Chapter Summaries

Qin He and the other cultivators fought off the Black Shadows by keeping everyone above the swamp and destroying a newly forming creature together. They escaped the spatial barrier, but their flight through the endless Netherworld swamp left them trapped in darkness as danger stirred below.

• Black Shadow killed dozens of cultivators before Qin He struck its chest wound with a Demonic Essence longsaber and destroyed it.
• A stronger Black Shadow rose from the swamp, and an old man warned that more would appear whenever the Netherworld devoured the living.
• The cultivators took refuge on floating platforms, joined their defenses, and attacked the next Black Shadow before it could fully form.
• The half-formed Black Shadow collapsed, breaking the spatial restraint, and Zhou Shan led the group fleeing on Qin He's shield.
• Qin He and the others flew for hours without finding the swamp's edge, while the waters began churning with a renewed aura of danger.

Qin He and his companions endured increasingly fierce attacks in the mire and raced toward a Space Rift that appeared to be the exit. As their battle platform approached, Qin He sensed a familiar rune fluctuation around the rift, leaving him with unanswered questions.

• Bone spikes, black threads, and Black Shadow fragments destroyed nearby platforms and killed many cultivators, while Qin He secretly used demonic patterns to protect his team's platform.
• Zhao Xiaojia noticed that no Dragon Clan cultivators with Dragon-Pattern Jade Pendants were among the survivors, and Qin He suspected something was wrong after Wu Gou reacted nervously.
• The attacks intensified, causing more platforms to collapse and cultivators to fall into the mire as Liu Yuer warned that Dao Palace Realm cultivators could not survive outside a platform.
• Qin He sensed a different spatial fluctuation, and Liu Yuer spotted a Space Rift ahead with daylight and sea wind beyond it.
• Zhou Shan steered their battle platform at full speed toward the rift, while Qin He sensed a familiar rune fluctuation around the exit.

Qin He and the others fought off a powerful Black Shadow as they neared the Space Rift, with Qin He secretly guiding their attacks and using Southern Ming Li Fire to destroy it. They survived, but only four battle platforms remained, and more Black Shadows gathered before the exit.

• A Black Shadow rose beneath the remaining battle platforms and attacked Qin He's platform, corroding its edge with black threads.
• Zhou Shan used a blood-costing secret art to reach the Early Divine Bridge Realm, while Zhao Xiaojia, Liu Yuer, and Wu Gou helped hold back the Black Shadow.
• Qin He covertly empowered Zhou Shan and Liu Yuer, marked the Black Shadow's core as its weakness, and concealed his own attack plan.
• Zhou Shan, Zhao Xiaojia, Liu Yuer, and Wu Gou struck the Black Shadow's chest, and Qin He burned it from within using Southern Ming Li Fire.
• The Black Shadow collapsed, but other platforms were destroyed and their cultivators swallowed by the swamp, while new Black Shadows gathered before the Space Rift.

Qin He and the others discovered that the Dragon Clan had trapped the survivors of the Netherworld swamp in a sacrificial formation to restore their ancestor. Their attempt to break free faltered when the formation immobilized everyone.

• Qin He and the others emerged into a barrier-enclosed space, where powerful cultivators aboard two warships prepared to break out.
• As the barrier faded, Liu Yuer recognized the markings beneath them as an altar, while the Dragon Clan stood outside with weapons stained by blood.
• A Dragon Clan elder revealed that the rescue mission had been a ruse and that the remaining survivors were sacrifices for their ancestor.
• Qin He tried to disrupt the formation with Demonic Essence, but its power burned his fingertips and repelled his attack.
• The warships cracked the barrier, but the formation flared red and locked everyone in place as the white-haired steward declared it impossible to escape.

Long Qingyun revealed that the Dragon Clan had trapped three thousand cultivators and planned to drain their essence to help him return to the Saint Realm. The cultivators’ attempt to break the formation failed, and Qin He watched as the trap tightened.

• The Dragon Clan elder confirmed that the Miasma-Guard Talismans had tracked the cultivators and declared them sacrifices for his ancestor.
• Long Qingyun appeared in the formation and dismissed the cultivators’ protests, saying their deaths would help him return to the Saint Realm.
• The purple-robed old man urged the cultivators to strike the formation together, and Qin He secretly added Demonic Essence to their attack.
• The formation absorbed the attack and intensified its drain on the cultivators’ spiritual power.
• Bloody Lightning formed an iron anchor that shattered the purple-robed old man’s bronze mirror and crushed his chest.
• Qin He studied the formation’s patterns as Long Qingyun increased the suction and Bloody Lightning spread through the barrier.

