Chapter Summaries

Lin Yiyi and Fang Yi followed a captured man in black through Yuan City to find Jiang Gengsheng, where Wang Yuanyuan warned them that he was a terrifying former captain who possessed the Throne. Fang Yi ignored the warning and led the way to confront Yuan City's Underground Emperor.

• Lin Yiyi forced the man in black to lead her and Fang Yi to Jiang Gengsheng's hideout.
• On Ba Qiao Street, Wang Yuanyuan recognized Lin Yiyi's online handle and warned her not to challenge Jiang Gengsheng.
• Wang Yuanyuan said Jiang Gengsheng possessed the Throne, was cruel and powerful, and had once qualified to serve as a captain.
• Fang Yi told Wang Yuanyuan they would see Jiang Gengsheng for themselves, and Lin Yiyi reassured her before following her cousin.
• Wang Yuanyuan and the man in black sensed Fang Yi's overwhelming aura and wondered who he was.

Fang Yi and Lin Yiyi broke into Jiang Gengsheng’s villa to find him, only for Fang Yi’s overwhelming aura to force his followers to their knees. The group remained terrified as Fang Yi demanded that Jiang Gengsheng come out.

• Lin Yiyi knocked out the villa guard, and the black-clad man used face and iris verification to let Fang Yi and Lin Yiyi through the entrance.
• Fang Yi and Lin Yiyi entered the villa and found Jiang Gengsheng’s followers holding a party.
• Lin Yiyi demanded to know where Jiang Gengsheng was, but one follower refused to summon him.
• Fang Yi stepped forward and unleashed a terrifying aura that crushed the followers’ will and forced some of them to their knees.
• Fang Yi demanded that the followers bring Jiang Gengsheng out, while Lin Yiyi watched and reflected that she still had much to learn.

Fang Yi found Jiang Gengsheng trying and failing to claim the Wood Attribute Throne, then revealed a Little Flower that drifted toward it. The Throne responded with brilliant light, leaving its match with the flower unresolved.

• Lin Yiyi ordered the Pioneers to hurry, and Fang Yi sensed a powerful Wood Attribute fluctuation from the villa's backyard.
• Fang Yi knocked out the Pioneers and told Lin Yiyi to contact the Yuan City Spirit Association before vanishing toward the Wild Mountain.
• Fang Yi found Jiang Gengsheng unable to get past the thorns surrounding the Wood Attribute Throne.
• Jiang Gengsheng attacked Fang Yi, but Fang Yi suppressed him completely and said he was not qualified to claim the Throne.
• Fang Yi released a Little Flower from his clothes, and it drifted toward the Emerald Throne as the Throne shone with boundless light.

As the Spirit Flower began merging with the Wood Attribute Throne, Jiang Gengsheng attacked Fang Yi in a rage after losing his chance to become its master. Fang Yi remained unharmed and revealed his Yang Attribute Tang Saber, leaving Jiang Gengsheng to recognize him as Undertaker.

• The Spirit Flower asked Fang Yi for permission to approach the Wood Attribute Throne, and he allowed it to begin merging with the Throne.
• Jiang Gengsheng raged at being rejected and summoned a massive Earth Attribute fist to attack Fang Yi.
• Fang Yi stood unharmed through Jiang Gengsheng's attacks, while a mysterious force drove Jiang Gengsheng back and left him bleeding.
• Fang Yi turned toward Jiang Gengsheng and drew his Yang Attribute Tang Saber.
• Jiang Gengsheng recognized Fang Yi as Undertaker and was filled with terror.

Fang Yi killed Jiang Gengsheng and watched the Spirit Flower claim the Wood Attribute Throne, becoming the Wood Lord. The Yuan City Spirit Association learned that the new Wood Lord was Fang Yi’s flower and stopped worrying about her stance toward humanity.

• Fang Yi revealed his Tang Saber and killed Jiang Gengsheng with a single slash, reducing him to ashes.
• Fang Yi realized that the Spirit Flower had attracted the Wood Attribute Throne and suspected Jiang Gengsheng’s pursuit had driven it to choose her.
• The Throne’s recognition ceremony spread green light and vitality across Yuan City as the Spirit Flower’s image appeared in the sky.
• The president of the Yuan City Spirit Association worried that the new Wood Lord might threaten humanity and prepared to assess her attitude.
• An officer told the president that the new Wood Lord was the Undertaker Captain’s flower, and he relaxed and told them to let her have fun.

