Chapter Summaries

Shangguan Ye seized control of the Demon God Sect and ordered it to relocate near the Dawn Organization. Meanwhile, the Demon Lord and the shadow reconsidered their plans, and Shangguan Ye reflected on his mysterious background and Xiao Ning'er's progress.

• Shangguan Ye offered Mu Yue and the Demon God Sect Elders a chance to submit, then killed Mu Yue when she refused.
• The Elders submitted, and Shangguan Ye ordered the Ten Great Demon Gods to manage the sect and move it near the Dawn Organization.
• The Demon Lord learned the Demon God Sect had relocated and complained that Shangguan Ye had beaten him to it, while the shadow promised another way forward.
• In the Mountain River Space, Shangguan Ye wondered about his background as the Divine Tree and Golden Saint Dragon King comforted him.
• Shangguan Ye observed Xiao Ning'er cultivating and noted that she was nearing the God rank while Nie Li and the others lagged behind.

Shangguan Ye left the Feather God Sect to seize the Ancestral Land of Heavenly Gods while Nie Li prepared to help the disciples advance. Meanwhile, the Demon Lord went to the ruined Holy Demon Ancestral Land, where a black shadow helped him refine an Attendant God into a Demon Pill and fueled his ambition to defeat Shangguan Ye.

• Nie Li gave Shangguan Ye Formless Divine Fruit medicine for the Dawn Organization and Demon God Sect, then warned him to act carefully in the Ancestral Land of Heavenly Gods.
• Shangguan Ye left to claim the Ancestral Land before the Demon Lord, while Nie Li began preparing the Feather God Sect's disciples for breakthroughs.
• The Demon Lord went to the ruined Holy Demon Ancestral Land and stood over two enormous Monster Beasts.
• A black shadow refined an Attendant God into a Demon Pill and gave it to the Demon Lord as a reward.
• The Demon Lord accepted the pill and vowed to trample Shangguan Ye beneath his feet.

Shangguan Ye and Xiao Ning'er entered the Ancestral Land of Heavenly Gods to find its Saintess, fearing a crisis involving the Holy Emperor's Demon Bone. After learning she had gone to Netherworld Valley, they rushed there and encountered the Saintess on her way back.

• Shangguan Ye found Feng Yu absent and brought Xiao Ning'er with him to the Ancestral Land of Heavenly Gods.
• Shangguan Ye and Xiao Ning'er entered the land using Nie Li's method and passed a guard's inspection with their tokens.
• A guard told Shangguan Ye that the Saintess had gone to Netherworld Valley to deal with a loosened seal.
• Shangguan Ye knocked the two guards unconscious, and he and Xiao Ning'er set off for Netherworld Valley.
• Shangguan Ye and Xiao Ning'er met the Saintess, who said the Demon Bone was safe and invited them to the main hall.

Shangguan Ye and Xiao Ning'er investigated the loosening seal at Netherworld Valley and discovered that Feng Yu had taken the Holy Emperor’s Demon Bone and replaced it with a copy. Shangguan Ye returned to the Mountain River Space to find Feng Yu missing, leaving her motives unclear.

• Snowy Lan reported to Elder Wu Xuan that the seal at Netherworld Valley had loosened but the Demon Bone remained safe.
• Shangguan Ye decided to investigate Netherworld Valley and used a Wood Clone to disguise his absence with Xiao Ning'er.
• Shangguan Ye and Xiao Ning'er entered Netherworld Valley and found the Demon Bone on an altar.
• Shangguan Ye used the Time Law to see that Feng Yu had taken the Demon Bone and replaced it with an identical one.
• Shangguan Ye returned to the Mountain River Space with Xiao Ning'er, but Feng Yu was nowhere to be found.

Shangguan Ye learned that Feng Yu had hidden the Holy Emperor’s Demon Bone because a powerful extraterritorial Heavenly Demon might obtain it. The system revealed that Feng Yu and Mo Xuan came from the Primordial World, leaving Shangguan Ye concerned that Demon Ancestor Luohu could be behind the threat.

