Chapter Summaries

Su Xiuyi effortlessly overpowered the Heaven-Supporting Devil Emperor, whose strongest attacks were erased by Su Xiuyi’s Spirit Characters. After immobilizing the emperor, Su Xiuyi struck him down, leaving the wounded Silver Dragon watching in terror.

• The Heaven-Supporting Devil Emperor mistook Su Xiuyi for a newly nurtured Human Realm prodigy and unleashed Devil Descends and Devil Domain in the Palm.
• Su Xiuyi’s Purification and Annihilation Spirit Characters erased the emperor’s attack without him lifting a hand.
• Recognizing Su Xiuyi’s power as Myriad Dharmas Return to One, the Heaven-Supporting Devil Emperor begged for mercy and offered to submit.
• Su Xiuyi used Immobilization to restrain the Heaven-Supporting Devil Emperor, then struck him with a palm as the Silver Dragon watched.

Su Xiuyi destroyed the Heaven-Supporting Devil Emperor in the Demon God Grotto-Heaven, then suppressed the Silver Dragon King to earn a sign-in reward: a Saint-Grade Breakthrough Pill. After Su Xiuyi left, the Demon God and the awakened great demons investigated the destruction and learned that a terrifying human had killed the Devil Emperor.

• Su Xiuyi used the Spirit Characters "Immobilize" and "Purification" to destroy the Heaven-Supporting Devil Emperor and cleanse the Devil Qi.
• A great demon killed itself rather than fight Su Xiuyi, who had only wanted to spar and trigger a sign-in.
• Su Xiuyi knocked out the Silver Dragon King with a wave, earning a sign-in opportunity and a Saint-Grade Breakthrough Pill.
• Su Xiuyi left the Demon God Grotto-Heaven, and an illusory image of the Demon God appeared on the fourth level to investigate the intruder.
• A great demon told the Demon God that a powerful human had slain the Heaven-Supporting Devil Emperor, and other great demons gathered in alarm.

The Demon God and the ancient demons learned from a vision that Su Xiuyi had erased the Heaven-Supporting Devil Emperor, and they resolved to kill him if he returned to the Demon God Grotto-Heaven. Su Xiuyi prepared to break through when Spiritual Qi returned, as powerful ancient beings began awakening across the world.

• The Demon God and the great demons used the Spirit Character "Retrace" to view Su Xiuyi erasing the Heaven-Supporting Devil Emperor, and they feared he would prevent their rise.
• The Demon God ordered the demons to join forces and kill Su Xiuyi if he entered the Demon God Grotto-Heaven again, and they agreed.
• Su Xiuyi visited Hu Qingyun in the ice coffin, then entered the Dao Comprehension Thatched Cottage to cultivate and used "Divination" to predict the return of Spiritual Qi.
• Su Xiuyi determined that Spiritual Qi would return within days and resolved to break through as soon as it arrived.
• Ancient beings began emerging from their seals, including a powerful Blood Demon Clan patriarch whose awakening stirred the Blood Demon Mountain Range.

After the Slaughter Blood Tiger demanded three hundred thousand human souls, Su Yun sought Su Xiuyi’s help to avert war and protect the Human Realm. Su Xiuyi refused to interrupt his cultivation but sent the Corpse Servant with a painting to deal with the demon, while Su Yun issued an imperial decree to the Blood Demon Mountain Range.

• The Slaughter Blood Tiger awakened and ordered the Blood Demon Clan to prepare three hundred thousand human souls within three days.
• Jixia Academy scholars urged Su Yun to resist, but Su Yun dismissed court and weighed the danger of confronting the peak Celestial Person Realm demon.
• A eunuch told Su Yun that Zhou Yunlong could reach Su Xiuyi, so Su Yun wrote a letter asking the senior to act.
• Su Xiuyi learned of the Slaughter Blood Tiger’s demand and, unwilling to disrupt his accumulated Dao rhyme, painted a scroll for the Corpse Servant to open at the Blood Demon Mountain Range.
• The Corpse Servant set out with the scroll, and Su Yun sent an imperial decree to the Blood Demon Mountain Range to show the myriad races that the Human Realm would not be bullied.

