Recaps

Ao Tong received an emergency message at the Dragon Palace revealing that the Imperial Lord had killed three Ying Dragon elders and that the Ying had declared war against her. The chapter ended with Ao Tong and his companions confronting the news as Dragon Race branches prepared to assemble.

• Zhou Yan prompted Ao Tong to declare that his family and branch were loyal to the Imperial Lord, and Ao Tong agreed.
• Ao Tong received an emergency message from the Dragon Palace, and Si Chen insisted that the group accompany him there.
• Ao Tong led Si Chen and the others through the underwater Dragon Palace to its central hall.
• An old woman presented Ao Tong with a jade slip containing news from the Dragon Domain.
• Ao Tong read that the Imperial Lord had killed three Ying Dragon elders, prompting the Ying to summon the Dragon Race branches and declare war against her.

After learning that the Ying clan planned to challenge the Imperial Lord, Si Chen and his companions decided to go to the Ying ancestral grounds at Cangwu. They pressured Ao Tong into joining the journey and letting Luo Hongyi and Murong Li raid his treasury for travel supplies.

• Zhou Yan furiously cursed the Ying for defying the Imperial Lord and vowed to capture their ancestor.
• Ao Tong explained that the Ying had ordered the Dragon Race to assemble at their ancestral grounds in Cangwu, a continent hidden in the void.
• Si Chen announced that the group would go to Cangwu, and he insisted that Ao Tong accompany them.
• Ao Tong ordered his Origin Demon-level clansmen to assemble and travel with them.
• Luo Hongyi demanded hospitality from Ao Tong, then claimed she and Murong Li would take what they needed from his treasury themselves.
• Xie Changsheng and Black Mountain called the seizure a willing donation, and Ao Tong reluctantly agreed.

Luo Hongyi and Murong Li plundered most of Ao Tong’s treasury while Si Chen questioned him about the Demon Realm’s history and its hostility toward the Immortal Realm. Si Chen resolved to bridge the ancient divide by making the other side his own, and he reflected that friendship made both sides fortunate.

• Luo Hongyi counted the treasury’s charitable donations as Murong Li examined a borrowed treasure, and Luo Hongyi said they still had three Dragon Race clans to visit.
• Si Chen asked Ao Tong whether the Demon Realm had a forbidden region without spiritual energy, and Ao Tong said he knew of none.
• Ao Tong explained that the Demon Realm’s clans believed the Immortal Realm had betrayed them in ancient times, causing great casualties and the Demon Realm’s isolation.
• Jiang Ling confronted Ao Tong about the rule to kill Immortal Realm cultivators, and Ao Tong confirmed that it came from their ancient inheritance.
• Si Chen compared the feud between the realms to two villages guarding a broken bridge and said he would make the other side his own so he could repair it.
• Jiang Ling called Si Chen’s friend lucky, and Si Chen replied that they were all fortunate to have one another as friends.

As the Dragon Ship neared Cangwu, Ao Tong explained how the Demon Realm’s factions might align in the coming conflict. He also revealed that the Imperial Lord was said to have been born within the sun, leaving Si Chen quietly pleased by the legend.

• On the eleventh day, Ao Tong learned that ships from many Demon Race tribes were heading toward Cangwu and discussed the gathering forces with Si Chen and the others.
• Ao Tong explained that the Demon Race was divided, with some factions likely to support the Ying clan, the Imperial Lord, or neither side.
• Ao Tong said the Imperial Lord had gathered followers and that the Phoenix Race might support her, though he knew little about their relationship.
• When Song Chi asked about the Imperial Lord’s race, Ao Tong said she had no known kin, bloodline, or ancestral land and was simply herself.
• Ao Tong shared the legend that the Imperial Lord had been born within the sun, and Si Chen smiled at the thought.

Zhu Yao and Feng Qing reflected on how the ancient clans and the Demon Realm had changed before Zhu Yao confronted the Ying, Yu, and Ao alliance at Cangwu. After denying that she had killed the three Ying elders, Zhu Yao declared that she would kill the three current clan leaders.

