Chapter Summaries

Three Demon Lords questioned human and Ridge-Crowned prisoners to learn how the devils fought and what weaknesses they could exploit. A Ridge-Crowned noble revealed that the Celestial Realm army’s highest-ranking official was named Baru, and the demons also learned about the Summoning Spell Formation Array.

• Three Demon Lords arrived at the prisoner cage, and one of them ate the German soldier Francis as the captives reacted in terror and anger.
• Donnybal demonstrated that human weapons could badly injure lesser demons, while Soxibit fired a rifle into its own palm and remained unharmed.
• Donnybal explained that the devils relied on high-ranking leaders to direct their armies, and the Demon Lords seized two German soldiers to demand the leaders’ identities and their arrival in this world.
• The two captured soldiers refused to betray humanity and were crushed, and a second lieutenant defied the Demon Lords before being swallowed.
• A Ridge-Crowned noble offered to talk, and the remaining KSK soldiers tried to kill him before a Demon Lord stopped them and crushed three of them.
• The demons learned that Baru led the Celestial Realm army and discovered the Summoning Spell Formation Array; the remaining five KSK soldiers died, their souls extinguished.

A Huaguo battalion investigated a town devastated by demons and captured a demon that had lured soldiers with illusions. At Three Peaks Mountain, Baru warned that the demons were targeting commanders and ordered Nimit to spread that headquarters would remain in place for the week.

• Zhao Youlong led a battalion to the ruined town, where scans detected heat signatures and his companies entered to search.
• A soldier resisted a demon’s illusion of his girlfriend, stabbed it, and his squad subdued it with stun guns.
• A company found only two feet belonging to British soldiers in a watchtower and worried about the demons’ intentions.
• At Three Peaks Mountain, Nimit asked Baru to let him leave headquarters and fight.
• Baru said the demons were targeting commanders but did not understand humanity’s overwhelming numbers, then ordered Nimit to announce that headquarters would not move that week.

At Three Peaks Mountain Base, Ben and Jin discussed the war and Nimit’s formidable strength before Ben sensed something wrong in the cafeteria. Nimit and Jin appeared to be acting normally as the base underwent subtle changes, while Baru remained unaware at his desk.

• Baru established Three Peaks Mountain Base as a permanent headquarters for the expeditionary force.
• Ben returned from a mission on his motorcycle and told Jin that unusual demons had died during an attempted capture.
• Ben and Jin discussed the lack of reinforcements and the demons’ efforts to kill human commanders, then talked about how dangerous Nimit was.
• Ben sensed something unusual in the cafeteria, and Jin secretly gripped his pistol while both men pretended to keep eating.
• Nimit smoked and watched the cafeteria while Ben and Jin appeared oblivious, and Baru rested at his desk as subtle changes spread through the base.

Baru confronted a Demon Lord and a Greater Demon who had infiltrated the base under an illusion, then revealed overwhelming strength when the Greater Demon attacked. Eager to fight a powerful opponent, Baru took the demons away from his office, leaving the still-illusion-bound base shaken by their departure.

• A Demon Lord and a Greater Demon entered Baru’s office and mocked him for lacking awakened magic power.
• Baru recognized the visitor as a demon and inferred that his rank might exceed that of a Greater Demon.
• The Greater Demon transformed and attacked Baru, but Baru caught his claw without moving from his chair.
• Baru rose, unleashed a terrifying aura, and challenged the Demon Lord to find somewhere they could fight freely.
• A blast destroyed Baru’s office, and Baru and the two demons disappeared, leaving a deep trench behind and shaking the base.

Baru fought Demon Lord Soxibit and Greater Demon Wendo at the Jisha River, enduring Soxibit's devastating Hellfire attack before launching a sudden counterattack. The chapter left Soxibit hurtling away after Baru struck him, while Wendo had already fallen to the ground.

• Baru hurled Soxibit and Wendo into the Jisha River, then waited for them to recover.
• Soxibit attacked Baru relentlessly and unleashed a vast eruption of Hell magma and Hellfire.
• Baru emerged from the magma alive, injured but eager to continue fighting.
• Baru vanished from Soxibit's sight, struck down Wendo, and tore apart Soxibit's demonic apparition.
• Baru appeared beside Soxibit and punched him out of sight.

