Chapter Summaries

Lu Feng studied the Nine Extremes Essence Condensation Art but stopped himself from upgrading it while his injuries and blocked acupoints made the attempt dangerous. Meanwhile, Wu Qingfeng’s group secured Shangyang Town and learned that Lu Feng had drawn Hu Xiaotian away from Shouyun City, while Su Ying worried about Lu Feng’s fate.

• Lu Feng learned that the Nine Extremes Essence Condensation Art could greatly compress and endlessly replenish True Essence, but the system warned that upgrading it while he was injured could kill him, so he postponed cultivation.
• Lu Feng tested whether the system could record the formation on the raised platform, but the formation did not respond and the system gave no prompt.
• Qin Bailian and Lu Qingshan reported that Shangyang Town had been taken and that no other fifth-tier demon beasts remained there, while Song Xuanji worried about Severed Cloud Pass and Shouyun City.
• Wu Qingfeng said Guan Shanhai had confirmed Lu Feng lured Hu Xiaotian away and Shouyun City’s defensive formation remained intact; the group then sent messages summoning nearby disciples to fight the remaining demon beasts.
• Han Baizhan told the disciples gathered near Shangyang Town that the town had been taken, while Su Ying privately worried that Lu Feng might not survive facing Hu Xiaotian.

Su Ying learned that Lu Feng might have killed Zhao Changgeng and left for North City to seek her father’s help, while reinforcements gathered in Shangyang Town. At the barrier, Wu Qingfeng organized its repair and defenses as Song Xuanji began refining a Demon-Identifying Stone.

• Su Ying received Xiao Tianqi’s message about Lu Feng and Zhao Changgeng, then left the group for North City after telling Lu Feng to hide.
• Han Baizhan led more than a hundred disciples to Shangyang Town, where Qin Bailian assigned them to defend the checkpoints.
• Wu Qingfeng took Xiao Tianqi, Song Xuanji, Lu Qingshan, and others to the barrier and gave Song Xuanji a Demon-Identifying Stone to repair it.
• Song Xuanji began refining the stone, while Wu Qingfeng set up the Seven Kills Formation and Xiao Tianqi and Lu Qingshan guarded the approaches.

Hu Xiaotian attacked Shangyang Town and fought his way toward the barrier opening, where Wu Qingfeng was guarding Song Xuanji as he refined the Demon-Identifying Stone. Wu Qingfeng and Hu Xiaotian began a fierce battle, while Xiao Tianqi protected the opening and Song Xuanji.

• Hu Xiaotian arrived over Shangyang Town and claimed that Wu Qingfeng had once destroyed the barrier to break through to the Celestial Person Realm, but Qin Bailian, Han Baizhan, Xiao Tianqi, and Lu Qingshan stood against him.
• Hu Xiaotian used a single blow to defeat all four Great Grandmasters, then flew toward the rear mountain; Xiao Tianqi went after him while Lu Qingshan helped Qin Bailian and Han Baizhan recover.
• At the barrier opening, Xiao Tianqi joined Wu Qingfeng, who told him to guard the opening while he faced Hu Xiaotian; Song Xuanji continued refining the Demon-Identifying Stone.
• Wu Qingfeng used his domain and a formation plate to fight Hu Xiaotian, but their opening clash sent Wu Qingfeng staggering back while Hu Xiaotian remained unmoved.
• Wu Qingfeng continued attacking with formation patterns, and Hu Xiaotian held the advantage but could not defeat him quickly.

Wu Qingfeng, Song Xuanji, and their allies repaired the barrier at Shangyang Town, trapping Hu Xiaotian and his demon forces inside Yongzhou. Half a month later, as demons raided remote settlements for human blood to break the barrier again, Song Xuanji tried to draw Lu Feng out, intending to arrest him for Zhao Changgeng's murder.

• Wu Qingfeng took Hu Xiaotian's tiger roar head-on while Song Xuanji finished refining the Demon-Identifying Stone and repaired the barrier.
• Hu Xiaotian abandoned the fight and ordered the Demon Lords to collect human blood from remote places so the demons could corrode the barrier.
• Half a month later, Qin Bailian reported that demons had massacred Lenggu Town, one of several remote settlements attacked for human blood.
• Wu Qingfeng and the others discussed how to protect Yongzhou's towns as Lu Qingshan warned that Hu Xiaotian could escape once he gathered enough blood.
• Xiao Tianqi proposed splitting up to defend major cities, while Song Xuanji suggested using bait to lure Hu Xiaotian out and secretly sought to expose and arrest Lu Feng for Zhao Changgeng's murder.

