Chapter Summaries

Ratlike ordered the humans trapped in the forest to cultivate the Demon Race Qi Refining Formula as his ferocious beasts trained. In United Great City, Zhao Ruiming expanded the Salvation Sect and welcomed Bai Changdu as deputy sect leader, then noticed Jiang Yang arriving ahead of the Heavenly Prodigy Tournament.

• Ratlike gave the Demon Race Qi Refining Formula to Zhou Xiaoyi and the other two captives and ordered them to cultivate it.
• Zhao Ruiming told Sun Wei to expand the Salvation Sect’s preaching and place trusted members in the Enforcement Hall.
• Zhao Ruiming revealed that Bai Changdu had joined the Salvation Sect and been appointed deputy sect leader.
• Zhao Ruiming saw Jiang Yang arrive in United Great City with Earth Rank cultivators guarding him and suspected demons valued him as a target.
• Jiang Yang admired the city, noted his Qi Refining Realm cultivation had reached great completion, and expected to win the Heavenly Prodigy Tournament.

Zhao Ruiming tightened his control over the Enforcement Hall while Song Shanhe learned that Jiang Yang had been singled out for support. At the Sacred Institute, Jiang Yang climbed the Human Sacred Tower to its hundredth floor, where an unknown voice welcomed the first young challenger to arrive there in more than five hundred years.

• Zhao Ruiming reviewed appointments and reports, rejecting a proposed operation while trying to consolidate his authority in the Enforcement Hall.
• Song Shanhe saw a message ordering him to reward Jiang Yang with resources and decided to meet Jiang Yang personally.
• Jiang Yang went to the Sacred Institute’s Human Sacred Tower to prepare for the Heavenly Prodigy Tournament, drawing curious looks from other students.
• Zhao Ruiming arrived at the Sacred Institute for tournament preparations and hurried to the tower after hearing its bell ring.
• Jiang Yang climbed past the ninety-eighth and ninety-ninth floors, breaking the rankings record and reaching the tower’s hundredth floor.
• An unseen voice said that more than five hundred years had passed since someone from the younger generation had last reached that place.

Jiang Yang cleared the hundredth floor of the Human Sacred Tower, where he encountered a phantom of Saint Wu and gained a profound comprehension that advanced his cultivation. After nine bells rang across the towers, Zhao Ruiming and Song Shanhe both offered to take him as their disciple, leaving Jiang Yang to choose between them.

• Jiang Yang met a phantom of Saint Wu on the hundredth floor, then entered a special space created by the Heaven-Permeating Great Emperor to aid comprehension.
• Gu Yuan recognized that the tower's trials used weakened law patterns and watched Jiang Yang's progress from the library.
• Jiang Yang reached the hundredth floor, triggering nine bell tolls across every Human Sacred Tower and drawing Song Shanhe and other council members to the Sacred Institute.
• Zhao Ruiming and Song Shanhe each claimed Jiang Yang was fated to be their disciple while they waited for him to leave the tower.
• After three hours of cultivation, Jiang Yang emerged at Profound Rank Early Stage, and Zhao Ruiming and Song Shanhe both asked him to become their disciple.

Jiang Yang became Song Shanhe’s personal disciple after breaking the Human Sacred Tower record, while Huang Yutian’s plan to enlist the ferocious beasts was rebuffed by Ratlike. As the Genius Grand Competition began, the Heaven-Permeating Great Emperor learned that a team from the Myriad Heavens Containment Center was hunting the system and sent them a treasure to guide them toward the human world.

• Jiang Yang respectfully accepted Song Shanhe as his teacher, and news of his record-breaking climb through all one hundred floors of the Human Sacred Tower spread across the human world.
• Huang Yutian proposed enlightening and using the ferocious beasts against the Demon Race, but Ratlike struck him down and reaffirmed its ambition to unite the wilderness.
• The Genius Grand Competition began at the Sacred Institute, with Zhao Ruiming and Sima Pomo present as Saints and the ferocious beasts and Salvation Sect also participating.
• A cautious team from the Myriad Heavens Containment Center arrived in the Demon Race world to investigate and capture the system.
• The Heaven-Permeating Great Emperor recognized the Center’s team, sent its nearly Nine Tribulations leader a fire-law treasure, and activated a formation to steer the group toward the human world.

