Arc 17Demon Kings Under the Law

Su Yi subdued the demon kings and required them to register, obey local laws, and learn modern life. After discovering that many were bound by contracts, he refused to dissolve them and left Xuan Biao to work in his courtyard before taking Tantai Yue and the others to the cultivation school.

  • Su Yi beat Zhao Yin after recognizing his attempt to provoke him, then took Tantai Yue and Long Wen to the Green Mountain Bookstore, where they discovered that the blood-infused table sped up cultivation.
  • Su Yi joined his roommates for dinner, left when Wang Junlin mistreated Ding Miaomiao, and later exchanged Dragon Blood Pills for Tantai Yue’s scarlet feathers.
  • Xiao Qin brought more than twenty Outer Demons into the Origin World, but Su Yi turned the demon kings into powerless animals and made them entertain Xu Diandian at the zoo.
  • Su Yi ordered the restored demon kings to obtain temporary residence permits, and he told Old Yang that immortals and other arrivals would have to follow the same rules as everyone else.
  • Su Yi and Old Yang registered the demon kings at the Thirteenth Bureau, recruited Xiao Qin to help, and arranged for them to receive phones, permits, jobs, and lessons in local laws.
  • Ouyang Tieniu killed a savage beast with one punch, and Su Yi destroyed the contract above him and gave him a Fire Ganoderma, revealing that the contracts drove demon kings to kill one another.
  • The demon kings studied modern life and criminal law, while one asked Su Yi to dissolve their contracts, and Su Yi refused and offered him a job instead.
  • Su Yi told Xuan Biao to clean his courtyard, then took Tantai Yue and the others to the cultivation school and made a black fan-shaped magic treasure from her feathers.
Chapters 401–425 Vol. 5 Read

Ch. 401This request was truly hard to refuse

Su Yi accompanied the two children around the school while Zhao Yin plotted to provoke him into disqualification from the cultivation test. After Zhao Yin insulted Su Yi in front of Yu Huiyin, Su Yi saw through the scheme and beat him.

  • Zhao Yin planned to make Su Yi strike first, hoping an examiner would disqualify him from the test.
  • Su Yi walked around the school and reflected on how few people could sense Qi through the testing method.
  • Su Yi met Yu Huiyin, who said she and Yu Xinghe had passed after learning simple Qi-refining techniques.
  • Zhao Yin confronted Su Yi and told Yu Huiyin that Su Yi had seduced his mother.
  • Su Yi recognized Zhao Yin's plan, knocked him down, and began punching and kicking him.

Ch. 402A great demon would never be a slave

Su Yi beat Zhao Yin while a Thirteenth Bureau staff member allowed it because Su Yi was the admissions director, then took Yu Huiyin’s invitation to dinner as a refusal and opened the Green Mountain Bookstore. There, he put Long Wen and Tantai Yue to work, while the two demons discovered that the table helped them cultivate.

  • Su Yi continued beating Zhao Yin until a Thirteenth Bureau staff member arrived, recognized Su Yi as the admissions director, and left without intervening.
  • Su Yi walked away with Yu Huiyin and the children, and Yu Huiyin learned that he was helping oversee admissions for the cultivation school.
  • Yu Huiyin invited Su Yi to eat with her, but he declined and took the children to the Green Mountain Bookstore.
  • Su Yi ordered Long Wen to clean the bookstore, then had Tantai Yue make tea after she refused to help at first.
  • Tantai Yue and Long Wen realized that cultivating beside the table Su Yi had once infused with his blood greatly increased their cultivation speed.

Ch. 403The atmosphere was a little eerie

Su Yi's bookstore drew Tantai Yue, Long Wen, and Xiao Qin into cultivating with its power of the Great Dao's laws. Xiao Qin left after Su Yi closed the shop, while Tantai Yue and Long Wen remained, awaiting Su Yi's permission to go.

  • Su Yi told Tantai Yue and Long Wen to dust the bookshelves, and Long Wen's eerie floating startled a young woman into running away in tears.
  • Xiao Qin rushed into the bookstore and told Tantai Yue and Long Wen that their group had been wiped out at the Blood Witch Sect, leaving only him alive.
  • Xiao Qin noticed Tantai Yue and Long Wen's improved cultivation, sensed the power of the Great Dao's laws in the table, and began cultivating.
  • At night, Su Yi told Xiao Qin the bookstore was closing, and Xiao Qin left after realizing Tantai Yue and Long Wen would not go with him.
  • Su Yi told Tantai Yue and Long Wen they could leave if they had something to do.

