Chapter Summaries

Zhuge Xiang helped Die Wu regain hope of saving Xiao Dou, then prepared for King Fenghe’s banquet after improving his equipment and refining useful items. He unlocked the third layer of the Demon Luo Scripture, greatly strengthening his weapons and armor before leaving the Hall of Honored Guests.

• Zhuge Xiang encouraged Die Wu to keep researching how to remove the grafted imprints from Xiao Dou’s soul without harming him.
• Xiao Dou brought Die Wu’s Heart-Clearing Fruits, and Zhuge Xiang gave one to Mo Lingna while keeping the other.
• Zhuge Xiang and Mo Lingna left Die Wu’s courtyard, and Mo Lingna decided to cultivate in seclusion.
• During three days in the Hall of Honored Guests, Zhuge Xiang refined two Super Spirit Qi Secret Medicines and three attack-and-slaughter templates, then repaired and maintained his equipment.
• As Zhuge Xiang prepared to attend King Fenghe’s banquet, he learned the third layer of the Demon Luo Scripture and gained the Demon Luo Sword, Demon Luo Armor, and Demon Luo Boots.

Zhuge Xiang learned that the fourth floor of the Demon Luo Scripture required more than 100,000 HP, then attended King Fenghe’s banquet with Wu Zhao. He refused to accept King Fenghe’s gratitude as a favor and established a relationship of mutual respect by returning a jar of wine, leaving the two on friendly terms.

• Zhuge Xiang found that his HP was far below the 100,000 required to cultivate the fourth floor of the Demon Luo Scripture.
• Zhuge Xiang and Wu Zhao traveled to King Fenghe’s Mansion for a banquet celebrating Li Zhi’s progress in cultivation.
• King Fenghe and the national teachers praised Li Zhi’s growth and the state of mind he gained at the Altar of Sacrifice.
• Zhuge Xiang and Wu Zhao arrived by flying directly into the courtyard, drawing the guests’ attention.
• Zhuge Xiang gave King Fenghe a jar of wine to show that he considered their relationship reciprocal rather than accepting a debt of gratitude.
• King Fenghe drank the wine and accepted Zhuge Xiang as an equal, establishing mutual respect between them.

At a thanksgiving banquet hosted by King Fenghe, he tried to match Wu Zhao with his son Li Zhi, but Wu Zhao declined and said she favored a man stronger than herself. The banquet was interrupted by an imperial decree ordering King Fenghe to lead a million troops against the Great Qin Empire, leaving him puzzled by the unexplained war.

• King Fenghe learned that National Teacher Bai was in seclusion and that the Phoenix Tree Divine Wood had not attended the banquet.
• King Fenghe questioned Wu Zhao about her origins and betrothal, then proposed that she consider his son Li Zhi as a match.
• Wu Zhao praised Li Zhi but rejected him, saying she favored a man whose cultivation was at least as strong as her own.
• Li Zhi vowed to cultivate until he surpassed Wu Zhao, and King Fenghe chose not to discourage him.
• An imperial eunuch arrived with a decree appointing King Fenghe Grand Marshal and ordering him to lead a million troops against the Great Qin Empire.
• King Fenghe accepted the decree but questioned the eunuch about the alleged invasion, which the eunuch could not explain.

Zhuge Xiang spent half a month cultivating before entering the Asura Path, where he encountered Wu Xuemei, his third senior sister, hiding immense power. He resisted her mind-control technique but pretended to be enthralled, leaving her believing he had accepted her as his master.

• Zhuge Xiang spent half a month training his skills and fighting in the Asura Path while Little Fire Phoenix and Xiao Yue grew stronger.
• Zhuge Xiang entered the Asura Path in his Demonic True Body and battled asuras and female rakshasas for experience.
• Wu Xuemei appeared and attacked Zhuge Xiang with a peach-blossom illusion, and his Data Eye identified her as a Gold-tier boss at the tenth layer of the Golden Core Stage.
• Zhuge Xiang resisted Wu Xuemei's illusion with his steel-like will and Sword Soul, then pretended to be under her control.
• Wu Xuemei asked Zhuge Xiang to recognize her as his master, and he answered respectfully while revealing that someone had replaced his demonic heart with a human heart.

