Chapter Summaries

Qi Yaoji learned that her master's plans for chaos had stalled, while he secretly sought a way to preserve his body using the heart of a Devil of High Antiquity. Meanwhile, Sang Ying endured the Annihilation Spring and emerged as its waters rapidly vanished.

• Qi Yaoji told the man that the golden-tailed Jiaoren had stabilized the pillar of light in the Cloud Mulberry Realm, delaying the chaos.
• The man sent Qi Yaoji to take Fan Nanjun to the Hidden Nether Realm for one last chance, and promised her that she would ascend.
• After Qi Yaoji left, the man considered using the heart of a Devil of High Antiquity to keep his body from decaying and vanished through the Teleportation Array.
• Sang Ying endured forty-six days in the Annihilation Spring as her body was destroyed and rebuilt.
• Old Patriarch Bai saw the spring water recede into a whirlpool, and Sang Ying leaped out, cracking the ground beneath her feet.

Sang Ying completed her first trial in the Annihilation Spring and returned with a greatly strengthened body. On the Gods and Devils Battlefield, Jiang Zhuoxue and Bai Nianchou learned that Patriarch Hong and Patriarch Jin were trapped by Devil Creatures and hurried to rescue them.

• Sang Ying emerged from the Annihilation Spring, where Old Patriarch Bai praised her powerful physique and reassured her that the spring water would replenish.
• Jiang Zhuoxue and Bai Nianchou fought off an enormous mutated Devil Creature and discussed the growing threat on the battlefield.
• Bai Nianchou and Jiang Zhuoxue prepared to return to camp, hoping Sang Ying had come back from her trial.
• A wounded Golden Dragon Clan warrior arrived and reported that Patriarch Hong and Patriarch Jin were trapped and in danger of being devoured.
• Jiang Zhuoxue and Bai Nianchou sent the injured warrior back with a group and led their people toward the trapped patriarchs.

Jiang Zhuoxue and Bai Nianchou arrived as the Red Dragon Clan and Golden Dragon Clan teams were trapped by Devil Creatures. After they rescued Hong Yan and Jin Man’s people, the devil bird nearly killed Bai Nianchou, but a mysterious sword strike cut off its head.

• Jin Man urged Hong Yan to abandon him so the others could escape, warning that the devil bird had gained Golden Dragon Clan power by eating his arm.
• Bai Nianchou and Jiang Zhuoxue attacked the devil bird and held it back while Hong Yan and Jin Man’s people retreated.
• Jiang Zhuoxue fought off the other Devil Creatures as Bai Nianchou repeatedly struck the devil bird with the Dragon Abyss Sword.
• The devil bird knocked Bai Nianchou down, pinned him, and dragged him away from the Dragon Abyss Sword while Jiang Zhuoxue was wounded and overwhelmed.
• As the devil bird prepared to peck Bai Nianchou, a voice called out, “Dragon Abyss Sword!” and a sword stroke severed the creature’s head.

Sang Ying rescued Bai Nianchou and killed the devil bird while Jiang Zhuoxue treated Bai Nianchou’s injuries. Sang Ying then unleashed the Dragon Abyss Sword across the Gods and Devils Battlefield, wiping out every remaining Devil Creature.

• Sang Ying repeatedly severed the devil bird’s regrowing head, and its wild attacks killed many Devil Creatures.
• Jiang Zhuoxue reached Bai Nianchou and reset his broken bones while the two spoke about Jiang Zhuoxue’s past and Sang Ying.
• Sang Ying struck the devil bird through the heart with the Dragon Abyss Sword, killing it.
• Sang Ying infused the Dragon Abyss Sword with spiritual power and swept its sword light across the battlefield, leaving no Devil Creatures alive.

Boruo told Futu that the monsters he had unleashed were dead and warned that the Devil Race was running out of forces. After the black-robed man returned to claim his unpaid price, he killed Futu and revealed himself to be an immortal.

• Boruo visited Futu in his chains and told him that the variants and devil creatures had been defeated without any Dragon Race clan leaders dying.
• Boruo refused to lend Futu her soldiers and advised him to rescue Heaven Swallower, warning that the Devil Race could not afford to squander its remaining forces.
• A black-robed man returned to Futu, saying their deal was settled but he had come to claim one last payment.
• The black-robed man crossed the karmic fire, tore out Futu’s heart, and killed him.
• As he died, Futu recognized that the black-robed man was an immortal who had shed his mortal body.

Sang Ying used the Dragon Abyss Sword to destroy every Devil Creature and clear all Demonic Qi from the Gods and Devils Battlefield. Hong Yan and Jin Man confirmed the battlefield was clean, leaving the Dragon Race celebrating while Sang Ying renewed her resolve to become a god.

