Recaps

Lin Fei, fighting as Wuming, faced Su Tianshuang’s Heavenly Demon Raging Flame Dance and revealed an overwhelming sword power that shattered the attack and defeated him. The battle ended with Su Tianshuang’s transformation fading as he crashed onto the plaza, leaving the gathering stunned.

• Su Tianshuang compressed his Demon Domain to counter Lin Fei’s spatial technique, then attacked him with demonic light and the character for “heaven.”
• Lin Fei broke Su Tianshuang’s attack with Spring Thunder Flash, but Su Tianshuang summoned ninety-nine flame dragons with the Heavenly Demon Raging Flame Dance.
• Despite suffering backlash from the Heavenly Demon Transformation, Su Tianshuang unleashed the dragons at Lin Fei, who lowered his sword and remained calm.
• An eerie silence fell over the Heavenly Demon Arena as Lin Fei’s sword power tore the dragons apart and inflicted matching wounds on Su Tianshuang.
• Su Tianshuang was sent crashing into the plaza, and his demonic transformation vanished as the gathering fell silent.

Lin Fei defeated Su Tianshuang with Broken Sword Without Sound, but after Su Tianshuang refused to accept the loss and asked for a face-saving match, Lin Fei suddenly conceded before being struck. The audience was left bewildered, and Su Tianshuang was stunned that Lin Fei had thrown the fight too soon.

• Lin Fei appeared gravely wounded after defeating Su Tianshuang, and the spectators marveled at his sword technique.
• Su Tianshuang got back to his feet and climbed to the palace roof, insisting that he had not lost.
• Su Tianshuang asked Lin Fei to fight another round without their transformations, and they attacked each other bare-handed.
• Su Tianshuang secretly asked Lin Fei to let him win so he could preserve his reputation and fit in at the Demon Palace.
• Lin Fei pretended to worsen his injuries and conceded before Su Tianshuang's attack landed, leaving Su Tianshuang and the audience stunned.

After Lin Fei and Su Tianshuang staged the end of their arena match, Lin Fei accepted Liu Meng’s invitation to join the Heavenly Demon Divine Palace so he could infiltrate it. Liu Meng defended him from the other cultivators, then demanded tribute from Huaxia’s sects and hinted they could avoid payment by joining the Palace’s Seventh Squad.

• Lin Fei and Su Tianshuang pretended that Su had won their match, and Liu Meng transported them out of the arena.
• Liu Meng invited Lin Fei to join the Heavenly Demon Divine Palace, and Lin Fei accepted despite protests from Huaxia’s cultivators.
• Liu Meng threatened to kill anyone who criticized Lin Fei, whom she called her seventh junior brother.
• Liu Meng ordered Huaxia’s sects to provide one-tenth of their quarterly cultivation resources as tribute.
• Liu Meng said the sects could avoid paying tribute by joining the Heavenly Demon Palace’s Seventh Squad.

Liu Meng offered cultivators a chance to join the Black Wind Society Seventh Squad, and Lin Fei selected its members before preparing to return to the Heavenly Demon Divine Palace. He insisted that Ji Yaoguang accompany him and rejected Liu Meng’s teasing advances.

• Liu Meng gave Lin Fei authority to recruit up to six Nascent Soul experts and ninety-four lower-ranked cultivators for the Seventh Squad, promising Nascent Soul members’ sects exemption from tribute.
• Nascent Soul cultivators eagerly volunteered, and Lin Fei selected six Late Nascent Soul experts, including Li Changhe.
• Lin Fei opened the remaining places to the first ninety-four cultivators below the Nascent Soul Realm to reach him, and Su Tianshuang released the contestants from the Heavenly Demon Arena.
• Liu Meng announced that the group would return to the Divine Palace, but Lin Fei asked to bring Ji Yaoguang as his Dao companion.
• Liu Meng teased Lin Fei about changing or adding a Dao companion, and he firmly refused.

Lin Fei entered the Heavenly Demon Divine Palace under the identity Wuming and was welcomed as its Seventh Junior Brother. He received his own palace and the authority to appoint the Seventh Squad’s captain, then gave the position to Li Changhe.

