Chapter Summaries

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.

Jiang Changkong persuaded Heaven to allow humans and demons to coexist in Proud Sea Kingdom, and the Demon Court grew as its members followed heavenly laws. After the immortal office revived and granted demons the power of Heaven, Jiang Changkong received their tribute and entered seclusion to strengthen his Acquired Chaos Dao Body.

• Jiang Changkong argued with the immortal office that humans and demons should be allowed to coexist, and it permitted him to try this in Proud Sea Kingdom.
• The Demon Court expanded as demons pledged allegiance, while Jiang Changkong punished those who refused to obey heavenly laws and spread news of the Heavenly Court's planned purge.
• A month later, the immortal office's power revived and affected the Demon Court's demons; Nineteen gained the power of Heaven, and Shi Wanzai's record recognized his efforts to repent.
• Thirty-seven Demon Kings offered Jiang Changkong treasures, and he asked them for immortal stones, spiritual essence, and other useful resources.
• After receiving the tribute, Jiang Changkong announced his seclusion and began improving his Acquired Chaos Dao Body with the fourth-rank immortal stones.

Jiang Changkong reached the peak of the Immortal God Realm and learned that the Purple Star Heavenly King wanted him to go to the Heavenly River Kingdom. He left secretly to investigate, while the Demon Race stayed behind to build its strength.

• Jiang Changkong raised the Golden Crow Immortal Scripture to its limit, reaching the peak of the Immortal God Realm as the Demon Court’s Heaven revived.
• The Purple Star Heavenly King confronted Jiang Changkong about the Judicial Book of Heaven and ordered him to visit the Heavenly River Kingdom in two days.
• Jiang Changkong asked Zhu Shijiu about the Heavenly River Kingdom, learned that an Immortal King oversaw it, and said he would travel there alone.
• Jiang Changkong left a divine power incarnation behind and secretly departed for the Heavenly River Immortal Kingdom.

Jiang Changkong followed the Divine Eye Star Lord to Clear River City, where they found a massacre and were pulled into a hidden river by a Golden Crow imprint. There, they discovered a replica of the Demon Emperor, a Flower-Fruit Mountain divine ape, and Zhu Shijiu breaking an immortal formation to reach a temple.

• Jiang Changkong and the Divine Eye Star Lord arrived at Clear River City and found its people dead and the city lord slain.
• The Divine Eye Star Lord blamed the Demon Race, while Jiang Changkong questioned whether demons were responsible.
• Fairy Jade Snow found a Golden Crow imprint that absorbed the Star Lord’s immortal power and transported the group into a river filled with immortal qi.
• The Divine Eye Star Lord led the others toward the demon aura and found a Golden Crow-robed young man, an ape, and Zhu Shijiu attacking an immortal formation.
• The ape shattered the formation’s defenses, revealing a temple behind a golden barrier, and the young man urged the others to keep attacking.

Jiang Changkong and the others entered the temple after the river array broke, where he exposed two supposed Demon Emperor followers as weak incarnations and let the fairies execute them. He recognized the temple as the Clean Altar Temple, Zhu Bajie’s sacred ground, and learned it had once been Marshal Canopy’s domain.

• The Book of Heaven identified the three enemies as Eastern Emperor Changyue, Sun Yuan, and Zhu Shijiu, though its information conflicted with their apparent identities and power.
• Divine Eye Star Lord told Jiang Changkong that the Heavenly Court would exile him to the lower realm under the pretense of letting him enforce the law freely.
• After the array broke, Divine Eye Star Lord fought the divine ape while Jiang Changkong suppressed the young man and the woman in red as they attacked Zilan and Jade Snow.
• The young man and woman revealed that they were only incarnations, and Jiang Changkong handed them over to the two fairies, who killed them and gained enough Power of Heaven to reach the limit of late Celestial Immortal cultivation.
• Jiang Changkong recognized the temple as the Clean Altar Temple and recalled Zhu Bajie’s identity as Marshal Canopy, commander of the Heavenly River’s water soldiers.

Jiang Changkong killed the Divine Eye Star Lord and the ape after they joined forces against him, then entered the Clean Altar Temple to investigate Zhu Bajie’s golden statue. The temple appeared empty, and Jiang Changkong questioned the two fairies about what they knew.

• The Divine Eye Star Lord and the ape prepared to enter the Clean Altar Temple, but the Demon Emperor arrived and forced everyone beneath his divine might.
• Jiang Changkong accused the ape of slaughtering wantonly and attacked it, while the Divine Eye Star Lord joined the fight against him.
• Jiang Changkong overwhelmed the Divine Eye Star Lord and the ape, pinned them to the riverbed, and found that restrictions erased their souls during his search.
• Jiang Changkong entered the untouched temple, where his secondary body and the two fairies were hiding beside a golden statue of Zhu Bajie.
• Jiang Changkong found no response when he touched the statue and asked the fairies what they thought, but Zilan challenged him to find the answer himself.

