Chapter Summaries

Lei Dong and Xiao You prepared a sneak attack while Lei Long battled Evil Phoenix beneath the Nether River, but the Insect Emperor saw through their bluff and turned his insects on them. As more than ten thousand Nine Nether Soul Devouring Insects swarmed toward Lei Dong’s group, he prepared to face the Insect Emperor.

• Lei Long and Evil Phoenix transformed into ferocious beasts and fought fiercely beneath the Nether River, with Lei Long relying on his strength and Evil Phoenix wielding Phoenix Dance Nine Heavens.
• While the Insect Emperor and the others watched the battle, Xiao You set up her Netherworld Black Sha Formation and Lei Dong arranged Big Belly Cannon Ghosts, including one made from Xuanyuanzi’s Primordial Spirit.
• The Insect Emperor realized Lei Long’s supposed distinguished background was a bluff and warned Evil Phoenix, who told him to attack Lei Dong’s group while she held off the dragon.
• The Insect Emperor unleashed more than ten thousand Nine Nether Soul Devouring Insects at Lei Dong and his companions.

Lei Dong and Xiao You faced the Insect Emperor, whose vast swarm of Nine Nether Soul Devouring Insects began tearing apart the Netherworld Black Sha Formation. Lei Dong struck while the Insect Emperor was distracted, freezing him with Divine True Speech as the Big Belly Cannon Ghost formation fired.

• The Insect Emperor revealed thousands of Nine Nether Soul Devouring Insects, frightening Xiao You’s Ghost King guards into the Netherworld Black Sha Formation.
• The Insect Emperor recognized Xiao You and threatened to kill her, while Lei Dong reassured her and she provoked the enemy according to their plan.
• The Insect Emperor used the insects’ natural advantage over Netherworld Monster Beasts and spirits to overwhelm the formation’s defenders.
• Lei Dong released Suicide Ghosts that blasted open a gap in the insect swarm, then declared that time would stop.
• The Insect Emperor began to counter with Netherworld Divine True Speech, but Lei Dong’s Big Belly Cannon Ghost formation fired a volley at him.

Lei Dong used a timed cannon-ghost ambush to grievously wound the Insect Emperor, then drew him through the stalactite caves while laying explosive traps. Lei Dong collected the Chaos Golden Lotus and its vortex, then teleported away as the Insect Emperor attacked.

• Lei Dong stopped time for half a breath, letting thousands of Big Belly Cannon Ghosts blast the Insect Emperor and nearly wipe out his insect swarm.
• The explosion broke the Netherworld Black Sha Formation and badly injured Lei Dong's group, but the Insect Emperor survived with his body and Primordial Spirit shattered.
• Lei Dong sent Xiao You and the Ghost King guards away, then fled into the stalactite caves with the Insect Emperor pursuing him.
• Lei Dong planted Suicide Ghosts behind him to slow the Insect Emperor as he raced toward the Chaos Golden Lotus chamber.
• Lei Dong used a Jade Box to take in the Chaos Golden Lotus and its vortex, then teleported away as the Insect Emperor fired two beams at him.

Lei Dong escaped the Insect Emperor and obtained the immature Chaos Golden Lotus, while the Evil Phoenix unleashed her stored power to defeat Lei Long and rushed after the thief. The chapter ended with Lei Dong examining the lotus and asking how long it would take to mature and how it should be used.

• Lei Dong teleported to an open valley, escaped the Insect Emperor, and continued exploring the cavern with the Chaos Golden Lotus.
• The Evil Phoenix revealed that she had secretly marked the lotus and became frantic when she sensed someone had taken it.
• The Evil Phoenix opened her eyes and unleashed the power stored through Closed-Eye Meditation, blasting Lei Long into the Nether River with a devastating attack.
• The Evil Phoenix pursued the thief through the cavern, determined to recover the lotus before her temporary power faded.
• Lei Dong opened the Jade Box, learned from the artifact spirit that the Chaos Golden Lotus was immature, and asked how long it would take to mature and how to use it.

Lei Dong hid in a cave to consume the immature Chaos Golden Lotus before enemies could take it from him, and each part he ate rapidly strengthened and refined him. After eating the leaves, stem, and lotus skin, he prepared to eat the nine seeds when an unexpected event occurred.

• The spirit artifact estimated that the Chaos Golden Lotus would take at least a century to mature and explained the risks of eating it raw.
• Lei Dong decided to consume the lotus immediately because the Insect Emperor, Evil Phoenix, and other powerful cultivators might come after him.
• Lei Dong found a concealed cave, sealed its entrance, and summoned A Chou and Ghost Thorn to guard him.
• Lei Dong ate the lotus leaves one by one and found that each improved his cultivation and purified his true essence.
• Lei Dong ate the lotus stem and skin, then counted the nine seeds and prepared to eat them before an unexpected event occurred.

