Chapter Summaries

Ling Ling helped Bailing inherit the Feather Emperor position, giving her group the Feathered Demons’ support in the Qinling Mountains. The group learned that the Vermilion Bird was likely alive, then reunited with Mo Fan and the others, who celebrated their gains while Zhao Manyan worried about his stalled progress.

• Ling Ling gave Apasi the Seven-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python Bloodline, and Apasi promised to protect her until she became an Archmage.
• Ling Ling learned from Bailing that the Vermilion Bird was likely still alive, though only an illusion remained at the site, and Qin Yuan’s group left to investigate deeper into the Qinling Mountains.
• Qin Yuan told Mo Fan, Zhang Xiaohou, He Yu, and Zhao Manyan that Bailing had become Feather Emperor, and Bailing sent a Monarch-level Feathered Demon after Zhao Manyan when he mocked her cry.
• Qin Yuan explained that the Wind Element Heavenly Seed was tied to the Qinling Mountains’ lifeline, and the group agreed to leave it alone before picking Oath Fruits from the Oath Tree.
• Mo Fan said he had gained energy from the incomplete Divine Deer Foot and was close to becoming an Archmage, while Zhao Manyan lamented that his Baxia Vessel had not reacted and he still lacked the resources to reach Super Level.
• Qin Yuan told the group he had found only a phantom image left by the Vermilion Bird, disappointing Zhao Manyan, who had hoped for a stronger clue.

After exploring the Qinling Mountains and returning to Sky City, Qin Yuan spent two months managing the city’s affairs while his companions pursued their own work. He began weighing three remaining matters: the Ding City election, the Youth Selection Tournament, and the Featherless Bird’s destination.

• Qin Yuan and his companions explored the Qinling Mountains, where Qin Yuan subdued a Black Gold Terror Claw Bear and discovered a reclusive Golden-Haired Demon Monkey with a trace of Zhu Yan bloodline.
• Zhang Xiaohou and He Yu updated military records on the region before they and the others returned to human cities; Mo Fan entered secluded cultivation, and Zhao Manyan searched for Totem clues.
• Qin Yuan returned to Sky City with Ling Ling and Apasi, whose bickering had eased into a friendship, while Qin Yuer and the others helped Blanche at Tianshan Academy.
• After two months of managing Sky City, Qin Yuan decided he could delegate a representative to the Ding City election and planned to use Sky City’s sponsorship of the Youth Selection Tournament to recruit promising mages.

Qin Yuan assigned the Featherless Birds to Sky City before sending them to the Qinling Mountains, then received a check-in mission for Kunlun Hill. After Apasi returned from accompanying Ling Ling, she and Qin Yuan grew intimate, and she said refining the Seven-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python Bloodline would help her reach Supreme Monarch Grade.

• Qin Yuan decided to send the Featherless Birds to Sky City first, then to the Qinling Mountains as subordinates for Bailing.
• Qin Yuan received a check-in mission at Kunlun Hill and considered visiting the Kunlun Demon Country.
• Apasi told Qin Yuan that Ling Ling had gained an opportunity and was secluded while aiming to break through to High-level Mage.
• Qin Yuan and Apasi became intimate, and the next morning Apasi complained about his rough treatment.
• Apasi told Qin Yuan that refining the Seven-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python Bloodline should let her enter Supreme Monarch Grade.

Qin Yuan reassured Apasi that she meant more to him than mere desire, then spent several days managing Sky City before Shao Zheng called for help with a rising coastline near Lu City. Qin Yuan revealed that Sky City’s forces were already evacuating civilians and fighting sea monsters there, leaving Shao Zheng relieved and Apasi wondering why Qin Yuan was involved in everything.

• Apasi asked Qin Yuan what their relationship was, and he told her she was different from his other women, satisfying her.
• Qin Yuan spent the following days handling Sky City’s affairs while teasing Apasi.
• Shao Zheng called Qin Yuan to request Sky City’s help as the coastline near Lu City rose and threatened civilians.
• Qin Yuan told Shao Zheng that Sky City’s forces had already arrived to evacuate civilians and fight the sea monsters.
• Qin Yuan explained that Mu Bai led the reinforcements, which included the Magic Eagle Mage Corps, the Magic Wolf Mage Corps, the Totem Black Snake, and Haidongqing God.
• After Qin Yuan ended the call, Apasi asked why he seemed to have to step in everywhere.

Qin Yuan explained Sky City's growing influence to Apasi, then watched the siege of Qiuchi and Qiuzi before turning his attention to her. He later arrived at Kunlun to assess its powerful demons and dense energy.

