Chapter Summaries

Yang Zhen fought the Devil Seed and Qiongqi Heavenly Void amid Heavenly Punishment, overpowering both until the punishment and Devil Qi faded. The Devil Seed squeezed out of the Demonic Sect, only for the sect to shatter behind it, leaving it wailing as it tried to get back inside.

• Yang Zhen met the Devil Seed’s attacks with his fists, then charged into the blood-red Devil Qi as Qiongqi Heavenly Void formed from the lightning and followed him in.
• Yang Zhen and Qiongqi Heavenly Void emerged battered, while the Devil Seed was left bruised and stuck in the Demonic Sect.
• Yang Zhen shouted at Qiongqi Heavenly Void, which vanished, and the Heavenly Punishment and blood-red Devil Qi gradually dispersed.
• The Devil Seed squeezed out of the Demonic Sect, but the sect shattered behind it, and it wailed while scratching at the empty space.

Yang Zhen and the cultivators attacked the Devil Seed, with Yang Zhen using the Star Spring Sword to unleash Wan Jian Return to the Sect. After the Devil Seed was battered down, Yang Zhen stopped the formation that had rejuvenated the Old Man of Mountains and Rivers, then examined the Devil Seed’s World-Destroying Heavenly Pouch.

• The cultivators charged the Devil Seed, but its World-Destroying Heavenly Pouch sucked them toward its open mouth.
• Yang Zhen climbed onto the Devil Seed’s head and struck it, interrupting its roar and freeing the cultivators from the suction.
• Yang Zhen wielded the Star Spring Sword and filled the sky with Sword-Rays, while the other cultivators joined in attacking the Devil Seed.
• The Devil Seed crashed to the ground, and the Old Man of Mountains and Rivers urged Yang Zhen to stop the Heavenly Mystery Essence-Transferring Formation before it turned him into a baby.
• Yang Zhen stopped the formation, revealing that the Old Man of Mountains and Rivers had become young again.
• Elder Huang searched for Yang Zhen and found him studying the Devil Seed’s mouth with the Star Spring Sword, trying to figure out how to extract the World-Destroying Heavenly Pouch.

Yang Zhen took the Devil Seed’s World-Destroying Heavenly Pouch despite warning others he would not refine it, then learned that the Demonic Sect had erupted in the Central Court. He hurried with Han Yan’er toward the Three Flowers Holy Land, determined to protect it from the Devil Domain’s invasion.

• The Old Man of Mountains and Rivers and Elder Huang warned Yang Zhen that refining the World-Destroying Heavenly Pouch could corrupt him into a mindless devil.
• Yang Zhen claimed he would not refine the pouch, then cut it from the Devil Seed and stored it in his ring.
• After leaving the Savage Wilderness Ancient Land, Yang Zhen learned that Devil Cultivators and Devil Beasts had flooded into the Main Realm and covered nearly half the Central Court in Devil Qi.
• Yang Zhen declared he would return to the Three Flowers Holy Land at once to protect it, and the Old Man of Mountains and Rivers promised to join him after settling his affairs.
• Yang Zhen and Han Yan’er flew toward the Three Flowers Holy Land as the Devil Qi grew denser; elsewhere, Shuya suddenly sneezed.

The Seven Luminaries Sect and displaced sect leaders debated whether to resist the Devil Cultivators surrounding them, while Rong Hexuan warned that more than ten Final Step enemies were present. The Sage of Saunter then attacked the Devil Qi and declared that the Three Flowers Holy Land would beat the Devil Cultivators until they feared it.

• Rong Hexuan told the gathered sect leaders that the Seven Luminaries Sect would avoid provoking the Devil Cultivators unless they attacked first.
• The Rising Yang Sect master and the Wind and Fire Tower master protested that their sects had been destroyed and urged resistance.
• A Seven Luminaries Sect elder challenged the Wind and Fire Tower master to find anyone willing to confront the Devil Cultivators, while Rong Hexuan revealed that more than ten Final Step powerhouses surrounded them.
• The Sage of Saunter appeared with another figure and unleashed flames that burned away more than half the surrounding Devil Qi.
• The Sage of Saunter announced that the Three Flowers Holy Land would beat the Devil Cultivators until they were afraid, leaving Rong Hexuan bewildered.

