Chapter Summaries

Tang Wulin reflected on A Bao’s unusual abilities and his encounters with Er Ming, while A Bao and Yue Ye searched abandoned Holy Spirit Cult hideouts for clues to the cult’s plans. They found nothing and prepared to focus on the Demon Plane and lay groundwork against Gu Yuena’s Myriad Beast Platform plan.

• A Bao noticed Er Ming watching him after a tournament match, and Er Ming called him a monster after recalling their battle in the Myriad Beast Platform.
• Tang Wulin remembered learning about Da Ming, Er Ming, and his family, and wondered why his Golden Dragon King martial soul had not reacted to A Bao’s supposed demon dragon martial soul.
• A Bao and Yue Ye cleared Holy Spirit Cult hideouts outside Mingdu and collected soul spirits, but found no clues because the Ghost Emperor had moved the cult’s core members elsewhere.
• A Bao complained that the Tournament to Find a Spouse was boring, while Yue Ye urged him to prioritize preparing for the Demon Plane.
• A Bao and Yue Ye concluded that they could neither free the soul masters from Gu Yuena’s control nor directly disrupt the Myriad Beast Platform yet, so they continued laying groundwork and agreed to draw attention and stay careful.

A Bao joined the final stage of Mingdu’s Tournament to Find a Spouse to draw attention away from Yue Ye’s infiltration, but Tang Wulin’s public reunion with Gu Yuena turned the event into a Shrek–Spirit Pagoda confrontation. After Yue Ye warned him to leave and confirmed she had retrieved what they needed, A Bao escaped with her to the Undead Demiplane.

• A Bao watched the remaining contestants gather onstage and considered how to attract the Spirit Pagoda’s attention while Yue Ye searched its interior.
• Lan Fozi presented a gift to Gu Yuena, then seven contestants withdrew and shocked the crowd; Tang Wulin revealed his identity and spoke to Gu Yuena about their past and the Tang Sect.
• A Bao received Yue Ye’s message that powerful fighters were converging on the stadium, and he decided to leave rather than risk exposing himself.
• A Bao quietly left the stage, told Lan Fozi to stay safe, and met Yue Ye outside the stadium as mecha approached.
• Yue Ye showed A Bao the items she had taken from the Spirit Pagoda, and they returned to the Undead Demiplane, where she reassured him that they would not repeat Tang Wulin and Gu Yuena’s complicated relationship.

A Soul Saint fiend commander led fifty demon soldiers into a canyon, where a group of wilderness demons ambushed them from the cliffs. The commander fought his way upward, only to reach the top and discover something that shocked him.

• The fiend commander sent four flying demons to scout the cliffs while his squad waited in the canyon.
• Scrawny fiends rolled a boulder behind the squad, blocking its retreat, and the commander welcomed the chance to fight the attackers.
• The demons on the cliffs rained stones, magic missiles, Soul Guidance Rays, and Soul Cannon Shells down on the soldiers, while the four flying demons joined the ambush.
• The fiend commander ignored his soldiers’ casualties and leaped up the rock wall, pushing through the attacks toward the demons above.
• The fiend commander reached the top of the canyon and stared in shock at what he saw.

Huo Yuhao defeated a demonkin leader, accepted the surrender of twenty-six surviving demon soldiers, and returned to his hidden valley base. As he reviewed the Demon Plane’s condition, he began considering preparations for the attention his repeated battles would draw.

• The demonkin leader attacked Huo Yuhao, but Huo Yuhao stopped him and killed him with the Rakshasa Demon Scythe.
• The demons halted their assault when Huo Yuhao approached, and he offered the remaining demon soldiers the choice to surrender or keep fighting.
• Twenty-six demon soldiers surrendered, and Huo Yuhao had the battlefield cleared before leaving with them.
• Huo Yuhao looked toward a demon king’s city and decided he needed to make preparations, while Yun Ming silently reflected on whether to ask him to return to Shrek Academy.
• Huo Yuhao and the demons returned to their remote valley, where he made arrangements and reviewed the situation in the Demon Plane.

