Chapter Summaries

Linghu Xiang confronted Liu Quan for abandoning his post to follow Regent Elder Chen Geyi’s orders, then attacked when Liu Quan tried to leave. The chapter ended with Linghu Xiang ordering his men to kill Liu Quan’s group so none could report his insults to Chen Geyi.

• Linghu Xiang stopped Liu Quan and accused him of abandoning his post, while Liu Quan claimed Chen Geyi had ordered his group to move to Supreme Evil Peak.
• Liu Quan refused Linghu Xiang’s command to return and taunted him, trusting his new backing from Chen Geyi.
• Linghu Xiang openly insulted Chen Geyi, provoking Liu Quan to threaten that the Regent Elder would punish him.
• Linghu Xiang said Chen Geyi would have to find out first, then ordered his men to kill Liu Quan’s group.
• Linghu Xiang charged at Liu Quan as their followers began fighting.

Linghu Xiang fought Liu Quan over the Heavenly Evil Sect’s plan to let Liu Chongming pass, but Liu Quan escaped and Linghu’s men killed the surviving subordinates. Linghu and his followers set out to defend the passage, while Liu Quan fell into Huang Xiao’s hands and offered information about the Evil Water Region.

• Linghu Xiang accused Liu Quan of betraying the Heavenly Evil Sect’s interests and attacked him, but Liu Quan used their clash to flee.
• Linghu Xiang refused to pursue Liu Quan and ordered his men to kill Liu Quan’s remaining subordinates before leaving the area.
• Linghu’s followers chose to stay with him, and they set out toward the Evil Water Region to stop Liu Chongming and other Jianghu fighters from passing.
• Song Gang captured the wounded Liu Quan and brought him before Huang Xiao, who recognized him as a Void Martial Realm elder of the Heavenly Evil Sect.
• Liu Quan identified himself and offered to share what he knew, hoping to survive after escaping Linghu Xiang.

Huang Xiao’s group learned the location of the Evil Water Region and the divisions within the Heavenly Evil Sect before Liu Quan was killed. When Heavenly Evil Sect forces surrounded them and news arrived that Zhangsun Youyue’s group was under attack, Huang Xiao led a countercharge toward the Sword Pavilion’s forces.

• Song Gang forced Liu Quan to reveal that the Evil Water Region lay about fifty li northwest, near Supreme Evil Peak, and Liu Quan described its cultivation benefits and strict entry rules.
• Liu Quan explained that the Heavenly Evil Sect was divided over whether to admit outside forces, then Song Gang killed him.
• Huang Xiao’s group traveled northwest with the diminished Mixed Demon Sect and learned that the Heavenly Evil Sect was attacking the Sword Pavilion’s forces.
• A scout reported that Liu Chongming was fleeing toward the Evil Water Region and that Zhangsun Youyue’s group was surrounded, prompting Huang Xiao to demand her location.
• Three Heavenly Evil Sect groups closed in, and Huang Xiao led the Heavenly Demon Hall and Mixed Demon Sect in a charge toward the Sword Pavilion’s forces.

Huang Xiao fought Zhuang Bi while Song Gang and the others battled the Heavenly Evil Sect forces. The chapter ended with three Void Martial Realm experts attacking Huang Xiao together after Zhuang Bi warned them of his strength.

• Huang Xiao struck Zhuang Bi with the Fifth Form of the Heavenly Demon Demon Saber, driving him to his knees and injuring them.
• Song Gang intercepted a Heavenly Evil Sect expert who tried to interfere, while the sect's fighters launched an attack on the group.
• The Heavenly Evil Sect members targeted the Heavenly Demon Hall and other factions, eager to take revenge for past grievances.
• Huang Xiao dodged Zhuang Bi's counterattack and cut open his back, narrowly avoiding being cleaved in two.
• Three Void Martial Realm experts arrived, dismissed Zhuang Bi's warning, and charged Huang Xiao together.

Huang Xiao used his knowledge of the Heavenly Evil Sect experts’ techniques to kill three Void Martial Realm fighters and drive Zhuang Bi’s group into retreat. He then headed into the woods to help Jiang Liuli, learning that Zhangsun Youyue’s party was there as well.

