Chapter Summaries

Jiang Liu wiped out the Moon Devouring Clan and discovered that the Sacred Insect Compendium opened a hidden storage space beneath a withered tree. He entered the tree-cavity space and began examining the clan’s stored books, boxes, and jars.

• Jiang Liu appeared above the Moon Devouring Clan stronghold and used his aura and the Flute Avatar’s Xiao Sound Illusion Formation to turn the clan members against one another.
• Jiang Liu and his Blade Avatar killed the remaining Moon Devouring Clan members, including those who fled, leaving no survivors.
• Jiang Liu searched the clan’s ancient texts and sensed formation fluctuations beneath a rotting tree.
• Jiang Liu used the Sacred Insect Compendium to open the formation and entered the hidden tree-cavity storage space.
• Jiang Liu saw that the space contained shelves of books, many boxes, and rows of jars, then turned to inspect the books.

Jiang Liu studied ancient records and concluded that the Moon Devouring Clan might have descended from the Luo Clan, while Insect Valley may have fled the Nether Realm for the Human Realm. At the Nether Realm’s boundary, he found signs that two powerful beings had fought there and wondered whether the Devil God’s Primordial Spirit clone had returned.

• Jiang Liu collected the records and formation materials from the hidden space, dismantled its formation, and left the Yellow Springs Mountains.
• Jiang Liu read the Moon Devouring Clan’s Annals of the Ancestors and found evidence that the clan might be a branch of the Luo Clan and that Insect Valley had fled from the Nether Realm.
• Jiang Liu learned that Devouring Insects had sought the secret passage because it contained a vast insect-rearing ground, then decided to gather more information before returning to the Human Realm.
• Jiang Liu arrived at the Nether Realm’s boundary and noticed Void Rifts carrying two familiar auras, one of which belonged to the Devil God.
• Jiang Liu suspected that the Devil God’s Primordial Spirit clone had returned to the Nether Realm.

Jiang Liu learned that the Demon God had grown powerful after merging with an avatar and planned to invade the God Realm, possibly in search of a mysterious threat there. He watched the Devil Race’s fleet depart and wondered whether the God Realm had hidden Third-Tier Divine Realm experts or another danger waiting to emerge.

• Jiang Liu sensed the Demon God’s overwhelming power and suspected he had merged with an avatar and killed an avatar of the Nether River Lord.
• Jiang Liu entered the Nether Realm in disguise and learned that the Demon God planned to lead an invasion of the God Realm in three days.
• Jiang Liu wondered whether the Demon God feared someone in the God Realm and worried that Eternal Joy City would be forced to fight at the front of the invasion.
• Three days later, Jiang Liu watched more than thirty Devil Race flying ships, including ships from the Seven Great Clans, set out for the God Realm.
• Jiang Liu questioned why no Third-Tier Divine Realm experts were openly present in the God Realm and wondered what hidden danger the invasion would reveal.

Jiang Liu returned safely from the God Realm to the Human Realm and reunited with Gongsun Haoyue and the other women. He told them the Devil Race was invading the God Realm and asked what they thought about traveling there amid the coming war.

• Jiang Liu watched the demon god order the Devil Race fleet to set out, then traversed back to the Human Realm’s imperial palace.
• Jiang Liu checked his condition and realized that the Human Realm’s vital energy could not sustain prolonged cultivation with the Heavenly Evolution Codex.
• Gongsun Haoyue sensed Jiang Liu near the Heaven-Veiling Grand Formation and welcomed him back.
• Jiang Liu reunited with the women and saw that most had advanced their cultivation, with Murong Yin already reaching the Saint Realm.
• Jiang Liu told the women about the Devil Race’s invasion of the God Realm and asked whether they still wanted to go with him.

Jiang Liu decided to take people from the Hall of Governmental Affairs to the God Realm despite his wives’ concerns, then summoned the Sea Turtle and Fire-Winged Monkey before setting out. The Fire-Winged Monkey arrived with an urgent message that left Jiang Liu stunned.

