Chapter Summaries

Lin Heng revived Hua Qi in the Underworld by transferring yang energy through kisses, then pressed her to admit she preferred his help and offered intimacy as a way to keep her alive. Hua Qi rejected the idea of becoming his dao companion, leaving their relationship unresolved.

• Lin Heng kissed Hua Qi to restore her vitality and reflected on how her choice to follow him had helped save him, Bai Yi, and Chen Changqin.
• Hua Qi mistook Lin Heng for someone else when she sensed his transformed body and slapped him, then apologized after realizing who he was.
• Lin Heng teased Hua Qi about wanting him rather than Bai Yi or Chen Changqin to save her, and she grew embarrassed when he guessed her feelings.
• Lin Heng explained that Hua Qi needed ongoing yang energy to avoid becoming a permanent yin person in the Underworld and proposed two ways to provide it.
• Hua Qi objected that she was not Lin Heng's dao companion, while Lin Heng offered to take responsibility or let her explain the situation to their elders.

Lin Heng reunited with Hua Qi and arranged a plan to capture Ye Wusheng using the Life-and-Death Yin-Yang Runes. Ye Wusheng went to inspect Rebirth Prison, unaware that his attendant was acting sinisterly.

• Lin Heng pushed Hua Qi onto a bed and persuaded her to accept intimacy rather than explain their closeness to Bai Yi and Chen Changqin.
• After waiting nearly a month, Bai Yi and Chen Changqin argued about Lin Heng before he emerged and told them to pretend they had been assimilated when Ye Wusheng arrived.
• Lin Heng used the Netherwater River to demonstrate the Life-and-Death Yin-Yang Runes and explained that Xiao Muyu had told him they could restrain Yin Luo.
• Hua Qi emerged, and Lin Heng kicked Bai Yi after he suggested Chen Changqin call her Huahua Jiang or Fairy Hua.
• Ye Wusheng learned that a month had passed and went to inspect Rebirth Prison, while his female attendant smiled sinisterly after he vanished.

Xiao Muyu learned that Su Lian'er had been abducted and decided to leak the news so Lin Heng and the others would act, while Lin Heng confronted Ye Wusheng inside Rebirth Prison. Ye Wusheng explained that he was keeping them there to protect the Underworld, and Lin Heng began to grasp how the First Epoch had intervened in the epochal struggle.

• Xiao Muyu learned that Ksitigarbha Yin Luo's son had abducted Su Lian'er and concluded that the Su Family could not be rescued openly without exposing its role as Ultimate Bliss's undercover agents.
• Xiao Muyu told Sword Spirit to leak the news to Lin Heng and the others so they would go risk their lives themselves.
• Lin Heng emerged from the Netherwater in Rebirth Prison despite Ye Wusheng's expectation that he would die, and joked that he was the legendary hard-to-kill king's junior brother.
• Ye Wusheng said he had confined Lin Heng, Bai Yi, and Chen Changqin to preserve the Underworld and keep Fourth Epoch people from throwing their lives away.
• Lin Heng and Ye Wusheng discussed how the First Epoch might have caused the disappearance of the strong, polluted the Immortal Realm, and disrupted the Underworld's reincarnation, prompting Lin Heng to suddenly understand something.

Lin Heng used the Life-Death Yin-Yang Scripture to form the Six Paths Balance-Crossing Ruler and fought Ye Wusheng’s Nether God Dharma Manifestation in Rebirth Prison. Bai Yi and Chen Changqin broke Ye Wusheng’s manifestation, leaving him pinned beneath the ruler as Lin Heng’s strength nearly ran out.

• Lin Heng revealed that a month in Netherwater had let him control the river and form a barrier around Rebirth Prison with the Life-Death Yin-Yang Scripture.
• Lin Heng used his dragon qi to withstand Ye Wusheng’s holy-light attack and shaped the scripture lines into the Six Paths Balance-Crossing Ruler.
• Ye Wusheng summoned his Nether God Dharma Manifestation and battled Lin Heng, while Lin Heng’s True Yuan and bodily origin rapidly drained away.
• Bai Yi struck Ye Wusheng from behind with the Heavenly Palace Chessboard, and Chen Changqin attacked with sound waves, breaking his manifestation.
• The Balance-Crossing Ruler suppressed Ye Wusheng with only his head exposed, while Lin Heng collapsed from exhaustion and Hua Qi came over.

