Chapter Summaries

A Bao forced Huo Yuhao into a fight, and Huo Yuhao revealed how much stronger he had become by catching A Bao’s full-powered punch and injuring his hand. Huo Yuhao then drew on the Rakshasa God’s power and charged at A Bao with the Rakshasa Demon Scythe.

• A Bao found Huo Yuhao and demanded another fight to settle the outcome of their previous battle, but Huo Yuhao refused.
• A Bao attacked Huo Yuhao despite his refusal, and the Star Demon God Vasak transported them to an arena with Magic Arrays.
• Huo Yuhao dodged A Bao’s attacks until A Bao unleashed a full-powered punch, which Huo Yuhao caught with one hand.
• Huo Yuhao held A Bao’s fist fast, blocked his Purple Dragon Heaven-Shaking Sword with the Rakshasa Demon Scythe, and fractured the bones in A Bao’s hand.
• A Bao charged at Huo Yuhao again, and Huo Yuhao’s hair turned dark purple as he vanished and swung the Rakshasa Demon Scythe at him.

Huo Yuhao defeated A Bao in their spar using the Rakshasa Demon Scythe, but stopped short of killing the Demon Race Crown Prince. He recognized that Demon God Emperor Feng Xiu remained the main obstacle to escaping the Demon Race, while A Bao rejected Huo Yuhao’s attempt to help him up.

• Huo Yuhao wounded A Bao with the Rakshasa Demon Scythe and activated Rakshasa Domain and the divine skill Nether Rakshasa.
• A Bao charged Huo Yuhao with the Purple Dragon Heaven-Shaking Sword, but Huo Yuhao defeated him and pinned him to the ground beside a deep chasm.
• Star Demon God Vasak watched without intervening and concluded that Huo Yuhao could suppress ninth-order opponents despite his restricted strength.
• Huo Yuhao spared A Bao, withdrew his divine power, and recognized that Demon God Emperor Feng Xiu was still his greatest obstacle to escape.
• Huo Yuhao offered A Bao a hand, but A Bao glared at him and refused, regarding the gesture as another humiliation.

Huo Yuhao defeated A Bao, then treated him only long enough to satisfy the Demon God Emperor before A Bao rejected his help and left. Feng Xiu ordered Agares to have Yue Ye show Huo Yuhao around the Holy Demon Continent and bound him more tightly to demon control with a token carrying his aura.

• Huo Yuhao pulled A Bao to his feet and used Healing Light on his wounds, but A Bao attacked him and refused the treatment.
• A Bao declared that he would defeat Huo Yuhao next time and left the arena.
• Agares suggested a probing attack on human fortresses to draw out Austin Griffin, but Feng Xiu chose to maintain the status quo and focus on learning whether Austin Griffin was alive.
• Feng Xiu told Agares to have Yue Ye take Huo Yuhao around the Yue Ye Merchant Group and show him the Holy Demon Continent.
• Feng Xiu gave Huo Yuhao a token bearing his aura that kept returning to Huo Yuhao's waist, further limiting his ability to escape demon control.

Huo Yuhao learned that he would travel with Yue Ye’s merchant caravan from Heart City to Imperial Dragon Pass and back. As he spoke with Yue Ye, he considered how mixed human and demon blood was treated in the Demon Race, while his restraints and mission remained unresolved.

• The Demon God Emperor teleported Huo Yuhao back to his palace and told Agares that keeping him occupied with the caravan was preferable to letting him plot an escape.
• After two days in his palace, Huo Yuhao received Yue Ye, who introduced herself as the person in charge of the merchant caravan.
• Yue Ye explained that the caravan would travel northwest from Heart City, trade briefly at Imperial Dragon Pass, and return by the same route.
• Huo Yuhao confirmed that the caravan traded across the human-Demon front line and reflected that mixed-blood demons such as Yue Ye, Agares, and Vasak faced no apparent discrimination.
• Huo Yuhao remained unable to remove the Magic Arrays or find Austin Griffin, so he continued using his observations of the Demon Race to pass the time.

Huo Yuhao accompanied Yue Ye through Heart City to the Yue Ye Merchant Group, while both considered the hidden motives behind the Demon God Emperor’s order. He arrived at the merchant group as Yue Ye’s attendant, still under the Demon Race’s control and wary of its intentions.

• Huo Yuhao asked Yue Ye to show him around the merchant group, and she agreed while privately growing wary of his act.
• Yue Ye’s thoughts turned to Long Haochen and her human-demon hybrid identity, which made her feel some goodwill toward Huo Yuhao.
• Huo Yuhao sensed that Yue Ye had seen through his disguise but chose not to address it.
• Yue Ye and Huo Yuhao walked through Heart City, where he observed enslaved humans living among demons.
• Yue Ye told Huo Yuhao to serve as her attendant at the merchant group, and he followed her there.

