Chapter Summaries

After the four Yamas left the Underworld, Mu Chengxue and Ning Chen walked together beneath the moon, speaking little. Nu Chang revealed to Yin'er that Mu Chengxue had traded a hundred years of freedom to extend Ning Chen’s life, a secret he still did not know.

• Mu Chengxue told Wu Qingying she did not regret her choices or cultivating Grand Forgetfulness of Emotion, trusting Ning Chen to tell her their story again if she forgot it.
• Ning Chen invited Mu Chengxue for a walk, and she joined him as they wandered through the Underworld in quiet companionship.
• Nu Chang explained that Yin'er's golden hairpin had once belonged to the Queen Mother of the West and warned her to keep it safe.
• Nu Chang recounted how she had saved Ning Chen after the Divine Land Tribulation and how the Heavenly Sound Pavilion Master extended his life by a hundred years.
• Nu Chang revealed that Mu Chengxue had given up a hundred years of freedom in exchange for Ning Chen's additional century of life, and asked Yin'er not to tell him unless he asked.

Xie Tiance learned that the Ninth Son of Ink Sect had taken the Sacred Radiance, while the Devil Master ordered an attack on Spirit Void and demanded the artifact's recovery. As Northern Qi, the Ji Family, and the Underworld formed an alliance and planned strikes against the Demon Palace, the Devil Master arrived at the Nether Hall to meet Moluo Tian and Di Mingtian.

• Xie Tiance reported to the Devil Master that King Qi Lin Yuzhen and the Ji Family's Holy Lord had ended the siege of the Underworld, and the Devil Master chose Spirit Void as the Demon Palace's next target.
• The Devil Master said he would deal with the Nether Hall himself, tasked Xie Tiance with confronting the Ji Family and other resistance, and ordered him to recover the Sacred Radiance.
• Xie Tiance asked Heavenly Sovereign to capture one of the masked experts so they could learn the identities behind the masks, and Heavenly Sovereign agreed to investigate.
• Lin Yuzhen, Ji Yuechu, and the Red-robed Yama formed an alliance and discussed using the Scroll of Chaos to conceal a strike against Earth Sovereign and the wounded Jun Wentian.
• At the Nether Hall, Moluo Tian and Di Mingtian discussed the Demon Palace's rise, then welcomed the Devil Master as he arrived in the Primordial Forbidden Land.

The Devil Master warned Moluo Tian that the Demon Palace would attack Lingxu, securing the Nether Hall’s neutrality. In the Underworld, Ning Chen prepared for the coming war by planning to turn the Underworld into a trap, while Yin’er visited Mu Chengxue with pastries.

• The Devil Master told Moluo Tian that the Demon Palace was ready to march against Lingxu and promised not to encroach on the Nether Hall’s territory; Moluo Tian agreed to stay out of the conflict.
• Di Mingtian predicted that Lingxu would face bloodshed and doubted how long the Demon Palace could endure.
• Ning Chen and Nu Chang discussed the fragile balance against the Demon Palace, the threat of the Fourth Realm, and Ning Chen’s resolve to protect those close to him.
• Ning Chen told Nu Chang he was certain he could deal with Earth Sovereign and planned to lay a Time Restriction around the Underworld, turning it into a deadly trap if the Demon Palace attacked.
• Ning Chen said he would consider abandoning the Underworld once Luo Xingchen found a new spirit vein, and Nu Chang urged him to cherish those close to him.
• Yin’er carried pastries to Mu Chengxue in Wuchang Hall, and Mu Chengxue told her to put them down.

Ning Chen strengthened the underworld’s defenses and gathered allies as the campaign against the Devil Palace began. The combined force set out toward the battlefield with the outcome of the war still uncertain.

• Ning Chen and Nu Chang completed a divine restriction across the underworld, while the Trapping Immortal Sword drained the spirit vein beneath it.
• After receiving news, Ji Yuechu summoned the Mysterious Yellow Ancestors from their seclusion, and Lin Yuzhen closed Phoenix Cry’s gates before setting out with the Phoenix Cry Sword.
• Ning Chen and the Yama Kings donned masks and departed the underworld, while the Five Officials King went ahead alone.
• Ning Chen’s group met King Qi and the Mysterious Yellow Ancestors beyond the underworld, then set off together toward the battlefield.

