Chapter Summaries

Hua Yunfei fought the Three-headed Sky-Splitting Beast but was badly outmatched by the mutated beast’s immense strength and defense. When the beast summoned his real Sky-Splitting Horn, it struck Little Pagoda and sent it tumbling to the riverbed, though it did not break.

• Ke Mo warned Hua Yunfei that the Three-headed Sky-Splitting Beast had not yet used his full power and that the Sky-Splitting Horn could pierce defenses.
• The Three-headed Sky-Splitting Beast overwhelmed Hua Yunfei’s Primordial Chaos Fist Seal, seized him by the throat, and nearly tore his head off.
• Hua Yunfei wounded the beast with the Purple Sword Embryo, then blasted him into the sky with the Wuji Fist Seal and pursued him using the Mitian Battle Method.
• The Three-headed Sky-Splitting Beast maintained the upper hand, punched through Hua Yunfei’s chest with the Sky-Splitting Rule, and severely wounded him.
• Little Pagoda appeared, but the beast’s real Sky-Splitting Horn struck it and sent it crashing to the riverbed; the beast was surprised that it remained intact.

Hua Yunfei and Little Pagoda fought the Three-headed Sky-Splitting Beast in a prolonged battle, but his powerful Sky-Splitting Rule steadily overwhelmed them. After a year of fighting, Hua Yunfei summoned his unfinished Primordial Armor, Purple Sword Embryo, and new Primordial Battle Method, then challenged the beast again.

• Little Pagoda recovered from the beast’s first blow and joined Hua Yunfei as they launched a fierce counterattack.
• The Eight-armed Demon, Nine-headed Monster, snake-headed creature, and Black Creature watched in astonishment as Hua Yunfei fought the Three-headed Sky-Splitting Beast to a standstill.
• The Three-headed Sky-Splitting Beast matched Hua Yunfei’s Severing Heaven and Earth with his Sky-Splitting Domain, and their battle continued for more than a year.
• The beast’s true-form Sky-Splitting Horn attack destroyed Hua Yunfei’s right hand and badly damaged Little Pagoda, but Hua Yunfei refused to give up.
• Hua Yunfei summoned his unfinished Primordial Armor and Purple Sword Embryo, unleashed his new Primordial Battle Method, and challenged the beast again.
• The Three-headed Sky-Splitting Beast roared out his Immeasurable Annihilation of Myriad Heavens technique and ordered it to suppress Hua Yunfei.

Hua Yunfei fought the Three-headed Sky-Splitting Beast with his Primordial weapons and wounded it, but the beast countered with its Natal Magic Weapon and nearly overwhelmed him. Hua Yunfei’s trump-card Pagoda attack cracked both of the beast’s horns, leaving the clash effectively a draw.

• Hua Yunfei used his Primordial Armor and Purple Sword Embryo to wound the Three-headed Sky-Splitting Beast, though the beast shattered bones in his back with a punch.
• The Three-headed Sky-Splitting Beast summoned its Blood-colored Demonic Blade and attacked Hua Yunfei with a series of long-named techniques.
• Hua Yunfei’s Fentian Sword Art cut off one of the beast’s arms, while the beast’s Overlord Slash tore open Hua Yunfei’s chest and damaged his organs.
• The Three-headed Sky-Splitting Beast unleashed the power of both horns, and Hua Yunfei answered with the Little Pagoda’s Pagoda Shakes Ten Thousand Realms technique.
• The collision badly cracked the Little Pagoda and both of the beast’s horns, leading the watching Eight-armed Demon to judge the exchange a draw, with the beast likely suffering more.

Hua Yunfei and Little Pagoda fought the Three-headed Sky-Splitting Beast, whose full three-horned power pushed them to unleash their ultimate attack. Hua Yunfei won, but his Purple Sword Embryo shattered, and he and Little Pagoda turned to claim the defeated beast as a mount.

