Chapter Summaries

A young man tried to recruit Yu Sheng to help stop the Swamp Pool’s Demon Lord from using the Ten Thousand Poisons Fruit to become a Demon God, but Yu Sheng showed little interest in the cause. The young man offered a Twin-Bloom Flower in exchange for Yu Sheng’s help, and Yu Sheng agreed before the young man slipped away.

• The young man explained that the Swamp Pool had stayed neutral while cultivating the Ten Thousand Poisons Fruit, which could help its Demon Lord become a Demon God and kill lower-level Demon Beasts if detonated.
• The young man urged Yu Sheng to join the plan, offering the fruit and its resources as a chance to strengthen the Human Race, but Yu Sheng said he did not need money or poison.
• The young man warned Yu Sheng that the Swamp Pool was not truly neutral and that Skyvault Ravine supported its plans, but Yu Sheng said he only wanted to protect a handful of people.
• The young man offered a Twin-Bloom Flower, which could fuse awakening skills, and Yu Sheng accepted the deal.
• The young man promised to send Yu Sheng the map, information, and antidotes, then left cautiously to avoid Elder Chu Boss.

Yu Sheng spoke with Yu Mo about humanity and was told he would be sent beyond the pass until he grew stronger, while the Ink Pavilion would buy the Myriad Poison Fruit. He gave Lin Xiaoxiao a dress as an early birthday gift, and Kong Hongfang prepared Dome Pass for the coming war.

• Yu Mo told Yu Sheng he would send him beyond the pass before the war and keep him away until it ended, and offered to buy the Myriad Poison Fruit through the Ink Pavilion.
• Yu Sheng collected a pink dress and accessories that had been bought for him, along with a USB drive, and returned to Ink Academy.
• Yu Sheng gave Lin Xiaoxiao the dress, saying happy birthday four months early, and she guessed it might reveal something embarrassing about him.
• Kong Hongfang spoke with Sun Yingxiong, repeated Dome Pass's pledge to protect the people, and ordered the soldiers to tighten their watch.

Kong Hongfang commanded preparations at Dome Pass while compiling the rare ingredients needed to recover after his next unconscious spell. He rejected Uncle Huang’s plea to erase his eighth skill, insisting that he would remain with the Reserve Corps and defend the pass, which he declared ready for battle.

• Kong Hongfang barked orders as soldiers prepared the fortifications, then studied medical books and wrote a list of ingredients for waking from his next spell.
• Kong Hongfang sent a soldier to buy detailed books about getting along with grandchildren, lamenting the influence of Elder Zhong.
• Uncle Huang urged Kong Hongfang to destroy his awakening object after the battle, saying the Ink Pavilion would awaken him again and that he had sacrificed enough.
• Kong Hongfang argued that fallen soldiers such as Yan Xiaosan, Wang Erniu, and Li Tie deserved recognition, and said he would not abandon the Reserve Corps or Dome Pass.
• Uncle Huang asked whether Kong Hongfang could avoid losing lifespan while awake, and Kong Hongfang said he could only do so by erasing his eighth skill.
• After Uncle Huang left, Kong Hongfang renewed his resolve to kill demons and declared Dome Pass ready.

Ghost Gate and Dawn Pass reported that their defenses were ready for battle. At Dawn Pass, a casual call between Sun Yingxiong and the middle-aged man revealed their family bond before the man sent a goshawk into the Demon Domain to scout.

• The Dark Pavilion Master called Sun Yingxiong and reported that Ghost Gate was ready for battle.
• The middle-aged man called Sun Yingxiong from Dawn Pass and reported that preparations were complete.
• Sun Yingxiong recited Dawn Pass's pledge and urged the middle-aged man to come home alive and share a meal after the battle.
• The middle-aged man revealed that Sun Yingxiong was his father, then asked him to kick Sun Wen on his behalf.
• The middle-aged man used a flute's phantom image to send a goshawk toward the Demon Domain as the soldiers remained ready at Dawn Pass.