A group from the Myriad Heavens Containment Center was transported from the Demon Race world to the human world, where Gu Yuan recognized them and decided to interfere with the Heaven-Permeating Great Emperor’s plans. As Lu Dongfeng’s team explored the Fifth Great City, a drunk stranger’s warning made him suspect their arrival and the world around them were dangerous.

• A teleportation formation in the Demon Race world activated and transported Lu Dongfeng’s group away.
• During the prodigy tournament, Gu Yuan realized the Willpower Cabin’s pressure came from the Demon Race and subtly drew humans closer to them.
• Gu Yuan identified the newcomers as members of the Myriad Heavens Containment Center and suspected the Heaven-Permeating Great Emperor had lured them into a trap.
• Gu Yuan fell asleep to meet the newcomers and complicate the Heaven-Permeating Great Emperor’s plans, while Wang Chi stayed behind.
• Lu Dongfeng’s team arrived in the Fifth Great City and judged its cultivation system weak before heading toward the library.
• A drunken middle-aged man mentioned the lack of teleportation formations, prompting Lu Dongfeng to realize something was wrong and consider returning.

Lu Dongfeng followed a strange sense of opportunity to the Human Race Tower in United Great City and found a treasure and a cultivation inheritance. Gu Yuan awakened him after he became immersed in the discovery.

• Lu Dongfeng and his teammates researched the world, concluded the system was likely in United Great City, and traveled there.
• Heaven-Permeating Great Emperor captured a suspected outsider, but the man exploded; his system said they could try to stop the outsiders or call for help.
• Jiang Yang won first place in the Willpower Cabin competition, while Zhao Ruiming left and considered appointing a new Salvation Sect Protector.
• Lu Dongfeng sensed an opportunity in the west of United Great City, led his teammates there, and entered the Human Race Tower after buying a ticket.
• At the tower's summit, Lu Dongfeng found a bell bearing the Fire Law's imprint and received the Myriad Heavens Qi Refining Formula.
• Gu Yuan awakened Lu Dongfeng from his immersion in the treasure.

Gu Yuan let Lu Dongfeng report the mission's danger rating while the Heaven-Permeating Great Emperor remained unaware, and Lu Dongfeng stalled for reinforcements by pretending to cultivate. At the Genius Grand Competition, the containment team watched the arena battles, and Sima Pomo reacted with visible alarm when he saw them.

• Gu Yuan decided to guide Lu Dongfeng toward calling for help rather than spend his own energy, while Wang Chi fled before Gu Yuan could ask him for anything.
• Lu Dongfeng recognized the danger, reported that the mission rating was wrong, and got it changed to Nine Tribulations; the Heaven-Permeating Great Emperor believed his excited reaction was sincere.
• Lu Dongfeng told his teammates he had gained a breakthrough opportunity, urged them not to act rashly, and pretended to study the bell in a public cultivation room while waiting for headquarters to respond.
• The second day of the Genius Grand Competition began with one-on-one arena battles, and Jiang Yang drew a bye.
• The containment team watched the competition at the Sacred Institute, where Sima Pomo saw them and began trembling.

Sima Pomo identified Zhao Ruiming and Song Shanhe as unusually gifted cultivators to the powerful newcomers, hoping they would eliminate his rivals. Meanwhile, Jiang Yang won the Heavenly Prodigy Tournament, and Zhao Ruiming presented the awards as he worried about Sima Pomo’s actions.

