Chapter Summaries

Chu Yu spoke for the Human Race and accepted Old White Ape’s challenge at the Demon-Suppressing Pass. As the fight was about to begin, she stood from her wheelchair and used the power of a book to regain her youthful appearance and scatter the Demon Aura clouds.

• Old White Ape recognized Chu Yu and questioned why the Human Race had sent her to speak for them.
• Yu Mo reflected that Chu Yu was the only one among the Fifth Generation who could represent the Human Race, and he felt bitter about his own choice to embrace darkness.
• Chu Yu insisted she was worthy to speak with Old White Ape, who said he did not want her to fall there and lamented that he was in a terrible mood.
• Old White Ape accepted the challenge and released his Demon Aura toward the Demon-Suppressing Pass.
• Chu Yu told the elders that the Fifth Generation was growing, then struggled to her feet as a phantom book appeared above her.
• The book scattered sheets of pure energy, restoring Chu Yu’s youthful appearance and clearing the Demon Aura clouds as sunlight fell on the pass.

Chu Yu confronted Old White Ape’s claim that the Human Race unfairly rejected the Demon Clan, arguing that humanity accepted darkness and that the demons’ sense of injustice came from their own lack of confidence. Her words moved Old White Ape, who still despised Yu Mo and himself but regarded Chu Yu as an exception.

• Chu Yu stood in the sunlight atop Demon-Suppressing Pass as gentle phantoms appeared behind her.
• Old White Ape argued that the Demon Clan’s faith in moonlight and Demon Aura was no less valid than humanity’s love of sunlight.
• Chu Yu said humanity accepted darkness and urged the Demon Clan to understand tolerance and coexistence.
• Yu Mo relaxed as Chu Yu’s words seemed to spread light across the darkened sky.
• Old White Ape praised Chu Yu as worthy of being called Elder Chu, while admitting to himself that he was destroying a story he had once cherished.

Chu Yu and Old White Ape parted after acknowledging the irreconcilable struggle between humans and demons. Naming her Awakening Object Fleeting Glory, Chu Yu rose into the sky with the phantoms behind her and urged them to keep going.

• Old White Ape agreed that the Demon Domain lacked culture but believed it would develop its own heritage and tolerance, even as only one race might ultimately survive.
• Chu Yu and Old White Ape each explained why they saw the Spirit Energy Revival as either a tragedy or a hope, then Old White Ape respectfully bade her farewell.
• Chu Yu thanked the phantoms and remembered Xu Wenxuan and the others whose wishes she had tried to fulfill.
• Chu Yu named her ancient book Awakening Object Fleeting Glory and told Old White Ape that she had sought to fulfill people's wishes, not earn respect.
• Chu Yu rose into the air with the phantoms behind her, saw Yu Mo among them, and urged them all to keep going.

Chu Yu died dispersing the Demon Cloud and leaving Soldier Souls atop Demon-Suppressing Pass, driving the Human Race’s morale to its peak. Old White Ape called a three-day truce while Yu Mo blamed himself for her death and urged the Human Race to seize the initiative.

• Chu Yu told Old White Ape that her death was not a waste, then dissolved into light that cleared the Demon Cloud while her Soldier Souls remained atop Demon-Suppressing Pass.
• The Reserve Corps soldiers saluted Chu Yu, and Old White Ape acknowledged that the Demon Domain had lost the first battle.
• Old White Ape ordered the Demon Beasts to regroup and fight again in three days, then declared a three-day truce in Chu Yu’s honor.
• Yu Mo lamented that he had accepted an outcome that meant Chu Yu’s death and condemned himself as a demon in the darkness.
• Yu Mo sent a message urging the Human Race to take the offensive, then returned to his tent as the soldiers mourned Chu Yu.

After Chu Yu’s death, the Human Race marched out of Demon-Suppressing Pass and clashed with the Demon Clan, while Old White Ape expected the battle to end in a draw. At Hundred Desolate Mountain, Yu Sheng ordered Army-Breaker to launch a timed rear attack and retreat according to his instructions.

• A white-haired old man honored Chu Yu and rallied the Human Race to march out of Demon-Suppressing Pass.
• The Human Race charged the Demon Clan, and Old White Ape judged that their clash would leave neither side victorious.
• Old White Ape searched for the hidden figures he believed were behind the conflict, questioning their motives and Ji Hong’s role.
• At Hundred Desolate Mountain, Yu Sheng gathered Army-Breaker and ordered them to attack from behind for eight minutes before retreating under strict conditions.
• Yu Sheng led Army-Breaker out, whose members had adopted a stealthy, unconventional style.

Army-Breaker joined the battle at Demon-Suppressing Pass with a sudden attack that routed the Demon Clan’s Beast Tide. Yuan Qingshan and Qi Changshan drew off the two Demon Lords, while Old White Ape ordered the Demon Clan to regroup and strike back at Army-Breaker.

