Chapter Summaries

After Wei Mingyuan exposed the system and the Evil Soul Hall threatened Xin State, Li Zhiyuan proposed paying powerful cultivators to destroy the enemy, funded by nationwide donations. Xin State launched the campaign and recruitment, drawing public support and attracting cultivators eager for the rewards.

• Li Zhiyuan proposed using Energy Points to recruit Void Return Realm and higher cultivators to wipe out the Evil Soul Hall without sacrificing Xin State's soldiers.
• Zhou Kang warned that the treasury's 168.2 billion Energy Points would not be enough, so Li Zhiyuan and the officials agreed to call for donations across the country.
• Li Zhiyuan set high recruitment rates by realm, offered additional rewards for killing Evil Soul Hall cultivators, and promised to reimburse teleportation costs.
• Li Zhiyuan ordered officials to announce the threat, publish a donation QR code, post the recruitment notice, and begin a livestream appeal.
• Xin State's people donated eagerly after hearing about the Evil Soul Hall's threat, while the recruitment notice surged across TikTok and the forums and powerful cultivators began responding to the rewards.

Liu Yi learned that the Evil Soul Hall planned to attack Xin State and decided to join the experts being recruited there. He and Little Yellow arrived in Peace City, where they headed to the State Guest Tower to see who had answered Xin State’s call.

• Liu Yi and Little Yellow discussed the spread of cultivation techniques and mechanical puppets before hearing that the Evil Soul Hall threatened Xin State.
• Liu Yi read Xin State’s recruitment notice and watched Li Zhiyuan ask the people to contribute Energy Points and recruit experts.
• Liu Yi told Little Yellow he would travel to Xin State and fight as a mercenary, aiming to destroy the Evil Soul Hall.
• Liu Yi speculated that Li Zhiyuan planned to use the recruitment to attack the Evil Soul Hall’s stronghold, not merely defend Xin State.
• Liu Yi and Little Yellow arrived in Peace City and went to the State Guest Tower to see how many experts had applied.

Liu Yi joined Xin State’s campaign against the Evil Soul Hall and learned that hundreds of cultivators had been recruited. At dinner, he encountered old acquaintances and saw Cao Yang and the Devil Cultivator Li Ming arguing over whether Li Ming could claim to uphold justice.

• Zhou Kang welcomed Liu Yi, confirmed his Peak Dao Body Realm cultivation, and paid him an advance after he signed a contract to fight the Evil Soul Hall.
• Zhou Kang told Liu Yi that Xin State had recruited hundreds of cultivators, including twenty-three Tribulation Transcendence Realm experts.
• Liu Yi settled into his room and discussed with Little Yellow how the recruited experts might help Li Zhiyuan attack the Evil Soul Hall.
• Liu Yi met Mei Kong and Yang Jingxing on their way to dinner, and Mei Kong said an Immortal Artifact had suppressed his bad luck.
• At the dining hall, Cao Yang confronted Li Ming, who defended his choice to join Xin State’s campaign despite being a Devil Cultivator.
• Liu Yi entered the crowded dining hall and spotted several familiar cultivators among nearly four hundred people.

Liu Yi attended a recruitment gathering in Xin State, where Mei Kong’s arrival briefly alarmed the cultivators until Zhou Kang assured them that Mei could control his bad luck. After joining Bai Qianqian’s table, Liu Yi revealed that he had reached the Dao Body Realm, and Chen Jie abandoned his challenge.

• Cao Yang and Li Ming nearly fought over their old grudge, but Zhou Kang mediated and they agreed to postpone settling their scores.
• Mei Kong entered the restaurant, and the cultivators panicked until Zhou Kang explained that Mei could control his bad luck.
• Liu Yi joined Bai Qianqian, Ye Qingxue, Xu Cheng'an, and Chen Jie at their table with Yang Jingxing and Mei Kong.
• Chen Jie challenged Liu Yi to a spar, but Liu Yi said he had reached the Dao Body Realm.
• Chen Jie realized the gap between their cultivation levels was too great and withdrew his challenge.

Liu Yi and the other recruited cultivators gathered with Xin State’s leaders and agreed to attack the Evil Soul Hall before it could threaten Xin State. Li Zhiyuan led more than four hundred experts through a spatial gate to the Evil Soul Hall, where the defenders confronted them.

