Chapter Summaries

Su Miao, a newly ascended Saint from another world, explained her world’s teachings and her close relationship with Jieyin and Zhunti while the gathered immortals questioned her. As she remembered what she had done after drinking Heart Wine, a powerful wave of Saint Power approached, which Taiyi Zhenren recognized as his Master.

• Li Changchou questioned Su Miao about the Second Reincarnation, and she wondered whether two Reincarnations could coexist.
• Su Miao said she had recently become a Saint and described a world with Farm Teachings, where Yun Xiao was her fellow disciple and Duobao had joined the Western Teachings.
• Su Miao explained that Jieyin and Zhunti were her Martial Uncles, that they had tested her feelings for them with Heart Wine, and that she had feelings for both.
• Su Miao remembered touching her Martial Uncles and confessing her affection while drunk, then blushed at the thought of the Jieyin before her.
• A surge of Saint Power reached the group, and Taiyi Zhenren recognized it as his Master.

Su Miao met Yuanshi, who recognized her as the disciple of his counterpart from another world and was moved by her stories of her Masters. After she exposed Jieyin’s plan for a Second Reincarnation, she agreed to visit Spirit Mountain and help restore the West’s Earth Veins, leaving Taiyi Zhenren to wonder whether Jieyin had lured her away.

• Su Miao recognized Yuanshi’s familiar aura, introduced herself as Miao Heng, and explained how her Three Masters treated her.
• Yuanshi learned that his counterpart had taken Su Miao as his only disciple, removed his mask, and felt unsettled when she accidentally called him Master.
• Su Miao sensed that a force had interfered with the Earth Veins and confirmed it had been suppressed, while Li Changchou identified Jieyin’s plan to establish a Second Reincarnation.
• Su Miao warned Jieyin about the karma and harm his plan could cause, then offered to visit Spirit Mountain and teach him to restore the Western Earth Veins.
• Jieyin invited Su Miao to return for a meal and promised better wine, while Taiyi Zhenren muttered that she was being lured away.

Drunk and grieving, Su Miao mistook this world’s Yuanshi and Tongtian for their counterparts and fell asleep in Yuanshi’s arms. After Yuanshi took her away, the others speculated about her identity and the Saints’ interest in her, while she dreamed of calling Jieyin and Zhunti her wonderful Martial Uncles.

• Su Miao asked Yuanshi to take her home, and he comforted her and let her stay with him for now.
• Tongtian arrived, and Su Miao mistook him for her Third Master before Yuanshi drew her protectively into his arms.
• Su Miao cried that she missed everyone, then fell asleep as Yuanshi held her; Jieyin offered to host her, but Yuanshi refused.
• Yuanshi carried Su Miao through a Void Rift and warned that he would investigate if anyone had taken advantage of her vulnerability.
• Li Changchou told Tongtian to avoid Su Miao, and later suggested that Jieyin and Yuanshi both seemed unusually interested in her.
• Su Miao dreamed that Jieyin and Zhunti asked whether she had feelings for them, and she confidently called them her wonderful Martial Uncles.

As the Wu-Demon War approached, Su Miao arranged for Tongtian and Zhunti to teach Farm Teachings Disciples by analyzing the battle on a water screen. Their joint lecture continued as the Demon Clan and Wu Race fought, leaving the Disciples debating which Saint explained better.

• Granny Yan told Su Miao that the Wu Race and Demon Clan were expected to clash within days, and Su Miao proposed holding another battle lecture with Tongtian.
• Su Miao persuaded Zhunti to join Tongtian as a lecturer, covering temperament, strategy, and Karmic Debt.
• Hundreds of thousands of Disciples gathered at the Viewing Plaza, where Tongtian and Zhunti appeared on separate Cloud Platforms.
• As the battle began, Tongtian demonstrated how to identify the weak point in the Demon Clan's formation, while Zhunti explained the Wu Race commander's fear and instability.
• Tongtian and Zhunti analyzed the shifting battle and argued over their explanations as the Disciples listened and wondered which Saint taught better.

