Chapter Summaries

Yu Mo asked Yu Sheng to compare their intelligence and assess Sikong Nan’s character and threat to the Human Race. Yu Sheng explained why Sikong Nan had gone to Barbarian City, and the conversation ended with Yu Sheng noting that Sikong Nan was also avoiding Yu Sanshui.

• Yu Mo asked Yu Sheng how intelligent he was, and Yu Sheng rated himself below Yu Mo while saying Yu Mo’s intelligence made him formidable.
• Yu Sheng assessed Sikong Nan as clever, cautious, and ambitious, and said his combat ability could make up for the gap between them.
• Yu Mo asked whether Sikong Nan should be killed before he grew stronger, and Yu Sheng said Sikong Nan would stay within the Human Race’s limits while a potential killer remained.
• Yu Sheng explained that Sikong Nan had moved to Barbarian City to stay beyond the Human Race’s reach and avoid Yu Mo.
• Yu Sheng added that Sikong Nan was also keeping away from Yu Sanshui, who had treated him badly.

Yu Sheng explained why he had avoided trying to control Barbarian City, and Yu Mo praised his cautious approach while reflecting on Zhong Yushu and the sacrifices of the Human Race. Their conversation ended with Yu Mo demanding an explanation about Yu Sheng’s offer of a heavenly star diamond coffin.

• Yu Sheng told Yu Mo that Yu Sanshui had made Xiao Nan a pawn and that Barbarian City was Xiao Nan’s only escape, so stopping him from taking charge would make him fight to the death.
• Yu Sheng explained that controlling Barbarian City would cost too much and risk making an enemy of Xiao Nan, who still posed a threat.
• Yu Mo said Yu Sheng often chose to retreat strategically and argued that this caution made him a suitable Ink Pavilion Head.
• Yu Mo praised Zhong Yushu for earning the Reserve Corps’ admiration through decades of leading the fight at Demon-Suppressing Pass.
• Yu Mo said their conversation had eased his mind and left him ready to pursue things he had long wanted to do.
• Yu Sheng offered to give Yu Mo a coffin made of heavenly star diamond, and Yu Mo demanded to know what was going on.

Yu Sheng told Yu Mo that a Jade Pendant from the Divine Ruins had begun calling to him, possibly signaling that the person in a crystal coffin was about to revive. Their conversation then turned to Yu Sanshui, leaving Yu Sheng uncertain whether the powerful man who brought him to Mobei City was truly his father.

• Yu Sheng explained that the Jade Pendant had warmed and let him sense a call from outside their current space, and he suspected the corpse in the Divine Ruins was about to revive.
• Yu Sheng showed Yu Mo the Pendant and a paper covered in lines that he had copied from the caller, explaining that he had drawn the coffin in response to her pattern.
• Yu Sheng said he hoped to return to the Divine Ruins and take the coffin, while Yu Mo mocked his attempt to ask for it through their unclear exchange.
• Yu Mo steered their discussion toward Yu Sanshui, and Yu Sheng said he could not see through him or remember him as his father.
• Yu Sheng recalled that Yu Sanshui arrived just as he left Sin City and revealed enough power to leave him no chance to resist, so he followed him to Mobei City.

Yu Sheng and Yu Mo discussed Chu Huai’s limits and Yu Sanshui’s possible connection to Yu Sheng’s past. Yu Mo admitted that Yu Sheng’s father had threatened him into withholding information, and Yu Sheng accepted the explanation while noting the delay it had caused.

• Yu Sheng said Chu Huai was unlikely to threaten the Human Race, though he was clever and effective at tracking Soul Hunt.
• Yu Mo asked how Yu Sanshui learned Yu Sheng would appear outside Sin City, and Yu Sheng said the information had been imprecise.
• Yu Mo reasoned that Yu Sanshui had either abandoned Yu Sheng in Sin City with hostile intent or had been watching him while preparing for later events.
• Yu Sheng confronted Yu Mo about hiding Yu Sanshui’s company registration, and Yu Mo admitted that he had withheld it to test Yu Sheng’s reaction.
• Yu Mo said Yu Sanshui had threatened him, and Yu Sheng calmly accepted the explanation while observing that he had lost nearly a week in Mobei City.

