Chapter Summaries

After Duan Jian spared Sikong Hongyue and released his long-held hatred, he followed Nie Li toward the portal out of the Black Prison World. Nie Li offered Li Heng and the twelve families a chance to leave as well, while Duan Jian took one last look back before stepping through.

• Duan Jian lowered his saber, let go of his obsession, and knelt before Nie Li to call him Master.
• Li Heng thanked Nie Li for saving his father and invited him to the Divine Flame Family, but Nie Li declined because he had urgent business.
• Nie Li told Li Heng that he was not from the Black Prison World and offered to send someone to help the twelve families leave.
• Nie Li, Shen Fei, Xiao Ning'er, and Duan Jian headed for the Teleportation Array and entered it one by one.
• Duan Jian looked back at the desolate Black Prison World, said that it was all over, and stepped through the portal.

Nie Li learned that the Master of the Nether Domain intended to take disciples and decided to go there, while Shen Fei approved Shen Yue receiving a Black Gold Rank Demon Spirit. The chapter left Shen Fei speaking with Shen Xiu and Shen Yue about their place in the family after Shen Hong’s death.

• Shen Fei and Duan Jian agreed to spar, while Nie Li returned to revise the Myriad Demons Demon Spirit Formation.
• Ye Ting’s Spirit Puppet told Nie Li that the Master of the Nether Domain planned to take disciples, and Nie Li decided to make a trip there.
• The Second Elder told Shen Fei that Shen Xiu wanted a Black Gold Rank 1-Star Demon Spirit for Shen Yue, and Shen Fei invited them to his study.
• Shen Fei reassured Shen Xiu that he intended to correct Shen Hong’s mistakes rather than settle scores.
• Shen Fei told Shen Yue that there was nothing wrong with wanting a Black Gold Rank Demon Spirit.

Shen Fei gave Shen Yue a powerful Demon Spirit and directed him to work under the Second Elder, securing the Sacred Family’s loyalty to Glory City. He then joined Xiao Ning'er at the Winged Dragon Family’s Martial Arts Arena, where they began sparring with Duan Jian.

• Shen Fei gave Shen Yue a Black Gold Rank Five-Star Sacred Fire Male Lion Demon Spirit, and Shen Yue pledged loyalty to Glory City.
• Shen Fei told Shen Yue to rein in his temper and work under the Second Elder, and Shen Yue accepted.
• Shen Fei left the Sacred Family to meet Xiao Ning'er and Duan Jian at the Winged Dragon Family’s Martial Arts Arena.
• Shen Fei and Xiao Ning'er attacked Duan Jian with wooden weapons while he defended himself using only physical strength and skill.

Shen Fei and Xiao Ning'er spent four exhausting hours sparring with Duan Jian, whose Legendary Peak body overwhelmed their attacks while pushing Shen Fei's physical training forward. After Duan Jian left, Shen Fei teased Xiao Ning'er about not wanting to go home, and she caught the hem of his clothes as he turned away.

• Shen Fei and Xiao Ning'er attacked Duan Jian together and in turns, but his toughness and skill repeatedly knocked their wooden weapons aside and drove them back.
• Duan Jian sent Shen Fei flying with a controlled punch, and Shen Fei recovered and insisted on continuing the sparring.
• After four hours, Shen Fei and Xiao Ning'er were exhausted while Duan Jian remained almost unfazed, and Shen Fei recognized how the training was strengthening his body.
• Shen Fei and Xiao Ning'er returned their weapons, and Duan Jian left the Martial Arts Arena.
• Shen Fei joked that he was too lazy to go home, then turned to leave after saying he was kidding; Xiao Ning'er caught the hem of his clothes.

Shen Fei and Xiao Ning'er discussed when they would fulfill their marriage pact, and he promised they would hold a grand wedding once humanity could control its own destiny. The next morning, the old steward told Shen Fei that their friends and Senior Mingyu and Senior Yu Yan had arrived.

• Xiao Ning'er hugged Shen Fei and asked when they would fulfill their marriage pact.
• Shen Fei promised Xiao Ning'er a grand wedding when humanity could hold its own destiny in its hands.
• Shen Fei considered Xiao Ning'er's fears and realized they had never seriously discussed their future together.
• Shen Fei and Xiao Ning'er returned their weapons, left the Winged Dragon Family's Side Courtyard, and parted ways.
• The old steward told Shen Fei that Nie Li, Lu Piao, Duan Jian, Xiao Xue, Ye Ziyun, Xiao Ning'er, Mingyu, and Yu Yan were waiting to see him.

Nie Li told the group to prepare to leave for the Nether Domain the next day, where the Master of the Nether Domain would take disciples to a larger world. Shen Fei arranged for the Second Elder to oversee the Sacred Family and accompanied Xiao Ning'er to the Winged Dragon Family so she could say goodbye to her father.