After Spirit Flower inherited the Throne of Wood, Fang Yi returned to Yuan City with Lin Yiyi and helped the Spirit Association raid Jiang Gengsheng’s Underground Bar. They rescued Lin Yiyi’s informant, who recognized Fang Yi as the Undertaker Captain and eagerly kowtowed to him.

• Spirit Flower inherited the Throne of Wood and had to stay on Back Mountain to absorb its power, while Fang Yi left for Tai City.
• Fang Yi and Lin Yiyi went to Poppy, where the Spirit Association arrested Jiang Gengsheng’s remaining Pioneers and released two who lacked serious criminal records.
• Lin Yiyi asked the agents about the person who had first told her about the Throne, and they found him injured in a secret room.
• The rescued man thanked Lin Yiyi for Jiang Gengsheng’s death, then recognized Fang Yi’s Tang Saber and identified him as the Undertaker Captain.
• The man repeatedly kowtowed to Fang Yi, saying he had been his fan and wishing he had known Fang Yi’s identity sooner.

Fang Yi joined the Star God Military Region after receiving Jialan’s invitation to explore a newly discovered Mystic Domain. He met its powerful High Star Spirit Creation Realm veterans and learned they were preparing for a catastrophe that would engulf all of Xia Kingdom when Spirit Qi Recovery began.

• The Yuan City Spirit Association president invited Lin Yiyi to become a captain, but she declined to avoid tying Fang Yi to the association.
• Fang Yi received Jialan’s message inviting him to explore a Mystic Domain and left Lin Yiyi to return home alone.
• At the Star God Military Region, Fang Yi blocked Old Wu’s surprise attack, impressing the gathered veterans.
• Old Wu explained that the Military Region had discovered the Mystic Domain codenamed Tomb Cluster and wanted Fang Yi to join its exploration.
• Old Wu revealed that the veterans were High Star Spirit Creation Realm experts preparing for a catastrophe that would sweep all of Xia Kingdom into it.

Fang Yi joined Old Wu and the veteran soldiers to prepare for an operation in the dangerous Tomb Cluster, where the Military Region guarded the Xia Kingdom against creatures emerging from Mystic Domains. Zhang Tian arrived and dismissed Fang Yi because of his youth, leaving the group’s atmosphere tense as they prepared to move out.

• Old Wu explained that Mystic Domains were dangerous rifts connected to unknown places, and that the Tomb Cluster contained the Death Rule and had resisted previous attempts to enter.
• Old Wu described the Military Region’s costly efforts to keep creatures from reaching the Xia Kingdom, while Fang Yi realized why its soldiers could not respond to every city emergency.
• Zhang Tian arrived, and Old Wu introduced him to Fang Yi as a capable but temperamental veteran.
• Old Wu praised Fang Yi’s strength and his resolution of the King Offering Hell anomaly, but Zhang Tian only nodded and continued to dismiss him.
• Fang Yi remained calm and told the group to prepare to move out.

Fang Yi brought Xiaobai, the Emissary of Death, to join the expedition into the Mystic Domain, where Old Wu revealed the little dog’s role in stopping the King of Death. The group entered through the Purple Void Gate and encountered a dangerous landscape filled with powerful attribute phenomena, eventually reaching a pitch-black abyss.

• A soldier delivered Xiaobai, and Fang Yi took the little dog into his arms as the others questioned his choice of weapon.
• Old Wu explained that Xiaobai had helped stop the King of Death from descending and saving Sky City, changing the group’s view of the little dog.
• Fang Yi asked Old Wu to let Xiaobai accompany him into the Mystic Domain, and Old Wu agreed.
• Fang Yi and the others entered through the Purple Void Gate and sensed immense power from many attributes.
• The group carefully passed strange phenomena, including a falling Void Whale, sky-spanning vines, and deadly Black Holes, before reaching a pitch-black abyss.

Fang Yi and the others entered the Tomb Cluster, where a Black Giant emerged from the deathly abyss and overwhelmed the group by weakening them with Black Qi. Fang Yi split the Black Qi apart with a fiery saber strike, leaving the others stunned.

