Chapter Summaries

At a ceremony attended by the Demon Race, Jiang Yang was crowned and declared himself the Demon Emperor. His proclamation established a new order, as his overwhelming aura swept across heaven and earth.

• The Demon Race gathered at a vast altar on the plain beneath Zhou Mountain to witness Jiang Yang's enthronement.
• Baize recounted how Jiang Yang united the Eastern Wasteland, founded the Demon Race and Demon Court, and taught the Yao Arts.
• Baize called on the universe, Starsea, mountains, rivers, seas, sky, and Sun to bear witness as a crown formed above Jiang Yang.
• Jiang Yang sat upon the Sun's Throne and declared himself the Demon Emperor.
• Jiang Yang's aura shattered Space-Time and filled the Demon Race with reverence.

Jiang Yang was crowned Demon Emperor, regained his Eighth Step cultivation, and established the Demon Court by appointing 365 Demon Kings. The ceremony ended with a promise of future conquests and a feast beneath the stars.

• Baize led the Demon Race in nine bows to Jiang Yang, whose cultivation recovered and whose Eighth Step aura spread across the world.
• Jiang Yang declared himself Demon Emperor and ordered the appointment of 365 Demon Kings and the founding of 365 Demon Kingdoms.
• Baize read the list of Demon Kings, including Peng, Baize, Chongming Bird, and Black Wind.
• Jiang Yang placed the Demon Kings under his protection and said they could be replaced for grave wrongdoing or loss of strength.
• Jiang Yang announced plans to form a Demon Race Army and conquer the Northern Wasteland and Central Lands, renewing the ambitions of disappointed demons.
• Baize declared the ceremony complete and invited everyone to celebrate with wine and meat beneath the stars.

Tai Shang saw Jiang Yang ascend as Demon Emperor and realized he would fall behind, so he entered sudden enlightenment and advanced to the Eighth Step. With the Immortal Clan’s confidence restored, he announced plans to establish the Immortal Court and become its emperor.

• Tai Shang witnessed Jiang Yang’s coronation and recognized that Jiang Yang’s power exceeded the Seventh Step, threatening the Immortal Clan’s future.
• Tai Shang entered sudden enlightenment and emerged thirty years later having reached the Eighth Step, which he named the Dao Lord realm.
• The Immortal Clan’s anxiety eased when Tai Shang’s aura matched Taiyi’s.
• Tai Shang proclaimed that he would establish the Immortal Court and ascend the throne in the Jade Capital one hundred years later.

Baize arrived at the Heroic Spirit Throne and agreed to fight for Human Civilization after learning of its desperate war. He learned that Demon Emperor Taiyi was traveling through the Space-Time River, and a woman who called herself Taiyi’s old acquaintance asked Baize to tell her stories about him.

• Baize arrived at the Heroic Spirit Throne and was told that Heroic Spirits endlessly fought for Human Civilization on a battlefield at the end of the River of Time.
• Baize agreed to fight for Human Civilization, saying his devotion to the cause came from Demon Emperor Taiyi.
• Baize asked whether Taiyi was still alive, and a black-robed figure told him Taiyi was traveling toward the future through the Space-Time River.
• The hooded woman revealed her beautiful face and asked Baize to tell her stories about Taiyi, identifying herself as an old acquaintance of his.

Upon the Heroic Spirit Throne, Baize told a golden-brown-haired woman stories about Jiang Yang, describing his devotion to the Demon Race and the loneliness beneath his reputation. The chapter ended in the Third Epoch with Jiang Yang standing in the rain at Baize’s grave, mourning the sovereign-subject bond they had shared for a hundred thousand years.

• Baize was surprised by the beauty of the Black-Robed People’s leader, who asked him to speak about Jiang Yang.
• Baize described Jiang Yang as a lonely ruler who remained alone despite the many women who sought his favor.
• Baize recounted how Jiang Yang honored a hundred thousand demons killed in battle by building a tomb and keeping vigil for three years.
• Baize told how Jiang Yang rewarded Kong Xuan for his first victory, naming him Peacock King and approving his marriage to Little Phoenix.
• After hearing Baize’s stories, the woman sighed that Jiang Yang had not had an easy life.
• In the Third Epoch, Jiang Yang stood in the rain before Baize’s gravestone and recalled that they had been sovereign and subject for a hundred thousand years.

Jiang Yang mourned Baize, the Demon Race’s prime minister, after the Nine-Headed Serpent Clan killed him and allied with the Immortal Clan. He returned to the Zhou Mountain Royal Court after promising that Baize’s descendants would rule Baize’s Kingdom with the Demon Court’s support.

