Chapter Summaries

Saint Tongtian arrived at the Blood Sea to support Qin Mu and declared that Jie Teachings would govern the Underworld. He rejected Yuanshi’s offer to share its authority, making clear that he and Yuanshi were no longer brothers.

• Tongtian descended into the Blood Sea, and Ming He, the Ancestral Wu, and Qin Mu greeted him.
• Tongtian praised Qin Mu and warned Yuanshi, Nuwa, Jie Yin, and Zhun Ti against taking the Underworld by force.
• Nuwa realized Yuanshi had gathered the other Saints because Tongtian’s Immortal Slaying Sword Formation required four Saints to break.
• Zhun Ti challenged Tongtian, but Yuanshi offered Jie Teachings only a portion of the Underworld’s authority.
• Tongtian rejected Yuanshi’s offer, denounced their brotherhood, and insisted that Houtu had granted the Underworld to Qin Mu.

Qin Mu tried to persuade Nuwa not to help Yuanshi seize control of the Underworld, but Yuanshi reminded her of their agreement concerning Fuxi, and she stood with him. Tongtian activated the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation and began battling Yuanshi, Nuwa, Jie Yin, and Zhun Ti.

• Yuanshi prepared to attack Tongtian, while Jie Yin and Zhun Ti also readied themselves to fight.
• Qin Mu appealed to Nuwa to consider the Human Race's interests in the Underworld, but Yuanshi pressured her by recalling his promise to help Fuxi.
• Nuwa told Tongtian to leave, and Tongtian ordered Qin Mu, Ming He, and the Ancestral Wu to retreat before facing the other Saints.
• Tongtian summoned the Four Swords of Zhu Xian and formed the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation around the Blood Sea.
• Yuanshi, Nuwa, Jie Yin, and Zhun Ti attacked the formation, beginning a fierce battle between Tongtian and the four Saints that drew the attention of powerful figures across the Primordial Wilderness.

Tongtian fought Yuanshi, Nuwa, Zhun Ti, and Jie Yin over control of the Underworld, but the four Saints began to overwhelm him. Seeing Tongtian struggle, Qin Mu moved to enter the formation and help his master.

• Dijun and the retreating Demon Race watched the Saints clash, while Fuxi failed to divine why Nuwa had joined Yuanshi’s side.
• At Wuzhuang Temple, Zhen Yuanzi hoped Tongtian would win so the Jie Teachings could control the Underworld and help Hongyun reincarnate.
• The Jie Teachings disciples cheered for Tongtian as Duobao worried that four Saints could break the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation.
• Taishang watched the battle through the Taiji Diagram and feared the fighting would destroy the Underworld before it could form.
• Yuanshi, Nuwa, Zhun Ti, and Jie Yin used their treasures to counter Tongtian’s formation, gradually putting him at a disadvantage.
• Qin Mu stepped forward to enter the formation and help Tongtian, but Old Ancestor Ming He stopped him.

Qin Mu entered the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation to help Tongtian fight Yuanshi, Zhun Ti, Jie Yin, and Nuwa. With Tongtian’s Origin Power boosting him and the Primordial Sky-Measuring Ruler in hand, Qin Mu shattered Zhun Ti’s Golden Body in one strike, astonishing everyone watching.

• Ming He and the Ancestral Wu tried to dissuade Qin Mu from entering the battle of Saints, but Qin Mu swept into the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation.
• Qin Mu drew the Primordial Sky-Measuring Ruler and attacked Saint Zhun Ti to help Tongtian hold the formation.
• Tongtian sent Qin Mu his Origin Power, and the formation’s enhancement raised Qin Mu’s strength to nearly that of a Saint.
• Zhun Ti dismissed Qin Mu as a Quasi-Saint and manifested his Bodhi Golden Body, but Qin Mu’s ruler strike shattered it and cracked Zhun Ti’s chest.
• Tongtian praised Qin Mu’s strike as Yuanshi, Jie Yin, Nuwa, Ming He, the Ancestral Wu, and the watching great powers reacted in shock.

Qin Mu was injured when Zhun Ti retaliated, but a powerful woman emerged from Reincarnation and revealed herself as Empress Pingxin. She claimed authority over the Underworld and suppressed Zhun Ti with one palm, leaving the other Saints stunned.

• Zhun Ti struck Qin Mu with the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree, blasting him away despite the Primordial Sky-Measuring Ruler and Tongtian's power.
• The Six Paths Reincarnation Disk shook, and a woman emerged whose aura rivaled a Saint's.
• Nuwa recognized that the woman lacked Houtu's Wu Clan aura, while Qin Mu realized she was Pingxin.
• Pingxin took the Book of Life and Death and Judge's Brush and declared that the Underworld would be governed by the Jie Teachings, ordering the Saints to leave.
• Zhun Ti challenged Pingxin's authority, and she suppressed him with a palm strike that nearly shattered his Saint Dao Fruit.

