Recaps

Sun Wen used his final strength to unleash his ninth skill, Humanity's Torch Inheritance, and pass spiritual energy to Yu Sheng and the 140th Cohort. After blessing his friends, Sun Wen vanished, leaving behind his bloodstained uniform and a final message.

• Sun Wen told Yu Sheng that his uncontrolled spiritual energy would kill him soon and said he was grateful Yu Sheng would carry on the fight for humanity.
• Sun Wen revealed his ninth skill, Humanity's Torch Inheritance, and poured spiritual energy into Yu Sheng.
• Sun Wen gathered the spiritual energy of the surrounding lands and sent it to Zhao Zicheng and the others, helping Zhao Zicheng break through to the Eighth Awakening and pushing Mu Yu toward the Ninth Awakening.
• Sun Wen returned the fortune he had borrowed to heaven and earth, said farewell to his friends, and dissolved into specks of light.
• Sun Wen's bloodstained class uniform fell to the ground, revealing his final words: “Do not mock a young man's... Dream of the jianghu.”

After Sun Wen’s death, Zhao Zicheng confronted Yu Mo for helping him choose his course and beat him while the others watched. Yu Sheng stopped Zhao Zicheng, warned Yu Mo to keep his companions out of his schemes, and Yu Mo agreed.

• Yu Mo admitted to Zhao Zicheng that he had known everything about Sun Wen’s plan and had helped strengthen Sun Wen’s resolve.
• Zhao Zicheng said he could not kill Yu Mo because the Human Race still needed him, but punched him repeatedly.
• Mu Yu, A Tai, Xiao Xiao, and the others regained their ability to move and silently watched Zhao Zicheng hit Yu Mo.
• Yu Sheng stopped Zhao Zicheng and told Yu Mo that he had chosen his own path, but warned him not to target the people around Yu Sheng.
• Yu Mo acknowledged the warning and promised that none of his orders would put Yu Sheng’s companions in danger.

After Sun Wen’s death, Yu Sheng and the others brought his uniform back to Ink Academy and buried it, while the Human Race learned that he had fallen. Yu Sheng began to wonder whether he regretted not being more cautious, leaving the survivors to prepare for battle.

• Yu Mo returned Sun Wen’s uniform to Zhao Zicheng, called Yu Sheng shameless, and wheeled away from his former friends.
• Xu Yuanqing used a Sea of Fire to escort Sun Wen’s uniform back to Ink Academy, where the Human Race learned Sun Wen had fallen for an unknown reason.
• Yu Sheng buried Sun Wen’s uniform himself, then told the others to prepare for battle and absorb Demon Cores.
• Zhao Zicheng and Lin Xiaoxiao chose Demon Cores to advance to the eighth awakening, while Mu Yu and A Tai adjusted to their changing strength.
• Yu Sheng told Shi Guang he should have been more cautious and wondered whether the feeling he had was regret.

Ink Academy deployed to join the coming battle, with Yu Sheng given authority over the academy’s decisions and its graduates sent to defend the Human Race’s four passes. The chapter left the forces building toward a decisive war as Xin Yongfeng prepared to command the defense of Deep Mountain.

• Shi Guang told Yu Sheng that he seemed more worthy of trust now, and he promised to try to help end the conflict with their own hands.
• Shi Guang said the other Three Major Universities had already set out, and the Old Principal had placed every decision within Ink Academy in Yu Sheng’s hands.
• After five hours, the Old Principal declared that Ink Academy would join the battle, and its graduates split into four groups bound for the Human Race’s passes.
• Ink Academy arrived first at Demon-Suppressing Pass and spread its fighters along the defenses, while Yu Sheng and Shi Guang disappeared into the crowd.
• The 140th Cohort took up positions at Deep Mountain under Xin Yongfeng’s command, and his battle-hardened fighting spirit grew stronger.

Old White Ape learned that Yu Sheng had entered the Ninth Awakening and told Ji Hong the final battle would begin in five days, probing him about the role he had planned for himself. The Demon Gods approved the war before Demon-Suppressing Pass, and the Demon Race mobilized across Skyvault Ravine.

• Old White Ape watched a video of Yu Sheng entering the Ninth Awakening and decided there was no reason to delay the final battle.
• Old White Ape visited Ji Hong and said the battle would begin in five days, describing the forces he had arranged for Ji Hong to face.
• Ji Hong asked Old White Ape to slaughter the Demon Domain for him, but Old White Ape dismissed the request and left.
• Old White Ape informed the Demon Gods that the war would begin in five days before Demon-Suppressing Pass, and they approved.
• Several hours later, the Demon Race mobilized throughout Skyvault Ravine.

