Chapter Summaries

After concluding that his cultivation path could not reach the Tenth Awakening, Sun Wen decided Yu Sheng might succeed where he had failed and planned a livestreamed press conference to reach him and the entire Human Race. He prepared to face the public in his old Ink Academy uniform, resolved to make the most of his remaining time.

• Sun Wen despaired that the Human Race’s cultivation path could not lead to the Tenth Awakening and apologized to Yu Mo for failing to guide him there.
• Sun Wen regained his composure and suggested that Yu Sheng might be able to reach the Tenth Awakening by following a different path.
• Sun Wen asked Yu Mo to arrange a livestreamed press conference so his voice would reach the entire Human Race, and Yu Mo left to organize it.
• Sun Wen asked his secretary for clean clothes, a hairstylist, and a shower, then changed into his Ink Academy class uniform.
• Sun Wen left his confusion behind and resolved to let Yu Sheng decide the road ahead.

Sun Wen prepared for a live press conference on the Gold Ingot Group rooftop, wearing his class uniform inscribed with “Don't laugh at a young man's... Jianghu dream.” He apologized for monopolizing the group's shares for a year by stabbing himself in the chest before the cameras.

• Sun Wen wrote “Don't laugh at a young man's... Jianghu dream” on his class uniform and dressed carefully for his final appearance.
• Sun Wen chose the Gold Ingot Group rooftop for the press conference instead of the venue Yu Mo had prepared.
• Reporters gathered on the rooftop, and Sun Wen told them to listen to the wind before confirming that their cameras were broadcasting live.
• Sun Wen let his spiritual energy dissipate, plunged a dagger into his chest, apologized for monopolizing the shares, and bowed to the cameras.

Sun Wen revealed that his damaged heart left him only five hours to live and called out to Yu Sheng, hoping to draw him out. As reporters watched and Ink Academy's students and Xu Yuanqing rushed toward Ink City, Sun Wen continued waiting for Yu Sheng.

• Sun Wen silenced the reporters and explained that he had reached pseudo-tenth awakening but could not survive his heart wound.
• Sun Wen asked a reporter for a chair, then told Yu Sheng that he knew Yu Sheng had disappeared to keep him from dying.
• Sun Wen said he had only five hours left and shouted for Yu Sheng to come before he died.
• Zhao Zicheng, Mu Yu, A Tai, and Xiao Xiao saw the livestream and sped toward Ink City, while Xu Yuanqing vanished in a Sea of Fire.

Sun Wen waited on the rooftop, mortally wounded, as his friends arrived and urged him to seek help. He refused, explaining that he had chosen this path himself, and asked them to stay with him through his final moments.

• Yu Mo noticed Sun Wen struggling in his chair and had a comfortable one brought for him.
• Zhao Zicheng arrived first, followed by Mu Yu, Xiao Xiao, A Tai, and Xu Yuanqing, and angrily confronted Sun Wen.
• Sun Wen told his friends that he was content with the path he had chosen, despite knowing his life was nearly over.
• Zhao Zicheng offered to take Sun Wen to find a Ninth Awakening Healing-type, but Sun Wen refused and asked his friends to keep him company.
• A Tai withdrew his hands, and Zhao Zicheng sat beside Sun Wen and lit a cigarette.

Sun Wen deliberately severed his meridians to ensure Yu Sheng could no longer save him, then called for Yu Sheng to spend his final moments with him. Yu Sheng returned, and Sun Wen declared that the Sun Family's line ended with him.

• Sun Wen tried a cigarette and guessed Yu Sheng had stayed away because he still hoped to save him.
• Sun Wen struck his own chest, severing his meridians, and told Zhao Zicheng to summon Yu Sheng.
• Zhao Zicheng pleaded with Yu Sheng through a camera to return before Sun Wen died.
• Yu Sheng arrived on the rooftop, and Sun Wen said he had won their bet and had no regrets about their final moments together.
• Sun Wen addressed his grandfather and declared that the Sun Family's line ended with him, insisting he had never disgraced his family.

Sun Wen used his final strength to unleash his ninth skill, Humanity's Torch Inheritance, and pass spiritual energy to Yu Sheng and the 140th Cohort. After blessing his friends, Sun Wen vanished, leaving behind his bloodstained uniform and a final message.