Empress Pingxin suppressed Zhun Ti and faced down Hongjun, who removed the five Sages from the contest for Underworld Authority. Pingxin sealed the Underworld and gave Qin Mu the Book of Life and Death and the Judge's Brush, leaving him in control of its authority.

• Pingxin suppressed Zhun Ti with one palm, stunning the Sages, Ancestral Wu, Demon Race, and Qin Mu.
• Jie Yin prepared to rescue Zhun Ti, but Hongjun arrived and clashed with Pingxin before ordering the Sages to leave.
• Hongjun swept Yuanshi and the other four Sages away, ending their interference in the struggle.
• Pingxin sealed the Underworld from outside sight and gave Qin Mu the Book of Life and Death and the Judge's Brush.
• Pingxin left with Di Jiang and the other Ancestral Wu, while Old Ancestor Ming He congratulated Qin Mu and followed him into the Underworld.

Dao Ancestor Hongjun ended the Sages’ struggle over the Underworld, declaring Pingxin invincible there and barring Sages from interfering outside Great Calamities. After Pingxin entrusted Underworld administration to the Jie Teachings, the Ancestral Wus urged her to return to the Wu Clan.

• Hongjun ordered the Sages to stop interfering in Underworld affairs and revealed that Pingxin was invincible within the Underworld, beyond even Heavenly Dao Authority.
• Hongjun decreed that Sages could no longer interfere in the Primordial Wilderness except during a Great Calamity.
• Tongtian left Zixiao Palace, while Jie Yin and Zhun Ti departed together; Nuwa left after Yuanshi promised to keep his word to her.
• Pingxin faced the eleven Ancestral Wus, and Xuanming and the others asked her to return to the Wu Clan.

Pingxin refused to return to the Wu Clan, while Qin Mu gave Ming He a sanctuary in the Underworld and shaped its halls and hells. With the Underworld established, Qin Mu prepared to condense his second avatar.

• Pingxin told Di Jiang and the other Ancestral Witches that she was no longer Houtu and could never leave the Underworld, so they departed disappointed.
• Qin Mu brought Ming He to a Blood Sea at the bottom of the Underworld and told him it would be his Daoist sanctuary.
• Qin Mu used the Eighteen Levels of Hell model to create the hells, ten Senluo Halls, and the initial form of the Bridge of Helplessness.
• Qin Mu took out the Innate Demon God Dao Embryo to condense his second avatar, following the creation of his first avatar, Human Emperor Huang Tian.

Qin Mu completed most of the Underworld’s layout and watched Empress Pingxin establish Meng Po at the Land of Reincarnation. His second clone emerged from the Innate Demon God Dao Embryo as Yin Tianzi, wielding the Book of Life and Death and the Judge’s Brush.

• Qin Mu nurtured his second clone from the Innate Demon God Dao Embryo and set the Book of Life and Death and the Judge’s Brush to be refined with it.
• Empress Pingxin inspected Qin Mu’s Underworld layout and created Meng Po to brew soup for those entering Reincarnation.
• Empress Pingxin transformed the Land of Reincarnation, creating a bluestone bridge over the River of Forgetfulness and placing Meng Po beside a bronze cauldron.
• The Innate Demon God Dao Embryo absorbed power from the Underworld, burst apart, and gave birth to Qin Mu’s second clone.
• Yin Tianzi declared himself Lord of the Underworld and emerged holding the refined Book of Life and Death and Judge’s Brush.

Qin Mu established Yin Tianzi, his Quasi-Saint avatar, as the Underworld’s ruler and arranged for Jie Teachings disciples and the surviving Wu Clan to staff its offices. Yin Tianzi began judging souls with the Book of Life and Death while Qin Mu departed for Penglai Immortal Island.

• Yin Tianzi manifested with Quasi-Saint cultivation, and Qin Mu explained that he had created him to oversee the Underworld.
• Pingxin recognized that Huang Tian was also Qin Mu’s avatar, and Qin Mu confirmed it.
• Qin Mu proposed that Jie Teachings disciples and the surviving Wu Clan jointly govern the Underworld, and Pingxin agreed.
• Qin Mu entrusted the Underworld to Yin Tianzi and left for Penglai Immortal Island.
• Yin Tianzi opened the Book of Life and Death, declared how virtuous and wicked souls would be judged, and crossed out recorded True Spirits with the Judge’s Brush.

