Recaps

Chen Nian confronted Taiyin and Taichang, Abe no Seimei’s shikigami, and used the Word Spirit “Sovereign” to overpower them. After they escaped, Tamamo-no-Mae warned that Abe no Seimei was still alive, but Chen Nian refused to abandon her and insisted on keeping his promise to help restore her physical body.

• Taiyin and Taichang stopped Chen Nian and demanded that he reveal where Tamamo-no-Mae was hiding.
• Chen Nian activated the Word Spirit “Sovereign,” forced the two shikigami to their knees, and slashed them with the Dragon Slayer Saber.
• Taiyin and Taichang escaped into the sky, but Chen Nian spotted them with Heavenly Eye before they fled to report to Abe no Seimei.
• Tamamo-no-Mae warned Chen Nian that killing Abe no Seimei’s shikigami would mark him with a binding curse and revealed that Abe no Seimei was still alive.
• Tamamo-no-Mae offered to leave Chen Nian to protect him, but Chen Nian refused and insisted she stay so he could fulfill his promise to restore her physical body.

Chen Nian returned to the God-Demon Capital to recruit Meng'er, whose dream-making talent could help Tamamo-no-Mae prepare a forbidden array against Abe no Seimei. After Chen Nian left with Meng'er, Abe no Seimei arrived at the Dream Pavilion.

• Tamamo-no-Mae told Chen Nian that she could use the Drunken Life, Dreaming Death Array to kill Abe no Seimei, but needed Meng'er’s help to create it.
• Taiyin and Taichang reported their defeat to Abe no Seimei, who decided to explore the God-Demon Capital before finishing his demon-slaying ritual sword.
• Chen Nian returned to the God-Demon Capital and went to the Dream Pavilion to ask Meng'er to help Tamamo-no-Mae.
• Meng'er agreed to go with Chen Nian despite the danger, and they left the God-Demon Capital for Sakura Country.
• Abe no Seimei arrived at the Dream Pavilion and criticized its heavy demonic aura.

Abe no Seimei slaughtered the demons with killing karma in the Dream Pavilion and continued exterminating demons across the God-Demon Capital. He told Taiyin that he had spent nearly a hundred years fighting an enemy called Heavenly Cascade in Nasu Moor, then learned immortality from the enemy’s body.

• Abe no Seimei killed the lesser demons who approached him and absorbed their blood essence into the Demon-Slaying Dharma Sword.
• He trapped the Dream Pavilion’s demons inside a barrier, revealed himself as Abe no Seimei, and used his Yin-Yang Eyes to identify those with killing karma.
• Abe no Seimei killed every demon in the Dream Pavilion with killing karma, left the survivors trapped to suffocate, and completed the Demon-Slaying Dharma Sword.
• Abe no Seimei exterminated every demon in the God-Demon Capital on his first day back and headed toward the Onmyō Bureau.
• Abe no Seimei told Taiyin that he had fought Heavenly Cascade in Nasu Moor for nearly a hundred years and learned the method of immortality after killing him.

Chen Nian brought Meng'er and Tamamo-no-Mae to the outskirts of Tokyo to prepare a formation, while Tsuchimikado Arina’s ten-year-old sister Rika secretly revealed extraordinary talent in Onmyōjutsu. The chapter left Chen Nian’s group meeting Yang Wei near Tsuchimi Village as Rika prepared to reinforce the barrier they had previously damaged.

• Chen Nian introduced Meng'er to Tamamo-no-Mae and Tang Rou, then chose an isolated site outside the city for the formation.
• Chen Nian called Yang Wei and asked him to bring people to the place where they had found the Demon Blade Murasame.
• Arina returned home to find her younger sister Rika studying Onmyōjutsu, then hurried to see their grandfather after hearing outsiders were interested in the forbidden grounds.
• Rika repaired a broken bowl by learning and casting Onmyōjutsu, Broken Mirror Made Whole, and learned from her paper-crane shikigami that outsiders had returned.
• Rika suspected the outsiders had damaged the barrier and planned to reinforce it that night.
• Chen Nian’s group met Yang Wei near Tsuchimi Village, where Yang Wei mistook Meng'er for another of Chen Nian’s beautiful companions.

