Chapter Summaries

Hua Yunfei and Jiang Ruoyao defeated the Yan Family Four Brothers, and Hei Chang spared Yan Sheng by shattering his Origin. As the group left with Old Monster guiding them toward a passage, he revealed a nearby forbidden land that might conceal treasures and routes to unknown worlds.

• Old Monster asked Hua Yunfei to return his Black Battle Sword and Human Skin Drum, but Hua Yunfei kept them and made Old Monster prove his trustworthiness.
• Jiang Ruoyao defeated the Yan Family Four Brothers, and Little Black swallowed Yan Shi, Yan Fan, and Yan Hua after Hua Yunfei ordered their deaths.
• Hua Yunfei let Hei Chang decide Yan Sheng's fate, and Hei Chang shattered Yan Sheng's Origin instead of killing him before the group departed.
• Old Monster agreed to guide the group to a passage, then told them about a nearby forbidden land rumored to hold great treasures and passages to unknown worlds.

Hua Yunfei and his companions searched the Undying River for a passage to the Dark World while Old Monster revealed that Autumn Moon Female Venerate and Old Demonic Tree were still alive. When someone opened a deadly ground and a peach-scented fruit’s fragrance spread across the river, countless powerful beings rushed toward it, and Hua Yunfei turned back to claim it.

• Old Monster said the deadly ground contained a supreme treasure and explained that Autumn Moon Female Venerate and Old Demonic Tree had survived by leaving behind incarnations.
• Old Monster killed a hidden Living Fossil-level Immortal Emperor and fed him to Little Black, then led the group to several passages that did not reach the Dark World.
• The group was repeatedly ambushed, but Old Monster defeated their attackers and Little Black ate them.
• The Undying River shook when someone opened the deadly ground, and a pillar of blood rose from it as a fragrant scent spread across the waters.
• Hua Yunfei, Old Monster, Jiang Ruoyao, and the others suspected the scent came from a rare peach, while countless beings across the Undying River hurried toward the deadly ground.
• Hua Yunfei had Little Black turn back toward the deadly ground, intending to claim the fruit if it was real.

Hua Yunfei and his companions entered the ancient mine in the Undying River after learning that the peach fragrance came from a legendary Peach Tree. Old Monster defeated a newly arrived Quasi-Hegemon-level Nine-headed Lion, but vines erupted from a cracked wall as the lion fled.

• Immortal Emperors flocked into the ancient mine, and Hua Yunfei's group followed the peach fragrance through its dark, dangerous passages.
• A shout revealed that the Peach Tree was deep in the mine, driving the cultivators to fight through Blood Beasts and other deadly hazards.
• Old Monster led Hua Yunfei and his companions onward and encountered a genuine Quasi-Hegemon-level Nine-headed Lion.
• Old Monster shattered all nine of the lion's heads with his punches, but they regenerated, and the lion turned to flee.
• Vines burst from a cracked stone wall and blocked Old Monster as he prepared to pursue the Nine-headed Lion.

Hua Yunfei's group encountered a dangerously powerful vine while searching for the Peach Tree, then reached the tree and watched others rush into a bloody battle for its fruit. Suspecting the journey had been deliberately made easy, Hua Yunfei concluded that the true Beast Emperor was waiting before them.

• A vine attacked Jiang Ruoyao, but Hua Yunfei knocked it aside and warned that its strength was near the War Emperor Grade.
• Old Monster offered to help fight the vine if Hua Yunfei restored him to his former peak, but Hua Yunfei refused and led the group onward.
• Hua Yunfei kept Jiang Ruoyao beside him as they followed the blood-stained passage to a vast garden containing the Peach Tree.
• The arrivals charged toward the Peach Tree, triggering a bloody battle, while Hua Yunfei held back his group.
• Hua Yunfei and Old Monster realized the journey had been suspiciously easy and that the Beast Emperors had stopped attacking; Hua Yunfei identified the Peach Tree as the likely place of the true Beast Emperor.