Wu Xuemei brought Zhuge Xiang to Demon Hand Mountain and revealed that it held the sealed left hand of a powerful demon from the Demon Realm. After her account stirred the Asura guards’ suspicions, they attacked her and Zhuge Xiang to silence them.

• Wu Xuemei told Zhuge Xiang that she came from the Demon Realm and led him deeper into the Asura Path.
• Wu Xuemei and Zhuge Xiang arrived at Demon Hand Mountain, where powerful auras filled the enormous hand-shaped peak.
• Three Asura guards confronted the pair and demanded that they leave the mountain’s domain.
• Wu Xuemei explained that Demon Hand Mountain held the sealed left hand of a demon slain by an Asura Sect expert, and that its escaping demonic qi benefited the Asura Kings.
• The three Asura guards decided to kill Wu Xuemei and Zhuge Xiang, then attacked them together.

Wu Xuemei defeated three Asuras with her mental illusions and confronted the Great Strength King at Demon Hand Mountain. As she provoked and ensnared him, Zhuge Xiang prepared for the Ghost Shadow King, whom Wu Xuemei had ordered him to hold back.

• Wu Xuemei used Pink Butterfly Dance to lull three Asuras to sleep, while Zhuge Xiang resisted the mental illusion with difficulty.
• The Great Strength King arrived, and Wu Xuemei told Zhuge Xiang to stall the Ghost Shadow King if he appeared, even at the cost of his life.
• Wu Xuemei mocked the Great Strength King for occupying Demon Hand Mountain and relying on its demonic qi to become an Asura King.
• Her taunts struck at the Great Strength King's insecurity about his talent and his weakening position beside the Ghost Shadow King.
• The Great Strength King attacked, but Wu Xuemei unleashed Seductive Demon Peach Blossom Burial and began overwhelming his consciousness as Zhuge Xiang watched for the Ghost Shadow King.

Wu Xuemei subdued Great Strength King with her mental illusion while Zhuge Xiang stalled Ghost Shadow King, who had already seen through their plan. Ghost Shadow King attacked with overwhelming speed, leaving Zhuge Xiang facing a dagger at his eyes.

• Wu Xuemei struggled against Great Strength King's resistance but gradually drew his consciousness into her illusion.
• Ghost Shadow King left the cave beneath Demon Hand Mountain and offered Zhuge Xiang and Wu Xuemei leadership over his asuras if they stayed.
• Zhuge Xiang questioned Ghost Shadow about his territory and forces to buy time while Wu Xuemei continued suppressing Great Strength King.
• Wu Xuemei finally subdued Great Strength King, and Ghost Shadow King revealed that he had knowingly allowed Zhuge Xiang to stall.
• Ghost Shadow King drew his daggers and released a strange fluctuation that dimmed Zhuge Xiang's divine sword.
• Ghost Shadow King rushed Zhuge Xiang so quickly that his dagger reached Zhuge Xiang's eyes before he could follow the movement.

Zhuge Xiang survived the Ghost Shadow King’s rapid attacks with Block Prediction and Explosive Steps, while Wu Xuemei’s illusion failed against the king’s powerful ghost-cultivator spiritual strength. Wu Xuemei then threatened him with an Infant Explosion Bomb, creating an opening for her and Zhuge Xiang to escape.

• Zhuge Xiang used Block Prediction to stop the Ghost Shadow King’s dagger, then counterattacked, but the king dodged and wounded him with a fast strike.
• Wu Xuemei tried to trap the Ghost Shadow King with Seductive Demon Peach Blossom Burial, but his spiritual power rebounded the attack and injured her.
• The Ghost Shadow King revealed that he had been a Ghost Cultivator before entering the Asura Path, explaining his exceptional spiritual strength.
• Wu Xuemei produced an Infant Explosion Bomb made from a Void Returning Stage cultivator’s Nascent Soul and threatened to perish alongside the Ghost Shadow King.
• Wu Xuemei signaled Zhuge Xiang to leave with her while the Ghost Shadow King reacted warily to the bomb.

Zhuge Xiang used Explosive Steps to keep Ghost Shadow King from taking Wu Xuemei’s Infant Explosion Bomb and threatened him into letting them leave. Just as Ghost Shadow King appeared to negotiate, he unleashed a devastating mental attack across Demon Hand Mountain.

