Chapter Summaries

Shen Lin met Slaughter Saint, whose real name was Liao Chen, before five Demon Venerables abducted them with a teleportation formation. The Demon Venerables tried to bring Shen Lin to the Heavenly Demon, but his confidence unsettled them as Slaughter Saint asked what he had done in the Devil Race.

• Slaughter Saint realized Shen Lin was only in the Saint Realm, introduced himself as Liao Chen, and explained his reputation in the Chaos Sea.
• Shen Lin sensed danger, but five figures ambushed him, Yuwen Fengxian, and Slaughter Saint and teleported them away.
• Immortal Venerable arrived at the ambush site, recognized the Demon Race's Fierce-Soul Teleportation Formation, and feared what the Heavenly Demon intended.
• Slaughter Saint prepared to fight the five Demon Venerables while Shen Lin saw their arrival as a chance to capture them and find more members of the Demon Race.
• Bewitching Cry Demon Venerable asked Shen Lin to come with them for the Heavenly Demon, and Shen Lin challenged the five to explain their confidence.
• Shen Lin told Slaughter Saint that he had killed someone in the Devil Race and almost become the Devil Race Patriarch.

Shen Lin confronted five Demon Venerables, who revealed the Human Emperor’s head as a weapon that weakened humans. Shen Lin was unaffected, leaving the demons shocked and their plan in disarray.

• Shen Lin advanced on the five Demon Venerables, and his Saber Intent tore open the sky as they retreated in fear.
• Bewitching Cry Demon Venerable produced a human head and struck it, releasing rainbow light that drained Slaughter Saint and Yuwen Fengxian of their strength.
• Slaughter Saint recognized the head as His Majesty the Human Emperor and bowed to him, while Bewitching Cry Demon Venerable mocked and tormented him.
• Demon Eye Demon Venerable taunted Shen Lin, but Shen Lin beheaded him before he could finish speaking.
• The Demon Venerables realized Shen Lin had not been affected by the Human Emperor’s head, and Slaughter Saint asked why.

Shen Lin defeated the Demon Venerables, captured three of them, and reclaimed the Human Emperor’s head. The Human Emperor apologized to Tu Sheng and the others for his suffering and for failing the Human Race.

• Shen Lin killed the fleeing Exploding Ape Demon Venerable, while Fallen Immortal Demon Venerable dissolved his Dao Fruit and charged at Shen Lin to let Bewitching Cry Demon Venerable and Blood Mantis Demon Venerable escape.
• Shen Lin sent Taowu Saber and Slayer Return Saber after the fleeing Demon Venerables and used One Slash Severance to strip Fallen Immortal Demon Venerable of his Venerable Realm strength before knocking him unconscious.
• Shen Lin explained to Yuwen Fengxian that he wanted to capture the Demon Venerables for information and hinted that he could help restore Fallen Immortal Demon Venerable to the Immortal Race.
• Taowu Saber returned with the unconscious Blood Mantis Demon Venerable, and Slayer Return Saber brought back Bewitching Cry Demon Venerable.
• Tu Sheng recovered the Human Emperor’s head from Bewitching Cry Demon Venerable, and the Human Emperor apologized to everyone and the Human Race.

Tu Sheng told the Human Emperor how the Human Race had scattered after its dynasty fell, and the Human Emperor revealed that the Heavenly Demon still held his body and its Fortune Power. Shen Lin refused to kill the Human Emperor’s head, promising to help the Human Race with his own strength, then set out with him to meet old friends from Great Wei.

• Tu Sheng explained that the Human Race had split into factions, with the Human Emperor Army serving the Rakshasa Race and former Revenue ministers sheltering people through the Myriad Treasures Pavilion.
• The Human Emperor recognized Shen Lin as the junior who had escaped the Heavenly Demon’s control and asked him to kill his head so the Human Race’s Fortune Power could find a new successor.
• Shen Lin warned that the Heavenly Demon had likely prepared for that outcome and said the Human Race could rise again with him, so the Human Emperor agreed to keep his head and gather the scattered forces.
• The Human Emperor sent Tu Sheng to contact their former allies, including Ting He, and arranged to meet them in Rakshasa territory.
• Shen Lin secured the Human Emperor’s head to his back and left with Yuwen Fengxian to visit their old friends from Great Wei.

