Chapter Summaries

Ye Qiubai, Mu Fusheng, Fang Qiong, and Xiao Hei escaped the Divine Body Sect’s ambush and fled toward the region of dark demonic Qi. Elder Zhong pursued them until they reached the region’s edge, where he stopped.

• Fang Qiong used the Immortal Affinity Illusion Array to delay Elder Zhong while the four escaped the sealed area.
• The Hao Tian Divine Sect’s grand elder watched the escape and decided not to intervene.
• The four fled west across a ruined wasteland toward the dark demonic Qi, and Mu Fusheng erased the soul imprint from their spatial ring.
• Elder Zhong caught up and attacked, but the four used directional Heavenly Lightning Escape Talismans to escape several times.
• Elder Zhong stopped when the four reached the area of dark demonic Qi.

Ye Qiubai and the others used Xiao Hei’s bloodline to withstand the Dark Demon Qi and lured Elder Zhong deep into the dangerous area. They trapped him with two formations, leaving his fate uncertain.

• Elder Zhong entered the Dark Demon Qi after Ye Qiubai and the others, while the Divine Body Sect waited at the edge for them to emerge.
• Xiao Hei gave Ye Qiubai, Mu Fusheng, and Fang Qiong drops of his blood essence, which expelled the Dark Demon Qi from their bodies.
• Ye Qiubai and the others led Elder Zhong deeper into the area, intending to exploit the danger and make him reveal what he knew.
• Elder Zhong followed them to a hundred and fifty li in, where he found the four seemingly unaffected and realized he might have fallen into a trap.
• Fang Qiong activated the Immortal Affinity Illusion Array and Annihilation Killing Formation around Elder Zhong.

Fang Qiong tested his ability to use two formations at once and overwhelmed Elder Zhong inside the dark demonic Qi. Elder Zhong realized the group were the outsiders sought by the Demon King Domain, but Mu Fusheng had sealed the space with dozens of talismans, trapping him.

• Outside the dark demonic Qi, Lan Hai and Zhongchang Gong dismissed the possibility that anything could happen to Elder Zhong.
• Fang Qiong activated the Annihilation Killing Formation and Immortal Affinity Illusion Array together, using them to attack Elder Zhong.
• Elder Zhong broke free of the illusion and survived Fang Qiong's assault, but he was weakened and recognized the group had concealed their identities.
• Elder Zhong deduced that the Demon King Domain was searching for Ye Qiubai and the others and threatened to report them.
• Mu Fusheng revealed that at least fifty talismans had sealed the surrounding space, preventing Elder Zhong from escaping with his talisman.

Fang Qiong merged the Annihilation Killing Formation with the Immortal Affinity Illusion Array and killed Elder Zhong inside the resulting illusion. The Divine Body Sect learned that Elder Zhong’s soul tablet had shattered, leaving Zhongchang Gong stunned.

• Fang Qiong activated the Annihilation Killing Formation and Immortal Affinity Illusion Array against Elder Zhong.
• Elder Zhong used the Blood Prohibition Secret Art to restore his strength, while Fang Qiong refused Ye Qiubai’s offer of help and attempted to merge the formations.
• Fang Qiong combined the formations into the Annihilation Illusion Killing Formation, trapping Elder Zhong in an illusion of destruction.
• Fang Qiong’s world-destroying spear pierced Elder Zhong and annihilated his soul within the illusion.
• The Divine Body Sect discovered Elder Zhong’s shattered soul tablet, and Zhongchang Gong reacted with disbelief.

Fang Qiong killed Elder Zhong inside the dark Devil Qi, while the Divine Body Sect gathered outside to trap the survivors. At the center, Mo Li and Mo Ge found the Devil God Dark Armor, but its power overwhelmed Mo Ge and they could not take it by ordinary means.

