Chapter Summaries

Xia Ping taunted the Black Scorpion King and the other Demon Kings, provoking their fury as they prepared to kill him. The Black Scorpion King activated the Dragon-Trapping Stake, sealing the area in a barrier and leaving Xia Ping with no apparent escape.

• Xia Ping warned the Black Scorpion King that he and his son would reunite in hell, then insulted the Cat Demon King when it mocked him.
• Xia Ping called the Bull Demon King and Snake Demon King fools who did not know their place, enraging them.
• The Bear King ordered the five Demon Kings to attack Xia Ping together before anything unexpected happened.
• The Black Scorpion King activated the Dragon-Trapping Stake, raising five golden pillars that formed a barrier sealing off the surrounding area.
• The demons recognized the Dragon-Trapping Stake as a powerful artifact designed to trap Demon Kings and concluded that Xia Ping could no longer escape.

Xia Ping faced five Demon Kings, who tried to kill him with a combined strike, but he summoned the Moon Goddess and its shield withstood their attack. He then launched a counterattack against the Demon Kings.

• The Black Scorpion King and four other Demon Kings attacked Xia Ping, confident that the Dragon-Trapping Stake would prevent his escape.
• Xia Ping summoned the Moon Goddess from his Space Ring and raised its shield around himself.
• The five Demon Kings' combined strike battered the shield but failed to break through it.
• The demons realized Xia Ping had brought out a Super Warship and speculated that he had a spatial treasure.
• Xia Ping activated the Super Warship and attacked the five Demon Kings.

Xia Ping used the Super Warship to kill Bear King and threatened the remaining Demon Kings. Bull Demon King charged Xia Ping but failed to break through the warship’s energy shield.

• Xia Ping ordered the Super Warship to fire its laser cannons at the Five Great Demon Kings.
• Bear King activated Bear Hegemony, but the laser barrage pierced his armor and killed him.
• Jellyfish Commander and the other demons watched in shock as a human Grandmaster killed a Demon King.
• Bull Demon King vowed to avenge Bear King, while Xia Ping declared that the other Demon Kings would die too.
• Bull Demon King charged Xia Ping at more than thirty times the speed of sound, but the Super Warship’s energy shield stopped his attack.
• Bull Demon King strained against the shield and demanded that it break.

Xia Ping used the Super Warship to kill the Bull Demon King after its shield withstood the Demon King's attack. The remaining Demon Kings were trapped behind their own barrier as Xia Ping prepared to attack them.

• The Bull Demon King poured his strength into trying to break the Super Warship's shield, but it held firm.
• Xia Ping aimed the warship's cannons at the Bull Demon King, and their energy beams riddled him with fatal wounds.
• The Cat Demon King, Snake Demon King, and Black Scorpion King swore revenge on Xia Ping after the Bull Demon King fell.
• The three remaining Demon Kings realized the Dragon-Trapping Stakes barrier they had erected to stop Xia Ping from escaping now trapped them inside.
• Xia Ping mocked the Demon Kings and activated the warship's weapons.

Xia Ping used the Super Warship to grievously wound the Cat Demon King, Snake Demon King, and Black Scorpion King inside the Dragon-Trapping Stake’s sealed space. As he prepared to finish them off, Huo Yongming, head of the Huo Family, arrived and blocked his path.

• The Cat Demon King, Black Scorpion King, and Snake Demon King fled as Xia Ping prepared the Super Warship’s cannons.
• Xia Ping fired a saturation barrage that split the Snake Demon King’s body and left it badly wounded.
• The laser barrage pierced the Cat Demon King and drove it into a crater with a severe abdominal wound.
• The Black Scorpion King struck the Spatial Barrier while trying to escape, then lost an arm to the warship’s beams.
• As Xia Ping prepared to kill the three Demon Kings, Huo Yongming appeared and stopped him.

Huo Yongming and several Human Grandmasters appeared just as Xia Ping was about to kill the remaining Demon Kings, and Huo Yongming urged him to stop to avoid provoking a war. The three Demon Kings promised to maintain peace, though they secretly planned to take revenge on Xia Ping.