At the Rakshasa Islands, Prime Minister Zhang accepted a doubled spirit ore quota and told Yun Junyou to endure for three months, while explaining that Yuwen Fengxian had not returned after winning ten arena matches. Their discussion was interrupted when an unknown newcomer killed a Rakshasa Saint Realm powerhouse with one slash.

• A Rakshasa Race envoy demanded that Great Wei double its spirit ore quota, and Prime Minister Zhang agreed after hearing that Yuwen Fengxian had earned ten victories in the Scorpion Race's third-level arena but never returned.
• Yun Junyou said he hoped Yuwen Fengxian had left to grow stronger, while Prime Minister Zhang insisted Fengxian cared more about Great Wei and urged Yun Junyou to endure for three months.
• Prime Minister Zhang warned Yun Junyou that escaping the Rakshasa Islands would only bring the Rakshasa Race down on Great Wei, then hinted that an uncertain hope might break their deadlock.
• A colossal Rakshasa Saint Realm powerhouse appeared over the islands and challenged the intruder.
• An unknown newcomer cut the Saint Realm powerhouse in two with a single slash, leaving Prime Minister Zhang and Yun Junyou stunned.

Shen Lin arrived at the Rakshasa Islands and killed the Third Elder with his own saber aura after the Rakshasa Race challenged him. The Rakshasa patriarch summoned a Devil Race elder, leaving Shen Lin facing a new threat.

• Prime Minister Zhang and Yun Junyou recognized that a Venerable Realm expert had killed a powerful Rakshasa, while Ji Zhanxie identified the newcomer as Shen Lin.
• Shen Lin rebuked the Rakshasa patriarch for blaming him after Rakshasa guards attacked him.
• The Third Elder attacked Shen Lin with the Blood Sea Slaughter Saber, but Shen Lin reversed and magnified the saber aura, killing him and badly injuring the patriarch and Second Elder.
• The Rakshasa patriarch broke a Devil Race token to summon an elder, who emerged from a black vortex.

Shen Lin confronted the Rakshasa Race after its patriarch summoned the Devil Race for help. The Devil Race elder revoked the Rakshasa Race’s vassal status and fled, leaving Shen Lin to face its forces, and Shen Lin began wiping them out with saber force.

• The Rakshasa Race patriarch summoned the Devil Race elder with a protective jade talisman, and the elder arrived to answer the call.
• The Devil Race elder recognized Shen Lin and, after hearing that the Rakshasa Race had threatened him, withdrew two steps rather than attack.
• When Shen Lin prepared to strike, the elder declared that the patriarch had shown contempt by putting his left leg down first while kneeling, revoked the Rakshasa Race’s vassal status, and teleported away.
• The abandoned patriarch rallied the Rakshasa Race, its subordinate forces, and the Human Emperor Army to fight Shen Lin.
• Shen Lin spread his hand toward the Rakshasa Islands, and countless saber chimes rang as the patriarch and the assembled battle formations were cut down by saber force.

Shen Lin defeated the Rakshasa Race forces and confronted the Human Emperor Army before Human Emperor revealed that Shen Lin had rescued him. Shen Lin left Zhan Wuji to speak with Human Emperor and reunited with the people of Great Wei, who teased him for calling half a year a long time.

• Shen Lin wiped out the Rakshasa Race forces and challenged the Human Emperor Army over its belief that the strong should rule.
• Zhan Wuji submitted to Shen Lin, but Human Emperor called out and asked Shen Lin to spare the soldiers.
• Shen Lin showed the army Human Emperor's head, prompting Zhan Wuji to order an attack before Human Emperor stopped him and explained that Shen Lin was his benefactor.
• Shen Lin tossed Human Emperor's head to Zhan Wuji and flew with Yuwen Fengxian to the Great Wei people.
• Shen Lin greeted the group, and Ji Zhanxie and the others laughed when they realized he thought half a year was a long time.
• Prime Minister Zhang welcomed Shen Lin back and invited everyone inside.

