Chapter Summaries

Keludela gained Li Guozhong and Hysilens as loyal allies and ordered preparations to reclaim the Dou Ling Empire. In the Guterres Hills, Castorice found a spatial rift to the Underworld and met a powerful Netherworld Butterfly, which offered itself as her Sacrifice.

• Keludela asked Li Guozhong to pledge his loyalty, and he agreed to help restore control over the Dou Ling Empire’s border troops.
• Keludela asked Hysilens what she wanted in this new world, and Hysilens reaffirmed her wish to perform at an endless feast and joined her campaign of conquest.
• After two months of searching the Guterres Hills, Castorice learned from Audrey that a spatial rift leaking the Power of Death had appeared nearby.
• Castorice and Audrey reached the rift, where a giant Netherworld Butterfly emerged from the Underworld and identified Castorice as its future Lord.
• The Netherworld Butterfly explained that its race guarded the Underworld’s gates and offered itself as a Sacrifice to Castorice.

Castorice accepted the Netherworld Butterfly as a Soul Spirit, gained its Orange-Gold Soul Ring and Soul Bone, and received a new Life Divine Trial directing her to explore the Underworld. She entered the Border of Life and Death with Audrey, then continued alone toward the Underworld as Audrey stayed behind.

• Castorice refused to sacrifice the Netherworld Butterfly and agreed to Audrey's Soul Spirit ritual instead.
• Audrey performed the ritual, turning the Netherworld Butterfly into Castorice's Orange-Gold Soul Ring and leaving her a Left Arm Bone with an External Soul Bone; Castorice's Soul Power rose to rank thirty-seven.
• Castorice completed the first Life Divine Trial and received a second trial to travel through the Underworld along the River Styx to the end of all endings.
• The Netherworld Butterfly brought Castorice and Audrey through the spatial rift into the Border of Life and Death, where souls drifted toward the Underworld.
• The Netherworld Butterfly King warned Audrey that the Underworld would attack the living, and Castorice told Audrey to remain behind while she continued alone.

Castorice warmed the River Styx with her Power of Death, releasing trapped souls and gathering their faith as she transformed into a Demigod of life and death. The universe’s grim oracle was interrupted by a familiar presence that promised life and death would no longer part after an embrace.

• Castorice touched the River Styx and listened as the Netherworld Butterfly warned her that its frozen waters held desperate, dangerous souls.
• Castorice poured warm Power of Death into the river, soothing the trapped souls and helping them move on toward the Underworld.
• The released souls’ high-purity Faith gathered above the river, and Castorice’s Golden Bone Claw condensed it into a Core Flame embodying life and death.
• The Goddess of Life guided the Core Flame into Castorice, transforming her into a Rules-based Demigod and altering the Life God Position.
• The universe delivered a bleak oracle to Castorice, but a familiar will interrupted it and changed its ending to promise that life and death would no longer part.

Castorice received her father’s divine oracle, transformed the Borderland between life and death into a warm refuge, and entered the Underworld with Polysea to bring life and reason to its souls. As the newly awakened dead confronted the Dou Ling Royal Family, Xue Qing spotted Castorice and cried out in confusion.

• The Lord of Spirits gave Castorice a divine oracle that freed her from the universe’s curse and affirmed her path toward the Underworld.
• Castorice transformed the Borderland’s river into a warm golden refuge, and Polysea carried her toward the Underworld’s entrance.
• Castorice spread her Life-filled Power of Death through the River Styx, awakening souls and bringing flowers and warmth to the Underworld.
• The dead regained their reason, and citizens of the Dou Ling Empire surrounded the Dou Ling Royal Family with anger, though the Underworld’s Rules prevented violence.
• Xue Qing saw Castorice above the River Styx and cried, asking how Die Bao had died too.

Castorice reunited with Xue Qing in the Underworld and learned that the Underworld could guide her to someone she wished to find. She located Huo Yun'er nearby and learned what she was doing.

• Castorice rode Polysea to Xue Qing, who explained that an attack on Lingdou City had killed the royal family and described the gifts and property she was leaving Castorice.
• Castorice thanked and embraced Xue Qing, while former royal enshrined protectors and other souls dragged the royal family away before they could exploit her connection to the Underworld.
• Xue Qing said she had been guided to her family by her buried obsession, and Shattered Star Douluo explained that Castorice could ask the Underworld to find the person she most wanted to see.
• Castorice contacted the Underworld using her memories of Huo Yun'er, and it revealed that Huo Yun'er was nearby and what she was doing.

Castorice found Huo Yun'er in the Underworld and revealed that she was Huo Yuhao’s daughter. Huo Yun'er joyfully embraced her and learned that Yuhao had built a loving family.

