Chapter Summaries

Huang Xiao resisted Jiang Hengdao’s attempts to exploit his longevity true qi and continued fighting despite a renewed assault on his divine sense. Jiang Hengdao realized Huang Xiao had converted the longevity true qi into another form of true qi, then noticed Zhao Yunhui and the other juniors setting up a formation inside his own.

• Huang Xiao relied on the Upper Clarity Heart Scripture to blunt Jiang Hengdao’s suppression of his divine sense and resolved to prolong the fight.
• Jiang Hengdao tried to draw out Huang Xiao’s longevity true qi, but Huang Xiao controlled and expended the small amount he converted.
• Jiang Hengdao realized Huang Xiao had converted longevity true qi into his other true qi and began trying to devour that instead.
• Huang Xiao resisted Jiang Hengdao’s intensified divine sense assault and attacked him with Heavenly Demon Disintegration.
• Jiang Hengdao saw Zhao Yunhui and the other juniors setting up a formation within his formation using supreme treasures and peerless divine weapons.

Zhao Yunhui proposed using Jiang Hengdao’s formation to block outside Spiritual Energy of Heaven and Earth from replenishing the energy inside, weakening him rather than trying to break the barrier. Xuan Yuanjun joined her and the others in setting up auxiliary formations while Huang Xiao continued fighting Jiang Hengdao.

• Jiang Hengdao intensified his Divine Sense Attacks on Huang Xiao and tried to devour his true qi when Huang Xiao became distracted.
• Huang Xiao noticed Xuan Yuanjun had joined Zhao Yunhui and the others in setting up a formation.
• Zhao Yunhui told Xuan Yuanjun that they should use Jiang Hengdao’s barrier to cut off the flow of outside Spiritual Energy of Heaven and Earth.
• Xuan Yuanjun understood and approved Zhao Yunhui’s plan, then began considering how to build the auxiliary formations.
• Zhao Yunhui said she still had questions, and Xuan Yuanjun invited her to explain them.

Zhao Yunhui and Xuan Yuanjun planned a formation to trap Jiang Hengdao and keep him within the area where his strength was suppressed. As Xuan Yuanjun and the others began building it, Huang Xiao continued fighting Jiang Hengdao, whose attempts to seize Huang Xiao’s true qi were failing.

• Zhao Yunhui asked how much Jiang Hengdao’s strength would weaken if the formation’s Spiritual Energy of Heaven and Earth was exhausted, and Xuan Yuanjun said the suppression would be substantial.
• Xuan Yuanjun and Zhao Yunhui agreed that a formation was their only way to keep Jiang Hengdao from escaping, and Xuan Yuanjun explained they only needed to delay him temporarily.
• Zhao Yunhui shared her formation plan, and Xuan Yuanjun refined it before they began using divine weapons and the Seven Great Treasures to set it up.
• Huang Xiao kept attacking Jiang Hengdao to drain his true qi and buy Xuan Yuanjun and the others time to work.
• Jiang Hengdao failed to affect Huang Xiao’s divine sense or draw out his true qi, while Huang Xiao used Heavenly Demon Disintegration to keep fighting despite Jiang Hengdao’s recovering strength.

Huang Xiao fought to keep Jiang Hengdao away from Xuan Yuanjun and the others, who used Jiang Hengdao’s formation to cut off the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. The chapter ended with Huang Xiao and Jiang Hengdao locked in battle while Xuan Yuanjun’s group continued preparing a second formation to trap Jiang Hengdao.

• Huang Xiao kept attacking Jiang Hengdao as the hole in the sky shrank and Jiang Hengdao’s divine sense assault weakened.
• Jiang Hengdao recognized that Xuan Yuanjun and the others had used his formation to cut off the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, then rushed toward them.
• Huang Xiao activated the twenty-third stage of Heavenly Demon Disintegration and intercepted Jiang Hengdao.
• Jiang Hengdao turned back to fight Huang Xiao and increased the power of his forbidden art, while Xuan Yuanjun and the others continued setting up a formation to keep Jiang Hengdao from leaving.

