Chapter Summaries

Li Xiaoya and Xiao Qian helped the Earth Spirit Overlord kill the Light-Winged Dragon King, then learned the Overlord was Dong Santong, whose body Fu Yuchen had possessed. As the other Demon Kings and Devil Cultivators approached, Dong Santong stayed behind to infiltrate them while Li Xiaoya and Xiao Qian escaped.

• Xiao Qian predicted where the teleporting Light-Winged Dragon King would emerge and blasted him from hiding, allowing Li Xiaoya and the Earth Spirit Overlord to kill him.
• The Divine Light Roc sensed the Six-Winged Sky Insect Beast and the Light-Winged Dragon King had fallen, and the Demon Kings and Devil Cultivators split up to attack and cut off the survivors.
• Devil Lord Baiye raced back toward the battle, empowered by the slaughter aura he had gathered while killing demon beasts.
• The Earth Spirit Overlord revealed that he was Dong Santong and that Fu Yuchen had possessed his physical body.
• Dong Santong gave Li Xiaoya the Light-Winged Dragon King's corpse and flew toward the approaching enemies to infiltrate them; Xiao Qian stopped Li Xiaoya from following, and Li Xiaoya transformed into an Azure Thunder Roc to escape.

Li Xiaoya and Xiao Qian escaped Devil Lord Baiye and reached an island to recover and discuss Dong Santong’s transformation into the Earth Spirit Overlord. The Earth Spirit Overlord deceived the other Demon Kings about the battle, while Li Xiaoya asked Xiao Qian how Fu Yuchen had possessed Dong Santong’s body.

• Li Xiaoya and Xiao Qian escaped Devil Lord Baiye and landed on an island to rest and talk.
• Devil Lord Baiye stopped pursuing them when his aura weakened, then roared in frustration from a cave as his power flared up.
• The Earth Spirit Overlord, possessed by Dong Santong, argued with the surviving Demon Kings before the Long-Haired White Tiger King urged them to unite.
• The Earth Spirit Overlord falsely claimed that Li Xiaoya and Xiao Qian had quickly killed the Light-Winged Dragon King and the Six-Winged Sky Insect Beast.
• Li Xiaoya learned that Xiao Qian had foreseen Fatty Dong’s attack and his own, then asked how Fu Yuchen had possessed Dong Santong’s body.

Li Xiaoya and Xiao Qian realized Fu Yuchen had possessed Dong Santong’s body because Fu Yuchen had been raised as the Immortal Race’s false Child of Light and could not accept losing that status. They waited for Dong Santong to explain how he could recover his body, while a sealed gathering of three cultivators from the Three Devil Races and six Demon Kings appeared elsewhere.

• Xiao Qian told Li Xiaoya that Fu Yuchen had been treated as the Child of Light until the Immortal Sovereign revealed Dong Santong was the real one.
• Li Xiaoya and Xiao Qian concluded Fu Yuchen had possessed Dong Santong and suspected he had prepared to imitate him for some time.
• Xiao Qian explained that her Prediction Art had shown Fu Yuchen repeatedly wanting to attack them while possessing Dong Santong’s body.
• Li Xiaoya and Xiao Qian decided to wait for Dong Santong to describe what happened before seeking a way to restore his body, then made temporary cave abodes to recover.
• The chapter showed three cultivators of the Three Devil Races and six great Demon Kings gathered beside the sea outside a black barrier.

The six Demon Kings left Devil Lord Baiye and debated how to survive against the Immortal Race, with the Earth Spirit Overlord (Dong Santong) secretly trying to steer their plans. The Divine Light Roc proposed building Ten Thousand Demon City, a fortified stronghold where demon beasts could gather and defend themselves.

• The Earth Spirit Overlord (Dong Santong) persuaded the Demon Kings to leave Devil Lord Baiye, while a thread of white light secretly escaped from beneath his feet.
• Devil Lord Baiye told his followers that the remaining Demon Kings would need the Devil Race's help against the Immortal Race, making them easier to deal with afterward.
• The six Demon Kings discussed whether to cooperate with the Devil Race, and the Divine Light Roc argued that they should act as partners rather than pawns.
• The Divine Light Roc proposed gathering powerful demon-beast subordinates to strengthen their forces, and the Demon Kings agreed to seek their support.
• The Divine Light Roc proposed building Ten Thousand Demon City as a defensive stronghold, and the Earth Spirit Overlord (Dong Santong) and the other Demon Kings approved.

