Chapter Summaries

Li Xunsheng revealed himself as Golden Shovel, Lone Star City’s masked chief, and defeated Feng Long with a single slash. As the other colleges faced surrender, Fujii challenged him, bringing the Black Emperor Staff and the Stone of Falsehood Collar onto the arena.

• The Lone Star City players recognized Li Xunsheng as Golden Shovel when he put on the Pale Mask, and his name changed to Lone Star City’s chief.
• Ling Feng watched Li Xunsheng fight with confidence, while Fujii decided to travel to Hailian City to take revenge.
• Li Xunsheng killed Feng Long with one slash and called for the next challenger.
• The arena’s woman explained that colleges outside the champion’s city would forfeit if no one challenged, and Li Xunsheng inspected his advancing equipment.
• Fujii rushed onto the arena carrying the Black Emperor Staff and wearing the Stone of Falsehood Collar, and Li Xunsheng dismissed his chances of winning.

Xuan Sheng revealed his overwhelming recovery and defeated Fujii despite Fujii's immunity to physical and magical damage. He left the arena ablaze, having demonstrated his power to the watching cities.

• Fujii equipped the Black Emperor Staff and Delusion Gem, gaining immunity to magical and physical damage, and attacked Xuan Sheng with purple flames.
• Xuan Sheng's Life rapidly regenerated while he stood motionless, and Fujii failed to make lasting progress against him for three minutes.
• Xuan Sheng decided the fight had served its purpose and moved to defeat Fujii.
• Xuan Sheng grabbed Fujii by the throat and engulfed the arena in scorching flames.

Xuan Sheng, masked as a pale demon, burned Fujii with blood flames that bypassed his immunities, terrifying the spectators and extinguishing the lower-ranked students’ will to fight. After examining the Spokesperson, Xuan Sheng realized he could use his abilities freely within the isolated domain, while the City Lords prepared their remaining students to overwhelm him.

• Xuan Sheng burned Fujii with blood flames and threw his charred body from the arena.
• Wine Sword Immortal identified the flames as True Damage, while Leopard Head, Piercing Willow, and King Loser reacted to Xuan Sheng’s power.
• Xuan Sheng examined the Spokesperson with the Eye of God and learned she was a clone of the dead god who managed Ironblood’s rules.
• Xuan Sheng concluded that the isolated domain would conceal his abilities and decided he could use them without restraint.
• The City Lords agreed to send their remaining Top Three Seats students against Xuan Sheng with overwhelming force.

Ling Feng and You Mi suspected Xuan Sheng’s resistance-piercing flame might belong to the Demon Lord of Wrath, then learned it could have come from his commission for the Golden Crow. As Xuan Sheng faced the last member of Hailian City’s Top Three Seat, a guaranteed instant-death bolt nearly killed him, but his abilities kept him alive and he counterattacked.

• Ling Feng questioned where Xuan Sheng’s blood-red flame came from, and he and You Mi considered whether it was connected to the Demon Lord of Wrath.
• Ling Feng received Halls’s confirmation that Xuan Sheng had obtained a piece of Breath of the Golden Crow, easing his suspicion.
• You Mi noted that only the two remaining members of the Top Three Seat stood between Xuan Sheng and victory.
• The City Lords decided to use trump-card equipment, and the first seat of Hailian City challenged Xuan Sheng with the artifact An Mie.
• An Mie’s guaranteed instant-death bolt struck Xuan Sheng, but Body of God purified its poison while Wrath of the Undead activated, leaving him able to swing his saber at his opponent.

Xuan Sheng faced Black Prisoner, who entered the arena armed with several Famous Artifacts, including an attack that struck everyone nearby. Xuan Sheng’s killing intent shattered The Spokesperson’s domain, and he repeatedly stabbed Black Prisoner despite his Eternal Body.

• The City Lords pooled their resources to equip Black Prisoner with Famous Artifacts, while Tai Ji City’s dean promised him one of its own if he defeated Xuan Sheng.
• Black Prisoner activated the Crescent Ornament’s Eternal Body and unleashed the World-Shaker sword against Xuan Sheng.
• Ling Feng objected to contestants using such powerful equipment, and The Spokesperson recognized that the match had violated the competition’s purpose.
• Xuan Sheng remained unharmed by the sword’s attack, and his killing intent shattered The Spokesperson’s domain, exposing the fight to the arena.
• Xuan Sheng stabbed Black Prisoner repeatedly, and the Crescent Ornament’s protection failed to stop him.

