Chapter Summaries

During the assault on the Devil Race camp, Shu Yongxiao revealed her lethal assassin technique and killed the Tree Demon God Busong with a single strike. She asked Cai'er what she had learned, and Cai'er identified the assassin's essence as mystery, certain kill, and one strike.

• Busong activated his Demon God Pillar and attacked Long Haochen with his domain as the camp came under assault.
• Cai'er followed Shu Yongxiao through the camp as Shu Yongxiao silently killed Devil Race soldiers and accumulated her killing intent.
• Shu Yongxiao concealed her black killing intent, approached Busong unnoticed, and killed him with a single strike that shattered his Demon God's Crown.
• Shu Yongxiao reappeared beside Cai'er and asked what she had seen in the attack.
• Cai'er answered that the true essence of an assassin was mystery, certain kill, and one strike.

Long Haochen and his allies routed a two-hundred-thousand-strong Devil Race army, destroying the Tree Demon God's Demon God Pillar and pursuing the survivors. After their overwhelming victory, Long Haochen gathered the Vanguard Legion and the Eternal Heroes to plan their next move into Samo Province.

• Shu Yongxiao told Cai'er that an assassin must kill with a single strike, then wondered how Long Haochen had detected his attack on the Tree Demon God.
• Long Haochen used Ye Xiaolei's stored ability and his own power to destroy the Tree Demon God's Demon God Pillar, while Ye Xiaolei explained how the Wisdom Spirit Furnace could store and evolve natural skills.
• The Devil Race army broke into a rout after Long Haochen's attacks and the Vanguard Legion's arrival; the humans pursued the enemy through the night and annihilated more than 150,000 troops.
• Yating killed or wounded more than ten thousand enemies with her King's Sword domain, while the Eternal Heroes conserved their strength and supported the Dawn of Light Demon Hunter Squad.
• Long Haochen ordered the exhausted Vanguard Legion to rest, met with the Dawn of Light squad and Eternal Heroes, and discussed their position, the victory, and the route into Samo Province.

Long Haochen laid out a plan to divide the Vanguard Legion and strike the capitals of six northern Devil Race provinces, forcing the Demon God Emperor to defend his rear while preparing for a two-pronged response. The six forces set out as the Demon God Emperor learned that Tree Demon God Busong and his Demon God Pillar had fallen, and waited for news identifying the attacker.

• Long Haochen explained that the Federation should avoid massacres, recruit the human-devil hybrid resistance if possible, and destroy resources in six nearby provincial capitals.
• Long Haochen predicted that the Demon God Emperor would send elite forces against him while directing a larger army toward Southeast Fortress, where the Federation’s ancestors and reinforcements could defend the passes.
• Long Haochen, Cai'er, Chen Ying'er, Wang Yuanyuan, Han Yu, and Zhang Fangfang each took command of one of six divisions, which set out into the Devil Race’s northern provinces.
• The Demon God Emperor announced that Tree Demon God Busong was dead and his Demon God Pillar had been destroyed, and Moon Demon God Agares said accurate news from Samo Province would take at least three days to arrive.

The Demon God Emperor prepared a million-strong elite army to invade human territory, while Vasak privately warned Agares that Long Haochen had become a grave threat and the Devil Race’s chance to stop him had passed. Agares then met a Black-Clad Man and revealed that the Demon God Emperor’s plan was also driven by fear that Long Haochen would target demon gods across Devil Race territory.

• Vasak told the Demon God Emperor that Long Haochen had likely destroyed Tree Demon God Busong’s Demon God Pillar, and the Emperor ordered the army preparations to continue while Agares gathered news from the north.
• After leaving the palace, Vasak told Agares that Long Haochen’s recognition by the Divine Seal Throne of Eternity and Creation proved he had become a major threat, and he suspected Austin Griffin was still alive.
• Agares privately admitted that Vasak had called the earlier chance to kill Long Haochen their only opportunity, and warned a Black-Clad Man that the Devil Race might be heading downhill.
• Agares explained that the Demon God Emperor planned to march west, break through the Southeast Fortress, and force a decisive battle at Holy City while plundering humanity.
• Agares told the Black-Clad Man that the Demon God Emperor had summoned demon gods with their Demon God Pillars because he feared Long Haochen would infiltrate Devil Race territory and hunt them.