• Zhongchang Gong learned that Elder Zhong had died and that one of the four juniors had killed him, but Lan Hai and the other elders stopped him from entering the dark Devil Qi.
• The grand elder of the Hao Tian Divine Domain watched from nearby and marveled that Fang Qiong had killed a late God King Realm cultivator.
• Mo Li and Mo Ge reached the center of the dark Devil Qi and found Xiao Hei's Devil God Dark Armor embedded in the ground.
• Mo Ge stepped onto a crack, triggering a violent eruption of dark Devil Qi that engulfed him and sent the beast tide charging toward nearby cities.
• Mo Ge opened the wooden box and used its token to escape the dark Devil Qi, then told Mo Li that the armor suppressed his bloodline and could not be taken by ordinary means.

Xiao Hei and his companions reached the Devil God Dark Armor, which responded to his bloodline, but Mo Ge and Mo Li ambushed them with experts from the Demon King Domain. The armor flew toward Xiao Hei as the two sides prepared to clash.

• Mo Ge and Mo Li decided to wait for Xiao Hei, believing he could gain the Devil God Dark Armor's recognition, and summoned their subordinates as backup.
• Xiao Hei, Ye Qiubai, Fang Qiong, and Mu Fusheng advanced through the dark demonic Qi, while Mu Fusheng warned that their enemies might have prepared an ambush and said someone would help them.
• Xiao Hei's bloodline surged near the clearing, awakening the Devil God Dark Armor and drawing it out of the ground toward him.
• Mo Ge, Mo Li, and their Demon King Domain experts surrounded the group, and Mo Li demanded that Xiao Hei come with them.

Xiao Hei faced Mo Ge and Mo Li over the Devil God Dark Armor until Dongcheng Wan intervened on the Hao Tian Divine Domain’s orders. After the Devil Qi receded and the Devil Beasts returned to their territories, Mo Li summoned a figure with a jade pendant to bring pressure from the other Divine Lord-level forces.

• Xiao Hei rejected Mo Ge and Mo Li’s offer to take him back, insisting that his senior and junior brothers were not like his former allies.
• Mo Li ordered the Demon King Domain experts to attack, but Mu Fusheng told Ye Qiubai and the others to stay out of it.
• Dongcheng Wan appeared and drove back the attackers, then declared that the Hao Tian Divine Domain would protect Xiao Hei on Divine Lord Hao Tian’s orders.
• The Devil God Dark Armor absorbed the surrounding Devil Qi, restoring the sky over the Divine Descent Star Region and causing the Devil Beasts to return to their territories.
• Mo Li activated a jade pendant to summon a figure, threatening that the other two Divine Lord-level forces would pressure the Hao Tian Divine Domain.

Mo Ji summoned the Yin-Yang Divine Lord and the Desolation Lord to take Xiao Hei, but Divine Lord Hao Tian intervened and defeated the Desolation Lord. Divine Lord Hao Tian agreed to protect Xiao Hei from opponents more than one major realm above him, leaving him free to face other challengers.

• Mo Ji learned from Mo Ge that Xiao Hei and his companions were under the protection of the Hao Tian Divine Domain, and he summoned allies while Dongcheng Wan sent a soul transmission to Divine Lord Hao Tian.
• The Yin-Yang Divine Lord and the Desolation Lord descended, followed by Divine Lord Hao Tian, who refused to let them take Xiao Hei.
• The Desolation Lord attacked Divine Lord Hao Tian, but Divine Lord Hao Tian shattered his strike and sent him flying with a powerful blow.
• The Yin-Yang Divine Lord asked whether Divine Lord Hao Tian would intervene against opponents closer to Xiao Hei's realm, and he said he would only stop those more than one major realm above Xiao Hei.

Divine Lord Hao Tian allowed God King Realm cultivators to challenge Xiao Hei, one at a time, despite the two-realm gap. Xiao Hei fought an early God King Realm expert without using the Devil God Dark Armor, and the battle showed that his bloodline was strengthening and healing him.