• Liu Meng teleported the Heavenly Demon Divine Palace members away, leaving the would-be Demon-Slaying Assembly cultivators behind in dismay.
• Lin Fei and the Seventh Squad arrived at the Heavenly Demon Divine Palace, where Jiang Qingyue described its vast grounds and grand buildings.
• Su Tianshuang left for Heavenly Frost Palace with Hong Tu, while Liu Meng dismissed the Black Wind Society’s Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Squads.
• Liu Meng assigned Lin Fei an unnamed palace, and he inscribed Wuming Palace on its plaque.
• Liu Meng gave Lin Fei a Heavenly Demon Token and a Black Wind Token, and Lin Fei appointed Li Changhe captain of the Seventh Squad.

Lin Fei settled into the Heavenly Demon Palace with Ji Yaoguang while Liu Meng tested his boundaries and invited him to a tour. He planned to use visits to his senior brothers to find out whether Ao Han was there.

• Liu Meng sent Jiang Qingyue to take Zhao Changhe and the others to collect their Black Wind Society uniforms, then tried to keep Lin Fei with her.
• Lin Fei used his injuries as an excuse to turn Liu Meng away, and she left after her attendant reminded her that the second young master awaited her report.
• Lin Fei reassured Ji Yaoguang that she was enough for him, and she embraced him as he entered Wuming Palace.
• A maid took Lin Fei and Ji Yaoguang's measurements for new clothes, and Lin Fei put up a barrier so they could be alone.
• Lin Fei told Ji Yaoguang he planned to visit his senior brothers to check whether Ao Han was present.
• Lin Fei and Ji Yaoguang went to the hot spring together, where he pulled her into his arms and kissed her.

Lin Fei learned about the Heavenly Demon Divine Palace’s leadership and visited Ao Han Palace, where Zhao Xuanqing said Ao Han would seek him out because of his Immortal Sword Physique. After hearing that Mo Yunhan had never fought, Lin Fei wondered whether everyone who saw him fight had been killed.

• Lin Fei received Mo Yunhan’s invitation to a gathering and asked a maid about Third Senior Brother Ao Han.
• The maid explained that Ao Han was aloof, often away, and kept a promise to kill no more than ten people a day after Zhao Xuanqing made him agree to it.
• Lin Fei learned that Lin Kunpeng was attempting to break through to Void Penetration, Ye Wudi was away, and Mo Yunhan currently held power in the palace.
• The maid said Lin Kunpeng was a descendant of Lin Yuan whose bloodline carried the Heavenly Demon True Blood, surprising Ji Yaoguang.
• Lin Fei and Ji Yaoguang visited Ao Han Palace, but Zhao Xuanqing turned them away and predicted Ao Han would come looking for Lin Fei.
• The maid described Ao Han’s fighting record and said Mo Yunhan had never fought, prompting Lin Fei to suggest that witnesses might be dead.

Lin Fei persuaded Ye Ming to train the Black Wind Society Seventh Squad by offering to teach him forbidden techniques, while secretly removing the seal Ye Ming placed on his sea of consciousness. As Lin Fei headed to find Ao Han, Ao Han had already arrived at Mount Qingcheng.

• Lin Fei inspected the disorganized Seventh Squad, and Jiang Qingyue eagerly handed its members back to him.
• Lin Fei learned that Ye Ming, the First Squad captain, was an early Spirit Transformation cultivator and went to ask him to train the Seventh Squad.
• Lin Fei offered to teach Ye Ming the Heavenly Demon Transformation and the Heavenly Demon Raging Flame Dance, and Ye Ming sealed Lin Fei's sea of consciousness to shield him from the palace's restriction.
• Lin Fei left the Seventh Squad with Ye Ming, and Zhao Changhe and the others were moved by what they believed he had sacrificed for them.
• Lin Fei casually erased Ye Ming's seal after leaving, while Ao Han descended upon Mount Qingcheng in a surge of demonic qi.

Zhang Xiaoling confronted Ao Han to protect Mount Qingcheng and unleashed a towering Dharma manifestation with Nezha’s powers. Their first clash sent red and black energies surging across the mountain, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Zhang Xiaoling faced Ao Han and asked him to spare Mount Qingcheng if he could injure him.
• Zhang Xiaoling summoned the Heavenly King Lord Art, but his Dharma manifestation copied his awkward gestures and drew Ye Qiu’s angry rebuke.
• Zhang Xiaoling transformed the manifestation into a Nezha-like form and charged Ao Han as “Zhang Nezha.”
• Ao Han met the Fire-Tipped Spear with his bare hand, and their collision swept trees, rocks, and the lake into the air.

