Chapter Summaries

Fu Henghua used the Cloud Scroll and his army of Dao Gods to overwhelm Ji Shiyu with successive attacks, forcing him to spend two life-substitution treasures. Ji Shiyu recognized Fu Henghua’s advantage and prepared to draw him into a fight on ground where the Blood Demon Great Dao excelled.

• Fu Henghua’s Dao Gods annihilated the heavenly soldiers with a Great Dao Spirit Note, which shattered Ji Shiyu’s Nether Armor Soul Ring and briefly froze everyone’s consciousness.
• Ji Shiyu unleashed the Blood River, transformed captured heavenly soldiers into demonic troops, and tried to break out while Fu Henghua’s five elemental armies sealed Yin Mountain.
• Fu Henghua’s Wind and Thunder Gods formed Heavenly Swords, and his other Dao Gods joined them in striking Ji Shiyu until he used his cherished jade pendant to avert death.
• Ji Shiyu summoned blood-colored Sword Qi to fend off the remaining gods, while Zhongli Zihan and the others recognized that Fu Henghua’s broad Dao knowledge and Cloud Scroll made him dangerous once his myriad gods took the field.
• Ji Shiyu resolved to force Fu Henghua to abandon his advantages and fight on ground suited to the Blood Demon Great Dao as Fu Henghua’s third wave of attacks arrived.

Fu Henghua used his Creation Dao arts to destroy Yin Mountain and repeatedly break through Ji Shiyu’s life-saving methods. Ji Shiyu managed to send a final message and preserve a path to rebirth as Fu Henghua continued his assault.

• Fu Henghua projected the Donglai World over Yin Mountain, then unleashed Myriad Gods Annihilation and turned the mountain and Ji Shiyu’s body into crystal before exploding them.
• Ji Shiyu survived by using a Blood Godspawn, but Yin Mountain’s destruction also shattered his Blood-Spirit Demon Pearl and Thousand-Yin Demon Banner.
• Fu Henghua summoned the Yin and Yang gods to form a Yin-Yang Mirror, whose light destroyed another of Ji Shiyu’s life-saving treasures.
• Fu Henghua revealed his Great Scarlet Origin Pearl and used it to destroy Ji Shiyu’s restored body again.
• Ji Shiyu sacrificed another secret treasure to complete a blood seal carrying a message and his life imprint into the Blood River.

Fu Henghua used his newly realized Jade Cauldron True-Insight Elixir Canon and the Fallen Demon True Register to drain Ji Shiyu’s power and restore Yin Mountain, but heavenly lightning killed Ji Shiyu before Fu Henghua could claim his demonic soul. Back in the underground blessed land, Fu Henghua reflected on his Creation Dao and the others discussed his strength before Yu Danqing allowed the juniors to remain in the Southern Continent under concealed identities.

• Fu Henghua trapped Ji Shiyu’s demon-tainted blood in an eight-hundred-li furnace and refined it along with the underground river of blood.
• Fu Henghua used the Fallen Demon True Register to drain Ji Shiyu’s restored power and then the stellar power of three lifetimes, rebuilding Yin Mountain’s earth veins as Ji Shiyu was bound to its summit.
• Heavenly lightning struck and killed Ji Shiyu before Fu Henghua could harvest his demonic soul, and Yu Xiaolei mistook Fu Henghua’s silence for regret over killing him.
• On the way back, Fu Henghua considered how his many Heavenly Books illuminated different paths toward the Creation Dao Fruit.
• After the group watched the battle, Yu Danqing described Fu Henghua’s strengths and limitations, while Fu Shishi asked to remain in the Southern Continent.
• Yu Danqing allowed the juniors to associate with the Crimson Abyss Daoist Sect under the name Wuwang Continent and warned them not to expose their origins.

Fu Henghua’s Wukong Incarnation went to Myriad Souls City to find Fu Xuanhe after Blood River Palace’s defenses blocked his attempt to infiltrate it. He entered the heavily guarded city and reached the pleasure district where Fu Xuanhe was said to spend time.