Tongtian and Zhunti taught the Farm Teachings Disciples to analyze the ongoing battle, combining practical lessons on formations and tactics with instruction on state of mind and karmic debt. As the Disciples grew more skilled at studying the fighting, Su Miao left through the Teleportation Array to return to the Netherworld.

• Tongtian explained how Xing Tian’s axe strikes disrupted the Demon Clan’s formation, while Zhunti warned that battle and killing intent were clouding Xing Tian’s mind.
• Tongtian and Zhunti argued over whether a Demon General’s instability came from poor cultivation or an unstable state of mind, then bet on which of them would attract more Disciples.
• The Saints took turns teaching battle tactics and mental discipline, drawing enthusiastic responses from the Disciples.
• Xuan ordered the Disciples to submit reflections on tactics, mentality, and lessons for Farm Teachings within three days.
• Over the following days, the Disciples became more adept at analyzing the battle, and the Scripture Repository’s Tribulation Database rapidly grew.
• Su Miao walked through the crowd and departed through the Teleportation Array for the Netherworld.

Su Miao visited the newly built Netherworld and learned that Houtu’s realm lacked both workers and a stable system. Su Miao called on Heavenly Dao for help, and Heavenly Dao brought Earthly Dao to the hall.

• Su Miao reunited with Houtu and saw how Fengdu City and the Netherworld had developed.
• Houtu explained that the Underworld’s many duties overwhelmed the Farm Teachings Disciples while her Wu Race members avoided clerical work.
• Su Miao agreed that the Underworld needed a lasting system and could not depend on the Disciples or force Houtu’s clan to do unsuitable work.
• Su Miao summoned Heavenly Dao and challenged it to help address the Underworld’s shortage of people and rules.
• Heavenly Dao said the Underworld fell under Earthly Dao’s jurisdiction, then summoned Earthly Dao to the hall.

Su Miao secured Heavenly Dao and Earthly Dao’s authorization to reform the Underworld’s divine offices and created a position list. She and Houtu prepared competitive exams and training materials, then Su Miao returned to Kunlun to seek help improving the Underworld’s laws.

• Su Miao asked Earthly Dao to authorize a reform of the Underworld’s divine offices, and Houtu and Heavenly Dao supported her.
• Heavenly Dao and Earthly Dao created the Hell God Position List, which assigned the Ancestral Witches to the Ten Palace Yama Kings and left other roles vacant.
• Su Miao proposed ten-thousand-year terms and competitive selection through written exams, interviews, internships, and performance reports, and Houtu helped revise the plan.
• Su Miao and Houtu spent several days compiling study materials on the Underworld, its laws, common cases, and the selection process.
• Su Miao decided the Underworld’s laws needed more detail and teleported back to Kunlun to ask the Primordial Heavenly Lord for help.

Su Miao enlisted Yuanshi to refine the Netherworld’s basic laws, then worked with Houtu to prepare the Underworld reforms and recruited Farm Teachings Disciples to staff its divine offices. After announcing ten-thousand-year terms and competitive examinations, she left the Disciples scrambling to study, while Dapeng abandoned his idea of working in the Netherworld and Kong Xuan focused on the Inner Sect assessment.

• Su Miao visited Yuanshi, who expanded the thirty-six basic laws into one hundred and eight detailed articles for the Netherworld reforms.
• Su Miao and Houtu prepared the reform materials and decided Farm Teachings Disciples would handle clerical work while Wu Race members helped with construction and farming.
• Su Miao announced that Underworld divine offices would have ten-thousand-year terms, with written examinations, interviews, and performance reports determining appointments and renewals.
• Farm Teachings Disciples rushed to the Scripture Repository to study Netherworld laws, while Wen Shou Zhuo struggled to manage the crowd.
• Dapeng considered applying for Netherworld work, but Kong Xuan warned him that the environment would conflict with his Phoenix traits, so Dapeng gave up and Kong Xuan returned to preparing for the Inner Sect assessment.

