Chapter Summaries

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.

Yang Yuanhong and his companions joined Rui Qingxue’s effort to trap demonic cultivators hiding beneath a vast lake. After preparing a way to locate them underwater, Yang Yuanhong transformed into a black dragon and entered the lake.

• Yang Yuanhong and his team met three mischievous spirit monkeys before Cai Xiao swept them away and guided the newcomers toward the lake.
• Cai Xiao explained that the demonic cultivators had escaped into the lake’s underground waterways, where they used the Darkwater Floating Root’s Water Concealment Ability to evade capture.
• Rui Qingxue welcomed Yang Yuanhong’s team and arranged their roles in the operation to catch the demonic cultivators.
• Jiang Yinkong calculated the lake’s undercurrents, Dongfang Yinghao released fish puppets as underwater markers, and Xuan Youli steamed monkey wine into the lake.
• Yang Yuanhong took an Alcohol Repelling Pill, grasped a sensing spirit treasure, transformed into a black dragon, and plunged underwater.

With Chen Yang mapping the underwater realm, Yang Yuanhong ambushed and killed three hidden demonic cultivators, then intercepted a Demon Child fleeing the Green-backed True Monarch. The Demon Child survived Yang Yuanhong’s opening blow by activating a life-saving trump card as the Green-backed True Monarch closed in.

• Chen Yang mapped the underwater realm and sent Yang Yuanhong a real-time view of its terrain and hidden demonic cultivators.
• Yang Yuanhong used a puppet swimming fish to approach and kill a hidden Early-Spiritual Connection Realm demonic cultivator, while Chen Yang seized the man’s Primordial Spirit for Blood Sun.
• Yang Yuanhong used the same ambush tactic to kill two more demonic cultivators, then spotted the Green-backed True Monarch pursuing a Demon Child toward an open space.
• Yang Yuanhong concealed his aura and ambushed the fleeing Mid-Spiritual Connection Realm Demon Child as he emerged from a waterway.
• Yang Yuanhong’s full-force punch forced the Demon Child to use a life-saving trump card, and the Green-backed True Monarch caught up behind him.

Chen Yang realized the Demon Soil god’s dying technique marked righteous-path cultivators, then let it attach to himself to investigate its purpose. After tracing its pull to a blessed land or Secret Realm, he understood that the god was trying to pull the firewood from beneath the cauldron.

• The Green-backed True Monarch and Yang Yuanhong battered the Demon Child’s shield until the True Monarch swallowed him, and the Demon Child stabbed a fishhook-shaped wooden fragment into his chest before dying.
• Chen Yang detected an invisible technique attaching itself to the Green-backed True Monarch and recognized it as a method left by the Demon Soil god.
• Chen Yang inferred that the Demon Children were marking righteous-path experts with divine power and decided to let the technique attach to him so he could investigate it.
• Yang Yuanhong and the Green-backed True Monarch split up to search the underground waterways, and Yang Yuanhong headed toward the second Demon Child with Chen Yang’s guidance.
• Chen Yang annihilated the second Demon Child with the Time Erosion Divine Art, caught the force released at its death, and traced its faint pull to a blessed land or Secret Realm.

Chen Yang uncovered a Demonic Dao scheme to mark righteous cultivators and lure them into a deadly Blessed Land, then watched the Blood Demon Blessed Land emerge during a battle. He was sucked inside as the righteous and Demonic Dao Venerables prepared to clash.

• Chen Yang deduced that a powerful Demonic Dao cultivator had arranged for Demon Children to mark righteous cultivators, intending to trap them in a perilous realm and weaken the righteous path.
• Yang Yuanhong and Chen Yang joined further campaigns, while the marks spread to righteous prodigies and True Persons, including Dongfang Yinghao, Jiang Yinkong, and Xuan Youli.
• After three months of clearing the rear, Yang Yuanhong and the others returned to the front, where the war intensified and True Intent cultivators entered the fighting.
• Ten days later, righteous cultivators defeated a Demonic Dao force that had broken through the eastern line, and Chen Yang sensed the Blood Demon Blessed Land was about to appear.
• A spatial rift opened above the blood-soaked battlefield, and the cultivators were pulled toward it as the Venerables argued over who had caused the Blessed Land to emerge.
• Chen Yang was sucked into the Blood Demon Blessed Land.

Yang Yuanhong escaped an illusion of returning to his childhood and awakened the cultivators trapped in blood cocoons on an island in the Blood Demon Blessed Land. After the group freed the last captive, the corpse island began sinking and its dead bodies rose as Blood Corpses.

• Yang Yuanhong recognized the childhood scene with Wu Tong as an illusion but lingered to speak with her before choosing to leave.
• Yang Yuanhong’s divine sense and true essence returned, and he shattered the illusion’s ghostly shadow with a punch.
• Yang Yuanhong emerged from a blood cocoon on an island of corpses and found Dongfang Yinghao, Jiang Yinkong, Xuan Youli, and others trapped in cocoons.
• Yang Yuanhong broke Dongfang Yinghao’s cocoon, and the two awakened the remaining cultivators.
• The island began to sink after the final captive was freed, and the corpses around them rose as Blood Corpses.