• Wu Xuemei and Zhuge Xiang retreated toward the edge of Demon Hand Mountain with the Infant Explosion Bomb, but Ghost Shadow King blocked their escape.
• Ghost Shadow King used his superior speed to attack Wu Xuemei and seize the bomb, but Zhuge Xiang repeatedly intercepted him with Block Prediction and Explosive Steps.
• After dodging hundreds of attacks, Zhuge Xiang took the Infant Explosion Bomb and threatened to detonate it unless Ghost Shadow King let him leave.
• Ghost Shadow King offered Zhuge Xiang the position of Demon Hand Mountain’s second-in-command, but Zhuge Xiang refused and insisted on leaving.
• Ghost Shadow King unleashed a massive mental attack that crushed many Asuras and Female Rakshasas and left Zhuge Xiang dazed, with cracks spreading across his divine sword.

Zhuge Xiang discovered that the Ghost Shadow King's apparent speed came from altering his opponents' perception, not from rapid movement. After restoring his damaged sword soul and using a Super Spirit Qi Secret Medicine, Zhuge Xiang turned the tables and began attacking the Ghost Shadow King at overwhelming speed.

• The Ghost Shadow King struck everyone with a mental shockwave, stole Zhuge Xiang's Infant Explosion Bomb, and pursued Zhuge Xiang as he fled with Wu Xuemei.
• Zhuge Xiang noticed the Ghost Shadow King's pursuit was slower than his earlier attacks and realized the king had been manipulating their perception with spiritual power.
• Wu Xuemei recognized that Zhuge Xiang had resisted her illusion arts, and Zhuge Xiang admitted it before stopping to repair his damaged sword soul.
• Zhuge Xiang explained his deduction to the Ghost Shadow King, whose response confirmed that his apparent speed was an illusion caused by spiritual influence.
• After his sword soul recovered and he took a Super Spirit Qi Secret Medicine, Zhuge Xiang attacked with repeated Explosive Steps, striking the Ghost Shadow King dozens of times in moments.

Zhuge Xiang used the Infant Explosion Bomb to kill Ghost Shadow King, then discovered that his new Demon Transformation Bottle could summon a powerful demon avatar. Wu Xuemei survived, apologized for her past actions, and Zhuge Xiang resolved to learn why she had come to the mortal Cultivation World from the Demon Realm.

• Zhuge Xiang used the Dragon's Judgment Sword to drastically reduce Ghost Shadow King's HP, then froze him with Ice Eye and Ice Barrier.
• Zhuge Xiang activated Ghost Shadow King's Infant Explosion Bomb and transformed Wu Xuemei into an iron ring to protect her from the blast.
• Zhuge Xiang escaped the explosion with Decoy Straw Man, killed Ghost Shadow King, and advanced to True Essence Realm Layer 7.
• Zhuge Xiang inspected the Demon Transformation Bottle and learned it could summon a controllable avatar with the original's skills and attributes.
• Zhuge Xiang restored Wu Xuemei, who apologized for trying to enslave him, and he told her he had saved her without holding a grudge.
• Zhuge Xiang decided to gain Wu Xuemei's trust and investigate her purpose for coming from the Demon Realm to the mortal Cultivation World.

Wu Xuemei gave Zhuge Xiang the Great Strength Bull Demon Technique, and they traveled into Demon Hand Mountain after the Ghost Shadow King’s death. At the sealed demon’s arm, Wu Xuemei learned that Dragon’s Eye and Phoenix Feather were needed to free it and agreed to find them.

• Wu Xuemei offered Zhuge Xiang the Great Strength Bull Demon Technique as repayment, and he learned its first layer required enduring Daoist Samadhi True Fire.
• Wu Xuemei and Zhuge Xiang returned to Demon Hand Mountain, where they found most of its Asura and female Rakshasa dead and the Great Strength King gone.
• Zhuge Xiang and Wu Xuemei entered the forbidden zone while the surviving guards let them pass.
• Wu Xuemei and Zhuge Xiang found the demon’s arm struggling against its seal in the mountain’s central stone chamber.
• The demon’s arm wrote “Dragon’s Eye! Phoenix Feather!” in demonic Qi, and Wu Xuemei agreed to collect them to help break the seal.