Wu Qingfeng proposed using Lu Feng as bait to lure Hu Xiaotian into a formation in Canglan City, while Song Xuanji confronted Xiao Tianqi over Lu Feng’s killing of Zhao Changgeng. After the officials agreed to the plan, Lu Feng recovered his True Essence beneath Canglan City and prepared to move.

• Wu Qingfeng revealed that Lu Feng had killed Hu Xiaofeng and proposed using him as bait to draw Hu Xiaotian and the fifth-tier Demon Lords into a formation in Canglan City.
• Song Xuanji accused Lu Feng of killing Zhao Changgeng, and Xiao Tianqi confirmed that Zhao Changgeng had ambushed Lu Feng and been killed in the encounter.
• Song Xuanji and Xiao Tianqi fought, damaging the meeting hall, until Wu Qingfeng stopped them and proposed settling the dispute if Lu Feng lured Hu Xiaotian to Canglan City.
• Xiao Tianqi and Song Xuanji accepted Wu Qingfeng’s proposal, and the group discussed the location, timing, formation, bait route, and retreat direction.
• Lu Feng reopened his final acupoint in the underground cavern, restored the flow of his True Essence, and decided it was time to act.

Lu Feng condensed his True Essence into liquid, strengthened his cultivation, and escaped the secret passage after sabotaging the formation. While flying toward Shouyun City, he upgraded his cultivation art and prepared to advance his saber art.

• Lu Feng raised the Nine Extremes Essence Condensation Art to its first level, condensing liquid True Essence and dropping back to Early Grandmaster with much greater power.
• Lu Feng removed most of the formation’s Origin Crystals so it would appear intact but collapse when activated.
• Lu Feng cleared the rubble blocking the passage, escaped, and killed the demon beasts outside, raising his Demon Points to 65,000,000.
• Lu Feng collected essence blood and flew toward Shouyun City, raising the Nine Extremes Essence Condensation Art to its second level and advancing to Mid-Stage Grandmaster.
• Lu Feng decided to upgrade the Nine Extremes Heaven-Breaking Slash to its sixth level after noting its cost was lower than the Phantom Sword Art’s.

Lu Feng improved the Nine Extremes Heaven-Breaking Slash and continued toward Shouyun City, while Lu Shuang gathered evidence against Zhao Changgeng and protected the women he had abused. Su Ying returned to her father, Su Xuanqing, and asked him to help Lu Feng after he killed someone.

• Lu Feng improved the Nine Extremes Heaven-Breaking Slash to the sixth layer, awakened Weight Intent, and tested its power on a mountain before flying toward Shouyun City.
• Lu Shuang accepted evidence from women Zhao Changgeng had abused, assured them he had died in Yongzhou, and gave each woman a Force Comprehension Pill.
• Lu Shuang told the women to keep Zhao Changgeng's death secret, then set off for Shouyun City the next morning.
• Su Ying visited Su Xuanqing and asked him to help Lu Feng, explaining that Lu Feng had killed someone and belonged to her Commandant Su's residence.

Su Ying persuaded Su Xuanqing to secure Headquarters' promise not to pursue Lu Feng for killing Zhao Changgeng, though the deal required Su Xuanqing to face a dangerous demon. Meanwhile, Ji Qingqing and the others searched for Lu Feng until word came that he had returned to Shouyun City.

• Su Ying offered to enter seclusion until she reached the Celestial Person Realm and become a Sacred Hall saintess candidate if Su Xuanqing helped Lu Feng.
• Su Xuanqing contacted Xie Yunyuan and secured the promise that Headquarters would not pursue Lu Feng, in exchange for helping kill a Third-Transformation Demon Emperor at the Cangyuan Battlefield.
• Su Xuanqing reassured Su Ying about the danger and shared childhood memories with her late into the night.
• Ji Qingqing, Lin Amei, and the female disciples reported that their search for Lu Feng had found no news, then resolved to widen it.
• A female disciple announced that Lu Feng had returned, and Ji Qingqing and the others rushed outside to see him approaching.

