Chapter Summaries

Yu Mo ended the purge vote by exposing and killing five hidden Demons, then warned the crowd that the Light Group would use force to enforce its orders. As the livestream ended and the youths departed, Zong Ren escaped detection and vowed to keep pursuing his plans.

• The voting results sent those below the Third Awakening to Sin City, and Dark Pavilion staff took the condemned away.
• Yu Mo revealed five suspected Demons and challenged them to prove they had been forced to act; they attacked him and showed signs of Demonization.
• A Tai rushed to protect Yu Mo, who used an earthen hand to crush all five attackers before warning the crowd that the Light Group would punish disobedience.
• The livestream ended, and the spectators left focused on Yu Mo; A Tai carried Yu Sheng away with the other exhausted youths.
• Zong Ren reflected on how he had avoided being singled out by Yu Mo, changed his face, and slipped into a dark alley while avoiding the cameras.

Yu Mo concluded that Old White Ape had secretly engineered events to protect the White Ape Clan and ranked him as a threat to the Human Race, while Ji Hong rejoiced over a message from afar. Yu Sheng woke safely in Gold Yuanbao Hotel, repaired his backpack, and resumed cultivating.

• Yu Mo told Sun Yingxiong that harsh punishment was needed to warn others and ordered him to investigate a clever reservist.
• Yu Mo reasoned that Old White Ape had hidden the White Ape Clan from the footage and arranged events to buy the clan time, then urged that Old White Ape be made a top-priority target.
• Sun Yingxiong offered to kill Old White Ape himself, but Yu Mo warned that the calculating demon would be difficult to catch and said he looked forward to Yu Sheng growing stronger.
• Ji Hong read a message that made him smile, declared that becoming filled with demonic aura had been worth it, and stood proudly as Eagle Ravine Mountain’s deputy mountain lord.
• Yu Sheng woke in the hotel, remembered he was safe outside Sin City, checked his wounds and weapons, and carefully mended his torn backpack.
• Yu Sheng sat by the window, held a Demon Crystal, and resumed cultivating with his usual calm.

Yu Sheng and the others regrouped after returning from the Demon Domain, where Zhao Zicheng bragged about his coming Fourth Awakening and got beaten by his companions. In the Ten Thousand Demon Forest, Gu Diao summoned Old White Ape, leaving his next move unresolved.

• Zhao Zicheng woke, went back to sleep, and was startled when Sun Wen sneaked into his bedroom.
• A Tai emerged, and the group teased him by assigning him cleaning duty; Zhao Zicheng then noticed Xu Yuanqing’s mocking video of the Vice Principal spreading online.
• Yu Sheng warned Zhao Zicheng that he could not enter the Demon Domain before his Fourth Awakening, while Zhao Zicheng boasted about his imminent breakthrough and future strength.
• Mu Yu brought out the Gravestone, Sun Wen and Big White joined in, and the group beat Zhao Zicheng until A Tai pulled them apart and lifted him up.
• Gu Diao suppressed his anger in the Ten Thousand Demon Forest and ordered Old White Ape to come see him.

Gu Diao reprimanded Old White Ape over the leaked human-experiment records and demanded faster progress on the half-demon experiments. After Yu Sheng and the others returned to Ink Academy, they found Xu Yuanqing staging a fake hanging to protest a pay cut.

• Gu Diao questioned Old White Ape about why the White Ape Clan was absent from the leaked video and ordered him to speed up the half-demon human experiments.
• Old White Ape returned to his clan and considered seeking a divine beast's demon core to break through level six.
• Zhong Yushu yelled at Yu Sheng over the damaged car, then accepted his money transfer and ended the call cheerfully.
• Yu Sheng and the others returned to Jiangcheng, while his companions remained too afraid to let him drive.
• The group found Xu Yuanqing hanging himself in a staged protest outside Ink Academy, demanding the return of his pay.

Xu Yuanqing returned to Ink Academy after being locked out overnight and gave the students rules and money for summer assignments. Yu Sheng planned to train in the Demon Domain, while the others decided to take assignments of their own.

• Xu Yuanqing spent the night outside Ink Academy, failed to get through the gate, and was finally allowed back after pleading with the vice principal.
• Zhao Zicheng, Sun Wen, Mu Yu, and the others discussed summer work and decided to take assignments instead of relying on Xu Yuanqing.
• Yu Sheng said he planned to train in the Demon Domain, and his friends offered to go with him, but he warned they were not ready to enter it.
• Xu Yuanqing joined the group at breakfast and forbade them from using Gold Ingot Group resources, giving each student five hundred for one month of assignments.
• Xu Yuanqing boasted that he could enter Ink Academy whenever he wanted, then quietly pocketed extra steamed buns.

