Chapter Summaries

Wang Yue consolidated her rule over the Netherworld Sect, rejected the elders’ attempt to divert resources from recruitment, and announced her marriage to Wang Pan five years later. The elders submitted under Wang Pan’s threat, but Kang Yuan arrived with three Dao Integration experts and challenged the sect’s decline.

• Wang Yue reflected that she had agreed to marry Wang Pan for practical reasons, while Wang Pan recognized that she did not love him and resolved to obtain what he wanted.
• Wang Yue summoned the sect’s Soul Severing Stage and higher elders, announced plans to recruit disciples, and rejected Elder Gao’s proposal to spend the available resources on existing disciples instead.
• Wang Yue warned the elders against embezzling resources and declared that she and Wang Pan would marry in five years; Wang Pan intimidated the elders until they voiced their agreement.
• Kang Yuan arrived with three Dao Integration experts, objected to the marriage, and criticized the Netherworld Sect’s weakened state.
• When Kang Yuan identified himself as a Supreme Elder, Wang Pan denied that the sect had any Supreme Elders and ordered the guards to drag him out.

Wang Pan revealed overwhelming power in the Netherworld Sect and killed Kang Yuan, one of its Supreme Elders, along with a loyal follower. He forced two surviving Iron Blood Cavalry cultivators to choose between joining the Netherworld Sect and dying, and they agreed to join.

• Kang Yuan threatened Wang Yue and Wang Pan, but Wang Yue dismissed the threat and Wang Pan's aura stunned Kang Yuan and his three Dao Integration companions.
• Wang Pan mocked Kang Yuan for avoiding the Tribulation Stage and shattered the Iron Blood Banner before crushing Kang Yuan with the Heavenly Dao Scepter.
• Wang Yue was stunned by Kang Yuan's death, then dismissed her brief sympathy for him.
• One of Kang Yuan's followers threatened Wang Pan, so Wang Pan killed him; the other two fled but Wang Pan pulled them back through the void.
• Wang Pan offered Fang Yuan and Men Wen a choice between joining the Netherworld Sect and dying, and they agreed to serve him.

Wang Pan recruited Fang Yuan and Men Wen after killing Kang Yuan, then discovered the vast wealth Kang Yuan had taken from the Netherworld Sect and set his sights on the four remaining Supreme Elders. The four plotted to exploit the coming war, while Wang Pan reclaimed the Nine Netherworld Lotus Seed from Wang Yue and warned her not to turn against him again.

• Wang Pan welcomed Fang Yuan and Men Wen into the Netherworld Sect and seized their Spatial Rings, then discovered that Kang Yuan's ring held enormous stores of the sect's stolen treasures.
• The four remaining Supreme Elders learned of Kang Yuan's death, feared Wang Yue and the Ascended Being's Remains, and decided to wait for the war between the Netherworld Sect and the sacred lands before making their move.
• Wang Pan searched Qing Province for the four Supreme Elders but found no trace of them, convinced they would not abandon the Nine Netherworld Lotus Seed.
• Wang Pan caught Wang Yue secretly admiring the Nine Netherworld Lotus Seed, took it from her, and suppressed her after she attacked him.
• Wang Pan returned the lotus seed to Wang Yue, warned her against hiding things from him or harboring murderous intent toward him, and told her it was time to rest.

Wang Pan pushed Wang Yue to use the Spirit Devouring Technique in a new way, and their ensuing fight coincided with her breakthrough to Great Perfection Dao Integration. Over the following half year, their relationship and the Netherworld Sect both flourished, while Wang Pan’s restored soul left him ready to sever its final strand of origin.

• Wang Pan asked Wang Yue to demonstrate the Spirit Devouring Technique and suggested concentrating its power in one place, provoking her into attacking him.
• Wang Pan restrained Wang Yue as they fought, and Wang Yue broke through to Great Perfection Dao Integration during their encounter.
• Wang Pan reassured Wang Yue that he loved her, and she later questioned her own feelings after he left.
• Over the next half year, Wang Yue distributed the surplus Nine Netherworld Lotus Root’s proceeds to the Netherworld Sect, which recruited many disciples and strengthened its forces.
• Wang Pan’s soul recovered beyond its former peak, allowing him to prepare to sever the final strand of his soul origin.

