Chapter Summaries

The Supreme Grand Elder suspected that the Second Ancestor was the Huiyan Hall Master and convinced the Third Ancestor to verify the accusation with a spirit plant. The Third Ancestor chose to cooperate, and the two began setting a trap while the Second Ancestor arrived unaware of their suspicions.

• The Supreme Grand Elder told the Third Ancestor that he suspected the Second Ancestor was Huiyan Hall's hidden leader, and the Third Ancestor struggled to accept the claim.
• The Supreme Grand Elder brought cultivators carrying Brain-Winding White Corpse Gu, and the Third Ancestor confirmed the Gu and saw the spirit plant's leaves react to them.
• The Third Ancestor trusted the Supreme Grand Elder enough to plan with him, though he hoped the spirit plant had misjudged the Second Ancestor.
• The Supreme Grand Elder told the Chief Master to postpone arrests, monitor the suspects and Yang branch, and invite the Second Ancestor to meet with them.
• The Second Ancestor joined the other two ancestors, wary of the Supreme Grand Elder's repeated visits but confident that his hidden identity remained safe.
• During their discussion, the Third Ancestor claimed he might possess a related item, and the Supreme Grand Elder offered him a forty-percent share of future benefits if it proved useful.

The Third Patriarch uncovered the Second Patriarch’s hidden Brain-Twining White Corpse Gu, but a cave-abode mechanism exposed the trap and sparked a battle in which the Second Patriarch escaped heavily injured. Su Hong learned that Li Yan’s information had helped Returning Home avert disaster, left Haina City, and stayed away even after hearing the patriarch’s instructions; meanwhile, Li Yan traveled near the Black Devil Race.

• The Third Patriarch searched the Second Patriarch’s cave abode and discovered a large number of Brain-Twining White Corpse Gu in his breeding chamber.
• A hidden mechanism alerted the Second Patriarch, who realized the Grand Elder and Third Patriarch had set a trap and launched an attack.
• The Second Patriarch was heavily injured and escaped, while the Third Patriarch pursued him.
• Su Hong learned that Li Yan’s information and methods were reliable, then left Haina City with her people before the chief could tell her the patriarch’s instructions.
• After receiving the instructions later, Su Hong chose not to return to Haina City or the Main Dao Realm.
• Li Yan traveled through Jieyou Realm and reached the vicinity of the Black Devil Race.

Li Yan learned that Mu Guyue and Mu Sha had been sent to fight the Crimson-Eyed Flame-Horn Beast Race, where the battle was fierce, and set out for the front lines to find them. More than three years later, a concealed Crimson-Eyed Flame-Horn Beast Race squad waited in a marsh to ambush the Devil Blade Camp, unaware that Li Yan was watching them.

• Li Yan gathered and cross-checked information in a market city, discovering that Mu Guyue and Mu Sha had been dispatched to the front lines against the Crimson-Eyed Flame-Horn Beast Race.
• Li Yan concluded that the mother and son were in grave danger and left for the battlefield despite the risks posed by the powerful armies there.
• More than three years later, Kai Min and other Crimson-Eyed Flame-Horn Beast Race cultivators hid in a marsh, waiting to ambush the Devil Blade Camp.
• Senior Sister Meng explained that the enemy was likely to scout the Mountain-Pulling Camp through their guarded route, while Kai Min voiced his eagerness to kill their foes.
• Li Yan floated unseen above the waiting squad, and none of the nearly hundred cultivators detected him.

Li Yan searched the front lines for Mu Guyue and Mu Sha, then discovered Red-Eyed Flame-Horn Beast cultivators preparing an ambush against a Devil Blade Camp unit. He waited in hiding as Mu Sha arrived with forty cultivators to gather intelligence.

• Li Yan avoided crossing through the heart of the Black Devil Race army and spent more than two months searching along the battlefield and its flanks for Mu Guyue and Mu Sha.
• Li Yan overheard Red-Eyed Flame-Horn Beast cultivators planning to ambush a Devil Blade Camp unit and decided to wait for the Black Devil Race force to appear.
• Mu Sha entered the wetlands at night with forty elite cultivators to gather intelligence and attack only if an opportunity arose.

Mu Sha led his elite squad into enemy territory to investigate the Mountain-Pulling Camp, while Li Yan watched them approach an ambush without intervening. The chapter revealed that Mu Sha had gained a mysterious bloodline ability: an eye between his brows that could sense whether another person’s blood and qi were vigorous.

• Mu Sha led several dozen loyal Black Devil Race cultivators through the water grass, relying on their stealth and coordination to infiltrate enemy territory.
• Li Yan spotted the squad approaching an ambush of Red-Eyed Flame-Horned Beast cultivators and chose to observe rather than warn Mu Sha.
• Mu Sha had secretly refined the essence blood of a powerful Red-Eyed Flame-Horned Beast cultivator in pursuit of an innate divine ability.
• The refinement gave Mu Sha a hidden eye between his brows, but its ability to judge the vigor of another person’s blood and qi initially disappointed him.
• Mu Sha found no record of the ability and suspected its unusual form came from his mixed Black Devil Race and human blood.

