Chapter Summaries

Wang Wu charged with the Death Seekers Camp as it attacked the Human cultivators’ Sword Light Bead Curtain Array, while he tried to stay alive by retreating and following stronger demons. The vanguard breached part of the array, leaving Wang Wu approaching the remaining sword-light blades amid the larger battle.

• A hallucinogenic toxin drove the Death Seekers Camp into a frenzied charge, and Wang Wu pretended to be swept up in it.
• The first wave of flying demons was cut down by thirty-six enormous sword-light blades, but a few survivors ignited with Death Seals and struck the array.
• The demons consumed the battlefield’s blood and remains to grow stronger, allowing powerful fighters such as Leopard Big Spring, Turtle No-Care, and Hei You Liang to charge through the blades.
• Wang Wu fell back and later followed a group of large demons as the Death Seekers Camp’s remaining forces advanced and the legitimate war camps joined the battle.
• Twelve sword-light blades vanished, followed by eight more, as the Death Seekers Camp’s vanguard pierced part of the array.

Wang Wu survived a devastating demon charge by hiding beneath the battlefield’s carnage, then spent the spiritual energy he gathered to upgrade Heart of the Earth to Level 3. As the city-wall array fell and both armies became locked in chaotic combat, he crawled out to avoid a supervisory squad that was collecting the dead and wounded.

• Aerial demons and Bull Demons charged the human array, while Wang Wu fled through the advancing horde as the Sword Light Bead Curtain Array became a towering wall.
• Spirit Light Crossbow Bolts killed the Great Black Ox’s companions and eventually brought down the ox, while Wang Wu survived the barrage and trampling by using his defenses and healing abilities.
• Wang Wu devoured corpses to restore himself, gathered more than 5,000 spiritual energy, and upgraded Heart of the Earth to Level 3.
• Giant wolves trampled over Wang Wu, but their paws could not break his defense; crossbow fire killed many wolves and struck him as well.
• Wang Wu sensed that most of the Death Seekers Camp had been wiped out and that the demon forces had breached the wall, while human attacks continued to inflict heavy losses.
• Wang Wu crawled out from beneath the corpses when a supervisory squad arrived to collect the dead, wounded, flesh, and soil, as the battle devolved into close combat.

Wang Wu survived the battle by drawing the human crossbowmen’s fire and helping the demons break through a section of the formation wall. After the demons secured a foothold and the Devil Vines spread across the battlefield, Wang Wu learned that he had been made commander of the Ninth Death Seekers Camp.

• Wang Wu charged into the human formation with the last proper Demon Race legion, blocking Spirit Light Crossbow Bolts with a damaged Mysterious Iron Shield while relying on his Danger Sense to dodge attacks.
• A Wolf Demon followed Wang Wu and killed nine crossbowmen targeting him, but human crossbowmen focused their fire and killed the Wolf Demon.
• Wang Wu drew the fire of twenty-eight crossbowmen; as demon allies counterattacked, a formation wall pillar collapsed and the demons captured the area.
• The Demon Race planted Devil Vines that rapidly grew into a forest, using human and demon corpses as nourishment and defensive walls.
• During the post-battle count, Wang Wu told the captain he had no kills, and the captain named him commander of the Ninth Death Seekers Camp because Leopard Big Spring was dead.

Wang Wu benefited from Grandpa Tree's branch and was ordered to command a new batch of Death Seekers Camp recruits. After branding himself with a Death-Seeking Seal, he discovered it concealed potent toxins and powers that could also activate the seals of nearby soldiers.

• Wang Wu learned that Grandpa Tree's branch had boosted his talents and accelerated his recovery while he stayed within range.
• Green Wolf Centurion ordered Wang Wu to receive the new Death Seekers Camp recruits, and other demon soldiers defended his battlefield contributions.
• Wang Wu followed Green Wolf Centurion to meet ten thousand Illegal Fiends assigned to the Death Seekers Camp.
• The one-eyed tiger explained that Wang Wu had to oversee the recruits, brand them with Death Seals, and bring them to battle.
• Wang Wu branded his own chest with a sixth-rank Death-Seeking Seal and discovered it contained hallucinogenic, fire, and Demon King-grade toxins as well as powers that could activate nearby linked seals.