• Zhuang Bi and three other Void Martial Realm experts surrounded Huang Xiao while the Heavenly Demon Hall disciples fought off the remaining enemies.
• Huang Xiao evaded the four pursuers to study their techniques, then killed one who blocked his path.
• Huang Xiao killed two more experts and forced Zhuang Bi to flee, prompting the Heavenly Evil Sect forces to withdraw.
• Huang Xiao ordered Song Gang’s men to stop the enemy messengers, then headed toward the fighting in the woods.
• A Heavenly Demon Hall disciple told Huang Xiao that Zhangsun Youyue’s party was with Jiang Liuli’s party, and Huang Xiao rushed into the woods.

Jiang Liuli and Zhangsun Youyue’s parties fought to escape the Heavenly Evil Sect’s encirclement, but Feng Xiaofeng abandoned them and fled. As Jiang Liuli faced a fatal blow, Zhangsun Youyue rescued her, and the two injured rivals agreed to fight together before an unseen speaker interrupted the enemy expert.

• Jiang Liuli held off a Heavenly Evil Sect Void Martial Realm expert while her group and Zhangsun Youyue’s party struggled to reach each other.
• Feng Xiaofeng attacked in anger, was wounded, then abandoned the others and fled alone as the two Sword Pavilion disciples joined Bishui Palace’s party.
• Jiang Liuli was separated from the others and nearly killed after her Lihuo Sword was knocked away.
• Zhangsun Youyue blocked the enemy expert’s attack, returned Jiang Liuli’s sword, and proposed that they join forces.
• Jiang Liuli and Zhangsun Youyue prepared to fight the expert together, but a cold voice interrupted him.

Huang Xiao rescued Zhangsun Youyue and Jiang Liuli from the Heavenly Evil Sect, allowing their wounded forces to withdraw while he prepared to advance. After learning that Li Bai had returned from overseas, he sought a meeting despite warnings that his Heavenly Demon Hall affiliation could endanger him, because Li Bai might hold the key to returning to Great Song.

• Huang Xiao killed a Heavenly Evil Sect Void Martial Realm expert while Zhangsun Youyue and Jiang Liuli aided their surrounded disciples.
• The Heavenly Evil Sect forces retreated when Song Gang and the Heavenly Demon Hall disciples arrived.
• Zhangsun Youyue and Jiang Liuli prepared to withdraw after completing their diversion for Li Chaoxun and Sword God Yi.
• Jiang Liuli warned Huang Xiao that restrictions on stronger Heavenly Evil Sect experts might not protect him in the Evil Water Region.
• Zhangsun Youyue and Jiang Liuli confirmed that Li Bai had returned and warned Huang Xiao that his Heavenly Demon Hall affiliation could make a meeting dangerous.
• Huang Xiao remained determined to meet Li Bai because the meeting concerned his possible return to Great Song.

Huang Xiao and the Heavenly Demon Hall were ambushed by a large Heavenly Evil Sect force, and he faced Linghu Xiang and four other powerful experts after ordering his followers to flee. After the battle left corpses from both sides, Chao Hun arrived to find his sons Chao Huo and Chao Tu dead and showed no grief.

• Zhangsun Youyue told Huang Xiao that Li Bai knew where he was, while Jiang Liuli and Zhangsun Youyue discussed the danger of Li Bai's arrival.
• A scout reported that Zhuang Bi and a large force of Heavenly Evil Sect members had returned, so Huang Xiao sent Zhangsun Youyue and Jiang Liuli away and ordered his own group to retreat separately.
• The Heavenly Demon Hall disciples charged the enemy to give Huang Xiao time to escape, but Huang Xiao and Song Gang were stopped by Linghu Xiang and four other Void Martial Realm experts.
• Huang Xiao and Song Gang fought Linghu Xiang's group, and an hour later the scene held corpses from both the Heavenly Evil Sect and the Heavenly Demon Hall.
• Chao Hun arrived and found Chao Huo and Chao Tu dead, then told Chen Rongjing and Kong Mo that he still had three sons.

Chao Hun revealed Supreme Demonic Qi while fighting Chen Rongjing and Kong Mo, overwhelming the two Heavenly Evil Sect experts. He killed Chen Rongjing and pursued the fleeing Kong Mo.