Skyvault Ravine’s forces advanced toward the Four Great Passes while Old White Ape stayed behind to prepare a grand entrance. Nine-Tailed Fox headed for Demon-Suppressing Pass as the Human Race imposed brutal martial law, leaving residents afraid to protest Light Group’s orders.

• The Eleven God Race split into four forces and charged toward the Human Race’s City Passes, while Old White Ape stayed at Skyvault Ravine to prepare his entrance.
• Nine-Tailed Fox concluded that the Demon Gods would not oppose Old White Ape and left the underground world for Demon-Suppressing Pass.
• Light Group announced strict wartime martial law, threatening death for disobedience and exile to Sin City for certain officials’ failures.
• Residents felt uneasy about the orders but stayed silent because Light Group punished protests with blood.

Yu Mo ordered the Human Race to prepare for the coming decisive battle and traveled with Confucian Scholar to Demon-Suppressing Pass. His arrival marked the Human Race’s readiness as battle approached.

• Yu Mo said the Light Group would be abolished regardless of the battle’s outcome and ordered its leaders to focus on Human Race internal affairs while the Demon-Slaughtering Pavilion and Dark Pavilion went to the pass.
• Yu Mo concluded that Old White Ape had achieved his goal and urged everyone to prepare for battle immediately.
• Yu Mo asked Confucian Scholar to accompany him and promised to let him make a dignified, spectacular entrance.
• Confucian Scholar opened a rift and pushed Yu Mo through it toward Demon-Suppressing Pass.
• Yu Mo’s departure marked the Human Race’s official readiness for the decisive battle.

Yu Mo called Yu Sanshui onto the battlefield, where the Ninth Awakening’s display of power pressured the Demon Domain into revealing its Demon God. The chapter ended with Yu Sanshui returning to the ground after Yu Mo cut short his attempt to provoke the Demon God.

• The Confucian Scholar tried to impress the gathered forces with his laughter, and Yu Mo praised him while surveying the Demon Domain’s army.
• Yu Mo noticed the Demon Domain’s forces included the God Race but no unexpected hidden races, then called for Elder Yu to appear.
• Yu Sanshui emerged and unleashed the oppressive aura of his Ninth Awakening, unsettling the Demon Domain’s weaker Demon Beasts.
• The Demon God answered from the clouds above the Thousand-Li Demon Plain, and Yu Sanshui mocked it for hiding.
• Yu Mo told Yu Sanshui that showing himself was enough, so Yu Sanshui descended and withdrew his aura while warning Yu Mo not to die in the final battle.

Yu Mo challenged the Demon God over Old White Ape’s absence, prompting Old White Ape to appear at the front and trade insults with him. Their verbal duel broke the battlefield’s tense mood, and the chapter ended with humans and demons watching the pair’s escalating argument.

• Yu Mo taunted the Demon God and asked why Old White Ape, the Demon Domain Lord, was absent.
• Old White Ape sensed the Demon God’s arrival at Skyvault Ravine and hurried to the Thousand-Li Demon Plain.
• Old White Ape apologized to the Demon God for the delay, then mocked Yu Mo for coming to the front in his wheelchair.
• Yu Mo and Old White Ape traded threats and insults, each refusing to back down.
• The humans and demons grew absorbed in the pair’s argument and momentarily forgot the battlefield’s danger.

Yu Mo spent an hour taunting Old White Ape and summoned several human Ninth Awakenings to challenge the Demon Domain. The Demon God called for backup, while Yu Mo’s side prepared to attack it before the other Demon Gods arrived.

• Yu Mo traded insults with Old White Ape and demanded to face the Demon God.
• Yu Mo summoned Yu Sanshui and Confucian Scholar, who appeared behind him and kept their heads lowered.
• Yu Mo called for Big Sister Soul Hunt and Old Master Black Market, then challenged Old White Ape to begin the final battle.
• Old White Ape hinted that someone was ready to warm things up, and both leaders smiled knowingly.
• The Demon God roared for backup as Yu Sanshui mocked it, and Yu Mo suggested they beat it before the other Demon Gods arrived.

Yu Sanshui, Big Sister Soul Hunt, and Black Market Grandpa attacked Bifang together before reinforcements arrived. Zhu Yan intervened, and more Demon Gods gathered unseen as both sides faced off.