• Castorice located Huo Yun'er beside the Golden River Styx and descended with Polysea.
• Huo Yun'er worried about Huo Yuhao and wondered whether he had survived and been recognized by Dai Hao.
• Castorice nervously greeted Huo Yun'er, who bowed to her as the Underworld's Crown Prince.
• Castorice called Huo Yun'er her grandmother and confirmed that Huo Yuhao was her father, prompting Huo Yun'er to embrace her.
• Huo Yun'er asked about Yuhao, and Castorice described his success, her brothers and sisters, and the family she cherished.

Huo Yuhao reunited with Huo Yun'er in the Underworld after reassuring her that he had never blamed her for his childhood. Castorice departed for the reincarnation grounds to complete her coronation, while Huo Yuhao promised to spare Dai Luoli and his mother as he prepared to deal with the White Tiger Duke's Mansion.

• Huo Yun'er regretted the hardship Huo Yuhao had endured and worried that he resented her, but Huo Yuhao appeared and told her that he had never blamed her.
• Huo Yuhao embraced Huo Yun'er and praised Castorice before sending her toward the reincarnation grounds, where the Death God Position awaited her coronation.
• Castorice and Polysea traveled along the River Styx as vitality spread through the Underworld and its souls regained their senses.
• Huo Yuhao told Huo Yun'er that he would never forgive the White Tiger Duke's Mansion, and she asked him to spare Dai Luoli and his mother; he agreed.
• Huo Yuhao planned to send Dai Luoli to pioneer the New Continent, while the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect faced growing pressure from Soul Tools and the Soul Tool Revolution.

Huo Yuhao talked with Huo Yun'er in the Underworld, where she chose to stay with Castorice rather than return to life. When Huo Yun'er asked about his wife, Huo Yuhao struggled to invent an answer, while Polysea and Castorice approached the end of the River Styx.

• The chapter explained how Blue Silver Grass Soul Masters risked having their origins corrupted by poison Soul Rings, and Beibei confronted Mu En over hiding the danger from Tang Ya.
• Mu En believed Tang Ya's origin balanced devouring, poison, and life attributes, and Tang Ya planned to leave Shrek Academy and pursue revenge using her Devouring Attribute.
• Huo Yuhao offered to give Huo Yun'er a body and take her out of the Underworld, but she declined and said she was content among the flower seas with Castorice.
• Huo Yun'er asked Huo Yuhao about his wife, and he worried about admitting that he had no wife while considering how to reassure his mother.
• Polysea carried Castorice toward the end of the River Styx as the Power of Death thickened into dark-purple mist.

Castorice claimed the Throne of Death and was crowned Lord of the Underworld, transforming its power and beginning the union of life and death. She received the Book of Termination and Pen of Beginning, then began her next Life Divine Trial: reestablishing the Underworld Rules.

• Castorice spread golden light through the Dark Purple Mist, revealing the Reincarnation Land and the Throne of Death to the Underworld’s Undead.
• Polykes, Polysea, and Huo Yuhao accompanied Castorice to the throne, where Huo Yuhao encouraged her to follow her chosen path.
• Castorice sat on the Throne of Death, awakening the Death God Position as the Goddess of Life lifted restrictions and sent Life Power into the lower realm.
• The Little Planet Spirit allowed the Underworld’s new will to develop, while Chen Han Hai celebrated the green Aurora and Sea Demon and Hai Long discussed their plans through the Amon Network.
• Castorice was crowned Lord of the Underworld and received the Book of Termination, the Pen of Beginning, and a Branch of Life; her third Life Divine Trial began.
• The Goddess of Life reacted to the Death God Position’s provocation by searching for a suitable divine artifact for Castorice.

After Castorice completed the Life Divine Trial and became Lord of the Underworld, Huo Yuhao identified her reward as a seedling from the Goddess of Life’s true body. Castorice planted it in the Underworld, where it grew into a Cycle Ancient Tree that strengthened the Underworld and brought it closer to becoming a God Realm.

• Castorice examined the Ancient Tree of Life branch and reassured Polysea that she was unharmed after ascending to the divine rank of the god of death.
• Huo Yuhao used his Authority of [Understanding] to learn that the branch could become a second Ancient Tree of Life and support the Underworld’s future world barriers.
• Castorice planted the branch in the Underworld’s soil, and its roots spread beneath the Reincarnation Land and connected to the Golden River Styx.
• The branch grew into a thirty-meter Cycle Ancient Tree, whose leaves held Power of Death and whose two Golden Fruits contained Plane Foundations.
• Electrolux explained that the Golden Fruits could be refined into Demi-planes, while Huo Yuhao concluded that the Underworld still needed a central core to become a God Realm.

Huo Yuhao helped Castorice plan how to rebuild the Underworld by designing strict laws and an administrative system to govern reincarnation. Castorice absorbed his draft, while the chapter ended by revealing how Phainon and Mydeimos struggled with Sea God Island’s demanding exams.

