Vol. 1The Netherworld’s Rise

Xu Qingjia built the Netherworld Order, challenged Tang San, and helped secure the Golden Dragon King’s Divine Core for Na’er. He then joined the Federation’s campaign against Shrek Academy, winning battles that damaged Shrek’s reputation before the tournament ended abruptly.

  • Xu Qingjia awakened as the Yanluo Heavenly Son, grew stronger with Electrolux’s teachings, and welcomed Na’er into his family.
  • Xu Qingjia reached the Spirit Sea Realm and shared advanced cultivation techniques with his family, Ye Xinglan, and Na’er.
  • Xu Qingjia founded the Netherworld Order, raised Black and White Impermanence, and expanded his influence in the mortal world.
  • Xu Qingjia arranged Cai Yue’er’s death and declared that Shrek’s Sea God’s Pavilion would share her fate.
  • Xu Qingjia trapped Tang San’s divine sense in the Netherworld while Gu Yue’s forces pursued the Golden Dragon King’s Divine Core.
  • Na’er took the Divine Core from Tang Wulin and refused Gu Yue’s demand that they fuse.
  • Xu Qingjia and his allies joined the Federation’s campaign against Shrek Academy and defeated its students in Mingdu.
  • Yu Diheng accused Shrek of drugging him, the tournament ended abruptly, and Xu Qingjia shared the remaining rewards with his teammates.
Chapters 1–103 Read from Ch. 1

Arc 1The Yanluo Heir

Xu Qingjia awakened as the Yanluo Heavenly Son, built his strength, and welcomed Na'er into his family while investigating the Netherworld. After Electrolux taught him advanced techniques, Xu Qingjia shared them with those close to him and reached the Spirit Sea Realm.

  • Xu Qingjia woke in the Netherworld, met Electrolux, and returned to Mingdu after a force pulled him beneath the Nether Sea.
  • During his awakening ceremony, Xu Qingjia gained the Yama martial soul, and the Book of Life and Death named him the Yanluo Heavenly Son.
  • Xu Qingjia learned to use the Book of Life and Death, gained a mermaid soul bone and the soul spirit Nether Moon, and began training to strengthen his cultivation and spiritual power.
  • Xu Qingjia's family took in Na'er, whose identity as the Silver Dragon King's avatar he discovered through the Book of Life and Death.
  • Xu Qingjia defeated Ye Xinglan in a spar, then fought Na'er, who showed her strength with a thousand-year silver dragon soul spirit and Silver Dragon Spear.
  • Electrolux taught Xu Qingjia the Heavenly Dipper Big Dipper Steps and advanced soul cultivation methods, which Xu Qingjia shared with his family, Ye Xinglan, and Na'er.
  • Three months later, Xu Qingjia reached 521 spiritual power in the Spirit Sea Realm, while Na'er complained that he had hidden something good from her.
Chapters 1–25 Summaries Read

Arc 2The Netherworld Order Rises

Xu Qingjia expanded the Netherworld Order, forged powerful ghost officers, and used his growing influence to advance his own plans. After Black and White Impermanence captured Cai Yue'er, Xu Qingjia set his sights on Shrek's Sea God's Pavilion.

  • Xu Qingjia tested his Judge's Brush, established Tang Ziran as an official disciple, and gathered faith that strengthened his Divine Domain and filled the Book of Life and Death with names.
  • Xu Qingjia selected Yue Guan and Gui Mei from the Nether Sea, named them Black and White Impermanence, and sent them to the mortal world as ghost-gods bound to the Book of Life and Death.
  • Xu Qingjia defeated Shrek's three students in a one-on-three fight, while Shen Xi crippled Cai Yue'er after she broke the wager and threatened the academy.
  • Xu Qingjia showed Elder Shen that his Yama martial soul could extend lives through faith, and they established the Netherworld Order's Elder Hall with Elder Shen as Grand Elder and Xu Qingjia as Holy Son.
  • Xu Qingjia accepted an engagement to Ye Xinglan for the time being, while Na'er concealed her growing feelings and Xu Qingjia planned to build his strength before confronting Gu Yue.
  • Xu Qingjia summoned Yue Guan and Gui Mei, promised to revive them, and sent them to learn about the present age as Electrolux assessed their power.
  • Xu Qingjia ordered Black and White Impermanence to kill Cai Yue'er and disguise the attack as the work of Evil Soul Masters, and they ambushed her train alongside Long Yeyue.
  • After the attack went viral, Xu Qingjia arranged compensation for the train's passengers and staff, then received Cai Yue'er's body and soul and declared that Shrek's Sea God's Pavilion would share her fate.
Chapters 26–51 Summaries Read

