Chapter Summaries

Qin Ming accepted Time-Space Old Demon, Master of Myriad Laws Pavilion, and Master of Two Worlds Palace into the Netherworld for their knowledge of other Source Worlds, but rejected the Lord of Wanjie Kingdom and Progenitor of Eastern Extreme Domain. He sent God King Yufu to restore order across the Origin Continent as the Netherworld expanded toward unification.

• Time-Space Old Demon, Master of Myriad Laws Pavilion, and Master of Two Worlds Palace pledged themselves to Qin Ming, who accepted them and ordered them to learn the Netherworld's rules and Fengdu Black Code.
• The Lord of Wanjie Kingdom and Progenitor of Eastern Extreme Domain offered to submit, but Qin Ming told them to follow the rules and sent them away without accepting them as Netherworld members.
• Qin Ming ordered God King Yufu to help the Netherworld army take control of the Origin Continent and assigned him three thousand Netherworld War Beasts to suppress chaos.
• God King Yufu led the Netherworld legions and the Mother River of Life's forces through Ghost Gate Pass to restore order across the continent.
• Qin Ming gave the three new followers marks granting them basic Netherworld access, then looked toward the sky as the Netherworld's unification of the Origin Continent drew near.

After the Netherworld defeated the forces of Thunder Ancient Kingdom and Yanfeng Ancient Kingdom, Qin Ming organized the spoils and set his forces to expanding across the Origin Continent. He began cultivating there, then decided to seek better methods and explore Infinite Space for top-tier inheritances.

• Lord of Chaos City reported that the Netherworld had killed 532 God Kings and seized 124 treasures beyond the God King level from the two ancient kingdoms.
• Qin Ming ordered the dead to be judged under the Fengdu Black Code and sent Zongfu, Fire Ancestor, and Yufu to occupy treasure lands, beginning with the Heavenly Pillar Realm.
• Qin Ming traveled to an uninhabited wilderness, swallowed a Tianxuan Divine Fruit, and found that his law comprehension accelerated dramatically on the Origin Continent.
• After reviewing cultivation methods taken from the fallen God Kings, Qin Ming decided to visit the imperial capitals of the Two Ancient Kingdoms for stronger inheritances.
• Qin Ming took one of the seventeen Infinite Tokens and prepared to enter Infinite Space in search of top-tier inheritances.

Qin Ming entered Infinite Space and discovered that, although most Origin Great Daos were sealed, he could still use the Soul Origin Great Dao and his Six Paths of Reincarnation. He suspected Yuan had built the space to gather new paths from cultivators, and set out to fight for reward points and search for ways to strengthen his spiritual will.

• Qin Ming used the silver token to enter Infinite Space, where his body was reduced to ordinary god king-level strength and his other special abilities were sealed.
• Qin Ming sensed that the Soul Origin Great Dao remained usable and confirmed he could also employ the Six Paths of Reincarnation.
• Qin Ming learned that Infinite Space rewarded cultivators for strengthening their will, opening new paths, and killing native lifeforms.
• Qin Ming speculated that Yuan had created Infinite Space to collect and study the new Great Daos developed by cultivators across many Source Worlds.
• Qin Ming flew off to find an opponent and seek reward points, hoping to find a way to temper his spiritual will.

Qin Ming entered the Infinite Space, met the Time-Space Old Demon and his subordinates, and defeated a Soul Lifeform with the Six Paths of Reincarnation. The creature vanished after one defeat, and Yuan’s rules descended to reward Qin Ming.

• Qin Ming encountered God King Jinye, who recognized him and agreed to lead him through the region’s Soul Lifeforms.
• Qin Ming met several God Kings from the Time-Space Lone Boat, then spoke with Time-Space Old Demon about the Netherworld and its Netherworld Edict.
• Qin Ming dismissed Time-Space Old Demon and attacked an octopus-like Soul Lifeform with the Six Paths of Reincarnation.
• Qin Ming’s attack destroyed the Soul Lifeform in one fight, and he suspected the Soul Origin Great Dao had erased its will.
• Yuan’s rules descended around Qin Ming, signaling that he had earned a reward.

Qin Ming reviewed the Infinite Treasury and chose the special-class Kingdom of Souls inheritance to strengthen his soul and mind. He received its cultivation information and planned to use it to help develop the Netherworld.

• The treasury rules awarded Qin Ming 101,001 points for founding a special-grade Great Dao, his mental will, and repelling a Psychic Creature.
• Qin Ming surveyed the treasury’s inheritances and found that the Perfect-grade options did not suit his Great Daos or his current mental will.
• Qin Ming noted that Netherworld War Beasts and Ultimate God King experts guarded the teleportation gate, preventing anyone from leaving the Origin Continent.
• Qin Ming selected the Second Level of God King section of Kingdom of Souls, which required 3,500 points and cultivation of the World and Soul Origin Great Daos.
• Qin Ming exchanged for Kingdom of Souls and received its inheritance information, including the Unique True Self Heart Refining Method.

