Chapter Summaries

Jiuchen appeared in Myriad Spirits Town and destroyed the Corpse-Blood Tai Sui, saving the civilians and cultivators. As the crowd worshipped him, he met Lin Qingyang’s gaze, and Lin Qingyang realized a horrifying truth.

• A Corpse-Blood Tai Sui rampaged through Myriad Spirits Town, and Lin Qingyang prepared to strike when a child was threatened.
• A golden sword descended from the sky and annihilated the Corpse-Blood Tai Sui, its fungal threads, and the infected Jiangshi.
• Jiuchen descended in golden light, and Jian Hong and the others recognized him as the Nine Skies Sect’s ancestor from five hundred years ago.
• Jiuchen said he had attained the Dao and sent down a wisp of his Divided Soul to help the Human Clan.
• Jiuchen met Lin Qingyang’s eyes, and Lin Qingyang pieced together a horrifying truth.

Jiuchen publicly accused Cang Mo and Lin Qingyang of colluding with demons and blamed Cang Mo for the Red Refining Sect massacre. When Jiuchen attacked Cang Mo, Lin Qingyang defended him, and the Divine Sword Mountain disciples turned their swords against them.

• Jiuchen claimed the Nine Skies Sect had betrayed its purpose and accused Lin Qingyang and Cang Mo of releasing the Corpse-Blood Tai Sui.
• Lin Qingyang accused Jiuchen of staging the crisis, while Jiuchen charged Cang Mo with slaughtering the Red Refining Sect using the Nine Heavens Sword.
• Jiuchen attacked Lin Qingyang, and Cang Mo intercepted the strike before charging Jiuchen and being wounded in their exchange.
• Jian Hong ordered Divine Sword Mountain's disciples to capture Cang Mo, and Yun Zhan joined the encirclement.
• Lin Qingyang stood between Cang Mo and the attackers, while Jiuchen watched with a mocking sneer.

Lin Qingyang and Cang Mo escaped Myriad Spirits Town by taking Su Jingui hostage, but their refuge at a teleportation array was cut off by Xue Lanyuan and Jiuchen. Lin Qingyang recognized that Xue Lanyuan had been placed under the Soul-Seizing Technique as Jiuchen appeared and claimed him.

• Lin Qingyang seized Su Jingui and threatened the surrounding cultivators, forcing them to let him and Cang Mo leave town.
• Su Jingui secretly told Lin Qingyang about a teleportation array east of town, and Su Ruohuan helped clear their way out.
• Cang Mo carried Lin Qingyang and Su Jingui to the cliffside pavilion, where Lin Qingyang thanked Su Jingui for helping them.
• Cang Mo destroyed an ice spike aimed at Su Jingui, and Xue Lanyuan appeared, freezing the teleportation array and attacking them.
• Lin Qingyang recognized the red light in Xue Lanyuan's eyes as a sign of the Soul-Seizing Technique, and Jiuchen emerged from the blizzard and said Xue Lanyuan had returned.

Lin Qingyang and Cang Mo fought Jiuchen, who revealed himself as the real Jiuchen from five hundred years ago, while Xue Lanyuan attacked under his control. Cang Mo was thrown over the cliff after striking Jiuchen, leaving Lin Qingyang at the edge as the wind and snow swallowed him.

• Lin Qingyang recognized Jiuchen as the soul fiend Bi Yue and revealed that he was the real Jiuchen from five hundred years ago.
• Jiuchen attacked Lin Qingyang and Cang Mo while Xue Lanyuan fought Cang Mo; Lin Qingyang coughed blood and Su Jingui was frozen into an ice sculpture.
• Cang Mo shielded Lin Qingyang from Jiuchen's sword and was badly wounded by Xue Lanyuan's icicles.
• Cang Mo shattered the icicles and attacked Jiuchen, but Jiuchen impaled him with dark red vines and Lin Qingyang was flung onto the ice.
• Cang Mo's claws pierced Jiuchen's chest before Jiuchen struck him and sent him over the cliff, where Cang Mo disappeared into the wind and snow.

