Chapter Summaries

Cao Yu misled the other factions about Lu Changzhi and Hidden Origin Peak, while Lu Changzhi received top-grade Heaven and Earth Spiritual Nectar and shared it with his disciples. In the far north, the Blood Ancestors arrived and learned that the Five Symbols Sect had killed Ming Ya.

• Cao Yu claimed Hidden Origin Peak was a façade and Lu Changzhi was not truly a rare genius, prompting the other factions to consider excluding the Five Symbols Sect from the Heavenly Azure Saint Token matter.
• Lu Changzhi told Cang Wenyu that the illusion formation drained Hidden Origin Peak's spiritual power, and Cang Wenyu asked Xu Kun to maintain it.
• The Five Symbols Sect's campaign against evil cultivators spread to other territories, and the sect gained cultivation resources, half of which went to Hidden Origin Peak.
• Lu Changzhi received a basin of top-grade Heaven and Earth Spiritual Nectar and served it to Luo Ling'er, Qin Li, Gu Chen, and Mu Fan as wine.
• The Blood Ancestors arrived in the far north and were told that the Five Symbols Sect had killed Ming Ya.

Blood Demon Clan leaders discussed the Five Symbols Sect’s discovery of their hidden forces and its array disc, which could expose demonic beings and activate demonic blood. They decided to destroy the sect, assigning Ming Xiong to lead the attack with Xue Chen.

• A Blood Demon Clan subordinate reported that the Five Symbols Sect had searched for Ming Ya’s hiding place after he and others had attacked the sect while collecting blood.
• The subordinate revealed an array disc from the Five Symbols Sect that could expose demonic beings; when the Blood Ancestor activated it, the demonic blood in their human servants became violent.
• The Blood Ancestor learned that the Five Symbols Sect was distributing the discs and ordered his followers to continue investigating the sect’s strength.
• Blood Demon Clan leaders debated whether to attack the Five Symbols Sect, then concluded that its array discs threatened their use of human servants and must be stopped.
• The leader assigned Ming Xiong to destroy the Five Symbols Sect, and Ming Xiong chose to bring Xue Chen with him.

Lu Changzhi gave Luo Ling'er saint-tier bracers that greatly increased her strength, and she accidentally knocked Cang Wenyu down during an arm-wrestling match. The Five Symbols Sect learned that a powerful blood cloud of devil cultists was heading toward its territory, likely arriving within a day and a half.

• Lu Changzhi helped Luo Ling'er put on the bracers, and she used them to destroy a courtyard wall with a punch.
• Luo Ling'er challenged Cang Wenyu to arm wrestling and knocked him off balance, breaking the stone table beneath them.
• Cang Wenyu received urgent news of a fast-moving blood cloud in the far north and sent Xu Kun to investigate.
• Cang Wenyu ordered the Five Symbols Sect and nearby cities to prepare for a possible attack.
• Xu Kun reported that the blood cloud contained devil cultists and a powerful Devil Race presence, possibly at the Dao Comprehension Realm, and was likely heading for the Five Symbols Sect.

The Five Symbols Sect prepared for an approaching devil invasion, while Lu Changzhi was asked to use his illusion array to conceal the sect’s true strength from rival forces. As the blood cloud entered the sect’s territory, other powers sent observers or limited aid, and some Five Symbols Sect members fled.

• Cang Wenyu ordered defenses, city evacuations, and an urgent call for help, while deciding to keep the guardian elders in seclusion unless the devils proved too strong.
• Cang Wenyu told Lu Changzhi that as many as a thousand devils, possibly including Dao Comprehension Realm experts, were approaching and asked him to create false appearances with his illusion array.
• The Five Symbols Sect ordered its disciples to return or take shelter, but Chen Tong and others fled, including some stewards and elders, without being stopped.
• The Mystic One Sect sent elders to observe but told them not to fight, while the Azure Cloud Sect planned to assess the Five Symbols Sect’s losses and the Flower Spirit Sect sent elders to protect disciples and rescue promising female disciples.
• The blood cloud entered the Five Symbols Sect’s territory and sped toward the sect, looming over nearby cities.

Ming Xiong and Xue Chen led the Devil Race to the Five Symbols Sect and attacked its sect-protecting formation. The formation withstood Ming Xiong’s assault, but Xue Chen brought out a Formation-Breaking Shuttle, prompting Cang Wenyu to order the other peaks to attack.

