Chapter Summaries

Chu Mo returned to the Underworld and ordered Di Yang to spread its name throughout Eternal Night so it could gather enough prayer power to challenge the Taboos. As Di Yang set out to carry out the plan, Chu Mo considered how to refine an Origin Spirit using the Great Yin Chain-Form Mystical Furnace Reversal.

• Chu Mo returned to the Hall of Yama and found that his Divine Abilities had reached Golden Core Perfection, leaving him only an Origin Spirit to reach the True Lord realm.
• Di Yang reported that the Underworld had over three hundred and thirty thousand faithful in the river valley and that more than seven hundred thousand people elsewhere knew the name King of Hell.
• Chu Mo told Di Yang to prioritize spreading the Underworld’s name across Eternal Night rather than suppressing more Urban Legends, explaining that prayer power could strengthen its Earth Foundation against the Taboos.
• Di Yang accepted Chu Mo’s plan and left the hall to expand the Underworld.
• Chu Mo studied the Great Yin Chain-Form Mystical Furnace Reversal as a way to refine an Origin Spirit, then left the hall.

After five years of cultivation and spreading belief in the Underworld, Chu Mo’s prayer-powered realm transformed into Fengdu, granting him strength to contend with a Taboo. He decided to target his old acquaintance Xi Sang for the Taboo body and origin spirit he needed to reach True Lord.

• Chu Mo cultivated the Lunar Chain Form while Di Yang sent underworld officials and ghost enforcers throughout Eternal Night to spread faith in the King of Hell.
• As believers’ prayers accumulated, the Hall of Yama expanded and the river valley developed strange Underworld-like features.
• Five years later, Chu Mo sensed the earth foundation cross a threshold and saw the blank Jade Seal inscribed with [Fengdu].
• Chu Mo used [Fengdu] to expand the river valley into a minor realm and gained power far beyond his Golden Core cultivation.
• Chu Mo resolved to pursue Xi Sang, whose abilities and past connection made him a suitable target for obtaining a Taboo body and origin spirit.

Xi Sang discovered that Di Yang led the Underworld and invaded its river valley, where Chu Mo fought him using the Fengdu Seal and the Earth Foundation. As Xi Sang threatened to destroy the valley, Chu Mo broadcast the battle to mortals across Eternal Night, drawing their prayers into the Underworld.

• Xi Sang learned that Di Yang had become the King of Hell and ordered a Ghost General to lead him to the Underworld.
• Di Yang apologized to Chu Mo for exposing his identity and suspected that someone inside the Underworld had leaked his name.
• Xi Sang arrived with an army of ghosts and attacked the Underworld River Valley, while Chu Mo confronted him and fought with the Fengdu Seal.
• Xi Sang identified the Earth Foundation as the source of Chu Mo's power and tried to dissolve the river valley with nether mist.
• Chu Mo projected the battle to mortals across Eternal Night and urged them to believe in him and pray for a peaceful world.
• Hundreds of millions of mortals sent prayer power to the river valley, causing the Fengdu Seal to shake and blaze with light.

Chu Mo transported the Earth Foundation and Xi Sang into the World Sea, then trapped Xi Sang in the Great Yin Furnace and began refining him in seclusion. While Chu Mo worked, Di Yang learned that the Earth Foundation’s dwindling wish power could run out in less than three months.

• Chu Mo used the Earth Foundation, the Hall of Yama, and the Fengdu Seal to suppress Xi Sang and move the Earth Foundation into the World Sea.
• Xi Sang attacked Chu Mo with a Dark Wheel Shadow, but Chu Mo blocked it and revealed the Ink Seal and Profound Banner he had taken from Xi Sang.
• Chu Mo sealed Xi Sang inside the Great Yin Furnace, then entered seclusion in the Hall of Yama to begin refining him.
• Chu Mo told Di Yang to protect the others while he dealt with Xi Sang, and Di Yang promised to obey.
• Daoist Xu warned Di Yang that the power of wishes could run out in less than three months, and Di Yang told the others to trust Master.

