Demon Realm

Demon Realm is a fantasy novel by the web novelist Chaos Blade, first published on Zongheng Chinese on May 19, 2016, and now complete at 1,011 chapters, ending with "Destiny Meets the World." It is a commissioned game novel set on the continent of Atlan, where humans, demons, and the divine realm contend for power. The protagonist, Reno Su, was originally an archaeology graduate on Earth and, while participating with his mentor in the excavation of the Qin Shi Huang Mausoleum, is caught in the power of a demon-soul crystal and transported to another world, his soul entering the body of the just-deceased Reno. He wakes as a demon slave miner, bearing a powerful bloodline and unexpectedly obtaining the divine book The Book of All Things, from which his path of cultivation begins. The work builds a cultivation ladder of Body Tempering, Fighter, General, Marshal, King, Lord, Emperor, Sovereign, Divine, Heavenly God, Divine King, and Chief God, while weapons are ranked as Mortal, Treasure, Mystic, Soul, Wild, Divine, and Holy tiers. In the struggle against forces such as the Heavenly Venerable and the Holy Venerable, Reno becomes entangled with Princess Huangmo Ling (Su Daji) of the imperial demon lineage and travels far to the continent of the Twelve Duchies to find his sister Su Daji, with whom he has depended on each other, and there becomes sworn brothers with "Monkey" of the Battle Heavenly Monkey clan. The book traces power and responsibility, racial conflict, and personal growth, moving toward a final reckoning with the Chief God of Destiny and the Palace of the Great Dao.