• Qin Yuan told Apasi that Sky City represented the higher-ups and had expanded its hidden influence overseas, especially in the Island Nation.
• Qin Yuan promised that when Apasi reached Sub-Emperor, she would lead Sky City's people to confront her two older sisters, then teased and kissed her.
• Qin Yuan showed Apasi a scene of the Totem Black Snake, the Haidongqing God, and other Monarch creatures surrounding Qiuchi and Qiuzi as Baxia arrived.
• Qin Yuan closed the screen, left the besieged pair to their fate, and turned his attention to Apasi.
• Qin Yuan reached the outskirts of Kunlun, where he sensed immense pressure and encountered dense vegetation, abundant demons, and unusually rich energy.

Qin Yuan watched demons fight over a Flame Fruit, then followed the Minor General demon that seized it with an unusual mind-control ability. He caught sight of the little demon near a stream and considered taking it as Ling Ling’s second Contract Beast.

• Qin Yuan found demons guarding a maturing Flame Fruit and watched them kill one another over it.
• The Blaze Wolf defeated the Fire Demon Dog, but a concealed Minor General demon appeared to wait for its chance to steal the fruit.
• The little demon used its pink eyes to immobilize the Blaze Wolf and escaped with the Flame Fruit.
• Qin Yuan followed the little demon through the forest toward a stream, curious about its abilities and potential as Ling Ling’s Contract Beast.
• The little demon slowed near the stream, and sunlight revealed its appearance to Qin Yuan.

Qin Yuan watched a Nine-Tailed Colorful Fox attract the attention of a wounded mage squad in the forest. When the squad tried to capture it instead of helping Wei Shuo, an unseen power killed all five mages, leaving the fox unharmed.

• Qin Yuan spotted the Nine-Tailed Colorful Fox after it ate a Flame Fruit and considered catching it for Ling Ling.
• Qin Yuan sensed an approaching squad of one Archmage and four High-level Mages, and noticed the fox sensed them too.
• Luo Biao and his squad reached the stream with the badly injured Wei Shuo and discussed treating his poisoned wound.
• The Nine-Tailed Colorful Fox blocked the stream and tried to direct the mages downstream, but Luo Biao and the two women moved to capture it.
• An unseen voice struck Luo Biao, the two women, Wei Nan, and Wei Shuo, shredding their souls and killing them.

Qin Yuan encountered a mysterious white-haired woman bathing in a stream with her Contract Beast, Caier, and she saw through his concealment. After teasing him into agreeing to take responsibility, she began following him through Kunlun, where he decided to investigate her.

• Qin Yuan discovered that the white-haired woman could see through his Dark Stealth and met her and her Nine-Tailed Colorful Fox, Caier.
• Qin Yuan admitted he had considered taking Caier as a Contract Beast, but left after learning she belonged to the woman.
• The woman teased Qin Yuan about watching her bathe and followed him when he tried to leave.
• Qin Yuan failed to shake the woman and agreed to let her accompany him through Kunlun.
• The woman asked Qin Yuan's name, and he introduced himself before asking for hers.

Qin Yuan met Bai Li, an Archmage accompanied by the Nine-Tailed Colorful Fox Caili, and teased them while discussing their unusual abilities. Despite warning him that going deeper into Kunlun was deadly, Bai Li followed as Qin Yuan continued onward.

• Bai Li introduced Caili and revealed that her Mind Element was her main cultivation, while her innate talent let her sense and manipulate space.
• Bai Li explained that her unusual constitution gave off a scent that drove away most demons, and Qin Yuan said one of his women had the same trait.
• Qin Yuan startled Bai Li and Caili by saying he had around thirty women, then traded flirtatious insults with Bai Li until she declared she would stick to him for life.
• Qin Yuan headed deeper into Kunlun, and Bai Li warned that even a Forbidden Curse-level mage would die there.
• Bai Li caught up to Qin Yuan and continued following him as he deliberately twisted her warning into a joke about shit.

Qin Yuan, Bai Li, and Caili camped in Kunlun, where Qin Yuan cooked Cloud Chicken for them and teased Bai Li. The three ate together, and Bai Li confidently said she could tell whether the food was poisoned.

• Bai Li argued with Qin Yuan as they continued through Kunlun, while he teased her and she grew increasingly irritated.
• After night fell, Qin Yuan made a camp in Kunlun's outer region and roasted Cloud Chicken while preparing meat soup.
• Bai Li asked Qin Yuan for food, and Caili eagerly accepted a chicken leg after he offered to let her eat it in exchange for petting her.
• Bai Li threatened Caili against eating, but Qin Yuan gave Bai Li a chicken leg too, and both she and Caili ate eagerly.
• Qin Yuan served them meat soup and asked Bai Li whether she was afraid he had drugged it, and she replied that her perception could detect poison.

