Chapter Summaries

Xu Le and Chi Xiao fought Chi Yu with the Soul Devouring Tree, but Chi Yu killed Xu Le and began assimilating the tree. Chi Xiao awakened a new power through her grief and confronted Chi Yu, vowing he would gain nothing from the tree.

• Xu Le trapped Chi Yu in evil-sealing formations while Chi Xiao bound him with the Flame Dragon Soul Lock, and they attacked him with the Soul Devouring Tree and Curse Pressure.
• Chi Xiao unleashed the Flame Demon, but Chi Yu escaped the seal and killed Xu Le by crushing his neck and tearing out his heart.
• Chi Xiao's powers fused as she raged, setting the Soul Devouring Tree ablaze and absorbing power from the Fading Fire.
• Chi Yu began assimilating the now-ownerless Soul Devouring Tree and used its Eyes of Death to attack Chi Xiao.
• Chi Xiao's flames replaced her damaged Prosthetic Limb and formed a fiery eye as she warned Chi Yu he would gain nothing from the tree.

Chi Yu and Chi Xiao began a fierce battle after Chi Xiao used the fading fire to block his escape. Meanwhile, the Soul Devouring Tree revived Xu Le at the lakebed through a chaotic infusion of energy and rules, and Xu Le awoke determined to save Chi Xiao.

• Chi Yu attacked Chi Xiao with more than six hundred Eyes of Death, but her purifying flames stopped the strike and the clash ended in a draw.
• Chi Yu prepared to flee through a Darkness Gate, but Chi Xiao used the fading fire to suppress darkness and shatter the gate.
• Chi Xiao answered that fighting for Xu Le was worth the cost, and she and Chi Yu began battling through powerful energy collisions.
• The Soul Devouring Tree dragged Xu Le's ruined body beneath the lakebed and flooded him with spirit energy and assorted rules in an attempt to save him.
• Xu Le's body transformed as eyeballs and tree-like branches appeared, until he regained consciousness and confirmed that only minutes had passed.
• Unable to move freely or use the Tranquil State, Xu Le realized Chi Xiao might be in danger and instinctively reached toward the lake's surface.

Xu Le absorbed the Spirit Energy Lake Water and reached Level 7, Legendary—Beginning of Chaos, then rescued Chi Xiao from Chi Yu’s Death Gaze. He supplied Chi Xiao with spirit energy as they faced Chi Yu, who was still trying to advance to Level 8.

• Xu Le unified the powers within himself under Chaos Will, grew new eyes, drained the spirit energy lake, and advanced to Level 7, Legendary—Beginning of Chaos.
• Chi Yu used the Soul Devouring Tree to accelerate his progress toward Level 8 while evading Chi Xiao, then lured her into a Death Gaze ambush.
• Chi Xiao prepared to sacrifice herself to destroy Chi Yu’s eyeballs, but Xu Le arrived and cut through Death Gaze with Chaos Blade.
• Chi Xiao embraced Xu Le, and he began sending spirit energy through the Soul Devouring Tree to restore her and support her advancement.
• Chi Yu taunted the pair during their standoff, while Xu Le urged Chi Xiao to stall because a fight might soon begin.

Chi Yu reached Level 8 and overwhelmed Xu Le, but Xu Le used the Soul Devouring Tree to restrain him while Chi Xiao completed her own breakthrough. Chi Xiao’s purifying flames gave her the advantage, and she and Xu Le prepared to face Chi Yu together as he unleashed a new attack.

• Chi Yu advanced to Level 8 and struck Xu Le with the Grip of Death, shattering him, but Xu Le regenerated and kept Chi Xiao supplied with Spirit Energy.
• Xu Le attacked Chi Yu with the Soul Devouring Tree, then used the Hand of Chaos to interrupt Chi Yu’s attack on Chi Xiao and revealed that he had survived by emerging from the tree.
• The Soul Devouring Trees turned against Chi Yu, allowing Xu Le to seal him and absorb his power, but the unstable energy exploded and destroyed the seal.
• Chi Yu trapped Xu Le in a Death Cloud and rushed to stop Chi Xiao, who completed her breakthrough to Level 8 and shattered Chi Yu’s Hand of Death with purifying flames.
• Chi Xiao freed Xu Le from the Death Cloud and joined him against Chi Yu, who opened every eye on his body and unleashed Death Gaze-Spray.