• Zhu Yao met Feng Qing at Cangwu and asked why the clans had changed since the ancient struggle to defend the Demon Realm.
• Feng Qing said that time had eroded their memories and that only she and Zhu Yao still remembered the past.
• Feng Qing asked whether Zhu Yao had killed the three Ying elders, and Zhu Yao questioned whether the Demon Realm believed her denial.
• Zhu Yao assumed her mature battle form and led her forces to face the allied armies of the Ying, Yu, and Ao clans.
• Ying You and Yu Ji demanded an explanation for the elders' deaths, while Ao Qing remained silent.
• Zhu Yao denied killing the elders, then told Ying You, Yu Ji, and Ao Qing that she would kill them.

Ying You challenged Zhu Yao’s right to rule, arguing that the Demon Realm had changed during her absence, then revealed that he, Yu Ji, and Ao Qing had all reached the Emperor Realm. Zhu Yao transformed into her Golden Crow form and charged the three dragons, while Feng Qing joined her as a phoenix as the battle began.

• Ying You accused Zhu Yao of treating the Demon Realm as her private property and declared that times had changed.
• Zhu Yao said the Demon Realm had been sustained by the sacrifices of its fallen heroes, not by the clans now claiming their legacy.
• Ying You, Yu Ji, and Ao Qing revealed their Emperor Realm power by transforming into colossal dragons.
• Zhu Yao revealed her Golden Crow form and attacked the three dragons.
• Feng Qing transformed into a phoenix and stood beside Zhu Yao as the Emperor Realm battle began.

Zhu Yao and Feng Qing fought Ying You, Yu Ji, and Ao Qing in the void as the Dragon Race challenged the old Imperial Lords and their forces. The battle between the emperors resumed, and the Dragon and Phoenix armies clashed around them.

• Zhu Yao and Feng Qing unleashed their flames, but Ying You, Yu Ji, and Ao Qing blocked the attack with their bodies, formation, and magic treasures.
• Ying You revealed a captured Immortal King and claimed the Immortal Kings suspected their Immortal Emperor had killed the Immortal Lords.
• The three dragons attacked Zhu Yao and Feng Qing, and the five emperor-realm fighters exchanged blows without either side gaining a decisive advantage.
• Ying You declared that Zhu Yao had lost and that the Demon Realm no longer needed the Imperial Lords of a bygone era.
• Ying You, Yu Ji, and Ao Qing attacked again as the Dragon Race and Phoenix Race armies charged into battle.

Si Chen sensed an Emperor Realm battle near Cangwu and decided to rush there rather than wait for more information. He summoned Little Lei to carry the group and forced Ao Tong to guide them, while the Dragon Race crew invented a heroic explanation for Ao Tong’s sudden departure.

• Si Chen and the others sensed numerous powerful auras near Cangwu, including Emperor Realm fighters, as Demon Race ships halted or turned back.
• Ao Tong suggested they stop and investigate, but Si Chen summoned Little Lei and placed the group on the Thunder Dragon’s head.
• Si Chen pulled the reluctant Ao Tong aboard and ordered him to lead the way to Cangwu.
• Little Lei raced toward Cangwu with Si Chen, Ao Tong, and the others aboard.
• The white-haired old woman told the Dragon Race crew that Ao Tong had gone to uncover the truth and secure hope for their people, then sent a young dragon to the mines for questioning her story.

Zhu Yao tried to end the battle with her Great Void Shift, but Ying You, Yu Ji, and Ao Qing combined their powers to resist her. As Zhu Yao prepared to burn her essence blood to regain her strength, a purple-gold Thunder Dragon arrived with a group of Immortal Realm Cultivators, and she recognized the young man standing atop it.