Wang Pan completed his final soul-origin severing and prepared to face the approaching Three Sacred Lands of Yang Province, while warning Wang Yue to delay her tribulation breakthrough. As the Sacred Lands’ huge fleet crossed the Endless Sea Domain, an enormous eye opened beneath it.

• Wang Pan created his final clone, ordered all three clones to comprehend control of Heavenly Dao Authority, and set his sights on the arriving Three Sacred Lands of Yang Province.
• Wang Yue warned Wang Pan that the Sacred Lands might summon their Ascended Being's Remains, but he assured her they could not threaten him and cautioned her against rushing into the Tribulation Stage.
• Wang Yue said she did not consider Wang Pan her inner demon, and the two went to bed together.
• The four Supreme Elders of Netherworld Sect waited at Qing Province’s border and cursed the Sacred Lands for taking so long to arrive.
• The Three Sacred Lands’ fleet crossed the Inner Sea with hundreds of thousands of cultivators, while many smaller ships following it were lost to sea beasts, violence, and extreme weather.
• An enormous eye opened beneath the fleet on the seafloor of the Endless Sea Domain.

Lin Fan uncovered an immense blue-gray ore vein beneath the Inner Sea, and his efforts to expose it awakened a colossal being buried below. As the sea erupted into catastrophic waves, the three Sacred Land Masters realized they faced a danger that could kill them all.

• Disciples of the Heavenly Craft, Red Fox, and Killing Life Sacred Lands harvested the Inner Sea’s resources while their masters discussed merging the three Sacred Lands and preparing to confront the Netherworld Sect.
• Lin Fan, frustrated by finding nothing, struck the seabed and discovered a blue-gray material that shattered his magical treasure and stretched across a vast area.
• Lin Fan’s attempts to pull up the ore failed, so he cleared more than a thousand miles of seabed and revealed an enormous ore vein.
• The three Sacred Land Masters sensed danger and ordered the disciples to flee as cracks spread across the seabed and a gigantic eye opened within the ore vein.
• The Endless Sea Domain erupted into giant waves that swept away cultivators and warships, while the Red Fox Sacred Land Master called for the Ascended Being’s Remains and the other masters faced the awakened presence.

The three sacred lands’ expedition into the Endless Sea Domain awakened a Mahayana Seven-Colored Spirit Fish, which annihilated their forces and devoured their Ascended Being’s Remains. The fish headed toward the deep sea, while a tsunami from its tail strike reached Qing Province and sent the waiting Netherworld Sect Supreme Elders fleeing.

• The Red Fox, Heavenly Craft, and Killing Life Sacred Lands activated their warships, stirring the sea and awakening a colossal Seven-Colored Spirit Fish.
• The fish’s movements and sound waves killed many cultivators, so the three Sacred Masters summoned their sacred lands’ foundations to attack it.
• The Seven-Colored Spirit Fish crushed the attacks, shattered the warships, and killed the three Sacred Masters and most of their forces.
• The fish buried the three Ascended Being’s Remains with its tail, swallowed them, and swam toward the deep sea.
• More than ten days later, the resulting tsunami reached Qing Province, and the four Netherworld Sect Supreme Elders fled.

Twenty years after the tsunami devastated Qing Province, Wang Pan fused his clones and broke through to the Dao Integration Stage, unleashing power that destroyed Netherworld Peak. After restoring the area, he sensed an unknown being watching him and vowed to hunt it down.

• The tsunami left Qing Province nearly deserted, and the Netherworld Sect and other sacred lands ordered their followers to protect ordinary people as they rebuilt.
• Twenty years later, the Netherworld Sect had grown stronger amid the Ghost Domain, and two more Dao Integration Stage experts had joined its ranks.
• Wang Pan used the Origin of the Heavenly Dao to help his three clones gain Heavenly Dao Scepters, then fused them into his main body and broke through to the Dao Integration Stage.
• Wang Yue evacuated everyone from Netherworld Peak as Wang Pan's aura collapsed the mountain and produced visions of a Nether King, a crimson dragon, and a blue lotus.
• Wang Pan sensed a malicious gaze from above, vowed to find and kill the unknown watcher, then repaired the area and built a new peak with a Heavenly Lake for the Seven-Colored Spirit Fish.

Wang Yue decided to attempt a breakthrough to the Tribulation Stage, while Wang Pan supported her and later took over her duties. At the Netherworld Sect’s border, four Supreme Elders plotted to draw Jade Pond Sacred Land into a conflict, and Wang Pan recognized signs of their scheme in an intelligence report.