• Chao Hun dismissed the lives of his sons, prompting Chen Rongjing and Kong Mo to threaten him.
• Chen Rongjing and Kong Mo attacked Chao Hun together, but he held his ground and then unleashed Supreme Demonic Qi.
• Chao Hun battered both men with powerful palm and finger attacks, overcoming their combined defenses and forcing them to flee in opposite directions.
• Kong Mo returned to help Chen Rongjing ambush Chao Hun, but Chao Hun killed Chen Rongjing with a palm strike infused with Supreme Demonic Qi.
• Chao Hun turned and pursued Kong Mo as Kong Mo fled, regretting that he had not escaped sooner.

Chao Hun killed Kong Mo and pursued Huang Xiao, intending to steal the Heavenly Demon Skill and blame Huang Xiao’s death on the Heavenly Evil Sect. As Huang Xiao fought three pursuers, a mysterious middle-aged swordsman confronted Chao Hun and identified him as the Mixed Demon Sect’s sect master.

• Chao Hun killed Kong Mo and left the bodies of his two sons in the wilderness.
• Huang Xiao escaped with a serious saber wound, healed himself, and continued toward the Evil Water Region alone.
• Three Heavenly Evil Sect experts attacked Huang Xiao, who struggled against their coordinated assault while Chao Hun secretly watched nearby.
• Chao Hun prepared to kill the fighters and Huang Xiao, but a middle-aged man in white robes appeared nearby without Chao Hun noticing him at first.
• The middle-aged man recognized Chao Hun as the Mixed Demon Sect’s sect master and asked whether he had been ordered to protect Huang Xiao in secret.

Chao Hun mistook Li Bai’s intentions and left Huang Xiao alone with him, while Li Bai remained unaware that Chao Hun meant Huang Xiao harm. Huang Xiao revealed the Sixth Form of the Heavenly Demon Demon Saber Techniques, killed one attacker, and pursued another as the two survivors fled.

• Chao Hun told Li Bai that he was secretly protecting Huang Xiao, and Li Bai asked him to withdraw so he could speak with Huang Xiao privately.
• Chao Hun recognized Li Bai and Ganjiang, then left after Li Bai promised to keep Huang Xiao alive.
• Li Bai noticed Chao Hun’s earlier killing intent but wrongly concluded it had been directed at the Heavenly Evil Sect’s men, and he chose to watch Huang Xiao fight.
• Huang Xiao used the Sixth Form to kill one of the three Void Martial Realm attackers, then took injuries when the other two struck his back and reopened his waist wound.
• The two surviving attackers fled in different directions, and Huang Xiao pursued one of them as the man turned to fight to the death.

Huang Xiao killed the Heavenly Evil Sect pursuers and learned that his rescuer was Li Bai, who recognized his swordsmanship and heard about his past. Li Bai revealed that Huang Xiao’s Patriarch, Huo Lian, had been the Previous Demon Hall Master, then warned Huang Xiao about the dangers of the Demonic Path and questioned his Imitation Saber.

• Huang Xiao killed one Heavenly Evil Sect fighter with his Fifth Form after his Sixth Form failed to finish him, then killed the Void Martial Realm expert with Li Bai’s help.
• Li Bai took Huang Xiao away, concealed them with a formation, and identified Huang Xiao’s swordsmanship as Taixuan Sword Swordsmanship.
• Huang Xiao told Li Bai about the Great Song and Old Sun, and Li Bai mourned his old friend and remarked on how Huang Xiao’s life resembled the First Sect Master’s.
• Li Bai revealed that the First Sect Master was Huo Lian, the Previous Demon Hall Master, and confirmed that Huo Lian was still alive.
• Li Bai warned Huang Xiao that the Three Immortal Mountains might oppose him and urged him to restrain his killing; he then noted that Huang Xiao’s Imitation Saber was not the real Minghong Saber.

Huang Xiao learned from Li Bai that Huo Lian possessed both Supreme Demon Sabers and intended to use them in a formation at the Transcendent Immortal Escort Agency to return to the Central Plains. After Li Bai departed, Huang Xiao resolved to complete Huo Lian’s tasks and headed toward the Evil Water Region to find Liu Chongming.