• Jiang Yang recalled how Baize’s military reforms strengthened the Demon Race and how Tai Shang had once urged him to accept wartime sacrifices.
• Jiang Yang remembered discovering that Tai Shang’s Past Body had been using their fights to help him grow, and agreed not to interfere in the era again.
• Sixty thousand years later, the Nine-Headed Serpent Clan ambushed and killed Baize while he inspected the borders, then allied with the Immortal Clan.
• Jiang Yang buried Baize, sensed a wisp of the Space-Time River’s aura, and promised Baize’s descendants would rule Baize’s Kingdom forever.
• Jiang Yang mourned Baize for three days and returned to the Zhou Mountain Royal Court.

After Baize's death, Jiang Yang sought a new chancellor and sent Jimeng and Shangyang to seek allies against the Nine-Headed Serpent Clan. Shangyang secured the Sea Dragon Clan's alliance and became the Demon Race's second chancellor.

• Jiang Yang asked his ministers how to respond to the Nine-Headed Serpent Clan's attack on Baize, and most urged him to wage war.
• Jimeng proposed asking the Phoenix Clan to contain the Serpents, while Shangyang proposed an alliance with the Sea Dragon Clan.
• Jiang Yang sent Jimeng and Shangyang as envoys and promised the chancellorship to whichever secured an alliance.
• Jimeng returned with the Phoenix Clan's pledge to remain neutral, while Shangyang brought back the Sea Dragon Clan's agreement to send troops in three months.
• Jiang Yang appointed Shangyang the Demon Race's second chancellor.

Over 150,000 years, Jiang Yang’s Demon Race conquered most of the world, leaving the Immortal Clan confined to Purple Sky Mountain. At Jade Capital, Li Jing Bai emerged from seclusion and held back a vast demon army as the demons waited for their emperor to arrive.

• After Baize died, Nine-Headed Serpent allied the Southern Wilderness races with the Immortal Clan, while the Demon Race allied with the Sea Dragon Clan and gradually gained the advantage.
• The Demon Race destroyed the Nine-Headed Serpent Clan, defeated the Central Lands, and drew human tribes in the Northern Wasteland to Yao Arts; Primordial Sage and Venerable Light later rose through its ranks as the Primordial King and Ming King.
• After 150,000 years of war, the Immortal Clan’s territory had dwindled to the area around Purple Sky Mountain, with its last defenders gathered in Jade Capital.
• Li Jing Bai appeared before Purple Sky Mountain and single-handedly stopped tens of millions of demon soldiers from advancing.
• A young demon asked why the Demon Kings did not attack together, and Brother Gou explained they were waiting for Jiang Yang to arrive and claim the victory.

Tai Shang conceded the Demon Race’s victory after Li Jing Bai defeated Kong Xuan, ending the war between the Immortal Clan and the Demon Race. As Jiang Yang accepted the surrender and the Demon Race celebrated its rule over Earth, he sensed that he was about to break through.

• Tai Shang watched the Demon Race surround the Immortal Clan’s final territory and accepted that the Immortals had lost.
• Jiang Yang arrived at Purple Sky Mountain, rallied the Demon Race, and ordered Kong Xuan to fight Li Jing Bai.
• Li Jing Bai defeated Kong Xuan after three days and nights of battle.
• Tai Shang agreed to disband the Immortal Clan if the Demon Race spared its people, and Jiang Yang accepted.
• The Demon Race celebrated its victory, and Jiang Yang realized he was about to break through.

After the Immortal Clan fell, Jiang Yang built a Demon Race civilization by establishing kingdoms, appointing officials, and bringing the Phoenix clan and the Western Wasteland under Demon Race rule. The new civilization began its first year, and Jiang Yang then entered seclusion, leaving the Zhou Mountain Royal Court to the prime minister's administration.

• Jiang Yang returned to the Demon Court after secretly meeting Tai Shang, and the court established the Immortal Kingdom under Li Jing Bai as a refuge for former Immortal Clan loyalists.
• The Demon Court appointed Shui Yushu as the Qilin Demon King and founded the Linglong Kingdom, while rival Qilin kingdoms began competing for succession.
• Lao Jun moved into Eight Views Palace as the first Demon Lord, and Jiang Yang decreed that he would forever stand foremost among the Demon Lords.
• Little Phoenix returned south with Kong Xuan, and the Phoenix clan later submitted to the Demon Race and was divided into the Fire Phoenix Kingdom and the Auspicious Star Phoenix Kingdom.
• The Western Wasteland submitted to the Demon Court, bringing all of Earth under Demon Race rule and marking the first year of civilization.
• Jiang Yang entered seclusion and entrusted the affairs of the Zhou Mountain Royal Court to the prime minister's administration.

Jiang Yang established a new Sun Great Dao and advanced from the Eighth Step to the Ninth Step, becoming a transcendent force above the River of Time. Meanwhile, the Demon Court’s influence waned during his long seclusion, and Zhou Mountain became known as the Never-Setting Sun Royal Court.

