Chapter Summaries

The Demon Race armies rapidly reached the six great fortresses, catching the Temple Federation unprepared as both sides braced for war. At Imperial Dragon Pass, Huo Yuhao continued to delay an assault while finishing preparations for the fighting ahead.

• Demon Hunt Squads returned to the Temple Federation with reports that large, vigilant Demon Race armies were advancing on the six great fortresses.
• Demon Race troops evaded or repelled attempts by Demon Hunt Squads to intercept them and appeared at the fortresses far sooner than the Temple Federation expected.
• The defenders hastily reinforced the six great fortresses after the armies arrived, despite incomplete supplies and unfinished training for the new legions.
• Huo Yuhao asked Phoenix Demon God Phoenix how often the defenders had tried to probe their position, and Phoenix reported that they had been driven back twelve times.
• Phoenix Demon God Phoenix questioned why Huo Yuhao had delayed the attack, and Huo Yuhao said a frontal assault would cost too many lives and that he needed time to establish the lines.

Huo Yuhao deployed the Demon Race army around the Six Great Fortresses and built a network of fortified positions equipped with Soul Tools. After the Temple Federation refused his demand to surrender Long Haochen and Haoyue, he considered what would happen next.

• Huo Yuhao led the Demon Race army to its designated locations and ordered the legions to construct a defensive line instead of attacking the Six Great Fortresses.
• The human commanders reinforced their fortresses, while Ninth Order powerhouses investigated the demons’ unfamiliar fortifications and weapons.
• Long Tianyin found that a shield blocked his attack, recorded the patterned defenses with an Image-Recording Stone, and returned to Imperial Dragon Pass.
• Huo Yuhao equipped the Demon Race soldiers with armor and Soul Tools, stationed six Demon Gods against each fortress, and used Spiritual Detection to monitor construction.
• The Demon Race demanded that the Temple Federation surrender Long Haochen and Haoyue, but the Federation refused.
• Huo Yuhao sat within the Imperial Dragon Pass position and considered how events would unfold after the refusal.

Long Haochen arrived at Imperial Dragon Pass and learned that the demon army had rapidly assembled, built unfamiliar fortifications, and outpaced the Temple Federation’s preparations. After identifying the position’s layout as a Soul Guidance Array that gathered energy, he and the other leaders remained unsure of its purpose as the threat grew.

• Long Haochen asked Yang Haohan about the situation at Imperial Dragon Pass and learned that six Demon Gods guarded a rapidly built, heavily equipped demon position.
• Long Tianyin reported that the demons showed no sign of attacking but had deployed unfamiliar weapons and continued building their defensive line.
• Long Haochen considered the Temple Federation’s disrupted preparations, the demons’ demand for him and Haoyue, and his belief that Huo Yuhao was directing the enemy.
• Long Tianyin showed Long Haochen and Yang Haohan a recording of the demon fortifications, whose circular arrangement resembled an unknown Magic Array.
• Long Haochen consulted Chen Zidian’s book on Soul Tools and identified the layout as a Soul Guidance Array that gathered energy, but the three leaders could not determine its purpose.

Long Haochen and the Temple Federation tried to understand the Demon Race’s unusual defensive preparations as Huo Yuhao completed a vast supply and fortification network. The chapter ended with Huo Yuhao watching Imperial Dragon Pass at dusk, knowing he was about to become a butcher steeped in blood and lives.

• Xiao Huo reported that the forced march had exhausted the low-ranking soldiers, and Long Haochen ordered them to rest while high-ranking soldiers strengthened Imperial Dragon Pass.
• Long Haochen, Yang Haohan, and Xiao Huo discussed the Demon Race’s Soul Tools and defensive works, concluding that Huo Yuhao was behind the changes but remaining unsure of the enemy’s purpose.
• Long Haochen surveyed the Demon Race positions and learned that similar defenses faced the other fortresses, though Imperial Dragon Pass appeared to be a special case.
• Huo Yuhao’s forces completed connected defensive lines, organized aerial supply and reconnaissance, and delivered double rations to soldiers using Soul Tool Storage Rings.
• Huo Yuhao fortified evacuated villages behind the lines and established a security zone to protect supply routes from infiltrators.
• Huo Yuhao stood in a trench and watched Imperial Dragon Pass as evening fell, anticipating the bloodshed to come.

