Chapter Summaries

Shen Fei and Xiao Ning'er avoided Mu Lin's group after Shen Fei recognized that Mu Lin was a legendary rank 2-star cultivator setting a trap to claim the Spiritual Origin Fruit. They watched from hiding as the group fought and suffered heavy losses, then saw Mu Lin betray a survivor after the giant bear fell.

• Mu Lin pressured the others into joining a temporary alliance, while Shen Fei declined and led Xiao Ning'er away from the cave.
• Shen Fei told Xiao Ning'er and Mingyu that Mu Lin was concealing his legendary rank 2-star cultivation and intended to use the others as cannon fodder.
• Shen Fei and Xiao Ning'er hid behind a boulder and waited as a legendary rank 3-star giant bear emerged from the cave and attacked the group.
• The giant bear killed the burly companion and the sullen young man before the surviving cultivators managed to defeat it, leaving themselves badly wounded.
• Mu Lin stabbed the tall, thin cultivator as he moved toward the cave, and the two remaining survivors realized Mu Lin had concealed his strength and turned against him.

Mu Lin killed the other members of his alliance, entered the cave, and claimed both ripe Spiritual Origin Fruits. Shen Fei and his companion arrived as Mu Lin confronted them, and Shen Fei accused him of using more despicable methods than killing for treasure.

• Mu Lin revealed his Legendary Rank 2-Star cultivation and killed the two wounded Black Gold Rank cultivators, leaving the alliance dead.
• Mu Lin entered the cave and found a plant bearing two ripe Spiritual Origin Fruits.
• Mu Lin picked both fruits and stored them in his Space Ring.
• Mu Lin sensed two people entering the cave and recognized them as the man and woman he had seen in the valley.
• Mu Lin faced Shen Fei and his companion, assuming they intended to take his treasure, while Shen Fei criticized his conduct.

Mu Lin attacked Shen Fei over the fruit, but Xiao Ning'er joined the fight and Shen Fei's Ink Cloud cut through Mu Lin's Crimson Fire Snake scales. Mu Lin retreated with a serious hand wound, while the fight remained unresolved.

• Mu Lin dismissed Shen Fei's accusations and charged him with his sword.
• Shen Fei met Mu Lin's strike with Ink Cloud, and the collision forced both men back.
• Xiao Ning'er ambushed Mu Lin with a Thunder Spear and scorched his cheek.
• Mu Lin transformed his left arm with the power of his Crimson Fire Snake Demon Spirit and tried to seize Ink Cloud.
• Shen Fei attacked with Ink Cloud and black mist, cutting deeply through the scales on Mu Lin's hand.
• Mu Lin unleashed a shock wave to force Shen Fei and Xiao Ning'er back, then retreated to the chamber wall with his fingers badly wounded.

Shen Fei and Xiao Ning'er fought Mu Lin in the stone chamber, using their coordinated attacks to overcome his fire techniques. After a destructive clash, both Shen Fei and Mu Lin were badly injured, and Mu Lin could no longer stand.

• Mu Lin stopped underestimating Shen Fei and prepared to fight seriously, while Shen Fei charged straight at him with the Ink Cloud Sword.
• Mu Lin cast a blazing fire net, but Xiao Ning'er cleaved it apart with her lightning-charged Thunder Spear.
• Mu Lin condensed his remaining Soul Force into a fireball and met Shen Fei's sword strike, causing an explosion that damaged the chamber.
• The blast hurled Shen Fei into the entrance wall and badly burned his right arm.
• Mu Lin landed against the rear wall with his right arm mangled, and he failed twice to rise.

Xiao Ning'er killed Mu Lin, treated Shen Fei's burns, and recovered two Spiritual Origin Fruits from the corpse. After they rested and left the cave, a mysterious man whose cultivation Shen Fei could not detect appeared at the entrance and praised their courage and methods.

