Chapter Summaries

Old White Ape announced changes to Skyvault Ravine’s policies, replacing the Merit System with a plan that let tribes invest in promising Demon Beasts in exchange for repayments and future service. The six remaining God Race chiefs backed him, securing his position as Demon Domain Lord, and he asked the tribes to prepare introductions to their resources and training strengths.

• Old White Ape said he would keep the overall rules but promised Demon Beasts better treatment and rewards for cultivating hard.
• Old White Ape announced nightly screenings of Human Race movies and TV episodes to teach Demon Beasts about Human Race culture.
• Old White Ape scrapped the Merit System and introduced the outstanding heavenly pride support plan, under which tribes would select and fund promising applicants in return for contracted repayments and other compensation.
• The six remaining God Race chiefs hailed Old White Ape as Demon Domain Lord after hearing the plan, whose potential profits won their support.
• Old White Ape asked the tribes to summarize their specialties, resources, and training directions for distribution throughout the Demon Domain, then retired to the King's Hall.

Old White Ape revealed his plan to use competition among the God Race tribes to make them dependent on him and build a powerful army under his control. Meanwhile, Fat Old Man renamed Barbarian City the Black Market and planned to expand it.

• The God Race chiefs agreed to prepare résumés for their Demon Plants and use investments to attract borrowers while presenting their plans as service to the Demon Domain.
• After the chiefs dispersed, Old White Ape reflected that competition would force weaker tribes to seek his protection and make the strongest tribes dependent on him over three years.
• Old White Ape sat on the throne and imagined the future army and Heavenly Prides that would let him challenge his opponents, though he missed the companionship of Peach Blossom Pool.
• After a week of clearing corpses from Barbarian City, Yu Sheng and the others gained a fortune from the High-Rank Demon Beast remains.
• Fat Old Man proudly displayed the new Black Market plaque and announced plans to hire a designer and expand Barbarian City.

Fat Old Man arranged for Xiao Nan to join the Black Market and take charge of Barbarian City after the auction, while preparing to return to the Human Race. Zhao Zicheng and Sun Wen argued about their return and their rivalry, and Yu Sheng stayed behind because his space was not full.

• Fat Old Man asked Yu Sheng to leave him the Skyvault Ravine Invitation Letter for the Black Market's first auction and discussed adding Human Race items.
• Fat Old Man approved Xiao Nan joining the Black Market, warned him to remain neutral, and entrusted him with Barbarian City after the auction.
• Xiao Nan told Fat Old Man he had nothing to be ashamed of before Sin City, and Fat Old Man accepted his answer.
• Zhao Zicheng worried about losing his City Lord position, but Sun Wen said Yu Mo had allowed their trip and they would likely only face a reprimand and a pay cut.
• Zhao Zicheng beat up Sun Wen after Sun Wen mocked him, and Sun Wen later promised to make Zhao Zicheng pay taxes in six months.
• Sun Wen asked whether Yu Sheng would return to the Human Race, and Yu Sheng said he would stay because his space was not full.

Yu Sheng and Shi Guang returned from a six-month expedition in the Demon Domain after Yu Mo summoned them to rob the Yellow Springs Graveyard. They arrived at Ink City, where Yu Mo waited to explain his theatrically aged appearance.

• Xiao Xiao, Sun Wen, and A Tai focused more intensely on cultivation, while Mu Yu disappeared and Yu Sheng and Shi Guang continued exploring the Demon Domain.
• Yu Mo sent Yu Sheng and Shi Guang a message ordering them to return at once and go to the Yellow Springs Graveyard to rob it.
• Yu Sheng and Shi Guang headed back after finding little in the Thousand-Li Demon Plain, despite gaining strength and becoming famous among demon hunters.
• Yu Sheng and Shi Guang returned to Demon-Suppressing Pass, sold some supplies, rested, and then traveled to Ink City.
• Yu Mo welcomed them outside Ink City's gates and claimed he had dyed his hair white and added wrinkles to shock Yu Sheng.

Yu Mo tried to fool Yu Sheng with an elaborate display of illness, while Chu Huai pointed out how unconvincing the act would be to Sin City Natives. Yu Mo ended by declaring that he needed to live two more years to protect his little brother.

• Yu Mo checked his dyed salt-and-pepper hair and complained that it had taken effort and money to make it look natural.
• Chu Huai warned Yu Mo that Sin City Natives did not trust anyone who looked miserable unless they were dead.
• Yu Mo asked Chu Huai to push his wheelchair and create a breeze so he would look frail when Yu Sheng arrived.
• Yu Sheng met Yu Mo’s dramatic coughing and apparent blood with calm indifference, then offered him ordinary tap water.
• Yu Mo claimed he was dying and said he would ask heaven for two more years of life to protect Yu Sheng.

