Chapter Summaries

Huang Xiao and Yin Huju discussed Imperial Remnant Manor’s Divine Beasts, then welcomed Wu Cang and Liang Chenghao after Yin Huju’s breakthrough to the Enlightenment Realm. With Heavenly Demon Hall moving toward unity after Yao Renwu’s execution, Yin Huju chose to strip Zheng Gu of his authority rather than kill him, and the hall prepared to celebrate.

• Yin Huju told Huang Xiao that Imperial Remnant Manor supplied Divine Beasts to Heavenly Demon Hall in exchange for nonaggression, and that the Main Hall used them to make armor.
• Wu Cang and Liang Chenghao arrived and congratulated Yin Huju on reaching the Enlightenment Realm.
• Wu Cang informed Yin Huju and Yue Cheng that Yao Renwu had been executed after events at the Main Hall, and they celebrated the Hall Master’s triumph over God-Burying Hall.
• Wu Cang proposed making Yin Huju an Enlightenment Realm Regent Elder and letting him decide Zheng Gu’s fate.
• Yin Huju chose to strip Zheng Gu of his authority but spare his life, saying the hall should retain a Martial Realm expert.
• Huang Xiao urged everyone to handle the hall’s affairs and celebrate before the Hall Master returned the next day.

Huang Xiao weighed the risks of becoming closer to Chao Lingyi while preparing to strengthen himself for the contest against Pang Yi. His attempt to break through to the tenth stage of the Heavenly Demon Skill failed and damaged his meridians, but he repaired them and believed another attempt might succeed soon.

• Chao Lingyi washed and massaged Huang Xiao’s feet, while Huang Xiao considered his feelings for her and chose not to pursue her before securing his future.
• Huang Xiao began cultivating the Heavenly Demon Skill and resolved to surpass Pang Yi by a wide margin before their contest.
• Huang Xiao attempted to use the tenth-stage mental formula, but most of his true qi went berserk and cracked his meridians.
• Huang Xiao spent more than four hours stabilizing his true qi and repairing his meridians with imperishable true qi.
• Huang Xiao gave up on breaking through that night, consolidated his ninth-stage cultivation, and reflected on his attempt.

Wei Yidao returned to Heavenly Demon Hall with Zhou Daohang, whose allegiance to the God-Burying Hall faction enraged him. Wei Yidao told Huang Xiao that Zhou Daohang had been appointed Regent Elder by Pang Tiangang, leaving Heavenly Demon Hall facing outside control of its daily affairs.

• Huang Xiao and the others welcomed Wei Yidao, who reacted coldly to Yin Huju's recent breakthrough to the Enlightenment Realm.
• Liang Chenghao recognized the returning elder as Zhou Daohang, a former member of Heavenly Demon Hall who had joined the Outer Hall Elders' Council.
• Wei Yidao took Huang Xiao into a secret chamber and angrily called Zhou Daohang a traitor for siding with the God-Burying Hall faction.
• Wei Yidao explained that Pang Tiangang had ordered Zhou Daohang to serve as Regent Elder and oversee Heavenly Demon Hall's daily affairs.

Wei Yidao warned Huang Xiao that Zhou Daohang had been placed in the Heavenly Demon Hall as a God-Burying Hall informant, then advised him to hide his strength and keep the Ten Thousand Demons Hall’s resources secret. He also revealed that Pang Yi had reached the tenth stage of the God-Burying Demonic Art, and the chapter ended with Huang Xiao showing Wei Yidao an incomplete map that might be connected to Chao Hun.

• Wei Yidao told Huang Xiao that Zhou Daohang had joined the Heavenly Demon Hall and instructed him to keep the appointment quiet and avoid revealing his true strength.
• Wei Yidao and Huang Xiao decided that Chu Fanyin should deliver the Ten Thousand Demons Hall’s resources to the Hall Master’s residence, keeping them out of Zhou Daohang’s reach.
• Wei Yidao praised Huang Xiao for challenging Pang Rushan, then warned him that Pang Yi had advanced to the tenth stage of the God-Burying Demonic Art.
• Huang Xiao vowed to advance to the tenth stage of the Heavenly Demon Skill and said he would not give up.
• Huang Xiao presented Wei Yidao with an incomplete sheepskin map he had found among the Mixed Demon Sect’s possessions, saying it might be connected to Chao Hun.

