Chapter Summaries

Yun Tian cured Ye Zong’s dragon snake grass poison, then joined Nie Li in the Wind Snow Family treasury, where he found a mysterious egg. As the Family Head Assembly began, Ye Zong led his forces to strike the Divine Family and Dark Guild while Shen Hong arrived, unaware that Yun Tian was prepared for trouble.

• Ye Zong told Ye Ziyun that he was dying from dragon snake grass poison, but Yun Tian gave him a pill that cured him.
• Ye Zong thanked Yun Tian and invited him and Nie Li to choose treasures from the Wind Snow Family treasury; Yun Tian took a silver-marked egg, while Nie Li collected ores and scrolls.
• The Wind Snow Family hid Ye Zong’s recovery and announced a Family Head Assembly, prompting Shen Hong to believe his poisoning plot had succeeded and plan to meet Ye Han outside the city.
• At the assembly, Nie Li and Ye Xiu kept Shen Hong occupied while Ye Zong led Wind Snow Family experts toward the Divine Family stronghold and Dark Guild bases.
• Shen Hong arrived with nearly all the Divine Family’s Black Gold Rank experts and sent a subordinate away, but Yun Tian sensed the man’s life fade soon afterward.
• Nie Li drew confidence from Yun Tian’s calm presence as the assembly proceeded.

At the banquet, Shen Hong accused the Wind Snow Family and Nie Li of conspiring against the Divine Family, but Nie Li’s group exposed the family’s treachery and forced Shen Hong to flee. The pursuit became a battle, and just as the Wind and Snow Spirit God overwhelmed the Divine Family’s forces, Ghost Fiend arrived and confronted it.

• Duan Jian defeated Shen Yan and seized Shen Xiu, while Shen Hong apologized and the guests grew more respectful toward Nie Hai and the Heavenly Marks Family.
• Shen Hong accused the City Lord of being missing and claimed Ye Zong was dead, but Huyan Zhuo challenged his claims and Nie Li presented Shen Ming as a witness; Shen Ming died before Ye Shuo could question him.
• Realizing the Divine Family’s betrayal might have been exposed, Shen Hong tried to leave, but Nie Li, Huyan Xiong, and the other families blocked him, and the banquet erupted into a fight.
• Shen Hong merged with his demon spirit and attacked Nie Li, but Duan Jian engaged him while Ye Xiu summoned the Wind and Snow Spirit God to defeat the Shadow Demon unleashed by Shen Xiu and Shen Yan.
• Ghost Fiend appeared and overpowered the Wind and Snow Spirit God, while Nie Li and Yun Tian recognized that he was using a Black Gold Treasure to fake Legend-rank strength.

Ye Zong broke through to the Legend realm and fought Ghost Fiend, while Nie Li used the Ten Thousand Demon Spirit Great Array to defeat him and wound Dragon Fiend. Dragon Fiend escaped with Ghost Fiend after warning that the Dark Guild would come for Nie Li in three months.

• Ye Zong broke through to the Legend realm and suppressed Ghost Fiend with the power of the wind and snow law.
• Nie Li activated the Ten Thousand Demon Spirit Great Array and used its Mountain Suppresses Demons attack to pin Ghost Fiend down.
• Dragon Fiend arrived, freed Ghost Fiend, and struck Ye Zong with two mysterious stones.
• Nie Li challenged Dragon Fiend and shattered his Darkness Light Shield with the array's Great Sun Palm, severely injuring him.
• Dragon Fiend fled with Ghost Fiend and warned Nie Li that the Dark Guild would invite him to meet Lord Demon Lord in three months.
• Ye Xiu stopped Nie Li from pursuing the wounded enemies, and Nie Li withdrew the array as Ye Zong watched them leave.

After Dragon Fiend and Ghost Fiend escaped Yun Tian’s array, Dragon Fiend revealed his ambition to replace the Demon Lord. Yun Tian left Glory City after entrusting its defense and resources to Ye Zong, while Nie Li set out to temper himself and grow strong enough to face the Demon Lord.

