Recaps

Chen Nian and Lu Ge collected monster essences while dealing with the former teammates who had abandoned her, and Chen Nian killed the three men after they insulted Lu Ge and tried to gain access to his island. Once the island’s essence energy reached 100%, everyone on Island No. 100 qualified to enter the inner island, where the Heavenly Demon Tower and the Demon God of Trickery awaited Chen Nian.

• Lu Ge joined Chen Nian to collect monster essences and helped defeat the monsters they encountered.
• The three people who had abandoned Lu Ge approached Chen Nian and tried to persuade him to let them shelter on his island.
• Chen Nian mocked the three men, and Lu Ge struck one after he insulted her; Chen Nian then killed all three with the Wind-Gathering Cannon as they fled.
• Chen Nian and Lu Ge continued gathering essences until the island’s energy reached 100%, unlocking entry to the inner island for everyone on Island No. 100.
• Chen Nian looked toward the central Heavenly Demon Tower, where the Demon God of Trickery was waiting.

Chen Nian entered the inner island, hunted monsters, and collected resources while working toward the Heavenly Demon Tower. When a beast tide approached, he stayed behind to face it, leaving the chapter with the monsters charging toward him.

• Everyone on Island 100 received a qualification token that required blood essence from four powerful lords, and Chen Nian learned the first lord would appear after 1,000 inner island monsters were killed.
• Chen Nian proposed sharing fine equipment and items with Island 100's defense teams, then led a group through a newly formed teleportation array to the inner island.
• Chen Nian killed a Heavenly Thunder Horse in one strike and obtained a Demon Warding enchantment gem.
• Chen Nian and Lu Ge hunted monsters separately, gathering equipment, skill scrolls, and enchantment gems as the shared kill count rose to 789/1000.
• A beast tide warning appeared at night, and Lu Ge climbed a tree for shelter while Chen Nian stayed on the ground to face the approaching horde.

Chen Nian used the Meteor Calamity Gem to annihilate the beast tide, gaining many levels and rewards while advancing the island toward its first lord. He reunited with Lu Ge, and they headed east to find the Demon Ape King.

• Chen Nian activated the Meteor Calamity Gem and protected himself with Judgment as a meteor shower destroyed the beast tide.
• The transcendent beings in the trees witnessed Chen Nian’s attack, and Lu Ge gained two levels from her share of the experience.
• Chen Nian rose from level 34 to level 55, learned the Word Spirit Instant, collected equipment and items, and left using Hidden Shadow.
• The island’s monster count reached 1,265, triggering the appearance of the Demon Ape King; Ye Hongling arrived too late to fight the beast tide.
• Chen Nian reunited with Lu Ge and learned that the Demon Ape King had appeared in an eastern canyon, so they hurried there.

Chen Nian and Lu Ge reached Demon Canyon, where Su Jinyu had obtained the Demon Ape King's blood essence, and Chen Nian hid from her before slipping into the fog-filled canyon. A trap set by the Demon God of Trickery sealed Chen Nian and the other fighters inside with the Demon Ape King, leaving Chen Nian ready to fight.

• Lu Ge learned that the Demon Ape King had killed many challengers, though Ye Hongling and several other top experts had obtained its blood essence.
• Su Jinyu emerged from the canyon with the blood essence, and Chen Nian turned invisible to avoid being seen by her while he was with Lu Ge.
• Lu Ge greeted Su Jinyu and tried to introduce Chen Nian, but he had already disappeared into the canyon.
• Chen Nian entered the fog and found several powerful fighters battling the Demon Ape King.
• A black pentagonal barrier trapped Chen Nian, the fighters, and the Demon Ape King inside, and Chen Nian used Heavenly Eye to see the level 1, tier 3 lord.
• The Demon God of Trickery watched from atop the Heavenly Demon Tower and revealed that he had set the trap for Chen Nian.

Chen Nian fought the Demon Ape King trapped in the canyon and defeated it by shattering its armor with Origin-Destroying World. He equipped the legendary Heavenly Demon Ape King Armor and set his sights on defeating the other three lords to complete its set.