Chu Mo overcame Xi Sang’s resistance and refined him into origin essence, then used it to form a primordial spirit and begin merging with the Golden Vault. The chapter ended as the inner landscape welcomed Chu Mo as its sovereign, and radiance pierced his fleshly body.

• Xi Sang resisted refinement in Chu Mo’s Great Yin Furnace, but Chu Mo used the Nether Capital, Fengdu Seal, and Mount Tai to suppress him.
• As River Valley’s wish power dwindled and its Earth Foundation weakened, Daoist Xu urged Di Yang to abandon more territory, but Di Yang refused; vast ruins then appeared to draw near in the World Sea.
• Chu Mo refined Xi Sang’s true form into origin essence and entered the Great Yin Furnace to unite his soul with it.
• Chu Mo formed a primordial spirit and Dharma Form as the Golden Vault’s mountains, rivers, and inhabitants responded to his transformation.
• Chu Mo’s Dharma Form settled on Mount Tai and began merging with the Golden Vault, while radiance illuminated his fleshly body.

After breaking through to Nascent Soul, Chu Mo stopped the Underworld’s Earth Foundation from crashing into the Ancient Underworld Bureaucracy Ruins and reunited with Di Yang. He examined his new powers, then sensed that Eternal Night’s origin—the Root Source or an Authority—lay somewhere in the World Sea, the same thing Fuli sought through the Heavenly Register.

• As Earth Foundation drifted toward the ruins and its wish power ran low, Chu Mo manifested a giant Dharma Form and gently set it down safely.
• Chu Mo revealed himself to Di Yang and the others, identified the ruins as belonging to the Ancient Underworld Bureaucracy, and called their arrival a karmic affinity.
• Chu Mo examined his Nascent Soul abilities, including the [Other-Self Aspect], Yin Spirits, and the limits of [Realm Yin-Yang].
• Chu Mo recalled that refining Xi Sang had revealed a secret and sensed that Eternal Night lay deeper in the World Sea.
• Chu Mo connected Eternal Night’s origin to the [Root Source] or an [Authority] that Fuli sought through the Heavenly Register.

Chu Mo returned to Eternal Night, confronted Nine Sorrows and Declining Fate, and secured North Gui for himself without a further fight. After restoring the Earth Foundation and entrusting Di Yang with its protection, he sensed the source authority of Death and began considering how it related to Spirit Transformation.

• Chu Mo summoned Di Yang and carried the Earth Foundation into the Heaven and Earth within his palm.
• Nine Sorrows and Declining Fate confronted Chu Mo, who revealed that he had killed Xi Sang and claimed North Gui as his territory.
• The Origin Spirits yielded North Gui, and Chu Mo restored the damaged River Valley to the mortal world.
• Chu Mo transferred fourth-tier authority over the King of Hell's wish-granting power to Di Yang and asked him to protect the Underworld while he was away.
• Chu Mo sensed the source authority of Death and concluded that commanding it was connected to ascending to Spirit Transformation.

After advancing to True Lord, Chu Mo moved Mysterious Subduing Peak into Tribulation Deliverance Gate and renamed it Youxuan, drawing congratulations from across the sect. True Lord Changle visited to bargain for Xuan Meng’s return, but Chu Mo accepted her treasure without agreeing to send Xuan Meng back.

• Chu Mo saw the Register of Souls identify him as True Lord Youxuan and chose Mysterious Subduing Peak as his seat.
• Chu Mo pulled the peak into the sect, renamed it Youxuan, and watched halls form atop it.
• Disciples and Golden Core True Persons from all four branches brought gifts, including Xi Hong, who offered his Blue Sea, Bright Moon pearl.
• True Lord Changle confronted Chu Mo about Xuan Meng and offered him Jade-Communing Spirit Marrow in exchange for her return.
• Chu Mo took the jade while claiming Xuan Meng might return on her own, and Chang Le departed after blaming Xuan Cheng for their earlier misunderstanding.