• Zhu Yao asked Feng Qing to hold off the three dragons while she used Great Void Shift to banish them from the battlefield.
• Ying You, Yu Ji, and Ao Qing joined their powers in a massive formation that stalemated Zhu Yao's spatial ability.
• Zhu Yao began burning her essence blood to restore her former strength, despite the risk of permanently lowering her cultivation.
• A purple-gold Thunder Dragon streaked into the battlefield carrying a group of people, interrupting Zhu Yao's attempt.
• Zhu Yao recognized the young man in black atop the Thunder Dragon, as demons identified the newcomers as Immortal Realm Cultivators.

Si Chen arrived in the Demon Realm with Little Lei and found Zhu Yao fighting the Dragon Race sovereigns. He reunited with her as Red Bean, while Ying You began plotting to use their meeting against her.

• Little Lei appeared over the battlefield with Si Chen and his companions, stunning the demons and the three Dragon Race sovereigns.
• Si Chen saw Zhu Yao's flames fading as she fought, and Little Lei flew toward her and the sovereigns.
• Yu Ji turned the formation against Little Lei, but its tail strike shattered the formation and sent Ying You, Yu Ji, and Ao Qing flying.
• Si Chen approached Zhu Yao, called her Red Bean, and patted his shoulder; she transformed into a small bird and nestled against him.
• Ying You decided to accuse Zhu Yao of colluding with the Immortal Realm to turn the Demon Realm against her.

Ying You accused Si Chen of colluding with the Immortal Realm, but Si Chen swiftly struck him down and revealed a radiant power that restored Red Bean to her former strength. Red Bean emerged from the light as Demon Sovereign Zhu Yao, returned to her prime.

• Ying You accused Si Chen of conspiring with the Immortal Realm and turning against the Demon Realm.
• Zhou Yan cursed Ying You, while Xie Changsheng and Song Chi restrained him.
• Si Chen seized Ying You and struck him away in his golden dragon form.
• Si Chen transformed into a radiant sun and poured power into Red Bean, healing her and restoring her cultivation.
• Red Bean's aura returned to its full strength, and she emerged as Demon Sovereign Zhu Yao.

Zhu Yao revealed that she had recovered her peak strength and overwhelmed Ying You, Yu Ji, and Ao Qing, then stopped their escape with spatial lockdown. Trapped and facing the threat of Si Chen, the three Dragon Emperors burned their emperor blood and joined their power for a final stand.

• Zhu Yao repeatedly struck Ying You with solar true flame, leaving him badly wounded.
• Yu Ji and Ao Qing tried to help Ying You, but Zhu Yao broke through their defenses and wounded them as well.
• Yu Ji activated an Emperor-Level Teleportation Array, but Zhu Yao locked down space and sent a spatial backlash through it.
• Black Mountain, Red Wind, Zhou Yan, and the others watched Zhu Yao fight, while Xie Changsheng hinted that Si Chen might be her father.
• Ying You urged Yu Ji and Ao Qing to stop holding back, and the three Dragon Emperors ignited Emperor Blood Burn and fused their power.

Zhu Yao defeated Ying You, Yu Ji, and Ao Qing by bypassing their Emperor Blood Burn formation and striking them with solar true flame. Ying You then challenged her authority by questioning her relationship with an Immortal Realm cultivator and insisting the Demon Realm would never submit to the Immortal Realm.

• Ying You used the three Dragon Emperors’ Emperor Blood Burn and threatened to sacrifice the demons on the battlefield unless Zhu Yao let them leave.
• Zhu Yao folded space and entered the Dragon Emperors’ formation despite its layered seals.
• Zhu Yao unleashed solar true flame, shattered Yu Ji’s formation, and blasted Ying You, Yu Ji, and Ao Qing out of the formation.
• The three Dragon Emperors’ Imperial Blood flames died down as the demons watched them lose to Zhu Yao.
• Ying You, gravely wounded and back in humanoid form, questioned Zhu Yao’s relationship with the Immortal Realm cultivator and declared that the Demon Realm would not submit to the Immortal Realm.

