Recaps

Lei Dong weighed how to obtain the current Lord of the Abyss’s exotic treasure, then entered the Chaos Soul Devouring Pagoda to force its uncooperative artifact spirit to submit. The artifact spirit warned that without her help, Lei Dong could never defeat the Supreme of the Three Realms, as the Netherworld Inferno continued to burn her soul.

• Lei Dong considered whether to cooperate with the current Lord of the Abyss or King of Dawn to seize the Lord of the Abyss’s exotic treasure.
• Lei Dong retreated in King of Dawn’s secret chamber and entered the Chaos Soul Devouring Pagoda to deal with its artifact spirit.
• Lei Dong freed the artifact spirit from her sealed room, struck her with a divine-sense hammer, and bound her.
• Lei Dong burned the artifact spirit with Netherworld Inferno after she refused to cooperate, and she warned that the Chaos Pagoda would be far weaker without her.
• The artifact spirit told Lei Dong he would never defeat the Supreme of the Three Realms without her help, but Lei Dong continued burning her soul.

Lei Dong forced the Chaos Pagoda's artifact spirit to submit and bound her as his spirit servant. With her under control, he turned to unlocking the Chaos Soul Devouring Pagoda's potential and learned how its original purpose differed from the Devil Emperor's modifications.

• Lei Dong burned the little artifact spirit with nether flames until she begged him to spare her and promised to obey.
• Lei Dong stopped the flames, demanded that she accept blood sacrifice and soul refinement, and made her his spirit servant.
• Lei Dong considered how Mò Yáo had chosen to submit to him and how that differed from the little girl's resistance.
• Lei Dong focused on unlocking the Chaos Soul Devouring Pagoda's potential and learned it had been designed by the Nether King to oppose the Supreme Sovereigns of the Three Realms.
• The chapter explained that the Devil Emperor had refined a Chaos Origin into the pagoda and developed its ability to absorb Soul Force, create Soul Pills, and improve Spirit Ghosts.

Mei Xiang explained the Chaos Pagoda’s origins and its ability to devour souls and convert them into Chaos Spirit Qi and Chaos Origin. Lei Dong learned how the Nether God, Hades King, and Devil Emperor had shaped the artifact, then resolved to stay discreet until he could challenge the Three Supremes.

• Lei Dong named the artifact spirit girl Mei Xiang, who explained that the Hades King had inherited the Nether God’s legacy.
• Mei Xiang revealed that the Hades King designed the Chaos Pagoda as the foundation of a new world called the Ghost Realm, using it to devour souls and produce Chaos Spirit Qi and Chaos Origin.
• Mei Xiang explained that the Devil Emperor had developed Soul Pills from souls, but their impure Chaos Origin carried Baleful Intent that harmed humans and Monster Beasts.
• Lei Dong learned that the Devil Emperor had contributed a genuine piece of Chaos Origin to the Chaos Pagoda, giving it much of its power.
• Lei Dong reflected on the tragic fates of the Nether God, Hades King, and Devil Emperor and decided to keep a low profile until he could overthrow the Three Supremes.

Lei Dong fully activated the Chaos Soul Devouring Pagoda and discovered that its restored formations could turn souls into Chaos Spirit Qi and Chaos Origins for creating a new world. His first tests confirmed the process worked, but showed that producing a Chaos Crystal required enormous numbers of weak souls.

• Lei Dong used Mei Xiang's memories and the Devil Emperor's Chaos Origin to restore the Chaos Soul Devouring Pagoda's complete formation system.
• Lei Dong learned that the pagoda held the embryonic form of a new world designed by Lord Nether King, and promised Mei Xiang he would find her a body with a Primordial Spirit.
• Lei Dong fed prepared souls into the pagoda's vortex to test how it produced Chaos Spirit Qi and Chaos Origins.
• Mei Xiang reported that more than ten thousand Qi Refining-level souls yielded only one hundred-thousandth of a low-grade Chaos Crystal.
• Lei Dong tested stronger souls and learned that around ten million Foundation Establishment-level souls or one hundred thousand Golden Core-level souls could produce one Chaos Crystal.

