Chapter Summaries

Huo Lian revealed that he had mastered a stable sixth stage of his forbidden art and briefly demonstrated the seventh stage, persuading Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly to concede. As the group discussed Huang Xiao’s strength and need for the Longevity Pill, the formation Kui Yong had created began to ripple violently.

• Huo Lian challenged Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly and revealed that he could now use his forbidden art’s sixth stage at will, tripling his strength.
• Huo Lian explained that Huang Xiao could use the seventh stage and was nearing the eighth, while Huang Xiao privately admitted he could not yet safely use the eighth stage.
• Huo Lian briefly unleashed the seventh stage, forcing Wu Xuancang and the others to retreat before he stopped and said he could use it only once in his current condition.
• Huo Lian told Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly that Huang Xiao was their best hope against Kui Yong, and Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly conceded.
• The group noticed that Kui Yong’s previously invisible formation had begun rippling with violent fluctuations.

Huang Xiao and the others felt the formation around the Divine Beast Holy Land grow unstable, suggesting the Soaring Immortal Fruit would ripen sooner than expected. Unable to break the formation and facing Kui Yong’s likely arrival, they discussed how to delay him and buy Huang Xiao more time.

• Huang Xiao noticed Spiritual Energy tremble with the formation, but Huo Lian warned that the disturbance did not mean it would break immediately and suggested the fruit might ripen early.
• Huo Lian and the others examined the formation for three shichen, confirmed it had become unstable, and failed to find a way to break it.
• Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly warned that Pang Ji and Kui Yong could sense the disturbance, and Huo Lian agreed Kui Yong might soon emerge from the Land of Slumber.
• Huo Lian said they had little chance against Kui Yong because Huang Xiao still needed time, while Xuan Tu urged them to find a way to keep Kui Yong from easily obtaining the fruit.
• Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly argued that Kui Yong would claim the fruit after they were forced to retreat, leaving everyone troubled by the timing.

Huo Lian and the others decided to contact Zhu Fancheng inside the weakening formation and ask him to teleport the Soaring Immortal Fruit away if he obtained it. Zhu Fancheng agreed, though he could not control where the teleportation would lead, and Leng Guhan urged him to destroy the fruit if Kui Yong found him first.

• Xuan Tu proposed contacting Zhu Fancheng inside the formation and having him teleport the Soaring Immortal Fruit away if he obtained it.
• The group debated the risks of Kui Yong detecting the fruit and whether teleporting it or destroying it would be their best chance.
• Huo Lian worked for half a day and established faint contact with Zhu Fancheng inside the formation.
• Zhu Fancheng said he could teleport the fruit, perhaps with someone accompanying it, but could not determine their destination or distance.
• The group accepted the plan, and Leng Guhan told Zhu Fancheng to destroy the Soaring Immortal Fruit if Kui Yong found him first.

After the group lost contact with those inside the formation, the eight debated whether to flee or stay and face Kui Yong. They decided to wait together for him to appear for the Soaring Immortal Fruit, while Xuan Tu wondered whether the Immortal Alchemist had foreseen Kui Yong’s arrival.

• Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly warned Zhu Fancheng not to take the Soaring Immortal Fruit for himself, and Zhu Fancheng said he would not dare consume it directly.
• Xuan Tu gave instructions, and the First Clan Chief pledged to follow them and cooperate with Zhu Fancheng.
• Huo Lian said the group had exhausted its chance to contact those inside the formation, and Xuan Tu said their main objective was to get the Soaring Immortal Fruit out.
• Fan Zhuolang and others argued for withdrawing, while Leng Guhan, Huo Lian, Huang Xiao, and Xuan Tu argued that they needed to face Kui Yong; the group voted to stay.
• The group decided to remain together and wait for Kui Yong, and Xuan Tu speculated that the Immortal Alchemist’s prediction of a momentous event might have referred to Kui Yong.

Huang Xiao and the others debated the Immortal Alchemist’s unfinished business with Kui Yong while Zhu Fancheng worked out how to protect the Soaring Immortal Fruit. Zhu Fancheng still hoped to build a formation that could send both a person and the fruit away, but the plan required precise timing and scarce materials.

