Chapter Summaries

After fifty years at the Purple Vitality Gate, Li Xiaoya had strengthened his body, divine sense, and alchemy while remaining at the fourth level of the Heaven-and-Earth Realm. As he continued refining Gold-and-Silver Giant Wolf essence blood, his golden outer layer began to crack and reveal new skin.

• Li Xiaoya spent fifty years refining Demon Beast essence blood, including that of two Great Void Stage Elder Demon Beasts, and greatly increased his physical strength.
• Li Xiaoya strengthened the Shaking-Heaven Divine Fire Staff with Profound-Heaven Bright Silver and Qianyuan true essence, though the process remained slow and left the staff unusable during refinement.
• Li Xiaoya cultivated the Demon-Suppressing Divine Art, raising his divine sense by nearly thirty percent and gaining abilities against Heavenly Demon Race cultivators and soul attacks.
• Li Xiaoya advanced to about three-quarters of the way through the fourth level of the Heaven-and-Earth Realm, developed his Hell Tower abilities, and became a master alchemist.
• The golden metallic callus covering Li Xiaoya cracked apart, exposing smooth jade-like skin threaded with gold.

Li Xiaoya completed his cultivation and prepared to leave with the Purple Vitality Gate for the Hell Tower, hoping to find a way to save Zhang Hong. At the departure gathering, a Red Witch Race cultivator revealed that Li Xiaoya was going to perform service in the gate’s place.

• Li Xiaoya emerged from seclusion with the Myriad Beasts Body Tempering Diagram’s markings mastered and learned that Zhang Hong’s unconscious advancement to the Great Void Stage could be fatal.
• The Purple-Light Daoist Patriarch sent word that the Purple Vitality Gate would depart for the Hell Tower the next day, and Li Xiaoya vowed to succeed in saving Zhang Hong.
• Li Xiaoya stored the Skyvault Skiff in his Storage Bracelet and meditated until it was time to leave.
• Li Xiaoya arrived at the square and met three middle-stage Heaven-and-Earth Realm cultivators: a Huaxia Human Race woman, a Red Witch Race man, and an Elf Human Race man.
• The Red Witch Race cultivator interrupted the woman’s introduction and asked Li Xiaoya about performing service in the Purple Vitality Gate’s place, leaving Li Xiaoya bewildered.

Li Xiaoya joined three Purple Vitality Gate cultivators on their way to the Hell Tower, where he had to reach the eighteenth floor to obtain the Twin-Pole Netherflower. Meanwhile, Jerkov’s disciples reported his departure, and the chapter showed Dong Santong and Liu Xian'er trapped in separate star realms before five-colored light appeared near Liu Xian'er.

• Li Xiaoya agreed to represent the Purple Vitality Gate alongside Ziyan, Radley, and Gul Yuehai, and the Purple-Light Daoist Patriarch gave them supplies and urged them to put the sect first.
• The Purple-Light Daoist Patriarch privately reminded Li Xiaoya to obtain the Twin-Pole Netherflower and return quickly, and Li Xiaoya left for the Human Race Alliance city with the others.
• Jerkov’s two disciples watched Li Xiaoya depart for the Hell Tower and decided to inform their master.
• Dong Santong cultivated in ancient ruins in the Flowing Light Star Realm for over fifty years and reached the great void peak stage.
• Liu Xian'er remained trapped beside a lake in the Renlan Star Realm, advanced to the second layer of the early great void stage, and noticed five-colored spiritual light surging nearby.

Liu Xian'er learned that Li Xiaoya had returned safely, but the Five-Colored Spiritual Light Phantom could only give her a method that would take decades to comprehend before she could break free. Meanwhile, Li Xiaoya and the other Hell Tower participants arrived at the trial site, where he prepared to pursue the Eighteenth Layer for Zhang Hong's sake.