Yin Tianzi appointed newly enlightened Ox-Head and Horse-Face lost souls as Ghost Servants, while Qin Mu left the Underworld to meet the Wu Clan’s Ancestral Wus. Outside Pangu Temple, he received an Extra Large Red Packet containing an Earth Spirit Pearl, completing his set of Five Elements Spirit Pearls.

• Yin Tianzi transformed lost souls into Ox-Head and Horse-Face Ghost Servants and assigned them to guide souls through the Underworld.
• Qin Mu traveled to the Houtu Tribe to discuss filling vacant Underworld offices with the Wu Clan and Jie Teachings Disciples.
• Xing Tian welcomed Qin Mu and led him toward Pangu Temple to meet the eleven Ancestral Wus.
• The system detected a Red Packet outside Pangu Temple, and Qin Mu collected an Extra Large Red Packet.
• Qin Mu opened the packet and received an Earth Spirit Pearl, a strand of Hongmeng Purple Qi, and an Imperial Embryo.
• Qin Mu realized the Earth Spirit Pearl completed his set of Five Elements Spirit Pearls, which could be fused into an Innate Supreme Treasure.

Qin Mu opened an Extra Large Red Packet and received the fifth Five Elements Origin Spirit Pearl, another strand of Hongmeng Purple Qi, and an Imperial Embryo for his third avatar. He recruited Wu Clan members to serve in the Underworld, then returned to Penglai Immortal Island to arrange Underworld posts with Tongtian’s support.

• Qin Mu opened an Extra Large Red Packet and obtained the Earth Spirit Pearl, completing the Five Elements Origin Spirit Pearls, along with Hongmeng Purple Qi and an Imperial Embryo.
• Xing Tian summoned Qin Mu to Pangu Temple, where Qin Mu asked Di Jiang and the other Ancestral Wu to provide Wu Clan members for the Underworld’s official posts.
• Di Jiang told Qin Mu that the Wu Clan was nurturing Chi You as a candidate to become a new Ancestral Wu.
• Qin Mu returned to Penglai Immortal Island and told Tongtian that Empress Pingxin had agreed to recruit Underworld officials from the Jie Teachings and the Wu Clan.
• Tongtian authorized Qin Mu to make arrangements for the Jie Teachings and promised to support him.

Qin Mu revealed two more strands of Hongmeng Purple Qi to Tongtian and explained that he planned to use them to recruit Ming He and aid the Human Emperor. The chapter ended with Qin Mu revealing that the current Human Emperor, Huang Tian, was one of his avatars, leaving Tongtian stunned.

• Qin Mu showed Tongtian two strands of Hongmeng Purple Qi, shocking him with the revelation that Qin Mu had possessed three strands in total.
• Qin Mu said he had obtained the two strands through fortunate coincidences, and Tongtian accepted his explanation without pressing him.
• Qin Mu told Tongtian he planned to give one strand to Old Ancestor Ming He to recruit him into Jie Teachings, and Tongtian agreed to make Ming He its vice leader if he joined.
• Qin Mu said he intended to give the other strand to the Human Emperor, and Tongtian warned that recruiting him into Jie Teachings would be difficult.
• Qin Mu revealed that Huang Tian, the current Human Emperor, was one of his avatars, leaving Tongtian astonished.

Qin Mu revealed to Tongtian that the Human Emperor was his avatar, then organized Jie Teachings disciples to staff the newly established Underworld. After selecting several powerful disciples, he visited Xi He and Chang Xi on Three Immortal Island and asked them to become Ghost Emperors.

• Tongtian learned that the Human Emperor was Qin Mu's avatar and agreed that Qin Mu could choose Jie Teachings disciples to serve in the Underworld.
• Qin Mu rang the Golden Bell and summoned Jie Teachings disciples to Biyou Palace.
• Qin Mu selected Saint Mother Jinling, Yunxiao, Qiongxiao, Bixiao, and the Ten Heavenly Lords to accompany him to the Underworld.
• Qin Mu arrived at Three Immortal Island and asked Xi He and Chang Xi if they would serve as Ghost Emperors.

Qin Mu arranged for Xi He and Chang Xi to take positions in the Underworld and promised to hold his wedding with Xi He after attaining Hunyuan. He led Jie Teachings disciples through a portal to take up Underworld offices, while Primordial Heavenly Venerate seethed at losing the Underworld Authority.

• Qin Mu offered Xi He and Chang Xi positions in the Underworld, and both sisters agreed to go.
• Qin Mu told Xi He he wanted to wait until he attained Hunyuan before their wedding, and she agreed.
• Chang Xi teased Xi He and warned Qin Mu to treat her sister well.
• Qin Mu opened a Gate of Space above Biyou Palace and led Xi He, Chang Xi, and the Jie Teachings disciples into the Underworld.
• Onlookers envied Jie Teachings’ control of the Underworld, while Primordial Heavenly Venerate grew angry at Yuxu Palace over the loss of its authority.