Xu Le and Chi Xiao defeated Chi Yu when Xu Le trapped them both inside the Soul Devouring Tree and Chi Xiao burned it with her purifying flames. They survived inside the Death Gaze’s abyss, escaped with the Yellow Springs Souls, and reunited, but Xu Le’s tree was nearly destroyed.

• Xu Le sealed himself and Chi Yu inside the Soul Devouring Tree, giving Chi Xiao an opening to attack.
• Chi Xiao engulfed the tree in purifying flames, apparently burning Xu Le and Chi Yu along with it.
• After the tree cracked open, Chi Xiao entered the Death Gaze and found Xu Le telling stories to the Yellow Springs Souls.
• Xu Le and Chi Xiao confirmed Chi Yu was defeated, embraced, and escaped the Death Gaze as the souls scattered.
• Xu Le sensed Ding Ke wandering across the Spirit Energy Icefield, but his burned Soul Devouring Tree could no longer reach the cat.
• Xu Le told Chi Xiao they could plant another tree, while Chi Xiao struggled to accept his willingness to sacrifice it.

Xu Le used his chaotic spirit energy to restore the burned Soul Devouring Tree, transforming it into a huge, living tree as the Spirit Energy Icefield cracked and rose above a sea of spirit energy. Chi Xiao and Ding Ke reunited with him, and he and Chi Xiao discussed their new Level 8 abilities and the challenges ahead.

• After Chi Xiao left, Xu Le poured chaotic spirit energy into the remains of the Soul Devouring Tree and restored it into a towering green tree.
• The Spirit Energy Icefield cracked apart, rose above an ocean of chaotic spirit energy, and began to resemble a sea of ice.
• Chi Xiao let Ding Ke complain about being left behind, then told the cat she wanted to live with her companions.
• Chi Xiao and Ding Ke were stunned by the reborn tree's resemblance to the World Tree and flew toward Xu Le.
• Chi Xiao considered the Red Moon Holy Temple and Cangming untrustworthy sources of guidance about Level 8.
• Xu Le and Chi Xiao discussed how his power could bring order from chaos while her destructive ability could supply the missing step.

Xu Le learned from Ding Ke how to manage the chaotic energy that had replaced his former power and agreed to spend two days adapting his spell formulas with her while Chi Xiao trained. When Cangming’s meeting with Xu Le and Chi Xiao passed without them, he postponed the plan to confront Forest for a week and warned Black Crow about the dangers of studying darkness.

• Xu Le explained his changed energy and lost spell formulas to Chi Xiao, who asked Ding Ke to describe her own experience with chaotic energy.
• Ding Ke advised Xu Le that controlling both his energy and heart energy could help him avoid whispering, and Chi Xiao urged him to train before facing Cangming’s plan.
• Xu Le summoned the Eye of Death from his chaotic energy but could not use Death Gaze, then asked Ding Ke to help him adapt his spell formulas while Chi Xiao trained alone.
• Two days passed as Xu Le, Ding Ke, and Chi Xiao trained instead of attending their scheduled meeting with Cangming.
• Cangming found Xu Le and Chi Xiao absent, agreed with Flying Feather to postpone the plan for a week, and warned Black Crow that darkness could contaminate him.

Black Crow sought Cangming’s help against the darkness consuming him and offered intelligence on Spider and Puppet in exchange. Meanwhile, Night Fiend sensed that some darkness had changed into another form, giving her hope that Xu Le had found a way to oppose it.

• Black Crow admitted that darkness was corroding him and gave Cangming a booklet about Spider and Puppet to prove his usefulness.
• Cangming explained three ways to suppress darkness and told Black Crow that all three would become available if he waited a few days.
• Cangming set the mission for seven days later, whether or not the missing partners arrived.
• Night Fiend visited the eastern sea with Black Sheep and reflected on the world beyond it and the darkness spreading from her.
• Night Fiend sensed that some of her darkness had gone missing and concluded that someone had transformed it into something else.
• Night Fiend believed Xu Le was responsible and said she would wait for his answer.

