Chapter Summaries

Cheng Yu, Niu Ba, and Shen Qian entered the Blood-Colored Valley despite Shen Qian’s warning, and Cheng Yu told them the tragic legend of the Otherworld Flowers. At the flower sea’s depths, a mysterious woman appeared and spoke of the flowers’ longing.

• Cheng Yu asked the System about danger in the valley, learned there was none, and led Niu Ba and Shen Qian inside.
• Shen Qian warned that the Otherworld Flowers were netherworld blossoms and said the vast flower field was an ill omen, but Cheng Yu insisted they continue.
• Cheng Yu recounted how the Flower Monster Manju and Leaf Monster Shahua were cursed to miss each other through reincarnation.
• Niu Ba questioned whether the heavenly god in the story was stronger than the Great Sage, while Shen Qian remarked that the Great Sage ignored such minor matters.
• A mysterious woman spoke about the Otherworld Flowers, and Cheng Yu asked her to reveal herself.
• A young woman in a long red dress appeared among the flowers.

Cheng Yu met Heartwhisper, the last descendant of the Other-Heart Tribe, and agreed to take her to the Heavenly Demon Battlefield Ruins in the Northern Abyss Islands. After receiving her memories, he learned she had waited ten thousand years for her beloved, whose heart she still carried, and set off with her as a spider lily.

• Heartwhisper recognized Shen Qian as a phoenix and let her leave, then asked Cheng Yu about love.
• Heartwhisper revealed she needed Cheng Yu’s life to remain in the mortal world, but offered to spare him if he took her to the Heavenly Demon Battlefield Ruins.
• Cheng Yu agreed to Heartwhisper’s request, and she transformed into a spider lily that entered his memories.
• Cheng Yu learned that Heartwhisper’s beloved had died in the Second Heavenly Demon War and remained in the Netherworld, while she had waited ten thousand years for his return.
• Cheng Yu placed Heartwhisper’s spider lily in the System Space, and the sea of flowers vanished, leaving a path paved with spider lilies.

Cheng Yu and his companions escaped the Haiyou Mountains and learned that Beiyou Prefecture had been thrown into chaos by refugee flows and Demon Race activity. They discovered that a golden Fortune Dragon and powerful Great Qin figures had restored order, and continued toward Beiyou Prefecture.

• Niu Ba realized Shen Qian was the Demon Race Eldest Princess, and Cheng Yu reassured him that escorting her home could earn them credit with the Demon Race.
• Heartwhisper sent Cheng Yu, Shen Qian, and Niu Ba to the northern part of the Haiyou Mountains, leaving them about two days from Beiyou Prefecture.
• Cheng Yu reminded Shen Qian that their agreement concerned returning her or her unborn child to the Demon Race in exchange for passage through Demon Race territory.
• Cheng Yu's group learned from returning refugees that Kunpeng activity, distracted Great Qin forces, and fleeing criminal organizations had worsened the unrest in Beiyou Prefecture.
• The refugees said order had suddenly returned after a huge golden Fortune Dragon and powerful figures of the Great Qin Celestial Dynasty arrived.

Cheng Yu learned that Fuzhou City was sealed, leaving refugees camped outside while Beiyou Prefecture’s remaining threats were still unresolved. Unable to enter the city, he bought a rough map and began considering how to reach the Northern Wasteland Sea.

• Cheng Yu found extensive refugee camps outside Fuzhou City and learned that people stayed there out of fear of lingering threats and because the camps provided rations.
• Cheng Yu discovered that Fuzhou City’s gates were sealed and that entry and exit were allowed only through the Teleportation Array.
• Cheng Yu returned to his camp and told Shen Qian to stay behind while he looked for a map and a way forward.
• Cheng Yu bought a worn, incomplete map and found that Fuzhou City was near the coast, but no major road led directly to the Northern Wasteland Sea.

