Chapter Summaries

After leaving the Heavenly Gloom Mountain Range, Han Xuanji and the little white tiger encountered Qiu Qianli and the Demon Taming Sect, who had come to capture the tiger. Qiu Qianli sprang a trap with the sect’s Demon-Locking Chain, leaving Han Xuanji and the tiger caught in its attack.

• Han Xuanji tested the Blade of the White Tiger, then left the valley with the little white tiger after three years of cultivation.
• Han Xuanji discovered that the Demon Taming Sect was searching for the tiger, and the tiger explained that its shed fur might have revealed its location.
• Qiu Qianli led dozens of Demon Taming Sect cultivators into the Heavenly Gloom Mountain Range and demanded that Han Xuanji surrender the tiger.
• Han Xuanji refused, and the little white tiger cursed Qiu Qianli when he claimed the sect had chosen it as their divine beast.
• Qiu Qianli ended the pretense and unleashed nine Demon-Locking Chains at Han Xuanji and the little white tiger.

The Demon Taming Sect attacked Han Xuanji and Little White with its treasures, but Little White fought back fiercely and nearly killed Qiu Qianli. When Qiu Qianli survived with a protective talisman, a Void Return Realm presence arrived, and Han Xuanji prepared to step in.

• Little White leaped from Han Xuanji's shoulder and revealed its immense Void Return Realm strength as the Demon Taming Sect surrounded them.
• Qiu Qianli and the sect cultivators unleashed the Heaven-Suppressing Diagram, Demon-Locking Chains, and a barrage of attacks against Han Xuanji and Little White.
• Little White's roar grievously injured the Nascent Soul cultivators, and it tore through one Demon-Locking Chain at the cost of wounding its paw.
• Little White dissolved Qiu Qianli's summoned resentful souls and rushed to kill him, but his life-saving jade talisman blocked its strike.
• Han Xuanji sensed a familiar Void Return Realm presence approaching and decided he would have to intervene.

Han Xuanji faced the Demon Taming Sect’s two Void Return ancestors, who attacked him and the white tiger after demanding he surrender it. He split the sect’s guardian treasure, the Ten Thousand Beasts Demon-Suppressing Diagram, with one sword finger, leaving the battle’s outcome unresolved.

• Qiu Qianli summoned the Demon Taming Sect’s Void Return ancestors, Soul Prison Ancestor and Sea-Burning Ancestor, who arrived together.
• Soul Prison Ancestor demanded Han Xuanji hand over the white tiger, while Sea-Burning Ancestor attacked them with his ancient mirror.
• Han Xuanji blocked Sea-Burning Ancestor’s flames with the Seven-Star Black Tortoise Shield, protecting himself and the white tiger.
• Soul Prison Ancestor and Sea-Burning Ancestor joined forces and activated the Ten Thousand Beasts Demon-Suppressing Diagram.
• Han Xuanji used the Great Desolation Sword Finger’s second form, Heaven-Splitting, to cut the diagram in two and make it fall powerless from the sky.

Han Xuanji used the Blade of the White Tiger to kill both Void Return ancestors of the Demon Taming Sect. After the little white tiger killed the remaining sect members, Han Xuanji departed with it.

• The Ten Thousand Beasts Heaven-Suppressing Diagram was destroyed, and Soul Prison Ancestor and Sea-Burning Ancestor fled while telling their sect to fend for itself.
• Han Xuanji revealed the Blade of the White Tiger and used the Great Void to catch up with the fleeing ancestors.
• The Blade of the White Tiger awakened the Seven Heaven-Disordering Forms, and Han Xuanji's first slash annihilated Soul Prison Ancestor.
• Han Xuanji ignored Sea-Burning Ancestor's attacks and killed him with another saber slash.
• Han Xuanji left the surviving Demon Taming Sect cultivators to the little white tiger, which devoured them all before departing with him.

