Chapter Summaries

Fang Cheng proved that his flesh could feed the Ghost Clan and agreed to help the Iron-Cast Palace cover its looming food shortage before the assembly. The chapter ended as Tsukikage Hoshi began cutting off his limbs so the others could gather the meat in time.

• A Ghost Clan guard ate Fang Cheng’s flesh and said he felt great, confirming that it could serve as food.
• Oni Yunjie apologized for doubting Fang Cheng’s method, and the group agreed to begin preparing supplies at once.
• Yuguang Kaori estimated that the Iron-Cast Palace was short by about eight hundred bodies’ worth of food, so she proposed gathering as much of Fang Cheng’s flesh as possible before dawn to conceal the shortfall during the vote.
• Oni Yunjie, Oni Takizawa, and the Fox sisters joined Tsukikage Hoshi in a warehouse room, where Fang Cheng was secured to an iron frame for the cutting.
• Tsukikage Hoshi swung her katana four times, beginning to cut off Fang Cheng’s limbs.

Fang Cheng endured hours of having his limbs severed to preserve them for Yuguang Kaori’s plan, while the others mistook his composure for extraordinary pain tolerance. After he ran out of stamina, Yuguang Kaori and Tsukikage Hoshi caught him, and Tsukikage teased Kaori about repaying him by giving herself to him.

• Tsukikage Hoshi repeatedly severed Fang Cheng’s limbs, which quickly regrew, while Oni Takizawa gathered them from the floor.
• Yuguang Kaori and the others admired Fang Cheng’s apparent endurance, though he was actually sweating from controlling his blood loss rather than pain.
• When Tsukikage Hoshi could no longer bring herself to swing, Oni Yunjie took over and kept cutting Fang Cheng’s limbs through the night.
• Fang Cheng explained that his preserved limbs would last about a month, or around ten days if made into canned meat, and Oni Yunjie said that would be enough.
• After eating, Fang Cheng tried to stand but collapsed from exhaustion, and Yuguang Kaori and Tsukikage Hoshi caught him.
• Tsukikage Hoshi teased Yuguang Kaori to repay Fang Cheng by giving herself to him, and Kaori said she would consider it.

Yuguang Kaori and Tsukikage Hoshi fought over where Fang Cheng should stay, while the God of Mischief seemed to influence their behavior. Oni Yunjie intervened and kept Fang Cheng at the Ghost Clan residence to rest and discuss something before the King Selection Assembly.

• Yuguang Kaori and Tsukikage Hoshi argued over Fang Cheng and each tried to take him to a safer place.
• Fang Cheng severed his arms to escape their tug-of-war, regrew them, and joked that they could split his limbs if they wanted.
• Fang Cheng suggested dividing his time between the sisters, then reminded Oni Yunjie that the King Selection Assembly was approaching.
• Oni Yunjie offered to let Fang Cheng stay and rest, prompting Yuguang Kaori and Tsukikage Hoshi to stop arguing and leave.
• Yuguang Kaori transformed into a fox and disappeared, embarrassed by her jealous behavior, while Tsukikage Hoshi teased Fang Cheng before leaving.
• Oni Takizawa advised Fang Cheng to cherish both women equally, then muttered that younger sisters were better.

Oni Yunjie asked Fang Cheng to support her if the struggle for the Ghost Clan throne turned violent, promising that as ruler she could inherit her father’s power and help him deal with the Evil God. Fang Cheng agreed, and the chapter ended as the King Selection Assembly began with Oni Yunjie and Oni Rakshasa facing off before their supporters.

• Oni Yunjie treated Fang Cheng to tea and asked him to help her seize the throne if Oni Rakshasa tried to take power by force.
• Oni Yunjie revealed that a new Ghost Clan leader inherited the previous leader’s power, which might let her help Fang Cheng deal with the Evil God.
• Fang Cheng agreed to support Oni Yunjie and confirmed that he could still hide in the shadows.
• After Fang Cheng left, Oni Yunjie grieved her father, then vowed to avenge him by killing Shuten-doji and finish his ambition of becoming the Lord of Ten Thousand Monsters.
• Oni Rakshasa’s announcement brought monsters to the Iron-Cast Palace for the King Selection Assembly, where he and Oni Yunjie stood facing each other with their supporters.

