Chapter Summaries

Ye Xingchen received two system rewards, mastered Pangu Heaven-Treading Steps, and disguised himself as a Great Emperor to enter the Demon Race’s core territory. After Luo Qingshan confronted him, the Demon Race’s ancestor appeared, leaving Ye Xingchen facing the assembled Demon Race leaders.

• Luo Qingshan and Ye Xingchen shared breakfast before she left for the Empress Palace and he went to cultivate.
• Ye Xingchen checked in with the system and received Tasseled Immortal Gauze and Pangu Heaven-Treading Steps, which he mastered at the highest realm.
• Ye Xingchen wore Steal the Heavens and Replace the Sun and used a single step to appear above the Empress Palace, unleashing a terrifying presence.
• Luo Qingshan and dozens of Immortal Emperor experts confronted the disguised Ye Xingchen, who revealed a sliver of Great Emperor presence.
• The Demon Race ancestor arrived, and Luo Qingshan, Luo Xuannü, and the gathered Demon Race members bowed to him.

Ye Xingchen revealed himself to the Demon Race, returned its lost Heavenly Demon Spirit Transformation Tower, and gave Luo Qingshan a defensive treasure while concealing his identity. He returned to Phoenix Perch Palace, while Luo Tianhe predicted that Ye Xingchen would help the Demon Race flourish and make a fine match for Luo Qingshan.

• Luo Tianhe appeared, acknowledged Ye Xingchen as a Great Emperor, and raised the Demon Race's Myriad Demon God-Slaying Grand Formation while demanding to know why he had come.
• Ye Xingchen told Luo Qingshan he had come to return the Heavenly Demon Spirit Transformation Tower, and Luo Tianhe verified that it was the Demon Race's lost race-guarding artifact.
• Ye Xingchen explained how the tower could connect to the Demon Race's immortal veins, then told Luo Tianhe that a great era was coming and that he would return if the Demon Race faced trouble.
• Ye Xingchen praised Luo Qingshan's human husband and gave her the Tasseled Immortal Gauze before vanishing from the Demon Race.
• Ye Xingchen returned to Phoenix Perch Palace, removed Steal the Heavens and Replace the Sun, and went back to fishing; Luo Tianhe told Luo Qingshan not to question him and said Ye Xingchen was a fine match for her.

Luo Qingshan restored the Heavenly Demon Spirit Transformation Tower in Ten Thousand Demons Square, anchoring the Demon Race’s fortune and allowing its members to avoid the Transformation Heavenly Tribulation. Human factions noticed the Demon Race’s sudden rise and speculated about Ye Xingchen’s identity, while Ye remained at the lakeside pavilion, unaware of their interest.

• Luo Qingshan announced that the Heavenly Demon Spirit Transformation Tower would be placed in Ten Thousand Demons Square, and the Immortal Emperor ancestors agreed.
• Luo Qingshan activated the tower, which anchored the Demon Race’s fortune as purple Qi gathered and strengthened the race’s immortal vein.
• Luo Qingshan ordered Grand Elder Wan Qianli to have members who had not undergone the Transformation Heavenly Tribulation enter the tower and emerge in human form.
• Human factions investigated the Demon Race’s changes, while Han Chuanluo speculated that Ye Xingchen belonged to a hidden sacred sect.
• Ye Xingchen sat in the lakeside pavilion thinking tenderly of his wife, unaware of the Human Race’s speculation.

Ye Xingchen listened as Luo Qingshan shared the Demon Race’s joy over the return of its ancestor and the Heavenly Demon Spirit Transformation Tower, which ended the need for demons to undergo transformation tribulations. The next morning, Ye Xingchen received rare pills and divine wine from his system and headed to Ten Thousand Demons Square to join the celebrations.

• Ye Xingchen returned to Phoenix Perch Palace, where Luo Qingshan greeted him happily and promised to explain her good news after dinner.
• Luo Qingshan told Ye Xingchen that a Great Emperor Realm ancestor had returned with the Heavenly Demon Spirit Transformation Tower, restoring the Demon Race’s fortune and allowing untransformed demons to take human form without tribulations.
• Ye Xingchen comforted Luo Qingshan, and the couple spent the night together.
• The next morning, Ye Xingchen learned that demons were entering the tower to transform, then went fishing and signed in with the system.
• The system rewarded Ye Xingchen with ten Indestructible Golden Pills and one million bottles of supreme-grade divine wine, and he set off for Ten Thousand Demons Square with wine for the celebration.

