Chapter Summaries

Huo Yuhao reviewed the Demon Race’s affairs and used grain, provincial contact points, and local organization to curb covert attacks on the Temple Alliance. His efforts had eased famine and kept disabled demons alive, but they were also allowing long-standing tensions between low-ranking demons and the ruling Demon Gods and nobles to grow.

• Huo Yuhao reviewed reports on operations against Great Yak City and assessed the Demon Race’s population and food supply.
• He noted that his grain had reduced deaths from famine and discouraged routine attacks on the Temple Alliance, though some Demon Gods still arranged covert raids to obtain slaves.
• To prevent those attacks without provoking the Demon God Emperor, Huo Yuhao organized local low-ranking and physically disabled demons to disrupt the Demon Gods’ preparations.
• Huo Yuhao used provincial roads and contact points to coordinate grain, tools, medicine, and information, while planning a council-based system for managing affairs beyond demon cities.
• The chapter described how Demon Gods and nobles had long mistreated low-ranking and disabled demons, and how Huo Yuhao’s support had given those groups time to recognize their grievances as tensions continued to build.

Over four years, Huo Yuhao encouraged demons to surround cities and free enslaved humans, gradually weakening the Demon Gods’ ability to launch wars without provoking open conflict. As he reviewed the report on the fifteenth uprising in Great Yak City, five hundred thousand demons had entered the city, and Chen Zidian was to retrieve the rescued humans.

• Huo Yuhao supplied food, medicine, and Defensive Soul Tools to demons gathering outside cities, and they eventually broke through the gates without destroying the Demon God Pillars.
• The demons took enslaved humans from the cities and escorted them toward Demon City, where many returned to the Temple Alliance and some stayed with children who had demon blood.
• Human slaves in other cities learned of the rescues and began helping demons open gates, while Chen Zidian arranged for Demon Hunt Squads to receive the freed people.
• The Demon Gods largely tolerated the incidents because confronting Huo Yuhao risked defeat, and they increasingly relied on goods and food from Demon City.
• Over four years, demons charged into cities fifteen times, while Huo Yuhao avoided escalating the uprisings because his cultivation remained sealed.
• Huo Yuhao read a report stating that five hundred thousand demons had entered Great Yak City, and Chen Zidian needed to be notified to retrieve the humans.

Huo Yuhao reflected on the Temple Alliance’s fear of the Demon Race’s rapid development and its conflicting efforts to recruit or kill him. He left his documents behind and marked a map, while his plans to break the Demon God Emperor’s restrictions and leave the Holy Demon Continent remained unresolved.

• Huo Yuhao recalled that the Temple Alliance had ordered title-grade Demon Hunt Squads to kill him, though Chen Zidian and the others had kept the mission from him.
• Huo Yuhao considered how Demon City’s growth and the Demon Race’s new ability to produce food, goods, and technology had shifted the balance against the Temple Alliance.
• Huo Yuhao remembered telling Chen Zidian that he had initiated the city’s construction and later giving him a basic theory book on Soul Tools for the Temple Alliance.
• Chen Zidian had urged Huo Yuhao to join humanity or help overthrow the Demon God Emperor, but Huo Yuhao had only smiled and kept his own plans to leave the continent private.
• Huo Yuhao and Chen Zidian had acknowledged their opposing loyalties while promising to do what they could, and Huo Yuhao then put away his documents and drew on a map.

Huo Yuhao continued searching Demon Race territory for traces of Long Haochen and the others, but found no clues despite discovering many forgotten ruins and relics. Meanwhile, Leng Xiao confronted A Bao about how he had changed, and the siblings agreed to settle their conversation with a fight.

• Huo Yuhao searched the provinces of Demon Race territory for signs of Long Haochen and the others, finding hidden ruins, ancient texts, weapons, and rare ores but no trace of them.
• Huo Yuhao reviewed the areas he had searched and put away his map as evening fell.
• Leng Xiao visited A Bao while he was meditating and teased him about how different he had become.
• A Bao asked Leng Xiao to explain how he used to act, and she described his anger, stern demeanor, and reactions to Long Haochen.
• A Bao challenged Leng Xiao to fight before he would answer her questions, and Leng Xiao accepted, confident in her ninth-order, level-three strength.

