Chapter Summaries

Luo Zheng and Zhao Fenqin’s group fled a flock of more than a thousand Strange Birds and decided to lead them toward a forbidden ground where the Mang Gu Giant Toad lived. As they raced toward it, the toad’s deafening croak injured several people, while the flock closed in overhead.

• Zhao Fenqin ordered the group to kill the Strange Birds circling above them, but the Peak Battle Venerables could not catch the nimble birds.
• More than a thousand Strange Birds arrived, and Luo Zheng suggested leading them to a great fiend; Zhao Fenqin chose the forbidden ground where the Mang Gu Giant Toad lived.
• The group raced west with the Strange Birds pursuing them, and a bird snatched away Hai Qing during the flight.
• The Mang Gu Giant Toad croaked, toppling trees and injuring the ears of several people before Zhao Fenqin warned the group to protect themselves.
• The group continued toward the toad as its powerful cries affected the Strange Birds, which nearly reached the humans overhead.

Luo Zheng rallied the despairing Peak Battle Venerables to fight off a flock of Strange Birds, only for the Mang Gu Giant Toad to save them by swallowing nearly all of the flock with its poisonous tongue. The toad then attacked the group, and the chapter left its tongue sweeping toward Luo Zheng in midair.

• Luo Zheng urged the Peak Battle Venerables to fight instead of surrendering, and they unleashed their techniques against the approaching Strange Birds.
• The Mang Gu Giant Toad lashed out with its enormous tongue, melting one Peak Battle Venerable and sweeping up most of the flock.
• Luo Zheng used his Clear Eye Spirit Pupil to spot the Mang Gu Giant Toad lurking in a nearby pool as it prepared to leave the water.
• Luo Zheng warned everyone to scatter and shot into the sky as the toad's tongue struck the ground where the group had stood.
• The toad's tongue sprang up from the ground and swept toward Luo Zheng in midair.

Luo Zheng and the others were nearly caught by the Mang Gu Giant Toad’s tongue in the Profound Nether Cave. Luo Zheng’s Black Fire burned the tongue and forced it to retreat, and he urged everyone to flee before the toad attacked again.

• Large Tongue lunged at Luo Zheng, and Zhao Fenqin and Zhou Zhuhe’s combined sword attack failed to stop it.
• Xun and Yun Luo wounded the tongue, while Luo Zheng’s Starfall Earthshake punch barely slowed it as he retreated.
• Luo Zheng summoned his Black Fire, which burrowed into the tongue and made the Mang Gu Giant Toad thrash in pain.
• The Black Fire burned off the tongue’s tip, then returned to Luo Zheng as the toad recoiled into the darkness.
• Luo Zheng told everyone to go, and the group prepared to flee from the still-nearby toad.

After the group escaped the Mang Gu Giant Toad and the Strange Birds, most of the survivors chose to retreat from Profound Nether Cave, but Luo Zheng refused to leave because he could not wait another year. Zhao Fenqin and Zhou Zhuhe stayed with him, and Luo Zheng revealed that he hoped to reach the cave’s Core Region.

• Luo Zheng and the others fled the Mang Gu Giant Toad, and Yun Luo explained that the beast had belonged to the dead Quasi-Realm Lord Jade Cicada.
• Zhou Zhuhe counted fewer than fifty human survivors, with ten Peak Battle Venerables lost to the Strange Birds.
• Many survivors urged Zhao Fenqin and Zhou Zhuhe to lead them back to the Tower of Sin, citing the cave’s unusual danger and a possible Tide of Chaos.
• Luo Zheng said he would continue exploring, and Yun Luo chose to stay with him; Zhao Fenqin warned him about the Tide of Chaos, but Luo Zheng refused to wait another year.
• Zhao Fenqin and Zhou Zhuhe stayed with Luo Zheng while the others retreated, and Luo Zheng said he wanted to enter the Core Region of Profound Nether Cave.

