Recaps

The group followed Master Shang to a valley of golden fruit, where poisonous rain and flying monsters revealed a deadly ambush. As they tried to escape, hundreds of monsters closed in from every side.

• Master Shang agreed to give Zhuge Yu's group twenty percent of the profits, then revealed that he possessed a rare treasure connected to the Shang family.
• Zhuge Yu accepted the share, and the group followed Master Shang southeast to a sunken valley filled with fruit trees.
• As the group rushed toward the fruit, a blue shadow fled and poisonous raindrops burned through the people below.
• Zhuge Yu spotted a Flying Centipede, but two white cranes swept her Star Sand back toward the group.
• The Green-eyed Toad exploded in Master Shang's face, and hundreds of spiders, snake scorpions, toads, and poison bees surrounded the group as they summoned their Mechanical Birds.

Several hundred demons ambushed the party in the hollow valley, killing most of them while Shanshan Buddha escaped by crushing his trial token. Xu Yi watched from the forest, unmoved by the deaths and astonished by the demons’ strength, as the demons dispersed to pursue another task.

• The demons unleashed a rain of poisonous attacks on the group before they could organize or get their Mechanical Birds moving.
• Hong Chuji died, and the Companion Snake Scorpion devoured his soul; Sun Shaohua tried to save Zhuge Yu but was overwhelmed by poisonous attacks.
• A Seven-Colored Ghost-faced Spider and a Poisonous Bee killed Zhuge Yu, whose trial token turned to ash.
• Shanshan Buddha regrouped with the red-robed dwarf and the gray-robed old man, then crushed his trial token and escaped despite losing an arm.
• The red-robed dwarf and the gray-robed old man died under the demons’ attacks, while Xu Yi watched from the forest without sympathy.
• The demons scattered at the calls of their four leaders, and Xu Yi was left astonished by their combat strength.

Xu Yi retrieved the Azure Moon Horn from the battlefield and used it to understand the Demon Race, only to discover two demons had set a trap for him. He killed both demons and fled northwest before their companions could arrive.

• Xu Yi waited until the demons left, then collected five Sumeru Rings and recovered the Azure Moon Horn from the red-robed dwarf.
• After placing the horn in his mouth, Xu Yi understood the Demon Race language and learned that the Colorful Poison Bee and Seven-colored Ghost-faced Spider Demon had used the rings as bait.
• Xu Yi surprised the Colorful Poison Bee with the small crimson sword and killed it, surviving its antennae without serious injury.
• Xu Yi dodged the spider demon's webbing, struck its face with sword needles, and captured its falling body in a Sumeru Ring.
• Xu Yi sensed the spider demon calling for help and flew northwest at full speed.

Xu Yi recovered in an abandoned demon burrow and planned how to secure a boundary token and escape Great Yue through the Dark Mountain. He concluded that Precious Medicine would be the most valuable wealth to carry into the outside world and resolved to gather as much as he could.

• Xu Yi fled a swarm of Seven-colored Ghost-faced Spider Demons and hid in an empty burrow to recover.
• Xu Yi considered the boundary tokens and decided he needed one to pass safely through the Dark Mountain.
• Xu Yi reflected on the richer spiritual energy and stronger demons beyond Great Yue and hoped the outside world could cure the Vengeful Embryo in his Qi Sea.
• Xu Yi assessed which goods would retain the most value outside Great Yue and chose Precious Medicine over crafted items.
• Xu Yi viewed Great Yue and Monster Hunting Valley as stores of wealth and planned to fill his Sumeru Ring with Precious Medicine.

After defeating the demons, Xu Yi collected their valuables and discovered golden pills that transformed his body into a towering, hairy, ape-like form. The chapter left him struggling to adapt to his new shape and damaged equipment while keeping his belongings concealed.

• Xu Yi removed two black plaques from the Demon Corpses, found hidden fruit on the spider demon, and opened five Sumeru Rings.
• Xu Yi counted twenty-one rare fruits and assessed the value of the demons and their loot.
• Xu Yi examined the red-robed dwarf's possessions and found six golden pills alongside an experimental journal and other items.
• Xu Yi swallowed one golden pill, and his body painfully grew larger and became covered in black hair as his features changed.
• Xu Yi struggled to remove or secure his equipment, found the Divine Sword Capturing Dragon unusable, and retied the Geng Essence iron box beneath his arm.

Xu Yi discovered that the pill’s beastly transformation came from surging qi and blood and could be controlled by the Still Water Art, while granting immense strength. He pieced together the Bone Burst Pill’s history and the red-robed dwarf’s origins, leaving the Shang family’s revenge scheme exposed as a failure.

