Chapter Summaries

Han Shuo cut through Poison Fang Fort’s forces to help Haimanna, Xierfu, and the Xieluo Squad retreat. After reaching them, he studied Nanzhaluo’s cultivation and began to suspect that combining the Abyss’s body-focused method with the Qio Continent’s soul-focused method could reveal the secret of godhood, then startled Nanzhaluo with his intense stare.

• Han Shuo watched the Three-Eyed Race overwhelm the Xieluo Squad as Haimanna and Xierfu fought alongside Battle Demon Valley’s forces.
• Han Shuo attacked Poison Fang Fort’s troops with Necromancy and the Heavenly Demon Blade, killing more than two hundred Abyss Creatures and opening a path to the Xieluo Squad.
• Han Shuo offered to cover the rear while the Xieluo Squad retreated, and Nanzhaluo declared that he wanted to befriend him.
• Han Shuo examined Nanzhaluo’s Dark Element cultivation and considered how the Abyss’s body-focused method might complement the Qio Continent’s soul-focused path to godhood.
• Haimanna called out when Han Shuo stared intently at Nanzhaluo, who begged him to stop and offered to introduce him to others with similar interests.

Han Shuo helped Nanzhaluo and the Xieluo Squad escape Poison Fang Fort’s forces, then learned that Shadow Generals serving Great Demon King Goran Dell might be in the area. The group hurried toward Battle Demon Valley so Nanzhaluo could warn Keluoxius, though he feared it might already be too late.

• Han Shuo used necromancy and his Heavenly Demon Blades to cover the Xieluo Squad’s retreat alongside Haimanna and Xierfu.
• Nanzhaluo led the squad through the encirclement, and Han Shuo and the two women helped drive off the pursuers until the group escaped.
• After they reached safety, Nanzhaluo thanked Han Shuo and offered to introduce him to Keluoxius in Battle Demon Valley.
• Xierfu said Poison Fang Fort might be emboldened by a Plane Passage discovery, and Nanzhaluo explained that the passage had been destroyed and its visitors sought to seize Battle Demon Valley instead.
• Haimanna reported that Shadow Generals serving Great Demon King Goran Dell had arrived at Poison Fang Fort, alarming Nanzhaluo and Xierfu.
• Nanzhaluo ordered the group to return to Battle Demon Valley at top speed and report the danger to Keluoxius.

Han Shuo arrived at Battle Demon Valley and learned that the Abyss’s strongest beings included five Demon Kings who had reached their power through their own cultivation. As Haimanna and Xierfu competed to show him around, a Demigod arrived and threatened them for defying his claim over them.

• Nanzhaluo brought Han Shuo and the Xieluo Squad into Battle Demon Valley, then left to report to Lord Keluoxius.
• Han Shuo sensed six Demigods and Keluoxius, whose strength had reached the True God realm.
• Haimanna explained that Keluoxius had needed help from Demon King Manticore to spread his power into his brain, unlike the five self-taught Demon Kings.
• Han Shuo agreed to let Haimanna show him around Battle Demon Valley, but Xierfu grabbed his other arm and insisted on taking him instead.
• A sickly Demigod arrived on a Ghost Face Spider and threatened Haimanna and Xierfu, who released Han Shuo and fell silent in fear.

Han Shuo confronted Balua, a second-level Rakshasa who tried to take Haimanna and Xierfu, and fought his way through Balua’s guards to challenge him directly. The chapter left Han Shuo facing Balua’s water-body defense as he prepared a stronger attack.

• Balua ordered Haimanna and Xierfu to come with him and told them to kill Han Shuo.
• Han Shuo killed Balua’s six-armed Destroyer guard with the Mystic Ice Demon Flame Art, then attacked six more of Balua’s subordinates with the Bloodlight Myriad Blades Slash.
• Han Shuo killed several Destroyers and declared that only Balua was fit to fight him, earning the admiration of the onlookers.
• Balua used Water Element throughout his body to make his flesh flow around Han Shuo’s Heavenly Demon Blades without losing limbs.
• Han Shuo let Balua close in and said he would use something stronger.

