Chapter Summaries

Yu Sheng offered the burly man a life of unlimited food in exchange for leaving Sin City, then confronted Old Man when he tried to take him out. Old Man refused to bend the city’s rules, and Yu Sheng threatened to kill everyone in Sin City to prevent risks during the Exit-the-City Battle.

• Yu Sheng promised the burly man unlimited food if he left Sin City, and the man readily agreed because he had stayed only to secure occasional meals.
• Yu Sheng told the burly man they would leave the next day, despite the usual four-month wait before leaving Sin City.
• At the Inner City's gate, Yu Sheng summoned Old Man by mentioning the soy sauce beef, and Old Man appeared to discuss their departure.
• Old Man said Yu Sheng could leave in four months and that the Exit-the-City Battle would not be held, but Yu Sheng insisted on taking the burly man through a trade.
• After Old Man rejected Yu Sheng’s offer and walked away, Yu Sheng told the burly man they would kill everyone in Sin City, making Old Man freeze in place.

Yu Sheng persuaded the burly man to help him by offering unlimited food, and the old man let them pass without a fight. At the city gate, Yu Sheng opened a way out of Sin City, leaving its residents stunned as they recognized him as a legendary figure.

• Yu Sheng revealed the burly man and said they could face the old man together.
• The burly man agreed to fight because Yu Sheng had offered him unlimited food, and the old man reluctantly walked away.
• Yu Sheng headed for the city gate with the burly man following him, while Outer City residents and Inner City elites watched.
• Yu Sheng looked toward empty space, and the closed gate opened a gap wide enough for one person.
• An Outer City resident identified Yu Sheng as the Ink Pavilion's Pavilion Master, and Inner City residents recalled their seniors calling him Sin City's most subversive legendary figure in nearly twenty years.

Yu Sheng paused at Sin City's open gate to photograph the place where he and Shi Guang had once fought for their lives, then chose to revisit his past instead of leaving. He showed the burly man his first home in Sin City and began recalling how he and Shi Guang sheltered there after escaping.

• Yu Sheng stopped near the gate, remembered fighting there with Shi Guang, and took a photo for Shi Guang to see later.
• Sin City's residents watched the gate hopefully but withdrew when Yu Sheng turned away from it.
• Yu Sheng walked into the Outer City with his phone to revisit and record places from his past.
• The burly man asked Yu Sheng what was special about a dilapidated, abandoned house.
• Yu Sheng explained that it had been his and Shi Guang's first home after they escaped, where they blocked a broken window with stones to keep out the winter wind and snow.

Yu Sheng showed the burly man places from his and Shi Guang’s past, recalling how they buried the dead and survived a deadly pursuit. He left the burly man curious about the two children’s story as they continued to another memory.

• Yu Sheng recalled how he and Shi Guang warmed their frozen hands with blood from a corpse and buried the dead man in a pit they dug themselves.
• Yu Sheng explained that burying the dead gave them a sense of purpose, and that after they had strength, they arranged burials for others, reducing the number of “vultures” in Sin City.
• The burly man listened quietly and followed Yu Sheng, growing curious about the children’s past.
• Yu Sheng showed the burly man a hole where he and Shi Guang had hidden from people trying to kill them.
• Yu Sheng recalled that Shi Guang risked entering the Inner City to steal anti-inflammatory pills, then returned badly injured; they recovered together in the hole and later defeated the “boss” who had tried to kill them.

Yu Sheng left Sin City with the burly man after visiting a house full of memories, while the city’s residents watched and hoped they could follow. When the gate opened again, Old Man challenged them to overcome the fear that had kept them inside.

• Yu Sheng photographed the house where he and his companions had lived, then left to find Miss Shi Guang with the burly man.
• Yu Sheng walked through Sin City’s gate without harm, prompting the residents to rush toward it.
• A resident was killed by an energy storm as the gate closed, and the others despaired at being trapped.
• Old Man appeared on the city wall and told the residents that their own fear, rather than the city, had kept them from leaving.
• Old Man opened the gate a crack and asked whether they dared to leave now.

After Yu Sheng left Sin City, Old Man explained that the open gate had been a possible path out, but fear had made the residents reject it. Yu Mo learned that Yu Sheng was heading toward the Demon Domain and called Yu Sanshui to ask him to keep Yu Sheng there longer, but the call was cut off.

