Chapter Summaries

Huang Xiao examined the Inscribed Formation and found that its many formations were difficult to fuse within the existing framework. He urged Zhu Qingquan to start over, leaving Zhu Qingquan to consider whether the Zhu Family’s work had been wasted.

• Zhu Qingquan showed Huang Xiao the Inscribed Formation and explained that its main formations and more than a hundred auxiliary formations could not be fused effectively.
• Huang Xiao studied the formation as Zhu Qingquan activated it with spirit crystal marrow, then said he had gained some understanding of it.
• Zhu Qingquan asked Huang Xiao to tell Xuan Yuanjun about the problem and warn him against adding more formations.
• Huang Xiao proposed sorting the formations into more categories, but Zhu Qingquan said the existing framework made that difficult.
• Huang Xiao argued that they should start over rather than continue with a framework that could not accommodate the changes.
• Zhu Qingquan cursed Xuan Yuanjun and lamented the effort the Zhu Family had invested in the Inscribed Formations.

Huang Xiao helped Zhu Qingquan reorganize the auxiliary formations, and Xuan Yuanjun approved their plan to forge them anew in eight groups. Zhu Qingquan revealed that completing the supreme treasure and divine weapon imitations required vast spiritual energy, so they would wait for Jiang Hengdao to activate his Grand Formation and draw on its energy.

• Huang Xiao sorted the auxiliary formations into eight categories and suggested forging them as small formations to combine with the two main formations.
• Zhu Qingquan consulted Xuan Yuanjun, who approved the plan but asked whether there was enough time to start over.
• Zhu Qingquan estimated the new formations would take about as long to forge as the previous ones.
• Huang Xiao learned that the supreme treasure and divine weapon imitations were at their final stage but needed an enormous amount of spiritual energy.
• Zhu Qingquan said they would wait for Jiang Hengdao to activate his Grand Formation, which would leave them several years to finish the imitations.

Huang Xiao learned that the Zhu Family had prepared a formation to draw in Spiritual Energy of Heaven and Earth when Jiang Hengdao’s grand formation activated. The energy began fluctuating, and Zhu Qingquan activated the Zhu Family’s formation to nurture imitations of supreme treasures and divine weapons, leaving them to wait as Jiang Hengdao’s plan began.

• Zhu Qingquan explained that Xuan Yuanjun had secretly prepared a formation that could borrow the force of Jiang Hengdao’s formation and draw in spiritual energy.
• Zhu Qingquan asked Huang Xiao to stay and help check the formations while he reforged the Inscribed Grand Formation, and Huang Xiao agreed.
• The Spiritual Energy of Heaven and Earth began fluctuating violently, and Zhu Qingquan hurried Huang Xiao to the forging chamber.
• Zhu Qingquan activated the formation around the imitations, and seven kinds of origin flame surged as spiritual energy poured in.
• Huang Xiao realized Jiang Hengdao had made his move earlier than expected, while Zhu Qingquan argued that drawing in some energy could weaken Jiang Hengdao’s formations and help the Immortal Spirit Domain.

Huang Xiao and Zhu Qingquan discussed Jiang Hengdao’s newly activated Grand Formation and concluded that this was only the beginning, with Jiang Hengdao likely needing to visit other major formation sites before the formation could be fully activated. Huang Xiao headed for the Spirit Land Grand Formation in the Central Desert, where he witnessed the growing chaos caused by the upheaval in Spiritual Energy.

• Zhu Qingquan urged Huang Xiao to investigate the Spirit Land Grand Formation at the Last Spirit Land and report his findings to Xuan Yuanjun.
• Huang Xiao reasoned that Jiang Hengdao would likely need to visit multiple formation sites, so the site where he ultimately remained would be the crucial one.
• Zhu Qingquan worried that the Demon God might reconsider supporting the Vortex Grand Formation after Jiang Hengdao activated the formation in the Central Desert.
• Huang Xiao left the Zhu Family and traveled back toward the Central Desert.
• On the way, Huang Xiao saw people suffering Qi Deviation from the disturbed Spiritual Energy and killing one another.

Huang Xiao visited the Last Spirit Land to learn what the Demon God and the others had discovered about Jiang Hengdao’s activated formation. Jiang Hengdao confirmed that he sought Zuo Qiu Yi’s longevity true qi and urged him to kill himself before he could be captured.

