Chapter Summaries

Xie Changsheng forced Zhou Yan to accompany him into the River of Time, where Zhou Yan discovered he had been there in a previous life. They summoned Shi Yin, who greeted Zhou Yan as Jiutian.

• Zhou Yan refused to go to the River of Time, but Si Chen backed Xie Changsheng and ordered Song Chi, Black Mountain, and Red Wind to restrain him.
• Xie Changsheng took Zhou Yan into the River of Time, where Zhou Yan spent an incense stick cursing him before looking around.
• Zhou Yan realized the River of Time was a place ordinary cultivators could not enter and asked why he could withstand it.
• Xie Changsheng told Zhou Yan he had been a regular in the River of Time before, leaving Zhou Yan stunned.
• Xie Changsheng called for Shi Yin, who appeared and addressed Zhou Yan as Jiutian.

Zhou Yan and Xie Changsheng asked Shi Yin for the Reincarnation Method, hoping to use it to guide everyone into new lives. Shi Yin revealed that he and Yu Jiutian had once attempted the same feat, then gave Zhou Yan Yu Jiutian’s inheritance and urged them to succeed where he had failed.

• Zhou Yan introduced himself as Zhou Yan and rejected Shi Yin’s attempt to identify him as Jiutian.
• Xie Changsheng demanded the Reincarnation Method, and Shi Yin realized they planned to use it on the Filth and possibly everyone.
• Shi Yin explained that he and Yu Jiutian had failed because their reincarnation cycle needed the Law of Fate, and said they had borrowed a sliver of the Seed of Fate from A-Li.
• Shi Yin criticized Zhou Yan’s mastery of karma and revealed that Yu Jiutian had left an inheritance containing his Dao insights but no memories or emotions.
• Shi Yin said the inheritance also contained the method they sought, then vanished into the River of Time and urged Zhou Yan and Xie Changsheng to accomplish the miracle he and Yu Jiutian had failed to achieve.

After Shi Yin vanished in the River of Time, Zhou Yan began refining the inheritance Yu Jiutian had left behind. Inside it, he met Yu Jiutian’s final message, which offered him the fruits of a lifetime of cultivation before ending with a scathing joke about Zhou Yan’s looks and fan.

• Xie Changsheng warned Zhou Yan that Yu Jiutian’s inheritance might contain a hidden danger, but Zhou Yan trusted his instincts and decided to refine it in the River of Time.
• Xie Changsheng agreed to stabilize his new Immortal Lord cultivation and guard Zhou Yan while he meditated.
• Zhou Yan entered the orb and discovered a vast inheritance of Great Dao insights, with nearly every discipline close to the Emperor Realm.
• Yu Jiutian’s phantom appeared and mocked Zhou Yan’s ordinary looks and folding fan before explaining that his inheritance held the fruits of his lifelong study of myriad laws.
• Yu Jiutian urged Zhou Yan to use the inheritance to protect those he cared about, then criticized his appearance and fan once more before dissipating as Zhou Yan shouted at him.

Zhou Yan finished comprehending Myriad Phenomena Heavenly Derivation in the River of Time and returned to Ghost Gate Pass with Xie Changsheng. He began using the laws of his companions to establish the Netherworld’s reincarnation order.

• Xie Changsheng confirmed that Zhou Yan was not possessed, then waited with him as they spent an unknown span of time in the River of Time.
• Zhou Yan awakened with mastery of Myriad Phenomena Heavenly Derivation, while his cultivation remained in the Immortal King Realm.
• Zhou Yan and Xie Changsheng returned to Ghost Gate Pass in an instant of outside time, and Si Chen recognized that Zhou Yan had found the answer.
• Zhou Yan asked Murong Li, Luo Hongyi, and Xie Changsheng to anchor the laws of fate, great dream, and time as he anchored karma.
• The four anchors formed the Four Symbols and Eight Trigrams, and Zhou Yan began merging Yin and Yang to reshape the Netherworld’s order.

Zhou Yan led Xie Changsheng, Luo Hongyi, and Murong Li in combining the laws of time, fate, life and death, and karma to establish new rules for the Myriad Heavens and Worlds. The exhausted group created the Eye of Reincarnation above the Underworld, and Zhou Yan recognized the ancient genius of Yu Jiutian, who had devised the method.

• Zhou Yan formed a great array with four pillars of law-light and instructed Xie Changsheng, Luo Hongyi, and Murong Li to send their full power into it.
• The four Immortal Kings were drawn toward the array’s center as Zhou Yan used the Myriad Phenomena Heavenly Derivation Art to fuse their laws.
• Zhou Yan and the others joined their palms and declared that they would establish new rules for the Myriad Heavens and Worlds.
• The fused laws exploded in a blaze of light, injuring and scattering the four cultivators as Song Chi and the others rushed to catch them.
• Zhou Yan directed everyone’s attention to the sky, where the Eye of Reincarnation had appeared above the Underworld.
• Zhou Yan realized that Yu Jiutian had created the method in ancient times and admired his unparalleled talent.

