Chapter Summaries

Huo Yuhao monitored the standoff at Imperial Dragon Pass and planned to draw the Temple Federation’s strongest fighters to the front before the threat of Austin Griffin emerged. After noticing something wrong in the rear, he told Samigina and the other Demon Gods to strengthen security and flew off to investigate.

• Huo Yuhao assessed the quiet at Imperial Dragon Pass and prepared to keep pressure on the fortress so the Temple Federation would commit more troops and powerful fighters there.
• Huo Yuhao found that Spiritual Power could not reveal what was happening inside the pass, while the rising number of defenders showed the Federation was reinforcing it.
• Huo Yuhao reviewed his deployment map, noticed something wrong when midday sunlight fell across it, and hurried toward the rear.
• Huo Yuhao used Spiritual Connection to tell Samigina and the other Demon Gods that he was leaving and ordered them to strengthen security around the positions.
• Huo Yuhao severed the connection and flew toward the rear at high speed.

A Bao told Yue Ye he wanted to rebuild their relationship as equals, then warned her that the Demon God Emperor might change the war plans and attack Imperial Dragon Pass. As A Bao reflected on his responsibilities to the Demon Race, he sensed a fast-approaching Spirit Power fluctuation and called for the convoy to defend itself.

• A Bao told Yue Ye he wanted to start over without using their marriage agreement to pressure her, and Yue Ye questioned whether his change was real.
• A Bao warned Yue Ye that the Demon God Emperor might personally command the war and alter the plan against Austin Griffin and Long Haochen.
• Yue Ye said the convoy carried large supplies prepared for Austin Griffin and doubted that an immediate attack could succeed against the Temple Federation.
• A Bao reflected that his role as Crown Prince meant protecting the lives of the Demon Race, and recalled rescuing human slaves and punishing Demon Race nobles who harmed their people.
• As A Bao continued toward Imperial Dragon Pass, he sensed an approaching Spirit Power fluctuation and shouted for everyone to defend themselves.

Long Haochen gathered reinforcements and the Dawn of Light Demon Hunt Squad at Imperial Dragon Pass, then planned to strike the Demon Race’s supply lines instead of attacking its fortified positions head-on. As they advanced into Demon Race territory, they spotted a convoy carrying ominous Soul Tool components and moved to intercept it.

• Reinforcements and the Dawn of Light Demon Hunt Squad arrived at Imperial Dragon Pass, where Long Haochen urged them not to lose hope over the destroyed outer wall.
• Long Haochen proposed circling behind the Demon Race’s positions to destroy their supply lines and ammunition factories after Yang Wenzhao and Wang Yuanyuan described the enemy’s defenses and rear-area forts.
• Sima Xian argued that the Ninth Order Dawn of Light Demon Hunt Squad could carry out the raids, and Long Haochen assigned the other forces to defend Imperial Dragon Pass while ten Eternal Heroes joined his team.
• Long Haochen and his party left Imperial Dragon Pass, circled into northern Demon Race territory, and advanced toward Demon City.
• Long Haochen and the others spotted a convoy carrying powerful-looking Soul Tool components and flew toward it to intercept the convoy.

Long Haochen and his companions ambushed the convoy, destroying its Soul Tools and injuring A Bao and Yue Ye. As Yue Ye reflected on her resentment toward her arranged engagement to A Bao and her feelings for Long Haochen, she chose to act for herself and fired a Soul Cannon at Long Haochen.

• A Bao sensed an attack and blasted Huang Shuo and Yue Ye aside before countering the first surge of spirit power.
• Sheng Cai'er struck A Bao, destroying his Soul Tool Shield and sending him flying, while Long Haochen and the others attacked the convoy's carriages.
• Long Haochen destroyed a carriage near Yue Ye, and its impact shattered her shield and left her coughing blood.
• Yue Ye recalled how her engagement to A Bao had driven her toward Long Haochen, then concluded she wanted to choose her own path rather than enter another cage.
• Yue Ye aimed a Soul Cannon at Long Haochen's back and pulled the trigger.

Long Haochen fought Yue Ye and A Bao while his companions attacked the convoy and its guards. As the defenders began to falter, A Bao’s cultivation surged, and Long Haochen prepared to face his next strike.