Wang Wu took command of the Ninth Death Seekers Camp and received ten thousand weak, ninth-grade recruits after the other commanders picked the best soldiers. He settled them at a remote campsite, collected their supplies, and began considering how to improve their food.

• Wang Wu learned that the Death-Seeking Seal could activate subsidiary seals and hold 2,000 Vitality Points, then watched the other camp commanders take the strongest recruits and leave him the leftovers.
• Wang Wu led his ten thousand ninth-grade Sprites to the Ninth Camp’s campsite and found they remained within the boundaries marked by his command banner.
• Wang Wu collected the camp’s supplies and learned that he could not requisition a Mysterious Iron Shield without paying with merit, Spiritual Energy, or other resources.
• Wang Wu ate a fast-grown Little Mountain Chicken, distributed sacks of feed to the Sprites, and received spiritual wine with the rest of the supplies.
• Wang Wu decided to experiment with the camp’s ingredients and announced that he would roast a chicken.

Wang Wu refined Little Mountain Chickens with Crimson Flame Spirit Energy and gained a large supply of Vitality Points, then used Deep Freeze to turn a human Spirit Light Crossbow Bolt into a Ninth-grade Mystical Artifact. He prepared for possible battle at the Death Seekers Camp with his vitality restored and a new way to use the bolts.

• Wang Wu roasted a Little Mountain Chicken with Crimson Flame Spirit Energy, ate it, and gained 100 Vitality Points as Bear Mom’s voice explained that refining food was a foundation of alchemy.
• Wang Wu refined more Little Mountain Chickens, gaining nearly 100 Vitality Points from each, until ten chickens filled his Vitality Points to 1,700.
• Wang Wu recognized that he would need at least fifteen days in excellent condition to trigger Spirit Overflow, though he might be sent to battle from the Death Seekers Camp at any time.
• Wang Wu removed all 237 Spirit Light Crossbow Bolts from his Mysterious Iron Shield and decided to refine them into mystical artifacts.
• Wang Wu used Deep Freeze to imprint an ice structure onto a Spirit Light Crossbow Bolt nine times, turning the half-finished artifact into a Ninth-grade Mystical Artifact.

Wang Wu used Crimson Flame Spirit Energy and his vitality to temper the damaged Mysterious Iron Shield, turning it into a much stronger defense. After recovering and improving his attributes, he began a second tempering with both ice and fire.

• Wang Wu decided to repair and refine the Mysterious Iron Shield by fusing it with the Spirit Light Crossbow Bolt arrowheads.
• Wang Wu wrapped the shield in Crimson Flame Spirit Energy while it was frozen, enduring dangerous pressure until the energy settled into the iron.
• Wang Wu woke the next day and learned that the shield’s durability had increased from 300 to 500 Spirit Light Crossbow Bolts, while his Internal Breathing Technique and energy control had improved.
• Wang Wu replenished his Vitality Points and Spiritual Energy, upgraded the Heart of the Earth to Level 4, and raised his attributes.
• Wang Wu began a second round of shield tempering using 200 points each of Ice Spirit Energy and Crimson Flame Spirit Energy, along with 1,700 Vitality Points.

Wang Wu refined the Mysterious Iron Shield into an Eighth-grade artifact by balancing Ice Spirit Energy and Crimson Flame Spirit Energy, then chose to pursue a Heavenly Grade Destined Artifact rather than settle for a lesser one. After resting and recovering, he awakened his Companion Demonic Vine and discovered its toxin and life-saving abilities.

• Wang Wu infused the Mysterious Iron Shield with 200 points each of Ice Spirit Energy and Crimson Flame Spirit Energy, forming a stable balance that the shield absorbed.
• The status panel identified the shield as an Eighth-grade artifact that could convert between Ice Spirit Energy and Crimson Flame Spirit Energy, while Bear Mom explained the grades of Destined Artifacts and Destined Demonic Weapons.
• Wang Wu chose to aim for Heavenly Grade and decided not to make the Mysterious Iron Shield his Destined Artifact yet.
• Wang Wu recovered by sleeping and eating roast chicken until an unbearable itch awakened him and signaled that his Companion Demonic Vine had awakened.
• Wang Wu examined the vine's status panel and learned it had paralysis toxin, could share toxin damage, transfer lethal damage, and provide him with Vitality Points.

