Chapter Summaries

Emperor Xuan Sha ordered Sha Po to follow Zhong Shan, whom he believed was crucial to the wolf race’s rise. In Guangling City, Corpse Mister explained the immense power of the Ten Kings of Hell Edict Zhong Shan had given Ying Lan, and Zhong Shan prepared Great Zheng to march against the Great Radiance Imperial Dynasty after unifying the Chaotic Zone.

• Emperor Xuan Sha told Sha Po to put aside his arrogance and follow Zhong Shan wholeheartedly because Zhong Shan would be key to the wolf race’s future.
• Corpse Mister returned from his campaign and learned that the cultivation method Zhong Shan had given Ying Lan was the Ten Kings of Hell Edict, which could command the Ten Yama Halls.
• Corpse Mister described the Ten Halls’ power and history, while Zhong Shan hoped the Edict would help Ying Lan grow strong in the Netherworld.
• Zhong Shan asked Corpse Mister to continue conquering the realm, then comforted Qianyou and ordered the five armies to recover the Chaotic Zone before marching north against the Great Radiance Imperial Dynasty.
• Several months later, Great Zheng unified the Chaotic Zone, and news of its victories, armies, and Zombie Legion spread across Shenzhou as other dynasties awaited its war with Great Radiance.

Zhong Shan launched a campaign to exterminate the Great Radiance Imperial Dynasty, and the Great Zheng armies slaughtered the cities in their path. After the armies regrouped, Yi Yan explained how the massacres would intimidate Great Radiance, weaken Han Jiguang, and prevent him from fleeing.

• Zhong Shan ordered the Great Zheng armies to exterminate the Great Radiance Imperial Dynasty and sent them north along six routes.
• Corpse Mister’s Zombie Legion surrounded an immortal city, spread infection through its inhabitants, and helped overwhelm its defenders.
• Lin Xiao rejected Cheng Guang’s plea for mercy, executed a hundred thousand surrendered soldiers, and ordered the city slaughtered.
• The Great Zheng armies captured cities with few survivors and regrouped at Zhong Shan’s position, where he ordered a ten-day rest before advancing north.
• Iron Blood questioned Yi Yan about the massacres, and Yi Yan explained that they would frighten civilians and allies, crush Han Jiguang’s resolve, and leave him unable to escape.

The Great Zheng Imperial Dynasty massacred cities across the Great Radiance Imperial Dynasty, sending its citizens fleeing and leaving Han Jiguang on the defensive. After learning that Han Jiguang had deployed a mysterious one-person ace to Six Harmonies City, Zhong Shan sent Corpse Mister to investigate and ordered Yi Yan to prepare the Third Legion to support him.

• Zhong Shan's army massacred cities, prompting nearly half the residents of Great Radiance's cities to flee as the Great Zheng forces captured twelve immortal cities at heavy cost.
• Han Jiguang ordered his officials to stabilize the people and army, then told Han Chuang that he had dispatched an army beyond the Frost Ice Army.
• Han Jiguang received birth details for Lin Xiao and Shui Wuhen but could not obtain records for Zhong Shan, Yi Yan, Shui Jing, or Corpse Mister.
• Zhong Shan told his commanders that Han Jiguang's ace had arrived in Six Harmonies City, and Corpse Mister volunteered to test the opponent.
• Zhong Shan sent Corpse Mister ahead to assess the threat and ordered Yi Yan to lead the Third Legion to receive him and destroy the invader.

Mister Insect used Corpse Eating Ghost Insects to consume Corpse Mister’s Zombie Legion and sent the multiplying swarm toward Zhong Shan’s army. Corpse Mister then rang his bell, and the bones left behind rose as a Skeleton Legion to confront the advancing force.

• Mister Insect used the city lord’s dead guards to multiply Corpse Eating Ghost Insects, then unleashed them against the approaching Zombie Legion.
• Corpse Mister recognized the insects and sent a scout to warn Zhong Shan while the swarm devoured the zombies.
• After the insects consumed the entire Zombie Legion, Mister Insect transformed into insects and flew south toward Zhong Shan’s army.
• The city lord ordered his forces to pursue Corpse Mister, but Corpse Mister calmly rang his bell as they approached.
• The bones left by the devoured zombies rose from the ground and became the Skeleton Legion.