Hua Yunfei used Equivalent Exchange to take every Peach Immortal Fruit from the Peach Tree, provoking the tree and the cultivators gathered around it. As Ye Fengliu fought two rival Quasi-Hegemons, three hundred Immortal Emperor experts surrounded Hua Yunfei, who warned them to leave or face him.

• Hua Yunfei decided to seize the Peach Tree and its fruits, leaving Jiang Ruoyao to protect Hei Chang, Bai Chang, and the others while he and Ye Fengliu advanced.
• Hua Yunfei used Equivalent Exchange to obtain all one hundred Peach Immortal Fruits, enraging the Peach Tree and drawing the cultivators' attention.
• Ye Fengliu challenged two rival Quasi-Hegemons and engaged them in battle while Hua Yunfei faced the other cultivators.
• Three hundred Immortal Emperor experts surrounded Hua Yunfei, who offered to spare anyone who left immediately.

Hua Yunfei revealed himself as a Quasi-Hegemon and nearly wiped out three hundred Immortal Emperors with one strike. As Ye Fengliu fought two Quasi-Hegemons, Hua Yunfei confronted the Peach Tree, which unleashed a vast beast tide led by nine Quasi-Hegemon Beast Emperors; Hua Yunfei prepared to answer it with a hegemon grade strike.

• Hua Yunfei revealed his Quasi-Hegemon strength and killed nearly all three hundred Immortal Emperors with the Mitian Battle Method—Demon Subjugation.
• Ye Fengliu refused Hua Yunfei's help and continued fighting the two Quasi-Hegemons alone.
• Hua Yunfei accused the Peach Tree of luring experts into its trap to devour them and advance to hegemon grade.
• The Peach Tree summoned an enormous blood-beast tide led by nine Quasi-Hegemon Level Beast Emperors.
• Hua Yunfei stood against the charging beasts and asked how the Peach Tree would withstand a hegemon grade strike.

Hua Yunfei unleashed the Great Priest’s Hegemon Grade power, wiping out the Blood Beast Tide and overwhelming the Peach Tree and its allies. The Peach Tree asked who Hua Yunfei was, and he called himself an ordinary cultivator from a fallen sect.

• Hua Yunfei raised his hand as the Beast Tide charged, and the Great Priest’s towering phantom appeared behind him.
• The Hegemon Grade aura turned the Immortal Emperor Grade and Half-step Quasi-Hegemon-level Blood Beasts to ash, while the collapsing Great World returned to chaos.
• The nine Beast Emperors were pinned down and then erased by the Great Priest’s phantom, and the Peach Tree trembled before the power it had long sought.
• The two Quasi-Hegemon-level powerhouses tried to flee, but Ye Fengliu blocked them as Hua Yunfei’s aura locked onto them.
• The Peach Tree asked Hua Yunfei who he was, and he replied that he was an ordinary cultivator from a fallen sect.

Hua Yunfei used the Great Priest’s power to subdue the Peach Tree after it unleashed its strongest attack and was effortlessly defeated. The Great Priest sealed the Peach Tree into Hua Yunfei’s palm, subdued the two Quasi-Hegemon captives, and urged Hua Yunfei to explore the forbidden land.

• The Peach Tree refused to become Hua Yunfei’s prisoner and unleashed its full strength against the Great Priest, whose power Hua Yunfei had summoned.
• The Great Priest crushed the Peach Tree’s “Suppress” attack with one finger, then subdued the tree despite its attempt to resist capture.
• The Great Priest told the Peach Tree that Hua Yunfei was worthy of being its master and sealed the weakened tree into Hua Yunfei’s palm.
• The Great Priest sealed the powers of the two Quasi-Hegemon prisoners, and Ye Fengliu mocked them after they gave up hope.
• The Great Priest faded away after telling Hua Yunfei to explore the forbidden land.