Yang Zhen and Little Dao Addict faced the Devil Cultivators threatening the Three Flowers Holy Land, while the Seven Luminaries Sect and Wind and Fire Tower debated whether to intervene. Yang Zhen used the Earth Treasury Technique with Companion Heavenly Fire to resist the Devil Qi, then charged into the enemy ranks as the Star Spring Sword appeared and helped open a path.

• Rong Hexuan and the Wind and Fire Tower master argued over whether the sect should stand against the Devil Cultivators, while the tower master considered leading his people into battle.
• Thousands of Devil Cultivators appeared in the sky, and Rong Hexuan warned that Yang Zhen’s defiance could bring disaster to the Three Flowers Holy Land.
• Yang Zhen’s Companion Heavenly Fire burned away part of the Devil Qi, and the Wind and Fire Tower master recognized that he had combined it with the Earth Treasury Technique.
• Rong Hexuan ordered the Seven Luminaries Sect to rescue Yang Zhen, but Yang Zhen and Little Dao Addict charged at the Devil Cultivators before help could reach them.
• Countless Sword-Rays descended as Rong Hexuan recognized the Star Spring Sword, and Yang Zhen and Little Dao Addict punched through the Devil Cultivators’ ranks.

Yang Zhen and Han Yan'er broke through the Devil Cultivators surrounding the Seven Luminaries Sect, then turned back and provoked them into a fight before heading toward the Three Flowers Holy Land. Yang Zhen believed the Holy Land could handle any retaliation and even hoped the Devil Cultivators would bring them supplies.

• The Seven Luminaries Sect debated whether Yang Zhen came from the Three Flowers Holy Land, and Rong Hexuan decided he might have to pursue him.
• Yang Zhen returned to the Devil Cultivators' camp, accused them of blocking the Three Flowers Holy Land, and drew the Mara Sect into a fight.
• Rong Hexuan recognized the Mara Sect and ordered the Seven Luminaries Sect to charge, while Yang Zhen struck down the Mara Sect Devil Cultivator who attacked him.
• Yang Zhen and Han Yan'er fought their way through the camp and headed toward the Three Flowers Holy Land as the Seven Luminaries Sect joined the battle.
• Han Yan'er worried that their repeated breakthroughs would bring trouble to the Three Flowers Holy Land, but Yang Zhen said its enemies could not provoke it and might even bring useful supplies.

Yang Zhen encountered Brother Big Bird, an old enemy who wanted revenge, but distracted him with a book and a promise of a reading method. Brother Big Bird revealed that Slug Bank Mountain held clues about the Devil Emperor, leaving Yang Zhen frustrated by his unfinished explanation.

• Yang Zhen told Han Yan'er they should take supplies from those who had threatened the Three Flowers Holy Land.
• Brother Big Bird attacked Yang Zhen, who recognized him from their previous encounter and refused to fight.
• Brother Big Bird claimed he knew secrets of heaven and earth, then nearly revealed a secret about Slug Bank Mountain before stopping himself.
• Yang Zhen gave Brother Big Bird a Three Character True Classic and promised to teach him the Quantum Wave Reading Method if he mastered it.
• Brother Big Bird revealed that Slug Bank Mountain had a natural devil barrier and clues about the Devil Emperor, but withheld further details.

Yang Zhen and Han Yan'er returned to the Three Flowers Holy Land, where they learned Empress Fengyu had been resurrected and repelled a Devil Cultivator's probing Divine Sense. Yang Zhen then discovered that the people from White Cloud Mountain had not arrived, leaving him concerned about their whereabouts.

• Yang Zhen gave Brother Big Bird a copy of the Three Character True Classic and learned about the Devil Emperor before teaching Han Yan'er from the book.
• Yang Zhen and Han Yan'er fought through Devil Cultivator camps on their way to the Three Flowers Holy Land, where they found no sign of Devil Qi.
• A powerful Divine Sense attacked Yang Zhen, and he realized it belonged to the resurrected Empress Fengyu.
• Yang Zhen entered the Three Flowers Holy Land with Han Yan'er and reunited with Nine Dragons Saint Venerable, Hua Youyue, Mei Wuhua, and the others.
• Empress Fengyu said she had driven off a Devil Cultivator who investigated the holy land with Divine Sense.
• The Three Flowers Holy Maiden told Yang Zhen that no one from White Cloud Mountain had arrived, and his expression changed with concern.

