Chapter Summaries

Wang Du sent Su Yu away and used a drop of Primordial Thunder Marrow to restore his strength before attacking the enormous heart beneath the Duke's Residence. Outside, Su Yu sensed Wang Du's battle against the heart's savage presence had only begun, and that Wang Du might pay dearly for his burst of power.

• Wang Du ordered everyone to leave the underground furnace and told Su Yu to go stabilize the situation at the east gate.
• Su Yu left Wang Du alone with the enormous heart, while Wang Du admitted he was badly depleted from fighting the Heaven Realm Fifth Level tree demon.
• Wang Du took out a jade box containing three drops of Primordial Thunder Marrow and swallowed one.
• The Primordial Thunder Marrow restored Wang Du's strength, and he charged the enormous heart as a golden lightning dragon.
• Su Yu emerged from the blood-colored curtain and saw golden lightning engulf the Duke's Residence, while he sensed Wang Du clashing with another powerful presence.

Wang Du fought the Ancient Blood Demon Ancestor after it emerged from beneath the destroyed Chen Clan Duke's Residence. As Wang Du gained the upper hand, Su Yu noticed the corrupted earth feeding the demon and the thunder weakening.

• Wang Du's golden lightning destroyed the Chen Clan Duke's Residence and purified the blood mist, but Su Yu spotted blood baleful Qi pouring from the underground pit.
• The Ancient Blood Demon Ancestor crawled out of the pit, and Wang Du attacked it with a thunder dragon.
• The Ancient Blood Demon Ancestor crushed the thunder dragon and regenerated its damaged claw before lunging at Wang Du.
• Wang Du trapped the demon's blood wings with his Thunder Prison domain and began suppressing it in their battle above the ruins.
• Su Yu noticed that the Ancient Blood Demon Ancestor was turning the corrupted land into its domain and that Wang Du's lightning had begun to weaken.

Wang Du used a second drop of Primordial Thunder Marrow to destroy the Ancient Blood Demon Ancestor’s body and demonic nucleus, but a thread of its blood escaped. After ordering Commander Liu to secure the area, Wang Du departed, leaving Su Yu aware that the wounded demon remained a danger to Qing Province.

• Su Yu noticed blood Qi spreading underground and realized the polluted earth was becoming the Ancient Blood Demon Ancestor’s domain.
• The Ancient Blood Demon Ancestor attacked Wang Du with a blood-wing drill, believing Wang Du’s strength was waning.
• Wang Du swallowed the final drop of Primordial Thunder Marrow and trapped the Ancient Blood Demon Ancestor in Thunder Prison · Burial.
• A thread of the demon’s blood escaped the blast, though Wang Du said its core demonic nucleus was shattered and would take hundreds or thousands of years to recover.
• Wang Du ordered Commander Liu to seal off the area, tally casualties, and reassure the people, then flew toward the Qing Province Demon Suppression Bureau.
• Su Yu watched Wang Du leave and recognized that the wounded Ancient Blood Demon Ancestor was still a threat to Qing Province.

Su Yu hunted the Ancient Blood Demon Ancestor through the Heaven-Severing Mountain Range while struggling against the Emperor Realm dragon intent suppressing his spirit cultivation. After finding signs that the demon was feeding on living creatures, he was ambushed by a Shadow Guard who mistook him for the killer, and Su Yu captured him to demand who had sent him.

• Su Yu killed a Crimson Demon Ape and absorbed its blood essence, reaching the Earth Realm ninth level in Body Refinement and Qi Refinement while his Spirit Refinement remained blocked by Emperor Realm dragon intent.
• Su Yu continued searching the Heaven-Severing Mountain Range for the escaped Ancient Blood Demon Ancestor, following traces of its tainted blood Sha Qi.
• Su Yu found a drained deer demon beside a secluded pool and recognized the filthy presence as belonging to the Ancient Blood Demon Ancestor.
• A bronze-masked Shadow Guard attacked Su Yu from behind, apparently mistaking him for the killer he was pursuing.
• Su Yu caught and snapped the Shadow Guard's Soul-Devouring Blade, seized him by the neck, and demanded to know who had sent him.

Su Yu killed a bronze-masked Shadow Guard and discovered a token linking him to the Blood Baleful Intent Hall. Following the Blood Qi trail to a hidden cave, he confronted the wounded Ancient Blood Demon Ancestor, who greeted him as he arrived.

• Su Yu interrogated the Shadow Guard, rejected his claim that he served the Demon Suppression Bureau, and killed him.
• Su Yu searched the Shadow Guard's ring and found a token marked with the character “Blood,” which he recognized as belonging to the Blood Baleful Intent Hall.
• Su Yu destroyed the Shadow Guard's corpse and extracted a faint trace of Blood Qi from a drained deer demon's body.
• Su Yu followed the Blood Qi through the Heaven-Severing Mountain Range to a cave surrounded by desiccated demonic beast corpses.
• Su Yu entered the cave and found the Ancient Blood Demon Ancestor sitting in a blood pool, where the figure turned and said, “You finally came!”