• Wang Yue told Wang Pan she wanted to break through to the Tribulation Stage, and he agreed to support her decision and help her prepare.
• After waiting twenty years for the three great sacred lands, the Netherworld Sect’s four Supreme Elders decided to pass news of the Nine Netherworld Lotus Seed to Jade Pond Sacred Land and provoke an attack.
• The four Supreme Elders chose Jade Pond Sacred Land because the Duke of the East held a grudge against the Netherworld Sect, and they expected their own intervention to help tip the conflict.
• Half a month later, Wang Pan handled Wang Yue’s duties while she entered seclusion to prepare for her breakthrough.
• Wang Pan read a report describing attacks on Jade Pond Sacred Land by someone using the Netherworld Sect’s cultivation art, and he suspected the Supreme Elders were trying to divert trouble toward the sect.

Wang Pan ordered the Netherworld Sect to prepare for war with Jade Pond Sacred Land, then Wang Yue broke through to the Tribulation Stage. When Jade Pond Sacred Land launched an all-out assault, Wang Pan headed to the border as the Netherworld Sect’s defenders struggled to hold the city.

• Wang Pan stripped four former Supreme Elders of their positions and declared them traitors, then ordered Netherworld Sect leaders to guard against Jade Pond Sacred Land.
• Wang Pan warned the Punishment Hall Master and the other leaders to carry out their duties, and they spent the next six months guarding the border without incident.
• Wang Yue broke through to the Tribulation Stage, but Jade Pond Sacred Land soon attacked the Netherworld Sect with its full strength.
• Wang Pan left Wang Yue behind to consolidate her cultivation and opened a Spatial Channel to the besieged border city.
• The Punishment Hall Master, Hundred Infants Daoist, Men Wen, and Fang Yuan struggled to maintain the city’s formation as Jade Pond Sacred Land’s forces attacked.
• The four Former Netherworld Sect Supreme Elders watched from concealment, while Jade Pond Sacred Land’s hidden experts waited for them to appear.

Jade Pond Sacred Land attacked Netherworld Sect over the Nine Netherworld Lotus Seed, and Duke of the East used the battle to pursue his long-held revenge. Wang Pan deployed Netherworld Sect’s Ascended Being’s Remains, turning the fight into a clash of three remains before redirecting it toward Supreme Profound Sacred Land.

• Duke of the East ordered Jade Pond Sacred Land’s experts to strike at full force, shattering Netherworld Sect’s city defenses and killing or wounding many disciples.
• Men Wen and Fang Yuan tried to escape, but Duke of the East froze them, killed them, and took their Spatial Rings.
• Duke of the East ordered the slaughter of Netherworld Sect, but Wang Pan deployed Netherworld Sect’s Ascended Being’s Remains and wiped out more than ten Jade Pond Sacred Land experts.
• Jade Pond Sacred Land summoned two Ascended Being’s Remains, and the three remains fought across Qing Province as the other Five Great Sacred Lands watched.
• Wang Pan shifted the battle to Supreme Profound Sacred Land, whose Holy Lord ordered its own Ascended Being’s Remains to join the fight.

Supreme Profound Sacred Land redirected a battle between four awakened Ascended Being's Remains, drawing the other Sacred Lands into a catastrophic fight that spread across Qing Province. Wang Pan captured four former Netherworld Sect elders who had tried to flee, intending to deliver them to Wang Yue.

• Supreme Profound Sacred Land’s Holy Master redirected his Ascended Being’s Remains’ battle away from the sect, but the four remains clashed across Qing Province and devastated the land.
• Jade Pond Sacred Land, Netherworld Sect, and Supreme Profound Sacred Land attacked the other four Sacred Lands, and eight Ascended Being’s Remains erupted into battle.
• Four Former Netherworld Sect Supreme Elders broke through to the Tribulation Stage to escape the battle’s aftershocks, but Wang Pan seized them with his Dragon Capturing Palm.
• The four elders recognized Wang Pan as a powerful Netherworld Sect Holy Son and learned that his wife was Netherworld Sect Master Wang Yue.
• Wang Pan silenced and shrank the elders, took their Spatial Rings, and planned to bring them back for Wang Yue to deal with.

