Chapter Summaries

Huo Lian arrived to help Huang Xiao and the others face Kui Yong, carrying a hardened imitation Supreme Demon Saber forged without a saber soul. Kui Yong prepared to fight them all, while Huo Lian questioned whether his strength had fallen below its former peak.

• Kui Yong recovered the Supreme Demon Saber after dodging Huo Lian's blast of Saber Force.
• Huo Lian joined Huang Xiao and the others, and Wu Xuancang rebuked him for arriving late.
• Huo Lian revealed that he had obtained an exceptionally hard imitation saber without a saber soul to resist the Supreme Demon Saber's power.
• Kui Yong challenged Huo Lian to test the imitation saber and threatened to finish everyone off together.
• Huo Lian questioned why Kui Yong had not killed anyone, and Huang Xiao said Kui Yong had claimed he was toying with them.

Huo Lian and the others confronted Kui Yong after discovering they had a chance to fight him, and Huo Lian blocked Kui Yong’s powerful slash at the cost of an injury. As Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly and Wu Xuancang continued the attack, Huo Lian began healing and considered attempting the sixth stage to raise his strength.

• Huo Lian confirmed that the Divine Beast Holy Land’s formation had been reinforced and agreed with Huang Xiao that Kui Yong was not at his former strength.
• Kui Yong raised the Supreme Demon Saber’s power and charged Huo Lian, Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly, and Wu Xuancang.
• Huo Lian blocked Kui Yong’s slash with an Imitation Saber, but the exchange weakened Kui Yong’s aura and left Huo Lian injured.
• Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly and Wu Xuancang attacked Kui Yong while Huo Lian stayed back to recover.
• Huo Lian used the Longevity Chapter to heal quickly and considered attempting the sixth stage to increase his strength.

Kui Yong gained the upper hand against Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly and Wu Xuancang as Feng He joined his side, worsening the battle for Huang Xiao's allies. Meanwhile, Fan Zhuolang was wounded while trying to protect Zuo Qiu Shu, and Leng Guhan and Xuanyuan Xing faced Pang Ji, who was surprised by Leng Guhan's swordsmanship.

• Kui Yong overwhelmed Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly and Wu Xuancang with his Supreme Demon Saber, driving them back and worsening their injuries.
• Feng He answered Kui Yong's call by attacking Huang Xiao, hoping to gain favor with the Demon Hall and settle old grudges.
• Mo Pozheng struck Zuo Qiu Shu and pursued her, while Li Bai rushed to stop him; Fan Zhuolang was distracted and took a heavy punch from the Third Hall Master.
• Pang Ji taunted Xuanyuan Xing for retreating, and Leng Guhan charged at Pang Ji without backing down.
• Xuanyuan Xing joined Leng Guhan against Pang Ji, whose Imitation Saber clashed with Leng Guhan's Zhanlu Sword and revealed the strength of Leng Guhan's swordsmanship.

Leng Guhan, Li Bai, and Xuanyuan Xing helped their allies hold the line, while Huang Xiao endured attacks from Pang Yi and Feng He. With Huo Lian’s injuries mostly healed, he entered the fight as his side’s last hope against Kui Yong.

• Leng Guhan’s stronger Swordsmanship and Xuanyuan Xing’s attacks helped stabilize their fight, while Li Bai intervened to save Zuo Qiu Shu from Mo Pozheng.
• Li Bai and Zuo Qiu Shu resumed fighting Mo Pozheng, who judged that neither could defeat him.
• Pang Yi and Feng He wounded Huang Xiao, but he endured their combined attacks and hoped the Patriarch would recover.
• Huo Lian stopped healing and prepared to join the battle after realizing the others were in danger.
• Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly urged Huo Lian to recover longer, but he said he had more or less recovered.

Huo Lian joined Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly and Wu Xuancang for a final assault on Kui Yong, hoping to break through to the Sixth Stage of Heavenly Demon Disintegration and strike him down. As the three attacked together, Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly trusted Huo Lian with the final exchange, while Kui Yong met their attacks with the Supreme Demon Saber.

