Chapter Summaries

Hua Yunfei accepted Lin Haoyu and Tian Feixue into the Black Hand Organization and prepared to teach them the Unfathomable Concealment Art. Meanwhile, cultivators failed to locate whoever was draining the Profound Yellow Qi Sea and began refining what remained, until a ghostly figure appeared in the fog and warned them to run.

• Lin Haoyu and Tian Feixue asked to join the Black Hand Organization, and Hua Yunfei agreed to accept them.
• Hua Yunfei urged Tian Feixue to consider the secrets she would have to keep from her Angel Clan family, but she said her mother would support her.
• Hua Yunfei named the Unfathomable Concealment Art as the powerful secret art he would teach them.
• Unable to find the person draining the Profound Yellow Qi Sea, cultivators including Tian Zheng Hao's group gave up searching and began refining the remaining qi.
• Gray fog and sinister auras spread across the sea, and an illusory figure appeared, repeating a warning for everyone to run.

The Eerie Ghostly Figure turned violent and covered Skull Star in scarlet mist, trapping and tormenting everyone on the planet. Lan Ling Immortal King and several other Immortal Kings failed to break through the mist, leaving the cultivators stranded in danger.

• The cultivators at the Profound Yellow Qi Sea asked the Eerie Ghostly Figure to move, but it only repeated, “Run... quickly...”
• The Eerie Ghostly Figure howled and fired scarlet beams from its eyes, sending killing intent and eerie mist across Skull Star and into space.
• Lan Ling Immortal King warned everyone on Skull Star to flee, prompting the cultivators to race for the starry sky.
• The Eerie Ghostly Figure spread scarlet mist across Skull Star, blocking escape and causing the cultivators who touched it to collapse in agony.
• Lan Ling Immortal King, Thunder Ancestor, the Second Elder, and other Immortal Kings attacked the mist, but their efforts failed to affect it.

Lan Ling Immortal King sealed his cultivation and entered Skull Star to confront the Eerie Ghostly Figure as the scarlet mist ravaged everyone trapped there. After the Immortal Realm cultivators’ attack failed and the figure began draining their life essence, a heroic man in blue battle robes burst into Skull Star.

• Lan Ling Immortal King challenged the other Immortal Kings to follow him into Skull Star and strode toward it after they hesitated.
• Scarlet mist corroded the cultivators’ bodies and tainted their souls, while the Eerie Ghostly Figure killed a True Immortal and swallowed his divine soul.
• Mei Dao cursed his terrible luck, while Tian Zheng Hao and his group suffered from the mist; their Immortal Realm leader, Mu Yuan Honored One, told them to seek shelter and activate the Minor Light Formation.
• Mu Yuan Honored One led more than a thousand Immortal Realm cultivators in an attack on the Eerie Ghostly Figure, but it pierced them all with chains of killing intent and began draining them.
• As the other Immortal Realm cultivators hesitated, a heroic man in blue battle robes blasted open a breach in the sky and charged into Skull Star.

Lan Ling Immortal King charged into Skull Star, where a mysterious bell killed nearly all the Immortal Beings and left him to battle the Eerie Ghostly Figure alone. He continued fighting to protect the trapped cultivators, but was badly wounded as the other Immortal Kings outside hesitated to intervene.

• Lan Ling Immortal King forced his way into Skull Star, rescued Mu Yuan Honored One and the others, and led more than ten thousand Immortal Beings in an attack on the Eerie Ghostly Figure.
• The Eerie Ghostly Figure said it would stay behind, and a bell toll from the scarlet mist killed nearly everyone except Lan Ling Immortal King.
• Lan Ling Immortal King used his blue great cauldron to gather the fallen cultivators and prepared to face the Eerie Ghostly Figure alone.
• Lan Ling Immortal King invoked his true dragon power and fought the Eerie Ghostly Figure, refusing to retreat despite his injuries.
• A second bell toll shook Lan Ling Immortal King's soul, while the other Immortal Kings outside Skull Star remained hesitant to enter.