• Dragon Fiend escaped the Ten Thousand Demon Spirit Great Array with Ghost Fiend, badly injured and having spent three Legend Treasures.
• Dragon Fiend told Ghost Fiend that he wanted to stop living beneath the Demon Lord, then ordered his followers not to attack Glory City without permission.
• Yun Tian told Ling'er, Xiao Ning'er, Ye Ziyun, Yu Yan, and Nuwa that he was leaving, gave them cultivation resources and techniques, and departed the next morning.
• Yun Tian left pills and treasures with Ye Zong and asked him to protect Glory City.
• Nie Li recalled the Demon Lord’s power, decided to temper himself through travel, left letters with Ye Yan, and set out on his journey.

Yun Tian arrived at the Heavenly Fortune Plateau and befriended Yun Ling while offering her goods and pills in exchange for local currency. The chapter ended with Xiao Kuang confronting Yun Tian and smashing his bowl of porridge.

• Nie Li hurried through the Vast Forest toward the Heavenly Fortune Plateau and Black Spring as Yun Tian arrived at the plateau ahead of him.
• Yun Tian entered the village and met Yun Ling at her family's porridge shop, where he described the outside world and agreed to let her call him Brother Yun Tian.
• Yun Tian gave Yun Ling silk and medicinal pills in exchange for local coins, and several villagers went to report his boast about Obsidian-rank experts to Xiao Kuang.
• Xiao Kuang entered the shop with his lackeys, seized Yun Tian's bowl, and smashed it on the floor while provoking him.

Yun Tian defeated Xiao Kuang twice and earned Xiao Wu’s apology and respect, then stayed at Yun Ling’s home. As Yun Ling grew bolder in her affection, she entered Yun Tian’s room at dawn and declared that she wanted to marry only him.

• Yun Tian slapped Xiao Kuang away twice after Xiao Kuang attacked him over the broken bowl.
• Xiao Wu apologized to Yun Tian, compensated Yun Ling for the bowl, and admitted to Xiao Kuang that he was no match for Yun Tian.
• Yun Tian accepted Old Man Yun and Yun Ling’s invitation to stay at their home.
• During his stay, Yun Ling eagerly sought Yun Tian’s company and grew more physically affectionate after reading his romance novels.
• At dawn, Yun Ling entered Yun Tian’s room, told him she wanted to marry only him, and refused to leave when he said he needed to get dressed.

Yun Tian took Yun Ling and Old Man Yun from the Heavenly Fortune Tribe to Glory City, then traveled to the Netherworld and entered Black Stone City. There, the fragrance of his Jade Nectar drew the greedy attention of everyone in a tavern.

• Nie Li stopped trading provisions with the Heavenly Fortune Tribe, cultivated with purple smoke stones, and defeated men who tried to steal his spatial ring before making them lead him to Black Spring.
• Yun Tian took Yun Ling and Old Man Yun through a spatial rift to Glory City, where he arranged for them and began teaching Yun Ling to cultivate.
• Nie Li reached Black Spring, found a Legend-rank treasure, and comprehended the laws of light and darkness.
• Yun Tian crossed the barrier into the Netherworld and arrived in Black Stone City, where he sampled the local liquor before opening a bottle of Jade Nectar.
• The Jade Nectar's fragrance spread through the tavern, and its patrons turned their greedy attention toward Yun Tian's bottle.

Yun Tian used his overwhelming power to save Xiao Yu from three werewolves who attacked them in a tavern. Xiao Yu discovered he could control her lifebound sword and see through her disguise, but he refused to explain unless she changed back.

• Three werewolves tried to take Yun Tian's wine, but Xiao Yu intervened and challenged them.
• The werewolves attacked Xiao Yu with their Blade Slash technique, forcing her to defend herself with her lifebound sword.
• When the werewolf leader nearly struck Xiao Yu, Yun Tian took control of her sword and killed all three werewolves with a storm of sword shadows.
• Yun Tian returned the sword to Xiao Yu and revealed that he knew she was the Netherworld Guardian's adopted daughter and had seen through her male disguise.
• Xiao Yu asked how Yun Tian controlled her sword and recognized her as a woman, but he told her to change back before he would answer; she refused.

Xiao Yu got drunk on Yun Tian’s precious wine, kissed him, and woke in a hotel convinced he had taken advantage of her. After Yun Tian explained what happened and dressed her in women’s clothes, she learned the wine had improved her cultivation and contacted her adoptive father, the Nether Realm Guardian, while Yun Tian recalled that he had been reborn through nirvana.