• Xu Yi used the Still Water Art to calm his qi and blood, making his coarse body hair disappear, then stopped and watched it return.
• Xu Yi struck the stone ground and left a huge crater, realizing the pill had greatly strengthened his body by stimulating his qi and blood.
• The Shang family developed the Bone Burst Pill to imitate a great demon’s strength, but early users died and a later transformed disciple killed nine Liquid Condensation experts.
• Several clans seized the pills, lost their disciples, and concealed the disaster by branding the Bone Burst Pill a demonic poison.
• The red-robed dwarf’s ancestor survived the Shang family’s destruction, learned to use the pill by compressing his body, and passed the method on to the dwarf.
• The red-robed dwarf transformed to survive Monster Hunting Valley, recruited Shanshan Buddha and the old man in the kudzu robe, and died before he could use the pill again to escape.

Xu Yi used his demonlike body and a stolen Green Token to disguise himself among the Demon Race, then followed a familiar figure fleeing a battle. He blocked three human cultivators, allowing four great demons to surround them, and the last cultivator, a white-robed woman, lost her Trial Token to a Companion Snake Scorpion.

• Xu Yi realized his beastlike body and the Azure Moon Horn could help him infiltrate the demon caves and find the Precious Medicine.
• Xu Yi killed an enormous pig demon, took its Green Token, and stowed its body in his Sumeru Ring.
• Xu Yi watched Ming Shenzong and a group of cultivators battle more than a hundred demons before the humans fled in scattered directions.
• Xu Yi pursued a familiar figure and landed in front of three fleeing human cultivators, letting four great demons catch up and surround them.
• Two cultivators crushed their Trial Tokens and vanished, while a Companion Snake Scorpion snatched the white-robed woman's token and claimed it wanted half her body as a reward.

Xu Yi used a number puzzle to distract four great demons, then killed them and gave the white-robed woman her trial token, armor, and two black iron tokens. The woman fled with enough tokens to qualify for the Reward Palace, while Xu Yi disappeared.

• The white-robed woman posed the demons a climbing-snake puzzle, captivating all four great demons as they tried to solve it.
• Xu Yi secretly killed the Companion Snake Scorpion and the Green-eyed Toad with his Crimson Short Sword.
• Xu Yi smashed the Giant-horned Spotted Leopard's skull and tore the fleeing Two-headed Centipede in two.
• Xu Yi gathered the four Demon Corpses, intercepted the fleeing woman, returned her trial token, and offered her black armor in exchange for a smile.
• Xu Yi vanished after giving the woman two black iron tokens, and she collected her rewards and fled toward safety.

Xu Yi disguised himself as a demon and joined a squad led by the pink rabbit, hoping to move unnoticed while searching for opportunities. The squad returned to Tiger Venerate County, where the demons gathered around loaded food boats.

• Xu Yi left Xue Zihan and transformed into a clumsy demon with a Green Token.
• The pink rabbit mistook Xu Yi for a stray soldier and assigned him to her squad with a hedgehog, a leopard, and an eagle.
• The pink rabbit led her squad through the forest, where they found no humans, then returned to Tiger Venerate County.
• Demons mocked the pink rabbit when she entered the valley, and she led her squad to their cave.
• A squad led by a giant gray bear brought three wooden boats, and the pink rabbit ordered the demons to line up for food.

Xu Yi joined the Pink Rabbit’s demon squad as they entered the West Foot Mountain Range, where they clashed with a human cultivator squad. After the fat pig hedgehog sacrificed itself to save Xu Yi, the bald-tailed eagle and frail old leopard rushed into danger to protect him.

• Xu Yi fed the three demons under his command and watched the Pink Rabbit argue with the Great Grey Bear about leading her troops into battle.
• A horn sounded, and the Pink Rabbit led her squad into the West Foot Mountain Range with a red token from the Great Grey Bear.
• The Pink Rabbit’s squad encountered more than thirty human cultivators, including early Condensing Liquid powerhouses, and she ordered her demons to attack.
• Xu Yi tried to flee, but three Qi Sea Realm martial artists surrounded him and attacked; the fat pig hedgehog blocked their blow and told him to run.
• A human martial artist struck off the fat pig hedgehog’s head, but Xu Yi used his ability to retrieve its body and beast token.
• The human cultivators renewed their attack on Xu Yi, and the bald-tailed eagle and frail old leopard raced to help him into a burst of peak Sword Qi.