Jiuchen forced Lin Qingyang to watch as he killed Su Jingui with Divine Wind Slash, then let the gathered disciples believe Lin Qingyang was responsible. As the Immortal Alliance seized on the accusation, Jiuchen ordered Lin Qingyang taken away for public execution.

• Jiuchen used the Windflower Sword to kill Su Jingui as he fled, while Lin Qingyang struggled helplessly against the red vines.
• Jian Hong and the Divine Sword Mountain disciples arrived and found Su Jingui dead; Su Ruohuan mourned her father and questioned Lin Qingyang.
• Jian Hong accused Lin Qingyang of killing Su Jingui, and Lin Qingyang stayed silent to avoid provoking Jiuchen and endangering everyone present.
• Jian Hong asked Jiuchen to take charge, and Jiuchen declared Lin Qingyang had colluded with the Demon Clan and ordered him taken to the Immortal Alliance for public execution.

Chained in Divine Sword Mountain’s dungeon, Lin Qingyang told Yun Zhan that Jiuchen was an Otherworldly Demon who had absorbed Bi Yue’s demonic Qi and likely killed Sect Master Su. Jiuchen’s disciples then brought Lin Qingyang to Seeking Dao Hall, where he faced Jiuchen alone.

• Yun Zhan brought Lin Qingyang water and steamed buns after he had spent a day and a night imprisoned.
• Lin Qingyang told Yun Zhan that Jiuchen had absorbed Bi Yue’s Demon Core and become an Otherworldly Demon, and accused him of killing Sect Master Su.
• Yun Zhan struggled to accept Lin Qingyang’s claim but was interrupted by Discipline Peak disciples sent to take Lin Qingyang for questioning.
• Lin Qingyang warned Yun Zhan not to act rashly, then followed the disciples out of the dungeon while chained.
• The disciples escorted Lin Qingyang to Seeking Dao Hall and left him alone with Jiuchen.

Jiuchen confronted Lin Qingyang in the Seeking Dao Hall and revealed his plan to provoke a war between Cang Mo and the Human Clan. He severed Lin Qingyang and Cang Mo’s blood contract, then tortured Lin Qingyang until he lost consciousness.

• Jiuchen questioned Lin Qingyang about Xue Lanyuan and taunted him over whom he would have chosen in the Ten Thousand Demons Forest.
• Lin Qingyang accused Jiuchen of being killed by the Human Clan after absorbing Demon Cores and becoming an Otherworldly Demon.
• Jiuchen pinned Lin Qingyang to the floor and admitted he wanted to use Cang Mo to wage war against the Human Clan.
• Jiuchen forcibly extracted and shattered the red light binding Lin Qingyang and Cang Mo through their blood contract.
• Jiuchen pierced Lin Qingyang’s shoulder with golden light, and Lin Qingyang passed out from the pain.

After Jiuchen punished Lin Qingyang and ordered his public execution, Yun Zhan was unable to protect him from Jian Hong’s commands. In the valley, Cang Mo sensed that his blood contract with Lin Qingyang had broken and sent a blood totem toward Demon Emperor City.

• Yun Zhan found Lin Qingyang unconscious in Seeking Dao Hall and challenged Jiuchen about how he knew Yun Zhan’s swordsmanship.
• Jian Hong arrived and announced that Lin Qingyang would be publicly executed the next day, while Yun Zhan warned that killing him could provoke war with Cang Mo.
• Jian Hong ordered Lin Qingyang returned to the dungeon and punished Yun Zhan by confining him to his room to copy the sect rules.
• After Jian Hong apologized to Jiuchen, Jiuchen watched the storm-darkened sky and said Heaven wanted Lin Qingyang dead.
• Cang Mo woke in the valley and realized the blood contract linking him to Lin Qingyang had broken.
• Cang Mo drew out a drop of heart’s blood, formed a Demon Clan totem, and sent it flying toward Demon Emperor City.

