Chapter Summaries

Wang Wu’s bloodline evolution finally broke through into the aperture-opening stage, transforming his body and condensing three Ninth-Rank Aperture-Opening Demon Cores. He began inscribing one core with Passive Concealment, while keeping the other two choices for later.

• Wang Wu continued circulating his blood and qi, but days of effort gave him no sign of how to condense Aperture-Opening Demon Cores.
• As his remaining Vitality Points ran out, Wang Wu’s bloodline shackles shattered, destroying his three clouds of vitality before rebuilding his body and genes.
• Wang Wu awakened to aperture-opening, partially shapeshifted into a human form, and discovered his three clouds had become Aperture-Opening Demon Cores that could each inscribe a Natal ability.
• Wang Wu gained the Rage Bloodline Talent and learned that his three cores raised his Vitality Point limit to 18,000 and greatly increased his strength.
• Wang Wu chose to inscribe Passive Concealment onto one Aperture-Opening Demon Core, raising the talent from level 15 to 15+1.

Wang Wu advanced, improved his concealment and danger-sense talents, and sought a demon art from Wolf Bu'er. Their disagreement over strengthening his Companion Demonic Vine left him hungry and frustrated, so he accepted Uncle Song’s offer to trade spirit fruits for clearing rotten roots from his true body.

• Wang Wu inscribed Passive Concealment and Danger Sense, then postponed choosing his third demon-core inscription until he could learn what demon arts Wolf Bu'er could teach him.
• Wolf Bu'er offered Bear Sixteen’s recommended Grasswood Mountain Patrol Technique, but Wang Wu refused to loosen his Companion Demonic Vine’s permissions and argued that he had earned his place on the team.
• Wolf Bu'er insisted that the team had chosen Wang Wu because of his Companion Demonic Vine, defended its demand, and left after urging him to reconsider.
• Wang Wu asked Uncle Song for spirit fruits, and Uncle Song offered one fruit or herb for each rotten root Wang Wu cleared from his true body.
• Uncle Song led Wang Wu through the withered garden to a solitary dead-looking tree and told him to enter it and remove its rotten roots.

Wang Wu explored the ancient tree’s underground roots, where he discovered and killed a venomous creature before finding a rich source of nourishing liquid and eating part of the Tree Heart. Trapped inside after his feast, he upgraded Passive Concealment and gained powerful protection from detection.

• Wang Wu overcame his fears and followed the stairway beneath the withered tree, finding a silent underground chamber with a chained-looking Tree Heart.
• Wang Wu successfully inscribed Passive Concealment again, raising it to 15+2 and gaining a temporary enhancement when he activated two Aperture-Opening Demon Cores.
• Wang Wu tested the chamber, confirmed no immediate danger, then used his Companion Demonic Vine and Broken Sword to find and cut open hollow roots.
• A venomous creature attacked Wang Wu, but he dodged its black venom, grabbed it, froze it with Ice Spirit Energy, and chopped it into fragments.
• Wang Wu found fragrant liquid dripping near the Tree Heart, drank it for a huge boost to Satiety and Spirit Energy, then gnawed a large pit into the Tree Heart and became stuck.
• Wang Wu spent 12,500 Spirit Energy to upgrade Passive Concealment to 16+2, gaining protection against perception abilities and a chance to escape higher-ranked lock-ons.

Wang Wu’s enhanced Danger Sense led him to suspect that the Snow Wolf General was hidden beneath the ancient tree, while Uncle Song trapped him and made the Snow Wolf Clan elders search unsuccessfully. Uncle Song then revealed that he had framed Wang Wu to conceal his plan to escape imprisonment, and Wang Wu asked him to explain further.

• Wang Wu raised Heart of the Earth to level 5, escaped the tree root, and spent spiritual energy to raise Danger Sense to 16+1.
• Wang Wu sensed a heartbeat beyond the root, suspected the Snow Wolf General was nearby, and found his route out sealed by a mysterious force.
• Wolf Bu'er and five Snow Wolf Clan elders searched the underground area for Wang Wu, but their Wolf’s Gaze abilities could not detect him.
• After the elders and Wolf Bu'er left, Uncle Song told Wang Wu that the Myriad Transformation Wishful Demon Leaf revealed his presence to Ancient Tree Clan beings.
• Uncle Song said Wolf Bu'er now had reason to distrust Wang Wu and revealed that he wanted to escape after thousands of years imprisoned as the Snow Wolf Clan’s feng shui money tree.
• Wang Wu asked Uncle Song to explain the opportunity he had found to regain his freedom.

