Chapter Summaries

Huang Xiao and Demon Phoenix discovered that Hu Wei’s cultivation method was regenerating his severed limbs and considered how it might complement Huang Xiao’s own techniques. Hu Wei refused to teach them, and Huang Xiao stopped Demon Phoenix from forcing him because a falsified method could be deadly.

• Huang Xiao and Demon Phoenix found newly grown arms and legs beneath Hu Wei’s clothes and learned that his cultivation method could regenerate severed limbs.
• Huang Xiao explained that Hu Wei’s method created new flesh, unlike his own technique for repairing damaged tissue, and considered how it might address weaknesses in the Ghost Spirit Indestructible Art.
• Huang Xiao told Hu Wei that Zhen Heng had passed him a cultivation method and explained that he hoped to learn Hu Wei’s technique to improve one of his own creations.
• Hu Wei refused to teach the method, and Demon Phoenix threatened to torture him for it.
• Huang Xiao stopped Demon Phoenix from interrogating Hu Wei, warning that Hu Wei might corrupt the method and cause them serious harm.

Huang Xiao and Demon Phoenix used a Divine Sense attack and Demon Phoenix's bewitchment to question Hu Wei about his limb-regrowing ability. Hu Wei revealed that it came from his younger brother's true qi and the unfinished Demon Life Art, leaving Huang Xiao with a new lead.

• Huang Xiao used a Divine Sense attack to shake Hu Wei's consciousness, giving Demon Phoenix a chance to bewitch him.
• Demon Phoenix controlled Hu Wei and ordered him to answer Huang Xiao's questions before the bewitchment wore off.
• Hu Wei said he could not teach the limb-regrowing method because he did not understand it himself.
• Hu Wei explained that his younger brother's true qi let him recover quickly and that he stored it in his Dantian.
• Hu Wei revealed that his younger brother had created the unfinished Demon Life Art and had refused to teach it to him.

Huang Xiao and Demon Phoenix questioned Hu Wei about his younger brother’s limb-regenerating cultivation method, but Hu Wei revealed little before Huang Xiao killed him. Huang Xiao then searched Hu Wei’s belongings and found a jade pendant he thought would be useful.

• Huang Xiao learned from Hu Wei that his younger brother had been in the Enlightenment Realm and possessed a method that could regenerate severed limbs.
• Demon Phoenix’s hypnosis wore off, and Hu Wei realized he had been bewitched and refused to reveal more about the cultivation method.
• Hu Wei mocked Huang Xiao and said his brother would avenge him, so Huang Xiao killed him with a strike to the Baihui Point.
• Demon Phoenix offered to burn Hu Wei’s corpse, but Huang Xiao stopped him and searched the body.
• Huang Xiao found silver notes, medicinal pills, and a jade pendant, then decided the pendant would do.

Huang Xiao and Demon Phoenix searched for the Grand Formation’s formation eye, but Huang Xiao could not break the concealing formation. He sensed Huo Lian’s Heavenly Demon True Qi nearby and planned to try drawing on it for strength.

• Huang Xiao kept Hu Wei’s jade pendant to help lure Hu Wei’s younger brother out of the Demon Spirit Sect, then Demon Phoenix burned Hu Wei’s body and silver notes.
• Huang Xiao and Demon Phoenix discussed the limits of the Bewitching Soul Method and agreed they needed to find the formation eye before facing stronger enemies.
• The next day, Huang Xiao located the formation eye beneath a concealing formation but said he could not break it in time.
• Huang Xiao sensed the true qi Huo Lian had left behind and identified it as Heavenly Demon True Qi.
• Huang Xiao agreed to try using the Heavenly Demon True Qi to strengthen himself.

Huang Xiao discovered that the Patriarch’s Heavenly Demon Imperishable True Qi was too unstable to keep in his Dantian for long, but he could use it briefly while near its source. He and Demon Phoenix decided to hunt the Enlightenment Realm experts and lure any dangerous pursuers back to the area, where Huang Xiao could draw on the true qi.

• Huang Xiao sensed the Patriarch’s power and refined a strand of Heavenly Demon Imperishable True Qi.
• Demon Phoenix urged Huang Xiao to refine more, but Huang Xiao warned that the true qi felt unstable and unlike Supreme Demonic Qi.
• A powerful aura erupted from Huang Xiao before the refined true qi dissipated from his Dantian.
• Huang Xiao concluded that he could still use the true qi briefly before it vanished, but only while he remained near its source.
• Huang Xiao and Demon Phoenix planned to seek out the Enlightenment Realm experts and retreat to the area if they met opponents they could not handle.