Han Shuo overwhelmed Balua in the Battle Demon Valley arena, using demonic flames and Soul Tremor to defeat the water fighter. Before Han Shuo could kill him, Qunuoya intervened on Keluoxius’s behalf and invited Han Shuo to meet the valley’s lord.

• Han Shuo countered Balua’s Water Elemental Body with demonic flames and drove him into retreat.
• Han Shuo damaged Balua with flame attacks, then endured Balua’s poisonous liquid-body counterattack behind his Body-Protecting Astral Shield.
• A winged woman and Haimanna and Xierfu warned Han Shuo about Balua’s killing move.
• Han Shuo struck Balua with Soul Tremor, leaving him helpless and unable to control his poisonous body.
• Qunuoya arrived and asked Han Shuo to spare Balua because Battle Demon Valley needed his help.
• Han Shuo agreed to spare Balua and asked to meet Keluoxius, so Qunuoya invited him along.

Han Shuo was invited to meet Battle Demon Valley’s master, Keluoxius, after defeating Balua, while Keluoxius privately weighed whether Han Shuo might be a spy. When Keluoxius watched him from above, Han Shuo flew up to confront him, rejecting his rule that visitors approach from the first floor.

• Han Shuo teased Xierfu, spoke with Keluoxius’s daughter about martial techniques, and warned Balua not to provoke him again.
• Balua threatened Haimanna and Xierfu before leaving Battle Demon Valley with his guards, while the spectators dispersed.
• Keluoxius questioned Nanzhaluo about Han Shuo’s origins and ordered him to atone for the failed expedition if Han Shuo did not prove useful.
• Qu Yanuo tried to learn about Han Shuo’s race, but Han Shuo evaded his questions and sensed Keluoxius watching from the grand building.
• Han Shuo flew up to face Keluoxius and declared that he would not tolerate being looked down on; Keluoxius praised his courage.

Han Shuo asked Keluoxius about the Abyss Realm’s Plane Guardian, hoping to find a way back to his original Plane. Keluoxius did not know of one but suggested that Manticore might, and Han Shuo agreed to stay in Battle Demon Valley as a guest retainer until Keluoxius could report his situation.

• Keluoxius dismissed the guards who had surrounded Han Shuo and invited him and Qu Yanuo inside.
• Keluoxius explained that Balua was useful to Battle Demon Valley and had asked Han Shuo to spare him; Han Shuo said he had no lasting grudge against Balua.
• Han Shuo revealed that he had come from another Plane and asked Keluoxius about the Abyss Realm’s Plane Guardian, but Keluoxius said he had never heard of one.
• Keluoxius suggested that Abyss Demon King Manticore might know about the Plane Guardian, leaving Han Shuo hopeful but wary of approaching him.
• Keluoxius offered to report Han Shuo’s situation to Manticore after Battle Demon Valley’s crisis and asked Han Shuo to serve as a guest retainer.
• Han Shuo accepted the retainer position, agreeing to help Battle Demon Valley fight powerful enemies while he stayed there.

Han Shuo settled into his new residence as a guest retainer of Battle Demon Valley and began investigating the Skeleton Magic Staff for information that might help him return from the Abyss Realm. After breaking through the defenses in the yellow skull’s three eye sockets, he received information from the staff that shocked him.

• Han Shuo accepted Keluoxius's offer to become a guest retainer and received a residence and token from Qu Yanuo.
• Han Shuo asked Qu Yanuo to send Haimanna and Xierfu to him, then settled into his new building and prepared a hidden underground chamber.
• Han Shuo studied the Skeleton Magic Staff, hoping to uncover secrets about planar teleportation and a way back from the Abyss Realm.
• Han Shuo recognized that the yellow skull resembled the three-eyed beings he had encountered, including Anstis, and focused his Mental Power on its eye sockets.
• Han Shuo broke through the defenses in all three sockets and learned information from the skull that shocked him.

