Chapter Summaries

Youying nearly killed Nan Rou and her seven companions, but stopped when Bai You revealed they were Qin Guan’s women. Ghost King arrived, apologized through his actions, and killed Lie Hun and Ye Tian for threatening them.

• Youying subdued Nan Rou and her seven companions, and Lie Hun and Ye Tian demanded a chance to abuse them before their deaths.
• Bai You invoked Qin Guan’s name, making Youying realize the women were under his protection and release them.
• Youying apologized to the wounded women and informed Ghost King that Qin Guan’s companions were in danger.
• Ghost King arrived, struck Youying, and killed Lie Hun and Ye Tian with a single palm strike.

Ghost King killed Lie Hun and Ye Tian after they offended Qin Guan’s companions, then sheltered the injured Demon Moon Divine Palace disciples and explained to Youying why Qin Guan could not be provoked. He revealed that he had returned from the secret realm with the Demon Sword and the complete Nine Nether Art, while the women began healing with less than ten days left to find the Ice-Fire Lotus.

• Ghost King executed Lie Hun and Ye Tian, then ordered Youying to provide Nan Rou and the others with pills and healing medicine.
• Bai You agreed that the women would stay at the Nine Nether Hall, and Ghost King brought them to a warm sleeping palace.
• Nan Rou confirmed that Qin Guan was their dao companion, and Zi Qing reminded everyone to heal quickly because the Old Ancestor needed the Ice-Fire Lotus within ten days.
• Ghost King told Youying that he had no choice but to execute Lie Hun and Ye Tian because Qin Guan was someone the Nine Nether Hall could not afford to provoke.
• Ghost King showed Youying the Demon Sword and gave him a scroll containing the complete Nine Nether Art.

Ghost King explained to Youying that Dao Demon had become his honored master and urged him to support Qin Guan, whose fortune and connections made him too dangerous to oppose. The next morning, Ghost King reassured Qin Guan’s companions that he was safe, then gave each of them rare treasures to help with their cultivation.

• Ghost King gave Youying a cultivation method and revealed that Dao Demon had provided it, become his honored master, and passed on the Nine Nether Art and a Demon Sword.
• Ghost King recounted his meeting with Dao Demon and warned Youying to keep it secret and help protect Qin Guan, whose influence and fortune had drawn powerful forces and innate spirits to him.
• Youying agreed to support Qin Guan and copied the cultivation method before Ghost King sent him away to cultivate.
• Nan Rou, Bai You, Xiao Man, and Zi Qing visited Ghost King to ask about Qin Guan, and he assured them that Qin Guan was cultivating safely inside the Primordial Tower.
• Ghost King gave Xiao Man more than sixty divine stones, Bai You over a hundred Primordial Space-Time Origin Stones, and Zi Qing Ziwei Great Dao Origin Stones.
• Nan Rou asked for Primordial Water Great Dao Origin Stones, an Ice-Fire Lotus, and a Life-Glory Demon Soul, and Ghost King gave her all three before taking his leave.

Nan Rou and the others obtained the Life-Glory Demon Soul from the Ghost King and fed it to the wounded Yuan Bao. The demon soul awakened a powerful force in him, and the chapter ended as his roar shook the Primordial Sword Realm.

• The Ghost King gave Nan Rou, Bai You, Zi Qing, and Xiao Man supreme treasures to make amends, then hurried away.
• Nan Rou and the others discussed how the Life-Glory Demon Soul could help Yuan Bao subdue the Primordial Fate Marrow's spirit.
• Nan Rou and the others entered the Primordial Sword Realm and found the wounded Yuan Bao on a healing jade terrace.
• Nan Rou offered Yuan Bao the Life-Glory Demon Soul, and he swallowed it.
• Purple-gold radiance spread across Yuan Bao as his wounds healed and his power surged.
• Yuan Bao roared, shaking the Primordial Sword Realm and forcing Nan Rou and the others to retreat.

Yuan Bao recovered from his injuries and gained power while Nan Rou and her companions obtained the Ice-Fire Lotus from Ghost King and prepared to return to the Demon Moon Divine Palace. At the Mandate Temple, Cang Chong learned that Qin Guan had left the Primordial Tower and was selling hairy crab legs at the Primordial Dojo.