The Human Emperor sent an imperial decree to the Blood Demon Mountain Range, declaring that the Slaughter Blood Tiger would be executed for demanding three hundred thousand human souls. When the Slaughter Blood Tiger attacked the sacred relic presented by the envoys, the scroll remained unharmed, leaving the watching demons stunned.

• The Slaughter Blood Tiger learned that Su Yun had not answered his demand and ordered the Human envoys brought before him.
• The Slaughter Blood Tiger summoned the great demons and mocked the Human Race as the aged eunuch and Corpse Servant arrived.
• The eunuch read Su Yun's decree condemning the Slaughter Blood Tiger to death and warning that Saint Realm experts who insulted the Human Race would meet the same fate.
• Enraged, the Slaughter Blood Tiger vowed to kill the envoys and attack the imperial city.
• The Corpse Servant presented the sacred relic, and the Slaughter Blood Tiger's strike failed to move or damage its scroll.

Su Xiuyi’s sacred scroll brought forth a scholar whose Spirit Character, “slay,” killed Slaughter Blood Tiger and slaughtered the demons in the Blood Demon Mountain Range. Su Yun announced the victory in the Golden Throne Hall and ordered the border army to attack, while the myriad races fell silent and chose not to provoke the Human Race.

• The scroll opened and a scholar stepped out, unleashing a terrifying will that pressed the demons to the ground.
• Slaughter Blood Tiger attacked the scholar, who wrote the Spirit Character “slay” as Su Xiuyi spoke the same word from the Dao Comprehension Thatched Cottage.
• The immortal swords pierced through Slaughter Blood Tiger and slaughtered the demons, while the watching experts of the myriad races fled.
• Su Yun told the great scholars that Slaughter Blood Tiger and countless demons had been slain, then showed them the scene and ordered the border army to attack the Blood Demon Clan.
• A mighty expert of the Devil Race warned its people not to provoke the Human Race, and the myriad races fell silent as they awaited Spiritual Qi’s recovery.

Su Xiuyi divined that Spiritual Qi would revive that night and went to the Demon God Grotto-Heaven, where the Demon God and a group of great demons waited to kill him. As the Demon God attacked in his true form, Su Xiuyi used the Demon-Suppressing Art to weaken him.

• Su Xiuyi used the Dao Will Character to aid his divination and learned that Spiritual Qi would revive that night.
• Su Xiuyi told Blood Dog to cultivate through the revival, then went to the Demon God Grotto-Heaven to sign in.
• Su Xiuyi found the awakened Demon God and more than a dozen great demons waiting on the first level.
• The Demon God recognized Su Xiuyi as a member of the Zhou Imperial Clan and transformed into a Li Fire Devil Bull to attack him.
• Su Xiuyi activated the Suppression Art, weakening the Li Fire Devil Bull as he stomped toward him.

Su Xiuyi defeated the Li Fire Devil Bull with a single palm, claimed a Banana Leaf Fan through a system check-in, and returned to await the revival of Spiritual Qi. As spiritual rain and earthbound Qi spread, he used a Saint-Grade Breakthrough Pill to advance to the seventh level of the Saint Realm, Early Golden Core Spirit Seeding.

• Su Xiuyi shattered the Li Fire Devil Bull’s hoof and hurled his massive body into a crater, causing the other demons to prostrate themselves.
• Su Xiuyi checked in after defeating the Li Fire Devil Bull and received a Banana Leaf Fan, which he kept rather than merging with the Demon-Slaying Brush.
• Su Xiuyi returned to the Myriad Text Academy and waited in the Dao Comprehension Thatched Cottage as spiritual rain revived plants, strengthened spirits, and helped cultivators break through.
• Su Xiuyi sensed Spiritual Qi erupting from the earth, swallowed a Saint-Grade Breakthrough Pill, and drew Qi from within eight thousand li into his body.
• Su Xiuyi formed a golden core wrapped in flame and reached the seventh level of the Saint Realm, Early Golden Core Spirit Seeding.