Han Shuo learned from the Tricolor Skull how gods gained power and how the Death Cemetery connected to a war between gods of death and destruction and their enemies. He could not break the barriers on the other two skulls, and Keluoxius's daughter called to him.

• Han Shuo learned that gods advanced through divine power and faith, and that the Death Cemetery was a passage between planes used by gods of death and destruction.
• Han Shuo discovered that the Skeleton Magic Staff held a middle god of death's information and could activate divine marks that bound its owner to worship the god.
• Han Shuo realized the Death Cemetery had disturbed his soul before, but his willpower and Demonic Cultivation Art had prevented him from being corrupted.
• Han Shuo tried to breach the barriers on the other two skulls but lacked the mental power to uncover their secrets.
• Keluoxius's daughter called to Han Shuo, and he left after deciding he could not learn more for now.

Han Shuo pondered how Demonic Essence differed from the universe’s recognized powers and concluded that Demonic Cultivators might originate outside that universe. He then began teaching Jiebier meditation and magic, hoping to learn how Abyss Realm cultivators formed Elemental Bodies and how to help Mages become gods.

• Han Shuo concluded that Demonic Essence arose within its cultivator and could use or imitate different powers, unlike the elemental and law powers known to the Skeleton Magic Staff’s owner.
• Han Shuo suspected that Earth and Demonic Cultivators lay outside the universe formed from numerous Planes, but remained committed to cultivating Demonic Essence.
• Jiebier visited Han Shuo to ask for guidance in Martial Techniques, and he advised her to use meditation and Mental Power to sense Wind Element.
• Han Shuo demonstrated an Undead Spell by forming and launching Bone Spears, delighting Jiebier.
• Han Shuo taught Jiebier a Mage’s meditation method and studied how Wind Element circulated through her body, hoping to discover how Abyss Realm cultivators formed Elemental Bodies.

Han Shuo examined Jiebier’s affinity for Wind Element before Haimanna and Xierfu told him that Keluoxius had assigned them to him. As Han Shuo pursued the two women, Balua waited outside to apologize, and Han Shuo felt his Demonic Essence circulate more smoothly as he advanced in the Unrestrained Desire Realm.

• Han Shuo studied Jiebier’s body and discovered that her soul’s affinity with Wind Element had quickly improved through his meditation method.
• Jiebier praised Han Shuo and left after teasing him about Haimanna and Xierfu.
• Haimanna and Xierfu told Han Shuo that Keluoxius had assigned them to him, and Han Shuo asked whether he could do whatever he wanted with them.
• Han Shuo began having sex with Haimanna and Xierfu, while Balua arrived outside to apologize and waited as he heard them inside.
• Han Shuo sensed his Demonic Essence circulating on its own and realized that following his desires could help him advance in the Unrestrained Desire Realm.

Han Shuo accepted Balua’s apology but warned him against seeking revenge, then entered the Undead World to learn why Little Skeleton had gathered his forces in the Valley of Wraiths. Little Skeleton planned to defeat a powerful undead there, and Han Shuo considered teaching him advanced Necromancy.

• Balua apologized to Han Shuo and invited him to a Battle Demon Hall council about dealing with Poison Fang Fort in two days.
• Han Shuo warned Balua not to pursue revenge, then returned to his room and descended to the secret chamber to contact Little Skeleton.
• Han Shuo’s soul entered the Undead World and found Little Skeleton leading the Five Elements Armored Corpses and other undead in the Valley of Wraiths.
• Little Skeleton told Han Shuo that a creature stronger than Bone Dragons and Zombie Kings threatened his expansion, so he intended to destroy it and occupy the valley.
• Han Shuo recognized that Little Skeleton had formed a death-element soul and body, and considered imprinting his Necromancy knowledge onto him.