Ning Chen and the Underworld forces ambushed Earth Sovereign at the border of the Spirit Void Domain, turning the battle with a disguised Demon Body and killing her after she tried to detonate her cultivation. The Sun, Moon, and Star Three Sects arrived too late, while Ning Chen and his allies retreated.

• Earth Sovereign led a hundred thousand demon troops toward the Spirit Void Domain as Ning Chen and his allies moved to intercept them.
• Red-robed Yama and the Mysterious Yellow Ancestors engaged Earth Sovereign and the Star-Moon Dual Sects while their allies joined the fight.
• Yang Yu Sect entered the battle, strengthening Earth Sovereign's side and forcing Red-robed Yama and White-clad Impermanence to retreat.
• Demon Body, disguised as Jun Wentian, struck Earth Sovereign from behind, and Ning Chen revealed himself as the Ninth Son of Ink Sect.
• Ning Chen and Black and White Impermanence gravely wounded Earth Sovereign, and a red-clad figure killed her when she tried to detonate her cultivation.
• The Sun, Moon, and Star Three Sects rushed to the battlefield as Ning Chen and his allies withdrew from the Spirit Void Domain.

After Earth Sovereign’s death, Qi Yanxia fought Heavenly Sovereign to prevent her capture and died destroying her body. Ning Chen learned of her fall and raced to Golden Radiance City, where the Moonlit Tower Master prepared to receive him.

• The Sun, Moon, and Star Three Sects brought Earth Sovereign’s body to Xie Tiance, who learned the Underworld had used Five Officials King as a diversion.
• Heavenly Sovereign intercepted Qi Yanxia and ordered her to surrender, but she fought back with the Imperial Extreme Heavenly Scripture.
• Qi Yanxia used forbidden techniques and ultimately All Returns to Primordial Chaos, wounding Heavenly Sovereign before her life force faded.
• Qi Yanxia’s Dragon Qi destroyed her body as Heavenly Sovereign reached for her mask, and her jade plaque shattered in Five Officials King Hall.
• Ning Chen returned to the Underworld, learned Qi Yanxia had died, and left with the others for Golden Radiance City.
• The Moonlit Tower Master sensed Ning Chen’s arrival and ordered Red Luan to prepare the finest General’s Command as Ning Chen entered the Moonlit Wine House.

Ning Chen traded the Exquisite Immortal Pagoda for the Scroll of Light, then confronted the Heavenly Sovereign of the Devil Palace in the All Heavens Starfield. After fusing his bodies and unleashing his demonic form, Ning Chen severed the Heavenly Sovereign’s arm, and pursued him as he tried to retreat.

• Ning Chen exchanged the Exquisite Immortal Pagoda for the Scroll of Light with Moonlit Tower Master, who shared General's Command wine with him.
• Ning Chen intercepted the Heavenly Sovereign of the Devil Palace in the All Heavens Starfield and began fighting him with his two bodies.
• Ning Chen and the Heavenly Sovereign traded powerful sword and demonic techniques, wounding each other as the battle intensified.
• Ning Chen fused his true body, Phoenix Body, and demonic body, then struck the Heavenly Sovereign with the King of Sickness Divine Sword.
• Ning Chen severed the Heavenly Sovereign’s arm with Demonic Flame Assaults Heaven, and the wounded Heavenly Sovereign tried to flee.
• Ning Chen spread his Phoenix Wings and blocked the Heavenly Sovereign’s escape, declaring that he would die.

Ning Chen defeated the Heavenly Sovereign of the Devil Palace and returned to the Underworld, where the Yamas mourned Lady Yanxia and Yin'er accepted the Five Officials King's mask. As the Devil Master prepared to emerge and attack the Underworld, Ning Chen began arranging a retreat while keeping his full intentions from Mu Chengxue.

• Ning Chen defeated the Heavenly Sovereign, returned the Scroll of Light to Moonlit Tower Master, and carried his captive to the Ten Halls.
• Nu Chang learned that the Devil Master would emerge within days, and Ning Chen burned the Heavenly Sovereign during a memorial for Lady Yanxia.
• Yin'er accepted the Yama mask and became the new Five Officials King, with Mu Chengxue agreeing to teach her swordsmanship.
• Mu Chengxue questioned Ning Chen about letting Yin'er take on the role, and he said he wanted her to gain experience before the Devil Palace's counterattack.
• Ning Chen told Mu Chengxue to prepare for a retreat once Luo Xingchen found spiritual veins, while privately acknowledging that the coming battle might be their last.