Su Miao and Houtu oversaw exams and interviews as Farm Teachings Disciples filled the Underworld’s new posts while the Wu Race took on construction work. After approving Shi Gan’s internship as a Ghost Gate Pass General, Su Miao received Tongtian’s warning that the Witch-Demon conflict was escalating and returned to the sect as its main force prepared to move out.

• Wen Shou Zhuo struggled to manage the crowded Scripture Repository as Disciples borrowed Jade Slips to study Netherworld knowledge.
• Su Miao and Houtu graded applicants’ exams, then approved Shi Gan’s three-thousand-year internship as a Ghost Gate Pass General after hearing how his family died in the Disaster of the Ten Suns.
• Farm Teachings Disciples began taking Underworld clerical roles while the Wu Race enthusiastically handled construction work.
• Tongtian sent Su Miao a message warning that the Witch-Demon side was getting serious and the main force was about to move out.
• Su Miao asked Houtu to watch over the Underworld and returned to the sect through the Teleportation Array.

The Spiritual Plant Hall disciples experimented with growing plants in Netherworld soil, while Artifact Forging Hall disciples refined Sea of Fire flames into new artifacts. They made progress with a Shore Flower transplant and a Soul Hook Lock, as both halls continued developing Netherworld resources.

• The Spiritual Plant Hall disciples dug up Netherworld soil and successfully transplanted a Shore Flower with fine white roots and purple-tinged petals.
• A green-robed disciple tasted Netherworld soil and collected a sample to test whether Yin Attribute Jade Crystal Rice could grow in it.
• A male disciple planted Netherworld Rice seeds, hoping the grain could replenish Underworld Yin Messengers' Spiritual Qi.
• Yellow-Faced Senior Brother collected a wisp of blue Sea of Fire flame and distributed it among Artifact Forging Hall disciples for forging practice.
• Thin Tall Disciple tested his Soul Hook Lock by catching a Nether Stone, and Yellow-Faced Senior Brother praised it and awarded him Contribution Points.

Farm Teachings disciples worked on weapons, collected Karma Fire, and took research and construction missions at the temporary Mission Hall outside Fengdu City. The Mission Hall offered plentiful Contribution Points for dangerous work and long-term observations as construction of the Netherworld base continued slowly.

• A disciple demonstrated a Karma Fire-infused Calamity-Breaking Arrow that burned a Yin Soul Stone, and Yellow-Faced Senior Brother told him to mass-produce it for the Mission Hall.
• The arrow’s blast scattered Lost Souls being guided across the River of Oblivion, and Yellow-Faced Senior Brother reminded the disciples to keep the noise down.
• Disciples collected Karma Fire from fissures, risking injury as the flames threatened their bodies and souls.
• At the temporary Mission Hall, a Deacon paid Contribution Points for completed surveys and registered disciples for new Netherworld missions.
• Two Inner Sect disciples accepted a mission to collect and analyze stones near the Reincarnation Platform with a Wu Race guide.
• A Thin Tall Disciple and a short stout disciple compared their surveying and Lost Soul observation missions, and the short stout disciple said he had turned to research work after failing the Netherworld Divine Office assessment.

New disciples flooded into the Netherworld to take research and construction missions, while Tongtian taught combat analysis at the Yaoguang Realm Viewing Plaza. Dapeng began paying closer attention after Kong Xuan explained the reason behind a Wu Race Warrior’s punch.

• A White-Haired Girl and her group arrived in the Netherworld to gather Shore Flower seeds, and a growing crowd of disciples rushed to claim missions.
• The Mission Hall added surveys and assessments to meet the disciples’ demand, while Wu Race Warriors watched the bustle from Fengdu City’s walls.
• Tongtian analyzed a Wu Race and Demon Clan clash, and his disciples took notes and prepared reflections under the sect’s rules.
• Dapeng asked Kong Xuan why a Wu Race Warrior gathered force before punching, and Kong Xuan explained that the warrior needed to shake Evil Qi away from unstable ground.
• Dapeng corrected his notes and watched the water screen more seriously, while Kong Xuan smiled and continued writing.