After defeating Ghost Shadow King and driving off Great Strength King, Zhuge Xiang and Wu Xuemei decided to jointly manage Demon Hand Mountain while Wu Xuemei searched for the Dragon's Eye and Phoenix Feather. Zhuge Xiang accepted a quest to help unseal the demon's left hand and won the surviving Asuras and Female Rakshasas' submission.

• Wu Xuemei asked Zhuge Xiang how to keep news of the sealed demon's arm from spreading, and he suggested taking control of Demon Hand Mountain.
• Wu Xuemei proposed that Zhuge Xiang become supreme chief, and he accepted a quest to help her lift the seal on the demon's left hand.
• Zhuge Xiang refused to manage the mountain alone, so Wu Xuemei agreed they would share its affairs while she searched for the Dragon's Eye and Phoenix Feather.
• Wu Xuemei kissed Zhuge Xiang's cheek as a reward, and the two headed toward the surviving Asuras and Female Rakshasas.
• Zhuge Xiang offered the survivors the choice to submit or leave, warning that he would punish anyone who stayed to scheme against him.
• The Asuras and Female Rakshasas declared that they were willing to submit to Zhuge Xiang.

After taking control of Demon Hand Mountain, Zhuge Xiang appointed Qing Ya to keep managing it and accepted the title of Strange King. News of Ghost Shadow King’s death spread, prompting the Blood King and Four-Armed King to prepare invasions just as a Demon Hand Mountain envoy arrived at the Blood Sea Dragon Palace.

• Zhuge Xiang learned from Qing Ya that Demon Hand Mountain controlled a territory 1,800 miles across and had about 30,000 Asura and Rakshasas, then kept Qing Ya in charge of its affairs.
• Zhuge Xiang ordered greeting letters sent to Blood King Long Qingtian and Four-Armed King Xiong Li, announcing that he would visit them in three days.
• Qing Ya named Zhuge Xiang the Strange King, and Zhuge Xiang accepted the title.
• Asura investigating the battle site concluded that Ghost Shadow King had died by self-detonation, and rumors spread that Zhuge Xiang might become the Asura Emperor.
• Blood King Long Qingtian and Four-Armed King Xiong Li each ordered troops to assemble and seize Demon Hand Mountain while Zhuge Xiang was presumed injured.
• A magic fish reported to Blood King Long Qingtian that an envoy from Demon Hand Mountain had arrived.

Qing Ya delivered Zhuge Xiang’s invitation to Blood King Long Qingtian and Four-Armed King Xiong Li, discovering that both rulers were considering an attack on Demon Hand Mountain. He returned with the warning, and Zhuge Xiang asked whether they planned to strike immediately.

• Blood King Long Qingtian received Qing Ya and learned that Strange King would visit the Blood Sea in three days, then resolved to wait and assess Demon Hand Mountain’s strength.
• Qing Ya sensed that the Blood Sea’s killing intent had been aimed at Demon Hand Mountain and suspected Zhuge Xiang’s invitation had disrupted their plans.
• Qing Ya delivered a matching invitation to Four-Armed King Xiong Li at the Flame Plains and sensed that the Flame Plains also intended to attack Demon Hand Mountain.
• Qing Ya hurried back to Demon Hand Mountain and warned Zhuge Xiang that the Blood Sea and Flame Plains planned to move against them.
• The Asuras in Zhuge Xiang’s palace called for battle, and Zhuge Xiang asked Qing Ya whether the two rulers were preparing to attack right away.

Zhuge Xiang prepared to visit the Blood Sea and Flame Plains as rival Asura Kings waited to see whether Demon Hand Mountain was vulnerable. At the Blood Sea Palace, he revealed himself as the Strange King, stunning the assembled rulers with his seemingly weak cultivation.

• Qing Ya reported that the Blood Sea and Flame Plains were preparing to attack Demon Hand Mountain, and Zhuge Xiang decided to visit them in three days.
• Zhuge Xiang persuaded Wu Xuemei to accompany him, while other Asura Kings learned of his planned visits and set out to investigate.
• Several Asura Kings gathered at the Blood Sea Palace, where the Blood King admitted he did not know whether Zhuge Xiang would visit him or the Four Arms King first.
• Zhuge Xiang arrived at the palace with Wu Xuemei and greeted the Blood King without deference.
• The Blood King rebuked Zhuge Xiang for posing as the Strange King, but Zhuge Xiang identified himself as Demon Hand Mountain's master.
• The assembled Asura Kings were stunned to discover that Zhuge Xiang's cultivation was only at the seventh layer of the True Essence Realm.

