Chapter Summaries

Jiang Liu opened the mine storeroom, killed four guards hiding inside, and learned about the mine’s Void Star Iron and Space Gems. You Mingfeng gave him a diagram of the Soul Gathering Array in exchange for ordinary Void Star Iron, and Jiang Liu asked where the Space Gems were stored.

• Jiang Liu opened the storeroom, where Sky Devouring Cat began eating ore, and killed four guards hiding inside.
• Jiang Liu ordered the mine slaves to keep working and searched the storeroom for Space Gems, but found none.
• You Mingfeng reported that the mine produced Void Star Iron and rare Space Gems, and that its small ore pieces were Supreme Void Star Iron.
• You Mingfeng gave Jiang Liu a formation diagram of the Soul Gathering Array, and Jiang Liu rewarded him with ordinary Void Star Iron.
• Jiang Liu asked You Mingfeng where the mined Space Gems were being kept.

Jiang Liu collected the mine’s Space Gems and used their spatial intent to advance Nebula Shrunken Earth to divine grade. After entrusting the mine to You Minghan, he asked about strange occurrences in the tunnels, and You Minghan began to answer cautiously.

• You Mingfeng brought Jiang Liu a chest containing all the mine’s Space Gems.
• Jiang Liu comprehended spatial intent from the gems and used Nebula Shrunken Earth until his figure and aura vanished.
• The Data Panel announced that Nebula Shrunken Earth had broken through the Saint Grade limit and become a divine-grade movement skill.
• Jiang Liu named the skill Nebula Shrunken Earth and placed the mine under You Minghan’s management.
• Jiang Liu asked You Minghan about anything strange in the mine tunnels, and You Minghan said unusual things had happened there.

Jiang Liu investigated a mist-filled area in the mine where miners and guards had vanished, after hearing You Minghan’s account. He sensed a formation in the mist and entered alone while You Minghan left, planning to take everything and flee.

• You Minghan told Jiang Liu that miners and guards disappeared in the mist deep inside the mine, and that the area had been sealed off after the mine’s output fell.
• Jiang Liu ordered You Minghan to lead him to the mist, then stored the Sky Devouring Cat in the System Space when it appeared to be nearing a breakthrough.
• Jiang Liu flew to the storehouse and collected all the Supreme Void Star Iron before rejoining You Minghan.
• You Minghan led Jiang Liu through the mine passages to the gray mist, where he warned Jiang Liu about the danger.
• Jiang Liu sensed a formation in the mist and entered alone, while You Minghan turned back and planned to take the mine’s remaining property and flee.

Jiang Liu discovered that the mist passage connected the Human Realm and the Nether Realm, defeated its Formation Spirit, and found that the Sacred Insect Compendium let him pass through the Mist Grand Formation. The discovery left him concerned that the Moon Devouring Clan might use the passage, while Devouring Insects planned to enter the Human Realm himself.

• Jiang Liu recognized the mist as similar to that carried by the Moon Devouring Clan and concluded that it concealed a passage between the Human Realm and the Nether Realm.
• A mist vortex attacked Jiang Liu, but he split it with the Godslayer Blade and followed the formation's fluctuations into the mist.
• Jiang Liu absorbed the mist with his Dark Primal Qi, then his divine soul swallowed the consciousness that had entered his Divine Sea, erasing the Formation Spirit.
• Jiang Liu found that the Sacred Insect Compendium let him pass through the Mist Grand Formation and worried that the Moon Devouring Clan could also exploit the passage.
• Devouring Insects revealed that he had given Jiang Liu the Sacred Insect Compendium to help him find the passage and planned to enter the Human Realm after reaching the Third-Tier Divine Realm.

Jiang Liu used the Heavenly Evolution Codex to uncover and dismantle the Mist Sealing Grand Formation, revealing a passage beneath it. He stored the formation materials and entered the passage to investigate it before deciding how to seal it.

• Jiang Liu realized that someone had deliberately created the formation’s Formation Spirit as part of a sinister contingency for a Nether Realm invasion.
• Jiang Liu circulated the Heavenly Evolution Codex, destabilizing the formation and discovering the direction of its Primal Qi flow.
• Jiang Liu shattered a stone to reveal a formation flag, then found all thirteen flags and used the Formation-Breaking Technique to reveal the formation foundation.
• Jiang Liu pulled out the formation foundation, causing the formation to collapse and exposing a deep, gloomy passage.
• Jiang Liu stored the formation foundation and flags in the System Space, activated his protective Primal Qi barrier, and entered the passage to investigate it.

