Chapter Summaries

Jiang Changkong discovered that three Immortal Court peak Immortal Kings had been hiding the method to open the Underworld, but their soul-restricting magic killed them before he could question them. He completed his Six-Revolution Mysterious Art and found Witch Clan essence blood that could open the Underworld, leaving him suspicious of the Immortal Spirit’s connection to the Immortal Court.

• Three Immortal Court peak Immortal Kings placed damaged immortal artifacts among the arrays and discussed giving the Underworld-opening method to the Demon Race.
• Jiang Changkong stopped the three Immortal Kings and tried to question them about the Immortal Spirit, but their restrictions destroyed their souls.
• Jiang Changkong collected the Immortal Kings’ resources and completed his Six-Revolution Mysterious Art, though he remained short of reaching the Immortal Emperor realm.
• Jiang Changkong searched the arrays and found a statue containing the method to open the Underworld and powerful Witch Clan essence blood.
• Jiang Changkong wondered whether the Immortal Spirit and the Immortal Court were allies or merely cooperating.

Jiang Changkong and the Demon Emperor exchanged three moves in the ruin, then stopped before their power destroyed it. The Demon Emperor left with the Heavenly Court’s captives and the method to open the Underworld, while Jiang Changkong escaped with the Divine Court’s men.

• Jiang Changkong met the Demon Emperor, who offered the Divine Court’s captives as stakes in exchange for the Underworld-opening method.
• The Demon Emperor and Jiang Changkong clashed with the Witch-Slaying Sword and Phoenix Divine Spear, while Kun Yu hoped to profit from their fight.
• On the third move, the Demon Emperor summoned a fragment of the Chaos Bell, and both fighters stopped when their power threatened to destroy the ruin.
• After the powers dispersed, the Demon Emperor took the Heavenly Court’s two Immortal Kings and departed with Kun Yu, while Jiang Changkong left with Ji Chang’an and the other Divine Court captives.
• Outside the ruin, the Demon Emperor announced that he had found the method to open the Underworld and departed in the War Chariot.

The Demon Sovereign questioned the captives about how Jiang Changkong entered the relic and learned that an Immortal Spirit had helped him. After returning to the Demon Court, he reclaimed Feng Jiu’s artifact and explained his cooperation with Jiang Changkong to Sun Wuxuan, who agreed that Jiang’s continued growth could strengthen the Demon Sovereign’s position.

• The Demon Sovereign learned from Sun Wuxuan and Immortal Emperor Qingkong that Immortal Spirits were elusive beings, then gave Sun Wuxuan the divine statue so he could open the Underworld.
• The Demon Sovereign summoned Feng Jiu, criticized the Demon Master’s conduct, and returned Feng Jiu’s Phoenix Spear after Feng Jiu promised to report the Demon Sovereign’s merits to the Demon Emperor.
• The Heaven-Devouring Python pledged loyalty to the Demon Sovereign and went to report to Sun Yuan that he wanted to join the Demon Sovereign’s followers.
• The Demon Sovereign told Sun Wuxuan that he was cooperating with Jiang Changkong and Purple Star Heavenly King, and claimed the Chaos Bell could suppress Jiang Changkong.
• Sun Wuxuan advised the Demon Sovereign not to interfere with Jiang Changkong, but the Demon Sovereign said Jiang’s growth would make his own position more secure.

Jiang Changkong joined the Rogue Cultivator Alliance in exchange for ten thousand peak sixth-grade immortal stones, while remaining suspicious of the Immortal Spirit’s motives. At the Demon Emperor Hall, the Demon Emperor and Sun Wuxuan prepared to take Jiang Changkong to the Underworld and learned that the Demon Court had purged Immortal Emperors spying on its Heavenly Dao.

• The Immortal Spirit offered Jiang Changkong protection and a place among the rogue cultivators in exchange for the aura of Heaven, but Jiang demanded more immortal stones.
• The Immortal Spirit agreed to pay ten thousand peak sixth-grade immortal stones and gave Jiang Changkong a jade token identifying him as a member of the Rogue Cultivator Alliance.
• The Demon Emperor asked Sun Wuxuan to bring Jiang Changkong to the Underworld because Jiang’s suspected Witch Clan identity and Witch-Slaying Sword could help locate the Heavenly Dao fragments.
• Jiang Changkong told the Demon Emperor and Sun Wuxuan about the Immortal Spirit and its offer, prompting them to question how it could protect him from the four great powers.
• Feng Jiu revealed that the Demon Emperor had purged several Immortal Emperors for spying on the Demon Court’s Heavenly Dao, and the Demon Emperor wondered whether the Heavenly Court had faced a similar incident.

