After the Divine Ruins, Yu Sheng and his friends settle into life at Ink Academy, share the human cultivation technique, and grow strong enough to graduate together. Their paths split after the ceremony, while Yu Sheng stays behind until Shi Guang returns and invites him to leave that night.
Yu Sheng and Shi Guang avenged Shi Guang’s parents, completed most of their wishes, and entered the Demon Domain to hunt and gather resources. In Barbarian City, they planned to rob an auction, while the Mountain-Guarding Old Man revealed his long infiltration of the Cheetah Clan.
Yu Sheng and Shi Guang seized the auction and turned Barbarian City into a battleground, drawing the Demon Beasts into a scramble for invitations and supplies. As the Young Chieftains confronted Yu Sheng and a riot broke out outside the city, Ink Academy’s 140th Cohort arrived, while Yu Mo remained unreachable.
Yu Sheng and his companions broke the blockade of Barbarian City and delayed the auction while Sun Wen tried to unravel Old White Ape’s plans. Ji Hong secured divine resources, and Old White Ape gained permission to challenge Eight-Tailed Fox for the Demon Lord Seat without divine assistance.
Old White Ape used Barbarian City, Seven-Tailed Fox, and the Black Market to set a larger plan in motion, then entered Human territory and met Yu Mo. Their conversation ended with Yu Mo weighing the value of killing a Demon God against the cost of Old White Ape’s life.
Yu Mo and Yu Sheng made a bargain over the Yellow Springs Graveyard while Old White Ape rose to power in the Demon Domain and launched a plan that could threaten humanity. The arc ended with Yu Sheng and Shi Guang entering the graveyard, determined to disrupt Old White Ape’s plans.
Yu Sheng hunted through Yellow Springs Graveyard, using his strength and deception to weaken the Demon Beasts while the Reserve Corps gathered supplies and helped draw out the Demon Kings. After the soldiers returned to Ghost Gate, Yu Sheng put off pursuing the Seventh Awakening and invited Shi Guang to celebrate the Spring Festival with him.
Yu Sheng and Shi Guang celebrated Spring Festival before separating, while Yu Mo and Old White Ape fought over public opinion and the Reserve Corps. Yu Sheng reached the Seventh Awakening and was named Ink Pavilion Head, but his inauguration announcement left the public demanding answers.
Yu Sheng took over the Ink Pavilion and investigated the clues Yu Sanshui had left in Mobei City while attending Zhao Zicheng’s wedding. He discovered that Yu Sanshui had founded Xinfa Media, but the purpose of his wider plans remained unclear as Yu Sanshui and Black Robe prepared to question each other.
Yu Sanshui’s attempts to unsettle Black Robe failed to reveal the truth about his identity, while Yu Mo extracted Sister Wang’s confession and prepared for conflict with the Demon Domain. Ji Hong’s past and covert moves drew Old White Ape into a contest of suspicion, as Yu Mo argued that the Human Race could not afford to wait.
As Yu Mo set the Human Race’s war against the Demon Domain in motion, Yu Sheng took Army-Breaker through the Thousand-Li Demon Plain and Ten Thousand Demon Forest. Old White Ape confronted Yu Sheng but let the unit withdraw, while Yu Mo remained at Demon-Suppressing Pass, worried that he could not fill Yu Sheng’s role.
Chu Yu confronted Old White Ape and died after defending humanity’s right to coexist with the Demon Clan, prompting the Human Race to counterattack. Yu Sheng led Army-Breaker through raids and provocations while searching for Shi Guang, as Old White Ape prepared for a larger war and Yu Mo learned Soul Hunt’s leader had escaped.
As Yu Mo and Old White Ape maneuvered around a possible truce, Old White Ape’s forces ambushed Army-Breaker in the Ten Thousand Demon Forest. Yu Sheng saved the unit and killed seven Demon Kings, while Old White Ape killed Red Fox and then demanded Yu Mo help stage a fight.
Yu Sheng uncovered the truth about the Heavenly Race, his origins, and the woman in the Crystal Coffin, while Yu Sanshui revealed why he had abandoned him. After the woman died and the Divine Ruins collapsed, Yu Sheng escaped through a Space Passage with Shi Guang.
Yu Sheng reunited with Yu Sanshui in the Demon Domain, where the two confronted their past and Yu Sanshui joined Army-Breaker. As Demon Lords pursued them, Yu Sheng sent Yu Sanshui to lead the enemy away while preparing an ambush.
Yu Sheng crippled the Beast Tide with traps while Army-Breaker escaped, and Old White Ape turned the failed pursuit into a political contest among the Demon clans. Young White Ape allied with Little Red Dragon, but Yu Sheng’s attack exposed how dangerous he remained and left both dragons reassessing his strength.
Yu Sheng drew the Demon Lords away from Army-Breaker and survived by using illusions, spatial rifts, and the protection of a powerful beast from Hundred Desolate Mountain. After the beast entered the Sea of Space, Yu Sheng headed toward Skyvault Ravine as Little Red Dragon and Young White Ape ended their alliance.
Yu Sanshui led Army-Breaker through the Demon Domain after Xin Yongfeng exposed the hidden forces in Skyvault Ravine, while Old White Ape tightened the pursuit. Yu Sheng reached the Eighth Awakening and formed a Laws World as Army-Breaker waited for a way through the blockade.
Yu Sheng drew the Human Race into a battle against the Demon Domain and its Demon God, while Old White Ape tried to turn the conflict into his staged final battle. Yu Sanshui, Zhong Yushu, and Confucian Scholar wounded the Red Dragon Demon God and gathered its blood, but Yu Sheng remained behind to face Old White Ape.
Yu Sheng and the Human Race returned from victory as Old White Ape arranged a final battle for three years later. Yu Sheng learned that Old White Ape planned to pit humans and demons against each other, while Yu Mo set new plans in motion and Yu Sheng returned to Jiangcheng.