• Long Haochen wounded Yue Ye with his sword qi, but Yue Ye healed herself and attacked him again, revealing that she had reached the ninth order and mastered her Moon Domain.
• A Bao arrived to confront Long Haochen, and the two sides’ domains left A Bao and Yue Ye suppressed while the convoy guards struggled against Long Haochen’s companions.
• A Bao’s attack was repelled by Long Haochen’s Waltz of Light, driving A Bao and Yue Ye back.
• Seeing Huang Shuo and the guards nearing defeat, A Bao told Yue Ye to lead them toward Imperial Dragon Pass, then faced Long Haochen alone.
• A Bao’s cultivation rose from ninth step, level four, to ninth order, fifth level, and he took a slashing stance as Long Haochen braced for his strike.

A Bao used the Heavenly Demon Disintegration Technique to divert his attack from Long Haochen and save Lin Xin, then held Long Haochen off so Yue Ye could help the demons retreat. Long Haochen agreed to let Yue Ye go, but their clash left him troubled as he faced the wounded A Bao.

• A Bao reflected on his responsibility as the Demon Race Crown Prince, then used the Heavenly Demon Disintegration Technique to unleash a powerful attack on Lin Xin.
• Han Yu pulled Lin Xin away, and Xiao Huo and Holy Guard No. 1 blocked A Bao's strike while Yue Ye knocked Huang Shuo unconscious and ordered the guards to retreat.
• Yue Ye stayed behind to hold off Sheng Cai'er and the others as A Bao, weakened by his technique, asked Long Haochen to let her go.
• Long Haochen agreed, then disarmed A Bao and wounded his shoulder, but A Bao caught the Sword of Life and Creation with his claws.
• Long Haochen looked at A Bao's blood and felt uneasy about the battle and the justice he had once found in fighting demons.

Huo Yuhao arrived to rescue A Bao and Yue Ye, then stayed behind to confront Long Haochen’s group. Surrounded by their domains and Haoyue’s elemental stripping, he fought back and struck down seven Holy Guards, leaving the battle suddenly in his favor.

• Long Haochen pulled the Sword of Life and Creation from A Bao as Huo Yuhao appeared and deflected Xiao Huo’s attack on Yue Ye.
• Huo Yuhao handed A Bao to Yue Ye and ordered them to flee while he stayed behind to hold off Long Haochen’s group.
• Xiao Huo and Long Haochen led the group in attacking Huo Yuhao with more than a dozen domains, while Haoyue used Chaos Element Stripping against him.
• Huo Yuhao stared at Haoyue with the Eye of Reality and the Power of Fate, but saw only darkness and chaos as blood streamed from his eyes.
• Huo Yuhao activated Tian Meng’s Domain and the Angel Domain, then used his Six-Winged Angel speed and elemental attacks to strike down seven Holy Guards.

Huo Yuhao fought Long Haochen and the Temple Federation’s forces alone, dispelling their domains and evading their attacks as they tried to kill him. He froze Mai Dou and incapacitated Yang Wenzhao while continuing to charge toward Chen Ying'er.

• Huo Yuhao used Dispel to erase the group’s domains, then spread his power of fate as Haoyue and the others attacked.
• Huo Yuhao shattered the Eternal Heroes’ magic array and blocked Sheng Cai'er’s Death God Scythe before the Holy Guards intervened.
• Huo Yuhao escaped Long Haochen and Haoyue’s encirclement, sent phantom scythes sweeping toward the group, and flew at Chen Ying'er.
• Yang Wenzhao shielded Chen Ying'er as Mai Dou transformed into a Heaven-Defying Demon Dragon, but Huo Yuhao seized and froze Mai Dou until Han Yu’s Evil Eye caught the falling creature.
• Chen Ying'er summoned three Ninth-Order Frost Dragons while Yang Wenzhao and the Starlight Unicorn attacked; Huo Yuhao’s Snow Dance Extreme Ice Domain froze Yang Wenzhao and forced him to summon back his mount.
• As Yang Wenzhao fell, he saw Huo Yuhao still charging toward Chen Ying'er.

Huo Yuhao overwhelmed the heroes as he attacked Chen Ying'er, defeated Wang Yuanyuan’s counterattack, and turned Sima Xian’s weapon against him. The battle continued with Long Haochen’s group trapped by the Rakshasa Demon Scythe’s phantoms and Xiao Huo fighting the Angel Holy Sword.

