix worried that no one could fight Kui Yong across such a vast realm gap, and Xuan Tu confirmed that none of them had reached the Upper Ancient Realm.
• Xuan Tu warned Huang Xiao that Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly might detect the Longevity Chapter and that others could demand he share it, but advised him not to hand it over.
• Xuan Tu deduced that the Imperishability Chapter’s severe backlash would eventually kill Kui Yong unless he obtained the Longevity Chapter, so their allies might wear him down by forcing him to fight at full power.
• Xuan Tu offered Huang Xiao his Spirit Turtle Fetal Breath Art, which could combine with the Supreme Demonic Art to conceal the Longevity Chapter’s aura.
• Xuan Tu taught Huang Xiao the Spirit Turtle Fetal Breath Art, and Huang Xiao said he trusted him while intending to study the method carefully before cultivating it.

Huang Xiao and Demon Phoenix discussed the Divine Beast Holy Land, Demon Phoenix’s parents, and the limits of the human Longevity Chapter, while Xuan Tu praised their strength and urged them to keep hope. Huang Xiao then asked Xuan Tu to identify the source of an extraordinarily powerful divine beast essence-blood aura that had helped him grow stronger.

• Xuan Tu asked Huang Xiao and Demon Phoenix to look after the Divine Beast Holy Land’s younger generations, and both agreed.
• Demon Phoenix worried that his parents could not recover from their depleted essence blood, but Huang Xiao promised to try restoring it if they returned.
• Xuan Tu noticed the unusual flames in Demon Phoenix and said he believed the young Phoenix could help secure the Divine Beast Clan’s future.
• Huang Xiao declared that their era was different from Kui Yong’s, and Xuan Tu recognized the Longevity Chapter’s familiar aura as the same method Little Yi had left behind.
• Huang Xiao asked whether Xuan Tu knew which Divine Beast Clan member had an exceptionally powerful essence-blood aura, explaining that it had greatly increased his strength.

Huang Xiao asked Xuan Tu to identify the essence blood that Kui Yong had used to strengthen the New Hall Masters. Xuan Tu could not recognize it, but he sensed that its aura originally contained the Imperishability Chapter, leaving Huang Xiao and Xuan Tu with a disturbing suspicion about the Divine Beast's connection to Kui Yong.

• Huang Xiao told Xuan Tu that a Divine Beast's essence blood aura had helped raise his strength and asked whether the imprisoned senior might be one of Xuan Tu's captured friends.
• Huang Xiao released a trace of the essence blood's aura from his heart so Xuan Tu could identify it.
• Xuan Tu said the essence blood belonged to none of his known friends and was more powerful than his own; Demon Phoenix suggested it came from an unknown senior.
• Xuan Tu sensed the Imperishability Chapter in the aura, and Huang Xiao explained that Kui Yong had used the essence blood and that chapter to strengthen successive New Hall Masters.
• Xuan Tu said the essence blood had not merely acquired the chapter's aura, prompting Huang Xiao to realize it may have possessed that aura from the beginning.
• Huang Xiao wondered whether the Divine Beast had a miraculous connection to Kui Yong, and Xuan Tu urged him to voice his fuller suspicion.

Huang Xiao, Xuan Tu, and Demon Phoenix debated whether Kui Yong was a divine beast and how he had survived from Ancient Times. Huang Xiao revealed that Kui Yong had served a Demon God during the Ancient War, while the truth about his identity remained uncertain.

• Huang Xiao suggested that Kui Yong was a divine beast because the Imperishability Chapter aura was fused with the essence blood.
• Huang Xiao said Kui Yong may have lived since the Ancient War in which the Minghong Saber and Xuanyuan Sword were damaged.
• Xuan Tu recalled meeting Kui Yong when he was weak and said he had sensed no divine beast aura, leaving Kui Yong's identity unresolved.
• Huang Xiao explained that Memory Images showed Kui Yong had awakened ten thousand years ago with memory gaps and injuries.
• Xuan Tu said the predicted Great Upheaval was approaching, and Huang Xiao revealed that Kui Yong had been a subordinate of a Demon God during the Ancient War.

Huang Xiao, Demon Phoenix, and Xuan Tu discussed Kui Yong’s possible return and the threat he posed, while Xuan Tu urged Huang Xiao to survive and preserve the future. Huang Xiao then left the Three Immortal Mountains with Demon Phoenix to make the most of his time.

• Huang Xiao and Xuan Tu reasoned that Kui Yong might grow stronger as his memories returned, but Xuan Tu thought the Imperishability Chapter’s side effects could give them a chance.
• Xuan Tu asked Huang Xiao to keep the revelations from most people, and Huang Xiao absorbed the essence blood aura back into his heart.
• Xuan Tu urged Huang Xiao and Demon Phoenix to live on and rebuild their respective clans, while Huang Xiao resolved that defeating Kui Yong was the best way to protect his family.
• Huang Xiao told Wu Xuancang he would leave immediately, and Wu Xuancang opened a passage through the formation for him and Demon Phoenix.
• Huang Xiao and Demon Phoenix left the Three Immortal Mountains through the mist formation.

Huang Xiao and Demon Phoenix returned from the Three Immortal Mountains and planned to target Demon Hall experts to strengthen Huang Xiao’s essence blood. Huo Lian met them and redirected their efforts toward reforging the Supreme Demon Saber before Kui Yong emerged.

• Huang Xiao and Demon Phoenix left the Three Immortal Mountains and agreed to target Demon Hall experts rather than other Jianghu sects.
• Huang Xiao and Demon Phoenix encountered Huo Lian, who had come looking for Huang Xiao, and Huang Xiao told him that the people in the Three Immortal Mountains were well.
• Demon Phoenix explained that Huang Xiao needed to kill people to strengthen his essence blood, and Huo Lian approved targeting the Demon Hall.
• Huo Lian told Huang Xiao and Demon Phoenix to postpone the attack because reforging the Supreme Demon Saber was more urgent.
• Huo Lian explained that he had sent Ou Jin a coded message and hoped to complete the saber before Kui Yong emerged.