Luo Zheng and his companions explored the outer region of Profound Nether Cave, where they encountered Ling Yan and the surviving members of her Demon Night group fleeing a powerful ghost claw. Ling Yan gave Xun two Black Nether Pearls to help restore her damaged soul, and the group regrouped in a safer area.

• Luo Zheng told Zhao Fenqin that he was only joking about entering the Core Region and planned to search the outer region before considering more dangerous areas.
• Luo Zheng, Xun, Zhao Fenqin, Zhou Zhuhe, and Yun Luo traveled deeper into the outer region as the Red Light grew stronger.
• Ling Yan sacrificed her chance to escape so the others could flee a ghost claw, while two Demon Night archers were crushed.
• Ling Yan and three surviving Demon Night Peak Battle Venerables joined Luo Zheng's group and explained that she had sent most of her clansmen back after detecting a Tide of Chaos.
• Ling Yan presented Xun with two Black Nether Pearls she had obtained, and Xun had Luo Zheng accept them to help strengthen her soul.

Xun refused to leave the Profound Nether Cave, and Ling Yan agreed to accompany her and Luo Zheng with a hastily assembled group that included the Night Race. Meanwhile, Meng Chong revealed that he had become a Battle Saint and prepared to pursue Luo Zheng with Tian Hu.

• Ling Yan urged Xun to return to the Tower of Sin, but Xun refused and asked Ling Yan to stay with them instead.
• Yun Luo detected four concealed Night Race members led by Xue Luotian, who requested to travel with the group.
• Zhao Fenqin proposed cooperating with the Night Race for its reconnaissance skills, and Ling Yan agreed.
• Meng Chong and Tian Hu emerged from a secret passage inside the Profound Nether Cave after months in hiding.
• Tian Hu reported that Xue Luotian had found Luo Zheng, and Meng Chong set out to kill him and help the Devil Race reclaim its power in the Tower of Sin.

Luo Zheng and his companions attempted to cross Blood Maw Pass without alerting the Azure Wolves or Tunna Birds, but the Demon Night Race members were tempted by a Moon Shadow Begonia. Xun took the flower and struck a pursuing Peak Battle Venerable, whose scream threatened to expose the group to the nearby beasts.

• Ling Yan led Luo Zheng and the others toward Blood Maw Pass, where Zhao Fenqin warned them to conceal their auras near the Azure Wolves and Tunna Birds.
• The group crept through the pass and spotted a Moon Shadow Begonia, a rare flower prized for its ability to widen a martial artist’s Dantian.
• Ling Yan signaled the Demon Night Race’s Peak Battle Venerables to stop, but they moved toward the flower despite the danger.
• Xun flew to the Moon Shadow Begonia, severed its stalk with her spear, and carried it back toward Luo Zheng.
• A Peak Battle Venerable of the Demon Night Race charged after Xun, and she passed the flower to Luo Zheng before striking the pursuer in the chest.
• The wounded Peak Battle Venerable crashed to the ground and screamed, alarming the group near the Azure Wolves and Tunna Birds.

Luo Zheng and the others fled through Blood Maw Pass as Azure Wolves and Tunna Birds chased them, while Ling Yan slowed the Night Race pursuers. At a fork beyond the pass, they found Purgatory Fire Serpents blocking the usual route, and learned the other path led into the Inner Region.

• After Xun killed a Night Race Peak Battle Venerable, Azure Wolves and Tunna Birds charged toward the group from both sides of Blood Maw Pass.
• Ling Yan attacked the three remaining Night Race Peak Battle Venerables, slowing them as the others escaped through the pass.
• The three Night Race Peak Battle Venerables used a concealment technique to evade the beasts, while packs of Azure Wolves and Tunna Birds pursued Luo Zheng and the others.
• At a fork in the road, Luo Zheng and the others saw two Purgatory Fire Serpents coiled on the left-hand path.
• Ling Yan and Zhao Fenqin warned that the Purgatory Fire Serpents had killed seventeen Giant Race Peak Battle Venerables, then told Luo Zheng that the right-hand path led into the Inner Region.