• Huang Xiao passed through the Central Desert under the ancestors’ orders and arrived at the Last Spirit Land to report that Senior Zhu had resolved the Inscribed Formation problem.
• The Demon God, Xun Wuying, and Shentu Kuanglang told Huang Xiao that they had found no useful information about the Spirit Land Grand Formation despite studying it with formation experts.
• The Demon God assured Huang Xiao that he would keep his promise to Xuan Yuanjun and focus on the Vortex Grand Formation, while believing Jiang Hengdao would eventually have to go there.
• Jiang Hengdao spoke from within the formation, mocked the Demon God’s presence, and explained that the Vortex Formation was the Transfer Grand Formation connecting the two domains.
• Jiang Hengdao told Huang Xiao to warn Zuo Qiu Yi that he still wanted his longevity true qi and advised him to kill himself before Jiang Hengdao captured him.

Huang Xiao carried the Demon God's warning about the Sea Vortex Grand Formation and Zuo Qiu Yi to Xuan Yuanjun. The Demon God and his allies debated why Jiang Hengdao had urged Zuo Qiu Yi to take his own life, and the Demon God decided Zuo Qiu Yi should die before Jiang Hengdao could benefit from him.

• Jiang Hengdao taunted the Demon God and said he would later visit the Sea Vortex Grand Formation.
• The Demon God told Huang Xiao to urge Xuan Yuanjun to focus on breaking the formation and to mention Zuo Qiu Yi.
• After Huang Xiao left, the Demon God, Xun Wuying, and Shentu Kuanglang discussed why Jiang Hengdao had raised the possibility of Zuo Qiu Yi taking his own life.
• The Demon God said Zuo Qiu Yi should die, arguing that an early death would leave Jiang Hengdao no opportunity to benefit from him.
• The Demon God warned that Zuo Qiu Yi could become a hidden danger if he fell into Jiang Hengdao's hands.

Xuan Yuanjun and the others discussed Jiang Hengdao’s warning that Zuo Qiu Yi should die, suspecting it was meant to divide them from the Demon God’s group. Xuan Yuanjun chose to hold firm and preserve the alliance, while Huang Xiao reported that Zhu Qingquan had begun recasting the Inscribed Formation.

• Xun Wuying and Shentu Kuanglang concluded that the Demon God still favored letting Zuo Qiu Yi die because keeping him alive could benefit Jiang Hengdao.
• Huang Xiao told Xuan Yuanjun that Jiang Hengdao had urged Senior Immortal Alchemist to take his own life, leaving Xuan Yuanjun uncertain how the Demon God’s group would respond.
• Zuo Qiu Yi insisted that he would live to see Jiang Hengdao’s downfall, while Xuan Yuanjun suspected Jiang Hengdao was trying to provoke conflict between their groups.
• Xuan Yuanjun said he would not sacrifice Zuo Qiu Yi to preserve the alliance and reasoned that the Demon God would not risk facing Jiang Hengdao alone.
• Huang Xiao reported that Zhu Qingquan had begun recasting the Inscribed Formation, and Xuan Yuanjun said the work could still be completed in time.

Huang Xiao returned from discussing the Inscribed Formation with Xuan Yuanjun, while Zhao Yunhui stayed behind to study formations with her sisters. After Demon Phoenix gathered wine for the weapon spirits, Huang Xiao joined Xuan Yuanjun and the others on their journey to the Vortex Grand Formation to seek insight into the Great Dao.

• Zuo Qiu Yi and Xuan Yuanjun decided that Zhu Qingquan would need to fuse additional indispensable formations, despite the added difficulty.
• Zhao Yunhui stayed to practice the Combined Strike Method with her sisters as Xuan Yuanjun and the others left to investigate the Vortex Grand Formation.
• Huang Xiao returned to the island and advised Demon Phoenix to tolerate the Supreme Demon Saber's saber soul, then told him that Jiang Hengdao had activated the grand formation.
• Huang Xiao gave Demon Phoenix more than a dozen jars of wine, which Demon Phoenix took to share with the saber and sword souls.
• After two days, Huang Xiao traveled with Xuan Yuanjun and the others to the Vortex Grand Formation to study the Great Dao and seek insight into his treatises.

Huang Xiao and the others confirmed that Jiang Hengdao’s formation was transmitting spiritual energy from the Immortal Spirit Domain to the Creation Sect, which they believed housed the final Core Grand Formation. When the Demon God demanded that Zuo Qiu Yi die to deny Jiang Hengdao his Longevity True Qi, Xuan Yuanjun rejected the demand.

