Chapter Summaries

Si Ming fought off Mengying and clashed with the Demon Emperor, Chongjing, while Mengying continued pursuing Ying Zhou and the others. Chongjing invited Si Ming to join the Demon Race, and their debate over human and demon identity ended with Chongjing questioning the limits of Mohist universal love.

• Si Ming defeated Mengying's insect and ghost attacks with his Drought God Palm and fire-dragon sword move.
• Chongjing intervened to protect Mengying, then fought Si Ming and forced him back with his forehead eye's strange techniques.
• Chongjing ordered Mengying to pursue Ying Zhou and the others while he stayed to face Si Ming.
• Si Ming introduced himself as Mad Ink and explained why the Mohist School opposed invasions regardless of who committed them.
• Chongjing invited Si Ming to join the Demon Race and argued that humanity belonged to it, but Si Ming rejected his claim.
• Chongjing challenged Si Ming by asking whether Mohist universal love and equality extended beyond the Human Race.

Si Ming and the Demon Emperor discussed whether the Demon Race could find a peaceful place to settle, after the emperor explained that they were fleeing a failing barrier and Death Qi beneath the sea. Huang Yan revealed that the demon beasts had already invaded the Nation of Valor, leaving peace impossible and the Demon Emperor resolved to fight for a homeland.

• Si Ming left his Solar Prominence Eruption state and discussed Mohist principles with the Demon Emperor.
• The Demon Emperor explained that his people faced death beneath the sea and sought land where they could live.
• Si Ming proposed that the Demon Race might settle in unoccupied territory, but Huang Yan warned that Su State would not tolerate such a powerful neighbor.
• Si Ming argued that the Demon Race was small in population and that the Demon Emperor could control the demon beasts.
• Huang Yan revealed that the demon beast army had breached the Nation of Valor's defenses and was massacring settlements.
• The Demon Emperor concluded that the bloodshed had made peace unattainable and said his people would have to fight for a place to live.

After the Yao Emperor and Si Ming parted, Mengying attacked the wounded Ba Shenhuang but was driven off by Xia Guanxue, Ying Zhou, Murong Wu, and Ba Shenhuang. Murong Wu treated Ba Shenhuang’s worsening injuries and offered his blood as an antidote, only for Ba Shenhuang to reveal he had mistaken Murong Wu for a young woman.

• The Yao Emperor accepted that peace with the Human Race was no longer possible, and Si Ming left.
• Xia Guanxue and Ying Zhou intercepted Mengying, but his insect swarm wounded them as he pressed toward Ba Shenhuang.
• Murong Wu’s Longevity Spirit Flame poisoned Mengying’s swarm, and Ba Shenhuang struck Mengying’s true body through the metal barrier, forcing him to flee.
• Murong Wu recovered the Hundred-Refined Finger-Wrapping Softness and examined Ba Shenhuang, finding fire poison, cold poison, and worsening internal injuries.
• Murong Wu offered Ba Shenhuang his poison-cleansing blood, but Ba Shenhuang refused because he thought Murong Wu was a young woman.
• Murong Wu told Ba Shenhuang he was a man, and Ba Shenhuang dismissed the distinction.

Si Ming and Ba Shenhuang prepared to defend the Nation of Valor against Demon Emperor Chongjing, whose strength threatened the entire Human Race. They headed to Zhenzhou to gather the armies while Si Ming summoned allies, and the Demon Race began purging and seeking surrenders after taking the capital.

• Ba Shenhuang criticized Ying Zhou’s restrained saber technique and urged him to master his demonic power without letting it control him.
• Si Ming reported that Demon Emperor Chongjing was a powerful Void Returning Great Grandmaster with an unknown eye-based divine ability.
• Si Ming found that his Internal Cultivation could not safely neutralize Ba Shenhuang’s opposing cold and heat poisons, so they decided to treat Ba Shenhuang’s injuries first.
• Ba Shenhuang chose to go to Zhenzhou to gather the border armies, and Si Ming agreed to protect him despite the danger.
• Si Ming escorted Ba Shenhuang to Zhenzhou and contacted the Mohist Knight Guard, Heaven’s Will Palace seniors, and Xiao Xuan for help.
• The Demon Race delayed its advance on Zhenzhou and instead sought surrenders and carried out a great purge.

