Chapter Summaries

After Shen Yun and Ao Cang ended their exchange of the Dao as friends, the White Tiger Envoy, Jin Haoyang, and Li Tianxing ambushed Shen Yun. Shen Yun turned back their attacks, killed Jin Haoyang with one strike, and faced the remaining attackers.

• Ao Cang praised Shen Yun’s Creation Divine Form and left to enter seclusion after they agreed to meet again.
• The White Tiger Envoy, Jin Haoyang, and Li Tianxing attacked Shen Yun by surprise, and the White Tiger Envoy wounded Ao Cang when he tried to intervene.
• Shen Yun stopped the White Tiger Envoy’s sword with two fingers, severed the attacker’s arm with its returning sword energy, and blocked Jin Haoyang and Li Tianxing’s strikes with his thirty-six Immortal Principles.
• Shen Yun formed a Profound Yellow Seal and crushed Jin Haoyang’s Golden Crows and body, killing him outright.

Shen Yun killed Jin Haoyang with one strike, forcing the Demon Race leaders into panic as Gu Hanzhou, Azure Dragon, and other powers moved to trap them. After revealing his Earth Formation Master abilities and joining his fivefold magic power, Shen Yun launched an overwhelming attack on Li Tianxing and the White Tiger Envoy.

• Shen Yun scattered the clouds with his blood energy and killed Jin Haoyang in a single strike, shocking the spectators and Demon Race leaders.
• Gu Hanzhou and Azure Dragon blocked the Kun Clan Old Ancestor and Golden Peng Patriarch while other powerful figures joined them, but the Qiongqi Patriarch escaped.
• The Qiongqi Patriarch fled beyond the Eastern Sea Region and decided to surrender to Shen Yun after abandoning hope for the Demon Race.
• Shen Yun told the injured Ao Cang to recover, then faced Li Tianxing and the White Tiger Envoy as their attack left them humiliated and wary.
• Shen Yun summoned an array of Divine Beast phantoms, revealing that he had held back his full strength, then merged his fivefold magic power and surged toward his two opponents.

Shen Yun discovered that the White Tiger Envoy was Xiao Po Jun, a sword prodigy whom the Heart Demon Emperor had refined into an incarnation. As the Envoy revealed the might of his ninety Slaughter Immortal Principles, Gu Hanzhou faced the truth about his father’s killer and Senior Brother, while Li Tianxing quietly gathered power.

• Shen Yun’s sword wounded the White Tiger Envoy, whose Immortal Sword manifested a holy spirit phantom that blocked the fatal strike.
• Ao Cang recognized that the Envoy was borrowing his own Dao fruit, and Gu Hanzhou identified the phantom as the lost Army Breaker Dharma Form.
• Shen Yun concluded that the White Tiger Envoy was an external incarnation refined by the Heart Demon Emperor.
• Ao Cang revealed that the incarnation was Xiao Po Jun, the Lone Swan Sword Immortal’s disciple, whom the Heart Demon Emperor had turned into a puppet.
• The White Tiger Envoy unleashed ninety Slaughter Immortal Principles, while Li Tianxing stood aside and began quietly raising his aura.

Shen Yun fought the White Tiger Envoy while the other cultivators learned Xiao Po Jun’s incarnation could battle Mahayana cultivators. After the Demon Race giants were wiped out, Shen Yun revealed Mahayana-level power and destroyed the White Tiger Envoy’s incarnation with one punch.

• The White Tiger Envoy attacked Shen Yun with his Slaughter Immortal Principles, but Shen Yun evaded and deflected the blood chains using the Kunpeng Treasure Technique and refined combat skill.
• Azure Dragon revealed that Xiao Po Jun had once fought a Mahayana cultivator for thirty moves, while the White Tiger Envoy struggled to sustain his incarnation’s strength.
• The White Tiger Envoy’s attack aftershock struck the Golden Peng Patriarch, killing him and leaving the Qiongqi Patriarch as the only surviving Demon Race giant.
• Gu Hanzhou and the other human giants returned in triumph, but Ao Cang and Gu Hanzhou warned that they could not safely join Shen Yun’s battle.
• The White Tiger Envoy burned his Immortal Principles in a final attack, and Shen Yun revealed thirty-six Primordial Chaos Laws and struck with the True Meaning of Creation, annihilating the incarnation.