• Zuo Qiu Shu and the others questioned why the Immortal Alchemist had not dealt with Kui Yong, and Huang Xiao suggested he had left the matter unfinished when he disappeared.
• Huo Lian proposed laying warning formations outside the Divine Beast Holy Land, and Xuan Tu agreed that they should prepare what they could.
• Zhu Fancheng told the Four Clan Chiefs that limited materials and other restrictions left him uncertain about the formation, though he promised to do his best.
• Zhao Yunhui suggested teleporting only the Soaring Immortal Fruit if sending a person with it proved impossible, but Demon Phoenix objected that they might never find it.
• Zhu Fancheng said he would still try to send a person with the fruit, and Zhao Yunhui explained that the formation had to seize the ripe fruit and teleport it before Kui Yong arrived.

Zhu Fancheng, Zhao Yunhui, and the others planned how to seize and protect the Soaring Immortal Fruit, while Demon Phoenix and Hong Yi prepared to fight the Demon Hall. Outside the Divine Beast Holy Land, Huang Xiao began removing the Demon Refining Formula’s influence as the elders set up formations and awaited Kui Yong.

• Zhao Yunhui explained that formations and other preparations were needed to beat Kui Yong to the Soaring Immortal Fruit, and Zhu Fancheng asked her to assist him.
• Demon Phoenix argued that the group should keep the fruit from outsiders and give it to Huang Xiao, while Xiao Yan and Hong Yi warned that they might not be able to protect it.
• Demon Phoenix declared that he was prepared to die fighting the Demon Hall, and Hong Yi pulled him away after Jiang Liuli told him to keep cultivating.
• Outside the Divine Beast Holy Land, Huo Lian and the others set up formations while Huang Xiao sat aside and began neutralizing the Demon Refining Formula.
• Wu Xuancang and Xuan Tu discussed Huang Xiao’s potential and the possibility that they might not have much time left.

Huang Xiao concealed his aura after neutralizing the Demon Refining Formula, hoping to deceive Kui Yong and survive the coming confrontation. Pang Ji arrived with seven former hall masters, and Huo Lian’s words made them question whether Pang Ji had betrayed the First Hall Master.

• Huang Xiao neutralized the Demon Refining Formula and used the Spirit Turtle Fetal Breath Art to conceal his aura from Kui Yong.
• Huo Lian and the others returned after setting up formations, while Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly urged Huang Xiao to survive and grow stronger.
• The group worried about Kui Yong’s threat and about the people and divine beasts inside the Divine Beast Holy Land.
• Pang Ji arrived with the seven former hall masters, and Huo Lian confronted him about their earlier attack on the Main Hall of the Demon Hall.
• Huo Lian said they would have let Pang Ji devour Kui Yong’s internal power if they had known the truth, prompting Pang Ji and the former hall masters to react with confusion and suspicion.

Pang Ji revealed that he had killed Kui Yong and devoured his internal power, but Huo Lian and the former Hall Masters told him that the Kui Yong he killed was only a body seized ten thousand years earlier by a surviving divine beast. Pang Ji doubted their account as they urged him to wait and join them against Kui Yong’s true body.

• Pang Ji told the seven former Hall Masters that he had killed Kui Yong by devouring his internal power, and claimed they were free from returning to the Tomb Clan Territory.
• Pang Ji questioned why Huo Lian spoke for the group, and Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly said Huo Lian still had her respect.
• Huo Lian proposed that they join forces, then told Pang Ji that Kui Yong was not dead.
• Xuan Tu and Zuo Qiu Shu explained that Kui Yong’s true body was likely a divine beast and an Ancient War survivor who had possessed another body ten thousand years earlier.
• Huo Lian explained that Pang Ji had devoured the possessed body’s internal power, while Kui Yong’s true body remained alive; Pang Ji hesitated but doubted their story.
• Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly and Huang Xiao warned Pang Ji that Huo Lian could defeat him, and Pang Ji rebuked Huang Xiao.

