Arc 9Shiheng Enters Hell

After crowning Shi Hao and strengthening his laws, weapons, and combat abilities, Shiheng left Yulan for Hell. He began protecting the scattered humans of the Ancient Wilderness Border Region, and the arc ended with bandits confronting him, Yuan Xiao, and Yuan Su.

  • Shiheng forced the Lowgod who reneged on his wine deal to hand over the promised Divine Artifact, then secretly had Di Aotian kill the five villains and severed his ties to the Yulan Continent.
  • Shiheng returned to Kelan Imperial City, reunited with Kelin Xiaoman, and helped Shi Hao prepare to rule as Human Emperor, while Shi Hao received the Human Emperor Sword and Jade Seal.
  • Shi Hao ascended the throne, renamed the empire the Human Emperor Celestial Dynasty, and appointed Shiheng Grand Emperor as a distant divine presence took notice of him.
  • Shiheng forged four Transcendent Divine Artifacts with human faith, perfected their formation, and spent fifty years strengthening himself while the dynasty prospered.
  • Shiheng mastered Heavenly Manifestation, raised his strength to the Seven-Star Fiend level, and left for Hell alone after asking Ao Ditian to protect Yulan and his family.
  • In Hell, Shiheng stopped two deputy captains from abusing Yuan Su, then killed the captain and the garrison soldiers after the captain attacked newly arrived cultivators.
  • Shiheng learned that seven human tribes survived in the Ancient Wilderness Border Region and vowed to unite and protect them before seeking out two powerful humans on Hell’s central continent.
  • Shiheng carried Yuan Xiao, Yuan Su, and the other survivors toward the Withered Wood Human Race Tribe, but bandits blocked their shuttle and leered at Yuan Su.
Chapters 201–225 Vol. 3 Read

Ch. 201Keeping the Appointment

The Third Young Master of the Lin Family prepared to exchange a hundred thousand tons of wine for a divine artifact, trusting Shiheng to protect him. As the Lowgod and four Saint apex powerhouses arrived intending to deceive him, Shiheng had already overheard their plan, leaving the trade poised for a reversal.

  • The Third Young Master of the Lin Family waited at the City Lord's Mansion, convinced that Shiheng's protection made the dangerous trade safe.
  • A newly ascended Lowgod led four Saint apex powerhouses toward the border city to collect the wine.
  • The Lowgod revealed that he had never intended to give the Third Young Master a divine artifact and planned to offer a Saint magicite core instead.
  • The Lowgod explained that he wanted to avoid conflict with the Klan Empire's hidden God-level powers and ordered his companions to settle the trade peacefully.
  • Shiheng overheard the visitors' conversation and recognized their scheme before they reached the City Lord's Mansion.

Ch. 202Shiheng displayed his might

The Third Young Master of the Lin Family confronted a newly ascended Lowgod who broke his promise to pay a Divine Artifact for Border City's wine, offering only a Saint Magicite Core. When the Lowgod threatened him, Shiheng revealed his overwhelming divine power and answered the call for justice, leaving the Lowgod terrified.

  • The Lowgod arrived above the City Lord's Mansion with four Saint Apex experts and demanded the one hundred thousand tonnes of wine promised by the Third Young Master of the Lin Family.
  • After receiving confirmation that the wine was ready, the Lowgod offered a Saint Magicite Core instead of the promised Divine Artifact.
  • The Third Young Master of the Lin Family objected to the changed terms, but the Lowgod and his subordinate threatened him and the city.
  • The Third Young Master of the Lin Family declared that someone would seek justice for him, prompting the Lowgod to prepare to kill him.
  • Shiheng stepped out of a farmhouse courtyard, shattered the Lowgod's divine pressure, and said he would seek justice.
  • The Lowgod recognized Shiheng's power and realized that Border City held an existence he could not afford to provoke.

