Recaps

Qin Guan and Black Executor tried to meet Ru Yan Great Alchemist at Bu Kui Pill Pavilion, but the guards took their Storage Rings and then refused them entry. After Qin Guan struck one guard, a Big Black Dog arrived in a sedan, recognized Qin Guan, and demanded to know what he was doing there.

• Qin Guan and Black Executor asked to meet Ru Yan Great Alchemist, and Black Executor bribed a guard with two Storage Rings.
• After an hour, a guard said Ru Yan Great Alchemist would not receive them and denied taking their Storage Rings.
• Qin Guan punched the guard, sending him crashing through the entrance to Bu Kui Pill Pavilion.
• A Big Black Dog arrived at the pavilion in a lavish Black Grand Sedan as the guards accused Qin Guan and Black Executor of making trouble.
• The Big Black Dog saw Qin Guan, hurried over, and asked what he was doing there.

Qin Guan asked the Netherworld Dog to introduce him to the Seventh-Rank Pill Master so Black Executor could seek help for his mother’s damaged meridians. After accepting fifty strands of Chaos Qi, the Netherworld Dog arranged a meeting and led them to a guest room on the fourth floor.

• The Netherworld Dog recognized Qin Guan and agreed to introduce him to the Pill Master, warning him to be polite.
• Qin Guan explained that Black Executor wanted a medicinal pill for his mother, whose damaged meridians no longer responded to the Sacred Blood Pill.
• The Netherworld Dog said the Pill Master charged at least fifty Top-grade Spirit Veins, alarming Black Executor.
• Qin Guan gave the Netherworld Dog fifty strands of Chaos Qi, and the dog went to persuade the Pill Master to meet them.
• The Netherworld Dog returned and led Qin Guan and Black Executor to a fourth-floor guest room to meet the Pill Master.

Qin Guan tried to persuade Great Alchemist Ru Yan to treat his little brother’s mother, but she refused until she learned his identity. She recognized him as her Junior Brother and agreed that they were allies, leaving Qin Guan to ask her to save the patient urgently.

• Great Alchemist Ru Yan refused Qin Guan’s payment offer and told him to exchange his goods for fifty Top-grade Spirit Veins before she would help.
• Qin Guan threatened to use force, and the Netherworld Dog warned him that Ru Yan was a Quasi Emperor.
• Ru Yan learned Qin Guan’s name, grabbed his hand, and welcomed him as her Junior Brother, explaining that Bukui Daoist had sent her to work and make money for him.
• Qin Guan recognized Ru Yan as his Senior Sister because she had named her shop Bu Kui Pill Pavilion after their Master.
• Ru Yan scolded the Netherworld Dog for calling Qin Guan “kid,” and Qin Guan urgently asked her to save the patient.

Qing Li tried to summon her fellow sect members to help Qin Guan enter the Netherworld, but none of them answered. She offered him her cultivation resources and body-forging pills, then was astonished when he revealed a barrel of exceptionally potent Vitality Essence.

• Qing Li told Qin Guan she would summon their fellow disciples to accompany him into the Netherworld to save his sister-in-law.
• Qing Li activated a Sound Transmission Sword Talisman and sent several messages, but none of the six disciples replied.
• Qing Li offered Qin Guan the cultivation resources she had prepared for him, explaining that their Master had ordered her to do so.
• Qing Li revealed that an unresolved obsession kept her from proving her Dao, and Qin Guan offered to help, but she said she had to settle it herself.
• Qing Li gave Qin Guan Seventh-grade Body-Forging Pills, but he took several before she stopped him and showed her a barrel of Vitality Essence.
• Qin Guan said a good friend had refined the Vitality Essence and that its ingredients had cost less than those in Qing Li's treasure vault.

Qing Li learned that Xiao Guo could refine and improve pill formulas, then asked him to make a Heaven Mending Pill so she could restore her damaged Great Dao. As Xiao Guo began refining it, Qing Li warned Qin Guan to keep the tower and cauldron secret and urged him to strengthen his body before the Netherworld opened.

