Chapter Summaries

Zhao Chen discovered that the Immortal Slaying Gourd contained Innate Life Source and used the Great Luo Divine Light to repair and reforge it with materials from other primary artifacts. The restored gourd became a powerful Second Sequence Middle-Rank artifact, and Zhao Chen offered to reforge others’ artifacts as well.

• Duan Yusheng was shocked when Zhao Chen revealed that the Immortal Slaying Gourd contained a strand of Innate Life Source.
• Zhao Chen explained that the Innate Life Source could nurture the Immortal Slaying Flying Knife and said he also wanted to repair the gourd.
• Zhao Chen used the Great Luo Divine Light to strip materials and Rune Restrictions from the primary artifacts of Ren Qitao, Tu Ren Gu, and the other black-clothed Dominator Realm cultivators he had killed.
• Zhao Chen poured the salvaged materials into the Immortal Slaying Gourd, restoring its crack and strengthening its world-power as a Second Sequence Middle-Rank primary artifact.
• Duan Yusheng, Dongfang Jian, Long Yiting, and Lan Xiaoyan were astonished by Zhao Chen’s artifact-refining skill, and Zhao Chen offered to reforge their primary artifacts.

Zhao Chen reforged the Dominator Artifacts of Long Yiting and the others, then declined to take on Duan Yusheng’s half-step First Sequence Emerald Green Flute for now. The auction revealed a Netherworld Yellow Springs Flower, a treasure that caught Zhao Chen’s attention.

• Zhao Chen used the Great Luo Divine Light to reforge Long Yiting and the other four’s Dominator Artifacts.
• Duan Yusheng revealed that his Emerald Green Flute was a half-step First Sequence Dominator Artifact and asked Zhao Chen to help upgrade it with a broken flute fragment.
• Zhao Chen said he lacked confidence to handle the flute’s tribulation and advised Duan Yusheng to seek a master artifact refiner first.
• Duan Yusheng accepted Zhao Chen’s offer to reconsider if he had no other option, then noticed a new auction item.
• The Purple-Robed Old Man uncovered a strange herb, and Zhao Chen recognized it as the Netherworld Yellow Springs Flower.

At the Treasure Gathering Pavilion auction, Zhao Chen set his sights on the Netherworld Yellow Springs Flower, which could preserve a sliver of life and help him retrieve the Netherworld Ghost Fire Pearl. As Qiao Xuerong and Qin Qingsheng drove up its price, Zhao Chen abruptly entered the bidding with an offer of three hundred thousand source crystals.

• The Purple-Robed Old Man introduced the Netherworld Yellow Springs Flower’s life-preserving use and opened bidding at one hundred thousand source crystals.
• Qiao Xuerong bid one hundred and thirty thousand source crystals, and Duan Yusheng explained her status and rivalry with Qin Qingsheng.
• Qin Qingsheng and Qiao Xuerong repeatedly raised the price, pushing it to two hundred and thirty thousand source crystals.
• Zhao Chen decided the bidding feud gave him an opportunity and, after considering the flower’s likely price, offered three hundred thousand source crystals.

Qiao Xuerong confronted Zhao Chen after he bid three hundred thousand source crystals for the Netherworld Yellow Springs Flower, which she urgently needed. She threatened him to stop bidding, but Zhao Chen's protective Array Formation stood between them.

• Zhao Chen's bid of three hundred thousand source crystals drew attention to the Adventurers' Guild VIP box, and Luo Jiusi realized he might have to pay for it.
• Qiao Xuerong, angered by the bid and determined to obtain the Netherworld Yellow Springs Flower, raised the price to three hundred and two thousand source crystals.
• Qin Qingsheng raised the bid to three hundred and four thousand source crystals, pleased that someone was obstructing Qiao Xuerong.
• Qiao Xuerong went to the Adventurers' Guild VIP box, where Zhao Chen used the Eye of Reincarnation to see through the mist surrounding her.
• Qiao Xuerong shoved the door open but stopped when Zhao Chen's Array Formation began to awaken.
• Qiao Xuerong told Zhao Chen to stop bidding and threatened him with a miserable death if he refused.

