Chapter Summaries

Snow Empress and Qingyunzi were ambushed in the Deathly Silent Wasteland by Netherworld General, who sought the Ziwei Emperor Bell and aimed to stop their search for the Azure Dragon Jade Pendant. After both Snow Empress and Qingyunzi were wounded, Snow Empress launched a powerful attack against Netherworld General, and their clash shook the wasteland.

• Qingyunzi sensed powerful sinister creatures closing in, and Snow Empress prepared the disciples to fight the surrounding ambush.
• Netherworld General revealed himself with a large force and declared that he would seize the Ziwei Emperor Bell and stop Snow Empress from searching for the Azure Dragon Jade Pendant.
• Netherworld General's spear Qi struck Snow Empress's Ziwei Emperor Bell, wounding her and weakening her power.
• Qingyunzi shielded Snow Empress and counterattacked, but Netherworld General shattered his sword phantom and badly wounded him.
• Snow Empress used the remaining Ziwei Emperor Power to attack Netherworld General, who met her Ziwei Emperor Bell with his ultimate Netherworld Spear Technique.

The Snow Empress awakened the Ziwei Emperor Soul, repaired her meridians, and broke through to the middle stage of the Eighth Transformation of Dragon Transformation. She drove off the Netherworld General and pursued his fleeing forces with the Ziwei Emperor Bell as the group prepared to continue to the East Sea Dragon Palace.

• The Snow Empress was severely wounded by a surge of power, leaving her unable to move as the Netherworld General demanded the Ziwei Emperor Bell.
• Qingyunzi and the righteous-path disciples rallied around the Snow Empress and urged her to keep fighting.
• The Snow Empress awakened the Ziwei Emperor Soul, healed her meridians, and advanced to the middle stage of the Eighth Transformation of Dragon Transformation.
• The Netherworld General attacked Qingyunzi, but the Snow Empress used Ziwei Emperor Technique, ultimate form, Ziwei Extermination of Evil to shatter his spear phantom and badly wound him.
• The Snow Empress and Qingyunzi prepared to continue toward the East Sea Dragon Palace, while the Netherworld General fled with his forces.
• The Snow Empress sent the Ziwei Emperor Bell after the fleeing Netherworld forces, killing and wounding many of them.

The Snow Empress and Qingyunzi recovered after defeating the Underworld’s ambush in the Deathly Silent Wasteland, then led the disciples onward toward the East Sea Dragon Palace to find the Azure Dragon Jade Pendant. Meanwhile, Daoist Kunlun and the other righteous-path leaders reached Mount Hua and discovered an Underworld force, including a Dragon Transformation Nine Changes expert, waiting to defend the White Tiger Token.

• The Snow Empress and the disciples defeated the fleeing Netherworld General’s forces, though more than a dozen righteous-path disciples died in the battle.
• The Snow Empress and Qingyunzi took pills and rested with the disciples until their strength and injuries had mostly recovered.
• The Snow Empress led the disciples out of the Deathly Silent Wasteland beneath the Ziwei Emperor Bell, continuing toward the East Sea Dragon Palace and the Azure Dragon Jade Pendant.
• Daoist Kunlun, the Shaolin Sect’s abbot, and the Wudang Sect’s leader repelled several small ambushes while traveling toward Mount Hua of the Western Peak.
• At Mount Hua, the three leaders sensed a powerful Underworld ambush and learned that one hidden expert had reached Dragon Transformation Nine Changes.

Daoist Kunlun, the Shaolin abbot, and the Wudang sect leader led their disciples up Mount Hua to find the White Tiger Token, where the Netherworld Lord ambushed them. The battle began, and the Shaolin abbot was gravely injured by the Netherworld Lord’s attack.

• The Shaolin abbot and Daoist Kunlun urged the disciples to press on and arranged their formation for the climb up Mount Hua.
• The three leaders guided their disciples through the misty mountain paths as Sinister Qi and ghostly sounds grew stronger.
• The Netherworld Lord revealed himself with an army of Underworld forces and declared that he would stop them from reaching the White Tiger Token.
• Daoist Kunlun attacked the Netherworld Lord, who shattered his Sword Qi and launched a blast of black Qi force at the disciples.
• The Shaolin abbot shielded the disciples, while Daoist Kunlun and the Wudang sect leader counterattacked and the Wudang forces charged the enemy.
• The Shaolin abbot clashed with the Netherworld Lord’s scepter, was struck by sinister force, and flew into a boulder, badly wounded.