• Ye Qingxue and the others asked Liu Yi how he had cultivated so quickly, and he claimed that traveling and contemplating the Great Dao had led to his breakthroughs.
• Zhou Kang summoned the cultivators to the State Guest Building, where Li Zhiyuan announced Xin State’s plan to attack the Evil Soul Hall.
• Mao Yi supported an immediate assault, while Cao Yang warned that the Evil Extremity Ten Thousand Souls Array could make the attack difficult.
• Mao Yi reassured the gathering that their strength could break the array, and the cultivators agreed to attack.
• Li Zhiyuan opened a spatial gate and led the cultivators to the Evil Soul Hall, whose experts challenged them at the gates.

Xin State’s hired cultivators surrounded the Evil Soul Hall, forcing its leaders to activate the Evil Extremity Ten Thousand Souls Array. Li Yuan learned that Xin State had overthrown Qing State and offered Li Ming a huge payment to join the attack, then realized the sect faced destruction with no likely rescue.

• Shi Tao and the Evil Soul Hall elders halted their meeting when Liu Yi, Yang Jingxing, and hundreds of powerful cultivators arrived, and Shi Tao activated the sect’s defensive array.
• Chen Jie began livestreaming Xin State’s attack, while Xu Cheng'an, Bai Qianqian, and Ye Qingxue opened streams of their own to earn Energy Points.
• Li Yuan confronted Mao Yi, who explained that Xin State had hired the assembled cultivators to attack the Evil Soul Hall.
• Shi Tao told Li Yuan that Xin State had overthrown Qing State and that Jiang Yuan’s investigation had confirmed the Fairness System was real.
• Li Yuan questioned Li Ming about joining the attack, and Li Ming said Xin State had paid him fifty-four billion Energy Points and promised another reward for destroying the Evil Soul Hall.

Xin State’s recruited experts surrounded the Evil Soul Hall, and Li Zhiyuan rejected Li Yuan’s offer to withdraw, ordering an immediate assault. As the Evil Extremity Ten Thousand Souls Array began to crack under their attacks, Jiang Yuan volunteered to take charge of the defense.

• Li Yuan steadied the panicking Evil Soul Hall experts and tried to persuade Yang Jingxing to withdraw, but Yang refused.
• Li Yuan offered Xin State a truce through Li Zhiyuan, who denounced the Evil Soul Hall and called on the experts to attack.
• The assembled experts struck the Evil Extremity Ten Thousand Souls Array, shaking its first barrier and spreading cracks across it.
• Li Yuan ordered Shi Tao to bring Spirit Stones to the array’s core and sent disciples below the Void Return Realm to reinforce the array.
• Jiang Yuan volunteered to take charge of the protective array, and Li Yuan accepted his offer.

Liu Yi shattered the Evil Extremity Ten Thousand Souls Array’s first defensive barrier with one attack, shocking both the Evil Soul Hall and the Xin State forces. As the second barrier came under pressure, Li Yuan awakened the sect’s hidden reserves, bringing four ancient figures out of their Yin-Yang Heaven-Avoiding Coffins.

• Li Yuan led the Evil Soul Hall experts in counterattacking the Xin State forces with their Ten Thousand Souls Banners, slowing the assault on the array.
• Liu Yi destroyed the first defensive barrier with a Five Elements attack, and a million vengeful ghosts merged with the second barrier to reinforce it.
• Mei Kong and Yang Jingxing declared Liu Yi stronger than the gathered Tribulation Transcendence Realm experts, while Chen Jie resolved to catch up to him someday.
• Li Yuan dismissed Liu Yi’s feat as luck to steady the Evil Soul Hall’s forces, then decided to use the sect’s hidden reserves.
• Li Yuan sent four streaks of spiritual light toward the forbidden grounds, awakening four figures inside Yin-Yang Heaven-Avoiding Coffins, who questioned why they had been summoned before the proper time.

Four patriarchs awakened to defend the Evil Soul Hall, but Jiang Yuan sabotaged its protective array, leaving the sect exposed to Xin State’s attack. As the Evil Soul Hall’s members turned on Jiang Yuan, Liu Yi hesitated to rescue him, and Jiang Yuan faced death.