Huo Yuhao prepared the Demon Race’s artillery across the defensive lines and launched a coordinated barrage to force the Temple Federation into battle. The shells streaked toward the Six Great Fortresses, beginning an unprecedented assault.

• Huo Yuhao deployed thousands of Soul Cannons and more than six hundred thousand demon soldiers along the defensive lines, concentrating forty Level 9 cannons opposite Imperial Dragon Pass.
• The Temple Federation soldiers spotted the unfamiliar weapons and sounded alarms at all Six Great Fortresses, prompting Long Haochen and the others to rush to the walls.
• Huo Yuhao used Spiritual Detection Sharing to mark targets and coordinate the demon soldiers across every defensive line.
• Huo Yuhao ordered the attack, and tens of thousands of Fixed Soul Cannon Shells soared through the night toward the fortresses.

The Demon Race launched a vast bombardment of Fixed Soul Cannon Shells at the six great fortresses, forcing their defenders to raise magical barriers. At Imperial Dragon Pass, Long Haochen intercepted the first barrage but realized the attacks could overwhelm the walls, while Huo Yuhao ordered another strike to keep him from reinforcing the other fortresses.

• The Temple Federation commanders activated defensive Magic Arrays and rallied their soldiers as Fixed Soul Cannon Shells curved toward the fortresses.
• Long Haochen raised Imperial Dragon Pass's defenses, summoned the Divine Throne of Eternity and Creation, and used Asura Slash to intercept the incoming shells.
• Forty beams from Ninth-Level Soul Cannons struck Long Haochen's Sun Moon Divine Snail Shield, while many other shells battered Imperial Dragon Pass's walls.
• Long Haochen saw that the Demon Race's continued bombardment could destroy the pass and began to consider how to counter it.
• Huo Yuhao recognized Long Haochen through Spiritual Detection Sharing and ordered a second wave of cannon fire to pin him at Imperial Dragon Pass.

Long Haochen saw that the Demon Race’s relentless Fixed Soul Cannon bombardment threatened to destroy Imperial Dragon Pass and exhaust its defenders. He flew toward the demon positions to disrupt the attack, but Huo Yuhao sent Phoenix Demon God Phoenix and the other Demon Gods to delay him, leaving Long Haochen under attack from every direction.

• Long Haochen realized the demons were targeting Imperial Dragon Pass’s walls with rapidly fired Fixed Soul Cannon Shells, and he and the defenders intercepted wave after wave.
• The bombardment damaged the walls and exhausted the soldiers, so Long Haochen cast the ninth-order forbidden spell Divine Holy Rain to restore them.
• After exchanging a glance with Xiao Huo, Long Haochen raised the Sun Yue Shen Snail Shield and flew toward the demon positions.
• Huo Yuhao ordered Phoenix Demon God Phoenix and the other Demon Gods to slow Long Haochen down, then prepared to join them.
• The Demon Gods, flying demons, and accurately aimed Fixed Soul Cannon Shells harassed Long Haochen and repeatedly forced him onto the defensive.

Long Haochen fought Huo Yuhao above the Demon Race’s positions while Imperial Dragon Pass came under heavy bombardment. Huo Yuhao urged him to destroy Haoyue, but Long Haochen refused, and their battle escalated when Huo Yuhao revealed his Rakshasa power.

• Long Haochen attacked the Demon Race’s positions, but Huo Yuhao appeared and slowed his movements with a strange power.
• Huo Yuhao and Long Haochen exchanged attacks, then argued over Haoyue and Huo Yuhao’s demand that Long Haochen destroy Austin Griffin.
• Huo Yuhao warned Long Haochen to look behind him, and Long Haochen saw Fixed Soul Cannon Shells battering Imperial Dragon Pass and its defenders.
• Long Haochen resumed fighting Huo Yuhao, but found that his attacks could not reach him effectively.
• Huo Yuhao summoned the Rakshasa Demon Scythe and struck with Rakshasa Dharma Form and Nether Rakshasa, forcing Long Haochen to block with the Sun Yue Shen Snail Shield.