Wang Wu and his Death Seekers Camp fought to seal a fissure opened during the humans’ surprise assault on the forest camp. After the camp was nearly wiped out, Wang Wu used the resulting Crimson Flame Spirit Energy to open two more Crimson Flame Meridians, leaving his Fire Spirit Root at 3/10.

• The Companion Demonic Vine’s traits satisfied Wang Wu, and he spent two peaceful days eating roast chicken and drinking spirit wine before the humans launched their second attack.
• Human forces unleashed flames and magma from above and sent Plant Zombies through cracks in the ground, while the Death-Seeking Seals drove recruits into a frenzied state.
• Wang Wu gathered the Ninth Death Seekers Camp and charged into a fissure, where his seal turned him into a fire-wreathed weapon against the Plant Zombies.
• The recruits sacrificed themselves in the blaze, sealing the fissure with burning zombies and venom as Wang Wu was trapped beneath the pile.
• Wang Wu used the pressure of the accumulating Crimson Flame Spirit Energy to open his second and third Crimson Flame Meridians, raising his Fire Spirit Root progress to 3/10 and its storage limit to 400 points.

Wang Wu watched the Poison Dragon Chariot emerge from the earth rift and saw North Mountain Great King destroy it, only to be struck by a Myriad Poisons Sect assassin. Seeing a chance to help the poisoned great demon, Wang Wu prepared to cross the toxic fog with his Ice-Fire Dual Spirit Root’s poison immunity.

• Wang Wu hid in the flames as the Poison Dragon Chariot burst from the rift and battled the demon soldiers.
• North Mountain Great King revealed its true form and destroyed the Poison Dragon Chariot, killing everyone aboard.
• A Myriad Poisons Sect assassin shot North Mountain Great King with a poisonous bolt and escaped underground, leaving the great demon and nearby soldiers to succumb to Five Poisons Spirit Energy.
• Wang Wu emerged from hiding, ate the fallen Great Black Oxen’s meat, and spent 7,500 spirit energy to raise his basic defense.
• Wang Wu decided to approach North Mountain Great King and entered the poisonous fog, relying on his Ice-Fire Dual Spirit Root for 2,000 points of poison-damage immunity.

Wang Wu rescued the poisoned North Mountain Great King from a Five Poisons Spirit Energy mist but was forced to wait outside the protected area for Grandpa Tree's branch saplings. He eventually eradicated the toxin with his Ice-Fire Dual Spirit Root, gaining new resistances and greater bloodline growth.

• Wang Wu carried the rotting North Mountain Great King out of the poisonous mist while demon soldiers let him pass after hearing that the Great King had been poisoned.
• Demon soldiers acting under Snow Wolf General's orders barred Wang Wu from approaching Grandpa Tree's branch saplings, so he retreated and watched his Self-Healing Talent build toxin resistance.
• Wang Wu used his Ice-Fire Dual Spirit Root to stop the Five Poisons Spirit Energy from damaging him, then scraped poisoned flesh from North Mountain Great King's body to help remove the toxin.
• Wang Wu spent more than ten hours clearing the remaining Five Poisons Spirit Energy with Ice Spirit Energy and Crimson Flame Spirit Energy.
• Wang Wu gained bloodline evolution, Demon King Level Toxin Resistance, resistance to five prerequisite toxins, and increased Special Growth Rate.

Wang Wu saved the North Mountain Great King and became its subordinate after it recovered from its injuries. The Great King led him toward Grandpa Tree's branch sapling, where a new attack on the human formation was ordered.

• Wang Wu carried the unconscious North Mountain Great King out of the poisonous mist and gathered demon corpses as food for it.
• The North Mountain Great King shed its ruined body, recovered its strength with Spirit Pills, and offered Wang Wu a choice between becoming its subordinate or receiving a Spirit Pill and leaving.
• Wang Wu chose to follow the North Mountain Great King, ate the corpses it gave him, and upgraded his Bronze Head Iron Bones secret technique.
• The North Mountain Great King led Wang Wu past newly arrived Death Seekers Camp recruits and told him to wait outside Grandpa Tree's branch sapling.
• A commanding voice ordered all troops to attack the human grand formation and commanded the Death Seekers Camp to take its positions and charge.

