Chapter Summaries

Tai Yi ordered Di Tian and the other Demon Marshals to kill everyone in Bright Capital outside the central square. After an hour of slaughter, the city was destroyed and left empty except for the people protected in the square.

• Tai Yi commanded the seven Demon Marshals present to kill everyone outside his protection.
• Snow Empress, Scarlet King, Xiong Jun, and Myriad Demon King attacked across Bright Capital, while Di Tian and Demon Empress killed people trying to reach the central square.
• Demon Empress flooded a district, and Ice Empress and Snow Empress froze it solid with everyone inside.
• Scarlet King killed people who reached the square’s barrier, while Bi Ji and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm killed those who fled toward the palace or Research Institute.
• After an hour, the Demon Marshals had frozen one half of Bright Capital and burned the other, leaving only the people in the central square alive.

After purging Bright Capital, Tai Yi promised the survivors safety under the Spirit Hall Empire and restored the scorched land to grassland. Di Tian announced that the Evil Emperor had arrived, and Tai Yi tried to begin talks, but the Evil Emperor insulted him and questioned Di Tian’s association with humans.

• Tai Yi released the frozen buildings in Bright Capital, and the Ice Empress, the Snow Empress, and the Demon King cleared away the bodies and meltwater.
• Tai Yi told the survivors they could settle in the intact houses if they served the Spirit Hall Empire, and they pledged their loyalty.
• Tai Yi used his life-infused Soul Power to turn the scorched ground into grassland before going to the city walls.
• Di Tian told Tai Yi that the Evil Emperor had come, and Tai Yi prepared to negotiate or fight him.
• The Evil Emperor arrived as a gigantic eye with tentacles, and Tai Yi asked him to take human form before they talked.
• The Evil Emperor demanded to know who Tai Yi was and rebuked Di Tian for keeping company with humans.