Chapter Summaries

Li Yi battled Chang Tian Monarch with the Taiji Domain, but Chang Tian Monarch broke free and wounded him with his Divine Kingdom. Li Yi summoned the Black Arm to kill Chang Tian Monarch, leaving the allied army shaken as Hong He Monarch urged the remaining Monarchs to attack before Li Yi recovered.

• Li Yi trapped Chang Tian Monarch in the Taiji Domain and wounded him with sword qi that passed through his defenses.
• Chang Tian Monarch summoned his Divine Kingdom and shattered the domain with a pillar of light, then struck Li Yi with solidified space.
• Li Yi summoned the Black Arm, which crushed Chang Tian Monarch to dust as the allied Monarchs watched in fear.
• Sars supported Li Yi as he returned to the Azure Flood Dragon, while the Witch God Sect's army cheered and the allied army lost morale.
• Hong He Monarch reassured the allied Monarchs that Li Yi was weakened and urged them to kill him before he recovered.

Li Yi’s Witch God Sect routed the allied army in the eastern Underworld Continent while the Main Body suppressed its strongest Monarchs. As the Witch God Sect withdrew from a sudden eruption underground, the legendary Mirror Demon appeared, leaving Li Yi facing a peak Eight Tribulations cultivator.

• Li Yi sent the Witch God Sect’s forces into battle while the Main Body pinned Hong He Monarch and the allied army’s strongest fighters in place.
• Sars, the general, Yu Fei, and other Witch God Sect fighters overwhelmed the allied forces, while a Stone Coffin gathered the fallen soldiers’ bodies and souls.
• The Witch God Sect seized the upper hand and routed the allied army, which fled in chaos.
• Golden light erupted from underground, and Li Yi ordered the Witch God Sect to retreat a hundred miles.
• Mirror Demon emerged from below, and Hong He Monarch and the others bowed to him as Sars explained his reputation as a peak Eight Tribulations cultivator who had once driven the eastern region’s seven great powers away.

Li Yi’s Main Body defeated the Mirror Demon, whose hidden Extreme Dao Emperor Artifact could not overcome his power. With the Mirror Demon and Hong He Monarch’s faction surrendering, the Witch God Sect secured control of the eastern region.

• The Mirror Demon demanded that Li Yi withdraw his troops, but Li Yi called on the Main Body as the Mirror Demon and the sky’s silver eyes clashed.
• The Main Body emerged and struck the Mirror Demon down, revealing strength comparable to a Sovereign.
• The Mirror Demon summoned an Extreme Dao Emperor Artifact and attacked the Main Body with a golden beam.
• The Main Body blocked the beam with tombstones, shattered it, and seized the mirror.
• Li Yi demanded surrender, and the Mirror Demon and Hong He Monarch’s faction submitted, allowing Li Yi to place a Soul Restriction on the Mirror Demon.

Li Yi and the Main Body confronted the Artifact Spirit inside the Wuhua Ancient Mirror after the Mirror Demon revealed how the artifact had trapped and hindered him. The Main Body’s will entered the mirror, where Li Yi found a vast, lifeless starry world and heard a voice order him to leave.

• After the Witch God Sect defeated its enemies in eastern Underworld Continent, Li Yi left the remaining forces to Sars, Yu Fei, and the Monarchs under his control.
• Li Yi asked the Mirror Demon how he had obtained the Wuhua Ancient Mirror, and the Mirror Demon said he found it in an Ancient Tomb in the Abyss of Falling.
• The Mirror Demon revealed that an Artifact Spirit in the mirror had eroded his soul and body, preventing him from advancing to the Sovereign level.
• Li Yi ordered the Main Body to attack the mirror with its will, while the Mirror Demon endured the pain in hopes of breaking their connection.
• The Main Body’s black will overwhelmed the mirror’s golden attacks and entered its inner world, where Li Yi saw countless dead stars and heard an unseen voice tell him to leave.

