Chapter Summaries

Luo Hong explained why he planned to confront the first demon invasion before pushing for a genuine alliance, while prioritizing Primordial Law comprehension and preparations for the coming tribulation. After returning to Tai'a Divine Mountain, he reunited with Yu Ruoxi, whose jealousy over his past with Yin Qiao led to an unexpected arrangement with Yin Qiao and Ling Yuling.

• Luo Hong told Silver Fairy that the first demon army would give the Human and Monster Races a chance to prove their strength and that he would use the coming centuries to refine two treasures and comprehend laws.
• Luo Hong returned to Tai'a Divine Mountain and found Yu Ruoxi waiting for him in a room of Mystic Ice.
• Yu Ruoxi confronted Luo Hong about his forty-nine lifetimes with Yin Qiao, and the two spent seven days together before Yin Qiao and Ling Yuling arrived.
• Yu Ruoxi revealed that she had agreed to let Yin Qiao and Ling Yuling become Luo Hong's concubines, then left them with him.
• Luo Hong offered the two women spirit fruits, but Yin Qiao peeled a Jade Banana Fruit and exposed its irritating scent as Ling Yuling was about to handle it.

Xin Sanniang arrived at Tai'a Divine Mountain seeking her sister Xin Liuniang and attacked Yu Ruoxi when she could not see her. Luo Hong intervened and nearly killed Xin Sanniang, then demanded an explanation from Huang Bing as his fury filled Tai'a Hall.

• Huang Bing, Xiao Guan, and Xin Sanniang arrived at Welcome Guest Tower, where Xin Sanniang accused Luo Hong of taking Xin Liuniang's Yin Essence.
• A Taiyi Sect cultivator led the three visitors to Tai'a Hall, where Yu Ruoxi told them Luo Hong was in seclusion and would meet them in several days.
• Xin Sanniang demanded to know where Xin Liuniang was, and Yu Ruoxi hesitated to explain that Luo Hong had confined her in the dungeon.
• Xin Sanniang attacked Yu Ruoxi, but Luo Hong blocked her strike and knocked her into the hall's restriction barrier.
• Luo Hong confronted Huang Bing over Xin Sanniang's attack and threatened to kill her unless she gave him a reasonable explanation.

Luo Hong and the Sky Fox Clan resolved a misunderstanding after Xin Sanniang attacked him, and Xin Sanniang discovered that Yu Ruoxi was pregnant. More than fifty years later, Han Li returned near the Human and Monster Races and learned that a new Spirit Emperor had been chosen.

• Xin Sanniang attacked Luo Hong, but Xiao Guan and Yu Ruoxi persuaded him to bring Xin Liuniang out and clarify the misunderstanding.
• Xin Sanniang explained that she had mistaken rumors and Yu Ruoxi’s pregnancy for evidence that Luo Hong had humiliated Xin Liuniang; Luo Hong forgave her and accepted her pill formulas for supporting the pregnancy.
• Luo Hong and the Sky Fox Clan completed their cooperation agreement, and Luo Hong celebrated Yu Ruoxi’s pregnancy with her.
• Master Tianchan visited Luo Hong to negotiate a trade involving Top-grade Spirit Stones and spirit materials, but Luo Hong first spoke to him about Buddhist teachings.
• More than fifty years later, Han Li saved a group of cultivators from a Stone Yuan Turtle and asked them about recent events among the Human and Monster Races.
• The Daoist in Black Robe told Han Li that the previous Heavenly Wonderful Spirit Emperor had died and that the new Spirit Emperor’s identity would be announced after the assembly selected a Vice Emperor.

Han Li returned to Sky Abyss City after hearing reports of the Sunset Merchant Alliance’s hoarding of spirit materials and rumors about a powerful demon. He found high-grade materials scarce and went to the Alliance’s market stronghold, where cultivators feared its mysterious leader and were required to enter Kaiming Hall.

• The Daoist in Black Robe warned Han Li that the Sunset Merchant Alliance had spent decades buying spirit materials with Top-grade Spirit Stones, driving up prices and creating shortages.
• The Daoist repeated rumors that a powerful Demon Head had defeated the Three Great Demon Kings, abducted the Heavenly Fox Demon King, and attacked Saint Emperor City; Han Li suspected Senior Brother Luo might be behind the feats.
• Han Li arrived at Sky Abyss City, passed inspection at the Alien Spirit Hall, and headed to Sky Abyss Market to find materials for his breakthrough and a Spatial Formation.
• Han Li discovered that high-grade spirit materials, especially those needed for Spatial Formations, were scarce and decided to visit the Sunset Merchant Alliance.
• At the Alliance’s stronghold, Han Li heard cultivators complain that they had to enter Kaiming Hall on every visit and feared offending the Alliance’s Demon Head.

