Recaps

Jiang Liu and the others wore down Han Luo until he was nearly defeated, while Han Yi accepted that her Senior Brother was already dead. Jiang Liu discovered Han Luo’s soul trapped inside the Soul-Stabilizing Sword and decided to use it to control the Battle Puppet.

• Dongyang He joined Han Yi, Han Yue, and Dongyang Yi in trapping Han Luo, leaving him unable to fight freely.
• Jiang Liu asked Han Yi what should be done with Han Luo, and she said her Senior Brother was already dead and left the decision to him.
• Jiang Liu attacked Han Luo with his saber, weakening him as the others stood aside.
• Dongyang He knocked Han Luo flying, and Dongyang Yi moved to seize him as Jiang Liu spotted the Soul-Stabilizing Sword nearby.
• Jiang Liu took the Soul-Stabilizing Sword and sensed Han Luo’s soul trapped inside it, then decided to control Han Luo.

Jiang Liu attempted to control Han Luo as a Battle Puppet and nearly exhausted his Source Essence in the process. After dealing with the Nether God's remnant souls and restoring Han Luo's soul, he left Han Luo kneeling before him as his master.

• Jiang Liu ordered the Dongyang Brothers to retreat and used Saintly Sky Art to control the weakened Han Luo.
• Jiang Liu's Source Essence flowed into Han Luo until the draining stopped, leaving Jiang Liu badly weakened.
• Jiang Liu entered the Soul-Stabilizing Sword with his Divine Sense and devoured the Nether God's remnant soul and another soul inside it.
• Jiang Liu brought Han Luo's remnant soul into his spiritual sea and devoured the Nether God's remnant soul that appeared there.
• Han Luo's aura briefly surged, then subsided as he knelt before Jiang Liu and called him Master.

Jiang Liu subdued Han Luo and returned with Han Yi and Han Yue to the Frost Race after the Nether God fled, severely wounded. Han Yi learned that her father, Frost God Han Chuan, had died, and the chapter ended with the Frost Race discovering that Jiang Liu had subdued all three Battle Puppets.

• Jiang Liu kept Han Luo from awakening and ordered him to stand aside before healing his own injuries.
• Han Yi told Jiang Liu that her father had died, and Han Yue explained how the Frost Race had fled and fought the Nether God.
• Jiang Liu comforted Han Yi and returned with her and Han Yue to the Frost Race's formation.
• Jiang Liu told Elder Bai that the Nether God had been severely wounded and had fled.
• Han Yue announced that Jiang Liu had subdued all three Battle Puppets, shocking the Frost Race elders.

After Nether God fled, Han Yi accepted the Frost Race’s need for new leadership while Jiang Liu healed under the guard of his Battle Puppets. Elsewhere, Ming Kong secretly went to meet fellow Saint Realm guardians planning to rescue Ming Zhuo and Ming Gui, but a woman followed him to their hidden meeting place.

• Jiang Liu summoned Han Luo, Dongyang Yi, and Dongyang He, and the three Battle Puppets knelt before him as their master.
• Han Bai raised the question of choosing a new Frost Race residence, and Han Yi agreed to take responsibility for the clan’s affairs.
• Jiang Liu withdrew to heal his injuries while the three Battle Puppets guarded him, and Han Yi continued the discussion with the Frost Race members.
• Ming Kong returned to his residence, waited until he sensed no one watching, then entered a secret meeting place hidden inside a giant tree.
• A woman appeared after Ming Kong entered and remarked that he had been cautious but still careless.

Nether Kong told the gathered protectors that the Nether God had left the temple, but Ming Gan and the temple’s grand formation made an immediate rescue of Ming Zhuo and Ming Gui too dangerous. The group suspected Nether Yao was behind the rumor that the Nether God was not of the Nether Race, and Nether Yao appeared with five female protectors, revealing her second-tier Saint Realm aura.

