Chapter Summaries

Qin Yi recovered in the Blood Sea while Liusu and the dog protected him, and the three prepared to search for the Nether River’s mouth. Liusu suggested that fate had brought Qin Yi there because he was worried about Meng Qingying and Minghe in the Netherworld.

• While Qin Yi was unconscious, Liusu defeated the powerful creatures nearby and brought a Netherworld Blood Crocodile back for food.
• Liusu and the dog roasted the crocodile using Qin Yi’s phoenix feather, but struggled to cook it until Qin Yi woke and took over.
• Qin Yi reassured Liusu that his injuries were minor and explained that his reckless fighting had been the fastest way through the passage.
• Qin Yi asked where they were, and Liusu said they were in the Blood Sea and had been waiting to search for the Nether River’s mouth with him.
• Liusu told Qin Yi that the Will of Heaven might have brought him there because he had worried about Meng Qingying and Minghe entering the Netherworld.

Qin Yi learned that a Pixiu Dragon Son had pursued the phoenix feather and remained stranded in the sea, while he tried to avoid provoking a conflict with the Winged Humans. At the River of the Underworld’s mouth, Meng Qingying and Minghe resisted a powerful summons and ordered their followers to search for the Nether Emperor Sect Ruins.

• Qin Yi asked Liusu and the dog about the Dragon Sons, and the dog warned him that their morals and intentions differed from humans’ and that their ranks were based on strength.
• Qin Yi shared a Forgetful Soul Heaven Pill with Liusu while they ate beside the bonfire, and the dog watched them affectionately.
• Meng Qingying and Minghe found the River of the Underworld blocked by a Formless domain and recognized a powerful pull tied to their past lives.
• Meng Qingying and Minghe agreed that it was too early to investigate the domain, then told their followers to keep searching for the Nether Emperor Sect Ruins.
• A Qianyuan elder suggested that someone might have hidden the Nether Emperor Sect Ruins, and Meng Qingying speculated that they could lie within a key point of the Blood Nether Realm.

Minghe and Meng Qingying sensed the Blood Sea and Nether River, where dreams revealed fragments of their past lives before sea demons’ song drew them into danger. They found themselves trapped by a monstrous force in the Blood Sea as Qin Yi rushed toward the battle.

• Minghe dreamed of meeting a man resembling Qin Yi in the Netherworld, accepting a Jian Mu Fruit from him before the sea demons’ song plunged her vision into darkness.
• Meng Qingying dreamed of fighting an unknown opponent at the boundary of the Nether River and Blood Sea, losing as a phoenix’s power protected her final wisp of spirit.
• Meng Qingying’s dream showed the Nether River being severed and the Blood Sea drying up before she followed the sea demons’ wails into darkness.
• Minghe and Meng Qingying awoke inside the dangerous region and saw a giant eye in the Blood Sea vortex, surrounded by stitched-together Flesh Monsters and vengeful spirits.
• Meng Qingying urged Minghe to join forces against a Flesh Monster, and both unleashed their ultimate techniques as Qin Yi spotted their powers and hurried toward them.

Minghe and Meng Qingying joined forces to defeat the Flesh Giant and trap the sea demons, but the Sea Demon Lord opened the vortex and drew them toward a vast Nether Purple skeleton and a blood-red eye. As they began to succumb to the call, a crimson beam arrived, and the sea demons recognized it as Phoenix Feather.

• Minghe and Meng Qingying worked together to pierce the Flesh Giant's chest, suppress its healing, and drive it into the Blood Sea.
• Minghe and Meng Qingying trapped the emerging sea demons with shadow arts and heavenly light, forcing the Sea Demon Lord to intervene from afar.
• The Sea Demon Lord opened a crack in the Blood Sea vortex, revealing a gigantic Nether Purple bird skeleton and a blood-red eye that called to Minghe and Meng Qingying.
• Minghe and Meng Qingying released hands and drifted toward the vortex, drawn by the summons to seek their true selves.
• A crimson beam cut through the darkness, and the sea demons cried out in alarm, identifying it as Phoenix Feather.

