Chapter Summaries

Xie Feng returned to the Xuanji Sect with Xiangxiang and learned that most of its disciples had left because of his ties to the Imperial Evil Realm. In the alchemy room, Sushang showed him her near-perfect imitation of the Heaven-Reaching Elephant Heart Pill, and he discussed the sect’s safety and Xiangxiang’s circumstances with her.

• Gu Yu told Xie Feng that more than six hundred disciples had left the Xuanji Sect because of its association with the Imperial Evil Realm.
• Xie Feng sent Xiangxiang to rest and went to find Sushang in the alchemy room.
• Sushang showed Xie Feng her imitation Heaven-Reaching Elephant Heart Pills, which retained ninety percent of the originals’ effects.
• Xie Feng gave Sushang a clock flower and suggested that the pills could be sold to the Imperial Evil Realm.
• Sushang told Xie Feng about the red dragon guardian beast Cong Yun had provided, and Xie Feng decided it should remain at the sect.
• Xie Feng praised Sushang’s alchemy and began telling her about Xiangxiang and her aunt, Jin Yue.

Xie Feng welcomed Tao Xue into the Xuanji Sect as an elder in exchange for teaching its disciples, then heard the Imperial Evil Lord warn him of planned attacks by the Anti-Imperial Evil Realm Alliance. The Imperial Evil Lord raised questions about Xie Feng’s Chaos Physique and showed him a mysterious blue-tag necklace.

• Tao Xue visited Xie Feng and asked to stay at the Xuanji Sect, agreeing to teach its disciples in return.
• Xie Feng arranged for Gu Yu to help Tao Xue complete the formalities to become an elder of the Xuanji Sect.
• The Imperial Evil Lord told Xie Feng that the Anti-Imperial Evil Realm Alliance had attacked Ziyun and was preparing to attack the Xuanji Sect, and offered to send devil troops to guard it.
• The Imperial Evil Lord discussed the rarity and nature of Chaos Physiques with Xie Feng, then handed him a silver chain with a small blue square tag.

The Imperial Evil Lord gave Xie Feng a Chaos Necklace and appointed him Evil King of the Imperial Evil Realm, asking him to deal with the Anti-Imperial Evil Realm Alliance. Xie Feng absorbed the necklace’s power overnight, broke through to the indestructible saint god tenth stage, and then saw Gu Yu arrive with something troubling him.

• The Imperial Evil Lord gave Xie Feng the Chaos Necklace and asked him to deal with the Anti-Imperial Evil Realm Alliance.
• The Imperial Evil Lord offered Xie Feng the Immortal Jade Great Seal and appointed him Evil King, and Xie Feng accepted.
• Xie Feng refined the Chaos Necklace’s power overnight and broke through to the indestructible saint god tenth stage.
• Xie Feng noticed Gu Yu outside the courtyard gate, called him in, and asked what was wrong.

Gu Yu told Xie Feng that he was Gu Xinglan’s cousin and chose to remain in the Xuanji Sect as Xie Feng’s direct disciple. He explained that Gu Xinglan’s fixation on opposing the Devil Race began after her beloved devil was captured and executed, and the chapter left his account as the conflict between humans and devils resumed.

• Gu Yu admitted to Xie Feng that he was Gu Xinglan’s younger cousin and said she had ordered him to leave the Xuanji Sect.
• Xie Feng offered to make Gu Yu his direct disciple, and Gu Yu accepted, choosing to side with the Xuanji Sect rather than Gu Xinglan or neutrality.
• Gu Yu described how living in Gu Xinglan’s shadow had left him feeling overlooked and misunderstood.
• Gu Yu said Gu Xinglan had fallen in love with a devil from the Heavenly Devil Race, but the two races opposed their relationship because of their status and the war between them.
• Gu Yu recounted that the couple eloped, the Heavenly Devil Race captured and executed the devil, and Gu Xinglan recovered his remains before turning against the Devil Race.
• Gu Yu said Gu Xinglan founded the Devil Subduing Realm, which later destroyed the Heavenly Devil Race, before the Imperial Evil Realm rose and renewed the fighting.

