Chapter Summaries

Zhu Qingling restored White Dragon’s body and learned that his soul was in the Netherworld Court, while Yubaba led the group to her study to fetch spellbooks. There, Chihiro reunited with Bo, who offered to help find Haku’s soul despite Yubaba’s alarm.

• Yubaba told Chihiro that White Dragon could be revived if his contract was undone and his soul retrieved, but Zhu Qingling restored his shattered body and returned him to peak condition.
• Zhu Qingling learned that White Dragon’s soul was at the end of the Sanzu River in the Netherworld Court and ordered Yubaba to bring her spellbooks.
• Zhu Qingling put White Dragon’s body in a Space Capsule and gave it to Chihiro to protect while they searched for his soul.
• At Yubaba’s study, Chihiro recognized Bo, who confronted Yubaba for keeping him isolated and breaking her promises to take him outside.
• Bo offered to help find Haku’s soul by following its scent, and Yubaba panicked at the thought that he might go to the Netherworld Court.

Zhu Qingling studied Yubaba’s magic books and, with Ding Ling’s help, gained a deep understanding of magic while Yubaba watched in shock. After more than a day, Zhu Qingling emerged from enlightenment able to use fundamentals, Minor Magic, and some Grand Magic through Martial True Qi.

• Bo argued with Yubaba and insisted on accompanying Ogino Chihiro, and Zhu Qingling persuaded Yubaba to let him go.
• Zhu Qingling began reading Yubaba’s magic books while Ding Ling mastered their contents and decided to seek out even more magic texts before choosing a magic core.
• Ding Ling made the books flip through their pages and infused Zhu Qingling with max-level magic knowledge, sending her into enlightenment as Tang Bohu, Yubaba, and the others watched.
• Ogino Chihiro and Tang Bohu studied magic while Yubaba waited through more than a day of Zhu Qingling’s enlightenment.
• Zhu Qingling awoke after mastering Magic Fundamentals, Minor Magic, and part of Grand Magic, and she could cast spells using Martial True Qi, though less effectively than a Magic Core.

After Zhu Qingling demonstrated her newfound magic, she learned that Chun Xiang, a traveler from another world, had been turned into a pig at Yubaba’s Bathhouse. Zhu Qingling restored Chun Xiang to human form and prepared to seek more spells from Zeniba.

• Zhu Qingling showed off numerous elemental spells, astonishing Tang Bohu and Yubaba with how quickly she had gained power.
• Yubaba asked to join the Nine Provinces Divine Sect, and Zhu Qingling promised to notify her if her Sect Leader Master descended and she could be interviewed.
• Yubaba recalled that Chun Xiang had entered the Bathhouse, eaten the gods’ food, and been transformed into a pig.
• After Yubaba found Chun Xiang alive in the pigpen, Zhu Qingling used the Greater Transformation Art to turn her back into a sixteen-year-old girl.
• Zhu Qingling decided to visit Zeniba to learn more magic, while Ogino Chihiro continued seeking Haku’s soul.

Zhu Qingling and her companions searched for transmigrators, met Setsuko waiting for her brother Seita, and continued to Zeniba’s home at Swamp Bottom. Zeniba welcomed them and agreed to help after recognizing Zhu Qingling’s merits.

• Chun Xiang recalled her time as a pig, broke down crying, and was carried away by the Catbus after Zhu Qingling healed her.
• Yubaba offered to ask the gods she knew to help find transmigrators, then the group rode the Catbus toward Swamp Bottom.
• Zhu Qingling and Tang Bohu found Setsuko waiting at a flooded station for her brother Seita, and Setsuko explained that she had died and wanted him to remain alive.
• The group left Setsuko at the station and followed Zeniba’s Wayfinding Lantern to her home.
• Zeniba welcomed the group, listened to Zhu Qingling explain their mission, and offered to help because of Zhu Qingling’s great merit.

Zhu Qingling and Tang Bohu gained Zeniba’s help and access to her hidden Library, where Ding Ling mastered its magic books and imparted Space Magic to Zhu Qingling. After several days of study, Zhu Qingling awakened with teleportation and spatial relocation abilities, leaving Ogino Chihiro astonished.

