Chapter Summaries

Ji Shu rapidly plucked three more Dao Fruits, becoming a Demon Venerable and seizing control of the Desert Demon Palace. With Ding Yin and Ji Jinyu among the demons who submitted to him, he led his forces south toward the Weak Water Demon Palace.

• Ji Shu used the Demon Flame Dao Fruit to master the Sea Overturning Demon God Great Law and became another Demon Venerable, stunning the Six Realms.
• Ji Shu plucked the Great Desolation and Blood Shadow Dao Fruits in quick succession, prompting more Demon Venerable phenomena and astonishment across the Six Realms.
• Ji Shu realized he needed to unify the Demon Realm to claim its supreme Dao Fruit, then used Demon's Claw to seize hundreds of demons and demand their surrender.
• Ji Shu killed demons who defied him and ordered the rest to unify the Desert Demon Palace, which they accomplished within half an hour.
• Ji Shu ordered the demons south toward the Weak Water Demon Palace, with the surrendered Demon Venerables Ding Yin and Ji Jinyu accompanying him.

Ji Shu subdued several Demon Realm palaces and united their demons under his command. At Blood Demon Palace, he fused with a Dao Fruit and became the Demon Realm’s sole supreme being, gaining an Invincible Domain.

• Ding Yin and Ji Jinyu admired Ji Shu, pledged their loyalty, and swore to follow him.
• Ji Shu and his forces captured the demons of Weak Water Demon Palace, killing those who resisted.
• Ji Shu split Blazing Flame Devil Palace with a single strike, forcing its demons to submit.
• Ji Shu subdued Northern Dark Devil Palace and returned to Blood Demon Palace with an immense army.
• The demons hailed Ji Shu as Great Emperor, and he fused with a Dao Fruit to become the Demon Realm’s sole supreme being.

Ji Shu gathered the Demon Realm’s cultivation arts and used his Invincible Domain to accelerate the growth of his chosen followers. Bai Suzhen attained the Dao and became immortal, while Ji Jinyu proposed filling Ji Shu’s harem to strengthen the Demon Realm through their descendants.

• Ji Shu ordered Ding Yin and the others to collect the Demon Realm’s cultivation arts, and he found that only a handful could lead to attaining the Dao.
• Ji Shu established successive groups of followers to nurture within his Invincible Domain, giving Bai Suzhen and the others a chance to cultivate far faster than before.
• Bai Suzhen’s long-held belief that she had to repay a kindness before attaining the Dao gave way as she mastered the Nine Heavens Profound Origin Divine Art and became an immortal.
• Bai Suzhen watched Ji Shu cultivate and felt grateful and drawn to him, while Ji Jinyu teased her about her feelings.
• Ji Jinyu proposed finding women to fill Ji Shu’s harem so their descendants could strengthen the Demon Realm, and Bai Suzhen replied that Ji Shu alone could defeat the other Five Realms.

Ji Shu rapidly cultivated demonic techniques, aligning with the Myriad Demon Soul Devouring, Ink Abyss, and Evil Spirit Dao Fruits and causing repeated phenomena across the Six Realms. As other realms investigated the disturbances, the chapter left Ji Shu continuing his swift cultivation while powerful figures remained shocked and wary.

• Bai Suzhen blushed as Ji Jinyu urged her to join the Demon Emperor's harem, and Ji Jinyu said she would petition the Demon Emperor with Ding Yin and the others.
• Ji Shu perfected the arts he had learned and cultivated the Myriad Demon Soul Devouring Technique, aligning with its Dao Fruit and triggering a vast Heavenly Dao phenomenon.
• The Tathagata Buddha sent Guanyin Bodhisattva to investigate the Demon Realm, while the Jade Emperor ordered the Star Deities to watch the mortal world for clues about Ji Shu.
• Ji Shu cultivated Ding Yin's Ink Abyss Frenzied Art and aligned with the Ink Abyss Dao Fruit, causing the Six Realms to tremble and prompting Lü Dongbin to abandon his investigation.
• Ji Shu cultivated the Evil Spirit True Scripture and aligned with its Dao Fruit, causing another disturbance that left powerful figures across the Six Realms stunned.

Ji Shu mastered several Demon Realm cultivation arts, then reorganized the demons and prepared to test the Underworld’s supreme being. After leaving the Blood Demon Palace, he refined a new City Lord Seal and stood ready to enter the demon cave leading outside the Demon Realm.