After eight days of training, Xu Le and Chi Xiao prepared to rejoin Cangming’s God Luring Plan, but they arrived too late: Cangming had already led Flying Feather and three legendary experts to lure Forest in the Land of Mist. Cangming concealed the group inside a Guyinduo Barrier while Flying Feather went ahead alone as bait.

• Chi Xiao improved her control over purifying flames and learned an unstable movement spell modeled on Xu Le’s Darkness Shuttle, while Xu Le and Ding Ke revised and tested twenty-three combat spell formulas.
• Xu Le and Chi Xiao agreed they were ready to leave, and Xu Le opened a Chaos-Spirit Communication Array portal to travel to the meeting place.
• Cangming, impatient after waiting past the agreed time, set off with Flying Feather, Black Crow, and two other legendary experts, promising to address Black Crow’s Darkness Corrosion after dealing with Forest.
• Flying Feather asked Cangming about his confidence in the plan, and he said he had a seventy percent chance of success as they flew toward the Land of Mist.
• At the forest, Flying Feather sent the others away with a flap of her wings, and Cangming shielded them inside a Guyinduo Barrier so they could act without Forest sensing them while Flying Feather served as bait.

Flying Feather attacked Forest in the Land of Mist, but Forest overcame her blood-and-flesh creatures with his spores. Flying Feather revealed the Thousand Soul Lure’s Soul Chain, bringing Cangming and his companions into the confrontation, where Black Crow and the other experts began defending themselves against Forest’s attack.

• Cangming and his companions heard Flying Feather’s explosions and hurried toward her position while Flying Feather destroyed a Guyinduo Tree and devoured its fruit.
• Forest emerged as a Wooden Giant and seized Flying Feather, but she used spores and blood-colored insects to corrode his body and bring him down.
• Forest revealed that spores had spread through Flying Feather’s insects and vines, overwhelmed her defenses, and began invading her body.
• Flying Feather shed the spores by entering a spirit-body state linked by a Soul Chain to Cangming, and Forest recognized the legendary Thousand Soul Lure.
• Forest attacked Cangming’s group, and Black Crow used Dark Curtain while the two Legendary experts unleashed Frozen Finger and Heavenly Fire.

Cangming's group defeated Wooden Man, but discovered that Forest had survived and appeared as a powerful flower fairy. Cangming escaped with Flying Feather by tricking Black Crow, who was left to face Forest and unleashed his strongest attack.

• Cangming restrained Wooden Man with Soul Chains while Flying Feather and the calamity warlocks attacked, and Flying Feather destroyed Wooden Man's head with Blood God energy.
• The warlocks found no power of rules in Wooden Man's remains and realized Forest was still alive; Forest killed the Flame Calamity Sorcerer and Frost Calamity Sorcerer with flowers growing from their skulls.
• Cangming judged that his group could not defeat Forest and persuaded Black Crow to use Darkness Canopy to create an opening for a final attack.
• Cangming used Spell Formula-Spirit Absorption, Mirror of Escape to flee with Flying Feather, leaving Black Crow behind beneath the Darkness Canopy.
• Black Crow cursed Cangming, unsealed the Darkness Mark on his hand, and unleashed Black Mole-Spot as Forest retreated from its danger.

Xu Le and Chi Xiao emerged from a portal during Black Crow’s fight with the weakened Forest, saving him from his unstable Black Moles. Recognizing a chance to defeat Forest and gain a cure for his Darkness Corrosion, Black Crow agreed to help as Chi Xiao revealed her Level 8 strength by summoning a Flame Demon.

• Forest avoided Black Crow’s dark attacks, leaving his expanding Black Moles on the verge of exploding.
• Xu Le and Chi Xiao emerged from the Black Hole, and Xu Le’s chaotic energy stabilized Black Crow’s Black Moles.
• Black Crow explained that Cangming had invited him to the Land of Mist to kill Forest, then offered to help Xu Le and Chi Xiao defeat her.
• Xu Le promised to resolve Black Crow’s Darkness Corrosion and asked him to spread Darkness Marks around the battlefield.
• Black Crow released Mist Crows to carry Darkness Marks while Xu Le copied his Spell Formula.
• Chi Xiao summoned a Flame Demon, revealing her Level 8 power to Black Crow as she faced Forest.