• Nether Aversion criticized Nether Kong for arriving late, but Ming Xu and Ming Ji calmed the group and asked Nether Kong to explain.
• Nether Kong revealed that the Nether God had left the temple, and Nether Aversion urged everyone to rescue Ming Zhuo and Ming Gui.
• Nether Kong warned that Ming Gan and the temple’s grand formation still made an assault too dangerous, while Ming Ji and Ming Xu urged Nether Aversion to wait.
• Nether Kong asked who had spread the rumor that the Nether God was not of the Nether Race, and the group realized an unknown force had acted against the Nether God.
• Ming Xu, Ming Ji, and Nether Aversion suspected Nether Yao, who then appeared with five female protectors and displayed a second-tier Saint Realm aura.

Nether Yao joined Ming Xu and the others to rescue Ming Zhuo and Ming Gui from the Nether Race Temple, openly challenging Ming Gan and the absent Nether God’s rule. The group reached the temple, but its powerful spirit repelled Nether Ya’s attack, and Nether Yao began forming an array with her five guardians.

• Nether Ya accused Ming Kong of betraying them, but Ming Xu questioned Nether Yao about why she had come.
• Nether Yao claimed she had the Nether God’s order to capture the gathered Saints, then offered to help rescue Ming Zhuo and Ming Gui.
• Ming Xu agreed to Nether Yao’s plan, and the twelve gathered allies flew to the Nether Race Temple.
• Nether Yao demanded that Ming Gan surrender and criticized the Nether God’s rule, while Ming Gan refused to abandon the temple.
• Nether Ya attacked the temple, but its spirit shattered his saber light and forced him to retreat.
• Nether Yao told Ming Lin, Ming Qiong, Ming Liu, Ming Qi, and Ming Huan to form an array around her.

Nether Yao and the Ming Clan rebels wore down Ming Gan’s protective formation until it collapsed, leaving him powerless in the divine hall. As Ming Xu and Ming Ji moved to open the stone coffin, Ming Kong warned them to stop.

• Ming Lin, Ming Qiong, Ming Liu, Ming Qi, and Ming Huan transferred their Primal Qi to Nether Yao, raising her to the Third-Order Saint Realm.
• Nether Yao pierced the divine hall’s divine-soul defenses with the Ice Soul Warm Jade, but Ming Gan’s protective formation blocked her attack.
• Nether Yao urged Ming Xu and the others to attack, and they besieged the hall while she pretended to recover.
• Ming Ya tried to plunge through the barrier but Ming Gan’s attack hurled him out, leaving him covered in blood and unable to rise.
• Ming Xu and the others continued attacking until the formation shattered, and Ming Gan was left completely drained inside the hall.
• Ming Xu and Ming Ji went to open the stone coffin holding Ming Zhuo and Ming Gui, but Ming Kong warned them not to rush.

Nether Yao discovered Ming Gan had been poisoned by the Nether God and began subduing the Nether Race Temple’s spirit. After her allies stopped Ming Xu and the others from interfering, the temple’s spirit protected Nether Yao, leaving her in control as she claimed the position of Nether God.

• Nether Yao entered the temple and found Ming Gan reduced to a skeleton, realizing the Nether God had controlled him with the Curse Poison Art.
• Nether Yao sat on the throne and discovered the temple’s spirit was still alive, then attacked it with her Divine Sense and a control secret art.
• Ming Ji, Ming Yu, Ming Xia, Ming Xu, and Ming Kong attacked Nether Yao, but Ming Lin, Ming Qiong, Ming Liu, Ming Qi, and Ming Huan intercepted them.
• Nether Yao weakened the temple’s spirit until the Nether God’s spiritual imprint began to dissipate, and the spirit protected her as the temple shook.
• Nether Yao declared that she was taking over as Nether God and asked Ming Ji and the others whether they objected.

Nether Yao forced Ming Xu, Ming Ji, Ming Yu, Ming Xia, and Ming Kong to submit and bound them with the Bu Clan’s Soul-Seizing Secret Art. She revealed that she was actually Bu Yao, the last surviving member of the Bu Clan within the Nether Race, and prepared a gift for Ming Ye, who remained unaware that his lair had been seized.