Ye Xingchen visited Ten Thousand Demons Square as Luo Qingshan reported that the Demon Race’s pill sales had brought in a million spirit stones. After she arranged for the money and more pills to be sent to the Ten Thousand Pills Pavilion, Ye Xingchen revealed he had gifts for everyone.

• Ye Xingchen joined Luo Qingshan in Ten Thousand Demons Square and learned that nearly all the Demon Race members who could transform had taken human form.
• A Black-Clad Guard reported that the three pills Ye Xingchen refined had sold out, bringing the Demon Race one million spirit stones after expenses.
• Cuihua punished Xiong Wufa and Xiong Wutian after their teasing about her and Xiong Wufa made the demons laugh.
• Luo Qingshan ordered the spirit stones placed in the Demon Race treasury, increased benefits for the demons, and arranged regular deliveries of pills to the Ten Thousand Pills Pavilion.
• Ye Xingchen stopped the Black-Clad Guard from leaving and said he had gifts for everyone, then waved his hand and produced an astonishing sight.

Ye Xingchen celebrated the Demon Race’s double blessing by giving its members bottles of powerful wine that restored immortal spiritual Qi and improved cultivation. The demons accepted him as their true boss, and an elder then asked him to expound on the Dao for newly transformed disciples.

• Ye Xingchen gave the demons jade bottles of wine and told the Black-Clad Guard to take a share back to the Ten Thousand Pills Pavilion.
• Ye Xingchen explained the wine’s effects and invited the demons to drink with him.
• Xiong Wufa and Xiong Wutian opened their bottles, and the wine’s fragrance spread across Ten Thousand Demons Square.
• The demons drank the wine, felt their cultivation increase, and some newly transformed demons broke through on the spot.
• The demons knelt before Ye Xingchen and declared their wholehearted acknowledgment of him as their boss; Ye Xingchen accepted their salute.
• Ye Xingchen asked Luo Qingshan to send wine to the Demon Race’s ancestors, and an elder requested that he expound on the Dao for the newly transformed disciples.

Ye Xingchen agreed to expound the Dao for the Demon Race disciples who had taken human form, after the Demon Race sage praised his mysterious presence and asked him to teach. The gathering was set for noon the next day at Ten Thousand Demons Square, and the sage left with a knowing smile before Ye Xingchen spoke again.

• The Demon Race sage asked Ye Xingchen to expound the Dao for the disciples who had taken human form, and Ye Xingchen modestly declined at first.
• Luo Qingshan explained that the sage had sacrificed his cultivation to develop his Double Pupils and had given much for the Demon Race's future.
• Xiong Wufa reminded the Demon Race that Ye Xingchen was an alchemist who might refine life-extending pills for the sage, prompting the clansmen to look to him hopefully.
• The sage said his Double Pupils had glimpsed the Demon Race's future in Ye Xingchen and sensed a supreme presence beyond his apparent Innate Realm cultivation.
• Ye Xingchen agreed to expound the Dao at Ten Thousand Demons Square the next day at noon, and the sage departed with a knowing smile.
• As the sage turned away, Ye Xingchen spoke, and the square fell silent.

Ye Xingchen gave Lu Wanchuan an Indestructible Golden Pill that restored his life and youth, revealing himself as a ninth-grade alchemist to the Demon Race. Lu Wanchuan and the demons honored Ye Xingchen, leaving the Demon Race newly hopeful and proud of their Imperial Venerable.

• Ye Xingchen stopped Lu Wanchuan from leaving and offered him an Indestructible Golden Pill he had refined.
• Ye Xingchen explained that the pill could extend Lu Wanchuan's lifespan by a hundred thousand years, astonishing the Demon Race with his ninth-grade alchemy.
• Ye Xingchen sent the pill into Lu Wanchuan's mouth, restoring his vitality and transforming him from a decrepit elder into a middle-aged man.
• Lu Wanchuan knelt to thank Ye Xingchen, who helped him up with Luo Qingshan's assistance.
• The Demon Race looked at Ye Xingchen with admiration and pride after learning he was a ninth-grade alchemist.