Sun Wuxuan reopened the Underworld and entered it with the Demon Emperor and Jiang Changkong to search for their friends. Jiang Changkong found a little ghost and the Immortal King Little Croak, who warned him to hide but did not explain what threat was coming.

• Sun Wuxuan summoned the Underworld gateway, whose returning power injured the four Immortal Emperors guarding the ruins.
• Sun Wuxuan brought the Demon Emperor through the Ghost Gate, and the two joined Jiang Changkong in exploring the empty Underworld.
• Jiang Changkong used a Yellow Springs Lineage method to call for his friends and encountered a little ghost who knew little about the Underworld.
• The little ghost led Jiang Changkong to Little Croak, an Immortal King toad who said the Ascension Pool was elsewhere and urged him to hide.
• Jiang Changkong asked what danger threatened them, and Little Croak gave no answer before the chapter ended.

Jiang Changkong learned from Little Croak that Shura hunted Ghost Immortals in the Underworld and that powerful forces ruled its upper reaches. When Solar Divine Fire erupted in the distance, he went to aid the Demon Emperor, leaving an avatar and a monkey hair to protect Little Croak and the five little ghosts.

• Little Croak led Jiang Changkong to five little ghosts and accepted a spatial ring in exchange for letting him hide there.
• Jiang Changkong reviewed what he knew about the Immortal Spirits, then asked Little Croak about the danger nearby.
• Little Croak explained that Shura treated the area as a breeding ground, preyed on Ghost Immortals, and had several Ghost Emperors among them.
• Little Croak told Jiang Changkong that the Underworld's powerful forces had abandoned the surface and that trespassers faced Ghost Emperors above.
• Solar Divine Fire flared in the distance, and Jiang Changkong recognized the Demon Emperor's presence.
• Jiang Changkong left a divine power avatar and monkey hair with Little Croak, then crossed the void to the Demon Emperor's battleground, where savage Shura had gathered.

Jiang Changkong and the Demon Emperor confronted the Asura lineage in the Underworld, where the Demon Emperor revealed his Immortal Emperor strength and the Chaos Bell. As two mid-stage Asura Immortal Emperors emerged to attack, Sun Wuxuan arrived and killed one with a single blow.

• Jiang Changkong and the Demon Emperor faced an Asura army led by a female Immortal Emperor, who attacked the Demon Emperor after rejecting his demand for submission.
• The Demon Emperor revealed his Immortal Emperor strength and fought the female Asura Emperor, while Jiang Changkong remained unharmed by their clash.
• A burly Asura attacked Jiang Changkong, and the Demon Emperor used the Chaos Bell to repel the attacker and the female Asura Emperor.
• Two mid-stage Asura Immortal Emperors emerged from underground and one tried to seize the Demon Emperor, seeking to claim the Chaos Bell.
• Sun Wuxuan arrived and crushed the attacking mid-stage Asura Immortal Emperor with a single strike from his iron staff.

After defeating the Asura clan’s four Immortal Emperors, Jiang Changkong and the Demon Emperor learned that Fierce Ghosts ruled the Underworld’s skies and agreed to infiltrate their territory. With Sun Wuxuan, the Asura Empress, and Little Croak accompanying them, they entered Ghost Gate Pass to investigate the Heavenly Dao fragment and search for Little Croak’s friend.

• Sun Wuxuan overwhelmed the four Asura Immortal Emperors, who surrendered and agreed to serve the Demon Emperor.
• The Asura Empress explained that powerful Fierce Ghosts lived in the skies, barred the Asura clan from going there, and might be connected to the Underworld’s ruined buildings.
• Jiang Changkong and the Demon Emperor decided to infiltrate the skies, while the Demon Emperor insisted on going to sense the Heavenly Dao fragment himself.
• An Immortal King Evil Ghost escorted Jiang Changkong, the Demon Emperor, Sun Wuxuan, the Asura Empress, and Little Croak to a passage and issued them ghost plaques for a seven-day stay.
• The group entered Ghost Gate Pass and followed a black stone road toward a city filled with eerie yin energy.