• The Five-Colored Spiritual Light Phantom told Liu Xian'er that Li Xiaoya had returned and gave her a Jade Slip containing a restriction-breaking method that might take decades to understand.
• Li Xiaoya traveled with the three Purple Vitality Gate elders to the Human Race Alliance, registered for the Hell Tower trials, and joined more than a thousand other cultivators aboard a Supreme Flying Boat.
• Ziyan and Radley explained the trial rules, including the rewards for reaching deeper layers and the option to crush a participation Token to withdraw.
• Li Xiaoya considered the dangerous Luck Maze and the unknown layers beyond the fifteenth, but resolved to continue for Zhang Hong's sake and reach the Eighteenth Layer.
• Three days later, the Flying Boat arrived at the Hell Tower's Five-Colored Light Barrier, and its roof opened as the participants prepared to begin.

Li Xiaoya and the other cultivators entered the Vermilion Hell Tower selection after the Ancestor of Snow Domain urged them to join the Heaven-and-Earth Divine Generals. Li Xiaoya left the Purple Vitality Gate group behind and entered a separate passage, while famous experts Di Long Yunyi and Qiong Nanqi also headed into the tower.

• The Ancestor of Snow Domain addressed the cultivators, described the advancement of the Heaven-and-Earth Divine Generals, and urged them to serve the human race.
• Li Xiaoya used a red token to pass through the five-colored barrier and arrived at the Hell Tower entrance with Ziyan and the other Purple Vitality Gate cultivators.
• The group saw Di Long Yunyi of the Flying Immortal Sect and Qiong Nanqi of the Blue Moon Sect, whom Li Xiaoya believed had come to become Heaven-and-Earth Divine Generals.
• Li Xiaoya said his goal differed from the Purple Vitality Gate cultivators' and flew ahead toward the Hell Tower.
• Li Xiaoya chose an entrance apart from those used by the Flying Immortal Sect and Blue Moon Sect, then plunged through its light curtain.

Li Xiaoya entered the Hell Tower’s First Layer, slaughtered the demon beasts to obtain the spirit talisman, and advanced to the Second Layer. There, he charged alone toward the Third Layer’s entrance through a vast blockade of powerful beasts as Di Long Yunyi and Qiong Nanqi watched.

• Li Xiaoya learned that he needed to find a spirit talisman among the First Layer’s demon beasts, but his divine sense could not locate it.
• Li Xiaoya unleashed a rain of fire that killed the demon beasts, and their corpses gathered into a talisman.
• Li Xiaoya seized and crushed the talisman, entering the Second Layer before the cultivators who appeared could stop him.
• Li Xiaoya arrived near Di Long Yunyi and Qiong Nanqi on a high platform and learned he had to break through thousands of Heaven-and-Earth Realm demon beasts to reach the Third Layer.
• As Qiong Nanqi proposed joining forces with Di Long Yunyi, Li Xiaoya charged alone beyond the platform, provoking the demon beasts.

Li Xiaoya fought through the demon beasts with overwhelming force and reached the entrance to the third layer, leaving Qiong Nanqi and Di Long Yunyi behind to face the pursuing beasts. Inside, he learned that the third layer was a Luck Maze and that damaging it would disqualify him.

• Li Xiaoya blasted two Heaven-and-Earth Realm demon beasts aside and charged into the swarming beasts, using one as a weapon to smash a path forward.
• Qiong Nanqi and Di Long Yunyi set off after Li Xiaoya, but discovered that the demon beasts were much tougher than they had expected.
• Li Xiaoya fought his way to a high platform hundreds of miles away and entered the passage to the third layer.
• Li Xiaoya arrived inside a brick-walled maze, where his red token announced that he had to find a passage to the fourth layer without damaging the maze.

Li Xiaoya searched the third layer’s Luck Maze and found a teleportation formation that could either advance him or send him out; he reached the fourth layer. There, he learned he had to defeat its strongest Elder Demon Beast and flew toward distant roars and explosions.

