Chapter Summaries

Dongfang Shaoyu summoned Yang Yuanhong to the Fenghua Cave Heaven and presided over a Golden Roll Dao Discussion, where Yang Yuanhong began fighting the ranked cultivators. After witnessing Yang Hu’s True Dragon Breath, Xuan Youli decided to try to recruit him as a prince consort for Great Gan.

• Dongfang Shaoyu brought Yang Yuanhong across cave heavens, explained the situation to him, and assured the gathered factions that his family would remain impartial.
• Dongfang Shaoyu created and protected a Dao Discussion Platform, and Yang Yuanhong introduced himself as Yang Hu before inviting challengers.
• Chu Jingxiao of Qingyao Sect’s Cloud Thunder Peak challenged Yang Yuanhong, and the two exchanged blows on the platform.
• Chu Jingxiao activated his lightning spirit Variant Body after his lightning arts failed to overcome Yang Yuanhong’s physical strength.
• Yang Yuanhong revealed his Black Dragon Variant Body, and Xuan Youli resolved to pursue a marriage alliance and recruit him into Great Gan.

Yang Yuanhong defeated Chu Jingxiao, convincing the cultivators that he belonged on the Gold Ranking and encouraging Liu Yanqing to regain her resolve. Xuan Youli then stepped onto the Dao Discussion Platform to challenge him.

• Yang Yuanhong broke Chu Jingxiao's Golden Lightning Nine Revolutions after three rotations, and Chu admitted defeat.
• The spectators praised Yang Yuanhong's strength, while Yun Xiwu encouraged Liu Yanqing to overcome her discouragement.
• Liu Yanqing's aura changed as she found renewed resolve, and Dongfang Yinghao worried she was nearing enlightenment.
• Three Gold Ranking talents withdrew from challenging Yang Yuanhong, leaving Xuan Youli and two others as possible opponents.
• Xuan Youli descended onto the Dao Discussion Platform to face Yang Yuanhong.

Yang Yuanhong faced Xuan Youli, whose fate and cultivation had been bound to Dagan’s national fortune since birth, in a direct contest on the Dao Discussion Platform. Their clash stunned the watching cultivators, while Jiang Yinkong’s mentor revealed that he had paused his progress to explore a new path in the Dao of derivation.

• Yang Yuanhong learned that Xuan Youli’s father had used the Emperor’s Sole Reverence Method to bind her destiny to Dagan and appoint her as its future ruler.
• Yang Yuanhong respected Xuan Youli’s burden and exchanged formal greetings with her before their Dao discussion began.
• Yang Yuanhong and Xuan Youli immediately fought head-on, trading powerful dragon and phoenix attacks that shook the watching cultivators.
• Chu Jingxiao realized Yang Yuanhong had held back in their earlier fight, while the other Heaven's Pride Golden Ranking geniuses watched in silence.
• A Yantian Palace True Intent Cultivator told Jiang Yinkong to wait until he reached the True Intent Realm before pursuing his attempt to forge a new path in the Dao of derivation.

Jiang Yinkong said the Dao discussion between Yang Yuanhong and Xuan Youli would have no outcome, despite his martial uncle predicting Yang Yuanhong would win. The Lingxiao Dao Academy then issued a Demon Eradication Order summoning Gold Ranking geniuses to Demon Suppression Pass, as the chapter recounted the history of the Righteous and Demonic Paths.

• Jiang Yinkong's martial uncle divined that Yang Hu would defeat Xuan Youli, but Jiang Yinkong insisted the Dao discussion would have no outcome.
• Venerable Ziyu received a Thought Transmission from Lingxiao Dao Academy, and Dongfang Shaoyu opened Fenghua Cave Heaven's entrance for the white jade token.
• The Demon Eradication Order summoned Gold Ranking geniuses to Demon Suppression Pass and invited other cultivators to earn Dao Academy Merit by slaying demons.
• Cultivators in Fenghua Cave Heaven accepted the order, and some discussed setting out to fight the demons.
• The chapter described how Zhuang Xuanji's rise to the Mystic Insight Realm shifted the balance between the Righteous and Demonic Paths and led to the Righteous Path reclaiming the Southwest.

A Demon Eradication Order postponed the Golden Roll Dao Discussion and sent the cultivators toward Demon Suppression Pass to resist a Demonic Calamity. Yang Yuanhong agreed to travel with Xuan Youli, while Jiang Yinkong claimed he could foresee the campaign’s outcome but refused to reveal it.

• Dongfang Shaoyu withdrew the formation and postponed the Dao discussion so the gathered cultivators could prepare to fight the demonic forces.
• Liu Yanqing and Yun Xiwu decided to stay at Ziyun Mountain and depart with the Dongfang Family, leaving Dongfang Yinghao unable to avoid their duel.
• Xuan Youli invited Yang Yuanhong to travel with her beyond Demon Suppression Pass, and he agreed while saying he wanted to look after Dongfang Yinghao.
• The Yantian Palace cultivator asked Jiang Yinkong whether he had foreseen the Demonic Calamity and could predict the campaign’s outcome.
• Jiang Yinkong confirmed he could predict the outcome but told his Martial Uncle that heavenly secrets must not be revealed.

