Chapter Summaries

Ying Zhou and his companions fought Qin Wujun after Xia Guanxue disrupted the illusion formation, and Si Huaruo arrived in time to save Murong Wu. Ying Zhou broke through in his saber art and wounded Qin Wujun, then pressed the attack with the Conquest Demon Saber.

• Xia Guanxue's Ghostly Gloom Sword Art sent the formation's power into Qin Wujun, allowing Ying Zhou to break the illusion and strike him.
• Qin Wujun trapped Ying Zhou, Murong Wu, and Xia Guanxue with crushing air pressure and tried to kill Murong Wu, but Si Huaruo drove him back with Sword Qi.
• Si Huaruo explained that Yu Shuying had kept her hidden as a reserve, then urged Qin Wujun not to impose his wishes on his adult son.
• Ying Zhou's saber art broke through as he attacked Qin Wujun, while Si Huaruo froze the snakes summoned by Qin Wujun's Chaotic Snake Seal.
• Qin Wujun used the Heavenly Foot Seal to evade most of Ying Zhou's attack, but the Conquest Demon Saber tore open his abdomen, and Ying Zhou rushed in again.

Ying Zhou and Si Huaruo drove Qin Wujun back, while Xia Guanxue warned Murong Wu that Qin was feigning weakness and directed him to move the formation stones. After Ying Zhou and Si Huaruo wounded Qin, his taunts about murdering Ying Zhou’s mother sent Ying Zhou into a fury as Qin urged him to attack.

• Si Huaruo deflected Qin Wujun’s Nether Qi while Ying Zhou attacked, and together they gained the upper hand despite their injuries and lack of coordination.
• Xia Guanxue stopped Murong Wu from joining the fight, recognized that Qin was hiding strength, and instructed Murong Wu to reposition the dark nether stones.
• Qin Wujun unleashed the Five Wheels Seal, but Si Huaruo slowed him with frost while Ying Zhou struck him with Six Paths Fall Together, tearing off his right arm.
• Qin Wujun taunted Ying Zhou by describing how cruelly he had murdered Ying Zhou’s mother, provoking Ying Zhou’s grief and rage.
• Ying Zhou’s demonic saber crackled with thunder-force as darkness and ghostly winds gathered, while Qin Wujun laughed and challenged him to vent his hatred.

Ying Zhou rejected Qin Wujun’s attempt to pass on his bloodline power, then defeated him with Xia Guanxue’s help and accepted the Conquest Demon Saber after Qin Wujun died. With the demon marshal dead, the demon beasts lost control, allowing the group to escape and reunite with the survivors at the shore.

• Xia Guanxue revealed himself in place of Ying Zhou, broke Qin Wujun’s blood-kin inheritance attempt, and struck him down.
• Ying Zhou told Qin Wujun that his chosen family mattered more than blood, then closed his father’s eyes and accepted the Conquest Demon Saber.
• Ying Zhou knocked Xia Guanxue unconscious to settle the dispute over who would carry him, and Si Ming emerged after the group departed.
• Si Ming explained that the demon beasts had become disorganized after the marshal’s death and that he had guarded the perimeter from them.
• Si Ming reached the shore and learned from Gaoyang Wuji and Hou Fei that the survivors had crossed the sea with two seriously injured and no deaths.

After escaping the beast tide, Si Ming learned that the Demon Race had launched a continent-wide war and urged the survivors to return home. When he and Yu Shuying reached the city, they found the Northern Continent under attack, with demon kings leading assaults across multiple countries.

• Gaoyang Wuji told Si Ming that the contestants who had split into smaller groups suffered heavy casualties, including Fu Feng’s death and Gu Xinglie’s loss of an arm.
• Si Ming urged the survivors to return home after reporting that a demon commander had described a total war, while privately hoping to keep the Lightning Zaku.
• Lü Mo asked after Ying Zhou, and Yuan Liang persuaded her to leave with him rather than seek Ying Zhou out immediately.
• Si Ming asked Yu Shuying to arrange transport for the Lightning Zaku, and she warned that the attacks might extend beyond the Nation of Valor.
• Si Ming and his companions returned to the city and learned that demon beasts had attacked every coastal country in the Northern Continent, with some cities massacred and Earth Rank demon kings appearing.
• Si Ming asked Yu Shuying how the war might develop, and she said it would likely become a prolonged struggle unless they could find and kill the demon kings.

