Chapter Summaries

Situ Xuan awakened his Exo-Energy by embracing battle as his sole conviction, then faced the empowered Demon Gods Bifrons and Marchosias. He met Bifrons’ strengthened attacks head-on and struck its ribs with the Black Heart Evil Palm.

• Bifrons and Marchosias used their Demon God Pillars to restore and strengthen their Demon God Transformations.
• Situ Xuan cast aside his doubts about destiny and discovered that his Dao was fighting and growing stronger for their own sake.
• Situ Xuan’s Exo-Energy surged, healing his wounds and suppressing the Demon God Pillars’ demonic light.
• Bifrons charged, and Situ Xuan met its enhanced punch with Eight Extremes Heaven, Sui Ba, sending Bifrons staggering back.
• Situ Xuan dodged Bifrons’ next blow and struck beneath its ribs, sending the Malevolent Qi of the Black Heart Evil Palm through its body.

Situ Xuan fought Bifrons and Marchosias as his fighting spirit drove his Exo-Energy to keep growing. He left both demons badly injured and struggling, while their Demon God Pillar power began to fade.

• Situ Xuan dodged Bifrons's attack, injured his leg, and met Marchosias in midair, headbutting him before escaping his dark storm.
• Situ Xuan unleashed the seventh layer of Black Heart Evil Palm and tore open Bifrons's unhealed back wound.
• Situ Xuan damaged Marchosias's wings, chased him through the air, and knocked him into the ground.
• Situ Xuan broke Bifrons's elbow when Bifrons attacked, leaving the demon unable to stand steadily.
• Marchosias changed back into human form and faced Situ Xuan with the Wind Demon Spear as Situ Xuan sensed both demons weakening and their demonic energy dissipating.

Situ Xuan crushed Bifrons and wounded Marchosias in battle. Marchosias saw Bifrons's corpse and felt anger and grief for the first time.

• Situ Xuan attacked Marchosias with Tiger Palm Suppresses the World, but Bifrons knocked Marchosias out of the way and took the blow.
• Bifrons shattered his remaining left arm while blocking Situ Xuan's palm, then stood his ground.
• Situ Xuan struck Bifrons with Black and White Impermanence, severing his vitality and destroying his divine soul.
• Bifrons collapsed and died as Marchosias crawled up and saw his corpse.
• Marchosias felt anger and grief at losing Bifrons, emotions he had never experienced before.

Situ Xuan killed Marchosias after Bifrons died protecting him, leaving both Demon God Pillars dark and the demon army in chaos. As his wounds began to heal, brilliant starlight descended across the battlefield and briefly outshone the sun.

• Marchosias charged Situ Xuan with the Wind Demon Spear, but Situ Xuan struck him, kicked him down, and crushed his neck.
• The lower-level demons fled in panic after Bifrons and Marchosias died, throwing the battlefield into chaos.
• Situ Xuan surveyed the two corpses and the darkened Demon God Pillars, unaware that he had stopped an army headed for humanity's Southeast Fortress.
• Exo-Energy slowly healed Situ Xuan's wounds as starlight spread across the battlefield and overwhelmed the sunlight.

After killing two demon gods, Situ Xuan met Vassago, the third pillar demon god of the Star Demon Clan, who recognized that Situ Xuan came from another time and space. Vassago invited him to visit, and Situ Xuan accepted.

• Vassago appeared beneath the starlight and asked Situ Xuan why he had come.
• Situ Xuan challenged Vassago to introduce himself before asking questions, and Vassago named himself as the third pillar demon god of the Star Demon Clan.
• Situ Xuan introduced himself and noted that he had killed two demon gods of the Demon Clan.
• Vassago invited Situ Xuan to his place as a guest, and Situ Xuan accepted after asking whether Vassago had clothes that fit.

Situ Xuan followed Vassago through a starry portal to the Star Demon Clan’s palace, where Vassago revealed that the demons had come from another world and that he longed to leave. He left Situ Xuan with the knowledge that his people’s survival kept him bound to his responsibilities.

