Chapter Summaries

Ye Qiu left Little Fairy Doctor after arranging for her care and traveled through the Door to Anywhere to the Abyss of Infinity. Protected by the Blue Spirit Pearl, he reached a gathering of resentful souls and asked them if they wanted freedom.

• The system reminded Ye Qiu that he had three hours left to create the underworld, so he left Little Fairy Doctor sleeping and arranged food and other provisions for her.
• Ye Qiu ordered the Twelve Guards to open the Door to Anywhere and set its destination to the Abyss of Infinity.
• Ye Qiu entered the Abyss of Infinity with the Blue Spirit Pearl, whose light revealed the place’s concentrated yin energy and wandering souls.
• Ye Qiu used Southern Samadhi Fire to illuminate the surrounding wasteland as resentful spirits gathered around him.
• Ye Qiu sat protected by the Blue Spirit Pearl and asked the spirits if they wanted freedom, prompting masses of black energy with ferocious faces to appear.

After receiving a mission to establish an underworld, Ye Qiu cleared the Abyss of Infinity and used the Book of Life and Death to summon the underworld. He confronted the trapped spirits and left them facing the prospect of judgment, reincarnation, or resurrection.

• After the Central Plains Auction ended, Ye Qiu received an S-rank Book of Life and Death and a twelve-hour mission to establish an underworld.
• Ye Qiu searched for sixteen Dou Di zombies but could not find them, then sent thousands of Shadow Clones to clear the Abyss of Infinity.
• Ye Qiu used the Blue Spirit Pearl to capture the resentful spirits and told them the underworld would judge the dead and could resurrect those with great merit.
• Ye Qiu inscribed Cursed Seals on a stone platform, placed the Ancient Book inside a barrier, and invoked the underworld.
• A continent-wide voice announced that the underworld had been established.

After the Heavenly Dao recognized Ye Qiu’s Netherworld Realm, it bestowed Merit and Luck that greatly increased his cultivation. Ye Qiu opened the Reincarnation Tunnel, freed the undead who qualified for reincarnation, and appointed Shendu to govern the Netherworld before departing.

• The Heavenly Dao recognized Ye Qiu’s Netherworld Realm and distributed Merit and Luck across the continent, raising Ye Qiu’s cultivation from late-stage Two Star Dou Zun to early-stage Nine Star Dou Zun.
• Ye Qiu purchased and opened the Reincarnation Tunnel, explaining how the undead could reincarnate, serve as Ghost Soldiers, or earn positions and new bodies.
• The undead who passed the tunnel’s test drank Meng Po Soup and entered reincarnation, while the remaining spirits agreed to serve the Netherworld Realm.
• Ye Qiu summoned Shendu, appointed him Chief Judge of the Netherworld Realm, and placed the enforcement district and the Black-Corner Region’s twelve cities under his authority.
• Ye Qiu left Shendu in charge and clarified that the realm was the Netherworld Underworld, not the Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss.

After the Heavenly Dao called for souls to be sent to the Underworld in exchange for Merit and Luck, factions slaughtered Ice River Valley disciples to collect their Soul Bodies. Hong Chen and Cang Yuanzi fought over their captured souls until Hun Miesheng arrived and discovered that Soul Hall had been beaten to them.

• People from across the continent invaded Ice River Valley to capture its disciples’ Soul Bodies after Huaxia Eastern Emperor announced the Heavenly Dao’s decree.
• Hong Chen killed Ice River Valley disciples and collected more than eight hundred souls in his gourd.
• Cang Yuanzi attacked Hong Chen and demanded his Soul Bodies and Condensed Dew Sword, so the two Dou Shengs clashed.
• Hun Miesheng interrupted their fight with Soul Engulfing Sky and demanded Ice Venerable’s Soul Bodies.
• Ice Venerable said there were no Soul Bodies left and pointed at Hong Chen and Cang Yuanzi, leaving Hun Miesheng frustrated that Soul Hall had been beaten to them.

Hun Miesheng tried to claim the Ice River Valley disciples’ Soul Bodies, but Cang Yuanzi attacked with the Greedy Wolf Scythe while Ye Qiu and Tu Shan Yaya departed after Yaya memorized the valley’s cultivation art. Cang Yuanzi and Hong Chen both withdrew, leaving Hun Miesheng baffled as they insisted they were not running away.

• Hun Miesheng killed the wounded Ice Venerable, captured his soul, and demanded that Hong Chen and Cang Yuanzi hand over the Ice River Valley disciples’ Soul Bodies.
• Hong Chen remembered his humiliating defeat by Hun Miesheng and struggled to contain his anger, while Cang Yuanzi declared that he had no choice but to fight.
• Cang Yuanzi attacked Hun Miesheng, then used the Greedy Wolf Scythe to unleash Demonic River Bloodthirst.
• Ye Qiu learned that Tu Shan Yaya had memorized Ice River Valley’s Ice and Snow Great Art, and the two left without intervening.
• Hun Miesheng blasted through the blood sea and discovered that both Cang Yuanzi and Hong Chen had disappeared.
• Cang Yuanzi and Hong Chen raced toward the Abyss of Infinity, awkwardly insisting that they were not running away.

