Chapter Summaries

Guan Shanhai learned that the White-Foreheaded Demon King had taken the seventh checkpoint and breached the second line of defense, leaving the third line under imminent attack. He organized the defenders into an ambush as the demon beasts approached.

• Zhang Li told Gong Ji that demon beasts had killed his family, and Gong Ji apologized for teasing him.
• Guan Shanhai received word that the White-Foreheaded Demon King had captured the seventh checkpoint and that the second line of defense had fallen.
• Guan Shanhai warned the defenders that the demon beasts were advancing, and they vowed to stand and fight.
• Guan Shanhai sent Mo Feng and Qu Gu to ambush the demon beasts from the flanks while he led the main force.
• The White-Foreheaded Demon King approached with two fifth-tier tiger lords and more than a dozen fourth-tier demon kings.

Guan Shanhai’s forces ambushed the White-Foreheaded Tiger King’s group, and Zhao Changgeng wounded the king before pursuing him as he fled. Lu Feng reached the third entrance and rescued Ji Qingqing’s squad from a pack of demonic beasts.

• The White-Foreheaded Tiger King led his force into a trap, where Guan Shanhai and the human fighters attacked from the front and flanks.
• Zhao Changgeng struck the White-Foreheaded Tiger King with Sword Qi, then pursued him while Guan Shanhai and the others fought the remaining demonic beasts.
• The White-Foreheaded Tiger King fled as two fourth-rank demon kings covered his retreat, but Zhao Changgeng killed them and continued the chase.
• Lu Feng arrived at the third entrance and found Ji Qingqing and her wounded squad battling four second-rank and thirteen first-rank demonic beasts.
• Lu Feng killed the demonic beasts, and Lin Amei recognized him as the commander.

Lu Feng withdrew his injured unit to the city while the other forces regrouped after fighting at the third line of defense. Zhao Changgeng continued pursuing the wounded White-Foreheaded Tiger Demon King, who broke his Sword Intent with bloodline power and fled toward the land beyond the pass.

• Lu Feng gave Healing Pills to Ji Qingqing and the injured disciples, collected the demon beasts' essence blood himself, and ordered the group to withdraw to the city.
• Lu Shuang chose to return to the city to investigate the breach of the second line of defense, while Jiang Han and Lin Jingfeng went to support the third line.
• Jiang Han and the reinforcements helped Guan Shanhai's forces kill the last Demon King at the third line of defense.
• Guan Shanhai ordered Jiang Han and the other reinforcements back to the city while his own forces held their position and waited for news of Zhao Changgeng.
• The White-Foreheaded Tiger Demon King used his bloodline power to shatter Zhao Changgeng's Sword Intent and resumed fleeing, and Zhao Changgeng pursued him again.

Lu Feng killed the wounded White-Foreheaded Tiger Demon King and earned 5,000,000 Demon Points, then confronted Zhao Changgeng after he attacked from the shadows. The two men moved toward the center of the clearing, preparing for a fight.

• The White-Foreheaded Tiger Demon King fled toward the checkpoint as Zhao Changgeng pursued it, and Lu Feng stepped forward to protect Ji Qingqing and the others.
• Lu Feng clashed with the tiger demon, endured its bloodline-powered roar, and struck it down with a second Nine Extremes Heaven-Breaking Slash.
• The system identified the slain tiger demon as pseudo-fifth-tier, and Lu Feng began collecting its essence blood while watching for a hidden presence.
• Zhao Changgeng attacked Lu Feng from behind, but his Sword Qi struck an illusion; Lu Feng then appeared behind him and dodged his excuse.
• Lu Feng accused Zhao Changgeng of trying to kill him, and the two men approached the center of the clearing.

Lu Feng struck Zhao Changgeng after Zhao retrieved the White-Foreheaded Tiger Demon King’s corpse, and the two clashed with their saber and sword techniques. Lu Feng used the Phantom Sword Art to create six indistinguishable copies, and Zhao triggered the Sword Intent hidden in one of them before claiming Lu Feng had exposed himself.

