Chapter Summaries

Wu Cang unleashed the power of his higher-grade Imitation Saber and killed a Sword Pavilion expert while fighting Yuan Ren and Meng He. As more fighters joined the battle, Sima Yang and the other Heavenly Evil Sect members still held back, and Daoxuanzi urged Ke Hongying to wait.

• Sima Yang and three Heavenly Evil Sect members followed Yuan Ren toward Wu Cang but did not attack.
• Wu Cang drew his Imitation Saber and overwhelmed a Sword Pavilion Enlightenment Realm expert with its power.
• Wu Cang cut the Sword Pavilion expert in half, prompting Yuan Ren and Meng He to attack him together.
• Wu Cang broke through their combined sword glint and forced Meng He to block his strike against the injured Yuan Ren.
• Zhang Yaozhen, Zhen Heng, and Fajiang joined the fight, while Sima Yang and his companions continued to surround Wu Cang without attacking.
• Daoxuanzi persuaded Ke Hongying to wait after pointing out that Sima Yang's group had surrounded Wu Cang.

Wu Cang’s opponents closed in while he continued using the Demon Hall’s Forbidden Art, and Fajiang warned that its completed power could rival a newly entered Entering Dao Realm expert. Wu Cang exposed his secret agreement with Sima Yang and revealed that he had used the promised Evil Water Region secret to buy time; his eyes then turned completely black as Huang Xiao braced for their escape attempt.

• Daoxuanzi and Ke Hongying joined five others in continuing to besiege Pang Ruhuo and the other three Demon Hall fighters instead of helping attack Wu Cang.
• Fajiang identified Wu Cang’s art as the Forbidden Art “Pitch-Black Demon Eyes” and warned that its full power could make killing him extremely costly.
• Sima Yang and his three companions joined the attack on Wu Cang after Fajiang’s warning.
• Wu Cang accused Sima Yang of breaking their agreement and said he had intended to share the Evil Water Region’s secret with the Heavenly Evil Sect.
• Sima Yang realized Wu Cang had deceived him to gain time, while Wu Cang’s eyes turned completely black and his demonic qi overwhelmed Huang Xiao.
• Wu Cang told Huang Xiao not to lose focus as the critical attempt to get him out began.

Wu Cang attacked the Heavenly Evil Sect’s group to break through their encirclement, killing two experts before escaping with Huang Xiao. The others pursued him, worried that his speed and Pitch-Black Demon Eyes would let him get away.

• Wu Cang charged the four Heavenly Evil Sect members, and Sima Yang and the Jiang Family expert used Forbidden Arts to meet him while the Kong and Chen Family experts held back.
• Wu Cang struck Sima Yang and the Jiang Family expert aside, then rushed past them toward the two men who had not boosted their power.
• The Kong and Chen Family experts used Forbidden Arts too late, and Wu Cang killed them with his saber.
• Wu Cang escaped with Huang Xiao, leaving Sima Yang and the others to chase after them.
• Meng He warned that Wu Cang was too fast, Fajiang hoped his Pitch-Black Demon Eyes would soon wear off, and Zhang Yaozhen called the seven men nearby to join the pursuit.

Wu Cang fled with Huang Xiao as his pursuers closed in, but the Pitch-Black Demon Eyes began to fail before a Heavenly Evil Sect Entering Dao Realm expert intercepted them. A second Hidden Demon Guard, Senior Brother Yang, held off the expert and urged Wu Cang to reach Hall Master Wei, while the Heavenly Evil Sect forces watched him escape again.

• After Wu Cang escaped the encirclement, Ke Hongying and Daoxuanzi discussed how the Heavenly Evil Sect had underestimated him, while Pang Ruhuo and the others recovered and set off after him.
• Huang Xiao noticed Wu Cang's Pitch-Black Demon Eyes weakening, and Fajiang urged the pursuers to press on.
• Wu Cang's aura briefly recovered, but a Heavenly Evil Sect Entering Dao Realm expert caught up and declared that the Forbidden Art had reached its limit.
• Senior Brother Yang appeared and intercepted the expert, telling Wu Cang to keep fleeing toward Hall Master Wei with Huang Xiao.
• Wu Cang continued ahead as Sima Yang rejoiced at the Heavenly Evil Sect expert's arrival, while the other factions worried about facing him.