Zhao Chen won the Netherworld Yellow Springs Flower at auction, then discovered that Qiao Xuerong wanted it to fight the Curse Poison Insect King poisoning her. The chapter ended with him asking who had secretly planted the insect inside her.

• Zhao Chen watched the Netherworld Yellow Springs Flower sell for three hundred and four thousand source crystals after Qiao Xuerong stopped bidding.
• Qiao Xuerong offered Zhao Chen three hundred and ten thousand source crystals for the flower, but he refused to give it up.
• Zhao Chen recognized that Qiao Xuerong looked pale and had unnatural purple lips, and he privately asked whether she had been poisoned.
• Qiao Xuerong confirmed that she needed the flower to fight the poison and revealed that a Curse Poison Insect King had infected her.
• Zhao Chen explained the Curse Poison Insect King's deadly effects and asked who had managed to plant one inside Qiao Xuerong.

Zhao Chen offered Qiao Xuerong the Netherworld Yellow Springs Flower after learning that a Curse Poison Insect King was killing her, but he demanded that she retrieve the Netherworld Ghost Fire Pearl from the Road to the Underworld. The chapter ended with Qiao Xuerong shocked by his offer and condition.

• Qiao Xuerong resisted discussing the Curse Poison Insect King, but Zhao Chen warned her that the poison master who planted it could attack her again.
• Qiao Xuerong offered Zhao Chen her treasures in exchange for the Netherworld Yellow Springs Flower and confirmed that the black mark on her Jade Bracelet was a countdown to her death.
• Zhao Chen considered helping Qiao Xuerong fight poison with poison so he could study the curse, gain World Origin Power, and obtain her gratitude.
• Qiao Xuerong explained that she had no other choice and revealed that Qin Qingsheng did not know the curse had weakened her.
• Zhao Chen agreed to give Qiao Xuerong the Netherworld Yellow Springs Flower on the condition that she retrieve the Netherworld Ghost Fire Pearl from the Road to the Underworld.

Zhao Chen offered Qiao Xuerong the Netherworld Yellow Springs Flower on the condition that she retrieve a Netherworld Ghost Fire Pearl from the Road to the Underworld, and promised to eliminate the Curse Poison Insect King in return. Qiao Xuerong accepted the dangerous task, leaving Zhao Chen set to obtain the insect king’s Dominator Source Beast Core.

• Zhao Chen told Qiao Xuerong that she had to bring back a Netherworld Ghost Fire Pearl from the Road to the Underworld to receive the Netherworld Yellow Springs Flower.
• Qiao Xuerong feared that trying to take the pearl would leave her trapped on the Road to the Underworld or provoke the Netherworld Earth God Realm.
• Zhao Chen explained that the flower could ease her curse poison and weaken the Curse Poison Insect King, but could not eliminate it completely.
• Zhao Chen promised to remove the Curse Poison Insect King and prevent its return if Qiao Xuerong retrieved the pearl, while claiming its Dominator Source Beast Core for himself.
• Qiao Xuerong accepted the deal and offered to help Zhao Chen obtain other Dominator Source Beast Cores.

Zhao Chen asked Qiao Xuerong for Dominator Source Beast Cores to strengthen himself before facing the Curse Poison Insect King. Qiao Xuerong gave him three powerful Second Sequence cores, hoping the added strength would keep him alive long enough to save her.

• Zhao Chen asked Qiao Xuerong to let him choose Dominator Source Beast Cores, and she agreed.
• Qiao Xuerong presented three Second Sequence cores from an Undead Demon Horse, an Ancient Divine Dragon Deer, and a Primordial Transformation Void Fish, which she had killed or helped capture.
• Qiao Xuerong explained that she could not use the cores herself because she had chosen other World Source Powers to master.
• Zhao Chen felt greedy accepting the cores before finding the Netherworld Yellow Springs Flower or curing Qiao Xuerong's curse poison.
• Qiao Xuerong said she was giving Zhao Chen the cores because she feared he would be killed by the Curse Poison Insect King before resolving her predicament.

