Chapter Summaries

Xuan Sheng discovered that Lilith’s soul had taken refuge in little Lilith’s body, where Yetis had subdued her. Yetis chose to return to the place she had come from, leaving Xuan Sheng with a promise to come back if she could.

• Yetis comforted little Lilith and told her to call on the Xuan God when she felt helpless.
• Xuan Sheng used the Eye of God and discovered that little Lilith’s body contained the injured, dormant soul of Lilith, the Demon Lord of Lust.
• Xuan Sheng realized Yetis had been dealing with Lilith inside little Lilith’s mind, and Mo Rui took little Lilith away so Yetis and Xuan Sheng could speak alone.
• Yetis told Xuan Sheng she had to leave, and he encouraged her to do what she wanted without regret.
• Yetis embraced Xuan Sheng, apologized, promised to return if she got the chance, and disappeared into a black void.

Xuan Sheng asked Mo Rui about Hain and learned that she was the daughter of a human and a high-level succubus, while her loyalties remained uncertain. Lilith revealed her interest in Hain, and at Wei’s memorial service, Ti prepared Sola and the other child for the Xuan Tribe’s mobilization the next day.

• Xuan Sheng asked Mo Rui what she knew about Hain, and Mo Rui said Hain’s mother had been a high-level succubus and her father had been human.
• Xuan Sheng told Mo Rui that Hain had discovered traces of demons in the city, but Mo Rui could not say whether Hain was an enemy or an ally.
• Lilith awakened, told Mo Rui not to fear Hain, and wondered which side Hain would choose.
• At Wei’s memorial service, Sola and the other child asked Ti if they were to blame, and Ti reassured them while noting that the Xuan Tribe would mobilize its troops the next day.

Ye Kuier and Kais learned that the Xuan Tribe had routed Morningwind’s massive invasion at the cost of only one life and had cut off trade while preparing for war. As the Xuan Tribe’s army marched, Frostmoon joined after agreeing to obey orders, while Morningwind’s border residents worried about another war.

• Ye Kuier told Kais that the Xuan Tribe had lost only one member while defeating Morningwind’s invading army, and that the Xuan Tribe had halted normal contact and declared war.
• Ye Kuier concluded that Morningwind had underestimated the Xuan Tribe and that Saint Leaf could only wait to see what happened.
• Yun questioned why Frostmoon had followed the Xuan Tribe’s army, and Nan allowed the dragon to come if it obeyed orders.
• Ti accepted Frostmoon into the march after Nan insisted it had a unique use, and Yun ordered the army forward.
• Morningwind residents discussed the Xuan Tribe’s declaration of war and feared that their country’s people would face more conflict.

The Xuan Tribe swept through Chenfeng’s border cities, killing officials and nobles despite surrender, as Yun and Nan pursued the Xuan God’s orders. With the inner cities on high alert, Yun ordered his forces to ride straight through the next city.

• Nan used Frostmoon’s dragon breath to freeze and break a city gate, and Yun’s warriors took the city while sparing civilians who did not resist.
• Ti questioned the captured City Lord, then ordered her and the city’s decision-makers killed when she refused to identify who had started the war.
• Nan and Yun led their forces to purge Chenfeng’s cities one by one, while Qien warned that the killings would make future resistance fiercer.
• Kais read reports of several cities falling and their nobles being slaughtered, and worried that the Xuan Tribe might turn against his family.
• Yun told a condemned City Lord that the Xuan Tribe had no rule protecting nobles, then ordered his forces to ride straight through the heavily defended cities near Chenfeng’s capital.

As Xuan Tribe forces approached Xuanmen Pass, the City Lord trusted royal reinforcements while Chieftain Suo fled with his family. Yun and the Xuan Tribe overwhelmed the defenders, seized the gates, and began killing the remaining soldiers.

• Chieftain Suo prepared to evacuate Morningwind, but the City Lord insisted that Xuanmen Pass could withstand the Xuan Tribe with help from more than a dozen ninth-tier Special Envoys.
• Chieftain Suo warned that one Xuan Tribe member had destroyed an entire army, then left with his family despite the City Lord dismissing the reports as rumors.
• Yun assessed Xuanmen Pass’s sixteen-meter gates as the Xuan Tribe troops charged toward the city.
• The Special Envoys ordered an arrowstorm, but the Xuan Tribe riders leaped over ten meters and scattered the arrows without injury.
• Yun and the Xuan Tribe warriors stormed the walls, killed the Special Envoys, seized the gates, and Yun ordered that no one be left alive.