Wang Wu saw through Uncle Song’s attempt to lure him toward a trap and hid inside the tree root using Level 20 Passive Concealment. Wolf Bu'er flooded the hollow with poison and then burned it, believing Wang Wu had died, while Uncle Song urged her to accept the killing as a lesson.

• Uncle Song pressured Wang Wu to kill the Snow Wolf Clan leader and promised him the method to escape, but Wang Wu noticed the heartbeat came from the wrong direction and realized Uncle Song was lying.
• Wang Wu removed the Myriad Transformation Wishful Demon Leaf, activated the full potential of his Stealth Demon Core, and merged into the tree root as his Passive Concealment temporarily reached Level 20.
• Wolf Bu'er called the situation a test and begged Wang Wu to come out, but after he remained silent, she ordered the trap activated and flooded the hollow with Demon King-grade poison.
• After twelve hours, Wolf Bu'er drained the poison and burned the passage, believing Wang Wu had been killed, then sobbed that she had only wanted him to follow Bear Sixteen’s advice.
• Uncle Song told Wolf Bu'er that her father approved of her decision and urged her to learn from the consequences of driving a friend to his death.

Wang Wu escaped Centipede Town and fled far enough to avoid the Snow Wolf Clan, then investigated a new region where he hoped to find a place to hide and learn alchemy. He discovered that the area supported a thriving spirit-plant and pill-making industry, and decided to plan how to establish himself there.

• Wang Wu concluded that he and Wolf Bu'er had become mortal enemies and resolved to flee before the Snow Wolf General recovered.
• Wang Wu used Level 20 Passive Concealment to leave the Tree Heart space and slip out through Uncle Song's garden gate.
• Wang Wu traveled about fifteen hundred li south, avoiding Snow Wolf Clan markings along the way.
• Wang Wu surveyed the towns and villages in the new region and identified three factions operating under a shared mountain emblem.
• Wang Wu spent a month observing the region and learned that it cultivated Fast-growing Spirit Fruits and Spirit Grass and produced pills through a developed industrial chain.

Wang Wu followed a demon transport team to a vast Sky Pit that he suspected was the Western Wilderness Grand Market, then disguised himself as a bear demon and entered the crowded city. As he tried to take in the enormous settlement, an alarm announced a Blood Thief attack, and a tiger demon dragged him into the fight.

• Wang Wu shadowed She Daduan's transport team and learned about its workers, wages, and life in the Western Wilderness.
• The team reached a gigantic Sky Pit ringed by fortified clan bunkers, including one bearing the Snow Wolf Clan's banner.
• Wang Wu disguised himself as a permanent-worker bear demon and joined the stream of demons entering the Sky Pit.
• He saw the city's winding roads, cave homes, and demon residents, and guessed that more than ten million demons lived there.
• Alarm bells rang as someone warned that Blood Thieves were attacking, and the demons rushed to defend themselves.
• A tiger demon pulled Wang Wu aside and told him to prepare to fight.

Wang Wu helped Sky Pit City defend against a massive Blood Mosquito attack and witnessed the Centipede Ancestor drive off a powerful Blood Thief. After the battle, he heard demons discuss the hardships of life in the city, then learned that She Caihua had advanced to Fifth Rank and was recruiting retainers to establish his own mountain estate.

• Wang Wu spotted the Blood Mosquito swarm approaching as Sky Pit City sounded its alarms and prepared to defend itself from attacks coming from the north and south.
• A blood-red whirlwind appeared and threatened to slaughter the Western Wilderness demons, but the Centipede Ancestor gathered its blood blades and vanished with it into the sky.
• Wang Wu fought the Blood Mosquitoes with his Mysterious Iron Shield and Crimson Flame Spirit Energy while the city’s demons and bird demons drove back the swarm.
• After the attack, Wang Wu spoke with a tiger demon and overheard others complain about declining resources, dangerous Blood Thieves, and the difficulty of life in Sky Pit City.
• A gong announced that She Caihua had advanced to Fifth Rank and was recruiting one hundred retainers as he established an estate; Wang Wu watched the demons celebrate and felt bewildered by the city.

