Chapter Summaries

Zhao Yunhui sensed that a pillar of light had pierced the formation seal and predicted it would weaken the formation. Zhu Fancheng activated the Spirit-Gathering Formation and prepared Dragon Qi treasures as they waited for the change.

• A pillar of light appeared above the formation and pierced through it, though the formation initially remained stable.
• Zhao Yunhui and the others suspected Senior Immortal Alchemist had caused the phenomenon, while Zhu Fancheng waited to see its effects.
• The formation began glowing, and Zhao Yunhui urged Zhu Fancheng to activate the Spirit-Gathering Formation.
• Zhao Yunhui predicted the entire formation would weaken, so Zhu Fancheng activated the formation and Zhao Yunhui placed the Dragon Qi treasures beside it.
• Zhao Yunhui warned Zhu Fancheng that another change could occur within minutes.

Zhu Fancheng and Zhao Yunhui successfully sent spiritual energy and dragon qi into the Soaring Immortal Land, though they did not know whether it would ripen the Soaring Immortal Fruit. Inside, a pillar of light revealed an elaborate formation around Qingfeng and his friend, and Qingfeng watched as its grooves emerged from the ground.

• Zhu Fancheng shifted the Spirit-Gathering Formation into place and sent spiritual energy into the Soaring Immortal Land.
• Zhao Yunhui released dragon qi from the treasures, which flowed into the land along with the spiritual energy.
• Zhu Fancheng warned Zhao Yunhui that the attempt had only partly succeeded and that the energies' effect on the Soaring Immortal Fruit remained uncertain.
• A pillar of light struck near Qingfeng's friend, and a glow spread across the ground beneath Qingfeng.
• Qingfeng watched points of light form beams and intricate patterns that sank into the ground, revealing formation grooves.

Qingfeng watched a ground Formation draw in the Soaring Immortal Fruit’s aura and the surrounding spiritual energy, briefly stabilizing his friend before the energy ran out. With his own true qi exhausted and the fruit beginning to wither, Qingfeng was left searching for a way to save him.

• Qingfeng saw the ground Formation glow again as the Soaring Immortal Fruit’s aura began pouring out uncontrollably.
• The Formation sucked in the surrounding spiritual energy, slowing the fruit’s aura loss and allowing it to communicate with Qingfeng again.
• The white mist and its spiritual energy disappeared, and the fruit’s aura began draining rapidly once more.
• Qingfeng fed his true qi into the Formation, but it was exhausted without meaningfully helping the fruit.
• The Soaring Immortal Fruit’s branches, leaves, and fruit began to wither as Qingfeng considered pulling it out and hiding underground.

Qingfeng watched his friend’s vitality return after a surge of spiritual energy and other auras flowed into the formation, then learned the supply had stopped. Elsewhere, Zhu Fancheng and Zhao Yunhui planned to keep testing the formation, while a tremor awakened a person trapped in ice deep in Mist Mountain.

• Qingfeng tried to break the formation and prepared to pull his friend out, but a sudden surge of spiritual energy and other auras entered the area.
• The formation absorbed the energy and the underground milk liquid, then concealed itself beneath the leveled ground as Qingfeng’s friend regained vitality and began maturing faster.
• After nearly two hours, the energy supply stopped, and Qingfeng reassured his friend that another surge might come.
• Zhu Fancheng told Zhao Yunhui that their Spirit-Gathering Formation had supplied energy and dragon qi for two hours and a quarter, and Zhao Yunhui resolved to use her hexagrams to find the formation’s weak points.
• The pillar of light caused Kui Yong’s formation outside the Divine Beast Holy Land to tremble, and a person frozen in a large black diamond-shaped ice crystal deep in Mist Mountain opened his eyes.

Kui Yong broke out of his Ice Crystal early after sensing a disturbance in the Soaring Immortal Land’s formation seal, intending to claim the Soaring Immortal Fruit and Huang Xiao’s Longevity Chapter. Huang Xiao reached the coastal port in Qing Province and reunited with Shi Hen, Wu Cang, and the others, who had escaped safely.

