Chapter Summaries

Su Changqing inspected the Book of Life and Death to find Jiang Xingxing and You Chao Cangqing. He discovered Cangqing had been sentenced to Stone Mill Hell, but Jiang Xingxing had no record in the book.

• Su Changqing examined the Book of Life and Death and found that You Chao Yin Yue had thirty-eight thousand years of lifespan remaining.
• Su Changqing found his own record, which listed three hundred and seventy thousand years of lifespan remaining.
• Su Changqing discovered that You Chao Cangqing had stolen the Heavenly Dao's lifespan and been sentenced by King Chu Jiang to Stone Mill Hell for seven million seven hundred and seventy thousand years.
• Su Changqing searched for Jiang Xingxing but found no record of her in the Book of Life and Death.
• Mu Suli approached Su Changqing, who told him that Jiang Xingxing's life was not recorded in the book.

Su Changqing discovered that Mu Suli had noticed his false identity, so he revealed his power and promised him three thousand temples to secure his cooperation. He then headed to King Chu Jiang’s Palace to rescue You Chao Cangqing and confront King Chu Jiang.

• Mu Suli found that a woman’s life story had been erased from the Book of Life and Death, then realized Su Changqing was not the real King Yama.
• Su Changqing showed Mu Suli his divine offices and life records, promised to build him three thousand temples, and won his agreement to see nothing.
• Su Changqing left King Yama’s Palace, vowing to rescue You Chao Cangqing and kill those responsible.
• Su Changqing used his lightning power to travel to King Chu Jiang’s Palace in the south of the underworld.
• Su Changqing activated Candle Dragon Eyes and saw King Chu Jiang inside the palace, where the stronger lord of the Second Hall awaited him.

Su Changqing stormed King Chu Jiang's Palace and demanded to know where You Chao Cangqing was being held. After crushing King Chu Jiang into submission, he learned that You Chao Cangqing was in Grinding Stone Hell and found his trail there.

• King Chu Jiang ordered Zhong Kui to intensify the grinding in Stone Mill Hell to extract You Chao Cangqing's immortal spirit energy, despite the danger to the other souls.
• Su Changqing destroyed King Chujiang's Palace formation and seized King Chu Jiang with a golden hand.
• King Chu Jiang denied knowing You Chao Cangqing, so Su Changqing struck him through the halls and into the Nine Nether Underworld.
• King Chu Jiang revealed that You Chao Cangqing was in Stone Mill Hell and opened it for Su Changqing.
• Su Changqing surveyed Grinding Stone Hell and found You Chao Cangqing's trail.

Su Changqing rescued You Chao Cangqing from the stone mill and captured King Chu Jiang and the Yin Officials of King Chujiang's Palace. He left with them trapped in a thunder net as the other Yama Kings and Ghost Emperors rushed toward the palace.

• Su Changqing gathered You Chao Cangqing's battered soul into his Golden Mansion after seeing him crushed repeatedly beneath the stone mill.
• Su Changqing struck King Chu Jiang with Purple Heaven Divine Thunder and bound him in eight thunder cages.
• Su Changqing declared that You Chao Cangqing was his teacher, while Zhong Kui and the other Yin Officials feared his retaliation.
• Su Changqing stopped the fleeing Yin Officials and trapped them in a lightning net, including Meng Po and Zhong Kui.
• Su Changqing took the captured Yin Officials away as Yama Kings and Ghost Emperors arrived, then unleashed a thunderous golden roar at them.

Su Changqing fought his way through the underworld after destroying the Grinding Stone Hell, determined to reach You Chao Cangqing despite the forces sent to stop him. He defeated the Southern Ghost Emperor Shencha and continued onward, then faced the Western Ghost Emperor Yulu as their battle began.