Su Yu confronted the Ancient Blood Demon Ancestor and overwhelmed it with his Blood Wisdom King Manifestation. As the Ancestor neared destruction, it recognized Su Yu as the Immaculate Dao Embryo and transformed into a cursed heart that began pulling at the manifestation.

• The Ancient Blood Demon Ancestor attacked Su Yu, hoping to devour his powerful blood and Qi.
• Su Yu summoned the Blood Wisdom King Manifestation, combining Buddhist essence and demonic power to stop the Ancestor's claws.
• The manifestation restrained the Ancestor, purified its power, and began destroying its body and soul.
• The Ancient Blood Demon Ancestor offered Su Yu the Ancient Blood God Scripture, but he refused because its blood was too filthy.
• The Ancestor recognized Su Yu as the Immaculate Dao Embryo and transformed into a blood-colored heart that pulled at the Blood Wisdom King Manifestation.

Su Yu stopped the Ancient Blood Demon Ancestor from possessing his [Blood Wisdom King Manifestation] and refined its remaining power into a small sea of blood. Unable to absorb the Heaven Realm essence, he planned to retreat and digest it, but a summons ordered him to return at once.

• The Ancient Blood Demon Ancestor used its blood-red heart to invade Su Yu's [Blood Wisdom King Manifestation] and began eroding its Buddhist essence and demonic baleful intent.
• Su Yu used the [Myriad Dharma Furnace] to make the manifestation's Buddhist essence and demonic baleful intent refine the Ancient Blood Demon Ancestor's power, destroying its will.
• The [Blood Wisdom King Manifestation] dissipated after leaving behind a fist-sized sea of refined dark-gold blood essence in Su Yu's Qi sea.
• Su Yu tried to absorb the essence but stopped when its power overwhelmed his Earth Realm cultivation.
• The Demon Suppression Bureau captain's token summoned Su Yu to return at once.

Su Yu returned to the Qing Province Demon Suppression Bureau and received the Heaven Realm volume, Eightfold Heavenly Dragon Prison, from Wang Du. With enemies targeting him and the dragon intent in his sea of consciousness threatening his breakthrough, Su Yu left to pursue a dangerous new path under Wang Du’s protection.

• Su Yu received Wang Du’s message that the Heaven Realm volume had arrived and set aside the Ancient Blood Demon Ancestor’s essence to return to the bureau.
• The Demon Suppression Guards welcomed Su Yu as he returned to the Qing Province Demon Suppression Bureau.
• Wang Du learned that Su Yu had destroyed the Blood Demon in body and soul and gave him the Eightfold Heavenly Dragon Prison jade slip.
• Wang Du warned Su Yu that the Heaven Realm path would be dangerous, with the Blood Baleful Intent Hall, the Demon God Cult, and the dragon intent threatening him.
• Wang Du explained that Eightfold Heavenly Dragon Prison could help Su Yu overcome the dragon intent and told him to cultivate at the bureau while he guarded him.
• Su Yu thanked Wang Du, left the meditation chamber, and set out on his new cultivation path.

Su Yu used Slaughter Points to reach initial mastery of the Eightfold Heavenly Dragon Prison and advance to half-step Heaven Realm. As he began opening his first Heavenly Dragon Vortex, the Ancient Blood Demon Ancestor’s golden dragon intent sensed his transformation and threatened to break Wang Du’s seal.

• Su Yu studied the Eightfold Heavenly Dragon Prison for four hours but failed to comprehend it through ordinary cultivation.
• Su Yu spent 500,000 Slaughter Points to forcefully comprehend the technique, reaching initial mastery and advancing to half-step Heaven Realm.
• Su Yu began forming his first Heavenly Dragon Vortex, intending to complete his breakthrough into the Heaven Realm.
• The miniature golden dragon in Su Yu’s sea of consciousness sensed his new Heavenly Dragon Sacred Power and unleashed its Emperor Realm dragon intent.
• Wang Du’s purple-black lightning chains cracked under the dragon intent as the Ancient Blood Demon Ancestor declared Su Yu’s transformation an offering to him.

Su Yu deliberately let the Emperor Realm dragon intent break into his sea of consciousness, then used his Buddhist essence as a furnace and demonic baleful intent as a hammer to refine it into his newborn Heavenly Dragon Sacred Power. His breakthrough continued amid agony and a violent storm of energy that shook the secret stone chamber.