Luo Zheng and the others fled into Profound Nether Cave’s Inner Region to escape the Tunna Birds and Azure Wolves, but the Jade Butterfly in his Sumeru Ring reacted as they crossed the boundary. He decided to explore farther despite the danger, and Zhao Fenqin and Ling Yan tried to stop him.

• Ling Yan ordered the group to enter the Inner Region as the Tunna Birds and Azure Wolves closed in behind them.
• Luo Zheng used his Black Fire to kill dozens of Tunna Birds and help the group reach the boundary.
• The Tunna Birds and Azure Wolves stopped at the boundary, leaving the group temporarily safe inside the Inner Region.
• Luo Zheng discovered that the Jade Butterfly was blazing in his Sumeru Ring and realized the inheritance it indicated was likely inside the Inner Region.
• Luo Zheng chose to explore farther with Xun and Yun Luo, while Zhao Fenqin blocked his way and Ling Yan pleaded with Xun to reconsider.

Luo Zheng and Xun set out for the Inner Region despite Zhao Fenqin, Zhou Zhuhe, and Ling Yan's attempts to stop them, with the others eventually joining. Meanwhile, Meng Chong and Tian Hu arrived to rescue Xue Luotian and two other Night Race warriors, and prepared to use a Fire Control Balance to confront the Demonic Beasts.

• Luo Zheng refused Zhao Fenqin and Zhou Zhuhe's pleas to stay out of the Inner Region and said he would go alone.
• Xun rejected Ling Yan's warning, and Ling Yan and several Demon Night Race Peak Battle Venerables pledged to follow her.
• Zhao Fenqin and Zhou Zhuhe agreed to accompany Luo Zheng and the others toward the Inner Region.
• Three Night Race warriors struggled to evade the Demonic Beasts near Blood Maw Pass as their True Essence Stones dwindled.
• Meng Chong and Tian Hu arrived after Xue Luotian sent a message, and Meng Chong learned that Luo Zheng had gone ahead.
• Meng Chong decided to rescue the surrounded Night Race warriors and told Tian Hu to take out the Fire Control Balance.

Tian Hu and Meng Chong forced Xue Luotian to reveal that Luo Zheng had entered the Inner Region, then set out after him. Meanwhile, Luo Zheng’s group explored the eerily silent Inner Region and heard a woman crying behind them.

• Tian Hu used the Fire Control Balance to drive away the Tunna Birds and Azure Wolves, then punched Xue Luotian after rescuing him.
• Meng Chong demanded Luo Zheng’s location, and Xue Luotian revealed that Luo Zheng had entered the Inner Region.
• Meng Chong ordered Xue Luotian to lead them toward Blood Maw Pass, and the group advanced under the Fire Control Balance’s flames.
• Luo Zheng followed the Jade Butterfly’s guidance through the Inner Region while his companions grew wary of the unnatural silence.
• Luo Zheng heard a woman crying behind them; Yun Luo and Ling Yan confirmed the sound, which suddenly grew louder.

Luo Zheng and the others faced a deadly presence that killed anyone who looked back, while Yun Luo urged them to flee without turning around. They ran with the presence pursuing them, and Yun Luo said she would deal with it but did not know when.

• A Demon Night Race Peak Battle Venerable turned around, saw the presence, and shattered into pieces, so Yun Luo warned everyone not to look back.
• As ghostly crying and pale-yellow tentacles drew close, Zhao Fenqin nearly turned to fight, but Luo Zheng used Spirit Shocking Thrust to stop him.
• Yun Luo told the group to run forward, and Luo Zheng carried the incapacitated Zhao Fenqin as they fled.
• The presence pursued them with shrill cries, and Yun Luo said she would deal with it but could not say how long it would take.

