Chapter Summaries

Lin Mu and his companions entered the Hundred-meter Coffin and met the Netherworld Saint, who revealed how he had split himself into good and evil after his soul was corrupted in the war against the Outer Realm Evil Clan. After learning that his Evil Body had become Nether Moon, the awakened Saint prepared to destroy it and offered the group the Dou Qi he had cultivated in his lifetime.

• Lin Mu used the Black Gold Scepter near the Hundred-meter Coffin, and a spatial force pulled the group inside.
• Lin Mu lit the coffin with the World-Purifying White Flame, revealing a white-robed figure and a rotten black figure.
• The Netherworld Saint identified himself and explained that he had split into the Body of Good and Evil to contain his corrupted self after the ancient war.
• Lin Mu told the Saint what had happened in the Netherworld Ancient Domain, including the slaughter caused by Nether Moon.
• The Netherworld Saint said he would destroy his evil thoughts and offered his lifelong Dou Qi to Lin Mu and the others.

Netherworld Saint asked Lin Mu to help destroy his Evil Body, then passed his inheritance to Lin Mu and fell into slumber. The others continued absorbing Netherworld Saint’s Dou Qi while Lin Mu became motionless inside the coffin.

• Netherworld Saint offered Lin Mu his inheritance and explained that he had chosen him because he fought Demonic creatures.
• Lin Mu proposed destroying the Evil Body first, and Netherworld Saint agreed to erase it even if doing so cost him everything.
• Lin Mu and Netherworld Saint combined the three Creation Flames with Netherworld Saint’s force of origin to destroy the Evil Body.
• Lin Mu guarded the others as they absorbed the surrounding Dou Qi, while Netherworld Saint reappeared weakened but alive.
• Netherworld Saint gave his inheritance to Lin Mu and fell into slumber, leaving Lin Mu completely still.

After receiving the Netherworld Saint’s aid, Cai Lin broke through to One-star Dou Saint while Lin Mu completed the inheritance and gained control of five Half Saint Armor Guardians. Lin Mu awakened to Xiao Yi Xian’s relief, and the group prepared to learn what awaited them outside the coffin.

• Tian Chen, Xiao Yi Xian, and Tang Zhen awakened after their breakthroughs, while Cai Lin continued cultivating.
• The Netherworld Saint used his remaining source energy to help Cai Lin break through to One-star Dou Saint.
• Cai Lin and Tang Zhen left the coffin to search for Blood River Venerate and Hun Lin, while Cai Lin protected the entrance.
• Lin Mu completed the Netherworld Saint’s inheritance, reached Six-star Dou Venerate, and gained control of five Half Saint Armor Guardians.
• Lin Mu awakened, and Xiao Yi Xian embraced him as he congratulated her on reaching Six-star Dou Venerate.

Lin Mu and his companions left the Netherworld Ancient Domain and returned to the Heavenly Court, discovering that three years had passed and the organization had grown stronger. Lin Mu reunited with Yun Yun and rested at home.

• Lin Mu reunited with Cai Lin and Tang Zhen, learned Cai Lin had become a One-star Dou Saint, and led the group out of the Netherworld Ancient Domain.
• Lin Mu's group returned to the Heavenly Court and encountered Xuan Kongzi, Tian Lei Zi, and Xuan Yi, who revealed that three years had passed.
• Xuan Kongzi noted Cai Lin's strength, while Lin Mu learned Yun Yun had advanced to Dou Venerate and had managed the Heavenly Court during his absence.
• Lin Mu returned to his unchanged residence, thanked Yun Yun for her care, and fell asleep as she massaged his temples.

Lin Mu spent half a month restoring the Netherworld Saint's Staff and successfully forged an eighth-grade weapon. After subduing the rebellious staff, he declared that it was time to deal with an unnamed foe.

• Lin Mu began reforging the damaged Netherworld Saint's Staff with his three Creation Flames and Soul Power as the Heavenly Court disciples watched.
• Lin Mu used two eighth-tier Magic Cores from Yun Yun to help restore the staff, continuing the work for three days and then for half a month.
• Lin Mu endured the staff's powerful backlash and completed the reforging, becoming an eighth-grade Artifact Refiner and receiving the Eternal Living Beings Formation.
• The Netherworld Saint's Staff drew on world energy and attacked Lin Mu with heavenly lightning, prompting Cai Lin and the others to move to help him.
• Lin Mu blocked the lightning with the Bell of All Beings and seized the staff with the power of Six Paths Samsara, subduing it with his bloodline.
• Lin Mu sensed the power of his newly restored weapon and said it was time to deal with that fellow.

After becoming an eighth-tier Artifact Refiner, Lin Mu set out alone to kill the Four Demon Commanders and learn who lay in the coffin. He confronted the Demon Commander in the shifting ancient ruin and learned that two Reincarnation Fragments were already in the Great Demon Commander's hands.

• The disciples celebrated Lin Mu's successful refinement, and Lin Mu explained that his Bell of All Beings could withstand even a Dou Saint's methods.
• Lin Mu offered to complete the Immortal Life Technique for Xiao Yi Xian, then announced he would return to the strange space to confront the Four Demon Commanders.
• Lin Mu left the Heavenly Court alone, reached the shifting space, and entered the ancient ruin where he had once subdued the World-Purifying White Flame.
• Lin Mu unleashed his blood energy and three-colored flames, drawing out the Four Demon Commanders, who had reached the mid-stage of the two-star Dou Saint realm.
• The Four Demon Commanders mocked Lin Mu and revealed that two Reincarnation Fragments had fallen into the Great Demon Commander's hands, making Sky Demon Venerable's revival inevitable.