Wang Wu joined North Mountain Great King’s army as the Demon Race launched a desperate assault on the human formation. The Death Seekers Camp broke through two layers at terrible cost, and North Mountain Great King led the remaining forces into battle.

• North Mountain Great King assembled its legions, ordered them to fight to the death, and used a magical banner to grant them Vitality Points.
• Wang Wu followed the North Mountain Legion past Little Mountain Pig and saw other Great Kings gather their armies while the human formation faced the million-strong Death Seekers Camp.
• The Death Seekers Camp activated its seals and charged as the Sword Light Bead Curtain Array devastated its ranks and the human formation revealed itself.
• The Death Seekers Camp broke through the formation’s first two defenses, losing most of its soldiers in the assault.
• North Mountain Great King, South Mountain Great King, Black Mountain King, and other local demons led their forces in a full-scale charge.

Wang Wu was caught in a devastating clash after the Humans activated a teleportation formation and a Heaven Realm cultivator unleashed a sword strike across the battlefield. He fell near death, then heard Little Mountain Pig and a cow-voiced demon arrive and argue that he could still be saved.

• The Black Mountain King broke through the Human defenses, but a Myriad Poisons Sect attack devastated the Black Mountain Legion and drove him into hiding.
• The Humans activated a teleportation formation, prompting the North Mountain Great King, South Mountain Great King, and Black Mountain King to press their attack.
• A blinding flash struck the battlefield, and Wang Wu suffered severe injuries from residual sword qi as the attack killed millions of demons and a hundred thousand Humans.
• General Ape Duke fought Lu Wuchen and retreated as the battle moved hundreds of miles away, while Wang Wu lost consciousness.
• Little Mountain Pig found Wang Wu and called him dead, but an unfamiliar cow-voiced demon insisted he was only playing dead and could be saved.

Wang Wu awoke at Heavenly Dao Mountain and learned from Old Ox's sister how the survivors escaped Great Snow Mountain and why humans had hunted the Western Wilderness demons for centuries. He remained with the survivors, newly informed about his suspected Ancient Bear King lineage and the ruthless logic of war.

• Wang Wu woke in a Black Spider's web at Heavenly Dao Mountain, where Old Ox, Old Ox's sister, and Little Mountain Pig had brought him after rescuing him.
• Old Ox's sister named him Xiong Wu, explained that they had escaped because they anticipated Lu Wuchen's attack, and revealed that she suspected he was a descendant of the Ancient Bear King.
• Old Ox's sister told Wang Wu that Lu Wuchen had hunted demons capable of becoming Demon Emperors, killed the Ancient Bear King's family, and forced the remaining Great Kings to plan for their bloodlines' survival.
• Old Ox's sister explained that the group escaped underground with Snow Wolf General's help, though Snow Wolf General died, and they fled to Mad Tiger King's territory while Lu Wuchen pursued General Ape Duke.
• When Wang Wu questioned Lu Wuchen's slaughter, Old Ox's sister argued that war demanded deception and every available tactic.

Wang Wu learned how human influence threatened the demons of the Western Wilderness and challenged Old Ox and Little Mountain Pig to prove that ordinary demon bloodlines could reach the peak. He began the challenge by using his Companion Demonic Vine to paralyze Old Ox.

• Old Ox's sister explained how humans had encroached on the Western Wilderness and urged Wang Wu to join Heavenly Dao Mountain Academy, then berated the trio and left.
• Old Ox suspected a spirit beast among their group, while he and Little Mountain Pig discussed humans' blood replacement that could turn demons into long-lived, controlled spirit beasts.
• Little Mountain Pig lamented that learning about the world had shattered his Dao heart, and Wang Wu argued that humans would also betray their principles for a longer life.
• Wang Wu bet that ordinary Demon Race bloodlines could stand atop the world, and Old Ox and Little Mountain Pig accepted the challenge.
• Old Ox led Wang Wu and Little Mountain Pig to a concealed forest shelter, where Wang Wu's Companion Demonic Vine injected him with paralysis toxin and dropped him.

Wang Wu subdued Old Ox and the Little Mountain Pig with his Companion Demonic Vine, then cultivated his Ice-Fire Dual Spirit Root while they recovered. After paralyzing Old Ox’s sister when she charged into the Vine Secret Realm, he fled into concealment and reflected on the Western Wilderness’s precarious state.

