Chapter Summaries

Di Jun revealed that Li Mo’s powerful companion was an Artifact Spirit and planned to make Li Mo a Demon Emperor to tie him to the Demon Race. Unaware of the plan, Li Mo decided to persuade Bai Ze and Bai Qianqian to leave with him, but Bai Ze summoned him to the Sun God Palace for an announcement.

• Di Jun told Nuwa, Fu Xi, and Eastern Emperor Tai Yi that the demonic figure was Li Mo’s Artifact Spirit and that Li Mo had the power to qualify as a Demon Emperor.
• Di Jun explained that naming Li Mo a Demon Emperor would bind him to the Demon Race, kept Luohu’s identity secret, and ordered a gathering at the Sun God Palace to announce three new Demon Emperors.
• Li Mo admired Bai Qianqian in the clothes he had received from the system and planned to persuade her and Bai Ze to leave the Primordial World with him.
• Bai Ze arrived and told Li Mo they were going to the Sun God Palace, where the Demon Emperors had an announcement to make.
• Li Mo guessed that they were announcing the new Demon Emperors.

Di Jun announced Nuwa and Fu Xi as the Demon Race’s new emperors, while Li Mo reunited with Bai Ze and Bai Qianqian and clashed with Bai Jiu over his closeness to her. The gathering ended with Di Jun revealing that a third Demon Emperor would also be named, but he had not yet said who.

• Li Mo told Bai Ze and Bai Qianqian about the trip to Buzhou Mountain as they headed to the Sun God Palace.
• Bai Jiu criticized Li Mo’s cultivation and objected to him becoming Bai Qianqian’s Dao companion, while Li Mo and Bai Qianqian showed their affection for each other.
• Di Jun and Tai Yi arrived with Nuwa and Fu Xi at the gathering in the Sun God Palace.
• Di Jun named Nuwa and Fu Xi the Demon Emperors Wa Huang and Xi Huang, and the assembled Demon Race members cheered their appointment.
• Di Jun announced that there would be one more Demon Emperor, leaving the gathering waiting to learn who it was.

At a Demon Race gathering, Eastern Emperor Tai Yi announced that Li Mo would become the third Demon Emperor and the fifth Demon Emperor of the Heavenly Court. Li Mo was stunned and dreaded being pulled into the center of the conflict as the Demon Race members reacted with disbelief.

• Li Mo suggested that Bai Jiu might be named Demon Emperor, drawing ridicule from the gathered clan leaders and prompting Bai Jiu to challenge Li Mo to become a Golden Immortal.
• Bai Jiu said he would accept Li Mo as Bai Qianqian's Dao companion if Li Mo became Demon Emperor, while Bai Ze encouraged Li Mo to keep cultivating.
• Eastern Emperor Tai Yi announced Li Mo as the new Demon Emperor, stunning Li Mo and the Demon Race members who thought he was only a middle-stage Mystic Immortal.
• Di Jun called Li Mo forward, and Bai Qianqian celebrated while Li Mo inwardly protested that he did not want the position.

Di Jun appointed Li Mo as Demon Emperor despite Li Mo’s pleas and the Demon Race’s objections. Li Mo decided to address the assembled demons to establish his authority, though they viewed him with hostility.

• Li Mo lamented that becoming Demon Emperor would put him at risk in the future war, while Shang Yang and Jiu Ying objected to his appointment.
• Li Mo asked Di Jun to choose someone else, but Di Jun declared that Li Mo would be Demon Emperor.
• The Mad Rhino Clan leader and nearly all the Demon Race members knelt and demanded that Di Jun withdraw the decree.
• Di Jun unleashed Solar True Fire and silenced the opposition, insisting that the appointment was final and supported by the other three Demon Emperors.
• Li Mo decided to make the Demon Race keep his appointment quiet and to establish his authority with a speech.
• Bai Ze warned Li Mo that the demons resented him, but Li Mo reassured his master and walked toward Di Jun.

Li Mo established his authority as the new Demon Emperor by reciting classical teachings that stirred the Heavenly Dao, brought down merit, and raised his cultivation to the Golden Immortal realm. The Demon Race accepted him, while he resolved to keep his new title secret to avoid the war between the Wu and Demon Races.