• Sun Wen told Yu Sheng that his uncontrolled spiritual energy would kill him soon and said he was grateful Yu Sheng would carry on the fight for humanity.
• Sun Wen revealed his ninth skill, Humanity's Torch Inheritance, and poured spiritual energy into Yu Sheng.
• Sun Wen gathered the spiritual energy of the surrounding lands and sent it to Zhao Zicheng and the others, helping Zhao Zicheng break through to the Eighth Awakening and pushing Mu Yu toward the Ninth Awakening.
• Sun Wen returned the fortune he had borrowed to heaven and earth, said farewell to his friends, and dissolved into specks of light.
• Sun Wen's bloodstained class uniform fell to the ground, revealing his final words: “Do not mock a young man's... Dream of the jianghu.”

After Sun Wen’s death, Zhao Zicheng confronted Yu Mo for helping him choose his course and beat him while the others watched. Yu Sheng stopped Zhao Zicheng, warned Yu Mo to keep his companions out of his schemes, and Yu Mo agreed.

• Yu Mo admitted to Zhao Zicheng that he had known everything about Sun Wen’s plan and had helped strengthen Sun Wen’s resolve.
• Zhao Zicheng said he could not kill Yu Mo because the Human Race still needed him, but punched him repeatedly.
• Mu Yu, A Tai, Xiao Xiao, and the others regained their ability to move and silently watched Zhao Zicheng hit Yu Mo.
• Yu Sheng stopped Zhao Zicheng and told Yu Mo that he had chosen his own path, but warned him not to target the people around Yu Sheng.
• Yu Mo acknowledged the warning and promised that none of his orders would put Yu Sheng’s companions in danger.

After Sun Wen’s death, Yu Sheng and the others brought his uniform back to Ink Academy and buried it, while the Human Race learned that he had fallen. Yu Sheng began to wonder whether he regretted not being more cautious, leaving the survivors to prepare for battle.

• Yu Mo returned Sun Wen’s uniform to Zhao Zicheng, called Yu Sheng shameless, and wheeled away from his former friends.
• Xu Yuanqing used a Sea of Fire to escort Sun Wen’s uniform back to Ink Academy, where the Human Race learned Sun Wen had fallen for an unknown reason.
• Yu Sheng buried Sun Wen’s uniform himself, then told the others to prepare for battle and absorb Demon Cores.
• Zhao Zicheng and Lin Xiaoxiao chose Demon Cores to advance to the eighth awakening, while Mu Yu and A Tai adjusted to their changing strength.
• Yu Sheng told Shi Guang he should have been more cautious and wondered whether the feeling he had was regret.

Ink Academy deployed to join the coming battle, with Yu Sheng given authority over the academy’s decisions and its graduates sent to defend the Human Race’s four passes. The chapter left the forces building toward a decisive war as Xin Yongfeng prepared to command the defense of Deep Mountain.

• Shi Guang told Yu Sheng that he seemed more worthy of trust now, and he promised to try to help end the conflict with their own hands.
• Shi Guang said the other Three Major Universities had already set out, and the Old Principal had placed every decision within Ink Academy in Yu Sheng’s hands.
• After five hours, the Old Principal declared that Ink Academy would join the battle, and its graduates split into four groups bound for the Human Race’s passes.
• Ink Academy arrived first at Demon-Suppressing Pass and spread its fighters along the defenses, while Yu Sheng and Shi Guang disappeared into the crowd.
• The 140th Cohort took up positions at Deep Mountain under Xin Yongfeng’s command, and his battle-hardened fighting spirit grew stronger.

Old White Ape learned that Yu Sheng had entered the Ninth Awakening and told Ji Hong the final battle would begin in five days, probing him about the role he had planned for himself. The Demon Gods approved the war before Demon-Suppressing Pass, and the Demon Race mobilized across Skyvault Ravine.

• Old White Ape watched a video of Yu Sheng entering the Ninth Awakening and decided there was no reason to delay the final battle.
• Old White Ape visited Ji Hong and said the battle would begin in five days, describing the forces he had arranged for Ji Hong to face.
• Ji Hong asked Old White Ape to slaughter the Demon Domain for him, but Old White Ape dismissed the request and left.
• Old White Ape informed the Demon Gods that the war would begin in five days before Demon-Suppressing Pass, and they approved.
• Several hours later, the Demon Race mobilized throughout Skyvault Ravine.

Skyvault Ravine’s forces advanced toward the Four Great Passes while Old White Ape stayed behind to prepare a grand entrance. Nine-Tailed Fox headed for Demon-Suppressing Pass as the Human Race imposed brutal martial law, leaving residents afraid to protest Light Group’s orders.