• Yuan Bao's purple-gold radiance faded, revealing silvery-white fur at its roots, and he confirmed that his injuries had healed.
• Nan Rou and the others left the Sword Realm and returned to their room, where they learned Zhi Yue wanted to find the Ice-Fire Lotus.
• Nan Rou showed Zhi Yue the Ice-Fire Lotus that Ghost King had given her, and Zhi Yue led the group to return to the Demon Moon Divine Palace.
• Nan Rou asked Ghost King to send an escort, and he ordered two Black Robe Elders to accompany the eight women to the foot of the Divine Palace's mountain.
• Cang Chong and Zhi Ming discussed how to deal with Qin Guan, then learned that he had set up a stall selling hairy crab legs outside the Primordial Dojo.
• Cang Chong ordered the divine guard to take him to see Qin Guan's stall.

Qin Guan sold nourishing crab legs outside the Primordial Dojo, drawing a crowd and driving Chicken Elder to join his business. Cang Chong and Zhi Ming watched from hiding, and Cang Chong ordered Zhi Ming to buy a portion to test Qin Guan’s reaction.

• Cang Chong and Zhi Ming went to the Primordial Dojo after learning Qin Guan had set up a crab stall outside the Primordial Tower.
• Qin Guan sold steaming crab legs that greatly nourished cultivators, accepting Primordial Soul Stones as payment and earning over a hundred thousand.
• Chicken Elder abandoned his empty fried chicken shop and joined Qin Guan to help fry crab meat.
• Zhi Ming wondered where Qin Guan had obtained so many crab legs, while Cang Chong searched for a hidden expert nearby.
• Cang Chong told Zhi Ming to buy a portion of crab legs and observe Qin Guan’s reaction.

Zhi Ming tried to provoke Qin Guan at his crab stall, but the Demon Ape intervened when he attacked. Bai Fuzi stopped Cang Chong’s counterattack with overwhelming power, leaving Cang Chong wary of Qin Guan’s unseen allies.

• Cang Chong gave Zhi Ming five thousand Primordial Soul Stones and sent him to buy crab from Qin Guan.
• Qin Guan charged Zhi Ming for five crab claws and demanded another five thousand Primordial Soul Stones if he refused to buy them.
• Zhi Ming attacked Qin Guan, but the Demon Ape caught his wrist and forced him to sever his own arm.
• Cang Chong arrived and struck at the Demon Ape, but Bai Fuzi froze the scene and shattered Cang Chong’s attack.
• Cang Chong withdrew, deciding not to act against Qin Guan until he learned Bai Fuzi’s identity.
• Qin Guan traded dirty jokes with the Little Black Tower after the danger passed.

Qin Guan sold Crab Legs to cultivators at the Primordial Dojo and used a speech about overcoming those who had looked down on them to inspire a buying frenzy. As the crowd dwindled at dusk, he packed up with Chicken Elder, who wondered whether the booming business would make him rich.

• Little Black Tower teased Qin Guan about wanting to see Rou'er and the others through the Light Screen, then mocked his craving for crabmeat.
• Cultivators from the Primordial Dojo approached Qin Guan's stall and bought Crab Legs after witnessing his battle.
• Qin Guan praised the Crab Legs and told the cultivators that the greatest satisfaction in growing strong was surpassing and overturning those who had once looked down on them.
• The cultivators were stirred by Qin Guan's words and rushed to buy Crab Legs, handing over Dao Stones and Soul Stones as Qin Guan and Chicken Elder served them.
• At dusk, Qin Guan and Chicken Elder packed up the stall, and Qin Guan dismissed Chicken Elder's suggestion that he would strike it rich.

Qin Guan struggled to fund Xiao Guo’s evolution, but secured a bulk crab-meat deal with Yu Shuntian, founder of Heaven's Will Merchant Association. He then joined Lin Suisui on the Second Floor of the Primordial Tower, where they found it overrun with Divine-Ruins Grade Red Crab Demons.

