Chapter Summaries

Wan Renshan entered the Demon-Subduing Hall to challenge its stages as students and instructors gathered to watch, while Bai Wuya and Elder Qi secretly awaited Lin Xuan’s attempt and wagered on whether he would reach the top fifty. Wan Renshan cleared the first thirty stages at astonishing speed, leaving the crowd wondering if he would claim a place in the rankings.

• Bai Wuya and Elder Qi went to watch Lin Xuan challenge the Demon-Subduing Hall, and Elder Qi predicted that Lin Xuan would reach the top fifty.
• Students and instructors gathered as Wan Renshan arrived to challenge the hall, believing the dean and Elder Qi had come to watch him.
• Bai Wuya and Elder Qi wagered ten jars of Bai Wuya’s aged cellar wine against one of Elder Qi’s treasured possessions on whether Lin Xuan would enter the top fifty.
• Wan Renshan entered the Demon-Subduing Hall, and the crowd watched the tower lights reveal his progress.
• Wan Renshan cleared the first thirty stages at remarkable speed, prompting the crowd to speculate that he might make the rankings.

Everyone watching the Demon-Subduing Hall believed Wan Renshan was clearing its trials at an astonishing pace, unaware that Lin Xuan was inside. He reached the fifty-ninth trial, one step from sixty and a place on the rankings.

• The tower lights raced past the thirtieth trial as the onlookers thought Wan Renshan was advancing without slowing.
• The light reached the fiftieth trial, shocking the students, the Ten Saints, Bai Wuya, and Elder Qi, who knew the person inside was Lin Xuan.
• Bai Wuya disputed Elder Qi’s claim to the bet until the light quickly advanced to the fifty-first trial, leaving Bai Wuya stunned.
• The light climbed past the fifty-second trial, making Shentu Feng recognize how large the gap between him and Wan Renshan seemed.
• Lin Xuan reached the fifty-ninth trial, the highest floor any student had reached, leaving the crowd breathless at the prospect of him reaching sixty.

Wan Renshan failed to pass the forty-fifth trial and emerged from the Demon-Subduing Hall while the light at the fifty-ninth trial remained lit, revealing that someone else had reached it. That challenger passed into the rankings, but the name that appeared on the stone stele stunned everyone.

• Wan Renshan was teleported out after failing to clear the forty-fifth trial, while the light at the fifty-ninth trial continued to shine.
• Wenren Nian asked Wan Renshan how far he had reached, and Wan Renshan confirmed he had not passed the forty-fifth trial.
• Wan Renshan saw the light at the fifty-ninth trial and realized someone else was challenging the tower.
• The light at the fifty-ninth trial faded, and the sixtieth trial lit up.
• The sixty-first trial lit up, and a new name appeared on the rankings stone stele, leaving everyone stunned.

Lin Xuan cleared sixty-three stages of the Demon-Subduing Hall, taking twentieth place on its thousand-year-old ranking and astonishing Primordial Holy Heaven. After leaving unseen, he sorted his rewards and prepared to strengthen himself, while Bai Wuya began considering him as a successor to the academy head.

• Lin Xuan reached the sixty-first stage and appeared on the ranking, stunning the students and Wan Renshan.
• Lin Xuan continued to the sixty-third stage, decided his rewards were sufficient, and left the Demon-Subduing Hall.
• Lin Xuan's sixty-three-stage result secured twentieth place, and Bai Wuya decided Lin Xuan could become his successor once his identity was verified.
• Students waited to see Lin Xuan, but the academy head told them he had already left.
• Lin Xuan used a formation plate to conceal himself from the crowd, then sorted his resources and prepared to improve his strength.

Lin Xuan gave Duan Nianwei his Demon-Subduing Hall rewards and received powerful system rebates, then prepared to break through in the Supreme Institute. At the Primordial Domain border, a purple-robed woman arrived by realm-crossing flying boat and spoke the words “Primordial Holy Heaven.”

• Lin Xuan bestowed all six Demon-Subduing Hall rewards on Duan Nianwei, who accepted them and vowed to cultivate diligently.
• The system rebated Lin Xuan with upgraded pills, spirit treasures, sword insights, essence, and a high-grade Emperor Weapon.
• Lin Xuan gave the True Dragon Holy Spirit Essence to Xuan Bing, who swallowed it and grew drowsy.
• Lin Xuan named the True Martial Demon Subduer Sword Demon Subduer, swallowed the True Void Immortal Pill, and began preparing to break through inside the Supreme Institute.
• A purple-robed woman stood aboard a realm-crossing flying boat at the Primordial Domain border and said, “Primordial Holy Heaven.”

