Recaps

The chapter showed the Golden Roll’s top ten acting independently as demonic cultivators entered the Demon Soil ahead of the great battle. Rui Qingxue and the Green-backed Flood Dragon killed a Poison Absolute Demonic Cave group and secured its poison sources, while other powerful figures intercepted demonic cultivators across the region.

• Jiang Yinkong explained that the Golden Roll’s top ten could enter the Demon Soil without obeying Demon Suppression Pass, and that several had already gone ahead.
• A group from the Poison Absolute Demonic Cave arrived beneath a lake to poison the underground water veins, but the Green-backed Great Flood Dragon devoured them before they could begin.
• The Green-backed Flood Dragon brought the dead demonic cultivators to Rui Qingxue, who identified them and told him to keep their poison sources safe.
• Rui Qingxue dismissed the Green-backed Flood Dragon’s warnings about her drunkenness, and he left to patrol the rivers while the Old Turtle remained on watch.
• Across the Demon Soil, other powerful figures intercepted and killed demonic cultivators, while the remaining Gold Ranking prodigies faced formidable Demonic Dao opponents.

Long Zhu and Xiao Huai were overwhelmed by a heavily prepared Demonic Dao force near Ghostly Soul Demon Cave. As Xiao Huai faced capture or death, Xuanyuan Xinghe arrived with a devastating spear attack.

• Long Zhu and Xiao Huai battled demon cultivators, but the old demon's cloak and the Ten Thousand Corpses brothers' revival ability kept them from winning.
• Long Zhu urged Xiao Huai to retreat, but a Dragon Imprisoning Rope trapped him and his incarnations.
• The demons attacked Xiao Huai with a Dead Water Purifying Bottle and a Demonic Dao Soul Banner, leaving him desperate and cornered.
• Righteous-path reinforcements arrived as Xuanyuan Xinghe launched a spear strike that included Xiao Huai in its attack range.

Ling Shuang arrived in time to defeat the demonic cultivators, kill the Five Brothers of Ten Thousand Corpses, and escort the Gold Ranking prodigies back to Demon Suppression Pass. Meanwhile, the Young Master revealed that crippling a Gold Ranking prodigy had been a test and prepared to see what a mysterious god could do in the coming battle.

• Xuanyuan Xinghe struck down the demonic cultivators and severely injured Xiao Huai, while Mo Yunzhou helped Long Zhu escape her attackers.
• Ling Shuang’s sword forced the demonic cultivators to retreat, then killed the Five Brothers of Ten Thousand Corpses when they were grazed by his Sword Qi.
• Ling Shuang scolded Xiao Huai and Long Zhu for their recklessness, praised Xuanyuan Xinghe, and berated Mo Yunzhou before leading the prodigies toward Demon Suppression Pass.
• Ling Shuang suspected that the Demonic Dao’s attack was part of a larger plan and decided to discuss the mysterious Young Master and Dragon Imprisoning Rope with the other factions.
• In the Ghostly Soul Demon Cave, the Young Master told the surviving demonic cultivators that crippling a Gold Ranking prodigy had fulfilled their purpose, then prepared to test a treasure pearl’s supposed god in the coming battle.

At Demon Suppression Pass, Yang Yuanhong, Xuan Youli, and Jiang Yinkong learned that Xiao Huai had been gravely wounded and chose a Demon Cave for their planned expedition. Meanwhile, Chen Yang sensed a link between the danger in the southeast and a possible remnant of Canglan Divine Palace, so he summoned Fu Yin and the others.

• Xuan Youli arrived at Demon Suppression Pass and learned that Jiang Yinkong would join her and Yang Yuanhong on the demon extermination journey.
• Jiang Yinkong reported that a Demonic Dao ambush had severely wounded Crown Prince Xiao Huai and forced him to withdraw from the campaign.
• Jiang Yinkong calculated that all five Demon Caves bore ominous signs, but that including Yang Yuanhong in the calculation eased the danger in three of them.
• Yang Yuanhong and Jiang Yinkong agreed to avoid Ghostly Soul and Azure Flame Demon Caves and choose Ten Thousand Corpses Demon Cave unless new orders changed their plans.
• Chen Yang sensed that the death tribulation might be connected to a hidden remnant of Canglan Divine Palace and summoned Fu Yin and the others to discuss it.