Wei Yidao identified Huang Xiao’s map fragment as ancient divine beast hide but could not decipher it, then gave Huang Xiao orders to deliver several appointments and announcements. At the Heavenly Demon Hall, Huang Xiao invoked the Hall Master’s authority and confronted Zhou Daohang, declaring that Zhou was no exception to his command.

• Wei Yidao examined Huang Xiao’s map fragment and said it was made from ancient divine beast hide, but he could not determine what it showed.
• Wei Yidao told Huang Xiao to ask the Patriarch about the map and gave him a letter authorizing Liang Chenghao’s transfer, appointing Yin Huju to Liang’s post, and announcing Zhou Daohang as a Regent Elder.
• Huang Xiao arrived at the Heavenly Demon Hall’s main hall, where Zhou Daohang and the other elders were waiting, and announced that he carried the Hall Master’s spoken command.
• Huang Xiao ordered Zhou Daohang to kneel and challenged him for defying the Hall Rules.
• Huang Xiao declared that he had final authority in the Hall Master’s absence and told Zhou Daohang that he was no exception.

Huang Xiao asserted the Hall Master's authority over Zhou Daohang as the returning Regent Elder, then announced Liang Chenghao's promotion to the Main Hall's Outer Hall Elders' Council and Yin Huju's appointment to fill his vacancy. Zhou Daohang left for Yao Renwu's former residence, while Yin Huju decided to side with Huang Xiao despite Zhou's entering Dao realm strength.

• Huang Xiao forced Zhou Daohang to kneel and reminded him that, as a Heavenly Demon Hall Regent Elder, he had to obey the Hall Rules.
• Huang Xiao confirmed Zhou Daohang's appointment as Regent Elder responsible for the hall's day-to-day affairs, and Zhou pledged to serve.
• Huang Xiao presented Liang Chenghao with the Hall Master's authorization to join the Main Hall's Outer Hall Elders' Council.
• Huang Xiao appointed Yin Huju to fill the vacancy left by Liang Chenghao, then dismissed the assembled elders.
• Huang Xiao assigned Wu Cang to take Zhou Daohang to Yao Renwu's former residence, and Yin Huju resolved to stand with Huang Xiao.

Huang Xiao told his companions that Zhou Daohang had secretly defected to the Pang Family, then dismissed concerns about elders who had visited Zhou. After learning that Pang Yi had reached the Martial Realm, Huang Xiao entered seclusion to pursue the tenth stage.

• Huang Xiao gathered Yin Huju, Yue Cheng, Liu Jiong, and Wu Cang and revealed that Zhou Daohang had secretly joined the Pang Family’s God-Burying Hall faction.
• Huang Xiao explained that Pang Tiangang had forced Zhou Daohang’s appointment by exploiting Heavenly Demon Hall’s shortage of Enlightenment Realm Regent Elders.
• Wu Cang raised concerns about elders who had visited Zhou Daohang, but Huang Xiao said he would not interfere with them unless they broke the hall rules.
• Huang Xiao told the others he planned to cultivate toward the tenth stage because Pang Yi had already broken through to the Martial Realm.
• Huang Xiao entered his secret cultivation chamber and began circulating the Heavenly Demon Skill while reciting the tenth-stage formula.

Huang Xiao pushed toward the Martial Realm by refining his true qi and control of heaven and earth momentum, then secretly continued his breakthrough attempts. Meanwhile, Senior Sister Fanlin visited Yan Xi and the other women from Great Song, who were living in the Penglai Mystic Domain, to share news about the three people they had asked about.

• Huang Xiao circulated his growing true qi while trying to master heaven and earth momentum, exhausting his divine sense and reaching the threshold of the Martial Realm.
• After resting, Huang Xiao resumed his breakthrough attempts and cultivated for three days and three nights while Chao Lingyi waited outside the secret chamber.
• Chao Lingyi sensed heaven and earth momentum leaking from the chamber, sent the guards away, and received Huang Xiao's instruction to return after three days while keeping his breakthrough secret.
• Senior Sister Fanlin arrived in the Three Immortal Mountains and told the six women, including Yan Xi, that she had news about the three people they had asked about.
• Yan Xi urgently asked Senior Sister Fanlin whether she had news of Dugu Sheng.