• The Emperor Realm dragon intent shattered Wang Du’s lightning seal and attacked Su Yu’s breakthrough, intending to devour his cultivation foundation.
• Su Yu summoned a nascent heavenly dragon phantom, but it was destroyed by the dragon intent’s overwhelming power.
• Su Yu dropped his defenses and drew the dragon intent into his sea of consciousness, revealing that he intended to use it to refine his Heavenly Dragon Sacred Power.
• Su Yu’s Buddhist essence formed a golden furnace and his demonic baleful intent formed a crimson hammer, trapping the dragon intent and pounding it into fragments.
• Su Yu absorbed the crushed Imperial Dao power into his Heavenly Dragon Sacred Power while enduring immense pain, as energy from his breakthrough battered the stone chamber.

Su Yu broke through to Heaven Realm First Level by refining Emperor Realm dragon intent into Heavenly Dragon Sacred Power, shocking Wang Du with the unprecedented feat. He left the stone chamber with all three cultivation paths intact and newly awakened dragon might.

• Wang Du sensed that the lightning seal in Su Yu's sea of consciousness had been crushed and rushed to the underground stone chamber.
• Wang Du found Su Yu refining the Emperor Realm dragon intent inside a Buddha-demon furnace while a new heavenly dragon formed around him.
• Su Yu's demonic hammer shattered the dragon intent's consciousness, and its law fragments helped form his first spiritual power vortex and Heavenly Dragon Sacred Power.
• Su Yu advanced the Eightfold Heavenly Dragon Prison and reached Heaven Realm First Level in Qi Refinement, while his spirit and body cultivation remained at Earth Realm Ninth Level.
• Su Yu's sea of consciousness and divine sense transformed, gaining dragon might, and he emerged to tell the stunned Wang Du that he had fulfilled his charge.

After Su Yu broke through to the Heaven Realm, Wang Du made him a secret One-Star Demon Suppression Envoy and revealed that the token also authorized him as a Heaven-Patrolling Envoy. Su Yu learned he must travel to headquarters in Xianyang, then returned to cultivate before their meeting the next day.

• Su Yu impressed Wang Du by reaching the Heaven Realm with an exceptionally solid foundation and fully absorbing the Emperor Realm dragon intent.
• Wang Du gave Su Yu a Demon Suppression Envoy token and appointed him Great Qin's nine thousand one hundred and ninety-fifth Demon Suppression Envoy, bypassing the usual trial.
• Wang Du explained that the token was unregistered and could protect Su Yu from enemies, but also gave him authority to execute anyone involved with demons under special imperial authorization.
• Wang Du told Su Yu to stabilize his cultivation for a day and then travel with him to the capital, Xianyang, to visit Prison Suppression and collect his first salary.
• After Wang Du left, Su Yu stored the token and resumed cultivating his Heavenly Dragon Sacred Power.

After refining the Yellow Springs Prison Qi and reaching the Heaven Realm, Su Yu left Qing Province with Zhao Chengkong to take the Demon Suppression Envoy Trial in Xianyang. A Blood Baleful Intent Hall expert ambushed them, and Su Yu destroyed his attack with a flick of his finger before the masked assailant revealed uncanny purple snake eyes.

• Su Yu completed his breakthrough, and Wang Du sent him to headquarters with Zhao Chengkong, warning that their trial began as soon as they left Qing Province.
• Su Yu and Zhao Chengkong departed for Xianyang, and Zhao Chengkong thanked Su Yu for saving his younger siblings.
• A Blood Baleful Intent Hall attacker ambushed them on the road with a corrosive blood-colored palm strike.
• Zhao Chengkong and his azure flood dragon demon servant tried to block the strike, but the attack overwhelmed their defense.
• Su Yu flicked a wisp of heavenly dragon sacred power and shattered the blood-colored palm imprint.
• A masked Blood Baleful Intent Hall officiant appeared and remarked on Su Yu's strength, revealing purple snake eyes.

She Xing attacked Su Yu with a Heaven Realm Third Level curse while his Curse Bone Demon Snake fought Zhao Chengkong’s Azure Flood Dragon. Su Yu erased the curse and evaded She Xing’s assault, leaving She Xing furious as he began a forbidden secret art.

• She Xing summoned his Heaven Realm Second Level Curse Bone Demon Snake to pin down Zhao Chengkong and the Azure Flood Dragon.
• She Xing launched his Blood Baleful Intent God-Corroding Palm at Su Yu, but Su Yu erased the law attack with a casual point.
• Su Yu criticized She Xing’s laws and effortlessly evaded his attacks with Thunder Demon Shadow Trace Steps.
• She Xing grew enraged, began using Blood Baleful Intent Secret Art: Gods and Devils Dissociation, and warned Su Yu that he had provoked a formidable existence.

Su Yu effortlessly nullified She Xing’s forbidden art and defeated him with one punch, but She Xing escaped by detonating his demonic servant and using Blood Escape. Su Yu pursued him, leaving Zhao Chengkong behind.

