Chapter Summaries

After his sensory ability evolved, Chen Mu sensed that his Demon Body was slowly approaching Complete Transformation and let himself drift through the Demon Mother River without tracking time. After an immeasurably long interval, he reached the transformation’s critical point, and his Demon Body began transforming.

• Chen Mu noticed that his perception had grown clearer, allowing him to sense details in the Demon Mother River but still not other demons.
• Chen Mu confirmed that his body itself had not changed yet, though he could sense it gradually approaching Complete Transformation.
• Chen Mu emptied his mind and drifted through the Demon Mother River by instinct, leaving time to pass without his awareness.
• Chen Mu emerged from that state when his Demon Body reached its critical point and began transforming without any great commotion.

After completing his transformation into a Level 1 Demon, Chen Mu sensed countless other demons drifting through the Demon Mother River and discovered that an invisible barrier kept them from interacting. He decided to keep waiting for further transformations, then realized new Inheritance Memory had appeared.

• Chen Mu completed his Demon Body transformation and gained the ability to perceive other demons in the Demon Mother River.
• Chen Mu tried to approach nearby demons but found an invisible barrier prevented him from reaching or affecting them.
• Chen Mu concluded that waiting with an empty mind had worked and planned to continue through future transformations to learn more about the world and the Simulator.
• Chen Mu stopped to prepare for another wait when he sensed that new Inheritance Memory had appeared.

After absorbing a Memory Inheritance, Chen Mu learned that the Demon Mother River protects demons within it and banishes them after their second transformation, sending them to Demon Island. He completed his second transformation into a Level 2 Demon, with a new Memory Inheritance appearing as he prepared to leave the river.

• Chen Mu absorbed the inherited memories and learned that the Demon Mother River protects every demon within it from being affected by other demons.
• Chen Mu learned that demons must leave the Demon Mother River after their second transformation and that Demon Island is home to demons of at least Level 2.
• Chen Mu emptied his mind and let his Demon Body develop until it neared the Critical Point of its second transformation.
• Chen Mu regained consciousness and sensed that his Demon Body was ready to transform.
• Chen Mu completed his second transformation into a Level 2 Demon, and a new Memory Inheritance appeared.

After completing his second transformation, Chen Mu gained the Talent Power called Demon Flame and left the Demon Mother River for Demon Island. There he confirmed that he could use his ability outside the river and discovered that he had a tangible, human-like body.

• Chen Mu absorbed his second batch of Inheritance Memory and sensed that his perception had grown clearer, but revealed nothing new within the Demon Mother River.
• Chen Mu discovered that his Level 2 transformation had given him the Talent Power Demon Flame, but he could not activate it inside the river.
• As the Demon Mother River rejected him more strongly, Chen Mu followed his inherited memories and left for Demon Island.
• Chen Mu regained consciousness in an unfamiliar place, found that he had an external body resembling his former human appearance, and sensed no other demons nearby.
• Chen Mu activated Demon Flame on Demon Island and produced a floating ball of black flame, confirming that the river had prevented him from using his Talent Power.

After arriving on Demon Island, Chen Mu encountered a High-level Demon who brought him to Order Seventeen City. The City Lord recognized his unusual consciousness, then placed an Order Mark on him for protection.

• Chen Mu explored Demon Island and sensed a massive High-level Demon for the first time.
• The High-level Demon detected Chen Mu's aura from another realm and incomplete consciousness, then invited him to join Order Seventeen.
• Unable to inscribe an Order Mark safely, the High-level Demon took Chen Mu to Order Seventeen City to meet its City Lord.
• The City Lord examined Chen Mu and determined that his consciousness had been incomplete from birth, despite his growth into a Level 2 Demon with a talent.
• The City Lord inscribed an Order Mark on Chen Mu and explained that it provided protection without affecting his body.

After joining Order Seventeen, Chen Mu spent his time cultivating in the Demon Flame Pool while learning about the risks and obligations facing Demons on Demon Island. He remained cautious about entering Completely Empty Mind until he could be sure it was safe, and the chapter ended with him leaping out of the pool.

