Chapter Summaries

Chu Kuangren and White Mei visited the Yaksha Clan to reach the Qin Huang Yong Soldiers, while the Skeleton General stayed behind to guard Fengdu. Their arrival turned hostile after a Yaksha attacked, but Chu Kuangren subdued the gathered Yakshas and began speaking with their leader.

• White Mei told Chu Kuangren that the Qin Huang Yong Soldiers lay within Yaksha Clan territory, and he set out with her while leaving the Skeleton General to guard Fengdu.
• Chu Kuangren drew and refined the Curse-Breaking Sword, an Origin Treasure capable of breaking curses.
• Yakshas confronted Chu Kuangren and White Mei, and one male Yaksha attacked after assuming Chu Kuangren meant to annihilate the clan.
• White Mei blocked the male Yaksha’s steel fork with the Ghost-Slaying Sword, and Chu Kuangren used his pressure to pin the Yakshas to the ground and warn them.
• A female Yaksha with Great Encompassment Intent asked why Chu Kuangren had come, and both sides withdrew their pressure so they could talk.

Chu Kuangren visited the Yaksha Clan to claim Qin Huang's Yong Soldiers, but Ye Yunluo demanded half in exchange for access to the forbidden grounds. He revealed that the Yakshas' differing appearances came from a curse and used a strange sword to break it on one male Yaksha, leaving Ye Yunluo stunned.

• Ye Yunluo welcomed Chu Kuangren into the Yaksha Clan's territory and asked why he had come.
• Chu Kuangren demanded entry to the forbidden grounds for Qin Huang's Yong Soldiers, and Ye Yunluo offered access if her clan received half of what he found.
• Chu Kuangren insisted on taking everything Qin Huang had left, prompting Ye Yunluo to threaten war and order him to leave.
• Chu Kuangren revealed that the Yakshas' hideous male and beautiful female appearances were caused by a curse, though Ye Yunluo denied it and ordered him thrown out.
• Chu Kuangren drew a rune-covered sword and slashed at a male Yaksha, destroying the pitch-black tentacles that emerged from his body and revealing him as handsome.
• Ye Yunluo realized Chu Kuangren could break the curse and stared at him in shock.

Ye Yunluo revealed that an ancient taboo existence cursed the Yaksha Clan after its king refused to surrender a hundred thousand male Yakshas. Chu Kuangren offered to help lift the curse in exchange for the clan’s assistance in obtaining Qin Huang’s Yong Soldiers, and Ye Yunluo agreed to test him before deciding whether to follow him.

• Ye Yunluo confirmed that Chu Kuangren had broken the curse on a male Yaksha, prompting the clan to demand an explanation.
• Ye Yunluo explained that an ancient taboo existence had cursed the male Yakshas after the Yaksha King refused its demand for a hundred thousand True Immortal male Yakshas.
• Chu Kuangren claimed he could only suppress the curse for now and proposed that the Yaksha Clan help him obtain Qin Huang’s Yong Soldiers in exchange for his future help.
• Ye Yunluo postponed deciding whether the clan would follow Chu Kuangren and offered to lead him to the Yong Soldiers as a test.
• The Yakshas gathered around the newly handsome male Yaksha, recognizing his bloodline and growing hopeful that the curse could be lifted for them all.

Chu Kuangren entered the Yaksha Clan’s forbidden grounds to claim the Yin Tiger Tally and awaken the Qin Huang Yong Soldiers. He overcame Qin Huang’s Aspect by unleashing the Human Emperor’s nine-dragon might and reached the platform, where their imperial presences clashed.

• A mysterious being in an ancient forbidden zone sensed that someone had broken her curse and divined that the person was Chu Kuangren.
• Ye Yunluo brought Chu Kuangren and White Mei through the dangerous restrictions in the Yaksha Clan’s forbidden cave to the Qin Huang Yong Soldiers.
• Ye Yunluo explained that the Yaksha Clan believed the Yin Tiger Tally could awaken and control the soldier figurines, but no one had managed to reach it.
• Chu Kuangren walked through the Yong Soldiers’ killing intent and faced Qin Huang’s Aspect, who challenged anyone seeking the tiger tally.
• Chu Kuangren released the Human Emperor’s nine-dragon might, climbed past the seventh, eighth, and ninth steps, and reached the platform as his presence collided with Qin Huang’s five-dragon might.