Yu Sheng explained why he had deliberately stopped pursuing Soul Hunt and refused to share his theory about Yu Sanshui with Yu Mo. After Yu Sheng left for lunch, Yu Mo took out his frustration on the returning secretary.

• Yu Sheng told Yu Mo that he had sent Soul Hunt a message that would make its members hide deeper, since Yu Sanshui posed a greater threat and Soul Hunt had committed few crimes he could prosecute.
• Yu Mo warned Yu Sheng that Yu Sanshui might resent losing control of him, but Yu Sheng said he believed Yu Sanshui still needed him and did not enjoy killing.
• Yu Mo pressed Yu Sheng to explain his guess about Yu Sanshui, but Yu Sheng gave only short replies and then left to find lunch.
• Yu Mo pretended he was no longer hungry and wanted to keep talking, but Yu Sheng went anyway, leaving him alone in the office.
• Yu Mo mistook the returning secretary for Yu Sheng, then threatened to make him clean the floor after realizing who had entered.

Yu Sheng prepared to lead Army-Breaker into the Demon Domain as the Demon Clan advanced toward the Human Race’s defenses. He left the secretary to conceal his absence, which might last as long as three months or end in his death.

• Yu Mo left after warning the secretary to take the Ink Pavilion Master's cleaning duties seriously, and the secretary cursed him once he was gone.
• Yu Sheng returned with lunch for the secretary, then ordered Yuan Qingshan to mobilize Army-Breaker for a mission beyond the pass.
• After reviewing intelligence that the Demon Clan could reach the walls in three days, Yu Sheng canceled the Mobilization Rally and decided to lead Army-Breaker into the Demon Domain himself.
• Yuan Qingshan objected that the Ink Pavilion Head could not enter the Demon Domain, but Yu Sheng insisted that his orders took precedence and told him to assemble Army-Breaker in Deep Mountain before nightfall.
• Yu Sheng told the secretary he might be gone for one to three months, leaving him to conceal the Pavilion Master's absence and possibly his death.

Yu Sheng secretly left the Ink Pavilion for the Demon Domain, while his secretary covered his absence with fabricated rumors that soon spread through the Pavilion. At Demon-Suppressing Pass, Yuan Qingshan prepared the Army-Breaker soldiers for their mission and sent them off with their own salute.

• Yu Sheng left his secretary behind and teleported away, while the secretary lamented his workload and tried to warn him about going somewhere disreputable.
• The secretary loudly pretended to reprimand Yu Sheng, but gossip about the Pavilion Master spread through the Ink Pavilion before afternoon ended.
• A Guard Bureau deputy arrived seeking Yu Sheng's signature, and the secretary claimed that Yu Sheng had personally led troops to defend Demon-Suppressing Pass.
• At Demon-Suppressing Pass, Yuan Qingshan told the Army-Breaker soldiers that Yu Sheng was their supreme commander and ordered them to surrender their phones.
• Yuan Qingshan praised the soldiers, wished them a safe return with their salute, and watched as they silently returned the gesture.

Yu Sheng led the Army-Breaker unit toward the Demon Domain as Yuan Qingshan and Zhong Yushu reflected on the young soldiers’ peril and the need for new leaders. Zhong Yushu recalled his youthful enlistment at Demon-Suppressing Pass, leaving the story with his memories of arriving at war eager to look cool.

• Yu Sheng led the Army-Breaker unit out of the mountain and across the Thousand-Li Demon Plain toward the Demon Domain.
• Yuan Qingshan worried that many of the young soldiers might not return, while Zhong Yushu said the older generation had to end the war and trust Yu Sheng to lead.
• Zhong Yushu told Yuan Qingshan that the younger generation offered hope and teased him with stories about his past with Yu Sheng.
• Yuan Qingshan tried Zhong Yushu’s cigarette, coughed, and complained as Zhong Yushu joked about being immune to lung cancer at the Eighth Awakening.
• Zhong Yushu recalled enlisting at nineteen with a battered bag, snacks, Bluetooth earphones, and a miniature camera, hoping to slaughter demons and capture cool footage of himself.