Dong Santong accepted the Divine Light Roc’s plan to build a defensive Demon City while secretly plotting to sabotage the Demon Kings from within. As the Demon Kings agreed to use the Sky-Pillar Mountain Range and seek the Devil Race’s help, Li Xiaoya received Dong Santong’s message and grew grave and angry.

• Dong Santong decided to support the defensive-city plan because his position as an infiltrator inside the Demon Kings’ alliance could help him sabotage it.
• The Divine Light Roc proposed building the city in the Sky-Pillar Mountain Range after Dong Santong refused to open the Crystal Mountain Range.
• The Divine Light Roc explained how the mountains could form natural barriers and host formations and cannons, but the Demon Kings worried that they lacked the necessary skills.
• The Divine Light Roc proposed asking the Devil Race to provide expertise, and the Demon Kings agreed to avoid further conflict with them until they returned.
• Li Xiaoya received Dong Santong’s message, read it, and grew increasingly grave and angry.

Li Xiaoya and Xiao Qian hurried back to Wolf Valley after learning that Dong Santong had survived Fu Yuchen’s ambush by taking control of the Earth Spirit Overlord’s light-crystal armor. As Fu Yuchen (Dong Santong) cultivated in Wolf Valley, he sensed that something ominous was about to happen.

• Li Xiaoya learned from Dong Santong that Fu Yuchen had ambushed him and decided to return to Wolf Valley with Xiao Qian.
• Li Xiaoya explained to Xiao Qian that Dong Santong had accidentally teleported into the Earth Spirit Overlord’s cave and hidden on his armor while waiting for help.
• Dong Santong discovered that the Earth Spirit Overlord was a fragile light-crystal essence protected by enormous armor, then trapped the essence inside himself and took control of the armor.
• Li Xiaoya told Xiao Qian that Dong Santong had explained how they could help him recover his physical body, and the two discussed their plan while flying to Wolf Valley.
• Fu Yuchen (Dong Santong) cultivated inside the Sword Light Flying Boat in Wolf Valley, then sensed that something ominous might happen.

Li Xiaoya and Xiao Qian discovered that Demon Beasts were gathering at the Sky-Pillar Mountain Range, where the Six Demon Kings were building Ten Thousand Demon City with Devil Lord Baiye’s help. Dong Santong sowed suspicion among the Demon Kings, while Li Xiaoya and Xiao Qian returned to Wolf Valley and prepared to act when Fu Yuchen appeared.

• Fu Yuchen (Dong Santong) worried that Dong Santong had escaped and resolved to keep Li Xiaoya and Xiao Qian from discovering the truth.
• Li Xiaoya and Xiao Qian saw Demon Beasts racing toward the Sky-Pillar Mountain Range and headed for Wolf Valley according to their plan.
• The Six Demon Kings oversaw the construction of Ten Thousand Demon City, and Dong Santong raised the question of who would govern it to stir suspicion about the Divine Light Roc.
• Devil Lord Baiye arrived with three Demonic Cultivators and agreed to help the Demon Kings design the city’s defenses.
• Li Xiaoya and Xiao Qian found Fu Yuchen missing from Wolf Valley, then heard Dong Santong (Fu Yuchen) call out, prompting Li Xiaoya to tell Xiao Qian to get ready to act.

Li Xiaoya and Xiao Qian suspected that Dong Santong was actually Fu Yuchen and followed his directions to the Swordlight Flying Boat. Fu Yuchen grew convinced they might know his secret, and after they asked to enter the boat, he went to its controls, apparently preparing to eliminate them.

• Li Xiaoya and Xiao Qian searched for Dong Santong, then followed his voice into underground tunnels when he claimed to be healing.
• Fu Yuchen remained hidden inside the Swordlight Flying Boat, weighing the danger of meeting them and deciding not to leave it.
• Li Xiaoya and Xiao Qian reached the cavern and told Fu Yuchen how they had killed two Light-Element Demon Kings while secretly planning to draw him out.
• Li Xiaoya offered Xiao Qian’s injuries as a reason to enter the flying boat, and Fu Yuchen agreed but hesitated to open it.
• Fu Yuchen concluded that Li Xiaoya and Xiao Qian had discovered his identity, opened the sealed chamber, and headed toward the flying boat’s controls.