Zhunti lectured the disciples on avoiding Karmic Debt while watching the battles and bustle in the Netherworld with Tongtian. They praised Miao Heng’s Sect rules and planned to grow Netherworld Rice at Spirit Mountain.

• A new Outer Disciple asked an Artifact Forging Hall Deacon how to remember the Tribulation, and the Deacon urged him to take careful notes.
• Zhunti taught the disciples to avoid getting involved in Tribulations or let opponents strike first before counterattacking.
• Zhunti asked a disciple for spicy snacks, then shared Tongtian’s Honey Glazed Meat Slice while Tongtian teased him for eating during his lecture.
• Zhunti and Tongtian watched disciples turn the Netherworld into a busy marketplace and decided to ask the Spiritual Plant Hall for Netherworld Rice to plant at Spirit Mountain.
• Tongtian joked about a plump Lost Soul drinking too much Meng Po’s Soup, and Zhunti praised Miao Heng’s clear rules for Contribution Points, Credits, and promotion.

Su Miao oversaw the sect’s expanding Netherworld research as disciples collected samples, forged weapons, and cultivated Netherworld Rice for Lost Souls. After approving more mission slots, she joined Tongtian on the viewing platform, where the Tribulation’s battlefield was still growing more brutal.

• A Farm Teachings cultivator successfully collected Karma Fire and headed with her junior brother toward the Netherworld Abyss for a high-reward mission.
• An Artifact Forging disciple tested a Cold Sha Soul-Breaking Arrow, then accepted a Ferrying Hall task to refine ten arrows for five hundred Contribution Points.
• Su Miao approved more Netherworld seeds and reviewed reports on Netherworld Rice, new Dharma Artifacts, and popular research tasks.
• Su Miao told Zhunti and Tongtian that Netherworld Rice was being researched as food for Lost Souls, while disciples joked about opening a Netherworld cafeteria.
• A Lost Soul crossed the Bridge of Helplessness after drinking until its belly was full, and Su Miao approved expanding the oversubscribed Netherworld missions.
• Su Miao went to the viewing platform and flew up to join Tongtian as the Tribulation’s battlefield continued to worsen.

The Wu Race attempted to make Jiang You an Ancestral Witch to replace Houtu and restore the missing piece of the Twelve Heavenly Fiend Array. After enduring a brutal transformation in the Blood Pool, Jiang You survived and reached the Quasi-Saint realm.

• Di Jiang and the other Ancestral Witches began pouring their power, the Blood Pool's vitality, and turbid qi into Jiang You to force his advancement.
• Jiang You endured his body being repeatedly torn apart and healed, holding on because the Wu Race needed him to protect its people and stand against the Demon Clan.
• Xuan Ming tried to approach, but Di Jiang stopped her, while Qiang Liang urged Jiang You to scream through the pain.
• Jiang You roared, rose from the Blood Pool, and circulated blood vitality to contain the turbid qi as it reforged his bones.
• After the power subsided, Xuan Ming helped Jiang You up, and Zhu Rong confirmed that he had reached the Quasi-Saint realm.

Jiang You emerged as a new Ancestral Witch and received gifts and encouragement from the other Ancestral Witches before joining them to lead the Wu Race into battle. Di Jiang rallied the assembled army, and the chapter ended with their charge toward the battlefield.

• Qiang Liang, Xuan Ming, Zhu Rong, and the other Ancestral Witches welcomed Jiang You and gave him gifts to help him survive the battle.
• Di Jiang told Jiang You that the Wu Race was fighting for a glimmer of life, then ordered the Ancestral Witches to move out.
• The Wu Race assembled beneath Buzhou Mountain as Di Jiang rallied the warriors and reminded them of their past humiliation and new cultivation abilities.
• Xuan Ming asked Jiang You whether he was afraid, and he said he was not.
• Di Jiang ordered the charge, and the Ancestral Witches and Wu Race army surged toward the battlefield.