• Cang Wenyu prepared the Five Symbols Sect for the approaching blood clouds while Lu Changzhi confirmed that the visiting sects had already been sent into an illusion.
• Ming Xiong and Xue Chen revealed themselves as Dao Comprehension Realm members of the Devil Race, and Ming Xiong demanded the Five Symbols Sect surrender to its deaths.
• Lu Changzhi told Qin Li and the others to join the fight if it began, and he asked Mu Fan to protect Luo Ling'er.
• Cang Wenyu raised the sect-protecting formation, which withstood Ming Xiong’s blood palm and his repeated axe strikes.
• Xue Chen brought out a Formation-Breaking Shuttle, and Cang Wenyu ordered the elders and ancestors of every peak except Dharma Form Peak to attack together.

The Five Symbols Sect fought Ming Xiong, Xue Chen, and the demon cultists, but Ming Xiong revealed a terrifying transformation that overwhelmed the peak patriarchs. Cang Wenyu left to ask the sect-guarding patriarchs to emerge from seclusion.

• Eight Void Transformation Realm experts emerged from the array to engage Ming Xiong, Xue Chen, and the Creation Realm demon cultists, while Qin Li, Luo Ling'er, Xiao Ming, and Mu Fan joined the battle.
• Luo Ling'er crushed a demon cultist with her greatsword, Xiao Ming killed an attacker targeting her, and Mu Fan used talismans to blast several cultists away.
• The disciples and elders inside the array realized the peak patriarchs could only draw against Ming Xiong and Xue Chen, who were stronger than ordinary Dao Comprehension Realm cultivators.
• Ming Xiong manifested his thousand-zhang Blood Demon True Body and struck the two Flame Sun Peak patriarchs, hurling them backward and strengthening the demon cultists around him.
• Cang Wenyu told Peak Master Xu to protect the array and left to ask the sect-guarding patriarchs to emerge from seclusion.

Cang Wenyu awakened Gu Qingyang, the Five Symbols Sect’s long-secluded Sword King, to defend the sect from two powerful members of the Devil Race. Gu Qingyang confronted Ming Xiong and revealed a Sword Domain, leaving the battle poised to begin.

• Cang Wenyu entered the underground palace and asked the sect’s secluded patriarchs to help stop the Devil Race attackers.
• Gu Qingyang emerged from seclusion and left with Cang Wenyu, refusing to wait for another patriarch to join him.
• Ming Xiong overpowered the Flame Sun Peak patriarchs and battered the Five Symbols Sect’s formation while its disciples feared defeat.
• Cang Wenyu brought Gu Qingyang to the battlefield, where Ming Xiong recognized him as the sect’s hidden Dao Comprehension Realm expert.
• Gu Qingyang drew his sword, announced himself as the Sword King, and unleashed a Sword Domain that made Ming Xiong’s voice waver.

Gu Qingyang fought Ming Xiong and gained the upper hand with his Sword Domain, but Ming Xiong donned powerful devil armor and unleashed a blood sacrifice. Qin Li poisoned a mass of blood as it was drawn toward Ming Xiong, then fled with Mu Fan toward the formation.

• Gu Qingyang severed Ming Xiong's arm with a sword strike, and Ming Xiong regenerated it before resuming their battle.
• Gu Qingyang overpowered Ming Xiong until Xue Chen gave him devil armor that strengthened his defense and attacks.
• Gu Qingyang used the Green Sun Sword Art to send Ming Xiong flying, but Ming Xiong began a blood sacrifice to draw blood and spiritual power from the devil cultists.
• Qin Li warned Cang Wenyu to retreat into the formation, then prepared poisoned blood while Mu Fan urged her to leave.
• Qin Li left the poisoned blood to be drawn toward Ming Xiong and hurried to the formation with Mu Fan.

Qin Li disrupted Ming Xiong with the White Tiger essence blood while Gu Qingyang used the opening to kill Xue Chen. As Gu Qingyang closed in on the weakened Ming Xiong, Lu Changzhi activated the Heaven-Veiling Illusion Array.

