Chapter Summaries

Qin Tian returned to camp with Li Qi and warned the Crimson Gold Legion to remain alert after the Blood Demon Cult attack. He awakened the Black Frost Blade's Blade Soul and tested its power by killing an Infernal Dragon Turtle before returning through a Void Gate.

• Qin Tian and Li Qi returned to camp, where the warriors celebrated Li Qi's safe return and learned that Qin Tian had killed every Blood Demon Cult member.
• Qin Tian warned the Crimson Gold Legion to keep watch for demons and hidden threats and to follow their assigned duties.
• Qin Tian examined the Blood Spirit Pearl, stored it in Yin Space, and awakened the Black Frost Blade's Blade Soul with his Divine Weapon Emperor power.
• Qin Tian sensed an Infernal Dragon Turtle in a volcanic fissure and traveled there through a Space Gate to test Black Frost against its shell.
• Qin Tian used the awakened Blade Soul to split the Infernal Dragon Turtle and its shell in half, while Zyra drained the corpse.
• Qin Tian praised Black Frost's power, sheathed the blade, and left through a Void Gate.

Qin Tian’s subordinates grew stronger as the Crimson Gold Legion swept through the Sea of Flame Demons, but he became increasingly concerned by the demons’ unusual agitation. He warned Li Qi and Poison Widow to prepare for a decisive battle that might be approaching.

• Qin Tian led the Crimson Gold Legion in destroying demon lairs and three Demonic Energy Rifts, earning the warriors admiration and Military Merit Points.
• Li Qi, Bear, Poison Widow, Tireda’s Barbarian troops, and Old Ghost all improved their abilities or strength with Qin Tian’s support and resources.
• Poison Widow and Li Qi noticed Qin Tian’s growing worry and came to ask him about it.
• Qin Tian told Li Qi and Poison Widow that the demons seemed restless and hungry, though he could not tell whether a Demon Tide or another upheaval was coming.
• Qin Tian ordered them to make every preparation because he sensed that the final decisive battle was near.

As Qin Tian’s report revealed that the Space Channel would open in the Sea of Flame Demons, the legions cleared the region and gathered to stop the invasion. The enormous Channel opened, and the Sealing Squad began its ritual.

• The Major General connected Qin Tian’s report of unusual demonic energy to the approaching Space Channel and sent the Sea of Flame Demons as a likely location to Chief of Staff Zhuge.
• The Zhuge Family confirmed the Channel would open there, and Qin Tian received individual First-Class Merit for his intelligence.
• Hundreds of legions swept the Sea of Flame Demons, destroying its demon caves, Demonic Energy Rifts, and Demon Sources before the Channel opened on the twelfth day.
• Qin Tian and the assembled warriors watched as the Space Channel expanded into a vast Spatial Vortex above the Sea of Flame Demons.
• A forty-person Sealing Squad formed four groups and channeled Psionic Energy through an ancient Scroll, sending a golden curtain toward the vortex to begin sealing it.

Dongfang Yu and the Sealing Squad nearly sealed the Spatial Vortex, but attackers struck from every direction while an infiltrator disrupted the formation. The chapter ended with Wei Sheng under strange control as cracks spread across the Seal Membrane.

• The forty Warriors reinforced the Golden Shield, and four Divine Beasts stabilized it as it pressed against the Spatial Vortex.
• Dongfang Yu warned Lan Qiancheng about hostile forces, then sent him and four allies to confront a Seventh Order threat.
• Blood mist, bone spears, monsters, and poisoned bolts attacked the sealing force, while Qin Tian ordered the Crimson Gold Legion to defend the perimeter.
• Wei Sheng's Psionic Energy surged out of control and disrupted the formation, making the Golden Shield recoil and cracking the Seal Membrane.

The sealing operation succeeded after Dongfang Yu stopped Wei Sheng from sabotaging the formation. Just as the troops celebrated, Dongfang Yu learned that a fourth Space Channel had opened in the Dark Demon Realm and sought Qin Tian’s help.

• Dongfang Yu restrained Wei Sheng with vines, and a Sealing Team replacement restored the formation’s energy cycle.
• Qin Tian and the others watched the attackers get defeated as the golden Seal Membrane closed the Spatial Vortex.
• The seal was completed, and millions of Warriors celebrated the victory.
• Dongfang Yu told Lan Qiancheng and the other Golden Bloodline prodigies that a Soul Master’s trick had exposed a gap in their screening.
• Dongfang Yu received orders from his Second Uncle to find Qin Tian and send troops to the Dark Demon Realm, where a fourth Space Channel had appeared.
• Dongfang Yu flew toward Qin Tian, who had already heard the news and felt a sense of foreboding.

