Chapter Summaries

Xu Jingming met Linyin on a barren planet and arranged to enter Phantom Demon Star under the identity Blood Abyss. After warning her that Cody had secretly followed her, Linyin offered herself for punishment for nearly exposing their plans.

• Xu Jingming severed Cody's Divine Thought lock on Linyin's spacecraft, and Cody decided to prepare to track her another time.
• Linyin arrived, knelt before Xu Jingming, and was astonished to learn that he had reached Eternal Tier 8.
• Xu Jingming asked Linyin to help him enter Phantom Demon Star without arousing suspicion from her mother, the Phantom Demon Sovereign.
• Linyin explained that her mother was recruiting Eternal Tier demons and proposed presenting Xu Jingming as a powerful newcomer seeking refuge; he chose the name Blood Abyss.
• Xu Jingming told Linyin that an Eternal Tier peak had followed her, and she identified the pursuer as Cody before kneeling and offering him a whip as punishment.

Xu Jingming, posing as Blood Abyss, traveled with Linyin to Phantom Demon Star and decided to blend into the Demon Race while investigating the True Demon Codex. After arriving at Phantom Demon Palace, he and Linyin crossed paths with Cody, who resolved to investigate Blood Abyss’s origins.

• Xu Jingming forgave Linyin and told her to keep their master-servant relationship secret from outsiders.
• Xu Jingming and Linyin traveled toward Phantom Demon Star, where Xu Jingming decided to learn about the Demon Race before seeking Vera’s inheritance.
• Xu Jingming discovered he could access the Virtual Universe from Demon Race territory and learned that demons used anonymous helmets for entertainment.
• Xu Jingming and Linyin arrived at Phantom Demon Palace, drawing attention from the attendants and guards.
• Cody confronted Linyin about Blood Abyss, but she dismissed him, and Cody decided to investigate Blood Abyss’s background.

Xu Jingming met the Phantom Demon Sovereign, who recognized his faint ancient Void Realm Demon bloodline, and learned that the Abyssal Demon Tide was about to begin. Vera explained that the purge could bring rewards and attract World Venerables, giving Xu Jingming a chance to obtain the True Demon Codex.

• Linyin brought Xu Jingming to a courtyard palace and told him the Phantom Demon Sovereign would meet him the next morning.
• Linyin escorted Xu Jingming to the main hall, where he met the Phantom Demon Sovereign and four Eternal Tier demons, including Cody.
• The Phantom Demon Sovereign sensed Xu Jingming's faint Void Realm Demon aura and invited him to take the last seat.
• The Phantom Demon Sovereign announced that the Abyssal Demon Tide was beginning and asked the five demons to represent Phantom Demon Star Domain in suppressing it.
• Vera explained that the tide unleashed powerful Abyssal Demonic Creatures and that distinguished participants might earn a World Venerable's favor and gain access to the True Demon Codex.

Xu Jingming joined the Phantom Demon Sovereign’s expedition against the Abyssal Demon Tide, eager to earn Mass Points by fighting Demonic Creatures. When the Sovereign offered the demons Eternal Tier captives as rewards, Xu Jingming recognized his former teacher Niki and chose her, but Barton demanded that she be given to him instead.

• Xu Jingming pledged to fight for the Phantom Demon Star Domain, and the Phantom Demon Sovereign named him and the four other demons as representatives for the expedition.
• The Phantom Demon Sovereign offered the five demons resources and then presented five captured Eternal Tier women as advance rewards.
• Xu Jingming recognized Niki, his former teacher, among the captives and decided to choose her.
• Cody and the other demons selected captives, while Xu Jingming chose Niki despite their mockery of his preference for a Human Race woman.
• Barton also claimed he wanted Niki and asked Xu Jingming to give her up in exchange for the remaining catgirl.

Xu Jingming refused to surrender Niki and killed Barton when the Title Eternal attacked him. After the Phantom Demon Sovereign let him keep Niki, Cody worried that Xu Jingming’s strength and potential could threaten his chances of winning Linyin.

• Xu Jingming refused Barton’s demand for Niki and declared that he would keep her.
• Barton attacked Xu Jingming, who crushed his arm and killed him with a burst of golden-green lightning.
• The Phantom Demon Sovereign accepted Xu Jingming’s explanation and gave Niki to him, while Niki considered self-destructing rather than fall into his hands.
• At the banquet, Cody watched Xu Jingming and worried that his greater potential would give him an advantage in competing for Linyin.

Xu Jingming brought Niki to his World Ring and freed her from her cage, but she tried to self-destruct rather than submit to a demon. He revealed his true identity as Xu Jingming, convincing her before she collapsed from her injuries and accepted his medicine.