Huo Lian persuaded Pang Ji to wait for the Soaring Immortal Fruit to ripen, warning that Kui Yong’s true body might still exist and turn the Seven Former Hall Masters against him. Huo Lian estimated that the formation would collapse in about ten days, while Qingfeng learned the fruit might ripen even sooner.

• Huo Lian and Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly warned Pang Ji that Kui Yong’s return could leave him isolated and that the Seven Former Hall Masters might abandon him.
• Xuan Tu urged Pang Ji to wait for the Soaring Immortal Fruit, and Pang Ji agreed to remain until it ripened before making his move.
• Huang Xiao reminded Huo Lian that Pang Ji should watch the Seven Former Hall Masters, but Pang Ji dismissed the warning and reassured them.
• Huo Lian estimated that the formation would collapse in about ten days, and Pang Ji welcomed the prospect of obtaining the fruit sooner.
• Qingfeng asked the Soaring Immortal Fruit whether it would ripen in just a few more days.

As the Soaring Immortal Fruit neared ripeness, Qingfeng worried about escaping with his companion while the others prepared a formation to seize the fruit. Zhu Fancheng chose Zhao Yunhui to leave with it, but the Fourth Clan Chief demanded a convincing reason for the choice.

• Qingfeng learned his companion would ripen within ten days and promised to do everything he could to protect him from the people waiting outside.
• Qingfeng watched his companion’s fruit grow red and release a fragrance while the mist around them began to disperse.
• After nine days, Zhu Fancheng and Zhao Yunhui completed a formation that might let one person leave with the Soaring Immortal Fruit if it activated successfully.
• The Demon Phoenix asked when the fruit would ripen and who would leave with it, and Zhu Fancheng said he had chosen Zhao Yunhui.
• The Fourth Clan Chief questioned Zhu Fancheng’s choice and challenged him to justify sending his disciple despite her limited individual strength.

Zhu Fancheng and Zhao Yunhui warned the Four Clan Chiefs that pursuing the Soaring Immortal Fruit could bring disaster, but the chiefs insisted on taking control of it. Zhu Fancheng agreed to let the Fourth Clan Chief replace Zhao Yunhui in the formation, then warned her that its teleportation could cost her life.

• Zhu Fancheng argued that Zhao Yunhui was the best choice to handle the formation because she had helped set it up and knew it well.
• Zhao Yunhui challenged the Four Clan Chiefs’ motives and warned them that seeking the Soaring Immortal Fruit could repeat the Divine Beast Holy Land’s tragedy from ten thousand years ago.
• The First Clan Chief said the Divine Beast Clan had to claim the fruit to protect its future, while Demon Phoenix argued that they could trust Huang Xiao; the Fourth Clan Chief silenced and immobilized him.
• The First Clan Chief demanded Zhu Fancheng’s cooperation and threatened the lives of Zhao Yunhui and the others if he resisted.
• Zhu Fancheng agreed to let one of the chiefs replace Zhao Yunhui, and the Fourth Clan Chief volunteered.
• Zhu Fancheng warned the Fourth Clan Chief that the formation’s teleportation might endanger her life, leaving her hesitant.

Zhu Fancheng prepared the Fourth Clan Chief to enter the formation and take the Soaring Immortal Fruit, while urging Zhao Yunhui to leave before the danger intensified. As the formation began to break, Pang Ji dismissed the warnings about Kui Yong, though Huo Lian and the others remained certain Kui Yong was nearby.

• Zhu Fancheng explained the formation’s precautions to the Fourth Clan Chief, who agreed to enter when he drew the Soaring Immortal Fruit into it.
• Zhu Fancheng told Zhao Yunhui to leave with the others, and she promised to go after a little while, worried about her master’s safety.
• Pang Ji, Huo Lian, Xuan Tu, and their companions waited nine days for the formation to show signs of breaking.
• A thud came from the formation, and Pang Ji prepared to seize the Soaring Immortal Fruit before attacking Huo Lian’s group.
• Huo Lian and the others warned Pang Ji that Kui Yong was nearby, but Pang Ji suspected they were trying to distract him.
• Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly challenged Kui Yong to reveal himself, and Huo Lian’s group remained convinced he was present.

