Chapter Summaries

Kuafu pursued the ten young Golden Crows after beating and plucking several of them, while Si Yue handed Luohu the Moon God Arrow and warned him to keep Yao Yue out of the plot. As Kuafu and the Golden Crows raced toward Tanggu, Zhunti and an illusory figure prepared to intervene with a treasure made for shooting down suns.

• Kuafu furiously attacked the ten young Golden Crows, plucked the feathers of four, and chased them when they fled east.
• In Northern Profound City, Si Yue gave Luohu the Moon God Arrow and demanded that he not involve Yao Yue.
• Hou Yi returned to the Youqiong Tribe after failing to find the West Queen Mother at West Kunlun.
• The ten young Golden Crows continued fleeing toward Tanggu while Kuafu pursued them, and they hoped the formation there would protect them.
• An illusory figure and Zhunti watched the chase, and the figure revealed a sinister treasure prepared to shoot down the Golden Crows.

A Daoist secretly weakened Kuafu as he chased the ten Golden Crows, allowing them to turn on him and wound him. Hou Yi sensed Kuafu’s weakened aura and set out to find him, but an unseen voice stopped him with a mysterious long box.

• A Daoist bound Kuafu with an invisible thread that gradually drained his strength as he ran after the ten Golden Crows.
• After noticing Kuafu had weakened, third brother, Fifth Brother, Sixth Brother, Ninth Brother, and eventually the other Golden Crows turned back to confront him.
• Kuafu struck third brother, but his weakened blow only knocked him back, and the Golden Crows surrounded Kuafu and attacked him.
• Hou Yi sensed Kuafu’s weakened aura, left the Youqiong Tribe after leaving a message for Chang'e, and headed west.
• An unseen voice addressed Hou Yi and produced a long box before him.

Hou Yi received nine powerful arrows and arrived just as Kuafu fell to the Ten Suns Across the Sky Formation. He used the arrows to kill eight of the young Golden Crows, but Eastern Emperor Tai Yi arrived in time to save Tenth Child from Hou Yi’s final arrow.

• Hou Yi opened a mysterious box, found nine jade-like arrows, and hurried toward Kuafu after sensing his aura weaken.
• The ten young Golden Crows formed the Ten Suns Across the Sky Formation and struck Kuafu with the Great Sun Golden Flame, killing him.
• Hou Yi shot the young Golden Crows with the Moon God Arrows, killing eight of them in succession.
• With no arrows left, Hou Yi formed an arrow of light and aimed it at Tenth Child as Fourth Brother died protecting him.
• Eastern Emperor Tai Yi arrived, shattered Hou Yi’s arrow with the Eastern Emperor Bell, and rescued Tenth Child.

Hou Yi killed nine of the little Golden Crows to avenge Kuafu, and Di Jiang saved him from Eastern Emperor Tai Yi. The survivors realized they had been manipulated, but Eastern Emperor Tai Yi departed for war, while Di Jun suspected the Demon Race had another enemy beyond the Wu Clan.

• Eastern Emperor Tai Yi attacked Hou Yi after finding nine little Golden Crows dead, but Di Jiang rescued Hou Yi and learned the Crows had killed Kuafu.
• Hou Yi said an unknown figure had given him the Moon God Arrows, leading Di Jiang and Eastern Emperor Tai Yi to realize they had been set up.
• Di Jiang refused to hand Hou Yi over, and Eastern Emperor Tai Yi declared war before leaving with the Tenth Child and the other Crows' bodies.
• Hou Yi declined to return to the Wu Clan until the final battle, while the hidden Daoist said the surviving Golden Crow had a destined connection with his West.
• Di Jun learned that the Moon God Arrows had annihilated the nine Crows' souls and true spirits, and asked whether the Wu Clan was the Demon Race's only enemy.

Di Jun and Di Jiang prepared their factions for an unavoidable war, each considering the losses and the need to preserve their people. Meanwhile, Shen Gui woke after sleeping for several days on the Lunar Star and prepared to leave Wangshu.

• Di Jun decided to take Tenth Child and the Monster Summoning Banner to Empress Nuwa in case the Demon Race lost the coming war.
• Di Jiang and the Ancestor Witches agreed to prepare for war after Kuafu's death and the deaths of nine of Di Jun's sons made conflict unavoidable.
• Di Jiang asked about Chi You's progress with the Twelve Capital Gods and Demons Formation, and Zhu Jiuyin assured him that Chi You could support it.
• Shen Gui woke after several days beneath the osmanthus tree on the Lunar Star, where Wangshu had played the zither as he slept.
• Shen Gui blamed his long sleep on Moonlight Brew, then rose and told Wangshu he should go.