• Sima Pomo approached Second Brother and his group, who took him to a villa and asked about people whose cultivation had suddenly surged.
• Sima Pomo named Zhao Ruiming and Song Shanhe, hoping the newcomers would target both men, and Second Brother ordered him to supply the group with food.
• Second Brother’s companions suspected Sima Pomo wanted to use them to eliminate rivals, and Second Brother decided to investigate Zhao Ruiming and Song Shanhe the next day.
• Jiang Yang defeated the other competitors and won the Heavenly Prodigy Tournament, earning the title of the human race’s number one prodigy.
• Zhao Ruiming presented the awards in Sima Pomo’s absence and wondered whether he was cooperating with demons again.

Sima Pomo helped a group of outsiders search for people whose cultivation had advanced unusually, but their investigation led them to the Heaven-Permeating Great Emperor instead. After Second Brother was pulled into an unknown space, Song Shanhe was left terrified in his office.

• Sima Pomo reported the outsiders to a Demon Race envoy, who told him to satisfy their demands and not worry about anyone dying.
• Sima Pomo led Second Brother and the others to Zhao Ruiming, but their detection showed Zhao Ruiming was not the person they sought.
• Second Brother threatened Sima Pomo and took him to Song Shanhe's office for another check.
• Second Brother noticed Song Shanhe's unusual aura and a secret chamber, then demanded to know who owned the jade token.
• The Heaven-Permeating Great Emperor pulled Second Brother into an unknown space, leaving Song Shanhe trembling in terror.

Gu Yuan broke through to the Ninth Tribulation and gained Technique Bestowal, which spread cultivation techniques among those who practiced the Qi Refining Formula. As new techniques appeared in several inheritors’ minds, Huang Yutian left the forest on Ratlike’s orders, while Zhao Ruiming headed to the Salvation Sect.

• Lu Dongfeng learned that Sima Pomo had died and continued pretending to cultivate while worrying about the Ninth Tribulation experts at headquarters.
• Gu Yuan reached the Ninth Tribulation, First Stage, and discovered his law power could transform into different kinds of laws.
• Gu Yuan gained Technique Bestowal, an ability that randomly shared techniques and manuals with inheritors of the Qi Refining Formula.
• Ratlike comprehended a sword technique, then ordered Huang Yutian to kidnap a master artifact refiner who specialized in swords.
• Zhao Ruiming comprehended a fist technique, recognized Gu Yuan’s influence, and went to the Salvation Sect while plotting to kill Song Shanhe.

Three years after Jiang Yang joined the Sacred Institute, he had become a Golden Core cultivator and the era’s leading young figure, while secretly buying overlooked treasures at Hope Auction House. Zhao Ruiming and Sun Wei advanced the Salvation Sect’s plans as Ratlike learned that human forces and a Saint would attack Wilderness Forest in three days, leaving Su Qingtian uneasy in Fifth Great City.

• Gu Yuan reached the fourth tier of Nine Tribulations, while Jiang Yang entered his senior year at the Sacred Institute and advanced to the Earth rank as a Golden Core cultivator.
• Jiang Yang visited Hope Auction House and bought another item he had selected using his deduction system.
• Zhao Ruiming and Sun Wei discussed Jiang Yang’s unusual purchases and arranged to place Salvation Sect members in the Enforcement Hall and logistics department.
• Zhao Ruiming ordered Sun Wei to keep supplying a Demon King in the forest and pass along information about the conflict among demons and devils.
• Ratlike received resources and maps from the human race, learned that United Guards and a Saint would attack Wilderness Forest in three days, and ordered preparations.
• Su Qingtian sneezed while eating at an inn in Fifth Great City and felt uneasy.

The Ratlike creature attacked the Fifth Great City, killed Saint Su Qingtian, and dragged a palace back to the Wilderness Forest. Song Shanhe ordered a memorial and military deployment, while Zhao Ruiming expected the conflict to claim another enemy.

• Su Qingtian investigated the silent Fifth Great City but was badly wounded by the Ratlike creature, which identified itself as the King of the Demon Race.
• The Ratlike creature used Sword Armor and Sword Yi to kill Su Qingtian and defeat the Imperial Guard soldiers who surrounded it.
• The Ratlike creature dragged an entire palace from the city to the Wilderness Forest, while the City Lord reported that a Saint had fallen.
• Song Shanhe ordered a memorial for Su Qingtian and sent the United Army to take over the Fifth Great City's defenses.
• Zhao Ruiming learned of Su Qingtian's death and anticipated that either the demons or the ferocious beast would die next.