Xu Yi watched the Bald-Tailed Eagle and the gaunt old leopard die, then intervened as the remaining demons were overwhelmed by human fighters. He saved Pink Rabbit and the other demons, forced the fighters to surrender their Demon Tokens, and left with the wounded and dead on a raft.

• Five human fighters killed the Bald-Tailed Eagle and mortally wounded the gaunt old leopard, who urged Xu Yi to leave.
• Xu Yi seized two beast tokens and made the five attackers vanish with their trial tokens turned to ash.
• Xu Yi rescued the golden-haired monkey and the three-eyed yellow chicken, but Pink Rabbit was struck down while shielding him.
• Xu Yi caught Pink Rabbit, fed her Essence Restoration Pills, built a raft, and placed her and the demon corpses aboard.
• After the bald, muscular man attacked and was transported outside, Xu Yi demanded the fighters' Demon Tokens.
• Xu Yi collected twenty-three green Demon Tokens and left with Pink Rabbit and the raft while the human fighters stood aside.

Xu Yi and Pink Rabbit buried the demons who had died in battle, then returned to the cave dwelling, where an old wolf threatened to take Pink Rabbit’s home. Pink Rabbit fought back, and Xu Yi stopped the wolf’s attack by grabbing him by the neck.

• Xu Yi grieved over the dead demons, changed his Green Token for the White Token, and began digging graves while Pink Rabbit recovered.
• Xu Yi and Pink Rabbit buried more than twenty demons with their Demon Tokens on a desolate hill, following Pink Rabbit’s advice.
• Xu Yi returned to the cave dwelling with Pink Rabbit, unable to find a chance to leave her behind.
• An old wolf mocked Pink Rabbit, declared her fired from the battle troops, and demanded that she surrender the cave dwelling.
• Pink Rabbit kicked the old wolf, and Xu Yi seized him by the neck as he lunged at her.

Big Fool defended Pink Rabbit from Old Wolf and the Fiery Fox, whose threats revealed that Pink Rabbit had lost her subordinates and been reduced to a Menial Worker. After the fox left, Big Fool realized he had stepped in because he felt he owed Pink Rabbit a favor.

• Big Fool released Old Wolf after Pink Rabbit ordered him to stop, and Old Wolf questioned how a white-token demon had subdued him so easily.
• The Fiery Fox arrived and attacked Big Fool, but he dodged its strike, surprising the Heavenly Demon.
• The Fiery Fox threatened to take Pink Rabbit to serve Lord Tiger Spirit, and Big Fool claimed he was her squad leader.
• The Fiery Fox offered Big Fool food to join it, but he refused, saying it smelled bad.
• The Fiery Fox left, calling Big Fool a plaything, while Old Wolf warned Pink Rabbit; Big Fool then wondered why he had felt compelled to protect her.

Pink Rabbit faced losing her cave and battle-soldier status when a white tiger challenged her squad to prove its strength. Big Fool stepped in to protect her and threw the tiger aside, setting the stage for a fight against Tiger Venerate County’s strongmen.

• Pink Rabbit told Big Fool that she planned to reclaim Rabbit Venerate County and promised him a high-ranking position as her trusted aide.
• A white tiger ordered Pink Rabbit’s Frost Rabbit Squad to surrender its cave or send Big Fool to fight Tiger Venerate County’s strongmen.
• Pink Rabbit chose to accept the challenge rather than force Big Fool to fight or give up her battle-soldier status.
• Big Fool volunteered to fight after Pink Rabbit warned him to run if he could not win.
• Big Fool grabbed the white tiger and hurled it more than ten zhang, then called for the next challenger.

Big Fool faced a fight to the death against the Giant-Horned Azure Rhinoceros after White Tiger demanded revenge for his earlier defeat. As the rhinoceros charged, Big Fool remained still to test his demon body, leaving the battle’s outcome unresolved.

• White Tiger declared the strength contest a fight to the death and challenged Big Fool to face an opponent.
• White Tiger offered the Giant-Horned Azure Rhinoceros spirit fruits to kill Big Fool, and the demons cleared the arena.
• Old Wolf suspected Big Fool might be a Heavenly Demon and urged Fiery Fox to stop the fight, but Fiery Fox let it proceed.
• The Giant-Horned Azure Rhinoceros charged at Big Fool while Pink Rabbit cried for him to run and the crowd laughed.
• Big Fool stayed motionless as the rhinoceros’s attack neared, preparing to test the limits of his demon body.

Xu Yi, disguised as Big Fool, stunned the demons by stopping the Giant-Horned Azure Rhinoceros's charge and then defeating him in a contest of strength. Pink Rabbit demanded that Young Master Baihu acknowledge the victory and grant King Bala the cave abode.