• The Vortex Grand Formation stabilized, and Xuan Yuanjun explained that Jiang Hengdao had begun its second stage: transmitting spiritual energy from the Immortal Spirit Domain.
• Xuan Yuanjun estimated that the grand formation might be fully activated within five years, though he warned that this was an optimistic estimate.
• The formation’s spiritual energy density increased, and Zhao Yunhui confirmed that the Creation Sect had received the transmitted energy.
• Huang Xiao concluded that the Creation Sect was the location of the final Core Grand Formation, and the Demon God and his companions arrived.
• The Demon God demanded that Zuo Qiu Yi kill himself to prevent Jiang Hengdao from obtaining Longevity True Qi, but Xuan Yuanjun refused and questioned whether the sacrifice would help.

Xuan Yuanjun refused the Demon God's demand to kill Zuo Qiu Yi and then discussed whether to change their target from the Vortex Grand Formation to the Creation Sect. He kept their agreed-upon target, while warning that Jiang Hengdao might activate his grand formations within five years.

• The Demon God argued that Zuo Qiu Yi had to die to thwart Jiang Hengdao, but Xuan Yuanjun refused and said he would not stop the Demon God from acting on his own.
• The Demon God accused Xuan Yuanjun of risking their failure, then turned his attention to changes in the Vortex Grand Formation.
• Xuan Yuanjun explained that the formation was relaying spiritual energy from the Immortal Spirit Domain to the Creation Sect, and the Demon God argued this did not prove the Creation Sect was the core target.
• Xuan Yuanjun said he would not change their chosen location and maintained that breaking the Vortex Grand Formation was important to thwarting Jiang Hengdao.
• Xuan Yuanjun estimated that Jiang Hengdao would activate the grand formations within five years and said they needed a few more years before beginning to break the Vortex Grand Formation.

Xuan Yuanjun and the Demon God prepared for Jiang Hengdao’s Grand Formation to reach full activation, gathering allies and arranging Inscribed Formations across both domains. More than four years later, the preparations were complete, but Jiang Hengdao’s whereabouts remained unknown as the Spiritual Energy of Heaven and Earth reached a critical balance.

• Xuan Yuanjun and the Demon God agreed to work together against Jiang Hengdao and to settle who was stronger during the battle.
• Xuan Yuanjun asked the Demon God to spare Du Mei, and the Demon God agreed.
• More than four years passed, and the Demon God, Zhu Qingquan, and other allies gathered at the Vortex Grand Formation while Inscribed Formations were set up across the Immortal Spirit Domain and the Desolate Domain.
• Xuan Yuanjun said the Spiritual Energy of Heaven and Earth had reached a balance between the domains, making Jiang Hengdao’s full activation of the Grand Formation unavoidable.
• The Demon God asked whether Jiang Hengdao had arrived, and Xuan Yuanjun said he did not know; the Demon God wondered if Jiang Hengdao had gone to the Creation Sect or remained inside the Grand Formation at the Last Spirit Land.

Xuan Yuanjun concluded that Jiang Hengdao was likely inside the Vortex Grand Formation, and the group prepared to break it. When Jiang Hengdao revealed himself and announced that his Grand Formation was nearing full activation, Xuan Yuanjun activated the Inscribed Grand Formations, beginning their attempt to unravel it.

• Xuan Yuanjun said Jiang Hengdao might have teleported into the Vortex Grand Formation, with the formation's ongoing transport of Spiritual Energy of Heaven and Earth masking his arrival.
• Xuan Yuanjun removed the isolation formation and arranged the seven great Inscribed Formations, along with separate formations formed by himself and the Minghong Saber.
• The group noticed the Vortex Grand Formation had stopped transporting Spiritual Energy of Heaven and Earth, and considered whether Jiang Hengdao had intervened or the domains' energy levels had equalized.
• Jiang Hengdao laughed from within the Vortex Grand Formation, confirmed he was there, and warned the group that it was too late to stop him.
• The Demon God urged Xuan Yuanjun to act, and Zuo Qiu Yi pushed him to set aside his misgivings.
• Xuan Yuanjun activated the Inscribed Grand Formations, starting the group's attempt to unravel Jiang Hengdao's Grand Formation.