Chu Kuangren convinced Qin Huang to entrust him with the Yin Tiger Tally and awakened the Million Yin Terracotta Warriors. After claiming their allegiance and gaining the Yaksha Clan’s submission, he left with Fengdu’s power greatly strengthened.

• Chu Kuangren asked Qin Huang for the Yong Soldiers, then argued that their souls deserved to see the light again and vowed to make the Two Immortal Courts answer for their crimes.
• Qin Huang accepted Chu Kuangren’s resolve, merged into the Yin Tiger Tally, and enabled Chu Kuangren to awaken the Million Yin Terracotta Warriors.
• The awakened Yong Soldiers knelt before Chu Kuangren, and their leader, Meng Yi, pledged the army’s help in unifying the Underworld.
• Chu Kuangren told the Yong Soldiers to wait a few days before emerging, then left the forbidden ground with White Mei and Ye Yunluo.
• Ye Yunluo knelt before Chu Kuangren and declared that the Yaksha Clan would submit to Fengdu, and Chu Kuangren said the decision would bring the clan supreme glory.

Guan Shan threatened the Yaksha Clan into joining Mount Tai, but Chu Kuangren intervened and declared the clan a tribe under Fengdu. After Guan Shan disparaged Fengdu, Chu Kuangren overwhelmed him and demanded an explanation.

• A Yaksha asked whether lifting the clan’s curse could make him as handsome as Ye Jia, while the elders worried that Fengdu Ghost Emperor Chu Kuangren knew about the curse and might have come for Qin Huang’s possession.
• Guan Shan arrived with Mount Tai cultivators and demanded that the Yaksha Clan submit, threatening to bring the three hundred thousand soldiers of his Guan Dao Army if they refused.
• Chu Kuangren appeared and announced that Fengdu would answer with war if Mount Tai attacked, while Ye Yunluo confirmed that the Yaksha Clan had joined Fengdu.
• Guan Shan mocked the Yaksha King for choosing the weakest Netherworld, and Chu Kuangren demanded to know what he meant before attacking him.
• Chu Kuangren drove Guan Shan through several mountain ranges and warned that Mount Tai would lose a great general unless Guan Shan explained himself.

Chu Kuangren learned that the Four Great Chi Mei Wang Liang Tribes had united against Fengdu, then awakened the Qin Huang Yong Soldiers and led them back to defend the city. The four tribes attacked Fengdu, but the Reincarnation Emperor Seals raised a barrier that held them outside as the Yong Soldiers marched to meet them.

• Chu Kuangren confronted Guan Shan, who revealed that the Four Great Chi Mei Wang Liang Tribes were heading for Fengdu, and let him leave to return to the city.
• Ye Yunluo told the Yaksha Clan elders that she had submitted to Fengdu because Chu Kuangren had broken their curse and subdued the Qin Huang Yong Soldiers.
• The Qin Huang Yong Soldiers emerged from the Yaksha Forbidden Land, and Chu Kuangren took command of their million-strong army and led them toward Fengdu.
• The armies of the Four Great Chi Mei Wang Liang Tribes surrounded Fengdu and attacked, but four Reincarnation Emperor Seals formed a dome that blocked their advance.

The chiefs of the Four Great Chi Mei Wang Liang Tribes attacked Fengdu, and the Skeleton General burned his soul body to strengthen the Reincarnation Emperor Seals and defend the city. The barrier finally exploded, but the thunder of war drums and the sound of advancing cavalry announced a new force approaching.

• The four tribe chiefs battered Fengdu’s barrier, while the Eighty Demon Generals formed the Heavenly Demon Grand Array to seal a spreading crack.
• The Skeleton General poured his Yin Qi into the Reincarnation Emperor Seals, strengthening Fengdu’s barrier.
• The four tribe chiefs revealed their own Emperor Seals and renewed their assault, cracking the barrier despite the Skeleton General’s efforts.
• The Skeleton General burned his soul body to empower the Emperor Seals and protect Fengdu, but the chiefs’ attacks shattered his bones and left him near death.
• The barrier exploded as the chiefs prepared to attack, then war drums and armored cavalry sounded in the distance.

