Chapter Summaries

Qin Yi broke through the Profound Yin Sect’s Yin Yang Reversal Array despite being badly wounded, then plunged into the rift valley’s mist. Meng Qingying caught him as black heavenly fire spread and Kunpeng power drove the Profound Yin Sect cultivators to flee.

• Qin Yi used his flying vessel’s cannons to smash through the Profound Yin Sect cultivators’ formation, but the Yin Yang Reversal Array halted him and threw his body into disorder.
• Qin Yi separated his Immortal Martial United Core, shielded himself with Gale Qi, and charged toward the strongest attack to find the way downward through the formation.
• Qin Yi deflected the long-bearded Daoist’s attack, used the Demon Slaying Sword as a feint, struck the Daoist with his club, and escaped into the rift valley’s mist.
• Meng Qingying caught the wounded Qin Yi and unleashed black heavenly fire, while the long-bearded Daoist sensed Kunpeng power and ordered the Profound Yin Sect cultivators to flee.

After Qin Yi returned to Demon City with medicine, he and the injured Cheng Cheng scolded each other before Qin Yi collapsed from his wounds. As Ye Ling tended to him, Liusu considered the power of Kunpeng and the mysteries beneath the rift valley.

• Xuan Hao Zhenren saw the devastation left by Kunpeng's power and ordered the Profound Yin Sect to seal its mountain until he absorbed Cheng Yuan's cultivation.
• Yu Fuzi considered how the sect's losses and his two Yin Yang spirit stones might change who held power in the Profound Yin Sect.
• Ye Ling brought Qin Yi to the Imperial Palace, where he realized Cheng Cheng had only about ten days left to live and angrily scolded her for fighting while injured.
• Cheng Cheng explained that she had acted to quell unrest in Demon City after Hawk Commander was ambushed and Qin Yi's return was uncertain.
• Cheng Cheng scolded Qin Yi for charging through the formation, and he fainted from his injuries; Ye Ling gave him medicine and summoned the palace maids to heal him.
• Liusu suspected that a fragment of Kunpeng had fallen beneath the rift valley and decided Qin Yi should help Demon City gain access to the valley.

Cheng Cheng entered seclusion with the unconscious Qin Yi for ten days, leaving Ye Ling to watch over Demon City in case Cheng Cheng died. Qin Yi woke with most of his injuries healed, pinned between Cheng Cheng’s human and demon bodies while Liusu watched from the corner.

• Cheng Cheng took Qin Yi from Ye Ling, carried him to the healing chamber, and told Ye Ling to govern Demon City during their ten-day seclusion.
• Cheng Cheng warned Ye Ling to become a proper Demon King and suggested she might inherit Demon City if Cheng Cheng failed to emerge.
• Cheng Cheng searched Qin Yi’s ring for medicine, tossed Liusu and several other items into a corner, and fed Qin Yi a pill alongside her human body.
• Qin Yi woke with his injuries mostly healed and found both Cheng Chengs asleep while holding him tightly.
• Liusu threatened to destroy Qin Yi’s belongings and let him become Demon City’s queen.

Qin Yi refined a specialized Immortal Pill to save Cheng Cheng, while Liusu urged him to cultivate in Demon City and reflect on his nature. He completed the pill in one attempt and drove away its tribulation clouds.

• Liusu told Qin Yi that cultivating in Demon City could help him grow stronger, and Qin Yi thanked her for the advice.
• Qin Yi learned that Cheng Cheng had been unconscious for less than a day and began preparing a new pill formula to treat her.
• As Qin Yi refined the pill, Liusu reflected on his unusual Immortal Martial United Core and how their goals had begun to align.
• The pill furnace produced tribulation clouds when the pill was complete, and Qin Yi scattered them with his Gale Qi.
• Qin Yi successfully refined the Immortal Pill in one attempt, filling the secret chamber with rain, music, and pill fragrance.

Qin Yi saved Cheng Cheng by giving her a pill that restored her Chenghuang bloodline, but he fled when the expelled Demon Fox Blood stirred his desire. He sought an antidote from Ye Ling, leaving Cheng Cheng awake in the secret chamber and recovering.

• Qin Yi gave Demon Form Cheng Cheng the medicine, and she swallowed it before both Cheng Chengs entered slumber.
• Qin Yi sensed Cheng Cheng's heart meridians reviving as the Chenghuang bloodline replaced the Demon Fox Blood.
• Qin Yi reflected on how Cheng Cheng might change after recovering, then fled when the expelled Demon Fox Blood affected him.
• Qin Yi ran to Ye Ling's Eastern Palace to seek an antidote, and Ye Ling mistook his condition for an advance on her.
• Qin Yi shut himself down as Ye Ling's stone and floating white ball echoed her protest that they were still young.

