Chapter Summaries

Ye Xiaolei confronted Huo Yuhao after Demon God Emperor Feng Xiu entered Dream Paradise to claim the Divine Core in her body. Huo Yuhao asked to persuade her and revealed his powers of nature and light, leaving Ye Xiaolei and the Elf Dragon confused by his alliance with the Demon Race.

• Ye Xiaolei learned that Huo Yuhao had defeated the Elf Dragon and controlled it to open Dream Paradise for Demon God Emperor Feng Xiu.
• Ye Xiaolei summoned Dream Paradise’s Demon Beasts and Life Energy, then asked Huo Yuhao why he served the Demon Race despite possessing the power of nature.
• Huo Yuhao asked Feng Xiu to let him persuade Ye Xiaolei, warning that unwillingly merging with the Divine Core could endanger Feng Xiu’s transformation into a god.
• Feng Xiu lowered his attack, and Ye Xiaolei contacted someone for help while Huo Yuhao approached to stall for time.
• Huo Yuhao spread the Power of Nature through Dream Paradise and manifested Angel Divine Power, revealing three pairs of white wings and golden hair.

Huo Yuhao seized control of Dream Paradise and restrained Ye Xiaolei’s allies, leaving her vulnerable to Demon God Emperor Feng Xiu’s attempt to claim the Divine Core. Just as Huo Yuhao prepared to stop Feng Xiu, Long Haochen arrived with a powerful domain and confronted the Demon God Emperor.

• Huo Yuhao merged his power with Dream Paradise, took control of it, and used its plants to bind the demon beasts and Elf Dragon.
• Huo Yuhao discreetly restored Ye Xiaolei’s clarity while Demon God Emperor Feng Xiu approached and explained his plan to merge her into his soul.
• Huo Yuhao prepared to attack Feng Xiu with a Fixed Soul Cannon Shell if the Demon God Emperor tried to take the Divine Core.
• Long Haochen broke into Dream Paradise and pressed a powerful domain against Feng Xiu, who recognized him and showed surprise and relief.

Long Haochen confronted Demon God Emperor Feng Xiu while Huo Yuhao used Dream Paradise’s power to prepare an escape. As Huo Yuhao sensed the terrifying threat of Austin Griffin, Long Haochen recognized his plan and moved to stop him.

• Ye Xiaolei greeted Long Haochen, who recognized Huo Yuhao and noticed his overwhelming life energy and light element.
• Huo Yuhao’s power of fate warned him of Austin Griffin, and blood tears streamed from his eyes as Feng Xiu attacked Long Haochen.
• Long Haochen countered Feng Xiu with the Sword of Life and Creation and the Eternal Light Domain, then sent Yating to restrain Huo Yuhao.
• Ye Xiaolei warned Yating that Huo Yuhao had taken control of Dream Paradise, and Huo Yuhao used its power to shield them with rapidly growing plants.
• Huo Yuhao gathered Dream Paradise’s Spirit Power into the image of the Goddess of Nature as Long Haochen realized he was preparing to close the realm.
• Long Haochen used the Divine Throne of Eternity and Creation to force Feng Xiu onto the defensive, then turned to attack Huo Yuhao.

Long Haochen rescued Ye Xiaolei from Dream Paradise while Huo Yuhao let himself be wounded to conceal his plan. After Long Haochen escaped, Demon God Emperor Feng Xiu confronted Huo Yuhao, then left with him and ordered him to keep the Elf Dragon under watch.

• Long Haochen pierced Huo Yuhao's shoulder, seized Ye Xiaolei, and rushed to leave Dream Paradise.
• Ye Xiaolei resisted at first, but the Elf Dragon's silent encouragement convinced her to go with Long Haochen.
• After Long Haochen escaped, Huo Yuhao stood as Feng Xiu's pressure and cultivation seal bore down on him.
• Huo Yuhao explained that he could not have stopped Long Haochen and pointed out that they were still near Zhennan Pass.
• Feng Xiu ordered Huo Yuhao to watch the Elf Dragon, and Huo Yuhao loosened the plants binding her and the other demon beasts before leaving Dream Paradise.

Huo Yuhao and Long Haochen left Dream Paradise with its fate uncertain, while each warned allies and prepared for the coming war. Ye Xiaolei became Long Haochen’s Wisdom Spiritual Furnace, and he headed toward the Holy City still puzzled by Huo Yuhao’s motives.