Qin He secretly released a wisp of pure Demonic Energy into the sacrificial formation, causing it to collapse and freeing the cultivators from its drain. The collapse revealed Long Qingyun and awakened a colossal Black Shadow, which sensed the True Demonic Qi and left everyone frozen in terror.

• Qin He sent a wisp of Demonic Energy into the formation diagram while the Dragon Clan elder watched the sacrifices weaken.
• The Demonic Energy spread through the formation, disrupting its patterns and making the suction and Bloody Lightning go out of control.
• The formation diagram and barrier shattered, freeing the cultivators and revealing Long Qingyun on a black stone platform.
• The Dragon Clan elder knelt before Long Qingyun, who ignored him and searched the ruined formation as his body convulsed.
• A mountain-like Black Shadow emerged behind Long Qingyun and asked how True Demonic Qi had appeared in that realm.
• The Black Shadow briefly sensed Qin He, then fixed its gaze on Long Qingyun as everyone stood frozen.

The Demon Shadow awakened, trapping everyone beneath a contracting Blood-colored Barrier and draining their life force. As Qin He shielded his companions, Wu Gou attacked Zhao Xiaojia and then Qin He, revealing Dragon Clan spirit runes on his blade.

• The Dragon Clan elder ordered the young cultivators to flee through a secret passage, but the Blood-colored Barrier sealed off the sea and forced them back.
• Qin He recognized the barrier's Demonic Energy as the sacrificial formation's power, while the purple-robed elder laughed at the Dragon Clan's failed plan.
• The contracting barrier unleashed a powerful suction that drained cultivators' true essence, Yang Energy, and vital essence, and Long Qingyun declared the sacrifice necessary for the Dragon Clan and Saint Realm.
• The Demon Shadow sent blood-red chains after the crowd and bound the Dragon Clan elder as Qin He protected Zhou Shan and the others with a demonic barrier.
• Wu Gou suddenly attacked Zhao Xiaojia, but Liu Yuer blocked him and spotted Dragon Clan spirit runes on his blade; Wu Gou then struck at Qin He, who disrupted the rune and blasted him backward.

Qin He exposed Wu Gou as a Dragon Clan dead soldier, and Zhou Shan, Liu Yuer, and Zhao Xiaojia killed him. As Demon Shadow devoured the Dragon Clan, Long Qingyun openly defended sacrificing his own people to regain the Saint Realm, leaving the survivors in despair.

• Qin He used the Truth Spell on Wu Gou and learned that he had infiltrated the group to assist the Dragon Clan’s sacrifice in exchange for a reward.
• Zhou Shan, Liu Yuer, and Zhao Xiaojia attacked and killed Wu Gou, whose corpse was consumed by Demon Shadow.
• Demon Shadow’s blood-colored chains rapidly devoured the Dragon Clan, including the old man in purple robes.
• Long Qingyun told the Dragon Clan disciples that their deaths were an honor if they helped him return to the Saint Realm, and declared that he would sacrifice even Yunlai City for the clan’s glory.
• Zhou Shan condemned Long Qingyun as heartless, Liu Yuer said he had gone mad, and Qin He watched while circulating Demonic Essence.

Qin He revealed his True Demonic Qi and transformed into a colossal Demonic Body, nearly killing Long Qingyun with one strike. After rejecting the Demon Shadow's offer to join it, Qin He charged into battle against its avatar.

• Qin He raised a Demonic Essence Barrier that blocked the Demon Shadow's devouring power and protected Zhou Shan, Zhao Xiaojia, and Liu Yuer.
• Qin He unleashed his True Demonic Qi, grew into a towering Demonic Body, and stunned the Dragon Clan cultivators.
• Long Qingyun burned his Saint Realm Origin to resist Qin He's attack, but Qin He struck him down and left him near death.
• The Demon Shadow questioned Qin He about his True Demon aura and offered him territory, a path to the Saint Realm, and passage to the Abyss.
• Qin He rejected the Demon Shadow's offer and attacked, and the Demon Shadow formed a demonic hand to meet him head-on.

Qin He fought the Undying Demonic Shadow until it retreated beneath the sea, then rescued Long Qingyun and left the ruined battlefield. Zhou Shan, Zhao Xiaojia, and Liu Yuer realized that their traveling companion Wei had been a Demon God in disguise.

• Qin He overpowered the demonic shadow, but its undying origin let it escape into the seabed after it threatened to kill him in a future encounter.
• The Blood-colored Barrier shattered, revealing the wreckage of the warships and the Dragon Clan casualties; several Dragon Clan youths survived near the reefs.
• Qin He found Long Qingyun barely alive, picked him up, and departed without pursuing the demonic shadow.
• Zhou Shan, Zhao Xiaojia, and Liu Yuer recognized Wei as the Demon God who had traveled with them, while Wu Gou remained dead.
• The surviving Dragon Clan youths watched Qin He's departure with confusion and awe.