Ch. 404The human heart

Tantai Yue and Long Wen chose to stay with Su Yi, while Xiao Qin left after accepting his warning to learn the law. Su Yi then brought Tantai Yue and Long Wen to dinner with his roommates, where he found Wang Junlin treating Ding Miaomiao harshly and began to question his change in attitude.

  • Tantai Yue and Long Wen refused to leave Su Yi, and Long Wen dismissed the idea of seeking revenge for their dead companions.
  • Xiao Qin left after thanking Su Yi for advising him to familiarize himself with the law.
  • Su Yi invited Tantai Yue and Long Wen to dinner with his roommates after learning that everyone in Room 306 had qualified for immortal cultivation.
  • Su Yi arrived at the Hefu Crowne Plaza Hotel and saw Wang Junlin, Jiang Biao, and the others being treated as important guests.
  • Wang Junlin ordered Ding Miaomiao to give Su Yi her seat and scolded her for addressing him by name, prompting Su Yi to study Wang Junlin suspiciously.

Ch. 405I Can Only Congratulate You Again

Su Yi rejected Wang Junlin and Yu Xinghe’s farewell dinner, saying he no longer wanted to associate with them, and left. Wang Junlin drove away his friends and girlfriend, then discovered Yu Xinghe had left him with a 310,000 bill and the restaurant would not extend credit.

  • Su Yi asked Wang Junlin whether Ding Miaomiao was his girlfriend and whether the three men at the small table were his friends, then refused to stay for dinner.
  • Yu Xinghe tried to stop Su Yi, but Su Yi said he disliked the group and left despite Wang Junlin calling after him.
  • Wang Junlin blamed the three men for Su Yi’s anger, then slapped Ding Miaomiao and accused her of liking Su Yi before ordering her out.
  • Yang Hui, Yu Xinghe, Ding Miaomiao, and Jiang Biao left, while Wang Junlin stayed to drink with the dance department girls.
  • A server presented Wang Junlin with a 310,000 bill, and he learned that Yu Xinghe had not paid it.
  • Wang Junlin asked to put the bill on credit because he had S-rank aptitude, but the server refused and called the police when he demanded to see her boss.

Ch. 406Twenty skewers for a free meal

Su Yi took Tantai Yue and Long Wen to a cold pot skewer restaurant after leaving Wang Junlin's group, and the children eagerly devoured the shop's insanely spicy food. Yu Xinghe finally reached Su Yi by phone and hurried over to meet him.

  • Su Yi explained that he had left because he disliked Wang Junlin's behavior, though he had no intention of taking away Wang Junlin's cultivation aptitude.
  • Su Yi took Tantai Yue and Long Wen to Wang's Cold Pot Skewers, where they enjoyed the spicy food.
  • The owner challenged customers to eat twenty insanely spicy skewers for a free meal, and Tantai Yue and Long Wen astonished the restaurant by eating skewer after skewer.
  • Su Yi answered Yu Xinghe's call and told him he was at Wang's Cold Pot Skewers in Tongluo Alley.
  • Yu Xinghe told Su Yi to wait because he was coming over.

Ch. 407Plucked Completely Bald

Yu Xinghe and the others joined Su Yi for a meal, where they discussed their cultivation ratings before Lin Yiyun took the tearful Ding Miaomiao away. Afterward, Su Yi left with Tantai Yue and Long Wen, and he tried to bargain for Tantai Yue’s feathers for a fan.

  • Jiang Biao, Yang Hui, and Yu Xinghe told Su Yi about their cultivation ratings, and he warned them that talent alone would not ensure success.
  • Lin Yiyun arrived at Wang's Cold Pot Skewers, took the crying Ding Miaomiao by the hand, and left with her.
  • Su Yi paid for his group’s meal after the owner refused payment, while Tantai Yue gave the owner a bright red feather.
  • Su Yi asked Tantai Yue to save feathers for him when she molted, then suggested taking a hundred feathers and made her fear he would pluck her bald.

