Chapter Summaries

Evelina, Murphy, Rahem, Austin, and You Wei struggled against a fast-moving Demon Prince inside the Wailing Gorge as white mist disrupted their attacks. You Wei proposed using his talent to deliver the Holy Light bomb to the demon nest, but a sudden explosion shook the gorge before the plan could unfold.

• Evelina blocked the Demon Prince's surprise attack with her shield and Frost Nova, then called Murphy for help.
• The Demon Prince evaded Murphy's punch and vanished into thick white mist, while Rahem and Austin failed to hit him.
• Evelina urged Rahem to retreat, but he insisted on finishing preparations to destroy the demon nest.
• You Wei said he could locate the Demon Prince but could neither kill nor mark him, and Rahem determined the mist was not ordinary vapor.
• You Wei offered to carry the Holy Light bomb into the nest using his talent, and Rahem agreed.
• The Demon Prince threatened You Wei, but a sudden disturbance churned the mist and a muffled boom shook the gorge.

You Wei and his summoned allies kept the Demon Prince occupied in the white mist while they distributed Holy Light Bombs among several backup plans. Evelina drained Rahem's energy to save herself, leaving him exposed to the Demon Prince and making her the next target.

• You Wei taunted the Demon Prince and chased him through the white mist, beating him as the generals watched in shock.
• Xing Anlin, a scarred bald man, and an armored woman each took a Holy Light Bomb as successive backup plans, while a Burrowing Bee carried Rahem away.
• Evelina, out of stamina potions, moved toward a nearby soldier to drain his stamina and restore her own.
• The Demon Prince slowed Rahem with demonic power just as he charged toward Evelina, so she cast Stamina Drain on him.
• Rahem's energy and ion shield failed, and the Demon Prince sliced off his head; the Bee Queen escaped, while the Demon Prince turned his attention to Evelina.

You Wei taunted the demon prince and used the mist and his attacks to provoke him, but the prince’s second demonic descent made him far more powerful. As the prince charged to kill You Wei, You Wei smiled mockingly, leaving his next move unclear.

• The demon prince trapped Evelina in a Corruption Chain cage and vowed to return after killing her teammates.
• You Wei emerged from the mist, restrained the demon prince with a black-mist hand, and smashed one of his horns with a Great Halberd.
• You Wei called the white mist “lung fog” and repeatedly attacked the demon prince with a Lightning Arrow, fireballs, and a returning Great Halberd.
• The demon prince’s rage triggered a second demonic descent, increasing his strength and thickening his battle domain.
• You Wei checked that his [Undying Cicada Shell] was active as the demon prince charged at him, then faced him with a mocking smile.

You Wei and his Summon Objects used decoys and desperate attacks to delay the Demon Prince, damaging his horn while trying to reach the holy nest. The Demon Prince countered with clones and targeted the armored woman, leaving You Wei in danger as Murphy and Evelina tried to intervene.

• Xing Anlin disguised himself as You Wei, clung to the Demon Prince, and blasted his mouth with [Crystal Explosion] before the Demon Prince tore him apart.
• The Demon Prince cleared the white mist and pursued You Wei, but You Wei's disguise vanished to reveal the Scarred Bald Man, who restrained him and headbutted his cracked horn.
• The Scarred Bald Man endured the Demon Prince's demonic flames and landed another headbutt that widened the crack in the demon horn before You Wei recalled him.
• The Demon Prince created transparent clones to attack You Wei's group and charged toward the woman in light armor, while the battle domain left most soldiers unable to move.
• Murphy struck a demon clone to help You Wei, who urged him to focus on the Demon Prince, as Evelina's protective light shield collapsed under the tightening chains of corruption.

Lin Qinfeng used a frightening vision and an imitation of Lu Li’s [Crystal Explosion] to escape the Demon Prince, though her attack covered him in harmless sludge instead of killing him. Murphy intervened as she fled, and she suddenly broke free of the Idle-Speed Battle Domain’s effects while everyone else remained slowed.

• Murphy saw Evelina bound and sent Austin to rescue her while he rushed toward the demon nest’s entrance to help Lin Qinfeng.
• Lin Qinfeng trapped the Demon Prince in a vision of his deepest fear and used [Greed] to imitate Lu Li’s [Crystal Explosion].
• The imitation fired pitch-black sludge instead of lethal spikes, covering the Demon Prince’s face and filling his mouth, leaving Lin Qinfeng embarrassed as she fled.
• The enraged Demon Prince pursued Lin Qinfeng, but Murphy struck his lower back and forced him to summon two transparent clones to hold Murphy off.
• The Demon Prince nearly caught Lin Qinfeng, but she abruptly regained normal speed and escaped his claws while the rest of the fighters remained slowed.