• After the banquet ended, Xu Jingming stored Niki's cage in his World Ring and left the Beast Race catgirl behind.
• Inside the World Ring, Vera offered to help train Niki, and Niki feared the Succubus Soul Body would turn her into a plaything.
• Xu Jingming broke the cage's seal and told Niki to come out, but she refused and began to self-destruct rather than be humiliated.
• Xu Jingming shed his demonic disguise and revealed himself as her former student, but Niki suspected he was Phantom Demon in disguise.
• Xu Jingming recalled private memories from their time at Noah Sacred Land and let Niki sense his true identity, convincing her he was really Xu Jingming.
• Niki's strength gave out, and Xu Jingming caught her, fed her medicinal pills, and helped her recover some Divine Power.

Xu Jingming rescued Niki from the Demon Race and explained that he had risen to Eternal Tier 8 in the six years since they last met. He needed to stay undercover, so Niki agreed to help maintain his disguise and began preparing to act as his tamed slave.

• Niki asked how Xu Jingming had become a demon and grown so powerful, and he told her about his rise to Eternal Tier 8 while withholding key secrets.
• Niki thanked Xu Jingming for saving her and promised to repay him, then recounted how a secret realm had left her weakened before a Demon Race squad captured her.
• Xu Jingming told Niki he could not return her to Human Race territory yet and asked her to cooperate with his disguise; she agreed.
• Xu Jingming gave Niki a World Ring with clothes and supplies, restored his disguise, and left her alone to recover.
• Niki changed into a white dress, took pills, and planned how to convincingly behave as Xu Jingming's obedient slave.

Xu Jingming and Vera began recovering Vera’s scattered legacies, starting with a hidden cache in the Sky Eagle Mountain Range. After returning to Phantom Demon Palace with its treasure and a Demonic Qi combat manual, Xu Jingming received a request from Niki to come out of the World Ring.

• Xu Jingming asked Vera where her ten legacies were, and she explained that three were on Phantom Demon Star, including two inside Phantom Demon Palace.
• Xu Jingming chose to retrieve the distant Sky Eagle Mountain Range legacy first and teleported there despite the planet’s spatial restrictions.
• Xu Jingming followed Vera to a hidden cavern, unlocked its restriction, and collected a World Ring containing treasures worth about seven million Crystal Yuan.
• Xu Jingming found the T1 combat manual Demon Thunder Kill and decided to learn its lightning-and-Demonic-Qi technique.
• Xu Jingming teleported back to his room in Phantom Demon Palace, where Niki’s Divine Thought requested to leave the World Ring.

Xu Jingming had Niki pose as his obedient slave while he studied Demon Thunder Kill and gathered information on the True Demon Codex. The Phantom Demon Sovereign summoned him to the main hall, where the other peak Eternal demons and their slaves had gathered.

• Niki changed into a maid outfit and insisted on calling Xu Jingming "Master" both in public and in private until they returned to the Human Race.
• Xu Jingming agreed to Niki's plan and told her to stay by his side while they remained among the Demon Race.
• After several days of studying Demon Thunder Kill and seeking information on the True Demon Codex, Xu Jingming was summoned to the main hall by the Phantom Demon Sovereign.
• Xu Jingming brought Niki to the hall, where Cody remarked on her freedom and Linyin quietly envied her place at Xu Jingming's side.
• The Phantom Demon Sovereign noted that Niki had become obedient quickly and suggested Xu Jingming had unknown strengths.

Xu Jingming learned that the Phantom Demon Sovereign had left Phantom Demon Star and enlisted Linyin to guide him through the palace’s reduced defenses. As he moved toward the remaining inheritances, Cody noticed Linyin’s unusually deferential behavior and grew suspicious.

• The Phantom Demon Sovereign left to attend a meeting about the Abyssal Demon Tide and entrusted Linyin with assisting Xu Jingming while she was away.
• Linyin told Xu Jingming that her mother would be gone for two weeks to a month and that she would oversee patrols in the palace’s core areas.
• Niki learned that Linyin was Xu Jingming’s soul slave, not his companion.
• After the Phantom Demon Sovereign departed, Linyin told Xu Jingming that the core-area guards had been moved, and she led him toward the inheritances.
• Cody tried to follow Xu Jingming and Linyin but was stopped by guards, leaving him suspicious of Linyin’s submissive attitude toward Blood Abyss.

Xu Jingming and Linyin uncovered Vera’s hidden World Ring in her former bedchamber, but Charm Pet Sovereign caught them there and grew suspicious. The chapter ended with Charm Pet ordering Linyin to lift the battle suit over her abdomen.

