Chapter Summaries

Qin Jun and Zhong Kui confronted the Red Robe Altar after its Blood Lord ordered them attacked. Zhong Kui wiped out the Blood Lord’s Earth Immortal Realm guards with Yellow Springs Roar, while the wounded Blood Lord prepared to retaliate.

• Gui Hai told Qin Jun that the Red Robe Altar was a powerful demonic faction, but Qin Jun continued down the mountainside with Zhong Kui and their companions.
• Two Red Robe Altar cultivators tried to capture Qin Jun’s group, and Qin Jun’s golden dragon aura sent them flying.
• The Blood Lord emerged from his palanquin and ordered his thirty-two guards to attack Qin Jun after learning his men had been injured.
• Zhong Kui used Yellow Springs Roar to turn all thirty-two guards to ash and badly wound the Blood Lord.
• The Blood Lord retreated into his palanquin and took out a scroll, vowing to kill Qin Jun and the others.

Qin Jun’s group encountered Blood Lord’s demonic soul, but Zhong Kui absorbed it and killed Blood Lord as he fled. Two days later, they reached Manliu City, where Qin Jun’s jade pendant began to glow red.

• Blood Lord released a demonic soul that demanded a sacrifice of a hundred thousand people and attacked Qin Jun’s group.
• Zhong Kui used Ghost Absorbing Divine Sleeve to capture the demonic soul, and Blood Lord fled in terror.
• Zhong Kui killed Blood Lord with a beam of light, and Gui Hai and his senior sister grew more deferential toward Qin Jun.
• Qin Jun’s group traveled for two days without meeting Yang Jian, Golden Cicada, or Zhu Bajie, and the system granted him one God and Demon Peak Opportunity.
• Gui Hai led Qin Jun’s group to Manliu City, where Qin Jun noticed his jade pendant turning red.

Qin Jun followed Gui Hai into the city and headed toward the teleportation district, where a cat girl recognized him and begged him to save Wang Xue. After learning Wang Xue was injured, Qin Jun freed the cat girl and demanded to know where she was.

• Qin Jun entered the city with Gui Hai, then accepted Gui Hai’s offer to guide him to the teleportation district.
• Qin Jun heard a woman call for him and spotted a cat girl being held by a red rope while a young woman in green argued with her attendants.
• The cat girl embraced Qin Jun’s leg and asked him to save the Young Clan Leader, prompting him to realize she meant Wang Xue.
• Qin Jun severed the rope with his sword and asked where Wang Xue was.
• The cat girl said Wang Xue had been injured and that she had been captured while searching for medicine.

Qin Jun rushed to rescue Wang Xue in the Endless Region, taking the catgirl and heading for Nankun City while Liu Ruolai followed. The group escaped Manliu City after Zhong Kui struck down Liu Ruolai’s father, the city lord.

• Qin Jun learned Wang Xue was in the Endless Region and left with the catgirl, while Zhong Kui knocked Liu Ruolai’s eight Golden Core Realm attendants aside.
• Qin Jun gave Gui Hai an Earth Grade cultivation technique and continued toward the teleportation gate with Zhong Kui and the catgirl.
• Liu Ruolai followed Qin Jun to the gate, saying she planned to help the catgirl save her young clan leader and go adventuring.
• Qin Jun paid the fare for Nankun City and used his Earth Immortal Realm aura to make the gate attendant continue activating the teleportation gate as the city lord approached.
• Liu Ruolai asked Qin Jun to stop her father, and Zhong Kui’s palm strike sent the Heavenly Immortal Realm city lord flying and spitting blood.

Qin Jun and his companions escaped Manliu City and traveled through Nankun City toward Wang Xue, who had been missing for four days. As they flew into the wild mountains, a powerful demon beast blocked their path.

• Zhong Kui defeated City Lord Liu, and Liu Ruolai chose to leave with Qin Jun rather than accept a political marriage.
• Qin Jun, Zhong Kui, the Cat Person girl, and Liu Ruolai arrived in Nankun City and forced their way past the guards to leave.
• Qin Jun used a cloud of mist to carry the group through the forest while the Cat Person girl guided them toward Wang Xue.
• The Cat Person girl told Qin Jun that she had left Wang Xue four days earlier, worsening his concern for Wang Xue’s condition.
• A terrifying fifth-rank demon beast approached, and an angry voice ordered the group to stop.

Qin Jun fought through organized demon beasts to reach Wang Xue and gave her a Heavenly Origin Pill to heal her. As the mountain shook, Wang Xue warned that the Tiger Emperor would not let them escape.

