Chapter Summaries

Hua Yunfei persuaded Jiang Ruoyao to accept the Exquisite Hundred Immortal Skirt, which could block three attacks from a Hegemon Grade powerhouse and grant immunity to curses, while teasing her about being his wife. As the group waited for the Undying River to appear, they shared a meal, and Hua Yunfei continued flirting with Jiang Ruoyao.

• Hua Yunfei offered Jiang Ruoyao the Exquisite Hundred Immortal Skirt, and she snatched it back when he pretended to give it to Xue Ling'er.
• Hua Yunfei explained the skirt's defenses and urged Jiang Ruoyao to wear it for protection in the Undying River, but she put it away and refused.
• Hua Yunfei, Jiang Ruoyao, Xue Ling'er, and Mitian True Spirit sat down to eat together while waiting for the Undying River to appear.
• Hua Yunfei called Jiang Ruoyao cute as she ate, and she called him a lecher before he claimed his Dao Companion would be happy if he were one.

Hua Yunfei joked that his wife’s flaw was wanting him to take more wives, while the Imperial Alliance’s eleven Hegemons gathered to plan for the returning Venerable Lord. The Emperor Lord proposed using a secret Imperial Court treasure to seal him and claimed the plan had a 120% chance of success.

• Hua Yunfei told Jiang Ruoyao, Xue Ling'er, and Mitian True Spirit that his wife wanted him to build a harem, prompting Jiang Ruoyao to call him disgusting.
• The Emperor Lord summoned eleven Hegemons to the Imperial Court and announced that the Venerable Lord was returning.
• The General Academy's dean and Chaos Holy Lord warned that the Imperial Alliance’s rebellion could bring Heaven’s Decree, and the Hegemons agreed they would have to kill the Venerable Lord or die.
• The Emperor Lord revealed that the Imperial Court had a treasure that could temporarily seal the Venerable Lord.
• The Emperor Lord said the sealing plan had a 120% chance of success.

Emperor Lord persuaded the Overlords to join his plan to seal the Venerable Lord, while Phoenix Emperor Venerate warned that killing him could bring unpredictable consequences. The Overlords agreed to wait for the Venerable Lord’s return and carry out the sealing plan.

• Emperor Lord revealed that a hidden treasure gave them a twelve-tenths chance of sealing the Venerable Lord and promised that a new age was beginning.
• Phoenix Emperor Venerate advised against killing the Venerable Lord because his death could trigger unknown consequences.
• Nine-Headed Celestial Snake Emperor accused Phoenix Emperor Venerate of secretly favoring the Venerable Lord, and the Overlords threatened to subdue him.
• Emperor Lord defended Phoenix Emperor Venerate, who explained that the Venerable Lord had once been his benefactor and guided his cultivation.
• Phoenix Emperor Venerate argued that killing the Venerable Lord might cause a new executor of “Heaven’s Decree” to appear, so sealing him was safer.
• Emperor Lord secured the Overlords’ agreement to seal the Venerable Lord when he returned and declared that the Imperial Alliance would rise.

Emperor Lord told the Imperial Empress that he had allied with Kaoshan Sect to overthrow the Thirty-Three Heavens, while Xia Qiuer struggled with her father’s secrecy and ruthless methods. As Hua Yunfei and his companions prepared for the Undying River, its blood-red waters appeared across the sky and began pressing down on them.

• Emperor Lord met the Imperial Empress in a Great World and said his alliance with Kaoshan Sect was progressing as planned.
• The Imperial Empress warned Emperor Lord to be cautious of his former enemies, but he said their shared interests made him trust them more than Venerable Lord.
• Xia Qiuer discussed managing the Imperial Court with her parents, and the Imperial Empress comforted her over her unresolved conflict with Emperor Lord.
• Hua Yunfei said goodbye to Xue Ling'er, who left after they promised to meet again.
• The Undying River appeared as a blood-red torrent in the sky, and Hua Yunfei pulled Jiang Ruoyao close and called for Mitian Armor.