Mu Sha used his mutated ability, Blood Judgment, to detect a concealed formation and an ambush ahead. When the enemy pursued his retreating group, he ordered his men to turn and fight, leaving them facing a battle deep in enemy territory.

• Mu Sha recalled how he had discovered that his hidden eye could sense differences in blood and qi, and named the ability Blood Judgment.
• Mu Sha detected weakened blood and qi among aquatic creatures ahead and realized a concealment formation covered the area.
• Mu Sha ordered his group to retreat and watched for the enemy's reaction while they remained concealed.
• The enemy shouted that Mu Sha's group could not escape and launched an attack, confirming they had been targeted.
• Mu Sha brought his group out of concealment, ordered them to wipe out the pursuers, and charged back toward the enemy's leading edge.

Mu Sha and his Black Devil Race force counterattacked a much larger group led by a mountain-like old man of the Red-Eyed Flame-Horned Beast Clan. While Mu Sha fought the old man, his troops used a mobile formation to battle through the enemy ranks, leaving the outcome of the slaughter unresolved.

• The Red-Eyed Flame-Horned Beast Clan leader pursued Mu Sha's group, but Mu Sha ordered his Black Devil Race cultivators to countercharge before they could be surrounded.
• Mu Sha engaged the mountain-like old man while six of his strongest fighters took on the enemy's other leading cultivators.
• The remaining Black Devil Race cultivators gathered into a tight formation, stowed their scouting companions, and plunged into the larger enemy force.
• The old man gained the advantage in their first clash, then used a spinning shoulder charge and a black awl to attack Mu Sha as his azure whip struck from behind.
• Mu Sha evaded the old man's strengthened charge, while his troops' mobile killing formation churned through the enemy ranks and inflicted heavy casualties on both sides.

Mu Sha used a hidden technique to disrupt Bi Kui’s blood and qi, then killed him and took his treasures. He rushed to attack Kui Min, while continuing to conceal his unusual abilities and considering the risks of using poison or soul techniques in the melee.

• Mu Sha ignored the surrounding deaths and targeted the mountain-like old man, Bi Kui, to quickly turn the battle in his side’s favor.
• Bi Kui appeared behind Mu Sha and stabbed at his back with his black-light awl, but a faint red light from Mu Sha’s brow caused Bi Kui’s blood and qi to boil and his magic power to run wild.
• Mu Sha’s green whip pierced Bi Kui’s dantian and Nascent Soul, then exploded his body before Mu Sha seized his magic awl and spatial treasures.
• Mu Sha rushed to a nearby battle and confronted Kui Min, whose side panicked after learning that Bi Kui had been killed.
• Mu Sha avoided unleashing poison that might hit his allies and kept his soul techniques concealed to prevent others from discovering his abilities.

Mu Sha used his secret techniques to break an ambush, then led his surviving companions toward the Black Devil Race’s defensive line while the Crimson-Eyed Flame-Horn Beast cultivators pursued. Li Yan watched without intervening and discovered that enemy forces, including two Spirit Transformation Realm cultivators, were moving to encircle Mu Sha’s group.

• Mu Sha used Blood Judgment and soul arts to kill the enemy leader and three other powerful cultivators during the battle.
• The remaining Crimson-Eyed Flame-Horn Beast cultivators assembled and withdrew, then followed Mu Sha’s group at a distance while awaiting reinforcements.
• Mu Sha retreated toward his side’s defensive line and stored his severely injured companions, leaving twenty-three combat-capable followers beside him.
• Li Yan watched Mu Sha’s actions without helping, judging his combat skill and the trust his companions placed in him.
• Li Yan detected several enemy forces ahead, including two Spirit Transformation Realm cultivators positioned to intercept Mu Sha and help form an encirclement.

Mu Sha led the surviving Demon Blade Camp cultivators straight toward the strongest part of the Red-Eyed Flame-Horn Beast Clan encirclement. As the armies clashed, he used a hidden rune to transform and combine his squad’s strength, shattering a Spirit Transformation cultivator’s attack and impaling him with his dragon form.

• Mu Sha sensed the enemy forces surrounding his squad and chose to charge toward the strongest blockade, where two Spirit Transformation cultivators waited.
• The Red-Eyed Flame-Horn Beast Clan commanders identified Mu Sha as their target and advanced, while their Nascent Soul soldiers moved to engage the rest of his squad.
• Mu Sha secretly formed a black rune and threw it behind him, enveloping the twenty-three Demon Blade Camp cultivators as he transformed into a black, bone-spiked dragon.
• Mu Sha and his squad combined their power to shatter the middle-aged captain’s gigantic palm, wounding him and disrupting his attack.
• Mu Sha’s dragon form lunged at the injured captain and pierced his chest with its horn and bone spikes.