• Huo Lian asked Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly and Wu Xuancang to help wear Kui Yong down while he prepared to deliver the final strike.
• Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly agreed to let Huo Lian make the final attempt, though she warned she could still raise her own strength if she staked everything.
• Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly and Wu Xuancang attacked Kui Yong together, draining some of his internal power as Huo Lian recognized that Kui Yong was forcing himself to appear strong.
• Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly committed fully to her attack, and Huo Lian unleashed the Fifth Layer of Heavenly Demon Disintegration and drove toward the Sixth Stage despite the damage to his body.
• Wu Xuancang clashed palms with Kui Yong while Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly attacked from behind with her Flexible Sword, which Kui Yong blocked with the Supreme Demon Saber.

Kui Yong overwhelmed Wu Xuancang and Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly before turning his full attention to Huo Lian, who unleashed the sixth stage of Heavenly Demon Disintegration in their saber clash. Huo Lian’s sudden surge in power shocked Kui Yong and gave Huang Xiao hope that he could contend with him.

• Kui Yong saw through Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly’s Sword of Formlessness and blocked her ultimate move.
• Kui Yong drove Wu Xuancang back with a burst of force, leaving him injured and unable to fight.
• Kui Yong broke through Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly’s defense and cut her right arm as she retreated.
• Huo Lian challenged Kui Yong and unleashed the Heavenly Demon Indestructible Saber, drawing on Heavenly Demon Disintegration.
• Huo Lian’s aura surged during the clash, and Huang Xiao realized he had reached the sixth stage of Heavenly Demon Disintegration.

Huo Lian unleashed the sixth stage of Heavenly Demon Disintegration and gained the upper hand over Kui Yong, forcing the Demon Hall’s fighters to try to intervene. Huo Lian believed he could kill Kui Yong before his power ran out, while his allies held back the attackers.

• Huo Lian’s surging power invaded Kui Yong’s right-hand meridians, and Kui Yong realized his current strength could not match him.
• Huo Lian attacked with the Imitation Saber, while Kui Yong’s Supreme Demon Saber and hidden saber soul helped him resist.
• Kui Yong retreated under Huo Lian’s advancing blows, and the Demon Hall’s fighters realized their First Hall Master was being overpowered.
• Xuan Tu, Fan Zhuolang, and Shi Hen held off the Former Hall Masters, while Zuo Qiu Shu and Li Bai blocked Mo Pozheng from reaching Huo Lian.
• Huo Lian drove Kui Yong back nearly one zhang and concluded that he could kill him while the sixth stage of Heavenly Demon Disintegration lasted.

Kui Yong tried to retreat with the Demon Hall forces into the Divine Beast Holy Land after Huo Lian’s power outlasted his own, but Pang Yi was thrown back when the formation blocked him. Huo Lian realized Zhu Fancheng had strengthened the formation and urged him to keep it sealed, buying their side time.

• Huo Lian continued attacking Kui Yong, who dodged to wear him down while claiming Huo Lian’s power depended on a forbidden art.
• After a quarter of an hour, Kui Yong’s boosted strength began to falter while Huo Lian’s aura remained strong, so Kui Yong ordered the Demon Hall forces to retreat into the Divine Beast Holy Land.
• Huang Xiao chased Pang Yi but could not stop him from reaching Kui Yong, and Huo Lian charged after them in an attempt to prevent their escape.
• Kui Yong opened a gap in the formation, but Pang Yi was thrown back when he tried to enter.
• Huo Lian laughed and called to Zhu Fancheng to keep strengthening the formation and prevent anyone outside from entering.

Zhao Yunhui warned Zhu Fancheng and the Four Clan Chiefs that the formation outside the Divine Beast Holy Land might be breaking because someone was attacking it, and that the people outside could have hostile intentions. Zhu Fancheng agreed that the Demon Hall might be preparing to capture the divine beasts, leaving everyone troubled as Kui Yong’s formation began to fail.