• She Xing unleashed the Gods and Devils Dissociation Heart, but it merged into Su Yu without harming him.
• Su Yu explained why She Xing’s attack failed and struck him down with a punch that sent him crashing into a mountainside.
• The Azure Flood Dragon battered the Curse Bone Demon Snake, and She Xing made the demon servant detonate to cover his escape.
• Su Yu shielded Zhao Chengkong from the blast, then chased She Xing’s fleeing blood-colored streak with Thunder Demon Shadow Trace Steps.

Su Yu pursued and killed She Xing, a Heaven Realm third level expert from the Blood Baleful Intent Hall, then returned to Zhao Chengkong. In Xianyang, Zhou Tong learned of She Xing’s death and fixed his attention on Su Yu.

• She Xing burned his demon servants and origin to flee, but Su Yu caught up with him after a long chase.
• Su Yu used the Prohibition Blood Formation and Great Annihilation Pagoda to suppress She Xing before killing him with a punch, earning 150000 Slaughter Points.
• Su Yu took She Xing’s storage ring and found a Blood Poison Spirit-Nourishing Art cultivation art inside.
• Su Yu returned to Zhao Chengkong and said She Xing had been taken care of, leaving Zhao Chengkong awed.
• In Xianyang, Zhou Tong’s life tablet for She Xing crumbled, and he reacted with fury and focused his gaze on Qing Province.

Su Yu and Zhao Chengkong arrived in Xianyang and reported to Li Ning at the Demon Suppression Bureau. After discovering Su Yu had cultivated the complete Heaven Realm volume of “Suppressing Prisons and Subduing Demons,” Li Ning began a special assessment for him immediately.

• Zhao Chengkong and Su Yu entered Xianyang and followed a Shadow Guard to the Demon Suppression Bureau headquarters.
• Zhao Chengkong reported to Li Ning, who praised his cultivation and sent him to arrange accommodations for the assessment the next day.
• Li Ning examined Su Yu and recognized the Heavenly Dragon Sacred Power and the complete “Eightfold Heavenly Dragon Prison.”
• Li Ning decided Su Yu needed a different trial and began his assessment, leading him to “Prison Suppression.”

Su Yu entered Prison Suppression, where Chaos Qi strengthened his Heavenly Dragon Sacred Power, and discovered that the realm’s seemingly lifeless ground was a deadly creature. After destroying it, he heard a familiar-sounding woman call for help from the mist.

• Li Ning sent Su Yu into Prison Suppression for seven days and warned him not to die.
• Su Yu arrived in the realm and found that his divine sense was eroded by the mist while Chaos Qi nourished his cultivation technique.
• The purple ground transformed into an Earth Baleful Intent Mimicry Beast that attacked Su Yu with grasping arms and a soul assault.
• Su Yu used Heavenly Dragon Sacred Power and the Eight Desolations Demon-Suppressing Hand to annihilate the beast, earning 100000 Slaughter Points.
• Su Yu heard a woman cry for help from the distant mist and spotted several figures.

Su Yu encountered Fairy Scarlet Luan fighting three Heaven Realm second-level men in Prison Suppression and agreed to save her in exchange for a Heaven Realm body refinement cultivation art. After one attacker rushed him, Su Yu killed him with a single strike and turned his attention to the two survivors.

• Fairy Scarlet Luan begged Su Yu to save her and offered him a low-grade Heaven Realm body refinement cultivation art.
• Su Yu stopped when he realized the art could help him advance his body refinement, while the scar-faced leader warned him to stay out of their grudge.
• The hook-nosed man attacked Su Yu, but Su Yu used the Yellow Springs Earth Vein Art and Palm Abyss to annihilate him with one strike.
• The scar-faced man and his remaining companion froze in shock at Su Yu's display of power.
• Su Yu told the two surviving men that he would take both the cultivation art and their lives.

Su Yu overwhelmed and killed three Blackwater Alliance martial artists, claiming their storage rings and cultivation manuals. Fairy Scarlet Luan helped stop Scarface from escaping, and she was left facing Su Yu after the fight.

• Su Yu suppressed Scarface and his companion, who offered Heaven Realm Body Refinement manuals in exchange for their lives.
• Scarface and his companion burned their essence and fled in opposite directions, while Fairy Scarlet Luan intercepted Scarface with her flaming spear.
• Su Yu pursued and annihilated the fleeing Blackwater Alliance member, gaining 100,000 Slaughter Points.
• Su Yu returned and killed Scarface with a flick of his finger, gaining another 100,000 Slaughter Points.
• Su Yu collected the three martial artists' storage rings and confirmed they held cultivation manuals, while the injured Fairy Scarlet Luan warily watched him approach.