Chapter Summaries

Han Ping killed Tiger Lord despite his threats about Lady Su and rescued Han Xiulin and the captives from the demon’s cave. The freed captives feared retaliation from the powerful demon in the capital, and turned to Han Ping and his companions.

• Tiger Lord invoked Lady Su’s backing from the Southern Yin Ancient Kingdom, but Han Ping dismissed the threat and killed him with a palm strike.
• Han Ping learned that Tiger Lord had kept Han Xiulin alive as a medicinal ingredient and that she had advanced to the Body Tempering Seventh Layer while imprisoned.
• Han Ping and his companions entered Tiger Lord’s cave and annihilated the enslaved ghosts, including those in the Dao Foundation Realm.
• Han Xiulin told the freed captives that her granduncle had defeated Tiger Lord, and they rejoiced at the chance to go home.
• The captives worried that the great demon in the capital would seek revenge for Tiger Lord’s death, and looked to Han Ping and his companions.

Han Ping left Han Xiuyuan and Han Xiulin to collect soul crystals and traveled to the Xu Kingdom’s royal city to confront Lady Su. After the priests led him to the ancestral temple, Temple Keeper Su worried that the patriarch was trapped by another demon.

• Han Ping sent Han Xiuyuan and Han Xiulin to gather soul crystals while he went to the royal city to meet Lady Su.
• The divine temple learned that the Tiger Lord had fallen, and the high priest hurried to report the news to the patriarch.
• Temple Keeper Su revealed that the figure inside the ancestral temple was not the patriarch, but another demon, before the patriarch’s voice ordered the priests to receive Han Ping.
• Han Ping arrived above the royal city, confirmed that he had suppressed the Tiger Lord, and agreed to follow the priests to the ancestral temple.
• Temple Keeper Su hoped Han Ping could rescue the patriarch as he arrived outside the ancestral temple.

Han Ping entered the ancestral temple and defeated the Devil Race dragon possessing Su Miaoling, then learned how it had threatened the Xu Kingdom. Su Miaoling explained that the dragon had planned to refine the kingdom’s fortune, and Han Ping left her with a chance to explain her role in the crisis.

• Han Ping entered the ancestral temple alone and confronted the hidden Devil Race dragon.
• The devil dragon revealed its Dao Integration Realm might and attacked Han Ping, who countered with his Yin-Yang Qiankun Dharma Seal.
• Han Ping absorbed the dragon’s devil mist and destroyed its soul, while the priests outside heard its final cry.
• Temple Keeper Su went to check on the ancestor, and Han Ping discovered Su Miaoling behind the statue.
• Su Miaoling explained that the dragon had possessed her and recruited demons to weaken the Xu Kingdom while refining its fortune.

Han Ping helped Lady Su eliminate the demons terrorizing the Xu Kingdom and secured the Han family’s right to hold Haozhou. Back at the Han residence, he agreed to train Han Xiuyuan and Han Xiulin, then suggested Han Xiuyuan take several wives.

• Han Ping confirmed Lady Su was not behind the demons and negotiated for the Han family to hold Haozhou under the Xu Kingdom in name only.
• Lady Su summoned the other eight demons to the ancestral temple, where Han Ping killed them and took six of their demon cores.
• Lady Su planned to marry one of her descendants into the Han family, while Temple Keeper Su urged her to arrange the match.
• Han Ping returned to the Han residence and told Mandala and the Han siblings that he had secured Haozhou.
• Han Ping agreed to teach Han Xiuyuan and Han Xiulin cultivation and said future Han talents could attend the Dao-Seeking Academy.
• Han Ping asked Han Xiuyuan whether it was time for him to take several wives.

Han Ping began preparing a five-element formation and sent Han Xiuyuan to learn where cultivators held trading fairs. An immortal envoy arrived from the capital with a decree and went with the prefect and an elder to visit Han Ping, leaving the people of Haozhou wondering what the decree contained.