Qien and Sola watched the Xuan Tribe overwhelm Chenfeng’s defenses and enter the city, while Chenfeng’s Supreme King Rodel begged Ater for more Special Envoys. After Qien met Nao in the streets, Sola attacked her, revealing that Nao was a monster.

• Qien and Sola saw the Xuan Tribe crush Chenfeng’s soldiers and Special Envoys as they secured the city.
• Qien reflected that he and Sola were still only Eighth Tier and helped clean up the battlefield and manage the civilians.
• Rodel reported the Xuan Tribe’s advance to Ater and pleaded for more Special Envoys, which Ater agreed to provide.
• Qien encountered Nao while posting notices and asked why she was in the city.
• Sola suddenly slashed at Nao’s neck, but Nao caught the blade and transformed into a monster.

Sola killed Nao after revealing that her weakness had been a disguise, leaving Qien shaken by the betrayal. As demonic mist swallowed several cities around Morning Wind’s royal city, Xuan Sheng urged Ti and the Xuan Tribe to press their advantage and prepare for the final battle.

• Sola exposed Nao’s suspicions and accusations, then defeated and beheaded her while protecting Qien.
• Sola comforted Qien and revealed that she had broken through long ago, hiding her strength so she would not hurt his pride.
• Ti saw black mist spread from the royal city and shroud nearby cities, while Xuan Sheng identified it as Violent Demonic Energy that transformed creatures into mindless Demonic Creatures.
• Xuan Sheng told Ti not to fear the mist and ordered her to attack the royal city as soon as possible.
• Ti and the Xuan Tribe’s warriors rallied at Xuan Sheng’s encouragement, and Yun prepared them to seize the outer cities before resting and reorganizing for the final battle.

Xuan Sheng asked Yi Qing to find an artifact that could purify demonic energy, so she borrowed Hain’s treasured Crystal Instrument. Xuan Sheng sent it through a golden door to the Xuan Tribe, where it purified infected residents, while the monster in the royal city prepared to attack him.

• Xuan Sheng told Yi Qing he felt uneasy and asked her to find something that could dispel demonic energy.
• Yi Qing went to Hain, who reluctantly lent her the Crystal Instrument, a keepsake from her parents, after learning it was for Li Xunsheng.
• Yun and Ti fought demonized residents as they worried that the Xuan Tribe’s advance would turn the cities into dead cities.
• Xuan Sheng took the Crystal Instrument from Yi Qing and sent it through a golden door to the Xuan Tribe.
• The Crystal Instrument purified the demonic energy and restored the residents’ reason, while the monster in the royal city roared and ordered an immediate attack.

Ater emerged at the peak of Eleventh Tier after the demonic aura was dispersed, overwhelming the Xuan Tribe's defenders and devastating Morning Wind. Xuan God intervened to pin Ater down and ordered Yun to leave, while Yun was stunned by the appearance of his father.

• Ater seized the Crystal Instrument and crushed Rainbow Phoenix in his hand after she severed one of his arms.
• Ti charged Ater, but he hurled Rainbow Phoenix into her and sent both women crashing through the royal city.
• Frostmoon stood between Ater and the fallen defenders, but Ater struck her away and boasted that he would rule the continent.
• Xuan God slammed Ater into the ground with overwhelming golden pressure and ordered everyone to go.
• Yun hesitated at Xuan God's command, and a phantom appeared beside him, prompting him to exclaim that it was his father.

Xin ordered the Xuan Tribe to retreat toward Sacred Leaf Royal City while Xuan Sheng ended his suppression of the wounded Ater. Ater turned on Morning Wind’s fleeing people to feed on them and heal, leaving the city in further danger.