• The Demon Ape King attacked Chen Nian, who tested its strength by blocking a blow with the Startled Dragon Saber and was driven back.
• Chen Nian wounded the Demon Ape King with a slash, but its golden battle armor then blocked his attacks and forced him to evade its pursuit.
• Chen Nian used Origin-Destroying World to shatter the Demon Ape King's armor, then wounded its eye and leg until it fell.
• Chen Nian received 100,000 genetic energy, the legendary Heavenly Demon Ape King Armor, and a rare Arcane enchantment gem.
• Chen Nian equipped the new armor, raised his combat power to 127 stars, and resolved to hunt the remaining three lords for the full set.

Chen Nian killed the second lord, claimed its legendary helmet and an Arcane gem, and shared equipment with the island’s defenders. Lu Ge grew suspicious that Xiao Chen was secretly responsible for the lord kills as the island’s monster total reached the threshold for the next lord.

• The fog cleared to reveal the Demon Ape King dead, and the trapped Transcendents rushed to collect its blood essence while many suspected Buyu had slain it.
• Su Jinyu went looking for Chen Nian, but he had already left; Lu Ge later found him, and he claimed he had merely picked up a bargain.
• Chen Nian returned to the small island and distributed ordinary equipment from the beast tide to the people who had defended it.
• Three days later, after the island’s monster kills reached 2,000, Chen Nian quickly killed the Vicious Thorn Lizard King and obtained its legendary helmet and an Arcane gem.
• Chen Nian equipped the helmet and enhanced both Arcane gems to +9, reducing his Transcendent power consumption by 20%.
• Lu Ge noticed that Xiao Chen had been absent whenever a lord was killed and decided to watch him closely if it happened again.

Chen Nian killed the Heavenly Demon Scarlet Tiger King and obtained the third piece of the legendary set, while the others mistook the kill for Buyu’s work. Lu Ge revealed Chen Nian’s identity to Su Jinyu, who gave him a powerful Word Spirit, and the chapter ended with Chen Nian sensing the Demon God of Trickery watching him.

• Chen Nian used Judgment to kill the Heavenly Demon Scarlet Tiger King and claimed its legendary leg armor and a rare enchantment gem.
• Chen Nian equipped the armor, while nearby hunters collected blood essence and credited Buyu with the boss kill.
• Lu Ge brought Su Jinyu to Chen Nian after she searched for him, and she confronted him about avoiding her.
• Su Jinyu gave Chen Nian the rare Word Spirit Mirror Moon, which could reflect an opponent’s Transcendent power.
• Chen Nian sensed the Demon God of Trickery watching from near the Heavenly Demon Tower, and the Demon God stopped spying under the pressure of his gaze.

Chen Nian used his legendary equipment to draw thousands of beasts together so Su Jinyu could help the group level up, then entered the storm clouds with her to fight the Storm Thunder Bird. After reflecting the bird’s black lightning with Mirror Moon and crippling its wing, Chen Nian saw someone else move in to claim the falling boss.

• After nightfall, Chen Nian activated Tiger Roars in the Mountain Forest, attracting huge numbers of magical beasts to the forest.
• Su Jinyu unleashed Ten Thousand Swords Art and killed thousands of monsters while Chen Nian and Lu Ge gained experience; Su Jinyu reached level 95 and Chen Nian reached level 87.
• The island’s superhumans woke to the notification that the Storm Thunder Bird had been summoned, and Chen Nian set off to challenge it with Su Jinyu while Lu Ge stayed behind.
• Chen Nian and Su Jinyu flew into the thunderclouds, but the Storm Thunder Bird proved too fast to catch and attacked from a distance.
• Chen Nian dispelled Judgment and used Mirror Moon to reflect the Storm Thunder Bird’s black lightning, destroying half its wing and sending it falling.
• As Chen Nian and Su Jinyu moved after the fallen bird, someone else seized the initiative and tried to claim it.