• Ji Qingqing kept Lin Amei and the others hidden behind a boulder while Lu Feng and Zhao Changgeng faced each other in the clearing.
• Lu Feng offered Zhao Changgeng the tiger demon’s corpse and beast core, then attacked when Zhao reached for the corpse.
• Zhao Changgeng took the corpse into his storage bag, blocked most of Lu Feng’s slash, and suffered a wound to his right shoulder.
• Zhao Changgeng attacked with the Army-Breaking Sword Technique, but Lu Feng’s defenses withstood their first collision.
• Zhao Changgeng launched the Army-Breaking Sword Technique again, and Lu Feng created six copies with Phantom Steps and the Phantom Sword Art.
• Zhao Changgeng thrust at one copy, triggering the Sword Intent sealed inside it, then declared that Lu Feng had exposed himself.

Lu Feng killed Zhao Changgeng, then used the system to perfect Walking on Air and continued toward the city with Ji Qingqing’s group. The chapter ended by revealing Hu Xiaotian, the White-Foreheaded Tiger Demon Emperor, in his mountain cave.

• Zhao Changgeng mistook Lu Feng’s phantoms for his real body, was wounded by a strand of Sword Qi, and was killed by Lu Feng.
• Lu Feng took Zhao Changgeng’s storage pouch and led Ji Qingqing and the others toward the city, while they feared he might silence them.
• Lu Feng reviewed the power and cost of the Phantom Sword Art, then spent 10 million Demon Points to perfect Walking on Air.
• Lu Feng tested Walking on Air by standing and walking on empty air, then considered his remaining cultivation needs and resources.
• Hu Xiaotian, the White-Foreheaded Tiger Demon Emperor, reclined in a mountain cave as dozens of fifth-tier tiger demon lords stood before him.

The White-Foreheaded Tiger Emperor learned that Hu Xiaofeng had died and led his demon forces to seek revenge. At a secluded valley, Wu Qingfeng and the others learned that Zhao Changgeng was also dead, leaving them to wonder how Hu Xiaofeng had defeated him.

• The White-Foreheaded Tiger Emperor discussed the demons’ advance into Yongzhou and expected Hu Xiaofeng to capture Severed Cloud Pass before returning to the Demon Race.
• The White-Foreheaded Tiger Emperor sensed Hu Xiaofeng’s death, roared in fury, and rushed from the cave to take revenge.
• The Scarlet Flame Tiger Monarch led most of the demon monarchs after the White-Foreheaded Tiger Emperor, while two Blood-Pupiled Apes remained to guard the cave.
• Wu Qingfeng reported that the third line of defense had held, Hu Xiaofeng had been wounded by Zhao Changgeng, and Zhao had pursued him.
• Song Xuanji’s jade pendant broke, revealing Zhao Changgeng’s death, and Lu Qingshan questioned how Hu Xiaofeng could have killed him.

Wu Qingfeng learned that Hu Xiaofeng was dead and Hu Xiaotian had left Yangshang Town, so he and the other leaders moved to seize the strategic choke point. As the forces at the Fallen Star Plain and Lu Feng’s group received evacuation orders, Lu Feng realized the plan was to cut off the demonic beasts’ route into Yongzhou at Yangshang Town and eliminate them there.

• Wu Qingfeng announced that Hu Xiaofeng had died and Hu Xiaotian had left Yangshang Town with most of his forces, then declared Zhao Changgeng the Grandmaster competition’s first-place winner.
• Wu Qingfeng, Xiao Tianqi, and the others set out for Yangshang Town to seize it while Hu Xiaotian was away.
• Shen Qingwu noticed she had fallen to third place, and she and Su Ying inferred that Zhao Changgeng’s points had pushed them down the rankings.
• Su Ying and Shen Qingwu learned that the reinforcements were ordered to evacuate the Fallen Star Plain and regroup near Yangshang Town, then withdrew with their squads.
• After receiving Xiao Tianqi’s message, Lu Feng led Ji Qingqing and the others away from the city and realized Yangshang Town was the planned trap to cut off the demonic beasts in Yongzhou.