Chu Kuangren returned to Fengdu with the Yong Soldier Army and ordered Meng Yi to annihilate the four great tribes. The army overwhelmed the allied forces with cavalry, heavy infantry, archers, chariots, and catapults, leaving the battle raging as Yincao’s observers watched in shock.

• The chiefs of the four great tribes and Yincao’s observers saw Chu Kuangren arrive with the formidable Yong Soldier Army.
• Chu Kuangren restored the protective barrier around Fengdu with the four Reincarnation Emperor Seals and faced the allied forces.
• Chu Kuangren ordered Meng Yi to annihilate the four great tribes, and Meng Yi led the Yong Soldiers’ cavalry charge through their ranks.
• The Yong Soldiers’ Heavy Armor Soldiers formed an unbreakable defensive line that stopped the allied troops from reaching Chu Kuangren.
• The Yong Soldier Army’s archers, chariots, and catapults unleashed volleys that broke the enemy’s barriers and killed large numbers of Netherworld Soldiers and generals.

Chu Kuangren’s Yong Soldier Army overwhelmed the allied forces of the Four Great Tribes, while their chiefs discovered the soldiers were Qin Huang’s living-dead Yong Soldiers, immune to Ghost Emperor authority. Chu Kuangren then fought all four chiefs himself, using his treasures to hold them at bay as the battle continued.

• The Four Great Tribes’ chiefs attacked Chu Kuangren with their Emperor Seals, but Meng Yi blocked their strike and was driven back.
• The chiefs realized the Yong Soldier Army had physical bodies and was immune to Ghost Emperor authority, while observers identified them as Qin Huang’s legendary army.
• Chu Kuangren ordered Meng Yi to stand down and faced the four chiefs himself, displaying both Ghost Emperor authority and Human Emperor might.
• The Chi Tribe’s chief attacked Chu Kuangren, who countered with Zhou’s Sword, Dao Forsaken, then repelled a sneak attack from the Mei Tribe’s chief with a punch.
• The four chiefs attacked together, but Chu Kuangren used the Creation Origin Divine Pearl and Nine Provinces Cauldrons to withstand their assault and fight them to a standstill.

The four patriarchs of the Chi Mei Wang Liang Tribes trapped Chu Kuangren in the Four Ghost Asura Formation and broke through his Creation Origin Divine Pearl’s barrier. As Meng Yi prepared to lead the Yong Soldier Army into battle, Chu Kuangren summoned a Bronze Long Halberd and declared that failure was not in his dictionary.

• The four patriarchs activated their Reincarnation Emperor Seals, but Chu Kuangren’s Ghost Emperor Authority and Human Emperor’s Might resisted their combined power.
• The Chi Tribe’s patriarch ordered the Four Ghost Asura Formation, and the four patriarchs surrounded Chu Kuangren and unleashed the ancient array.
• Mighty cultivators in Yincao celebrated the formation, while a gray-robed elder watched from the Yin Office and Hua Wuai refused to intervene unless Chu Kuangren died.
• The four patriarchs attacked together, shattering Chu Kuangren’s divine pearl barrier and driving him back.
• Meng Yi prepared to lead the Yong Soldier Army into the formation, but Chu Kuangren summoned a Bronze Long Halberd and rejected the idea of failure.

Chu Kuangren used the Great Wilderness Halberd’s Dao Laws to defeat the Four Ghost Asura Formation and strike Yincao, devastating much of its Netherworld. The High Priest intervened to stop Yincao’s furious cultivators from retaliating, reminding them that the Three Great Netherworlds must not wage war.

• Chu Kuangren activated the Dao Laws in the Great Wilderness Halberd and shattered the Four Ghost Asura Formation with two strikes, grievously injuring the four tribal chiefs.
• Chu Kuangren unleashed the third move of the Great Wilderness Halberd Technique, Pacify the Great Wilderness, toward Yincao in retaliation for its plot against Fengdu.
• Yincao’s mighty cultivators combined their attacks to weaken the halberd strike, but Dao Laws erupted within Yincao and the clash damaged eight of its ten halls.
• Yincao’s cultivators vowed to avenge the destruction, but the High Priest’s supreme will descended and halted their fury.
• The High Priest reminded Yincao’s cultivators that the Son of Heaven had forbidden war between the Three Great Netherworlds.