Han Li entered a Sunset Merchant Alliance shop, learned that customers had to praise Emperor Tianmiao before entering, and was astonished by its vast stock of rare goods. When True Person Di Hun attacked the shop, Han Li rushed to aid Xiang Zhili, who revealed a silver plaque and threatened to summon the Lord Spirit Emperor.

• Han Li followed the cultivators into Kaiming Hall and watched Chen recite a slogan praising Emperor Tianmiao to enter the shop.
• Chai Zhou explained that the Sunset Merchant Alliance was founded by Old Demon Luo Ri, whom he resented for making customers praise him.
• Han Li entered the trading hall and found rare spiritual materials, Integration Stage treasures, and curse talismans displayed on the shelves.
• True Person Di Hun demanded entry without following the rules, then attacked the shop and broke through its wall while coveting its wares.
• Han Li recognized Xiang Zhili and flew to his side to help confront True Person Di Hun.
• Xiang Zhili claimed he could handle the crisis and threw a silver plaque toward True Person Di Hun, saying he would have the Lord Spirit Emperor intervene.

Han Li reunited with Luo Hong after the Spirit Emperor rescued him from True Person Di Hun in Sky Abyss City. Luo Hong explained how he had returned to the Spirit Realm and told Han Li that Nangong Wan had reached Deity Transformation and ascended.

• True Person Di Hun attacked Xiang Zhili, but Luo Hong’s hand emerged from a silver spatial treasure and crushed Di Hun’s chest armor.
• Xiang Zhili told Luo Hong that Han Li had returned, and Luo Hong transported Han Li to the center of Sunset Tomb.
• Xiang Zhili reassured the surrounding cultivators and offered compensation for damage caused during the confrontation.
• Luo Hong greeted Han Li, explained that he had returned from Thunderclap Continent on a repaired realm ship, and invited him to share Spirit Wine.
• Han Li asked about Nangong Wan, and Luo Hong said she had advanced to Deity Transformation and ascended from the Mortal World.

Luo Hong reunited with Han Li, gave him Red Luo Immortal Wine, and asked him to refine pills for Yu Ruoxi’s unborn child. After the banquet, Luo Hong sent his companions to the Guanghan Realm and prepared to pursue his own cultivation and plans concerning the Sunset Tomb.

• Luo Hong told Han Li that Nangong Wan had likely ascended to another realm, and Han Li resolved to search for her someday.
• Luo Hong shared Red Luo Immortal Wine with Han Li and asked him to refine pills for the child Yu Ruoxi was carrying; Han Li agreed and took the remaining wine for his future breakthrough.
• Luo Hong explained that the Sunset Merchant Alliance’s Spirit Emperor Command Tokens let him respond across great distances, and Han Li asked him about advancing to the Integration Stage.
• At the welcoming banquet, Luo Hong asked whether anyone had news of Ice Phoenix, and the group agreed to inquire about her.
• Han Li departed for the Guanghan Realm to enter seclusion, while Luo Hong instructed Yu Ruoxi, Ling Yuling, and Yin Qiao to use Giant Spirit Decrees to contain the realm’s vicious beasts.
• Luo Hong explained that he needed to cultivate and act against the demon race’s progress on the Sunset Tomb, while Yu Ruoxi prepared to return to the Guanghan Realm to pursue her breakthrough.

After the three Demon Kings completed the earth-vein reorganization at Sunset Tomb, Luo Hong prepared to restore yang to the veins, but the Heavenly Origin Saint Emperor arrived with an urgent request for Earth Spring Pearls. Luo Hong gave him ten and left, while Tianyuan confessed that refining the pearls had loosened his cultivation bottleneck; a bell toll then interrupted their conversation.

• Huang Bing told Luo Hong that the cultivators of the three clans had withdrawn after reorganizing Sunset Tomb's earth veins.
• The Heavenly Origin Saint Emperor arrived with the Withered Yellow Old Man and asked Luo Hong for Earth Spring Pearls to brew Tiger Soul Emperor Wine.
• Luo Hong gave Tianyuan ten Earth Spring Pearls at the original price and flew south, while Tianyuan's awkward reaction revealed that his wine excuse was an act.
• Tianyuan admitted that refining Earth Spring Pearls had loosened his cultivation bottleneck, giving him hope of advancing further.
• A bell toll sounded across the surrounding lands and interrupted the group.