• Vassago opened a starry portal, and Situ Xuan followed him through it.
• Situ Xuan arrived with Vassago at the vast, tranquil palace of the Star Demon Clan.
• Vassago told Situ Xuan that the demons had once come from another world to ensure their race’s survival.
• Vassago admitted that he wanted to leave and see the true starry sky, but his race’s future kept him from following his wishes.
• Situ Xuan sat beside Vassago and quietly looked up at the palace’s star-filled dome.

Vassago offered to help Situ Xuan find opponents across the Holy Demon Continent in exchange for understanding the star power in his body. Situ Xuan mistook Vassago’s request for romantic interest, but Vassago clarified what he meant.

• Situ Xuan brushed off Vassago’s account of his past, and Vassago laughed at his blunt response.
• Vassago proposed a deal, saying he could sense Situ Xuan’s battle intent and had glimpsed his future.
• Vassago used the stars in the bedchamber to explain that he could see a hazy future and offered to teleport Situ Xuan anywhere on the Holy Demon Continent to fight whoever he wanted.
• Situ Xuan asked what Vassago wanted in return, and Vassago said he wanted to understand him in depth.
• Situ Xuan backed away, thinking Vassago was making a romantic advance, and said he liked women.
• Vassago clarified that he wanted to study the power of the stars carried in Situ Xuan’s body.

Situ Xuan accepted Vassago’s Star Stone and went to the side hall to rest after refusing Vassago’s sincere invitation to talk all night. He prepared to bathe and sleep, leaving the chapter with the maids waiting as he removed his bloodstained clothes.

• Vassago gave Situ Xuan a Star Stone bearing his Star Mark so Situ Xuan could contact him by teleporting.
• Situ Xuan refused Vassago’s invitation to spend the night talking and hurried to the side hall with two maids.
• Situ Xuan saw the lavish bath prepared for him and decided to wash despite his unease about being served by the Star Demon Clan.
• Situ Xuan removed his bloodstained clothes, revealing scars from his battles with Marchosias, Bifrons, and Gu Yuena.

After recovering from his injuries in Vassago’s care, Situ Xuan joined him for breakfast and grew unsettled by Vassago’s unusually tender attention. The chapter ended with Situ Xuan threatening to smash Vassago’s head if he kept looking at him that way.

• The maids tended to Situ Xuan in a medicinal bath, helping his wounds and exhaustion ease before he slept deeply.
• Situ Xuan woke the next morning with his strength and injuries substantially recovered.
• At Vassago’s invitation, Situ Xuan went to breakfast and eagerly ate the food served.
• Situ Xuan noticed Vassago watching him with tenderness that reminded him of a wife looking at her husband.
• Situ Xuan threatened to smash Vassago’s head if he continued looking at him that way.

Situ Xuan followed Vassago’s advice to visit the human side before returning to Demon Race territory, where the Demon Gods would seek him out. Vassago chose Southeast Fortress, headquarters of the Warrior Temple, as their first destination, and opened a portal to take them there.

• Vassago advised Situ Xuan to visit the humans first so he could explore their territory before his reputation reached the Demon Race.
• Situ Xuan agreed, but warned Vassago to stop speaking in an affected tone.
• Vassago showed Situ Xuan a map of the Holy Demon Continent and identified the Six Great Passes between human and Demon Race territory.
• Vassago pointed out Southeast Fortress and explained that it housed the Warrior Temple, whose fighters suited Situ Xuan’s preferred style of combat.
• Situ Xuan agreed to go to Southeast Fortress, and Vassago opened a portal with starlight.

At Southeast Fortress, Wang Yuanyuan trained under Ren Wokuang until an urgent summons interrupted them. Ren joined Qiu Yonghao on the walls as a vast Demon Race army advanced toward the fortress.

