Recaps

Xiluo announced a no-rules free-for-all as the final round, prompting Qian Xunji to unite the other competitors against Qi Ling. The fighters were scattered across a canyon, and Qian Xunji and Xue Qinghe eventually found Shaliwa with Qi Ling, who prepared to eliminate him.

• Xiluo explained that competitors who remained in the match for an hour would each earn 15 points, and Qian Xunji saw a chance to overtake Qi Ling.
• Qian Xunji persuaded Shaliwa and the other teams to join him in attacking Qi Ling without holding back.
• Xiluo moved the competitors to separate areas of a canyon, where they were unable to see what was happening elsewhere.
• Qian Xunji searched for Shaliwa with Xue Qinghe, and they eventually found him standing before Qi Ling.
• Qi Ling told Shaliwa that his talent made him dangerous and apologized before preparing to eliminate him.

Qi Ling fought Qian Xunji while Shaliwa used his archery to repeatedly disrupt Qi Ling’s attacks. Qi Ling answered by firing two arrows at once, forcing Shaliwa to choose whom to save, and Shaliwa intercepted the arrow aimed at Qian Xunji.

• Qian Xunji challenged Qi Ling to release Shaliwa and fight him fairly, and Qi Ling agreed to let Shaliwa go.
• Shaliwa hid at a distance while Qi Ling and Qian Xunji clashed, then repeatedly used arrows to stop Qi Ling from finishing his opponent.
• Qian Xunji fought more recklessly to create an opening, and Shaliwa shot at a weakness in Qi Ling’s defenses.
• Qi Ling escaped the arrow with the True Dragon Secret Technique-Cicada Shell and took out the Hou Yi Bow.
• Qi Ling fired one arrow at Qian Xunji and another at Shaliwa, and Shaliwa’s arrow intercepted the one aimed at Qian Xunji.

Qi Ling defeated Qian Xunji and secured his place in the next round alongside Kurumi. After the match, he healed Shaliwa and became friends with him, then Xiluo officially announced their advancement.

• Qi Ling fought Qian Xunji and Xue Qinghe until Kurumi arrived and revealed that she had dealt with their other allies.
• Xue Qinghe urged Qian Xunji to admit defeat, but Qian Xunji charged Qi Ling again and was overwhelmed by Annihilation in All Ten Directions.
• Qian Xunji collapsed into a canyon after vowing that he would someday defeat Qi Ling, and Xue Qinghe left to check on him.
• Qi Ling healed the badly injured Shaliwa, and the two agreed to become friends.
• Xiluo announced that Qi Ling and Kurumi had advanced to the next round of the Demon God Contention Battle.

Qi Ling learned which contestants had advanced and prepared for the next stage of the tournament after his friends were eliminated. During his three-day recovery period, Alice and Xiluo visited him, and Alice offered to answer his questions about the Devil Realm.

• Xiluo told Qi Ling that Luna and Zhen Hong's team and Cang Yue's team had qualified, while Qian Jiyin and Chu Ling were still competing against the Night King and Ye Jiangming.
• Qian Jiyin and Chu Ling won the final qualifying match, and Xiao Ye told Qi Ling how frustratingly close her team had come to beating them.
• Qi Ling and Luna promised Xiao Ye they would try to win the championship, and Xiao Ye said the other contestants would watch their match in three days.
• The eight finalists were named, and the contestants remained in the Devil Realm for three days to recover and prepare.
• Alice and Xiluo joined Luna to visit Qi Ling, and Alice offered to answer his questions about the Devil Realm.

Alice explained the Devil Realm’s population, cultivation, and power hierarchy to Qi Ling, including its lack of current Devil Emperors. She revealed that Blood Devil Emperor was the realm’s only historical Devil Emperor and that the Demon Dragon Empress was among the Seven Great Devil Kings.

• Alice told Qi Ling that the Devil Realm’s residents were natives or outsiders, and that outsiders needed to be One-Ring True Gods to enter and settle there.
• Alice explained that newcomers could grow stronger in the Devil Realm but could not return to their original worlds, and that factions competed to recruit promising outsiders.
• Alice described how people’s power eventually reached a bottleneck, with nine-ring experts called First-Level Gods in the Divine Realm and Devil Kings in the Devil Realm.
• Alice said that no Devil Emperors currently existed and that Lord Blood Devil Emperor had been the Devil Realm’s sole historical Devil Emperor.
• Alice told Qi Ling that seven powerful Devil Kings had the best chance of reaching the Devil Emperor realm, including their leader, the Demon Dragon Empress.