Han Xuanji quietly advanced to the Ninth Layer of Void Return as the great age loosened the world's rules and devil cultivators grew more active. While he prepared to pursue the Body Integration Realm, Lin Potian was captured by a demon king in Yong Province and falsely suspected of betraying humanity.

• Han Xuanji disguised the little white tiger and returned to the Divine Profound Sect, where Lu Fan told him that the Demon Taming Sect had fallen after its two patriarchs were killed by the White Tiger Devil Venerable.
• Han Xuanji broke through to the Fifth Layer of Void Return and learned from the little white tiger that a great change in heaven and earth could be preparing the world for an approaching calamity.
• Over ten years, Han Xuanji cultivated in seclusion to the Ninth Layer of Void Return while the little white tiger reached the Third Layer and devil cultivators grew bolder.
• Han Xuanji decided to prepare for the Body Integration Realm as Lin Potian, captured by a demon king in Yong Province, insisted to the gathered human cultivators that he was not a traitor.

Lin Potian struggled to resist the Three-Eyed Demon King’s demand that he kill captured Divine Profound Sect disciples, then escaped the Ten Thousand Demons Cave with Lu Fan’s help while Nangong Wenjian fought the Demon King and fled. After the Demon King discovered Lin Potian’s escape and met with black-robed figures about cooperation, Han Xuanji heard about the powerful demon and the little white tiger suggested challenging him.

• The Three-Eyed Demon King pressured Lin Potian to kill the captive Divine Profound Sect disciples, but Lin Potian refused.
• A bird demon reported that Nangong Wenjian was attacking the Ten Thousand Demons Cave, and the Three-Eyed Demon King left Lin Potian behind to confront him.
• Lu Fan entered the cavern, and Lin Potian recognized him as a possible means of escape.
• Nangong Wenjian fought the void return realm Three-Eyed Demon King, sent a sword talisman, and fled after being outmatched.
• The Three-Eyed Demon King returned to find Lin Potian had escaped and heard a proposal for cooperation from black-robed figures.
• Han Xuanji learned from the little white tiger that Nangong Wenjian had lost to a powerful Demon King, and the tiger proposed challenging him.

After reaching Void Return Realm Perfection, Han Xuanji used the Heavenly Divination Technique to choose a place for his Body Integration tribulation. He decided to go to the Devil-Trapping Mountain Range in Yong Province, where the little white tiger would guard him.

• Han Xuanji told the little white tiger to focus on cultivating, then promised he could explore once he became the strongest Demon King in the Great Void Spirit Realm.
• A year later, Han Xuanji reached Void Return Realm Perfection and began planning his Body Integration tribulation.
• The little white tiger showed Han Xuanji an Azure Dragon Abode Token and told him that a Demon King in Yong Province was demanding Lu Fan and Lin Potian from the Divine Profound Sect.
• The little white tiger explained that the Great Ming Imperial Dynasty was rising and preparing to expand into Great Xia’s southern region.
• Han Xuanji used the Heavenly Divination Technique to choose the Devil-Trapping Mountain Range in Yong Province for his tribulation.
• Han Xuanji told the little white tiger to prepare to guard him in the mountain range, and the little white tiger eagerly agreed.

Han Xuanji prepared a clearing in the Devil-Trapping Mountain Range and began transcending his Body Integration Heavenly Tribulation. The tribulation destroyed the Three-Eyed Demon King’s lair, and the little white tiger blocked him from reaching Han Xuanji.

• Han Xuanji followed his instincts into the Devil-Trapping Mountain Range and purified Devil Qi from a clearing.
• Han Xuanji established powerful arrays, placed treasures around himself, and sent the little white tiger away to guard the area.
• Han Xuanji released the suppression on his cultivation, summoning the Body Integration Heavenly Tribulation.
• The tribulation’s pressure shook the Ten Thousand Demons Cave, and the collapsing cavern buried the Three-Eyed Demon King’s wealth and killed many demons.
• The Three-Eyed Demon King rushed toward Han Xuanji, but the little white tiger appeared and stopped him.