Lei Dong learned that the Chaos Soul Devouring Pagoda could refine powerful beings into valuable Chaos Spirit Qi, then consolidated his rule over the Dawn Continent. He returned to the Yaksha Sea to thank Yaksha King and visit Tianmo, whose condition left him deeply moved.

• Lei Dong learned from Mei Xiang that Chaos Crystals were rare, precious stores of Chaos Spirit Qi, and that more evolved beings yielded far more of it when refined.
• Lei Dong set aside plans to test the Lord of the Abyss and focused on strengthening his forces before dealing with the remaining resistance in the Light Domain.
• Lei Dong and Lei Long purged Dawn Main City of suspected traitors, feeding their flesh to the Fierce Ghost Army and their souls to the Chaos Soul Devouring Pagoda, while controlling survivors with Ghost Gu.
• Lei Dong sent his armies to seize the Dawn Continent's major fortresses and teleportation arrays, trapping the three remaining enemy forces and preparing to offer them a chance to surrender.
• Lei Dong quietly returned to the Yaksha Sea, presented Yaksha King with Life Divine Water in gratitude, and stood before Tianmo, who remained suspended in the Soul of Water Separation.

Lei Dong’s forces swept across the Netherworld and beyond, killing powerful beasts and claiming their resources. Ghost Thorn delivered Life Divine Water and the alliance Jade Slip to Elder Li, then announced that Lei Dong had another important matter to discuss.

• Green Ghost led the Fifth Division of the Fierce Ghost Army in wiping out a Howling Moon Netherwolf pack and distributing the spoils by merit.
• Lei Dong’s armies and allies swept through the Domain Outside Space, the Great Desert, and the Yaksha Sea, hunting powerful creatures and collecting their souls.
• Ghost Thorn visited Elder Li and Li Chuchu in the Ten Thousand Puppet Sect, delivered Lei Dong’s regards, and gave Li Chuchu mechanical trinkets from Ding Wanyan.
• Ghost Thorn presented Elder Li with the promised Life Divine Water and received the alliance Jade Slip in return.
• Ghost Thorn told Elder Li that Lei Dong had an important matter he wanted to discuss.

Elder Li agreed to join Lei Dong’s alliance against the Abyss Domain after learning that eleven Spirit Transmutation-level experts would take part. At Lei Dong’s lair, the first Chaos Crystal was refined, and Mu Yanmei was chosen to use it first as she prepared to attempt a breakthrough to Spirit Transmutation.

• Ghost Thorn told Elder Li that Lei Dong had assembled eleven Spirit Transmutation-level experts for an expedition to the Abyss Domain, and Elder Li accepted the invitation.
• Lei Dong fed beast souls and Demon Infants into the Chaos Soul Devouring Pagoda until Mei Xiang refined its first Chaos Crystal.
• Lei Dong offered the Chaos Crystal to Mu Yanmei and Ding Wanyan, explaining that both had reached the Nascent Soul Peak and had better chances of breaking through than he did.
• Ding Wanyan urged Mu Yanmei to use the crystal first, citing Mu Yanmei’s sacrifice to save Lei Dong and her strength in battle.
• Mu Yanmei accepted the crystal and teased Lei Dong, while the group settled on her being the first to attempt Spirit Transmutation.

Ajana urged King of Holy Radiance to reclaim the Dawn Continent, but he refused to send an army while the Winged God Clan faced threats elsewhere. He revealed that the Lord of the Abyss had gained resources from a foreign realm, and he planned to strike the Abyss Domain before it grew stronger.

• Ajana visited King of Holy Radiance and asked him to rally the other kings for a counterattack on the Dawn Continent, offering to lead the vanguard.
• King of Holy Radiance explained that sealed teleportation formations and dangerous Void Devils made the journey through the Endless Void difficult.
• King of Holy Radiance warned Ajana that unrest among humans and the unification of the Netherworld Ghost Domain's races posed threats to the Winged God Clan.
• King of Holy Radiance revealed that the Lord of the Abyss had acquired resources from a foreign realm and was building an elite force.
• King of Holy Radiance told Ajana that the Winged God Clan must strike the Abyss Domain and seize the foreign realm's resources, arguing that the Dawn Continent might be a trap.