Long Haochen’s Vanguard Legion destroyed demon strongholds across the six northern provinces, prompting Feng Xiu to abandon his original invasion plan and mobilize a major force against them. The chapter ended with demon leaders preparing for the campaign while Abao set out to locate Long Haochen’s army.

• Agares told his allies that Feng Xiu had gathered the demon gods to avoid facing Long Haochen piecemeal, and they decided to wait for reliable intelligence before contacting him.
• Long Haochen’s forces captured the six northern provincial capitals, and Long Haochen destroyed two Demon God Pillars, bringing the total destroyed to five.
• Feng Xiu concluded that Long Haochen was baiting him and ordered a campaign to pacify the north, sending Agares with demon forces and ordering Abao to scout ahead.
• Feng Xiu warned Abao not to engage Long Haochen recklessly, but Abao eagerly accepted the vanguard assignment and left to find the human army.
• Samikina, Malphas, and Hualifu emerged from the Demon Emperor Palace to carry out their mission, and Samikina cautioned that Feng Xiu’s appointment did not mean he trusted them.

Samikina explained why Agarest and Vasak posed a threat to the Demon God Emperor and why Abao might eventually inherit the throne. Meanwhile, Long Haochen sent the Vanguard Legion toward Dragon Guard Pass and continued with his strongest companions to Jialuo Province, where Moonlit Night arrived to meet him.

• Samikina warned Malbas and Walif that Agarest and Vasak were powerful enough to threaten the Demon God Emperor, and explained that the emperor planned to pass the throne to Abao.
• Abao set out north with twenty Heaven-Defying Demon Dragon Clan powerhouses while Long Haochen ordered Han Yu to lead the Vanguard Legion back toward Dragon Guard Pass.
• Long Haochen and his companions rested before heading for Jialuo Province, leaving the Vanguard Legion to potentially strike the Devil Race army outside Demon Extermination Pass.
• Long Haochen sensed a powerful Devil Race visitor approaching and waited because he believed she had come to meet him rather than fight.
• Moonlit Night revealed herself to Long Haochen and said she had come in person so he would trust her.

Moonlit Night met Long Haochen and offered intelligence about the Demon God Emperor’s approaching forces, seeking to renew their cooperation. Long Haochen accepted her information but demanded that she reveal the identity of her organization’s leader before he considered the alliance established.

• Moonlit Night asked Long Haochen whether he was still willing to trust her, and he listened calmly as she explained that the Star Demon God’s Great Prophecy had enabled the Demon God Emperor to predict their movements.
• Moonlit Night proposed renewing their cooperation and reported that multiple Devil Race armies and more than two hundred ninth-step experts were advancing toward the human fortresses, with Abao arriving within half a day.
• Long Haochen’s companions were shaken by the scale and timing of the enemy forces, but Long Haochen said Moonlit Night’s military intelligence alone did not prove her organization’s sincerity.
• Long Haochen demanded that Moonlit Night identify the true leader of her organization, leaving her pale and uncertain as she considered whether to disclose its greatest secret.

Moonlit Night revealed startling intelligence to Long Haochen, then agreed to cooperate with the Holy Temple Federation after he refused her flirtatious test. Warned that Abao was approaching with greatly increased strength, Long Haochen prepared to face his vanguard as Abao pursued a human army northward, eager to confront him.

• Moonlit Night secretly told Long Haochen something that shocked him, kissed his ear, and provoked Cai'er with her open affection for him.
• Long Haochen rejected Moonlit Night's demand for a kiss as proof of his sincerity and ended the negotiations, but she admitted she had been joking and agreed to cooperate.
• Moonlit Night warned Long Haochen to be careful of Abao, whose strength and equipment had greatly improved.
• Long Haochen decided to confront Abao's vanguard while allowing Han Yu and the others time to retreat, rather than recall his companions from their other fronts.
• Abao learned that a human army had attacked Tianluo City and was retreating north, then ordered his twenty Heaven-Defying Demon Dragon Clan followers to pursue it.

