Chapter Summaries

Chen Changqing entered the Zhong Kui Secret Realm with Zhong Cheng, defeated an ambush led by Zhong Wandu and Zhong Wanjun, and discovered Zhong Tianba’s plot to steal their ancestor’s divine blood for the Netherworld Palace. The Ten Thousand Ghosts Worshipping Heaven Grand Sacrifice had been moved up to three days away, increasing the danger to Xiaoqian.

• Chen Changqing shattered Zhong Tianba’s attack and the Hall of Punishing Evil plaque, but the First Supreme Elder ordered the nine candidates to enter the Secret Realm and compete for Zhong Kui’s origin divine blood.
• Chen Changqing and Zhong Cheng entered the Weeping Blood Wasteland, where Zhong Wandu and Zhong Wanjun ambushed them with ten Tribulation Immortal protectors.
• Chen Changqing summoned five Avatars and killed all ten protectors, then killed Zhong Wandu and Zhong Wanjun and repaired the Nine Netherworlds Yellow Springs Diagram.
• Chen Changqing sensed that Zhong Jiuyou had killed three other candidates and their fifteen protectors, then rushed with Zhong Cheng to the City of Unjust Death.
• Zhong Cheng and Chen Changqing overheard Zhong Tianba’s clone reveal that he was using Zhong Jiuyou to obtain the ancestral divine blood and that the Ten Thousand Ghosts Worshipping Heaven Grand Sacrifice had been moved up to three days away.

Chen Changqing killed Zhong Jiuyou and destroyed Zhong Tianba’s avatar, then rushed to the Ghost-Slaying Divine Altar to stop Netherworld Palace death soldiers from corrupting Zhong Kui’s origin divine blood. He recovered the Heaven-Stepping Token, which transformed into a star map of the Senluo Deathland, giving him a route toward rescuing Xiaoqian.

• Zhong Cheng confronted Zhong Tianba over his betrayal, while Zhong Tianba activated the City of Unjust Death’s restrictions and ordered Zhong Jiuyou to attack Chen Changqing.
• Zhong Jiuyou regenerated after Chen Changqing cut him in half, but Chen Changqing killed him with the Heaven-Stepping Emperor Finger and annihilated his devil core.
• Chen Changqing bound and searched Zhong Tianba’s avatar, discovered that a restriction erased memories about the Zhong Family’s first grand elder, and crushed the avatar.
• Chen Changqing and Zhong Cheng hurried to the Ghost-Slaying Divine Altar, where five Netherworld Palace death soldiers were using Foul Blood Devil Nails to corrupt Zhong Kui’s divine blood and remove the Heaven-Stepping Token.
• Chen Changqing’s five Avatars killed the death soldiers, and Chen removed the devil nails and retrieved the Heaven-Stepping Token.
• The token transformed into an ancient star map revealing the first three underground levels of the Senluo Deathland and its devil-suppressing Array Patterns.

Zhong Cheng inherited Zhong Kui’s origin divine blood and the Ghost-Slaying Divine Seal, while Zhong Kui entrusted Chen Changqing with stopping the traitors and the devil body beneath the Senluo Deathland. Zhong Tianba, Zhong Disha, and Gui Wuchang trapped them, but Chen Changqing broke through to the Late Heavenly Monarch Stage and killed all three four-tribulation ghost immortals, leaving the Zhong Family’s crisis unresolved.

• Zhong Cheng absorbed Zhong Kui’s origin divine blood, advanced to a one-tribulation ghost immortal, and received the Ghost-Slaying Divine Seal from Zhong Kui’s remnant soul.
• Zhong Kui revealed that the Zhong Family had guarded a Heaven-Stepping Token and the seal on the Senluo Deathland, then charged Chen Changqing with eliminating the traitors and stopping the devil body from escaping.
• Zhong Tianba, Zhong Disha, and Gui Wuchang trapped Chen Changqing and Zhong Cheng in the reversed Mountain Protection Array, and Gui Wuchang revealed that Xiaoqian had been implanted in the devil fetus.
• Chen Changqing spent 500 million AFK Points to advance to the Late Heavenly Monarch Stage, then shattered the array’s Punishing Evil Blood Spear and destroyed the Hall of Punishing Evil.
• Chen Changqing and his five avatars fought the three four-tribulation ghost immortals; Chen Changqing killed Zhong Tianba, then used the Fragment of the Creation Jade Disk and the Heavenly Emperor Divine Fist to destroy Zhong Disha and Gui Wuchang.