Leng Xiao used her Demon Dragon Staff and soul tools to overwhelm A Bao during their fight, but her celebration gave him an opening. A Bao counterattacked after reflecting on how he had grown calmer over the past four years, leaving the duel unresolved.

• A Bao charged Leng Xiao, who blocked his sword with an Invincible Barrier and attacked with a dark magic array.
• A Bao shattered the array, but Leng Xiao evaded his follow-up strike with a Soul Tool Shield and blasted him with a dark dragon-shaped attack.
• Leng Xiao trapped A Bao under pressure and rained black meteors down on him, believing she had finally won.
• A Bao broke free and approached Leng Xiao while she celebrated, having learned to control his emotions and accept his shortcomings.
• A Bao struck at Leng Xiao from above, and she blocked his attack before asking how he had escaped.

A Bao sparred with Leng Xiao, conceded after she outmaneuvered him with Soul Cannons, and agreed to treat her to dinner. As they walked through the bustling, brightly lit Demon City, A Bao reflected on how much the Demon Race had changed and began questioning the ideal he had once pursued.

• A Bao disarmed Leng Xiao, but she aimed a Class 7 Soul Tool Piercing Cannon at him and refused his offer to call their fight a draw.
• A Bao tried a sneak attack, but Leng Xiao anticipated him, blocked his strike, and fired two Soul Cannons before holding them to his head.
• A Bao conceded and offered Leng Xiao a meal; she put away her weapons after he let her choose the dishes.
• A Bao and Leng Xiao walked through Demon City, where demons of all ranks lived and gathered amid bright lights, busy streets, and abundant restaurants.
• A Bao reflected on the contrast between Demon City and the restricted demon cities of his past, then Leng Xiao urged him into a nearby restaurant.

A Bao and Leng Xiao toured Demon City’s restaurants, where Leng Xiao’s enormous appetite embarrassed him and prompted a conversation about his estrangement from Yue Ye. Watching the city, A Bao questioned the perfection he had pursued and the purpose of his power, while remaining uncertain about his future and his engagement.

• Huo Yuhao’s administration of Demon City followed simplified policies inspired by Mingdu, including low taxes and expanded education, healthcare, and assistance for vulnerable demons.
• Leng Xiao ate her way through four restaurants, ordering every dish, while A Bao felt embarrassed by the attention her appetite drew.
• Leng Xiao asked when A Bao would visit Yue Ye, and A Bao admitted he had no plans to see her.
• A Bao reflected on how his pursuit of perfection had distorted his feelings for Yue Ye and left him afraid to face her or end their engagement.
• As he watched the demons in Demon City, A Bao questioned what his ideal of perfection was for and doubted his role as the Demon Race Crown Prince.

Huo Yuhao secretly completed a powerful Fixed Soul Cannon Shell using the power of faith, preparing it as a last resort against Demon God Emperor Feng Xiu. He reflected on how he had gathered that faith by helping the Demon Race rather than promoting worship, and remained determined to change the suffering he saw around him.

• Huo Yuhao sealed his room and took out the components he had crafted from rare metals and infused with gold of life.
• Huo Yuhao assembled the components into a Fixed Soul Cannon Shell and slowly merged a nearly transparent ball of the power of faith into its metal core.
• Huo Yuhao sealed the completed shell in a specially made box and concealed its aura with the power of fate.
• Huo Yuhao considered the shell a last resort against Feng Xiu and recalled that he had gathered the power of faith through feeding the Demon Race, teaching farming, and sharing knowledge.
• Huo Yuhao remembered Elder Yi's advice to keep thinking and resolved that the Demon Race's suffering should not be accepted as inevitable.

Huo Yuhao reflected on why he refused to make the demons worship him and explained his belief that people should strive to protect life rather than serve grand institutions. His teachings earned him a slow but unusually pure power of faith, leaving him pleased with his progress yet ashamed of his motives.