• Xiao Guo teased Qin Guan about his Senior Sister, and Qin Guan explained Xiao Guo's abilities and the Qi Yuan Civilization to Qing Li.
• Qing Li realized that Xiao Guo might be able to refine the Heaven Mending Pill and restore her damaged Great Dao.
• Qin Guan put the twelve required materials into Xiao Guo, who began refining the pill with Seven-Colored Glazed Fire and estimated it would take five shichen.
• Qing Li cautioned Qin Guan not to reveal the tower or cauldron, then told him to use the treasure vault's materials to improve his Physical Body Strength before the Netherworld opened.

Qing Li received three Wushuang-quality Heaven Mending Pills refined by Xiao Guo and planned to use them to restore her Great Dao and Prove Dao Become Emperor. After thirteen days of seclusion, Qin Guan reached the Twenty Realm but found the next breakthrough distant, while Little Black Tower urged him to find his Senior Sister.

• Xiao Guo finished refining three Wushuang-quality Heaven Mending Pills, astonishing Qing Li with its ability to produce three Emperor-grade pills at once.
• Xiao Guo asked Qing Li for one pill and told her to say she had offered it voluntarily, and Qing Li gave it one.
• Qing Li kept the other two Heaven Mending Pills, hoping they would restore her incomplete Great Dao and let her Prove Dao Become Emperor.
• Qin Guan spent thirteen days cultivating in the Little Black Tower, nearly exhausting Qing Li's wealth and advancing from the eighteenth realm to the twentieth.
• Qin Guan lamented how hard it would be to reach the Twenty-first Realm, and Little Black Tower told him to find his Senior Sister to cool his head.

Qin Guan visited Xiao Guo, who revealed that she could use Chaos Power to create a duplicate of herself if she received enough Chaos Qi. After leaving the Little Black Tower, he learned that Yun Yun’s mother was recovering and gave Yun Yun cultivation techniques and Sword Dao insights; the chapter left him reunited with Qing Li, Woma Lord, and a Netherworld Dog as the Netherworld’s opening approached.

• Qin Guan gave Xiao Guo Five Thousand Strands of Chaos Qi and learned that she planned to create a Little Cauldron duplicate by consuming more.
• Qin Guan promised to provide Xiao Guo with Chaos Qi after rescuing Rou'er and the others, then left the Little Black Tower to check on the approaching Netherworld opening.
• Yun Yun told Qin Guan that her mother’s illness had greatly improved thanks to Qing Li’s treatment.
• Qin Guan gave Yun Yun cultivation techniques and a booklet of Sword Dao Concept insights.
• Qing Li returned with a Netherworld Dog and Woma Lord, and Qin Guan greeted Woma Lord after three years apart.

Qin Guan learned why the Netherworld Dog had been cast out: his fiancée, the Netherworld Clan’s Princess, cheated on him, and he attacked her lover. As Qin Guan offered to help him take revenge, the Netherworld Dog revealed that he could bring them into the Netherworld when the Netherworld Eye opened widest in three days.

• Qin Guan asked the Netherworld Dog why the Netherworld Clan had driven him out, and the dog admitted he had caught his fiancée, the Netherworld Clan’s Princess, with another dog and beaten him.
• Qing Li scolded the Netherworld Dog for interfering, and he revealed that the Princess had been his fiancée and that he had given her all his resources.
• Qin Guan comforted the Netherworld Dog by saying it was fortunate he had caught her cheating before they married, then asked about the strength of the Netherworld Clan’s Old Ancestor.
• The Netherworld Dog said he was in the ancestral return third realm while the Old Ancestor was likely a Demon Emperor, and vowed to make the Clan and the cheating pair kneel to him once he grew stronger.
• Qin Guan promised to settle the dog’s grudge during his trip to the Netherworld and said his Master and Yang Shizun were already there.
• The Netherworld Dog said he could use his Netherworld Qi to enter the Netherworld unnoticed when the Netherworld Eye opened widest in three days.

Qin Guan and Qing Li prepared to enter the Netherworld by gathering Yin Spirit Stones and making pills to trade at the Ghost Market. The Netherworld Dog handed over its savings, and Xiao Guo began helping Qin Guan and Qing Li refine pills in the Little Black Tower.