• Qin Jun killed or spared several demon beasts on the way and suspected a mysterious force was deliberately obstructing them.
• The cat person girl explained that Wang Xue and the Cat Person Race prodigies had been teleported from their ancestral ruins into the Endless Region.
• Qin Jun sensed Wang Xue in a cave while Zhong Kui stayed behind to fight the surrounding demon beasts.
• Qin Jun found Wang Xue weak and fed her a Heavenly Origin Pill, while Liu Ruolai watched them with envy.
• The Tiger Emperor's enraged voice came from outside, and Wang Xue warned Qin Jun that they had to escape.

Qin Jun and his companions emerged from the cave as Zhong Kui fought the Tiger Emperor and his Demon Kings. After the Tiger Emperor attacked them, Qin Jun burned him with Samadhi True Fire, forcing him and the surviving Demon Kings to retreat; the Night Emperor remained a looming enemy.

• Wang Xue warned Qin Jun that the Tiger Emperor served the Night Emperor, who wanted to capture the Cat Person Race, and Qin Jun received a quest to conquer the Night Emperor.
• Qin Jun carried Wang Xue out of the cave with Liu Ruolai and the cat girl as Zhong Kui fought dozens of Demon Kings.
• The Tiger Emperor attacked Qin Jun, but Zhong Kui pulled back his demonic palm and killed several Demon Kings with a sword strike.
• The Tiger Emperor flew toward Wang Xue, and Qin Jun burned him with Samadhi True Fire.
• The wounded Tiger Emperor fled, and the surviving Demon Kings retreated after Zhong Kui moved to protect Qin Jun.

Qin Jun helped Wang Xue recover and traveled with her, Zhong Kui, Liu Ruolai, and the Cat Person girl to the Cat Person Race ruins. At the ruins, Ji Yongsheng awakened more clearly and told Qin Jun that something inside had to be brought under his control.

• Zhong Kui checked on Qin Jun after the battle, and Qin Jun set Wang Xue down and waited for her injuries to heal.
• Wang Xue told Qin Jun she had used a Divine Plea Technique to summon him, and Qin Jun reassured her that he would protect her.
• After an hour, Wang Xue recovered, and Qin Jun led the group toward the Cat Person Race ruins to help the Cat Person girl.
• Qin Jun's heartbeat and blood stirred near the ruins, and Ji Yongsheng's remnant soul awakened and said something inside had to be brought under Qin Jun's control.
• Wang Xue explained that the Cat Person Race had once served the Holy Court's War God and that its Grand Unity Realm members mysteriously disappeared.

Qin Jun found the Myriad Demon Lamp in the Cat Person Race ruins and awakened it, learning that it could control demon races bound to it by ancient Bloodline Contracts. Far away, the Night Emperor sensed its power and feared that the lamp had fallen into someone else's hands.

• Qin Jun and his companions descended into the Cat Person Race ruins and found an ancient teleportation gate that needed thousands of Second-tier Spirit Stones.
• Qin Jun supplied the Spirit Stones and went alone into the palace's inner hall while Zhong Kui helped the others prepare the gate.
• Ji Yongsheng explained that the wall carvings were the Cat Person Race's inheritance and told Qin Jun that their meeting had been fated.
• Qin Jun discovered the Myriad Demon Lamp, learned that the World-Destroying Demon Emperor had bound ten thousand powerful demon bloodlines to it, and lit it with his Essence Blood.
• The Night Emperor sensed the lamp's activation and feared that its new owner could control him because one of his ancestors had signed a Bloodline Contract.

Qin Jun claimed the Myriad Demon Lamp and decided to remain in the ancient ruins while Zhong Kui returned to protect the Great Qin Heavenly Court. Zhu Bajie arrived and pledged allegiance, leaving Qin Jun to prepare for Sun Wukong’s arrival.

• Ji Yongsheng explained that only Cat People with the purest bloodline, or Ji Yongsheng himself, could claim the Myriad Demon Lamp, and Qin Jun stored it in Mythological Space.
• Qin Jun told Wang Xue and the others he would stay behind to search for Xiao Li and planned to send Zhong Kui back to guard his realm.
• Two days later, Zhong Kui sensed a powerful demon outside, and Qin Jun found Zhu Bajie waiting near the forest.
• Qin Jun scolded Zhu Bajie for arriving late and warned him not to stare at Wang Xue and Liu Ruolai.
• Qin Jun told Zhu Bajie that Golden Cicada and Sha Wujing had pledged allegiance and that Sun Wukong would come later, frightening Zhu Bajie.

Qin Jun sent Wang Xue, Zhong Kui, and the cat person girl back to the Southern Region, then set out with Zhu Bajie and Liu Ruolai to find Yang Jian and Golden Cicada before confronting the Night Emperor. The Night Emperor arrived at the Cat Person Race’s ruins too late, killed the Tiger Emperor in anger, and discovered a pearl showing Qin Jun and his companions entering the palace.