Chen Changqing rescued Zhong Xuanming, uncovered the Netherworld Palace’s plan to use Xiaoqian as a vessel for an upper-realm Demon Venerable, and learned a route into Senluo Deathland. He reached its perimeter with Zhong Cheng and confronted Nangong Wudi, whose attack Chen Changqing met with a powerful sword strike.

• Chen Changqing freed Zhong Xuanming from his chains and Soul-Eroding Nails, restored him with a pill, and witnessed him appoint Zhong Cheng as the new head of the Zhong Family.
• Chen Changqing searched the Heaven No. 1 secret vault and learned that the Netherworld Palace intended to sacrifice Xiaoqian so an upper-realm Demon Venerable could possess her.
• Xiaoqian’s fading origin aura revealed her location beneath Senluo Deathland, so Chen Changqing left immediately with Zhong Cheng using the primordial teleportation platform.
• Chen Changqing and Zhong Cheng arrived outside Senluo Deathland and found the Nangong Aristocratic Clan and Netherworld Palace guarding its entrance with the Ten Directions Yama Array.
• Nangong Wudi confronted Chen Changqing and unleashed a massive ghost hand; Chen Changqing boosted his cultivation and charged into the attack with his sword and the Human Emperor Heaven-Suppressing Seal.

Chen Changqing broke through Nangong Wudi’s defenses and entered Senluo Deathland with Zhong Cheng, but the Netherworld Palace master began the blood sacrifice early. At the Blood Pool’s sluice gate, Chen Changqing confronted the forces guarding the way while Zhong Cheng worked to open the mechanism.

• Chen Changqing used five avatars to break a gap in the Ten Directions Yama defensive line and wounded Nangong Wudi with the Heaven-Slaying Sword Drawing Technique before escaping into Senluo Deathland with Zhong Cheng.
• Chen Changqing found the Severed Dragon Underground River, but the Soul-Losing Bell rang as the Netherworld Palace master began the blood sacrifice two days ahead of schedule.
• Chen Changqing and Zhong Cheng raced through the underground river toward the Blood Pool, protected from its toxic water by the Fragment of the Creation Jade Disk.
• At the Blood Pool’s sluice gate, Chen Changqing faced four demonized protectors, a Nine Netherworlds Soul-Devouring Beast, and thousands of primordial Yin Soldiers while Zhong Cheng went to open the mechanism.
• Chen Changqing unleashed the Immortal-Burying Melody, extinguishing the soul flames of the leading Yin Soldiers and bringing down the front ranks of their army.

Chen Changqing broke through the defenders and smashed open the Dragon-Severing Sluice Gate, revealing the Yellow Springs Sacrificial Path and the Netherworld Three Baleful Fiends guarding the way to Xiaoqian. As Xiaoqian’s life force rapidly faded beyond the bronze demonic gate, Chen Changqing charged into the Fiends’ blood-colored blade formation with the Human Emperor Heaven-Suppressing Seal.

• Chen Changqing’s musical attack injured the four demonized guardians, then his five avatars killed them while his true body slew the Nine Netherworlds Soul-Devouring Beast.
• Zhong Cheng failed to open the sluice gate because the Netherworld Palace Master had sealed its mechanism with demonic blood.
• Chen Changqing shattered the sealed white-bone gate with a punch, exposing the Yellow Springs Sacrificial Path and hundreds of drained Yinyue Holy Dynasty descendants.
• The Netherworld Three Baleful Fiends detonated the corpses and trapped souls to form the Three Talents Life-Ending Blood Sha Formation, then attacked Chen Changqing with a spinning wheel of blood blades.
• Sensing Xiaoqian’s Nine Netherworlds Pure Yin Immortal Physique fading beyond the bronze demonic gate, Chen Changqing charged into the blade wheel and invoked the Human Emperor Heaven-Suppressing Seal.

Chen Changqing slaughtered his way through the Netherworld Palace’s forces and reached Xiaoqian as the Demon Venerable’s main soul tried to possess her. His furious roar disrupted the ritual, but Ming Jiutian and Nangong Wudi arrived with their forces and surrounded him at the Blood Pool.