After the Nation of Valor expelled Si Ming and his companions during its wartime mobilization, Si Ming suspected the Heaven-Defying Society had influenced the decision and considered sneaking back in. They waited in Rui State for a joint conference where the Northern Continent’s countries would coordinate against the Demon Race.

• Si Ming learned that the Nation of Valor was expelling powerful foreigners and accepted that his public ties to the Mohist School and Su State made staying politically dangerous.
• Si Ming worried that the Nation of Valor might fail to defend the Divine Pillars from the Heaven-Defying Society, while Yu Shuying suggested their expulsion could be part of the society’s scheme.
• Si Ming decided he might return in disguise, and Yu Shuying urged him to wait for the joint conference before choosing their next move.
• Si Ming and his companions gathered in Rui State, a neutral venue whose cities relied on the Mohist Knight Guard for protection.
• The Northern Continent’s countries invited one another and other nations to a joint conference to unite against the Demon Race.

Nether Lord told Shentu Chuang to halt the Heaven-Defying Society’s plans to avoid exposing its ties to the Demon Race and proposed framing Xing Daozhuang for the coming crisis. The chapter ended with Nether Lord preparing to make the Monster Race the scapegoat as the war and attacks on the Divine Pillars escalated.

• Shentu Chuang drank alone in an underground tavern in the Nation of Valor until Nether Lord joined him unnoticed.
• Nether Lord ordered Shentu Chuang to abandon their earlier tasks because links to the Demon Race would alienate the Heaven-Defying Society’s supporters.
• Nether Lord said they would let the Moth Emperor attack the Divine Pillars and help her break the seals.
• Shentu Chuang suggested blaming Thunder King Xing Daozhuang, whose identity as a Monster Race member would make the accusation seem credible.
• Nether Lord revealed that he had offered Xing Daozhuang a chance to cooperate, but Xing Daozhuang had refused.
• Nether Lord said the Monster Race could serve as a rival villain organization to draw blame away from the Heaven-Defying Society.

Qingyan carried out a carefully planned bombing of the International Building and staged a broadcast claiming the Remote Heaven Society was responsible. The attack forced the joint conference to relocate and turned the Society into a public enemy, though one attendee doubted it was truly behind the bombing.

• The Nether Lord and Shentu Chuang discussed the failed newcomer’s death and their plan to wait for the Moth Emperor before acting against the Divine Pillar.
• Qingyan secured a well-paid mission to demolish part of a building, using his blasting qualification to win the commission.
• Qingyan surveyed the International Building, designed a precise detonation that would avoid ordinary people, and arranged a timed broadcast claiming responsibility on behalf of the Remote Heaven Society.
• The International Building was partially destroyed without casualties, and the international joint conference was suspended.
• Governments condemned the Remote Heaven Society, raised the bounties on its members, and formed an international constabulary to pursue it.
• The conference resumed at another location, where a representative doubted the Remote Heaven Society had carried out the attack.

Si Ming and Yu Shuying discussed using the Mohist Knight Guard to spread rumors against the Remote Heaven Society, while Xing Daozhuang told them the countries had formed a coalition army and tested Si Ming’s strength. The test ended with Xing Daozhuang preparing to unleash his Gan Trial Lightning Punishment.

