Chapter Summaries

Lin Dong tested the Devouring Rune Mark Yao Yan left him and discovered it let him wield Space Power before planning to break through to the Major Creation Realm. Meanwhile, Yao Yan revealed his plan to destroy Yuanmen and unite the Eastern Xuan Region after warning Ling Qingzhu and Yan that Different Demons had infiltrated Yuanmen.

• Lin Dong used the Creation Spirit Token's Devouring Rune Mark to absorb Source Qi without refining it and briefly hide himself in another space.
• Little Marten explained that Lin Dong's new Space Power could protect him from attacks for three breaths, though it consumed much of his Spiritual Power.
• Lin Dong decided to enter seclusion and break through to the Major Creation Realm before the clan competition so he could defeat Lin Langtian.
• Yao Yan told Ling Qingzhu that Lin Dong was his nominal disciple and that he would formally accept him if Lin Dong won the Hundred Empires War.
• Yao Yan announced that he planned to destroy Yuanmen and unify the Eastern Xuan Region, explaining that Yuanmen's Sect Masters had been infiltrated by Different Demons.

Yao Yan learned that Yuanmen was controlled by otherworldly demons and decided to act against them rather than wait for the Ancient Eight Masters to recover. He traveled with Ling Qingzhu and Jiang Yinyin to the Dao Sect, where he met Ying Huanhuan and recognized her as the Ice Master's reincarnation.

• Yao Yan told Yan and Ling Qingzhu that Yuanmen's three Sect Masters concealed demonic power, then insisted he could defeat them with the Devouring Ancestral Symbol.
• Ling Qingzhu admitted she feared the Different Demon Emperor but said she trusted Yao Yan, and Jiang Yinyin joined them as they set out for the Dao Sect.
• Ling Qingzhu presented the Dao Sect with a visiting card, and Gan Laogui agreed to receive the Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace after learning from Ying Xuanzi that they were allies.
• Ying Xiaoxiao challenged Ling Qingzhu to a fight, while Ying Huanhuan challenged Yao Yan after he teased her.
• Yao Yan accepted Ying Huanhuan's challenge and secretly identified her as the Ice Master's reincarnation, whose Reincarnation Seal held formidable cold qi.

Yao Yan arrived at the Dao Sect and discovered that the Great Desolate Tablet was suppressing a powerful Different Demon True King. After assessing Ying Xuanzi’s breakthrough, he arranged to stay near the tablet to deal with the threat, just as a strange disturbance began around the Desolate Hall.

• Yao Yan learned from the Ancestor Stone Spirit, Yan, that the Ice Master had once reached the Ancestor Realm before reincarnating.
• Yao Yan sensed the damaged Great Desolate Tablet at the Dao Sect and discovered that it was suppressing an Different Demon True King at the Reincarnation Realm Second Layer.
• Yao Yan asked Ying Xiaoxiao to take Ying Huanhuan away, then revealed himself to Gan Laogui and explained the danger beneath the tablet.
• Yao Yan inspected Ying Xuanzi and found that the Sect Master was progressing well and could stabilize his Reincarnation Realm within a year.
• Yao Yan asked to stay near the Great Desolate Tablet, and Gan Laogui agreed.
• Ying Huanhuan complained to Ying Xiaoxiao about Yao Yan, then the Dao Sect shook as a desolate aura spread from around the Desolate Hall.

Yao Yan entered the Great Desolate Tablet with Yan, the Ancestor Stone Spirit, and met the Tablet Spirit, whose power had been corrupted while suppressing a Different Demon True King. After the king was released, Yao Yan overwhelmed him and sent a Taotie Spirit enhanced by the Devouring Ancestral Symbol and black flames to attack.

• The Great Desolate Tablet emerged from the rear mountain, prompting Dao Sect elders to order the disciples back to their halls and seal off the area.
• Yao Yan entered the Great Desolate Tablet with Yan and found that the Tablet Spirit had been corrupted and could no longer suppress the Different Demon True King for long.
• Yan introduced Yao Yan as an existence on the same level as their master, and the Tablet Spirit released the sealed king so Yao Yan could defeat him.
• The Different Demon True King emerged, but Yao Yan struck him down and pinned him beneath his foot.
• The king transformed into a colossal demonic shadow and attacked with the Heavenly Demon Burial Sky Seal, but Yao Yan's black-flamed Taotie Spirit swallowed it and charged at him.