Yu Mo explained the Yellow Springs Graveyard, its dangerous ghost energy, and how Yu Sheng’s cultivation technique helped the soldiers guarding Ghost Gate. He proposed publicizing Yu Sheng’s achievements when he reached the eighth awakening so he could become Ink Pavilion Head, but Yu Sheng questioned the motive.

• Yu Mo abandoned his attempt to win sympathy and began explaining the Yellow Springs Graveyard to Yu Sheng and Shi Guang.
• Yu Mo described how ghost energy harmed humans, mutated demon beasts, and attracted ambitious beasts to the graveyard.
• Yu Mo said Yu Sheng’s cultivation technique helped Ghost Gate’s soldiers withstand ghost energy and suggested publicizing the achievement to secure Yu Sheng the Ink Pavilion Head position.
• Yu Sheng said the soldiers did not owe him a debt and criticized using his achievements for the position as a method resembling Sin City’s.
• Yu Mo agreed that Yu Sheng had a point but said publicizing the achievements was still the fastest and most convenient approach.

Yu Mo explained the human race’s one-week opportunity to enter the Yellow Springs Graveyard and questioned Yu Sheng about his strength. He planned to use the expedition’s resources and the Ink Pavilion’s support to push Yu Sheng toward the eighth awakening as quickly as possible.

• Yu Sheng refused to become Pavilion Master, and Yu Mo offered the Light Group leadership to Shi Guang, prompting Chu Huai to protest that he had been promised a high-ranking position.
• Yu Mo explained that ghost energy nourished valuable demon plants in the Yellow Springs Graveyard and that he had arranged for the demon beasts to withdraw for one week, though their compliance was uncertain.
• Yu Mo asked how close Yu Sheng was to the seventh awakening, and Yu Sheng said he had already comprehended the rules but lacked energy.
• Yu Sheng admitted he would struggle against a demon king but could likely escape and might kill one if he fought desperately and its ability did not counter his.
• Yu Mo promised Yu Sheng priority access to supplies, guidance from eighth-awakening seniors, and a Demon God Demon Crystal to accelerate his progress toward the eighth awakening.

Yu Sheng accepted Yu Mo’s offer to fund his advancement to the Eighth Awakening in exchange for serving as Ink Pavilion Head and leading in future wars. As Yu Sheng prepared for the Yellow Springs Graveyard, Yu Mo recognized that Old White Ape’s Rising Star Support Plan could unite the Demon Domain and threaten humanity.

• Yu Mo offered to provide Yu Sheng with the resources to reach the Eighth Awakening in exchange for at least five years as Ink Pavilion Head and leadership in wartime.
• Yu Sheng agreed to Yu Mo’s terms, and Yu Mo briefed him on prioritizing demon plants in the Yellow Springs Graveyard and helping humans when it was safe.
• Yu Mo handed Yu Sheng a file on the Yellow Springs Graveyard and told him to meet outside Light Group Headquarters the next evening before traveling to Ghost Gate.
• Yu Mo reviewed the Rising Star Support Plan and realized Old White Ape’s plan could unify the Demon Domain, creating a serious danger for humanity.

Yu Mo considered how to exploit the economic conflict Old White Ape had set in motion, then led Reserve Corps soldiers toward the Yellow Springs Graveyard to collect Demon Plants. The force reached the Ghost Gate, where its pale-faced soldiers served them cold meals.

• Yu Mo reasoned that Demon Beasts refusing to repay their debts could destabilize the Demon Domain, and suspected Old White Ape's move was an invitation to join the game.
• Yu Mo left the Light Group alone that night and returned weary after an unexplained outing.
• Yu Mo ordered Reserve Corps soldiers, including Yu Sheng and Shi Guang, to travel to the Yellow Springs Graveyard and bring back as many Demon Plants as possible.
• The soldiers rode trucks through the night and arrived outside the Ghost Gate at noon.
• Pale-faced Ghost Gate soldiers served the arriving Reserve Corps soldiers cold boxed lunches.

Yu Sheng and Shi Guang left Ghost Gate with the Reserve Corps and entered Yellow Springs Graveyard to gather Demon Plants. After realizing Old White Ape intended to use the humans to cull disobedient Demon Beasts, they decided to kill as many as possible and began searching for their first target.