Si Ming warned the Nation of Valor’s leaders that the Demon Race’s northward march might conceal a sudden strike, and the council strengthened its defenses while awaiting more information. Afterward, he watched Xia Guanxue fight Ying Zhou and recognized that Xia Guanxue was using an unfamiliar sword art that seemed to combine familiar techniques.

• The Nation of Valor’s leaders debated why the Demon Race army had turned north, and Si Ming cautioned that it might be preparing a surprise attack.
• Si Ming proposed that a spatial displacement formation could bring the Demon Emperor, the Demon Kings, the Demon Generals, and an elite force back to strike.
• The council agreed to reinforce defenses, send out more scouts, and wait for reports while Si Ming focused on steadying the troops’ morale.
• Si Ming left the meeting and watched Xia Guanxue force Ying Zhou back with a relentless stream of sword attacks.
• Si Ming wondered whether Xia Guanxue had created a new sword art that combined features of two familiar styles.

Xia Guanxue defeated Ying Zhou in a sparring match and identified the hesitation holding back Ying Zhou’s saber. Si Ming urged Ying Zhou to embrace his devilish intent while letting divine will guide him, but Ying Zhou lost control, forcing Si Ming to knock him unconscious; Si Ming then encouraged him to try again.

• Xia Guanxue defeated Ying Zhou by unleashing Sword Qi from beneath the ground and piercing his lower leg.
• Xia Guanxue told Ying Zhou that hesitation prevented his saber intent from reaching its peak, and Si Ming explained how Ying Zhou could face his inner devil.
• Ying Zhou released the devilish intent in his heart, grew stronger, and attacked with a powerful Asura Flame Blade while losing all reason.
• Si Ming stopped Ying Zhou’s attack, knocked him unconscious, and calmed the dissipating Asura Devil Qi.
• Si Ming encouraged Ying Zhou to try again without holding back, but Ying Zhou refused to trust him.

Si Ming and Murong Wu helped Ying Zhou overcome his heart demon by letting him repeatedly lose control without risking harm to others. After mastering Divine Intent Halts Slaughter, Ying Zhou challenged Xia Guanxue and defeated him in a fierce exchange.

• Si Ming provoked Ying Zhou and knocked him unconscious when he succumbed to his heart demon, while Murong Wu observed that the treatment was working.
• Ying Zhou succeeded on his third attempt, regained his reason, and mastered Divine Intent Halts Slaughter.
• Si Ming compared Ying Zhou's calm, detached state to Si Jingyu's Clear Mirror and Still Water and suspected Xia Guanxue had cultivated the Mystic Void Divine Needle.
• Ying Zhou attacked Xia Guanxue with three saber strikes, while Xia Guanxue countered with precise sword formations and a concealed killing move.
• Ying Zhou feigned defeat, burst from the ground, and overwhelmed Xia Guanxue at close range, ending with a palm strike that sent him flying.

Si Ming and Murong Wu realized the Demon Race was likely targeting Medicine King Valley to prevent them from obtaining a snow mountain lingzhi that could help cure Ba Shenhuang’s poison. Si Ming feared leaving the front undefended, but Xiao Xuan arrived with Mohist School aid and reported that demon tides had tied down the Su State’s forces.

• Ying Zhou defeated Xia Guanxue in their spar, and Murong Wu treated Xia Guanxue’s injuries while ordering him to rest for three days.
• Murong Wu explained that Ba Shenhuang’s fused cold-and-heat poison could only be purged with powerful cold and flame forces applied at the same time.
• Murong Wu revealed that Medicine King Valley preserved a five-hundred-year-old snow mountain lingzhi that could help treat Ba Shenhuang.
• Si Ming connected Medicine King Valley’s location to the Demon Race’s northward advance and suspected Military God Huang Yan was targeting the valley.
• Xiao Xuan arrived and said the Su State was beset by demon tides numbering at least five hundred thousand, with Demon Kings leading them.