Mu Sha led the Black Devil Race cultivators through an enemy encirclement by unleashing the Chaotic Heaven Devil Dragon, killing one Spirit Transformation captain and devastating his squad. As the group fled toward their army, Mu Sha sensed that the enemy squads nearest them had suddenly disappeared.

• Mu Sha used the Chaotic Heaven Devil Dragon to pierce through the Red-Eyed Flame-Horn Beast captain and tear apart his body and Nascent Soul.
• Mu Sha commanded the dragon to roll through the enemy ranks, killing more than twenty Nascent Soul cultivators and leaving the vice-captain gravely wounded.
• The wounded vice-captain ordered the other squads to resume pursuit while he and the survivors took Pills to purge the devilish qi.
• Mu Sha and more than twenty subordinates escaped toward the battlefield, though the secret art drained much of their devil source power and combat strength.
• Mu Sha looked back, confirmed his companions had survived, and abruptly stopped when he sensed that the nearest enemy squads had vanished.

Li Yan secretly rescued Mu Sha’s retreating scouting party and arranged to meet Mu Sha’s mother near the Black Devil Race army. While You Lao investigated the disappearance of his forces, Li Yan reflected on his lost family before a slender figure appeared before him.

• Li Yan sent Mu Sha a mental message, eliminated the Scarlet-Eyed Flame-Horn Beast Race pursuers, and told him to meet with his mother ten thousand li west of the army’s rear.
• Mu Sha led his men onward at full speed, believing his father had come to the Jieyou Realm and cleared their pursuers.
• You Lao questioned his commanders about You Jia and Meng Tiao’s disappearance, and a subordinate reported that a Black Devil Race scouting party had escaped their ambush.
• You Lao challenged the claim that a concealed enemy expert had aided the scouts, while an old woman urged him to report the deaths and consider retaliation.
• Li Yan stood beneath the crescent moon and mourned his family from Great Green Mountain before a slender figure emerged from the night and looked at him.

Li Yan reunited with Mu Guyue and urged her and Mu Sha to join his family at the Po Jun Sect. Mu Guyue chose to remain with the Black Devil Race for now, but promised to leave with Li Yan once he reached the Body Integration realm, and said she would move Mu Sha to a safer post after advancing to Void Refinement.

• Li Yan met Mu Guyue in secret after searching for her and Mu Sha across the Jieyou Realm.
• Li Yan and Mu Guyue confessed that they had missed each other and reunited intimately.
• Li Yan proposed bringing Mu Guyue, Mu Sha, Zhao Min, and Gong Chen Ying together at the Po Jun Sect.
• Mu Guyue explained that the Po Jun Sect lacked the resources and protection to support them yet, so she would stay with the Black Devil Race while they continued cultivating.
• Mu Guyue said she would leave with Li Yan when he reached the Body Integration realm and would transfer Mu Sha to a safer position after she advanced to Void Refinement.

Li Yan and Mu Guyue caught each other up on their lives, discussed their ties to the Soul-Suppressing Palace, Tinglan, and the Po Jun Sect, and reaffirmed their trust. They parted with Mu Guyue supporting the sect’s cautious approach to consolidating its strength.

• Mu Guyue described the dangers and circumstances she and Mu Sha had faced within the Black Devil Race, then Li Yan shared his experiences and revealed some of his connection to the Soul-Suppressing Palace.
• Li Yan told Mu Guyue that Tinglan had reached Spirit Transformation and recounted the trouble that had befallen Chongyangzi; Mu Guyue realized Li Yan had secretly killed the two monks responsible.
• Li Yan and Mu Guyue discussed the Po Jun Sect, and Mu Guyue said she still considered herself its elder and would cross realms to help if needed.
• Li Yan explained Senior Brother Shangguan’s plan to hold the sect’s current position rather than pursue a higher rank, and Mu Guyue agreed that the Po Jun Sect needed to strengthen its foundations before expanding.

Li Yan agreed to return to the Black Devil Race army with Mu Guyue and help her and Mu Sha advance their cultivation while supporting their plans. He concealed his identity with a Grey Mask, revealed that he had reached the mid-stage Spirit Transformation Realm, and flew away with Mu Guyue.

• Mu Guyue warned Li Yan that the battlefield was dangerous and offered to arrange a suitable identity for him in the army.
• Li Yan decided to stay with Mu Guyue and Mu Sha, hoping to help them advance and improve Mu Guyue's standing through military merit.
• Li Yan put on a Grey Mask to hide his appearance and told Mu Guyue that he was at the mid-stage Spirit Transformation Realm.
• Mu Guyue was stunned by Li Yan's cultivation and abandoned the idea of catching up to him.
• Li Yan and Mu Guyue lifted their restrictions and flew toward the army, while Li Yan kept his involvement with the Five Immortals Sect and other secrets to himself.