• Han Ping told Han Xiuyuan to prepare to marry cultivators and have children to strengthen the Han family.
• Han Ping began setting up a five-element formation but lacked spirit spring water, so he sent Han Xiuyuan to ask the prefect about nearby cultivators' trading fairs.
• The prefect and an elder told Han Xiuyuan that the Xu Kingdom's annual fair required an imperial invitation and drew cultivators from neighboring kingdoms.
• An immortal envoy arrived at the prefectural yamen and asked the elder to guide him to Han Ping so he could deliver a decree.
• The prefect's party reached the Han residence, and a servant went inside to announce the immortal envoy's visit.

Han Ping secured the Han Clan’s dominance in Haozhou, prepared Han Xiuyuan and his sister for cultivation, and left with Mandala to travel the Profound Continent. At the Dao-Seeking Academy, Chu Feng wondered how Ye Beixuan would fare in the Phoenix Clan’s trial, while Ye Beixuan waited outside Divine Phoenix Valley.

• The Xu Kingdom’s immortal envoy announced that Han Xiuyuan would become Marquis Who Guards the Kingdom, and Han Ping told the envoy he would visit the capital in three days.
• Han Ping said he would teach Han Xiuyuan and his sister cultivation, protect them with a formation and items, and leave their future to them.
• During the next month, Han Ping transformed the Han residence into an immortal estate, while Han Xiuyuan assured Haozhou’s powerful families that everything would stay as it was.
• Han Ping gave the Han siblings several items and left Haozhou City with Mandala, saying he wanted to reach Dao Integration before returning to the Dao-Seeking Academy.
• Chen Qianqian told Chu Feng she had begun teaching outer sect disciples, and Chu Feng said he looked forward to seeing how Beixuan performed in the Phoenix Clan’s trial.
• Outside Divine Phoenix Valley, Ye Beixuan sneezed while waiting with the other cultivators.

Ye Beixuan and the Feng Lineage arrived at Divine Phoenix Valley for the Fire Devil Abyss trial, where he traded insults with a brute from the Azure Luan family. At the banquet, the Feng Lineage Ancestor prepared to explain the trial rules before it opened in three days.

• Ye Beixuan mocked an Azure Luan brute who tried to provoke him, and the brute threatened to settle the score in the Devil Abyss.
• A phoenix emissary welcomed the eighteen factions into Divine Phoenix Valley and announced that the Fire Devil Abyss would open in three days.
• Ye Beixuan brushed off the valley’s wonders and continued trading barbs with the Azure Luan brute as the Feng Lineage ancestor watched approvingly.
• The Fire Phoenix Valley cultivators reached their quarters, where the Feng Lineage Ancestor greeted Ye Beixuan and called him the lineage’s son-in-law.
• At a feast, Ye Beixuan held back from eating and drinking until the Ancestor had explained the trial, prompting him to begin addressing the gathered cultivators.

The ancestor explained the origin of the Fire Devil Abyss and the rules and rewards of its trial. As the factions gathered to enter the abyss, Ye Beixuan remained confident, and the envoy opened the passage and ordered them to enter by their previous rankings.

• The ancestor told Ye Beixuan that the Phoenix Ancestor had suppressed a Divine Emperor-level Heavenly Devil, whose burial place became the Fire Devil Abyss, and explained the trial's rankings and rewards.
• Ye Beixuan declared he would take first place, while the other seventeen vassal factions prepared strategies to secure the top three.
• After three days in Divine Phoenix Valley, Ye Beixuan and the Fire Phoenix Valley group reached the abyss as the trial began.
• The honored envoy explained the devil-crystal point values, permitted combat, and three-month time limit, warning that late entrants would become Devil Creatures.
• The phoenix opened the passage into the Fire Devil Abyss and ordered the factions to enter according to the previous trial's rankings.

Ye Beixuan led the Feng Lineage group into the Devil Abyss, where Feng Qiongyu’s awakened Phoenix Bloodline cleared the devil fog. After explaining the realm’s origins and agreeing to hunt a King or Marquis first, Ye Beixuan spotted a battle ahead and sent scouts to identify the faction.

