Recaps

Jiang Changkong and the two fairies followed the Heaven-Devouring Python into a realm filled with ancient Demon Court phantoms. They reached the python beyond the Ten Demon Marshals, but Chaos Divine Power failed to harm it and an unseen force repelled its attack.

• Jiang Changkong led Fairy Zilan, Fairy Jade Snow, and the rescued martial artists through the Solar Divine Fire to search for the Heaven-Devouring Python.
• The group discovered they had been traveling on the back of a Kunpeng and saw the Ten Demon Marshals of the ancient Demon Court suppressing the python with their phantom divine might.
• Fairy Jade Snow explained that the Demon Court had been ruled by Heavenly Emperor Dijun and Demon Emperor Eastern Emperor Taiyi, while Jiang Changkong silently recalled that their enemies had been the Wu.
• Fairy Jade Snow used the Jade Toad to shield the group from the Ten Demon Marshals' divine might as Fairy Zilan grabbed and dragged the injured Heaven-Devouring Python.
• The Heaven-Devouring Python claimed the Demon Race's territory protected it, then lunged at Fairy Zilan; an invisible force knocked it away after Jiang Changkong's Chaos Divine Power dispersed.

Jiang Changkong encountered the Ancient Demon Emperor’s phantom, who offered to protect him from the Heavenly Court’s scrutiny in exchange for enforcing the law for the Demon Court. After the encounter, Jiang Changkong found the Ancient Demon Court’s surviving treasures: a living Golden Crow egg and the Great Sun Golden Crow Immortal Scripture.

• Jiang Changkong and the two fairies crossed the Solar Divine Fire, read the stone stele, and climbed the nine steps, where they were separated.
• The Ancient Demon Emperor questioned Jiang Changkong about the Heavenly Courts and revealed that he could see through Jiang Changkong’s Chaos Dao Body.
• The Ancient Demon Emperor warned that the Heavenly Court could cut off Jiang Changkong’s immortal path and offered protection from Saints and the immortal registry in exchange for serving the Demon Court.
• The Ancient Demon Emperor entered Jiang Changkong’s mind, and Jiang Changkong returned to the ninth step beside the two fairies.
• Jiang Changkong found a living Golden Crow egg and a parasol tree branch containing the Great Sun Golden Crow Immortal Scripture, created by Demon Emperor Dijun and Demon Sovereign Eastern Emperor Taiyi.

Jiang Changkong obtained the Great Sun Golden Crow Immortal Scripture and the Demon Race's Judicial Heavenly God office before escaping the Sun Divine Fire ruins with Fairy Zilan, Fairy Jade Snow, and a Golden Crow egg. After defeating an Immortal Sect ambush, he returned to the Heavenly Court and decided to cultivate the scripture so he could convincingly pose as a Golden Crow.

• Jiang Changkong received Haotian Supreme Deity's concealment power, the Demon Emperor's Judicial Heavenly God office, and the Great Sun Golden Crow Immortal Scripture.
• Fairy Zilan and Fairy Jade Snow found a Golden Crow egg and took it with the parasol tree branch as the group left the ruins.
• Jiang Changkong killed the Heaven-Devouring Python after searching its soul and learning how the demons had tried to break the Dragon Race's seal.
• An Immortal Sect force ambushed the group, and Jiang Changkong killed its Celestial Immortal and disciples before returning to the Judicial Divine Hall.
• Jiang Changkong reviewed his gains and chose to cultivate the Golden Crow Immortal Scripture to support his planned Demon Race disguise.

Jiang Changkong advanced to the mid-stage Celestial Immortal realm after cultivating the Great Sun Golden Crow Immortal Scripture, then attacked the three immortal sects in the East Sea Region. He killed Li Kunhe and devastated the forces sent by the Mystic Cloud Immortal Sect and the Divine Sword Immortal Sect, declaring that the Book of Heaven had sentenced them to death.

• Jiang Changkong reached the mid-stage Celestial Immortal realm as the Great Sun Golden Crow Immortal Scripture fused with his Four Revolutions Mysterious Art and formed the Acquired Chaos Golden Crow Body.
• Jiang Changkong arrived at the Sea-Suppressing Immortal Sect, shattered its protective formation, and killed five initial-stage Celestial Immortals and many disciples.
• Li Kunhe emerged from seclusion and attacked Jiang Changkong, but Jiang Changkong shattered his Sea-Subduing Seal and killed him despite General Li Jie's incarnation intervening.
• The patriarchs of the Mystic Cloud Immortal Sect and the Divine Sword Immortal Sect arrived with twelve Celestial Immortals, and Jiang Changkong's chaos divine dragon killed more than half of them and badly wounded the survivors.
• The two surviving late-stage Celestial Immortals protested that their past grievances had been settled, but Jiang Changkong declared that the Book of Heaven had sentenced them to death.