Hua Yunfei collected the Profound Yellow Qi Sea and hurried to join the battle against the Eerie Ghostly Figure, receiving the Qiankun Flute and Mitian Battle Armor from the system. As the bell tolls worsened, Lan Ling Immortal King was struck down while carrying the great cauldron, and Thunder Ancestor faced the Eerie Ghostly Figure alone.

• Hua Yunfei completed the sign-in mission and received the Qiankun Flute, which he realized could bring trouble between Qiankun Daoist and Yellow Springs Holy Ancestor.
• After collecting the Profound Yellow Qi Sea, Hua Yunfei received the Mitian Battle Armor and headed out to help Thunder Ancestor in a new identity.
• Thunder Ancestor held off the Eerie Ghostly Figure while Lan Ling Immortal King tried to carry the beings inside the great cauldron out of Skull Star.
• The mysterious bell tolled three times, injuring Thunder Ancestor and leaving Lan Ling Immortal King badly wounded.
• A further string of bell tolls caused Lan Ling Immortal King to explode, and the great cauldron fell toward the earth.

Lan Ling Immortal King sacrificed himself to save the beings trapped in the great cauldron, but Skull Star's rules thwarted his escape and the Immortal Kings outside refused to intervene. As Lan Ling Immortal King carried Thunder Ancestor and the cauldron toward safety, the Eerie Ghostly Figure unleashed another devastating bell chime.

• Lan Ling Immortal King opened a spacetime passage with his King's Power, but Skull Star's rules closed it and forced the great cauldron back down.
• Lan Ling Immortal King undid his seal to restore his Immortal King cultivation, choosing to risk certain death to save the beings in the cauldron.
• Outside Skull Star, the Immortal Kings refused to act, while the elderly monk criticized their reluctance and the second elder said the Angel Clan chief was on his way.
• Lan Ling Immortal King struck down the Eerie Ghostly Figure, then grabbed Thunder Ancestor and carried him and the great cauldron toward Skull Star's exit.
• The Eerie Ghostly Figure broke free and rang its bell again, shattering Lan Ling Immortal King's divine soul and more than half of his King body.

Hua Yunfei arrived as Lan Ling Immortal King prepared to sacrifice himself, then fought the Eerie Ghostly Figure while recognizing a mysterious familiarity in it. The battle continued as Thunder Ancestor reassured Lan Ling Immortal King that Hua Yunfei would prevail, leaving the figure’s connection to Hua Yunfei unresolved.

• Lan Ling Immortal King resisted the Eerie Ghostly Figure and prepared to self-destruct to send Thunder Ancestor and the others away.
• Hua Yunfei appeared and split the Eerie Ghostly Figure in two with a single swing of his blade.
• The Eerie Ghostly Figure rejoined itself and charged again, prompting Hua Yunfei to recognize a familiar presence in its face.
• Hua Yunfei recalled other mysterious familiarities and suspected Skull Star was meant to reveal a greater secret, so he fought the figure with the Soul Severing Blade.
• Thunder Ancestor recognized Hua Yunfei and reassured Lan Ling Immortal King that the situation was in good hands.

Lan Ling Immortal King appeared to dissolve into the Dao after sacrificing himself to protect the beings on Skull Star, while Hua Yunfei secretly preserved him in a White Jade Bottle. Hua Yunfei followed the Eerie Ghostly Figure into Eerie Blood Mountain, with the Silver-Yellow Stone trailing after him.

• Lan Ling Immortal King accepted his apparent death and urged the people of Lan Ling World to keep moving forward.
• As Lan Ling Immortal King dissolved into Great Dao runes, Hua Yunfei secretly captured him in a White Jade Bottle to slow the dissolution and remove the oddity rules afflicting him.
• The scarlet mist and oddity rules vanished, and the Eerie Ghostly Figure stopped attacking, warned Hua Yunfei to run, and walked away; Hua Yunfei followed it while Thunder Ancestor led the others off Skull Star.
• Outside Skull Star, heavenly weeping appeared, and the rescued beings mourned Lan Ling Immortal King.
• Hua Yunfei entered Eerie Blood Mountain after the Eerie Ghostly Figure and confronted the Silver-Yellow Stone, which revealed itself and followed him inside.