Huang Xiao continued fighting Jiang Hengdao while Xuan Yuanjun and the others prepared a formation to confine him. The formation took shape, and Jiang Hengdao recognized their plan as he charged to break it.

• Huang Xiao exploited the weakened Spiritual Energy of Heaven and Earth to attack Jiang Hengdao and knocked him back with a palm strike.
• Huang Xiao’s Twenty-Second Thirteenth Stage of Heavenly Demon Disintegration ended sooner than expected, forcing him to resolve its aftereffects before using it again.
• Xuan Yuanjun asked Demon Phoenix and the other Divine Weapons to prepare, while they used the dwindling Otherworldly Aura to recover.
• Zhao Yunhui, Huo Lian, and the others activated their formations together and linked them into a single formation.
• Jiang Hengdao recognized the formation as a Confinement Formation and charged toward it, vowing to break it.

Huang Xiao kept Jiang Hengdao occupied while Xuan Yuanjun’s confinement formation held, but their clash intensified the strain on Huang Xiao’s divine sense. Qingfeng revealed that Huang Xiao’s Blood God Conversion Great Method had made it impure and advised him to disperse the added strength.

• Jiang Hengdao tried to break Xuan Yuanjun’s confinement formation, but it held and trapped him for the time being.
• Huang Xiao pursued Jiang Hengdao and prevented him from focusing on breaking the formation.
• Jiang Hengdao and Huang Xiao clashed at the formation’s edge, and Huang Xiao activated Heavenly Demon Disintegration Twenty-third Stage again.
• Qingfeng told Huang Xiao he had been secretly protecting his divine sense and explained that the Blood God Conversion Great Method had left it disordered and impure.
• Qingfeng advised Huang Xiao to disperse the divine sense strength he had added.

Qingfeng guided Huang Xiao to disperse the divine sense strength he had gained from essence blood, then helped him rebuild it by responding to his divine sense aura. Huang Xiao began to consider relying on his own comprehension rather than borrowed power, while Jiang Hengdao and the others mistook his retreat for a collapse.

• Qingfeng told Huang Xiao to disperse his increased divine sense strength, and Huang Xiao stopped activating Heavenly Demon Disintegration and retreated from Jiang Hengdao.
• Jiang Hengdao mistook Huang Xiao's weakened aura for a divine sense collapse, while Ye Nishang, the Demon God, Zuo Qiu Yi, and Xuan Yuanjun worried about what had happened.
• Huang Xiao sensed Qingfeng's aura within his sea of consciousness and felt his own divine sense strengthen as Qingfeng guided it.
• Qingfeng urged Huang Xiao to respond to his aura and seek a breakthrough in the Upper Clarity Heart Scripture through his own comprehension.
• Huang Xiao recognized the difference between Qingfeng's guidance and borrowed strength, then wondered whether he should disperse his Longevity True Qi too.

Huang Xiao strengthened his divine sense by advancing the Upper Clarity Heart Scripture under Eldest Senior Brother’s guidance, then used his new power to stop Jiang Hengdao from escaping to attack the formation. He badly injured Jiang Hengdao, whose chest healed almost immediately.

• Huang Xiao sensed Eldest Senior Brother’s divine sense aura while fighting Jiang Hengdao, and found that Jiang Hengdao’s suppression was losing its effect.
• Jiang Hengdao tried to escape Huang Xiao and repeatedly struck the confinement formation, while Xuan Yuanjun warned that it might break at any moment.
• Qingfeng guided Huang Xiao to a breakthrough in the Upper Clarity Heart Scripture, greatly increasing his divine sense strength.
• Huang Xiao used the twenty-fourth level of Heavenly Demon Disintegration to intercept Jiang Hengdao and land three heavy punches that caved in his chest.
• Jiang Hengdao’s chest injury healed with astonishing speed, leaving Huang Xiao aware that defeating him would not be easy.

Huang Xiao’s breakthrough seemed to give him an advantage over Jiang Hengdao, but Zhao Yunhui sensed that Huang Xiao was in mortal danger. Jiang Hengdao then abandoned his concern for the Ruthlessness Dao’s backlash and unleashed his full strength, leaving Huang Xiao badly outmatched.