• Huo Yuhao killed Chen Ying'er's summoned Giant Elephant with a spiritual shock as he charged toward her.
• Wang Yuanyuan teleported in front of Chen Ying'er and clashed with Huo Yuhao using Explosive Spirit Silver Dragon Whirlwind, but Huo Yuhao withstood the attack and sent her crashing to the ground.
• Huo Yuhao hurled the Angel Holy Sword at Xiao Huo, and the sword attacked him in midair while Long Haochen, Sheng Cai'er, and the others fought the Rakshasa Demon Scythe's phantoms.
• Sima Xian attacked Huo Yuhao with the Light Great Strength Pill and purple lightning, but Huo Yuhao caught the weapon and used it to smash Sima Xian into the ground repeatedly.
• Huo Yuhao took possession of the Light Great Strength Pill while the heroes' combined assault continued to make no headway.

Huo Yuhao fought Wang Yuanyuan, the Holy Guards, and the Eternal Heroes, using the Giant Spirit God's Shield and the Light Great Strength Pill to overwhelm them. Though he knocked most of them down, Wang Yuanyuan and the others recovered and prepared to keep fighting.

• Huo Yuhao dodged Han Yu's attack and struck him with the Light Great Strength Pill, then knocked Zhang Fangfang away.
• Huo Yuhao stopped Wang Yuanyuan's attack, took control of the Giant Spirit God's Shield, and sent her flying.
• Huo Yuhao charged into the Holy Guards and Eternal Heroes, using the shield's pulling force and his attacks to bring them down.
• Huo Yuhao knocked Yang Wenzhao aside and sent Wang Yuanyuan flying with the Light Great Strength Pill.
• Zhang Fangfang caught Wang Yuanyuan, and she, Zhang Fangfang, Sima Xian, and Han Yu recovered enough to prepare to fight again.

Huo Yuhao continued overwhelming the Temple Federation fighters while they tried to keep him occupied and buy Youyao more time. As Yang Wenzhao launched an enhanced attack, the battle remained unresolved.

• Huo Yuhao slaughtered Chen Ying'er's summoned Demon Beasts and sent Wang Yuanyuan, Yang Wenzhao, Zhang Fangfang, Sima Xian, and the others flying.
• Han Yu suggested Huo Yuhao was holding back, and Yang Wenzhao urged everyone to keep fighting for humanity and prevent Huo Yuhao from leaving.
• Sima Xian charged Huo Yuhao with his smaller Bloodstorm, but Huo Yuhao countered Judgment and knocked him away with the Light Great Strength Pill.
• Huo Yuhao used the Giant Spirit God's Shield to switch Zhang Fangfang and Han Yu's positions, then struck them both down with a crushing blow.
• Huo Yuhao killed Chen Ying'er's summoned earth dragon and sent Wang Yuanyuan flying when she attacked him with Bloodstorm.
• Yang Wenzhao attacked Huo Yuhao with Holy Sun's Radiance, empowered by Chen Ying'er's Soul Empowerment, and unleashed Sacrifice with his two swords.

Huo Yuhao turned Yang Wenzhao’s sword attack aside, defeated him in close combat, and then faced Lin Xin’s Blackfire Phoenix. Using Spiritual Power to transform its elements, Huo Yuhao changed the phoenix into an Ice Crystal Phoenix that perched harmlessly on his hand.

• Huo Yuhao used the Giant Spirit God’s Shield to redirect Yang Wenzhao’s Sword Qi into a distant hill.
• Huo Yuhao and Yang Wenzhao clashed with the Light Great Strength Pill and a greatsword, and Yang Wenzhao fell while Chen Ying’er ran to him.
• Lin Xin joined the Spirit Power of four Eternal Heroes to cast the Forbidden Spell Blackfire Phoenix at Huo Yuhao.
• Huo Yuhao spread his Spiritual Power over the Blackfire Phoenix and transformed its black flames and heat into ice and cold.
• The Blackfire Phoenix became an Ice Crystal Phoenix and perched on Huo Yuhao’s hand.

Huo Yuhao transformed a black-flame phoenix into an Ice Crystal Phoenix and sent it toward Lin Xin and the Eternal Hero mages. Long Haochen escaped the Rakshasa Demon Scythe phantoms and reached them in time to shield them, while Huo Yuhao turned back toward Wang Yuanyuan and the others.