Chu Yu oversaw Demon-Suppressing Pass’s preparations and drew strength from the soldiers’ resolve as the pass readied for war. Meanwhile, Yu Mo began planning a strike against Swamp Pool and learned that Sun Yingxiong was close to entering the ninth awakening.

• Cong Yunfeng told Chu Yu that Demon-Suppressing Pass’s preparations were complete, and she reported this to Sun Yingxiong.
• Sun Yingxiong saluted Demon-Suppressing Pass and wished its defenders and Chu Yu safety; Chu Yu watched the soldiers work and returned to sketching.
• Yu Mo tried to contact Zhong Yushu about reaching the ninth awakening, but Zhong Yushu pretended the signal was too poor to hear him.
• Yu Mo summoned Sun Yingxiong and, studying a map of the Demon Domain’s outskirts, chose Swamp Pool as his opening move.
• Sun Yingxiong told Yu Mo that he was one step from entering the ninth awakening and asked him to keep it quiet.

Yu Mo convinced Sun Yingxiong to prepare to enter the ninth awakening despite the Ink Pavilion’s lack of a successor, and Sun Yingxiong agreed before privately admitting he still needed to break through. Yu Mo then sent a declaration of war against the Demon Clan to the Four Great Passes, and the announcement surged to the top of the online trends.

• Sun Yingxiong boasted to Yu Mo that he was nearly ready to enter the ninth awakening and was far ahead of Zhong Yushu.
• Yu Mo proposed that Yuan and Qi temporarily oversee the Ink Pavilion so Sun Yingxiong could enter the ninth awakening for the coming battle.
• Sun Yingxiong trusted Yu Mo’s plan and agreed to consolidate his strength, then hurried away to enter seclusion because he was still a step short of breaking through.
• Yu Mo wrote the same declaration four times and ordered a Light Group staff member to post it at the Four Great Passes and announce it to the Human Race.
• The Ink Pavilion headquarters published a post titled “A declaration of war-to the Demon Clan!” that quickly topped the online trends.

Sun Yingxiong’s declaration of war rallied the Human Race, while the Eight-Tailed Fox ordered the Demon Domain to answer with a show of force meant to crush human morale. At the Thousand-Li Demon Plain, Ji Hong exploited a guard’s betrayal to approach Fei before he could react.

• Sun Yingxiong’s declaration of war excited the Human Race, strengthening public support and raising the spirits of the Reserve Corps.
• The Eight-Tailed Fox ordered the Twelve God Clans, Demon Beasts, and clan chiefs to assemble, planning to surround the Four Great Passes and undermine the Ink Pavilion’s support.
• Old White Ape and Ji Hong opened their eyes at nearly the same moment, and Ji Hong flew toward the mist-shrouded lake.
• One Seventh-Level Commander attacked his fellow guard, preventing him from warning Fei as Ji Hong approached.
• Ji Hong shouted that a Seventh-Level Commander was attacking the Mountain Lord, then plunged into the mist while Fei was still confused.

Ji Hong trapped Fei in an array beneath the lake and injured its single eye while Old White Ape and the Traitor Commander killed Furious Bear outside the mist. Fei remained trapped and blind as Ji Hong continued the attack, while Old White Ape concealed his true motives and waited to see what other powers Fei would reveal.

• Ji Hong used demon aura to activate an array beneath the lake, trapping Fei as Old White Ape and the Traitor Commander attacked Furious Bear outside the mist.
• Fei gathered demon aura in its eye to strike Ji Hong, but the eye burst, leaving Fei badly hurt and unable to see.
• Fei accused Ji Hong of betrayal, and Ji Hong replied that their paths were different before continuing to restrain Fei with the array.
• Old White Ape killed Furious Bear and stopped the Traitor Commander from entering the mist, convincing him that he was protecting his brother.
• Old White Ape collected Furious Bear's Demon Core and Demon Crystal and waited for Ji Hong to kill Fei, curious to see what other trump cards Fei would reveal.