• Chen Changqing used the Human Emperor seal and Heaven-Slaying Sword Drawing Technique to kill the Netherworld Three Baleful Fiends.
• Chen Changqing and his five avatars cut through three thousand death warriors and fifteen Tribulation Immortals along the Yellow Springs Sacrificial Path while Zhong Cheng followed behind.
• Chen Changqing kicked down the bronze demonic gate and found Xiaoqian chained to the altar as the Demon Venerable’s main soul invaded her Sea of Consciousness.
• Xiaoqian recognized Chen Changqing and called him Master, prompting him to unleash a roar that destroyed sacrificial souls, overturned the Blood Pool, broke three pillars, and forced the Demon Venerable’s soul back.
• Ming Jiutian revealed himself as a six-tribulation ghost immortal, while Nangong Wudi arrived with the Nangong Aristocratic Clan’s remaining elders and joined him in surrounding Chen Changqing.

Chen Changqing fought through the defenders at the blood pool to reach Xiaoqian, who was being consumed by the Demon Venerable during Ming Jiutian’s sacrifice. After Chen Changqing’s sword drove back four Bloodline Ghost Spirits, they spilled their primordial blood into the pool and called for one hundred thousand Yin Soldiers to possess them.

• As Xiaoqian suffered on the altar, Chen Changqing charged toward her, but Nangong Wudi and fourteen Nangong Aristocratic Clan elders moved to stop him.
• Ming Jiutian summoned ten Bloodline Ghost Spirits from ancient blood coffins, and Zhong Cheng warned Chen Changqing that they carried three primordial bloodlines.
• Chen Changqing created five avatars, sending two to hold off Nangong Wudi and the Nangong elders while Zhong Cheng and another avatar intercepted some of the elders.
• Chen Changqing and his remaining two avatars attacked the ten Bloodline Ghost Spirits, and his Immortal Execution Sword Technique drove four of them into the altar pillars.
• Two ancient Tokens at the bottom of the blood pool resonated with the seven Tokens in Chen Changqing’s Heaven-Stepping Ring, and the ten Bloodline Ghost Spirits then cut their wrists and summoned one hundred thousand Yin Soldiers of the Underworld.

Chen Changqing destroyed the fused ghost marshals and Yin Soldiers to reach Xiaoqian, but Nangong Wudi betrayed Ming Jiutian to claim the demonic fetus. Ming Jiutian revealed that the betrayal was part of his plan, while two more Heaven-Stepping Immortal Emperor Inheritance Tokens emerged from the Blood Pool.

• Chen Changqing used his divine techniques and Immortal Execution Sword to destroy the ten fused bloodline ghost spirits and their Yin Soldiers, clearing the way to Xiaoqian.
• Zhong Cheng absorbed the ghost marshal essence and defeated two Nangong elders, while Chen Changqing charged toward the altar.
• Nangong Wudi broke free from Chen Changqing's Avatars and stabbed Ming Jiutian with a Primordial God-Slaying Dagger, declaring his plan to seize the demonic fetus for the Nangong Aristocratic Clan.
• Chen Changqing reached for the chains binding Xiaoqian as the eighth and ninth Heaven-Stepping Immortal Emperor Inheritance Tokens emerged from the Blood Pool.
• Ming Jiutian revealed that he had anticipated Nangong Wudi's attack and intended to use the Five-Tribulation Ghost Immortal's pure heart's blood to feed his Demon Venerable true body.

Ming Jiutian revealed that he had possessed Ming Jiutian’s body and devoured Nangong Wudi to become a Quasi-Seven-Tribulation Ghost Emperor. Chen Changqing rescued Xiaoqian and gathered the final Heaven-Stepping Tokens, then turned to face Ming Jiutian.