• Ming Lin, Ming Qiong, Ming Liu, Ming Qi, and Ming Huan knelt to Nether Yao and urged Ming Ji and the others to submit.
• Ming Ji and Ming Xu asked Nether Yao to guarantee their safety and release Ming Zhuo and Ming Gui if they surrendered.
• Ming Xu submitted first, and Nether Yao bound him with a sigil; Ming Ji, Ming Yu, Ming Xia, and Ming Kong tried to flee but were trapped inside the temple.
• Ming Ji, Ming Yu, Ming Xia, and Ming Kong submitted as Nether Yao’s barrier closed around them, and she bound them with sigils despite suffering a severe backlash.
• Nether Yao revealed that she was Bu Yao, the last surviving Bu Clan member among the Nether Race, and vowed to give Ming Ye a grand gift while he fought the Frost Race, unaware that she had taken over his lair.

The Frost Race chose a new settlement, and Han Yue told Jiang Liu that she had confessed their relationship to Han Yi. Meanwhile, the gravely wounded Nether God used a Soul-Fusion Pill to stabilize himself and set off for the divine temple to continue recovering.

• The Frost Race chose a mountain range with clean water in an extreme ice region as its new settlement and split up to prepare it and find Han Luo, Han Jie, and the others.
• Han Yi led the Frost Race toward the settlement while carrying her father’s frozen remains, and Jiang Liu followed with Han Yue.
• Han Yue told Jiang Liu that she had already told Han Yi about their relationship, and Jiang Liu continued without reacting.
• The Nether God stopped near the Dark Primal Qi region, discovered that his injuries and the backlash from his secret technique had damaged his body and soul, and realized he had lost the three Battle Puppets.
• The Nether God swallowed his last Soul-Fusion Pill and spent two days stabilizing his injuries before heading toward the divine temple.

The wounded Nether God returned to the temple and discovered that Ming Gan had taken control, then Ming Lin, Ming Xu, and the others ambushed him. He escaped their attack but fled toward Azurefall Cliff, where Ming Yao stopped pursuing him because of the deadly Azurefall Beasts.

• The Nether God reached the temple after noticing fewer guards and sensed that his connection to it had been severed.
• Ming Lin told the Nether God that Ming Gan had closed the temple and imprisoned Ming Kong.
• Ming Xu and the others attacked the Nether God on Ming Lin's signal, taking advantage of his injuries.
• Ming Yao used the temple's radiance to try to trap the Nether God, but he fled before it could envelop him.
• Ming Yao and the others pursued the Nether God until he headed toward Azurefall Cliff, where Ming Yao called off the chase.

Jiang Liu helped the Frost Race establish a new settlement and began forging materials for a long-term Gathering Qi Formation. Meanwhile, the Nether God entered Azurefall Peak to hide but was swallowed by the Azurefall Beast, which was revealed to be the mountain itself.

• Han Yi asked Jiang Liu to set up a Gathering Qi Formation for the Frost Race's new settlement, and he agreed once Elder Han Bai brought more materials.
• Jiang Liu and Han Yi went into the forest together, and Elder Han Yue followed them after finding their lingering aura.
• Elder Han Bai arrived with the Frost Race two days later, and Jiang Liu selected twelve supreme-grade materials and one hundred and eight supporting pieces for the formation.
• Jiang Liu began forging the formation materials as the Frost Race settled into a temporary peace.
• The Nether God realized the Azurefall Beast had spotted him and tried to flee, but it immobilized and swallowed him.
• The Azurefall Beast returned to sleep, revealing that its body formed Azurefall Peak and that Azurefall Pool was its drool.

Nether God endured the Azurefall Beast’s corrosive insides and escaped after throwing a Soul-Surge Pill into a pool of mucus. He emerged only to be shackled and forced to work as a miner.