Shen Gui left the Lunar Star after asking Wangshu to look after the sleeping Hu Niu, while Hou Yi stayed with the Youqiong Tribe, reluctant to end his time near Chang'e. Back at the Demon Lord's Palace, Shen Gui learned that Hou Yi had killed the nine Golden Crows with Yao Yue's Moon God Arrow, and Yao Yue worried that Di Jun and Tai Yi would blame Shen Gui.

• Shen Gui left Wangshu on the Lunar Star, and Wangshu promised to have Xihe return the sleeping Hu Niu to West Kunlun.
• Hou Yi remained in the Youqiong Tribe because he could not let go of Chang'e and wanted to delay deciding her future.
• Yao Yue told Shen Gui that major events, including Kuafu Chasing the Sun and Hou Yi Shooting the Sun, had taken place while he was away.
• Yao Yue explained that Si Yue had borrowed her Moon God Arrow, which Hou Yi used to kill the nine princes of the Demon Race's Heavenly Court.
• Yao Yue worried that Di Jun and Eastern Emperor Tai Yi would connect the Moon God Arrow to her and bring trouble to Shen Gui.

Nine Infant completed his Nine Infant White Bone Banners and attacked Hou Yi at the Youqiong Tribe. Hou Yi faced him with his bow as Nine Infant transformed to fight.

• Shen Gui reassured Yao Yue that he would handle any trouble from the Demon Race.
• Nine Infant completed his nine White Bone Banners after slaughtering more human tribes and set out to find Hou Yi.
• At the Youqiong Tribe, Hou Yi hesitated over confessing to Chang'e while plucking flower petals for a sign.
• Nine Infant's foul wind blew away the final petal, then his White Bone Banners surrounded Hou Yi and the tribe.
• Hou Yi told Chang'e to retreat and drew his bow as Nine Infant assumed his true form to attack.

Hou Yi overcame Jiuying’s Nine Infant White Bone Banners by firing arrows that sealed every escape route. His final arrow struck Jiuying’s central head, grievously wounding him and driving him into a furious rage.

• Jiuying used the Nine Infant White Bone Banners to evade Hou Yi’s arrows and revealed that the banners countered Hou Yi’s attacks.
• Jiuying unleashed fire, poisonous water, and poisonous smoke on the Youqiong Tribe, killing many tribespeople as Hou Yi tried to stop him.
• Hou Yi formed nine arrows and fired them at Jiuying’s eight banners and his original position, then aimed a tenth arrow at Jiuying’s only escape route.
• Hou Yi’s tenth arrow arrived with the others, sealed Jiuying’s final path, and struck his central snake head.
• Jiuying was grievously wounded and roared that Hou Yi deserved to die.

Hou Yi pressed his attack against the badly wounded Nine Infant, whose remaining heads argued and struggled to coordinate after he killed their central head. The heads finally united to escape with the Nine Infant White Bone Banners, leaving Hou Yi facing their white flames.

• Hou Yi rushed Nine Infant for close combat after exhausting his powerful archery, determined to kill it and learn whether the Demon Race had more White Bone Banners.
• Nine Infant's remaining heads charged at Hou Yi, but he punched two of them back and their conflicting impulses sent the monster crashing to the ground.
• Nine Infant's heads argued over whether to fight or flee, while Hou Yi waited and then warned them he would not let them escape.
• The eight heads united to activate the Nine Infant White Bone Banners, which teleported Nine Infant away and sent white flames surging toward Hou Yi.

After Hou Yi drove Nine Infant away, the Youqiong Tribe mourned its dead, and Hou Yi decided to leave for West Kunlun to seek an elixir of immortality for Chang'e. Nine Infant’s heads realized that their Soul Flame had burned Hou Yi, suggesting it could threaten his defenses.

• Hou Yi cleared Nine Infant’s Soul Flames with his arrows but stopped pursuing him, then checked on the exhausted Chang'e as she went to care for the tribe’s wounded.
• Wu Gang returned to find the Youqiong Tribe devastated, and Hou Yi told him he would leave for a few days and asked him to keep the tribe safe.
• Hou Yi admitted he had not told Chang'e about his departure, while Wu Gang agreed to keep it secret.
• After fleeing, Nine Infant’s heads discussed seeing the Soul Flame burn Hou Yi and recognized that it might be capable of threatening him.

Hou Yi left the Youqiong Tribe and traveled to West Kunlun to seek medicine, while Wu Gang told Chang'e about his departure and promise to return. After meeting Empress West Queen Mother, Hou Yi began asking for her help on Chang'e's behalf.

