Chapter Summaries

Qi Wu assigned Lilith, Gale, and Jiang Qingyue to fight the Toxic Spider King so they could test their training, while he watched. The three fought in coordinated fashion and proved strong enough to alarm the Demon King, who realized he had underestimated the Salvation Squad.

• Qi Wu taunted the Toxic Spider King, then told Lilith, Gale, and Jiang Qingyue to fight him together as training.
• The Toxic Spider King attacked the three girls, and Lilith dodged his strikes before launching a barrage of blood blades.
• Gale wounded one of the Toxic Spider King's legs with her saber, while Jiang Qingyue blasted him with clay bombs and Space Bombs.
• The Toxic Spider King unleashed venomous arrows, but Lilith shielded the team, Gale cut through the projectiles, and Jiang Qingyue deflected them with spatial power.
• The Toxic Spider King grew alarmed at the three girls' strength and realized the intelligence had badly underestimated the Salvation Squad.

Lilith, Gale, and Jiang Qingyue defeated the Toxic Spider King, but Qi Wu destroyed its remains and claimed the kill. After praising the girls’ progress, Qi Wu sensed a powerful explosion and concluded that the Mandala Society had found the Divine Treasure, so the group hurried toward the conflict.

• Lilith pierced the Toxic Spider King’s head with Piercing Blood and Black Flash, and Gale severed its head with Soul Slash.
• Jiang Qingyue blasted the Toxic Spider King’s body apart with Space Bomb: Final Form, but Qi Wu sliced up and annihilated its remains, securing the kill.
• Lilith, Gale, and Jiang Qingyue complained that Qi Wu had stolen their kill, and he praised their techniques and told them how to improve.
• A huge explosion erupted to the northwest, and Qi Wu sensed power beyond Awakening-Tier coming from multiple sources.
• Qi Wu identified the Mandala Society as the source, said they had found the Divine Treasure, and led the three girls toward the explosion.

Qi Wu and the three girls entered an ancient underground palace in the Kunlun Mountains, where Qi Wu confronted Xiao Jue. After overcoming Xiao Jue’s Gravity Law and blocking his escape, Qi Wu killed him and gained battle intent, raising his Sukuna template fusion to 91.5%.

• Qi Wu followed the mushroom cloud to a buried underground palace with Lilith, Gale, and Jiang Qingyue, sensing Xiao Jue inside.
• Qi Wu found Xiao Jue guarding the passage for the Mandala Society and taunted him about their previous encounter.
• Xiao Jue attacked with his sword and activated his hundredfold Gravity Law, but Qi Wu neutralized it with Space Law.
• Qi Wu wounded Xiao Jue with World-Cutting Slash and trapped him behind a spatial barrier when he tried to flee.
• Qi Wu shattered Xiao Jue’s final sword strike and killed him with World-Cutting Slash, gaining 12,000 Battle Intent Value and reaching 91.5% Sukuna template fusion.

After killing Xiao Jue, Qi Wu entered the Underground Palace and fought through its undead defenses while his companions handled the skeleton horde. He reached the Divine Treasure altar, where the Mandala Society’s leader offered to negotiate.

• Qi Wu killed Xiao Jue, then identified the approaching skeletons as Demons animated by the Mandala Society’s Necromancy Technique.
• Qi Wu left Lilith, Jiang Qingyue, and Gale to fight the skeleton horde while he continued deeper into the Underground Palace.
• Lilith corrupted the skeletons with her blood law, Jiang Qingyue absorbed them into her curse-mark space, and Gale protected them from attackers.
• Qi Wu destroyed the Awakening-Tier Skeleton General with Black Flash combined with the Destruction Law, raising his Sukuna Template Fusion to 92%.
• Qi Wu reached the altar and found the Mandala Society’s black-robed leader and three wounded Demons, and the old man proposed discussing terms.

Qi Wu recognized the black-robed elder as the Skeleton King responsible for slaughtering millions, then rejected his supposed alliance by killing the Bone Dragon. He confronted the Skeleton King and asked whether he still wanted to negotiate.

• The Skeleton King offered to help Qi Wu defeat the ancient Demon in exchange for its corpse, promising Qi Wu its Divine Treasure.
• Qi Wu remembered the Skeleton King’s slaughter of thirty million people, including the massacre at the Kunlun military base.
• The Skeleton King secretly planned to let Qi Wu and the Demon weaken each other, then turn Qi Wu into a skeletal war general.
• Qi Wu killed the wounded Bone Dragon with an invisible slash and challenged the Skeleton King to negotiate with him.

