Chapter Summaries

Xiao Tianhao reunited with Big Black Dog in the Netherworld and killed the Witch-Ghost Family members who attacked them. He then reached the Jade Seal Family’s estate as a senior Inscriptionist and was welcomed inside by its head, Luo Xiao, and his son, Luo Jian.

• Xiao Tianhao encountered Big Black Dog, and several Witch-Ghost Family members surrounded them, accusing Xiao Tianhao of being the dog’s accomplice.
• A Witch-Ghost Family member attacked Xiao Tianhao, who fused with the Behemoth Rock Beast Demon Spirit and killed the entire group while Big Black Dog fled and returned afterward.
• Big Black Dog told Xiao Tianhao that he had lost his memories after fleeing a mysterious place where he had been badly wounded.
• Xiao Tianhao arrived at the Jade Seal Family’s estate and asked the guards to announce the visit of a senior Inscriptionist.
• Luo Xiao and Luo Jian came out to meet Xiao Tianhao, and, after Big Black Dog urged them to let him prove his skill, they welcomed him inside.

Xiao Tianhao demonstrated his inscription skill to the Jade Seal Family and secured their support for his plan to destroy the Witch-Ghost Family and the Dark Guild. He agreed to inscribe one hundred weapons in exchange for the family’s full backing, leaving the operation ready to begin.

• Xiao Tianhao engraved advanced patterns on three weapons in an hour and a half, impressing Luo Xiao and Luo Jian with their power.
• Luo Xiao invited Xiao Tianhao to join the Jade Seal Family, but Xiao Tianhao declined and agreed to cooperate with them while staying there.
• Xiao Tianhao asked Luo Xiao to help destroy the Witch-Ghost Family and the Dark Guild, explaining that the Witch-Ghost Family had attacked him and that he had other reasons he could not disclose.
• Luo Xiao warned Xiao Tianhao that the Witch-Ghost Family had three demi-god experts and backing from the Northern Nether Family, but Xiao Tianhao insisted he could handle them and had killed a demi-god expert before.
• Xiao Tianhao agreed to inscribe one hundred weapons with high-grade patterns for free in exchange for the Jade Seal Family’s full support in the operation.

Xiao Tianhao prepared armor and inscription-pattern scrolls before joining the Jade Seal Family's force on its attack against the Witch-Ghost Family. The two sides faced off above the Witch-Ghost compound, where Luo Hui declared that the Witch-Ghost ancestors would die that day.

• Xiao Tianhao refined five suits of demi-god-level armor, fifteen suits of Legend-level armor, and inscription-pattern scrolls for the coming battle.
• Luo Xiao notified Xiao Tianhao that the preparations were complete, and Xiao Tianhao set out with Xiao Ning'er, Huyan Lanruo, and Yang Xin.
• Luo Xiao introduced Xiao Tianhao to the Jade Seal Family ancestors, Luo Hui and Luo Hong, and their experts departed for the Witch-Ghost Family's compound.
• Luo Xiao told Xiao Tianhao that the Witch-Ghost Family still had twenty-one Legend-level and eighty-four Black Gold-level experts.
• The Witch-Ghost Family's three ancestors and their forces flew up to confront the Jade Seal Family's group, and Luo Hui declared that Wu Xiong, Wu Ba, and Wu Tian would die that day.

Xiao Tianhao and the Jade Seal Family launched a decisive assault on the Witch-Ghost Family, killing its patriarch and ancestors and routing its forces. The Witch-Ghost Family was nearly wiped out, leaving its long rule over Blackstone City at an end.

• Ancestor Luo Hui and Ancestor Luo Hong fought Witch-Ghost Family ancestors Wu Xiong, Wu Ba, and Wu Tian as the two families' forces clashed below.
• Xiao Tianhao, Xiao Ning'er, Huyan Lanruo, and Yang Xin broke the Witch-Ghost Family's formations and overwhelmed its experts.
• Xiao Tianhao killed patriarch Wu Kuang, and Ancestor Luo Hui gravely wounded Wu Xiong as the Witch-Ghost Family's forces fled.
• The Big Black Dog killed the fleeing Wu Tian, Wu Di, and Wu Ren in the woods east of the valley.
• Xiao Tianhao and the two ancestors killed Wu Ba and Wu Tian, and Ancestor Luo Hong finished off Wu Xiong.
• The Jade Seal Family pursued and killed nearly all the Witch-Ghost Family's fleeing members, ending its dominance of Blackstone City.