• The Feng Lineage patriarch told the disciples to follow Ye Beixuan and Feng Qiongyu, and the group entered the Devil Abyss after the phoenix confirmed Feng Qiongyu had awakened the Phoenix Bloodline.
• Feng Qiongyu’s Phoenix Bloodline dispersed the devil fog, allowing the group to pass through the entrance.
• Qing Li and Hong Li led the Azure Luan Clan onward, and Qing Li promised to help Hong Li in exchange for his help securing a top-three finish.
• Ye Beixuan led the Feng Lineage west through the Devil Abyss and explained that the realm was a fallen Devil God’s Divine Domain.
• Ye Beixuan agreed to hunt a King or Marquis first after the Feng Lineage disciples balked at challenging a Half-Saint Devil Master.
• After spotting a battle several li away, Ye Beixuan sent Third Brother and two others to identify the faction without approaching.

Ye Beixuan found the Azure Luan clan being overwhelmed by two King and Marquis Devil Masters and bargained to help them in exchange for treasures and Hong Li's humiliation. After Hong Li kowtowed, Ye Beixuan confronted the Golden Flame King and its spouse, who surrounded him and cut off his escape.

• Feng Yanxiang reported that the Azure Luan clan was being beaten by two Devil Masters, and Ye Beixuan led the Feng Lineage disciples to watch.
• Ye Beixuan taunted Hong Li and offered to help if the Azure Luan clan handed over its treasures and Hong Li kowtowed to him.
• Qing Li accepted Ye Beixuan's terms, while secretly planning to flee once the Devil Masters injured him.
• The Golden Flame King shattered the formation, leaving the Azure Luan cultivators exposed, and Hong Li kowtowed three times while shouting, "I submit!"
• Ye Beixuan summoned the Primordial Chaos Mirror and challenged the Golden Flame King and its spouse, who moved behind him to block his escape.

Ye Beixuan faced the Golden Flame King and True Crimson King, two powerful Devil Masters, while Hong Li and the Azure Luan disciples prepared to flee. He effortlessly collected the Golden Flame King’s starfire attack with the Primordial Chaos Mirror and challenged the Devil Masters to do more.

• Hong Li and Qing Li realized the two Devil Masters planned to trap everyone, while Hong Li resolved to help Qing Li escape.
• Ye Beixuan confronted the Golden Flame King and True Crimson King in midair and provoked them as Hong Li urged the others to prepare to break out.
• The Golden Flame King revealed his Devil Intent Great Perfection and unleashed World-Destroying Starfall at Ye Beixuan.
• Ye Beixuan revealed his True Intent Great Perfection and used the Primordial Chaos Mirror to collect every streak of starfire.
• The onlookers stared in shock as Ye Beixuan calmly asked whether the Devil Masters’ little tricks were over.

Ye Beixuan used the Primordial Chaos Mirror and his supreme divine ability to stop the Golden Flame King and True Crimson King from fusing and defeat them. After sealing the Golden Flame King’s attempt to self-destruct, he let the purple light consume both Devil Masters, ending the battle.

• The Golden Flame King and True Crimson King tried to fuse into a Devil Master comparable to a Half-Saint, but Ye Beixuan interrupted them with the Primordial Chaos Sword.
• Ye Beixuan’s purple Divine Domain changed the world’s rules and sealed the injured Devil Masters.
• The True Crimson King tried to beguile Ye Beixuan by changing her appearance and offering to serve him, but he rejected her and intensified the purple light.
• The Golden Flame King tried to self-destruct, but Ye Beixuan sealed him and let the Primordial Chaos Purple Light consume him.
• The True Crimson King also turned to ash, bringing the great battle to an end.

Ye Beixuan helped the Azure Luan Clan survive the battle, collected the promised treasures, and departed with the Feng Lineage. Soon after, Qing Li revealed that Ye Beixuan carried the Primordial Chaos Mirror, prompting three clans to pursue him despite her warning.