• A mad Outer City resident accused Old Man of tricking them and walked deeper into Sin City, while the others watched the gate and the blood left by the man who had died.
• Old Man closed the gate and told an Inner City Resident that a path became impassable when people believed it was, adding that Yu Sheng would have had to fight in the Exit-the-City Battle if he had stayed.
• Yu Mo read that Yu Sheng had left Sin City for Demon-Suppressing Pass with a chained burly man and decided the trip might buy them time.
• Yu Mo called Yu Sanshui six times and asked him to keep Yu Sheng safely in the Demon Domain for a while longer.
• Yu Sanshui ended the call, and Yu Mo found another number and asked to speak to him.

Yu Mo pressured Yu Sanshui to delay Yu Sheng’s return to the Human Race, and Yu Sanshui reluctantly agreed to do his best. Yu Sanshui then left home after telling Guiqin a dramatic farewell, while the Light Group staff member departed without his phone.

• A Light Group staff member repeatedly knocked on Yu Sanshui’s door and handed him a phone so Yu Mo could speak with him.
• Yu Mo told Yu Sanshui to keep Yu Sheng from returning to the Human Race and warned that the Ink Pavilion’s veterans would be angry if anything went wrong.
• Yu Sanshui said he could not control or fool Yu Sheng, but Yu Mo told him to do his best and ended the call.
• Yu Sanshui returned the phone to the Light Group staff member, who left angrily after realizing it had lost its signal in the Demon Domain.
• Yu Sanshui told Guiqin that the Human Race came before their home and left as if departing for the battlefield.

Mu Yu struggled with the isolation of Aurora Space while Shi Guang remained calm and continued cultivating. Meanwhile, Yu Sheng learned that the burly man accompanying him was a true ninth-awakening fighter, raising concerns about taking him openly into the Demon Domain.

• Mu Yu asked Shi Guang how long they had been trapped, and she said fifteen days had passed for her and that she had reached the seventh awakening.
• Mu Yu feared they might remain imprisoned for years, but Shi Guang said the place was better than the prison where she had spent eighteen years.
• Shi Guang's calm response helped Mu Yu settle his agitation as he considered how Yu Sheng and Shi Guang stayed rational under pressure.
• At Deep Mountain, Xin Yongfeng was shocked to see Yu Sheng bringing a powerful, undisguised fighter toward the Demon Domain and asked if he planned to kill a Demon God.
• Yu Sheng learned from Xin Yongfeng that the burly man was at the true ninth awakening, not the fake ninth awakening like Confucian Scholar.
• Yu Sheng asked the burly man to conceal his aura, but the man said he did not know how and insisted he was strong enough to handle a fight.

Yu Sheng demonstrated to Xin Yongfeng that the Seventh Crystal Stone could conceal Brawny Man, then set out with him for the Demon Domain. Old White Ape learned Yu Sheng was coming and ordered a messenger to tell him that Old White Ape had killed Shi Guang, while hoping Yu Sheng would control his anger until their planned confrontation in two years.

• Yu Sheng used the Seventh Crystal Stone to hide Brawny Man from Xin Yongfeng’s senses, even when Xin Yongfeng searched with Mental Power.
• Xin Yongfeng warned Yu Sheng not to provoke an early war in the Demon Domain, and Yu Sheng said he was only going to find someone and would not cause trouble.
• Old White Ape received intelligence that Yu Sheng had left Sin City with a Ninth Awakening and ordered a Demon Lord to intercept him at the entrance to Deep Mountain.
• Old White Ape instructed the messenger to tell Yu Sheng that Shi Guang was dead and that he had killed her, hoping Yu Sheng would wait for a chance to kill him in two years.
• Old White Ape entered the forbidden forest in Skyvault Ravine, the Sky Dog Demon God’s territory, and continued toward its heart.

Old White Ape found the hidden entrance to the Sky Dog Demon God's underground lair and subdued the giant snake guarding it. He explored the lavish chamber below, admiring its design and deciding not to force it into his final battle.

• Old White Ape opened a fissure in a clearing and encountered a giant snake guarding the Demon God's forbidden ground.
• Old White Ape subdued the snake and made it loyal to him.
• The snake withdrew underground, and Old White Ape entered the passage beneath the clearing.
• Old White Ape reached the Sky Dog Demon God's ornate chamber and admired its Human Race furnishings and starry ceiling.
• Old White Ape considered featuring the chamber in his final battle but decided against changing the script.