Chen Yang sought counsel from his Divine Dao subordinates about the mysterious remnant in the southeastern Demon Soil. Their theories pointed to ancient Divine Dao relics and surviving contingencies, while Fu Yin proposed that the remnant might still exist outside because it arose from the coexistence of the Immortal Dao and Divine Dao.

• Wu Hua suggested the remnant might be a Town Domain Divine Tablet like the one that had guided him to Tiger Chasing Vast Sea Blessed Land.
• Ku Yun proposed that an ancient Divine Path Great Power might have left behind a contingency on the Demon Soil, and Chen Yang considered that other Divine Palaces could hold separate plans to revive the Divine Dao.
• Bai Que described deity-symbolizing objects and explained that ranked gods had trusted Divine Palace officials and divine envoys to carry out their orders.
• Chen Yang suspected that people within the Divine Palaces or Divine Court might have concealed their role in the ancient catastrophe.
• Fu Yin wondered whether a remnant born from the coexistence of the Immortal Dao and Divine Dao could persist in the outside world, as she herself had.

Chen Yang realized the unknown threat might be a spirit of heaven and earth fused with a divine remnant, and resolved to capture it if it endangered Yang Yuanhong. Yang Yuanhong's squad completed a mission in Earth Fiend Demon Cave, but then spotted Baili Fusang falling from a demonic cloud.

• Fu Yin's explanation led Chen Yang to suspect the threat was a Dao-born spirit fused with a divine object or lingering divine being, and he decided it could become a subject for his research.
• Three days later, Yang Yuanhong's squad received orders to scout Earth Fiend Demon Cave, where updated maps showed the danger zones had expanded significantly.
• Dongfang Yinghao gave Yang Yuanhong a protective treasure before the squad set out with Jiang Yinkong and Xuan Youli.
• Jiang Yinkong's deductions helped the squad locate a hidden teleportation array, and Yang Yuanhong and Xuan Youli killed the arriving demonic cultivators before the team destroyed it.
• As the squad prepared to withdraw, they saw someone fall from a cloud of demonic energy, and Jiang Yinkong identified him as Baili Fusang of Ruyi Immortal Valley.

Baili Fusang was gravely wounded by a demonic cultivator, who then attacked Yang Yuanhong, Dongfang Yinghao, Jiang Yinkong, and Xuan Youli as they tried to escape. Ling Shuang arrived, shattered the demonic cultivator’s Blood Hand, and cut apart most of the demonic clouds, rescuing Baili Fusang.

• The demonic cultivator pierced Baili Fusang’s chest and dantian with a Blood Hand and demonic spirit treasure.
• Jiang Yinkong used the Art of Heavenly Calculation to seek a way to save Baili Fusang, but the calculation badly injured him.
• Baili Fusang used his final verse to restrain the purple mist and protect Yang Yuanhong and the others as they fled toward Demon Suppression Pass.
• The demonic cultivator unleashed a wicked wind and sent a Blood Hand after Yang Yuanhong, but Yang Yuanhong resisted the wind with his Black Armor.
• Ling Shuang arrived, destroyed the Blood Hand, and cut apart most of the demonic clouds before rescuing the wounded Baili Fusang.

Ling Shuang arrived in time to save Baili Fusang and fought Old Demon in the Clouds, whose growing demonic cloud and hidden techniques challenged even her swordsmanship. As Ling Shuang was occupied by poison and a sword-seizing treasure, Yang Yuanhong took Baili Fusang’s antidote and charged the corpse soldiers.

• Ling Shuang rescued Baili Fusang, sent him to Yang Yuanhong for protection, and prepared to fight Old Demon in the Clouds.
• Ling Shuang and Old Demon in the Clouds clashed, with her accumulating sword intent gradually gaining the advantage.
• Old Demon in the Clouds revealed his true body and used poisonous mist to pin down Ling Shuang.
• Old Demon in the Clouds created poisonous corpse soldiers and used a magnet-like treasure to seize Ling Shuang’s swords, leaving Yang Yuanhong’s group exposed.
• Baili Fusang gave Yang Yuanhong a Detoxifying Spirit Pill, and Yang Yuanhong swallowed it before charging into the corpse soldiers.