Huo Yuhao arrived at the Demon Plane, discovered that its planet was badly damaged and its surface barren, and began concealing his descent to scout without alerting the demons. He was still in the air, preparing to gather information for a future connection between the Demon Plane and the Undead Demiplane.

• Huo Yuhao teleported from the Undead Demiplane and emerged in space above the Demon Plane.
• Huo Yuhao realized that the teleportation coordinates had placed him far from his intended location, though he was still within the Demon Plane.
• Huo Yuhao saw that the Demon Plane's planet was cracked and collapsing, with fragments floating around it.
• Yun Ming and Austin Griffin witnessed the Demon Plane through Huo Yuhao's senses.
• Huo Yuhao felt the Demon Plane's weak planar laws and saw its barren brown-and-red surface as he fell toward it.
• Huo Yuhao decided to conceal himself in the air so he could scout without alerting the demons.

Huo Yuhao infiltrated the Demon Plane and discovered that its planar laws were weaker than Douluo Star’s, while the land itself seemed nearly dead. He also sensed vast negative energy stirring his Rakshasa divine power, so he continued onward to investigate the world and its inhabitants.

• Huo Yuhao concealed himself with the power of fate, used his Spirit Eyes and Holy Necromancer martial souls, and descended several thousand meters to the ground.
• Huo Yuhao examined the land with his spiritual power and sensed that the Demon Plane’s natural cycle was almost at a standstill.
• Yun Ming asked about the Demon Plane, while Austin Griffin urged Huo Yuhao to destroy it; Huo Yuhao silenced Austin Griffin and explained the situation to Yun Ming.
• Huo Yuhao told Yun Ming that the Demon Plane’s laws were weaker than Douluo Star’s and that its vital energy was thin, leaving the land nearly dead.
• Huo Yuhao sensed vast negative emotions gathering around him and stirring the Rakshasa divine power in his purple-gold soul ring, prompting him to investigate further.

Huo Yuhao investigated the Demon Plane and observed how its demons lived, discovering that they formed organized groups despite the barren, volcanic landscape. He watched demon soldiers capture weaker demons and saw some of the captives reproduce by separating flesh sacs from their bodies.

• Huo Yuhao explored the barren Demon Plane and dissected a ram-horned demon while recording his observations of the demons around him.
• A group of frail demons devoured a corpse until one sensed approaching danger, and they fled with a newly born demon.
• A stronger, organized band of demon soldiers arrived, searched the area, and captured many of the fleeing demons.
• The demon leader selected some captives to follow the soldiers and pressured the remaining demons to choose several of their own.
• The selected demons produced flesh sacs that birthed new demons, while their original bodies died and the soldiers carried away the corpses.

Huo Yuhao killed a demon leader and his soldiers after stopping the leader from killing two weak demons, then examined the leader’s memories and the demons’ bodies. He began to understand how the Demon Plane sustained itself, but the chapter ended with him still investigating its demons and their desperate behavior.

• Huo Yuhao silently crippled the demon leader’s hands, then appeared and killed him with the Rakshasa Demon Scythe.
• Huo Yuhao killed the demon soldiers and used his Spiritual Power to stop the other demons from fleeing.
• Huo Yuhao examined the demon leader’s memories, learned about several demon types, and gave the frightened demons a corpse to eat.
• Huo Yuhao dissected a demon corpse with a scalpel made from Ultimate Ice and began to understand why the Demon Plane perpetuated itself in this way.

Huo Yuhao surveyed the Demon Plane and organized more than two hundred demons into an ambush against a demon-soldier squad. After killing the squad’s leader and watching the chaotic battle spread, he used his oppressive aura to halt both sides.