Si Chen revealed a vast, sunlike form to show the demons what he was, leaving them overwhelmed by his primordial aura. Black Mountain then claimed Si Chen was the sun awakened into a spirit and the Imperial Lord’s elder, giving the demons an explanation they found strangely plausible.

• Si Chen stopped Zhu Yao from addressing the demons and transformed into a giant of flame, carefully restraining his power so he would not harm them.
• Feng Qing and the million demons felt the giant’s overwhelming aura and wondered what Si Chen was.
• Xie Changsheng, Luo Hongyi, Song Chi, Black Mountain, Red Wind, Gray Gray, and Ao Tong reacted with astonishment to Si Chen’s transformation.
• Ying You, Yu Ji, and Ao Qing struggled to stand, and Ying You buckled under a single glance from Si Chen.
• Black Mountain addressed the demons and claimed Si Chen was the sun awakened into a spirit and the Imperial Lord’s elder, leaving them unable to dismiss his explanation.

Si Chen revealed himself as the Sun, and the demons submitted as Zhu Yao reclaimed control after defeating the rebellion. She sealed Ying You, Yu Ji, and Ao Qing and began restoring order, while faint black vapor drifted away from the battlefield.

• Si Chen’s flame giant form inspired the million demons to bow to him, and Ying You, Yu Ji, and Ao Qing accepted that their cause had failed.
• Si Chen returned to his human form and reunited with Zhu Yao, who greeted him with a quiet acknowledgment as he affectionately praised her human appearance.
• Zhu Yao sealed the three Dragon Emperors’ cultivation and imprisoned them in the Void Rift, then ordered the surviving troops counted and the Ying, Yu, and Ao clans placed under judgment.
• Zhu Yao assigned the Phoenix Race temporary administration of the three clans’ ancestral lands and opened a passage to speak privately with Si Chen; Black Mountain pulled Ao Tong through before it closed.
• The Demon Race began tending to the dead and wounded, while faint wisps of black vapor drifted toward the far reaches of the Void.

Zhu Yao brought Si Chen and the others to her residence, a vast realm of spatial passages called the Divine Fusang Tree, and returned to the Ten Thousand Radiance Hall. There, she revealed her juvenile form and began to face the awkward reunion with Si Chen.

• Zhu Yao explained that the enormous Divine Fusang Tree was her residence and that its branches connected the ten thousand realms.
• Demon soldiers greeted Zhu Yao, and she told them the war was over and ordered them not to disturb her at the Ten Thousand Radiance Hall.
• Black Mountain brought Ao Tong to Zhu Yao, who had demons take him away to be properly settled in.
• Zhu Yao transported the group to her sparse hall and changed into her juvenile form.
• Zhu Yao explained that her adult appearance was how she had looked in Ancient Times and that she used it to maintain her dignity in the Demon Realm.
• Black Mountain teased Zhu Yao about her childhood, and Red Wind kicked him and told him to shut up.

Zhu Yao explained that an ancient war against mysterious, endlessly returning enemies destroyed a third realm and led to the Immortal Realm’s betrayal of the Demon Realm. She began recounting the war’s losses, revealing that she too had fallen in battle.

• Zhu Yao thanked Jiang Ling for helping at the Gathering of Immortals, then recognized that Si Chen had entered through the one-way Ascension Passage.
• Zhu Yao revealed that the Immortal Realm and two Demon Realms had once coexisted peacefully before strange, powerful enemies attacked all three.
• Zhu Yao said the enemies kept returning in greater strength, destroyed the third Demon Realm, and left no trace of its name.
• Zhu Yao revealed that the Immortal Realm and Demon Realm had once been allies, but the Immortal Realm betrayed them.
• Zhu Yao recalled that the Demon Realm once had nine Demon Sovereigns and named former comrades, including the Dragon Race patriarchs and Feng Qing.
• Zhu Yao confirmed to Luo Hongyi that she had fallen in the ancient war and began to describe what happened.