• The Netherworld Dog explained that Qin Guan would need Yin Spirit Stones and Profound Nether Stones to prepare for the Netherworld.
• Qing Li forced the Netherworld Dog to hand Qin Guan a Storage Ring containing three hundred thousand Yin Spirit Stones.
• The Woma Lord offered Qin Guan body-tempering resources, but Qin Guan told him to keep them.
• Black Executor explained that Yin Spirit Stones contained pure yin energy and were worth far more than Spirit Stones.
• Qing Li sent the Netherworld Dog, the Woma Lord, and Black Executor to buy ingredients at the Ghost Market.
• Qin Guan and Qing Li went to the Little Black Tower, where Xiao Guo helped them refine Ghost Spirit Pills and Ghost Profound Pills.

Qin Guan and Netherworld Dog searched the Wang Sheng Pavilion Auction for Nan Rou, Bai You, and Xiao Man, while the three women struggled to recover their stolen money. The auction ended with Qin Guan and Netherworld Dog waiting at the exit, still hoping to find them.

• Netherworld Dog explained that Wu She Prefecture was a lawless region near Blood Sin River where Qin Guan’s women might have fallen, and led him toward Wang Sheng Pavilion Auction.
• Nan Rou, Bai You, and Xiao Man chased the bandits who had robbed them but were turned away from the auction for lacking the entry fee.
• The women asked Wang Sheng Pavilion’s guards to help recover their stolen goods, but the guards refused and threatened them when they persisted.
• Qin Guan and Netherworld Dog searched the auction crowd for Nan Rou, Bai You, and Xiao Man but failed to find them.
• After the auction ended, Qin Guan and Netherworld Dog waited at the exit as Qin Guan called the women’s names.

Qin Guan found Nan Rou, Bai You, and Xiao Man in the Netherworld, but they had lost their memories after having pieces of their souls extracted. When Bai You accused the Grey Robe Elder's group of stealing their savings, Qin Guan attacked them outside the Wang Sheng Pavilion, risking a serious confrontation.

• Qin Guan killed a middle-aged cultivator and discovered that Nan Rou, Bai You, and Xiao Man did not recognize him.
• The Little Black Tower told Qin Guan that everyone there had lost a wisp of their soul, explaining the women's missing memories.
• Bai You accused the Grey Robe Elder's group of stealing the women's treasures and more than one million Yin Spirit Stones.
• Qin Guan demanded the stolen money back, then charged the group when one of its men insulted the women.
• Qin Guan slaughtered members of the group at the Wang Sheng Pavilion's entrance, and the Netherworld Dog warned that he had caused a major disaster.

Qin Guan brought Nan Rou, Bai You, and Xiao Man to Wang Sheng Pavilion, where Pavilion Master Qi Mingchang arranged for them to recover their stolen soul fragments. Qi recognized Qin Guan as Yang Shizun’s successor and revealed that Yang had once challenged the Netherworld before Qin Guan disclosed that his master had returned.

• Qin Guan led Nan Rou, Bai You, and Xiao Man into Wang Sheng Pavilion after persuading them to trust him.
• Qi Mingchang explained that the Soul Devouring Ghost Merchant had taken fragments of the women’s souls and offered to send the Black Clothed Man to help retrieve them.
• Qi Mingchang recognized Qin Guan as the successor of Yang Shizun and said Yang had once fought his way to the Reincarnation Sacred Hall without drawing his sword.
• Qin Guan told Qi Mingchang that Yang Shizun had recently entered the Netherworld, leaving Qi shocked and fearful.

Qin Guan brought Nan Rou, Bai You, and Xiao Man into Little Black Tower and used his Life Force to heal their injuries, despite their fear and distrust. The next morning, Qi Mingchang apologized that he could not escort them to the Soul Devouring Hall.

• Qin Guan reunited with Nan Rou, Bai You, and Xiao Man, but they did not recognize him and kept their distance.
• Little Black Tower forcibly pulled the three women inside, where Qin Guan healed their wounds and damage from years of Yin energy with his Life Force.
• Qin Guan told Nan Rou and Bai You that he was their man and Xiao Man that he was her big brother; Bai You said they would learn the truth after redeeming a wisp of soul the next day.
• Qin Guan gave the women a Top-grade Spirit Vein to cultivate with and went to the third floor.
• The next morning, Qi Mingchang apologized to Qin Guan and the others because urgent matters prevented him from escorting them to the Soul Devouring Hall.