Chen Nian and Tang Rou discovered Tsuchimikado Rika near the sealed Demon Blade Murasame after she reinforced its barrier and destroyed the sinister auras gathering around it. Rika pretended to be lost and met Tang Rou, while Chen Nian questioned her suspiciously.

• Chen Nian asked Yang Wei to guard the area while Tamamo-no-Mae and Meng'er prepared the Dreamlike Death Formation to trap Abe no Seimei.
• Chen Nian sensed demonic and ghostly energy gathering near the Demon Blade Murasame and went there with Tang Rou.
• Tsuchimikado Rika secretly reinforced the blade's sealing barrier, then used her Yin-Yang Eyes and Barrier to trap and annihilate the gathering sinister auras.
• Chen Nian and Tang Rou arrived after the auras vanished, and Rika pretended to be a lost child when Tang Rou approached her.
• Tang Rou offered Rika snacks and befriended her, while Rika quietly called Chen Nian a bad guy for questioning her.

Chen Nian and Tang Rou brought Rika home to Tsuchimikado Arina, while Chen Nian prepared to continue his plan with Tamamo-no-Mae. In the God-Demon Capital, the returned Abe no Seimei discovered fox-demon power within Haruna and set out to find the demon who had saved her.

• Chen Nian and Tang Rou found Rika near the place where Demon Blade Murasame was sealed and escorted her back to Tsuchimikado Arina.
• Arina invited Chen Nian and Tang Rou to stay the night, and Chen Nian considered how the village might be tied to Abe no Seimei’s legacy.
• Abe no Seimei arrived at the Onmyō Bureau, where the onmyoji recognized him and welcomed his return.
• Abe no Seimei sensed fox-demon power inside Haruna and learned that Sister Jiu'er had saved her when she was young.
• Abe no Seimei dismissed Haruna’s objections and traveled to Chen Nian’s world to find the fox demon.

Chen Nian intervened when a development company threatened Tsuchimi Village, using his Word Spirit: Sovereign to subdue the company’s transcendents. The Tokyo Transcendent Association recognized his business card as belonging to Buyu’s guild and ordered its people to back down.

• Tsuchimikado Arina explained that the development company was trying to force Tsuchimi Village to surrender its land, and she joined the villagers confronting them.
• When the company’s suited representative ordered his transcendents to begin cutting down trees, Chen Nian used Sovereign to force him and more than a dozen others to their knees.
• Chen Nian gave the suited man a business card and released Sovereign, allowing him to stand and leave to seek reinforcements.
• The suited man described the card to his manager at the Tokyo Transcendent Association, who recognized Mountains and Rivers in Lasting Peace as Buyu’s guild and ordered him to return immediately.

Chen Nian drove off the men threatening the village, then returned to the formation with Tang Rou and learned that Tamamo-no-Mae had completed the trap for Abe no Seimei. Abe no Seimei arrived, saw through the formation, and summoned all seven remaining Divine Generals against Tamamo-no-Mae.

• Chen Nian made the suited man and his companions apologize to the villagers, then left with Tang Rou.
• Tamamo-no-Mae told Chen Nian the Dreamlike Death Formation was complete and stayed inside as bait for Abe no Seimei.
• Chen Nian brought Meng'er out, warned Yang Wei and Tang Rou to evacuate, and received a healing buff from Tang Rou.
• Abe no Seimei arrived and recognized Tamamo-no-Mae's formation as a trap.
• Abe no Seimei summoned the seven remaining Divine Generals, leaving them to face Tamamo-no-Mae eight against one.