• Si Ming and Yu Shuying agreed that the Remote Heaven Society had been framed but planned to spread the story of its crimes rather than defend it.
• Xing Daozhuang told Si Ming and Yu Shuying that the countries had appointed him commander of a coalition army, while the Nation of Valor had refused to join under his command.
• Yu Shuying explained that the Nation of Valor saw little advantage in joining the alliance, and Xing Daozhuang said Ba Shenhuang was confident he could act independently.
• Xing Daozhuang asked Si Ming to demonstrate his strength before deciding whether to entrust him with a task.
• Si Ming struck Xing Daozhuang with a powerful punch that shattered his lightning defense and drove him backward.
• Xing Daozhuang raised a mass of lightning and prepared to attack Si Ming with his Gan Trial Lightning Punishment.

Si Ming proved his strength to Xing Daozhuang and was assigned to protect human generals from a possible Demon Race decapitation strategy. On the coast of Yi State, the war began with human forces winning two clashes before a colossal Baxia emerged from the sea and threw them into panic.

• Si Ming fought off Xing Daozhuang’s lightning attack with his fists, and Xing Daozhuang praised Yan Jinghong’s disciple.
• Xing Daozhuang gave Si Ming a list of generals who might be targeted and ordered him to protect them with Mohist Knight Guards.
• Human and demon armies in Yi State sent champions to duel, and the humans won more bouts before a Spirit Transformation expert killed three demon generals in succession.
• The demon commander launched an attack on the western line, where human saber units cut down charging Devil Beasts and Divine Arts practitioners burned the aerial wasp spirits and ground forces.
• A colossal Baxia leaped from the sea, and the humans panicked at the sight of the enormous demon beast.

Si Ming and his allies killed a demon general who had attacked Pu Yi while the human defenders were distracted by Baxia. After the surprise attack failed, the breach was closed, but the Demon Race launched an all-out assault on the defensive line.

• Baxia broke through the human defensive line, forcing Pu Yi to send Spirit Transformation experts to stop it and warn the other battle zones about oversized demonic beasts.
• A demon general emerged near Pu Yi's command post and killed an aide, but Si Ming revealed himself and joined Si Huaruo and Ying Zhou in killing the attacker.
• Pu Yi thanked Si Ming for protecting him and the army, while Si Ming explained how the Demon Race had used Baxia to draw away the defenders before attacking the command post.
• Pu Yi restored order and redeployed the soldiers as a Spirit Transformation Grandmaster pinned Baxia with a huge spear, allowing the defenders to close the breach.
• The Demon Race's commander ordered an all-out assault, and the Human Race and Demon Race began a large-scale battle.

Si Ming and his companions ambushed and killed Demon Generals until the Demon Race retreated, earning him recognition as a powerhouse on par with Spirit Transformation Grandmasters. The chapter left Si Ming back with the Human army, where the Grandmasters praised his battlefield achievements.

• Si Ming left Pu Yi with Si Huaruo and Ying Zhou and targeted a golden scorpion Demon General.
• Si Ming stunned the scorpion, Si Huaruo froze him, and Ying Zhou killed him with a saber technique.
• Si Ming and his companions hunted Demon Generals, killing twelve, while Si Ming also killed a massive black centipede.
• The Demon Race's commander ordered a retreat, and Si Ming returned to the Human army rather than pursue the enemy recklessly.
• Spirit Transformation Grandmasters praised Si Ming and reassessed him as a powerhouse on their level.

After Si Ming helped defeat the demon generals, he warned Commander Pu Yi that the Demon Race might have recruited beasts from other seas and raised concerns about how it would feed its army and use flying beasts. The chapter ended with Si Ming asking what would happen if flying demon beasts slipped past the defenses and attacked civilians.

• Ying Zhou grumbled that Si Ming had received too much credit, but Pu Yi revealed that Si Ming had also saved him from a surprise attack by a demon general called Fuxi.
• The cultivators identified Fuxi as a divine beast and discussed how its appearance, alongside Baxia, might signal that the Demon Race had revealed a powerful new force.
• Si Ming suggested that the North Sea demon king might have enlisted help from the East Sea, prompting Pu Yi to warn the other battle zones to prepare for outside allies.
• Si Ming asked how the demon army could feed itself, and Pu Yi showed him that the beasts were eating the dead from their own ranks.
• Pu Yi explained how Divine Arts could counter flying beasts on the battlefield, but Si Ming warned that they could bypass the defenses and massacre civilians in the rear.