Yang Zhen feared the Shangyuan Sect had been caught by Devil Cultivators and prepared to search the Great Wilderness for them. Liu Ruoning and the others arrived safely at the Three Flowers Holy Land after a Devil Venerable named Shuya spared them because of Yang Zhen’s reputation, and Shuya’s presence emerged from the token he had given them.

• Yang Zhen insisted on searching for the missing people from White Cloud Mountain, but Empress Fengyu sensed newcomers approaching.
• Yang Zhen recognized Liu Ruoning and the Shangyuan Sect procession and rushed to welcome them at the Three Flowers Holy Land.
• Liu Ruoning and Gou Shengtian told Yang Zhen that Devil Cultivators had captured them and nearly killed them during their journey.
• Lu Chenghui explained that Devil Venerable Shuya had released the group and given them a token after hearing Yang Zhen’s name.
• Yang Zhen recognized Shuya’s name on the token, which shattered and released a stream of Devil Qi that took human form.

Yang Zhen and the Three Flowers Holy Land dealt with the aftermath of the Devil Cultivators’ attack, while Hua Youyue warned that the Demonic Sect could produce an Emperor Realm expert. When the Seven Luminaries Sect came seeking Yang Zhen, he first rejected their approach, then decided to meet them and welcomed Sect Master Rong Hexuan with polished courtesy.

• Yang Zhen realized Shuya had saved the people of White Cloud Mountain partly to avoid provoking Empress Fengyu, and he accepted the favor despite joking about their future fight.
• Mei Wuhua helped the people of White Cloud Mountain settle and rebuild the Shangyuan Sect within the Three Flowers Holy Land, where they quickly integrated with its disciples.
• Hua Youyue warned that Devil Cultivators in the Central Court might find an opportunity to enter the Emperor Realm, and Empress Fengyu said they should worry about a Devil Emperor emerging from the Demonic Sect.
• Mei Wuhua told Hua Youyue that the Seven Luminaries Sect had arrived to see Yang Zhen, and Yang Zhen first said he wanted nothing to do with them before changing his mind and going to meet them.
• Yang Zhen greeted Sect Master Rong Hexuan and the other visitors with warm courtesy, impressing Hua Youyue and reassuring Mei Wuhua.

Yang Zhen discussed the Devil Cultivators’ invasion with Rong Hexuan, sect master of the Seven Luminaries Sect, and revealed a rumor about the Devil Emperor’s inheritance at Slug Bank Mountain. Rong Hexuan said the rumor was likely true because Devil Venerable Shuya and Chen Xiaotian had already destroyed several sects there.

• Rong Hexuan introduced himself and said the Seven Luminaries Sect wanted to join forces with the Three Flowers Holy Land against the Devil Cultivators.
• Yang Zhen said the Devil Cultivators should be stopped, but interrupted Rong Hexuan before he could thank him.
• Yang Zhen explained that the Three Flowers Holy Land was recuperating and intended to reach Slug Bank Mountain before the Devil Cultivators to search for the Devil Emperor’s inheritance.
• Rong Hexuan said the rumor was likely true because Shuya and Chen Xiaotian had wiped out several sects on Slug Bank Mountain, where Devil Cultivators were gathering.

Yang Zhen negotiated with Rong Hexuan over the Devil Emperor’s inheritance at Slug Bank Mountain, securing a large supply of purple crystals and arranging reconnaissance and widespread news of the inheritance. As the two discussed their plans, the empress suddenly called to Yang Zhen.

• Yang Zhen told Rong Hexuan that the Three Flowers Holy Land would avoid the Devil Emperor’s inheritance and focus on its own development, while warning that Slug Bank Mountain was dangerous.
• Rong Hexuan agreed to give Yang Zhen as many purple crystals as he needed.
• Elder Shu volunteered to investigate Slug Bank Mountain and vanished to begin gathering information.
• Yang Zhen asked Rong Hexuan to spread news of the inheritance, and Rong Hexuan promised it would reach the entire Great Wilderness before the next day ended.
• Yang Zhen heard the empress faintly calling to him and was startled.