Corpse Mister’s skeleton army infected Six Harmonies City’s soldiers, while Zhong Shan learned about the Corpse Eating Ghost Insects and trusted Yi Yan to counter them. Yi Yan lured Mister Insect’s swarm away from the Great Zheng army and sprang a trap involving Earth Yang Energy.

• Six Harmonies City’s soldiers initially cut down Corpse Mister’s skeletons, but the skeletons bit them and turned many into zombies.
• Zhong Shan’s scouts reported on the insects, and Gu Qian You explained their Insect Emperor and the branch’s history; Zhong Shan ordered the army to continue north.
• Yi Yan explained the insects’ dependence on their Insect Emperor, then studied a map and devised a plan to draw the swarm away.
• Mister Insect pursued Yi Yan’s command flag as Yi Yan’s army fled, steering the insect swarm off its original route.
• Yi Yan gathered on a mountain with Iron Blood and used wind spells to hold back the approaching swarm before triggering an explosion that exposed Earth Yang Energy.

Yi Yan annihilated Mister Insect with a planned eruption of Earth Yang Energy, while the Great Zheng army conquered Great Radiance’s cities and advanced on Sky Radiance City. Han Jiguang’s curse weakened Lin Xiao and Shui Wuhen, but Crystal Old Demon was killed by a mysterious Dark Emperor, leaving Zhong Shan’s army’s fate unresolved.

• Yi Yan used Earth Yang Energy and wind spells to destroy Mister Insect and his Corpse Eating Ghost Insects, winning a battle without casualties.
• Corpse Mister and the other Great Zheng armies massacred Great Radiance’s cities, and a month later only Sky Radiance City remained.
• Crystal Old Demon cursed Lin Xiao and Shui Wuhen with the Seven Seven Nail Arrow Book, leaving both marshals gravely weakened.
• Corpse Mister identified the curse and explained that killing the practitioner would undo it, so Zhong Shan ordered the army to kill Crystal Old Demon.
• Han Jiguang and Han Chuang found Crystal Old Demon mortally wounded in the restricted area; before dying, he named Dark Emperor as his attacker and said Dark Emperor had taken his Heavenly Evil Curse Technique.

Zhong Shan’s five-million-strong army reached Sky Radiance City, where Han Jiguang unleashed a deadly poison formation to halt the advance. The city remained surrounded as Zhong Shan’s forces sought a way through the barrier.

• After Crystal Old Demon died, Han Jiguang abandoned his corpse and left, while Han Chuang grew terrified of Zhong Shan’s revenge.
• As the Great Zheng army approached Sky Radiance City, Han Chuang fled through the northern gate but was intercepted by Dark Emperor, who revealed that the Shadow Guards had killed 821 members of Han Jiguang’s clan.
• Han Chuang activated his divine seal and fought Dark Emperor, who declared that anyone short of the Emperor Realm would die.
• Zhong Shan surrounded Sky Radiance City with five million troops and displayed Wei Yinglan’s white commander banner beside his own.
• Han Jiguang reassured his remaining ministers and raised the Five-Colored Splendor Grand Formation, whose poisonous mist dissolved a test group of zombies and stopped the army’s advance.

Zhong Shan ordered rain and wind cultivators to weaken the formation around Sky Radiance City, while Han Jiguang’s pleas for aid failed to persuade Gu Xuan to intervene. In the Eastern Sea, Ying confronted Hao Meili over the Dragon Clan Contract, and she left the Crystal Palace after her curses failed to harm him.

• Zhong Shan ordered cultivators to summon rain and drive clouds over Sky Radiance City, slowly weakening the Five-Colored Splendor Grand Formation.
• Han Jiguang sought aid from neighboring dynasties, but Gu Xuan rejected Fan Yipin’s advice to rescue him, fearing a costly war with Zhong Shan and an attack from Gu Zheng Yi.
• Ying met Ao Si Hai in the Crystal Palace while Hao Meili protested that the Dragon Clan was stripping her of her rights under the contract with her household.
• Hao Meili cursed Ying, but Ying’s cold response made her spit blood, and Ao Si Hai agreed to banish her from the Dragon Palace.
• Hao Meili left the Crystal Palace with the Western Poison Emperor and vowed to make Ao Si Hai regret his decision.