• Qin Jun learned that gods and demons summoned through God and Demon Peak could retain original memories that might strengthen or weaken their combat power.
• Qin Jun sent Wang Xue, Zhong Kui, and the cat person girl through the teleportation gate to the Southern Region, then decided to take Liu Ruolai back to a human city.
• Qin Jun transformed into a sparrow to demonstrate the Thirty-Six Heavenly Spirits Transformations, and Zhu Bajie transformed into a crow to follow him.
• The Night Emperor reached the Cat Person Race’s ruins after Qin Jun and his companions had left and destroyed the underground ruins in a fury.
• The Night Emperor crushed the Tiger Emperor for failing to stop the intruders, then found a blue pearl showing Qin Jun and the others entering the palace.

Qin Jun, Zhu Bajie, and Liu Ruolai became lost in the Endless Region and camped in the forest, where an attack by living vines led them to a mysterious figure serving the Night Emperor. Qin Jun ordered Zhu Bajie to kill the figure, and the chapter ended as Zhu Bajie charged toward it.

• Qin Jun teased Zhu Bajie about learning the Thirty-Six Heavenly Spirits Transformations from him, then discovered that none of them knew where they were headed.
• Qin Jun and his companions camped for the night, and Zhu Bajie was astonished when Qin Jun conjured Samadhi True Fire.
• Vines attacked the sleeping group, but Qin Jun rescued Liu Ruolai and Zhu Bajie broke free before destroying the vines with his roar and Nine-Toothed Rake.
• A mysterious figure revealed that finding them would let it report back to the Night Emperor, and Qin Jun ordered Zhu Bajie to attack.
• Zhu Bajie leaped toward the silhouette with his Nine-Toothed Rake.

Qin Jun used the Myriad Demon Lamp to turn the Bat Demon King's demon beasts against him, forcing the Bat Demon King to flee. Zhu Bajie witnessed the lamp's power, then asked Qin Jun about the Night Emperor.

• Zhu Bajie overwhelmed the Bat Demon King in battle, while Liu Ruolai watched in astonishment.
• Demon beasts surrounded Qin Jun and Liu Ruolai, so Qin Jun lit the Myriad Demon Lamp with Samadhi True Fire.
• Qin Jun commanded the demon beasts to attack the Bat Demon King, and they swarmed him while Zhu Bajie retreated.
• Ji Yongsheng explained that the lamp controlled contracted demon descendants within a thousand-meter radius and that they regained their sanity half an hour after leaving its range.
• The Bat Demon King fled as his subordinates attacked him, and Qin Jun extinguished the lamp and claimed his aura had made them submit.
• Zhu Bajie asked Qin Jun about the Night Emperor's origins.

Qin Jun and his companions searched the Endless Region for a human city, then found an apparently abandoned one as Qin Jun discussed his plan to kill the Night Emperor. Golden Cicada arrived and startled Zhu Bajie, who recognized him as his master, though Golden Cicada did not recognize Zhu Bajie.

• Qin Jun reassured Zhu Bajie and Liu Ruolai that they would continue searching for Yang Jian and set off the next morning.
• Qin Jun learned from the system that Yang Jian and Golden Cicada were also in the Eastern Flame Domain and could find him.
• Zhu Bajie drove off a group of demon beasts, and the trio later spotted a vast city with open gates and no people in sight.
• Qin Jun searched the city for a teleportation gate and told Liu Ruolai he planned to kill the Night Emperor, prompting her to warn him against it.
• Golden Cicada appeared, and Zhu Bajie recognized him as his master and collapsed in fright, while Golden Cicada did not recognize Zhu Bajie.

Qin Jun reunited with Golden Cicada and Zhu Bajie, then learned that a Heaven-Shaking Tree Demon named Luo Shu lay beneath the deserted city. He vowed to kill it after Yang Jian arrived, while planning to send Liu Ruolai away for her safety.

• Qin Jun asked Golden Cicada where Yang Jian was, and Golden Cicada sent a magical butterfly to summon him.
• Zhu Bajie recognized Golden Cicada as his master, but Golden Cicada did not recognize Zhu Bajie until Qin Jun explained their connection.
• Golden Cicada and Zhu Bajie sensed countless corpses buried beneath the city and discovered a sleeping Heaven-Shaking Tree Demon below.
• A side quest tasked Qin Jun with killing Demon King Luo Shu, and Qin Jun decided to uphold justice for the million people the demon had slaughtered.
• Golden Cicada suggested they find a place to rest without waking the demon, and Qin Jun proposed finding a teleportation gate to send Liu Ruolai away.

