Chapter Summaries

Mu Qing learned of Luo Hong’s strength and arranged to have Earth Blood find him so she could later rescue and claim him. As Earth Blood’s subordinates discovered Chun Turtle’s death and began searching for Luo Hong, Luo Hong met Three-Eyes at the third-level entrance and compelled him to accompany him into the deeper Earth Abyss.

• Mu Qing sent Black Burn away, ordered Yuan Ying’s clan to watch Earth Blood, and planned to rescue Luo Hong after Earth Blood cornered him.
• In the Blood Refining Hall, two Abyss Demon Kings sensed Chun Turtle’s death and decided to recover the Bone-Corroding Demonic Fire and locate its killer.
• One of the Abyss Demon Kings used an Abyss Patrolling Mirror to search for Luo Hong as Luo Hong reached the third-level entrance on Little Gold.
• Luo Hong revealed his identity to Three-Eyes, asked about the two women, and said they were likely returning to the first level.
• Luo Hong told Three-Eyes to accompany him into the deeper Earth Abyss, and Three-Eyes reluctantly agreed.

Luo Hong forced the White-bearded Dwarf to guide him to a gray desert in Abyss Layer Seven, where he sought something despite the danger from Demon Abyss Worms. Meanwhile, Blood Poison reported Luo Hong’s strength to the Blood-robed figures, one of whom vowed to kill him in the Earth Abyss.

• Luo Hong descended toward the third layer with the White-bearded Dwarf and asked whether he had seen a gray desert in Abyss Layer Seven.
• The White-bearded Dwarf warned Luo Hong about the seventh layer’s dangers and revealed that the gray desert was occupied by Demon Abyss Worms.
• Luo Hong showed the White-bearded Dwarf the Chun Gui Beast’s Demon Cores and insisted he lead the way, promising he could leave once they reached the desert.
• Eight days later, Blood Poison told two Blood-robed figures that Luo Hong had killed his Spirit Beast and described Luo Hong’s strength and ties to the Nine Yue Spirit Emperor.
• A Blood-robed figure searched Chi Li’s memories, confirmed Blood Poison’s account, crushed Chi Li’s Nascent Soul, and vowed Luo Hong would die in the Earth Abyss.

Luo Hong traveled with the White-bearded Dwarf through Bleak Wind Mountain toward a half-formed passage to the fourth level, discovering a feather that suggested a hidden connection between the Nine-Headed Fierce Bird and Rahu. Meanwhile, the blood-robed pursuers concluded that Luo Hong was fleeing downward and prepared to intercept him near the fifth level.

• Earth Blood left to investigate the third level while the blood-robed figures used an array to strengthen the Abyss Patrolling Mirror.
• The White-bearded Dwarf led Luo Hong to Bleak Wind Mountain, where Luo Hong revealed the hidden wind vortices with Nine Li Fierce Wind and protected himself to travel through them.
• At the White-bearded Dwarf's residence, Luo Hong found a black feather that he suspected belonged to the Nine-Headed Fierce Bird and wondered whether it had fought Rahu.
• The White-bearded Dwarf returned in Fish Scale Armor and led Luo Hong into the winding passage toward the fourth level.
• After finding no trace of Luo Hong on the third or fourth levels, the blood-robed figures deduced that he was continuing downward and moved to the roof of Blood Flame Palace.

Ghost Hag’s failed attempt to refine Dark Armor Profound Ghosts left Yan Li and Yuan Yao tasked with gathering Yin Souls, while the two discussed escaping and hoped Luo Hong would find them. Meanwhile, Luo Hong and the White-bearded Dwarf reached the fissure leading to Earth Blood’s layer, where Luo Hong had to decide how to proceed.

• Ghost Hag’s black flames consumed the armored figures, ruining her attempt to refine Dark Armor Profound Ghosts, and she ordered Yan Li and Yuan Yao to return to Nether Rift Valley and provide three clumps of Spirit General-grade Yin Souls each year.
• Yan Li and Yuan Yao discussed their capture by Ghost Hag and agreed to prepare for a chance to escape, while Yuan Yao insisted they should wait for Luo Hong if possible.
• Yuan Yao took a turn patrolling Nether Rift Valley after Yan Li returned to rest.
• Luo Hong and the White-bearded Dwarf arrived at the fissure to the fifth layer and discussed how to descend without alerting Lord Di Xue.

Luo Hong used his ghost Dao incarnations to hide his and the White-bearded Dwarf’s Nascent Souls and mislead Earth Blood as they fled toward the sixth layer. The plan brought them to the Blood Waterfall, where Earth Blood appeared to guard the entrance, and Luo Hong plunged into the passage without revealing himself.