Kui Yong appeared in his true body and revealed that he knew Huang Xiao had uncovered his past as a survivor of the Ancient War. After learning Huang Xiao and Huo Lian possessed six supreme treasures, Kui Yong declared that he would take them and seek the secret of gathering all seven.

• Kui Yong appeared near Huo Lian, Huang Xiao, and the others in the form of the familiar Kui Yong whose internal power Pang Ji had devoured.
• Kui Yong questioned Huang Xiao about the memory images, and Huang Xiao admitted he had seen them after stealing the Supreme Demon Core from the Supreme Demon Wall.
• Huo Lian explained how he and Huang Xiao had replaced the Supreme Demon Core to conceal its theft, angering Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly and shocking Pang Ji.
• Zuo Qiu Shu recognized the box Huang Xiao had used and asked whether Huang Xiao had obtained her lost Supreme Demon Pearl.
• Fan Zhuolang revealed that Huang Xiao and Huo Lian had six supreme treasures, and Kui Yong announced that he intended to take them all.

Huang Xiao and Huo Lian’s concealed Supreme Treasures became a point of conflict as Kui Yong prepared to fight them before the Soaring Immortal Fruit ripened. Kui Yong struck first, tearing Fan Zhuolang’s still-beating heart from his chest.

• Huang Xiao admitted he had obtained the Supreme Demon Pearl, while Huo Lian denied possessing the Supreme Evil Crystal and kept the secret of the seventh treasure hidden.
• Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly warned Huang Xiao to protect the six Supreme Treasures, and Kui Yong said he would kill them before the Soaring Immortal Fruit ripened.
• Kui Yong confronted Pang Ji about the power he had taken from Kui Yong’s possessed body, and Pang Ji agreed to join forces against him.
• The Seven Former Hall Masters sided with Kui Yong as he chose Fan Zhuolang as his first target.
• Kui Yong appeared behind Fan Zhuolang and tore out his heart, leaving him bleeding in Zuo Qiu Shu’s arms.

Kui Yong killed Fan Zhuolang and revealed that he had come from another world, where a powerful Demon God had once kept him in check. He chose to remain in the Martial World as its strongest ruler and prepared to kill the others.

• Fan Zhuolang died after asking Huang Xiao to avenge them, and Kui Yong crushed the heart he had torn out.
• Zuo Qiu Shu tried to attack Kui Yong, but Xuan Tu restrained her and warned her that she was no match for him.
• Kui Yong explained that he had slaughtered the Divine Beast Holy Land because its inhabitants were weak, and he discussed Zuo Qiu Yi’s disappearance and the possibility of another world.
• Huang Xiao and the others learned that Kui Yong had served a powerful Demon God as a demon general and had obtained the Supreme Demon Saber and Supreme Demon Core.
• Kui Yong said he preferred ruling the Martial World to returning to his former world, then warned the group that he would kill them and hinted that he would torment some of them first.

Kui Yong overwhelmed the group and targeted Huo Lian, while Huang Xiao used the fact that Kui Yong wanted the Longevity Chapter to shield him. Huang Xiao realized he might need to risk the eighth stage of Heavenly Demon Disintegration to buy time until the Soaring Immortal Fruit ripened.

• Kui Yong killed Fan Zhuolang with ease, and Xuan Tu urged everyone to close ranks against him.
• Huo Lian argued that the group should hold together until the Soaring Immortal Fruit ripened, despite the danger of staying.
• When Kui Yong attacked Huo Lian, Huang Xiao intervened and took a palm strike, surviving because Kui Yong still wanted the Longevity Chapter.
• Kui Yong warned that Huang Xiao could not keep blocking his attacks and declared Huo Lian his next target.
• Huang Xiao concluded that he might need to use the eighth stage of Heavenly Demon Disintegration to delay Kui Yong until the fruit ripened.

