Chapter Summaries

After Shen Gui returned to Rainfall City, Yao Yue admitted to Shang Yang that she loved him for who he was, not for his identity as Lord Mystic Venerable. Shen Gui faced the fanatical welcome of the Mystic Venerable Sect’s commanders, while Su San urged them to let him rest.

• Yao Yue told Shang Yang that she liked Shen Gui and explained that his identity did not matter to her.
• Shen Gui overheard Yao Yue’s confession and panicked as he continued toward Rainfall City.
• The demon soldiers and commanders welcomed Shen Gui as Demon Lord, their reverence turning to fanaticism when they learned he was Lord Mystic Venerable himself.
• Shen Gui asked the crowd to stop staring, and they obediently shut their eyes before opening them again at his correction.
• Su San calmed the excited commanders and told them to let Shen Gui rest after his battle.

After Shen Gui returned to the City Lord’s Mansion, Su San fawned over him while Little You Mo openly questioned his identity, leaving Su San emotionally defeated. The story then shifted to Pangu Hall on Mount Buzhou, where the Twelve Ancestor Witches discussed the Demon Race’s growing clashes with the Wu Clan and the threat posed by Di Jun, Tai Yi, and their formation.

• Shen Gui told his followers that Di Jun and the others were unlikely to trouble them again soon, but they remained distracted by his identity.
• Su San served Shen Gui tea and settled on calling him Lord Demon Jun, while Little You Mo asked whether he was truly Lord Mystic Venerable.
• Little You Mo accepted Shen Gui’s identity and said she would call him Lord Mystic Venerable, leaving Su San devastated before he immediately offered to fetch fresh tea.
• At Pangu Hall, Di Jiang convened the Twelve Ancestor Witches and noted that the Wu Clan’s young members were clashing increasingly often with the Demon Race.
• Zhu Rong dismissed the Demon Race’s strength, while Gong Gong warned that Di Jun, Tai Yi, and the Grand Formation of the Myriad Stars posed a serious threat.

The Twelve Ancestor Witches argued over whether the Wu Clan needed to fear Di Jun and Tai Yi, while Houtu urged caution. Meanwhile, Di Jun and Tai Yi resumed governing the Demon Country and considered moving its center to Central Continent, near the Thirty-Six Heavens atop Mount Buzhou.

• Gong Gong mocked Zhu Rong’s claim that he could defeat Di Jun and Tai Yi, and Di Jiang stopped their argument before it could turn into a fight.
• Zhu Jiuyin and Qiang Liang reminded the Ancestor Witches that their Twelve Capital Gods and Demons Formation could oppose the Demon Country’s Grand Formation of the Myriad Stars.
• Houtu urged her siblings to stay alert and support one another because the Ancestor Witches now guarded separate tribes.
• Ju Mang argued that Di Jun and Tai Yi would not risk war with the Wu Clan, and the Ancestor Witches agreed without recognizing that the conflict between their races could become a fight to the death.
• Di Jun and Tai Yi recovered from their defeat and began handling the affairs created by absorbing the Immortal Court.
• Di Jun considered shifting the Demon Country’s center from Southern Jambudvipa to Central Continent, where he and Tai Yi had discovered the Thirty-Six Heavens atop Mount Buzhou.

Di Jun and Eastern Emperor Tai Yi decided to destroy the Wu Clan before moving the Demon Country’s capital to Central Continent. They dispatched Ji Meng and Bi Fang with thirty Demon Gods and one billion troops, though Bi Fang warned Ji Meng that the Wu Clan was strong.

• Di Jun and Eastern Emperor Tai Yi reviewed intelligence about the Wu Clan and decided the clan had to be exterminated.
• Eastern Emperor Tai Yi concluded that Fuxi had no connection to the Wu Clan and was pleased that Fuxi had withdrawn from Demon Country affairs.
• Di Jun ordered Ji Meng and Bi Fang to lead thirty Demon Gods and one billion demon troops against the Wu Clan.
• Ji Meng joked that the force assigned to the campaign was excessive, while Bi Fang warned him to be careful because the Wu Clan was strong.

Ji Meng led a massive Demon Race campaign against four Wu Clan tribes, but the forces were overwhelmed by the Wu Clan’s strength. After suffering catastrophic losses, Ji Meng realized his own detachment had been the luckiest because it had avoided Quasi-Saint-level opponents.

• Ji Meng split a billion demon soldiers and thirty Daluo into four forces to attack the Zhu Rong, Gong Gong, Houtu, and Qiang Liang Tribes simultaneously.
• Ji Meng and Bi Fang led 250 million troops against the Houtu Tribe, where Xing Tian, Kuafu, Hou Yi, Wu Gang, and the other Great Wu defeated them.
• The Houtu Tribe’s defenders killed two of Ji Meng’s six nameless Daluo, badly wounded the rest, and left only about a hundred million demon soldiers to retreat.
• Zhu Rong personally destroyed the eight nameless Daluo attacking his tribe, while the Zhu Rong Tribe’s forces nearly wiped out their army.
• The Gong Gong and Qiang Liang Tribes also inflicted devastating losses on their attackers, and Ji Meng learned that his own force had been the luckiest.

