Chapter Summaries

Snow Empress and Qingyunzi found the Emperor Bell’s final fragment in the Kunlun Secret Realm, only to be confronted by General Black Fiend and his Underworld forces. As Qingyunzi fought the attackers, Snow Empress held off the stronger General Black Fiend, and the battle remained unresolved.

• Qingyunzi led Snow Empress through the ancient Trapping and Killing Restriction to a plaza where they found the Emperor Bell’s final fragment.
• General Black Fiend revealed that he served Black Impermanence and planned to use the fragments to refine the Ten Thousand Yin Banner and awaken an ancient evil god.
• Qingyunzi attacked General Black Fiend but was overpowered, so Snow Empress used the Emperor Bell to defend him and challenge the general.
• General Black Fiend ordered his men to attack, and Qingyunzi fought them while Snow Empress battled the general with the Emperor Bell.
• Snow Empress’s sacred bell peals shook General Black Fiend and slowed his movements, though the fight continued.

The Snow Empress survived General Black Fiend’s strongest attack when the final Emperor Bell fragment protected her and fused with the bell, restoring it and raising her cultivation. She killed General Black Fiend, while his remaining men fled the Kunlun Ruins.

• General Black Fiend’s Black Baleful Yin Fire Slash collided with the Snow Empress’s Ziwei Emperor Bell, injuring them both and leaving her weakened.
• General Black Fiend lunged to kill the Snow Empress as Qingyunzi tried and failed to stop him.
• The final fragment shielded the Snow Empress, then entered her dantian and fused with the Emperor Bell, healing her, advancing her to the Dragon Transformation Fifth Transformation, and restoring the bell.
• The Snow Empress used the restored Emperor Bell to destroy General Black Fiend and annihilate his sinister Qi.
• The remaining black-clad men lost their fighting spirit and tried to flee the Kunlun Ruins.

The Snow Empress and Qingyunzi restored the Emperor Bell and left the Kunlun Ruins, but Black Impermanence ambushed them with a large Underworld force before they could reach safety. Black Impermanence vowed to seize the bell and kill them, leaving the two sides on the verge of battle.

• Qingyunzi and the Snow Empress slaughtered the remaining black-clad men and confirmed that the Emperor Bell had been fully restored.
• The Snow Empress and Qingyunzi agreed to return to the Kunlun Sect to confront the Underworld’s remaining plans and protect the world.
• After leaving the Kunlun Ruins, the Snow Empress and Qingyunzi sensed powerful Yin Qi and decided to hurry back rather than fight the approaching Underworld forces.
• Black Impermanence and several hundred Yin soldiers blocked their route through the Kunlun Mountain Range, accompanied by two powerful lieutenants.
• The Snow Empress confronted Black Impermanence, who mocked their strength and threatened to take the Emperor Bell and kill them.

Snow Empress defeated Black Impermanence’s two Dragon Transformation subordinates and helped Qingyunzi wipe out the yin soldiers, though Qingyunzi was wounded. Black Impermanence then attacked with his Soul-Locking Chain, and Snow Empress stood between him and Qingyunzi as the fight began.

• Black Impermanence ordered two black-clad Dragon Transformation experts and hundreds of yin soldiers to attack Snow Empress and Qingyunzi.
• Snow Empress used the Ziwei Emperor Bell to kill the two black-clad men, while Qingyunzi fought the yin soldiers and was wounded.
• Snow Empress came to Qingyunzi’s aid, slaying most of the remaining yin soldiers before killing the rest herself.
• Black Impermanence, enraged by his losses, attacked Snow Empress and Qingyunzi with his Soul-Locking Chain.
• Snow Empress shielded the wounded Qingyunzi and told him to recover while she faced Black Impermanence.

The Snow Empress and Qingyunzi fought Black Impermanence, combining their attacks to wound him and force him to flee. Exhausted, they headed for a concealed cave to recover before returning to the Kunlun Sect and warning Daoist Kunlun of the threat.

