Chapter Summaries

Ye Qiubai accepted the Sword God's Sword Spirit into his body, while the Supervisory Sacred Hall prepared for a possible expedition into the Endless Sea. Qi Shadao arranged an ambush at the Dragon Blood Demon Abyss to capture his target, then planned to begin the conquest of the Mid-Latitude Realm.

• The Sword God's Sword Spirit occupied Ye Qiubai's Spinal Pass after finding the Azure Cloud Sword already at his Jade Pillow Pass, and sensed it might help him break through.
• Nan Congyin and He Shangke discussed the exposed clue to a passage to the High-Latitude Realm and considered selecting another group of Sacred Hall geniuses.
• Qi Shadao promised the Demon King Domain figures that he would capture his target or obtain information about his whereabouts within three days, earning the possibility of a greater reward.
• The Demon King Domain woman accused Qi Shadao of withholding his lead, but the man with his eyes closed told the others to wait until Qi Shadao completed or failed the task.
• Qi Shadao confirmed that his forces were ready and explained to Qiu Genyin and the black-robed figure that they would ambush the juniors at the Dragon Blood Demon Abyss, where their escape talismans would not work.
• Qi Shadao said that after the operation, they would begin their plan to dominate the Mid-Latitude Realm.

Ye Qiubai and the others reached the Dragon Blood Demon Abyss, where a pool of demonic dragon blood overwhelmed them with pressure and Demonic Intent. The Sword God's Sword Spirit confirmed Xiao Hei could withstand its baptism, and Xiao Hei entered the pool to cultivate.

• Major factions mobilized to investigate the mysterious rogue cultivators after several of their prodigies were attacked.
• Zi Shan led Ye Qiubai's group and their allies to the Dragon Blood Demon Abyss, where a true dragon's death had formed a vast blood pool.
• Zi Shan reported that she had found no ambush, and Mu Fusheng urged everyone to stay alert and keep their Heavenly Lightning Escape Talismans ready.
• The Sword God's Sword Spirit warned that Ye Qiubai could not endure the blood pool but said Xiao Hei could withstand its demonic dragon blood essence.
• Ye Qiubai sent Xiao Hei into the blood pool to cultivate.

Lu Changsheng took Xiao Shitou to Mortal Village after learning that the Heart of Space had appeared, bringing Huang Qian and Liu Ziru along as backup. Meanwhile, Xiao Hei began tempering his body in the Dragon Blood Demon Abyss, where Zi Shan sensed dozens of approaching enemies and Ye Qiubai realized Qi Shadao had used the Sword God inheritance as bait.

• Lu Changsheng learned from the teacher in Mortal Village that the Heart of Space had emerged and could greatly benefit Xiao Shitou, so he set out for Mortal Village with him.
• Lu Changsheng persuaded Huang Qian to join them and dragged Liu Ziru along as well.
• Xiao Hei entered the Dragon Blood Demon Abyss and endured the demon dragon blood's painful tempering, activating his Demon God Bloodline.
• Zi Shan sensed dozens of presences closing in around the Dragon Blood Demon Abyss.
• Ye Qiubai and the others realized Qi Shadao had used the Sword God inheritance as bait and arranged an ambush for anyone who entered the abyss.

Qi Shadao’s carefully prepared ambush trapped the Cottage members, the Holy Talisman Sect elders, Zi Shan, Zeng Jiyuan, and Lai Qingyun near the Dragon Blood Demon Abyss. With reinforcements cut off and Mu Fusheng’s talismans restricted, they faced the encircling forces without an easy escape.

• Qi Shadao’s layered scheme drew the Cottage members and their allies into a trap as blood clouds closed around the Dragon Blood Demon Abyss.
• Zi Shan recognized three figures among the attackers and realized that senior members of the Tianjin Chamber of Commerce had broken their neutrality.
• Ye Qiubai told Zeng Jiyuan and Lai Qingyun that Avici Purgatory had made an enemy of him by attacking them.
• The Blue Heaven and Yellow Springs Hall members activated compasses that sealed the area and caused the Holy Talisman Sect elder’s jade pendant to crack before it could send a message.
• Mu Fusheng tested a Heavenly Lightning Escape Talisman and found it weakened inside the formation, while Qiu Genyin explained that lightning- and spatial-power talismans could no longer be used.