After the Demon Country learned that the Wu Clan possessed three Quasi-Saints, Di Jun and Eastern Emperor Tai Yi resolved to investigate before deciding how to destroy them. Meanwhile, Qingluan visited Shen Gui in Northern Profound City and persuaded him to accompany her back to see Empress.

• Ji Meng's report revealed the Wu Clan's three Quasi-Saint-level fighters and the heavy losses suffered by the Demon Country's army.
• Di Jun and Eastern Emperor Tai Yi decided to investigate the Wu Clan thoroughly before taking action against it.
• Qingluan greeted Shen Gui formally, then complained that Sister Jin had told her to treat him as a great power.
• Qingluan pretended to cry and accused Shen Gui of planning to bully her until he agreed to compensate her.
• Qingluan asked Shen Gui to accompany her back to see Empress.

Qingluan told Shen Gui that Nuwa had sent her to bring him to the Central Continent, prompting Shen Gui to confront his fear that Nuwa would resent his concealed identity. He agreed to see her and set out with Qingluan, but their journey stalled when she stopped in a huff after failing to catch up with him.

• Shen Gui asked whether Nuwa was angry, and Qingluan said she did not know and urged him to meet her.
• Shen Gui recalled that he had once approached Nuwa because her presence had made him feel less alone in the unfamiliar Primordial Wilderness.
• Qingluan teased Shen Gui for being afraid to see Nuwa, and he finally agreed to go.
• Shen Gui left the Demon Lord's Palace for the Central Continent, and Qingluan followed him out of Northern Profound City.
• Qingluan could not catch Shen Gui, so she landed and refused to continue; Shen Gui returned and asked why she had stopped.

Shen Gui reluctantly returned to Mount Buzhou to meet Nuwa after Qingluan forced him to go, only to be kicked away when he accidentally saw her. He came back and greeted Nuwa, who hinted that she knew more about his identity than she had let on.

• Qingluan demanded a ride, so Shen Gui carried her toward Mount Buzhou in his true form.
• Qingluan told Shen Gui that Nuwa would come find him if he refused to visit, and she kicked him into Nuwa's dojo when he hesitated at the entrance.
• Shen Gui accidentally saw Nuwa's legs, and Nuwa kicked him flying out of Mount Buzhou.
• Shen Gui talked himself into returning to Nuwa's dojo, where he found Qingluan gone and Nuwa quietly drinking tea.
• Shen Gui claimed he had been delayed on the road, and Nuwa said she had underestimated the Mysterious Black Tortoise of the Northern Darkness, whom she had always called Small Turtle.

Shen Gui faced Nuwa’s questions about his hidden identity and why he had approached her, then asked whether she would risk her Sainthood to save all living beings. The chapter ended with Nuwa yet to answer, while Shen Gui’s question pointed toward the karmic cost of her future choice to repair the heavens.

• Nuwa threatened Shen Gui with the Crimson Silk Ball, then softened and asked him to explain why he had hidden his identity.
• Shen Gui called Nuwa “Sister” and explained that he had slept through much of the world’s early history and had only awakened after the Dao Ancestor attained the Dao.
• Nuwa reasoned that Shen Gui had not sought her for treasure and teased him about whether he had come because he found her beautiful.
• Nuwa suggested that a future karmic bond between them had drawn Shen Gui to her, and Shen Gui stayed silent rather than reveal what he knew.
• Shen Gui asked whether Nuwa would save all living beings even if the resulting karma threatened her cultivation and Saint Position.

Nuwa questioned Shen Gui about her reasons for becoming a Saint, then called him to discuss the Wu Clan and the looming conflict with the Demon Race. Shen Gui revealed that the Twelve Ancestor Witches were the Wu Clan’s strongest members and said he would intervene to help the Demon Race.

• Nuwa told Shen Gui that she had mended the heavens because she was a Saint, and Shen Gui felt relieved that she would not bear that karmic burden in this life.
• Nuwa teased Shen Gui about his age before revealing that she had summoned him to discuss the Wu Clan.
• Nuwa deduced that Shen Gui already knew the Wu Clan’s strength, and he confirmed that the Twelve Ancestor Witches were its strongest fighters, with at least twelve Quasi-Saints among them.
• Shen Gui explained that the Wu Clan and the Demon Race were at the heart of the great calamity, leaving Fuxi’s efforts to end it in vain.
• Shen Gui said he would intervene because Di Jun and the others might not be able to defeat the Twelve Ancestor Witches.