Lu Feng returned to Shouyun City and learned that the Demon-Slaying Bureau wanted him to lure Hu Xiaotian to Canglan City, where a formation could help kill the sixth-tier Demon Emperor. He agreed after securing fifty types of fifth-tier essence blood so he could finish refining his body, then went to the Merit Hall to collect them.

• Lin Amei welcomed Lu Feng back, and Ji Qingqing told him Shangyang Town had been retaken and Lu Shuang had returned to Headquarters.
• Guan Shanhai explained that Lu Feng was expected to lure Hu Xiaotian into Canglan City, where Si Zheng’s formation would help them kill him.
• Lu Feng agreed to the plan on the condition that he could obtain fifty different types of fifth-tier essence blood to complete his body-refining art within two days.
• Guan Shanhai gave Lu Feng a token to exchange for the essence blood, and Lu Feng went to the Merit Hall.
• Disciples at the Merit Hall recognized Lu Feng and quietly admired him for his deeds in Shouyun City.

Lu Feng exchanged Guan Shanhai’s token for fifth-tier essence blood, then sought more Bone-Tempering Sand to advance his cultivation. At the Merit Hall, he met Lao Guai and learned that the elderly villagers wanted to buy stone for a statue honoring the hero who saved Shouyun City.

• Lu Feng used Guan Shanhai’s token to exchange for fifty kinds of fifth-tier essence blood without spending merit.
• Lu Feng considered the formation beneath Canglan City and decided he would learn who had set it up when the time came.
• Lu Feng’s attempt to raise the Hundred Beasts Body-Tempering Art failed because he lacked Bone-Tempering Sand, and he learned Guan Shanhai had left Shouyun City.
• Lu Feng went to the Merit Hall for more Bone-Tempering Sand and found elderly commoners trying to buy stone with silver.
• Lao Guai told Lu Feng that the group wanted stone for a statue honoring the hero who saved Shouyun City, though none of them had seen the hero.

Lu Feng bought Bone-Tempering Sand and green-white jade after Lao Guai recognized a token as one he had given his son Li Feng. Back at his residence, Lu Feng used the sand and fifth-tier essence blood to raise the Hundred Beasts Body-Tempering Art to perfection.

• Lao Guai told Lu Feng and the elders that the hero they wanted to honor was named Lu Feng, and the attendant offered them fine stone after recognizing the commander’s name.
• Lao Guai identified Lu Feng’s wooden token as the one he had given Li Feng and said it proved his son had been in Canglan City.
• The elders bought green-white jade and carried it away to carve a statue, while Lao Guai excitedly repeated his story about Li Feng killing two demonic beasts.
• Lu Feng paid five thousand low-grade Origin Crystals for the jade and 230 grains of Bone-Tempering Sand.
• Lu Feng used 360 grains of Bone-Tempering Sand, fifth-tier essence blood, and the required Demon Points to upgrade the Hundred Beasts Body-Tempering Art to perfection.

Lu Feng adjusted to the immense strength he gained after perfecting the Hundred Beasts Body-Tempering Art, while Hu Xiaotian learned he was in Shouyun City and planned to lure him out for revenge. The next morning, Lu Feng accepted Origin Crystals and gave Ji Qingqing pills to strengthen her cultivation before returning to train.

• Lu Feng tested his newfound strength and found that the Flowing Cloud Sword could not break his skin, confirming his body was tougher than a fifth-tier demonic beast's.
• In Yongzhou, Hu Xiaotian learned his followers had collected blood from only a little over eight thousand people and complained that gathering enough to break the barrier was taking too long.
• Hu Xiaotian sensed that the human who killed Feng'er was in Shouyun City and ordered the Scarlet Flame Tiger Lord to lure him out so he could kill him himself.
• Hu Xiaotian accused the brat from Rending Wind Mountain of betraying their agreement and letting the barrier repair itself.
• Ji Qingqing gave Lu Feng five thousand low-grade Origin Crystals from the Merit Hall, and he told her to come directly to him if a similar matter arose again.
• Lu Feng gave Ji Qingqing Jin Origin Pills and Body-Tempering Pills for herself and Lin Amei and the others, then returned to his tent to harmonize his cultivation and physical strength.