Qin Tian spent his Evolution Points to strengthen his [Void Master] talent, then used it to transport the army to the Dark Demon Realm through a series of massive Void Gates. The millions-strong force arrived safely, ready to respond to the fourth Space Channel.

• Dongfang Yu told Qin Tian that a fourth Space Channel had appeared in the Dark Demon Realm and asked him to transport the troops there.
• Qin Tian invested more than nine million Evolution Points in [Void Master], greatly improving his control over space.
• Qin Tian opened a massive Void Gate, with Zyra replenishing his Psionic Energy as the Wind Element Psionic Users guided the soldiers through it.
• Dongfang Yu organized the regiments, and Qin Tian, Li Qi, and the others followed the troops into the Dark Demon Realm.
• Qin Tian used Recovery Pills and Zyra's support to open ten Void Gates in succession, bringing the millions-strong army to the Dark Demon Realm.

The Empire’s forces advanced through the Dark Demon Realm while the Imperial Fleet fought demons pouring from three Space Channels. As Dongfang Yue prepared to seal the channels from outside, a fourth channel split into hundreds of spatial rifts, leaving the fleet in chaos and forcing him to rely on the forces inside the Demon Suppression Abyss.

• The mage corps cast Night Vision, allowing Dongfang Yu’s army to see through the Dark Demon Realm’s darkness and continue toward the Space Channel.
• The Imperial Fleet battled powerful demons emerging from three Space Channels near the Demon Suppression Abyss.
• Dongfang Yue learned that the channels to the first layer had been sealed from within and ordered the fleet to begin its external sealing procedure.
• A strange fourth Space Channel appeared, then shattered into hundreds of spatial rifts scattered throughout the battlefield.
• The rifts disrupted the fleet’s formation as demons attacked, and Dongfang Yue called on the forces inside the Demon Suppression Abyss for help.

Qin Tian used his Demon King power to suppress the demons blocking the human army’s advance through the Dark Demon Realm. With the Demon Tide weakened, millions of soldiers charged toward the Space Channel.

• Dongfang Yu ordered the vanguard to attack the overwhelming Demon Tide, but the demons gradually surrounded and stalled the soldiers.
• Dongfang Yu realized the Dark Demon Realm had never been purged and held more demons than several Demon Regions combined.
• Qin Tian rose above the battlefield with Demon King Wings and suppressed demons across dozens of kilometers with his dark emperor’s aura.
• The soldiers and commanders, including Dongfang Yu and the Crimson Gold Legion, watched in shock as demons weakened, collapsed, or bowed before Qin Tian.
• Dongfang Yu ordered the army to charge, and millions of soldiers advanced toward the Space Channel while Qin Tian held the demons down.

The United Army fought millions of demons while the Sealing Squad tried to close the Space Channel, but a terrifying force shattered their seal and turned the battle against them. As Dongfang Yu ordered a retreat and the channel widened, Qin Tian’s Lone Stone pendant glowed and a voice warned him that Void was the enemy.

• Dongfang Yu and the United Army’s spell corps attacked the demon horde while Qin Tian used [Darkness Control Technique] to animate and detonate demon corpses.
• The 120-member Sealing Squad formed an array and sent a Golden Seal toward the Space Channel, briefly making it contract.
• A terrifying force from within the channel cracked and shattered the Golden Seal, injuring the Sealing Squad and destabilizing the rift.
• Demons broke through Dongfang Yu’s Green Wood Vine Barrier and overwhelmed the United Army as Lan Qiancheng urged Dongfang Yu to retreat.
• Dongfang Yu ordered a retreat, but the Space Channel widened further, and Qin Tian’s Lone Stone pendant glowed as a voice warned him, “Void—the enemy!”

Qin Tian’s Lone Stone sealed the Space Channel while Dongfang Yu and the United Army fought back the demons. With the rift gone, the battlefield fell silent and the army celebrated its victory.

• Qin Tian’s Lone Stone broke free from his necklace, expanded into a radiant mountain, and began stabilizing the Space Channel.
• Lan Qiancheng and Dongfang Yu saw the channel start to calm, and the United Army rallied to hold the demons back.
• Dongfang Yu summoned the Thousand-Hand Demon Suppressing Statue, which devastated the demons surrounding the channel.
• Qin Tian used the Dark Element to raise demon corpses and make them explode against their former allies.
• The Lone Stone sealed the Space Channel completely, and Qin Tian caught it as the United Army celebrated.

After the United Army sealed the Space Channel, Qin Tian and Dongfang Yu led its survivors through a desperate retreat from the demon horde. Qin Tian escaped last after unleashing his Demon King Domain and a chain of massive explosions that devastated the battlefield, leaving the surviving demons too terrified to advance.