• Ji Shu mastered the Yin Sha Spirit Demon Technique and three other arts, attaining the Dao repeatedly and astonishing the Demon Venerables and cultivators across the Six Realms.
• Ji Shu ordered Ding Yin to train the reorganized demon army and chose the Underworld as his first destination to challenge another realm’s supreme being.
• Ji Jinyu and the Demon Venerables urged Ji Shu to take consorts, but he postponed the matter and left the Blood Demon Palace; Xin Shisi Niang and the others stayed behind to cultivate.
• Ji Shu discovered Ou Yezi’s Treasure Refining Technique, mastered it, and appointed Ou Yezi to the Blood Demon Palace’s Treasure Refining Chamber.
• Ji Shu reforged the City Lord Seal into a versatile treasure with a vast internal space, then arrived at the entrance of the demon cave leading outside.

Ji Shu escaped the Demon Realm into the Mortal Realm and traveled in search of an entrance to the Underworld. Lü Dongbin intercepted him and attacked, while reinforcements were on their way to capture Ji Shu for killing Zhou Chu, Yang Jian’s brother.

• Ji Shu reached the Mortal Realm from the Demon Realm and set out to find an entrance to the Underworld.
• Lü Dongbin found Ji Shu in the Shu Region, sent a signal to Yang Jian and the others, and blocked his path.
• Lü Dongbin revealed that Zhou Chu had been restored by the Queen Mother and had regained his memories, prompting Yang Jian to descend with his forces to avenge him.
• Ji Shu mocked Lü Dongbin’s claim that he would spare his life, and Lü Dongbin drew his sword and attacked.

Ji Shu tested his newly refined City Lord Seal against Lü Dongbin’s sword before crushing the Pure Yang Sword Immortal with a single stomp. Lü Dongbin’s Primordial Spirit was imprisoned with the other defeated foes, where he learned that Ji Shu had attained the Dao dozens of times and feared the same fate awaited the Eight Immortals and Yang Jian.

• Lü Dongbin’s sword strikes repeatedly hit Ji Shu’s City Lord Seal, which his Pure Yang Immortal Sword could not pierce.
• Lü Dongbin unleashed his strongest sword strike, but Ji Shu transformed into a giant and stomped him into the ground.
• Ji Shu captured Lü Dongbin’s Primordial Spirit and bound him to a Heaven-Piercing Divine Fire Pillar among the defeated immortals and Demon Gods.
• Blood Demon Youquan, Li Kui, and the Dark Demon God told Lü Dongbin that Ji Shu had attained the Dao dozens of times, while Wu Song and the others confirmed it.
• Lü Dongbin realized he could not withstand even one stomp from Ji Shu and hoped the Eight Immortals and Yang Jian would flee to seek help from the Jade Emperor.

Ji Shu captured Lü Dongbin's Primordial Spirit and stole his treasures before Yang Jian and his allies trapped him in the Demon Subduing Array. The array's attack appeared to kill Ji Shu, but he reappeared and decapitated Yang Jian and the assembled immortals and Grass Head Gods.

• Ji Shu used the Mystic Fire Mirror to scorch Lü Dongbin's Primordial Spirit and stored Lü Dongbin's Pure Yang Immortal Sword and Fly Whisk in the City Lord Seal.
• Yang Jian arrived with the Eight Immortals, the Meishan Brothers, and twelve hundred Grass Head Gods, then ordered them to surround Ji Shu with the Demon Subduing Array.
• The Demon Subduing Array blasted Ji Shu into a deep pit, and Yang Jian's followers assumed he had been destroyed.
• Ji Shu appeared unharmed nearby, vanished in a flash, and severed the heads of Han Zhongli, Iron Crutch Li, Han Xiangzi, Zhang Guolao, Cao Guojiu, the Meishan Brothers, the Grass Head Gods, and Yang Jian.

Ji Shu effortlessly killed Yang Jian and his army, captured their Primordial Spirits, and imprisoned them with the other gods while collecting their treasures. After learning Li Yingqi had been searching for him on behalf of the Mount Shu Sword Immortals, he agreed to go with her to the Mount Shu Immortal Gate for secluded cultivation.

• Ji Shu slew Yang Jian, Han Zhongli, Iron Crutch Li, and the others, then captured their Primordial Spirits in the Mystic Fire Mirror.
• Lü Dongbin told the imprisoned gods that Ji Shu had attained the Dao dozens of times and become the Demon Realm's sole supreme being, leaving Yang Jian and the others aghast.
• Ji Shu collected the gods' magic treasures, buried and crushed their divine bodies, and continued onward while roasting Lü Dongbin in the Mystic Fire Mirror.
• Li Kui mocked Yang Jian and suggested he beg Ji Shu for mercy, but Yang Jian rejected the idea after considering Ji Shu's power.
• Li Yingqi of the Mount Shu Immortal Gate found Ji Shu and invited him to meet the Mount Shu Sword Immortals; Ji Shu agreed to follow her there.