Jiang Changkong and his companions entered the ghost city, where Little Croak reunited with Feng He and learned that he could help locate the Yellow Springs Ghost Mother and the Nether Dragon. While Feng He sought news, Jiang Changkong received a response from both friends and set out with the Empress Shura to find them.

• Jiang Changkong asked Little Croak to contact his old companions, and Little Croak found them after spreading his ghostly qi.
• Feng He, a late-stage Ghost King and Little Croak's friend, arrived and invited the group to his home.
• Jiang Changkong told Feng He he had come to find the Yellow Springs Ghost Mother and the Nether Dragon, and Feng He offered to investigate their whereabouts.
• Feng He gave the Demon Emperor a Ghost King Token and left to gather information, while Jiang Changkong stayed behind with the Empress Shura.
• Jiang Changkong called to the infant and the Nether Dragon, received a response guiding him to a nearby place, and set out with the Empress Shura.

Jiang Changkong met two Ghost Emperors guarding the entrance to the Yellow Springs and Ghost Mother Lineages and warned them that the Immortal Realm’s factions would soon arrive for fragments of the Heavenly Dao. After Sun Wuxuan clashed with a powerful ghost in the sky, the Ghost Emperors brought Jiang Changkong and the Asura Empress beneath the lake into the Nether Dragon Lineage’s territory.

• Jiang Changkong and the Asura Empress reached a black lake, where a Ghost Emperor woman and a Yellow Springs Nether Dragon confronted them.
• The Ghost Emperors questioned Jiang Changkong about the Immortal Realm, and he described its major factions and warned that they would soon come for fragments of the Heavenly Dao.
• The Nether Dragon threatened to capture Jiang Changkong, but Sun Wuxuan’s arrival and display of power revealed that the Demon Court’s vanguard was near.
• A powerful ghost attacked Sun Wuxuan, and the Ghost Emperor woman and Nether Dragon took Jiang Changkong into the lake to escape the clash.
• The Asura Empress followed Jiang Changkong into the Nether Dragon Lineage’s hidden territory, where Nether Dragons and Ghost Mothers gathered with their nine infants.

Jiang Changkong reunited with the Ghost Mother and Nether Dragon clans, learned that the Heavenly Ghost Emperor ruled the Underworld and guarded the suspected location of the Heavenly Dao fragment, and hid when the Heavenly Ghosts arrived. Meanwhile, the Demon Monarch and Sun Wuxuan discussed forcing their way into the guarded region, but their small army faced overwhelming opposition.

• Jiang Changkong met the Ghost Mother and Nether Dragon clans, who told him that the Heavenly Ghost Emperor ruled the Underworld and possessed the Reincarnation Disk.
• Ghost Mother Immortal Emperor explained that the Heavenly Ghost Emperor guarded the only entrance to the region where he suspected the Heavenly Dao fragment lay.
• After a Nether Dragon warned that the Heavenly Ghost had arrived, Ghost Mother Fifteen hid Jiang Changkong and the Asura Empress in a dark space.
• Ghost Mother Fifteen told Jiang Changkong that Feng He had exposed him to gain credit, and then she left to deal with the Heavenly Ghosts.
• The Demon Monarch and Sun Wuxuan learned that Feng Jiu and one peak Immortal Emperor were the only reinforcements sent, leaving them doubtful that they could force their way through.

The Demon Sovereign and Sun Wuxuan learned that Immortal Spirits had been uncovered within the four major powers, leaving them unable to send further reinforcements. They launched an assault on the Underworld to force the Heavenly Ghost Emperor to let them search for the Heavenly Dao fragment, and the chapter ended with an Immortal Venerable’s power arriving.

• Aoyin Yume explained that the power of heaven had exposed Immortal Spirits hiding throughout the four major powers, preventing them from sending more forces.
• The Demon Sovereign proposed confronting the Heavenly Ghost Emperor, who possessed the Reincarnation Disk and guarded a region where the Heavenly Dao fragment might be hidden.
• The Demon Sovereign sent Sun Wuxuan to recruit a helper, then activated the Chaos Bell fragment as the group began attacking the Underworld.
• Demon Master Kun Yu and the Heaven-Devouring Python led the Demon Race army into battle while the Heavenly Ghost Emperor fought back with the Reincarnation Disk.
• An ancient divine might quelled the chaos and shook the Reincarnation Disk, and Sun Wuxuan declared that the Immortal Venerable was coming.