• Hua Yunfei vowed to defeat the Three-headed Sky-Splitting Beast and make it one of his great generals, while Little Pagoda said he meant to ride it.
• Hua Yunfei and Little Pagoda fought the beast with the Primordial Domain and their other abilities, but the beast tore through Hua Yunfei's defenses with the power of all three horns.
• Hua Yunfei and Little Pagoda fused their powers, and Hua Yunfei unleashed the Primordial Sword Art—Heaven-Slaying Dao.
• Hua Yunfei's sword strike overpowered the beast's three-horned attack, split its body in two, and shattered all three of its horns, though Hua Yunfei was badly injured.
• The Purple Sword Embryo broke apart after the clash, and Little Pagoda celebrated their victory as Hua Yunfei said they still had to take care of the beast.

After defeating the Three-headed Sky-Splitting Beast, Hua Yunfei tried to recruit it, but Chi Ling arrived and claimed it for Black Nether Island. Hua Yunfei and the beast joined forces to fight her.

• The Three-headed Sky-Splitting Beast admitted defeat but refused to become Hua Yunfei’s mount, even after recognizing him as Young Heaven.
• Chi Ling arrived and demanded that Hua Yunfei surrender the beast, claiming Black Nether Island had been watching it and intended to make it the Netherworld Emperor’s mount.
• Ke Mo challenged Chi Ling’s claim, but she threatened him and dismissed his authority; Hua Yunfei asked him to stand back and handle the matter himself.
• When Chi Ling attacked, Hua Yunfei proposed that he and the Three-headed Sky-Splitting Beast fight her together, and the beast agreed.

Hua Yunfei and the Three-headed Sky-Splitting Beast teamed up to defeat Chi Ling, whose attack was repeatedly countered by their domains and Hua Yunfei’s Equivalent Exchange. When Chi Ling summoned the Black Nether Emperor’s projection, the Emperor intervened, crushed her, and defended his decision to protect the Sky-Splitting Beast.

• Hua Yunfei used his Primordial Domain to heal himself and the Three-headed Sky-Splitting Beast as they joined forces against Chi Ling.
• Hua Yunfei and the Three-headed Sky-Splitting Beast combined their domains to suppress Chi Ling, then fought her as their strength recovered.
• Hua Yunfei used Equivalent Exchange to take Chi Ling’s Natal Magic Weapon, and the pair eventually defeated and killed her.
• Chi Ling revived and summoned a projection of the Black Nether Emperor, but the Emperor ordered her to stand down.
• When Chi Ling refused, the Black Nether Emperor crushed her and said Black Nether Island had gone too far by trying to take advantage of the Sky-Splitting Beast’s defeat.

Hua Yunfei and Tu Xing faced Empress Chi Yue’s attempt to claim the Three-headed Sky-Splitting Beast, who agreed to become Hua Yunfei’s mount and gave him his Dao Fruit to gain protection. The chapter ended with Chi Yue refusing to spare him despite the agreement.

• Hua Yunfei thanked Tu Xing for intervening, while Chi Ling insisted that the Three-headed Sky-Splitting Beast belonged to her island.
• Chi Ling summoned Empress Chi Yue, who arrived and demanded the beast, then threatened to make him a living sacrifice.
• Tu Xing suggested that the Three-headed Sky-Splitting Beast had agreed to leave with Hua Yunfei, but Chi Ling denied it.
• Hua Yunfei offered to protect the beast, and the Three-headed Sky-Splitting Beast declared himself Hua Yunfei’s mount and handed over his Heaven-Splitter Dao Fruit.
• Empress Chi Yue said the beast’s agreement did not mean she would spare him.

Hua Yunfei refused to leave Black Nether Island after Empress Chi Yue attacked him and seized Little Pagoda. He summoned the Old Ancestor Gaishi, who overpowered Chi Yue and left her stunned.

• Empress Chi Yue struck Ke Mo and Hua Yunfei, then had Little Pagoda captured and threatened to destroy it.
• The Three-headed Sky-Splitting Beast urged Hua Yunfei to leave, but Hua Yunfei promised it would be safe and warned Chi Yue not to blame him for what came next.
• Hua Yunfei used Old Ancestor Possession to summon Gaishi, whose overwhelming aura frightened Chi Ling and surpassed Empress Chi Yue's.
• Gaishi grabbed Empress Chi Yue from Black Nether Island, and when she threatened him, he slapped her on the butt and asked what she was babbling about.

Hua Yunfei and Gaishi overwhelmed Empress Chi Yue after she used the Black Underworld River to attack them, and Gaishi humiliated her and Chi Ling. When another Island Emperor challenged them from the river’s depths, Gaishi blasted him apart, and the revived Emperor fled.