Qin He forced Long Qingyun to recover enough to question him, then used the Black Demon Banner to capture his living soul when he refused to cooperate. Qin He left the cave confident that Long Qingyun would eventually reveal the truth.

• Qin He carried the dying Long Qingyun to an abandoned cave and forced three healing Pills down his throat.
• Long Qingyun refused to answer Qin He's questions and declared that he did not fear death.
• Qin He revealed the Black Demon Banner, terrifying Long Qingyun.
• Long Qingyun resisted the banner's pull, but Qin He shattered his body and the banner captured his living soul.
• Qin He shrank the Black Demon Banner, put it away, and left the cave, expecting Long Qingyun to reveal the truth.

Qin He fled south as the Divine Punishment Department's Sky-Seeking Mirror tracked his aura, while trying to force Long Qingyun to reveal information about the Divine Court and the Sky Demon. Long Qingyun refused, and Qin He continued toward the Southern Ridges seeking a way to upgrade the Soul Banner before his pursuers caught him.

• The Sky-Seeking Mirror illuminated anomalous auras, and Qin He headed south to escape the Divine Punishment Department.
• Qin He questioned Long Qingyun, who claimed a divided soul remained in the Divine Court and could be restored.
• Qin He argued that the Divine Court and the weakened Dragon Clan might abandon or destroy Long Qingyun, but Long Qingyun still refused to talk.
• Qin He admitted the unrefined Black Demon Banner could only imprison Long Qingyun and warned him about upgrading the Soul Banner.
• Hearing the Silver Guards approaching, Qin He hurried toward the Southern Ridges in search of a relic that could help him upgrade the banner.

The Divine Court High God convened the Divine Punishment Envoys to discuss Qin He’s escape and ordered a new pursuit. Li LInfeng deduced that Qin He’s true body had fled south, and was assigned to lead the vanguard with the Heaven-Seeking Treasure Mirror.

• The Divine Court High God reprimanded the Divine Punishment Envoys for failing to capture Qin He after the Ghost Ship Sea incident.
• A Deputy Divine Punishment Envoy reported that the Heaven-Seeking Treasure Mirror had traced two incarnations heading west and north.
• The High God revealed Qin He’s suspected origins and ordered Li LInfeng to identify the true body’s location.
• Li LInfeng reasoned that Qin He had likely fled south toward the Southern Ridges Ruins, where terrain and weak defenses offered cover.
• The High God ordered Red Lotus to lead two Divine Punishment Envoys and fifty thousand subordinates south, with Li LInfeng as vanguard in charge of the mirror branch.

Qin He evaded the Divine Punishment Department’s search by abandoning his southward escape and returning to Yunlai City. There, he found the Dragon Clan estate under siege by Li Wanshan and former enemies, with Long Mingyuan and the remaining disciples facing defeat.

• Qin He hid from Divine Punishment patrols and the Sky-Seeking Mirror while crossing the marsh.
• Qin He spotted a heavily guarded southern checkpoint, realized the Divine Punishment Department was anticipating his route, and turned back north.
• Qin He shook off the pursuit, changed course, and returned to Yunlai City.
• Qin He arrived near the city gate and saw Li Wanshan leading hundreds of cultivators in an assault on the Dragon Clan estate.
• Li Wanshan declared the Dragon Clan finished, killed a defiant youth, and ordered his forces to seize its treasures and slaughter its defenders.
• Long Mingyuan tried to resist, but Li Clan cultivators overwhelmed the wounded elder and attacked the remaining Dragon Clan disciples.

Qin He showed Long Qingyun the Li Clan’s assault on the Dragon Clan, using Long Qingyao and the family’s imminent destruction to pressure him into revealing the secret treasure. Long Qingyun finally agreed to negotiate with Qin He.

• Li Wanshan’s cultivators pinned Long Qingyao down and tore at her clothes while Long Mingyuan tried to protect her, but a sword strike forced him to his knees.
• Li Wanshan demanded the Dragon Clan’s secret treasure and ordered the cultivators to continue humiliating Long Qingyao as other attackers threatened the family’s women and children.
• Two Other Shore Realm experts watched the attack from the mist and mocked the fallen Dragon Clan.
• Qin He projected the scene into the Black Demon Banner, where Long Qingyun raged at Li Wanshan and the Dragon Clan’s former dependents.
• Qin He warned Long Qingyun that his descendants would suffer unless he spoke, and Long Qingyun finally asked what Qin He wanted to know.