• Qingyunzi recovered from his injuries while the Snow Empress used the Ziwei Emperor Bell to hold back Black Impermanence's Soul-Locking Chain.
• As the Snow Empress began to tire, Qingyunzi attacked Black Impermanence and drew his attention away from her.
• The Snow Empress seized the opening and struck Black Impermanence with the Emperor Bell's all-out attack, badly wounding him and weakening his Soul-Locking Chain.
• Black Impermanence crushed a black jade slip and escaped, vowing revenge on the Snow Empress and Qingyunzi.
• The Snow Empress and Qingyunzi decided to recover in a concealed mountain cave before returning to the Kunlun Sect to report what happened to Daoist Kunlun.

After recovering from their battle, the Snow Empress and Qingyunzi returned to the Kunlun Sect and reported that they had restored the Ziwei Emperor Bell and repelled Black Impermanence. Daoist Kunlun and the elders were pleased by their success but grew worried that the Underworld would attack again.

• The Snow Empress and Qingyunzi recovered in a cave for a day and a night, restoring their strength and healing their injuries.
• The Snow Empress and Qingyunzi returned to the Kunlun Sect and went to the main hall to meet Daoist Kunlun.
• The Snow Empress summoned the fully restored Ziwei Emperor Bell, and Daoist Kunlun praised her and Qingyunzi for their achievement.
• The Snow Empress told Daoist Kunlun and the elders that she and Qingyunzi had slain General Black Fiend and the Yin soldiers, then repelled Black Impermanence.
• Daoist Kunlun and the elders feared that Black Impermanence would return with the Underworld’s forces to seize the Emperor Bell.

After Black Impermanence was driven back, Daoist Kunlun prepared the Kunlun Sect and the other righteous sects for the Underworld’s expected counterattack. The major sects gathered at Kunlun to discuss their defense, with Snow Empress and Qingyunzi readying themselves for the coming war.

• Daoist Kunlun put the Kunlun Sect on alert and summoned the major righteous sects to unite against the Underworld.
• Snow Empress studied the repaired Ziwei Emperor Bell while Qingyunzi reviewed his battles and strengthened his cultivation.
• During three days of preparation, Qingyunzi broke through to Dragon Transformation Fourth Transformation, and Snow Empress improved her control of the bell.
• The Wudang Sect, Shaolin Sect, Emei Sect, and Beggar Gang arrived at Kunlun with their experts.
• Daoist Kunlun explained the Underworld’s plot and the pair’s deeds in the Kunlun Secret Realm to the assembled leaders and elders.
• The sect leaders discussed strengthening Kunlun’s defenses and joining forces, while urging Snow Empress to master the Ziwei Emperor Bell.

The righteous sects prepared Kunlun Sect for the Underworld's assault, but Black Impermanence arrived with a vast force and launched an attack. The chapter ended as the Righteous Path Protection Array shielded the sect from the first wave of bombardment.

• Daoist Kunlun and the other leaders organized defenses, patrols, and battle preparations while the Snow Empress mastered the Ziwei Emperor Bell and Qingyunzi tracked the Underworld.
• After five days, Qingyunzi reported that Black Impermanence and thousands of Underworld forces were approaching Kunlun Sect.
• The Snow Empress and Qingyunzi stood guard at the mountain gate as the Underworld army arrived at dawn.
• Black Impermanence ordered his forces to breach Kunlun Sect, seize the Emperor Bell, and kill its defenders.
• Daoist Kunlun ordered the elders to activate the Righteous Path Protection Array, which blocked the Underworld's opening attacks.

The righteous sects launched a counterattack as the Underworld battered the Righteous Path Protection Array. Black Impermanence grew furious at the setbacks and prepared to act ruthlessly.