Lin Mu fought the Four Demon Commanders and used his inherited powers to reach Half-Saint strength, overpowering his foe. The Four Demon Commanders fled after Lin Mu unleashed the Netherworld Saint's Staff, but the attack pursued him and was destined to hit.

• Lin Mu summoned the Bell of All Beings to withstand the Four Demon Commanders' demonic pattern, then attacked with Heavenly Light Annihilation.
• Lin Mu and the Four Demon Commanders exchanged hundreds of blows with the Heavenly Spirit Sword and demonic spear as their battle tore apart the void.
• Lin Mu used Heavenly Lightning Indestructible Armor and stacked three transformations of Heavenly Fire Three Profound Transformations, raising his strength from Six-star Dou Venerate to Half-Saint.
• Lin Mu struck the Four Demon Commanders through the chest, while his own arm was pierced in the clash.
• Lin Mu summoned the Netherworld Saint's Staff and unleashed Netherworld Curse Annihilation, forcing the Four Demon Commanders to flee.
• Lin Mu sent the staff's pursuing runes after the fleeing Four Demon Commanders, and the attack was destined to hit.

Lin Mu defeated the Four Demon Commanders and discovered that the coffin showed him a terrifying Demonic Shadow lurking beyond the Dou Qi Continent. He opened the coffin and found a powerful skeleton that seemed connected to the World-Purifying White Flame.

• Lin Mu used the Curse-Annihilating Light to destroy the Four Demon Commanders’ Demonic Qi, then descended to the coffin.
• When Lin Mu touched the coffin, it absorbed his Dou Qi and sent his consciousness beyond the Dou Qi Continent, where he saw a vast Demonic Shadow.
• Lin Mu suspected the Demonic Shadow was the Sky Demon Venerable and resolved to grow stronger before his consciousness returned to the coffin chamber.
• Lin Mu struggled to open the coffin and found a skeleton whose lingering pressure nearly forced him to his knees.
• Lin Mu noticed that the skeleton radiated no Demonic Qi and wondered whether it was connected to the World-Purifying White Flame.

Lin Mu learned the history of the fallen Great Thousand Worlds expert whose skeleton he found, then recovered a drop of spiritual energy from the remains before giving them a proper burial. A new system mission sent him after a Five-Star Dou Saint for a Damaged Emperor Artifact, and he planned to take Cai Lin to the Nine Netherworld Python Tribe.

• World-Purifying White Flame revealed that the skeleton had belonged to a Great Thousand Worlds expert who fought the Sky Demon Clan and died after the flame wounded the pursuing Four Demon Commanders.
• Lin Mu brought the remains back to Heavenly Court, where Xuan Kongzi suggested searching the bones for something the expert had left behind.
• Lin Mu used World-Purifying White Flame to uncover a drop of spiritual energy condensed by the expert's cultivation technique, then buried the remains in Heavenly Court.
• The system assigned Lin Mu a mission to slay a Five-Star Dou Saint in exchange for a Damaged Emperor Artifact.
• Lin Mu decided to take Cai Lin to the Nine Netherworld Python Tribe, and she agreed, hoping to learn whether the Nine Netherworld Yellow Springs held her clan's ancestors.

Lin Mu and Cai Lin traveled to the Nine Netherworld Yellow Springs so Cai Lin could cultivate, while Lin Mu also planned to bring the Nine Netherworld Underworld Python Clan into the Heavenly Court. After leaving Cai Lin to train with the Heavenly Spirit Sword for protection, Lin Mu headed deeper into the springs.

• Xuan Kongzi warned Lin Mu that Yao Tianxiao, the Nine Netherworld Underworld Python Clan's chief, might obstruct them, but Lin Mu and Cai Lin set out without reinforcements.
• Lin Mu told Cai Lin that he intended to draw out the clan's true chief and resolve the clan's affairs, then they traveled for three days to the Beast Region.
• Lin Mu and Cai Lin crossed the Beast Region and entered the Nine Netherworld Yellow Springs, where Lin Mu blasted aside powerful beings that blocked their path.
• Cai Lin sensed that the springs' energy suited her Nine-Colored Sky Swallowing Python bloodline, and Lin Mu told her to cultivate there.
• Lin Mu gave Cai Lin the Heavenly Spirit Sword for protection, and she descended into the springs while Lin Mu continued deeper.

Lin Mu freed Yao Ming from the seal beneath the Nine Netherworld Yellow Springs in exchange for his promise to protect Cai Lin. He confronted Yao Xiaotian, who had sealed Yao Ming, and struck him with a devastating punch.

• Lin Mu found the weakened Yao Ming imprisoned beneath the Nine Netherworld Yellow Springs and agreed to free him if he protected a woman cultivating there once he regained control of the clan.
• Lin Mu used Merit Golden Flame to destroy Yao Ming's confinement and restore his strength, while telling him they would discuss a second condition later.
• Lin Mu emerged from the Yellow Springs and faced Yao Xiaotian, who threatened him and the woman cultivating below.
• Lin Mu revealed his Half-Saint strength and attacked Yao Xiaotian with the Hand of the Heavens and the Netherworld Saint's Staff.
• Lin Mu appeared before Yao Xiaotian and punched him in the face, crushing his body and knocking out several teeth.