• Huang Xiao’s divine sense and internal power surged, reassuring his allies and making the Demon God believe he could threaten Jiang Hengdao.
• Zhao Yunhui sensed Huang Xiao would die, performed a divination, and found only a sliver of hope without learning how he might survive.
• Jiang Hengdao’s wound healed as he warned Huang Xiao that he had held back too many misgivings and would send everyone to the Western Heaven.
• Jiang Hengdao charged Huang Xiao with greatly increased strength and declared that he no longer wanted Huang Xiao’s longevity true qi.
• Zuo Qiu Yi realized Jiang Hengdao was disregarding the Ruthlessness Dao’s backlash, allowing him to unleash enough power to surpass Huang Xiao.

Jiang Hengdao abandoned restraint and poured his longevity true qi into fighting Huang Xiao, hoping to perfect his Ruthlessness Dao and escape its backlash. Huang Xiao pushed his power to its limit, but the observers feared Jiang Hengdao’s breakthrough would leave him with no chance to survive.

• Jiang Hengdao unleashed forbidden arts without restraint, forcing Huang Xiao to activate the Twenty-Fifth Layer of Heavenly Demon Disintegration.
• Jiang Hengdao told Huang Xiao that their fight had given him insights and that he no longer intended to suppress the Ruthlessness Dao’s backlash.
• Zuo Qiu Yi realized Jiang Hengdao was being ruthless toward himself to perfect his Ruthlessness Dao, and explained that it was his only remaining way to avoid the backlash.
• Xuan Yuanjun and Zuo Qiu Yi judged that Jiang Hengdao must be confident of making a breakthrough, while Ji Shidao and the others feared Huang Xiao could not survive the fight.
• Jiang Hengdao praised the observers for understanding his plan, confirming that he was pursuing a breakthrough in the Ruthlessness Dao.

Huang Xiao fought to keep Jiang Hengdao from completing his Ruthlessness Dao breakthrough as the Great Hole in the Sky vanished and the Ancient World's Spiritual Energy of Heaven and Earth dwindled. With Jiang Hengdao's power unstable but still greater than Huang Xiao's, Xuan Yuanjun and six others joined the battle while Zhao Yunhui organized the others to reinforce the confinement formation.

• Huang Xiao attacked Jiang Hengdao to disrupt his breakthrough, but Jiang Hengdao's strength continued to rise until he overpowered Huang Xiao.
• The Great Hole in the Sky disappeared, and the resulting collapse in Spiritual Energy of Heaven and Earth weakened everyone and destabilized Jiang Hengdao's internal power.
• Huang Xiao resumed attacking Jiang Hengdao, and Tan Ming warned that Huang Xiao could not hold him off alone.
• Xuan Yuanjun asked the wounded elders to fight, while Zhao Yunhui directed the others to pour their true qi into the confinement formation.
• Xuan Yuanjun, the Demon God, Ji Xuanying, Ao Yuan, Ye Nishang, Ji Shidao, and Zuo Qiu Yi charged into the battle against Jiang Hengdao.

Huang Xiao and the seven others fought Jiang Hengdao, who was using his wounds to advance in the Ruthlessness Dao. After Zuo Qiu Yi, Demon God, and Xuan Yuanjun warned Huang Xiao to target the openings Jiang Hengdao tried to guard, Huang Xiao weakened him and left the battle at a turning point.

• Xuan Yuanjun and the other six joined Huang Xiao in attacking Jiang Hengdao, but his overwhelming strength forced them back and left Huang Xiao under heavy pressure.
• Huang Xiao noticed Jiang Hengdao was allowing his attacks to land while blocking the others, and Zuo Qiu Yi warned that he was using Huang Xiao’s blows to break through in the Ruthlessness Dao.
• Demon God and Xuan Yuanjun urged Huang Xiao to keep attacking while targeting the places Jiang Hengdao would not expose, and Huang Xiao changed his strikes to hit those openings.
• Huang Xiao’s targeted attacks put Jiang Hengdao under greater pressure, and two blows to his chest made Jiang Hengdao retreat as his aura suddenly weakened.

