Chapter Summaries

Yu Mo watched the demon army approach Demon-Suppressing Pass while Sun Yingxiong discovered he could step onto a golden road and was close to the Ninth Awakening. As the Twelve God Clans arrived on the Thousand-Li Demon Plain, Yu Sheng hid inside Broken Mountain, where the Red Dragon Clan chose to camp.

• Yu Mo judged that the demon army's show of force would backfire without overwhelming strength, while Sun Yingxiong celebrated a breakthrough that let him travel along a golden road.
• Yu Sheng concealed himself inside Broken Mountain, disguising his aura and digging a series of hidden caves and an underground tunnel as the demon clouds closed in.
• The Red Dragon chief claimed Broken Mountain for its clan, set up defenses, and announced that it would visit Demon-Suppressing Pass.
• Yuan Qingshan and Chu Yu played cards atop Demon-Suppressing Pass as the chiefs of the Qiongqi, Taotie, and Black Flood Dragon Clans gathered with the other Demon Lords.
• Yu Sheng moved into a cave halfway up the mountain and worried that his broken-down vehicle had cost him the time he needed.

Yu Sheng stayed hidden inside the mountain while Old White Ape and Ji Hong approached the Twelve God Clans. The Taotie Clan Chief appointed Ji Hong as Eagle Ravine Mountain Lord and ordered the mountain to attack Demon-Suppressing Pass the next day, despite the Seven-Tailed Fox’s objection.

• Yu Sheng considered destroying the mountain but decided he could not overcome the beast tide, then concealed his presence by imitating a mole.
• Old White Ape showed Ji Hong his new robe, and Ji Hong told him it looked like a mourning garment bought from a crooked merchant.
• Ji Hong and Old White Ape greeted the Twelve God Clans, and the Taotie Clan Chief formally appointed Ji Hong Mountain Lord and Old White Ape Deputy Mountain Lord of Eagle Ravine Mountain.
• The Taotie Clan Chief gave them Divine Beast Blood, which Ji Hong and Old White Ape swallowed to strengthen themselves.
• The Taotie Clan Chief ordered Eagle Ravine Mountain to attack Demon-Suppressing Pass the next day, and threatened the Seven-Tailed Fox when he objected that the attack had not been authorized.

The Twelve God Clans’ patriarchs surrounded Demon-Suppressing Pass and tried to intimidate the Human Race, but the defenders’ irreverent antics eased the soldiers’ fear. Qi Changshan then rose from the wall amid elaborate effects conjured by the elders, leaving Yuan Qingshan envious below.

• The Seven-Tailed Fox withdrew after the Twelve God Clans’ patriarchs scorned him, realizing that borrowed support was unreliable.
• Taotie and ten other patriarchs gathered outside Demon-Suppressing Pass and unleashed their pressure against the Human Race.
• Yuan Qingshan abruptly ended the card game, claiming the elders had to defend the honor of the Human Race, while the soldiers watched their bickering instead of fearing the enemy.
• Qi Changshan stopped Yuan Qingshan from standing and stepped into the air as the elders conjured sunlight, golden stairs, music, and other effects around him.
• Yuan Qingshan envied Qi Changshan’s grand entrance and complained to Chu Yu about the paint that kept him from showing off himself.

Qi Changshan confronted the Twelve God Clans outside Demon-Suppressing Pass, using a display of overwhelming power to deter them while Yuan Qingshan secretly supported him. Red Dragon refused to abolish the Convention and declared that war would begin tomorrow, as both sides gathered their forces.

• Qi Changshan challenged the God Race clan leaders over whether they intended to tear up the Convention, and they threatened that the Human Race could not withstand the Demon Clan.
• Yuan Qingshan hid by the city wall and used his abilities to help create the lightning spectacle as Qi Changshan advanced.
• Qi Changshan’s lightning devastated the land outside Demon-Suppressing Pass, prompting Red Dragon to insist the Convention remain in force while declaring war for the following day.
• Qi Changshan warned the God Race that blood would spill when the snow fell, while Red Dragon announced the Demon Clan would choose the battlefield.
• Demon Lords and Human Race fighters rose into the sky, and the God Race leaders privately debated the Human Race’s newly revealed forces.