After reuniting with Great Wei’s leaders, Shen Lin proposed uniting the Human Race and reviving the Demon Suppression Division, while admitting that helping him cultivate by killing demons was his main motive. The group agreed to work together, then learned that the Rakshasa Race had captured the Human Emperor Army’s candidate for cultivating the Way of Fortune, whom they called a victor of the Life-and-Death Arena.

• Shen Lin told Ji Zhanxie, Prime Minister Zhang, Yun Junyou, and the others about his recent battles and asked where Old Daoist Thousand Evolutions had gone; Prime Minister Zhang said he had left after sensing something.
• Shen Lin asked the group to help unite the Human Race, establish a nation, and revive the Demon Suppression Division across the Chaos Sea.
• Prime Minister Zhang agreed, explaining that the group had already planned to break free of the Rakshasa Race and rebuild the Human Race dynasty.
• Shen Lin admitted that his main reason for uniting the Human Race was to have its cultivators help him kill demons and devils so he could grow stronger, and Prime Minister Zhang accepted his motive.
• Zhan Wuji arrived carrying the Human Emperor’s head and revealed that the Human Emperor Army’s candidate for cultivating the Way of Fortune had been captured by the Rakshasa Race, who called him a victor of the Life-and-Death Arena.

After the Human Emperor Army rescued Liu Hong, Shen Lin took charge as humanity rebuilt its imperial dynasty in the Chaos Sea. He supplied the new regime with vast resources and cultivation methods, and proposed Haoling Heaven as its future capital.

• Liu Hong was rescued from the Rakshasa Race's dungeon, where he had been tortured because the Rakshasa mistakenly linked him to the Life-and-Death Arena victor.
• The Human Emperor ordered Zhan Wuji to place his head below the throne and declared that Shen Lin should take the highest seat and shoulder humanity's future.
• Shen Lin sat in the Rakshasa clan leader's seat while the Human Emperor Army and Great Wei leaders discussed rebuilding the Human Race's imperial dynasty.
• Shen Lin provided the gathered leaders with piles of cultivation resources and gave Prime Minister Zhang a Summoning Ring containing high-level cultivation methods and martial arts for humanity's cultivators.
• Shen Lin chose the Rakshasa Islands as the dynasty's temporary territory and suggested moving its capital to Haoling Heaven, the former imperial capital.

Shen Lin spent fifteen million years creating the Demon Slaying Art, a cultivation method meant to let Human Race cultivators bypass the Way of Fortune’s restrictions and grow stronger by killing demons. He gave the art to Yuwen Fengxian, Ji Zhanxie, and the others to test, but its actual effects remained unknown.

• Shen Lin decided to create a Human Race cultivation art that could help them hunt demons and break through to the Venerable Realm.
• Shen Lin studied cultivation arts from across the Chaos Sea, then drew inspiration from the Nine Revolutions Heavenly Demon Art and its ability to gather fortune.
• After fifteen million years of deduction, Shen Lin created the Demon Slaying Art, which could plunder Demon Power and fortune from demons.
• Shen Lin summoned Yuwen Fengxian, Ji Zhanxie, and the others and passed the Demon Slaying Art into their minds.
• Yuwen Fengxian praised the art but could not judge its effects, so Shen Lin told everyone to cultivate it to the entry level before testing it.

Shen Lin tested the Demon Slaying Art on captured demons and discovered it could terrify them, strengthen its cultivators, and restore lost fortune. Zhan Wuji arrived with the Human Emperor, who confirmed that the technique’s effects were real.