Yu Sheng prepared to return to the Demon Domain, reflecting that he needed strength before he could live without fear. After leaving Ink Academy, he headed to a car dealership, excited to test-drive a new car before his journey.

• Lin Xiaoxiao showed everyone a video of Xu Yuanqing pleading with the Vice Principal at the Ink Academy Gate, and Xu Yuanqing angrily blamed the Vice Principal before publicly praising him online.
• Yu Sheng put away his backpack, packed a few Round Balls, and left Ink Academy while his dormmates called out their hopes of joining him in the Demon Domain someday.
• After Yu Sheng left, Zhao Zicheng went looking for someone to provoke so he could grow stronger by taking a beating, while Sun Wen and the others envied his unusual training method.
• Yu Sheng realized he had no car for the trip to the Demon-Suppressing Pass and decided to buy another one, eager to test his driving skills.
• A salesperson offered Yu Sheng a test drive of Fierce Tiger's latest model, and Yu Sheng's eyes lit up.

Yu Sheng bought a heavily damaged car after testing its durability, while Qiu Xiaoxiao arranged for the Myriad Gods Church to contact the Demon Domain. In Skyvault Ravine, the Fei proposed an alliance with the Flood Dragon Clan and Xiangliu to defend their territories, and the black Flood Dragon agreed to hear the plan.

• Yu Sheng decided the car had survived his test drive well enough, bought it, and drove away with temporary plates.
• Qiu Xiaoxiao ordered an agent to offer the Demon Domain a free job on behalf of the Myriad Gods Church.
• The Fei warned the black Flood Dragon that the Flood Dragon Clan's treasured territories were at risk and proposed joining forces.
• The Fei revealed that Xiangliu would join the alliance, and Xiangliu's phantom confirmed the proposal was feasible.
• The black Flood Dragon asked how the alliance would work, and the Fei said the Flood Dragon Clan should monitor Skyvault Ravine and provide intelligence.

Fei secured an alliance with Black Flood Dragon and took ten of his descendants to Eagle Ravine Mountain as leverage, while Yu Sheng entered the Demon Domain by way of a mountain guarded by an old man. In Fancheng, Yu Mo confronted Zhang Qing over his crimes, but Zhang Qing insisted his military merits made him untouchable.

• Fei persuaded Black Flood Dragon to ally with Eagle Ravine Mountain and Zeshan, promising the Flood Dragon Clan greater power in Skyvault Ravine.
• At Fei’s insistence, Black Flood Dragon sent ten black flood dragons, including three of his offspring, with Fei to Eagle Ravine Mountain.
• Black Flood Dragon called an assembly of Skyvault Ravine’s Twelve God Clans and vowed that the Flood Dragon Clan would repay those who bullied it.
• Yu Sheng returned to the mountain passage, but hurried past the old man despite the old man’s claims that he had reached the pinnacle of the Seventh Awakening and could protect him.
• Yu Mo read Zhang Qing’s record of murder, abduction, and corruption, but Zhang Qing dismissed the accusations and claimed his military merits made him essential to the Human Race.

Yu Mo used his Pardon token to dismiss the middle-aged man’s claims and revealed his sword abilities. He killed Zhang Qing with five swords and then challenged the Guard Bureau man to try escaping.

• Yu Mo showed the middle-aged man his ancestor’s Pardon token and said his crimes did not make killing him a crime.
• Yu Mo explained the awakening realms before summoning a blood-red longsword and sending the first three swords after Zhang Qing.
• Zhang Qing blocked the first three swords and tried to flee, but Yu Mo wounded him with the fourth sword, Clear Breeze.
• Zhang Qing charged Yu Mo, believing the longsword’s weakness left its wielder vulnerable, but Yu Mo killed him with the fifth sword, Shadowless.
• Yu Mo recalled the swords and told the middle-aged man from the Guard Bureau that he could try running too.

Yu Mo had the Guard Bureau official taken away after killing Zhang Qing, then declared that it was only the beginning. In the Demon Domain, Yu Sheng tested how to hunt low-level Demon Beasts and traveled by night to a lake whose glowing lotuses were guarded by an old softshell turtle.

• Yu Mo ordered Dark Pavilion staff to seize the terrified Guard Bureau official and said the killing of Zhang Qing was only the beginning.
• Yu Sheng snared and killed a low-level antelope, then stored its corpse and escaped before other Demon Beasts arrived.
• Yu Sheng reflected on the antelope’s tough hide and different throat structure, then continued testing how to kill and assess Demon Beasts.
• After resting in a hollow tree, Yu Sheng consulted Sun Wen’s map and crossed the Thousand-Li Demon Plain under cover of night.
• Yu Sheng reached a lake where Demon Beasts rested and several glowing lotuses grew, while an old softshell turtle claimed the center of the water.