As the Demon Realm fell to the otherworldly creatures, Zhu Yao devised a plan to seal it, send the Demon Race’s survivors to the lower realms, and destroy the invaders already inside. Yu Jiutian agreed to become the core of the deadly array, accepting that it would cost his life.

• Ying Cang stayed behind to cover the retreat and fought until the black tide swallowed him.
• Zhu Yao and the surviving Demon Sovereigns learned that the Immortal Realm had blocked the Demon Realm’s exits, while the Immortal Emperor ordered his forces to wait.
• Zhu Yao proposed sealing the Demon Realm with Great Void Shift and sending gifted members of the Demon Race to the lower realms to preserve their people.
• Zhu Yao said she needed a Deathblow Great Array to kill every otherworldly creature already inside the Demon Realm.
• Yu Jiutian accepted Zhu Yao’s plan to make him the array’s core, knowing he would die.

Zhu Yao and her allies carried out the Flame-Passing Pact to seal the Demon Realm, send gifted demons to lower realms, and preserve the hope of its return. Shi Yin sent Zhu Yao into the River of Time, and ages later her egg landed in the arms of a curious youth.

• Zhu Yao named the plan the Flame-Passing Pact, and Feng Qing agreed to remain behind and protect the surviving demons.
• Zhu Yao burned her Imperial Blood to seal the Demon Realm and send chosen demons to lower realms, while Yu Jiutian and the Ao clan gave their lives to power the Deathblow Great Array.
• Shi Yin shattered his Dao foundation to create Time Amber for the departing demons, then used his remaining power to send the dying Zhu Yao into a rift in time.
• Zhu Yao later slept inside a fiery-red egg in the Mountain of Ten Thousand Silences, where a black bear and a red tiger accidentally knocked it into a youth's arms.
• The youth examined the egg and offered the two beasts bottles of household medicine in exchange for it.

Zhu Yao explained the Demon Realm’s history and asked Jiang Ling about the Immortal Realm’s present, but the accounts revealed a startling discrepancy about its Immortal Emperor. The chapter ended with Zhu Yao questioning who Gu Hong was, since she had never known an Ancient Times sword Immortal Emperor by that name.

• Red Wind asked Zhu Yao whether she had known her identity before her memories returned, and she explained that sensing Fusang had gradually restored them.
• Black Mountain asked whether the Ancestral Court’s demons had fled the Demon Realm, and Zhu Yao confirmed that most were refugees whose descendants had pursued ascension.
• Zhu Yao said the Demon Realm prioritized survival over revenge and would decide its next steps after gathering its people.
• Song Chi and Zhou Yan questioned why the Immortal Realm had never mentioned the alien races, and Jiang Ling said he knew of no outside enemy in the Immortal Realm.
• Black Mountain revealed that Si Chen had struck Immortal Emperor Gu Hong during the Gathering of Immortals, and Jiang Ling recounted Gu Hong’s defeat and the Immortal Kings’ submission.
• Zhu Yao said she had never heard of Gu Hong and that the sword Immortal Emperor of her generation had not borne the surname Gu.

Song Chi revealed that the Demon Venerable Cang Xuan had died alongside Jiang Taibai, the Immortal Realm's sword-path Immortal Emperor, before the ancient war. Zhu Yao recognized both figures and discovered that Song Chi carried Cang Xuan's origin essence and had obtained Jiang Taibai's sword, leaving her amazed by the Eastern Region's strange fortunes.

• Song Chi asked Zhu Yao whether she knew Demon Venerable Cang Xuan, and she urgently asked where he was.
• Song Chi explained that Cang Xuan had died as a remnant soul in a shattered space after a battle, and Zhu Yao recalled him as the Demon Realm's strongest Emperor Realm cultivator.
• Si Chen asked Song Chi to summon his sword, and Zhu Yao recognized it as Jiang Taibai's, revealing that Jiang Taibai was the Immortal Realm's sword-path Immortal Emperor.
• Zhu Yao explained that Cang Xuan and Jiang Taibai had disappeared before the ancient war and had apparently perished fighting each other.
• Zhu Yao sensed Cang Xuan's origin essence in Song Chi, who claimed Cang Xuan had willingly given it to him out of admiration for his Dao.
• Song Chi said the swords had also willingly acknowledged him as their master, and Zhu Yao concluded that the Eastern Region was a wondrous place.