Abao and the Black Dragon Guard pursued Long Haochen, but an unseen assassin killed one of their members and escaped. Abao refused Huang Shuo’s request to wait for reinforcements, then flew toward a mysterious figure seated on a radiant throne.

• Abao sensed danger and halted the Black Dragon Guard to search their surroundings.
• An invisible assassin struck the last guard in the formation, fatally piercing the back of his neck before vanishing.
• Abao and the Black Dragon Guard donned their True-Form Dragon Armor, and Huang Shuo urged Abao to wait for the Demon God Emperor’s army.
• Abao insisted that they continue pursuing Long Haochen, arguing that stopping would let the enemy escape and that they needed to avenge their fallen clansman.
• Abao spotted a human seated on a radiant throne in the distance and surged toward him.

Long Haochen and Abao reunited after five years and began a one-on-one duel while the Dawn of Light Demon Hunter Squad engaged the Black Dragon Guards. An unseen assassin attacked Huang Shuo, and the chapter left Long Haochen fully equipped with the Divine Seal Throne as he assessed Abao’s formidable strength.

• Long Haochen challenged Abao to a one-on-one battle, and Abao accepted after Huang Shuo warned him not to rush into a trap.
• Nine members of the Dawn of Light Demon Hunter Squad appeared around the battlefield, and Huang Shuo sent the eighteen Black Dragon Guards after them while ordering them to keep their distance.
• An unseen assassin struck Huang Shuo with lethal killing intent, forcing him to activate his domain and focus on defending himself.
• Abao launched a swift attack with his purple greatsword, but Long Haochen’s Sun Moon Divine Snail Shield blocked it.
• Long Haochen summoned the Armor and Sword of Eternity, and he recognized that Abao had reached the fourth level of the ninth step in both cultivation and physical strength.

Long Haochen and Abao fought as Abao drew on one-third of the Heaven-Defying Demon Dragon Pillar’s power and revealed a mirror image of the artifact. Their domains clashed in a stalemate as the Black Dragon Guards began pursuing the Dawn of Light Demon Hunter Squad.

• Long Haochen blocked Abao’s charge with the Sword of Eternity and struck him with Revival of All Things, damaging his armor before Abao’s strange domain healed it.
• Abao summoned a purplish-red mirror image of the Heaven-Defying Demon Dragon Pillar and used its power to form dragon armor around himself.
• Long Haochen’s Judgment of Light left Abao unharmed, so Long Haochen released the Eternal Domain and met Abao’s Heaven-Defying Demon God Domain in battle.
• Long Haochen and Abao locked swords at the boundary between their domains, neither able to force the other back, while Huang Shuo watched and guarded against the hidden assassin.
• As their battle began, the Black Dragon Guards pursued the Dawn of Light Demon Hunter Squad, and the guards chasing Yang Wenzhao began closing in on his Star Brilliance Unicorn.

Yang Wenzhao and Duan Yi lured Black Dragon Guards into prepared ambushes, where the Tower of Eternity's warriors and mages unleashed Elemental Poison. Lin Xin then baited two more guards and revealed a gigantic blue dragon head that trapped them with its suction as it prepared to devour them.

• Yang Wenzhao drew two Black Dragon Guards into a forest ambush, where six warriors used Elemental Poison to engulf them.
• Duan Yi used his shield to block an attack while leading two Black Dragon Guards into a separate ambush, where six mages unleashed Elemental Poison.
• Lin Xin taunted two pursuing Black Dragon Guards and used his Heartflame Explosive Fireballs to keep them at a distance.
• One Black Dragon Guard transformed and used the Demon Dragon Domain to block Lin Xin's fireballs as the pair charged toward him.
• Lin Xin swallowed a pill, causing his blue blazing sun to expand and reveal a gigantic dragon head that trapped the guards in a powerful suction.

Lin Xin used the amplified Sacred Sun Curse to destroy two Black Dragon Guards as Long Haochen’s hidden forces overwhelmed Abao’s vanguard. Abao damaged his own origin to challenge Long Haochen, but was blasted back and began preparing another desperate attack as Huang Shuo rushed to intervene.