Hua Yunfei and Jiang Ruoyao drifted through the Undying River under the protection of the Mitian Armor, where the Mitian True Spirit destroyed a powerful skeleton and defeated four Immortal Emperors waiting on an island. They reached the island, where the river’s laws weakened but still threatened them.

• Hua Yunfei held Jiang Ruoyao close as the Mitian Armor protected them from the Undying River’s laws.
• A colossal skeleton with a lingering obsession attacked them, and the Mitian True Spirit shattered it with the golden War Halberd.
• The Mitian True Spirit spotted an island, where four greedy Old Monster-level Immortal Emperors prepared to attack Hua Yunfei and Jiang Ruoyao.
• The Mitian True Spirit destroyed the four Immortal Emperors’ weapons and beat them down before the river carried Hua Yunfei and Jiang Ruoyao onto the island.
• Hua Yunfei asked the defeated beings where they were from, while the island offered only partial relief from the Undying River’s laws.

Hua Yunfei and Jiang Ruoyao met four Dark World cultivators trapped in the Undying River and learned why they had attacked them. Hua Yunfei spared the four fellow disciples, and Mitian True Spirit revealed that its forgotten previous master had been close to the Nether Lord.

• Mitian True Spirit explained that the Dark World existed beyond the heavens and that the Undying River connected to it.
• The four men praised the Nether Lord as the Dark World's invincible ruler and said he had opposed the Thirty-Three Heavens for ages.
• The horned middle-aged man explained that the four attacked Hua Yunfei and Jiang Ruoyao because the Undying River drained their lifespans and Origin Essence.
• Jiang Ruoyao rejected the four men's assumption that she and Hua Yunfei were Dao Companions, then broke free of his embrace.
• Hua Yunfei refused to take the four men's Origin Essence, moved by their loyalty to one another, and Mitian True Spirit released them.
• Mitian True Spirit said its previous master and the Nether Lord had been close like brothers, despite the previous master having beaten the Nether Lord.

Hua Yunfei learned that the four stranded cultivators were trapped in the Undying River and nearing death, then restored their Origin Essence. The system assured him that the former master of the Mitian Set would not come to reclaim it, though Hua Yunfei remained wary of the promise.

• Mitian True Spirit said its forgotten former master had been stronger than Nether Lord and everyone beneath the heavens, while the system insisted the master would never come for the Mitian Set.
• Hua Yunfei learned that Horned Middle-aged Man, Horse-Faced Man, Hei Chang, and Bai Chang had survived for a month on an island safe zone but had nearly exhausted their Origin Essence.
• The four explained that exits from the Undying River appeared at random and that they had carved tombstones for themselves, believing they would die there.
• At Mitian True Spirit's urging, Hua Yunfei decided to help the four, despite Jiang Ruoyao drawing her Blood-colored Killing Sword against them.
• Hua Yunfei replenished all four people's Origin Essence, and they thanked him and promised to repay his kindness.
• The system announced that Hua Yunfei had triggered a designated check-in task.

Hua Yunfei learned about the dangers of the Undying River and set out with Jiang Ruoyao and four rescued Immortal Emperors to search for a passage to the Dark World. Protected by Mitian True Spirit, they approached a rival safe zone, where a hidden threat opened its eyes.

• Hua Yunfei asked the four Immortal Emperors to guide him in the Dark World, and they explained that the passage was hard to find and the river was dangerous.
• The four described the Quasi-Hegemon Level skeleton guarding their island and the other survivors who preyed on people to extend their lives.
• Hua Yunfei had Mitian True Spirit protect the group with the Mitian Armor, then led them away from the island before the Quiet Period.
• Hei Chang pointed out a nearby safe zone, and Hua Yunfei led the group toward its ruined palace after learning its strongest resident was a Living Fossil.
• The palace inhabitants spotted Hua Yunfei and the others, and a pair of pitch-black eyes opened in their path.

