Recaps

After transmigrating into the injured leader of the Demon Sect, Zhou Qiong activated the Invincible Villain System and gained powerful techniques and abilities. He summoned Di Yi, learned of the cult’s strained situation, and ordered a court to be held in three days.

• Zhou Qiong recalled how he had transmigrated into the body of the Demon Sect Cult Leader after the original Zhou Qiong died from Qi deviation.
• The Invincible Villain System bound itself to Zhou Qiong and granted him an advanced draw, which gave him the first level of the Heaven-Devouring Demon Art.
• Zhou Qiong used a basic draw to win a Mysterious Grand Gift Pack containing several techniques and a Great Strength Pill, then installed the incomplete Gods and Devils Eye.
• Zhou Qiong summoned Di Yi and learned that the cult’s hall masters and elders were divided between fighting the Demon Race, seclusion, and patrols.
• Zhou Qiong ordered Di Yi to announce a court in the Heavenly Devil Hall in three days and resolved to rely on the system to strengthen himself.

Zhou Qiong asserted his authority over the Heavenly Devil Hall by punishing the Third Elder and ordering the Tiger King and Monkey King to destroy the Jade Dragon Sword Sect. The two Demon Kings attacked a group of the sect’s disciples at an inn, where Jing Tian betrayed his companions and they prepared to fight.

• Zhou Qiong appeared before the Heavenly Devil Hall and heard that the East Sea was quiet while Jade Dragon Sword Sect disciples had been attacking the cult’s people.
• Zhou Qiong ordered the Tiger King and Monkey King to slaughter the Jade Dragon Sword Sect, then subdued the Third Elder when he objected and sent him to Reflection Cliff for a year.
• Zhou Qiong warned the gathered hall masters and elders that no one could contradict his words, and they bowed to him.
• At a Yuelai Inn, Jing Tian and other Jade Dragon Sword Sect disciples discussed their demon-slaying mission and Jing Tian’s prospects with the Ten Thousand Swords Sect.
• The Tiger King and Monkey King entered the inn, and Jing Tian recognized them, knelt, and blamed his fellow disciples for the mission.
• Senior Brother Wu condemned Jing Tian, then the disciples drew their swords and formed a formation to fight the Demon Kings.

The Demon Tiger King and Demon Monkey King led an assault that destroyed the Jade Dragon Sword Sect and killed its disciples. Jing Kong’s mountain defense collapsed, and he was left gravely wounded as the attack continued.

• The Tiger King and Monkey King slaughtered Jing Tian and the Jade Dragon Sword Sect disciples with him.
• The Demon Sect attacked Jade Dragon Mountain, and Jing Kong learned that Jing Tian’s jade token had shattered.
• The Monkey King’s demonic ape shattered the sect’s mountain-protecting formation, collapsing much of Jade Dragon Mountain.
• Jing Kong and the elders fought the Demon Kings while the disciples formed sword formations to resist the attackers.
• The Tiger King killed the elders, and the Monkey King shattered Jing Kong’s sword and forced him to his knees.

Liansheng, the Demon Sect's Chief Steward, arrived at Jade Dragon Mountain and overwhelmed Ximen Di after the Ten Thousand Swords Sect deputy sect master tried to intervene. Ximen Di escaped by burning his blood essence, while Liansheng ordered the Demon Tiger King and Demon Monkey King to finish the cleanup and reflected on the Sunflower Devil Canon Zhou Qiong had given him.

• Ximen Di saved Jing Kong from the Demon Ape and confronted the Demon Tiger King and Demon Monkey King, defeating their combined attacks with his scabbard.
• As Ximen Di prepared to kill the two Demon Sect kings, Liansheng appeared and identified himself as the Demon Sect's Chief Steward.
• Liansheng attacked Ximen Di with silver needles and uprooted mountain peaks, forcing Ximen Di to fight back with his sword techniques.
• Ximen Di activated Sword Light Escape by burning his blood essence and fled, while Liansheng stopped the two kings from pursuing him.
• Liansheng ordered the Demon Tiger King and Demon Monkey King to clean up the remaining enemies and return to headquarters, then considered studying Zhou Qiong's Sunflower Devil Canon.