• Army-Breaker arrived after racing toward the battlefield and attacked the Demon Clan from behind, helping break the Beast Tide’s morale.
• The two Demon Lords rose to disrupt the human offensive, and Yuan Qingshan and Qi Changshan each drew one into a separate fight.
• Yuan Qingshan invoked “Desolate, descend!” as he faced his Demon Lord, while Qi Changshan attacked his opponent without regard for defense.
• Old White Ape judged that Yu Sheng had anticipated Army-Breaker’s attack and recognized that the Demon Clan had lost morale despite its numerical advantage.
• Old White Ape ordered the Beast Tide to pull back twenty li, regroup, and attack Army-Breaker, and the Demon Beasts turned toward them in a coordinated assault.

Yu Sheng held off the Beast Tide while Army-Breaker and the Reserve Corps retreated toward the Ten Thousand Demon Forest. Old White Ape judged the losses acceptable but recognized Yu Sheng’s battlefield dominance as a future threat.

• The Demon Beasts focused their fury on Army-Breaker, driving up its casualties while the Reserve Corps escaped through the Beast Tide.
• Yu Sheng ordered the Reserve Corps to retreat without a rear guard, then stayed behind to block the pursuing Demon Beasts.
• Yu Sheng revealed his Seventh Awakening rank and charged through the Beast Tide, killing Sixth Level Demon Beasts while Demon Kings avoided him.
• Old White Ape assessed the battle’s losses as manageable and warned that Yu Sheng must not reach the Eighth Awakening.
• The Reserve Corps gathered Demon Crystals and Demon Cores for three minutes before retreating, and Yu Sheng reappeared beside Army-Breaker’s formation.

Yu Sheng led Army-Breaker into the Ten Thousand Demon Forest, forcing Old White Ape to abandon the pursuit and reorganize the Demon Clan’s forces. When the Beast Tide began withdrawing, Yu Sheng ordered Army-Breaker to leave the forest and pursue it from a safe distance, launching another assault.

• Old White Ape ordered the Demon Beasts to follow Army-Breaker at a safe distance rather than fight or retreat.
• Yu Sheng led Army-Breaker into the Ten Thousand Demon Forest, confusing the old fox there and forcing Old White Ape to reconsider the pursuit.
• Old White Ape ordered the Demon Beasts to return to their positions, gather forces near Demon-Suppressing Pass, and prepare against another surprise attack.
• Old White Ape reflected that the Human Race had risked its morale on the battle and wondered who could replace Chu Yu in the next one.
• After the Beast Tide withdrew, Yu Sheng ordered Army-Breaker to leave the forest and pursue at a safe distance, and the soldiers charged after the retreating demons.

Yu Sheng led Army-Breaker in a mock pursuit of the retreating Demon Clan, then stopped outside its main camp and watched the Demon Lords. After the demons ignored them, Yu Sheng asked his soldiers if they knew how to insult people, and Army-Breaker eagerly volunteered.

• Army-Breaker charged after the retreating Beast Tide, but the Thunder Leopard Clan Chief ordered his force to keep retreating rather than engage while Yu Sheng watched from above.
• Yu Sheng waited outside the Demon Clan's main camp as several Demon Lords confronted him, while Old White Ape warned the Black Flood Dragon Clan Chief that attacking Yu Sheng could provoke the Human Race into a costly battle.
• The Demon Clan returned to camp, gathered its dead, and ignored Yu Sheng and Army-Breaker as they set up.
• Army-Breaker soldiers marveled that the demons would not attack them and admired Yu Sheng for standing outside the camp.
• Yu Sheng asked whether his soldiers knew how to insult people, and Army-Breaker's former forum trolls eagerly claimed their skill at flaming others.

Yu Sheng gave Army-Breaker’s Soldiers a hundred speakers so they could record insults to provoke the Demon Clan. After a fierce scramble, the soldiers began preparing their messages, and one veteran focused his attack on Old White Ape.

• Yu Sheng opened a spatial rift and brought out a hundred speakers, instructing Army-Breaker’s Soldiers to record messages that would anger or unsettle the Demon Clan.
• Army-Breaker’s Soldiers rushed to claim the speakers, causing a chaotic fight that briefly made the Demon Beasts think the humans were attacking one another.
• The soldiers settled who would use the speakers, though eight had been destroyed in the scramble, and groups gathered around each remaining one to brainstorm insults.
• A young man secured a speaker for himself after revealing that Yu Mo had personally arrested him for insulting him on the forum.
• Yu Sheng listened to the young man for a few seconds and realized he was directing his insults at Old White Ape, then moved away with sympathy for the ape.

