Recaps

After ten years of cultivation inside the Fusheng Diagram, Ye Qiubai and his companions emerged stronger and chose the Demon King Domain as their next destination. As they returned through a canyon, concealed formations erupted around them and trapped the group.

• Hong Ying took control of the Fusheng Diagram and sent Ai Xue, Jiang Mu, and Xin Hongyi outside while the others stayed to cultivate.
• Ten years passed inside the Fusheng Diagram, and Ye Qiubai, Hong Ying, Xiao Hei, and their companions advanced their cultivation and Dao attainments.
• Ye Qiubai and the others decided to enter the Demon King Domain, where Xiao Hei hoped to rescue someone from his memories.
• The group left their disciples inside the Fusheng Diagram and returned to the Ancestral Emperor Palace.
• Mu Fusheng warned the others to watch for their enemies, but concealed formations activated around them as they entered a canyon.

Ye Qiubai and his companions broke through the Blood Demon Soul Severing Array and thwarted Jiang Mu, Ai Xue, and Song Ci’s ambush. Song Ci warned that they still could not take the Fusheng Diagram out of the Ancient Battlefield, but Ai Xue was suddenly pierced by a lightning spear.

• Fang Qiong located the Blood Demon Soul Severing Array’s core, and Ye Qiubai destroyed it with his fused swords.
• Jiang Mu, Ai Xue, and Song Ci ambushed Hong Ying, but she held off their attacks while the others trapped and struck the three.
• Shi Sheng recognized Song Ci, who revealed that he had faked his death to hide in the shadows and prepare a surprise attack.
• Song Ci warned Ye Qiubai’s group that they could not take the Fusheng Diagram out of the Ancient Battlefield even if they refused to hand it over.
• A lightning spear pierced Ai Xue’s dantian, and her vitality and presence began to fade.

Mu Fusheng killed Ai Xue, Jiang Mu, and Song Ci to keep the Supervisory Sacred Hall from learning about their strength or taking the Fusheng Diagram. After escaping the Ancient Battlefield, the group learned the Supervisory Sacred Hall would likely make major moves, and Liu Ziru gave them a route to the Dark Domain before departing.

• Mu Fusheng revealed his God Lord Realm strength and killed Ai Xue, Jiang Mu, and Song Ci after refusing to surrender the Fusheng Diagram.
• Mu Fusheng warned the group not to take the Supervisory Sacred Hall members’ spatial rings and led everyone toward the Ancient Battlefield’s exit.
• The group bowed to the skeletons guarding the exit, who said the Mortal Realm’s future rested in their hands as they left.
• Liu Ziru met Ye Qiubai and the others in the Luan Emperor Region, warned that the Supervisory Sacred Hall would make major moves, and gave them a map route to the Dark Domain before returning there.

Nan Congyin learned that Jiang Mu, Ai Xue, and Song Ci had died inside the Ancient Battlefield and tried to detain everyone leaving while searching for the Fusheng Diagram. After comparing the entrants with those who had emerged, he identified Ye Qiubai and others as missing and ordered the Supervisory Sacred Hall's Inspectors to find them.

• Nan Congyin ordered a formation set up to detain people leaving the Ancient Battlefield, then learned that Jiang Mu's, Ai Xue's, and Song Ci's soul tablets had shattered.
• Nan Congyin and He Shangke rushed to the exit, where Nan Congyin questioned Ji Qianyao, Jin Wujin, and Du Yun about the Supervisory Sacred Hall's disciples.
• Nan Congyin ordered the newcomers to stay for a search, while He Shangke displayed a drawing of the Fusheng Diagram and asked them to hand it over if they had found it.
• After a prodigy searched the Ancient Battlefield and found no bodies, Nan Congyin compared the entrant records with those who had emerged.
• Nan Congyin named Ye Qiubai and several others as missing, then ordered every Inspector of the Supervisory Sacred Hall to find them.