Qin Yi rescued Minghe and Meng Qingying from the Nether River’s influence with a phoenix feather, but Minghe’s response to the Sea Demon Lord’s soul art unleashed a violent upheaval and left both women incapacitated. He escaped the closing vortex with them, while Liusu promised to explain what had happened once they reached safety.

• Qin Yi used the phoenix feather to break the Nether River’s hold on Minghe and Meng Qingying, though Meng Qingying remained entranced by a strange connection to the corpse below.
• Qin Yi attacked the Sea Demon Lord as Minghe pulled Meng Qingying away, but the Sea Demon Lord called Minghe’s name with her Sea Demon Soul Capture art.
• Minghe answered the call and screamed in agony, causing the Nether River Blood Sea to surge and inflicting a severe backlash on the Sea Demon Lord and her clansmen.
• Qin Yi gave Minghe a Forgetful Soul Heaven Pill, while Doggie restrained the returning Flesh Giant.
• Qin Yi carried Minghe and Meng Qingying out of the vortex, which then closed as the blood eyes shut; Liusu said she would explain the events after they reached safety.

Qin Yi protected Minghe and Meng Qingying from the Netherworld’s creatures, then created a sheltered refuge at the bottom of the Nether River. Minghe regained awareness after a painful awakening and leaned on Qin Yi, while Liusu warned that her buried memories remained.

• Qin Yi fought off Netherworld creatures while carrying Minghe and Meng Qingying, then followed Liusu’s advice and descended into the Nether River.
• Qin Yi planted the phoenix feather and surrounded it with Buddhist prayer beads, forming a protected small world where the creatures could not intrude.
• Minghe regained awareness and told Qin Yi that remembering her past had nearly shattered her Sea of Souls.
• Liusu explained that Minghe’s memories remained buried and that it was too early for her full awakening.
• Minghe embraced Qin Yi and said she was grateful he had appeared, while Qin Yi called their meeting fate.

After rescuing Minghe, Qin Yi comforted her as she struggled with memories from her past life, but Xi Yue interrupted their near-kiss to warn that Minghe needed to recover her Dao Heart. Qin Yi formally asked to marry Minghe, and Xi Yue accepted that he had met the prerequisite for discussing marriage before setting the next challenge: he had to knock open the Celestial Pivot Divine Palace.

• Minghe rested in Qin Yi's arms and told him that he was holding her, but Xi Yue pulled them apart before they could kiss.
• Xi Yue explained that Minghe had just passed through reincarnation and needed to clear her heart and cultivate in seclusion rather than give in to desire.
• Qin Yi argued with Xi Yue over her intervention and reminded her that he had reached the fifth layer of Shining Sun within a hundred years.
• Qin Yi formally proposed marriage to Minghe, and Xi Yue acknowledged that he had met the prerequisite to discuss it.
• Xi Yue challenged Qin Yi to knock open the Divine Palace, then took Minghe away as Qin Yi protested that he had only been showing off when he made that boast.

Xi Yue brought Minghe to a site in the Great Wilderness where Qin Yi had once fought and explained why Minghe’s feelings for him conflicted with her cultivation and identity as the Nether River’s incarnation. She sent Minghe back to the Divine Land to cultivate and decide whether to pursue eternal life and uncover her past life.

• Xi Yue brought Minghe to a mountaintop in the Great Wilderness and explained that Qin Yi had created the stone table there during a past battle.
• Xi Yue warned Minghe that her feelings for Qin Yi conflicted with the Celestial Pivot Divine Palace’s cultivation of impartiality, while Qin Yi followed a path guided by his true nature.
• Xi Yue revealed that Minghe was the incarnation of the Nether River and the manifestation of Netherworld Intent.
• Xi Yue explained that the Celestial Pivot ritual and the Nether River’s Summons could benefit Minghe’s cultivation, then sent her back to the Divine Land.
• Xi Yue left Minghe to decide whether she wanted eternal life and whether to seek the root of her past life.