• Li Mo addressed the gathered Demon Race members from the high platform, provoking their anger with his boast about standing above them.
• Li Mo recited classical teachings, drawing thirty-thousand-li purple qi and other celestial wonders to the Sun God Palace.
• Golden dragons of merit entered Li Mo, raising his cultivation from the mid-stage of the Mystic Immortal realm to the mid-stage of the Golden Immortal realm.
• Bai Ze, Nuwa, Tai Yi, Fu Xi, Bai Qianqian, and the other demons praised Li Mo and accepted him as a worthy Demon Emperor.
• Li Mo realized he had won the Demon Race's respect and resolved to hide his title to avoid being caught up in the Wu-Demon war.
• Di Jun remembered Li Mo's wish to keep his title secret, and Li Mo called for silence to continue his speech.

After becoming Demon Emperor, Li Mo asked the demons to keep his identity secret while he plotted to leave the Heavenly Court. As the Demon Race celebrated and Li Mo went to choose a residence on the Sun Star, other powers noticed the heavenly signs and began investigating their cause.

• Li Mo convinced the other demons to conceal his identity as Demon Emperor, and Di Jun agreed to keep the secret.
• Li Mo planned to get Di Jun to expel him from the Heavenly Court, then left with Bai Qianqian to find a site for Mo Huang Palace on the Sun Star.
• Bai Jiu entrusted Bai Qianqian to Li Mo, while Bai Ze and Bai Jiu celebrated Li Mo's rise over drinks.
• Hong Jun failed to deduce what had caused the signs among the Demon Race and considered how to advance his plans for the War of the Liches.
• Donghua Daoist was injured by backlash while trying to investigate the phenomenon, so Xi Wang Mu asked Tu Shan Qing to look into it.

Jieyin and Zhunti headed toward Donghua Immortal Palace after failing to divine the cause of the Sun Star’s celestial phenomenon. At Bai Ze Palace, Tu Shan Qing learned Bai Jiu and Bai Ze’s embellished account of Li Mo’s rise and hurried to report the news to the Immortal Chiefs.

• Jieyin and Zhunti failed to divine the Sun Star’s phenomenon and decided to seek answers at Donghua Immortal Palace.
• Tu Shan Qing arrived at Bai Ze Palace and asked Bai Jiu and Bai Ze about the purple energy and descending merit near the Sun Star.
• Bai Jiu told Tu Shan Qing that Li Mo had stirred the Heavenly Dao and attained the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm, exaggerating the details to impress him.
• Tu Shan Qing speculated that Li Mo might be a reincarnated Chaos Demon God, and Bai Ze and Bai Jiu agreed the theory could explain his power.
• Bai Ze invited Tu Shan Qing to join the Heavenly Court, and Tu Shan Qing left to report what he had learned to the two Immortal Chiefs.

Xi Wang Mu learned that Li Mo had caused the Demon Court’s extraordinary heavenly omens and made a shocking leap in cultivation, prompting concern among the leaders of Donghua Immortal Palace. Though Jieyin and Zhunti doubted some details, they left convinced Li Mo could be drawn to the West.

• Jieyin and Zhunti visited Donghua Immortal Palace to ask Donghua Daoist about the Demon Court’s heavenly omens, but he admitted he did not know their cause.
• Tu Shan Qing told Xi Wang Mu that Li Mo had been appointed a Demon Emperor and caused the omens with his profound words, rising from mid-stage Mystic Immortal to Grand Unity Golden Immortal and the brink of Quasi-Saint.
• Xi Wang Mu relayed the report to Dong Wang Gong, then explained to Jieyin and Zhunti that Li Mo’s father-in-law Bai Jiu and master Bai Ze had confirmed it.
• Jieyin and Zhunti questioned whether Li Mo could truly have reached Quasi-Saint, but accepted that the reports about his extraordinary words and omens were credible.
• After leaving Donghua Immortal Palace, Jieyin and Zhunti agreed to try to bring Li Mo to Mount Sumeru when he next went to Purple Sky Palace.

Donghua Daoist and Xi Wang Mu planned to recruit powerful figures at the Purple Sky Palace, while Li Mo advised Di Jun on how the Demon Race could do the same. After preparing for the journey, the Demon Emperors set out for the palace, with Li Mo still hoping to get himself expelled from the Demon Race.