• He Qiangsheng and three other patriarchs awoke from their Yin-Yang Heaven-Avoiding Coffins and learned from Li Yuan that the Evil Soul Hall faced an attack by Xin State.
• Mao Yi, Yang Jingxing, Li Ming, and Liu Yi urged Xin State’s forces to keep attacking, while He Qiangsheng tried to negotiate before the Evil Extremity Ten Thousand Souls Array’s second barrier suddenly shattered.
• Li Yuan recognized Jiang Yuan fleeing the array core and accused him of betraying the Evil Soul Hall by sabotaging its protective array.
• Shi Tao, Li Yuan, and the other Evil Soul Hall members attacked Jiang Yuan, who called for Liu Yi to save him.
• Xu Cheng'an, Li Zhiyuan, and Bai Qianqian realized Liu Yi had sent Jiang Yuan undercover, while Liu Yi judged that rescuing him would take too much effort and considered his death fitting.

Liu Yi destroyed the Evil Soul Hall’s sect-protecting formation and killed its leader, He Qiangsheng, with overwhelming force. As the survivors reeled at his strength, Ye Qingxue began to suspect that Liu Yi was the creator of the Dao Seed Martial Dao System.

• Jiang Yuan destroyed the Evil Soul Hall’s sect-protecting formation before the hall’s experts killed him, and Chen Jie and his livestream viewers realized he had been Liu Yi’s spy.
• He Qiangsheng attacked Liu Yi with the Ten Thousand Souls Banner, but Liu Yi shattered the banner and reduced He Qiangsheng’s body to pieces with one punch.
• He Qiangsheng fled as a Primordial Spirit, but Liu Yi used the Spacetime Divine Technique to intercept and kill him with a second punch.
• Mao Yi, Li Ming, Cao Yang, and Ye Qingxue were shocked by Liu Yi’s power, which had overcome an expert at the Peak of the Tribulation Transcendence Realm.
• Ye Qingxue reasoned that Liu Yi might have created the Dao Seed Martial Dao System, then worried that she would never surpass him.

Liu Yi continued his assault on the Evil Soul Hall after killing a Peak of the Tribulation Transcendence Realm powerhouse with two punches. Wang Sheng barely survived Liu Yi’s first strike, but Liu Yi launched another overwhelming attack as the battle continued.

• Chen Jie watched Liu Yi kill a Peak of the Tribulation Transcendence Realm cultivator and wondered whether Liu Yi could one day slay an immortal.
• Chen Jie thanked viewers in the livestream and announced that he would broadcast the Evil Soul Hall’s destruction.
• The Evil Soul Hall’s disciples and elders panicked after witnessing Liu Yi’s strength, while Liu Yi urged his allies to stop anyone from escaping.
• Liu Yi attacked Wang Sheng, who burned his origin and sacrificed the vengeful ghosts in his Ten Thousand Souls Banner to block the Five Elements Fist.
• Liu Yi struck Wang Sheng again with a colossal Five Elements palm, and Wang Sheng summoned his Evil Soul Dharma Body and countered with Evil Spirit Great Handprints.

Liu Yi and the Xin State’s recruited experts overwhelmed the Evil Soul Hall’s forces, while Liu Yi personally killed its last three hidden experts. The battle left the Evil Soul Hall’s remaining forces in flight or dead, with Liu Yi determined to prevent any survivors from escaping.

• Liu Yi confirmed Wang Sheng’s soul had been destroyed, then urged the other fighters to attack the Evil Soul Hall.
• Yang Jingxing, Mei Kong, Li Ming, Cao Yang, Bai Qianqian, and the other experts joined the assault, forcing the Evil Soul Hall cultivators into retreat and killing many of them.
• Liu Yi stopped Zhao Hui from escaping and killed him with the Five Elements Fist after Zhao Hui sacrificed the vengeful ghosts in his Ten Thousand Souls Banner.
• Liu Yi saw the Evil Soul Hall’s last hidden expert trying to flee while Yang Jingxing and Mei Kong fought him, then appeared behind the man and struck.
• Liu Yi destroyed the last expert’s Ten Thousand Souls Banner and spiritual shield, killing him and leaving no trace of his Primordial Spirit.

