Chapter Summaries

Qin Yi summoned Song Qi, whose sword shattered the Heavenly Demon Great Array and enabled the righteous forces to retreat, though the demonic army pursued them. At the Eight Gods Pavilion camp, the grand elder learned of heavy casualties, admitted the battle was lost to her Senior Brother, and watched the Jade Slip turn to powder.

• Qin Yi used Cangyuan to summon Song Qi, who appeared above the Azure Seclusion Plain and challenged Bai Junhao.
• Song Qi gathered the swords across the battlefield into a giant blade, broke Bai Junhao’s attack, and shattered the Heavenly Demon Great Array.
• The grand elder ordered the righteous disciples to retreat while the elders struck at the demonic army; Qin Yi killed a demonic cultivator and fled with the others.
• Bai Junhao ordered the demonic cultivators to pursue and kill the retreating righteous disciples for fifty li.
• An Eight Gods Pavilion deacon reported hundreds of dead or missing disciples and severe losses among the elders, and the grand elder told her Senior Brother they had lost the battle before the Jade Slip turned to powder.

After the first battle devastated both sides, the demonic path withdrew after Song Qi challenged its Holy Lord, and the two sides agreed to a decisive battle in ten years. The righteous sects returned home to prepare, while the demonic elders received the Holy Lord’s promise of future rewards.

• The righteous sect elders debated whether to continue fighting or retreat until a deacon reported that the demonic path had withdrawn.
• The elders learned that Song Qi had challenged the demonic path’s Holy Lord at the Sacred Altar, leading to a ten-year ceasefire and an agreement to fight a decisive battle then.
• The great elder told the Eight Gods Pavilion disciples that they had lost the battle and that the sect would open its resources to help them prepare for the final war.
• Bai Junhao and the demonic path elders met with the Holy Lord, who gave Bai Junhao a Nascent Soul Breaking Pill as a reward.
• The Holy Lord promised the demonic elders that their forces would grow stronger over the next ten years and that they would be rewarded after the righteous path was destroyed.

Qin Yi received a red Flame Cloud Fruit from the Grand Elder after the battle and learned that a high-ranking traitor had betrayed the righteous path. Three days later, the survivors returned to the Eight Gods Pavilion, where they were urged to prepare for revenge in the decisive battle ten years away.

• The Grand Elder praised Qin Yi for his role in the battle and gave him a red Flame Cloud Fruit to help refine his spiritual power and advance his cultivation.
• The Grand Elder warned Qin Yi that a high-ranking traitor had exposed the righteous path's movements and might even be inside the Eight Gods Pavilion.
• Qin Yi recognized that his position as the pavilion master's personal disciple could make him a target and resolved to strengthen himself.
• The flying ship reached Eight Gods Pavilion territory three days later, and the returning disciples mourned those who had not survived.
• The survivors were welcomed back and told to recover their strength for the next battle and their eventual revenge.

Qin Yi returned to the bamboo grove, where Grandmaster Cangsong appeared to test his cultivation and combat ability. Qin Yi unleashed his strongest attacks, and the chapter ended with his lightning dragon charging into the smoke around Cangsong.

• Qin Yi left the Eight Gods Pavilion after its elders were summoned to Purple Myrtle Peak.
• Qin Yi recognized the old man who ambushed him in the bamboo grove as Grandmaster Cangsong, the pavilion’s supreme elder and Song Qi’s martial uncle.
• Cangsong told Qin Yi that Song Qi had asked him to test Qin Yi and demanded that Qin Yi attack with all his might.
• Qin Yi charged Cangsong with Cangyuan, but Cangsong easily dodged his spear and sent him flying with a flick of his finger.
• Qin Yi unleashed Nine Shas, Mysterious Fire, then transformed Cangyuan into a lightning dragon and sent it into the smoke around Cangsong.

Cangsong explained why Central Province cultivators had an advantage and revealed how Bai Junhao acquired Buddhist Vajra before being branded a fiend by the righteous sects. He left Qin Yi with the account of the pressure that forced the Eight Gods Pavilion to confront its former disciple.

• Cangsong told Qin Yi that Central Province cultivators benefited from more complete Principles and far richer cultivation environments.
• Cangsong said Qin Yi’s master had taught him Buddhist Vajra to strengthen his meridians, and that she had followed a path he once took.
• Cangsong revealed that Bai Junhao brought Buddhist Vajra back after defeating the Buddhist son in a duel at Heavenly Peace Peak.
• Cangsong recounted that the Buddhist son was later crippled and rumors spread that Bai Junhao had suffered Qi Deviation.
• Cangsong said the Heavenly Buddha Temple and other sects demanded Bai Junhao’s execution, while the Clear Bathing Palace alone did not join them.

Cangsong recounted how Bai Junhao defected after the immortal sects stripped him of his cultivation, then passed the Jade-Shattering Spear technique to Qin Yi. Song Qi told Qin Yi that the Eight Gods Pavilion would open its resources to him, but required him to reach Golden Core within ten years and lead its disciples into the decisive battle.