Zhuge Xiang visited Blood King Long Qingtian and faced doubts about his claim to be the Strange King. After Wu Xuemei defeated the Golden Lion with mental illusions, Zhuge Xiang demonstrated the Heavenly Demon Zen Sound, leaving the other Asura Kings terrified as the Blood King demanded that he stop.

• An Asura King called the Golden Lion mocked Zhuge Xiang for claiming the title of king, so Zhuge Xiang let Wu Xuemei challenge him.
• Wu Xuemei used mental illusions to make the Golden Lion lose consciousness, shocking the other Asura Kings.
• Blood King Long Qingtian recognized Wu Xuemei's mental techniques and asked Zhuge Xiang to demonstrate his own strength.
• Zhuge Xiang announced that he would perform a Buddhist technique and activated the Heavenly Demon Zen Sound.
• The Zen sound began purifying the Asura Kings' killing intent and wavering their wills, until Blood King Long Qingtian roared at Zhuge Xiang to stop.

Zhuge Xiang used Heavenly Demon Zen Sound to intimidate the Blood King and the other Asura Kings, then left with Wu Xuemei for the Flame Plains. There, he blocked the Four-Armed King Xiong Li from killing a subordinate and transformed the Asura into a ring, leaving the gathered kings astonished.

• Zhuge Xiang stopped chanting after the Heavenly Demon Zen Sound weakened and unsettled the Blood King and the other Asura Kings.
• Zhuge Xiang and Wu Xuemei left the Blood Sea Palace and headed for their appointment in the Flame Plains.
• The Four-Armed King Xiong Li grew angry while waiting for Zhuge Xiang, then threatened to kill an Asura who reported his arrival.
• Zhuge Xiang arrived at the Flame God Palace and used Block Prediction to stop Xiong Li's strike against the subordinate.
• Zhuge Xiang used the Transfiguration Technique to turn the Asura into a ring and store him away, astonishing the Asura Kings.

Zhuge Xiang faced the Four Arms King after taking in one of the king’s subordinates, surviving repeated attacks with his Decoy Straw Man skill. The Four Arms King believed Zhuge Xiang’s feigned fear and engulfed him in Samadhi True Fire.

• Zhuge Xiang claimed the Four Arms King’s subordinate for Demon Hand Mountain, provoking the Four Arms King into attacking him.
• The Four Arms King struck Zhuge Xiang with his four weapons, but Zhuge Xiang survived by using a Decoy Straw Man.
• Zhuge Xiang stopped Wu Xuemei from intervening and endured nearly a hundred attacks while the Decoy Straw Man skill repeatedly protected him.
• Zhuge Xiang taunted the Four Arms King and falsely suggested that Samadhi True Fire was his weakness.
• The Four Arms King produced Samadhi True Fire, mistook Zhuge Xiang’s feigned panic for genuine fear, and engulfed him in a huge fireball.

Zhuge Xiang used the Four Arms King’s Samadhi True Fire to cultivate the first level of the Great Strength Bull Demon Technique, emerging stronger and unharmed. He then drove off the other Asura Kings with Heavenly Demon Zen Sound and waited to see whether the Four Arms King would back down.

• Zhuge Xiang endured the Four Arms King’s Samadhi True Fire and absorbed its heat to temper his body while cultivating the Great Strength Bull Demon Technique.
• Wu Xuemei worried that Zhuge Xiang had risked being burned to ashes, while the Four Arms King grew suspicious when Zhuge Xiang’s cries remained vigorous.
• Zhuge Xiang completed the technique’s first level, greatly increasing his attack, HP, and defense, and emerged from the flames unharmed.
• The Four Arms King realized Zhuge Xiang had used his Samadhi True Fire to grow stronger and attacked in a fury with all four arms and Lingbao weapons.
• Zhuge Xiang used Heavenly Demon Zen Sound, making the three Asura Kings retreat as he tried to persuade the Four Arms King to stop fighting.