Chapter Summaries

Yu Mo coaxed information about Soul Hunt from Yu Sanshui, who suspected the organization’s leader had conflicting loyalties and was pursuing a Sage’s Awakening Object. Yu Mo left with a key clue about the leader’s identity, while Yu Sanshui warned him not to turn that information into a public spectacle.

• Yu Mo praised Yu Sanshui and asked what Soul Hunt’s true objective might be, since its operations showed little sign of carelessness.
• Yu Sanshui said Soul Hunt had avoided provoking the Human Race and suggested its leader might be seeking a precious object that would not cross the Human Race’s bottom line, such as a Sage’s Awakening Object.
• Yu Mo noticed Yu Sanshui knew sensitive information that Ink Pavilion had never shared with outsiders.
• Yu Sanshui revealed that Soul Hunt’s leader was female and insisted his intelligence was accurate.
• Yu Mo jokingly offered to have the Light Group erect a statue of Yu Sanshui in Ink City’s Central Square, prompting Yu Sanshui to warn him that the gesture could get him killed.

Yu Mo tried to pressure Yu Sanshui into revealing his past, but Yu Sanshui saw through the ploy and confronted him. Yu Sanshui chose not to kill him and asked what he wanted, leaving their negotiation unresolved.

• Yu Mo proposed publicly recording Yu Sanshui's secret contributions, which could expose his Awakening Skills to the Demon Domain.
• Yu Sanshui accused Yu Mo of threatening and probing him, while the Confucian Scholar withdrew from the tent to avoid the confrontation.
• Yu Sanshui warned that he would kill Yu Mo if he continued pretending to be innocent.
• Yu Mo admitted he was willing to risk death while working for the Human Race, even if he personally would welcome release.
• Yu Sanshui decided to spare Yu Mo and asked what he was trying to get him to do.

Yu Mo pressed Yu Sanshui about why he had spared Yu Sheng in the past, while the two first traded jokes about Yu Sanshui’s age and identity. Yu Sanshui admitted he had abandoned Yu Sheng at the gates of Sin City because he found the child unappealing, then warned Yu Mo not to probe further.

• Yu Mo and Yu Sanshui discussed the Ninth Awakening and the woman who had been the only one of their group to reach it.
• Yu Sanshui teased Yu Mo about calling him his godfather and refused to give a reliable account of his age or identity.
• Yu Mo asked Yu Sanshui why he had not killed Yu Sheng in the past.
• Yu Sanshui discarded his cigar, then said he had found young Yu Sheng ugly and unappealing, so he left him at the gates of Sin City.
• Yu Sanshui warned Yu Mo not to use the answer to judge his character or threat to the Human Race.

Yu Mo kept pressing Yu Sanshui for information about Yu Sheng until Yu Sanshui restrained him and beat him, calling it a father’s hopes for his son. Afterward, Yu Mo explained that he had screamed on purpose to make the beating end sooner.

• Yu Mo repeatedly asked Yu Sanshui about Yu Sheng, stopping just short of making him lose his temper.
• Yu Sanshui questioned Yu Mo about his fear of death, then restrained him and struck the back of his head.
• The Confucian Scholar ignored Yu Mo’s screams until Yu Sanshui left, then appeared in the tent when Yu Mo called for him.
• The Confucian Scholar said he could not defeat Yu Sanshui and needed to stay alive so he could imagine Yu Mo back into existence if Yu Mo died.
• Yu Mo told the Confucian Scholar he had screamed to satisfy Yu Sanshui and spare himself a few blows.

Yu Mo inferred that Yu Sanshui’s words revealed Yu Sheng was not his child, then warned Chu Huai that Soul Hunt’s leader had returned and assigned him to disrupt their coming operation. Meanwhile, Yu Sheng searched Hundred Desolate Mountain for Chu Yu, whose photograph he showed to each group of demon beasts he encountered.

• Yu Mo reflected on Yu Sanshui’s visit and concluded that Yu Sanshui had tacitly admitted Yu Sheng was not his child.
• Yu Mo called Chu Huai, told him Soul Hunt’s Ninth Awakening leader had returned, and gave him supreme command to disrupt their operation.
• Yu Mo ended the call after encouraging Chu Huai, then complained that old people had short tempers.
• Yu Sheng returned to Hundred Desolate Mountain and searched for Chu Yu by showing her framed photograph to the demon beasts on each mountain.
• The demon beasts attacked Yu Sheng, then memorized Chu Yu’s face after he subdued them; the mountains ahead remained unaware of his approach because the hostile groups did not warn one another.
• Yu Sheng advanced through the mountain range without meeting effective resistance, though the sheer number of mountains slowed his search.