Mu Guyue brought Li Yan into the Black Devil Race military camp and introduced him to the commanders as her husband and a mid-stage Void Refinement cultivator. The commanders began reporting the war’s military affairs, including Mu Sha’s account of the previous day’s battle.

• Mu Guyue and Li Yan entered the military camp through its formation while patrol squads saluted their commander.
• Mu Guyue led Li Yan to the central command tent, where the gathered Spirit Transformation cultivators and Nascent Soul Devil Generals scrutinized the masked stranger.
• Li Yan acknowledged Mu Sha, who recognized him as his father.
• Mu Guyue introduced Li Yan as her husband and identified him as a mid-stage Void Refinement cultivator, changing the commanders’ view of him.
• Mu Sha reported the previous day’s battle, leaving out Li Yan’s help.

Li Yan listened to Mu Guyue’s military briefing, then followed her to her cave abode and began considering how he could help the Black Devil Race against the Red-Eyed Flame-Horned Beasts. Mu Sha arrived and reunited with his father, leaving Li Yan wondering whether Li Zhaoyan could also be brought there.

• Li Yan listened as Mu Guyue and her generals discussed the stalemate with the Red-Eyed Flame-Horned Beasts and their preparations for a possible major battle.
• Mu Guyue took Li Yan to her cave abode on a mountain that had once been a central battlefield and gave him its opening incantation.
• Li Yan memorized the incantation and considered how to use the military intelligence to devise a plan while Mu Guyue went to wash up.
• Li Yan opened the cave abode’s entrance and welcomed Mu Sha, who knelt and greeted him as his father.
• Li Yan reflected on Mu Sha’s cautious nature and wondered whether Li Zhaoyan could be brought to the Black Devil Race as well.

Li Yan praised Mu Sha for his performance and explained that the Black Devil Race’s expansion would keep him and Mu Guyue in danger at the front lines. He suggested Mu Sha go to the Broken Army Sect, but Mu Sha chose to remain with the Black Devil Race for now and promised to join Li Yan there if he settled at the sect later.

• Li Yan decided against asking Li Zhaoyan to join the army, fearing the risks and unfair treatment she might face.
• Li Yan praised Mu Sha’s combat ability and told him he had seen through both uses of Blood Judgment.
• Li Yan explained the dangers of remaining in the Black Devil Race and offered Mu Sha the option of going to the Broken Army Sect.
• Mu Sha chose to stay with his mother in the Black Devil Race, citing its cultivation opportunities and his upbringing, but agreed to obey if Li Yan insisted.
• Li Yan accepted Mu Sha’s choice, and Mu Sha promised to join him at the Broken Army Sect if Li Yan settled there after becoming stronger.

Li Yan advised his son Mu Sha on preparing to break through to the Spirit Transformation Realm while reflecting on his plans to help the Five Immortals Sect and reunite his family. The chapter ended with Mu Sha leaving to meditate on his father’s guidance, as Mu Guyue quietly cherished watching them together.

• Li Yan agreed to discuss gathering his family at the Shattering Army Sect later, acknowledging Mu Sha’s concerns about the sect’s ability to protect them.
• Li Yan recognized that Mu Sha’s aura was ready for a breakthrough to the Spirit Transformation Realm and began guiding his soul cultivation.
• Mu Sha asked Li Yan many questions, and his father’s answers broadened his understanding of the Great Dao.
• Mu Guyue arrived and watched Li Yan and Mu Sha speak, feeling peaceful as she observed their closeness.
• Li Yan explained key details for Mu Sha’s breakthrough and cautioned him not to force his soul upward.
• Mu Sha thanked Li Yan, bowed to him and Mu Guyue, and left to meditate on what he had learned.

Li Yan gave Mu Sha a Grey Mask that could conceal his identity even from powerful cultivators, then offered to help Mu Guyue advance her cultivation. Their conversation was interrupted when Teng Zhang, a demon emperor, arrived seeking Li Yan, and Mu Guyue warned her husband to let her handle him.

• Li Yan gave Mu Sha the Grey Mask and warned him to keep its grade secret and use it only on missions.
• Mu Guyue cautioned Mu Sha about the dangers of revealing the treasure, and he left with it concealed.
• Li Yan invited Mu Sha to ask him about cultivation before he departed, then sat beside Mu Guyue and offered to help her advance.
• Mu Guyue received a message that Teng Zhang had arrived at the camp and was heading to her cave dwelling.
• Teng Zhang arrived outside and asked whether an outsider was with Mu Guyue, so she warned Li Yan to stay quiet while she handled the demon emperor.