Aboard a flying boat bound for Primordial City, Xiao Han flaunted his elder brother’s status as a Holy Heaven student and offered Yunyi free lodging and instruction. Yunyi refused, leaving Xiao Han more determined to win her over before they reached the city.

• Xiao Han told the other passengers that his elder brother studied at Long Wind Academy in the Holy Heaven’s outer court, drawing their envy and praise.
• Xiao Han approached Yunyi and offered her a place in his brother’s courtyard in Primordial City, along with personal cultivation guidance.
• Yunyi declined the offer because she did not need the lodging or assistance and trusted her own chances of entering the Primordial Holy Heaven.
• Xiao Han accepted Yunyi’s refusal graciously but remained determined to win her favor once they reached Primordial City.

Lin Xuan used the secluded breakthrough array in Primordial Holy Heaven to advance from perfect emperor realm to heavenly venerable, while transforming his body and soul. He also reached ninth-level sword intent and completed the ninth level of Heavenly Demon Shadow, leaving him close to forming a sword domain and unsure of his new limits.

• Lin Xuan released his suppressed power and advanced from perfect emperor realm through venerable perfection to earth venerable perfection, refining the golden pill's remaining medicinal power.
• The holy Golden Crow spirit liquid strengthened Lin Xuan's body, and its golden light erased the last scar and hidden ailments in his soul.
• Lin Xuan broke through to heavenly venerable, completing a profound transformation of his body and soul and awakening a black lotus mark at his brow.
• Lin Xuan drew the True Martial Demon Subduer Sword and reached ninth-level sword intent, leaving him one step away from forming a sword domain.
• Lin Xuan cultivated Heavenly Demon Shadow to its ninth and final level, enabling him to create a clone with ninety percent of his strength.

After reaching the Heavenly Venerable Realm, Lin Xuan decided to visit the Demon Battlefield to find resources and learn what had happened to his sister, Lin Yuechan. There, Lin Yuechan had failed a dangerous breakthrough intended to save the Moon Eve Alliance from the Golden Wing Alliance, but resolved to face the alliance’s fate alongside its members.

• Lin Xuan discovered he had run out of resources before reaching his full potential and decided to seek cultivation resources on the Demon Battlefield.
• Worried that Lin Yuechan had been gone too long, Lin Xuan resolved to go to the Demon Battlefield and find her.
• At a hidden cave near the battlefield, Lin Yuechan recovered from the backlash of her failed breakthrough attempt.
• Lin Yuechan realized her failure would intensify the Golden Wing Alliance’s pressure and might force the Moon Eve Alliance to disband.
• Lin Yuechan accepted that she could not try again and vowed not to abandon the Moon Eve Alliance as it faced what came next.

Li Fufeng agreed to join the Demon Battlefield but worried about Lin Xuan’s whereabouts and safety. In Ten Thousand Paths City, Lin Xuan learned that two Thearch Realm clans had wrecked the Yuan Household Auction House and refused to pay for the damage, so he ordered them to pay two billion spirit stones within three days.

• Li Fufeng reassured Holy Teacher Yueyao that she would join the Demon Battlefield, then wondered whether Lin Xuan was safe and if they would meet again.
• Lin Xuan asked Yuan Yuyao to auction Edgeless, a low-grade Emperor Weapon, to raise resources for the Demon Battlefield.
• Yuan Yuyao told Lin Xuan that two Thearch Realm clans had fought at the auction house, destroying much of it and many auction items before leaving without compensation.
• Lin Xuan told Yuan Yuyao to give the two clans three days to compensate the auction house and its losses, demanding two billion spirit stones.

Lin Xuan ordered the Gu and Qi imperial Lineages to pay the Moon Dawn Auction House two billion Spirit Stones within three days, but both Lineages ignored the demand. When the deadline passed, Lin Xuan’s Heavenly Demon Shadow appeared above the Gu Household.

• Lin Xuan told Yuan Yuyao to demand two billion Spirit Stones from the Gu and Qi imperial Lineages and warned that the amount would double after three days.
• Yuan Yuyao relayed Lin Xuan’s plan to Yuan Yushuang, who ordered the Moon Dawn Auction House to issue the demand.
• The Qi Household’s head dismissed the notice, and the Gu Household said it would wait for the Yuan Household’s cultivator to come.
• Factions in Ten Thousand Paths City doubted the Yuan Household could challenge two imperial Lineages, while the Gu and Qi Lineages ignored the three-day deadline.
• After the deadline passed, Lin Xuan’s Heavenly Demon Shadow appeared above the Gu Household’s clan grounds.