• Huo Yongming and several Human Grandmasters, including Huo Gang and Cao Zhengbin, emerged from hiding as Xia Ping prepared to kill the Cat Demon King, Black Scorpion King, and Snake Demon King.
• Huo Gang and the other Core Students claimed they had been waiting to save Xia Ping, but Xia Ping accused them of trying to steal credit and help the Demon Kings.
• Huo Yongming warned Xia Ping that killing five Demon Kings could provoke Ten Thousand Demon Mountain and lead to war with the Human Race.
• Huo Gang condemned Xia Ping as a reckless criminal, while the three Demon Kings welcomed the humans' intervention.
• Huo Yongming asked the Demon Kings to preserve peace, and the Cat Demon King agreed while secretly planning revenge on Xia Ping.

Huo Yongming tried to save the three Demon Kings so he could profit from trading with them and leave Xia Ping exposed to their revenge. Xia Ping rejected his interference, struck Huo Gang, and threatened Huo Yongming as the confrontation escalated.

• Huo Yongming promised the Cat Demon King, Snake Demon King, and Black Scorpion King they could leave, hoping to gain their friendship and future trade.
• Xia Ping stopped the Demon Kings from leaving and challenged Huo Yongming's authority.
• Huo Gang berated Xia Ping, and Xia Ping slapped him into a crater while the Super Warship's cannon threatened to fire if Huo Gang retaliated.
• Xia Ping rebuked Huo Gang for claiming to speak for humanity and dismissed his warnings about war.
• Huo Yongming demanded that Xia Ping spare the remaining Demon Kings, but Xia Ping refused and warned that Huo Yongming could die for obstructing him.

Xia Ping killed human King Huo Yongming after Huo Yongming announced he would take the three Demon Kings away. Huo Gang vowed to report Xia Ping to the Federal Government, while the surviving witnesses feared his ruthless resolve.

• Xia Ping and Huo Yongming argued over Huo Yongming's limits and his decision to rescue the three Demon Kings.
• Huo Gang claimed Xia Ping would not dare kill a human King, while the Demon Kings secretly began dismantling the barrier around the Dragon-Trapping Stake.
• Xia Ping fired energy beams that killed Huo Yongming before the King could react.
• Huo Gang and the Core Students reacted in shock as Xia Ping said he had killed Huo Yongming because they had become mortal enemies.
• Huo Gang threatened to expose Xia Ping as a traitor and have the Federal Government kill him.

Xia Ping ordered the Super Warship to kill the Core Students and monsters so no witnesses could reveal that he had killed Huo Yongming. After the Dragon-Trapping Stake’s barrier fell, Xia Ping killed two Demon Kings and turned his cannons on the fleeing Black Scorpion King.

• Xia Ping declared that the Core Students would die alongside Huo Yongming, and they tried to flee the Super Warship.
• Xia Ping ordered the cannons to fire, killing Huo Gang and the other Core Students despite their threats and pleas.
• Xia Ping’s barrage also killed the Jellyfish, Shark Demons, Crab Demons, and all the other monsters present.
• The Cat Demon King, Snake Demon King, and Black Scorpion King broke through the Dragon-Trapping Stake’s barrier, but Xia Ping aimed the cannons at them.
• Xia Ping killed the Cat Demon King with an energy beam and dismembered the Snake Demon King with a barrage of Laser Beams.
• The Black Scorpion King fled into the distance, postponing his attempt to avenge his son.

Xia Ping killed the fleeing Black Scorpion King with the Spear of Hell after the Super Warship wounded him. He absorbed the fallen monsters’ remaining soul energy, then asked the system how to handle the dangerous excess and learned the Soul Crystal Method cost two hundred million Hate Points.

• The Black Scorpion King fled and vowed to take revenge on Xia Ping’s family if he escaped.
• Xia Ping fired the Super Warship’s laser cannon, gravely wounding the Black Scorpion King, who used Chasing Wind and Pursuing Moon to flee faster.
• Xia Ping tracked the Black Scorpion King with his spiritual power and killed him by hurling the Spear of Hell through his head.
• Xia Ping sensed that the Five Great Demon Kings and the other monsters were dead, then absorbed their remaining soul energy.
• Xia Ping asked the system how to manage the excess soul energy, and the system recommended making Soul Crystals with a method that cost two hundred million Hate Points.

Xia Ping turned the Demon Kings' soul energy into a Soul Crystal and unsealed the Dragon-Trapping Stakes, discovering their ability to suppress enemies within an independent domain. After collecting the spoils, he had enough wealth to replenish the Moon Goddess's nearly depleted energy.