Liu Yi helped Xin State’s experts destroy the Evil Soul Hall, killing its leaders and preventing anyone on the battlefield from escaping. After the battle, Xu Cheng'an ended his livestream and celebrated earning 27.8 billion Energy Points.

• Liu Yi killed a Peak Tribulation Transcendence Realm cultivator with two punches, then joined the others in attacking the remaining Evil Soul Hall forces.
• Li Yuan tried to escape and threatened revenge, but Liu Yi’s Great Five Elements Destruction Divine Light destroyed him and his Ten Thousand Souls Banner.
• Mao Yi and the Mysterious Splendor Pavilion experts thanked Liu Yi, while the group continued hunting down the Evil Soul Hall cultivators.
• Li Zhiyuan recorded the battle’s contributions as the experts killed the remaining enemies, leaving no Evil Soul Hall cultivators on the battlefield alive.
• Xu Cheng'an saw the livestream audience reach 213.1 billion, ended the broadcast after the Evil Soul Hall’s destruction, and found that he had earned 27.8 billion Energy Points.

After the Evil Soul Hall was destroyed, Liu Yi collected its treasury and spoke with Li Zhiyuan about building a harmonious society in the Xin State. News of the battle reached the Heavenly Devil Sect, whose leaders grew furious with Wei Mingyuan for revealing the Fairness System.

• Liu Yi let the other victors plunder the Evil Soul Hall's grounds, then broke into its treasury and uploaded all its treasures to the System Store.
• Li Zhiyuan paid Liu Yi the remaining 16.1 billion Energy Points and gave him an additional 50 billion as a reward for his help.
• Liu Yi asked Li Zhiyuan why he had founded a harmonious society, praised his concern for ordinary people, and warned him to maintain strong internal management and ideological education.
• Liu Yi and Li Zhiyuan added each other on Microchat, while Li Zhiyuan went to settle the other experts' payments.
• The Heavenly Devil Sect's leaders discussed the Evil Soul Hall's destruction and condemned Wei Mingyuan for telling other Devil Dao Sects about the Fairness System.
• Lin Chengze called for Wei Mingyuan to be punished, while Tao Xuan proposed placing a restriction on his Primordial Spirit and accused him of wanting to provoke a war between the righteous and devil factions.

Hua Jincheng and the Heavenly Devil Sect elders blamed Wei Mingyuan for revealing the Fairness System and pushing the sect toward war, then moved to strip him of his position and restrain him. Wei Mingyuan refused to submit, and Hua Jincheng threatened to suppress him by force.

• Hua Jincheng ordered Wei Mingyuan removed as an elder and called for Primordial Spirit restrictions on him and sect members who had not bound the system.
• Hua Jincheng and the elders decided that war between the righteous and devil paths was unavoidable and discussed livestreaming it to earn Energy Points.
• Hua Jincheng led nine elders to Wei Mingyuan's residence and accused him of endangering the Heavenly Devil Sect by spreading news of the Fairness System.
• Wei Mingyuan defended his actions as being in the sect's interests and refused to admit guilt.
• Hua Jincheng said the ancestors had approved Wei Mingyuan's removal and demanded that he open his Primordial Spirit for a restriction, threatening to suppress him if he resisted.

Hua Jincheng placed a Primordial Spirit restriction on Wei Mingyuan after the elder’s betrayal threatened the Heavenly Devil Sect. As Qin Wu worried that the Demonic Flame Sect would attack the vulnerable Qin State, its forces arrived at the capital, where Qin’s defenses opened fire.

• Hua Jincheng bound Wei Mingyuan with a Primordial Spirit restriction, leaving him imprisoned in the Heavenly Devil Sect.
• Qin Wu watched the Xin State destroy the Evil Soul Hall and worried that the Qin State lacked the strength and Energy Points to defeat the Demonic Flame Sect.
• Qin Wu feared the Demonic Flame Sect would learn about the Fairness System and invade, causing devastation and driving the people from the Qin State.
• A powerful figure from the Demonic Flame Sect appeared over the capital and threatened to kill Qin Wu and slaughter its people.
• Qin Wu, Xiao Li, and the six Void Return Realm experts took to the sky as Qin’s soldiers launched flaming crossbow bolts and energy attacks at the intruder.