• Feng Yu returned to Shangguan Ye and admitted that she had hidden the Holy Emperor’s Demon Bone in the void.
• Shangguan Ye sent Xiao Ning'er away and questioned Feng Yu about the danger she feared.
• Feng Yu explained that the Demon Lord’s powerful demonic aura suggested an extraterritorial Heavenly Demon might be helping him.
• After Feng Yu and Mo Xuan left, Shangguan Ye asked the system where they came from, and it answered that they were from the Primordial World.
• Shangguan Ye suspected Demon Ancestor Luohu might have come to this world, while the system said it could not defeat him for Shangguan Ye.

Shangguan Ye asked the Ancestral Land of Heavenly Gods to pledge allegiance to him and demonstrated his control over powerful forces to support his claim that he could defeat the Holy Emperor. The elders and Snowy Lan Saintess remained uncertain and asked for time to discuss his proposal.

• The Demon Lord decided to target the smaller sects while Luohu planned to devour the origins of their worlds and eventually return to the Primordial World.
• Shangguan Ye told the elders and Snowy Lan Saintess that the Ancestral Land of Heavenly Gods should pledge allegiance to him.
• Shangguan Ye showed them the orderly Demon God Sect and revealed that he also commanded the Dawn Organization.
• Shangguan Ye summoned the Ten Great Demon Gods and explained that the Holy Demon Ancestral Land had been overrun by an even greater threat.
• Shangguan Ye let the Golden Saint Dragon King possess him, overwhelming the elders and Saintess with Dragon Might.
• The elders asked Shangguan Ye for time to discuss his proposal, and he agreed.

Shangguan Ye unsealed the Mountains and Rivers Painting and arranged for the Ancestral Land of Heavenly Gods to submit to him and relocate to his cultivation ground. The Holy Emperor learned that the Ancestral Land had vanished and vowed to hunt down the rebellious traitors.

• Shangguan Ye asked the system about unsealing the Mountains and Rivers Painting, then separated it from his body and stored it in the void.
• Shangguan Ye rejected Snowy Lan Saintess's request to preserve the Ancestral Land's hierarchy with the major divine sects and offered his blessed cultivation ground instead.
• Snowy Lan Saintess agreed to submit, and Shangguan Ye opened a spatial portal for the Ancestral Land's people to relocate through, warning them to avoid the sea and its island.
• An Attendant God reported to the Holy Emperor that outsiders had taken the Holy Demon Ancestral Land and that the Ancestral Land of Heavenly Gods had disappeared.
• The Holy Emperor killed the Attendant God and vowed to capture the rebellious traitors and turn them into nourishment.

Nie Li asked Ying Yueru to locate Great Emperor inheritances so his companions could raise their cultivation and prepare for the Holy Emperor. After assigning seven inheritances, he prepared to choose someone for the remaining Nine Nether Great Emperor inheritance and send everyone out.

• Nie Li told Yu Yan that Shangguan had reached the Heavenly Dao Realm and proposed using Great Emperor inheritances to help their allies catch up.
• Ying Yueru divined eight inheritance locations across different worlds, including the Void Dream Great Emperor, the Dragon Emperor, and the Nine Nether Great Emperor.
• Shangguan Ye spoke with Ying Yueru, who advised him to prepare for the hardships of breaking through to the Great Emperor realm.
• Nie Li assigned inheritances to Gu Bei, Duan Jian, Du Ze, Lu Piao, Li Xingyun, Xiao Xue, and Zi Yun, then considered Ning'er for the remaining inheritance.
• Yu Yan said she did not need an inheritance, and Nie Li decided to gather everyone and prepare for their journey.

Nie Li sent his companions to seek Great Emperor inheritances, leaving Shangguan Ye to guard the Dragon Ruins Territory. The Demon Lord attacked the Feather God Sect, but Shangguan Ye revealed that the Demon God Sect’s forces had been replaced by White Zetsu.