Qin Guan rescued Nan Rou, Bai You, and Xiao Man from the Purple Robe Old Man after Qing Li removed the Blood Curse from their souls. The old man revealed that the Soul Devouring Merchant Association had targeted the women to feed their treasures to a Chaos Origin Embryo, which remained guarded at the association’s Main Altar.

• The Purple Robe Old Man survived Qin Guan’s sword strike and threatened to kill the three women through the Blood Curse linked to his Purple Mansion.
• Qing Li sent three pills to the women, dissolving their Blood Curses and freeing Qin Guan to attack.
• Qin Guan trapped the Purple Robe Old Man in his Blood Colored Sword Domain and forced him to explain why he had cursed the women.
• The Purple Robe Old Man revealed that the Soul Devouring Merchant Association had planned to feed the women’s treasures to a scarlet Chaos Origin Embryo.
• The Purple Robe Old Man said three Grand Elders guarded the egg at the association’s Main Altar and that it had consumed their finest treasures for three years without hatching.

Qin Guan escaped the Soul Devouring Hall after killing everyone there except Xuan Bo, who brought him safely back to the Wang Sheng Pavilion. In the Little Black Tower, Qing Li explained their sect’s unusual training and Qin Guan revealed that their Master had beaten him regularly since childhood.

• Qin Guan killed everyone in the Soul Devouring Hall except Xuan Bo and left with him on the Cloud Ship.
• Xuan Bo brought Qin Guan back to the Wang Sheng Pavilion, where Qin Guan returned to his room and entered the Little Black Tower.
• Qin Guan thanked Qing Li for lifting the Blood Curse and learned that messages could not reach their sect from the Netherworld.
• Qing Li explained that their Master provoked powerful factions and framed his disciples to train them by making them flee from pursuers.
• Qin Guan told Qing Li that their Master had beaten him three times a day until he was sixteen, and Qing Li sympathized with him.

Qi Mingchang learned why Qin Guan had attacked the Soul Devouring Hall and recalled the Wang Sheng Pavilion’s Elders to prepare for the fallout. In the Little Black Tower, Qin Guan reunited with Nan Rou, Bai You, and Xiao Man, who learned how deeply their disappearance had devastated him.

• Xuan Bo told Qi Mingchang that the Soul Devouring Merchant Association had obtained a Chaos Origin Embryo and that Qin Guan had taken the Soul Devouring Beads.
• Qi Mingchang ordered the Wang Sheng Pavilion to halt its projects and recall every Elder, including those negotiating in Eternal Night Prefecture.
• Qin Guan told Nan Rou, Bai You, and Xiao Man that his physical realm was the Twenty Realm Martial Ruin Realm and his Sword Dao remained at the Great Sword Immortal realm.
• The Little Black Tower revealed that Qin Guan’s Great Dao had been Exhausted after he believed the three women were dead and that he had spent three years alone on the Xuantian Sect Cliff Top.
• Nan Rou wept in Qin Guan’s arms, and Bai You reproached him for suffering alone while believing they were gone.

Qin Guan, Nan Rou, and Bai You shared a long-awaited meal before Little Black Tower tried to set Zhan Chi’s affections on Qin Guan and ended up entangled with her himself. At the Soul Devouring Merchant Association’s main altar, Shi Luo learned that Soul Devouring Hall had been wiped out and its Soul Devouring Bead stolen.

• Qin Guan, Nan Rou, and Bai You cooked together, ate until they were satisfied, and slept afterward.
• Zhan Chi caught Little Black Tower reminiscing about Qin Guan and the others, then teased him about his feelings for her.
• Little Black Tower tried to persuade Zhan Chi that she could love Qin Guan romantically, but she confessed that she liked Little Black Tower instead.
• A guard reported to Shi Luo that Xuan Bo and a young man had been seen leaving Soul Devouring Hall after its eighty disciples and Hun Lao were killed.
• Shi Luo learned that Hun Lao’s Dantian Purple Mansion had been pierced by Sword Qi and that the Soul Devouring Bead was missing.

Tian Mo and Mo Tian led two thousand Ghost Rakshasas toward Wang Sheng Pavilion, suspecting that Qin Guan and the Chaos Origin Embryo were behind Qi Mingchang’s defiance. At Wang Sheng Pavilion, Qin Guan rested with Nan Rou and Bai You while Little Black Tower complained that Chi Jie’s growing power would make it her plaything.

