Recaps

Wu Shaozhen and Old Teng repeatedly raided Ten Thousand Beasts City while the Ice and Snow Empress fought Hǔ Bēn. The demons failed to stop their attacks, and some fled into the city after being branded a disgrace.

• The Ice and Snow Empress told Wu Shaozhen that Hǔ Bēn was powerful but promised to keep Zi You safe.
• Wu Shaozhen and Old Teng agreed to attack Ten Thousand Beasts City, where Old Teng rampaged through the lower-ranking Otherworldly Demons.
• Wu Shaozhen killed nearly a hundred Saint-tier demons with Shadow Annihilation and poison, then escaped with Old Teng using the Void-Piercing Thorn to break Spatial Lockdown.
• Wu Shaozhen and Old Teng repeatedly returned to raid the city and fled whenever God-tier and Saint-tier demons approached.
• After one demon proposed splitting up to intercept them, another warned that the demons would be killed, and the group retreated into the city after being called a disgrace.

Wu Shaozhen and Old Teng ambushed and killed four God-tier Otherworldly Demons while evading the larger force. Elsewhere, the Ice and Snow Empress joined Zi You against Hǔ Bēn, and Zi You's hidden attack sent him flying as she left to find Wu Shaozhen.

• Wu Shaozhen and Old Teng lured four God-tier Otherworldly Demons into an ambush and killed them by detonating their poison stacks.
• The Otherworldly Demons resolved to wait for Lord Hǔ Bēn to finish fighting Zi You, while Wu Shaozhen and Old Teng hid to recover before resuming their attacks.
• Hǔ Bēn struck Zi You with Spatial Annihilation, but she destroyed Demon Spheres to break the attack and called for the Ice and Snow Empress to join the fight.
• The Ice and Snow Empress battled Hǔ Bēn while Zi You secretly combined Demon Spheres into a powerful attack.
• Zi You hit Hǔ Bēn with Demon Devour-Shocking Kill, and the Ice and Snow Empress pursued him as Zi You flew toward Wu Shaozhen.

Wu Shaozhen and Old Teng devastated Ten Thousand Beasts City while Zi You pursued the wounded Hǔ Bēn. Ross reported their success to Kashu and the assembled human powerhouses, who realized the Adventurer and his White-Clad Woman might be turning the war around but feared the demons’ response.

• Wu Shaozhen and Old Teng continued ambushing Ten Thousand Beasts City, nearly eliminating its Saint-tier demons after Zi You returned and said the White-Clad Woman was pursuing the badly wounded Hǔ Bēn.
• At Taotie City, Kashu met with departing powerhouses from other main cities while Miller said he still could not contact the Adventurer.
• Ross reported that Wu Shaozhen was attacking Ten Thousand Beasts City and had killed more than half its God-tier demons, leaving the survivors hiding.
• Ross confirmed that the fleeing, badly wounded Transcendent God-tier demon was Hǔ Bēn and that the White-Clad Woman had chased him.
• Kashu and the other leaders marveled at the Adventurer’s strength, but Kashu refused to send troops to Ten Thousand Beasts City because the demons might send reinforcements.

Wu Shaozhen and Old Teng escaped Ten Thousand Beasts City after three Transcendent God-tier Otherworldly Demons arrived, while Zi You stayed behind to fight them. Elsewhere, the Ice and Snow Empress failed to kill the wounded Hǔ Bēn and was surrounded by his reinforcements.

• Wu Shaozhen and Old Teng sensed three Transcendent God-tier Otherworldly Demons approaching and tried to flee, but the demons blocked their way.
• Zi You shielded Wu Shaozhen from the demons’ attacks and told him to escape with Old Teng.
• Wu Shaozhen broke the demons’ Spatial Lockdown with the Void-Piercing Thorn, and he and Old Teng vanished as Zi You held off their pursuers.
• The Ice and Snow Empress found three Transcendent God-tier Otherworldly Demons rescuing the badly wounded Hǔ Bēn and turned to retreat.
• The demons sealed the area and surrounded the Ice and Snow Empress, who fought back with the power of Ice Seal.

