Chapter Summaries

Jiang Shu entered the Chaotic Demon Sea and immediately faced the Black Dragon Demon Lord, who attacked him with overwhelming strength. Jiang Shu countered with his Heavenly Dragon transformation, but the Demon Lord remained determined to kill him and began unleashing his own dragon power.

• Jiang Shu emerged into the Chaotic Demon Sea and found the Black Dragon Demon Lord guarding the Realm Barrier.
• The Black Dragon Demon Lord attacked Jiang Shu, repelling him and shattering his Five Emperors Annihilation Seal.
• Jiang Shu transformed into a lightning-wreathed Heavenly Dragon using the Five Elements Chaos Lightning Tribulation Dragon Transformation Technique and stopped the Demon Lord's Dragon Claw.
• The Black Dragon Demon Lord recognized that Jiang Shu's dragon form came from a Divine Ability, resolved to kill him, and unleashed a terrifying aura as he prepared to reveal his own dragon power.

Jiang Shu fought the Black Dragon Demon Lord across the Chaotic Demon Sea and was driven to use the Devouring Sky Mirror to block a deadly attack. Though the mirror deflected much of the blow, Jiang Shu was wounded and returned to human form, facing the Demon Lord’s greed and renewed threat.

• The Black Dragon Demon Lord revealed his true body and overwhelmed Jiang Shu with his Dragon Race pressure.
• Jiang Shu met the Demon Lord’s attacks with his Heavenly Dragon True Body, but their battle devastated the surrounding sea and islands as he gradually fell behind.
• Jiang Shu drew on the Origin Power of his Five Elements Great Dao and Great Dao of Thunder to resist the Demon Lord’s powerful strike.
• As the Demon Lord’s attack tore through his defenses, Jiang Shu activated the Devouring Sky Mirror, which absorbed part of the Demon Power but failed to stop it all.
• The remaining Demon Power blasted Jiang Shu backward, forced him back into human form, and left him bleeding as he looked toward the Black Dragon Demon Lord with a flash of madness.

Jiang Shu fought Black Dragon Demon Lord in the Chaotic Demon Sea, severed one of his claws, and escaped as several Demon Monarchs pursued him. After reaching a small island, Jiang Shu began recovering and planned to hide in a Demon Race city without using Two Worlds Travel yet.

• Black Dragon Demon Lord sealed the area and unleashed his full power, but Jiang Shu used the Great Dao of Strength to cleave through his flames and sever one of his dragon claws.
• Black Dragon Demon Lord burned his origin and renewed his assault, but Jiang Shu broke through the sealing array with Qi Swallowing Myriad Forms Fist and fled through space.
• Another Demon Monarch arrived as Black Dragon Demon Lord identified Jiang Shu and vowed to hunt him through the Chaotic Demon Sea.
• Jiang Shu escaped the pursuing Demon Monarchs using the Great Void Heart Sutra and Kun Peng Demon Wings, then reached a distant small island with much of his Great Dao Power depleted.
• Jiang Shu decided to recover and seek cover in a Demon Race island city, keeping Two Worlds Travel in reserve so his return would not expose him to an ambush.

Demon Monarchs debated how to capture Jiang Shu and ordered a search of the Chaotic Demon Sea and its Half-Demon Clans. Hidden aboard a Sea Ship traveling away from Panhai City, Jiang Shu learned about the Half-Demons and decided to recover before using them as guides into the Demon Domain.

• The Black Dragon Demon Lord, Mystic Turtle Demon Lord, and other Demon Monarchs argued over whether to report Jiang Shu to the Demon Venerable or hunt him themselves.
• The Demon Monarchs agreed to patrol the Chaotic Demon Sea in pairs, alert the Thunder Flood Dragon Demon Lord in Panhai City, and order the Half-Demon Clans to search for Jiang Shu.
• Jiang Shu, whose injuries were worse than the Demon Monarchs suspected, hid in a Space Rift aboard a Sea Ship heading deeper into the Chaotic Demon Sea.
• A fox-eared Half-Demon young man told his companions that the Demon Monarchs had ordered investigations and warned them to obey without asking questions.
• Jiang Shu overheard the Half-Demons discussing their low status and their fear of being sent to the front lines, then decided to recover and follow the ship to their clan for guidance.

Jiang Shu revealed himself to Hu Yi, a fox-eared Half-Demon who longed to escape the Demon Race’s oppression, and recruited him by promising a chance to reach the Vast Desolate Domain. Hu Yi shared detailed intelligence about the Chaotic Demon Sea, including the location of an aging Forest Tiger Clan Demon Monarch.