• Fu Henghua and Fu Pengming planned new Dharma Forms, while Fu Henghua delayed sending the younger members to the Crimson Abyss Daoist Sect until he learned more about its past.
• Yu Danqing proposed raids behind the Northeastern Warzone to seize supplies, and agreed to help design Dharma Form Puppets for the group.
• After Ji Shiyu died, Ji Donglin learned that an Immortal Dao sword cultivator had attacked the Sword Demon’s disciples, then led Blood River Palace’s forces toward the Right Continent to seek revenge.
• Wukong tried to infiltrate Blood River Palace but found its defenses too strong, so he sent crows to locate Fu Xuanhe and learned that he was in Myriad Souls City.
• Wukong entered Myriad Souls City, sensed its formidable defenses and many Grandmasters, and arranged for Fu Henghua to give more lectures in Donglai.
• Wukong found the pleasure district where Fu Xuanhe was said to frequent and saw its courtesans welcoming an honored guest.

Fu Henghua, disguised as Wukong, investigated Myriad Souls City’s Human Pill trade while following Fu Xuanhe, who was searching for the hidden workshop. After deciding to infiltrate the inner city and rescue its captives, Fu Xuanhe agreed to seek the Nine Nether Soul-Suppressing Banner with Shen Yan.

• Duan Yue brought Wukong and Hong Xu to Drunken Spring Tower, where Wukong recognized that its floors refined Peach Blossom Baleful Intent for the Enchanting Demons.
• Wukong overheard two cultivators discuss luring people from the Myriad Peaks Realm into Myriad Souls City to make Human Pills, then learned from Helian Jin how the pills were produced.
• Wukong followed Fu Xuanhe as he investigated the city and concluded that the Human Pill workshop was likely inside the inner city.
• Shen Yan of Autumn Moon Manor approached Fu Xuanhe and proposed joining him to rescue the workshop’s captives, explaining that the Nine Nether Soul-Suppressing Banner could help them enter the inner city.
• Fu Xuanhe agreed to leave for Blood River Palace with Shen Yan to obtain the banner.

Fu Henghua’s Wukong Incarnation attacked Blood River Palace’s forbidden ground while Fu Xuanhe fought his way through the palace to find the Nine Nether Soul-Suppressing Banner. The chapter ended with Fu Xuanhe discovering that the figure left at the entrance was an illusion and rushing deeper into the palace to retrieve the treasure before confronting his brother.

• Fu Xuanhe and Fu Henghua infiltrated Blood River Palace under concealment talismans, and Fu Xuanhe entered the main hall while Fu Henghua left an illusion at the entrance.
• Helian Jin told Fu Henghua about the Blood Lotus Flower and the three Grandmasters guarding the Blood River Forbidden Ground, prompting Fu Henghua to lead twelve Heavenly Grandmasters in an assault.
• Fu Henghua’s forces battled the three Blood Demon Grandmasters as heavenly soldiers sealed the forbidden ground against outside aid.
• Blood River Palace’s cultivators raised the alarm when Fu Xuanhe attacked, and Fu Xuanhe used his Five-Element talismans and Nine-Dragon Talisman Technique to overpower two Grandmasters.
• Fu Xuanhe shattered the illusion at the entrance, realized Fu Henghua had left, and hurried deeper into Blood River Palace to seize the Nine Nether Soul-Suppressing Banner.

Fu Henghua seized control of Blood River Palace with the Blood Lotus Emperor Throne, binding its Blood Demons and turning them against Ji Donglin. As Fu Xuanhe confronted him over his methods, Fu Henghua proposed joining forces against Myriad Souls City's Human Pill workshops, but Fu Xuanhe attacked instead.

• Fu Henghua tortured the captured Blood Demons until one revealed that their Jade Eye had come from an extraterritorial cultivator, then broke apart Ji Donglin's descending Divine Sense and collected the Soul Lotuses in the forbidden ground.
• Helian Jin helped Wukong retrieve the Blood River Treasure Lotus, which Fu Henghua transformed into a Blood Lotus Emperor Throne that summoned Blood River Palace's cultivators and bound their demonic souls.
• Wukong used the throne to draw Blood Demons from across the region into its Blood Sea, while Ji Donglin killed several of his disciples and rushed back toward Blood River Palace.
• Fu Henghua reshaped captured demonic souls into Blood Demons, manipulated them into hating Ji Donglin and the other Devil Lord, and recruited them as servants beneath his throne.
• Fu Henghua considered spreading Blood Lotus artifacts among demonic sects, but his true self warned him against using Black Artifacts on immortal cultivators.
• Fu Xuanhe arrived on nine talisman dragons, accused Fu Henghua of using him to enter Blood River Palace, and rejected his offer to help destroy Myriad Souls City's Human Pill workshops by attacking him.