Lin Qinfeng and Lu Zhongxian helped destroy the demon nest, but You Wei was lost in the blast, and the wounded demon prince was dragged back into the demon realm. As the army mourned You Wei, Evelina was suddenly pulled toward the same gravitational passage by the chains of decay still binding her.

• Lin Qinfeng threw the activated Holy Light Bomb toward the demon nest, where Lu Zhongxian emerged from invisibility and caught it before the Parasite Demons could block it.
• Lu Zhongxian and his Blindfolded Angels fought toward the nest, but the demon prince’s transparent clones defeated the angels and nearly killed him.
• You Wei switched places with Lu Zhongxian, summoned stronger holy forces, and entered the demon nest carrying two Holy Light Bombs while Murphy held off the demon prince.
• The bombs detonated and collapsed the nest entrances, killing many Parasite Demons, but You Wei did not emerge from the blast.
• Murphy crippled the demon prince, who was pulled into the depths of the demon realm, while the soldiers mourned You Wei’s apparent sacrifice.
• Evelina dismissed You Wei’s death, then the chains of decay binding her dragged her toward the gravitational passage after the demon prince.

After Evelina vanished into a gravitational passage, Murphy, Rahem, and Austin left the Demon Domain and discovered signs of a growing demonic threat around Outpost Star 886. The Overlord Council ordered the stationed forces to combat unrest at the Demon Eye, just as another change appeared outside their airship.

• Evelina was dragged away by corrupted chains, and Rahem concluded that the group had lost another Bronze Boot general.
• Murphy, Rahem, Austin, and the soldiers departed the Demon Domain and noticed that the wandering demons were unusually lethargic and the demonic energy was thinner.
• The group spotted numerous Demon Plague Colossi near Outpost Star 886 and saw that several Watchtower Stars had been corrupted.
• Rahem reported the situation to the Overlord Council, which ordered all stationed Overlord Army forces to enter Level One Combat Readiness and slaughter the demon horde.
• A burst of white light suddenly illuminated the airship as another change occurred beyond its portholes.

Lu Li and Li Luo entered the Demon Domain to search for a third-grade opportunity, where they found the nearly dead Kil'jaeden and prepared to finish him off. Just as Xing Anlin reached to use [Scales] on the demon prince, another rift opened and dropped a woman into their path.

• Reinforcements from across the Star Domains arrived at Watchtower Star, easing the soldiers' fears.
• Lu Li revived inside the Demon Domain, checked that Li Luo was safe, and warned her to stay hidden unless he faced mortal danger.
• Lu Li recalled how he had planned to enter the Demon Domain by keeping his level low and began searching for the omen's monster shell and a third-grade opportunity.
• Kil'jaeden fell through a rift, gravely injured after fighting General Murphy, and Lu Li prepared to kill him with his Mysterious Iron Heavy Halberd.
• Xing Anlin arrived to use [Scales] on Kil'jaeden, but a new rift opened and dropped a woman's body nearby.

Lu Li and Xing Anlin tried to stop Evelina from completing her transformation into a demon, but she woke before Lu Li could kill her. Xing Anlin proposed exploiting a contradiction between a Servant Contract and Evelina’s demon instincts, leaving Lu Li hopeful that the clash might preserve her consciousness.

• Lu Li recognized that Kil'jaeden’s failed operation had corrupted Evelina and judged that she would become a powerful Greater Demon.
• Lu Li looted Kil'jaeden’s corpse and told Xing Anlin to use [Scales] before killing Evelina, but Evelina woke up as Lu Li prepared to strike.
• Xing Anlin suggested having Evelina sign a Servant Contract with Lu Li before she became a demon, which would prevent her from attacking him despite her demonic instincts.
• Lu Li realized the conflicting rules might make Evelina glitch repeatedly or allow her to retain her original consciousness.

Lu Li and Xing Anlin pressured Evelina to sign a Servant Contract before her corruption turned her into a demon. Evelina completed her demon ascension and survived, but discovered she had transformed into a succubus.

• Evelina recognized Xing Anlin as You Wei's Summon Object and called for You Wei to save her.
• Xing Anlin explained that Evelina was becoming a demon and said signing Lu Li's Servant Contract was her only way out.
• When Evelina refused to sign, Lu Li threatened to kill her, and Xing Anlin warned that she would be beyond saving if she became a demon.
• Evelina panicked and agreed to sign the contract, which Xing Anlin pressed her finger onto before merging back into Lu Li.
• Evelina completed her demon ascension without attacking Lu Li, then realized she had transformed into a bare succubus.