• Jiang Liu told his wives that three Third-Tier Divine Realm beings had appeared in the Nether Realm, and they urged him to delay his trip to the God Realm.
• Jiang Liu decided to go anyway and take people from the Hall of Governmental Affairs so they could adapt to the God Realm and prepare for his plans involving the Shockwave Sea Alliance.
• Jiang Liu asked Yuchi Yue who would accompany him, and she said Yun Kong would lead the group of ten.
• Jiang Liu left the Hall of Governmental Affairs and summoned the Sea Turtle and Fire-Winged Monkey through their spiritual bond.
• The Fire-Winged Monkey reached Jiang Liu ahead of the Sea Turtle and sent him an urgent voice transmission that made his expression freeze.

Jiang Liu investigated an activated Yin-Yang Fish formation near the border with Gen Province after the Fire-Winged Monkey found it. His attacks revealed that the formation could unleash a void-cutting strike, and he descended to investigate the black Primal Qi gathering beneath it.

• The Fire-Winged Monkey alerted Jiang Liu to a discovery, and Jiang Liu told Gongsun Haoyue to delay their departure before flying to the mountain range.
• Jiang Liu found a rotating Yin-Yang Fish formation near Gen Province, while the Fire-Winged Monkey and Sea Turtle stayed back and the Heaven's Dao contained its pressure.
• Jiang Liu set a teleportation point, told the Golden Giant to guard the area, and approached the formation's center, where his Divine Sense was blocked.
• Jiang Liu's first blade strike barely affected the formation, but his Phantom Stomp and Divine Strike provoked a black-and-white counterattack that opened a Void Rift.
• Jiang Liu suppressed his aura and descended toward the formation, sensing dense essence mixed with black Primal Qi beneath it.

Jiang Liu discovered that the Secret Passage in the Human Realm was being used by Soul-Devouring Insects from the Moon Devouring Clan, and suspected the God Realm was behind the formation. He fought through the swarms and confronted two Third-Tier Divine Realm Saint Insects.

• Jiang Liu entered the passage through the Yin-Yang Fish and found Soul-Devouring Insects had emerged from the Human Realm side.
• Jiang Liu suspected someone had created the formation as a conspiracy against the Human Realm and Nether Realm, possibly involving the God Realm.
• Jiang Liu summoned the Flute Avatar and Blade Avatar to battle the Soul-Devouring Insects, using God Fills the World to make them attack one another.
• Jiang Liu sensed Saint Insects nearby and fought through the swarm toward them.
• Jiang Liu struck one Saint Insect with Divine Strike, dodged another's ambush, and faced the two as they attacked him.

Jiang Liu used a Primal Qi Storm to scatter and destroy the Soul-Devouring Insects, then the Sky Devouring Cat emerged from its breakthrough in the System Space. Now a First-Tier Divine Realm being, the cat revealed itself as the Soul-Devouring Insects’ natural enemy and overwhelmed even the stronger Saint Insects.

• Jiang Liu circulated the Heavenly Evolution Codex to create a Primal Qi Storm that blasted apart the Soul-Devouring Insects and replenished his Primal Qi.
• Jiang Liu sensed a tremor in his System Space and took out a black orb, which burst open to reveal the newly advanced Sky Devouring Cat.
• The Soul-Devouring Insects and the two Saint Insects recoiled from the Sky Devouring Cat, while the Flute Avatar and the Blade Avatar joined Jiang Liu.
• The Sky Devouring Cat offered to help Jiang Liu and vanished from his palm to attack the insects.
• The Sky Devouring Cat repelled the Saint Insects’ poisonous liquid with a protective layer of gas and suppressed them despite their greater strength.

Jiang Liu followed the fleeing Soul-Devouring Insects into the Secret Passage and investigated the weakened array there. Finding the remains of a god, he realized the passage was likely a battlefield from the war between the Gods and Devils, not the conflict he had previously suspected.