Army-Breaker used speakers to provoke and unsettle the Demon Clan, while Roast God refined his personal taunts to get under Old White Ape’s skin. Old White Ape recognized the humans’ strange new battlefield tactics and concluded that he had become humanity’s good friend in the eyes of one speaker.

• Army-Breaker’s soldiers switched on their speakers and broadcast a stream of taunts and questions at the Demon Clan.
• Old White Ape reacted to a speaker addressing him personally, and Roast God studied his expressions before adjusting his insults.
• The Demon Beasts grew furious, while several Demon Lords and Demon Kings considered whether some of the humans’ remarks were reasonable.
• Yu Sheng used his Space Law Power to carry the speakers’ voices clearly across the Demon Clan’s camp.
• Old White Ape said the Human Race’s Fifth Generation fought in a completely different, infuriating style and assessed how an attack on Army-Breaker could escalate into a clash between the races.
• Old White Ape realized one speaker portrayed him as someone who envied humanity and had been born into the wrong species.

Old White Ape lowered his realm to fight Yu Sheng and rally the Demon Clan, while Yu Sheng ordered Army-Breaker’s Soldiers to flee. Yu Sheng’s hammer split the Demon Plain and temporarily stopped the beast tide, but Old White Ape engaged him as the soldiers escaped toward the Ten Thousand Demon Forest.

• Old White Ape dropped from demon lord to demon king, swallowed a strange fruit, and charged at Yu Sheng while ordering the demon beasts to crush Army-Breaker.
• Yu Sheng told Army-Breaker’s Soldiers to run, and they fled across the Demon Plain toward the Ten Thousand Demon Forest using familiar shortcuts.
• Yu Sheng drew energy from the Mountains and Rivers Bottle and struck the ground, opening a dangerous rift that halted the pursuing beast tide.
• Old White Ape fought Yu Sheng with evasive attacks to keep him from entering the beast tide.
• After the rift dissipated, the demon beasts resumed their chase after Army-Breaker’s Soldiers.

Yu Sheng relentlessly chased and beat Old White Ape after Old White Ape lowered his strength, ignoring his pleas to follow the unwritten rules of war. The Demon Lords watched without intervening, while humans at Demon-Suppressing Pass witnessed the strange scene from afar.

• Old White Ape argued that killing him would bring the Demon Lords down on Yu Sheng and urged them to preserve their leaders' dignity.
• Yu Sheng said he would try first and struck Old White Ape through an opening in his defensive aura.
• Old White Ape complained about Yu Sheng's blows and fled as Yu Sheng kept pursuing and attacking him.
• Most Demon Lords allowed the beating to continue because Old White Ape's weakened state benefited them, while his trusted followers held back under their threats.
• Humans on watch at Demon-Suppressing Pass spotted Yu Sheng chasing and beating the Demon Domain Lord as the Demon Lords looked on.

The Human Race’s elders watched Yu Sheng confront the Demon Domain Lord and discussed the rumors about him, his impact on morale, and whether he needed support. Yuan Qingshan decided the Eighth Awakening experts should deter the enemy from a distance, while he and Qi Changshan ended up trading insults at Demon-Suppressing Pass.

• The Seventh Awakening elders realized Yu Sheng was fighting the Demon Domain Lord and compared the outlandish rumors they had heard about him.
• The elders agreed not to deploy their exhausted troops again that day, saying the Human Race could fight the next day with renewed confidence.
• Yuan Qingshan said Yu Sheng was likely at a delicate balance with Old White Ape and proposed deterring the enemy without disrupting their fight.
• Qi Changshan mocked Yuan Qingshan for not being invincible at the Eighth Awakening, and Yuan Qingshan asked if he was laughing at him.
• Qi Changshan admitted he was mocking Yuan Qingshan, and the two exchanged threats and insults before Qi Changshan apologized when Yuan Qingshan invoked his authority as Principal of Spirit Mind.

Yu Sheng kept beating Old White Ape while testing whether he had truly destroyed his cultivation realm. Old White Ape insisted he had, but Yu Sheng remained determined to look for a chance to kill him.

• Yu Sheng used Teleportation to punch Old White Ape repeatedly, avoiding a killing blow that would provoke the Demon Lords.
• Old White Ape cursed Yu Sheng and demanded that he stop, but Yu Sheng kept attacking him.
• Old White Ape halted in midair and tried to end the beating, then fled when Yu Sheng approached with his hammer.
• Yu Sheng struck Old White Ape again, and Old White Ape roared that he had destroyed his own cultivation realm and was hiding no strength.
• Yu Sheng said he would keep looking for a half-second opening to kill Old White Ape because he had nothing to lose.

Yu Sheng stopped his assault on Old White Ape, then escaped when Old White Ape charged, leaving the Demon Lord to assess his tactics and recover from his injuries. Old White Ape concluded he could counter Yu Sheng by focusing on his goals, then called on the watching Demon Lords to heal him.