Alice explained the Devil Realm’s leading powers to Qi Ling and proposed that he form a cooperative relationship with the Demon Alliance without taking orders from it. She began to explain why the alliance wanted to treat him as an equal, but the chapter ended before she gave the two reasons.

• Alice told Qi Ling that the Demon Alliance ranked third, the Thousand-Faced Devil Lord’s Devil Alliance ranked second, and the Devil Venerable’s seven-member team was the strongest force in the Devil Realm.
• Qi Ling reflected on the rival factions and said he hoped the Devil Realm could be united, prompting Alice to compare his idea to something Blood Devil had once said.
• Alice proposed that Qi Ling join the Demon Alliance in name and cooperate with it without obeying its commands.
• Qi Ling questioned why the Demon Alliance would approach him as an equal despite his weakness, and Alice said there were two reasons.

Alice explained that Blood Devil’s prophecy had made Qi Ling a target in the Devil Realm, while Bai Qian’s divination had convinced the sisters he was a friend. Qi Ling realized he would face enemies in either realm and decided to focus on surviving and growing stronger.

• Alice told Qi Ling that Blood Devil had prophesied his successor would return to the Devil Realm and usher in a new era, making him a threat to its people.
• Alice explained that Bai Qian had divined Qi Ling to be a friend, not a foe, and had persuaded their eldest sister to approach him peacefully.
• Alice and Xiluo thanked Qi Ling for caring for Luna, then explained that cat demons regarded one another as family because they could not form great clans.
• After Alice and Xiluo left, Qi Ling considered the dangers awaiting him in both the Devil Realm and the Divine Realm and wondered whether to avoid traveling with Tang San and the others.
• Qi Ling admitted he needed to focus on staying alive, and Luna promised to protect him while saying she liked him most.

Qi Ling faced a powerful envoy from the Devil Alliance, who demanded that he withdraw from the Demon God Contention Battle and submit to a Blood Pact. After Qi Ling refused, the envoy attacked with a slash that tore open space, leaving Qi Ling desperate to use an unknown power to survive.

• Qi Ling sensed the blindfolded man who had once served as a referee with Xiluo and went outside to confront him.
• The man revealed that he represented the Devil Alliance and demanded that Qi Ling join, abandon the competition, and give up the Demon God's Godhood.
• Qi Ling pretended to agree, but refused to establish a Blood Pact when the envoy demanded one.
• The blindfolded man declared that Qi Ling would die and slashed through the air, sending a spreading spatial rift toward him.
• Qi Ling used his God-Demon Body and other powers to resist the rift, but they failed, so he focused on another power he hoped could save him.

Qi Ling created the Demon God Blood Flame by combining his Devil Blood with the World-Destroying Black Flame, then used it to seal a spatial crack and unexpectedly burn the masked man. Though exhausted, Qi Ling faced the masked man as he drew a silver sword and prepared to fight.

• Qi Ling infused the World-Destroying Black Flame with his Devil Blood, transforming it into the Demon God Blood Flame.
• Qi Ling used the new flame to burn and seal the spatial crack.
• The Demon God Blood Flame traveled along the masked man's power and left a burn on his finger, making him view Qi Ling as a threat that should be eliminated.
• Qi Ling finished sealing the crack but was left pale and exhausted by the flame's cost.
• The masked man drew a silver sword, and Qi Ling summoned the Demon God Halberd to face him.

Qi Ling fought a masked man whose power overwhelmed his attacks, and the man turned Qi Ling’s strongest strike against him before piercing his heart. Qi Ling revived through his Indestructible Dragon Soul, leaving the masked man astonished and Qi Ling alive but badly weakened.

• The masked man’s Sword Qi nullified Qi Ling’s Nine Heavens Dragon Roar, but Qi Ling briefly bound him with the Immortal-Binding Rope.
• Qi Ling launched Annihilation in All Ten Directions, and the masked man transformed it and redirected it into Qi Ling.
• The masked man pierced Qi Ling’s heart and left him for dead, intending to claim his divine artifacts.
• Qi Ling’s heart began beating again as his Indestructible Dragon Soul restored his vitality.
• The masked man asked whether Qi Ling had an Undying Body, and Qi Ling avoided explaining how he had survived.

Qi Ling was nearly killed by the masked Devil Alliance man until Su Daji appeared and rescued him. After overpowering the masked man, she drove him away before the Demon Alliance could arrive.

