Chapter Summaries

Yi Tian overwhelmed the Undead Star God inside the Nether King Domain, while Bai Yue suspected Yi Tian had displayed a power associated with God King Zhuzhao. The Undead Star God fled the collapsing domain, and Yi Tian then killed the powerless Lord of Inferno.

• Yi Tian used his Dark War God form and demonic power to attack the Undead Star God inside the Nether King Domain.
• The Lord of Inferno remained stripped of his inferno divine power while Bai Yue realized the inferno laws within him had disappeared.
• Bai Yue recalled legends that God King Zhuzhao could make laws vanish, but decided Yi Tian had used an artifact that countered the Lord of Inferno.
• The Nether King Domain cracked, and the badly beaten Undead Star God escaped and fled as the Lord of Inferno watched in shock.
• Yi Tian emerged from the dissipating domain and pierced the Lord of Inferno's heart with the Demon Longsword.

Yi Tian killed the Lord of Inferno and pursued the fleeing Undead Star God while the Spirit Race routed the Bloodfire Inferno Race. On a meteorite beyond the Spirit Realm, Yi Tian sensed an approaching god-level powerhouse just as the Undead Star God was killed.

• Yi Tian killed the Lord of Inferno by stabbing him through the heart and shredding his body with repeated slashes.
• Yi Tian had Zhou Mo Yao possess him and reset his skills, then transformed into Dark War God to chase the Undead Star God.
• The Inferno Three-Headed Hound tried to retreat, but Wan Jiang struck it down while Chen Mo and Bai Qiu Li helped the Spirit Race defeat the Bloodfire Inferno Race's strongest fighters.
• Bai Yue led the Spirit Race in pursuing the remaining Bloodfire Inferno Race soldiers.
• Yi Tian chased the wounded Undead Star God beyond the Spirit Realm, but stopped when Zhou Mo Yao sensed another god-level powerhouse ahead.
• The Undead Star God was killed as the unfamiliar powerhouse approached.

The Grand Ghost King killed the Undead Star God and absorbed his netherworld power, rising to Greater God level. He then attacked Yi Tian, whose effortless counter left Wutian wondering why the Undead Star God had been fleeing.

• The Grand Ghost King revealed that he had feigned loyalty for centuries before ambushing the Undead Star God and crushing his Dead Spirits Core.
• The dying Undead Star God tried to detonate himself, but the Grand Ghost King drained his power, and the Undead Star God scattered into the void.
• The Grand Ghost King absorbed the Undead Star God's netherworld power and ascended to Greater God level.
• The Grand Ghost King thanked Yi Tian for helping create his opportunity, then declared his intent to destroy Great Xia and attacked him.
• Yi Tian split apart the Grand Ghost King's netherworld attack with one sword strike and asked why the Undead Star God had been running away.

Yi Tian defeated the Grand Ghost King, who escaped by detonating his body and retreating to the River of Life and Death. After the Spirit Race celebrated its victory, Xiao Chao reunited with Bai Qiu Li, and many Spirit Race members asked Chief Bai Yue to let them follow Great Xia too.

• The Grand Ghost King realized Yi Tian had gravely wounded the Undead Star God, then Yi Tian struck him with the Demon Longsword and spread his nether king domain.
• The Grand Ghost King detonated his body to escape into the River of Life and Death, and Yi Tian vowed to kill him before he could grow stronger.
• The Spirit Race celebrated as Wan Jiang and the others hunted down the fleeing Bloodfire Inferno Race invaders.
• Xiao Chao asked Chief Bai Yue how she had done, and Bai Yue admitted he had been wrong to doubt her choice of Bai Qiu Li as her wielder.
• Bai Yue let Xiao Chao stay with Bai Qiu Li, prompting Spirit Race members to ask to find powerful wielders and follow Great Xia too.