• Jiang Yang appointed Xiezhi, the Immortal Lord of the Northern Wasteland, Kong Xuan, and Demon King Si to oversee the Inspection Court, Sword-Wielders Organization, Night Watchers Organization, and Demon History Bureau.
• After Jiang Yang entered seclusion, conflict grew among the three thousand Demon Kingdoms as the Demon Court’s influence declined.
• Jiang Yang chose to advance through the power of the Divine Clan Civilization and began creating a new Great Dao based on the Sun.
• Jiang Yang’s Sun Great Dao took shape, and a never-setting Sun rose above Zhou Mountain, giving the Demon Court the names Evernight Royal Court and Never-Setting Sun Royal Court.
• Jiang Yang’s will rose beyond the River of Time, and he attained the Ninth Step.

Jiang Yang watched the River of Time and began transforming into a Mythical Giant as golden immortal substance formed in his divine soul. He discovered that his will could connect to his future God Blood Body in the Sixth Epoch.

• Jiang Yang observed the timelines and the five Supremes standing above the River of Time.
• His Sun Great Dao empowered his Mythical Giant body, and golden immortal substance began appearing in his divine soul.
• Jiang Yang realized he needed to transform his entire divine soul before making the leap to become a Supreme.
• He traced his aura through the downstream timelines and found his future God Blood Body.
• In the Sixth Epoch, Jiang Yang's God Blood Body opened his eyes, which turned brilliant gold.

Dao Ancestor Taishang explained that he had helped Jiang Yang because reaching the peak of the Ninth Step was certain, but Jiang Yang still needed the realization of mortal transformation to advance toward Supreme. The Immortal Lord and two other Quasi-Supremes were left standing outside the Purple Cloud Palace as punishment.

• The Immortal Lord asked Tai Shang why he had helped Jiang Yang send his consciousness across space-time, and Tai Shang asked whether he resented not being made Supreme.
• Tai Shang said mortal transformation was an important realization on the path to Supreme and that he would make up Jiang Yang’s deficiency.
• The Immortal Lord asked Tai Shang to forgive Yuan and Ming, who had waited outside the palace for a month, but Tai Shang rebuked him and ordered him to join them for another month.
• The Immortal Lord went outside and told Primordial Sage and Venerable Light that he had been sent to supervise them, though Primordial Sage guessed he had also been punished.
• Primordial Sage thanked the Immortal Lord, and Venerable Light snickered at his remark.

Jiang Yang recalled the centuries he had lived as Ying Yang, from serving Qin State to meeting sages and establishing Shushan’s sword canon. He had returned to Qin State and settled there, and the chapter ended as Ying Yiren volunteered to become a hostage in Zhao State.

• Ying Yang accompanied Yin Xi to Shushan and wrote the White-Gold Sword Canon after they founded a Daoist cottage there.
• Ying Yang traveled among the Hundred Schools of Thought, debating with Confucius, Guiguzi, Mozi, and Zhuangzi.
• Ying Yang returned to Mount Kongtong and learned that the dwindling supernatural energy had caused the ancient giants to disappear into humanity.
• Ying Yang visited Chu State and discovered that its people worshipped him as Eastern Emperor Taiyi.
• Ying Yang returned to Qin State, convinced King Zhaoxiang that he was the long-lost Lord Tai'an, and settled in Qin State.
• Ying Yiren volunteered to enter Zhao State as a hostage.

Ying Yang lived quietly in Handan while watching over Ying Yiren, who was held hostage in Zhao. After Ying Yiren befriended Lü Buwei and brought Zhao Ji to meet Ying Yang, he asked his great-uncle to meet Lü Buwei and support his ambition to become King of Qin.

• King Zhaoxiang sent Ying Yang secretly to Zhao to look after Ying Yiren, and Ying Yang settled in Handan.
• Ying Yiren visited Ying Yang often, and the two grew close as Ying Yang taught him.
• Ying Yiren told Ying Yang that Lü Buwei had befriended him and claimed he possessed growing kingly qi.
• Ying Yiren brought Zhao Ji to meet Ying Yang and explained that Lü Buwei wanted to meet him.
• Ying Yiren declared his ambition to become King of Qin and asked Ying Yang to meet Lü Buwei.
• Ying Yang agreed and told Ying Yiren to bring Lü Buwei to the courtyard the next day.

Jiang Yang received Ying Yiren and Lü Buwei in his courtyard, where Lü Buwei’s Qi-Reading Art revealed Jiang Yang’s overwhelming imperial qi. After realizing Jiang Yang’s influence could help Ying Yiren’s royal prospects, Lü Buwei sought his advice, and they began talking.