Qin Yi woke in Ye Ling’s room after the Demon Fox Blood was dispelled and learned that Cheng Cheng had ordered an investigation into Southern Li’s fall and its possible ties to the Xiao Kingdom. The chapter left Qin Yi moved by Cheng Cheng’s concern for him, though he planned to leave the unresolved mystery for a future investigation with Qing Jun.

• Qin Yi woke as Ye Ling changed clothes beside her bed and learned she had given him medicine that dispelled the Demon Fox Blood.
• Ye Ling explained that she had begun dressing as Demon City’s Young Master while Cheng Cheng recovered from her injuries.
• Ye Ling brought Qin Yi to the execution ground, where foxes threatened Humble Origins with a cauldron of oil over his failure to uncover the Xiao Kingdom’s dealings with humans.
• Qin Yi told the foxes to release Humble Origins, and Humble Origins promised to investigate the matter and question surviving Xiao Kingdom loyalists.
• Qin Yi realized Cheng Cheng had ordered the investigation because Southern Li’s fall mattered to him, and he felt moved by her concern.

Qin Yi accompanied Ye Ling on her inspections of Demon City and reassured her that she did not have to grow up or face its upheavals alone. He then visited the injured Ying Li, whose displeasure at seeing Ye Ling curled on Qin Yi’s shoulder hinted at the conflict between Qin Yi and the demons’ views on human-demon unions.

• Qin Yi watched Ye Ling oversee Demon City’s tense patrols and reflected on how much she had adapted to her role as Young Master.
• Ye Ling asked whether Qin Yi wanted her to grow up, then admitted she wished Master and Big Brother could always stay with her so she would not have to face a painful turning point.
• Qin Yi lifted Ye Ling onto his shoulders, and she changed into her little snake form, restoring their old closeness.
• Ye Ling said Qin Yi could use her earth veins, and Qin Yi planned to ask Cheng Cheng about entering the Main Earth Veins after her seclusion.
• Qin Yi visited the injured Ying Li, who looked displeased to see Ye Ling curled on Qin Yi’s shoulder.

Qin Yi learned more about demon bloodlines and realized that Ying Li feared his relationship with Cheng Cheng could threaten the succession. After Cheng Cheng emerged from seclusion, she invited him to find Dumb Girl Cheng Cheng at the Brocade Embroidery Workshop.

• Ying Li explained that demons’ lifespans and cultivation depended on their origins and bloodlines, and that Cheng Cheng had risked herself to improve Ye Ling’s impure Soaring Serpent bloodline.
• Qin Yi reassured Ying Li that he considered himself a friend of Demon City, then left him medicine and wished him a good recovery.
• Ye Ling misunderstood Qin Yi’s thoughts about Cheng Cheng and feared he would stop wanting her if he had a baby.
• Qin Yi returned to the Eastern Palace and persuaded Ye Ling to have chairs installed by suggesting that lying prone might affect her figure.
• Qin Yi waited in the garden as Cheng Cheng emerged from seclusion, then she told him to visit the Brocade Embroidery Workshop and see the human splendor of Demon City.

Qin Yi met Cheng Cheng in her human body, and she explained how her feelings for him were sincere even as her duties as demon king kept them apart. She asked whether he would accept her if she went with him, leaving his answer unresolved.

• Cheng Cheng welcomed Qin Yi to her courtyard and proposed that they set aside their political identities while they were together.
• Cheng Cheng told Qin Yi that her human mother had once been a slave and that the Brocade Embroidery Workshop had been preserved as a memorial to her.
• Cheng Cheng explained that demons opposed her support for humans and feared that human descendants would destabilize the Demon City, including Chenghuang herself.
• Cheng Cheng told Qin Yi she was human in this body and asked whether he would want her if she went with him.
• Cheng Cheng offered Qin Yi a choice between her demon body as king and her human body in his service, then invited him to drink with her.

Qin Yi rejected Cheng Cheng’s proposal to separate her dual bodies, explaining that her Demon King body was still her and that he needed time to understand both their feelings. He stayed in Demon City to cultivate and left their relationship unresolved, though Cheng Cheng rested in his arms and Qin Yi wondered what it would take to truly win her heart.

• Qin Yi told Cheng Cheng he disagreed with her proposal because her human and Demon King bodies were both her, and he questioned whether their feelings were lasting.
• Cheng Cheng teased Qin Yi, then agreed to set aside the question while he stayed in Demon City to cultivate.
• Cheng Cheng advised Qin Yi to cultivate in the Main Earth Veins and offered him access to Kunpeng’s three great Sacred Lands.
• Qin Yi offered Cheng Cheng a Harmonious Union Pill, and she said it might help unite her dual bodies but withheld the remaining problem.
• Cheng Cheng nestled into Qin Yi’s embrace, grateful that he had remembered her cultivation obstacle, while Qin Yi recognized that her feelings might be temporary.