After learning that Huang Xiao had joined the Heavenly Demon Hall, the six women believed he was the husband they were searching for, but Fanlin suspected they were connected to the Demon Hall and left to report them. The chapter ended when the convent's Patriarch arrived with two powerful seniors to meet them.

• Fanlin told the six women that Huang Xiao had become a Heavenly Demon Hall Master Candidate and had survived the Evil Water Region and pursuit by Jianghu experts.
• Zhao Yunhui and the others realized Huang Xiao had joined the Heavenly Demon Hall only about three months earlier, and You Lian'er declared that he had to be their Huang Xiao.
• Xiao Yan revealed that Huang Xiao was the husband of four of the women, prompting Fanlin to worry about their ties to the Demon Hall and report the situation to the Patriarch.
• The women feared the convent might treat them as enemies, but took comfort that Huang Xiao was alive and his blood curse had likely been dispelled.
• Two hours later, the Patriarch arrived with two unfamiliar seniors, and the six women bowed to them.

Li Bai confirmed that the six women came from the same place as Huang Xiao and asked them to reveal their origins to Abbess Jingluo. After hearing their account, the elders discussed Huang Xiao’s dangerous bid for the Demon Hall Master’s Seat, while Abbess Jingluo remained undecided about letting the women stay at the Divine Nun Convent.

• Li Bai identified himself to the six women, confirmed he had met Huang Xiao, and said he knew their origins.
• Xiao Yan and the other five women apologized to Abbess Jingluo and explained their origins and their relationship with Huang Xiao.
• Abbess Jingluo, Senior Wu, and Li Bai compared Huang Xiao’s chances of becoming Demon Hall Master with Huo Lian’s past rise.
• Senior Wu revealed he had once led the Taixuan Sect and fought Huo Lian, the founder of the Heavenly Demon Sect and former Demon Hall Master.
• Zhao Yunhui and Zhao Xin'er asked about Huang Xiao’s fate, and Li Bai said Huang Xiao could no longer leave the Demon Hall struggle.
• Li Bai asked Abbess Jingluo to let the six women remain at the convent, but she hesitated because of their connection to Huang Xiao.

Senior Wu, Abbess Jingluo, and Li Bai discussed whether to keep Huang Xiao’s six wives at the Divine Nun Convent and how they might prepare for the Demon Hall’s Thousand-Year Period. Jingluo agreed to keep and train the women, while Senior Wu considered meeting Huo Lian to learn the Demon Hall’s secrets.

• Abbess Jingluo said she no longer wanted to keep Huang Xiao’s six wives after learning their identities, but Senior Wu and Li Bai argued that Huang Xiao’s conduct differed from Huo Lian’s.
• After the visitors left, You Lian'er and Xiao Yan encouraged the other women to stay hopeful and focus on finding their husband.
• Jingluo praised the women’s aptitude and Zhao Yunhui’s Blade and Sword Combined Strike Technique, and Senior Wu suggested their ties to Huang Xiao might influence his future actions.
• Jingluo agreed to keep the six women in the Penglai Mystic Domain and teach them while the convent prepared for the Thousand-Year Period.
• Li Bai speculated that Huo Lian wanted to escape the Martial World through a hidden formation, and Senior Wu said she might visit him to learn more.

Senior Wu decided to visit Huo Lian and Imperial Remnant Manor to gather allies and secrets ahead of the Thousand-Year Period of the Demon Hall. Meanwhile, Dugu Sheng was escorted through Imperial Remnant Manor to a guarded valley, where he noticed a lifelike turtle-shaped statue.

• Senior Wu said he would seek out Huo Lian and visit Imperial Remnant Manor to discuss the coming conflict and learn what each side knew.
• Li Bai reported that Chao Xun had returned to focused cultivation after Youyue's apparent death, and Senior Wu and Abbess Jingluo discussed how Hall Master candidates could surpass ordinary younger fighters.
• An Imperial Remnant Manor disciple summoned Dugu Sheng on Sword Emperor Tan Ming's behalf and led him away from the courtyard where his movements were restricted.
• Dugu Sheng recalled that Tan Ming had protected and guided him, helping him break through to the Half-Step Martial Realm in less than a month.
• After several changes of guides and two hours of travel, Dugu Sheng reached a mountain valley entrance and sensed that its gigantic turtle-shaped stone statue seemed alive.