Huo Yuhao accompanied Yue Ye to the Yue Ye Merchant Group's base outside Heart City, where she explained how the group traded between humans and the Demon Race. As Yue Ye tried to learn more about his situation and provided him with disguises for the journey, someone ran up calling her "Sister Yue."

• Huo Yuhao followed Yue Ye from the merchant group's office in Heart City to its base beyond the city gates.
• Yue Ye explained that the group relied on both human mercenaries and Demon Race members to trade across the border, though most of its human mercenaries had left after the Holy War.
• Huo Yuhao pointed out that members of caravans entering human territory could not exceed the sixth tier, and Yue Ye explained the restrictions on her own participation.
• Yue Ye gave Huo Yuhao a cloak and Demon Eyes to disguise himself, but he stored them in his Bracelet without putting them on.
• As Yue Ye noticed the Bracelet and prepared to apologize for staring, someone ran toward her and shouted, "Sister Yue!"

Huo Yuhao joined Yue Ye and Leng Xiao on the Yue Ye Merchant Group’s journey toward the human fortress, where he noticed the human mercenaries were spies and examined the carriage’s simple Magic Arrays. After two days on the road, he left the carriage to find something to eat, and Leng Xiao followed him.

• Leng Xiao persuaded Yue Ye to let her join the trip and warned Huo Yuhao that she still resented his earlier attack.
• Huo Yuhao recognized that the six human mercenaries in the Yue Ye Merchant Group were spies and noticed that one looked unwell.
• Huo Yuhao examined the luxurious carriage and found its Magic Arrays crude, though a levitation spell helped absorb shocks.
• After the caravan traveled for two days, Leng Xiao offered Huo Yuhao pastries, but he left to find other food and said he could cook.
• Leng Xiao glanced at the cultivating Yue Ye and followed Huo Yuhao out of the carriage.

Huo Yuhao cooked porridge for Leng Xiao and the Yue Ye Merchant Group, reflecting on his loneliness and the people he had lost. The food drew nearly everyone in the camp, and he served them while one companion carried a bowl back to the absent human woman.

• Huo Yuhao used Demonic Blade's Blessing to prepare the caravan's provisions and cooked porridge over a campfire while Leng Xiao watched.
• As he cooked, Huo Yuhao remembered his lost companions, his fear of separation, and his hope that he might see everyone again.
• Huo Yuhao tasted the porridge and reminded himself that his companions were not gone forever, though being alone still hurt.
• The porridge's aroma brought Leng Xiao and nearly the entire Yue Ye Merchant Group, including the human mercenaries, to the fire.
• Huo Yuhao ladled out bowls for the gathered group, while one companion took an extra bowl to the human woman who had stayed away.

Huo Yuhao cooked for the Yue Ye Merchant Group as they traveled toward a human fortress, and Leng Xiao asked him to provide meals in exchange for guiding him around. After several days on the road, he observed the Demon Race’s neglected territory while remaining unable to cultivate or escape the Demon God Emperor’s control.

• Leng Xiao praised Huo Yuhao’s porridge and asked him to cook for the entire journey in exchange for showing him around the human fortress; he agreed.
• Three days later, Huo Yuhao had become the merchant group’s cook, and the seven disguised humans treated him with wary, strange looks.
• Huo Yuhao noticed that the sickly-looking human rarely approached him and that her companions kept others away from her.
• As the caravan traveled through the Demon Race’s territory, Huo Yuhao saw that its roads had crumbled into rubble and barren earth.
• Unable to cultivate because of the magic arrays on his body, Huo Yuhao rested in the carriage and found a new way to pass the time.

Huo Yuhao entertained Leng Xiao and Yue Ye by carving a crystal that flashed brightly and shattered when Yue Ye channeled energy into it. When Yue Ye sounded out his alchemy skills and asked for his help, Huo Yuhao refused to support the Demon Race’s war efforts, leaving Yue Ye to accept that peace was difficult.

• Leng Xiao questioned Huo Yuhao as he carved a crystal with his hairpin, and Yue Ye watched his unfamiliar techniques closely.
• Huo Yuhao gave the finished crystal to Yue Ye, who channeled her energy into it and triggered a blinding flash that shattered it.
• Leng Xiao accused Huo Yuhao of doing it on purpose, and he admitted it before she playfully charged at him.
• Yue Ye asked whether Huo Yuhao knew alchemy or medicine refining, and he confirmed that he knew a little of both.
• Huo Yuhao told Yue Ye he did not want to contribute to the Demon Race’s war, and she acknowledged that peace could be difficult to achieve.
• Leng Xiao asked what they would eat the next day and offered ingredients from her storage ring for Huo Yuhao to cook separately for her.