After leaving Cheng Cheng asleep, Qin Yi wrestled with what her human avatar meant to their relationship. Liusu revealed that Qin Yi’s origins and abilities might help solve Demon City’s problems, making him far more valuable to Chenghuang than the demons realized.

• Qin Yi carried the drunk Cheng Cheng to bed, kissed her cheek, and wondered how her human avatar affected her relationship with Chenghuang.
• As Qin Yi left Brocade Embroidery Workshop, Liusu teased him for wanting to pursue both of Chenghuang’s bodies and offered to help him win her completely.
• Liusu explained that Qin Yi’s cultivation arts and bloodline might let him uncover ancient secrets that Demon City could not reach.
• Liusu revealed that the door had altered Qin Yi’s body and that his descendants with Chenghuang might strengthen rather than dilute her bloodline.
• Liusu declared that Qin Yi held the key to Demon City’s expansion and promised to stand up for him.

Qin Yi confronted Cheng Cheng about her feelings and the possibility that she might keep him at the Imperial Palace, but insisted they should treat each other as partners rather than ruler and concubine. Cheng Cheng had already ordered Ye Ling to take him to the Main Earth Veins, and Qin Yi left for Ye Ling’s palace, where her latest idea led him to punish Sand Sculpture.

• Cheng Cheng teased Qin Yi about kissing her and asked how he would feel if her avatar became a separate person.
• Cheng Cheng raised the possibility of keeping Qin Yi in her harem, but Qin Yi refused to be treated as a male concubine and urged her to see him as an equal partner.
• Cheng Cheng confirmed that she had ordered Ye Ling to take Qin Yi to cultivate in the Main Earth Veins.
• Qin Yi left for Ye Ling’s palace, where he found her lying prone after digging holes in the carpet to solve her problem.
• Qin Yi grabbed Sand Sculpture and beat it for suggesting Ye Ling’s solution.

Qin Yi stayed with Ye Ling and told her the White Snake Legend, but her interpretation of the story turned into a teasing exchange about what kind of man she should find. The chapter ended with Ye Ling and Qin Yi falling into matching slumped poses after Liusu called them blood-related siblings.

• Ye Ling complained that Qin Yi no longer spent time with her, so he agreed to stay and tell her a story.
• Qin Yi began the White Snake Legend, stopped briefly, then silenced the Eastern Palace Guard before continuing the tale.
• Ye Ling criticized Xu Xian and concluded that she should find someone like Qin Yi to protect her.
• Ye Ling covered herself in milk to imitate a white snake, and Qin Yi carried her away while scolding her.
• Liusu compared Qin Yi and Ye Ling’s lack of self-awareness and called them blood-related siblings, causing them to fall over in perfect synchronization.

Qin Yi entered the Demon Race's Main Earth Veins with Ye Ling and learned from Liusu how to cultivate amid their immense Demon Power. As Liusu studied the Dao patterns for clues to obtaining a body, she urged Qin Yi to ask Cheng Cheng about the Rift Valley's history.

• Qin Yi reflected on how Cheng Cheng had united the three earth veins, strengthening the Demon City and its people.
• Liusu recognized the blood-red patterns in the Main Earth Veins as Dao patterns describing the Source of Ten Thousand Demons.
• Liusu speculated that a fragment had fallen into the Rift Valley and might have caused the Demon Calamity, and questioned why human powerhouses had left the region alone.
• Liusu told Qin Yi to cultivate by lying down and circulating his Immortal Martial United Core, warning that the Demon Power might awaken his wild nature.
• Liusu said she was studying the patterns for clues to obtaining a physical body, but admitted that any answer was likely far in the future.

Qin Yi stopped cultivating Demon Power after repeated bouts of uncontrollable savagery and left the earth veins to seek a safer way to absorb it. He received messages from his sect and Cheng Cheng, then headed to Brocade Embroidery Workshop Cheng’s place to rest.

• Qin Yi reached the fourth level of Bone Tempering and neared a breakthrough to the fifth, but Demon Power repeatedly roused his violent instincts, so Liusu knocked him unconscious and restored his mind.
• Qin Yi worried that the growing frequency of his episodes meant he was absorbing demonic nature, and decided to leave the earth veins rather than risk demonization.
• Qin Yi received Chess Addict’s brief reply to his warning about the Profound Yin Sect and Great Joy Temple.
• Qin Yi learned that Cheng Cheng and Ye Ling had left to seek a treasure that could ward off shock and fright, and that Cheng Cheng had left him a message about visiting Brocade Embroidery Workshop Cheng.
• Qin Yi heard that Cheng Cheng had ordered the foxes to investigate the Heartless Cave, then left to visit Brocade Embroidery Workshop Cheng and get some sleep.