Ning Chen and Mu Chengxue established a new Underworld stronghold as Demon Palace gathered its forces for war. The armies clashed, and just as the battle intensified, the Devil Master arrived.

• Ning Chen and Mu Chengxue traveled to a Primeval Great Life Star and built a new Underworld stronghold protected by the Yellow Springs Divine Restriction and Desolate City Sword Formation.
• Demon Palace gathered its armies, while Xie Tiance left Wind-Letter Sect to guard the Demon Domain.
• Three hundred thousand Demon Palace soldiers confronted the Underworld forces, and Ning Chen appeared as Underworld King Yama to face Xie Tiance.
• Ning Chen battled Xie Tiance, Mu Chengxue fought Black Butterfly, and Wu Qingying used the Six Karma Guqin to support the Underworld Yama Kings.
• The Devil Master appeared, prompting Demon Palace's experts and soldiers to bow and welcome him.

Ning Chen confronted the Devil Master to buy time for the Yamas to escape, fighting on despite devastating injuries. Luoshen carried the others away as Ning Chen's final technique and the Immortal-Trapping Sword collapsed the divine barrier and destroyed the Underworld, leaving his fate uncertain.

• The Devil Master arrived at the Underworld with the Demon Palace army, and Ning Chen withdrew behind the divine barrier as it trapped the invading forces in a field of shifting time and space.
• The Devil Master sent Xie Tiance to suppress the barrier, while Ning Chen warned Luoshen to evacuate the Yamas when an opportunity arose and challenged the Devil Master himself.
• Ning Chen and the Devil Master exchanged powerful attacks; Ning Chen was repeatedly wounded but held his ground and unleashed increasingly formidable sword techniques.
• As Ning Chen's strength ran out, he used Cycle of Rebirth Hell, and the Immortal-Trapping Sword drew on the earth veins, causing the divine barrier space to collapse.
• Luoshen used Within Arm's Reach to carry the Yamas away, while Yin'er looked back in tears as the Underworld was destroyed and a vast black hole remained.

The Demon Palace destroyed the Underworld’s former home, but the survivors escaped and mourned Knowing Fate, whom they believed dead. The Devil Master prepared to attack the Ji Family while secretly pursuing Sacred Radiance and the Ninth Son of Ink Sect; meanwhile, Knowing Fate revealed that he had staged his apparent death to force Yin’er to grow into the Yama’s responsibility.

• The Devil Master ordered Xie Tiance to assess the battle’s losses, while Ji Yuechu summoned Lin Yuzhen to discuss the reported destruction of the Underworld.
• At the Underworld’s new refuge, Yin’er mourned before the burning garments as Mu Chengxue took her away to teach her swordsmanship, and Xia Ziyi doubted that Knowing Fate had died.
• Nu Chang watched phoenix fire refine Sacred Radiance, while the Devil Master’s generals reported that twelve True Realm Demonic Generals and forty percent of the army had been lost.
• The Devil Master ordered Xie Tiance to reorganize the army for an attack on the Ji Family and to investigate Sacred Radiance, the Ninth Son of Ink Sect, and a power that had appeared at the Moon Worshipper Sacred Land.
• At the Moonlit Wine House, Knowing Fate told the Moonlit Tower Master that he had given Yin’er a choice and arranged events so she would leave his protection and become strong enough to bear the Yama’s duty.

After more than a hundred days of relentless sword practice, Yin'er fell asleep as Mu Chengxue guessed that Ning Chen's apparent death was part of his plan. Yin'er then began an unexpected breakthrough into the True Realm, and Mu Chengxue faced the heavenly tribulation while the Yamas watched in alarm.

• The Ji Clan discussed the Devil Palace's mobilization and sought allies, while Jun Wentian led 180,000 devil soldiers to the Spirit Void Starfield border.
• Mu Chengxue stopped Yin'er's exhausting sword practice and sent her to rest.
• Mu Chengxue told Nu Chang she believed Ning Chen was alive and had arranged events to hold the Underworld together.
• A terrifying breakthrough fluctuation arose from Yin'er's room, and Mu Chengxue carried the sleeping girl away from Yama King's Hall.
• Heavenly lightning descended on Yin'er, and Mu Chengxue drew Chengying and struck back with Myriad Swords Returning to the Origin.