Huo Yuhao’s caravan reached the outskirts of Imperial Dragon Pass, where six human travelers approached him, believing he needed rescuing from the demons. He revealed that he had recognized them as a Demon Hunt Squad and warned them not to continue with the caravan into the fortress.

• Huo Yuhao learned from Yue Ye that the caravan’s trade at Imperial Dragon Pass reflected a temporary truce between humans and demons.
• As the caravan neared the fortress, its demons disguised themselves as humans, while the six humans returned to their original appearances.
• One of the young human men invited Huo Yuhao aside, and he followed him to a secluded spot where the other five were waiting.
• The young man offered to help Huo Yuhao reach the Temple Alliance, but Huo Yuhao clarified that he was not affiliated with it and was not a demon.
• Huo Yuhao identified the six humans as a Demon Hunt Squad, explained how their behavior had exposed them, and told them not to follow the caravan after it reached Imperial Dragon Pass.

Huo Yuhao gained the trust of a stranded Demon Hunt Squad by using Angel Divine Power to cure a mage poisoned by a Demon Race arrow and examine the others. After learning they were young Temple Alliance fighters trapped behind enemy lines and asking what they knew about Long Haochen, he refused the knight’s invitation to return to the Alliance and left.

• Huo Yuhao asked the hidden members of the group to come out and examined the mage whose complexion was poor.
• Huo Yuhao discovered poison lingering in the mage’s arm and used Angel Divine Power to remove it, explaining that the arrow had damaged her bone and carried poison.
• The priest apologized to the mage, while the knight thanked Huo Yuhao; Huo Yuhao then examined the rest of the six-person Demon Hunt Squad and treated their lingering injuries.
• The squad explained that the Holy War and Demon Race forces had trapped them in enemy territory, forcing them to disguise themselves as mercenaries and travel with merchants.
• Huo Yuhao learned that the squad had little recent information about Long Haochen and realized its members were only twenty to twenty-five years old.
• The young knight urged Huo Yuhao to return to the Temple Alliance, but Huo Yuhao said he could not leave and walked away.

Huo Yuhao traveled with Yue Ye’s caravan to Imperial Dragon Pass and Snow Dragon Town, where human forces closely monitored the demons. He refused the Demon Hunt Squad’s offer to return to the Temple Alliance and joined Yue Ye and Leng Xiao as they headed for the human market.

• Yue Ye told Huo Yuhao she believed he yearned for peace, and warned him that the caravan’s return journey would be its most dangerous leg.
• Huo Yuhao arrived at Imperial Dragon Pass with the caravan and sensed that human powerhouses were secretly watching them.
• The caravan passed through Imperial Dragon Pass and camped outside Snow Dragon Town under close human scrutiny.
• The six members of the Demon Hunt Squad invited Huo Yuhao to return to the Temple Alliance, but he refused because of his Magic Arrays and the Demon God Emperor’s token.
• Huo Yuhao helped sort the caravan’s goods, then Leng Xiao urged him and Yue Ye to head to the human market.

Huo Yuhao browsed Snow Dragon Town with Leng Xiao and Yue Ye while sensing a human powerhouse watching them. After colliding with a frail, sorrowful woman, he helped her gather her belongings and agreed to carry them home.

• Leng Xiao led Huo Yuhao and Yue Ye through Snow Dragon Town, sampling snacks and asking Huo Yuhao to make them for her.
• Yue Ye reminded Leng Xiao to pay for the snacks, and the three continued browsing the town’s war-focused markets.
• Leng Xiao searched a magical goods shop for a hairpin resembling the one Huo Yuhao wore, while Huo Yuhao wandered nearby.
• Huo Yuhao sensed a sudden emotional shift from the human powerhouse observing them, stopped, and collided with a woman carrying a basket.
• Huo Yuhao helped the weak woman collect her scattered belongings and persuaded her to let him carry the basket home.

Huo Yuhao followed Bai Yue to her home after noticing her resemblance to the Demon God Emperor and the hidden human powerhouse’s reaction to her. There, he learned that she was Long Haochen’s mother, reassured her that Long Haochen was not in danger, and offered to examine her frail health.

• Huo Yuhao told Yue Ye and Leng Xiao he would return that evening, then accompanied Bai Yue to her home while the human powerhouse secretly followed them.
• Huo Yuhao noticed a resemblance between Bai Yue and the Demon God Emperor, and saw that a picture frame in her home showed Bai Yue with her son.
• Bai Yue told Huo Yuhao that her son was Long Haochen, captain of a Marshal-level Demon Hunt Squad, and that she had not heard from him since the Holy War ended.
• Huo Yuhao told Bai Yue he had heard Long Haochen and his team were not in danger of losing their lives, easing her worry.
• Bai Yue began coughing, and Huo Yuhao helped her sit down before offering to examine her.