Qi Shadao revealed how carefully he had prepared to kill Ye Qiubai and the others, while Zi Shan confronted three senior Tianjin Chamber of Commerce members who had helped him. When the three chose to kill Zi Shan rather than risk punishment from headquarters, Qi Shadao ordered the attack to begin.

• Ye Qiubai confronted Qi Shadao, who explained that he feared the group’s talent and had prepared meticulously to eliminate them.
• Zi Shan exposed Elder Ma, Elder Li, and Elder He, and they addressed her as the Tianjin Chamber of Commerce’s Young Miss.
• Zi Shan questioned the three elders about their dealings with Avici Purgatory and warned that she would report them to headquarters.
• Elder He, Elder Li, and Elder Ma decided to kill Zi Shan and blame the deaths on sea beasts in the Endless Sea.
• Qi Shadao ordered his forces to kill everyone quickly as blood clouds churned overhead.

Qi Shadao unleashed the Life Sacrifice Banner and led Avici Purgatory and the Tianjin Chamber of Commerce in an assault on the defenders. As the white-bearded elder’s talisman-built stone wall began to fail and Xiao Hei remained trapped in the Demonic Dragon Blood Pool, Zi Shan offered to hold the attackers off with everyone’s help.

• The white-bearded elder explained that Qi Shadao’s Life Sacrifice Banner could store and strengthen limitless souls, and had once let Qi Shadao contend against more than a dozen top Heaven Immortal Realm experts.
• Qi Shadao released countless evil souls, and the white-bearded elder used a Heavenly Immortal-grade talisman to raise a vast stone wall against them.
• The white-bearded elder said the wall would not hold for long and urged the group to wake Xiao Hei, but Ye Qiubai concluded Xiao Hei could not stop his cultivation midway.
• Qi Shadao ordered Avici Purgatory’s experts and the three Tianjin Chamber of Commerce executives to attack the wall, which began to teeter under their combined assault.
• Zi Shan said she might be able to hold the attackers off if everyone helped her.

With the Heaven Immortal-grade talisman wall close to breaking under Qi Shadao and the others’ assault, Zi Shan prepared to activate the Giant Spirit Divine Shield while the Cottage’s allies bought her time. The wall collapsed, and the defenders counterattacked as the enemy charged.

• Qi Shadao, Avici Purgatory’s forces, and three Tianjin Chamber of Commerce experts attacked the talisman wall while Mo Qixun and other mysterious Rogue Cultivators headed toward the Dragon Blood Demon Abyss.
• Zi Shan brought out the Giant Spirit Divine Shield and said she needed everyone to hold the attackers off for the time it took an incense stick to burn before she could activate it.
• The white-bearded elder and Mu Fusheng prepared talismans, Zeng Jiyuan and Lai Qingyun readied their swords, and Ye Qiubai used his Sword Domain to lend them Sword Dao Law.
• Hong Ying, Ning Chenxin, and Shi Sheng prepared to fight while Mu Wan'er distributed pills that could strengthen even Heaven Immortal experts.
• The talisman wall exploded, and the white-bearded elder unleashed three talismans to create fire, fierce winds, and towering trees as Avici Purgatory’s forces and the Tianjin Chamber of Commerce experts charged.

Mo Qixun, Qingchuan Yeyao, and Gu Xiao arrived at the Dragon Blood Demon Abyss, where Gu Xiao searched the battlefield with his immense soul power. As the fighting intensified, Mu Fusheng suspected Gu Xiao’s soul was assembled from remnant fragments like the entity in Severed Soul City, while the Tianjin Chamber of Commerce’s three senior members prepared powerful treasures.

• Mo Qixun, Qingchuan Yeyao, and Gu Xiao stopped near the Dragon Blood Demon Abyss, and Mo Qixun said Guan Ge had other matters to handle.
• Gu Xiao swept the battlefield with his overwhelming soul power, and Mu Fusheng failed to trace it after the soul perception was cut off.
• Mu Fusheng recognized a familiar quality in Gu Xiao’s soul and suspected it was pieced together from remnant souls like the entity in Severed Soul City.
• The white-bearded elder’s three talismans trapped Qi Shadao and Avici Purgatory’s forces in a destructive sea of fire, while Zeng Jiyuan and Lai Qingyun struggled against the Tianjin Chamber of Commerce’s three senior members.
• The Tianjin Chamber of Commerce’s three senior members exchanged glances and took terrifying treasures from their storage rings.