• Chen Mu learned that the Demon Race had eighty-eight Orders, but Orders had come to include Demons with many different Talents and required their members to obey commands in exchange for protection.
• Chen Mu stayed in Order Seventeen's Demon Flame Pool, where the Demon Flame Talent helped Demons grow gradually, though his own Demon Body showed no obvious change.
• Chen Mu avoided Completely Empty Mind because he feared an attack while he was unable to react, and he planned to enter that state again only when he felt safe.
• Chen Mu recognized that Level 2 Demons had little standing in Order conflicts and that unprotected wild Demons faced even greater danger.
• Chen Mu's Demon Body leaped out of the Demon Flame Pool.

After roughly thirty thousand years in Order Seventeen, Chen Mu judged it safe to enter Completely Empty Mind and wait for his Demon Body to reach its next transformation. He awoke at the Critical Point of the Third Metamorphosis and sensed his Talent Ability merging into his Demon Body like an additional organ.

• Chen Mu concluded that his Demon Body had improved only slightly during roughly thirty thousand years in Order Seventeen, while his earlier transformations had taken hundreds of thousands of years.
• After studying Order Seventeen and finding no immediate danger, Chen Mu chose to enter Completely Empty Mind despite a small risk of being attacked.
• After an immeasurably long period, Chen Mu's Demon Body twitched and he awoke from Completely Empty Mind at the Critical Point of the Third Metamorphosis.
• Chen Mu waited for several hundred or several thousand years until his body crossed the Critical Point and the transformation began.
• During the transformation, Chen Mu sensed that his Talent Ability was merging into his Demon Body like an additional organ, and he calmly accepted the change.

During his third metamorphosis, Chen Mu sensed his Talent Ability merging with his Demon Body and becoming an instinctive part of it. After the metamorphosis completed, he gained a stronger body and the rights to his own territory in Order Seventeen, then received a new Memory Inheritance.

• Chen Mu sensed his Talent Ability fading during the metamorphosis, then returning and gradually fusing with his Demon Body.
• Chen Mu completed his Third Metamorphosis when the fusion finished, transforming his Talent Ability into an instinctive part of his body.
• Chen Mu realized his Demon Body had grown stronger and that becoming a Level 3 Demon granted him his own territory in Order Seventeen.
• Chen Mu's third Memory Inheritance arrived, and unfamiliar memories began flowing into his mind.

After completing his Third Metamorphosis, Chen Mu became a Level 3 Demon and tested how his Talent Ability had fused with his body. As rumors of an Order War spread through Order Seventeen, its Level 8 ruler finally summoned Chen Mu and other Level 3 Demons, confirming the conflict was near.

• Chen Mu received his inherited memories, completed his metamorphosis, and found that his perception had strengthened and his Demon Flame now answered his will instantly.
• Chen Mu considered the rumors of an Order War and decided to stay alert rather than enter Completely Empty Mind, since he might miss important information.
• The ruler of Order Seventeen sent a message directly into Chen Mu's mind, confirming that the war was coming.
• Chen Mu vanished from his territory and appeared within a formation surrounded by other Level 3 Demons.

Chen Mu joined Order Seventeen’s enormous Order War and was transported through a portal into a chaotic space. He learned the war would pair demons in one-on-one fights to the death, then appeared on a massive platform as his battle began.

• Chen Mu saw that nearly every Level 3 Demon in Order Seventeen had assembled for the war and realized the conflict was unusually large.
• A voice transmission reached the demons, and a Spiral Semi-Transparent Portal appeared above them.
• The portal pulled Chen Mu and the other demons away, and Chen Mu awoke alone in a chaotic, empty space.
• Chen Mu learned that each demon would fight one opponent and only one of them could survive, giving him more confidence in his chances.
• Chen Mu was transported from the chaotic space onto an enormous platform.

Chen Mu entered a Life and Death Battle against another Level 3 Demon and unleashed his Demon Flame, only for the fight to end almost instantly. He awoke in his prepared space after winning, baffled that his opponent had fallen so easily.

• Chen Mu sensed the spectators and his Level 3 Demon opponent on the platform while his abilities remained sealed.
• A voice signaled the battle’s start, and Chen Mu and his opponent activated their Talent Abilities.
• Chen Mu rapidly spread his Demon Flame across the platform, while the other demon released a transparent ring more slowly.
• The controllers of Order Nineteen and Order Seventeen observed Chen Mu’s unusual Talent Ability and discussed his missing consciousness.
• Chen Mu’s consciousness went dark as he attacked, then returned in his prepared space after a transmitted message confirmed his victory.