The Main Body fought the Wuhua Ancient Mirror’s Mirror Spirit, enduring its devastating attacks and countering with Forbidden Power. When the Mirror Spirit’s seal exposed mysterious yellow blood on ancient talismans, the Main Body tried to touch it and was repelled, leaving its finger bleeding.

• The Mirror Spirit attacked the Main Body with golden metal rays, but the Main Body blocked them with a protective hemisphere.
• The Mirror Spirit transformed the surrounding stars into a colossal ancient mirror and unleashed a golden-black sea of fire.
• The Main Body summoned a continent of tombs and snow, which extinguished the flames and shattered the Mirror Spirit’s metal chains.
• The Mirror Spirit fired Wuhua Light, splitting the continent, and the Main Body prepared to escape through a Space-time Vortex.
• The Mirror Spirit screamed as ancient talismans bearing mysterious yellow blood appeared on its face, interrupting its attack.
• The Main Body reached toward the blood, was violently flung away, and found that its finger had been injured.

Main Body reconstructed a vision from the Profound Yellow Blood, revealing two Great Emperors and the destruction of a vast forest, then used mysterious power to subdue Mirror Spirit and claim the Wuhua Ancient Mirror. Li Yi left the secret chamber with the freed Mirror Demon and returned to the central hall, where Sars, Jiang Shuai, Yu Fei, and fourteen Monarchs awaited.

• Main Body used his transformed eyes to reveal a vision of two Great Emperors fighting with an ancient mirror and golden maces, destroying a vast forest and shattering the mirror.
• Li Yi realized the ancient mirror was a fragment and the Profound Yellow Blood might belong to a Great Emperor.
• Main Body sent Essence Blood through a passage in space and time, frightening Mirror Spirit into surrendering and accepting a restriction on its soul.
• Mirror Demon was freed from its shackles as Main Body withdrew from the mirror, and Li Yi thanked Mirror Demon for its help.
• Main Body took the Wuhua Ancient Mirror away to study its seal and the Great Emperor's Blood.
• Li Yi and Mirror Demon returned to the central hall, where Sars, Jiang Shuai, Yu Fei, and fourteen newly subdued Monarchs greeted them.

After consolidating control of the Eastern District, Li Yi ordered the Witch God Sect to relocate to the central region and prepare a grand celebration. During the move, he and Mirror Demon led the monarchs in reforging Ancient Witch City into a powerful Divine Lord-grade treasure, leaving the sect with a formidable stronghold.

• Li Yi reviewed Sars's report that the entire Eastern District had submitted and ordered the Witch God Sect to relocate and host a grand celebration.
• The Witch God Sect moved Ancient Witch City toward the center of the Eastern District as cultivators watched from below.
• Li Yi had the army withdraw while Mirror Demon and the seventeen monarchs surrounded Ancient Witch City and began reforging it with rare materials and powerful restrictions.
• After three days, Ancient Witch City became a vast Divine Lord-grade magic treasure capable of resisting monarchs' attacks.
• Li Yi approved of the completed city, which would protect the Witch God Sect while he was away.

Li Yi held a grand celebration for the Witch God Sect after inviting forces across the Underworld Continent, while the seven major forces arrived together and tried to intimidate him. Li Yi confronted them, then welcomed them into Ancient Witch City and opened the celebration as the sect’s followers hailed him as Emperor.

• Li Yi ordered tens of trillions of Witch God Sect troops to help build Ancient City, while Jian Fan grew uneasy over the sect’s growing power.
• Yu Hua Monarch delivered Jian Fan an invitation to the Witch God Sect’s ceremony, and Jian Fan accepted with hostility.
• The Witch God Sect sent invitations throughout the Underworld Continent, and guests flocked to the newly rebuilt Ancient Witch City.
• Jian Fan led the seven major forces in releasing a combined aura to pressure the Witch God Sect, but Li Yi and his allies met their force and challenged their intentions.
• Li Yi let the seven major forces enter across a rainbow bridge, then opened the celebration as fireworks lit the sky and the Witch God Sect’s followers cried, “Emperor!”