• Yu Sheng stopped his Hammer just before it struck Old White Ape, who mocked him and revealed his renewed fighting spirit.
• Old White Ape charged Yu Sheng, but Yu Sheng vanished and reappeared a hundred meters away before fleeing toward the Ten Thousand Demon Forest.
• Old White Ape complained that Yu Sheng had run away just as it was his turn to attack, then analyzed Yu Sheng’s personality and tactics.
• Old White Ape decided to ignore Yu Sheng’s maneuvers and focus on his objectives in their next clash.
• Old White Ape sat on his throne, complained about his broken arm and missing fur, and received painful healing from two Demon Lords.

Yu Sheng and Army-Breaker's soldiers entered Ten Thousand Demon Forest while a Beast Tide gathered outside, and Yu Sheng stopped the beasts from charging with his hammer. He ordered his exhausted soldiers to camp in the forest, then left to take care of something as the red fox kept Ten Thousand Demon Forest's secret to itself.

• The red fox watched Army-Breaker's soldiers provoke the Demon Beasts outside Ten Thousand Demon Forest and feared the beasts would attack and expose Old White Ape's arrangements.
• A Demon Beast charged toward the forest, drawing the others after it, but Yu Sheng's hammer striking the ground made them regain their senses and retreat.
• Yu Sheng appeared behind the red fox, asked whether it was scared, and pressed it to reveal Ten Thousand Demon Forest's secret; the red fox refused.
• Yu Sheng ordered Army-Breaker's exhausted soldiers to camp in Ten Thousand Demon Forest and warned the red fox that they would fight back if attacked.
• Yu Sheng told the soldiers to rest while he went out, instructing them to run toward Hundred Desolate Mountain if the forest's forces attacked.

Yu Sheng negotiated with the red fox to let Army-Breaker stay in the Ten Thousand Demon Forest, then pressed it for food. The red fox offered demon-aura-bathed fruit, and Yu Sheng praised it as a friend to humanity.

• Yu Sheng asked whether the Ten Thousand Demon Forest had any Demon Kings and threatened to kill them if they endangered Army-Breaker.
• The red fox explained that it was the only remaining Demon King, served Old White Ape, and would protect the forest without joining the war.
• Yu Sheng reasoned that the forest had little choice but to tolerate Army-Breaker’s stay, and the red fox reluctantly accepted that they would not interfere with each other.
• Yu Sheng asked the red fox for tasty food and mused that Demon King meat might be tender, prompting the fox to warn him against harming it.
• The red fox offered fruit infused with demon aura, and Yu Sheng thanked it and called it a good friend to humanity.

Yu Sheng left Army-Breaker’s Soldiers under the Demon Clan’s protection and went searching for Shi Guang, while Old White Ape rushed reinforcements toward the front and revealed that he intended to trade heavy losses for a decisive advantage over the Human Race in three years. The chapter ended with Old White Ape reflecting on Yu Sheng and the looming threat to the Fifth Generation.

• Yu Sheng told Army-Breaker’s Soldiers that their Demon Domain allies would feed and protect them, then left to search for Shi Guang in Ten Thousand Demon Forest and Hundred Desolate Mountain.
• Army-Breaker’s Soldiers celebrated their unprecedented treatment, rested in shifts, and dreamed of planting the Human Race’s flag on Skyvault Ravine.
• Young White Ape told Old White Ape that allied troops would arrive in two days, and Old White Ape ordered them to arrive within a day and a half while correcting Young White Ape for calling them cannon fodder.
• Old White Ape revealed that he sought defeat in the current battle if it let him trade losses and prepare to crush the Human Race three years later.
• Old White Ape recalled Chu Yu’s death and Yu Sheng’s beating, then wished he could speak with Yu Sheng face-to-face.

Yu Mo considered Army-Breaker’s options before Yu Sanshui told him that Soul Hunt’s leader had escaped his control. Yu Mo suspected Soul Hunt was targeting Elder Chu’s Awakening Object, but questioned whether it would dare act at Demon-Suppressing Pass.

• Yu Mo reasoned that Army-Breaker could not remain in Hundred Desolate Mountain and might need to venture deep into the Demon Domain.
• Yu Sanshui appeared in Yu Mo’s tent and teased him about calling Yu Sheng his dear little brother.
• Yu Mo defended his conduct as a way of upholding Yu Sanshui’s reputation.
• Yu Sanshui revealed that Soul Hunt’s leader had escaped after he had suppressed her for three and a half years.
• Yu Mo suspected Soul Hunt would make a move for Elder Chu’s Awakening Object, but wondered whether it would act before the Human Race’s elite at Demon-Suppressing Pass.