Zhu Yao and Si Chen shared a quiet moment at the divine Fusang tree before Feng Qing brought news about the Dragon Race. Si Chen healed Feng Qing’s ancient injuries, then left to join the others for a meal.

• Zhu Yao sent her guests to rest and eat, then led Si Chen to the heart of the divine Fusang tree.
• Zhu Yao asked whether Si Chen would return to the Immortal Realm, and he said he would investigate the Mortal Forbidden Zone and the otherworldly race while she managed the Demon Realm.
• Zhu Yao and Si Chen affirmed their bond, agreeing that being Red Bean and Si Chen was enough.
• Feng Qing reported that the Dragon Race had been handled and delivered a list of experts from the Ying, Yu, and Ao clans.
• Si Chen used his origin flame to heal Feng Qing’s damaged Phoenix Heart and thanked her for supporting Zhu Yao and the Demon Realm.
• Si Chen left to eat, while Feng Qing called him gentle and Zhu Yao agreed.

Si Chen and his companions gathered for a banquet at the Ten Thousand Radiance Hall after returning from their journey to the Demon Realm. Feng Qing appeared much younger, and the chapter ended with Black Mountain leading a toast to everyone being together.

• Black Mountain, Red Wind, Zhou Yan, Xie Changsheng, Song Chi, and the others waited to begin eating while Si Chen spoke privately with Zhu Yao and Feng Qing.
• Song Chi accidentally sprayed wine on Xie Changsheng, and the two wrestled until Si Chen, Zhu Yao, and Feng Qing arrived.
• Everyone noticed Feng Qing's youthful appearance, and she insisted that she had always looked that way.
• Si Chen invited everyone to eat, and Feng Qing explained that the roasted Cloud-Horned Beast was not an intelligent demon.
• The guests laughed when they worried Gray Gray might be mistaken for food, and Si Chen assured him that no one would eat him.
• Black Mountain raised a toast to the Eastern Region, Undying Mountain, and everyone being together, and the guests drank with him.

Zhu Yao learned more about Xie Changsheng’s mysterious time ability and sent Si Chen and the others through a rift to the Forgotten River. After they left, she asked Feng Qing to prepare to reopen the Demon Realm Gate.

• Black Mountain explained that Undying Mountain was the sect he had helped found in the Forgotten River, while Luo Hongyi recounted how the group had struggled after arriving in the Immortal Realm.
• Feng Qing and Zhu Yao connected Xie Changsheng’s time-loop ability to the Shi Dragon Race and suggested he seek answers at their ancestral grounds.
• Zhu Yao opened a rift to the Forgotten River, and Si Chen and the others said goodbye before passing through it.
• After the rift closed, Zhu Yao asked Feng Qing to prepare to reopen the Demon Realm Gate.

After settling the Demon Realm, Si Chen declared that he would end the Mortal Forbidden Zones and relocate all their inhabitants, beginning with Chen Mo’s planet. When he and his companions returned to the Forgotten River, they found its inhabitants acting with exaggerated courtesy and treating Si Chen as their Imperial Lord.

• Si Chen said he would relocate all mortals from the Mortal Forbidden Zones and eliminate them, starting with the planet in Purple Firmament Heaven where Chen Mo lived.
• Si Chen and his companions returned to the Forgotten River, where news of his defeat of an Immortal Emperor had made the local sects abandon their conflicts and claim affiliation with the Undying Mountain.
• Cultivators along the road recognized Si Chen, knelt, and welcomed him back as their Imperial Lord.
• As the group flew toward the Undying Mountain, cultivators throughout the region repeatedly knelt and hailed Si Chen, leaving Black Mountain baffled and nostalgic for when nobody took him seriously.