Old White Ape found the imprisoned Eight-Tailed Fox, the former Demon Domain Lord, and freed it from the chains and plants suppressing its power. The Eight-Tailed Fox was left bleeding and barely conscious as Old White Ape said it deserved to fight in the final battle.

• Old White Ape opened a hidden passage by feeding a Light Blue Pearl into a mechanism in the wall.
• Old White Ape entered the prison and identified the Void Snake corpses, Heavenly Abyss Flowers, Mandala Flower stems, and Demon God chains restraining the Eight-Tailed Fox.
• The Eight-Tailed Fox told Old White Ape that its captors expected to find a path beyond Demon God and no longer cared whether it became a Demon God.
• Old White Ape snapped the chains and pulled them and the Mandala Flower stems from the Eight-Tailed Fox, reopening its wounds.
• Old White Ape watched the weakened Eight-Tailed Fox and said it deserved to leave its name in the final battle.

Old White Ape freed the Eight-Tailed Fox from imprisonment, expecting it to become strong enough to challenge him and play a role in the coming final battle. The Eight-Tailed Fox saw through his intentions and refused to seek revenge on the Demon Gods, leaving Old White Ape to reconsider how much he had underestimated it.

• Old White Ape watched the Eight-Tailed Fox recover from its wounds and praised it for choosing to keep its scars as reminders.
• The Eight-Tailed Fox proposed trying to kill Old White Ape in half an hour or working for him if it failed, but Old White Ape offered it a week to prepare.
• The Eight-Tailed Fox recognized that Old White Ape was confident he could defeat it and asked what he wanted it to do.
• Old White Ape admitted he had taken the Eight-Tailed Fox's former place and asked whether it would believe him if he had nothing for it to do.
• The Eight-Tailed Fox said it had no intention of seeking revenge on the Demon Gods and would fight back if Old White Ape imprisoned it again.
• Old White Ape smiled and admitted that he had underestimated the Eight-Tailed Fox.

Old White Ape decided to release Eight-Tailed Fox, who realized Old White Ape had concealed his strength and began gathering demon aura to advance further. Outside Deep Mountain, a cheetah confronted Yu Sheng on the Demon Lord’s orders.

• Old White Ape agreed to release Eight-Tailed Fox in exchange for a favor and warned it that a Ninth Awakening human had entered the Demon Domain.
• Eight-Tailed Fox suspected Old White Ape had hidden his true strength and concluded that their confrontation had been decided from the start.
• Eight-Tailed Fox gathered demon aura around itself as it prepared to enter the Demon God Realm.
• A cheetah stopped Yu Sheng outside Deep Mountain and said it had come because the Demon Lord ordered it.

Cheetah delivered Old White Ape’s message that he had killed Shi Guang, expecting Yu Sheng to be shaken and intimidated. Instead, Yu Sheng had Brawny Man seize Cheetah and prepare to roast him, leaving the messenger terrified and unable to resist.

• Cheetah told Yu Sheng that Old White Ape had killed Shi Guang and mocked him for being powerless against the Demon Lord.
• Yu Sheng asked whether the Demon Lord was Old White Ape, and Cheetah confirmed it before warning him not to provoke powerful figures.
• Yu Sheng asked Brawny Man if he was hungry and pointed out Cheetah as something to roast.
• Brawny Man instantly grabbed Cheetah and examined his mouth while discussing how to prepare him.
• Cheetah remembered Old White Ape’s warning not to harm Yu Sheng and wondered how someone supposedly at the third awakening had overpowered him.

Yu Sheng and Brawny Man killed Cheetah and roasted him, while Yu Sheng reflected on Cheetah's threat involving Shi Guang. After Brawny Man devoured the cheetah and discovered the joy of eating, Yu Sheng suggested their next meal would be Demon Lord meat.

• Cheetah threatened Yu Sheng with the Demon Lord's vengeance and mentioned Shi Guang, but Yu Sheng dismissed his provocation.
• Brawny Man snapped Cheetah's neck, drained his blood, and prepared a fire and tools to cook him.
• Yu Sheng seasoned the roasted meat and explained that cheetah meat was only ordinary food for staving off hunger.
• Brawny Man ate the entire cheetah and happily asked Yu Sheng what they would eat next.
• Yu Sheng suggested they try Demon Lord meat, either boiled or roasted.