Ji Shu followed Li Yingqi to the Golden Summit of Emei, where he confronted Yuan Tiangang and the Mount Shu Sword Immortals. After killing Changkong Wuji and overwhelming Yuan Tiangang’s sword, Ji Shu’s giant hand descended on the group, leaving their fate uncertain.

• Li Yingqi led Ji Shu to the Mount Shu Immortal Gate at the Golden Summit of Emei, while wondering whether the Sword Immortals could subdue him.
• True Person Changmei recognized Ji Shu, and Yuan Tiangang identified himself as a disciple of the Taiyi Dao Palace and said his master, the Taiyi Immortal Lord, wanted to see him.
• Ji Shu dismissed the Taiyi Immortal Lord and killed Changkong Wuji with a finger-sword after the disciple challenged him.
• True Person Changmei warned Ji Shu about the Taiyi Immortal Lord, while Yuan Tiangang secretly waited for Erlang Shen and the other immortals to arrive.
• Ji Shu struck at Yuan Tiangang, True Person Changmei, and the others; Yuan Tiangang’s Immortal Sword was blasted away, and Ji Shu’s giant hand came crashing down as they tried to flee.

Ji Shu destroyed the Mount Shu Immortal Gate’s defenders and imprisoned their Primordial Spirits in the Mystic Fire Mirror, where they learned that Erlang Shen and the Eight Immortals had already fallen. After interrogating the captives, he cultivated the Taiyi Sword Control Heart Sutra, gained its Dao Fruit, and continued extracting techniques and secrets from Lü Dongbin.

• Ji Shu crushed Yuan Tiangang, True Person Changmei, Li Yingqi, Dan Chenzi, and the Mount Shu defenders, then bound their Primordial Spirits to the Heaven-Piercing Divine Fire Pillars in the Mystic Fire Mirror.
• Yuan Tiangang and the others saw Erlang Shen, Lü Dongbin, and other captives, and learned that the Grass Head Gods and Eight Immortals had been defeated by Ji Shu.
• Ji Shu interrogated Changkong Wuji, True Person Changmei, Dan Chenzi, and other Mount Shu disciples, learning their sword techniques, cultivation methods, and plan to ambush him.
• Ji Shu cultivated the Taiyi Sword Control Heart Sutra, attained the Taiyi Sword Immortal Dao Fruit, and mastered several Mount Shu techniques.
• Ji Shu roasted and interrogated Lü Dongbin, obtained the Heavenly Escape Sword Art, Dragon Slaying Divine Sword Art, Donghua Immortal Scripture, and Pure Yang Sword Art, then began cultivating the captured techniques.

Ji Shu perfected the Donghua Immortal Scripture and Pure Yang Sword Art, then mastered numerous arts and attained the Pure True Dao Dao Fruit while cultivating at Shu Mountain. The Jade Emperor blamed Ji Shu’s hidden team for the succession of Dao Fruits and ordered the Heavenly Court’s forces to hurry to Shu Mountain, unaware that Ji Shu was acting alone.

• Ji Shu cultivated the Donghua Immortal Scripture and seized Donghua the Immortal's Dao Fruit, alarming the Six Realms and enraging the Jade Emperor.
• The Jade Emperor ordered Li Jing to lead troops to Shu Mountain, while Tathagata Buddha waited for news from Guanyin Bodhisattva, who had infiltrated the Demon Realm.
• Ji Shu perfected the Pure Yang Sword Art and seized the Pure Yang Sword Immortal Dao Fruit, prompting the Jade Emperor to send the Twenty-Eight Mansions, Star Gods, Taiyi Immortal Lord, and others to Shu Mountain.
• Ji Shu interrogated Han Zhongli, Lan Caihe, Iron Crutch Li, Cao Guojiu, and others, obtained dozens of arts and eleven Dao Attainment Methods, and rapidly perfected many of them.
• Ji Shu cultivated Cao Guojiu's Pure True Dao Art and attained its Dao Fruit, while the Jade Emperor ordered his forces, especially Li Jing, to accelerate their search for Ji Shu's supposed hidden team.