Hua Yunfei and his companions encountered a powerful Black-eyed Green-winged Sky Wolf outside the palace, but the Mitian True Spirit subdued it and claimed it as their mount. They rode Little Black to confront the five people inside the palace, killed them, and fed their bodies to the wolf.

• Hua Yunfei recognized that the Black-eyed Green-winged Sky Wolf was only at Half-step Hegemon Level, despite its formidable aura.
• The Mitian True Spirit used its Kingly Aura to make the wolf submit and named it Little Black.
• Hua Yunfei and his companions rode Little Black to the palace, where Hei Chang mocked the five people who had bullied them.
• Hua Yunfei ordered the five people killed, and Jiang Ruoyao shattered their Emperor Corpses.
• Jiang Ruoyao tossed the five people to Little Black, which swallowed them in one gulp.

Hua Yunfei and his companions traveled through the Undying River on Little Black while searching for a passage to the Dark World. They encountered Grandmaster Canzhu, a Quasi-Hegemon who demanded Hua Yunfei’s armor and set his sights on Jiang Ruoyao.

• Hua Yunfei asked Little Black to lead them to an exit, and Little Black carried the group through the Undying River.
• Little Black stopped at a passage, but Hei Chang and the others determined it led to another world rather than the Dark World.
• A tributary swept Grandmaster Canzhu into the Undying River, and he quickly caught up with the group despite Little Black’s attempt to flee.
• Grandmaster Canzhu discovered that Hua Yunfei’s Mitian Armor protected the group and demanded that Hua Yunfei hand it over.
• Grandmaster Canzhu noticed Jiang Ruoyao and announced that he wanted both the armor and her.

Hua Yunfei confronted Can Zhu after he threatened Jiang Ruoyao and Bai Chang, using the Heaven-Mending Battle Formation and his divine power to overwhelm the Quasi-Hegemon. Can Zhu fled after Hua Yunfei shattered his weapon and blasted through his chest, but Hua Yunfei invoked Fair Trade to stop him.

• Can Zhu demanded that Jiang Ruoyao and Bai Chang go with him, prompting Hua Yunfei to order the Mitian True Spirit to seal the battlefield.
• Hua Yunfei activated the Heaven-Mending Battle Formation, summoned the Mitian War Halberd, and used the Divine Power of the Primordial God Realm to raise his strength.
• Can Zhu unleashed his laws, but Hua Yunfei suppressed them and attacked with Mitian Battle Method—Subdue the Demons.
• Hua Yunfei split Can Zhu's Natal Magic Weapon, then struck a hole through Can Zhu's chest with a palm.
• Can Zhu realized he was outmatched and fled, and Hua Yunfei called out “Fair Trade!”

Hua Yunfei trapped Can Zhu with Fair Trade, defeated him, and had Jiang Ruoyao seal his soul in the Earth Pot. After the battle, Hua Yunfei pretended to be injured so he could hug Jiang Ruoyao, while Little Black ate Can Zhu’s remains.

• Hua Yunfei used Fair Trade to exchange Can Zhu’s position with a spirit crystal, then challenged him with the Mitian Halberd.
• Hua Yunfei refined the Mitian Battle Method during their fight and shattered Can Zhu’s weapons and body with Demon Subjugation.
• Can Zhu surrendered, but Hua Yunfei rejected his apology, and Jiang Ruoyao used the Earth Pot to swallow his soul.
• Hua Yunfei pretended to cough blood and pulled Jiang Ruoyao into a hug, claiming he needed to recharge.
• Little Black began eating Can Zhu’s remains while the Mitian True Spirit joked about teaching it to sing.

Hua Yunfei and his companions searched the Undying River for a passage to the Dark World while Little Black feasted on powerful Blood Beasts and attackers. When the Quiet Period began and the river turned dangerous, Hua Yunfei refused to hide and said they would face anyone who came for them.