Jiang Changkong wiped out the three immortal sects and killed Li Jie after the Judicial Book of Heaven identified him and two other Immortal Gods as traitors. Summoned to Heaven by the Purple Star Heavenly King, Jiang Changkong faced questions about the Judicial Book of Heaven.

• Jiang Changkong led the Chaos Divine Dragon through the three immortal sects, sparing most people below the Martial Immortal realm while burying fourteen immortals and thousands of others.
• Li Jie attacked Jiang Changkong with Liu Wuhen and Qin Tian, but Jiang Changkong overpowered all three and nearly killed Li Jie.
• The Purple Star Heavenly King ordered Jiang Changkong to stop and return to Heaven, but Jiang Changkong killed Li Jie and showed the Heavenly King the Judicial Book's revised judgment against the three Immortal Gods.
• The Purple Star Heavenly King summoned Jiang Changkong to his residence and questioned him about the Power of Heaven, Zilan, and Jade Snow.
• The Purple Star Heavenly King demanded to know about the Judicial Book of Heaven.

Jiang Changkong handed the Judicial Book of Heaven to the Purple Star Heavenly King, but Heaven revealed that his copy was only a subordinate book and gave him the main one. He changed its allegiance to the Demon Court, strengthened his cultivation, and returned to the Eastern Sea Dragon Palace.

• The Purple Star Heavenly King gave Jiang Changkong twenty thousand Essence, Qi, and Spirit in exchange for the Judicial Book of Heaven and ordered him to cultivate in seclusion.
• Jiang Changkong discovered that the Book of Heaven he had handed over was a subordinate copy, while Heaven granted him the main book through his Judicial Divine Seal and immortal office.
• Jiang Changkong changed the main book into the Demon Race Judicial Book of Heaven and learned that the Ancient Demon Emperor’s incomplete immortal office concealed an unknown purpose.
• Jiang Changkong spent his resources improving his Chaos Dao Body and completing the Golden Crow Immortal Scripture, reaching True Immortal (True God) Peak.
• Jiang Changkong left the Judicial Heavenly God Hall and appeared at the Eastern Sea Dragon Palace, where Prime Minister Turtle greeted him in alarm.

Jiang Changkong returned to the Eastern Sea after the Heavenly Court took the Judicial Book of Heaven from him, then made a powerful incarnation to preserve his post while he escaped. He left the Heavenly God Hall and traveled through the Eastern Sea under a new identity: Eastern Emperor Tai'er.

• Jiang Changkong returned to the Dragon Palace and told Ao Qingyu and the Little Dragon King that he would stay to govern the Eastern Sea with them.
• Jiang Changkong revealed that the Purple Star Heavenly King had taken the Judicial Book of Heaven, and said the Heavenly Court wanted him to be a puppet.
• Jiang Changkong went to the True Dragon Pool, transferred his immortal registry and a strand of his post's aura into a powerful Chaos incarnation, and restored his cultivation.
• Zilan and Fairy Jade Snow visited Jiang Changkong with immortal stones and news of the Golden Crow Immortal Scripture, but he refused their gifts and sent them away.
• Jiang Changkong changed his cultivation method, took the name Eastern Emperor Tai'er, and left using the Golden Crow Rainbow Transformation.

After announcing his seclusion, Jiang Changkong traveled to Aolai City to infiltrate a hidden Demon Race gathering place and seek a way to disrupt the Heavenly Court. He confronted an old woman just as Heavenly Court forces arrived to attack the city, leaving both sides poised for battle.

• The Purple Star Heavenly King gave Liu Zhi the Judicial Book of Heaven to serve as acting Judicial Heavenly God, while Fairy Zilan questioned his decision.
• Jiang Changkong sensed that the Book of Heaven would expose Liu Zhi to danger and headed for the Proud Sea Kingdom to find the Demon Race’s hidden gathering place.
• Jiang Changkong reached Aolai City, where demons disguised as vendors watched him warily.
• Jiang Changkong confronted an old woman weaving cloth and named Aoyin Minghe as his source, prompting her to question who he was.
• Heavenly soldiers and generals surrounded Aolai City, and a Divine Immortal general declared that the Demon Race remnants would be exterminated.
• The old woman suspected Jiang Changkong had led the forces there, while he condemned the ten Divine Immortals; the vendors revealed their demonic forms as battle began.

