Chapter Summaries

Yang Genshuo realized the Yang Family might be able to propagate the Divine Tree of Life and asked Cheng Bo for modern horticultural methods. Cheng Bo suggested cuttings and grafting, and Yang Genshuo sent Yang Qiangjin to test them after she hatched the Emberfeather Phoenix Egg.

• Yang Genshuo spotted Heaven-Grade Innate Wood Spiritual Energy around the Divine Tree of Life and tasked the Yang Family with finding Heaven-Grade metal-, water-, and earth-element spiritual qi.
• Yang Genshuo wondered why ancient cultivation methods and the Human Race had declined, then conceived of planting another Divine Tree of Life.
• Yang Genshuo invited Cheng Bo to discuss how to grow an identical tree, while Cheng Bo and Tian Zhe joked with him about their old friend Deng Yasheng.
• Cheng Bo suggested propagating the tree through cuttings or grafting, and Yang Genshuo said he would report the results the next day.
• Yang Genshuo assigned the experiment to Yang Qiangjin, who had just hatched the Emberfeather Phoenix Egg.

Yang Qiangjin awakened the Emberfeather Phoenix, named it Yanxi, and tried to propagate the Divine Tree of Life, but both attempts failed. Yang Shi mourned Yang Hu and reassured his unpracticed son Yang Changzai, who decided to learn martial arts; Yang Genshuo then turned to Cheng Bo for a new way to grow the tree.

• Yang Qiangjin awakened the Emberfeather Phoenix, named it Yanxi, and learned that it recognized her as its master and could grow by consuming fire-element treasures.
• Yang Genshuo examined Yanxi's Character Card and discovered its Immortal Grade rebirth talent and three Heaven Grade talents, while Bingyao played with the new phoenix.
• Yang Qiangjin harvested six shoots from the Divine Tree of Life and tried three cuttings and three grafts, but all failed when Yang Genshuo accelerated time.
• Yang Hu died peacefully after asking Yang Shi to look after his youngest son, Yang Changzai, and Yang Shi gave Changzai protective treasures and encouraged him to run the teahouse.
• Yang Changzai, moved by his father's death and his own ordinary future, ran to Yang Fujian and asked to learn martial arts.
• Yang Genshuo summoned Cheng Bo after the propagation attempts failed, and Cheng Bo proposed using micropropagation technology.

Yang Genshuo arranged for Cheng Bo to cultivate saplings from the Divine Tree of Life and monitored the Yang Family’s preparations for the coming Demon Race. As Yang Qiangwei and Yang Feng searched the Demon Realm for Heaven-Grade Earth Spiritual Energy, Tian Zhe suggested that a nuclear power plant might provide another substitute for Innate Spiritual Qi.

• Yang Genshuo asked Cheng Bo to use micropropagation to cultivate the Divine Tree of Life from its tender shoots and roots.
• Yang Shi judged the Great Nai Dynasty’s Demon-Slaying preparations inadequate and worried that the Feng Clan could threaten the dynasty during a war with the Demon Race.
• Yang Fuqing remained stuck before the Golden Core Stage, while Yang Fujian continued cultivating beside his mother’s grave and the Mystic Spirit Continent branch sent resources to the Great Nai Dynasty.
• Yang Genshuo discovered that Yang Qiangwei and Yang Feng had left seclusion to search for Heaven-Grade Earth Spiritual Energy; Yang Feng had reached Foundation Establishment Grand Completion.
• Yang Qiangwei explained that she and Yang Feng were seeking Earth Spiritual Energy, and Yang Feng told Yang Genshuo he needed an opportunity to comprehend his Dao and advance.
• Yang Genshuo wondered whether Blue Star energy sources could replace other types of Innate Spiritual Qi, and Tian Zhe suggested a nuclear power plant.

Yang Genshuo sent Tian Zhe to obtain a uranium rod and began planning a Fusion-based Natal Mechanism, while Yang Shi prepared the Great Nai Dynasty for the Demon Race’s arrival. Lei Zhen entered the passage to the Hanging Gardens Dynasty to contain the Feng Clan, and Yang Feng and Yang Qiangwei arrived at a dark fissure in the Demon Realm.

• Yang Genshuo asked Tian Zhe to obtain a uranium rod through Li Chenfeng and gave Tian Zhe a talisman to protect him from radiation.
• Yang Genshuo considered his progress in Mechanism Arts and chose Fusion as the guiding concept for his future Natal Mechanism.
• Yang Shi saw the spatial rift expanding and decided to activate the final defense while dealing with the Feng Clan first.
• Yang Shi asked Lei Zhen to enter the passage to the Hanging Gardens Dynasty, where Lei Zhen vowed to keep its people from passing through.
• Yang Shi stationed himself in Demonwind Forest to watch the rift and wondered about Night Demon Hall’s purpose.
• Yang Feng and Yang Qiangwei reached a fissure in the Demon Realm where they sensed Heaven-Grade Earth Spiritual Energy.