The Supervisory Sacred Hall and two Divine Lord-level factions issued a joint pursuit order for Ye Qiubai and the others, who fled to the Dark Domain before setting out for the Demon King Domain. Xiao Hei planned to infiltrate the Demon King Imperial Guard to find the place where his younger sister was imprisoned.

• The Supervisory Sacred Hall discovered that the listed prodigies' soul tablets had shattered and offered Divine Lord-level rewards for capturing Ye Qiubai and the others, while the Yin Yang Divine Sect and Eight Desolations Divine Sect joined the pursuit.
• The Dark Lord gave Ye Qiubai and the others the pursuit notices and advised them to stay in the Dark Domain, but they said they had other matters to handle and prepared to leave.
• Liu Ziru gave Xiao Hei a dossier on the Demon King Domain and warned the group to conceal their identities from the factions searching for them.
• Divine Lord Hao Tian ordered the grand elder to discreetly spread news about the Fusheng Diagram and sent people toward the Demon King Domain to help protect Ye Qiubai and the others.
• Ye Qiubai and the others arrived in the Demon King Domain in disguise, and Xiao Hei said he would join the Demon King Imperial Guard to get close to the place where his younger sister was imprisoned.

Xiao Hei entered the Demon King Imperial Guard trial camp after revealing an exceptionally concentrated bloodline and defeating a burly opponent with overwhelming speed and strength. Mo Teng then announced that the candidates had one month to prove themselves and earn a place in the final assessment.

• Xiao Hei arrived at the Demon King Imperial Guard recruitment hall and passed the bloodline test when the stone blazed with dazzling red light.
• Xiao Hei entered the trial camp and watched Shu Ming win a fight to qualify.
• Xiao Hei swiftly struck down the burly man who challenged him, impressing Mo Teng and the other candidates.
• Shu Ming praised Xiao Hei's strength and predicted he could reach the trial camp's top ten and compete for the Imperial Guard.
• Mo Teng introduced himself as the trial camp's leader and told the candidates to prove their potential within one month to earn the final assessment.

Xiao Hei took the Blood Pool Flame mission and absorbed all its fire poison, quickly advancing to the Demon King Imperial Guard’s final test. Mo Teng then told him he had to submit to a Soul Search and offer a strand of his soul to prove his loyalty.

• Shu Ming urged Xiao Hei to choose a mission, but Xiao Hei selected the Blood Pool Flame test he had established as Devil Master.
• Mo Teng warned Xiao Hei that failing to eliminate the fire poison carried a ninety percent chance of death, but Xiao Hei accepted the risk.
• Xiao Hei jumped into the blood pool and absorbed all its fire poison without being harmed, leaving the pool clear.
• Mo Teng advanced Xiao Hei to the final test and explained that he had to undergo a Soul Search and offer a strand of his soul.

Xiao Hei passed the Demon King Imperial Guard’s loyalty tests and joined Mo Teng’s weakest camp, then insisted on entering the upcoming competition for a junior commander’s position. Eight other commanders arrived to recruit him, including Le Xun, who offered to make him a junior commander within a year.

• Xiao Hei passed Mo Teng’s Soul Search using memories prepared by Mu Fusheng and Lu Changsheng, then handed over a wisp of his split soul.
• Mo Teng took Xiao Hei to the Demon King Imperial Guard and explained that he could choose which of its nine junior commanders’ camps to join.
• Xiao Hei chose Mo Teng’s weakest camp, hoping that winning its monthly competition would help him rise in status.
• Xiao Hei demanded a place in the competition seven days away and declared that he would compete for a junior commander’s position, so Mo Teng reluctantly agreed.
• Eight other junior commanders arrived at Mo Teng’s camp and tried to recruit Xiao Hei, with Le Xun offering to make him a junior commander within a year.

Xiao Hei joined Mo Teng Camp and was selected for its martial competition, despite Jing Zhan’s objections. When the competition began, Xiao Hei drew Jia Yun of Luo Ling Camp as his first opponent, and Jia Yun offered to give him three moves.