After Order Seventeen lost the Order War, Chen Mu was expelled from the safe space and returned to his territory, where he continued developing his Demon Body. He realized the war had cost both Orders devastating numbers of demons, though its consequences had not yet reached him.

• Chen Mu learned that Order Seventeen had lost the Order War, then sensed that more than a hundred thousand years had passed while he remained in the Completely Empty Mind state.
• Chen Mu considered the risk of another Order War starting soon and hoped to become a Level 4 Demon before the next one.
• Chen Mu was drawn out of the unfamiliar space and reappeared in his territory.
• Chen Mu waited for a message from Order Seventeen's ruler, received none, and entered the Demon Flame Pool.
• Chen Mu concluded that Order Seventeen had likely lost more than half of its participating demons in their Life and Death Battles, while Order Nineteen had also suffered grievous losses.

Chen Mu entered the Completely Empty Mind state after the Order War, while Lord of Order Seventeen revealed that he had deliberately lost the war to test Lord of Order Nineteen’s attempt at transcendence with a Reincarnation Crystal. After a million years, Chen Mu emerged from the state and realized it had a time limit.

• Chen Mu decided to use the peaceful period after the Order War to enter the Completely Empty Mind state and evolve his Demon Body.
• In Seventeen Palace, Lord of Order Seventeen agreed to give Lord of Order Nineteen an item, revealing that it was a Reincarnation Crystal tied to a chance at transcendence.
• Lord of Order Seventeen reflected that he had deliberately lost the Order War to see whether Lord of Order Nineteen could return as a Transcendent.
• Chen Mu’s Demon Body improved during the Completely Empty Mind state, but he emerged before reaching the Critical Point of the Fourth Metamorphosis.
• Chen Mu found that he could no longer enter the state and learned that one hundred Abyss Cycles, or one million years, had passed.

After one million years in the Completely Empty Mind state, Chen Mu was forced out and discovered the state had a cooldown. Thirty thousand years later, he entered it again, while the Lord of Order Seventeen considered Nineteen’s risky reincarnation choice; another hundred Abyss Cycles then passed.

• Chen Mu concluded that entering the Completely Empty Mind state was limited by a cooldown and decided to keep cultivating while waiting.
• Chen Mu spent thirty thousand years in a Slightly Empty Mind state, repeatedly failing to return to the Completely Empty Mind state.
• Chen Mu successfully entered the Completely Empty Mind state again after the cooldown ended.
• The Lord of Order Seventeen sensed Nineteen’s reincarnation and judged that using a Reincarnation Crystal as a child body was a nearly pointless risk.
• Another hundred Abyss Cycles passed, and Chen Mu emerged from the Completely Empty Mind state again.

Chen Mu recovered from the Completely Empty Mind state, estimated that he needed three more entries to reach the Fourth Metamorphosis, and waited through increasingly long cooling periods. After confirming that each cooling period increased by thirty thousand years, he entered the state again and emerged one entry away from completing his Fourth Metamorphosis.

• Chen Mu sensed his Demon Body’s evolution and estimated that he needed to enter the Completely Empty Mind state three more times to reach the Critical Point of the Fourth Metamorphosis.
• Chen Mu entered the Slightly Empty Mind state and discovered that the cooling period had lasted sixty thousand years before he could return to the Completely Empty Mind state.
• Chen Mu spent another million years in the Completely Empty Mind state, then worried that an Order War might erupt in Order Seventeen before he became a Level 4 Demon.
• Chen Mu waited ninety thousand years and concluded that the cooling period increased by thirty thousand years each time rather than doubling.
• Chen Mu entered the Completely Empty Mind state again, spent another hundred Abyss Cycles there, and emerged one entry away from completing his Fourth Metamorphosis.

After spending millions of years in the Abyss, Chen Mu reached the Critical Point of his Demon Body’s Fourth Metamorphosis and completed the transformation into a Level 4 Demon. The transformation also evolved his consciousness and fused his Talent Ability with his consciousness and body, leaving him uncertain what the change meant.