Hua Yunfei used the Reincarnation Eyes to glimpse a woman weeping beside a ruined great bell in the Scarlet Plain, then saw a severed hand that may have belonged to her. He suspected the Eerie Ghostly Figure had owned the bell and perished after encountering a powerful enemy, but the truth remained hidden.

• Hua Yunfei followed the Eerie Ghostly Figure deeper into the Eerie Blood Mountain as the Silver-Yellow Stone nervously kept pace.
• Hua Yunfei spotted a corroded broken sword resembling his Eastern Sacred Sword embedded atop a divine mountain and decided to investigate it later.
• Hua Yunfei stopped outside the Scarlet Plain when he sensed its eerie laws were too dangerous to enter, while the sobbing grew clearer.
• Hua Yunfei activated the Reincarnation Eyes and glimpsed a battered great bell with an indistinct woman weeping beside it, suffering severe injuries as he tried to see more.
• The Silver-Yellow Stone spotted a bloodstained severed hand where the vision had appeared, and Hua Yunfei suspected it belonged to the woman and that the Eerie Ghostly Figure had owned the bell.

Hua Yunfei tried to uncover the secrets of Eerie Blood Mountain, then used Equal Exchange to reach for a broken sword on a strange divine mountain. The attempt failed, and he suspected the sword might be suppressing a terrifying being, so he decided to wait until he was stronger.

• Hua Yunfei and the Silver-Yellow Stone left the Scarlet Plain after the stone refused to retrieve the severed hand, while the Eerie Ghostly Figure watched Hua Yunfei from the depths.
• Hua Yunfei reached the divine mountain and saw a bloodstained broken sword resembling the Eastern Sacred Sword, which he suspected was connected to his second Supreme Cauldron of the Pill Emperor.
• Hua Yunfei activated Equal Exchange, but its overwhelming karmic force was transferred to the Celestial Secrets Peak Old Ancestor through the formation patterns he had prepared.
• Hua Yunfei failed to move the broken sword and realized the divine mountain resembled a giant head, leading him to suspect the sword was suppressing a terrifying being.
• Hua Yunfei decided not to risk pulling out the sword until he had grown stronger and the time was right.

Hua Yunfei persuaded the Silver-Yellow Stone, Shi Zhanti, to leave Skull Star with him by promising to introduce it to a female stone. After they left the Eerie Blood Mountain, Shi Zhanti plundered Skull Star for supplies while cultivators returned to the star.

• Hua Yunfei refused to take the broken sword and convinced the Silver-Yellow Stone to travel with him by promising it a female stone outside Skull Star.
• Hua Yunfei and the Silver-Yellow Stone left the Eerie Blood Mountain after half a month, and the broken sword gave off faint black light after they departed.
• Hua Yunfei revealed his name, and the Silver-Yellow Stone introduced itself as Shi Zhanti, rejecting his warning to change its name.
• Shi Zhanti dragged Hua Yunfei through Skull Star's secret realms and opportunity grounds, collecting treasures to take along.
• Cultivators flooded back into Skull Star, and Hua Yunfei and Shi Zhanti encountered them searching for opportunities.

Hua Yunfei and Shi Zhanti robbed Mei Dao, then realized their organizations could work together. Elsewhere, Ghost Overseer and the Nine Heavens Profound Underworld Sect held Mu Yuan Honored One, Tian Zheng Hao, and the others captive and offered to spare whoever cut off one of Mu Yuan’s hands.

• Shi Zhanti recognized Mei Dao and knocked him unconscious before stealing his belongings and writing “poor bastard” on his forehead.
• Hua Yunfei left Mei Dao a low-grade Spirit Stone, prompting Shi Zhanti to recognize him as a member of the Black Hand Organization.
• Hua Yunfei suggested that he and Shi Zhanti join forces, and battle fluctuations suddenly erupted nearby.
• Ghost Overseer and more than twenty Nine Heavens Profound Underworld Sect experts held the badly injured Mu Yuan Honored One, Tian Zheng Hao, and their companions captive.
• Ghost Overseer threatened to kill Mu Yuan Honored One and offered to spare anyone who cut off one of Mu Yuan’s hands.