• Kui Yong failed to break Zhu Fancheng’s formation behind his own, and Pang Yi was thrown back when he tried to enter.
• The Four Clan Chiefs brought Zhu Fancheng, Zhao Yunhui, and their companions to inspect changes in Kui Yong’s formation.
• Zhu Fancheng said the formation could break at any moment, though its sudden deterioration surprised him.
• Zhao Yunhui warned that the formation’s collapse might not be good because they did not know who was breaking it from outside.
• Zhu Fancheng cautioned that the Demon Hall could be planning to capture the divine beasts, and the Four Clan Chiefs fell silent.

Zhu Fancheng and Zhao Yunhui reinforced a defensive formation inside Kui Yong's seal to keep the Demon Hall from entering the Divine Beast Holy Land. When Kui Yong's people began attacking it, the formation held long enough for Huo Lian and his allies to strike at the Demon Hall.

• Zhu Fancheng persuaded the clan chiefs to help him build a defensive formation inside Kui Yong's formation.
• Kui Yong's formation repaired itself and became more stable, leaving Zhu Fancheng to suspect that someone outside had altered it.
• A gap appeared in Kui Yong's formation, revealing Pang Yi and the powerful Demon Hall experts outside, while Pang Yi bounced off Zhu Fancheng's defense.
• An unknown formation expert struck Zhu Fancheng's formation and made it shudder, so Zhu Fancheng and Zhao Yunhui rushed to repair it.
• Huo Lian saw the defense hold and charged Kui Yong, while Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly and the others attacked the Demon Hall's ranks.

Kui Yong abandoned his attempt to enter the Divine Beast Holy Land after Huo Lian wounded him, and the Demon Hall forces retreated. Huo Lian pursued them, then turned on the abandoned Feng He, who narrowly dodged his second slash after his internal power surged.

• Kui Yong fled Huo Lian’s attack, and the formation’s opening closed before he could enter the Divine Beast Holy Land.
• Kui Yong ordered the Demon Hall forces to retreat, and Feng He followed behind them.
• Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly urged Huo Lian not to pursue, but Huo Lian chased the retreating group and struck at them from behind.
• Feng He stopped and tried to explain himself, but Huo Lian attacked him, forcing him to dodge.
• Huo Lian slashed at Feng He again, and Feng He’s internal power surged enough for him to narrowly evade the strike.

Huo Lian defeated Feng He but suffered severe aftereffects from using the sixth stage of Heavenly Demon Disintegration, so Huang Xiao guarded him as he began to heal. Huo Lian’s aura started to strengthen, though his true qi was still running rampant, leaving his allies worried about his recovery and the next clash with Kui Yong.

• Huo Lian severed Feng He's right arm and crushed his chest with a kick, then stopped Zuo Qiu Shu from killing him because he still had a use for him.
• Huo Lian called for Huang Xiao to guard him and sat down to heal, while Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly and the others escorted Feng He back to the Divine Beast Holy Land's formation.
• Huang Xiao sensed Huo Lian's aura weaken after the Patriarch used the sixth stage of Heavenly Demon Disintegration, and feared the aftereffects might endanger his life.
• Huo Lian's aura gradually strengthened, but Huang Xiao sensed that his true qi was in disarray and watched closely without intervening.
• Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly and the others worried that Huo Lian might not recover fully before Kui Yong returned to face them at full strength.

Huo Lian recovered from the backlash of using the Sixth Stage of Heavenly Demon Disintegration and warned that he could not defeat Kui Yong at full strength. The group discussed how to protect the Divine Beast Holy Land and concluded they likely had time before Kui Yong and the Demon Hall returned.