Chi Xiao, now a Level 8, and Xu Le and Black Crow trapped Forest's Flower Maiden in a coordinated assault. The chapter ended with Chi Xiao unleashing Seize the Sun, whose explosion engulfed the battlefield.

• Black Crow recognized Chi Xiao's Level 8 power as she suppressed Forest's Flower Maiden, and Xu Le ordered him to help prepare the trap.
• Chi Xiao drove the Flower Maiden upward with a ring of flames while Black Crow marked the air and Xu Le layered chaotic energy threads overhead.
• The Flower Maiden flew into Xu Le's energy nets, which grew denser and heavier until they dragged her down and restricted her movements.
• Xu Le used Chaos Evil Curse to immobilize the Flower Maiden and Fading Fire to suppress her Tree of Life-Blossom.
• Chi Xiao detonated all three Flame Emperor Great Fireballs with Seize the Sun, producing an enormous explosion that blotted out the light.

Cangming and Flying Feather realized that Chi Xiao and Xu Le had returned and apparently unleashed enough power to challenge Forest, a Child of Guyinduo. As they flew back to the devastated Foggy Forest to learn what had happened, Black Crow realized Xu Le had protected him from the blast.

• Cangming and Flying Feather sensed a massive explosion in the Foggy Forest and wondered who had attacked Forest.
• Cangming concluded that Chi Xiao and Xu Le had returned, while Flying Feather questioned how they could defeat a Level 8 Child of Guyinduo.
• Cangming reflected that Chi Xiao's relentless conviction and extraordinary hardships could make her capable of reaching Level 8.
• Cangming persuaded Flying Feather to return, and the two concealed their auras as they flew toward the Foggy Forest.
• Black Crow survived the explosion and felt touched that Xu Le had protected him.

Xu Le and Chi Xiao defeated Forest, a Child of Guyinduo, and Xu Le took Black Crow through the Chaos Gate to deal with his Darkness Mark. Cangming planned to cooperate with them against the other Children of Guyinduo, while Dragon arrived at the battlefield and wondered whether Forest had been defeated by Red Moon.

• Xu Le reflected that he had saved Black Crow for the value of his dark spell formulas, combat strength, and Red Moon Holy Temple connections, and Black Crow took Xu Le’s promise as a sign that he could remove the Darkness Mark.
• Chi Xiao stood over the unconscious, badly injured Forest, and Xu Le wrapped her in branches of the Soul Devouring Tree before taking Chi Xiao and Black Crow away through the Chaos Gate.
• Cangming and Flying Feather arrived at the ruined battlefield, recognized that a composite spell formula had likely caused the crater, and found Xu Le’s group gone.
• Cangming decided to seek the next Child of Guyinduo and expected to cooperate with Chi Xiao and Xu Le, while Flying Feather agreed that their combined strength could be effective.
• Dragon flew to the battlefield, saw the aftermath, and wondered whether Forest had been defeated by Red Moon.

Dragon sensed chaotic energy near the crater and suspected an epoch creator had emerged, while Full Moon planned to eliminate the Children of Guyinduo. At Xu Le’s safe house, Black Crow received a branch that suppressed his Darkness Corrosion, and Chi Xiao examined Forest’s body for a way to replace her prosthetic limbs.

• Dragon sensed primordial chaos near the crater, concluded an epoch creator might have appeared, and left after seeing Full Moon.
• Full Moon resolved to use divide and conquer against the Children of Guyinduo and believed Forest’s defeat benefited the Red Moon Holy Temple.
• Xu Le brought Black Crow to the Soul Devouring Tree and gave him a branch that absorbed his spirit energy and Power of Darkness, suppressing his Darkness Corrosion.
• Chi Xiao studied Forest’s body and explained that its stable spirit-energy form might help her maintain energy limbs instead of prosthetics.
• Xu Le agreed to let Chi Xiao use Forest’s limb and cut off one of Forest’s arms with the Sword of Chaos.