Ch. 203Subduing a god in Border City

Shiheng suppressed a newly ascended Lowgod and four Saint Apex experts in Border City, exposed the Lowgod’s fraud and betrayal of the Lin Family’s agreement, and demanded the promised Divine Artifact. The Lowgod surrendered his treasure to save himself and his followers, leaving the Third Young Master of the Lin Family relieved that his gamble had succeeded.

  • Shiheng’s pressure immobilized the Lowgod and his four Saint Apex followers, and he revealed that he knew the Lowgod had escaped from Gorba Prison.
  • The Lowgod bowed and begged Shiheng for mercy while the people of Border City and the Third Young Master of the Lin Family watched in shock.
  • Shiheng exposed how the Lowgod had reneged on his promise to pay for the city’s spirit wine and condemned his treatment of the mortals.
  • Shiheng demanded the promised Divine Artifact, giving the Lowgod the choice of fulfilling the agreement or remaining in Border City with his followers.
  • The Lowgod reluctantly handed over his Divine Artifact, and the Third Young Master of the Lin Family realized his gamble had succeeded.

Ch. 204Worldly Ties Severed

After punishing the five villains and leaving a cultivation method for Xiaoyuan’s family, Shiheng severed his worldly ties and flew toward Kelan Imperial City. His transformed Dao Heart strengthened his cultivation and advanced the fusion of his four laws.

  • Shiheng secretly ordered Di Aotian to kill the five villains at the Teleportation Array, and they died in the Far North Icefield.
  • Shiheng sent a complete Battle Qi cultivation method to Xiaoyuan’s family as his final act of worldly karma.
  • Shiheng severed his attachments to the Yulan Continent, broke through a barrier in his Dao Heart, and flew toward Kelan Imperial City.
  • During the journey, Shiheng’s laws of life, death, and Destruction began to advance, while his three-element law fusion progress rose past twenty points.
  • Shiheng completed the thousand-mile journey to Kelan Imperial City in an instant.

Ch. 205The drive to cultivate

Shiheng returned to Kelan Imperial City after settling his mortal karmic ties and reunited with Shi Hao and Kelin Xiaoman. He planned to stay in the city to protect humanity and consolidate his cultivation before pursuing a higher stage of the divine path.

  • Shiheng arrived above Kelan Imperial City, where Shi Hao and Kelin Xiaoman rose to welcome him home.
  • Shi Hao reported that order had returned after the war, though the casualties and damage would take a long time to recover from.
  • Shiheng told his family that severing his worldly ties had perfected his Dao Heart and advanced his laws, including the fusion of three variant laws to twenty points.
  • Shiheng said he would remain in Kelan Imperial City to oversee humanity's fortune and cultivate toward a breakthrough beyond the peak of Lowgod.
  • Shiheng reflected that he would grow stronger to clear the dangers awaiting Shi Hao and humanity across the myriad worlds.

Ch. 206A gift

After reuniting following more than a decade apart, Shiheng gave Kelin Xiaoman a necklace made from divine dragon sinew and a Water Spirit Crystal Core. The core transformed her perception of the Water Law and promised to strengthen her cultivation as they shared a tender night together.

  • Shiheng and Kelin Xiaoman reminisced about their separation and reunited in the palace bedchamber.
  • Shiheng presented Kelin Xiaoman with a necklace he had crafted from Ancient Divine Dragon sinew and a Water Spirit Crystal Core.
  • Shiheng placed the necklace around Kelin Xiaoman's neck, and the core immediately clarified her perception of the Water Law and strengthened her Great Way foundation.
  • Shiheng explained that the core held the source of the Water Element Great Way and would help Kelin Xiaoman comprehend its laws.
  • Kelin Xiaoman declared her love for Shiheng, and they spent the night together after their long separation.

Ch. 207The Human Emperor Sword Appeared

Shi Hao received a divine longsword from Shiheng, but a strand of Hongmeng Qi transformed it into a cracked, immensely heavy weapon stabilized by humanity’s faith. He named it the Human Emperor Sword, renamed the Clan-Suppressing Jade Seal the Human Emperor Jade Seal, and sensed the distant presence of Hongmeng as the sword’s cracks subtly widened.