• Huo Yuhao changed the black-flame phoenix into an Ice Crystal Phoenix, startling Lin Xin and the Eternal Hero mages with his control over elemental energy.
• Long Haochen and Sheng Cai'er realized Huo Yuhao was using the Rakshasa Demon Scythe phantoms to hold them back, and Sheng Cai'er, the Five Holy Guards, and Haoyue attacked the phantom net as Long Haochen charged through it.
• Huo Yuhao sent the Ice Crystal Phoenix toward Lin Xin and the Eternal Hero mages while Wang Yuanyuan and the others attacked him.
• Long Haochen reached Lin Xin and the mages and enveloped them in the Sun Yue Shen Snail Shield's barrier just before the Ice Crystal Phoenix struck it and became a wave of freezing air.
• After the barrier protected them from the cold, Huo Yuhao turned to face Wang Yuanyuan and the others.

Huo Yuhao overwhelmed Wang Yuanyuan and the others, then fought the Holy Guards and Eternal Heroes while Long Haochen’s group regrouped. The chapter left Huo Yuhao facing Sheng Cai’er’s Death God Scythe as Haoyue’s elemental stripping set up the attack.

• Huo Yuanyuan, Han Yu, Zhang Fangfang, Yang Wenzhao, and Sima Xian attacked Huo Yuhao, but he quickly countered and sent them flying or stopped their strikes.
• Wang Yuanyuan used the Giant Spirit God's Shield to halt Huo Yuhao’s Rakshasa Demon Scythe, but he shattered the surrounding space and knocked her away.
• Huo Yuhao destroyed the demon beast emerging from Chen Yinger’s Gate of Life with a Spiritual Shock.
• Long Haochen dismissed the Sun Yue Shen Snail Shield’s protective barrier after the danger passed, and Sheng Cai’er confirmed that he was unharmed.
• Huo Yuhao fought the Holy Guards and Eternal Heroes, interrupting their skills and knocking them down with precise attacks.
• Haoyue stripped away the elements within Huo Yuhao, but he gathered elements from the air; Sheng Cai’er then struck toward him with the Death God Scythe.

Huo Yuhao fought Sheng Cai'er and the others while focusing on Long Haochen’s Blood Pact with Haoyue. As Xiao Huo and Long Haochen launched their coordinated attack, Long Haochen’s twin swords swung at Huo Yuhao.

• Sheng Cai'er attacked Huo Yuhao with the Death God's Seven Absolutes while Long Haochen and the others waited for an opening.
• Sheng Cai'er used the Sixth Absolute, Road of Death, but Huo Yuhao blocked her scythe and cleared away incoming magic missiles.
• Huo Yuhao redirected the snowflakes toward Long Haochen and his companions, then flew toward them as Haoyue intercepted him.
• Huo Yuhao fought Haoyue and spotted Haoyue’s Blood Pact on Long Haochen’s forehead, revealing his target.
• Long Haochen summoned Haoyue back as Xiao Huo attacked Huo Yuhao from behind, then vanished while Long Haochen swung his twin swords at him.

Long Haochen struck Huo Yuhao down, but Xiao Huo and Ye Xiaolei sensed that Huo Yuhao was still alive, so the group sealed him in the Eternal Tower and withdrew north. After they left, A Bao’s allies arrived at the battlefield, while Huang Shuo turned back to find A Bao, who had sacrificed his vitality to help them escape.

• Long Haochen used Heaven and Earth Without Extremes to hit Huo Yuhao while Huo Yuhao was distracted by a painful vision.
• Xiao Huo and Ye Xiaolei warned that Huo Yuhao was not dead, and Sheng Cai'er sealed him inside the Eternal Tower.
• Long Haochen led the group north after they destroyed what they could of the battlefield and planned to rest inside the Eternal Tower.
• Phoenix, Sidi, Leng Xiao, Yue Ye, and A Bao arrived five minutes later, and A Bao questioned whether Huo Yuhao had deliberately arranged the events.
• Yue Ye knocked Huang Shuo unconscious, and he awoke on a Black Dragon Guard's back as they flew toward Imperial Dragon Pass.
• Huang Shuo realized A Bao had used the Heavenly Demon Disintegration Technique at great cost, then turned back with most of the Black Dragon Guards to bring him back.