Qin Ming studied the Kingdom of Souls inheritance and chose several techniques to guide his cultivation of different Origin Great Daos. He spotted powerful treasures that could greatly aid his ambitions, but he lacked the merit to buy them.

• Qin Ming found that the Unique True Self Heart Refining Method could temper his will and safely reintegrate the memories and power of his reincarnated avatars.
• Qin Ming selected Creation World Body as a body-refining technique and planned to eventually forge his own Six Paths of Reincarnation Body.
• Qin Ming bought six additional special-class inheritances, spending 22,000 merit points on them and Kingdom of Souls.
• Qin Ming examined the Chaos Source Heart and a miniature source world, seeing how they could advance his cultivation and the Netherworld.
• Qin Ming concluded that he still could not afford either of the treasures.

Qin Ming examined the treasures available for merit points and decided to save for the Chaos Source Heart before deepening his cultivation and planning a path that might include Space-Time. As he studied powerful techniques beneath the World Tree, the Netherworld’s expansion continued across Origin Continent, forcing Thunder Progenitor and Yanfeng Progenitor to face a choice.

• Qin Ming considered treasures that could improve his cultivation but decided to save his merit points for the Chaos Source Heart.
• Qin Ming and his Mountain Range Giant Avatar began cultivating the Creation World Body beneath the World Tree, while he assigned other techniques to his avatars.
• Qin Ming reflected on the difficulty of fusing six Daos and chose the Life Origin Great Dao as a possible route to the Second Level of God King.
• The Netherworld War Beasts, aided or guided by the five top forces, breached the Heavenly Pillar Realm and seized other treasure lands.
• Thunder Progenitor and Yanfeng Progenitor lost their last hope as someone told Thunder that it was time to choose.

Thunder Progenitor and Yanfeng Progenitor abandoned their resistance and sought to submit to Qin Ming, but he rejected their offer of allegiance. He told them that anyone wishing to join the Netherworld would have to face the Fengdu Black Code’s public trial.

• Thunder Progenitor watched Netherworld War Beasts besiege Thunder Mountain as the Thunder Ancient Kingdom’s territory fell to the Netherworld.
• Yanfeng Progenitor urged Thunder Progenitor to surrender, and the two decided to meet Great Emperor Fengdu.
• The progenitors entered the Netherworld and asked Qin Ming to accept the remaining forces of the Thunder and Yanfeng Ancient Kingdoms into submission.
• Qin Ming rebuked them for their past attack on the Netherworld and dismissed their treasures, inheritances, and knowledge as insufficient reasons to accept them.
• Qin Ming declared that the Netherworld would hold a public trial under the Fengdu Black Code and said the progenitors would have to undergo it to join.

Qin Ming demanded that Thunder Progenitor and Yanfeng Progenitor submit to judgment under the Fengdu Black Code, warning that their sins could send them to Hell. After they left to discuss the choice, Qin Ming asked Lord of Chaos City about preparations for the Netherworld’s first public trial.

• Qin Ming rejected Thunder Progenitor’s offer to pay for their defeat and insisted that both progenitors face judgment in the Netherworld.
• Qin Ming explained that the Fengdu Black Code judged merit and sin equally, and warned that grave crimes would lead to punishment in Hell.
• Thunder Progenitor and Yanfeng Progenitor recognized the weight of their past actions, while Time-Space Old Demon and Master of Myriad Laws Pavilion considered earning merit through service.
• Qin Ming announced that God Kings, the Emperors of the Two Ancient Kingdoms, and souls entering the Netherworld would face its first public judgment.
• Yanfeng Progenitor asked to return with Thunder Progenitor to discuss their decision, and Qin Ming agreed before asking Lord of Chaos City about the trial preparations.

Qin Ming worked to extend the Netherworld across the Origin Continent while cultivating by studying the corpses of Born Chaos Source Lifeform descendants. Yuan noticed Qin Ming’s weakness in comprehending the Death and Soul Origin Great Daos and began selecting a world that could help him improve.

• Qin Ming ordered Lord of Chaos City to refine Myriad Souls Banner Branches so the Netherworld could cover the Origin Continent.
• Qin Ming sent powerful beings to place the Branches across the continent, connecting their Soul Domains and helping bring order to its regions.
• Qin Ming studied secret patterns in the corpses of Born Chaos Source Lifeform descendants and considered visiting the Heavenly Pillar Realm to aid his cultivation.
• Yuan observed that Qin Ming’s comprehension of the Death Origin Great Dao was weak and his progress in the Soul Origin Great Dao had slowed.
• Yuan searched through the worlds he had created for one strong enough to challenge Qin Ming and help him grow.