• Huo Yuhao sensed the sleeping Divine Souls beneath the Golden River Styx, recognized the Fire Dragon King, and realized the Space Dragon King’s soul had scattered completely.
• Castorice told Huo Yuhao that her Goddess of Life trial required her to reestablish the Underworld’s rules and showed him the Shadow of the Book of Termination and the Shadow of the Pen of Beginning.
• Huo Yuhao proposed strict Underworld laws to prevent the artifacts’ authority from being abused and planned to bring Keludela in to help establish them.
• Huo Yuhao drafted an Underworld administrative system using the Northern Emperor Black Law as a reference and gave the materialized Spiritual Power to Castorice to absorb.
• Castorice thought of Phainon and Mydeimos, whose studying had become more difficult under Aglaea’s monthly assessments and revised Core Disciple system.

Huo Yuhao and Castorice began preparing the Underworld’s first staff by searching the Book of Termination for suitable deceased souls. After choosing candidates, they went to the Golden River Styx, where an unexpected figure appeared before them.

• Castorice used the Book of Termination to reveal records of the dead, and Huo Yuhao searched for honorable souls with Light and Holy Attributes.
• Huo Yuhao discovered that Qian Daoliu was absent but Qian Xunji remained in the Underworld, then found Qian Renxue awaiting reincarnation.
• Huo Yuhao selected lower-ranking Spirit Hall figures, including Su Yuntao, as potential Underworld employees.
• Huo Yuhao brought Castorice and Polysea to the Golden River Styx, where the gathered Undead awaited his orders.
• An unknown figure suddenly appeared before Huo Yuhao, Castorice, and Polysea.

Huo Yuhao and Castorice faced Yu Xiaogang’s proposal to turn the Underworld into a feudal empire, while the gathered Undead rejected his plan. The chapter ended with Golden Crocodile Douluo dragging Yu Xiaogang away and Qian Renxue standing beside him.

• The Undead recognized Dugu Bo and accused him of poisoning the Jialing Pass garrison, while Golden Crocodile Douluo reminded him that the Dugu Clan’s poison remained a burden for its descendants.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo calmed the Undead and dispersed the crowd, and Dugu Bo thanked him before he left to search for Qian Renxue.
• Yu Xiaogang proposed that Huo Yuhao establish a hierarchical empire in the Underworld, and Castorice and the Undead opposed the idea.
• Yu Xiaogang introduced himself as the Grandmaster and cited his ties to Tang San, prompting Huo Yuhao to mock his writing and warn him to reincarnate before older Undead arrived.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo called Yu Xiaogang a plagiarist and dragged him into the crowd, where the Undead seized him as Qian Renxue stood nearby.

Huo Yuhao discussed Yu Xiaogang’s reputation and the Underworld’s future with Castorice and Golden Crocodile Douluo, then explained how Sea God Tang San’s failed invasion damaged his standing. Qian Renxue asked how history judged Spirit Hall, and Huo Yuhao offered her a copy of the chronicle that assessed its legacy.

• Golden Crocodile Douluo denounced Yu Xiaogang, while Castorice considered the Underworld’s justice system and the limits of building a punishment realm.
• Huo Yuhao returned the Book of Termination to Castorice and described how Magic Net Users spread the fabricated tale that Dai Mubai sold hooks to pay for his journey.
• Huo Yuhao told Golden Crocodile Douluo that Tang San’s failed attempt to win continental faith through an ocean invasion had ruined his reputation and implicated his associates.
• Qian Renxue asked Huo Yuhao how the continent now judged Spirit Hall, and he recited its history-textbook assessment of the organization’s reforms and downfall.
• Huo Yuhao named Anaxagoras and Feng Jin as the authors of the Martial Soul Hall Chronicle and offered Qian Renxue a copy to review.

Huo Yuhao explained that Angel Faith was being absorbed by Tang San through the Sea God Position and asked Qian Renxue to help him use it to reignite the Angel God Position. He offered her a chance to change Spirit Hall’s fate in another world, leaving her to decide whether to accept.

• Qian Renxue read Anaxa’s account of Spirit Hall’s downfall and confronted her regrets about the choices that led to it.
• Huo Yuhao told Qian Renxue that Spirit Hall’s collapse involved both its leaders’ failures and the schemes of multiple Deities.
• Huo Yuhao explained that tampered Sea God statues were allowing Angel Faith to flow into Tang San’s Sea God Position.
• Qian Renxue realized Huo Yuhao intended to use the Sea God Position to reignite the Angel God Position with her will.
• Huo Yuhao asked Qian Renxue to awaken within Tang San’s body and offered her the chance to change Spirit Hall’s ending in another world.