• Xin ordered the Xuan Tribe to withdraw toward Sacred Leaf Royal City and work with its allies, and the tribe rescued the wounded Ti and Rainbow Phoenix.
• Haili treated Ti with Spirit Medicine, while Nan said the arriving device could preserve her until the tribe could repair her with the Sacred Stone.
• Yun asked Xin whether he could appear without Soul Return Incense and the Soul Return Stone, and Xin said he could as long as he was near Xuan God.
• Xuan Sheng stopped suppressing Ater after spending nearly sixty percent of his Faith points, and Ater turned toward the fleeing people of Morning Wind Royal City.
• Ater confronted Rodel over his past greed and complicity, then devoured the emperor and other powerful people to heal his injuries.

Yun and Xin forced their way into Shengye to seek help against Ater, who arrived before the Goddess of Seasons could respond. As Ater stole a fragment from the Goddess, Yetis returned to Shengye and confronted the people who had cast her out.

• Xin told Yun to use force if Shengye refused to help the Xuan Tribe.
• Yun and the Xuan Tribe warriors broke through Shengye's defenses and demanded an audience with Ye Kuier.
• Yun warned Ye Kuier that Ater was pursuing them, but Ye Kuier revealed that the Goddess of Seasons was wounded.
• Ater invaded Shengye, struck down the Goddess of Seasons, and took a fragment from her clothing.
• Yetis emerged from a black crack and confronted Shengye, greeting her former family and deity with, "Did you miss me?"

Yetis emerged from a rift and rapidly grew stronger as the world’s abundant power fed her black flames. She overwhelmed Ater in the city and unleashed a vast inferno to finish him.

• Yun recognized Yetis as the person who had once opened the Compendium of Ten Thousand Laws in the Xuan Tribe.
• Yetis absorbed the power in the air, rising from the Tenth Tier to the peak of the Eleventh Tier.
• Yetis attacked Ater with black flames, which scattered across the city and grew stronger as they burned.
• Ater charged Yetis, but she caught his strike with one hand as her flames drained his power.
• Yetis expanded the black flames across the city and pierced Ater’s body with thick tendrils of fire.

Yetis defeated Ater and returned to Sacred Leaf Royal City, where she killed Ye Kuier to avenge her mother and decided to leave for the Xuan Tribe. Kais watched the relieved Royal Family and servants and resolved to punish them.

• Yetis killed Ater with her black flames and returned the two divine-sense fragments to Xuan Sheng.
• Yetis told Nan her name and killed Ye Kuier, saying she had repaid her debt for being raised and taken revenge for her mother.
• Yetis spared the Goddess after noticing signs of demonic-energy erosion and said she would take her mother's bones to the Xuan Tribe.
• Yetis told Nan she would return to the Xuan Tribe and leave Sacred Leaf's future to its people.
• Kais decided to act against the Royal Family members and servants who had mistreated Yetis.

Xuan Sheng finished dealing with the aftermath of the war and retrieved the Crystal Instrument after learning how important it was to Hain. He returned it to Hain, who stopped him because she still had questions.

• Xuan Sheng concluded that the Sacred Leaf conflict would unfold without his involvement and noted that Ti would need a year or two to recover inside the crystal.
• Xuan Sheng learned from Yi Qing that the Crystal Instrument had been Hain’s cherished gift from her parents and used his talent to retrieve its enhanced, damaged form.
• Xuan Sheng gave the Purifying Instrument of the Turbid World to Yi Qing and promised to speak with Hain so she could eventually tell Yi Qing her story herself.
• Xuan Sheng brought the repaired Crystal Instrument to Hain, who rushed to take it and stopped him from leaving because she still had questions.

Xuan Sheng restored Hain’s Crystal Instrument and learned that her human father had given it to her demon mother as a token of love. After learning her parents had died for reasons Hain did not know, he invited her to meet the demons in the city, leaving her anxious about what might happen to them.

• Hain noticed the Crystal Instrument looked brighter, and Xuan Sheng explained that his ability had repaired it.
• Hain thanked Xuan Sheng for restoring the instrument’s childhood appearance and apologized for sending him to investigate demons without knowing the danger.
• Hain revealed that her human father had given the Crystal Instrument to her demon mother as a token of their love.
• Hain said her parents had died, but she did not know the cause; Xuan Sheng learned their deaths had nothing to do with demons.
• Xuan Sheng invited Hain to meet the demons in the city, and she worried they might be harmed if the War College learned of them.