Zhao Chen accepted three Second Sequence Dominator Source Beast Cores from Qiao Xuerong and gave her a Rune Source Treasure to help resist her curse poison. After she warned him that those who practiced curses in the Myriad Demons Star Sea suffered terrible misfortune, Zhao Chen returned to his private room and examined the auction items his companions had won, including a damaged scroll bearing the character for “curse.”

• Zhao Chen accepted three Dominator Source Beast Cores from Qiao Xuerong and offered her a Rune Source Treasure in exchange for the Netherworld Yellow Springs Flower.
• Qiao Xuerong warned Zhao Chen that curse practitioners in the Myriad Demons Star Sea were plagued by terrifying misfortune, and Zhao Chen began to suspect the danger was real.
• After Qiao Xuerong left, Zhao Chen concealed their meeting and told Duan Yusheng he had been speaking with an acquaintance.
• Long Yiting told Zhao Chen that she and the others had bid on several items for him, and the auction delivery arrived in their private room.
• Zhao Chen inspected the delivered treasures and noticed that the final damaged ancient scroll bore a character meaning “curse.”

Zhao Chen accepted Long Yiting’s Curse Words scroll and arranged for her and the others to cultivate and break through while he guarded them. After Duan Yusheng questioned his background, Zhao Chen hinted that he might eventually establish his Dao in a top-tier second-grade great world.

• Long Yiting gave Zhao Chen an incomplete ancient scroll of Curse Words, which he said could help him study the Forbidden Curse Power threatening Duan Xiao.
• Duan Yusheng paid for the scroll and other items, then said they could later fleece Luo Jiusi for the Ten Netherworld Ghost Abyss Fiends.
• Zhao Chen praised Long Yiting, set up formations to guard the group, and sent her, Dongfang Jian, Lan Xiaoyan, Tian Bao, and Tie Shan into a space-time array to cultivate.
• Duan Yusheng asked whether Zhao Chen had established his Dao in a top-tier second-grade great world, and Zhao Chen replied that he could in the future.

Zhao Chen told Duan Yusheng about his origins and the powerful figures from his Great Thousand World, leaving Duan stunned by their potential. The Tantai Holy Maiden of the Snow Region Divine Sect then asked Zhao Chen to sell her the Netherworld Yellow Springs Flower to treat an illness, offering even her chastity as compensation.

• Zhao Chen said he came from a third-tier Great World and that many seniors there were stronger than him, while Duan Yusheng struggled to believe it.
• Zhao Chen reflected on the Great Thousand World's past and present experts and planned to return after the Chaotic Ancient World Treasure Gathering.
• The Tantai Holy Maiden of the Snow Region Divine Sect arrived and asked Zhao Chen to resell her the Netherworld Yellow Springs Flower.
• Zhao Chen asked why she needed the flower, and the Tantai Holy Maiden said she needed it to treat an illness.
• The Tantai Holy Maiden offered to do everything she could to compensate Zhao Chen, even offering her chastity.

Zhao Chen exposed the Taiqing Holy Maiden of the Emotionless Holy Palace disguising herself as the Tantai Holy Maiden while seeking the Netherworld Yellow Springs Flower. She explained that she needed it to cure the heart disease blocking her return to the Path of Emotion, leaving Zhao Chen to consider her unusual claim.

• The disguised Taiqing Holy Maiden offered Zhao Chen her body as compensation, but he used the Eye of Reincarnation to see through her disguise.
• The Taiqing Holy Maiden revealed her identity and admitted she had impersonated the Tantai Holy Maiden to muddy her rival’s reputation.
• Zhao Chen asked why she wanted the Netherworld Yellow Springs Flower, and the Taiqing Holy Maiden said it was to cure her heart disease.
• The Taiqing Holy Maiden explained that her heart disease could only be cured by finding a new beloved and returning to the Path of Emotion.
• Zhao Chen considered whether her heart disease was an obstacle to entering the next stage of her cultivation path.

Zhao Chen rejected the Taiqing Holy Maiden's attempt to obtain the Netherworld Yellow Springs Flower after seeing through her fabricated story about saving her beloved. The Holy Maiden left in anger, while Duan Yusheng warned Zhao that she would make him trouble, and Zhao questioned whether she could be more frightening than a Boundary Sea Beast.