Hua Yunfei kept the sealed Peach Tree after teasing Jiang Ruoyao and sending it to the Primordial God Realm. There, Ye Fantian revealed his formidable presence and began to explain his standing as the Peach Tree questioned him.

• Hua Yunfei ignored the Peach Tree's threats while Hei Chang and the others congratulated him on capturing it.
• Jiang Ruoyao refused Hua Yunfei's offer of the Peach Tree, and Hua Yunfei punished it for insulting her before admitting he had only offered it to tease her.
• Hua Yunfei sent the Peach Tree to the Primordial God Realm, where Ye Fantian caught it and welcomed it.
• The Peach Tree realized Hua Yunfei could borrow the realm's power and was stunned when Ye Fantian said the world belonged to Hua Yunfei.
• Ye Fantian warned the Peach Tree that he had intended to face it himself and said people called him the end of the Immortal Emperor.

Ye Fantian showed the Peach Tree the Great Nirvana Fruit Tree and told it Hua Yunfei also had a Ginseng Fruit Tree in his hometown. Meanwhile, Hua Yunfei learned of a possible passage to the Dark World and distributed Peach Immortal Fruits, ending with Jiang Ruoyao reconsidering her refusal.

• Ye Fantian brought the Peach Tree to see the Great Nirvana Fruit Tree and told it Hua Yunfei also had a Ginseng Fruit Tree.
• Ye Fengliu brought two defeated Quasi-Hegemon Level powerhouses to Hua Yunfei and the others.
• Hua Yunfei learned that the cauldron-bearing captive had sensed a possible passage to the Dark World where a man and a woman had disappeared.
• Hua Yunfei planted a soul-control technique in the two captives, took part of their souls, and appointed them Left and Right Guardians under Ye Fengliu.
• Hua Yunfei gave Peach Immortal Fruits to his allies and Ye Fengliu, then offered some to Jiang Ruoyao, whose interest in the fruit returned.

After the battle, Hua Yunfei and the others searched the forbidden zone and discovered a mysterious golden egg that the Peach Tree could not identify. They found the passage to the Dark World, but Ye Fengliu wondered how he and the Left and Right Guardians could escape as Quasi-Hegemons.

• Hua Yunfei gave Jiang Ruoyao twenty Peach Immortal Fruits, then led the group to search the deserted forbidden zone.
• Hua Yunfei told the group that the Great Priest was the master of the forbidden zone, and Ye Fengliu and the Left and Right Guardians discussed how difficult it was to advance beyond Quasi-Hegemon Grade.
• Ye Fengliu broke open a stone wall and uncovered a golden egg, which Hua Yunfei placed in the Primordial God Realm after the Peach Tree admitted it did not know what it was.
• Hua Yunfei and the group found the passage to the Dark World, where Hei Chang and the others prepared to return to their master.
• Ye Fengliu asked Hua Yunfei how he and the Left and Right Guardians could leave, since they were Quasi-Hegemons.

Hua Yunfei led Ye Fengliu and the Left and Right Guardians toward the Dark World after they agreed to follow him, while offering Little Black a way to escape its fate as a Blood Beast. The Undying River’s latent will trapped the three Quasi-Hegemons in the passage, so Hua Yunfei sent them into the Primordial God Realm.

• Ye Fengliu and the Left and Right Guardians agreed to follow Hua Yunfei and travel with him to the Dark World.
• Hua Yunfei led the group to the hidden passage, where they said goodbye to Little Black, who could not survive outside the Undying River.
• Hua Yunfei gave Little Black a Nirvana Immortal Fruit, and Little Black ate it before Hua Yunfei sent it into the Primordial God Realm to transform.
• As the group entered the passage, the Undying River’s latent will wrapped Ye Fengliu and the Left and Right Guardians in unbreakable strands of blood.
• Hua Yunfei told the three Quasi-Hegemons to close their eyes and shut off their six senses, then sent them into the Primordial God Realm.