Long Haochen and Huo Yuhao clashed in the air above Imperial Dragon Pass, and Huo Yuhao survived Long Haochen’s powerful strike by absorbing its energy and rapidly recovering. As the battle briefly paused, Xiao Huo launched a surprise attack, giving Long Haochen an opening to strike again.

• Long Haochen dismissed his barrier and unleashed the power of the Sword of Life and Creation against Huo Yuhao, destroying the Fixed Soul Cannon Shells aimed at Imperial Dragon Pass.
• Huo Yuhao absorbed and countered Long Haochen’s sword strike with the Ice Spirit Spear, and the collision shook both armies before Huo Yuhao rapidly recovered from his injuries.
• Long Haochen asked Huo Yuhao what he was, and Huo Yuhao said he no longer knew himself before asking whether Long Haochen wanted to continue fighting.
• Xiao Huo attacked Huo Yuhao from behind, but Huo Yuhao blocked the surprise strike with his spear.
• Long Haochen charged at Huo Yuhao and brought down the Sword of Life and Creation, believing Huo Yuhao could not have fully recovered so soon.

Huo Yuhao used the standoff with Long Haochen and Xiao Huo to draw the Temple Federation’s forces toward Imperial Dragon Pass while preparing a massive cannon attack. As the forty Level 9 Soul Cannons fired, Long Haochen tried to shield the defenders and the pass from the bombardment.

• Huo Yuhao escaped Long Haochen’s sword strike with Illusory Bubbles and Instant Teleportation, while Phoenix Demon God Phoenix and the other Demon Gods fought Long Tianyin and his companions.
• Huo Yuhao decided to end the day’s battle, and the Demon Gods disengaged as the forty Soul Cannons began aiming at Imperial Dragon Pass.
• Long Haochen raised the Sun Yue Shen Snail Shield to protect his group and the pass, while the Holy Guidance Spirit Furnace tried to draw Huo Yuhao’s attention.
• Huo Yuhao’s plans showed that he intended to batter Imperial Dragon Pass into drawing in the Temple Federation’s troops and strongest fighters without allowing the pass to fall.
• The forty Level 9 Soul Cannons fired through Huo Yuhao’s Spiritual Detection Sharing.

Huo Yuhao’s Soul Cannons shattered the outer wall of Imperial Dragon Pass, and he offered Long Haochen and the Temple Federation five days of ceasefire to consider joining forces against Austin Griffin. Long Haochen withdrew with his exhausted allies, while Huo Yuhao accepted responsibility for the dead demons and the war he had set in motion.

• Huo Yuhao guided the Soul Cannons to strike the cracks in Imperial Dragon Pass’s outer wall, causing it to collapse as the defenders fled.
• Long Haochen and the others confronted Huo Yuhao, who offered them a few days to consider his proposal to unite against Austin Griffin.
• Long Xingyu rejected Huo Yuhao’s offer, and Huo Yuhao declared a five-day ceasefire before resuming the attack.
• Long Haochen agreed to withdraw, and he and the others flew back to Imperial Dragon Pass after confirming the Demon Race did not pursue them.
• Huo Yuhao reflected on the hostility between humans and the Demon Race, gathered the fallen demons’ bodies, and blamed himself for the war.

After a night of precise Demon Race bombardment breached Imperial Dragon Pass’s outer wall and left six thousand defenders unable to fight, Long Haochen and Xiao Huo concluded that the pass’s old defensive strategy could no longer work. Long Haochen proposed striking the Demon Race’s supply lines, but the plan would require time and reinforcements, so he went to seek news from the other fortresses.

• The Demon Race’s bombardment exhausted Imperial Dragon Pass’s defenders and destroyed its outer wall, while Long Haochen and the others were unable to counterattack.
• Long Haochen carried wounded soldiers away from the collapsed wall and recognized that the enemy’s artillery strikes were precise and coordinated.
• Xiao Huo reported that six thousand defenders had been injured and argued that low-order troops could not survive an assault on the Demon Race’s positions.
• Long Haochen agreed that Imperial Dragon Pass had become a burden and proposed attacking the enemy’s rear supplies instead of its fortified positions.
• Xiao Huo said they needed time and reinforcements, and Long Haochen went to the Knight Temple to ask about the other fortresses.