• Huo Yuhao returned to the Demon Empress Palace with Demon God Emperor Feng Xiu, then warned Star Demon God Vasak and Moon Demon God Agares to prepare for the coming conflict.
• Long Haochen brought Zhennan Pass powerhouses to Dream Paradise, learned it had vanished, and agreed with Ling Xiao to discuss the crisis in the Holy City.
• Long Haochen settled Ye Xiaolei in the Eternal Plane, where he and King Easton questioned why Huo Yuhao had spared Dream Paradise and the Elf Dragon.
• Ye Xiaolei asked to become Long Haochen’s Wisdom Spiritual Furnace so the Demon God Emperor could not use her Divine Core to threaten Dream Paradise.
• Long Haochen accepted Ye Xiaolei’s request and prepared to travel to the Holy City, still uncertain about Huo Yuhao’s intentions.

Demon God Emperor Feng Xiu demanded that Star Demon God Vasak explain Long Haochen’s survival and ordered him to perform Prophecy Restoration. The vision revealed that Elder Yi had placed the Eternal Heart in Long Haochen, and Feng Xiu’s anger subsided as Vasak was left near death.

• Huo Yuhao gave Star Demon God Vasak two bottles of life-force-rich blood before the meeting to help him endure Prophecy Restoration.
• Demon God Emperor Feng Xiu questioned Vasak about Long Haochen’s survival, and kicked Moon Demon God Agares away when he intervened.
• A Bao judged Feng Xiu’s treatment of Vasak and Agares excessive, fearing it would damage the alliance among the sun, moon, and star pillars.
• Vasak sacrificed his life force to perform Prophecy Restoration, and Huo Yuhao watched a vision of Elder Yi placing the Eternal Heart in Long Haochen’s chest.
• Feng Xiu covered the exhausted Vasak with a life-magic cloak and apologized, but Vasak did not blame him.

Huo Yuhao persuaded Demon God Emperor Feng Xiu to delay the Holy War against humanity for three months, then A Bao and Leng Xiao apologized to Star Demon God Vasak and Moon Demon God Agares. The chapter ended with the Demon Gods easing tensions while Huo Yuhao replenished Vasak’s life force with his blood.

• Demon God Emperor Feng Xiu ordered a new Holy War against humanity, and Huo Yuhao interrupted to argue that the army was not ready to attack.
• Huo Yuhao explained that the war should focus on Austin Griffin rather than prematurely assaulting the Temple Federation’s Six Great Fortresses, and he negotiated the launch date from two months to three.
• A Bao brought Leng Xiao to the Star Demon Tower and apologized to Star Demon God Vasak and Moon Demon God Agares for the events in the Demon Empress Palace.
• A Bao told Moon Demon God Agares that he and Yue Ye needed time and that he would not force her to accept him.
• Huo Yuhao gave Star Demon God Vasak a cup of his life-replenishing blood while the group spoke.

Huo Yuhao warned the Demon Gods that the coming war would be fought on the defensive as humanity sought to destroy their Demon God Pillars and protect Austin Griffin. He proposed that the Demon Race unite with humanity against Austin Griffin, estimating their chance of victory at no more than twenty percent.

• Huo Yuhao explained that the Temple Federation would not repeat its earlier mistakes and that Long Haochen’s strength made the Demon Race’s objectives much harder to achieve.
• A Bao and Leng Xiao reacted with surprise when Huo Yuhao revealed that Dream Paradise was under his control.
• Huo Yuhao urged the Demon Gods to defend their Demon God Pillars in groups rather than let individual Demon Gods be picked off.
• Huo Yuhao argued that Austin Griffin’s awakening was nearly inevitable because humanity would protect him, even if the Demon Race warned them of the danger.
• Huo Yuhao proposed that humanity and the Demon Race unite against Austin Griffin, and he estimated their odds of victory at twenty percent at most.

Over two months, Huo Yuhao organized the return of enslaved humans from demon territory, using the mass rescue effort to occupy the Temple Federation and Demon Hunt Squads while the Demon Race prepared for war. The Federation recognized his intent but had no choice but to receive the rescued people, leaving it short on resources to investigate.