• The soldiers passed through Ghost Gate, and Reserve Corps leaders ordered them to scatter, collect or destroy Demon Plants, and regroup in one week.
• Yu Sheng and Shi Guang concealed themselves in the Ghost Energy and assessed the ruins of Yellow Springs Graveyard.
• Shi Guang reasoned that Old White Ape planned to sacrifice human elites while using them to purge Demon Beasts that would not obey Skyvault Ravine.
• Yu Sheng proposed killing more Demon Beasts than Old White Ape expected, and Shi Guang agreed.
• Yu Sheng summoned the Giant Hammer beside a Demon Plant, expecting a Demon Beast to be nearby.

Yu Sheng and Shi Guang hunted demon beasts in the Yellow Springs Graveyard while Yu Sheng tested their abilities and gathered data. With the demon lord-level beasts afraid to provoke the human race, Yu Sheng could operate freely in the graveyard and disrupt Old White Ape’s plans.

• A lizard-like sixth-level demon beast ambushed Yu Sheng, but he struck it down and assessed its strength against beasts from the Thousand-Li Demon Plain.
• The lizard launched poisonous bone spikes at Yu Sheng, who dodged them and analyzed the mutation before the wounded beast died.
• Yu Sheng concluded the lizard’s meat and damaged demon crystals were poor sources of money, while Shi Guang noted that hunting remained worthwhile.
• Yu Sheng picked the demon plant and set off with Shi Guang to search for more demon beasts in the densely populated Yellow Springs Graveyard.
• Yu Sheng’s strength and the demon lords’ fear of human retaliation let him hunt freely, making him a threat to Old White Ape’s plans.

Yu Sheng and Shi Guang gathered Demon Plants in the Yellow Springs Graveyard, then Yu Sheng lured the lurking Demon Beasts by displaying blood, treasure, and a drop of divine beast blood. A Demon Beast charged at Yu Sheng, beginning the trap’s first attack.

• Yu Sheng and Shi Guang killed several Demon Beasts and gathered Demon Plants until the nearby creatures stopped challenging them.
• Yu Sheng buried a mangled human soldier’s corpse after finding it beside a red thread.
• Yu Sheng decided to provoke more Demon Beasts and struck the ground with a huge hammer, forcing a giant rat out of its burrow and killing it.
• Yu Sheng spilled blood from Demon Beast corpses and displayed a drop of golden divine beast blood and a pile of Demon Plants to tempt the creatures.
• A Demon Beast emerged from the ruins, beat its fleshy wings, and charged at Yu Sheng.

Yu Sheng used Divine Beast Blood Essence as bait to lure and slaughter Demon Beasts across the ruins while Shi Guang contained them and Human Race soldiers collected the spoils. After a day of killing, Yu Sheng ran out of energy and rested as Shi Guang scouted for another fishing spot.

• Yu Sheng pretended to struggle against a sixth-level Demon Beast until more Demon Beasts rushed toward his Divine Beast Blood Essence.
• Yu Sheng unleashed his power and killed the trapped Demon Beasts while Shi Guang eliminated weaker ones and stopped others from escaping.
• Yu Sheng and Shi Guang moved between fishing spots, leaving bloodied ruins for Human Race soldiers to search and strip of plants and supplies.
• Two Human Race soldiers abandoned their missions to follow Yu Sheng and collect the spoils after he cleared each area.
• Yu Sheng exhausted his energy and sat down to recover while Shi Guang scouted ahead for another suitable fishing spot.

Yu Sheng lured out a powerful demon king in the Yellow Springs Graveyard, then fled after it demanded the demon god blood essence and attacked him with pursuing black flames. He continued weaving through the ruins as the demon king stayed airborne and launched more flames.

• After twenty minutes without another demon beast appearing, Yu Sheng spotted a mutated demon king approaching and stored his spoils in the Mountains and Rivers Bottle.
• Shi Guang concealed herself and left so Yu Sheng would not be distracted by the demon king.
• The demon king demanded Yu Sheng hand over the goods, but Yu Sheng vanished and fled through the ruins.
• The demon king chased Yu Sheng from the air with black flame, which followed him after he dodged its first attack.
• Yu Sheng tested the flame on a demon beast corpse, then kept fleeing as the demon king sent two more jets of flame after him.

Yu Sheng used Demon Beast corpses and teleportation to evade the Demon King's black flames and exploit its weak close-combat ability. After striking the Demon King with his Giant Hammer, he began throwing more corpses into its flame net, weakening the growth on its back.

• Yu Sheng hid inside a fortress of Demon Beast corpses, then escaped while the Demon King tore the pile apart and searched for him.
• Yu Sheng assessed that the Demon King's mutation had strengthened its black-flame Skill at the cost of its close-combat ability.
• Yu Sheng teleported above the Demon King and struck its back with his Giant Hammer, sending it crashing to the ground.
• The Demon King surrounded itself with a net of black flames, but Yu Sheng threw Demon Beast corpses through the flames, weakening the growth on its back.

