Recaps

Han Shuo discovered that the abused boy had a Blood Spirit Body and offered to teach him the Blood God Sutra. The boy became Han Shuo’s disciple, Blood Spirit, and began learning its foundational methods so he could one day avenge his mother and himself.

• Han Shuo examined the scarlet-eyed boy and confirmed that he had a Blood Spirit Body suited to cultivating the Blood God Sutra.
• Han Shuo frightened away the young men who had been bullying the boy and promised the boy a chance to take revenge himself.
• The boy accepted Han Shuo as his master, and Han Shuo renamed him Blood Spirit and introduced him to Jiebier, Haimanna, and Xierfu as his wives.
• Blood Spirit told Han Shuo that his mother had just died after years of mistreatment by the families of his father’s former followers.
• Han Shuo promised Blood Spirit power and imprinted the foundational methods of the Blood God Sutra into his memory.
• Blood Spirit recognized that the cultivation method suited him and kowtowed to Han Shuo in gratitude.

Blood Spirit buried his mother and began cultivating the Blood God Sutra under Han Shuo’s guidance. When the youths who had previously attacked him returned with a first-level demon, Han Shuo ordered Blood Spirit to kill them.

• Blood Spirit used Han Shuo’s Black Stone Coins to arrange his mother’s funeral and thanked his master afterward.
• Han Shuo warned Blood Spirit not to cultivate without understanding the Blood God Sutra and answered his questions.
• Blood Spirit learned to control and circulate the blood within his body, beginning to cultivate the Blood God Sutra.
• Han Shuo left Blood Spirit to practice and advised Jiebier on cultivating mental power while Haimanna and Xierfu meditated.
• The youths returned with a first-level demon and accused Han Shuo of being an enemy spy.
• Han Shuo ordered Blood Spirit to use his newly comprehended power to kill the youths, and Blood Spirit advanced toward them with scarlet eyes.

Han Shuo forced a Black Demon Guard to watch as Blood Spirit confronted the young men who had tormented him. Blood Spirit unleashed a strange power, killed Jilua and the others, and embraced the revenge Han Shuo urged him to pursue.

• Han Shuo warned the Black Demon Guard to stay out of the conflict, and the guard backed down under Han Shuo’s pressure.
• Han Shuo told Blood Spirit to settle matters with Jilua and the other young men himself, promising not to interfere even if Blood Spirit died.
• Blood Spirit revealed his hidden power and struck Jilua down with a devastating attack.
• Han Shuo urged Blood Spirit to release his hatred, and Blood Spirit tortured Jilua to death.
• Blood Spirit attacked and killed the other young men as they begged him to spare them.

Blood Spirit killed Jilua and the other youths, then told Han Shuo that he wept for his mother and vowed to avenge his family further. Han Shuo stood by his disciple and delayed Manticore’s invitation so they could handle Blood Spirit’s affairs first.

• Blood Spirit killed all six youths, including Jilua, and explained to Han Shuo that his tears were for his mother.
• Blood Spirit vowed to punish the youths’ fathers, and Han Shuo promised to support him and take responsibility for whatever trouble he caused.
• One of the First-Level Demons warned Han Shuo about Blood Spirit’s actions, but Bode and Qiniya arrived and invited Han Shuo to meet Manticore.
• Han Shuo said he would see Manticore after dealing with his disciple’s affairs, and Bode confirmed that Manticore was willing to wait.
• One of the First-Level Demons apologized to Han Shuo, while Bode’s guards removed the bodies; Han Shuo then led Blood Spirit away to settle his remaining grievances.

Han Shuo watched Blood Spirit avenge himself by exterminating the seven families responsible for his and his mother's suffering, then accompanied Bode to the Demon King Hall. He left Jiebier, Blood Spirit, and the others with Qiniya while he went to meet Manticore.

• Han Shuo escorted Blood Spirit to Jilua's home and promised to stop anyone who escaped as Blood Spirit attacked the household.
• Blood Spirit killed everyone in Jilua's family, while Han Shuo discussed soul cultivation with Bode and Qiniya and gave them vague guidance.
• Blood Spirit exterminated all seven families tied to his blood feud, growing calmer and more resolute as he practiced the Blood God Sutra.
• Han Shuo and his companions arrived at the Demon King Hall, where Qiniya explained that Manticore lived and ruled from within.
• Bode returned and led Han Shuo up the Demon King Hall to meet Manticore, while Qiniya took Jiebier, Blood Spirit, and the others to rest.