Xuan Yuanjun and the others activated the Inscribed Grand Formation, which accelerated the transfer of Spiritual Energy within Jiang Hengdao’s Vortex Grand Formation. While they fought Jiang Hengdao to protect the formation, Huo Lian and Wu Xuancang suspected the apparent interference was part of a trap, leaving them unsure whether to stop the formation.

• Xuan Yuanjun added Inugami and Dragon Fang to the auxiliary formation, and the Inscribed Grand Formation began affecting the Vortex Grand Formation.
• Jiang Hengdao appeared and attacked, so Xuan Yuanjun, the Demon God, Ji Xuanying, and the others fought him to protect their formation.
• Jiang Hengdao blasted back Xun Wuying and the other fighters, while the Vortex Grand Formation continued transferring Spiritual Energy at an alarming pace.
• Huang Xiao questioned whether the changes were normal, and Huo Lian and Wu Xuancang concluded that Jiang Hengdao might have fooled them because he had not tried to destroy the Inscribed Grand Formation.
• Huo Lian warned that stopping the activated formation would be difficult and could end their chance to break Jiang Hengdao’s formation.

Jiang Hengdao revealed that the Vortex Grand Formation was imitating the aura of Another Realm and had weakened his opponents far less than they expected. He explained that their attempt to break the formation and their use of the Seven Great Treasures and peerless divine weapons had served his plan, and he was preparing to complete its final step at the Creation Sect.

• The Vortex Grand Formation released an imitation of Another Realm's aura, suppressing Jiang Hengdao's opponents' internal power.
• Xuan Yuanjun recognized that the aura was an imitation and reminded his allies that they still retained most of their strength.
• Jiang Hengdao said the aura could not be strengthened further but claimed it was enough to defeat them.
• Jiang Hengdao revealed that he would activate the Grand Formation's final step at the Creation Sect.
• Jiang Hengdao accused Xuan Yuanjun and the Demon God of helping his plan by drawing their attention to the formation and bringing the Seven Great Treasures and peerless divine weapons.
• Xuan Yuanjun and the others realized they had fallen into Jiang Hengdao's trap, while he laughed at their defeat.

Jiang Hengdao revealed that he had used the Inscribed Grand Formations to transfer all the Spiritual Energy of Heaven and Earth from the Immortal Spirit Domain to the Desolate Domain. After stopping the formations, he expanded the Vortex Grand Formation to trap his opponents, leaving Huang Xiao and the others outside to face the threat of their deaths.

• Zuo Qiu Yi forcibly stopped the Inscribed Grand Formation, but Jiang Hengdao revealed that he had already transferred all the Spiritual Energy of Heaven and Earth he needed.
• Xuan Yuanjun realized that he had misjudged Jiang Hengdao's plan, while Jiang Hengdao admitted that his apparent battle had distracted everyone from the formations.
• Jiang Hengdao said he had to travel to the Creation Sect to activate the final grand formation and warned his opponents that they had only a little time left.
• Jiang Hengdao activated the Vortex Grand Formation, expanding it until Xuan Yuanjun, the Demon God, and the other experts were trapped inside.
• Jiang Hengdao told Huang Xiao and the others that they would die in agony once the grand formation was activated.

Jiang Hengdao trapped Xuan Yuanjun and the others in the damaged Vortex Grand Formation and gave them ten days before he sacrificed them to activate his grand formation. Xuan Yuanjun revealed a tiny Inscribed Formation containing nine origin flames, and the group gathered beneath it to begin their attempt to survive.

• Jiang Hengdao left Xuan Yuanjun and the others trapped, warning them that he would activate his grand formation in ten days and sacrifice them.
• Xuan Yuanjun urged Huang Xiao to reach the Creation Sect in seven or eight days and seek a chance to help them.
• Xuan Yuanjun told the trapped group that breaking the formation was impossible but that another way to survive remained.
• Xuan Yuanjun produced a tiny Inscribed Formation and said everyone, including Huang Xiao's group, had to combine their power.
• The Inscribed Formation activated above them, and Xuan Yuanjun revealed that it contained nine kinds of origin flame.

Xuan Yuanjun explained how his Inscribed Formation could merge with the Vortex Grand Formation and weaken the force of Jiang Hengdao’s formation, giving the group a chance to survive. The group prepared to endure the coming impact, while the Demon God insisted that surviving would not be enough if Jiang Hengdao escaped to another world.