• After another 120,000 years, Chen Mu entered the Completely Empty Mind state again, convinced that its recurring intervals were not a coincidence.
• A million years later, Chen Mu emerged and sensed that his Demon Body had reached the Critical Point of its Fourth Metamorphosis.
• Chen Mu carefully monitored his Demon Body until the Fourth Metamorphosis began, sensing changes far greater than those in his previous transformations.
• During the transformation, Chen Mu’s consciousness began evolving alongside his Demon Body, then his Talent Ability appeared and started merging with both.
• After ten Abyss Cycles, the transformation ended, and Chen Mu became a Level 4 Demon with his Talent Ability fused into his consciousness and Demon Body.

After completing his Fourth Metamorphosis, Chen Mu became a Level 4 Demon and discovered that his Demon Body had reached its evolutionary limit. Meanwhile, the Lord of Order Seventeen met Man Su Er, who revealed he was leaving to attempt the Universe Ninefold Barrier, before the Simulator forcibly ended Chen Mu’s simulation as the world began to reshape.

• Chen Mu absorbed the Level 4 Demon inheritance memories, examined his evolved consciousness, and worried that it might become too powerful when it returned to reality.
• Chen Mu sensed that his Level 4 Demon Body had reached the limit of its evolution in this world and began testing his new abilities while preparing for an Order War.
• At the edge of the Crimson Great World, the Lord of Order Seventeen met the transcendent Lord of Order Nineteen, who revealed himself as Man Su Er and said he would leave to attempt the Universe Ninefold Barrier.
• Man Su Er told the Lord of Order Seventeen that he had abandoned his Demon Body and had returned only for a final meeting before going back to the World Sea.
• The Simulator announced that a major connection between Chen Mu’s main world and simulated world was causing the world to reshape, forcibly ended the simulation, and sent Chen Mu’s consciousness out of the Abyss.

Chen Mu returned from the Crimson Great World with the realm of a Level 4 Demon and concluded that Man Su Er connected the Wizard World, the Crimson Great World, and himself. He suspected Man Su Er had once been Lord of Order Seventeen and began a Text Simulation to investigate.

• Chen Mu retained his memories and modified Level 4 Demon realm after the Reincarnation Simulation ended unexpectedly.
• Chen Mu reasoned that the Simulator had reshaped the Crimson Great World because he, Man Su Er, and the Wizard World were entangled.
• Chen Mu suspected Man Su Er had become a Transcendent in the Wizard World, returned to the Crimson Great World, and discovered Chen Mu's abnormality.
• Chen Mu conjectured that Man Su Er had once been Lord of Order Seventeen, though he could not verify the theory.
• Chen Mu began his remaining Text Simulation, hoping to learn more about Man Su Er.

Chen Mu retained the realm and selected memories from a Text Simulation, then used what he learned about Man Su Er and the Reincarnation Crystal to revise his theory about the Lord of Order Seventeen. He decided to keep his demon power hidden in reality for now, treating it as a trump card.

• Chen Mu chose to retain his realm and memories from ages ninety-five, three hundred and twenty-five, and one thousand seven hundred and fifty-one, then quickly absorbed them.
• Chen Mu realized his consciousness had exceeded the limits of a Fourth-Level Wizard and that he needed to become a Level 5 Wizard soon.
• Chen Mu concluded that Man Su Er had mistaken him for the Lord of Order Seventeen after detecting his demon power, but that Man Su Er was not that Lord's reincarnation.
• Chen Mu theorized that Man Su Er had received a Reincarnation Crystal from the Lord of Order Seventeen, suggesting they had once been close or equal in status.
• Chen Mu considered revealing his demon power in reality to avoid Sea of Vigil missions, but decided to keep it concealed until he faced a crisis or gained more evidence.

Chen Mu used two Text Simulations to strengthen his Spiritual Power, but still fell short of the Fourth-Level Wizard limit. After another year of meditation, he noticed that no Reincarnation Simulation attempt had accumulated, then began a True Body Simulation, expecting it to make him a Level 5 Wizard.

• Chen Mu retained his realm from two Text Simulations devoted to Meditation Method cultivation, gaining Spiritual Power but not reaching his limit.
• Chen Mu retained three memory segments from each simulation and resumed meditating in reality.
• A year later, Chen Mu saw that he had gained no Reincarnation Simulation attempts and wondered if the previous world's reshaping had caused it.
• Chen Mu completed another Text Simulation, retained his realm and memories, then began a True Body Simulation, expecting to reach Level 5.