Li Xiaoya and Xiao Qian tricked Dong Santong (Fu Yuchen) into activating the Sword Light Flying Boat’s protective barrier while Li Xiaoya refined the Light-Winged Dragon King. After more than ten days, the barrier vanished and the boat’s door opened, while Li Xiaoya had disappeared.

• Xiao Qian warned Li Xiaoya that Dong Santong might use the Immortal-Slaying Cannon, then left after Li Xiaoya decided to carry out his third plan.
• Li Xiaoya brought out the Light-Winged Dragon King’s corpse and cut off its wings, convincing Dong Santong that he was preparing them for his Azure-Wind Light Wings.
• Li Xiaoya appeared to refine the dragon’s body and asked Dong Santong to activate the boat’s protective barrier against the heat.
• Dong Santong raised the barrier and watched Li Xiaoya refine the corpse for more than ten days.
• The protective barrier abruptly vanished, the boat’s door opened by itself, and Dong Santong discovered that Li Xiaoya had disappeared.

Li Xiaoya attacked Dong Santong (Fu Yuchen) aboard the Swordlight Flying Boat with a sphere of destructive five-colored spiritual light, then escaped as the blast devastated Wolf Valley. Xiao Qian moved to collect what remained, while distant observers sensed the explosion and the chapter ended as a fiery meteor descended into the ruined valley.

• Li Xiaoya entered the Swordlight Flying Boat, revealed that he had seen Junior Brother Dong, and unleashed the five-colored sphere at Dong Santong (Fu Yuchen).
• Li Xiaoya escaped through an opening in the boat as the blast destroyed the Swordlight Flying Boat and devastated Wolf Valley.
• Xiao Qian used a silver Small Bottle to draw points of light from the fading explosion and flew toward the damaged sky.
• An immense figure in a Giant Mountain sensed the attack and called the human cultivator a variable, praising Daode.
• The Demon Kings and Devil Cultivators sensed the disturbance, but Devil Lord Baiye agreed to send subordinates to investigate and ordered construction of their city to continue.
• After the explosions subsided, a fiery meteor descended toward the vast crater in Wolf Valley.

Li Xiaoya and Xiao Qian gathered most of Dong Santong’s scattered body and soul after Li Xiaoya used a carefully prepared Five-Element Dragon-Devouring Wave to destroy Fu Yuchen’s defenses. As Li Xiaoya went to inspect the Sword Light Flying Boat, he sensed that Fu Yuchen might still be alive.

• Li Xiaoya survived the crash using the cracked Five-Direction Divine Beast Shield, while Xiao Qian collected more than eighty percent of Dong Santong’s remains with the Small Bottle.
• Li Xiaoya explained that he had tricked Fu Yuchen into activating the flying boat’s Protective Barrier, concealing his preparations for the Five-Element Dragon-Devouring Wave.
• After wearing Fu Yuchen’s suspicions down for more than ten days, Li Xiaoya used the Golden Light Orb to open the Sword Light Flying Boat and blasted Fu Yuchen apart.
• Xiao Qian used Dong Santong’s remnant soul and the Small Bottle to retrieve fragments of his body and soul.
• Li Xiaoya went to inspect the wrecked Sword Light Flying Boat but sensed that Fu Yuchen was still alive.

Li Xiaoya and Xiao Qian captured Fu Yuchen after he survived the Five-Element Dragon-Devouring Wave and tried to flee. Li Xiaoya sealed him in a bottle for the Child of Light to deal with, then went to salvage the Sword Light Flying Boat and discovered how Fu Yuchen had escaped.

• Fu Yuchen emerged alive from the crater and fled, but Xiao Qian warned Li Xiaoya where he would turn invisible, and Li Xiaoya struck him with the Shaking-Heaven Divine Fire Staff.
• Li Xiaoya used law restrictions to trap Fu Yuchen’s scattered lights and restore him to a bound physical form.
• Xiao Qian stopped Li Xiaoya from killing Fu Yuchen, explaining that Fu Yuchen held part of Fatty Dong’s primordial spirit and nascent soul and should be left for the Child of Light.
• Li Xiaoya bound Fu Yuchen, sealed him inside a Small Bottle, and learned from Xiao Qian that she had collected all of Fatty Dong’s primordial spirit.
• Li Xiaoya flew to the wreckage of the Sword Light Flying Boat to recover its materials and realized how Fu Yuchen had escaped.

