Chapter Summaries

Ning Jiu and Lin Qiao struggled to break through the old demon’s Earth Dragon defenses until Yang Yuanling and Chen Huai'an arrived after killing the Confluence Faction cultivator’s soul fragment. The old demon panicked and dug in, while the newcomers prepared to face him.

• Ning Jiu and Lin Qiao pinned the Earth Dragon down but could not overcome its Five Elements Rotation Power.
• The old demon learned of a spatial disturbance and assumed the Confluence Faction cultivator had finished his battle.
• Yang Yuanling and Chen Huai'an appeared, revealing that they had likely slain the Confluence Faction cultivator’s soul fragment.
• Shocked by his companion’s death, the old demon feared the Lower Cultivators and tried to summon the old patriarch for help.
• The old demon buried himself deeper and focused on defending, avoiding immediate danger.

Chi Tian, badly weakened by the old patriarch, refused to trade information about the Yang Clan for answers about the Dao, saying he trusted his master instead. The old patriarch sealed Chi Tian’s ability to regenerate and began to reveal what awaited his master in the Upper Realm.

• The old patriarch offered to answer Chi Tian’s questions about the Dao in exchange for information about the Yang Clan.
• Chi Tian repeatedly refused, declaring that no one could compare to his master and that he would seek his master’s guidance after ascending to the heavens.
• The old patriarch grew angry at Chi Tian’s response and froze him with his spell.
• The old patriarch seized Chi Tian’s head, destroyed his body, and sealed his ability to regenerate.
• The old patriarch acknowledged Chi Tian’s master’s extraordinary talent and asked what had happened to him in the Upper Realm.

Ming Fang realized the Immortal Abode Secret Realm crisis had been orchestrated by Devil Master Bai Di and Bai Yu, and he chose to trust Bai Yu as he carried the gravely wounded Xu Zheng away. The Upper Cultivator broke past Bai Yu to pursue them, but her Eye-Opening Spell Formula froze him in midair.

• Bai Yu told Ming Fang to take Xu Zheng out of the ancient tomb while she held back the Upper Cultivator.
• Ming Fang pieced together how the Demon Soil cultivators, the New Heaven operation, and the demonic qi corruption had served Bai Di and Bai Yu's scheme.
• Ming Fang concluded that the Upper Cultivators needed ironclad proof of death and told Xu Zheng that the plan must have been within the Devil Master's calculations.
• Xu Zheng asked for the Sarira Relic, and Ming Fang put it into his mouth.
• The Upper Cultivator broke through Bai Yu's obstruction and charged after Ming Fang and Xu Zheng.
• Bai Yu recited the Eye-Opening Spell Formula, and a grayish-white beam pierced the Upper Cultivator's spatial defenses and froze him.

Ming Fang and Xu Zheng escaped the battlefield together, determined to die fighting for the New Heaven Grand Plan, while an Ascendant Will and the Patriarch tried to trap them inside the ancient tomb. Bai Yu decided to kill the Ascendant Will and then aid Yang Yuanling, but Xuanyuan Jun formed a different view of events through his connection to the artifact spirit.

• Ming Fang carried the gravely wounded Xu Zheng away from the battle, and Xu Zheng regained his peak condition after swallowing the Sarira Relic.
• Xu Zheng thanked Ming Fang for letting him choose his death, and Ming Fang accepted their sacrifice for the New Heaven Grand Plan.
• The Ascendant Will ordered the Patriarch to stop Ming Fang and Xu Zheng from escaping, and the Patriarch used the Space Tremor Technique to sever the tomb's connection to the cave estate.
• Bai Yu decided to kill the Ascendant Will, then hurry to support Yang Yuanling and contact the hidden Reincarnated True Lord.
• Bai Yu prepared to conceal a sudden attack with the Prismatic Lotus Demon Lamp as Xuanyuan Jun formed a different view through his connection with the artifact spirit.