• The Sky Devouring Cat swallowed the Soul-Devouring Insects outside the passage, grew stronger, and chased the rest inside.
• Jiang Liu noticed the Yin-Yang Fish Array weakening, then watched its power begin to recover after he recalled the Flute Avatar and Blade Avatar.
• The Sky Devouring Cat entered the passage first while Jiang Liu used his Divine Sense to locate and collect the array materials and foundation.
• Jiang Liu found a skeleton in the passage and identified it as the remains of a god by probing its skull with primordial energy.
• Jiang Liu concluded that the passage might have been left behind by the war between the Gods and Devils.

Jiang Liu explored the passage linking the Nether Realm and Human Realm, concluded the Devils had suffered a crushing defeat, and resealed the entrance while the Sky Devouring Cat began another breakthrough. He returned to Qian City and prepared to travel to the God Realm, realizing that the women intended to accompany him.

• Jiang Liu found more God Race remains than Devil Race remains in the passage and concluded the Devils had lost the ancient war by a crushing margin.
• Jiang Liu stored the Sky Devouring Cat in the System Space when it began breaking through, then left the passage and rebuilt the Mist Grand Formation at its entrance.
• Jiang Liu confirmed that he could pass through his formation freely, left behind a traversal point, and gave the Golden Giant instructions before departing.
• Jiang Liu traveled to Qian City aboard the Saint Artifact Spaceship with the Fire-Winged Monkey and the Sea Turtle, then picked up the women at the Heaven-Veiling Grand Formation.
• Jiang Liu met Gongsun Haoyue and Yun Kong at the imperial palace, ordered Yun Kong and his group aboard, and realized the women planned to accompany him to the God Realm.

Jiang Liu shrank the Heaven-Veiling Grand Formation and stored it in the System Space so Gongsun Haoyue and the others could accompany him to the God Realm. After the Saint Artifact Spaceship left the Human Realm, the formation’s essence supply dwindled, threatening the people, beasts, and environment inside.

• Jiang Liu agreed to take the women, Fire-Winged Monkey, and Sea Turtle to the God Realm and told them to gather inside the Heaven-Veiling Grand Formation.
• Jiang Liu manifested the Heaven-Veiling Grand Formation, and Gongsun Haoyue entered it before he shrank it and stored it in the System Space.
• Yunkong and the other ten people boarded the Saint Artifact Spaceship, which flew through the boundary wall toward its predetermined coordinates.
• As the spaceship left the Human Realm, the Heaven-Veiling Grand Formation’s essence supply was cut off, and its inhabitants began using essence stones to replenish it.
• The essence stones could not keep pace with the formation’s consumption, putting its mountains, forests, beasts, and residents at risk if the shortage continued.

Jiang Liu rushed the spaceship into the God Realm after learning the women trapped in the Heaven-Veiling Grand Formation were nearly out of origin qi. He rescued them, then continued piloting toward the Crimson Reef Sea while recovering from the effort.

• Jiang Liu discovered the Heaven-Veiling Grand Formation was depleted, while Gongsun Haoyue and the others struggled to survive inside it.
• Gongsun Haoyue contacted Jiang Liu through the Ruyi Celestial Palace, and he promised they would arrive soon.
• Jiang Liu fed his own origin qi and remaining origin stones into the spaceship, greatly increasing its speed until it entered the God Realm.
• Jiang Liu restored the Heaven-Veiling Grand Formation and called the women, the Fire-Winged Monkey, and the Sea Turtle out.
• The women emerged above the sea, relieved by the God Realm's dense origin qi, then returned to the spaceship at Jiang Liu's urging.
• Jiang Liu put away the Heaven-Veiling Grand Formation and resumed piloting toward the Crimson Reef Sea.