• The Eleven God Race split into four forces and charged toward the Human Race’s City Passes, while Old White Ape stayed at Skyvault Ravine to prepare his entrance.
• Nine-Tailed Fox concluded that the Demon Gods would not oppose Old White Ape and left the underground world for Demon-Suppressing Pass.
• Light Group announced strict wartime martial law, threatening death for disobedience and exile to Sin City for certain officials’ failures.
• Residents felt uneasy about the orders but stayed silent because Light Group punished protests with blood.

Yu Mo ordered the Human Race to prepare for the coming decisive battle and traveled with Confucian Scholar to Demon-Suppressing Pass. His arrival marked the Human Race’s readiness as battle approached.

• Yu Mo said the Light Group would be abolished regardless of the battle’s outcome and ordered its leaders to focus on Human Race internal affairs while the Demon-Slaughtering Pavilion and Dark Pavilion went to the pass.
• Yu Mo concluded that Old White Ape had achieved his goal and urged everyone to prepare for battle immediately.
• Yu Mo asked Confucian Scholar to accompany him and promised to let him make a dignified, spectacular entrance.
• Confucian Scholar opened a rift and pushed Yu Mo through it toward Demon-Suppressing Pass.
• Yu Mo’s departure marked the Human Race’s official readiness for the decisive battle.

Yu Mo called Yu Sanshui onto the battlefield, where the Ninth Awakening’s display of power pressured the Demon Domain into revealing its Demon God. The chapter ended with Yu Sanshui returning to the ground after Yu Mo cut short his attempt to provoke the Demon God.

• The Confucian Scholar tried to impress the gathered forces with his laughter, and Yu Mo praised him while surveying the Demon Domain’s army.
• Yu Mo noticed the Demon Domain’s forces included the God Race but no unexpected hidden races, then called for Elder Yu to appear.
• Yu Sanshui emerged and unleashed the oppressive aura of his Ninth Awakening, unsettling the Demon Domain’s weaker Demon Beasts.
• The Demon God answered from the clouds above the Thousand-Li Demon Plain, and Yu Sanshui mocked it for hiding.
• Yu Mo told Yu Sanshui that showing himself was enough, so Yu Sanshui descended and withdrew his aura while warning Yu Mo not to die in the final battle.

Yu Mo challenged the Demon God over Old White Ape’s absence, prompting Old White Ape to appear at the front and trade insults with him. Their verbal duel broke the battlefield’s tense mood, and the chapter ended with humans and demons watching the pair’s escalating argument.

• Yu Mo taunted the Demon God and asked why Old White Ape, the Demon Domain Lord, was absent.
• Old White Ape sensed the Demon God’s arrival at Skyvault Ravine and hurried to the Thousand-Li Demon Plain.
• Old White Ape apologized to the Demon God for the delay, then mocked Yu Mo for coming to the front in his wheelchair.
• Yu Mo and Old White Ape traded threats and insults, each refusing to back down.
• The humans and demons grew absorbed in the pair’s argument and momentarily forgot the battlefield’s danger.

Yu Mo spent an hour taunting Old White Ape and summoned several human Ninth Awakenings to challenge the Demon Domain. The Demon God called for backup, while Yu Mo’s side prepared to attack it before the other Demon Gods arrived.

• Yu Mo traded insults with Old White Ape and demanded to face the Demon God.
• Yu Mo summoned Yu Sanshui and Confucian Scholar, who appeared behind him and kept their heads lowered.
• Yu Mo called for Big Sister Soul Hunt and Old Master Black Market, then challenged Old White Ape to begin the final battle.
• Old White Ape hinted that someone was ready to warm things up, and both leaders smiled knowingly.
• The Demon God roared for backup as Yu Sanshui mocked it, and Yu Mo suggested they beat it before the other Demon Gods arrived.

Yu Sanshui, Big Sister Soul Hunt, and Black Market Grandpa attacked Bifang together before reinforcements arrived. Zhu Yan intervened, and more Demon Gods gathered unseen as both sides faced off.