• Ming Xiong absorbed the blood of the slain Devil Sect followers, pushing his power close to the Transcendent Realm.
• An unknown voice told Gu Qingyang to wait for Ming Xiong and revealed that the devil had been poisoned; Gu Qingyang agreed to use the opportunity.
• Qin Li called out at the right moment, and the White Tiger essence blood and Power of Geng Metal inside Ming Xiong erupted, disrupting his gathered power.
• Gu Qingyang struck at Xue Chen instead of Ming Xiong and killed him with his sword.
• Ming Xiong tried to escape while weakened, and Qin Li warned Lu Changzhi that she could not stop him herself.
• Lu Changzhi activated the Heaven-Veiling Illusion Array.

Ming Xiong escaped the Five Symbols Sect after sacrificing much of his origin, while the sect staged an illusion to make outside observers believe the Cloud Heaven Holy Land had saved them. Gu Qingyang revealed that his life was nearly over, and Lu Changzhi received a system choice about the dying ancestor.

• Ming Xiong fled the Five Symbols Sect after detonating his blood axe and sacrificing part of his origin, but he wondered why he was moving so fast and why no one pursued him.
• Xu Kun realized Ming Xiong had survived, and Cang Wenyu had the four remaining devil cultists captured for interrogation.
• Lu Changzhi showed Cang Wenyu an illusion of a Cloud Heaven Holy Land expert rescuing the sect, then disguised himself and performed the scene for the watching factions.
• Cang Wenyu asked the sect members to share what they had learned, and Gu Qingyang praised their insights before admitting he had little time left and promising to pass on his sword Dao understanding.
• Lu Changzhi returned aboard the flying boat, and a system choice appeared concerning Gu Qingyang nearing the end of his lifespan.

Lu Changzhi watched Gu Qingyang approach a breakthrough and secretly used undiluted Life Spirit Liquid to restore his vitality, earning the Essence Concealment Formula. Ming Xiong fled back to Blood Demon Clan headquarters, only to find the scenery suddenly changing around him.

• Gu Qingyang declined Cang Wenyu’s treasures and went to cultivate alone, while Lu Changzhi watched to see what acting as the situation demanded would mean.
• Gu Qingyang’s presence stirred heaven and earth as he neared a breakthrough, and Cang Wenyu concealed the disturbance before returning to the others and pretending the Ancestor had died.
• When Gu Qingyang’s presence weakened, Lu Changzhi sent undiluted Life Spirit Liquid through the array, restoring the Ancestor’s vitality and receiving the Essence Concealment Formula.
• Ming Xiong escaped toward Blood Demon Clan headquarters, vowing revenge on the Five Symbols Sect, but the scenery suddenly changed as he arrived.

Lu Changzhi trapped Ming Xiong in layered illusions, had Qin Li interrogate him, and learned that a powerful Blood Demon Clan headquarters had a Devil-Nurturing Altar and blood sea. As Lu Changzhi began planning how to exploit the altar, Elder Xuan warned that a coming upheaval centered on Cloud Heaven Holy Land, and Lu Changzhi used his random Saint Rank gift pack.

• Lu Changzhi revealed that Ming Xiong's apparent escape had been an illusion, then captured him and sent him with Qin Li to be questioned.
• Qin Li quickly killed Ming Xiong and gave Lu Changzhi a jade talisman containing information about nearly forty Blood Demon Clan members, including one at the Transcendent Realm.
• Qin Li explained that a Devil-Nurturing Altar near a blood sea could cultivate new Blood Demon Clan members, and Lu Changzhi decided to handle the matter himself.
• Elder Xuan told the Holy Lord that the coming upheaval could become a terrifying storm centered on Cloud Heaven Holy Land, and the Holy Lord declared that the Holy Land feared nothing.
• Lu Changzhi remembered his random Saint Rank gift pack and told the system to use it.

Lu Changzhi gave the Five Symbols Sect his high-grade Saint Rank Essence Concealment Art after Gu Qingyang recognized its value. Meanwhile, the Mystic One Sect learned that the Cloud Heaven Holy Land had intervened and suspected it was responsible for Lin Chong’s death.