• Zhu Qingling thanked Zeniba, and Tang Bohu explained that Ding Ling’s blessings had given Zhu Qingling her extraordinary cultivation.
• Zeniba agreed to accompany Zhu Qingling in search of a transmigrator and took her, Tang Bohu, Ogino Chihiro, Bo, and Totoro to her underground Library.
• Ding Ling read and mastered the Library’s magic books, then imparted max-level Space Magic comprehension to Zhu Qingling as she began meditating.
• Ogino Chihiro and Tang Bohu studied magic for several days while Zhu Qingling remained in enlightenment.
• Zhu Qingling awoke and demonstrated teleportation and spatial relocation by moving herself, a book, and Ogino Chihiro.

Zhu Qingling and her companions left Zeniba’s Library and traveled by Catbus toward the Netherworld Court to retrieve Haku’s soul. At the Sanzu River’s end, conductors warned them that entering was forbidden, and Zhu Qingling prepared to descend with Bo BaoBao while telling Ogino Chihiro to stay behind with Haku’s body.

• Zhu Qingling’s mastery of Space Magic amazed Zeniba, who invited the group to return for more instruction after their search for Haku and the transmigrators.
• The group said goodbye to Zeniba and No Face, then departed in Catbus for the Netherworld Court at the end of the Sanzu River.
• Catbus raced past trains carrying souls, and Totoro waved to children who recognized him, easing Ogino Chihiro’s fear of the Underworld.
• At the station above the Netherworld Court, conductors warned the group that living people were forbidden to enter and faced death or imprisonment.
• Zhu Qingling said she would go down alone, but Bo BaoBao volunteered to help find Haku’s soul, and Ogino Chihiro offered to bring Haku’s body before Zhu Qingling told her to stay behind.

Zhu Qingling took Bo BaoBao to the Netherworld Court’s Eastern God Sect to retrieve Haku’s soul and ask Lord Yama about dead transmigrators. After learning that the God of Death was away, she challenged the gate’s guardians and was caught in a battle arena as a Demon Lion lunged to swallow her.

• Ogino Chihiro gave Zhu Qingling the Space Capsule, and Zhu Qingling took Bo BaoBao to the waterfall at the end of the Sanzu River.
• Tang Bohu and the conductors learned that the God of Death was the Underworld’s strongest God but had left the Netherworld Court for a break.
• Zhu Qingling reached the Eastern God Sect and asked its Silver-Armored Generals about Haku’s soul and the souls of dead transmigrators.
• A general recalled that the God of Death had recently taken a transmigrator’s soul to the Netherworld Court, but the guardians did not know where he had gone.
• Zhu Qingling refused to leave and accepted the guardians’ challenge, causing the Eastern God Sect to transform into an arena.
• The Demon Lion charged and tried to swallow Zhu Qingling as Bo BaoBao cried out in alarm.

Zhu Qingling defeated the Demon Lions and Twin War Generals, then quickly overcame the second trial’s gatekeepers, Hu Fen and Hu Yu. She continued toward the third trial with Bo BaoBao after Shi Xuan warned her that the sisters She Yan and She Xue wielded deadly Poison Magic.

• Zhu Qingling used a barrage of spells to defeat the Demon Lions and electrocute the Twin War Generals, who recovered and warned her about the trials ahead.
• Zhu Qingling declined to turn back, and the gatekeepers let her proceed into the Netherworld Court with Bo BaoBao.
• The Demon Lions and Twin War Generals discussed the danger posed by the second trial’s gatekeepers, Hu Yu and Hu Fen, and expected Zhu Qingling to struggle.
• Shi Xuan discovered that Zhu Qingling had already defeated Hu Fen and Hu Yu, who lay smoking on the arena while Zhu Qingling remained unharmed.
• Shi Xuan warned Zhu Qingling that She Yan and She Xue guarded the third trial with deadly Poison Magic, and Zhu Qingling continued onward with Bo BaoBao.

Zhu Qingling defeated all nine guardians of the Netherworld Court and met Lord Yama, asking him to find the souls of the transmigrator and Haku. Lord Yama feared he could not refuse her without risking a fight he would lose.