• Huo Yuhao oversaw repeated convoys carrying rescued humans from Demon City to the Temple Federation, with Agares and Vasak persuading other Demon Gods to surrender enslaved humans.
• A Bao and A Nan used force to compel Demon Gods and nobles to hand over the humans, and A Bao beat Dragon Rider Demon God Asmodeus and the nobles who resisted.
• The demon nobles surrendered their enslaved people and began losing their former administrative authority, while many who suffered A Bao’s beatings later died of their injuries.
• The rescued humans registered in Demon City before returning to the Temple Federation, and their numbers tied up the Demon Hunt Squads in escort duties.
• Long Haochen, Chen Zidian, and the Temple Federation understood that Huo Yuhao was using the returns to conceal preparations, but the Federation could not refuse the rescued people or spare enough forces to investigate.

Huo Yuhao oversaw preparations for the coming war, including gathering the Demon God Pillars in Demon Capital Heart City and coordinating the Demon Race’s plans. Yue Ye reported that preparations were on track, while the Human-Demon Hybrid Organization supported Huo Yuhao’s plan because they expected to face Austin Griffin.

• Yue Ye gave Huo Yuhao progress reports, and Demon God of Love Sidi complained that she was exhausted from helping with preparations.
• Huo Yuhao persuaded Demon God Emperor Feng Xiu to gather the remaining Demon God Pillars in the Demon Empress Palace and deploy the Demon Gods centrally; Feng Xiu agreed and assigned Moon Demon God Agares to arrange their movements quietly.
• Demon God of Love Sidi teased Huo Yuhao about making the Demon Gods work, but he told her to meditate and cultivate instead.
• Yue Ye told Huo Yuhao that preparations were proceeding according to plan, though human Demon Hunt Squads had begun probing activities near the border.
• Yue Ye reported that arrangements for human-demon hybrid children and their mothers had no major problems, and the Human-Demon Hybrid Organization was cooperating with Huo Yuhao because they would eventually face Austin Griffin.

Huo Yuhao prepared the Demon Race for the coming war by fortifying border regions, expanding production, and reorganizing its armies for defense against humanity and Austin Griffin. He left the Demon Race's preparations underway in secrecy, using the Temple Federation's limited understanding of its changes to buy time.

• Huo Yuhao relocated demons near the human border, reinforced villages, and turned them into fortresses and supply bases.
• Huo Yuhao reorganized Demon City’s factories into a standardized production line and increased Soul Tool output to ten thousand a day.
• Huo Yuhao used stamped templates to multiply the production of Level 3 Soul Guidance Arrays, while personally carving cores for higher-level Soul Tools.
• Huo Yuhao formed twelve new legions of a hundred thousand demons each and had experienced high-order demons train them to resist human attacks.
• Huo Yuhao equipped the legions with Soul Tools, weapons, armor, and medical teams, then dispersed them into small training groups across Demon Race territory.
• Huo Yuhao kept the preparations concealed as the Demon Hunt Squads struggled to understand the changes, buying time before the expected war.

Huo Yuhao reported his war preparations to Demon God Emperor Feng Xiu while secretly using the mass return of enslaved humans to keep the Temple Federation occupied and conceal the Demon Race’s plans. As war approached, Long Haochen decided to lead the Dawn of Light Demon Hunt Squad into Demon territory to investigate and hunt Huo Yuhao.

• Demon God Emperor Feng Xiu questioned Huo Yuhao’s intentions and asked why he had not dealt with the Elf Dragon in Dream Paradise, but Huo Yuhao said there was no need.
• Huo Yuhao’s daily lists of enslaved humans kept Chen Zidian and the Temple Federation overwhelmed with repatriation and escort work, delaying defenses and intelligence gathering.
• Chen Zidian and the others noticed reinforced villages, larger Demon Race groups, supply convoys, and busy factories, but they underestimated how soon the Demon Race could begin its war.
• Long Haochen recognized that the Demon Race had changed and proposed entering its territory with the Dawn of Light Demon Hunt Squad to investigate and confront Huo Yuhao.
• The Dawn of Light Demon Hunt Squad accepted a mission to hunt Huo Yuhao as he walked toward Chen Zidian’s headquarters in Demon Capital Heart City.