Yue Ye carried the weakened A Bao toward Imperial Dragon Pass as they confronted the truth about their arranged marriage and their feelings. They agreed to remain comrades-in-arms until the war ended, while Yue Ye felt sorrowful about the future awaiting him.

• Yue Ye carried A Bao toward Imperial Dragon Pass after he used the Heavenly Demon Disintegration Technique, and A Bao asked her to annul their marriage agreement.
• Yue Ye told A Bao she had never loved him, had once loved Long Haochen, and had used those feelings to escape their arranged marriage.
• A Bao explained that he had used his strongest technique to protect Huang Shuo, the guards, and the others rather than pursue his rivalry with Long Haochen.
• Yue Ye said she had stayed because she could not leave A Bao to die and wanted to untangle their relationship without feeling indebted to him.
• As they traveled, A Bao asked whether things could have been different, and Yue Ye said they could not start over but could remain comrades-in-arms until the war ended.
• Yue Ye realized A Bao had lost his chance to compete for the Demon God Emperor's throne and felt inexplicably sad as they continued toward Imperial Dragon Pass.

After A Bao lost his claim to the throne, Leng Xiao took charge of the damaged convoy and the unsettled front while Yue Ye and A Bao suspected Huo Yuhao had vanished deliberately. Meanwhile, Long Haochen and Sheng Cai'er hid in the Eternal Tower with Huo Yuhao, who remained wounded and unresponsive.

• A Bao refused Huang Shuo’s offer of support, while the Black Dragon Guards stayed by his side and Leng Xiao struggled with the prospect of inheriting the Demon God Emperor’s responsibilities.
• Yue Ye and A Bao suspected Huo Yuhao had disappeared on purpose because the Demon God Emperor had not reacted to his apparent death.
• Leng Xiao’s group searched the battlefield, stabilized the front-line army, secured other convoys and production lines, and recovered usable Soul Guidance Cores from the wreckage.
• Leng Xiao and the others headed toward Imperial Dragon Pass with the salvaged equipment after the rested legion returned to its position.
• Sheng Cai'er returned to the Eternal Tower, where Long Haochen told her Huo Yuhao had not healed or awakened and had no heartbeat.
• The Twelve Holy Guards watched over Huo Yuhao as he lay wounded and motionless on a magic array inside the Eternal Tower.

Long Haochen and the others recovered from their battle with Huo Yuhao while discussing her extraordinary magic and sensing that something was wrong. Huo Yuhao then appeared with Chen Ying'er, Mai Dou, and twelve Holy Guards, wearing a gray laurel crown.

• Lin Xin and the Eternal Hero mages discussed how Huo Yuhao had transformed the Blackfire Phoenix, while Wang Yuanyuan and Sima Xian pondered her use of their weapons and items.
• Mai Dou felt an unusual attraction to Huo Yuhao and ran toward her, prompting Chen Ying'er to let him go while she recovered.
• Sheng Cai'er told Long Haochen that the battle seemed deliberate and that Huo Yuhao's aura reminded her of their teacher, though she sensed nothing unusual from the Holy Guards.
• Chen Ying'er went to find Mai Dou after he ignored her summons, and Long Haochen grew uneasy when he learned she had gone alone.
• Long Haochen and the others prepared for battle as footsteps approached, and Sheng Cai'er joined them with the Death God Scythe in hand.
• Huo Yuhao appeared beside Chen Ying'er, who held a trembling Mai Dou, escorted by twelve Holy Guards, with a gray laurel crown on her head.

Huo Yuhao recovered inside the Eternal Tower and secretly took control of the Holy Guards’ actions while leaving Sheng Cai’er’s ownership intact. He captured Mai Dou, concealed them both, and waited for someone to arrive.

• Huo Yuhao revived himself on the Magic Array and restored his body while the Holy Guards watched.
• Huo Yuhao took control of the Holy Guards’ bodies and spiritual power without changing Sheng Cai’er’s control over their souls.
• Huo Yuhao used the Calamity Crown to touch the Eternal Tower’s wall, then returned to his injured disguise when he sensed someone approaching.
• Huo Yuhao caught Mai Dou and learned what it was, preventing it from escaping or signaling Chen Ying'er.
• Huo Yuhao made himself and Mai Dou invisible and simulated the scene in his original spot while he waited.