Ximen Di returned to the Ten Thousand Swords Sect severely wounded and reported that Liansheng was likely a Martial Emperor, spreading alarm across the continent. After the Demon Sect destroyed the Jade Dragon Sword Sect, Zhou Qiong received a black dragon carriage from the system and fused a new divine-grade technique, leaving his forces stunned by the Martial Emperor-level dragon serving him.

• Ximen Di escaped to the Ten Thousand Swords Sect and told Ximen Tian that Liansheng had probably reached the Martial Emperor Realm.
• Yuwen Tong ordered a hundred thousand troops to the border after learning that Liansheng and Zhou Qiong might both be Martial Emperors, while the Golden Mountain Temple also received the news.
• Zhou Qiong sent Liansheng to take a Devil Origin Pill and break through within two days.
• The system rewarded Zhou Qiong with a Life and Death Hand manual, a Black Dragon Flying Carriage, and one thousand Villain Points for destroying a righteous sect.
• A Martial Emperor-level devil dragon appeared above the Demon Sect pulling Zhou Qiong's carriage, and Tian Yi drove it to the rear mountain on Zhou Qiong's order.
• Zhou Qiong fused the Life and Death Hand with Firmament Hand into the divine-grade intermediate Firmament Life and Death Hand.

Zhou Qiong prepared the Demon Sect for a beast tide expected to reach the East Sea in six months and gave its members new cultivation arts. The chapter ended with the grand elder suspecting Zhou Qiong possessed Divine Grade arts and had helped Liansheng break through.

• Zhou Qiong learned that a beast tide would strike the East Sea in six months and exchanged 500 Villain Points for the Demon Emperor Art.
• A week later, Zhou Qiong told the Demon Sect’s leaders to prepare for battle, and the Twelve Demon Kings volunteered to lead the vanguard.
• Zhou Qiong appointed the Twelve Demon Kings as the vanguard for the coming battle against the Demon Emperor.
• Zhou Qiong made the Demon Soldier Art and Demon King Art compulsory for the sect and gave the senior members the high-tier Emperor Grade Demon Emperor Art.
• The grand elder suspected Zhou Qiong possessed Divine Grade cultivation arts and had played a part in Liansheng’s breakthrough to the Martial Emperor Realm.

Zhou Qiong strengthened the Demon Sect’s leaders and reorganized its Elders’ Council as the sect prepared to march to the East Sea. Meanwhile, Zhao Li vowed to avenge the Jade Dragon Sword Sect and set out for the Ten Thousand Demons’ Cave.

• Zhou Qiong gave the Twelve Demon Kings Demon Ascension Pills and ordered them to leave the Martial King Realm within half a year.
• Zhao Li returned to the ruins of the Jade Dragon Sword Sect, swore to destroy the Demon Sect, and decided to enter the Ten Thousand Demons’ Cave with Elder Fu’s guidance.
• Six months later, Li Changsheng reported that the Demon Sect had grown to four Martial Sovereign-level cultivators and more than twenty Martial Emperors.
• Zhou Qiong abolished the Elders’ Council and renamed its members protectors, and Bai Haotian accepted the change.
• Zhou Qiong ordered most of the Demon Sect’s forces to march for the East Sea while the grand protector, Azure Dragon Hall, and White Tiger Hall guarded headquarters.

Zhou Qiong led the Demon Sect toward the East Sea in a grand flying carriage as Linhai City came under attack from a beast tide. Zhao Li was nearly killed by a powerful demonic tiger when Zhou Qiong’s demonic dragon carriage appeared overhead, halting the beasts.

• Zhou Qiong ordered the Demon Sect to set off for the East Sea in his demonic dragon flying carriage.
• In Linhai City, Zhao Li learned that Zhou Qiong and the Demon Sect were heading to fight the Demon Race.
• A beast tide attacked Linhai City, and the city’s experts went out to fight while awaiting reinforcements.
• Zhao Li fought through the beasts with help from the ring that housed Uncle Fu, but a late-stage Martial Emperor demonic tiger cornered him.
• As Uncle Fu prepared to move Zhao Li to safety, Zhou Qiong’s demonic dragon roared overhead, causing the beasts to stop and revealing the enormous flying carriage.

Zhou Qiong arrived at Linhai City in a carriage pulled by a Martial Emperor Realm demonic dragon, discovered Zhao Li’s mysterious ring and drove him to flee. His Demon Sect forces attacked the beast tide, then Liansheng fought Su Huang, the Demon Race’s emperor, in a clash that devastated the surrounding area and damaged Linhai City.