• The Twin War Generals, Shi Xuan, and Shi Mi learned that Zhu Qingling had poisoned She Yan and She Xue, suppressed the Rabbit Clan elders with Space Magic, and thrown the Azure Dragon with a single slap.
• Zhu Qingling defeated the Four Gods of Wind, Fire, Thunder, and Lightning in the ninth trial, becoming the first person to pass all nine trials.
• Lord Yama welcomed Zhu Qingling and offered her a seat and wine as she privately wondered whether Ding Ling would like her wearing the attendants’ alluring clothes.
• Zhu Qingling asked Lord Yama to find the souls of the transmigrator and Haku, while Lord Yama worried that refusing her could lead to a humiliating defeat.

Zhu Qingling learned from Lord Yama about her master Ding Ling’s blessings and the Gods' Heaven Kingdom, where many transmigrators had gone. She left the Netherworld Court with more than a thousand transmigrators' souls and a map to the kingdom, while planning to visit the Library.

• Lord Yama asked Zhu Qingling about her master, and Bo BaoBao described how Ding Ling had repeatedly blessed her across countless worlds.
• Zhu Qingling confirmed that Ding Ling’s blessings had helped her rapidly learn magic, leaving Lord Yama and the watching gods and demons astonished.
• Lord Yama checked his ledgers, identified over a thousand transmigrators, and told Zhu Qingling that Haku, whose real name was Zeniba, had left to study death magic.
• Lord Yama explained the Gods' Heaven Kingdom and gave Zhu Qingling a map, saying most transmigrators were likely there.
• Zhu Qingling departed with the transmigrators' souls escorted by the Twin War Generals, Liang Songyi and Liang Mingchang, who asked her to recommend them to Ding Ling.
• Before leaving, Zhu Qingling asked to visit the Library, and Lord Yama told her it was guarded by Pi Xiu and usually opened once a month.

Zhu Qingling brought the Liang Brothers and more than a thousand dead transmigrators out of the Netherworld Court, then arranged for Yubaba to house them at the Bathhouse. After learning that transmigrators were being studied in Gods' Heaven Kingdom and that Haku's soul remained missing, Zhu Qingling set out there with Bo BaoBao and the Liang Brothers, reaching its entrance at a Spirit Spring.

• Zhu Qingling arrived at the Sanzu River station with the Liang Brothers and over a thousand dead souls, astonishing the conductors, who offered to help manage them.
• Tang Bohu rejected Prince Ning's pleas for rescue, and the Liang Brothers knocked Prince Ning down when he became furious.
• Chun Xiang reunited with Zhu Qingling, worried about Qiu Xiang, and went to the Bathhouse, where she could not find her.
• Yubaba agreed to care for the souls and told Zhu Qingling that transmigrators were being studied in Gods' Heaven Kingdom; Bo BaoBao volunteered to accompany Zhu Qingling while searching for Haku's soul.
• Yubaba transformed the contracted transmigrators into fish, including Xi Jian, and raised them in a tank with Little Crocodile.
• Zhu Qingling, Bo BaoBao, and the Liang Brothers traveled toward Gods' Heaven Kingdom, reaching a Spirit Spring entrance after Zhu Qingling sped up their train with spells.

Zhu Qingling and her companions traveled from the Underworld to the Gods' Heaven Kingdom through the Godly Spring, where she discovered that its lifespan-granting light consumed Root Bone. After arriving, they followed Bo BaoBao's sensing of Haku's soul and caught sight of a mysterious mobile fortress.

• The Liang Brothers explained that bubbles from the Spirit Spring carried travelers between the Underworld and the Gods' Heaven Kingdom, and Zhu Qingling tested the spring by exchanging gold for life energy.
• Zhu Qingling discovered that the life energy contained a substance that consumed Root Bone, examined the Liang Brothers, and gave them the energy after confirming their Root Bones were already poor.
• Zhu Qingling and her companions entered the beautiful Gods' Heaven Kingdom in a bubble and learned they could summon another bubble to return.
• The Liang Brothers advised Zhu Qingling to hire mages at a Magic Guild to help search for the transmigrators, but Bo BaoBao then sensed Haku's soul to the east.
• Zhu Qingling turned the Catbus east and pursued Haku's shifting soul until the group spotted a fast-moving fortress that the Liang Brothers suspected belonged to Howl.