• Black Impermanence struck the Righteous Path Protection Array with his Soul-Locking Chain, cracking its barrier, while the elders struggled to repair it.
• Snow Empress urged the righteous leaders to attack, and Daoist Kunlun assigned the sect leaders, Snow Empress, and Qingyunzi their roles.
• Daoist Kunlun, the Wudang Sect leader, and the Shaolin Sect abbot charged the Underworld's experts as Snow Empress wielded the Ziwei Emperor Bell and Qingyunzi led the disciples in defending the array.
• Daoist Kunlun badly wounded an Underworld expert, the Wudang Sect leader gained the advantage in his duel, and the Shaolin Sect abbot fought another expert to a standstill.
• Snow Empress killed an Underworld expert who tried to ambush Daoist Kunlun, while the righteous disciples kept the Yin soldiers from reaching the array.
• Black Impermanence, angered by his forces' losses, vowed to show no mercy to the righteous sects.

Black Impermanence took the Yin Soul Pill, raised his cultivation to the Eighth Transformation of Dragon Transformation, and overwhelmed Snow Empress in battle. Qingyunzi rushed to protect her, but Black Impermanence turned his attacks on him and left him badly wounded.

• Black Impermanence consumed the Yin Soul Pill and surged from the Seventh to the Eighth Transformation of Dragon Transformation.
• Black Impermanence attacked Snow Empress, and their clash left her gravely injured, weakened the Ziwei Emperor Bell, and cracked the Righteous Path Protection Array.
• Daoist Kunlun and the other righteous-path experts tried to help Snow Empress, but Underworld experts held them back while Black Impermanence moved in to kill her.
• Qingyunzi broke through the Yin soldiers to attack Black Impermanence, but his sword could not pierce Black Impermanence's official robes.
• Black Impermanence counterattacked Qingyunzi with the Soul-Locking Chain and Yin Qi, leaving him wounded and bleeding as he struggled to dodge.

Black Impermanence overwhelmed the Snow Empress, Qingyunzi, and the righteous experts, while Daoist Kunlun and two allies fought back to protect them. As the Netherworld Ghost Hand threatened to kill the three men, faint purple radiance appeared around the fallen Snow Empress.

• The Snow Empress watched helplessly as Black Impermanence wounded Qingyunzi and grew increasingly distressed.
• Daoist Kunlun, the Wudang Sect leader, and the Shaolin Sect abbot broke free of their opponents and attacked Black Impermanence together, but his Soul-Locking Chain drove them back and injured them.
• Daoist Kunlun and the other two resolved to fight to the death and combined their spiritual Qi, sword Qi, and Buddhist light, wounding Black Impermanence slightly.
• Black Impermanence unleashed the Netherworld Ghost Hand and bound Daoist Kunlun, the Wudang Sect leader, and the Shaolin Sect abbot as it reached for them.
• The badly wounded Snow Empress watched the ghost hand threaten the three men as a faint purple radiance shone from her direction and a powerful force stirred within her.

The Snow Empress awakened more of the Ziwei Emperor Bell’s power, allowing Daoist Kunlun and the other two to wound and weaken Black Impermanence. Black Impermanence took a second Yin Soul Pill and began advancing toward the ninth transformation, then unleashed a larger Netherworld Ghost Hand against them and the Kunlun Sect.

• The Snow Empress drew out the Ziwei Emperor Bell’s imperial power, suppressing Black Impermanence’s ghost hand and restoring some of her strength.
• At the Snow Empress’s urging, Daoist Kunlun, the Wudang Sect leader, and the Shaolin Sect abbot counterattacked and wounded Black Impermanence.
• Black Impermanence swallowed a second, more potent Yin Soul Pill, sending his cultivation surging toward the ninth transformation of Dragon Transformation.
• Black Impermanence formed a larger Netherworld Ghost Hand wreathed in Yin fire and sent it toward the Snow Empress, Daoist Kunlun, the other two, and the entire Kunlun Sect.

Snow Empress and the righteous-path cultivators combined their strength through the Ziwei Emperor Bell to defeat Black Impermanence’s strongest attack, leaving him gravely wounded. Black Impermanence began detonating his dantian, and despite their attempts to stop him, the power was about to erupt.

