Chapter Summaries

Han Xuanji signed in at the Heaven-Swallowing Devil Palace and learned that the Heaven-Devouring Patriarch’s cultivation method turned the Linyuan Continent’s people into resources to harvest. He found Li Wentian in the dungeon speaking with a prisoner about the Patriarch’s scheme, and prepared to remove the devil seed planted in Li Wentian.

• Han Xuanji signed in at the Heaven-Swallowing Devil Palace and received the complete Heaven-Devouring Devil Cultivation Method.
• Han Xuanji learned that the Patriarch had treated the Linyuan Continent as a farm and planned to devour the souls of powerful cultivators.
• Li Wentian visited a prisoner on the dungeon’s twelfth level, who confirmed that the Heaven-Devouring Patriarch had raised him as a cauldron.
• Li Wentian and the prisoner discussed finding help to stop the Patriarch from spreading the Devil Cultivation Method.
• Han Xuanji appeared before them, revealed his intention to eradicate the Patriarch, and identified the devil seed inside Li Wentian.
• Han Xuanji told Li Wentian he would eradicate the devil seed first.

Han Xuanji removed the Devil Seeds from Li Wentian and the imprisoned Immortal Ascension cultivators, alerting the Heaven-Devouring Patriarch. As the patriarch confronted him with overwhelming power, Han Xuanji declared that the Heaven-Swallowing Devil Sect would cease to exist.

• Han Xuanji removed the Devil Seed from Li Wentian, freeing him from the patriarch’s control but reducing his cultivation.
• Han Xuanji removed the Devil Seeds from the other imprisoned Immortal Ascension cultivators, revealing their location to the Heaven-Devouring Patriarch.
• The Heaven-Devouring Patriarch erupted in fury and summoned the sect’s cultivators to capture the intruder.
• A heroic Holy Venerable confronted Han Xuanji, who killed him with a single streak of sword light that shattered the Devil Palace’s arrays.
• The Heaven-Devouring Patriarch formed a colossal face in the sky and drained life force from cultivators across the sect.
• Han Xuanji faced the Heaven-Devouring Patriarch and declared that the Heaven-Swallowing Devil Sect would cease to exist.

Han Xuanji used the Devil-Suppressing Seal and Azure Dragon Imperial Seal to defeat and kill the Heaven-Devouring Patriarch, ending the threat to the Linyuan Continent. With the Heaven-Swallowing Devil Sect’s rule collapsed and peace restored, Han Xuanji stayed behind to visit the continent’s immortal sects and holy lands.

• The Heaven-Devouring Patriarch unleashed Myriad Spirits Return to the Ruins, draining the cultivators and prisoners in the Heaven-Swallowing Holy City to empower himself.
• Han Xuanji summoned the Devil-Suppressing Seal and Azure Dragon Imperial Seal, shattered the Patriarch’s giant maw, and suppressed the Devil Palace.
• The wounded Heaven-Devouring Patriarch emerged from the Devil Palace, and Han Xuanji searched his soul before annihilating him.
• Han Xuanji learned from the Patriarch’s memories that other Devil Race members might be hidden in the world and that the Patriarch had planned to become a True Devil.
• The Heaven-Swallowing Devil Sect’s rule collapsed, and the surviving sect patriarchs judged and punished its members according to their crimes.
• The Linyuan Continent entered a period of peace, and Han Xuanji was revered as Immortal Venerable Han while he visited its immortal sects and holy lands.

Han Xuanji explored the ruins and sacred sites of Linyuan Continent, gaining powerful treasures and using the Fortune-Expanding Sacred Method to advance his cultivation. Ten years later, the continent had recovered from the Heaven-Swallowing Devil Sect, and Han Xuanji prepared to convert his newly gathered fortune into more strength.