Cheng Yu and Shen Qian chose to travel around the mountains west of Fuzhou City and reach the Northern Wasteland Sea, where Shen Qian could arrange passage through the Demon Race. After sharing a meal and a quiet evening with Niu Ba, Cheng Yu prepared to continue their journey through Humankind's territory.

• Cheng Yu studied the map and worried that Fuzhou City was sealed off and that reaching the Northern Abyss Islands through legitimate human channels was impossible.
• Shen Qian reminded Cheng Yu that they could cross the Northern Wasteland Sea through the Demon Race, and Cheng Yu realized her status would let her call on the Kunpeng.
• Cheng Yu chose to go around the mountains west of Fuzhou City to avoid dangerous cultists, Half-Demons, and the Demon Suppression Bureau, as well as difficult mountain travel.
• Cheng Yu roasted an ox leg for Niu Ba, who ate it and asked Cheng Yu to pet him and tell another Passerby A story.
• After Niu Ba fell asleep, Cheng Yu went outside to ease his numb foot, then returned to the tent as the group rested before their final stretch through Humankind's territory.

Cheng Yu, Shen Qian, and Niu Ba traveled across Beiyou Prefecture and retreated from a battle ahead, only for Tian Jianbai to find their camp that night. Tian Jianbai warned Cheng Yu not to visit the Northern Wasteland Sea and began explaining the trouble on Beiyou Prefecture’s western coast.

• Cheng Yu complained about the long journey while Niu Ba and Shen Qian teased him about the route and its map.
• When fighting erupted ahead, Cheng Yu learned from the System that experts were clearing threats to Beiyou Prefecture’s stability, so he had Niu Ba retreat with the group until morning.
• That night, Cheng Yu spotted several experts flying through the sky, and Tian Jianbai stopped at his camp to greet him.
• Tian Jianbai said that affairs were going badly and warned Cheng Yu against traveling to the Northern Wasteland Sea.
• Tian Jianbai began telling Cheng Yu what had happened on Beiyou Prefecture’s western coast.

Cheng Yu learned that a blood sacrifice by the Demon-Worshipping Cult had opened a temporary dimensional passage on Beiyou Prefecture’s western coast, prompting Humankind and the Demon Race to gather forces and prepare for a possible war. After Tian Jianbai left, Cheng Yu worried that he might not be able to leave Beiyou Prefecture, while Di Yi Yun failed to locate Shen Qian and entered seclusion again.

• Tian Jianbai told Cheng Yu that the Demon-Worshipping Cult and Broken-Heart Half-Demons had opened a temporary dimensional passage through a mass blood sacrifice, allowing demons into Beiyou Prefecture.
• Human experts killed an Emptiness (Epic) demon and surrounded and slaughtered tens of millions of demons, while the Human Emperor ordered Wen Chenghe to eradicate the Demon-Worshipping Cult.
• Humankind and the Demon Race assembled forces near Beiyou Prefecture and the Northern Abyss Islands, fearing another Heavenly Demon War and seeking leverage in negotiations.
• Tian Jianbai left Cheng Yu to resume his patrol, and Cheng Yu worried that he might not be able to cross the sea and leave Beiyou Prefecture.
• Di Yi Yun failed to divine Shen Qian’s location, attributed the failure to Shen Qian’s karmic connection to the Heavenly Dao, and entered seclusion again.

Cheng Yu and his companions traveled toward the western coast of Beiyou Prefecture under close human surveillance, while Qin Shuo concluded Shen Qian’s unborn child might be a means for Shen Yu to return. He decided he could not let Shen Qian leave, despite the risk of war between Humankind and Monsterkind.

• Human experts questioned Cheng Yu and his companions along the road but let them continue, and Cheng Yu realized their party was being watched by powerful observers.
• Cheng Yu suspected the experts had learned Shen Qian’s identity by reading Niu Ba’s memories and worried that they might discover her true value.
• Qin Shuo reviewed Shen Qian’s history and questioned why Shen Tian was willing to risk war over her.
• Qin Shuo suspected Shen Yu might return through the child Shen Qian carried and wondered whether Cheng Yu was another contingency Shen Yu had arranged.
• Qin Shuo decided he could not let Shen Qian leave Beiyou Prefecture, even if stopping her led to war.