Ye Xingchen’s alchemy and divine wine strengthened the Demon Race, while Luo Qingshan resolved to stay by his side for love rather than his power. In the Human Race, Yan Wudi ordered an investigation into Ye Xingchen and considered an alliance with the Demon Race as the great era approached.

• Ye Xingchen celebrated with the Demon Race, whose reverence for him peaked as their collective presence surged into the clouds.
• Luo Qingshan supported the drunken Ye Xingchen back to Phoenix Perch Palace, then left to handle the Demon Race’s affairs and vowed to stay by him as his wife.
• Yan Wudi learned that Luo Qingshan planned to attend the imperial auction and that the Demon Race had opened the Ten Thousand Pills Pavilion with new, popular pills.
• Yan Wudi ordered a secret investigation into the Demon Empress’s husband and warned sect disciples not to offend the Demon Race at the auction.
• Yan Wudi predicted that the Demon Race would rise and considered an alliance with it, revealing his Immortal Emperor cultivation in the Domain Realm.

Ye Xingchen woke beside Luo Qingshan, collected a windfall of system rewards, and went to Ten Thousand Demons Square to preach the Dao to newly transformed Demon Race disciples. He found the square packed with admirers and ordered Wan Qianli to expel anyone who disturbed the gathering before beginning.

• Ye Xingchen woke after sleeping through the night beside Luo Qingshan, and they shared breakfast before she returned to Empress Palace.
• Ye Xingchen signed in and received one million supreme-grade immortal stones, ten Cultivation Upgrade Cards, and an Ancient Spirit Gathering Formation.
• Ye Xingchen arrived at Ten Thousand Demons Square and found a huge crowd of Demon Race members praising his gifts and abilities.
• Wan Qianli and the elders were present, and Lu Wanchuan watched from among the disciples as Ye Xingchen addressed the crowd.
• Ye Xingchen ordered everyone except the newly transformed disciples to remain silent and told Wan Qianli to expel anyone who caused a disturbance.

Ye Xingchen preached the Dao to the Demon Race, causing heaven and earth to resonate and helping many listeners deepen their understanding and break through. After the Demon Race thanked him, he offered one more remark that shocked everyone, but its contents were not revealed.

• Ye Xingchen shared his understanding of the Dao with the Demon Race members gathered in the square.
• As Ye Xingchen entered a state of comprehension, purple Qi and celestial phenomena spread across Demon Race territory, and laws of the Great Dao manifested.
• The Demon Race ancestors and Luo Qingshan listened to Ye Xingchen, while many newly transformed disciples broke through a major realm.
• Ye Xingchen ended his sermon, and the Demon Race experts and disciples woke, thanked him, and bowed.
• Ye Xingchen urged the Demon Race to reflect on his teachings, then began saying something that shocked them all.

Ye Xingchen used a Cultivation Upgrade Card to raise the newly transformed Demon Race disciples to the Thunder Tribulation Realm, closing the gap with the Human Race’s younger generation. As Immortal Emperor ancestors appeared in Ten Thousand Demons Square, Huangfu Bubai ordered the Supreme Purity Palace to investigate Ye Xingchen and spread the news that he was a human.

• Ye Xingchen asked Grand Elder Wan Qianli about the strength of the Demon Race’s younger generation and learned that its disciples lagged behind the Human Race’s.
• Ye Xingchen gathered the newly transformed Demon Race disciples and used the Cultivation Upgrade Card on them.
• The golden dome vanished, and the disciples discovered they had all reached the Thunder Tribulation Realm.
• Luo Qingshan and the Immortal Emperor ancestors appeared in Ten Thousand Demons Square, alarming the demons.
• Huangfu Bubai learned that Ye Xingchen’s Dao lecture likely caused the strange phenomena in Demon Race territory and ordered Elder Bai to investigate Ye Xingchen at the Great Yan Imperial Dynasty’s auction.
• Huangfu Bubai ordered Elder Bai to spread the news that Luo Qingshan’s husband was human.