• Kui Yong ordered the Tomb Clan to guard the Soaring Immortal Land and taught them how to break the formation outside the Divine Beast Holy Land.
• Worried that Huo Lian and his old friends were behind the disturbance, Kui Yong shattered the Ice Crystal and emerged before his appointed time.
• Kui Yong disguised himself as an ordinary old man and resolved to recover his strength before pursuing the Soaring Immortal Fruit and Huang Xiao’s Longevity Chapter.
• The Tomb Clan’s Grand Elder received Kui Yong’s orders and left for the Demon Hall to convey them.
• Huang Xiao arrived in Qing Province, met a Heavenly Demon Hall disciple, and was led to Shi Hen and the others.
• Wu Cang explained that the God-Burying Hall and Pang Family had focused on Shi Hen’s group, allowing the other Heavenly Demon Hall members to escape safely.

Huang Xiao met Shi Hen and Liu Tengfan and explained that the Demon Refining Formula made people vulnerable to the Supreme Demon Token. They agreed to keep their affliction hidden from Kui Yong and leave Wei Yidao’s neutralization unnoticed, while awaiting contact with the Three Immortal Mountains.

• Huang Xiao reunited with Shi Hen and Liu Tengfan, who asked how he had persuaded Pang Ji to withdraw.
• Huang Xiao explained that the Demon Refining Formula caused the Supreme Demon Token’s influence and that he had found a way to neutralize it.
• Shi Hen and Liu Tengfan advised Huang Xiao not to neutralize their formulas yet, so Kui Yong would not discover his and Huo Lian’s plans.
• Shi Hen proposed that Wei Yidao cultivate the Demon Refining Formula again to conceal that it had been neutralized.
• Huang Xiao agreed that Wei Yidao could do so, and Shi Hen said Pang Ji would keep the secret because of his ambition for power.

Li Bai arrived to join Huang Xiao, Shi Hen, and Liu Tengfan, and the group discovered that his strength had risen dramatically during seclusion. He explained that he had gained inspiration from ancient sword marks on a forgotten cliff face, leaving the others to reflect on the Three Immortal Mountains’ neglected treasure.

• Li Bai arrived from the Three Immortal Mountains after receiving Huang Xiao’s message, and Shi Hen and Liu Tengfan sensed that his strength had soared.
• Huang Xiao, Shi Hen, and Liu Tengfan asked Li Bai how he had improved so much, and he agreed to explain.
• Li Bai said his seclusion had involved studying sword marks left by masters who fought during the Ancient Times.
• Li Bai revealed that the Three Immortal Mountains’ forebears had obtained the cliff face but forgotten it beneath piled-up belongings for over ten thousand years.
• Shi Hen remarked that the Three Immortal Mountains might have produced many Sword Dao masters if they had valued the cliff face earlier.

Li Bai told Huang Xiao and the others that the Demon Hall’s experts were heading to Mist Mountain, and Huang Xiao realized they were likely targeting the Divine Beast Holy Land and the Soaring Immortal Fruit. With Huo Lian unreachable and the divine beasts and Huang Xiao’s loved ones at risk, they decided to act before the Demon Hall could break the formation seal.

• Shi Hen said Li Bai was uniquely suited to uncover the cliff face’s Sword Dao mysteries, and Liu Tengfan acknowledged that Li Bai’s strength now surpassed his own.
• Li Bai reported that Pang Yi, Pang Ji, Mo Pozheng, and the seven former Demon Hall Masters had left for Mist Mountain.
• Huang Xiao concluded that the Demon Hall was heading for the Divine Beast Holy Land to seize the Soaring Immortal Fruit.
• Shi Hen warned that Mo Pozheng might break the formation seal around the Divine Beast Holy Land, putting the divine beasts and Huang Xiao’s loved ones in danger.
• Huang Xiao said Huo Lian could not be reached for another month, so Li Bai proposed that their allied forces act without him.
• Shi Hen asked Liu Tengfan to escort the others to the Three Immortal Mountains while he stayed behind to act.