Yu Sheng exhausted the demon king’s protective black flames with depleted demon crystals and resisted its blood-red bone-spike attack by using the Light Blue Pearl to evade it. He subdued the helpless demon king and began questioning it about the Yellow Springs Graveyard.

• Yu Sheng discovered that depleted demon crystals absorbed the demon king’s black flames, then threw eight of them to weaken its defenses.
• The demon king begged Yu Sheng to let it go and threatened to die fighting, but Yu Sheng approached and powered up his Giant Hammer.
• The demon king launched blood-red bone spikes that exploded against Yu Sheng, but Yu Sheng appeared unharmed behind it as his shattered body faded away.
• Yu Sheng pressed a demon crystal infused with black flames to the demon king’s brow and asked whether it wanted to experience the flames’ power.
• Yu Sheng asked the immobilized demon king how many seventh-level demon kings lived in the Yellow Springs Graveyard and what he knew about their abilities and weaknesses.

Yu Sheng killed the Demon King, learned that the Yellow Springs Graveyard’s perfect mutations had left and that its residents called the place Boundless Hell, then set out east with Shi Guang to find Vulture. The Demon King’s death left the surrounding beasts terrified and its territory deserted.

• The dying Demon King told Yu Sheng that Vulture lived fifty li east, described its abilities and weakness, and said the graveyard’s perfect mutations had left while the failures remained trapped in Boundless Hell.
• The Demon King died with its gaze fixed on the sky, and Yu Sheng collected the Demon Crystals from the ground.
• Yu Sheng recovered from the battle and turned east, showing no grief over the Demon King’s death.
• The nearby Demon Beasts cowered or fled, and humans passing through the area stopped showing hostility.
• Yu Sheng met up with Shi Guang and headed farther east, remarking that the Demon Kings seemed killable.

In Heavenly Star Town, Yu Sanshui ran a supermarket with Black Robe, insisting that their quiet life together was a taming and raising sim rather than a management sim. Black Robe remained trapped in his relentless courtship, and Yu Sanshui kept pressing her to accept his love.

• Liu Shen'er paid Yu Sanshui twelve yuan after he confronted her about buying on credit.
• Yu Sanshui explained that he was fifty-six, startling Liu Shen'er into hurrying away to spread the news.
• Black Robe asked when Yu Sanshui would finish his management sim, and he insisted it was a taming and raising sim.
• Black Robe recalled how Yu Sanshui's pursuit had stalled the Soul Hunt Organization after she stopped fleeing and settled into the supermarket with him.
• Black Robe had attacked Yu Sanshui by scratching and biting him, but he welcomed it as affection and urged her to bite him again.
• Yu Sanshui approached Black Robe and told her to close her eyes and feel his love, while she backed away.

Yu Sanshui persuaded Black Robe to stay with him and used his son’s wealth to justify asking her for money to establish a shop. He continued trying to win her over, but she rejected him and withdrew to her room, where he warned her that he had placed alarm wards by the exits.

• Yu Sanshui convinced Black Robe to live with him, claiming it would help her escape or contact her subordinates.
• Yu Sanshui asked Black Robe for two hundred thousand, then insisted that his wealthy son could provide money if needed.
• Black Robe gave Yu Sanshui a bank card to stop his nauseating pitch.
• Yu Sanshui tried to persuade Black Robe that they were suited to each other, but she rejected him and threatened to expose him as a homosexual pervert.
• Black Robe returned to her room, and Yu Sanshui warned her that alarm wards would alert him if she tried to leave.

Yu Mo argued that Yu Sheng could become Ink Pavilion Head and inspire the Human Race through the difficult years ahead, and Yuan Qingshan and Qi Changshan accepted that the next generations needed to take the lead. Yu Mo left to prepare for Old White Ape’s expected moves against him.

• Yu Sanshui sat outside his shop, chatted with passersby, and wondered what Yu Mo and Yu Sheng were doing.
• At Ink Pavilion headquarters, Yuan Qingshan questioned whether Yu Sheng was suited to be Ink Pavilion Head.
• Yu Mo defended Yu Sheng’s reliability and said the Human Race needed a heroic figure to keep its soldiers from losing hope.
• Yuan Qingshan and Qi Changshan agreed that the coming years belonged to the fourth and fifth generations, while Yu Mo said young people would look to Yu Sheng and others rather than him.
• Yu Mo left to prepare pieces for the contest he expected with Old White Ape.