Lu Feng set out to lure Hu Xiaotian to Canglan City, where Wu Qingfeng and the others had prepared the Four Symbols Formation. Hu Xiaotian saw through the trap and planned to use the gathering of human forces to attack other major cities while he confronted Wu Qingfeng.

• Guan Shanhai told Lu Feng that the Four Symbols Formation was ready and gave him Hu Xiaofeng's corpse to lure Hu Xiaotian.
• Lu Feng arranged for Ji Qingqing and her team to stay in Shouyun City and defend its civilians while the other martial artists went to Canglan City.
• Lu Feng flew toward Luoyan Town, determined to make sure Hu Xiaotian could not escape.
• Hu Xiaotian learned that Wu Qingfeng was preparing a formation in Canglan City and decided to go there with his forces anyway.
• Hu Xiaotian ordered Hu Yan to send three Demon Lords and their troops to attack three major cities while Hu Yan led the remaining demons to Canglan City.

Lu Feng lured Hu Xiaotian to Canglan City, where Wu Qingfeng tried to draw him into the Four Symbols Formation. Hu Xiaotian saw through the trap and stayed outside the city, leaving Wu Qingfeng badly wounded as reinforcements arrived.

• Lu Feng reached Luoyan Town, provoked Hu Xiaotian, and led the pursuing Demon Emperor toward Canglan City.
• Wu Qingfeng assigned Song Xuanji, Xiao Tianqi, Lu Qingshan, and Qin Bailian to the Four Symbols Formation's nodes to prepare an ambush.
• Hu Xiaotian stopped outside Canglan City instead of following Lu Feng inside, and Wu Qingfeng came out to fight him.
• Hu Xiaotian repeatedly injured Wu Qingfeng without pursuing him into the city, while the formation's four guardians waited inside.
• Guan Shanhai arrived with hundreds of martial artists, but Wu Qingfeng ordered them to enter the city and not attack.

Hu Xiaotian sent nine fifth-tier Demon Lords and their forces into Canglan City while he fought Wu Qingfeng outside, and the Four Symbols Formation struck down one of the invading lords. Lu Feng killed demonic beasts as he realized Wu Qingfeng was a Half-Demon luring Hu Xiaotian toward the city, then discovered the formation prevented anyone from leaving.

• Hu Xiaotian ordered the Scarlet Flame Tiger Lord and eight other fifth-tier Demon Lords to lead their forces into Canglan City.
• Xiao Tianqi and the other formation operators activated the Four Symbols Formation, whose white tiger phantom struck a fifth-tier Demon Lord; Lu Feng finished it with his saber.
• Lu Feng rushed among the lower-tier beasts to kill them and collect Demon Points while the formation gathered strength for another attack.
• Hu Xiaotian taunted Wu Qingfeng by threatening the other cities, and Wu Qingfeng charged him despite his wounds.
• Lu Feng recognized that Wu Qingfeng was a Half-Demon acting to lure Hu Xiaotian into the city, then found that the Four Symbols Formation sealed the city and blocked his attempts to leave.

Lu Feng discovered that Wu Qingfeng had refilled the Eight Trigrams Array and stationed Half-Demons to guard it, so he killed the guards and took most of the Origin Crystals. After learning and perfecting Startling Thunder Flash, he tested its defensive counterattack against a bear demon and killed it.

• Lu Feng entered the secret passage and found eight Half-Demons guarding the Eight Trigrams Array, including a hidden Great Grandmaster Half-Demon.
• Lu Feng killed the Great Grandmaster Half-Demon with the Phantom Sword Art, then killed the six remaining Hua Jin Half-Demons.
• Lu Feng found that the array's Origin Crystal slots had been refilled and took most of the crystals again.
• Lu Feng learned that Startling Thunder Flash was a passive movement technique and spent ten million Demon Points to perfect it.
• Lu Feng tested Startling Thunder Flash against a third-tier bear demon, evaded its attacks, and killed it with the Flowing Cloud Sword.