Song Shanhe dismissed the Demon Race’s concerns about the ferocious beast, then arranged an Inspector post for Jiang Yang. Zhao Ruiming welcomed the opportunity to gain influence in the inspection department, while Gu Yuan and Wang Chi discussed how difficult the world was to reach.

• Song Shanhe reported that a Saint-level ferocious beast had proclaimed itself King of the Demon Race, but the Chief Inspector ordered him to deal with it himself.
• Song Shanhe chose to leave the beast alone and prepared a list of government positions for Jiang Yang.
• Song Shanhe ordered the forces at Fifth Great City to guard the city without attacking, leaving both sides in an uneasy stalemate.
• Jiang Yang chose to become an Inspector because the post would let him travel among the five great cities.
• Zhao Ruiming learned of Jiang Yang’s appointment and told Sun Wei that he would soon be able to act openly.
• Gu Yuan and Wang Chi discussed the world’s peculiar location and how fortunate the Heaven-Permeating Great Emperor had been to reach it.

A Nine Tribulations eighth-rank cultivator from the Myriad Heavens Containment Center arrived in the Human-Demon Great World to investigate a mutation after four containment agents fell. After learning about the world and the Heaven-Permeating Great Emperor from Wang Chi, he left with a clearer idea of the mission, while Wang Chi went to watch the coming confrontation.

• A young man accepted a long-distance mutation mission that called for investigating a Nine Tribulations cultivator and containing a system.
• The young man used a door-shaped treasure to travel to the Human-Demon Great World, where Gu Yuan and Wang Chi sensed his arrival.
• Gu Yuan identified the visitor as a Nine Tribulations eighth-rank cultivator and asked Wang Chi whether he wanted to fight him; Wang Chi admitted he could not win.
• The young man appeared in Wang Chi's library, confirmed through the Containment Master Control System that Wang Chi had no system, and asked about the world.
• Wang Chi told the young man about the Human and Demon races, their conflict, and the Heaven-Permeating Great Emperor.
• After the young man departed, Wang Chi went to watch the confrontation, while Gu Yuan declined to join him.

The Heaven-Permeating Great Emperor fought a Containment Center expert beyond the Demon Race world, while Gu Yuan watched from afar. After the Heaven-Permeating Great Emperor left, Zhao Ruiming took Gu Yuan’s message as a sign to launch the Salvation Sect’s takeover of the United Council.

• A young Containment Center expert identified the Heaven-Permeating Great Emperor as a demon with a system and challenged him to fight beyond the realm.
• The two Ninth Tribulation experts departed, leaving a spatial storm to devastate the Demon Race’s territory, and Wang Chi followed them.
• Lu Dongfeng used the chance to leave the world, while Zhao Ruiming and the Salvation Sect prepared to seize control of the United Council.
• A Brief History of Humanity displayed the words “Demon Race Emperor flees afar! Humanity rises to greatness!”, prompting Zhao Ruiming to order an immediate assault.
• Zhao Ruiming assigned the Salvation Sect to take over the city defenses and United Council departments as its members moved to capture Song Shanhe and other leaders.
• The Salvation Sect took control of late-working United Council employees, who realized the sect had entered the Council.

Zhao Ruiming raided the Chancellor's Residence and accused Song Shanhe of colluding with demons and betraying humanity. As Zhao Ruiming arrested him, Song Shanhe insisted his crimes had been necessary to keep humanity alive and hinted that a much larger power shaped the conflict.