• The masked man summoned a skull and launched a full-power attack meant to erase Qi Ling.
• Su Daji appeared and stopped the attack with a kick, saving Qi Ling.
• Su Daji challenged the masked man’s claim that the Devil Alliance would punish her for interfering.
• The masked man attacked Su Daji, but she enveloped him in a pink whirlwind and left him bleeding.
• Su Daji revealed she had knowingly failed her trial and warned that Alliance Leader Alice was on the way.
• The masked man vanished as silver ash when Su Daji threatened him with the approaching Demon Alliance.

After surviving the masked man’s attack, Qi Ling woke badly injured and learned that the competition would resume soon. Alice forced him to eat a rare healing insect, and as he recovered, Su Daji visited and reminded him that the competition started tomorrow.

• Qi Ling passed out after the masked man disappeared, and Su Daji watched over him as he collapsed.
• Qi Ling woke with Xiluo, Luna, and Alice at his bedside and learned that his injuries left him unable to compete.
• Alice gave Qi Ling a rare Demon Alliance insect, and Xiluo and Luna held him down while Alice fed it to him.
• Su Daji entered the room, put Xiluo to sleep when she attacked, and checked on Qi Ling’s recovery.
• Su Daji told Qi Ling to do his best because the competition started the next day, and Alice revealed he had been unconscious for two days.

Alice sent Qi Ling and the seven other contestants to the Devil Realm's boundary to eliminate Demonic Qi People and earn points that would determine their competition order. After seeing the battlefield and studying the map, Qi Ling and the others chose separate roads and set out.

• Qi Ling arrived unharmed, surprising several people, and Alice gathered the eight contestants to explain the next stage.
• Alice opened a portal and explained that the contestants would eliminate Demonic Qi People, earning points based on their colors and strength.
• The contestants traveled to the Devil Realm's boundary and found themselves facing a vast battlefield filled with Demonic Qi People.
• Qi Ling examined the map, which showed routes leading toward clusters of red Demonic Qi People and a black one.
• Qi Ling drew his Demon God Halberd, and the contestants chose roads and set off to hunt Demonic Qi People.

Qi Ling summoned Xiao Hei, the Black Jade Qilin, as a mount and used their combined strength to defeat Demonic Qi figures and rapidly earn points. After Xiao Hei absorbed their Demonic Qi and grew stronger, Cang Yue appeared to criticize Qi Ling for showing off and marvel at his luck in gaining such a rare divine beast.

• Qi Ling summoned Xiao Hei and rode the Black Jade Qilin into the Demonic Qi army, defeating groups of figures with his Demon God Halberd.
• Qi Ling fought a red Demonic Qi cavalryman in a long mounted duel, then won when Xiao Hei attacked the enemy's warhorse.
• Qi Ling discovered that Xiao Hei absorbed the defeated figures' Demonic Qi, which changed its flames into cloudlike trails and seemed to strengthen it.
• Xiao Hei began attacking the Demonic Qi figures with black flames as Qi Ling's points climbed rapidly.
• Cang Yue blocked Qi Ling's path, called him arrogant for showing off his mount, and expressed surprise that the Black Jade Qilin had chosen him as its master.

Qi Ling and Xiao Hei rapidly eliminated Demonic Qi People, while Chu Ling prepared to confront him and was intercepted by Cang Yue. Zhen Hong then stopped Qi Ling, complimented Xiao Hei, and told him to follow her.

• Xiao Hei devoured the Demonic Qi from the Demonic Qi People it burned, causing Qi Ling's points to surge ahead of the other contestants.
• Chu Ling grew angry at Qi Ling's lead and moved to cause trouble, but Cang Yue blocked him with ice spikes and challenged him over his past plotting with Qian Jiyin.
• Chu Ling and Cang Yue prepared to fight while both held back, and Qi Ling chose to stay out of their conflict.
• Zhen Hong blocked Qi Ling's path, praised Xiao Hei's appearance, and then told Qi Ling to follow her.

Qi Ling watched Zhen Hong effortlessly defeat a red Demonic Qi Person by evading its attacks and striking its vital point, then tried to imitate her method himself. He discovered that although Fiery Eyes and Golden Pupils let him locate the enemy’s weakness, he could not evade its attacks as Zhen Hong did, so he returned to fighting with force.