Luo Hong completed the second step of the Earth Vein Grand Formation plan in one region of the Sunset Tomb and arranged resources and discipline for the next stage. Meanwhile, Baohua emerged from seclusion and arrived at the Silver Clan, where she learned that Luo Hong was there and requested to meet him.

• Luo Hong used the Giant Spirit Decrees to activate an Earth Vein Grand Formation in one region of the Sunset Tomb, completing the second step of the plan there.
• Luo Hong told Huang Bing to accelerate Moonlight Stone mining, traded a treasure with Xiao Guan for one thousand Black Flame Guards, and asked Xin Liuniang to restrain her subordinates.
• Baohua and the Black Abyss Demon Crocodile arrived at the Seven Sacred Mountains to use the Silver Clan's Continental Teleportation Array, and the Demon Crocodile broke through the restrictions.
• Wang Ning and Xu An An recognized Baohua as a possible friend of Luo Hong, and Baohua stopped the Demon Crocodile from attacking them.
• Baohua learned that Luo Hong was a Holy Clan member of the Silver Clan and asked Wang Ning to report her arrival so she could meet him.

Baohua learned that Luo Hong had returned to the Feng Yuan Continent after repairing the Sky Breaking Spear and slaying the Extreme Yang Profound Snake, then traveled there with Demon Crocodile. Thirty years later, work on a colossal cauldron was underway near Supreme Yang Peak, where a furious shout abruptly silenced the workers.

• Baohua restrained Jian Yunhua and the six Domain Lords, then learned that Luo Hong had returned to the Feng Yuan Continent and that the Silver Clan regarded him as one of their own.
• Jian Yunhua sent Baohua and Demon Crocodile through the Continental Teleportation Array to the Feng Yuan Continent.
• Baohua delayed going after Luo Hong until the Sacred Sacrifice and ordered Demon Crocodile to locate the Ming Race's Nine Yang Heavenly Thunder Wood while keeping a low profile.
• Thirty years later, cultivators of the Human and Monster Races worked around a towering Three-legged Cauldron near Supreme Yang Peak, and Blood Sacrifice Daoist paid Huang Ji for her work.
• The cultivators discussed Huang Ji's prospects with a monk from the Jade Heavens Sect and Feng Tiandu, but an angry voice suddenly silenced them.

Luo Hong agreed to rescue Xiao Guan without surrendering the Black Flame Guards, and Han Li emerged from seclusion to ask for help gathering pill ingredients and refining True Spirit Blood. The two decided to travel together, and seven days later they encountered Ye Ying and Liu Qing aboard a spirit boat in the Wilds.

• Xiao Hong asked Luo Hong to return the thousand Black Flame Guards to help rescue Xiao Guan, but Luo Hong refused and promised to go rescue her himself.
• Han Li broke through to the Integration Stage, gave Luo Hong spirit herbs for Red Luo Immortal Wine, and asked him to gather ingredients for Corrupting Immortal Pills.
• Luo Hong gifted Han Li Grass Soul Jade Branches and advised him to seek True Spirit Origin or inherited techniques to refine his True Spirit Blood completely.
• After hearing Luo Hong planned to visit Styx Land and meet the Ye Family, Han Li agreed to accompany him, and they set off half a day later.
• Seven days later, Luo Hong and Han Li encountered Ye Ying and Liu Qing aboard a spirit boat as it crossed the Wilds, and Liu Qing teased Ye Ying about helping Luo Hong cultivate the Nirvana Holy Spirit Great Law.

Luo Hong and Han Li met Liu Qing and Ye Ying before entering the Secret Realm, and Han Li negotiated for the Ye Family’s true-blood refining technique. Luo Hong devised a contract that let Han Li promise aid only if devils appeared in Ye Family territory, then assured him the devils would not attack the family.

• Luo Hong introduced Han Li to Liu Qing and Ye Ying, who were astonished that Han Li had advanced to Integration.
• Luo Hong asked where Elder Mo and the Demon Master were, and Liu Qing explained that they had entered the Secret Realm ahead of them.
• Han Li asked Ye Ying for the Ye Family’s true-blood refining secret technique, and she offered it in exchange for two thousand years of service as a guest elder.
• Luo Hong told Han Li to accept the term but phrase his service as providing aid whenever devils appeared in Ye Family territory.
• Ye Ying accepted the revised deal, and Luo Hong promised Han Li that he would ensure the devils gave the Ye Family a pass.

Luo Hong stabilized the Secret Realm entrance and led a group inside to find Xiao Guan. After the group encountered mutated Jiao Zheng Beasts that could grow stronger by devouring other creatures, Luo Hong searched the memories of two beasts and discovered several unexpected figures.