Ancient factions seized half the Nine Netherworlds Hall’s territory and threatened Tie Ling, prompting Su Xiuyi to set out with the Blood Dog. Their enemies gathered at the Yellow Springs Branch, where Su Xiuyi’s challenge announced their deaths.

• Four ancient factions seized half the Nine Netherworlds Hall’s territory and demanded that Tie Ling become a concubine to the Secluded Orchid Temple’s evil monk.
• Tie Ling told the Nine Netherworlds Hall’s gathered experts that Su Xiuyi would take action against the four factions.
• The Corpse Servant reported the invasion and threat to Su Xiuyi, who grew furious when he heard Tie Ling was targeted.
• The Blood Dog offered to devour the Secluded Orchid Temple’s monks, and Su Xiuyi left the Myriad Text Academy with him.
• At the Yellow Springs Branch, Daoist Samsara and the other faction leaders discussed drawing out the Nine Netherworlds Hall’s master.
• Su Xiuyi’s angry voice rang out, calling Daoist Samsara, Blood Monk, Vast Sea Ancestor, and Daoist Immeasurable to meet their deaths.

Su Xiuyi and Blood Dog confronted the four great factions, and Blood Dog killed Giant Sword Mad Saint. Su Xiuyi then killed Blood Monk, captured his soul in a soul banner, and challenged the remaining enemies to attack him.

• Blood Dog caught Giant Sword Mad Saint's giant sword, shattered it, and swallowed him.
• The ancestors of the four great factions confronted Blood Dog and recognized Su Xiuyi as the Nine Netherworlds Hall Master.
• Blood Monk charged Su Xiuyi with a spear after threatening Tie Ling, but his attack failed to pierce Su Xiuyi's robes.
• Su Xiuyi immobilized Blood Monk, struck him to ashes, and trapped his living soul in a soul banner.
• Su Xiuyi challenged the remaining factions to attack, declaring that he would decide when their lives ended.

Daoist Immeasurable and the Vast Sea Sect’s ancestor dismissed Su Xiuyi as weak, while Daoist Samsara urged them to use him to intimidate other factions. Daoist Immeasurable unleashed the Dao of Immeasurability, leaving the Nine Netherworlds Hall and the Yellow Springs Sword Saint unsure whether Su Xiuyi could defeat him.

• Daoist Samsara ordered Daoist Immeasurable and the Vast Sea Sect’s ancestor to kill Su Xiuyi and make an example of him.
• Daoist Immeasurable claimed Blood Monk had lost through arrogance, and the Samsara Hall, Immeasurable Gate, and Vast Sea Sect disciples regained their confidence and taunted Su Xiuyi.
• The Nine Netherworlds Hall arrived, and its disciples felt reassured when they saw Su Xiuyi standing atop Blood Dog; the Yellow Springs Sword Saint bristled at the factions’ insults.
• Su Xiuyi asked Daoist Immeasurable whether he intended to fight alone, and Daoist Immeasurable refused help, calling Su Xiuyi no threat.
• Daoist Immeasurable revealed the Spirit Characters “Immeasurable,” “measure,” “sword,” “slay,” and “trap,” displaying strength that astonished Daoist Samsara and the Vast Sea Sect’s ancestor.
• The Nine Netherworlds Hall’s disciples watched anxiously, and the Yellow Springs Sword Saint feared Su Xiuyi could not match Daoist Immeasurable.

Su Xiuyi used his Spirit Characters to defeat Daoist Immeasurable and Old Daoist Azure Sea, killing them and taking their souls. He then turned his attention to Daoist Samsara and attacked despite his threat to summon reinforcements.