Ch. 408Bad People Grew Old

Su Yi offered Tantai Yue a Dragon Blood Pill in exchange for a hundred of her feathers, and she accepted despite her misgivings. He then persuaded Long Wen to help gather a second hundred feathers for another pill, leaving the two of them plucking feathers in the courtyard while Su Yi went to sleep.

  • Su Yi asked Tantai Yue for her feathers and offered a Dragon Blood Pill refined from Yinglong's blood essence in exchange for a hundred feathers.
  • Tantai Yue accepted the trade, and Su Yi specified that the feathers had to be a particular length.
  • Long Wen asked Su Yi if he had anything he could trade, and Su Yi offered a second pill for another hundred feathers from Tantai Yue.
  • After Su Yi went inside to sleep, Tantai Yue and Long Wen argued as Long Wen plucked feathers to meet the required length.

Ch. 409Let's go see the big tigey

Su Yi traded Tantai Yue’s feathers for two pills refined from Yinglong’s blood essence, then fed Tantai Yue, Long Wen, and Xu Diandian a breakfast that contained Great Dao fragments. He agreed to take Xu Diandian out, and she chose the zoo, where Su Yi sensed demonic beasts at the Hundred Beasts Garden.

  • Tantai Yue traded her scarlet feathers to Su Yi for two pills and gave one to Long Wen.
  • Xu Diandian visited Su Yi and ate breakfast with Tantai Yue and Long Wen; they discovered the millet porridge contained Great Dao fragments.
  • Xu Diandian asked Su Yi to take her out to play, and he agreed.
  • Xu Diandian chose to visit the zoo to see a tiger, and Su Yi sensed demonic beasts at the Hundred Beasts Garden.

Ch. 410The Great Demons Descended

Xiao Qin brought Xiangliu E and more than twenty powerful demonic beasts from the Immortal Realm into the Origin World after reporting that Old Drunkard and others had died. Xiangliu E learned that Tantai Yue and Long Wen were with a human and led the demons in deciding to kill them and Su Yi.

  • Xiao Qin bought the Hundred Beasts Garden and used a secret treasure to bring more than twenty Outer Demons into the Origin World.
  • Xiao Qin told Xiangliu E that Old Drunkard and others had died after encountering a witch god at the Blood Witch Sect.
  • Xiao Qin said he suspected the witch god was Dijiang, and Xiangliu E proposed killing the witch god's avatar.
  • Xiao Qin revealed that Tantai Yue and Long Wen were with a human who seemed to be keeping them.
  • Xiangliu E declared that Tantai Yue, Long Wen, and the human should be killed, and the other great demons agreed.

Ch. 411No third time

Xiangliu E tried to spread his poison across Qingzhou City, but Su Yi’s warning made him stop before he could harm the humans. He ordered the demons not to kill people, then sensed Tantai Yue and Long Wen approaching with Su Yi and prepared to target them.

  • Tantai Yue and Long Wen sensed the demons arriving in Qingzhou City and worried about Xiao Qin’s plan to bring them down near Su Yi.
  • Xiangliu E announced that he would turn the nearby humans into thralls, but his Soul-Devouring Poison vanished beyond ten feet.
  • Su Yi warned Xiangliu E that there would be no third attempt, and Xiangliu E mistook the voice for the Heavenly Dao.
  • Xiangliu E swallowed a Demon King who questioned him, then ordered the others not to kill humans without his permission.
  • Xiangliu E sensed Tantai Yue and Long Wen approaching with Su Yi and dismissed Su Yi as an ordinary human.

Ch. 412Xu Diandian, a Big Tiger in Each Hand

Su Yi easily subdued Xiangliu E’s attempted soul attack, then inadvertently transformed the demon kings in the Hundred Beasts Garden into powerless, miniature animals. Meanwhile, he took Xu Diandian and Tantai Yue on the subway to see tigers, where Diandian proudly promised to protect Tantai Yue.

