Chapter Summaries

Demons in the Demon Hall spread rumors that Xia Ping had relied on treasures from Monica to kill the Sand Demon, fueling widespread envy and resentment. Meanwhile, Gnar Teuton questioned his son Qibuman’s subordinates about his disappearance and rejected their claim that Flower Demon Austin might be responsible.

• A Crow Demon claimed Monica had given Xia Ping the Nightmare Vine, the Ice Thorn Demon Fruit, Shadow Boots, and other treasures.
• Demons speculated that Monica’s gifts had enabled Xia Ping to kill the Sand Demon and escape danger, then condemned him as a man living off a woman.
• Rumors about Xia Ping relying on Monica spread throughout the Demon Hall.
• Gnar Teuton summoned Qibuman’s subordinates and demanded to know where his missing son was.
• The subordinates said Qibuman had left to kill Flower Demon Austin and never returned, then blamed Austin for his disappearance.
• Gnar Teuton dismissed the idea that Austin could have killed Qibuman and released his pressure, crushing the demons against the floor and injuring them.

Gena Teuton suspected Austin had caused Qibuman’s disappearance but held back from confronting him because Monica might retaliate. Meanwhile, Xia Ping comprehended how to control the six senses and advanced his illusions to One Thought Creates Myriad Worlds.

• Gena Teuton’s demons blamed Austin for Qibuman’s disappearance and pleaded for mercy.
• Gena Teuton considered capturing Austin but chose not to provoke Monica, though he vowed to kill Austin if he got the chance.
• Xia Ping cultivated in seclusion after gaining insight into illusions from the Flower Demon bloodline ability.
• Xia Ping comprehended the principle of controlling the six senses and created ten lifelike illusionary worlds at once.
• Xia Ping advanced from One Thought, One World to the early stage of One Thought Creates Myriad Worlds.

Xia Ping advanced his illusion arts and deepened his understanding of the Law of Creation, then used three World Fruits to break through to Ancient Realm Completion. His Hell Golden Crow Bloodline also grew stronger, leaving him far more powerful than before.

• Xia Ping reached the initial stage of One Thought Creates Myriad Worlds and realized he could trap even powerful Saints in layered illusionary worlds.
• His improved illusion arts deepened his comprehension of the Law of Creation and brought him to the brink of a cultivation breakthrough.
• Xia Ping swallowed three World Fruits and broke through to Ancient Realm Completion, condensing three thousand fragments of the Law of Creation.
• Xia Ping's divine consciousness expanded to a diameter of three million light-years, and he recognized the force of his spiritual pressure and illusions.
• Xia Ping awakened another five hundred billion Hell Golden Crow Cells, bringing his total to three trillion and strengthening the Hell Golden Crow Flame within him.

After a month of seclusion, Xia Ping attended a gathering of the Rock Demon City Demon Hall after learning that the Night Demon King had returned. The Night Demon King announced that the Abyss Forbidden Land was about to open, leaving the demons stunned.

• Xia Ping emerged from seclusion after consolidating his cultivation at the peak of the Ancient Realm and sensing he was nearing the laws of the world.
• A maid told Xia Ping that the Night Demon King had returned and summoned the Demon Hall demons to a meeting in three days.
• Xia Ping failed to approach Monica for information and attended the gathering, where demons of many ranks assembled.
• The Night Demon King arrived through a black hole and briefly examined Xia Ping, but the Formless Mask concealed his secrets.
• The Night Demon King announced that the Abyss Forbidden Land was about to open, shocking the demons in the hall.

Xia Ping learned that the Demon Hall would hold an early Abyss Grand Competition inside the deadly Abyss Forbidden Land to select commanders for the coming war. The competition was open to demons of every strength except Abyss Kings, and Xia Ping recognized that the invasion of the Present World Universe was drawing near.