• Su Changqing destroyed the eight-thousand-zhang Grinding Stone Hell and resolved to keep killing if necessary to rescue You Chao Cangqing.
• The Kings of Hell, Yin Gods, and Five Directions Ghost Emperors gathered to block Su Changqing’s path through the underworld.
• Shencha confronted Su Changqing, but he struck her with the Heavenly Cripple Foot and flew onward; she recovered and pursued him.
• Su Changqing crossed the Bridge of Helplessness and passed through the Nine Departments toward the Yellow Springs Sand Sea.
• Yulu, the Western Ghost Emperor, offered Su Changqing a position as a King of Hell, but Su Changqing attacked with the Cloud-Turning Seal, which shattered and enveloped Yulu in golden light.

Su Changqing fought his way through the Underworld’s forces toward its gate, where the Eastern, Northern, and Central Ghost Emperors confronted him. He challenged the three emperors to kill him, declaring that he feared nothing from them.

• Yulu stopped pursuing Su Changqing after recognizing his connection to the You Chao Clan.
• Su Changqing raced toward the Yellow Springs Sand Sea at full speed.
• Su Changqing threw Frost Snow Saber into the Underworld’s gathered Yin Gods, cutting a path through them with its overwhelming blade aura and lightning.
• Su Changqing reached the Underworld gate, where the Eastern, Northern, and Central Ghost Emperors waited to confront him.
• Su Changqing laughed at the three emperors and said that even together they could not make him afraid.

Su Changqing battled the Northern Ghost Emperor in the Nine Nether Sea and overwhelmed him with his enormous Dharma Form Manifestation. As the Northern Ghost Emperor retreated, the Eastern Ghost Emperor was wounded, and the North Yin Great Emperor Fengdu watched from his sedan chair.

• The Northern Ghost Emperor ordered the Luofeng Six Heavens to stand down and challenged Su Changqing to a ten-move duel.
• Shencha questioned the Central Ghost Emperor about why they were not killing Su Changqing, and the Central Ghost Emperor insisted they follow the North Yin Great Emperor’s order.
• The North Yin Great Emperor Fengdu appeared in a pitch-black sedan chair and watched the battle.
• The Northern Ghost Emperor drove Su Changqing into the Nine Nether Sea, but Su Changqing struck him with heavenly lightning.
• Su Changqing manifested a million-zhang Dharma Form and backhanded the Eastern Ghost Emperor away when he came to help.
• Su Changqing’s massive palm shattered the Northern Ghost Emperor’s body, forcing him to retreat as the underworld Yin Officials watched in horror.

Su Changqing defeated the Northern Ghost Emperor and used him to hold off the Underworld’s forces. As Shencha continued to reject his threats, the Northern Ghost Emperor warned that he could not hold on much longer.

• Shencha struck Su Changqing into the Nine Nether Sea with the blood-red divine tree.
• Su Changqing overwhelmed the Northern Ghost Emperor, pinned him beneath the sea, and stabbed him through the head with the Frost Snow Saber.
• The Luofeng Six Heavens charged, but Su Changqing stopped them by holding the wounded Northern Ghost Emperor as a hostage.
• Shencha insisted the Underworld would not accept threats and said the Six Paths of Reincarnation could revive the Northern Ghost Emperor.
• Su Changqing threatened to kill the Northern Ghost Emperor if anyone moved and struck him with Purple Heaven Divine Thunder.
• The Northern Ghost Emperor told Shencha that he could not hold on much longer.

Su Changqing refused to surrender King Chu Jiang, who had harmed his teacher, even after returning the Northern Ghost Emperor. As the Ghost Emperors faced him, the Eastern Ghost Emperor suddenly seized the Northern Ghost Emperor with a thousand rune-covered arms.