As war approached Demon-Suppressing Pass, Ink Academy’s principal broke through to the eighth awakening and rallied the school to join the battle despite the Light Group’s age restriction. Yu Mo analyzed the enemy’s plans and prepared to strike at the other passes, while Yu Sheng set out through the underground caves toward Swamp Pool with the Ten Thousand Poisons Fruit.

• At Demon-Suppressing Pass, Yuan Qingshan and Qi Changshan celebrated achieving their goal and anticipated their next chance to show off.
• The principal of Ink Academy reached the eighth awakening after the vice principal called him to prepare for war.
• The principal ordered Ink Academy’s teachers and students to assemble for the march to Demon-Suppressing Pass, disregarding the Light Group’s ban on participants under twenty-five.
• Yu Mo deduced the enemy’s plan to cripple Demon-Suppressing Pass and then attack the other three passes, and he focused his analysis on those other passes.
• Yu Mo worried that the coming battle would cause immense casualties and hoped Yu Sheng’s Ten Thousand Poisons Fruit could save people.
• Yu Sheng woke in a cave, sealed each passage behind him with stone from the Mountains and Rivers Bottle, and continued through the tunnels toward Swamp Pool.

Yu Sheng crossed the Thousand-Li Demon Plain by disguising himself as a yellow monkey and slipping through the demon beasts’ attention. Meanwhile, Red Dragon secretly searched his mountain for traces of Mirage Dragon, but the Heavenly Dog Clan chief grew suspicious and baited him in front of the other clan chiefs.

• Yu Sheng emerged from an underground hole disguised as a yellow monkey, startled an antelope, and used the ensuing commotion to move through the shadows.
• Yu Sheng hid beneath a tree and waited for another chance to advance across the demon-beast-filled plain.
• Red Dragon searched his mountain for Mirage Dragon’s scent and concealed an opening in the stone wall when the Heavenly Dog Clan chief watched him.
• The Heavenly Dog Clan chief suspected Red Dragon was hiding a secret and proposed trading for his mountain.
• Red Dragon refused, while the other clan chiefs connected his behavior to Mirage Dragon and declared that they would avenge him.

The Demon Race leaders realized they had been tricked and prepared to attack Demon-Suppressing Pass at sunrise, while Gray Snake headed toward the battlefield with a plan to infiltrate their ranks. At the pass, Sun Yingxiong arrived and realized the welcoming elders were setting a trap for him, but his escape route was already blocked.

• Red Dragon returned to the Mountain Summit humiliated but remained convinced that Mirage Dragon's treasures were hidden beyond the sealed cave entrance.
• Qiongqi and the other clan chiefs concluded that a Human Race man had tricked them and decided to attack Demon-Suppressing Pass at sunrise.
• Gray Snake left his hiding place near Skyvault Ravine and headed for the battlefield to kill a demon, take his place, and approach a Great Demon.
• Sun Yingxiong arrived at Demon-Suppressing Pass as the elders pretended to welcome him warmly.
• Sun Yingxiong recognized that Yuan Qingshan, Qi Changshan, and the others were plotting against him, but found his way back blocked.

Ji Hong arrived at Demon-Suppressing Pass at the head of a massive beast army and declared his intent to attack the city. As the human elders confronted him over his betrayal of Lao Liu, Qiongqi and Taotie considered whether Ji Hong could be recruited.

• Sun Yingxiong and the other old men fought each other, then laughed and reminisced about their old companions.
• Qiongqi announced that the demons would wash Demon-Suppressing Pass in blood, and Red Dragon called on Mountain Lord Ji to begin.
• Ji Hong appeared in a blood-red gown as Old White Ape and a huge army from the Ten Thousand Demon Forest, Thousand-Li Demon Plain, and Eagle Ravine Mountain gathered behind him.
• Lao Ma accused Ji Hong of betraying Lao Liu and vowed to kill him, but Sun Yingxiong stopped him from charging out.
• Ji Hong dismissed the humans as ants and defended his path to godhood, while Qiongqi suggested to Taotie that they might recruit him.