• Ren Wokuang repeatedly knocked Wang Yuanyuan back during her shield training and ordered her to keep attacking.
• A messenger summoned Ren Wokuang to Qiu Yonghao, and Ren ended the training session and rushed to the fortress walls.
• Wang Yuanyuan watched Ren leave and grew uneasy about the urgent summons.
• Qiu Yonghao watched a massive Demon Race army approach Southeast Fortress.
• Ren Wokuang arrived beside Qiu Yonghao and faced the approaching army.

Qiu Yonghao and Ren Wokuang prepared Southeast Fortress for an attack by a Demon Race army backed by four Demon God Pillars. Just as Qiu Yonghao was about to give the order to fight, the demons froze and mountains appeared in the sky, forming an enormous dragon head that roared over the battlefield.

• Qiu Yonghao rallied the warriors at Southeast Fortress and ordered them to prepare for battle as Ren Wokuang vowed to fight the advancing demons.
• Qiu Yonghao realized the Warrior Temple was at its weakest and considered how long he and Ren Wokuang could withstand four Demon Gods.
• The Demon Race army suddenly froze in place, leaving the defenders baffled.
• Endless mountains appeared overhead, and an enormous dragon head made of rock opened its mouth and roared into the minds of everyone below.

Situ Xuan used the Ten Thousand Mountains Dragon Ruins to suppress the demon army outside Southeast Fortress. Vassago allowed the slaughter and restrained four enraged Demon God Pillars, leaving the demons trapped beneath the mountains.

• Situ Xuan invoked the Mountain Dragon King's power and recited the verses of the Ten Thousand Mountains Dragon Ruins as the hovering mountains descended.
• The mountains crushed lower-ranking demons and pinned hundreds of thousands of demons beneath a mountain prison.
• Qiu Yonghao and the warriors on the wall watched in shock as Situ Xuan stood above the suppressed army.
• Vassago let Situ Xuan attack, regarding the lower demons as expendable supplies.
• Vassago glanced at four agitated Demon God Pillars, and the demon gods inside them fell silent and stayed in place.

Situ Xuan approached Southeast Fortress after crushing the Demon Race army and challenged the Warrior Temple’s strength. Qiu Yonghao met his first punch with the Holy Sword of Light, which was left with a nick.

• Situ Xuan descended toward Southeast Fortress and asked whether Ren Wokuang was the Warrior Temple’s strongest fighter.
• Qiu Yonghao welcomed Situ Xuan as a possible human ally and invited him into the city.
• Ren Wokuang asked whether they were still fighting, and Qiu Yonghao silently told him to shut up.
• Situ Xuan laughed and suddenly charged Qiu Yonghao with a powerful punch.
• Qiu Yonghao drew the Holy Sword of Light and blocked the punch, but the impact left a nick in the blade.

Situ Xuan overwhelmed Qiu Yonghao in a fierce battle atop the city wall, breaking the Holy Sword of Light but sparing his opponent. He then turned his attention to Ren Wokuang and asked whether he wanted to fight too.

• Situ Xuan used his speed and afterimages to attack Qiu Yonghao, who tracked him with his Sword Intent Domain.
• Situ Xuan and Qiu Yonghao traded repeated blows, and the Holy Sword of Light developed deep notches as Qiu Yonghao suffered injuries.
• Situ Xuan broke the Holy Sword of Light with a punch, but stopped his fist just short of Qiu Yonghao's face and withdrew it.
• Situ Xuan surveyed the armed warriors on the wall, then asked Ren Wokuang if he wanted to fight too.

Ren Wokuang fought Situ Xuan, who easily caught his axe and urged him to attack again. After Ren Wokuang entered his Berserk State and launched a mountain-splitting strike, Situ Xuan praised him as the warrior he had imagined and prepared to meet his attack.