• Zhou Qiong arrived above Linhai City, and Zhao Li recognized the Demon Sect master while Uncle Fu warned him not to act rashly.
• Uncle Fu tried to scan Zhou Qiong from Zhao Li’s ring, but Zhou Qiong noticed the ring, prompting Uncle Fu to teleport Zhao Li away.
• Zhou Qiong called for the Demon Emperor, then sent more than twenty powerful Demon Sect members to attack the beast tide.
• Liansheng met Su Huang’s blood-red claw, and the clash’s shockwave crushed nearly half the beast tide.
• Su Huang challenged Liansheng to join him, but Liansheng attacked with silver needles and a sword; after their clash damaged the city and surrounding mountains, Liansheng returned to Zhou Qiong’s side with a trickle of blood while Su Huang acknowledged his strength.

Zhou Qiong defeated Su Huang in a clash that devastated Linhai City, and Su Huang fled after breaking the seal on a mysterious winged woman. The woman awakened with rapidly rising power, and Zhou Qiong introduced himself as the Demon Sect Leader when she asked about his influence.

• Su Huang attacked Zhou Qiong with his Spacetime Spear, but Zhou Qiong damaged the Emperor Grade weapon and absorbed half of Su Huang's cultivation power.
• Su Huang struck a small hill instead of continuing the fight, breaking its seal before fleeing through the void.
• A Fallen Angel emerged from beneath the hill and absorbed primordial Qi as her cultivation rose to the late-stage Martial Sovereign realm.
• Zhou Qiong ordered Liansheng to evacuate the others while he approached the awakening woman.
• The Fallen Angel opened her black eyes, spoke of recovering her strength and seeking Louis Carmel, then asked Zhou Qiong about his influence.
• Zhou Qiong told the Fallen Angel that he was the Demon Sect Leader.

Zhou Qiong fought the fallen angel Luna, who broke through to the Martial God Realm, and killed her with Annihilation Pupil Light. He returned to the Demon Sect’s flying carriage and ordered it to continue to headquarters, while witnesses across the region realized Luna had vanished.

• Luna attacked Zhou Qiong by collapsing the surrounding space, but he countered with the Firmament Life and Death Hand infused with the Heaven-Devouring Demon Art.
• Zhou Qiong’s palm strike wounded Luna, who revealed her name and summoned a jade-white crown to break through to the Martial God Realm.
• Zhou Qiong trapped Luna with a black ring fired from the eye between his brows, then killed her with Annihilation Pupil Light and took her crown.
• Zhou Qiong reappeared aboard the Demon Sect’s flying carriage, told the Demon Tiger King he had reduced Luna to ash, and ordered the group to head for headquarters.
• The Demon Sect members and the people of Linhai City saw Zhou Qiong return unharmed and realized that the powerful presence had disappeared with Luna.

After Zhou Qiong installed a powerful mountain-protecting formation at Heavenly Demon Peak, he remained unable to heal his injuries and ordered an investigation of Golden Mountain Temple. He prepared to act on a mission to destroy Golden Mountain and Hanging Sky, while a Yuelai Inn worker in Jinwu City revealed himself as a subordinate reporting to the Chief.

• Zhou Qiong learned that the mission to slay Luna had rewarded him with Villain Points and that he had completed another mission, earning a mountain-protecting formation and more Villain Points.
• Zhou Qiong placed the True Demon Mountain-Protecting Formation over Heavenly Demon Peak, shattering its old formations, increasing its Spiritual Qi, and prompting breakthroughs among Demon Sect members.
• After half a month of cultivation failed to heal his injuries, Zhou Qiong ordered Di Yi to have the Profound Division investigate Golden Mountain Temple and search for hidden experts.
• Zhou Qiong reviewed the mission to destroy Golden Mountain and Hanging Sky, which promised to heal his injuries and raise his cultivation by one minor realm.
• At the Yuelai Inn in Jinwu City, the innkeeper delivered wine to a private room, then knelt before the cultivator inside and addressed him as the Chief.

Xuan Yi led the Profound Division on a night mission to investigate Golden Mountain Temple and determine whether its abbot was there. The intruders breached the temple’s formation, but their retreat was stopped by the abbot’s Flower-Picking Finger.