Chu Mo received the Harmony Truth Lineage’s fortune allocation after advancing to True Lord, and Ming Su cautioned him not to let his dispute with Xuan Cheng end in death. Three days later, Xuan Meng returned to Chang Le, who found her unchanged and offered her a chance to try a dream-path origin spirit once she recovered.

• Chu Mo accepted the warm jade ransom and decided to release Xuan Meng’s other-self aspect.
• Bai Li announced that True Lord Ming Su had arrived, and Chu Mo welcomed him into the hall.
• Ming Su delivered a Jade Slip recording Chu Mo’s new fortune allocation and explained how the society shared disciples’ contributions to support True Lords.
• Ming Su advised Chu Mo to avoid killing Xuan Cheng, then departed; Chu Mo began projecting Xuan Meng’s fate back toward her original self.
• Three days later, Xuan Meng returned to Everjoy Peak and reported her World Sea journey to Chang Le.
• Chang Le examined Xuan Meng, found her unchanged, and told her to try a dream-path origin spirit after her injuries healed.

Chu Mo used his control over the Nether Capital’s ghostfolk, then received Xuan Cheng, who appeared disguised as Guan Xu to apologize and seek an alliance. Their negotiation ended with Xuan Cheng leaving Guan Xu to watch Youxuan Peak, while Chu Mo examined the Jade-Communing Spirit Marrow and summoned the Profound Banner.

• Chu Mo reflected on how the Netherworld-Passing Register let him control every ghostfolk in the Nether Capital and decided to let Xuan Meng act independently.
• Guan Xu arrived on behalf of Xuan Cheng, but Chu Mo’s bluff exposed Xuan Cheng’s disguise.
• Xuan Cheng apologized for their conflict in the Red Silk Realm and proposed that he and Chu Mo work together against Chang Le’s attention.
• Chu Mo brought up Xuan Cheng’s fortune quotas, and Xuan Cheng left after their negotiation failed to satisfy him.
• Xuan Cheng ordered Guan Xu to watch Youxuan Peak, and Chu Mo examined the Jade-Communing Spirit Marrow before summoning the Profound Banner.

Chu Mo awakened the Profound Banner with Jade-Communing Spirit Marrow and developed [Great Black Heaven], a darkness domain strengthened by Yin Spirits. He then asked Ming Su for low-threshold soul cultivation methods and learned that the True Harmony Association possessed a suitable treasure: the Ten Thousand Methods Mirror.

• Chu Mo fed Jade-Communing Spirit Marrow to the Profound Banner, awakening its first trace of sentience, while his Dharma Form suppressed the Divine Abilities competing for dominance in his Golden Vault.
• The Profound Banner transformed [Realm Yin-Yang] into a lightless domain that cut off an intruder’s senses and divine awareness while allowing Chu Mo to perceive them.
• Chu Mo found that Banner Spirits and even ordinary souls strengthened the domain, and named the technique [Great Black Heaven].
• Chu Mo resolved to gather more souls and use living followers to serve the Underworld before they could become Banner Spirits after death.
• Chu Mo asked Ming Su for accessible soul-focused cultivation methods, and Ming Su introduced the True Harmony Association’s Ten Thousand Methods Mirror.

Chu Mo used the Ten Thousand Methods Mirror to obtain a cultivation method that let even talentless cultivators burn their lifespan for power, while learning that the Dao Lord of the Sect might claim the unmanifest Netherworld Dao. He later visited Di Yang in North Gui, where he learned that the taboo Declining Fate had come seeking him.

• Ming Su explained the Ten Thousand Methods Mirror and lent Chu Mo its projection for a free deduction.
• Chu Mo questioned Ming Su about the empty seat of the Netherworld Dao and heard that the Sect Master was the likeliest candidate to become its Dao Venerable.
• Chu Mo used the mirror to deduce the Great Method of Turning Yang into Yin to Birth a Nascent Soul, which used lifespan as fuel for cultivation.
• Ming Su suggested Chu Mo place the method in the Scripture Repository, and Chu Mo left.
• A day later, Chu Mo visited Di Yang in North Gui and learned that Declining Fate had come seeking him.