Ji Hong returned to battle Fei with his Word World after his first assault failed, while Old White Ape and the Commander fought to survive Fei’s pursuit. Ji Hong unleashed a storm of elemental forces against Fei, and Old White Ape wondered if this was Ji Hong’s true strength.

• Ji Hong’s written attacks badly wounded Fei, but Fei’s wounds began healing when the array imprisoning it broke apart.
• Ji Hong escaped through a rift after admitting he had run out of demon aura, and Fei chased Old White Ape and the Commander.
• Old White Ape prepared to sacrifice himself, but the Commander charged Fei instead and fought until it was mortally wounded.
• The dying Commander rallied to attack Fei again, leaving Fei severely injured as it threatened to kill the traitors.
• Ji Hong returned and invoked Word World, unleashing waves, wind, lightning, thunder, and a fire tornado against Fei.

Ji Hong killed Fei, absorbed his Divine Beast blood, and claimed temporary control of Eagle Ravine Mountain. He and Old White Ape planned to use Fei’s death to test Skyvault Ravine’s response.

• Fei weakened under Ji Hong’s attack and collapsed dead as the Demon Beasts of the Thousand-Li Demon Plain sensed his death.
• Ji Hong took Fei’s Demon Core and Demon Crystal, then absorbed three drops of Divine Beast blood, which began transforming his body.
• Ji Hong asked Old White Ape why absorbing Divine Beast blood had not changed his appearance, and Old White Ape complained that he had received only half a drop from Gu Diao.
• Ji Hong ordered Old White Ape to tell Skyvault Ravine that Fei had died of illness and that Ji Hong would temporarily assume the position of Eagle Ravine Mountain Lord.
• Old White Ape suggested claiming that Fei had lost his footing while descending Eagle Ravine Mountain and fallen to his death, to better gauge the power of someone in Skyvault Ravine.

Ji Hong and Old White Ape killed Fei and united Eagle Ravine Mountain, while Eight-Tailed Fox made them Mountain Lord and Deputy Mountain Lord and ordered their forces to intimidate the Human Race. Meanwhile, Yu Mo reviewed security and Reserve Corps checks as Chu Huai said Soul Hunt was nearing the end of its operation.

• Old White Ape watched Ji Hong leave after Fei’s death and mused that the Thousand-Li Demon Plain would soon be in for a feast.
• Old White Ape declared that Eagle Ravine Mountain was united and under his control, and said it would distinguish itself in the coming war.
• Eight-Tailed Fox decided to honor Fei’s death with merit points, then ordered the Taotie Clan leader to appoint Ji Hong and Old White Ape as Mountain Lord and Deputy Mountain Lord at Demon-Suppressing Pass.
• Eight-Tailed Fox ordered Eagle Ravine Mountain’s troops to mobilize outside Demon-Suppressing Pass and intimidate the Human Race.
• Officials reported that 32,168 Reserve Corps members had falsified their identities, including eight with questionable backgrounds; Yu Mo allowed eligible veterans to fight but ordered survivors to retire after the war and barred recruits under twenty-five.
• Yu Mo asked Chu Huai about Soul Hunt, and Chu Huai said they were closing the net as voice messages began appearing in the group chat.

The Light Group prepared for war while Yu Mo pushed Chu Huai into the role of its public face, making Chu Huai realize how thoroughly Yu Mo anticipated his actions. Meanwhile, the Dark Pavilion’s senior members gathered and decided it still had work to do alongside the Light Group.

• Five voice messages reported that Light Group spies had captured several Soul Hunt operatives and an Ink Pavilion branch master, while the Ink Pavilion headquarters remained intact.
• Yu Mo ordered the Light Group to prepare for war and demanded strict punishment for wartime crimes to prevent unrest among the Human Race.
• Yu Mo reminded Chu Huai of their old exchange and made clear that Chu Huai would take on the burden of leading the Light Group and announce its wartime rules.
• Chu Huai recognized that Yu Mo had anticipated his behavior, regained his resolve, and left the meeting room with his usual friendly demeanor.
• An old man at a Dark Pavilion meeting said the organization still had a purpose and that it should take on some of the responsibilities now carried by the Light Group.

