Chapter Summaries

Yang Jian used the Black and Yellow Pagoda to destroy a black-robed elder, then forced the Artifact Refining Sect elders to retreat. Meanwhile, Ao Changsheng warned Nüwa that Yang Jian’s extraordinary Karmic Luck and heaven-defying power could let him challenge Ao Changsheng.

• Yang Jian unleashed the Black and Yellow Pagoda’s crimson beam and turned the black-robed elder into bloody mist and ash.
• Four white-robed elders arrived, and Azure Dragon gave Yang Jian a pill to help restore his cultivation.
• Yang Jian revealed a Jade Slip and used his secret technique to frighten the black-robed elder into leaving with the other elders.
• Nüwa told Ao Changsheng that Yang Jian had entered the dispute among the Eight Immortals, and Ao Changsheng described Yang Jian’s dangerous Karmic Luck and ability to fight him.

Ao Changsheng warned Nüwa that Yang Jian might possess devastating heaven-defying power, while Yang Jian considered how to approach the coming war. When Demon Race black holes appeared across the Primordial World, Yang Jian destroyed one and confronted the man in white who claimed to have reinforced it.

• Ao Changsheng told Nüwa that Yang Jian could possess power capable of devastating the Pangu world and urged her to help stop him while he was sealed.
• Yang Jian, an Early Quasi-Sage, remained in seclusion and considered how to fight in the coming war without provoking the Demon Race.
• Black holes appeared above planets throughout the Primordial World, alarming residents who feared a Demon Race invasion.
• Demon Beasts gathered around a black sphere of light, but a black-robed Peak Quasi-Sage killed them before he could seize it.
• Yang Jian arrived and shattered the black sphere with a palm strike, then clashed fists with the man in white and forced him backward.

Yang Jian completed his physical cultivation and entered the Chaos Forbidden Zone to seek a mysterious ruin. After a masked Daluo Golden Immortal ambushed him, Yang Jian confronted the attacker and a group connected to the Heavenly Mysterious Gate.

• Yang Jian returned to the Heavenly Court and told Sun Wukong, Red Boy, and the monkey demons about his powerful body before resuming cultivation.
• After more than fifty million years of turmoil in the Three Realms, Yang Jian's body reached the Quasi-Sage realm, and Azure Dragon told him that the enemy's presence had vanished.
• Yang Jian decided to enter the Chaos Forbidden Zone alone and headed toward a mysterious ruin.
• A masked middle-aged man bound Yang Jian with a black rope, but Yang Jian broke free and pulled the man toward him.
• Yang Jian faced an old Daoist who claimed to be the grand elder of the Heavenly Mysterious Gate, then summoned the Nine Provinces Cauldron and shocked the crowd with its Daluo Golden Immortal-level power.

Yang Jian fought the old Daoist, but the Daluo Golden Immortal overwhelmed him with a sword strike and left him badly injured. Yang Jian refused to surrender and dodged the old Daoist’s next attack before countering with a punch.

• Yang Jian hurled the Nine Provinces Cauldron at the old Daoist’s black fireball, and the two attacks exploded on impact.
• The old Daoist cleaved Yang Jian’s bronze staff in two with his longsword, sending him crashing into the ground and spitting blood.
• Yang Jian charged the old Daoist again but was defeated in one move, shocking the watching cultivators.
• A battered old Daoist appeared, and Yang Jian admitted he was no match for a Daluo Golden Immortal but refused to surrender.
• The old Daoist charged Yang Jian, who dodged the sword and reappeared in front of him to punch his chest.

Yang Jian fought the old Taoist, whose strength had initially given him the advantage, but Yang Jian unleashed his golden protective art and forced his opponent to flee. Yang Jian pursued the wounded Half-Step True God deeper into the valley, where the old Taoist remained furious and determined to kill him.