Cheng Feng attacked the capital after discovering Qin State’s people had cultivated through the Fairness System, but Xiao Li captured him and delivered him to Qin Wu. Qin Wu began using the Soul Search Technique on Cheng Feng to uncover what he knew.

• Cheng Feng learned that Qin State’s people had bound the Fairness System and were secretly preparing to resist the Demonic Flame Sect, so he attacked the capital.
• Cheng Feng blocked the capital’s War Weapons, but six Void Return Realm cultivators and Xiao Li, a Late Stage Tribulation Transcendence Realm expert, arrived and forced him to flee.
• Xiao Li caught Cheng Feng outside the capital, defeated his Demonic Flame Burns the Heavens technique, and captured him.
• Xiao Li brought Cheng Feng to Qin Wu, who questioned him and used a golden ray to make him suffer when he refused to answer.
• Qin Wu used the Soul Search Technique on Cheng Feng, who screamed as the search began.

After Xiao Li subdued and sealed Cheng Feng, Qin Wu sought support from the Supreme Profound Sect as Qin State braced for the Demonic Flame Sect’s retaliation. Qin Wu’s officials and citizens rallied behind recruiting experts and fighting back, while Xiao Teng welcomed the chance to livestream another battle.

• Qin Wu spared Cheng Feng’s life, asked Xiao Li to seal him, and requested that the Supreme Profound Sect send cultivators to defend Qin State.
• Xiao Li sealed Cheng Feng’s spiritual power and Primordial Spirit, then departed; Qin Wu ordered guards to imprison Cheng Feng and summoned his officials.
• Qin Wu messaged Xiao Teng for help, and Xiao Teng promised to send cultivators while looking forward to livestreaming the coming battle for Energy Points.
• After Cheng Feng’s capture, Qin State’s citizens debated fleeing or donating Energy Points to recruit experts and destroy the Demonic Flame Sect.
• Qin Wu urged his officials to fight rather than surrender their Fairness System and cultivation, and they declared their resolve to resist and donate Energy Points.

Qin Wu responded to the Demonic Flame Sect’s threat by ordering Qin State to collect twenty years of taxes in advance and suspend officials’ salaries for the same period to fund the recruitment of experts. The officials accepted the sacrifice, and they learned that the Supreme Profound Sect had agreed to help defend Qin State.

• Qin Wu told the officials that the Demonic Flame Sect knew about the Fairness System and asked how Qin State could defeat it.
• Lü Zixuan proposed soliciting donations to recruit experts, but Qin Wu said the people’s contributions would not raise enough Energy Points.
• Qin Wu ordered twenty years of taxes collected in advance, allowed monthly installments, and suspended court salaries for twenty years to fund the defense.
• Lü Zixuan and the other officials agreed to forgo their salaries, and Qin Wu assigned Lü Zixuan to announce the plan and recruit experts on Xin State’s terms.
• Qin Wu revealed that the Supreme Profound Sect had agreed to cooperate with Qin State and had already stationed experts in the capital.

The Qin State’s people largely accepted paying twenty years of taxes in advance and suspending officials’ salaries to fund experts against the Demonic Flame Sect, while Chen Jie teleported to the capital to apply. In Xin State, Liu Yi reassured Bai Qianqian that he would eventually find and kill the God of Light, then Little Yellow reported the Qin State’s recruitment drive and urged them to seize the opportunity.

• The Qin State’s people debated the advance taxes and salary suspension, and most supported the policy as a way to defeat the Demonic Flame Sect, though some fled the country.
• Chen Jie saw the Qin State’s recruitment notice and teleported to the capital to apply for the job and earn rewards and livestream Energy Points.
• At the Immortal Gathering Pavilion, Bai Qianqian told Liu Yi and Little Yellow about her cultivation progress and her goal of reviving her brother.
• Liu Yi told Bai Qianqian he would find and kill the God of Light after advancing to the next realm, and warned her not to damage her foundation by cultivating too quickly.
• Little Yellow reported that a Demonic Flame Sect Void Return Realm cultivator had attacked the Qin capital and been captured, and that the Qin State was recruiting experts to wipe out the sect.
• Little Yellow urged Liu Yi and Bai Qianqian to join the Qin State’s effort and earn more Energy Points.