A fused lightning tribulation threatened the newly transformed Demon Race disciples and the Demon Race’s sacred treasures, forcing Luo Qingshan to choose between them. Ye Xingchen stopped her from activating the formation and flew to the Heavenly Demon Spirit Transformation Tower, where his words halted the thunder.

• Tribulation clouds merged above Ten Thousand Demons Square, threatening the disciples who had just reached the Thunder Tribulation Realm.
• Luo Qingshan explained that the fused tribulation was too powerful for the disciples to survive and that the Demon Race could not intervene without making it worse.
• The disciples volunteered to face death to protect the Demon Race’s race-guarding divine artifact and the Chaos Furnace, while Luo Qingshan ordered everyone to evacuate and prepared to activate the formation.
• Ye Xingchen covered Luo Qingshan’s hand to stop her, while Xiong Wufa and Xiong Wutian left the square with divine wine, trusting that Ye Xingchen would make the tribulation disappear.
• Ye Xingchen flew to the top of the Heavenly Demon Spirit Transformation Tower and spoke, causing the Demon Race members to freeze and the thunder to stop.

Ye Xingchen dispelled the Demon Race’s terrifying lightning tribulation with a single word, and the Great Emperor named him Teacher of the Demon Race. As Ye Xingchen embraced his new place among the Demon Race, he announced that he had another gift for everyone.

• Ye Xingchen reassured Luo Qingshan, then ordered the gathering tribulation clouds to disperse, and they retreated as the Heavenly Dao blessed the Demon Race disciples with stable cultivation at the pinnacle of the Thunder Tribulation Realm.
• Xiong Wufa celebrated Ye Xingchen’s feat, while the Demon Race’s Great Emperor, Luo Tianhe, declared Ye Xingchen the Teacher of the Demon Race and equal in standing to himself.
• Ye Xingchen accepted the honor after Luo Qingshan urged him to, and she told him she trusted him without needing an explanation for his power.
• Ye Xingchen felt that the Demon Race had become his true home and announced a gift for everyone; the chapter ended as a shocking scene unfolded.

Ye Xingchen installed the Ancient Spirit Gathering Formation at Ten Thousand Demons Square, greatly enriching the Demon Race’s cultivation grounds. He and Luo Qingshan shared an affectionate night, and the chapter ended with Qing'er announcing that the Mysterious Heaven Sect had come to visit.

• Ye Xingchen placed the Ancient Spirit Gathering Formation in Ten Thousand Demons Square, where it raised the Immortal Spirit Qi severalfold.
• The First Elder, Xiong Wufa, and Xiong Wutian checked the formation’s reach and reported that it covered most of the Demon Race’s core territory on Cloud Cliff Mountain.
• Ye Xingchen reassured Luo Qingshan that he helped the Demon Race because she was his wife, and she asked whether he was powerful.
• Ye Xingchen misunderstood Luo Qingshan’s question, and the two spent the night together.
• Qing'er announced that the Mysterious Heaven Sect had come to visit while Luo Qingshan and Ye Xingchen were still in bed.

Luo Qingshan told Ye Xingchen that the Mysterious Heaven Sect had repeatedly exploited the Demon Race through rigged sparring wagers, but their newly advanced disciples could now challenge the visitors. After checking in, Ye Xingchen received ten Immortal Emperor Guard Cards and considered visiting the Human Race, possibly for the Great Yan Imperial Dynasty's auction.

• Qing'er reported that the Mysterious Heaven Sect had arrived with more than a dozen Thunder Tribulation Realm and Mahayana Realm disciples, and Luo Qingshan ordered the Grand Elder to receive them at the Cloud Refining Hall.
• Ye Xingchen asked Luo Qingshan why the visit troubled her, and she explained that the Mysterious Heaven Sect had repeatedly beaten Demon Race disciples in wagered matches and taken their spirit stones.
• Luo Qingshan remembered that the Demon Race disciples had recently advanced to the Thunder Tribulation Realm and said they could now challenge the Mysterious Heaven Sect; she hurried to the Cloud Refining Hall.
• Ye Xingchen checked in and received one million top-grade immortal stones, one million bottles of top-grade divine wine, and ten Immortal Emperor Guard Cards.
• Ye Xingchen considered visiting the Human Race and thought the Great Yan Imperial Dynasty's auction might provide an opportunity.