• Qin Guan explained that Xiao Guo had nearly consumed his ninety million-plus Primordial Soul Stones and needed more resources to complete its evolution.
• Yu Shuntian offered to buy Qin Guan’s crab legs in bulk on the condition that Qin Guan stop selling to others, and Qin Guan agreed to provide two hundred million Primordial Soul Stones’ worth over three days.
• Qin Guan gave Yu Shuntian five thousand crab legs, received payment, and left without asking about the old man’s identity.
• Lin Suisui identified the old man as Yu Shuntian, founder of Heaven's Will Merchant Association, and told Qin Guan that Bai Fuzi was still unable to fight.
• Qin Guan and Lin Suisui went to the Second Floor of the Primordial Tower and found its Dojo filled with countless Divine-Ruins Grade Red Crab Demons.

Lin Suisui explained the origins and danger of the Qi Yuan Civilization Legacy, advising Qin Guan to negotiate with the Mandate Temple and Nine Nether Hall. Qin Guan agreed to help Xiao Guo produce Red Crab Demons, then promised it the resources it demanded for three days, not realizing how costly that would be.

• Lin Suisui told Qin Guan that Xiao Guo embodied the work of the ancient Qi Yuan Civilization, which the cosmos destroyed because it threatened every Dao Lineage.
• Lin Suisui urged Qin Guan to make promises to Cang Chong and the Nine Nether Hall and warned him not to kill Cang Chong, whose death could draw powerful Primordial Realm elders.
• Qin Guan went to Xiao Guo and asked it to create two hundred thousand Red Crab Demons in three days in exchange for cultivation resources.
• Xiao Guo asked Qin Guan for all the Chaos Qi his body produced and all the Great Dao Tablet's power in his Divine Soul for three days, and Qin Guan agreed.
• The Little Black Tower warned Qin Guan that three days in the Dojo meant three hundred days outside, then angrily complained that Qin Guan never gave it what it needed.

Qin Guan recovered after Xiao Guo drained his power, then learned that Xiao Guo might contain a mysterious woman in white. Little Black Tower showed him Nan Rou, Bai You, and Zi Qing bathing and explained that they could sense him if he thought about the same intimate memories they did.

• Qin Guan gave Xiao Guo Chaos Qi and divine power until it drained him, and Little Black Tower carried him away to recover.
• Xiao Guo asked to taste Little Black Tower's essence and power, but Little Black Tower fled with Qin Guan while Xiao Guo continued making Red Crab Demons.
• Lin Suisui and the Primordial Tower Spirit discussed Xiao Guo's seemingly endless evolution and the danger its growing power could draw upon Qin Guan.
• After waking, Qin Guan told Little Black Tower that he had glimpsed a half-open door and a woman in white inside Xiao Guo's belly.
• Little Black Tower projected Nan Rou, Bai You, and Zi Qing bathing, then said they could sense Qin Guan if he thought about their past intimacy.

Qin Guan used the Little Black Tower’s power to make Nan Rou, Bai You, and Zi Qing feel his touch from afar while they bathed in a Spirit Pool. The three women realized that Qin Guan was somehow behind the strange sensations, while he remained unable to hear them.

• Qin Guan praised the Little Black Tower after it demonstrated that he could affect the women from a great distance.
• Qin Guan made Nan Rou feel his touch in the Spirit Pool, and she tried to hide her startled reaction.
• Bai You felt Qin Guan touch her thigh, then claimed that something underwater had made it itch.
• Zi Qing felt a familiar tug from behind and told the other women that her waist had cramped.
• Bai You asked whether the women had been thinking about Qin Guan, and Nan Rou and Zi Qing admitted they had felt his touch too.
• Qin Guan told the Little Black Tower that the experience was exciting, though he wished he could hear the women.

Qin Guan used the Little Black Tower to project sensations to Nan Rou, Bai You, and Zi Qing, then sold Yu Shuntian two hundred thousand Crab Legs. After Cang Chong learned Qin Guan had summoned him and the Nine Nether Hall’s leader, he agreed to visit the Primordial Tower with Ghost King in three days.