Empress Fengyu asked Yang Zhen to retrieve a copy of a Devil Emperor’s Life-Bound Devil Runes from Slug Bank Mountain and gave him a feather for protection. As preparations began, Shameless Cat insisted on joining the expedition, and Yang Zhen gave it the name Harry Potter Bieda.

• Empress Fengyu told Yang Zhen to bring back a rubbing or copy of the Devil Emperor’s Life-Bound Devil Runes and warned him to avoid the Devil Cultivator’s inheritance.
• Empress Fengyu gave Yang Zhen a feather, and she was surprised when he passed through her restriction without breaking it.
• Yang Zhen returned to the Three Flowers Holy Land, where Rong Hexuan said more people would arrive before the group traveled to Slug Bank Mountain.
• Yang Zhen spent two days preparing while Shameless Cat and Flirtatious Chicken followed him around.
• Shameless Cat declared it would join the expedition, and Yang Zhen named it Harry Potter Bieda.

Yang Zhen set out for Slug Bank Mountain with Nine Dragons Saint Venerable to seek the Devil Emperor's legacy, while the Great Wilderness remained unsettled after the Demonic Sect's rise. On the way, they encountered a Heaven-Splitting Ox carrying a hundred people and a commanding woman in a phoenix crown, and Yang Zhen winked at her.

• Yang Zhen left for Slug Bank Mountain with Nine Dragons Saint Venerable, taking Shameless Cat, Flirtatious Chicken, and the Heaven-Swallowing Hou along while Hua Youyue and Han Yan'er stayed behind.
• Yang Zhen saw cultivators and sect alliances heading toward Slug Bank Mountain to seek the Devil Emperor's legacy as Devil Cultivators held the Demonic Sect's territory.
• The Heaven-Swallowing Hou roared in response to another beast, and Nine Dragons Saint Venerable identified the newcomer as a Heaven-Splitting Ox from the Savage Wilderness era.
• Yang Zhen learned that the Heaven-Splitting Ox had less than a tenth of its former strength and that the juvenile Heaven-Swallowing Hou could match it.
• Yang Zhen and Nine Dragons Saint Venerable noticed a hundred people atop the Heaven-Splitting Ox, led by a tall woman in purple robes and a phoenix crown.
• Yang Zhen tried to show off before the woman, failed to summon any kingly presence, and winked at her when she looked his way.

Yang Zhen met the Empress of the Su Emperor Palace and provoked her retinue while trying to learn about their path to the Emperor Realm. He left after the old woman revealed that they cultivated by severing emotions and desires.

• Nine Dragons Saint Venerable identified the woman riding a Heaven-Splitting Ox as the Empress of the Su Emperor Palace, whose Great Emperors were rumored to become Emperor Realm experts.
• Yang Zhen greeted the Empress and argued with her old attendant about his irreverent temperament and unconventional approach to cultivation.
• Yang Zhen spoke of pursuing the Dao freely, and a thunderclap accompanied his words as the Empress watched him closely.
• The old woman explained that their method required severing emotions and desires before the Empress stopped her.
• Yang Zhen rode away on the Heaven-Swallowing Hou, and Nine Dragons Saint Venerable realized he had coaxed the old woman into revealing the secret.

Yang Zhen dismissed the Su Emperor Palace’s emotion-severing method, then noticed unusual heaven and earth ahead. The Su Emperor Palace group tried to break an illusion blocking their way to Slug Bank Mountain, only to discover Yang Zhen and his companions had already entered.

• Yang Zhen argued with the Shameless Cat and the Nine Dragons Saint Venerable about why the Su Emperor Palace cultivated Emperor Realm powerhouses by severing emotion and desire.
• Yang Zhen noticed something unusual in the surrounding heaven and earth and urged Little Tuntun to slow down.
• The granny on the Heaven-Splitting Ox complained about Yang Zhen, while the empress urged her to avoid trouble as they sought the Devil Emperor’s Devil Pattern Origin.
• The granny attacked the mountains and rivers ahead, but her strike shattered them without dispelling the spatial chaos.
• The empress and the granny forbade the group from destroying the area, warning that it could bring Heavenly Punishment.
• The middle-aged man revealed that Yang Zhen and his companions had slipped into the chaos, demonstrating, “Whoosh, and in they went!”