• Luo Hong chose the southern route and revealed his Netherworld Grotto-heaven, where the White-bearded Dwarf saw hundreds of ghost Dao spirit generals.
• Luo Hong and the White-bearded Dwarf hid their Nascent Souls inside two ghost Dao incarnations, then sent the others scattering to confuse Earth Blood.
• Earth Blood detected the ghost cultivators, attacked them with blood tentacles and puppets, and learned that their auras were real when the spirit generals evaded or destroyed themselves.
• Luo Hong’s incarnations used the Soul Annihilation Curse to destroy the puppets’ Nascent Soul imprints, letting Luo Hong and the White-bearded Dwarf escape toward the sixth layer over six days, though half the incarnations died.
• At the Blood Waterfall, Earth Blood appeared above the entrance, but Luo Hong ignored him and plunged into the passage with the White-bearded Dwarf’s Nascent Soul sealed inside an incarnation.

Luo Hong used a Soul Annihilation Curse to break Earth Blood’s blockade and escaped with the surviving Ghost Dao Incarnations to the sixth layer of the Earth Abyss. Earth Blood realized some had escaped and prepared to pursue them, while Luo Hong’s group fled toward Ghost Hag’s territory to recover.

• Luo Hong had the Ghost Dao Incarnations form a Nine-Nine Soul Annihilation Great Formation, sacrificing four incarnations to strike Earth Blood’s primordial spirit and weaken the blood wall.
• The surviving incarnations slipped through the blood wall, and Earth Blood chose not to pursue them because he believed Luo Hong was among the larger force still approaching.
• Luo Hong explained that Earth Blood’s arrogance made him choose the likeliest target, then led the seven surviving Ghost Dao Incarnations out of the passage and onto the sixth layer.
• Luo Hong sent the injured incarnations toward areas dense with Yin Qi in Ghost Hag’s territory, while the two Deity Transformation incarnations that had hidden him and the White-bearded Dwarf fled separately.
• Earth Blood contacted the blood-robed figure on the fifth layer, learned that more than ten had escaped, and arranged for himself to pursue them while the other figure cleared the fifth layer.
• Earth Blood summoned Blood Charm, Blood Devour, and Blood Wrong from the blood river and ordered them to serve him.

Luo Hong and the Three-Eyed Old Demon searched Nether Valley for ghosts to replace, while Yuan Yao tracked them down and mistook Luo Hong's Ghost Dao Incarnation for a threat. After they reunited, Blood Charm and Blood Devour demanded Luo Hong's Nascent Soul from Yuan Yao.

• Luo Hong and the Three-Eyed Old Demon entered Nether Valley and found ranks of Dark Armor Profound Ghosts gathered in a rift valley.
• Yuan Yao sensed intruders and flew into the valley, while Yan Li led Blood Devour and Blood Charm through its restriction.
• The Three-Eyed Old Demon emerged from a ghost to attack Yuan Yao, but Luo Hong struck him unconscious before he could finish.
• Yuan Yao attacked Luo Hong's Ghost Dao Incarnation, then recognized Luo Hong after he revealed his Nascent Soul and demonstrated Universe Power.
• Blood Charm demanded Luo Hong's primordial spirit, and Blood Devour pressured Yuan Yao when she stepped back to protect him.

Yuan Yao and Yan Li refused Blood Devour and Blood Charm’s demand for Luo Hong’s Nascent Soul, prompting the ghosts to attack. Luo Hong destroyed them with his White Dragon Fiend Spirit, then returned in his true body and revealed that he was still at Spirit Transformation Late-stage.

• Yuan Yao refused to hand over Luo Hong’s Nascent Soul, and Yan Li asked Blood Devour and Blood Charm to wait while they consulted Ghost Hag.
• Blood Charm and Blood Devour attacked after Yuan Yao and Yan Li declined to cooperate, and Luo Hong exposed them as Earth Blood’s subordinates.
• Luo Hong summoned the White Dragon Fiend Spirit, which devoured Blood Charm and then destroyed Blood Devour as he tried to attack Yan Li.
• Luo Hong entered the Netherworld Grotto-heaven and returned in his true body, reassuring Yuan Yao that his Nascent Soul had only been a temporary measure.
• Yan Li asked whether Luo Hong had reached Void Refinement, and he told her he was still at Spirit Transformation Late-stage.

Luo Hong reunited with Yuan Yao and Yan Li in the Earth Abyss and enlisted their help to evade the pursuing Demon King Earth Blood. After the women successfully fooled Earth Blood, Luo Hong gave Yan Li a powerful Demon Core to help strengthen her.