Han Shuo entered Demon King Manticore’s divine domain and met the Demon King, who recognized his unusual cultivation of three powers. Manticore warned Han Shuo that reaching the planar Teleportation Array required entering the Abyss, a place even the five Demon Kings approached with caution.

• Han Shuo recognized that Manticore’s divine domain suppressed elemental powers, leaving Bode powerless while having little effect on Han Shuo’s main body.
• Manticore dismissed Bode and asked him to treat Han Shuo’s friends well before Han Shuo continued to the summit alone.
• Han Shuo met Manticore in a bare stone chamber and exchanged calm greetings with him.
• Manticore sensed that Han Shuo cultivated death, destruction, and an unfamiliar power, and marveled that he could cultivate all three.
• Manticore told Han Shuo that the planar Teleportation Array lay inside the Abyss and asked whether he was certain he wanted to go there.

Manticore told Han Shuo that the Abyss contained divine artifacts, divine crystals, divine souls, and the Plane Teleportation Array. Tempted by the treasures and needing the array to leave the Abyss Realm, Han Shuo agreed to join Manticore and Leviathan when the Abyss opened.

• Han Shuo showed Manticore the Jade Bone Token and asked where he had found it.
• Manticore said he had found the token in the Abyss and described the divine treasures he had discovered there.
• Manticore explained that the Starry Sandstream was changing course, which would soon allow entry into the Abyss.
• Manticore asked Han Shuo to join him and Leviathan, and Han Shuo agreed.
• Manticore arranged for Han Shuo to stay temporarily in Black Jade Demon King City while he discussed the plan with Leviathan.

Han Shuo learned about the Abyss Realm and prepared to explore it while cultivating in Manticore's castle. When he visited the Undead World, he discovered that Little Skeleton had become a death element lower god, then promised the Earth and Water Armored Corpses treasures of their own.

• Han Shuo learned that the Five Demon Kings were divided into rival factions and gathered information about the dangerous Abyss.
• Han Shuo began preparing to explore the Abyss and cultivated in seclusion at Manticore's castle.
• Little Skeleton summoned Han Shuo to the Undead World, where Han Shuo recognized his divine power, divine domain, and faith power.
• Little Skeleton explained that the Wraith Stele had helped him understand death's mysteries and become a god.
• Earth Armor Zombie and Water Armored Corpse asked Han Shuo for elemental treasures, and Han Shuo promised to find suitable ones for them.

After years of cultivation, Han Shuo sensed he was near a breakthrough but needed more time to build his Demonic Essence. When Demon King Manticore summoned him for the opening of the Abyss, Han Shuo left his companions behind and set out with Manticore and the Black Demon Guards, intending not to become their expendable cannon fodder.

• Han Shuo welcomed Bode and Qiniya, who told him Manticore had finished preparing for the Abyss and was ready to depart.
• Han Shuo summoned Blood Spirit, Haimanna, and Xierfu with his Divine Sense, then explained that they were too weak to accompany him.
• Han Shuo advised Blood Spirit on his cultivation while Bode and Qiniya listened without understanding the unfamiliar techniques.
• Han Shuo instructed Jiebier, Haimanna, and Xierfu to remain and cultivate, then followed Bode and Qiniya to the Demon King Hall.
• Han Shuo learned Manticore planned to meet his allied Demon King at the Abyss entrance and joined Manticore and the Black Demon Guards on their journey.

Han Shuo arrived at the entrance to the Abyss with Manticore and met Leviathan, who recognized Han Shuo’s lower-god-level strength. Han Shuo secretly tested the starry sandstream with his Divine Sense and found it could withstand the soul-corroding power, while the Demon Kings and their guards waited for the dangerous barrier to disappear.

• Manticore led Han Shuo and fifteen Black Demon Guards through the hostile terrain to the starry sandstream at the Abyss’s entrance.
• Leviathan arrived with his Thunder God Guards, greeted Manticore, and acknowledged Han Shuo after sensing his strength.
• Han Shuo discreetly sent a strand of Divine Sense into the starry sandstream and rebuilt it faster than the Star Sand could corrode it.
• Leviathan and Manticore warned their guards not to enter the starry sandstream before it vanished, and Manticore threatened the Black Demon Guards against acting without orders.
• Han Shuo asked what they should do, and Manticore and Leviathan told him to wait for the starry sandstream to disappear.

After the Starry Sandstream passed, Han Shuo entered the Abyss with Leviathan, Manticore, and their group. Inside, his Demonic Nascent Soul drew in the dangerous negative powers filling the entrance and devoured them, leaving the two Demon Kings staring at him in horror.

