Chapter Summaries

Pei Yunfei led the group across the Sanzu River, but their boat began to sink and dragged them underwater. He used his power to push back the river and opened a path to the opposite shore, leading the others forward.

• Wang An praised Pei Yunfei and ordered Miao Qian and Yao Ting to massage his shoulders.
• The boat sped through the river as ghosts watched from beneath the water, then began sinking for an unknown reason.
• Pei Yunfei told the group their sins were not the cause, but the boat sank completely and water ghosts swarmed toward them.
• Pei Yunfei radiated power that forced the river water away and gave everyone air to breathe.
• Pei Yunfei parted the river to make a path to the opposite shore and led the group along it.

The group reached the Land of Reincarnation, where Pei Yunfei promised to escort everyone to the teleportation point before attempting to clear the instance alone. He chose the most dangerous road toward the central mountain, reasoning that the anomalous instance’s cunning boss might have laid a trap on the easy route.

• The group arrived on the far bank of the Sanzu River and saw countless spirits traveling toward the central mountain.
• Chen Tai explained that the Lord of the Netherworld protected the spirits from soul-type ability users.
• Pei Yunfei promised to lead Wang An, Miao Qian, Yao Ting, and Chen Tai to the teleportation point, and they pledged their loyalty to him.
• Chen Tai recommended the left-hand road as the safest route, but Pei Yunfei chose the dangerous road on the right.
• Pei Yunfei explained that the anomalous instance’s boss might trap them on the easy route, and the group followed him.

Pei Yunfei led Wang An, Miao Qian, Chen Tai, and the fourth member of their group along a path of punishing spikes and across a mountain covered in blades. After surviving the climb and descent, they reached a flat path that turned out to be a sea of fire.

• Pei Yunfei led the group along a path where sharp spikes pierced their feet, while he remained unharmed.
• Wang An asked Pei Yunfei to slow down, and Pei Yunfei stopped when he saw the others’ bloody feet before urging them to keep moving.
• The group reached a towering mountain covered in blades, and Pei Yunfei told them there was no way forward except over it.
• Pei Yunfei flew down from the summit while the others painfully climbed and descended the blade-covered mountain.
• At the bottom, the battered group saw that the path ahead was covered in glowing coals.

Pei Yunfei led Wang An, Yao Ting, Miao Qian, and Chen Tai through a sea of fire, where their abilities failed and they endured nearly an hour of torment. After they escaped, he revealed that another trial, Gale Hell, lay ahead, leaving the group resentful and desperate to quit.

• Pei Yunfei assured the group that the sea of fire would not kill them and led them onto the burning charcoal.
• Wang An's fire-born spectral beast vanished in the flames, and the four endured severe burns as they struggled through the fire.
• The group finally escaped after nearly an hour and collapsed to recover from their injuries.
• Pei Yunfei urged everyone onward, saying they were almost at their destination.
• A blade-filled gale cut into the group's bodies, and Pei Yunfei identified the new trial as Gale Hell.
• Pei Yunfei admitted he had lied about there being no more trials to keep them going, and the others regretted following him and considered giving up.

Pei Yunfei urged Wang An, Chen Tai, Yao Ting, and Miao Qian to endure Gale Hell, assuring them it was the final trial and that they were close to escaping. After surviving the gale and recovering, they asked Pei Yunfei whether another trial awaited them.

• As the gale tore into the four companions, they begged Pei Yunfei for help, but he said he could only protect himself from the Lord of the Netherworld’s punishment.
• Miao Qian and Wang An decided they would rather kill themselves than endure the wind, but Pei Yunfei persuaded them to continue by promising the trial would soon end and survival would bring a permanent strength bonus.
• Chen Tai agreed to press on, and the others regained their resolve as Pei Yunfei encouraged them through the relentless gale.
• After more than an hour the wind weakened, then stopped half an hour later, and the four finally passed through Gale Hell.
• Yao Ting gave the others healing potions, and after recovering and changing clothes, they thanked Pei Yunfei and asked whether another trial remained.

Pei Yunfei led Wang An, Miao Qian, Yao Ting, and Chen Tai to Avici Hell, claiming it was an empty shell with no danger. After they followed him inside, torches and the cries of vengeful ghosts surrounded them, and a cruel figure resembling Pei Yunfei welcomed them to Avici Hell.

