Chapter Summaries

Master Jiang confronted the Undefeated Immortal Venerable, who recalled the enemies he had defeated and learned that a sect had once considered taking him as a disciple. Master Jiang left warning that someone would eventually come to kill him, while the Undefeated Immortal Venerable remained certain his legend would endure.

• The Undefeated Immortal Venerable listed former enemies he had defeated, but Master Jiang did not reveal which one he meant.
• Master Jiang drank from the teapot and asked for tea to take back, invoking a near bond as fellow disciples.
• The Undefeated Immortal Venerable learned that someone from Master Jiang's sect had once considered inviting him to join, but his master had reached him first.
• Master Jiang and the Undefeated Immortal Venerable traded claims about their sects' strength and the outcome of their conflict.
• The Undefeated Immortal Venerable offered to let the others go, and Master Jiang departed in a cloud of smoke after warning that someone would come to take his life.

Undefeated Immortal Venerable dismissed Master Jiang’s prediction that someone would challenge him, while the Black Hand Organization’s elders humiliated two High-Level Heavenly Vault leaders. Big Pretty asked Hua Yunfei if he could join the organization, and the Imperial Alliance continued defeating its enemies on Tiangang Continent.

• Undefeated Immortal Venerable brewed tea and said he would await Master Jiang’s challenge, even welcoming the possibility of being outnumbered.
• The Purple Robe Old Ancestor and the hidden Old Ancestor took humiliating photos and recordings of the Ghost Phoenix Race Ancient Ancestor and the Sea Race Progenitor before sending them back to the Seventeenth Layer Heavenly Vault.
• The two elders tricked the Sea Race Progenitor and the Ghost Phoenix Race Ancient Ancestor with a false call of “Fair Trade,” then vanished with the Light Gate World.
• Big Pretty told Hua Yunfei he wanted to join the Black Hand Organization, and Hua Yunfei joked that his appearance might scare people away.
• On Tiangang Continent, Jiang Ruoyao and the Imperial Alliance pressed their advantage as the pottery jar collected the Emperor Souls of defeated High-Level Heavenly Vault fighters.

The Imperial Alliance won the Immortal Emperor War after Xia Qiuer and Jiang Ruoyao turned the tide, while the High-Level Heavenly Vault mourned its losses. As Dao Wushuang and Tianming Wuji headed to the Low-Level Heavenly Vault, Xia Qiuer’s exhausted soul began to fade.

• The Imperial Alliance subdued the High-Level Heavenly Vault’s Immortal Emperors, ending the war and prompting celebration across the All Realms Great Universe.
• The High-Level Heavenly Vault fell silent over the loss of six thousand top Immortal Emperors, while the Heavenly Mandate Daoist Academy’s elders refused to intervene for the captured War King and his companions.
• The Black Dragon Clan’s young master declined to save Ao Hui, then emerged from the secret realm alongside Dao Wushuang as Tianming Wuji.
• Dao Wushuang and Tianming Wuji used an ancient scroll’s portal to travel to the Low-Level Heavenly Vault, intending to meet a person Dao Wushuang admired.
• Xia Qiuer’s borrowed power faded, and her exhausted soul weakened as she thought of her father and mother.

Gong Qingyan used Old Ancestor Possession to enter the Great Dao of Tiangang Continent with Xia Qiuer and nourish her by subduing the Will of Tiangang Continent. In the Low-Level Heavenly Vault, Nether Son met Hua Yunfei and Big Pretty, just as Hua Yunfei sensed something nearby.

• Jiang Ruoyao tried to preserve Xia Qiuer's fading soul, but Fu Siyuan said only a Hegemon Grade being could save her.
• Fu Siyuan suggested that the truce allowed them to use methods they could not use during the fighting, and Gong Qingyan proposed using the Will of Tiangang Continent as nourishment.
• Gong Qingyan revealed that she had once been the Heavenly Dao and invoked Old Ancestor Possession to reach War Emperor Grade cultivation.
• Gong Qingyan carried Xia Qiuer into the Will of Tiangang Continent and dragged it into the Great Dao, where she beat it into submission.
• Nether Son visited Hua Yunfei in the Low-Level Heavenly Vault, met Big Pretty, and laughed at his unusual name.
• Hua Yunfei's brows twitched, and he looked toward a nearby spot.