• The Starry Sandstream vanished, revealing the Abyss entrance, and Cyclops and Gorandel entered ahead of Leviathan, Manticore, and Han Shuo.
• Han Shuo sensed Behemoth nearby and told Leviathan and Manticore that the Demon King had not yet entered.
• Han Shuo and the others crossed into the Abyss, where Leviathan warned them that the lingering powers could corrode their souls.
• Han Shuo’s Demonic Nascent Soul stirred and attracted hundreds of negative powers despite Leviathan and Manticore’s alarm.
• Han Shuo devoured the converging powers and converted them into Demonic Essence, astonishing Leviathan and Manticore.

Han Shuo absorbed the Abyss’s negative powers to strengthen his body, then led Bode and Qiniya through a deadly region of darkness. The survivors emerged into a misty valley, where a third of the Demons who had entered the passage had died.

• Han Shuo transformed the surrounding negative powers into demonic essence, strengthening his body until the available power ran out.
• Han Shuo told Leviathan and Manticore that his unusual Martial Technique could devour negative powers, and the group continued deeper into the Abyss.
• Manticore warned that a lightless region ahead concealed deadly air currents and sharp objects, and Han Shuo promised to protect Bode and Qiniya.
• Han Shuo used his Divine Sense to detect danger and guided Bode and Qiniya around the currents as they descended through the darkness.
• Han Shuo, Bode, and Qiniya reached a misty valley, where they found that a third of the Demons had died in the passage.

Han Shuo, Manticore, and Leviathan explored the dangerous Abyss valley, where they hoped to find its planar Teleportation Array and other secrets. Their advance ended in disaster when a Thunder God Guard’s pounding heart triggered a nearby seal and killed him.

• Han Shuo sensed Behemoth briefly, while Manticore explained that the valley contained the planar Teleportation Array and might once have been a battlefield between gods.
• Leviathan warned the group to watch for the Starry Sandstream’s return and leave before it swept through the Abyss.
• Manticore and Leviathan led the group along a route they had previously cleared, passing the dangers and barriers scattered through the misty valley.
• The group reached the limit of their earlier explorations, and Manticore warned that the unknown path ahead could kill any of them.
• Han Shuo heard a seal beating in rhythm with Boer’s heart and urged the others to calm him, but Boer’s body exploded, killing him and injuring those nearby.

Han Shuo and the two Demon Kings led their group through a dangerous Abyss, where deadly barriers and a broken lightning array killed several Demons. After seeing Leviathan secretly kill Nolanti and take her divine artifact, Han Shuo prepared for a possible betrayal.

• Three Demons Guards panicked when their heartbeats synchronized with a seal and exploded, prompting Leviathan to warn the group to stay calm.
• Manticore sent Kole into a light barrier, where he vanished, then Leviathan sent Nolanti through it; she emerged alive and strengthened by the barrier.
• Manticore found a Light Department divine artifact and gave it to Nolanti, then he and Leviathan led the group onward.
• Leviathan entered a broken Lightning Element magic array, and its bolts killed several Demons, including Nolanti.
• Han Shuo sensed that Leviathan had directed lightning at Nolanti, then watched Leviathan claim her Holy Grail.
• Han Shuo secretly warned Little Skeleton and the Five Elements Armored Corpses to prepare for sudden trouble.

Han Shuo identified a Wind Element barrier, but Ya Di died after entering it, and Leviathan found a Fire Element Divine Crystal beyond. As Cyclops and Gorandel rushed toward the crystal and barriers unleashed attacks, Han Shuo withdrew from Manticore and Leviathan’s domains.

• Han Shuo stopped An Luo from testing a barrier and directed Manticore to send the Wind Element demon Ya Di instead.
• Ya Di triggered and shattered the barrier, but died inside; Manticore and Leviathan barely blocked the fierce wind that burst out.
• Leviathan found a Fire Element Divine Crystal and put it away when Han Shuo warned that Cyclops and Gorandel were approaching.
• Meteor Shower and Spatial Blades erupted as Cyclops and Gorandel forced their way through nearby barriers.
• Manticore and Leviathan prepared to fight, while Han Shuo quietly withdrew toward the place where the Lightning Department Ruined Magic Array had activated.

Han Shuo risked entering the Demon Kings’ merged Divine Domains to pursue Death Element Divine Crystals, but a black Magic Robe trapped him and Gorandel moved in to kill him. At the brink of death, Han Shuo’s Death-System Base God soul recognized something in the robe’s power, and the robe began to change.