The three senior members of the Tianjin Chamber of Commerce used powerful treasures to trap Zeng Jiyuan, Lai Qingyun, and Ye Qiubai, but Ye Qiubai’s Sword Domain and Sword God Sword Spirit weakened their attack. As the group managed to hold on, Qi Shadao and the other Avici Purgatory experts began gathering power for a Blood Prison.

• Elder Ma formed a raging wind formation around Zeng Jiyuan, Lai Qingyun, and Ye Qiubai, while Elder Li’s pagoda suppressed their movements.
• Elder He sent countless swords bearing immortal sword Sword Intent through the winds to attack them.
• Ye Qiubai expanded his Sword Domain, then joined with the Sword God Sword Spirit to suppress the swords’ Sword Intent.
• With the swords weakened, Zeng Jiyuan and Lai Qingyun felt able to endure for an incense stick’s time.
• Qi Shadao and the other three Heaven Immortal Realm experts from Avici Purgatory formed a strange seal and gathered the blood clouds and evil souls toward Qi Shadao.

Qi Shadao drove the blood-colored giant to batter Elder White Beard’s defenses while the Giant Spirit Divine Shield continued charging. Mu Fusheng used the Divine Talisman of Creation and Mu Wan’er’s pill to temporarily reach the peak of the Heaven Immortal Realm.

• Qi Shadao warned Elder White Beard that he would die at the hands of Blood Prison, and Elder White Beard refused to concede defeat.
• Qi Shadao sent the blood-colored giant to punch through Elder White Beard’s ancient trees and sea of fire, while evil souls consumed the flames and replenished the giant.
• Elder White Beard realized his defenses would not hold and considered burning his soul to protect Mu Fusheng and the others.
• Mu Fusheng absorbed vast amounts of Spiritual Qi through the Divine Talisman of Creation and swallowed a pill developed by Mu Wan'er.
• Mu Fusheng’s absorption surged, temporarily raising him to the peak of the Heaven Immortal Realm.

Mu Fusheng used talismans and pills to reach the peak of the Heaven Immortal Realm and launched a lightning attack against Qi Shadao’s blood-colored giant. As Qi Shadao unleashed a swarm of evil souls to stop him, Mu Fusheng hurled lightning spears toward them.

• Mo Qixun, Qingchuan Yeyao, and Gu Xiao decided to wait until the fighters were badly wounded before revealing themselves and attacking.
• Qi Shadao offered to spare Mu Fusheng if he surrendered his talismans and pills and accepted a soul imprint, but Mu Fusheng refused.
• The white-bearded elder restrained the blood-colored giant with talismans while Mu Fusheng struck its head with Profound Yin Purple Lightning and Heavenly Punishment Divine Lightning.
• Qi Shadao ordered the Avici Purgatory cultivators to feed their soul power to the Life Sacrifice Banner, whose evil souls devoured lightning and protected the giant.
• The white-bearded elder and three other elders blocked Qi Shadao’s attacks as Mu Fusheng charged toward him, but Qi Shadao sent evil souls to intercept him.
• Mu Fusheng formed the two lightning bolts into spears and hurled them at the incoming evil souls.

Mu Fusheng faced Qi Shadao’s blood-colored giant and army of evil souls, and his purple and golden lightning attacks were gradually consumed. He revealed the Six-Nine Heavenly Lightning and prepared to deliver a final strike against Qi Shadao.

• Qi Shadao unleashed countless evil souls from the Life Sacrifice Banner, and they overwhelmed Mu Fusheng’s lightning dragons by continually devouring their power.
• Qi Shadao mocked Mu Fusheng’s reliance on talismans and pills, believing his accumulated strength gave him an insurmountable advantage.
• Mu Fusheng dismissed his purple and golden lightning and used the talisman on his chest to summon crimson lightning beneath dark clouds.
• Mu Fusheng named the crimson lightning the third lightning of the Nine-Nine Primordial Chaos Divine Lightning Art: Six-Nine Heavenly Lightning.
• The evil souls halted in fear as Mu Fusheng held the Six-Nine Heavenly Lightning and told Qi Shadao to withstand his final strike.