Zhang Xiaoling used his Three Heads and Six Arms form to break Ao Han’s Protective Demonic Gang Qi and gain the upper hand, but Ao Han revealed his completed demonic body and Heavenly Demon Incarnation Technique. The chapter ended with Ao Han’s demonic shadow shattering Zhang Xiaoling’s Vajra Ring and sending him flying, leaving his Dharma manifestation cracked.

• Ao Han and Zhang Xiaoling clashed again, and Ao Han’s strength forced Zhang Xiaoling to block a devastating attack with the Heaven-Swathing Sash.
• Zhang Xiaoling activated Three Heads and Six Arms and attacked Ao Han with his magical weapons, eventually breaking his Protective Demonic Gang Qi.
• Ao Han revealed that he would get serious, restored his protective demonic Qi, and summoned a mountain-sized shadow with the Heavenly Demon Incarnation Technique.
• Ao Han’s demonic shadow shattered Zhang Xiaoling’s Vajra Ring, struck his Dharma manifestation, and sent him flying as blood spilled from his mouth.

Zhang Xiaoling fought Ao Han with the Sun Lord Seal, but Ao Han overwhelmed him and recovered from their devastating clash. Zhang Xiaoling gathered the power of the sun and moon for another attack, while Ao Han declared that he was already dead.

• Ao Han's demonic phantom caught and snapped Zhang Xiaoling's Fire-Tipped Spear, then threatened to kill nine more people on Mount Qingcheng.
• Zhang Xiaoling bit off part of his tongue, formed the Sun Lord Seal, and drew power from the sun.
• Zhang Xiaoling and Ao Han unleashed opposing attacks that shook the sky; Zhang Xiaoling's Dharma manifestation body crashed through a mountain while protecting its inhabitants.
• Ao Han restored his weakened demonic phantom with his surging qi and blood, while Zhang Xiaoling gathered spiritual energy from a thousand li around him.
• Zhang Xiaoling formed the Sun Lord and Moon Lord Seals and combined their opposing powers, but Ao Han told him he was already dead.

Zhang Xiaoling sacrificed himself to unleash a devastating lunar-and-solar attack that wounded Ao Han, who then left Mount Qingcheng after killing only Zhang Xiaoling’s immortal soul. Ao Han revealed that he had kept Zhang Xiaoling’s human soul alive for his own purposes, before Zhao Xuanqing told him the second young master wanted to see him.

• Zhang Xiaoling destroyed his body while combining Lunar True Qi and Solar True Qi into a taiji attack against Ao Han.
• Ao Han survived the attack with only a trace of blood at his mouth, then left Mount Qingcheng through a spatial passage after invoking his agreement with Zhang Xiaoling.
• Ao Han told Zhao Xuanqing that he had killed one person—or half of one—because Zhang Xiaoling had split into an immortal soul and a human soul.
• Ao Han and Zhao Xuanqing concluded that the Will of the Heavenly Dao wanted to preserve Zhang Xiaoling’s human soul, and Ao Han said he had a use for him alive.
• Ao Han summoned Zhang Xiaoling’s faint soul and sent Demonic Qi into it, while Zhao Xuanqing told him the second young master wanted to see him.

Mo Yunhan manipulated Ao Han by revealing what he knew about the Six Paths Demon Crystal and encouraging him to pursue the remaining representative of the Animal Realm. After Ao Han left, Zhao Xuanqing realized Mo Yunhan may be using the missing Heavenly Demon Mystic Light Mirror to spy on cultivators of the Heavenly Demon Divine Art.

• Ao Han visited Mo Yunhan, rejected his invitation to meet the new junior disciple, and splashed hot tea in his face.
• Mo Yunhan learned that Zhang Xiaoling had injured Ao Han and deduced that Ao Han possessed the Six Paths Demon Crystal and planned to revive a powerful lord.
• Mo Yunhan told Ao Han he supported his plans, then privately instructed Mo Qingdi to push him toward killing the Mother of Ten Thousand Spiders, who was in Wu Moling's hands.
• Ao Han recounted the meeting to Zhao Xuanqing through a voice transmission, and she noticed Mo Yunhan knew about the Black Flame Fire Phoenix.
• Zhao Xuanqing concluded that Mo Yunhan was using the missing Heavenly Demon Mystic Light Mirror to spy on everyone who cultivated the Heavenly Demon Divine Art.