Baru drove off Demon Lord Soxibit, who escaped using an unknown method, and the base’s forces dealt with the demons left behind. Wounded and wary, Soxibit returned to Asiya Ze City and pressed Doman and Dankoduo to continue the attack while reserving his share of the world’s vitality.

• Soxibit escaped Baru by unleashing hell power and vanishing, leaving Baru and the Holy Spirit to find Greater Demon Wendo nearby.
• At the Three Peaks Mountain base, the Evolvers killed or captured most of the humanoid demons, though the battle destroyed infrastructure and wounded several people.
• Three helicopters reached Baru and the Holy Spirit above the Jisha River after the smoke and flames began to clear.
• Soxibit reappeared in the ruins of Asiya Ze City, injured and low on magic power, where Doman and Dankoduo confronted him.
• Soxibit claimed he had destroyed the devils’ command center, demanded that Doman and Dankoduo leave him a share of the world’s vitality, and withdrew with some of his demons.

Soxibit returned to Hell while Baru ordered Earth’s forces to begin a contingency operation against the demons. In the Otherworld, modern aircraft prepared to launch as Operation Collapse began.

• Soxibit entered the gate to Hell, and Dankoduo confirmed that he had returned, leaving Doman and Dankoduo free to pursue their plans.
• Baru told the Nineteenth Organization Department and its allies that the demons threatened to destroy worlds, then announced the approved plan, code-named Cave-In.
• At the Gunningsen Imperial Capital, Lu Liansheng and the base personnel responded to a level-one combat alert as ground crews readied combat aircraft.
• The pilots boarded their aircraft, received clearance to take off, and began Operation Collapse.

Earth's fighter jets launched a hypersonic missile strike on Asiya Ze City, where Demon Lord Dankoduo was caught in the explosions. At the southern canyon, Doman sensed that Dankoduo had disappeared.

• Forty-two fighter jets took off under Colonel Lu Liansheng and formed supersonic flight groups.
• Earth's forces mobilized across the Otherworld as supplies and aircraft moved toward the coming battle.
• Demon Lord Dankoduo felt an ominous agitation while demons gathered around Asiya Ze City and the Gate of Hell.
• Lu Liansheng ordered the fighters to fire eighty-two hypersonic missiles at the city, and the salvo detonated around Dankoduo.
• Doman emerged from the lava-filled canyon and sensed that Dankoduo had disappeared.

Doman realized Dankoduo and the gate of Hell had been destroyed, while fighter jets devastated Yaxiaze and killed the Demon Lord. As the World Mother's influence grew stronger, a second wave of troops and Dawn Association members arrived in the Otherworld.

• Doman lost his connection to Dankoduo and the gate of Hell, concluded they had been destroyed, and blamed Soxibit for knowing what would happen.
• Nearly thirty missiles struck Dankoduo and the gate of Hell, killing the Demon Lord and reducing Yaxiaze to craters and ruins.
• Lu Liansheng ordered the fighter formation to conserve its remaining missiles after its radar showed almost no targets.
• A wounded Greater Demon hid beneath the ruins until nightfall and found other powerful demons had survived by playing dead.
• With the gate of Hell destroyed, the World Mother's pull strengthened, and the second wave of troops and Dawn Association members arrived in the Otherworld.

Earth’s armies launched an overwhelming campaign against the demons, while changes in the Otherworld’s power became increasingly noticeable. Months later, Beckfen, Su Mahel, and Hoss arrived in Hazy City as celebrated fiend hunters to investigate a string of strange deaths.

• Earth committed nearly four million troops and advanced weapons to attacks across the Fallen Zone, forcing the demons into retreat at heavy logistical and human cost.
• Qin Xiaoxia recognized that changes in the Otherworld’s power, as it drew closer to the Abyss, mattered more than the fading war against the demons.
• Beckfen, Su Mahel, and Hoss traveled with their companions to Hazy City after at least thirty people died there under suspicious circumstances.
• Hazy City’s merchants welcomed the three disciples of Sword Saint Degoni and arranged lodging for them as fiend hunters.
• Beckfen introduced his party as the Three Heroes, and the merchants recognized them; afterward, the heroes planned to investigate likely Succubi or Bloodthirst Demons that night.