• Cody suspected Linyin’s unusual devotion to Blood Abyss and decided to tell Lady Phantom when she returned.
• Vera guided Xu Jingming through the Secret Mark seal in her former bedchamber, and he opened a hidden compartment.
• Xu Jingming found an ancient World Ring containing demonic crystals, pills, scrolls, and three powerful demonic artifacts.
• Charm Pet Sovereign arrived unseen, and Xu Jingming claimed he and Linyin had been exploring the palace.
• Charm Pet questioned their presence, then abruptly ordered Linyin to lift the battle suit over her abdomen.

Xu Jingming revealed his power after Charm Pet Sovereign discovered the Heart-Eating Mark on Linyin and accused him of stealing Desire Dominator Vera’s inheritance. He resisted her soul attack, suppressed her with the Chaos Bead, and left his spear piercing her chest.

• Charm Pet Sovereign exposed the Heart-Eating Mark on Linyin and accused Xu Jingming of obtaining Vera’s inheritance and enslaving Linyin.
• Xu Jingming unleashed his full strength, equipped the Black Armor, and declared that Charm Pet Sovereign would not leave.
• Charm Pet Sovereign attacked with a soul-stirring illusion, but Xu Jingming’s Nine-Layer Soul Tower blocked it.
• Xu Jingming used the Chaos Bead to suppress Charm Pet Sovereign and slow her Divine Power.
• Xu Jingming struck with the Destruction Thunder Spear, pierced Charm Pet Sovereign’s shield, and drove the spear into her chest.

Xu Jingming overwhelmed Charm Pet Sovereign and used Vera’s sudden appearance to distract her long enough to enslave her with the Heart-Eating Mark. Charm Pet Sovereign’s attempt to warn Phantom Demon Sovereign was cut short, and she instead claimed that Phantom Demon Sovereign’s daughter had grown prettier.

• Charm Pet Sovereign was horrified when Xu Jingming’s strike erased 5% of her Divine Body, then summoned her Divine Kingdom projection to crush him.
• Xu Jingming withstood the projection and trapped Charm Pet Sovereign in Thunder Prison, battering her until 40% of her Divine Body remained.
• Xu Jingming prepared to enslave Charm Pet Sovereign with the Heart-Eating Mark, while she vowed to self-destruct rather than become his slave.
• Vera appeared beside Xu Jingming, and Charm Pet Sovereign recognized her as Lady Charm Desire and faltered.
• Xu Jingming implanted the Heart-Eating Mark in Charm Pet Sovereign, making her completely obedient.
• Charm Pet Sovereign contacted Phantom Demon Sovereign but could not warn her; under the mark’s control, she said Phantom Demon Sovereign’s daughter had grown prettier.

Xu Jingming subdued Charm Pet Sovereign, retrieved Vera’s final inheritance, and tasked his allies with finding resources and combat skills. As he trained on Phantom Demon Star, Cody suspected that Linyin had been Soul Enslaved and set out to summon her and Blood Abyss for questioning.

• After Phantom Demon Sovereign ended her call, Charm Pet Sovereign submitted to Xu Jingming, who spared her and ordered her to obey him in secret.
• Vera confronted Charm Pet over her betrayal, then Xu Jingming sent her with Charm Pet to retrieve the final inheritance, a World Ring filled with treasures.
• Xu Jingming ordered Linyin and Charm Pet to gather information about the True Demon Codex and T1 Level Lightning-element combat skills.
• Charm Pet and Linyin supplied Xu Jingming with resources and skills while Niki tended to his daily needs.
• Cody told Charm Pet that he suspected Linyin had been Soul Enslaved by Blood Abyss, and Charm Pet ordered him to summon them for questioning.
• Xu Jingming mastered the T1 combat skill Demon Thunder Kill and reflected on how Demonic Qi enhanced his Lightning.

Xu Jingming confronted Cody after Cody accused him of enslaving Linyin, but revealed that the Charm Pet Sovereign was also his servant. After the Sovereign subdued Cody, Xu Jingming killed him and gained 20,000 Mass Points.

• Niki panicked when Xu Jingming told her Cody had reported him to the Charm Pet Sovereign, but Xu Jingming set off for the main hall with her.
• Cody accused Xu Jingming of enslaving Linyin, and Xu Jingming openly admitted it.
• The Charm Pet Sovereign knelt before Xu Jingming and called herself his servant, while Linyin also knelt and apologized for letting Cody notice something amiss.
• Xu Jingming declared that the Charm Pet Sovereign was his slave, then ordered Cody to die.
• The Charm Pet Sovereign forced Cody to his knees, and Xu Jingming killed him with the Shatterstar Spear, earning 20,000 Mass Points.

After Cody’s death, Xu Jingming revealed his control over Charm Pet and enslaved all 245 Eternal Tier Demons in Phantom Demon Palace. With Phantom Demon Star’s ruling core under his command, he ordered Charm Pet to keep the planet running normally and gather resources and intelligence, especially news about the True Demon Codex.