Yao Yan defeated and captured a Different Demon True King, using his Evil Qi to restore the Ancestor Stone and Great Desolate Tablet while learning more about the invasion. After arranging to remain with the Dao Sect, he discovered Jiang Yinyin’s Reincarnation Seal was awakening, and Ling Qingzhu left with a pill and a promise about her inheritance.

• Yao Yan restrained the Different Demon True King and revealed that he came from the Dou Qi Continent, where the Extraterritorial Evil Clan’s invasion had been repelled.
• Yao Yan used a Demon Transformation Array to convert the captive’s Evil Qi into Life Energy, restoring the Ancestor Stone and Great Desolate Tablet.
• Yao Yan returned to the Dao Sect, asked Gan Laogui to keep his identity secret, and said he would stay until Sect Master Su Xing awakened.
• Jiang Yinyin fell asleep in Yao Yan’s arms as her Reincarnation Seal began to awaken, and Yao Yan identified her as the Lord of Life and Death.
• Ling Qingzhu admitted she cared about Yao Yan, accepted a Life and Death Reincarnation Pill, and departed after reminding him not to forget the matter of the inheritance.

Yao Yan studied Jiang Yinyin’s Reincarnation Mark, unleashing a power that restored a Dao Sect mountain and drew its elders into enlightenment. Meanwhile, the Nether Lord sent the Underworld’s forces into the Demon Region and ordered Hun Tiandi to retrieve the Profound Heaven Hall, leaving Hun Tiandi and Xiao Xuan to consider their uncertain service under him.

• Yao Yan stayed away from Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace and studied the Reincarnation Mark emerging on the sleeping Jiang Yinyin’s forehead.
• Yao Yan’s comprehension spread life, death, and reincarnation power across the mountain, restoring its vegetation and drawing Dao Sect Elders and Gan Laogui into contemplation.
• The Nether Lord ordered the Underworld’s forces to enter the Demon Region and guide its living beings into reincarnation.
• The Nether Lord tasked Hun Tiandi with retrieving the Profound Heaven Hall from the Divine Object Mountain Range and allowed him and Xiao Xuan limited freedom, warning that their memories or power could be taken if they died repeatedly.
• Xiao Xuan asked whether the ruler was the Heavenly Emperor or Nether Lord, and the Nether Lord identified himself as the Nether Lord before vanishing.
• Hun Tiandi urged Xiao Xuan to explore the world’s strongest experts, while Xiao Xuan considered his thousand-year agreement and Hun Tiandi doubted they would ever be free of Yao Yan’s influence.

Yao Yan cultivated beneath the Bodhi Ancient Tree, then emerged from Dao Sect’s sealed rear mountain with Jiang Yinyin after its rare Spiritual Medicines vanished. He teased Ying Huanhuan by offering her only two stalks of Life Profound Grass, leaving her furious and close to tears.

• Ling Xi tried to conceive Yao Yan’s child through their dual cultivation, but he told her to cultivate toward the Dou Di Realm instead.
• Yao Yan cultivated beneath the Bodhi Ancient Tree, studying reincarnation and World Power through the Ancestral Symbols.
• Dao Sect disciples and Elders gathered to admire the Spiritual Medicines growing on Desolate Hall’s rear mountain, but the plants disappeared when Yao Yan and Jiang Yinyin descended.
• Ying Huanhuan demanded the missing Spiritual Medicines, and Yao Yan argued that they belonged to him because they had grown through his efforts.
• Yao Yan offered Ying Huanhuan two stalks of Life Profound Grass as rent, then teased her by offering more only if she stopped crying.

Yao Yan recruited Ying Huanhuan to build and serve at his mountain home in exchange for rare medicinal herbs, then revealed more of his extraordinary resources and teased her by claiming to be her godfather from a previous life. Ying Huanhuan fled in embarrassment, while Yao Yan stayed at the Dao Sect with Jiang Yinyin and continued planning for the Heavenly Court.

• Yao Yan offered Ying Huanhuan medicinal herbs if she served as his maid, and she agreed while Ying Xiaoxiao warned him not to bully her.
• Yao Yan directed Ying Huanhuan to build a furnished wooden house, and she completed it in three hours and received a Death Spirit Flower.
• Yao Yan filled the courtyard with rare plants and revealed a tree bearing Life and Death Reincarnation Fruits, which Jiang Yinyin ate without harm.
• Yao Yan carried the sleeping Jiang Yinyin inside, and Ying Huanhuan asked who he really was.
• Yao Yan claimed he was Ying Huanhuan's godfather from her previous life, and she rejected the claim and fled the house.
• Ancestor Stone Spirit Yan asked whether Yao Yan truly wanted to make Ying Huanhuan his goddaughter, and he admitted he was teasing her.