Yu Sheng repeatedly used Round Balls to provoke the Demon Beasts guarding the Water Moon Lotus, then made Old Turtle believe the Azure Wolves were responsible. Old Turtle killed an Azure Wolf, sparking a confrontation with the Azure Wolf King.

• Yu Sheng judged that he could not safely take the Water Moon Lotus and withdrew before using a Round Ball to draw the guarding Demon Beasts away.
• Yu Sheng launched a second Round Ball from a distance, causing widespread chaos across the Demon Plain while he hid.
• Yu Sheng fired again, and Old Turtle intercepted the bolt but failed to identify him as the culprit.
• Yu Sheng used a Round Ball and an Azure Wolf’s appearance to mislead Old Turtle, who struck the wolf and blamed it for disturbing Turtle Lake.
• The Azure Wolf King confronted Old Turtle after finding the wolf’s corpse, and Old Turtle defended the killing and accused the wolf of causing trouble.

Yu Sheng stole the Water Moon Lotuses by disguising his aura, provoking a bloody battle between Old Turtle and the Azure Wolf King. At Ink Academy, Zhao Zicheng revealed his fourth skill by making Sun Wen cry.

• Yu Sheng used his new fourth Crystal Stone to disguise himself as an Azure Wolf, stole several Water Moon Lotuses, and escaped by changing his aura and hiding in a tree hollow.
• Old Turtle returned to find the lotuses missing and blamed the Azure Wolf King, who fought him as the two sides suffered casualties.
• After the battle, Yu Sheng heard the Azure Wolf King mention Wolf Forest and became interested in its resources, then spent the next two days gathering data and hunting low-level Demon Beasts.
• At Ink Academy, Zhao Zicheng reluctantly demonstrated his fourth skill by summoning a sandbag, and Sun Wen punched it and burst into tears.

Sun Wen and the others tested Zhao Zicheng’s sorrow-inducing abilities, then agreed to pursue missions and grow stronger on their own. The Vice Principal watched them on surveillance before closing himself away to watch a new episode of Seven-Colored Fairy.

• Zhao Zicheng explained that his dream of becoming the white-robed Snow Sword had gone astray, while Sun Wen tested his skills by punching him.
• Zhao Zicheng drew the Sandbag into his body, strengthening his damage reduction and making his sorrow-inducing effect even more powerful.
• Lin Xiaoxiao, Mu Yu, A Tai, and Sun Wen attacked Zhao Zicheng, then ended up sobbing uncontrollably while he stood bruised and smug.
• Sun Wen urged the group to take missions and build their own strength for the future, then revealed he was close to his Fifth Awakening and sprinted away.
• The others decided they might beat Sun Wen later for showing off.
• The Vice Principal watched the youngsters through surveillance, then locked himself in the room and watched the latest episode of Seven-Colored Fairy.

The Vice Principal learned that Elder Li’s injuries had worsened and that he was going to the Demon Domain. Li Shaobai was escorted to Demon-Suppressing Pass for his Death Ceremony, where the soldiers prepared to see him off toward the Thousand-Li Demon Plain.

• The Vice Principal removed Xu Yuanqing from the work chat and learned that Old Li planned to enter the Demon Domain because his injuries had worsened.
• Li Shaobai asked his son to carry him on his final journey and reminded him to care for Nannan.
• Yuan Qingshan, Qi Changshan, and others escorted Li Shaobai through the Human Domain as citizens and Ink Pavilion officials bowed to him.
• Sun Yingxiong announced Li Shaobai’s record at Ink Pavilion, and Zhong Yushu and the soldiers at Demon-Suppressing Pass saluted his arrival.
• Zhong Yushu declared Li Shaobai’s Death Ceremony and destination, the Thousand-Li Demon Plain, and the Black Giant Python granted him passage.
• Li Shaobai’s son knelt in tears as the soldiers formed a passage for his final departure.

Li Shaobai entered the Thousand-Li Demon Plain for his final battle, while Yu Sheng used the distraction to infiltrate a demon lord’s territory. Yu Mo and Sun Yingxiong anticipated the Divine Ruins opening and began preparing young fighters to seize the opportunity.

• Li Shaobai said farewell at Demon-Suppressing Pass, restored his strength with the seven crystal stones, and flew toward the Thousand-Li Demon Plain.
• Two seventh-level demon kings and several demon generals intercepted Li Shaobai, starting a fierce battle in the sky.
• Yu Sheng took advantage of the demons’ attention on the battle and slipped toward the nearby territory of a seventh-level demon lord.
• Yu Sheng reached a rocky mountain and watched two fifth-level demon beasts patrolling near a source of pure energy.
• Yu Mo told Sun Yingxiong that the Divine Ruins should soon awaken and suggested gathering capable young people with little talent to take the risk.
• Young people waited below Demon-Suppressing Pass as Yu Mo and Sun Yingxiong considered the coming opportunity.