Lei Dong fled through the caves beneath Nether River Valley while Evil Phoenix pursued him for swallowing the Chaos Golden Lotus seeds. The seeds strengthened Lei Dong but left both pursuer and fugitive exhausted, and the chapter ended as he entered an open cavern where his escape became more difficult.

• Evil Phoenix sensed that the mark on the Chaos Golden Lotus had vanished and smashed through the rock to pursue the thief.
• Lei Dong swallowed all nine Chaos Golden Lotus seeds and fled deeper into the caves, realizing Evil Phoenix was chasing him.
• Lei Dong used Ghost Shadow Escape and the winding passages to keep ahead while Evil Phoenix broke through the walls after him.
• The seeds transformed Lei Dong’s body and strengthened his Nascent Soul foundation as both he and Evil Phoenix spent hours exhausting their True Essence.
• Lei Dong tried to negotiate with Evil Phoenix, but she refused to spare him and continued the pursuit.
• Lei Dong darted into an open cavern filled with stalactites and realized he was in trouble.

Lei Dong fled from Evil Phoenix after devouring the Chaos Golden Lotus, but her mastery of spatial techniques let her close in and nearly kill him. He used the True Word Technique and entered King's Reign Over the World to survive, then challenged Evil Phoenix despite his injuries as their fight continued.

• Lei Dong fled across the vast cavern while Evil Phoenix pursued him using her superior mastery of the Space Law.
• Evil Phoenix unleashed Phoenix Dance Nine Heavens, but Lei Dong sacrificed Essence Blood to use the True Word Technique and teleport away from the attack.
• Lei Dong activated the second transformation of Heavenly Devil Transformation, King's Reign Over the World, and began recovering with a Top Grade Spirit Stone and healing pill.
• Evil Phoenix mistook Lei Dong's technique for the Nether God True Word Technique and threatened to kill him to hurt Netherworld Old Ghost.
• Lei Dong taunted Evil Phoenix and launched two Profound Yin Finger attacks at her.

Lei Dong used the Immortal Slaying Finger to badly wound Evil Phoenix, then combined the Netherflame Ghost Banner’s Suicide Ghosts with the Devil Emperor’s defensive qi armor to keep her under pressure. The fight turned against him as his True Essence dwindled and Evil Phoenix recovered enough to adapt to his attacks.

• Evil Phoenix dismissed Lei Dong’s Profound Yin Finger, but his next two strikes pierced her defenses and tore through her body.
• Lei Dong unleashed a barrage of ordinary Profound Yin Fingers to keep Evil Phoenix from recovering while concealing that the first two strikes had used the Immortal Slaying Finger.
• Lei Dong summoned more than a thousand Suicide Ghosts from the Netherflame Ghost Banner and formed a Ghost Tide around Evil Phoenix.
• Lei Dong secretly covered himself in qi armor imbued with the Indestructible Law while the Suicide Ghosts exploded around Evil Phoenix.
• Evil Phoenix dodged Lei Dong’s attacks, stopped her wounds from bleeding, and gradually adapted to the Finger Force as Lei Dong’s True Essence nearly ran out.

Lei Dong and Evil Phoenix fought to exhaustion, and Lei Dong unexpectedly infused Space Law into Ghost Shadow Escape. As they recognized the approaching cry of the Nine Nether Soul Devouring Insect King, Evil Phoenix realized she still had to help the Insect Emperor subdue it.

• Lei Dong summoned A Chou and Ghost Thorn and attacked Evil Phoenix with his Ghost Kings and Suicide Ghosts.
• Evil Phoenix pursued Lei Dong with Phoenix Dance Nine Heavens while their attacks steadily weakened both fighters.
• As Lei Dong neared collapse, a terrifying shriek startled him into using Ghost Shadow Escape, and he realized he had infused it with Space Law.
• Lei Dong and Evil Phoenix recognized the approaching cry as belonging to a Nine Nether Soul Devouring Insect.
• Evil Phoenix identified it as the Nine Nether Soul Devouring Insect King and remembered her agreement to help the Insect Emperor subdue it.

After the Nine Nether Soul Devouring Insect King appeared, Lei Dong and Evil Phoenix stopped fighting and prepared to face it together. The Insect Emperor revealed that the Insect King was his pet and that he had lured Evil Phoenix here to devour her Primordial Spirit, while Lei Dong quietly recovered his strength.