• Xia Ping grew eager to enter the Abyss Forbidden Land after Night Demon King announced that it would soon open to many demons.
• An ancient demon asked whether the opening meant the once-in-ten-thousand-years Abyss Grand Competition was beginning.
• Night Demon King explained that the Devil Master had ordered the tournament early to choose vanguard warriors for the imminent occupation of the Present World Universe.
• Night Demon King warned that the tournament would take place in the Abyss Forbidden Land, where even demigods could die, and that demons of every strength except Abyss Kings could participate.
• Xia Ping realized that the Abyss war was approaching according to a schedule and might break out if he delayed much longer.

The Night Demon King opened registration for the Abyss Forbidden Land competition, and Gnar Teuton recommended Xia Ping despite his low rank, intending to put him in danger. Xia Ping accepted the challenge, which could earn him the Night Demon King’s recognition and a chance to be with Monica.

• The Night Demon King opened registration for the Abyss Forbidden Land competition, and several powerful demons signed up while Monica held back.
• As registration ended, Gnar Teuton asked to recommend Monica’s companion, Flower Demon Austin, for the competition.
• The Night Demon King said he had planned to kill Xia Ping but might accept him as Monica’s partner if he proved his strength by participating.
• Xia Ping recognized that the Night Demon King and Gnar Teuton were trying to force him into danger, but accepted because he already wanted to enter the Abyss Forbidden Land.
• The Night Demon King praised Xia Ping’s courage after he agreed to compete.

Xia Ping signed up for the dangerous Abyss Forbidden Land competition despite the Night Demon King’s ultimatum, provoking Nine-Armed Lion Demon Gnar Teuton and becoming the subject of Demon Hall gossip. Monica offered to elope with him, but Xia Ping insisted on entering the competition and declared that he would eventually replace the Night Demon King.

• Xia Ping claimed his good luck made the Abyss Forbidden Land competition suited to him, then mocked Nine-Armed Lion Demon Gnar Teuton when Gnar suggested they look after each other.
• The Night Demon King ended the gathering before Gnar Teuton could lose his temper.
• News of Xia Ping’s registration spread through Demon Hall, where demons debated his chances and Monica’s efforts to supply him with life-saving treasures.
• Monica apologized to Xia Ping and offered to elope rather than let him enter the competition.
• Xia Ping refused to leave, told Monica to stay out of men’s affairs, and said he would eventually replace the Night Demon King.

Xia Ping arrived at the Abyss Forbidden Land with the demons from Rock Demon City and absorbed the abyssal energy without harm. At the tournament gathering, Samantha confronted him as her former lover, but another female demon arrived and claimed Austin as her man.

• Xia Ping and the demons from Rock Demon City teleported to the base near the Abyss Forbidden Land, where restriction arrays surrounded the sealed region.
• Xia Ping sensed the abyssal energy eroding the area and used his Hell Furnace to devour it and convert it into mana.
• Thousands of demons from across the Abyss Continent gathered for the tournament, including many Ancient Realm and Primordial Realm demons.
• Samantha recognized Xia Ping as Austin and said she had never agreed to end their relationship, threatening to keep him from leaving.
• Another female demon arrived, told Samantha to get lost, and declared that Austin was her man.

Xia Ping faced a growing crowd of powerful female demons from Austin’s past, including Catherine and Jennifer, while Monica questioned his connections to them. He admitted they were all his ex-girlfriends as more rivals arrived and their hostility escalated.

• A demon identified Catherine as the notorious Black Widow of the Abyss Continent, and Xia Ping admitted she had once kept Austin as her pet.
• Catherine called Austin her favorite pet, but Monica demanded to know who she was.
• Jennifer arrived and declared her devotion to Austin, while Xia Ping explained that she had wanted to strip away his flesh and keep his bones.
• More powerful female demons arrived, and their competing auras and hostility shook the void.
• Monica asked who the newcomers were, and Xia Ping admitted they were all Austin’s ex-girlfriends.
• Xia Ping recalled that Austin had pursued powerful female demons through his Flower Demon Bloodline, fled their dangerous obsessions, and eventually died after finding Monica.

Monica clashed verbally with Samantha and the other female demons, trading insults over their rivalry for Austin. When the demons threatened to settle the dispute by Abyss rules, Monica stood her ground, and their World Domains collided, tearing open the surrounding space.