Mu Chengxue endured a devastating heavenly tribulation to protect the unconscious Yin'er, while Ning Chen secretly watched and blocked the Devil Realm’s attempt to uncover the tribulation’s source. The Heaven Speaker dispersed the clouds, Yin'er awakened with immense power, and Ning Chen slipped away before she could catch him.

• Mu Chengxue used her sword arts to shield Yin'er from the increasingly violent heavenly lightning, suffering severe injuries as she refused to retreat.
• Ning Chen watched from concealment and stopped Xie Tiance and the Devil Master from spying on the tribulation through the Heavenly Curtain.
• Yi Xuanmiao investigated signs of battle near the divine barrier but found no one, while Mu Chengxue continued enduring the lightning.
• The Heaven Speaker appeared, dispersed the tribulation clouds, and thanked Mu Chengxue and the hidden Ning Chen before her final soul imprint vanished.
• Yin'er awakened and gathered power from across heaven and earth, then sent ten thousand thunderbolts after the fleeing Ning Chen.
• Mu Chengxue asked whether Yin'er was all right, and Yin'er supported her as they headed back toward the Ten Halls so she could heal.

As the Demon Palace overwhelmed the Spirit Void allied forces, Ning Chen met Lin Yuzhen and headed to the Immortal Burial Forbidden Land seeking answers about the Fourth Realm Devil Master. He broke the restriction imprisoning a mysterious senior, while the Immortal Corpse Procession crashed through the Demon Domain.

• The Demon Palace army, led by Jun Wentian and its war generals, drove the Spirit Void allied forces back as the Plain-clothed Figure watched from hiding.
• Ning Chen met Lin Yuzhen in Phoenix Cry City, explained that he and she could hold the Devil Master off for at most a quarter of an hour, and decided to visit the Immortal Burial Forbidden Land.
• Ning Chen encountered ghostly attackers and tens of thousands of Underworld Soldiers in the forbidden land, but the soldiers vanished before he could follow them.
• Ning Chen used the Immortal Trapping Sword and Immortal Slaying Sword to shatter the Yellow Springs Restriction and split open the mountain where a chained prisoner was held.
• Ning Chen entered the mountain and greeted the imprisoned senior, who recognized him.
• The Immortal Corpse Procession crashed into the Demon Domain and smashed through the Demon Palace buildings in its path.

Ning Chen learned that only power of the same level could kill a Fourth Realm expert and tested whether his Green Cauldron could withstand the chains imprisoning the senior. In the Myriad Miles Devil Domain, the Immortal Corpse Procession clashed with the Devil Master, and the veiled woman revealed the Yama Emperor as their battle escalated.

• Ning Chen asked the chained senior how a Fourth Realm expert could be killed, and the senior said only power of the same level could do it.
• Ning Chen tested the chains’ Profound Yin Lightning with his sword energy, then sent out the Green Cauldron, which withstood the lightning as Trapping Immortal absorbed it.
• The Immortal Corpse Procession smashed through the Devil Domain and attacked the Seven Sins Sect, wounding Wind-Letter Sect and destroying Xie Tiance’s chess swords.
• The Devil Master halted the Three Dragon Corpses, and the woman in the Immortal Palanquin emerged with the Yama Emperor sword.
• The Devil Master and the woman fought to a standstill until he unleashed Myriad Demon Heavenly Tribulation, which she met with surging Ghost Qi.

Underworld King Yama fought the Devil Master while the Immortal Palanquin’s Ghost Maiden intervened, forcing the battle to end before the demon domain was destroyed. In the Immortal Burial Forbidden Land, Ning Chen contained the Profound Yin Lightning and received the chained man’s soul blood, then left without showing his true feelings.

• Underworld King Yama and the Devil Master clashed with their Fourth Realm powers, devastating much of the demon domain as Xie Tiance shielded those outside the fight.
• Xie Tiance attacked the Three Dragon Corpses, but Underworld King Yama intercepted his sword lights before the Devil Master could strike her heart.
• The Ghost Maiden used Hundred Ghosts Trapping Heaven to block the Devil Master, allowing Underworld King Yama to wound him and reveal another Fourth Realm expert aboard the Immortal Palanquin.
• Xie Tiance urged the Devil Master to stop the battle, and Underworld King Yama returned to the Immortal Palanquin, which continued onward.
• Ning Chen used the Green Cauldron and Trapping Immortal Sword to absorb the Profound Yin Lightning, then asked the chained man how to rescue him.
• The chained man gave Ning Chen his soul blood containing his understanding of the Fourth Realm, and Ning Chen left the mountain while concealing his true thoughts.