• Han Xuanji checked in at the Heavenly Evolution Dao Sect and obtained the Heavenly Evolution Diagram while High Person Yuntai began rebuilding the sect.
• Han Xuanji collected several rewards at the sect, including the Five Emperors Devil-Subduing Great Method, the Five Elements Dao Physique, and the Fortune-Expanding Sacred Method.
• Han Xuanji used accumulated Human Dao Fortune to reach the Immortal Ascension Realm Sixth Layer, consuming roughly two-thirds of his reserves.
• Han Xuanji visited other sects and sacred grounds, while rescued Immortal Ascension cultivators hurried to repair their sites and host him.
• Over ten years, the remnants of the Heaven-Swallowing Devil Sect were wiped out and order returned to Linyuan Continent; High Person Yuntai proposed that Li Wentian become emperor, but Han Xuanji refused to take him as a follower.
• After years of exploring Linyuan Continent and collecting fortune, Han Xuanji prepared to circulate the Fortune-Expanding Sacred Method again.

Han Xuanji learned that the Demon Race had used a ten-sun array to scorch the Nine Provinces Continent and force him into a trap. After gaining something at the Azure Profound Sword Sect, he returned to face the crisis.

• A cultivator discovered the Azure Profound Sword Sect’s secret realm, and the Southern Region’s sects secured it and summoned Han Xuanji.
• The Demon Race unleashed the Ten Suns Heaven-Burning Great Array, scorching the land and demanding that Han Xuanji surrender or watch the world burn.
• Xuanweizi and the others failed to reach Han Xuanji with communication talismans, so Little White Tiger notified him.
• Han Xuanji returned to the Nine Provinces Continent and recognized the Demon Race’s attack as a trap designed to draw him into battle.
• Han Xuanji resolved to confront the Demon Race after recalling that he had gained something at the Azure Profound Sword Sect.

Xuanzhenzi emerged from seclusion to attack the Demon Race, but Golden Sun Demon Sage and the Demon Emperor trapped him in the Circulating Heavenly Stars Grand Array. As the Demon Emperor prepared to kill him, Han Xuanji was already in the Ten Thousand Demons Province.

• Xuanzhenzi left Mount Shu to break the Demon Race’s array, while Sword Venerable Qingchen worried about the risks.
• Golden Sun Demon Sage dismissed a seductive woman’s warnings about Han Xuanji and trusted the ancestral artifacts and grand array to defeat him.
• Han Xuanji arrived in the Ten Thousand Demons Province and spotted the scroll depicting a great sun.
• Xuanzhenzi struck at the Ten Thousand Demons Imperial City, prompting the Demon Emperor and Golden Sun Demon Sage to activate the Circulating Heavenly Stars Grand Array.
• The array trapped and weakened Xuanzhenzi, and the Demon Emperor aimed his Solar True Fire-wreathed spear at him.

Han Xuanji arrived to face the Demon Emperor and turned the Demon Race’s Circulating Heavenly Stars Grand Array against its masters. He destroyed the Demon Emperor’s palace and killed the Demon Emperor, leaving the Demon Race’s forces facing his overwhelming power.

• Han Xuanji used the Profound Nether Weak Water Pearl to absorb the Demon Emperor’s scarlet flame attack and save Xuanzhenzi.
• The Demon Emperor ordered the Demon Sages to use the Circulating Heavenly Stars Grand Array against Han Xuanji.
• Han Xuanji summoned the Star Law Crown and drew the array’s star power away from the Star Banners.
• Han Xuanji formed a ten-thousand-zhang star law sword and brought it down on the Demon Emperor’s palace.
• The sword shattered the palace defenses and destroyed the Demon Emperor’s Golden Crow form, killing him.

Han Xuanji killed the Demon Emperor and ended the Ten Suns Burning Heaven Formation, but the Golden Sun Demon Sage summoned powerful Heavenly Demons from the upper realm to avenge the fallen demon. As Demon Sage Chiqiong threatened Han Xuanji and Xuanzhenzi tried to protect him, Han Xuanji calmly stopped Xuanzhenzi from intervening.

• The Demon Emperor fell, the Ten Suns Burning Heaven Formation stopped, and people across the Nine Provinces Continent rejoiced at the end of the disaster.
• Mount Shu's elders realized Han Xuanji had helped Xuanzhenzi, while cultivators in Eastern Cang Province celebrated his victory.
• The Golden Sun Demon Sage sacrificed his followers' protection to activate an ancient bronze mirror and open rifts to the Heavenly Demon Realm.
• Demon Sage Chiqiong and three other powerful Heavenly Demons descended, and Chiqiong demanded that Han Xuanji kill himself.
• Xuanzhenzi offered to hold off Chiqiong so Han Xuanji could escape, but Han Xuanji stopped him and said there was no need.