• Luo Hong restored the Secret Realm entrance to its original form, creating a passage that would remain stable for a century, and Mo Yi and Xin Sanniang emerged with news that they had found Xiao Guan's trail.
• Luo Hong led Han Li, Ye Ying, Liu Qing, Mo Yi, and Xin Sanniang through the passage into the Secret Realm and learned that Xiao Guan had gone northwest toward its center.
• The group found a herd of mutated Jiao Zheng Beasts, and Han Li recognized their resemblance to Netherworld Beasts from the Mortal World.
• Luo Hong and the others attacked the beasts after seeing one gain strength by devouring a small lizard; Ye Ying's spatial ability crushed one beast and gave Luo Hong insight into how it worked.
• Luo Hong kept two beasts bearing traces of black flames alive, used his divine eye to search their memories, and saw several unexpected figures besides Xiao Guan.

Luo Hong’s group learned that Jia Tun Clan cultivators were also in the Secret Realm and traveled onward in the concealed Luotian Boat to rescue Black Phoenix. The chapter then showed Jia Tun cultivators feasting in a poison-filled valley, where Red-haired Jia Tun Zhu promised Pale-faced Old Man Wentian that their long-awaited chance to enter the realm’s central Forbidden Land had finally arrived.

• Luo Hong reported that Black Phoenix had fled into the mountain range and that Jia Tun Clan cultivators were in the Secret Realm, then destroyed two mutated Jiao Zheng Beasts and recovered Soul Stones.
• Liu Qing and Mo Yi identified the Soul Stones and questioned why Yin Beasts were present, while Han Li speculated that the Secret Realm might be a realm rather than a Space Fragment.
• Luo Hong decided to avoid conflict with the Jia Tun Clan and carried the group away aboard the concealed Luotian Boat.
• Red-haired Jia Tun Zhu brought the last Void Refinement-level Essence Devouring Beast to Pale-faced Old Man Wentian, who angrily confronted Zhu for delaying his promised chance to enter the central Forbidden Land.
• Zhu told Wentian that the long-awaited opportunity had finally arrived, as Jia Tun cultivators continued feasting in the poison valley.

The Jia Tun Clan and Mayfly Race prepared to enter the Forbidden Land after the Black Netherworm Mist thinned, each seeking to gain an advantage in their long-running struggle over the realm. Luo Hong’s group approached the mist, discovered a Mayfly Race spirit insect, and followed it, bringing them closer to the conflict.

• The Red-haired Jia Tun delayed the Pale-faced Old Man’s departure so they could eat before heading toward the Forbidden Land.
• Zi Youzi awakened the Withered Old Man, who took the Nether River Origin Crystals and prepared to search for the Rahula Crystal Core.
• The chapter explained how the Jia Tun Clan and Mayfly Race had fought over the realm for fifty thousand years and why the Mayfly Race wanted to remove the Rahula Crystal Core.
• Luo Hong’s group reached the Black Netherworm Mist, and Xin Sanniang sensed that it contained life force.
• Luo Hong recognized a concealed spirit butterfly as belonging to a Mayfly Race elder, and he quietly followed it with the Luotian Boat.

Luo Hong's group followed Zi Youzi and the Withered Old Man into the black-mist Forbidden Land, where they found a Black Phoenix secret rune and continued toward a strange lake. At the lake, they discovered the missing Black Phoenix Demon King, Xiao Guan, trapped in a monstrous tree.

• The Withered Old Man sensed something amiss and sent Blood-colored Beetles toward the concealed Luotian Boat, but Luo Hong moved the boat out of their path before following the Mayfly group into the black mist.
• Luo Hong used Heavenly Wolf Divine Fire to shield the Luotian Boat from the mist, while Zhu Ben and True Lord Wentian prepared to enter the Forbidden Land with a Strange Face Crystal Ball meant to fool King-level Essence Devouring Beasts.
• The Withered Old Man killed a mutated bird, and Han Li explained that the black mist leaking from its corpse drew other beasts to devour it.
• Mo Yi identified a Black Phoenix Secret Rune forbidding his tribe from using Natal Black Flame, and Luo Hong decided to keep following the Mayfly group after they found it.
• Luo Hong's group reached a Black Lake and saw Xiao Guan trapped within the burls of a strange, thousand-zhang tree.

Luo Hong deduced how the Black Lotus Treasure Lamp was protecting Xiao Guan and prepared to rescue her while the Mayfly Race tried to draw a Rahula Crystal Core from the giant tree. The crystal emerged partway before its lower roots appeared connected to something else, leaving the group wary of what would happen next.