Wang Pan captured the eight Ascended Being's Remains and watched Jade Pond Sacred Land prepare to destroy the Netherworld Sect. He learned Duke of the East was a powerful Tribulation Stage cultivator nearing his final thunder tribulation, while Wang Pan considered how to bring Jade Pond Sacred Land and the other Sacred Lands under the Netherworld Sect.

• Wang Pan suppressed the eight Ascended Being's Remains and took them, intending to use them to forge Boundless Purgatory.
• The Sacred Lands realized their Ascended Being's Remains had vanished, and Jade Pond Sacred Land's Elder Ling resolved to obtain the Nine Netherworld Lotus Seed and advance toward Mahayana Stage.
• Duke of the East revealed enough of his strength to frighten Elder Ling, then promised not to compete with her for the lotus seed.
• Duke of the East revealed he had passed nine thunder tribulations and would face his tenth in less than ten years.
• Duke of the East led Jade Pond Sacred Land to march against the Netherworld Sect, while Wang Pan wondered about a future Son of Fortune and planned to absorb powerful Sacred Lands into the Netherworld Sect.

Wang Pan defeated the Jade Pond Sacred Land and offered the Duke of the East a chance to join the Netherworld Sect, but the Duke refused and died alongside the Queen Mother of the West. Thirty years later, Wang Pan had unified Qing Province under the Netherworld Sect and gained strength he believed could surpass even powerful Mahayana Stage cultivators.

• Wang Pan subdued the Duke of the East and offered him his enemy in exchange for joining the Netherworld Sect, but the Duke refused because he blamed the sect for the deaths of others he had wanted to avenge.
• Wang Pan let the Duke of the East torment Head Sores Foot Pus, then the Duke killed opponents among the Jade Pond Sacred Land experts and ordered the survivors to join the Netherworld Sect.
• The Queen Mother of the West killed the Duke of the East and herself, and Wang Pan buried their bodies in a coffin made from Space Fragments in the Void Star River.
• Over the next thirty years, the Netherworld Sect conquered Qing Province, and Wang Pan purged Elder Ling and her collaborators after they plotted against him.
• Wang Pan reached the Great Perfection of the Dao Integration Stage, transformed his Heavenly Dao Scepter into Heavenly Dao Authority, and wondered how many thunder tribulations he could pass.

After reaching the Tribulation Stage, Wang Pan discovered a monster in the starry sky that preyed on newly ascended immortals and realized the danger behind the world’s cultivation system. Centuries later, he manipulated Xiao Fan’s rise and led the Netherworld Sect into war with Yang Province, while secretly coercing Wen Hua; the chapter ended with Xiao Fan believing Wang Pan supported his relationship with her.

• Wang Pan broke through to the Tribulation Stage, saw a corpse-made monster watching him, and inferred that it killed cultivators when they became true immortals.
• Several hundred years passed as Qing Province recovered and the Netherworld Sect grew, and Wang Pan found Xiao Fan after he rescued the wounded Wen Hua from a flood dragon.
• Wang Pan intervened in Xiao Fan’s encounter with Wen Hua, then received 13,000,000 Simulation Points and the Peak Talents Old and Strong and Spear Like a Dragon.
• Wang Pan crippled the Sacred Lands of Yang Province, launched the Netherworld Sect’s invasion, and watched the two sides reach a bloody stalemate.
• Wang Pan summoned Xiao Fan and assigned him a task, while holding Wen Hua under the desk and threatening Xiao Fan to force her compliance.
• Xiao Fan messaged Wen Hua that Wang Pan had promised not to oppose their relationship, and Wen Hua replied that she was with the Sect Master on sect business.

Wang Pan sexually abused Wen Hua while she concealed it from Xiao Fan as personal instruction, then used Xiao Fan’s victory over the Heart Severing Sect to justify rewarding the Holy Maiden instead. Three hundred years later, the Netherworld Sect had taken control of all Yang Province after its holy lands’ alliance collapsed.

• Wang Pan forced Wen Hua to endure his sexual abuse in the main hall while she lied to Xiao Fan that he was teaching her a divine ability.
• Xiao Fan led weaker disciples to destroy the Heart Severing Sect, despite its Void Refinement Late Stage cultivator, and Wang Pan praised him when he returned.
• Wang Pan diverted Xiao Fan’s reward to the Holy Maiden and used the moment to continue abusing Wen Hua beneath the desk.
• Over the next three hundred years, the holy lands of Yang Province divided and several pledged allegiance to the Netherworld Sect.
• The Holy Land Alliance collapsed, and the Netherworld Sect absorbed all of Yang Province.