Si Ming explained why the Nation of Valor had obstructed Su State’s reinforcements, and Xiao Xuan revealed that he had advanced the Supreme Plain Decay True Scripture to its third stage. They discussed Xiao Xuan’s chances against the Demon Emperor, whom Si Ming suspected was a Chongming Bird.

• Xiao Xuan told Si Ming that Nation of Valor officials had barred Su State’s martial artists from entering, and the generals blamed traitors and promised the Mohist School an explanation.
• Si Ming asked Xiao Xuan whether the Republic would be safe without him, and Xiao Xuan said its inland location and additional Spirit Transformation Grandmasters would protect it.
• Xiao Xuan asked Si Ming to assess his chances against the Demon Emperor, then revealed his Polonium Poison Primordial Spirit Body by making Si Ming’s Jing Essence run wild with a touch.
• Si Ming estimated Xiao Xuan had a forty percent chance of winning and suggested that the Demon Emperor’s true form might be a Chongming Bird.
• Xiao Xuan asked Si Ming what weakness the Chongming Bird might have, and Si Ming hinted that its excellent eyesight could be exploited.

Si Ming traveled alone to Medicine King Valley to obtain the Snow Mountain Lingzhi for the injured War God, while Xiao Xuan stayed behind to hold the fort. After finding the hidden entrance, Si Ming entered the valley and demanded to speak with someone in charge.

• Xiao Xuan warned Si Ming that the Military God might have laid a trap at Medicine King Valley, and Si Ming said he was prepared to escape if necessary.
• Si Ming left Xiao Xuan to hold the fort, and Xiao Xuan visited the recovering Ba Shenhuang, where they traded insults and agreed to fight once Ba Shenhuang recovered.
• Si Ming searched the dense forest for Medicine King Valley, followed human scents to a cold pool, and crossed through it to reach the hidden settlement.
• Si Ming found no signs that the Demon Race army had attacked the valley and worried that the Military God might instead target Zhenzhou.
• The guards challenged Si Ming, but he ignored their questions and demanded to be taken to someone with authority over Medicine King Valley.

Si Ming reached Medicine King Valley and persuaded its guards to take him to Valley Master Qin Yueren. He warned the valley that the Demon Race’s army was advancing toward it to seize its medicines and prevent Ba Shenhuang from recovering.

• Si Ming disarmed three Medicine King Valley guards and reshaped their steel weapons, after which they recognized him as Mad Ink and escorted him inside.
• Si Ming met Qin Yueren and other Medicine King Valley experts, who welcomed him warmly for his service in the war against demons.
• Si Ming told the gathered leaders that the Demon Emperor had returned and a second war between humans and demons had begun.
• Si Ming warned Qin Yueren that the Demon Race’s army was advancing toward Medicine King Valley from the Nation of Valor.
• Si Ming explained that the Demon Race wanted the valley’s spirit medicines and Snow Mountain Lingzhi to keep Ba Shenhuang from recovering, alarming the valley’s leaders.

Si Ming obtained Medicine King Valley’s last Cold Marrow Pill Pearl for Ba Shenhuang and agreed to publicly claim the exchange would help protect the valley from the Demon Race. After Si Ming left, Qin Yueren revealed intelligence about his power and urged Elder Yi not to underestimate him.

• Qin Yueren offered Si Ming the Cold Marrow Pill Pearl and asked him to say Medicine King Valley had completed a proper exchange and had given away its last one.
• Si Ming accepted the pearl and promised to help Medicine King Valley weather the Demon Race’s threat.
• Elder Yi questioned Qin Yueren’s decision to be so cautious with Si Ming, and Qin Yueren showed him a letter about Si Ming’s reported battle against a Demon Emperor.
• Elder Yi doubted the report, but Qin Yueren argued that Si Ming’s strength could be extraordinary and that offending him would be unwise.

Si Ming was ambushed by Huang Yan and three Demon Kings after leaving Medicine King Valley, but he refused to yield despite their draining formation. He opened the fight by overpowering Zhen Hu’s first attack, leaving the other three poised to strike.

