Chapter Summaries

Yao Yue revealed that she was the daughter of the Silver Moon Wolf Clan’s leader and asked Shen Gui to introduce her to Empress Nuwa in exchange for her clan’s treasured heirloom. She explained that Di Jun and Tai Yi had discovered her weakened clan and given it one year to submit to the Demon Country or be exterminated.

• Silver Moon asked Shen Gui whether he was a confidant of Empress Nuwa, and Shen Gui claimed to rank third among Nuwa’s subordinates.
• Silver Moon revealed that she wanted to join Nuwa’s side and would offer the Silver Moon Wolf Clan’s treasured heirloom if Nuwa accepted her.
• Silver Moon told Shen Gui that her true name was Yao Yue and that she was the daughter of the Silver Moon Wolf Clan’s Tribe Leader.
• Yao Yue explained that the clan had suffered heavy losses while supporting the Kirin Race in the war between the three clans and had retreated to Southern Jambudvipa to recover.
• Yao Yue said that Di Jun and Tai Yi’s Demon Country had discovered the clan during its expansion and demanded that it submit within one year or be exterminated.

Yao Yue told Shen Gui how the Demon Country destroyed the Silver Moon Wolf Clan after Di Jun and Tai Yi mistook the Moon God Arrow for a weapon against them. She explained that she joined the alliance to fight the Demon Country and now sought an introduction to Empress Nuwa, leaving Shen Gui unsure how to respond to her mistaken hopes.

• Yao Yue explained that her father agreed to lead the Silver Moon Wolf Clan into the Demon Country to preserve the clan.
• Yao Yue revealed that the Moon God Arrow had grown into a complete set of Top-grade Primordial Spiritual Treasure and countered True Sun Fire.
• Di Jun and Tai Yi suspected the clan had refined the Moon God Arrow to oppose them, and the Demon Country army killed millions of Silver Moon Wolves, including Yao Yue's father.
• Yao Yue escaped with her brother and the Moon God Arrow, later joined the alliance as one of its five Daluo, and resolved to fight the Demon Country.
• Yao Yue asked Shen Gui to introduce her to Empress Nuwa and offered him anything except the Moon God Arrow, while Shen Gui worried that Nuwa was not the enemy of the Demon Country Yao Yue believed her to be.

Shen Gui hesitated over Yao Yue’s request for help avenging the Silver Moon Wolf Clan, then reflected on his own fortune and found his lingering resentment easing. As his spiritual clarity improved, he discovered that he had reached the late Grand Unity Golden Immortal stage.

• Yao Yue offered Shen Gui any price, even becoming his cultivation furnace, if he would introduce her to the Empress.
• Shen Gui explained that he could only discuss an introduction after completing the Empress’s task, and Yao Yue offered to assist him meanwhile.
• After Yao Yue left, Shen Gui thought about how Di Jun and Eastern Emperor Tai Yi had slaughtered millions of Silver Moon Wolf Clan members.
• Shen Gui realized that, unlike ordinary beings in the Primordial Wilderness, he had survived great dangers and had ways to protect himself.
• Shen Gui’s spiritual platform cleared, and he discovered he had advanced to the late Grand Unity Golden Immortal stage.

Shen Gui strengthened his body by absorbing Mysterious Yellow Qi and later joined a group of Demon Alliance leaders to scout Ji Meng’s army near Qingmang Mountain. The group set out for Huoyun City after the alliance organized its forces, leaving the confrontation yet to come.

• Shen Gui discovered that absorbing Mysterious Yellow Qi strengthened his body and resumed cultivating to prepare for the Demon Country’s attack.
• Ji Meng brought a hundred million Demon Soldiers to Huoyun City near Qingmang Mountain and stationed his army there rather than attacking.
• Ci Tie organized the Demon Alliance’s forces, selecting 180 million soldiers for the main force and arranging the rest as cannon fodder.
• After emerging from seclusion, Shen Gui expressed interest in seeing the Demon Country’s army, and Ci Tie invited him to scout it.
• Five Daluo cultivators, Shen Gui, Shang Yang, and Fei Dan joined the scouting party and set out toward the enemy camp.

Shen Gui rejected Fei Lian’s attempt to persuade the group to enter Huoyun City, and Yao Yue backed his decision. As they tried to withdraw, Ji Meng, Bi Fang, and Qin Yuan appeared above the city, revealing that the group’s presence had been discovered.