• The Azure Luan Clan handed over half their treasures and two demonic crystals to Ye Beixuan, who stored them and left with the Feng Lineage.
• Hong Li admitted that he was no match for Ye Beixuan before Qing Li ordered the Azure Luan Clan to prepare for battle as three forces arrived.
• Lei Xiao, Lan Yan, and a green-haired cultivator questioned Qing Li about the Primordial Chaos Purple Light and demanded to know who owned the treasure.
• Qing Li identified its owner as Senior Brother Ye and warned the three clans not to provoke him, but Lan Yan dismissed her warning and led the forces west in pursuit.
• Hong Li and the Azure Luan Clan disciples confronted Qing Li for revealing Ye Beixuan's identity.

Ye Beixuan and the Feng Lineage disciples encountered fleeing Devil Creatures and planned to attack their leaderless forces, but Lan Yan, Lei Xiao, and Feng Ye ambushed them to seize his Primordial Chaos Realm and the Devil Creatures’ spoils. The three prodigies’ sacred artifacts unleashed Great Dao True Essence that suppressed the Realm’s purple light, leaving the Feng Lineage party shocked.

• Qing Li defended her decision to send the three rival forces after Ye Beixuan, then led her group to seek a safe place to rest.
• Ye Beixuan and Feng Yanxiang spotted Devil Creatures fleeing near a banner resembling the Golden Flame King’s and decided to attack them for points.
• Lan Yan, Lei Xiao, and Feng Ye revealed themselves and demanded Ye Beixuan’s treasure and the Devil Creatures’ spoils.
• Ye Beixuan learned that Qing Li had warned the three not to provoke him, but they dismissed her warning and surrounded the Feng Lineage disciples with several hundred fighters.
• Lan Yan, Lei Xiao, and Feng Ye attacked with their sacred artifacts, and their Great Dao True Essence suppressed the Primordial Chaos Purple Light from Ye Beixuan’s mirror.

Ye Beixuan shattered the Three Phoenix Holy Light with a sword strike that pierced the secret realm’s sky and defeated Lan Yan, Lei Xiao, and Feng Ye. He demanded compensation from their remnant souls after they pleaded for mercy.

• Lei Xiao mocked Ye Beixuan and claimed the three phoenix descendants could defeat him with the Three Phoenix Holy Light.
• Ye Beixuan summoned the Sword Jade and called for his master’s aid, then unleashed a strike that shattered the holy light and punched a hole in the sky.
• Hong Li, the Azure Luan disciples, Devil Creatures, Half-Saints, and observers outside the secret realm were shaken by the sword’s power.
• Lan Yan, Lei Xiao, and Feng Ye were blasted from their bodies, and their remnant souls begged Ye Beixuan to spare them.
• Ye Beixuan rejected their pleas, and Lan Yan asked how they could compensate him.

Ye Beixuan forced Lei Xiao, Feng Ye, and a third clan leader to trade treasures and labor for their lives, then led his group toward a Half-Saint-level Devil Master. Three days later, they found a Devil Race settlement, and the Feng Lineage members looked to Ye Beixuan before acting.

• Ye Beixuan demanded half the three clans’ treasures and ordered them to suppress the Devil Masters’ subordinates in exchange for sparing their leaders.
• Ye Beixuan took two-thirds of the gathered treasures and let the Feng Lineage divide the rest, while Feng Yanxiang agreed to collect devil crystals and split them with him.
• The three clans slaughtered Devil Creatures for more than ten hours, and Ye Beixuan warned the leaders’ soul remnants not to provoke him again.
• Ye Beixuan proposed finding a Half-Saint-level Devil Master to claim first place in the trial, and Feng Yanxiang suggested using a captured Devil Creature to guide them.
• Three days later, the group discovered a small Devil Race settlement, and the Feng Lineage members turned to Ye Beixuan.

Ye Beixuan and the Feng Lineage learned that Buddha Devil ruled a temple ten thousand li west, then found a mysterious oasis on their journey there. Ye Beixuan and Feng Qiongyu entered it alone, unaware that the oasis was lowering their guard.