After a month-long siege left Sky Radiance City isolated, Zhong Shan confronted Han Jiguang in the Eight Gates Golden Lock Array and used the Reincarnation Eye to defeat him. Zhong Shan captured Han Jiguang’s soul and body, avenged Ying Lan, and was left grieving her death.

• With Sky Radiance City’s defenders despairing and no allies arriving, Han Jiguang left the throne and faced Zhong Shan on the city wall.
• Zhong Shan ordered Lin Xiao to lead the armies against the city and entered the Eight Gates Golden Lock Array with Han Jiguang to avenge Ying Lan.
• Inside the array, Zhong Shan revealed the Reincarnation Eye and pulled Han Jiguang’s soul from his body, leaving him unable to resist.
• Zhong Shan used Soul Condensing Fluid to bind Han Jiguang’s soul and seized his body, vowing to punish him for Ying Lan’s death.
• Zhong Shan addressed Ying Lan’s command banner and mourned that, despite avenging her, he could not bring her back.

Zhong Shan defeated Han Jiguang, destroyed the Great Radiance Imperial Dynasty, and made Great Zheng a power that shook Shenzhou. After returning to Sky Wolf Island, he prepared to use Mud Bodhisattva’s costly Yin Yang Road to enter the underworld, refusing to let Tian Ling'er and the others join him because of the danger.

• Zhong Shan defeated Han Jiguang, captured his body and ghost, and led his army to massacre Sky Radiance City.
• Two months later, Zhong Shan ordered Han Jiguang’s body executed by Lingchi while his ghost was scorched beneath the sun, and Great Zheng’s victory spread throughout the world.
• Gu Xuan and the rulers of other imperial dynasties considered the battle and Great Zheng’s growing power, while Gu Xuan privately regretted not helping Han Jiguang.
• Zhong Shan renamed the conquered lands Qing Province, left Yi Yan, Shui Jing, and Shui Wuhen to govern it, and returned to Sky Wolf Island.
• Mud Bodhisattva explained that the Yin Yang Road would cost nine hundred million High-Grade Spirit Stones per activation and allow eight travelers besides its presiding array master to enter the underworld.
• Tian Ling'er asked to go to the underworld to see her parents, but Zhong Shan refused and said he would search for her master and Master's Wife himself.

Zhong Shan agreed to take Wei Taizhong into the Netherworld, then accepted Hao Meili after she fled the Dragon Palace with its Heirloom Imperial Seal. He swallowed the seal and two other Ninth Grade Magical Treasures with Eight Extremes Heavenly Tail, while Ao Si Hai discovered the Dragon Palace seal was missing.

• Wei Taizhong asked to enter the Netherworld to find and protect Ying Lan and his other relatives, and Zhong Shan agreed after telling him to hand over his duties.
• Hao Meili arrived with the Western Poison Emperor and told Zhong Shan she had broken with the Dragon Palace after Ying became its contract partner.
• The Western Poison Emperor explained that Ying’s name had long been on the Dragon Clan Contract, and Hao Meili revealed that Xiao Jin had stayed behind to cover her escape.
• Hao Meili gave the Dragon Palace’s Heirloom Imperial Seal to Zhong Shan, who agreed to let her stay with him.
• Zhong Shan fed the Heirloom Imperial Seal, Han Jiguang’s jade seal, and the formation core to Eight Extremes Heavenly Tail during secluded cultivation.
• Ao Si Hai sensed something was wrong, found the seal’s platform empty, and roared in anger.

Zhong Shan refined the Heirloom Imperial Seal and three Ninth Grade Magical Treasures, advancing to the Emperor Realm Fifth Level, while Ao Si Hai discovered the seal was gone and pursued Hao Meili to Xuan Capital. Ao Si Hai confronted Hao Meili and Zhong Shan, but Emperor Xuan Sha appeared and nullified his pressure.

• Zhong Shan absorbed the energy of three Ninth Grade Magical Treasures and broke through to the Emperor Realm Fifth Level.
• Ao Si Hai realized he could no longer sense the Heirloom Imperial Seal and rushed toward Sky Wolf Island, suspecting Hao Meili had taken it.
• Ao Si Hai arrived above Xuan Capital, where Hao Meili called him a thief and denied knowing where the seal was.
• Ao Si Hai attacked Hao Meili, but Zhong Shan pulled her behind him and swallowed the blue-light attack with a phantom mouth.
• Ao Si Hai challenged Zhong Shan, who declared himself ruler of the Great Zheng Imperial Dynasty and stood against his aura.
• Emperor Xuan Sha released a cold snort that dispelled Ao Si Hai's pressure, and Ao Si Hai recognized him.