Han Xuanji achieved the Body Integration Realm, explored the ruins beneath the Ten Thousand Demons Cave, and discovered the history of the devil-sealing land. After signing in, he obtained a method that let him absorb Devil Qi and prepared to cultivate there.

• The little white tiger killed the Three-Eyed Demon King as Han Xuanji completed his tribulation.
• Han Xuanji emerged from the ruins having achieved the Body Integration Realm, and the little white tiger told him it had killed a Void Return demon king.
• Han Xuanji used his Void-Penetrating Divine Eye to find a mysterious underground site beneath the Ten Thousand Demons Cave.
• Han Xuanji read a stone stele explaining that the Devil-Suppressing Great Emperor had sealed a passage to the Devil Realm, and judged that the seal would hold for at least a thousand years.
• Han Xuanji signed in at the devil-sealing land and received the Devil-Transforming Great Method.
• Han Xuanji used the method to transform Devil Qi into pure energy, allowing him to cultivate in the underground site.

Han Xuanji gained the Devil-Suppressing Sword Instruction while the Ten Thousand Demons Cave’s destruction ended the demon beast assault on Yong Province. As he continued cultivating at the Devil-Sealing Land, the system began upgrading.

• Han Xuanji signed in at the Devil-Sealing Land and comprehended the Devil-Suppressing Sword Intent.
• Lu Fan received news that a mysterious expert had slain the Void Return demon king, and he realized the demon generals might abandon the assault.
• Seven days later, the demon generals split up and fled or returned to the Ten Thousand Demons Cave, ending the threat to Yong Province.
• The Heavenly Devil Cult’s third elder chose to use a hidden piece left by the cult master, while the cultivation world settled into a fragile peace.
• A month later, Han Xuanji found the little white tiger waiting aboveground, taught him the Devil-Transforming Great Method, and continued absorbing Devil Qi.
• The system announced that it was upgrading and that the sign-in function would remain available.

Han Xuanji’s system upgraded while he cultivated in the Devil-Sealing Land, improving his detection and sign-in functions. He learned about Bai Ye’s hidden desire for revenge, continued absorbing Devil Qi, and broke through to the Body Integration Realm Fifth Layer as the land’s Devil Qi ran low.

• Han Xuanji’s system upgrade added target detection, revealed sign-in location levels, and tied rewards to his realm.
• Han Xuanji used the detection function on Bai Ye and discovered that the little white tiger’s parents had been killed by the Divine Wind Demon Saint of the Ten Thousand Demons Kingdom.
• Han Xuanji kept cultivating in the Devil-Sealing Land for five years, thinning its Devil Qi and obtaining Holy Spirit Swordsmanship and other sign-in rewards.
• Han Xuanji swallowed ten Spirit Sha Fruits, absorbed the remaining Devil Qi, and reached the Body Integration Realm Fifth Layer.

Han Xuanji cultivated the Devil-Suppressing Golden Body, then checked in at the Devil-Sealing Land and received the Devil-Suppressing Seal, an upper-grade Immortal Artifact. He used it to purify the Devil-Trapping Mountain Range, leaving nearby cultivators stunned by the sudden cleansing.

• Han Xuanji learned the Devil-Suppressing Golden Body’s properties and spent a month cultivating it with pure yang treasures.
• Han Xuanji checked in again and received the Devil-Suppressing Seal, while the system warned that the area’s Dao resonance had greatly diminished.
• Han Xuanji inspected the seal and discovered it was an upper-grade Immortal Artifact once wielded by the Devil-Sealing Divine General.
• The little white tiger told Han Xuanji it had quietly dealt with nearby human cultivators and members of the Demon Race while he was in seclusion.
• Han Xuanji activated the Devil-Suppressing Seal, which purified the Devil Qi across ten thousand li of the Devil-Trapping Mountain Range.
• Cultivators monitoring the mountain range saw the golden light and realized the Devil Qi was being purified.