• The old Taoist struck Yang Jian with his horsetail whisk, but Yang Jian countered with the God-Slaying Spear and both fighters were injured in their clash.
• Yang Jian activated Vajra Body Protection, and the old Taoist realized the fight had turned against him and tried to escape.
• Yang Jian slashed the fleeing old Taoist and chased him deeper into the valley, inflicting many wounds as he pursued.
• The old Taoist swore to kill Yang Jian, while Yang Jian welcomed the chance to keep fighting.

Yang Jian activated the third layer of the Nine Dragons Emperor Instruction and overpowered the old Daoist in their fight. The old Daoist finally chose to submit rather than risk being killed.

• Yang Jian unleashed a devouring force and blocked the old Daoist’s divine sense with a blood-red sword strike.
• Yang Jian broke the old Daoist’s saber and wounded him with a spear thrust, then repelled another attack with a kick.
• Yang Jian defeated the old Daoist in a clash that sent him crashing to the ground and left the nearby old men stunned.
• Yang Jian demanded the old Daoist submit, and the old Daoist gave in after realizing continued resistance would lead to his death.

Yang Jian defeated Gonggong and seized his remains and storage ring, then faced twelve Demon Sect figures who surrounded him. Their leader attacked with a Soul-Slaying Spear, and Yang Jian raised his own weapon to block it.

• Gonggong refused Yang Jian's demand to surrender, so Yang Jian hurled his Soul-Slaying Spear at him.
• Gonggong tried to flee, but Yang Jian struck him down and reduced his body to ash, leaving behind a pellet containing his soul essence.
• Yang Jian collected Gonggong's storage ring and devoured his remains.
• Twelve black-robed Demon Sect figures appeared, surrounded Yang Jian, and declared that he would not leave alive.
• The leader of the black-robed figures threw a Soul-Slaying Spear at Yang Jian, who raised his own spear to block the attack.

Yang Jian defeated the black-robed leader and taunted Zhurong, revealing his overwhelming strength. As the surviving black-robed man threatened revenge, Yang Jian looked toward the sky with a sinister smile.

• Yang Jian blocked Gonggong's attack, and Gonggong immediately struck at him again.
• Yang Jian mocked Zhurong for acting like a coward, then demanded to know who the two black-robed men were.
• The leading black-robed man threatened Yang Jian, but Yang Jian disarmed him and pierced his heart with his spear.
• Yang Jian encased the leader in purple lightning, which surged through his body until he exploded into fragments.
• Zhurong asked how Yang Jian could defeat a Purgatory Realm expert, and Yang Jian dismissed the man's weapon as worthless.
• The surviving black-robed man swore revenge for his master's death, and Yang Jian looked up at the sky with a sinister smile.

Yang Jian revealed a black ancient city to Zhurong and prepared to kill him, but the Black Demon Cult's leader arrived and confronted him. Yang Jian fought off the cultists and killed Zhurong, leaving the clash with the cult's leader unresolved.

• Yang Jian summoned a pitch-black ancient city and told Zhurong it held treasures and inheritances.
• Yang Jian tried to strike down the leading black-robed man, but sensed a powerful presence approaching and left for the valley.
• The Black Demon Cult's leader confronted Yang Jian outside the valley and ordered his men to seize him.
• Yang Jian pierced one attacking cultist with his spear, while the remaining men tried to flee.
• Yang Jian thrust his spear through Zhurong's throat and decapitated him.

Yang Jian returned after killing Zhurong, then fought the men in black who had attacked him and Zhurong. Zhurong warned Yang Jian to flee, but Yang Jian refused, and Zhurong thrust his sword at Yang Jian’s shoulder.

• Yang Jian killed Zhurong, returned to the mountaintop, and charged at the men in black.
• Yang Jian swiftly cut down and wounded several men in black as he fought them.
• Zhurong arrived and warned Yang Jian that the men in black belonged to the Heavenly Demon Sect, but Yang Jian refused to stop fighting.
• Yang Jian and Zhurong clashed, and Zhurong urged Yang Jian to flee.
• Yang Jian refused to leave, so Zhurong said he would stop holding back and thrust his sword at Yang Jian’s shoulder.

