Chapter Summaries

Wu Shaozhen traveled from Taotie City to Ten Thousand Beasts City to hunt Otherworldly Demons and improve his strength. After he and Old Teng slaughtered hundreds of Immortal-tier demons, they fled when more than fifty God-tier demons and over a thousand Saint-tier demons arrived, but the enemy leaders pursued them.

• Wu Shaozhen chose the demon-occupied Ten Thousand Beasts City as his destination and traveled there with the Ice and Snow Empress, who refused to join the fight.
• Wu Shaozhen summoned Old Teng, and the two killed huge numbers of low-tier Otherworldly Demons inside the ruined city.
• Wu Shaozhen flew into a group of several hundred Immortal-tier demons and killed them with his poison attacks.
• More than fifty God-tier demons and over a thousand Saint-tier demons emerged, so Wu Shaozhen and Old Teng retreated without using spatial skills.
• The God-tier demons found the devastation and chased after Wu Shaozhen and Old Teng.

Wu Shaozhen fled the pursuing God-tier Otherworldly Demons after Zi You refused to help, then used his new toxin skill to kill two pursuers instantly. Old Teng carried him away as the remaining demons resumed the chase, and Wu Shaozhen prepared to face them again.

• Old Teng carried Wu Shaozhen away from the Otherworldly Demons, but the pursuers soon caught up using spatial skills.
• Wu Shaozhen summoned Zi You for help, but she refused to fight unless he agreed to forget what had happened in the valley, so he and Old Teng fled.
• The God-tier Otherworldly Demons used Space Crossing to catch Wu Shaozhen, who attacked with Shadow Annihilation and found two demons unable to use Enter the Void.
• Wu Shaozhen applied ten poison stacks to the two demons and detonated the toxin, killing them instantly before escaping with Old Teng.
• The Otherworldly Demons examined the bodies but found no cause of death, then decided to continue chasing and seal off space when they caught Wu Shaozhen.
• Old Teng asked how Wu Shaozhen had killed the demons, and Wu Shaozhen explained that he had just gained a talent skill before suggesting they let the pursuers catch up.

Wu Shaozhen and Old Teng fought the God-tier Otherworldly Demons, killing more than a dozen before escaping their Spatial Lockdown. They pursued the survivors, and Wu Shaozhen launched another attack, leaving the battle against seventeen demons unresolved as he used Vanish to approach them.

• Wu Shaozhen used Shadow Annihilation and Poison Detonation to kill more than a dozen Otherworldly Demons trapped by their own Spatial Lockdown.
• Wu Shaozhen shattered the lockdown with the Void-Piercing Thorn, escaped with Lightning Flash, and Old Teng carried him away.
• The surviving demons fled toward the Main City to report to Lord Huben, while Wu Shaozhen and Old Teng followed them and waited for Shadow Annihilation to recover.
• Wu Shaozhen caught up with the demons and used Shadow Annihilation, but the rear group entered the void, so he trapped seventeen others in Spacetime Domain instead.
• The seventeen demons nearly killed Wu Shaozhen, triggering his Death Substitute, and he activated Vanish to sneak toward them.

Wu Shaozhen killed the seventeen God-tier Otherworldly Demons trapped in his Spacetime Domain, then pursued the survivors with Old Teng. He ambushed the fleeing demons near Ten Thousand Beasts City while Old Teng agreed to hold them off until Wu Shaozhen's skills were ready.

• Wu Shaozhen used poison and his combat skills to kill the seventeen Otherworldly Demons inside his Spacetime Domain, with his Three Clones helping him hold off their attacks.
• Wu Shaozhen dispelled the domain and learned the demons outside had fled; Old Teng joined him, and they set off after them.
• Old Teng used Spatial Warp to catch up with the nineteen fleeing Otherworldly Demons near Ten Thousand Beasts City, where they threatened Wu Shaozhen with Lord Hǔ Bēn.
• Wu Shaozhen told Old Teng to engage the demons while he prepared to ambush them from behind, and Old Teng attacked with his tail.

Wu Shaozhen and Old Teng killed most of the pursuing Otherworldly Demons, but Hǔ Bēn arrived and confronted them. Zi You stepped in to fight Hǔ Bēn, while the five surviving demons fled toward Ten Thousand Beasts City.

• Old Teng shielded Wu Shaozhen as they fought the Otherworldly Demons, and Wu Shaozhen killed seven or eight of them with surprise attacks.
• The remaining demons fled, but Old Teng pursued them and Wu Shaozhen poisoned them until only five remained near Ten Thousand Beasts City.
• Hǔ Bēn emerged from a spatial rift and sealed Wu Shaozhen and Old Teng in place, then prepared to kill them.
• Zi You appeared, freed Wu Shaozhen and Old Teng, and warned that she might not be able to defeat Hǔ Bēn while her energy remained unsettled.
• Hǔ Bēn attacked Zi You with spatial rifts and ordered the five surviving demons to kill Wu Shaozhen and Old Teng, but they refused and fled toward Ten Thousand Beasts City.

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.