Xiao Tianhao led the Jade Seal Family to attack the Dark Guild and fought its Demon Lord, who had reached the peak of the Demi-God Level. Their clash ended with both gravely injured, but the Demon Lord escaped by using a token, leaving Xiao Tianhao behind.

• Xiao Tianhao led the Jade Seal Family and his companions to the Dark Guild fortress and ordered an attack after learning the Demon Lord was inside.
• Xiao Tianhao’s group killed the Dark Guild members outside the fortress, then the Demon Lord burst from the ruins and confronted them.
• Xiao Tianhao revealed that he had killed Dragon Fiend, merged with the Violet Lightning Saint Spirit Flood Dragon, and challenged the Demon Lord.
• The Demon Lord merged with the Eight-Armed Demon Monster and overpowered Xiao Tianhao in their opening clash, while the Jade Seal Family formed a guardian array to support him.
• Xiao Tianhao used the Rift of Time and Space against the Demon Lord’s Darkness Devour, and the techniques’ collision left both fighters gravely injured.
• The Demon Lord admitted he had underestimated Xiao Tianhao, crushed a token, and vanished in white light.

After the Dark Guild was destroyed, Xiao Tianhao recovered at the Jade Seal Family and prepared to depart for the Nine-Layer Deathlands. Meanwhile, Nie Li and his companions reached Blackstone City in the Netherworld.

• Xiao Tianhao rested after defeating the Dark Lord, while the Jade Seal Family gathered the Dark Guild's remaining treasures and returned home.
• Three days later, the Jade Seal Family delivered Xiao Tianhao half the treasures recovered from the Witch-Ghost Family and the Dark Guild.
• Xiao Tianhao planned to leave for the Nine-Layer Deathlands the day after tomorrow and assigned Yun Ling, Shujian, and Miaoqing to train in the Profound Space Pearl.
• Xiao Tianhao stopped Yang Xin, Xiao Ning'er, and Yun Ling from leaving and drew them into an intimate evening with Huyan Lanruo.
• Nie Li and his companions traveled through the forest, passed the Netherworld entrance, and arrived at Blackstone City.

Xiao Tianhao explored the Nine-Layer Deathlands alone, uncovering rare treasures in hidden ruins and a secret garden. After entering the seventh layer, he collected magical fruits and transplanted their trees, while observers watched the expedition from a mysterious space.

• Xiao Tianhao sent Xiao Ning'er, Huyan Lanruo, Yang Xin, and the others into the Deathlands without him, while Goddess Yu Yan went ahead after sensing something that might help her recover.
• Xiao Tianhao passed through the first layer, found only decaying corpses and ruined equipment, and then skipped ahead to the sixth layer.
• Xiao Tianhao discovered a hidden ancient castle in the sixth layer, took a Space Spirit Crystal, and found a jade slip containing the Void Blade technique.
• After searching the sixth layer, Xiao Tianhao entered the seventh layer and found an array-concealed botanical garden containing a Soul Infant Tree and a Wind-Thunder Sacred Tree.
• Xiao Tianhao gathered the trees' fruits and transplanted both trees into the Profound Space Pearl, while people in a mysterious space watched the expedition.

At the Nine-Layer Deathlands lake, Nie Li and Ye Ziyun clashed with three Soul Feather Family members who insulted them. Nie Li and Ye Ziyun defeated the trio, and Cangming arrived after killing the Corpse Flood Dragon to find Canghong badly injured.

• Elders watching Xiao Tianhao and the girls discussed which sect would recruit the young talents.
• Nie Li and Ye Ziyun reached a lake where Legend rank experts were fighting a Corpse Flood Dragon, while Cangming and Muye prepared to claim the spoils.
• Three Soul Feather Family members mocked Nie Li and Ye Ziyun, and Nie Li demanded that they kneel and apologize.
• Nie Li and Ye Ziyun merged with their demon spirits and fought Cangyu, Cangzhou, and Canghong beside the lake.
• Nie Li struck Canghong through his breastplate, leaving him bloodied and unconscious, and Cangming arrived with a red pearl after killing the Corpse Flood Dragon.