• Ming Jiutian revealed that he had assimilated Ming Jiutian’s Primordial Spirit and trapped Nangong Wudi with Soul Devour Demonic Insects.
• Ming Jiutian devoured Nangong Wudi’s blood, Primordial Spirit, and Dao foundation, advancing to a Quasi-Seven-Tribulation Ghost Emperor.
• Chen Changqing used the Heaven-Stepping Emperor Finger to pull the Upper Realm Demonic Venerable’s main soul from Xiaoqian and cut through the nine chains holding her.
• Chen Changqing gave Xiaoqian a Nine-Turn Soul Returning Pill and placed her in the spirit spring inside the Heaven-Stepping Ring.
• Chen Changqing collected the eighth and ninth Heaven-Stepping Tokens as Ming Jiutian reunited with the Demonic Venerable’s main soul.
• Chen Changqing drew the Immortal Execution Sword and challenged Ming Jiutian to settle their score.

Ming Jiutian reached the Quasi-Seven-Tribulation Ghost Emperor realm by merging with the Upper Realm Devil Venerable's main soul and Nangong Wudi's origin, then sacrificed his followers to form a Devil Emperor Faxiang. Chen Changqing and his five Avatars fought back, but after Ming Jiutian unleashed a Seven-Tribulation killing move, Chen stood battered as the chapter ended with him preparing to fuse his Avatars and ascend to Tribulation Immortal.

• Ming Jiutian advanced to the Quasi-Seven-Tribulation Ghost Emperor realm and vowed to kill Chen Changqing and take the girl hidden in his storage Immortal Artifact.
• Ming Jiutian reversed the Ten Thousand Ghosts Pay Homage to Heaven array and crushed eight Netherworld Palace guardians, fourteen Nangong Aristocratic Clan elders, and the remaining resentful souls into blood mist to form his Devil Emperor Faxiang.
• Chen Changqing summoned five Avatars, and together they struck Ming Jiutian's Faxiang, wounding it and forcing Ming Jiutian to draw upon the Primordial undying devil body's origin.
• Ming Jiutian unleashed the Primordial Yellow Springs Heaven-Overturning Seal, gravely injuring Chen Changqing's Avatars and driving Chen into the altar.
• Chen Changqing cleaved the seal in two with a Chaos Sword Ray, while Ming Jiutian mocked his weakened Avatars and threatened another attack.
• Chen Changqing activated the Violence Formula and declared that he would merge his five Avatars into one furnace to help him ascend to Tribulation Immortal.

Chen Changqing sacrificed his five Avatars and fused their power with stolen essence to break through the Immortal-Mortal Heavenly Chasm and reach Tribulation Immortal combat power. He began overwhelming Ming Jiutian with a Reincarnation Fist, leaving the outcome of their clash unresolved.

• Ming Jiutian attacked Chen Changqing with his demonic emperor Faxiang, while Chen ordered his five Avatars to detonate their Purple Mansion worlds and bodies and return their power to him.
• Chen Changqing absorbed the Avatars’ power, stolen Ghost Immortal Essence Blood, and Nangong Wudi’s remaining Dao Resonance, then shattered the barrier to the Tribulation Immortal realm.
• Chen Changqing’s nine Purple Mansions became immortal Minor Worlds, his twelve Primordial Spirits grew stronger, and his Pure Yang tribulation halo formed as his aura destroyed Ming Jiutian’s demonic claws and collapsed the altar.
• Zhong Cheng praised Chen Changqing’s breakthrough, while Ming Jiutian recoiled in fear at the power of Chen’s First-Tribulation level.
• Chen Changqing crossed the distance to Ming Jiutian and struck his Nine Netherworlds Demonic Shield with the Reincarnation Fist, manifesting a huge Reincarnation millstone that began grinding it down.

Chen Changqing crushed Ming Jiutian’s Faxiang and defeated him, demanding a way to remove the devil mark in Xiaoqian’s soul. Ming Jiutian summoned a judge of the Underworld through a sacrificial ritual before Chen Changqing killed him, leaving the Blood Pool’s ominous invocation unresolved.

• Chen Changqing shattered Ming Jiutian’s devil shield and Primordial Devil Emperor Faxiang with the Reincarnation millstone, then sealed the Blood Pool with the Human Emperor Heaven-Suppressing Seal.
• Chen Changqing used the Immortal Execution Sword Technique to destroy five of Ming Jiutian’s tribulation rings and reduce his power to a barely surviving First-Tribulation level.
• Chen Changqing pinned Ming Jiutian beneath his foot and demanded the method for removing the Devil Venerable’s mark from Xiaoqian’s soul.
• Ming Jiutian detonated the Devil Venerable’s main soul and sacrificed himself to reverse the altar array, draw the Blood Pool’s remaining blood into the earth-vein fissure, and summon a judge of the Underworld.
• Chen Changqing drove the Immortal Execution Sword into Ming Jiutian’s head and annihilated him, leaving a storage ring and an orb of Devil Venerable essence memories.