Chu Mo seized Xi Sang’s Grotto-Heaven and planned to use it as a sanctuary for teaching the Dao and gathering the Mortal Folk in North Gui. Meanwhile, Declining Fate and the other Taboos feared Chu Mo’s strength and plotted to make the people’s journey dangerous, unaware he had a way to bring them there.

• Di Yang told Chu Mo that Declining Fate wanted to meet him, then reported that the remaining Taboos refused to cooperate with the Underworld.
• Chu Mo announced that he would summon the Mortal Folk to North Gui to teach the Great Dao, and he and Di Yang discussed using the Yellow-Mud Path to transport them.
• Chu Mo absorbed Xi Sang’s Grotto-Heaven into an iridescent pearl, while Declining Fate, Nine Sorrows, and Lunar Yin watched from afar.
• Declining Fate concluded that Chu Mo’s power likely came from the Mortal Folk and proposed allowing ghosts and monsters to attack them during their journey to North Gui.
• Chu Mo told Di Yang that Xi Sang’s former Grotto-Heaven would serve as a sanctuary where all willing beings could enter and hear the Dao.

Chu Mo summoned mortals from the Eternal Night Sea to his sanctum and taught them a cultivation method, promising them a path beyond their suffering. Nine Sorrows and Lunar Yin arrived to challenge him, and Chu Mo rose to confront them as the mortals watched.

• True Lord Youxuan called the mortals of the Eternal Night Sea to his sanctum, transporting them through a Nether Road without talisman seals.
• Chu Mo welcomed the mortals to his transformed sanctum and taught them the Great Art of Transforming Yang into Yin to Birth an Infant.
• Chu Mo promised that the method could remake their bodies, extend their lives, and let them serve him after death, and the mortals eagerly accepted his teaching.
• Nine Sorrows and Lunar Yin broke into the sanctum, with Nine Sorrows accusing Chu Mo of taking mortals from their domain.
• Chu Mo shielded the frightened mortals and manifested a vast dharma form in preparation to drive the intruders away.

Chu Mo fought Nine Sorrows and Lunar Yin, overpowering them with his Dharma Form and Great Black Heaven. Lunar Yin rescued Nine Sorrows by escaping through her crescent moon, while Chu Mo returned to the grotto-heaven.

• Chu Mo attacked Nine Sorrows and Lunar Yin inside the grotto-heaven, crushing Nine Sorrows's sorrowful qi and clashing with Lunar Yin's crescent moon.
• Chu Mo forcibly moved Nine Sorrows and Lunar Yin outside the grotto-heaven to protect the mortals below, then accused them of trying to flee.
• Lunar Yin sent mountains crashing toward Chu Mo, but he reversed their path and forced Nine Sorrows to hold them back.
• Chu Mo trapped Nine Sorrows in Great Black Heaven and beheaded him, leaving his wounds unable to heal.
• Lunar Yin tore a fissure through Great Black Heaven and pulled Nine Sorrows into her crescent moon before both escaped.
• Chu Mo examined Nine Sorrows's empty head, dismissed Great Black Heaven, and returned to the grotto-heaven.

Chu Mo settled the mortals in North Gui and advanced his plans for cultivation and the Ink Seal’s awakening. After learning of a dangerous realm that might contain the needed treasure, he considered sending True Person Youzhen to investigate.

• Chu Mo kept Nine Sorrows alive as a possible ally among the taboo beings, while Lunar Yin and Declining Fate found him without his head and discussed what to do.
• Chu Mo sent the mortals to North Gui, then considered how to strengthen his dharma form and advance through the Nascent Soul Realm.
• Bai Li told Chu Mo that True Lord Ming Su had invited him to Harmony Truth’s headquarters, where Ming Su described the Profound Li Treasure Realm and its Profound Li Mother Crystal.
• Chu Mo withdrew his share from the association’s fortune pool and returned to Youxuan Peak, deciding to choose an obedient, quick-witted Harmony Truth member for the selection.
• Chu Mo settled on True Person Youzhen as a candidate to enter the Profound Li Treasure Realm.