Nie Li faced Cangming’s threat until Lu Piao and the others arrived, while Xiao Tianhao trained with Yun Ling, Huang Shujian, and Xiao Miaoqing before they encountered the Undead Archmage and reunited with Xiao Ning’er’s group. The chapter ended with Xiao Tianhao meeting Xiao Yu, whom he pretended not to recognize.

• Cangming threatened Nie Li after learning that he had injured Cangming’s men, but Lu Piao, Du Ze, Broken Sword, and the others arrived before he attacked.
• Xiao Tianhao watched Yun Ling, Huang Shujian, and Xiao Miaoqing defeat a peak Gold-rank Undead Demon Spider, then led them deeper into the Nine-Layer Deathlands to train.
• An enormous tomb rose from the ground, and Xiao Tianhao identified the skeletal figure above it as the Undead Archmage, formed from the shattered Divine Core of the God of the Undead.
• Xiao Tianhao spotted Xiao Ning’er, Yang Xin, and Huyan Lanruo near the tomb and flew over with the three women.
• Xiao Ning’er introduced Xiao Yu as a friend who had helped them, and Xiao Tianhao shook Xiao Yu’s hand while pretending they had not met before.

Xiao Tianhao used space law to lead Xiao Yu and the others through the ancient tomb doors while the God of the Undead’s skeleton fought the experts outside. Elsewhere, Nie Li’s group ended a battered fight with Cangming’s group, and Goddess Yu Yan regained Spirit God-level cultivation after absorbing an Earth-Core Fire Pearl.

• Xiao Tianhao and his companions raced to the tomb entrance and entered through a spatial passage he opened with space law, escaping the skeleton’s attack.
• Nie Li’s group and Cangming’s group ended their fierce battle badly wounded, and Cangming left after Muye refused to help him.
• Nie Li rejected Du Ze’s suggestion to pursue Cangming, and the groups remaining at the lake began recovering.
• Goddess Yu Yan opened her eyes in the magma after the Earth-Core Fire Pearl restored her cultivation to the Spirit God level.

Xiao Tianhao and his companions explored the God of the Undead’s tomb, collecting treasures and growing stronger before the God of the Undead revealed himself and attacked. As Xiao Tianhao’s group faced his strike, Yu Yan arrived and blocked it.

• Xiao Yu identified the tomb as the God of the Undead’s body and warned the group to watch for danger as they followed the strongest death-law energy through its traps.
• Xiao Tianhao found the Nether Soul Lamp and gave it to Yang Xin, while Xiao Ning'er, Huyan Lanruo, and Xiao Yu obtained other treasures.
• Xiao Tianhao distributed three Nether Sacred Fruits to Xiao Ning'er, Huyan Lanruo, and Yang Xin, who refined them and advanced in cultivation.
• Xiao Tianhao and his companions explored more chambers, gathered valuable materials and scrolls, and prepared to leave.
• The God of the Undead appeared, attacked the group, and lost an arm to Xiao Tianhao’s Void Blade before launching Undead Annihilation Palm.
• Yu Yan descended and blocked the God of the Undead’s attack with a crimson palm.

Goddess Yu Yan, Xiao Tianhao, Xiao Yu, and their allies fought the God of the Undead in the ancient tomb. They defeated him and erased the consciousness in his divine core, leaving the group exhausted but safe.

• The God of the Undead demanded the tomb’s spoils and Xiao Yu, then attacked when Goddess Yu Yan refused to hand them over.
• Goddess Yu Yan and the others broke the God of the Undead’s Death Cage and injured him, but he began absorbing the power of captured Demi-God Level experts to recover.
• Xiao Tianhao and Xiao Yu cut the energy chains while Goddess Yu Yan kept the God of the Undead occupied, forcing the group to retreat with the captives they had rescued.
• The God of the Undead unleashed Death Withering, but Goddess Yu Yan shielded the group as Xiao Tianhao bound him with space law and Xiao Yu slowed him with an icy strike.
• Goddess Yu Yan summoned nine fire dragons and destroyed the God of the Undead’s bone armor, then pierced his soul fire with an Origin Fire Pearl.
• The God of the Undead collapsed into lifeless bones, and Goddess Yu Yan said the consciousness in his divine core had been completely erased.