After the White Tiger Envoy fell, Gu Hanzhou mourned Xiao and renewed his resolve, then broke through to condense ten new Immortal Principles. On Godsfall Island, Fang Tianyi revealed that Shen Yun had slain a Half-Immortal avatar and promised that Shen Yun would come to Immortal Island within a hundred years to test whether Golden Crow Supreme could break him.

• Gu Hanzhou mourned Xiao, vowed to carry on the Lone Swan Sword Sect's mission, and condensed ten new Immortal Principles.
• Gu Hanzhou asked whether Shen Yun could fight a true Mahayana Realm expert, and Ao Cang said Shen Yun excelled at making the impossible ordinary.
• Immortal Lord of Heavenly Secrets reacted to the White Tiger Envoy's fall while reinforcing the Heavenly Road on Godsfall Island.
• Fang Tianyi told the Immortal Lords that Shen Yun had slain a Half-Immortal avatar, shocking them with his disciple's strength.
• Golden Crow Supreme warned that excessive sharpness could lead to a fall, and Fang Tianyi said Shen Yun would come to Immortal Island within a hundred years to see whether Golden Crow Supreme could break him.

Fang Tianyi dismissed the threat posed by Immortal Lord of Heavenly Secrets and continued absorbing Immortal Qi as the Gravekeeper predicted his rapid advance. In the Starfire Archipelago, Li Tianxing awakened his True Spirit and challenged Shen Yun, but Shen Yun’s Five Elements Divine Ability swallowed him.

• Fang Tianyi sensed that Immortal Lord of Heavenly Secrets held a hidden contingency, then closed his eyes and absorbed Immortal Qi.
• The Gravekeeper predicted that Fang Tianyi would reach the Late Mahayana realm before the era ended and declared that the Heavenly Road was his only concern.
• Li Tianxing revealed his transformed power and awakened his True Spirit, drawing the attention of Gu Hanzhou and Ao Cang.
• Shen Yun attacked Li Tianxing while he was gathering strength, forcing him to evade the sword formation with a mysterious Dao Diagram.
• Shen Yun unleashed an Innate Five Elements Divine Ability that engulfed Li Tianxing and silenced him.

Shen Yun used the Great Five Elements Dao to overwhelm Li Tianxing, but Li Tianxing survived and revealed overwhelming speed through his sword technique. After calculating the truth behind Li Tianxing’s power, Shen Yun declared that he was a reincarnated divine power.

• Ao Cang and the Hall Master of Heavenly Secrets praised Shen Yun’s mastery of the Dao of Calculation as he unleashed the Five-Colored Divine Sea.
• Young Master Feng insulted Shen Yun, and the gathered cultivators beat him until he was forced to kneel and repent.
• Shen Yun’s Great Five Elements Dao flooded the heavens for nearly half an hour, but Li Tianxing broke through the divine sea and emerged alive.
• Shen Yun ended the attack, and Li Tianxing struck with Army Breaker at extraordinary speed, cutting Shen Yun’s arm before the wound healed.
• Shen Yun used the Wisdom Wheel to examine Li Tianxing’s sword strike and declared that Li Tianxing was a divine power reincarnated into human form.

Li Tianxing revealed himself as the Great Freedom Sky-Walking Divine Ability, created by a Golden Immortal, and demanded Shen Yun hand over his Profound Immortal Divine Ability. Their battle began, and despite Li Tianxing's superior speed, Shen Yun's cultivation steadily rose until the advantage shifted in his favor.

• Gu Hanzhou and the other spectators realized Li Tianxing was a divine ability that had taken physical form, while Young Master Feng explained his origin and boasted of his power.
• Blade Demon slapped Young Master Feng when he suspected him of plotting, and Young Master Feng hid his hatred while pretending to obey.
• Li Tianxing demanded Shen Yun surrender the Profound Immortal Divine Ability, but Shen Yun mocked him for relying on another's Dao Fruit.
• Li Tianxing unleashed the Great Freedom Sky-Walking Divine Ability and fought Shen Yun with his sword at overwhelming speed.
• The spectators noticed Shen Yun's cultivation rising during the battle, and Li Tianxing shouted in shock as the advantage quietly turned against him.