Yang Feng and Yang Qiangwei descended into the abyss to claim Heaven-Grade Earth Spiritual Energy, but Yang Feng was ambushed by a Golden Core Thousand-Legged Demon Insect. As Yang Feng fought back and began breaking through, a Night Demon from the Night Demon Hall appeared and revealed his Human Race name was Fengdi.

• Yang Feng and Yang Qiangwei fought their way through the abyss and located an Earth-Element Spirit-Nurturing Land, while a winged devil followed them unseen.
• Yang Feng entered a pit teeming with insects, received Yang Qiangwei’s Heartfire enhancements, and reached the Heaven-Grade Earth Spiritual Energy.
• A Thousand-Legged Demon Insect emerged and used its Golden Core to suppress Yang Feng, injuring him despite Yang Qiangwei’s support.
• Yang Qiangwei called on the Patriarch for power, but a Night Demon appeared and blasted the insect back, allowing Yang Feng to resume fighting.
• Yang Feng used Great Dark Fusion to battle the insect, while the Night Demon introduced himself to Yang Qiangwei as Tiago, also known by the Human Race name Fengdi, and invited them to the Night Demon Hall.

Yang Feng advanced to the Golden Core Realm during a battle, killed the Thousand-Legged Demon Insect, and gained a Cloud Demon bloodline inheritance. Tiago invited Yang Feng and Yang Qiangwei to join the Night Demon Hall, and Yang Qiangwei agreed to go with him despite Yang Feng’s suspicions.

• Tiago watched Yang Feng fight while Yang Genshuo prepared to protect Yang Feng and Yang Qiangwei, uncertain whether Tiago was an enemy.
• Yang Feng comprehended the Shadow Dao during his battle with the Thousand-Legged Demon Insect, and the insect tried to flee when his Golden Core tribulation began.
• Yang Feng caught the fleeing insect and dragged it into his tribulation, then completed his advancement to the Golden Core Realm and killed it by devouring its Demon Core.
• Tiago revealed that Yang Feng’s Cloud Swallowing and Mist Exhalation Technique was a Cloud Demon bloodline inheritance, an extraordinary occurrence for a Human-Demon Hybrid.
• Yang Genshuo recalled Feng Zhong’s connection to the Night Demon Hall and decided Yang Qiangwei and Yang Feng should investigate it.
• After absorbing the Demon Core over seven days, Yang Feng returned to Yang Qiangwei, who told him Tiago had invited them to join the Night Demon Hall; Yang Feng objected, but Yang Qiangwei said they should go.

Yang Feng and Yang Qiangwei followed Tiago to the Night Demon Hall, where they discovered it was a practical research organization rather than the sinister group they had suspected. As they sought answers about the Feng Clan, Yang Shi warned that the Demon Race could cross into their world within six months, prompting the Great Nai Dynasty to prepare for war.

• Tiago revealed that his Human Race name came from his father, whose surname was Feng, and Yang Feng and Yang Qiangwei suspected a connection to Feng Xun’s past.
• Yang Feng and Yang Qiangwei went with Tiago to the Night Demon Hall and asked Yang Genshuo to have the ancestor investigate what had happened years earlier.
• Yang Shi reported that the Ten Thousand Demon Domain Barrier Formation was failing and that the Demon Race could cross once the Spatial Turbulence stabilized in one to six months.
• Yang Shi ordered the Great Nai Dynasty to enter wartime status, gather cultivators at Bright City, and move mortals south.
• At the Night Demon Hall, Yang Feng and Yang Qiangwei saw its research facilities, trade portal, and strange experiments, which overturned Yang Genshuo’s assumptions about the organization.
• Tiago said the Night Demon Hall recruited people worth researching and admitted that Yang Feng’s bloodline interested him.

Yang Feng and Yang Qiangwei questioned Night Demon Tiago about the Night Demon Hall’s possible role in the Ten Thousand Demon Domain barrier, while Yang Genshuo realized a separate group might be using the Hall’s technology and reputation. The chapter ended with Tiago discovering they had no contract records and Yang Feng offering blood samples in exchange for answers.