Wang Wu found She Daduan and She Ergou preparing to support She Caihua, and his Serpent Affinity made the couple dangerously devoted to him. He offered She Caihua Demon King Grade Venom in exchange for help operating discreetly as an escaped Illegal Fiend.

• Wang Wu discovered that She Daduan and She Ergou planned to sell their cave dwelling and use the proceeds to help She Caihua claim a mountain as king.
• She Daduan and She Ergou recognized Wang Wu as Bear Two and offered him their cave dwelling for free, but he fled their overwhelming affection.
• She Caihua confronted Wang Wu, believing he had bewitched its relatives, and Wang Wu demonstrated that his influence over them could suddenly fail.
• Wang Wu offered to provide Demon King Grade Venom, and She Caihua showed interest in purchasing more than the cave dwelling required.
• Wang Wu revealed that he was an escaped Illegal Fiend and asked She Caihua to help him stay hidden in exchange for cooperation, warning that he could leave while the Caihua Snake Clan had much to lose.

Wang Wu struck a deal with She Caihua, exchanging Demon King Grade Venom for a legal identity, upgraded cave dwellings, and cultivation supplies. After the arrangements were completed, he secretly prepared five drops of Paralysis Toxin as payment.

• She Caihua offered Wang Wu a second cave dwelling, spirit-field upgrades, a pill furnace, and help with other affairs in exchange for Demon King Grade Venom.
• Wang Wu inspected his cave dwelling and learned how the region cultivated spirit herbs and fruit using ancient tree remains from the Black Forest.
• She Caihua returned the next day with ancient tree remains and Lü Dongyang, a human craftsman from the Yunfu Merchant Guild, to upgrade Wang Wu's facilities.
• Lü Dongyang upgraded the pill furnace and spirit-field formations while She Caihua oversaw the work and Wang Wu watched.
• Wang Wu accepted She Caihua's small gourd and secretly filled it with five drops of 99.99%-pure Paralysis Toxin from his Companion Demonic Vine.

Wang Wu gave She Caihua Demon King-grade Paralysis Toxin, prompting Lü Dongyang to send an invisible Little Tree Spirit to inspect Wang Wu’s cave residence. Wang Wu discovered the spy, kept his cover, and greatly improved his Spiritual Resonance Talent, leaving him able to detect spiritual energy and inspect formations with unusual precision.

• Wang Wu gave She Caihua a gourd of Demon King-grade Paralysis Toxin, and She Caihua thanked him and left with the cave residence deeds.
• She Caihua presented the venom to Lü Dongyang, who judged Wang Wu to be a powerful Mortal Blood Demon and sent a talisman-hidden Little Tree Spirit to investigate him.
• Wang Wu detected the Little Tree Spirit searching his cave residences but let it leave without confronting it.
• Wang Wu used the Spiritual Essence Gourd to raise his Spiritual Resonance Talent to level 11, increasing his spiritual energy storage limit to 3,600 points.
• Wang Wu discovered that his enhanced Spiritual Resonance let him detect spiritual energy and read spiritual field formations, suggesting he could learn to deploy formations.

Wang Wu spent spiritual energy to strengthen his healing and base attributes, awakening new Bloodline Secret Techniques and discovering the power of his Rage talent. He realized that Rage could combine with his secret techniques for enormous temporary boosts, though he still had to conserve resources for long-term cultivation.

• Wang Wu raised Self-Healing to level 15 and improved his recovery in all three modes.
• Wang Wu raised his base defense to 90 and his base strength to 90, awakening the Turning the Tide Bloodline Secret Technique.
• Wang Wu raised his base agility to 90 and awakened Swift and Decisive, which could combine with his other secret techniques for a potentially fatal strike.
• Wang Wu decided not to spend more spiritual energy on Health Points because he needed to reserve it for cultivation and other expenses.
• Wang Wu raised Rage to level 5 and realized it could stack with his Bloodline Secret Techniques to greatly increase his attributes for a short time.

Wang Wu waited for the Eighth-grade Spirit Fruits to ripen while cultivating his Ice-Fire Dual Spirit Root, then began experimenting with pill refinement. The chapter ended with him using a small reaction vessel and synchronized ice and fire spiritual energy to attempt refining a Ninth-grade Spirit Fruit.