Chu Mo tasked Youzhen with entering the Profound Li Treasure Realm to find a Profound Li mother crystal, while secretly arranging for Chang Le to learn that Xuan Cheng was involved. Three months later, Youzhen entered the hall for the selection to explore the realm.

• Chu Mo summoned Youzhen and promised him an otherworldly art to cultivate his Third Divine Ability if he found a Profound Li mother crystal in the Profound Li Treasure Realm.
• Youzhen told Chu Mo that Guan Xu had invited him to join his expedition, and Chu Mo revealed that he already knew about it.
• Chu Mo sent Chang Le a Jade Slip about Xuan Cheng, and Chang Le accepted the information and expressed interest in the Profound Li Treasure Realm.
• Three months later, Youzhen encountered Guan Xu at the Harmony Truth encampment before the final selection and wondered whether the man resembled him.
• A deacon announced the start of the selection, and Youzhen entered the hall.

Youzhen passed the Heart-Illuminating Mirror assessment, while Chu Mo nurtured the Profound Banner into a Spirit-Communing Dharmic Treasure and discovered its ability to obscure the spirit seat. In the Profound Li Treasure Realm, Guan Xu learned that Xuan Cheng planned to use Youzhen to test the way to the Profound Li Crystal Mine, then secretly warned him.

• Youzhen faced the Heart-Illuminating Mirror, answered its questions, and passed the selection assessment.
• Chu Mo received Youzhen's report, praised him, and continued nurturing the Profound Banner.
• The Profound Banner became a Spirit-Communing Dharmic Treasure, and Chu Mo discovered that its Great Black Heaven ability could veil the spirit seat and obscure a cultivator's clarity.
• Guan Xu told Xuan Cheng that the missing thing was likely connected to the Profound Li Crystal Mine and that he could not infiltrate it alone.
• Xuan Cheng suggested using Youzhen to test the waters, and Guan Xu sent Youzhen an anonymous warning that Xuan Cheng meant to harm him.

Guan Xu briefly forgot an important thought, while True Person Youzhen sought an ally in Heavenly Pillar City to secure the Profound Li mother crystal and undermine True Lord Xuan Cheng. After months infiltrating a mine, Youzhen found and extracted the mother crystal, releasing a strange, multicolored qi.

• Guan Xu wondered what he had forgotten, then left to attend to duties for the True Lord and the association.
• True Person Youzhen learned that True Lord Xuan Cheng’s plans in the Profound Li Treasure Realm conflicted with his own and approached Yuan An about a deal.
• Youzhen offered Yuan An the chance to thwart Xuan Cheng in exchange for the Profound Li mother crystal, and Yuan An agreed after examining True Lord Youxuan’s token.
• Youzhen obtained information about a suspected mother crystal in the seventh mine and spent three months working his way into its depths.
• Youzhen extracted the fist-sized Profound Li mother crystal, and strange colored qi emerged from the hollow.

Youzhen discovered that True Lord Xuan Cheng had lured him to the mine to capture the Profound Separation Mother, but True Lord Changle revealed the trap and fought Xuan Cheng. Chu Mo then took control of Guan Xu’s body through his Other-Self Aspect and prepared to attack them both.

• True Lord Xuan Cheng revealed that he wanted the Profound Separation Mother to drain the Profound Li Mother Crystal vein and strengthen his dream.
• True Lord Changle appeared and used Constant Joy Heart to trap Xuan Cheng, while Guan Xu was reduced to helpless laughter.
• Xuan Cheng manifested his dream and fought Changle’s emotions, leaving them evenly matched.
• Guan Xu suddenly attacked with Great Black Heaven, plunging everyone into darkness and revealing Chu Mo’s presence.
• Chu Mo manifested a towering dharma form and struck at Changle and Xuan Cheng with a punch.