Lu Feng and Lu Shuang went to the Merit Hall, where Lu Feng exchanged points and lower-tier essence blood for merit. With Lu Shuang’s contribution, he obtained fifty-five types of fifth-tier demonic beast essence blood, leaving him short of the hundred needed for the fifth layer of the Hundred Beasts Body-Tempering Art.

• Lu Feng concluded that Yangshang Town had not yet fallen and decided to rest in the city while waiting for further orders.
• Lu Feng and Lu Shuang discussed the plan to abandon Severed Cloud Pass and move toward Yangshang Town, then learned that Lu Feng had placed first in the Hua Jin division.
• Lu Feng and Lu Shuang went to the Merit Hall, where Lu Feng exchanged points for merit and bought sixty-eight portions of fourth-tier essence blood.
• Lu Feng sold his second- and third-tier essence blood for merit, and Lu Shuang added her essence blood and points to his total.
• Lu Feng combined their resources into fifty-five thousand merit and exchanged it for fifty-five types of fifth-tier demonic beast essence blood.

Lu Feng used his newly acquired materials and Demon Points to advance the Hundred Beasts Body-Tempering Art to its fourth layer, then gave healing and cultivation pills to his injured team. He and his companions remained in the city instead of leaving for Shangyang Town, while his team struggled to accept his generosity.

• Lu Feng thanked Lu Shuang for helping him obtain the essence blood and hurried back to his lodgings to cultivate.
• Lu Shuang told Jiang Han that Lu Feng had entered seclusion, and Lin Jingfeng and Jiang Han decided to stay in the city and wait for him.
• Lu Feng spent 1,000,000 Demon Points and the required materials to raise the Hundred Beasts Body-Tempering Art to the fourth layer, gaining a body capable of contending with a fourth-tier Demon King.
• Lu Feng visited Ji Qingqing and gave her bottles of pills to distribute among the injured team members.
• Ji Qingqing recognized the valuable pills and began dividing them up, but Lin Amei objected that the team should not accept more gifts from Lu Feng.

Lu Feng visited the survivors sheltering in the western city and spoke with Lao Guai, who described their makeshift home and his son’s death fighting demonic beasts. The survivors remained determined to endure, though many would not flee again if their refuge fell.

• Ji Qingqing showed her companions the ten Jin Origin Pills she received and promised one to anyone who reached the Nei Jin realm.
• Lu Feng wandered into the western city’s crowded survivor camp and found residents making clothes from beast hides.
• Lao Guai explained that the villagers were sewing clothes for the Demon-Slaying Bureau as thanks for its protection and aid.
• Lu Feng learned that Lao Guai’s son, Li Feng, had died after killing two demonic beasts.
• Lao Guai told Lu Feng that the survivors had fled Canglan City and had made the camp their second home, though many would not flee again if it fell.

Lu Feng told Lu Shuang that he had killed Zhao Changgeng and refused to leave the city. The White-Foreheaded Tiger Emperor then attacked the city and demanded that Lu Feng be handed over, leaving the defenders facing an imminent siege.

• Lu Feng told Lu Shuang he had killed Zhao Changgeng, and she promised to keep his secret and help protect him.
• Lu Feng refused to leave the city, despite Lu Shuang urging him to go with the departing disciples.
• The White-Foreheaded Tiger Emperor and dozens of powerful tiger-headed demons arrived and attacked the city-protecting formation.
• Guan Shanhai and two Great Grandmasters reinforced the barrier as they prepared to hold out for help from the bureau chief.
• The White-Foreheaded Tiger Emperor demanded the murderer of his Feng'er and fixed his gaze on Lu Feng, causing Lu Shuang to understand why he had stayed.