• Yu Sanshui urged the Ninth Awakening fighters to attack Bifang together, and Big Sister Soul Hunt and Black Market Grandpa followed him into the clouds.
• Bifang tried to flee, but Yu Sanshui threatened to attack the Demon Beasts below, forcing it to return and fight the three humans.
• The humans surrounded Bifang, and Black Market Grandpa struck it with his cane while Yu Sanshui warned it not to use its flames.
• Zhu Yan arrived after a minute and a half, blocked Black Market Grandpa's cane, and ended the fight as the humans withdrew above their forces.
• Yu Sanshui questioned Confucian Scholar for not joining the battle, while Zhu Yan accused the human race of shamelessly starting the conflict.
• More Demon Gods appeared nearby without showing themselves, leaving the human side facing a growing threat.

Nine-Tailed Fox confronted Old White Ape and accused him of plotting to destroy the Demon Domain, forcing the Demon Gods to reconsider what Sky Dog had told them. They left the question of Old White Ape’s true strength unresolved, choosing to wait rather than risk acting against him.

• Nine-Tailed Fox arrived on the battlefield and demanded that Old White Ape charge into the Human Race Faction with it, but Old White Ape refused and said he would oversee the war from the rear.
• Yu Mo realized Nine-Tailed Fox’s confrontation was meant to provoke Old White Ape, then sent Yu Sanshui and the others away from the battlefield.
• Nine-Tailed Fox called Old White Ape an executioner who intended to overthrow the Demon Domain and urged the Demon Gods to kill him.
• The Demon Gods questioned Sky Dog, which recounted Nine-Tailed Fox’s story about the real Old White Ape.
• Bifang and Zhu Yan debated testing Old White Ape’s strength, while Sky Dog warned that he might be beyond Demon God and the others might be better off waiting.

The Nine-Tailed Fox condemned the Demon Gods for choosing submission and the Demon Beasts for their ignorance, then found resolve in the idea that a lonely path of clarity was still the right one. Old White Ape honored the Nine-Tailed Fox as the only one among the Demon Clan who had earned his respect.

• The Nine-Tailed Fox realized the Demon Gods would submit to Old White Ape rather than risk their lives resisting him.
• The Nine-Tailed Fox lamented the Demon Domain’s cowardice and the impending deaths of the Demon Beasts below.
• The Nine-Tailed Fox reflected on its loneliness and its failed efforts to change the Demon Domain.
• The Nine-Tailed Fox told Old White Ape that people faced a road of clarity or a road of ignorance, and that those who chose clarity should keep going.
• Old White Ape solemnly declared that the Nine-Tailed Fox alone among the Demon Clan had his respect.

The Nine-Tailed Fox confronted Old White Ape, resolved to purge him as a traitor and defend the Demon Domain despite realizing he had used it. After Old White Ape overwhelmed it, the Nine-Tailed Fox remained defiant and sought one last chance to help the Human Race, while the surrounding Demon Beasts celebrated Old White Ape’s strength.

• The Nine-Tailed Fox told Old White Ape that it understood why he had freed it and declared that it would rather die than abandon its convictions.
• The Nine-Tailed Fox trapped itself and Old White Ape in a prison of demon aura and charged at him, declaring its intent to purge a traitor.
• Old White Ape stopped the Nine-Tailed Fox with a single palm strike, destroying its internal organs, then offered to spare it as his servant.
• The Nine-Tailed Fox accused Old White Ape of using it and asked to be released so it could try to defeat a Human Race Ninth Awakening.
• Old White Ape said the Nine-Tailed Fox was the one preventing itself from acting, while the surrounding Demon Beasts welcomed his strength and dismissed the Nine-Tailed Fox’s fate.

After the Nine-Tailed Fox destroyed itself, Old White Ape secured the Demon Gods’ submission and arranged for Bifang to bring Lord Ji Hong out of seclusion before the expected battle with Yu Mo. Old White Ape then sensed someone approaching and objected that kings should not meet before the great battle.

• The Nine-Tailed Fox rejected Old White Ape’s suggestion of a dignified end and destroyed itself, leaving blood rain that the Demon Beasts eagerly consumed.
• Old White Ape declared the Demon Domain too corrupt to deserve a chance to improve, then asked the four Demon Gods what they intended to do.
• The four Demon Gods pledged to follow Old White Ape as Co-Ruler after his palm strike had shattered their confidence.
• Old White Ape said he would witness the Demon Domain’s success but pursue his own path after the battle, and warned that Yu Mo would likely attack within four hours.
• Old White Ape sent Bifang to bring Lord Ji Hong out of seclusion, then sat on a folding stool while the other Demon Gods returned to the void.
• Old White Ape sensed someone approaching and muttered that kings should not meet before the great battle.