Lin Heng sealed Ye Wusheng inside Netherwater so he would be trapped comprehending the Life-Death Yin-Yang Scripture, then followed the Sword Spirit out of Rebirth Prison. The Sword Spirit revealed that Su Lian'er had been abducted by a young master of the Yin Luo Family, leaving Lin Heng and the others to decide whether to rescue her.

• Lin Heng taunted Ye Wusheng and explained that killing him would let him break free of his restraints and revive.
• Lin Heng used Netherwater to seal Ye Wusheng inside it, trapping him in an endless attempt to comprehend the Life-Death Yin-Yang Scripture.
• Bai Yi explained Lin Heng's sealing method to Chen Changqin and Hua Qi as Lin Heng completed the seal.
• Lin Heng called for Xiao Muyu, and the Sword Spirit appeared and led Lin Heng and the others through an upward passage out of Rebirth Prison.
• The Sword Spirit told Lin Heng and the others that Su Lian'er had been abducted by a young master of the Yin Luo Family because Chen Changqin's arrival disrupted her arranged marriage.
• The Sword Spirit left the choice of whether to rescue Su Lian'er to Lin Heng and the others.

Bai Yi and Lin Heng persuaded Chen Changqin to stop using Su Lian'er's lost memories as a reason to leave her in the Netherworld, and the group set out to bring her back. Meanwhile, Qiu considered Lin Heng more useful than Ye Tian, who remained at Clear Moon Long Song plotting to leave and hoping Hua Qi would return.

• Bai Yi told Chen Changqin to either accept Su Lian'er's life in the Netherworld or tell her the truth and take her back, and Lin Heng urged him to pursue her anew.
• Chen Changqin agreed to act, and he, Lin Heng, Bai Yi, and Hua Qi left Yin Luo Street for the teleportation array.
• The Western Continent was shaken as obedient ancient clans surrendered their clan-guarding divine artifacts, while Clear Moon Long Song recalled Qiu.
• Qiu blamed the Meng Clan's failure to eliminate Meng Yutong and said she should have abducted Lin Heng instead of relying on Ye Tian.
• Ye Tian suspected Hua Qi had been forced to stay with Lin Heng and planned to escape Qiu, unaware that Lin Tailang had already eaten Hua Qi.

Murong Ziyan told Jiang Jingyi that Meng Yutong had been mistreating her and insulting Jiang Jingyi’s abilities, leaving the Female Emperor furious and shaken. Jiang Jingyi decided to use Dugu Zixuan to put pressure on Meng Yutong and ordered Murong Ziyan to find a way to invite her out.

• Murong Ziyan clung to Jiang Jingyi and complained that Meng Yutong had made her perform exhausting chores and attend to her.
• Murong Ziyan reported Meng Yutong’s insults about Jiang Jingyi’s family privilege and lack of ability, and Jiang Jingyi slammed the table in anger.
• Jiang Jingyi restrained her pressure and admitted privately that Meng Yutong’s words had struck a sore point about her rise to power.
• Jiang Jingyi rejected Murong Ziyan’s suggestion to arrest Meng Yutong because she wanted to preserve relations with the Dugu Clan.
• Jiang Jingyi changed her plan and told Murong Ziyan to follow Meng Yutong and find a way to invite Dugu Zixuan out.

Lin Heng and his companions encountered a ghostly bridal procession in the Netherworld, where Luo Qi revealed that she had lured them with the Marriage Ledger and that Su Lian’er had been invited to marry her nephew. The group learned Yin Luo was absent, while Bai Yi was mocked for having no Dao companion.

• Lin Heng, Chen Changqin, Bai Yi, and Hua Qi traveled through an eerie, seemingly deserted area of the Netherworld and suspected they had entered Wrongful Death City.
• A bridal procession appeared, and voices imitating Su Lian’er and Lazy Master tried to lure Chen Changqin and Lin Heng toward the sedan.
• Bai Yi stopped the two from approaching, and Hua Qi helped Lin Heng break free of the bewitchment before Bai Yi kicked Chen Changqin awake.
• A woman named Luo Qi emerged from the sedan, changed her face to resemble people the group knew, and said she was Yin Luo’s younger sister.
• Luo Qi said Su Lian’er was safe but had been invited to marry her nephew, and she explained that the Marriage Ledger let her see people’s marriage ties.
• Luo Qi called Bai Yi a lone dog because he had no Dao companion.