Han Xuanji sealed the Devil-Sealing Land, encountered the newly ascended Zhou Li, and returned to the Divine Profound Sect, where he realized how few powerful experts remained. A year later, as Han Xuanji strengthened his body, the sealed Heavenly Devil remnant sensed that something was about to happen.

• Han Xuanji reinforced the seal on the Devil-Sealing Land after clearing the Devil-Trapping Mountain Range of corruption.
• Zhou Li ascended into the Great Void Spirit Realm, and Han Xuanji considered taking his treasure before deciding to leave him alone.
• Han Xuanji returned to the Divine Profound Sect, checked in at Soaring Cloud Palace for a chest of supreme-grade Spirit Stones, and judged the sect’s strength to be dangerously limited.
• One year later, Han Xuanji cultivated the Devil-Suppressing Golden Body toward major completion in his cave abode.
• Deep in the Devil-Suppressing Abyss, the bound remnant soul of the Heavenly Devil sensed that its moment was coming.

Shi Qianzhong entered the Devil-Suppressing Abyss and used a Myriad Devils Heart-Eroding Lure to weaken the seal, intending to free the Heavenly Devil and conceal his betrayal. As the seal began to tremble, Han Xuanji received a warning that a Heavenly Devil had emerged.

• Shi Qianzhong dismissed Zhao Qian's concerns about unusual unrest in the abyss and opened the core seal with the Abyss Suppression Token.
• Li Shanhai noticed Shi Qianzhong seemed unusually talkative and sensed that his departure had a feeling of finality.
• At the bottom of the abyss, Shi Qianzhong revealed he was a spy for the Heavenly Devil Cult and threw a Myriad Devils Heart-Eroding Lure toward the imprisoned purple phantom.
• The Heavenly Devil roared as the cage shook and developed a hairline crack under the force of the Devil Qi.
• The Devil-Suppressing Abyss trembled, and Han Xuanji received a message from the Devil-Suppressing Seal that a Heavenly Devil had emerged.

Han Xuanji learned that a Heavenly Devil remnant soul had escaped from the Devil-Suppressing Abyss, but chose not to rush into action. At the abyss, Shi Qianzhong revealed that he intended to sacrifice the surviving disciples to secure his own future as a Void Return cultivator.

• Han Xuanji located the Heavenly Devil remnant soul and judged that it was probably no stronger than the Tribulation Transcendence Realm.
• The mountain above the Devil-Suppressing Abyss shook as the Heavenly Devil announced that it had escaped after seventy thousand years of suppression.
• Zhao Qian activated a Devil-Suppressing Token, but a flood of Devil Qi swept through the guarded area, killing several disciples and overwhelming the survivors.
• Shi Qianzhong arrived and told the afflicted survivors they were beyond saving, prompting Zhao Qian and Li Shanhai to realize he was not acting like himself.
• Shi Qianzhong denied being a Devil Cultivator and said he would remember the disciples' sacrifice as he pursued a future as a Void Return cultivator.

The Heavenly Devil’s remnant soul escaped from the Devil-Suppressing Abyss and overwhelmed the Divine Profound Sect’s defenders. As Xuanweizi and the other cultivators struggled to contain it, a sect ancestor intervened, while Han Xuanji and the little white tiger went to assess the battle.

• The Heavenly Devil’s remnant soul emerged with Body Integration Realm power, and the Divine Profound Sect activated its grand formation to isolate the Devil Qi.
• Shi Qianzhong charged the phantom and was swiftly blasted away, leaving Xuanweizi and the arriving experts to believe he had heroically fought the devil.
• Xuanweizi and the Divine Profound Sect’s cultivators attacked the remnant soul and formed the Nine Heavens Devil-Subduing Grand Formation, but its Devil Qi and attacks badly pressured them.
• A Divine Profound Sect grand elder intervened with a furious shout, prompting relief among the defenders.
• Han Xuanji sensed the ancestor’s arrival, then went with the worried little white tiger to see whether the sect could withstand the remnant soul.