Huo Lian went to Dragon Mountain to retrieve Dragon Fang from Baili Zhen, revealing that the blade gathered Dragon Qi for a formation channeling the Dragon Burial Ground’s Dragon Vein Qi to Mist Mountain. As Huo Lian prepared to draw it, Baili Zhen learned that removing Dragon Fang would stop the formation, while Hong Yi wondered about the old man’s identity.

• Huo Lian left Mist Mountain and went to Dragon Mountain, where he found Baili Zhen teaching Hong Yi the Subduing Dragon Palm.
• Huo Lian told Baili Zhen he had come to retrieve Dragon Fang, and Baili Zhen led him to the blade with Hong Yi following.
• Baili Zhen asked why Huo Lian had waited so long, and Huo Lian said retrieving the blade had to benefit him.
• Huo Lian revealed that Dragon Fang gathered Dragon Qi to channel the Dragon Burial Ground’s Dragon Vein Qi to Mist Mountain.
• Huo Lian explained that Dragon Fang was the formation eye and said the formation would stop working without it, then prepared to draw the blade.

Huo Lian pulled Dragon Fang from the formation, causing the dragon qi to erupt and the essence blood to pour out. Baili Zhen sent Hong Yi into the essence blood to cultivate, while Hong Yi resolved to grow stronger so he could find out whether Huang Xiao was his brother.

• Huo Lian suppressed Dragon Fang and pulled it from the formation, releasing the spectral dragons and disrupting the formation.
• Baili Zhen tried to absorb the spectral dragons' dragon qi, but five of them struck him and drove him back to Hong Yi.
• Huo Lian raised Dragon Fang, which swallowed the spectral dragons, then told Baili Zhen the remaining dragon qi was his to use.
• Hong Yi noticed essence blood surging from the slot left by Dragon Fang, and Baili Zhen threw him into it to cultivate.
• Hong Yi heard Baili Zhen and Huo Lian discuss Huang Xiao and decided to become strong enough to leave and learn whether Huang Xiao was his brother.

Huo Lian tried twice to recruit Baili Zhen for the dangers of the Demon Hall’s Thousand-Year Period, but Baili Zhen refused both times. Huo Lian left after warning that Baili Zhen could not match Leng Guhan, whom he considered the world’s foremost swordsman.

• Huo Lian revealed himself as a former Demon Hall Master and offered Baili Zhen a chance to follow him, but Baili Zhen refused to become his pawn.
• Baili Zhen challenged Huo Lian, who said he would only consider fighting him after he defeated Leng Guhan.
• Huo Lian explained that Leng Guhan had gained cultivation methods through a partner from the Evil Water Region and had surpassed the sword masters of his generation.
• Huo Lian argued that Tan Ming had likely fallen behind Leng Guhan while pursuing the Xuanyuan Sword, but said Li Bai might still have a chance to match him.
• Baili Zhen questioned why Huo Lian praised a disciple of the Three Immortal Mountains, and Huo Lian replied that he no longer belonged to the Demon Hall.
• Huo Lian made a second offer for Baili Zhen to join him, but Baili Zhen refused again, so Huo Lian left.

After Huo Lian left, Baili Zhen explained the Demon Hall’s Thousand-Year Period and urged Hong Yi to grow strong enough to inherit his arts. The essence blood then flowed back into Dragon Fang’s slot, but Hong Yi’s aura continued to rise, bringing him close to the Void Martial Realm.

• Hong Yi asked Baili Zhen whether Huo Lian had been the Demon Hall Master, and Baili Zhen confirmed that he was the previous Hall Master.
• Baili Zhen told Hong Yi that the Demon Hall’s Thousand-Year Period targeted Jianghu experts, including lone wanderers, and that he might not survive it.
• Baili Zhen asked Hong Yi to improve his strength and inherit his supreme arts, and Hong Yi promised not to disappoint him.
• The mountain trembled as the essence blood and Dragon Qi flowed back into the slot left by Dragon Fang.
• Hong Yi released his aura, and Baili Zhen noticed that his strength was still climbing toward the Void Martial Realm.

Baili Zhen watched a powerful Dragon Qi manifestation form while Hong Yi lost control of his True Qi. The dragon head swallowed Hong Yi and vanished into the mountain, leaving Baili Zhen unable to sense him and furious at the loss of his disciple.

• A massive Dragon Qi aura gathered in the air as Hong Yi continued radiating power, and Baili Zhen told him to stop.
• Hong Yi could not control his True Qi, and Baili Zhen was blocked by a solid barrier of Dragon Qi when he tried to help.
• An enormous dragon head appeared, swallowed Hong Yi, and evaded Baili Zhen's palm strike.
• The dragon head plunged into the mountain peak with Hong Yi inside, and Baili Zhen lost track of Hong Yi's aura.
• Baili Zhen became enraged, believing the dragon head had destroyed his hopes of passing on his supreme arts.