• Divine Lord Hao Tian permitted God King Realm experts to fight the group but limited them to one opponent at a time.
• Mo Ji sent an early God King Realm cultivator to face Xiao Hei, who activated his Eternal Devil Body and unleashed his bloodline power without using the Devil God Dark Armor.
• Xiao Hei's first punch sent him crashing into the ground, but it also injured the God King Realm cultivator's arm.
• Xiao Hei burst back from the collapsed ground with stronger Demon God Qi and struck the cultivator again.
• Xiao Hei's wounds rapidly healed as golden Qi flowed through his blood, and his physical strength grew during the fight.

Xiao Hei’s bloodline power erupted as he fought a God King Realm expert, growing stronger through his injuries and eventually defeating him. Divine Lord Hao Tian then told the Divine Body Sect and Divine Array Sect leaders to return to their sects.

• Xiao Hei traded punches with a God King Realm expert, and his bloodline healed his injuries while steadily increasing his strength.
• Mo Ji urged the expert to stop holding back, so the man unleashed his Demonic Qi and attacked Xiao Hei with full force.
• Xiao Hei linked his blood Qi to the Demon God phantom and punched back, overwhelming the expert with the suppression of his bloodline.
• Fang Qiong worried about Xiao Hei, while Ye Qiubai reassured her and Mu Fusheng prepared to intervene if needed.
• Xiao Hei broke the expert’s arms and smashed him into the ground, leaving him alive but too weak to fight.
• Divine Lord Hao Tian told the leaders of the Divine Body Sect and Divine Array Sect to return to their sects.

Xiao Hei defeated an Early God King Realm expert and revealed that his strength and talent had returned, while Divine Lord Hao Tian forced Mo Ji and the Demon King Domain to retreat. The Divine Body Sect sought forgiveness with most of its reserves, but Xiao Hei refused, and Divine Lord Hao Tian ordered the sect wiped out.

• Xiao Hei overcame the Early God King Realm expert, and his physical strength broke through to the Early God General Realm during the fight.
• Divine Lord Hao Tian drove away the Yin-Yang Divine Lord and the Desolation Lord, then mocked Mo Ji until Mo Ji suppressed his fury so violently that he coughed blood.
• Mo Ji ordered Mo Ge and Mo Li to return, and Xiao Hei warned them he would reclaim everything in the Demon King Domain.
• Divine Lord Hao Tian praised Dongcheng Wan and spoke warmly with Xiao Hei, Ye Qiubai, and the others, revealing that their master, Senior Lu, had guided him.
• The Divine Body Sect's sect master offered Xiao Hei a ring containing seventy percent of the sect's reserves, but Xiao Hei refused it.
• Divine Lord Hao Tian ordered Dongcheng Wan to wipe out the Divine Body Sect.

Mo Ji summoned the God King Realm cultivators in the Demon King Domain while a chained woman reacted to his call. In the Divine Descent Star Region, Ye Qiubai and his companions accepted the Divine Body Sect’s reserves, and Xiao Hei began reconnecting with the Devil God Dark Armor.

• Mo Ji, furious after being injured, summoned every God King Realm cultivator in the Demon King Domain to the Demon King Palace.
• A chained woman in a dark prison heard Mo Ji’s call, laughed weakly, and said that he had finally come.
• Dongcheng Wan offered Ye Qiubai the Divine Body Sect’s reserves, and Mu Fusheng accepted the spatial ring on the group’s behalf.
• Divine Lord Hao Tian asked whether the Divine Array Sect had attacked Ye Qiubai, and Xiao Hei confirmed that it had not.
• Divine Lord Hao Tian departed after warning Xiao Hei to contact him if anyone above the God King Realm came after them.
• Xiao Hei asked Ye Qiubai and the others to stand guard while he worked to reconnect with the Devil God Dark Armor.

News of the Divine Descent Star Region incident spread, and powerful factions suspected that Lu Changsheng was the master behind Ye Qiubai and the others. Xiao Hei reunited with the Devil God Dark Armor and learned that one of his lost souls, Taiguang, was somewhere in the High-Latitude Realm; Mu Fusheng then revealed a map and token pointing to a dragon vein.