• Empress Chi Yue summoned the Black Underworld River’s power to create a water giant, but Gaishi enlarged his projection and crushed it.
• Gaishi lifted Empress Chi Yue and repeatedly smacked her, while Hua Yunfei caught Chi Ling and handed her to Gaishi.
• Little Pagoda directed a photo shoot of the two captives, and Hua Yunfei explained that Empress Chi Yue had brought the confrontation on herself.
• Netherworld Emperor Tu Xing warned Hua Yunfei to stop, and Hua Yunfei asked Gaishi if he was done with the photo shoot.
• An Island Emperor from the depths of the Black Underworld River challenged them, but Gaishi blasted him apart, and the revived Emperor left.

Gaishi borrowed Hua Yunfei’s body to defeat three powerful Island Emperors who had attacked on behalf of Empress Chi Yue. As a terrifying ancient figure awakened at the Forbidden Sea and declared them sacrifices, a woman shrouded in Black Mist appeared to confront it.

• Empress Chi Yue and Chi Ling waited for reinforcements while Little Pagoda taunted them, and Hua Yunfei prepared to leave before more Island Emperors arrived.
• Three Island Emperors from near the Forbidden River Domain challenged Gaishi, who fought them while protecting Hua Yunfei.
• Gaishi entered Hua Yunfei’s body and overwhelmed the three Island Emperors, despite their threat that the Forbidden Sea would intervene.
• An ancient figure awakened at the edge of the Forbidden Sea and declared that Hua Yunfei and Gaishi would be sacrifices for a grand rite.
• A woman shrouded in Black Mist appeared before the ancient figure and ordered it to leave.

The woman in the black mist confronted the ancient figure of the Black Underworld River and overwhelmed him with power connected to the being called Infinite. She warned him against harming Hua Yunfei, then revealed clues to Hua Yunfei’s identity that led him to suspect he belonged to the Hua Clan.

• The woman in the black mist presented a Token marked “Infinite” and struck the ancient figure hard enough to shatter his scepter.
• The ancient figure threatened Hua Yunfei over the injuries to several Island Emperors, so the woman in the black mist battered and kicked him.
• The ancient figure awakened his Island Emperor abilities and stirred the Black Underworld River, but the woman in the black mist shattered his power and sent him flying.
• The woman in the black mist told the ancient figure to investigate Hua Yunfei’s background and pointed out his white robes.
• The ancient figure recognized the robes and wondered whether Hua Yunfei was a member of the Hua Clan.

The woman in the Black Mist forced the ancient Emperor to withdraw, then Gaishi drove off the remaining Island Emperors. Hua Yunfei turned to punishing Empress Chi Yue and Chi Ling, ordering Little Pagoda to take portraits and make them regret their actions.

• The woman in the Black Mist revealed Hua Yunfei’s ties to the Hua Clan and its sect, rejected the ancient Emperor’s demand to release Empress Chi Yue, and kicked him back to the Forbidden River Domain.
• The three Island Emperors questioned Hua Yunfei about who had stopped the ancient Emperor, while Gaishi attacked them and sent them retreating.
• Gaishi swapped the two remaining Emperors back, kicked them away, and cleared the river domain.
• Hua Yunfei told Empress Chi Yue that he would take revenge without killing her, then slapped Chi Ling when she tried to defend Lord Netherworld Emperor.
• Hua Yunfei ordered Little Pagoda to take portraits and punish Empress Chi Yue and Chi Ling until they regretted their actions.

After Little Pagoda and Gaishi secured their captives, Gaishi told Hua Yunfei about the Black Underworld River’s connection to the Secret of Life and the Undying River. Hua Yunfei reflected on the dangers ahead and guessed that Senior Sister had secretly stopped the ancient emperor.