The Netherworld Ghost Emperor welcomed the Purgatory Devil King, who visited in the form of a Flame Monarch clone and met Xiao You. The two sovereigns then went inside to discuss an operation that might help them reach the late Spirit Transmutation stage.

• The Purgatory Devil King's Flame Monarch clone arrived at the Netherworld Palace and bantered with the Netherworld Ghost Emperor about the clone and Lei Dong.
• The Netherworld Ghost Emperor introduced Xiao You to the Purgatory Devil King, who praised her and gave her a storage ring as a congratulatory gift.
• The Purgatory Devil King asked the Netherworld Ghost Emperor to visit his palace and favor his descendants, but the Netherworld Ghost Emperor refused.
• The Netherworld Ghost Emperor invited the Purgatory Devil King inside to discuss an operation that could help them advance to the late Spirit Transmutation stage.

Lei Dong arrived at the Netherworld Palace for a gathering of peak experts, bringing Ding Wanyan, the Heavenly Devil, Profound Ice Devil Venerable, Lei Long, and a puppet—all Spirit Transmutation-level experts. His mastery of the Space Law impressed the assembled seniors, and he reunited with Xiao You before meeting Long Qianqiu.

• Peak experts gathered at the Netherworld Palace, where the Netherworld Ghost Emperor struggled to keep their old conflicts under control.
• Lei Dong arrived with five Spirit Transmutation-level companions, astonishing the experts who had come out to watch.
• Xiao You greeted Lei Dong affectionately, and he praised her for advancing to the Spirit Transmutation level.
• Ding Wanyan drew Xiao You aside to catch up with her while Lei Dong went to greet the gathered seniors.
• Lei Dong demonstrated his perfected mastery of the Space Law, surprising even the Netherworld Ghost Emperor and Purgatory Devil King.
• Evil Phoenix introduced Long Qianqiu to Lei Dong, and Long Qianqiu quickly assured him that he wanted no quarrel.

Lei Dong gathered powerful allies at the Netherworld Palace to plan their campaign, while building goodwill by explaining the Life Divine Water he had shared with several experts. He began recounting the battle against the White Armored Army on the Dawn Continent, and Evil Phoenix defended his account when the Devil Dragon Emperor doubted it.

• Lei Dong greeted the Devil Dragon Emperor and learned that the Yaksha King had advanced to the Mid Spirit Transmutation stage after receiving Life Divine Water from him.
• Purgatory Devil King asked Lei Dong for Life Divine Water and proposed raiding the Winged God Clan, but Lei Dong urged the group to focus on their more important plan first.
• The Netherworld Ghost Emperor invited the assembled experts into his palace, where Lei Dong took the lowest seat before the group began discussing their plans.
• Lei Dong described the White Armored Army's battle on the Dawn Continent and said it had included over a thousand Nascent Soul-level soldiers.
• The Devil Dragon Emperor questioned Lei Dong's claim, and Evil Phoenix told him to stop interrupting and trust Lei Dong's account.

Lei Dong briefed the assembled experts on the Lord of the Abyss’s resources, including Mind Devourers used to control an army of Nascent Soul-level soldiers. He warned that the Lord of the Abyss posed an urgent threat but could also offer the alliance an opportunity to grow stronger.

• Evil Phoenix defended Lei Dong, and the others teased her about her affection for him while Ding Wanyan joked about bringing her home.
• Lei Dong recounted how he defeated King of Dawn and explained that the Lord of the Abyss possessed strength-enhancing treasures and mind-controlling items.
• Lei Dong revealed a Mind Devourer and said he had refined the banner controlling a thousand White Armored Soldiers into his Nascent Soul.
• Purgatory Devil King and the other experts recognized the danger of Mind Devourers and realized Lei Dong now commanded a formidable army.
• Evil Phoenix warned that the Lord of the Abyss had likely amassed great power, and Lei Dong urged the alliance to act before he turned against them.

Lei Dong secured the peak experts’ agreement to form an alliance against the Abyss Domain and took command of the operation. After explaining the plan to exploit the conflict between the Lord of the Abyss and the King of Holy Radiance, he prepared to conceal most of the alliance’s strength with Thousand Illusion Masks.