Fu Henghua and Fu Xuanhe joined forces to investigate the wells beneath Myriad Souls City after escaping attacks from Blood River Palace and the Scarlet Thunder Devil Lord. As the new moon arrived, they prepared to seek the Nether Well and find the route to the Human Pill Workshop.

• Fu Henghua absorbed Fu Xuanhe’s talisman attacks with the Myriad Demons Gourd, but Fu Xuanhe trapped him with a vast sealing formation until Fu Henghua shattered it with the Heavenly Evil Sword and escaped.
• Ji Donglin returned to Blood River Palace, found it devastated, and pursued Fu Xuanhe while Fu Henghua escaped; Fu Henghua then broke through the Scarlet Thunder Devil Lord’s ambush and evaded pursuit into Myriad Souls City.
• Fu Henghua disguised himself as Fu Xuanhe and waited at Drunken Spring Tower, where the real Fu Xuanhe returned two days later after escaping Ji Donglin.
• Fu Henghua explained that Myriad Souls City had a Life Well, a Soul Well, and a Nether Well, and that they could use the Nether Well’s appearance on a moonless night to locate the others.
• Fu Henghua persuaded Fu Xuanhe to tour Myriad Souls City, made him pay for shopping, and offered his candied hawthorn to a crying child, but Fu Xuanhe resisted his attempts to win brotherly affection.
• The new moon arrived, and Fu Henghua and Fu Xuanhe prepared to seek the Nether Well.

Fu Xuanhe and Wukong entered the Nether Well, uncovered Jianyuan Demon Emperor’s sacrifice-and-resurrection system, and learned that Southern Continent’s Great Demon Calamities had fed cultivators to beings beneath the Earth Abyss. They left the Soul Well’s trapped spirits behind them as they escaped, while the reason the three Demon Emperors still sought to reopen the sealed abyss remained unknown.

• A youth revealed that wells filled with water could open into the Nether Well, and Fu Xuanhe and Wukong entered it after their scouts failed to return information.
• Wukong and Fu Xuanhe found an altar holding Jianyuan Demon Emperor’s sword intent and determined that the Three-Well System fed souls and sacrifices into a possible resurrection.
• Fu Xuanhe used 365 star talismans to make a Star Bridge from the Nether Well into the Soul Well, where he and Wukong encountered the trapped souls of cultivators.
• Fu Xuanhe told Wukong that Southern Continent’s Great Demon Calamities had secretly supplied cultivators, including disciples from the six immortal sects, as food for beings underground.
• Fu Xuanhe explained that Crimson Abyss Daoist Sect had once cooperated with the demonic order before sealing the abyss beneath Red Peak, though the three Demon Emperors still seemed determined to break the seal.

Wukong Youth and Fu Xuanhe investigated the Three Wells Grotto-Heaven, uncovering how its demon cultivators exploited villagers and turned immortal cultivators into Human Pills. Meanwhile, Fu Henghua learned that the danger beneath Red Peak might connect to the Nine Underworlds and the Witch Gods, then began preparing for the tribulation others had foreseen.

• Wukong Youth and Fu Xuanhe found that Villages No. 125 through 129 forced residents over forty to die in ways that produced materials for Hunger Demons and Plague Demon Pills.
• Wukong Youth and Fu Xuanhe discovered that Blood Spirit Demon Seeds caused immortal cultivators to form extractable Golden Cores, and Fu Xuanhe attacked the demon cultivators while Wukong Youth prepared to seal the Life Well.
• Fu Henghua lost contact with his incarnation inside the Three Wells Grotto-Heaven and discussed the Heavenly Crystal Jade Eye and mechanism designs with his Taiji friend through a mirror.
• Fu Henghua's friend warned that the danger beneath Red Peak might lead to a layer ruled by Witch Gods and advised him to investigate which layer the opening reached.
• Fu Henghua learned a method to bring forth the Heavenly Eye, then used the Divine Luo Heavenly Tome to reveal a Fierce sign as he considered the coming tribulation.