Yao Yan enlisted Gan Laogui to unite the Eastern Xuan Region and prepare for war against the Yuan Sect and the Different Demons. Meanwhile, Hun Tiandi and Xiao Xuan arrived in the Demon Region and seized Tian Long Yao Shuai to examine his divine artifact.

• Ying Huanhuan decided Yao Yan was lying about being her godfather, then showed Ying Xiaoxiao the Death Spirit Flower he had given her.
• Yao Yan told Gan Laogui that the second Heaven and Earth War would begin within several years and ordered him to persuade the major sects to unite.
• Yao Yan lent Gan Laogui the restored Great Desolate Tablet and directed him to prepare for war against the Yuan Sect after the Hundred Empires War.
• Hun Tiandi and Xiao Xuan entered the Demon Region and found that their power had adapted to the world's energy.
• Hun Tiandi pulled Tian Long Yao Shuai from his distant cave, and he and Xiao Xuan inspected the artifact that greatly increased the demon marshal's strength.

Hun Tiandi and Xiao Xuan captured Tian Long Yao Shuai, seized the Nine Heavens Heavy Peak, and extracted information about the Demon Region before taking the Profound Heaven Hall for the Nether Lord. They fought off Yuan Gan and escaped, leaving him wounded as the Dragon Clan's Supreme Elder arrived to learn what had happened.

• Hun Tiandi announced he would extract Tian Long Yao Shuai's soul, and Tian Long Yao Shuai summoned the Nine Heavens Heavy Peak to attack them.
• Xiao Xuan seized the divine object while Hun Tiandi pulled out Tian Long Yao Shuai's soul and searched it; two Dragon Clan rescuers arrived and were captured as Hun Tiandi devoured the soul.
• Xiao Xuan shattered the space concealing the Profound Heaven Hall and subdued it while Hun Tiandi confronted Yuan Gan, the Dragon Clan Leader.
• Hun Tiandi and Xiao Xuan prepared to leave, but Yuan Gan attacked; Hun Tiandi's blade split Yuan Gan's dragon-shaped assault and nearly severed his arm.
• The Dragon Clan's Supreme Elder arrived to find Yuan Gan wounded and the Dragon Clan elders' bodies soulless, and Yuan Gan told him something terrible had happened.

Yuan Gan and the Dragon Tribe Supreme Elder realized that powerful outsiders from the Netherworld had entered their world, while Yao Yan claimed the Profound Heaven Hall and its artifact-forging inheritance for the Netherworld. At Dao Sect, Ying Huanhuan arrived and called Yao Yan “Godfather,” shocking him, Jiang Yinyin, and the Ancestor Stone.

• Yuan Gan told the Dragon Tribe Supreme Elder that two likely third-stage Reincarnation Realm outsiders had attacked him, and the elder ordered him to warn Qing Zhi and the other clans.
• Hun Tiandi said he planned to regain and surpass his former strength, while Xiao Xuan refused to spar until they had adapted to their new bodies and said he still wanted to kill Hun Tiandi.
• Yao Yan forcibly refined the Profound Heaven Hall, absorbed the Symbol Ancestor’s artifact-forging inheritance, renamed it Yanluo Hall, and assigned it to make equipment for Netherworld ghost envoys.
• Yao Yan began refining the Nether Tower anew and discussed Jiang Yinyin’s gradual recovery as she visited him at Dao Sect.
• Ying Huanhuan arrived at the courtyard and called Yao Yan “Godfather,” leaving Yao Yan, Jiang Yinyin, and the Ancestor Stone stunned.

Yao Yan revealed Ying Huanhuan’s identity as Ice Master and helped her awaken part of her previous life’s memories and power while suppressing the Reincarnation Mark. He told Ying Huanhuan and Jiang Yinyin to cultivate for the coming war against Yuan Sect and the Different Demon Race.

• Yao Yan teased Ying Huanhuan into calling him godfather and introduced Jiang Yinyin as her big sister and Rock as her uncle.
• Yao Yan explained that Ying Huanhuan had been Ice Master, one of the Ancient Eight Masters and a disciple of Symbol Ancestor.
• Ying Huanhuan agreed to let Yao Yan gradually awaken her previous life’s memories and power to reduce their impact on her current self.
• Yao Yan’s array triggered Ying Huanhuan’s partial awakening, but he suppressed her Reincarnation Mark and easily countered her icy power.
• Ying Huanhuan recognized Jiang Yinyin as her Eldest Senior Sister, and Yao Yan ordered both girls to cultivate for the coming war against Yuan Sect and the Different Demon Race.