• Daoist Kunlun rallied the righteous-path cultivators to reinforce the Righteous Path Protection Array and pour their spiritual Qi into the Ziwei Emperor Bell.
• Snow Empress communed with the Ziwei Emperor Bell and unleashed a pillar of purple light that extinguished the Netherworld Ghost Hand and struck Black Impermanence down.
• Black Impermanence refused Daoist Kunlun’s demand to surrender and began a forbidden incantation to detonate his dantian.
• Daoist Kunlun, the Wudang Sect leader, the Shaolin Sect abbot, and Snow Empress attacked Black Impermanence, but they failed to interrupt the incantation.
• The Wudang Sect leader realized Black Impermanence’s dantian was about to erupt and despaired that they could not stop him.

Xuanjizi arrived in time to stop Black Impermanence from self-destructing and saved the righteous cultivators. After reviving the Snow Empress, he warned that the Underworld remained a threat and revealed that three ancient supreme treasures were needed to uncover a secret that could suppress the ancient evil god.

• The Shaolin Sect's abbot prepared to detonate his dantian to counter Black Impermanence, but Xuanjizi descended and struck Black Impermanence's dantian with his golden sword.
• Black Impermanence perished, leaving behind a dull Soul-Locking Chain, and the exhausted righteous cultivators survived.
• Xuanjizi introduced himself to Daoist Kunlun and his companions as a reclusive cultivator from Mount Zhongnan, then gave the Snow Empress a golden pill to heal her.
• Xuanjizi warned that Great Emperor Fengdu and the Underworld would continue pursuing the Ziwei Emperor Bell to awaken the ancient evil god.
• Xuanjizi said the righteous forces could resist the Underworld by uniting and fully unleashing the Ziwei Emperor Bell, and revealed that its hidden secret required gathering three ancient supreme treasures.

The Snow Empress and Qingyunzi led righteous-path disciples toward the East Sea Dragon Palace to find the Azure Dragon Jade Pendant, while Daoist Kunlun led another group toward Mount Hua to seek the White Tiger Token. In Netherworld Valley, General Black Armor ambushed the Snow Empress’s party to seize the Ziwei Emperor Bell, and Qingyunzi was driven back by his attack.

• Xuanjizi explained that the Azure Dragon Jade Pendant and White Tiger Token were the other ancient supreme treasures, and the group planned to search for them before the Underworld could.
• Xuanjizi stayed at the Kunlun Sect to guard the Ziwei Emperor Bell and tend to the wounded, while the Snow Empress and Qingyunzi prepared to travel east and Daoist Kunlun led a party toward Mount Hua.
• The Snow Empress urged the injured Qingyunzi to stay behind, but he insisted on accompanying and protecting her.
• The Snow Empress and Qingyunzi’s group set out for the East Sea Dragon Palace, while Daoist Kunlun’s group departed for Mount Hua.
• In Netherworld Valley, General Black Armor and the Underworld forces ambushed the Snow Empress’s party, seeking the Ziwei Emperor Bell and aiming to stop their search for the Azure Dragon Jade Pendant.
• Qingyunzi attacked General Black Armor, but the general’s saber strike overwhelmed his Sword Qi and forced him backward.

Snow Empress and Qingyunzi fought the black-armored general and his Underworld forces in Netherworld Valley, but the general’s attack left Snow Empress badly wounded. As Qingyunzi struggled to protect her, a voice from the Ziwei Emperor Bell guided Snow Empress to awaken the Ziwei Emperor Soul.

• Snow Empress used the Ziwei Emperor Bell to suppress the black-armored general, then led the righteous disciples into battle alongside Qingyunzi.
• The black-armored general unleashed Netherworld Slash, overpowering Snow Empress’s Emperor Bell Suppresses the World and hurling her into a rock wall.
• Qingyunzi broke free from several Underworld experts and attacked the general, but his sword could not pierce the general’s armor.
• The black-armored general wounded Qingyunzi as Snow Empress failed to summon the Ziwei Emperor Bell’s power to help him.
• A voice within the Ziwei Emperor Bell told Snow Empress to awaken the Ziwei Emperor Soul, and she began meditating to comprehend its imperial power.