Han Xuanji revealed his Myriad Phenomena Realm swordsmanship and swiftly killed the three Heavenly Demons who had descended to aid the Demon Race. After searching and killing the Golden Sun Demon Sage, he signed in at the Demon Emperor Hall and obtained the Golden Crow Secret Technique.

• Han Xuanji wounded Demon Sage Chiqiong with a sword strike, then overwhelmed the three Heavenly Demons with a net of sword light.
• Han Xuanji killed Demon Sage Chiqiong, the Radiant Empyrean Demon Sage, and the Blazing Splendor Demon Sage within a few breaths.
• Han Xuanji searched the Golden Sun Demon Sage's soul for information about the Golden Crow Divine Race and the Heavenly Demon Realm, then killed him.
• Han Xuanji signed in at the Demon Emperor Hall and obtained the Golden Crow Secret Technique, including the Golden Crow Divine Speed and Rainbow Transformation Technique.
• Xuanzhenzi praised Han Xuanji's strength while the human Immortal Ascension cultivators looked on in shock.

Han Xuanji destroyed the Ten Thousand Demons Kingdom, ended the Demon Emperor’s bloodline, and reassured the cultivators that the Heavenly Demon Realm could no longer threaten the Nine Provinces. He appointed Little White Tiger to become the next Demon Emperor and continued cultivating as peace returned.

• Xuanzhenzi and the gathered cultivators thanked Han Xuanji for ending the demon threat, and Han Xuanji explained that the surviving Demon Race could no longer summon its Heavenly Demon allies.
• Han Xuanji told Xuanzhenzi he would arrange for someone to control the Ten Thousand Demons Kingdom and would need the holy lands’ cooperation.
• Han Xuanji named Little White Tiger the next Demon Emperor and gave him the Ten Thousand Demons Illustrated Compendium to help secure the throne.
• Han Xuanji collected the Demon Race’s treasury, adding its treasures to the wealth he had taken from the Heaven-Swallowing Devil Sect.
• News of the Ten Thousand Demons Kingdom’s destruction spread, and Han Xuanji became renowned as the Devil-Slaying Sword Immortal while peace returned to the Nine Provinces.
• Han Xuanji resumed signing in and cultivating, and his progress in the Late-Stage Immortal Ascension Realm continued to accelerate.

Han Xuanji converted the Demon Race Fortune into cultivation, advanced to the Immortal Ascension Eighth Layer, and gained the Chaos True Spirit Physique after checking in at the Supreme One Dao Sect. As his transformation shook the sect, Cang Shi descended from the Dark Devil Realm and began planning to establish a devil domain.

• Han Xuanji checked in at the rebuilt Demon Emperor Hall and obtained Demon Race Fortune, while the Six Paths of the Devil Sects learned that a new passage to the Dark Devil Realm might soon open.
• Over the next three years, Han Xuanji converted fortune into cultivation, reached the Immortal Ascension Eighth Layer, and checked in at Mount Shu Sword Sect and Jade Blossom Spirit Sect.
• Han Xuanji checked in at the Innate Eight Trigrams Platform and fused the Innate Dao Physique with his existing physique to obtain the Chaos True Spirit Physique.
• Han Xuanji's transformation stirred heaven and earth, astonishing the cultivators of the Supreme One Dao Sect, including Daoist Qingsong.
• Cang Shi descended into Eastern Cang Province with several figures and planned to turn a nearby Spiritual Qi-rich area into a devil domain.

Cang Shi and his devil generals infiltrated the Nine Provinces Continent to gather intelligence on Han Xuanji, while Han Xuanji completed his transformation into a Chaos True Spirit Physique. The Devil Dao cultivators learned that a passage had opened and waited for the Devil Race to turn the world into a subordinate Devil Realm.