Bai Yi challenged Luo Qi over his lack of marriage prospects, while Lin Heng and Chen Changqin negotiated with her for Su Lian'er’s release and the Netherworld’s inheritance. Luo Qi sent Bai Yi to comprehend the Double Fish True Yang Talisman and brought Lin Heng and Chen Changqin to where Su Lian'er was being kept.

• Luo Qi told Bai Yi that the Marriage Ledger showed no woman had shared a marriage fate with him.
• Lin Heng demanded that Luo Qi release Su Lian'er and hand over the Netherworld’s lost inheritance, but she refused to let him comprehend the Double Fish True Yang Talisman.
• After Chen Changqin argued that Luo Qi could not stop them, she agreed to let Bai Yi attempt to comprehend the talisman.
• Chen Changqin kicked Bai Yi into the Netherwater pool, where a cave abode lay beneath the surface.
• Luo Qi teleported Lin Heng and Chen Changqin to a flower garden, where they saw Su Lian'er walking with a short man following her.

Lin Heng and his companions reached Su Lian'er in the Netherworld, where Hua Qi suspected Su Lian'er was changing the surrounding environment. Chen Changqin spoke with Su Lian'er, who revealed that she had lost much of her memory and asked him about the mortal world.

• Luo Qi warned Lin Heng and Chen Changqin not to approach Su Lian'er recklessly and said she could not be taken back to the mortal world.
• Hua Qi noticed that the area around Su Lian'er felt unusually bright and harmonious, and suspected Su Lian'er was affecting the Netherworld's environment.
• Lin Heng praised Hua Qi, then kissed her; Hua Qi pushed him away and scolded him for taking liberties.
• Chen Changqin met Su Lian'er, who described a strange flower she had found and asked whether they knew each other.
• Su Lian'er said she had forgotten many important memories and asked Chen Changqin to tell her what the mortal world was like.

Chen Changqin told Su Lian'er about the mortal world and hinted that he had come to find someone dear to him, but she returned home without acknowledging that she was the person he sought. Back at the group, Hua Qi advised Chen Changqin to wait for Su Lian'er to approach him, while Dugu Zixuan learned that Murong Yi had come to speak with her.

• Chen Changqin explained to Su Lian'er that the mortal world and the Netherworld both had good and evil people, and he revealed that he had found the person he came to seek.
• Su Lian'er offered to help find Chen Changqin's loved one, then went home after he said that person had forgotten her mortal life.
• Chen Changqin returned and suspected the Immortal Yin's side had tried to turn him against Yin Luo; Hua Qi said Su Lian'er had likely understood his hint and advised him to wait for her to approach him.
• Lin Heng joked that he had coveted Huahua for a long time, and Hua Qi scolded him for being shameless.
• At the Green Pavilion Sect, Dugu Zixuan discovered she had refined the missing money into Spirit Stones and worried about her eldest son.
• Qingyun told Dugu Zixuan that Murong Yi from the Murong Family had come to speak with her.

Jiang Jingyi visited Dugu Zixuan to complain about Meng Yutong and explain how she could advance Lin Heng’s standing in the Immortal Alliance and the Dugu Clan. She left Dugu Zixuan wary by declaring that she needed to “use” Lin Heng for her plans.

• Dugu Zixuan met Jiang Jingyi, who said she had come because of Lin Heng and complained that Meng Yutong had insulted her and the Female Emperor.
• Dugu Zixuan defended Meng Yutong and wondered whether Jiang Jingyi intended to become Lin Heng’s Dao companion.
• Jiang Jingyi claimed her influence had helped Lin Heng become Immortal Alliance alliance master and said she could help strengthen his position in the Dugu Clan.
• Jiang Jingyi told Dugu Zixuan that Lin Heng would be useful to her and that she needed to “use” him.