• Xu Jingming told Niki that Charm Pet had become his soul slave, and Charm Pet warned that their unnatural obedience might eventually be discovered.
• Charm Pet proposed enslaving everyone in Phantom Demon Palace, and Xu Jingming summoned its 245 Eternal Tier Demons.
• Xu Jingming used the Heart-Eating Mark to enslave the demons while Charm Pet suppressed their resistance.
• The demons regained their senses and swore absolute loyalty to Xu Jingming, who ordered them to return to their posts without revealing the change.
• Xu Jingming instructed Charm Pet to maintain normal operations and secretly gather resources and intelligence, especially news about the True Demon Codex.

After half a month of cultivation, Xu Jingming joined the Phantom Demon Sovereign’s elite team for the Abyssal Demon Tide, bringing Niki with him in his World Ring. The group arrived at the Abyss’s edge, where Xu Jingming felt its aura intensify the violent impulses of his bloodline.

• Xu Jingming trained under the Phantom Demon Palace’s support while Niki cared for him, and the Phantom Demon Sovereign returned to the palace.
• The Phantom Demon Sovereign told Charm Pet that the Abyssal Demon Tide was beginning and asked her to remain behind and guard Phantom Demon Star.
• Charm Pet told the Phantom Demon Sovereign that Cody had left, and the Sovereign accepted his departure and noted that Blood Abyss was stronger.
• Xu Jingming chose to take Niki with him in his World Ring as he joined the nine other selected Eternal Tier Demons preparing to depart.
• The Phantom Demon Sovereign teleported the ten demons to the Abyssal Demon Tide’s front line, where Xu Jingming encountered the Abyss’s unsettling aura and saw Sovereigns gathered with elite demons from other starfields.

Xu Jingming arrived at the Abyssal Demon Tide gathering with Phantom Demon Sovereign and met Black Wind Sovereign, who learned that Blood Abyss would lead Phantom Demon Star Domain’s team. As demons assembled, Xu Jingming saw an aloof succubus and learned from Vera that succubi fell into two broad types.

• Black Wind Sovereign greeted Phantom Demon Sovereign and questioned why Eternal Tier 8 Xu Jingming was leading her team.
• Phantom Demon Sovereign told Black Wind Sovereign that Blood Abyss fought at the Invincible Eternal level and explained to Xu Jingming that Phantom Demon Star Domain and Black Wind Starfield would cooperate during the tide.
• Demons from many star domains gathered while they waited for the Abyssal Demon Tide to begin.
• A beautiful, cold-looking succubus arrived, drawing the demons’ attention and prompting Vera to explain the two types of succubi.
• Xu Jingming asked Vera which type she was.

Xu Jingming encountered Elise, a gifted succubus whose natural seduction could not affect him, then learned the rules and dangers of the Abyssal Demon Tide. The demons prepared to enter the Abyss, with rankings, rest requirements, and a resource building awaiting them.

• Vera proudly declared that ordinary male demons could not meet her standards, while Xu Jingming doubted her claim.
• Elise passed through the gathered demons, but Xu Jingming remained unaffected by her charm, prompting her to take note of him.
• Phantom Demon Sovereign and Black Wind Dominator praised Blood Demon Palace's prodigies and discussed their value on the Outer Domain Battlefield.
• A Supreme Dominator announced that the one hundred thousand Eternal Tier demons would earn Points by killing Abyssal Demonic Creatures, with high ranks attracting World Venerables.
• Xu Jingming received a Points bracelet and heard that teams must first destroy a beginner demon nest, while Abyssal exposure was limited to fifteen consecutive Stellar Days.
• The Supreme Dominator unveiled free rest-area facilities and introduced a resource building where demons could exchange Abyssal Demonstones for items.

Xu Jingming entered the abyss with Wei Bo and the other Eternal Tier Demons to hunt Abyssal Demonic Creatures and earn Demon Stones, hoping to exchange them for the True Demon Codex. After the group began searching for a Demon Nest, a black shadow approached through the darkness.

• The Horned Dominator revealed that Abyssal Demon Stones could be exchanged for treasures, and Xu Jingming found the True Demon Codex’s first part listed for one billion stones.
• The Phantom Demon Sovereign and the Black Wind Dominator sent Xu Jingming, Wei Bo, and twenty Demons into the abyss, ordering them to destroy two beginner Demon Nests together.
• Xu Jingming entered the abyss and resisted its chaotic aura, but found that it intensified the side effects of his Purple Nightmare Demonic Body and severely restricted his perception and Teleportation.
• Xu Jingming warned his enslaved Demons about the limited perception, then agreed with Wei Bo to find their first Demon Nest.
• The group flew low through the dark-red landscape, and a black shadow emerged from the void and approached them.