Lu Feng left Shangyang Town to draw Hu Xiaotian away from its attack, then used the Phantom Sword Art to kill a fifth-order Tiger Lord in an instant. Hu Xiaotian recognized him as a serious threat and launched a tiger's roar at his remaining phantoms.

• Hu Xiaotian and dozens of fifth-order Demon Lords attacked Shangyang Town's protective formation, while Lu Shuang and Jiang Han tried to stop Lu Feng from leaving.
• Lu Feng decided to draw Hu Xiaotian away to protect the town's more than ten thousand residents and flew through the formation.
• Guan Shanhai realized Lu Feng was likely the one who had killed Hu Xiaofeng, and Lu Feng's departure confirmed Hu Xiaotian's suspicion.
• Lu Feng used the Phantom Sword Art to distract a fifth-order Tiger Lord and killed it from behind with a single strike.
• Hu Xiaotian declared that it could not let Lu Feng live and unleashed a tiger's roar toward the five remaining phantoms.

Lu Feng lured Hu Xiaotian away from Shouqu City after killing a fifth-tier Demon Lord, then fled toward Canglan City to avoid disrupting the plan to take Shangyang Town. Hu Xiaotian continued pursuing him as Lu Feng’s True Essence steadily ran low.

• Lu Feng’s Phantom Sword Art killed a fifth-tier Demon Lord, but Hu Xiaotian’s roar struck him and sent him flying.
• Lu Feng fled Shouqu City, and Hu Xiaotian ordered the remaining Demon Lords to attack the city’s protective array before pursuing him.
• Lu Shuang, Jiang Han, and Lin Jingfeng watched Lu Feng’s departure, while Guan Shanhai reported the situation and kept the array defenders at their posts.
• Lu Feng healed himself at a fork in the road and chose the route to Canglan City rather than risk interfering with the plan to take Shangyang Town.
• Hu Xiaotian followed Lu Feng toward Canglan City, while Lu Feng flew ahead despite the heavy drain on his True Essence.

Lu Feng attacked the demonic beasts occupying Canglan City while Hu Xiaotian tried to kill him without destroying his own forces. Lu Feng pretended his True Essence was running low as he waited for Wu Qingfeng and the others to occupy Shangyang Town, and secretly replenished his strength with Origin Recovery Pills.

• Lu Feng reached Canglan City and killed demonic beasts by the thousands as he fought through the ruins.
• Hu Xiaotian arrived and attacked Lu Feng, but Lu Feng evaded him while Hu Xiaotian’s strikes killed nearby beasts.
• Hu Xiaotian ordered the demonic beasts to overwhelm Lu Feng and promised resources to whoever killed him, intending to wear down his True Essence.
• Lu Feng used Phantom Steps to keep evading the beasts and pretended to grow exhausted while waiting for Wu Qingfeng and the others to occupy Shangyang Town.
• When Hu Xiaotian relaxed after seeing Lu Feng’s pale face, Lu Feng swallowed five Origin Recovery Pills and restored much of his True Essence.

Lu Feng discovered Origin Recovery Pills in Zhao Changgeng’s storage bag, but Hu Xiaotian learned Shangyang Town was under attack and transformed into a giant tiger to kill him. Lu Feng used an Essence-Reversing Pill to empower his sword technique, but Hu Xiaotian’s claw struck him and sent him crashing through several houses.

• Lu Feng found three bottles of Origin Recovery Pills in Zhao Changgeng’s storage bag and decided to endure Hu Xiaotian’s attacks.
• Hu Xiaotian sensed that the Blood Demon Talisman in Shangyang Town had shattered and realized the humans had lured him away.
• Hu Xiaotian transformed into a giant white tiger and struck Lu Feng, who escaped the first claw but was injured by its shockwave.
• Lu Feng found and swallowed an Essence-Reversing Pill, enduring severe pain as he converted his True Essence.
• Lu Feng unleashed Sword Qi at Hu Xiaotian’s second claw, but the claw hit him and sent him crashing through several houses.