Jiang Jingyi pressed Dugu Zixuan to consider whether she or Meng Yutong could better help Lin Heng, then declared that Meng Yutong could not be Big Senior and named Duan Shuyun as her preferred candidate. Dugu Zixuan summoned Meng Yutong, Duan Shuyun, and Mu Liuxi to discuss the matter, leaving them gathered in the main hall.

• Jiang Jingyi asked Dugu Zixuan to consider whether she or Meng Yutong could better help Lin Heng, and suggested making Meng Yutong her maid.
• Dugu Zixuan firmly refused to let Meng Yutong become Jiang Jingyi's servant, even if Jiang Jingyi wanted Murong Ziyan back.
• Jiang Jingyi said Meng Yutong could not be Big Senior and recommended Duan Shuyun instead before vanishing.
• Dugu Zixuan reasoned that Jiang Jingyi had designs on Lin Heng and might be helping Duan Shuyun, Leng Qingqiu, and Mu Liuxi challenge Meng Yutong's control over him.
• Dugu Zixuan summoned Meng Yutong to the main hall, where Duan Shuyun and Mu Liuxi arrived first and sat down.

Dugu Zixuan warned Meng Yutong against insulting the Female Emperor and overturned her control of the roundtable arrangement. She then ordered the household manager’s authority to rotate, naming Duan Shuyun as the first manager and granting her authority to command Meng Yutong.

• Dugu Zixuan told the household that Murong Yi had visited the Green Pavilion Sect to demand that Meng Yutong answer for her remarks about the Female Emperor, and warned everyone against discussing the imperial family carelessly.
• Dugu Zixuan criticized Meng Yutong’s roundtable arrangement, and Duan Shuyun and Leng Qingqiu said Meng Yutong’s time with Xiao Heng seemed to leave him more exhausted than his time with them.
• Dugu Zixuan abolished the roundtable arrangement’s existing provisions until Xiao Heng returned and forbade Meng Yutong from forcing unwilling disciples to obey her.
• Dugu Zixuan announced that household-manager authority would rotate and appointed Duan Shuyun first, saying Duan Shuyun could command Meng Yutong.

Dugu Zixuan gave Duan Shuyun authority over Fairy Cloud Peak’s household, prompting Meng Yutong to protest as the other disciples backed the decision. Shuyun began exercising her new role by asking Meng Yutong to fetch bathwater, then warned her fellow disciples not to abuse their authority or take advantage of one another.

• Meng Yutong objected to Dugu Zixuan transferring household authority to Duan Shuyun, but Dugu argued that the family should treat one another as equals at home.
• Duan Shuyun and the other disciples supported Dugu’s decision, and Dugu announced Shuyun’s ten-day assessment as household mistress.
• Dugu ordered Meng Yutong to obey Shuyun, who asked her Master to fetch water for her bath.
• After leaving the hall, Duan Shuyun cautioned Yun Yao and Leng Qingqiu against mistreating Meng Yutong or taking unfair advantage of their junior sisters.

Jiang Caiyan and Zhao Wanqing discussed family, death, and the future before Jiang Caiyan gave Black Robe Spirit Stones to find a home outside the Green Pavilion Sect. In the Underworld, Bai Yi returned with the Double Fish True Yang Talisman as Lin Heng’s group pursued the Zhou Tian Human Emperor Banner, while Xiao Muyu revealed Su Lian’er’s role in the Underworld’s fate and ordered the Sword Spirit to switch identities and watch Lin Heng.

• Jiang Caiyan and Zhao Wanqing reflected on their absent parents and the limits of cultivation, then Jiang Caiyan invited Zhao Wanqing to make flower cakes with her mother.
• Black Robe told Jiang Caiyan he wanted to establish a home outside the Green Pavilion Sect, and she gave him several tens of thousands of Spirit Stones.
• Bai Yi returned from comprehending the Double Fish True Yang Talisman and joined Lin Heng and Chen Changqin as they set out to find the Zhou Tian Human Emperor Banner.
• Xiao Muyu and the Sword Spirit discussed Su Lian’er’s role as the Underworld’s guardian and the danger of her leaving with Chen Changqin.
• Xiao Muyu told the Sword Spirit to switch identities and stay beside Lin Heng to keep watch over him.