• Pei Yunfei told the group they would soon reach the exit and led them to the imposing gate of Avici Hell.
• Wang An, Miao Qian, Yao Ting, and Chen Tai feared entering, but Pei Yunfei said the hell had been destroyed and was now empty.
• Pei Yunfei walked through the gate alone after growing angry at their doubts, and the four hurried after him so they would not lose their guide.
• The group lost sight of Pei Yunfei in the darkness, then found themselves surrounded by torches and the wails of vengeful ghosts.
• A cruel figure resembling Pei Yunfei appeared before them and welcomed them to Avici Hell.

Shen Hao watched as the four trapped people mistook Pei Yunfei for the Instance boss and chose suicide rather than face Avici Hell. Their deaths did not spare them, and Shen Hao left, knowing they would suffer there for centuries.

• Chen Tai accused Pei Yunfei of being the Instance boss, and Yao Ting concluded that the boss had possessed him.
• The four realized they had trusted the boss and endured the previous trials for nothing, and their faith collapsed into despair.
• Chen Tai secretly concentrated his mental strength at his vital points and destroyed his own body in an attempt to escape.
• The other three attacked their own heads and died, believing they had outsmarted the boss.
• Shen Hao left the corpses, knowing that suicide would not end their punishment and that they would suffer in Avici Hell for several hundred years.

After dying in the Anomalous Instance, Chen Tai and his teammates awoke in the underworld and learned that the Book of Life and Death would judge their souls. Though their choice of the road of atonement erased their other sins, their suicides condemned them to Avici Hell for three hundred years.

• Chen Tai revived in an unfamiliar hall and found his three teammates there with him.
• Yao Ting explained that the group had died as souls and could leave only if the Instance was cleared, the Land of Reincarnation was destroyed, or the Lord of the Netherworld’s authority was destroyed.
• The Book of Life and Death revealed the four teammates’ lives and judged their sins.
• The four learned that taking the road of atonement had erased their other sins, but their suicides still counted as a grave sin.
• The Book of Life and Death sentenced Chen Tai, Wang An, Yao Ting, and Miao Qian to Avici Hell for three hundred years.

Shen Hao sent the four suicides to Avici Hell for three hundred years, then turned his attention to the remaining team. Xue Tong, Yu Fei, and Fang Jun reached Red Lotus Hell, where Fang Jun ordered them to find someone who could help clear the instance.

• The Book of Life and Death sentenced the four suicides to three hundred years in Avici Hell, and Shen Hao gained 5,000 Fear Points from their despair.
• Xue Tong, Yu Fei, and Fang Jun discussed whether to continue exploring the Anomalous Instance, and Fang Jun decided they would press on.
• Fang Jun sensed that the instance boss was watching them as they hurried toward Red Lotus Hell.
• The three reached Red Lotus Hell, and Fang Jun told Xue Tong and Yu Fei to go inside and find people who could help them clear the instance.

Fang Jun led Xue Tong and Yu Fei across Red Lotus Hell, freezing the magma and red lotuses with his power as they searched for the imprisoned beings. At the hell’s center, he used a talisman to release the transcendent beings, who emerged ready to destroy the Land of Reincarnation.

• Fang Jun froze the magma beneath his feet and guided Xue Tong and Yu Fei across it.
• Fang Jun froze the attacking red lotuses, allowing the three to cross safely through most of Red Lotus Hell.
• Fang Jun warned Yu Fei that even with the Instance’s enhancement, he could not defeat the Anomalous Instance boss.
• Fang Jun, Xue Tong, and Yu Fei reached the center of Red Lotus Hell, where the ice began to weaken under the intense heat.
• Fang Jun used a glowing talisman to free the imprisoned transcendent beings, who emerged from the magma intent on destroying the Land of Reincarnation.

Fang Jun used a talisman and the promise of a new god’s arrival to persuade the beings freed from Red Lotus Hell to help destroy the Land of Reincarnation. He told Xue Tong and Yu Fei that a god stronger than the Lord of the Netherworld would descend within months.