Yang Zhen and his companions fought the scorpion guarding Chen Xiaotian’s Mountain and River Restriction, combining Netherworld Karmic Fire and Flirtatious Chicken’s Golden Crow Fire to destroy it. The restriction broke while Granny was still preparing to breach it, leaving the middle-aged man wondering whether to wake her.

• Granny became furious when she learned the Heaven-Swallowing Hou had entered the restriction without resistance, then began preparing to break it and ordered everyone not to disturb her.
• Inside the restriction, Nine Dragons Saint Venerable identified the illusory scorpion as part of an Earth Treasury Forbidden Technique created by Chen Xiaotian and warned the group not to advance recklessly.
• Yang Zhen decided to attack the scorpion with Netherworld Karmic Fire, while Flirtatious Chicken joined him by unleashing Golden Crow Fire through Yang Zhen’s Taiji Diagram.
• The combined flames overwhelmed the scorpion and broke the Mountain and River Restriction.
• The middle-aged man realized the restriction had broken while Granny was still preparing and hesitated over whether to wake her.

Grandma learned that the Earth Treasury Mountain and River Forbidden Technique had vanished and pursued Yang Zhen, suspecting he had merely been lucky. Yang Zhen revealed that he had severed the Heavenly Scorpion’s divine soul connection and wondered how to eat the captured scorpion.

• The empress told Grandma that the restriction had vanished, and Grandma ordered the Heaven-Splitting Ox to pursue Yang Zhen.
• Grandma explained that breaking the restriction should have required destroying the Heavenly Scorpion, and wondered why the technique had ended on its own.
• The Nine Dragons Saint Venerable and Shameless Cat questioned Yang Zhen about the palm-sized Heavenly Scorpion.
• Yang Zhen admitted that he had severed the scorpion’s divine soul connection, then wondered how to eat it.
• Shameless Cat suggested eating the scorpion like a mantis shrimp, leaving the Nine Dragons Holy Race stunned by Yang Zhen’s feat.

Venerable Lord Chen Xiaotian and Devil Venerable Shuya waited on Slug Bank Mountain, confident that Chen Xiaotian’s Earth Treasury Heavenly Restriction would delay the Dao cultivators while they searched for the Heavenly Moon Devil Emperor’s legacy. After someone stole Chen Xiaotian’s Heavenly Scorpion, he flew off in a rage, and Shuya followed, laughing; they then charged into a group that included Granny, the empress, and newly arrived cultivators.

• Chen Xiaotian told Shuya that his Earth Treasury Heavenly Restriction would hold back the Dao cultivators for at least ten days while the Devil Cultivators searched for the emperor’s tomb.
• Chen Xiaotian sensed that his thousand-year-refined Heavenly Scorpion had been stolen and flew away, roaring for it to be returned.
• Shuya ordered the Devil Cultivators to guard the emperor’s tomb, then chased after Chen Xiaotian while laughing uncontrollably.
• Granny and the others stared in disbelief at the shattered restriction after Yang Zhen and his companions had already entered Slug Bank Mountain.
• A group of cultivators arrived and recognized the empress of the Su Emperor Palace, but Chen Xiaotian’s black dragon-shaped Devil Qi swept toward them as he demanded his Heavenly Scorpion back.

Chen Xiaotian attacked the Su Emperor Palace after discovering his Heavenly Scorpion had been destroyed, and Lu Peng’s arrival escalated the clash into a devastating battle. Meanwhile, Yang Zhen detected the fight and decided to head for the Emperor’s Tomb while the factions were occupied.

• The Su Emperor Palace formed an array, but Chen Xiaotian’s black dragon struck down the old woman as he demanded to know who had destroyed his Heavenly Scorpion.
• Lu Peng backed the Su Emperor Palace, prompting Chen Xiaotian to unleash his Heavenly Devil Transformation and the old woman to activate the Underground Palace Ascends to Heaven array.
• Chen Xiaotian and the Su Emperor Palace fought fiercely, and the battle grew more devastating when Devil Venerable Shuya arrived.
• Yang Zhen used his soul power to survey Slug Bank Mountain and discovered the old woman fighting a black-clad man wielding a giant scorpion.
• Yang Zhen, Shameless Cat, and Nine Dragons Saint Venerable identified the man as Chen Xiaotian and agreed to head for the Emperor’s Tomb while the others fought.