Yang Jian overpowered Zhurong and the men in black after taking Zhurong’s treasured sword, killing one attacker and gravely injuring another. The remaining men grew wary of him, but a white-haired elder stepped forward to threaten him.

• Yang Jian severed Zhurong’s right hand and took his multicolored treasured sword.
• Yang Jian’s Sword-Ray pierced a man in black through the chest while Zhurong dodged the attack.
• Zhurong urged the men in black to help him fight Yang Jian, warning that they would all die otherwise.
• Yang Jian killed one man in black with a Sword-Ray through the neck and knocked another down with a punch.
• A white-haired old man stepped forward and warned Yang Jian to leave or face their retaliation.

Yang Jian defeated the black-clad men’s leader with one sword strike and drove the others away. He told True Person Puxian that the people trapped in Heavenly Water City had entered his domain, then revealed he had both Space Principle and Time Principle domains.

• Yang Jian struck the old man down with a Sword-Ray and warned the remaining men in black to leave.
• The men in black withdrew, and True Person Puxian thanked Yang Jian for rescuing them.
• True Person Puxian explained that he had come to Heavenly Water City after hearing Yang Jian and the others were there, but had been unable to enter the city and feared they were trapped.
• Yang Jian reassured True Person Puxian that the others had entered his domain.
• Yang Jian revealed that he had two domains, the Space Principle and the Time Principle, shocking True Person Puxian.

Yang Jian revealed that he could cultivate and partially fuse two domains, impressing True Person Puxian. After asking Puxian to refine a pill using a million pieces of Obsidian, Yang Jian continued with him toward the central region of the Black Devil Abyss, where they encountered a towering mountain range.

• A middle-aged man reacted with disbelief when Yang Jian revealed his two powerful, partially fused domains.
• True Person Puxian praised Yang Jian for defeating the Dark Devil Emperor and his subordinates, then asked whether they could continue onward.
• Yang Jian asked True Person Puxian to refine a pill to help advance his strength, and Puxian agreed if Yang Jian supplied the materials.
• Yang Jian gave True Person Puxian a jade bottle containing a million pieces of mid-grade Obsidian, which Puxian welcomed eagerly.
• Yang Jian said he had obtained the Dark Devil Emperor's treasure, and he and True Person Puxian flew toward the central region of the Black Devil Abyss.
• A massive mountain range appeared before Yang Jian and True Person Puxian.

Yang Jian and True Person Puxian reached the central region of the Black Devil Abyss after Puxian finished refining pills for him. Yang Jian sensed that a cave beneath the valley held terrifyingly dense Death Qi and asked what lay inside.

• Yang Jian confirmed to True Person Puxian that they were heading into the Black Devil Abyss’s central region and asked him to refine pills quickly.
• True Person Puxian spent five hours refining the pills, then gave them to Yang Jian, who consumed them before they flew toward the valley.
• Yang Jian and True Person Puxian arrived at a valley with a towering peak, waterfall, lake, and abundant vegetation, though its Spiritual Qi was unexpectedly weak.
• Yang Jian used the Nine Revolutions Creation Art to sense the area and discovered that the valley sat beside a cave filled with dense Death Qi.
• Yang Jian asked True Person Puxian what kind of place lay inside the cave.

Yang Jian and True Person Puxian recovered near the cave before Yang Jian was drawn into the Heavenly Gang and Earthly Sha Formation. True Person Puxian then released his Blood Qi and spat out a mouthful of pure blood.

• True Person Puxian told Yang Jian that powerful reclusive experts knew the Black Devil Abyss's secrets but avoided its conflicts.
• Yang Jian, Lin Xue'er, and True Person Puxian landed near the cave and cultivated; True Person Puxian recovered from his injuries.
• True Person Puxian explained that the Heavenly Gang and Earthly Sha Formation could be broken only by the Devil Master of the Black Devil Abyss, and that Yang Jian might use it to temper his body.
• Yang Jian sat down to cultivate, but a powerful force pulled him into the formation and made him disappear.
• True Person Puxian watched Yang Jian vanish, then struck his chest, released a surge of Blood Qi, and spat out pure blood.