• Dongfang Yu directed the United Army to hold formation while Qin Tian opened two Void Gates, and the soldiers retreated through them as demons overwhelmed their defenses.
• Dongfang Yu used the Green Wood Sacred Blood to enlarge the Thousand-Hand Wooden Statue and raise a thorn forest, buying time as the army dwindled to just over twenty thousand.
• Qin Tian expanded the [Demon King Domain], weakening and disorienting the demons while using shadows to kill them and opening small Space Gates beneath the remaining soldiers.
• After the United Army escaped, Qin Tian placed more than a thousand explosive-filled iron spheres among the demons and entered a Space Gate.
• The explosives triggered a chain reaction that created a crater dozens of kilometers wide and killed nearly every demon within it, frightening the survivors into halting their advance.

After Qin Tian sealed the Space Channel in the Dark Demon Realm, he reunited with the surviving troops and opened a Space Gate so they could return home. In space, the Imperial Fleet struggled against demons and multiplying Spatial Rifts until the rifts suddenly vanished, leaving the fleet poised to seal the remaining channels.

• The wounded troops cheered Qin Tian, who opened a Space Gate and told them it was time to go home.
• The medical teams escorted the critically wounded through the Space Gate first as the soldiers celebrated their return.
• The Imperial Fleet fought the demon horde while the external Sealing Team tried to close the second- and third-level Space Channels.
• Dongfang Yue sent reserves to reinforce the left flank as demons emerging from splitting Spatial Rifts repeatedly disrupted the fleet.
• The Spatial Rifts abruptly collapsed and vanished, prompting cheers aboard the command ship.
• Dongfang Yue saw only three stable Space Channels remaining, and the Imperial Fleet renewed its assault as the sealing formations strengthened.

After the United Army returned to the Sea of Flame Demons, Qin Tian helped heal the wounded and strengthened his ties with other commanders. Dongfang Yu announced that every spatial passage in the Demon Suppression Abyss had been sealed, and the Crimson Gold Legion began preparing to withdraw and go home.

• The United Army returned from the Dark Demon Realm, and Qin Tian joined the healing effort as Dongfang Yu used his Azure Wood Power to restore the wounded and exhausted warriors.
• Dongfang Yu, Lan Qiancheng, and other commanders praised Qin Tian and introduced themselves, building new connections with him.
• Dongfang Yu received word that all spatial passages in the Demon Suppression Abyss had been sealed and announced the victory to the army.
• The United Army erupted in celebration, and Qin Tian agreed to attend Lan Qiancheng's victory feast.
• Qin Tian told Poison Widow that the Crimson Gold Legion would go home and promised her three months of leave.
• Qin Tian ordered the Crimson Gold Legion to check its equipment before withdrawing, declaring that no one would be left behind.

Qin Tian considered the Lone Stone’s connection to the Void and chose a secluded cave in the Demon Suppression Abyss to evolve his Great Wilderness Battle Body. After spending twenty million Evolution Points, he gained the Immortal Sacred Body and left the cave with immense new power.

• Qin Tian suspected that the Demon Suppression Abyss and its recurring Space Channels might be connected to the Void, but he had no proof.
• Qin Tian reviewed the more than fifty million Evolution Points and over a hundred unique talents he had gained from the battle to seal the Space Channel.
• Qin Tian returned to the cleared Demon Source beneath the lava sea and selected its secluded cavern for his breakthrough.
• Qin Tian spent twenty million Evolution Points to evolve the Great Wilderness Battle Body, triggering a transformation that reforged his body with golden Qi and Blood.
• Qin Tian examined the System Panel and saw that his new talent was named Immortal Sacred Body.

Qin Tian tested his newly acquired Immortal Sacred Body by challenging the Chaos Demon Domain’s Demon Source. He annihilated its Sixth-order Demons and destroyed the Demon Source with Blaze, bringing his journey to the Demon Suppression Abyss to a successful end.

• Qin Tian examined the Immortal Sacred Body’s abilities, including its defenses, recovery, permanent growth through surviving damage, and resurrection through an Origin token.
• Qin Tian opened a Void Gate to the Chaos Demon Domain and revealed his golden Blood Qi to draw out the Demons guarding its Demon Source.
• Qin Tian defeated more than a hundred Sixth-order Demons with his bare hands while the attacks of the Demons failed to harm him.
• Qin Tian summoned Blaze and used Burn Heaven Purgatory to blast the Demon Source vortex, setting it ablaze and destroying it.
• Qin Tian watched the Demon Source and the surrounding Demons burn as his journey to the Demon Suppression Abyss came to an end.