Wu Cang used the last of his Forbidden Art to hold off the pursuers and sent Huang Xiao fleeing, but Huang Xiao changed course to evade them. The two reunited by chance as Sima Yang and five other experts caught up, leaving Wu Cang gravely wounded and Huang Xiao trapped with him.

• Wu Cang told Huang Xiao to flee alone while he used the last moments of his Pitch-Black Demon Eyes to delay the pursuers.
• Huang Xiao fled toward Chaotic Province, changing direction several times to avoid the Enlightenment Realm experts and the route toward Hall Master Wei.
• Huang Xiao encountered the bloodied, gravely wounded Wu Cang in a dense wood after Wu Cang's Forbidden Art had worn off.
• Sima Yang arrived with Yuan Ren, Meng He, Fajiang, Zhang Yaozhen, and Zhen Heng, and said they had split from the other pursuers to hunt Wu Cang and Huang Xiao.

Wu Cang and Huang Xiao were cornered by their pursuers over the secret of the Evil Water Region. The Sword God Leng Guhan arrived and drove the pursuers away, but just as he stopped Wu Cang, Hall Master Wei Yidao appeared to challenge him.

• Wu Cang prepared to fight the six pursuers, while Huang Xiao refused to stand aside and Wu Cang urged him to survive and reveal the secret of the Evil Water Region.
• Leng Guhan arrived with a black-robed companion, and the pursuers recognized him as the Sword God.
• Leng Guhan ordered the pursuers to withdraw and intimidated Fajiang into leaving; Yuan Ren rejoiced that the Sword Pavilion would claim the secret.
• Wu Cang charged Leng Guhan but was stopped in midair before he could strike.
• A voice challenged Leng Guhan for attacking a wounded Enlightenment Realm junior, and Huang Xiao recognized Hall Master Wei Yidao.

Leng Guhan confronted the Demon Hall experts, and Wei Yidao challenged the Sword God despite Leng Guhan’s promise to fight with one hand. As Huang Xiao watched from a safe distance, the duel continued, while Wu Cang survived but lost his internal power.

• Leng Guhan wounded Wu Cang after Wu Cang tried to stop him from taking Huang Xiao.
• Chu Fanyin treated Wu Cang, saving his life but warning that the Forbidden Art had destroyed his foundations and cost him his internal power.
• Wei Yidao arrived and challenged Leng Guhan, who declared that he would fight using only one hand.
• Leng Guhan dispersed Wei Yidao’s Palm Force with one hand, and the two exchanged powerful blows that blasted apart the ground, rocks, and trees.
• Chu Fanyin ordered Huang Xiao to retreat and left Wu Cang with him while he watched the duel.
• Wu Cang urged Huang Xiao to study the fight, and Huang Xiao watched the combatants move too quickly to follow clearly.

Wei Yidao pushed Leng Guhan into using both hands during their duel but was wounded by the Sword God's counterattack. He refused to yield and vowed to defeat Leng Guhan at full strength one day.

• Leng Guhan repeatedly sent Wei Yidao flying, but Wei Yidao intensified his demonic art and continued fighting.
• Wei Yidao landed a powerful punch that forced Leng Guhan to use four fingers to form Sword Qi and defend himself.
• Leng Guhan struck Wei Yidao with a Sword Glint and pierced the right side of his chest, leaving him with a small wound.
• Wei Yidao stopped his own bleeding, rejected Chu Fanyin's attempt to dissuade him, and said he regarded Leng Guhan's use of both hands as a disgrace.
• Wei Yidao vowed to defeat Leng Guhan while he wielded both hands or the Zhanlu Sword, and Leng Guhan said he would wait to see it.

Leng Guhan confronted Wei Yidao over Huang Xiao but said he wanted only to learn how many people remained in the Evil Water Region. After Huang Xiao answered, Leng Guhan indicated that the answer was enough, leaving Wei Yidao suspicious of the black-robed man’s connection to the Heavenly Evil Sect.