• The group approached the Black Pool, whose Death Rule began draining the vitality and strength of those nearby.
• Zhang Tian stepped toward the abyss, and a Black Giant formed from the boiling Black Qi and struck him into a rock wall.
• The giant brushed aside the others as the Black Qi weakened their spiritual energy and trapped them in place.
• Fang Yi unleashed a fiery saber slash that split the Black Qi and destroyed the giant’s oppressive attack.
• The group watched Fang Yi stand unharmed before them, shocked by his power.

Fang Yi used his Yang Attribute and Great Yang God to destroy the Black Giant and save Zhang Tian. After witnessing Fang Yi’s strength, Zhang Tian apologized for his arrogance and admitted his inferiority.

• Fang Yi burned away the Black Giant’s black qi with his Yang Attribute and injured its shoulder with a flaming slash.
• Fang Yi summoned the Great Yang God and fought the Black Giant while Old Wu rescued the injured Zhang Tian.
• Fang Yi’s attack dispersed the Black Giant, ending the battle.
• Zhang Tian apologized to Fang Yi and thanked him for saving his life.
• The old men praised Fang Yi’s strength and recognized how far he had surpassed them.

Fang Yi and the Xia Kingdom elders slaughtered the Terrifying Creatures blocking the way to the Tomb Cluster, then Fang Yi touched a Black Stone Tablet and learned the Great Hell Blade Art. The elders considered taking the dark-powered Tombstone back to the Xia Kingdom, while Old Wu warned them about Sakura Country’s human experiments.

• Fang Yi used his Golden Sun God transformation to disperse the Black Qi and reveal a path into the Tomb Cluster, where Terrifying Creatures emerged and surrounded the group.
• Fang Yi and the elders fought together and wiped out nearly all the creatures, clearing the path to the Black Abyss.
• Fang Yi noticed a Tombstone in the Black Abyss, touched it, and compiled the Great Hell Blade Art, which could summon the dead of the Tomb Cluster to fight for him.
• The elders discussed moving the Tombstone to the Xia Kingdom, and Old Wu brought up Sakura Country’s attempts to implant Dark Sub-attributes into humans.

The group tried to remove a tombstone from the Black Abyss, but only Zhang Tian managed to shift it. His efforts triggered a catastrophic response as the Dark Tide surged into the cave, threatening everyone.

• An elderly Spirit Creation Realm cultivator failed to draw the Death Rule from a tombstone or pry it loose with his spear.
• A white-haired cultivator also failed to lift the tombstone, despite using his immense strength.
• Zhang Tian grabbed the tombstone and forced it to move, causing its patterns to flare and the cave to shake.
• Black energy erupted through the cave, and the group sensed a powerful danger approaching.
• The Dark Tide rose from beneath the Black Abyss and swept toward the group, prompting Old Wu to recognize it as deadly to even Spirit Creation Realm cultivators.

A Dark Tide overwhelmed the Tomb Cluster, forcing Zhang Tian and the elders to flee while Terrifying Creatures obstructed their escape. As the tide caught up and the group despaired over Xia Kingdom’s future, Fang Yi stopped after hearing a voice calling to him.

• Zhang Tian ordered everyone to retreat when a Dark Tide surged through the Tomb Cluster and devoured the tombstones.
• Zhang Tian pulled an explorer out of the tide’s path and tried to slow the pursuing darkness, but it swallowed everything he attacked it with.
• Terrifying Creatures awakened and attacked the fleeing explorers, delaying them as they fought their way toward the exit.
• The Dark Tide caught up with the group, and the elders feared that Xia Kingdom would lose its strongest explorers.
• Fang Yi stopped and turned toward the tide after hearing a voice calling to him.

Fang Yi was swallowed by the Dark Tide, allowing the elders to escape the Tomb Cluster, and they believed he had died. Zhang Tian tried to return and save him, but Old Wu and the others restrained him as a pair of golden eyes opened inside the tide.

• Fang Yi sensed the Dark Tide calling to him and fell behind the group as it surged toward them.
• The Dark Tide swallowed Fang Yi, but a burst of fire briefly slowed it and gave the elders time to flee.
• The elders reached the outskirts of the Tomb Cluster, where the Dark Tide could not follow, and mourned Fang Yi.
• Zhang Tian tried to return to the Tomb Cluster to save Fang Yi, but the elders held him back and Old Wu warned that he would die too.
• A pair of golden eyes opened within the boiling Dark Tide.