• Han Shuo withdrew from Leviathan and Manticore’s Divine Domains, then rushed back to save Bode and Qiniya from a Spatial Blade.
• Han Shuo sensed dense Death Element power near the broken barriers and flew toward it despite the four Demon Kings’ battle.
• Han Shuo found three Death Element Divine Crystals inside a black Magic Robe, but touching it triggered powerful barriers that trapped him.
• Manticore revealed Han Shuo’s identity to Gorandel, who abandoned his fight and attacked Han Shuo.
• Gorandel’s Divine Domain weakened Han Shuo as he struggled against the robe, but Han Shuo’s Death-System Base God soul released a faint wisp of power and the robe began to change.

Han Shuo escaped Gorandel’s attack and left the Demon Kings fighting while he investigated the pitch-black magic robe. He discovered that it held a Death Element Middle God’s divine soul, which began merging with the soul inside the Demon-Slaying Edge and imparting profound insights into death.

• The magic robe’s barriers vanished when Han Shuo’s Death-System Base God soul touched it, and he stored the robe and three Death Element divine crystals.
• Han Shuo severed Gorandel’s tentacles with the Demon-Slaying Edge, then Manticore ambushed Gorandel and Han Shuo left without helping Leviathan.
• Han Shuo concealed himself and watched the four Demon Kings’ subordinates struggle against the barriers’ Meteor Shower and Spatial Blade attacks.
• Away from the Demon Kings’ Divine Domains, Han Shuo sensed a familiar aura and used his Death-System Base God soul to connect with the magic robe.
• A Death Element Middle God’s divine soul emerged from the robe and began merging with the soul in the Demon-Slaying Edge, bringing insights into cultivation, Divine Domains, and Faith Power.

Han Shuo gained the insights of a Middle God and began ascending to godhood as his Death Element External Incarnation formed a Divine Domain. When the four Demon Kings discovered him, Manticore and Leviathan refused to defend their alliance, leaving Han Shuo facing all four alone.

• Han Shuo's souls merged with the Middle God's Divine Soul, giving him insights into higher realms as his Skeleton Magic Staff transformed into a Death Element External Incarnation.
• Han Shuo's External Incarnation absorbed the surrounding Death Element and began forming a Divine Domain while his main body guarded him from nearby fighting.
• Manticore, Gorandel, Cyclops, and Leviathan sensed the ascension and gathered at Han Shuo's hiding place, where they saw his two bodies.
• Cyclops and Gorandel approached Han Shuo while Manticore and Leviathan remained still, refusing to intervene.
• Han Shuo declared that he and Manticore and Leviathan were no longer allies, and Manticore explained that they could not allow him to become a sixth Demon King with power over two systems.

Han Shuo used an Explosive Destruction Bead to injure Cyclops and Gorandel, but Leviathan and Manticore turned against him and attacked. He trapped the new attackers in his formation and summoned Little Skeleton to help fight them.

• Cyclops and Gorandel charged Han Shuo, but his Explosive Destruction Bead wounded them with its blast and Soul-Piercing Needles.
• The bead triggered several nearby barriers, forcing Cyclops and Gorandel to defend themselves while Leviathan and Manticore reconsidered their alliance with Han Shuo.
• Leviathan and Manticore decided Han Shuo’s growing power made him too dangerous to leave alive, then attacked him with their Divine Domains and elemental powers.
• Han Shuo summoned his formation of stone pillars and Giant Banners, trapping Leviathan and Manticore inside as their attacks were torn apart.
• When the formation failed to seriously injure the two Demon Kings, Han Shuo summoned Little Skeleton and entered the formation with his External Incarnation to fight them.

Han Shuo and Little Skeleton trapped Leviathan in an illusion formation and attacked him together. They left Leviathan gravely wounded, but his fate remained unresolved.

• Han Shuo and Little Skeleton entered the illusion formation and approached Leviathan while he struggled against its visions.
• Leviathan sensed Little Skeleton’s death aura and launched a lightning attack at him.
• Han Shuo struck Leviathan as the illusion of his defeat by Behemoth weakened his defenses, shattering his gauntlet and cutting his fist.
• Leviathan regained his senses and surged with divine power, but Han Shuo cleaved through his fingers and thrust toward his neck.
• Little Skeleton attacked from behind as Leviathan tried to escape, and Han Shuo’s Demon-Slaying Edge pierced Leviathan’s neck before Han Shuo flung him away.

Han Shuo and Little Skeleton tried to use the Heavenly Corpse Five Elements Formation against Leviathan and Manticore, but Cyclops and Gorandel recovered and destroyed the formation before it could be deployed. The four Demon Kings then converged on Han Shuo, who faced them with Little Skeleton at his side.