Xu Le absorbed Forest’s rules at the roots of the Soul Devouring Tree while Zion prepared for a possible Black Tide. Li Wen told Secretary Liu that the Red Moon Holy Temple’s last Level 1 Combat Readiness had followed a former Temple Master’s alleged enslavement of a god, leaving the secret’s consequences unresolved.

• Xu Le brought Forest’s body to the Soul Devouring Tree’s roots and used the Hand of Chaos to absorb her rules of vitality and mist.
• Xu Le considered that combining the rules of light, darkness, and life might create something new, such as reincarnation.
• Li Wen questioned Secretary Liu about the coming Black Tide and explained that Zion’s growing power and apparent success had largely depended on Xu Le.
• Li Wen told Secretary Liu that the Red Moon Holy Temple had entered Level 1 Combat Readiness over a decade earlier after its former Temple Master advanced to Level 8.
• Li Wen revealed that rumors claimed the former Temple Master had enslaved one of the Temple’s gods, and said the incident had triggered the Temple’s previous combat alert.

Li Wen and Secretary Liu planned a covert mission to test Zion’s Heavenly Punishment weapon and assess the Red Moon Holy Temple during the approaching Black Tide, but Li Wen decided to lead it himself. In the Soul Devouring Tree World, Xu Le continued cultivating and began combining life, light, and darkness into a new power as Chi Xiao and Black Crow waited for him.

• Li Wen told Secretary Liu to prepare a unit to visit the Red Moon Holy Temple under the guise of offering support, secretly testing Heavenly Punishment and probing the temple’s condition.
• Secretary Liu volunteered to lead the mission, but Li Wen insisted on going himself and entrusted Zion’s future to its younger leaders.
• Chi Xiao and Black Crow waited for Xu Le to finish cultivating, knowing the Black Tide was approaching in about five days.
• Xu Le used Fading Fire to weaken Forest’s remaining life rules and had a Soul Devouring Tree branch pull the false sun from the sky.
• Xu Le brought together light, darkness, and life, then used the Power of Chaos to bind their three energies.

Xu Le fused three kinds of rules into his own Reincarnation Tribulation Realm and removed Black Crow’s Darkness Mark. He reunited with Chi Xiao at Dawn, where Cangming recognized their strength and agreed to cooperate, before Xu Le and Chi Xiao set out for the Red Moon Holy Temple.

• Xu Le completed his cultivation and formed the Reincarnation Tribulation Realm, a rule of life and death reincarnation.
• Xu Le healed Black Crow’s Darkness Mark, and Black Crow pledged his service to Xu Le.
• Xu Le, Chi Xiao, and Black Crow returned to Dawn, where Cangming saw that Chi Xiao had reached Level 8 and learned that their hunt for Forest was finished.
• Xu Le and Cangming agreed to cooperate against future threats and discussed returning to the Red Moon Holy Temple to prepare for the Black Tide and seek information about Guyinduo.
• Chi Xiao warned Xu Le not to trust Cangming completely, and Xu Le said cooperation suited them while hinting that he would seek a better share of any future spoils.

As the Black Tide approached, Black Crow returned to the Black Hall with Xu Le and Chi Xiao and challenged Annie for the Temple Master position. After revealing the danger behind Level 1 combat readiness and showing that Xu Le had removed his Darkness Mark, Black Crow gained leverage, while Xu Le openly confronted Annie.

• Gu Wei tried to calm the Black Hall Warlocks as they argued over leadership, but Annie arrived and interrupted him.
• Black Crow entered with Xu Le and Chi Xiao, declared that he would become Black Hall Temple Master, and warned that they did not have much time left.
• After Gu Wei agreed, Black Crow explained the God Enslavement Incident and why the coming Black Tide had triggered Level 1 combat readiness.
• Annie questioned Black Crow's fitness to lead because of his Darkness Mark, but Black Crow revealed that Xu Le had removed it.
• Annie tried to dismiss Xu Le and Chi Xiao as outsiders, but Xu Le stepped forward and mocked her challenge.