• Luo Hong explained that he could not take Yuan Yao and Yan Li out of the Earth Abyss yet and planned to scout an exit on the seventh layer while fleeing Earth Blood.
• Luo Hong told Yuan Yao that Ghost Hag coveted her Heavenly Yin Body and that Earth Blood would hesitate to harm her because of Ghost Hag.
• After learning that Yuan Yao and Yan Li had to capture High-level Shade Souls, Luo Hong devised a plan and hid with Three-Eyed Old Demon in Yuan Yao’s Yin Soul pouch.
• Earth Blood searched Nether Valley, questioned Yuan Yao and Yan Li, and tried to take their Yin Soul pouches, but the women followed Luo Hong’s instructions and refused.
• Earth Blood left without the pouches, and Luo Hong emerged from hiding, praised Yuan Yao and Yan Li, and gave Yan Li a powerful Demon Core.

Luo Hong gave Yan Li a demon core to help her and Yuan Yao explain their cooperation with him to Ghost Hag, then spent three days refining yin souls before heading for the seventh layer of the Earth Abyss. He woke the Three-Eyed Old Demon and persuaded him to continue guiding the way, leaving Earth Blood’s pursuit unresolved.

• Luo Hong explained that Earth Blood might suspect Yan Li and tell Ghost Hag, then gave Yan Li the Chun Gui Beast’s demon core as an excuse for their cooperation.
• Yan Li accepted the demon core, and Yuan Yao and Yan Li agreed to protect Luo Hong while he refined yin souls for three days.
• Luo Hong left Yuan Yao and traveled through the sixth layer to an entrance to the seventh layer of the Earth Abyss.
• Luo Hong checked the seal on the Three-Eyed Old Demon, restored him to his body, and woke him.
• Luo Hong told the Three-Eyed Old Demon to avoid the powerful female ghost cultivator, and the old demon agreed.

Luo Hong and the Three-Eyed Old Demon traveled through Abyss Layer Seven toward the gray desert, while Yuan Yao and Yan Li entered the Nether Prison under the Ghost Hag’s protection. At the desert, Luo Hong discovered that A Zi could devour Abyssal Demonic Insects and set out with her to find more.

• Luo Hong and the Three-Eyed Old Demon entered Abyss Layer Seven, where Luo Hong used echolocation to sense nearby demon beasts and guide their cautious journey.
• Earth Blood confronted the Ghost Hag over Yuan Yao and Yan Li helping Luo Hong, but the Ghost Hag shielded them by sentencing them to a hundred years in the Nether Prison.
• Yuan Yao and Yan Li entered the Nether Prison with the Yin Fire Demonic Core, and Yuan Yao used her Restriction Token to intensify the Nether Wind tormenting Blood Wrong.
• After a month, Luo Hong and the Three-Eyed Old Demon reached the gray desert, where A Zi killed and ate Abyssal Demonic Insects.
• Luo Hong realized the insects might help A Zi break through her cultivation bottleneck and led her and the Three-Eyed Old Demon toward the desert’s center.

Luo Hong located and opened a passage to the Nether River, where he began testing its waters and caught strange fish for study. When a powerful demon attacked him, he revealed that he had anticipated it and called on Silver Fairy to handle the enemy.

• Luo Hong gave the Three-Eyed Old Demon the promised evil-qi secret art, and the old demon chose to settle in the Gray Desert.
• Luo Hong used the Universe Pearl to scour the Gray Desert, locate the Spatial Rifts, and draw out Abyssal Demonic Insects for A Zi to eat; the Three-Eyed Old Demon was swept up and knocked unconscious.
• After recovering and setting a formation to hold the correct rift open, Luo Hong crossed through it to the Nether River and left Little Gold to guard the entrance.
• Luo Hong caught the river’s attacking strange fish in his Netherworld Grotto-heaven, then faced a furry silver arm that emerged from the water and restrained him with spatial power.
• Luo Hong revealed that he had anticipated the attack and summoned Silver Fairy to deal with the demon.

Luo Hong and Silver Fairy killed a Void-Shocking Demon and used its Void Marrow Fluid to repair the Sky-Breaking Halberd Fragment, giving Luo Hong access to several of its spatial abilities. Half a year later, Yan Li and Yuan Yao checked on their puppets in the Nether Prison and wondered how Luo Hong was faring.