  • Shi Hao visited Kelin Xiaoman and Shiheng after handling the affairs of state, and Shiheng praised Shi Hao’s soul and physical strength before giving him a divine core longsword.
  • Shi Hao bound the longsword with his divine blood, triggering a universe-wide tremor as Hongmeng sent a strand of Hongmeng Qi into the weapon.
  • The Hongmeng Qi cracked the longsword and threatened to destroy Shi Hao, his parents, and the planes, so Shi Hao used humanity’s faith through the Clan-Suppressing Jade Seal to stabilize it.
  • The stabilized sword became billions of times heavier and gained Hongmeng-level power, and Shiheng named it the Human Emperor Sword.
  • Shi Hao renamed the Clan-Suppressing Jade Seal the Human Emperor Jade Seal and reassured Kelin Xiaoman that the sword held no danger.
  • Shi Hao sensed Hongmeng beyond the universe and resolved to defy fate, while the cracks in the Human Emperor Sword widened slightly and a subtle Hongmeng fluctuation spread across the universe.

Ch. 208The Human Emperor Ascends the Throne (Part One)

With the Human Emperor Sword and Jade Seal recognizing Shi Hao, Kelin Xiaoman declared that he would ascend as the Klan Empire’s Human Emperor. The court unanimously approved the decision and began preparations for his coronation, leaving Shi Hao waiting for the auspicious day that would make his rule official.

  • Kelin Xiaoman told Shi Hao that the empire had recovered and announced that he would soon ascend the throne as Human Emperor.
  • Shi Hao accepted his mother’s decision, viewing the throne as a responsibility and resolving to choose his own path despite fate and the Heavenly Dao.
  • Kelin Xiaoman convened the central court and formally decreed that Shi Hao would become the Klan Empire’s new Human Emperor.
  • Grand Duke Kelin and the assembled officials knelt and called on Shi Hao to ascend, with no opposition from the court.
  • The ministers began arranging the coronation rites, altar, and celebrations, while Shi Hao watched as the court prepared for his coming accession.

Ch. 209The Human Emperor's Enthronement (Part Two)

Shi Hao ascended as the Human Emperor, and the Klan Empire became the Human Emperor Celestial Dynasty as his authority and power grew through humanity’s providence. The ceremony ended with a distant, powerful god marking Shi Hao as a target for when he entered a God-level Plane.

  • Kelin Xiaoman relinquished the throne and passed imperial authority to Shi Hao, who formally proclaimed himself Human Emperor before the people and officials.
  • Humanity’s providence surged into Shi Hao, the Heavenly Dao recognized his godhood, and his cultivation rose toward the Highgod barrier.
  • Shi Hao renamed the Klan Empire the Human Emperor Celestial Dynasty and declared that he would protect humans throughout the heavens.
  • Ao Ditian received humanity’s faith, mastered the four Water Element laws, and advanced to become a Seven-Level Demon Highgod.
  • Shi Hao appointed Shiheng Grand Emperor and Kelin Xiaoman Holy Mother, then granted offices and titles to the dynasty’s officials and nobles.
  • A supreme divine consciousness from a distant divine plane locked onto Shi Hao and vowed to confront him when he entered a God-level Plane.

Ch. 210Faith Weapon Forging

After Shi Hao established the Human Emperor Celestial Dynasty, Shiheng assessed his cultivation and weapon shortcomings and chose to use his share of the Human Race’s faith to forge his four life-bound battle blades. He entered secluded cultivation and began a new method of faith-based weapon forging.

  • Shi Hao received ninety percent of the Human Race’s faith, while Shiheng, Kelin Xiaoman, and Ao Ditian received shares according to their status and merit.
  • Shi Hao stabilized the empire, and Kelin Xiaoman entered the Stillmoon Divine Palace to consolidate her Lowgod realm and cultivate the Water Element Great Way.
  • Shiheng reviewed his laws, combat strength, and half-Highgod battle blades, deciding to focus on refining his weapons rather than seeking rapid breakthroughs.
  • Shiheng entered Taihuang’s secluded Secret Realm with his four battle blades and began forging them with the Human Race’s Power of Faith.