• Shen Lin brought Yuwen Fengxian and the others to the prison to test the Demon Slaying Art on captured demons.
• Yuwen Fengxian’s killing intent terrified a Dao Enlightenment Realm demon, and his punch killed it and drew power that strengthened him.
• Ji Zhanxie killed a demon of his own realm and found that his cultivation had increased by at least one-tenth.
• Yuwen Fengxian and Shen Lin explained that killing demons could rapidly advance cultivators and restore the fortune they had lost, allowing them to break through to the Venerable Realm.
• Zhan Wuji arrived holding the Human Emperor and asked whether Shen Lin’s claims were true, and the Human Emperor confirmed them.

Shen Lin agreed to perfect and spread the Demon Slaying Art after the Human Emperor offered him insights into the Way of Fortune. The Heavenly Demon then discovered that most of the power and Fortune returning from dead Demon Race cultivators had vanished, leaving him shocked and furious.

• The Human Emperor recognized that Shen Lin's cultivation method used Fortune to make up for cultivators’ deficiencies and offered his insights so it could be perfected and shared with the Human Race.
• Shen Lin accepted the Human Emperor’s insights and promised to teach the perfected Demon Slaying Art to the Human Race the next day.
• Shen Lin left to work on the Demon Slaying Art, while the Human Emperor and Zhan Wuji prepared to gather the Human Race’s cultivators.
• The Heavenly Demon reflected on the failure to obtain the Human Emperor’s head and realized that the returned Demon Power and Fortune from recent deaths was missing at least eighty percent.
• The Heavenly Demon grew furious when he understood that the returning power was less than what he had originally sent out.

Shen Lin gave the Human Race cultivators the Demon Slaying Art, which could help them grow stronger by hunting the Demon Race in the Chaos Sea. The chapter ended with the cultivators eager to begin fighting and reclaim their strength.

• Liu Jing, Yan Zeyu, Gao Shenghan, Zijin, and Zhong Baiyu recalled Shen Lin’s rise as he emerged before the gathered Human Race.
• Shen Lin offered to teach the cultivators a technique that would speed their cultivation, warning that they would have to hunt the Demon Race.
• The Human Race cultivators all chose to stay, determined to become stronger and restore their former standing.
• Shen Lin scattered a huge fireball into countless sparks that entered the cultivators’ foreheads and implanted the Demon Slaying Art in their minds.
• Zhan Wuji sensed that the technique gave him hope of reaching the Venerable Realm, while the cultivators’ battle intent surged.

Shen Lin spread the Demon Slaying Art among the Human Race cultivators, while Prime Minister Zhang and the Human Emperor discussed their duties and the danger posed by the Heavenly Demon. The Human Emperor began recounting how his search for a way to break the Way of Fortune’s shackles led him to clues about a world beyond the Chaos Sea.

• Shen Lin recovered after passing the Demon Slaying Art to the Human Race cultivators and asked Prime Minister Zhang why he would not cultivate it.
• Prime Minister Zhang said he needed to focus on the Human Race’s future, and the Human Emperor offered to help him manage it.
• The Human Emperor warned Shen Lin that the Heavenly Demon was stronger than he appeared and advised him not to confront him before reaching the Dao Integration Realm.
• At Shen Lin’s request, the Human Emperor explained that he had left the imperial dynasty seeking a way to break the Way of Fortune’s shackles and reach the Dao Integration Realm.
• After searching records for millions of years, the Human Emperor found clues that another vast world lay beyond the Chaos Sea.

The Human Emperor told Shen Lin how an unknown flying vessel at the edge of the Chaos Sea had attacked him with strange technology and left him powerless before the Heavenly Demon took him away. Shen Lin recognized the attack as resembling a Two-Dimensional Foil and wondered why such advanced technology existed in a cultivation world.

• The Human Emperor recalled how the founder of the Myriad Treasures Pavilion and other great clans had encountered mysterious things from beyond the Chaos Sea.
• The Human Emperor sensed an unfamiliar version of the Way of Fortune and found a silver flying vessel at the edge of the Chaos Sea.
• The vessel attacked the Human Emperor with metal cylinders that spread a powder, sealing his power and making him feel as though he had been flattened.
• The Heavenly Demon emerged through a radiant gate, spoke to the vessel as Probe 91823, and later brought the Human Emperor to the Mengxi Daoist Temple.
• The Human Emperor warned Shen Lin not to investigate the outside existences, but Shen Lin recognized the attack as resembling a Two-Dimensional Foil.