• Little Pagoda claimed Empress Chi Yue and Chi Ling as his own, while Gaishi reinforced their seals and Little Pagoda took them and the Three-headed Sky-Splitting Beast away.
• After the others left, Gaishi warned Hua Yunfei that the Black Underworld River held a vast secret tied to the Secret of Life and that its dangers demanded restraint.
• Gaishi explained that the Black Underworld River stretched across the All Realms Great Universe, housed powerful strange creatures, and was deeply connected to the Undying River.
• Hua Yunfei recalled his journey through the Undying River and wondered whether the Great Priest’s offer of three chances to call on him had a deeper purpose.
• As Gaishi’s projection faded, Hua Yunfei guessed that Senior Sister had stopped the ancient emperor, and Huantao smiled from a distant island.

Hua Yunfei returned Heaven-Splitter’s Dao Fruit and persuaded him to join the sect, while Little Pagoda and Heaven-Splitter plotted to embarrass Empress Chi Yue and Chi Ling. After returning to Black Nether Island, Hua Yunfei went to meet Netherworld Emperor Tu Xing, who asked about his new mount.

• Hua Yunfei offered Heaven-Splitter his Dao Fruit back and said he trusted him, and Heaven-Splitter agreed to join him.
• Heaven-Splitter told his island he would follow Hua Yunfei, and Little Pagoda began planning a public parade to humiliate Empress Chi Yue and Chi Ling.
• The Eight-armed Demon and the Nine-headed Monster praised Hua Yunfei for defeating the Three-headed Sky-Splitting Beast and sent him to Black Underworld Hall.
• Ke Mo let Hua Yunfei into Underworld Emperor Hall, where Netherworld Emperor Tu Xing asked whether the mount he had found for him was suitable.

Hua Yunfei learned that Netherworld Emperor Tu Xing spared him because the Heavenly Emperor had asked Tu Xing to deliver a message. Tu Xing recounted the Heavenly Emperor’s history in the Black Underworld River and revealed that he had been gravely wounded and believed he had little time left.

• Netherworld Emperor Tu Xing told Hua Yunfei that the Heavenly Emperor had given him intelligence and later asked him to wait for someone seeking him.
• Tu Xing relayed the Heavenly Emperor’s message: “Return at once! For yourself!”
• Tu Xing said the Heavenly Emperor had fought Island Emperors and entered the Forbidden River Domain, returning gravely wounded with his origin dimmed.
• Tu Xing explained that the Heavenly Emperor had sought strength because he blamed himself for failing to protect his junior brothers and sisters and fulfill his promise to their master.
• Tu Xing told Hua Yunfei that the last time he saw the Heavenly Emperor, the Heavenly Emperor said he did not have long to live.

Hua Yunfei learned that the Heavenly Emperor had vanished in the Forbidden River Domain and resolved to enter the Black Underworld Great World to uncover the truth. Netherworld Emperor Tu Xing gave him the Heavenly Emperor Token and two divine soul arts, while preparing a portal that would open within five years.

• Netherworld Emperor Tu Xing told Hua Yunfei that the Heavenly Emperor had gone to the Forbidden River Domain while gravely injured.
• Hua Yunfei decided to enter the Black Underworld Great World, triggering a hidden quest to find the Heavenly Emperor.
• Netherworld Emperor Tu Xing gave Hua Yunfei the Heavenly Emperor Token and said the Heavenly Emperor's treasures were permitted in the Black Underworld Great World.
• Netherworld Emperor Tu Xing said he had invited two Island Emperors to help reopen the portal within five years, and gave Hua Yunfei two divine soul arts to cultivate with.
• Hua Yunfei invited Heaven-Splitter to join him, and Heaven-Splitter agreed to travel to the Black Underworld Great World.
• Two ancient Island Emperors arrived at the Black Underworld Hall, and one asked Netherworld Emperor Tu Xing how long he planned to remain in the border region.

Netherworld Emperor Tu Xing told Netherworld Emperors Xin Yan and Ling Chuan that the person foretold by the Heavenly Emperor had arrived, and asked them to honor their old promise. They reaffirmed their pledge, while recalling that the Heavenly Emperor had saved them and that their attempt to enter the Forbidden River Domain to find him had ended badly.