• The Demon God questioned whether Xuan Yuanjun’s Inscribed Formation could protect them, and Xuan Yuanjun explained that they could only test it when Jiang Hengdao activated the Grand Formation.
• Xuan Yuanjun said he had prepared the formation as a contingency against Jiang Hengdao, and Zhu Qingquan explained that it was tailored to the Vortex Grand Formation.
• Xuan Yuanjun revealed that the nine great origin flames would help the Inscribed Formation draw on the Vortex Grand Formation’s power and merge with it, weakening the coming impact.
• Xuan Yuanjun warned that the formation could not completely shield them from the world-opening Grand Formation, and the Demon God said they would give it everything they had.
• The Demon God worried that Jiang Hengdao might escape after they survived, while Shentu Kuanglang said they should let him go; the Demon God angrily refused to accept that outcome.

Xuan Yuanjun explained his plan to use a small Inscribed Formation merged with the Vortex Grand Formation to disrupt Jiang Hengdao’s attempt to activate the Cross-Realm Grand Formation. He sent Huang Xiao and the others to the Creation Sect to help Yunhui build a formation that could teleport spiritual energy back, leaving their success dependent on catching Jiang Hengdao at a critical moment.

• Xuan Yuanjun said Jiang Hengdao’s journey to the Creation Sect would take two days and that he likely could not detect their actions while traveling.
• Xuan Yuanjun argued they should let Jiang Hengdao see them making a final stand so he would underestimate them and focus on crossing into another realm.
• Xuan Yuanjun told Huang Xiao and the others to help Yunhui rebuild the Inscribed Grand Formation at the Creation Sect using genuine supreme treasures and divine weapons.
• Xuan Yuanjun assured the group that Jiang Hengdao would probably spare Yunhui and the other juniors because of his arrogance.
• Xuan Yuanjun revealed that Yunhui’s formation could reverse the flow of spiritual energy through the Vortex Grand Formation and disrupt Jiang Hengdao while he activated it.

Xuan Yuanjun and the others tasked Huang Xiao’s group with preparing a formation to disrupt Jiang Hengdao’s plan, while Zuo Qiu Yi remained essential to their efforts. Huang Xiao and the others left for the Creation Sect, and the trapped seniors were left to face the coming danger.

• The Demon God agreed that Huang Xiao and the others could delay Jiang Hengdao, and Xuan Yuanjun instructed them to relay formation plans to Yunhui and help modify the Inscribed Formation.
• The Demon God raised Jiang Hengdao’s words about Zuo Qiu Yi, but Xuan Yuanjun rejected them, and the Demon God agreed to stop pressing the issue.
• The Demon God asked Zuo Qiu Yi to disperse his cultivation if defeat became inevitable; Zuo Qiu Yi vowed not to let Jiang Hengdao obtain his Longevity True Qi.
• Xuan Yuanjun insisted that Zuo Qiu Yi stay because no one could replace his formation skills, and the Demon God rebuked Shentu Kuanglang for questioning his role.
• Huang Xiao asked to leave, and Xuan Yuanjun explained they could not use his Teleportation Formation without exposing it to Jiang Hengdao.
• Huang Xiao, Huo Lian, and the others set off at full speed for the Creation Sect.

Xuan Yuanjun and the others prepared to power the small inscribed formation against Jiang Hengdao, while Zhao Yunhui and the women learned that the formation’s Supreme Treasures and Divine Weapon Imitations were ruined. Zhao Yunhui proposed modifying the formation to send the Spiritual Energy of Heaven and Earth back, leaving the remaining defenders ready to help.

• Xuan Yuanjun told the group to keep feeding True Qi into the small inscribed formation, and Du Mei agreed to join them because she wanted to live.
• Zhu Qingquan revealed that he had used almost all the Zhu Family’s accumulated Origin Flame in the formation, and the group laughed together despite their grim situation.
• Zhao Yunhui told the women that Jiang Hengdao would likely arrive soon, and they worried that Xuan Yuanjun and the others had failed to stop him.
• Zhao Yunhui explained that the inscribed formation was ruined because its Supreme Treasures and Divine Weapon Imitations could no longer be used.
• Ao Zhen offered the Divine Beast Clan chiefs’ help, and Zhao Yunhui suggested modifying the formation to transport the Spiritual Energy of Heaven and Earth back again.