Chapter Summaries

Qi Wu destroyed the enormous flesh monster and its Demon horde with Malevolent Shrine and purple-gold flames, prompting the Imperial Guards to celebrate their victory. Their cheers stopped when Taotie's remnant soul emerged from the crater, regenerated after Qi Wu struck it, and began rising into the night sky.

• Qi Wu sliced the nine-hundred-meter-tall flesh monster into dust with Malevolent Shrine and burned the dust and nearby Demons away.
• The Imperial Guards cheered for Qi Wu, while Jiang Qingyue and Gale praised their captain.
• Qi Wu joked with the cheering guards as they celebrated the apparent victory.
• An Imperial Guard spotted black smoke gathering above the crater and forming the head of Taotie's remnant soul.
• Qi Wu blasted a hole through Taotie's head with [Red], but the smoke regenerated and the enormous head rose into the sky.

After Taotie’s soul escaped, Qi Wu decided the civilians in the Imperial Capital could not safely remain there and ordered their evacuation to the Southern Capital. He spent the night constructing a vast spatial gate, which stood open as the chapter ended.

• Qi Wu worried that Taotie’s escaped soul and the other beasts’ remnant souls could threaten the Imperial Capital’s civilians.
• Qi Wu ordered the Imperial Guard captain to gather every resident and evacuate them to the Southern Capital through a spatial gate.
• The captain ordered the Imperial Guards to impose martial law and bring the civilians to North Gate Square within twenty-four hours.
• Qi Wu began weaving a stable spatial passage in North Gate Square, restarting after his spiritual power ran dry.
• After working through the night, Qi Wu completed a massive gate that connected the Imperial Capital to the wilderness outside the Southern Capital.

Qi Wu used a spatial gate to evacuate civilians and ordered the Imperial Capital’s Psychics to protect them in the Southern Capital while the military defended the city. As the Psychics departed and the Imperial Guards vowed to hold the gate, a mocking voice called down from the sky and addressed Qi Wu as Great Xia’s Child of Destiny.

• Qi Wu completed the spatial gate and helped civilians begin evacuating to the Southern Capital.
• A little girl gave Qi Wu a flower and urged him to stay alive before leaving with her mother.
• Qi Wu ordered the Imperial Capital’s Psychics to evacuate and protect the civilians, and they eventually obeyed despite wanting to stay and fight.
• The Imperial Guards pledged to defend the city gate until the last moment, and Qi Wu ordered them to hold it.
• A mocking voice came from the sky and addressed Qi Wu as Great Xia’s Child of Destiny.

Qi Wu fought Owl Eye while maintaining the spatial gate, then faced a swarm of Flying Demons threatening the civilians. Su Li arrived with the Imperial Guard’s heavy armored troops and opened fire on the attackers.

• Owl Eye introduced himself as the Mandala Society’s thirteenth elder, but Qi Wu mocked him and destroyed his prized rifle with Lightning Law.
• Qi Wu attacked Owl Eye with Red, but Owl Eye dodged and summoned a swarm of Flying Demons with a whistle.
• Owl Eye ordered the Flying Demons to kill the civilians, leaving Qi Wu to defend the crowd while maintaining the spatial gate.
• Su Li arrived with armored vehicles, tanks, and the Imperial Guard’s heavy troops, who began blasting the Flying Demons from the sky.

Qi Wu maintained the spatial gate while Su Li redeployed troops to reinforce the besieged gates. When Owl Eye attacked, Qi Wu killed him after he transformed into a giant golden-winged bird, leaving the evacuation and the defense still underway.

• Qi Wu told Su Li to send half her forces to the East and West Gates while keeping one armored battalion at the North Gate.
• Owl Eye grew furious at being ignored, charged Qi Wu, and was blasted by his lightning, leaving him unable to fly.
• Owl Eye released his true form as a gigantic golden-winged bird and attacked Qi Wu and the spatial gate.
• Qi Wu used Hollow Purple: Thunderbolt to pierce Garuda and kill him with one strike.

While Qi Wu maintained the Spatial Gate at the North Gate, Xiao Tiance reported that Lilith had transformed and was attacking people at the West Gate. Qi Wu recognized that the Bloodslayer Queen’s past-life consciousness had awakened and realized he might have to restrain her, though leaving the gate would put the evacuation at risk.