• Xiao Yu stole Yun Tian’s wine, got drunk, and kissed him by passing wine into his mouth before he carried her away.
• Xiao Yu woke in a hotel and accused Yun Tian of taking advantage of her, but he said he had only brought her there after she got drunk and left her to dress.
• Xiao Yu came downstairs wearing women’s clothes Yun Tian had chosen, argued with him, and bit his wrist before he spanked her.
• Yun Tian told Xiao Yu that the wine was a supreme treasure and that absorbing a fraction of its potency had raised her cultivation.
• Xiao Yu contacted the Nether Realm Guardian to ask about Yun Tian, and Yun Tian recalled that the Guardian had died and been reborn through nirvana.

Xiao Yu learned that Yun Tian far surpassed the Netherworld Guardian, then traveled with him through the Netherworld for two years and grew close to him. Yun Tian left for Glory City, promising to return when Xiao Yu’s adoptive father began choosing a successor, while Xiao Yu vowed to become stronger as she waited.

• The Netherworld Guardian tested Yun Tian in a hidden realm, lost their brief contest, and asked him to protect Xiao Yu during her travels.
• The Netherworld Guardian departed, and Yun Tian and Xiao Yu began traveling together through the Netherworld, where their strength made them feared across its cities.
• Two years later, Xiao Yu told Yun Tian she wanted to marry him, and he agreed to take responsibility for her.
• Yun Tian recalled that Nie Li had returned to Glory City, Ye Mo had gone with him, and the Witch-Ghost Family had been defeated after Ye Han led them to attack.
• Yun Tian told Xiao Yu he was returning to Glory City, and she tearfully let him go after he promised to come back.

Yun Tian returned to Glory City and reunited with the women in his courtyard, while Ye Mo discovered Ye Ziyun was staying there and eventually approved after seeing her strength. Yun Tian hatched a Divine Beast Egg with a Law Stone and his golden blood, and named the chick-like creature Eggy.

• Yun Tian spent seven days with Yu Yan, Ye Ziyun, Xiao Ning'er, and the others, then visited Yang Xin at the Alchemist Association.
• Ye Mo angrily confronted Ye Zong after learning Ye Ziyun was staying in Yun Tian's courtyard, then rushed there and was subdued by Yu Yan.
• Ye Ziyun reassured Ye Mo that she was safe and had reached Legend rank, and Ye Mo happily told her to keep living with Yun Tian.
• Yun Tian brought out the Divine Beast Egg and a Law Stone, and the egg absorbed the law power while he shielded the courtyard from the resulting storm.
• Yun Tian fed the egg a drop of his golden blood, and it hatched into a small golden creature that he named Eggy.

Nie Li helped Duan Jian confront the Sikong Family in Black Prison, where Duan Jian broke through and finally let go of his hatred. After arranging an alliance between Black Prison and Glory City, Nie Li discovered a second identical page of the Temporal Demon Spirit Book and departed with his companions for the Netherworld under Yun Tian’s protection.

• Nie Li used his Demon Spirit cultivation to strengthen his companions and formed a bond that let them share energy and benefit from one another’s breakthroughs.
• Duan Jian fought Sikong Yi in Black Prison, endured a near-fatal lightning attack, and awakened his full dragon bloodline as he broke through.
• Duan Jian defeated Sikong Yi but lowered his sword when Sikong Yi’s daughter protected him and a mysterious voice urged him to release his hatred.
• Nie Li arranged cooperation between the Twelve Great Families of Black Prison and Glory City, then found an identical second page of the Temporal Demon Spirit Book among the Heavenly Marks Family’s treasures.
• Nie Li and his companions set out for the Netherworld with Yun Tian, while Ye Zong and Ye Mo watched them leave and placed their hopes in the group.

Nie Li and his companions defeated two Legend-rank Lizard Demons while Yun Tian watched, then traveled to the Ninefold Deathlands and reached the Jade Seal Family’s encampment. There, Luo Hong welcomed Nie Li and questioned the identity of Yun Tian, whose power he could not discern.