• Lin Xin’s Sacred Sun Curse swallowed two Heaven-Defying Demon Dragons in a vast blue fireball, and he credited the two Eternal Heroes beside him for amplifying his power.
• Long Haochen’s forces ambushed the Black Dragon Guards across several fronts, using the Eternal Heroes, Twelve Saint Guards, and Dawn of Light Demon Hunter Squad to overwhelm them.
• Abao poured purple blood onto the Purple Dragon Sky-Shocking Sword and briefly pressed Long Haochen’s defenses, but Long Haochen’s Sword of Eternity struck him back against the Heaven-Defying Demon Dragon Pillar.
• Abao roared and raised his sword for another attack, while Huang Shuo tried to rush to his aid and a black presence and golden figure appeared around them.

Abao used the Heavenly Demon Disintegration Technique to push his strength to its peak and challenge Long Haochen to a decisive battle. Long Haochen answered with Revival of All Things, empowered by the Wisdom Spirit Furnace, as Abao launched Purple Emperor's Heaven-Shaking Slash.

• Abao used the Heavenly Demon Disintegration Technique, sacrificing his future Cultivation Level to strengthen himself against Long Haochen.
• Long Haochen raised the Sword of Eternity and drew on the emerald-green power within his chest, while Abao prepared his Purple Dragon Sky-Shocking Sword.
• Xiao Huo held Huang Shuo's corpse as the returning members of the Dawn of Light Demon Hunter Squad witnessed Long Haochen and Abao facing off.
• Long Haochen transformed the Sword of Eternity and his Eternal Domain with emerald light, then attacked with Revival of All Things, infused with the Wisdom Spirit Furnace.
• Abao answered Long Haochen's strike with Purple Emperor's Heaven-Shaking Slash.

Long Haochen defeated Abao with Revival of All Things, which destroyed the Heaven-Defying Demon Dragon Pillar’s projection and stripped Abao of his enhanced power. He spared Abao to repay the Demon God Emperor for sparing his companions and sent him back with a challenge, then reunited with Cai'er.

• Long Haochen’s Revival of All Things merged with his domain and overcame Abao’s Purple Emperor’s Heaven-Shaking Slash, shattering the Heaven-Defying Demon Dragon Pillar’s projection.
• The attack left Abao gravely wounded and stripped away his Demon God Transformation, while Long Haochen reappeared with Ye Xiaolei’s power fading behind him.
• Abao demanded that Long Haochen kill him, but Long Haochen spared him and asked him to tell the Demon God Emperor that the six-thousand-year Dark Age was about to end.
• Long Haochen sent Abao flying away, concealing some of his abilities despite being injured by Abao’s final attack.
• Cai'er reached Long Haochen, struck his shoulder, and embraced him.

Long Haochen retreated toward Dragon Guard Pass after defeating Abao, while the Demon God Emperor learned that his son had been crippled and lost his claim to succession. As the Demon God Emperor’s forces advanced north, the chapter shifted to a meeting of the Warrior Temple’s leaders and nine Eternal Heroes at Southeast Fortress.

• Long Haochen sent Cai’er ahead to hurry the Vanguard Legion back to Dragon Guard Pass and led his companions toward the fortress.
• Demon God Emperor Feng Xiu struck Abao down, examined his condition, and learned that he had been crippled and would never reach Feng Xiu’s realm.
• Feng Xiu ordered Asmodeus to take Abao to Heart City and summon Leng Xiao, signaling that she would replace Abao as his heir.
• Abao told Feng Xiu that Long Haochen had defeated him and spared his life in repayment for Feng Xiu’s earlier mercy toward Long Haochen’s companions.
• Feng Xiu said Abao was no longer fit to inherit and led his forces north, while Agares discreetly took control of the capitals of the northern six provinces.
• At Southeast Fortress, Qiu Yonghao met with the nine Eternal Heroes and Warrior Temple powerhouses, who respected the heroes for sharing their knowledge and following Qiu Yonghao’s command.

The Demon God Emperor brought a formidable force to Dragon Guard Pass, while the human fortresses prepared to defend against the Devil Race’s advancing armies. As the two leaders confronted each other across the distance, Long Haochen summoned a radiant Divine Seal Throne that dispelled the fear gripping the pass.