Qin Yi visited Cheng Cheng as she cultivated her human form and offered to teach her, while their flirtation turned into a contest over who would take the initiative. The lesson left Cheng Cheng flustered enough to abruptly end a meeting in Demon City.

• Qin Yi entered Cheng Cheng’s chambers and teased her about failing to begin human cultivation.
• Cheng Cheng drew Qin Yi into a flirtatious exchange about their competing desires and who held the advantage.
• Qin Yi asked Cheng Cheng to recite her cultivation formula, then adjusted her posture and guided her through meditation.
• Demon Form Cheng Cheng scolded demons struggling to break a cave restriction while Ye Ling ate melon seeds nearby.
• Demon Form Cheng Cheng suddenly blushed and stammered, ordered the demons spared, and called for the meeting to adjourn.

Qin Yi and Cheng Cheng continued their intimate contest, while Qin Yi reflected on how dominance helped him survive in Demon City. After Cheng Cheng reached Phoenix Initiation, the hidden grotto’s unbreakable restriction forced her to seek Qin Yi’s help on terms that would make Demon City formally recognize his contribution.

• Qin Yi kept Cheng Cheng’s dudou after teasing her, and she challenged him to try taking one from her demon form.
• Qin Yi slept on Cheng Cheng’s couch to preserve his awakened aggressiveness, while Liusu judged that the trait was already part of his nature.
• Cheng Cheng reached Phoenix Initiation after meditating overnight, but learned that no one had accepted her notice seeking someone to break the hidden grotto’s restriction.
• Cheng Cheng asked Ye Ling for insight, then recalled Qin Yi’s earlier remarks and realized he had anticipated her need to ask for his help.
• Qin Yi said he would examine the restriction only if Hawk Commander formally invited him on behalf of Demon City.

Ying Li sought Qin Yi’s help with the restriction blocking the hidden grotto, and Qin Yi used the request to challenge the demons to consider Cheng Cheng’s wishes as well as the clan’s needs. He agreed to inspect the restriction, leaving Demon City carried on Ying Li’s back and confident that the demons would have to rely on him.

• Ying Li went to Cheng Cheng’s room and found her kneading Qin Yi’s shoulders while Qin Yi read.
• Qin Yi reminded Ying Li that Cheng Cheng had made sacrifices for the clan while the demons rarely considered what she wanted, and Ying Li accepted the rebuke.
• Ying Li asked Qin Yi to inspect the hidden grotto’s restriction and promised the demons would do their utmost to meet his conditions.
• Qin Yi agreed to go, asking Ying Li to carry him there, and Ying Li accepted.
• Ying Li flew Qin Yi over Demon City on his Azure Hawk as Qin Yi considered how to gain more influence among the demons.

Cheng Cheng enlisted Qin Yi to break the restriction sealing Heartless Cave, hoping to uncover secrets related to Soaring Serpent Fright. Ye Ling’s anger opened the entrance, and Cheng Cheng led the demons inside while Qin Yi insisted he was owed more than a kiss.

• Cheng Cheng’s demons failed to open Heartless Cave’s restrictive entrance, so Ying Li brought Qin Yi to help.
• Qin Yi joked that a female Chenghuang had to kiss him to lift a restriction in his head, and Cheng Cheng kissed his cheek in front of the demons.
• Qin Yi identified the entrance’s solution as Teng Snake’s Wrath and had Ye Ling try to anger it, but her first attempts failed.
• Cheng Cheng threatened to keep Ye Ling from seeing Qin Yi, provoking Ye Ling into anger that made the blue barrier vanish.
• Cheng Cheng led the demons into the cave, while Qin Yi warned that he expected more than a kiss in return.

Qin Yi and Cheng Cheng discussed the Demon Race’s history, the ancient calamities, and the heavenly powers that had prevented the demons’ extinction while their troops fought through the hidden grotto. After the formations were destroyed, Cheng Cheng invited Qin Yi to take anything there that might help him.

• Qin Yi studied the grotto’s formations while Cheng Cheng explained that she used the expedition to train her troops, and Qin Yi admitted that his desire to conquer her was personal.
• Cheng Cheng told Qin Yi that the Demon Race once flourished using ancient remains, then retreated into the rift valley after the Demon Calamity and was spared by beings from the heavens.
• Cheng Cheng explained that human cultivators rarely entered the rift valley because its ruins were dangerous, its regions rejected different races, and Kun Peng’s protection deterred intruders.
• Ying Li reported that the troops had destroyed every protective formation in the hidden grotto, and Cheng Cheng invited Qin Yi to take anything useful.