The Pill Tower Giant summoned the Dragon with the seven Dragon Balls and tried to use his wish to gain power and fortune. After rejecting his grand requests, the Dragon fulfilled his lover’s wish for peerless beauty and vanished, leaving the Pill Tower Giant devastated.

• The Pill Tower Giant took the seven Dragon Balls to his castle rooftop with his lover and summoned the Dragon.
• The Dragon appeared above Saint Pill City and offered to grant one wish.
• The Pill Tower Giant asked the Dragon to gather all the continent’s Heavenly Dao fortune onto him, but the Dragon refused.
• The Pill Tower Giant then asked to become a Dou Di and to make the Pill Tower the continent’s number one faction, but the Dragon rejected both wishes.
• The Pill Tower Giant’s lover suggested wishing for peerless beauty, and the Dragon granted it before flying away.
• The Pill Tower Giant realized the Dragon had fulfilled his lover’s wish instead of his own and cried out in dismay.

Ye Qiu received Yuan Tiangang’s prophecy of a coming war and ordered Sky City to reinforce its defenses while investigating Pill Tower’s wish. Meanwhile, the Mittel Family faced the Yun Lan Sect’s imminent attack after China and Ya Fei refused to help unless Hai Bo Dong surrendered the Xiao Family.

• Ye Qiu ordered a Bad People agent to find out what wish Pill Tower had made with the Dragon Ball.
• Ye Qiu sent Xiao Feng orders to strengthen Sky City’s defenses, avoid interfering in Northwest affairs, and take the Vermillion Bird Banner.
• Ye Qiu recalled Yuan Tiangang’s prophecy of three powerful youths entering the Central Plains and wondered whether the third was Qi.
• Wang Yi rejected the Mittel Family’s plea for aid, saying they had brought the Yun Lan Sect’s retaliation upon themselves.
• Mittel Tengshan told Hai Bo Dong that the Yun Lan Sect would attack within two days and that Ya Fei would help only if the Xiao Family was handed over.
• The Mittel Family elders resented Hai Bo Dong and Xiao Ding for involving them in the feud with the Yun Lan Sect.

The Mittel Family debated whether to surrender Xiao Ding and the Xiao Family remnants to the Yun Lan Sect, but Hai Bo Dong vowed to protect them. As the sect demanded their surrender, Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran rushed toward the Gama Empire with Xiong Bao, uncertain whether they could reach the Yun Lan Sect in time.

• Mittel Tengshan silenced his clansmen as they blamed the Xiao Family for bringing the Yun Lan Sect’s hostility upon them.
• Xiao Ding offered to let the Mittel Family surrender him and some Xiao Family survivors while secretly helping the others escape.
• Hai Bo Dong refused to hand over Xiao Ding and vowed to protect him, even at the cost of his life and half the Mittel Family.
• The Yun Lan Sect sent a signal over the Gama Imperial Capital and demanded that the Mittel Family surrender the Xiao Family remnants or face extermination.
• Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran continued toward the Gama Empire aboard Xiong Bao, who said he was already traveling at his maximum speed.
• Xiong Bao thought that he could not intervene in the Yun Lan Sect’s crisis and would only protect Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran if they were in danger.

Ye Qiu watched Xiao Yan lead the Mittel Family’s defense against the Yun Lan Sect and intervened by animating the dying Yun Du and Yun Cha. Xiao Yan fought back, but Ye Qiu sensed an unknown presence behind him protecting him.

• Ye Qiu watched Xiao Yan and his allies ambush the Yun Lan Sect forces attacking the Mittel Family, while the sect’s disciples pressed into the estate.
• Xiao Yan and his allies slaughtered the attackers, and Xiao Yan severely wounded Yun Du and Yun Cha with a thunderous strike.
• Ye Qiu used the Blue Spirit Pearl to cast a spell that revived Yun Du and Yun Cha as controlled corpses and sent them to attack Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan countered their attack with Flame Splitting Tsunami Ruler, while a mysterious aura behind him repelled the Qi around him.
• Ye Qiu realized that an unknown presence was helping Xiao Yan.

Ye Qiu tested whether Xiao Yan was protected by controlling Yun Du and attacking him, drawing powerful allies to his aid. After Ye Qiu withdrew, Wind Venerable and Hua Rouying considered taking Xiao Yan to safety, while the Pill Tower Female Giant invited them to the Pill Tower.