• Xiao Hei chose Mo Teng Camp over offers from the other junior commanders, including Le Xun.
• Mo Teng assigned Xiao Hei a tent and cultivation resources, while news spread that he would take a slot in Mo Teng Camp’s martial competition.
• Jing Zhan challenged Xiao Hei to withdraw from the competition, but Xiao Hei shook off Jing Zhan’s grip and walked away.
• Mo Teng ordered Jing Zhan to accept Xiao Hei’s place in the competition, and Jing Zhan vowed to see him defeated.
• Six days later, Shu Ming passed the assessment and joined Mo Teng Camp as the competition began under a senior commander’s supervision.
• The senior commander matched Xiao Hei against Jia Yun, who stepped onto the platform and offered to give him three moves.

Xiao Hei defeated Jia Yun with one punch, then overwhelmed Bian Quan in the second round of the Demon King Imperial Guard competition. After tossing Bian Quan off the platform, he challenged the commanders to fight him directly.

• Xiao Hei struck Jia Yun once and sent him flying off the platform, leaving the arena stunned.
• The chief commander praised Mo Teng for recruiting Xiao Hei, while Luo Ling and Le Xun watched his strength with surprise and interest.
• After the second round’s drawing of lots matched Xiao Hei against late God King Bian Quan, Bian Quan charged him with a full-strength punch.
• Xiao Hei caught Bian Quan’s spiked gauntlet barehanded, crushed its spikes, slammed Bian Quan into the platform, and tossed him off.
• Xiao Hei told the commanders he was strong enough to contend for commander and challenged them to fight him directly.

After defeating An Qiu, Xiao Hei challenged Commander Le Xun, revealing that he had reached the peak of the God King Realm. The head commander prepared to oversee their fight, which had not yet begun.

• Xiao Hei asked to challenge a commander, and the head commander told him he first had to win the martial competition.
• An Qiu defeated his opponent and challenged Xiao Hei, but Xiao Hei shattered An Qiu’s Dragon’s Claw with one punch.
• Xiao Hei asked to challenge a commander and chose Le Xun, surprising the assembled commanders and guards.
• Xiao Hei revealed that his physical strength had reached the peak of the God King Realm, and Le Xun agreed to fight him.
• The head commander warned that he would intervene if either fighter could no longer continue, and both fighters prepared to begin.

Hei Mu challenged Commander Le Xun and defeated him with overwhelming strength, taking his position as a junior commander. The grand commander ordered an investigation into Hei Mu’s past and required him to complete a commander-level mission before his subordinates would accept his leadership.

• The grand commander ordered the second commander to personally investigate Hei Mu’s background after noticing his kingly bearing.
• Le Xun attacked Hei Mu with his Taotie Demon Body Art, but Hei Mu shattered the Taotie fist imprint with a plain punch.
• Le Xun used Dragon’s Claw to seize Hei Mu’s fist, but could not damage or move it.
• Hei Mu used Dragon’s Claw to crush Le Xun’s left arm, then claimed Le Xun’s position as junior commander.
• The grand commander confirmed Hei Mu’s victory and told him to complete a commander-level mission before his subordinates would acknowledge him.

After taking command of Le Xun Camp, Xiao Hei faced open distrust from its subordinates and began asserting his authority. The chapter ended with his Devil Master Qi silencing the thirty-six soldiers who had come to mock him, leaving even Le Xun shaken by Xiao Hei’s presence.

• Le Xun chose to remain in the Demon King Imperial Guard and promised to take back his command, while Xiao Hei gave him a pill to heal his arm.
• Shu Ming asked to follow Xiao Hei, and Xiao Hei agreed; Le Xun then explained the camp’s duties and the mission that would test Xiao Hei’s command.
• Xiao Hei ordered Shu Ming to gather the camp, but only thirty-six of its two hundred and seventy members came, and they said they would obey only Le Xun.
• The thirty-six soldiers praised Le Xun’s past achievements to provoke Xiao Hei, but Xiao Hei stopped Shu Ming from confronting them and silently released his Devil Master Qi.
• Xiao Hei’s presence silenced the soldiers, and Le Xun felt an urge to kneel before him.