Huo Yuhao arranged for fallen Demon Race soldiers to be buried, then reflected on the guilt and uncertainty he felt over the choices and power that had brought humans and demons onto the battlefield. He thanked the soldiers for their efforts and returned to his position as they respectfully made way for him.

• Huo Yuhao watched Bear Demon Race soldiers load their fallen comrades into coffins and carry them away for burial.
• Phoenix Demon God Phoenix and the other Demon Gods silently accepted Huo Yuhao's decision, while Demon Race soldiers gathered to watch.
• Huo Yuhao reflected on his responsibility for the war's casualties, his past mistakes, and his fear of treating others as expendable.
• Huo Yuhao looked at the Demon Race soldiers and thanked them for their efforts.
• The Demon Race soldiers bowed their heads, then made way as Huo Yuhao walked back to his position.

After the Demon Race's bombardment left the Six Great Fortresses with damaged defenses and shaken morale, Long Haochen proposed a plan to the Temple Federation's leaders. Huo Yuhao reviewed the battle reports, reassigned forces against Exorcism Pass, and contacted Leng Xiao to investigate the unexpectedly high casualties near Myriad Beast Pass.

• Long Haochen and Xiao Huo's group contacted the other fortresses, learned that their garrisons had also suffered casualties and morale losses, and discussed a plan with the Temple Federation's senior leaders.
• Huo Yuhao reviewed the Demon Race's losses, ammunition use, and reports from the defensive lines after maintaining Spiritual Detection Sharing throughout the battle.
• Huo Yuhao learned that Exorcism Pass's defenders included Sheng Cai'er and powerful undead fighters, so he transferred several Demon Gods and additional Fixed Soul Cannon Shells there.
• Huo Yuhao discovered that most of the Demon Race's deaths had occurred along the line facing Myriad Beast Pass and contacted Leng Xiao to ask what had happened.

Leng Xiao prepared for war at Myriad Beast Pass as Huo Yuhao connected the Demon Race forces through Spiritual Detection Sharing and launched a cannon assault. The bombardment shattered the fortress walls, leaving the Demon Gods astonished at the new method of warfare.

• Leng Xiao discussed the battlefield preparations with Demon God of Love Sidi and admitted she felt nervous about fighting in a real war.
• Huo Yuhao's Spiritual Detection Sharing gave Leng Xiao and soldiers across the front a view of Myriad Beast Pass and marked targets for their cannons.
• Leng Xiao told Sidi to stay alert and follow the plan as Sidi went to organize the other five Demon Gods on watch.
• Huo Yuhao ordered the attack, and Soul Cannons across the defensive line bombarded Myriad Beast Pass.
• The cannon fire blasted several breaches into the fortress walls, and the Demon Gods saw that Huo Yuhao's combat method had made traditional defenses ineffective.

After the Demon Race’s devastating shelling, Chen Hongyu concluded that Myriad Beast Pass could not hold out indefinitely and considered attacking the enemy positions. He refused to send the Eternal Heroes as the vanguard, revealing that he had a magic scroll and believed there was a better option.

• Leng Xiao noticed unusual activity at Myriad Beast Pass through Spiritual Detection Sharing after the shelling stopped.
• Chen Hongyu and the defenders assessed the heavy casualties, damaged walls, and the Demon Race’s unexpectedly large supply of Soul Cannons.
• An Eternal Hero urged Chen Hongyu to launch an attack and offered for the Eternal Heroes to lead the charge, warning that the shelling threatened morale across all Six Great Fortresses.
• Chen Hongyu reasoned that destroying the enemy positions was the only way to break the siege, but worried about casualties and preserving the Eternal Heroes for the larger war.
• Chen Hongyu refused the Eternal Hero’s offer, took out a precious magic scroll, and said he had a better choice while betting that the shelling had paused because the Demon Race was low on shells.