True Person Puxian and Yang Jian returned to the sealed path leading into the Black Devil Abyss, where Puxian urged Yang Jian to deal with its deadly restriction. Yang Jian sensed a hidden Death Canyon and powerful experts within, then insisted on trying to remove the restriction despite Puxian's doubts.

• True Person Puxian refined the Jade Slip containing images of the valley's formidable formation, then recovered before setting out with Yang Jian.
• They found a path into the Black Devil Abyss sealed by a powerful restriction, and True Person Puxian asked Yang Jian to handle it.
• Yang Jian approached the formation, stopped after sensing dense deathly presence, and told True Person Puxian about a hidden Death Canyon and two powerful presences nearby.
• Yang Jian suggested the two presences were the Black Devil Abyss's old ancestors and urged them to act quickly, but True Person Puxian said the restriction could not be destroyed now that its foundation was gone.
• Yang Jian fell silent, then asked True Person Puxian to let him try dealing with the restriction.

Yang Jian and True Person Puxian released a purple Inheritance Pearl from the skeleton, revealing its immense power and drawing the attention of the martial arts experts. As the black-clad man prepared to claim the inheritance object, Yang Jian challenged him, and the man brought out a rune-covered sphere.

• Yang Jian used spirit pills and his formation mastery to break the restriction around the skeleton, releasing a purple Inheritance Pearl.
• The Inheritance Pearl unleashed a terrifying presence, and the experts identified it as an inheritance object left by a powerful Sage.
• The Pearl's power reshaped the skeleton, which rose with strength at the peak of the Early Martial Saint Stage.
• The black-clad man declared that he would take back the inheritance object, but Yang Jian warned him that he might not be strong enough to claim it.
• The black-clad man responded by tossing a milky-white, rune-covered sphere into the air.

Yang Jian fought the black-clad man, whose Jiaolong Mark unleashed a powerful dragon-like beast, and destroyed the man’s inheritance jade pendant. After noticing the man’s shock at his own jade tablet, Yang Jian put it away and prepared to finish the fight.

• Yang Jian’s Sword Qi struck the black-clad man’s milky-white sphere, but its defense absorbed the attack.
• The black-clad man poured energy into the sphere and summoned a Jiaolong with his Jiaolong Mark.
• Yang Jian destroyed the sphere and the black-clad man’s inheritance jade pendant during their clash.
• The black-clad man claimed his cave still held treasures that could stop Yang Jian.
• Yang Jian put his milky-white jade tablet into his spatial ring, shocking the black-clad man, then declared that he would kill him.

Yang Jian fought a man in black who threatened him with the Nine Firmaments Sect, but Yang Jian’s defenses and spear gave him the advantage. After their exchange about Yang Jian’s strength and hidden trump card, two men in black charged at him.

• The man in black stabbed at Yang Jian’s shoulder, but Yang Jian’s defenses turned the blade aside and his counterblow sent the attacker flying.
• Yang Jian pierced the man in black’s arm with his spear and rejected his threats and pleas for mercy.
• Yang Jian struck the man in black repeatedly and tore off his head with his spear.
• The man in black questioned Yang Jian’s power and warned that he would not escape, while Yang Jian dismissed his threats.
• The man in black produced two short swords, and two men in black charged at Yang Jian.

Yang Jian overwhelmed the man in black, pierced his chest with a spear, and knocked him down. The wounded man took a pill and unleashed a terrifying presence, leaving Yang Jian facing a sudden escalation.

• Yang Jian and the man in black exchanged hundreds of blows, and Yang Jian proved stronger despite the opponent's confidence that he had the advantage.
• The man in black resolved to capture and kill Yang Jian to protect the Black Water Palace's secrets, then launched another Sword-Ray at him.
• Yang Jian used the Tyrant Dragon Instruction and struck the man in black with his spear, piercing through his chest.
• Yang Jian kicked the injured man in black to the ground, where the man accused him of launching a sneak attack.
• The man in black took and swallowed a pill, releasing a powerful force and a terrifying presence as Yang Jian watched warily.