Chapter Summaries

Jiang Yang, calling himself Taiyi, traveled to Shangqiu to recruit the Dark Bird into the Demon Race, and the Dark Bird agreed rather than risk a battle. He then revealed his power to the Shang people and declared that he would become the Great Sun and shelter all living beings.

• Jiang Yang arrived at Shangqiu and learned that the Dark Bird had guarded the Shang Tribe for thousands of years.
• Jiang Yang transformed into a Golden Crow, met the Dark Bird above the great tree, and invited him to join the Demon Race.
• The Dark Bird agreed to join, unwilling to endanger Shangqiu by fighting Jiang Yang.
• Zheng led Shang transcendent warriors to support the Dark Bird, but the Dark Bird explained that Taiyi had invited him to join the Demon Race safely.
• Jiang Yang rose above Shangqiu, dispelled the clouds with his divine power, and declared that he would become the Great Sun and shelter all living beings.

Di Jun challenged Peng, Lord of the North Sea, after his demons clashed with Peng’s subjects and Peng refused to join the Demon Race. As Peng unleashed the North Sea against him, Di Jun revealed a vision of the Ancient Times God King and invoked a technique that faintly resembled Jiang Yang.

• Di Jun traveled to the North Sea, subdued many beasts, and invited Peng to join the Demon Race, but Peng refused.
• Di Jun’s demons repeatedly clashed with the North Sea Beast Race, whose members appealed to Peng for justice.
• Peng confronted Di Jun and demanded that he leave the North Sea, but Di Jun again urged him to join the Demon Race.
• Peng attacked Di Jun, and their battle sent the North Sea’s waters surging into the sky as Great Sun True Fire boiled the sea.
• Peng trapped Di Jun between two vast North Seas and sent the waters crashing down upon him.
• Di Jun invoked “God King Descends upon the Nine Heavens,” revealing a majestic figure resembling Jiang Yang, who sensed the event while cultivating on the Sky Divine Throne.

Di Jun defeated Peng with a divine ability inspired by God King Jiang and persuaded him to join the Demon Race. Peng asked about the race’s powerful members, while Vermilion Bird continued searching the southern mountains for the elusive Nine-Colored Divine Deer.

• Di Jun defeated Peng by summoning a phantom of God King Jiang, and Peng conceded the fight.
• Di Jun told Peng that his victory meant Peng had to join the Demon Race, and Peng honored their wager.
• Di Jun named Taiyi and Vermilion Bird as powerful figures allied with the Demon Race, impressing Peng with Vermilion Bird’s reputation.
• Vermilion Bird searched the southern mountains for the Nine-Colored Divine Deer but had not found her.

Vermilion Bird tracked the Nine-Colored Divine Deer to Distant Cloud Mountain and asked her to join the Demon Race. The Lord Among the Clouds appeared on the Deer's behalf and refused, leaving Vermilion Bird facing the powerful guardian.

• Vermilion Bird spent weeks searching the southern mountains and learned that the Nine-Colored Divine Deer was on Distant Cloud Mountain.
• Vermilion Bird flew to Distant Cloud Mountain and called for the Nine-Colored Divine Deer to meet her.
• The Nine-Colored Divine Deer worried that refusing the Demon Race could bring trouble, and her friend Brother Yun promised to protect her.
• The Lord Among the Clouds appeared before Vermilion Bird and declared that the Nine-Colored Divine Deer would not join the Demon Race.
• Vermilion Bird asked who he was, and the Lord Among the Clouds identified himself.

Jiang Yang arrived in the Southern Wilderness and revealed himself as Taiyi, the Golden Crow of the Demon Race, after interrupting the nine-day battle between the Lord of the Clouds and the Vermilion Bird. He asked the Lord of the Clouds to join the Demon Race.

• The Vermilion Bird demanded to meet the Nine-Colored Divine Deer, but the Lord of the Clouds refused and told her to leave.
• The Vermilion Bird attacked the Lord of the Clouds, and their battle filled the skies with fire, clouds, and mist for nine days and nights.
• The Nine-Colored Divine Deer prepared to intervene, but a brilliant Great Sun dispelled the clouds and flames.
• Jiang Yang appeared in the sky, announced himself as Taiyi, the Golden Crow of the Demon Race, and called out to the Lord of the Clouds.
• Jiang Yang asked the Lord of the Clouds to join the Demon Race.

