Chapter Summaries

Su Bai left Yin Xue in the Crimson Flame Fox Clan’s prison after she refused to abandon her trapped clan members, then went to confront Nine Tails in the Red Palace. The chapter ended as Nine Tails appeared before Su Bai, ready to face the old daoist who had come to demand an explanation for her pursuit of Ning Yu.

• Su Bai offered to take Yin Xue to Copper City, but she refused to leave while more than two hundred Silver Foxes remained trapped.
• Su Bai told Yin Xue to contact Su through the Immortal Seed if danger arose, then entered Void Space to find Nine Tails.
• Su Bai located Nine Tails cultivating in the Red Palace and sent her a telepathic message demanding an explanation for her pursuit of Ning Yu.
• Nine Tails sensed Su Bai, left her Cultivation Room, and appeared in the Red Palace plaza before him.

Su Bai, disguised as the old daoist Lu Jiu, offered Nine Tails a Nascent Soul Breakthrough Pill to settle the debt for her son’s death rather than fight her in the Red Palace. After confirming the pill’s value, Nine Tails began considering a lasting relationship with him and put her dead son’s loss aside.

• Several Deity Transformation demon cultivators arrived at the Red Palace plaza, but Nine Tails sent them away while they kept their Primordial Spirits trained on her and Su Bai.
• Nine Tails asked Lu Jiu how he would resolve Ning Yu’s killing of her son, and Su Bai dismissed the dead son as less valuable than his disciple.
• Su Bai presented a Nascent Soul Breakthrough Pill as compensation and proposed ending the dispute.
• Nine Tails inspected the pill and recognized its value for raising a descendant to the Nascent Soul Realm.
• Nine Tails suspected Lu Jiu was a powerful Alchemist and decided that keeping a good relationship with him could strengthen her standing in the Crimson Flame Fox Clan.

Su Bai, disguised as Lu Jiu, traded a Nascent Soul Breakthrough Pill for the withdrawal of Ning Yu’s arrest warrant and the release of Yin Xue. Nine Tails then invited him to discuss a Lesser World on the verge of shattering, and Su Bai followed her to learn more.

• Nine Tails recognized Su Bai’s Nascent Soul Breakthrough Pill and agreed to withdraw Ning Yu’s arrest warrant in exchange for it.
• Nine Tails told Su Bai about a Lesser World on the verge of shattering and offered to share details, hoping to establish a partnership for buying his pills.
• Su Bai asked Nine Tails to release Yin Xue, and she ordered her release and the unsealing of the Silver Fox Clan’s territory.
• Su Bai followed Nine Tails to a side hall to discuss the Lesser World.
• Crimson Flame Fox Clan Cultivators freed Yin Xue, who returned to her territory and thanked Senior Lu Jiu and Young Master Su.

Su Bai negotiated with Nine Tails to enter the Doomsday Lesser World in exchange for three attempts at refining Nascent Soul Breakthrough Pills. Nine Tails explained that Shan Yan was opening the entrance, and Su Bai agreed to help her with the work on the following day.

• Su Bai accepted Nine Tails' offer of a place in the Lesser World, while cautioning that he could not guarantee all three pill-refining attempts would succeed.
• Nine Tails explained that the Crimson Flame Fox Clan had discovered the Lesser World through a Secret Realm and that Shan Yan was leading efforts to reconnect its entrance.
• Nine Tails said Shan Yan, she, and another Mid Deity Transformation Cultivator had been taking turns opening the entrance, which was expected to connect within two to eight days.
• Nine Tails invited Su Bai to help open the entrance on her next day of work, and Su Bai agreed while hiding his talent for the Law of Space.

Nine Tails arranged a profitable alliance with Su Bai that would disadvantage Lu Jiu, while Su Bai returned to the Silver Fox Clan and proposed a long-term intelligence partnership. Yin Xue accepted his spirit pills and agreed to gather information for him, leaving the clan preparing to move away from Burning Heaven City.

• Nine Tails decided Shan Yan would approve her agreement with Su Bai and privately thought Lu Jiu would fall into her trap.
• Su Bai appeared at the Silver Fox Clan residence, where he learned its female members followed a tradition of living apart from the males.
• Yin Xue thanked Su Bai for helping her escape and said she planned to sell the clan's assets and relocate to protect her people from the Crimson Flame Fox Clan.
• Su Bai proposed that the Silver Fox Clan gather information on talented Demon Cultivators and powerful experts in exchange for spirit pills.
• Yin Xue agreed to send the information to Su Bai and accepted Su Bai's first batch of spirit pills as compensation.