With war against Austin Griffin approaching, Huo Yuhao went to Demon Capital Heart City to protect Chen Zidian and the Demon Hunt Squad headquarters from being destroyed before he could use their strength. He recalled how he had won Chen Zidian’s cooperation by arranging the return of enslaved humans, then prepared to act quickly with Dream Paradise’s power.

• Demon nobles in Demon Capital Heart City had surrendered their human slaves after A Bao and the Demon Gods backed Huo Yuhao’s actions.
• Huo Yuhao judged that the coming war would become truly serious only when Austin Griffin appeared and resolved to preserve the squad headquarters’ high-level fighters.
• He expected Demon God Emperor Feng Xiu to eliminate hidden threats in Demon Race territory before the war, including Chen Zidian’s headquarters.
• Huo Yuhao recalled that Chen Zidian had confronted him over Dream Paradise, but accepted his lists of enslaved humans to escort back to the Temple Federation.
• Huo Yuhao lit the Dream Paradise mark on his forehead and took up the Ice Spirit Spear, preparing to move quickly.

Huo Yuhao infiltrated the Demon Hunt Squad headquarters and drew Chen Zidian and the others into Dream Paradise, where he intended to restrain them. He overwhelmed the two squad leaders with angel and rakshasa divine power while Dream Paradise’s power surrounded him.

• Chen Zidian and the two Demon Hunt Squads sensed an unidentified visitor approaching their headquarters and readied themselves for battle.
• Huo Yuhao entered, admitted he had bypassed the security, and said no one would leave while raising the matter of Austin Griffin.
• Huo Yuhao used an illusion and the power of fate to draw Chen Zidian and the others into Dream Paradise, cutting off their contact with the outside world.
• Huo Yuhao said he would tie them up, and the Demon Hunt Squad members launched a coordinated attack.
• Huo Yuhao vanished as Chen Zidian attacked, then struck down the leader of Proudly Looking Down on the Nine Heavens and sent Chen Zidian crashing into the ground.
• Chen Zidian and the others realized Huo Yuhao was wielding angel divine power, rakshasa divine power, and Dream Paradise’s natural power at once.

Huo Yuhao fought off Chen Zidian and the Temple Federation team, turning their own ninth-order spells against them and defeating several of their attackers. The chapter ended as Chen Zidian and the leader of Proudly Looking Down on the Nine Heavens reached him with full-force strikes while the rest of the team closed in.

• Huo Yuhao used Tian Meng's Domain and Instant Teleportation to evade two assassins, then wounded two warriors with Emperor Sword: Ice Extreme Peerless.
• Chen Zidian and three others attacked Huo Yuhao, but he held them off as two summoned magical beasts joined the fight.
• Huo Yuhao's Ice Spirit Spear pierced and consumed both magical beasts, then exploded and sent the assassins flying.
• Huo Yuhao took control of two ninth-order spells, using the flame-like chains to bind the assassins and directing the magic array at Chen Zidian and his companion.
• The priests exhausted themselves casting shields to protect Chen Zidian and his companion from the magic array's attack.
• Chen Zidian and the leader of Proudly Looking Down on the Nine Heavens struck at Huo Yuhao as the remaining fighters joined the assault.

Huo Yuhao transformed as the Dream Paradise markings and three Soul Rings resonated, gaining control over the surrounding power and stopping Chen Zidian and the two Demon Hunt Squads. He left their leaders barely able to resist as his opponents collapsed or fell unconscious, while a phantom and a staff appeared behind and in his hand.

• Huo Yuhao's Soul Rings resonated with the Dream Paradise markings, and his appearance and aura transformed as a phantom emerged behind him.
• Huo Yuhao stopped Chen Zidian and the Pride of Nine Heavens Demon Hunt Squad with a gentle force, though he said he had not yet reached the step Chen Zidian meant.
• Chen Zidian and the captains and members of both Demon Hunt Squads charged Huo Yuhao, determined to fight for humanity even if they could not win.
• The two summoners called forth a giant red dragon as Huo Yuhao drew Dream Paradise's spirit power into the phantom behind him.
• Huo Yuhao overwhelmed the mages, priests, and summoners, while flowers made the assassins' attacks unravel and rendered them unconscious.
• The fragrance and Huo Yuhao's power brought down the two warriors, leaving Chen Zidian and the Pride of Nine Heavens captain barely able to resist.