Abe no Seimei trapped Tamamo-no-Mae in the Divine General Evil-Slaying Formation and entered her Dreamlike Death Formation to face her himself. Chen Nian shattered the barrier with his Word Spirit, and the seven divine generals regrouped to make him their target.

• Abe no Seimei ordered the seven divine generals to form a barrier around himself and Tamamo-no-Mae, then entered her Dreamlike Death Formation.
• Yang Wei recognized the divine generals as formidable enemies, while Meng'er prayed for Tamamo-no-Mae and Tang Rou predicted Chen Nian would intervene.
• Chen Nian confronted Taiyin and used Sequence 125, Origin-Destroying World, to destroy the barrier and free Tamamo-no-Mae.
• Taiyin was blasted away as the other divine generals realized Chen Nian might be the human who killed Shuten-doji.
• Tiankong changed the divine generals' mission and ordered them to join forces against Chen Nian.

Chen Nian fought the seven Divine Generals in the sky, killing Taiyin and overpowering Taichang and Tengshe. As the remaining Divine Generals watched in horror, the battle continued with Chen Nian’s strength far beyond their expectations.

• Chen Nian drew the seven Divine Generals away from Tamamo-no-Mae and led Taiyin into the sky.
• Taiyin attacked with Wind-Breaking Divine Spears and tried to flee with Wind Escape, but Chen Nian saw through his concealment and killed him with Startled Dragon Pierces the Sun.
• The remaining Divine Generals caught up, and Tiankong ordered them not to act alone before leading them after Chen Nian.
• Yang Wei offered to help Chen Nian, but Tang Rou stopped him and said it was too early to panic.
• Taichang’s flames failed against Chen Nian’s Vermilion Bird Divine Flame, and Tengshe was torn apart by Chen Nian’s Primordial Divine Ape.

Chen Nian fought five divine generals while Taichang’s attacks threatened Tsuchimi Village. Rika saved the village with her Yin-Yang Boundless Barrier, then went to find the culprit, while Tianhou bewitched Chen Nian.

• Chen Nian killed Tengshe with Heavenly Brilliance, and Taichang attacked him with a rain of fireballs.
• Arina blocked the first fireball, but Rika slowed time, shielded the entire village, and left to confront whoever had attacked it.
• Liuhe trapped Chen Nian in a barrier while Gouzhen filled it with poison, but Chen Nian’s Undead Bone Dragon absorbed the poison and attacked Gouzhen.
• Tianhou used her bewitchment on Chen Nian, who appeared to fall under her spell and walked toward her.

Rika flew to Chen Nian’s battle with Abe no Seimei’s shikigami and chose to protect her village rather than take sides in their dispute. She blocked Taichang’s attack and insisted she was not there to help Chen Nian.

• Rika recognized Abe no Seimei’s shikigami and flew toward the battle after deciding to defend her family and village.
• Arina learned from Tang Rou that Chen Nian was fighting Abe no Seimei’s shikigami and chose not to oppose them.
• Chen Nian resisted Tianhou’s mind control, stabbed her, and absorbed her soul along with Gouzhen’s after the Undead Bone Dragon killed him.
• Taichang attacked Chen Nian with Furious Sun while Liuhe trapped him, but Rika blocked the attack with a barrier.
• Rika told the shikigami she would oppose anyone who threatened her family, then told Chen Nian she was not there to help him.

Chen Nian defeated Abe no Seimei’s Twelve Divine Generals after Rika stopped Taichang and Tiankong’s attempt to possess her ended in Tiankong’s death. He returned to his allies with enough Soul Energy to summon the Fifth Beast, while the Dreamlike Death Formation stirred below.

• Rika used Onmyōjutsu to extinguish Taichang’s flames and trap him in a barrier, then Tiankong possessed her.
• Tiankong discovered Rika’s Yin-Yang Eyes in her sea of consciousness and was crushed by them, leaving Rika confused and unharmed.
• Chen Nian killed Taichang and Liuhe with a saber strike, absorbed their Soul Energy, and completed the destruction of Abe no Seimei’s Twelve Divine Generals.
• Chen Nian told Rika that he was fighting Abe no Seimei to protect his demon friend, then returned to Tang Rou and Yang Wei.
• Yang Wei was stunned that Chen Nian had defeated the seven enemies, and something stirred inside the Dreamlike Death Formation.