• Jiang Yang opened his gate to Ying Yiren and Lü Buwei, then invited them into the courtyard.
• Lü Buwei used the Qi-Reading Art on Jiang Yang and suffered bloody tears after seeing his immense golden imperial qi.
• Lü Buwei learned Jiang Yang was Ying Yiren’s great-uncle and concluded that his connection to Jiang Yang could strengthen his claim to the throne.
• Lü Buwei considered urging Zhao Ji to have a son with Ying Yiren and raise the child under Jiang Yang’s care.
• Jiang Yang asked Lü Buwei what he had seen, and Lü Buwei called him a god among mortals before asking for his advice.

Jiang Yang named Ying Yiren’s newborn son Ying Zheng and realized that caring for the child was part of his mortal transformation. A year later, as Qin and Zhao fought at Changping, Ying Yiren admitted he wanted Qin to win despite fearing for his safety as a hostage.

• Lü Buwei told Jiang Yang that he descended from Jiang Ziya and described their ancestor Jiang Qi as a war god; Jiang Yang concealed that he was Jiang Qi.
• Jiang Yang spent a leisurely year in Handan before Ying Yiren brought him his newborn son to name.
• Jiang Yang named the baby Ying Zheng and asked Ying Yiren to bring the child to visit him often.
• During the battle of Changping, Ying Yiren worried that Zhao might punish him if Qin won.
• Jiang Yang asked Ying Yiren which side he truly wanted to win, and Ying Yiren declared that he wanted Qin State to win.

Jiang Yang rescued Ying Yiren and Lü Buwei from Zhao cavalry pursuing them after they escaped Handan. He stayed behind to hold off further troops while Ying Yiren fled, leaving his return to Qin and his promise to reunite with Zhao Ji and Zheng'er ahead.

• After the Battle of Changping, Ying Yiren feared the people of Handan and learned that the King of Zhao intended to kill him, so he and Lü Buwei fled the city.
• A hundred Zhao cavalry caught up with Ying Yiren and Lü Buwei in a woodland and attacked their party.
• Jiang Yang charged into the Zhao cavalry alone, killed their officer and many soldiers, and saved Ying Yiren and Lü Buwei.
• Jiang Yang urged Ying Yiren to flee and promised to protect Zhao Ji and Zheng'er until Ying Yiren could bring them to Qin.
• Jiang Yang rode off to face another pursuing troop while Ying Yiren and Lü Buwei escaped.

Jiang Yang protected Zhao Ji and Ying Zheng from the King of Zhao’s soldiers and persuaded Zhao to let them remain in Handan. After Zhao Ji and Ying Zheng returned to their residence under guard, Ying Yiren returned to Qin, changed his name to Zi Chu, and began pursuing the throne.

• Jiang Yang killed the soldiers pursuing Ying Yiren and shot down the fleeing cavalrymen before they could reveal his golden eyes.
• A Zhao official arrived at Jiang Yang’s courtyard to seize Ying Zheng, but Jiang Yang stopped the soldiers and argued that Zhao should keep the child alive.
• The King of Zhao agreed to let Zhao Ji and Ying Zheng live in Handan under surveillance and invited Jiang Yang to the palace, but Jiang Yang refused.
• Jiang Yang sent Zhao Ji and Ying Zheng back to their former residence, where Zhao soldiers protected them instead of trying to arrest them.
• Zhao Ji later visited Jiang Yang with Ying Zheng, and Ying Yiren returned to Qin, took the name Zi Chu, and began his struggle to become King of Qin.

Jiang Yang raised Ying Zheng through years of lessons and dangerous journeys before escorting him and Zhao Ji back to Qin, where Ying Zichu became king. After learning that the Yin-Yang School had killed King Xiaowen and was making demands of the new king, Jiang Yang set out to confront its leader, Eastern Emperor Taiyi.

• Jiang Yang taught Ying Zheng the classics, exposed him to danger and distant wonders, and tempered his divine soul with God Blood while teaching him to cultivate his will.
• When Ying Zheng was eight, Ying Zichu became crown prince and arranged for Ying Zheng and Zhao Ji to return to Qin, and Jiang Yang accompanied them, killing bandits and attackers along the way.
• In Xianyang, Lü Buwei used the Qi-Reading Art and saw a golden dragon above Ying Zheng, while Ying Zichu soon ascended the throne after King Xiaowen died suddenly.
• Ying Zichu learned that the Yin-Yang School had killed King Xiaowen and demanded state-religion status, official appointments, and ten thousand soldiers to search for a hidden realm.
• Ying Zichu asked Jiang Yang for protection, and Jiang Yang ordered him to take him to the Yin-Yang School’s base to meet Eastern Emperor Taiyi.
• Lü Buwei led Jiang Yang to the Yin-Yang School’s base outside Xianyang and ordered the guards to bring him to Eastern Emperor Taiyi.