• Huo Lian woke after three shichen and assured Huang Xiao, Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly, and the others that his strength would recover.
• Fan Zhuolang praised Huo Lian as the second greatest under heaven, but Huo Lian warned that his power would not be enough against Kui Yong at full strength.
• Feng He offered to join them, but Zuo Qiu Shu kicked him aside and Fan Zhuolang dismissed his promise to swear an oath.
• Wu Xuancang asked how they could guard the reinforced formation, and Huo Lian admitted he could no longer enter it or match Kui Yong once Kui Yong recovered.
• Xuan Tu reasoned that Kui Yong needed time to heal and regain his strength, while Leng Guhan noted the Demon Hall was waiting for the Soaring Immortal Fruit to ripen.
• Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly asked whether they therefore no longer needed to stay and guard the fruit.

The group decided to guard the Divine Beast Holy Land in rotating shifts and prepare formations to delay Kui Yong until the Soaring Immortal Fruit ripened. Xuan Tu then privately summoned Huo Lian and Huang Xiao and began setting up soundproof formations before speaking.

• Huo Lian argued that the group needed to keep watch because Zhu Fancheng might cause the formation to break early or the Soaring Immortal Fruit to ripen ahead of schedule.
• Xuan Tu proposed that one of the strongest fighters stay at the Holy Land, and he agreed to guard it himself while the others took turns.
• Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly proposed enclosing the Holy Land with grand formations, and the group agreed to gather their sects' resources to build them.
• Huo Lian proposed one-month guard shifts and asked to serve fourth so he could continue recovering from his injuries.
• Xuan Tu asked Huo Lian and Huang Xiao to speak with him privately, then set up several Soundproof Formations.

Xuan Tu explained how he recognized Huang Xiao’s mastery of the Longevity Chapter and why he had not sensed Huo Lian’s incomplete cultivation. After Huo Lian asked for help igniting his heart fire, Xuan Tu warned that he might never be able to ignite it.

• Xuan Tu confirmed that Huang Xiao had learned the Longevity Chapter and explained that his own knowledge came from Zuo Qiu Yi.
• Xuan Tu said Huo Lian had only scratched the surface of the Longevity Chapter and had not ignited his heart fire.
• Xuan Tu explained that Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly did not know the scripture’s secrets because Zuo Qiu Yi had not shared them with her.
• Huo Lian asked Xuan Tu to guide them on the Longevity and Imperishability Chapters, but Xuan Tu said he knew too little to help much.
• Xuan Tu told Huo Lian that he might never be able to ignite his heart fire.

Xuan Tu told Huo Lian that his age likely prevented him from fully mastering the Longevity Chapter and awakening Heart Fire, then proposed using Huang Xiao’s healing ability to endure a higher stage of Heavenly Demon Disintegration against Kui Yong. The chapter ended with Xuan Tu believing Huang Xiao could withstand the forbidden art’s seventh stage.

• Xuan Tu explained that age and affinity for Different Flames affected whether someone could awaken Heart Fire, and said Huo Lian was too old to master the Longevity Chapter fully.
• Huo Lian admitted he had failed to awaken Heart Fire and was unlikely to do so before Kui Yong recovered his peak strength.
• Xuan Tu proposed a way to fight Kui Yong and confirmed that Huo Lian had taught Huang Xiao the entire Heavenly Demon Disintegration method.
• Huo Lian explained that its sixth stage had nearly killed him, while Huang Xiao had only advanced slightly beyond its fifth layer.
• Xuan Tu argued that Huang Xiao’s stronger Wound Healing and potential mastery of the Longevity Chapter could let him survive the seventh stage.

Xuan Tu argued that Huang Xiao could use the Longevity Chapter and Longevity Pills to survive Kui Yong’s attacks, since the chapter could counter the Imperishability Chapter when both were fully mastered. The group settled on concentrating the pills on Huang Xiao, though Huo Lian recognized that persuading the others would be difficult.

• Huang Xiao told Xuan Tu and Huo Lian that he could not master the Longevity Chapter quickly enough to face Kui Yong.
• Huo Lian admitted that Kui Yong’s power had left him with little hope of defeating him.
• Xuan Tu explained that the Longevity Chapter could counter the Imperishability Chapter and protect Huang Xiao if he advanced far enough.
• Xuan Tu proposed refining the Soaring Immortal Fruit into Longevity Pills and concentrating them on Huang Xiao.
• Xuan Tu said Huang Xiao should use the pills and Longevity Chapter to endure Kui Yong and withstand the later stages of Huo Lian’s Heavenly Demon Disintegration.
• Huo Lian agreed that the group would have to consider Xuan Tu’s plan, but warned that the others might not accept it easily.