Jiang Yang and the Vermilion Bird recruited the Nine-Colored Divine Deer and the Lord of the Clouds into the Demon Race, giving them a method to transform into human form. After using it, the pair appeared as humans and took each other’s hands, while Jiang Yang and the Vermilion Bird realized they had helped their love find fulfillment.

• The Nine-Colored Divine Deer arrived and asked Jiang Yang and the Vermilion Bird what the Demon Race stood for.
• The Vermilion Bird explained the Demon Race’s mission, and the Nine-Colored Divine Deer agreed to join.
• The Lord of the Clouds agreed to join as well and promised to protect Jiu'er if the Demon Race went to war.
• Jiang Yang warned the pair not to harm humans unless attacked first, and gave them the Demon Race’s Transformation Method.
• The Nine-Colored Divine Deer and the Lord of the Clouds transformed into human forms, took each other’s hands, and prompted Jiang Yang and the Vermilion Bird to remark that they had helped love find fulfillment.

Di Jun, Taiyi, and the Vermilion Bird gathered the growing Demon Race at Mount Tai to establish the Demon Court and set rules for its members. Di Jun named himself and Taiyi Demon Emperors and the Vermilion Bird Demon Sage, then asked whether anyone objected.

• Di Jun, Taiyi, and the Vermilion Bird led their recruits to Mount Tai, where the gathered beasts discovered the mountain’s ancient Dao resonance.
• Di Jun announced that Mount Tai would become the Demon Court and declared three rules for the Demon Race.
• Jiang Yang explained that demons must not harm humans because the gods loved them, quieting the puzzled members.
• Di Jun declared himself and Taiyi Demon Emperors and the Vermilion Bird Demon Sage, then asked the assembly for objections.

Jiang Yang subdued the Demon Race’s unruly leaders, and Di Jun led the newly united demons in killing the great Fierce Beasts and cleansing the world of them. As humanity’s kingdoms developed in the East, the Devil Ghost Race conquered the West and launched an invasion toward the East.

• Peng challenged Di Jun’s leadership, so Jiang Yang transformed into a Three-Legged Golden Crow and defeated the demons who attacked him, winning their submission.
• Di Jun announced that the Demon Race would hunt the four great Fierce Beasts, and he silently vowed to fulfill his promise to Zhuanxu.
• Over the next few months, Di Jun, Taiyi, the Vermilion Bird, Peng, and the Lord of the Clouds led forces that killed Hundun, Qiongqi, Taowu, and Taotie.
• The Demon Race hunted down all Fierce Beasts and issued a decree regulating Divine Beasts and inviting intelligent Strange Beasts to register at Mount Tai.
• Si Jie believed Heaven had removed the Fierce Beasts because of his virtue, then neglected his duties and became tyrannical as Tang rose to prominence in the Shang Tribe.
• The Devil Ghost Race conquered the West, built its forces, and began an eastern campaign despite the legends of the Divine Court.

Cheng Tang used Dark Bird’s account of Heavenly Emperor Jiang to claim a divine ancestry for the Shang Tribe, conquer the Xia Dynasty, and establish the Shang Dynasty. As Jiang Yang became friends with Tang in West Bo, a captured azure bird escaped the Devil Ghost Race’s eastern expedition and warned the Demon Court of its plans.

• Dark Bird told Tang that the Shang Tribe descended from Heavenly Emperor Jiang, and Tang declared the Heavenly Emperor its great ancestor.
• Tang conquered Xia’s vassal states, defeated Jie of Xia, and founded the Shang Dynasty with West Bo as its capital.
• Jiang Yang visited Tang in West Bo, approved of his character, and stayed for several years as they became friends.
• The Devil Ghost Race’s eastern army captured a demon on a plateau and planned to sacrifice him.
• The azure bird escaped and warned the Demon Court that the army intended to conquer the eastern world and enslave its inhabitants.

Di Jun learned that the Devil Ghost Race was advancing east with an army and summoned the Demon Race to prepare for war. The leaders agreed to launch a western campaign, while Jiang Yang set out to recruit Shang Tang’s army and planned to forge a warning bell after the battle.

• During his rotation at the Demon Court, Di Jun heard Azure Bird’s report that the Devil Ghost Race was approaching and recognized the danger.
• Di Jun and Vermilion Bird told the assembled demons that the Devil Clan intended to conquer the eastern lands and enslave its inhabitants.
• Jiang Yang declared that the Demon Race would march west, and Di Jun and Vermilion Bird agreed to lead the campaign with him.
• Jiang Yang said he would go to West Bo to recruit Shang Tang’s army and told Lord of the Clouds to lead the eastern demons under his command.
• Jiang Yang proposed forging a bell for Mount Tai to warn the world of future invasions, and Di Jun and Vermilion Bird pledged to help.