• Hu Yi and the Bull-Horned Strongman discussed their hopes of reaching Human Race lands, though they doubted they could cross the Chaotic Demon Sea.
• Jiang Shu appeared in Hu Yi’s room and questioned his belief that the Human Race would accept Half-Demons.
• Hu Yi explained that he valued the Human Race’s principle of “Teaching Without Discrimination,” and Jiang Shu offered him a chance to serve as his agent.
• Hu Yi accepted Jiang Shu as his Master and described the Chaotic Demon Sea’s islands, Demon Monarchs, and current military tensions.
• Hu Yi marked cultivation resources on a map and revealed that an elderly Forest Tiger Clan Demon Monarch was likely hiding on a small island.

Jiang Shu traveled with Hu Yi into the Chaotic Demon Sea, where Hu Yi revealed the Fox-Human Clan’s hatred of the Forest Tigers and offered intelligence about the weakened Senhu Ancestor. Jiang Shu reached the Mist Demon island and began establishing an array to secure a foothold before confronting the Demon Monarch.

• Hu Yi explained that the Forest Tigers had abused and devoured Fox-Humans, and offered the Senhu Ancestor’s location and a detailed map in exchange for the Human Race’s acceptance of his clan.
• Jiang Shu used spatial power to carry Hu Yi’s ship across millions of miles, then learned that the Senhu Ancestor was secluded in the dangerous Turbulent Flow Region.
• Jiang Shu decided to establish the Heaven Sealing Earth Locking Great Array before attacking, since he was injured and could wield only part of his strength.
• Jiang Shu and Hu Yi reached the Mist Demon island and witnessed Half-Demons and human slaves being abused, while Demon Race members discussed the coming war.
• Jiang Shu killed two Demon Race members with a gesture and planted an array flag, briefly drawing the island’s Origin Power and alarming its inhabitants.

Jiang Shu tracked the Senhu Demon Lord to his hidden retreat in the Chaotic Demon Sea and revealed his strength as a Myriad Manifestations Dao Lord. After killing the Demon Lord’s two Transformation Realm servants, Jiang Shu left Hu Yi concealed and advanced toward the injured Senhu Demon Lord, who prepared to fight for the chance to heal his Dao Injuries.

• Jiang Shu planted eighteen array flags across the Chaotic Demon Sea while evading the Senhu Demon Lord’s searching Demon Beasts.
• A Half-Demon offered Jiang Shu human captives as food, but Hu Yi refused and later reported the encounter to his master.
• Jiang Shu found the Senhu Demon Lord’s secluded cultivation site by sensing a trace of the Great Dao and concealed his human identity with demonic aura.
• Jiang Shu killed the Senhu Demon Lord’s two old servants with a single spatial strike, leaving Hu Yi stunned by his master’s power.
• Jiang Shu concealed Hu Yi within space and proceeded alone as the Senhu Demon Lord recognized him and prepared to use his hidden trump card.

Jiang Shu fought Senhu Demon Lord on an isolated island in the Chaotic Demon Sea, using a Grand Array to conceal their battle and contain its destruction. Senhu revealed the Great Severing Demon Bone, and the chapter left both combatants wounded as their clash continued among the chaotic void currents.

• Senhu Demon Lord confronted Jiang Shu and offered to let the past go in exchange for Jiang Shu's resources.
• Jiang Shu raised a Grand Array to conceal the fight and used the Great Dao of Disaster to aggravate Senhu Demon Lord's injuries.
• Jiang Shu and Senhu Demon Lord clashed, destroying the island and killing the weaker Demon Beasts and Half-Demons trapped inside the array.
• Jiang Shu's punches battered Senhu Demon Lord, who drained Vitality Qi from the island's vegetation and revealed the Great Severing Demon Bone.
• Senhu Demon Lord unleashed the bone's complete Great Dao of Cutting, and Jiang Shu answered with his Pan Wu Splitting Heaven Axe and the Great Dao of Strength.
• Jiang Shu and Senhu Demon Lord both suffered wounds in the clash, with Jiang Shu's fist cut open and Senhu's arm trembling.

Jiang Shu killed Senhu Demon Lord and claimed the Great Severing Demon Bone, then took Hu Yi to Fox-Human Island to recover and consider the turmoil that would follow Senhu’s death. After learning of the Fox-Human Clan’s goodwill toward the Human Race, Jiang Shu rewarded Hu Yi with pills for the clan.