• The Azurefall Beast dragged Nether God through its insides, where corrosive mucus injured him before a foul liquid washed some of it away and eased his wounds.
• Nether God was swept past the beast’s enormous heart and stopped above a pool of highly corrosive mucus.
• Hoping to provoke the Azurefall Beast into producing healing saliva, Nether God threw a Soul-Surge Pill into the pool.
• A hurricane carried Nether God out of the beast and into a mine, where workers shackled him and gave him a hoe and basket.
• After a whip struck him, Nether God hurried into the mine with the other miners.

Jiang Liu spent the day recovering before beginning the difficult task of setting up a grand Gathering Qi Formation for the Frost Race. He completed the formation, allowing Heaven and Earth Essence to gather across their settlement, then collapsed from exhaustion and was carried to his residence by Han Yi, with Han Yue following.

• Jiang Liu regulated his breath for a day, then inspected the twelve supreme-grade materials in the Frost Race's assembly hall.
• Jiang Liu inscribed the first set of formation patterns onto the twelve main materials, causing Heaven and Earth Essence to begin gathering in the hall.
• Jiang Liu recovered with the Saintly Sky Art, then inscribed patterns onto the auxiliary materials at the planned connection points.
• Jiang Liu finished engraving and positioning the formation materials, and the Frost Race members felt their bodies grow lighter as Heaven and Earth Essence gathered throughout the settlement.
• Han Yi carried the exhausted Jiang Liu into his residence, while Han Yue followed and the others stood guard outside.

Jiang Liu recovered after setting up the Frost Race settlement’s Gathering Qi Formation, then left the settlement with three Battle Puppets to test whether they could travel outside. Their differing reactions to the Dark Primal Qi suggested they could leave the Abyssal Hell and might help him confront the Heavenly Dao.

• Han Yi and Han Yue used a Sacred Elixir and the Ice Soul Heart Sutra to help Jiang Liu recover, while Han Bai and the elders cleared the area around his quarters.
• Han Shuang saw Han Yue leave Jiang Liu’s quarters the next morning, and Jiang Liu realized he needed to be more careful about being observed.
• After several days of cultivating, Jiang Liu told Han Yi he planned to leave with the three Battle Puppets, and Han Yi agreed.
• Jiang Liu left the Frost Race settlement with Han Luo, Dongyang He, and Dongyang Yi, while Han Yue told him that she and Han Yi would wait for his return.
• In a shallow Dark Primal Qi region, Jiang Liu saw the Dark Primal Qi try to enter Han Luo but avoid Dongyang He and Dongyang Yi, leading him to conclude that all three Battle Puppets could leave the Abyssal Hell.

Jiang Liu left the thin Dark Primal Qi region without noticing Nether Hu, who had been sent there by Nether Yao. Nether Yao approached the Source of the Netherworld after a strange eruption began, while the backlash from Jiang Liu breaking the Primal Qi Barrier appeared beneath the sea.

• Jiang Liu and the three battle puppets traveled toward the Abyssal Canyon exit as Nether Hu hid nearby, afraid of the Saint Realm Jiang Liu and his ability to withstand Dark Primal Qi.
• Nether Hu recalled how he had avoided fighting by feigning injury, then tried to find Nether God so he could earn favor, only to learn that Nether Yao had taken control of the Nether Race.
• Nether Hu left the thin Dark Primal Qi region and headed toward Azurefall Cliff, unaware that he was moving closer to it.
• Nether Yao led her subordinates toward Ming Kun's post beneath the Source of the Netherworld, intending to deal with Ming Kun after driving Nether God to Azurefall Cliff.
• A powerful aura surged from the Source of the Netherworld, and Nether Yao hurried there as the Dark Primal Qi condensed and grew far denser than before.
• The eruption at the Source of the Netherworld broke the seal on Jiang Liu's dark passage beneath the sea, releasing Dark Primal Qi across the seabed and triggering the backlash from his breaking the Primal Qi Barrier.

Jiang Liu escaped Abyssal Canyon with three Battle Puppets and returned to the Heaven-Veiling Grand Formation, where he learned that Buddhist disciples had appeared again in Kun Province. The Heavenly Dao began purging Dark Primal Qi spreading from the Source of the Netherworld.