Qin Jun’s group failed to find a way out of the city, while the Night Emperor learned of several setbacks and set out to confront Old Monster Dongfang. Qin Jun used a God and Demon Peak Opportunity to restore Yang Jian to his peak, and Yang Jian was expected to return at dawn.

• Golden Cicada and Zhu Bajie failed to find a teleportation gate, and Golden Cicada said the gates had been destroyed to keep the city’s people from escaping.
• The Bat Demon King blamed Demon King Luo Shu for the fugitives’ escape, and the Night Emperor struck him down before discussing Luo Shu’s long rivalry with him.
• The Night Emperor learned that the Bull Demon King had been defeated again and escaped, then heard that Old Monster Dongfang had entered the Endless Region and ordered his subordinate to lead the way.
• Yang Jian arrived at Qin Jun’s inn and admitted that the tree demon below made him uneasy.
• Qin Jun used a God and Demon Peak Opportunity to restore Yang Jian’s memories and peak state, and the system said Yang Jian would return at dawn.

Qin Jun and his companions learned that Demon King Luo Shu was consuming the souls of the people beneath the city, so they waited for Yang Jian to return. Yang Jian emerged at the peak of his strength, pledged himself to Qin Jun, and charged down to destroy the tree demon.

• Golden Cicada discovered that Demon King Luo Shu was absorbing the souls of the citizens underground, and Qin Jun decided they had to wait for Yang Jian.
• Qin Jun took Liu Ruolai, Golden Cicada, and Zhu Bajie into the sky as the system announced Yang Jian had recovered to his peak.
• Yang Jian stepped through a black hole, and Qin Jun saw that he had reached the Late-stage Grand Unity Profound Immortal Realm and had maximum loyalty.
• Yang Jian thanked Qin Jun for restoring him and vowed to destroy the tree demon.
• Yang Jian tore through the air and crashed into the city, forcing Qin Jun to fly higher as the blast sent up dust and wind.

Yang Jian dragged the Demon King Luo Shu from underground and battled the monstrous tree demon while Qin Jun and his companions watched. After Yang Jian struck and stomped it into the ground, the Demon King Luo Shu demanded to know who he was.

• Yang Jian grew to ten thousand zhang and pulled the Demon King Luo Shu out of the earth as Qin Jun learned Yang Jian could contend with Great Luo Realm experts.
• Qin Jun and his companions saw the corpses hanging from the Demon King Luo Shu, while Golden Cicada chanted and Zhu Bajie hesitated to join the fight.
• Yang Jian attacked the Demon King Luo Shu with his War God's Three-Pointed Halberd and vowed to destroy it for slaughtering humans.
• The Night Emperor heard the Demon King Luo Shu scream but continued pursuing the Eastern Domain Lord instead of investigating.
• Yang Jian stomped the Demon King Luo Shu into the ground, and the demon shrieked and asked who Yang Jian was.

Yang Jian defeated the Demon King Luo Shu with a devastating strike, freeing the souls of its victims. Qin Jun completed the demon-extermination quest and received Heavenly Dao Benevolence, which began strengthening his dharmic power.

• Yang Jian declared himself Erlang Shen under the Sacred Emperor while Qin Jun held Liu Ruolai and watched the battle.
• Golden Cicada drew the victims’ souls away from the Demon King Luo Shu as Yang Jian repeatedly attacked its regenerating body.
• Yang Jian unleashed Mountain Collapse, Earth Split and struck the Demon King Luo Shu, shaking the land and destroying it.
• The freed souls emerged from the dust in peaceful groups, and the system announced that Qin Jun had completed the Exterminate Demons on Behalf of Heaven quest.
• A sacred radiance struck Qin Jun, knocked Liu Ruolai away, and poured mysterious power into him, rapidly increasing his dharmic power.

After Qin Jun helped save hundreds of thousands of human souls, the Heavenly Dao granted him benevolence, allowing him to comprehend the Ziwei Emperor Star Dao Fruit more deeply and break through to the fourth layer of the Earth Immortal Realm. He then set out to find the Night Emperor and began summoning a god or demon.

• Qin Jun received Heavenly Dao Benevolence for his role in helping Yang Jian kill the Demon King Luo Shu, and his purple radiance revealed that he had comprehended the Ziwei Emperor Star Dao Fruit.
• Yang Jian, Golden Cicada, and Zhu Bajie recognized Qin Jun's first-grade Dao Fruit as the souls they had saved thanked them and departed for the underworld.
• Qin Jun broke through to the fourth layer of the Earth Immortal Realm as his Heavenly Dao Benevolence faded.
• Qin Jun announced that they would find the Night Emperor, and Yang Jian pledged to follow his orders.
• Qin Jun began a random god-and-demon summoning while imagining powerful figures he hoped the system would summon.