• Su Li joked with Qi Wu, gave him compressed biscuits, and helped direct the civilians evacuating through the Spatial Gate.
• Jiang Qingyue brought Qi Wu double-sugar milk tea, and he continued channeling spiritual power into the gate as the evacuation proceeded.
• Xiao Tiance called Qi Wu from the West Gate and reported that Lilith had grown into a red-haired, red-eyed woman who was attacking humans and Demons alike.
• Qi Wu told Xiao Tiance that Lilith’s past-life consciousness as the Bloodslayer Queen had awakened, rather than someone controlling her.
• Qi Wu concluded that he would have to restrain Lilith himself but worried that leaving the North Gate would interrupt the Spatial Gate.

Qi Wu struggled to keep the Spatial Gate open while Xiao Tiance faced the transformed Lilith at the West Gate. Jiang Qingyue used the Demon God Curse Mark to maintain the gate, freeing Qi Wu and Gale to rush to Xiao Tiance’s aid, where they arrived amid a chaotic battle.

• Qi Wu learned that Xiao Tiance was struggling against Lilith and hesitated to leave the Spatial Gate, which needed his spiritual power to stay open.
• Jiang Qingyue offered to use the Demon God Curse Mark to maintain the gate, and its chains anchored the gate using the Demon God’s spiritual power.
• Qi Wu assigned Jiang Qingyue to maintain the gate and Su Li to lead its defenders, then took Gale through a spatial rift to the West Gate.
• Qi Wu and Gale arrived at the West Gate as a brick flew past Qi Wu and the battlefield descended into chaos.

Qi Wu arrived at the ruined city gate and confronted the Vampire progenitor after she had taken control of Lilith's body and attacked both Demons and Imperial Guard soldiers. He rejected the queen's claim to the name Lilith and fired Red at her.

• Qi Wu found Xiao Tiance badly injured in the wall and used Reverse Cursed Technique to heal him.
• Xiao Tiance told Qi Wu that Lilith had killed Demons, attacked Imperial Guard soldiers, and defeated him with one slap.
• Qi Wu approached the woman at the breach while Gale waited with her blade drawn.
• The Vampire progenitor revealed that she had locked Lilith away inside herself and claimed to share Lilith's name.
• Qi Wu said the little girl was the real Lilith and unleashed Red at the progenitor.

Qi Wu and the Bloodslayer Queen tested each other’s strength as their duel began. After the Queen’s Blood God Bullet killed 137 Demons, Qi Wu claimed she was only a fraction as strong as he was and prepared to demonstrate his power.

• Qi Wu’s [Red] missed as the Bloodslayer Queen dispersed into blood mist and reformed behind him.
• The Queen attacked with blood tentacles, but Qi Wu’s Limitless stopped them before his lightning scattered them.
• The Queen healed her damaged nails, stopped teasing, and summoned a drop of dark golden blood.
• Qi Wu evaded the drop, which pierced and liquefied 137 Demons in a straight line through the wilderness.
• Xiao Tiance worried that Qi Wu might not defeat the Queen, while Qi Wu praised her attack and gathered spatial power in his fist.

Qi Wu unleashed an advanced space-law punch that devastated the battlefield and destroyed thousands of Demons, prompting the Bloodslayer Queen to reveal her Blood God Armor. The two clashed in the air, and the Queen broke through Qi Wu’s Limitless defense as he eagerly faced the fight ahead.

• Qi Wu warped and shattered space with his punch, collapsing the ground across a hundred li and swallowing thousands of Demons in spatial fissures.
• Xiao Tiance and Gale struggled to keep their footing amid the quake and reacted in shock to Qi Wu’s attack.
• The Bloodslayer Queen revealed that a spatial fissure had wounded her golden arm and said Qi Wu’s punch reminded her of someone she had known.
• The Bloodslayer Queen summoned her Blood God Armor and climbed into the sky to face Qi Wu.
• Qi Wu rose to meet the Queen, but her golden arm broke through his Limitless defense and sent him flying backward.

Qi Wu fought the Bloodslayer Queen as she switched from her cracking Blood God Armor to the Blood God Sword, which she used to cleave his Hollow Purple-Collapse Form. The sword shattered from the attack, but the queen claimed she had figured out his trump cards and began invoking her Domain.