• Huo Yuhao explored the Demon Plane while invisible, recording its barren terrain, cities, factions, and military strength.
• When a squad of demon soldiers approached, Huo Yuhao divided more than two hundred demons into ambush groups and used a smaller force as bait.
• The Nightmare Ram-Horned Demon leading the squad sensed danger, but Huo Yuhao destroyed his fireball and pursued him with the Rakshasa Demon Scythe, cutting him in two.
• The demons overwhelmed the remaining soldiers with rocks and close-range attacks, including detonating energy inside their mouths.
• Huo Yuhao felt that the Demon Plane had altered his Rakshasa power, then stopped the battle by enveloping the area in his oppressive aura.

Huo Yuhao reflected on how the Demon Plane’s desperate conditions drove demons to divide themselves for survival, while the five Demon Kings consumed their subjects and sought to invade other worlds. He was left contemplating the demons’ helpless fate as the Cherry-Pink Soul Ring flickered unseen.

• Huo Yuhao learned that demons reproduced by dividing their life energy, and that powerful Demon Kings could use divided bodies to create loyal puppets or return after death.
• Huo Yuhao examined a demon corpse and discovered it had ordinary reproductive structures, suggesting division was a cultivation method rather than the demons’ natural way of reproducing.
• Huo Yuhao learned that weaker demons relied on division because the Demon Plane lacked food and vital energy, while small settlements shared life energy and shelter.
• Huo Yuhao understood that the five rival Demon Kings ruled fortress cities and consumed demons to fuel their cultivation, making the population’s eventual extinction inevitable.
• Huo Yuhao realized the Demon Kings pursued invasions to steal life energy from other worlds, then looked at the demons before him as the Cherry-Pink Soul Ring flickered unseen.

Huo Yuhao captured demon soldiers, corrected his followers’ undisciplined fighting, and continued leading a growing group across the barren Demon Plane. He used the Green-Golden Soul Ring to make portable crop boxes so the demons could find another source of energy, while he considered the world’s collapse and pursued a larger purpose.

• Huo Yuhao asked the surviving demon soldiers if they wanted to continue fighting, and they laid down their weapons before his companions took them into custody.
• Huo Yuhao rebuked the four hundred-odd low-ranking demons for ignoring their battle plan and later praised them for burying the dead instead of eating the bodies.
• Huo Yuhao concluded that the Demon Plane was nearly lifeless and lacked an active plane consciousness, and he judged that its current way of life would lead to extinction.
• Huo Yuhao used the Green-Golden Soul Ring to alter small amounts of soil and grow crops in portable boxes, giving the demons an alternative source of life energy.
• Low-ranking demons and captured demon soldiers joined Huo Yuhao’s traveling group, which grew from a dozen members to more than four hundred as he taught them cultivation, knowledge, and morality.

Huo Yuhao settled several thousand low-ranking demons in an unclaimed valley and organized them into a growing community while keeping watch on the Demon Plane’s factions. He believed the conflict should end in a way other than the Undead Demiplane simply defeating the demons, but kept his larger purpose to himself as Yun Ming asked why he was doing this.

• Huo Yuhao led the low-ranking demons to a valley outside the five demon monarchs’ spheres of influence and established a camp.
• The demons divided into groups to scout, build shelters, care for young demons, and cultivate, while Huo Yuhao watched for approaching troops.
• After the camp’s first day of work, Huo Yuhao examined fragments of stone statues and considered the ruins of the Demon Plane’s former civilization.
• Huo Yuhao reflected that he wanted the Demon Plane’s future to unfold differently from a war ending in the Undead Demiplane’s victory, and that his plans mattered to both realms.
• Huo Yuhao thought of Xiao An, Qiu'er, and the others, then Yun Ming asked him why he was doing this.

Huo Yuhao challenged Yun Ming to examine what he hated and whether revenge and war could truly end hatred. Yun Ming was left silent, questioning the roots of his own hostility.