Qin Yuan and Bai Li traded jokes and suspicions before continuing deeper into Kunlun Mountain, where Bai Li’s unusual presence kept demons at bay. Their teasing escalated into a dare that left Bai Li flustered after Qin Yuan exposed himself, and they continued their journey with their relationship still unresolved.

• Qin Yuan questioned Bai Li about her origins, and she claimed she came from a village at the foot of Kunlun Mountain that demons had destroyed.
• Qin Yuan told Bai Li they should part ways after resting, but she insisted on following him anyway.
• The next morning, Qin Yuan traveled deeper into Kunlun Mountain with Bai Li and Caili, encountering increasingly powerful demons that avoided Bai Li.
• Qin Yuan asked about Caili’s nature, and Bai Li said she was a mutated Nine-Tailed Fox that could control nine elements.
• Bai Li accused Qin Yuan of staring at her while she bathed, so he showed her his upper body and then exposed himself when she demanded to see more.
• Bai Li blushed and turned away, while Qin Yuan teased her for backing down.

Bai Li traveled with Qin Yuan through Kunlun, repeatedly failing to outwit him and growing suspicious of his strength. As they approached Kunlun Hill, she tried to turn him back, but his teasing about its Nine-Tailed Fox master left her furious and close to revealing her identity.

• Bai Li and Caili followed Qin Yuan, and Bai Li planned to torment him, but he repeatedly bested her in their verbal sparring.
• Bai Li lured Monarch level and Great Monarch level demons toward Qin Yuan, but he defeated them and made her suspect he possessed Forbidden Spell Level strength.
• Qin Yuan told Bai Li he intended to visit Kunlun Hill, and she warned him about the powerful demons there while concealing her connection to the place.
• Bai Li claimed she had learned online that Kunlun Hill's master was an Emperor Grade Nine-Tailed Fox, and Qin Yuan teased her by calling the fox a vixen.
• Qin Yuan joked that Caili might be the Nine-Tailed Fox, and Bai Li considered whether to kill him for insulting her.

Qin Yuan reached Kunlun Hill, where the system rewarded him with the Kunlun Mirror, Qiongqi, and three universal Earth Cores. After fusing the mirror with his Space-Time Element, he used its new powers to glimpse the past and future and noticed something unexpected.

• Bai Li left Qin Yuan, then secretly returned and vowed to toy with him for calling her a vixen.
• Qin Yuan encountered and defeated six Monarch-level demons on his way to Kunlun Hill, wondering why they seemed to resent him.
• A powerful aura swept across Kunlun Hill as Qin Yuan approached its core.
• Qin Yuan checked in at Kunlun Hill and received the Kunlun Mirror, Qiongqi, and three universal Earth Cores.
• Qin Yuan fused the Kunlun Mirror into his Space-Time Element, gaining the ability to see through illusions and perceive the past and future.
• Qin Yuan used his Space-Time eyes to view Kunlun Hill’s past and future, then suddenly froze.

Qin Yuan faced the Kunlun Demon Country’s forces and revealed five of its powerful Emperor combatants, including the Nine-Tailed Fox, the Kunlun Demon Lord. When the Nine-Tailed Fox refused to let him leave peacefully, Qin Yuan summoned five Emperor-grade allies from the Space-Time Plane.

• Qin Yuan revealed his aura above Kunlun Hill, prompting Bai Li to order the hidden demons to take him down.
• Qin Yuan identified the five creatures emerging from the mist: the Kunlun Ancestral Tiger, a Kui Ox-blooded beast, the Sky Wolf, a wind-element True Dragon, and an Iron-Eating Beast.
• The Nine-Tailed Fox appeared and confronted Qin Yuan, who recognized it as a Middle Emperor and offered to end the conflict.
• When the Nine-Tailed Fox mocked Qin Yuan and refused to let him go, Qin Yuan announced that he was not alone.
• Qin Yuan summoned Qiongqi, Taotie, Holy Dragon, Nether Ancient Dragon, and Totem Sacred Tiger from the Space-Time Plane.

Qin Yuan revealed that he knew the Nine-Tailed Fox was Bai Li, then fought her in the sky above Kunlun Hill. Their Emperor-level subordinates held back as the battle left Qin Yuan injured and Bai Li pressing him to surrender.

• Qin Yuan summoned five Emperor-level beings and told the Nine-Tailed Fox to search online for the Lord of Sky City.
• Qin Yuan bluffed that he had seen through the Nine-Tailed Fox's identity, and Bai Li revealed herself and attacked him.
• Qin Yuan and Bai Li ordered their Emperor-level subordinates not to fight, then battled above Kunlun Hill as mages and demons fled the area.
• Qin Yuan dodged Bai Li's attacks with the Kunlun Mirror while trading blows with her, but her stronger strike sent him flying and left blood at his mouth.
• Bai Li urged Qin Yuan to let her beat him, while Qin Yuan refused to surrender despite recognizing the gap between their strength.