• Hua Yunfei questioned Mitian True Spirit about the song “Goose, Goose, Goose,” and learned that his previous master had taught it to him.
• Mitian True Spirit killed a Hell Three-headed Python and fed it to Little Black, who eagerly followed the group in hopes of more meals.
• Hua Yunfei and his companions searched passage after passage but found no route to the Dark World; after two safe zones attacked them, Hua Yunfei fed their occupants to Little Black.
• The Undying River entered its Quiet Period, and Hei Chang warned that everyone would soon be forced to kill or be killed for Origin Essence.
• Hua Yunfei told Hei Chang that they would not seek trouble but would not fear anyone who came after them.

Hua Yunfei and his companions fought off attacks in the Undying River during the Quiet Period, then reunited with Hei Chang’s old friends, the Yan Household Four Brothers. Yan Sheng asked who Hua Yunfei and Jiang Ruoyao were as the group prepared to meet them.

• Hua Yunfei’s group refused to hide during the Quiet Period and approached a safe zone where four Living Fossil Immortal Emperors attacked them.
• Jiang Ruoyao entered the safe zone, killed the four Living Fossil Immortal Emperors, and sealed their souls in the Earth Pot.
• Hua Yunfei used Fair Trade to pull a fleeing attacker before the group, and Jiang Ruoyao killed him and fed his body to Little Black.
• Hei Chang and the others recognized Yan Sheng, Yan Shi, Yan Fan, and Yan Hua as old friends from the Dark World.
• Yan Sheng asked Hei Chang who Hua Yunfei and Jiang Ruoyao were.

Hua Yunfei let Hei Chang and the Yan Family Four Brothers go investigate an ancient Cave Mansion while he stayed behind, but then decided to follow because he suspected the Yan brothers. The chapter left Hua Yunfei and the Horse-Faced Man setting off after the group.

• Yan Sheng welcomed Hua Yunfei as Hei Chang’s benefactor, and Hei Chang invited the Yan Family Four Brothers to travel with them to the Dark World using Little Black to find a passage.
• The Horse-Faced Man apologized for Hei Chang inviting the Yan brothers without Hua Yunfei’s consent, and Hua Yunfei said he held no grudge.
• Yan Sheng revealed that the Yan brothers had found an ancient Cave Mansion in a safe zone and wanted allies to break its powerful restriction before the Quiet Period ended.
• Yan Sheng privately told Hei Chang he feared Hua Yunfei might claim part of the treasure, but Hei Chang offered Hua Yunfei half of his own share and invited him along.
• Hua Yunfei declined to join the expedition, and Hei Chang left with Bai Chang, the Horned Middle-aged Man, and the Yan Family Four Brothers while the Horse-Faced Man stayed behind.
• Hua Yunfei then told the Horse-Faced Man they should leave too, explaining that the Yan Family Four Brothers seemed suspicious.

Hua Yunfei grew suspicious of the Yan Family Four Brothers and followed them with Ma Chenggong and Hei Chang’s group. At the Cave Mansion, Yan Sheng revealed that the brothers had lured Hei Chang, Bai Chang, and the Horned Middle-aged Man there to sacrifice them and break the seal.

• Hua Yunfei warned Ma Chenggong that something seemed wrong with the Yan Family Four Brothers and decided to follow them.
• During the Quiet Period, the Yan Family Four Brothers and Hei Chang’s group survived the dangers of the Undying River and reached the island hiding the Cave Mansion.
• Yan Sheng told Hei Chang that Autumn Moon Female Venerate and Old Demonic Tree had once been on the island but had disappeared.
• At the Cave Mansion, Bai Chang noticed blood that seemed to belong to Autumn Moon Female Venerate, and the Yan Family Four Brothers teleported away as a formation trapped Hei Chang, Bai Chang, and the Horned Middle-aged Man.
• Yan Sheng admitted that the brothers needed five lives to break the Cave Mansion’s seal and declared that he and his brothers had killed Autumn Moon Female Venerate and Old Demonic Tree.