Yang Yuanhong helped Ling Shuang destroy Old Demon in the Clouds’ poisonous demonic cloud with a combined dragon-and-sword technique, allowing her to pierce his body. Ling Shuang withdrew when reinforcements arrived, and the Soul Cultivator captured the Old Devil’s fleeing Primordial Spirit in his Soul Banner.

• Yang Yuanhong slaughtered the corpse soldiers while Ling Shuang noticed the power of his dragon aura and decided she might be able to kill Old Demon in the Clouds.
• Old Demon in the Clouds unleashed his Demonic Cloud Devour technique, then fled while Ling Shuang and Yang Yuanhong prepared a counterattack.
• Ling Shuang used Dragon Transformation Ascends Sword to join Yang Yuanhong’s dragon shadow with the Taicang Sword, and the enormous blade shattered the demonic clouds and struck the Old Devil.
• The Old Devil’s Primordial Spirit escaped his destroyed body, but Ling Shuang withdrew with Yang Yuanhong when demonic reinforcements arrived.
• The Soul Cultivator froze the Old Devil’s Primordial Spirit and forced it into his Soul Banner despite the Old Devil’s protests.

Ling Shuang arrived in time to save Baili Fusang and fought the Old Demon in the Clouds, whose demonic cloud and poisonous techniques tested her swordsmanship. While the Old Devil disrupted her swords and sent corpse soldiers after Yang Yuanhong and the others, Yang Yuanhong took Baili Fusang’s antidote and charged into battle.

• Ling Shuang sent the injured Baili Fusang to Yang Yuanhong and began fighting the Old Demon in the Clouds with the Taicang Sword.
• Ling Shuang’s sword intent gradually gained the advantage, but the Old Demon revealed his true body and attacked her with poisonous mist.
• The Old Demon summoned poisonous corpse soldiers and used a lodestone spirit treasure to seize Ling Shuang’s swords, leaving Yang Yuanhong and the others exposed.
• Baili Fusang gave Yang Yuanhong a Detoxifying Spirit Pill and told him to fight the corpse soldiers without fear of their poison.
• Yang Yuanhong swallowed the pill, activated his Black Armor, and charged into the corpse soldiers.

Ling Shuang and Yang Yuanhong combined their abilities to destroy Old Demon in the Clouds’ body and force his Primordial Spirit to flee. Ling Shuang retreated when demonic reinforcements arrived, but the Soul Cultivator captured the stranded Old Devil in his soul banner.

• Yang Yuanhong destroyed the corpse soldiers while Ling Shuang devised a way to use his dragon form against Old Demon in the Clouds.
• Old Demon in the Clouds unleashed his demonic clouds and tried to flee as Ling Shuang joined Yang Yuanhong with the Taicang Sword.
• Ling Shuang transformed the Taicang Sword into a hundred-zhang blade, and Yang Yuanhong coiled around it as a black dragon to form the Taicang Dragon Sword.
• The combined strike shattered the demonic clouds, pierced Old Demon in the Clouds’ defenses, and destroyed his body, leaving his Primordial Spirit to escape.
• Ling Shuang retreated with Yang Yuanhong when a Soul Cultivator arrived, and the newcomer captured Old Demon in the Clouds’ Primordial Spirit in his soul banner.

After Ling Shuang rescued the survivors and brought them to Demon Suppression Pass, Yang Yuanhong and Xuan Youli discussed the danger she had faced and the burden she carried as the foundation of Great Qian. The Venerable summoned Yang Yuanhong, who entered a sea grotto-heaven and met a colossal one-horned whale at the True Intent Twelfth Layer.

• Ling Shuang delivered the survivors to Demon Suppression Pass, where Baili Fusang and Jiang Yinkong received treatment and Dongfang Yinghao was taken away by a Dongfang Family ancestor.
• Xuan Youli thanked Yang Yuanhong for saving her and explained that her survival was vital to Great Qian's national fortune.
• Yang Yuanhong reflected on the immense pressure Xuan Youli bore and told her she had endured a difficult journey.
• A voice transmission summoned Yang Yuanhong to meet the Venerable, and Chen Yang concealed his divine power before he entered the cave dwelling.
• Yang Yuanhong arrived in a vast sea grotto-heaven and met the enormous one-horned whale, which invited him to enter its mouth and speak.