Emperor Xuan Sha drove Ao Si Hai away when he tried to seize Hao Meili, then warned Zhong Shan that the Dragon Clan’s Heirloom Imperial Seal unlocked a secret realm. After Xianxian reunited with Tian Ling’er, Emperor Xuan Sha privately asked Zhong Shan whether he intended to open Yin Yang Road.

• Emperor Xuan Sha appeared with Sha Po and Xianxian, confronted Ao Si Hai, and stopped him from grabbing Hao Meili.
• Zhong Shan said the Great Zheng Imperial Dynasty did not have the Heirloom Imperial Seal, and Ao Si Hai left after Emperor Xuan Sha forced him back.
• Emperor Xuan Sha told Zhong Shan that the Heirloom Imperial Seal was the key to the Dragon Clan Secret Realm and warned him not to touch it.
• Xianxian hugged and kissed Tian Ling’er before revealing her identity, and the two happily chased each other around.
• Zhong Shan sent the others away, and Emperor Xuan Sha asked whether he planned to open Yin Yang Road.

Zhong Shan agreed to take Xianxian into the netherworld so she could develop her strength and claim authority over its Wolf Clan, and Emperor Xuan Sha assigned Sha Po to serve him. After the Yin Yang Road was completed, Zhong Shan prepared a group of nine to enter the netherworld and shut themselves inside the Yin Yang Hall.

• Emperor Xuan Sha explained that Xianxian's innate Wolf Clan bloodline gave her a destiny greater than his, and asked Zhong Shan to take her into the netherworld to prove herself.
• Zhong Shan agreed, and Emperor Xuan Sha ordered Sha Po to become Zhong Shan's personal guard and obey his commands.
• Six months later, Mud Bodhisattva reported that the Yin Yang Hall was complete, and Zhong Shan scheduled the road's activation for ten days later.
• Zhong Shan equipped his Shadow Body with the Black Jade Talisman and chose eight companions to accompany him into the netherworld.
• Corpse Mister gave the main-body Zhong Shan sixty drops of Soul Condensing Fluid, and the nine travelers entered the Yin Yang Hall as its doors closed.

Zhong Shan and his companions crossed the Yin Yang Road into the underworld, emerging in an ancient battlefield filled with wandering skeletons. Mud Bodhisattva, Hao Meili, Western Poison Emperor, and Wei Taizhong departed, leaving Zhong Shan with four companions as he began exploring the area.

• Mud Bodhisattva activated the Taiji Diagram and opened a gate that led the group into a second Yin Yang Hall in the underworld.
• The group opened the hall’s gates, drove off attacking skeletons, and found themselves surrounded by an ancient battlefield beneath the Red Moon.
• Corpse Mister explained that the battlefield’s dense yin energy had allowed its skeletons to form a race, though they had little intelligence.
• Mud Bodhisattva left to retrieve items left by his lineage, promising to return within three years.
• Hao Meili left with Western Poison Emperor after Zhong Shan gave her the Heavenly Evil Curse Technique and promised to help her obtain the remaining twenty-two Immortal Steles.
• Wei Taizhong also departed, and Zhong Shan ordered Sha Po to scout the area before asking Corpse Mister whether he could control the skeletons.

Zhong Shan investigated a Death Qi Cocoon beside Yin Yang Hall and ordered Corpse Mister to break it open. The cocoon revealed a guarded Black Hole and a Skeleton King emerging from within, leaving Zhong Shan and his companions facing a Tian Ji Realm threat.

• Zhong Shan ordered Corpse Mister to control the skeletons and protect Yin Yang Hall while he investigated a nearby Death Qi Cocoon with Xianxian.
• Corpse Mister revealed a Black Hole guarded by fifteen Silver Skeletons and a Golden Skeleton, and Zhong Shan ordered him to open it.
• Corpse Mister summoned a Buddha zombie, which fought the skeletons as the Silver Skeletons sacrificed themselves to strengthen the Golden Skeleton.
• Zhong Shan realized the Golden Skeleton was stalling for time and stopped the Buddha zombie from pursuing it when Death Qi poured from the Black Hole.
• A pitch-black skeletal hand emerged from the Black Hole, and Corpse Mister recognized the creature as a Tian Ji Realm Skeleton King and summoned two more Buddha zombies.