• Qiu Yonghao learned that Necromancer Demon God Samikina was approaching Southeast Fortress with sixteen Demon Gods and five hundred thousand elite troops, and he ordered the fortress to focus on defense.
• Chen Hongyu prepared Myriad Beast Pass to hold against the Devil Race, while armies mobilized across the Holy Demon Continent.
• The Demon God Emperor’s force camped fifty li from Dragon Guard Pass, and nineteen Demon God Pillars appeared, alarming the defenders and Long Haochen.
• The Demon God Emperor called out to Long Haochen, who rose above Dragon Guard Pass and answered him.
• Long Haochen summoned a luminous Divine Seal Throne, whose radiance dispelled the defenders’ fear and the pressure of the Demon God Pillars.

Long Haochen faced the Demon God Emperor at Dragon Guard Pass, where they debated whether Haoyue was still alive and whether Long Haochen was truly human again. Long Haochen concealed his doubts and focused on keeping the Devil Race occupied until reinforcements could arrive.

• Long Haochen summoned the Divine Seal Throne of Eternity and Creation, restoring the human defenders’ morale as the Demon God Emperor revealed his own gigantic dragon throne.
• Long Haochen and Feng Xiu exchanged taunts, and Feng Xiu praised Long Haochen’s talent before warning that he could kill him again.
• Feng Xiu asked whether Austin Griffin was alive and argued that Long Haochen’s death five years earlier meant Haoyue must have died under the Blood Pact.
• Long Haochen doubted Feng Xiu’s deductions and realized Haoyue’s altered Light Attribute might mean it was different from the Austin Griffin the Demon God Emperor feared.
• Long Haochen kept Feng Xiu from learning the truth and planned to delay the Devil Race at Dragon Guard Pass until forces from Southeast Fortress and Myriad Beast Pass could reinforce him.

The Demon God Emperor offered Long Haochen his throne and an end to the war if he abandoned humanity and surrendered Ye Xiaolei’s divine seat, then gave him three days to decide. Long Haochen used the delay to prepare Dragon Guard Pass while the Demon God Emperor waited for news from the other fronts and planned to force Long Haochen’s submission.

• The Demon God Emperor told Long Haochen he had noticed his potential at Demon Extermination Pass and had once considered him as a possible heir.
• Feng Xiu offered Long Haochen the Demon God Emperor’s throne and an end to the war in exchange for his allegiance and Ye Xiaolei’s divine seat, then threatened him with death if he refused.
• Long Haochen rejected the offer publicly, and the Demon God Emperor gave him three days to answer before disappearing.
• Long Haochen convened a military meeting, warned that the Demon God Emperor was waiting for the battles at Southeast Fortress and Myriad Beast Pass, and ordered Dragon Guard Pass to stay alert.
• The Demon God Emperor camped fifty li from Dragon Guard Pass, ordered his forces to rest while remaining alert, and asked Agarest to seek reports from Samikina and Malphas.
• Feng Xiu privately judged Long Haochen a better successor than Abao or Leng Xiao and planned to pressure him into submitting by attacking humanity while he was pinned at Dragon Guard Pass.

Necromancer Demon God Samikina led a massive devil army toward Southeast Fortress, intent on plundering the Holy Temple Federation under the Demon God Emperor’s orders. Qiu Yonghao prepared the fortress using Moonlit Night’s intelligence, and the chapter ended as the first assault began.

• The Demon God Emperor ordered Samikina and Malbas to invade the Holy Temple Federation and plunder its people and resources.
• Samikina split the million devil elites, leading one force toward Southeast Fortress while Malbas and Walif marched on Myriad Beast Pass.
• Samikina ordered his exhausted army to attack after only an hour’s rest, promising human slaves to the first troops into Southeast Fortress.
• Qiu Yonghao gathered the fortress commanders and prepared defenses using detailed intelligence from Moonlit Night’s organization.
• Samikina sent the first fifty thousand troops, including Mad Demons, Avian Demons, and Demon Eye Sorcerers, to assault the fortress.
• Qiu Yonghao gave the order to begin as mages, priests, and summoners prepared their magic.