• Ye Qiu used Yun Du’s body to attack Xiao Yan and drove back Hai Bo Dong, Lin Yan, and the others who tried to intervene.
• Wind Venerable appeared and shielded Xiao Yan, but Yun Du revealed overwhelming power and dismissed Starfall Pavilion’s authority.
• Hua Rouying arrived and joined Wind Venerable in protecting Xiao Yan, confirming Ye Qiu’s suspicion that the Heavenly Law was guarding him.
• Yun Du struck Wind Venerable and Hua Rouying down before Ye Qiu withdrew his Divine Sense, leaving Yun Du’s body to fall like a corpse.
• Wind Venerable proposed taking Xiao Yan to Starfall Pavilion, and a Rank 6 Alchemist relayed the Pill Tower Female Giant’s invitation for them to visit the Pill Tower.

After seeing Xiao Yan’s powerful allies, Ye Qiu decided to delay the Soul Clan’s defeat by building China’s own alliances, and the system gave him a mission to cooperate with at least seven factions. He planned to recruit the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan while muddying the continent’s political waters, then reassured Queen Medusa when she revealed her jealousy.

• Ye Qiu assessed the forces supporting Xiao Yan and decided he could delay the Soul Clan’s destruction but not prevent it.
• The system assigned Ye Qiu the mission to establish cooperative relationships with at least seven factions and face the coming continental war.
• Ye Qiu recalled Huang Xuan’s invitation and decided to visit the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan to seek outside support for China.
• Queen Medusa warned Ye Qiu that the ambitious Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan could become dangerous, and he said he would recruit other factions as well.
• Medusa teased Ye Qiu about Old Man of the Moon sending him women, and Ye Qiu promised her it would not happen again.

Ye Qiu traveled from Huaxia Mall toward the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan with Fa Hai and Yuan Tiangang, carrying diplomatic gifts and supplies. He planned to win the clan over to balance Huaxia’s rivals, while also using the visit to signal Huaxia’s willingness to establish diplomatic relations.

• Ye Qiu, Fa Hai, and Yuan Tiangang arrived at the air force base, where the officers were surprised to learn the young-looking Ye Qiu was a Huaxia General.
• Fa Hai and Yuan Tiangang argued over Buddhist recruiting and Daoist teachings as they prepared to depart.
• Ye Qiu confirmed the national gifts and supplies were ready, ordered the warship to leave, and went to his cabin.
• Ye Qiu considered the goals of the diplomatic mission and checked his status panel, noting that his progress toward the Revolving Dou Zun realm felt slower as he advanced.

Ye Qiu traveled by warship with Queen Medusa and his companions to visit the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan, refining Merit and Luck along the way. As the ship entered the Ten Thousand Ancient Linked Domain, an Ancient Desolate Elephant emerged from the void and blocked its path.

• Ye Qiu flirted with Queen Medusa, who warned him not to flirt with other women or she would bar him from her bed.
• Ye Qiu arranged a state visit to the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan to pursue an alliance with the major forces.
• The warship departed the Air Force Base, and Ye Qiu refined Merit and Luck while Fa Hai and Yuan Tiangang debated their faiths.
• The warship entered the dangerous Ten Thousand Ancient Linked Domain, where the crew stayed on high alert.
• An Ancient Desolate Elephant appeared from the void and loomed over the warship, alarming the officers and soldiers.

Ye Qiu left Medusa to answer a Primeval Ancient Elephant's attack on the Huaxia Mall warship, then overwhelmed the Dou Zun with the Banana Leaf Fan. He ordered the soldiers to continue toward the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan and returned to the cabin.

• The Primeval Ancient Elephant Hu Bo appeared before the warship and demanded its treasures before trying to crush it with its feet.
• Fa Hai and Yuan Tiangang used their weapons to stop Hu Bo's attack, but the warship began plummeting toward the ground.
• Ye Qiu appeared and used Reverse Gravity—Float to stabilize the warship, then confronted Hu Bo.
• Ye Qiu grabbed Hu Bo's trunk, threw the elephant over his shoulder, and blasted it toward the horizon with the Banana Leaf Fan.
• Ye Qiu told the stunned soldiers to continue toward the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan and returned to the cabin.

Ye Qiu and his party arrived in the Demon Phoenix Mountain Range for a state visit to the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan. Huang Xuan and the clan welcomed them at Phoenix Plaza, where Huang Xuan formally greeted the Huaxia Eastern Emperor.

• Fa Hai and Yuan Tiangang discussed Ye Qiu’s strength and urged him to keep improving his own cultivation.
• Ye Qiu traveled toward the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan, unable to use the Door to Anywhere because a barrier sealed the Demon Phoenix Mountain Range.
• Yuan Tiangang reported that Huang Xuan had been sent to welcome Ye Qiu and Queen Medusa.
• The Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan prepared a formal welcome, hoping China’s diplomatic visit would restore its standing after recent defeats and humiliation.
• Huang Xuan and the clan’s disciples watched the Chinese warship land at Phoenix Plaza, then Huang Xuan welcomed the Huaxia Eastern Emperor.