Hua Yunfei reunited with Nether Son and introduced him to Dao Wushuang and Tianming Wuji while discussing their search for Jia Duobao. When Dao Wushuang accidentally alluded to someone Big Pretty instinctively feared, the Great Dao across countless worlds briefly changed, leaving Hua Yunfei and Nether Son wondering who Dao Wushuang meant.

• Hua Yunfei asked Nether Son about his search for Jia Duobao, and Nether Son said neither he nor the Five Ghost Emperors could locate him.
• Nether Son agreed to seek the Nether Lord's help, while Hua Yunfei promised to help him win Sister Qingyan's favor.
• Hua Yunfei brought Nether Son and Big Pretty to meet Dao Wushuang, who was drinking with Tianming Wuji of the Black Dragon Clan.
• Big Pretty moved closer to Hua Yunfei and watched Dao Wushuang warily, prompting Dao Wushuang to say Big Pretty might have mistaken him for someone else.
• Dao Wushuang's words caused the Great Dao across the Thirty-Three Heavens and countless worlds to change briefly before he withdrew their unintended implications.
• Dao Wushuang told Hua Yunfei and Nether Son that he could not explain further because some matters were not his to reveal.

Dao Wushuang brought Hua Yunfei, the Nether Son, and Tianming Wuji together for a friendly drink, and the rivals put aside their factions’ old grudges. The gathering ended in teasing and laughter, with the Nether Son declaring that insults meant people recognized him.

• Dao Wushuang introduced Tianming Wuji of the Black Dragon Clan to Hua Yunfei and the Nether Son, and Tianming Wuji assured them he had no hostility toward Hua Yunfei.
• Tianming Wuji and Hua Yunfei agreed that they should live by their own ideas rather than be bound by old clan grudges, then drank together.
• Hua Yunfei introduced Big Pretty, and all five shared wine and felt a sense of kinship.
• Dao Wushuang complained about his burdens and joked that Hua Yunfei should join him in the High-Level Heavenly Vault, but Hua Yunfei refused.
• The Nether Son teased Hua Yunfei about his backside and said he enjoyed being insulted because it meant people recognized him, while Tianming Wuji reacted with surprise.

Hua Yunfei bantered with Nether Son, Dao Wushuang, and Tianming Wuji before explaining his position amid the growing conflict between the High-Level Heavenly Vault and its opponents. He left no doubt that he would pursue revenge against the Black Dragon Clan, even if that meant fighting Tianming Wuji.

• Nether Son and Dao Wushuang teased Hua Yunfei, while Tianming Wuji watched and enjoyed the spectacle.
• Hua Yunfei used Nether Son's feelings for Sister Qingyan to make him stop pinching him and massage his shoulders instead.
• Dao Wushuang asked Hua Yunfei about the conflict between the High-Level Heavenly Vault and the opposing alliance.
• Hua Yunfei said he would follow his sect's orders and repay every unforgivable debt.
• Hua Yunfei told Tianming Wuji he valued their friendship but would not spare the Black Dragon Clan, and would kill anyone who obstructed his revenge.

Hua Yunfei, Dao Wushuang, Tianming Wuji, and Nether Son laid bare their feelings about the Black Dragon Clan and reaffirmed their friendship beyond the battlefield. They agreed to travel through the All Realms Great Universe together, setting off with Big Pretty.

• Hua Yunfei declared that his grudge against the Black Dragon Clan could never be reconciled, and Tianming Wuji said he supported razing the clan.
• Tianming Wuji revealed that he had killed his father, who had tried to devour him, and explained that he wanted the Black Dragon Clan’s cruel ways ended.
• Tianming Wuji said he would welcome Hua Yunfei destroying the clan, while Hua Yunfei acknowledged the difficulty of overcoming the Dragon Ancestor.
• Dao Wushuang and Hua Yunfei promised to remain friends beyond the battlefield, and the four geniuses laughed together.
• Nether Son proposed that they travel together, and the group chose to explore the All Realms Great Universe.
• The four men set off with Big Pretty after finishing their wine.