• Huang Xiao told Li Bai that Huo Lian held the real Minghong Saber, and Li Bai explained that Huo Lian sought the Hall Master's Seat for Huang Xiao.
• Li Bai revealed that Huo Lian possessed the Demon Hall's Supreme Demon Saber as well as the Minghong Saber, and that the two were connected to a formation in the dry well beside the Transcendent Immortal Escort Agency's Ancestral House.
• Huang Xiao learned that returning to the Central Plains would require more than the two sabers, while Li Bai admitted he did not know Huo Lian's full reason for wanting to return.
• Li Bai warned Huang Xiao about the dangers of the Jade Slips struggle and said he had once considered killing him, but left without harming him because of Old Sun.
• Huang Xiao decided to finish Huo Lian's tasks and headed toward the Evil Water Region to find Liu Chongming, while Chao Hun revealed himself after Huang Xiao left.

Chao Hun cornered Huang Xiao and demanded the Heavenly Demon Skill’s cultivation formula, then shattered Huang Xiao’s dantian when he refused. As Chao Hun prepared to continue, he sensed an unusual stirring in the Supreme Demonic Qi within his body.

• Chao Hun followed Huang Xiao until he was sure Li Bai was no longer nearby, then confronted him on the road.
• Chao Hun accused Huang Xiao of causing Chao Huo and Chao Tu’s deaths and demanded the Heavenly Demon Skill’s cultivation formula.
• Huang Xiao refused and warned Chao Hun that Elder Qin Lu might intervene, but Chao Hun said Qin Lu could not appear.
• Chao Hun subdued Huang Xiao, threatened to cripple his internal power, and shattered his dantian when Huang Xiao stayed silent.
• Chao Hun began to withdraw his palm, then sensed an unusual stirring in the Supreme Demonic Qi hidden within his body.

After Huang Xiao's dantian shattered, his supreme demonic qi erupted, revealing that Chao Hun possessed a strand of it too. Chao Hun tried to suppress Huang Xiao's rampaging qi so he could extract the Heavenly Demon Skill cultivation formula, while Huang Xiao urged the qi to destroy him.

• Chao Hun sensed supreme demonic qi coming from Huang Xiao and was shocked that someone of his strength possessed it.
• Huang Xiao recognized the same qi in Chao Hun, and they realized their strands had resonated when Chao Hun touched him at the Mixed Demon Sect.
• Chao Hun tried to draw Huang Xiao's supreme demonic qi out, but Huang Xiao released his remaining restraint and let it rampage.
• Huang Xiao taunted Chao Hun and refused to surrender the Heavenly Demon Skill cultivation formula, even as his meridians risked rupturing.
• Chao Hun poured his mixed demon true qi into Huang Xiao to suppress the rampaging strand, while Huang Xiao silently urged it to break free.

Chao Hun tried to suppress Huang Xiao’s rampaging supreme demonic qi to keep him alive long enough to obtain the cultivation method, but the resonance caused his own qi to surge into Huang Xiao. As Huang Xiao neared death, his patriarch’s heavenly demon true qi awakened, and the three strands battled inside his ruined body while he began to regain faint control of his own.

• Chao Hun poured his true qi into Huang Xiao to suppress the supreme demonic qi, further damaging Huang Xiao’s meridians.
• Chao Hun’s own supreme demonic qi erupted and flowed into Huang Xiao, leaving Chao Hun unable to save him.
• Chao Hun flung Huang Xiao to the riverbank and searched for a way to keep him alive as Huang Xiao’s consciousness faded.
• Huang Xiao sensed his patriarch’s heavenly demon true qi awaken in response to Chao Hun’s qi and managed to control a tiny amount of his own true qi.
• The patriarch’s, Chao Hun’s, and Huang Xiao’s strands of true qi clashed, and Huang Xiao realized their auras differed because of the essence blood within them.
• Huang Xiao faintly gained control of his own supreme demonic qi and considered whether controlling all three strands might let him reforge his meridians through Rejuvenation.

Huang Xiao used Heart Fire to extract the mixed essence blood from Chao Hun’s Supreme Demonic Qi, then risked his remaining essence blood to refine the purified qi into his own. He hoped the powerful true qi would let him survive the fourth Rejuvenation of the Second Realm, but his consciousness was fading as the refinement continued.