• The Golden-Winged Peng Clan and other factions wondered who had prompted Divine Lord Hao Tian to support Ye Qiubai and the others, while Jin Wujin suspected the man in white from Mortal Village.
• Ji Qianyao guessed that Senior Lu was behind the incident, but Ji Liuzhi urged her to focus on cultivation and grow strong enough to pursue him.
• God Lord-level factions sent informants to watch Ye Qiubai and the others in the Divine Descent Star Region, while the Primordial Sword Sect made no move.
• Xiao Hei used his blood essence to reconnect with the Devil God Dark Armor, which merged into his body and raised his physical strength to the middle God General Realm.
• Xiao Hei told Ye Qiubai, Mu Fusheng, and Fang Qiong that the Devil God Dark Armor had revealed a clue to Taiguang, one of his lost souls, and that he needed to reach the peak God General Realm to absorb it.
• Mu Fusheng said that the Divine Body Sect's resources included an ancient token and a map pointing to the site of a dragon vein.

Ye Qiubai and his companions traveled to the Heavenly River Star Region to seek the dragon vein, but found it guarded by powerful forces. They decided to join separate sects as core disciples to gain entry, then made a cooking wager that Fang Qiong would later regret.

• Ye Qiubai and his companions traveled for fifteen days to the Heavenly River Star Region, where rival first-rate forces had carved up the Jade Lake Immortal Palace and Golden-Winged Peng Clan’s influence.
• Mu Fusheng scouted the dragon vein and found it surrounded by sentries, God King and God Emperor experts, arrays, and talismans, leaving him unable to enter.
• Ye Qiubai proposed that the four join different forces as core disciples so they could qualify to train inside the dragon vein.
• The group agreed to compete to earn entry first, and Xiao Hei wagered that the others would take turns teaching him to cook.
• Fang Qiong promised to teach Xiao Hei, a decision that he later remembered as the greatest regret of his life.

Xiao Hei went to the Golden-Winged Peng Clan to join as a body cultivator and fought Jin Hong to prove his strength. After Jin Hong accepted his qualification, he escorted Xiao Hei to the Golden Feather Army's commander, who asked why someone from the Demon King Domain wanted to join the clan.

• Ye Qiubai chose the Silver Dragon Mountain Manor, Xiao Hei the Golden-Winged Peng Clan, Mu Fusheng the Heavenly Firmament Sect, and Fang Qiong the Crimson Flame Hall.
• Xiao Hei arrived at the Golden Feather Mountain Range and told sentry Jin Hong he wanted to join the Golden-Winged Peng Clan.
• Xiao Hei activated the Eternal Devil Body and overwhelmed Jin Hong in a fight, leaving him badly injured.
• Jin Hong accepted Xiao Hei's strength, reported the encounter, and escorted him through the clan's checkpoints to the Golden Feather Army camp.
• The commander asked Xiao Hei why someone from the Demon King Domain wanted to join the Golden-Winged Peng Clan.

Xiao Hei sought permission to enter the Golden-Winged Peng Clan’s Dragon Vein to cultivate, and the clan leader agreed to back his bid to reclaim the Demon King Domain. The clan leader required Xiao Hei’s identity to remain secret and left him to deal with clansmen who might oppose his access to the Dragon Vein.

• The Golden Feather Army commander recognized Xiao Hei as the former Devil Master and questioned his intentions; Xiao Hei said he wanted access to the Dragon Vein for cultivation, not to seize it.
• After seeking approval, the commander brought Xiao Hei to meet the Golden-Winged Peng Clan leader, who respected his resolve under the pressure of the clan’s statue.
• Xiao Hei offered to form a partnership with the clan after reclaiming the Demon King Domain, sharing secret realms and resources.
• The clan leader agreed to bet on Xiao Hei but required his identity to stay concealed and told him to handle any clansmen who objected to his entry into the Dragon Vein; Xiao Hei welcomed the chance to fight.
• After the commander led Xiao Hei away, Jin Wujin asked why his father had taken the risk, and the clan leader explained that Xiao Hei’s confidence and powerful backing made the bet worthwhile.