Ch. 211The transformation of the Four Blades

Shiheng used the Human Race’s power of faith to remake his four Life-Bound Battle Blades, breaking the limits of Coiling Dragon’s weapon-forging system and raising them to Transcendent Divine Artifacts. He left the Secret Realm with four intelligent, interlinked weapons whose formation could suppress and kill powerful Highgods.

  • Shiheng sealed himself inside the Taihuang Secret Realm with his four battle blades and prepared to transform them using the Human Race’s power of faith.
  • Shiheng fused the golden faith power into the blades, repairing their origins and raising them from half-Highgod Artifacts to Highgod Artifacts.
  • Shiheng continued tempering the blades in Human Dao Faith Sacred Flame, refining their runes and foundations until the faith power was exhausted.
  • The four blades broke through the limits of divine weapon grades and became Transcendent Divine Artifacts with independent Human Dao Artifact Souls.
  • The Four Blades revealed their shared origin and formed the Human Dao Four Extremes Annihilation Formation, which could suppress and kill even a Five-Star Fiend Highgod.
  • Shiheng opened his eyes, realizing that he had overturned Coiling Dragon’s established artifact-forging system.

Ch. 212Four Extremes Absolute-Kill Formation

Shiheng completed his four Human Dao divine blades and spent fifty years perfecting the Four Extremes Absolute-Kill Grand Formation, transforming his combat strength without advancing his realm. As the Human Emperor Celestial Dynasty prospered and a supreme deity watched the Yulan Continent, a long-dormant Forbidden Demon Eye began to open.

  • Shiheng forged four Transcendent Divine Artifacts, bound them to his soul and fortune, and achieved Human-Blade Unity.
  • Shiheng sealed the Secret Realm and spent fifty years harmonizing the blades, refining their formation, and perfecting the Four Extremes Absolute-Kill Grand Formation.
  • Shiheng concluded his seclusion with greatly increased combat strength, able to overwhelm opponents of his rank and potentially trap Seven-Level Demons.
  • Shi Hao ruled the prosperous Human Emperor Celestial Dynasty, Kelin Xiaoman reached Midgod, and Ao Ditian stabilized his seventh-level Highgod cultivation.
  • A supreme deity in the Dark Overgod Court continued to watch the Yulan Continent, unaware that Shiheng had become a major threat.
  • A Forbidden Demon Eye began to open in the unseen heavens as Shiheng's blades, formation, and Dao achieved perfect unity.

Ch. 213Emerging from Seclusion

After fifty years of protecting and stabilizing the Yulan Continent, Shiheng prepared to leave for the Hell Plane while Lin Feng chose to remain and care for his family and the younger generation. Shiheng and Lin Feng promised to reunite in Hell after Lin Feng settled his responsibilities.

  • Shiheng and the other experts eliminated or expelled the foreign deities who threatened the Yulan Continent, ushering in fifty years of peace and prosperity.
  • Tarrossa, the War God, Emperor Star, and their companions gathered for a farewell banquet before departing for the Hell Plane.
  • Tarrossa asked Shiheng and Lin Feng when they would travel to a divine Plane; Shiheng said he would leave soon, while Lin Feng planned to wait until Delia and Bebe were stronger.
  • Tarrossa and his companions flew toward the Teleportation Array in the Arctic Icefield, leaving Lin Feng and Shiheng alone.
  • Lin Feng praised Shiheng for protecting the continent, and Shiheng confirmed that his strength was perfected and the Material Plane could no longer help him advance.
  • Lin Feng agreed to remain in Yulan for now and promised to join Shiheng in Hell after settling his responsibilities; Shiheng prepared to depart on his journey across the myriad worlds.

Ch. 214Heavenly Manifestation

After fifty years of peace in Yulan, Shiheng prepared to leave for the Hell Plane, while Shi Hao urged him to learn a powerful Human Emperor secret art first. Shiheng entered seclusion to master Heavenly Manifestation, leaving the journey across the heavens poised to begin.