Cheng Yu tried to protect Shen Qian from Shen Xuan, but Shen Yue arrived with a Demon Race force and confronted the human fleet over her custody. With both sides threatening war, Cheng Yu could only wait as Wen Chenghe and Shen Yue argued.

• Shen Xuan recognized Cheng Yu's unsettling gaze and decided to go personally to retrieve Shen Qian for the Human Emperor.
• Cheng Yu's System blocked Shen Xuan's attempts to probe his information, and Cheng Yu tried to bluff while leading Shen Qian and Niu Ba toward the coast.
• Shen Xuan demanded that Shen Qian accompany him to the Central Capital, but Cheng Yu refused and said he had promised to take her to the Northern Abyss Islands.
• Shen Yue arrived with Yun Xiang, Li Yue, Peng Fei, and a Demon Race force, then demanded Shen Qian's release and threatened to restart the Human-Demon War.
• Wen Chenghe challenged Shen Yue's presence in human territory, and the two traded accusations while Cheng Yu waited helplessly for their dispute to be resolved.

Cheng Yu watched as the human and demon leaders negotiated Shen Qian’s return, while Shen Tian invoked Shen Yu’s authority to settle the dispute. Shen Yue swore an oath over the child in Shen Qian’s womb, and Shen Qian, realizing she had been caught in a scheme, raised her hand to strike her belly.

• Cheng Yu waited for Shen Yue’s negotiations and wondered whether Qin Shuo had uncovered his original scheme.
• Wen Chenghe demanded that Shen Yue and Shen Qian swear an oath that the child would never harm Humankind, or the Demon Race would suffer the Heavenly Dao’s punishment.
• Shen Yue deferred the decision to Shen Tian, who called on the White Peacock at Mirror Lake; the Great Sage approved the arrangement.
• Cheng Yu realized Shen Tian had used Shen Yu’s apparent presence to redirect resentment within the Demon Race and warn the humans that Shen Yu might return.
• Shen Yue swore the oath, and Shen Qian realized her unborn child was part of a scheme before raising her hand to strike her belly.

Shen Qian swore that her unborn child would never act against Humankind, allowing Shen Yue to take her from Beiyou Prefecture to Demon Race territory. Cheng Yu reached the Northern Abyss Islands with Niu Ba, while Shen Yue learned something from Shen Qian and withheld answers about her child.

• Shen Qian swore an oath to the Heavenly Dao that her child would never act against Humankind, and Shen Yue arranged for her departure with Cheng Yu.
• Niu Da brought Shen Qian, Cheng Yu, and their companions to Peng Fei, who flew them from Beiyou Prefecture to the Demon Race’s territory.
• Cheng Yu introduced himself as Yunyangzi and asked Shen Yue to help find his master’s remains and let him travel through Demon Race territory; Shen Yue agreed.
• Shen Qian privately told Shen Yue something that shocked him, then asked what was happening with her child, but Shen Yue said he did not know.
• Niu Da thanked Cheng Yu for protecting Niu Ba and agreed to let Niu Ba continue traveling with him.
• Cheng Yu and Niu Ba looked out over the sea and saw that they had reached the Northern Abyss Islands.

Cheng Yu received a Jade Token from Shen Yue that marked his master's remains and granted him broad access to Demon Race territory, including city teleportation. After Shen Qian said farewell, Cheng Yu continued his travels with Niu Ba, wondering where his journey would end.