Xiao Muyu warned Lin Heng and his companions that three Yin Luos might oppose them, then revealed that the Immortal Yin came from outside the Underworld. As they continued toward their objective, the group debated the Immortal Yin’s plans and began to realize they had overlooked someone.

• Xiao Muyu disguised herself as the Sword Spirit and warned Lin Heng, Bai Yi, and Chen Changqin that Ye Wusheng and Luo Yi could join Qing Hong Yin Luo against them.
• Xiao Muyu explained that the Immortal Yin did not belong to the Underworld, while the Yin Luos had inherited the mantles of Yama and other vanished experts.
• Xiao Muyu entered the Nine Heavens Sword’s derivative space as Lin Heng and his companions continued toward their destination.
• Bai Yi and Chen Changqin debated whether the Immortal Yin understood the great tribulation and argued that she had guided them toward confronting the Yin Luos.
• Hua Qi pointed out that the group had neglected one person, and Lin Heng asked who she meant.

Hua Qi concluded that Su Lian'er was central to a strange struggle involving her family and the Immortal Yin, while Lin Heng questioned whether Chen Changqin was a fortune-bearer. In the Netherworld, the group found the Zhou Tian Human Emperor Banner and were sucked inside by Qing Hong, who planned to refine them.

• Hua Qi connected Su Lian'er’s tribulation and marriage dispute to a possible struggle over her, and Xiao Muyu privately recognized that the group had nearly uncovered her plan.
• Lin Heng said Chen Changqin’s status as the Fifth Epoch’s representative was uncertain and cited Sun Hao and the former owner of his Double Dao Eyes as fortune-bearers.
• Bai Yi used the Double Fish True Yang Talisman to shield the group as they crossed the cloud bridge into Qing Hong · Yin Luo.
• The group found what appeared to be the Zhou Tian Human Emperor Banner, and Chen Changqin approached it to inspect it.
• The banner sucked Chen Changqin, Lin Heng, Hua Qi, and Bai Yi inside, and Qing Hong announced that he would refine them.

Lin Heng and his companions were trapped inside the Human Emperor Banner, where Xiao Muyu revealed that entering it was necessary to comprehend the artifact. Back at Green Pavilion Sect, Dugu Zixuan discussed household duties with Shen Yeting and Dugu Feng, who argued about having children.

• Lin Heng, Bai Yi, and Chen Changqin discovered they were trapped inside the Human Emperor Banner and failed to dig their way out.
• Xiao Muyu explained that the banner had to be entered to be comprehended and that Qing Hong had only grasped its surface.
• Lin Heng and his companions began trying to comprehend the banner so they could claim it.
• Dugu Zixuan told Shen Yeting and Dugu Feng that Duan Shuyun and the other seniors had been taking turns managing the household.
• Shen Yeting and Dugu Feng argued about their lack of children, and Dugu Feng pointed out that Yu Tong was already over seven hundred.

Dugu Zixuan and Shen Yeting discussed Lin Zhique’s disappearance and whether Xiao Heng was a fake or possessed. Dugu Zixuan revealed that she had traced Xiao Heng’s bloodline and believed he was her son, then reasoned that someone from the Fourth Epoch had likely rescued him.

• Dugu Feng warned that Meng Yutong and Xiao Heng’s age and cultivation gaps could make it difficult for them to have children, and Dugu Zixuan said she would speak with Yutong privately.
• Shen Yeting asked Dugu Zixuan about Lin Zhique’s disappearance, and Dugu Zixuan wondered whether he had died on the way back or been consumed by Black Mist insects.
• Shen Yeting suggested that the current Lin Heng might be an impostor or someone who had possessed Xiao Heng, since an infant should not have survived the Left Faction of Martial Arts.
• Dugu Zixuan said she had secretly traced Xiao Heng’s bloodline and confirmed that he was her biological child, though she rejected the possibility that he had been possessed.
• Dugu Zixuan reasoned that Xiao Heng had been born with fortune and was likely rescued by an existence from the Fourth Epoch during Lin Zhique’s clash with the martial arts group.
• Dugu Zixuan and Shen Yeting accepted that Xiao Heng was her son and decided to visit Meng Yutong and the others.