Hua Yunfei rescued the Angel Clan prisoners from Ghost Overseer and forced the Nine Heavens Profound Underworld Sect experts to kneel. He offered them a chance to live if they cut off one of Ghost Overseer's arms, and one woman raised her hand.

• Ghost Overseer agreed to let the Nine Heavens Profound Underworld Sect experts abuse the slender-waisted Angel Clan woman before killing the prisoners, then began tearing at her clothes as the others were forced to watch.
• Hua Yunfei stabbed Ghost Overseer through the head and moved the woman out of his reach.
• Hua Yunfei rejected Mu Yuan Honored One's offer of hospitality, explaining that he acted because he could not stand the Nine Heavens Profound Underworld Sect.
• Hua Yunfei ordered the sect's experts to kneel and offered to spare anyone who cut off one of Ghost Overseer's arms.
• After the kneeling experts stayed silent, one woman raised her hand.

Hua Yunfei let Wu Shuang and the Nine Heavens Profound Underworld Sect powerhouses live after they helped dismember Ghost Overseer, but Shi Zhanti secretly pursued and killed Wu Shuang. Hua Yunfei then offered Tian Mingyue the chance to finish Ghost Overseer and received thanks from the Angel Clan survivors.

• Wu Shuang cut off Ghost Overseer's left arm to earn Hua Yunfei's promise of freedom, then fled after he restored her cultivation.
• The other Nine Heavens Profound Underworld Sect powerhouses volunteered to deal with Ghost Overseer, and Hua Yunfei allowed them to dismember him before releasing them.
• Shi Zhanti followed Wu Shuang using a tracking mark and killed her after she escaped.
• Hua Yunfei offered Tian Mingyue Ghost Overseer's final breath, and she thanked him for remembering her name.
• Tian Zheng Hao thanked Hua Yunfei for saving the Angel Clan survivors, and Hua Yunfei dismissed his gratitude as a small favor.

Hua Yunfei warned Mu Yuan Honored One that the Angel Clan faced threats from the Nine Heavens Profound Underworld Sect and possibly the Yellow Springs Holy Hall, then urged him to gather reinforcements. After leaving Skull Star, Hua Yunfei received the Cosmos Ruler through sign-in and suspected it belonged to someone else.

• Hua Yunfei advised Mu Yuan Honored One to summon Jun Tian, Tian Yuanba, and additional allies, but refused to join the conflict himself.
• Mu Yuan Honored One sent for Honored One Tian Tong and left to gather reinforcements, while Tian Mingyue felt an inexplicable sense of safety around Hua Yunfei.
• Hua Yunfei gave Shi Zhanti ten more days to loot Skull Star before they departed.
• Over the next ten days, Shi Zhanti, Tian Feixue, Lin Haoyu, the shrimp soldiers, and Crab General robbed their way across Skull Star as the Black Hand Organization gained infamy.
• Hua Yunfei signed in and received the Cosmos Ruler, which he suspected was someone else's possession.

Hua Yunfei argued with System Bro about stealing the Cosmos Ruler and resisted its shameless advice while preparing to leave Skull Star with his companions. After entering the Hongmeng God Realm, Shi Zhanti charged at a red-robed woman and was sent flying by her Emperor's Fist.

• Hua Yunfei warned System Bro that stealing the Cosmos Ruler from Qiankun Daoist would bring dangerous karma, but the system urged him to use it recklessly.
• System Bro tried to persuade Hua Yunfei to pursue several women and have children, but Hua Yunfei rejected its advice and reminded himself of his responsibilities.
• Hua Yunfei decided to leave Skull Star after ten days of clubbing cultivators, and Lin Haoyu, Tian Feixue, and the others prepared to go with him.
• Hua Yunfei opened the Hongmeng God Realm and Shi Zhanti entered it, where it spotted a red-robed woman and charged toward her.
• The red-robed woman struck Shi Zhanti with an Emperor's Fist, sending it flying and leaving it shocked by her strength.