• Tiago invited Yang Feng and Yang Qiangwei to his research room and asked for their blood, but they refused until he could help them return to the Human Race’s world.
• Tiago showed the pair around the Night Demon Hall and explained that its members researched many subjects, while Yang Genshuo learned that Tiago’s father had studied barrier formations and was no longer there.
• Yang Qiangwei questioned Tiago about the Ten Thousand Demon Domain barrier and possible ties between the Night Demon Hall, the Demon Race, and the Feng Clan; Tiago denied knowing of any plan to invade the Human Race’s world.
• Yang Genshuo deduced that another group might be using Night Demon Hall technology, including teleportation gates, to work with the Feng Clan and possibly hasten the barrier’s collapse.
• Yang Qiangwei revealed that they suspected other Devil Race members were misusing the Night Demon Hall’s name, and Tiago found no contract records above their heads.
• Yang Feng offered Tiago blood samples in exchange for answers.

Yang Qiangwei and Yang Feng negotiated an alliance with Tiago, trading blood and Heavenly Mystery Sect information for his help. They discovered that the Feng Clan’s ancient Spatial Passage and surname connected to Yang Feng’s family, while Yang Genshuo considered whether the pair should learn the powerful but immoral Reverse-Flow Technique.

• Yang Qiangwei explained that the Heavenly Mystery Sect might provide information, and Tiago agreed to cooperate in exchange for knowledge about its records on the bloodlines of the myriad races.
• Yang Genshuo recognized that the Reverse-Flow Technique suited Yang Feng and Yang Qiangwei but postponed letting them cultivate it until the Yang Family reached 5000 Merit.
• Yang Feng asked Tiago about his father’s Barrier Formation research and the origin of the Feng surname, and Tiago drew blood from both of them for study.
• Tiago explained that his family’s surname came from human friends called Feng and that his ancestors had traveled through a stable Spatial Passage to the Human Race’s world.
• Yang Qiangwei confirmed that the Feng Clan had existed for exactly one thousand years, and Tiago revealed that his father had tried to reopen the passage by studying its Barrier Formation.

Yang Genshuo connected the Feng Clan, the Night Demon Hall, and the Devil Race to a plan to flee to the Mystic Spirit Continent, then discovered the concealed passage to Sky Garden was already open. As he realized Tiago’s father may have entered it, he learned Lei Zhen was facing six Golden Core enemies at the passage to the Great Nai Dynasty.

• Yang Genshuo pieced together how the Feng Clan had allied with the Devil Race, suspected they planned to escape to the Mystic Spirit Continent, and questioned why they were also aiding the Demon Race.
• Yang Genshuo, Yang Feng, Yang Qiangwei, and Tiago found the concealed but open Spatial Passage to the Hanging Gardens Dynasty, which they could not enter without spatial knowledge.
• Yang Genshuo inferred that Tiago’s father had entered the passage and, after learning he was a Perfected Golden Core cultivator, warned that the Feng Clan’s strength might exceed their expectations.
• At the Great Nai Dynasty passage, Lei Zhen fought three Feng Clan Golden Core cultivators and three Devil Race members who planned to invade the dynasty alongside the Demon Race.
• Ding Zhen returned with a refined Metal-Element Spirit Vein, while Yang Shi and Ding Zhen discussed preparations to repel the coming Demon Race and waited for Soulfeather Cat.
• Yang Fujian’s blood and vital energy surged as he reached an opportunity to break through at Liu Zihan’s grave.

Yang Fujian used the Divine Seed of Life to survive blood-dispersing nirvana and reached the Nirvana Realm, then took Yang Changzai with him to train for the coming war. Meanwhile, Yang Fuqing condensed her own path and began her Golden Core tribulation alongside her Spirit Beasts.

• Yang Fujian realized his three divine abilities were complete and dispersed his qi and blood to begin advancing into the Nirvana Realm.
• The Divine Seed of Life in Yang Fujian's dantian released vast vitality, rebuilding his body and carrying him through the tribulation lightning into the Nirvana Realm.
• At the Yang Family Board Game Teahouse, Yang Changzai declared his ambition to reach Nirvana, and Yang Fujian took him away to train through life-and-death trials.
• Yang Fuqing drew on the spiritual energy of heaven and earth with her nine Spirit Beasts and condensed her Path of No Killing into golden core qi.
• Yang Fuqing thanked the Spirit Beasts and invited them to ascend the Golden Core Great Dao with her as her tribulation began.

Yang Genshuo refined Heaven-Grade Metal Spiritual Energy from uranium and sought a source of water-aligned energy while the Great Nai Dynasty prepared for the Demon Race. When the demons finally entered through the Spatial Rift, Yang Genshuo ordered Bright City to begin its deception plan with a missile strike.