As a Transcendent God-tier Otherworldly Demon pursued Wu Shaozhen and Old Teng, Wu Shaozhen recognized the Despair Mountains and led them into a hidden passage. Their pursuer could not find them and waited outside, leaving their next move uncertain.

• The City Lord of Azure Dragon City and others decided that the Human Race's Transcendent God-tier powerhouses would not intervene, leaving Wu Shaozhen and his companions to face the enemy alone.
• Old Teng offered to stay behind so Wu Shaozhen could escape, but Wu Shaozhen refused to abandon him.
• Wu Shaozhen recognized the mountains below as the Despair Mountains and directed Old Teng to dive into them.
• Wu Shaozhen guided Old Teng to a specific spot, and the two vanished into the mountainside.
• The pursuing Transcendent God-tier Otherworldly Demon searched the area, failed to find them, and sat down to wait for them to emerge.

Wu Shaozhen and Old Teng searched a dark, isolated space for the chance to advance to Transcendent God Tier while Zi You and the Ice and Snow Empress used desperate trump cards to escape powerful Otherworldly Demons. Both women fled badly weakened, and their pursuers set out after them.

• Wu Shaozhen explained that Gale Warrior Soul's map had led them to a hidden space said to hold an opportunity to advance to Transcendent God Tier, and he and Old Teng began searching for it.
• Zi You detonated all eighty-one of her Demon Spheres, severely injuring two Transcendent God-tier Otherworldly Demons and herself before fleeing.
• The injured Otherworldly Demons ordered the God-tier fighters in Ten Thousand Beasts City to search for Zi You.
• The Ice and Snow Empress used Absolute Ice Seal to freeze three Transcendent God-tier Otherworldly Demons into statues, then escaped as Hǔ Bēn recovered nearby.
• Hǔ Bēn freed the three demons from the frost, and the four pursued the Ice and Snow Empress.

Wu Shaozhen and Old Teng followed mysterious roars through the darkness and broke a seal to reach an altar, where a Black Dragon threatened to absorb them. Wu Shaozhen used the Eye of True Sight to discover that the dragon was only a remnant soul.

• Old Teng's roar received an answering call, and Wu Shaozhen and Old Teng followed it through the dark space to a black seal.
• A voice promised them a tremendous opportunity, but Wu Shaozhen and Old Teng suspected a trap and decided to break the seal rather than remain trapped.
• Wu Shaozhen pierced the seal with the Void-Piercing Thorn, revealing an altar with a rune-covered black box and four exhausted energy stones.
• A Black Dragon appeared above the altar, thanked Wu Shaozhen and Old Teng for freeing it, and threatened to make them part of itself.
• Wu Shaozhen summoned the Godslayer and used the Eye of True Sight to identify the Black Dragon as a remnant soul.

Wu Shaozhen and Old Teng battled the Black Dragon's remnant soul, whose reflected damage, Dragon Soul Domain, and draconic attacks overwhelmed them. Wu Shaozhen broke the domain and joined the fight, but the remnant soul stunned them again and trapped Old Teng in Dragonflame, leaving Wu Shaozhen searching for a way to keep his companion alive.

• Wu Shaozhen and Old Teng attacked the Black Dragon's remnant soul, but its reflected-damage scale armor nearly killed Wu Shaozhen and badly hurt Old Teng.
• The Black Dragon's remnant soul used Dragon Soul Domain to weaken them, then immobilized Old Teng with Dragon Cry and engulfed him in Dragonflame.
• Wu Shaozhen stacked poison while using the Ice Crystal Mirror to survive, and Old Teng broke free and attacked with Sea of Thunder.
• Wu Shaozhen shattered the Void-Piercing Thorn to break the domain, then used Spacetime Domain and Thunderclap Strike to wound the Black Dragon's remnant soul.
• When the remnant soul's scale armor vanished, Wu Shaozhen joined Old Teng in a fierce assault, but the Black Dragon's remnant soul stunned them with Dragon Cry and sent Dragonflame at them.
• Wu Shaozhen dispelled his stun and escaped while Old Teng was engulfed again, then resumed evasive attacks as he searched for a way to prevent Old Teng from dying first.

Wu Shaozhen discovered that the stone pillars could weaken the Black Dragon's remnant soul by replacing their depleted energy stones. After the Source Crystal reduced the remnant soul to 15% of its original strength, Old Teng overwhelmed him and Wu Shaozhen finished him off, but gained no energy from the kill.