Ye Hongling killed the Storm Thunder Bird and took its final legendary set piece, drawing Chen Nian away from Su Jinyu to meet her. She gave him the equipment and an enchantment gem at the Heavenly Demon Tower, where they prepared to climb together and challenge the Demon God.

• Ye Hongling killed the Storm Thunder Bird and took the legendary bracers, so Chen Nian chased after her while Su Jinyu stayed behind.
• Chen Nian caught up with Ye Hongling, and she persuaded him to save them from their fall using his Illusory Space Technique.
• Ye Hongling revealed she had collected the Storm Thunder Bird's blood essence and led Chen Nian to the Heavenly Demon Tower.
• Chen Nian took the Storm Thunder Bracers, activated the Heavenly Demon Lord Set effect, and saw his combat power rise to 170 stars.
• Ye Hongling gave Chen Nian an Arcane enchantment gem and explained that she wanted to climb the Heavenly Demon Tower with him and defeat the Demon God.

Chen Nian and Ye Hongling entered the Heavenly Demon Tower and fought their way up through its monster-filled floors as the remaining small islands dwindled. On the ninth floor, Chen Nian found himself joined by a white-dressed girl wielding a flying sword.

• Chen Nian and Ye Hongling entered the Heavenly Demon Tower, where they had to kill every monster to advance.
• Ye Hongling used Red Lotus Hell to clear most of the first five floors while Chen Nian helped finish off the tougher survivors.
• Ye Hongling summoned a flame giant to wipe out the sixth floor, then rested as Chen Nian went on to the seventh.
• Zhao Yixue brought Chen Nian to the seventh-floor entrance, where top-tier transcendents arrived and fought the monsters so he could advance.
• Zhao Yixue froze and shattered the eighth floor's monsters with Absolute Zero, then stayed behind to recover.
• On the ninth floor, a flying sword killed a monster attacking Chen Nian and returned to the hand of a girl in a white dress.

Chen Nian reached the top of the Heavenly Demon Tower and confronted the Demon God of Trickery, who revealed that the Deep Sea Demon God was attacking the islands. Unable to damage the Demon God of Trickery’s hat, Chen Nian put it on and entered its hidden space to find him.

• Su Jinyu and the other Mountains and Rivers in Lasting Peace guildmates arrived on the ninth floor and told Chen Nian to continue while they cleared it.
• Chen Nian crossed the trapped corridor on the tenth floor and entered the hall where the Demon God of Trickery awaited him.
• The Demon God of Trickery showed Chen Nian the Deep Sea Demon God emerging from a whirlpool and destroying islands, then threatened Chen Nian with the deaths of his companions and the island defenders.
• Chen Nian attacked the Demon God of Trickery, but the Demon God’s hat absorbed his attacks and concealed its wearer from Heavenly Eye and Judgment.
• Chen Nian caught the hat, put it on, and vanished into its space after declaring he had found the Demon God of Trickery.

Chen Nian defeated the Demon God of Trickery, surviving the demon’s self-detonation with the Heavenly Demon Heart-Protecting Pendant. As the Deep Sea Demon God devastated the islands, the Heavenly Demon Tower collapsed, giving the desperate defenders hope.

• Chen Nian escaped the Demon God of Trickery’s shrinking hat by destroying it from within with Origin-Destroying World, then severed the demon’s right arm.
• The Demon God of Trickery unleashed his Heavenly Demon Dark Realm, but Chen Nian’s Judgment Domain destroyed its specters and drove the domain to collapse.
• Chen Nian pursued and stabbed the Demon God of Trickery, who detonated himself and destroyed the top floor of the Heavenly Demon Tower; the pendant protected Chen Nian from the blast.
• Chen Nian received genetic energy, the Demon God of Trickery’s Jeweled Pendant, and a high-tier skill scroll, then hurried back.
• The Deep Sea Demon God destroyed islands while Zhao Yixue, Ye Hongling, and the other defenders could not stop it.
• The Demon God of Trickery’s explosion brought down the Heavenly Demon Tower, and the defenders rejoiced at its fall.