Ye Qiu and Medusa arrived at the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan and joined Huang Xuan for a diplomatic banquet. After Ye Qiu demonstrated his strength to the clan elders, urgent reports revealed that Ancient Ruins had appeared in the Skeleton Mountain Range.

• Ye Qiu and Medusa disembarked with their Huaxia delegation and were welcomed by Huang Xuan.
• Huang Xuan asked whether Ye Qiu belonged to the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan, but Ye Qiu denied it and redirected the discussion to affairs of state.
• Elder Huang Ming challenged Ye Qiu's victory over Lei Jueou, so Ye Qiu used a dining knife to shave Huang Ming's hair without injuring him.
• Huang Xuan ordered Huang Ming to leave the hall after acknowledging Ye Qiu's formidable abilities.
• Two groups of messengers reported that Ancient Ruins had emerged in the Skeleton Mountain Range and asked Huang Xuan and Ye Qiu to decide what to do.

Ye Qiu and Huang Xuan traveled to the Skeleton Mountain Range after the Creation Saint’s Tomb appeared, hoping to claim its Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit and Grand Creation Palm. Ye Qiu’s group broke through the resentful energy and reached the tomb, where Ye Qiu raised his fist toward the sealed gate.

• Ye Qiu accepted a quest to obtain the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit and Grand Creation Palm from the Creation Saint’s Tomb, then agreed to travel there with Huang Xuan.
• Ye Qiu and Huang Xuan formed a strategic partnership between China and the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan and hurried toward the Skeleton Mountain Range aboard a warship.
• Fa Hai used the Golden Bowl to clear a path through the resentful energy surrounding the tomb, drawing the attention of the experts gathered there, including Xiao Yan.
• A China general asked Ye Qiu whether to fire the warship’s artillery at the crowd, but Ye Qiu refused and prepared a Gravity Fist—Mountain Splitter aimed at the tomb gate.

Ye Qiu broke open the Tomb Gate’s barrier and stopped the gathered factions from rushing into the Ancient Ruins. He claimed the ruins and their treasures for himself, leaving the other experts facing his sword at the entrance.

• Ye Qiu’s first punch cracked the Tomb Gate’s barrier, and his steel warship arrived with Queen Medusa and Huang Xuan aboard.
• Ye Qiu and Huang Xuan discussed their strength as they approached the gate, while the gathered experts recognized the Huaxia Empire and the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan.
• Ye Qiu shattered the barrier with four punches and Southern Samadhi Fire, opening the Tomb Gate.
• The experts rushed toward the entrance, but Ye Qiu killed those who tried to enter with Sword Thirteen.
• Ye Qiu blocked the entrance, sheathed the Son of Heaven Sword, and declared that everything inside belonged to him.

Ye Qiu barred the gathered factions from entering the Ancient Ruins and killed those who challenged him. After wiping out many attackers with one sword strike, he entered the tomb with Medusa and Huang Xuan, leaving the survivors outside a barrier.

• Ye Qiu claimed the tomb's contents and warned the crowd not to enter, while Fa Hai, Yuan Tiangang, and Huang Xuan stood with him.
• Ye Qiu used the Son of Heaven Sword to kill a hidden Dou Zong who had objected to him.
• The gathered experts surrounded Ye Qiu and his allies, then charged at them together.
• Ye Qiu's single sword strike annihilated the attackers in its path and cleaved open the forest for ten thousand meters.
• Ye Qiu entered the tomb with Medusa, and Huang Xuan followed with his clan before sealing the entrance with a barrier.

Ye Qiu and Huang Xuan led their groups through the tomb’s deadly fire path, then reached a fork and competed to choose the route to the treasure. Huang Xuan took the passage Ye Qiu had secretly blocked, while Ye Qiu’s group set off down the valuable route as Xiao Yan and others remained outside the entrance.

• Ye Qiu shielded the Chinese group from the tomb’s magma and blue flames with Southern Samadhi Fire, while Huang Xuan protected the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan with Dou Qi feathers.
• At the tomb entrance, Xiao Yan and the others failed to break Huang Xuan’s barrier, and a white-haired young man arrived through a spatial rift.
• Ye Qiu used a Treasure Detector at a three-way crossroads and secretly sealed the passage it pointed toward before Huang Xuan caught up.
• Ye Qiu suggested that he and Huang Xuan split up and share some of their spoils, and Huang Xuan chose the right-hand passage without noticing the seal.
• Ye Qiu’s group passed through the spatial barrier toward the right-hand passage, while Yuan Tiangang warned that the Ancient Eight Clans might arrive.