• Samantha mocked Monica for stealing her man, and Monica retorted that Samantha had been abandoned and was too old to compete for young men.
• Catherine insulted Monica and invoked her father, the Night Demon King, but Monica called Catherine fat.
• Jennifer criticized Monica’s arrogance, and Monica mocked Jennifer’s appearance and suggested cosmetic surgery.
• A white-faced fox demon proposed settling the dispute by the Abyss’s rule of slaughter, and Monica accepted the challenge without fear.
• The female demons spread their World Domains, which collided and split the surrounding void with enormous spatial cracks.

Time Demon Morlun intervened to stop Monica and the other female demons from fighting over Xia Ping, warning them against breaking the rules of the Abyss Forbidden Land. After Morlun vanished, Xia Ping realized that even this ancient Abyss King was overshadowed by the mysterious Devil Master.

• Monica and the other female demons prepared to fight over Xia Ping, driving the nearby Abyss Demons to retreat.
• Time Demon Morlun appeared, suppressed the demons' power, and warned them that another offense would earn them ten thousand years in the Abyss Prison.
• Monica and the other demons bowed to Morlun and promised not to fight there again.
• Morlun glanced at Xia Ping and vanished, releasing the pressure that had enveloped the square.
• Xia Ping sensed Morlun's mastery of time and feared the power of the Devil Master who had made him submit.

After Grand Elder Morlun stopped the female demons from fighting over him, Xia Ping drew even more attention and envy. Nine-Armed Lion Demon Gnar Teuton plotted to kill him in the Abyss Forbidden Land, while the Night Demon King doubted Xia Ping would return alive.

• After Morlun left, the female demons vowed to claim Xia Ping before leaving, and Monica scolded him over his many admirers.
• Xia Ping joked that being handsome was not his fault, provoking envy among the surrounding Abyss Demons.
• Nine-Armed Lion Demon Gnar Teuton, jealous that Dark Spider Demon Catherine favored Xia Ping, planned to kill him in the Abyss Forbidden Land.
• Gnar Teuton told his subordinates that the demons would be scattered after entering the Forbidden Land, giving them a chance to find and attack Xia Ping.
• The Night Demon King denied that Xia Ping was his son-in-law and said Xia Ping would need to survive the Abyss Forbidden Land before he would consider the matter.

Great Elder Moren announced that the Abyss Forbidden Land competition would be decided by who obtained the most treasures, and Xia Ping considered the divine blood, divine stones, and divine artifact fragments found there. Moren opened an Abyss Demon Gate passage into the forbidden land, and the competition was about to begin.

• More than half of the Primordial Realm demons gathered in the plaza, where Xia Ping recognized the threat they posed to the Present World Universe.
• Great Elder Moren appeared and announced that the competition would be won by the demon who gained the most in the Abyss Forbidden Land.
• Xia Ping recalled Monica’s information about divine blood, divine stones, and dangerous divine artifact fragments in the forbidden land.
• Great Elder Moren tapped his scepter and summoned an Abyss Demon Gate avatar to open a passage into the forbidden land.

Xia Ping entered the Abyss Forbidden Land and found himself alone in its vast, perilous expanse. After identifying a horde of God Abominations, he faced their sudden attack.

• Great Elder Moren warned the demons that they had three months to leave the Abyss Forbidden Land before the gate reopened.
• Xia Ping entered the Abyss Demon Gate and was teleported to the forbidden land, where he saw its blood-red wasteland and dangerous spatial rifts.
• Xia Ping used his divine consciousness to survey the region and realized the demons had been scattered across its outer fringes.
• Xia Ping recognized a horde of God Abominations, creatures formed from the remnants of fallen gods and capable of regenerating and infecting their victims.
• The God Abominations sensed Xia Ping and rushed to attack him from all directions through space.

Xia Ping killed a group of God Abominations with Hell Golden Crow Flame and discovered Divine Stones among their remains. After collecting the stones, he sensed Abyss Demons approaching and sent Cat Immortal and Green Ox back into the Classic of Mountains and Seas World.