• Sang Ying's strengthened body let the Dragon Abyss Sword unleash its full power, wiping out the Devil Creatures and Demonic Qi.
• Old Patriarch Bai explained the sword's power to Bai Nianchou and led the group back to camp.
• Hong Yan and Jin Man accused Qing Shou of failing to rescue their comrades, but Qing Shou told them Sang Ying had cleared the battlefield.
• Bai Nianchou confirmed the battlefield was free of Devil Creatures and Demonic Qi, and Hong Yan and Jin Man flew there to see for themselves.
• Hong Yan and Jin Man found the battlefield clean and celebrated with the Dragon Race as Sang Ying resolved to become a god.

Jin Man, Hong Yan, and the others supported Sang Ying's plan to enter the Devil Domain and obtain the Heart Devil Mirror, but they postponed using the Dragon Abyss Sword to cut through the battlefield seal because it could let powerful Devil Creatures escape. While inspecting the battlefield with Jiang Zhuoxue, Sang Ying learned of a hidden passage into the Devil Domain and agreed to take the risk.

• Jin Man and Hong Yan thanked Sang Ying for clearing the Demonic Qi, and she vowed to pursue lasting peace by wiping out the Devil Race.
• The Dragon Race members offered to help Sang Ying enter the Devil Domain and obtain the Heart Devil Mirror.
• Jin Man and Hong Yan objected to Old Patriarch Bai's plan to cut a passage with the Dragon Abyss Sword, fearing the opening could weaken the seal and release powerful Devil Creatures.
• Sang Ying told Jiang Zhuoxue that she had lived as Bai Qinglong in an illusion and did not want to endanger the Dragon Race by forcing a passage open.
• Jiang Zhuoxue revealed that he knew of a narrow hidden route his mother, Boruo, had used to escape into the Devil Domain.
• Sang Ying agreed to follow Jiang Zhuoxue through the passage despite the dangers.

Sang Ying and Jiang Zhuoxue discovered that a passage to the Devil Domain remained open inside the skull of the Dragon Race’s war god. After securing the other leaders’ agreement, Sang Ying set out with a six-person party to enter the unknown passage.

• Jiang Zhuoxue led Sang Ying to the war god’s dragon skull, where they found a passage still open to the Devil Domain.
• Sang Ying and Jiang Zhuoxue returned to camp and told the others about the passage while Sang Ying concealed Jiang Zhuoxue’s past with his birth mother.
• Sang Ying explained the risks of entering the Devil Domain and required anyone accompanying her to follow her lead.
• Sang Ying chose Bai Nianchou, Qing Shou, and several personal guards for the journey, while Jin Man and Hong Yan stayed to defend the battlefield.
• Old Patriarch Bai and the dragons saw off the seven travelers, and Sang Ying led the party out of camp toward the passage.

Jing Huan and the others questioned why fewer, weaker Devil Creatures were emerging from the passage, while Jin Liner helped reinforce a formation meant to contain the Demonic Qi. Elsewhere, Sang Ying and six companions entered a dark passage, found an abandoned palace, and battled a living three-headed flood dragon carved into its wall.

• Lan Fusheng and Bai Kejin placed the final Spirit Stone in the formation, and Jin Liner admitted she did not know whether it would stop the Demonic Qi.
• Jing Huan observed that the Devil Creatures emerging from the pillar of light were becoming fewer and weaker, and Lan Fusheng suggested the Devil Race's purpose for opening the passage was unclear.
• Sang Ying led six companions through the dark, Demonic Qi-filled passage and into an abandoned palace covered in faded images and writing.
• Qing Shou spotted a crimson three-headed flood dragon carved into the wall, and the carving came alive and seized one of Qing Shou's subordinates.
• Jiang Zhuoxue drew the flood dragon's attention while Sang Ying struck its left head with the Dragon Abyss Sword, allowing Bai Nianchou and Qing Shou to rescue the injured warrior.
• Sang Ying pressed her attack and severed the flood dragon's left head.

Sang Ying kept the three-headed flood dragon occupied while Jiang Zhuoxue and the others escaped the stone chamber, then trapped the beast and slipped out just before the stone door shut. The group entered the passage leading into the Devil Domain and continued onward.

• Sang Ying drew the three-headed flood dragon’s attention so Jiang Zhuoxue, Bai Nianchou, and the others could leave through the newly appeared door.
• Jiang Zhuoxue and the others discovered that the stone door was closing, and they tried to hold it open while warning Sang Ying.
• Sang Ying fought the flood dragon as it taunted her and used the closing door to try to trap her inside.
• Sang Ying revealed that she had lured the flood dragon into a trapping formation and frozen half its body.
• Sang Ying escaped beneath the descending stone door, took Jiang Zhuoxue’s hand, and urged the group to hurry through the passage.