• Decades earlier, the immortal sects stripped Bai Junhao of his cultivation, and he crushed a token to escape through a vortex after Cangsong warned him of the decision.
• The next day, the Eight Gods Pavilion learned that Bai Junhao had defected to the demonic path, and Cangsong later explained that he had replaced the pavilion's barriers.
• Cangsong passed the Jade-Shattering Spear technique to Qin Yi, who spent the day absorbing it and recognized how it strengthened his close-combat spear work.
• Song Qi told Qin Yi that Cangsong had assigned him to reach Golden Core within ten years and lead the Eight Gods Pavilion's disciples into the decisive battle.
• Song Qi gave Qin Yi a Flame Cloud Fruit, and Qin Yi accepted the task and resolved to make full use of the pavilion's resources.

Qin Yi broke through to the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage as Song Qi prepared to open the Azure Dragon Secret Realm for the disciples. Meanwhile, Bai Junhao set the demonic path’s plans in motion and told Ye Gong to strengthen his position while he pursued a breakthrough to the Nascent Soul stage.

• Qin Yi used the Flame Cloud Fruits during cultivation, broke through to the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage, and improved his control over flames.
• Song Qi summoned Qin Yi, the elders, and their disciples to the main hall and announced that the Azure Dragon Secret Realm would open in three days.
• An elder questioned opening the realm less than five years after the Black Tortoise Secret Realm had opened, but Song Qi cited the grand elder’s order and received no further objections.
• Bai Junhao told Ye Gong that he would enter seclusion to break through to the Nascent Soul stage and instructed him to use the demonic path’s resources to reach the Golden Core stage and watch the elders.

Qin Yi entered the Azure Dragon Secret Realm determined to obtain its inheritance, despite Song Qi warning him that rival disciples might target him. He ambushed and killed Xiao Tianyou, an inner disciple seeking revenge for an old grudge.

• Song Qi warned Qin Yi that powerful disciples might attack him in the secret realm, and Qin Yi said he would kill anyone who tried to kill him.
• Three days later, Song Qi and the elders opened the Azure Dragon Secret Realm, and the Eight Gods Pavilion disciples entered for a six-month trial.
• Qin Yi traveled into the forest and laid formation flags after Xiao Tianyou pursued him.
• Xiao Tianyou introduced himself as the seventh-ranked inner disciple and revealed that he blamed Lan Xuan for taking his opportunity five years earlier.
• Qin Yi trapped Xiao Tianyou with poisonous vines, took his sword, and stabbed him through the heart.

Qin Yi killed Xiao Tianyou and used the jade slip linked to him to lure Zhao Zhongtian into a fight with an Iron-Armored Giant Crocodile. While the crocodile chased Zhao Zhongtian away, Qin Yi took the Clear Heart Lotus and fled, drawing the attention of a mysterious cultivator.

• Qin Yi killed Xiao Tianyou, took his belongings, and burned his body before leaving.
• The elders at Purple Myrtle Peak saw Xiao Tianyou’s soul jade shatter and realized someone had died inside the Azure Dragon Secret Realm.
• Qin Yi found an Iron-Armored Giant Crocodile guarding a nearly mature Clear Heart Lotus and crushed Xiao Tianyou’s jade slip to summon Zhao Zhongtian.
• Qin Yi disguised himself as Xiao Tianyou and used Beast Soul Incense to provoke the crocodile into attacking Zhao Zhongtian, who fled from the beast.
• Qin Yi picked the Clear Heart Lotus, stored it in a jade box, and escaped as a mysterious cultivator arrived and watched the direction he had gone.

After stabilizing his cultivation, Qin Yi disrupted a fight between Liu Xiaoxiao’s group and Zhao Wuya’s by stealing their spirit medicine and wounding Zhao Wuya. Zhao Wuya blamed Xiao Tianyou and retreated, while Liu Xiaoxiao reflected on how much her group depended on Lan Xuan’s protection.

• Qin Yi finished refining the Clear Heart Lotus, stabilized his cultivation at the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage, and learned from Hong She about a nearby fight over spirit medicine.
• Liu Xiaoxiao and Zhao Wuya argued over a medicinal herb field before their groups broke into battle, with Zhao Wuya’s side gaining the upper hand.
• Qin Yi used Hong She’s illusion to trap both groups and took all the spirit medicine, then tried to have Hong She extract Zhao Wuya’s soul.
• A golden light injured Hong She and freed Zhao Wuya, so Qin Yi attacked him with Cangyuan and fled after leaving a long wound across his chest.
• Liu Xiaoxiao attacked Zhao Wuya after waking, forcing him to retreat with his group while he mistook Qin Yi for Xiao Tianyou.
• After the fight, Liu Xiaoxiao told Ling'er that she had overestimated her group’s strength and that they had relied on Lan Xuan’s reputation.