Qin Yi learned that Meng Qingying might have been E'Zhuo, a Netherfire Phoenix, after the phoenix feather helped her recover and revealed a connection to her past life. Meng Qingying refused to pursue her past-life identity and told Qin Yi the feather could serve as the rite by which he married her, then teased him about lying in Minghe's embrace.

• Meng Qingying woke and told Qin Yi that the phoenix feather had carried some of her memories and protected her Sea of Consciousness.
• Meng Qingying realized the feather might be tied to her past life and insisted Qin Yi take it away so it would not overwhelm her with past-life consciousness.
• Meng Qingying said she was very likely E'Zhuo, leading Qin Yi to understand that her blood could let him see through the netherworld because E'Zhuo was a Netherfire Phoenix.
• Meng Qingying rejected the Nether Emperor Sect token and said she did not want to investigate her past life or be bound by fidelity and righteousness.
• Meng Qingying said the phoenix feather could be the rite by which Qin Yi married her, then teased him about lying in Minghe's embrace.

After recovering in the Nether River Blood Sea, Qin Yi learned that restoring the Netherworld probably would not require sacrificing Minghe, then asked Meng Qingying to help him return quickly to the sea. Meng Qingying agreed to send powerful escorts, leaving Qin Yi ready to head back to the urgent conflict.

• Qin Yi, Meng Qingying, and Minghe recovered their strength while cultivating above the Nether River, and Meng Qingying's past-life soul power revived further.
• Meng Qingying explained that the Nether Emperor Sect Ruins remained missing and that restoring the Netherworld probably would not require sacrificing the current Minghe.
• Qin Yi promised to help Meng Qingying with her undertaking, and she teased him about his honeyed words before asking how he had reached the blood sea.
• Qin Yi said Will of Heaven had led him there while he was being pursued, and he explained that he needed to return to Winged Human Island quickly.
• Meng Qingying offered to send powerful people to escort Qin Yi back, and he immediately accepted her help.

Qin Yi returned to Phoenix Feather Cave with two Qianyuan elders, only to find that the Dragon Son was gone and the passage was unguarded. Outside, the injured Sea Demon King revealed her connection to the River of the Dead and asked Qin Yi to help awaken her original master, but he rejected her plan.

• Qin Yi persuaded two Qianyuan elders to break open the Sky Curtain, but their search found no Dragon Son inside, and they left angrily.
• Qin Yi returned through the passage and learned from Liusu that world membranes normally healed after being opened.
• The Sea Demon King recognized Qin Yi by the River of the Dead's aura and asked about Minghe's identity and cultivation.
• The Sea Demon King explained that the sea demons had opposed the Netherworld's revival because they believed their master was dead, but now wanted to awaken her.
• Qin Yi rejected the Sea Demon King's plan and demanded the adorable Minghe instead.

Qin Yi rejected the Sea Demon King's offer to help awaken Minghe's past life, insisting that he wanted Minghe as she was. Yu Feiling arrived to support him, and they left the sea domain for the Ninth Heaven with tensions over the phoenix feather still unresolved.

• The Sea Demon King explained that the collapse of the netherworld had left most souls unable to reincarnate and claimed Minghe was her master's reincarnation.
• The Sea Demon King offered Qin Yi power and influence if he helped awaken Minghe, but Qin Yi refused because he wanted Minghe, not her past life.
• Yu Feiling secretly entered the sea domain and praised Qin Yi's words, then warned the Sea Demon King not to harass him.
• The Sea Demon King and Yu Feiling argued over the phoenix feather, and Qin Yi took Yu Feiling away to avoid a fight.
• Yu Feiling parted the sea as she and Qin Yi headed toward the Ninth Heaven, while Qin Yi suspected the Nine Great Kings had other plans.