Dugu Sheng discovered that he could resonate with the Xuanyuan Sword, and Tan Ming told him he had a chance to wield the nearly repaired divine weapon. Tan Ming offered to help him cultivate at the sword formation and asked Dugu Sheng to become his disciple.

• Dugu Sheng entered the Giant Eight Trigrams Sword Formation and met Tan Ming at its center beside the Xuanyuan Sword.
• Tan Ming revealed that Dugu Sheng had first appeared in this valley and explained that the chained divine beasts' essence blood and lifespans were repairing the damaged sword.
• Dugu Sheng sensed a close affinity with the Xuanyuan Sword and said its sword intent could help him improve his internal power and understand the way of the sword.
• Tan Ming told Dugu Sheng that he had the qualifications to possess the Xuanyuan Sword and promised to ask the Manor Lord to let him cultivate there.
• Tan Ming solemnly asked Dugu Sheng whether he was willing to take him as his master.

Dugu Sheng became Tan Ming’s disciple, while Hong Yi trained under Baili Zhen and learned that Huang Xiao had become a powerful member of the Demon Hall. Hong Yi was left stunned by the news that his old friend possessed the Heavenly Demon Skill.

• Dugu Sheng accepted Tan Ming as his master, and Tan Ming promised to negotiate Imperial Remnant Manor’s conditions on his behalf.
• Hong Yi demonstrated his Subduing Dragon Palm for Baili Zhen, who praised his progress and strength.
• Hong Yi asked Baili Zhen about the strongest young martial artists, and Baili Zhen said several had reached the void martial realm.
• Baili Zhen named Huang Xiao of the Demon Hall’s Heavenly Demon Hall among the outstanding young fighters.
• Hong Yi asked whether Huang Xiao knew the Heavenly Demon Skill, shaken by the possibility that he was his old friend.

Hong Yi learned that Huang Xiao had become a Void Martial Realm candidate in the Heavenly Demon Hall, while Baili Zhen watched Dragon Fang near completion and feared upheaval at the Dragon Burial Ground. Elsewhere, Qingfeng remained trapped in a mysterious formation, surviving on rare milky droplets and tending a plant growing from the rock.

• Hong Yi asked Baili Zhen about Huang Xiao, and Baili Zhen dismissed the possibility that the Heavenly Demon Hall candidate was Hong Yi’s friend.
• Baili Zhen told Hong Yi that Huang Xiao was in the Void Martial Realm and urged him to look instead to Sword God Yi and Li Chaoxun as examples.
• Hong Yi warned Baili Zhen that Dragon Fang’s evil qi was growing stronger, and Baili Zhen said the weapon was nearing completion and Huo Lian would likely arrive soon.
• Qingfeng drank a rare milky-white droplet in the stone cave where he had been trapped for three months by a mysterious formation.
• Qingfeng watered a two-leaved plant growing from the rock with half of his milky liquid, preserving both himself and the rare plant.

Qingfeng discovered faint writing near the rare treasure and waited for its growth to reveal more, while wondering about Huang Xiao and the others. Elsewhere on Mist Mountain, Demon Phoenix sparred with Fan Zhongkun, Zhu Yang, and Wang Jiu, leaving Wang Jiu as the only one able to challenge him.

• Qingfeng watered the rare treasure with milky liquid, and it recovered and grew new leaves.
• Qingfeng found six faint characters carved into the rock: “Sever the mortal world, sever all affections.”
• Qingfeng suspected more writing would appear as the plant grew, but he could gather milky liquid only once every ten days.
• Qingfeng worried about Huang Xiao, Dugu Sheng, and the others, then accepted that he had no way to leave his isolated location yet.
• On Mist Mountain, Demon Phoenix defeated Fan Zhongkun and Zhu Yang in sparring and called Wang Jiu his only worthy opponent.
• Demon Phoenix and Wang Jiu exchanged blows as Wang Jiu met his attacks head-on.

Huo Lian visited Wang Jiu, Zhu Yang, and Fan Zhongkun on Mist Mountain and promised them a great opportunity, bringing out the Ancient Evil Blades Tiger Wing and Inugami. Zhu Yang hoped the opportunity would involve Dragon Fang, but Huo Lian clarified that it would benefit all three.