Beckfen and the Fiend Hunters feasted at their Hazy City safe house, then activated four Exorcism Devices around Gold Street to flush out the fiends. The succubus recognized the threat and prepared to lure the hunters in, while Old Master Mo watched from the city wall and identified the arrival of a major target.

• Beckfen and the Fiend Hunters devoured the lavish dinner prepared by the house servants.
• Beckfen studied a map of Gold Street and split the hunters into four groups to activate Exorcism Devices at once.
• Beckfen, Su Mahel, and Hoss each led a group that secretly set up and activated a device.
• The succubus began vomiting blood as the devices affected her, killed the Ridge-Crowned man beneath her, and ordered Duobaili to lure the devils toward them.
• Old Master Mo watched from atop a watchtower and said the infrasound suggested the big fish from the Witch's divination had arrived.

Beckfen and the Fiend Hunters pursued a group of succubi out of Hazy City, only to be attacked by a Greater Demon at the river. As Old Master Mo crippled the demon, the Monkey King confronted Demon Lord Doman upstream.

• Beckfen and the other Fiend Hunters joined Hazy City’s guards in fighting the succubi, killing one and chasing the remaining demons beyond the city.
• At the river, a Greater Demon burst from the water and crushed a succubus and three Fiend Hunters with its tail.
• The Skywalkers attacked the Greater Demon, and Old Master Mo shattered a vertebra at the base of its tail, paralyzing its legs.
• Demon Lord Doman emerged upstream but turned its attention from the battle after sensing a strange, powerful figure.
• The Monkey King challenged Doman, saying that killing it might count as beating Baru once.

The three Skywalkers killed the High Demon, and the Great Sage Equal to Heaven slew the Demon Lord, leaving Earth’s military convinced the war in the Otherworld was nearly settled. Years later, Brantai rode to the Krik Campaign Heroes’ Monument, passing land restored by the Celestial Realm and reflecting on the cost of the war.

• Old Master Mo crippled the High Demon’s hind legs and tail, then climbed its arm and killed it while the other Skywalkers kept its attacks at bay.
• Duobaili feared the Demon Lord’s absence, but a thunderous shock wave and a glimpse of the Golden-Hooped Rod revealed the Great Sage’s presence nearby.
• Earth’s military headquarters received confirmation that the Great Sage Equal to Heaven had killed Lord Doman and concluded that the war’s outcome was nearly settled.
• Brantai rode out of Nolan City as an Awakened warrior and saw that the Celestial Realm’s power had restored greenery to the surrounding land.
• Brantai reached the Krik Campaign Heroes’ Monument, built to honor the Celestial Realm soldiers and Ridge-Crowned People who died defending the region.

Qin Xiaoxia completed the world-scale spell formations that connected the Ridge-Crowned People's world to Earth, allowing the Otherworld to become a layer of the Abyss while preserving and nurturing it. With the arrays established and the world transforming, he finally left Dawn's Archive Management Office after years of work.

• Brantai and the knights paid their respects at a memorial as the Holy Spirit and Qin Xiaoxia's thoughtform flew across the world to inscribe spell formations.
• The Otherworld gradually assimilated into the Abyss, regained its vitality, and began sharing its growing world power with Earth.
• The Holy Spirit and Qin Xiaoxia completed a spell formation array at an old Qinggelie Empire altar on a mountain summit.
• Qin Xiaoxia recorded the Otherworld's transformation and concluded that it would become a layer of the Abyss.
• Qin Xiaoxia left the archive's top-floor mystic realm after telling the waiting administrators he was finally free.

Qin Xiaoxia returned to Dawn’s Headquarters and found Su Su, the Red Banshee, Doudou, and Gou Dandan relaxing in the garden. Gou Dandan reminded him about Gou Junbao’s new baby, and as the others went to visit, the Red Banshee’s teasing suggestion left Su Su flustered and Doudou and Dandan stunned.

• Qin Xiaoxia left the Archive Management Office and found Doudou and Gou Dandan playing cards while Su Su and the Red Banshee read in the garden.
• Gou Dandan told Qin Xiaoxia that Gou Junbao’s newest baby would have a one-month celebration the following week, prompting Qin Xiaoxia to decide to visit with a gift.
• Qin Xiaoxia invited Su Su and the Red Banshee to come along, and both women agreed.
• The Red Banshee suggested a threesome to Su Su, who coughed, blushed, and tried to calm herself after the Red Banshee left.
• Doudou and Gou Dandan waited until the others were gone, then excitedly discussed the Red Banshee’s suggestion.