• Fei Lian tried to provoke Shen Gui into supporting an investigation of Huoyun City, but Shen Gui admitted he feared the danger and refused to enter.
• Fei Lian turned to Yao Yue, but Shen Gui urged her not to risk herself, and Yao Yue said she would listen to him.
• The group agreed to retreat, and Fei Lian stopped pressing them to enter the city.
• Ji Meng called out to the departing group and appeared above Huoyun City, displaying overwhelming pressure.
• Bi Fang and Qin Yuan appeared alongside Ji Meng, and the group recognized the three as renowned Daluo experts of the Demon Country.

The Demon Alliance members fled in five directions, but Ji Meng pursued Yao Yue and Shen Gui while demon generals moved to intercept them. When Yao Yue offered to hold Ji Meng back so Shen Gui could escape, Shen Gui stopped and revealed his confidence, leaving Yao Yue to sense a pride like Eastern Emperor Tai Yi’s.

• Ci Tie ordered the Demon Alliance members to retreat and split up as Ji Meng, Bi Fang, and Qin Yuan pursued them in different directions.
• Taiyi-level demon generals moved to intercept the fleeing group, while Yao Yue carried Shen Gui away from Ji Meng.
• As Ji Meng closed in, Yao Yue told Shen Gui she would hold him back so Shen Gui could escape.
• Shen Gui broke away from Yao Yue’s escape light and stopped, refusing to leave her behind.
• Shen Gui told Yao Yue he was not afraid of Ji Meng, and Yao Yue sensed in him a pride like Eastern Emperor Tai Yi’s.

Shen Gui challenged Ji Meng to attack him without spiritual treasures, confident that Ji Meng could not threaten him. Ji Meng’s second strike swallowed Shen Gui in a blue demonic dragon, leaving Ji Meng triumphant and Yao Yue despairing.

• Ji Meng attacked Shen Gui with demonic power, but Shen Gui’s Taixu Armor blocked the blow without making him flinch.
• Shen Gui put away the Taixu Armor and invited Ji Meng to attack again, enraging Ji Meng and alarming Yao Yue.
• Ji Meng poured his power into a mid-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure and launched a blue dragon at Shen Gui.
• Shen Gui raised a mysterious-yellow shield, but Ji Meng’s dragon smashed through it and swallowed him.
• Ji Meng laughed as if Shen Gui had been destroyed, while Yao Yue’s eyes dimmed.

Shen Gui survived Ji Meng’s full-force attack with his body, leaving Ji Meng convinced that he was a powerful figure plotting against the Demon Country. Ji Meng fled, and Shen Gui explained to Yao Yue that his defense far exceeded his cultivation, though his offensive strength was weak.

• Shen Gui changed clothes after Ji Meng’s attack tore his garments, and Yao Yue checked that he was unharmed.
• Ji Meng questioned Shen Gui’s identity and suspected he was Great Sage Fuxi or another powerful figure targeting the Demon Country.
• Ji Meng suddenly fled to warn the prime minister, while Yao Yue asked Shen Gui why he had let him go.
• Shen Gui told Yao Yue that he was truly at the late Taiyi Golden Immortal realm and that his extraordinary defense came at the cost of weak offense.

Shen Gui and Yao Yue escaped Ji Meng, while Ci Tie also shook off Bi Fang and Fei Lian remained undercover after chatting with Qin Yuan. Back in Huoyun City, Ji Meng abandoned his plan to strike the Demon Alliance and decided to withdraw his forces once the others returned.

• Yao Yue asked Shen Gui about his true form, then led him toward Qingmang Mountain after they escaped Ji Meng.
• Ci Tie escaped Bi Fang with Shang Yang's help, while Qin Yuan chatted with Fei Lian and then departed.
• Ji Meng returned to Huoyun City and reconsidered his plan after Shen Gui's strength alarmed him.
• Ji Meng decided to withdraw the Demon Country's forces when Bi Fang and Qin Yuan returned.

Ji Meng ordered the Demon Country's army to withdraw from Huoyun City without explaining why, while the Demon Alliance debated whether to search for the missing Yao Yue and Shen Gui. Shang Yang volunteered to go after them despite the danger, and the chapter left her decision challenged by Ci Tie.

• Ji Meng told Bi Fang and Qin Yuan that the Demon Country's army would withdraw immediately, then led the disciplined troops away from Huoyun City.
• The returned members of the Demon Alliance gathered at Qingmang Palace, where Yao Yue and Shen Gui were still missing.
• Lu Zhu Dao Ren suggested reinforcing Yao Yue and Shen Gui, and Tu Shan Feng agreed.
• Fei Lian argued that they could not know where to search and might walk into a trap set by Ji Meng, causing Lu Zhu Dao Ren and Tu Shan Feng to fall silent.
• Shang Yang declared that she would go alone, but Ci Tie warned that she would be unable to help even if she found them.