Oni Yunjie and Oni Rakshasa brought their supporters to the King Selection Assembly, where the Council of Elders prepared to choose the next ruler of the Iron-Cast Palace. The elders presented a false abdication edict as the Ghost Lord’s death remained concealed.

• Oni Yunjie set out for the assembly with Yuguang Kaori and Tsukikage Hoshi, telling them Fang Cheng was resting somewhere safe.
• Oni Yunjie and Oni Rakshasa arrived at the Council of Elders with their rival supporters, and Tsui Tanlang and Hayakawa Hideki asked her to pass along their challenges to Fang Cheng.
• Oni Rakshasa led his supporters into the Council of Elders, followed by Oni Yunjie and the other Monsters attending as witnesses.
• Kuki Kohaku arrived as a neutral general who had remained loyal to the Ghost Lord.
• The elders took their seats and read an edict claiming the Ghost Lord had abdicated, while those present concealed the truth of his death.

At the King Selection Assembly, Jin Jingzhang tried to have Yuguang Kaori stripped of her post and vote over shortages of canned human meat, striking at Oni Yunjie’s campaign. Oni Yunjie defended her and exposed Jin Jingzhang’s past embezzlement, but the dispute remained unresolved as her calm supporters left Oni Rakshasa wondering what they had planned.

• The Council of Elders began the King Selection Assembly and invited Oni Yunjie and Oni Rakshasa to give their policy speeches.
• Jin Jingzhang accused Yuguang Kaori of negligence over the canned human meat shortage and proposed removing her from office and stripping her voting rights.
• Oni Yunjie argued that unknown monsters had attacked Yuguang Kaori’s shipment, while Jin Jingzhang insisted she remained responsible for the loss.
• Oni Yunjie reminded Jin Jingzhang that the Ghost Lord had forgiven his own past embezzlement, prompting the audience to jeer at him.
• Jin Jingzhang demanded that Yuguang Kaori make up the missing supplies, but Oni Rakshasa noticed that Oni Yunjie and her supporters remained unexpectedly calm.

Oni Yunjie thwarted Oni Rakshasa’s attempt to disqualify Yuguang Kaori, then impressed the monsters with a broad policy speech while Oni Rakshasa’s militarist platform drew little support. The King Selection Assembly finished voting, and the chapter ended as the speaker prepared to announce the results.

• Oni Yunjie secured the speaker’s agreement that Yuguang Kaori should retain her voting rights if she replenished the supplies, and fresh limbs arrived in the city, damaging Oni Rakshasa’s reputation.
• Oni Rakshasa suspected a Vampire had helped provide the supplies, but Oni Yunjie’s supporters celebrated as Yuguang Kaori kept her vote.
• Oni Rakshasa delivered a speech focused on military expansion and war, drawing applause only from military representatives.
• Oni Yunjie presented policies addressing livelihoods, infrastructure, economic development, and the interests of monsters across the Iron-Cast Palace, earning sustained applause.
• The monsters cast their ballots, and the elders counted them as the assembly watched; the speaker began announcing the results.

Oni Yunjie overturned Oni Rakshasa’s apparent victory by revealing Kuki Kohaku and her subordinates’ uncounted ballots, but Oni Rakshasa rejected the result and openly rebelled. The chapter ended with rival forces drawing weapons in the Council of Elders, with civil war on the brink.