Jiang Changkong revealed himself as the Judicial Demon God, Eastern Emperor Changyue, and used his heavenly eye to strip the Heavenly Court generals of their cultivation. The chapter ended with the ten generals reduced to early-stage Celestial Immortals beneath his power.

• Jiang Changkong explained that the Heavenly Court was purging forces outside its rule to obtain the Power of Heaven as the generals attacked Aolai City.
• Jiang Changkong told the spider that the Judicial Heavenly God had killed Aoyin Minghe and the mixed-blood Heaven-Devouring Python, and that they had brought out a Golden Crow egg.
• A peak immortal general recognized Jiang Changkong’s heavenly eye, but his spear strike stopped before reaching him as the eye’s power reduced him to a Celestial Immortal.
• Jiang Changkong declared himself the Judicial Demon God and named himself Eastern Emperor Changyue before transforming into a Golden Crow and pursuing the fleeing general.
• Jiang Changkong’s heavenly eye enveloped the ten immortal generals and reduced them to early-stage Celestial Immortals.

Jiang Changkong destroyed the heavenly soldiers attacking Aolai Ancient City and revealed his claimed Demon Emperor lineage to Zhu Shijiu. He called for the Demon Court to rise against the sinful Heavenly Court.

• Jiang Changkong used his Heavenly Eye to reduce the heavenly soldiers’ cultivation, then burned them with Solar Divine Fire while preserving their immortal artifacts for the demons.
• Zhu Shijiu welcomed Jiang Changkong to Aolai Ancient City and ordered the demons to collect the artifacts and prepare to relocate.
• Jiang Changkong told Zhu Shijiu that Aoyin Minghe and the Heaven-Devouring Python had visited the ancient Demon Emperor Dijun’s legacy, and claimed to be Eastern Emperor Changyue, a descendant of Eastern Emperor Taiyi.
• Zhu Shijiu explained that she had guarded Aolai Ancient City while following the Demon Emperor’s rules by helping commoners and killing rarely.
• Jiang Changkong declared that the Demon Court should rise because the Heavenly Court was unfit to rule, then used the Judicial Book of Heaven to expose the sins of those in the Heavenly Court.

Jiang Changkong discussed uniting the Demon Race with Zhu Shijiu, who recounted Aolai Kingdom’s history and the ancient divine apes. She revealed that the apes would support him if he retrieved a treasure for them.

• Jiang Changkong asked Zhu Shijiu about the Demon Race’s leadership and strength, then declared that he intended to unite the race, establish a Demon Court, and reclaim the Golden Crow egg.
• Zhu Shijiu believed Jiang Changkong’s intentions after he invoked the Judicial Book of Heaven, and offered him wine brewed from peaches grown from flat peach pits.
• Jiang Changkong asked about Aolai Kingdom and the Heaven-Equaling Sage as Zhu Shijiu described the Demon Race’s persecution and retreat into hiding.
• Zhu Shijiu explained that Aolai City was the remaining ruin of Aolai Kingdom, where new generations of divine apes lived under the protection of an Immortal Lord.
• Zhu Shijiu said the divine apes would support Jiang Changkong if he retrieved a treasure for the Heaven-Equal Lineage.

Jiang Changkong went with Zhu Shijiu to Flower-Fruit Mountain to seek the Sea-Quelling Divine Needle Iron, the treasure Great Sage Equaling Heaven had left behind. After the divine apes verified his Demon Emperor lineage, an Immortal Lord questioned his admiration for Great Sage Equaling Heaven.

• Zhu Shijiu told Jiang Changkong that the Sea-Quelling Divine Needle Iron remained hidden and that even an Immortal Emperor had nearly died trying to take it.
• Jiang Changkong insisted on trying to obtain the treasure, and Zhu Shijiu led him through a concealed passage into the divine apes’ small world.
• A golden-furred ape named Sun Lao San examined Jiang Changkong, verified his Golden Crow body, and escorted him toward Flower-Fruit Mountain.
• Jiang Changkong and Sun Lao San traveled through Flower-Fruit Mountain, where Jiang Changkong saw its many demons and the Water Curtain Cave.
• An Immortal Lord divine ape emerged at the Water Curtain Cave and challenged Jiang Changkong’s praise of Great Sage Equaling Heaven, saying Heaven had permitted the events he admired.