Yu Feiling brought Qin Yi to Winged Human Island, where he reunited with Yu Shang and revealed that he had obtained the Phoenix feather. The Winged Humans revered him as the Phoenix Envoy, and Yu Feiling declared that they would treat him as their king.

• Yu Feiling carried Qin Yi from the seabed to Winged Human Island, where Yu Shang embraced and kissed him.
• Yu Feiling reflected that Qin Yi had passed her test by standing up to the Sea Demon King and decided he was worthy of approaching the sacred tree.
• Qin Yi showed Yu Shang and Yu Feiling the Phoenix feather, prompting the Winged Humans to kneel and welcome him as the Holy Body.
• The Winged Humans enshrined the feather, and Yu Shang explained that the Phoenix Envoy's arrival meant the phoenix would return.
• Yu Feiling proclaimed Qin Yi the Phoenix Envoy and ordered the Winged Humans to treat him as their king.

After recovering from his dangerous mission, Qin Yi rested with Yu Shang among the Winged Humans and played a flute piece that moved them all. Zhu Er arrived to offer him a teaching job, but Yu Shang angrily rejected her for trying to hire her husband.

• Qin Yi rested in Yu Shang's embrace while Winged Humans danced for him in gratitude for reclaiming Feng Yu.
• Qin Yi asked Yu Shang about the Clam Girls' musical abilities, then played the Yunxiu Flute for her and the gathered Winged Humans.
• Yu Shang and Yu Feiling recognized the depth of Qin Yi's music and discussed his longing for peace and quiet serenity.
• A Winged Human Guard announced that Zhu Er had arrived with pearls for the Clam Girls' agreed transaction.
• Zhu Er offered to pay Qin Yi to teach flute, and Yu Shang angrily told her to get lost because Qin Yi was her husband.

After Qin Yi’s flute performance impressed the Clam Girls, their Princess asked to stay on Winged Human Island and learn from him. Qin Yi agreed to let her visit, though he doubted her shyness would ever allow her to perform.

• The Clam Girls heard Qin Yi’s flute and decided that his art could help them impress Great Great King.
• Zhu Er asked Qin Yi to teach them, but he said he had no time; she then revealed that their timid Princess had requested his instruction.
• Qin Yi warned the Princess that her habit of hiding in her shell made performing impossible, and she snapped her shell shut and cried.
• Yu Shang allowed the Princess to stay on the island and listen to Qin Yi’s flute when he chose to play.
• The Clam Girls built the Princess a shining sand castle, where she hid while the Winged Humans gathered around it.
• Qin Yi and Yu Shang left for the night, and the Winged Humans eventually dispersed, leaving the Princess alone in her castle.

Qin Yi recovered through cultivation with Yu Shang and prepared to approach the World Tree, while the Clam Girl listened to his flute and reconsidered learning from him. As Qin Yi and Yu Shang headed for the Holy Wood, the Clam Girl suspected it was connected to a branch sought by the Nine Great Kings.

• Qin Yi dismissed the idea of teaching the Clam Girl and focused on recovering from his injuries through dual cultivation with Yu Shang.
• The Clam Girl tried to study music with Zhu Er, but she became distressed after overhearing Qin Yi and Yu Shang in the pool.
• The next morning, Qin Yi played the flute for Yu Shang, and the Clam Girl recognized the melody’s quality and considered taking him as her master.
• Qin Yi confirmed he had recovered and set out with Yu Shang for the Holy Wood, where he planned to approach the World Tree.
• The Clam Girl remembered the Nine Great Kings’ interest in a branch and wondered whether it came from Winged Human Island.

Qin Yi visited the Winged Human Holy Wood with Yu Shang and learned how Jian Mu could help Liusu, Doggie, and his own cultivation. Doggie chose to return only after becoming stronger, while Qin Yi considered asking Yu Shang about gathering Jian Mu materials and refining a pill there.