• Cang Shi recognized the Nine Provinces Continent, concealed his group’s identities, and ordered them to infiltrate Han Xuanji’s sect and gather information.
• Han Xuanji completed his transformation into a Chaos True Spirit Physique, greatly strengthening his abilities and accelerating his cultivation.
• Cang Shi and his devil generals joined the Divine Profound Sect in disguise and began investigating rumors about the Devil-Slaying Sword Immortal.
• Devil Dao cultivators discussed Han Xuanji’s growing strength, and some considered ascending to escape the pressure from righteous-path prodigies.
• A figure in a devil mirror warned them to wait for the Devil Race and revealed that a passage had been found, though it could not yet admit a high-ranking True Devil.

Han Xuanji reached the Immortal Ascension Realm Ninth Layer before his disciples captured Cang Shi, a devil general who had infiltrated their sect. Han Xuanji tortured Cang Shi into revealing that the Dark Emperor had sent him and that two accomplices were also in the Great Void Spirit Realm.

• Han Xuanji reviewed his cultivation and treasures, reflecting that he would seek further Sword Dao insights in the upper realm.
• Li Taiqing reported that he had caught a member of the Devil Race, and Han Xuanji teleported to the Divine Profound Sect to investigate.
• Li Taiqing explained that the devil, disguised as Wang Qin, had attacked him and been injured by a restriction in his sea of consciousness before the Azure Lotus Sword Gourd destroyed his body.
• Han Xuanji questioned Cang Shi about his origins and accomplices, then used divine sense to force him to confess that the Dark Emperor had sent him with Li Qiang and Li Gang.

Han Xuanji uncovered and eliminated the Devil Race infiltrators within the Divine Profound Sect, then learned that stronger True Devils might cross into the realm through other spatial passages. He sealed the passage Cang Shi revealed and bound the surviving Devil with a soul restriction, leaving Cang Shi alive in a newly fashioned body for ten thousand years of service.

• Han Xuanji used his Double Pupils to find the hidden Devil Race members and killed them with a thought after confirming Cang Shi had told the truth.
• Cang Shi revealed that he and the others were vanguard scouts sent by the Dark Emperor, and that future passages might admit high-ranking True Devils above Immortal Ascension.
• Han Xuanji explained that the Great Void Spirit Realm would suppress such True Devils, though their bodies and souls would still make them formidable opponents.
• Han Xuanji took Cang Shi to the spatial passage in the mountains and sealed it against anyone attempting to cross.
• Han Xuanji offered Cang Shi reincarnation or ten thousand years of service, and Cang Shi chose service.
• Han Xuanji placed the Nine Nether Soul-Locking Seal on Cang Shi and gave him a new youth's body, which Cang Shi entered gratefully.

Han Xuanji entrusted Han Shou with protecting his family’s bloodline and happiness for ten thousand years, then went to the Kunlun Immortal Sect to warn its leaders about the Devil Race’s invasion. He learned that an upper-realm sword cultivator wanted to discuss the Dao with him, and agreed to meet.

• Han Xuanji watched his family from outside their courtyard and decided not to reunite with them.
• Han Xuanji ordered Han Shou to keep his family safe and their bloodline unbroken for ten thousand years, and gave him that name.
• Han Xuanji traveled to the Kunlun Immortal Sect, where Daoist Lingyun told him that spatial fluctuations suggested a devil sect had invaded the Great Void Spirit Realm.
• Han Xuanji described the Devil Race’s threat, including the possibility that high-level True Devils would descend.
• True Person Yuchen explained that a proud upper-realm sword cultivator wanted to discuss the Dao with Han Xuanji before the devil calamity.
• Han Xuanji accepted the challenge and told the Kunlun cultivators to let the young man come.

Han Xuanji accepted Jian Wuchen’s challenge, prompting debate across the Nine Provinces over whether the Lower Realm sword master could defeat an Upper Realm prodigy. Jian Wuchen prepared at Purple Xia Immortal Mountain, confident in his strength but determined not to underestimate Han Xuanji.

• Han Xuanji agreed to an exchange of Dao with the Upper Realm prodigy, and True Person Yuchen felt relieved.
• Cultivators at the Kunlun Immortal Sect debated Han Xuanji’s chances, while Xie Liuyun argued that Han would win.
• News of the challenge spread through the Nine Provinces, where most favored the Upper Realm prodigy and Han Xuanji’s supporters backed him.
• Lu Fan, Li Taiqing, Lin Potian, and Nangong Wenjian gathered in Central Province and expressed confidence in Han Xuanji.
• Jian Wuchen sat at Purple Xia Immortal Mountain after comprehending its Purple Xia Spirit-Communing Technique, preparing to fight Han Xuanji at his best.