The Dark Pavilion and the Demon-Slaughtering Pavilion mobilized for war, while Yu Sheng left Ink Academy to pursue his path in the Demon Domain. His friends watched him go and resolved to keep improving until they met again at Demon-Suppressing Pass.

• Old Man announced that the Dark Pavilion would activate the Shadow Project and step into the light as it prepared for war.
• The Demon-Slaughtering Pavilion rallied its members around the Ultimate Demon Spy Plan and sent them toward the mountains beside Demon-Suppressing Pass.
• Yu Sheng packed his belongings, replenished the egg with energy, and left Ink Academy without looking back.
• Zhao Zicheng, Sun Wen, Mu Yu, A Tai, and Lin Xiaoxiao watched Yu Sheng depart and encouraged one another to keep moving forward.
• Yu Sheng said he would meet his friends at Demon-Suppressing Pass, while Shi Guang watched him leave and vowed to work harder.

Yu Mo visited Yu Sheng before his departure and claimed they were brothers, but Yu Sheng recognized the story as copied from a novel. Yu Mo then praised Yu Sheng’s rationality and proposed they become sworn brothers.

• Xu Yuanqing told Yu Sheng that someone had paid him a hundred yuan to arrange a meeting.
• Yu Mo arrived at Ink Academy in a wheelchair and said he had rushed there to see Yu Sheng before he left.
• Yu Mo claimed Yu Sheng was his younger brother and told a tragic story about hiding him from their enemies.
• Yu Sheng identified the story as the backstory of a character in Dawn Era: Sin City Chronicles and pointed out its details had barely been changed.
• Yu Mo said Yu Sheng had passed his test and proposed they become sworn brothers.

Yu Sheng assured Yu Mo that he would not harm humanity, and Yu Mo entrusted him with retrieving the Ten Thousand Poisons Fruit and urged him to return alive. Yu Sheng drove out of Jiangcheng, while Xu Yuanqing tried to collect money from Yu Mo and the vice principal’s loudspeaker exposed Xu Yuanqing’s lies.

• Yu Sheng told Yu Mo that he respected humanity’s rules and believed he was not a bad person.
• Yu Mo said he believed Yu Sheng and urged him to experience ordinary life, suggesting that he might be missing a home of his own.
• Yu Mo entrusted the human race’s hopes to Yu Sheng and said the Ten Thousand Poisons Fruit was crucial to ending the battle.
• Yu Sheng drove away from Ink Academy, repeatedly crashing his car into the wall as he tried to master driving.
• Xu Yuanqing demanded money from Yu Mo for saving his life and offered to wake the vice principal for an additional fee.
• The vice principal’s loudspeaker accused Xu Yuanqing of lying about being in seclusion and condemned him.

Yu Mo summoned the Confucian Scholar to deal with Xu Yuanqing, then reached Ink Academy after the vice principal agreed to his conditions. The Three Major Universities announced that they would head to the Human Race’s Four Passes, while Ink Academy finally posted a message asking where its graduates were.

• Yu Mo called for the Confucian Scholar, who took Xu Yuanqing away after Yu Mo suggested he could offer incense.
• The vice principal agreed to guide Yu Mo into Ink Academy’s Inner Courtyard and later accepted several of Yu Mo’s conditions.
• Spirit Mind Academy and the Military Academy announced that their teachers would go to the Human Race’s Four Passes, while the Military Academy also pledged to send students.
• The Light Group and the Yu Clan Emblem barred anyone under twenty-five from combat, frustrating Military Academy students.
• Spirit Martial Academy issued a blunt call to fight, and figures from the Three Major Universities set out for the front lines.
• The Ink Academy vice principal posted, “Where are our graduates?” after Yu Mo left in his wheelchair.