Shang Yang rebuked the Demon Alliance for refusing to rescue Yinyue and Shen Gui, accusing its leaders of cowardice and disunity. She left Qingmang Palace in anger, where she unexpectedly found Shen Gui and Yinyue safe, and learned that Yinyue had helped Shen Gui escape Ji Meng.

• Shang Yang challenged Ci Tie and the Daluo in Qingmang Palace for refusing to risk rescuing Yinyue and Shen Gui.
• Shang Yang denounced the Demon Alliance as a self-serving rabble and left the hall.
• Fei Lian privately agreed that the alliance was too divided to threaten the Demon Country.
• Shang Yang found Shen Gui and Yinyue outside Qingmang Palace, unharmed, and was surprised they had returned safely.
• Shen Gui credited Yinyue with helping him escape Ji Meng, while Yao Yue kept quiet about the truth.
• Shang Yang dismissed Shen Gui’s apology and went back into the hall, leaving him awkwardly smiling.

Shen Gui and Yao Yue returned to Qingmang Palace unharmed after Ji Meng pursued them, leaving the Demon Alliance members baffled. Shen Gui claimed Ji Meng was all show and no substance, and the others were left questioning what had really happened.

• Shen Gui and Yao Yue entered Qingmang Palace unharmed, surprising the assembled Demon Alliance members.
• Fei Lian asked how Yao Yue and Shen Gui had escaped Ji Meng, whom he knew to be a powerful late-stage Grand Unity Golden Immortal.
• Shen Gui claimed that Ji Meng had seemed weak when he caught up with them and suggested the general’s reputation was exaggerated.
• Yao Yue recognized that Shen Gui’s defense was extraordinary, while the other Daluo members appeared to take his explanation seriously.
• Fei Lian and Fei Dan doubted Shen Gui’s claim but grew more wary of him and Yao Yue.

Shen Gui’s account planted doubt among the Demon Alliance’s Daluo about Ji Meng’s strength, but the Alliance’s leaders realized they were outmatched in both elite troops and high-level combatants. As they feared an imminent attack on Qingmang Mountain, a scout reported that Ji Meng’s army had withdrawn instead.

• Shen Gui’s explanation went unchallenged, though the Daluo began to wonder whether Ji Meng was as powerful as they believed.
• Ci Tie and the others assessed Ji Meng’s superior troops and powerful generals, concluding that the Demon Alliance had little chance of winning a battle.
• A scout rushed into Qingmang Palace and announced that Huoyun City’s army had moved.
• The scout clarified that Ji Meng’s army had not attacked Qingmang Mountain but had withdrawn.

After Ji Meng’s army withdrew before the battle, Shen Gui and Yao Yue suspected the reason, while the Demon Alliance leaders struggled to understand it. Ji Meng had retreated because he feared Shen Gui’s strength and planned to wait until Di Jun and Eastern Emperor Tai Yi returned.

• A demon scout reported that Ji Meng’s army had withdrawn, leaving the leaders of Qingmang Palace stunned.
• Shen Gui dismissed the scout, while Lu Zhu Dao Ren wondered whether the retreat was a scheme and the others questioned why Ji Meng would withdraw.
• Fei Lian and Fei Dan, secretly serving as infiltrators, were baffled because they believed the Demon Alliance had the advantage.
• Ji Meng chose to retreat because he believed Shen Gui’s defenses could withstand his strongest attack.
• Ji Meng planned to settle the score after Di Jun and Eastern Emperor Tai Yi returned from Hongjun’s sermon.

Bai Ze ordered the Demon Country’s forces near the Central Continent to retreat after hearing Ji Meng had encountered a mighty expert, while the Demon Alliance struggled to understand the withdrawal. With the immediate crisis over, the Demon Kings demanded their troops back so they could claim more territory, leaving Shen Gui frustrated by their short-sightedness.

• Bai Ze believed Ji Meng’s report and ordered the Demon Country’s forces near the Central Continent to retreat until Di Jun and Tai Yi returned.
• The Demon Alliance noticed the Demon Country had abandoned several cities and spread competing theories about why its forces had withdrawn.
• Yao Yue, Shen Gui, Fei Lian, and Fei Dan remained uncertain about what had happened, as intelligence from across the Primordial Wilderness was slow and scarce.
• After Ji Meng’s retreat eased the immediate danger, more than half of the Demon Kings demanded that Ci Tie return their troops so they could seize vacant territory.
• Shen Gui objected that the Demon Alliance should consolidate and train its forces because the Demon Country could return, and the alliance had little chance of defeating it.