Sang Ying and the others infiltrated the Devil Domain, relying on Jiang Zhuoxue’s Demonic Qi to disguise themselves as high-ranking devils. Unable to locate the domain’s heart or the Heart Devil Mirror, they approached a talkative devil bird to question it.

• Sang Ying’s group hid from a skeleton and an owl on patrol, and Jiang Zhuoxue’s Demonic Qi kept them from detecting her human scent.
• Jiang Zhuoxue converted his companions’ Spiritual Qi into Demonic Qi, allowing the group to pass unnoticed as they searched the Devil Domain.
• Sang Ying decided to question a devil bird after the group failed to find the domain’s heart or the Heart Devil Mirror.
• Jiang Zhuoxue intimidated the devil bird, which mistook them for devils plotting to seize power and offered to tell them everything it knew.

After learning that the Heart Devil Mirror was likely hidden on the fifth level of the Devil Domain, Sang Ying and Jiang Zhuoxue led their group there. Their disguise was exposed, and the two fled their pursuers by leaping into a shaft that the Devil Race said was where its high-ranking members slumbered.

• The devil bird told Jiang Zhuoxue and the others about the Devil Domain's five levels and claimed the Heart Devil Mirror was hidden on the fifth level.
• Jiang Zhuoxue let the devil bird leave, but Bai Nianchou killed it, and the group questioned other low-ranking Devil Race members to confirm its information.
• The seven carefully reached the fifth level, where a high-ranking Devil Race member spotted them and Sang Ying and Jiang Zhuoxue drew him away.
• Sang Ying and Jiang Zhuoxue escaped through a window and evaded the growing pursuit, but two teams eventually blocked their path beside a black shaft.
• Sang Ying and Jiang Zhuoxue leaped into the shaft, and a high-ranking Devil Race member told his team it led to the place where high-ranking members slumbered.

Sang Ying and Jiang Zhuoxue discovered a crystal-filled cavern full of coffins, where Jiang Zhuoxue sensed his mother was buried. After a high-ranking Devil Race member attacked them, his mother Boruo appeared and protected them.

• Bai Nianchou and a Dragon Race warrior hid from Devil Race patrols as their Demonic Qi ran low.
• Jiang Zhuoxue led Sang Ying through a glowing mine to a cavern of crystal coffins and said his mother might be inside one.
• Flying scythes attacked Sang Ying and Jiang Zhuoxue, but they destroyed or trapped all six.
• A high-ranking Devil Race member emerged from a shattered coffin and attacked Sang Ying and Jiang Zhuoxue.
• Jiang Zhuoxue's blood seeped into a damaged coffin, and Boruo appeared to shield them from Feilian.

Boruo saved Jiang Zhuoxue and Sang Ying from Feilian and revealed that Crown Prince Futu possessed the Heart Devil Mirror. Meanwhile, Bai Nianchou discovered a sixth level of the prison and encountered a black-robed man holding a beating heart.

• Boruo protected Jiang Zhuoxue and Sang Ying from Feilian, claiming Sang Ying was her daughter-in-law.
• Feilian accepted Boruo’s explanation and let them leave the mine, then returned to his crystal coffin.
• Boruo subdued the devils guarding the pit and escorted Jiang Zhuoxue and Sang Ying away.
• Jiang Zhuoxue told Boruo they were seeking the Heart Devil Mirror, and she said Crown Prince Futu had it.
• Bai Nianchou and his guard descended into the sixth level of the prison, where a black-robed man greeted them while holding a beating heart.

Sang Ying, Jiang Zhuoxue, and Boruo found Crown Prince Futu missing from his Netherfire prison, then discovered an unknown black-robed man had captured Sang Ying with the Heart Devil Mirror. The man defeated Jiang Zhuoxue and prepared to escape through a High Antiquity Teleportation Array.

• Boruo led Sang Ying and Jiang Zhuoxue to Crown Prince Futu’s hidden cell, where they found the altar chains empty and blood on the stone.
• Boruo realized the blood belonged to Futu and feared someone had attacked and taken him.
• Sang Ying found Bai Nianchou and a White Dragon Tribe guard immobilized behind a plank, but an unseen force hurled her into a water mirror.
• A black-robed man took the Heart Devil Mirror and told Boruo that Futu had paid him for a deal.
• Jiang Zhuoxue attacked the black-robed man to demand Sang Ying’s return, but the man sent him flying and declared that Sang Ying had never belonged to him.
• The black-robed man activated a High Antiquity Teleportation Array, and Boruo recognized him as an immortal.