Yun Luo temporarily sealed the mysterious pursuer, allowing the group to escape deeper into Profound Nether Cave. Ling Yan led them to the ruins she had marked, where they discovered Qing Yuanzi’s epitaph and his life-bound magic treasure, the Gate of Reincarnation.

• Yun Luo formed divine inscriptions and temporarily sealed the mysterious point of light, giving the group time to flee.
• Luo Zheng glimpsed the sealed point of light from afar, but Yun Luo warned him it could sense his gaze and refused to identify it.
• Ling Yan recognized their location as the site of ruins she had marked three years earlier, and the group decided to explore.
• Ling Yan revealed the epitaph on a solitary door, which named Qing Yuanzi and described his shattered dreams.
• Xun identified the door as Qing Yuanzi’s life-bound magic treasure, the Gate of Reincarnation.

Zhao Fenqin and Zhou Zhuhe tried to claim the Gate of Reincarnation, but the door repelled them and destroyed Zhao Fenqin’s Sumeru Ring. Xun revealed that the gate could cultivate the Martial Heart through experiences of reincarnation, and Yun Luo agreed to let them enter it.

• Xun warned that no one could refine or remove the Gate of Reincarnation, but Zhao Fenqin and Zhou Zhuhe approached it anyway.
• The characters on the gate exerted immense pressure, and Zhao Fenqin and Zhou Zhuhe struggled for an incense stick before reaching it.
• Zhao Fenqin tried to refine the gate with his blood, but an invisible force hurled him away.
• Zhao Fenqin tried to store the gate in his Sumeru Ring, but the ring cracked, exploded, and vanished with his possessions.
• Xun explained that the Gate of Reincarnation cultivated the Martial Heart by letting people experience reincarnation, and Yun Luo agreed to let them enter.

Luo Zheng and the others entered the Gate of Reincarnation, which cultivated the Martial Heart by immersing each person in an experience shaped by the Time Law. Luo Zheng found himself trapped in the body of a rebel attacking Burning Heaven Imperial City, where Su Lingyun led the defenders against him.

• Zhao Fenqin entered the Gate of Reincarnation and emerged moments later, urging Zhou Zhuhe to try it.
• Zhou Zhuhe, Ling Yan, and the other Demon Night Peak Battle Venerables entered the gate in turn and emerged changed or contemplative.
• Luo Zheng entered last and was enveloped by the Time Law, then drawn into a golden spiral.
• Luo Zheng found himself wearing golden armor atop Burning Heaven Imperial City's walls, unable to control the body he inhabited.
• The rebel Luo Zheng charged into battle against Su Lingyun and the Divine Pill Realm defenders while Luo Zheng watched as a spectator.

Luo Zheng experienced ninety-nine vivid reincarnations in the Gate of Reincarnation, greatly strengthening his Martial Heart. After emerging, he learned the Gate’s limit and prepared to continue exploring, but Meng Chong appeared and blocked the group.

• Luo Zheng lived through ninety-nine different fates in the Gate of Reincarnation, including lives as an emperor, a cook who became a sect master, and a scholar who fought the Demon Race.
• Luo Zheng emerged from the Gate and learned that one hour had passed while he experienced the reincarnations.
• Ling Yan, Zhao Fenqin, and Zhou Zhuhe compared their reincarnation counts, and Yun Luo explained that the Gate’s limit was ninety-nine and depended on the strength of a person’s Martial Heart.
• Xun warned Zhao Fenqin that removing the Gate of Reincarnation from the Land of Curse could attract supreme experts from the Upper Realm.
• Luo Zheng said the group should continue exploring, but Meng Chong appeared and told them they would go no farther.

Meng Chong, a newly advanced Battle Saint, ambushed Luo Zheng and the others, hoping to kill him and restore the Devil Race’s control of the Tower of Sin. The group remained composed and blocked Meng Chong’s first attack, but he warned that Luo Zheng was still no match for him.