The Moon Emperor awakened as the first of the Holy Clan’s Saint Sons and sent a powerful clone to destroy the Hong Huang Clan remnants. Meanwhile, Liu Fei survived his Law Divine Tribulation and advanced to the Fifth Tribulation Saint Venerable Realm.

• The Ninth Saint Son, the Moon Emperor, emerged from his cocoon and learned that the other eight Saint Sons remained asleep.
• The Moon Emperor heard that Hong Huang Clan remnants had appeared in the Underworld Continent and decided to attack them.
• The Moon Emperor sent a clone approaching Sovereign strength to destroy the Hong Huang Clan remnants.
• Liu Fei underwent a Law Divine Tribulation outside the Witch God Sect, while Li Yi and others watched.
• With the Heaven-Avoiding Divine Pearl, Liu Fei survived the tribulation and advanced to the Fifth Tribulation Saint Venerable Realm.

A thousand years after Witch God Sect secured the Eastern District, Li Yi bid farewell to friends who set out to explore, then entered seclusion and advanced to the Five-Tribulation Saint Venerable realm over a million years. After he emerged, Sars reported the sect’s growth and the rise of Stone in Sword and others to the Divine Lord Realm, while the major factions had made no moves.

• Moon Emperor escaped after encountering a powerhouse at Witch God Sect, and Li Yi set out to respond to the Holy Clan’s attack.
• A thousand years passed as Witch God Sect consolidated its rule and enforced a ban on fighting in Eastern District cities.
• Tongtian, River Styx, Liu Fei, Zhen Yuanzi, Shen Ni, and others drank with Li Yi before departing to pursue their own paths.
• Li Yi entrusted the sect’s affairs to Sars and entered seclusion, where a million years passed without another breakthrough beyond the Five-Tribulation Saint Venerable realm.
• Sars told Li Yi that the sect had grown greatly and that Stone in Sword and other allies had reached the Divine Lord Realm.
• Sars reported that the Ancient Sword Sect and six other major factions had made no major moves, leaving Li Yi wary.

A vast Yellow River filled the sky above the Underworld Continent, signaling the return of the dangerous Underworld Realm and drawing cultivators from across the Eternal World. As Li Yi prepared to enter for the Yellow Springs Soul Crystal, a group of Black Robed Figures headed for the Ancient Sword Sect.

• A Yellow River and countless savage vengeful spirits appeared above the Underworld Continent, and Li Yi shielded the Witch God Sect from the falling resentment.
• Mirror Demon identified the phenomenon as the sign that the Underworld Realm was about to appear, and Li Yi recalled that it held the soul-strengthening Yellow Springs Soul Crystal.
• Cultivators from across the Eternal World flocked to the Underworld Continent, including Nangong Bei, while Sovereigns were barred from entering.
• Li Yi brought out Nuwa and Zhunti's ice coffins and resolved to seek a Yellow Springs Soul Crystal for his own strength, with their possible awakening as an added benefit.
• Before the Underworld Realm opened on the seventh day, several Black Robed Figures flew toward the Ancient Sword Sect.

As the Underworld Realm opened, powerful factions gathered around its entrance, including Li Yi’s Witch God Sect and the allied seven great factions. Li Yi recognized black-robed enemies and the Holy Light Hall among the gathering powers, warned his sect to stay alert, and told his companions about his past conflict with the Holy Light Hall.

• The Underworld Realm opened, and powerful factions seized the mountains around its vortex, driving away weaker cultivators.
• The seven great factions arrived with mysterious black-robed figures who appeared to lead them, while a Woman in Red learned that the Witch God Sect had risen to power.
• Li Yi chose Mirror Demon, Sars, and Luohua to enter the Underworld Realm, ordered Jiang Shuai and the others to guard the sect, and mobilized Blood Prison City’s forces.
• Li Yi arrived at the vortex on the Azure Flood Dragon with his forces, drawing attention from the gathered factions and recognition from Nangong Bei and the Holy Light Hall.
• The Moon Emperor’s clone vowed to destroy the Witch God Sect, while Li Yi spotted the black-robed figures and warned Sars to alert Jiang Shuai.
• Li Yi recognized the Holy Light Hall as an old enemy and explained his history with them to Luohua Monarch, Mirror Demon, and the others.