• Old Teng struggled against the Black Dragon's remnant soul while Wu Shaozhen searched for a way to turn the fight around.
• Wu Shaozhen replaced a pillar's depleted energy stone with a fully charged one, weakening the remnant soul by at least 25%.
• Wu Shaozhen used a lower-quality energy crystal on another pillar, reducing the remnant soul's strength by about 10% more as Old Teng kept him occupied.
• Wu Shaozhen placed the Source Crystal in a third pillar, cutting the remnant soul's strength by another 50% and leaving him with 15% of his original power.
• Old Teng attacked the weakened remnant soul while Wu Shaozhen detonated his toxins and killed him; no energy flowed to Wu Shaozhen, and the remnant soul's body vanished.

Wu Shaozhen found a Dragon Pearl and gave it to Old Teng, who began absorbing its energy to advance to transcendent god tier. Meanwhile, the Otherworldly Demons declared war on Vermilion Bird City for sheltering a fugitive, and the Human Race split over whether to resist or surrender.

• Wu Shaozhen broke the seal on the altar's black box and discovered a Dragon Pearl, which Old Teng identified as a Divine Dragon's energy core capable of enabling transcendent god tier advancement.
• Wu Shaozhen gave the Dragon Pearl to Old Teng, explaining that he valued Old Teng as family and believed he could find another path to power.
• Old Teng swallowed the Dragon Pearl and began absorbing its energy while Wu Shaozhen stood guard.
• News spread that Wu Shaozhen had escaped Ten Thousand Beasts City after killing dozens of god-tier and over a thousand saint-tier Otherworldly Demons despite six Transcendent God-tier pursuers.
• The Otherworldly Demons declared war on Vermilion Bird City for sheltering a fugitive, and its City Lord defiantly refused to hand the fugitive over.
• People rushed to support Vermilion Bird City or urged it to surrender, while many in the Human Race hoped to preserve their strength until reinforcements arrived.

At Vermilion Bird City, Feng Yan ordered the city to prepare for war as the Ice and Snow Empress faced the threat of the Otherworldly Demons. Meanwhile, Old Teng completed his breakthrough into the Transcendent God Tier, and he and Wu Shaozhen headed toward the passage out of the Altar to confront the enemy waiting outside.

• Feng Yan told the Ice and Snow Empress that Vermilion Bird City would protect her, but the Empress said she would leave if the Otherworldly Demons came.
• Feng Yan rebuked the elders for criticizing the Empress and ordered Vermilion Bird City to prepare for war.
• After two days of refining the Dragon Pearl, Old Teng emerged from a black cloud with a new form and faced the transcendent god tribulation.
• Old Teng survived the tribulation, took human form, and told Wu Shaozhen he had become a Transcendent God-tier powerhouse.
• Wu Shaozhen and Old Teng set out through the passage at the top of the Altar to find and kill the enemy waiting outside.

Old Teng defeated the transcendent God-tier Otherworldly Demon who had pursued him and Wu Shaozhen, then Wu Shaozhen finished the enemy and noticed his attack power had reached a cap. After Zi You contacted him, she rushed to his location and into his arms.

• The Otherworldly Demon found Wu Shaozhen and Old Teng emerging from the mountain and attacked them.
• Old Teng revealed his true form and overwhelmed the Otherworldly Demon with his speed and physical strength.
• Old Teng sent the battered Otherworldly Demon toward Wu Shaozhen, who killed him with Godslayer and Execution.
• Wu Shaozhen checked his stats and realized his attack power had stopped at exactly 20 million, possibly because he had reached a potential cap.
• Zi You contacted Wu Shaozhen, then hurried to him and rushed into his arms.

After recovering from a fierce battle, Zi You and Wu Shaozhen headed toward Vermilion Bird City, where the Otherworldly Demons had launched a massive assault. The Ice and Snow Empress joined the battle against two Transcendent God-tier demons while Feng Yan flew back toward the city.