After Golden Shovel won the tournament for Lone Star City, Ling Feng wondered whether Yetis had given Xuan Sheng his extraordinary powers. Fujii persuaded Tongtian City Lord Huang to authorize an attack on Golden Shovel and took a mobilization token, intending to make him suffer.

• Xuan Sheng defeated Black Prisoner, and the other competitors forfeited rather than challenge him.
• The Second Prince ended the tournament, and Lone Star City emerged as the undisputed champion.
• Ling Feng welcomed Golden Shovel back and asked Xuan Sheng whether Yetis had given him his powers, but Xuan Sheng did not answer.
• Fujii urged City Lord Huang to kill Golden Shovel before his abilities recovered, warning that he would become a threat to Tongtian City.
• City Lord Huang gave Fujii a mobilization token, and Fujii accepted it with plans to use his Teleportation Scroll against Golden Shovel.

After winning the competition, Xuan Sheng worried that the Legends had discovered his hidden abilities, while the students gathered for a celebratory banquet. As Xuan Sheng and Yi Qing approached the venue, a Tongtian City attacker ambushed him with a poisoned arrow.

• Xuan Sheng told Yi Qing he felt uneasy about caring so much for Lone Star City and worried that his abilities had drawn the Legends' attention.
• The academy students arrived at the lavish banquet, where Feiyu realized Zhang Zhan had known Li Xunsheng's Golden Shovel identity.
• The Second Prince ended his meeting with the Legends, and the Spokesperson continued wondering how Xuan Sheng had gained his powers.
• Xuan Sheng and Yi Qing headed toward the venue as he worried that his conspicuous performance might make him a target.
• A level 75 Tongtian City attacker named Mane Leader fired a poisoned arrow at Xuan Sheng, leaving him no time to dodge.

Xuan Sheng was pulled through a spatial rift into the Abyss after Yi Qing survived Malice’s arrow thanks to her feather ornament. He arrived in the Abyss’s desolate shallows and spotted a distant figure, leaving his way out uncertain.

• Yi Qing blocked Malice’s poisoned arrow for Xuan Sheng, but the divine bird feather in her hair ornament healed her fatal wound.
• Fiona arrived and fought Mane Leader while Xuan Sheng realized another attack was about to separate him from Yi Qing.
• A spatial rift swallowed Xuan Sheng, and Yeitsis failed to pull him back with a rope of black flames.
• Yeitsis killed Mane Leader with black flames, then offered comfort to Yi Qing as Fujii escaped by teleportation.
• Xuan Sheng awakened in the Abyss’s dark, foul-smelling shallows and noticed a strange silhouette in the distance.

After Li Xunsheng was exiled to the abyss by people from Tongtian City, Ling Feng sought the Spokesperson’s help, but she refused to retrieve him. Back in Lone Star City, Hain revealed Li Xunsheng’s secrets to Yi Qing, easing her grief as Yetis remained by her side.

• Fiona told Ling Feng that people from Tongtian City had sent Li Xunsheng into the abyss, and Ling Feng hurried to report it to the Spokesperson.
• The Spokesperson refused Ling Feng’s plea to rescue Li Xunsheng, while the Second Prince told him that the main cities would have to deal with Tongtian City themselves.
• Ling Feng left the royal meeting feeling powerless and unable to protect Li Xunsheng or Lone Star City.
• Yi Qing asked Yetis why she had returned, and Yetis admitted that she had come to see Li.
• Hain sent You Mi out, then told Yi Qing that Li Xunsheng was a candidate for the Demon God and revealed his secrets, easing Yi Qing’s worry.

Yetis chose to protect Yi Qing and leave the question of revenge against Tongtian City to Li when he returned. Yi Qing accepted an invitation to the Holy Temple, while Xuan Sheng reached an abyssal village and was recognized as Lord Satan, the returned king of the demons.

• Yetis told Hain that she would protect Yi Qing and others until Li returned, and that Li could decide what to do about Tongtian City.
• Fiona apologized to Yi Qing and offered her Li Xunsheng's reward: an invitation to train at the Holy Temple under its protection.
• After Hain encouraged her, Yi Qing accepted the invitation to the Holy Temple.
• Xuan Sheng finally reached a village in the abyss after a long journey through its hazy, corrosive environment.
• The spider-bodied guards Aleksin and Aleksine confronted Xuan Sheng, but Aleksine recognized him as Lord Satan and knelt as the demons' king returned.

Xuan Sheng traveled through a village of Demon Spiders, whose residents mistook him for Satan because of the Heart of Wrath. He met Malice, the village chief and former warrior of Leviathan, who recognized the Demon Lord auras and sealed pages he carried and concluded he was the hope of the demon race.

• Xuan Sheng let Aleksin lead him toward the village chief after the Demon Spiders mistook him for Satan.
• Xuan Sheng saw the village’s sturdy spider-silk homes and arrived at the chief’s residence beneath the giant tree.
• Malice introduced herself as a former warrior under Leviathan and explained that all Demon Lords were treated as kings by demons.
• Malice grew suspicious when Xuan Sheng admitted he had met Satan and did not understand demon customs.
• Xuan Sheng showed Malice the Sealed Pages of Wrath and Sloth, and she recognized the auras of Satan, Belphegor, and Lilith around him.
• Malice concluded that Xuan Sheng was not a Demon Lord but the hope of the demon race.

Xuan Sheng reached Malice’s abyss village, where she gave him Lucifer’s Sealed Page after explaining that her people had seized it from the Fallen Angels. Exhausted, he decided to rest before entering Lucifer’s seal, while Malice kept watch beside him.

• Xuan Sheng revealed to Malice that he had temporarily borrowed Satan’s identity, and she wept with joy at his arrival.
• Malice handed Xuan Sheng Lucifer’s Sealed Page and explained that her people had taken it during a raid after losing Leviathan’s page in a conflict with nearby Fallen Angels.
• Xuan Sheng decided to rest for half a day before entering Lucifer’s seal, noting that his abilities were still recovering and that the abyss made his status panel difficult to access.
• Malice offered Xuan Sheng her bedroom and transformed into a human-looking woman after he fell asleep, then stood guard beside his bed.
• Xuan Sheng’s consciousness drifted away to carry out Xuan God’s duties.

Hecate learned that the Xuan God might soon descend, while Shan investigated a strange boy from the sea who warned that one of his kind was trapped. The boy’s warning led the Xuan Tribe to rescue a stranded orca, which a spy from the Wuyu Kingdom watched in amazement.

• Ti told Hecate that Yetis had left, and Hecate learned that the Xuan God might return within days.
• Nan brought a sharp-toothed boy to Shan, who fed him and asked Frostmoon to identify him as a possible sea monster.
• The boy sensed that one of his kind was trapped and turned his attention toward the outskirts of the city.
• Workers and a Wuyu Kingdom spy watched as a Xuan Tribe soldier lifted a stranded orca and carried it back into the sea.

Shan sheltered a mysterious deep-sea boy who claimed his people had an ancient pact with humans, while a Mist-Rain spy warned her superior that the Xuan Tribe might be stronger than expected. The superior dismissed her concerns and ordered her to keep monitoring the prince and help Mist-Rain reclaim its throne before outsiders discovered its treasure.

• A Xuan Tribe soldier freed an enormous whale, and a watching woman grew wary of the tribe's strength.
• The boy told Shan that his people and humans had an ancient pact, but he gave her no definite information about his tribe.
• Shan arranged for the boy to stay near the sea in the City of Qi until the Xuan God could be asked about him.
• Number Two told her Mist-Rain superior that the Xuan Tribe might surpass Mist-Rain, citing the soldier's strength and the tribe's victories over Saintleaf and Dawnwind.
• The superior rejected Number Two's warnings and ordered her to keep monitoring the prince so Mist-Rain could reclaim the throne before the continent's people seized its treasure.

Xuan Sheng visited the City of Qi, learned of Mist Rain’s search for Royal Blood, and examined the Xuan Tribe’s progress. He sent a deep-sea behemoth cub back to the ocean, then withdrew before Hecate could ask him to treat her.

• Xuan Sheng noticed Mist Rain spies in the City of Qi and learned they sought Royal Blood for a continent-wide mist formation, but chose not to interfere.
• The Xuan Tribe interpreted Xuan Sheng’s visit as a sign that they had strayed from the right path and began reflecting on their conduct.
• Shan asked Xuan Sheng to identify the boy who claimed to come from the deep sea, and Xuan Sheng confirmed he was a behemoth.
• Xuan Sheng transformed the boy into a gigantic deep-sea behemoth and sent him back to the ocean, astonishing the outsiders and gaining Faith points.
• Xuan Sheng told the Xuan Tribe to hold off on offerings and told Hecate to rest, then withdrew his consciousness before she could receive treatment.

After waking in Malice’s bedroom, Xuan Sheng learned about the demons’ desperate conditions and chose to improve the village’s survival instead of unifying the tribes through war. He obtained Lucifer’s Sealed Page from Malice and began the trial by opening it.

• Xuan Sheng woke in Malice’s bedroom and noticed the room’s unusual fragrance and the Abyss’s darkness.
• Malice offered to obey Xuan Sheng as the Demon God and explained how the demons had fallen into disorder and fought over resources.
• Xuan Sheng said he would first address the village’s survival needs rather than start a war.
• Xuan Sheng asked Malice for Lucifer’s Sealed Page and prepared to learn about the Demon Lord.
• Malice activated the page with her blood, and its strange writing pulled Xuan Sheng inside.

Xuan Sheng entered Lucifer’s unusually luxurious sealed world and tried to earn the prideful Demon Lord’s approval. After Lucifer rejected him and Xuan Sheng challenged his pride, Lucifer offered him a trial and spread his black wings.

• Xuan Sheng followed the Eye of God’s directions through Lucifer’s lush garden and spotless castle to the summit, where he found Lucifer overlooking an endless void.
• Lucifer told Xuan Sheng he would break through the seal himself and ordered him to kill himself, but admitted he spoke to Xuan Sheng because the other three Demon Lords had approved of him.
• Xuan Sheng asked what he needed to do to earn Lucifer’s approval, and Lucifer scorned him.
• Xuan Sheng suggested Lucifer’s pride was merely a shell protecting an inferiority complex, angering the Demon Lord.
• Xuan Sheng challenged Lucifer to explain his trial and said he was ready to face it with Heavenly Silence in hand.
• Lucifer accepted the challenge and spread his black wings.

Xuan Sheng defeated Lucifer in their wager, earned her approval, and learned that breaking her seal required her to submit to someone she acknowledged as superior and sign a servant contract. Lucifer refused to accept help and sent Xuan Sheng back to Malice, insisting she would escape the seal on her own.

• Xuan Sheng wagered that he could knock Lucifer down with one strike in exchange for learning how to break her seal.
• Xuan Sheng used Sudden Killing Intent to shatter Lucifer's barrier and force her to the ground, winning the wager and gaining Lucifer's Approval—Immovable.
• Lucifer explained that breaking the seal required her to submit to someone she truly considered superior and sign a servant contract.
• Lucifer declared that she would break the seal herself rather than rely on anyone else's help.
• Lucifer sent Xuan Sheng out of the seal, and he returned to Malice with Lucifer's aura around him.

After passing Lucifer’s trial, Xuan Sheng delayed going to the Fallen Angels’ territory and instead inspected Malice’s village. He found its people living on fungi and insects with few supplies or weapons, and the chapter ended as Malice explained that their community had lost its crafts and other capabilities.

• Malice asked whether Xuan Sheng was hurt and proposed that they travel to the Fallen Angels’ territory.
• Xuan Sheng said he wanted to strengthen Malice’s community before expanding his rule, and Malice pledged to punish any demons who disobeyed him.
• Xuan Sheng asked Malice to show him how the village operated, and she led him to its food supplies.
• Malice showed Xuan Sheng the strange mushrooms and flying insects that the villagers ate to survive the Abyss.
• Xuan Sheng asked about contacting Heavenly Silence and locating the succubi, but Malice knew little about their activities or settlement.
• Xuan Sheng noticed the villagers lacked proper weapons and tools, and Malice explained that their community had lost the crafts once handled by other demon-race communities.

Xuan Sheng gave Malice the Xuan Tribe’s construction insights and learned that Abyssal power went to whoever dealt the final blow. As he considered using the demons to help him grow stronger, his former dragon egg suddenly cracked.

• Xuan Sheng gave Malice the Xuan Tribe’s books, and she regarded him with renewed devotion.
• Xuan Sheng asked Malice about nearby threats and learned that killing the weak could increase his strength.
• Malice insisted on accompanying Xuan Sheng as his guard, despite her depleted strength.
• Xuan Sheng realized that the Abyss awarded all power from a kill to whoever landed the final blow, and considered expanding the demons’ hunting range.
• Xuan Sheng sensed several disturbances and discovered that his former dragon egg was covered in cracks.