• A Ghost Armored Rakshasa Commander reported that two thousand Ghost Rakshasas had assembled, and Tian Mo ordered ten warships to depart for Wang Sheng Pavilion.
• Mo Tian questioned Qi Mingchang’s boldness, and the brothers suspected Qin Guan might be connected to the Chaos Origin Embryo.
• The Soul Devouring Merchant Association’s warships carried the Ghost Rakshasas toward Wang Sheng Pavilion, where their battle formation could amplify their strength.
• Qin Guan rested beside Nan Rou and Bai You, who had fallen asleep after reuniting with him, and resolved to grow stronger and prove the Dao through sword and martial arts.
• Little Black Tower blamed Qin Guan for making Chi Jie recognize him as her Master, fearing her growing strength would leave him at her mercy.
• Qin Guan dismissed Little Black Tower’s fears and said Chi Jie would not act unreasonably.

While Qin Guan rested, the Soul Devouring Merchant Association attacked Wang Sheng Pavilion, and Qi Mingchang’s forces struggled to hold them off. Qing Li appeared, swiftly defeated the enemy Elders, and ordered Qi Mingchang to clear out the remaining attackers.

• Nan Rou and Bai You woke, left Qin Guan to rest, and went to cultivate.
• Tian Mo and Mo Tian arrived at Wang Sheng Pavilion with two thousand Ghost Armored Rakshasa and demanded that Qi Mingchang call out his backer.
• The Ghost Armored Rakshasa charged, forcing Xuan Bo and Wang Sheng Pavilion’s Elders into a bitter fight while Tian Mo and Mo Tian waited to see whether Qin Guan would intervene.
• Qing Li appeared behind Tian Mo and Mo Tian, struck them down with slaps, and sent them crashing toward the ground.
• Qing Li slapped Qi Mingchang for letting the attackers reach Qin Guan, then ordered him to eliminate the remaining enemies.
• Qi Mingchang hurried toward the Ghost Armored Rakshasa as someone asked Qing Li whether she was all right.

Qin Guan agreed to go with Tian Mo and Mo Tian to the Soul Devouring Merchant Association Main Altar, after learning that their Soul Devouring Bead held the souls of over thirty thousand cultivators. As they departed, Qi Mingchang began planning to profit from the coming upheaval, while the brothers privately debated their betrayal of the Association.

• Tian Mo offered to seal his and Mo Tian's souls in the Soul Devouring Bead, and Qin Guan learned it contained over thirty thousand souls from across the Myriad Worlds.
• Qing Li explained that the Netherworld had escaped the Immeasurable Tribulation because it connected the Myriad Worlds and sustained reincarnation.
• Qin Guan and Qing Li boarded Tian Mo and Mo Tian's battleship and set off for the Soul Devouring Merchant Association Main Altar.
• Cultivators who had been hiding around Wang Sheng Pavilion recognized the Soul Devouring Bead, and Xuan Bo worried that Tian Mo and Mo Tian might be plotting against Qin Guan.
• Qi Mingchang told Xuan Bo to use Wang Sheng Pavilion's connections to make money for Qin Guan and prepare for a reshuffling of Wu She Prefecture and Eternal Night Prefecture.
• Mo Tian questioned whether they should betray the Merchant Association, and Tian Mo insisted that refusing to do so would get them killed.

Qin Guan introduced Nan Rou and Bai You to Qing Li, who had saved their lives, and the three women quickly grew close while he went to cultivate. At the Soul Devouring Merchant Association, Shi Luo planned to feed the Chaos Origin Embryo the women’s powers and origins, but the egg attacked a Grand Elder who suggested rationing its food.

• Qin Guan urged Nan Rou and Bai You to greet Qing Li and explained that she had saved their lives.
• Qing Li welcomed Nan Rou and Bai You, told them she was a disciple of Bukui Daoist from the Bukui Daoist Gate in the Xuanji Realm, and shared tea with them.
• Nan Rou and Bai You became absorbed in chatting with Qing Li and left Qin Guan out, so he entered the Little Black Tower to cultivate.
• Shi Luo told the Grand Elders that he planned to feed the Chaos Origin Embryo the Water and Space Dao Principles, Xiao Man’s Illusory Moon Divine Body origin source, and the Formless Seed Divine Spark.
• The giant egg charged into a Grand Elder who advised reducing its food, sending him flying into a wall and leaving Shi Luo and the other elders stunned.