Chu Kuangren defeated the four tribes’ chiefs and damaged the Yincao Netherworld, while the High Priest ordered Yincao not to retaliate and said he would speak with Chu. Back in Fengdu, Chu Kuangren sought a way to save the dying Skeleton General and entered seclusion to strengthen his Ghost Emperor authority.

• The High Priest rebuked Yincao’s mighty cultivators for secretly helping the four tribes attack Fengdu and forbade them from acting against Fengdu again.
• Chu Kuangren recognized that a Dao Integration cultivator had blocked his halberd strike against Yincao, then killed the Wang and Liang chiefs and ordered Meng Yi to imprison the surrendered Chi and Mei chiefs.
• Chu Kuangren found the Skeleton General near death and learned from Xiao Ai that he would need to gather and reassemble the General’s scattered soul fragments.
• Chu Kuangren used the four Reincarnation Emperor Seals to reveal soul fragments across Fengdu and halted reincarnation so the fragments would not be reborn as separate souls.
• Chu Kuangren entrusted Fengdu’s souls to his followers and entered seclusion with the remaining Reincarnation Emperor Seals to gain the authority needed to restore the Skeleton General.

Chu Kuangren emerged from seclusion in Fengdu and used the authority of eight Emperor Seals to revive departed souls that had dissipated, including the Skeleton General. The High Priest of the Underworld’s Yin Office witnessed the miracle and wondered whether Chu Kuangren could one day recreate the power of the Son of the Netherworld.

• The High Priest arrived in Fengdu seeking an audience with Chu Kuangren, and White Mei agreed to let him wait until Chu emerged from seclusion.
• Chu Kuangren emerged from the Emperor Palace and spread his Ghost Emperor authority across Fengdu.
• Chu Kuangren gathered dissipated soul fragments and restored them to their original departed souls.
• Chu Kuangren revived the Skeleton General and restored the souls of the child’s father and the Mysterious Maiden Sect’s junior sisters.
• The High Priest marveled at Chu Kuangren’s power and considered what he might achieve if he controlled all nine Emperor Seals.

Chu Kuangren revived Fengdu’s fallen souls and confronted the Yin Office’s High Priest over Yincao’s actions and the dead Son of the Netherworld’s command. The High Priest considered supporting Chu Kuangren as a new Son of the Netherworld, but made that recognition conditional on him reaching Great Encompassment within a hundred years.

• Chu Kuangren used Fengdu’s power and his Reincarnation Immortal Physique to revive the fallen souls, then realized he needed one more Reincarnation Emperor Seal to complete his Ghost Emperor Authority.
• Chu Kuangren identified the Yin Office’s High Priest as a Dao Integration cultivator and invited him to the Emperor Palace to talk.
• Chu Kuangren rejected the High Priest’s demand to coexist peacefully with Yincao, defended Fengdu against his pressure, and called the dead Son of the Netherworld’s command meaningless.
• The High Priest admitted that the Yin Office was losing its ability to keep Yincao and Mount Tai in check and heard Chu Kuangren declare that the Underworld needed a Ghost Emperor to unite it.
• The High Priest offered to honor Chu Kuangren as the new Son of the Netherworld if he reached Great Encompassment within a hundred years.

Chu Kuangren used Ghost-Binding Rings to force the Chi and Mei clan chiefs to submit, while the Yaksha Clan joined Fengdu and began receiving help to break their curses. After strengthening Fengdu’s forces, he prepared to visit the Other Shore Clan to meet Hua Wuai.

• The High Priest gave Chu Kuangren two Ghost-Binding Rings and questioned whether he could reach the Great Encompassment Realm within a hundred years.
• Ye Yunluo led the Yaksha Clan to Fengdu, and Chu Kuangren used the Curse-Breaking Sword to remove the curses from a group of its members.
• Chu Kuangren refined the Ghost-Binding Rings and ordered the imprisoned Chi and Mei clan chiefs to wear them.
• The Mei Clan chief tried to charm Chu Kuangren, but he struck her with Sword Qi and threatened to destroy the four Chi Mei Wang Liang clans if they refused.
• The Chi and Mei clan chiefs put on the rings and knelt before Chu Kuangren, becoming Fengdu’s servants.
• Several days later, Chu Kuangren set out to visit the Other Shore Clan and meet Hua Wuai.