• Daoist Immeasurable unleashed his Boundless Dharma Sword against Su Xiuyi, but Su Xiuyi used Rewind to reverse time and undo the attack.
• Daoist Immeasurable called for Old Daoist Azure Sea's help, but Su Xiuyi used Immobilization to restrain both men.
• Su Xiuyi used Emperor Treads the Nine Heavens to shatter the space around Daoist Immeasurable and Old Daoist Azure Sea, then seized their souls and cast them into his soul banner.
• The Nine Netherworlds Hall celebrated Su Xiuyi's victory as the other factions watched in fear.
• Daoist Samsara threatened Su Xiuyi with a summoning true talisman, but Su Xiuyi dismissed the threat and attacked him.

Daoist Samsara summoned the Samsara Hall’s guardian Kui Ox to confront Su Xiuyi, believing its descent would secure his victory. Su Xiuyi dismissed the beast’s power and challenged its authority, leaving the battle poised to begin.

• Su Xiuyi’s finger strike hit Daoist Samsara’s golden summoning barrier, and he paused to see what would emerge.
• Daoist Samsara summoned the guardian Kui Ox, whose arrival darkened the sky and drew chains of Heavenly Dao laws.
• The Kui Ox broke free of the chains, and Daoist Samsara bowed as he reported the deaths of his allies and identified Su Xiuyi as his opponent.
• The Kui Ox declared that Su Xiuyi would be punished with lightning, while the Nine Netherworlds Hall feared the beast and the rival forces celebrated.
• Su Xiuyi judged the Kui Ox to be only at the peak of Myriad Dharmas Return to One and mocked its claim to pass judgment on him.

Su Xiuyi faced the Kui Ox and revealed that he had broken through to Golden Core Spirit Seeding. He used his Spirit Characters and Demon-Suppressing Art to weaken the beast, then wounded it with the Demon-Slaying Brush, leaving the Kui Ox shocked and bleeding.

• The Kui Ox unleashed thunder against Su Xiuyi, but Su Xiuyi used the Collapse Spirit Character to shatter space and swallow the attack.
• The Kui Ox summoned six Demon Race Spirit Characters and roared with destructive power as the onlookers fled.
• Blood Dog urged Su Xiuyi to retreat, but Su Xiuyi said he had reached Golden Core Spirit Seeding and could handle the Kui Ox.
• Su Xiuyi used the Move Spirit Character to tear a mountain from the earth and sent it toward the Kui Ox with the Suppress Spirit Character.
• Su Xiuyi activated the Demon-Suppressing Art to weaken the Kui Ox, then slashed it with the Demon-Slaying Brush, inflicting a deep wound and severing its bloodline power.

Su Xiuyi suppressed the Kui Ox, destroyed the Secluded Orchid Temple and Samsara Hall, and warned the ten thousand sects against challenging the Nine Netherworlds Hall. After returning to cultivation, he reached the Middle Stage of Golden Core Spirit Seeding as renewed threats emerged across the Human Realm.

• Su Xiuyi stripped the Kui Ox of his cultivation, suppressed him beneath a Spirit Character-enforced mountain, and used a black wind dragon to punish him until he stopped resisting.
• The myriad-race spies and unsealed powers fled or went into hiding, while the Nine Netherworlds Hall celebrated Su Xiuyi’s victory and Daoist Samsara self-destructed.
• Su Xiuyi ordered Blood Dog to devour the Secluded Orchid Temple and Samsara Hall, but spared the Immeasurable Gate and Vast Sea Sect, then warned the ten thousand sects not to offend his hall.
• Su Xiuyi returned to the Myriad Text Academy to cultivate as Saint Realm experts and demons appeared, the Blood Demon Clan probed the border, and tensions rose across the Human Realm.
• Su Xiuyi reached the Middle Stage of Golden Core Spirit Seeding.

Su Xiuyi visited the Southern Heaven Academy library in disguise and learned from Qian Dafu that the Blood Demon Clan had grown powerful again while the royal family and Ten Thousand Sects Territory were also in turmoil. The chapter ended with Human Emperor Su Yun furious over the royal family's infighting.