After the Spirit Realm’s devastation, Bai Yue admitted that keeping artifact spirits confined was a mistake and allowed them to seek wielders with his approval. Yi Tian received the invitation to form a contract with one, while he and Chen Mo prepared to plan an attack on the River of Life and Death.

• A Blade Spirit challenged Bai Yue’s restrictions, arguing that artifact spirits needed wielders to grow strong enough to defend the Spirit Realm.
• Bai Yue explained that an evil god had once captured and refined over a hundred artifact spirits, forcing the Spirit Race to hide in a special Plane.
• Seeing the destruction caused by the Bloodfire Inferno Race and the Undead Star God, Bai Yue agreed that artifact spirits could seek wielders after gaining his approval.
• Yi Tian told Chen Mo that the Lord of Inferno and the Undead Star God were behind the Nether God’s death and that he intended to eliminate the Grand Ghost King and the Ghost Race.
• Chen Mo said he would work with Moshiluo to plan an attack on the River of Life and Death.
• Bai Yue invited Yi Tian to form a contract with an artifact spirit, and the spirits crowded around him asking to be chosen.

Yi Tian rejected the artifact spirits’ offers but proposed bringing his powerful subordinates to the Spirit Realm to choose partners. He selected Machine Spirit to take back to Great Xia after learning of his potential to control and empower machinery.

• Bai Yue told Yi Tian that the Spirit Race would let artifact spirits choose their masters, but Yi Tian declined to choose one for himself.
• Yi Tian proposed bringing his subordinates to meet the artifact spirits, and Bai Yue agreed after hearing about their strength and seeing Wan Jiang and Chen Mo.
• Yi Tian pointed out Machine Spirit, a spirit who could control only a few broken machines, and asked Bai Yue to let him take Machine Spirit with him.
• Yi Tian read Machine Spirit’s history and discovered that his abilities could eventually let him control electronic devices and build a mechanical army rivaling gods.

Yi Tian took Machine Spirit from the Spirit Realm to Great Xia, where Machine Spirit awakened as the fourth-tier 007 and revealed powerful abilities to control and create machinery. After warning 007 not to invade anyone’s privacy or control devices without permission, Yi Tian prepared to equip him and pursue the weakened Ghost Race.

• Yi Tian chose to take Machine Spirit with him, and Bai Yue gave him the Boundary-Severing Spirit Stone as payment for completing the Spirit Race’s Myriad Worlds order.
• Yi Tian returned to Great Xia with Machine Spirit and spent 40 funding points to recruit him.
• Machine Spirit underwent Machine Soul Awakening and became a fourth-tier Hundred-Forged Divine Machine with abilities to manipulate digital information, control machinery, and create elemental mechanical constructs.
• Yi Tian named Machine Spirit 007 and ordered him not to read private information or take control of devices without permission.
• Yi Tian asked 007 to study Great Xia’s laws, customs, and rules for transcendents, but 007 said he had already mastered them.

Yi Tian discovered that Zhou Yuan had died after exhausting his lifespan while protecting Great Xia. As Great Xia mourned, Wei Yuan outlined new leadership arrangements for North and East China, and Yi Tian supported Wan Jiang taking charge of East China's military affairs.

• Yi Tian arrived with 007 at the East China office and saw that flags had been lowered to half-mast and wreaths placed around the building.
• Wei Yuan told Yi Tian that Zhou Yuan had died three hours earlier when the lifespan-consuming effects of [Life-Eroding Martial Sage] finally caught up with him.
• Wei Yuan took Yi Tian to North China, where they mourned beside Zhou Yuan's body in the camp.
• Wei Yuan explained that Jiang Yuan Shuang would temporarily become North China's administrator and commander-in-chief, with Wei Yuan helping her govern.
• Wei Yuan proposed that Wan Jiang take charge of East China's military affairs, and Yi Tian firmly supported the choice.

Yi Tian revealed that he might be able to resurrect Zhou Yuan by finding his soul in the Nether Realm and obtaining the World of the Living Pearl. He summoned Chen Mo and Moshiluo to attack the River of Life and Death immediately, but Moshiluo warned that the Ghost Race might already have discovered and consumed Zhou Yuan's soul.