Liu Tengfan led forces toward the Three Immortal Mountains while Shi Hen, Huang Xiao, and Li Bai hurried to the Divine Beast Holy Land to respond to the Demon Hall. Pang Yi and the Demon Hall reached the Holy Land, intent on breaking its formation and claiming the Soaring Immortal Fruit under Kui Yong’s order.

• Li Bai arranged for a Three Immortal Mountains disciple to guide Liu Tengfan and his forces, then set out with Shi Hen and Huang Xiao for the Divine Beast Holy Land.
• Shi Hen warned Huang Xiao and Li Bai to follow cautiously and avoid confronting the Demon Hall until reinforcements arrived.
• Xuanyuan Xing detected the Demon Hall’s approach and fled after the group triggered a warning formation.
• Pang Yi, Pang Ji, and the others reached the Divine Beast Holy Land and found traces of someone who had recently escaped.
• Pang Yi recalled Kui Yong’s order to break the grand formation, check the Formation Seal and Soaring Immortal Fruit, and seize the fruit if it had ripened.
• Pang Yi resented having to obey Kui Yong and worried that the other Demon Hall members would prevent him from claiming the fruit for himself.

Pang Yi’s group debated whether to break the formation around the Divine Beast Holy Land, while Pang Ji warned that doing so might help Huo Lian and others claim the Soaring Immortal Fruit. After Mo Pozheng estimated that breaking the formation would take at least half a month, Pang Yi ordered the work to begin.

• Pang Ji questioned the timing of breaking the formation, arguing that Huo Lian’s absence suggested the Soaring Immortal Fruit was not yet ripe.
• Pang Yi ordered the group to investigate the surroundings and set up defensive formations before proceeding.
• Pang Ji and the others returned from setting up formations while Mo Pozheng continued examining the Grand Formation.
• Mo Pozheng estimated that breaking the formation would take at least half a month, and possibly longer.
• Pang Yi ordered Mo Pozheng, Pang Ji, and the seven Seniors to begin breaking the formation while the other Demon Hall experts stood guard.

Xuanyuan Xing left the Divine Beast Holy Land to warn his people, but met Huang Xiao, Li Bai, and Shi Hen on the way and learned that reinforcements had already been notified. The four returned toward the Demon Hall’s formation to investigate and disrupt its plans while awaiting their allies.

• Xuanyuan Xing saw Pang Ji and the Demon Hall’s Seven Former Hall Masters gathering near the Divine Beast Holy Land, then hurried toward the outskirts to notify his people.
• Xuanyuan Xing met Huang Xiao, Li Bai, and Shi Hen, who told him that Senior Li had already sent word to the Great Powers and that Pang Yi and Mo Pozheng were also present.
• Xuanyuan Xing agreed with Huang Xiao, Li Bai, and Shi Hen to approach the Demon Hall’s forces and delay them until reinforcements arrived.
• The four cautiously avoided the Demon Hall’s perimeter guards, and Xuanyuan Xing warned them that the formation was just ahead.

Huang Xiao, Li Bai, Shi Hen, and Xuanyuan Xing infiltrated the formations around the Demon Hall experts and watched them try to break Kui Yong’s grand formation. As Huo Lian’s arrival drew near, Mo Pozheng proposed setting up a vast formation that could encompass the Divine Beast Holy Land.

• Huang Xiao and his companions chose the formation laid by the least skilled practitioner and slipped through it without raising an alarm.
• Pang Yi worried about Mo Pozheng and the Supreme Demon Token, but urged the group breaking the formation to preserve their strength.
• The four intruders spotted Pang Yi and the others working on Kui Yong’s formation and decided to watch rather than attack.
• After a day of slow progress, Mo Pozheng warned that Huo Lian and his companions could arrive before the formation was broken.
• Mo Pozheng proposed quickly setting up a grand formation large enough to encompass the Divine Beast Holy Land.