• The Devil Dragon Emperor questioned whether attacking the Abyss Domain was too dangerous, but the Netherworld Ghost Emperor and Purgatory Devil King backed Lei Dong’s confidence.
• Lei Dong demanded that the alliance obey his orders and military law, and the gathered experts agreed to make him their commander.
• The experts formed an alliance and swore oaths recorded with Sound-fixing Talismans and Image-fixing Talismans.
• Lei Dong explained the feud between the former and current Lords of the Abyss, assessed the enemy’s strength, and described how the alliance would use the conflict with the King of Holy Radiance to its advantage.
• Elder Li reported that he had obtained twenty high-quality Thousand Illusion Masks, and Lei Dong instructed most of the experts to use them to conceal the alliance’s strength.
• The Flame Devil King tried on a Thousand Illusion Mask and transformed into a burly, middle-aged human while suppressing much of his aura.

Several years later, Lei Dong and his companions arrived in the Abyss Domain, where Xiao You rescued a nest of Abyssal Blood Hawk chicks from a giant scorpion. After clashing with their protective mother, the group discussed their journey and the possibility of having children before Lei Dong sensed something unusual in the sky.

• A giant scorpion attacked a nest of Abyssal Blood Hawk chicks, but Xiao You killed it with one blow and fed the chicks restorative pills.
• The chicks’ Nascent Soul Early Stage mother returned and attacked Xiao You, who repeatedly knocked it away while trying to explain that she had saved its young.
• Xiao You flew back to Lei Dong and complained that the mother bird had repaid her kindness with hostility.
• Ding Wanyan raised the question of having children with Lei Dong, and he asked to discuss it after they had settled their business in the Abyss Domain.
• Lei Dong sensed something unusual in the sky and sent his divine sense toward it.

Lei Dong spotted Bai Luo pursuing a Winged God Clan woman and an injured Succubus, and ordered his Hidden Dragon Army to intervene. The soldiers trapped the two women with a coordinated formation, while their fused spiritual sense left them unable to move.

• Lei Dong sensed Bai Luo and his Blood Hawk Army chasing two exhausted women toward his Flying Boats.
• Lei Dong learned that one woman belonged to the Winged God Clan and the other was an injured Succubus whom her companion refused to abandon.
• Bai Luo identified himself as a general under the Lord of the Abyss and asked the Nine Provinces Alliance Army to help capture the fugitives.
• After Xiao You pleaded for the women, Lei Dong ordered his Hidden Dragon Army to capture them.
• A deputy commander led three hundred Nascent Soul guards in forming a black Ghost Qi net, while their linked spiritual senses immobilized both women.

Lei Dong’s Hidden Dragon Army captured a Succubus Woman and a Winged Goddess, then met Bai Luo, who had come to welcome the Alliance Army. When Bai Luo claimed the captives as his prey, Lei Dong refused to hand them over.

• Lei Dong ordered the Hidden Dragon Army to bind and suppress the exhausted Succubus Woman and Winged Goddess, capturing them within a few breaths.
• Xiao You realized Lei Dong had captured the women to prevent conflict with Bai Luo, while the soldiers reported the mission complete.
• Bai Luo welcomed Lei Dong and praised the Hidden Dragon Army, but privately looked down on Lei Dong’s cultivation.
• Lei Dong pretended to lust after the captives and ordered his soldiers to take them away, hoping to hide his true strength.
• Bai Luo objected that the women were his prey, and Lei Dong answered that his army had caught them and would keep them.

Lei Dong confronted Bai Luo over the two Spirit Transformation women he had captured, then escorted Bai Luo toward the Abyss Domain while pretending to bargain over them. Back aboard the Harem, Lei Dong freed the Succubus Woman and the female Winged Person after accepting the Winged Person’s promise of resources and Life Divine Water, leaving Xiao You curious about their story.