• Xiao Ning'er finished Mu Lin off with her Thunder Spear, then bandaged Shen Fei's injured arm and gave him a Healing Pill.
• Xiao Ning'er took Mu Lin's Space Ring and handed Shen Fei the two Spiritual Origin Fruits inside.
• Shen Fei and Xiao Ning'er cultivated for two hours to recover before leaving Mu Lin's crimson sword behind and heading toward the cave entrance.
• A neatly dressed man appeared outside the cave and praised Shen Fei and Xiao Ning'er after apparently watching the fight.
• Shen Fei failed to sense the man's cultivation and realized that the stranger was extremely dangerous.

Shen Fei and Xiao Ning'er met the inscrutable Xiao Yu after their fight with Mu Lin, and agreed to travel with him through the Nine-Layered Deathlands. They encountered Nie Li on the road, who sensed nothing from Xiao Yu and questioned Shen Fei about his new companion.

• Xiao Yu introduced himself to Shen Fei and Xiao Ning'er and proposed that they travel together to the Nether Domain Master's disciple selection.
• Shen Fei accepted Xiao Yu's offer, and the three set off through the valley while Xiao Yu commented on their fight with Mu Lin and warned them about Shen Fei's injury.
• Xiao Ning'er watched Xiao Yu's steady, seemingly ordinary steps and suspected he was concealing his cultivation.
• Shen Fei, Xiao Ning'er, and Xiao Yu came upon Nie Li, who failed to sense Xiao Yu's strength and asked who he was.
• Shen Fei told Nie Li that Xiao Yu was someone they had met after leaving the fog and had decided to travel with.

Nie Li and the others continued through the Nine-Layered Deathlands with Xiao Yu, whose knowledge of Nie Li and confidence that no one in the Nether Domain could harm him made the group wary. They kept moving toward the seventh layer while searching for Lu Piao and the others.

• Nie Li introduced himself and Ye Ziyun to Xiao Yu, then decided to let him stay with the group despite suspecting he could be dangerous.
• Shen Fei asked whether they should search for Lu Piao and the others, and Nie Li agreed to look for them as they headed toward the seventh layer.
• Xiao Yu asked how Nie Li had become a senior inscriptionist, revealing that he knew a closely guarded secret about Nie Li.
• Xiao Yu claimed that no one in the Nether Domain could touch him and that there was nothing he did not know; Nie Li declined to answer and moved ahead.
• Xiao Ning'er and Shen Fei agreed to keep Xiao Yu under close watch as the group continued along the road toward the sound of rushing water.

As the group traveled, Xiao Yu questioned Nie Li about Inscriptions and revealed that he had noticed Nie Li's mastery of both light and darkness Laws. The group approached a body of water, where a huge creature emerged with a roar.

• Ye Ziyun asked Xiao Ning'er about what she and Shen Fei had encountered in the fog, and Xiao Ning'er described defeating Mu Lin after he killed a Demon Beast and his companions.
• Xiao Yu asked Nie Li about Inscriptions, then explained that their highest levels involved understanding Laws.
• Xiao Yu revealed that he had noticed Nie Li cultivating light and darkness Laws together, and Nie Li acknowledged it without explaining further.
• The group heard a tremendous splash and a deep roar from the water ahead, and Shen Fei, Xiao Ning'er, Nie Li, Ye Ziyun, and Xiao Yu hurried toward a rocky ledge.

Shen Fei and Xiao Yu encountered Cang Ming attacking a Corpse Flood Dragon to obtain the object embedded in its head. Xiao Yu stopped the dragon’s attack, and Cang Ming fled; Shen Fei learned that Cang Ming was a renowned young genius from the Soul Jade Family.

• Shen Fei saw Cang Ming repeatedly stab the Corpse Flood Dragon’s head, trying to reach a dark-red object embedded between its bony plates.
• The Corpse Flood Dragon charged a blast at Cang Ming, and Xiao Yu stopped it with a gentle press of his hand.
• Xiao Yu said the Corpse Flood Dragon had been hunted because of the object on its head and expressed pity for it.
• Cang Ming abandoned his attempt and fled after recognizing Xiao Yu’s overwhelming strength.
• Shen Fei asked Nie Li about Cang Ming, and Nie Li identified him as a foremost young genius from the Soul Jade Family, as famous as Mu Ye.