• The chair announced Oni Rakshasa had won 57 votes to Oni Yunjie’s 48, and Oni Rakshasa declared she did not deserve the throne.
• Oni Yunjie demanded a recount and pointed out that 120 votes had been cast, not 105.
• The chair opened Kuki Kohaku’s ballot and revealed her vote for Oni Yunjie, turning the result in the princess’s favor.
• Oni Rakshasa demanded to know why Kuki Kohaku had supported Oni Yunjie, and she replied that it was her choice.
• Oni Rakshasa rejected the assembly’s authority, tore off his Imperial Robe, and declared he would rebel.
• Tsui Tanlang’s officers and Yuguang Kaori and Tsukikage Hoshi’s forces drew weapons as the monsters faced the prospect of civil war.

Oni Yunjie and Oni Rakshasa agreed to settle the Iron-Cast Palace succession with a traditional duel at Sky Lake. As they fished together, Fang Cheng sprang from Oni Yunjie's shadow and struck Oni Rakshasa from behind, knocking him into the lake.

• Oni Rakshasa threatened to establish a rival Iron-Cast Palace, and Oni Yunjie proposed that they decide the throne through a traditional fight to the death.
• The siblings climbed to Sky Lake while Monsters gathered at the palace gates to pray for Oni Yunjie.
• Oni Yunjie suggested that she and Oni Rakshasa rule together, but he refused and demanded that she surrender or fight him.
• Oni Rakshasa's float dipped, and he celebrated getting a bite as Oni Yunjie said the fish had taken the bait.
• Fang Cheng emerged from Oni Yunjie's shadow and smashed Oni Rakshasa on the head with an iron hammer, sending him into the lake.

Oni Yunjie and Fang Cheng ambushed Oni Rakshasa at Sky Lake, but the giant ghost survived and fought back with his monstrous size and regeneration. As the two attacked him together, Oni Rakshasa erupted in flames and unleashed a pillar of fire at Fang Cheng.

• Oni Yunjie revealed that the Thunder-Strike Hammer weakened Oni Rakshasa by sealing most of his Monster techniques, then the giant rose from beneath Sky Lake.
• Oni Rakshasa accused Oni Yunjie of cheating and attacked the shore, while Fang Cheng dodged and Oni Yunjie struck him with sword energy.
• Fang Cheng bombarded Oni Rakshasa with grenades as Oni Yunjie cut him, but Oni Rakshasa rapidly healed his wounds.
• Fang Cheng used Overload Mode and Short-Range Dash to evade Oni Rakshasa while he and Oni Yunjie attacked from opposite sides.
• Oni Rakshasa called them a shameless couple, burst into flames, and spat a massive pillar of fire toward Fang Cheng.

Fang Cheng and Oni Yunjie fought Oni Rakshasa, using cannon fire, sword attacks, and controlled water to bring the giant demon down and restrain him in Sky Lake. Oni Yunjie's power began to falter against her brother, but she still had Fang Cheng as an ally.

• Oni Rakshasa chased Fang Cheng with torrents of demon fire, while Oni Yunjie attacked him with sword energy.
• Oni Yunjie told Fang Cheng that Oni Rakshasa's horns were his weakness, then charged through the flames as Fang Cheng prepared ranged fire support.
• Fang Cheng fired cannon shells and sent Blood Eagles crashing into Oni Rakshasa, wounding him and knocking him into Sky Lake.
• Oni Yunjie controlled the lake water and bound Oni Rakshasa to the lakebed, creating a stalemate as the siblings' demonic powers clashed.

Fang Cheng and Oni Yunjie teamed up to overwhelm Oni Rakshasa, eventually making him sink beneath the lake. As Fang Cheng tried to confirm the kill, Oni Rakshasa erupted from the water and attacked the exhausted Oni Yunjie.

• Fang Cheng joined Oni Yunjie’s effort to hold Oni Rakshasa underwater and bombarded him with thousands of shells.
• Fang Cheng sent Blood Snakes into Oni Rakshasa’s body and detonated them, making Oni Rakshasa stop struggling and sink.
• Fang Cheng sent more Blood Snakes into the lake to make sure Oni Rakshasa was dead.
• Oni Rakshasa burst from the lake in flames, spat Demon Fire at Oni Yunjie, and sent her plunging into the water.