• Xia Ping spent two hundred million Hate Points to learn how to make Soul Crystals and condensed the Demon Kings' soul energy into one.
• Xia Ping collected the Five Great Demon Kings' King Demon Cores and five Dragon-Trapping Stakes, which could link together to form a Spatial Domain.
• Xia Ping spent ten million Hate Points to remove the Dragon-Trapping Stakes' seal and learned they could create an Equality Domain that lowered powerful intruders to his martial arts realm, within the stakes' limits.
• Xia Ping found pills, spirit medicines, and weapons worth over a trillion Federal Coins among the demons, Core Students, and Kings, while the Moon Goddess's energy reserves were nearly exhausted.

Human Grandmasters arrived at Flame Mountain and found Sea Demons, human Grandmasters, five Demon Kings, and Huo Yongming dead. Xia Ping told them the Five Great Demon Kings had come to kill him, and they learned his actions against Ten Thousand Demon Mountain had provoked the attack.

• Human Grandmasters rushed to Flame Mountain after its energy barrier disappeared and found the Sea Demons and several human Grandmasters dead.
• The Grandmasters discovered the corpses of the Five Great Demon Kings and Huo Yongming, then speculated that a battle between Kings had killed everyone.
• A Grandmaster recognized Xia Ping as the Genius Tournament champion and asked what had happened.
• Xia Ping said the Five Great Demon Kings had come to kill him.
• The Grandmasters learned that Xia Ping had auctioned off demon prodigies and extorted Ten Thousand Demon Mountain, earning a place on its Kill List.

Xia Ping told the human Grandmasters that Huo Yongming had risked his life to save him from the Five Great Demon Kings, turning the dead King into a heroic figure in their eyes. When someone questioned Huo Yongming’s character, Xia Ping angrily defended him and demanded an explanation.

• A Grandmaster asked Xia Ping how he had survived the Five Great Demon Kings’ trap at Flame Mountain.
• Xia Ping claimed the Demon Kings had ambushed him while he was seeking the Earth Heart Ganoderma, and that Huo Yongming had arrived to protect him.
• Xia Ping described Huo Yongming standing against the Five Great Demon Kings and praised his courage and selflessness.
• The human Grandmasters praised Huo Yongming as a hero, though some doubted that the rumored crooked merchant would sacrifice himself for Xia Ping.
• Xia Ping condemned the doubters for questioning Huo Yongming’s character and threatened to make them bleed unless they explained themselves.

Xia Ping told the human grandmasters that Huo Yongming had sacrificed himself to kill the Five Great Demon Kings and save him. The crowd accepted the story and urged Xia Ping to carry on Huo Yongming’s legacy, while Jiang Yaru privately suspected Xia Ping had orchestrated the deaths.

• A human grandmaster questioned how Huo Yongming had survived the Demon Kings’ attacks, and the others threatened him for doubting Huo’s heroism.
• Xia Ping claimed Huo Yongming had possessed a secret treasure powerful enough to destroy the Demon Kings, but that using it would kill him too.
• Xia Ping said Huo had knocked him unconscious and sent him away before detonating the treasure, killing the Demon Kings and the other grandmasters in the explosion.
• The human grandmasters praised Huo Yongming’s sacrifice and asked Xia Ping to honor it by serving the Human Race’s future.
• Jiang Yaru emerged from hiding and suspected Xia Ping had arranged the deaths and framed the Demon Kings, but doubted anyone would believe her.

Xia Ping left Treasure Island after arranging for the human heroes’ remains to be cremated and their ashes returned to the human cities. Before departing with Jiang Yaru, he unexpectedly proposed marriage, and she punched him away.

• Xia Ping and the human Grandmasters agreed to cremate the fallen heroes and take their ashes home for Longevity Monuments.
• Xia Ping left the other Grandmasters to search Treasure Island and prepared to return to the human cities before the Moon Goddess ran out of energy.
• Jiang Yaru said she would continue training in the Endless Sea, while Xia Ping offered to support her cultivation and asked her to marry him.
• Jiang Yaru blushed and objected to Xia Ping’s sudden proposal, then punched him and sent him flying.