Xiao Hei won over the subordinates of Hei Mu Camp by diagnosing and treating An Qiu’s arm injury, then punished Wang Yuanbai for openly defying him. The grand commander remained suspicious of Hei Mu and planned to test him on his first mission.

• Xiao Hei warned his subordinates that anyone who refused to obey him would be expelled, and Wang Yuanbai challenged him to expel everyone.
• Xiao Hei identified the damage An Qiu and Le Xun had suffered from cultivating Dragon's Claw and gave An Qiu a Black Flame Fire Pill treatment that improved his arm.
• Le Xun thanked Xiao Hei for explaining how to purge the pill’s fire poison, and the thirty-six subordinates present knelt to acknowledge him as Commander Hei Mu.
• Xiao Hei invited the remaining subordinates to seek cultivation advice, then ordered Wang Yuanbai to leave Hei Mu Camp for his disrespect.
• The grand commander was told that Hei Mu’s identity had no problems and decided to test him on his first mission.

Xiao Hei received a mission to obtain formation secrets from Shang Yin or kill him, but Shang Yin recognized Xiao Hei as the future Devil Master and pledged his loyalty. Xiao Hei explained his plans, and Shang Yin asked him to kill him to preserve his cover.

• Xiao Hei helped Le Xun force fire poison from his body and learned that his commander’s mission had been unusually delayed.
• The grand commander gave Xiao Hei an individual mission to obtain Shang Yin’s formation-activation method or kill him, claiming the Devil Master had ordered Shang Yin’s execution.
• Xiao Hei left Le Xun in charge and traveled to Shang Yin’s courtyard, avoiding the killing formations around it.
• Shang Yin recognized Xiao Hei’s bloodline power and Demon Qi, knelt, and declared his loyalty to the future Devil Master.
• Xiao Hei explained his identity and plans, and Shang Yin asked Xiao Hei to kill him.

Xiao Hei and Shang Yin staged a full-strength battle so Mu Fusheng could help fake Shang Yin’s death and conceal him from the Demon King Domain. As their fight drew attention across the Demon King Main City, they prepared a final, larger attack to complete the deception.

• Xiao Hei called Hong Ying for help, and she arrived and agreed to use the Fusheng Diagram to hide Shang Yin.
• Hong Ying brought Mu Fusheng out of the Fusheng Diagram, and he asked Shang Yin for items bearing his presence to make the fake death convincing.
• Mu Fusheng told Xiao Hei and Shang Yin to fight at full strength so the lookouts would sense the battle.
• Shang Yin activated linked arrays that trapped Xiao Hei, but Xiao Hei smashed the attacks and twisted apart a spear with his bare hands.
• Mu Fusheng called for a bigger finishing attack as Shang Yin unleashed more arrays and people across the Demon King Domain watched.

Xiao Hei used a new assignment to position himself near the Demon Prison, hoping to find a way inside and learn more about its layout. As he and his companions guarded Demon God Mountain against the Mikaer Lineage’s prison break, pillars of Demon Qi struck the mountainside.

• The grand commander found Xiao Hei beside Shang Yin’s corpse, accepted his account of the fight, and took him back to camp for treatment.
• Xiao Hei considered how to enter the Demon Prison and learned that he would need to become a grand commander to gain access without special permission.
• Shu Ming delivered new assignments, and Xiao Hei chose to join the operation against the Mikaer Lineage, whose members planned to stage a prison break.
• Xiao Hei brought Le Xun and Shu Ming to Demon God Mountain, where Mo Teng said the prison break would likely happen within two days.
• Pillars of Demon Qi suddenly slammed into the mountainside as Xiao Hei and the others stood guard.

The Mikaer Lineage launched a surprise assault on Demon God Mountain, while Mo Ji and the deputy envoy were held up. Xiao Hei fought three middle God Emperor realm attackers alone and pursued two of them into the Demon Prison after defeating one.