Jiang Liu settled his companions onto a carefully prepared island in the Crimson Reef Sea and arranged for their safety. Meanwhile, the Demon God brought the Devil Race fleet to the edge of the God Realm and began testing its defenses with Dark Primal Qi.

• Jiang Liu met Yu Chenghai, Feng Dashan, and Ge Qingsong, who confirmed that the island he had requested was ready.
• Jiang Liu and his companions arrived on the island, where Feng Yue and the others began assigning rooms and preparing food.
• Jiang Liu warned the Fire-Winged Monkey and Sea Turtle to stay indoors and told the Unicorn Divine Ox to keep powerful sea beasts away.
• The Demon God led more than thirty ships to the God Realm's boundary and halted just outside it.
• The Demon God spread Dark Primal Qi toward the God Realm to draw out its guardian and hidden experts, and darkness began covering the boundary.

The Nether Demon Lord led Devil Race forces to the boundary of the God Realm, and scouts identified the invasion, spreading alarm throughout the realm. As the Three Great Cities and Eternal Joy City waited to learn the invaders’ purpose, Riyue Honored One considered using them to advance his own power, while Feng Changtian weighed whether to seek Jiang Liu’s help.

• Scouts sent by the God Realm’s factions approached the boundary wall, recognized the Devil Race, and reported the invasion with Transmission Stones.
• News of the Nether Demon Lord’s arrival spread across the God Realm, provoking panic and rumors about the realm’s decline.
• Snowpeak Honored One and Divine Wind Honored One chose to wait and see what the Devil Race intended.
• Riyue Honored One considered devouring the Nether Demon Lord and revealed that he had killed Shang Yan and other Míng Hé Merchant Guild members for cultivation resources.
• Feng Changtian worried about Eternal Joy City’s weakened forces and considered whether to tell Long Wave Sword God or request aid from Jiang Liu.

Jiang Liu settled his household in the God Realm, named their residence the Star Cloud Enclosure, and learned that misleading reports were circulating about the Devil Race’s invasion. Worried that Eternal Joy City might be caught unprepared, he left to warn them.

• Jiang Liu advised the women and Yun Kong’s group to stabilize their cultivation before attempting breakthroughs, then named their home the Star Cloud Enclosure.
• Jiang Liu received Yu Chenghai’s message that the Devil God’s arrival and the Nether Demon Lord’s role were being reported suspiciously, but chose not to join the conflict.
• Jiang Liu left the women a message, warned Yu Chenghai, Ge Qingsong, and Feng Dashan to keep their forces cautious, and departed Tranquil Sea Island.
• Jiang Liu teleported to Eternal Joy City and frowned at the situation he found there.

Jiang Liu returned to Eternal Joy City and warned Feng Changtian that the Devil Race invasion was led by a Demon God stronger than the Third-Tier Divine Realm. Feng Changtian agreed to hold back the city, while Jiang Liu learned how badly the city had suffered during the sea-beast campaign.

• Jiang Liu reached Eternal Joy City and went to the council chamber, where Feng Changtian was waiting.
• Feng Changtian wondered whether Jiang Liu had reached the Third-Tier Divine Realm, but Jiang Liu said he was still short of it.
• Jiang Liu told Feng Changtian that a Demon God and Bu He were outside the God Realm, and that the Demon God's strength surpassed the Third-Tier Divine Realm.
• Jiang Liu advised Eternal Joy City not to act rashly until the Devil Race's purpose became clear, and Feng Changtian agreed to wait unless the God Realm faced immediate danger.
• Feng Changtian described the sea-beast campaign's heavy losses, including Long Wave Sword God's serious injury, and Jiang Liu was shocked that they had only driven back Chihuang.

Yi Yun learned that Bai Tong had brought a powerful Devil Race force to the God Realm and set out from his hidden island. As the Devil Race fleet approached the boundary wall, a mysterious phantom emerged from an underwater pagoda and Thunder gathered around the wall, while the Devil God waited to make his move.