• Lu Changzhi obtained a high-grade Saint Rank Void Spirit Fruit and stored it for later.
• Cang Wenyu found that Gu Qingyang had gained a great deal of lifespan after his failed breakthrough, and Gu Qingyang said he had reached the Half-Step Transcendent Realm.
• Gu Qingyang met Lu Changzhi, recognized that his concealment art was extraordinary, and identified the Essence Concealment Art as a likely high-grade Saint Rank technique.
• Lu Changzhi gave the art to the Five Symbols Sect, and Gu Qingyang said the sect would study it and might adopt it throughout the sect.
• The Mystic One Sect's returning elders reported the Five Symbols Sect's situation and the Cloud Heaven Holy Land's intervention.
• The Mystic One Sect's sect master wondered whether the Cloud Heaven Holy Land had been responsible for Lin Chong's death.

News of the Cloud Heaven Holy Land’s intervention for the weakened Five Symbols Sect spread among the factions, while Lu Changzhi learned more about Mu Fan’s explosive contraption and asked him to build one for a digging project. Luo Ling’er returned from training with hunted bear paws, and the Devil Sect received news of its losses in the Eastern Region.

• Major factions learned that the Cloud Heaven Holy Land had saved the Five Symbols Sect and began seeking ways to gain its favor.
• Lu Changzhi calculated that he had gained only a little over three thousand experience from the battle and saved it for later.
• Qin Li took Luo Ling'er out to train against demonic beasts so she could improve her fighting skills.
• Lu Changzhi discovered that Mu Fan had devised a barrel packed with talismans and asked him to make a powerful version for digging about two hundred zhang deep.
• Luo Ling'er returned from training with roasted bear paws she had hunted, and Lu Changzhi praised her.
• The Devil Sect learned that Ming Xiong and Xue Chen had been killed by the Cloud Heaven Holy Land, which had vowed to exterminate the Devil Race.

Xue Chou blamed the Cloud Heaven Holy Land for interfering with the Blood Demon Clan and vowed to deal with the Five Symbols Sect later. Lu Changzhi secretly poured Life Spirit Spring water over the Five Symbols Sect's hidden ancestors, who absorbed its vitality and gained more time to live; they suspected a hidden expert had helped them and resolved to investigate cautiously.

• Xue Chou and the Blood Demon Clan concluded that the Cloud Heaven Holy Land had used the Five Symbols Sect to probe them, and Xue Chou said they would destroy the sect after dealing with the Holy Land.
• Lu Changzhi used the Heaven-Veiling Illusion Array to conceal himself and poured Life Spirit Spring water over the Five Symbols Sect's densely arrayed grounds.
• The ancestors of the Five Peaks sensed the surge of vitality and sealed off the area while the Life Spirit Spring water seeped underground.
• The hidden ancestors absorbed the vitality, and Gu Qingyang linked it to the earlier increase in his lifespan and suspected a hidden expert was responsible.
• The Thirty-Third Ancestor revealed that he had extinguished his soul lamp to conserve strength, and the ancestors joked about their own secrets before agreeing to investigate the gift carefully.
• The Thirty-Third Ancestor went to cultivate his soul, and the system rewarded Lu Changzhi with a Buddha-Aspect Devil-Binding Rope for idling for one month.

Lu Changzhi received a Buddhist Devil-Binding Rope and prepared Mu Fan’s enormous explosive, Fat Man, for an attack on the Devil Race. After Qin Li disguised it to fool ordinary devils, Lu Changzhi, Mu Fan, and Qin Li secretly traveled toward the Devil Race headquarters near the Cloud Heaven Holy Land.

• Lu Changzhi received the Buddhist Devil-Binding Rope, a treasure that could pursue and bind evil spirits, ghosts, and devils.
• Mu Fan delivered Fat Man, a reinforced cylinder packed with ten thousand Explosive Flame Talismans and designed to devastate the Thousand-Fathom Mountain Range.
• Lu Changzhi asked Qin Li to conceal Fat Man from anyone probing its contents, and Qin Li agreed to prepare it within three days.
• Qin Li disguised Fat Man with blood-red coloring and devil-like symbols so it could fool ordinary members of the Devil Race.
• Lu Changzhi left secretly with Mu Fan and Qin Li, using the Heaven-Veiling Illusion Array to leave decoys behind on Hidden Origin Peak.
• Three days later, the group neared the Devil Race headquarters after Lu Changzhi said they were going to deal with a hidden threat for the Cloud Heaven Holy Land.