Dao Wushuang explained the Undefeated Immortal Venerable’s standing and warned that defeating or killing him in the same realm would be nearly impossible. The group then entered the All Realms Great Universe and began joking about what to call themselves.

• Dao Wushuang explained that some experts surpassed Young Heavens despite lacking early recognition, and said he liked seeking out such talents to nurture.
• Dao Wushuang recounted how the Undefeated Immortal Venerable earned recognition as a Young Heaven by defeating peers, ancient sages, and higher-realm experts.
• Dao Wushuang warned Hua Yunfei to tell his backers that defeating the Undefeated Immortal Venerable would demand a tremendous price, while killing him in the same realm was nearly impossible.
• Tianming Wuji said the Undefeated Immortal Venerable was closest to Heaven, and Big Pretty innocently asked whether Heaven could be eaten.
• The five followed the passage Big Pretty opened into the All Realms Great Universe and traded ideas for a name for their traveling group.

Hua Yunfei and his companions encountered a fake Black Hand Organization robber, who revealed that his master had been using the group’s name to recruit experts and rob people. After discovering Hua Yunfei led the real organization, they forced the robber to guide them to his master’s lair.

• Nether Son, Hua Yunfei, Dao Wushuang, and Tianming Wuji argued over what to name their group while Big Pretty examined Dao Wushuang’s wine gourd.
• A Black Robe claiming to belong to the Black Hand Organization tried to rob the five, then ran away when Nether Son challenged him.
• Nether Son caught the Black Robe, and Hua Yunfei questioned him and took the treasures he carried.
• The Black Robe admitted that his master had sent him to pose as a Black Hand member and revealed that his master was a peak Quasi-Immortal Emperor.
• Hua Yunfei ordered the Black Robe to take them to his master’s lair, and Nether Son looked forward to making Tianming Wuji take back his words.

After the battle, the Imperial Alliance’s Immortal Emperors worried that the High-Level Heavenly Vault would launch a second stage while they were badly injured and short on fighters. Fu Siyuan of the Black Hand Organization gave them Jade Dew Nectar that rapidly healed their wounds, and an Immortal Emperor asked whether the organization was still recruiting.

• The Immortal Emperors of the Imperial Alliance feared a second stage would come before they could recover and worried about filling their vacant places.
• Fu Siyuan invited the Immortal Emperors to rest and arranged for medicine garden disciples to serve them Jade Dew Nectar.
• The Young Ancestor of Tianji Peak claimed the Black Hand Organization used the nectar to feed dogs, and Fu Siyuan kicked him away and assured everyone there was plenty.
• The Immortal Emperors drank the nectar and watched their wounds and Dao Injuries heal rapidly.
• An Immortal Emperor asked Fu Siyuan whether the Black Hand Organization was still recruiting.

Fu Siyuan began recruiting Immortal Emperors into the Black Hand Organization on the Tiangang Continent, while Jiang Ruoyao watched with conflicted thoughts. Meanwhile, Hua Yunfei and his companions followed the Black Robed Person to a brothel that supposedly concealed his master's fake Black Hand Organization.

• Fu Siyuan invited recovered Immortal Emperors to sign up, and they jostled for places before lining up for the secret assessment.
• Fu Siyuan asked the applicants unusual questions, while Kaoshan Sect disciples anticipated having newcomers to torment; Jiang Ruoyao silently watched the recruitment.
• Hua Yunfei and the other four followed the Black Robed Person into a Great World and reached a lavish brothel in a major city.
• Nether Son, Dao Wushuang, and Tianming Wuji discussed why a brothel made a good hiding place, while Big Pretty asked Hua Yunfei what it was.
• Hua Yunfei told Big Pretty that children should not ask about adults' business, but Big Pretty continued looking around curiously.