  • Shiheng returned to the imperial garden and reunited with Kelin Xiaoman and Shi Hao, whose cultivation and foundations had grown during fifty years of peace.
  • Shi Hao asked to leave Yulan and train in a higher Plane, but Shiheng forbade him, warning that the heavens would target his unique Human Emperor Dao Fruit and fortune.
  • Shi Hao taught Shiheng and Kelin Xiaoman Heavenly Manifestation, a Human Emperor secret art that increased their base fighting strength tenfold.
  • Shiheng entered the Human Emperor Celestial Dynasty's Fortune Secret Ground to perfect Heavenly Manifestation before departing for the Hell Plane.
  • Shi Hao and Kelin Xiaoman watched Shiheng's seclusion, while Shi Hao vowed to leave Yulan once his Human Emperor Dao Fruit reached perfection.

Ch. 215Ten years of cultivation, ten years of companionship

After ten years of cultivation and family companionship, Shiheng perfected Heavenly Manifestation, raising his physical strength to Highgod level and his combat power to the Seven-Star Fiend level. With his obligations in the mortal world fulfilled, he turned his gaze toward the Hell Plane and began his next campaign.

  • Shiheng sent his original body and his life, death, and destruction Divine Bodies into secluded cultivation to strengthen their respective paths, while his fate Divine Body stayed in Kelan Imperial City with Kelin Xiaoman and Shi Hao.
  • For ten years, Shiheng’s fate Divine Body accompanied Kelin Xiaoman’s cultivation and guided Shi Hao in the Human Emperor Great Way, while Shiheng suppressed his Fate Laws to preserve balance among the Four Laws.
  • Shiheng’s original body completed his mastery of Heavenly Manifestation and grew into a manifestation that towered across the Yulan Continent.
  • The perfected divine ability raised Shiheng’s body to rival a Highgod’s and his combat power to the Seven-Star Fiend level, shaking the Material Plane before he withdrew the manifestation.
  • With his cultivation consolidated and his family safe, Shiheng looked toward the Hell Plane and set out to begin his conquest across the heavens.

Ch. 216Heading to the Hell Plane

After perfecting Heavenly Manifestation, Shiheng prepared to enter Hell alone, promising Kelin Xiaoman and Shi Hao he would return within five hundred years. Before leaving, he tasked Ao Ditian with guarding Yulan and its people from the threats still hidden in Gorba Prison.

  • Shiheng used Heavenly Manifestation to reach early Seven-Star Fiend strength and became powerful enough to confront three Seven-Star Fiends at once.
  • Shiheng summoned the Frost Dragon, Grand Duke Kelin, Ao Ditian, Kelin Xiaoman, and Shi Hao, then announced that he would enter Hell alone.
  • Kelin Xiaoman and Shi Hao asked to accompany Shiheng, but he insisted on going alone and promised to return for them within five hundred years.
  • Kelin Xiaoman and Shi Hao agreed to wait for five hundred years before entering Hell themselves to find Shiheng if he had not returned.
  • Shiheng warned Ao Ditian that powerful prisoners remained in Gorba Prison and ordered him to guard Yulan, Kelin Xiaoman, and Shi Hao for five hundred years.
  • Ao Ditian swore a Dragon Race Blood Oath to protect Yulan as Shiheng set out alone for Hell.

Ch. 217Lin Feng, Bebe, and Doehring See Him Off

Shiheng prepared to leave the Human Emperor Celestial Dynasty for the Hell Plane, accepting supplies from Ao Ditian before traveling to the Far North Icefield. After Lin Feng, Bebe, and Doehring saw him off, Shiheng activated the Cross-boundary Teleportation Array and opened a passage to Hell.