• Yu Sanshui urged the Ninth Awakening fighters to attack Bifang together, and Big Sister Soul Hunt and Black Market Grandpa followed him into the clouds.
• Bifang tried to flee, but Yu Sanshui threatened to attack the Demon Beasts below, forcing it to return and fight the three humans.
• The humans surrounded Bifang, and Black Market Grandpa struck it with his cane while Yu Sanshui warned it not to use its flames.
• Zhu Yan arrived after a minute and a half, blocked Black Market Grandpa's cane, and ended the fight as the humans withdrew above their forces.
• Yu Sanshui questioned Confucian Scholar for not joining the battle, while Zhu Yan accused the human race of shamelessly starting the conflict.
• More Demon Gods appeared nearby without showing themselves, leaving the human side facing a growing threat.

Nine-Tailed Fox confronted Old White Ape and accused him of plotting to destroy the Demon Domain, forcing the Demon Gods to reconsider what Sky Dog had told them. They left the question of Old White Ape’s true strength unresolved, choosing to wait rather than risk acting against him.

• Nine-Tailed Fox arrived on the battlefield and demanded that Old White Ape charge into the Human Race Faction with it, but Old White Ape refused and said he would oversee the war from the rear.
• Yu Mo realized Nine-Tailed Fox’s confrontation was meant to provoke Old White Ape, then sent Yu Sanshui and the others away from the battlefield.
• Nine-Tailed Fox called Old White Ape an executioner who intended to overthrow the Demon Domain and urged the Demon Gods to kill him.
• The Demon Gods questioned Sky Dog, which recounted Nine-Tailed Fox’s story about the real Old White Ape.
• Bifang and Zhu Yan debated testing Old White Ape’s strength, while Sky Dog warned that he might be beyond Demon God and the others might be better off waiting.

The Nine-Tailed Fox condemned the Demon Gods for choosing submission and the Demon Beasts for their ignorance, then found resolve in the idea that a lonely path of clarity was still the right one. Old White Ape honored the Nine-Tailed Fox as the only one among the Demon Clan who had earned his respect.

• The Nine-Tailed Fox realized the Demon Gods would submit to Old White Ape rather than risk their lives resisting him.
• The Nine-Tailed Fox lamented the Demon Domain’s cowardice and the impending deaths of the Demon Beasts below.
• The Nine-Tailed Fox reflected on its loneliness and its failed efforts to change the Demon Domain.
• The Nine-Tailed Fox told Old White Ape that people faced a road of clarity or a road of ignorance, and that those who chose clarity should keep going.
• Old White Ape solemnly declared that the Nine-Tailed Fox alone among the Demon Clan had his respect.

The Nine-Tailed Fox confronted Old White Ape, resolved to purge him as a traitor and defend the Demon Domain despite realizing he had used it. After Old White Ape overwhelmed it, the Nine-Tailed Fox remained defiant and sought one last chance to help the Human Race, while the surrounding Demon Beasts celebrated Old White Ape’s strength.

• The Nine-Tailed Fox told Old White Ape that it understood why he had freed it and declared that it would rather die than abandon its convictions.
• The Nine-Tailed Fox trapped itself and Old White Ape in a prison of demon aura and charged at him, declaring its intent to purge a traitor.
• Old White Ape stopped the Nine-Tailed Fox with a single palm strike, destroying its internal organs, then offered to spare it as his servant.
• The Nine-Tailed Fox accused Old White Ape of using it and asked to be released so it could try to defeat a Human Race Ninth Awakening.
• Old White Ape said the Nine-Tailed Fox was the one preventing itself from acting, while the surrounding Demon Beasts welcomed his strength and dismissed the Nine-Tailed Fox’s fate.

After the Nine-Tailed Fox destroyed itself, Old White Ape secured the Demon Gods’ submission and arranged for Bifang to bring Lord Ji Hong out of seclusion before the expected battle with Yu Mo. Old White Ape then sensed someone approaching and objected that kings should not meet before the great battle.

• The Nine-Tailed Fox rejected Old White Ape’s suggestion of a dignified end and destroyed itself, leaving blood rain that the Demon Beasts eagerly consumed.
• Old White Ape declared the Demon Domain too corrupt to deserve a chance to improve, then asked the four Demon Gods what they intended to do.
• The four Demon Gods pledged to follow Old White Ape as Co-Ruler after his palm strike had shattered their confidence.
• Old White Ape said he would witness the Demon Domain’s success but pursue his own path after the battle, and warned that Yu Mo would likely attack within four hours.
• Old White Ape sent Bifang to bring Lord Ji Hong out of seclusion, then sat on a folding stool while the other Demon Gods returned to the void.
• Old White Ape sensed someone approaching and muttered that kings should not meet before the great battle.