Zhao Xuanqing and Ao Han staged a quarrel to conceal Ao Han’s killing intent from Mo Yunhan, while planning to move the Six Paths Demon Crystal. At Yunhan Palace’s feast, Lin Fei searched for Ao Han and drank with Su Tianshuang, until drunk Jiang Qingyue exposed his bellyband and stunned everyone.

• Zhao Xuanqing slapped Ao Han and pretended to scold him, disguising the cause of his killing intent from Mo Yunhan.
• Zhao Xuanqing planned to hide the Six Paths Demon Crystal and seal it with the Heavenly Demon God-Sealing Art when Mo Yunhan was away from the Heavenly Demon Mystic Light Mirror, but Ao Han insisted on giving the crystal to her.
• At the Yunhan Palace feast, Mo Yunhan explained that Third Senior Brother had not come, while Su Tianshuang bragged about his beauty and Liu Meng attacked him with her bone whip.
• Lin Fei wondered whether Ao Han was in his sleeping quarters and began drinking with Su Tianshuang after being provoked.
• Jiang Qingyue became drunk, took off his outer jacket to reveal a pink bellyband, and Wang Ping shouted for him not to sell his looks.

Su Tianshuang drank himself unconscious and wandered into Liu Meng’s boudoir at Yunmeng Palace. He woke to find her whipping him, and feared his pure body was about to be defiled.

• Jiang Qingyue passed out drunk, and Wang Ping carried him away to rest.
• Su Tianshuang lost a drinking contest with Lin Fei, then insisted he could return to his room without help.
• Hong Tu stayed sober while Su Tianshuang staggered away from Yunhan Palace and mistakenly entered Liu Meng’s boudoir.
• Liu Meng found Su Tianshuang asleep in her bed, hugging her pillow and a dudou, and tied him up before striking him with the Ink Dragon Bone Whip.
• Su Tianshuang woke in pain, saw Liu Meng, and tearfully feared she was about to defile him.

Lin Fei investigated Ao Han Palace and discovered that Ao Han had killed Zhang Xiaoling after previously killing Su Caiwei. He concluded that Ao Han was collecting the power of the Six Paths of Reincarnation and suspected his next target was the Mother of Ten Thousand Spiders.

• Liu Meng whipped Su Tianshuang after he mistakenly assumed she had brought him to her bedchamber for an intimate encounter.
• A crowd saw Liu Meng whipping Su Tianshuang in her bedchamber, and she ordered them to leave.
• Liu Meng continued whipping Su Tianshuang, then untied him and threw him out of Yunmeng Palace.
• Lin Fei slipped into Ao Han Palace and used a tracing method to witness scenes from earlier that day, including Zhang Xiaoling's soul.
• Lin Fei inferred that Ao Han was gathering the power of the Six Paths of Reincarnation and identified the Mother of Ten Thousand Spiders as a possible next target.

Lin Fei returned to Flying Cloud Mountain Villa, warned Wu Moling that a Heavenly Demon Divine Palace disciple wanted her Mother of Ten Thousand Spiders, and gave the women powerful new Barrier Talismans and a mountain of Spirit Stones. He planned to take Takamagahara’s three great spirit veins and awaited Jianmu’s next transformation and the possible descent of Hell.

• Lin Fei returned to Flying Cloud Mountain Villa and warned Wu Moling that someone had set their sights on the Mother of Ten Thousand Spiders.
• Lin Fei revealed that the threat might come from a direct disciple of the Heavenly Demon Divine Palace, then used new materials to make Barrier Talismans that could withstand attacks below the Tribulation Transcendence Realm.
• Lin Fei gave each woman a Barrier Talisman and brought a mountain of Spirit Stones out of his spatial ring.
• Lin Fei said he planned to take Takamagahara’s three great spirit veins and expected Jianmu to transform again in a little over ten days.
• Lin Fei hoped that Earth’s increased planar level would allow Hell to descend, and wondered whether Little Sa would prove capable of making it happen.