Su Bai accepted Shan Yan’s offer of a slot to enter the Lesser World in exchange for fulfilling his agreement with Nine Tails. He joined Nine Tails in sending a Primordial Spirit Clone into the Secret Realm to help open the passage.

• Yin Xue discovered that Su Bai had given the Silver Fox Clan a vast supply of high-quality spirit pills, including Foundation Establishment Pills and Golden Core Breakthrough Pills.
• Su Bai explored Burning Heaven City, bought spirit plants and herbs, and sampled food at a Demon Race tavern.
• Nine Tails summoned Su Bai to the Red Palace, where he met Shan Yan, the Crimson Flame Fox Clan’s Late Deity Transformation clan leader.
• Shan Yan promised Su Bai a slot in the Lesser World but reminded him to keep his agreement with Nine Tails even if he failed to obtain the power of the World Law.
• Nine Tails opened the Teleportation Array, and she and Su Bai sent their Primordial Spirit Clones into the Secret Realm.

Su Bai and Nine Tails worked to enlarge the passage into the lesser world, while Su Bai concealed his mastery of the Law of Space and secretly marked the entrance as a return route. After a day of work, Divine Ear took over, and Su Bai agreed to wait with Nine Tails for Shan Yan to arrive.

• Nine Tails and Su Bai reached the passage beneath the secret realm’s false sun, where Nine Tails took over from Shan Yan’s primordial spirit clone and continued expanding it.
• Su Bai said he could not help with the spatial entrance, concealed his ability to use the Law of Space, and secretly placed a spirit artifact stamp as a coordinate.
• Su Bai and Nine Tails spent a day expanding the passage until it was three fingers wide, then Divine Ear arrived to take over.
• Divine Ear eyed Su Bai with suspicion as Nine Tails said the four of them would work together in three days to open the passage.
• Su Bai and Nine Tails returned to the secret chamber, where Nine Tails said Shan Yan would likely arrive within a day or a day and a half; Su Bai agreed to wait and recover his magical power.

Su Bai and three Deity Transformation Cultivators opened a passage into the Lesser World and entered it. After Divine Ear repelled a golden-eyed void monster, they emerged into the crumbling Doomsday Lesser World.

• Shan Yan activated a teleportation array and brought Su Bai, Nine Tails, and Divine Ear to the passage entrance.
• The four cultivators poured their power into the entrance until it reached its three-foot limit, and Shan Yan warned them to return quickly if trouble arose.
• Shan Yan assured Su Bai that the Crimson Flame Fox Clan would honor their cooperation, though Su Bai remained suspicious of him.
• Divine Ear entered the Lesser World first, followed by Nine Tails, Su Bai, and Shan Yan.
• A golden-eyed monster attacked Su Bai inside the passage, but Divine Ear destroyed its golden waves with a wall of fire.
• Divine Ear and Su Bai exited the passage and saw the crumbling Doomsday Lesser World.

Su Bai met the Evil Law, which controlled the Naga Queen, and offered to help it invade the Elf World’s World Law in exchange for Naga blood food. After the Evil Law agreed and delivered ten Naga Royal Guards, Su Bai restrained them with his Heavenly Pull Technique and began devouring one to secure their cooperation.

• The Evil Law questioned Su Bai about his purpose, and he confirmed he had come for blood food and offered to help it erode the World Law.
• Su Bai proposed that the Evil Law give him the Naga race as blood food, and he promised to help it defeat the World Will before receiving payment.
• The Evil Law agreed to cooperate, killed the fishfolk dancers, and summoned ten Naga Royal Guards as a gift for Su Bai.
• The Naga Royal Guards realized the Naga Queen had turned against them and charged at Su Bai.
• Su Bai switched to his cultivator form and used the Heavenly Pull Technique to immobilize and bind all ten guards.
• Su Bai changed back into his Devil Race form and devoured a Naga Royal Guard.

Su Bai devoured ten Naga Royal Guards and rose to Peak Demon King, gaining a faint sense of the Fire Law. The Evil Law then sent him to a forest near the Tree of Life, where he began scouting the powerful Elf sanctuary and its High Elf defenders.

• Su Bai swallowed a Naga Royal Guard and rapidly grew stronger by absorbing its flesh, Demonic Energy, and part of its soul.
• Su Bai devoured nine more Naga Royal Guards, advancing from Peak Demon Commander to Peak Demon King and strengthening his physical body to Early Deity Transformation.
• Su Bai sensed the Fire Law through his Jinyuan Yanmo Bloodline and considered that reaching Demon Emperor might let him share the Fire Law from his human body.
• The Evil Law explained that the Tree of Life was the Elf Race's mother tree, a level-seventeen convergence of the earth, wind, and water Basic Laws, and told Su Bai to take its Heart of Life.
• Su Bai agreed to inspect the area before acting, and the Evil Law transported him to a dense forest near the Tree of Life, where he began surveying with his Primordial Spirit.