Li Yi ordered the Witch God Sect to attack Holy Light Hall before the Underworld Realm opened, and his forces overwhelmed the opposing monarchs. After Mirror Demon killed Holy Light Hall’s Eight Tribulation Monarch, Jian Fan and the others secretly resolved to kill Mirror Demon.

• Li Yi agreed to attack Holy Light Hall, and Mirror Demon, Sars, and Yuhua began fighting its monarchs.
• Mirror Demon battled Holy Light Hall’s Eight Tribulation Monarch while Sars and Yuhua engaged other defenders.
• When two Holy Light Hall monarchs targeted Li Yi, six of his monarchs appeared and defeated them; Hong He Monarch extracted their memories and killed them.
• Li Yi sent the six monarchs to reinforce Sars and Yuhua as Mirror Demon destroyed Holy Light Hall’s Eight Tribulation Monarch.
• Moon Emperor predicted Mirror Demon could reach the Sovereign Realm within five million years, prompting Jian Fan and the others to resolve to kill him.

Li Yi led a thousand selected cultivators across the blood-soaked bridge into the Underworld Realm. There, he noticed several figures were missing and warned his companions that Jian Fan's group might be plotting against them.

• Li Yi ordered the Blood Prison Five Ancestors to send all but a thousand cultivators back to the Witch God Sect before the Underworld Realm opened.
• As the wooden bridge extended from the passage, cultivators fought and killed one another to enter before the three-quarter-hour deadline.
• Mirror Demon cut a bloody path through the crowd, allowing Li Yi and his group to cross the bridge and enter the Underworld Realm.
• On a vast plain inside the realm, Li Yi noticed two Black Robed Figures, Larson, Tie Lin, and Li Xiaotian were missing and warned his companions to be wary of Jian Fan's group.
• Jian Fan and his allies discussed securing the Yellow Springs Soul Crystals first, while the two Black Robed Figures assured them Li Yi would die.

Li Yi and the others waited for the Jade Blood Beads that granted entry to the Nine Trials of the Yellow Springs, then gathered with powerful factions to divide them. When two Black Robed Figures tried to seize half the beads, Li Yi ordered Mirror Demon to stop them and revealed a faint, devastating aura, leaving the factions on the brink of conflict.

• Li Yi and the others waited as 3,650 Jade Blood Beads appeared, and unaffiliated monarchs each took one while a Peak Saint Venerable was killed for trying to claim a bead.
• Thousand Fire Monarch proposed that the seven largest factions take three quarters of the beads, but Jian Fan and the Woman in Red rejected his proposal.
• Nangong Bei recognized Li Yi, rushed to greet him, and joined his side after Mirror Demon let him through.
• Two Black Robed Figures displayed strange powers, demanded 1,500 beads, and began drawing them toward themselves while the other factions held back.
• Li Yi ordered Mirror Demon to cut off the first Black Robed Figure's hand, forcing him to withdraw as the beads returned to the air.
• When the second Black Robed Figure challenged Li Yi, Li Yi stood his ground and released a faint aura that made the surrounding space creak.

Li Yi divided the Jade Blood Beads among the factions, then led the cultivators into Ghost Gate Pass, the first of the Nine Trials of the Yellow Springs. Inside the fog-filled pass, divine sense could not penetrate, so Li Yi ordered the Witch God Sect to form a formation and move together.

• Li Yi’s overwhelming aura forced the two Black Robed Figures to withdraw, and he took 1,010 Jade Blood Beads before scattering the rest among the factions.
• Jian Fan protested that his faction received fewer beads, but Li Yi challenged him to ask the others to give theirs back, and Jian Fan fell silent.
• Li Yi and the Witch God Sect infused their Jade Blood Beads with blood, and the beads became flame marks that transported the cultivators to Ghost Gate Pass.
• Li Yi opened the ancient gate and led the Witch God Sect inside, followed by the Woman in Red and the other factions.
• When the cultivators found that divine sense could not penetrate the white fog, Li Yi ordered the Witch God Sect to form a formation, and the other factions did likewise.