After Ji Meng withdrew his forces, the Demon Alliance split apart and its armies returned to the command of their Demon Kings. At Qingmang Mountain, Yao Yue told Shen Gui that meeting him had given her hope and a reason to live, then left him wondering if she had confessed to him.

• The Demon Kings reclaimed their armies and scattered to defend or seize territory, leaving the Demon Alliance fragmented and Qingmang Mountain nearly deserted.
• Yao Yue told Shen Gui that she regretted believing the Demon Alliance could defeat the Demon Country, while Shen Gui remained frustrated that the alliance’s collapse left him unable to stir up trouble for Nuwa’s mission.
• Yao Yue fell from a cliff, and Shen Gui instinctively caught her hand before realizing she was a Grand Unity Golden Immortal who could have saved herself.
• Yao Yue said it was wonderful that she had met Shen Gui, explaining through her thoughts that he had given her hope for revenge and a reason to keep living.
• Yao Yue broke free and drifted away, leaving Shen Gui baffled and unsure whether she had just confessed to him.

After the Demon Alliance disbanded, Shen Gui prepared to return to Blackwater City, and Shang Yang persuaded him to take her and her willing followers to the Central Continent so she could seek refuge with Nuwa. Shang Yang thanked Shen Gui, but his teasing reignited her anger as they prepared to travel together.

• With the Demon Alliance dissolved, Shen Gui decided to leave Qingmang Mountain and return to Blackwater City, while Yao Yue planned to go with him.
• Shang Yang told Shen Gui she intended to seek refuge with Nuwa and wanted to bring willing Demon Race subordinates from Qingmang Mountain.
• Shang Yang worried Nuwa might not accept her without an introduction, and feared she would not survive another Demon Country attack if she stayed in Southern Jambudvipa.
• Shen Gui agreed to let Shang Yang and her followers travel with him, and Shang Yang thanked him for helping her.
• Shen Gui teased Shang Yang for knowing how to say thank you, and Shang Yang suppressed her temper because she still needed his help.

Shang Yang left Qingmang Mountain with the few demons who chose to follow her, while most joined Ci Tie. Shen Gui teased Shang Yang about the choice, and the group departed for Blackwater City with the mood lightened.

• Shen Gui urged Shang Yang to prepare her followers for the journey to Blackwater City, and Shang Yang said they were ready.
• Only a few thousand demons, many of them Qingniao Clan members, chose to leave with Shang Yang; most joined Ci Tie.
• Shang Yang felt desolate at the sparse ranks, but Shen Gui joked that those joining Ci Tie were fortunate to have a reliable Demon King.
• Shang Yang hid her irritation at Shen Gui's teasing, while Yao Yue began to question whether following him had been the right choice.
• Shang Yang looked back at Qingmang Mountain as the group set out, then wondered whether Empress Nuwa was easy to get along with because Shen Gui had survived under her.

Shen Gui returned to Blackwater City with Shang Yang and her followers, who needed a place to stay while Shen Gui's term as Guardian continued. Xi San and Shui Sheng arranged for them to settle temporarily in areas near the City Lord's Mansion.

• Shen Gui sent for Xi San and Shui Sheng after arriving in Blackwater City, while Shang Yang's demonfolk camped outside the city.
• Xi San and Shui Sheng hurried to the City Lord's Mansion and greeted Shen Gui, who introduced Shang Yang as the Mountain Lord of Qingmang Mountain.
• Shen Gui explained that Shang Yang wished to seek refuge with Empress Nuwa and asked the Tribe Leaders to house her followers until they could travel to Heavenly Demon City.
• Xi San and Shui Sheng agreed and set aside parts of their territories near the City Lord's Mansion for Shang Yang's demonfolk.

After the Demon Country withdrew from Southern Jambudvipa, the region descended into a struggle for territory while Shen Gui worried about failing to fulfill his task for Nuwa. He avoided Yao Yue’s questions by going into seclusion and stayed hidden until his three-thousand-year duty ended.

• The Demon Country withdrew its forces, and Demon Kings across Southern Jambudvipa began fighting over the abandoned territory.
• Shen Gui realized he could neither persuade the Demon Kings to challenge the Demon Country nor cause it much harm by himself.
• Shen Gui worried that Yao Yue would be angry when he learned the truth about Nuwa and the Demon Country.
• Shen Gui went into seclusion to avoid Yao Yue and planned to explain the misunderstanding only after Yao Yue met Nuwa.
• Yao Yue and Shang Yang refrained from disturbing Shen Gui, who remained in seclusion until his three-thousand-year term ended.