Chu Kuangren visited Hua Wuai at the Three Lives River, where she discovered that the river could not reflect his void fate. She hoped he might help her escape the endless cycle of reincarnation that bound her as the first Other Shore Flower.

• Chu Kuangren traveled alone to the Other Shore Clan, where its patriarch escorted him to Hua Wuai at the Three Lives River.
• Hua Wuai invited Chu Kuangren into her forbidden flower field and recognized the Desire Flower hidden within him.
• The Desire Flower and Hua Wuai revealed that they had known each other since the Primordial Immortal Era and discussed how Chu Kuangren had subdued the Desire Flower.
• Hua Wuai tested Chu Kuangren's fate with the Three Lives River, but its water mirror could not reflect him.
• Hua Wuai explained that she was trapped in a recurring reincarnation cycle and said she vaguely sensed Chu Kuangren might help her escape it.

Chu Kuangren entered the Three Lives River to awaken the reincarnation immortal physique’s final supernatural power, hoping it would help him fight Yincao. After enduring eighty-one reincarnations, he saw through the lives as illusions and awoke inside the river, surrounded by bubbles of his past lives.

• Hua Wuai explained that she hoped Chu Kuangren could one day help her escape the reincarnation vortex and promised the Other Shore Clan would aid him against Yincao.
• Hua Wuai told Chu Kuangren that the Son of the Netherworld had awakened the reincarnation immortal physique’s third supernatural power in the Three Lives River and used it to establish the Netherworld’s reincarnation mechanism.
• Chu Kuangren walked into the Three Lives River despite Hua Wuai’s warning that its power could destroy his body and soul.
• The river forced Chu Kuangren’s soul through many lives, weakening it with each reincarnation.
• In his eighty-first life, Chu Kuangren recognized that endless reincarnation was dull and chose to leave the illusion.
• Chu Kuangren’s surroundings shattered, and he awoke in the Three Lives River among bubbles showing the lives he had experienced.

Chu Kuangren comprehended the Reincarnation Immortal Physique’s third supernatural power within the Three Lives River and advanced to the great golden immortal realm. His breakthrough stirred the Underworld and prompted the High Priest to prepare for the end of its leaderless era.

• Chu Kuangren used his insight from dozens of reincarnations to comprehend the runes within the Three Lives River.
• After nearly a year, Hua Wuai and the Desire Flower discussed how long Chu Kuangren might need to complete his comprehension.
• The Three Lives River erupted with reincarnation power, and Hua Wuai drove back Underworld powerhouses who tried to investigate with their immortal consciousness.
• Underworld observers recognized Chu Kuangren in the river as his reincarnation intent surged and his cultivation advanced to the great golden immortal realm.
• The High Priest realized Chu Kuangren had advanced to great encompassment and began preparing for the Underworld to have a ruler again.

After breaking through in the Three Lives River and obtaining the final Reincarnation Emperor Seal, Chu Kuangren gathered Fengdu’s forces and marched on Yincao. Yincao’s defenders faced Fengdu’s growing army, including the Qin Huang Yong Soldiers and the Yaksha Clan, whose members’ looks had been restored.

• Chu Kuangren comprehended the Way of Reincarnation, broke through to the Great Golden Immortal level, and learned the third supernatural power of his Reincarnation Immortal Physique was taking shape.
• Hua Wuai gave Chu Kuangren the final Reincarnation Emperor Seal and agreed to send the Other Shore Clan’s leader to help him.
• Chu Kuangren returned to Fengdu, ordered the Skeleton General to muster the forces, and refined the ninth Emperor Seal to unite the Ghost Emperor Authority.
• Fengdu’s army, including the Million Yin Terracotta Warriors and the Chi and Mei Clans, marched toward Yincao, alarming the Underworld’s factions.
• Yincao assembled its defenders as the Qin Huang Yong Soldiers and the Yaksha Clan arrived with Chu Kuangren’s army, and Yincao’s leaders noticed the male Yakshas’ restored looks.