• The Heavenly Dao detected Dark Primal Qi spreading through the sea, which corrupted sea beasts and caused some to break through into the Saint Realm without divine souls.
• Jiang Liu led Han Luo and the Dongyang Brothers out of Abyssal Canyon, and the Heavenly Dao did not attack the Battle Puppets as they entered the Heaven and Earth Essence.
• Jiang Liu returned to the Heaven-Veiling Grand Formation with the three Battle Puppets and introduced them to Gongsun Haoyue, Cuier, and the others.
• Murong Yin told Jiang Liu that Qin Bailian had reported Buddhist disciples appearing again in Kun Province, and Jiang Liu wondered what the Buddhist Sect intended.

Jiang Liu introduced three Saint Realm Battle Puppets to the women and explained their origins, then discussed Buddhism’s return with Murong Yin. After deciding to cultivate toward the second level of the Saint Realm, he began training in the Yang Ring.

• Jiang Liu told the women that he had subdued three Battle Puppets refined from living people by the Nether God, including Han Luo, and explained that the Frost God had died trying to stop Han Yi from pursuing him.
• Jiang Liu reassured Gongsun Haoyue that the Frost Race had relocated and Han Yi was safe.
• Murong Yin reported that Qin Bailian had warned her Buddhism had reappeared, and Jiang Liu ordered her to monitor the situation and destroy them if they harmed ordinary people.
• Jiang Liu reviewed his cultivation progress in the Yang Ring and began cultivating to reach the second level of the Saint Realm, refining vital energy from the Joyous Meditation Art.

After a month cultivating beneath the Heaven-Veiling Grand Formation, Jiang Liu returned to the Frost Race settlement to train in Abyssal Hell. There, Han Yue told him the Nether God had disappeared, Nether Yao controlled the Nether Race, and something had happened at the Source of the Netherworld; Han Yi then hurried to see him.

• Jiang Liu decided to return to Abyssal Hell because his cultivation progressed more slowly beneath the Heaven-Veiling Grand Formation, and he left the three Battle puppets to guard it.
• Feng Yue asked Murong Yin whether Jiang Liu liked Han Yi more, and Murong Yin told her to focus on cultivation.
• Jiang Liu traversed back to the Frost Race settlement and found that the dizziness from traversing had begun to fade.
• Han Yue told Jiang Liu that the Nether God had gone missing, Nether Yao had taken control of the Nether Race, and an event had occurred at the Source of the Netherworld.
• Jiang Liu returned to his residence, and Han Yi came to see him, overjoyed that he was back.

Jiang Liu reunited with Han Yi and learned that the eruption of the Source of the Netherworld had made Abyssal Hell more hostile to the Frost Race. He proposed using Gathering Qi Formations to create safe enclosures for raising Exotic Beasts, then went to help the Frost Race put the plan into action.

• Han Yi welcomed Jiang Liu home, and they ate lunch together.
• Han Yi told Jiang Liu that denser Dark Primal Qi was worsening the Frost Race's living conditions and that the elders were debating whether to adapt their cultivation methods.
• Jiang Liu suggested that the Frost Race hunt and raise Exotic Beasts inside areas protected by Gathering Qi Formations, and Han Yi eagerly went to tell the elders.
• Jiang Liu wondered whether the seal beneath Seven Stars Island had broken and whether the Source of the Netherworld's eruption had distracted the Heavenly Dao from Han Luo.
• Jiang Liu headed to the Frost Race's council hall, where Elder Han Bai welcomed him and asked for his help.

Jiang Liu helped the Frost Race elders organize plans to raise mutated beasts and grow crops, then found Han Xie's account of Azurefall Cliff. Han Xie's record revealed that Azurefall Peak was a gigantic mutated beast, leaving Jiang Liu to confront the danger of an even larger Azurefall Beast.