The Demon Clan received the Demon King Blood Edict and prepared to attack the Human Clan while Lin Qingyang tried to escape his cell. Su Ruohuan learned Jiuchen had killed her father, reconciled with Lin Qingyang, and helped him plan an escape, but Yun Zhan appeared before they could leave.

• Yin Yu reported that Lin Qingyang would be executed and Cang Mo was missing, while Jiuchen controlled the Immortal Alliance.
• The Demon King Blood Edict appeared in the council hall, and Langya ordered the three armies to assemble and crush the Human Clan.
• Lin Qingyang woke in his cell and worried about Cang Mo after their Blood Contract broke.
• Su Ruohuan knocked out the guards with a shattered red crystal and confronted Lin Qingyang about her father's death.
• Lin Qingyang told Su Ruohuan that Jiuchen had killed her father with his sword, and she forgave him and agreed to help him escape.
• Yun Zhan appeared in the passage as Su Ruohuan prepared to unlock Lin Qingyang's chains.

Su Ruohuan, Lin Qingyang, and Yun Zhan tried to escape Divine Sword Mountain after Yun Zhan freed Lin, but Jian Hong discovered them and ordered Lin's capture. Yun Zhan and Su Ruohuan protected Lin, and the three fled into the darkness using red smoke.

• Su Ruohuan tried to stop Yun Zhan from interfering, but he broke Lin Qingyang's chains and gave him Divine Sword Mountain robes.
• Yun Zhan led Lin Qingyang and Su Ruohuan toward a hidden path, concealing Lin among the disciples during a patrol.
• Jian Hong confronted the group and recognized Lin Qingyang, then attacked him after refusing to believe that Jiuchen was Bi Yue and had framed him.
• Yun Zhan blocked Jian Hong's attack, while Su Ruohuan drove back the disciples and threw red smoke beads.
• Lin Qingyang, Yun Zhan, and Su Ruohuan escaped through the smoke and ran toward the path behind the mountain.

Lin Qingyang, Yun Zhan, and Su Ruohuan fled toward the Back Mountain but were cornered by Jiuchen, who prepared to kill them. Mo Yan and Jin Buhuan rescued them with lightning and the Ten-Thousand-Li Tianyan Array, transporting them to Li Tian’s workshop.

• Yun Zhan led Lin Qingyang and Su Ruohuan down the mountain as they tried to escape Divine Sword Mountain.
• Jiuchen appeared and attacked the three, leaving Yun Zhan injured and Lin Qingyang unable to use his spiritual power.
• Mo Yan struck Jiuchen with lightning while Jin Buhuan used golden bubbles and the Ten-Thousand-Li Tianyan Array to pull the group away.
• The array transported Lin Qingyang, Yun Zhan, Su Ruohuan, Mo Yan, and Jin Buhuan into a room filled with puppet parts.
• Li Tian emerged from behind his workbench and warned them not to step on his younger brother’s hand.

Lin Qingyang and his companions took refuge in the Tianxuan Pavilion Secret Realm, where he revealed Jiuchen’s identity and worried about finding A-Qi. After learning that his Death Tribulation remained despite his previous death, Lin Qingyang accepted that he might still be doomed and thought A-Qi would be spared.

• Li Tian brought Lin Qingyang and the others into the Tianxuan Pavilion Secret Realm, where Lin Qingyang coughed up blood from his injuries.
• Lin Qingyang revealed that Jiuchen, the Nine Skies Sect’s founding ancestor, was also Bi Yue, the Soul Fiend, and explained how Jiuchen had become an Otherworldly Demon.
• Lin Qingyang said they needed to discover how Jiuchen died in order to kill him, while Jin Buhuan explained that the historical records held no clues.
• Lin Qingyang’s Blood Contract with A-Qi had broken, so Li Tian sent Tianxuan Pavilion’s covert agents to search for him and gave Lin Qingyang medicine.
• Jin Buhuan told Lin Qingyang that his Death Tribulation was still present despite his having died once, and Lin Qingyang bitterly wondered whether A-Qi would at least avoid being dragged down with him.