• Xuan Yi gathered six masked subordinates and ordered them to infiltrate Golden Mountain Temple at midnight, while Xuan San and Xuan Si remained on other missions.
• Liaoyu saw his master, Holy Monk Wutian, awaken from his half-month coma and seek the abbot.
• The abbot told Wutian that the fiend they had faced was near surpassing Martial Sovereign, then resolved to move against the Demon Sect.
• The eight Profound Division members used formation-breaking stones to enter Golden Mountain Temple and split up; one intruder approached Wutian’s room without being detected.
• An intruder neared the main hall, where the abbot challenged him; their clash alerted the temple, and the black-clad infiltrators fought the monks before retreating.
• The abbot struck the fleeing intruders with his Flower-Picking Finger, leaving them nearly immobilized.

A silver-masked Profound Division chief escaped Golden Mountain Temple after Abbot Wuwо broke the blockade, and the Demon Sect learned that the temple was heavily defended. Zhou Qiong ordered Liansheng to lead the sect’s forces in taking Golden Mountain Temple within one day while Azure Dragon Hall guarded headquarters.

• The silver-masked chief used Heaven and Earth One Saber Slash to break Abbot Wuwо’s blockade, allowing the eight black-clad intruders to escape Golden Mountain Temple.
• Abbot Wuwо sent Wufa to investigate whether a monk had helped the intruders enter, then examined the cross-shaped saber cut on his finger.
• The injured chief reported the gathered information to Zhou Qiong, who summoned the Demon Sect’s senior members for the next morning.
• Hall Master Wan reported that the Demon Sect had four Martial Sovereigns, thirty-one Martial Emperors, two hundred and forty-three Martial Kings, and over a thousand Martial Marquises.
• Zhou Qiong ordered the halls, protectors, and Twelve Demon Kings to destroy Golden Mountain Temple within one day, placing Liansheng in command and keeping Azure Dragon Hall behind to guard headquarters.

Liansheng led the Demon Sect’s surprise assault on Golden Mountain Temple while Holy Monk Wufa was meeting two visitors. As the temple’s defenders fell and its halls were destroyed, Bai Haotian revealed that he had become a guardian of the Demon Sect and warned Wuwu that he would not escape.

• Liansheng gathered the Demon Sect’s forces near Golden Mountain Temple and ordered the attack to begin.
• Wufa gave the visitors three Lesser Restoration Pills after reading their letter, then rushed outside when the invasion began.
• Wan Li fought Wufa in the air, while Demon Tiger King killed Golden Mountain Temple’s Arhat Hall guardian elder in fewer than three moves.
• Liansheng told Abbot Wuwu that the Demon Sect intended to annihilate the temple by the Sect Master’s order.
• Bai Haotian told Wuwu not to call him Grand Elder because he was now a Guardian of the Demon Sect.

The Demon Sect attacked Golden Mountain Temple, and Liansheng and Bai Haotian killed Abbot Wuwо after he unleashed the temple’s secret art. The Demon Sect wiped out the temple in under four hours, while people at the foot of the mountain only noticed the blood stench after the attackers left.

• Wuwо fought Liansheng and Bai Haotian in the sky while Demon Sect fighters overwhelmed the monks below and four powerful enemies wore down Wufa.
• Wuwо used Ten Thousand Buddhas Pay Homage in a final attack, and Bai Haotian took the blow meant for Liansheng, giving Liansheng the chance to kill Wuwо.
• Golden Mountain Temple's monks charged the Demon Sect in grief and defiance, but the Demon Sect's senior members killed them.
• The Demon Sect destroyed Golden Mountain Temple less than four hours after beginning its assault and withdrew after removing the soundproofing formation.
• People at the foot of the mountain noticed the heavy stench of blood drifting from Golden Mountain Temple and wondered what had happened.

Zhao Li discovered that the Sword God's inheritance lay beneath Golden Mountain Temple just as he arrived to find the temple massacred by the Demon Sect. After entering the tomb, he left the ruins, where Master Liaoyu and a grieving woman emerged as the only survivors.