Black Flood Dragon and Ji Hong fought Old Ma and Yuan Qingshan as Sun Yingxiong summoned snow over the battlefield. While the duels raged above, Old White Ape led the Demon Beasts in a charge toward Demon-Suppressing Pass.

• Black Flood Dragon challenged Yuan Qingshan, and both sides took to the sky to fight.
• Sun Yingxiong called down snow, while Yuan Qingshan used his drum techniques to summon lightning and unleash a Beast Tide against Black Flood Dragon.
• Old Ma opened a Scroll-based Painting Soul World and attacked Ji Hong with ink blades and Immortal Soldiers, while Ji Hong summoned Yin Soldiers from a road he called Yellow Springs.
• Old White Ape used Pass Ascension to send the Demon Beasts charging toward Demon-Suppressing Pass.

As the Beast Tide attacked Demon-Suppressing Pass, Senior Lu and the Ink Academy graduates organized the human defenders and fought back against Eagle Ravine Mountain’s forces. Sun Yingxiong then confronted the eleven God Race clan chiefs, provoking them to break the Convention and fight.

• Chu Yu rose to face the Beast Tide, but Senior Lu pressed her back into her chair and ordered everyone below the Eighth Awakening to prepare for battle.
• The Principal placed the Ink Academy graduates below the Eighth Awakening under Senior Lu’s command, and they spread across Demon-Suppressing Pass with their unusual Awakening Objects.
• Senior Lu used his mechanical clock Awakening Object to knock Fire Carving from the pass, and a middle-aged man with two azure Flood Dragons struck the Demon Beast back again.
• Eagle Ravine Mountain’s Demon Beasts charged the pass as human fighters killed or wounded many of them, while Fire Carving realized his forces were probing the Human Race’s strength.
• Sun Yingxiong stepped onto a golden road in midair and challenged the eleven God Race clan chiefs to tear up the Convention, drawing angry reactions from them and concern from an old man below.

Sun Yingxiong was cornered into accepting a fight against five God Race Clan Leaders, despite the old men urging him to retreat. After both sides swore the battle was separate from the Convention, the combatants opened a new battlefield and Taotie tested Sun Yingxiong’s eighth awakening.

• The God Race Clan Leaders recognized the old men’s anxiety and challenged Sun Yingxiong to fight all five of them.
• Sun Yingxiong refused to retreat, named Yuan Qingshan and Qi Changshan as his successors, and rallied the Reserve Corps to fight harder.
• Sun Yingxiong swore the duel had nothing to do with the Convention, and the five Clan Leaders made the same oath.
• Seven-Tailed Fox tried to stop the Clan Leaders, but Qiongqi threatened him and the five proceeded with the fight.
• Taotie tested Sun Yingxiong with his Talent Divine Ability, and Sun Yingxiong summoned a Golden Greatsword and used eight Crystal Stones to steady himself.

Sun Yingxiong unleashed his final trump card, drawing strength from the soldiers of Demon-Suppressing Pass as the clan leaders closed in to kill him. On Eagle Ravine Mountain, Eight-Tailed Fox realized Sun Yingxiong might be breaking the deadlock and ordered that he be stopped.

• Seven-Tailed Fox sensed the battle had strayed from the plan and fled toward Eagle Ravine Mountain.
• Sun Yingxiong wounded Qiongqi with his greatsword, but Qiongqi struck back as Taowu and Red Dragon attacked him.
• Sun Yingxiong used Human Tide to reopen Qiongqi's wound, then declared that Wave Tide could be broken but Human Tide could not be stopped.
• Sun Yingxiong invoked Human Race World, drawing faint threads from the soldiers below to heal his injuries and raise his aura.
• Qiongqi, Red Dragon, Taotie, and Taowu converged on Sun Yingxiong as he released blinding golden light, while Old White Ape fled.
• After hearing Seven-Tailed Fox's report, Eight-Tailed Fox concluded that Sun Yingxiong was breaking the deadlock and said they had to stop him.