• Wang Wu spent nearly a year cultivating his Ice-Fire Dual Spirit Root, reaching (7/10) while the Little Tree Spirit stopped visiting regularly.
• Wang Wu harvested twelve natural Eighth-grade Spirit Fruits and seven natural Ninth-grade Spirit Fruits from one tree, and eleven Eighth-grade and nine Ninth-grade Spirit Fruits from the other.
• Wang Wu examined an Eighth-grade Spirit Fruit and concluded that pill refinement could improve how efficiently its spiritual energy was absorbed.
• Wang Wu dismantled She Daduan's family's Ninth-grade Pill Furnace and selected its small core reaction vessel for his experiment.
• Wang Wu sealed a Ninth-grade Spirit Fruit inside the vessel and applied Crimson Flame Spirit Energy and Ice Spirit Energy simultaneously with his two paws.

Wang Wu’s failed attempt to refine a Ninth-grade Spirit Fruit led him to study the Spirit Energy Light Film, whose concealment effect captivated him. After days of experiments and explosions, he discovered a stable balance of Crimson Flame and Ice Spirit Energy and learned the Basic Stealth Spell.

• Wang Wu ruined a Ninth-grade Spirit Fruit with an overly forceful ice-and-fire method, then ate it to assess what had gone wrong.
• Wang Wu used only Crimson Flame Spirit Energy and gradually adjusted its output and rotation until a Spirit Energy Light Film concealed the fruit’s Spiritual Energy.
• Wang Wu abandoned the fruit-refining experiment to investigate how to strengthen and stabilize the concealing film.
• Wang Wu repeatedly combined Crimson Flame and Ice Spirit Energy, causing explosions as he searched for the right balance.
• After a day of experiments stretched across ten days, Wang Wu formed a stable ball of Spiritual Energy and learned the Basic Stealth Spell.
• Wang Wu improved his control of Crimson Flame and Ice Spirit Energy, bringing both Beginner Spirit Root progress levels to 9/10.

Wang Wu refined Practice Pills and consumed too many too quickly, triggering a dangerous bloodline collapse that he slowly brought under control with his Ice-Fire Dual Spirit Root. After months of recovery and stealth, he sensed he was close to advancing his spirit root when he heard an unusual disturbance outside.

• Wang Wu turned the Spirit Energy Light Film technique into a reliable method for refining eighth-grade Practice Pills and swallowed several to build spirit energy and strengthen his Bloodline Secret Techniques.
• After consuming twelve Practice Pills and spending 60,000 points of spirit energy, Wang Wu suffered spirit energy poisoning and a bloodline collapse that disabled most of his powers.
• Wang Wu used his Ice Spirit Energy to slow the collapse and his Crimson Flame Spirit Energy and Self-Healing Talent to restore his bloodline over the next month.
• Wang Wu recovered with his Bloodline Evolution at 48.2%, but his Passive Concealment weakened, so he hid in his storeroom using a Human stealth spell.
• After another three months, Wang Wu continued cultivating the Ice-Fire Dual Spirit Root and neared an intermediate breakthrough before hearing an unusual disturbance outside.

Wang Wu broke through to Human Realm Eighth-grade while thieves searched his cave, then killed She Caihua when it approached him. Lü Dongyang tracked him down and tried to capture him, but Wang Wu used a burst of Quantum Stealth to evade every detection formation.

• Wang Wu advanced both spirit roots to Intermediate Spirit Roots, gaining new Dao arts, defensive abilities, and Human Realm Eighth-grade cultivation as thieves searched his cave.
• She Caihua arrived, killed the petty thieves, and asked Wang Wu to sell it Demon King-grade paralytic venom.
• Wang Wu's Companion Demonic Vine bound and killed She Caihua when it stepped toward him.
• Lü Dongyang revealed that She Caihua had exposed Wang Wu's identity and claimed he had surrounded the area with formations to capture him.
• Wang Wu used his refined Spirit Energy Light Film to enter Quantum Stealth, causing Lü Dongyang's detection and tracking formations to fail.

Wang Wu escaped Lü Dongyang’s traps by unleashing stacked bloodline techniques, then killed the hunter despite taking a devastating sword strike. He looted cautiously and left Great Pit City for Heavenly Dao Mountain to hide and continue cultivating.