Zhong Yushu told Yuan Qingshan how the deaths he witnessed at Demon-Suppressing Pass changed his outlook on loss and why he believed the young had to face war themselves. Yu Sheng assembled the soldiers on the Thousand-Li Demon Plain for an attack into the Demon Domain, warning them that many would die and there would be no time to eat.

• Zhong Yushu recalled losing his classmates in their first battle at Demon-Suppressing Pass and explained why he later made a point of speaking to people before they died.
• Zhong Yushu told Yuan Qingshan that he had lost his wife and son, and that the old soldiers had to let go of what they could not change and consider what they could still do.
• Yuan Qingshan watched Zhong Yushu leave and wondered whether he had stayed in the rear too long.
• Zhong Yushu looked at the crescent moon and hoped Yu Sheng would lead an operation that rekindled humanity's confidence against the Demon Clan.
• Yu Sheng arrived on the Thousand-Li Demon Plain, ordered the soldiers to check their weapons, use the toilet, and assemble, and they eagerly followed him.
• Yu Sheng warned the assembled soldiers that they would have no time to eat for the next day and that many would die, so they discarded their food.

Yu Sheng led Army-Breaker in a surprise assault that cleared the Thousand-Li Demon Plain, then ordered them to sweep the Ten Thousand Demon Forest. Old White Ape anticipated Yu Mo’s strategy and ordered his forces to move out early, while wondering what would happen at Skyvault Ravine after he left.

• Yu Sheng led Army-Breaker through the Thousand-Li Demon Plain, where the soldiers slaughtered demons until nearly all of them fled before dawn.
• Yu Sheng proclaimed that Army-Breaker had slaughtered the Thousand-Li Demon Plain and ordered his troops to search every part of the Ten Thousand Demon Forest within a day.
• Old White Ape predicted that Yu Mo would probe the Ten Thousand Demon Forest before retreating toward Hundred Desolate Mountain, and ordered the Demon Lord to set out that night.
• Old White Ape explained to Young White Ape why trapping Army-Breaker at Hundred Desolate Mountain would be difficult, then told him to prepare for the operation.
• Old White Ape wondered whether Eight-Tailed Fox had truly died and what would happen at Skyvault Ravine after he left.

Old White Ape sent the gathered demon tribes toward the Ten Thousand Demon Forest while going ahead himself, and Army-Breaker’s advance there met stiffer resistance than it had in the Thousand-Li Demon Plain. The forest’s defenders began to retreat after Yu Sheng killed two Demon Kings, but they remained capable of counterattacking.

• Old White Ape ordered Young White Ape to assemble the troops and lead them toward the Ten Thousand Demon Forest, then flew ahead alone.
• Young White Ape politely urged the Heavenly Dog Clan Chief and the other tribes to move faster.
• Army-Breaker’s soldiers advanced through the Ten Thousand Demon Forest but became deadlocked against its defending tribes.
• Yu Sheng killed two Demon Kings in three minutes, prompting the demon beasts to retreat while fighting.

Yu Sheng set fire to the Ten Thousand Demon Forest to force its hidden leader, a fiery-red fox, to reveal himself. He confronted the fox, who tried to redirect the human force toward Qingfeng Mountain, but Yu Sheng showed he already knew about its Demon Lords and the fox’s own Demon Lord.

• Yu Sheng gathered leaves and ignited the forest, then urged Army-Breaker’s members to join in with their fire and wind abilities.
• The furious fiery-red fox appeared, and Yu Sheng teleported behind him and identified him as the force coordinating the Demon Beasts.
• The fox fled from Yu Sheng’s sword and tried to persuade him to attack Qingfeng Mountain instead.
• Yu Sheng noted that Qingfeng Mountain had two Demon Lords, stopping the fox’s attempt to mislead him.
• The fox began to identify the Ten Thousand Demon Forest’s Demon Lord, and Yu Sheng named Old White Ape.