Jiang Liu entered a sealed passage between realms, where Devil Race bones and venomous insects trapped him. He used the Heavenly Evolution Codex to freeze and destroy the insects, while the passage’s connection to Insect Valley and the Sacred Insect Compendium remained unresolved.

• Jiang Liu tested the passage with an Ice Blade, then entered with a protective shield and left a traversal point at the entrance.
• Jiang Liu found incomplete Devil Race bones in the dark passage and discovered that an unseen force destroyed his attacks and blocked his vision.
• Jiang Liu’s slash awakened the bones and insects, and an aura wall rebounded him when he tried to escape.
• Jiang Liu immobilized the bones with Phantom Stomp and severed their skulls with Divine Strike, then blocked venom and insects gnawing at his shield.
• Jiang Liu suspected Insect Valley had left the insects there and questioned the purpose of the Sacred Insect Compendium.
• Jiang Liu circulated the Heavenly Evolution Codex, froze the insects as they retreated, and shattered them.

Jiang Liu explored a passage filled with poisonous insects and the bones of Devil Race warriors, then inferred that it had been a battlefield in the war between the Nether River Lord and the Demon God Hall. He left with new questions about the Demon God, Insect Valley, and the Moon Devouring Clan.

• Jiang Liu used the Heavenly Evolution Codex and Ice Attribute vital energy to kill the poisonous insects, then cautiously entered the passage.
• Jiang Liu found a vast field of White Bones belonging to the Devil Race, with poisonous insects gathered across them, and quickly retreated.
• Jiang Liu concluded that the bones likely came from a civil war between the Nether River Lord and the Demon God Hall over control of the Nether Realm.
• Jiang Liu suspected the war had caused the Demon God to split into two and had left the passage too devastated for an invasion of the Human Realm to continue.
• Jiang Liu wondered what Insect Valley and the Moon Devouring Clan had to do with the conflict and decided to visit the Moon Devouring Clan after dealing with the passage.
• The Devouring Insects presented themselves to Jiang Liu as obedient and innocent.

Jiang Liu prepared and activated formations to seal and conceal the dangerous passage, while You Minghan attacked the other commanders’ forces in the mine. The passage was hidden, but the Sealing Formation weakened the force keeping the White Bones inside, and Jiang Liu departed without realizing they might now escape.

• Jiang Liu decided to seal the passage from both inside and outside, using a Sealing Formation and a Void Concealment Formation.
• You Minghan launched an attack on You Mingdong and the allied subordinates of You Mingfeng and You Mingji, hoping to act before Jiang Liu returned.
• Jiang Liu refined the Supreme Void Star Iron and prepared the materials for the Sealing Formation.
• Jiang Liu activated the Sealing Formation inside the passage, awakening the White Bones and poisonous insects, then escaped outside as the White Bones stopped at the entrance.
• Jiang Liu used Space Gems to arrange the Void Concealment Formation, hid the passage, and left the area.

Jiang Liu left the battle at the mine and traveled to the Yellow Springs Mountains to test the Heavenly Evolution Codex. Meanwhile, the Demon God’s clone returned to the Nether Realm, and the two prepared to settle their conflict.

• You Minghan pressed You Mingdong and the other Divine Realm fighters, while Jiang Liu emerged from the mine and chose not to interfere.
• Jiang Liu used Traversal to reach the Yellow Springs Mountains and began cultivating the Heavenly Evolution Codex.
• A black shadow entered the Nether Realm aboard a Divine Artifact Starship, prompting the hidden Demon God to realize his clone had returned.
• The Demon God left hiding and waited for the starship to arrive.
• The black shadow faced the Demon God and said they should begin.

The Demon God tried to talk with his rebellious avatar, but the Demon God Avatar attacked, seeking to devour him and gain strength. Their clash ended in a brief stalemate, while the battle in the distance went unnoticed.

• The Demon God reflected on the forces that had turned the Nether River Lord, the Demon God Hall, and his avatar against him, and asked the Demon God Avatar to talk.
• The Demon God Avatar refused to respond and attacked with a White Bone weapon, aiming to devour the Demon God.
• The Demon God evaded the avatar’s strike and was alarmed by how much its strength had grown during its time in the endless void.
• The Demon God Avatar sent waves of Dark Primal Qi filled with imprisoned souls at the Demon God, who countered with a black staff bearing a Palace Lantern phantom.
• The Demon God and the Demon God Avatar exchanged attacks, then separated before either committed to a life-or-death fight.