• Shen Yue told Cheng Yu that he had marked the location of Stillwater's remains and added Demon Race territory locations and travel privileges to the Jade Token.
• Cheng Yu briefly reminded Shen Yue of Shen Yu, then returned to examine the Jade Token and discovered its detailed maps, authority, and city teleportation ability.
• Shen Qian asked Cheng Yu what he planned to do after finding his master's remains, and he said he would keep traveling and seeing the mortal world.
• Shen Qian wished Cheng Yu smooth travels and said their years traveling with him and Niu Niu had made her happy.
• Cheng Yu wished Shen Qian happiness as she left, then stroked Niu Ba's head and reflected on the journey ahead.

Cheng Yu searched the bones in Dark Abyss’s pit for a year and a half before finding Stillwater’s remains, allowing Yunyangzi to grieve for his master. After storing the remains, Cheng Yu and Niu Ba set off for the site of the Second Heavenly Demon War to continue their journey across the Eternal True World.

• Cheng Yu rode Niu Ba to Dark Abyss’s former pit and began searching its countless remains for Stillwater’s skeleton.
• Cheng Yu and Niu Ba spent a year and a half searching the pit while Cheng Yu grew older and Niu Ba grew restless.
• Cheng Yu found Stillwater’s remains using Yunyangzi’s magic artifact and broke down sobbing as Yunyangzi mourned his master.
• Cheng Yu stored Stillwater’s remains in System Space and told Niu Ba they would visit the site of the Second Heavenly Demon War.
• Cheng Yu used the Jade Token to transport himself and Niu Ba away from the pit, ready to pursue his next Main Quest.

Cheng Yu traveled through the Northern Abyss Islands, learning the histories of the Demon Race clans and seeing how the region had recovered after the Heavenly Demon Wars. After years of detours, Niu Ba asked to visit the Second Heavenly Demon War ruins, and Cheng Yu insisted their journey had always been about the places along the way.

• Cheng Yu visited the Karkadan clan’s desert island and learned how the clan had lost its experts in the Heavenly Demon Wars but received a hereditary ducal title for its loyalty and sacrifices.
• Cheng Yu reflected on the many personal stories hidden behind the histories of the Demon Race clans he encountered over roughly three years of travel.
• Niu Ba asked Cheng Yu to go to the ruins of the Second Heavenly Demon War and complained that they had been taking detours.
• Cheng Yu explained that their goal was to travel and experience the scenery and people along the way, then teased Niu Ba about his suspicions.

Cheng Yu and Niu Ba visited the central city wall in Beijing City, admired the Great Sage statue, and decided to honor their promise to the last descendant of the Other-Heart Tribe. As they left, Shen Yue watched them and was asked by a young man whether he had settled on his terms.

• Cheng Yu used his Jade Token to bring Niu Ba to the top of Beijing City's central wall.
• Cheng Yu and Niu Ba saw the Great Sage statue, and Niu Ba enthusiastically recounted the Great Sage's deeds to Cheng Yu and the young soldier.
• Cheng Yu, Niu Ba, and the young soldier bowed to the Great Sage statue.
• Cheng Yu reminded Niu Ba of their promise to help the last descendant of the Other-Heart Tribe, and Niu Ba agreed to keep his word despite his reluctance.
• Shen Yue watched Cheng Yu and Niu Ba leave Beijing City, and a young man asked whether he had decided on his terms.

Cheng Ming considered Shen Yue’s offer to join the Demon Dynasty, while Cheng Yu and Niu Ba followed the Road of Blazing Light through the ancient battlefield to find Heartwhisper’s husband. The chapter left them approaching a mysterious figure in the fog.

• Shen Yue urged Cheng Ming to join the Demon Dynasty, and Cheng Ming replied that he lacked the qualifications.
• Cheng Yu told Niu Ba they would head to the Central Continent after fulfilling Heartwhisper’s wish, and Niu Ba excitedly described his homeland.
• Cheng Yu and Niu Ba reached the desolate site of the Second Heavenly Demon War, where Cheng Yu used the Otherworld Flower to ask for directions.
• Heartwhisper’s flowers formed the Road of Blazing Light, and Cheng Yu and Niu Ba followed it into the fog.
• Niu Ba spotted a figure walking toward them through the dense mist.