Abe no Seimei escaped Tamamo-no-Mae’s Dreamlike Death and attacked Chen Nian with the Yin-Yang Boundless Barrier, but Chen Nian survived and fought back. After Seimei trapped Chen Nian in a Five Elements Demon-Trapping Barrier, someone shattered it and called out to him.

• Tamamo-no-Mae said Abe no Seimei was trapped forever in the sea of dreams, but Seimei awakened and froze time with the Yin-Yang Boundless Barrier.
• Chen Nian moved within the barrier and used Word Spirit, Judgment, to turn Seimei’s flying flowers and falling leaves into dust, while Tang Rou’s healing power mended his wounds.
• Seimei learned Chen Nian had absorbed the spirit bodies of his Twelve Divine Generals and declared that he would execute Chen Nian and Tamamo-no-Mae.
• Seimei summoned five elemental spirit beasts, which Chen Nian swiftly cut down, then transformed their remains into a Five Elements Demon-Trapping Barrier around Chen Nian.
• The Five Elements Barrier shattered behind Seimei, and an unidentified speaker challenged him as an onmyoji.

Abe no Seimei summoned the Heavenly Torrent Rank Evil God of Corruption to fight Chen Nian, but Chen Nian’s Shadow Kshana Demon Lion suppressed it and freed him to face Seimei. Envious of Chen Nian’s achievements, Seimei activated his Yin-Yang Eyes to use a forbidden technique.

• Abe no Seimei summoned the Evil God of Corruption, a Heavenly Torrent he had defeated in Nasu Moor and turned into a shikigami.
• The Evil God’s Corruption Domain blocked Chen Nian’s Judgment, while Abe no Seimei’s barrier and wind spell sent Yang Wei flying away.
• Chen Nian summoned the Shadow Kshana Demon Lion, which ignored supernatural attacks and pinned down the Evil God of Corruption.
• Abe no Seimei realized Chen Nian had surpassed expectations and envied his talent.
• Abe no Seimei activated his Yin-Yang Eyes to use the forbidden techniques sealed in scrolls.

Abe no Seimei unleashed forbidden techniques against Chen Nian, who answered with the God Descent Technique and revealed his overwhelming divine power. As their battle escalated, Abe no Seimei prepared another forbidden attack.

• Abe no Seimei opened the Twelve Secret Scrolls and used the Heaven-Piercing Finger, devastating the area around Chen Nian.
• Chen Nian summoned a golden-armored divine general, lifted the giant finger, and struck Abe no Seimei with divine light.
• Yang Wei recognized Chen Nian as Buyu, while Rika realized Chen Nian wielded power beyond Onmyōjutsu.
• Abe no Seimei unleashed black lightning, but Chen Nian advanced through it and split the storm clouds with a divine battle-axe.
• Chen Nian broke free of Abe no Seimei’s Yin-Yang Boundless Barrier, causing Abe no Seimei to suffer backlash before he activated his Yin-Yang Eyes again.
• Abe no Seimei opened another scroll and prepared the Yin-Yang Five Elements Sword.

Abe no Seimei sacrificed his Yin-Yang Eyes to unleash the Yin-Yang Five Elements Sword, leaving Chen Nian gravely injured before turning to kill Tamamo-no-Mae. Chen Nian rose again using the Blood of Immortality and stopped Seimei’s attack.

• Abe no Seimei sacrificed his Yin-Yang Eyes and used the Yin-Yang Five Elements Sword against Chen Nian.
• Chen Nian fell from the sky and crashed into the ground, badly injured as his Divinity went dormant.
• Tang Rou could not heal Chen Nian because the invading power erased her healing energy.
• Abe no Seimei attacked Tamamo-no-Mae with the Demon-Slaying Dharma Sword, shattering her nine tails as she prepared to sacrifice them.
• Chen Nian suddenly appeared and caught the sword, then activated Blood Burst and drew power from the Blood of Immortality.