Hua Yunfei and the others discovered that the brothel concealed a cautious group imitating the Black Hand Organization. After the group’s leader answered Hua Yunfei’s questions, Hua Yunfei accepted him into the real Black Hand Organization and left him celebrating.

• Nether Son learned that the brothel sold cauldrons, and the Black Robed Person led Hua Yunfei and the others through hidden passages to his organization’s hideout.
• Formations attacked them inside the passage, but Nether Son erased them and subdued the seven Immortal Kings guarding the hideout.
• The Black Robed Person revealed the location of the hideout, while the seven Immortal Kings refused to betray their companions.
• The organization’s leader returned, put the seven Immortal Kings to sleep, and explained that his group had imitated the Black Hand Organization while robbing people without killing them.
• Hua Yunfei accepted the leader into the real Black Hand Organization, and the leader joyfully embraced his disciple before correcting his laughter to “Keh keh keh.”

Hua Yunfei and his companions visited the Fenghua Dao Realm, recruited a fake Black Hand Organization, and indulged in Nether Son’s unusual amusement. Afterward, Nether Son proposed storming the nearby Black Sun River, leaving the group poised to enter a forbidden zone.

• On the way to the Fenghua Dao Realm, Dao Wushuang and the others spotted the lifeless Black Sun River, and Hua Yunfei recalled the old man’s warning to avoid the Black Underworld River before reaching Hegemon Grade.
• Hua Yunfei’s group explored the scenic Fenghua Dao Realm and recruited an Immortal Emperor and his organization after finding they were pretending to be the Black Hand Organization.
• Nether Son made the Immortal Emperor and his Quasi-Immortal Emperor subordinates line up for him to kick, then coaxed Tianming Wuji into trying it.
• Tianming Wuji kicked the Immortal Emperor once, felt tempted to continue, but denied enjoying it and walked away.
• After leaving the Fenghua Dao Realm, Nether Son suggested that the group storm the Black Sun River for fun.

Tianming Wuji, Hua Yunfei, Dao Wushuang, Nether Son, and Big Pretty entered the Black Sun River to explore its dangers. After Hua Yunfei protected the group with talismans and Tianming Wuji defeated two river creatures, the river’s Illusion Law disoriented them and seemed to draw them into its depths.

• Tianming Wuji, Hua Yunfei, Dao Wushuang, and Nether Son agreed to explore the Black Sun River, while Big Pretty followed them.
• The five entered the river and discovered its curse particles, so Hua Yunfei handed out talismans that kept them away.
• A water creature with Quasi-Hegemon Late Phase strength appeared, and Tianming Wuji destroyed it with one punch.
• A Quasi-Hegemon Peak black serpent surged from the water, and Tianming Wuji crushed it with another punch.
• The group continued onward until the Black Sun River’s Illusion Law disoriented them and made them seem to have reached its depths.

Hua Yunfei and his companions ventured deeper into the cursed Black Sun River, fought off its uncanny creatures, and encountered signs of ancient Hegemon Grade beings. The river grew more dangerous as a severed arm wielding a rusted sword stirred its previously still waters.

• The group discovered they had lost their bearings and were surrounded by uncanny creatures, including six War Emperor Grade beings.
• Tianming Wuji destroyed the attackers with his golden-black dragon shadow, while Dao Wushuang erased a fresh wave of creatures with Heaven's Order.
• Dao Wushuang led the group deeper into the river, where they found a barren island bearing a black ancient coffin and then a female corpse lying on a black lotus.
• The Nether Son suffered a backlash after looking at the female corpse and again after speaking carelessly about her, while Tianming Wuji helped dispel the Karma power within him.
• A severed arm carrying a rusted ancient sword appeared and swung it, shaking the starry sky and causing the Black Sun River to surge into waves.

Hua Yunfei fought a severed Hegemon Grade arm in the Black Sun River while Nether Son freeloaded and Dao Wushuang and Tianming Wuji fought off bizarre creatures. After taking the arm’s ancient sword, Hua Yunfei learned its owner wanted to be buried and warned him to escape the Black Underworld River, a place where life ended.