Yu Sheng met Old White Ape amid the burning Ten Thousand Demon Forest, where the Demon Domain Lord offered him orange soda and denied hiding anything. Old White Ape said the fire was not burning fiercely enough and corrected Yu Sheng's estimate of when he would reach Hundred Desolate Mountain, leaving their cooperation and the forest's fate unresolved.

• A fox warned Yu Sheng that destroying the Ten Thousand Demon Forest could provoke the Demon Domain Lord, and Yu Sheng questioned whether sparing it would save the human race.
• Old White Ape appeared, introduced himself as the Demon Domain Lord, and offered Yu Sheng tea or wine; Yu Sheng asked for orange soda instead.
• Old White Ape produced wine, orange soda, and cola, then claimed he had hidden nothing in the forest, while Yu Sheng accepted his answer with a calm “mm.”
• The fox pointed out that the forest was still burning, but Old White Ape said Yu Sheng should be allowed to watch and remarked that the flames were not fierce enough.
• Old White Ape asked when Yu Sheng would go to Hundred Desolate Mountain and said he had at least five hours; Yu Sheng noted that others had warned him Old White Ape liked to lie.
• Old White Ape protested that he was honest and trustworthy, then dropped his aggrieved act when Yu Sheng remained unruffled.

Yu Sheng led Army-Breaker through the Ten Thousand Demon Forest, burning its land while Old White Ape watched without intervening. As Army-Breaker withdrew before sunrise, Yu Sheng explained that Old White Ape held back because he feared what Yu Sheng might do if left to roam the Demon Domain alone.

• Old White Ape complained that Yu Mo was easier to talk to than the tight-lipped members of the Human Race, while Yu Sheng noticed the soda he had been drinking was five years expired.
• Old White Ape joked that Yu Sheng had burned the Ten Thousand Demon Forest and repaid him with expired soda, as Army-Breaker continued setting fires and taking Demon Plants under Yu Sheng's directions.
• With sunrise approaching, Yu Sheng ordered Army-Breaker to pack up, and Old White Ape reminded him about the unburned east and a hidden passage in the northwest.
• As Army-Breaker withdrew, Old White Ape asked whether Yu Sheng could stop him from attacking, and Yu Sheng admitted he could escape but Army-Breaker would be wiped out.
• Yu Sheng concluded that Old White Ape preferred Army-Breaker to remain in Hundred Desolate Mountain rather than risk Yu Sheng roaming the Demon Domain alone.

After Yu Sheng left the Ten Thousand Demon Forest, Old White Ape restored the devastated forest and prepared for the Demon Domain army’s arrival. He entrusted the forest to the red fox and warned him to keep Yu Sheng away from a forbidden zone, while Yu Mo worried about the defenders at Demon-Suppressing Pass.

• Old White Ape waited until Army-Breaker had left, then used demon aura to restore the burned and trampled Ten Thousand Demon Forest.
• The red fox judged Yu Sheng to be direct and reckless but warned that underestimating him could bring disaster.
• Old White Ape put the Ten Thousand Demon Forest in the red fox’s hands and told him not to let Yu Sheng approach the forbidden zone.
• The Demon Domain army arrived, and Old White Ape ordered it to pass the forest without entering and regroup on the Thousand-Li Demon Plain.
• At Demon-Suppressing Pass, Yu Mo lamented that Yu Sheng was not there to provoke the Demon Domain and worried that his own reputation and condition made him unsuitable.

Yu Mo struggled to find someone from the Fifth Generation to face the approaching Demon Cloud, while Chu Yu prepared to take her turn at the top of Demon-Suppressing Pass. Yu Mo finally appeared in garish makeup, pretending to be Yu Sanhuo, and Chu Yu recognized and teased him.

• Yu Mo considered several candidates to confront the Demon Lord, rejected them, and wondered if an older person could disguise themselves as a member of the Fifth Generation.
• Chu Yu woke from a long rest, concluded she was the only one left to step forward, and asked two young women to fix her makeup.
• Yu Mo disguised himself with colorful makeup, declared himself Yu Sanhuo and Yu Sheng's uncle, and wheeled himself toward the top of Demon-Suppressing Pass.
• Chu Yu recognized Yu Mo despite his disguise and mocked his attempt to fool anyone.
• Yu Mo insisted that refusing to admit his identity might still work and suggested Chu Yu hide a little longer.

