Chapter Summaries

Zhou Qiong returned from the secret realm after reaching the true martial realm, took control of Black King City, and forced Elder Mu to join the Demon Sect as a protector. The chapter ended with Elder Mu’s soldiers surrounding the Blue Rain Clan to carry out Zhou Qiong’s order to destroy it.

• Baihe agreed to move the Flower Clan to Heavenly Demon Peak, and she and Hong Meigui followed Zhou Qiong through the gate of light.
• Elder Mu failed to break through with the Immortal Spirit Marrow, then went to the waterfall when Zhou Qiong and the others emerged from the secret realm.
• Elder Mu agreed to hand Black King City over to Zhou Qiong, then submitted to the Demon Sect after Zhou Qiong’s saber intent stopped him from leaving.
• Zhou Qiong ordered Elder Mu to destroy the clans of the dead faction leaders, sparing the Flower Clan and Sword Sect, and then departed with Liansheng.
• Elder Mu sent armored soldiers to the Blue Rain Clan, where they surrounded the compound and declared that the clan would be wiped out.

The city lord's estate destroyed five major factions in Black King City, and Elder Mu announced that the city had joined the Demon Sect. The Sword Sect prepared to welcome Zhou Qiong with its highest honors, revealing him as the black-robed figure at the mountain's foot.

• The city lord's estate wiped out the Blue Rain Clan, Ghost Clan, Ox-Headed Clan, One-Eyed Clan, and Great River Gang, while the Red Fox Clan fled.
• Rumors spread that Elder Mu had submitted to the Demon Sect, and the city lord's estate confirmed he had joined as a protector and placed Black King City under the Demon Sect's banner.
• The Flower Clan announced its submission to the Demon Sect, while the Sword Sect's senior members discussed their uncertain future.
• Shangguan Yun recognized his connection to Zhou Qiong but said he could not rely on their limited friendship to protect the Sword Sect.
• The Sword Sect rang its bell a hundred times and extended a white jade stairway to welcome Zhou Qiong, then bowed and addressed him as the Demon Sect's Lord Sect Leader.

Zhou Qiong intimidated the Sword Sect into relocating from Black King City within three days, warning Shangguan Yun that their next meeting would end in submission or death. After Shangguan Yun chose to move the sect to distant Yang City, Zhou Qiong used breathing soil to transform Heavenly Demon Peak, making it tower over the surrounding mountains.

• Zhou Qiong visited the Sword Sect and demanded to know its plans after the events in Black King City.
• When Elder Yan Qing said the Sword Sect would stay out of Demon Sect affairs, Zhou Qiong's saber intent injured him.
• Shangguan Yun offered to move the Sword Sect away, and Zhou Qiong ordered it to leave Black King City within three days, warning him to submit or die at their next meeting.
• Shangguan Yun rejected a move to nearby Heavenly Sea City and persuaded the Sword Sect to relocate to Yang City instead.
• Zhou Qiong scattered breathing soil over Heavenly Demon Peak, causing the mountain to grow to twice the height of the surrounding peaks and absorb Spiritual Qi.

Zhou Qiong prepared the Demon Sect to expand across the Land of Chaos, ordering his forces to strengthen their ranks and scout the surrounding cities. He redeemed the first level of a mysterious cultivation technique called “Demon” and was astonished by its description.

• Zhou Qiong ordered Liansheng and Bai Haotian to prepare for an invasion of Heavenly Sea City in two years after learning about its powerful Hong Family.
• Zhou Qiong accepted the system mission to dominate the Land of Chaos and used his remaining draws.
• Bai Haotian collected spirit peaches from Elder Mu, who gave him an extra immortal peach in exchange for a good word with Zhou Qiong.
• Zhou Qiong learned that the four division leaders had reached the Eternal Realm and ordered their divisions to scout the Land of Chaos.
• Zhou Qiong spent one hundred thousand Villain Points to redeem the first level of the thirteen-level “Demon” technique and was astonished by its description.

Zhou Qiong ordered the Demon Sect to threaten Heavenly Sea City with destruction unless the Hong Family submitted within three days. Hong Biao and the family elders reacted furiously, while rumors of the threat spread through the city.

• Zhou Qiong exchanged his remaining Villain Points for cultivation spirit medicines and, after two years, reached the seventh layer of the Eternal Realm using the technique "Demon."
• Liansheng reported that the Demon Sect had grown to five Eternal Realm cultivators and more than four thousand Profound Understanding cultivators.
• Zhou Qiong ordered Liansheng to demand Heavenly Sea City's submission within three days or threaten to slaughter the city and exterminate the Hong Family.
• A sword bearing the Demon Sect's blood-red declaration struck Heavenly Sea City's wall, and the guard captain delivered it to Hong Biao.
• Hong Biao summoned the Hong Family elders, who angrily vowed not to let the Demon Sect's insult go unanswered.
• Rumors about the Demon Sect's threat spread through Heavenly Sea City, though few residents believed the Hong Family could be defeated.