• Huang Xiao burned Chao Hun’s Supreme Demonic Qi with Heart Fire and extracted essence blood from several powerful experts, finding no trace of his Patriarch’s essence blood.
• Huang Xiao found that the Patriarch’s Heavenly Demon True Qi did not change under Heart Fire and suspected it had never been refined.
• Huang Xiao continued extracting essence blood from Chao Hun’s Supreme Demonic Qi despite dizziness and his worsening condition.
• Huang Xiao purified the Supreme Demonic Qi but realized his own essence blood alone could refine only a small portion of it.
• Huang Xiao combined his essence blood with the extracted essence blood to create stronger Heart Fire and began refining all the primordial Supreme Demonic Qi.
• Huang Xiao felt the refinement was progressing, but his pain had vanished and his consciousness began to blur again.

Huang Xiao survived the destruction of his meridians and escaped Chao Hun by rolling into the river, while Chao Hun pursued him downstream. Jiang Liuli and Zhangsun Youyue found Huang Xiao’s saber and fresh blood, then continued fleeing from the Heavenly Evil Sect disciples.

• Huang Xiao used his essence blood to refine the supreme demonic qi, then detonated it with the Patriarch's heavenly demon true qi, destroying his meridians and tearing apart his body.
• Chao Hun mistook Huang Xiao for dying and tried to remove his Demon Spirit Armor, but Huang Xiao suddenly rolled into the river and escaped downstream.
• Chao Hun could not search the muddy river because it restricted his divine sense and Heavenly Evil Sect disciples were approaching, so he headed downstream after Huang Xiao.
• Jiang Liuli and Zhangsun Youyue found Huang Xiao's Imitation Saber and fresh blood on the riverbank, and Zhangsun Youyue feared he was in danger.
• Jiang Liuli urged Zhangsun Youyue to flee the pursuing Heavenly Evil Sect disciples, and the two women ran downstream as their pursuers closed in.

After completing Rejuvenation, Huang Xiao was left in a child’s body with dangerously little strength and feared that depleted essence blood had permanently damaged him. Hiding in a massacre-struck village, he encountered the crippled Liu Chongming, who mistook him for an ordinary child and gave him the Jade Slip of the Longevity Pill Manual.

• Huang Xiao escaped Chao Hun by slipping into the river and used Rejuvenation, but emerged gaunt, child-sized, and too weak to fight or use his lightness skill.
• Huang Xiao reached a village massacred by Jianghu outsiders, disguised himself in children’s clothes, and hid in a ruined hut when he sensed someone approaching.
• Liu Chongming arrived with his left arm and part of his right leg severed, and the hut collapsed as he passed, exposing Huang Xiao beneath the straw.
• Liu Chongming mistook Huang Xiao for a surviving village child and confessed that his greed and pursuit of revenge had caused innocent people to die.
• Liu Chongming gave Huang Xiao the Jade Slip of the Longevity Pill Manual as compensation before his own expected death.

Liu Chongming entrusted Huang Xiao with a Jade Slip before heading toward the Evil Water Region to lure the Heavenly Evil Sect into a final confrontation. Huang Xiao remained disguised as a child, but Zhangsun Youyue and Jiang Liuli were soon surrounded by the sect’s forces, and he prepared to intervene.

• Liu Chongming gave Huang Xiao the Jade Slip, warned him to keep it secret, and left for the Evil Water Region with a fake Jade Slip to draw the Heavenly Evil Sect into a fight.
• Chao Hun arrived, failed to recognize Huang Xiao as a child, and continued pursuing him in the direction Liu Chongming had gone.
• Huang Xiao tried to draw out the Jade Slip’s healing power but failed, then hid when Zhangsun Youyue and Jiang Liuli approached while fleeing their pursuers.
• More than thirty Heavenly Evil Sect experts, including three Void Martial Realm fighters, surrounded Zhangsun Youyue and Jiang Liuli, who chose to fight rather than flee.
• As the Heavenly Evil Sect attacked, Huang Xiao pulled the Purple Soul Flute from beneath the thatch.