Ink Academy issued a decree sending eligible graduates to the passes, while Sun Yingxiong resigned as Ink Pavilion Head and appointed Yuan Qingshan and Qi Changshan as acting heads. Yu Sheng headed for the Demon Domain with an enormous bundle, and the chapter ended with the Twelve God Clans preparing to leave Skyvault Ravine.

• Ink Academy ordered graduates without essential posts or Ninth Awakening strength to ascend the passes and added that anyone leaving Ink City had to kick Yu Mo once.
• Sun Yingxiong resigned as Ink Pavilion Head, named Yuan Qingshan and Qi Changshan acting heads, and barred them from joining the battle.
• Yuan Qingshan and Qi Changshan arrived at the Ink Pavilion bruised and swollen, frightening the staff on their first day as heads.
• Zhong Yushu saw Yu Sheng carrying a huge bundle toward the Demon Domain and joked that he would keep Yu Sheng safe at the foot of the mountain.
• Yu Sheng hurried away when Zhong Yushu mentioned the Reserve Corps, leaving Zhong Yushu to curse at his soldiers.
• In the Demon Domain, someone declared that it was time for the Twelve God Clans to leave Skyvault Ravine.

The patriarchs of the Twelve God Clans led a massive procession from Skyvault Ravine toward Demon-Suppressing Pass, drawing Ink Academy alumni back together to face the coming threat. The gathering ended in chaos when the newly appointed Ink Pavilion Heads proposed leading the charge and Yuan Qingshan provoked his old classmates.

• Demon aura surged from Skyvault Ravine as the patriarchs of the Twelve God Clans and their followers marched toward Demon-Suppressing Pass.
• Xiao Yan and Senior Miao argued over who should face the danger, then fell silent when Senior Lu arrived.
• Ink Academy graduates gathered atop Demon-Suppressing Pass and reminisced about their school days and the crooked tree outside the academy gates.
• Yuan Qingshan and Qi Changshan announced that the Ink Pavilion Heads would lead the charge alongside the Reserve Corps.
• Yuan Qingshan teased his former classmates, discovered several had reached the Eighth Awakening, and tried to flee before Qi Changshan tripped him.

As the Twelve God Clans approached Demon-Suppressing Pass, Chu Yu watched Ink Academy’s elders joke and bicker before joining their card game. Meanwhile, Yu Sheng slipped into the Demon Domain in disguise, finding the Demon Plain eerily empty.

• Yuan Qingshan reassured Chu Yu that Ink Academy was united while she painted a picture of the elders beating him up.
• Senior Lu warned that twelve powerful auras from the Twelve God Clans were approaching, and Yuan Qingshan said Ink Academy was ready to fight.
• Yuan Qingshan invited Chu Yu to play cards with the elders, while Senior Lu kept watch from the city wall.
• Yu Sheng returned to his hideout, stored most of his supplies in the Mountains and Rivers Bottle, and chose not to wear his conspicuous white ape coat.
• Yu Sheng disguised himself in ape fur and crossed the Demon Plain, where nearly all intelligent demon beasts had vanished.

Yu Sheng passed through the Demon Plain as Old White Ape and Ji Hong discussed how to approach the leaders of Skyvault Ravine. Eight-Tailed Fox stayed at Eagle Ravine Mountain while the God Clan chiefs advanced toward Demon-Suppressing Pass, each seeking Merit Points and the Demon God's favor.

• Yu Sheng left Fei's remains behind as Demon Beasts devoured his body and drank from the blood-red lake.
• Old White Ape and Ji Hong decided to present a united front to Skyvault Ravine and considered how to win its leaders over.
• The Taotie Clan Chief thanked Eight-Tailed Fox for understanding and dismissed Fei as worthless, having gained 1,000 Merit Points by killing him.
• Eight-Tailed Fox set up camp at Eagle Ravine Mountain and told the God Clan chiefs to proceed to Demon-Suppressing Pass without him.
• The Taotie Clan Chief urged the other chiefs to fight valiantly so the Demon God would notice them, prompting them to suspect his motives.