Chu Yu told Yu Mo that her borrowed life was nearly over, and he agreed to vindicate the Human Race's Fifth Generation. Later, Black Robe left Yu Sanshui and headed toward Demon-Suppressing Pass, while he warned her against pursuing Chu Yu's Awakening Object and provoking the Ink Pavilion.

• Chu Yu said there was little time left in her life and refused Yu Mo's offer to find a way to extend it.
• Yu Mo agreed that they would vindicate the Human Race's Fifth Generation, then left Chu Yu alone and returned to his tent.
• Yu Sanshui theatrically declared that he and Black Robe were breaking up, but she ignored him and threatened him with a dagger when he tried to embrace her.
• Black Robe demonstrated that she could change her aura and said she looked forward to digging out Yu Sanshui's Awakening Object herself.
• Yu Sanshui recognized that Black Robe was heading to Demon-Suppressing Pass to pursue Chu Yu's Awakening Object and warned that the Ink Pavilion would retaliate.

Yu Sanshui realized the woman he was tracking had used Chu Yu’s Awakening Object as a smokescreen and left the village. Yu Sheng hid Army-Breaker around Hundred Desolate Mountain and began searching for Shi Guang by interrogating demons with her photograph.

• Yu Sanshui closed the Supermarket and left the village, suspecting that the woman’s real target had been Spirit Mind’s lair.
• Yu Sheng ordered Army-Breaker to split into small squads, hide in Hundred Desolate Mountain, and wait for further orders.
• Yu Sheng entered Hundred Desolate Mountain carrying a photograph of Shi Guang and asked the demons if they had seen her.
• Yu Sheng forced two lesser demons to practice identifying Shi Guang among photographs, threatening to treat incorrect answers as proof they were lying.

Yu Sheng searched Hundred Desolate Mountain for Shi Guang, using her photo to question the Demon Beasts and promising an Invitation Letter to Skyvault Ravine to anyone who found her. A minor chief directed him toward the central area, but knew nothing about the gentle call Yu Sheng described, leaving him disappointed and looming over the chief with a hammer.

• Yu Sheng showed the Demon Beasts photos and threatened to test them again, then offered an Invitation Letter to Skyvault Ravine if they helped find Shi Guang.
• Yu Sheng searched the barren mountains for minor chiefs and found a Mountain Cave hidden by weeds.
• Yu Sheng bombed the cave and caught the minor chief who fled, but the chief insisted it had never seen Shi Guang and offered to help him search.
• The minor chief told Yu Sheng that Hundred Desolate Mountain had twelve entrances and advised him to search the central area for Shi Guang.
• Yu Sheng asked whether the minor chief had felt a gentle call like a glimmer of light; when it did not understand, he produced an enormous hammer and moved it over the chief's head.

Yu Sheng searched Hundred Desolate Mountain for someone connected to a strange space that seemed to affect only him, while weighing whether entering it would disrupt Army-Breaker's plans. At Demon-Suppressing Pass, Old White Ape accepted the Human Race's declaration of war on behalf of the Demon Domain.

• Yu Sheng threatened a minor chieftain until he promised to search Hundred Desolate Mountain for someone recently drawn there by a warm call.
• After the chieftain left, Yu Sheng studied the spatial ripples and murmurs that only he could perceive, wondering whether Shi Guang was caught in a trap.
• Yu Sheng decided to wait rather than enter the strange space and interrupt Army-Breaker's preparations, then continued posting missing-person notices across Hundred Desolate Mountain.
• At Demon-Suppressing Pass, Old White Ape reflected to Young White Ape on why he had once considered the Eight-Tailed Fox's public position foolish.
• Old White Ape accepted the Human Race's declaration of war, and roars and a vast wave of demon aura answered across the Thousand-Li Demon Plain.