• The Bloodslayer Queen used her Blood God Armor to unleash a rapid barrage of punches, but Qi Wu evaded or endured them with Space Law and Limitless.
• The Bloodslayer Queen dispelled her damaged armor and formed the Blood God Sword from a drop of golden blood.
• The Bloodslayer Queen attacked with the sword, whose blood-draining ability pulled Qi Wu toward its blade, and absorbed his lightning strike.
• Qi Wu launched Hollow Purple-Collapse Form, and the Bloodslayer Queen split it with the Blood God Sword, which cracked and broke apart.
• The Bloodslayer Queen declared she had figured out Qi Wu's trump cards and began activating her Domain.

Qi Wu’s fusion with Satoru Gojo reached 99.9%, letting his Unlimited Void suppress the Bloodslayer Queen’s domain. Lilith regained control in a drastically weakened child form, just as Qi Wu spotted a demon army led by Qiongqi approaching the Imperial Capital.

• The Bloodslayer Queen opened her Blood God Domain and wounded Qi Wu, but his fusion reached 99.9% and he used Unlimited Void to overwhelm her domain.
• As Qi Wu prepared Hollow Purple, Lilith broke free of the Bloodslayer Queen’s control and begged him to stop; the two fought over the body until Lilith took control in a tiny, powerless form.
• Lilith explained that regaining control had consumed her power and shrunk her soul essence, then complained when Qi Wu teased her about being cute.
• Qi Wu spotted a vast demon army approaching the Imperial Capital, led by a gigantic beast he identified as Qiongqi.
• The system reported that demons were using Fiend Beast remnant souls and showed collection progress of 2/4.

Qi Wu wondered what conditions would raise his Satoru Gojo and Ryomen Sukuna fusion rates beyond 99.9% while reassuring Lilith that her damaged essence could be repaired. After briefly returning to the North Gate, he hurried back to the West Gate to help Xiao Tiance and Gale fight the Qiongqi remnant.

• Qi Wu comforted Lilith and told her he would help restore her essence, but both template fusion rates remained at 99.9%.
• Xiao Tiance and Gale struggled against the demon formed from Qiongqi's remnant soul while Qi Wu watched from a distance.
• Qi Wu carried Lilith to the North Gate, where he teased her by calling her a four-foot princess and promised again to restore her power and hope.
• Xiao Tiance and Gale called for help as Qiongqi pushed them to the brink, and Qi Wu realized he had left them fighting alone.
• Qi Wu returned to the West Gate and faced the Qiongqi demon, preparing to see what made it special.

Qi Wu used the Erlang the Sage-Manifesting True Lord template and the Mountain-Splitting Axe to destroy Qiongqi’s body and burn out his remnant soul. As the soul fled into the black clouds and disappeared, Qi Wu recognized the same pattern he had witnessed after Taotie’s death but still could not see what was hidden there.

• Qiongqi attacked Qi Wu with claws, feather blades, and a blood-red beam, but Qi Wu countered with Limitless, Blue, Red, and Malevolent Shrine.
• Qi Wu realized Qiongqi’s remnant soul was fused with Demon flesh, giving him endless regeneration and making ordinary attacks unable to kill him.
• Qi Wu activated the Erlang the Sage-Manifesting True Lord template and summoned the Mountain-Splitting Axe.
• Qi Wu cleaved Qiongqi in half, and golden divine flames burned the body and drove out the remnant soul.
• Qiongqi’s remnant soul fled into a vortex in the black clouds and vanished, while Qi Wu recognized the similarity to Taotie’s death and tried unsuccessfully to see what was concealed there.

Qi Wu discovered that the Four Fiends' remnants had returned to their places, triggering the system's final phase and causing a vast mass of energy to spread across the sky. He teleported himself, Xiao Tiance, and Gale toward the North Gate to regroup with Su Li, Lilith, and Qingyue as the threat engulfed the Imperial Capital.

• Qi Wu told Gale and Xiao Tiance that the remnant soul of the Demon he had destroyed also flew into the black clouds, suggesting something was collecting the souls.
• The system reported that Taotie and Qiongqi had returned to their places and that Qi Wu's fusion levels with Satoru Gojo and Ryomen Sukuna had reached 99.9%.
• Black pillars rose south and east of the Imperial Capital as Hundun and Taowu awakened after Svarog, Angelina, and their forces destroyed the Demons bearing their remnants.
• The system announced that all four remnants had returned and initiated the final phase, while the black energy mass expanded across half the sky.
• Qi Wu recognized the black clouds as a vast net of energy centered on the Imperial Capital and teleported himself, Xiao Tiance, and Gale toward the North Gate.