Yao Yan prepared to travel to the Chaotic Demon Sea to claim several Ancestral Symbols, entrusting Dao Sect with a powerful medicinal herb garden and a new Alchemy Furnace. Before leaving, he began reforging thirteen Alchemy Furnaces from the Dou Qi Continent into a more capable artifact.

• Gan Laogui reported that the remaining major Super Sects had joined the alliance, and Yao Yan refused their Sect Masters’ visit before explaining his plans for the Chaotic Demon Sea.
• Yao Yan gave Gan Laogui the courtyard’s medicinal herbs and Life and Death Reincarnation Fruits to manage, along with a crimson Alchemy Furnace that could refine pills up to Rank 6.
• Ying Huanhuan worried about Ying Xiaoxiao discovering her changed appearance, and Yao Yan told her to say goodbye to her sister before they left in two days.
• Yao Yan postponed the journey because his attention was focused on his main body and his condition was unsuitable for fighting.
• Beneath the Bodhi Ancient Tree, Yao Yan enveloped thirteen Alchemy Furnaces in Chaos Qi-infused flames and began melting them down to forge a new artifact.

Yao Yan forged the Chaos Cauldron’s embryo using his Origin Power and divine materials, then returned to the Dao Sect and joined Jiang Yinyin, Yan, and Ying Huanhuan on a journey to the Chaotic Demon Sea. The group arrived near the Undying Sacred Whale Clan’s ancestral land, where they intended to retrieve Jiang Yinyin’s Life and Death Ancestral Symbol.

• Yao Yan refined thirteen Heavenly Cauldrons into divine-material essence and forged the Chaos Cauldron’s embryo, inscribing it with Dao Patterns before drawing it into his body to nurture.
• Yao Yan emerged from seclusion, reassured Jiang Yinyin, Yan, and Ying Huanhuan, and agreed not to disappear without warning again.
• Yao Yan learned that Jiang Yinyin had prepared a spatial formation and set off with her, Yan, and Ying Huanhuan for the Chaotic Demon Sea.
• The group arrived on an island in the Chaotic Demon Sea, and Jiang Yinyin explained that her formation was a few days’ journey from the Undying Sacred Whale Clan’s ancestral land.
• Yao Yan decided that the group would travel to the ancestral land to retrieve Jiang Yinyin’s Life and Death Ancestral Symbol.

Yao Yan and the others encountered Mu Lingshan, a girl born from Jiang Yinyin’s former corpse through the Life and Death Ancestral Symbol, and learned how she came to be. Yao Yan began drawing the Ancestral Symbol out of Mu Lingshan so she could live independently, while Mu Lan suspected Yao Yan was the Devouring Master.

• Yao Yan, Ying Huanhuan, and Jiang Yinyin met Mu Lingshan, who approached their camp and eagerly ate their grilled fish.
• Jiang Yinyin recognized that Mu Lingshan carried the Life and Death Ancestral Symbol and had been formed from her previous-life corpse.
• Mu Lan appeared, identified Jiang Yinyin as the returned Lord of Life and Death, and explained that Mu Lingshan had hatched from an egg found in Jiang Yinyin’s tomb.
• Yao Yan told Jiang Yinyin that she might have reached a higher realm by undergoing Nirvana Rebirth, then judged Mu Lingshan’s potential and considered taking her as a disciple.
• Yao Yan began using the Devouring Ancestral Symbol to remove the Life and Death Ancestral Symbol from Mu Lingshan, and Mu Lan suspected he was the Devouring Master.

Yao Yan freed Mu Lingshan from the Life and Death Ancestral Symbol’s control and set out for the Heavenly Lightning Sea Region to retrieve the Thunder Ancestral Symbol. He reached its hidden cave dwelling and found the Thunder Ancestral Symbol above a throne, where a powerful figure sat.

• Yao Yan extracted a portion of the Life and Death Ancestral Symbol’s Origin Power and planted it in Mu Lingshan, making her independent of the symbol.
• Jiang Yinyin and Ying Huanhuan bickered over seniority, while Mu Lan told Yao Yan that the Thunder and Flame Ancestral Symbols were in the Chaotic Demon Sea.
• Yao Yan gave Ying Huanhuan a fiery gemstone for emergencies, then used Mu Lan’s Spatial Coordinates to travel to the Heavenly Lightning Sea Region.
• Yao Yan crossed the region’s violent lightning, which yielded to the Nine Profound Golden Lightning he controlled, and entered a lightning-wreathed cave dwelling.
• Yao Yan found the Thunder Ancestral Symbol above a silver altar and turned his attention to the powerful figure seated beneath it.