Lu Changzhi used the Five Elements Sacred Physique near the Devil Race stronghold, causing a vast heavenly phenomenon that drew attention from across the region. Ming Zou mistook the resulting pillar for an ancient Blood Demon Clan treasure and carried it back to the stronghold.

• Lu Changzhi investigated the Devil Race stronghold and adjusted his plans before approaching it at night.
• Luo Zhen thanked Xuan Yong for his guidance, and Xuan Yong promised to teach him more of his sword Dao after they returned.
• Lu Changzhi used the Five Elements Sacred Physique, transforming his body and gaining control over the surrounding spiritual power as a vast phenomenon filled the night sky.
• Qin Li recognized the phenomenon as the birth of a Peak Saint Rank Five Elements Sacred Physique, while Mu Fan implied that Lu Changzhi had caused it.
• The Cloud Heaven Holy Lord ordered people to investigate the phenomenon despite Elder Xuan's warning not to interfere.
• Ming Zou found a pillar bearing Ancient Blood Devil markings, believed it was a Blood Demon Clan treasure, and hurried to bring it to the First Seat.

Multiple sects mobilized to find the genius behind a new heavenly phenomenon, but Mu Fan’s explosive experiment caused a massive blast and uncovered a Void Spirit Fruit. As Qin Jiuxiao’s group arrived to claim it, Lu Changzhi recognized them as a potentially valuable catch.

• Xuan Yong and Luo Zhen, along with several major powers, headed toward the phenomenon, while Cang Wenyu decided the Five Symbols Sect would stay out of the search.
• Ming Zou brought a pillar to Xue Chou, and its shell revealed the words “Fat Man” before it erupted in a huge column of fire.
• Mu Fan admitted to Qin Li that the object behind the blast was a “local specialty,” and Qin Li connected his power to Lu Changzhi’s decision to take him as a disciple.
• A gray fruit appeared beside the crater, and Zou Meng identified it as a high-grade Void Spirit Fruit that could improve Qin Jiuxiao’s chances of becoming Holy Son.
• Qin Jiuxiao and his companions approached the fruit, while Lu Changzhi inspected them and wondered if he had found a big fish.

Lu Changzhi watched the Cloud Heaven Holy Land party battle the Blood Demon Clan after the Void Spirit Fruit vanished, while keeping his own group out of the fight. When the Devil Creatures overwhelmed the holy land’s people and blocked their calls for help, the system prompted Lu Changzhi to choose whether to intervene for Qin Jiuxiao.

• Lu Changzhi secretly retrieved the Void Spirit Fruit as Zou Meng tried to seize it, leaving the Cloud Heaven Holy Land party baffled.
• Xue Chou and the Devil Creatures attacked the party, and Gu Yang intervened to break Xue Chou’s palm strike before the battle erupted.
• Aboard the flying boat, Mu Fan and Qin Li discussed the party’s failure to call for help, while Lu Changzhi revealed his plan to draw in the Cloud Heaven Holy Land.
• Blood surged from the pit, empowering the Devil Creatures and turning the battle against the holy land’s people as their calls for help were destroyed.
• The system warned Lu Changzhi that Qin Jiuxiao was in grave danger and offered him three choices, including becoming Qin Jiuxiao’s benefactor.

Lu Changzhi sent his External Avatar toward the Cloud Heaven Holy Land while Elder Gu and Zou Meng struggled against Xue Chou, who summoned Devil Sect followers after intercepting their call for help. Lu Changzhi reached the Holy Land and presented the Dao-Severing Sword, prompting its Holy Lord to ask whether he was declaring war.

• Lu Changzhi gave his External Avatar a storage ring and sent it by flying boat toward the Cloud Heaven Holy Land.
• Elder Gu fought Xue Chou while Zou Meng tried to summon help, but Xue Chou destroyed the message bird.
• Xue Chou rejected Elder Gu's claim that the Cloud Heaven Holy Land had acted on a misunderstanding and summoned blood-colored beasts and Devil Sect followers.
• Qin Li and Mu Fan observed the battle and predicted that the disturbance would draw more people and lead to a fierce fight that night.
• Lu Changzhi reached the Cloud Heaven Holy Land and showed the Dao-Severing Sword to its Holy Lord, who asked if he was challenging the Holy Land to war.