  • After Su Yi boarded the subway, Xiangliu E attacked his soul from afar, but Xiangliu E collapsed in the Hundred Beasts Garden.
  • Su Yi’s power turned every demon king except Xiao Qin into a tiny, powerless animal and forced them into cute-sounding cries.
  • Xiao Qin panicked as the demon kings gathered around him, unable to explain what had happened to them.
  • Su Yi rode the subway with Xu Diandian and Tantai Yue on their way to see tigers.
  • Xu Diandian told Tantai Yue that tigers were smaller than cats and that she could lift one by the neck and protect Tantai Yue.
  • Xu Diandian attributed her tiger knowledge to Teacher Wen or Sister Li, then told Tantai Yue about the lookalike sisters and the fairy grass in Su Yi’s courtyard.

Ch. 413The death of Xiangliu

Su Yi brought Xu Diandian to Xiao Qin’s zoo, where the demon kings had been transformed into small animals and Xiangliu E had died. Su Yi revealed that he was responsible and promised to restore the demon kings’ power if Xu Diandian enjoyed her visit.

  • Su Yi arrived at the zoo with Xu Diandian, Tantai Yue, and Long Wen, and Xiao Qin sensed their arrival.
  • Xiao Qin told the transformed demon kings that he suspected Su Yi had caused their condition, while they discovered Xiangliu E was dead and his corpse had been devoured.
  • Xiao Qin came out to meet Su Yi with the demon kings, and Xu Diandian delighted at the sight of the little animals.
  • Su Yi told Xiao Qin and the demon kings that he would return their demonic power if Xu Diandian had fun, but warned them of the consequences if she did not.
  • The demon kings rushed to entertain Xu Diandian, and she happily stroked the small animal that rubbed against her leg.

Ch. 414Everyone trembled

Xu Diandian visited the zoo with Su Yi, Tantai Yue, and Long Wen while the demon kings nervously fawned over her. She burst into tears when the Siberian tiger proved much larger than the “big tiger” she had imagined, and Su Yi comforted her as she insisted Li Youyou had told her the truth.

  • More than twenty demon kings crowded around Xu Diandian, pushing Tantai Yue aside and frightening Tantai Yue and Long Wen with their behavior.
  • Xu Diandian asked Xiao Qin to show her a big tiger, so she took Tantai Yue and Long Wen by the hand and followed him to the tiger enclosure.
  • The demon kings and the Siberian tiger trembled as Xu Diandian stared at the tiger behind the glass.
  • Xu Diandian cried that the Siberian tiger was not a big tiger, and she worried that Tantai Yue would think she had been bragging.
  • Su Yi stroked Xu Diandian's head and offered to take her inside, but she pushed his hand away and insisted that Li Youyou had described big tigers as much smaller.

Ch. 415There Had to Be a System

Su Yi let Xu Diandian play with the demon kings, then ordered them to obtain temporary residence permits and obey the law. He warned Old Yang that more beings from other worlds might arrive, leaving preparations for the growing crisis to be discussed the next day.

  • Su Yi accompanied Xu Diandian as she played with the demon kings and ate snacks until she was full.
  • After Su Yi and the others left, the demon kings regained their human forms and demonic power, then heard Su Yi order them to report to the IG Club for temporary residence permits.
  • Xiao Qin explained what the permits were and urged the demon kings to follow Su Yi's order and obey the world's laws.
  • Su Yi called Old Yang and told him that demon kings capable of instantly killing Ascension Stage cultivators would need permits and legal restrictions.
  • Su Yi warned Old Yang that more arrivals from small worlds and the Immortal Realm could come, then ended the call to deliver milk tea to Ye Xiaxuan.

Ch. 416Were immortals necessarily benevolent?

Ye Xiaxuan struggled to cook Ancestral Dragon meat until Su Yi taught her Samadhi True Fire, then left her to cultivate. The next morning, Su Yi challenged Old Yang’s belief that immortals from the Immortal Realm would be benevolent, leaving him to consider how a more advanced civilization might treat a weaker one.

  • Ye Xiaxuan complained that Su Yi had left her without food or the promised milk tea, and he arrived with iced jasmine cheese tea.
  • Su Yi taught Ye Xiaxuan how to cultivate Samadhi True Fire so she could cook Ancestral Dragon meat, then took the milk tea and left while she entered a meditative state.
  • Old Yang waited outside Su Yi’s courtyard and asked what they should do about the Immortal Realm’s arrival.
  • Su Yi asked Old Yang whether a more advanced civilization forced to share a world with a less advanced one would necessarily treat its people benevolently.