Mu Fusheng hurled Six-Nine Heavenly Lightning at Qi Shadao and the blood-colored giant, overwhelming the evil souls unleashed by the Life Sacrifice Banner. As the Giant Spirit Divine Shield neared activation, Qi Shadao noticed Mu Fusheng’s power weakening and showed sudden delight.

• Qiu Genyin, Zi Shan, Mo Qixun, Gu Xiao, and Qingchuan Yeyao watched Mu Fusheng’s overwhelming lightning and combat strength with alarm.
• Mu Fusheng asked Qi Shadao if he could withstand the strike, then hurled a sphere of crimson Six-Nine Heavenly Lightning toward the giant’s open mouth.
• Qi Shadao sent the evil souls from the Life Sacrifice Banner against the lightning sphere, but it tore through them and continued advancing.
• The Tianjin Chamber of Commerce’s three senior executives warned Qi Shadao to finish the fight before the Giant Spirit Divine Shield activated.
• Qi Shadao sensed Mu Fusheng’s aura and talisman power weakening and suddenly looked delighted.

Mu Fusheng’s Divine Talisman of Creation ran out as Qi Shadao launched a final assault, leaving Mu Fusheng unable to fight. Zi Shan fully activated the Giant Spirit Divine Shield in time to protect the group, and Qi Shadao resolved to keep them trapped until the shield’s power was exhausted.

• Mu Fusheng’s strength weakened as the Divine Talisman of Creation’s effects faded, and Qi Shadao ordered the Avici Purgatory powerhouses to attack with everything they had.
• Mu Fusheng could no longer sustain Six-Nine Heavenly Lightning, and he stood still as the blood waves and evil souls surged toward him.
• Zi Shan activated the Giant Spirit Divine Shield, which expanded and formed a protective barrier around the group.
• The merged evil soul’s claw stopped one foot from Mu Fusheng when it struck the shield, and Mu Fusheng mocked Qi Shadao.
• The three senior members of the Tianjin Chamber of Commerce demanded an explanation from Qi Shadao after the assault failed.
• Qi Shadao insisted that the group could not remain inside the shield forever and urged the three senior members to hold their position until its power ran out.

Lu Changsheng met with the teacher in Mortal Village to discuss the newly emerged Heart of Space, though its location remained unknown. Elsewhere, Ji Qianyao struggled to cultivate the Hongmeng Purple Qi and looked forward to seeing Lu Changsheng when the factions gathered to fight for the Heart of Space.

• The village chief, Liu Ziru, and Huang Qian waited outside while Lu Changsheng spoke with the teacher in the bamboo grove courtyard.
• The teacher explained that the Heart of Space could not yet be located and would draw the major factions into a struggle.
• Lu Changsheng stayed to drink tea with the teacher, grumbling that there was nothing else to do until the Heart of Space appeared.
• Ji Qianyao failed to fuse with the Hongmeng Purple Qi, and Ji Liuzhi urged her to prepare for the Jade Lake Immortal Palace's bid for the Heart of Space.
• Ji Qianyao smiled at the thought that Lu Changsheng would come to contend for the Heart of Space.

The Supervisory Sacred Hall and the Demon King Domain shifted their attention to the Heart of Space while the forces surrounding the Dragon Blood Demon Abyss waited for Xiao Hei to finish cultivating. As his Demonic Intent erupted through the Giant Spirit Divine Shield and across the Endless Sea, the Demon King Domain’s nine men recognized the presence.

• A black-robed elder in the Supervisory Sacred Hall postponed investigating the Endless Sea and ordered his forces to focus on the Heart of Space.
• Mo Ji agreed to help Divine Lord-level forces clear obstacles in the struggle for the Heart of Space while telling Mo Li and Mo Ge to keep watch for a certain person.
• Twenty days later, Qi Shadao and the other forces besieged Ye Qiubai’s group at the Dragon Blood Demon Abyss as Zi Shan warned that the Giant Spirit Divine Shield could last only three more days.
• Ye Qiubai and his companions waited for Xiao Hei to finish cultivating in the Demonic Dragon Blood Pool, joking about asking their master for help and Xiao Hei’s cooking.
• Xiao Hei’s blood pool erupted, and his Demonic Intent broke through the Giant Spirit Divine Shield and spread across the Endless Sea.
• The nine men from the Demon King Domain rose and recognized the Demonic Intent coming from the Dragon Blood Demon Abyss.