Su Bai found the Tree of Life and the surviving elves hidden beneath the Elf Mother Nest, then decided to lure Shan Yan and the others into a confrontation with them. He baited Divine Ear with his Devil Race aura, and she sent word to Nine Tails and Shan Yan as she followed him north.

• Su Bai probed beneath the Elf Mother Nest and discovered the Tree of Life, numerous elves, and three tier-fifteen elves.
• Su Bai realized a direct attack could become a costly battle and decided to draw Shan Yan and the others toward the elves.
• Su Bai located Shan Yan and the others, then used the Magma Heart to transform into an Abyssal Flame Demon and reveal a Devil Race aura near Divine Ear.
• Divine Ear recognized Su Bai's aura and followed him, hoping it would lead her to the world's basic rules.
• Divine Ear sent a message to Nine Tails and Shan Yan, while Su Bai watched and waited for them to take the bait.

Su Bai lured Shan Yan, Nine Tails, and Divine Ear to the Elf Mother Nest, then attacked its cave to provoke the powerful High Elves guarding it. After the elves subdued him, the three demons joined the fight, leaving Su Bai ready to watch them face the hidden forces beneath the Tree of Life.

• Su Bai led the three demons to the Elf Mother Nest, where Shan Yan concluded that the vessel of the world's Basic Law was likely hidden.
• Shan Yan chose to let Su Bai scout the cave while he, Nine Tails, and Divine Ear concealed themselves nearby.
• Su Bai blasted the cave with demonic flames, drawing out a High Elf sorceress, an archer, and a Night Elf, all powerful enough to overpower and restrain him.
• The Night Elf battered Su Bai as he taunted her, while the three demons decided to intervene and seek the colossal creature they believed held the World Law.
• Shan Yan, Nine Tails, and Divine Ear revealed themselves and charged into battle, and Su Bai announced that his subordinates had arrived.

Shan Yan, Nine Tails, and Divine Ear defeated the high-ranking elves attacking the underground lair, while Su Bai broke free and asked them to leave an elf alive for him to devour. Shan Yan ordered the remaining elf captured and given to Su Bai.

• Shan Yan attacked the three high-ranking elves with Heavenly Fire, and Nine Tails and Divine Ear seized the chance to strike.
• Nine Tails bound the Elf Archer with her tail, while Divine Ear grabbed the Elf Sorceress with a giant fox claw.
• Shan Yan burned the Elf Archer and Elf Sorceress to ash, sending the remaining Night Elves fleeing.
• Su Bai broke free as the Elf Sorceress died and shouted for the others to leave an elf alive for him to devour.
• Shan Yan decided to capture one elf alive and give it to Su Bai.

Su Bai discovered that the elves could resurrect through the Tree of Life and persuaded his allies to repeatedly kill them to drain the tree’s power. The three High Elves prepared to fight back as Su Bai rushed to capture them for blood food.

• The Elf Mage and Elf Archer reappeared, astonishing Shan Yan, who had been certain he killed them.
• Su Bai recalled that elves with Life Imprints in the Tree of Life could resurrect, and realized he could use them as recurring blood food.
• Su Bai explained that repeated killings would consume the Tree of Life’s power, while Shan Yan warned against attacking the tree directly.
• Shan Yan agreed that the group should exhaust the tree by killing the High Elves whenever they resurrected.
• Su Bai charged at the three High Elves, and the Elf Archer began casting a forbidden spell and launched a brilliant arrow of light.

Su Bai used his newly advanced Demonic Body to withstand the elves’ forbidden spells, defeat them, and devour them for strength. After reaching Mid-Stage Demon Emperor, he alarmed Shan Yan, who realized Su Bai could not be allowed to keep growing.

• Nine Tails seized the Elf Archer as he cast a forbidden spell, while the Elf Mage sent a meteor shower at Shan Yan, who erased it with Heavenly Fire.
• Su Bai survived the Elf Archer’s forbidden arrow with only wounds that quickly healed, then overpowered the Night Elf with Abyssal Flame Fist and devoured her.
• Shan Yan and the others subdued the Elf Mage and Elf Archer, and Su Bai swallowed them.
• More high-ranking elves emerged from the underground cave and were repeatedly subdued and devoured by Su Bai.
• After devouring another three elves, Su Bai broke through to Mid-Stage Demon Emperor, making Shan Yan wary of his continued growth.