• Evil Phoenix recognized the Nine Nether Soul Devouring Insect King as a threat, and Lei Dong halted his attacks so they could join forces.
• The Insect Emperor appeared beside the Insect King, revealing that he controlled it and had not come to help Evil Phoenix.
• Evil Phoenix challenged the Insect Emperor and warned that the Nether Dragon Emperor would learn if she disappeared, while Lei Dong used a Top Grade Spirit Stone to restore his strength.
• The Insect Emperor praised Lei Dong's cunning, and Lei Dong asked whether he intended to recruit him.
• The Insect Emperor said he had lured Evil Phoenix to feed her Primordial Spirit to his pet, which he planned to strengthen with a Nether Dragon Primordial Spirit as well.

Lei Dong listened as the Insect Emperor explained the Corpse Insect Race’s claim to the Nether Domain, then watched Evil Phoenix fight the Nine Nether Soul Devouring Insect King. Evil Phoenix severely wounded the insect but was poisoned in return, while Lei Dong attacked the charging Insect Emperor with Yin Sha Heavenly Thunder.

• The Insect Emperor claimed the Corpse Insect Race had ancestral rights to the Nether Domain and intended to drive out races he considered invaders.
• The Insect Emperor revealed his insect-like true face and explained that his race shared an origin with the Nine Nether Soul Devouring Insect.
• The Nine Nether Soul Devouring Insect King attacked Evil Phoenix, who transformed into her black phoenix form and fought back.
• Evil Phoenix told Lei Dong she could not strike again, then grabbed the insect and pierced its head with her beak, pulling out a black bead as its tail barb poisoned her.
• The Insect Emperor rushed to aid his gravely wounded pet, but Lei Dong struck him with Yin Sha Heavenly Thunder, triggering a massive explosion.

Lei Dong used over a thousand Yin Sha Heavenly Thunder to attack Insect Emperor and the Nine Nether Soul Devouring Insect King, then fled with the unconscious Evil Phoenix and two Ghost Kings through the blast. As the Soul Devouring Insect King pursued them, A Chou stayed behind to buy Lei Dong time to escape, leaving Ghost Thorn grieving as it carried Lei Dong onward.

• Evil Phoenix risked her life to strike the Nine Nether Soul Devouring Insect King, giving Lei Dong the opening he needed.
• Lei Dong detonated all his Yin Sha Heavenly Thunder, and Evil Phoenix collapsed into his arms as the explosions devastated the area.
• Lei Dong escaped with Evil Phoenix and two Ghost Kings, but the blast shattered his armor and badly damaged his Asura Wings.
• The wounded Nine Nether Soul Devouring Insect King detected Lei Dong's group and raced after them.
• A Chou charged toward the pursuing insect to hold it off while Ghost Thorn carried Lei Dong and Evil Phoenix away.

Lei Dong fled after A Chou died holding off the Nine Nether Soul Devouring Insect King, then fell unconscious from his injuries. Evil Phoenix awakened, learned what Lei Dong had sacrificed to save her, and helped the group recover in a hidden void-like place.

• A Chou died fighting the Nine Nether Soul Devouring Insect King, severing his soul connection with Lei Dong and worsening Lei Dong’s injuries.
• Ghost Thorn carried Lei Dong and Evil Phoenix far from their pursuers, and Lei Dong fell unconscious.
• Evil Phoenix awakened, learned how Lei Dong had saved her, and thanked Ghost Thorn before tending to Lei Dong.
• Evil Phoenix brought out her Flying Boat, carried Lei Dong aboard, and gave Ghost Thorn a bottle of Soul-Tempering Dew.
• Evil Phoenix and Ghost Thorn remained in the void-like place to recover as years passed.

Evil Phoenix spent a decade recovering and caring for Lei Dong, who remained unconscious despite his body healing, while Ghost Thorn grew stronger under her care. As she considered investigating a dangerous point of light, Mystic Snake visited, and Evil Phoenix invited him aboard while secretly planning to use the visit to her advantage.

• Evil Phoenix healed for ten years and nursed Lei Dong with medicines, true essence, and Chaos Spirit Qi, but he did not wake.
• Ghost Thorn received treasures and training from Evil Phoenix and advanced to peak-level Ghost King.
• Evil Phoenix searched the surrounding Void Space for a way to awaken Lei Dong, but found nothing useful and hesitated to approach a mysterious point of light.
• Mystic Snake visited after learning human transformation and common etiquette from Evil Phoenix's Jade Slip.
• Evil Phoenix invited Mystic Snake into the Flying Boat after he promised not to cause trouble, while beginning to plot against him.

Evil Phoenix persuaded Mystic Snake to become an Attendant elder of her clan in exchange for taking him out of the Dark Void. She tricked him into binding himself to a Beast-Controlling Ring and left him eager to leave with her.

• Mystic Snake visited Evil Phoenix's Flying Boat and offered treasures in exchange for a trip to the civilized world.
• Evil Phoenix demanded that Mystic Snake serve her clan for a thousand years as an Attendant elder, promising him protection and status.
• Mystic Snake agreed after Evil Phoenix described the dangers of traveling alone in the civilized world.
• Evil Phoenix presented a Beast-Controlling Ring as an identity token and persuaded Mystic Snake to infuse it with his Essence Blood and part of his soul.
• Evil Phoenix completed the ring's binding and took control of Mystic Snake, who eagerly asked her to take him away.