Xiao Hei emerged from the Demonic Dragon Blood Pool with greatly strengthened body and confronted Qi Shadao, but nine powerful figures from the Demon King Domain arrived and surrounded the abyss. Their leader ordered Xiao Hei, whom they recognized as the former Devil Master, to die, revealing his identity to Zi Shan and the others.

• The spreading Demonic Intent alarmed Yuan Shou, who flew toward the Dragon Blood Demon Abyss and sent word to Immortal Ape Village.
• Cultivators from several factions discovered Xiao Hei tempering his body in the blood pool and witnessed him emerge surrounded by a blood-colored dragon.
• Xiao Hei told Mu Fusheng that Master would likely need to intervene, and Mu Fusheng sent a message to Lu Changsheng.
• Nine figures from the Demon King Domain arrived, their Demonic Qi overwhelming the gathered experts and causing Qi Shadao to realize his plan had failed.
• The Demon King Domain leader dismissed Zi Shan's objection and told Xiao Hei that he had to die, while Zi Shan realized he was the Devil Master believed to have died in battle.

Lu Changsheng left after his teacher advised him to deal with what troubled him, then hurried to help Xiao Hei and the others confront nine God Kings. As the enemy prepared to attack, the Ape Devil Race fused into an Ancient Ape Devil to buy time for Lu Changsheng to arrive.

• Lu Changsheng spoke with his teacher in Mortal Village and vanished to help his disciples.
• Zi Shan revealed that all nine opponents were God Kings and warned that the Giant Spirit Divine Shield could not withstand their attack.
• The lead enemy threatened Xiao Hei and the Cottage disciples, then gathered Devil Qi with the other eight God Kings to attack.
• Ye Qiubai and the others refused to abandon Xiao Hei, and the nine enemies' Devil Qi forced weaker cultivators across the Mid-Latitude Realm to kneel.
• The chief of Immortal Ape Village fused the Ape Devil Race into an Ancient Ape Devil with God King strength, determined to hold the enemies off until Lu Changsheng arrived.

Nine God King Realm experts attacked the Ancient Ape Devil while the assembled powers of the Mid-Latitude Realm could only struggle against the aftershocks. After the Ancient Ape Devil was badly injured, one of the attackers prepared a halberd strike, while the defenders still needed to buy time.

• The Immortal Ape Village summoned the Ancient Ape Devil, though Zi Shan doubted it could defeat the nine God King Realm experts.
• Lin Zhinan, Su Muyou, Huo Zhengheng, and other powerful cultivators arrived and learned that the nine experts had come for Xiao Hei.
• The leading attacker punched the Ancient Ape Devil, and the clash sent devastating shock waves across the Endless Sea.
• The Ancient Ape Devil’s fists were mangled, and it staggered backward after the single strike.
• A burly man mocked the Ancient Ape Devil and raised his halberd to launch a killing strike, while the Supervisory Sacred Hall remained occupied by the two Divine Lords.

The Ancient Ape Devil endured the nine rebels’ attacks through repeated bloodline sacrifices, until Xiao Hei unleashed his Demon God Bloodline and the Nine Heavens Devil Halberd. The rebels still threatened Xiao Hei with a golden shuttle, but Lu Changsheng’s voice sounded just before it struck, leaving his arrival imminent.

• The Ancient Ape Devil withstood the nine God Kings’ attacks as Ape Devils sacrificed their bloodlines to sustain it.
• Xiao Hei unleashed Demon God Descent and used the Nine Heavens Devil Halberd to suppress the nine rebels’ bloodlines and Demonic Intent.
• The Ancient Ape Devil attacked the rebels while they were suppressed, but a transparent barrier stopped its fists.
• The lead rebel dismissed Xiao Hei’s power because of his lower cultivation and sent a golden shuttle toward his brow.
• Lu Changsheng’s voice rang out in front of Xiao Hei as the shuttle flew toward him.