Han Xuanji revealed his newly comprehended Mystic Heaven Sword Dao at the Kunlun Sword Debate and faced Jian Wuchen of the Azure Cloud Sword Palace. After effortlessly erasing Jian Wuchen’s first attack, Han Xuanji left him trapped in a world of Sword Qi as the duel continued.

• Han Xuanji fused the sword inheritances he had gathered and comprehended the Mystic Heaven Sword Dao, sending a world-shaking Sword Intent across the Kunlun Immortal Sect.
• At the Kunlun Sword Debate, Han Xuanji met Jian Wuchen, a disciple of the Third-Realm Sword Immortal Heavenly Heart Sword Immortal, who challenged him to a fight.
• Jian Wuchen unleashed Heavenly Heart Sword Dao: Heavenly Punishment, but Han Xuanji erased the attack with a light stroke of his fingers.
• Jian Wuchen drew his immortal sword Flying Dragon and used Heavenly Heart Sword Dao: Starfall to summon a meteor shower of phantom stars.
• Han Xuanji praised Jian Wuchen’s sword art, then revealed a world filled with Sword Qi that left Jian Wuchen shaken.

Han Xuanji overwhelmed Jian Wuchen with his all-encompassing Sword Dao, and Jian Wuchen accepted defeat. Han Xuanji’s advice helped Jian Wuchen recognize that imitating his master’s path had shackled his own Sword Dao.

• Han Xuanji’s Sword Intent destroyed Jian Wuchen’s attacks and revealed a realm where all things could become swords.
• Jian Wuchen challenged Han Xuanji, but a single concentrated sword light forced him to his knees.
• The spectators were stunned by Han Xuanji’s overwhelming victory, and Jian Wuchen admitted he had lost.
• Han Xuanji urged Jian Wuchen to cultivate and warned that distracting thoughts cluttered his sword.
• Jian Wuchen recalled his master’s warning against becoming his imitation, understood Han Xuanji’s guidance, and thanked him.

After defeating Jian Wuchen on Kunlun, Han Xuanji left him to reflect on his shortcomings and the purpose of his trials in the lower realm. Five years later, a seven-colored radiance appeared over the boundless ocean, startling the world.

• Han Xuanji departed after defeating Jian Wuchen, who realized his defeat exposed flaws in both his Sword Dao and state of mind.
• The onlookers recognized Han Xuanji's overwhelming strength, while Nangong Wenjian renewed his resolve to reach the pinnacle of the Sword Dao.
• Li Taiqing asked Han Xuanji whether he was an immortal reincarnated from the upper realm, then praised the meaning of rising through effort rather than inherited destiny.
• Han Xuanji concealed his thought that Li Taiqing was himself a reincarnated expert and told him to keep working toward immortality.
• Five years later, seven-colored radiance rose above the boundless ocean and shocked the world.

Han Xuanji ascended from the Great Void Spirit Realm after reaching Immortal Ascension Perfection, leaving the Divine Profound Sect and his companions behind. He arrived in the upper realm with Daoist Lingyun, where a reception official assessed the new ascenders.

• Han Xuanji endured his ascension tribulation at Purple Xia Immortal Mountain and reached the upper realm in a burst of seven-colored radiance.
• Xuanweizi, True Person Tianyu, Li Shanhai, and the others saw Han Xuanji off, and Li Taiqing vowed to follow him; Han Xuanji taught Li Taiqing the Mystic Heaven Sword Dao and replenished the Azure Lotus Sword Gourd with Sword Qi.
• Han Xuanji comforted Little White and heard Jian Wuchen recommend that he join the Azure Cloud Sword Palace in the upper realm.
• Han Xuanji and Daoist Lingyun prepared to ascend, knowing that ascenders could face danger and exploitation in the upper realm.
• A cyan-robed official in the Spirit Void Immortal Domain assessed Han Xuanji as a high-grade-aptitude ascender worthy of becoming a formal disciple.