Fu Xuanhe and the Wukong Youth sealed the Life Well and prepared to claim its Cave Heaven, but the Jiuyin Mystic Lord forced his way in. With the people inside still in danger, both men searched for a way to stop the Devil Lord.

• Fu Xuanhe destroyed the demonic cultivators guarding the Spirit Platform with the Thousand-Snake Mystic-Flame Talisman Formation and entered the sea of clouds.
• Fu Xuanhe found the Wukong Youth closing the Mirror Gate while the Heavenly Demon Domain made demonic cultivators confess and mutilate themselves.
• Fu Xuanhe helped the Wukong Youth seal the Life Well and agreed to protect the rescued female cultivator while refining the Cave Heaven.
• A terrifying aura surged from the Nether Well, and the Jiuyin Mystic Lord blocked their attacks and threatened the sea of clouds.
• Fu Xuanhe and the Wukong Youth debated whether to reopen the Life Well or suppress the Devil Lord, then each prepared to gamble on a risky method.

Jiuyin Mystic Lord pursued Wukong Youth and Fu Xuanhe, seeking the Myriad Demons Gourd and other treasures while the two struggled to survive his attacks. Wukong lured the Devil Lord away, but he caught up at Changming Mountain, where a sea of flowers and Creation appeared just as Wukong’s hoped-for ally arrived.

• Jiuyin Mystic Lord overcame Wukong Youth and Fu Xuanhe’s attacks, harvested spiritual power from the wandering souls, and struck Wukong with an immortal-level pearl.
• Wukong used the Heavenly Evil Sword to escape through a rift and drew Jiuyin Mystic Lord’s true body after him, while the Devil Lord’s incarnation stayed to fight Fu Xuanhe.
• Fu Xuanhe gave a female cultivator Myriad Immortals Origin Qi Talismans so she could help him borrow mana from other cultivators, and he realized she had a Nine Yin Cauldron Physique.
• Wukong escaped the Three Wells Grotto-Heaven and fled toward Changming Mountain, where Jiuyin Mystic Lord caught him and attacked with the Nine Yin Demonic Claw.
• Pure Wind swept over the battlefield, flowers bloomed across the Devil Lord’s claw, and Five-Colored Lotus flowers spread across Changming Mountain as Wukong sensed that his ally had arrived.

Fu Henghua and Wukong fought Jiuyin Mystic Lord while Wukong advanced toward Devil Lordhood, then used the Myriad Demons Gourd to confront an Outer Heavenly Demon during his tribulation. Wukong entered the gourd as its artifact spirit, leaving the gourd to cross the tribulation and preventing his demonic incarnation from overpowering Fu Henghua.

• Fu Henghua arrived at Changming Mountain and restrained Jiuyin Mystic Lord while Wukong absorbed demons and attempted to advance.
• Wukong swallowed the Demon Emperor Blood Lotus, and Fu Henghua used the Blood-Melting Treasure Box to destroy Jiuyin Mystic Lord's ninth incarnation and Yuan Yue's remaining consciousness.
• Wukong controlled six Demon Emperor Banners, helping Fu Henghua unleash the Myriad Gods Dao Aspect and obliterate Changming Mountain; Jiuyin Mystic Lord's life was preserved through the Myriad Demons Ranking.
• Wukong began crossing his tribulation, but an Outer Heavenly Demon overwhelmed him with its gaze as Fu Henghua and distant allies supplied protection.
• Wukong drew the Outer Heavenly Demon's power and the remaining Demon Emperor blood qi into the Myriad Demons Gourd, then entered it as its artifact spirit while the gourd continued the tribulation.

Fu Henghua helped the Myriad Demons Gourd attain the Dao, captured Jiuyin Demon Lord, and fought off several Devil Lords while hiding his identity as Wukong. He escaped toward Jade Dragon Sea with the Nine Yin Origin Pearl as Fu Xuanhe considered turning Three Wells Grotto-Heaven into an External Incarnation, and the chapter left Fu Henghua watching a distant battle.