• Senhu Demon Lord ignited his foundation and attacked Jiang Shu with the Great Severing Demon Bone, but Jiang Shu shattered the bone’s power and killed him with a single punch.
• Jiang Shu collected Senhu Demon Lord’s corpse and the two slain Transformation Great Demons, intending to study the complete Great Dao of Cutting carried by the bone.
• Hu Yi witnessed Jiang Shu’s victory, and Jiang Shu decided to seek a secure place to recover rather than fight the other Demon Monarchs while still injured.
• Hu Yi invited Jiang Shu to Fox-Human Island, where the clan’s intelligence network could help them gather information and prepare for the consequences of Senhu’s death.
• Jiang Shu learned that the Fox-Human Clan had secretly helped Human Race cultivators, then gave Hu Yi a storage ring of pills to strengthen the clan.

Jiang Shu recovered in the Eternal Tower, refined a Dao Rank Puppet from the Senhu Demon Lord’s body, and began preparing to comprehend the Great Dao of Cutting. He returned to Fox-Human Island and gave Hu Yi an important mission, promising to bring the Fox-Human Clan to the Vast Desolate Domain if Hu Yi succeeded.

• Jiang Shu gave Hu Yi the Great Demon Blood Fusion Scripture and warned him never to pass it on, while Hu Yi resolved to protect his intelligence network for his lord.
• The Forest Tiger Clan patriarch discovered that the Senhu Demon Lord had died and hurried to relocate the clan’s resources before other factions learned the truth.
• Jiang Shu recovered much of his strength in the Eternal Tower, refined a Dao Rank Puppet from the Senhu Demon Lord’s body, and turned his attention to the Great Severing Demon Bone.
• The Black Dragon Demon Lord took command on Fox-Human Island, where half-demons were sent to fight at the front lines and Hu Yi hid his intelligence network while cultivating.
• Jiang Shu visited Hu Yi, advised him to fuse with Nine-Tailed Demon Fox blood, and offered to bring the Fox-Human Clan to the Vast Desolate Domain if Hu Yi completed an important mission.

Jiang Shu tasked Hu Yi with taking control of the Fox-Humans' intelligence network and gave him two Heaven Rank Puppets for protection. Four months later, the Forest Tiger Clan had been exterminated amid Black Dragon Demon Lord's power grab, while Hu Yi had united the Fox-Human network and begun seeking an alliance with other Half-Demons.

• Jiang Shu ordered Hu Yi to gather intelligence across the Chaotic Demon Sea and entrusted him with two Heaven Rank Puppets and a control talisman.
• Jiang Shu learned that Black Dragon Demon Lord had occupied the Forest Tiger Clan's territory and expected the Demon Race's internal conflict to undermine its front-line campaign.
• Four months later, the Forest Tiger Clan had been exterminated, and other Demon Monarchs blamed Black Dragon Demon Lord, who accused Jiang Tai Xuan of framing him.
• Hu Yi took control of the Fox-Humans' intelligence network and secretly approached other Half-Demon races to propose uniting.
• A goat-bearded Half-Demon warned Hu Yi that uniting would provoke powerful races and destroy the Half-Demons' fragile means of survival.

Hu Yi tried to persuade the Half-Demon clan leaders to unite with him and defect to the Vast Desolate Domain, arguing that their people’s suffering under the Demon Race made rebellion worth the risk. The Goat-Bearded Elder instead urged them to serve the Black Dragon Demon Lord, and the chapter ended with him accusing Hu Yi of treason and moving to seize him.

• Hu Yi challenged the Goat-Bearded Elder’s acceptance of Half-Demon enslavement and urged the clan leaders to fight for their people’s future.
• A Bull-Horned Strongman rejected Hu Yi’s risky proposal, and the clan leaders discussed seeking protection from other Demon Monarchs after the Forest Tiger Clan’s fall.
• The Goat-Bearded Elder proposed that the clans become vassals of the Black Dragon Demon Lord, claiming his Sheep-Human Clan had already been invited.
• Hu Yi clashed with the Goat-Bearded Elder and Bull-Horned Strongman over past grievances and defended his plan to defect to the Human Race’s side.
• The Goat-Bearded Elder accused Hu Yi of having defected to the Human Race and declared that he would capture him for judgment by a Demon Monarch.

Hu Yi used his Puppet and poison to force the surviving Half-Demon leaders into an alliance, beginning a campaign to unite the Northern Domain’s Half-Demon clans under the Fox-Human Clan. The Black Dragon Demon Lord learned of the upheaval and received a petition to exterminate the Half-Demons.