• As the freed beings emerged from the lava, Fang Jun froze the surrounding lava and strengthened the ice beneath himself, Xue Tong, and Yu Fei.
• A giant attacked the three of them, but Fang Jun raised a talisman that released a power feared by the extraordinary beings.
• Fang Jun declared that he represented a supreme will and urged the beings to destroy the Land of Reincarnation in exchange for a share of the new god’s authority.
• The beings’ rage flared, and they agreed to help destroy the place where they had been imprisoned.
• Yu Fei wondered whether Fang Jun had fooled them, but Fang Jun said his claims were true.
• Fang Jun told Xue Tong and Yu Fei that a god more powerful than the Lord of the Netherworld would descend within a few months.

Fang Jun led Yu Fei, Xue Tong, and the freed demigods through the Land of Reincarnation to destroy the Wheel of Reincarnation, while Shen Hao watched their progress and prepared a trap. The group reached the mountain holding Yan Jun’s palace, unaware that their climb was exactly what Shen Hao wanted.

• Fang Jun, Yu Fei, Xue Tong, and the demigods left Red Lotus Hell and debated whether their strength was enough to clear the instance.
• Fang Jun cautioned the others that the BOSS’s retreat might be a trap and proposed destroying the Wheel of Reincarnation before pursuing him.
• The group traveled through the Land of Reincarnation, reached the mountain where Yan Jun’s palace stood, and learned the Wheel of Reincarnation was inside.
• Fang Jun sensed the BOSS following them again, and Yu Fei urged the group to hurry up the mountain and destroy the Wheel.
• Shen Hao watched the group with Mental Perception and prepared for their approach, confident their climb would not be peaceful.

Fang Jun, Yu Fei, and Xue Tong encountered a powerful doll on their way to destroy the Wheel of Reincarnation, and four demigods pursued her into a trap. Shen Hao used the Eye of Cause and Effect, Demon Blood, and level-ten Monster Maker to turn the demigods into obedient pets.

• Yu Fei, Xue Tong, and Fang Jun recognized that the cute doll was suspicious and identified her as likely belonging to the Anomalous Instance boss.
• A rock giant attacked the doll, but her shadow blocked his blow and proved powerful enough to fight a demigod.
• The doll fled down the mountainside, and four demigods chased her while Fang Jun continued toward the Wheel of Reincarnation.
• An unseen presence frightened the demigods and dripped blood like the Lord of the Netherworld's onto them, corroding their consciousness and taking control of their bodies.
• Shen Hao withdrew the Eye of Cause and Effect's power and revealed that he had used Demon Blood and Monster Maker to remake all four demigods as obedient pets.

Fang Jun and his companions reached the Hall of Reincarnation, where he foresaw the Demigods turning against them after they entered. His warning made them realize the Demigods’ sudden silence was suspicious, leaving the group wary before facing Yan Jun.

• The four Demigods returned without catching the puppet, and Fang Jun led the group onward toward the Hall of Reincarnation.
• The group encountered suffering souls on their way to the summit, and the Demigods crushed and swallowed them.
• At the Hall of Reincarnation, Fang Jun delayed entering because Yan Jun could control the hall’s mechanisms and attack them.
• Fang Jun used his ability to foresee the future and saw the Demigods ambush and torture the group after they reached the Wheel of Reincarnation.
• Fang Jun warned Yu Fei and Xue Tong that the Demigods would kill them, and Xue Tong pointed out that the Demigods had become suspiciously quiet.

Yu Fei, Xue Tong, and Fang Jun discovered that the Demigods they had rescued had become hostile and decided to abandon the Instance. When Fang Jun tried to teleport them to safety, the Demigods trapped and injured them, but he insisted they still had a way to escape.

• Yu Fei, Xue Tong, and Fang Jun realized the Demigods had lost their self-awareness and become their enemies, while Fang Jun could not see who had controlled them.
• Fang Jun agreed with Yu Fei and Xue Tong that they should abandon the Instance and use an item to leave once they reached safety.
• Fang Jun counted to three and teleported the group toward one of his marked locations, but layered barriers blocked their escape and hurled them back.
• Xue Tong healed herself, Yu Fei, and Fang Jun as the Demigods surrounded them.
• Yu Fei feared they could not escape, but Fang Jun said there was still a way.