Zhu Qingling and her companions boarded the Moving Castle in search of Haku and found the fire demon Louise and the tiny Arrietty. They learned that Haku, now the Thunder Demon Zeniba, had gone with Lady Qiu Xiang to rescue the elves from demon territory, leaving the group to face the danger of his mission and the threat demons posed.

• Bo BaoBao sensed Haku inside the Moving Castle, and Zhu Qingling used Space Magic to bring Catbus onto its balcony.
• The group searched the castle and found that Haku’s aura came from a strange flame in the kitchen.
• Zhu Qingling discovered Arrietty hiding nearby and learned that the flame was Louise, a Fire Demon who said she had done no harm in recent years.
• Louise revealed that Zeniba and Lady Qiu Xiang had gone to the demons’ territory to rescue the nearly extinct Elf Race, despite the danger of being outnumbered.
• Louise explained that Zeniba had become a Thunder Demon after being rejected by necromancers, and the Liang Brothers described how Thunder Demons could grant lightning speed while risking the user’s transformation into a demon.

Arrietty and Louise explained how Qiu Xiang had become a moving-fortress owner and saved them, while Zhu Qingling’s group learned that Louise shared a heart with Qiu Xiang. After Tang Bohu described Zhu Qingling’s powerful backing, Arrietty agreed to guide them toward Qiu Xiang, but Louise warned that the fortress could not be managed without help.

• Chun Xiang recognized Lady Qiuxiang as her friend Qiu Xiang after hearing Louise’s description, and Arrietty explained that Qiu Xiang had rescued her and made her a disciple.
• Arrietty said Qiu Xiang had gone to the Demon Clan Territory to rescue the remaining elves, and Louise revealed that she shared a heart with Qiu Xiang, making her Qiu Xiang’s lifeline.
• Zhu Qingling offered to go to the Demon Clan Territory, but Arrietty warned that they might disrupt Qiu Xiang’s plans.
• Tang Bohu described Ding Ling’s power and Zhu Qingling’s adventures, persuading Arrietty that Zhu Qingling could help save Qiu Xiang.
• Arrietty offered to guide Zhu Qingling’s group but asked to go with them, while Louise objected that she could not manage the moving fortress alone.

Arrietty led Zhu Qingling and the others through the Anywhere Door to the sky-borne homeland of the Elf Race, now occupied by the Demon Clan, while they searched for traces of Haku. After entering the cloud city and exploring its bustling streets, Zhu Qingling used Invisibility Magic to guide the group into its palace and down to a guarded dungeon.

• Arrietty persuaded Louise to let her return to the Elf homeland, and the group left the Moving Castle through the Anywhere Door.
• Bo BaoBao sensed Haku's faint lingering aura above them, and Zhu Qingling flew toward a city hidden within the clouds.
• The group entered the cloud city and shrank to the size of the Borrower Clan, while Zhu Qingling found that Martial Immortal Essence and the Nine Palaces Ball could counter its rules.
• Zhu Qingling led the group through the crowded city and used Invisibility Magic to enter its palace unseen.
• The group reached a dim dungeon guarded by soldiers, who failed to stop Zhu Qingling's advance.

Zhu Qingling and her companions reached the deepest part of the dungeon, where they captured four Water Devils and learned the Demon Clan’s history and plans. Arrietty confronted the prisoners over the Elf Clan’s occupied Holy Land, but they denied responsibility and blamed other devil clan kings.

• Zhu Qingling and her companions overheard four guards discussing Qiu Xiang and the Demon Clan’s disguise as the Elf Clan.
• Zhu Qingling’s group ambushed the guards, revealed their Water Devil forms with lightning, and subdued them with fire.
• The Water Devils told Zhu Qingling and the others that the Demon Clan came from beyond the universe and had survived a catastrophe that wiped out most of its members.
• The prisoners claimed the Demon Clan in the Gods' Heaven Kingdom intended to stay hidden and avoid drawing attention while it recovered.
• Arrietty challenged the Water Devils for occupying the Elf Clan Holy Land, and they denied involvement in hunting the Elf Clan and blamed the other devil clan kings.