• Hou Yi left the Youqiong Tribe for West Kunlun, and Chang'e learned from Wu Gang that he had gone to seek medicine and intended to return.
• Wu Gang stayed close to the tribe while leading its warriors out to fish and hunt, following Hou Yi's instructions to protect it.
• Hou Yi met Lu Wu at the West Kunlun pass, learned that Empress West Queen Mother was in the mountains, and entered after Lu Wu announced him.
• Luo Shen escorted Hou Yi to the palace and warned him that the Empress was still recovering from a drunken outing and could be peculiar.
• Hu Niu recognized Chang'e's name and offered to hear Hou Yi's request, promising to help as long as it was not excessive.

Hou Yi asked Hu Niu for something to extend Chang'e’s lifespan, learning that Chang'e had given away the Star Fruit Hu Niu had previously gifted her. Unable to find another suitable gift, Hu Niu reluctantly gave Hou Yi a drop of precious Moonlight Brew and told him to make sure Chang'e drank it.

• Hou Yi told Hu Niu he had come to ask for a divine object to extend Chang'e’s lifespan.
• Hu Niu said she had given Chang'e a Star Fruit, and Hou Yi explained that Chang'e had likely given it to a tribe cultivator.
• Hu Niu searched for a suitable gift but found she had no Star Fruits or other fitting treasures left.
• Hu Niu reluctantly sent Hou Yi a drop of Moonlight Brew and warned him to ensure Chang'e drank it.
• Hou Yi solemnly promised Hu Niu that he would personally watch Chang'e drink the brew.

Di Jun entrusted the Tenth Child to Nuwa in Wa Huang Heaven, offering her the Monster Summoning Banner to settle an old karmic debt. As war between the Demon Race and the Witch Race drew near, Shen Gui worried about the Mysterious Black Tortoise of the Northern Darkness's fate, while Hou Yi returned to the Youqiong Tribe with the elixir of immortality.

• Di Jun asked Nuwa to take in the Tenth Child and offered her the Monster Summoning Banner, which she accepted.
• Di Jun left the Tenth Child in Wa Huang Heaven, and Nuwa forbade him from leaving until he became a Daluo.
• Shen Gui and the Mysterious Black Tortoise of the Northern Darkness discussed the coming tribulation and the possibility of preserving the soul fragment's separate existence.
• Di Jun returned to the Heavenly Court as Hou Yi returned to the Youqiong Tribe with the elixir of immortality.
• Jiu Ying's speculation was reported to Di Jun.

After Nine Infants reported that human souls could injure Wu Clan true forms, Di Jun ordered the Demon Race to slaughter humans and refine a weapon against the Ancestor Witches. He reassigned the task of subduing the Dragon Race to Kunpeng, who began by summoning the North Sea Dragon King.

• Hou Yi returned to the Youqiong Tribe and kept Chang'e's elixir of immortality, hoping to stay there for a few more years.
• Nine Infants told Di Jun that a treasure refined from human souls had injured Hou Yi's great witch true form.
• Di Jun ordered Eastern Emperor Tai Yi to test whether human souls could break Wu Clan true forms, and Tai Yi confirmed they could even threaten ancestral witch true forms if gathered in sufficient numbers.
• Di Jun decided to massacre humans and refine a weapon, then assigned Kunpeng to subdue the Dragon Race while keeping the weapon project secret.
• Kunpeng accepted the assignment and told Mo to summon the North Sea Dragon King.

The Demon Race slaughtered humans across the Primordial Wilderness, killing tens of billions as the Saints protected only select territories and Nuwa was blocked from intervening. The slaughter continued while the five Saints questioned how Jiuying had obtained the method for refining human souls into a weapon against the Wu Clan.

• The Demon Race massacred humans across Southern Jambudvipa and the Eastern Divine Continent, then spread its armies into the Western Ox Continent and Central Continent.
• Xuandu knelt before Laozi and begged him to save the human race, but Laozi said he could protect only Xuandu's tribe and the humans near Shouyang Mountain.
• Yuqing, Tongtian Cult Master, Jieyin, Zhunti, and Zhen Yuanzi established protected zones around their sacred domains while humans elsewhere were slaughtered or displaced.
• The five Saints trapped Nuwa's Crimson Silk Ball in chaos and prevented her from returning to the Primordial Land to stop the massacre.
• Nuwa withdrew after warning the Saints, who then questioned how Jiuying had learned the method for refining human souls into a weapon against the Wu Clan.

Shen Gui arranged for Northern Kurukshetra Continent to shelter humans fleeing the Demon Race’s slaughter and protect them from pursuing demon armies. After his subordinates departed, Yao Yue stayed with him and helped lift his spirits.

• The five Saints withdrew their magical treasures without confronting one another, reasoning that they could not be blamed for a scheme they had not carried out.
• Shen Gui asked Bei Minghong to settle the human refugees arriving at Northern Kurukshetra Continent’s borders, and ordered Yao Yue, Shang Yang, and Ci Tie to assist him.
• Su San reported that Yuan Feng and his troops had been sent to stop demon armies from intercepting and killing the refugees.
• Shen Gui dismissed his subordinates and remained on the mountain, saddened by humanity’s suffering despite being its former member and now the Demon Lord.
• Yao Yue stayed beside Shen Gui, spoke with him, and lightened his mood before they decided to return.