• Black-robed Mikaer Lineage fighters descended on Demon God Mountain and broke through its defenses as Mo Teng and Le Xun joined the fighting.
• Three middle God Emperor realm Mikaer Lineage fighters confronted Xiao Hei and attacked him from three sides.
• Xiao Hei held off all three attackers in close combat while the defenders nearby remained tied down by their opponents.
• The three Mikaer fighters burned their blood essence to increase their strength, but Xiao Hei hurled one into the ground and left him unable to fight.
• The two remaining attackers opened the Demon Prison gates with tokens, and Xiao Hei chased them inside.

Xiao Hei rescued Milong and his father Mikaer from their prison cell, but Mikaer chose to remain behind. On the eighteenth floor, Xiao Hei found his younger sister and learned that only Mo Ji’s key or a mid-stage God Lord could open her cage; as he headed back, powerful presences approached.

• Xiao Hei and Milong used a formation scroll to break Mikaer’s cage on the thirteenth floor of the Demon Prison.
• Xiao Hei revealed his bloodline presence, and Mikaer recognized him as the Devil Master; Milong and his companion knelt as well.
• Mikaer stayed in prison to avoid drawing suspicion, while Milong and his companion left and Xiao Hei continued downward.
• On the eighteenth floor, Xiao Hei found his chained younger sister, who recognized him and explained that only a mid-stage God Lord or Mo Ji’s key could open her cage.
• Xiao Hei decided to seek Mo Ji’s key, keeping Junior Brother Mu as a fallback, and reached the thirteenth floor as several presences rushed toward him.

Xiao Hei protected Mikaer and earned Mo Ji’s trust, then was promoted to grand commander at a public celebration held alongside the Mikaer Lineage’s beheadings. As the executions began, Xiao Hei shouted for an attack.

• Mo Teng and Le Xun found Xiao Hei wounded but confirmed Mikaer was still imprisoned, while Milong and another enemy had escaped.
• Mo Ji praised Xiao Hei, promised him rewards, and ordered the Mikaer Lineage to be beheaded publicly three days later.
• Xiao Hei treated his self-inflicted wounds and resolved to obtain Mo Ji’s key and prevent the executions at the celebration.
• At the ceremony, Mo Ji promoted Xiao Hei to grand commander and awarded him a robe and a Demon King Blood Pill.
• Mo Ji ordered the beheadings to begin, and Xiao Hei shouted, “Strike!”

Xiao Hei and his allies abducted Mo Ji from the Demon King Domain, but the Mo Ji they confronted in the Fusheng Diagram was an External Avatar. Mo Ji vanished after revealing that he had anticipated Xiao Hei’s return and that his presence had already locked onto him.

• A woman used a scroll and talisman to transport Mo Ji, Xiao Hei, and herself away from the Demon King Domain, prompting Mo Ge to order a search and seal the domain.
• Deputy Envoy He tried to track Hei Mu through his soul fragment, but the fragment exploded and injured his soul power.
• Mo Teng handed over Hei Mu’s fragment, while Le Xun and the others realized Hei Mu was the legendary Devil Master.
• Inside the Fusheng Diagram, Xiao Hei demanded the key to the Demon Prison’s eighteenth level from Mo Ji, who refused to reveal its location.
• Xiao Hei struck Mo Ji with a powerful punch, but Mu Fusheng recognized that Mo Ji was an External Avatar as it began to disappear.
• Mo Ji revealed that he had used an External Avatar scroll to prepare for Xiao Hei’s return and said his presence had already locked onto Xiao Hei before vanishing.

The group discovered that Mo Ji’s external incarnation had exposed their location through the Fusheng Diagram, but the Star God Emperor sealed its presence with the Power of the Stars. They planned to use the Diagram for guerrilla attacks as the Yin Yang Divine Sect and Eight Desolations Divine Sect arrived in the Demon King Domain and took control of the search.