Ye Xingchen resolved to build overwhelming strength and began targeting the Mysterious Heaven Sect, while Nie Zhenbei arrived in the Demon Race to exploit its pill business. At the Cloud Summit Arena, Nie proposed a single disciples’ match with higher stakes, just as Ye Xingchen appeared.

• Ye Xingchen vowed to climb to the pinnacle and start by dealing with the Mysterious Heaven Sect.
• Nie Zhenbei schemed to obtain the Demon Race’s pill formulas and profit from its growing prosperity.
• Wei Donglai escorted Nie Zhenbei and the Mysterious Heaven Sect disciples to the Cloud Summit Arena, where they greeted Empress Luo Qingshan.
• Nie Zhenbei proposed making the Mysterious Heaven Sect the exclusive distributor of the Demon Race’s pills or buying their formulas, but Luo Qingshan deferred the discussion until after the sparring.
• Nie Zhenbei requested a single match with higher stakes, and Luo Qingshan said the Demon Race would accept; Ye Xingchen then arrived at the arena.

The Mysterious Heaven Sect and the Demon Race agreed to a high-stakes sparring match, and Nie Zhenbei revealed that his chosen fighter, Mu Yebai, had reached the Immortal Realm. As Luo Qingshan considered which Demon Race prodigy to send, a commanding voice rang out, exciting the Demon Race and startling the Mysterious Heaven Sect.

• Nie Zhenbei and the Mysterious Heaven Sect learned that Ye Xingchen was the Demon Empress’s human husband, while Ye Xingchen ignored Nie Zhenbei and joined Luo Qingshan.
• Luo Qingshan and Ye Xingchen accepted Nie Zhenbei’s offer of two fourth-grade pill formulas and one hundred million supreme-grade spirit stones, staking the Demon Race’s three first-grade pill formulas and the same sum of spirit stones.
• Nie Zhenbei sent Mu Yebai to fight for the Mysterious Heaven Sect, and Luo Qingshan discovered that he had reached the Immortal Realm.
• Luo Qingshan considered sending a Demon Race prodigy from the ancestral land, but a commanding voice suddenly interrupted her and shocked the Mysterious Heaven Sect.

Ye Xingchen entered the arena to face Mu Yebai, who attacked him with the Mysterious Heaven Sword Art. The chapter ended as Ye Xingchen mocked Mu Yebai for wielding a sword before him, just before a shocking scene unfolded.

• Ye Xingchen volunteered to compete, and Nie Zhenbei first offered to have Mu Yebai suppress his cultivation before ordering him to fight at Immortal Realm strength.
• Ye Xingchen instantly appeared in the arena and told Mu Yebai that he had never seen the true Innate Realm.
• Mu Yebai unleashed his Immortal Realm presence, but Ye Xingchen stood unaffected, shocking Mu Yebai and the watching disciples.
• Mu Yebai drew his spirit sword and attacked Ye Xingchen with the Mysterious Heaven Sword Art's Sword Shatters the Firmament.
• Ye Xingchen mocked Mu Yebai for daring to wield a sword before him, and a shocking scene began to unfold.

Ye Xingchen defeated Mu Yebai with a single finger strike, securing victory over the Mysterious Heaven Sect and its wager. After Nie Zhenbei left with a hidden glint of killing intent, Ye Xingchen gave the spirit stones to the Demon Race disciples to support their cultivation.

• Ye Xingchen defeated Mu Yebai with one finger, leaving the Mysterious Heaven Sect disciple gravely injured and unconscious.
• Nie Zhenbei treated Mu Yebai, then wrongly concluded Ye Xingchen was concealing his true cultivation and acknowledged the Mysterious Heaven Sect's defeat.
• Nie Zhenbei handed Luo Qingshan two fourth-grade pill formulas and a storage ring containing one hundred million supreme-grade spirit stones before leaving with the Mysterious Heaven Sect disciples.
• Luo Qingshan gave the winnings to Ye Xingchen, who dismissed the pill formulas as worthless and told her to auction them.
• Ye Xingchen ordered Grand Elder Wan Qianli to distribute the spirit stones to the Demon Race disciples as cultivation benefits.