The Snow Empress awakened the Ziwei Emperor Soul, broke through to the eighth transformation of Dragon Transformation, and drove the Underworld forces from Netherworld Valley. After the survivors recovered, she renewed their mission to find the Azure Dragon Jade Pendant and avenge their fallen comrades.

• The Snow Empress awakened the Ziwei Emperor Soul and used the Ziwei Emperor Bell to badly injure the black-armored general.
• The Snow Empress and Qingyunzi prepared to fight together, but the black-armored general fled with the Underworld disciples and Yin soldiers.
• The Snow Empress pursued the fleeing forces with the Emperor Bell, killing many and forcing the black-armored general to escape Netherworld Valley severely wounded.
• The Snow Empress gave Qingyunzi Xuanjizi’s golden pill, while the righteous-path disciples treated the injured and mourned more than a dozen fallen comrades.
• After about two hours of recovery, the Snow Empress urged the survivors to find the Azure Dragon Jade Pendant, gather the three ancient supreme treasures, defeat the Underworld’s plot, and avenge their dead.

The Snow Empress’s party left Netherworld Valley for the East Sea Dragon Palace while Daoist Kunlun, the Wudang Sect’s leader, and the Shaolin Sect’s abbot led another group toward Mount Hua to seek the White Tiger Token. Their party was ambushed at Soul-Severing Peak by Grand Marshal Black Wind, and the battle began.

• The Snow Empress and Qingyunzi led their group out of Netherworld Valley toward the East Sea Dragon Palace, wary of further ambushes.
• Daoist Kunlun, the Wudang Sect’s leader, and the Shaolin Sect’s abbot sensed an ambush at Soul-Severing Peak and arranged their disciples into battle formation.
• Grand Marshal Black Wind and his forces emerged from the woods and demanded that the righteous disciples surrender their clues to ancient treasures.
• The Shaolin Sect’s abbot attacked with his prayer beads, destroying several Yin soldiers and challenging Grand Marshal Black Wind.
• Grand Marshal Black Wind counterattacked with his spear and ordered his forces to kill the righteous disciples.

The righteous sects battled Grand Marshal Black Wind and the Underworld forces on Soul-Severing Peak as their disciples began to suffer heavy losses. The Shaolin abbot unleashed a stronger Buddha seal against Black Wind’s ultimate spear technique, and their collision caused the mountain path to collapse.

• Grand Marshal Black Wind led the Underworld ghost soldiers and monsters into battle against the righteous disciples on Soul-Severing Peak.
• The Shaolin abbot’s Buddha Seal Suppresses Evil clashed with Black Wind’s Black Wind Devours Heaven, wounding both fighters.
• Daoist Kunlun and the Wudang Sect’s leader joined the fight, but Kunlun’s sword could not pierce Black Wind’s robe and the Wudang and Shaolin disciples suffered casualties.
• The Shaolin abbot used Ten Thousand Buddhas Pay Homage, destroying nearby Underworld creatures and forcing Black Wind to answer with Netherworld Spear Annihilation.
• The Buddha seal and spear phantom collided, and the shock wave shook Soul-Severing Peak and collapsed the mountain path.

The righteous disciples defeated Grand Marshal Black Wind’s forces at Soul-Severing Peak, mourned their losses, and resumed their journey toward Mount Hua of the Western Peak. Meanwhile, Snow Empress and Qingyunzi reached the Deathly Silent Wasteland on their way to the East Sea Dragon Palace and prepared for possible Underworld ambushes.

• The Shaolin Sect's abbot killed Grand Marshal Black Wind with Buddhist light, and the righteous disciples finished off the remaining Underworld forces.
• Daoist Kunlun and the Wudang Sect's leader organized the burial of fallen disciples and treatment of the wounded while the abbot recovered.
• After resting for about four hours, Daoist Kunlun led the group onward toward Mount Hua of the Western Peak to seek the White Tiger Token.
• Snow Empress and Qingyunzi led their group through the Deathly Silent Wasteland, where Qingyunzi warned that Underworld forces might be lying in wait.
• Snow Empress ordered everyone to stay alert and close together while Qingyunzi scouted ahead.