• Li Xiaoya entered the Luck Maze while Di Long Yunyi, Qiong Nan, and other cultivators advanced through the layers, and hundreds of cultivators joined forces to cross the second layer.
• Li Xiaoya repeatedly reached dead ends in the maze, while Gul Yuehai was expelled after finding a dead-end maze’s apparent exit.
• Li Xiaoya found the Destiny Teleportation Formation and chose to use it despite the chance it would send him outside.
• The formation brought Li Xiaoya to the fourth layer, where his red token announced that he had to defeat the strongest Elder Demon Beast to advance.
• Li Xiaoya searched the fourth layer for the powerful beast, then flew toward distant roars and explosions.

Li Xiaoya found a Bloodthirsty Gorilla on the fourth level and launched a surprise attack, hoping to obtain its essence blood for his cultivation. After striking the beast hard and taking a powerful counterblow, he attacked again as it unleashed its Bloodthirst ability, and their next clash erupted in a massive explosion.

• Li Xiaoya concealed himself with the Invisibility Cloak and followed the demon beast’s roars.
• He spotted the Bloodthirsty Gorilla slaughtering a pack of giant wolf demon beasts and decided to kill it for its essence blood.
• Li Xiaoya ambushed the Bloodthirsty Gorilla, shattered its red barrier, and struck its head, but its counterattack blasted him away and destroyed his clothing.
• Li Xiaoya recovered with his Storm Gold-Light Wings as the injured gorilla staggered into a hillside.
• The Bloodthirsty Gorilla unleashed Bloodthirst, and Li Xiaoya attacked its head with a giant wolf claw.
• The gorilla met Li Xiaoya’s wolf-claw attack with an enlarged fist, and their collision triggered widespread explosions.

Li Xiaoya defeated the Bloodthirsty Gorilla on the Hell Tower’s fourth level, captured its demon nascent infant, and advanced to the next level. The Ancestor of Snow Domain noticed someone’s rapid progress, while Di Long Yunyi continued battling a wounded giant python elsewhere.

• Li Xiaoya transformed into a giant wolf, shattered the Bloodthirsty Gorilla’s arm, and blinded it with five-colored spiritual swords.
• Li Xiaoya dodged the Gorilla’s attacks and detonated the swords, destroying its head before catching and sealing its fleeing demon core.
• Li Xiaoya collected the Gorilla’s corpse and the red talisman, then crushed the talisman to enter the next level.
• The Ancestor of Snow Domain noticed that someone had reached the fifth level quickly and resumed meditating.
• Di Long Yunyi fought a giant horned python over the sea, leaving the wounded beast close to defeat.

Li Xiaoya reached the Hell Tower’s fifth layer and found the Ten Thousand Beasts Cube, a huge puzzle requiring matching demon beast images to be arranged in rows. He learned to rotate it with his divine sense and began gathering one type of image together, making progress but not yet opening the next layer.

• Qiong Nanqi battled a giant fiery bird on the fourth layer while cultivators continued to be eliminated from the Hell Tower trials.
• A five-colored figure observed that Li Xiaoya had reached the fifth layer, then vanished.
• Li Xiaoya arrived at the Ten Thousand Beasts Cube and learned from his red token that he had to arrange matching demon beast images in rows to open the next layer.
• Li Xiaoya examined the cube with his divine sense and discovered that it held ten thousand types of beast images, with one hundred images of each type.
• Li Xiaoya tested the cube’s rotating sections, then used his divine sense to turn several sections at once and gradually gathered matching images into a column.

Li Xiaoya struggled to solve the Ten Thousand Beasts Cube on the Hell Tower’s fifth level and discovered that it trained Divine Sense control while attracting cultivators to the Human Race Alliance. As he continued toward the eighteenth layer and the Twin-Pole Netherflower, a half-human, half-bird creature warned a hidden master that humans were coming.

• Li Xiaoya arranged rows of demon beast images on the Ten Thousand Beasts Cube, using an Elixir to restore his depleted Divine Sense and experimenting with different ways to control it.
• Li Xiaoya noticed that sustained work with the cube refined his Divine Sense control and realized the Human Race Alliance had placed it there to entice cultivators to join.
• Li Xiaoya resumed solving the cube, keeping his focus on reaching the eighteenth layer and obtaining the Twin-Pole Netherflower rather than becoming a Heaven-and-Earth Divine General.
• Di Long Yunyi recognized the cube’s mysteries, while Qiong Nanqi struggled with it after battling a fire-resistant demon beast; Ziyan rested on the fifth level, and Radley fought a rocky beast on the fourth.
• A half-human, half-bird creature flew into a mountain cave on a desolate level and warned its master that humans were coming, waking the master from sleep.

