Recaps

Cheng Yu returned to the Demon Race, secured Shen Tian’s succession, and reshaped the Demon Dynasty through a sweeping purge while preparing to challenge the Heavenly Dao. The arc leaves the Nian Beast attacking Fuzhou as the city’s defenders falter and a court-robed man draws the Gilt Black Dragon Scroll.

• Cheng Yu took Shen Yu’s memories, learned of his ten thousand years of heavenly punishment, and left the Jade Bamboo Grove to answer Niu Da’s plea for help.
• Shen Jun entrusted the Demon Dynasty to Cheng Yu, named Shen Tian his successor, and died, after which Cheng Yu became regent and began imposing order.
• Cheng Yu helped Shen Tian ascend as Monster Emperor, punished the Five Fiends and rebellious clans, and reorganized the Demon court into new departments and ministries.
• Cheng Yu ordered the Qicang clan arrested and exterminated after uncovering its treason, beginning the Tianwu Case and a wave of purges across the Demon Race.
• Cheng Yu sent Shen Qian to Wangshu Mountain for her safety and future role, then addressed the Nian Beast and prepared it to raid Humankind ahead of its destined attacks.
• Cheng Yu broke many Heavenly Dao Shackles above the Demon Capital and declared the Demon Race’s fortune his, while the Nian Beast began ravaging Baiyue Prefecture.
• The Nian Beast defeated Wei Xian, transformed after absorbing its bloody mist, and cracked Fuzhou’s five-element barrier as its defenders panicked.

As the Outer Demons breached the First Great Wall, Cheng Yu sacrificed the pass and redirected the coming struggle toward Humankind. He tightened his control over the Demon Dynasty and helped contain the Blood Corpse God’s outbreak in the capital, though its destruction remained uncertain.

• Cheng Yu ceded sixteen border cities to Great Qin, pushed for reform in the Demon Dynasty, and watched the Outer Demons begin their assault on the First Great Wall.
• Cheng Yu sent Kuang Cang orders and a peacock tail feather, then used the feather to help the defenders escape when Samael arrived and the First Great Wall fell.
• Cheng Yu clashed with Samael before withdrawing, then urged the Demon Race to preserve its Great Demons and declared that Humankind must take up its duty as the leading race.
• Cheng Yu challenged the great clans’ control of taxes and resources, then revealed a drastic plan to Shen Tian and ordered Kuang Cang to uproot the Owl Race’s power in the Southern Continent.
• Wu Xuan discovered the Blood Corpse God’s presence, and Cheng Yu bargained with Netherworld for limited assistance while the Heavenly Martial Directorate investigated.
• The Blood Corpse God erupted beneath the Demon Capital, and Can Yue, Wu Xuan, and the Heavenly Martial Guards led evacuations and fought the spreading flesh.
• Wu Xuan trapped the Blood Corpse God beneath the Four Scarlet Yang Divine Formation, but Niu Da’s attack led to a battle against multiplying Blood Shuras.
• Jin Yang destroyed the Blood Shuras and burned the Blood Corpse God’s true body, though he could not confirm its destruction, while Cheng Yu offered Ghost Venerable help with the finishing touches.

Cheng Yu sent Kuang Cang to bring the Southern Continent back under the Demon Dynasty while Azure Owl took on the Demon Laws. As rebellion and human intervention escalated, Cheng Yu confronted the Four Sages and demanded terms that would give the Demon Race time to recover.

• Cheng Yu appointed Kuang Cang to command the Southern Continent, where Kuang Cang exposed corruption, disciplined the army, and challenged Azure Owl and the region’s powerful clans.
• Kuang Cang seized resources to pay his soldiers as Azure Owl accepted appointment as Minister of Justice and then took over drafting the Demon Laws, while Cheng Yu planned to unify the Demon Race under the Monster Emperor.
• Kuang Cang retook much of the Southern Continent but faced a stronger rebellion backed by Baiyue Prefecture, prompting Cheng Yu to send reinforcements and order preparations along the borders.
• Cheng Yu used Heavenly Dao merit to weaken the chains binding Shen Yu’s true spirit, then mobilized the Demon Race as Qin Shuo prepared human forces for conflict.
• Cheng Yu confronted the Four Sages, demanded Baiyue Prefecture, and set out terms including a thousand years without human interference, the return or execution of Demon Race defectors, and an end to the Nian Beast pretext.
• Cheng Yu let Shen Qian escape despite Shen Yuan’s concern, explaining that he intended to use her to break the Demon Race’s deadlock, while Qin Shuo weighed Cheng Yu’s demands and suspected his lifespan was running out.

Cheng Yu endured a long confinement while the Demon Dynasty consolidated its rule and the Heavenly Demons pushed through the Great Walls. He emerged to unite the Myriad Races for the defense of the Seventh Great Wall and prepare for the war ahead.

• Nian rampaged through Baiyue Prefecture, but burning bamboo distracted him, and Fuzhou City's defenders killed him after Shen Tian's edict expelled him from the Demon Race and shifted its fortune to Humankind.
• Cheng Yu established the Demon Laws as Heavenly Statutes through Shen Tian's sacrifice to Heaven, then relinquished the regency and returned to the Jade Bamboo Grove, where the Eternal Heavenly Dao confined him.
• Cheng Yu joined the Myriad Heavens Chat Group, traveled to the Spirit World, destroyed a Heavenly Demon invasion and studied the eye of the Abyss.
• While Cheng Yu remained confined, Shen Tian and Shen Yue suppressed rebellions and brought the Demon Race under the Demon Dynasty, but the Second Great Wall fell and the Heavenly Demons breached further defenses.
• As the Great Walls fell, human and demon leaders struggled to cooperate, and Shen Yue confronted Wen Chenghe over missing soldiers and clashes in the Northern Sea.
• Cheng Yu left the Jade Bamboo Grove, entered the Seventh Great Wall Tower and asked the Six Heavenly Dao Sages to let him take command.
• Cheng Yu swore an oath that united the seven Holy Spirits, warned the Myriad Races that the Seventh Great Wall would fall and ordered preparations for another war against the Heavenly Demons.
• Cheng Yu appointed Bai Man supreme commander and Chu Chang deputy, ordered evacuations and fortifications, and asked Di Yi Yun and Yuan Chen to build a Northern Continent formation against corruption.