• Xu Yi caught the Giant-Horned Azure Rhinoceros's horns and endured the charge, astonishing Young Master Baihu, Old Wolf, Fiery Fox, and the watching demons.
• Old Wolf suggested sparing Xu Yi, but Fiery Fox argued that he had won only through speed and a trick.
• The Giant-Horned Azure Rhinoceros unleashed Demonic Bull Overturns Heaven and charged at more than twice his previous speed.
• Xu Yi activated the Overlord Strength Art and struck the Giant-Horned Azure Rhinoceros, sending him flying into a crater and winning the fight.
• Pink Rabbit celebrated, jumped onto Young Master Baihu's back, and demanded that he declare the winner and confirm King Bala's right to the cave abode.

After defeating Old Niu, Big Fool considered how his gratitude to Pink Rabbit trapped him between leaving her behind and taking her out as a corpse. He decided to help her fulfill her ambitions before faking his death, then learned that her greatest wish was to be buried on Demon Territory Mountain.

• Pink Rabbit brought Big Fool blueberries and roasted meat, believing he was injured after his fight with Old Niu.
• Big Fool realized that leaving alone would likely get Pink Rabbit killed, while taking her with him would mean she had to die, so he chose to protect her and later fake his death.
• Pink Rabbit boasted about her plans to rise in rank, cultivate the Ice Frost Art, and avenge her clan by killing Tiger Spirit.
• Big Fool asked Pink Rabbit about her lifelong wish, intending to help her achieve it before he disappeared.
• Pink Rabbit revealed that she dreamed of being buried atop Demon Territory Mountain, and Big Fool asked why she did not want to be buried on Fire Cloud Mountain.

Big Fool continued accompanying Pink Rabbit on battles against the humans while trying to understand why no Soul Sensing Ancestors had entered the realm. After Pink Rabbit shared their spoils, Great Grey Bear announced that she was being promoted to Squad Leader.

• Pink Rabbit led Big Fool back into battle, and he decided to escape through a future mission after resolving her troubles.
• Big Fool concluded that Soul Sensing Ancestors could not enter the trial realm and relaxed after finding no sign of them.
• Big Fool helped Pink Rabbit survive three missions and obtained a Sumeru Ring from a fallen demon, which she traded for blue berries.
• Pink Rabbit shared food and wine with Big Fool and proposed splitting their blue berries, with six for herself and four for him.
• Great Grey Bear told Pink Rabbit that the higher-ups planned to promote her to Squad Leader and assign her more troops.

Pink Rabbit was lured to Weapon Hall, captured, and brought before Tiger Spirit. When Fiery Fox revealed that Big Fool was human, Pink Rabbit pretended to believe him, but Old Thief Wolf saw through her deception.

• Great Grey Bear told Pink Rabbit to report to Weapon Hall, and she hurried there expecting to lead troops into battle.
• Old Thief Wolf trapped Pink Rabbit in a Demon Capturing Bag and carried her to Tiger Venerate Peak.
• Tiger Spirit's demons strapped Pink Rabbit to a restraint device and questioned her about her crime.
• Pink Rabbit threatened that Big Fool would avenge her, while Fiery Fox insisted the demons did not intend to kill her.
• Fiery Fox revealed that Big Fool was human, and Pink Rabbit pretended she had already suspected it.
• Old Thief Wolf punched Pink Rabbit for trying to deceive them.

Fiery Fox used three Light-and-Shadow Spheres to show Pink Rabbit recordings of Big Fool’s battles and argue that he was a human in disguise. Pink Rabbit pretended to believe the accusation while privately deciding the evidence proved only that Big Fool was powerful and that the demons were scheming against her.

• Old Thief Wolf tried to strike Pink Rabbit again, but Fiery Fox stopped him and showed her recordings from three Light-and-Shadow Spheres.
• Pink Rabbit watched scenes of Big Fool shielding her from human attackers, who vanished when they struck him, and escaping with her.
• The final recording showed Big Fool defeating demons and giving Pink Rabbit a Sumeru Ring.
• Fiery Fox recalled spying on Big Fool after their feud and concluded that the recordings revealed Big Fool was a human in disguise.
• Fiery Fox asked Pink Rabbit what she had to say, and she denounced Big Fool aloud while privately refusing to believe his supposed betrayal.

Fiery Fox tricked Pink Rabbit into pretending to help poison Big Fool with Rootless Purple Water, while Tiger Spirit questioned whether Big Fool was truly human and why he protected her. As the demons discussed how they would punish Pink Rabbit if she betrayed them, an explosion shattered the hall wall, and Big Fool began to investigate Pink Rabbit’s long absence.