• Qi Ling followed Zhen Hong into the Demonic Qi People's formation, where she swiftly defeated numerous enemies on their way toward the black Demonic Qi Person.
• Zhen Hong evaded a red Demonic Qi Person’s twin-saber attacks with minimal movement, found its vital point, and killed it with a single strike.
• Zhen Hong explained how to identify and strike a Demonic Qi Person’s vital point, while Xiao Hei absorbed the defeated enemy’s Demonic Qi.
• Qi Ling tried to copy Zhen Hong’s method against another red Demonic Qi Person and used Fiery Eyes and Golden Pupils to find its vital point beneath its left armpit.
• Qi Ling failed to evade the enemy’s attacks as Zhen Hong had and abandoned the technique, returning to his usual forceful fighting style.

Qi Ling and Zhen Hong reached the ultimate Demonic Qi Person after Zhen Hong effortlessly defeated several red ones, and found Kurumi already waiting there. As Chu Ling and Cang Yue arrived, the group prepared to face the powerful black enemy together.

• Qi Ling defeated a Demonic Qi Person with Xiao Hei's help, while Zhen Hong explained that he should fight in a way suited to him.
• Zhen Hong swiftly defeated three red Demonic Qi People, leaving Qi Ling impressed by the difference between their abilities.
• Qi Ling and Zhen Hong reached the black Demonic Qi Person's location and found Kurumi waiting; she said she had tried and failed to defeat it, dying more than a hundred times.
• Qi Ling saw the three-meter-tall black Demonic Qi Person with scythe-like arms and two tails, while Zhen Hong prepared to attack.
• Cang Yue and Chu Ling arrived, and Qi Ling resigned himself to joining them against the ultimate Demonic Qi Person.

Qi Ling, Chu Ling, Cang Yue, and Zhen Hong struggled against the final Demonic Qi Person, whose powerful, regenerating body resisted their attacks. Zhen Hong found a vulnerable spot and wounded it, though the fight remained unresolved.

• Chu Ling attacked the final Demonic Qi Person, but it caught his spear and resisted his flames until Cang Yue froze it and Qi Ling smashed the ice apart.
• Qi Ling and Chu Ling continued attacking, but the Demonic Qi Person’s powerful scales and rapid regeneration prevented them from causing meaningful damage.
• Qi Ling and the others realized the Demonic Qi Person’s Demonic Qi was exceptionally powerful and that its endless strength made a prolonged battle dangerous.
• Zhen Hong approached the Demonic Qi Person alone and dodged its scythe attacks, using the blind spots in its movements to find an opening.
• Zhen Hong struck the left side of the Demonic Qi Person’s abdomen with her sword, producing a wound, while Qi Ling recognized that her fighting style relied on finding weaknesses.

After Zhen Hong identified a cross-shaped mark as the Demonic Qi Person's weakness, Cang Yue restrained it so Chu Ling and Qi Ling could attack. Cang Yue froze the creature with Snow Queen's Sigh as Chu Ling prepared his strongest spear technique, leaving Qi Ling ready to strike next.

• Zhen Hong withdrew after wounding the Demonic Qi Person, which healed itself but retained a cross-shaped mark at the wound.
• Zhen Hong told the others that the mark was the Demonic Qi Person's weakness and a place where attacks could deal effective damage.
• Cang Yue offered to restrain the creature while Chu Ling and Qi Ling attacked its weak point with their strongest abilities.
• Cang Yue used Divine skill: Snow Queen's Sigh to cover the Demonic Qi Person in snowflakes and freeze its movements and Demonic Qi.
• Chu Ling summoned thirty-six spears and fused them into a golden spear with Thirty-Six Forms of the Long Hatred Spear: No-Regrets Spear, while Qi Ling waited to attack.

Qi Ling, Chu Ling, and Zhen Hong combined their attacks to destroy the Demonic Qi Man, with Qi Ling breaking through its outer defenses and Chu Ling striking its weak point. As the defeated enemy dissolved into Demonic Qi, Xiao Hei rushed out to devour it.

• Qi Ling persuaded Chu Ling to let him attack first so he could break through the Demonic Qi Man’s defenses.
• Qi Ling used Star Shattering to destroy the Demonic Qi Man’s scales and expose its weak point.
• Chu Ling drove his golden spear into the weak point, sending a Golden Dragon into the Demonic Qi Man and fatally damaging it from within.
• Cang Yue released the Demonic Qi Man after it stopped moving, and Zhen Hong confirmed it was dead as its body dissolved into Demonic Qi.
• Xiao Hei rushed out and began eating the Demonic Qi, while Qi Ling stopped Chu Ling from attacking his mount.