Li Yi led the Witch God Sect through Ghost Gate Pass's deadly white mist, identifying ghost creatures and using lightning to survive without losses. After the battered factions gathered outside, an enchanting chime drew the cultivators into a dreamlike vision as ghost-filled gray vapor entered their bodies.

• A Seven Tribulation Monarch died before the factions entered the white mist, and Li Yi led the Witch God Sect inside.
• Ghost creatures attacked the Witch God Sect formation, and Li Yi identified them after the sect drove one off.
• Li Yi ordered the cultivators to use lightning, then form a lightning formation that helped them repel ghost creatures and cross the mist.
• Li Yi and the Witch God Sect escaped after battling three king-level ghost creatures, while other factions emerged with heavy losses.
• A chime sounded as the cultivators rested, and a dreamlike paradise appeared while gray vapor filled with ghost faces entered their bodies.

Li Yi and the other cultivators survived an illusion and destroyed the long-haired skeletons that had killed hundreds of travelers, claiming Yellow Springs Soul Crystals from the remains. After mourning the Witch God Sect’s dead, Li Yi led his group onward to six ancient gates, where they had to choose their next path.

• An illusionary song and gray mist caused hundreds of cultivators to die before Li Yi’s left arm dispelled the mist and jolted him awake.
• Li Yi, Mirror Demon, the Woman in Red, and the Black Robed Figures broke free of the illusion and called the others back to their senses.
• Long-haired skeletons attacked from underground, but Li Yi and the other cultivators destroyed them with a barrage of attacks.
• Sars identified the crystals dropped by the skeletons as Yellow Springs Soul Crystals, and the groups scrambled to collect them.
• Li Yi mourned the Witch God Sect cultivators who had died, ordered their bodies gathered, and continued along the yellow road.
• Li Yi’s group reached six ancient gates inscribed with the names Soul Severing Ravine, White Bone Palace, Black Desert, Life Seizing Arena, Nether Sea, and Corpse City.

Li Yi chose the Black Desert trial and led his group into its escalating attacks, while Jian Fan's group was driven into a desperate retreat through Corpse City. The other factions also faced dangerous trials.

• Li Yi chose the middle gate to the Black Desert, and Mirror Demon and the others followed him inside.
• Jian Fan chose Corpse City with the two Black Robed Figures, while the remaining factions entered other gates.
• Li Yi tested the Black Desert with a blood-marked Magic Treasure and discovered that black-sand arms attacked it.
• Li Yi led his group forward behind a formation barrier as the sand arms grew stronger and struck more frequently.
• Li Yi ordered the Witch God Sect cultivators to hurry when the barrier came under mounting strain.
• Jian Fan and his companions fled a horde of mostly lord-level zombies, some wielding Peerless Fierce Soldiers.

Li Yi and his party endured the Black Desert’s escalating attacks and reached its edge, where the desert gathered into a colossal Black Sand Giant. Mirror Demon judged the giant to be at the Peak of Eight Tribulations and admitted he could not guarantee victory.

• Li Yi and his party fought their way through the Black Desert, collecting more than a million pieces of its nearly unbreakable black mineral.
• The sand arms grew powerful enough to threaten even a Seven Tribulation Monarch, but they crumbled when the desert suddenly fell silent.
• Li Yi and his party used the lull to cross the central region and approach the oasis beyond the desert.
• Countless tornadoes and crushing pressure erupted, so Li Yi, Mirror Demon, and the others lent Magic Power to support the Witch God Sect cultivators.
• Mysterious runes drew the black sand into a towering Black Sand Giant, whose enormous head emerged from the clouds.
• Mirror Demon assessed the giant as a Peak of Eight Tribulations opponent with vastly more power than he possessed and could not promise to defeat it.