Xia Ping returned to Giant Island and faced the Huo Family, who demanded an explanation for Huo Yongming’s death on Treasure Island. He claimed Huo Yongming had died protecting him and said the king had left him the Huo Family’s estate, leaving the family furious and speechless.

• Xia Ping and Jiang Yaru returned to Giant Island aboard the Moon Goddess, where human leaders and Huo Family members gathered to question him.
• A Huo Family elder accused Xia Ping of causing Huo Yongming’s death, but Xia Ping claimed he had been powerless to save the king from the Five Great Demon Kings.
• Xia Ping praised Huo Yongming’s character and argued that the king had set aside the Huo Family’s grudge to protect a fellow human.
• Xia Ping claimed Huo Yongming had asked him to inherit the Huo Family’s estate and continue contributing to the Human Race.

Xia Ping claimed Huo Yongming had left him the Huo Family fortune and produced a convincing will, enraging the family descendants. After the Kings dismissed the Huo Family, Xia Ping showed them the five Demon King corpses he had brought from his spaceship and agreed to sell them.

• Xia Ping presented a will bearing Huo Yongming’s signature and said the patriarch had left him the Huo Family fortune.
• The Huo Family descendants accused Xia Ping of forging the will, but the elders grew uneasy when he offered to have it examined.
• A King ordered the Huo Family members to step aside so the Kings could speak with Xia Ping.
• Xia Ping brought down the corpses of the Bear King, Cat Demon King, Bull Demon King, Snake Demon King, and Black Scorpion King from his spaceship.
• The Kings asked to buy the Demon King corpses, and Xia Ping agreed to hand them over.
• The Kings warned Xia Ping to remain on Giant Island because Ten Thousand Demon Mountain wanted him dead, then left with the corpses.

Xia Ping returned to his villa on Giant Island with Jiang Yaru, who was shocked and angered to find a crowd of beautiful maids, including Su Ji. Xia Ping left them to talk while he went into seclusion to refine the Earth Heart Ganoderma, as Ten Thousand Demon Mountain reacted furiously to the deaths of the Five Great Demon Kings.

• Xia Ping and Jiang Yaru arrived at his villa, where a crowd of maids welcomed him and crowded around him.
• Jiang Yaru grew angry at the maids’ behavior and recognized Su Ji among them.
• Su Ji claimed she had come to the villa to cultivate, but Jiang Yaru did not believe her.
• Xia Ping left Jiang Yaru and Su Ji to talk and went into seclusion to refine the Earth Heart Ganoderma.
• Ten Thousand Demon Mountain received news of the Five Great Demon Kings’ deaths, causing an uproar among the Demon Kings.

Ten Thousand Demon Mountain’s Demon Kings demanded war against the humans after the deaths of the Five Great Demon Kings, but their council was interrupted by news that two more Demon Kings had been killed. They learned that newly ascended human queens Su Mei and Qiu Xue had slain them, leaving the Demon Kings stunned and furious.

• Tiger King urged the Demon Kings to invade the human world and demand Xia Ping’s death after learning that the Five Great Demon Kings had fallen.
• Ape King reported that the humans rejected Ten Thousand Demon Mountain’s demands and claimed the Five Demon Kings had died in self-defense.
• Giant King, Crow King, and War Rabbit King pledged their clans to war against the humans.
• A demon soldier announced that Diamond Ant King and Purple Butterfly King had been killed while searching a ruin.
• The soldier identified their killers as the newly ascended human queens Su Mei and Qiu Xue, whose strength rivaled that of old Demon Kings.

The Demon Kings argued over the deaths of two more of their number and Ten Thousand Demon Mountain’s worsening position against the humans. The Lord of Ten Thousand Demon Mountain ordered the Demon King Path opened in three days and postponed retaliation against Xia Ping until the trial was complete.

• The Demon Kings mourned the Diamond Ant King and the Purple Butterfly King, while arguing over whether their deaths justified war with the humans.
• Some Demon Kings blamed their side for targeting Xia Ping, but others insisted he deserved to die and called for revenge.
• The Demon Kings considered their weakened position and rejected cooperating with the Sea Demons.
• The Lord of Ten Thousand Demon Mountain appeared and ordered the Demon King Path opened in three days, with participation voluntary.
• The Lord of Ten Thousand Demon Mountain told the Demon Kings to set aside the matter of Xia Ping until the trial was over.