Shen Gui assured Nuwa that he would oppose the Wu Clan if needed, but planned to wait for Di Jun and Tai Yi to ask for his help. At Pangu Hall, the Twelve Ancestor Witches gathered to discuss attacks on several Wu tribes, though Zhu Rong and Gong Gong’s bickering briefly disrupted the meeting.

• Shen Gui told Nuwa he would wait for Di Jun and Tai Yi to seek his aid, while Nuwa offered to intervene if he or Fuxi faced danger.
• Di Jiang called the Twelve Ancestor Witches to discuss attacks on the tribes of Gong Gong, Zhu Rong, Houtu, and Qiang Liang.
• Zhu Rong boasted about eating roasted demons and threatened to taste Golden Crow, while Gong Gong warned that the Wu Clan could not underestimate its opponents.
• Di Jiang stopped Zhu Rong and Gong Gong’s quarrel and ordered them to behave during the discussion.
• Di Jiang asked Houtu and Qiang Liang for their thoughts on the attacks against their tribes.

Fuxi urged the Demon Country to wage war against the Wu Clan immediately, arguing that delay would leave Demon Race people prey to the Wu Clan. Di Jun, Eastern Emperor Tai Yi, and the generals united behind him and declared war.

• Eastern Emperor Tai Yi proposed developing the Thirty-Six Heavens before fighting the Wu Clan, whose Twelve Ancestor Witches were comparable to Quasi-Saints.
• Fuxi rejected the plan and argued that the Demon Country had to fight now to protect the Demon Race people being eaten by the Wu Clan.
• Fuxi said he would seek aid from the two if the Demon Country proved unable to defeat the Wu Clan.
• Eastern Emperor Tai Yi, Ji Meng, Ying Zhao, Fei Dan, Jiu Ying, Gui Che, and the other generals rallied for war, and Di Jun joined their declaration.

Di Jun mobilized the Demon Country’s armies against the Wu Clan, bringing both sides to Mount Buzhou for their first major battle. The battle began with Eastern Emperor Tai Yi driving Zhu Rong back, and Ru Shou urged the Ancestor Witches to attack him together.

• Di Jun gathered more than eighty-three billion demon soldiers from across the Demon Country, while the Twelve Ancestor Witches assembled their tribes at Mount Buzhou.
• Zhu Rong worried over the Demon Country’s numerical advantage, but Ru Shou urged him to focus on killing the enemy leaders.
• Di Jun ordered Eastern Emperor Tai Yi and Fuxi to probe the Wu Clan and activate the Grand Formation of the Myriad Stars if necessary.
• Both armies charged into battle, and Eastern Emperor Tai Yi challenged the Wu Clan to send a fighter.
• Zhu Rong met Eastern Emperor Tai Yi with the Nine True Flames, but Tai Yi used the Eastern Emperor Bell to scatter the flames and send Zhu Rong flying.
• Ru Shou warned Zhu Rong that he could not defeat Tai Yi alone and proposed that the Ancestor Witches attack together.

Eastern Emperor Tai Yi unleashed the Eastern Emperor Bell against the five Ancestor Witches, who countered with the Five Elements Annihilation Spirit Light, though some Wu Clan members died in the first attack. As Shen Gui and Nuwa watched from Mount Buzhou, Nuwa claimed Eastern Emperor Tai Yi might not be able to defeat her, leaving Shen Gui surprised.

• Eastern Emperor Tai Yi used the Eastern Emperor Bell's Devour the Heavens to attack the five Ancestor Witches and the Wu Clan on Mount Buzhou.
• Houtu led the five Ancestor Witches in casting the Five Elements Annihilation Spirit Light, which stopped Tai Yi's attack but could not prevent some Wu Clan members from dying.
• Shen Gui watched the battle with Nuwa and praised Eastern Emperor Tai Yi's strength, then awkwardly explained that Tai Yi's inability to beat him did not make Tai Yi weak.
• Nuwa said she felt Eastern Emperor Tai Yi might not be able to defeat her, surprising Shen Gui.

Shen Gui learned that Nuwa had reached late Quasi-Saint and was already approaching peak, then accidentally helped her advance with a casual remark. Meanwhile, the ancestral witches turned their attention to Di Jun and Fuxi after Tai Yi drew several of them into battle.

• Nuwa told Shen Gui that she was at late Quasi-Saint and had enough magic power to reach peak Quasi-Saint, but could not figure out how to sever Self Obsession.
• Shen Gui explained the difference between cultivation realm and magic power, then advised Nuwa not to force her progress and said the Dao followed nature.
• Nuwa took Shen Gui's words to heart, let go of her fixation, and advanced another step toward peak Quasi-Saint.
• Hongjun struck Shen Gui with heavenly lightning after overhearing his irreverent thoughts about him.
• Di Jiang, Zhu Jiuyin, and She Bishi challenged Di Jun, who used the River Diagram and Luo Script to protect himself and said he could handle them.