Jiang Zhuoxue watched the black-robed immortal take Sang Ying away and decided to pursue strength through the Devil Race, despite the cost. Meanwhile, Sang Ying awoke in a version of her past where Gu Huaiwei was gentle and the long-dead sect master was alive, leaving her unsure of what had happened.

• Jiang Zhuoxue asked Boruo who had taken Sang Ying, and Boruo said the black-robed man was likely an immortal who had killed Futu.
• Jiang Zhuoxue asked how to become stronger than Futu, and Boruo agreed to help him follow the path of the Devil Race.
• Bai Nianchou struggled against the Immobilization Incantation and cried as Jiang Zhuoxue chose to grow stronger, knowing their relationship would change.
• Sang Ying woke with unfamiliar delicate hands and found Gu Huaiwei acting like her gentle master on Crimson Snow Peak.
• Sang Ying flew to her parents' residence and saw the long-dead sect master sitting with them.

Sang Ying rejected the Heart Devil Mirror’s comforting illusions and cut down the figures it created, insisting she would never choose a false world over reality. The false Gu Huaiwei then changed the trial into an abyss, where pale hands dragged her into endless hell.

• Sang Ying realized she was inside the Heart Devil Mirror and found that only the Dragon Abyss Sword remained in her Storage Bag.
• Sang Ying killed the false Sang Zheng and Wen Miaoshu, then destroyed the familiar figures that appeared in the void.
• Sang Ying rejected the false Gu Huaiwei’s idealized world and thrust her sword through him, causing the illusion to crumble.
• Sang Ying woke bound before a crowd and killed the false Zhou cultivator, sect master, Su Fuyun, Gu Huaiwei, and the other figures.
• The false Gu Huaiwei sent Sang Ying plunging into an abyss, where pale hands seized her and dragged her downward.

Jiang Zhuoxue chose to enter the Devil Race's Fire of Tempering to gain the strength to protect Sang Ying, while Bai Nianchou led the others out of the Devil Domain. Back in Ten Thousand Daos Born, the sect discovered mutilated bodies in the Teleportation Array and feared that Sang Ying and the others were in danger in the Cloud Mulberry Realm.

• Jiang Zhuoxue refused Bai Nianchou's pleas to change his mind and jumped into the Fire of Tempering to gain power.
• Bai Nianchou left Jiang Zhuoxue behind and led Qing Shou and the others out of the Devil Domain along Boruo's cleared escape route.
• Qing Shou asked Bai Nianchou about Sang Ying and Jiang Zhuoxue, but Bai Nianchou said only that their mission was complete.
• Elder Xiao and Elder Jiulian found mutilated corpses in the Teleportation Array and failed to contact the Cloud Mulberry Realm.
• Ten Thousand Daos Born and Rizhao City feared for Sang Ying and the other disciples who had gone to the Cloud Mulberry Realm.

Sang Ying overcame the Heart Devil Mirror’s underwater illusion by fighting through its monsters, while the mirror spirit and the souls watched helplessly. After she cleared the pool and found a glowing pearl in a giant shell, the mirror spirit feared the Mirror Pearl would recognize her as its master.

• Sang Ying broke free of the hands dragging her underwater and charged into the abyss to destroy the monsters with her bare hands.
• The mirror spirit and the souls in the Heart Devil Mirror complained that Sang Ying had already wrecked two major illusion realms and feared she would destroy another.
• Sang Ying fought until every monster in the black water was gone, and the filthy pool became clear azure water as her wounds healed.
• Sang Ying noticed a light at the bottom of the pool, opened a giant white shell, and found a glowing pearl inside.
• The mirror spirit collapsed when it saw the pearl and said the Heart Devil Mirror had brought out the Mirror Pearl, which would acknowledge Sang Ying as its master.

Sang Ying refused the Heart Devil Mirror’s Mirror Pearl after surviving three of its four illusory realms, while the mirror spirit began rebuilding the ruined realms. Outside, the masked man sent Qi Yaoji to alter a Teleportation Array and dropped the mirror into a deathly fissure, leaving Sang Ying’s fate uncertain.

• Sang Ying refused the Mirror Pearl and asked whether the Heart Devil Mirror contained more illusory realms.
• The mirror spirit told Sang Ying that she had destroyed its three strongest realms and urged her to leave, then began rebuilding them.
• Qi Yaoji reported that she had carried out the man’s orders concerning Fan Nanjun, and he instructed her to return to the Immortal Spirit Realm after changing a Teleportation Array in the Cloud Mulberry Realm.
• The man opened a Teleportation Array to a wasteland and carried the Heart Devil Mirror to a deathly fissure.
• The man dropped the Heart Devil Mirror into the fissure and addressed Sang Ying as his good disciple.