Hua Yunfei led Jiang Ruoyao and the others through the Undying River’s endless demonic shadows and brought them safely to the Dark World. As the group set off for Bai Chang’s sect, Hua Yunfei entered a strange realm of alternating cold and heat, and the system notification sounded.

• Hua Yunfei and his companions fought through the Undying River’s demonic shadows, with Hua Yunfei and Little Pagoda clearing a path toward the exit.
• Hua Yunfei used the Primordial Sword Art and then the Hua Clan Secret Art to overcome waves of shadows and join the others beyond the exit.
• Hua Yunfei and the group agreed to visit Bai Chang’s sect, where Ma Chenggong and the others would host them.
• The group entered the Dark World, where Hua Yunfei experienced alternating freezing and scorching temperatures and heard a system notification.

Hua Yunfei entered the Dark World, learned about its realms and reincarnation system, and spotted a familiar-looking man with a zither. Hei Chang explained that exceptionally talented souls could remain in the Dark World before reincarnation, leaving Hua Yunfei suspecting the man he saw had survived there.

• Hua Yunfei received the Mitian Battle Method—Upper Volume after checking in at the Undying River.
• Hua Yunfei entered the Dark World and received an Overlord-level Trial Card from the system.
• Hei Chang explained that the Dark World was also called the Netherworld and that its lower realm was divided into ten regions ruled by the Ten Yama Kings.
• Hei Chang showed Hua Yunfei the Rebirth Monument, where the dead queued before judgment and reincarnation.
• Hua Yunfei spotted a man carrying an ancient zither and asked whether the dead could linger in the Dark World.
• Hei Chang explained that exceptionally talented souls could be kept in the Dark World before reincarnation, and Hua Yunfei suspected the familiar man had survived there.

Hua Yunfei accompanied Hei Chang and the others back to their sect in King Chu Jiang’s domain, where they discovered it had been massacred. Hei Chang and his companions swore revenge and searched desperately for their master.

• Hei Chang reassured Hua Yunfei that he would protect him in King Chu Jiang’s domain, and the group crossed the Rebirth Monument’s boundary.
• Hua Yunfei and the others traveled through the blood-soaked landscape and saw an ox-headed ghost leading condemned spirits toward their punishment.
• The group approached Hei Chang’s sect and found a concealment array that Hua Yunfei sensed was hiding a blood-soaked scene.
• Hei Chang and his companions discovered that their sect had been slaughtered, with its disciples and elders dead and their Little Junior Sister’s head placed atop a tower.
• Hei Chang and the others vowed to avenge the sect and asked where their Quasi-Hegemon Level master was.

Hua Yunfei confronted the Yan Family after it wiped out the Dou Ling Sacred Sect to avenge the Yan Family Four Brothers. He revealed that he had killed the brothers and slaughtered the five Yan Family attackers, leaving the conflict with the Yan Family poised to escalate.

• Hua Yunfei and Jiang Ruoyao found the Dou Ling Sacred Sect destroyed, while Hei Chang and the others entered to bury their fellow disciples.
• Yan Beidou and four powerful Yan Family experts arrived, admitted responsibility for the massacre, and accused Hei Chang and his companions of killing Yan Sheng and his brothers.
• Yan Beidou explained that the Yan Family’s bloodline secret art had shown them who was present when the brothers died; Hei Chang said the brothers had betrayed them first.
• Hua Yunfei stepped between the sides and claimed that he, not Hei Chang and the others, had killed the Yan Family Four Brothers.
• Hua Yunfei attacked with Undying Grip, killing Yan Beidou’s four companions, then used Fair Trade to appear before Yan Beidou and tear off his head.

Hua Yunfei and Jiang Ruoyao captured Yan Beidou and led Hei Chang’s group to attack the Yan family, seeking revenge for Dou Ling Sacred Sect. After Hua Yunfei swept through the clan’s defenders, Yan Patriarch Yan Taishan confronted him, and Hua Yunfei began transferring several curses to his opponent.