Lin Fei impersonated Deputy Palace Master Lin Kunpeng to borrow Mo Yunhan’s Heavenly Demon Mystic Light Mirror and uncover Ao Han’s plans. The mirror revealed Zhao Xuanqing devouring the cultivation of the Black Wind Society Third Squad, and Lin Fei gave Mo Yunhan authority to deal with the offenders.

• Lin Fei returned to Wuming Palace and told Ji Yaoguang that Ao Han had erased Zhang Xiaoling’s immortal soul and disappeared.
• Lin Fei suspected Mo Yunhan possessed the Heavenly Demon Mystic Light Mirror and went to Yunhan Palace disguised as Lin Kunpeng.
• Mo Yunhan lent Lin Fei the mirror and revealed that Ao Han planned to use the Six Paths Demon Crystal to gather the power of the Six Paths of Reincarnation and resurrect the Demonic Venerable.
• Lin Fei used the mirror to locate Ao Han and saw Zhao Xuanqing using the Heavenly Demon Bone-Stripping Qi-Absorbing Art on the Black Wind Society Third Squad.
• Lin Fei authorized Mo Yunhan to deal with Zhao Xuanqing and Ao Han, and Mo Yunhan accepted the order.

Lin Fei used the Heavenly Demon Mystic Light Mirror to watch Mo Yunhan confront Ao Han, and the two fought fiercely while Mo Qingdi battled Zhao Xuanqing. Lin Fei then appeared and sealed the surrounding space, preventing Ao Han from escaping through it.

• Lin Fei took the Heavenly Demon Mystic Light Mirror from Mo Yunhan and returned to Wuming Palace to watch Ao Han with Ji Yaoguang.
• Mo Yunhan summoned Mo Qingdi and set out to take down Ao Han, believing he was acting on Master's orders.
• Mo Yunhan revealed his Spirit Transformation cultivation, and he and Ao Han transformed into demons and began a fierce battle.
• Mo Yunhan overpowered Ao Han in a clash, while Mo Qingdi fought Zhao Xuanqing.
• Lin Fei appeared, identified himself to Ao Han, and sealed the space around the battle so Ao Han could not escape through it.

Lin Fei revealed that he had infiltrated the Heavenly Demon Palace under the false identity of Wuming and overwhelmed Mo Yunhan and Ao Han in battle. As Ao Han prepared to sacrifice his life to wound Lin Fei and win Zhao Xuanqing’s freedom, Lin Fei disclosed that he was in the Immortal Emperor Realm.

• Lin Fei revealed his true identity as the Celestial Venerable of Ten Thousand Sages and explained that Wuming had been a fabricated disguise.
• Mo Yunhan and Ao Han attacked Lin Fei together, but he swallowed their flame dragons and destroyed their demonic dragons.
• Lin Fei struck Mo Yunhan into the ground, then confronted Ao Han over the deaths of Su Caiwei and Zhang Xiaoling.
• Zhao Xuanqing tried to protect Ao Han, but Ao Han sealed her in the air and challenged Lin Fei to spare her if he could wound him.
• Ao Han prepared to use the Heavenly Demon Disintegration Technique, and Lin Fei revealed that he was in the Immortal Emperor Realm.

Lin Fei killed Ao Han and the members of the Heavenly Demon Divine Palace, rescued Zhang Xiaoling’s soul, and collected the Six Paths Demon Crystal and other treasures. Zhao Xuanqing died cursing Lin Fei, who then took Zhang Xiaoling to spirit fields under the Heavenly Demon Divine Palace’s jurisdiction.

• Ao Han charged Lin Fei with the Heavenly Demon Space-Rending Sword, but Lin Fei killed him with a single blow.
• Lin Fei freed Zhang Xiaoling’s human soul from demonic influence and promised to rebuild his body with lotus roots.
• Lin Fei took the Six Paths Demon Crystal and the cultivation resources from the fallen experts.
• Lin Fei turned the Heavenly Demon Divine Palace members into tribulation ash, and Zhao Xuanqing died beside Ao Han while cursing him.
• Lin Fei took Zhang Xiaoling to spirit fields under the Heavenly Demon Divine Palace’s jurisdiction.

Lin Fei used lotus roots and Golden Cores to create a Lotus Root Golden Body for Zhang Xiaoling, allowing him to regain a physical body. Zhang Xiaoling accepted that he would follow the Heavenly Dao even if it eventually made him Zhang Daoling.