Lu Feng crippled Hu Xiaotian’s ability to use True Essence and drove him away, but collapsed from his injuries and hid in a sealed passage beneath Canglan City. The demonic beasts withdrew from Shouyun City after learning Shangyang Town had been taken, and Lu Shuang asked Jiang Han and Lin Jingfeng for help.

• Lu Feng’s hidden attack left Hu Xiaotian unable to use True Essence, forcing the tiger emperor to flee and seek a secluded place to recover.
• After Hu Xiaotian escaped, Lu Feng killed dozens of demonic beasts, found a hidden passage beneath a ruined house, and sealed its entrance behind him.
• At Shouyun City, the Scarlet Flame Tiger Lord learned that the Blood Demon Talisman had shattered and that Shangyang Town had fallen, so the demons hurried back.
• Guan Shanhai received Wu Qingfeng’s message that Si Zheng and the others had taken Shangyang Town, then informed them that the fifth-tier demonic beasts had left Shouyun City.
• With the crisis over, Lu Shuang asked Jiang Han and Lin Jingfeng to help her with something serious.

Lu Shuang enlisted Jiang Han and Lin Jingfeng to gather evidence against Zhao Changgeng and asked witnesses to tell the truth about Lu Feng’s killing of him. Meanwhile, Lu Feng sealed all 108 acupoints to hide from Hu Xiaotian and continued through the secret passage beneath Canglan City toward a faint light.

• Lu Shuang asked Jiang Han and Lin Jingfeng to find evidence of Zhao Changgeng’s abuse of power, and they agreed to help her.
• Lu Shuang told Guan Shanhai that the three intended to leave, then instructed Ji Qingqing and the others to give the higher-ups truthful accounts of Lu Feng’s actions.
• Lu Shuang, Jiang Han, and Lin Jingfeng left Canglan City together after she gave instructions to the Headquarters disciples.
• Lu Feng discovered that the Essence-Reversing Pill had sealed his 108 acupoints, and an attempt to force one open made him cough up blood.
• Lu Feng sealed the acupoints himself to block Hu Xiaotian from tracking him, losing his hearing before taking a luminous stone and continuing through the passage.
• Lu Feng spotted a faint glimmer ahead and hurried toward it.

Lu Feng discovered eight black-robed figures in a cavern and found a low-grade Spirit Artifact, the Flowing Cloud Sword, in Zhao Changgeng’s storage bag. After the sword’s recognition flare drew the figures to him, he killed all eight Half-Demons and found a wooden plaque on the last corpse.

• Lu Feng hid from the eight motionless figures in the cavern and searched Zhao Changgeng’s storage bag for a pill to counter the Essence-Reversing Pill’s side effects.
• Lu Feng found a low-grade Spirit Artifact in the bag, recognized it as the Flowing Cloud Sword, and bound it to himself with a drop of blood.
• The Flowing Cloud Sword’s burst of light alerted the eight black-robed figures, who charged Lu Feng with sabers.
• Lu Feng killed the first attacker with the Flowing Cloud Sword and learned from the system that the man was a Half-Demon.
• Lu Feng pursued and killed the remaining seven Half-Demons, then searched their bodies and found a wooden plaque on the last corpse.

Lu Feng discovered a mysterious stone that contained the original Nine Extremes Essence Condensation Art and spent ten million Demon Points to record it. He learned that its nine layers corresponded to the Grandmaster, Great Grandmaster, and Celestial Person realms, with each layer raising cultivation by one major realm.

• Lu Feng recognized the dead Half-Demon’s wooden tag and face as possibly belonging to Lao Guai’s son, Li Feng, and decided to investigate discreetly.
• Lu Feng examined the enormous eight-trigram formation beneath Canglan City but left it intact to avoid alerting whoever had built it.
• After treating his injuries, Lu Feng tested Zhao Changgeng’s heavy stone and discovered through the system that it contained an original Celestial Person Realm cultivation art.
• Lu Feng spent ten million Demon Points to record the Nine Extremes Essence Condensation Art and learned that its nine layers spanned three major realms.