Shen Yun turned the duel around by refining Primordial Chaos Force into thirteen more Immortal Principles and overwhelming Li Tianxing. Li Tianxing unleashed a terrifying golden law, and Shen Yun plunged into its flames to demand its source.

• Shen Yun struck Li Tianxing with the True Meaning of Freedom, piercing his right palm and revealing his growing mastery.
• Li Tianxing realized Shen Yun had used their battle to temper his laws and had condensed thirteen more Immortal Principles.
• Shen Yun shattered Li Tianxing's advantage in a sword clash, damaging his sword and seriously injuring him.
• Young Master Feng panicked as Shen Yun continued to beat Li Tianxing, who was left bloodied and barely able to defend himself.
• Li Tianxing ignited golden flames infused with a powerful law, turning the battlefield into a blazing purgatory.
• Shen Yun dismissed Li Tianxing's boasts and charged into the golden flames, demanding that he hand them over.

Shen Yun killed Li Tianxing, claimed the Golden Immortal Law, and became renowned as the strongest person under heaven. The world celebrated his victory and expected lasting peace until news arrived that three Divine Beast races had been wiped out overnight.

• Shen Yun defeated Li Tianxing with a single punch, ending the Spiritual Power Reincarnation.
• The arena celebrated Shen Yun's victory, while Young Master Feng collapsed in despair.
• Shen Yun subdued the golden flames and claimed the Golden Immortal Law.
• News of Shen Yun's rise to Heaven-Treading Ranking First spread across the Eight Desolations and Six Harmonies, and visitors flocked to Danxia Island.
• Before three autumns passed, the Kun Clan, Taotie, and Golden-winged Great Peng were reported exterminated overnight.

Bodhi Pill Lord visited Danxia Island amid panic over the destruction of three Divine Beast clans and found the Qiongqi Patriarch pleading to join Shen Yun’s side. The Qiongqi Patriarch began recounting the bloody attack he had witnessed, leaving the cause of the clans’ destruction unresolved.

• Cultivators speculated about who had destroyed the Kun Clan, Taotie, and Golden-winged Great Peng, while many fled to the Starfire Archipelago for protection.
• Bodhi Pill Lord struggled to manage the influx of cultivators at the Starfire Archipelago and resolved to find a successor for the Pill Alliance.
• Bodhi Pill Lord traveled to Danxia Island to meet Shen Yun and learned that the Qiongqi Patriarch had knelt outside for three days asking to abandon darkness and turn toward the light.
• Bodhi Pill Lord entered the Reception Hall and saw the Qiongqi Patriarch and his elders behaving deferentially toward Shen Yun.
• Shen Yun asked what had happened during the attack, and the Qiongqi Patriarch said he had seen a bloody glow kill fleeing Golden Peng demons before he escaped with his clan.

The Golden Crow Clan faced a mysterious woman who dismantled its defenses and overwhelmed its forces, prompting its elders to awaken the Fusang Divine Tree. The Innate Blood Demon then appeared and slaughtered the remaining Golden Crows, while the demon venerables recognized the woman as the Heart Demon Emperor.

• Demon Venerable Zongtian and Demon Venerable Fuhai rallied the Golden Crow Clan after the Great Sun Golden Crow Formation began to fail.
• The mysterious woman effortlessly evaded the Golden Crow army's attacks and destroyed the formation.
• Several Tribulation Crossing elders sacrificed themselves to awaken the Fusang Divine Tree and unleash its ultimate Great Sun Golden Flame.
• The Innate Blood Demon emerged and drained the life essence of the Golden Crow great yao, leaving them as withered corpses.
• Demon Venerable Zongtian and Demon Venerable Fuhai recognized the blood attacker as the Innate Blood Demon and suspected the mysterious woman was the Heart Demon Emperor.