After learning that the Four Fiends’ remnant souls had returned and triggered the system’s final phase, Qi Wu prepared to leave for the Human Emperor Hall. Before he could depart, four vortices appeared over the North Gate and the Four Fiends Formation activated.

• Qi Wu returned to the North Gate with Lilith restored to sanity, and the group briefly celebrated her recovery.
• Qi Wu showed the leaders visions of Qiongqi’s and Taotie’s remnant souls returning and reported the system’s warnings about the Four Fiends.
• Qi Wu ordered the North Gate to continue evacuating civilians and prepare its defenses while Jiang Qingyue maintained the Spatial Gate.
• Qi Wu announced he would return to the Human Emperor Hall to confront the unfolding crisis and assigned Su Li, Xiao Tiance, Gale, and Lilith their roles.
• Lilith sensed danger as four black vortices formed over the North Gate, and the system announced that the Four Fiends Formation had activated.

Qi Wu realized the Four Fiends' Remnants were keys to the Mandala Society's Four Fiends Formation, which sealed space and trapped the Imperial Capital. He reached the ruined Human Emperor Hall and found Di Tian impaling the Human Emperor and stealing his power.

• Qi Wu recognized the Four Fiends Formation and found that it had sealed space across the world.
• Qi Wu left Su Li in charge and told Qingyue to keep the Spatial Gate open as he rushed toward the Human Emperor Hall.
• Qi Wu saw the Imperial Capital covered in an awakening formation and arrived to find the Human Emperor Hall destroyed beneath a pillar of black light.
• Qi Wu found the Human Emperor bound and suppressed at the formation's center, while Di Tian knelt before him.
• Di Tian stood and stabbed the Human Emperor through the chest, then absorbed his immortal power as the Human Emperor warned that Fate would stop him.

Di Tian absorbed the Human Emperor’s immortal power and became a Demigod, while Shang revealed that the Mandala Society had shaped Di Tian’s life from birth. The Human Emperor died entrusting Great Xia to Qi Wu, and Di Tian fully demonized as the system warned that a life-form beyond the world’s limits had appeared.

• Di Tian blocked and crushed Qi Wu’s Hollow Technique, then declared that Qi Wu was no longer his match.
• Shang revealed that Di Tian had belonged to the Mandala Society from birth and that a planted seed had shaped his choices and ambitions.
• Di Tian apologized to the Human Emperor, who comforted him before his body dissolved as the last of his immortal power was drained.
• The Human Emperor entrusted Great Xia to Qi Wu before dying, while Di Tian’s power surged and black bone wings grew from his back.
• Di Tian entered a fully demonized state, and Qi Wu’s system warned that a life-form exceeding the current world’s limits had descended.

After Di Tian killed the Human Emperor and became a demigod, Qi Wu discovered that the Four Fiends Formation had been meant to summon Hades. The god descended and attacked Qi Wu, who received a fragment of immortal power as the chapter ended.

• Qi Wu confronted Di Tian over killing the Human Emperor, but Di Tian defended his choice and embraced his new demigod power.
• Shang taunted Qi Wu as the Four Fiends Formation destabilized and the Imperial Capital began collapsing.
• Shang and Di Tian knelt and welcomed Hades, whom Qi Wu recognized as the Demon progenitor and the true master behind the Mandala Society.
• Hades descended as a colossal being of darkness, identified Qi Wu as the Child of Destiny, and struck at him with a casual palm.
• A golden soul fragment entered Qi Wu's golden Six Eyes of God, and he recognized it as immortal power.

Qi Wu inherited the Human Emperor’s immortal power and used a fused domain to resist Hades, but the god’s attack overwhelmed him. He evacuated the Imperial Capital’s civilians and defenders through a spatial rift, then emerged bloodied in the southern outskirts as the city became a demonic ruin.

• Qi Wu received the Human Emperor’s memories and immortal power, renewed his resolve, and thanked him.
• Hades’s descending palm shattered Qi Wu’s fused Unlimited Void and Malevolent Shrine domains and hurled him through the Imperial Capital.
• Qi Wu realized he could not defeat Hades, then spotted Su Li, Jiang Qingyue, Lilith, Xiao Tiance, Gale, and the civilians still in the city.
• Qi Wu ignited his remaining power to tear open a spatial rift and evacuate the people to the southern outskirts despite Su Li and Xiao Tiance’s protests.
• Qi Wu entered the closing rift after warning Hades, Di Tian, and Shang that he would settle the debt, then crashed into the southern outskirts as the Imperial Capital became a demonic city.