• Leng Guhan warned Wei Yidao that he was outmatched and said only Pang Ji and Shi Hen among the Demon Hall experts gave him pause.
• Leng Guhan revealed he was waiting for someone and asked Huang Xiao how many people remained in the Evil Water Region.
• Wei Yidao allowed Huang Xiao to answer, and Huang Xiao said three people remained.
• Chu Fanyin noticed the black-robed man react slightly to Huang Xiao’s answer.
• Leng Guhan said the answer was enough, while Wei Yidao wondered whether the black-robed man was connected to the Heavenly Evil Sect.

Huo Lian appeared before Huang Xiao and the others, revealing that the former Hall Master was still alive. Leng Guhan then took Huo Lian aside and asked for Tiger Wing and Inugami, offering an unidentified favor in exchange; the black-robed figure revealed that he was Zhu Fancheng, a descendant of the Zhu Family who had come from the Evil Water Region.

• Leng Guhan revealed that he had been waiting for Huo Lian, who appeared before Huang Xiao and the others.
• Wei Yidao and Chu Fanyin recognized Huo Lian as the former Hall Master, and Huo Lian asked everyone else to wait while he spoke privately with Leng Guhan and the black-robed figure.
• Huang Xiao prepared to tell Huo Lian about the Evil Water Region's secret, but Wei Yidao told him to wait until they knew Huo Lian's wishes.
• Leng Guhan confirmed that he knew the secret of the Evil Water Region and asked Huo Lian for Tiger Wing and Inugami, while Huo Lian refused to give them up without a tempting offer.
• Leng Guhan said they had come prepared, and the black-robed figure identified himself as Zhu Fancheng, a Zhu Family descendant from the Heavenly Evil Sect who had come out of the Evil Water Region.

Leng Guhan and Zhu Fancheng negotiated with Huo Lian, who deduced their connection to the Three Great Families and tried to recruit Zhu Fancheng. They offered Huo Lian cooperation in obtaining the families’ cultivation methods, but Zhu Fancheng warned that the families would destroy them rather than let the Demon Hall seize them.

• Huo Lian inferred that the Sword Pavilion’s knowledge and Leng Guhan’s rise were connected to Zhu Fancheng and the Three Great Families.
• Zhu Fancheng explained that he had escaped the Evil Water Region nearly six hundred years earlier with two others, and that Leng Guhan had helped him obtain a life-prolonging Ghost Spirit Sect cultivation method.
• Huo Lian tried to persuade Zhu Fancheng to join him, but Zhu Fancheng refused because of the Three Great Families’ grievances with the Demon Hall.
• Leng Guhan proposed that Huo Lian cooperate with them to obtain the Three Great Families’ cultivation methods, using the Three Evil Blades to enter the Evil Water Region.
• Zhu Fancheng warned Huo Lian that the families would destroy their cultivation methods rather than surrender them to the Demon Hall, and Huo Lian asked if he was threatening him.

Huo Lian negotiated with Zhu Fancheng and Leng Guhan over the Evil Blades, demanding the Heavenly Evil Imperishable Art in exchange for helping them reach the Evil Water Region. The bargain remained conditional, and Huo Lian learned that Leng Guhan wanted the Supremely Evil Saber Manual to improve his swordsmanship.

• Huo Lian refused to accept Zhu Fancheng's offer of any cultivation method except the Evil Daoist Canon, warning that the deal carried too much risk without a guarantee.
• Huo Lian offered to provide the Evil Blades and locate Dragon Fang in exchange for the Heavenly Evil Imperishable Art.
• Zhu Fancheng explained that the art was incomplete and divided among the Three Great Families, and said the Zhu Family's portion was inside the Evil Water Region.
• Huo Lian said he would believe Zhu Fancheng for now, but threatened to destroy the Three Great Families if Zhu had concealed anything.
• Huo Lian questioned Leng Guhan about his interest in the deal, and Leng Guhan admitted he wanted to study the Supremely Evil Saber Manual to advance his swordsmanship.
• Huo Lian realized Leng Guhan hoped to use the manual to counter the Demon Hall's Supreme Demon Saber Technique and said he looked forward to seeing the result.

Huo Lian agreed to help Leng Guhan and Zhu Fancheng with the three Ancient Evil Blades, then treated Wu Cang’s injuries and heard Huang Xiao’s account of the Evil Water Region. The Demon Hall learned that all three blades were needed to break the region’s formation and escape, leaving Huo Lian’s role in obtaining them central to what happens next.