• Zi You reunited with Wu Shaozhen, dismissed her injuries, and said she would deal with the two Otherworldly Demons after recovering.
• Zi You warned that the demons were attacking Vermilion Bird City, and she and Wu Shaozhen decided to go there because Bing Yu was present.
• Tens of millions of demons attacked Vermilion Bird City, overwhelming the human defenders at the Immortal, Saint, and God tiers.
• Feng Yan was badly wounded while fighting two God-tier demons, but the Ice and Snow Empress appeared and protected her.
• Hǔ Bēn arrived with another Transcendent God-tier demon, and the two attacked the Ice and Snow Empress together.
• The Ice and Snow Empress fought back by freezing the surrounding space and summoning ice shards, while Feng Yan flew toward the heart of the city.

Feng Yan called on the Flame Emperor to defend Vermilion Bird City, but Moye arrived to hold him back as the battle worsened. Wu Shaozhen and the mutated Old Teng then burst onto the battlefield, slaughtering God-tier Otherworldly Demons before another Transcendent God-tier enemy appeared.

• Feng Yan persuaded the white-haired Flame Emperor to intervene in Vermilion Bird City's desperate battle.
• The Flame Emperor burned countless Otherworldly Demons with Flames Across the Sky, but Moye appeared and fought him with Nine Absolute Space Slashes.
• Feng Yan urged the human forces to fight to the bitter end and charged two God-tier Otherworldly Demons.
• Old Teng and Wu Shaozhen arrived, killed seven or eight God-tier Otherworldly Demons, and drove the enemy ranks into confusion.
• A fourth Transcendent God-tier Otherworldly Demon appeared as Old Teng and Wu Shaozhen continued their assault.

As the battle for Vermilion Bird City continued, Old Teng and the human God-tier fighters held the Otherworldly Demons at bay, while Wu Shaozhen’s ambushes inflicted heavy losses. The Witch Venerable joined the conflict, prompting Qingyun’s ancestor to set out to stop him, as the city’s high-level defenses remained strong despite devastating human losses on the lower fronts.

• Old Teng battled two Transcendent God-tier Otherworldly Demons while the Ice and Snow Empress fought Hǔ Bēn and the Flame Emperor faced Moye.
• Wu Shaozhen ambushed God-tier Otherworldly Demons, helping Feng Yan’s smaller human force hold its ground and kill more than a hundred enemies.
• The Witch Venerable left Hundred Battles City, and human powerhouses across the Holy Light Continent intercepted incoming Otherworldly Demon reinforcements.
• Qingyun asked his ancestor to stop the Witch Venerable, and the old man departed, expecting he might not return.
• At Vermilion Bird City, Wu Shaozhen’s poison attacks drove the Otherworldly Demons’ God-tier forces toward collapse while Old Teng maintained the advantage at the Transcendent God tier.

Wu Shaozhen and Zi You fought a battered Transcendent God-tier Otherworldly Demon, and Wu Shaozhen killed him after Zi You weakened him. The demon forces lost hope of holding the battlefield when Hǔ Bēn learned that the Witch Venerable had been intercepted.

• One Transcendent God-tier Otherworldly Demon left Old Vine to attack Wu Shaozhen, while Old Vine pursued the demon who remained behind.
• The fleeing demon ambushed Wu Shaozhen, but Zi You emerged from the Pet Space and attacked him with Demon Spheres.
• Wu Shaozhen tried to strike the Transcendent God-tier demon but missed, then waited for an opening as Zi You pressured him.
• Zi You’s Demon Spheres sent the demon flying, allowing Wu Shaozhen to poison and finish him with a series of attacks.
• The Transcendent God-tier demon’s death shocked both armies, and Hǔ Bēn learned that the Witch Venerable had been intercepted and could not reinforce them.

Wu Shaozhen and the Human Race defeated the invading Otherworldly Demons, but the victory cost the Flame Emperor his life and left the human forces devastated. After killing Moye and gaining immense power, Wu Shaozhen searched for Bing Yu, who had disappeared after the battle.

• Wu Shaozhen killed a second Transcendent God-tier Otherworldly Demon, prompting Hǔ Bēn and the other surviving demons to retreat.
• Old Teng and the Flame Emperor cornered Moye and fought him until the Flame Emperor began to die from his failing body.
• The Flame Emperor told Wu Shaozhen that the Human Race had preserved its strength to wait for hope, then died as his body dissipated into flames.
• Wu Shaozhen helped Old Teng kill the grievously wounded Moye, raising his health to eight hundred million and bringing his other attributes to the God-tier caps.
• The Human Race mourned its enormous losses, and Wu Shaozhen asked Old Teng where Bing Yu had gone after she disappeared.