Zhu Qingling questioned the Four Old Pawns about the Demon Clan, then led the group into the prison to free its captives. Among the rescued prisoners, Madam Hua and Hua Wu reunited with Chun Xiang, and Hua Wu’s infatuation with Zhu Qingling nearly caused trouble before Madam Hua stopped him.

• Erliel and the Four Old Pawns claimed they were lazy reserve members, but Tang Bohu pointed out that they had still supported the Demon Clan’s invasion; Zhu Qingling questioned them about the clan’s population and forces.
• The Four Old Pawns revealed the locations of the Nine Devil Clans’ bases and opened the dungeon after Zhu Qingling learned what she needed.
• Zhu Qingling and the others found imprisoned Elves, Traversers, and other captives; Arrietty recognized over a thousand of her clansmen and began urging everyone to escape.
• Madam Hua and Hua Wu left their cell and reunited with Chun Xiang, who guided them to Zhu Qingling and the others.
• Hua Wu demanded to marry Zhu Qingling, but Chun Xiang warned that Zhu Qingling’s Master was the Supreme God Lord of the Ninth Heaven, so Madam Hua knocked Hua Wu unconscious and asked Chun Xiang to explain Zhu Qingling’s background.

Zhu Qingling led Madam Hua, Chun Xiang, and the rescued captives out of the dungeon, only to face hundreds of thousands of Demon Clan soldiers commanded by the Queen. The Queen ordered a storm of arrows against them, and the chapter ended with the crowd gasping in disbelief at what they saw.

• Madam Hua learned from Chun Xiang that Zhu Qingling had the backing of a God Lord who could bless people across infinite worlds, and she joined the assembled group.
• Zhu Qingling raised a magical barrier around the crowd and carried nearly two thousand people out of the dungeon on the wind.
• The Queen revealed that she had seen through Zhu Qingling's illusions and surrounded the dungeon with hundreds of thousands of Demon Clan soldiers.
• Zhu Qingling ignored the Queen's warnings and kept advancing, while the Queen's fear of Zhu Qingling's backing gave way to anger.
• The Queen ordered her troops to fire, and a rain of arrows devastated the area around Zhu Qingling's group and pierced the dungeon buildings.
• The Queen assumed the group had been wiped out, but onlookers gasped at the unexpected result.

Zhu Qingling defeated the Water Devil army outside the dungeon without letting its attacks harm the people she protected. After the Queen retreated, Zhu Qingling refused to lead an immediate counterattack and began investigating the Water Devils by devouring them and studying their origins.

• The Queen ordered a second volley of arrows and then a full assault, but Zhu Qingling's barrier repelled the arrows and her curses caused tens of thousands of soldiers to collapse.
• The Demon Clan troops fled, and the Queen's guards escorted her away after warning her that Zhu Qingling had barely begun to fight.
• The Elf Clan cheered and urged Zhu Qingling to reclaim White Cloud City, the Sacred Book, and the Elf Mother Tree, but Zhu Qingling said she needed to learn more about the Demon Clan first.
• Zhu Qingling gathered the fallen Water Devils as meteors and, following Ding Ling's guidance, devoured them to obtain their origin sources while leaving their Demonic Qi impurities behind.

Zhu Qingling refined thousands of Water Devil Origins, advanced to the Heavenly Immortal realm, and led the rescued captives out of White Cloud City. After returning to the Mobile Fortress with more than a thousand Elf Clan members, she prepared to explore other demon territories with the Four Old Pawns as guides.

• Zhu Qingling refined Water Devil Origins and secret arts while Ding Ling raised the abilities she acquired to max level.
• Zhu Qingling broke through to the Heavenly Immortal realm, and she warned Tang Bohu that the origins could turn people into devils unless they could refine them with a blessing from their Sect Leader Master.
• The Water Devil King sent Sullivan to pursue Zhu Qingling, but she rejected him because she loved Ding Ling; the King promised Sullivan his throne if he won her over, and they signed an agreement.
• Zhu Qingling led the rescued people out of White Cloud City without resistance, then left Hua Furen and others behind while taking the Elf Clan through Arrietty's portal to the Mobile Fortress.
• Louise was astonished by Zhu Qingling's success, and Zhu Qingling captured the Four Old Pawns to guide her to other demon territories while Totoro asked to join the next expedition.