Yu Sheng searched Hundred Desolate Mountain for Shi Guang, concluded she may have been summoned into the Divine Ruins, and left to finish his employer’s business before pursuing her. Meanwhile, Yu Mo directed Chu Huai to investigate whether Soul Hunt was targeting a recently deceased Sage’s unusual Awakening Object at the Hall of Honor.

• Yu Sheng’s search frightened the Demon Beasts across Hundred Desolate Mountain, and the news that he had defeated a Demon King sent them fleeing at the sight of him.
• Yu Sheng reasoned that only the Three Demon Lords could threaten Shi Guang, but they were unlikely to target her, so he suspected she had entered the Divine Ruins by accident.
• Yu Sheng decided to finish his employer’s business and promised to bring Shi Guang home if she died in the Divine Ruins, then left Hundred Desolate Mountain.
• Yu Mo called Chu Huai and identified the Hall of Honor as Soul Hunt’s likely target, suggesting they wanted an unusual Awakening Object from a recently deceased Sage.
• Chu Huai accepted Yu Mo’s instructions and began the investigation, while Yu Mo praised him as a useful tool.

Yu Mo refused to meet Old White Ape in person but arranged for Confucian Scholar to get his phone number to him. They spoke by phone, and Old White Ape proposed exchanging information before Yu Mo abruptly hung up.

• Old White Ape called out to Yu Mo at Demon-Suppressing Pass and asked for his phone number, but Yu Mo refused to meet him.
• Yu Mo struggled to get his number to Old White Ape, then carved it into an exhausted Demon Core and sent it with Confucian Scholar.
• Old White Ape called Yu Mo and paced around to improve his signal.
• Yu Mo accused Old White Ape of calling to spread rumors and asked who he had bribed to bypass the changed Signal Tower password.
• Old White Ape offered to trade information, and Yu Mo hung up when he refused to share it for free.

Yu Mo kept Old White Ape on the phone with deliberate stalling and taunts while Old White Ape proposed postponing their decisive battle for three years. Old White Ape lost his composure over their phone plans, while Yu Mo remained cheerfully unconcerned.

• Old White Ape called Yu Mo again after Yu Mo hung up, and Yu Mo teased him about wasting time.
• Yu Mo revealed that Sun Yu had connected his phone to the Signal Tower, prompting Old White Ape to disclose plans for another probing attack the next day.
• Old White Ape proposed that both sides make only casual attacks for now and fight with all their strength three years later.
• Yu Mo left Old White Ape waiting for five minutes, then claimed he had gone for a two-kilometer run and offered to keep chatting.
• Yu Mo asked whether Old White Ape had enough phone credit, and Old White Ape angrily shouted that he had a plan with 1,000 free minutes too.

Yu Mo and Old White Ape discussed whether to stage a battle or risk a final showdown, with Yu Mo proposing they wait three days before deciding. The chapter ended with Yu Mo demanding money and threatening to deactivate Old White Ape’s SIM card and change the Demon-Suppressing Pass signal tower password.

• Yu Mo warned Old White Ape that the Human Race might fight a final showdown, but Old White Ape doubted him.
• Old White Ape proposed a staged battle with agreed participants and a draw to delay Yu Mo’s Loan Plan.
• Yu Mo argued that Army-Breaker and Yu Sheng gave the Human Race leverage, while Old White Ape threatened to sacrifice the Ten Thousand Demon Forest to destroy them if necessary.
• Yu Mo suggested they wait three days before continuing negotiations, then reminded Old White Ape to transfer money and warned him about the SIM card and signal tower password.
• Old White Ape asked whether they would keep fighting in the meantime, and Yu Mo said they would; he then said he had texted Old White Ape his bank account number.

Old White Ape analyzed Yu Mo’s changed, reckless approach and realized the Human Race held the initiative after Chu Yu’s death, with negotiations likely lasting three more days. He ordered Young White Ape to take tribes and ten Demon Kings to the Ten Thousand Demon Forest to erase the Army-Breaker unit, despite the threat to his own five-year plans.