• Meng Chong revealed that he had become a Battle Saint, while the others stayed calm because their Martial Hearts had been strengthened by the Gate of Reincarnation.
• Ling Yan challenged Meng Chong, and he ordered an attack, charging straight at Luo Zheng as Tian Hu and three Night Race Peak Battle Venerables moved too.
• Zhao Fenqin and Zhou Zhuhe joined forces to intercept Meng Chong’s Evil God Slash, but their sword techniques were shattered.
• Luo Zheng used Starfall Earthshake to absorb the slash, but it split into three streams of Saber Qi that threatened him from different directions.
• Xun and Yun Luo destroyed two streams of Saber Qi, and Luo Zheng blocked the last with a High-Grade Saint Artifact sword.
• Meng Chong acknowledged Luo Zheng’s progress but declared that he was still far from being able to defeat him.

Meng Chong used the Black Heaven Devil God's Fruit to strengthen himself and pursued Luo Zheng's group, while Xun repeatedly blocked him to buy time. The chase led them into the Core Region, where fog began to spread and Ling Yan stopped in alarm as Meng Chong caught up.

• Meng Chong crushed the Black Heaven Devil God's Fruit, gained immense power and black wings, and chased Luo Zheng's group as Xun urged them to flee.
• Ling Yan and the Demon Night Race fighters broke off their battle with Tian Hu and the Night Race members to escape with Luo Zheng.
• Xun repeatedly let Meng Chong shatter her Sword Spirit body, reforming to delay him while the pursuing group fell behind.
• As Luo Zheng's group raced onward, the scenery faded until only black ground remained, and Yun Luo sensed thin fog forming.
• Ling Yan recognized that they might have entered the Core Region and stopped as the fog thickened; Meng Chong caught up and asked why they had stopped.

Meng Chong and Ling Yan realized that the spreading mist had expanded the Profound Nether Cave’s Core Region around them, where no one who entered had ever returned. Luo Zheng’s Jade Butterfly pointed deeper into the mist toward Heavenly Vast Immortal’s inheritance, and the rivals agreed to postpone their fight and retrace their steps.

• Meng Chong shattered Ling Yan’s Myriad Flowers Domain, but Ling Yan pointed out that the surrounding mist had changed.
• Tian Hu, Xue Luotian, and the others arrived, and the group identified the mist as a sign that the Core Region had expanded.
• Ling Yan and Zhao Fenqin checked their maps and confirmed that the mist had spread beyond the Core Region’s former boundaries.
• Luo Zheng realized that the Jade Butterfly in his Sumeru Ring was pointing into the mist, where Heavenly Vast Immortal’s inheritance lay.
• Meng Chong insisted on killing Luo Zheng, but Ling Yan argued that they should first escape the mist, and Meng Chong agreed to a temporary truce.
• The two groups cautiously retraced their steps as the mist thickened and blocked their vision.

Luo Zheng realized that the fog made travelers unknowingly circle back, then led the group onward using the Sumeru Ring as a guide toward the Core Region’s inheritance. The group’s scattered trail marks revealed that the fog was a spatial maze, leaving them lost despite their efforts.

• After flying through the fog for an incense stick, Meng Chong’s group found no way out, and Luo Zheng spotted a mark he had left earlier, proving they had returned to their starting point.
• Luo Zheng blindfolded Xue Luotian and had him walk forward with his senses blocked; Xue Luotian unknowingly traced a circle and returned to the group.
• Luo Zheng explained that without reference points, people could not maintain a straight path, then chose a direction and led everyone onward.
• Luo Zheng secretly used the Sumeru Ring’s changing temperature to track their distance from the Core Region’s inheritance, though its erratic shifts showed the fog distorted their path.
• The group continued leaving marks as they traveled, but the marks appeared out of order, revealing that the fog was a vast spatial maze.