• Hu Yi’s Puppet killed the Goat-Bearded Elder and the Bull-Horned Strongman after they attacked him and resisted his plan.
• Hu Yi had the Long-Faced Man and Dog-Headed Man kill the long-eared woman who tried to record him, then forced them to swallow poison pills and promised to bring their clans into the Vast Domain.
• Hu Yi ordered the two leaders to bring the Northern Domain’s Half-Demons under his control and expand the alliance across the sea regions.
• The Long-Faced Man concluded that Jiang Shu was the powerful Human Race lord behind Hu Yi, and he and the Dog-Headed Man began a campaign against rival Half-Demon clans.
• The Black Dragon Demon Lord observed the Half-Demons’ actions, and one of his Transformation Great Demons petitioned to exterminate their clans.

Hu Yi faced a threat from the Black Dragon Demon Lord’s envoy, who ordered him to find Jiang Tai Xuan within a month or sacrifice his father. Meanwhile, Jiang Shu recovered in the Eternal Tower, advanced his cultivation, and began challenging the Eighth Layer.

• The Black Dragon Demon Lord ordered the Fox-Human Clan to locate Jiang Tai Xuan within a month or have its clan chief executed.
• Hu Yi’s Heaven Rank Puppet sensed the approaching Shape Shifting Great Demon, and Hu Yi withdrew it before the demon arrived on Fox-Human Island.
• The Shape Shifting Great Demon accused Hu Yi of secretly serving Jiang Tai Xuan, then demanded that he find Jiang Tai Xuan within a month or use his father’s head to atone.
• Jiang Shu observed Hu Yi through the Puppets, praised his handling of the Fox-Human Clan, and reflected on his recovery and progress in the Eternal Tower.
• Jiang Shu entered the Eighth Layer and attacked its powerful Replica.

Jiang Shu challenged the Eighth Layer Replica in the Eternal Tower and was overwhelmed by its eighty-percent advantage in combat power and mastery of eleven Great Dao Prototypes. He withdrew severely wounded and returned to the base, leaving the challenge uncleared.

• Jiang Shu's first exchange with the Replica injured him, and their Pan Wu Splitting Heaven Axe attacks clashed before his axe blade collapsed.
• Jiang Shu used the Devouring Great Dao to absorb and redirect the Replica's attack, then fought it at close quarters but was battered by its stronger body and Great Dao of Strength.
• Jiang Shu combined the Five Elements, Astral Wind, and Dragon Grasping Hand against the Replica's Law Manifestation of Heaven and Earth, but it struck him and expanded into a giant.
• Jiang Shu's Qi Swallowing Myriad Forms Fist drove back the Replica, but its dragon transformation and heavenly lightning forced him to press the attack.
• Jiang Shu and the Replica unleashed their strongest attacks, and the Great Dao of Cutting tore Jiang Shu apart while the Replica also suffered severe damage.
• Jiang Shu fled the battlefield before he collapsed and appeared at the base, where the lingering cutting force began to fade.

Jiang Shu visited Venerable Luo to discuss his cultivation after failing to defeat the Eighth Layer Replica, and learned that he needed to fuse complementary Law Sources to strengthen his combat power. Venerable Luo suggested exploring Law Secret Lands and mentioned that opportunities in the Deep Space Sea might soon arise.

• Jiang Shu left the Eternal Tower and spoke briefly with a Thunderhorn Race genius who admired his progress.
• Jiang Shu visited Venerable Luo, who recognized his injuries and learned that he had passed the Seventh Layer but failed to defeat the Eighth Layer Replica.
• Jiang Shu asked Venerable Luo how to stabilize his Forget Form Realm and improve his cultivation.
• Venerable Luo explained that Origins worked best when they complemented one another, and advised Jiang Shu to fuse Law Sources suited to his needs.
• Jiang Shu realized that the Great Dao of Cutting could complement his Great Dao of Strength and Great Dao of Space, despite the danger of awakening a Demon Monarch.
• Venerable Luo told Jiang Shu that opportunities might soon emerge in the Deep Space Sea as certain spaces stabilized.

Jiang Shu declined to rush into the perilous Deep Space Sea and returned to the Eternal Tower to cultivate while the human-demon war intensified. As the Beast Taming Sect’s betrayal was exposed and the Fox-Human Clan faced pressure from the demons, Hu Yi’s adviser proposed that they defect to the Human Race.