• Five demonic-path Grandmasters approached Changming Mountain, and one was overwhelmed after seeing Fu Henghua tending the Purplegold Vine inside the collapsed airspace.
• Fu Henghua used Creation Thunderwater to nourish the Purplegold Vine until it bore the Myriad Demons Gourd, then captured the five Grandmasters with its Demon Emperor Banners.
• Fu Henghua broke Jiuyin Demon Lord's earth escape and pulled him into the gourd, then disguised himself as Wukong as several Devil Lords approached.
• Fu Henghua fought Sword Demon and the other Devil Lords, used the Blood River to seize Sword Demon's Blood River Blade, and escaped with Jiuyin Demon Lord's Nine Yin Origin Pearl.
• Fu Xuanhe lost the Nine Yin Origin Pearl to Fu Henghua and considered making Three Wells Grotto-Heaven his External Incarnation.
• Fu Henghua headed toward Jade Dragon Sea and watched a distant battle while Wukong questioned whether he meant to intervene.

Fu Henghua fled the Jade Dragon Sea battlefield in the Myriad Demons Gourd, rebuilt Jiuyin Mystic Lord’s body, and recruited him and Helian Jin to his growing Heavenly Demon realm. After they captured Jin Donglai and transformed him into a Heavenly Devil Lord, Fu Henghua left to check on Fu Xuanxing and assess whether heavenly forces could interfere in the Southern Continent.

• Inside the gourd, Fu Henghua used the Nine Yin Origin Pearl and Blood Lotuses to restore Jiuyin Mystic Lord’s body after he swore loyalty and surrendered his natal soul star.
• Fu Henghua warned Helian Jin that he would be expected to serve the gourd more closely, then promised him a future chance to become a Devil Lord.
• Jiuyin Mystic Lord lured Jin Donglai to Fu Henghua, where Fu Henghua, Wukong, and Jiuyin Mystic Lord subdued him and pulled him into the gourd.
• Helian Jin and the heavenly maidens helped suppress Jin Donglai’s Divine Wisdom, and Fu Henghua’s group made him the first Heavenly Devil Lord beneath Papiyan’s command.
• Fu Henghua told Jiuyin Mystic Lord to capture more Devil Lords and Grandmasters, then headed toward Heavenfeather Mountain to consider treating Fu Xuanxing and gauging heavenly interference.

Fu Henghua secretly protected the Fu Family from the Wang and Hong Families, then learned that Hengshou’s group had met Moon Mirror and an unknown red-clad cultivator. The chapter ends with Fu Xuanxing drinking potent wine that might cure his poisoned arm.

• Fu Henghua visited the Fu Family graveyard, then secretly subdued two Golden Core Cultivators during the Wang and Hong Families’ dispute with Fu Tian’er.
• Fu Henghua met Fu Tian’er and planned to strengthen the Fu Family’s position, then petrified more than half of the Wang and Hong Families’ Golden Core Cultivators before returning to the underground blessed land.
• Fu Tian’er told Fu Henghua that Hengshou, Xuanxing, and their companions had been invited away by Yin Yanqing and Ouyang Ziming’s uncle, Moon Mirror, and that Fu Xuanxing’s poison had already been cured.
• Fu Henghua read Hengshou’s account of the group meeting a red-clad cultivator beside Jade Spring, where Fu Xuanxing eagerly accepted his invitation to drink.
• The red-clad cultivator offered Fu Xuanxing his peachwood sword if he emptied the wine jug and promised to cure his poison if he drank ten cups; Fu Xuanxing began drinking despite the wine’s fierce potency.

Fu Xuanxing endured Yan Lingzi’s powerful wine and learned from his sword instruction, refining the Kan and Li forces in his dantian toward a Supreme Golden Core. After reading the account, Fu Henghua suspected Yan Lingzi’s peachwood sword was connected to the Southern Bright Li Fire Sword and decided to visit Moon Mirror’s manor at Azurewater Manor.