• Leng Guhan challenged Huo Lian’s plans for Huang Xiao, and Huo Lian agreed to arrange a time to deal with the three Ancient Evil Blades.
• Huo Lian struck Wu Cang with finger force, causing him to expel stagnant blood and begin recovering from his injuries.
• Huo Lian asked Huang Xiao to describe what he had seen in the Evil Water Region after Wu Cang left.
• Huang Xiao reported that descendants of the Three Great Families guarded the region, which contained their manuals and the Supreme Evil Pillar.
• Huang Xiao explained that an Ancient Evil Blade could grant entry, but all three blades were required to break the formation and escape.

Huang Xiao told Huo Lian, Wei Yidao, and Chu Fanyin that Chao Hun had attacked him to obtain the Heavenly Demon Skill, and Wei Yidao linked Chao Hun to several missing and murdered Demon Hall figures. The group was left stunned when Huang Xiao revealed that Chao Hun carried the aura of Supreme Demonic Qi.

• Huo Lian agreed to discuss providing the Demon Hall with three Evil Blades and confirmed that he had also reached an agreement with Leng Guhan.
• Huo Lian rebuked Wei Yidao for failing to protect Huang Xiao, and Wei Yidao promised that it would not happen again.
• Huang Xiao asked about Qin Lu and learned that the elder had vanished after going out with him; Wei Yidao suspected Chao Hun had killed him.
• Huang Xiao revealed that Chao Hun had attacked him for the Heavenly Demon Skill and that he escaped when the Heavenly Evil Sect passed nearby.
• Wei Yidao connected Chao Hun to the deaths of Qin Lu and Zhu Jigeng and the disappearance of Lou Feishang, then said Chao Hun had likely obtained Demon Hall cultivation methods.
• Huang Xiao said he had detected Supreme Demonic Qi in Chao Hun, shocking Wei Yidao, Chu Fanyin, and Huo Lian.

Huo Lian discussed the source of Chao Hun’s Supreme Demonic Qi and explained why the Demon Hall could not fully counter the Pang Family’s influence. He ordered Huang Xiao to return to Chaotic Province for guidance, leaving Huang Xiao with a new understanding of how even a Hall Master could be constrained.

• Huang Xiao told Huo Lian, Wei Yidao, and Chu Fanyin that Chao Hun possessed a sparse wisp of Supreme Demonic Qi, and Huo Lian suggested he might have found a Demon Hall treasure or a place where its seniors had cultivated.
• Wei Yidao said Chao Hun had reportedly entered Mist Mountain, making him difficult to find, and asked whether Huang Xiao could return with them to the Heavenly Demon Hall.
• Huo Lian allowed Huang Xiao to return for follow-up matters but ordered Wei Yidao to send him to Chaotic Province later so Huo Lian could guide him.
• Huo Lian questioned whether Wei Yidao could help Huang Xiao compete with Pang Yi and explained that the Pang Family’s backing gave Pang Yi advantages Wei Yidao could not provide.
• Huo Lian described how Pang Ji and the Pang Family had regained power in the Demon Hall, and Huang Xiao began to understand that even a Hall Master could be constrained.

Huo Lian summoned Huang Xiao to discuss the Evil Water Region, and Huang Xiao revealed that Zhangsun Youyue and Jiang Liuli were trapped there with him. Huo Lian challenged Huang Xiao’s determination to rescue them, but ultimately accepted his choice while warning that his attachment could be exploited.

• Wei Yidao agreed that Huang Xiao could follow Huo Lian, who said he would notify them when he wanted Huang Xiao to come and for how long.
• Huang Xiao asked Huo Lian about entering the Evil Water Region, then revealed that Zhangsun Youyue and Jiang Liuli had fallen in with him and remained trapped there.
• Huang Xiao told Huo Lian that he and the two women had shared the intimacy of husband and wife and that he wanted to rescue them.
• Huo Lian dismissed Huang Xiao’s concern for the women and warned that their importance to him could let the Heirs of the Three Great Families use them to control him.
• Huang Xiao stood by his decision, and Huo Lian acknowledged his conviction while warning him that attachment was a weakness.