A hidden master awakened after ten thousand years and sent demon beasts, including humanlike cultivators, out to wreak havoc. Meanwhile, Li Xiaoya advanced through the Fifth Level by rapidly solving the Ten Thousand Beasts Cube, leaving him close to aligning all its demon beast images.

• The gray-eyed master told the human-headed, bird-bodied creature to carry out the usual plan and let the demon beasts stretch their limbs.
• The creature summoned dozens of demon beasts and sent them across the land, including three humanlike cultivators in golden armor.
• After half a month, more than forty percent of the Hell Tower entrants had been eliminated, and hundreds of failed cultivators waited at the exit barrier.
• Li Xiaoya aligned nearly half the Ten Thousand Beasts Cube’s images by manipulating all six faces at once, surpassing Di Long Yunyi’s progress.
• Li Xiaoya restored his divine sense with elixirs and meditation, then resumed turning the cube as his control and divine sense improved.

Li Xiaoya discovered that the Ten Thousand Beasts Cube could be solved by grouping Demon Beast images by category, and his progress accelerated. A dwarf cultivator solved his cube first and entered the sixth layer, while three human cultivators faced pressure from their enslaver to kill humans.

• Li Xiaoya noticed the Demon Beast images belonged to six categories and realized each category could be arranged on a separate face of the Ten Thousand Beasts Cube.
• After restarting the arrangement according to the categories, Li Xiaoya had completed over eighty percent of the cube in three days and passed ninety-five percent soon afterward.
• A dwarf cultivator, a renowned Artifact Refining Master, completed his cube, opened a passage, and entered the sixth layer before Li Xiaoya finished.
• Three human cultivators in golden breastplates discussed stealing Hell Tokens on the sixth layer and crushing them to escape, but two were bound by slave contracts.
• A hideous voice warned the three cultivators to kill the humans if they wanted to live.

Li Xiaoya solved the Ten Thousand Beasts Cube and entered the Hell Tower’s sixth layer, an illusion-filled realm where he had to find a passage to the seventh. When the illusion recreated Treasure Immortal Town and a painful memory, he lost his composure and destroyed the town with a giant hand of five-colored spiritual light.

• Li Xiaoya aligned the demon beast images on the Ten Thousand Beasts Cube, opened the passage, and flew into the sixth layer.
• The token announced that the sixth layer was an illusion land with hidden passages to the seventh, and Li Xiaoya hurried onward while relying on his senses because his divine sense was suppressed.
• Li Xiaoya heard demon beast roars but kept flying straight, then saw the mist part to reveal Treasure Immortal Town.
• Li Xiaoya recognized familiar people and places in the false town, then saw a filthy child thrown from a crowd and recalled a painful scene.
• Li Xiaoya attacked in anger with a giant hand of five-colored spiritual light, crushing Treasure Immortal Town into dust.

Li Xiaoya used a Spirit-Shaking Mask to push through the sixth layer’s illusions after reliving the death of his Liar Master. Meanwhile, three purplish-red-skinned cultivators entered the illusion realm to ambush bewitched humans, and they headed toward a distant roar after hearing signs of a fight.

• Li Xiaoya shattered an illusion of his Liar Master’s death and put on the Spirit-Shaking Mask to blunt the realm’s apparitions.
• Three cultivators in golden breastplates opened a spatial void and entered the sixth layer, where the burly leader ordered them to target only cultivators bewitched by the illusions.
• The trio searched the vast realm but found no one, since only Li Xiaoya and the Dwarf Cultivator had reached the sixth layer so far.
• Explosions and a demon beast’s roar sounded in the distance, and the excited male cultivator prepared to investigate.