Daoist Kunlun and the Wudang Sect leader fought the Netherworld Lord while protecting the injured Shaolin Sect's abbot and the White Tiger Token. Daoist Kunlun unleashed his dangerous ultimate sword art, and the Netherworld Lord answered with a black dragon attack as their powers converged.

• Daoist Kunlun intercepted the Netherworld Lord's attack on the Shaolin Sect's abbot, but the clash revealed the Netherworld Lord's overwhelming strength.
• The Wudang Sect leader rescued the gravely injured abbot, gave her a Clear Heart Pill, and attacked the Netherworld Lord with Thousand Threads Break Evil.
• The Netherworld Lord summoned a black vortex that threatened to swallow the Wudang Sect leader and nearby righteous disciples.
• Daoist Kunlun drew spiritual Qi from heaven and earth and launched his ultimate Daoist Evil-Slaying Sword attack, weakening the vortex.
• The Netherworld Lord withdrew the vortex and summoned a gigantic black dragon with Black Dragon Devours Heaven to meet Daoist Kunlun's sword phantom.

Daoist Kunlun and the Wudang Sect leader destroyed the Netherworld Lord’s black dragon phantom, but he began burning his soul to grow stronger. The Shaolin Sect abbot sacrificed his life to weaken him, leaving the two leaders to face the wounded Netherworld Lord as he mocked the abbot.

• Daoist Kunlun and the Wudang Sect leader combined their attacks to shatter the Netherworld Lord’s black dragon phantom, badly injuring him.
• The Netherworld Lord began burning his soul and transforming, prompting Daoist Kunlun and the Wudang Sect leader to attack before he could break through.
• The Netherworld Lord evaded their attacks and unleashed Evil Soul Devours the Heart, while the two leaders protected their minds and fought back.
• The Shaolin Sect abbot sacrificed his life to strike the Netherworld Lord with Buddha Light Illuminates All, purifying his sinister Qi and weakening him.
• The Shaolin Sect abbot vanished, leaving only his prayer beads, and the Netherworld Lord mocked his sacrifice.

Daoist Kunlun and the Wudang Sect leader renewed their desperate fight against the wounded Netherworld Lord on Mount Hua while the Snow Empress and Qingyunzi led the righteous disciples toward the East Sea Dragon Palace. The Black Sea General ambushed them in the sea, and the Snow Empress raised the Ziwei Emperor Bell’s shield against his attack.

• Daoist Kunlun and the Wudang Sect leader attacked the Netherworld Lord again, fighting him to the death on Mount Hua.
• The Snow Empress and Qingyunzi reached the East Sea with the righteous disciples and prepared to search for the Azure Dragon Jade Pendant.
• Qingyunzi led twenty disciples ahead as the group entered the sea, where they sensed the Underworld’s sinister Qi and moved into formation.
• The Black Sea General emerged with Underworld forces and controlled sea Demonic Beasts, then demanded the Ziwei Emperor Bell and threatened the group.
• The Black Sea General unleashed a black blade Qi attack, and the Snow Empress used the Ziwei Emperor Bell to form a protective shield around the disciples.

Snow Empress and Black Sea General fought a fierce battle over the Ziwei Emperor Bell while Qingyunzi and the disciples struggled against the Underworld yin soldiers and Sea Demonic Beasts. As Snow Empress and Black Sea General’s ultimate attacks clashed, a turning point emerged, but its outcome remained unknown.

• Snow Empress ordered Qingyunzi to lead the disciples against the Underworld yin soldiers and Sea Demonic Beasts while she faced Black Sea General.
• Qingyunzi and the disciples fought the enemy forces as Snow Empress attacked Black Sea General with the Ziwei Emperor Bell and Ziwei Emperor techniques.
• Black Sea General unleashed Black Sea Devours Heaven, and Snow Empress countered with Ziwei Extermination of Evil, leaving the two forces locked in a stalemate.
• Snow Empress’s Emperor Power rapidly drained as she maintained control of the bell, while Qingyunzi and the wounded disciples struggled to hold off the growing enemy forces.
• Qingyunzi urged the disciples to keep fighting until Snow Empress could defeat Black Sea General and support them.
• A turning point emerged in Snow Empress and Black Sea General’s battle.