Jiang Liu pushed the Heavenly Evolution Codex to its limit in the Yellow Springs Mountains, then flew toward the Moon Devouring Clan's settlement, unaware that the distant battle involved the Demon God and his avatar. As the avatar gained the upper hand with new void-based attacks, it drove the Demon God toward the heavenly pit in the Sky Beast Mountain Range.

• Jiang Liu absorbed Dark Primal Qi until his body could hold no more, but sensed nothing unusual underground and stopped cultivating.
• The Nether River churned, revealed a gigantic head that glanced toward Jiang Liu, then sank back beneath the water.
• Jiang Liu saw the devastation and spreading Nether River in the Yellow Springs Mountains, then flew toward the Moon Devouring Clan's settlement.
• The Demon God Avatar used Void Force to conjure a Void Exotic Beast, which the Demon God crushed while growing wary of his avatar's new abilities.
• The Demon God Avatar attacked the Void Rift and pursued the retreating Demon God, who moved toward the heavenly pit in the Sky Beast Mountain Range.

The Demon God and his avatar battled above the Nether Realm, drawing the attention of the Devil Race and forcing the exotic beasts to retreat. After a gigantic head emerged from the enormous pit, the Demon God and his avatar struck it, and the Demon God began destroying the White Bones and hurting the head further.

• Bu He and the Nether Demon Lord recognized the Demon God and wondered whether he was fighting his avatar, while the Nether Colossus withdrew to the Sky Beast Mountain Range and ordered the exotic beasts to hide.
• The exotic beasts retreated from the battlefield, ending their cooperation with Bu He’s side as the fighting stalled amid the White Bones from the enormous pit.
• A gigantic head formed from black clouds emerged from the pit and watched the Demon God’s avatar with excitement.
• The Demon God fired the Palace Lantern’s blue light at the gigantic head as his avatar hurled a White Bone and a Void Exotic Beast at it, then flew toward the Demon God.
• The Demon God unleashed his power, swept the White Bones into the pit, and shattered them with dark clouds, causing the already wounded gigantic head to shriek as he addressed Bai Ming.

The Demon God reunited with his clone, advanced his strength, and badly wounded Bai Ming’s clone in the Sky Beast Mountain Range. He sealed off the area and continued attacking as he tested whether he had reached the Supreme God Realm, while Bai Ming fought back.

• The Demon God merged with his clone, surprising Bai Ming and inflicting severe injuries on him.
• The Demon God reflected that he had deceived Bai Ming and Bai Mang by pretending his clone had turned against him, and that the clone’s return had strengthened him.
• Bai Ming threatened that Bai Mang would settle the score, but the Demon God ignored him and sealed off the surrounding area.
• Bai Ming used suction and shrill howls to challenge the seal as the Demon God attacked him with a great saber.
• The Demon God continued striking at Bai Ming, gambling that his attacks had lost their effectiveness while testing his new strength.

The Devil God devoured the remnant souls the Nether River Lord's avatar sent against him, restoring his Primordial Spirit and entering the Supreme God Realm. He destroyed Bai Ming's avatar and swallowed its divine soul, unaware that a black speck had attached itself to his Heaven's Gate Acupoint.

• The giant head forced remnant souls to explode against the Devil God, who swallowed them and grew stronger.
• The giant head stopped shrinking the sealed space as the Devil God's power rose and its attacks failed.
• The Devil God completed his Primordial Spirit and recognized that Bai Ming's avatar had helped him enter the Supreme God Realm.
• The Devil God struck Bai Ming's avatar with a vital-energy saber until the giant head exploded.
• The Devil God restrained and swallowed Bai Ming's avatar's divine soul, while a black speck attached itself to his Heaven's Gate Acupoint.

After devouring Bai Ming's clone, the Devil God emerged from the battle and summoned the leaders of the Nether Realm's factions. He prepared to unify the realm and attack the God Realm to identify the enemy hidden in the darkness.

• The Devil God used Bai Ming's clone's Soul Force to repair cracks in his Primordial Spirit after the battle destabilized his Primal Qi.
• The Devil God emerged from the shattered sealed space, and Bu He, the Nether Demon Lord, and the Nether Colossus recognized the gap between their strength and his.
• Bu He and other alliances planned to seize Central Continent territory after the beast race retreated and the unknown threat was defeated.
• The Devil God appeared at the Seven Great Clans' residences and ordered Youming Hao to summon all alliance leaders.
• The Devil God said he would unify the Nether Realm and go to the God Realm to test whether the hidden enemy was the Divine Realm Guardian.