• Xi Wang Mu urged Dong Wang Gong to recruit powerful figures on the way to the Purple Sky Palace, and Dong Wang Gong proposed investigating an East Sea opportunity to attract them.
• Di Jun asked Li Mo whether the Demon Race should keep developing or attend Dao Ancestor Hong Jun’s lecture, and Li Mo advised recruiting powerful figures at the palace with promises of titles, armies, and benefits.
• Di Jun and the others forged spiritual treasures from Buzhou Mountain materials and Fusang Wood, while Li Mo copied the Moon Laurel tree and gave his Fusang Wood to Bai Ze.
• Bi Fang told Li Mo it was time to leave for the Purple Sky Palace, where Di Jun and the other Demon Emperors were waiting.
• The Demon Emperors set out together, and Li Mo privately hoped to embarrass Di Jun enough to be expelled from the Demon Race.

At the Purple Heavens Palace, Li Mo deliberately insulted the powerful beings Hong Yun introduced, driving them away from Di Jun’s recruitment effort and hoping to get himself expelled from the Demon Race Heavenly Court. Dong Wang Gong then challenged Li Mo and attacked him with two treasures, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Di Jun and the others noticed the Three Pure Ones acting distant and hostile toward one another as powerful figures gathered at the Purple Heavens Palace.
• Hong Yun introduced Yun Zhongjun, Xuan Feng, and other powerful beings to Di Jun, who tried to recruit them into the Demon Race Heavenly Court.
• Li Mo called Yun Zhongjun, Xuan Feng, and the others trash, prompting them to reject Di Jun’s offer and consider joining Donghua Immortal Palace.
• Li Mo urged Di Jun to expel him, and Nuwa and Fu Xi supported the idea, but Di Jun did not agree.
• Dong Wang Gong defended the insulted guests, then attacked Li Mo with the God Slaying Sword and the Hongmeng Measuring Ruler.

Di Jun revealed his early-stage Quasi-Saint strength and defeated Dong Wang Gong and Xi Wang Mu, but Hong Jun stopped the fight by opening the Purple Heaven Palace for his sermon. Li Mo’s attempt to get expelled from the Demon Race’s Heavenly Court failed when Nuwa and Fu Xi mistook the confrontation for a performance, while others continued to mistake Li Mo for a hidden Quasi-Saint.

• Li Mo learned from Luohu that Dong Wang Gong’s fortune made killing him dangerous, so Di Jun attacked Dong Wang Gong instead.
• Di Jun revealed his early-stage Quasi-Saint strength, overwhelmed Dong Wang Gong, and then forced Xi Wang Mu to defend them with her treasures.
• Yun Zhongjun, Xuan Feng, and other figures decided to join or consider joining the Demon Race’s Heavenly Court after witnessing Di Jun’s power.
• Hong Jun opened the Purple Heaven Palace gates and ended the battle before Di Jun could finish off Dong Wang Gong.
• Di Jun told Tai Yi that their display had established his authority, while Nuwa and Fu Xi apologized to Li Mo for misjudging his supposed role in the performance.
• During Hong Jun’s sermon, Li Mo threw marbles at those watching him, and Donghua Daoist wrongly concluded that Li Mo had attained the Quasi-Saint realm.

During Hong Jun’s sermon, Di Jun prepared to advance to the mid-stage of the Quasi-Sage realm as Dong Wang Gong and Xi Wang Mu secretly left to attack the Sun Star. Di Jun sent allies back to defend it, while Jieyin and Zhunti approached Li Mo after most of the listeners had departed.

• Hong Jun suspected that Di Jun and Li Mo had received help from a surviving Chaos Demon God, then continued teaching the Three Corpses method.
• After three thousand years, Tongtian Daoist and many other powerful beings reached the early stage of the Quasi-Sage realm, while Di Jun began severing another corpse with Hetu Luoshu.
• Dong Wang Gong and Xi Wang Mu left the Purple Cloud Palace to attack the Sun Star while the Demon Race’s leaders were away.
• Di Jun warned Wa Huang, Xi Huang, and Tai Yi, then recruited Zhen Yuanzi, Hong Yun, Yun Zhongjun, and others to return with them and defend the Sun Star.
• Hong Jun noticed that many listeners had left his sermon, and Jieyin and Zhunti approached Li Mo, who asked whether they had no classroom discipline.