• Bai Luo threatened Lei Dong, but backed down after Lei Dong’s powerful companions appeared and invoked his alliance with the Lord of the Abyss.
• Bai Luo offered five billion Spirit Stones for the two captives, and Lei Dong agreed to trade them only after he had enjoyed himself.
• Bai Luo led Lei Dong’s group toward the Abyss Domain while privately plotting that his lord would eventually destroy Lei Dong and seize his forces.
• Lei Dong brought the captives aboard the Harem and heard the female Winged Person offer twenty billion in resources and five bottles of Life Divine Water for her freedom.
• Lei Dong lifted the women’s restrictions and gave them pills, while Xiao You questioned why he was letting them go without asking how they had been hunted.

Lei Dong rescued two injured cultivators and revealed that he suspected the winged woman was Karina, the Bright Holy Domain’s King of Judgment, whom he hoped to win over as an ally. After recovering, Karina planned to warn Lei Dong about the danger of aligning with the Lord of the Abyss.

• Lei Dong reassured the Succubus Woman and winged woman, accepted the winged woman’s promised ransom, and arranged to escort them home after they recovered.
• Lei Dong’s companions accused him of ulterior motives, and he explained that he had rescued the women to turn a favor into a possible alliance against Bai Luo and the Lord of the Abyss.
• Lei Dong deduced that the winged woman was likely King of Judgment, whose integrity and opposition to corruption could put her at odds with the King of Holy Radiance.
• Karina confirmed her identity to the Succubus Woman, judged that Lei Dong meant them no harm, and decided to warn him about the Lord of the Abyss after she had healed.

Lei Dong discussed the Lord of the Abyss’s threat with Karina and Mei'er, who decided to join his campaign despite his warnings about Karina’s weakened Primordial Spirit. The alliance formed with Lei Dong in command, and Karina asked to kill King of Holy Radiance herself.

• Lei Dong thanked Karina for her warning but insisted he could handle the Lord of the Abyss.
• Mei'er warned Lei Dong that the Lord of the Abyss controlled five to seven thousand Nascent Soul level Mind Devourer troops.
• Karina insisted that she and Mei'er join Lei Dong’s forces, and Lei Dong agreed on the condition that they obey his orders.
• Lei Dong asked Karina to provide the promised resources and Life Divine Water, and she agreed while requesting more healing pills.
• Karina revealed that King of Holy Radiance had brought his capital into the Abyss Domain and asked to kill him herself.

Lei Dong learned how King of Judgment Karina resisted King of Holy Radiance’s attempts to control her and how Mei’er rescued her. Mei’er explained her history and revealed that she hoped Lei Dong might help change the Succubus race’s fate.

• Mei’er explained that King of Holy Radiance used a powerful Charm Technique to control women, but Karina resisted him for nearly a hundred years.
• Lei Dong praised Karina’s resolve and promised her the chance to kill King of Holy Radiance if it did not interfere with the greater plan.
• Mei’er recounted how she found a dangerous Otherworld rich in Chaos Spirit Qi, reached Spirit Transformation, and reported it to the former Lord of the Abyss.
• Mei’er said the former Lord of the Abyss betrayed her trust by forcing her to help ensnare King of Holy Radiance, so she chose to rescue Karina instead.
• After escaping pursuit and encountering Bai Luo, Mei’er and Karina were captured and then rescued by Lei Dong.
• Mei’er revealed that she had begun assessing Lei Dong as a possible ally who could help improve the Succubus race’s position in the Abyss Domain.

Lei Dong assessed the strength of the King of Holy Radiance’s invading forces and arrived at Abyss Main City with his own troops to meet his ally, Udis. Their friendly reunion and introductions left Udis impressed by Lei Dong’s forces and wives as the alliance prepared for the coming conflict.

• Mei'er and the King of Judgment gave Lei Dong intelligence revealing the scale of the King of Holy Radiance’s army, including its Winged God Clan troops, human soldiers, and Sky City strongholds.
• Lei Dong reviewed the strength of his own armies and allies, concluding that the enemy’s numbers would not overturn the balance in his favor.
• After more than a month of travel, Lei Dong’s Flying Boats reached Abyss Main City, where Udis personally came out with his elite troops to welcome him.
• Lei Dong displayed five thousand Hidden Dragon soldiers, fifty thousand Fierce Ghost soldiers, and nearly a thousand White Armored soldiers before greeting Udis.
• Lei Dong introduced his wives to Udis, who was surprised to discover that four of them were Spirit Transmutation experts and gave each a pale-gold crystal stone.