Xuan Tu, Huo Lian, and Huang Xiao discussed how Huang Xiao’s Longevity Chapter could eventually help defeat Kui Yong, then revealed it to the others as the group considered its plans. The chapter left Huang Xiao burdened with the responsibility of becoming strong enough to face Kui Yong.

• Xuan Tu and Huo Lian weighed the risks of telling the others that Huang Xiao possessed the Longevity Chapter, and agreed not to reveal its cultivation method.
• Xuan Tu explained that Huang Xiao could use the Longevity Chapter to grow stronger and wear Kui Yong down, while Huo Lian said obtaining the Soaring Immortal Fruit remained crucial.
• Xuan Tu asked whether the Demon Refining Formula inside Huang Xiao could be neutralized, and Huo Lian assured him it could be handled when the time came.
• After returning, Xuan Tu told the group that Huang Xiao—not Huo Lian—had the best chance of defeating Kui Yong and revealed that Huang Xiao possessed the Longevity Chapter.
• Wu Xuancang and the others realized the Longevity Chapter explained Huang Xiao’s unusually rapid recovery from injuries.

Xuan Tu argued that the group should give Huang Xiao the Soaring Immortal Fruit and Longevity Pills so the Longevity Chapter could help him prepare to face Kui Yong. The others remained hesitant, but Xuan Tu warned that Kui Yong must not obtain the fruit because it could let him unleash the full power of the Imperishability Chapter.

• Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly proposed sharing the Longevity Chapter to improve everyone's chances against Kui Yong, but Xuan Tu said only Huang Xiao could master it because of its age requirements.
• Wu Xuancang asked whether the Soaring Immortal Fruit should go to Huang Xiao, and Xuan Tu argued that divided shares or pills would do little to strengthen the others against Kui Yong.
• Fan Zhuolang questioned whether their sacrifices would simply benefit Huang Xiao, while Xuan Tu insisted that Huang Xiao was their best chance of survival.
• After the group failed to suggest a better plan, Xuan Tu warned that Kui Yong could use Longevity Pills to counter the aftereffects of the Imperishability Chapter and become even more powerful.
• Leng Guhan learned that Kui Yong might not master the Longevity Chapter even if he obtained it, but the Soaring Immortal Fruit could give him tangible benefits once refined into pills.

The group agreed to guard the Soaring Immortal Fruit and prepare for their fight against Kui Yong. Huo Lian and Huang Xiao planned to enter the Ghost Capital with Feng He, while Huo Lian revealed his plans to forge a powerful demon saber; Leng Guhan also agreed to retrieve Seven-Star Dragon Abyss for a suitable wielder.

• Leng Guhan, Wu Xuancang, Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly, Fan Zhuolang, Zuo Qiu Shu, and the others accepted Xuan Tu's proposal and agreed to protect the Soaring Immortal Fruit.
• Fan Zhuolang stayed to guard the fruit, while Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly and Wu Xuancang planned to return after handling other affairs; Huo Lian said he needed time to heal and deal with other matters.
• Huo Lian revealed that he and Huang Xiao planned to take Feng He into the Ghost Capital using the Supreme Ghost Stele and recover the Ghost Spirit Sect's possessions.
• Huo Lian said he was reforging a demon saber using the Ou Family's Saber Blank and claimed he had preparations to address the challenge of creating a powerful saber soul.
• Wu Xuancang proposed that the alliance borrow Seven-Star Dragon Abyss from the Heavenly Sword Sect, and Leng Guhan agreed to retrieve it.
• Xuanyuan Xing claimed he could master Seven-Star Dragon Abyss, and Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly warned him not to underestimate the divine weapon.