• Yang Fuqing advanced to the Golden Core Stage alongside her nine spirit beasts, and she and Yang Fujian disagreed over whether to seek peace or fight the Demon Race.
• Yang Genshuo refined six uranium rods into Heaven-Grade Metal Spiritual Energy and sent Tian Zhe to find Combustible Ice as a possible source of Heaven-Grade Water Spiritual Qi.
• Cat Fellow Daoist returned, and Yang Shi and Ding Zhen prepared to defend the Great Nai Dynasty while Yang Feng and Yang Qiangwei continued investigating the Night Demon Hall in the Demon Realm.
• The Barrier Formation of the Ten Thousand Demon Domain opened, and a Pig Demon sent three little pig demons through the Spatial Rift to test the Human Race's defenses.
• Yang Fuqing's alarm formation detected the demons, and Yang Genshuo ordered Yang Shi to launch twenty missiles bearing Heavenly Mystery Divine Thunder Talismans as the first step of the deception plan.

Yang Genshuo and Yang Shi deterred six Golden Core Demons from entering Bright City with repeated attacks, prompting the demons to ask for shelter and friendship. After realizing that more demons might discover the passage and charge through, Yang Genshuo changed the plan.

• The Pig Demon sent piglets through the Spatial Passage, and Human Race forces destroyed them with Talisman Missiles.
• Yang Fuqing's five demon companions identified the piglets as members of the Pig Demon clan, while Yang Fujian wanted to attack and Yang Fuqing urged caution.
• Yang Genshuo told Yang Shi to keep the Golden Core Demons frightened, and Yang Shi killed another piglet with the Mind Sword.
• Green-Scale wrote a plea for the six demons to settle among the Human Race, and Yang Shi retrieved and read the message.
• Yang Genshuo compared the current passage with earlier arrivals, learned that Xiong Ba's group had entered in separate waves, and realized more demons might follow the six Golden Core Demons.

Yang Genshuo changed his plan and used a staged welcome to lure six Golden Core demons through the Spatial Passage, with Yang Shi and Soulfeather Cat deceiving themselves using the Bewitching Eyes Art. The demons emerged believing they had been invited into a welcoming Human Race world, where Yang Shi and Soulfeather Cat greeted them as disciples of Skyreach Daoist.

• Yang Genshuo realized that deterring the first six demons would not protect against those who followed, so he decided to let the six enter and stage a grand deception.
• Green-Scale sent another letter praising life in the Human Race world, and Yang Genshuo replied as Skyreach Daoist with an invitation and rules for the demons.
• The six Great Demons gathered their household assets and entered the Spatial Passage after testing the invitation by sending two piglets through first.
• Soulfeather Cat used the Bewitching Eyes Art on herself and Yang Shi so they would truly believe they were nominal disciples tasked by Skyreach Daoist with receiving the demons.
• The six Great Demons emerged in the Human Race world, and Yang Shi and Soulfeather Cat welcomed them while posing as Skyreach Daoist's disciples.

Yang Genshuo’s scheme brought six demons into a guarded settlement, where Yang Shi and Soulfeather Cat convinced them to follow human rules and compete for a place as Skyreach Daoist’s nominal disciple. As Yang Genshuo monitored their reactions and prepared for more demons to arrive, Yang Fujian asked Yang Fuqing whether she would let Yang Qiangzheng use his advantage.

• Yang Shi and Soulfeather Cat settled the six demons near the spatial passage, gave them rules to follow, and assigned them to tend the Spirit Fields and supervise demons who arrived later.
• The six demons agreed to behave in exchange for the chance to learn human cultivation arts and compete to become Skyreach Daoist’s nominal disciple; Green-Scale and White Fox privately resolved to win.
• Yang Shi and Soulfeather Cat secretly watched the demons from a nearby array while Yang Genshuo monitored them and assessed their strengths, personalities, and possible risks.
• Yang Fujian and Yang Fuqing received Yang Genshuo’s latest news and discussed what they would do if the plan failed, while Yang Qiangzheng was made to read by Yang Qiangjing.
• Yang Fujian asked Yang Fuqing whether she really planned to keep Yang Qiangzheng from using his advantage.

Yang Genshuo discovered that Yang Qiangzheng’s Immortal Grade [Corpse Retriever] talent could increase his lifespan, and Yang Fuqing agreed to support his cultivation. At the demon camp, the Pig Demon arranged a trade fair to address the growing demons’ food shortage, and her treasure revealed an unusual wisp of spiritual energy.