• Xia Ping used Hell Golden Crow Claw to freeze and smash the God Abominations, then burned them to ashes with Hell Golden Crow Flame.
• Xia Ping found and collected twenty or thirty golden Divine Stones left behind by the God Abominations.
• Cat Immortal and Green Ox argued over whether the Divine Stones should be used to evolve a divine artifact or cultivate spirit herbs.
• Xia Ping sensed Abyss Demons approaching and sent Cat Immortal and Green Ox back into the Classic of Mountains and Seas World.

Fifteen Primordial demons confronted Xia Ping after spotting the divine stones he had found in the Abyss Forbidden Land. Xia Ping handed the stones to Albert and used flattery to turn the demons against their strongest member.

• Fifteen Primordial demons recognized Xia Ping as Austin, the Flower Demon, and mocked his apparent weakness.
• The demons noticed the divine stones in Xia Ping’s hand and began scheming to take them from him.
• Xia Ping gave all the divine stones to Albert, the red-haired Primordial demon, and praised him as the strongest.
• Xia Ping used his illusion domain to intensify Albert’s greed and pleasure at the tribute.
• The other Primordial demons accused Albert of keeping the stones for himself and turned their hostility toward him.

Xia Ping used his illusion domain to magnify the archaic demons’ greed until they fought over the divine stones. After withdrawing safely, he realized that his illusions could manipulate emotions as well as deceive the senses.

• Xia Ping inflamed Albert’s greed and convinced him that the other archaic demons had no right to share his divine stones.
• Albert attacked the others and killed one archaic demon with his crimson spear, triggering a battle among the fourteen demons.
• Xia Ping withdrew while the archaic demons fought, and the Cat Immortal questioned how quickly they had turned on one another.
• Xia Ping explained that his illusion power had magnified their greed and recognized that manipulating emotions was a further development of his illusions.

Xia Ping advanced his illusion arts by absorbing the emotions of living beings, reaching the intermediate stage of One Thought Creates Myriad Worlds. As he emerged from his enlightenment, he found that his illusions had driven a battle among fifteen ancient demon monsters to near-annihilation.

• Xia Ping realized that advancing his illusion arts required absorbing the emotional power of living beings and sensed emotional energy throughout the void.
• Xia Ping's illusion rune devoured the emotions of the ancient demon monsters, forming an illusory world within itself.
• Xia Ping's One Thought Creates Myriad Worlds advanced to the intermediate stage, allowing him to create a hundred illusory worlds with one thought.
• Xia Ping discovered that the ancient demon monsters had fought for half a day, with Albert killed and the spoils triggering further infighting.
• Xia Ping found that only three of the fifteen ancient demon monsters remained alive, all gravely injured, while Green Ox and Cat Immortal marveled at his illusion arts.

Xia Ping revealed himself as Flower Demon Austin and killed the three remaining Primordial demons after their infighting left them badly wounded. He collected the divine stones and fed the demons’ remains to the World Tree.

• Xia Ping appeared before the three remaining Primordial demons, who blamed him for turning them against one another.
• Xia Ping caught a wounded Primordial demon’s attack and crushed it to death, revealing power far beyond that of an Immortal demon.
• The two remaining Primordial demons realized Xia Ping had hidden his strength and fled in opposite directions.
• Xia Ping struck both fleeing demons down and recovered the divine stones they had seized.
• Xia Ping gathered the demons’ flesh and blood and fed it to the World Tree.

Xia Ping confronted Dark Spider Demon Catherine and the other female Abyss Demons who had witnessed his fight, then overwhelmed them with his illusion power. He left them sealed and asleep in illusory worlds.

• Xia Ping detected the hidden female Abyss Demons and shattered the void to reveal Dark Spider Demon Catherine, the White-Faced Fox Demon, the Succubus, the Crimson Scorpion Demon, and the others.
• Catherine and the others questioned Xia Ping’s identity and the source of his strength, while he warned them against challenging him.
• The female demons dismissed Xia Ping’s threat and prepared to show him their power.
• Xia Ping unleashed the True Explanation of Illusion Arts and trapped Catherine and the others in multiple illusory worlds.
• Xia Ping watched as the female demons fell asleep, sealed and unable to move or use their Abyssal powers.