• Zhao Chen asked the Taiqing Holy Maiden to explain why she needed the Netherworld Yellow Springs Flower before he would consider giving it to her.
• The Taiqing Holy Maiden claimed the flower could help save her poisoned beloved and offered her body in return, but Zhao Chen recognized her story as a lie because he knew Qiao Xuerong needed the flower.
• Zhao Chen shut the VIP room door and told the Taiqing Holy Maiden to bring her beloved next time, leaving her to realize he would not hand over the flower.
• The Taiqing Holy Maiden pounded on the door, threatened Zhao Chen, and departed after her charms failed to persuade him.
• Duan Yusheng warned Zhao Chen that the Taiqing Holy Maiden was dangerous, but Zhao Chen doubted she could be more terrifying than a Boundary Sea Beast.

Zhao Chen learned that the Taiqing Holy Maiden wanted the Netherworld Yellow Springs Flower to resolve an affliction tied to her unusual cultivation of the Ruthless Dao and Sentient Dao. Duan Yusheng warned that Zhao Chen was in trouble, then suggested a way to make the Taiqing Holy Maiden avoid him.

• Zhao Chen refused to give the Netherworld Yellow Springs Flower to the Taiqing Holy Maiden and explained that he did not trust her.
• Duan Yusheng learned that the Taiqing Holy Maiden had sought the flower to treat an inner affliction and reacted with alarm.
• Duan Yusheng explained that the Emotionless Holy Palace treated such afflictions through either surviving death or dying through life, and described how the Taiqing Holy Maiden hoped to connect with a beloved she had imagined.
• Zhao Chen praised Duan Yusheng and threatened to tell the Taiqing Holy Maiden that he had given him the flower.
• Duan Yusheng proposed that Zhao Chen publicly claim he liked the Taiqing Holy Maiden so she would never want to see him again.

Zhao Chen dismissed Duan Yusheng’s suggestion to pursue the Taiqing Holy Maiden, reasoning that he could leave the Chaotic Ancient World after the Treasure Gathering. As the auction unveiled the Bronze Fiend Sword, Zhao Chen sensed its Forbidden Curse Power could help him and considered fusing the sword into his Asura Sword.

• Zhao Chen told Duan Yusheng he could leave the Chaotic Ancient World after the Treasure Gathering if the Taiqing Holy Maiden became troublesome.
• Zhao Chen warned Duan Yusheng that obtaining his desired flute would mean competing with powerful prodigies and facing pressure from Dominator Realm experts.
• Luo Jiusi announced the first of the Ten Netherworld Ghost Abyss Fiends, the Bronze Fiend Sword, and the Purple-Robed Old Man revealed it under Rune Restrictions.
• Zhao Chen appraised the Bronze Fiend Sword and realized its Forbidden Curse Power could benefit him and the sword itself could be fused into his Asura Sword.

Zhao Chen refined a Dominator Source Beast Core and used Blood Dragon Gold to strengthen the Asura Sword while considering how the Forbidden Curse Power could help Duan Yusheng obtain the broken flute. He suspected the Curse Codex and the auctioned Netherworld Ghost Abyss fiends were part of a conspiracy, leaving the auction’s purpose uncertain.

• Duan Yusheng explained that Dugu Liuming was determined to obtain the Bronze Fiend Sword, which might hold a First Sequence Dominator’s sword inheritance.
• Zhao Chen assured Duan Yusheng that he could suppress the Forbidden Curse Power and told him to focus on bidding for the broken flute.
• Zhao Chen refined the Scarlet Phoenix Goose Dominator Source Beast Core and absorbed its realm source power.
• Zhao Chen merged Blood Dragon Gold into the Asura Sword and examined the incomplete Curse Codex.
• Zhao Chen wondered whether the person behind the Netherworld Ghost Abyss fiends was using the auction as part of a scheme involving everyone seeking to obtain them.