• Ye Qiubai asked Mu Fusheng and Fang Qiong whether they could remove Mo Ji’s presence from the Fusheng Diagram, but neither could do so.
• The Star God Emperor emerged through Shi Sheng and used the Power of the Stars to suppress and seal the presence inside the Fusheng Diagram.
• Mu Fusheng proposed guerrilla warfare against the enemy, while warning the group that their enemies might seal off space and prevent them from entering the Diagram.
• The Yin Yang Divine Sect and Eight Desolations Divine Sect arrived in the Demon King Domain, and Mo Ji discovered he could no longer track the group.
• Kong Qiuyue ordered the group captured alive and dismissed Mo Ji’s objections, leaving the Demon King Domain’s leaders resentful and powerless.

Xiao Hei’s group dismantled the Demon King Domain’s defenses and decimated the search teams, forcing Kong Qiuyue and Lu Ping’s forces back to the Demon King Main City. Xiao Hei confronted the two sect leaders at the breached wall, and Shang Yin and Patriarch Mikaer welcomed him as the Devil Master.

• Kong Qiuyue killed a scout who reported that three squads near Demon Spirit City had been wiped out.
• Ye Qiubai and Hong Ying ambushed the search teams while Mu Fusheng, Fang Qiong, and Shang Yin secretly dismantled the city’s formations.
• Kong Qiuyue and Lu Ping recalled their remaining teams, but the forces were attacked on the way back and lost more than half their numbers.
• Xiao Hei’s group attacked the Demon King Main City with the Annihilation Illusion Killing Formation, but Mo Ji discovered its defenses would not activate.
• Kong Qiuyue and Lu Ping led the Demon King Hall’s senior figures to confront Xiao Hei and his companions at the city wall.
• Xiao Hei challenged Kong Qiuyue and Lu Ping to fight him together, and Shang Yin and Patriarch Mikaer shouted, “Welcome back, Devil Master!”

Xiao Hei fought Kong Qiuyue and Lu Ping while his allies prevented Mo Ji and the Demon King forces from interfering. He killed both elders, then two furious roars descended from the sky.

• Mo Ji ordered the executions to begin, but Ye Qiubai and Hong Ying stopped the Demon King Imperial Guard while Mu Fusheng blocked Mo Ji.
• Shi Sheng and Ning Chenxin intercepted Deputy Envoy Mo Ge and Grand Commander He, while Mu Wan'er, Mu Ziqing, and Fang Qiong held back the two Divine Lord-level forces.
• Kong Qiuyue and Lu Ping attacked Xiao Hei together, but he caught Kong Qiuyue's whip and shattered Lu Ping's arm with a single punch.
• Xiao Hei tore apart Kong Qiuyue's pink skeleton, caught both elders' fists, and crushed their hands.
• Xiao Hei seized Kong Qiuyue and Lu Ping by the necks, killed them, and shattered their souls with Devil Qi.
• Two furious roars descended from the sky, condemning Xiao Hei for killing the elders.

Xiao Hei killed Lu Ping and Kong Qiuyue, then stood against the Yin-Yang Divine Lord and the Desolation Lord as they descended upon Demon King Main City. After surviving the Desolation Lord’s attack and charging into another, Xiao Hei was protected by a tall figure who shattered the palm strike.

• Xiao Hei overwhelmed and killed Lu Ping and Kong Qiuyue, stirring pride and unease among the Demon King Domain’s forces.
• The Yin-Yang Divine Lord and the Desolation Lord arrived, and Xiao Hei refused to yield despite their pressure.
• The Desolation Lord struck Xiao Hei with a palm, but Xiao Hei met it head-on with his Nine Heavens Devil Halberd and survived, badly injured.
• The Desolation Lord threatened to cripple Xiao Hei and use Soul Search, then attacked him again as Xiao Hei charged forward.
• A tall figure appeared before Xiao Hei and shattered the Desolation Lord’s palm with a punch, rebuking him for bullying a junior.