• Si Ming discovered two Cold Marrow Pill Pearls in the jade box and decided to honor his promise to protect Medicine King Valley while keeping its secret.
• Si Ming emerged from the cold pool and was surrounded by Huang Yan, Mengying, Zhen Hu, and Chang Qing, who trapped him in a formation that drained his power.
• Huang Yan explained that they had delayed Mohist School reinforcements and lured Si Ming to Medicine King Valley so they could ambush him at its exit.
• Si Ming learned that the Demon Emperor was attacking Zhenzhou and chose to fight the four enemies without using the Wheel-Turning King Sword’s trump card.
• Zhen Hu attacked with a compressed stone pillar, but Si Ming shattered it and drove him back with his superior strength.
• With Zhen Hu creating an opening, Mengying and another enemy began their attacks.

Si Ming fought Huang Yan, Chang Qing, Zhen Hu, and Mengying inside Huang Yan’s Pale Flame, using martial skill and enemy techniques to turn the battle in his favor. He wounded Huang Yan and Chang Qing, but his injuries and depleted strength were exposed, and the surviving opponents kept attacking to prevent him from recovering.

• Mengying, Huang Yan, and Chang Qing attacked Si Ming together, but he deflected their martial arts without using True Qi in the spiritless environment.
• Zhen Hu struck Si Ming from behind with Dragon Whale Raises a Hundred Tides, but Si Ming endured the blow and redirected its force into Huang Yan and Chang Qing, wounding both.
• Mengying unleashed Divine Sandworm Bukong's Shadow-Shooting Sand, and Si Ming amplified and returned the attack, burying Chang Qing beneath an exploding mountainside.
• Si Ming tried to intimidate the remaining opponents, but Huang Yan recognized that he was injured and depleted, then summoned an ancient sword and urged Zhen Hu and Mengying to keep him from recovering.
• Huang Yan, Zhen Hu, and Mengying resumed their assault on Si Ming, while the elders of Medicine King Valley activated their formation against the shockwaves.

Si Ming defeated Huang Yan, Zhen Hu, and Mengying, then returned to find the Zhenzhou camp devastated and Xiao Xuan fighting Cang Baiyi. The chapter ended as Xiao Xuan unleashed Three-Phase Fierce Break toward Tu Wangyue and her protector.

• Si Ming defeated Huang Yan, Zhen Hu, and Mengying, but vines and their allies helped the three escape before he could pursue them.
• Si Ming returned to the ruined Zhenzhou camp and deduced that Huang Yan had divided his forces to attack Medicine King Valley and Zhenzhou while drawing attention elsewhere.
• Si Ming heard fighting near the central army and found Xiao Xuan battling Cang Baiyi, who stood between him and Tu Wangyue.
• Xiao Xuan wounded Cang Baiyi, but Cang Baiyi refused to move from his post protecting Tu Wangyue.
• Xiao Xuan gathered nuclear power and launched Three-Phase Fierce Break.

Xiao Xuan confronted Tu Wangyue over her role in trapping him in the snowy mountains, while she refused to reveal her reasons and defended her choice as serving the common good. Cang Baiyi urged Xiao Xuan to show her leniency, leaving their dispute unresolved.

• Cang Baiyi attacked Xiao Xuan, but Tu Wangyue shielded the onlookers from Xiao Xuan’s fireball with her divine power.
• Xiao Xuan struck Tu Wangyue and injured her after she and Cang Baiyi tried to stop him.
• Xiao Xuan asked Tu Wangyue why she had not drawn the Sacred Sword, and she said it was reserved for the common people.
• Tu Wangyue admitted she had a hand in trapping Xiao Xuan in the snowy mountains but refused to disclose why, insisting her choice had served the public good.
• Xiao Xuan challenged Tu Wangyue’s justification, while she argued that weighing harms and benefits was proper conduct.
• Cang Baiyi acknowledged that Xiao Xuan had reason not to forgive Tu Wangyue but asked him to show her leniency because she had come despite knowing he would confront her.

Si Ming reunited with Xiao Xuan after the senior martial uncle drove off the Demon Emperor, and learned Xiao Xuan planned to leave while warning him to remain cautious around the Holy Maiden. Si Ming then gave Murong Wu Cold Marrow Pill Pearls to prepare medicine for Ba Shenhuang and persuaded him to absorb their remaining spiritual essence.