After capturing Fu Yuchen and losing the Sword Light Flying Boat, Li Xiaoya and Xiao Qian rested while preparing to strike the enemy’s fortified city. The chapter ended with their strength restored and both of them setting out.

• Li Xiaoya and Xiao Qian found Fu Yuchen’s intact body in the Sword Light Flying Boat, captured him, and left Wolf Valley with the damaged craft stored away.
• The White Bear King proposed allying with the Immortal Race, but the Earth Dragon Beast King rejected the idea and chose to let the factions weaken one another.
• Li Xiaoya and Xiao Qian learned that the Devil Race and Demon Kings were building a defensive fortress, while Dong Santong secretly sent them information from within.
• Li Xiaoya entered seclusion to recover, leaving Dong Santong’s physical body in Xiao Qian’s care; Xiao Qian asked about Li Xiaoya’s two Dual Cultivation Partners.
• More than two years passed as Li Xiaoya and Xiao Qian recovered and received reports on the enemy’s preparations.
• Li Xiaoya and Xiao Qian declared themselves ready and set out together.

Ten Thousand Demon City stood as a vast fortress, while Dong Santong secretly cultivated outside its walls as part of a plan with Li Xiaoya. Li Xiaoya and Xiao Qian traveled underground toward Dong Santong, beginning their operation near the city.

• The demon kings completed Ten Thousand Demon City, a huge fortified stronghold built in just over a year.
• Dong Santong left the city and cultivated in a clearing within its defensive perimeter, drawing in white light as nearby demon beasts watched.
• Li Xiaoya's four clones arrived, and he gave each two storage rings before sending the clones underground.
• Dong Santong sent Li Xiaoya a message that everything was ready, and Li Xiaoya and Xiao Qian set out underground.
• Li Xiaoya led Xiao Qian beneath the guarded mountains toward Dong Santong, carefully avoiding the demon beasts' territories.

Li Xiaoya and Xiao Qian entered the Earth Spirit Overlord’s armor, where Dong Santong explained how he had gained the Light Crystal Immortal Stone Armor and recovered his original body. Dong Santong carried them toward Ten Thousand Demon City to infiltrate it, but their arrival drew the attention of the Long-Haired White Tiger King.

• Li Xiaoya and Xiao Qian entered Dong Santong’s armor and met him inside its crystalline chamber.
• Dong Santong returned to his original body, recovered the damaged Moonlight Crescent Saber from Xiao Qian, and sent his silver essence-spirit body back into the armor.
• Li Xiaoya and Xiao Qian learned that Dong Santong could use the Earth Spirit Overlord’s body to enter Ten Thousand Demon City past its defenses.
• Li Xiaoya gave Dong Santong a Small Bottle containing Fu Yuchen, and Dong Santong recognized him and vowed to deal with him.
• The Earth Spirit Overlord headed toward Ten Thousand Demon City, but the Long-Haired White Tiger King roared and questioned why he had come out again.

Dong Santong, Li Xiaoya, and Xiao Qian settled into Ten Thousand Demon City while waiting for Devil Lord Baiye to act. After more than a month, Baiye’s slaughter-law cultivation drove him into a violent frenzy, and he flew away from the city as Li Xiaoya prepared to move.

• Dong Santong spoke with the Long-Haired White Tiger King while Li Xiaoya and Xiao Qian urged him to stick to their plan instead of attacking or luring the king away.
• Dong Santong returned to Ten Thousand Demon City and used a divine ability on Fu Yuchen, transforming himself into Fu Yuchen’s appearance and making Fu Yuchen disappear.
• Li Xiaoya, Xiao Qian, and Dong Santong waited and cultivated in Ten Thousand Demon City for more than a month.
• Devil Lord Baiye suffered a prolonged bout of qi deviation, then appeared above the city and unleashed a suffocating killing intent.
• The Divine Light Roc told Baiye he could not remain in the city, and Baiye flew away as Li Xiaoya told the others to get ready to move.