• Old White Ape checked his phone connection and concluded Yu Mo still intended to negotiate rather than fight to mutual destruction.
• Old White Ape assessed that Yu Mo had adopted a reckless style and that he needed time to understand this new opponent.
• Old White Ape decided the phone connection would likely last three days, while the Human Race held the initiative after Chu Yu’s death.
• Old White Ape summoned Young White Ape and ordered him to take several tribes and ten Demon Kings to the Ten Thousand Demon Forest.
• Young White Ape warned that destroying the Army-Breaker unit could ruin the forest and undo Old White Ape’s five years of planning.

Old White Ape committed to sacrificing part of the Ten Thousand Demon Forest to strike Army-Breaker while hoping his nephew Yu Sheng could carry out the plan. In the forest, Army-Breaker’s Soldiers maintained professional defenses and waited, unaware of the attack being arranged.

• Old White Ape decided that selected tribes would attack Army-Breaker, inflicting heavy losses without wiping them out or provoking Yu Mo into a reckless fight.
• Old White Ape acknowledged that he lacked capable subordinates and could only trust his nephew, then prepared backup plans in case the scheme failed.
• Army-Breaker’s Soldiers spent a day and a half in the Ten Thousand Demon Forest without encountering hostility from its Demon Beasts.
• Army-Breaker’s Soldiers maintained external defenses, organized sentries into sensible shifts, and sent scouts more than ten li away.

Army-Breaker’s Soldiers retreated through the Ten Thousand Demon Forest toward Reckless City after warning fireworks signaled an approaching threat. Red Fox let them pass, but Young White Ape arrived with orders to intercept them, leaving their escape in jeopardy.

• Army-Breaker’s commanders chose to retreat through the Ten Thousand Demon Forest rather than face the approaching force without knowing its strength.
• Army-Breaker’s Support System soldiers raised earthen walls and traps while Wind Awakening soldiers boosted the troops’ speed, and Fire Awakening soldiers threatened the Demon Beasts with fireballs.
• The bespectacled young man claimed Army-Breaker was only passing through and pressured Red Fox not to interfere; Red Fox eventually withdrew and allowed them to continue.
• Young White Ape reached the forest ahead of the main force and ordered his troops to intercept Army-Breaker at all costs.

Red Fox weighed the Young White Ape’s demand to sacrifice the Ten Thousand Demon Forest against Army-Breaker’s accusations that the ape had betrayed Old White Ape. Red Fox chose to obey the order to stop Army-Breaker, and the forest’s defenses began to activate.

• The Young White Ape urged Red Fox to trust its claim that the Demon Lord had ordered Army-Breaker destroyed, while Army-Breaker’s Young Man accused the ape of serving the God Race Clan Leaders who had imprisoned Old White Ape.
• The Young White Ape challenged Red Fox to choose quickly, arguing that the Demon Lord’s army would soon arrive and that Army-Breaker had to be wiped out.
• Red Fox hesitated because Old White Ape had invested so much in the Ten Thousand Demon Forest, but concluded that letting Army-Breaker escape was not an option.
• Red Fox condemned the humans and summoned Demon Beasts to surround Army-Breaker as its demon aura activated the forest’s scarlet patterns and turned trees to powder.

Army-Breaker was surrounded by the Demon Beasts of the Ten Thousand Demon Forest, and its commander rallied the young men to fight despite their failed strategy. Young White Ape summoned eleven Demon Kings to destroy them, but as Army-Breaker plotted its first target, the dark clouds suddenly tore apart.

• The Demon Beasts outpaced Army-Breaker, coordinated their attacks, and formed a vast encirclement around it.
• The Young Man admitted that their theory had failed in practice, then urged Army-Breaker to take up weapons and defend the Human Race’s dignity.
• The Demon Kings arrived, and Young White Ape ordered the tribes to seal off escape routes while the Demon Kings crushed Army-Breaker.
• Young White Ape invoked Old White Ape’s orders to make the reluctant Demon Kings attack together.
• The Young Man quietly planned to target Red Fox, but the dark clouds suddenly tore apart.

Yu Sheng’s sudden attack crippled Red Feathers and gave Army-Breaker an opening to fight through the encirclement. As the remaining Demon Kings tried to stall him, Yu Sheng vanished, leaving Young White Ape to reconsider its plans.

• Yu Sheng struck Red Feathers with his hammer, breaking its ribs and knocking it from the sky.
• Young Man ordered Army-Breaker to attack the demon beasts while they were still in disarray.
• Young White Ape blamed the Demon Kings’ delay and told the remaining nine to surround Yu Sheng without confronting him, hoping to buy ten minutes.
• Young White Ape tried to persuade Yu Sheng to talk, but Yu Sheng faded from view and concealed himself.
• The Demon Kings searched anxiously for Yu Sheng while Young White Ape reflected on what it had failed to consider.

