Chapter Summaries

Qi Ling and Kurumi devised a plan to defeat the Abyssal Crocodile King by attacking it from inside its mouth, with Qi Ling keeping its jaws open while Kurumi struck. The chapter left Qi Ling creating an opening by shooting an arrow into the crocodile’s mouth as it charged its laser.

• Qi Ling asked Kurumi for a way to defeat the Abyssal Crocodile King, whose defenses resisted their attacks.
• Kurumi proposed attacking the crocodile from within and explained that she could escape its dangerous alternate dimension only if its mouth stayed open.
• Qi Ling agreed to lure the crocodile into attacking while Kurumi risked entering its mouth, and Kurumi restored him to his peak condition.
• Qi Ling charged the crocodile and deliberately held back to provoke it into opening its jaws.
• Qi Ling shot an arrow from his Hou Yi Bow into the crocodile’s mouth as it gathered a laser, causing its unstable energy to detonate and its control to falter.

Qi Ling and Kurumi defeated the Abyssal Crocodile King, earning their team first place with 20 points. Xiluo then began the second event, sending all four teams to retrieve luminous pearls from a cave.

• Qi Ling held the Abyssal Crocodile King's jaws open so Kurumi could enter its mouth and attack it from within.
• As the injured beast regained strength, Qi Ling used the Demon God Halberd to keep its jaws apart.
• Kurumi emerged with the Abyssal Crocodile King's magic core, and the beast fell still.
• Xiluo awarded Qi Ling and Kurumi's team 20 points and announced that the second event would pit all four teams against a powerful enemy.
• Xiluo led the teams to a wasteland cave and instructed them to retrieve its forty-eight luminous pearls for points.

The teams found forty-eight luminous pearls behind a sleeping Six-Armed Hundred-Eyed Giant and agreed to work together to collect them without waking him. After Duolong nearly dislodged a stone and Shaliwa stopped it, Xue Qinghe stepped on the giant’s eyelid, and the giant opened an eye and looked at him.

• The four teams entered the cave and found a sleeping Six-Armed Hundred-Eyed Giant with a chest of forty-eight luminous pearls behind him.
• Qi Ling proposed waiting out the contest, so Qian Xunji suggested each team leave one person behind while the others collected pearls, and the teams agreed.
• Qi Ling assigned Kurumi to collect pearls while he stayed behind to watch the giant and the other contestants.
• The collectors made repeated trips to Xiluo to exchange pearls for points, and Shaliwa shot a falling stone before it could hit the giant.
• Xue Qinghe stepped on the eyelid of the giant, who opened his eye and turned his gaze toward him.

Qi Ling forced the group to cooperate to defeat the Hundred-Eyed Giant, but Qian Xunji, Duolong, and Xue Qinghe turned on him afterward to stall him while their allies collected points. Qi Ling easily held them off and warned Qian Xunji that Kurumi would be far harder for Shaliwa to handle than he expected.

• The Hundred-Eyed Giant attacked the group, whose members failed to cooperate and were injured while trying to claim luminous pearls.
• Qi Ling demanded that everyone stop competing for pearls and fight together, then led the battle with Qian Xunji and brought down the Hundred-Eyed Giant with Annihilation in All Ten Directions.
• Qian Xunji, Duolong, and Xue Qinghe blocked Qi Ling and revealed their plan to stall him while the others collected points, leaving Shaliwa to hold back Kurumi.
• Qi Ling fought off the three men with ease, and Qian Xunji abandoned his hope of defeating him and focused on buying time.
• Qi Ling warned Qian Xunji that Kurumi was no easy opponent and might be even harder to deal with than he was.

Qi Ling’s team won the luminous-pearl round after Kurumi tricked the other teams into handing the pearls to her disguised as Xiluo. Qian Xunji realized he had been outmaneuvered again and was left humiliated by Qi Ling’s taunts.

• Xiluo stopped the fight and announced that all forty-eight luminous pearls had been returned and the round was over.
• Qian Xunji learned that Shaliwa had kept Kurumi occupied while the other teams collected and divided the pearls, and he expected to beat Qi Ling.
• Xiluo announced scores of eight, eight, nine, and twenty-three, then revealed that Qi Ling’s team had earned forty-three points and taken first place.
• Qian Xunji demanded to know how Kurumi had scored so highly, while Shaliwa realized she had used a clone disguised as Xiluo to receive the pearls.
• Xiluo clarified that points went to the team that returned the pearls and could not be divided among teams, exposing how Kurumi had fooled the other teams.
• Qian Xunji raged over his loss, and Qi Ling mocked him for losing yet again.

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.