After Dongfang Yinghao and Liu Yanqing fought to a draw and renewed their determination to face each other again, Jiang Yinkong privately approached Yang Yuanhong. He revealed that he had divined his own death tribulation more than three years earlier, leaving Yang Yuanhong alarmed as the Demon Eradication Order drew near.

• Dongfang Yinghao and Liu Yanqing fought to a draw, showing how much they had grown through their setbacks.
• Liu Yanqing thanked Dongfang Yinghao for holding back, but he denied it, and she declared she would defeat him next time.
• Jiang Yinkong asked to speak privately with Yang Yuanhong, who agreed and brought him to his cultivation cave dwelling.
• Jiang Yinkong told Yang Yuanhong that he had divined his own death tribulation more than three years ago.
• Yang Yuanhong recalled the levels of Dao evolution and the rarity of cultivators who reached the Greater Vehicle realm.

Jiang Yinkong revealed that his Art of Heavenly Calculation had predicted his imminent death and identified Yang Yuanhong as a variable who might alter his fate. He begged to travel with Yang Yuanhong to the Vast Sea Demonic Land, and Yang agreed to let him join the journey.

• Jiang Yinkong explained that he had learned the Art of Heavenly Calculation, which let him see his death tribulation and left him unable to advance his cultivation.
• Jiang Yinkong said he had deduced that Yang Yuanhong was an outsider beyond this world and a variable who could change his fate.
• Chen Yang warned Yang Yuanhong through a thought transmission, and Yang pretended to doubt Jiang Yinkong’s claims to avoid acknowledging the identity.
• Jiang Yinkong confessed that he feared death and asked to travel alongside Yang Yuanhong to seek a chance of survival.
• Yang Yuanhong agreed to travel with Jiang Yinkong and mentioned that Dongfang Yinghao and Fellow Daoist Xuan would also join the journey.

Yang Yuanhong and Chen Yang deduced that Jiang Yinkong’s death tribulation might signal a divine calamity tied to the Vast Sea Demon Extermination. As the Dongfang Family’s immortal vessel sailed toward Demon Suppression Pass, Jiang Yinkong introduced Yang Yuanhong to notable Gold Ranking talents and recounted Nangong Jinghe’s mysterious ring treasure.

• Yang Yuanhong reasoned that Jiang Yinkong’s predicted death could be connected to a calamity caused by remnants of the Divine Dao, beyond the perception of Immortal Dao cultivators.
• Chen Yang considered how he might respond if the suspected divine disaster arose during the Vast Sea Demon Extermination.
• The Dongfang Family’s immortal vessel departed Ziyun Mountain for Demon Suppression Pass the next morning.
• Jiang Yinkong told Yang Yuanhong and Yun Xiwu about Gold Ranking talents Monk Kongjing and Nangong Jinghe.
• Jiang Yinkong explained that a ring-shaped spirit treasure had chosen the newborn Nangong Jinghe and helped him gain the power to slay a True Person.

Yun Xiwu explained the Gold Ranking’s top ten to Yang Yuanhong, describing their origins, abilities, and battle achievements. Yang Yuanhong recognized how far he still had to go and resolved to keep striving to strengthen his family’s lineage.

• Yun Xiwu told Yang Yuanhong that Long Yuan ranked first on the second page and had defeated her in three earlier battles.
• Yun Xiwu revealed the ten names on the Gold Ranking’s front page, led by Luo Qianchou and including two cultivators from Lingxiao Dao Academy.
• Yun Xiwu explained that the top talents sought dangerous forbidden lands for the great opportunities and trials they contained.
• Yun Xiwu described the abilities and achievements of the seven lower-ranked people on the front page, from Baili Fusang to Xuanyuan Xinghe.
• Yang Yuanhong compared his own record with theirs and resolved to work harder so his family could grow stronger.

Yang Yuanhong arrived at Demon Suppression Pass and received Jiang Yinkong’s briefing on the five great demon caves and the Vast Sea Demonic Land. He learned that the demon caves would formally begin the war when their grotto-heavens descended, though small groups of Demonic cultivators appeared beforehand.

• The Dongfang Family’s immortal vessel brought Yang Yuanhong and the other prodigies to Demon Suppression Pass, where they were assigned places to stay and free cultivation resources.
• Yang Yuanhong saw that Jiang Yinkong’s treasure tower was occupied while many higher-ranked prodigies had not yet arrived.
• Jiang Yinkong visited Yang Yuanhong and showed him a spirit-painted map of the Demon Soil beyond the pass.
• Jiang Yinkong described the five demon caves: Ghostly Soul, Earthly Baleful, Poison Absolute, Azure Flame, and Ten Thousand Corpses.
• Jiang Yinkong explained that the grotto-heavens’ descent would signal the start of war, while smaller bands of Demonic cultivators would appear beforehand and create opportunities to act.

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.