• Zhang Xiaoling excitedly admired the spirit rice fields and wanted to catch and roast the creatures there, but Lin Fei claimed his right to take lotus roots as Wuming, a disciple of the Heavenly Demon Palace.
• Lin Fei purified the lotus roots, infused them with the power stripped from his Golden Cores, and formed a Lotus Root Golden Body.
• Zhang Xiaoling thanked Lin Fei tearfully, entered the new body, and discovered its strength and ability to transform into different forms.
• Lin Fei urged Zhang Xiaoling to cultivate and asked whether he would become Zhang Daoling if he regained immortal attainment.
• Zhang Xiaoling said that he would follow the Heavenly Dao, even if its will destined him to become Zhang Daoling.

Lin Fei restored Zhang Xiaoling's human soul in a lotus-root golden body and returned him to Mount Qingcheng. The next morning, Jiang Qingyue discovered that Mo Yunhan, Mo Qingdi, Ao Han, and the missing Black Wind Society members were dead, prompting the Heavenly Demon Palace to convene a meeting.

• Lin Fei and Zhang Xiaoling arrived at Mount Qingcheng, where Ye Qiu and the disciples were mourning Zhang Xiaoling's supposed death.
• Zhang Xiaoling revealed he was alive, and Lin Fei explained that Ao Han had taken his immortal soul while leaving his human soul behind and that he had made Zhang Xiaoling a new golden body.
• Ye Qiu and the disciples thanked Lin Fei, while Zhang Xiaoling left to surprise Little Pudding and her grandmother.
• Lin Fei returned to Wuming Palace and told Ji Yaoguang he still planned to deal with the Heavenly Demon Palace's rule over Huaxia's cultivation world.
• Jiang Qingyue used the Heavenly Demon Mystic Light Mirror and discovered that Mo Yunhan, Mo Qingdi, Zhao Xuanqing, Ao Han, and the entire Black Wind Society Third Squad were dead.
• Jiang Qingyue ordered Wang Ping to contact Fourth Senior Brother and convene a meeting.

Lin Fei persuaded the Heavenly Demon Palace’s leaders not to plunder the cultivation world outright, warning that Jianmu’s growth might connect the mortal and immortal realms and bring powerful backers to Huaxia’s lineages. He proposed collecting protection money as a compromise, leaving the Palace and the cultivation world poised for an uneasy balance.

• Lin Fei suggested that Ao Han and Mo Yunhan might have killed one another, and the gathered disciples and captains accepted the explanation as plausible.
• Jiang Qingyue said Su Tianshuang should manage palace affairs, while Liu Meng openly doubted his ability to lead.
• Lin Fei questioned whether plundering the cultivation world would damage Su Tianshuang’s admired reputation, making him reconsider the plan.
• Liu Meng defended taking resources from the weaker cultivation world, and many Black Wind Society members agreed with her.
• Lin Fei claimed Jianmu was nurturing a new blessing of spiritual energy that might connect the immortal and mortal realms, alarming the others about Huaxia’s lineages and their backers.
• Lin Fei proposed collecting protection money instead of plundering the cultivation world, leaving Jiang Qingyue stunned.

Lin Fei proposed that sects voluntarily pay the Heavenly Demon Divine Palace a share of their resources in return for protection and help improving their cultivation yields. As sects across Huaxia agreed to pay or submit in exchange for protection and precious seeds, Wuming became an idol in the cultivation world, much to Lin Fei’s surprise.

• Lin Fei proposed that sects pay the Heavenly Demon Divine Palace one-tenth of their quarterly resource yields for protection, and suggested the Palace help them improve their harvests.
• Su Tianshuang, Jiang Qingyue, and Liu Meng supported Lin Fei’s plan, while Wang Ping and the others reacted with surprise at his modern approach.
• The Shu Mountain sect leader ordered his sect to pay the protection fees after learning it could receive valuable medicinal seeds in return.
• The Nine Heavens Immortal Abode’s sect leader told the Wind Sect Master to pledge allegiance to the Heavenly Demon Palace, despite the Fire Sect Master’s objection.
• Rumors spread that Wuming had proposed the plan, and cultivators across Huaxia praised him as an idol, while Lin Fei realized his fame had come by accident.