Xie Feng accepted Gu Yu as his disciple, then took office as the new Evil King and began learning the Imperial Evil Realm's affairs. After Gu Yuan reported an alliance branch near the Heavenly Gu Emperor Python Race, Xie Feng and Gu Yuan traveled there and arrived amid the aftermath of a battle.

• Gu Yu told Xie Feng that Gu Xinglan was searching for a way to resurrect her deceased lover, then accepted Xie Feng as his master and received the Azure Profound Fan.
• Xie Feng left the Xuanji Sect and took office as the new Evil King on Cangming Island, accepting congratulations and gifts from the Imperial Evil Realm's leaders.
• Xie Feng familiarized himself with the Imperial Evil Realm's affairs and learned that its treasury had grown wealthy after the Nine Netherworld Phoenix Race's destruction.
• Gu Yuan told Xie Feng that an alliance branch was lurking near the Heavenly Gu Emperor Python Race and asked him to join a mission to destroy it.
• Xie Feng and Gu Yuan arrived at the border plain, where the Heavenly Gu Emperor Python Race's army had just fought the alliance branch, and a patrol challenged them.

Xie Feng reunited with A Ning, who had sent troops to protect the Xuanji Sect and Imperial Evil Realm from the Anti-Imperial Evil Realm Alliance. The reunion ended when Xie Feng discovered that A Ning had been poisoned.

• Feng Jia welcomed Xie Feng and Gu Yuan, revealed that he was now commander of the Nation-Defending Army, and said his forces had defeated the alliance branch.
• A Ning greeted Xie Feng and explained that she had deployed a hundred thousand troops to guard the borders after learning the alliance threatened Ziyun and the Xuanji Sect.
• Xie Feng gave A Ning a spatial ring containing a thousand Supreme-grade Heaven-Reaching Elephant Heart Pills refined by Elder Sushang.
• Xie Feng noticed A Ning's blackened finger and, using his Double Pupils, saw black Qi spreading through her arm and damaging her body.
• Xie Feng told A Ning that she had been poisoned, and she reacted with shock.

After A Ning was poisoned with Beauty Withered Bones Poison, Gu Yuan identified the attacker as Yu Qingzhu, a former manor lord of the Immortal Firmament Manor whom Xie Feng knew. Xie Feng prepared to visit Yu Qingzhu at the manor, where Yu Qingzhu and Sheng Haotian were drinking wine.

• Xie Feng gave A Ning a Heaven-Reaching Elephant Heart Pill, but it failed to stop the poison spreading through her arm.
• A Ning described the powerful black-robed attacker and recalled that he wore a Red Jade Ring.
• Gu Yuan investigated and identified the attacker as Yu Qingzhu, a former Immortal Firmament Manor lord who had recently returned to fight for the faction.
• Xie Feng asked A Ning to prepare a gift and set out to visit Yu Qingzhu at the Immortal Firmament Manor.
• At the manor, Yu Qingzhu sat drinking wine with Sheng Haotian, who had persuaded him to return to protect the faction.

Xie Feng visited Yu Qingzhu and demanded the antidote for A Ning, whom Yu Qingzhu had poisoned. After revealing an assassination list, Yu Qingzhu bent down to retrieve it while Xie Feng held him at weapon-point.

• Yu Qingzhu told Sheng Haotian that Xie Feng had the potential to become Gu Xinglan's most troublesome opponent.
• Sheng Haotian learned that Yu Qingzhu had poisoned A Ning with Beauty Withered Bones Poison and left to report to Gu Xinglan.
• Xie Feng visited Yu Qingzhu and presented him with three severed heads belonging to Immortal Firmament Manor members killed by A Ning.
• Xie Feng pressed the Dark Ink Fan to Yu Qingzhu's neck and demanded the antidote because A Ning was his disciple.
• Yu Qingzhu handed Xie Feng a sandalwood bottle, then picked up a crumpled assassination list at Xie Feng's command.