Jiang Changkong and the two fairies unlocked Zhu Bajie's residence, where Fairy Jade Snow received a Lunar immortal post. As the group prepared to explore another hall, Jiang Changkong noticed a broken plaque bearing the words “Witch Hall.”

• Fairy Jade Snow and Fairy Zilan helped Jiang Changkong trigger the restriction by channeling Vast Chill power into Zhu Bajie's statue, opening a passage.
• Jiang Changkong and the fairies entered the Heavenly Canopy Marshal's Residence and discovered that its Moonwatching Palace offered a view of the Lunar Star.
• Moonlight entered Fairy Jade Snow, granting her an immortal post and raising her cultivation to the peak of Heavenly Immortal.
• Fairy Zilan proposed exploring Dragon King Hall, and Jiang Changkong agreed as she ran toward it.
• Jiang Changkong spotted a shattered plaque among the ruins that read “Witch Hall.”

Jiang Changkong experienced a vision of an ancient Saint opening heaven and then witnessed the Moon God and Marshal Tianpeng discuss the Witch Clan’s inheritance and the vanished ancient immortals. The Moon God told him that a fragment of heaven lay in the underworld and that he could become its Lord by entering the underworld and mending heaven with his body.

• Jiang Changkong picked up the shattered Witch Hall plaque and was drawn into a vision of an ancient blood-energy race and its Saint.
• The Saint touched Jiang Changkong’s forehead and sent him information depicting the creation of worlds from chaos.
• The vision shifted to the Lunar Star, where the Moon God asked Marshal Tianpeng to keep the Witch Clan’s inheritance in his sacred ground.
• Marshal Tianpeng reluctantly accepted a divine palace from the Moon God as she said she would return, though he told her she could not.
• The Moon God told Jiang Changkong that a fragment of heaven was hidden in the underworld and that he could become the Lord of the Underworld by mending heaven with his body.

Jiang Changkong explored the ancient Heavenly Court ruins, gained the Witch Race’s Five Heaven-Opening Forms, and watched Fairy Zilan claim the Heavenly Canopy Marshal’s immortal office before the group was expelled. After escorting the fairies back to the heavens, he discovered that his Acquired Chaos Dao Body had reached the Immortal Deity limit and planned to enforce the law in the lower realm as the Judicial Heavenly God.

• Jiang Changkong left Witch Hall with knowledge of the Five Heaven-Opening Forms and continued exploring the ruins with Fairy Zilan and Fairy Jade Snow.
• Jiang Changkong and the others collected preserved pills from Lord Lao Hall, but found no immortal office there.
• Fairy Zilan activated the Heavenly Canopy Marshal’s golden statue, which struck her unconscious before swallowing the group and sending them back to the City Lord’s Manor.
• Jiang Changkong escorted Fairy Jade Snow and the unconscious Fairy Zilan to the passage to the heavens, refusing Jade Snow’s offer of a jade pendant.
• Jiang Changkong discovered that the Five Heaven-Opening Forms had raised his Acquired Chaos Dao Body to the Immortal Deity limit and began creating a duplicate body to return to Demon Emperor Hall.

Jiang Changkong defeated an Immortal Lord sent to kill him and learned that the Heavenly Court and the Heavenly River Immortal King had arranged the attack. He headed for a fourth-grade immortal stone mine, where he spotted two powerful Celestial Immortals forced to work as miners.

• Jiang Changkong recovered his Chaos Divine Power with a fifth-revolution restorative pill and prepared to use the Judicial Book of Heaven.
• A young Immortal Lord attacked Jiang Changkong, but Jiang shattered his sword with the first form of Opening Heaven and captured him.
• Jiang questioned the Immortal Lord and learned that the Heavenly River Immortal King had sent him, while the Heavenly Court had leaked Jiang’s location and helped slaughter Clear River City.
• Jiang killed the Immortal Lord, searched his soul, and discovered that the city he guarded had a fourth-grade immortal stone mine.
• Jiang flew to the mine near East Water City and saw five Celestial Immortals guarding it, along with two late-stage Celestial Immortals bound by restrictions and forced to mine.

Jiang Changkong rescued two Great Wilderness Immortals from forced labor in a Heavenly River mine and learned they had been pursuing the Yazi Dojo ruins. They offered to help him find its treasures and chose to stand with him despite the danger.

• Jiang Changkong discovered that Jiang Ziyu and Jiang Zifan were Great Wilderness Immortals being forced to mine while their cultivation was sealed.
• Jiang Changkong revealed himself as the Judicial Heavenly God, killed the guilty overseers and Immortals, and freed the innocent miners while restoring Jiang Ziyu and Jiang Zifan's cultivation.
• Jiang Changkong asked Jiang Ziyu and Jiang Zifan how they had ended up in the mine, and they warned him that the stationed Immortal Lord might return.
• Jiang Changkong told them he had already executed the Immortal Lord, and Jiang Zifan explained that they had been pursuing the Yazi ruins before fiends injured them.
• Jiang Ziyu and Jiang Zifan offered to help Jiang Changkong obtain the Yazi Dojo's treasures, and they declared they were willing to face danger alongside him.