Li Shaobai sacrificed himself to kill a seventh-level Demon King and open the Divine Ruins, forcing Zhong Yushu to negotiate the Human Race’s entry with the giant python. The ruins would open in three days and allow fourth-level entrants, while Yu Sheng fled across the Demon Plain carrying a hot red egg.

• Li Shaobai used his final strength to kill the fire lion and open a crack into the Divine Ruins before disappearing.
• The giant python declared the Divine Ruins closed to humans, but Zhong Yushu threatened retaliation and demanded that the Human Race be allowed inside.
• The giant python agreed to let humans enter and announced that the fourth-level ruins would open in three days, with each nearby faction permitted twenty entrants.
• Demon Clan members across the region began preparing to enter the Divine Ruins.
• Yu Sheng sprinted across the Demon Plain with a hot red egg in his arms while a fifth-level Demon Beast chased him.

Yu Sheng fled to the mountain with the living egg, trusting the old man there to protect him from the pursuing Fire Carving. The old man began fighting the seventh-level Demon Beast while Fire Carving desperately tried to reclaim the egg.

• Yu Sheng replenished his energy, extended his teleportation range with the Dragon-Patterned Staff, and raced toward the mountain as Fire Carving pursued him.
• Yu Sheng hid behind a boulder, and the old man welcomed him before confronting Fire Carving.
• The old man attacked Fire Carving with his crystal-powered scepter and struck it with a blast of energy.
• Yu Sheng stopped to watch as Fire Carving fought back, enraged by the stolen egg it had spent years nurturing.
• Fire Carving recalled its plan to seize the egg and began unleashing flames that threatened to engulf the mountain forest.

Yu Sheng escaped as the old man and Zhong Yushu fought to keep Fire Carving from fleeing the Human Domain, hoping to claim the Demon King’s valuable remains. The old man staged a dramatic fall after Fire Carving wounded him, and Zhong Yushu arrived to block Fire Carving’s path.

• Yu Sheng fled the flames while Fire Carving fought the old man and noticed Zhong Yushu approaching.
• Zhong Yushu shouted for them to stop Fire Carving, alerting the Demon King and drawing the old man’s scorn.
• The old man blocked Fire Carving’s escape and urged him to attack, hoping to make the Demon King’s death easier to justify.
• Fire Carving clawed the old man, who smeared blood on his face and pretended to fall while delivering a grand speech.
• Zhong Yushu arrived and blocked Fire Carving with his blood-red Spear.

Zhong Yushu confronted the fire eagle and bargained with Dragon Python for its release, demanding compensation for the threat to humans. The negotiations ended with Zhong Yushu insisting on twenty-nine stalks of moonlight grass, while Dragon Python had not yet answered.

• Zhong Yushu arrived as the wounded old man feigned injury, and the fire eagle searched for a chance to escape.
• The fire eagle invoked Dragon Python's protection, but Zhong Yushu threatened to kill it and Dragon Python if the demon intervened.
• Dragon Python offered to keep the Thousand-Li Demon Plain from ambushing humans leaving the Divine Ruins, but Zhong Yushu rejected the offer.
• The fire eagle surrendered Fire Lion's Demon Core and Demon Crystal, and Dragon Python offered more Divine Ruins entrants, safe passage, and a seventh-level Demon Beast's Demon Core.
• Zhong Yushu demanded thirty stalks of moonlight grass; after Dragon Python refused and offered five, Zhong Yushu lowered his demand by only one stalk.

Zhong Yushu traded twelve stalks of Moonlight Grass and three Blazing Fire Vines for Fire Carving’s freedom, while the old man realized Yu Sheng had survived and reached the Human Domain. Zhong Yushu then noticed the egg Yu Sheng was carrying and proudly confirmed that he taught the Reserve Corps.

• Zhong Yushu and the old man pressured Dragon Python into trading twelve stalks of Moonlight Grass and three Blazing Fire Vines for Fire Carving.
• Dragon Python sent Zhong Yushu the Demon Core, Moonlight Grass, and Blazing Fire Vines, and Fire Carving fled.
• The old man refused Zhong Yushu’s level-seven Demon Cores and insisted he deserved a share of the Moonlight Grass.
• The old man remembered Yu Sheng and spotted him alive in the Human Domain, holding an egg.
• Zhong Yushu complained that Yu Sheng kept causing trouble in the Demon Domain, then brought him closer to inspect the egg.
• Yu Sheng asked Zhong Yushu whether he taught the Reserve Corps, and Zhong Yushu proudly said he did.