Ch. 417Mommy, that uncle is so ugly

Su Yi explained to Old Yang why the strong had to establish rules for those who descended, then sent Xiao Qin and the demon kings to the IG Club. After the demon kings nearly clashed with police, Xiao Qin led them to the club and went inside to ask for Su Yi.

  • Su Yi told Old Yang that strength, not goodwill, was the basis of peace, and insisted that everyone, including immortals, register and obey the rules.
  • Xiao Qin and the demon kings headed to the IG Club, attracting attention because of their frightening appearances.
  • Two police officers stopped the group, but the demon kings vanished as black smoke before the officers could call for backup.
  • Xiao Qin reminded the demon kings that killing was against the law, and they restrained their anger out of fear of Su Yi.
  • Xiao Qin entered the IG Club and asked the receptionist whether Su Yi was there.

Ch. 418All of You, Just Wait

Xiao Qin brought the demon kings to the Thirteenth Bureau to apply for temporary residence permits and wait for Su Yi. Gu Tongtong arrived and kept watch over them while Su Yi and Old Yang remained elsewhere, leaving the demon kings waiting nervously in the reception room.

  • Xiao Qin asked the Thirteenth Bureau receptionist to let his frightening-looking companions wait inside while they awaited Su Yi.
  • The demon kings entered the lobby, and the receptionist vomited at their appearance before calling Old Yang.
  • Old Yang told the receptionist to have the visitors wait and not offend them, while Su Yi showed no concern about their presence.
  • The receptionist brought Xiao Qin and the demon kings tea, but they did not dare drink it.
  • Gu Tongtong sensed the demon kings' strength, learned they had come to apply for temporary residence permits, and sat down to wait with them.

Ch. 419Even demon kings have to work

Su Yi and Old Yang made the twenty-six demon kings register with the Thirteenth Bureau and learn the rules they had to follow in their new world. After one demon king accidentally destroyed a phone and damaged the reception room, Su Yi arranged for him to work off the cost, then left the rest to Old Yang.

  • Su Yi and Old Yang arrived at the Thirteenth Bureau and ordered the demon kings to register, provide hair samples, and have their photos taken.
  • Su Yi recruited Xiao Qin to help with registration and offered him a place in the Thirteenth Bureau.
  • Su Yi explained that the demon kings had to obey local laws, keep their appearances, register monthly, and study the rules for cultivators.
  • Thirteenth Bureau staff issued the demon kings phones and temporary residence permits, then taught them how to use the phones.
  • One demon king accidentally crushed his phone and damaged the floor and windows when he panicked and knelt to beg Su Yi for mercy.
  • Su Yi told the demon king to work to cover the damages, then left Old Yang to handle the remaining demon kings.

Ch. 420Hiding His Deeds and Fame

Old Yang began assimilating the demon kings by teaching them about modern life and law, while Su Yi visited Li Qingyuan to see his improved remote-controlled vicious beasts. Su Yi called one demon king to test them, leaving the demon kings nervously breaking more phones as Old Yang quietly kept them occupied.

  • Old Yang offered the demon kings jobs, lodging, and salaries, while warning that phones would help Su Yi contact them.
  • The demon kings repeatedly broke their phones as they tried to learn how to use them, and Old Yang supplied replacements.
  • Li Qingyuan showed Su Yi vicious beasts fitted with heart-implanted chips and satellite-based remote control.
  • Su Yi agreed to test the beasts against a demon king and called out the great demon who had first knelt through the floor.
  • The startled demon king broke his phone, and the other demon kings began breaking theirs again as Old Yang watched silently.

Ch. 421Having a Goal Changed How Things Got Done

Su Yi sent Ouyang Tieniu to fight a savage beast so he could demonstrate the demon king’s strength to Li Qingyuan and test his controls. After Ouyang Tieniu crushed the beast and the mountain behind it with one punch, Su Yi rewarded him with a collection of pills and rare herbs, which left Ouyang Tieniu stunned.