• Qin Guan tested the Little Black Tower’s distant projection technique on Nan Rou, Bai You, and Zi Qing, but the Tower’s power failed before he could see what happened next.
• Qin Guan cultivated for three days, then gave Yu Shuntian two hundred thousand Crab Legs in exchange for two hundred million primordial soul stones.
• Cang Chong confronted Yu Shuntian over doing business with Qin Guan, and Yu Shuntian said opposing Qin Guan had brought the Confucian Sect and Mandate Temple to ruin.
• The Demon Ape invited Cang Chong and the leader of the Nine Nether Hall to the Primordial Dojo on Qin Guan’s behalf.
• Cang Chong decided to bring Ghost King and visit the Primordial Tower in three days, hoping to protect himself if Qin Guan had set a trap.

Cang Chong withheld the secret of the Qi Yuan Civilization Legacy after Qin Guan offered him an olive branch, while Yu Shuntian took the crab legs and left to do business. After the Little Black Tower warned Qin Guan against relying too heavily on outside help, Qin Guan went to heal Dao Demon, who said he had something important to tell him.

• Demon Ape delivered Qin Guan’s message to Cang Chong and said he would visit Qin Guan with Ghost King in three days.
• Cang Chong refused to tell Yu Shuntian how Qin Guan obtained the crab legs, and Yu Shuntian flew to headquarters with them.
• Qin Guan found Crab Boss frolicking with Female Crab Demons and considered asking the Little Black Tower to help it cultivate.
• The Little Black Tower warned Qin Guan that he had begun seeking outside help instead of strengthening himself, and Qin Guan accepted the reminder.
• Qin Guan went to the Black Demon Den to heal Dao Demon, who said the matter involving the Nine Nether Art had been dealt with and that he had something to tell Qin Guan.

Dao Demon warned Qin Guan that Wusheng Dao Master threatened the Asura Divine Realm, while Qin Guan worked to heal Dao Demon. At Demon Moon Heavenly Palace, Yao Niang recovered from her Dao Injury, rewarded the women who found the Ice-Fire Lotus, and took them to the Moonlight Immortal Mansion, where she asked Nan Rou what Qin Guan meant to her.

• Dao Demon told Qin Guan that the Hall Master of Nine Nether Hall had been subdued but that Wusheng Dao Master threatened to attack the Asura Divine Realm.
• Qin Guan began healing Dao Demon's injuries so he and Qin Guan's Master could retreat to safety if they lost.
• Yao Niang emerged from seclusion with her Dao Injury healed and learned that Zhi Yue, Nan Rou, Bai You, Zi Qing, and Xiao Man had obtained the Ice-Fire Lotus.
• Yao Niang rewarded the search party and brought Nan Rou, Bai You, Zi Qing, and Xiao Man to the Moonlight Immortal Mansion.
• Bai You and Zi Qing absorbed the moon and star essence, while Yao Niang invited Xiao Man to cultivate and led Nan Rou aside.
• Yao Niang asked Nan Rou what Qin Guan was to her, and Nan Rou was startled that the Old Ancestor knew about him.

Yao Niang learned from Nan Rou that Qin Guan was her husband and told her how he had defeated the forces of the Mandate Temple, the Confucian Sect, and Nine Nether Hall. Nan Rou kept the truth about her group’s mission secret while worrying that saving the Chaos Realm could doom the Demon Moon Divine Palace, and Yao Niang led her onward.

• Yao Niang explained that she recognized Qin Guan’s name because Nan Rou had called for him while unconscious, and Nan Rou admitted he was her husband.
• Yao Niang recounted how Qin Guan had killed the Mandate Temple’s Core Elders and Divine Sons, destroyed the Confucian Sect, and faced Nine Nether Hall’s assassins.
• Nan Rou grieved over Qin Guan’s dangerous battle and wondered why Ghost King’s Nine Nether Hall had joined the attack despite previously treating them well.
• Yao Niang asked Nan Rou where she and the other three women came from, but Nan Rou declined to reveal their mission and assured her they meant no harm to the Demon Moon Divine Palace.
• Nan Rou privately resolved to ask Qin Guan whether he could spare the Demon Moon Divine Palace from the Great Annihilation, and Yao Niang comforted her before taking her somewhere.