Yang Yuanhong entered the one-horned giant whale and met Venerable Daohé, who set him to hoeing a heavily burdened field as a body-tempering trial. Yang Yuanhong discovered that the work strengthened his body and kept going despite Venerable Daohé increasing the weight, leaving him still struggling to finish the field before nightfall.

• The old giant whale's phantom led Yang Yuanhong to a field where Ling Shuang and Venerable Daohé were hoeing the soil.
• Venerable Daohé assigned Yang Yuanhong a ten-mu plot and told him to finish turning it before sunset.
• Yang Yuanhong activated his Black Dragon Variant Body to lift the heavy hoe and felt mystical power tempering his body with each swing.
• Venerable Daohé praised Yang Yuanhong's promise and teased Ling Shuang by comparing her pace with Luo Qianchou's.
• Venerable Daohé increased the weight on Yang Yuanhong, who spat blood but insisted he could continue hoeing.

Yang Yuanhong endured a brutal trial under Venerable Daohé and completed his field just as night fell, earning a chance to refine his Western Beast Spirit Pill and rebuild his body. Ten days later, he emerged at Essence Condensation Perfection and prepared to head for the Earth Fiend Demon Cave as the great battle approached.

• Ling Shuang finished turning her field, while Yang Yuanhong continued plowing despite his shattered scales and bleeding body.
• A stream of water revived Yang Yuanhong's clarity, and he used his final strength to complete the last step as night fell.
• Venerable Daohé caught Yang Yuanhong, retrieved his Western Beast Spirit Pill, and sent him to recover while he refined the pill.
• Ling Shuang gathered the remaining six front-page prodigies for special training after Xiao Huai and Baili Fusang fell into the Demonic Dao's scheme.
• Ten days later, Yang Yuanhong emerged with an overwhelming aura at Essence Condensation Perfection, and Jiang Yinkong told him the Demon Cave would soon merge with the Demon Soil.
• Yang Yuanhong learned they were still assigned to the Earth Fiend Demon Cave and set out, vowing to transform into a dragon in the Vast Sea Demonic Land.

After reviewing past campaigns, the righteous factions concluded that a Demonic Dao Young Master had coordinated the five Demon Caves and prepared tools to counter their prodigies, forcing them into a cautious defense. At Demon Suppression Pass, General Zeng Guangshan learned that Yang Hu’s prodigy squad had arrived to reinforce his understaffed battle line.

• The righteous leaders found that joint demonic forces had quietly reduced the Demonic Dao’s losses in the campaigns eighty-six and thirty-four years earlier.
• They inferred that the Demonic Dao Young Master had coordinated the factions, refined strange treasures, and engineered the recent injuries to righteous prodigies.
• The righteous commanders ordered their forces to remain cautious as the Demonic Dao threatened to advance beneath Demon Suppression Pass.
• A messenger told General Zeng Guangshan that Yang Hu’s prodigy squad had arrived behind the battle line.
• Zeng Guangshan, already short one True Person-level combatant, ordered the messenger to invite Yang Hu to him.

Yang Yuanhong took command of five battle positions on the Demon Suppression Pass front and prepared to draw out hidden enemies with Dongfang Yinghao. The chapter ended with Chen Yang approving Yang Yuanhong’s request for divine power.

• Zeng Guangshan welcomed Yang Yuanhong and learned from Ku Ye of Yang Yuanhong’s kindness to the Sun Clan.
• Yang Yuanhong assigned Jiang Yinkong and Xuan Youli to assist Zeng Guangshan, while he took Dongfang Yinghao to command five positions.
• The Spiritual Connection cultivators accepted Yang Yuanhong as their commander after sensing his formidable aura.
• Yang Yuanhong took Dongfang Yinghao toward the Demon Soil to draw out the concealed Demonic Dao forces.
• Yang Yuanhong requested the Immortal Venerable’s divine power, and Chen Yang approved.

Yang Yuanhong and Dongfang Yinghao cleared the demonic ambushes near the righteous battle line before the five Demon Caves descended and the great battle began. Yang Yuanhong then confronted three Spiritual Connection Perfection cultivators from the Earth Fiend Demon Cave and unleashed his strength against them.