The Eight-Tailed Fox summoned the Demon God for help against Sun Yingxiong, but the indifferent projection demanded proper deference and offered no rescue. Meanwhile, Sun Yingxiong began breaking through to the ninth awakening and trapped the five God Race Clan Leaders in a human domain, leaving Qiongqi badly wounded but still alive.

• The Eight-Tailed Fox summoned the Demon God and urgently asked it to save the God Race Clan Leaders fighting Sun Yingxiong.
• The Demon God demanded that the Eight-Tailed Fox bow, then its projection vanished without promising aid.
• The Eight-Tailed Fox blamed Yu Mo for disrupting its plans and ordered the Seven-Tailed Fox to follow it to Demon-Suppressing Pass.
• Yu Mo concluded that the Demon Domain's momentum had been broken and the human race's momentum established.
• Sun Yingxiong realized he was comprehending the path to the ninth awakening, absorbed a seven-colored Demon Core into his greatsword, and formed a domain that trapped the five God Race Clan Leaders.
• Sun Yingxiong wounded Qiongqi with a single move, but Qiongqi escaped by exploding its wings and reappearing elsewhere.

Sun Yingxiong turned the tide of the battle with his overwhelming power, killing Qiongqi and Taowu while his ninth awakening neared. The surviving Demon Clan leaders faced a worsening crisis as Sun Yingxiong continued his assault.

• Sun Yingxiong overwhelmed the Demon Clan leaders, while Yuan Qingshan collected Black Flood Dragon's blood during his retreat.
• Yuan Qingshan watched Ji Hong fight Old Ma and silently vowed to kill Ji Hong one day.
• Qiongqi urged the other leaders to unite and wait for their ancestors, but Sun Yingxiong's ninth-awakening pattern continued to form.
• Sun Yingxiong disabled Qiongqi's Talent Divine Ability and killed him with sword energy.
• Sun Yingxiong forced Taowu out of nothingness and killed him with a hand-on-the-head attack he called the “Head-Patting Kill.”

Sun Yingxiong killed Sky Dog after learning from him and the Red Dragon Clan Chief that Taotie threatened humanity by absorbing its fortune, then collected the spoils and left Demon-Suppressing Pass. He entered the ninth awakening as the Demon God arrived, while the human forces celebrated his victory and the surviving demons faltered.

• Sky Dog urged Sun Yingxiong to kill Taotie, revealing that the Taotie Clan absorbed human fortune, and the Red Dragon Clan Chief confirmed Taotie's threat.
• Sun Yingxiong killed Sky Dog with Face-Touch Kill and gathered his Demon Core, Demon Crystal, and blood for Qi Changshan.
• Sun Yingxiong declared that three kills were his limit, then left Demon-Suppressing Pass to carry the treasures into human territory.
• Sun Yingxiong entered the ninth awakening as the surrounding mountains and rivers turned illusory and sunlight fell on him.
• The Demon God called out, Yuan Qingshan announced Sun Yingxiong's victory, and human soldiers cheered while the demons and surviving God Race Clan Leaders grew wary.

Sun Yingxiong confronted the Red Dragon Demon God after killing three Demon Domain clan leaders, insisting that he had obeyed the Convention and offering to resign as Ink Pavilion Head. The Demon Gods threatened a decisive battle, but the Old Woman challenged their bluster as more auras stirred in the Demon Domain.

• The Red Dragon Demon God appeared in the clouds and accused the Human Race of violating the Convention, while Sun Yingxiong stood his ground and challenged it to fight.
• The Old Woman appeared from afar and offered to join Sun Yingxiong in battle, prompting the Red Dragon Demon God to demand an accounting for three dead clan leaders.
• Sun Yingxiong resigned as Ink Pavilion Head and named Yuan Qingshan and Qi Changshan acting heads, arguing that his actions had not breached the Convention.
• The Red Dragon Demon God claimed the Demon Domain’s God Race was united, and several terrifying auras awakened within the Demon Domain.
• The Old Woman mocked the Demon Gods and dared them to come out and fight, leading Sun Yingxiong to reconsider the threat and the Red Dragon Demon God to freeze the surrounding land.

