Chapter Summaries

Han Shuo discovered that the Wraith Stele had entered Little Skeleton’s chest and protected his soul, preventing Han Shuo from transferring necromancy memories to him. As Poison Fang Fort’s forces approached Battle Demon Valley, Han Shuo finished preparing a formation and two demonic artifacts, and predicted the attack would begin within half a day.

• Han Shuo recognized the gravestone in Little Skeleton’s chest as the Wraith Stele from the Valley of Wraiths, and Little Skeleton explained that it helped him absorb death energy.
• Han Shuo tried to transfer his necromancy memories to Little Skeleton, but the Wraith Stele’s protective power blocked his divine sense.
• Han Shuo sent Little Skeleton back to the Undead World and advised him to study the Wraith Stele.
• Poison Fang Fort’s forces eliminated Battle Demon Valley’s hidden sentries, prompting Keluoxius to recall the remaining sentries and residents to prepare for an attack.
• Han Shuo completed the Shura Illusion Soul Formation and refined sixteen Explosive Destruction Beads and a Heavenly Demon Jade Flame Shuttle.
• Han Shuo told Keluoxius, Balua, the six great Rakshasas, and the five Honorary Guests that Poison Fang Fort would attack in less than half a day.

Poison Fang Fort's army, led by Red Fang and the Shadow General Zhaojiya, attacked Battle Demon Valley. Han Shuo's stone forest appeared ineffective at first, but he told the valley's defenders to wait until more enemies entered.

• Red Fang and Zhaojiya discussed their plans to take Battle Demon Valley, while Zhaojiya demanded more young women to eat.
• Han Shuo identified Zhaojiya to Keluoxius and the defenders, who reacted with fear; he gave Jiebier an Explosive Destruction Bead for protection.
• Red Fang ordered the army to charge through the stone forest, which only slowed their advance.
• Balua and Keluoxius questioned Han Shuo when the formation showed no destructive power, and Han Shuo said he had not activated it yet.

Han Shuo waited until Poison Fang Fort’s elite forces entered the stone forest before activating his formation, unleashing devastating powers against the invaders. As the three Shadow Generals led the charge, Battle Demon Valley’s defenders watched the formation destroy more than ten thousand Abyss Creatures.

• Red Fang ordered Poison Fang Fort’s cannon fodder into the stone forest, and the creatures climbed Battle Demon Valley’s walls using sticky hands and feet.
• Keluoxius ordered Battle Demon Valley’s defenders to attack, and their boulders, arrows, and nets killed hundreds of climbers.
• Red Fang led Poison Fang Fort’s elite assault with the Ironstone General, Demon Red General, and Zhaojiya, leaving Battle Demon Valley’s defenders despairing.
• Balua mocked Han Shuo and promised to call him Grandpa if he could play with the Demon Red General, while Jiebier warned Han Shuo against provoking her.
• Han Shuo activated the formation as the elite forces approached, and its barriers and destructive powers killed more than ten thousand Abyss Creatures in the stone forest.

Han Shuo’s formation annihilated Poison Fang Fort’s first wave of more than ten thousand fighters, terrifying both Battle Demon Valley and the Shadow Generals. As the remaining elites charged the valley, Han Shuo promised to face all three Shadow Generals alone.

• Han Shuo’s combined formation slaughtered the Abyss Creatures in the stone forest and turned their souls into blood-red shadows.
• Keluoxius and Battle Demon Valley’s fighters stared in awe at Han Shuo’s power, while Balua conceded he might have to call Han Shuo Grandpa.
• Red Fang and the Shadow Generals learned from the surviving Tieshi that nearly everyone in the first force had died in the stone forest.
• Zhaojiya invoked Great Demon King Goran Dell’s wrath, and Red Fang ordered the remaining Poison Fang Fort elites to charge Battle Demon Valley.
• Keluoxius asked Han Shuo to help hold off one Demon, and Han Shuo said he would handle all three Shadow Generals.

Han Shuo entered Battle Demon Valley’s battle against Poison Fang Fort and used the Demon-Slaying Edge to kill Shadow General Zhaojiya, shifting the tide in Battle Demon Valley’s favor. He then destroyed the Ironstone General and turned his attention to the Demon Red General, asking whether she wanted to live.

• Han Shuo told the defenders he would face the three Shadow Generals alone, then Battle Demon Valley and Poison Fang Fort began fighting.
• Han Shuo sent the Skeleton Magic Staff and Demon-Slaying Edge into the battle while the three Shadow Generals overwhelmed Battle Demon Valley’s guards.
• The Demon-Slaying Edge pierced Zhaojiya, absorbed his soul and power, and killed the leader of the Shadow Generals.
• Battle Demon Valley’s fighters cheered Zhaojiya’s death, while the Poison Fang Fort invaders lost morale and Keluoxius pressed his attack on Red Fang.
• Han Shuo killed the Ironstone General and asked the Demon Red General, “Beauty, want to live?”