  • Shiheng completed his arrangements for the Human Emperor Celestial Dynasty and set out for the Far North Icefield.
  • Ao Ditian gave Shiheng a Storage Ring filled with supplies for his journey through the Hell Plane.
  • Shiheng arrived at the Cross-boundary Teleportation Array, where Lin Feng, Bebe, and Doehring waited to see him off.
  • Lin Feng, Bebe, and Doehring thanked Shiheng and shared a conversation with him about the Dao; Doehring recounted how he had become an Earth God.
  • Shiheng bade farewell to the three men and activated the array, opening a passage to the Hell Plane.

Ch. 218Setting Foot in Hell

Shiheng entered Hell from the Yulan Plane and concealed his true strength while waiting with other newcomers for transport to nearby tribes. As the arrivals gathered, he noticed two human Lowgods who were close to completing the fusion of their laws.

  • Shiheng crossed the spatial passage and felt Hell’s laws awaken his dormant laws, loosening the bottleneck in his Destruction Laws.
  • Shiheng arrived in Hell and assessed its hostile landscape and powerful laws as a place where he could advance.
  • A Five-Star Fiend captain ordered Shiheng to wait ten days until the newcomers could be taken to nearby tribes, and Shiheng hid his true strength.
  • Three hundred foreign cultivators arrived during the wait, including two human Lowgods nearing completion of their law fusions.
  • Shiheng observed the talented human cultivators and reflected on the Human Race’s cultivation aptitude and lack of top-tier combat power.

Ch. 219Coveted by Highgods

Shiheng met the Yuanxia Plane siblings Yuan Xiao and Yuan Su aboard a Hell transport chariot, and they shared how they had reached the peak of the Lowgod realm. Their conversation was interrupted when two Four-Star Fiend Highgod deputy captains approached with malicious intentions toward Yuan Su.

  • The Hell garrison transported the newly arrived cultivators toward settlements on Hell's outskirts in a fortified Metal Lifeform chariot.
  • Yuan Xiao and Yuan Su introduced themselves to Shiheng and explained how human fortune had helped them reach the peak of the Lowgod realm before their plane's limits stalled their progress.
  • The siblings said they had crossed into Hell to seek a breakthrough to Midgod and to witness the powerful beings of the Higher Plane.
  • Shiheng described his rise from a commoner through relentless cultivation and bloody battles, and the three human Lowgods grew close as they exchanged experiences.
  • Two Four-Star Fiend Highgod deputy captains watched Yuan Su with lust and discussed exploiting the travelers, then approached the trio and released their pressure over the compartment.

Ch. 220An Ant's Insolence

Two four-star Highgod demon deputy captains threatened Yuan Su and attacked Yuan Xiao when he tried to protect her. Shiheng intervened, effortlessly erased a deputy captain’s attack, and prepared to lay down his own rules.

  • The deputy captains used their power to threaten Yuan Su and demanded she go with them to the rear cabin.
  • Yuan Xiao defended his sister, but one deputy captain shattered his Earth Element Fusion Law and injured him.
  • Shiheng ordered the demons to stop, then stood firm as the other deputy captain attacked him with demonic flames.
  • Shiheng silently dissolved the flames using his four layers of rules, leaving the demons stunned.
  • Shiheng told the deputy captains that it was his turn to lay down the rules, while concealing his true power.

Ch. 221Divine Might Subdued the Demons

Shiheng effortlessly stopped two attacks from the demon deputy captains, exposing power far beyond that of a Lowgod and confronting them over their abuse of authority. As the two demons realized they had provoked a hidden powerhouse, the peak five-star Highgod Guiding Army captain arrived to investigate the commotion.

  • Shiheng questioned the two demon deputy captains for bullying and threatening Yuan Su while abusing their authority.
  • The right deputy captain launched a full-strength attack with countless demonic blades, but Shiheng froze and dissolved them using his Four Supreme Laws.
  • The deputy captains recognized that Shiheng could not be an ordinary Lowgod, and Shiheng asked whether they now understood who the real insects were.
  • The peak five-star Highgod Guiding Army captain arrived and demanded to know what was happening.

Ch. 222Four Blades Subdue Hell

Shiheng unleashed four transcendent divine battle blades after the Hell garrison captain attacked him, annihilating seventeen garrison soldiers and subduing three fiend officers. He spared the officers to learn who controlled the region and where the surviving human tribes in Hell’s outskirts gathered.