• Qin Yi saw that the Winged Human Holy Wood was a branch of the enormous Jian Mu, whose roots and branches had formed the islands of the Sea Forbidden Ground.
• Liusu entered Jian Mu to study it, while Doggie explained that staying there could restore it to its peak and offered the Wood Heart as a possible substitute for Jian Mu Fruit.
• Doggie tried to persuade Qin Yi to give it the Other Shore Flower, but Qin Yi explained that it could serve as a seed for growing more flowers when the Netherworld revived.
• Qin Yi told Doggie it could return to Jian Mu once it was strong enough to avoid being bullied, and Doggie agreed to wait.
• Doggie suggested Qin Yi could obtain Jian Mu materials for Liusu and a new Dharma treasure, then proposed refining Qin Yi's Pill Embryo beneath the holy wood's life force.

As Qin Yi refined pills beside Jian Mu, Liusu discovered that the tree’s life force had weakened and that it might bear only three fruits instead of nine. Liusu and Doggie cultivated their souls, creating enormous black and white vortices that revealed Liusu’s awakening and left Yu Feiling shaken.

• Liusu examined Jian Mu’s veins and found that its life force could support only three fruits this cycle, though she could not tell whether the tree itself or the branch’s supply was at fault.
• Liusu warned Qin Yi not to interfere or reveal how she had discovered the problem, and Qin Yi decided to watch for changes while refining pills.
• Liusu and Doggie began absorbing Jian Mu’s life force to complete their Qianyuan soul power, producing huge black and white vortices above the tree.
• Yu Feiling ordered the featherfolk to strengthen the island’s array defenses as the black vortex revealed Taotie’s aura and the larger white vortex manifested the Heavenly Dao.
• Liusu told Qin Yi that her awakening could not remain hidden forever and hoped he had prepared for what was coming.

Qin Yi refined a No Form Pill amid the World Tree’s immense life energy, while Liusu and Black Fur Ball recovered rapidly. The pill’s heavenly tribulation descended, and Liusu dispersed it with astonishing ease, leaving Qin Yi stunned by her power.

• Qin Yi focused on refining the No Form Pill as the World Tree’s aura accelerated the process and Liusu and Black Fur Ball absorbed its energy.
• Liusu’s Qianyuan soul power reached great completion, while she and Black Fur Ball discussed the energy and time needed to recover to No Form.
• The Nether Emperor Pill Furnace trembled and released auspicious clouds and fragrance, drawing a powerful heavenly tribulation over the sacred hall.
• Black Fur Ball took Taotie form and swallowed the lightning, while Liusu dispersed the electricity, yin winds, and tribulation fire.
• Liusu ordered the remaining tribulation clouds to return, and they vanished as Qin Yi marveled at her power.

Qin Yi and Liusu completed a powerful No Form Pill, and Liusu chose to absorb one and sleep despite the danger surrounding the World Tree. As the featherfolk discovered the tree’s life aura was fading, they suspected Qin Yi had caused it by refining pills there.

• Liusu dispersed the tribulation clouds through spiritual power, revealing the vast gap between its strength and Qin Yi’s.
• Three No Form Pills emerged from the furnace, and Qin Yi stopped Doggie from eating them all and gave it one to help it reach Qian Yuan perfection.
• Liusu declined to eat its pill at first because sleeping would keep it from responding to the World Tree crisis, but Qin Yi urged it to rest and promised to seek Doggie’s advice.
• Liusu absorbed its pill and vanished into the Wolf Tooth Club, while Qin Yi kept the last pill for a future need or as leverage with a Dragon Son.
• The World Tree’s life aura weakened and its leaves began to yellow, prompting Yu Feiling, Yu Shang, and other featherfolk to arrive and suspect Qin Yi’s pill refining had caused the change.