Han Shuo began transferring his Necromancy memories to Little Skeleton to help him master the Death Element, while learning that the Five Elements Armored Corpses had completed the Heavenly Corpse Five Elements Formation. The transfer was interrupted when the Purple Demon Eye unleashed a soul-plundering force and powerful Undead from the Valley of Wraiths charged toward them.

• Han Shuo offered to pass his Necromancy memories to Little Skeleton, who agreed to receive them.
• Little Skeleton said the area was safe because the Five Elements Armored Corpses had mastered the Heavenly Corpse Five Elements Formation, which could even trap him.
• Han Shuo began carefully transferring basic Necromancy knowledge into Little Skeleton's soul, and Little Skeleton absorbed it without difficulty.
• The Purple Demon Eye suddenly released an evil force that intercepted the memories and tried to seize both Han Shuo's and Little Skeleton's souls.
• Powerful Undead from the Valley of Wraiths surged toward Han Shuo and Little Skeleton, led by a death aura comparable to Little Skeleton's.

Han Shuo and Little Skeleton were trapped between the soul inside the Purple Demon Eye and a powerful Undead from the Valley of Wraiths, until Han Shuo used a dangerous passage through a space-time tunnel to turn the struggle in his favor. He awoke with the memories of Daddala and Haili Lich, and realized he had created two external incarnations through Demon Division.

• Han Shuo and Little Skeleton struggled to resist the soul power erupting from the Purple Demon Eye as it threatened to take over both of them.
• A powerful Undead from the Valley of Wraiths attacked Little Skeleton’s forces, but stopped before the Five Elements Armored Corpses’ formation.
• The Undead joined the soul battle and targeted Little Skeleton, while the Purple Demon Eye’s soul power attacked the newcomer as well.
• Han Shuo sent the entangled souls through a space-time tunnel and used the others’ weakened state to strike the newcomer and the Purple Demon Eye’s soul.
• Han Shuo collapsed, then awoke with the memories of Daddala and Haili Lich and declared that he had erased their soul marks.
• The Skeleton Magic Staff and Demon-Slaying Edge transformed into two more Han Shuos, which Han Shuo identified as his Death-System Base God and Destruction-System Lower God incarnations.

Han Shuo took over the souls of Daddala and Haili, gaining two powerful external incarnations and their memories. He restored Little Skeleton in the Undead World, then prepared to attend the council meeting with his strength greatly increased.

• Han Shuo learned that Daddala and Haili’s souls had been erased and replaced by his own consciousness, forming external incarnations tied to the Demon-Slaying Edge and Skeleton Magic Staff.
• Han Shuo gained Haili’s necromancy knowledge and learned how the Skeleton Magic Staff could use planar teleportation arrays and Death Cemeteries to travel between planes.
• Han Shuo and Little Skeleton returned to the Undead World, where their souls reentered their bodies and Little Skeleton learned that Han Shuo had become far more powerful.
• Han Shuo claimed Haili’s green crystal and ordered Haili’s undead army to recognize Little Skeleton as a master alongside him.
• Han Shuo sent the green crystal to the Earth Armor Zombie as an intermediary between planes, then decided to check on the council meeting Balua had mentioned.
• Han Shuo put away the Skeleton Magic Staff and Demon-Slaying Edge and headed out, confident that his strength now exceeded Keluoxius’s.

After spending a month cultivating in the underground chamber, Han Shuo arrived late to Keluoxius’s meeting about Poison Fang Fort’s coming attack. He ignored the Chief Honorary Guest’s attempt to command him, forced him to surrender his seat, and won Keluoxius’s amused approval.

• Han Shuo emerged from the underground chamber and learned that Keluoxius had summoned him to the Battle Demon Hall.
• Nanzhaluo told Han Shuo that Poison Fang Fort’s forces were approaching Battle Demon Valley with the aid of Goran Dell’s powerful Shadow Generals.
• Han Shuo entered the meeting, where Keluoxius reprimanded him for arriving late and the Chief Honorary Guest claimed authority over him.
• Han Shuo ignored the Chief Honorary Guest and used the Demon-Slaying Edge’s aura to make him give up his seat.
• Keluoxius declared that Han Shuo could arrive late to any meeting as a new rule made just for him.