• Chen Yang used three Six-armed Puppets to kill demonic cultivators guarding a hidden killing formation, then erased their signal for help and captured the fleeing Primordial Spirits.
• Dongfang Yinghao sent Flying Ant Puppets to destroy the formation, and he and Chen Yang cleared traps and ambushers near their battle line.
• A thunderous boom announced the descent of the five Demon Caves, and Yang Yuanhong sent Dongfang Yinghao back to his position while he faced three approaching demonic cultivators.
• The three Earth Fiend Demon Cave cultivators mocked Yang Yuanhong, but he shattered one of their avatars with a single punch and attacked as the others joined forces against him.

Yang Yuanhong fought three Earth Fiend Demonic Cultivators while his forces held their positions against a sudden Demonic Dao assault. The defensive line repelled the surprise attack, revealing that Yang's orders had anticipated the enemy's strategy.

• The three Earth Fiend Demonic Cultivators transformed into giants and battered Yang Yuanhong into the ground.
• Dongfang Yinghao refused to let five Spiritual Connection Perfection cultivators leave their posts to support Yang, following the commander's orders.
• The Demonic Dao launched a swift surprise attack on all five positions, but Yang Yuanhong's forces held their line.
• The five cultivators realized Yang had kept them in place to prevent the surprise assault from opening a breach in the defensive line.
• Zeng Guangshan's side, with Jiang Yinkong's preparations, repelled the attack, while True Person Ku Ye held his positions despite heavier casualties.

Yang Yuanhong fought off three Earthly Baleful demonic cultivators before a Demonic Dao True Person bound him with the Dragon Imprisoning Rope. Yang Yuanhong revealed further defenses against the True Person's attacks and challenged him, leaving the fight unresolved.

• The Demonic Dao launched a swift raid, broke through several righteous fronts, and followed up with a fierce assault by its main forces.
• Yang Yuanhong endured the combined attacks of three Earthly Baleful demonic cultivators, then killed two of them with his transformed body and Phantom Body Stacking Waves fist art.
• A Twelfth Layer Spiritual Connection Demonic Dao True Person used the Dragon Imprisoning Rope to bind Yang Yuanhong, then sent the surviving demonic cultivator to capture him alive.
• Flowing fire erupted around Yang Yuanhong and burned the surviving demonic cultivator to death when he tried to seize him.
• The True Person attacked Yang Yuanhong with a Spirit Devouring Cone, but a cyan turtle-patterned shield blocked it, and Yang Yuanhong challenged him to subdue a tiger.

Yang Yuanhong broke free and fought the Demonic Dao True Person, but the demon shattered his defenses with dead water. With Chen Yang’s help, Yang Yuanhong killed him and escaped, leaving the arriving demonic cultivators unable to find his Primordial Spirit.

• Yang Yuanhong broke free of the Dragon Imprisoning Rope and attacked the Demonic Dao True Person, who corroded his turtle shield with dead water and shattered it.
• Yang Yuanhong donned black armor, overpowered the demon with Dragon Strife and Tiger Battle, and chased him as he fled through the demonic cloud.
• Yang Yuanhong burned away the demon’s poison sac and struck him down, while Chen Yang intercepted the demon’s attempt to summon aid.
• Chen Yang killed the Demonic Dao True Person with a streak of white light, seized his Primordial Spirit, and told Yang Yuanhong to flee.
• Yang Yuanhong searched the demon’s body and escaped before two demonic cultivators arrived and discovered that the True Person’s Primordial Spirit was gone.

Yang Yuanhong wiped out the Demonic Path forces on his front and reported that he had killed their True Person to Zeng Guangshan. The Demonic Path planned to wear down the front with repeated minor attacks, while Yang Yuanhong’s allies recognized that his strength had surpassed nearly everyone on the Gold Ranking.