• Silver Fairy used the Sky-Breaking Spearhead to suppress and kill the Void-Shocking Demon, whose remains were seized by other Nether River beasts.
• Silver Fairy used the Void Marrow Fluid to join the Sky-Breaking Spearhead to its shaft and let Luo Hong imprint his spiritual sense on the repaired fragment.
• Luo Hong learned three spatial abilities of the Sky-Breaking Halberd Fragment, but a Storage Bag burst when he tried to store it, so he carried it on his back.
• Luo Hong began studying the Nether River water, drawing samples into a black hole over the following six months.
• Yan Li and Yuan Yao visited the Nether Prison and found their puppets only slightly damaged by the Nether Wind.
• Yan Li wondered how Luo Hong was doing, while Yuan Yao worried that he was risking himself to find a way out.

Luo Hong tested a Puppet Talisman that sealed intelligence and discovered it could let Three-Eyed Old Demon withstand Nether Water. He prepared to use the method to cross the Nether River himself, while Yan Li and Yuan Yao worried about his dangerous plans and the blood-robed figures received mysterious tokens.

• Yan Li and Yuan Yao worried that Luo Hong had entered a place connected to the Four Great Demon Kings’ plans, then noticed the Nether Wind weaken and saw blood light flash in their puppets’ eyes.
• Two blood threads entered the palms of two blood-robed figures in Blood Flame Palace, who produced tokens marked “Blue” and “Six” before stopping and eyeing each other greedily.
• Luo Hong persuaded Three-Eyed Old Demon to accept the Puppet Talisman, which suppressed his intelligence and let Luo Hong control his movements.
• Luo Hong ordered Three-Eyed Old Demon into a Nether Pool and confirmed that the talisman prevented Nether Water from drawing out his Primordial Spirit.
• Luo Hong tested Three-Eyed Old Demon in the Nether River, guarded him there for three shichen, and confirmed that the method avoided attracting Nether River creatures.

Luo Hong confronted Earth Blood, who wanted the Puppet Talisman and had captured Little Gold, and used a risky exchange to rescue her and the Three-Eyed Old Demon. The exchange ended in a fight: Luo Hong saved Little Gold from a hidden Blood Poison Restriction, while a mysterious artifact spirit helped the Three-Eyed Old Demon escape into a spatial rift.

• Earth Blood ambushed Luo Hong above the Nether River, but Little Gold warned him, and Luo Hong discovered she had been captured.
• Luo Hong threatened to burn the Three-Eyed Old Demon unless Earth Blood returned Little Gold, then agreed to exchange them in Abyss Layer Seven.
• While counting down, Luo Hong opened his Blood Roar Demon Eye and found a hidden Blood Poison Restriction in Little Gold's heart.
• Earth Blood hurled Little Gold at Luo Hong and activated the restriction, so Luo Hong used his spear to remove her heart and sent it into his Blood Sea to keep it alive and refine the poison.
• A spear shadow from the Three-Eyed Old Demon disrupted Earth Blood's attempt to seize him, and a mysterious artifact spirit stabilized a spatial rift that carried him away.

Luo Hong fought Earth Blood’s two blood-robed bodies after Earth Blood grievously wounded Little Gold, and he used the Sky-Breaking Halberd Fragment to injure one of them before Earth Blood trapped him with Blood Puppets. As Luo Hong prepared a desperate escape through shattered space, an unfamiliar Ghost Hag’s arrival made Earth Blood falter.

• Luo Hong froze Little Gold’s body in Ten-Thousand-Year Mysterious Jade and stored her in the Spirit Beast Ring to preserve her life.
• Luo Hong used Heavenly Manifestation, the Heavenly Fiend Evil Dragon Armor, and his powers over Five-Colored Divine Light and Black Mist to fight Earth Blood’s two bodies.
• Luo Hong broke the Myriad Filth Blood Sphere, struck one blood-robed figure with the Startling Thunder Immortal Body Technique, and pierced its heart with the Sky-Breaking Halberd Fragment.
• Luo Hong escaped the immediate fight, but Earth Blood used concealed Blood Puppets and Shape-Shifting Shadow-Movement to surround him again.
• Luo Hong told Silver Fairy to shatter space while he held off Earth Blood, then taunted his wounded opponent to create an opening.
• Earth Blood recognized the aura of a Ghost Hag arriving and wondered why she had come.

Luo Hong unleashed the sealed Mysterious Heaven Golden Flame to stop Earth Blood from exposing Yuan Yao and Yan Li, freezing the battlefield and illuminating the Earth Abyss. With Silver Fairy's help, he used the Sky-Breaking Halberd Fragment to shatter the space around Earth Blood, while the flame returned to his Myriad Forms Divine Eye.