Jiang Changkong sought Flower-Fruit Mountain’s support for rebuilding the Demon Court and was sent alone along a mysterious path to find the Sea-Quelling Divine Needle Iron. The path confronted him with an apparent Ji Ziling, but he suspected the encounter was an illusion and continued onward.

• Jiang Changkong told Sun Yuan he hoped to establish a new Demon Court and win Flower-Fruit Mountain’s aid, while Sun Yuan questioned his desire to revive a court under Heaven’s control.
• Jiang Changkong argued that he would try to discuss matters with Heaven once he was strong enough, though Sun Yuan and Zhu Shijiu doubted him.
• Sun Yuan led Jiang Changkong to a hidden path beneath his throne and warned him to stay calm, remain on the path, and return if he had not reached the end within three days.
• Jiang Changkong traveled along the path and encountered an apparent Ji Ziling, whose presence the Judicial Book of Heaven identified as a mortal from the Eastern Sea.
• Jiang Changkong decided the Ji Ziling before him could not be real and rushed past her without stopping.

Jiang Changkong battled the ancient road’s manifestations of the dead and a powerful Purple Star Heavenly King phantom as he traveled to retrieve the Sea-Quelling Divine Needle Iron. After destroying the phantom, he reached the road’s end and found the golden divine pillar.

• Jiang Changkong passed a monk and evaded the black-and-white soul collectors who claimed his mortal lifespan had ended.
• Jiang Changkong burned through an endless tide of souls of those he had killed, then destroyed the monk when his Buddhist defenses blocked the Sun Divine Fire.
• Jiang Changkong confronted the Purple Star Heavenly King phantom, endured its attacks, and guessed that it might be connected to the Heaven-Equaling Sage.
• The phantom copied Jiang Changkong’s power, but Jiang Changkong revealed that he had been holding back and destroyed it with one punch.
• Jiang Changkong reached the end of the ancient road and found the Sea-Quelling Divine Needle Iron, a golden pillar carved with true dragon patterns.

Jiang Changkong uncovered the true Sea-Quelling Divine Needle Iron and returned it to Sun Yuan, securing the Heaven-Equal Lineage’s allegiance as Demon Emperor. Sun Yuan insisted that the Demon Race already had a Golden Crow Demon Emperor, leaving Jiang Changkong surprised as the chapter ended.

• Jiang Changkong realized the ancient path concealed the true Sea-Quelling Divine Needle Iron and broke the path apart to reveal it.
• The Sea-Quelling Divine Needle Iron shrank into a golden-hooped staff, and Jiang Changkong handed it to Sun Yuan, who was crushed down by its weight.
• Sun Yuan explained that the Heaven-Equal Lineage would obey Jiang Changkong according to his rank, provided he did not lead them to ruin.
• Jiang Changkong said he planned to save the egg in the Heavenly Court and make him Demon Emperor if all went well, but Sun Yuan replied that the Demon Race already had the Golden Crow Demon Emperor.

Jiang Changkong learned that the Demon Court could not openly rise without provoking the three great powers, and Sun Yuan agreed to gather demons to hear his plans as Demon Sovereign. The gathering ended with the demons rejecting his claim, leaving Sun Yuan to explain that no one would be forced to follow him.

• Sun Yuan explained that the Demon Emperor could not command the entire Demon Race and that the Demon Court would face a joint siege if it openly revealed itself.
• Sun Yuan promised to gather Flower-Fruit Mountain’s demons and other demons, while Zhu Shijiu warned Jiang Changkong that the Heavenly Court was pursuing them near Aolai City.
• Jiang Changkong examined the Judicial Book of Heaven, saw that Liu Zhi’s guilt had become great merit, and resolved not to rely on the power of Heaven.
• After two days, Sun Yuan convened thirty-six Demon Kings and over ten thousand demons to celebrate the Sea-Quelling Divine Needle Iron and announce Jiang Changkong’s claim as Demon Sovereign.
• Several demons mocked Jiang Changkong’s early Celestial Immortal cultivation and accused the Heaven-Equal Lineage of trying to unify the Demon Race.
• Sun Yuan said the Heaven-Equal Lineage would not force anyone to follow Jiang Changkong, and Sun Laosan declared that he would stay in Flower-Fruit Mountain.

Jiang Changkong revealed his Judicial Demon God authority to Flower-Fruit Mountain’s Demon Kings and explained how enforcing Heaven’s judgment could grant him power. The meeting ended with the demons realizing that many of them were effectively sources of Heaven’s power.