After the Demon God emerged from the sealed space, Bai Ming tried to leave the River of Darkness to seek revenge, but Bai Mang stopped him and revealed that his Primordial Spirit fragment had entered the Demon God's sea of consciousness. Bai Ming retreated, unaware that Bai Mang had his own hidden plan for controlling the Demon God.

• The River of Darkness surged toward the Demon God Hall, and Bai Mang used the Soul-Seizing Lamp's phantom to block its waters and prevent Bai Ming from escaping.
• Bai Ming accused Bai Mang of holding him back from avenging his slain clone and learned that the Demon God's strength had advanced.
• Bai Mang told Bai Ming to sense his Primordial Spirit fragment, and Bai Ming discovered it had entered the Demon God's sea of consciousness.
• Bai Mang returned to the Demon God Hall while Bai Ming briefly contacted his hidden fragment, then severed the connection to avoid detection.
• Bai Ming sank back into the River of Darkness, unaware that Bai Mang intended to use the fragment as a concealed means of controlling or destroying the Demon God.

The Devil Lord summoned the Nether Realm’s clans and alliances and ordered them to join an invasion of the God Realm, using his overwhelming power to secure their agreement. The forces were told to assemble and depart in three days, while the Devil Lord planned to use them as a diversion for his secret move.

• Bu He and the other summoned leaders arrived at the Seven Great Clans’ headquarters and greeted the Devil Lord.
• The Devil Lord asked the assembled forces to join him in invading the God Realm, alarming them with the risks of provoking its hidden experts.
• The Devil Lord demonstrated his strength by crushing the alliance leaders with his aura and claimed he could handle any Supreme God Realm expert.
• Bu He, the Nether Demon Lord, the six great clans, and the smaller alliances agreed to send forces with the Devil Lord.
• The Devil Lord ordered everyone to prepare and set out in three days, intending to let them lead the charge and create a distraction while he acted secretly.

Jiang Liu attacked the Moon Devouring Clan after discovering Devouring Insects' scheme involving the Secret Passage. Devouring Insects was saved by his newly evolved Sacred Insect, and he held back from ordering it to fight Jiang Liu while he waited for his own breakthrough.

• Jiang Liu struck at the Moon Devouring Clan, and Devouring Insects' backup Soul-Devouring Insect died blocking the blow, leaving Devouring Insects injured.
• Jiang Liu pressed his attack and immobilized Devouring Insects with his suppressive aura as he moved to cut him down.
• Devouring Insects' primary Soul-Devouring Insect appeared, blocked Jiang Liu's blade, and freed its master after breaking through to the Third-Tier Divine Realm.
• Devouring Insects asked Jiang Liu if there had been a misunderstanding and restrained himself from ordering the Sacred Insect to attack.

Jiang Liu tricked the Devouring Insect into believing that the insects bred in the passage had escaped, exposing the Moon Devouring Clan’s plan to cultivate a vast swarm. The Devouring Insect asked Jiang Liu to lead him there, giving Jiang Liu a chance to lure him away from his clan.

• Jiang Liu claimed a swarm of insects had attacked him outside the passage, and the Devouring Insect feared the insect beasts inside had escaped.
• The Devouring Insect realized the passage might hold an enormous, powerful insect population that could help the Moon Devouring Clan dominate the Nether Realm and invade the Human Realm.
• Jiang Liu inferred that the Moon Devouring Clan had intended to use the passage as an insect-breeding ground and had concealed the danger from him.
• Jiang Liu decided to lure the Devouring Insect away from his clansmen so he could kill him.
• The Devouring Insect asked Jiang Liu to take him to the passage, claiming he wanted to capture some of the insect beasts.

Jiang Liu lured Cheng away from the Moon Devouring Clan’s stronghold and killed him in the Black Sea Region, escaping the Soul-Devouring Insect’s self-detonation by teleporting to the Yellow Springs Mountains. After recovering, Jiang Liu headed back toward the Moon Devouring Clan’s stronghold.

• Jiang Liu agreed to accompany Cheng alone and accepted the Soul-Devouring Insect Cheng offered, storing it in his System Space.
• Jiang Liu led Cheng away from the stronghold toward the Central Continent while Cheng followed and grew more familiar with his Sacred Insect.
• In the Black Sea Region, Jiang Liu immobilized Cheng with Phantom Stomp and used his Blade Avatar to behead him.
• The Soul-Devouring Insect began to self-detonate, so Jiang Liu teleported away and appeared near the Nether River in the Yellow Springs Mountains.
• Jiang Liu recovered with the Heavenly Evolution Codex, then set off toward the Moon Devouring Clan’s stronghold.