• Yi Hong reported that Bai Tong led one Supreme God Realm expert, two Third-Tier Divine Realm experts, and a large force of lower-ranked Divine Realm fighters; Yi Yun knocked Yi Hong unconscious for his rash behavior.
• Yi Yun recognized that Bai Tong had reached the Supreme God Realm and angrily blamed Bai Ming and Bai Mang before leaving the island.
• A deep-sea pagoda trembled and caused violent waves, then a faint black phantom flew toward the God Realm's boundary wall.
• Old Feng sensed that storms were coming and returned inland from his fishing spot as the Devil Race fleet approached.
• Thunder gathered around the God Realm's boundary wall, where a concealed shadow watched the fleet, while the Devil God waited before ordering an attack.

The Devil Race built a formation outside the God Realm’s boundary wall that reduced the strain of the environment and strengthened their forces, while Snowpeak Honored One sought to unite the God Realm’s cities against them. Jiang Liu learned how badly Eternal Joy City and the Neutral Continent had been weakened, leaving Long Wave Sword God’s response uncertain.

• The Devil Race gathered treasures and helped the Devil God construct a formation that resisted the Void Force and God Realm essence while strengthening demonic energy.
• Snowpeak Honored One proposed that the God Realm’s forces unite to destroy the Devil Race, and Divine Wind Honored One agreed, but Rì Yuè Honored One and Long Wave Sword God had not replied.
• Jiang Liu discussed the crisis with Feng Changtian after spending two days in Eternal Joy City without seeing Long Wave Sword God.
• Jiang Liu learned that Eternal Joy City and the Neutral Continent had suffered heavy losses, and that the Nether River Commerce had been wiped out and Soaring Sky Commerce Guild was expanding in its place.

Jiang Liu delayed Eternal Joy City’s commitment until Rì Yuè Honored One agreed to Snowpeak Honored One’s alliance proposal, while hoping hidden God Realm experts would emerge. After learning that the Demon God and other powerful Devil Race figures had appeared, Rì Yuè agreed to the alliance, and the leaders gathered in Eternal Joy City.

• Jiang Liu told Feng Changtian to wait for Rì Yuè Honored One’s response and explained that Eternal Joy City needed more time and might need hidden experts to stop the Devil Race.
• Rì Yuè Honored One met with his subordinate, learned that the Nether Realm was in chaos and that the Demon God, Bu He, and the Nether Colossus had appeared, then gave his subordinate instructions.
• Rì Yuè Honored One agreed to Snowpeak Honored One’s proposal to join forces against the Devil Race, prompting Eternal Joy City to accept as well.
• Jiang Liu sent Feng Changtian to represent Eternal Joy City at the alliance meeting, which Snowpeak Honored One, Divine Wind Honored One, and Rì Yuè Honored One attended in Eternal Joy City.
• Eternal Joy City’s martial artists constructed a high platform from origin energy, reassuring those below that the city still had strength.

Feng Changtian and three Honored Ones formed the Demon Extinction Alliance to unite against the Devil Race, agreeing to appoint an alliance leader and attack the next day. Feng Changtian took the leadership despite his refusal, while Jiang Liu grew more suspicious of Rì Yuè Honored One’s intentions.

• Feng Changtian told Snowpeak Honored One, Divine Wind Honored One, and Rì Yuè Honored One that Long Wave Sword God could not attend because he was recuperating.
• Rì Yuè Honored One argued that the alliance needed a single commander to coordinate its forces against the Nether Demon Lord, and Feng Changtian and the other Honored Ones agreed.
• The four Honored Ones named their coalition the Demon Extinction Alliance and decided to appoint an alliance leader, then chose Feng Changtian despite his attempt to decline.
• The alliance agreed to attack the Devil Race the following day and arranged for each faction to provide troops and form a battle array against the Nether Demon Lord.
• Feng Changtian reported the alliance’s terms to Jiang Liu, who suspected that Rì Yuè Honored One might be conspiring with the Devil Race.