The Crimson Gold Legion returned from the Demon Suppression Abyss and celebrated aboard their battleship. Qin Tian led three toasts honoring their fallen comrades, the survivors, and the bonds of the legion.

• The Crimson Gold Legion warriors boarded the battleship, relieved to escape the Demon Suppression Abyss, and headed for showers, food, and drink.
• Lu Sheng called for alcohol, while Poison Widow hurried to the living quarters to take a shower.
• At a feast in the dining hall, Li Wufeng proposed that Qin Tian lead the first three toasts.
• Qin Tian toasted the fallen comrades whose sacrifice helped secure victory and protect the Empire.
• Qin Tian toasted the surviving warriors for their courage and the bonds they had forged in the Crimson Gold Legion.
• The warriors echoed the legion's slogan, drank together, and celebrated their return.

After the Demon Suppression Abyss battle, Qin Tian celebrated with his comrades and discussed the Youth Potion business with Dongfang Yu. The next morning, Qin Tian went to meet Marshal Dongfang and General Zhuge, both Ninth-Order Psionic Users known as Demigods.

• The Warriors returned to Ironwood Star, where Qin Tian drank through a celebration while his comrades got drunk.
• Dongfang Yu told Qin Tian that the Dongfang Family valued the Youth Potion business, and Qin Tian agreed to let him take part.
• Poison Widow brought Qin Tian breakfast and recalled how he had stayed sober and spent the previous night cultivating.
• Qin Tian told Poison Widow and Old Ghost to take the day off, then went to meet Marshal Dongfang and General Zhuge.
• Qin Tian watched Dongfang Yue and Zhuge Lan play Go before learning that both men were Demigods.

Qin Tian faced Dongfang Yue and Zhuge Lan’s questions about the Lone Stone Fragment and gave them a carefully prepared account of how he found it. They returned the stone to him, and Qin Tian left to prepare for the afternoon Awards Ceremony, where he expected to be a major recipient.

• Dongfang Yue asked Qin Tian to explain the Mysterious Stone he had used to seal the four Space Channels, and Qin Tian identified it as a Lone Stone Fragment.
• Qin Tian described finding the Lone Stone at the Demon Source in the Sea of Flame Demons and using it to provoke two seventh-order demons into destroying the source.
• Zhuge Lan returned the Lone Stone to Qin Tian and told him to keep it safe because it might be useful in the future.
• After Qin Tian left, Zhuge Lan accused Dongfang Yue of moving a chess piece, and Dongfang Yue swept the pieces off the board.
• Outside the Military Department, Qin Tian reflected on the risk of his deception and focused on the Awards Ceremony that afternoon.

At the Demon Suppression Abyss campaign awards ceremony, Qin Tian received the Empire’s highest honor for his extraordinary feats. Dongfang Yue then promoted him directly from Colonel to Major General, leaving him to embrace the greater responsibility ahead.

• Dongfang Yue opened the ceremony by honoring the fallen and presenting campaign medals to officers including Zhao Lie and Lin Zhou.
• Dongfang Yue named Qin Tian as the recipient of the Imperial Radiance Medal and recounted how he destroyed eight Demonic Energy Rifts and one Demon Source, defeated two Seventh-order Demon Kings, transported millions of troops, and sealed a Space Channel.
• Dongfang Yue pinned the Imperial Radiance Medal to Qin Tian’s uniform as the officers applauded and acknowledged his achievements.
• Dongfang Yue announced Qin Tian’s immediate promotion from Colonel to Major General under the Special Merit Exceptional Promotion regulation.
• Dongfang Yue replaced Qin Tian’s Colonel epaulettes with Major General insignia, and Qin Tian saluted as the audience applauded.

Qin Tian returned to the Crimson Gold Legion’s camp as a Major General and Imperial Radiance Medal recipient, earning his soldiers’ admiration. Old Ghost accepted his bond with Qin Tian, while Bear and Tireda misunderstood the promotion as making Qin Tian a tribal chief, leaving Qin Tian resolved to correct them.

• Qin Tian entered camp in his Major General’s uniform, and the warriors celebrated his promotion and battle record.
• Li Wufeng recognized Qin Tian’s Imperial Radiance Medal and explained its exceptional status and privileges to the gathered warriors.
• Old Ghost reflected on how Qin Tian had treated him and let go of his resentment over becoming Qin Tian’s soul servant.
• Tireda asked Bear what Major General meant, and Bear agreed with Tireda’s mistaken idea that Qin Tian had become a tribal chief with new territory to claim.
• Bear and Tireda excited the Barbarian Warriors with their misunderstanding, and Qin Tian decided to give them a remedial lesson.