Li Xiaoya was teleported into a lair of five White-Scaled Heaven-Breaking Beasts and fought them before using his strength and silver tongue to win their attention. He learned the beasts knew of teleportation formations, but they could not use them because of restrictions placed on their bodies.

• Cultivator Qu and his two companions cautiously approached a fierce battle they heard nearby.
• Li Xiaoya fought five White-Scaled Heaven-Breaking Beasts after a teleportation formation sent him into their lair.
• Li Xiaoya overwhelmed the beasts with his attacks, then stopped them from leaving and demanded their help.
• The beasts told Li Xiaoya they had been imprisoned for seven or eight thousand years and did not know where they were.
• Li Xiaoya discovered the beasts knew of teleportation formations, but they said restrictions prevented demon beasts from using them.

Li Xiaoya persuaded five White-Scaled Heaven-Breaking Beasts to guide him to the Teleportation Formation by swearing not to attack them, while secretly withholding any promise to take them out. Elsewhere, three purple-red-skinned cultivators let him pass and watched for new arrivals, as a badly injured Dwarf Race cultivator emerged from the Hell Tower and accused the Red Barbarian Race of ambushing him.

• Li Xiaoya made an Oath Contract promising not to attack the five White-Scaled Heaven-Breaking Beasts if they helped him find the Teleportation Formation, and they agreed to guide him.
• Li Xiaoya and the beasts flew into the white mist while he hid the truth about how he had arrived and sensed an unseen presence briefly watching him.
• The burly purple-red-skinned cultivator stopped his male junior from confronting Li Xiaoya, explaining that the masked cultivator was too dangerous to attack rashly.
• The three purple-red-skinned cultivators turned invisible when they heard someone approaching and went to investigate.
• A wounded Dwarf Race cultivator was teleported out of the Hell Tower and accused the Red Barbarian Race of ambushing him.
• A furious voice from the Red Barbarian Race challenged the dwarf for slandering their people.

Elder Nodun accused Red Barbarian Race cultivators of ambushing him on the Sixth Layer, but the Ancestor of Snow Domain said the attackers could not have been participants in the selection. After the dispute was settled, the Ancestor asked Nodun about being the first to solve the Ten Thousand Beasts Cube.

• Elder Nodun accused the Red Barbarian Race cultivators of attacking him, and both sides argued as other cultivators watched.
• The Ancestor of Snow Domain summoned the disputants and ordered Nodun to explain what had happened.
• Nodun said three purple-red-skinned, golden-armored cultivators ambushed him on the Sixth Layer, and he escaped by crushing his red token.
• The Ancestor of Snow Domain said no human participants remained on the Sixth Layer, so the attackers were not the Red Barbarian Race cultivators in the selection.
• Nodun accepted the Ancestor's judgment and apologized, ending the dispute.
• The Ancestor of Snow Domain asked Nodun whether he had been the first to solve the Ten Thousand Beasts Cube on the Fifth Level.

Elder Nodun recognized the Red Barbarian cultivator who had attacked him, and the two agreed to discuss the matter after seeing a portrait of a missing member of the Red Barbarian Race. Meanwhile, Li Xiaoya brought five White-Scaled Heaven-Breaking Beasts through a teleportation formation and arrived on the seventh layer.

• Elder Nodun declined the Ancestor of Snow Domain's invitation to join the Human Race Alliance, then was ordered to stop pursuing his dispute with the Red Barbarian cultivators.
• After the cultivators departed, Elder Nodun confirmed that the attacker matched a portrait of a Red Barbarian cultivator missing for thirty thousand years, and agreed to speak privately with the burly cultivator.
• On the sixth layer, the three Red Barbarian cultivators discussed their failed ambush, and their senior brother ordered them to wait for another opportunity.
• Li Xiaoya swore an oath to the five White-Scaled Heaven-Breaking Beasts and stored them in his Secret Realm Bracelet before entering the teleportation formation.
• Li Xiaoya arrived on the seventh layer, and his red Token confirmed his entry.