Han Shuo secured the position of chief Honorary Guest in Battle Demon Valley and learned that Poison Fang Fort was preparing a major assault. He offered to build a powerful formation to defend the valley, and Keluoxius gave him access to the valley’s weapons and materials warehouse.

• Keluoxius recognized Han Shuo's strength, confirmed him as chief Honorary Guest, and ordered a new chair after Han Shuo refused to sit where Buleixiao had been.
• Keluoxius spared Nanzhaluo over the Xieluo Squad incident, and Han Shuo warned Buleixiao not to provoke him.
• Keluoxius described Poison Fang Fort's approaching invasion, including Red Fang and two Shadow Generals, and Han Shuo offered to set up a deadly formation.
• Han Shuo demonstrated a basic Necromancy formation that concentrated death energy and blasted holes in the council hall's stone walls.
• Keluoxius ordered Jiebier to take Han Shuo to the weapons and materials warehouse so he could choose whatever supplies he needed.

Han Shuo accompanied Jiebier to Battle Demon Valley’s warehouse, where he gave her a wind crystal necklace and impulsively touched her wings before guards interrupted them. After Jiebier used her father’s token to bring him inside, Han Shuo sensed a familiar presence beyond the warehouse gate and urged her to open it.

• Han Shuo gave Jiebier a green crystal necklace to help her with meditation, and she kissed his cheek in gratitude.
• Han Shuo touched Jiebier’s wing and began molesting her, but he stopped when Battle Demon Guards came to investigate.
• Jiebier dismissed the guards and showed them Keluoxius’s Valley Master’s Token, which authorized Han Shuo to take anything he wanted from the warehouse.
• Han Shuo and Jiebier entered the small valley, where Han Shuo sensed a familiar presence in a secret chamber behind the iron-and-stone gate and told her to open it.

Han Shuo found an ancient Jade Bone Token in Battle Demon Valley’s weapons storehouse and realized it proved a Death Cemetery existed in the Abyss Realm, offering a possible route home. With Jiebier’s help, he searched the storehouse and collected many rare materials for refining bodies and Demonic Artifacts.

• Jiebier opened Battle Demon Valley’s weapons storehouse, and Han Shuo rushed into a chamber after sensing a familiar aura.
• Han Shuo found a Jade Bone Token whose imprint had been removed and asked Jiebier to investigate its origins.
• Han Shuo concluded that the token confirmed a Death Cemetery existed in the Abyss Realm and could eventually lead him back to the Qio Continent.
• Han Shuo examined the storehouse materials and put nearly a hundred valuable items into his Spatial Ring.
• Han Shuo gave Jiebier a Spatial Ring, flirted with her, and continued gathering useful materials from the other chambers.

Han Shuo finished setting up a powerful Shura Illusion Soul Formation in Battle Demon Valley and learned that the jade bone token came from Demon King Manticore. He planned to head to Black Jade Demon King City soon, but first summoned Little Skeleton to pass on his death-element Necromancy memories.

• Han Shuo built a Shura Illusion Soul Formation with Jiebier’s help, adding death-element Magic Arrays and mysteries of destruction laws while Buleixiao assisted.
• Jiebier explained Buleixiao’s background and urged Han Shuo not to harm him; Han Shuo agreed as long as Buleixiao did not provoke him.
• Jiebier revealed that the jade bone token came from Demon King Manticore’s armory, prompting Han Shuo to plan a trip to Black Jade Demon King City.
• Han Shuo told Jiebier to keep meditating, then declined Haimanna and Xierfu’s invitation and entered his secret chamber.
• Han Shuo offered to forge Gilbert a temporary body, but Gilbert chose to wait for his original skeleton; Han Shuo promised they would seek the planar Teleportation Array in Black Jade Demon King City.
• Han Shuo summoned Little Skeleton to transmit his death-element Necromancy memories and was astonished by its appearance.