Xie Feng confronted Yu Qingzhu over the assassination list targeting the Seven Heroes, then persuaded him to abandon Sheng Haotian and join the Xuanji Sect. Yu Qingzhu gave A Ning the antidote, which restored her poisoned arm.

• Xie Feng threatened to kill Yu Qingzhu unless he abandoned Sheng Haotian and stopped pursuing the assassination list.
• Yu Qingzhu said he wanted to return to his teahouse, and Xie Feng promised he could preserve it and the Immortal Firmament Manor if he joined the Xuanji Sect.
• Yu Qingzhu agreed to become a Xuanji Sect elder, and Xie Feng brought him back to A Ning, Feng Jia, and Gu Yuan.
• Yu Qingzhu apologized to A Ning and offered her the antidote; Xie Feng introduced him as the sect's new Medical Dao and Poison Dao elder.
• A Ning applied the antidote to her poisoned arm, which quickly regained its youthful appearance.

A Ning rejected Yu Qingzhu’s offer to teach her poison arts as he followed her on patrol. Meanwhile, Gu Xinglan revealed she had broken through to the indestructible saint emperor fourth stage and gave Cheng Hao the first two chapters of the Ancient God Secret Art, which required him to cripple his cultivation first.

• A Ning left to patrol the surroundings, and Yu Qingzhu followed her while urging her to become his first student.
• Cheng Hao confronted Gu Xinglan while she fished, warning that the Devil Race was counterattacking and that Lu Yinjian planned to attack the Purple-Feathered Azure Luan Race.
• Gu Xinglan revealed her cultivation had reached the indestructible saint emperor fourth stage, explaining why she was not worried about Lu Yinjian’s plans.
• Gu Xinglan gave Cheng Hao the first two chapters of the Ancient God Secret Art and told him he had to cripple his current cultivation before practicing it.
• Cheng Hao questioned whether the dangerous cultivation method was truly risk-free.

Gu Xinglan enlisted Cheng Hao to find people with yin-type physiques for her experiments, while Cheng Hao sought powerful bloodline power in return. After they learned Xie Feng had become a threat, Gu Xinglan ordered his death, and Dao of Illusion attacked him in his tent.

• Cheng Hao refused to cultivate Gu Xinglan's dangerous Ancient God Secret Art, and she explained that she had risked many secret arts to build her strength.
• Gu Xinglan gave Cheng Hao sensing stones and asked him to find ten people with yin-type physiques, while he requested powerful bloodline power in exchange for his help.
• Cheng Hao told Gu Xinglan that the Xuanji Sect supported the Imperial Evil Realm and that Xie Feng had won Yu Qingzhu's support; Gu Xinglan ordered Xie Feng killed.
• Dao of Illusion froze Xie Feng inside his tent and trapped him in an illusion, but Xie Feng used his Double Pupils to shatter it.
• Dao of Illusion froze the domain and Xie Feng, then reached toward the space between Xie Feng's brows.

Xie Feng survived the Dao of Illusion’s assassination attempt and forced him to flee with the help of Little Sword, then suspected the attack was tied to Heavenly Soul Venerable and people in the Origin Realm. Meanwhile, Yu Qingzhu warned Sheng Haotian that the Immortal Firmament Manor should avoid the war because Xie Feng was too strong to defeat.

• The Dao of Illusion attacked Xie Feng, but Xie Feng broke through to the third stage of Indestructible Saint Lord under the pressure.
• When the Dao of Illusion tried to stab Xie Feng, Little Sword appeared, revealed Origin Level power, and shattered the attacker’s body, forcing him to flee.
• Xie Feng returned to his tent and suspected that Heavenly Soul Venerable had ties to Gu Xinglan or Cheng Hao and had arranged the assassination.
• Yu Qingzhu met Sheng Haotian in a grove and advised him to keep the Immortal Firmament Manor out of the war, saying they could not beat Xie Feng.

Yu Qingzhu warned Sheng Haotian against involving Immortal Firmament Manor in the alliance’s conflict, but learned that its forces had already attacked the Grand Yin Imperial Dragon Race. Xie Feng rushed to Dragon-Shaking Pass, where the outnumbered defenders opened the gate and were overwhelmed by Immortal Firmament Manor’s troops.