Han Shuo killed the Demon Red General and secured Battle Demon Valley’s victory over Poison Fang Fort. After Keluoxius pledged Jiebier to him, Han Shuo carried her away while Balua conceded and promised not to oppose him again.

• Han Shuo saw through the Demon Red General’s attempt to kill him and snapped her neck before throwing her into the air, where she exploded.
• Battle Demon Valley’s fighters gained the advantage after Han Shuo killed the three Shadow Generals, and the forces of Poison Fang Fort began to fall back.
• Red Fang offered Han Shuo twice Battle Demon Valley’s reward, but Han Shuo refused and Keluoxius ordered his fighters to finish the battle and attack Poison Fang Fort.
• Han Shuo approached Jiebier, flirted with her, and carried her toward the valley as Battle Demon Valley’s people watched.
• Balua called after Han Shuo and conceded, saying he would never dare oppose him; Han Shuo accepted his submission and departed with Jiebier.

Han Shuo and Jiebier's encounter led her to sense Mental Power and gave Han Shuo a breakthrough in his mental state. After helping Jiebier learn to use her Spatial Ring, Han Shuo sensed that Demon King Manticore's people had arrived.

• Han Shuo took Jiebier to a stone forest, where they shared an intimate encounter.
• While meditating afterward, Jiebier sensed Mental Power, and Han Shuo studied how the Wind Element circulated within her body.
• Han Shuo realized his Unrestrained Desire Realm was close to transforming into the Nine Transformations realm.
• Han Shuo gently dressed and comforted Jiebier, who thanked him and cried with joy.
• Han Shuo confirmed Jiebier had sensed Mental Power and taught her to use her Spatial Ring.
• Han Shuo sensed the arrival of the people Demon King Manticore had sent and suggested they go meet them.

Han Shuo returned to Battle Demon Valley after helping defeat Poison Fang Fort, where the surviving guards celebrated him and he absorbed the Stone Forest’s blood shadows and reclaimed his formation materials. Bode and Qiniya arrived to win him over for Lord Manticore, and Keluoxius eagerly agreed to discuss matters with him.

• Keluoxius told Bode and Qiniya that Han Shuo had killed three Shadow Generals and destroyed nearly ten thousand Poison Fang Fort experts with his formation.
• Keluoxius revealed that Han Shuo had come from another plane, prompting Bode and Qiniya to praise him and urge Keluoxius to secure Han Shuo’s support.
• Han Shuo returned to the battlefield with Jiebier and was greeted with reverent cheers from Battle Demon Valley’s guards.
• Han Shuo sent the Demon-Slaying Edge into the Stone Forest, where it absorbed the blood shadows and collected the formation materials.
• Bode, Qiniya, and Keluoxius approached Han Shuo to discuss winning his allegiance, and Keluoxius readily accepted his explanation for removing the blood shadows.

After Battle Demon Valley's crisis ended, Han Shuo agreed to travel with Bode and Qiniya to Black Jade Demon King City to meet Lord Manticore and seek a way out of the Abyss Realm. Jiebier, Haimanna, and Xierfu chose to leave with him, while Keluoxius received a Spatial Ring and a promise that Han Shuo might return.

• Bode and Qiniya thanked Han Shuo for helping Battle Demon Valley and offered to introduce him to Lord Manticore in Black Jade Demon King City.
• Han Shuo asked Jiebier whether she would leave the Abyss Realm with him, and she decided to follow him despite Keluoxius's sadness.
• Keluoxius accepted Jiebier's choice and asked her to visit if she could; Han Shuo reassured them that he might return to the Abyss Realm.
• Han Shuo gave Keluoxius a Spatial Ring and an Earth Element Magic Wand, and Bode recognized the ring as a rare item also owned by Manticore.
• Han Shuo, Jiebier, Haimanna, and Xierfu left Battle Demon Valley with Bode and Qiniya for Black Jade Demon King City.

Han Shuo arrived in Black Jade Demon King City with Jiebier, Haimanna, and Xierfu, where Bode and Qiniya left to seek an audience with Manticore. While exploring the city, Han Shuo noticed a boy being beaten, recognized his Blood Spirit Body, and asked whether he wanted power.

• Han Shuo and the three women entered Black Jade Demon King City and marveled at its immense buildings and the towering Demon King Palace.
• Bode and Qiniya went to the Demon King Palace to seek an audience with Manticore, while Han Shuo and the women explored the city.
• Han Shuo spotted several youths beating a small boy in an alley and initially prepared to continue on his way.
• The boy's body turned blood-red, and Han Shuo recognized that he had a Blood Spirit Body.
• Han Shuo rushed over, lifted the battered boy, and asked whether he wanted power.

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.