The Divine Profound Sect's elders and cultivators battled the Heavenly Devil remnant soul, but its power overwhelmed their attacks and left the sect facing heavy losses. Han Xuanji revealed himself and used the Devil-Suppressing Seal to unleash golden light that began dissolving the Heavenly Devil.

• Daoist Tianshu, Xuanweizi, and the Divine Profound Sect's cultivators attacked the Heavenly Devil remnant soul with their strongest techniques and treasures.
• The Heavenly Devil grew stronger by absorbing Devil Qi and the energy released when its opponents were injured, then scattered their formation with a spear attack aimed at Xuanweizi.
• Daoist Tianshu blocked the attack for Xuanweizi, while Lu Fan asked the Devil Venerable for help and learned he could only keep Lu Fan alive.
• Han Xuanji inspected the Heavenly Devil and discovered it possessed the strength of the Seventh Layer of the Body Integration Realm.
• The Heavenly Devil attacked Han Xuanji's position, but Han Xuanji emerged, dispelled its Devil Qi with sword intent, and summoned the Devil-Suppressing Seal.
• The Devil-Suppressing Seal's golden light washed over the Heavenly Devil, making its soul body twist and melt as it howled in terror.

Han Xuanji destroyed the Heavenly Devil with the Devil-Suppressing Seal, then acknowledged that he was the Devil-Slaying Sword Venerable. After rescuing Li Shanhai, he learned that Shi Qianzhong had deliberately released the Heavenly Devil and killed witnesses.

• Han Xuanji used the Devil-Suppressing Seal to erase the Heavenly Devil, and the sect elders recognized him as the Devil-Slaying Sword Venerable.
• Han Xuanji questioned Shi Qianzhong, who claimed the sealing formation had failed and accepted blame for his supposed failure.
• Han Xuanji found the badly injured Li Shanhai and revived him with a Life and Death Creation Pill.
• Li Shanhai accused Shi Qianzhong of opening the seal, releasing the Heavenly Devil, and trying to silence the witnesses, reporting that Senior Brother Zhao and Junior Brother Qian had died.

Li Shanhai exposed Shi Qianzhong as a Heavenly Devil Cult spy, and Han Xuanji confirmed the charge and killed him before secretly leaving. The Divine Profound Sect celebrated its survival while the Heavenly Devil Cult’s leaders considered their next move, and the sect kept Han Xuanji’s identity hidden.

• Li Shanhai accused Shi Qianzhong of opening the seal, releasing the fiend, and killing fellow disciples, and Han Xuanji confirmed that Shi Qianzhong was a devil cult spy.
• Han Xuanji killed Shi Qianzhong and declared Li Shanhai a hero of the sect before disappearing without revealing his identity.
• Xuanweizi classified the Sword Venerable’s actions as the sect’s highest secret and took Li Shanhai under his wing.
• The Nether Spring Devil Maiden learned that the Heavenly Devil’s remnant soul had been destroyed and deferred the response until the cult master emerged from seclusion.
• The Divine Profound Sect spread a disguised account of a grand elder defeating the Heavenly Devil, and its disciples celebrated the sect’s hidden strength.

Han Xuanji signed in at the Divine Profound Sect’s Ancestral Hall and gained the High Antiquity Tyrant Body, then collected more powerful treasures while continuing to cultivate. The Azure Dragon Talisman Token activated, prompting Lu Fan and Lin Potian to react.

• Han Xuanji secretly signed in at the Ancestral Hall and obtained the High Antiquity Tyrant Body trait.
• Han Xuanji claimed the trait in his cave abode, enduring intense pain as his body was reforged and his combat ability increased.
• Over the next five years, Han Xuanji signed in at Soaring Cloud Palace and received the Soaring Cloud Immortal Robe, then later obtained the Spirit Void Bracelet at Taiji Hall.
• Little White Tiger brought Han Xuanji a token that had lit up.
• Lu Fan and Lin Potian checked their Azure Dragon Talisman Token, and Lin Potian noticed that it was reacting.