• Yun Ming argued that the demons who invaded Douluo Star were enemies and that Huo Yuhao’s efforts to understand them were futile.
• Huo Yuhao asked Yun Ming what he hated, and Yun Ming answered that he hated evil and those who endangered others.
• Huo Yuhao described a Sun Moon girl who took revenge on the Star Luo general responsible for her suffering, then asked Yun Ming whether her revenge was justified.
• Yun Ming said the revenge seemed acceptable but hesitated over the devastation caused by toppling empires.
• Huo Yuhao supported the girl’s right to revenge but rejected her methods, arguing that wars and retaliation kept spreading hatred.
• Huo Yuhao asked Yun Ming what people truly hated, and Yun Ming fell silent.

Huo Yuhao challenged Yun Ming to reconsider why Evil Soul Masters persisted, arguing that exclusion and injustice helped drive people like Tang Ya and Ma Xiaotao toward the Holy Spirit Cult. Yun Ming was left questioning Shrek’s role and whether the cult alone caused the rise of Evil Soul Masters.

• Huo Yuhao asked Yun Ming why the Holy Spirit Cult and Evil Soul Masters had continued to grow, and Yun Ming blamed the pursuit of power, the cult’s influence, and the Spirit Pagoda’s collusion.
• Huo Yuhao revealed that Tang Ya and Ma Xiaotao had both served as holy maidens of the Holy Spirit Cult, shocking Yun Ming.
• Huo Yuhao argued that Soul Masters with naturally evil Martial Souls faced rejection and few paths besides forming strongholds or joining the cult.
• Huo Yuhao recounted how Tang Ya’s sect was destroyed, neither the Heaven Dou Empire nor Shrek pursued justice, and Tang Ya later unleashed her life-devouring talent against the Iron Blood Sect.
• Huo Yuhao argued that society could prevent some people from becoming Evil Soul Masters by addressing the conditions that pushed them toward that path, while Yun Ming remained silent and troubled.

Huo Yuhao told Yun Ming how Shrek and the Tang Sect stole Sun Moon Empire soul tool technology, then admitted his role in the Mingdu Explosion and challenged Yun Ming to explain what they were hating. He described how the current era had improved in some ways but still preserved war, oppression, and exploitation, leaving Yun Ming unable to answer.

• Yun Ming worried that demons would cause problems, and Huo Yuhao challenged him to consider whether Shrek and the Tang Sect were any more trustworthy.
• Huo Yuhao explained that his first mission as an ultimate soldier was to steal soul tool blueprints and technology from the Sun Moon Empire, helping Shrek and the Tang Sect catch up.
• Huo Yuhao revealed that he had caused the Mingdu Explosion and that Ye Xishui used the victims' souls to create the Death God Tower.
• Huo Yuhao asked Yun Ming what they were hating, and Yun Ming admitted that he did not know.
• Huo Yuhao described the era's continuing wars, inequality, Spirit Pagoda abuses, and persecution of soul beasts, while Yun Ming remained silent.

Huo Yuhao explained to Yun Ming how his experiences among the Demon Race, captive humans, soul beasts, and others had reshaped his view of suffering and hatred. He argued that they should punish evil actions rather than condemn people for their origins, leaving Yun Ming to consider how hatred could otherwise be manipulated to divide society.

• Huo Yuhao told Yun Ming about the hunger, poverty, oppression, and suffering he had witnessed among the Demon Race and captive humans in the Undead Demiplane.
• Huo Yuhao connected those experiences to his own past and explained that he acted to improve others' lives because he understood their hardships.
• When Yun Ming questioned their purpose on the Demon Plane, Huo Yuhao said that helping its people did not conflict with their mission and that wiping them out would not solve their problems.
• Huo Yuhao explained that social conditions, laws, education, and living circumstances influenced evil and the emergence of Evil Soul Masters.
• Huo Yuhao told Yun Ming that hatred should target evil conduct rather than people defined by their race, birthplace, or other traits.
• Huo Yuhao warned that hatred aimed at whole regions or groups could be exploited by Federation council members to divide people until they forgot what they originally hated.