After the battle at Vermilion Bird City, Wu Shaozhen learned that the Witch Venerable had killed Azure Dragon City's ancestor and heard how close humanity and the Otherworldly Demons were to parity. The chapter ended with Wu Shaozhen revealing that he had killed another Transcendent God-tier Otherworldly Demon, reducing their remaining number to eleven.

• Wu Shaozhen failed to find the Ice and Snow Empress, and Zi You noted that the Empress had become colder and changed in appearance.
• Feng Yan thanked Wu Shaozhen for helping save Vermilion Bird City and offered the city's support to him.
• Chi Yu told Feng Yan that Azure Dragon City's ancestor had fallen after the Witch Venerable entered the battle.
• Feng Yan explained to Wu Shaozhen that humanity had lost two of its four ancestors and relied on the remaining ancestor and fifteen other Transcendent God-tier powerhouses.
• Chi Yu said the Otherworldly Demons had two supreme powerhouses and twelve other Transcendent God-tier powerhouses left, and Wu Shaozhen corrected him by revealing he had killed another one.

Wu Shaozhen learned that the Human Race still faced a Supreme-powerhouse disadvantage despite its greater numbers, and Feng Yan warned him to stay in Vermilion Bird City. After Wu settled into his new residence, the Ice and Snow Empress was ambushed by Hǔ Bēn and another Supreme powerhouse, who trapped her and attacked.

• Feng Yan explained that Supreme powerhouses could overwhelm Transcendent God-tier fighters, while Chi Yu revealed that the Witch Venerable had taken Azure Dragon City's ancestor's corpse to cultivate another Supreme powerhouse.
• Feng Yan warned Wu Shaozhen that the Otherworldly Demons would target him and gave him a residence in Vermilion Bird City; Wu asked her to search for Bing Yu.
• Wu toured the estate, summoned Old Teng and Zi You, and told them to choose rooms.
• The Ice and Snow Empress decided she should leave Wu for a while, but Hǔ Bēn appeared and revealed that he had marked her during their previous battle.
• Another Otherworldly Demon Supreme sealed the surrounding space as Hǔ Bēn attacked the Ice and Snow Empress.

Wu Shaozhen sensed through the contract that the Ice and Snow Empress was in danger and rushed to rescue her at Lone Shadow Peak. He escaped with her briefly, but two supreme Otherworldly Demons stopped them, leaving Old Teng and Zi You fighting to hold the enemies back.

• Wu Shaozhen sensed danger through the contract and learned from Zi You that the Ice and Snow Empress was likely in peril.
• Wu Shaozhen identified Lone Shadow Peak from an image in his vision and rushed there after Feng Yan's elder pointed out its location.
• At Lone Shadow Peak, the Ice and Snow Empress was badly wounded by two supreme Otherworldly Demons and prepared to die.
• Wu Shaozhen and Old Teng broke into the sealed space, and Wu Shaozhen carried the Ice and Snow Empress away on Old Teng's back.
• A spatial shift pulled Old Teng back, so Wu Shaozhen fled with the Ice and Snow Empress while Zi You blocked the demons' attacks.
• Old Teng and Zi You fought the two Otherworldly Demons but were soon suppressed.

Wu Shaozhen and the Ice and Snow Empress joined Old Teng and Zi You in holding off two Supreme Otherworldly Demons until seven Human Race powerhouses arrived. The demons fled, leaving the group to recover as the newcomers discussed the growing threat to the Human Race.

• Wu Shaozhen gave the recovering Ice and Snow Empress the source crystal, and she went to help Old Teng and Zi You fight the two Otherworldly Demons.
• The Ice and Snow Empress's arrival stabilized the battle, but all three fighters remained badly injured and struggled to hold their ground.
• Seven Transcendent God-tier powerhouses approached, prompting the two Otherworldly Demons to flee before Old Teng could pursue them.
• Zi You and the Ice and Snow Empress returned to their Pet Spaces to recover, while Wu Shaozhen and Old Teng met the arriving powerhouses.
• The powerhouses identified Mo Yuan as a newly risen Supreme who had devoured the Azure Dragon City Ancestor's corpse and remarked on the Human Race's worsening situation.