After Hongjun forbade the Saints from interfering in the Underworld, Qin Mu led the Jie Teachings disciples there and appointed them to official positions. He revealed that Yin Tianzi, the Underworld’s ruler, was one of his avatars.

• Saint Yuanshi, Saint Zhun Ti, and Nuwa accepted that they could no longer challenge the Jie Teachings’ control of the Underworld.
• Qin Mu led the Jie Teachings disciples into the Underworld and brought them to Fengdu City.
• Qin Mu introduced Yin Tianzi as Emperor Fengdu and Lord of the Underworld, surprising the disciples.
• Qin Mu appointed Saint Mother Jinling, San Xiao, and Xi He as the Five Ghost Emperors and assigned the Ten Heavenly Lords to rule as the Ten Yama Kings.
• Yin Tianzi reported that the Wu Clan’s chosen people had entered the Underworld and that he had arranged everything.
• Qin Mu told Saint Mother Jinling and the others that Yin Tianzi was one of his avatars.

After Qin Mu explained that Yin Tianzi was his avatar, the Underworld began operating under Jie Teachings and Wu Clan control, sending a surge of Fortune to both groups. Tongtian’s cultivation then broke through to the eighth level of the Primordial Grand Luo Golden Immortal, and he praised Qin Mu for putting the Underworld in order.

• Qin Mu told the San Xiao that Yin Tianzi was his avatar, reassured Chang Xi that he would still visit the Underworld, and exchanged a tender glance with Xi He.
• Jie Teachings and Wu Clan disciples began managing the Underworld, bringing order to the Netherworld and stabilizing reincarnation.
• A vast tide of Fortune from the operating Underworld flowed into the Jie Teachings and Wu Clan.
• Yuanshi, Jie Yin, Zhun Ti, Taishang, and Nuwa sensed the changes and reflected on the failed struggle for Underworld Authority and Qin Mu’s role.
• Tongtian’s cultivation broke through to the eighth level of the Primordial Grand Luo Golden Immortal, and he credited Qin Mu with setting the Underworld’s operations on the right track.

Qin Mu began fusing the Five Elements Spirit Pearls into an Innate Supreme Treasure while the Demon Race openly massacred the Human Race to harvest their essence blood. Suiren Shi arrived at a slaughtered tribe, killed a Demon King, and then faced a terrifying pressure descending from the Nine Heavens.

• Qin Mu sealed himself inside a quiet chamber in Fengdu City and used the Treasure Fusion Scroll to fuse all five Spirit Pearls.
• The Demon Race began slaughtering Human Race beings to collect their essence blood and forge Witch-Slaying Swords.
• The Ancestral Wu ordered an investigation into the Demon Race’s attacks, while Zhen Yuanzi worried about the Human Race and Hongyun’s rebirth.
• Suiren Shi found a Human Race tribe devastated by the Demon Race and realized the earlier disappearances of tribes were likely connected to the slaughter.
• Suiren Shi killed a Demon King who attacked him, and a terrifying pressure descended from the Nine Heavens.

Fei Lian attacked the Human Race tribe, and Suiren Shi fought him despite being vastly outmatched. Just as Fei Lian was about to deliver a fatal blow, a powerful figure appeared and shielded Suiren Shi.

• Fei Lian arrived at the Human Race tribe and crushed Suiren Shi with his Quasi-Saint aura.
• Fei Lian slaughtered the Human Race cultivators with his Innate Wind Blades and gathered their blood essence and souls into a Great Cauldron.
• Suiren Shi burned his life essence and soul to empower the Suimu Staff, but Fei Lian effortlessly broke his attack and pierced his chest with demonic power.
• Suiren Shi rose despite his mortal wound and vowed that the Human Race would never coexist with the Demon Race.
• A furious roar interrupted Fei Lian's next attack as a majestic figure appeared, destroyed the demonic power, and enveloped Fei Lian and the demons in killing intent.

Huang Tian arrived at the Demon Race's massacre of the Human Race and rescued the gravely injured Suiren Shi. Fei Lian dismissed Huang Tian as a mere Human Emperor and declared that he would kill him.

• Huang Tian descended in a blaze of Imperial Aura, shocking Fei Lian, the Demon Race, and the watching Primordial Great Powers.
• Suiren Shi recognized Huang Tian, who healed his injuries with Imperial Dao Qi, while the surviving humans knelt and celebrated their arrival.
• Huang Tian sensed the Demon Race's slaughter and realized they were collecting human essence and blood to forge the Witch-Slaying Sword.
• Fei Lian learned Huang Tian was the Human Emperor, mocked him, and vowed to kill him.