The Big Black Dog told the Nether Domain Controller and the others that Xiao Tianhao could help Xiao Yu with her stalled cultivation. In the Ancient Tomb, Yu Yan revived the fallen experts, and Xiao Tianhao’s group parted ways with them before heading to the next layer.

• The Nether Domain Controller and his companions wondered why Xiao Yu remained at Earthly Fate, and the Big Black Dog appeared and said Xiao Tianhao could solve the problem.
• The Big Black Dog opened a spatial rift to the Dragon Ruins Realm, surprising the Heavenly Transformation Realm experts.
• Xiao Tianhao teased Yu Yan about her recovery, and Huyan Lanruo, Xiao Ning'er, and Yang Xin joined in the playful banter.
• Yu Yan used flames to break the death law sealing the fallen Demi-God Level experts’ minds, and they awakened one by one.
• The rescued experts from Nether City's Super Families thanked Xiao Tianhao and offered their help.
• Xiao Tianhao and Xiao Yu parted from the experts, collected Yun Ling and the others, and headed to the next layer.

After completing their expedition through the seventh layer of the Nine-Layer Deathlands, Xiao Tianhao and his companions reunited with Nie Li’s group on the sixth layer. Xiao Yu departed to handle personal matters, and Xiao Tianhao’s group prepared to return to the Jade Seal Family.

• Xiao Tianhao and his companions finished exploring the seventh layer, with the group’s cultivation greatly improved and Xiao Tianhao having reached the demi-god level.
• Xiao Tianhao reunited with Nie Li and his companions on the sixth layer, where they exchanged news of their gains and plans to keep training.
• Xiao Yu said farewell and left after Xiao Tianhao embraced her and told her to take care.
• Xiao Tianhao introduced his companions to Nie Li’s group, and everyone teased Lu Piao after he offered to look after Xiao Miaoqing without knowing her age.

After parting from Nie Li and the others, Xiao Tianhao and the women returned to the Jade Seal Family and spent several peaceful days cultivating and resting. While exploring Blackstone City alone, Xiao Tianhao met Ye Mo, proved his connection to Glory City, and told him how the Dark Guild had been destroyed; Ye Mo left trusting the younger generation with Glory City's future.

• Xiao Tianhao and the women exchanged gifts and farewells with Nie Li and his companions before returning safely to the Jade Seal Family.
• Xiao Tianhao guided Huang Shujian, Yun Ling, and Xiao Miaoqing in cultivating their newly increased powers during their days of rest.
• Xiao Tianhao wandered through Blackstone City and recognized Ye Mo, who immediately challenged him for revealing his identity.
• Xiao Tianhao reassured Ye Mo by sharing details about Glory City and his friendship with Ye Ziyun, then invited him to discuss matters privately.
• Xiao Tianhao told Ye Mo how he had helped Glory City and joined the Jade Seal Family in destroying the Dark Guild's headquarters.
• Ye Mo praised Xiao Tianhao and placed his trust in the younger generation before leaving.

Xiao Tianhao and the other prodigies entered the seventh layer of the Nine-Layer Deathlands to compete in the Nether Domain Controller’s disciple selection. The Servant Gods announced a safer selection and began a test of control using Reflection Balls, with the contestants’ attempts underway.

• Xiao Tianhao, Xiao Ning'er, Huyan Lanruo, and Yang Xin entered the seventh layer alongside the Jade Seal Family’s contingent.
• Xiao Tianhao spotted Nie Li and his companions and saw that their cultivation had advanced significantly.
• The Servant Gods announced that no one would die on the seventh or eighth layers during this selection, prompting the prodigies to regard one another as rivals.
• Huahuo, the Firebird clan’s eldest daughter, declared that she would become the Nether Domain Controller’s disciple, while Muye and Cangming watched each other as rivals.
• A Servant God began the selection test, explaining that contestants had to guide soul force or law power through a Reflection Ball’s threads for one foot to pass.
• Several contestants failed immediately and were teleported away, while the others settled down and began attempting the test carefully.