• Huo Yuhao rejected the methods of Spirit Hall, Shrek Academy, empires, and the Temple Alliance, choosing not to turn the demons into tools for gathering faith.
• Huo Yuhao recalled that he had never truly identified with any empire or organization and had acted for the people who had helped him, not for their institutions.
• A fourth-rank Zelin Dual-Blade Demon asked Huo Yuhao what the Demon Race was, and Huo Yuhao said it belonged to every demon striving to live and protect life.
• Huo Yuhao's message spread among the demons, and the faith they placed in him gradually accumulated in a pure form.
• Huo Yuhao recognized that his plan had partly succeeded, but felt ashamed because he had helped the demons partly to achieve his own aims.

Huo Yuhao explained why he had gathered faith power to build a Fixed Soul Cannon Shell rather than pursue Godhood, and why he planned to confront Demon God Emperor Feng Xiu only when the moment was right. He remained committed to improving the Demon Race’s lives and creating a path where people could choose and defend a better future.

• Huo Yuhao recalled that Feng Xiu was seeking a ready-made Divine Core to become a god, while Huo Yuhao had no intention of condensing a Godhood on the Holy Demon Continent.
• Huo Yuhao used faith power to complete a Fixed Soul Cannon Shell capable of killing Feng Xiu, but he waited for a chance when the Demon God Emperor’s attention was elsewhere.
• Huo Yuhao continued working to improve life for the Demon Race, reduce hatred between demons and humans, and rescue enslaved humans despite knowing old scars would remain.
• Huo Yuhao remembered Xue Ke’s words about fate and concluded that struggle and continued efforts to change were part of nature, even without a final solution to suffering.
• The Cherry-Pink Soul Ring flickered in Huo Yuhao’s Sea of Consciousness before becoming still.

Huo Yuhao continued helping enslaved humans escape Demon territory while the Temple Alliance’s growing hostility made Chen Zidian’s attempts to recruit him increasingly urgent. The chapter ended with Chen warning that soon there might be no chance left to talk.

• Huo Yuhao noticed the Dragon Clan Crown Prince’s remnant soul absorbing a little of the Power of Faith, then left more of it nearby without driving him from his Sea of Consciousness.
• A Bao and Leng Xiao encountered Huang Shuo eating at a stall in Demon City, where he admitted that demons secretly visited because Demon Capital Heart City offered little to see.
• Huo Yuhao gave Chen Zidian a list of enslaved humans to rescue, and Chen said he would return to the Temple Alliance for its decennial elections.
• Chen Zidian urged Huo Yuhao to join the Temple Alliance and help end the age of darkness, but Huo Yuhao refused and said he could not leave the Demon Race.
• Chen Zidian warned that the Temple Alliance’s attitude toward Huo Yuhao was growing more hostile and that soon there might be no opportunity for discussion.

Huo Yuhao discussed Demon City and the Temple Alliance with Chen Zidian, defending his efforts to improve demons’ lives despite the deep hostility between humans and demons. After Chen Zidian departed, Huo Yuhao considered visiting Knight Sacred Mountain to learn about human-magical beast contracts, but knew he first had to deal with the Magic Arrays on his body.

• Huo Yuhao asked Chen Zidian how much merit his missions were worth, and Chen Zidian said his danger level and reward were second only to Demon God Emperor Feng Xiu's.
• Huo Yuhao asked what Chen Zidian thought of Demon City, and Chen Zidian said it sometimes resembled a Temple Alliance city but remained demon territory.
• Huo Yuhao reflected on his rules for working hours and management, explaining that his own past hardship had led him to protect demons from exploitation.
• Chen Zidian said he would leave and contact Huo Yuhao again if needed, then vanished.
• Huo Yuhao considered visiting Knight Sacred Mountain to study the bonds between knights and magical beasts, but decided he needed to deal with his Magic Arrays first.
• Huo Yuhao left the basement and walked through Demon City toward his residence.