The Demon Emperor used the Ginseng Fruit Tree to enlist an Immortal Venerable from the Zhenyuan Immortal Sect, forcing the Heavenly Ghost Emperor to let the Demon Race search the Underworld for a Heavenly Dao fragment. Jiang Changkong followed the fragment’s reaction into a hidden realm beneath the River of Forgetfulness, where he and the others fell into a river surrounded by fierce ghosts.

• The Immortal Venerable’s presence intimidated the Heavenly Ghost Emperor, who agreed to let the Demon Race search for the Heavenly Dao fragment.
• Jiang Changkong revealed that he had traded the Ginseng Fruit Tree with the Zhenyuan Immortal Sect to secure the Immortal Venerable’s support.
• The Demon Emperor entered Ghost City with Jiang Changkong and the others, then led them through a rift to a blood-yellow river where the Heavenly Ghost Emperor had found the Reincarnation Disk.
• Jiang Changkong sensed the Heavenly Dao fragment below the river and descended as Kun Yu and the Demon Emperor followed.
• A wail and a surge of ghostly qi revealed a hidden world, and Jiang Changkong and the others fell into another blood-yellow river surrounded by fierce ghosts.

Jiang Changkong and the others escaped the blood-yellow River of Forgetfulness by following Little Croak’s advice to walk across it with empty minds. They reached an ancient road leading to a ghost city, where Jiang Changkong sensed the Underworld Heavenly Dao fragment, but freezing flames erupted across their path.

• The group discovered that swimming toward shore only brought them back to the same place, and Sun Wuxuan’s Sea-Quelling Divine Needle Iron could not reach the bank or ancient bridge.
• Jiang Changkong went beneath the river and found that Little Croak remained unharmed; following its instructions, he walked across the water with his mind empty.
• The Demon Emperor and the others followed Jiang Changkong’s method and crossed to the bank, then headed along an ancient road toward a ghost city while the Wheel of Reincarnation destroyed incoming fireballs.
• Jiang Changkong sensed that the Heavenly Dao fragment was inside the ghost city, but flames erupted across the road with intense heat and an icy chill, forcing Kun Yu to race toward the city.

Jiang Changkong and his companions entered the ghost city in search of the Heavenly Dao fragment, but a trap separated the Heavenly Ghost Emperor and several others from the group. Little Croak recognized the image of an ancient being, and the activated pattern merged with Jiang Changkong before revealing a pit containing the fragment.

• Kun Yu rushed out of the ancient road first, and the group followed him into the ghost city after the Heavenly Ghost Emperor opened its gates with the Samsara Disk.
• Little Croak stopped Jiang Changkong before a section of street collapsed, swallowing the Heavenly Ghost Emperor, Kun Yu, Feng Jiu, Aoyin, and Prison Annihilation.
• Jiang Changkong, the Demon Emperor, and Sun Wuxuan continued toward the Heavenly Dao fragment, leaving the missing group behind because the Samsara Disk would keep them alive.
• The three found a ruined divine hall and uncovered a pattern depicting an ancient being; Little Croak said it seemed to have seen her before.
• Jiang Changkong activated the pattern, which drained their divine power and merged its divine-power figure into his back, revealing a pit with the Heavenly Dao fragment.
• Jiang Changkong entered the pit with Little Croak.

Jiang Changkong and his companions reached the eighteenth level of hell and found a Heavenly Dao fragment, but Kun Yu removed it and awakened the sealed ferocious beast. The Heavenly Ghost Emperor revealed his deception and merged with the beast, which had regained its freedom after Houtu’s seal failed.

• Little Croak guided Jiang Changkong, Sun Wuxuan, and the Demon Sovereign through the darkness to a statue holding a Heavenly Dao fragment.
• The Heavenly Ghost Emperor arrived with Kun Yu and the three demons, and the group argued over who should retrieve the fragment.
• Kun Yu took the Heavenly Dao fragment, causing the statue and the eighteenth level of hell to collapse as a devastating immortal light injured the group.
• The Heavenly Ghost Emperor confessed that he had built the ghost city to lead the Ghost Race to the fragment and had been waiting for someone to open the sealed place.
• The Heavenly Ghost Emperor merged with the enormous ferocious beast beneath the ruins and declared that he had escaped Houtu’s seal.