Jiang Hengdao’s Ruthlessness Dao aura weakened before surging as he approached perfection, leaving the trapped group nearly unable to move. Xuan Yuanjun and the others were forced to wait inside the confinement formation as Jiang Hengdao’s power continued to rise.

• Zuo Qiu Yi recognized Jiang Hengdao’s sudden weakening as a sign that his Ruthlessness Dao was nearing perfection, not suffering a backlash.
• Huang Xiao realized Jiang Hengdao may have used his attacks to inflict the injuries that helped bring about this breakthrough, while Ji Xuanying signaled him not to use the aura she had secretly given him.
• The Demon God urged everyone to attack, and Xuan Yuanjun eventually agreed that they should give it their all.
• Jiang Hengdao’s Ruthlessness Dao aura surged through the confinement formation, weighing down everyone and forcing them to retreat to its edge.
• Xuan Yuanjun and the others found themselves barely able to move as Jiang Hengdao’s aura kept intensifying, while the Demon God rebuked Xuan Yuanjun for agreeing to attack too late.

Ji Xuanying used the Soul-Scattering Lock to immobilize Jiang Hengdao and revealed that its true power was to disperse his divine sense and internal power. She focused on his unstable Ruthlessness Dao aura, threatening his attempt to bring the Dao to full fruition.

• Ji Xuanying stepped forward to confront Jiang Hengdao despite Xuan Yuanjun warning her not to act rashly.
• Ji Xuanying charged Jiang Hengdao and locked his hands behind his back with the Soul-Scattering Lock, immobilizing him.
• Ji Xuanying explained that the forbidden art could disperse its target’s divine sense and internal power, and that using it might cost her life.
• Ji Xuanying found Jiang Hengdao’s Ruthlessness Dao aura unstable and concentrated on dispersing it instead of his steadier divine sense.

Jiang Hengdao’s Ruthlessness Dao aura dispersed under Ji Xuanying’s Soul-Scattering Lock, but his breakthrough continued. At Ji Xuanying’s urging, Huang Xiao began dispersing his own true qi, hoping to strengthen his Dantian as the Sea and devour Jiang Hengdao’s aura.

• Jiang Hengdao found that Ji Xuanying’s Soul-Scattering Lock was dispersing his Ruthlessness Dao aura, though he believed he could reclaim it after breaking through.
• Zuo Qiu Yi and Xuan Yuanjun realized Jiang Hengdao’s aura continued to rise despite its dispersal, while Ji Xuanying pressed on and Ji Shidao worried over her.
• Ji Xuanying urged Huang Xiao to devour the escaping aura, explaining that only he could take it beyond Jiang Hengdao’s reach.
• Huang Xiao recalled Senior Immortal Alchemist’s advice and reasoned that dispersing his true qi could increase his Dantian as the Sea’s devouring force.
• Huang Xiao made up his mind and began dispersing his own true qi, startling the Demon God and the others.

Huang Xiao devoured the Ruthlessness Dao aura escaping from Jiang Hengdao while Ji Xuanying used the Soul-Scattering Lock to hold Jiang in place. As Ji Xuanying reached her limit, she urged Huang Xiao to trust himself and use the aura she had given him at the right moment.

• Xuan Yuanjun explained that Huang Xiao needed to disperse what was not truly his, and the others accepted that the attempt was their best chance against Jiang Hengdao.
• Huang Xiao began devouring Jiang Hengdao’s escaped Ruthlessness Dao aura, which Jiang feared Huang Xiao would convert into his own True Qi.
• Huang Xiao intensified his devouring, drawing the aura into his Dantian as a gale formed inside the formation.
• Xuan Yuanjun noticed that Ji Xuanying was weakening as the Soul-Scattering Lock strained under Jiang Hengdao’s growing power.
• Ji Xuanying spat blood and collapsed toward her limit, while Ji Shidao struggled to reach her and Huang Xiao continued devouring the aura.
• Ji Xuanying told Huang Xiao that the rest was up to him and reminded him to activate the aura she had given him at the right moment.