Huo Yuhao examined Bai Yue and discovered that incompatible light and dark energies were damaging her frail body. He joined the energies so they could coexist, then used Healing Light to repair her hidden injuries, leaving her feeling much better.

• Bai Yue insisted that her frail condition was nothing unusual, but Huo Yuhao took her hand and examined her with his angel divine power.
• Huo Yuhao discovered that Bai Yue's light-attribute energy clashed with her weakened dark-attribute origin, which was linked to a faint power resembling the Demon God Emperor's.
• Huo Yuhao decided to help Bai Yue after noticing the calluses from household work on her hands and recalling his own mother's care.
• Huo Yuhao used his angel divine power to connect Bai Yue's light and dark energies, preventing their clash from causing future hidden injuries.
• Huo Yuhao cast Healing Light on Bai Yue, healing her existing hidden injuries and making her feel better.

Huo Yuhao healed Bai Yue and reassured her that Long Haochen would return, then confronted the human powerhouse who had been following him. The cloaked man appeared and accused Huo Yuhao of giving Bai Yue false hope.

• Huo Yuhao healed Bai Yue, then helped her cook and shared a meal with her.
• Bai Yue spoke about Long Haochen and his childhood, while Huo Yuhao recalled his own mother and a sorrowful past.
• Huo Yuhao assured Bai Yue that Long Haochen was safe and would return, then left for the Caravan Camp by a deserted route.
• Huo Yuhao stopped on the outskirts and challenged the human powerhouse who had followed him, puzzled by the man’s anger and killing intent.
• A black-cloaked man emerged in the wind and snow, thanked Huo Yuhao for healing Bai Yue, and accused him of lying to her.

Huo Yuhao confronted a human powerhouse who questioned his allegiance and reacted strangely whenever Long Haochen was mentioned. When the man refused to explain his feelings, they fought quietly in the snow, and Huo Yuhao gained the advantage.

• The human powerhouse questioned Huo Yuhao about his identity and demanded that he surrender to the Temple leadership.
• Huo Yuhao noticed the man's emotional reactions to Long Haochen and pressed him about why he felt joy at Long Haochen's death.
• The man denied feeling joy and insisted he had to defeat Huo Yuhao for humanity.
• The man attacked with his sword, and Huo Yuhao countered with a blade of ultimate ice.
• As their restrained sword fight continued, the Ninth Order, Level Three man realized he was losing ground to Huo Yuhao.

Huo Yuhao defeated Long Xingyu in a sword fight, interrupted his attempt to summon his Divine Throne, and secretly viewed his memories. He learned why Long Xingyu suspected Long Haochen was the Demon God Emperor’s son, but concluded that Long Haochen was actually the Demon God Emperor’s maternal grandson.

• Huo Yuhao used his swordsmanship to break Long Xingyu’s Whirling Sword of Slaughter and Nine Dragon Steps, prompting Long Xingyu to ask whether he had fought Long Haochen.
• Long Xingyu accused Huo Yuhao of lying, but Huo Yuhao said his claims were not contradictory.
• Huo Yuhao outpaced Long Xingyu, struck him with a spiritual shock, froze him with Emperor Palm: Great Cold Without Snow, and secretly read his memories.
• Huo Yuhao learned that Long Xingyu believed Bai Yue had been abducted by the Demon God Emperor and that Long Haochen was the Emperor’s son.
• Huo Yuhao determined that Bai Yue was the Demon God Emperor’s daughter and Long Haochen his maternal grandson, then left for the caravan camp.

Huo Yuhao learned from Long Xingyu’s memories that Long Xingyu had abandoned Long Haochen and his Demon Hunt Squad during the Holy War, leaving them to die in the Demon God Emperor’s trap. After returning to the caravan, Huo Yuhao resolved to find Long Haochen to learn the truth about Austin Griffin, but he had no idea how to reach him in the Eternal Tower.

• Huo Yuhao learned that Long Xingyu had taken Bai Yue away from Long Haochen and repeatedly refused her requests to see him.
• Huo Yuhao discovered that Long Xingyu had watched Long Haochen and his Demon Hunt Squad enter the trap at Demon Capital Heart City without warning or rescuing them, then kept their fate secret from the Temple Alliance.
• Huo Yuhao left Long Xingyu behind after Long Xingyu asked his real name, replying that Huo Yuhao was the truth whether he believed it or not.
• Huo Yuhao decided not to tell Bai Yue what he had learned and planned to tell Long Haochen first, so Long Haochen could explain it to her gradually.
• Huo Yuhao concluded that Long Haochen had been Austin Griffin’s contractor and decided he needed to find him, but he could not determine how to reach him inside the Eternal Tower.
• Huo Yuhao returned to the Yue Ye Caravan’s camp and entered the carriage without finding a way to locate Long Haochen.