• Zhu Shijiu declared that she would follow Jiang Changkong, while the other Demon Kings mocked his claim to the Demon Emperor title.
• Jiang Changkong arrived and said that he wanted to be a Judicial Demon God rather than the Demon Emperor.
• Jiang Changkong displayed the Heavenly Book of Heaven, which exposed the sins and judgments of several Immortal Lords and most of the gathered demons.
• Jiang Changkong explained that correctly enforcing Heaven’s law empowered a Judicial God, while wrongful judgments caused Heaven’s backlash.
• Jiang Changkong told the demons that the Heavenly Court viewed many of them as sources of Heaven’s power, and Sun Yuan connected that power to ancient merit.

Jiang Changkong united the demons against the Heavenly Court, promising them a chance to atone while warning them not to kill without cause. He ordered them to seize Proud Sea Kingdom and spread news that killing members of the Heavenly Court could grant the Power of Heaven.

• Jiang Changkong explained that the demons might gain the Power of Heaven if the Demon Court revived, and urged them to resist the Heavenly Court or leave its territory.
• Jiang Changkong swore he would not lead the Demon Race to destruction, and Green Wood Demon Lord and the assembled demons pledged to follow him.
• Jiang Changkong offered the demons a chance to atone but warned that they must not kill without cause.
• Jiang Changkong ordered the demons to seize Proud Sea Kingdom and publicize the Heavenly Dao's revival and the Heavenly Court's crimes.
• Zhu Shijiu led her people toward Proud Sea Kingdom while Jiang Changkong and Sun Yuan discussed the Demon Court's future.

Jiang Changkong led the Demon Race in driving the Heavenly Court’s forces from Proud Sea Kingdom, using the Judicial Book of Heaven to judge and weaken the Immortals. After the Heavenly Court retreated, he ordered the demons to take control of the kingdom and reassured its king that the Demon Race would not harm the innocent.

• Zhu Shijiu fought two peak Immortal generals who attacked her for opposing the Heavenly Court.
• Jiang Changkong arrived, used the Judicial Book of Heaven and his Law-Enforcement Heavenly Eye to weaken and kill the two generals, then called on Green Wood Demon Lord to face a Heavenly Court Stellar Lord.
• Jiang Changkong and the Demon Race battled the heavenly soldiers and generals, while golden demon registers appeared within the demons.
• A blood-covered figure ordered the Heavenly Court’s forces to retreat, and Green Wood Demon Lord returned injured but alive.
• Jiang Changkong ordered Zhu Shijiu to take control of Proud Sea Kingdom and reassured its king that the demons would not harm the kingdom if its people did no evil.

Jiang Changkong seized Proud Sea Kingdom and declared his intention to establish a Demon Court where humans and demons could live together. After confronting Purple Star Heavenly King, he agreed to a five-round game of gods and immortals in the Eastern Sea seven days later.

• Jiang Changkong demanded Proud Sea Kingdom and told its king and immortal ancestor that humans and demons would coexist under his rule.
• Purple Star Heavenly King arrived with the Heavenly Court’s forces, and Sun Yuan confronted him on behalf of the Demon Race.
• Jiang Changkong revealed the Judicial Book of Heaven and challenged Purple Star Heavenly King to a game of gods and immortals.
• Purple Star Heavenly King agreed to five rounds in the Eastern Sea seven days later, with the winner taking the best of three.
• Jiang Changkong demanded the Golden Crow egg if the Demon Court won, but Purple Star Heavenly King refused and left.

Jiang Changkong prepared the demons for the coming contest with the Heavenly Court, then cultivated his Four Revolutions Mysterious Art and challenged Shi Wanzai to a spar. He injured the Immortal Lord with his Chaos Golden Crow power, revealing his formidable strength as their fight continued.

• Jiang Changkong told the Demon Kings not to attack the Heavenly Court and ordered them to focus on developing their forces while he entered seclusion.
• Jiang Changkong used his Essence, Qi, and Spirit to advance the Four Revolutions Mysterious Art, reaching the late Immortal stage.
• Jiang Changkong ignored a knock at the Judicial Heavenly God Hall and went with Shi Wanzai to Flower-Fruit Mountain to spar without borrowing the power of heaven.
• Jiang Changkong's Chaos Divine Power combined with Solar Divine Fire and cracked Shi Wanzai's stone defense.
• Jiang Changkong and Shi Wanzai exchanged powerful attacks, and he sent her tumbling away, causing a small green stone to fall into the sea.