• The Central Ghost Emperor stopped Shencha from provoking Su Changqing and offered to let him leave if he released King Chu Jiang and the Northern Ghost Emperor.
• Su Changqing revealed King Chu Jiang and the Yin Officials trapped in his Thunder Net, explaining that King Chu Jiang had harmed his teacher, You Chao Cangqing.
• The Central Ghost Emperor offered to let Su Changqing leave if he surrendered King Chu Jiang and the Northern Ghost Emperor, but Su Changqing refused to give up King Chu Jiang.
• Su Changqing returned the Northern Ghost Emperor to the Nine Nether Sea and summoned the Chaos Bell, declaring that all the Ghost Emperors could attack him together.
• The Eastern Ghost Emperor reached in with a thousand rune-covered arms and seized the Northern Ghost Emperor.

Su Changqing used the Candle Dragon Tendon to capture the Southern, Northern, and Eastern Ghost Emperors after they tried to ambush him. The bound Ghost Emperors argued and cursed him until he struck all three with Purple Heaven Divine Thunder, leaving them charred and subdued.

• The Eastern Ghost Emperor mocked Su Changqing and moved to kill him after rescuing the Northern Ghost Emperor.
• Su Changqing unleashed the Candle Dragon Tendon, binding the Eastern and Northern Ghost Emperors and then capturing Shencha as she tried to intervene.
• The Northern Ghost Emperor urged his siblings to behave, but Shencha and the Eastern Ghost Emperor blamed him and continued challenging Su Changqing.
• Su Changqing said he had only been defending himself and reminded the Ghost Emperors that their defeat was their own responsibility.
• Su Changqing struck all three Ghost Emperors with Purple Heaven Divine Thunder, blackening their bodies and silencing Shencha.

Su Changqing faced the Central Ghost Emperor in the Yellow Springs Sand Sea, using the Chaos Bell to unleash his full strength. Their battle carried them into a hidden world beneath the Nine Nether, where an immense Six Paths of Reincarnation slowly turned.

• Su Changqing subdued the Northern Ghost Emperor, the Eastern Ghost Emperor, and Shencha with the lightning net.
• Su Changqing activated all one hundred and eighty Xiantian Divine Forbidden and relied on the Chaos Bell to prepare for the Central Ghost Emperor and the North Yin Great Emperor.
• The Central Ghost Emperor summoned three blood moons and challenged Su Changqing to withstand his Nine Rings of the Blood Moon.
• Su Changqing charged the Central Ghost Emperor and struck the three blood moons with thirty-six punches, nearly shattering them through sheer physical power.
• Su Changqing and the Central Ghost Emperor fought into the depths of the Yellow Springs and discovered a vast Six Paths of Reincarnation beneath the Nine Nether.

Su Changqing battled the Central Ghost Emperor in the Underworld, then tried to escape as the North Yin Great Emperor arrived at the Underworld gates. Su Changqing froze in disbelief when he saw the Great Emperor, while the other Ghost Emperors celebrated his arrival.

• Su Changqing shattered the Central Ghost Emperor’s blood moons with the great bell, but the Central Ghost Emperor summoned the Underworld’s blood rivers and revealed his Blood Dao technique.
• Su Changqing tried to study the blood-river technique, then used the Candle Dragon Tendon to knock the injured Northern Ghost Emperor, Shencha, and Eastern Ghost Emperor aside.
• Su Changqing teleported to the Underworld gates, where surging mist and a Pitch-black Sedan Chair blocked his escape.
• The North Yin Great Emperor emerged with a Pitch-black Great Halberd and declared his rule over life and death.
• Su Changqing prepared to fight, then froze in disbelief at the North Yin Great Emperor’s appearance as the other Ghost Emperors rejoiced.

Su Changqing confronted the North Yin Great Emperor at the underworld gates, only to reveal that they were senior and junior brothers. The Great Emperor offered Su Changqing another opportunity and ordered everyone present to keep their encounter secret.

• The Western Ghost Emperor explained that he had not fought Su Changqing because he could not bring himself to attack a fellow human and was no match for him.
• Shencha and the Eastern Ghost Emperor resented Su Changqing for injuring them, while the Central Ghost Emperor argued that Su Changqing had not intended to kill them.
• Su Changqing greeted the North Yin Great Emperor as his Senior Brother, shocking the underworld officials and the Five Directions Ghost Emperors.
• Su Changqing discovered that the North Yin Great Emperor was Great Emperor Shaoyang's incarnation and possessed immense power.
• The North Yin Great Emperor offered Su Changqing another opportunity and ordered everyone to keep the encounter secret.