• Yu Qingzhu urged Sheng Haotian to keep Immortal Firmament Manor out of the alliance’s affairs, but Sheng said An Jie and Zhong Mu had already been sent against the Grand Yin Imperial Dragon Race.
• Yu Qingzhu told Xie Feng about the attack, and Xie Feng decided to go to the Grand Yin Imperial Dragon Race; Gu Yuan learned that An Jie and Zhong Mu were fighting at Dragon-Shaking Pass.
• Xie Feng left Gu Yuan and Yu Qingzhu to help A Ning guard their position and traveled alone to the border.
• At Dragon-Shaking Pass, the defending general learned that six thousand soldiers had died and their reinforcements signal and specialists had been lost.
• The defenders opened the gate to fight Immortal Firmament Manor’s advancing troops, but the thousand warriors were quickly swallowed by the larger force.

Ze Ling drove Immortal Firmament Manor’s forces out of Dragon-Shaking Pass with the dragon soul and summoned Cong Yun when An Jie and Zhong Mu attacked her. Cong Yun arrived, Zhong Mu fled to fetch reinforcements, and An Jie continued charging at Cong Yun.

• An Jie and Zhong Mu killed the defending general and led Immortal Firmament Manor’s army into Dragon-Shaking Pass.
• Ze Ling appeared with the dragon soul and blasted Immortal Firmament Manor’s troops out of the pass.
• An Jie killed the commander as he tried to protect Ze Ling, then she and Zhong Mu moved to attack the girl.
• Ze Ling called for backup, and Cong Yun arrived at Dragon-Shaking Pass.
• Zhong Mu fled to fetch reinforcements while An Jie charged at Cong Yun, who prepared to fight her.

Cong Yun killed An Jie and nearly killed Zhong Mu before Gu Xinglan arrived to turn the battle against the Grand Yin Imperial Dragon Race. Xie Feng appeared to protect Cong Yun and Ze Ling, then proposed negotiating peace with Gu Xinglan, who asked how he wanted to negotiate.

• Cong Yun killed An Jie, dragged Zhong Mu back after he fled, and was forced to release him when his wail summoned Gu Xinglan and Hun Wudao.
• Gu Xinglan confronted Cong Yun and Ze Ling, broke Cong Yun’s attack, and sealed space as Cong Yun prepared to retreat from Dragon-Shaking Pass.
• Xie Feng appeared behind Cong Yun, separated her from Gu Xinglan with a golden flame, and reminded Ze Ling to call for help when she could not win.
• Hun Wudao demanded revenge for Xie Feng killing his brother Hun Wuchen, but Gu Xinglan stopped him from charging at Xie Feng.
• Xie Feng proposed negotiating peace, and Gu Xinglan asked how he wanted to negotiate.

Xie Feng used the Cherished Wine Cup Sword and Dark Ink Fan to force Gu Xinglan and the Immortal Firmament Manor’s army to retreat from Dragon-Shaking Pass. Afterward, he and Cong Yun discussed the Anti-Imperial Evil Realm Alliance’s likely next attacks, and Cong Yun asked Xie Feng for an honest answer.

• Xie Feng confronted Gu Xinglan at Dragon-Shaking Pass and warned that the Grand Yin Imperial Dragon Race and the Devil Subduing Realm would go to war if she stayed.
• Xie Feng revealed his Dark Ink Fan alongside the Cherished Wine Cup Sword, and Gu Xinglan withdrew with the Immortal Firmament Manor’s army.
• Hun Wudao followed Gu Xinglan after Xie Feng warned that he would reunite him with his brothers.
• Xie Feng, Cong Yun, and Ze Ling regrouped on the walls of Dragon-Shaking Pass, where Xie Feng warned them not to lower their guard against the Anti-Imperial Evil Realm Alliance.
• Cong Yun predicted that Lu Yinjian would soon destroy the Purple-Feathered Azure Luan Race and then attack the Kui Emperor White Crow Clan.
• Cong Yun told Xie Feng she considered him a friend and asked him to answer a question honestly.