Arc 3The Netherworld’s Gambit

Xu Qingjia expanded the Netherworld Order and used its power to confront Tang San, while Gu Yue and Na’er pursued the Golden Dragon King’s Divine Core. The core was removed from Tang Wulin, and Na’er refused Gu Yue’s demand to fuse, leaving their conflict unresolved.

  • Xu Qingjia turned Cai Yue'er into a vengeful ghost, strengthened his alliances, and arranged for Leng Yaozhu to guard and train him at Spirit Pagoda Headquarters.
  • Gu Yue reunited with Na’er at the Spirit Pagoda, and Gui Mei later revealed the Netherworld Order’s knowledge of Tang San’s plans and offered Gu Yue cooperation.
  • Gu Yue’s forces abducted Tang Wulin to seize the Golden Dragon King’s Divine Core, but Tang San awakened through him and defeated the beasts before withdrawing after fighting Gu Yuena.
  • Xu Qingjia and Yue Guan and Gui Mei hunted the Holy Spirit Cult, then Xu Qingjia used Cai Yue'er's ghost and other vengeful spirits to draw Tang San out.
  • Xu Qingjia trapped Tang San with Yue Guan and Gui Mei’s sacrifice and pulled his divine sense from Tang Wulin into the Netherworld, where it sank into the Nether Sea.
  • Yue Guan and Gui Mei brought Tang Wulin before Xu Qingjia, then Gui Mei took Na’er through the Ghost Gate so she could extract the sealed Divine Core.
  • Na’er broke two seals and claimed the Golden Dragon King’s Divine Core while keeping the Silver Dragon King’s Origin for Gu Yue.
  • Gu Yue demanded that Na’er fuse with her, but Na’er refused, and their argument over Na’er’s future continued as Xu Qingjia watched through the Book of Life and Death.
Chapters 52–78 Summaries Read

Arc 4The Mingdu Challenge

Xu Qingjia strengthened his allies and undermined Shrek Academy as the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy challenged it in Mingdu. He defeated Shrek’s students and exposed Yu Diheng’s accusations, but the tournament ended before Shrek’s reputation could be destroyed.

  • Xu Qingjia crushed Guanglong’s protection gang, and Gu Rong arrested the Mecha Brigade members who had backed it.
  • Leng Yaozhu identified Na’er’s Golden Dragon bloodline, while Tang Wulin learned that the Golden Dragon King’s madness had been removed and left for Mingdu.
  • Xu Qingjia claimed the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear’s Soul Bone, helped Xu Xiaoyan begin training with Leng Yaozhu, and learned that Tang Hao and Ah Yin viewed him as a threat.
  • Xu Qingjia and his allies joined forces with the Federation against Shrek Academy, and the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy arranged a match against Shrek.
  • Xu Qingjia’s six-person squad defeated Long Chen’s team, while Gu Yue and Na’er agreed to cooperate against Tang Hao and Ah Yin without merging.
  • Xu Qingjia challenged all seven Shrek students alone and overwhelmed them, defeating Yu Diheng, Yuanen Yehui, and Yan Feng before Yun Ming intervened to save Tang Hao.
  • Yu Diheng accused Shrek of drugging him, and the Federation and Shrek avoided a larger confrontation as Yun Ming took his students away and the tournament ended abruptly.
  • Federation media spread Yu Diheng’s accusations as Xu Qingjia’s victory drew acclaim, and Xu Qingjia accepted two Soft Bone Rabbit soul bones before sharing the remaining rewards with his teammates.
Chapters 79–103 Summaries Read
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