Lei Dong and Udis exchanged gifts and concealed their true intentions while assessing each other’s armies and resources. Udis introduced his powerful generals, leaving Lei Dong to learn more about the forces of the Abyss Domain.

• Ding Wanyan accepted a small Chaos Crystal from Udis, and Lei Dong explained that he had found Chaos Spirit Qi in the Nether River and used it to nourish a Chaos Golden Lotus.
• Lei Dong suggested that Udis had obtained an otherworldly space, and Udis promised him great benefits while privately planning to use Lei Dong and his army as cannon fodder.
• The Netherworld Ghost Emperor and the Purgatory Devil King posed as soldiers in Lei Dong’s Hidden Dragon Army and privately joked about Lei Dong having outsmarted them in the past.
• Udis praised Lei Dong’s armies while considering how to take control of them, and Lei Dong privately resolved to protect the foundation Udis had inherited.
• Udis introduced Bris, a powerful Naga general, followed by the young Abyssal Demon generals Wumu and Wushi.

Lei Dong negotiated with the Lord of the Abyss for Chaos Crystals in exchange for joining the war against King of Holy Radiance. After securing sixty crystals, Lei Dong began bargaining for Heavenly Spirit Stones, arguing that Chaos Crystals had changed their value.

• The Lord of the Abyss and Lei Dong discussed the threat from King of Holy Radiance and the Shadow Devil Race elder, and Lei Dong demanded payment to commit his army.
• Lei Dong rejected the Lord of the Abyss's offer of twenty Chaos Crystals and negotiated him up to sixty.
• The Lord of the Abyss gave Lei Dong a storage ring containing exactly sixty small Chaos Crystals, believing the investment would eventually benefit his own forces.
• Lei Dong asked the Lord of the Abyss for about a hundred Heavenly Spirit Stones and argued that Chaos Crystals were now far more valuable for cultivation.

Lei Dong negotiated a hundred Heavenly Spirit Stones from the Lord of the Abyss in exchange for leading an attack on King of Blazing Star, while arranging diversions and protection from reinforcements. Meanwhile, Mei'er and Ghost Thorn secretly approached the Bone-Eating Deep Pool, where Blood Hawk’s garrison guarded the entrance to the mysterious otherworld, and Mei'er agreed to delay rescuing the succubi until their mission was complete.

• Lei Dong secured a hundred Heavenly Spirit Stones by agreeing to destroy King of Blazing Star’s forces, and the Lord of the Abyss promised to tie down enemy leaders and intercept reinforcements.
• Lei Dong and the Lord of the Abyss began planning their attack using intelligence and maps.
• Mei'er and Ghost Thorn observed Blood Hawk and his Abyssal Demons torturing and killing succubi at the Bone-Eating Deep Pool.
• Ghost Thorn warned Mei'er that rescuing the succubi would expose their covert mission and endanger her people throughout the Abyss Domain.
• Mei'er agreed to hold back until the mission was complete and demanded that Blood Hawk and his subordinates be killed afterward.

Mei'er revisited the abuses that shaped her resolve to win power for the succubi, then guided Ghost Thorn and an elite Fierce Ghost Army squad into the Chaos Spirit Qi-filled pocket dimension. After finding Mind Devourers had spread through the realm under Udis, Ghost Thorn ordered the group to conceal themselves and establish formations.

• Mei'er recalled how the Shadow Demon King saved her from Abyssal bandits and how she vowed to change the succubi's fate through strength.
• After Blood Hawk and his men finished abusing and imprisoning succubi, Ghost Thorn told Mei'er to lead the army into the other space.
• Ghost Thorn and the stealth squad entered the pocket dimension, where its abundant Chaos Spirit Qi raised his hopes of reaching Ghost Emperor.
• Mei'er led the group to her former refuge, where they killed a lair of Golden Core-level Abyssal creatures.
• Ghost Thorn discovered Mind Devourers had possessed the creatures, and Mei'er warned that Udis's activity had strengthened their forces.
• Ghost Thorn ordered the squad to conceal their location and establish a space formation, a Chaos Spirit Gathering Formation, and a Chaos Crystal refining formation.