Evil Phoenix enslaved the Mystic Snake and learned that a mysterious bright sphere was protected by powerful Yin Thunder. After traveling there, she identified the barrier’s defense as an Extreme Yin Heavenly Thunder formation and began studying how to break it.

• Evil Phoenix used the Beast-Controlling Ring to punish the Mystic Snake until it submitted and called her Master.
• Evil Phoenix questioned the Mystic Snake about the bright place, and it told her that Monster Beasts who approached it were often killed or badly injured by Yin Thunder.
• Evil Phoenix ordered the Mystic Snake to recover for a month before accompanying her to explore the place, believing it might be tied to Lei Dong’s awakening.
• Evil Phoenix piloted the Flying Boat toward the light for three months and reached a vast pale sphere surrounded by circling floating rocks.
• Evil Phoenix tested the sphere’s perimeter with a feather from Phoenix Dance Nine Heavens, and Extreme Yin Heavenly Thunder struck and damaged it.
• Evil Phoenix concluded that a formation triggered the thunder and began investigating how to break it.

Evil Phoenix studied the ancient barrier, then used the Netherflame Black Phoenix Flag to break through its weak point and lead her companions inside. Beyond it, she discovered an immense palace whose boundaries her divine sense could not reach.

• Evil Phoenix spent over a year studying the formation and found several flaws caused by its immense age.
• Evil Phoenix used the twelve Netherflame Black Phoenix Flags to bombard a weak point in the Light Barrier for more than a month, opening a small breach.
• Evil Phoenix piloted the Flying Boat through the breach while Extreme Yin Heavenly Thunder battered its defenses, and Mystic Snake was frightened by the lightning.
• Evil Phoenix passed through the barrier and saw an immense palace floating in the void.
• Evil Phoenix probed the palace with her divine sense but could not find its boundaries.

Evil Phoenix marveled at the vast floating palace as she considered the sealed realms and the forces influencing the Lower Realm. As Lei Dong began to stir inside the shadowy void, three mysterious figures appeared and a giant scorpion moved to attack them.

• Evil Phoenix surveyed the enormous floating palace and reflected on the Mother of All Spirits’ seal and the barriers between the realms.
• Evil Phoenix considered how the Immortal, Demon, and Demon Spirit Realms influenced the Six Domains and Nine Provinces through projections, clones, and alliances.
• Lei Dong’s Chaos Pagoda stirred within his Nascent Soul, drawing his scattered consciousness back together.
• Three mysterious figures appeared in a remote corner of the shadowy void, and a giant scorpion prepared to attack them.

Three powerful visitors entered the dark void and set out to find the Underworld King's ruins, while Lei Dong began to awaken inside the sealed complex. Evil Phoenix was trapped there with Lei Dong and the Netherworld Black Snake as two enormous bronze statues came to life and attacked them.

• Mei She captured and devoured the giant scorpion's Demon Infant after Dana crushed its body, and Blood Child ordered the group to continue toward the Underworld King's ruins.
• Lei Dong's awareness grew clearer as the Chaos Soul Devouring Pagoda reacted violently to something within the complex.
• Evil Phoenix tried to escape with Lei Dong when two oppressive auras appeared, but the energy Light Barrier sealed the breach and trapped them with the Netherworld Black Snake.
• The two bronze statues at the palace plaza awakened and flew toward Evil Phoenix.
• Evil Phoenix summoned the twelve Black Phoenix Banners and told the Netherworld Black Snake to take its true form and prepare to fight.

Evil Phoenix and the Netherworld Black Snake fought two powerful puppet generals guarding the Nether King's palace while Lei Dong neared the end of his long awakening. Lei Dong's body began absorbing the vast reserves of medicine and Chaos Spirit Qi within him, leaving him to endure repeated tearing and regeneration as the battle continued.

• Evil Phoenix recognized the intruders’ location as the Nether King's palace and refused the puppet generals’ demand to surrender.
• The two Early Spirit Transmutation puppet generals attacked, and Evil Phoenix and the Netherworld Black Snake fought back.
• Evil Phoenix gained the upper hand against one puppet, while the Mystic Snake was wounded and forced onto the defensive against the other.
• Evil Phoenix intervened to protect the Mystic Snake, turning the fight into a chaotic melee between the four combatants.
• Lei Dong’s mind cleared, and his dormant reserves of medicinal energy and Chaos Spirit Qi surged through his body.
• Lei Dong circulated the Profound Yin Heart Sutra as his tissues repeatedly tore apart and regenerated.