The disciples watched a battlefield through the water screen as Xuan explained how the Wu Race and Demon Clan formations had weakened. Eastern Emperor Tai Yi launched a surprise assault on the Wu Race, targeting its vulnerable formation.

• The Wu Race's Twelve Heavenly Fiend Array failed to form Pangu True Body because Jiang You, who had replaced Houtu, could not match the other eleven figures.
• Xuan explained that Jiang You's unstable realm made his position the formation's weakest point and that the Demon Clan would attack it.
• The water screen showed that the Demon Clan's Heavenly Cycle Star Array had lost many Star Lords and that Fuxi's position was empty.
• Xuan deduced that Di Jun had changed the formation into a defensive Primordial Chaos River Luo Array while Eastern Emperor Tai Yi led an assault.
• Eastern Emperor Tai Yi charged the Wu Race with the Chaos Bell, freezing nearby warriors as over a thousand Demon Soldiers followed him.

True Person Xuan taught the disciples how Calamity Qi affected the battlefield as they watched the Demon Clan and Wu Race test their formations. Kong Xuan corrected Dapeng's sloppy notes, leaving him to start over and take the battle more seriously.

• True Person Xuan explained that Calamity Qi could cloud warriors' minds and make them attack their own allies, then told the disciples to record the lesson for future exams.
• Kong Xuan carefully noted weaknesses in both armies' formations while Dapeng wrote excited comments about the Chaos Bell and the fighters.
• Dapeng asked whether they could refine or obtain a Chaos Bell, and Kong Xuan knocked him on the head for daydreaming.
• Kong Xuan took Dapeng's Jade Slip, ordered him to replace his enthusiastic remarks with tactical observations, and returned it.
• Dapeng erased his notes and began recording the battle properly, growing competitive as he compared his work with Kong Xuan's.

Xuan explained the changing formations and the effects of Calamity Qi as the Demon and Wu Clans’ battle intensified. The Wu Race’s formation finally took shape, while the battlefield’s growing haze threatened to drive its warriors mad.

• Xuan identified Di Jun’s shift to the defensive Primordial Chaos River Luo Array as an attempt to buy Eastern Emperor Tai Yi time.
• Eastern Emperor Tai Yi charged into the Wu Race’s ranks with the Chaos Bell, disrupting their formation as Jiang You struggled to stabilize the Twelve Heavenly Fiend Array.
• Jiang You refused to retreat because the old, weak, and young depended on him, and Xuan had a deacon record the explanation after a young disciple voiced it.
• Disciples comforted the frightened newcomers, and a martial sister gave the young boy candied fruit.
• The Twelve Heavenly Fiend Array took shape as Eastern Emperor Tai Yi fought off the Great Witches and suffered wounds.
• Xuan warned that visible Calamity Qi was gathering, explained how it eroded reason, and pointed out a Wu Race Warrior whose reddened eyes showed its effects.

True Person Xuan showed the disciples how Calamity Qi and Evil Qi drove the Witch-Demon battlefield toward its most brutal stage. Jiang You struggled to hold the Wu Race formation together while resisting the mist, and the chapter ended with him still fighting its influence.

• The Wu Race formed Pangu's phantom and forced Eastern Emperor Tai Yi's forces to retreat beneath the Primordial Chaos River Luo Array, leaving both armies in a stalemate.
• Kong Xuan recorded the formations in detail as Calamity Qi spread across the battlefield and began driving warriors on both sides mad.
• Yuanshi worried that Jiang You would not endure the strain, while Laozi observed that the Wu Race were willing to risk their lives.
• True Person Xuan warned the disciples that Evil Qi and Calamity Qi would merge and explained that Jiang You's unstable realm and worsening wounds threatened the formation.
• Jiang You resisted the mist's command to kill, forced himself to stay conscious, and continued feeding his blood and qi into the Twelve Heavenly Fiend Array.