Baili Zhen fought the dragon-qi head that had swallowed him, then absorbed its power while searching for Hong Yi. The mountain suddenly exploded and vanished along with Hong Yi, leaving Baili Zhen convinced that a formation had transported them away and determined to confront Huo Lian.

• Baili Zhen battered the mountain until a dragon-qi head appeared and swallowed him.
• Baili Zhen used his Subduing Dragon Palm to tear the dragon-qi head apart and absorbed its qi, gaining strength and scale-like patterns on his hands.
• Baili Zhen prepared to attack the mountain again while searching for Hong Yi, but the mountain began shaking violently.
• The mountain exploded, and Baili Zhen could no longer sense Hong Yi, the dragon qi, or the dragon blood essence.
• Baili Zhen concluded that a formation had transported them away, blamed Huo Lian for tampering with it, and left Dragon Mountain to demand an explanation.

After killing twenty-eight opponents in twenty-seven days, Huang Xiao and Demon Phoenix returned injured toward the formation eye, expecting only two enemies to remain. An old man ambushed them near their destination, and Demon Phoenix used Death Flame Possession to attack him.

• Huang Xiao and Demon Phoenix recovered from their wounds after killing three Enlightenment Realm experts far from the formation eye.
• Demon Phoenix estimated that the third batch contained ten powerful opponents, and Huang Xiao concluded that the Patriarch had lied about facing a hundred enemies.
• Huang Xiao and Demon Phoenix headed back toward the formation eye while healing, believing two opponents remained.
• An old man emerged from behind a tree and attacked Huang Xiao, suspecting that he and Demon Phoenix had killed the Enlightenment Realm experts.
• Huang Xiao fought back with the Sixth Form of the Heavenly Demon Demon Saber, while Demon Phoenix transformed into flames and used Death Flame Possession on the old man.

After defeating another Enlightenment Realm expert, Huang Xiao and Demon Phoenix reached the Formation Eye, where Chen Mu ambushed Huang Xiao and killed him. Demon Phoenix believed Huang Xiao could revive and tried to keep Chen Mu occupied, while learning that Huo Lian had arranged the attack to force Huang Xiao to grow stronger.

• Huang Xiao killed the old man after Demon Phoenix weakened him with Death Flame Possession, then the two continued toward the Formation Eye.
• Huang Xiao and Demon Phoenix reached the Formation Eye without further trouble and relaxed, believing only one enemy remained.
• Chen Mu appeared and stabbed Huang Xiao through the heart before Huang Xiao could react, leaving him seemingly dead.
• Demon Phoenix attacked Chen Mu but was struck by Sword Qi and realized Chen Mu was stronger than the other Enlightenment Realm experts they had faced.
• Chen Mu revealed he had killed Huang Xiao on Huo Lian's orders to protect Pang Yi's position, while Demon Phoenix believed Huang Xiao could revive because his head remained intact.

After killing Huang Xiao, Chen Mu tried to force Demon Phoenix to submit, confident he could capture the young divine beast without trouble. Demon Phoenix's flames eventually penetrated Chen Mu's protective true qi, leaving Chen Mu facing a threat he had underestimated.

• Chen Mu told Demon Phoenix that he had killed Huang Xiao and demanded that the phoenix submit to him.
• Demon Phoenix refused, declaring that he would avenge Huang Xiao, and attacked Chen Mu.
• Chen Mu repeatedly knocked Demon Phoenix away and warned him to stop resisting, but Demon Phoenix rose from the crater and clung to Chen Mu.
• Chen Mu initially dismissed Demon Phoenix's flames, but then discovered that they had invaded his true qi and begun burning his meridians.
• Demon Phoenix laughed and vowed to burn Chen Mu to ashes.

Chen Mu expelled Demon Phoenix’s flames by discarding the True Qi they had contaminated, weakening himself in the process. Demon Phoenix and the recovered Huang Xiao joined forces to attack him, leaving Chen Mu facing both enemies at once.

• Demon Phoenix’s flames failed to harm Chen Mu, who forced Demon Phoenix out of his Death Flame Possession and back into his original form.
• Demon Phoenix realized that his flame aura had mixed with Chen Mu’s True Qi and charged while Chen Mu tried to suppress it, but Chen Mu sent him flying with a slap.
• After a voice transmission urged him to attack, Demon Phoenix unleashed his Nirvana Flame as Chen Mu discarded contaminated True Qi and lost some of his strength.
• Chen Mu tried to evade Demon Phoenix, but Huang Xiao attacked from behind; Chen Mu blocked the strike and took Demon Phoenix’s talons in his left arm.
• Chen Mu saw that Huang Xiao had survived and healed his chest wound, and Huang Xiao and Demon Phoenix agreed to attack him together.