• Yang Fujian urged Yang Fuqing to let Yang Qiangzheng choose his own path, while Yang Genshuo revealed that absorbing corpses had already extended the child’s lifespan by two years.
• Yang Fuqing realized Yang Qiangzheng needed demon beast corpses to develop his talent and agreed to provide them openly.
• After a month, fifty demons had arrived through the spatial passage, and Green-Scale and White Fox organized their settlement while Big Bear hunted for food.
• The Pig Demon asked Yang Shi to arrange a trade fair because the growing demon population risked running out of food.
• At the fair, the Pig Demon displayed a pile of spiritual treasures and caught a wisp of blue spiritual energy before it could escape, startling Yang Genshuo.

Yang Genshuo’s family traded spirit food with demons and obtained the Heaven-Grade Water Spiritual Qi he needed to complete his set of five kinds. A month later, more Golden Core demons arrived, including members of Night Demon Hall, and Yang Genshuo decided to act before they could carry out their plans.

• Yang Shi arranged for Soulfeather Cat to appraise the demons’ treasures in exchange for supplies, while Yang Genshuo noticed the Pig Demon’s Heaven-Grade Water Spiritual Qi.
• The Pig Demon traded a Golden Core Demon Core, other treasures, and the wisp of Water Spiritual Qi for spirit food, and Yang Genshuo celebrated completing his five kinds of Heaven-Grade Innate Spiritual Energy.
• Yang Genshuo planned to use the spiritual energy for Qi Refining at ancestor worship and considered how a Demon Core might benefit someone with a gluttonous bloodline.
• A month later, Golden Core demons continued arriving through the spatial passage, and Yang Genshuo noticed that several were members of Night Demon Hall.
• Yang Genshuo suspected Night Demon Hall was concealing its intentions and resolved to target its weakest demon first.

Yang Genshuo’s group tried to lure the Blazing Golden Lion away so they could capture him and learn the Night Demon Hall’s plans, but the Flood Dragon Demon intervened. The chapter ended with Yang Genshuo realizing the Flood Dragon Demon never believed in the Skyreach Daoist and was ready to rebel.

• Yang Genshuo judged that the growing demon settlement had become difficult to control and chose the Blazing Golden Lion as the target of a surprise attack.
• Yang Shi and Soulfeather Cat lured the Blazing Golden Lion away by claiming the Skyreach Daoist wanted to meet him, while Yang Genshuo’s group prepared an ambush.
• The Blazing Golden Lion hesitated, but Big Bear and the other demons pressured him to go, and Big Bear struck him when he resisted.
• A Golden Core Eighth Layer Flood Dragon Demon stepped in to accompany the Blazing Golden Lion, but Soulfeather Cat refused to let him join them.
• The Flood Dragon Demon confronted Big Bear and said they could break through the formation and leave, prompting Yang Genshuo to realize the demon was prepared to rebel and had never believed in the Skyreach Daoist.

Yang Genshuo realized the demons had learned the truth about the Human Race and used a missile barrage to destroy the demons attacking his formation. Yang Shi and Soulfeather Cat led six cooperative great demons away, leaving Yang Genshuo to prepare for the Feng Clan and Devil Race.

• Yang Genshuo deduced that Night Demon Hall had reconnected with the Feng Clan, revealing the Human Race’s true strength to the demons and exposing his deception.
• The Flood Dragon Demon challenged Yang Shi and Soulfeather Cat, then led five demons in attacking the Demon-Binding Spirit-Locking Array while four uninvolved demons cowered inside.
• Yang Genshuo had Yang Shi and Soulfeather Cat lead six friendly great demons out of the array, then launched two hundred missiles at the demons who remained.
• The missiles destroyed the attacking demons in a massive barrage, and the six great demons accepted Yang Shi’s authority and were moved to a new place to live.
• Yang Genshuo planned to use the six demons against the Feng Clan and Devil Race, as the spatial passage in the Ten Thousand Demon Domain began to fluctuate violently.

The Spatial Passage reopened under devil energy, allowing five more Golden Core demons to enter the Demonwind Forest. As the demons headed toward Bright City, Yang Genshuo warned the city, and Chu Qiao activated the Fourth-Rank Mirage Formation to prepare its defenders for battle.

• Black devil energy expanded the Spatial Passage, and five Golden Core demons and thirty-two lesser demons arrived.
• Yang Genshuo sent Big Bear and the other demons to confront the newcomers, and Big Bear warned them about the Human Race's strength.
• The Ice Sparrow Demon ignored the warnings and flew toward Bright City with four demons, while Yang Shi and Soulfeather Cat hurried back to the city.
• Yang Genshuo ordered Yang Qianglin to summon Chu Qiao, who activated Bright City's Mirage Formation with her thirty-five disciples.
• Bright City's cultivators prepared for battle, Jiang Xiaobai readied the Anti-Air Cannons, and Yang Fujian and Yang Fuqing rushed back toward the city.