Qi Wu defeated the Skeleton King and the other Demons, then entered the portal to face the legendary Devouring Heaven Demon Beast. He discovered a metal scroll embedded in the beast’s heart and prepared to fight for his third template.

• Qi Wu rejected the Skeleton King's demand for help and destroyed the spectral souls with [Red Almighty Push].
• Qi Wu cut the Corpse Ghoul in half with World-Cutting Slash and annihilated Ghost with [Blue] and Destruction Law.
• Qi Wu refused the Skeleton King's offer to reveal the Ancient Demon's weakness and disintegrated him, gaining 20,000 Battle Intent Value as Sukuna template fusion reached 93%.
• Qi Wu entered the purple portal and found the Devouring Heaven Demon Beast in a desolate void, with a metal scroll embedded in its heart.
• Qi Wu recognized the beast and considered killing it to obtain his third template.

Qi Wu fought the Devouring Heaven Demon Beast and discovered it could copy and devour the abilities used against it. The beast turned Qi Wu’s own techniques against him, leaving him wounded but intrigued by the challenge.

• The Devouring Heaven Demon Beast endured Qi Wu’s Blue, Red, and World-Cutting Slash attacks, regenerating from its wounds without retaliating.
• The beast copied Blue and Red, then used both forces to injure Qi Wu before unleashing copied World-Cutting Slashes.
• Qi Wu struck the beast with Destruction Law, but it absorbed and copied the ability, then used it to cut his shoulder.
• Qi Wu compared the beast’s ability to Mahoraga’s, recognized that it could immediately copy and devour abilities, and faced it with renewed interest.

Qi Wu joined forces with Mahoraga to overcome the Devouring Heaven Demon Beast’s immense copying and devouring powers. He destroyed the beast and blasted the Divine Treasure scroll from its heart, leaving his Sukuna Template fusion progress at 94%.

• Qi Wu unleashed a relentless barrage of attacks, but the Devouring Heaven Demon Beast froze and devoured his blades, then used them to wound and blast him away.
• Qi Wu healed himself and summoned Mahoraga to help him fight the beast.
• Qi Wu and Mahoraga attacked together as Mahoraga adapted to the beast’s abilities and its copying and devouring began to slow.
• Qi Wu and Mahoraga combined their power into the Annihilation Black Flash Space-Cutting Strike, which exceeded the beast’s devouring limit and struck its heart.
• The strike blasted the Divine Treasure scroll from the beast’s heart, and the Devouring Heaven Demon Beast disintegrated; Qi Wu gained 30,000 Battle Intent Value and reached 94% Sukuna Template fusion progress.

Qi Wu obtained the Landscape of Mountains and Rivers, fused it with Kamutoke to gain the Lightning law, and entered the Kunlun Divine Ruins. There, he uncovered the history of the Mythological Era and learned that Demons descended from sealed Outer Heavenly Demons.

• Qi Wu claimed the Landscape of Mountains and Rivers after Mahoraga helped him kill the Devouring Heaven Demon Beast with their combined attack, which he named Annihilation Star Flash.
• Qi Wu fused Kamutoke into the Landscape of Mountains and Rivers, gaining the Thunderbolt Slash ability and basic comprehension of the Lightning law.
• Qi Wu entered the Kunlun Divine Ruins and witnessed phantoms of the God War, in which the Divine Land's cultivators fought enormous beasts and fell after sealing the last one.
• Qi Wu touched the Divine Totem and learned that the Mythological Era's cultivators had defeated the Outer Heavenly Demons, sealed their passage, and left behind a legacy that later became psychic powers.
• Qi Wu learned that the surviving sealed heavenly demons and their descendants eventually became known as Demons, still waiting for the seals to weaken.

Qi Wu learned that Psychics and Demons arose from the remnants of the Mythological Era and that their renewed conflict was a war between two worlds. After defeating waves of Outer Heavenly Demon phantoms and reaching the divine inheritance, he awakened the Erlang the Sage-Manifesting True Lord template, which began at 1% integration despite awarding him 100,000 Fortune Points.

• Qi Wu understood that Psychics inherited cultivation instincts from the Mythological Era, while Demons came from suppressed Outer Heavenly Demons whose seals had weakened.
• Qi Wu flew toward the golden beam but destroyed successive waves of Outer Heavenly Demon phantoms with Thousand Thunder Flow and the Landscape of Mountains and Rivers.
• Qi Wu reached the beam of light and received the divine inheritance, awakening the Erlang the Sage-Manifesting True Lord template.
• The system awarded Qi Wu 100,000 Fortune Points for his worldline alterations and set his new template integration at 1%, leaving him stunned.