• Feng Yanxiang captured a True Fate Realm Devil Creature, interrogated it, and learned that Buddha Devil presided over a temple ten thousand li west.
• Feng Yanxiang killed the Devil Creature, and Ye Beixuan led the group west toward the Half-Saint Devil Master.
• Ye Beixuan used the Primordial Chaos Mirror to confirm that the oasis they found was real, then warned everyone that entering it could be dangerous.
• The Feng Lineage disciples chose to stay outside, and Feng Yanxiang promised to keep them safe while Ye Beixuan and Feng Qiongyu entered the oasis.
• Birdsong and flowers filled the oasis, and Ye Beixuan and Feng Qiongyu gradually lowered their guard as Feng Qiongyu remarked on how unusual it was.

Ye Beixuan and Feng Qiongyu entered a peach grove that trapped Feng Qiongyu in an illusion of her childhood and later life with him. Ye Beixuan then awoke in a different apparent reality, where Feng Qiongyu claimed he had cultivated the Sitting in Forgetfulness Dao Art and urged him to check his storage ring.

• Ye Beixuan examined the peach grove with the Primordial Chaos Mirror and entered it with Feng Qiongyu, but its fragrance made them lower their guard.
• Feng Qiongyu saw her mother instead of Ye Beixuan and relived a life in Fire Phoenix Valley before fleeing an arranged marriage and joining the Dao-Seeking Academy to meet Ye Beixuan.
• Ye Beixuan heard someone call him Grand Elder Ye and found himself in his former elder's hall, where Feng Qiongyu said his Half-Saint ceremony was about to begin.
• Ye Beixuan rejected the scene as false, but Feng Qiongyu explained that the Sitting in Forgetfulness Dao Art could make him forget himself and mistake reincarnation for reality.
• Ye Beixuan asked Feng Qiongyu to show him the art, and she told him it was in his storage ring, prompting him to send his divine sense inside.

Ye Beixuan escaped the Eight-Armed Devil Buddha’s illusion by awakening the True Essence of Primordial Chaos and freeing Feng Qiongyu. He confronted the Buddha Devil as the figure emerged from a golden temple, and their battle was about to begin.

• Ye Beixuan questioned whether he was trapped in an illusion, while the Eight-Armed Devil Buddha revealed his plan to absorb Ye Beixuan’s soul and grow stronger.
• Ye Beixuan cultivated the Primordial Chaos Creation Art in the illusion and perfected his Primordial Chaos True Intent.
• As the Buddha Kingdom swallowed half of Ye Beixuan’s soul, he combined the insights from two lifetimes and comprehended the True Essence of Primordial Chaos.
• Ye Beixuan’s Primordial Chaos Purple Light broke the Buddha Kingdom, and he led Feng Qiongyu out of the illusion into a peach blossom grove.
• Ye Beixuan challenged the Buddha Devil, who raised a radiant Buddhist temple and emerged to face him.

Ye Beixuan and Feng Qiongyu faced the Eight-Armed Devil Buddha, who trapped them in his Worry-Free Buddha Land. Ye Beixuan summoned a sword strike from his Sword Jade to kill the Devil Buddha, and the secret realm’s powerful residents and guardians feared the strike could destroy the realm.

• The Eight-Armed Devil Buddha tried to make Ye Beixuan and Feng Qiongyu submit, then enveloped them in his Worry-Free Buddha Land.
• Ye Beixuan called for his master, and a ray of sword light burst from the Sword Jade, disrupting the Buddha land.
• The Eight-Armed Devil Buddha fled, but the sword light struck and killed him before continuing on to hit the secret realm’s barrier.
• The nine Half-Saint Devil Masters hid in their secret chambers, while the Phoenix Saint warned that fewer than a hundred such sword strikes could collapse the secret realm.
• Ye Beixuan and Feng Qiongyu approached the Devil Buddha’s corpse to see what treasures he had left behind.