Huang Xiao and Demon Phoenix fought Chen Mu, who was surprised by Huang Xiao’s unusual true qi. Huang Xiao drew on the formation eye’s Heavenly Demon Imperishable True Qi and prepared to stake everything on several powerful moves.

• Chen Mu dismissed Huang Xiao’s ability to return from the dead and challenged him as a candidate for the Demon Hall Master’s seat.
• Huang Xiao and Demon Phoenix attacked Chen Mu together, but Chen Mu drove Huang Xiao back and struck at Demon Phoenix.
• Demon Phoenix scattered Chen Mu’s Sword Qi and scorched his palm with a flame attack, though Chen Mu claimed the injury was minor.
• Chen Mu sensed that Huang Xiao’s true qi was unusually powerful and suspected Huo Lian had taught him a secret art.
• Huang Xiao drew in Heavenly Demon Imperishable True Qi from the formation eye and used his heart fire to refine and store it.
• Huang Xiao released only the refined Heavenly Demon Imperishable True Qi, deciding to risk using enough for several moves against Chen Mu.

Huang Xiao unleashed Huo Lian's overwhelming true qi to fight Chen Mu, briefly gaining the upper hand while his meridians were badly damaged. Demon Phoenix was gravely wounded trying to help, and Huang Xiao realized Chen Mu had used a Forbidden Art to increase his power.

• Huang Xiao forced the heavenly demon imperishable true qi through his meridians and attacked Chen Mu with a powerful saber strike.
• Huang Xiao briefly suppressed Chen Mu and cut his face, but Chen Mu forced Demon Phoenix back and wounded it.
• Huang Xiao noticed that much of the true qi in his Dantian had vanished and felt his meridians beginning to crack.
• Demon Phoenix charged Chen Mu to create an opening for Huang Xiao, but Chen Mu scattered its flames with sword strikes and left it severely injured.
• Huang Xiao saw Chen Mu's gaze and realized he had used a Forbidden Art to boost his power.

Huang Xiao battled Chen Mu, who had used a forbidden art, and discovered that borrowing heavenly demon imperishable true qi consumed his own reserves. As Chen Mu pressed his attack, Huang Xiao’s saber broke and he was wounded, but he used his footwork to surround Chen Mu with convincing phantoms.

• Chen Mu used a forbidden art and charged Huang Xiao, who chose to meet him head-on rather than risk prolonging the fight.
• Chen Mu split his sword qi into three streams, merged two into a powerful strike, and broke Huang Xiao’s damaged longsaber.
• Chen Mu thrust through the broken blade and pierced Huang Xiao’s chest, but Huang Xiao shifted aside and retreated before the sword could reach his heart.
• Huang Xiao realized that using heavenly demon imperishable true qi had consumed much of his own true qi and might eventually drain his essence blood or lifespan.
• Chen Mu attacked again, and Huang Xiao evaded his sword qi with footwork that created countless realistic phantoms, leaving Chen Mu unable to tell them apart.

Chen Mu and Huang Xiao resumed their fight after Huang Xiao used formation-assisted illusions to disarm Chen Mu and make him wary of the technique. Huang Xiao then drew on Chen Mu’s invading true qi to sustain his own, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Chen Mu attacked Huang Xiao’s illusions with Sword Qi, found the apparent true body, and cut through another phantom before Huang Xiao struck his wrist and sent his sword flying.
• Huang Xiao revealed that formations made his phantoms lifelike, then dismissed them after achieving his goal of leaving Chen Mu without his sword.
• Chen Mu and Huang Xiao exchanged blows, and Chen Mu forced Huang Xiao down with a palm strike powered by his Forbidden Art.
• As his own true qi dwindled, Huang Xiao used Northern Darkness Absorption to draw Chen Mu’s true qi into his meridians and discovered it could offset his expenditure.

Huang Xiao exploited the formation’s illusory rock to trick Chen Mu into lowering his guard and kill him. Chen Mu died after Huang Xiao crushed his heart, while Demon Phoenix remained too badly injured to intervene.

• Huang Xiao used his divine sense to distract Chen Mu and drained more of his true qi before his forbidden art ran out.
• Chen Mu sent Huang Xiao flying and kicked him onto a longsword-like rock that appeared to pierce his chest.
• Believing Huang Xiao was gravely wounded, Chen Mu approached to kill him and checked that he was real.
• Huang Xiao revealed that the rock was an illusion manifested by the formation and that he had used it to deceive Chen Mu.
• Huang Xiao crushed Chen Mu’s heart, and Chen Mu died.