After Zhou Yan, Xie Changsheng, Luo Hongyi, and Murong Li established reincarnation, Si Chen explained how their past lives had helped them reach this point and revealed that the Underworld still needed a route for souls from across the worlds. He proposed linking it to the Fusang Divine Tree, then returned with everyone to the Starship, privately thinking that everything had to end.

• Si Chen healed Zhou Yan, Xie Changsheng, Luo Hongyi, and Murong Li after they completed reincarnation, then urged Zhou Yan and Xie Changsheng to accept their past lives as part of their cultivation.
• Si Chen pointed out that the Underworld had no way to guide souls from distant worlds to Ghost Gate Pass, and Zhou Yan realized the Fusang Divine Tree could provide a path.
• Si Chen proposed incorporating the Underworld into the Fusang Divine Tree so its branches could guide remnant souls from across the Myriad Heavens and Worlds.
• Si Chen led everyone through a spatial rift and back to the Starship, which set course for the Forgotten River.
• As the others relaxed on the Starship, Si Chen watched the wounded worlds outside and thought that everything was time to end.

Taichu ordered everyone to assemble at the Forgotten River in the Immortal Realm, while Kunpeng delivered the order to Luo Hou, who agreed to attend after continuing to consume Lower Realms. Luo Hou’s contemptuous reaction to Taichu’s command left his intentions uncertain.

• Jiang Ling warned Taichu that Luo Hou had grown too powerful to control, but Taichu said that Luo Hou becoming stronger was better.
• Taichu sensed something in the Void, concluded that it was time for everything to end, and ordered Jiang Ling to summon everyone to the Forgotten River in the Immortal Realm.
• Kunpeng descended into a Lower Realm and found Luo Hou absorbing the deaths of countless living beings at the Plane’s core.
• Kunpeng told Luo Hou to stop his activities and bring his forces to the Forgotten River, and Luo Hou agreed to arrive on time.
• After Kunpeng left, Luo Hou mocked the idea of Taichu as their lord.

Si Chen returned to Undying Mountain and summoned every core member to the Main Hall without explaining why. As the Filth Demon armies across all planes abruptly vanished, Zhu Yao and Feng Qing recalled their forces and hurried back, sensing that a major upheaval was coming.

• Si Chen and his companions returned to Undying Mountain, where he asked Si Che to gather every core member for an urgent meeting.
• Li Tiezhu and Wang Yan received the summons in the River Chart Small World, while Ancestor Si Ming and others were also called from across Undying Mountain.
• Feng Qing told Zhu Yao that the monsters had grown stronger and the dispersed filth qi was disappearing into the Void.
• A Demon Race general reported that the Filth Demon armies across all planes had stopped attacking and vanished from the battlefields.
• Si Che ordered Zhu Yao and Feng Qing to halt their advances and return to Undying Mountain, and Zhu Yao recalled the front lines before leaving with Feng Qing.

Si Chen gathered Undying Mountain’s allies and former Immortal Emperors to reveal a way to end the Filth Demon calamity. He proposed creating a system of reincarnation on the former site of the Demon Realm, though the gathering had not yet acted on the plan.

• Li Tiezhu, Wang Yan, and Si Shuo arrived at the Main Hall, where Si Chen reassured his family that the outside situation had not reached a dead end.
• Zhu Yao and Feng Qing arrived with Immortal Lord Bai He and joined the assembled Undying Mountain figures and eleven former Immortal Emperors.
• Si Chen announced that he had found a way to completely end the calamity sweeping across the Myriad Heavens.
• Luo Hongyi projected an image of Ghost Gate Pass, the Yellow Springs Ancient Road, and a vast vortex at the former site of the Demon Realm.
• Si Chen explained that the Filth came from the obsessions of the dead and proposed guiding every deceased being through judgment, purification, and rebirth in a new cycle he called Reincarnation.

Si Chen established the Underworld’s Ten Courts and assigned the former Immortal Emperors to govern them, with Ancestor Si Ming overseeing the realm and Wang Yan assisting Luo Hongyi. As the hall learned the Filth Demon armies had vanished, Si Chen revealed that they had already arrived.

• Si Chen assigned Chen Xu, Lu Yu, Yu Han, and the other Immortal Emperors to preside over the Underworld’s ten courts as redemption for their karmic debts.
• Si Chen appointed Ancestor Si Ming to oversee the Underworld and asked Wang Yan to assist Luo Hongyi, a role Wang Yan gladly accepted.
• Li Tiezhu realized the Ten Courts’ rulers were the Immortal Emperors who had been beside him, and wondered who Wang Yan was supposed to be.
• Zhu Yao and Immortal Lord Bai He reported that the Filth Demon armies had suddenly vanished across the realms.
• Si Chen said the Filth Demons had not vanished and were already there.