Fang Cheng rescued Oni Yunjie and charged back into battle against Oni Rakshasa, attacking him from inside his body. Oni Rakshasa’s Demon Fire finally overwhelmed Fang Cheng’s Self-Healing, and Fang Cheng died with 96 lives remaining.

• Fang Cheng carried the exhausted Oni Yunjie away from Oni Rakshasa and gave her to a Blood Eagle before returning to fight.
• Fang Cheng armed himself with Snow Demon and Ox Oni Maru, which he nicknamed Beef Ball, and charged Oni Rakshasa in his Blood Battle Suit.
• Fang Cheng used blood to obscure Oni Rakshasa’s vision, dodged his palm, and cut into his belly with a Demon Blade.
• Fang Cheng burrowed inside Oni Rakshasa and used Steel Blood to pierce his body, but Oni Rakshasa ignited Demon Fire within himself.
• Oni Rakshasa’s Demon Fire destroyed Fang Cheng’s Steel Blood and burned him to death, reducing his remaining lives to 96.

Fang Cheng killed Oni Rakshasa after surviving the Demon Fire and cutting through his body with the Demon Blades. Absorbing Oni Rakshasa’s horns granted Fang Cheng extra lives and new powers as a system upgrade began.

• Fang Cheng repeatedly revived inside Oni Rakshasa and used the Demon Blades to gut him and sever his spine.
• Oni Rakshasa set his body ablaze and escaped by transforming one of his horns, but Fang Cheng caught him at the shore and decapitated him.
• Oni Rakshasa tried to flee using the demonic power in his horns, but Fang Cheng pinned his head down and severed both horns, killing him.
• Oni Yunjie watched Oni Rakshasa die and felt her long-held tension ease.
• Fang Cheng picked up Oni Rakshasa’s horns and gained twelve lives, one point of Power of the Ghost God, and one point of Purifying Demon Fire as the system upgrade started.

Fang Cheng discovered that the system upgrade consumed his extra lives before stalling at 13.99%, and he arranged to see Oni Rakshasa’s corpse that night. Oni Yunjie claimed victory and returned to Iron-Cast Palace, where her supporters celebrated while her rival’s faction fell silent.

• Fang Cheng watched the system upgrade drain his lives from 106 to 100 before its progress stalled at 13.99%.
• Oni Yunjie offered Fang Cheng a place at Iron-Cast Palace, but he declined and asked to see the Ghost Lord’s corpse; she agreed to take him that night.
• Oni Yunjie carried Oni Rakshasa’s horns down from Sky Lake and reflected on their father’s words about kingship.
• Oni Takizawa joyfully greeted Oni Yunjie, then noticed the horns and realized what had happened.
• Oni Yunjie showed the gathered Monsters the horns and announced her victory; her supporters cheered while Tsui Tanlang held back from acting.

After Oni Yunjie took power, Fang Cheng tested his new abilities and spent time drinking with Oni Takizawa, who grieved for his dead father and brother. Oni Takizawa revealed that he suspected Fang Cheng had helped Oni Yunjie kill Oni Rakshasa, leaving Fang Cheng to reconsider how much he had underestimated him.

• Fang Cheng left the guarded death chamber and tested Ghost God Possession, which enlarged his body and strengthened him.
• Fang Cheng tried combining Purifying Demon Fire with Blood Explosion, causing an explosion that covered him in soot.
• Fang Cheng met the drunken Oni Takizawa and drank with him as Oni Takizawa mourned his father and brother.
• Fang Cheng and Oni Takizawa chatted about their interests, and Fang Cheng learned that Takizawa was a fan of Kamikawa Takumi and wanted to marry Oni Yunjie.
• Oni Takizawa told Fang Cheng that he suspected Fang Cheng had helped Oni Yunjie kill Oni Rakshasa, but said he did not blame him.
• Fang Cheng watched Oni Takizawa leave and realized that he had concealed a more perceptive side behind his aimless manner.