  • Su Yi told Ouyang Tieniu to fight a designated savage beast, promising a reward if he won and death if he lost.
  • Ouyang Tieniu reached the beast and killed it with one punch, flattening the mountain range behind it.
  • Li Qingyuan watched the fight on a screen and, shaken by Ouyang Tieniu’s strength, returned to his laboratory insisting his work was still not strong enough.
  • Su Yi took Ouyang Tieniu to Old Yang’s office and laid out pills and rare herbs, inviting him to choose a reward.
  • Ouyang Tieniu recognized a Fire Ganoderma and a Profound Frost Flower among the items and stared at them in amazement.

Ch. 422He Had Fallen Bodily into Dog Shit

Su Yi rewarded Ouyang Tieniu with a Fire Ganoderma and destroyed the mysterious contract binding him. Ouyang Tieniu returned to the demon kings, who learned that Su Yi could free them too and reacted with envy at his good fortune.

  • Ouyang Tieniu chose the Fire Ganoderma from Su Yi’s offerings, and Su Yi asked whether he had signed a contract.
  • Su Yi destroyed the contract above Ouyang Tieniu’s head, allowing him to explain that a self-proclaimed ruler of all under heaven had promised power in exchange for service and ownership of his soul if he died.
  • Ouyang Tieniu revealed that the contract encouraged demon kings to kill one another and that half the demon kings in the Immortal Realm had signed it.
  • Su Yi sent Ouyang Tieniu back to the lecture, and the demon kings were astonished to see him alive with the Fire Ganoderma and free of his contract.
  • Ouyang Tieniu told the demon kings that Su Yi had removed the contract and given him the herb after he punched a corpse, leaving them envious of his luck.

Ch. 423When demon kings took up the weapon of the law

After Ouyang Tieniu received fire reishi for smashing a corpse, the demon kings began to see the benefits of obeying the law and studied modern rules under Old Yang. Three days later, they used what they had learned to accuse Old Yang of forcing them to buy phones and demanded hot pot to settle the matter.

  • Ouyang Tieniu warned the demon kings not to rob his fire reishi, and Old Yang encouraged them to use the law to protect their rights.
  • The demon kings learned that Ouyang Tieniu had destroyed his contract without losing strength and considered asking Su Yi to destroy theirs.
  • Old Yang arranged for the demon kings to study modern life and criminal law while working off the property damage they had caused.
  • Over three days, the demon kings learned the criminal code, and Ouyang Tieniu mastered Huaxia characters in less than half a day.
  • A demon king accused Old Yang of forcing them to buy phones and cited Article 226 of the Criminal Law, then offered to drop the matter if Old Yang treated them to hot pot.

Ch. 424One Should Honor a Contract

Two demon kings visited Su Yi to ask him to dissolve their contracts, but he refused and reminded them to honor what they had signed. He offered them a chance to earn a reward by doing a job for him, leaving them hopeful about what he might give them.

  • Two demon kings arrived at Su Yi's courtyard with gifts, and Su Yi sent away the one whose fashionable appearance made him uncomfortable.
  • The remaining demon king tried to kneel, but Su Yi stopped him and demanded that he explain his purpose.
  • The demon king asked Su Yi to dissolve the contracts binding them, while Tantai Yue accused him of betraying the Father God.
  • Su Yi refused to dissolve the contracts and told the demon king to discourage the others from asking.
  • Su Yi offered the demon king a job with a reward, and the demon king eagerly wondered if it might be something like the fire lingzhi.

Ch. 425Time to Find Someone to Test the Magic Treasure On

Su Yi left Xuan Biao to care for his courtyard while he and the others moved into the cultivation school. After making a fan-shaped treasure from Tantai Yue’s feathers, he decided to find someone to test it on.

  • Su Yi told Xuan Biao to clean the courtyard and hide if anyone came in, then had Long Wen teach him how to care for the plants.
  • Long Wen warned Xuan Biao not to offend visitors, and Xuan Biao said he would disguise himself as he had at the zoo if the little princess appeared.
  • Su Yi took Tantai Yue and the others to the cultivation school, where Gu Tongtong showed them their villa.
  • Su Yi reflected that Gu Tongtong was Yunxiao’s reincarnation but decided to treat them as separate people.
  • Su Yi made a black fan-shaped magic treasure from Tantai Yue’s feathers and planned to find someone to test it on.
Arc 17 of 35
Arc 17 of 35