Jiang Changkong fought Shi Wanzai to a standstill, then shared healing wine with his allies and recovered. At the Eastern Sea Dragon Palace, Fairy Zilan and Fairy Jade Snow urged him to defeat the Demon Emperor and reclaim his Heavenly Court authority, but he refused.

• Jiang Changkong and Shi Wanzai fought fiercely for two hours until Sun Yuan stopped them, and they exchanged praise for each other's strength.
• Jiang Changkong asked Shi Wanzai to prepare a detailed map of the Heavenly Court's territory, then divided Sun Yuan's immortal wine among Shi Wanzai and other allies.
• Jiang Changkong used the wine to heal his injuries in the Demon Emperor Palace, then resumed patrolling the Eastern Sea with the Little Dragon King three days later.
• Fairy Zilan and Fairy Jade Snow told Jiang Changkong that the Celestial Immortal battle would take place in the Eastern Sea and urged him to defeat the Demon Emperor to regain the Judicial Book of Heaven.
• Jiang Changkong said the Eastern Sea Sea Clan would withdraw from the battle and refused to reclaim what he had given away, then had the Turtle Minister serve food.

Jiang Changkong rejected the fairies’ appeal to return to the Heavenly Court and prepared for the appointed battle in the Eastern Sea. As Liu Zhi and four other Immortals arrived under the Purple Star Heavenly King’s lead, Jiang Changkong mocked Liu Zhi’s claim to be the new Judicial Heavenly God.

• Jiang Changkong told Fairy Zilan and Fairy Jade Snow that he would remain in the Eastern Sea, dismissing their promise of merit and rewards from the Heavenly Court.
• Jiang Changkong’s secondary body showed the fairies the Eastern Sea while his main body studied the Immortal Realm’s factions and learned that Liu Zhi and four other peak Immortals had received the power of heaven.
• Jiang Changkong waited for the appointed battle, then traveled to the Eastern Sea with Sun Yuan, Green Wood Demon Lord, Shi Wanzai, and Zhu Shijiu.
• The Purple Star Heavenly King arrived with heavenly soldiers and five Immortals, while the Dragon King led the Eastern Sea Clan near the Ascension Pool.
• Jiang Changkong insulted Liu Zhi and the other Immortals, called himself the Judicial Demon God, and challenged Liu Zhi’s claim to be the new Judicial Heavenly God.

Jiang Changkong defeated Heavenly Court’s first two challengers with ease, then faced Liu Zhi, who used the Book of Heaven to rise to the Immortal Lord Realm. When Jiang Changkong called upon demon qi and the power of Heaven, Liu Zhi’s strength suddenly began to collapse.

• Jiang Changkong defeated Nanhe, whose Chaos Body and Heaven’s blessing could not withstand his Solar Divine Fire.
• Jiang Changkong overpowered Lu Kun and mocked Purple Star Heavenly King for sending weak opponents.
• Liu Zhi challenged Jiang Changkong, but the Book of Heaven identified Jiang Changkong as the Heaven-appointed Judicial Demon God with countless merits.
• Liu Zhi drew on the Book of Heaven and the azure sea to break through to the Immortal Lord Realm, declaring that he would suppress Jiang Changkong.
• Jiang Changkong summoned demon qi infused with the power of Heaven, and Liu Zhi cried out as his strength rapidly fell.

Jiang Changkong defeated Liu Zhi, confronted the Purple Star Heavenly King, and invited the Judicial Heavenly God and the Eastern Sea to join the Demon Court. After returning to the Proud Sea Kingdom, Jiang Changkong and the Demon Kings discussed why the Heavenly Court feared the Judicial Heavenly God’s power.

• Jiang Changkong used his Book of Heaven to expose Liu Zhi’s theft of the Judicial Book of Heaven and burned Liu Zhi to ashes.
• Jiang Changkong reminded the Purple Star Heavenly King that the Demon Race had won their contest and returned the Book of Heaven while challenging the Heavenly King’s authority.
• The Eastern Sea Little Dragon King declared that he represented the Eastern Sea and might join the Demon Race, while Jiang Changkong invited him and the Judicial Heavenly God to join the Demon Court.
• Jiang Changkong returned to the Dragon Palace, where Zilan urged the Judicial Heavenly God not to join the Demon Race and Ao Qingyu questioned his identity.
• Sun Yuan recounted the confrontation to the Demon Kings, and Jiang Changkong discussed how the Heavenly Court sought to keep the Judicial Heavenly God under its control.