After Fang Yi was swallowed by a Dark Tide during the Military Region’s expedition, Ye Xiao angrily confronted the returning elders, while Jialan struggled to believe Fang Yi was gone. Ye Xiao ordered the news sealed, and Zhang Tian bowed in guilt as the elders faced the loss of the Spirit Association’s strongest captain.

• Jialan heard that Fang Yi had been swallowed by the Dark Tide and insisted that his Yang Attribute and Lightning Affinity would let him survive, though she feared he would not return.
• Ye Xiao erupted in anger at the Military Region elders for returning without Fang Yi and blamed them for failing to protect him.
• The elders, including Zhang Tian, lowered their heads and accepted Ye Xiao’s accusations without defending themselves.
• Ye Xiao recognized the danger Fang Yi’s apparent death posed to the Xia Kingdom and ordered everyone to seal the news.
• Zhang Tian bowed deeply and apologized as guilt weighed on the Military Region elders.

As Fang Yi remained missing after a week away, Lin Yiyi and Fang Yulan worried when he failed to answer their messages. A silver-white Throne descended over Tai City while Fang Yi was still nowhere to be found.

• Lin Yiyi and Fang Yulan worried that Fang Yi had been away for seven days without contacting them.
• Lin Yiyi sent Fang Yi another message, but he did not reply.
• Lin Yiyi tried to reassure herself after Su Qingying also failed to provide news about Fang Yi.
• A violent storm erupted over Tianlu District as a silver-white object fell toward Back Mountain.
• Lin Yiyi recognized the descending object as a Throne.

A Metal Attribute Throne descended in Tai City, and the Spirit Association placed Lin Yiyi in charge of guarding it while the Pioneers held back, believing it belonged to the Undertaker. Lin Yiyi worried that the fragile peace would collapse if people learned Fang Yi was away, while a Pioneer team gathered to discuss whether to risk claiming the Throne.

• A Throne descended on Tai City, bathing half the city in golden light and drawing the attention of Pioneers across the country.
• Lin Yiyi contacted the Spirit Association, which sealed off the Throne and put her in charge of guarding it; she discovered it was a Metal Attribute Throne.
• Pioneers on the forum assumed the Throne belonged to the Tai City Captain and refrained from approaching it, while Lin Yiyi shut down attempts to learn where the Undertaker had gone.
• After ten days without hearing from Fang Yi, Lin Yiyi feared that Tai City's calm would end if people discovered he was absent.
• A Pioneer team met in an underground KTV and debated the Throne, with its members wary of challenging the Undertaker in his territory.

A message claiming Seal Burial was dead and the Tai City Throne was up for grabs stirred desperadoes into considering a raid. Old Wang and his companions reached Tianlu District, where Lin Yiyi stopped them, and they began to suspect Undertaker really was absent.

• Old Wang and others received a message claiming Seal Burial was dead, and a group chat debated whether Undertaker had left Tai City or died.
• Evidence that Undertaker had been away for ten days reignited the group's hopes of claiming the Throne, though most members soon left out of fear.
• Old Wang and the remaining conspirators decided to test whether Undertaker was in Tai City by heading there.
• On the eleventh day after Fang Yi left, Lin Yiyi blocked the group from entering Tianlu District and warned them against trespassing.
• As the standoff continued without Undertaker appearing, Old Wang and the others grew more confident that he was not in Tai City.

Lin Yiyi fought off visiting Pioneers but was injured, and their probe confirmed that Undertaker was absent from Tai City. At home, she learned that Tai City's newly incorporated Pioneers were also pressing for news of Fang Yi, leaving the city threatened by internal strife as well as outside attacks.

• Two Divine Axe Sixth Star Pioneers attacked Lin Yiyi, and she initially overpowered them with her whip.
• Several more Pioneers joined in, wounded Lin Yiyi, and withdrew after confirming that Undertaker was not in Tai City.
• Lin Yiyi returned home, where Fang Yulan tended her injuries and scolded her for getting hurt.
• Su Qingying and other Pioneers visited Lin Yiyi and revealed that people in Tai City were demanding to know when Brother Fang would return.
• Lin Yiyi and Su Qingying recognized that Undertaker's absence could provoke greed and internal conflict among Tai City's Pioneers.