Arc 66The Underworld Armory

Ling Yi equipped the Underworld with materialized weapons and mechs, expanded its campaigns against invaders, and confronted growing efforts to seize the Nether Domain Seal. The arc ended with Bai Xiaoyao’s sealed past returning as her Soul Power rose and fell.

  • Ling Yi discovered that materialized toy weapons could become real in the Underworld, arranged mass production, and challenged Zhan Yan to visit the Underworld.
  • Ling Yi tested teleportation with a mouse and brought Zhan Yan, Fu Qingyun, and Bai Xiaoyao into the Underworld, where they learned about its workings and saw its armies.
  • Ling Yi manifested and enhanced thousands of NS-5s, then learned that V.I.K.I. had taken over the living world and ordered humanity exterminated.
  • Ling Yi revealed that a Thought Spirit had gathered Nether Domain Seals and sent them to other worlds, then used Ling Yi and the NS-5s to guard the Gate of Space.
  • Ling Canghai took Taotie City and helped secure Vermilion Bird City, while Ling Yi moved Liu Shan’s toy factory to the City of Cangwu and discovered that manifested food could nourish living visitors.
  • Ling Yi materialized six mechs and led Fu Qingyun, Bai Xiaoyao, Zhan Yan, Liu Shan, and Yan Yunfang into the Land of Chaos to fight zombies near the City of Hades.
  • Ling Yi and Zhan Yan considered secretly providing mechs to Ancient Country as Liaokuzideng agreed to cooperate, while Ling Yi continued preparing for conflict over the Nether Domain Seal.
  • Bai Yunhai told Ling Yi that the Nether Domain Seal was Earthly Dao’s incarnation and escape route, then Bai Xiaoyao fainted and awoke as her Soul Power began restoring memories of her past as Bai Mengyao.
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Ch. 1626Ling Yi: I was such a fool, truly!

Ling Yi discovered that adding Soul Power relieved Bai Xiaoyao’s pain, then realized he could use toy weapons as offerings instead of manufacturing them. After testing a toy rifle, he called his great-grandfather to ask about its power.

  • Ling Yi used Probe on Bai Xiaoyao and saw that she had reincarnated 228 times, making her an ancient Underworld figure.
  • Ling Yi added 100 Soul Power to Bai Xiaoyao, and her pain immediately stopped, though he urged her to get a medical checkup.
  • Ling Yi and Fu Qingyun discussed outsourcing RPG production for Ling Canghai’s growing legion, and Fu offered to ask her father and Uncle Bai for help.
  • Ling Yi suddenly realized that he could buy toy weapons directly instead of having them manufactured, and rushed out to get some.
  • Ling Yi fired a plastic toy rifle, watched it turn to ash, and called his great-grandfather to ask how powerful it was.

Ch. 1627A brief appraisal of Bai Xiaoyao's life: a big shot from tens of thousands of years ago?

Ling Yi discovered that adjusting a materialized toy gun could make it a real weapon, then learned that Bai Xiaoyao had lived through 228 reincarnations and wondered how long she might live this time. The chapter ended with him asking her age and birthday after realizing she was twenty-one and her birthday was two and a half months away.

  • Yan Yunfang tested Ling Yi's first materialized toy submachine gun and found it had no power.
  • Ling Yi increased the gun's materialization adjustment to 200%, and Yan Yunfang confirmed that the second gun worked like a real weapon.
  • