Chapter Summaries

Yi Qing checked that the deathmatch rules did not include her or her distant lover, while Yetis struggled with a growing irritation. Xuan Sheng was trapped in Sasum’s Fallen Angel coming-of-age ritual and fought the monsters it summoned, as Number Two began training to join the Xuan Tribe’s temple.

• Yi Qing reviewed the deathmatch rules and confirmed that neither she nor her lover was listed as a participant.
• Yetis dismissed Yi Qing’s concern about her mood and resolved to act if someone continued overstepping.
• Xuan Sheng learned that Sasum’s ritual would summon monsters near his level until he reached Lv.60, then attacked the first wave with Myriad Tempering.
• Number Two learned from Nan that she could train for temple work while preparing to join the Xuan Tribe.
• Number Two began studying the temple’s books and planned to seek clues about the Royal Blood after finishing.

Er Hao used a spirit stone to search the Xuan Tribe for Misty Rain’s Royal Blood heir, but its brief flash misled her. When Sola and Qien prepared to leave for Chen Feng, the stone shone brightly, revealing that one of them carried Royal Blood.

• A young Royal Blood exile worked at the Xuan Tribe and waited for Misty Rain supporters to find him.
• Er Hao searched the crowded Xuan Tribe with a spirit stone that glowed near someone with Royal Blood, but she dismissed its flash after spotting no likely young man nearby.
• Er Hao decided to join the Xuan Tribe and seek its help in finding the heir.
• Sola and Qien told Shan they planned to visit Chen Feng and sort through family relics before returning within half a year.
• As Sola and Qien boarded their carriage, Er Hao saw the spirit stone glow solid gold and realized one of them was the Royal Blood heir.

Number Two saw a young man leave with the Xuan Tribe and suspected he could activate the Misty Rain labyrinth, so she hurried to inform her superior. Meanwhile, Shan and Ti learned that reaching the Land of Divine Favor would require navigating the disorienting fog, but a powerful ship arrived at the harbor before they could decide what to do.

• Number Two learned that the young man who had left was one of the remaining descendants of a family from Morningwind, then rushed to report his whereabouts to her superior.
• Shan and Ti asked Hecate and Frostmoon how to reach the Land of Divine Favor so they could check on Xuan God.
• Frostmoon explained that fog surrounded the land, blocked navigation, and made finding the Land of Divine Favor difficult without a guide.
• A strange ship approached the harbor outside the City of Qi, and Shan and Ti sensed several powerful auras and suspected enemies.

A Misty Rain agent reported that Chenfeng could activate the temple formation’s spirit stone, and her superior sent the claim despite doubting it. A powerful fleet led by the priest Vina arrived at Qi’s docks, where the Xuan Tribe recognized its members as believers of the Goddess of Beauty.

• Number Two insisted that Chenfeng had made the formation’s spirit stone react, and her superior decided to report her claim to Misty Rain.
• A steam whistle sounded as powerful strangers approached Qi, and the Misty Rain agent sent Number Two to investigate the auras at the docks.
• Vina’s ship sailed through the mists toward Qi, and she disdained the remote land while preparing to preach there.
• The Xuan Tribe’s leaders observed the visitors and judged their power to be near the tribe’s highest level.
• Frostmoon identified the fleet as believers of the Goddess of Beauty, and Shan and Ti hurried to the harbor in excitement.

Vina and the missionaries of the Goddess of Beauty arrived in Xuan Tribe territory to recruit believers, but the tribe’s devotion to the Xuan God made the crowd turn away. Leader Shan came to meet the visitors, leaving Vina embarrassed about proselytizing in front of another deity’s followers.

• Vina arrived with the Goddess of Beauty’s missionaries and wondered why the spiritual energy in the area felt strange.
• Hecate recognized the Goddess of Beauty and warned Ti and Shan that the visitors had come to spread their faith.
• Shan went to the pier while Er Hao secretly watched the missionaries and wondered whether the formation that kept outsiders away was weakening.
• Vina praised the Goddess of Beauty and tried to recruit believers, but most Xuan Tribe members prepared to leave because they worshiped the Xuan God.
• The crowd stopped when Leader Shan arrived, and Vina realized she was recruiting believers in another deity’s territory.

Shan welcomed Vina, an envoy of the Goddess of Beauty, and explained that the Xuan Tribe would allow her to spread her faith in the City of Qi. Vina mistook the Xuan God for a deception and planned to win the tribe over, while Shan intended to observe the newcomers and learn more about their homeland.

• Vina feared offending a god and introduced herself to Shan as an envoy of the Goddess of Beauty.
• Shan assessed Vina's fleet as no threat to the Xuan Tribe and greeted her warmly.
• Vina failed to sense a god in the city and concluded that the Xuan God was a lie meant to preserve the head priests' power.
• Shan offered to host Vina's people and explained that Xuan God’s rules allowed them to spread their faith near the City of Qi.
• Vina asked whether she could give out small gifts, and Shan told her she could do as she pleased.

Xin let the missionaries remain in the Xuan Tribe so he could learn about their homeland and its gods, while Vina began trying to win converts by offering a talent test. The chapter ended with little Kaili about to place her hand on Vina’s crystal ball.

• Ti questioned Xin about speaking with the visitors without learning how to reach their continent, and Xin said they could wait for the missionaries to approach them.
• Vina ordered her guards to bring out the wine she had prepared for trade so she could attract followers for the Goddess of Beauty.
• Kael brought curious Kaili to see the visitors, but warned her not to get involved with them.
• Vina invited Kaili to test her aptitude with a crystal ball, and Kael agreed after checking that the instrument was safe.
• Vina explained that the crystal’s colored beams revealed a person’s potential, then pushed it toward Kaili for the test.

Vina discovered that Kaili and all her classmates had the potential to become Divine Envoys, but Kael showed no interest in taking them to the Continent of Divine Favor. As the children ran off to the Xuan God's temple, Vina prepared to summon the Goddess of Beauty to investigate the temple's secret.

• Kaili found the crystal-ball test boring, and Kael rejected Vina's offer of medicines and cultivation resources from the Continent of Divine Favor.
• Vina was stunned when Kaili's classmates tested positive for the potential to become Divine Envoys as well.
• Kaili and the other children rushed to the Xuan God's temple to play with Miss Rainbow Phoenix and Big White, while Kael hurried after them.
• Vina retrieved the Unpolished Jade she had received from the Goddess of Beauty and prepared to summon her for help investigating the temple.

Vina visited the Xuan Tribe’s temple to learn about the Xuan God, believing the deity might explain the tribe’s exceptionally gifted children. There, Qian told Kael he wanted to leave the forest and explore the outside world, while Shan welcomed Vina inside for a visit.

• Vina abandoned her plan to lure the Xuan Tribe with gifts and decided to bring the Goddess’s Kiss to the temple to seek the Xuan God’s secret.
• Qian told Kael that he wanted to leave the elves’ forest and explore the outside world, though he planned to ask the Xuan God for permission first.
• Vina told Shan she wanted to pay her respects to the Xuan God before preaching in the tribe.
• Shan let Vina enter the temple with her gifts, both to accommodate her visit and to speak with her.

Shan brought Vina to the temple to meet Xuan God, where Vina discovered a Divine Beast and a Divine Stone whose power matched that of a Supreme Main God. Though she had never heard of Xuan God, Vina concluded the deity was immensely powerful and summoned the Goddess of Beauty.

• Vina gave Shan a bottle of Goddess's Kiss, and Shan recognized it as resembling the Xuan Tribe's sacred Soul Cleansing Water.
• Shan led Vina through the temple, where Vina saw Rainbow Phoenix and realized it was a Divine Beast.
• Shan showed Vina Xuan God's dark-gold Divine Stone, and its pressure left Vina trembling until Shan stepped between them.
• Vina admitted she had never heard of Xuan God and decided the deity might be a powerful Main God hiding their identity.
• Vina crushed a piece of jade to summon the Goddess of Beauty.

Vina summoned the Goddess of Beauty and claimed she had found traces of a Supreme Main God, offering her a chance to meet one directly. The Goddess of Beauty rushed to investigate, leaving the other goddesses wondering what had excited her.

• Vina crushed the jade token and summoned the Goddess of Beauty, hoping to connect her with a powerful deity.
• The Goddess of Beauty and the other goddesses discussed declining offerings and resources, and the Goddess of Beauty admitted she would consider joining a Supreme Main God.
• The Goddess of Beauty sensed Vina’s summons and sent a sliver of her divine consciousness to check on her Priestess.
• Vina told the Goddess of Beauty that she had discovered traces of a Supreme Main God and might arrange a direct meeting.
• The Goddess of Beauty hurried away, while the God of Wine wondered whether she had found a treasure.

Goddess of Beauty was expelled from Vina after seeing the divine stone, but realized she had found a Supreme Main God’s domain and wanted to meet its ruler. Shan’s people created a long-distance teleportation array, and Vina was invited to attend a ceremony where she might meet Xuan God.

• Goddess of Beauty possessed Vina, saw the golden divine stone, and was forcibly expelled before she could resist.
• Goddess of Beauty concluded that the rejection had not come from the possible Supreme Main God and told Vina to remember the location.
• Vina told Shan that Goddess of Beauty wanted to come in person, so Shan summoned Master Yi to make a teleportation array.
• Yi drew a long-distance teleportation array, astonishing Vina and Nan with his skill.
• Shan decided to seek Xuan God’s approval before activating the array and invited Vina to attend a ceremony.
• Vina eagerly accepted the chance to meet Xuan God.

While trapped in a dark ritual, Xuan Sheng gave the Xuan Tribe a brief, irritated answer about their plan to search for him, which Shan and Ti interpreted as permission. The tribe prepared to travel to the She Nu Settlement, and Qian volunteered to scout the destination using Yi’s teleportation array.

• Nan eagerly pulled Yi out of the temple to try the useful things he had shown her, while Vina waited respectfully to meet the Xuan God.
• Exhausted from fighting shadow monsters in the ritual, Xuan Sheng struggled to hear Shan’s request and told her to handle the Xuan Tribe’s affairs without disturbing him.
• Shan was puzzled by the Xuan God’s brief reply, but Ti suggested it meant tacit approval to search for him, and Shan accepted that interpretation.
• Shan asked Vina to help with the teleportation array, deciding that there was no need to silence her now that the Xuan God had supposedly agreed.
• Qian volunteered to scout the unknown destination, explaining that Yi had said the array could send her back over a short distance.

Sasum endured the strain of the ritual while Xuan Sheng fought through its final trial and emerged as a more powerful Demon God. Malice escorted the exhausted Xuan Sheng to rest as Sasum began preparing to announce his return.

• Sasum continued the ritual despite his injuries, and he told Malice that his ability had been used on someone whose identity she did not know.
• Xuan Sheng faced the final shadow monster, a Warrior-class creature, and killed it with his black greatsword.
• Sasum declared that Xuan Sheng had completed the ritual and explained that three hours in the ritual amounted to roughly seven or eight days.
• Sasum opened a bloody vortex, and Xuan Sheng emerged with a fearsome aura that made both Malice and Sasum fear his strength.
• Xuan Sheng asked to rest, Malice offered to take him, and Sasum secretly took out several letters to announce the Demon God's return.

After surviving the Fallen Angel ritual, Xuan Sheng rested while Malice and Sasum prepared to unite the Abyss under his name. As Sasum confronted summoned demon tribes, Bo Ye slipped into Xuan Sheng’s bedroom.

• Xuan Sheng washed, told Malice he was fine, and went to sleep after the ritual left him exhausted.
• Malice sensed that Xuan Sheng’s strength had greatly increased and worried about his dangerous new aura.
• Sasum told Malice he had invited nearby tribes and planned to unite them under Xuan Sheng’s name while the Demon God rested.
• Sasum gathered the demon representatives, dismissed their complaints, and silently threatened those who resisted.
• Bo Ye took advantage of Malice’s absence and entered Xuan Sheng’s bedroom.

Bo Ye tried to assassinate Xuan Sheng while he slept, but he overpowered her and she offered to become his servant to gain power instead. After sending her away, Xuan Sheng went with Malice to meet the nearby tribes Sasum had gathered, while wondering whether someone had influenced his desires.

• Bo Ye considered killing Xuan Sheng before his strength grew further, but he woke and caught her preparing to attack.
• Xuan Sheng dodged Bo Ye's punch and pinned her down, noting that Malice's spider venom still weakened her.
• Bo Ye admitted she wanted power and status, offering to become Xuan Sheng's servant rather than continue trying to kill him.
• Malice returned and angrily found Bo Ye beside Xuan Sheng, but Xuan Sheng dismissed Bo Ye and Malice reported that Sasum had gathered nearby tribes.
• Xuan Sheng wondered whether Sasum or Bo Ye had influenced his desires, then told Malice to take him to the tribes.

Xuan Sheng went with Malice to meet Sasum and the assembled demon tribes, where he confronted groups that planned to abandon the Demon God. The kobold attacked Xuan Sheng, leaving the confrontation poised to become a fight.

• Malice told Xuan Sheng that Sasum had summoned nearby groups and that they were waiting for him.
• Several tribal leaders challenged Sasum and announced they would leave if the promised person did not arrive.
• Xuan Sheng sealed the building’s gate with flames and confronted the tribes as the Demon God.
• The tribes dismissed Xuan Sheng’s strength, and Malice blocked their path when they tried to leave.
• The poisonous kobold lunged at Xuan Sheng after a Demon Spider blocked the exit.

Xuan Sheng killed three weakened demonic leaders and won the remaining demons’ submission through a display of strength and promises of reward. He told them Satan would return soon and Lucifer would arrive later, then gave them supplies from the Xuan Tribe.

• Xuan Sheng ignored the poisonous mist and killed the Poisonous Kobold, Vengeful Soul, and Demonic Patterned Lizard in a brief fight.
• Xuan Sheng spared the other demons, praised Little Demon Linlin for staying back, and learned why little demons hid their frail true forms.
• Xuan Sheng told the assembled demons that Satan would return soon and Lucifer would arrive later, prompting Sasum to show relief.
• Xuan Sheng promised the demons that their past suffering would not return and had Malice distribute dragon blood and other supplies from the Xuan Tribe.

Xuan Sheng supplied Sasum and the Fallen Angels with daily provisions and offered them refuge from demonic energy near the giant tree, prompting the Abyss’s demon groups to begin relocating. After returning to the Demon Spider village, Xuan Sheng found Ao Xue waiting in his bedroom.

• Xuan Sheng told Sasum he could provide abundant supplies and divided provisions among the Fallen Angels.
• Xuan Sheng explained that the giant tree’s surroundings had been purified and directed Sasum and the other demon groups to relocate there.
• The demon groups hurried to move, and news of Xuan Sheng’s refuge and supplies spread through the Abyss.
• Xuan Sheng fed the hungry Dragon Cub Ancient Dragon Blood and returned with Malice to the Demon Spider village.
• Xuan Sheng found Ao Xue in his bedroom, and she greeted him as “His Majesty the Demon God.”

Ao Xue told Xuan Sheng that Lone Star had been devastated in the second round of the competition, and proposed an alliance between the demons and Ironblood. After he sent her away without agreeing, a notification announced that Conquest Mode was beginning and welcomed him as the Lord of the Abyss.

• Ao Xue appeared in Malice's residence as an afterimage and told Xuan Sheng that the second round of the Lone Star competition had ended.
• Ao Xue said Lone Star had placed last, lost ten percent of its population, and suffered Feiyu's death and King Loser's crippling.
• Xuan Sheng erupted in anger at Ao Xue for letting Lone Star be targeted, while she argued that she wanted to protect Ironblood's people and its continued existence.
• Ao Xue offered to help Xuan Sheng bring Lone Star toward the demons and place Ironblood under his control, in exchange for preserving Ironblood's strength and reconciling the demons with Ironblood.
• Xuan Sheng told Malice to see Ao Xue out and said he would consider her offer.
• After Ao Xue's illusion vanished, a notification announced that Xuan Sheng had acquired his first city and that Conquest Mode was about to begin.