• Hua Yunfei met the severed arm’s sword attack while Dao Wushuang and Tianming Wuji held back the surrounding bizarre creatures, and Nether Son hid beside Big Pretty.
• Hua Yunfei’s first Equivalent Exchange failed when the arm’s Hegemon Grade order suppressed his ability and disrupted Dao Wushuang and Tianming Wuji’s divine abilities.
• Hua Yunfei broke through the lingering order with a sword strike, exchanged away the rusty ancient sword, and suppressed the arm.
• The ancient sword’s owner asked Hua Yunfei to bury the sword and arm together, explaining that he did not want to live again.
• The owner warned Hua Yunfei that the Black Underworld River was the end of life and urged him to bury the remains and leave the tributary quickly.

Hua Yunfei honored the ancient sword’s master by burying his arm and sword on a quiet Desolate Island. The burial triggered a massive attack as powerful corpses, strange creatures, and overwhelming Curse Power converged on the group.

• Hua Yunfei learned through the ancient sword that its master had charged into the Black Underworld River to meet his end, and he decided to bury the arm and sword as requested.
• Hua Yunfei, Dao Wushuang, Tianming Wuji, and the Nether Son searched the Black Sun River and avoided a terrifying half-corpse on another Desolate Island.
• Hua Yunfei and Dao Wushuang destroyed the blood-colored consciousness inside the arm and buried it with the ancient sword beneath a blank stele.
• Countless strange creatures swarmed the island after the burial, and Hua Yunfei swept them away with purple swordlight.
• The black lotus and awakened female corpse, the Black Coffin, and the half-corpse converged on the group as a torrent of Curse Power destroyed their talismans.
• Hua Yunfei threw the Nether Son into Big Pretty’s arms to save him from the Curse Power.

Hua Yunfei and his companions were surrounded by terrifying corpses and creatures on a Desolate Island in the Black Sun River. Big Pretty drove off their attackers, and Hua Yunfei decided to continue searching the river for traces of the Heavenly Emperor.

• Tianming Wuji and Hua Yunfei asked Dao Wushuang about the Black Underworld River’s origins, but he said even he did not know.
• A female corpse wailed, the ancient coffin began to stir, and the group realized the creatures had surrounded them and blocked their escape.
• Hua Yunfei sent Big Pretty to fight, and Big Pretty scattered the bizarre creatures, knocked away the female corpse, snapped the coffin’s chains, and seized the coffin.
• Big Pretty struck the Hegemon Grade Incomplete Corpse with the ancient coffin and drove it into the Black Sun River, forcing the threats to retreat.
• Hua Yunfei told Tianming Wuji that Big Pretty was his friend and said they could remain in the Black Sun River while avoiding the Black Underworld River.
• Hua Yunfei decided to search for traces of the Heavenly Emperor to confirm whether he had passed through the Black Sun River on his way to the Black Underworld River.

Hua Yunfei, Dao Wushuang, and Tianming Wuji continued exploring the Black Sun River and fought its strange inhabitants as a trial. Back on Tiangang Continent, Xia Qiuer reunited with the Immortal Emperors before the High-Level Heavenly Vault’s second-stage participants arrived in overwhelming force.

• The Nether Son agreed to accompany Tianming Wuji and Dao Wushuang, and Big Pretty carried him while promising to protect him.
• Hua Yunfei, Dao Wushuang, and Tianming Wuji fought Incomplete Corpses and female corpses without relying on Big Pretty as they pushed farther into the Black Sun River.
• Gong Qingyan and Xia Qiuer returned to Tiangang Continent after its Great Dao and will had fallen silent, and Xia Qiuer credited Gong Qingyan for keeping her safe.
• Fu Siyuan teased Xia Qiuer about joining the Black Hand Organization, while Xia Qiuer insisted she would remain with the Imperial Court and decided not to interfere with Hua Yunfei’s relationship with Jiang Ruoyao.
• Golden avenues connected Tiangang Continent to many points across space-time, and powerful participants in the High-Level Heavenly Vault’s second stage appeared on them.