Bai Li tried to control Qin Yuan with her Phantom Heart Fox Eye illusion, but Qin Yuan saw through it and took advantage of her before escaping into the Space-Time Plane. He returned to taunt her, and Bai Li ended the chapter demanding that he let her beat him or she would unleash a beast tide.

• Bai Li cast Phantom Heart Fox Eye to trap Qin Yuan in an illusion, but Qin Yuan used the Kunlun Mirror to identify the real Bai Li.
• Qin Yuan pretended to fall for the illusion, pulled Bai Li close, and kissed and touched her until she broke the illusion and shoved him away.
• Bai Li transformed into her Nine-Tailed Fox form and attacked, but Qin Yuan escaped with the Totem Sacred Tiger and the other emperors into the Space-Time Plane.
• Bai Li threatened to attack Sky City, and Qin Yuan reappeared to claim they were even because she had also taken advantage of him.
• Bai Li cursed at Qin Yuan and demanded that he let her beat him, threatening to unleash a beast tide if he refused.

Qin Yuan revealed his strength and the Emperor creatures backing him, then tried to make peace with Bai Li. Bai Li threatened to expose him as an abandoning husband and father, but Qin Yuan stopped her from leaving and admitted he feared the damage to his reputation.

• Qin Yuan summoned more than a dozen Emperor creatures to demonstrate Sky City's power and disclosed that he had inherited the Ancient King's legacy and become the King of Hell.
• Qin Yuan proposed that he and Bai Li leave each other alone, but Bai Li insisted he owed her and threatened to tell his women that he had abandoned her and their child, Caier.
• Bai Li said she would spread the story across the world, then walked away with Caier while hoping Qin Yuan would call her back.
• Qin Yuan appeared in Bai Li's path, and she asked why he had blocked her.
• Qin Yuan admitted he feared for his reputation, and Bai Li smiled and demanded that he let her beat him up.

Qin Yuan agreed to cook Bai Li another meal, and Bai Li gathered a mountain of ingredients to keep him with her longer. After they cooked and ate together beneath the moonlight, Qin Yuan offered to make another meal the next day, while Caili plunged into the soup pot.

• Qin Yuan rejected Bai Li’s first condition and agreed to cook her another meal, while Caili eagerly called him Daddy for the food.
• Bai Li ordered the Five Great Emperors to gather fresh ingredients, and they brought Qin Yuan a mountain of food and treasures.
• Qin Yuan began cooking, and Bai Li and Caili watched before joining him to help prepare the dishes.
• Qin Yuan, Bai Li, and Caili ate more than thirty dishes beneath the moonlight, and Bai Li thanked Qin Yuan and said she would see him off the next day.
• Qin Yuan offered to cook Bai Li another meal, and Caili fell into the meat soup and began drinking from the pot.

Qin Yuan and Bai Li discussed Caili’s mutated Nine-Tailed Fox bloodline and the power of Emperor-level beings. Bai Li revealed the source of the Seven Great Angels’ power and assessed Qin Yuan’s strength, while refusing to confirm Caili’s potential to become a High Emperor.

• Qin Yuan learned that Caili had nine magical attributes and potential exceeding Bai Li’s.
• Bai Li warned Qin Yuan about the Holy City and explained that the Seven Great Angels could combine their power to summon a form of the Heavenly Father.
• Bai Li described four stages within each Emperor realm and said she was a peak Middle Emperor.
• Qin Yuan inferred that Caili might reach the High Emperor realm, but Bai Li denied saying so.
• Bai Li judged Qin Yuan’s strength to fall between peak Lesser Emperor and entry-level Middle Emperor, noting that his spatial plane method let him escape.

Qin Yuan and Bai Li talked about his many women and his accidental glimpse of her bathing, then grew increasingly intimate while he introduced her to the human internet. Their kiss turned passionate until Qin Yuan touched a forbidden place and jolted Bai Li back to her senses.

• Bai Li questioned Qin Yuan about his strength, equipment, and women, and he claimed to have hundreds and thousands of partners who all knew about one another.
• Qin Yuan and Bai Li teased each other about their looks and the time he had seen her bathing, arguing over who had lost out.
• Qin Yuan advised Bai Li to develop her own judgment about online content and showed her things on his phone as they drew close together.
• Caili noticed Qin Yuan and Bai Li acting unusually intimate, then stretched out and fell asleep.
• Qin Yuan kissed Bai Li, and she returned the kiss by clasping her arms around his neck.
• Qin Yuan's wandering hands touched a forbidden place, abruptly bringing Bai Li back to her senses.