Lin Qingyang and the others learned that the Demon Clan was marching on Human Clan territory and tried to leave the Secret Realm to stop the war. Jiuchen’s surprise attack trapped them inside, where Xue Lanyuan appeared under his control and launched a barrage of ice spikes.

• Lin Qingyang woke from a nightmare and saw a wooden fish deliver a message from Tianxuan Pavilion.
• Li Tian read that the Demon Clan was advancing toward Human Clan territory and Jiuchen had ordered the Immortal Alliance’s disciples to mobilize at Tianshui City.
• Yun Zhan urged the group to hurry to Tianshui City, and Li Tian prepared the Ten-Thousand-Li Tianyan Array.
• A frozen Tianxuan Pavilion elder crashed his boat into the walkway and warned them that a Snow Demon had frozen everything outside.
• Lin Qingyang identified Jiuchen’s plan to keep them trapped, but Xue Lanyuan froze and shattered the teleportation array.
• Xue Lanyuan appeared under Jiuchen’s Soul-Seizing Technique and sent dozens of ice spikes toward the group.

Xue Lanyuan’s ice attacks overwhelmed the group, but Lin Qingyang realized they could trap her in an illusion, and Jin Buhuan sealed her inside a pearl. After the secret realm’s ice collapsed into the lake, Li Tian began forming the Ten-Thousand-Li Tianyan Array to teleport them out.

• Xue Lanyuan froze the group’s attacks, wounded Mo Yan, trapped Yun Zhan in the rockery, and began destroying the buildings with her ice arrows.
• Li Tian proposed activating the secret realm’s self-destruct array, but Jin Buhuan refused to kill Xue Lanyuan, and Lin Qingyang suggested trapping her in an illusion.
• Jin Buhuan prepared the illusion pearl while Su Ruohuan lured Xue Lanyuan away from the others, then Jin Buhuan pulled Xue Lanyuan into the golden vortex and sealed it.
• The ice around the group melted, the frozen surface collapsed, and Jin Buhuan pulled everyone out of the lake.
• Li Tian formed the Ten-Thousand-Li Tianyan Array above the lake.

Jiuchen and the Human Clan faced the full Demon Clan army at Tianshui City, where Langya shattered his statue and Cang Mo attacked him. Jiuchen claimed Lin Qingyang was dead, but Lin Qingyang arrived through a Ten-Thousand-Li Tianyan Array and reunited with Cang Mo as he turned to confront Jiuchen.

• Jiuchen told Jian Hong that Tianxuan Pavilion would not arrive, then watched the Demon Clan army approach Tianshui City.
• Langya shattered the city gates with her saber, and Jian Hong led the Divine Sword Mountain disciples in a sword formation against the demonic qi.
• Langya crushed the head of Jiuchen's statue, and Cang Mo attacked Jiuchen with his Howling Moon Saber.
• Jiuchen told Cang Mo that Lin Qingyang should already be dead, but Lin Qingyang appeared from the Ten-Thousand-Li Tianyan Array and Cang Mo caught him.
• Lin Qingyang embraced Cang Mo, then looked coldly at Jiuchen as Jiuchen mocked their reunion.

Lin Qingyang and his allies exposed Jiuchen as a soul fiend who had orchestrated disasters and provoked war between the Human Clan and Demon Clan. Jiuchen activated the Myriad Laws Return to the Void Array over Tianshui City, leaving both armies trapped beneath a formation designed to annihilate everything.

• Su Ruohuan, Yun Zhan, Feng Yi, Feng Shu, and others accused Jiuchen of killing Su Jingui and manipulating the clans, but Jian Hong and many cultivators initially rejected their claims.
• Cang Mo attacked Jiuchen and wounded him, revealing black demonic qi inside his body.
• Lin Qingyang told the gathered cultivators that Jiuchen was a soul fiend whose schemes had caused disasters and fueled the war for revenge.
• Jiuchen denied seeking revenge and laughed as the ground in Tianshui City began to shake.
• A blood-colored Myriad Laws Return to the Void Array spread across the sky, and Li Tian explained that it would absorb spiritual power and demonic qi before annihilating everything beneath it.
• Jin Buhuan realized Jiuchen had gathered both armies as fuel for the array, while Lin Qingyang understood that Jiuchen intended to annihilate the world.