Li Mo bluffed his way into receiving Three Lights Divine Water and a Sea-Calming Pearl from Jieyin and Zhunti while trying to learn the location of Three Immortals Island and see their Bitter Bamboo. He agreed to leave the Purple Firmament Palace with them, unaware that they planned to beat and forcibly convert him outside.

• Jieyin and Zhunti tried to recruit Li Mo, and he demanded substantial gifts instead of agreeing to join the West.
• Jieyin gave Li Mo Three Lights Divine Water, but Li Mo claimed it was not enough and kept it.
• Jieyin offered Li Mo a Sea-Calming Pearl and revealed that he and Zhunti had found it near Zhang Yuan, about a million li from the East Sea Dragon Clan; Li Mo and Di Jun realized Three Immortals Island might be nearby.
• Li Mo asked to see Zhunti's Bitter Bamboo, and Jieyin said they had to go outside the Purple Firmament Palace because Zhunti was refining it.
• Jieyin and Zhunti secretly agreed to lure Li Mo outside, beat him, and use the Sumeru True Word to force him to join the West, while Di Jun panicked as Li Mo left with them.

Li Mo copied the Bitter Bamboo after Zhunti and Jieyin tried to recruit him, then refused to join them and was attacked. Luohu intervened, and after a fierce fight Di Jun arrived as Zhunti and Jieyin fled.

• Li Mo secretly summoned Luohu in the God Slaying Gourd and followed Zhunti and Jieyin away from Purple Firmament Palace to inspect the Bitter Bamboo.
• Li Mo touched the Bitter Bamboo and copied it, then rejected Zhunti and Jieyin's demand that he join them at Sumeru Mountain.
• Zhunti and Jieyin attacked Li Mo, but Luohu appeared and broke their strikes with the God Slaying Spear.
• Luohu wounded Jieyin and struck Zhunti with the God Slaying Gourd, while Zhunti's Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree failed to stop Luohu's attack.
• Di Jun arrived after breaking through to the mid-stage Quasi-Saint realm, and Zhunti and Jieyin fled under his pursuit.

Di Jun and Li Mo headed for the Sun Star while Dong Wang Gong and Xi Wang Mu attacked the Demon Race in the Five Emperors’ absence. As the defenders’ Radiant Sun Array broke and Donghua Immortal Palace’s forces charged, Eastern Emperor Tai Yi arrived and attacked Dong Wang Gong.

• Di Jun pretended not to know Luohu’s identity, and Luohu left for the Sun Star on the God Slaying Gourd.
• Daoist Zhunti and Daoist Jieyin escaped their fight, lamenting the loss of Three Lights Divine Water and the Sea-Calming Pearl.
• Dong Wang Gong and Xi Wang Mu led a million beings to the Sun Star, where Tu Shan Qing demanded the Demon Race surrender.
• Bai Ze rallied the defenders into the Radiant Sun Array, which clashed with Dong Wang Gong’s Innate One-Yang Array.
• Dong Wang Gong and Xi Wang Mu shattered the Radiant Sun Array, forcing the wounded Demon Race soldiers back onto the Sun Star.
• Eastern Emperor Tai Yi reached the Sun Star and roared at Dong Wang Gong as he launched an attack.

Eastern Emperor Tai Yi, Fu Xi, and Nuwa returned to the battlefield and turned the Demon Race’s defeat into a rout of Donghua Immortal Palace. Dong Wang Gong and Xi Wang Mu escaped by detonating Xi Wang Mu’s golden hairpin, leaving their forces nearly wiped out.

• Eastern Emperor Tai Yi returned and struck Dong Wang Gong with the Chaos Bell, then rallied the Demon Race to counterattack.
• Fu Xi and Nuwa arrived, followed by Zhen Yuanzi, Hong Yun, Yun Zhongjun, Xuan Feng, and others, forcing Dong Wang Gong and Xi Wang Mu to flee.
• Nuwa used the Monster Summoning Banner to weaken Demon Race fighters serving Donghua Immortal Palace, while the allied forces slaughtered their ranks.
• Bai Jiu gravely wounded Tu Shan Qing and killed him with her nine tails.
• Fu Xi, Hong Yun, Zhen Yuanzi, and Eastern Emperor Tai Yi cornered Dong Wang Gong and Xi Wang Mu, but Xi Wang Mu detonated her golden hairpin to cover their escape.
• Fu Xi declared the battle a great victory, and the group returned after Donghua Immortal Palace’s forces were nearly wiped out.