Jiang Yang gathered the Shang Dynasty army and forces summoned by the Kunlun Order to oppose the invading Devil Clan. As both armies prepared to meet on the plateau, the Devil Clan marshal ordered his forces to advance and crush the eastern army.

• Jiang Yang visited Shang Tang in West Bo and asked him to resettle western humans after their defeat, and Shang Tang agreed to send his son and an army on the campaign.
• Shang Tang's son led an elite army northwest alongside Jiang Yang and the Dark Bird.
• Jiang Yang and the Shang Dynasty army reached the plateau, where Di Jun and the Vermilion Bird had gathered Demon Race troops, divine beasts, strange beasts, and demigods.
• The Lord of the Clouds reported that the Devil Ghost Race had eighteen hundred fighters, many beasts, and tens of thousands of western humans, and estimated they would engage in about three days.
• After learning that another human army had arrived in the eastern camp, the Devil Clan marshal ordered his army to rest for two hours and then advance at full speed.

Jiang Yang led the Demon Race and the Shang Dynasty to victory over the Devil Clan and captured its commander. After learning that the Devil Ghost Race planned to retaliate, he persuaded Di Jun and Vermilion Bird to press westward and destroy the Devil Clan’s remaining forces on Earth.

• Jiang Yang considered the Devil Clan’s world as a possible refuge for the Demon Race when spiritual power vanished from Earth.
• The Devil Clan and the eastern forces began a fierce battle across the river, with Jiang Yang joining the fight in his Golden Crow form.
• Jiang Yang defeated and captured the Devil Clan commander, causing the devil army to flee while the demons and Shang Dynasty troops took prisoners.
• The captured commander warned that the Devil Ghost Race would return to avenge its defeat, so Jiang Yang proposed a westward campaign.
• Di Jun and Vermilion Bird agreed with Jiang Yang, and the demon army continued west after the Shang Dynasty’s troops returned.

After the Divine Realm defeated the Xuanye Court, Jiang Yang entered seclusion to pursue the seventh step, while the Demon Race drove the Devil Ghost Race from Earth. Jiang Yang then found materials for divine artifacts and began forging the bell as the great demons discussed an attack on the Devil Realm.

• The Divine Realm defeated the Xuanye Court when Jiang Yang killed Xiao Xuanye, annexed its territory, and entered seclusion to break through to the seventh step.
• In future space-time, a supreme emperor sensed that a timeline had failed, while a purple-haired woman at the Heroic Spirit Hall said the path to Supreme was nearly complete and there would be no second chance.
• The Demon Race's three lords led their people west, defeating the Devil Ghost Race's reinforcements when the Demon Emperor burned their strongest warrior to ashes.
• After the Devil Ghost Race fled Earth, Jiang Yang discussed attacking the Devil Realm with Di Jun, Vermilion Bird, Peng, the Lord of the Clouds, and the other great demons.
• Jiang Yang discovered materials for forging divine artifacts in the Devil Ghost Race's treasury and began casting the bell.

Jiang Yang forged a brass Divine Artifact intended to safeguard the Demon Race after his Golden Crow body died, then used a super AI and his own blood to give it intelligence and power. After the Demon Race prepared to invade the Devil world, Jiang Yang named the finished artifact the Demon Emperor Bell atop Mount Tai.

• Jiang Yang forged the bell's body, decorated it with elemental essences, and spent ten years tracing formations across its surface.
• Di Jun told Jiang Yang that a high-ranking Devil Clan captive had revealed the location of the Devil Ghost Race's Space-Time world beneath the far western sea, and Jiang Yang set a date to march on it in ten years.
• Jiang Yang asked Di Jun to gather a beam of Northern Lights and ten-thousand-year-old ice, then realized he could use a super AI to grant the bell intelligence.
• Jiang Yang retrieved a super AI from the Kunlun Refuge and integrated it into the bell, completing the artifact.
• Atop Mount Tai, Jiang Yang tempered the bell with his golden-red blood for three days and nights, then struck it and announced that he had forged the Demon Emperor Bell.

Ten years after the Demon Emperor Bell made Mount Tai famous, Di Jun rallied the Demon Race to launch a campaign against the Devil Ghost Race. Jiang Yang struck the bell, and the ten thousand demons marched toward the Devil World.