After attaining the Dao through dozens of techniques, Ji Shu reforged Erlang Shen’s Heavenly Eye and prepared to seek the Underworld. The Heavenly Court ambushed him with Li Jing and a hundred thousand troops, but Ji Shu killed Li Jing and charged into the army as they formed a deadly net formation.

• Ji Shu attained the Dao at least eleven times by perfecting and merging numerous techniques, while the Demon Emperor sent someone to question the Hell Divine Dog about the demon who had attained the Dao.
• The Jade Emperor ordered Lord Taibai to send Heavenly Court forces to encircle Ji Shu’s team in the Mortal Realm.
• Ji Shu fused the Heavenly Eye with magical treasure materials, refined it into a concealed silver eye, and set out to find the Underworld.
• Li Jing confronted Ji Shu with one hundred thousand Heavenly Soldiers and Generals and offered to make him a foot soldier if he surrendered.
• Ji Shu struck down Li Jing with the Sword in Stone and took the Exquisite Pagoda before attacking the Heavenly Soldiers and Generals.
• The Heavenly Soldiers and Generals formed the Heavenly Net and Earth Net Formation, sending streams of destructive light toward Ji Shu.

Ji Shu used Han Zhongli’s Banana Leaf Fan to burn all one hundred thousand Heavenly Soldiers and Generals, then attacked Zhao Gongming and the other gods when they tried to persuade him to surrender. The heavens filled with blood as Ji Shu slaughtered the assembled gods, while mortals below watched in terror.

• Ji Shu wielded the Banana Leaf Fan to incinerate one hundred thousand Heavenly Soldiers and Generals in moments.
• Ji Shu recognized Song Jiang and other gods, and Song Jiang retreated in fright.
• Zhao Gongming and the other gods urged Ji Shu to go before the Jade Emperor, offering guarantees to calm him.
• Ji Shu rejected their pleas and killed the Water God with a single strike.
• Ji Shu charged through the assembled gods, killing them as blood rained over the Shu Region and terrified mortals looked on.

After defeating the Heavenly Court’s forces, Ji Shu imprisoned the captured gods in the Mystic Fire Mirror and reforged it with the Exquisite Pagoda and other treasures. The upgraded mirror held far more prisoners as Ji Shu prepared for what lay ahead.

• Ji Shu killed the gods who had tried to ambush him and trapped their Primordial Spirits in the Mystic Fire Mirror, where they joined Lü Dongbin, Erlang Shen, and the Demon Realm’s five supreme gods.
• Lü Dongbin explained to Li Jing, Zhao Gongming, and the other captured officials that Ji Shu had attained the Dao dozens of times and was the Demon Realm’s sole supreme being, leaving them stunned at the Heavenly Court’s defeat.
• Li Jing and the other prisoners were bound to the Heaven-Piercing Divine Fire Pillars and tormented, while Li Yingqi, True Person Changmei, and Dan Chenzi realized Ji Shu’s victory would reshape the Six Realms.
• Ji Shu gathered the fallen gods’ weapons and treasures, refined the Exquisite Pagoda, and traveled in secret to the Kunlun Sect to reforge the Mystic Fire Mirror.
• After three days of refining, Ji Shu expanded the Mystic Fire Mirror’s interior by more than tenfold and added more Heaven-Piercing Divine Fire Pillars, binding many more Heavenly Soldiers and Generals.

Ji Shu upgraded the Mystic Fire Mirror, learned arts from the Kunlun and Four Seas Immortal Gates, and attained the Dao through the Taibai Flying Immortal Art. The Jade Emperor rejected Thousand-Mile Eye’s report that Ji Shu alone had defeated the Heavenly Court’s forces and ordered Lord Taibai to seek help from the Buddhist Realm.

• Ji Shu upgraded the Mystic Fire Mirror and obtained arts and methods from the Heavenly Soldiers and Generals of the Kunlun and Four Seas Immortal Gates.
• Ji Shu mastered the gathered arts and cultivated the Taibai Flying Immortal Art, harmonizing with its final Dao Fruit.
• Lord Taibai sensed that someone had claimed the Dao Fruit reserved for his disciple’s descendant and complained to the Jade Emperor.
• Thousand-Mile Eye reported that mortals in the Shu Region worshipped the Supreme Bright Eternal Emperor and said Ji Shu might have fought the Heavenly Court’s army alone.
• Lord Taibai rejected Thousand-Mile Eye’s claim that Ji Shu had defeated Li Jing’s army and the Immortal Officials, but the Jade Emperor ordered Lord Taibai to seek an alliance with the Buddhist Realm against Ji Shu.