Snow Empress defeated Black Sea General, and she and Qingyunzi recovered before leading the disciples deeper into the East Sea toward the East Sea Dragon Palace and the Azure Dragon Jade Pendant. Meanwhile, on Mount Hua, Netherworld Lord began a self-destructive attack against Daoist Kunlun and the Wudang Sect leader.

• Snow Empress used the Ziwei Emperor Bell to destroy Black Sea General, who dissipated into black smoke and left behind his saber.
• Qingyunzi and the injured disciples gathered around Snow Empress, and she ordered everyone to rest and recover before continuing their search.
• After about six hours, Snow Empress, Qingyunzi, and the disciples resumed their journey toward the East Sea Dragon Palace, guarded by the Ziwei Emperor Bell.
• On Mount Hua, Daoist Kunlun and the Wudang Sect leader continued fighting the wounded Netherworld Lord after the Shaolin Sect abbot's sacrifice.
• Netherworld Lord burned his soul again and unleashed the Netherworld secret art, Evil Soul Self-Explosion.

Daoist Kunlun and the Wudang Sect leader defeated the Netherworld Lord’s self-detonation at great cost, then led the surviving disciples to search Mount Hua for the White Tiger Token. They followed its righteous Qi to the summit, where the group arrived and saw something that caught their attention.

• Daoist Kunlun and the Wudang Sect leader combined their techniques to suppress the Netherworld Lord, but his self-detonation shattered their seal and badly injured them.
• The explosion destroyed the Underworld forces nearby and devastated Mount Hua, while Daoist Kunlun and the Wudang Sect leader survived and recovered the Shaolin abbot’s prayer beads.
• Daoist Kunlun warned that Great Emperor Fengdu’s plot remained active and ordered the disciples to rest before searching for the White Tiger Token.
• After about eight hours, Daoist Kunlun, the Wudang Sect leader, and the disciples followed the token’s growing righteous Qi toward Mount Hua’s summit.
• The group cautiously climbed to the summit and looked ahead in surprise.

Daoist Kunlun and the Wudang Sect leader recovered the White Tiger Token and set out for the East Sea, while Snow Empress and Qingyunzi reached the East Sea Dragon Palace in search of the Azure Dragon Jade Pendant. After Snow Empress opened the palace gates, the group entered and was plunged into darkness as an unseen Underworld presence addressed her.

• Daoist Kunlun and the Wudang Sect leader took the White Tiger Token, which restored their meridians and strengthened their cultivation.
• Daoist Kunlun led the disciples down Mount Hua to join Snow Empress and Qingyunzi at the East Sea.
• Snow Empress and Qingyunzi fought off Underworld ambushes and sea Demonic Beasts as they approached the East Sea Dragon Palace.
• Snow Empress used the Ziwei Emperor Bell to suppress sinister Qi, opened the palace gates, and led the disciples inside.
• The palace lights went out, eerie howls sounded, and Snow Empress challenged the hidden Underworld people before an unseen speaker laughed and addressed her.

The Black Dragon Lord ambushed the Snow Empress and the disciples inside the East Sea Dragon Palace, intending to seize the Azure Dragon Jade Pendant and the Ziwei Emperor Bell. After his repeated attacks nearly broke their defenses, the Snow Empress led a desperate counterattack, which left the Black Dragon Lord facing their combined strikes.

• The Black Dragon Lord revealed his ambush and declared that he would take the Azure Dragon Jade Pendant and the Ziwei Emperor Bell for Great Emperor Fengdu.
• The Black Dragon Lord attacked the Snow Empress and the disciples with black dragon-shaped Qi, and the Snow Empress shielded them with the Ziwei Emperor Bell.
• Qingyunzi and the disciples poured their spiritual Qi into the shield, but the Black Dragon Lord’s continuing attacks weakened it and exhausted them.
• The Snow Empress ordered everyone to drop the shield at her count and counterattack together.
• The Snow Empress, Qingyunzi, and the disciples unleashed their strongest attacks against the Black Dragon Lord and the Underworld forces.