Qin He intervened when Li Clan cultivators attacked Long Qingyao and declared he had come for a share of the Dragon Clan Secret Treasure. After defeating several enemies with ease, he faced Li Wanshan, whose powerful sword strike Qin He cut apart.

• Qin He appeared before Long Qingyao and killed the two Li Clan cultivators restraining her.
• Qin He said he had come to take a share of the Dragon Clan Secret Treasure, and the Li Clan members mocked and threatened him.
• Qin He caught the tall, thin cultivator's Sword Qi and killed him with a single punch.
• Li Wanshan attacked Qin He with an Other Shore Realm sword strike, but Qin He severed the Sword Qi with a blade of Demonic Essence.

Qin He defeated Li Wanshan and two other Other Shore Realm cultivators who tried to claim the Dragon Clan’s treasures. He then demanded that Long Mingyuan hand over the treasures, leaving the Dragon Clan to choose between surrendering them or facing him.

• Li Wanshan used the Cloud-Wind Art to unleash a net of law-infused wind blades, but Qin He shielded Long Qingyao and shattered the attack with Bloody Lightning.
• Qin He crushed Li Wanshan’s sword and grievously wounded him with a single strike.
• Two more Other Shore Realm cultivators proposed dividing the Dragon Clan’s secret treasures, but Qin He refused and told them to leave or die.
• The two cultivators attacked together with earth and water laws, but Qin He’s demonic shield swallowed their attacks and wounded them.
• Li Wanshan and the Li Clan cultivators fled, while the other two cultivators withdrew without fighting further.
• Qin He demanded that Long Mingyuan hand over the Dragon Clan’s secret treasures, warning that more enemies would come for them.

Qin He forced Long Mingyuan to reveal how to open the Dragon Clan Secret Treasure, a hidden vault created by Long Qingyun inside a Space Rift. The entrance opened safely, revealing a chamber filled with Spirit Treasures and a mysterious bronze casket.

• Long Mingyuan agreed to lead Qin He to the treasure in exchange for protection for the women and children, and warned that he had never opened it.
• Long Mingyuan explained that Long Qingyun had concealed the treasure behind a shrine within a Space Rift protected by deadly laws and traps.
• Qin He made Long Qingyun reveal the opening method, which required Long Mingyuan's blood and an ancestral incantation.
• Long Mingyuan followed the instructions, and the third stone slab opened to reveal a secret chamber.
• Qin He found shelves of Spirit Treasures and a bronze dragon-carved casket resting on a jade platform.

Qin He discovered that the Bronze Casket held an origin-birth law fragment that could help him comprehend laws, and Long Qingyun offered to reveal how to open it in exchange for Qin He taking Long Qingyao as his disciple. Qin He accepted on strict terms, and Long Qingyun explained how to undo the casket’s restrictions.

• Qin He entered the secret chamber and sensed that the Bronze Casket’s law fluctuations resonated with his demonic essence.
• Long Qingyun identified the casket as the Dragon Clan’s Dao-Severing Dragon-Pattern Casket and described its origin-birth law fragment.
• Long Qingyun first asked Qin He to revive the Dragon Clan, but Qin He refused and dismissed his leverage.
• Long Qingyun asked Qin He to take Long Qingyao as his disciple, teach her, and keep her safe in exchange for the casket’s secrets.
• Qin He accepted, requiring Long Qingyao to set aside past grudges and keep their master-disciple relationship secret.
• Long Qingyun instructed Qin He to inject demonic essence along the dragon patterns and carefully unravel the casket’s three layers of restrictions.

Qin He opened the Dragon Clan’s bronze casket, absorbed the Sourcebirth Law Fragment, and seized the remaining treasures. He defeated two Other Shore Realm cultivators who tried to stop him, then fled Yunlai City with the Dragon Clan members as his pursuers planned to report him to the Divine Court.

• Qin He followed Long Qingyun’s instructions to break the casket’s three restrictions and uncovered the Sourcebirth Law Fragment.
• Qin He absorbed the fragment, gained a clearer perception of the laws, and swept the casket’s other treasures and the chamber’s valuables into his storage pouch.
• Qin He carried Long Mingyuan, Long Qingyao, and the other Dragon Clan members out of the ancestral hall, where he sensed lingering holy light and an unseen observer.
• A gray-robed elder and a blue-robed young man confronted Qin He, but his two palm strikes forced both Other Shore Realm cultivators back.
• The gray-robed elder and the blue-robed young man fled, while Qin He carried the Dragon Clan members south from Yunlai City.
• The two pursuers regrouped in the mountain Lin and decided to report Qin He to the Divine Court so it could act against him.