• Wang Wu assessed Old Ox’s injuries and paralysis, then injected the Little Mountain Pig with a small dose of toxin and knocked it unconscious.
• Wang Wu spent three days cultivating his Ice-Fire Dual Spirit Root while Old Ox and the Little Mountain Pig recovered.
• Old Ox admitted defeat and explained his astonishment at Wang Wu’s Companion Demonic Vine.
• Old Ox’s sister charged into the Vine Secret Realm, and Wang Wu paralyzed her with the vine.
• Wang Wu told Old Ox and the Little Mountain Pig to return in a month for more poison exposure, then hid nearby and left when Old Ox’s sister woke and cursed him.
• Wang Wu traveled away in concealment and considered the divisions and dangers threatening the Western Wilderness.

Wang Wu met Old Ox's group and learned that they wanted him to join a team protecting Bear Sixteen as they traveled toward the Black Forest. After hearing why the Demon Race was hiding from human cultivators, Wang Wu faced a choice about joining their mission.

• Wang Wu hid near the meeting place, then revealed himself after Old Ox's sister offered three Golden Lightning Talismans in exchange for his Paralysis Toxin.
• Old Ox's sister introduced Wolf Bu'er, Ape Bupuo, and Bear Sixteen, explaining their prominent lineages and that Bear Sixteen was their mission's priority.
• Wolf Bu'er used her Wolf Glance to probe Wang Wu, while Ape Bupuo described Wang Wu's talents and invited him to join the team heading west to the Black Forest.
• Ape Bupuo challenged Wang Wu to test Bear Sixteen and offered him the chance to take Bear Sixteen's place, but Wang Wu doubted his ability to win.
• Wang Wu asked why the Great Ape King had not sent Ape Lord or Snow Wolf General to protect Bear Sixteen, and Ape Bupuo explained that human cultivators tracked demons with the Sky-Gazing Compass.
• Ape Bupuo revealed that the team was part of a secret effort to send young demons toward the Black Forest and escape human persecution.

Wang Wu joined Ape Bupuo’s team and endured their training with Deep Freeze and Golden Lightning Talismans, gaining his first point of Lightning Resistance. He tested his Companion Demonic Vine on the others and learned about Ape Bupuo’s secret-eavesdropping companion creature, then declined Ape Bupuo’s invitation to spar.

• Wang Wu agreed to travel with Ape Bupuo’s team, which planned to head for the Black Forest in winter after further training.
• Ape Bupuo and Wolf Bu’er used Golden Lightning Talismans and Deep Freeze to test the team’s lightning resistance, badly injuring Little Mountain Pig.
• After repeated exposure, Wang Wu gained one point of Lightning Resistance and discovered its maximum was 10,000 points.
• Wang Wu tested his Companion Demonic Vine on Ape Bupuo, Wolf Bu’er, Old Ox, and Niu Xiaocao, paralyzing several of them with its toxin.
• Ape Bupuo revealed that his companion spirit creature was a snail that could eavesdrop on whispered secrets within a hundred li.
• Wang Wu refused Ape Bupuo’s offer to spar, and Ape Bupuo praised his restraint.

Wolf Bu'er gave Wang Wu a restorative pill that let his Companion Demonic Vine advance twice, but his first test of its new power nearly killed her. Bear Sixteen saved her, and Ape Bupuo then asked Wang Wu to test the vine on him.

• Wolf Bu'er recovered from the Paralysis Toxin, gave Wang Wu an eighth-grade Situational Vitality Pill, and asked Ape Bupuo and Bear Sixteen to keep watch.
• Wang Wu used the pill's vitality to advance his Companion Demonic Vine to the third stage, greatly increasing its toxin and defensive abilities.
• At Wolf Bu'er's insistence, Wang Wu tested the vine, which injected her with nearly 200 points of Paralysis Toxin and left her near death.
• Bear Sixteen gave Wolf Bu'er an antidote and revealed that his words carried a Mind-Bewitching Secret Art that Ape Bupuo warned could affect Wang Wu.
• Ape Bupuo reassured Wang Wu that Wolf Bu'er had been reckless, then asked to test the Companion Demonic Vine himself.