Oni Yunjie and the others entered the sealed palace to face the Ghost Lord’s corpse, while Fang Cheng hoped to absorb its power. Oni Takizawa stopped him and accused Oni Yunjie of allowing an outsider to desecrate their father’s remains.

• Oni Yunjie summoned Fang Cheng, and Yuguang Kaori and Tsukikage Hoshi wondered about his closeness to the new Ghost Lord.
• Oni Yunjie, Fang Cheng, Yuguang Kaori, and Tsukikage Hoshi went to the sealed gate, where Oni Takizawa joined them.
• Oni Yunjie dispelled the gate’s ward and led the group through the demonic energy to the palace containing the Ghost Lord’s corpse.
• Oni Yunjie and the fox sisters mourned the Ghost Lord as Fang Cheng reached toward the corpse’s horns.
• Oni Takizawa grabbed Fang Cheng’s wrist and accused Oni Yunjie of permitting an outsider to desecrate their father’s corpse and steal his power.

Oni Takizawa revealed his hostility toward Oni Yunjie and claimed the throne had been meant for him, then used curses to incapacitate her and the fox sisters. Fang Cheng’s resistance to curses kept him safe, but he pretended to be affected so he could learn what Oni Takizawa planned.

• Oni Takizawa challenged Oni Yunjie over what she planned to do with the Ghost Lord’s body and revealed that the body was fake.
• Oni Takizawa claimed the throne belonged to him and accused Oni Yunjie and Rakshasa of taking what was his.
• When Oni Yunjie attacked, Oni Takizawa snapped his fingers and cursed her and the fox sisters, draining their strength.
• Oni Takizawa revealed that Fang Cheng had avoided the cursed wine, then used another curse on him.
• Evil God’s Affection protected Fang Cheng from both curses, so he pretended to collapse and stayed down to hear Oni Takizawa out.

Oni Takizawa revealed that he was the reincarnated Shuten-doji, the former ruler whom the Ghost Lord had overthrown. He explained that the Ghost Lord had sealed his power and kept him under watch, leaving Fang Cheng and the others to confront a history far more complicated than the legends suggested.

• Oni Takizawa told Tsukikage Hoshi that the Ghost Lord had assigned her to watch him, and Oni Yunjie learned the Ghost Lord had suspected him since childhood.
• Oni Takizawa claimed the throne had originally been his before the Ghost Lord took it from him.
• Oni Takizawa reintroduced himself as Shuten-doji, shocking Oni Yunjie, Yuguang Kaori, and Tsukikage Hoshi.
• Fang Cheng questioned the legends about Shuten-doji, and Oni Takizawa said the Ghost Lord had told only part of the truth about his crimes.
• Oni Takizawa said the Ghost Lord had led other Great Monsters against him, then reincarnated him as his son and sealed his power rather than kill him.

Oni Takizawa recounted how Shuten-doji and the Ghost Lord became enemies, then revealed that he had secretly broken his seal and stayed hidden as the Ghost Lord’s son. His admission led Oni Yunjie and Yuguang Kaori to question who had truly harmed their families and sabotaged peace.

• Shuten-doji and the Ghost Lord built the Iron-Cast Palace together, but their disagreements over war, Shuten-doji’s brutality, and mutual distrust ended with the Ghost Lord poisoning him and killing him with Dojigiri Yasutsuna.
• Shuten-doji reincarnated as Oni Takizawa, and the Ghost Lord sealed his power and tasked Tsukikage Hoshi with watching him.
• Oni Takizawa secretly recovered his past-life bones and Dojigiri Yasutsuna, broke the seal, and later learned that the Ghost Lord had died from recurring injuries.
• Oni Takizawa told Oni Yunjie that he had not injured their father and had stayed to watch the siblings fight, not to reclaim the throne.
• Yuguang Kaori accused Oni Takizawa of arranging attacks on the Yuguang Family, including Ugou Mirai’s abduction and Otu’s sabotage of peace talks, making her suspect Oni Rakshasa had been wrongly blamed.