Kunpeng and a vast force of Filth Demons arrived above Forgotten River, led by Luo Hou and Jiang Ling. While the Immortal Emperors prepared for battle, Taichu secretly visited Si Chen, then Si Chen joined the others and faced the approaching Black Tide.

• A colossal Kunpeng and countless Filth Demons appeared over Forgotten River, terrifying the cultivators and revealing itself to Si Mian as the beast he had once mistaken for a refuge.
• The Immortal Emperors and their allies saw Luo Hou leading the Filth Demons and recognized Jiang Ling among them.
• Si Shuo, Xie Changsheng, and Zhou Yan recognized Jiang Ling and realized she had joined their enemies.
• Taichu appeared in the empty great hall, drank tea with Si Chen, and warned him that he would not grant a second chance.
• Si Chen joined the others in the clouds and faced Luo Hou and the Black Tide.

Si Chen used the Fusang Divine Tree to summon the scattered Immortal-Demon Army back to the Forgotten River, where a vast Filth Demon host threatened the Myriad Heavens and Worlds. He rallied his allies and troops for the final battle, sent his family to safety, and led the assembled forces toward the enemy.

• Si Chen activated the Fusang Divine Tree and summoned the Immortal-Demon Army from across the worlds to the Forgotten River.
• Han Ling, the Azure Bull Demon King, Li Feng, and the returned troops saw the colossal Chaos beast and the Black Tide surrounding it.
• Si Chen healed the army, explained that the Filth Demons were making their final counterattack, and inspired the troops and his allies to fight.
• Si Chen asked Si Che to take his family and clansmen into the River Chart world, and Si Che promised to protect them there.
• Si Chen led Xie Changsheng, Song Chi, the Immortal Emperors, the Demon Sovereigns, and the million-strong army into the heavens to face the Filth Demons.

As the elders entered the River Chart World to avoid burdening the fighters, Li Tiezhu learned he had less than a ten percent chance of surviving the battle but chose to charge into the Void anyway. The chapter leaves him flying toward the battlefield, determined to fight with the system’s support.

• Si Kai and Si Che urged the elders and sect patriarchs to enter the River Chart World so they would not hinder the younger fighters.
• Li Tiezhu asked the system about his odds and learned that his chances of surviving were less than ten percent.
• Li Tiezhu and the system traded insults, then joked about meeting again in his ninth life.
• Li Tiezhu told Wang Yan to look after the elders, summoned his Somersault Cloud, and flew toward the Void despite their attempts to stop him.
• The elders dragged Wang Yan into the River Chart World as he watched Li Tiezhu disappear into the sky.
• As Li Tiezhu flew into the suffocating pressure, the system agreed to let him run up a tab, and he prepared to fight under the name Li Tiezhu From Earth.

Si Chen and the allied armies confronted Taichu’s forces above the Forgotten River, but Luo Hou recognized Song Chi and his hatred triggered an immediate full-scale battle. The chapter left the Immortal and Demon-Beast Allied Army locked in bloody combat with the Filth Demons.

• Luo Hou mocked the Forgotten River while Jiang Ling and Kunpeng dismissed his boasts.
• Si Chen appeared, and Kunpeng recognized him as the terrifying figure he had encountered in Chaos.
• Xie Changsheng, Zhou Yan, Song Chi, and the Immortal and Demon-Beast armies arrived, then Si Chen and Jiang Ling exchanged a restrained greeting.
• Si Shuo stared at Jiang Ling, who treated him with indifference, while Luo Hou recognized Si Chen as Filth’s enemy.
• Luo Hou spotted Song Chi, shouted his name, and ordered the Filth Demons to attack him.
• Zhu Yao and Immortal Lord Bai He ordered the allied armies to fight, and the two forces collided as Si Chen sent his companions into battle.

Li Tiezhu charged into the chaotic battlefield with unlimited borrowed power and teamed up with the Azure Bull Demon King after they were separated from their allies. They decided to gather scattered fighters and regroup, and Li Tiezhu activated dazzling lights and loud music to draw attention.

• Li Tiezhu borrowed powerful abilities and equipment from the system, then rode the Somersault Cloud into the battlefield.
• Li Tiezhu mistook the Filth Demons’ furious pursuit of Song Chi for proof that Song Chi had drawn their hatred, before the Azure Bull Demon King flew past him in battle.
• Li Tiezhu saved the Azure Bull Demon King by smashing nearby Filth Demons with his Ruyi Staff, and the two introduced themselves and agreed to team up.
• The Azure Bull Demon King explained that the black-robed enemy had focused on Song Chi, scattering the Immortal-Demon Army into isolated groups.
• Li Tiezhu and the Azure Bull Demon King agreed to gather their scattered allies, and Li Tiezhu used golden light and loud immortal music to make himself easier to find.