Yu Sheng confronted Old White Ape to learn the extent of his strength, but was defeated and learned that their power differed by an enormous margin. Old White Ape kept Yu Sheng beside him to watch the seven-day Grand Feast and urged him to reach the Tenth Awakening so he could fight and potentially kill him.

• Old White Ape greeted Yu Sheng after he emerged from a Space Rift, and Yu Sheng immediately punched him.
• Their fists shattered the surrounding space, and Old White Ape judged that Yu Sheng had not reached the Tenth Awakening.
• Old White Ape struck with a seemingly weak punch, but blocked Yu Sheng's full-power attack and left him badly injured.
• Old White Ape explained the gulf between their strength and said the Tenth Awakening depended on the heart, not simply more spiritual energy or power of laws.
• Old White Ape carried Yu Sheng into the air and told him to watch the seven-day Grand Feast, reach the Tenth Awakening, and fight him; if Yu Sheng killed him, the Human Race would have peace.

Old White Ape provoked Yu Sheng by threatening to kill humans whenever Yu Sheng failed to answer him, then killed a soldier and declared the grand feast had begun. He settled in to watch the coming battle, while Yu Sheng continued absorbing Demon Crystals and Old White Ape predicted he would reach the Tenth Awakening within seven days.

• Old White Ape challenged Yu Sheng to talk and threatened to kill random humans for every question Yu Sheng left unanswered.
• Yu Sheng agreed, but Old White Ape killed a human soldier anyway and announced that the grand feast had begun.
• Old White Ape created cloud sofas, sat down, and asked Yu Sheng what he thought of his entrance using the blood of the sincere demon to stain the Demon Beasts’ hides.
• Yu Sheng said he had been busy and had not watched, and Old White Ape guessed that the missing brawny man might be Yu Sheng’s trump card.
• Old White Ape told Yu Sheng that absorbing spiritual energy would not bring him to the Tenth Awakening, but that his path would lead him there within seven days.
• Old White Ape watched the battle and mocked the Demon Gods for hiding in dark clouds to distinguish themselves from other Demon Beasts.

Yu Sheng rejected Old White Ape’s reasoning and said he still wanted to kill him, while the Human Race prepared for the decisive battle at Demon-Suppressing Pass. Zhong Yushu rallied the Reserve Corps, and Ji Hong arrived among the Demon Domain’s forces as Old White Ape anticipated the clash.

• Yu Sheng told Old White Ape that he wanted to kill him to prevent his own death and stop Old White Ape from killing others.
• Yu Mo looked to Zhong Yushu and indicated that the battle could begin.
• Zhong Yushu put on the clothes he had worn when he first ascended the pass and called the Reserve Corps to fight.
• The Reserve Corps answered Zhong Yushu with cries of “Kill” as their fighting will rose against the Demon Domain’s demonic aura.
• Old White Ape noted that the Demon Domain lacked the Nine-Tailed Fox but had trained officers, then watched Ji Hong join its ranks.

Old White Ape explained his plan to erase all races and create a world without thought or judgment, then watched the battle begin below. Yu Sheng challenged his claim that he was helping others, while Old White Ape dismissed him and returned to watching the carnage.

• Old White Ape lamented that Ji Hong insulted him and declared he would wipe out every race to build a new world of mindless unity.
• Old White Ape predicted that the opening days of the battle would pit the lowest ranks against each other, while Yu Sheng listened.
• The forces below collided, and the front ranks on both sides were killed and trampled within seconds.
• Old White Ape delighted in the slaughter and mocked Ji Hong for being unable to intervene.
• Yu Sheng told Old White Ape that no one could decide other people's fates for them, but Old White Ape called his concern hypocritical kindness and said he was saving the foolish.
• Old White Ape abruptly softened his expression and told Yu Sheng they should simply watch.

As the battle outside Demon-Suppressing Pass raged, Old White Ape praised Yu Mo's defensive formation and tried to take a commemorative photo with Yu Sheng. Yu Sheng's blunt remarks drove Old White Ape to reveal his rage over the shackles that had shaped the world and his survival over thousands of years.

• Ranged Awakened and shield-bearing defenders at Demon-Suppressing Pass coordinated to repel Bird-Type Demon Beasts and strike back.
• Old White Ape praised Yu Mo's formation and tried to take a selfie with Yu Sheng, threatening Qi Changshan to make Yu Sheng cooperate.
• Yu Sheng questioned whether the person in Old White Ape's photo was really him and said that, years earlier, Old White Ape could not defeat anyone.
• Old White Ape grabbed Yu Sheng's collar and blamed the shackles left by the Feather Race for the world's state and his own suffering over thousands of years.