• Mo Yi identified the dark red glow protecting Xiao Guan as the Black Lotus Treasure Lamp, which amplified the Black Phoenix Tribe’s Natal Black Flame.
• Luo Hong reasoned that the tree was vulnerable to Yang Fiend flames and planned to use the Heavenly Wolf Divine Fire while the Mayfly Race drew its attention.
• The Withered Old Man ordered Zi Youzi and the Split Soul Puppets to use Nether River Origin Crystals to draw the Rahula Crystal Core from the giant tree.
• Luo Hong realized the crystal might belong to the Rahu that left Styx Land and wondered whether the Nine-Headed Fierce Bird’s crystal core and the treasure they fought over were also nearby.
• Zi Youzi’s formation produced a Rahu Phantom, which drew a massive, rune-covered crystal more than halfway out of the tree before its lower roots appeared connected to something else.

Qi Xuezi and the Mayfly Race tried to extract the Rahula and Nine-Headed Fierce Bird crystal cores from the strange tree, but Jia Tun Zhu Ben and True Lord Wentian arrived to stop them. As the battle escalated and Jia Tun reinforcements descended, Luo Hong left the Luotian Boat and rushed toward the Black Phoenix Demon King.

• The Withered Old Man ordered the ten Split Soul Puppets to burn their souls, speeding the extraction and revealing the Nine-Headed Fierce Bird's Yin Sha Crystal Core fused to the Rahula Crystal Core.
• Black vines restrained the crystal cores and transformed the Withered Old Man's Blood-colored Beetles into a giant insect before he destroyed it.
• Jia Tun Zhu Ben and True Lord Wentian arrived, and the Withered Old Man revealed himself as Qi Xuezi and engaged Zhu Ben while Zi Youzi and Madam Li fought Wentian.
• Zhu Ben transformed into a Molten Lava Dragon, but Qi Xuezi swallowed an insect egg and summoned a Mahayana Blood-colored Giant Insect.
• Zhu Ben used a Space Array Disk to summon the Jia Tun Mahayana ancestor Qing Cangzi, and Luo Hong left the Luotian Boat to charge toward the trapped Black Phoenix Demon King.

Luo Hong rescued Xiao Guan from the Hundred-Handed Strange Tree after two Mahayana beings attacked him, then asked them to let his group leave. The opposing sides recognized Luo Hong and reacted with surprise at his sudden rise to Integration Late-stage.

• The Blood-colored Giant Insect and Scholar Man detected Luo Hong and struck him, but Han Li warned the others to flee as the Hundred-Handed Strange Tree began to stir.
• Luo Hong emerged unharmed with Xiao Guan, who recovered with Mo Yi’s help, and ordered his companions to join Han Li.
• Luo Hong asked the Blood-colored Giant Insect and Scholar Man to let his group leave because he did not want to fight over the True Spirit Crystal Cores.
• Zi Youzi and True Lord Wentian recognized Luo Hong and were shocked by his cultivation, while the Scholar Man asked True Lord Wentian about Luo Hong’s ties to the Mayfly Race.

Luo Hong and the others tried to escape as Zi Youzi’s insect swarm freed the Hundred-Handed Demoness from the strange tree. Xiao Guan revealed why she had entered the realm, and Luo Hong recognized the demoness as a body refined by Holy Ancestor Ming Luo before realizing what had drawn the ancient True Spirits to the realm.

• True Lord Wentian concealed Luo Hong’s connection to the Mayfly Race, while Zi Youzi and the Blood-colored Giant Insect decided to delay the Scholar Man so Zi Youzi could retrieve the True Spirit Crystal Core.
• Han Li sensed demonic qi in the Hundred-Handed Strange Tree, and Xiao Guan warned that it was a Demonic Fetus capable of killing even the Mahayana fighters.
• Zi Youzi summoned the Mayfly Race’s Imitation Holy Nest, and the Centipede Strange Insects overwhelmed the Molten Lava Dragon and True Lord Wentian to reach the tree.
• The swarm freed the True Spirit Crystal Core, causing the Hundred-Handed Strange Tree to awaken and transform into a colossal Black-skinned Woman.
• Xiao Guan explained how the Black Lotus Treasure Lamp had led her to the Yin Sha Crystal Core and how the awakened demoness had captured her.
• Luo Hong identified the demoness as a body refined by Holy Ancestor Ming Luo, then consulted the Golden Gate Jade Book and realized why the True Spirits had gathered in the realm.