• Wei Yuan asked Yi Tian whether they should tell Zhou Mo Yao that her father had died, and Yi Tian said to wait because he might be able to resurrect Zhou Yuan.
• Yi Tian explained that Zhou Yuan's unnatural death should have sent his soul to the Nether Realm, and he believed the World of the Living Pearl could bring the dead back to life.
• Wei Yuan and Jiang Yuan Shuang agreed to keep the possible resurrection secret and sealed off the command tent so Yi Tian could act.
• Yi Tian summoned Chen Mo and Moshiluo and announced that they would attack the River of Life and Death that day.
• Moshiluo warned that the Ghost Race might have already assimilated and devoured Zhou Yuan's soul if they delayed.

Yi Tian and his allies planned to enter the River of Life and Death to rescue Commander Zhou Yuan, but Chen Mo chose to die and return to the Nether Realm rather than risk Yi Tian. Qi Jiu agreed to use the Death Realm Pearl to infiltrate the Ghost Race, while Chen Mo set off ahead by driving his Scythe into his heart.

• Moshiluo explained that the Grand Ghost King’s domain prevented him from disguising anyone to enter the River of Life and Death, and Yi Tian volunteered to use the Death Realm Pearl.
• Chen Mo offered to enter the Nether Realm through his Nether King Physique’s death ability, and Yi Tian accepted his choice after hearing why he felt ready to leave the world of the living.
• Moshiluo nominated Qi Jiu to use the Death Realm Pearl, and Qi Jiu agreed to help after learning that the Grand Ghost King had been badly weakened.
• Chen Mo picked up the Scythe and drove it into his heart, saying he would go on ahead.

Chen Mo and Qi Jiu sacrificed their physical bodies to send their souls to the River of Life and Death, while Moshiluo followed and Yi Tian began testing whether his mechanical creations could enter it. At the river’s bottom, Zhou Yuan’s soul was recognized by a ghost official, who took him to Lord Soul-Devouring Ghost King as a prize.

• Chen Mo stabbed himself with the Nether God's Scythe, and Qi Jiu followed by using the Death Realm Pearl to send his soul to the River of Life and Death.
• Moshiluo set off after them, hoping to reclaim the part of the Heaven-Devouring Divine Core taken by the Grand Ghost King.
• Yi Tian asked 007 whether mechanically controlled creations could enter the River of Life and Death, then prepared to test one using Netherworld Power.
• At the bottom of the river, a lesser ghost drove human souls toward Ghost King City, where a ghost official recognized Zhou Yuan among them.
• The ghost official took Zhou Yuan’s soul form to Lord Soul-Devouring Ghost King and announced that he had a magnificent gift.

Chen Mo entered Ghost King City to rescue Zhou Yuan’s soul from the Soul-Devouring Ghost King. He revealed his plan to wipe out the Ghost Race in the Nether Realm.

• A ghost officer brought Zhou Yuan’s unconscious soul to the Soul-Devouring Ghost King, who recognized his old enemy and prepared to transform and devour him.
• Chen Mo broke into the ten-thousand-lives-to-ghosts domain, killed the ghost officer, and rescued Zhou Yuan’s soul from immediate danger.
• Chen Mo killed Lesser Ghost, used Summon Impermanence Judge to protect Zhou Yuan, and trapped the Soul-Devouring Ghost King inside his Nether King Domain.
• The Soul-Devouring Ghost King pleaded with Chen Mo, who declared that he had come to eliminate the Ghost Race from the Nether Realm for good.

Chen Mo attacked the Soul-Devouring Ghost King while Wutian recovered in the Ghost King Palace and plotted to devour the Ghost Race. Wutian sent the Soul-Slaying Ghost King to guard the River of Life and Death, but news of Moshiluo’s return and another intruder’s fight with the Soul-Devouring Ghost King disrupted his plans.