• Yang Yuanhong killed the Demonic Path True Person and annihilated the attacking forces across five positions, liberating his front.
• Yang Yuanhong ordered the five Spiritual Connection Perfection cultivators to establish outposts and follow his defensive arrangements, then left for the main front with Dongfang Yinghao.
• The Demonic Path Young Master read the battle report and ordered many minor engagements to maintain a long-term stalemate.
• Yang Yuanhong and Dongfang Yinghao reached the main front, where Zeng Guangshan learned that Yang Yuanhong had killed a True Person and praised him.
• Jiang Yinkong and Xuan Youli congratulated Yang Yuanhong and realized that only Nangong Jinghe could rival his strength among those on the Gold Ranking.

Yang Yuanhong rushed to reinforce the western battle line, where the Demonic Dao had concentrated unusually strong forces. He rescued several defensive positions and reached True Person Ku Ye, who was fighting four enemies while badly wounded.

• Yang Yuanhong delivered the seized Demonic Dao spirit treasures to Zeng Guangshan, then volunteered with Dongfang Yinghao to reinforce the western battle line.
• Yang Yuanhong arrived at the western defenses and killed a demonic cultivator who was about to strike down an injured righteous cultivator.
• Yang Yuanhong learned that the Demonic Dao had sent overwhelming forces against the western positions, including several Spiritual Connection Perfection cultivators and a Demonic Dao True Person.
• Yang Yuanhong left Dongfang Yinghao to assist at the first position and rescued two more defensive positions as he continued west.
• Yang Yuanhong reached the westernmost battlefield and saw True Person Ku Ye, wounded by Spirit Devouring Cones, struggling against four enemies.

Yang Yuanhong arrived just as True Person Ku Ye was about to make a last stand against the demonic cultivators, and his ferocious attack turned the battle around. As Yang Yuanhong fought the Demonic Dao True Person, the young demonic cultivator unleashed his Soul Banner against Ku Ye, who struggled to hold off the ghosts.

• The Demonic Dao True Person urged True Person Ku Ye to surrender, but Ku Ye resolved to fight to the death rather than join the immortal sect.
• Yang Yuanhong charged in and attacked the Demonic Dao True Person, forcing him back and giving Ku Ye an opening to wound another demonic cultivator.
• The young demonic cultivator summoned his Soul Banner and sent its ghosts toward Ku Ye, who used the Destroy Life Art to repel them.
• The young demonic cultivator strengthened the ghosts with his Primordial Spirit as Ku Ye weakened, then prepared a killing move with a series of Magic Seals.

Yang Yuanhong and Chen Yang defeated the demonic cultivators at the front line, but a Venerable intervened to save the fleeing young cultivator. Venerable Daohé appeared afterward, ordered Yang Yuanhong to sweep the rear, and left True Person Ku Ye with a cryptic admonition.

• The Ghost King ignored the demonic cultivator’s command and flew toward Yang Yuanhong, allowing True Person Ku Ye to strike and wound the young cultivator.
• Chen Yang killed the Demonic Dao True Person and captured the Soul King while Yang Yuanhong pursued the fleeing demonic cultivator.
• The young demonic cultivator cried for his father, and a spatial restraint froze everyone for a breath before the cultivator vanished and Yang Yuanhong returned unharmed.
• True Person Ku Ye told Yang Yuanhong that the demonic cultivators across the battlefield had been slain during the brief stillness.
• Yang Yuanhong and True Person Ku Ye met Venerable Daohé, who ordered Yang Yuanhong to take his team and sweep the rear.
• Venerable Daohé told True Person Ku Ye, “Falling leaves return to roots; from the Dao heart, life arises,” and then vanished.

Bai Di abandoned his plan to reclaim the southwestern lands after his covert preparations were exposed and sent ten powerful subordinates to target the righteous path’s remaining fighters. He then killed a disobedient Venerable’s son, destroyed his Primordial Spirit, and let the man’s attendant carry the remains to his father as a warning.

• True Person Ku Ye reflected on Venerable Daohé’s guidance after the Venerable left.
• Bai Di learned that his plan to reclaim the southwestern lands had been exposed, so he shifted his focus to killing his enemies.
• Bai Di summoned ten powerful subordinates and ordered them to attack the front lines and cripple or kill their targets.
• A Venerable’s son confronted Bai Di over intelligence that had led him into a dangerous battle, and Bai Di killed him for disobeying orders.
• Bai Di destroyed the son’s Primordial Spirit and ordered his attendant to warn the father to raise him properly.