The Heavenly Ghost Emperor revealed his plan and fought Jiang Changkong after Little Croak gave Jiang Changkong the Heavenly Dao fragment. Houtu’s power appeared behind Jiang Changkong, but as the Heavenly Ghost Emperor prepared a killing blow, Houtu’s phantom plunged into Jiang Changkong’s body.

• The Heavenly Ghost Emperor explained that Demon Master Kun Yu had unsealed his body while retrieving the Heavenly Dao fragment, and he used the Reincarnation Disk to attack everyone.
• Little Croak placed the Heavenly Dao fragment in Jiang Changkong’s hand and sent him to face the Heavenly Ghost Emperor.
• Houtu’s power awakened within Jiang Changkong, reversed the Reincarnation Disk’s attack, and brought the artifact under his control; Sun Wuxuan then let Jiang Changkong take the Sea-Quelling Divine Needle Iron.
• Jiang Changkong fought the Heavenly Ghost Emperor with both holy artifacts, but the beast overpowered him and left him badly wounded.
• The Heavenly Ghost Emperor prepared a killing attack, and Houtu’s phantom plunged into Jiang Changkong’s body.

Jiang Changkong killed an Immortal Venerable beast with the Heaven-Opening technique, then learned Little Croak could reincarnate endlessly while the Underworld endured. The Heavenly Dao fragment returned to the Demon Sovereign, who was compelled to make vows to restore the Underworld and bring peace to the Ghost Race as the Heavenly Dao revived.

• Jiang Changkong used the Heaven-Opening First and Second Forms to kill the Immortal Venerable ferocious beast and collected its remains.
• The Reincarnation Disk revealed that Houtu had enlightened Little Croak’s spirit, allowing him to reincarnate so long as the Underworld survived.
• Kun Yu asked for the Heavenly Dao fragment, and the Demon Sovereign handed it over despite Sun Wuxuan’s objections.
• Jiang Changkong slapped Kun Yu, and Sun Wuxuan sent Aoyin Hellbane and Feng Jiu flying before the Demon Sovereign let the three leave with the fragment.
• The Heavenly Dao fragment returned to the Demon Sovereign whenever Kun Yu and the others tried to take it away.
• The Demon Sovereign, Eastern Emperor Changyue, made grand vows for the Underworld and Ghost Race, and the Heavenly Dao revived.

Jiang Changkong used the Heavenly Dao’s reward to become a peak Immortal Emperor, then strengthened the Demon Emperor and set out for the Ancient Heavenly Realm. As he entered the Immortal Realm, a vast lightning tribulation gathered overhead.

• The Demon Emperor swore to rebuild the Underworld, awakened the Heavenly Dao, and took control of the Underworld’s ghost races.
• Jiang Changkong received fifty million Essence, Qi, and Spirit, then waited for the Heavenly Court’s and Demon Court’s resources while the others searched the Underworld’s records for clues about the Immortal Spirits.
• The ransoms and Demon Court’s reward arrived, and Jiang Changkong entered the chaos to cultivate with the Heavenly Dao fragments’ power.
• Jiang Changkong completed his Innate Chaos Dao Body, advanced to the middle stage of the Immortal Emperor realm, and raised the Golden Crow Immortal Scripture to perfection to reach the peak.
• Jiang Changkong strengthened the Demon Emperor and headed toward the Ancient Heavenly Realm, but a vast lightning tribulation appeared when he entered the Immortal Realm.

Jiang Changkong endured the lightning tribulation and ascended to the reassembled Heavenly Realm, where the major powers established themselves. After the Demon Emperor summoned him, he agreed to meet and prepared to go to the Demon Court.

• Jiang Changkong concealed his cultivation to evade the Heavenly Dao's lightning tribulation, then watched the Little Dragon King pass his tribulation and become an Immortal Lord.
• Jiang Changkong released his restraints above the Western Sea, withstood the full lightning tribulation, and ascended to the Heavenly Realm.
• Jiang Changkong saw Mount Buzhou and watched the Heavenly Court, Demon Court, Divine Court, Immortal Court, and Rogue Cultivator Alliance establish themselves in the reassembled realm.
• The Demon Emperor appeared at the Demon Court, while Jiang Changkong delayed going to the Rogue Cultivator Alliance and chose to meet the Demon Emperor first.
• Feng Jiu told the Demon Emperor that the Demon Emperor had summoned him, and the Demon Emperor agreed to go with Feng Jiu while Sun Wuxuan followed.