• The Soul-Devouring Ghost King dismissed Chen Mo’s threat, but Chen Mo used the Nether God's Scythe to sever half his body and moved to finish him.
• Wutian, weakened after fleeing Yi Tian, planned to devour the Ghost Race once he recovered enough strength.
• Wutian summoned the Soul-Slaying Ghost King, claimed he had advanced to Greater God, and ordered him to guard the River of Life and Death.
• A messenger ghost reported that Moshiluo had entered the River of Life and Death and killed several defending generals.
• Another messenger ghost announced that someone had broken into the ten-thousand-lives-to-ghosts domain and was fighting the Soul-Devouring Ghost King, alarming Wutian.

Moshiluo fought Soul-Slaying Ghost King and realized Grand Ghost King Wutian was too weak to intervene. He broke past the defenders and charged toward the Ghost King Palace, intending to kill Wutian.

• Wutian grew uneasy after learning a soul had emerged from the River of Life and Death and was fighting Soul-Devouring Ghost King, but sent Soul-Slaying Ghost King to capture Moshiluo without revealing his weakness.
• Moshiluo advanced toward the Ghost King Palace while cautiously watching for Wutian and waiting to see whether Chen Mo was in position.
• Soul-Slaying Ghost King attacked Moshiluo, who used Hungry Ghost Path-Soul Howl to drive him back and kill some Ghost Generals.
• Soul-Slaying Ghost King claimed Wutian had ascended to Greater God, leading Moshiluo to realize Wutian was likely too weak to act.
• Moshiluo used Hungry Ghost Path-Spirit Devouring to force back Soul-Slaying Ghost King and the Lesser Ghost Kings, then charged toward the Ghost King Palace.

Moshiluo charged toward the Ghost King Palace, but the Soul-Slaying Ghost King and Ghost Race forces tried to stop him. Machine Spirit 007’s robots broke through their defenses, and Chen Mo appeared after the palace was blasted apart, leaving the Grand Ghost King’s inaction unexplained.

• The Soul-Slaying Ghost King called on the Ghost Race to stop Moshiluo from disturbing the recuperating Grand Ghost King Wutian.
• More than a dozen Lesser Ghost Kings formed a black barrier while the Soul-Slaying Ghost King pursued Moshiluo.
• Machine Spirit 007 deployed fifteen M-01 Nether Realm Armed Robots, which fired netherworld energy blasts at the Soul-Slaying Ghost King and shattered the barrier.
• Moshiluo charged through the breach toward the Ghost King Palace as the Soul-Slaying Ghost King assumed the Grand Ghost King would easily kill him.
• Chen Mo appeared above the ruined Ghost King Palace with the Nether God's Scythe, and the Soul-Slaying Ghost King wondered why the Grand Ghost King had not intervened.

Chen Mo and Moshiluo discovered that the Grand Ghost King had fled the River of Life and Death, abandoning his Nether God Divine Godhead Fragment and the Ghost Race. After Moshiluo killed the Soul-Slaying Ghost King, Chen Mo approached the fragment left on the throne.

• Chen Mo told Moshiluo that Zhou Yuan was being protected by Qi Jiu and that the Grand Ghost King was missing from the ruined palace.
• Chen Mo sensed no trace of the Grand Ghost King in the River of Life and Death and found his Nether God Divine Godhead Fragment on the throne.
• Chen Mo and Moshiluo concluded that the weakened Grand Ghost King had fled, leaving the Ghost Race behind.
• The Soul-Slaying Ghost King denied that his Chief had fled and ordered the Ghost Race to attack Moshiluo and Chen Mo.
• Moshiluo revealed that the Grand Ghost King had been badly weakened, then killed the Soul-Slaying Ghost King and swallowed his soul.
• Chen Mo checked the Ghost King Palace for danger and approached the final Nether God Divine Godhead Fragment.