Lu Li tested his control over Evelina after she signed the Servant Contract, then revived Kil'jaeden's corpse while considering how to use the contract without attracting the demon gods. When Evelina explained that the Golden Boot Warriors knew of a hidden exit, Lu Li tried to locate them through the teleportation crystals and discovered their signals were lost in chaos.

• Lu Li made Evelina perform commands and confirmed she had no intention of attacking him.
• Lu Li stabbed Evelina with a spear of flesh and blood to test her, then judged her no threat.
• Lu Li revived Kil'jaeden's corpse with [Extreme Regeneration] and the [Nether Lantern], but worried the body was too stiff and dangerous for a Soul Guard to possess.
• Evelina told Lu Li that the Golden Boot Warriors had found a hidden exit from the Demon Realm.
• Lu Li searched for the Golden Boot Warriors through the teleportation crystal and found only chaotic signals, suggesting they had gotten lost.

Lu Li and Evelina traveled through the Demon Domain, where Lu Li speculated that a deeper realm might lie beneath its known regions and hold the seven Demon Gods. As they neared a concentration of demonic energy behind stone hills, Lu Li prepared for danger and sent Evelina and Kil'jaeden ahead.

• Evelina explained that teleportation crystals and their tracking effects were weakened in the Demon Domain, but she could sense the rough direction and density of demonic energy.
• Lu Li agreed to follow Evelina toward an area with a moderate concentration of demonic energy, hoping to encounter Golden Boot Warriors, and the pair set off after concealing their arrival.
• Lu Li observed the Demon Domain's inverted lava-covered rock ceiling and wondered whether its structure extended into deeper regions beneath the inner gravel layer.
• Evelina said she knew of only the outer, middle, and inner regions, while Lu Li recalled the seven Demon Gods and suspected their thrones lay in a hidden realm below the desert.
• Evelina sensed that they were close to a gathering of demons beyond a line of stone hills, and Lu Li told her and Kil'jaeden to go ahead while he prepared.

Lu Li and Evelina approached a battle between three Golden Boot Generals and eight demon princes, unsure whom to help. As the demon princes gained the advantage, two generals unleashed their trump cards, and Evelina recognized the Spirit Clan ranger Hajiasha Lingfeng.

• Lu Li made Evelina lead the way toward the stone hills with Kil'jaeden's corpse while he followed invisibly with black-mist figures.
• Evelina climbed the hills and spotted three Golden Boot Generals fighting eight demon princes, then asked Lu Li whom they should help.
• Evelina realized helping either side could expose her or make her a target, while Lu Li said he might be able to leave the Demon Domain by helping the generals.
• After waiting, Lu Li watched the demon princes gain the upper hand as the generals drank stamina potions.
• Two Golden Boot Generals used their trump cards, and Evelina recognized the Spirit Clan woman as the renowned ranger Hajiasha Lingfeng.

Lu Li’s Soul Guards intervened as the Golden Boots War Generals’ second attack faltered, turning their retreat into a desperate struggle over Mao Weng’s seed. A shadow snatched the seed and fled toward the demon princes, while Nockte was urged to abandon Mao Weng and escape.

• Lu Li ordered Soul Guards without Promotion paths to approach the battle and high-level Soul Guards to prepare support.
• Hajiasha’s first Purifying Power Shot killed three demon princes and severely wounded two, but the three remaining demons were unharmed.
• Hajiasha charged a second shot while Mao Weng reinforced the Wood Spirit Fortress, then entered a dormant state after producing a seed.
• Hajiasha’s second arrow killed the two wounded demon princes, but shadowy figures appeared to shield the remaining demons from its pursuit.
• Nockte tried to retrieve Mao Weng’s seed, but a faster shadow seized it and rushed toward the demon princes.
• With the demons still able to fight, Hajiasha told Nockte to retreat, and he questioned what would happen to Mao Weng.

Nockte and Hajiasha fled the demon princes after a mysterious shadow stole Mao Weng’s life seed and Hajiasha’s demon-warding crystal. Evelina revealed herself to the demon princes and identified Lu Li as her former contract-bound slave, while Lu Li summoned his Soul Soldiers and Soul Guards to confront them.

• Nockte sensed numerous twisted shadows with Spirit Sight and urged Hajiasha to retreat, but a black shadow stole the demon-warding crystal she threw to him.
• Hajiasha gave Nockte a second crystal, which he crushed to protect them as the three demon princes approached; she and Nockte then flew away.
• A demon prince sensed Evelina behind a boulder, and she revealed herself while Lu Li remained concealed.
• Evelina told the demon princes that Lu Li had helped them and called him her former contract-bound slave.
• The demon princes questioned Evelina’s motives, and Lu Li summoned Soul Soldiers, Soul Guards, and a massive six-armed figure of black mist.