Di Jun and Li Mo intercepted Dong Wang Gong and Xi Wang Mu as they fled, and Dong Wang Gong detonated the God Slaying Sword to escape. Xi Wang Mu died, while Dong Wang Gong survived with a grievously wounded primordial spirit and fled east; the Demon Race celebrated its victory as Li Mo took Bai Qianqian away.

• Di Jun attacked Dong Wang Gong and Xi Wang Mu with Solar True Fire, and their treasures failed to stop him.
• Dong Wang Gong detonated the God Slaying Sword, and Li Mo rescued Di Jun by drawing them both into the God Slaying Gourd.
• Xi Wang Mu's primordial spirit scattered, while Dong Wang Gong fled east on the Hongmeng Measuring Ruler, vowing to make a comeback.
• The Demon Race celebrated its victory and praised Di Jun for warning them about the attack, while Di Jun privately credited Li Mo.
• Li Mo coaxed Bai Qianqian into going with him to Mo Huang Palace, leaving Di Jun to accept the Demon Race's cheers.

As the Demon Race Heavenly Court appointed its leaders, Yun Zhongjun and Xuan Feng demanded the Innate Spiritual Treasures promised to Purple Cloud Palace recruits. Li Mo disputed their claim in front of the assembled court, leaving Di Jun to answer.

• News spread that the Demon Race Heavenly Court had destroyed Donghua Immortal Palace, while Dijiang declared that the Witch Clan would eventually confront the Demon Race.
• Luohu told Li Mo that Hong Jun sought to gather destiny by driving the Witch and Demon Clans into conflict.
• Li Mo attended the Sun God Palace meeting, where Yun Zhongjun challenged his appointment as a Demon Emperor and Bai Ze, Shang Yang, and Jiu Ying defended him.
• The court appointed the Eight Demon Kings and Ten Great Demon Sages, including Bai Jiu and Bai Ze.
• Yun Zhongjun and Xuan Feng asked Di Jun to honor his promise of Innate Spiritual Treasures, and Li Mo accused Yun Zhongjun of inventing the agreement.

Di Jun claimed he had a vault of treasures and led Li Mo to seek an immortal island in the Eastern Sea. Along the way, they joined Tongtian Daoist and Daoist Duobao, who followed a faint treasure-sense toward Golden Ao Island, while Dong Wang Gong discovered Fangzhang Island.

• Di Jun calmed Yun Zhongjun and the other newcomers by promising to retrieve treasures from a vault, then told Tai Yi, Fu Xi, and Nuwa that an immortal island at Zhang Yuan held abundant treasures and spiritual roots.
• Di Jun and Li Mo set out for Zhang Yuan, while Dong Wang Gong broke through a formation and found Fangzhang Island, where its spiritual energy healed his primordial spirit.
• Tongtian Daoist encountered Di Jun and Li Mo in the Eastern Sea with Daoist Duobao, and Li Mo recognized Duobao’s talent for finding treasures.
• Di Jun told Tongtian Daoist that Golden Ao Island was connected to him, and Duobao confirmed he could sense something to the east.
• Tongtian Daoist, Daoist Duobao, Di Jun, and Li Mo traveled east until Tongtian felt an aura drawing him onward.

Li Mo, Tongtian Daoist, Di Jun, and Daoist Duobao found Golden Ao Island, but its innate grand formation resisted Tongtian's strongest sword strike. They began studying the formation to enter without damaging it.

• Tongtian Daoist and Di Jun admired Golden Ao Island, while Li Mo suspected the island cluster might be a giant turtle.
• Li Mo pointed out that no creatures entered or left the island, and Di Jun explained that an innate grand formation blocked access.
• Tongtian Daoist struck the formation with the Qingping Sword, but it withstood the attack.
• Di Jun suggested comprehending the formation instead of trying to break it, and Tongtian Daoist began studying it.
• Li Mo, Di Jun, and Daoist Duobao joined Tongtian Daoist in studying the formation.