Mo Pozheng deployed the Tomb Clan’s powerful formation using Kui Yong’s Black Needles, trapping the Demon Hall experts inside and buying time to break the Divine Beast Holy Land’s formation. Huang Xiao and the others failed to seize the needles, and the Demon Hall resumed its attempt to reach the Soaring Immortal Fruit.

• Mo Pozheng revealed that he had brought the Black Needles needed to form a barrier against Huo Lian and the others, and Pang Yi ordered him to deploy it.
• Huang Xiao, Xuanyuan Xing, Shi Hen, and Li Bai agreed to attack when Mo Pozheng was halfway through setting up the formation and seize some needles.
• Mo Pozheng scattered the needles and completed the formation almost instantly, leaving the four unable to act.
• The formation covered the perimeter and trapped the Demon Hall experts inside, preventing Huo Lian and the others from attacking them directly.
• Pang Yi ordered the others to resume breaking the Divine Beast Holy Land’s formation while the Demon Hall experts watched.

Huang Xiao, Li Bai, Shi Hen, and Xuanyuan Xing began searching for a way to break Mo Pozheng’s defensive formation from within while avoiding the Demon Hall. After the Three Immortal Mountains alerted the other sects, Wu Xuancang, Zuo Qiu Shu, and Xuan Tu prepared to join forces against the Demon Hall at the Divine Beast Holy Land.

• Huang Xiao proposed breaking Mo Pozheng’s defensive formation from within, and the four agreed to study separate directions and compare their findings daily.
• The Three Immortal Mountains quickly informed the sects entitled to participate in the struggle for the Soaring Immortal Fruit about the Demon Hall’s movements.
• Wu Xuancang said he would go alone from the Three Immortal Mountains, fearing the Demon Hall might use the Divine Beast Holy Land as a feint to attack his sect.
• Zuo Qiu Shu agreed to join forces with Wu Xuancang and Xuan Tu, and Xuan Tu assured her he would kill Demon Hall members if the opportunity arose.
• Wu Xuancang entrusted the Three Immortal Mountains to Zen Master Duheng and Abbess Jingluo, then set out with the others.

Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly, Feng He, Leng Guhan, and the Three Immortal Mountains converged on the Divine Beast Holy Land after the Demon Hall’s experts moved to claim the Soaring Immortal Fruit. They found a formidable formation blocking the way, and Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly waited for the other factions to arrive so they could decide what to do.

• Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly left Imperial Remnant Manor to prevent the Demon Hall from obtaining the Soaring Immortal Fruit, while Xuanyuan Song raised the manor’s defenses on the Ancestor’s orders.
• Leng Guhan set out alone for Mist Mountain to join the Three Immortal Mountains, while Jiang Pandong decided the Heavenly Evil Sect would not compete.
• Feng He chose to pursue the Soaring Immortal Fruit despite knowing that many surviving experts were stronger than him.
• Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly reached the Divine Beast Holy Land and found a grand formation that would take years to break, so she waited for allies.
• Feng He arrived and kept his distance from Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly, then the Three Immortal Mountains arrived with Leng Guhan among them.

Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly and the others discovered that the Demon Hall had concealed itself behind a newly established formation and debated whether to break through or wait. Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly suspected Huo Lian had deliberately delayed his arrival, while Xuan Tu wanted to hurry to protect the younger divine beasts.

• Zuo Qiu Shu demanded an explanation from Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly for torturing Du Fuzhou and the others, but Xuan Tu urged her to let the matter go.
• Wu Xuancang explained that Huo Lian was away on business and might not arrive for a month, prompting Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly to suspect he knew the Demon Hall's formation would delay them.
• Xuan Tu identified the formation as a recently established barrier, and everyone who examined it agreed they could not break it within a month.
• Wu Xuancang, Leng Guhan, and Feng He wondered what had happened to Huang Xiao, Li Bai, Shi Hen, and Xuanyuan Xing, who were all missing.
• Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly proposed waiting for Huo Lian or ambushing the Demon Hall for the Soaring Immortal Fruit, while Xuan Tu remained concerned for the younger divine beasts.