Evelina explained that she had withheld the Holy Lord’s blessing from Lu Li because his abilities might be lost in the transformation, and the demon princes grew wary of his potential. Lu Li then revealed he could control and restore demon prince corpses, leaving the princes stunned by his abilities.

• Evelina told the demon princes that Lu Li was only level 42 and that she planned to raise him to level 100 without risking his abilities through the Holy Lord’s blessing.
• Evelina ordered Lu Li to disperse his black mist army, and he recalled it into his body.
• Lu Li used the Black Jade Lotus Lamp to summon the corpse of Kil'jaeden, shocking the demon princes with his ability to control a level-100 demon’s corpse.
• Evelina offered to trade the demon princes the valuables from five fallen princes in exchange for their corpses, and they agreed to give them to her.
• Lu Li consumed a corpse’s remnant soul, healed its injuries, and turned it into a corpse soldier, prompting the demon princes to question how his Summoning Class Talent could heal corpses.

Lu Li and Evelina used his unusual Talent Abilities to convince three demon princes that he was a valuable and dangerous slave, while Xing Anlin secretly directed their performance. After Kagmo tested Lu Li’s Sacred Barrier and Evelina threatened to leave, the demon princes tried to placate her, and Kagmo proposed extracting Lu Li’s Talent Abilities.

• Lu Li told Xing Anlin through the Soul Realm to have Evelina keep the demon princes guessing about his special Talent Abilities.
• Xing Anlin, hidden in Evelina’s ear, directed her to demonstrate Lu Li’s abilities, and she kissed Lu Li to leave him with Demon Qi Erosion.
• Lu Li used [Sacred Barrier] to block Kagmo’s scythe-like limb and cleanse the Demon Qi Erosion.
• Evelina angrily accused the demon princes of mistreating their brethren and threatened to leave with Lu Li.
• The demon princes apologized, and Kagmo suggested he could extract Lu Li’s Talent Abilities.

Evelina rejected Kagmo’s plan to extract Lu Li’s Talent Ability because transferring it would take too long, then heard Vladimir offer a faster replacement method linked to a Deity. The chapter ended as Vladimir asked whether she knew the legend of the Progenitor of Demon Gods.

• Kagmo proposed extracting Lu Li’s Talent Ability with an Imprint Crystal Cluster and transferring it to Evelina with a Blasphemy Stone Cocoon.
• Evelina exposed the risks and delay in Kagmo’s plan, then left with Lu Li after he converted the demon princes’ corpses into corpse soldiers and left their belongings behind.
• Vladimir stopped Evelina and offered to tell her about a method of replacing a talent that took only an instant.
• Evelina gave Vladimir the false name Daji after Xing Anlin suggested it, and Vladimir asked whether she had heard of the Progenitor of Demon Gods.

Evelina and Lu Li learned that the Demon Progenitor might sleep beneath the Ancient Basin and lend power to those who reach him through the Path of Pain. Though their real goal was to escape the Demon Domain, Lu Li told Evelina to accept Vladimir’s invitation to investigate the basin.

• Evelina said she had never heard of a Demon Progenitor, and Vladimir claimed the legend came from Prince Ora.
• Vladimir explained that Prince Ora had visited the Ancient Basin, gained great strength, and later challenged the Council of Elders.
• Vladimir described the Demon Progenitor’s supposed location and said travelers might borrow his authority by surviving the Path of Pain.
• Vladimir urged Evelina to seek the Progenitor with Lu Li, but she initially showed no interest because replacing Lu Li’s abilities was only a pretense.
• Lu Li instructed Evelina to agree to the journey, leaving her shocked that he wanted to enter the dangerous Ancient Basin.

Evelina traveled toward the Demon Capital with Lu Li’s team while, at Outpost Star 886, Murphy and Austin learned that many soldiers and Evelina had been lost in the Demon Domain. An emergency Council order sent Golden Boot Warriors deep into the Demon Domain to rescue Mao Weng, whose Life Seed had been taken by a black-mist-covered target.

• Evelina hinted to Lu Li that she was an outsider who needed guidance, but he remained unmoved as the team headed toward the Demon Capital.
• Representatives from various races arrived at Outpost Star 886 and quickly wiped out the remaining demons.
• Murphy told Warrior Luo that an earlier team of battle soldiers had likely become low-level demons, and Austin reported the losses of Evelina and You Wei.
• Luo received an emergency Council order to hand over his supervisory duties and join the rescue operation for Mao Weng.
• Luo warned Murphy to watch for a black-mist-covered target capable of concealment and instant teleportation.