After Ji Xuanying died, Huang Xiao devoured Jiang Hengdao’s Ruthlessness Dao aura while Jiang Hengdao struggled to complete his breakthrough. Xuan Yuanjun and the others regained their ability to move and attacked, but Jiang Hengdao’s concentrated aura stopped them as Huang Xiao prepared to consume it.

• Jiang Hengdao tossed Ji Xuanying’s corpse aside and focused on completing his Ruthlessness Dao breakthrough.
• Huang Xiao noticed Jiang Hengdao was struggling and rapidly devoured the aura he released.
• As the aura weakened, Xuan Yuanjun, the Demon God, and the others regained their mobility and charged at Jiang Hengdao.
• Jiang Hengdao concentrated his aura around himself, blocking Xuan Yuanjun and the others from approaching.
• Huang Xiao told them the concentrated aura would be easier to devour and began pulling it toward himself.

Huang Xiao used Divine Sense as a Sea to devour Jiang Hengdao’s divine sense, disrupting his Ruthlessness Dao breakthrough and allowing the others to attack him. As Jiang Hengdao prepared to strike back, Huang Xiao sent a strange aura into his body.

• Huang Xiao realized Jiang Hengdao was replenishing the Ruthlessness Dao aura he devoured, so he attacked Jiang Hengdao’s divine sense instead.
• Jiang Hengdao screamed as Huang Xiao’s Divine Sense Attack disrupted his concentration and threatened his breakthrough.
• Huang Xiao’s devouring reached the aura and true qi within Jiang Hengdao’s body, leaving him unable to control his breakthrough safely.
• The Demon God, Xuan Yuanjun, and the others struck Jiang Hengdao while he could not dodge, but their attacks only injured him slightly.
• Jiang Hengdao declared he would kill them before completing his Ruthlessness Dao breakthrough, and the Demon God charged at him.
• Huang Xiao shouted that they would not succeed and sent a strange aura into Jiang Hengdao’s body.

Huang Xiao used Ji Xuanying’s aura to make Jiang Hengdao’s body and true qi illusory, preventing him from killing the Demon God but also making him nearly immune to everyone’s attacks. The chapter ended with Huang Xiao revealing that he could still devour Jiang Hengdao’s illusory true qi.

• Jiang Hengdao pierced the Demon God’s chest, but Huang Xiao’s intervention reduced the attack to a superficial wound.
• Huang Xiao explained that Ji Xuanying’s aura, “Only illusory, not real,” could make a person’s body and internal power illusory.
• Xuan Yuanjun and the others realized the aura prevented them from seriously injuring Jiang Hengdao, while Jiang Hengdao used the stalemate to pursue mastery of the Ruthlessness Dao.
• Jiang Hengdao attacked Huang Xiao, but his blow had almost no effect, and Huang Xiao revealed that he could still devour Jiang Hengdao’s true qi.

Huang Xiao used Senior Ji’s aura to keep devouring Jiang Hengdao’s True Qi, then drew on the Treatise on Enlightenment to neutralize its extreme nature. Jiang Hengdao continued pursuing mastery of the Ruthlessness Dao, but his True Qi began growing too slowly for the final breakthrough he needed.

• Huang Xiao’s Devouring continued to affect Jiang Hengdao even after Jiang Hengdao became incorporeal, while the Confinement Formation prevented him from escaping.
• Jiang Hengdao stopped resisting the loss of his True Qi and focused on continuing his breakthrough, though he still guarded his Divine Sense.
• Huang Xiao struggled to contain the immense, extreme True Qi and realized that converting it did not remove its extremity.
• Huang Xiao used insights from the Treatise on Enlightenment to refine the True Qi and diminish its extreme nature.
• Jiang Hengdao sensed Huang Xiao’s transformation of the True Qi but remained committed to mastering the Ruthlessness Dao.
• Jiang Hengdao discovered that his True Qi was growing too slowly to gather enough for his final breakthrough.