After the Heavenly Demon Tower fell, the Deep Sea Demon God continued attacking, and Guo Shan sacrificed himself to protect Island No. 100 until Chen Nian returned. Chen Nian came back with a newly evolved divine fire ability and prepared to face the demon god.

• The Deep Sea Demon God attacked Island No. 100, and Ye Hongling and the other fighters joined their powers to hold up a fire barrier.
• When the barrier shattered, Guo Shan absorbed the stored monster spirit essences and stopped the demon god’s punch, despite his complete demonization.
• Guo Shan knocked back the demon god’s fist with Countershock, then fell and died after seeing Chen Nian return.
• Chen Nian arrived at Island No. 100, having equipped the Demon God of Trickery’s Jeweled Pendant on his way back.
• The pendant evolved Chen Nian’s Flame Explosion into Sequence 119-Zhurong, and his heat caused the surrounding rain to evaporate.

Chen Nian used the Word Spirit "Zhurong" to evaporate the Deep Sea Demon God and end the battle on Heavenly Demon Island, though the power left him utterly exhausted. The survivors mourned their dead, and Lu Ge grieved for Guo Shan, whose final sacrifice had fulfilled his wish to fight alongside Buyu.

• Ye Hongling sensed the terrifying fire energy from Chen Nian and ordered everyone to retreat as the Deep Sea Demon God attacked with water dragons.
• Chen Nian invoked "Zhurong," manifesting a flame giant that seized the Deep Sea Demon God and overwhelmed its regeneration by evaporating its seawater body.
• The Deep Sea Demon God vanished, the campaign ended, and Chen Nian received rewards and comprehended the ultimate second-tier Word Spirit "Thunder Dragon" before quietly leaving.
• The survivors mourned their fallen companions, including Guo Shan, who had died after withstanding the Deep Sea Demon God's attack.
• Lu Ge recalled Guo Shan's wish to fight monsters again and stand shoulder to shoulder with Buyu, and understood why he had smiled before his death.

After reaching level 99, Chen Nian discovered that his Divine Gene required a Divine Evolution Fruit for advancement and entered the Garden of Eden to find one. He learned that producing the fruit required intimacy beneath the Tree of Evolution between a man and a woman who both possessed Divine Genes.

• The authorities praised Buyu and the fallen heroes, while Chen Nian honored Guo Shan at his grave.
• News confirmed that other countries had World Gates leading to the same open-world continent, and Chen Nian kept a low profile to protect those around him.
• Chen Nian reviewed his powerful gear and stats, learned that he had completed the Demon God requirement for advancement, and considered giving Xiao Qi a high-tier skill scroll.
• Chen Nian entered the Garden of Eden to obtain a Divine Evolution Fruit and found a towering tree beneath which a notification said a Divine Gene-bearing man and woman had to get intimate to produce one.

Chen Nian discovered that Su Jinyu had obtained a Divine Gene, but chose to invite her to Linhai City because he genuinely liked her, not to use her for advancement. When Su Jinyu arrived, she learned from reporters that Chen Nian was being called Qin Yu’s boyfriend.

• Su Jinyu called Chen Nian to complain that he had not contacted her, then told him she had earned a Divine Gene by killing the most monsters on Heavenly Demon Island.
• Chen Nian invited Su Jinyu to Linhai City with a joke about his cat doing backflips, and Su Jinyu canceled her schedule to visit him.
• Chen Nian reflected on his history with Su Jinyu, realized he liked her, and ordered a cat trained to do backflips.
• Su Jinyu arrived in Linhai City and heard reporters asking Qin Yu about her relationship with Chen Nian.
• Su Jinyu searched online and found reports and an interview presenting Chen Nian and Qin Yu as a couple.

After learning Chen Nian had a girlfriend, Su Jinyu began her Demon God Rank advancement challenge and defeated Heart Demon's clone when the Divine Gene inside her awakened. Exhausted afterward, she encountered thugs at the seaside, where Chen Nian found her and called her his girlfriend.