• Song Shanhe felt uneasy, called officials at the Chancellor's Residence and United City Lord's Residence, and heard that everything was normal.
• Jiang Yang visited Song Shanhe to seek guidance on a newly comprehended offensive technique.
• Zhao Ruiming arrived with several Heaven-rank cultivators, shattered the door, and seized Song Shanhe with ascension-level strength.
• An official read Song Shanhe's alleged crimes aloud while a cameraman recorded the arrest, and Jiang Yang protested that his teacher could not be a demon spy.
• Song Shanhe admitted to colluding with demons but claimed his actions and sacrifices had prevented humanity's destruction.
• Zhao Ruiming declared that Song Shanhe was stubbornly unrepentant and asked whether he truly believed the events were all his doing.

Zhao Ruiming captured Song Shanhe and the other demon and monster spies, then prepared to expose their crimes to the Human Race. As a red-alert broadcast began, the public learned that traitors had caused the deaths of countless human geniuses and powerhouses.

• Zhao Ruiming beat Song Shanhe after condemning his betrayal, but Song Shanhe summoned a censor who never appeared.
• Zhao Ruiming had Song Shanhe imprisoned for a public trial and execution, and ordered Jiang Yang taken for interrogation.
• Zhao Ruiming and his allies captured the Saint-level demon and monster spies and took control of the United Great City and four other great cities.
• At eight in the morning, Zhao Ruiming's Salvation Sect broadcast a major red emergency alert across the Human Race.
• The broadcast listed centuries of attacks and revealed that traitor spies had caused the deaths of many human geniuses and powerhouses, prompting people to demand a purge.

Humanity learned that Speaker Song Shanhe had colluded with demons, and Zhao Ruiming announced a purge and public execution of the traitorous Saints. As Zhao Ruiming took over the Council, the Fifth Great City Guard Force tried to flee to the King of the Forest but was killed after being rejected.

• Footage showed Saint Zhao Ruiming’s team arresting Speaker Song Shanhe, who confessed to colluding with demons and causing countless deaths.
• Zhao Ruiming addressed humanity, revealed that four of the six Saints were demon spies, and called for traitors to surrender before the deadline or face execution.
• The Fifth Great City Guard Force’s leadership agreed to disguise themselves and defect to the King of the Forest as crowds denounced them.
• Zhao Ruiming was sworn in as temporary Speaker and ordered security preparations for the public execution of the four Saints.
• A messenger reported that the Guard Force leadership had been killed after the King of the Forest rejected them, and Zhao Ruiming ordered the news released.

Zhao Ruiming oversaw the execution of Song Shanhe and three other Saints, then became the official Speaker and began reshaping the United Council. He left Jiang Yang with a month of labor reform and ordered ideological education for students at the three top universities.

• A furious crowd gathered as Song Shanhe and the other three condemned men were brought to the central square and pelted with rotten food.
• Zhao Ruiming allowed the charges to be read, then ordered the four men hanged and had their divine souls erased.
• After the cordon was removed, the crowd abused the corpses while Zhao Ruiming left the square.
• That night, Zhao Ruiming became the official Speaker and dismissed officials and personnel with records as he began replacing the administration.
• Zhao Ruiming assigned Jiang Yang one month of mining as labor reform instead of pursuing harsher punishment.
• Zhao Ruiming ordered the Human Sacred Tower and Willpower Cabin closed and required students from the three top universities to undergo ideological education.

After completing a month of labor reform, Jiang Yang returned to the city and learned that humanity had begun cultivating more freely under Zhao Ruiming. He was assigned to teach combat at Third Cultivation University, where he hoped to start over and make amends.

• Zhao Ruiming continued leading humanity’s peaceful development while promoting hatred of demons and monsters through propaganda.
• Jiang Yang received his reform certificate after a month of mining and resolved to serve humanity as atonement.
• On his way to the city, Jiang Yang noticed that even children and ordinary passersby now possessed spiritual energy, and he condemned Song Shanhe for restricting cultivation until age eighteen.
• The Enforcement Hall assigned Jiang Yang to serve as a combat instructor at Third Cultivation University, despite objections from people who recognized him as Song Shanhe’s disciple.
• Jiang Yang heard the criticism but decided he could make up for his past mistakes with the help of his deduction system.