• Hua Yunfei destroyed Yan Beidou’s Emperor Corpse, while Jiang Ruoyao trapped his soul in her pottery jar and collected the souls of four other enemies.
• Hua Yunfei finished refining Yan Beidou’s remains, then promised Hei Chang and the others he would lead them to take revenge on the Yan family.
• Hua Yunfei discussed the fate of Dou Ling Sacred Sect’s dead with Hei Chang, Bai Chang, and Ma Chenggong before the group reached the Yan family’s ancient city.
• Hua Yunfei and Jiang Ruoyao killed and collected the souls of the Yan family’s Ancestors as Hua Yunfei attacked the clan’s forces.
• Yan Taishan, the Yan family’s Patriarch and Yan Beidou’s elder brother, challenged Hua Yunfei, who began transferring curses to him.

Hua Yunfei forced Yan Shan and two elders to massacre the Yan family, but the Yan family's ancestor returned and revealed that Yan Shan had allied with the Yan Luo Twin Fiends, who had killed Hei Chang's master and helped destroy Dou Ling Sacred Sect. Hua Yunfei faced the three Quasi-Hegemons as they threatened him, while he remained calm.

• Hua Yunfei used curses to control Yan Shan and two elders, making them slaughter the Yan family members.
• The Yan family's ancestor arrived, suppressed the curses temporarily, and confronted Hua Yunfei.
• Hei Chang questioned Yan Shan about his master, and Yan Shan admitted he had not fought the master alone.
• Yan Shan summoned the Yan Luo Twin Fiends, whom Hei Chang and the others recognized as the ones who killed their master and helped destroy Dou Ling Sacred Sect.
• Yan Shan and the Yan Luo Twin Fiends challenged Hua Yunfei, but Hua Yunfei calmly asked if they thought they had already won.

Hua Yunfei confronted Yan Shan and the Yan Luo Twin Fiends, who threatened him and coveted Jiang Ruoyao. Three Quasi-Hegemon Guardians emerged to support Hua Yunfei and overwhelmed the enemy, leaving Yan Shan and the brothers badly wounded.

• Yan Shan and the Yan Luo Twin Fiends mocked Hua Yunfei and discussed taking Jiang Ruoyao and the others as spoils.
• Yan Shan attacked Hua Yunfei by unleashing a rift in space, but Hua Yunfei emerged with Ye Fengliu, the Left Guardian, and the Right Guardian.
• Ye Fengliu revealed that the three newcomers were Hua Yunfei’s Guardians, and Hua Yunfei ordered them to kill the attackers.
• Ye Fengliu trapped Yan Shan and the Yan Luo Twin Fiends inside a Great World and struck Yan Shan so hard that his chest exploded.
• The Left and Right Guardians separated the Yan Luo brothers and beat them down, while Ye Fengliu continued overwhelming Yan Shan.

Hua Yunfei and his allies overwhelmed the Yan family, Yan Shan, and the Yan Luo Twin Fiends, using his strange exchange abilities to stop their escapes and seize their sacrificial altar. After promising justice for the Dou Ling Sacred Sect, Hua Yunfei faced General Jiang, who arrived from the Prince's Manor and ordered the conflict to end.

• Ye Fengliu and the Left and Right Guardians defeated the Yan family’s fighters while the cursed family heads slaughtered their own clan members.
• Jiang Ruoyao headed toward the ancestral residence, but Ye Fengliu stopped Yan Shan from interfering and badly injured him.
• Hua Yunfei repeatedly used Fair Trade to return Yan Shan and the Yan Luo Twin Fiends to battle when they tried to flee.
• The Yan Luo brothers summoned a blood-red altar, but Hua Yunfei used Equivalent Exchange to replace it with a Low-grade Spirit Stone and take the altar.
• Hua Yunfei said he would avenge the Dou Ling Sacred Sect, and the four survivors asked him to kill Yan Shan and the Yan Luo Twin Fiends.
• General Jiang arrived from the Prince's Manor and told them to stop, but Hua Yunfei challenged his authority.