• Fiery Fox convinced Pink Rabbit to take Rootless Purple Water and pretend she would secretly poison Big Fool, while Pink Rabbit planned to escape with him.
• Fiery Fox assured Tiger Spirit and Old Thief Wolf that Big Fool was human, though Tiger Spirit remained puzzled by Big Fool’s motives and concern for Pink Rabbit.
• Fiery Fox said he was monitoring Pink Rabbit and would punish her or send her to the Great King if she failed to obey.
• A tremendous boom destroyed half the hall’s wall as Fiery Fox and Old Thief Wolf laughed.
• Big Fool, worried when Pink Rabbit did not return, went to ask Great Grey Bear what had happened.

Xu Yi realized Pink Rabbit was in danger and infiltrated Tiger Venerate Peak disguised as a demon carrying fruit wine, but he had not yet found her. He reached the inner hall, where a Six-hoofed Ox Demon called to him from a pile of travel bags.

• Xu Yi learned that Pink Rabbit had been summoned for a reward and realized the promotion might be a trap, but he could not find her at Weapon Hall.
• Xu Yi climbed the heavily guarded back of Tiger Venerate Peak and hid from a patrol of hawks before reaching the summit.
• Xu Yi killed a drunken wolf demon, took its cloak, and used the disguise to obtain baskets of fruit wine from the supply shed.
• Xu Yi gave wine to the palace guards and entered the inner hall, where he searched for Pink Rabbit while handing bottles to the demons.
• A Six-hoofed Ox Demon called urgently to Xu Yi from beside a pile of travel bags.

Xu Yi infiltrated Tiger Spirit’s stronghold, killed Tiger Spirit and Old Thief Wolf, and forced Fiery Fox to flee. He took Tiger Spirit’s black token and claimed he had killed the tiger on Great King Golden Eagle’s orders as hundreds of demon soldiers confronted him.

• Xu Yi killed an ox demon who had begun to question his identity, then found a secret chamber and smashed through its wall.
• Big Fool seized Old Thief Wolf and crushed his head before charging at Tiger Spirit.
• Fiery Fox summoned help and unleashed his stinking-fart art, but Big Fool held his breath and pressed his attack.
• Tiger Spirit pinned Big Fool down and unleashed Tiger Roar Blade, but Big Fool survived and stabbed the tiger through the heart.
• Fiery Fox escaped on pink wings, while Big Fool collected the demons’ bodies and Sumeru Rings and switched Tiger Spirit’s token for a gray-black one.
• Big Fool put on Tiger Spirit’s black token, claimed Yuan had been ordered by Great King Golden Eagle to kill the tiger, and faced hundreds of demon soldiers.

Big Fool took control of Tiger Venerate County under Great King Golden Eagle’s order and questioned the white-haired stork about Fiery Fox. He learned that Pink Rabbit had been brought to the county but had already left, and the story left him ready to pursue her.

• Big Fool killed a hostile giant tiger and ordered the demons of Tiger Venerate County to stand down.
• Big Fool questioned the white-haired stork about Fiery Fox and learned that the fox had sent Long-beaked Flowing Eagle to spy on someone with a Light-and-Shadow Pearl.
• Big Fool tested the white-haired stork with the pearls, then threatened him before sparing him and demanding more information.
• The white-haired stork revealed that Old Thief Wolf had brought the last survivor of the Ice Rabbit clan in a demon-catching sack to meet Fiery Fox.
• The white-haired stork told Big Fool that Pink Rabbit had left two incense sticks earlier, apparently heading down the cliff.

Big Fool learned that Fiery Fox had taken Pink Rabbit and pursued him toward Eagle Peak Mountain, where Fiery Fox hoped to seek Great King Golden Eagle's protection. Pink Rabbit awoke during the flight and heard Fiery Fox blame her for the deaths at Tiger Venerate County.

• Big Fool used the memory beads to review his encounter with Pink Rabbit and deduced that Fiery Fox had sent her to test or kill him.
• White-haired Stork reported that Fiery Fox had captured Ice Rabbit and flown north, so Big Fool set off after him on the Mechanical Bird.
• Fiery Fox fled Tiger Venerate Peak after Big Fool killed Tiger Spirit and Old Thief Wolf, then seized Pink Rabbit while heading for help.
• Fiery Fox reached the skies near Eagle Peak Mountain and berated the awakening Pink Rabbit for bringing disaster upon Tiger Venerate County.
• Pink Rabbit was shocked by Fiery Fox's account, then felt a surge of joy and excitement.