The Demon Sect marched on Heavenly Sea City, where Zhou Qiong challenged Hong Tu to withstand one saber strike. Their clash shattered the city’s protective formation and carved a vast trench beside the city, leaving Hong Tu’s fate unclear.

• Zhou Qiong led a hundred thousand Demon Sect members toward Heavenly Sea City after the Hong Family refused to submit.
• Hong Biao fought Liansheng, but Elder Mu struck him back into the city before Hong Biao could finish him.
• Hong Tu appeared and drove Elder Mu back, then identified himself to Zhou Qiong as the Hong Family head.
• Zhou Qiong offered to spare Heavenly Sea City if Hong Tu survived one saber strike, and Hong Tu countered that Zhou Qiong should survive one punch from him.
• Zhou Qiong’s saber clashed with Hong Tu’s Unrivaled Iron Fist, shattering the city’s protective formation and killing some low-level cultivators in the shock waves.
• The clash left an enormous, deep saber trench beside Heavenly Sea City, which began filling with water from the nearby river.

Zhou Qiong killed Hong Tu with one saber strike, and the Demon Sect slaughtered every living being in Heavenly Sea City. News of the massacre spread across the Land of Chaos, leaving neighboring factions fearful of the Demon Sect’s next move while Shangguan Yun remained uneasy in Yang City.

• Zhou Qiong killed Hong Tu with one saber strike, and the Demon Sect began its assault on Heavenly Sea City.
• Hong Biao led the Hong Family in a desperate defense, but Elder Mu killed him and the city’s defenders lost their resolve.
• The Demon Sect used a blood-red saber to empower its members and slaughtered every living being in Heavenly Sea City over two days.
• Liansheng reported the city’s destruction to Zhou Qiong, and the Demon Dragon Flying Carriage departed for Heavenly Demon Peak.
• Factions across nearby cities reacted to the reports with meetings, panic, and relocations as the massacre disrupted the Land of Chaos.
• In Yang City, the Sword Sect elders praised Shangguan Yun’s decision to relocate, but Shangguan Yun remained worried that danger could still reach them.

Zhou Qiong ordered Liansheng and Bai Haotian to capture Desolate Mountain City and Lishui City within a year. Desolate Mountain City’s four major factions killed the Giant Race’s leader and surrendered to Liansheng, while Bai Haotian also secured a city without resistance.

• Zhou Qiong learned that the Demon Sect had strengthened through battle and ordered Liansheng and Bai Haotian to take Desolate Mountain City and Lishui City within a year.
• The leaders of Desolate Mountain City’s five major factions debated surrendering when they learned the Demon Sect was approaching, but Meng Tu refused to give in.
• The four other factions attacked and wiped out Meng Tu’s Giant Race, then announced that they would submit to the Demon Sect.
• Liansheng arrived with Demon Sect forces and accepted the four factions’ surrender after they explained that they had killed Meng Tu for refusing to submit.
• Bai Haotian took another city without resistance as its factions surrendered.

After the Demon Sect opened the ascension passage, Li Changsheng and other cultivators from Cangwu Continent ascended to the Upper Realm and learned how powerful the sect had become. The Demon Tiger King welcomed them to Heavenly Demon Peak, where Li Changsheng discovered that even the Sect Master's flower spirits could threaten him.

• Li Changsheng opened the ascension passage in Invincible City and allowed people from all factions to ascend each year.
• After Li Changsheng, Qian Yuqi, Dao Chi, and others arrived in Black King City, Xiong Ba greeted Li Changsheng and explained that Cangwu Continent's ascenders were exempt from the usual three years of slavery.
• Xiong Ba told the newcomers that the Demon Sect controlled four cities like Black King City and took them toward Heavenly Demon Peak.
• The Demon Tiger King welcomed Li Changsheng, Qian Yuqi, and Dao Chi, then led them on a tour of the peak.
• Li Changsheng sensed danger from the Sect Master's flower spirits, and a red rose briefly transformed into a figure before vanishing.

After learning that Half-Saint ruins had opened in the Land of Chaos, Zhou Qiong accepted a mission and set out with several Demon Sect leaders. At the ruins, the gathered factions watched the Demon Dragon Flying Carriage arrive and reacted to the boastful couplet displayed on it.

• The Demon Tiger King introduced Li Changsheng to the Demon Sect's new protector, Elder Mu, who gave peaches to Li Changsheng, Qian Yuqi, and Dao Chi.
• A beam of white light appeared beyond Black King City, and Zhou Qiong ordered an investigation; Di Yi later reported that Half-Saint ruins had opened.
• Zhou Qiong accepted a mission to explore the ruins, appointed Bai Haotian to oversee the Demon Sect, and departed with Liansheng, Ning Wu, and the Demon Kings.
• Miss Li and Young Master Li listened as Elder Hu described the factions gathered around the ruins and asked whether Zhou Qiong had arrived.
• The Demon Dragon Flying Carriage appeared, and the surrounding factions were shocked by the grand claims written on its couplet.