Qian Renxue agreed to Huo Yuhao’s plan and let him disguise her soul as pure Faith power so he could send her into the Sea God Position. Huo Yuhao explained that she was meant to provoke conflict among Tang San’s consciousnesses, creating an opening for Amon to target the Asura God Position.

• Qian Renxue accepted Huo Yuhao’s offer, while Golden Crocodile Douluo blessed her and left to enter the Reincarnation Land.
• Huo Yuhao reshaped Qian Renxue’s soul into a golden sphere that appeared to be pure Faith power and warned her to protect her soul origin.
• Qian Renxue confirmed the disguise felt sound, and Huo Yuhao coated her with Ocean Aura before placing her in the Dream Space.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and Golden Tortoise questioned whether Qian Renxue could be trusted, but Huo Yuhao said she was only a fuse to trigger conflict within Tang San.
• Huo Yuhao explained that the conflict could drive Tang San’s Main Consciousness toward the Sea God Family, giving Amon a chance to pursue the Asura God Position.

As the Sai'er waited out the Demon Empress Riot, the war in the Dou Ling Empire intensified and the Underworld began to take shape. Mydeimos suddenly appeared in the Underworld after Huo Yuhao’s safeguard against accidental death activated, and he woke confused about what had happened.

• Huo Yuhao chose to keep the Sai'er on a safe route and wait in an archipelago until the Demon Empress Riot passed.
• Keludela led the Restoration Army with support from the Allied Forces, while the Sea God Family resisted and Hai Long and Hai Ming battered Star Luo reinforcements.
• The Xuan Ming Sect joined the war after rumors on the Magic Net falsely accused it of being an Ocean spy, and other continental forces welcomed its contribution.
• Ye Guyi’s Evil Soul Masters attacked both sides of the war, while their worship and sacrifices increased her cultivation.
• Electrolux connected two Demi-planes to the Underworld as its first employees began organizing the Department of Justice and Ghost Messengers.
• Mydeimos woke in the Underworld after his battle with a Golden Mane Lion Mastiff, unaware that Huo Yuhao’s protection against accidental death had brought him there.

Mydeimos entered the Underworld in a strange state between life and death, where he discovered that Castorice had become its Lord. She opened a passage to send him back to the living world, and he set off before Phainon could join him.

• Mydeimos arrived at the Underworld, where Xue Qing recognized him and sensed that its laws were rejecting his soul.
• Xue Qing took Mydeimos across the Golden River Styx to meet the Lord of the Underworld.
• Mydeimos discovered that Castorice was the Lord of the Underworld and learned she had sensed the power protecting him from death.
• Mydeimos told Castorice that Feng Jin and Tribbie missed her and asked her to send him back to reality.
• Castorice opened a high-speed passage, and Mydeimos set off toward the living world.

Mydeimos defeated the shadow of his past in the Underworld and returned to the living world, while Huo Yuhao explained the price of resurrection and discussed the Underworld’s progress with Castorice. Castorice then learned she had to catch up on missed classes before exams.

• Mydeimos encountered a cracked black figure resembling his past self at the gate of light and defeated it with a technique he had refined since Phainon once countered it.
• The black figure dissolved after blessing Mydeimos to fight often and win always, and Mydeimos crossed the gate to return to reality with strengthened Spiritual Power.
• Castorice withdrew her Purple Scythe External Soul Bone and learned from Huo Yuhao that the shadow was a resurrection restriction that grew stronger each time Mydeimos died.
• Castorice told Huo Yuhao that the Underworld was functioning normally, its departments were taking shape, and its accumulated souls were decreasing.
• Huo Yuhao said Roman was developing the Underworld’s central system for a possible elevation and told Castorice that Aglaea and Tribbie had sent her missed lessons and tutoring offers ahead of her final exam.

Mydeimos returned to his body after Phainon tried to revive him, then learned that a mysterious space-attribute Soul Beast had ambushed him. The three Soul Beasts remained on a nearby cliff, and the identity and purpose of the newly revealed Blue Demon Bird remained unknown.

• Mydeimos awakened as Phainon slapped his face and pressed down hard on his chest, confessing a string of past pranks while trying to revive him.
• Mydeimos grabbed Phainon's hand, punched him, and demanded to know what had happened and where the enemy was.
• Phainon explained that a fast blue bird-shaped Soul Beast had struck Mydeimos during his fight with the Thunder Hell Vine, while the other two Soul Beasts had also stopped on a cliff.
• Mydeimos and Phainon examined the three motionless Soul Beasts and recognized the Thunder Hell Vine and Golden Mane Lion Mastiff, but not the strange blue bird.
• The bird was identified as a Silver Pattern Space Blue Demon Bird, an ancestral Soul Beast created by Yuhao and linked to the Phoenix lineage.