Xuan Sheng brought Hain to Blood Rose’s basement to meet the demons, but Hain mistakenly believed a succubus had ensnared him and tried to make him turn back. Mo Rui revealed that Xuan Sheng was a demon god, leaving Hain shocked by his true status.

• Xuan Sheng led Hain into Blood Rose and took her toward the basement, warning her to stay calm.
• Hain mistook the succubus aura for evidence that Xuan Sheng had become a succubus’s servant and tried to pull him away.
• Xuan Sheng denied betraying Yi Qing and told Hain that he was one of the demons.
• Mo Rui entered, confirmed she was a succubus, and greeted Hain as kin.
• Mo Rui explained that Xuan Sheng was a demon god, while the aura of Wrath pulsed from the mark on his wrist.

Xuan Sheng revealed that he had gained the recognition of Belphegor, Satan, and Lilith, then brought Hain to meet Mo Rui and Sui Qin. After Xuan Sheng left, the three succubi discussed concealing their auras and managing their predatory instincts.

• Hain recognized the crimson heart mark as Satan's and asked whether Xuan Sheng had gained the recognition of all the Demon Lords.
• Xuan Sheng said he had gained recognition from Belphegor, Satan, and Lilith, then introduced Hain to Mo Rui.
• Sui Qin arrived at Blood Rose's basement, and Mo Rui explained that Hain was the only demon in Lone Star City who could appear openly.
• Mo Rui asked Xuan Sheng to leave so the succubi could speak privately, and he went to repair his Divine Spark.
• Mo Rui and Sui Qin told Hain how they concealed their succubus auras, then the three shared ways to resist their predatory instincts.

After restoring his Divine Spark for the fourth time, Xuan Sheng gained the ability to see through concealment and decided to strengthen himself by exploring the dwarves’ ruins. Lilith recovered from the aura’s effects and planned to tell Yi Qing more about Hain’s story while stirring up trouble.

• Xuan Sheng used four Godhead Fragments to restore his Divine Spark, sensing that he still needed more fragments to fully recover.
• Lilith felt Xuan Sheng’s strengthening aura and feared she would be unable to resist him if she faced him again.
• Xuan Sheng completed his fourth restoration, enhanced his attributes, and gained the Eye of God ability Piercing Delusion.
• Xuan Sheng used Piercing Delusion to look around the Blood Rose, accidentally seeing Lilith in a private moment, then left to explore the dwarves’ ruins and grow stronger.
• Lilith changed back into her cold, arrogant appearance and set out to give Yi Qing ideological guidance and continue telling her Hain’s story.

Hain stayed at Blood Rose and met Lilith, who revealed the truth about her parents’ deaths. Lilith’s account left Hain overwhelmed with grief and guilt over her role in their fate.

• Mo Rui invited Hain to stay overnight and showed her to a prepared guest room.
• Hain was startled when Lilith appeared and identified herself as the Demon Lord who had once commanded Hain’s mother.
• Lilith asked Hain what she had been told about her parents’ deaths, and Hain explained that her father died at the hands of demons while her mother was killed for supposedly bewitching a human legend.
• Lilith said human legends had killed both of Hain’s parents: her father died protecting her pregnant mother, who used her last strength to save Hain.
• Lilith told Hain that her mother had been weakened by pregnancy and that Hain’s existence might have contributed to her parents’ deaths, leaving Hain devastated.

Lilith told Hain that her parents had died after a legendary figure mistakenly killed them, then helped her recover without controlling her. Xuan Sheng entered the ruins’ boss room, discovered the Steel Forger’s tragic past, and began the hidden quest to claim its unfinished weapon.

• Lilith told Hain that the person responsible for her parents’ deaths had taken his own life, and warned her not to blame the demon race.
• Hain asked Lilith what she should do, and Lilith encouraged her to seek the truth and choose her own path while gently healing her spirit.
• Xuan Sheng reached the third level’s boss room and found the Lv.35 Steel Forger hammering away without attacking him.
• Xuan Sheng learned through the Eye of God that an ancient Dwarf had died inside the machine, leaving it to complete an unfinished masterpiece.
• Xuan Sheng activated the hidden quest to defeat the Steel Forger and finish the Famous Artifact called Unfinished Product (Ten Thousand Forgings).