• Ren Wokuang hurled the Giant Spirit Battle Axe at Situ Xuan, who caught its blade barehanded and rapidly healed the deep wound in his palm.
• Ren Wokuang attacked again, and Situ Xuan dodged his axe and kicked him; Ren Wokuang blocked the kick and welcomed the fight.
• Ren Wokuang entered his Berserk State, swelling with crimson bloodlight as his battle aura surged.
• Situ Xuan recalled that Vassago had asked him to spare Qiu Yonghao, so he had let the warrior live despite wanting to finish him.
• Ren Wokuang charged and brought his Giant Spirit Battle Axe down with a devastating strike, and Situ Xuan praised him before readying himself to counter.

Situ Xuan overwhelmed Ren Wokuang after stopping his axe with Sui Ba, then battered him until his Berserk State faded. Qiu Yonghao caught Ren Wokuang as Situ Xuan kicked him across the wall, and Situ Xuan judged both defenders less challenging than Bifrons.

• Situ Xuan blocked Ren Wokuang's Giant Spirit Battle Axe with Sui Ba and knocked him backward into the city wall.
• Situ Xuan struck Ren Wokuang in the face, pulled him from the tower ruins, and repeatedly slammed him into the ground until his Berserk State faded.
• Situ Xuan kicked Ren Wokuang toward the inner side of the wall, and Qiu Yonghao caught him, taking the impact and falling with him.
• Ren Wokuang tried to stand but could not move, while Qiu Yonghao held him protectively.
• Situ Xuan assessed Qiu Yonghao and Ren Wokuang as less exciting opponents than Bifrons and wondered what their fighting styles lacked.

Situ Xuan left the Southeast Fortress after defeating Qiu Yonghao and Ren Wokuang, then agreed to fight the Demon Gods instead of returning to challenge Qiu Yonghao. He arrived at the Demon God Pillars and called for all four Demon Gods to face him at once.

• Situ Xuan insulted the Warrior Temple as he left the battlefield, while wounded Ren Wokuang swore revenge and Qiu Yonghao remained silent.
• Vassago told Situ Xuan that the Southeast Fortress usually had two ninth-rank powerhouses and that Qiu Yonghao had held back because he knew he could not win.
• Situ Xuan started back to confront Qiu Yonghao, but Vassago stopped him and explained that killing the fortress's defender would serve no purpose.
• Vassago offered to take Situ Xuan to fight four Demon Gods, and Situ Xuan rushed toward the Demon God Pillars using Violent Foot.
• Situ Xuan landed atop one Demon God Pillar and challenged all four Demon Gods to attack him together.

Situ Xuan faced four newly manifested demon gods while Vassago ordered them to use their full strength. The demon gods overcame their hesitation and prepared to attack Situ Xuan, blaming him for killing their army.

• Situ Xuan stood atop a Demon God Pillar as Vine, Sabnock, Eligos, and Frost emerged from four pillars.
• The four demon gods hesitated after recalling Situ Xuan's previous displays of strength and noticed Vassago floating behind him.
• Vassago told the four demon gods to use their full strength against Situ Xuan.
• The four demon gods abandoned their hesitation and focused their hatred on Situ Xuan for killing their clansmen and army.
• Vine spread poison mist, Sabnock unleashed freezing cold, Eligos released resentful spirits, and Frost poured magma onto the ground.

Situ Xuan fought Vine, Sabnock, Eligos, and Frost at once, overpowering each Demon God with his martial arts. Though they injured him, all four rose again with their full strength, and Situ Xuan eagerly challenged them to continue.

• Vine attacked Situ Xuan with poisonous mist, but he struck it down into a crater.
• Sabnock tried to freeze and trap Situ Xuan, but he tore its ice pincers apart.
• Eligos attacked from behind and launched shadow blades, which Situ Xuan evaded and countered.
• Frost smashed the ground with a lava fist, but Situ Xuan leapt onto its arm and punched it into the earth.
• Vine, Sabnock, Eligos, and Frost recovered and gathered their strength while Situ Xuan stood wounded but eager to fight again.