As the Demon Palace army continued conquering Spirit Void, Ji Yuechu summoned Lin Yuzhen to discuss a counteroffensive. Meanwhile, Yin'er trained against three Yamas and revealed the power of heavenly punishment before Ning Chen left for Moonlit Chang'an after receiving an urgent message.

• After Spirit Void lost several more Great Life Stars, Ji Yuechu ordered the Ji family to invite King Qi and prepare a full counteroffensive.
• The Ji family's Ninth Elder invited Lin Yuzhen to discuss the counteroffensive, and she set out with the Northern Qi Nation-Protecting Divine Artifact.
• Mu Chengxue made Yin'er face Aizen, Luoshen, and Yi Xuanmiao in battle, pushing her to fight despite being outmatched.
• Yin'er used the power of heaven and earth and unleashed Heavenly Punishment against the three Yamas, while Luoshen countered with divine power.
• Ning Chen watched Yin'er's progress, then left for Moonlit Chang'an after receiving an urgent message through the Scroll of Chaos.

Ning Chen learned that the Devil Master had been gravely injured and hurried to urge the Ji Clan to launch its counteroffensive. He then went to Yama King's Hall, where Yin'er greeted his return with a barrage of lightning.

• The Moonlit Tower Master sold Ning Chen information about Jun Wentian's third demonic eye: the Devil Master had suffered serious injuries in a battle that destroyed much of the Demon Domain.
• The Moonlit Tower Master told Red Luan that the Demon Palace might become the victor, while Red Luan suspected he had not truly pledged allegiance to it.
• Ning Chen arrived at the Ji Clan Sacred Hall, offered to help with its counteroffensive, and urged Ji Yuechu to send troops as soon as possible.
• Ning Chen entered the underworld's sealed territory and approached Yama King's Hall.
• Yin'er sensed Ning Chen's arrival, summoned heavenly lightning, and attacked him after he asked whether that was any way to welcome her master home.

Ning Chen returned to the underworld, reunited with its leaders, and proposed a cautious test of the injured Devil Master while the Demon Palace advanced. As the Spirit Void forces gathered for their counterattack, Ning Chen and Yin'er set out with the army, and the Moon-Worshiping Venerable also prepared to join the coming battle.

• Yin'er attacked Ning Chen for his long absence, and he fought her briefly before apologizing and making peace with her.
• Ning Chen told the underworld leaders that the Devil Master was badly injured and proposed that he, Yin'er, and King Qi test the report while the others stayed hidden; Mu Chengxue agreed to follow secretly.
• The Demon Palace army advanced toward White Emperor Star as the Spirit Void forces gathered there under Ji Yuechu and Lin Yuzhen.
• Ning Chen and Yin'er joined the army's march, and he warned Yin'er not to overuse her power.
• Ning Chen told Lin Yuzhen that the Moon-Worshiping Venerable would support their efforts, and she left the Moon Worshipper Clan carrying the Moon God Bow and Coiling Dragon Arrow.

The Spirit Void Alliance and Demon Palace began their decisive battle, but the Devil Master's arrival pushed the allied forces toward despair. Ning Chen and Lin Yuzhen joined forces against him, and as the Devil Master unleashed a counterattack, an unknown voice invoked Heaven's Punishment.

• Jun Wentian and Ji Yuechu launched their armies into battle while the leaders and experts of both sides fought across the starry battlefield.
• Ji Yuechu summoned the Ji Clan's Earth and Heaven Ancestors, but the Devil Master descended and overwhelmed the Spirit Void forces with his Fourth Realm presence.
• Ning Chen appeared to confront the Devil Master, and Lin Yuzhen broke through her cultivation restraints, returned to her female form, and joined him.
• Ning Chen and the Devil Master exchanged powerful attacks as the Underworld watched; Mu Chengxue estimated Ning Chen could endure at most ten moves before his body collapsed.
• Lin Yuzhen joined Ning Chen in attacking the Devil Master with their swords, piercing his demonic protection before he struck back.
• A mysterious voice cried "Heaven's Punishment," and ten thousand layers of lightning descended upon the Devil Master.