• Xiao Xuan told Si Ming he had fought the Demon Emperor, admitted his injuries were severe, and explained why he had chosen not to continue fighting the Holy Maiden and the Heaven-Supporting Staff.
• Xiao Xuan said he would return home the next day and warned Si Ming to stay guarded around the Holy Maiden while still relying on her and the Mohist School Sacred Sword.
• Si Ming gave Murong Wu two Cold Marrow Pill Pearls, and Murong Wu explained that they needed processing before they could replace Snow Mountain Lingzhi in Ba Shenhuang’s treatment.
• Si Ming discovered Murong Wu had reached level sixteen Internal Cultivation but had not advanced to Spirit Transformation, then advised him to build his cultivation and bluff enemies rather than fight.
• Murong Wu accepted a Cold Marrow Pill Pearl to absorb its spiritual essence and hurried to the medicine-refining room, where the other preparations were ready.

Si Ming and Murong Wu used a foul-smelling medicinal soup to help Ba Shenhuang purge the strange poisons from his body. Ba Shenhuang began recovering in seclusion, while the others continued debating whether Murong Wu’s medicine was truly as awful as it smelled.

• Si Ming considered who should receive the last Cold Marrow Pill Pearl and decided to choose between Murong Qing and Si Shuiyun later.
• Murong Wu prepared a medicinal soup whose fumes made Si Ming, Ying Zhou, and Xia Guanxue recoil, though Murong Wu insisted it was fine.
• Murong Wu and Si Ming treated Ba Shenhuang by combining the soup’s medicinal power with Blazing Sun True Qi to expel the poisons.
• Ba Shenhuang spat out boiling, foul-smelling fluid and was told he would recover after half a month of rest.
• Ba Shenhuang thanked them and went into seclusion to cultivate, while Si Ming and the others discussed Murong Wu’s medicine.

Si Ming and his companions reached Medicine King Valley, where the elders recognized Murong Wu’s Hundred-Refinement Medicinal Body and asked for his blood. After Ying Zhou and Xia Guanxue threatened them, the group argued over the limits of medical aid, and Si Ming questioned Qin Yueren’s example of charity.

• Si Ming left for Medicine King Valley with Ying Zhou, Xia Guanxue, and Murong Wu after Tu Wangyue and Cang Baiyi discussed the defenses and coming reinforcements.
• Si Ming broke through rubble blocking the underwater tunnel, and the group met Valley Master Qin Yueren and the elders.
• Qin Yueren recognized Murong Wu’s Hundred-Refinement Medicinal Body and asked to use some of his blood as a medicinal catalyst.
• Ying Zhou and Xia Guanxue threatened the elders, but Murong Wu and Si Ming calmed the confrontation and Qin Yueren apologized.
• Murong Wu offered to give some blood, prompting Ying Zhou to warn that the requests might never end.
• Qin Yueren defended Medicine King Valley’s limits on whom it could treat by recounting a story about a poor man who received medicine for his mother, and Si Ming called it a tale of filial piety moving the heavens.

Qin Yueren explained the Medical School’s utilitarian approach to saving lives and asked Murong Wu to trade blood from his Hundred-Refinement Medicinal Body for heavenly treasures. After the exchange, Qin Yueren searched for records about the physique and defended his conduct toward Si Ming and the others as a way to prepare Medicine King Valley for troubled times.

• Qin Yueren described how Medicine King Valley limited requests for life-extending medicine and asked Murong Wu to consider whom a physician should save first in a battlefield emergency.
• Si Ming advised Murong Wu that he could choose his own path and challenged Qin Yueren with a question about saving his mother or wife.
• Qin Yueren explained the Hundred-Refinement Medicinal Body and offered Murong Wu a heavenly treasure for a cup of blood; Murong Wu agreed and asked to learn what his blood could do.
• Murong Wu revealed that his master was Wu Xiu, then gave Medicine King Valley three cups of blood and chose three heavenly treasures, including Snow Mountain Lingzhi.
• Elder Yi told Qin Yueren that disciples criticized his weak conduct, and Qin Yueren explained that he had accepted the loss of face to keep Medicine King Valley humble and alive in troubled times.