• Venerable Luo explained that the Deep Space Sea’s rumored opportunity was unconfirmed and promised the Nine Universes Merchant Alliance would investigate it and provide Jiang Shu with cultivation resources.
• Jiang Shu left Venerable Luo’s palace and returned to the Eternal Tower to comprehend the Great Dao of Cutting through the Great Severing Demon Bone.
• The Human Race and Demon Race fought fiercely in the Endless Sea Domain, while the other sects secretly excluded the Beast Taming Sect after learning it was leaking intelligence to the demons.
• Hu Yi learned that the Transformation Great Demon had killed another fox-human attendant and decided he would negotiate with the demon himself.
• A Fox-Human Clan Elder warned that the demon war was going poorly and the clan needed to prepare for conscription.
• A middle-aged fox-human proposed that the Fox-Human Clan defect to the Human Race.

Hu Yi and the Fox-Human Clan prepared to defect from the Demon Race while searching for Jiang Shu, who returned to the Chaotic Demon Sea after years of cultivation in the Eternal Tower. He defeated the Transformation Great Demon abusing the Fox-Human Clan and used the Yellow Springs Soul Cleansing Seal on him, leaving him as a potential slave.

• A middle-aged fox-man urged Hu Yi to defect to the Human Race, and Hu Yi agreed to pursue his master's whereabouts while pretending to cooperate with the Transformation Great Demon.
• Jiang Shu appeared in Hu Yi's room and heard that the Black Dragon Demon Lord had spent six months searching for him and vowed to kill him within two years.
• Hu Yi reported that he had brought the Northern Domain's Half-Demons under his control and expanded the Fox-Human Clan's intelligence network despite opposition from local Demon Monarchs.
• Jiang Shu and Hu Yi confronted the Transformation Great Demon, who had been tormenting fox-men and had just tried to kill a servant.
• Jiang Shu overwhelmed the Transformation Great Demon and used the Yellow Springs Soul Cleansing Seal to wash away his soul and memories, while Hu Yi briefly glimpsed the technique and was warned against it.

Jiang Shu reshaped Jiao Ming’s memories and left him in Hu Yi’s service before returning to the Eternal Tower to cultivate the Great Dao of Cutting. Meanwhile, Jiao Ming falsely told Black Dragon Demon Lord that the Half-Demons had found Jiang Shu’s trail, prompting Black Dragon to follow the supposed lead and enter seclusion.

• Jiang Shu made Jiao Ming his spy, ordered him to obey Hu Yi, and gave Hu Yi a Jade Plaque for contacting him.
• Jiang Shu returned to the Eternal Tower and continued cultivating the Great Dao of Cutting, keeping it from fully manifesting so he could merge it with his other Great Dao Prototypes.
• Mystic Turtle Demon Lord warned Single-Horn Demon Monarch that Black Dragon Demon Lord might target the local Demon Monarchs after failing to find Jiang Shu, and advised him to leave the Half-Demons alone.
• Black Dragon Demon Lord summoned Jiao Ming and demanded to know why he had acted without permission in the Half-Demon territory.
• Jiao Ming claimed that the Fox-Human Clan had found faint clues to Jiang Shu’s trail, and Black Dragon ordered him to pursue them quietly and report new discoveries.
• Black Dragon Demon Lord decided to enter seclusion to recover while waiting for further news about Jiang Shu.

Jiang Shu emerged from seclusion with greatly enhanced strength and used Hu Yi’s intelligence to locate the Black Dragon Demon Lord. Disguised as Hu Yi, he lured Black Dragon into revealing his fear, then exposed himself and provoked him into battle.

• Hu Yi gathered intelligence on the Black Dragon Demon Lord and reported that he was staying on the former Forest Tiger Clan’s island, guarded by thirty-six surrounding islands.
• Jiang Shu learned of Black Dragon’s old Dao injury, rewarded Hu Yi, and chose to impersonate him rather than set up an array or bring Hu Yi along.
• Jiang Shu took Jiao Ming to the island, while Hu Yi stayed behind, and used the Great Dao of Transformation to fool Black Dragon.
• Black Dragon rushed to meet the disguised Jiang Shu after hearing that Hu Yi had found Jiang Shu’s hiding place, promising to accept the Fox-Human Clan into the Demon Race.
• Jiang Shu claimed that Jiang Tai Xuan was on the island, prompting Black Dragon to realize that Hu Yi was an impostor and that Jiang Shu stood before him.
• Jiang Shu revealed himself and declared that Black Dragon’s Dao heart had shattered, provoking Black Dragon to unleash his four Great Dao Prototypes and attack.