• Leviathan survived his wounds as Manticore joined him, and both combined their domains against Han Shuo and Little Skeleton.
• Little Skeleton urged Han Shuo to lure Leviathan and Manticore into the Heavenly Corpse Five Elements Formation, so Han Shuo summoned the Five Elements Armored Corpses to prepare it.
• Cyclops and Gorandel recovered from the Soul-Piercing Needles and bombarded the formation, forcing Han Shuo to retrieve the Giant Banners as the Shura Illusion Soul Formation collapsed.
• Cyclops and Gorandel joined Leviathan and Manticore, and Leviathan charged Han Shuo after Han Shuo taunted him with the Demon-Slaying Edge.
• All four Demon Kings rushed toward Han Shuo while Little Skeleton stood beside him.

Han Shuo and Little Skeleton survived the four Demon Kings’ combined assault by disappearing into the ground, which had been hardened by Earth Armor Zombie and Golden Armored Corpse’s fused powers. As the valley’s space and elemental flow changed, the frightened Demon Kings tried to flee, but Han Shuo declared that none of them would leave.

• The four Demon Kings unleashed their Divine Domains together, destroying the remains of the formation as Han Shuo and Little Skeleton prepared to fight.
• The Demon Kings attacked Han Shuo and Little Skeleton, but both sank into the earth just before the blows landed.
• The Demon Kings’ attacks barely marked the ground, which had become extraordinarily hard through Earth Armor Zombie and Golden Armored Corpse’s fusion of earth and metal powers.
• Cyclops realized that space was changing as the mist gathered overhead and elemental power stopped flowing into the Demon Kings’ Divine Domains.
• Gorandel urged the group to leave, and Manticore and Leviathan agreed, but Han Shuo’s voice warned that none of them were leaving.

Han Shuo’s Heavenly Corpse Five Elements Formation trapped the four Demon Kings and turned from defense to offense, overwhelming them with attacks from every direction. Leviathan was killed, while the other Demon Kings remained trapped in the formation.

• The four Demon Kings attacked the ground and sky but failed to escape Han Shuo’s formation.
• Han Shuo sensed that the Five Elements Armored Corpses were weakening after blocking the Demon Kings’ attacks.
• The Five Elements Armored Corpses recovered and unleashed the formation’s full offensive power, attacking the Demon Kings with fire, earth, vines, and the Ruyi Jingu Bang.
• The formation battered all four Demon Kings and focused its attacks on the already injured Leviathan.
• Leviathan begged the others for help, then his divine soul and body turned to ash.

Han Shuo and Little Skeleton defeated Manticore after he escaped the Heavenly Corpse Five Elements Formation. Manticore died when the Demon-Slaying Edge caught him off guard, leaving Han Shuo poised to take control of the Abyss Realm.

• Manticore escaped the formation after Leviathan was destroyed and immediately charged Han Shuo, hoping to disrupt the space imprisoning Gorandel and his companion.
• Han Shuo and Little Skeleton tracked Manticore through his Absolute Darkness and battered him with the Demon-Slaying Edge and a bone spike.
• Han Shuo struck Manticore with an Explosive Destruction Bead, whose Soul-Piercing Needles left Manticore badly wounded and his soul in chaos.
• Manticore offered to help Han Shuo seize territory, then threatened Han Shuo's woman and disciple in Black Jade Demon King City.
• Han Shuo revealed that Manticore could not contact his worshippers, and the Demon-Slaying Edge stabbed him from behind before Han Shuo and Little Skeleton destroyed his body and Divine Soul.

Han Shuo and his allies defeated Gorandel and Cyclops, allowing Water Armored Corpse and Fire Armored Corpse to seize their divine power, souls, and bodies. The chapter ended with Han Shuo considering whether the other Five Elements Armored Corpses could gain godhood in the same way.

• Han Shuo's Death Element External Incarnation became a Lower God, and a Death Element Divine Domain formed.
• Water Armored Corpse and Fire Armored Corpse told Han Shuo they could claim Gorandel's and Cyclops's power and souls once their consciousnesses were dispersed.
• Han Shuo, Little Skeleton, and Han Shuo's two External Incarnations attacked the weakened Demon Kings and broke their Divine Domains.
• Han Shuo's Death Element External Incarnation used Soul Tremor, while Han Shuo struck their souls with his divine sense.
• Water Armored Corpse entered Gorandel, and Fire Armored Corpse entered Cyclops, while Han Shuo suppressed the Demon Kings' final attempt to gather their consciousnesses.
• Gorandel's and Cyclops's consciousnesses vanished, and Han Shuo realized that the Five Elements Armored Corpses might be able to ascend to godhood by taking over matching divine powers.