Si Ming became famous across the Northern Continent for ambushing demon generals, while Ying Zhou and Si Huaruo gained titles of their own. The chapter ended when two men from the Nation of Valor arrived to meet him.

• Si Ming traveled between battlefields, rescuing people from Xing Daozhuang’s list and ambushing demon generals, though he saved only about a third of those listed.
• The Demon Race tried to counter Si Ming with ambushes and bait, but his strength and skill made their efforts costly, so they began protecting their generals or avoiding battles while he was present.
• Si Ming’s companions discussed their public titles, and Yu Shuying told him that Beneath the Eastern Fence had named Si Huaruo “A Thousand Tides Dot the Snow.”
• A guard told Si Ming that two men from the Nation of Valor wished to see him, and he ordered the guard to let them in.

Si Ming denied taking the Nation of Valor's Profound Armor and turned its envoys' pleas into offers they could not accept. After Mulajiang and Dai Tong signed waivers to remain near him, Si Ming asked Yu Shuying why she had let them stay.

• Si Ming claimed the Profound Armor had been damaged in battle and lost at sea, then denied that a smuggled chest had contained it.
• Mulajiang and Dai Tong begged Si Ming to return the armor, but he offered to shelter them and bring their families to Su State.
• Si Ming argued that the envoys were refusing the only help he could offer, leaving them bewildered and frustrated.
• Mulajiang and Dai Tong insisted on staying beside Si Ming until they recovered the armor.
• Yu Shuying threatened to have the envoys treated as suspected Demon Race spies unless they signed waivers, and they signed their names.
• After the envoys left, Si Ming asked Yu Shuying why she had allowed them to stay.

Si Ming accepted Yu Shuying’s warning that his growing fame had made him careless and agreed to help turn a possible ambush against the Demon Race and Remote Heaven Society. Meanwhile, Nether Lord confronted Xing Daozhuang about the failed plot to eliminate people targeted by the Heaven-Defying Society, and learned that Yan Jinghong had sent Xing a suspicious letter.

• Yu Shuying warned Si Ming that the Demon King and Remote Heaven Society might target him and endanger Ying Zhou and Si Huaruo.
• Si Ming admitted that flattery and easy victories had made him overconfident, then agreed with Yu Shuying to plan a counterplot.
• Xing Daozhuang sent Lord Yunxia away and summoned Nether Lord, who demanded explanations about the International Building explosion and the failed killings.
• Xing Daozhuang blamed Si Ming’s interference on Yan Jinghong’s instructions and showed Nether Lord Yan Jinghong’s letter warning him to obey the Law of the Mohists.
• Nether Lord noticed that Yan Jinghong seemed suspicious of Xing Daozhuang and asked why.

Xing Daozhuang deflected Nether Lord’s suspicions while concealing the truth about Yan Jinghong’s letter and the Moth Emperor’s role in the bombing. Meanwhile, Si Ming and his companions traveled toward Russia’s front, where Yu Shuying reported that humanity still held the overall advantage.

• Xing Daozhuang and Nether Lord argued over whether someone in the Heaven-Defying Society had exposed his identity, and Nether Lord left a black chrysanthemum to monitor him.
• After Nether Lord vanished, Xing Daozhuang realized their exchange had been a contest of acting and that the letter he showed was forged; Yan Jinghong had only asked him to caution Si Ming against complacency.
• Xing Daozhuang examined the black chrysanthemum, suspected it could transmit sound, and chose not to warn Si Ming before a young woman forced her way in to see him.
• Si Ming, Yu Shuying, Si Huaruo, and Ying Zhou traveled toward Russia after its defensive line was breached and the fighting reached a stalemate.
• Yu Shuying told Si Ming that humanity had the overall advantage and could win in two or three months, then complained that he had not offered her water.

