Chapter Summaries

Su Tianshuang claimed that almost none of the Huaxia cultivators qualified for the assessment, then defeated Li Changhe with overwhelming ease. He challenged Wuming next, declaring him the only one worthy of his regard.

• Su Tianshuang said fewer than five cultivators present were worthy of the assessment, and dismissed Li Changhe as no match for him.
• Lin Fei warned Li Changhe not to accept Su Tianshuang's challenge, but Li Changhe fought to preserve his pride.
• Liu Meng drew Su Tianshuang and Li Changhe into her palace, where they exchanged attacks.
• Su Tianshuang split Li Changhe's sword with his paper fan and defeated him in moments.
• After Liu Meng sent Li Changhe out of the palace, Su Tianshuang challenged Wuming to fight.

Su Tianshuang mocked Huaxia’s Nascent Soul experts and revealed that Heavenly Demon Divine Palace disciples had reached late Nascent Soul at remarkably young ages. Wuming, the unaffiliated sword cultivator Lin Fei, accepted the challenge and entered the Heavenly Demon Arena to face Su Tianshuang.

• Su Tianshuang taunted the Nascent Soul cultivators and asked who among them had reached late Nascent Soul before the age of two hundred.
• Su Tianshuang said his Heavenly Demon Divine Palace disciples had to meet that standard and revealed that Jiang Qingyue and his eldest senior brother reached late Nascent Soul at eighty-five.
• Su Tianshuang threatened to demand cultivation resources from the sects if no one defeated a member of his group.
• Wuming offered to fight Su Tianshuang, and Liu Meng activated the Heavenly Demon Arena to draw him inside.
• Wuming introduced himself as a North Sea sword cultivator, while Ji Yaoguang privately expected Su Tianshuang to be thrashed.

Lin Fei claimed to possess the Immortal Sword Physique and fought Su Tianshuang, revealing a terrifying sword technique that overwhelmed his opponent. Su Tianshuang was sent flying and wounded, then erupted in fury when sword light cut his hair.

• Lin Fei claimed he was ninety-nine years old and possessed the Immortal Sword Physique, shocking the gathered cultivators.
• Su Tianshuang challenged Lin Fei and attacked him with his paper fan and waves of demonic light.
• Lin Fei blocked Su Tianshuang's attacks with his sheathed sword and advanced through the demonic light.
• Su Tianshuang formed a lethal curtain of demonic rays that swallowed Lin Fei, but Lin Fei pierced it with a spiral of silver sword shadows.
• Lin Fei unleashed Ten Thousand Swords: Return to the Source, slashing Su Tianshuang and sending him flying.
• Su Tianshuang noticed that sword light had cut off a lock of his hair and angrily protested.

Lin Fei and Su Tianshuang fought fiercely above the palace, and Lin Fei gained the advantage with his Wuming Sword Art. After Lin Fei cut Su Tianshuang’s cheek, the enraged demon prepared to unleash a powerful killing art.

• Su Tianshuang attacked Lin Fei with Mad Dragon Descends from Heaven and Heavenly Demon Great Annihilation Tribulation, but Lin Fei countered with Immortal-Slaying and Spring Thunder Flash.
• Lin Fei used Jade Flask Light Turns to switch positions with Su Tianshuang, then struck through his fan’s barrier and cut his cheek.
• Lin Fei and Su Tianshuang exchanged palm strikes and slid apart across a palace beam as the onlookers marveled at their strength.
• Su Tianshuang touched the wound on his cheek and erupted in fury, while Jiang Qingyue and Liu Meng worried he might attack them.
• Lin Fei sensed Su Tianshuang preparing a great killing art and asked whether it was necessary.

Su Tianshuang and Lin Fei revealed their powerful transformations and sealed weapons during their spar, shocking the gathered cultivators. Their first clash sent shockwaves across the arena, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Su Tianshuang entered Heavenly Demon Transformation, raising his power to the Spirit Transformation realm and alarming the onlookers.
• Lin Fei answered with Profound Immortal Transformation, revealing an aura equal to Su Tianshuang’s and unsettling Nangong Xuance.
• Su Tianshuang revealed the sealed Heavenly Demon Fan, while he and Lin Fei each wielded a sealed weapon and unfurled their respective domains.
• Su Tianshuang launched an attack, and Lin Fei’s rain of swords shattered against the fan’s black light before their weapons collided with a deafening impact.

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.