• The Demon Phoenix fought Wang Jiu and complained that it could no longer defeat him in one move, while Wang Jiu noted he had not used Tiger Wing.
• Huo Lian appeared, sent the Demon Phoenix crashing into a boulder, and praised Wang Jiu, Zhu Yang, and Fan Zhongkun for their cultivation progress.
• Zhu Yang asked Huo Lian about Dragon Fang, the Ancient Evil Blade tied to his family, but Huo Lian did not answer directly.
• Huo Lian placed Tiger Wing and Inugami before the three men and announced that he would give them a great opportunity.
• Zhu Yang asked if the opportunity was Dragon Fang, and Huo Lian said Dragon Fang would be an opportunity for Zhu Yang alone, not all three.

Huo Lian told Wang Jiu, Zhu Yang, and Fan Zhongkun about a way into the Evil Water Region and asked them to retrieve the Heavenly Evil Imperishable Art. He explained that they would be trapped inside until the Three Ancient Evil Blades were gathered outside to break the formation.

• Demon Phoenix demanded his reward, and Huo Lian told the three men that their ancestors had hidden something near Supreme Evil Peak in the Evil Water Region.
• Wang Jiu, Zhu Yang, and Fan Zhongkun worried about entering the dangerous region, but Huo Lian said he had a way and that the Heavenly Evil Sect would not obstruct them.
• Huo Lian asked the three men to find the Heavenly Evil Imperishable Art, a cultivation method created by their ancestors before their showdown with the Demon Hall.
• Huo Lian explained that the Three Ancient Evil Blades could break the region’s formation, while a single blade could allow entry but not an easy escape.
• Huo Lian revealed that Huang Xiao had entered and escaped the Evil Water Region, and said the three men would have to wait for outsiders to gather all Three Ancient Evil Blades before they could leave.
• Demon Phoenix celebrated Huang Xiao’s adventure and vowed to teach him a lesson for not bringing him along.

Huo Lian prepared Wang Jiu, Zhu Yang, and Fan Zhongkun to enter the Evil Water Region and retrieve the Heavenly Evil Imperishable Art, explaining that the Evil Blades’ aura would let them pass safely. After infusing themselves with more evil qi, the three set out with Huo Lian for the region.

• Huo Lian threatened Wang Jiu, Zhu Yang, and Fan Zhongkun into agreeing to obtain the Heavenly Evil Imperishable Art, then explained they could also gain cultivation methods and treasures inside the Evil Water Region.
• Huo Lian said the three needed the Evil Blades’ aura within their bodies to enter safely and planned to strengthen it with another infusion of evil qi.
• Huo Lian told Zhu Yang that Dragon Fang’s location was known but that it was not yet time for the blade to appear.
• Huo Lian sent Demon Phoenix back to the Transcendent Immortal Escort Agency and warned him not to stir up trouble on the way.
• Wang Jiu, Zhu Yang, and Fan Zhongkun spent two hours drawing the auras of Tiger Wing and Inugami into their meridians.
• Huo Lian put away the two Evil Blades, returned to the three, and set out with them for the Evil Water Region.

Huo Lian led Wang Jiu, Fan Zhongkun, and Zhu Yang toward the Heavenly Evil Sect while they discussed the recent events surrounding Huang Xiao and the Demon Hall. Fan Zhongkun argued that Huang Xiao was not cold and ruthless enough to rule the Demon Hall, and Huo Lian agreed.

• Huo Lian and the others traveled toward the Heavenly Evil Sect as they heard that the major Jianghu powers knew he was alive and possessed Tiger Wing and Inugami.
• Wang Jiu and Fan Zhongkun discussed Huang Xiao’s recent trials and his growing strength, while Zhu Yang reflected on his debt to Huang Xiao.
• Wang Jiu asked Huo Lian about Huang Xiao’s chances of winning the Hall Master’s Seat, and Huo Lian warned that the Pang Family made the contest difficult.
• Fan Zhongkun criticized Huang Xiao for confronting Yao Renwu to protect Yin Huju and Yue Cheng, but Zhu Yang and Wang Jiu defended Huang Xiao’s loyalty to his followers.
• Fan Zhongkun said a Demonic Path practitioner should be cold and without loyalty, and Huo Lian agreed with him.