Chen Mo reforged the Nether God Divine Core after evading the Grand Ghost King's last ambush, and the Ghost Race submitted to his new power. He recovered the World of the Living Pearl and sent Qi Jiu and Zhou Yuan back to the living world, then turned to deal with the Ghost Race.

• Chen Mo avoided a ghost-power hand sent from the Nether God Divine Godhead Fragment and confirmed the Grand Ghost King had left no other traps.
• Chen Mo merged the final fragment, reforged the Nether God Divine Core, and forced the Ghost Race to kneel before his power.
• Chen Mo found the World of the Living Pearl and placed it in Zhou Yuan's soul so it could return him to the living world.
• Qi Jiu urged Chen Mo to return to Great Xia and left with Zhou Yuan after deactivating the Death Realm Pearl.
• Chen Mo ordered the Ghost Race wiped out, but Moshiluo stopped him and claimed the ghosts as nourishment.

At Zhou Yuan’s mourning, Ling Hua grieved over his body until he opened his eyes and sat up. Zhou Yuan reassured the shocked Great Xia leaders that he had truly returned to life and credited Yi Tian, Chen Mo, and the others.

• Yi Tian told Wei Yuan and Jiang Yuan Shuang that the resurrection plan had worked but that Zhou Yuan needed more time.
• Ling Hua visited Zhou Yuan’s coffin and recalled her long-held feelings for him, promising to look after Mo Yao.
• Zhou Yuan opened his eyes while Ling Hua touched his cheek, and she accused someone of controlling or desecrating his body.
• Zhou Yuan sat up in the coffin, startling the mourners and putting Great Xia’s leaders on guard.
• Zhou Yuan confirmed that he had come back to life and said Yi Tian, Chen Mo, and the others had helped resurrect him.

After Yi Tian resurrected Zhou Yuan with the World of the Living Pearl, he learned that Zhou Yuan would remain alive only while carrying it and had lost his class abilities. Yi Tian began recruiting Zhou Yuan and discovered two possible class upgrades, including a God-Tier option that required the Death Realm Pearl.

• Yi Tian explained how Zhou Yuan had been resurrected, and the group celebrated before clearing away the mourning decorations.
• Yi Tian told Zhou Yuan that the World of the Living Pearl had to stay with him to keep him alive, and that his Life-Eroding Martial Sage powers were gone.
• Zhou Yuan refused offers of personal protection and joked that he could work as a North China Army combat consultant.
• Yi Tian reminded Zhou Yuan that he could change other people's classes, and Zhou Yuan eagerly agreed to join his club under contract.
• Yi Tian opened Zhou Yuan's résumé and found options for the Mythic Slaying Edge Martial Sage class or the God-Tier Yin-Yang Martial Sage class, which required both pearls and 60 funding points.

Zhou Mo Yao rushed to North China believing her father, Zhou Yuan, had died, only to find him alive after Yi Tian changed his class to the Yin-Yang Martial Sage. With Zhou Yuan's life restored and his new powers explained, Yi Tian asked him to go to the Nether Realm and help Chen Mo.

• Zhou Mo Yao, Bai Qiu Li, and Xiao Chao headed to North China after Fang Xing and Fang Mo accidentally led her to believe Zhou Yuan had died.
• Zhou Mo Yao ran into the mourning hall and found Zhou Yuan laughing with Yi Tian, leaving her and Bai Qiu Li stunned.
• Fang Mo explained that he had tried to tell Zhou Mo Yao that Zhou Yuan was fine, while Qi Jiu clarified that Zhou Yuan had died and then come back to life.
• Yi Tian explained that Zhou Yuan had gained the Yin-Yang Martial Sage class and a virtually infinite lifespan after receiving the Death Realm Pearl.
• Jiang Yuan Shuang asked whether Zhou Yuan's return meant she no longer needed to take over North China, and Yi Tian asked Zhou Yuan to help Chen Mo in the Nether Realm.