Shi Luo’s attempt to keep the Chaos Origin Embryo from Qin Guan ended in disaster when he activated the Soul Devouring Great Array. Qin Guan destroyed the formation and killed Shi Luo and the two Grand Elders, then left the secret hall with the giant egg as Tian Mo and Mo Tian followed.

• Shi Luo raged when the giant egg ignored him and clung to Qin Guan, then threatened to destroy everyone rather than lose it.
• Shi Luo sacrificed his blood essence to activate the Soul Devouring Great Array, shaking the Soul Devouring Merchant Association headquarters and trapping himself inside a dark red shield.
• Qin Guan slashed Shi Luo and the formation apart with a strike of Pitch Black Sword Qi infused with the Chaos Power of the Source of All Things.
• The two Grand Elders begged Qin Guan for mercy, but he killed them with a single Bloody Sword Light.
• Qin Guan spared Tian Mo and Mo Tian after warning them to keep their promise, then left the secret hall with the giant egg on his head as they followed.

Qin Guan accepted Qi Mingchang’s cultivation resources and learned that the Chaos Origin Embryo carried an ancient demonic bloodline. He promised the Netherworld Dog that he would help it reclaim its dignity in Youhun Prefecture after he finished cultivating and raising the egg.

• Qin Guan confirmed that the Soul Devouring Merchant Association had been dealt with, and Qi Mingchang gave him five Storage Rings filled with cultivation resources.
• Qin Guan returned to Wang Sheng Pavilion and asked the Netherworld Dog where its hometown was; it said Youhun Prefecture, near the border with Eternal Night Prefecture.
• The Netherworld Dog sensed powerful Demonic Qi from the Chaos Origin Embryo and warned Qin Guan that it was suppressing them with an ancient bloodline.
• After the egg knocked on Qin Guan’s head, he fed it Five Thousand Strands of Chaos Qi, which it immediately absorbed.
• The Little Black Tower recounted the Netherworld Dog’s misfortunes, and Qin Guan promised to help it confront the princess who had betrayed it.

Qin Guan and Nan Rou replenished Qin Guan’s Chaos Qi so he could feed the crimson giant egg and help it hatch. After consuming more than sixty thousand strands, the egg was covered in cracks, and Qin Guan fed it another ten thousand strands as it neared hatching.

• Qin Guan told Nan Rou that the giant egg needed Chaos Qi, and Nan Rou helped him replenish his depleted supply.
• The giant egg pushed Qin Guan and Nan Rou together, and they used Nan Rou’s Taiyin Sacred Body to restore Qin Guan’s Chaos Qi.
• Qin Guan fed the egg more than ten thousand strands of Chaos Qi, causing a new crack to appear in its shell.
• Over three hours, Qin Guan fed the egg more than sixty thousand strands of Chaos Qi until its shell was webbed with cracks.
• Little Black Tower advised Qin Guan that one more feeding should suffice, so Qin Guan drew out more than ten thousand strands of Chaos Qi and fed the egg again.

Qin Guan and Nan Rou welcomed the adorable beast Yuan Bao, whom Little Black Tower identified as the powerful Chaos Primordial Spirit Beast Chi Xiao. As Yuan Bao settled into Nan Rou’s arms and began feeding, Qin Guan learned about the immense abilities he could develop as he grew.

• Yuan Bao ignored Nan Rou at first and affectionately landed on Qin Guan’s shoulder, but Qin Guan explained that Nan Rou had helped him hatch.
• Yuan Bao leaped into Nan Rou’s arms, and she chose the name Yuan Bao after Qin Guan suggested Sweet Potato.
• Little Black Tower revealed that Yuan Bao was Chi Xiao, a primordial beast with the Ancestor of Ten Thousand Demons’ bloodline and the ability to devour energy.
• Little Black Tower described Yuan Bao’s potential powers, including bloodline pressure, Chaos Destruction Divine Light, summoning the Ancient Demon Emperor, and granting or stripping demon bloodlines.
• Nan Rou said Yuan Bao was hungry, so Qin Guan brought over a Top-grade Spirit Vein for him to eat.