• Su Xiuyi went to the Southern Heaven Academy library in disguise and met Qian Dafu, who shared wine and talked with him.
• Qian Dafu told Su Xiuyi that the Nine Netherworlds Hall master might possess the lost Demon-Suppressing Art, a cultivation art said to weaken the Demon Race.
• Qian Dafu reported that the awakened Fallen Fire Phoenix had strengthened the Blood Demon Clan and that the royal family was divided as the Ten Thousand Sects Territory edged toward independence.
• Su Xiuyi clinked cups with Qian Dafu and reassured him that the Human Race had many experts.
• Su Yun crushed a wine cup in the palace and raged that the royal family was fighting among itself before the external threat had even arrived.

Su Yun sought Su Xiuyi’s help as ancient imperial ancestors and a fallen fire phoenix threatened Great Zhou. Su Xiuyi agreed to intervene, telling Su Yun to return home and prepare to restore order within the dynasty.

• Su Yun discussed the imperial clan’s growing threat with his old eunuch and summoned Zhou Yunlong for advice.
• Zhou Yunlong assured Su Yun that Su Xiuyi could defeat the ancient powerhouses, so Su Yun asked him to lead the way to Su Xiuyi.
• Su Xiuyi sensed Su Yun’s arrival at the Myriad Text Academy and allowed Zhou Yunlong to bring him in.
• Su Yun bowed to Su Xiuyi and explained his plea through his visit, and Su Xiuyi served him tea.
• Su Xiuyi declared that the current age belonged to them and agreed to intervene, sending Su Yun back to Great Zhou.

Su Yun summoned the imperial clan’s Saint Realm members to the Golden Throne Hall and confronted Su Zhao, who openly challenged his authority and demanded that he abdicate. When a powerful ancestor attacked, Su Yun revealed the paper Su Xiuyi had given him, and a black coffin appeared to devour the attacker.

• Su Xiuyi gave Zhou Yunlong a paper bearing the Spirit Character “Bury” and ordered that rebels be killed without mercy.
• Su Yun summoned the imperial clan’s Saint Realm members to the Golden Throne Hall, carrying the paper for confidence.
• Su Zhao and the other ancient members arrived, refused to kneel, and demanded that Su Yun leave the Human Emperor’s throne.
• Su Zhao killed an imperial clan great scholar who challenged him, while Su Yun offered the rebels one chance to submit.
• A peak Celestial Person Realm ancestor lunged at Su Yun, who unfolded Su Xiuyi’s paper and summoned a black coffin that began devouring the attacker.

Su Yun used a mysterious paper and the Spirit Character “Burial” to summon a black coffin that devoured an ancient imperial clansman at the Celestial Person Realm. He condemned Su Zhao and the ancient imperial clan for endangering Great Zhou and the Human Race, and resolved to declare war on them.

• Su Yun’s paper transformed into a black coffin, and the Spirit Character “Burial” landed on it.
• The black coffin overwhelmed the ancient imperial clansman’s resistance and devoured him.
• The people in the throne hall watched in fear as the coffin’s power grew after consuming the Celestial Person Realm expert.
• Su Zhao accused Su Yun of killing an imperial clansman and violating the ancestral precepts.
• Su Yun denounced Su Zhao and the ancient imperial clan for pursuing their own interests while threats from the Demon Race loomed.
• Su Yun resolved to declare war on the ancient imperial clan.

Su Yun faced Su Zhao and the ancient imperial clan in the Golden Throne Hall, relying on Su Xiuyi’s hidden power as eleven ancient experts attacked. The black coffin’s dragons devoured the attackers, and a Spirit Character incarnation then killed Su Zhao before vanishing.

• Su Zhao rejected Su Yun’s demand to submit and ordered eleven Celestial Person Peak experts to kill him.
• Nine black dragons emerged from the coffin, devoured the attackers, and grew stronger until all eleven experts were dead.
• Su Zhao broke free of the dragons and fled the Golden Throne Hall, warning Su Yun that he would return after heaven and earth revived again.
• The black coffin vanished and its Spirit Character, “Burial,” became a black-clad figure that appeared outside the hall.
• The black-clad figure struck Su Zhao with one palm, annihilating his soul, then slowly disappeared.