Huo Yuhao subdued Chen Zidian and the others with power resembling that of the Goddess of Nature, then explained to the Elf Dragon that he had taken over Dream Paradise to prepare for the future threat of Austin Griffin. The Elf Dragon remained uncertain but was deeply shaken by Huo Yuhao’s power.

• Huo Yuhao stopped Chen Zidian and his companion’s attacks, summoned the Goddess of Nature’s phantom, and put them and the others to sleep with plants.
• Huo Yuhao searched Chen Zidian and the others, then called the Elf Dragon out of the forest.
• The Elf Dragon questioned how Huo Yuhao had wielded godlike power without Ye Xiaolei or the Divine Core.
• Huo Yuhao explained that he had taken over Dream Paradise temporarily to gather strength against Austin Griffin and had spared the humans because they would be needed.
• The Elf Dragon recalled that Huo Yuhao had held back during the battle and found his view of him profoundly changed.

Huo Yuhao explained his power and his control over Dream Paradise to the Elf Dragon before leaving with the equipment he had taken from Chen Zidian and the others. Back at the squad headquarters, he planned to use the equipment to manipulate Demon Hunt Squads and sow confusion within the Temple Federation as war approached.

• Huo Yuhao told the Elf Dragon that nature had always existed, explained his views on godhood, and said he would soon leave Dream Paradise.
• The Elf Dragon thanked Huo Yuhao for sparing Dream Paradise and its inhabitants, while also hoping he would continue to protect it.
• Huo Yuhao told the Elf Dragon he would return Dream Paradise to its rightful owner and warned that he might become a butcher after leaving.
• Huo Yuhao returned to the squad headquarters with equipment taken from Chen Zidian and the other members of the two titled Demon Hunt Squads.
• Huo Yuhao used the Power of Fate to prevent the equipment from reporting its owners' deaths and planned to use it to draw Demon Hunt Squads out of Demon Race territory and create chaos for the Temple Federation.

Huo Yuhao sent warnings and withdrawal orders to Demon Hunt Squads across Demon Race territory while assembling new legions and disrupting communications with the Temple Federation. After freezing and detonating the headquarters in Demon Capital Heart City, he faced the guilt of the lives his actions would cost.

• Huo Yuhao warned the Demon Hunt Squads that Feng Xiu and thirty-six Demon Gods were attacking the headquarters in Demon Capital Heart City, and ordered the squads to retreat toward the Temple Federation.
• Huo Yuhao used the Power of Nature to survey Demon Race territory and watched the Demon Hunt Squads evacuate as newly trained demon legions assembled at their designated positions.
• Huo Yuhao sent fragmented, conflicting messages to the Demon Hunt Squad Mission Tower in the names of Demon God's Fall and Proudly Looking Down on the Nine Heavens, then destroyed the equipment.
• Huo Yuhao froze the headquarters in Demon Capital Heart City with his Heavenly Snow Woman Martial Soul and left the building.
• Huo Yuhao unleashed the Ice Explosion Technique, destroying the headquarters as the blast cleared the clouds and filled him with memories of the Mingdu Explosion and guilt.

Huo Yuhao destroyed the Demon Hunt Squads' headquarters in Demon Capital Heart City and used the blast to convince retreating human squads that their evacuation orders were genuine. He launched the planned war against the Temple Federation, organized the Demon Gods' operations and supply lines, then set out for the border.

• Huo Yuhao deliberately directed an Ice Explosion toward the mountain, destroying the headquarters and signaling retreating Demon Hunt Squads to evacuate toward the Temple Federation.
• Demon God Emperor Feng Xiu arrived at the crater, and Huo Yuhao told him the war had begun and that twelve legions were assembling near the six great fortresses.
• Demon God Emperor Feng Xiu accepted Huo Yuhao's plan, while Star Demon God Vasak supported Huo Yuhao's account of the explosion.
• Huo Yuhao gave his written plan to Moon Demon God Agares, who assigned operations to the Demon Gods.
• Huo Yuhao arranged for soul storage rings, weapons, and provisions to be shipped toward the front lines using carts from Demon City and the Yue Ye Caravan.
• After organizing the supplies, Huo Yuhao departed for the border with the war underway.