The Snow Empress and her allies were overwhelmed by the Black Dragon Lord’s attack in the East Sea Dragon Palace, but Daoist Kunlun and the Wudang Sect leader arrived with reinforcements. The Snow Empress received the White Tiger Token, restoring her strength as the fight against the Underworld continued.

• The Black Dragon Lord turned his Dark Dragon Wall into black blades, killing several disciples and forcing the Snow Empress to order a retreat.
• The Black Dragon Lord blocked the palace gates and attacked as Underworld Yin soldiers and controlled dragon-shaped Demonic Beasts surrounded the Snow Empress’s group.
• The Snow Empress used the Ziwei Emperor Bell to protect the remaining disciples while Qingyunzi and the others fought, but their defenses weakened under the assault.
• Daoist Kunlun and the Wudang Sect leader entered the Dragon Palace with several hundred righteous-path disciples and drove back the attackers.
• Daoist Kunlun gave the White Tiger Token to the Snow Empress, whose depleted power and damaged meridians began to recover from its righteous Qi.

The Snow Empress and the righteous reinforcements defeated the Black Dragon Lord and recovered the Azure Dragon Jade Pendant, which raised her cultivation. As they prepared to leave the East Sea Dragon Palace with all three ancient supreme treasures, Great Emperor Fengdu appeared.

• The Snow Empress combined the White Tiger Token and Ziwei Emperor Bell to shatter the Black Dragon Lord's Dark Dragon Wall and destroy him.
• Daoist Kunlun and the Wudang Sect's sect master supported the exhausted Snow Empress, then joined her in searching the Dragon Palace for the Azure Dragon Jade Pendant.
• The Snow Empress found the pendant in the Dragon King Hall, and its power raised her cultivation from the middle stage to the peak of the eighth transformation of Dragon Transformation.
• The Snow Empress announced that the group would return to Kunlun Mountain to merge the three supreme treasures and stop the Underworld's plot.
• The Dragon Palace shook as Great Emperor Fengdu emerged from a black rift behind the dragon throne, leaving Daoist Kunlun horrified.

Great Emperor Fengdu attacked the Snow Empress and her allies in the Dragon Palace, but the Shaolin abbot’s surviving Buddhist heart intervened and helped them escape. The group reached Penglai Immortal Island, where the Snow Empress placed the three supreme treasures on an ancient altar to begin fusing their power.

• Great Emperor Fengdu struck down the Snow Empress and gravely wounded Daoist Kunlun, the Wudang Sect’s leader, and the disciples as he demanded the three supreme treasures.
• The Shaolin abbot’s Buddhist heart appeared and fought Great Emperor Fengdu, giving the Snow Empress and the others a chance to flee.
• The Shaolin abbot held Great Emperor Fengdu back while the Snow Empress, Qingyunzi, and the others escaped the East Sea Dragon Palace.
• The Snow Empress and her allies reached the East Sea shore and followed Qingyunzi to the hidden Penglai Immortal Island.
• The Snow Empress placed the Ziwei Emperor Bell, the White Tiger Token, and the Azure Dragon Jade Pendant on the island’s ancient altar, where they began to resonate.

The Snow Empress fused the power of the three supreme treasures into the power of the Heavenly Dao and reached the peak of Dragon Transformation Nine Changes. She defeated Great Emperor Fengdu and his army on Penglai Immortal Island, but was left nearly powerless.

• The Snow Empress endured three days of fusing the Ziwei Emperor Bell, White Tiger Token, and Azure Dragon Jade Pendant, creating the power of the Heavenly Dao.
• Great Emperor Fengdu arrived at Penglai Immortal Island with an army of Underworld ghost soldiers, demons, monsters, and ghosts, then attacked the Snow Empress and the island.
• The Snow Empress used the golden token to shatter Great Emperor Fengdu's palm strike and fought him while Qingyunzi, Daoist Kunlun, the Wudang Sect leader, and the disciples battled his forces.
• The Snow Empress's power of the Heavenly Dao suppressed Great Emperor Fengdu's sinister Qi, and her final golden pillar of light destroyed him.
• After Great Emperor Fengdu fell, his army dissipated, and the Snow Empress descended to the island nearly exhausted.