The Heart Demon Emperor’s identity as the source of the Immortal Lord of Heavenly Secrets was revealed as she and an Innate Blood Demon plotted the Nine Nether’s invasion. She warned that Shen Yun threatened their plans, and they turned their attention to Qilin Cliff.

• The Innate Blood Demon drained the two Demon Venerables and surviving Golden Crow Clan members of their blood qi.
• The Heart Demon Emperor’s severed Dharma Body was revealed to be the Immortal Lord of Heavenly Secrets, created after the Heart Demon Emperor withdrew to the Nine Nether to recover from her wounds.
• The Heart Demon Emperor predicted that Xuanmen would collapse in eighty years, but insisted the invasion must be moved forward by fifty years because of Shen Yun.
• The Innate Blood Demon discussed which clans could aid their plans, while the Heart Demon Emperor ruled out a direct confrontation with Ao Cang.
• The Heart Demon Emperor and the Innate Blood Demon turned their attention to Qilin Cliff.

After learning that the Golden Crow Clan had been attacked, Shen Yun used his deduction art to view the devastation on Fusang Immortal Island, but the Immortal Lord of Heavenly Secrets interrupted him. The Qiongqi Clan pledged allegiance to Shen Yun, who then concluded that the Qilin Clan would be the next target.

• Lin Baicao reported that flames and baleful qi had appeared over Fusang Immortal Island, suggesting a brutal battle had taken place.
• Shen Yun recreated a scene of the burning island with his deduction art, but a dark figure sensed him and shattered the vision.
• Shen Yun identified the Immortal Lord of Heavenly Secrets as the one who had interrupted his deduction.
• The Qiongqi Patriarch and Qiongqi Elders pledged the Qiongqi Clan's allegiance to Shen Yun.
• Bodhi Pill Lord agreed to let the Qiongqi Clan settle on Star Glow Isle, and the Qiongqi Patriarch promised to provide resources.
• Shen Yun concluded that the Qilin Clan would be the Immortal Lord of Heavenly Secrets' next target.

Shen Yun left to investigate the calamity that had destroyed several divine beast clans, while Qilin Cliff prepared for an attack. As the spirit beasts fled and a blood-red barrier engulfed the cliff, a mysterious voice offered to take them back.

• Shen Yun entrusted the Qiongqi Clan arrangements to Lin Baicao and departed after promising Bodhi Pill Lord that cultivators would leave the Starfire Archipelago when he returned.
• At Qilin Cliff, Lin Qingyue reassured frightened spirit beasts that the Patriarch and First Elder could defend the clan, though she worried about the force that had destroyed the Golden Crow Clan and others.
• The First Elder sounded Qilin Cliff's highest-level guard bell and ordered the clan to gather at the summit, so Lin Qingyue told the spirit beasts to flee while she rushed to the ancestral land.
• As Qilin Clan members escorted the spirit beasts away, a great enemy struck Qilin Cliff and surrounded it with scarlet bloodlight.
• The jade rabbit girl decided to return to Qilin Cliff, and a gentle voice offered to take the spirit beasts back.

Mr. Shen arrived and took Jade Rabbit to Qilin Cliff as the Heart Demon Emperor and Innate Blood Demon attacked the Qilin Clan. Qi Yuan fought to protect his clan but was gravely wounded after a single exchange, leaving Qilin Cliff on the brink of collapse.

• Mr. Shen took Jade Rabbit back to Qilin Cliff, while the other spirit beasts waited with confidence in his arrival.
• Qi Yuan recognized the Heart Demon Emperor and watched her attack the Qilin Clan's Mountain Protecting Formation alongside the Innate Blood Demon.
• The nine elders and Qilin Clan members activated the Nine Tribulation Tower, but the Innate Blood Demon's bloodline-powered sabers crippled the formation and injured the clan members.
• Qi Yuan vowed to hold off both Devil Masters and told the First Elder to lead the survivors to safety if he fell.
• Qi Yuan charged out to fight the Innate Blood Demon, but the Blood Demon Sabers tore through his defenses and left him gravely wounded.