Young White Ape realized Yu Sheng was too powerful to surround and feared that he would kill it, but Yu Sheng ignored it and attacked the Beast Tide instead. Young White Ape then persuaded the nine Demon Kings to destroy Army-Breaker and force Yu Sheng to reveal himself, while Red Fox stayed out of the fight.

• Young White Ape concluded that Yu Sheng could easily kill it but was too strong to be surrounded.
• Yu Sheng appeared in the Beast Tide and killed many Demon Beasts with his Hammer, then vanished again without attacking Young White Ape.
• Young White Ape felt humiliated that Yu Sheng considered it less important than the Demon Beasts.
• Young White Ape urged the nine Demon Kings to attack Army-Breaker so Yu Sheng would have to appear.
• The nine Demon Kings charged toward the ground, while Red Fox remained above the Ten Thousand Demon Forest and Young White Ape watched for Yu Sheng's response.

The Young White Ape realized Yu Sheng’s apparent abandonment of Army-Breaker was an illusion, hiding a battle in which Yu Sheng kept the soldiers alive and two Demon Kings had already fallen. Concluding he could still aid his uncle by killing Army-Breaker soldiers, the Young White Ape attacked, while the remaining Demon Kings formed a vast net around the battlefield.

• The Young White Ape questioned why Yu Sheng had abandoned the soldiers, then realized the slaughter before him was an illusion.
• He saw Yu Sheng sustaining Army-Breaker with energy from the Mountains and Rivers Bottle and discovered that only seven of the nine Demon Kings remained.
• The Young White Ape decided to use his remaining strength against Army-Breaker and killed several soldiers before a sixth-awakening general stopped him.
• The Red Fox remained motionless in midair as the seven Demon Kings retreated from Yu Sheng and spread demon aura into a net around the battlefield.

Yu Sheng used his awakened objects to unleash an illusory world that trapped the Demon Kings. As the ruined world began to collapse around them, a phantom lifted the hammer and approached.

• Yu Sheng drew energy from the Mountains and Rivers Bottle, strengthening himself and the soldiers, then decided to attack the Demon Kings.
• Yu Sheng summoned an ancient scroll and absorbed the hammer, the Mountains and Rivers Bottle, the Dragon-Patterned Staff, and the Light Blue Pearl into it.
• The Demon Kings sensed the danger and tried to flee, but phantasmal mountains, rivers, and wastelands enveloped them and blocked their escape.
• The illusory world cracked and heaved as the hammer pulled free from the shattered mountain, and a humanoid phantom appeared behind it and walked toward the Demon Kings.

Yu Sheng killed the seven Demon Kings by unleashing the Scroll’s phantom figures, though the attack left him severely weakened. Red Fox refused to attack him and instead asked him to drive the remaining Demon Clan forces away so the Ten Thousand Demon Forest could be spared.

• The phantoms surrounding Yu Sheng transformed, and their presence filled the seven Demon Kings with fear and sorrow.
• A phantom raised the Giant Hammer and killed all seven Demon Kings, turning their bodies into blood mist without leaving Demon Crystals.
• The illusory scene vanished, and Yu Sheng used pills from Sun Wen to keep his worsening condition from getting worse.
• Yu Sheng asked Red Fox whether he wanted to kill him while he was weak.
• Red Fox said he feared gambling on a fight with Yu Sheng and asked him to drive away the Demon Clan soldiers so the Ten Thousand Demon Forest could be saved.

After the battle, Red Fox recognized that Yu Sheng had revealed power beyond the Demon God Realm and chose to retreat rather than risk exposing the Ten Thousand Demon Forest’s secrets. Young White Ape led the Demon Beasts from the forest, while Army-Breaker emerged from the pursuit as a battle-hardened unit united by its own faith.

• Red Fox recalled the terrifying power in Yu Sheng’s world and concluded it belonged to a true Deity beyond the Demon God Realm.
• Yu Sheng walked toward the Beast Tide, and the frightened Demon Beasts backed away from him.
• Young White Ape overcame its urge to attack Yu Sheng and ordered the Demon Beasts to retreat.
• Army-Breaker’s exhausted Soldiers pursued the fleeing Demon Beasts, leaving trails of corpses across the Ten Thousand Demon Forest.
• The Soldiers shouted Yu Sheng’s name, but he credited their success to Army-Breaker, and they rallied around their unit’s name.