Lin Xuan attacked the Gu Household’s ancestral grounds over its debts to the Yuan Household Auction House, destroying the protective formation and killing its defenders. The Gu Household’s supreme elder offered two billion Spirit Stones, but Lin Xuan raised the demand to four billion, leaving the gathered Gu members stunned.

• Lin Xuan flew over the Gu Household’s ancestral grounds and destroyed them with a single sword slash.
• Three Gu Household Thearch Realm experts surrounded Lin Xuan, while the supreme elder cautiously asked who he was and why he had attacked.
• Lin Xuan identified the Yuan Household Auction House as the cause of the dispute and reminded the Gu Household of his three-day deadline.
• The supreme elder ordered Gu Qiu to bring two billion Spirit Stones as compensation.
• Lin Xuan rejected the offer and raised the demand to four billion Spirit Stones, excluding the auction house’s losses.

Lin Xuan destroyed the Gu Household with three sword strikes after killing its supreme elder and rejecting Gu Qiu’s plea. He then appeared at the Qi Household and announced that they were next.

• Lin Xuan killed the Gu Household’s supreme elder with one sword strike after the elder refused his demand for four billion Spirit Stones.
• Lin Xuan killed Gu Qiu and the Gu Household’s other Thearch Realm cultivators, then destroyed the ancestral grounds and exterminated the lineage with his third strike.
• Witnesses recognized the threat Lin Xuan posed to anyone who challenged the Yuan Household or the Moon Dawn Auction House, and none dared approach the Gu Household’s ruins.
• A clansman rushed into the Qi Household’s council hall and reported that the Gu Household had been exterminated, prompting the Qi Household’s leaders to celebrate.
• Lin Xuan’s sword light fell over the Qi Household as he declared that their turn to die had come.

Lin Xuan destroyed the Gu and Qi households, then traveled toward the Demon Battlefield while Elder Zuo secretly watched over him. The Yuan sisters began taking control of the fallen households’ assets, and Elder Zuo realized Lin Xuan had already reached the Heavenly Venerable Realm.

• Lin Xuan annihilated the Qi Household after wiping out the Gu Household, leaving both imperial families destroyed.
• Yuan Yushuang and Yuan Yuyao learned that the Gu and Qi households had fallen, then sent their people to claim their treasuries and businesses.
• Lin Xuan left for the Demon Battlefield aboard a realm-crossing flying vessel and sensed someone secretly following him.
• Elder Zuo, a ninth-level Thearch Realm expert sent by Bai Wuya, guarded Lin Xuan in secret and wondered how he had advanced so quickly.

Qu Youmeng prepared to enter the Demon Battlefield to find a life-extending spiritual treasure for the Liu Household's dying ancestor and repay the household for saving her. She planned to leave once their debt was settled, while Liu Xian'er remained worried about the danger.

• Qu Youmeng stood on Demon-Suppressing City's wall and told Liu Xian'er she would enter the Demon Battlefield despite her concerns.
• Qu Youmeng recalled how Liu Xian'er had rescued her after the Profound Domain's teleportation array shattered and how she had recovered in the Liu Household.
• Qu Youmeng remembered that the Liu Household had tried to recruit her and that her refusal to marry into the family had strained their relationship.
• Qu Youmeng decided to find a life-extending treasure for the Liu Household's ancestor so she could repay her debt and leave with a clear conscience.
• Qu Youmeng told Liu Xian'er to go with her and promised to protect her from the demons.

Aboard a flying ship bound for the Desolate Domain, Lin Xuan met students from several Holy Heavens and drew Shan Ling'er’s attention. When he revealed he came from the despised Primordial Holy Heaven, the group’s attitude changed and Shan Ling'er cooled toward him, while Lin Xuan remained indifferent.

• Shan Ling'er openly showed interest in Lin Xuan, provoking Yan Lie, who had long pursued her.
• Yan Lie, Wu Xiao, and Shan Ling'er introduced themselves as students of Big Dipper, Southern Li, and Divine Firmament Holy Heaven.
• Shan Ling'er asked Lin Xuan which Holy Heaven he came from, and he answered that he was from Primordial Holy Heaven.
• The other students reacted with disbelief and contempt after learning Lin Xuan came from the lowest-ranked Holy Heaven.
• Shan Ling'er withdrew her warmth toward Lin Xuan, who stayed focused on reaching the Demon Battlefield.