After defeating Ming Jiutian, Chen Changqing watched the forbidden blood sacrifice open Ghost Gate Pass and summon the Underworld Judge. The Judge condemned him to death, and Chen refused to yield as the Judge began to strip his souls.

• Chen Changqing claimed Ming Jiutian's storage ring and the Devil Venerable's memory orb, learning the method to remove Xiaoqian's devil seed.
• Ming Jiutian's completed blood sacrifice shattered the altar and opened a chasm to the Yellow Springs, from which Ghost Gate Pass rose.
• The Underworld Judge emerged from Ghost Gate Pass, and his divine pressure froze the Senluo Deathland and forced Zhong Cheng to his knees.
• The Underworld Judge used the Book of Life and Death to condemn Chen Changqing, who challenged him and threatened to kill him if he stood in Chen's way.
• The Underworld Judge began writing the command "Strip" toward Chen Changqing with the Soul-Hooking Life-Seizing Brush.

Chen Changqing shattered the Underworld judge’s attacks with the Fragment of the Creation Jade Disk and the Ghost-Slaying Divine Seal’s opening, then burned a billion AFK Points to sever the judge’s wrist and escape with Zhong Cheng. The wounded judge was dragged into the abyss by the awakened undying demonic body.

• Chen Changqing used the Fragment of the Creation Jade Disk and the Human Emperor Heaven-Suppressing Seal to destroy the Nether Bureau’s character for “shave.”
• The Underworld judge unleashed the Nether Bureau Reincarnation Great Millstone, while Zhong Cheng invoked Zhong Kui’s Ghost-Slaying Divine Seal to open a gap in its chains.
• Chen Changqing burned a billion AFK Points and struck with the Heaven-Slaying Sword Drawing Technique fused with Immortal Execution, cutting through the nether characters and the Yin-Yang Book of Life and Death before severing the judge’s wrist.
• Chen Changqing caught part of the Life-Seizing Brush, rescued Zhong Cheng, and escaped the collapsing cavern.
• The awakened undying demonic body grabbed the Underworld judge’s ankle and dragged him and Ghost Gate Pass into the depths of the abyss.

Chen Changqing and Zhong Cheng reached the cross-realm teleportation array, but the awakened primordial devil body devoured the Underworld Judge and became an Eight-Tribulation Half-God Devil Emperor. Trapped in Senluo Deathland and crippled by the backlash of his forced power, Chen Changqing struggled to suppress the devil mark threatening Xiaoqian as the Devil Emperor confronted him.

• Chen Changqing brought the badly injured Zhong Cheng to the cross-realm teleportation array, but the Underworld Judge's screams and the destruction of Ghost Gate Pass revealed that the primordial devil body had awakened.
• The headless devil body tore apart and devoured the Underworld Judge, then grew a head and reached the Eight-Tribulation Half-God Devil Emperor realm.
• The Devil Emperor destroyed the teleportation array and sealed Senluo Deathland behind a barrier, trapping Chen Changqing and Zhong Cheng inside.
• Chen Changqing's Violence Formula expired, and its backlash shattered his meridians and weakened him to the Late Heavenly Monarch Stage.
• The Devil Emperor recognized Chen Changqing's weakened state and mocked him as a paper tiger.
• The Devil Emperor's presence awakened Xiaoqian's dormant devil mark, and Chen Changqing used his remaining Divine Sense to restrain her as the Devil Emperor challenged him.

Chen Changqing opened the Heaven-Stepping Immortal Emperor’s treasure trove and used its inheritance and his AFK Points to heal, advance to the immortal path, and become a First-Tribulation Pure Yang True Immortal. He trapped the Eight-Tribulation Devil Emperor with his resurrected Avatars and prepared to take the Devil Emperor’s tribulation halos.