Li Tiezhu and the Azure Bull Demon King rescued scattered Immortal and Demon-Beast soldiers and rallied them into a force of several thousand. When the Azure Bull Demon King proposed sworn brotherhood, Li Tiezhu refused, fearing another disastrous supernatural entanglement, but the bull insisted they would settle it after the battle.

• Li Tiezhu and the Azure Bull Demon King cut through Filth Demons and rescued wounded demon soldiers.
• Li Tiezhu introduced himself as Imperial Lord Si Chen's foremost disciple, and the grateful demon soldiers praised him and the Joyous Union Sect.
• The two fought across the battlefield for an hour, gathering scattered Immortal and Demon-Beast troops into a force numbering several thousand.
• The Azure Bull Demon King proposed that he and Li Tiezhu become sworn brothers if they survived.
• Li Tiezhu claimed Zhou Yan had told him that he brought misfortune to sworn brothers, but the Azure Bull Demon King insisted they would kowtow together after killing the enemy.

Li Tiezhu and the Azure Bull Demon King rallied scattered cultivators into a defensive line, while Song Chi endured a brutal assault from the Filth Demons. After Zhou Yan mocked his swordsmanship, Song Chi summoned the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation to fight back.

• Li Tiezhu led the Azure Bull Demon King and thousands of scattered cultivators in rescuing survivors and pushing back the enemy.
• The battlefield’s attention turned toward Li Tiezhu’s growing force as Song Chi suffered attacks from the Demon Realm’s fighters.
• Song Chi used three thousand Startling Swan Sword clones, but the Filth Demons surrounded and battered every one of them.
• Zhou Yan killed a Filth Demon threatening Song Chi and mocked Song Chi’s swordsmanship.
• Song Chi merged his clones and unleashed the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation.

Song Chi and Li Tiezhu fought the Filth Demons while Si Shuo struggled against Jiang Ling, whose attacks repeatedly missed vital points. As Luo Hongyi prepared to use her Eye of Reincarnation, Si Chen faced Taichu above the battlefield and chose to keep watching, confident the fight was not over.

• Song Chi unleashed his sword formation and slaughtered the high-ranking Filth Demons surrounding him.
• Zhou Yan and the others spotted Li Tiezhu gleefully fighting through another horde of Filth Demons.
• Murong Li warned the group that Si Shuo was being overwhelmed by Jiang Ling, but Xie Changsheng stopped Black Mountain from intervening after they noticed Jiang Ling's strikes avoided vital points.
• Xie Changsheng asked Luo Hongyi to purify the Filth Demons with her Eye of Reincarnation, and the group surrounded her to protect her while she prepared.
• Si Chen and Taichu watched the battlefield from above and discussed the danger of either of them breaking the rules to intervene.
• Si Chen placed a white stone on the board and told Taichu to keep watching because the game was not over.

Si Chen and Taichu argued over whether Si Chen’s desire to help others was another form of arrogance, while Jiang Ling fought Si Shuo and nearly killed him after he confronted her about Ran’er. Si Ming intervened to save Si Shuo and faced Jiang Ling, offering to repay his debts after helping fight the Filth, but she prepared to attack them both.

• Taichu accused Si Chen of arrogance for believing he could empathize with others, and Si Chen admitted the charge might be true.
• Jiang Ling defeated Si Shuo and warned him not to stand in her way again.
• Si Shuo reminded Jiang Ling that Ran’er had fought to help the helpless and accused her of hating herself for failing to save him.
• Jiang Ling unleashed a fatal strike at Si Shuo, but Si Ming blocked it and healed his wounds.
• Si Ming acknowledged the old debts his group owed Jiang Ling’s family and promised to repay his favor to Si Shuo before surrendering his life.
• Jiang Ling rejected Si Ming’s offer and raised her blade to kill him and Si Shuo.

Jiang Ling revealed her innate yin baleful qi and overwhelmed Ancestor Si Ming, leaving him gravely wounded and realizing she had reached the Immortal Emperor Realm. Meanwhile, Luo Hou faced Feng Qing and Zhu Yao and turned his anger at Jiang Ling against the two demons.

• Jiang Ling transformed her short blade into an enormous black blade and attacked Ancestor Si Ming with innate yin baleful qi.
• Ancestor Si Ming defended himself with his creation Dao while protecting Si Shuo, but Jiang Ling's successive blows wore down his defenses.
• Jiang Ling's strongest strike shattered Si Ming's divine tree and sent him flying, while the invading baleful qi ravaged his body.
• Si Ming and Si Shuo realized Jiang Ling had entered the Immortal Emperor Realm.
• Luo Hou sensed Jiang Ling's power, resented her status before Taichu, and threatened Feng Qing and Zhu Yao.