• Nie Li told Gu Bei and the others to pursue Great Emperor inheritances, then asked Shangguan Ye to guard the Dragon Ruins Territory while the group was away.
• Shangguan Ye told Xiao Ning'er to seek the Nine Nether Great Emperor’s inheritance with Feng Yu accompanying her.
• After the others departed, the Demon Lord and Luohu led the Demon God Sect army toward the Feather God Sect, where Shangguan Ye awaited them.
• The Demon Lord merged with the Dark Demon Dragon and attacked Shangguan Ye, who countered by merging with the Golden Saint Dragon King.
• Shangguan Ye revealed that the Demon God Sect disciples had taken the Shangguan name and transformed into White Zetsu produced by the Divine Tree.

After Luohu planted an Inner Demon in Shangguan Ye, Shangguan Ye became trapped in a five-colored crystal during cultivation and struggled to escape. He broke the crystal with Nine Heavens Thunder: Double Kick and woke in a familiar room, wondering if he was home.

• Luohu escaped into the Demon Lord after Shangguan Ye’s White Zetsu overwhelmed him, and the Demon Lord fled with Luohu’s help.
• Shangguan Ye returned to the Mountain River Space to cultivate, but demonic energy began seeping from his body.
• Mo Xuan told Ying Yueru and the others that an Inner Demon had entered Shangguan Ye and that he had to resist it himself.
• Luohu revealed that he had planted the Inner Demon in Shangguan Ye, while Shangguan Ye found himself imprisoned in a five-colored crystal beneath a giant shadow.
• Shangguan Ye shattered the crystal with Nine Heavens Thunder: Double Kick and woke in a familiar room, wondering if he was home.

Shangguan Ye awoke in his old home after believing he had lived through other worlds, only to discover he had barely passed the Gaokao and that his memories might have been a dream. As he settled into an ordinary life, Xiao Ning'er sensed his bracelet weakening while Feng Yu warned that Demon Ancestor Luohu was behind an unusual Inner Demon and Shangguan Ye would have to face it alone.

• Shangguan Ye woke in his childhood home, embraced Shangguan Lan, and learned that Gaokao results were due that night.
• Shangguan Ye reassured Su Rou about her results, then discovered he had only barely passed the second-tier cutoff while Su Rou scored far higher.
• Shangguan Ye struggled to accept that his experiences in the Naruto World and Demon God's Record World might have been a dream, but decided to move forward as an ordinary person.
• Shangguan Ye enrolled at a private second-tier university in Province G, while Su Rou chose a top university in Province S; they parted as school began.
• Xiao Ning'er woke during her inheritance after noticing her bracelet's light fading, and Feng Yu urged her to continue her training.
• Feng Yu suspected Demon Ancestor Luohu had caused an unusual Inner Demon and said Shangguan Ye would have to rely on himself.

Xiao Ning'er and the others tried to save Shangguan Ye from an Inner Demon by using Nie Li’s Dream Soul Great Law to enter his illusion. In Shangguan Ye’s college world, he saw Xiao Ning'er, Nie Li, and Ying Yueru appear as new classmates and began questioning whether he was real.

• Xiao Ning'er returned to the Mountain River Space and found Shangguan Ye surrounded by demonic energy, while Feng Yu explained that an Inner Demon had taken hold of him.
• Xiao Ning'er resumed receiving the Emperor’s inheritance, and after Nie Li and the others returned, Nie Li searched for a way to help Shangguan Ye.
• Nie Li proposed using the Dream Soul Great Law to send their projections into Shangguan Ye’s Inner Demon world, with Feng Yu and Mo Xuan protecting them from the demonic energy.
• Nie Li, Xiao Ning'er, Ying Yueru, and the others entered Shangguan Ye’s college illusion in different identities.
• Shangguan Ye recognized Xiao Ning'er, Nie Li, and Ying Yueru as new students, searched online for the comic he remembered, and found no results.
• Shangguan Ye returned to his dormitory and wondered whether he was dreaming, in reality, or merely an illusion.