• The Demon Emperor Bell’s toll spread across the world, making Mount Tai and Jiang Yang renowned.
• Ten years later, ten thousand Demon Race warriors assembled above Mount Tai with Di Jun, Taiyi, and Vermilion Bird.
• Di Jun declared that the Demon Race would attack the Devil World and promised rewards for killing Devils.
• The Demon Race roared its oath to destroy the Devil Clan and its realm.
• Jiang Yang struck the Demon Emperor Bell, and the Demon Race set out for war.

Tushan Yi struggled to survive as the western demon army neared defeat in the Devil Realm. Just as he prepared to die fighting, Demon Emperor Taiyi arrived, giving him hope that the army could be saved.

• Tushan Yi recovered amid a battlefield of corpses after losing an eye and six tails in combat with two devils.
• Tushan Yi saw the Devil Lord Alliance overwhelm the western demon army and trap Vermilion Bird and Lord of the Clouds in the sky.
• Tushan Yi recalled how Di Jun, Jiang Yang, and Vermilion Bird had led the Demon Race into the Devil Realm and divided their forces to attack the Devil Clan.
• Tushan Yi picked up a saber and resolved to die fighting for the Tu Shan Nine-Tailed Fox Clan.
• Taiyi arrived carrying a great brass bell, and Tushan Yi recognized the Demon Emperor and cried that they were saved.

Jiang Yang appeared on the battlefield as Demon Emperor Taiyi and freed Vermilion Bird and Lord of the Clouds from the five Devil lords. When the Devils tried to retreat, he used his bell to bring down their army, leaving the Demon Race cheering for victory.

• Jiang Yang arrived above the battlefield, and the Demon Race recognized him as their emperor while the Devil Ghost Race lost morale.
• Demon Emperor Taiyi shattered the Devils' cage, freeing Vermilion Bird and Lord of the Clouds and forcing the five Devil lords to retreat.
• The Devil army began withdrawing after a gong sounded, and Tushan Yi and other Demon Race fighters pursued them.
• Demon Emperor Taiyi declared that none of the Devils would leave and tolled his bell three times.
• The Devils fell from the sky, and the Demon Race celebrated their emperor's victory.

Jiang Yang rescued the western army from the Devil Ghost Race’s trap and folded its campaign into his central army. He granted Tushan Yi the battlefield as Qingqiu, a territory where he could honor his fallen brothers and comrades.

• Jiang Yang defeated the Devil Ghost Race’s ambush on the central army’s route, captured its chief librarian, and learned that the western army faced another trap.
• Jiang Yang rushed to the western army and used his bell to rescue its survivors, though two-thirds of its demons had died.
• Jiang Yang found that Vermilion Bird and Lord of the Clouds were exhausted but unharmed, then incorporated the western army into his central army.
• Jiang Yang promised the surviving warriors territory if the Demon Race conquered the Devil World.
• Tushan Yi asked to receive the battlefield as territory so he could build tombs for his fallen brothers and comrades.
• Jiang Yang named the battlefield Qingqiu and granted it to Tushan Yi, who vowed that the Tu Shan Clan of Qingqiu would fight for the Demon Race.

Jiang Yang rallied the Demon Race by promising territory and titles to those who helped defeat the devils. Three months later, Di Jun, Vermilion Bird, and Taiyi faced the Devil Monarch’s army on the Blood-Colored Plains, where the Devil Monarch recalled the coup that founded his dynasty and his vow to defeat the gods.

• Jiang Yang declared Tushan Yi the first Demon King and promised that other demons could rule territories after victory over the devils.
• Jiang Yang ordered the wounded to stay behind and led the able demons to attack the devils’ main force.
• Three months later, Di Jun, Vermilion Bird, and Taiyi stood with more than ten thousand demons opposite the Devil Monarch and his army on the Blood-Colored Plains.
• The Devil Monarch remembered overthrowing the previous Devil Royal Clan after it refused to invade Earth.
• The Devil Monarch recalled promising the former Devil King that he would one day gain the power to defeat gods.

The Devil King led his elite Transcendent Devils into battle against the Demon Race, confident they would become the true masters of the earth. As the charge began, Jiang Yang rang the Brass Great Bell, and its toll filled the battlefield with terror.

• The Devil King dismissed the old king's warning and declared that the devils would one day replace the gods.
• The Devil King praised his loyal Transcendent Devils and ordered them to attack the Demon Race, promising promotions for kills.
• The devil army charged while Di Jun asked Jiang Yang to make the opening move.
• Jiang Yang rang the Brass Great Bell, sending waves across the battlefield and filling the devil warriors with fear.