The Immortal Race army attacked the Sky-Pillar Mountain Range with thousands of Metal Puppets and Spirit Cannons, overwhelming the Demon Beasts stationed there. As Ten Thousand Demon City hurried to prepare its defenses, the Divine Light Roc called for Devil Lord Baiye to return and sensed that the timing was ominous.

• The Divine Light Roc silenced the Demon Beasts discussing Devil Lord Baiye, then flew into the Giant Mountain as Li Xiaoya, Xiao Qian, and Dong Santong waited for their plan to begin with an army attack.
• Thousands of Metal Puppets advanced across the grassland and blasted apart the Sky-Pillar Mountain Range with their Spirit Cannons.
• The Demon Beasts on the shattered peaks failed to organize a counterattack and fled toward Ten Thousand Demon City.
• The Divine Light Roc announced the Immortal Race attack and ordered the Demon Beasts to activate the defensive restrictions and prepare for battle.
• The Demon Kings and cultivators of the Three Devil Races gathered around the Divine Light Roc, who called for Devil Lord Baiye to return as black light surged across the city's four layers of walls.

Ten Thousand Demon City fortified its defenses as Li Xiaoya and his allies prepared a surprise attack from within. Li Xiaoya’s puppet army began assaulting the city, opening the battle while the demon kings fired their cannons.

• The demon kings strengthened Ten Thousand Demon City’s restrictions with power from their demon beasts while Dong Santong reassured them and urged them to summon Devil Lord Baiye.
• Dong Santong, Li Xiaoya, and Xiao Qian chose the Divine Light Roc as their first target and planned to strike when the puppet army attacked.
• Li Xiaoya’s four clones led a puppet army against Ten Thousand Demon City, distracting the demon kings and devil cultivators.
• Dong Santong prompted the Divine Light Roc to order the demon cannons to fire on the advancing puppets.
• The demon cannons blasted the city’s surroundings and destroyed many puppets, beginning the battle for Ten Thousand Demon City.

The Metal Puppet army bombarded Ten Thousand Demon City while the Demon Kings struggled to control the gathered Demon Beasts, and the Devil Cultivators killed those who challenged their orders. Li Xiaoya and his companions exploited the growing discord as the Immortal-Race Demon-Breaking Cannons began concentrating fire on the city’s defenses, which still held but were weakening.

• The Divine Light Roc refused to open Ten Thousand Demon City’s barrier for fleeing Demon Beasts, and the Metal Puppets’ Spirit Cannons killed many outside it.
• When the Divine Light Roc proposed going out to rescue the survivors, three Devil Cultivators attacked the protesting Demon Beasts and ordered everyone back to their stations.
• Dong Santong, Li Xiaoya, and Xiao Qian watched the disorder grow, and Li Xiaoya said he would wait until Ten Thousand Demon City was thrown into chaos.
• The Metal Puppets continued bombarding the barrier while the Demon Beasts returned fire with Demon Cannons, beginning a battle of attrition.
• The Devil Cultivator recognized the Immortal-Race Demon-Breaking Cannons and ordered the defenses strengthened, but the Demon Beasts did not obey him.
• The Demon-Breaking Cannons fired repeated volleys at one point on the barrier, making its black light grow thinner even as it remained unbroken.

Dong Santong, with Li Xiaoya and Xiao Qian directing him from inside, sowed confusion among Ten Thousand Demon City's defenders as the Metal Puppets attacked. The first restriction fell, and the Divine Light Roc grew suspicious of Dong Santong and confronted him.

• Golden beams struck Ten Thousand Demon City's defenses, and Dong Santong falsely claimed the first restriction had been breached to provoke the Demon Kings and Devil Cultivators.
• Dong Santong ordered the Demon Beasts to reinforce the second restriction and charge the Metal Puppets, causing confusion while the beasts fled instead.
• Dong Santong imitated the Silver Tree King's voice and made it seem as though the king had ordered fleeing beasts killed, worsening the infighting.
• The Metal Puppets blasted apart the first restriction while Dong Santong, Li Xiaoya, and Xiao Qian carried out their plan to weaken the defenders.
• The Long-Haired White Tiger King ordered the Divine Light Roc to summon help, but the Roc stopped and accused Dong Santong of taking benefits from the Immortal Race.