Qin Xiaoxia went with Su Su and the Red Banshee to visit Gou Junbao, while Doudou and Gou Dandan joked about Qin Xiaoxia’s lack of courage with the women. Gou Junbao teased Qin Xiaoxia for being a bachelor, then conceded defeat after noticing his beautiful companions.

• Qin Xiaoxia left the Mystic Sanctuary with Su Su and the Red Banshee after giving Doudou and Gou Dandan the chance to join them; both little ones refused.
• Doudou told Gou Dandan that Qin Xiaoxia was all lust and no guts, then warned him to keep the remark secret.
• Qin Xiaoxia, Su Su, and the Red Banshee walked through the woods and fields toward Qing Town, where the women flirted with Qin Xiaoxia.
• Gou Junbao welcomed Qin Xiaoxia at his villa and teased him about being a lonely bachelor despite Gou Junbao having five children.
• Gou Junbao noticed Su Su and the Red Banshee behind Qin Xiaoxia, stared at their beauty, and admitted that Qin Xiaoxia had him beat.

At the Gou Family residence, Qin Xiaoxia and Gou Junbao discussed how Dawn could give its growing number of children a better upbringing while preserving its traditions. Meanwhile, the terrified succubus Duobaili hid in Shencheng, believing she had landed in the Abyss.

• Qin Xiaoxia and his companions visited Gou Junbao’s family, where Xiao Lili welcomed them and the children watched from inside.
• The guests shared tea, gossip, and a meal of roast wild boar with the Gou family.
• Gou Junbao asked Qin Xiaoxia to consider a better way to educate Dawn’s children, and Qin Xiaoxia agreed that they should be able to enjoy ordinary childhoods.
• In Shencheng, Duobaili hid beside a department store’s air-conditioning exhaust, convinced that the terrifying world around her was the Abyss.

Zhou Zhigang discovered the injured succubus Duobaili hiding on the department store’s air-conditioning balcony and quietly decided to help her. That evening, he returned alone with women’s clothes while Duobaili remained hidden.

• The air-conditioning unit stopped, and mechanics Master Zhao and Zhou Zhigang entered the plant room to investigate.
• Zhou Zhigang opened the balcony door and found Duobaili hiding there, injured and terrified.
• Zhou Zhigang covered Duobaili with his work jacket and concealed her from Master Zhao.
• The mechanics repaired the air conditioner, and the room’s lights began working again.
• Zhou Zhigang returned alone that evening carrying a black bag of women’s clothes, and Duobaili looked up at him.

Zhou Zhigang helped the injured Succubus Duobaili disguise herself and leave the mall, while she grew more trusting of him. In the Wasteland World, the Monkey King sensed a faint trace of his own magic power as golden lightning struck a colossal pillar.

• Zhou Zhigang gave Duobaili clothes and a hat to hide her horns, and she used her dwindling magic to make her skin look fairer.
• Duobaili cautiously returned Zhou Zhigang's work uniform, and he took her hand to lead her out of the Air-Conditioning Room.
• Zhou Zhigang and Duobaili crossed the mall and reached the underground parking garage, where she trembled from fear of the Devils around them.
• Master Zhao mistook Duobaili for Zhou Zhigang's girlfriend and rode away after promising not to tell anyone.
• Golden lightning struck a colossal metal pillar in the Wasteland World, and the Monkey King sensed a tiny trace of his own magic power.

Zhou Zhigang brought the injured succubus Duobaili back to his apartment, where they began to communicate and he treated her wounds. Duobaili recovered some strength through their intimacy, while Zhou Zhigang was left exhausted and overwhelmed by the experience.

• Zhou Zhigang brought Duobaili to his shared apartment and offered her food.
• Duobaili found Zhou Zhigang's hidden Aircraft Cup, and he snatched it away in embarrassment.
• Duobaili spoke her name, and Zhou Zhigang introduced himself before preparing to treat her injuries.
• Duobaili asked Zhou Zhigang to help clean and treat her wounds, and they became intimate.
• Duobaili regained some energy, while Zhou Zhigang lay exhausted after their encounter.