Huo Yuhao explained to Yun Ming why he was helping the demons organize and change their own circumstances instead of imposing a quick solution, and why he would not use the same approach on Douluo Star. After Yun Ming fell silent, Austin Griffin pointed out that Huo Yuhao had withheld a deeper aim for the Demon Plane and questioned whether he could remain compassionate if it came to pass.

• Yun Ming asked why Huo Yuhao was working in the Demon Plane, and Huo Yuhao said he wanted the demons to understand their oppression and change their lives through collective effort.
• Huo Yuhao told Yun Ming that imposing relief from above would leave the demons passive and risk future division, while gradual action could give them hope and a reason to unite.
• Yun Ming asked whether Huo Yuhao would take the same approach on Douluo Star, and Huo Yuhao said its established identities and better living conditions made that approach unsuitable, though he would act against the Spirit Pagoda, the Holy Spirit Cult, and the Abyss Plane.
• Yun Ming withdrew into silence in Huo Yuhao's Sea of Consciousness, and Austin Griffin teased Huo Yuhao about his motives.
• Huo Yuhao admitted he had not told Yun Ming everything about his aim for the Demon Plane, and Austin Griffin questioned whether he could retain his compassion if that aim changed everything.

Huo Yuhao built a growing settlement for the Demons, giving them hope and a way to survive outside the Demon Kings’ legions. With hundreds of thousands gathered and Alba preparing his elite legion for an unknown move, Huo Yuhao decided to act on a risky plan after first resolving the danger in the Demon Plane.

• Huo Yuhao helped the settlement expand from roughly four thousand Demons to more than ten thousand, as its people spread the word and organized food production and equipment manufacturing.
• Huo Yuhao led the Demons in defeating the five Demon Kings’ capture squads and accepted some captured soldiers, while others secretly fled to the valley.
• The Demons began calling Huo Yuhao the Demon King, and he tried to keep the title from turning into idol worship.
• Huo Yuhao learned that Alba was making major moves and preparing his elite Demon legion, while hundreds of thousands of Demons had gathered in the valley.
• Huo Yuhao decided to carry out a risky plan and knew he first had to resolve the problems in the Demon Plane before telling Qiu'er and the others in the Undead Demiplane.

Huo Yuhao sent Qiu'er and the others a report on the Demon Plane and asked them to prepare for a coordinated invasion, while considering how to open a passage large enough for an army. As Alba’s demons prepared for an expedition, a soldier slipped into a hidden space beneath a ruined house.

• Huo Yuhao decided to contact Qiu'er and the others about Alba’s movements and the preparations for an expedition.
• Huo Yuhao sent a detailed report through his Soul Tool, asked about the Undead Demiplane, and urged the others to ready two standing legions.
• Huo Yuhao added a warning about the teleportation error and considered the challenge of bringing a huge force through a passage between the planes.
• Alba’s demons manufactured and issued weapons as his elite thirty-thousand-strong legion prepared for an expedition.
• A demon soldier checked that he was alone, entered a ruined house, and crawled through a concealed opening beneath a stone.

A demon soldier secretly aided low-ranking demons in Alba’s legion while gathering intelligence, unaware that Alba had noticed him and was focused on preparing an expedition to Douluo Star. Wu Jie also waited for Alba to leave the Demon Plane, while the other demon monarchs watched the strange developments in their cities.

• A demon soldier delivered food to frail demons in a cavern and assured them that their lives could improve.
• The demon soldier recalled how Huo Yuhao’s forces had captured him, introduced him to a kinder life, and inspired him to infiltrate Alba’s legion to help demons and gather intelligence.
• Alba noticed the secret network in his city but chose to ignore it while preparing to travel to Douluo Star and absorb its Life Energy.
• Wu Jie watched a powerful rift and waited for Alba to depart, hoping to take control of the Demon Plane and pursue greater strength.
• The other three demon monarchs quietly observed unusual activity in their cities, while Huo Yuhao considered messages arriving through the Soul Tool.