Yu Sheng led the brawny man to the Hundred Cave Grotto, where the man pursued its pangolin Demon Lord for its meat. The brawny man blasted apart the mountaintop and left the fleeing pangolin exposed in midair.

• The brawny man eagerly asked Yu Sheng where they could find Demon Lord meat, and Yu Sheng set off without naming a destination.
• Yu Sheng spread his human spiritual energy as he walked, alarming nearby demon beasts before he arrived at the Hundred Cave Grotto.
• Yu Sheng remarked that pangolin meat was good for boiling, prompting the brawny man to charge up the mountain as its beasts and giant ants attacked him.
• The brawny man entered the pangolin's cave and found it digging a tunnel to escape.
• The brawny man punched through the rock until he blasted away the mountaintop, exposing the frightened pangolin in midair.

Yu Sheng and Brawny Man hunted down Pangolin, a Demon Lord, and cooked him for dinner. After learning that Demon Lords were delicious, Brawny Man continued with Yu Sheng into the Demon Domain to search for more.

• Pangolin mistook Brawny Man for a hunter violating the treaty, but Brawny Man explained that he wanted to eat him.
• Yu Sheng asked Pangolin who had gone to kill Shi Guang, and Pangolin pleaded for time to remember.
• Brawny Man knocked Pangolin unconscious and prepared him in a pot while Yu Sheng showed him how to use a lighter and added seasonings.
• Brawny Man ate the cooked Demon Lord meat and declared that he wanted to eat it again.
• Yu Sheng and Brawny Man set off deeper into the Demon Domain to look for other Demon Lords, with Brawny Man carrying the Stone Pot.

Yu Sheng continued killing Demon Lords in the Demon Domain while wondering whether Shi Guang was truly dead. Old White Ape dismissed his defiance as part of the script, sent another messenger after him, and noticed that someone in Skyvault Ravine had broken through to Demon God.

• Yu Sheng questioned a Fire Hawk Demon Lord about Shi Guang, then left it to Brawny Man, who prepared to eat it.
• Yu Sheng wondered whether the script would protect him from harm and questioned why Skyvault Ravine had not sent anyone to intercept him.
• Old White Ape said the script had backup plans and could turn the conflict into a two-year war if Yu Sheng tried to disrupt it.
• Old White Ape realized an earlier messenger might have failed to deliver its lines and sent a sharper, though still foolish, Demon Beast to find Yu Sheng.
• Old White Ape sensed someone deep in Skyvault Ravine had broken through to Demon God and wondered whether the Demon Domain's Child of Destiny was controlling the timing.

After the Demon Lord declared that Shi Guang had died in the Aurora Snowfield, Yu Sheng decided to go there despite the warning. Brawny Man followed him, carrying the dead messenger in his Stone Pot.

• Old White Ape left Eight-Tailed Fox alone after his breakthrough and returned to the King's Hall, leaving the observers to wonder about his intentions.
• A cheetah delivered the Demon Lord's message that Shi Guang had died in the Aurora Snowfield and that her body was buried in snow.
• When the cheetah taunted Yu Sheng, Brawny Man killed him after Yu Sheng clarified that killing did not mean he had to eat him.
• Yu Sheng gathered his belongings and set off for the Aurora Snowfield, while Brawny Man followed with the cheetah's corpse in his Stone Pot.

Yu Sheng and Brawny Man reached the Aurora Snowfield, where Yu Sheng searched for someone whose presence he could no longer sense. He told Brawny Man to leave after killing one Demon Lord, warning that the danger ahead could kill him, but Brawny Man fell silent as Yu Sheng continued toward the snowfield.

• Yu Sheng led Brawny Man across the Demon Domain, and the Demon Lords fled whenever they sensed Yu Sheng approaching.
• At the edge of the Aurora Snowfield, Yu Sheng sat motionless beneath the falling snow while Brawny Man ate and then roasted a snow hare.
• Yu Sheng opened his eyes and wondered whether the person he could no longer sense was truly dead.
• Yu Sheng told Brawny Man to leave after killing one Demon Lord and warned that the dangerous task ahead could kill him.
• Brawny Man lowered his head without answering, and Yu Sheng turned and walked toward the Aurora Snowfield.