Lu Feng honed Startling Thunder Flash while Wu Qingfeng lured Hu Xiaotian into the city and revealed his true strength. Wu Qingfeng and the Four Symbols Formation wounded Hu Xiaotian, but the Demon Emperor then struck Wu Qingfeng down, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Lu Feng practiced using Startling Thunder Flash to dodge and counterattack against third- and fourth-tier demonic beasts.
• Hu Xiaotian deduced that the Four Symbols Formation could only activate once every cup of tea and charged into the city to attack Wu Qingfeng.
• Wu Qingfeng revealed that he had feigned weakness to lure Hu Xiaotian into the formation, then fought the Demon Emperor as an equal.
• Song Xuanji called on Xiao Tianqi, Lu Qingshan, and Qin Bailian to power the formation, and its white tiger struck Hu Xiaotian alongside Wu Qingfeng, wounding it.
• Hu Xiaotian rushed Wu Qingfeng before the formation could attack again and sent him flying hundreds of meters, leaving him bloodied on the ground.

Wu Qingfeng revealed his Half-Demon form and fought Hu Xiaotian, while the Four Symbols Formation trapped the others inside. As Hu Xiaotian summoned six Demon Lords to attack, Wu Qingfeng called forth a white tiger apparition to face them.

• Wu Qingfeng transformed into a Half-Demon just as Hu Xiaotian was about to strike him, shocking the four people inside the Four Symbols Formation.
• Hu Xiaotian exposed Wu Qingfeng’s identity to Canglan City, disrupting the defenders, while Lu Feng continued killing demon beasts and building up Demon Points.
• Wu Qingfeng’s transformed strength let him wound Hu Xiaotian, and Song Xuanji warned that the formation would not let them leave and that Wu Qingfeng might be behind the invasion.
• The four stayed at their formation nodes and watched as Wu Qingfeng’s domain showed signs of a second transformation.
• Hu Xiaotian summoned six fifth-tier Demon Lords to attack Wu Qingfeng, who spat out blood essence and formed a larger white tiger apparition.

Wu Qingfeng activated a hidden formation across Canglan City as Hu Xiaotian used the Kin-Devouring Secret Technique to rise to the Second-Transition Demon Emperor. Song Xuanji recognized the citywide Bloodthirst Formation, leaving the trapped cultivators to realize Wu Qingfeng had planned to use the dead to strengthen himself.

• Wu Qingfeng used the white tiger apparition to kill six fifth-tier Demon Lords, and Hu Xiaotian gathered and swallowed their corpses along with three others.
• Hu Xiaotian’s cultivation surged to the Second-Transition Demon Emperor, but Wu Qingfeng revealed his trump card by bleeding onto a rune and activating a formation beneath Canglan City.
• Wu Qingfeng began teleporting around the city, while Hu Xiaotian turned his attention toward Lu Feng instead of pursuing him.
• Wu Qingfeng pointed out that the corpses across the battlefield had been drained of blood, and Song Xuanji identified the citywide formation as the forbidden Bloodthirst Formation.
• Song Xuanji and the others realized they were trapped in the Four Symbols Formation and could neither escape nor call for help as a change began around Wu Qingfeng.

Wu Qingfeng used the Bloodthirst Formation to heal himself and drain Hu Xiaotian until he appeared to win, but Lu Feng intervened just as Wu prepared to finish the tiger demon. Wu Qingfeng revealed another scheme, detonating Grandmasters across Canglan City to replenish his strength, then slowed Lu Feng with the formation and destroyed his phantoms.

• Wu Qingfeng fought Hu Xiaotian with reckless attacks, using the Bloodthirst Formation to heal and grow stronger while draining the tiger demon’s blood Qi.
• After a prolonged battle left both fighters severely injured, Wu Qingfeng summoned a white tiger phantom with the Four Symbols Formation’s stored True Essence and prepared to kill Hu Xiaotian.
• Six ink-black figures killed Hu Xiaotian, but Lu Feng survived the phantom’s strike and teleported behind Wu Qingfeng to attack him.
• Wu Qingfeng evaded Lu Feng and detonated Guan Shanhai and dozens of other Grandmasters across Canglan City, absorbing the blood Qi released by their deaths.
• Lu Feng charged again, but Wu Qingfeng activated the formation’s red and orange ripples to slow him and shattered his five phantoms with a sweep of his claws.