  • The peak Five-Star Fiend captain arrived, accepted his deputies’ accusations against Shiheng, and unleashed a Death Domain that killed dozens of newly arrived nonhuman cultivators.
  • Shiheng’s anger hardened as he recognized the danger to himself, Yuan Xiao, and Yuan Su, and he released his full power through four transcendent divine battle blades.
  • Shiheng’s Blade Domain crushed the captain’s power, restrained the three fiend officers, and annihilated the other seventeen Hell garrison soldiers.
  • Shiheng questioned the three surviving officers about who controlled the region and where the human tribes in Hell’s outskirts gathered, threatening to destroy their Divine Souls if they lied.

Ch. 223The Human Race's Remnant Lands

Shiheng learned that the Ancient Wilderness Border Region held seven scattered, oppressed human tribes and vowed to unite and protect them. After extracting information about Hell and its forces from the garrison, he killed all twenty soldiers and set out to establish the Human Race in Hell.

  • The Five-Star Fiend captain told Shiheng that they were in Hell’s Ancient Wilderness Border Region, governed from afar by the Demon City of Reception.
  • The captain revealed that seven small human tribes survived in the region, isolated, impoverished, and threatened by fiend tribes.
  • Shiheng vowed to unite and protect the frontier’s humans, while the fiends warned that the tribes were weak and divided.
  • When the captain threatened him with the power of the Demon City of Reception, Shiheng soul-searched the three surviving officers and learned about Heaven-Breaking Prefecture and its forces.
  • Shiheng annihilated the captain and his two deputies, completing the destruction of all twenty garrison soldiers aboard the carriage.
  • Shiheng declared that he would gather the surviving human tribes, protect them, and establish the Human Race in Hell.

Ch. 224Heading to the human tribes

After learning that Shi Hao’s rise as Human Emperor had helped two humans become Seven-Star Fiends in Hell’s central territories, Shiheng vowed to protect humanity in the Ancient Border Region. As the damaged war chariot descended, he ordered Yuan Xiao and Yuan Su to help unite the seven scattered human tribes and establish a foothold.

  • Shiheng revealed that Shi Hao’s Human Emperor fortune had helped two human powerhouses break through to Seven-Star Fiend strength in Hell’s central continents.
  • Yuan Su and Yuan Xiao explained how those figures had changed the major races’ treatment of humans, while the Ancient Border Region remained neglected and dangerous.
  • Shiheng vowed to become the guardian of the frontier humans and protect the seven surviving tribes.
  • The damaged war chariot began falling toward the Ancient Border Region, and Shiheng ordered Yuan Xiao and Yuan Su to unite their group of one hundred and twenty with the scattered humans.
  • Shiheng planned to secure humanity’s foothold in the frontier before visiting the two Seven-Star Fiends on Hell’s central continent.

Ch. 225Bandits on the Road

After destroying the Hell garrison, Shiheng led the surviving Human Race cultivators toward the Withered Wood Human Race Tribe in a Laws Shuttle. Bandits blocked their route and targeted Yuan Su, leaving Shiheng and his companions facing a new confrontation.

  • Shiheng collected the garrison soldiers’ Storage Rings, unlocking nineteen and setting aside the captain’s still-sealed ring.
  • Shiheng restored the Purple Blood Fiend's Metal Lifeform core into a Laws Shuttle and carried the survivors toward the Withered Wood Human Race Tribe.
  • Shiheng and the other Divine Clones cultivated during the journey, which continued for half a month across the Ancient Wilderness Border Region.
  • Thirty bandits blocked the shuttle and demanded that its passengers surrender their Storage Rings.
  • Shiheng, Yuan Xiao, and Yuan Su stepped outside while two of Shiheng’s Divine Clones stayed behind to protect the Human Race cultivators.
  • The bandits mistook the three for weak Lowgods, then laughed and leered at Yuan Su.
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