• Yun Tian left Nie Li, Lu Piao, Du Ze, and the others to face the two Legend-rank Lizard Demons as training.
• Nie Li and his companions battled the Lizard Demon brothers, and Ye Ziyun killed the younger brother with the “Big Boy” grenade.
• Nie Li used dragon soul stone grenades, law-powered attacks, and deception to defeat the elder Lizard Demon, then distributed the recovered sword and poison pearl to Duan Jian and Du Ze.
• Yun Tian led the group through the Netherworld to the Ninefold Deathlands, where Nie Li chose to seek shelter and information at the Jade Seal Family’s encampment.
• Luo Hong welcomed Nie Li and his companions, then noticed Yun Tian’s unfathomable aura and asked who he was.

Nie Li met Family Head Luo, learned about the Ninefold Deathlands and received a VIP token, while Yun Tian helped Ye Ziyun and Xiao Ning'er cultivate inside a time-altering barrier. After agreeing to join Nie Li’s search for a Spirit Origin Fruit, Yun Tian prepared to bring the two women to meet his other companions.

• Nie Li introduced his companions to Family Head Luo, who explained the Ninefold Deathlands’ levels and the Netherworld Controller’s disciple selection before giving Nie Li a Divine Seal Auction House VIP token.
• Yun Tian summoned Eggy and sent Eggy outside to absorb Netherworld energy and cultivate.
• Yun Tian used a spatial barrier to help Ye Ziyun and Xiao Ning'er strengthen their cultivation, allowing seven days to pass inside while only an instant passed outside.
• Nie Li told Yun Tian about the Spirit Origin Fruit on the first level and invited him to join the search, and Yun Tian agreed.
• Yun Tian told Ye Ziyun and Xiao Ning'er that he would introduce them to his other companions, and they eagerly agreed to meet them.

Yun Tian brought Ye Ziyun and Xiao Ning'er into his Inner World, introduced them to his other companions, and led the group out to the Ninefold Deathlands. At a lake where a dangerous treasure had appeared, Cang Ming killed a subordinate and turned his anger toward Yun Tian and his companions.

• Yun Tian showed Ye Ziyun and Xiao Ning'er the Inner World and introduced them to Yu Yan, Yu Yin, Beiming Xue, and the other women.
• Yun Tian gathered his companions outside and set off with Nie Li and the others for the first level of the Ninefold Deathlands.
• A strange fog split the party apart, leaving Yun Tian, Nie Li, and Ye Ziyun together as they reached a lake marked by a beam of red light.
• Cang Ming kicked a Black Gold Rank subordinate into the dangerous lake, where the red energy killed him.
• Cang Ming noticed that Yun Tian, Nie Li, and Ye Ziyun remained calm before him, grew furious, and let his aura surge.

Yun Tian killed the evolved Corpse Dragon and gave Ye Ziyun a pendant made from its gemstone, while Nie Li received the rest. After Ye Han and the Witch-Ghost Family tried to steal the treasure, Yun Tian killed them and continued toward the forest with Ye Ziyun and Nie Li.

• Mu Ye joined Cang Ming in diving for the treasure, but a Corpse Flood Dragon erupted from the water and attacked the cultivators.
• Nie Li used the Guardian Divine Stone to shield Yun Tian from the dragon’s corrosive saliva, and the gemstone on its forehead transformed it into a powerful Corpse Dragon.
• Cang Ming and Mu Ye fled as the Corpse Dragon overwhelmed the battlefield, while Yun Tian killed a cultivator who tried to lead the creature toward him.
• Yun Tian killed the Corpse Dragon, made Ye Ziyun a Phoenix-Shaped Jade Pendant from its gemstone, and gave the remaining gemstone to Nie Li.
• Ye Han and the Witch-Ghost Family confronted the group to seize Nie Li’s gemstone, but Yun Tian killed the attackers and then killed Ye Han after briefly sparing him.
• Yun Tian, Ye Ziyun, and Nie Li continued toward the forest.

Yun Tian’s group reached the God of Death’s tomb, where Nie Li and the others fought the remnant soul. Yun Tian intervened to save them, then gave Nie Li a divine core fragment to absorb, leaving Nie Li newly empowered by the Law of Death.