Qi Wu’s fusion with Erlang’s template awakened his Divine Six Eyes and greatly increased his strength, drawing the Human Emperor’s attention to a golden pillar over Kunlun. After leaving the Divine Ruins with the Landscape of Mountains and Rivers and the Lightning Law, Qi Wu reunited with the Salvation Squad, where Gale reminded him of his agreement with Xiao Tiance.

• Qi Wu’s fusion progress reached one percent, and his Six Eyes transformed into Divine Six Eyes as golden light surged from the Kunlun Divine Ruins.
• The Human Emperor and the eldest prince saw the golden pillar over Kunlun, and the Human Emperor declared that Great Xia had hope for resurgence.
• Qi Wu found that his new Divine Six Eyes and one-percent fusion had made him much stronger, then flew out of the Divine Ruins.
• Qi Wu reunited with Jiang Qingyue, Lilith, and Gale, showed them the Landscape of Mountains and Rivers, and explained that he had fused Kamutoke into it to integrate the Lightning Law.
• Qi Wu demonstrated the Lightning Law by reducing a boulder to dust, and Gale asked whether he still remembered his agreement with Xiao Tiance.

Qi Wu sparred with Lilith, Gale, and Jiang Qingyue after acquiring the lightning law, easily countering their attacks. When Lilith passed out from exhausting her blood, Qi Wu gave her a drop of Divine Blood, triggering her mature second form, but its power became unstable and her body began shifting between forms.

• Qi Wu invited Lilith, Gale, and Jiang Qingyue to spar and overwhelmed their attacks with lightning.
• Lilith used Convergence: Piercing Blood, but Qi Wu's Lightning Flash Slash defeated it, leaving her unconscious from blood loss.
• Qi Wu gave Lilith a drop of his Divine Blood, causing her to transform into a mature woman.
• Lilith explained that the form was her second form, powered up after drinking Qi Wu's blood, and asked him for more.
• Lilith's blood-energy Spiritual Power surged violently, and her body began shifting between her mature and youthful forms.

Lilith regained control of her body after the Bloodslayer Queen’s mature form emerged, then explained that she was the Vampire Progenitor’s reincarnation. Qi Wu accepted the revelation without surprise and led the team toward the Imperial Capital.

• Lilith suppressed the mature consciousness and returned to her child form, explaining that it awakened through the bloodline’s power.
• Qi Wu teased Lilith about her argument over the mature form, and Gale and Jiang Qingyue laughed along.
• Lilith revealed that she was the reincarnation of the Bloodslayer Queen, the Holy Blood Family’s powerful progenitor who had been sealed by Van Helsing and his Demon-Hunting Squad.
• Qi Wu dismissed the revelation as unsurprising, reassured Lilith that she was a member of his team, and set off with the others toward the Imperial Capital.

Xiao Tiance trained while waiting for Qi Wu to return, eager to challenge him. At the 749 Bureau’s Heavenly Evolution Arena, Qi Wu and Xiao Tiance arrived for their duel as the Virtual Battlefield generated the Primordial Battlefield.

• Xiao Tiance smashed the Training Ground floor with a punch, then practiced with the God-Slaying Halberd while thinking of Qi Wu.
• A staff member told Xiao Tiance that Qi Wu had left Kunlun and would arrive in the Imperial Capital that night.
• Lilith, Gale, Jiang Qingyue, Li Chen, Su Li, and Asura gathered at the Heavenly Evolution Arena and discussed who might win.
• Qi Wu and Xiao Tiance approached the Battle Platform from opposite directions, and the Virtual Battlefield generated the Primordial Battlefield.

Qi Wu faced Xiao Tiance in the Primordial Battlefield, initially evading and blocking his attacks before striking him with lightning and repulsive force. Xiao Tiance then unleashed his War Law and began overwhelming Qi Wu with an escalating barrage, leaving the spectators worried for him.

• Qi Wu and Xiao Tiance traded taunts before Xiao Tiance attacked with his God-Slaying Halberd.
• Qi Wu dodged Xiao Tiance's first strike and stopped his next attack with a spatial barrier.
• Qi Wu used Thunder Punishment, blasting Xiao Tiance nearly a hundred meters backward.
• Xiao Tiance unleashed his War Law, transforming the battlefield with the force of his battle-hardened power.
• Xiao Tiance attacked Qi Wu in an increasingly powerful storm of halberd strikes as the spectators watched anxiously.