Cong Yun rushed to Gu Xuan City after 201 Taiyin Imperial Dragons vanished, and Xie Feng searched the city for clues. He found a dead odd-job worker hidden in a well, revived him, and learned that someone had tried to kill him.

• Cong Yun told Xie Feng that she would trust his promise to remain allies, then received a transmission from Dao Hong reporting 201 people missing in Gu Xuan City.
• Cong Yun traveled to Gu Xuan City with Xie Feng and Ze Ling, where Dao Hong explained that searches had uncovered no clues or traces of the missing people.
• Xie Feng questioned Dao Hong about the disappearances, but Dao Hong could not identify where the victims vanished or name any suspects.
• Xie Feng sensed something unusual in an abandoned courtyard and uncovered a dead odd-job worker in a well.
• Xie Feng revived the worker with a Heaven-Reaching Elephant Heart Pill, and the terrified man begged him to save him from someone who wanted to kill him.

After Dao of Illusion abducted two hundred Taiyin Imperial Dragons, Xie Feng deduced that someone wanted their bloodline power and confronted the illusionist. Dao of Illusion revealed that he needed Xie Feng’s Chaos No-Dao Physique and attacked him.

• The odd-job worker told Xie Feng and the others that a white ghost had injured him and carried people away in a white vortex.
• Xie Feng identified the attacker as Dao of Illusion and proposed that he had abducted the Taiyin Imperial Dragons for someone else’s purposes.
• That night, Dao of Illusion appeared before Xie Feng, announced that he planned to kill him for his Chaos No-Dao Physique, and confirmed that he had taken the dragons.
• Xie Feng accused Dao of Illusion of serving Gu Xinglan and taking the dragons to help resurrect a demon king; Dao of Illusion said Xie Feng was only partly right.
• Dao of Illusion attacked Xie Feng with his Great Thousand Illusion Power as the Dark Ink Fan opened.

Xie Feng struggled against Dao of Illusion until Xiangxiang arrived and defeated him. After Xiangxiang swallowed Dao of Illusion, Xie Feng absorbed some of his silver sphere and broke through to the seventh stage of the Indestructible Saint Lord realm.

• Xie Feng fought Dao of Illusion, but his Little Sword began to falter under the stronger opponent's attack.
• Xiangxiang arrived, punched Dao of Illusion away, and told Xie Feng she would punish him for bullying her big brother.
• Xiangxiang beat Dao of Illusion until he tried to self-detonate, then transformed into a Taotie and swallowed him.
• Xiangxiang spat out Dao of Illusion's silver cultivation source, which Xie Feng caught and began absorbing.
• Xie Feng broke through to the seventh stage of the Indestructible Saint Lord realm, leaving more than half of the sphere's energy stored in his dantian.

Xie Feng rose to the seventh stage of the Indestructible Saint Lord realm and appeared fourth on the Heavenly Ranking, drawing praise from the Imperial Evil Realm and hostility from humans. After he and Xiangxiang discovered a Dark King Palace force approaching Gu Xuan City, they attacked it, and Xie Feng faced two surviving elders who did not recognize him.

• Xie Feng reached the seventh stage of the Indestructible Saint Lord realm and took fourth place on the Heavenly Ranking.
• Humans condemned Xie Feng for siding with the Devil Race, while the Imperial Evil Realm celebrated his new rank.
• Xie Feng thanked Xiangxiang for helping him, learned she had swallowed the Dao of Illusion, and agreed to make her more herb balls.
• Xiangxiang told Xie Feng that more than seven hundred people were hiding in a forest, and they went to investigate.
• Xie Feng and Xiangxiang recognized the approaching group as members of the Dark King Palace and attacked them with Northern Nether Heaven-Subduing Fire, killing most of the force.
• Two Indestructible Saint elders confronted Xie Feng, and the black-robed elder jolted when Xiangxiang mentioned the Heavenly Ranking.