• Zhao Li asked Uncle Fu whether the Sword God's inheritance was beneath Golden Mountain Temple, then hurried toward the temple after smelling blood.
• Zhao Li and the gathered cultivators found Golden Mountain Temple's monks slaughtered, including Holy Monk Wufa, Holy Monk Wukong, Holy Monk Wuxuan, and Master Liaofan.
• The cultivators discovered Holy Monk Wuwo pinned to a stele bearing a message that Liansheng of the Demon Sect had acted on the Sect Leader's command, and the Martial Emperors left to spread the news.
• Zhao Li crushed a bead and was swallowed by a spatial vortex that carried him into the Sword God's tomb.
• Master Liaoyu and a grieving woman crawled from beneath the rubble; she left to find her master in the Great Yu Dynasty, while he stayed to bury the dead and cultivate against demons.

Zhou Qiong sent the Demon Sect to surround Hanging Void Hall after it destroyed Golden Mountain Temple. As Hanging Void Hall prepared to fight, Bai Haotian announced the Sect Master's order to destroy it.

• Zhou Qiong learned that Golden Mountain Temple had fallen and ordered the Earth Division and Profound Division to accompany him to Hanging Void Hall.
• Daoist Chongxu and Hanging Void Hall's elders discussed uniting against the Demon Sect, while Chongxu summoned Daoist Qingping from seclusion.
• Chongxu learned that the Demon Sect had surrounded Hanging Void Mountain, led by Liansheng and Bai Haotian.
• Daoist Qingping joined Chongxu in the square as Hanging Void Hall's disciples gathered to defend the sect.
• Bai Haotian told Daoist Qingping that the Demon Sect would destroy Hanging Void Hall and erase it from the Cangwu Continent.

The Demon Sect attacked Hanging Void Hall, and Daoist Qingping used a life-sacrificing secret art to drive back Bai Haotian and hold off several Demon Sect fighters. As Ximen Tian arrived to aid the hall, Qingping was struck through the chest and lost consciousness, hearing what seemed to be a dragon's roar.

• Liansheng ordered the Demon Sect to slaughter Hanging Void Hall while Bai Haotian and Daoist Qingping began fighting, and Liansheng clashed with Daoist Chongxu.
• The Demon Sect overwhelmed the hall's disciples, and Bai Haotian revealed that he and Liansheng had killed Monk Wuwo before Qingping used a secret art to boost his strength.
• Qingping's palm strike sent Bai Haotian flying, after which the Demon Rat King, Hall Master Wan, Hall Master Chu, and Hall Master Bing joined forces to keep Qingping occupied.
• Qingping's strength began to fade as the battle continued, and Ximen Tian arrived with another figure, having reached the Martial Emperor Realm.
• While Qingping was distracted by Ximen Tian's arrival, a sword pierced his chest, and he lost consciousness after hearing a faint dragon's roar.

Zhou Qiong arrived at Hanging Void Hall and overwhelmed Ximen Tian and Daoist Chongxu, then claimed the title Zhou Wudi after completing a system quest. He left Liansheng to finish the battle and used a Lesser Nirvana Pill to try to save the Grand Protector as the system rewarded him for destroying Golden Mountain Temple and Hanging Void Hall.

• Zhou Qiong arrived at Hanging Void Mountain, ignored Ximen Tian and Daoist Chongxu, and reprimanded Liansheng for failing to destroy Hanging Void Hall sooner.
• Ximen Tian challenged Zhou Qiong, who struck him into a distant mountain and severely wounded Daoist Chongxu with one palm.
• Zhou Qiong completed the Invincible Title Quest, gained a cultivation stage, and declared that he would be called Zhou Wudi.
• Zhou Qiong ordered Liansheng to finish the battle, then learned that the Grand Protector was near death and exchanged fifty thousand Villain Points for a Lesser Nirvana Pill.
• The Demon Sect defeated the remaining resistance, and Zhou Qiong received the system's reward for destroying Golden Mountain Temple and Hanging Void Hall as his followers praised him.

After Zhou Qiong killed Ximen Tian, the Great Wilderness Dynasty feared the Demon Sect might turn against it, while the weakened Ten Thousand Swords Sect disbanded rather than face the sect. Zhou Qiong learned that the hidden spatial turbulence was a passage to the Upper Realm, but decided to strengthen his power before going there.