Yao Yan entered the Thunder Realm, persuaded Thunder Emperor to relinquish the Thunder Ancestral Symbol, and destroyed the Otherworldly Demon King with a single strike. Afterward, he confronted Hun Miesheng, who appeared as a Netherworld Extinction Judge and claimed the Netherworld had come because it governed life, death, and reincarnation.

• Yao Yan explained how his Nine Profound Golden Lightning had overcome Thunder Emperor’s formation and admitted he had come for the Thunder Ancestral Symbol.
• Yao Yan assured Thunder Emperor he could handle the sealed Otherworldly Demon King, and Yan identified him as an existence on Symbol Ancestor’s level.
• Thunder Emperor relinquished the Thunder Ancestral Symbol, freeing the Otherworldly Demon King from its seal.
• Yao Yan controlled the Thunder Ancestral Symbol and unleashed a golden lightning dragon that annihilated the Otherworldly Demon King.
• Hun Miesheng emerged from a spatial rift, greeted Yao Yan as the Heavenly Emperor, and said the Netherworld had entered because it governed life, death, and reincarnation.

Yao Yan confronted Nether Lord over the Plane Womb, and the two left to fight in the void after their clash devastated the Heavenly Lightning Sea Region. While they battled, the Miesheng Judge recruited the Thunder Emperor’s remnant soul and tried to capture Ancestor Stone Spirit Yan, prompting the Thunder Master to intervene.

• Yao Yan unleashed the Nine Profound Thunder Dragon against the Miesheng Judge, who summoned Nether Lord through a black seal.
• Nether Lord declared that the Underworld would claim the world and Plane Womb, and he and Yao Yan clashed before entering the void to protect the Tianxuan Continent.
• The Miesheng Judge opened the Book of Life and Death, drew the Thunder Emperor and other fragmented souls inside, and pursued Ancestor Stone Spirit Yan.
• Ancestor Stone Spirit Yan escaped with Space Power, but the Miesheng Judge caught him with a black chain until the Thunder Master arrived and severed it.
• The Thunder Master fought the Miesheng Judge, whose black flames swallowed lightning, but the Miesheng Judge withdrew as Yao Yan’s battle with Nether Lord neared its end.

Yao Yan and Nether Lord ended their battle when the Different Demon Emperor appeared, then Yao Yan warned the Thunder Master that the Underworld posed a major threat. They planned to locate the Flame Master and Desolate Master while the Thunder Master gathered allies and investigated the Underworld.

• Yao Yan and Nether Lord fought to a draw until the Different Demon Emperor appeared, prompting them to stop before the Symbol Ancestor’s seal weakened further.
• Yao Yan repaired the shattered space, and the Different Demon Emperor’s eye withdrew as Yao Yan joined Yan and the Thunder Master.
• Yao Yan told Yan and the Thunder Master that Nether Lord and his Underworld were dangerous, and urged the Thunder Master to gather the world’s experts quickly.
• The Thunder Master shared what he knew about the Ancient Eight Masters, including the Desolate Master, Flame Master, and Darkness Master.
• Yao Yan decided to visit the Flame Master and Desolate Master and gave the Thunder Master a jade tablet to contact him; the Thunder Master left to gather allies and investigate the Underworld.

After the battle in the Heavenly Lightning Sea Region, Yao Yan returned to the Undying Sacred Whale Clan and began arranging alliances and discipleships as he prepared to unify Tianxuan Continent. Meanwhile, the Demon Prison decided to advance its plan and seek help from the Netherworld.

• Yao Yan reassured Yan, the Ancestor Stone Spirit, explained that only his main body could deal with the Netherworld, and suggested Yan follow Lin Dong after he became his disciple.
• The Heavenly King Hall ordered the Demon Prison's plan to continue and move forward, while the Ten Kings Hall agreed to contact the Netherworld and explore cooperation against the Ancient Eight Masters.
• Yao Yan returned to the Undying Sacred Whale Clan, where Jiang Yinyin, Ying Huanhuan, Mu Lan, and the elders discussed the battle and learned that the Desolate Master and Flame Master were in the Chaotic Demon Sea.
• Yao Yan asked the Undying Sacred Whale Clan to unite the Chaotic Demon Sea under his authority, and its Grand Elder agreed to help persuade the region's factions.
• Yao Yan accepted Mu Lingshan as his disciple, and she agreed after recognizing his status and the familiar feeling of the Three Great Ancestral Charms.