Zhao Chen and Duan Yusheng discussed the conspiracy behind the Netherworld Ghost Abyss treasures, and Zhao Chen suspected it might be connected to curses and the Netherworld Earth God Realm. He began refining an Undead Demon Horse core, hoping to master Undead Realm Power and control the Netherworld Ghost Abyss’s zombie puppets.

• Zhao Chen told Duan Yusheng that the unusual flood of Netherworld Ghost Abyss treasures was part of a conspiracy, and Duan Yusheng shared his father’s warning that someone would come demanding items and payment.
• Dugu Liuming won the Bronze Fiend Sword with a bid of one million source crystals while Zhao Chen studied the fragmentary book, "Curse."
• Zhao Chen speculated that divine curses and the missing fragmentary volume were connected to the Netherworld Ghost Abyss and possibly the Netherworld Earth God Realm.
• Worried that obtaining the Netherworld Yellow Springs Flower and the book had made him a target, Zhao Chen sent three Second Sequence Dominator Source Beast Cores into the Nirvana Bitter Sea.
• Zhao Chen examined the Undead Demon Horse core and hoped that mastering Undead Realm Power would let him control the zombie puppets of the Netherworld Ghost Abyss.

Zhao Chen destroyed the Undead Demon Horse’s lingering will and absorbed its Undead Realm Power, then considered how to strengthen his other Realm Powers. He asked Duan Yusheng about Undead Source Crystals, and Duan Yusheng realized Zhao Chen intended to strengthen his soul to better seal the Forbidden Curse Power in Duan Xiao’s inheritance.

• Zhao Chen used the Thunderfire Rainbow Lotus to erase the Undead Demon Horse’s lingering will in the Nirvana Bitter Sea.
• Zhao Chen absorbed the resulting Darkness World Source Power and Undead Realm Power, which quickly surpassed his other Realm Powers.
• Zhao Chen concluded that he needed to raise the Great Thousand World and the Holy Spirit Realm to improve their corresponding Realm Powers.
• Zhao Chen used the Chaos Star Stone to convert unused Chaotic Ancient Source Crystals into Chaos Origin and strengthen six of his Realm Powers.
• Zhao Chen asked Duan Yusheng whether he had Undead Source Crystals, and Duan Yusheng inferred that Zhao Chen wanted to strengthen his soul before sealing the Forbidden Curse Power in Duan Xiao’s inheritance.

Zhao Chen accepted three Undead Source Crystals from Duan Yusheng and absorbed them through the Asura God, filling the Undead Realm Power layer of his Nirvana Bitter Sea. The chapter left Zhao Chen’s power at its first limit, while explaining that surpassing it required a dangerous Heavenly Tribulation Baptism.

• Duan Yusheng gave Zhao Chen three Undead Source Crystals to help suppress the Forbidden Curse Power on Duan Xiao.
• Duan Yusheng warned Zhao Chen that Undead Source Crystals contained a harmful undead aura that could cause cultivation problems if absorbed carelessly.
• Zhao Chen sent the three crystals into the Nirvana Bitter Sea, where the Asura God absorbed their undead aura and accumulated Undead Realm Power.
• The Undead Realm Power filled its layer of the Nirvana Bitter Sea to its limit.
• The chapter explained that surpassing the first limit required a Heavenly Tribulation Baptism, which few cultivators survived.

Zhao Chen assessed how his powers compared with the top chosen and used his enhanced soul perception to discover a mysterious figure in a neighboring VIP box. The figure was manipulating a deathly bronze compass with a crystalline skeletal hand, leading Zhao Chen to suspect he was an Undead Mage.

• Zhao Chen considered how his Asura, Crimson Flame, and Undead Realm Powers let him contend with top chosen who had reached the third limit.
• Zhao Chen found that the soul energy from the Undead Source Crystal had strengthened the Asura God and his soul perception.
• Zhao Chen's enhanced perception revealed a Black-Robed Masked Man sitting alone in a neighboring VIP box.
• Zhao Chen saw the masked man use a bronze compass radiating undead aura to divine something.
• Zhao Chen noticed that the masked man's right hand was a crystalline skeletal hand covered in curse Sequence Laws and wondered if he was an Undead Mage.