• Ghost Hag confronted Earth Blood near the gray desert, and Earth Blood denied trying to monopolize the benefits of Styx Land.
• Luo Hong interrupted Earth Blood before he could reveal Yuan Yao and Yan Li's connection to him, then accused Earth Blood of seeking exclusive access to Styx Land.
• Earth Blood launched a blood spear at Luo Hong, who unsealed his Myriad Forms Divine Eye and released the Mysterious Heaven Golden Flame, freezing those in its light and turning the Earth Abyss bright.
• Mu Qing and the mysterious figure on the first layer noticed the phenomenon, while Flying Spirit guards reported the unprecedented change.
• Silver Fairy guided the Sky-Breaking Halberd Fragment to shatter the space around Earth Blood, and the resulting Space Storm destroyed both of his bodies.
• Luo Hong evaded the blood spear as the golden fire faded, and the Mysterious Heaven Golden Flame returned to his Myriad Forms Divine Eye.

The Flying Spirit Race learned that the Candle Dragon Golden Flame had claimed the top spot on the Chaos Myriad Spirits Ranking, prompting the Nine Yue Spirit Emperor and Nan Long Spirit Emperor to prepare for war and seal the Earth Abyss. Meanwhile, Luo Hong escaped the space collapse after killing Earth Blood, then faced Mu Qing and Six-Leg, who demanded to know why he had disrupted their plan to reach Styx Land.

• The Nine Yue Spirit Emperor ordered the Flying Spirit Race to prepare for war, investigate the Earth Abyss with limited forces, and look into Xie Yuan’s disappearance.
• The Chaos Myriad Spirits Ranking placed the Candle Dragon Golden Flame first, and the Nine Yue and Nan Long Spirit Emperors ordered the Earth Abyss sealed and sought help from other clans.
• Luo Hong adapted to the Golden Flame’s effects while Ghost Hag, Yuan Yao, and Yan Li realized that Earth Blood had died in the Space Storm.
• A new Spatial Fluctuation worsened the space collapse, so Luo Hong fled as Ghost Hag pursued him at a cautious distance.
• Mu Qing and Six-Leg confronted Luo Hong, who admitted that he had killed Earth Blood and deliberately caused the collapse to obstruct their route to Styx Land.

After killing Earth Blood, Luo Hong used his Sky-Breaking Halberd Fragment and his knowledge of Styx Land to secure an alliance with Six-Leg, Mu Qing, and Ghost Hag. He took control of Blood Flame Palace and Earth Blood’s puppet army, then declared himself the new Demon King of Earth Abyss.

• Luo Hong warned the three Demon Kings that killing him would cost them their only path into Styx Land, while Silver Fairy appeared and threatened to flee rather than be captured.
• Six-Leg agreed to let Luo Hong replace Earth Blood in their alliance, and Luo Hong explained that he wanted to meet a powerful senior of his own race in Styx Land.
• Luo Hong revealed that he had killed the Void-Shocking Demon, and Six-Leg assigned Mu Qing to train demon beasts while Luo Hong claimed Earth Blood’s puppet army and Blood Flame Palace.
• Mu Qing brought Luo Hong to Blood Flame Mountain, where he used the Sky-Breaking Halberd Fragment to break its formations and restrictions.
• When Earth Blood’s demon beasts gathered, Luo Hong killed several that challenged him and declared himself the new Demon King of Earth Abyss.

Luo Hong uncovered Earth Blood’s hidden Purple Blood Puppet beneath Universe Palace, where Earth Blood’s primary soul ambushed him. Luo Hong shifted them into the beyond-realm domain, where his Ghost Dao Incarnations overwhelmed Earth Blood’s soul.

• Mu Qing explained that Blood Poison and Chun Turtle had attacked Luo Hong because Blood Poison was pursuing the Five-Colored True Blood stolen from her, and Luo Hong sent her away.
• Luo Hong deduced that Earth Blood and Yu Dianzhu had conspired against Mu Qing, then renamed Blood Flame Palace Universe Palace and spent a month concealing it with a formation.
• Luo Hong’s injuries erupted after he completed the formation, but he detected a hidden chamber and found the thousand-zhang Purple Blood Puppet beneath the Lava Lake.
• Earth Blood’s primary soul revealed that he had hidden inside the puppet and used a blood-mist technique to restrain Luo Hong’s Nascent Soul.
• Luo Hong activated the formation and Sky-Breaking Halberd Fragment to transport himself and Earth Blood’s primary soul beyond the realm, where countless Ghost Dao Incarnations attacked Earth Blood.