Long Haochen and his companions returned to the Holy Demon Continent after years of cultivation and set out for the Temple Alliance, while Huo Yuhao sensed a brief warning of danger. Their journey through Demon Race territory revealed an unexpected transformation: farmland, villages, and paved roads had replaced the barren landscape they remembered.

• Lin Xin, Sima Xian, and Han Yu joked about being single, while Wang Yuanyuan blushed at her feelings for Zhang Fangfang.
• Long Haochen and Sheng Cai'er emerged from the Eternal Tower, and Long Haochen urged everyone to return to the Temple Alliance without drawing attention in Demon Race territory.
• Sheng Cai'er thought she sensed Electrolux's aura, and Long Haochen remembered how Electrolux's Eternal Heart had brought him back to life.
• Huo Yuhao felt a fleeting warning from the Power of Fate and wondered whether Austin Griffin was involved in a danger approaching the Holy Demon Continent.
• Long Haochen and his companions disguised themselves as demons and traveled toward the Temple Alliance, but stopped in shock at the farmland, village, and paved road in Demon Race territory.

Long Haochen and his companions found demon territory transformed by farming, new crafts, and a calmer way of life, then gathered information from its inhabitants. They learned that a Demon King and Demon City were behind the changes, but still did not know what had happened.

• Long Haochen confirmed the group was on the Holy Demon Continent and told everyone to investigate quietly before regrouping in an hour.
• Long Haochen and Sheng Cai'er questioned a Demon Eye Warlock, who said he had bought his farming tools in Demon City and showed little deference to Long Haochen’s Moon Demon disguise.
• Long Haochen and Sheng Cai'er explored the village and noticed that its demons lived with an unfamiliar sense of leisure.
• Wang Yuanyuan reported hearing about a Demon City and a Demon King who taught demons how to farm and produce goods.
• Yang Wenzhao, Chen Ying'er, Duan Yi, Lin Xin, and Sima Xian reported edible unfamiliar grains, new equipment, and demons teaching one another, while Duan Yi confirmed that four years had passed since the Holy War.
• Long Haochen identified Demon City and the Demon King as crucial leads but remained uncertain about the transformation of demon society.

Long Haochen and his companions traveled toward the Temple Alliance and learned that the Demon Race had changed dramatically, including the liberation of enslaved humans and the appearance of a mysterious Demon King. After escorting the rescued people to Exorcism Pass, the group split up to report to their temples.

• Long Haochen led his companions toward the Temple Alliance to learn more about the Demon Race’s changes.
• Long Haochen’s group encountered the Yue Ye Caravan and joined its escort after identifying themselves to Wensi.
• Wensi told Long Haochen that the caravan was returning enslaved humans rescued from Great Yak City, where 500,000 demons and the captives had opened the gates together.
• Long Haochen and his companions questioned the passengers and heard that the Demon King was a girl with three pairs of pure white wings.
• The next day, Long Haochen and his companions reached Exorcism Pass, saw the rescued people settled, and separated to report to their temples.

Huo Yuhao refused to join humanity, believing war between the Federation and the Demon Race was inevitable, while a warning from the Power of Fate made him suspect Austin Griffin threatened the plane. He kept Long Haochen’s return secret from the Demon God Emperor and resolved to prepare for the danger, as Chen Zidian worried that the Federation’s growing strength would soon lead it to attack.

• Chen Zidian told Huo Yuhao that the Holy Temple Grand Competition had ended and pressed him to choose humanity’s side; Huo Yuhao refused and reaffirmed his neutrality.
• Huo Yuhao reflected that the Federation’s formation and humanity’s growing fear of the Demon Race made war unavoidable, though he was more troubled by a foreboding of catastrophic danger.
• After learning Long Haochen and the Dawn of Light Demon Hunt Squad had returned, Huo Yuhao wondered whether Austin Griffin endangered the plane and decided he needed to meet Long Haochen.
• Huo Yuhao chose not to tell the Demon God Emperor about Long Haochen’s return, hoping to delay the outbreak of war while he prepared.
• Chen Zidian returned to headquarters and considered Long Haochen’s impending trial for the Divine Throne of Eternity and Creation, while worrying that most Federation council members wanted to disrupt the Demon Race’s development.