Chen Nian, Tamamo-no-Mae, and Tsuchimikado Rika struggled against Abe no Seimei’s overwhelming sword attack while Yang Wei drew the sealed Demon Blade Murasame and awakened a divine power. The chapter ended as Yang Wei roared Chen Nian’s name from behind the embattled group.

• Chen Nian used forbidden demonic power and the Blood of Immortality to resist Abe no Seimei, while condemning the destruction Abe had caused.
• Tsuchimikado Rika joined Chen Nian and used Empty Realm and Heaven-Piercing Finger to weaken Abe’s attack, but she and Chen Nian could not stop his sword.
• Yang Wei reached the cave sealing Demon Blade Murasame, and Arina broke its barrier so he could enter.
• Yang Wei pulled out Murasame and endured its baleful energy, then unleashed divine power and manifested a dark-purple figure riding a leopard spirit.
• Chen Nian, Tamamo-no-Mae, and Rika neared their limits as Abe’s sword descended, until Yang Wei’s voice called Chen Nian’s name.

Yang Wei passed the Demon Blade Murasame to Chen Nian, who used it to kill Abe no Seimei and end the battle. The survivors regrouped afterward, and Tamamo-no-Mae and Rika shared their plans before Chen Nian prepared to leave.

• Yang Wei hurled the Demon Blade Murasame to Chen Nian, redeeming his old regret over failing to pass the ball in a crucial game.
• Chen Nian caught the blade, whose power suppressed the Yin-Yang Five Elements Sword’s aftereffects, and defeated Abe no Seimei.
• Abe no Seimei passed the legacy of onmyoji to Tsuchimikado Rika before dissolving into smoke and dust.
• Tang Rou healed Yang Wei, who awoke alive and thanked her for saving him.
• Tamamo-no-Mae said she would take Meng'er to Dream Pavilion and then retrieve her body at Nasu Moor, while Chen Nian thanked Rika for her help.

The author presented a retrospective of the female characters and major story arcs, answered reader questions, and shared thoughts on writing the novel. The feature ended with the author asking for reviews and plot suggestions before regular updates resumed the next day.

• The author introduced the heroines and supporting female characters, describing their abilities, roles, and key storylines.
• The author recapped six major arcs, from the Blood Moon Calamity through the battle in God-Demon Capital, highlighting Chen Nian's victories and his companions' development.
• The author asked readers to rate the arcs and suggest ideas for the next one.
• The author answered questions about Chen Nian's Divinity, the dead gods, future heroines, and whether the novel was ending soon.
• The author thanked readers for their support and said regular updates would resume the next day.

After defeating Abe no Seimei, Chen Nian secured Demon Blade Murasame and parted ways with Yang Wei, then set out to accompany Tamamo-no-Mae to Nasu Moor to recover her body. Tamamo-no-Mae returned to the God-Demon Capital and teased Haruna about finding a man before Chen Nian arrived.

• Rika and Arina agreed to let Chen Nian keep Demon Blade Murasame, and Yang Wei promised to report honestly on its safekeeping.
• Chen Nian and Yang Wei said goodbye, while Yang Wei explained that Arina’s support during danger had changed how he felt about her.
• Chen Nian approved Tang Rou’s seven-day vacation after she hinted at what Shangze Sakura had done at the shrine, then sent her home.
• Chen Nian planned to return to the God-Demon Capital and accompany Tamamo-no-Mae to Nasu Moor to recover her sealed body.
• Haruna welcomed Tamamo-no-Mae back, and Tamamo-no-Mae teased her about finding a man and suggested Chen Nian before playfully punishing her for talking back.
• Chen Nian arrived at the God-Demon Capital while Tamamo-no-Mae was tormenting Haruna.