• Su Jinyu saw a photo of Chen Nian with another girl, abandoned her plan to visit him, and went alone to the seaside.
• Su Jinyu activated her Demon God Rank advancement challenge and faced the Mind-Bewitching Demon God · Clone in the Demon God Temple.
• Heart Demon exploited Su Jinyu's heartbreak to provoke her, but the Divine Gene awakened and let her destroy his clone with the Nine Swords Heavenly Mystic Formation.
• Chen Nian failed to reach Su Jinyu, searched Linhai City with Heavenly Eye, and asked Li Yunwei to help locate her phone.
• After recovering from the challenge, Su Jinyu encountered a group of thugs at the seaside, and Chen Nian arrived, put an arm around her, and declared her his girlfriend.

Chen Nian took Su Jinyu home after clearing up her misunderstanding about his relationship with Qin Yu, and learned that she had advanced to third tier by defeating the Mind-Bewitching Demon God. He brought Su Jinyu through a portal to the Garden of Eden, leaving her amazed by the beautiful place.

• Chen Nian restrained the thugs who tried to intervene and convinced Su Jinyu that his relationship with Qin Yu was fake.
• Chen Nian messaged Qin Yu, who confirmed their cover story and said she hoped to join Mountains and Rivers in Lasting Peace.
• Su Jinyu told Chen Nian she had defeated the Mind-Bewitching Demon God and become a third-tier transcendent after a mysterious power restored her rationality.
• Chen Nian brought Su Jinyu to his home, where she showered and met his ragdoll cat.
• Chen Nian took Su Jinyu's hand and opened a portal to the Garden of Eden, where he told her its name.

Chen Nian and Su Jinyu tried to make the Tree of Evolution bear the fruit he needed to advance, but Su Jinyu’s divinity repeatedly took control and attacked him. They concluded they needed to manage her powerful divinity while finding safer ways to hasten the fruit’s growth.

• Chen Nian explained that intimate contact between two people with Divine Genes beneath the Tree of Evolution would make it bear the fruit he needed to reach tier two, and he and Su Jinyu began kissing beneath it.
• As the fruit started to form, Su Jinyu’s demeanor changed and she struck Chen Nian, then later drew a sword and stabbed it into the grass beside his head.
• Chen Nian and Su Jinyu recalled that she had experienced similar takeovers while fighting the Demon God and suspected her divinity was influencing her behavior.
• Chen Nian connected Su Jinyu’s evolved ability, Nine Swords Heavenly Mystic Formation, to the Mysterious Lady of the Nine Heavens and suggested they wait until one of them could control or suppress her divinity.
• Chen Nian proposed that they try less intense forms of intimacy to help the fruit ripen without provoking Su Jinyu’s divinity.

Chen Nian gave Su Jinyu an advanced skill scroll, then ate the Divine Evolution Fruit and advanced to the third tier. After the guild teased them over their relationship, Su Jinyu joined Chen Nian in bed, but stopped him from getting closer with a sword.

• Chen Nian gave Su Jinyu an advanced skill scroll, and she learned a powerful ability after asking them to call each other Xiao Yu and Chen Nian.
• Chen Nian picked and ate the Divine Evolution Fruit, advancing to the third tier and gaining immunity to mental attacks.
• Chen Nian read the guild chat as members teased him about meeting girls and asked Su Jinyu whether she was at his place.
• Su Jinyu confirmed she was sleeping at Big Brother Buyu's place and sent the group a hand-holding photo with Chen Nian as proof.
• Su Jinyu got under the covers with Chen Nian, but when he edged closer later that night, she stopped him with a sword.

Chen Nian agreed to take Ning Ziqing and Tang Rou to the capital after the regional tournament qualifiers, though he planned only to watch the national tournament. In the capital, a mysterious Heart Demon approached Murano Shota and urged him to prove that Uesawa Ueki was stronger than Buyu.