Shen Lin visited the imprisoned Demon Venerables and learned that the Heavenly Demon’s restrictions prevented them from revealing the Demon Race’s secrets. Rather than accept their offer to serve him under those restrictions, he used One Slash Severance on Fallen Immortal Demon Venerable, restoring him to the Immortal Race prodigy Qing Feng.

• The Human Emperor warned Shen Lin against investigating the Heavenly Demon and its flying vessel, and Shen Lin agreed that he would not act recklessly.
• Shen Lin visited the Rakshasa Race’s dungeon, where Blood Mantis Demon Venerable demanded a fight and Bewitching Cry Demon Venerable explained the Heavenly Demon’s restrictions.
• Bewitching Cry Demon Venerable offered to serve Shen Lin, but Shen Lin chose to try removing Fallen Immortal Demon Venerable’s Demon Race bloodline instead.
• Shen Lin struck Fallen Immortal Demon Venerable with One Slash Severance, severing the black shadow from his body and restoring him to the Immortal Race prodigy Qing Feng.

Shen Lin severed the Heavenly Demon's influence from Fallen Immortal Demon Venerable, restoring Qing Feng to his original Immortal Race body. Qing Feng asked Shen Lin to spare Bewitching Cry, but before Shen Lin could decide what to do, the Heavenly Demon destroyed Bewitching Cry and Blood Mantis Demon Venerable.

• Shen Lin explained how the Heavenly Demon's power had become bound to Fallen Immortal Demon Venerable and used One Slash Severance to cut that influence away.
• Qing Feng regained his senses and thanked Shen Lin for restoring his original body.
• Shen Lin asked Qing Feng for information about Demon Race gathering places and ways high-level demons contacted one another.
• Qing Feng promised to help only if Shen Lin spared Bewitching Cry, and Shen Lin realized Qing Feng's devotion to her had predated his transformation.
• The Heavenly Demon tore Bewitching Cry and Blood Mantis Demon Venerable apart and reduced them to powder while Shen Lin was unable to intervene.

Shen Lin restored Qing Feng to the Immortal Race, then agreed to restore other converted Immortal Race prodigies in exchange for living Demon Race members. Qing Feng gave Shen Lin information on Demon Race gathering places and urged him to kill them all.

• Shen Lin contacted Guan Xuzi and asked him to send someone to retrieve Qing Feng.
• Guan Xuzi recognized Qing Feng as an Immortal Race Venerable and arranged for the Immortal Race to take him back.
• Sword Venerable arrived with Immortal Race members and asked Shen Lin to restore other converted prodigies.
• Shen Lin offered to restore each one in exchange for ten living Demon Race members of the same level.
• Qing Feng gave Shen Lin a Jade Slip listing Demon Race gathering places and asked him to kill them all.

Shen Lin interrupted a Demon Race gathering with a phone call from Prime Minister Zhang, who asked him to help two Phoenix Race elders. After learning the Demon Venerables had fallen and the demons had been ordered to hide, Shen Lin killed the gathered demons and hurried back to the Rakshasa Race.

• A Saint Realm demon told the gathered demons that Lord Heavenly Demon had ordered them to scatter and hide because several Demon Venerables had died and Fallen Immortal Demon Venerable had betrayed their strongholds.
• The Saint Realm demon showed the Heavenly Demon's Black Token to quell the demons' doubts, but Shen Lin's Spirit Talk Communicator rang during the meeting.
• Prime Minister Zhang told Shen Lin that two Phoenix Race Venerable Realm experts needed his help and showed him a caged black Phoenix and ten Saint Realm demons.
• Shen Lin said he would return immediately, then killed more than a hundred million demons with the Taowu Saber.
• Shen Lin left Black Bee Country and rushed back to the Rakshasa Race.