After passing the first trial, Xiao Tianhao and the other candidates entered the Black Flame Tower for a ten-day cultivation test, while powerful figures watched them from the ninth layer and chose potential disciples. Xiao Tianhao and his companions reached the tower’s fifth floor and began cultivating as the experts discussed which candidates to recruit.

• Xiao Tianhao explained the Reflection Ball test and deliberately limited his result to three feet, while Xiao Ning'er, Huyan Lanruo, and Yang Xin achieved higher marks.
• Nie Li, Lu Piao, Du Ze, Ye Ziyun, and the three Netherworld geniuses completed the first trial with varying results, and the Servant God sent the survivors to the eighth layer.
• A golden-armored Servant God explained that candidates had to cultivate for ten days inside the Black Flame Tower and attain a selfless state of mind to pass.
• Xiao Tianhao reunited with Nie Li's group, then took Xiao Ning'er and the other women past Muye, Cangming, and Huahuo to cultivate on the tower's fifth floor.
• On the ninth layer, the Nether Domain Controller and four other experts watched the candidates and discussed recruiting them, with Nie Li and Lu Piao assigned to the Divine Feathers Sect.

The Nether Domain Controller and six other experts explained the wider cultivation world and chose disciples to take with them to the Dragon Ruins Realm. After returning to Nether City and parting from his companions, Xiao Tianhao traveled to the Black Demon Tribe to learn about the Black Demon Forest, but Chief Wu Tian rejected him for being an outsider Demon Spirit Master.

• The Nether Domain Controller told the surviving prodigies about the Dragon Ruins Realm and the cultivation realms above Legend.
• Xiao Tianhao, Nie Li, Lu Piao, Wang Hu, and Huahuo became the Nether Domain Controller's disciples, while Xiao Ning'er and the other girls became Lingyun's disciples; Du Ze, Cangming, Broken Sword, and Muye joined other masters.
• The new disciples received three months to visit their families, and Xiao Tianhao and his companions gathered at a restaurant before going their separate ways the next day.
• Xiao Tianhao spent a month near the Black Demon Forest, learned the Black Demon Tribe's language, and approached its chief to ask about the forest.
• Wu Tian ordered Xiao Tianhao to leave because the Black Demon Tribe did not associate with outside Demon Spirit Masters, but Xiao Tianhao offered food in exchange for information.

Xiao Tianhao earned Wu Tian’s trust by sparring with him and giving the Black Demon Tribe food, then learned about the dangers and ancient barrier surrounding the Black Demon Forest. Unable to explore it for now, Xiao Tianhao left for Glory City, planning to return after visiting the Dragon Ruins Realm.

• Xiao Tianhao fought Wu Tian using only his physical strength, eventually convincing the chief that he had held back.
• Xiao Tianhao gave the Black Demon Tribe several months’ worth of food, and Wu Tian invited him inside to talk.
• Wu Tian explained that the Black Demon Forest held powerful mutated Demon Beasts, deadly terrain, and illusions that magnified people’s fears.
• Wu Tian told Xiao Tianhao that an ancient Inscription Barrier repelled anyone above Black Gold Rank and prevented Legend Rank tribe members from entering.
• Xiao Tianhao thanked Wu Tian, left the Black Demon Tribe, and flew toward Glory City after deciding to return to the forest after the Dragon Ruins Realm.

Xiao Tianhao returned to Glory City, then took Goddess Yu Yan, Xiao Miaoqing, Huang Shujian, and Little Wan'er to visit his home world on Blue Star. He showed them around Shencheng, where Yu Yan and Little Wan'er marveled at modern technology.

• Xiao Tianhao entered Glory City and gave Black Gold-rank Demon Spirit Stones to the guards who recognized him.
• Xiao Tianhao invited Goddess Yu Yan, Xiao Miaoqing, and Huang Shujian to visit his home world, then brought them and Little Wan'er through the Profound Space Pearl.
• Xiao Tianhao showed his companions his villa and told them about his difficult life before the Profound Space Pearl changed it.
• Xiao Tianhao and the others changed into modern clothes and went to Shencheng's busiest pedestrian shopping street.
• Goddess Yu Yan and Little Wan'er stared in amazement at the city's buildings, traffic, electronic screens, and other technology.