• Zhong Cheng shielded Chen Changqing from the Eight-Tribulation Devil Emperor’s attack, but the strike shattered his Ghost-Slaying Divine Seal and Heavy Sword and left him unconscious.
• With the Devil Emperor’s palm closing in, Chen Changqing detonated the Fragment of the Creation Jade Disk to gain three breaths and united the nine tokens to open the Heaven-Stepping Immortal Emperor’s treasure trove.
• The treasure trove’s Primordial Annihilation Immortal Source healed Chen Changqing, erased Xiaoqian’s devil seal, and granted Chen Changqing the eighth turn of the Primordial Nine-Turn Body Refining Art.
• Chen Changqing spent 1.71 billion AFK Points to rebuild his body, transform his nine Purple Mansions into Immortal Worlds, and reach the immortal path.
• Chen Changqing chose to remain in the lower realm and advance to a First-Tribulation Pure Yang True Immortal instead of ascending.
• Chen Changqing caught the Devil Emperor’s descending palm, summoned five First-Tribulation Avatars to surround him, and demanded his eight tribulation halos.

Chen Changqing planned to help Xiaoqian take control of the primeval demon body by suppressing its demon core and using her ghost body and Merit Golden Lotus. After Xiaoqian agreed to risk her life, Chen Changqing and Zhong Cheng prepared a formation, and Xiaoqian faced the demon body to begin the attempt.

• Xiaoqian asked Chen Changqing to let her go, believing her death was the best way to save him and the Nine Provinces.
• Chen Changqing proposed that Xiaoqian devour the demon core and become the demon body's new master, with his treasures and the Twelve Primordial Spirits supporting her.
• Xiaoqian agreed despite the low odds, and Chen Changqing promised to bring her back alive to guard Evergreen Peak.
• Chen Changqing ordered Zhong Cheng to arrange the Ghost-Slaying Divine Seal, Human Emperor Heaven-Suppressing Seal, and Jade Plate of Creation around the demon body.
• Chen Changqing brought Xiaoqian out of the Heaven-Stepping Ring, and she told the demon body that she was taking its body.

Chen Changqing helped Xiaoqian seize the ancient demon body, then shielded her from the Nine-Ring Life-and-Death Tribulation until she became a One-Tribulation Ghost Immortal. After he destroyed the demon’s remaining body, a fissure opened in the Nine Netherworlds sky, and a voice from the upper realm recognized him.

• Chen Changqing used the Immortal Execution Sword to sever the demonic threads attacking Xiaoqian and helped her overcome the demon’s illusion, allowing her to merge with its body.
• A Nine-Ring Life-and-Death Tribulation descended, and Chen Changqing blocked the first seven bolts while Zhong Cheng helped stop the eighth.
• Chen Changqing cleaved the ninth bolt with the Immortal Execution Sword, and Xiaoqian emerged as a One-Tribulation Ghost Immortal.
• Chen Changqing used the fifth form of the Immortal Execution Sword Technique to destroy the demon body and its remaining demonic thought.
• A thousand-zhang fissure opened in the false sky, and an upper-realm voice called out, “Heaven-Stepping... You're still alive?”

Chen Changqing freed the blood slaves, destroyed the Dark Moon Imperial Mausoleum, and entrusted Zhong Cheng with restoring order in the Nine Netherworlds before returning to the Nine Provinces. He found the sky torn open and Mount Shu under attack, and Chen Yuan's broken message warned that the sect could not hold out.

• Chen Changqing ordered the Yinyue Holy Dynasty to release more than thirty-four thousand blood slaves, return half the mausoleum's looted goods, and end its blood sacrifices.
• Xiaoqian comforted a rescued boy whose mother had been taken into the Blood Pool, and Chen Changqing destroyed the Dark Moon Imperial Mausoleum.
• Chen Changqing gave Zhong Cheng the Life-and-Death Judge's Brush and charged him with rebuilding the Zhong Family and reorganizing the Evil-Punishing Bureau.
• Chen Changqing left Zhong Cheng to guard the Nine Netherworlds and returned to the Nine Provinces with Xiaoqian.
• Chen Changqing found the Nine Provinces' sky split by rifts, saw a blood-red pillar above Mount Shu, and discovered that Jian Zhenzi's, Luo Futian's, Ran Hua's, and Chen Yuan's Communication Jade Talismans had shattered.
• Chen Yuan's broken message reached Chen Changqing with the warning that Mount Shu could not hold out.