Cheng Yu and Niu Ba witnessed Heartwhisper reunite with Xin Chen after ten thousand years, and the two vowed to love each other across lifetimes. Back on the desolate road, Cheng Yu left with a leafy Otherworld Flower, reflecting that their reunion had made the long separation worthwhile.

• Heartwhisper told Xin Chen she had found him and insisted on staying by his side forever.
• Xin Chen and Heartwhisper vowed to love each other again in every lifetime and kissed as Cheng Yu shielded Niu Ba's eyes.
• Heartwhisper thanked Cheng Yu before she and Xin Chen walked away together through the mist.
• Cheng Yu and Niu Ba returned to where they had started, and Cheng Yu confirmed that they had finished Heartwhisper's matter.
• As Niu Ba carried him away, Cheng Yu reflected on the lovers' reunion and the value of their ten-thousand-year wait.

Cheng Yu and Niu Ba traveled across Demon Race territory, observing how the Demon Dynasty had reshaped its society and visiting notable cities and sites. After twenty years on Western Continent, Cheng Yu reached seventy years of age and set off for Southern Continent with Niu Ba.

• Cheng Yu and Niu Ba traveled through Central Continent, where Cheng Yu saw the decline of an old great clan, the rise of smaller clans, and the effects of the Demon Laws.
• Cheng Yu and Niu Ba visited Tokyo City, the foot of Wangshu Mountain, the Jade King's Residence, and the Jade Bamboo Grove before leaving Central Continent.
• Cheng Yu and Niu Ba traveled across impoverished Western Continent, where demons treated them with hostility because Cheng Yu was human.
• Cheng Yu spent twenty years on Western Continent and learned that Shen Qian had given birth to a son whom the Demon Son of Heaven named White King.
• At seventy, Cheng Yu struggled to walk and hear clearly, then told Niu Ba they were heading to Southern Continent.

Cheng Yu and Niu Ba returned to the Southern Continent and visited Haiqi City, where Cheng Yu reunited with Shopkeeper Hu and Lingling. After a Heavenly Martial Directorate leader backed down at the sight of Cheng Yu’s Jade Token, Cheng Yu began recounting his travels to the father and daughter.

• Cheng Yu and Niu Ba traveled through the Southern Continent, with Niu Ba growing quiet and Cheng Yu growing old and frail.
• Niu Ba brought Cheng Yu to Haiqi City, where Cheng Yu reunited with Lingling and Shopkeeper Hu.
• Cheng Yu and Shopkeeper Hu discussed old acquaintances, including Wen Yang and the wild boar demon who had been arrested for breaking the Demon Laws.
• A leader of the Heavenly Martial Directorate approached Cheng Yu, but left with his guards after Cheng Yu showed his Jade Token.
• Cheng Yu invited Lingling to join their conversation and began telling her and Shopkeeper Hu about his travels with Niu Ba.

Cheng Yu and Niu Ba returned to Azure Sky City and then Verdant Micro Mountain, where Cheng Yu prepared to enter the Taoist Temple for the end of his life. After saying goodbye and destroying their Spirit Beast Contract, Cheng Yu closed the temple doors on Niu Ba and died before the Three Portraits.

• Cheng Yu left Haiqi City with Niu Ba and crossed the border from the Demon Race into Humankind Territory as the Heavenly Martial Directorate agents watched them go.
• Cheng Yu and Niu Ba revisited Azure Sky City, where they ate beef noodles at the Iron Bull Beef Noodles stall and the owner recognized them.
• Cheng Yu and Niu Ba reached Verdant Micro Mountain, buried Stillwater near the Taoist Temple, and Cheng Yu told Niu Ba he could not enter the temple.
• Cheng Yu destroyed the Spirit Beast Contract and said goodbye to Niu Ba, urging him to look toward his own future.
• Cheng Yu entered the Taoist Temple, paid respects to the Three Portraits, changed into his old Patched Taoist Robe, and died on the meditation cushion.