Old White Ape explained how centuries of loneliness, betrayal, and persecution drove him to seek the world’s destruction. He remained determined to create a New World and suggested Yu Sheng might live to see it.

• Old White Ape recounted being left awake while his fellow experiment slept, then enduring endless darkness and isolation.
• He described teaching early humans civilization before their descendants attacked him, and later hiding among the Beast Race only to face further cruelty.
• Old White Ape said he welcomed the awakening of his fellow experiment’s shackles and was grateful to Ji Hong and Yu Sheng for giving him hope.
• He accused Yu Sheng of treating him with disdain and declared that he would overturn the world unless Yu Sheng grew strong enough to kill him.
• Yu Sheng said neither of them was wrong to follow his chosen path and observed that Old White Ape feared death.
• Old White Ape admitted his fear and considered sparing Yu Sheng so he could witness the New World.

The first day of battle ended after heavy losses on both sides, while Yu Mo concluded that the sacrifices were meant to push Yu Sheng toward his final step. Old White Ape questioned whether humans truly rejected other races, and Yu Sheng cited Big White’s life among them as a counterexample.

• A Tai urged Zhao Zicheng to join the battle, but Zhao Zicheng said acting would only worsen the chaos, and A Tai challenged a Demon Lord to fight him one-on-one.
• Yu Mo told Confucian Scholar that the battlefield’s sacrifices served Old White Ape’s plan to stir Yu Sheng and urged him to return to Sin City, but Confucian Scholar chose to stay.
• The battle continued until nightfall, when both sides withdrew and a Demon God shattered the corpses scattered across the battlefield.
• Old White Ape praised the first day’s fighting and noted that humans fought on even as they died, unlike many fleeing Demon Beasts.
• Old White Ape asked Yu Sheng why humans rejected other races, and Yu Sheng answered that the Heavenly Race and Feather Race were the ones who rejected outsiders, pointing to Big White’s good life among humans.

Zhong Yushu challenged the Demon Lords, but Old White Ape arranged a duel between him and Ji Hong instead, which ended in a draw. Old White Ape threatened to escalate the war the next day as Yu Sheng tried to understand the path to the tenth awakening.

• Zhong Yushu left the city and challenged the Demon Lords of the Demon Domain to fight.
• Old White Ape called Ji Hong out to face Zhong Yushu, mocking their past and forcing them to fight.
• Ji Hong and Zhong Yushu battled for around half an hour before the fight ended in a draw.
• Old White Ape told Yu Sheng that people he knew might die the next day and insisted that Yu Sheng would be responsible if he failed to reach the tenth awakening.
• Yu Sheng discarded his Demon Crystals and meditated on the Dao resonance while Old White Ape anticipated the next day's battle.

Old White Ape launched the Demon Domain’s full assault and brought Yu Sheng to watch Ji Hong reveal himself. Ji Hong announced his breakthrough to the Demon God Realm, leaving both human and demon forces stunned.

• Old White Ape urged the Demon Beasts and Demon Lords to attack the human passes, and the full-scale war began.
• Old White Ape and Yu Sheng concealed themselves near Ji Hong to witness what he would do.
• Ji Hong reflected on the Fourth Generation of the human race and challenged Old White Ape’s prediction about Skyvault Ravine and a slain Demon God.
• Ji Hong drew the attention of both armies as he announced that he would break through to the Demon God Realm.
• Demon Aura gathered around Ji Hong, and he became a true Demon God within minutes.

Yu Mo realized that Ji Hong was carrying out the Fourth Generation’s plan and pleaded with him to stop, but ultimately trusted his teacher’s preparations. Ji Hong rejected his Demon identity before the Demon Gods and began unleashing his power, leaving them sealed away from him.

• Yu Mo recognized that Ji Hong was acting on long-held plans and begged the Confucian Scholar to stop him, then stopped the Confucian Scholar from intervening because he believed Ji Hong had prepared for everything.
• Yu Mo reflected that the Fourth Generation had become part of the past and understood that Ji Hong was trying to honor his fallen comrades’ convictions.
• A Demon God reminded Ji Hong of his oath to bloodbath the Human Race, and Ji Hong declared himself Ji Hong of the Human Race.
• Ji Hong tore the fur from his body, condemned his Demon identity, and poured out his demon aura as the earth shook and his skin split.
• The Demon Gods attacked Ji Hong, but a rising peak and an invisible barrier kept them from reaching him.