Leng Xiao and the Demon Race positions halted their attack on Myriad Beast Pass, but quickly returned to combat readiness when Chen Hongyu led a human assault through a fog conjured by magic. The Demon Race’s coordinated cannon fire devastated the summoned hellhounds, while Chen Hongyu and the Eternal Heroes faced a descending missile.

• Leng Xiao explained to Sidi and the other Demon Gods that the Demon Race’s attack was meant to damage morale and restrict the Temple Federation’s movements, not capture Myriad Beast Pass.
• Chen Hongyu and the human powerhouses flew between the armies, summoned fog, and used the Soul Temple’s forbidden spell Hell’s Gate to summon three thousand eighth-tier hellhounds.
• Leng Xiao and the other Demon Gods flew to confront Chen Hongyu as the Demon Race’s flying troops fired on the human powerhouses.
• The Demon Race soldiers unleashed repeated volleys of Fixed Soul Cannon Shells and Soul Guidance Rays, killing many hellhounds and leaving the surviving force only a hundred meters from their positions.
• A black dragon-headed missile descended toward Chen Hongyu and the Eternal Heroes.

Chen Hongyu’s forces battled Leng Xiao and the flying demons, whose precise attacks suppressed them in the air while the demon position devastated the advancing hellhounds. Realizing the assault could not succeed and his elite fighters were at risk, Chen Hongyu ordered a retreat, and Leng Xiao’s side stayed behind to support the battle below.

• Leng Xiao, the Demon God of Love Sidi, and the flying demons engaged Chen Hongyu’s group and used precise Soul Guidance Ray attacks to keep them suppressed.
• Chen Hongyu summoned a four-headed chimera, but it too was overwhelmed by the flying demons’ attacks.
• The demon position’s cannon fire killed most of the three thousand hellhounds as they charged toward its defenses.
• Chen Hongyu judged the assault futile and ordered everyone to retreat to Myriad Beast Pass.
• Leng Xiao stopped Sidi and the others from pursuing the retreating fighters, and they turned to support the battle below.

The Demon Race soldiers at Myriad Beast Pass repelled an assault by three thousand eighth-tier Hell Hounds, losing nearly a thousand soldiers. After hearing Leng Xiao’s report, Huo Yuhao considered how Long Haochen and the others might use the five-day ceasefire to prepare at Imperial Dragon Pass.

• The Demon Race troops withdrew from the first trench as the Hell Hounds charged, and soldiers rescued a wounded comrade before he returned to the fight.
• Leng Xiao, Sidi, and the others attacked the Hell Hounds from above while the Demon Race soldiers held the second trench and opened fire.
• The remaining Hell Hounds broke through the second trench, but the soldiers killed them at close range and wiped out the assault.
• Leng Xiao and the others counted nearly a thousand Demon Race casualties, surprising Sidi and the other Demon Gods with how few had fallen.
• Huo Yuhao heard Leng Xiao’s report, reflected on the Temple Federation’s Forbidden Spell Scroll, and considered what Long Haochen and the others would do during the ceasefire.

Huo Yuhao kept the Demon Race forces in place during the ceasefire while arranging troop rotations and supplies, and Long Haochen studied the enemy positions and prepared a plan to break through them. Both sides waited for the next move as three days remained in the ceasefire.

• Huo Yuhao told the Demon Gods to hold their positions because defeating Austin Griffin was the Demon Race’s priority, then ordered Phoenix and the withdrawn legions to rest while Samigina continued the planned deployments.
• Huo Yuhao reviewed supply and troop reports as the Demon Race completed its rotations and replenished its Soul Tools and Fixed Soul Cannon Shells.
• Long Haochen learned that the Demon Race positions had resisted an assault by three thousand eighth-tier Hell Hounds and that Imperial Dragon Pass had endured the fiercest bombardment.
• Long Haochen and the Temple Federation’s leaders agreed that the fortresses needed reinforcements and that they had to break the Demon Race positions to gain the initiative.
• Long Haochen and Xiao Huo prepared an approved operation and waited for reinforcements, hoping Huo Yuhao would honor the remaining three days of the ceasefire.