The group debated whether to wait for the Demon Hall’s people or break the formation while waiting for Huo Lian to return. Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly and Leng Guhan provoked Feng He into a fight, which ended with Leng Guhan revealing unexpectedly powerful Sword Qi and pressing his attack.

• Feng He agreed with Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly’s suggestion to lie in wait, while Zuo Qiu Shu objected and Fan Zhuolang proposed breaking the formation while guarding against the Demon Hall’s escape.
• Leng Guhan and Feng He argued over whether Feng He was afraid to break Kui Yong’s formation, and Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly said Leng Guhan was stronger than him.
• Wu Xuancang tried to end the dispute, but Feng He challenged Leng Guhan to a fight.
• Leng Guhan struck Feng He with Sword Qi, forcing him to retreat, then followed up with a claw attack and challenged Feng He to show his true claw force.

Leng Guhan overwhelmed Feng He in a brief exchange, and his Sword Qi struck the invisible formation, alerting Mo Pozheng that outsiders had arrived. The Demon Hall revealed the scene beyond the formation and saw seven powerful figures, while Huo Lian’s whereabouts remained unknown.

• Feng He attacked Leng Guhan with his signature Claw Force, but Leng Guhan countered with powerful Sword Qi and forced him to retreat.
• Xuan Tu stopped Leng Guhan from pursuing Feng He, and Fan Zhuolang urged everyone to focus on breaking the formation.
• Mo Pozheng sensed that someone had disturbed the formation and told Pang Ji that outsiders had arrived.
• Pang Yi led the group toward the formation’s edge, while Huang Xiao and his three companions hid nearby.
• Mo Pozheng used his techniques to reveal the scene outside, and Pang Yi saw Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly, Xuan Tu, Wu Xuancang, Fan Zhuolang, Zuo Qiu Shu, Leng Guhan, and Feng He.
• Pang Ji asked whether Huo Lian had arrived, but Mo Pozheng said he could not detect anyone who had not disturbed the formation.

Wu Xuancang and the others began attacking the formation after Feng He left, while the Demon Hall considered recruiting him. Hidden inside, Huang Xiao proposed weakening the formation by pulling out its fine needles so they could join forces with the experts outside.

• Wu Xuancang and the others agreed to break the formation, but Feng He left after admitting he could not face Leng Guhan and had no claim to the Soaring Immortal Fruit.
• Wu Xuancang worried Feng He might join the Demon Hall, but Zuo Qiu Shu and Fan Zhuolang said they could kill him later; Mo Pozheng then suggested recruiting him.
• Mo Pozheng judged the outside group’s attacks too weak to break the formation, so Pang Yi and the others left to work on the formation outside the Divine Beast Holy Land.
• Huang Xiao and his three companions, still hidden inside the formation, worried that the Soaring Immortal Fruit would ripen before the outsiders broke through.
• Huang Xiao proposed pulling fine needles from the formation to weaken it, and said the four could coordinate from inside with the experts outside.

Huang Xiao, Li Bai, Shi Hen, and Xuanyuan Xing debated whether to risk weakening the formation before the Demon Hall could reach the Soaring Immortal Fruit. Meanwhile, Feng He left Mist Mountain and encountered a powerful disguised man whose Imperishability Chapter aura revealed his connection to the Demon Hall.

• Shi Hen warned that pulling fine needles from the formation could alert Mo Pozheng, while Xuanyuan Xing rejected Huang Xiao's dangerous plan and proposed searching for weaknesses for another half month.
• Feng He left Mist Mountain in anger after realizing he had fallen behind Leng Guhan and would likely lose his share of the Soaring Immortal Fruit.
• Feng He decided to hide in the Ghost Capital and turn to the Demon Hall if Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly and the others moved against him.
• An old man in black robes appeared before Feng He and asked whether he wanted to live or die, then revealed an aura Feng He recognized as the Imperishability Chapter's Supreme Demonic Qi.