• Yun Tian reunited with Xiao Ning'er, Xiao Yu, and the others, and changed Xiao Yu’s disguise into a purple dress.
• Nie Li seized Spirit Origin Fruits from a group of cultivators, defeated them, and took their valuables.
• Yun Tian led the group to the God of Death’s tomb, where a Skeleton War General guarded the entrance, and Nie Li, Ye Ziyun, Xiao Ning'er, and Xiao Yu entered to challenge the remnant soul.
• Yu Yan, Li Yue, and the other women gathered outside the tomb with Yun Tian while Nie Li’s group fought inside for three days.
• Yun Tian’s divine sense appeared to save Ye Ziyun, crushed the God of Death’s remnant soul, and gave its divine core fragment to Nie Li.
• Nie Li absorbed the fragment and mastered the Law of Death alongside the Laws of Light and Darkness.

Nie Li and his companions advanced through the Ninefold Deathlands trials, while Yun Tian and his group revealed power beyond what the other cultivators could comprehend. After Nie Li reached one-star Legend rank and the group climbed toward the upper floors, Yun Tian confronted the experts observing them from the highest floor.

• After the tomb collapsed, Nie Li and his companions entered the seventh floor, where most participants failed a soul-control test, but Yun Tian, Yu Yan, Beiming Xue, and Yu Feng passed when their Reflection Balls shattered instantly.
• On the eighth floor, the group entered the Desolate Flame Tower; Duan Jian withstood its black flames because his black dragon bloodline let him absorb them, while Nie Li and the others cultivated on the second floor.
• The Demon Lord and Cang Ming climbed higher, and Nie Li used the Cross Mantra to help his companions break through to Legend rank as he reached one-star Legend rank himself.
• Yun Tian and his companions climbed past the fourth floor with ease, while Nie Li's group remained behind to cultivate and encountered the sealed Celestial Qilin Demon Beast.
• On the highest floor, the Netherworld Controller and other faction experts watched Yun Tian's group, but Yun Tian addressed them without turning around, leaving the observers pale.

Yun Tian watched Nie Li battle the Demon Lord in the Ninefold Deathlands while Eggy cultivated on the eighth level. When Candle Dragon invaded and demanded Yu Yan, she overwhelmed him with Samadhi True Fire and Heaven Burial, forcing him to flee.

• The Netherworld Controller warned the divine sect envoys that the two girls they wanted were closely connected to Yun Tian and might refuse to leave without his consent.
• Eggy devoured the black flames on the eighth level, while Nie Li's group reached the fourth level after Du Ze secured the Celestial Qilin Demon Beast's agreement to follow him for a hundred years.
• Nie Li climbed to the fifth level and fought the Demon Lord, who fused with an Eight-Armed Black Domain Monster before ending the battle after confirming Nie Li was not a Spirit Host.
• Candle Dragon appeared on the eighth level and demanded that the Netherworld Controller hand over Yu Yan, then battled him as the divine sect envoys arrived.
• Yun Tian appeared beside Yu Yan and told her to teach Candle Dragon a lesson; she used Samadhi True Fire and Heaven Burial, destroying his defenses and forcing him to escape after spending three Lifebound Fate Lotuses.

Yun Tian drove Candle Dragon away, while Eggy devoured the Ninefold Deathlands’ black flame and rapidly advanced. After the survivors reached the ninth floor and chose sects, Nie Li learned that a hidden protector had shielded Glory City, and Yun Tian stayed behind to drink tea with the Netherworld Controller.

• Yun Tian and Yu Yan returned to the tower after Candle Dragon fled, and Yun Tian forced Eggy to cultivate by feeding on the black flame.
• Eggy advanced from Legend rank to the peak of Heavenly Mandate, while Yun Tian stopped him before his breakthrough could destabilize the Ninefold Deathlands.
• A remnant soul attacked Nie Li for his Cross Mantra inheritance, but Nie Li’s mysterious vine devoured it and Yun Tian burned away its last wisp.
• Nie Li and the other survivors reached the ninth floor, where the Netherworld Controller welcomed them and Xiao Yu revealed that he was her foster father.
• The Divine Feathers Sect chose Nie Li, Lu Piao, and a bald cultivator; the Cloud God Sect chose Du Ze, Duan Jian, and the Demon Lord; and the Heavenly Sound Divine Sect chose Ye Ziyun, Xiao Ning'er, and Xiao Xue.
• The Netherworld Controller sent Nie Li’s group home for three months, then explained that a hidden protector had saved Glory City as Yun Tian stayed behind to share tea with him.