Qi Wu endured Xiao Tiance’s full assault and declared him a mere mortal, then fought back with lightning-powered techniques that cracked the God-Slaying Halberd. After their strongest attacks clashed, Xiao Tiance was wounded but remained defiant and expanded his domain.

• Qi Wu emerged from Xiao Tiance’s devastating attacks without a scratch and provoked him by calling him a mere mortal.
• Xiao Tiance embraced the challenge and renewed his assault, while Qi Wu became serious and countered with lightning-powered attacks.
• Qi Wu’s World-Cutting Slash: Thunderclap blasted Xiao Tiance back and left a crack in the God-Slaying Halberd.
• Xiao Tiance unleashed War Law: Seven Killings, and Qi Wu met it with attacks combining lightning, space, and destruction.
• The clash left Qi Wu uninjured and Xiao Tiance wounded but still able to fight, so Xiao Tiance expanded his domain, [Blood Battlefields].

Qi Wu turned the battle against Xiao Tiance by using Divine Six Eyes to dismantle the law nodes sustaining [Blood Battlefields]. As Xiao Tiance’s domain collapsed, Qi Wu hovered above it and declared his supremacy.

• Xiao Tiance trapped Qi Wu in [Blood Battlefields], where endless phantom warriors and his attacks gradually wore Qi Wu down.
• Qi Wu opened [Unlimited Void], but Xiao Tiance’s domain turned its information flood into fuel for the warriors’ frenzy.
• As the phantom warriors overwhelmed him, Qi Wu closed his eyes, then activated Divine Six Eyes to see the domain’s law nodes and core.
• Qi Wu directed [Unlimited Void] into the law nodes, overloading them until the phantom warriors vanished and [Blood Battlefields] collapsed.
• Qi Wu rose above the collapsing domain and declared, “Throughout heaven and earth, I alone am supreme!”

Qi Wu defeated Xiao Tiance in the Virtual Battlefield and was celebrated by the Salvation Squad. The eldest prince, Di Tian, then arrived and asked Qi Wu to meet with the Human Emperor.

• Qi Wu defeated Xiao Tiance with Kirin, earning battle intent and raising his Sukuna Template fusion to 95%.
• Xiao Tiance accepted his loss, promised to challenge Qi Wu again, and was pulled to his feet by Qi Wu.
• Lilith, Gale, Jiang Qingyue, Li Chen, and Su Li congratulated Qi Wu, while Su Li identified his golden eyes as the Eyes of God and Qi Wu pretended not to know what she meant.
• Di Tian, eldest prince of Great Xia, approached Qi Wu and bowed respectfully.
• Di Tian told Qi Wu that the Human Emperor requested his presence.

Qi Wu met the Human Emperor, who revealed that a prophecy had led him to wait ten thousand years for the Child of Destiny. The Human Emperor offered Qi Wu the title, but Qi Wu laughed and refused to take on the work of ruling.

• Qi Wu finished his milk tea and went with Di Tian to meet the Human Emperor.
• Qi Wu greeted the Human Emperor casually, and the two laughed together as they spoke.
• The Human Emperor revealed that a voice had granted him the Immortal ability and told him to help the Child of Destiny defeat the Demons after ten thousand years.
• The Human Emperor identified Qi Wu as the Child of Destiny and thanked him for finally coming.
• The Human Emperor announced that he had decided to pass the title of Human Emperor to Qi Wu, who laughed and refused because governing would be exhausting.

Qi Wu refused the Human Emperor’s throne but accepted full military and political authority over Great Xia, agreeing to be crowned Child of Destiny. A Europa Alliance visit to discuss cooperation against the Demons turned into an attack when a vampire elder lunged at Lilith, and Qi Wu moved to stop him.

• Qi Wu rejected becoming Human Emperor and negotiated full military and political authority from the Human Emperor in exchange for promising to eliminate the Demons.
• The Human Emperor agreed and planned to crown Qi Wu Child of Destiny the following day, while Di Tian watched with an unreadable reaction.
• An Imperial Guard officer announced that envoys from the Europa Alliance had requested an audience, and Pope Pius I arrived with four Awakening-Tier envoys.
• Pius I proposed that Blue Star’s four great powers share resources, intelligence, and military support against the Demons.
• A male envoy revealed himself as a vampire elder, demanded that the humans hand over Princess Lilith, and lunged at her.
• Qi Wu intercepted the vampire elder and used Lightning Arts: Thunder Prison.