• Chen Nian turned down Ye Hongling’s invitation to compete directly in the capital and later agreed to enter the regional selection after Ning Ziqing asked him to take her to the capital.
• Chen Nian invited Tang Rou to join the trip, and she accepted with surprise.
• The regional qualifiers ended, and powerful fighters from across the country traveled to the capital for the tournament.
• Murano Shota argued on a Dragon Country forum that Uesawa Ueki was stronger than Buyu, then smashed his phone after users mocked him.
• A dark figure merged into Murano Shota’s shadow, called itself Heart Demon, and urged him to prove his claim.

Chen Nian watched the Transcendent Tournament in the capital with Ning Ziqing and Tang Rou, but Ye Hongling found him and joined them. Before going to compete, Ye Hongling led Chen Nian to a quiet corner and offered to let him have a little fun.

• Chen Nian attended the tournament’s top hundred finals with Ning Ziqing and Tang Rou, while the host announced the champion’s rewards and introduced Ye Hongling as a special guest.
• Ye Hongling arrived amid the crowd’s cheers, and Chen Nian kept his head down because he had recently turned down her invitation.
• During the lunch break, Ye Hongling sat beside Ning Ziqing and Tang Rou, claimed to be Chen Nian’s girlfriend, and teased Chen Nian when he returned with food.
• Ye Hongling watched the afternoon matches with Ning Ziqing and Tang Rou before saying it was time for her to compete.
• Ye Hongling led Chen Nian to a deserted corner of the passage and offered to let him have a little fun.

While Chen Nian and Ye Hongling talked away from the arena, Murano Shota used the Mind-Bewitching Demon God's power to make Dragon Country's Transcendents surrender without fighting. As public anger mounted, General Ye ordered Ye Hongling to return and face him.

• Chen Nian rejected Ye Hongling's teasing, but she persuaded him to stay and let her show him around the capital.
• Murano Shota took Meng Chang's place after making Meng Chang believe he was worthless, then announced that he was from Sakura Country and challenged Dragon Country's Transcendents.
• Ye Qiuhao approved Wu You's fight against Murano Shota, but Murano's power made Wu You and another Transcendent kneel, kowtow, and withdraw.
• Murano continued provoking the crowd, and every Transcendent who stepped forward surrendered under the Mind-Bewitching Demon God's influence.
• Ning Ziqing and Tang Rou realized something was wrong, while officials and spectators reacted with fury to the nationally televised tournament chaos.
• Ye Qiuhao refused to send in troops and ordered Ye Hongling to return to the arena to fight Murano Shota.

Chen Nian and Ye Hongling returned to the stadium, where the Mind-Bewitching Demon God had driven Murano Shota and dozens of Transcendents into a rampage. Ye Hongling resisted his mind control by setting herself on fire to stay focused, but the Heart Demon sent the controlled Transcendents against her.

• Chen Nian and Ye Hongling learned that Transcendents were attacking people at the stadium and rushed back.
• Chen Nian rescued Tang Rou and Ning Ziqing from a telekinetic Transcendent, then identified Murano Shota as the source of the chaos.
• Ye Hongling confronted Murano Shota, whose violet-eyed mind control failed to take hold of her.
• Ye Hongling revealed that she kept her mind clear by burning herself and enduring the pain.
• Murano Shota sent dozens of controlled Transcendents to attack Ye Hongling.

Ye Hongling attacked Murano Shota but was overwhelmed by the Mind-Bewitching Demon God's possession ability, so Chen Nian stepped in and pretended to be controlled. The Demon God abandoned its host to possess Chen Nian, leaving the battle at its most dangerous point.

• Ye Hongling fought through the controlled Transcendents and killed Murano Shota, but an energy blast struck her from behind as the Demon God transferred between hosts.
• Chen Nian caught Ye Hongling and explained that the Mind-Bewitching Demon God could move among the people it controlled.
• Chen Nian resisted the Demon God's psychic attack but pretended to lose control, then attacked Ye Hongling and unleashed Word Spirit.
• The Demon God, impressed by Chen Nian's strength, left its female host and possessed Chen Nian, exulting in the power of his body.