• Nie Li announced that everyone should settle their affairs before leaving for the Nether Domain the next day.
• Lu Piao, Xiao Xue, Ye Ziyun, Duan Jian, and Shen Fei described the arrangements they needed to make at home.
• Shen Fei instructed Uncle Zhang to refer family matters to the Second Elder while he was away.
• Shen Fei met Xiao Ning'er in his courtyard, and they left together for the Winged Dragon Family.
• Xiao Ning'er asked Shen Fei to wait outside the family gate while she went in to inform her father.

Shen Fei reflected on his time in the city and accepted that he had to leave for the Nether Domain, then went with Xiao Ning'er to visit Su Ming. He learned Su Ming had been seriously injured by Demon Beasts but was expected to recover.

• Shen Fei watched the street outside the Winged Dragon Family gates and remembered the city and the battles he had experienced there.
• Xiao Ning'er found Shen Fei, and he told her he felt lingering attachment but still had to move forward before suggesting they visit Su Ming.
• Shen Fei and Xiao Ning'er learned at the City Guard Third Brigade garrison that Su Ming had been injured on a mission and was recovering in the military hospital.
• Shen Fei visited Su Ming, who described his injuries as minor, but the medical officer explained that his wounds had been severe and would require time to heal.

Su Ming told Shen Fei how he had been injured while leading his squad against a Shadow Leopard, and Shen Fei praised his leadership before revealing that he and Nie Li would leave Glory City for a year or longer. Shen Fei entrusted Su Ming with protecting the city and gave him authority over the Sacred Family’s powerful experts as he departed with Xiao Ning'er.

• Su Ming recounted how he had taken a Shadow Leopard’s attack to protect his squad and led them to kill it without losing anyone.
• Shen Fei told Su Ming that he and Nie Li would leave Glory City for at least a year, and Su Ming promised to guard the city until they returned.
• Shen Fei gave Su Ming the Sacred Family’s executive elder token, which allowed him to mobilize its experts at Black Gold Rank and above.
• Shen Fei instructed Su Ming to keep an eye on Shen Yue before leaving the ward with Xiao Ning'er.
• As Shen Fei and Xiao Ning'er walked north, Xiao Ning'er questioned whether entrusting Su Ming with the responsibility would put too much pressure on him, and Shen Fei said Su Ming had to bear it.

Shen Fei and Xiao Ning'er agreed that adversity had helped Su Ming grow stronger, and she returned to the Winged Dragon Family. Back at the Sacred Family residence, Shen Fei rewarded the old steward's decades of service by arranging better opportunities for his grandson, Zhang Yuan.

• Shen Fei argued that pressure and adversity would help Su Ming face powerful enemies, and Xiao Ning'er agreed after recalling his progress.
• Xiao Ning'er returned to the Winged Dragon Family while Shen Fei headed back to the Sacred Family residence.
• Shen Fei asked Uncle Zhang about his forty years serving the Shen Family and learned about his grandson Zhang Yuan's talent and limited means.
• Shen Fei offered to transfer Zhang Yuan to the Holy Orchid Institute's Genius Class.
• Shen Fei promised to arrange a suitable Black Gold Rank demon spirit for Zhang Yuan once he reached Gold Rank, and Uncle Zhang bowed to thank him.

Shen Fei entrusted the estate to the old steward and set out from Glory City with Nie Li and the others for the Nine-Layered Deathlands. After traveling for eight hours, the party sensed two Legendary Peak experts approaching and prepared to defend themselves.

• Shen Fei reassured the old steward that his talented grandson would receive help and told him to manage the estate while he was away.
• At Glory City's North Gate, Ye Mo entrusted Glory City to Ye Zong and announced that he would go to the Black Prison World.
• Shen Fei, Nie Li, Ye Ziyun, and the others left Glory City and traveled toward the wilderness.
• During the journey, Yu Yan explained that Duan Jian's Black Dragon bloodline was beginning to suppress his Thunderbird bloodline.
• Mingyu warned Shen Fei that two Legendary Peak experts were rapidly approaching, and Nie Li ordered everyone to go on guard.

Lü Qiansha and Lü Qianmo tracked Yu Yan to the group and threatened to destroy her shattered Divine Spark, while also targeting Mingyu. Yu Yan blocked Lü Qiansha’s probing fireball, but its impact cracked her shield and exposed how weakened she had become.

• Yu Yan sensed the Demon Beasts approaching, and Lü Qiansha and Lü Qianmo landed and confronted her and Mingyu.
• Lü Qianmo noticed Mingyu’s Spirit God presence and threatened to torment her, while Yu Yan and Mingyu unleashed their power to resist the brothers’ pressure.
• Yu Yan vowed to kill Lü Qiansha and Lü Qianmo despite her weakened Divine Spark, and Lü Qiansha mocked her diminished strength.
• Lü Qiansha launched a powerful fireball at Yu Yan, and she stopped it with a small golden shield.
• The blast cracked Yu Yan’s shield and briefly paled her face, prompting Lü Qiansha to declare that she was nearly out of strength.