Zi You explained that Bing Yu’s original self and reborn self were struggling for control, and told Wu Shaozhen that his bond with her could help them reconcile. After several quiet days, adventurers from a Second-Tier Main City arrived in Golden Crow City, where guards escorted Karen and his group to the City Lord’s Manor.

• Zi You told Wu Shaozhen that the Ice and Snow Empress’s original personality had awakened and might either overwhelm Bing Yu or merge with her.
• Zi You said Wu Shaozhen was important to Bing Yu’s chances and advised him to win her over, while he resolved not to follow her riskiest suggestions.
• Wu Shaozhen and the others stayed home for several days as the continent entered a lull in the Otherworldly Demons’ attacks.
• Karen led his level-100 team through the special Teleportation Array from a Second-Tier Main City to Golden Crow City.
• After Karen boasted about building a new power base, city guards ordered him and his group to come to the City Lord’s Manor.

Karen and LGR arrived in a first-tier main city, where they discovered they were trapped in a dangerous place and could afford only a dilapidated house. As more adventurers reached the first-tier cities and were assigned to the army, Wu Shaozhen's companions in Jinling City decided to hunt a powerful monster in Africa to grow stronger before following them.

• Karen and the LGR adventurers learned from the city lord that the first-tier main city was perilous, then found they could not return to a second-tier city except under special circumstances.
• A soldier who asked whether they knew Dustseal led Karen's group to a filthy, rundown house, and they moved in after finding the inns too expensive.
• Adventurers began arriving in first-tier main cities, where they were given basic lodgings and required to join the army and fight when battles broke out.
• Young Master Huang asked when the group in Jinling City would go to a first-tier main city, and Guardian and Jun Lin said they would follow Wu Shaozhen's instruction to reach God-tier first.
• Dreamlight Dance urged the group to get stronger, and they decided to travel to the African Desert to hunt a powerful monster and seek divine artifacts.

Wu Shaozhen reunited with the core members of Unrivaled Three Kingdoms after they arrived in the first-tier cities seeking his protection, and he brought them to live at his estate. Feng Yan warned him that the Otherworldly Demons were preparing to attack Zhuhuai City, and Wu Shaozhen agreed to go there when the war began.

• Bing Yu recovered and joined Wu Shaozhen, Old Teng, and the steward for a game of Fight the Landlord.
• A soldier summoned Wu Shaozhen to the City Lord's Manor, where Feng Yan and the elders were questioning Dreaming of the Three Kingdoms, Cao Cao, Dian Wei, Three Kingdoms Liu Bei, and Three Kingdoms Guan Yu.
• Wu Shaozhen recognized the five members of Unrivaled Three Kingdoms and learned they had invoked his name after getting into trouble in White Tiger City.
• Feng Yan warned Wu Shaozhen that the Otherworldly Demons were gathering forces and likely planned to attack Zhuhuai City; Wu Shaozhen said he would go there when the time came.
• Wu Shaozhen brought the five back to his estate and invited them to stay, and they eagerly accepted.

Wu Shaozhen and the members of Unrivaled Three Kingdoms joined the defense of Zhuhuai City against an Otherworldly Demon invasion. After the human forces crushed the attackers, a messenger reported that Qiongqi City had fallen.

• Wu Shaozhen agreed to take the five members of Unrivaled Three Kingdoms to Zhuhuai City so they could grow stronger in battle.
• Old Teng revealed his true form as a Soaring Serpent and carried the group to Zhuhuai City, where human fighters had gathered to meet the invading demons.
• Wu Shaozhen learned that the enemy force included saint-tier and immortal-tier fighters but no detected god-tier fighters, then ordered the human god-tier powerhouses into battle.
• The human forces swiftly slaughtered the Otherworldly Demons, and the god-tier powerhouses questioned why the enemy had sent no god-tier fighters.
• A frail messenger flew to Zhu Ye and announced that Qiongqi City had fallen.