Fang Jun used a talisman to suppress the Demigods and open an escape route, but Yu Fei turned on him under the Instance boss's control just as the group tried to leave. With the gate closing and Xue Tong trapped, Fang Jun vanished using another ability to escape alone.

• Fang Jun used a talisman containing a supreme being's power to suppress the Demigods and break their barrier.
• Xue Tong destroyed the escape item, opening a gate to their world, and urged Fang Jun and Yu Fei to leave the Instance.
• Yu Fei transformed and stabbed Fang Jun from behind, revealing that the Instance boss had controlled him.
• Xue Tong tried to reach the gate but struck the restored barrier and watched the gate close.
• Fang Jun failed to reactivate the talisman, then turned translucent and vanished to escape the Instance.

Fang Jun escaped the BOSS’s controlled Demigods, while Xue Tong, left behind and badly injured, killed herself to avoid torture. She woke in the Land of Reincarnation, where the Book of Life and Death judged her guilty of suicide and sentenced her to three hundred years in Avici Hell.

• Fang Jun used his power over time to return to an earlier state and escape the Demigods, but decided he would have to wait for the teleportation point to leave the Instance.
• Xue Tong faced Yu Fei and the BOSS’s controlled Demigods alone, and chose to kill herself rather than risk being tortured.
• Xue Tong woke in the Land of Reincarnation and realized her soul could not leave the Instance as she had expected.
• The Book of Life and Death judged Xue Tong, and her hope of leaving was crushed when suicide was declared a grave sin.
• Xue Tong was sentenced to spend three hundred years in Avici Hell and broke down in despair.

Fang Jun entered the Reincarnation Hall to seek a way out and used the Three Lives Stone to glimpse his future. After seeing himself die twice, including after revival, he abandoned his plan to destroy the Wheel of Reincarnation and focused on escaping as Yan Jun approached.

• Fang Jun realized the boss and the demigods were guarding the teleportation point, so he headed for the deserted Reincarnation Hall to try to destroy the Wheel of Reincarnation.
• Fang Jun entered the hall and found the Three Lives Stone in the torch-lit passage.
• Fang Jun touched the stone and saw a future in which he died, revived using a precious item, and died again.
• Fang Jun sensed Yan Jun approaching and abandoned his plan to destroy the Wheel of Reincarnation, deciding instead to escape.

Fang Jun tried to escape Yan Jun’s domain, but it blocked both his teleportation and Time Reversal before the Mist corroded him to death. After reviving near the teleportation point, he found the Demigods confronting the BOSS in Yu Fei’s body and went to join them, hoping to escape the Instance.

• Fang Jun tried to teleport out of the Reincarnation Hall, but Yan Jun’s domain warped space and hurled him back.
• Fang Jun used Time Reversal, but the domain stopped the ability and kept him trapped.
• The Mist surrounded Fang Jun, restricted his powers, and corroded him until he died.
• Fang Jun used a revival item and chose to revive near the teleportation point, which would open in half an hour.
• Fang Jun sensed the Demigods confronting the BOSS in Yu Fei’s body after breaking free of its control.
• Fang Jun teleported to the battle, hoping to help the Demigods escape the BOSS.

Fang Jun tried to turn the Demigods against the boss possessing Yu Fei, but the boss’s display of the Demon Domain revealed its hold over them. Fang Jun’s escape attempt failed when the boss collapsed the teleportation gate, leaving him surrounded and helpless.

• Fang Jun urged the Demigods to join him in defeating the boss, but they held back until the boss revealed the Demon Domain’s blood-red sky and giant eye.
• The boss ordered the Demigods to tear Fang Jun apart, and they obeyed despite Fang Jun’s pleas and warnings about the Supreme Will.
• Fang Jun used a talisman bestowed by the Supreme Will to repel the Demigods and freeze them and the boss with an ice dragon.
• Fang Jun rushed toward the teleportation gate, but the boss warped space and shattered it before he could escape.
• The boss ordered the Demigods to tear Fang Jun into smaller pieces, and they surrounded him as he became unable to struggle.