The Seven Lords discussed the Cultivator Faction’s devastating losses after a massive Born Chaos Source Lifeform invasion and weighed their dwindling chances of victory. Yuan urged them to recover and hold on for the possibility that new Lords would turn the war around.

• Yuan recalled how he had created the Myriad Worlds to support cultivators and study Chaos Source Rules, while wishing he could build a stronger world from a Born Chaos Source Progenitor’s corpse.
• The Born Chaos Source Lifeform Faction invaded the Spirit Dragon World Cluster, destroying worlds and forcing the Seven Lords to face an army they could not defeat outright.
• Naigu warned that the Cultivator Faction was certain to lose, but Jin and a black-cloaked Lord insisted that they keep fighting, while Moman acknowledged the damage to their territory and networks.
• Wu Lan asked Xing Mang how the Lords could strike back, and Xing Mang explained that the enemy’s Progenitors had united and that the loss of Source World essence might produce more of them.
• Yuan told the Seven Lords to return and recover, saying that the arrival of one or two more Lords could reverse the situation.

Yuan told the Seven Lords that Qin Ming might become a Lord of the Source World, despite being only a First Level God King who walked the unusual Dao of Six Paths of Reincarnation. After revealing that the Origin Continent had been unified and a public trial was coming, Yuan proposed that the Lords go see Qin Ming for themselves.

• Yuan brought the Seven Lords back to the Land of the Beginning to discuss a possible new Lord.
• Yuan revealed that Qin Ming needed no Chaos Source bloodline and had fused six Daos into the Dao of Six Paths of Reincarnation.
• The Lords reacted with astonishment when Yuan said Qin Ming was only a First Level God King, while Xing Mang compared his path to Moman's.
• Yuan said a major event on the Origin Continent could bring Qin Ming closer to becoming a Lord of the Source World.
• Yuan and Xing Mang explained that the Origin Continent had been unified and that the Netherworld's public trial was next, so the Seven Lords decided to observe Qin Ming.

Qin Ming publicly launched the Netherworld’s judgment of the dead, revealing the crimes of Emperor Yuan and displaying the souls of fallen rulers before the Origin Continent. As the judgment began, Minghuang watched with admiration but thought Qin Ming should punish sinners before they died.

• Survivors in ruined Huyang City gathered to watch after the Netherworld announced a public judgment of the dead.
• Qin Ming appeared in a continent-wide light screen and declared that the dead would be judged according to the Fengdu Black Code.
• The Netherworld brought forward the souls of seven Yanfeng Ancient Kingdom Emperors, six Thunder Ancient Kingdom Monarchs, and other powerful figures, including the Lord of Sky Kun.
• Emperor Yuan protested being judged, but jailers dragged him before the Mirror of Karma, which revealed his mass killings and his use of Demon Lord Tiehu as a puppet.
• Minghuang watched the proceedings and admired the Netherworld’s system, but said Qin Ming should exterminate sinners rather than wait until they died.

Jin defended the meaning of destructive paths while discussing Qin Ming’s Fengdu Black Code and its impartial system of merit and sin. Emperor Yuan and the Yanfeng Ancient Kingdom’s Emperors faced judgment and horrific punishments, but Emperor Chu was declared innocent.

• Jin told Minghuang that every Dao, including catastrophe and destruction, had a purpose, and he praised Qin Ming’s Netherworld as a way to spread faith.
• King Qin Guang judged Emperor Yuan guilty under the Fengdu Black Code and sentenced him to punishment across ninety-seven Source World cycles.
• Emperor Yuan was repeatedly burned and reborn in the Eighteen Hells as the Origin Continent watched.
• Di Xi was judged guilty and sentenced to sixty-seven Source World cycles, and the other Yanfeng Ancient Kingdom Emperors were judged in turn.
• Emperor Chu’s judgment ended with the Mirror of Karma declaring him innocent.

Emperor Chu was judged innocent and chose to join the Netherworld, while Emperor Xuan also joined and had the pollution in his Chaos Source bloodline purified by Qin Ming. The purification astonished experts across the Origin Continent and drew the attention of the Seven Lords, who questioned what Qin Ming could do.

• The Ninth Hall judged Emperor Chu free of grave sins, and he chose to join the Netherworld rather than enter reincarnation.
• Yanfeng Progenitor reflected on the different conduct of his Emperors, while Thunder Progenitor rejected the Netherworld after the Thunder Ancient Kingdom's Emperors received severe punishments.
• Emperor Xuan chose to join the Netherworld, and Qin Ming used the True Spirit Fire to cleanse most of the pollution in his soul and true spirit.
• Qin Ming warned Emperor Xuan that the purification was temporary and that future cleansing would require merit, prompting God Kings and Thunder Progenitor to consider joining the Netherworld.
• Lord Naigu asked whether Qin Ming's purification could affect Lords and God Emperors, and Xing Mang said he could not confirm its limits.