The North Yin Great Emperor revived the underworld’s slain Yin Gods and led Su Changqing to the Six Paths of Reincarnation. There, he revealed that Chaos Gods and Demons wielding the power of the heavenly abyss had shattered the Thirty-three Heavens, leaving Su Changqing to question what Pangu had truly destroyed.

• The North Yin Great Emperor revived the Yin Gods killed by Su Changqing and restored the damaged Nine Nether Underworld.
• The North Yin Great Emperor invited Su Changqing to see the Six Paths of Reincarnation, and the Five Emperors realized their battle with Su Changqing may have been a test of his strength.
• The North Yin Great Emperor led Su Changqing into the deepest underworld and explained that Empress Houtu had transformed herself into the Six Paths of Reincarnation.
• Su Changqing asked who had shattered the Thirty-three Heavens, and the North Yin Great Emperor said Gods and Demons at the end of the Chaos World wielded the power of the heavenly abyss.
• Su Changqing questioned whether Pangu had killed all Three Thousand Chaos Demon Gods, then realized the immortals whose scripts he had examined had not truly witnessed that ancient battle.

The North Yin Great Emperor told Su Changqing that Chaos Demon Gods would soon invade the Myriad Heavens and Universes, but Su Changqing showed little interest in joining the coming battle. He urged Su Changqing to use the Six Paths of Reincarnation to create a world and agreed to make You Chao Cangqing a King of Hell.

• The North Yin Great Emperor revealed that Chaos Demon Gods from beyond the Chaos Abyss would soon descend, and said Su Changqing would be crucial to the Myriad Heavens and Universes’ survival.
• Su Changqing said he would not concern himself with the coming battle, but the North Yin Great Emperor warned that no one could escape if they lost.
• Su Changqing questioned the North Yin Great Emperor’s power, and he explained that Great Emperor Shaoyang had taken his cultivation and order, though he could still fight a Primordial Dao Ancestor in the underworld.
• The North Yin Great Emperor told Su Changqing that creating a world based on the Six Paths of Reincarnation could help him reach the Grand Luo Emperor realm.
• The North Yin Great Emperor agreed to make You Chao Cangqing a King of Hell after Su Changqing asked him to grant the rank.

You Chao Cangqing was appointed Cangqing King of Hell, while North Yin Great Emperor reflected on Su Changqing’s potential and his choice to lie flat. At the Six Paths of Reincarnation, Su Changqing realized how its cycles formed a Life Script and began creating the Changqing Realm.

• North Yin Great Emperor appointed You Chao Cangqing as Cangqing King of Hell, presiding over Cangqing Hall.
• North Yin Great Emperor went to the Yellow Springs Inn, where he considered Su Changqing’s powers and lamented that his junior brother had chosen to lie flat.
• Su Changqing studied the Six Paths of Reincarnation and saw the repeated cycle of birth, suffering, death, and rebirth.
• Su Changqing recognized reincarnation as a Life Script and concluded that his own world did not need to follow all six paths.
• Su Changqing began drawing threads of creation and declared that his world would be called the Changqing Realm, with himself as its World Creation God.

Su Changqing poured his treasures into Changqing Realm and emerged from the underworld after eighty-one days, where King Yama invited him to Fengdu City. Black Mountain Old Demon recognized the man who had once wounded him, and King Yama arranged to send him to Cangqing Hall as a potential Judge.