Xiao Hei joined the Golden-Winged Peng Clan as a Golden Feather Army deputy commander, but the appointment angered clansmen who had never seen his strength. At the Golden Feather Arena, he effortlessly defeated two challengers and invited the God King Realm deputy commanders to fight him.

• The Golden-Winged Peng Clan leader announced that Xiao Hei had become a Golden Feather Army deputy commander and earned a place in the dragon vein.
• Disgruntled clansmen and deputy commanders demanded that the commander explain Xiao Hei’s appointment, so the commander arranged an arena challenge.
• Xiao Hei agreed to face even God King Realm opponents, provoking the assembled clansmen with his confidence.
• A middle God General Realm fighter charged Xiao Hei, who defeated him with one punch and knocked him out of the arena.
• A peak God General Realm challenger also lost to Xiao Hei after a few punches, and Xiao Hei called for a God King Realm opponent.
• The commander suggested Xiao Hei might contend with a peak God King Realm deputy commander, shocking the other deputy commanders.

Xiao Hei defeated a middle-stage God King opponent and won the Golden-Winged Peng Clan’s recognition as deputy commander. As the Dragon Vein opening drew near, prodigies from the major factions gathered to compete for its resources.

• Xiao Hei challenged a middle-stage God King and matched him in a prolonged battle, breaking through to the late God General realm before his opponent conceded.
• The Golden Feather Commander confirmed that the clansmen accepted Xiao Hei’s position and told them to compete for the remaining Dragon Vein places.
• Xiao Hei agreed to experience the Golden Feather Army’s harsh training methods.
• The major factions gathered at the Dragon Vein, where disciples would compete for resources and earn or seize points by collecting dragon secret treasures.
• Jin Wujin and Ji Qianyao set out with the other prodigies as the Dragon Vein opening approached.

The five factions gathered to begin their competition for the Dragon Vein, where disciples would collect treasures and points over fifteen days. As the entrants sized one another up, Ji Qianyao focused on improving her strength so she could stand beside one person.

• The five faction leaders reaffirmed the rules for the Dragon Vein contest, which would award resources to the faction with the most points after fifteen days.
• Ji Liuzhi explained how dragon treasures earned points and how tokens could be taken, while the Silver Dragon Mountain Manor master announced the entrants would begin at noon.
• Disciples from several factions bragged about their newcomers, including Ye Qiubai’s Silver Dragon Sword recognition and Mu Fusheng’s recognition by Elder Fu.
• Xiao Hei asked Jin Wujin why he was not bragging about him, then felt left out when his companions received praise.
• Ji Qianyao dismissed concerns about the other newcomers and focused on gathering treasures to strengthen herself for the sake of standing beside one person.

The Golden-Winged Peng Clan entered the Dragon Vein to seek dragon secret treasures, and Jin Wujin led Xiao Hei and two clansmen into a cavern filled with strong dragon Qi. At a fork marked “Life and death, a single thought apart,” Xiao Hei began absorbing dragon Qi from both passages to determine which path was deadly.

• The five sect masters opened the Dragon Vein formation, releasing the powerful dragon Qi inside.
• Jin Wujin warned the Golden-Winged Peng Clan disciples about hidden dangers around dragon secret treasures and the risks of absorbing too much dragon blood Qi.
• Jin Wujin led Xiao Hei and two clansmen through the Dragon Vein and up to a cavern entrance high on a cliff.
• The four entered the cavern and followed the dragon Qi to a fork with two passages and an ancient warning carved on a stone tablet.
• As Jin Wujin considered turning back, Xiao Hei offered to test the paths and began absorbing dragon Qi from both passages.