• Fu Tongjun and Hengshou used spirit food to sober Fu Xuanxing as he drank Yan Lingzi’s wine, while Yan Lingzi introduced himself and learned Hengshou’s cooking technique.
• Hengshou demonstrated four Sword Intents, and Yan Lingzi praised his training and taught him techniques for the River-Splitting Sea-Rending Sword.
• Fu Xuanxing studied Yan Lingzi’s sword instruction while drinking, and the wine, poison, and Kan Origin Golden Palace Art helped him balance his Kan and Li powers into yin-yang treasure pearls.
• After Fu Xuanxing drank too much and passed out, Fu Yaozhen recorded that Yan Lingzi carried a peachwood flying sword resembling the style of the Divine Land Era.
• Fu Henghua connected the peachwood sword to the legendary Nanquan Divine Fire and suspected Moon Mirror or others might be involved in the Devil Emperor Jianyuan’s plans.
• Fu Henghua decided to visit Moon Mirror’s residence at Azurewater Manor and set out with Yu Danqing and Yu Xiaolei.

Fu Henghua arrived at Azurewater Manor, overcame Moon Mirror’s elaborate formations, and learned why Moon Mirror and Yin Yanqing had come to the Southern Continent. Moon Mirror revealed that the continents had once formed Heavenlink Continent and that the Immortal Thief Dao Lineage had fled to the Southern Continent, leaving Fu Henghua with more to uncover about the region’s past.

• Fu Henghua and Yu Xiaolei reached Azurewater Manor, where Yin Yanqing welcomed them and explained that he and others were investigating ancient sites in the Southern Continent.
• Fu Henghua led Yu Xiaolei through Moon Mirror’s formations and puzzles, then solved a star-chart trial to reach the pavilion.
• Moon Mirror recognized Fu Henghua’s mature Dao Path and told him to stay for several days so he could teach him basic knowledge about other worlds.
• Moon Mirror explained that Donglai and the Southern Continent had once belonged to Heavenlink Continent, which split after the Demon God beneath the earth unleashed demons and ruined civilization.
• Moon Mirror revealed that members of the Immortal Thief Dao Lineage had fled the Divine Continent to the Southern Continent and settled where Azurewater Manor’s predecessor stood.

Fu Henghua learned that Donglai's early civilizations were tied to Heavenlink Continent, then wrestled with Moon Mirror's question about the origins of Heaven and Earth. Moon Mirror recalled how he had kept Fu Henghua on Coiling Dragon Island to steer him away from a dangerous fate, and ended by examining a cursed childhood toy.

• Fu Henghua questioned Moon Mirror about the Heaven-Stealing Art and learned that Donglai's early civilizations had been civilizations of Heavenlink Continent.
• Fu Henghua wondered whether the Donglai Golden Ranking's rules applied in Nanyanfu Continent and decided to make his incarnation act cautiously.
• Moon Mirror told Fu Henghua that Fu Xuanxing was forming his core and described his talent as something he had been born with.
• Moon Mirror gave Fu Henghua a jade date and challenged him to explain where Heaven and Earth were, questioning how gravity could exist before Earth formed.
• Moon Mirror recalled divining Fu Henghua's dangerous possible futures and arranging for Fu Danwei and the elders on Coiling Dragon Island to keep him grounded and guide him away from evil arts.
• Moon Mirror opened a wooden box containing Fu Henghua's scorched, cursed woodpecker toy and remembered that Fu Henghua had been only three years old when he cursed it.

Moon Mirror revealed how he and Fu Yaozhen had steered Fu Henghua away from evil arts, then tested Fu Henghua’s understanding of Heaven and Earth. He showed Fu Henghua the Nine Heavens and Nine Earths cosmology, prompting Fu Henghua and Ouyang Ziming to refine their Dao understanding.

• Moon Mirror recalled that three-year-old Fu Henghua had used evil arts in a dreamlike state during a bandit ambush, losing vital energy and cultivation potential.
• Moon Mirror explained that he, Fu Yaozhen, and others had blocked futures in which Fu Henghua fell into the Outer Dao and directed him toward the Heavenly Scripture instead.
• Fu Henghua presented a Jade Date model of Heaven and Earth, distinguishing the Soul-Sea Star Heaven from the distant Nine Firmaments Heaven and describing the land’s layers and underground Demon God space.
• Moon Mirror demonstrated that the universe began as a cosmic egg whose repeated explosions and yin-yang collisions formed nine layers of heaven and earth, with water and the surface world between them.
• Fu Henghua and Ouyang Ziming circulated their power to adjust their understanding of the Great Dao after witnessing Moon Mirror’s cosmic model.