Zhong Shan used the Reincarnation Eye to subdue the gravely injured King Skeleton and secure its submission. After King Skeleton swore a binding Soul Oath, it became Zhong Shan’s subordinate.

• King Skeleton emerged from the Black Hole, and Zhong Shan recognized that its shattered bones showed it was gravely injured.
• Zhong Shan refused to let the zombies fight near the Yin Yang Hall and stepped forward to face King Skeleton himself.
• Zhong Shan opened the Reincarnation Eye, extinguishing the Golden Skeleton’s Soul Fire and drawing on King Skeleton’s Soul Fire.
• King Skeleton knelt and offered to submit, and Corpse Mister explained that a skeleton’s Soul Oath was binding until its fate advanced to Immortal Fate.
• Zhong Shan ordered King Skeleton to swear the oath, and King Skeleton vowed to serve him before rising respectfully as his subordinate.

Zhong Shan secured Chang City in the Yin Realm and announced that he intended to take the entire Great Xian Imperial Dynasty through political strategy rather than a costly military campaign. In the Yang Realm, Yi Yan rejected recruitment from the Grand Sui Heavenly Dynasty and reaffirmed his loyalty to Great Zheng.

• King Skeleton explained his reincarnation ability, swore the Soul Oath to Zhong Shan, and was ordered to guard the Yin Yang Hall.
• Sha Po reported that the Great Xian Imperial Dynasty bordered the forbidden zone, and Zhong Shan ordered the group to take Chang City.
• Yi Yan rejected a recruitment offer from the Grand Sui Heavenly Dynasty and gave Iron Blood a bottle of Soul Condensing Fluid.
• After one year in the Yin Realm, Zhong Shan and his companions had taken Chang City and established a foothold in the Great Xian Imperial Dynasty.
• Zhong Shan rejected Lin Xiao's proposal to conquer the dynasty by force and announced his plan to hold the emperor hostage to command the lords.

Zhong Shan predicted the Great Xian Imperial Dynasty would collapse into chaos after the Emperor's death and prepared Chang City to exploit the succession struggle. After rescuing the young Emperor and moving the court to Chang City, he used imperial authority to command the city lords and strengthen his own position.

• Zhong Shan told Lin Xiao that the Emperor would die soon and ordered him to build a powerful army for the coming chaos.
• After the Emperor died and An Jianyuan inherited the throne, Zhong Shan waited as city lord Luo Ye seized Xian City and the Imperial Jade Seal.
• Zhong Shan sent Lin Xiao to join the alliance against Luo Ye, then ordered Sha Po to secretly rescue An Jianyuan while the other city lords pursued Luo Ye.
• Zhong Shan entered Xian City, took the surviving court officials to Chang City, and established the new capital there with An Jianyuan.
• Zhong Shan issued a proclamation in An Jianyuan's name condemning Luo Ye and appointing Zhong Shan Grand General over the three armies.
• Lin Xiao explained that the new imperial authority could help Zhong Shan suppress dissenting city lords and expand his forces.

Zhong Shan used the Great Xian emperor and the Imperial Jade Seal to bring most of the underworld under his control, then founded the Great Zheng Imperial Dynasty and prepared to attend the Three Dynasties Gambling Land. In the human world, Nu Qinghui offered Nian Youyou a chance to travel to the underworld, and Nian Youyou accepted despite believing she could never face Zhong Shan again.

• Lin Xiao used Emperor An Jianyuan as the Banner of Justice to weaken the rival city lords, while the Imperial Jade Seal changed hands and prolonged their wars.
• After three years, Emperor An Jianyuan abdicated in favor of Zhong Shan, who accepted the seal and established the Great Zheng Imperial Dynasty with Chang Capital as its capital.
• Zhong Shan's forces subdued the remaining city lords, and Lin Xiao became Grand General and commander of the First Legion.
• Zhong Shan received invitations to the Three Dynasties Gambling Land and set out with his army toward the gathering of the three dynasties.
• Nu Qinghui told Nian Youyou that Zhong Shan was alive and offered to arrange her passage to the underworld; Nian Youyou agreed, though she felt unable to face him.