After reaching the Mid-Stage Demon Emperor, Su Bai agreed to Shan Yan’s demand to enter the underground cave and confront the Tree of Life. He reached the Tree of Life with Shan Yan, Nine Tails, and Divine Ear, and the tree attacked him with its energy spheres.

• Su Bai discovered that his increased strength let him slowly wear away Yan Gu’s Abyssal Flame Demon Mark, and he estimated he could remove it within a hundred years.
• Shan Yan urged Su Bai to storm underground, and Su Bai agreed before rushing into the cave.
• Shan Yan signaled Nine Tails and Divine Ear to follow him into the cave after Su Bai.
• Su Bai and the three demons descended through the cave, passed through the Tree of Life’s wooden veins, and reached a vast passage where the Tree of Life stood.
• Su Bai taunted the Tree of Life, which answered with a threat and sent its transparent energy spheres speeding toward him.

Su Bai survived the Life Mother Tree’s energy storm by faking his death, while Shan Yan, Nine Tails, and Divine Ear attacked the tree to seize its Life Core. As the Life Mother Tree turned its laws against the intruders, Nine Tails escaped and found Su Bai waiting outside; he revealed he had devoured Divine Ear and chose to let Shan Yan and the tree weaken each other before Nine Tails attacked him.

• Su Bai endured the Life Mother Tree’s energy spheres, pretended to die, and vanished as Shan Yan discovered the tree could rapidly replenish its energy.
• Shan Yan, aided by Nine Tails and Divine Ear, formed a massive Blazing Fox and charged the Life Mother Tree, which revealed its Water Law by draining the oasis to unleash green water.
• The three demon cultivators entered the Life Mother Tree’s body to reach its core, but its wind blades and green currents trapped them and cut off their Primordial Spirit communication.
• Nine Tails escaped by blasting a hole through the tree’s flesh and discovered Divine Ear’s aura was gone while Shan Yan remained near the core.
• Su Bai reappeared beside Nine Tails, admitted he had not died, and refused to help Shan Yan, intending to wait for the battle to weaken both sides.
• Nine Tails realized Su Bai had likely devoured Divine Ear and attacked him in her nine-tailed fox form.

Su Bai ambushed the wounded Divine Ear, devoured him, and grew stronger before turning his attention to Nine Tails. After overpowering her and absorbing her fire attack without harm, he left Nine Tails realizing her abilities were useless against him.

• Su Bai revealed that he had hidden near the Life Mother Tree and waited for Divine Ear to escape its counterattack.
• Su Bai crippled the wounded Divine Ear with an Abyssal Flame Fist and devoured him, strengthening his Demonic Essence and body.
• Su Bai struck Nine Tails with an Abyssal Flame Fist and blasted her several hundred zhang away.
• Nine Tails attacked Su Bai with a dark-red pillar of flame, but it only nourished his demonic body.
• Nine Tails realized Su Bai was nearly immune to her Crimson Flame Fox Clan's fire abilities and panicked.

Su Bai reached the Life Mother Tree’s core and stole its Pseudo Godhead Crystal, escaping Shan Yan through Void Space. Shan Yan’s Heavenly Fire consumed the powerless Mother Tree, while Nine Tails wondered whether her brother had won.

• Su Bai defeated Nine Tails and left her alive when he sensed Shan Yan was nearing defeat inside the Life Mother Tree.
• Su Bai used the Law of Space to reach the Mother Tree’s life core, where he found the Pseudo Godhead Crystal.
• Su Bai opened the way for Shan Yan, then seized the crystal and stored it in his Spirit Transformation Furnace.
• Su Bai escaped into Void Space as Shan Yan’s Heavenly Fire struck the empty space and ignited the Life Mother Tree.
• The World Will could not save the burning Mother Tree because it was entangled by the Evil Law, and Nine Tails wondered whether Shan Yan had won.

Shan Yan learned that Lu Jiu had stolen the Life Mother Tree's crystal, while Su Bai hid and reinforced the Secret Realm passage to block Shan Yan and Nine Tails from returning to the Blue Origin Realm. Shan Yan arrived at the passage and realized it had vanished, leaving him stranded in the dying world.

• Shan Yan told Nine Tails that Lu Jiu had appeared during his confrontation with the Life Mother Tree and taken its crystal.
• Shan Yan and Nine Tails left the underground cavern to find the Secret Realm passage before the World Will collapsed.
• Su Bai found the passage, shrank and concealed it, and reinforced it so that only he could still use it.
• Su Bai headed toward the dark ocean, intending to devour the Naga before dealing with Shan Yan.
• Shan Yan and Nine Tails reached the passage and found no trace of it, and Shan Yan blamed Lu Jiu for trapping them in the world.