Nezha investigated Ji Shu’s deeds and learned that Thousand-Mile Eye and Favorable Wind Ear believed Ji Shu had killed Li Jing and the other gods. After meeting Zhu Ganglie and dismissing his disbelief, Nezha left while Zhu Ganglie continued investigating in the Shu Region.

• Nezha, Thousand-Mile Eye, and Favorable Wind Ear searched the Shu Mountain region but found no sign of Ji Shu.
• Nezha questioned Fang Yuyin and Wang Sheng, who both praised Ji Shu for saving them and others.
• Nezha pressed Thousand-Mile Eye and Favorable Wind Ear until they admitted they believed Ji Shu had killed Li Jing and the other gods.
• Nezha learned that Zhu Ganglie and the Hellhound were investigating the Heavenly Court’s losses and the Hellhound Dao Fruit.
• Zhu Ganglie laughed off Nezha’s claim that Ji Shu had killed the gods alone, then changed his appearance and began questioning people in the Shu Region.

Yan Chixia and his companions heard how Ji Shu had become a target of the Heavenly Court and remained loyal to him, while Xiahou Sword was captured after claiming to be Ji Shu’s disciple. Zhou Chu descended to the Shu Region, found Erlang Shen’s mutilated body with Yang Chan, and swore to kill Ji Shu.

• Zhu Ganglie and the Hellhound concluded that someone in Ji Shu’s team had attained the Dao Fruit of the Hellhound.
• Yan Chixia, Xia Bing, and Pang Yong avoided investigators and reaffirmed their support for Ji Shu despite reports of his battles with the Heavenly Court.
• A Heavenly General captured Xiahou Sword after he said he was Ji Shu’s disciple.
• Zhou Chu rode a flood dragon to the Shu Region and found Erlang Shen’s mutilated body beneath a mountain.
• Yang Chan mourned Erlang Shen, produced a lamp with a powerful flame, and joined Zhou Chu in seeking vengeance against Ji Shu.

Ji Shu perfected techniques and ascended through thirteen cultivation methods, growing powerful enough to drain the Kunlun Immortal Gate’s Spiritual Qi. As the sect sought help and Yun Yilan learned Ji Shu might be there, Yun fled, convinced Ji Shu was a lone fighter rather than the leader of a team.

• Yang Chan urged Zhou Chu to recruit Buddhist and Heavenly Court allies before confronting Ji Shu, and Zhou Chu agreed that they were not strong enough to face him alone.
• Ji Shu’s battle with Li Jing made his name famous throughout the Six Realms, while powerful figures investigated his mysterious team and learned that Ji Shu had ascended dozens of times.
• Ji Shu perfected more than a hundred techniques, including the Water Control Technique and the Heavenly Eye Secret Art, and created a new version of the Myriad Laws Dao Sword Art.
• Ji Shu cultivated thirteen methods, including the Thunder God’s Purple Firmament Divine Lightning Method and the Water God’s Water Moon Gentle Heart Art, ascending through them and draining the Spiritual Qi around the Kunlun Immortal Gate.
• Kunlun sect master Zhi Qiu Fang Yu summoned an immortal elder to investigate Ji Shu’s suspected arrival, but the elder left immediately after hearing his name.
• Yun Yilan learned that Ji Shu might be at Kunlun, warned the disciples that Ji Shu was powerful, then fled while privately recognizing that Ji Shu had no team.

Ji Shu encountered Yun Yilan after leaving the Kunlun Immortal Gate and learned that the Immortal Gates suspected him and that Players from the Zhu Xian and Nanke Yimeng Worlds had arrived. After questioning Yun Yilan, Ji Shu killed him and flew away, leaving the Kunlun leaders to find the corpse.

• Yun Yilan fled the Kunlun Mountains, hoping to hide from Ji Shu and cultivate until he attained the Dao.
• Ji Shu recognized Yun Yilan on a mountain path, and Yun Yilan dropped to his knees and begged for mercy.
• Ji Shu used the Mind Bewitching Technique to question Yun Yilan about the Kunlun Immortal Gate, its hostility toward Ji Shu, and the Ascenders and Players in the world.
• Yun Yilan told Ji Shu that the Players he knew came from the Zhu Xian and Nanke Yimeng Worlds, though he did not know how anyone had cleared the latter.
• Ji Shu slapped Yun Yilan to death, transformed into a skylark, and flew away.
• Zhi Qiu Fang Yu, the head of the Kunlun Immortal Gate, and several immortals arrived at Yun Yilan's corpse.