After Xiao Hei absorbed the Devil Qi and helped secure Qi Ling’s second-place ranking, Alice announced the elimination finals and their match order. Qi Ling drew Qian Jiyin for the opening round, while Qian Jiyin prepared to fight despite fearing Qi Ling’s revenge.

• Xiao Hei absorbed the Devil Qi and swallowed the creature, giving Chu Ling the points for the Fatal Strike; Qi Ling finished second behind Chu Ling, with Zhen Hong third.
• Alice announced that the eight contestants would compete in one-on-one elimination matches, with the top four drawn against the bottom four.
• The match order was set: Kurumi faced Feiyu, Luna faced Zhen Hong, Qi Ling faced Qian Jiyin, and Chu Ling faced Cang Yue.
• Qi Ling welcomed the chance to settle his score with Qian Jiyin over the earlier plot against him on the Douluo Continent.
• Qian Jiyin considered surrendering but decided he had to fight to prove his worth, relying on his breakthrough to the One-Ring True God level.

As Luna prepared to face Zhen Hong and Qi Ling considered his own upcoming fights, Alice explained why Zhen Hong was so formidable and introduced the Devil Realm’s five great powers. The chapter ended with Qi Ling learning that representatives of those factions would attend the tournament while their leaders stayed away.

• Kurumi asked Qi Ling for encouragement before her match, and he wished her luck while saying he feared for her opponent.
• At dinner, Luna worried about facing Zhen Hong, and Alice warned that Zhen Hong was exceptionally strong and belonged to no faction.
• Qi Ling said he would fight to the end regardless of his opponent, and Alice told the group that a powerful unaffiliated woman would referee the next day’s matches.
• Alice explained that the tournament was organized by the Devil Realm’s five largest powers, led by five of the Seven Great Devil Kings, whose leaders would not attend.

Alice told Qi Ling that Shi Meng, one of the Seven Great Devil Kings, would referee his competition in the Devil Realm. Back in his room, Qi Ling helped Xiao Hei digest the Devil Qi it had absorbed, and Xiao Hei produced a pill of exceptionally pure devil power.

• Alice revealed that Shi Meng, one of the Seven Great Devil Kings, would referee the competition and warned Qi Ling not to call her Meng Po to her face.
• Qi Ling remembered that Xiao Hei had absorbed a great deal of Devil Qi and summoned it to check on its swollen body.
• Xiao Hei agreed to Qi Ling's help, and he fed it herbs that aided digestion and the circulation of power.
• Xiao Hei transformed for about half an hour, returned to normal size, and expelled a black pill of concentrated devil power.
• Qi Ling wrapped the pill in paper and left it on the table, deciding to deal with it the next day.

On the morning of the Demon God Contention Battle quarterfinals, Qi Ling learned that Xiao Hei’s black pill contained exceptionally pure, directly absorbable energy and gave it to Alice for the Demon Alliance. The contestants gathered at the arena, where Qi Ling was surprised to see the person waiting to greet them.

• Qi Ling examined Xiao Hei’s black pill, and Alice explained that its refined Devil Realm energy made it an exceptionally valuable cultivation medicine.
• Alice said the pill could greatly help the Demon Alliance, so Qi Ling gave it to her as a friend.
• Alice thanked Qi Ling and promised the Demon Alliance would repay his generosity, then hurried away with the pill.
• Xiluo asked Qi Ling why Alice had left so excited, and Qi Ling told her to prepare for the matches.
• Qi Ling and the other seven contestants passed through a portal into the arena’s rest area, where Qi Ling recognized the person waiting for them.

Shi Meng, one of the Seven Great Devil Kings, led the eight remaining contestants into the arena and explained the tournament rules. There, a fat Devil King unleashed crushing pressure on them; five contestants retreated behind Shi Meng, while Qi Ling, Chu Ling, and Zhen Hong continued to endure it.

• Shi Meng introduced herself as the contestants’ referee and explained that they could use any methods except directly borrowing another person’s power, while warning them not to kill.
• Shi Meng led the eight contestants into the arena, where five powerful spectators subjected them to overwhelming pressure.
• A fat Devil King intensified his pressure, causing Feiyu to retreat behind Shi Meng for protection.
• Kurumi, Luna, Qian Jiyin, and Cang Yue also withdrew, while Qian Jiyin hoped Qi Ling would exhaust or injure himself before their upcoming match.
• Qi Ling, Chu Ling, and Zhen Hong held on under the pressure, and the fat Devil King grew angry that the three had not yet retreated.