Shi Zhanti discovered that Hua Yunfei had been carrying the Profound Yellow Qi Sea, while Xia Kaoshan revealed his mischievous nature. Hua Yunfei and his companions waited for Jun Tian’s first avatar to arrive, leaving their reunion and old conflict unresolved.

• Xia Kaoshan tricked Shi Zhanti by claiming Hua Yunfei was his father, then admitted he was not actually Hua Yunfei’s son.
• Hua Yunfei warned Shi Zhanti not to provoke anyone in the group, especially Wu De, who was secretly in love with Hua Yunfei’s master.
• Shi Zhanti sensed the Profound Yellow Qi Sea and realized Hua Yunfei had taken it.
• Tian Feixue told Hua Yunfei that Jun Tian’s first avatar was coming to meet her, and Hua Yunfei chose not to seek revenge for their past conflict.
• Jun Tian’s first avatar arrived through a split in the distant void, appearing as a white-haired angel with ten golden wings.

Jun Tian told Tian Feixue that the Angel Clan had agreed to Wuya’s marriage proposal while her parents were away, and explained that Wuya wanted to spite Hua Yunfei. Hua Yunfei asked whether Wuya would still force the marriage if Tian Feixue already had a partner, leaving Jun Tian struck by an unexplained sense of familiarity with him.

• Jun Tian informed Tian Feixue that the Angel Clan chief had accepted Wuya’s proposal and that her parents had been sent to the Dark Immortal Waterfall Forbidden Zone.
• Tian Feixue realized the clan had arranged matters to prevent her parents from objecting and felt unable to resist the marriage agreement.
• Jun Tian said Wuya wanted to marry Tian Feixue because she liked Hua Yunfei, and condemned Wuya as hypocritical and cunning.
• Jun Tian admitted he could not stop the marriage because the Vast Righteous Immortal Emperor was involved, while Tian Feixue resolved not to return to the Angel Clan before her parents came back.
• Hua Yunfei asked Jun Tian whether Wuya would still force the marriage if Tian Feixue already had a partner, and Jun Tian found Hua Yunfei strangely familiar.

Hua Yunfei agreed to pose as Tian Feixue’s partner so she could reject Wuya’s marriage proposal, while Jun Tian recognized Hua Yunfei and proposed a future spar. Tian Feixue then revealed Hua Yunfei’s past battle against the Heavenly Realm, leaving Lin Haoyu and the others stunned by the scale of his victories.

• Jun Tian explained that Wuya would challenge Tian Feixue’s partner and warned that Wuya’s backing could threaten whoever defeated him.
• Hua Yunfei proposed telling the Angel Clan that Tian Feixue already had a partner, and Tian Feixue asked Jun Tian to deliver the message.
• Jun Tian recognized Hua Yunfei, greeted him privately, and asked to spar with him in the future.
• Tian Feixue and Lin Haoyu thanked Hua Yunfei for helping them, and he reminded them that they were members of the same organization.
• Tian Feixue told Lin Haoyu, Shrimp Soldier, and Crab General that Hua Yunfei was the person Jun Tian had mentioned, then described his past battle against the Heavenly Realm.

Hua Yunfei returned from Skull Star with the Profound Yellow Qi Sea and learned that Lan Ling World was in danger. Thunder Ancestor went to protect it, but Hai Chen tried to stop him and was overwhelmed when Thunder Ancestor revealed his Supreme Immortal King Realm.

• Hua Yunfei told Tian Feixue and the others that Jun Tian had recognized him but had chosen not to attack.
• Hua Yunfei told Thunder Ancestor he had obtained the Profound Yellow Qi Sea, which could help strengthen Thunder Ancestor's body.
• Thunder Ancestor sensed that Lan Ling World was in danger and decided to go there to honor his promise to Lan Ling Immortal King.
• Hai Chen blocked Thunder Ancestor and told him not to interfere, so Thunder Ancestor struck him and shattered half his face.
• Thunder Ancestor defeated Hai Chen's defensive Dao art, and the onlookers realized Thunder Ancestor had reached the Supreme Immortal King Realm.