After defeating Great Emperor Fengdu and destroying the Underworld, the Snow Empress mourned the Righteous Path Alliance’s losses and ordered a monument raised for the fallen. The discovery of sea folk corpses drained by the forbidden Soul Refining Technique left her suspecting a new, hidden threat.

• The Snow Empress and the surviving leaders celebrated their victory and returned to report that Great Emperor Fengdu and the Underworld had been defeated.
• Qingyunzi told the Snow Empress that the Righteous Path Alliance had lost three hundred and twenty-seven disciples, including the Shaolin abbot, and she ordered their names recorded on a monument.
• Qingyunzi questioned whether a higher force had supported the Underworld, and the Snow Empress agreed that an obscure presence beyond the mortal world might be involved.
• A Ziwei Sect disciple reported that many sea folk had been found dead near Penglai Immortal Island, their life force apparently drained.
• The Snow Empress and Qingyunzi identified the corpses as victims of the forbidden Soul Refining Technique, and she ordered warnings sent to Kunlun Mountain and the Wudang Sect along with patrols for similar incidents.

Snow Empress learned that the Underworld’s uprising had been a Demon Venerable plot to open the Gate of the Demon Realm, and she planned to sacrifice herself to strengthen the seal beneath Heavenly Pillar Peak. Ten days later, the righteous sects gathered at Kunlun Mountain, where Tianjizi warned that the dangerous ritual could destroy Snow Empress’s soul.

• The golden token revealed to Snow Empress that the three supreme treasures sealed the Gate of the Demon Realm and that the Demon Venerable had manipulated Great Emperor Fengdu to break the seal.
• Snow Empress told Qingyunzi that she had to use her vitality and power of the Heavenly Dao to reactivate the sealing formation beneath Heavenly Pillar Peak.
• Snow Empress ordered Qingyunzi to summon the righteous sect leaders for a gathering at Heavenly Pillar Peak in ten days, despite his objections to her planned sacrifice.
• The leaders and elders of the righteous sects assembled at Heavenly Pillar Peak and discussed the Demon Realm’s threat.
• Tianjizi arrived and warned the gathering that the ritual could scatter Snow Empress’s soul if anything went wrong.

The Snow Empress joined Tianjizi and the sect leaders at Heavenly Pillar Peak to reinforce the failing seal on the Gate of the Demon Realm. She exhausted her vitality to close the gate, but the golden token then released a surge of vitality that began restoring her.

• The Snow Empress arrived at Heavenly Pillar Peak and agreed to seal the Gate of the Demon Realm, while Tianjizi and the sect leaders pledged to protect her.
• The Snow Empress placed her golden token beside the Ziwei Emperor Bell, White Tiger Token, and Azure Dragon Jade Pendant, then began activating the great sealing formation.
• The Snow Empress poured her Power of the Heavenly Dao into the damaged seal as her vitality drained and her hair turned white.
• The Snow Empress closed the Gate of the Demon Realm, then collapsed into Qingyunzi's arms as Tianjizi warned that she might not survive.
• The golden token released a surge of vitality into the Snow Empress, restoring color to her face and beginning to turn her hair black again.

Snow Empress recovered through the Human Emperor’s life force and reached the Heavenly Dao Realm, then confronted the growing depletion of spiritual Qi. The Shaolin abbot returned as a bodiless Buddha-heart manifestation and revealed that the Demon Venerable was draining spiritual Qi through his consciousness, hidden in an underwater cave in the East Sea.

• The Human Emperor’s life force revived Snow Empress and raised her cultivation to the Heavenly Dao Realm, and she led everyone out of the sealed grounds.
• Three months later, Snow Empress learned that spiritual Qi was declining across the mortal world and proposed making the Ziwei Sect’s cultivation method public and sending disciples to help ordinary people.
• Snow Empress sensed that someone was secretly drawing away spiritual Qi, but she could not locate them.
• The Shaolin abbot appeared before Snow Empress and explained that the power of the Heavenly Dao had reborn him as a bodiless manifestation of his Buddha heart.
• The Shaolin abbot told Snow Empress that the Demon Venerable’s consciousness was draining spiritual Qi to prepare for his true body’s arrival, and revealed its hiding place in an underwater cave in the East Sea.