• Jiang Liu reassured Han Bai that helping the Frost Race was a small favor, and Han Bai welcomed him into the hall.
• Han Yi assigned the elders to find locations for beasts and crops and to capture living mutated beasts.
• Jiang Liu accompanied Han Yi to the treasury to collect formation materials and spotted a brocade box containing Han Xie's records about Azurefall Cliff.
• Jiang Liu read Han Xie's account that an enormous beast beneath the cliff swallowed a Nether Race Saint Realm elder.
• Han Xie deduced that Azurefall Peak itself was a mutated beast and that the familiar Azurefall Beast was only the smaller of two.

Jiang Liu investigated the mysteries surrounding the Azurefall Beast, completed five Gathering Qi Formations for the Frost Race, and learned that Han Yue had disappeared in the region of Dark Primal Qi. He left to investigate and find her.

• Jiang Liu considered the Azurefall Beast's possible ties to the Soul-Devouring Race, the Source of the Netherworld, and Nether God's disappearance, but decided to avoid approaching the beast.
• Jiang Liu refined the materials for the Frost Race's formations while Han Yi and the elders made preparations and searched for suitable sites.
• Han Yi and the elders selected five locations, and Jiang Liu set up a small Gathering Qi Formation at each one.
• Han Yi told Jiang Liu that Han Yue had gone missing after four days without sending word from the region of Dark Primal Qi.
• Jiang Liu assured Han Yi he would return safely, made preparations, and left to investigate Han Yue's disappearance.

Jiang Liu infiltrated the Peak Dark Primal Qi Zone to find Han Yue and learned that the Nether God had fled to Azurefall Cliff. After Ming Ji discovered him and attacked, Jiang Liu revealed the Soul-Seizing Lamp, drawing the Nether Race toward their fight as Nether Yao prepared to confront him.

• Jiang Liu found the Dark Primal Qi zone expanding and followed Han Yi's route toward its center.
• Jiang Liu captured Ming Gong, learned that the Nether God had fled to Azurefall Cliff, and destroyed his corpse.
• Jiang Liu advanced toward the Nether Race Temple, avoiding Nether Race Grandmasters as he searched for a Saint Realm guardian who might know where Han Yue was.
• Ming Ji recognized Jiang Liu, alerted Nether Yao, and attacked him.
• Jiang Liu used the Soul-Seizing Lamp against Ming Ji, and its light drew nearby Nether Race members toward them.
• Nether Yao received Ming Ji's transmission and prepared to fight Jiang Liu, hoping the battle would help her break through.

Jiang Liu failed to control Ming Ji with the Soul-Seizing Lamp, captured him, and escaped, while Nether Yao waited for him to return. Han Yue entered a Void Illusion Formation near the Source of the Netherworld and realized she was trapped, leaving her to endure the Dark Primal Qi and hope Jiang Liu could find her.

• Nether Yao's seal restored Ming Ji's consciousness, so Jiang Liu subdued him and disappeared before Nether Yao arrived.
• Nether Yao used her link to Ming Ji to track him and chose to guard Han Yue, whom she had trapped two days earlier.
• Han Yue decided to investigate the Source of the Netherworld, using the Joyous Meditation Art to expel the Dark Primal Qi as she traveled deeper.
• Nether Yao watched Han Yue fly into the Void Illusion Formation and expected the pervasive Dark Primal Qi to weaken her over several days.
• Han Yue realized she could not find her way out of the illusion, sat down to meditate, and worried about whether Jiang Liu would rescue her safely.

Jiang Liu questioned Ming Ji and learned that Han Yue was trapped in the Void Illusion Formation near the Source of the Netherworld. He rushed there to save her, entered the formation, and could not find either Han Yue or the Source.

• Jiang Liu took Ming Ji to a forest and questioned him about the Nether God and the Frost Race Saint Realm member.
• Ming Ji revealed that Han Yue had been trapped in the Void Illusion Formation and described how it could confine outsiders amid Dark Primal Qi.
• Jiang Liu feared Han Yue would soon be eroded by the Dark Primal Qi, so he rushed toward the Source of the Netherworld.
• Jiang Liu reached the Source and passed through an invisible barrier into the Void Illusion Formation.
• Jiang Liu could not find Han Yue, and the Source of the Netherworld had disappeared from view.