• Netherworld Emperor Tu Xing, Xin Yan, and Ling Chuan joked about Tu Xing's hidden other body and disputed whether he had once been the strongest in the Deep River Domain.
• Tu Xing shifted the conversation and told Xin Yan and Ling Chuan that the event the Heavenly Emperor had predicted had finally happened.
• Xin Yan and Ling Chuan asked who had come seeking the Heavenly Emperor, and Tu Xing confirmed it was the young fellow who defeated the Three-headed Sky-Splitting Beast.
• Tu Xing reminded his friends of the promise they had made to the Heavenly Emperor, and Xin Yan and Ling Chuan vowed to fulfill it despite the passage of time.
• Ling Chuan revealed that the Heavenly Emperor had once saved him and Xin Yan when they were weak and in danger in the Deep River Domain.
• Xin Yan recalled that the three Netherworld Emperors had once tried to enter the Forbidden River Domain to find the Heavenly Emperor, but the attempt had ended in disaster.

Netherworld Emperor Tu Xing, Netherworld Emperor Ling Chuan, and Netherworld Emperor Xin Yan spent five years preparing to send Hua Yunfei into the Black Underworld Great World without its subconscious detecting him. They achieved only a ninety-percent chance of success, and Hua Yunfei and Heaven-Splitter arrived to meet them.

• Netherworld Emperor Xin Yan explained that the Black Underworld Great World's subconscious could expose or destroy Hua Yunfei, while Tu Xing planned to use the three Island Emperors' authority to protect him.
• Tu Xing, Ling Chuan, and Xin Yan joined hands in the Underworld Emperor Hall, causing strange waves to spread from Black Nether Island as Ke Mo worried about the danger they faced.
• Hua Yunfei and Heaven-Splitter fought a perilous battle with their souls, and Heaven-Splitter noticed Hua Yunfei's unusual resilience before Hua Yunfei used the Heavenly Emperor Ceasefire Technique again.
• Five years later, Tu Xing, Ling Chuan, and Xin Yan said their preparations had raised Hua Yunfei's chances of entering safely to ninety percent.
• Hua Yunfei and Heaven-Splitter arrived at Black Underworld Hall and greeted the three Netherworld Emperors.

Hua Yunfei, Heaven-Splitter, and the Black Creature entered the Black Underworld Great World after Netherworld Emperor Tu Xing and the other Emperors prepared them for its dangers. After they passed through the Bronze Gate, a mysterious letter arrived, and its contents shocked the three Netherworld Emperors.

• Netherworld Emperor Tu Xing warned Hua Yunfei and Heaven-Splitter about the Black Underworld Great World's false beings, imposed identities, and restricted soul strength, and told them to seek the Immortal God Sacrifice and discover the way out themselves.
• Netherworld Emperor Tu Xing, Netherworld Emperor Ling Chuan, and Netherworld Emperor Xin Yan placed three Substitute Death Imprints on each of the two travelers, giving them ten lives apiece.
• Hua Yunfei returned to the hall with Heaven-Splitter and the Black Creature, whom he had ordered to help find the Peach Tree.
• The three Netherworld Emperors opened the Bronze Gate, and Hua Yunfei, Heaven-Splitter, and the Black Creature entered the Black Underworld Great World.
• Netherworld Emperor Tu Xing and the others inscribed Black Underworld Runes into the gate to help the group evade the world's subconscious will.
• A letter appeared before the three Netherworld Emperors, and they changed expressions after Netherworld Emperor Tu Xing read it.

Netherworld Emperors Tu Xing, Ling Chuan, and Xin Yan received a mysterious ultimatum concerning the Heavenly Emperor and were threatened with death unless they entered the Forbidden River Domain within a month. Meanwhile, Hua Yunfei and two companions arrived in the Black Underworld Great World, where an elder placed them in bodies and declared them servants of the Heavenly Dog Clan.

• Tu Xing, Ling Chuan, and Xin Yan debated whether a letter claiming the Heavenly Emperor was involved in the Forbidden River Domain was true.
• A shadowy figure threatened to kill the three Netherworld Emperors unless they entered the Forbidden River Domain within a month.
• Tu Xing resolved to strike at the Forbidden River Domain, and Ling Chuan and Xin Yan agreed to go with him.
• The three Netherworld Emperors returned to the Underworld Emperor Hall and sealed it off before discussing the identity of their unseen visitor.
• Hua Yunfei and his two companions passed through the Bronze Gate and arrived in the Black Underworld Great World.
• An elder at the Ancient Reception Hall placed the three souls into bodies and declared them servants of the Heavenly Dog Clan.