Huang Xiao and the others entered the Divine Beast Holy Land when Kui Yong’s formation broke, but a hidden formation created by Zhu Fancheng stopped Kui Yong from following. As the Soaring Immortal Fruit neared ripeness, the group set out to reach it before Kui Yong could break through.

• Huang Xiao prepared to unleash the eighth stage of Heavenly Demon Disintegration, but the formation blocking the Divine Beast Holy Land suddenly broke.
• Huang Xiao and the others rushed inside, while Kui Yong was bounced back by Zhu Fancheng’s concealed formation and tried to shatter it by force.
• Zuo Qiu Shu questioned their decision to enter, and Huo Lian’s rebuke helped Leng Guhan regain his resolve and strengthen his ruthlessness Dao.
• Huo Lian and Xuan Tu urged everyone to stop Kui Yong from obtaining the Soaring Immortal Fruit, and Wu Xuancang led them toward the Soaring Immortal Land.
• The First Clan Chief warned Zhu Fancheng that Kui Yong’s formation had broken, and Zhu Fancheng prepared for the fruit to ripen soon.

As Kui Yong broke through the formations around the Soaring Immortal Land, Zhu Fancheng urged the younger group to flee and prepared to transfer the Soaring Immortal Fruit to the Fourth Clan Chief. Huang Xiao and his companions arrived just as the final formation seal broke, and the chapter ended with an unexpected figure appearing through the clearing mist.

• The First, Second, and Third Clan Chiefs prepared to leave, while Zhu Fancheng stayed behind to protect the Soaring Immortal Fruit and warned Zhao Yunhui and the others to flee.
• Zhu Fancheng discovered that Kui Yong had broken his formation in three strikes, and Huang Xiao arrived with Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly, Huo Lian, and the others.
• Zhao Yunhui, Demon Phoenix, Hong Yi, and the other women rushed outside while Huang Xiao and the elders stayed behind.
• The formation seal over the Soaring Immortal Land faded and broke as Kui Yong roared that he would stop them from succeeding.
• Zhu Fancheng prepared to transfer the Soaring Immortal Fruit to the Fourth Clan Chief, prompting Huo Lian to question his choice.
• The mist dispersed, revealing a figure inside the Soaring Immortal Land.

Qingfeng obtained the ripened Soaring Immortal Fruit, but Kui Yong attacked to seize it. Huang Xiao used a formation to transport Qingfeng away from danger, leaving the Fourth Clan Chief empty-handed.

• Qingfeng appeared beside the Soaring Immortal Grass holding the ripened Soaring Immortal Fruit, shocking Kui Yong and the others.
• Kui Yong charged at Qingfeng and demanded that he hand over the fruit, while the Fourth Clan Chief urged Zhu Fancheng to prevent Kui Yong from getting it.
• Zhu Fancheng activated the formation, and Huang Xiao told Qingfeng not to resist as it transported him away.
• Qingfeng arrived in front of Huang Xiao and the others and prepared to flee with the Soaring Immortal Fruit.
• The Fourth Clan Chief rushed into the formation to seize Qingfeng and the fruit, but Qingfeng had already disappeared.

Zhu Fancheng teleported the Soaring Immortal Fruit away, but Kui Yong tracked the person carrying it and sent Mo Pozheng and seven others to retrieve it. Huo Lian and the others escaped through Zhu Fancheng’s formations and headed east, knowing Kui Yong would soon catch up.

• Zhu Fancheng transported the Soaring Immortal Fruit with its carrier, but Kui Yong revealed that his formation could track the carrier’s movements.
• Kui Yong sent Mo Pozheng and seven others east to seize the fruit while he tried to eliminate Huo Lian and the others.
• Huo Lian led the group toward the east, and Zhu Fancheng activated layers of formations that delayed Kui Yong long enough for them to escape.
• Xuanyuan Jade Butterfly praised Zhu Fancheng and insulted his ancestor Fan Zhuolang, prompting Zuo Qiu Shu to defend the dead man.
• Huo Lian realized Kui Yong had revealed the fruit’s location because he was sure they could not escape, while Zhu Fancheng warned that his formations had bought them very little time.