Jiuchen trapped the armies in Tianshui City and revealed that the Heavenly Dao had made him its weapon against Lin Qingyang. Cang Mo and the Divine Sword Mountain disciples shattered Jiuchen’s barrier, but Jiuchen survived their combined attack, and Jian Hong died protecting his disciples from Heavenly Execution.

• Jian Hong ordered the armies to flee Tianshui City, but Jiuchen’s blood-red array sealed the city and killed those who struck its pillars.
• Jiuchen told Lin Qingyang that the Heavenly Dao had driven him to war and made him a weapon against Lin Qingyang, then began activating the array.
• Cang Mo, Mo Yan, and Langya attacked Jiuchen’s red barrier, and Cang Mo broke it before he and Yun Zhan struck Jiuchen with a combined assault.
• Yun Zhan directed Divine Sword Mountain’s disciples in Ten Thousand Swords Return to the Origin while Cang Mo attacked with the Howling Moon Saber, seemingly shredding Jiuchen into black mist.
• Jiuchen reappeared and sent Heavenly Execution crashing toward the Divine Sword Mountain disciples, but Jian Hong blocked the strike and died after his sword shattered.
• Jiuchen told Lin Qingyang that he had killed himself in the past and that no one but himself could kill him.

Lin Qingyang sacrificed himself to save Cang Mo from the blood-red grand array, then awoke in a hospital room. His brother Lin Yao was there when he regained consciousness.

• Jiuchen pierced and bound Cang Mo, then hurled him toward the grand array to activate it with the Demon King's bloodline.
• Lin Qingyang used his remaining spiritual power to seize Cang Mo and push him away from the array.
• The array swallowed Lin Qingyang, and he vanished as Cang Mo reached for him.
• Lin Qingyang awoke in a hospital room, where Lin Yao saw him and exclaimed that he was awake.

Lin Qingyang revealed to Lin Yao that her hospital-room reunion was an imagined world and urged her to accept his death. As his heart monitor went flat, his consciousness left the hospital and encountered a glowing lotus in the darkness.

• Lin Qingyang explained that the Heavenly Dao and Jiuchen had arisen from Lin Yao’s subconscious efforts to bring him back.
• Lin Qingyang reminded Lin Yao how she had gradually recovered after her pet rabbit, Tusi Rui, died, and told her she would eventually endure his loss too.
• Lin Qingyang told Lin Yao that he would not wake up, but that he was living well in the world she had created, where he had friends and someone who loved him.
• Lin Qingyang’s imagined hospital room vanished, and he watched his heart monitor flatline as Lin Yao wept beside his body.
• Lin Qingyang’s consciousness sank into darkness, where a transparent lotus appeared and bloomed.

Lin Qingyang returned alive from the Myriad Laws Return to the Void Array just as Jiuchen was about to finish off the wounded Cang Mo. He reunited with Cang Mo in the ruins, while Jiuchen and the others faced the unexpected turn.

• After Lin Qingyang vanished into the array, Jiuchen had the Red Vines lift Cang Mo and threatened to send him after Lin Qingyang.
• Cang Mo tore at his own chest for heart's blood and attacked Jiuchen, but Jiuchen wounded him and pinned him to the ground with the Nine Heavens Sword.
• A point of white light appeared in the array, and Lin Qingyang emerged with the Windflower Sword to block Jiuchen's attack.
• Mo Yan, Feng Yi, Feng Shu, Su Ruohuan, and the crowd recognized Lin Qingyang and rejoiced that he had survived.
• Lin Qingyang caught Cang Mo as he collapsed, soothed his bloodstained hair, and told him, "A-Qi. I'm back."
• Cang Mo confirmed Lin Qingyang was truly there, buried his face in Lin Qingyang's embrace, and sobbed.