Si Ming and his companions were ambushed by Shentu Chuang and four Demon Marshals, then trapped in an array and forced into a fierce battle. Si Ming held off several attackers while Si Huaruo, Ying Zhou, and Yu Shuying fought another, and the chapter ended with Xu Ming revealing his identity as one of the Four Demon Marshals of the North Sea.

• Si Ming rescued Yu Shuying and Si Huaruo from a venomous blast, but Shentu Chuang and two hidden Demon Marshals attacked him.
• Pitch-black spears formed an array around the group as Si Huaruo and Ying Zhou fought a Demon Marshal wielding crocodile-jaw shears.
• Xu Ming attacked Si Ming with overwhelming palm force, but the two fought to a standstill.
• Two demonesses coordinated their attacks against Si Ming, who used the Mirror Reflection Technique to send their Sword Qi back at them.
• Si Ming's saber strike barely hurt the shears-wielding demon, while Ying Zhou wounded him with Cloud Thunder Drums and Lightning Flashes.
• Xu Ming introduced himself as one of the Four Demon Marshals of the North Sea and revealed his purple frog form.

Si Ming was ambushed by the North Sea Demon Marshals and Demon King Mengying, who used a formation to suppress him and threatened his companions as hostages. Si Ming realized the enemies had manipulated his reputation to predict his route, but he declared that their plan had made a grave mistake.

• Hujia, Shiying, and Youtong introduced themselves as North Sea Demon Marshals, while Shentu Chuang revealed himself as Bold Evil.
• Si Ming dismissed the marshals’ threats and mocked their attempt to kill him.
• Mengying attacked Si Ming with an insect swarm, but Si Ming burned through the insects and their poisonous smoke with Blazing Sun Light Burst.
• Si Ming and Mengying clashed repeatedly inside the formation, and Si Ming was knocked into a crater with shallow insect bites across his body.
• Mengying threatened to kill Yu Shuying and the others if Si Ming fled, then explained that the demons had predicted his route by exploiting his arrogance.
• Si Ming suspected the Remote Heaven Society had helped bait him and told Mengying that the ambush had made a huge mistake.

Ling Huanxi and Murong Qing joined Si Ming’s side and fought the demon commanders within the Cold Mist and Silent Snow Formation. As Si Huaruo used the formation to strengthen her cultivation and freeze Hujia with her counterattacks, the battle continued with the demons under pressure.

• Ling Huanxi and Murong Qing descended through the formation, and each engaged one of the female demons in combat.
• Murong Qing used the snow and ice to track Youtong’s movements, countered her assassinations, and forced her out of the shadows.
• Mengying claimed the demons still had the advantage in numbers, while Ying Zhou and Yu Shuying discussed the formation’s increasing cold.
• Si Huaruo said the formation had raised her Internal Cultivation to the Spirit Transformation level and attacked Hujia with a snow wave and her staff.
• Si Huaruo struck Hujia with Counter-Wave Ice Firmament, sending cold through his body and beginning to accumulate frost with each clash.

Si Ming fought Mengying, Shentu Chuang, and Xu Ming while the freezing formation strengthened his side. After defeating Shentu Chuang and countering Xu Ming, he unleashed a powerful palm strike against Mengying, who answered with a domain of black insects.

• Ying Zhou intercepted Hujia's attack on Si Huaruo as the formation's temperature continued to fall.
• Mengying, Shentu Chuang, and Xu Ming attacked the formation, but Si Ming revealed that a third companion was maintaining it from outside.
• Si Ming overwhelmed the attackers with accumulated fist force, then countered Shentu Chuang's saber and struck him into the air.
• Xu Ming charged Si Ming with his Golden Toad Limitless Skill, but Si Ming redirected his force and sent him flying toward Mengying.
• Si Ming unleashed Nine Suns Return to One, Heavenly Dragon Destroys the World against Mengying, who summoned a swarm of insects with Qiongfangchi Ghost Domain.