Wang Pan continued refining Boundless Purgatory while Xiao Fan conquered Yu Province for the Netherworld Sect. In the sect, Wang Yue took Wen Hua under her wing and warned her to hide her feelings for Xiao Fan, leaving Wen Hua to serve at Wang Yue’s side.

• Wang Yue gained insight into her Dao as Wang Pan demonstrated his own, and she decided not to kill Wen Hua but to have her keep her company.
• Wang Pan inspected Boundless Purgatory after three hundred years of reforging and planned to travel into the Endless Sea Domain to find eighteen Immortal Souls for its Sword Spirit.
• Xiao Fan led Netherworld Sect forces in conquering Yu Province, while believing Wen Hua’s alarming cries and reports of punishment came from ordinary mishaps and cultivation lessons.
• Wang Yue questioned Wen Hua about her relationship with Xiao Fan and told her to show no concern for him in front of Wang Pan if she wanted him to live.
• Wang Yue saw that Wen Hua remained attached to Xiao Fan, then ordered her to stay by her side, and Wen Hua began serving her.

Wang Pan searched the Endless Sea Domain for immortal souls and encountered a gigantic Seven-Colored Spirit Fish with a mysterious connection to the monster in the Starry Sky. After learning the fish had lost two souls and five spirits, Wang Pan tried to coax it into following him, but it feared leaving the sea.

• Wang Pan defeated a Mahayana Stage flood dragon, took the Sea Stabilizing Pearl from its stomach, and left it alive.
• The Seven-Colored Spirit Fish swallowed the wounded flood dragon, then noticed Wang Pan drooling over it and asking what color burlap sack it liked.
• Wang Pan tried to lure the Seven-Colored Spirit Fish home with promises of a luxurious giant pool, but the fish recognized his connection to an old man who had once stewed it in a pot.
• The Seven-Colored Spirit Fish said it had escaped a monster, and Wang Pan realized it had lost two souls and five spirits, likely because of the monster in the Starry Sky.
• Wang Pan continued trying to persuade the fish to come with him, but the Seven-Colored Spirit Fish refused because it could not get away on land.

Wang Pan fought the Seven-Colored Spirit Fish after it tricked him into becoming its good brother, but its flesh did not help him comprehend the Heavenly Dao. After the fish followed him for years and spoiled his search for Immortal Realm Sea Beasts, Wang Pan caught a Late Mahayana Stage Sea Serpent and prepared to part ways with the fish after the meal.

• Wang Pan attacked the Seven-Colored Spirit Fish with his full-strength sword technique, broke one scale, and cut away a huge chunk of flesh.
• Wang Pan and the Seven-Colored Spirit Fish swore a blood oath, but Wang Pan found that eating its flesh did not improve his comprehension of the Heavenly Dao.
• Wang Pan tried to leave, but the Seven-Colored Spirit Fish followed him and demanded food, staying beside him for two years as he hunted Sea Beasts.
• Wang Pan spent another ten years searching the Endless Sea Domain without finding an Immortal Realm Sea Beast and decided to return to Qing Province.
• Wang Pan captured and killed a Late Mahayana Stage Sea Serpent, then said he and the Seven-Colored Spirit Fish would go their separate ways after eating it.

Wang Pan returned from the sea and persuaded Xiao Fan that he would inherit the Netherworld Sect, then showed him a half-finished Immortal Artifact and sent him after an immortal soul to secure his succession. The chapter left Xiao Fan facing a dangerous task, unaware that Wang Pan intended to use him for his own ends.

• Wang Pan cooked a Sea Serpent, but the Seven-Colored Spirit Fish swallowed the whole beast before he could eat more than one slice.
• The Seven-Colored Spirit Fish refused to return home with Wang Pan, then fled from an enormous claw that emerged from space.
• After traveling for half a year, Wang Pan returned to the Netherworld Sect and summoned Xiao Fan to Qing Province.
• Wang Pan promised to pass the Sect Master position to Xiao Fan and arrange his marriage to Wen Hua, winning Xiao Fan's trust.
• Wang Pan took Xiao Fan to the Netherworld Realm and explained that an immortal soul could awaken the Artifact Spirit in the sect's half-finished Immortal Artifact, securing Xiao Fan's claim to leadership.