Huo Lian learned that Huang Xiao had memorized more than three thousand manuals on imperishability, but not the Heavenly Evil Imperishable Art he hoped to obtain. He remained determined to search the Evil Water Region and promised Huang Xiao he would rescue the two women, then asked him to recite the manuals.

• Huo Lian told Huang Xiao he would help rescue the two women once the Three Evil Blades were gathered, and said he needed something in the Evil Water Region.
• Huo Lian asked whether Huang Xiao had found the Heavenly Evil Imperishable Art among the manuals there, and Huang Xiao said he had memorized more than three thousand manuals but had found no such art.
• Huo Lian considered that the Three Great Families might have withheld the Heavenly Evil Imperishable Art from Huang Xiao and explained that the Demon Hall's Imperishability Chapter was lost to later Hall Masters.
• Huo Lian told Huang Xiao he still intended to obtain the Heavenly Evil Imperishable Art and would bring the two women out when he went to the Evil Water Region.
• Huo Lian asked Huang Xiao to recite all the manuals, then told Wei Yidao and Chu Fanyin to wait while they discussed them.

Huo Lian questioned Huang Xiao about Chao Hun’s Supreme Demonic Qi and decided to investigate after Huang Xiao described it as impure, containing several distinct strands. After returning to the hall masters, Huang Xiao heard Wei Yidao and Chu Fanyin discuss Chao Hun, Lou Feishang’s disappearance, and how to support their halls’ candidates, with Chu suggesting they join forces to nurture Huang Xiao.

• Huo Lian listened as Huang Xiao recited more than three thousand cultivation manuals created by the ancestors of the Three Great Families.
• Huang Xiao told Huo Lian that Chao Hun’s Supreme Demonic Qi seemed impure and contained at least five or six strands with different auras, prompting Huo Lian to investigate.
• Huo Lian told Huang Xiao to return to the Heavenly Demon Hall and say that he had received guidance, then left.
• Huang Xiao rejoined Wei Yidao and Chu Fanyin, while Wu Cang returned safely and then took his leave.
• Chu Fanyin said he would not search Mist Mountain for Chao Hun and would instead deal with Lou Feishang’s disappearance, which he suspected was connected to Chao Hun.
• Wei Yidao joked that Chu Fanyin should lend his hall’s resources to the Heavenly Demon Hall, and Chu proposed that both halls join forces to nurture Huang Xiao.

Chu Fanyin and Wei Yidao secretly agreed to have the Ten Thousand Demons Hall teach Huang Xiao more of the Ten Thousand Demons Skill to strengthen his bid for the Hall Master's Seat. Huang Xiao returned safely to the Heavenly Demon Hall, where his survival delighted some and enraged Zuo Jiayi.

• Chu Fanyin proposed that the Ten Thousand Demons Hall secretly give Huang Xiao additional instruction in its cultivation method, and Wei Yidao agreed.
• Chu Fanyin told Huang Xiao to conceal his knowledge of the Ten Thousand Demons Skill and make others think he knew only its earliest levels.
• Chu Fanyin accompanied Wei Yidao and Huang Xiao to the Heavenly Demon Hall to help protect them from possible interception.
• Ten days later, Huang Xiao returned alive to the Heavenly Demon Hall, delighting those who believed he had a strong chance at the Hall Master's Seat.
• Zuo Jiayi smashed furniture in his room and raged over Huang Xiao's survival after the failed attempts to kill him.

Huang Xiao returned safely to the Heavenly Demon Hall and learned that some disciples had hoped to replace him while he was missing. When he discovered that Zuo Jiayi had brutally injured Chao Lingyi, he rose to confront him.

• Chao Lingyi told Huang Xiao that disciples had spread rumors about his death and hoped to take his place as Hall Master Candidate.
• Huang Xiao noticed Chao Lingyi struggling with a washbasin and demanded to see her hands.
• Huang Xiao found lash wounds and damaged meridians on Chao Lingyi’s arms and pressed her to explain who had hurt her.
• Chao Lingyi identified Zuo Jiayi and tearfully recounted what had happened.
• Huang Xiao erupted in anger, destroyed his reclining chair, and declared that Zuo Jiayi was courting death.