Qi Yuan was nearly killed by the Innate Blood Demon before a hidden formation trapped the two Devil Masters. Shen Yun arrived and struck the Innate Blood Demon with a Five-Colored Divine Sea, leaving the Heart Demon Emperor facing him.

• The Innate Blood Demon attacked Qi Yuan with a demonic hand, but the Heart Demon Emperor sensed danger and warned him to retreat.
• The Devil Masters fled into a hidden formation that strengthened Qilin Cliff’s defenses and trapped them within ten thousand miles.
• The Innate Blood Demon and Heart Demon Emperor combined their power to break a hole through the formation.
• A Five-Colored Divine Sea surged through the breach and slammed the Innate Blood Demon into the formation wall.
• Shen Yun descended before the formation, and the Heart Demon Emperor recognized him.

Shen Yun revealed that he had secretly set up the Covering Sky Great Formation to trap the Heart Demon Emperor and the Innate Blood Demon, then attacked the Blood Demon with overwhelming force. The Blood Demon was left grievously wounded, while Shen Yun and the allied clans prepared to continue the battle.

• Jade Rabbit told Qi Yuan that Shen Yun had brought her back and had secretly prepared the formation to trap the enemies.
• Qi Yuan praised Shen Yun’s foresight and led the nine First Elders away to prepare support.
• Shen Yun restored the damaged formation, and the Heart Demon Emperor realized he had anticipated her plan.
• Shen Yun charged the Innate Blood Demon and struck him with a punch that forced the Heart Demon Emperor to intervene.
• Shen Yun broke through the Heart Demon Emperor’s Thirty-Six Star Rivers, tore off the Blood Demon’s eight wings, and smashed him into the formation’s light screen.

Shen Yun overwhelmed the Innate Blood Demon and the Heart Demon Emperor with his ninety Primordial Chaos Laws and Golden Immortal Law. After destroying the Blood Demon's Divine Beast Bloodline defense, he left him broken and helpless, while the Heart Demon Emperor recognized Shen Yun's hundred Immortal Principles as the foundation of a Heavenly Immortal and felt terror.

• Shen Yun struck the Innate Blood Demon so severely that the Heart Demon Emperor had to intervene to keep him from being destroyed.
• Shen Yun unleashed Boundless Sword Qi, but the Innate Blood Demon transformed into an endless torrent made from the bloodlines of the four Divine Beast clans.
• The Heart Demon Emperor attacked the formation's weak points while severing the Nine Tribulation Tower's connection to the grand formation, seeking an escape route.
• Qi Yuan refused the Qilin Clan's request to join the fight, saying the Great Vehicle battle's aftermath would kill them, while Jade Rabbit insisted Shen Yun would win.
• Shen Yun entered the Black Torrent and used his Primordial Chaos Laws and Supreme Primordial Spirit to overcome and tear it apart.
• Shen Yun blasted the Innate Blood Demon into the formation barrier, leaving him unable to stand, and the Heart Demon Emperor recognized his hundred Immortal Principles and became terrified.

Shen Yun reached the Dao Integration Extreme Realm and saw through the Heart Demon Emperor’s Dharma Body, but she sacrificed it to accelerate the Heaven and Earth Calamity Qi and hasten the Demonic Tide. He refined the defeated Blood Demon into a Blood Pill and returned to Qilin Cliff, where the Qilin Clan welcomed him.

• Shen Yun condensed a hundred Immortal Principles, entered the Dao Integration Extreme Realm, and recognized that the Heart Demon Emperor was only a Dharma Body.
• The Heart Demon Emperor destroyed her Dharma Body with Dao Fire and sacrificed its Dao Fruit to accelerate the Heaven and Earth Calamity Qi.
• Shen Yun sensed that the Calamity Qi had increased, while the Blood Demon taunted him about its true body’s future descent.
• Shen Yun trapped and refined the weakened Blood Demon, extracting its bloodline and condensing it into a Blood Pill.
• Shen Yun stored the Blood Pill in his Azure Dragon Ring and returned to Qilin Cliff, where the Qilin Clan cheered his arrival.