Xing Mang told the Lords that Qin Ming might have come from beyond the Infinite Chaos Source Space, explaining that his mysterious arrival could point to a greater world outside it. The Lords saw Qin Ming as a possible path to discovering what lay beyond their reality.

• Naigu asked who Qin Ming was, and the Lords wondered how a God King could wield such extraordinary powers.
• Xing Mang explained that Qin Ming's existence was special and that he had hidden Qin Ming's past and future timelines from powerful beings.
• Xing Mang asked the Lords who had established the Eternal Land, the Abyss of Destruction, and the rules governing them.
• Jin demanded to know why Xing Mang had raised those questions, and the Lords waited for his explanation.
• Xing Mang revealed that Qin Ming might have come from beyond the Infinite Chaos Source Space and showed the Lords the scene of his arrival through the Myriad Souls Banner.
• The Lords reacted with shock and hope as Yuan confirmed that Xing Mang had failed to trace Qin Ming's appearance past an invisible barrier.

The Seven Lords discussed Qin Ming’s origins, the power of the Myriad Souls Banner, and his ability to challenge the rules of Origin Continent. They chose to cooperate with him and delay the war so he could grow into a Lord, while Qin Ming sensed the power of faith during the ongoing judgment.

• Yuan and Xing Mang explained that Qin Ming came from beyond the Infinite Chaos Source Space and that Xing Mang could not trace his future.
• Yuan argued that the Seven Lords should cooperate with Qin Ming rather than seize the Myriad Souls Banner, since they could not safely use it or guarantee they could kill him.
• Xing Mang showed the Lords how Qin Ming’s power had drawn fallen God Kings’ small universes into the Netherworld and challenged Origin Continent’s Supreme Rules.
• The Seven Lords agreed to change their war strategy to buy time for Qin Ming to grow, and Yuan began outlining plans to help him.
• Qin Ming watched new sinners being brought before the Mirror of Karma and sensed the power of faith.

The Netherworld trials exposed the sins of the Origin Continent’s powerful, stirring fear and inspiring people to target evil for merit. As Qin Ming considered how faith might help him refine the Origin Continent, the growing tide of belief triggered a breakthrough in his mental will beyond the God King Realm.

• The Netherworld judged the God Kings and continued on to lesser beings, revealing their past crimes and sending the sinful to the Eighteen Hells.
• After a Blood Python Society member was condemned, its members panicked, and one tried to leave before the society’s leader threatened him.
• A peak Eternal True God attacked the Blood Python Society’s leader, and others joined the fighting to earn merit by eliminating evildoers.
• Across the Origin Continent, the trials inspired worship of Great Emperor Fengdu, while Qin Ming concluded that influencing mortals in countless Small Universes was essential to refining the world’s origin.
• As faith power surged, Qin Ming’s mental will began breaking through from the Ultimate God King Realm to beyond the God King Realm.

Qin Ming broke through to God Emperor-level psychic will, earning enough reward points to exchange for the Chaos Source Heart. He fused it into his World Tree Clone, greatly sharpening its perception of every Origin Great Dao, just as the Seven Lords arrived in Infinite Space.

• Qin Ming's psychic will broke through the God King limit and formed a Psychic Body, earning him 100,000 reward points.
• Qin Ming inspected the refreshed Infinite Treasury and exchanged 180,000 reward points for the Chaos Source Heart.
• Qin Ming fused the Chaos Source Heart into his World Tree Clone, making the mysteries of all Origin Great Daos far clearer to him.
• Yuan and Xing Mang arrived in Infinite Space with the other five Lords.

The Seven Lords met Qin Ming and confirmed that he had come from beyond the Infinite Chaos Source Space, then invited him to join them in exploring its secrets once he became a Lord. After they left, Qin Ming resolved to expand the Netherworld faster so he could gain strength and control over his fate.

• The Seven Lords confronted Qin Ming over his activities on the Origin Continent and questioned him about his origins.
• Xing Mang revealed that he had seen the Myriad Souls Banner bring Qin Ming's soul from beyond the Infinite Chaos Source Space.
• Qin Ming told the Lords that he might uncover a way out once he grew stronger, and they invited him to become their fellow traveler in the future.
• Qin Ming declined the Lords' offer of resources, saying he would ask for help if he needed it.
• After the Lords vanished, Qin Ming reflected on his exposed identity and resolved to accelerate the Netherworld's expansion.