The Federation considered measures to restrict the Demon Race and isolate humans connected to it, but Chen Zidian and Long Haochen opposed the proposals as excessive and poorly planned. As hardline views spread despite the vote being delayed, Chen Zidian sensed a major war approaching and began preparing Demon God's Fall.

• The Federation proposed restricting Demon Race trade and development, targeting its infrastructure and workers, and setting a deadline for Huo Yuhao to join before hunting him down.
• Chen Zidian, Long Haochen, and other leaders voted against the proposals, citing insufficient intelligence and planning, which delayed their implementation.
• Chen Zidian recalled telling Long Haochen that the Demon King and the priest who had helped Long Haochen's mother were both named Huo Yuhao, though neither man understood Huo Yuhao's circumstances.
• Long Haochen opposed the Federation's measures because they could inflame tensions and provoke war before humanity was ready.
• At Demon Capital Heart City, Chen Zidian sensed a major war approaching and resolved that Demon God's Fall had to prepare.

Huo Yuhao warned Star Demon God Vasak that a major threat was approaching and urged him to help secure time for the Demon Race to prepare for war. While Huo Yuhao organized defenses, Demon God Emperor Feng Xiu took him to Dream Paradise and ordered him to draw out and stall someone as part of an unexplained plan.

• Huo Yuhao asked Star Demon God Vasak to keep quiet about the danger of Austin Griffin and support his plan to buy the Demon Race time.
• Huo Yuhao spent the following week preparing Demon City’s defenses, supplies, weapons, and evacuation plans for a possible war.
• Huo Yuhao concluded that humanity would not join forces with the Demon Race against Austin Griffin, given its trust in Long Haochen and their Blood Pact.
• Demon God Emperor Feng Xiu summoned Huo Yuhao and instructed him to use his plant-growing ability to draw someone out and hold him off.
• Huo Yuhao followed Feng Xiu toward Dream Paradise and realized Feng Xiu might be seeking the Goddess of Nature’s Divine Core and a Godhood.

Huo Yuhao and Demon God Emperor Feng Xiu lured Dream Paradise’s guardian, an Elf Dragon, out into the open. Huo Yuhao then betrayed the guardian, overpowering and binding him as Feng Xiu prepared to continue his assault.

• Huo Yuhao released the Power of Nature to draw Dream Paradise’s guardian out, and an old man appeared from the lake.
• The old man transformed into an Elf Dragon and defended himself against Demon God Emperor Feng Xiu’s One of Annihilation.
• Huo Yuhao used the Power of Fate to protect himself while the attack shattered the Elf Dragon’s barrier and wounded him.
• The Elf Dragon urged Huo Yuhao to enter Dream Paradise, but Huo Yuhao struck him with the Light of Destruction and restrained him with Magic Arrays and Blue Silver Emperor.
• The Elf Dragon lost control of his body and Spirit Power, then lay bound on the ground.

Huo Yuhao forced the weakened Elf Dragon to open Dream Paradise so Demon God Emperor Feng Xiu could seek its Divine Core. Inside, Huo Yuhao recognized the little girl as Feng Xiu’s target and sensed the Power of Fate warning that the expedition might not go smoothly.

• Huo Yuhao changed the bound Elf Dragon back into his elderly form and explained to Feng Xiu how he had controlled him.
• Feng Xiu admitted Huo Yuhao was the first person to influence his use of One of Annihilation, then said he wanted the Divine Core and would let Huo Yuhao take anything else.
• Huo Yuhao carried the Elf Dragon to the lake and made him open Dream Paradise’s gateway and palace gates.
• Huo Yuhao and Feng Xiu entered Dream Paradise without being affected by its level restrictions.
• Huo Yuhao saw the magical landscape, the angry little girl who was the Divine Core, and the captive Elf Dragon, while the Power of Fate stirred again.