• Su Changqing expanded Changqing Realm with his Thunder Pool, treasures, and the blood-colored tablet of the Lord of the Myriad Gods Division, then resolved to seek the Eternal Green Lotus Pagoda as its foundation.
• Su Changqing crossed the Eighteen Layers of Hell and emerged above the Yellow Springs Sand Sea, where King Yama and the Yin Officials had been waiting for him.
• King Yama told Su Changqing that the Great Emperor had invited him to Fengdu City, and Su Changqing departed after noticing Black Mountain Old Demon.
• Black Mountain Old Demon recognized Su Changqing as the cultivator who had gravely wounded him decades earlier, while Mu Suli explained Su Changqing's standing in the Ziwei Heavenly Court.
• Black Mountain Old Demon asked to forgo a Chief Clerk post, but King Yama offered to send him to Cangqing Hall, where he might become a Judge.

Su Changqing learned from North Yin Great Emperor that establishing the Changqing Realm had set him on a path that could bring him into conflict with Great Emperor Gouchen. Meanwhile, You Chao Cangqing settled into his new role as a Yama in Cangqing Hall, where King Qin Guang arrived with gifts.

• King Yama sent Black Mountain Old Demon toward the far south with a yin-energy divine art to guide him to Cangqing Hall.
• North Yin Great Emperor praised Su Changqing's Changqing Realm and warned that his lightning Dao would conflict with Great Emperor Gouchen's ambitions.
• Su Changqing accused North Yin Great Emperor of letting him invest his fortune in the realm without warning him, and North Yin Great Emperor promised to help him against Gouchen.
• North Yin Great Emperor told Su Changqing that Ghost Month had ended while he was in seclusion, but offered to reopen the underworld gate; Su Changqing asked him for two Shaoyang Golden Talismans.
• You Chao Cangqing welcomed King Qin Guang, who brought an underworld estate as a gift and asked whether Su Changqing had arrived.

Su Changqing reunited with You Chao Cangqing, honored him as a teacher, and accepted the You Chao Clan’s Cloud-Turning Seal as a lead to its lost imperial weapon. Black Mountain Old Demon arrived as the new judge, and Su Changqing proposed turning him into a replacement for the destroyed Grinding Stone Hell.

• You Chao Cangqing praised Su Changqing’s strength, and Su Changqing explained how much he owed him for his help and teachings.
• You Chao Cangqing gave Su Changqing his Cloud-Turning Seal and told him the You Chao Clan’s imperial weapon, the Fan Tian Seal, was lost after the Thirty-three Heavens Collapse.
• Su Changqing told You Chao Cangqing that the judge had arrived, and Black Mountain Old Demon was carried into Cangqing Hall by King Yama’s dark cloud.
• Black Mountain Old Demon recognized Su Changqing, panicked, and kowtowed while apologizing for his past offenses in the lower realm.
• Su Changqing suggested that You Chao Cangqing crush Black Mountain Old Demon and use his City of Wrongful Deaths to create a new Grinding Stone Hell.

Su Changqing secured Black Mountain Old Demon’s submission and turned the City of Wrongful Deaths into a new Grinding Stone Hell beneath Cangqing Hall. He then met North Yin Great Emperor at the underworld gates, where they discovered that someone had used the Book of Life and Death to erase Jiang Xingxing’s history.

• Black Mountain Old Demon offered You Chao Cangqing the City of Wrongful Deaths, and Su Changqing threatened him with the Five Thunders Punishment to ensure his obedience.
• Su Changqing refined the city into an 8,800-li Grinding Stone Hell and left Zhong Kui in the Yellow Springs Sand Sea for You Chao Cangqing.
• Su Changqing departed after wishing You Chao Cangqing success in reaching the Great Luo realm, while Black Mountain Old Demon realized Zhong Kui might take the magistrate position.
• North Yin Great Emperor opened the underworld gate and told Su Changqing that Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva would likely appear when they went to kill Great Emperor Gouchen.
• Su Changqing asked whether a King of Yama could alter the Book of Life and Death, and North Yin Great Emperor used his Ghost Eye to confirm that someone had erased Jiang Xingxing’s life traces.