Old Ma fought Ji Hong at Demon-Suppressing Pass and died after unleashing his final painting, but Ji Hong survived and claimed victory for the Demon Clan. Sun Yingxiong left in anger as the Reserve Corps watched Ji Hong with hatred.

• Old Ma and Ji Hong continued their battle, using blood to power their scroll and brush as each summoned opposing visions of a white lotus and the Yellow Springs Road.
• Old Ma poured his life into a final attack, declaring that he would fulfill Lao Liu's wish and help the Human Race flourish.
• Ji Hong shattered the Yellow Springs Road, causing Old Ma's blood lotus to explode and leaving Old Ma mortally wounded.
• Old Ma's final scroll trapped Ji Hong in warm scenes of ordinary life, but Ji Hong recognized Liu Sangu and broke free before the painting could kill him.
• Ji Hong seized the damaged scroll and announced that he had slain Ma Sansi, proclaiming victory for the Demon Clan and thanking the Human Race for the painting.
• Sun Yingxiong left after glaring at Ji Hong, while the Reserve Corps soldiers watched Ji Hong with bloodshot eyes.

After the Human Race won its first battle at Demon-Suppressing Pass, Yu Mo ordered Ink Pavilion to announce a sweeping victory and set out for the front. Nearby, Ji Hong received a drop of pure divine beast blood as a reward, while Yu Sheng hesitated at the edge of the Thousand-Li Demon Plain.

• Ji Hong left after the Eighth Awakening battle, and the Demon Beasts launched another assault on Demon-Suppressing Pass.
• Ao Hen challenged Qi Changshan, and another pair of Eighth Awakening battles began under the Convention.
• Yu Mo declared the Human Race victorious and ordered Ink Pavilion to claim Elder Sun had defeated six clan leaders, slain three Demons, and driven back the Demon God.
• Yu Mo left for Demon-Suppressing Pass with the Confucian Scholar and entrusted Chu Huai with the Light Group.
• Yu Sheng stopped at the edge of the Thousand-Li Demon Plain, unsettled by a presence watching the area.
• Ji Hong received a drop of pure divine beast blood and was told he deserved a reward for upholding the Demon Clan's might.

Ji Hong received the Demon God's reward after the battle, while the Eight-Tailed Fox ordered the Demon Domain's forces to retreat from Demon-Suppressing Pass. Xu Yuanqing killed Fire Carving and claimed its Demon Core, then argued with a middle-aged man about paying him back.

• Ji Hong accepted the Divine Beast blood essence, and the Eight-Tailed Fox arrived to hear his account of the battle and praise his contribution.
• The Eight-Tailed Fox left the Seven-Tailed Fox to watch over Ji Hong, while Yu Sheng remained hidden nearby.
• The Eight-Tailed Fox reached Demon-Suppressing Pass and ordered the Beast Tide to retreat after the Demon Domain's forces began losing ground.
• Senior Lu and the middle-aged man helped stop Fire Carving from escaping, and Xu Yuanqing's Phoenix killed it and delivered its Demon Core to him.
• Xu Yuanqing celebrated the value of the Demon Core, and the middle-aged man accused him of avoiding repayment, prompting Xu Yuanqing to protest angrily.

Old White Ape rallied the retreating Demon Beasts by framing the battle as a victory and calling for revenge, while Eight-Tailed Fox rewarded him. After the battle, Yu Sheng disguised himself as a black monkey, but an azure bird spotted him and he vanished after firing his Crossbow.

• Old White Ape revealed himself as Eagle Ravine Mountain's Deputy Mountain Lord, covered the Demons' retreat, and escaped after provoking his pursuers.
• Yuan Qingshan declared a Human Race victory at Demon-Suppressing Pass, and Old White Ape countered by claiming the Demon Domain had won and urging revenge.
• Eight-Tailed Fox rescued the collapsing Old White Ape, ordered his treatment, and promised him a reward.
• The battle ended, and Chu Yu stored a black-and-white painting of an old man holding playing cards and looked into the distance.
• Yu Sheng disguised himself with a pitch-black flower at the edge of the poisonous swamp, noticed an azure bird watching him in his mirror, and fired his Crossbow before disappearing.