The Demon Race forged the Witch Slayer Sword by slaughtering humans, then saw its plan to recruit the Dragon Race thwarted when the ancient Quasi-Saint Candle Dragon emerged and drove Kunpeng away. Di Jun and the others debated whether to fight or make peace with the Dragon Race as their decisive battle with the Wu Clan approached.

• Eastern Emperor Tai Yi forged the Witch Slayer Sword from the souls of slaughtered humans, while Kunpeng set out to subdue the Dragon Race.
• Ao Shun revealed his Grand Unity Golden Immortal cultivation and rejected Kunpeng’s recruitment.
• Candle Dragon appeared, forced Kunpeng to retreat, and declared through his actions that the Dragon Race would not submit.
• Di Jun, Eastern Emperor Tai Yi, Kunpeng, and Fuxi gathered in the Demon Race’s Heavenly Court to discuss the Dragon Race.
• Fuxi advised against war, warning that the Wu Clan could attack while the Demon Race was fighting the Dragon Race.

Di Jun and Eastern Emperor Tai Yi abandoned plans to subdue the Dragon Race and prepared for the final battle against the Wu Clan. Hou Yi said goodbye to Chang'e and returned to the battlefield, where the two armies fought beneath Mount Buzhou and their formations shattered, leaving the outcome in the hands of their strongest fighters.

• Fuxi convinced Eastern Emperor Tai Yi and Di Jun that Candle Dragon would never join the Heavenly Court, so Di Jun left the Dragon Race alone and ordered preparations for the final battle.
• Hou Yi told Chang'e he was returning to the Wu Clan, gave her an elixir of immortality, and promised to return if he survived; Chang'e said she would wait and save the elixir for then.
• Hou Yi left Wu Gang in charge of the Youqiong Tribe and told him to make Chang'e take the elixir if Hou Yi did not return.
• The Wu Clan and Demon Race began their final battle beneath Mount Buzhou, and the Grand Formation of the Myriad Stars and the Twelve Capital Gods and Demons Formation shattered.
• The leaders on both sides resumed their old matchups, and the battle reached a temporary stalemate while Eastern Emperor Tai Yi waited for a chance to strike with the Witch Slayer Sword.

The Wu Clan’s Great Wu drove back the Demon Race Daluo, with Hou Yi’s arrows proving especially deadly. Jiuying prepared to ambush Hou Yi with a powerful gourd bestowed by Eastern Emperor Tai Yi, and unleashed its white light as Hou Yi fired another arrow.

• Hou Yi, Xing Tian, and Bai Qi led the Wu Clan’s Great Wu in forcing the Demon Race Daluo to retreat, until the Ten Great Demon Sages held them off with the Ten Directions Annihilation Formation.
• Jiuying told Bai Ze and the other Demon Sages that he would kill Hou Yi with a treasure Eastern Emperor Tai Yi had given him, and they agreed to hold back the Wu Clan.
• Xing Tian and Hou Yi fought side by side, remembering their fallen brother Kuafu and agreeing that the loser would buy drinks after the battle.
• Jiuying concealed his aura among ordinary demon soldiers and waited for a chance to strike Hou Yi with the yellow gourd, which Eastern Emperor Tai Yi had refined using human souls.
• As Hou Yi fired another arrow, Jiuying released a streak of white light from the gourd across the battlefield.

Hou Yi was killed by Nine Infant’s white light, prompting Xing Tian to attack Nine Infant, who avoided a direct fight and drew him away. With Hou Yi dead and Xing Tian occupied, Bai Ze saw a chance for the Demon Race to turn the battle, while the Ancestor Witches struggled against Eastern Emperor Tai Yi without Houtu.

• Hou Yi was distracted by thoughts of Chang'e and was killed by Nine Infant’s white light, which returned his essence to the yellow-skinned gourd.
• Xing Tian charged Nine Infant in rage, but knocked away the white light with his shield and learned it could not penetrate his defense.
• Nine Infant fled from Xing Tian, using the gourd and Nine Infant White Bone Banners to keep him at a distance as they crossed the battlefield.
• Bai Ze recognized that Hou Yi’s death and Xing Tian’s pursuit of Nine Infant gave the Demon Race a chance to attack Bai Qi and possibly win.
• Ru Shou, Ju Mang, Gong Gong, Zhu Rong, and Chi You struggled to hold off Eastern Emperor Tai Yi, leaving the Wu Clan’s strongest fighters at a disadvantage without Houtu.