• Lü Dongyang trapped Wang Wu with lightning, vines, severed tendons, iron nails, and seals before trying to bind him with a magical artifact.
• Wang Wu stacked Qi Condensation Transformation, Swift and Decisive, Turning the Tide, Bronze Head Iron Bones, and Rage, then broke free of his restraints.
• Lü Dongyang’s Natal Sword Artifact pierced Wang Wu’s throat, but Wang Wu’s defenses and Companion Demonic Vine absorbed most of the damage.
• Wang Wu smashed Lü Dongyang through his protective artifacts, killed him, and took his Natal Sword Artifact and selected supplies.
• Wang Wu erased his traces, concealed his scent, and departed Great Pit City toward Heavenly Dao Mountain to lie low and cultivate.

Wang Wu sensed danger while crossing a river and hid deep underground as the Snow Wolf General, Flying Eagle, and Tiger Roar discussed hunting him and bargaining over Bu Er’s marriage. The Snow Wolf General broke with the others, while Flying Eagle and Tiger Roar struck a deal and hinted that the Snow Wolves might move south.

• Wang Wu spotted a Sky-Gazing Compass during the dawn Spiritual Essence and later crossed the river, then burrowed deep underground when his Danger Sense warned him.
• The Snow Wolf General met Flying Eagle and Tiger Roar, who discussed the bounty on Xiong Wu and the need to stop him before he grew stronger.
• Tiger Roar demanded that Bu Er marry Tiger Vanguard in three days, but the Snow Wolf General refused to sacrifice her daughter and left.
• Flying Eagle admitted that Human cultivators had offered him twelve fourth-rank Mirror-Breaking Heavenly Spirit Pills, and Tiger Roar demanded eight of them.
• Tiger Roar mentioned that the Snow Wolves planned to move to the Southern Wilderness, where two great Demon Emperors ruled.

Wang Wu hid underground and spent six years cultivating, balancing demon-core advancement, his Ice-Fire Dual Spirit Root, and tempering his Destined Demonic Weapon while repairing hidden bloodline damage. His three Aperture-Opening Demon Cores advanced to Eighth-grade, pushing his Bloodline Evolution past 50% and granting him the direct inheritance of the Bear Demon Emperor.

• Wang Wu hid in a hollow beneath the underground river, refined his spirit fruits into Practice Pills, and stockpiled Situational Vitality Pills.
• Wang Wu cultivated his demon cores with Vitality Points, then alternated between Ice-Fire Dual Spirit Root cultivation and tempering his Destined Demonic Weapon to maintain his health.
• Wang Wu spent three years repairing hidden bloodline damage, raising his Bloodline Evolution to 49.19% while his Ice-Fire Dual Spirit Roots reached (5/50).
• Wang Wu spent another three years cultivating, bringing both Ice-Fire Dual Spirit Roots to (11/50) before his three Aperture-Opening Demon Cores naturally advanced to Eighth-grade.
• Wang Wu's Bloodline Evolution rose to 52.19%, surpassing his father's, grandfather's, and great-grandfather's bloodline limits and granting him the direct bloodline inheritance of his great-great-grandfather, the Bear Demon Emperor.
• Wang Wu learned that further Bloodline Evolution required life-and-death challenges at the Great Wilderness Demon Emperor level.

Wang Wu awakened Endless Vitality and gained access to Indestructible Golden Body, then left his secluded cultivation site to seek information and a path to the Demon Race Academy. He emerged in an unknown part of the Western Wilderness and headed toward a prominent mountain where a great demon might live.

• Wang Wu discovered that activating all five of his basic Bloodline Secret Techniques together granted Indestructible Golden Body, and he judged himself roughly equal to Ape Bupuo from nine years earlier.
• Wang Wu considered seeking knowledge at the academy, noting that Bear Mom's will was fading and that he needed to learn how to refine Vitality Pills.
• Wang Wu assessed his strength and damage output, decided he had reached the peak of the sixth rank, and left his underground shelter.
• Wang Wu traveled downstream through the underground river for half a month, then emerged more than two thousand meters underground under cover of darkness.
• Wang Wu transformed into human form, disguised himself with She Ergou's clothes and an invisibility cloak, and used two Practice Pills to raise Passive Concealment to Level 17.
• Wang Wu headed toward a prominent mountain to find a great demon and gather information about reaching Heavenly Dao Mountain and the Demon Race Academy.