Chen Nian accompanied Tamamo-no-Mae to Nasu Moor and freed her true body from the Sessho-seki. After she merged with it, a consciousness formed from her four sealed tails took control and tried to seduce Chen Nian, while Tamamo-no-Mae urged him to suppress it.

• Chen Nian returned Haruna to the Onmyō Bureau, then traveled north with Tamamo-no-Mae to Nasu Moor.
• Tamamo-no-Mae led Chen Nian to the Sessho-seki and explained that it contained her true body and the power of four tails.
• Chen Nian used the Vermilion Bird Divine Fire to withstand the poison gas and split the Sessho-seki with the Dragon Slayer Saber.
• Tamamo-no-Mae merged with her freed body, but the consciousness of the four tails took control and kissed Chen Nian.
• Tamamo-no-Mae explained that she was trying to devour the other consciousness and asked Chen Nian to drain its power.
• The other consciousness seized control again, pleaded with Chen Nian not to hurt it, and offered him everything.

Chen Nian subdued the alternate consciousness in Tamamo-no-Mae’s body through a prolonged grapple, then left Nasu Moor with her mask. After returning home, he learned that Shangze Sakura had received a call from her brother, who wanted to challenge Buyu.

• Chen Nian tried to weaken the female bodhisattva consciousness without damaging Tamamo-no-Mae’s body, but she did not fight back and instead grappled with him until Tamamo-no-Mae regained control.
• Tamamo-no-Mae warned Chen Nian to keep the incident secret and explained that the consciousness had concentrated its remaining power in one fox tail.
• Haruna felt some of Tamamo-no-Mae’s emotions through the fox tail while she was washing clothes at the Onmyō Bureau.
• Chen Nian and Tamamo-no-Mae left Nasu Moor after completing their deal, and Chen Nian visited the Dream Pavilion before heading home.
• Shangze Sakura cleaned Chen Nian’s room and secretly enjoyed lying on his bed before his call came in.
• Shangze Sakura’s brother asked her to arrange a meeting with Buyu so he could challenge him.

Chen Nian accepted Uesawa Ueki’s challenge so he could gain Divine Might Points, and he arranged to meet him on Heavenly Demon Island. The next day, Chen Nian and Shangze Sakura arrived and found Uesawa Ueki accompanied by the girl they had rescued during the battle with Hanyu Hayabusa.

• Uesawa Ueki asked Shangze Sakura to arrange a challenge with Chen Nian, and she reluctantly agreed to pass on the request.
• Chen Nian returned home, shared an intimate reunion with Shangze Sakura, and heard that her brother wanted to challenge him.
• Chen Nian eagerly accepted and set the meeting for noon the next day on Heavenly Demon Island, hoping to gain Divine Might Points.
• Chen Nian and Shangze Sakura traveled to the island in disguise, where they met Uesawa Ueki and the girl they had rescued during the battle with Hanyu Hayabusa.

Uesawa Ueki challenged Buyu to a three-strike saber duel in the Lost Continent, but Buyu blocked his first two attacks. Uesawa Ueki conceded the match, then agreed to make a third strike solely to surpass his own limits.

• Uesawa Ueki reunited with Cai Zhi and introduced her to Chen Nian and Shangze Sakura.
• Chen Nian and Uesawa Ueki went to the Lost Continent, where Uesawa Ueki unleashed Takemikazuchi's power and challenged Buyu to three saber strikes.
• Uesawa Ueki's first strike clashed with Chen Nian's Dragon Slayer Saber, earning Chen Nian 800 Divine Might Points.
• Uesawa Ueki launched a faster second strike, but Chen Nian calmly blocked it, and Uesawa Ueki admitted defeat.
• Chen Nian suggested Uesawa Ueki borrow Cai Zhi's divine power to push his saber technique further; Uesawa Ueki agreed to make a third strike for self-improvement rather than victory.