Nan Rou broke the ancient stalemate between the Water and Fire Dao sages by placing a single stone, earning the Water Element Elder’s attention and a chance to continue the game. After he identified the weakness in her Dao and she explained how sparring with her husband had inspired her move, he invited her to take his seat and defeat the Fire Element Elder.

• Yao Niang brought Nan Rou to a grotto-heaven where two ancient sages had been locked in a Water-and-Fire Dao game for ages.
• Nan Rou studied the board and placed a blue stone at its central point, setting the Water formation in motion and breaking the deadlock.
• The Water Element Elder realized that the move revealed the Water Dao’s adaptability, while Yao Niang marveled at Nan Rou’s success.
• The Water Element Elder criticized Nan Rou for relying too much on defense and yielding, and advised her to cultivate water’s wrath and decisive power.
• Nan Rou explained that sparring with her husband had taught her to adapt to aggressive attacks rather than defend passively.
• The Fire Element Elder refused to concede, and the Water Element Elder invited Nan Rou to take his place and beat him.

Nan Rou joined the water elder in the eternal chess game against the fire elder, where each move pitted the Great Daos of water and fire against each other. Drawing on her experience sparring with Qin Guan, she repeatedly read and countered the fire elder’s attacks, leaving him baffled as the battle continued.

• Nan Rou reluctantly sat beside the water elder and was drawn into the secret realm that revealed the true battle behind the chess game.
• The fire elder struck first, and the water elder told Nan Rou that she could choose how to respond.
• Nan Rou used flowing waters to flank the fire Dao domain, then adapted her moves after the water elder warned her not to let compassion cloud the overall battle.
• Nan Rou recognized the fire elder’s aggressive style as matching Qin Guan’s and began anticipating his feints and counterattacks.
• After more than thirty moves, the fire elder grew grim and wondered how Nan Rou knew his intentions.

Nan Rou defeated Chiliao in the Water-Fire Great Dao chess game, inherited Canglan’s Water Dao, and received Chiliao’s Fire Dao origin to pass on to a worthy successor. Canglan and Chiliao revealed that they had stayed in the Grotto-Heaven awaiting a true god who could save their homeland, and Nan Rou realized they meant her husband.

• Chiliao changed his chess strategy, but Nan Rou followed Canglan’s guidance and used her own Dao Heart to command the water.
• After an extended battle, Nan Rou defeated Chiliao, and Canglan declared her the inheritor of his Water Dao Lineage.
• Chiliao entrusted Nan Rou with his Fire Dao origin and asked her to find a suitable heir for his lineage.
• Canglan told Nan Rou that he was named Canglan and the Fire Element Elder was named Chiliao; Yao Niang recognized them as the ancient Water God and Fire God.
• Canglan and Chiliao explained that they had refused sainthood because they hoped a true god would appear to save their homeland, and Nan Rou realized they meant her husband.

Yao Niang told Canglan and Chiliao that the Primordial Realm planned to evade the Great Annihilation by shifting it onto the Chaos Realm, but they dismissed the method as no true solution. Chiliao explained that the Sword of the Elements had been forged for a prophesied true god, and Nan Rou’s confidence that the god would appear made the departing spirits return to question her.

• Yao Niang revealed that the Primordial Realm intended to use a Cross-Realm Secret Technique to shift the Great Annihilation onto the Chaos Realm.
• Canglan and Chiliao condemned the plan, while Chiliao insisted that the prophesied true god existed because the five ancient gods had sacrificed their Five Elemental Foundations to forge a weapon for him.
• Chiliao explained that the Sword of the Elements combined the five origins and could help a true god break the cycle of annihilation.
• Nan Rou wondered whether her husband had obtained the sword, and Chiliao told her it would find the true god on its own.
• As Canglan and Chiliao began to depart, Nan Rou promised that the true god would appear; their remnant souls solidified again, and they demanded to know whether she had already met him.