Hei Chang and his companions confronted Yan Sheng after he betrayed them, but the Yan Family Four Brothers dismissed their warnings about Hua Yunfei’s strength. Yan Sheng activated a formation to drain their Origin Essence and Dao Fruits, leaving Hei Chang devastated and ready to make a final stand.

• Hei Chang, Bai Chang, and the Horned Middle-aged Man condemned Yan Sheng for betraying their trust and causing Autumn Moon Female Venerate and Old Demonic Tree to die.
• Yan Sheng said he had changed to survive and demanded that Hei Chang repay the life he had once saved.
• Yan Shi, Yan Fan, and Yan Hua mocked the group’s claims about their benefactor, while Yan Sheng insisted he could not defeat a Quasi-Hegemon.
• Yan Sheng activated the formation, trapping Hei Chang, Bai Chang, and the Horned Middle-aged Man and draining their Origin Essence.
• Hei Chang apologized to his fellow disciples, then roared that he had never failed Yan Sheng as his Immortal Emperor soul and Dao Fruit blazed.

Hua Yunfei rescued Hei Chang, shattered the Yan Family Four Brothers’ formation, and confronted them. When an Old Monster revealed that the Cave Mansion was a trap, Hua Yunfei ordered it to be quiet.

• Hei Chang tried to sacrifice himself to break the formation and help Bai Chang and the Horned Middle-aged Man escape, but Hua Yunfei stopped him.
• Hua Yunfei entered the formation and destroyed it with a single stomp, stunning the Yan Family Four Brothers.
• Hua Yunfei challenged the four brothers to attack him together while he fought with one hand, and they hesitated.
• An Old Monster inside the Cave Mansion revealed that it had staged the blood-sacrifice trap to lure in fresh meat.
• Hua Yunfei looked toward the Cave Mansion and ordered the Old Monster to shut up while he handled the Yan brothers.

Hua Yunfei confronted a weakened Quasi-Hegemon inside an ancient Cave Mansion and overwhelmed him with his strength and the Equivalent Exchange ability. The Old Monster’s attacks were taken from him, while Jiang Ruoyao blocked the fleeing Yan Family Four Brothers outside.

• Hua Yunfei threatened the Old Monster, then shattered the Cave Mansion’s restriction with one punch and revealed his Quasi-Hegemon-level strength.
• The Old Monster dismissed Hua Yunfei’s claims that he had defeated two peak Quasi-Hegemons and attacked him with Quasi-Hegemon laws.
• Hua Yunfei exchanged the Old Monster’s Black Battle Sword for a Low-grade Spirit Stone and seized the sword.
• Yan Sheng and his brothers tried to flee, but Jiang Ruoyao stopped them.
• The Old Monster unleashed a Human Skin Drum whose sound injured everyone outside, but Hua Yunfei exchanged it for another Low-grade Spirit Stone and silenced it.

Hua Yunfei defeated Old Monster and learned that the Undying River made it especially difficult for Quasi-Hegemon Level beings to escape. He recruited Old Monster by taking part of his soul and restoring half his Origin Essence, leaving their partnership conditional on Old Monster’s future performance.

• Hua Yunfei overwhelmed Old Monster with his strength and mocked him for being weaker than the other Quasi-Hegemon Level beings he had defeated.
• Old Monster offered to guide Hua Yunfei through the Undying River’s passages and explained that its strongest captives were the hardest to escape because they nourished the river’s owner.
• Hua Yunfei demanded part of Old Monster’s Origin Soul as a condition for working together and offered to restore some of his Origin Essence.
• Old Monster agreed and surrendered part of his soul, permanently preventing himself from returning to his former peak.
• Hua Yunfei restored half of Old Monster’s Origin Essence and told him that further restoration depended on his performance.
• Old Monster regained a youthful appearance and boasted that he had once bewitched many Saintesses of great sects.