• A Brocade Guard reported that Zhou Qiong had killed Ximen Tian and wiped out Hanging Void Hall, frightening the young emperor of the Great Wilderness Dynasty.
• The Grand Tutor reassured the emperor that the Demon Sect was unlikely to attack the dynasty, though he remained uncertain.
• Ximen Di announced the Ten Thousand Swords Sect’s disbandment, and the First Elder accepted the decision and chose to remain on Ten Thousand Swords Mountain.
• A report told Zhou Qiong that Ximen Di had disbanded the sect, leaving the First Elder and a few disciples behind.
• Zhou Qiong asked the System about the spatial turbulence and learned it was a hidden passage to the Upper Realm, whose vastness made him decide to build up his power before taking his subordinates there.

Xuan San and Xuan Si attacked the injured Ximen Di, but spatial turbulence swept him away before they could finish him. He emerged through a long-dormant stone stele in Black King City, where an armored overseer questioned him about his origins and faction.

• Xuan San and Xuan Si recognized Ximen Di and attacked him while he was lost and recovering from his injuries.
• Ximen Di fought back with Heavenly Flying Immortal, then fled as his injuries worsened and Xuan San and Xuan Si pursued him.
• Spatial turbulence appeared behind Ximen Di, engulfed him, and vanished; Xuan San sent Xuan Si to report the discovery to Zhou Qiong.
• Ximen Di emerged from a dark stone stele in Black King City, where an armored overseer asked who he was and whether a faction in the upper realm would receive him.

Ximen Di arrived in the upper realm and learned that most ascenders were forced to serve as slaves, while Zhou Qiong discovered that the Cangwu Continent’s ascension passage could be reactivated with energy stones. After accepting a mission to dominate the continent, Zhou Qiong challenged the Demon Sect to follow him into the upper realm, and its members pledged their support.

• The armored leader threw Ximen Di into a clearing with a hundred ascenders and declared that Martial Gods would serve the Blue Rain Clan for three years and Martial Emperors for five.
• A bull-headed Martial God challenged the order, but the armored leader crushed him with his presence; Ximen Di learned that descendants of powerful upper-realm families were exempt from slavery.
• Zhou Qiong learned from the system that the ascension passage had run out of energy and could be reopened by burying energy stones, and that passage only allowed travel to the upper realm.
• Zhou Qiong accepted a mission to dominate the Cangwu Continent within three years in exchange for three cultivation levels and 1,000,000 Villain Points.
• At the Heavenly Devil Hall, Zhou Qiong told the Demon Sect about the upper realm and its cultivation levels, then asked whether they dared follow him there; the Demon Tiger King, Liansheng, and others pledged their loyalty.

Zhou Qiong ordered the Demon Sect to conquer the continent within three years, while its forces hunted down those who resisted. In the Great Wilderness Dynasty, a branch master prepared to cultivate further as the sect’s expansion continued.

• Zhou Qiong ordered the four halls, the Demon Kings, and the protectors to conquer the continent, with Liansheng overseeing the campaign.
• At a Yuelai Inn, Brocade Guards killed several Azure Lotus Sword Sect remnants after they refused to surrender.
• Wang Lixin delivered the remnants’ corpses to Branch Master Chen and secured a promise of promotion for his service.
• Branch Master Chen reflected on the Demon Sect’s rapid expansion and its cultivation benefits, then ordered his subordinates to guard him while he entered seclusion to pursue a breakthrough.

Zhou Qiong used the Small Ten Thousand Demons Pool to reach mid-stage Martial God and ordered the Demon Sect to conquer the continent in exactly one year. At the Demon Sect headquarters, Bai Haotian completed his nirvana rebirth and broke through to Martial God.

• Zhou Qiong absorbed the Small Ten Thousand Demons Pool’s energy, reaching mid-stage Martial God and greatly strengthening his body.
• Tian San reported that Zhao Li had disappeared after last being seen at Golden Mountain Temple, while Liansheng’s forces had subdued most factions but still faced the Great Yu Dynasty, Yellow Sand Fort, and the Talisman Sect.
• Zhou Qiong ordered Liansheng to take exactly one year to subdue all remaining factions and summoned the Demon Sect’s senior members back in batches for cultivation.
• Liansheng relayed Zhou Qiong’s order to the Demon Sect’s senior members, who accepted it without objection.
• Bai Haotian’s phoenix flames restored and raised his cultivation until he broke through to Martial God, then opened his eyes.