Qu Youmeng slew a five-mark demon with a single sword strike, astonishing the powerful cultivators and saint teachers watching the Demon Battlefield. She rejected invitations from the Ten Great Saint Heavens and left her reasons at that.

• Powerful cultivators watched Qu Youmeng fight across the Demon Battlefield and discussed her talent as she advanced without tiring.
• A five-mark demon appeared, and Qu Youmeng told Liu Xian'er to stay back before charging it.
• Qu Youmeng unleashed her strike, Annihilation, and killed the five-mark demon with one blow.
• Saint teachers from the Ten Great Saint Heavens offered Qu Youmeng generous terms to join them and become their disciple.
• Qu Youmeng declined every invitation, saying she had no plans to join a faction, and the saint teachers departed.

Aboard the flying boat to Demon-Suppressing City, the cultivators heard of an unknown young woman who had slain a Five-Mark Demon and drew the Ten Great Saint Heavens’ interest. After arriving, they learned that Shi Changru had fallen to a wanted demon, and Lin Xuan identified it as the Seven-Mark Soul-Devouring Demon-Refining Flower.

• Wu Xiao told the cultivators that an unaffiliated young woman had killed a Five-Mark Demon with her sword and that the Ten Great Saint Heavens were competing to recruit her.
• The flying boat reached Demon-Suppressing City, where the travelers disembarked beneath the blood-colored clouds.
• A messenger announced that Shi Changru of Desolate Ancient Holy Heaven had fallen to a demon on the Human Race's Demon Wanted List.
• Shan Ling'er and the others feared they might encounter the powerful wanted demon on the Demon Battlefield.
• Lin Xuan caught a wanted notice and recognized the demon as the Seven-Mark Soul-Devouring Demon-Refining Flower.

Lin Xuan and the other prodigies learned that the Soul-Devouring Demon-Refining Flower had appeared on the Demon Battlefield, prompting many people to flee. Meanwhile, Su Ditian and Nangong Yaoyue arrived with the True Martial Holy Heaven’s new students, and Nangong Yaoyue reflected on her rise and her unresolved rivalry with Su Lianxin.

• Lin Xuan, Wu Xiao, and the other prodigies decided to find lodging in Demon-Suppressing City and wait to see how the Soul-Devouring Demon-Refining Flower crisis developed.
• A group of new students from the True Martial Holy Heaven arrived in Demon-Suppressing City alongside Mo Hui.
• Su Ditian and Nangong Yaoyue joined the new students, having grown greatly in strength during their half-year at the True Martial Holy Heaven.
• Nangong Yaoyue looked down on the Profound Domain as a remote backwater and considered her old three-year agreement with Su Lianxin childish.
• Nangong Yaoyue wondered whether the Profound Domain and Su Lianxin still survived, but resolved to repay her former humiliations if Su Lianxin remained alive.

Lin Xuan learned that Lin Yuechan had gone to the dangerous Cloudmist Marsh and set out to find her. After refusing Wu Xiao’s offer to team up, he entered the marsh with Xuan Bing, who used his blood to search for someone connected to him.

• Nangong Yaoyue compared Lin Xuan with Mo Hui and decided she would not look back at her past.
• At Primordial Holy Heaven’s encampment, Lin Xuan learned that Lin Yuechan had gone to Cloudmist Marsh and received a student emblem and a protective jade pendant from the Holy Teacher.
• Lin Xuan refused Wu Xiao’s invitation to travel together and hurried toward Cloudmist Marsh, while Wu Xiao angrily complained about him.
• Lin Xuan summoned Xuan Bing at the marsh and gave her a drop of his Essence Blood so she could locate Lin Yuechan.
• Xuan Bing entered Cloudmist Marsh in her deer form, and Lin Xuan followed her inside.

Lin Xuan met his eldest senior brother, Situ Rong, in Cloudmist Marsh, where Situ insisted on protecting him despite his companion’s objections. A sudden burst of spiritual power drew them toward Xuan Bing, who was fighting three Human Race cultivators trying to capture her.

• Lin Xuan killed a one-mark demon and met Situ Rong and a woman in Cloudmist Marsh.
• Situ Rong recognized Lin Xuan as their teacher’s newest disciple and scolded him for entering the dangerous marsh alone.
• Situ Rong told Lin Xuan to stay with him, but the woman refused to travel with Lin Xuan and called him deadweight.
• A powerful fluctuation interrupted their argument, and Lin Xuan recognized it as Xuan Bing’s presence.
• Xuan Bing fought off three thearch-realm cultivators before diving into the marsh to escape their attempt to capture her.