Di Jun struggled against Di Jiang, Zhu Jiuyin, and She Bishi while Fuxi and Eastern Emperor Tai Yi held off the other Ancestor Witches. After detonating his Primordial River Luo Formation to escape, Di Jun summoned the Grand Formation of the Myriad Stars, escalating the battle with both sides preparing to use their trump cards.

• Nuwa complained that Di Jun had left too many Ancestor Witches for Fuxi, and Shen Gui agreed with her despite recognizing how dangerous Di Jun’s opponents were.
• Fuxi defended against Qiang Liang, Xi Zi, Tian Wu, and Xuan Ming while Di Jun struggled against Di Jiang, Zhu Jiuyin, and She Bishi.
• Di Jun deployed the Primordial River Luo Formation, but he remained in grave danger as Eastern Emperor Tai Yi and Fuxi realized his fall would leave them exposed.
• Di Jun detonated the unstable formation to force back his three opponents, while Eastern Emperor Tai Yi and Fuxi created distance from their own foes.
• Di Jun summoned the Grand Formation of the Myriad Stars as the three prepared to face the Twelve Ancestor Witches with their trump cards.

The Twelve Ancestor Witches faced Di Jun’s Grand Formation of the Myriad Stars at Mount Buzhou, but a mysterious young man in black disrupted the formation by cutting off its access to Lunar Star Power. With the formation shattered and the Wu Clan free to attack, Di Jun ordered the Demon Race to retreat.

• Di Jun trapped the Twelve Ancestor Witches and the Wu Clan army inside the Grand Formation of the Myriad Stars, where Zhu Rong’s flames and Di Jiang’s spatial attack failed.
• Di Jiang and the other Ancestor Witches prepared to use the Twelve Capital Gods and Demons Formation against Di Jun’s formation.
• A twisted demonic shadow pierced the Grand Formation of the Myriad Stars, and the young man in black revealed that he had severed its access to Lunar Star Power.
• The weakened formation collapsed under the Twelve Ancestor Witches’ attacks, injuring the stellar gods who controlled the Star Banners.
• Eastern Emperor Tai Yi attacked the young man in black, who accused him of exterminating his clan, while Di Jun ordered the Demon Race to retreat.

Nuwa entered the battlefield to save Fuxi and drove back seven Ancestor Witches with her physical strength. She secured the Demon Country’s withdrawal from the Central Continent, but the black-clad Quasi-Saint objected to letting Di Jun and Eastern Emperor Tai Yi escape.

• Nuwa left Mount Buzhou to intervene after Fuxi came under threat.
• Nuwa struck Qiang Liang and six other Ancestor Witches, sending all seven flying.
• Di Jiang questioned Nuwa’s intervention, and Nuwa proposed that the Demon Country withdraw from the Central Continent in exchange for peace.
• Di Jiang accepted Nuwa’s terms, and Di Jun silently agreed.
• The black-clad Quasi-Saint objected, saying he would not give up the chance to corner Di Jun and Tai Yi.

After Nuwa captured the black-clad young man, Shen Gui revealed that he knew the young man’s name, Si Yue, leaving him stunned and demanding to know how. The chapter left Si Yue in Shen Gui’s hands, with his identity and past poised to be discussed.

• Nuwa rejected Si Yue’s justification for falling into the demonic path and captured him with the Map of Mountains and Rivers.
• Di Jiang ordered Di Jun to leave the Central Continent, and the Wu Clan stopped pursuing the defeated Demon Country forces.
• Nuwa returned to Mount Buzhou and released Si Yue for Shen Gui, warning him not to compare her to Eastern Emperor Tai Yi again.
• Shen Gui called the young man Si Yue, and Si Yue demanded to know how Shen Gui knew his name.

Shen Gui recognized the injured Si Yue as Yao Yue’s older brother and learned that he had burned his bloodline power to intercept the Lunar Star Power. Si Yue refused treatment and asked Shen Gui to keep their meeting from Yao Yue, while Nuwa warned that his secret method could destroy his soul.

• Shen Gui questioned Si Yue about Yao Yue, stabilized his injuries, and confirmed that he was her older brother.
• Shen Gui explained how he had recognized Si Yue and clarified that neither he nor Nuwa had ties to Di Jun and Tai Yi.
• Nuwa identified that Si Yue was keeping himself alive with a Demonic Path Secret Method, and Si Yue revealed that he had burned all his bloodline power to intercept the Lunar Star Power.
• Si Yue refused treatment and asked Shen Gui not to tell Yao Yue about their meeting so she could live without the burden of revenge.
• Nuwa warned that Si Yue’s method could leave his soul scattered and offered to save him if he dispelled it and asked for her help.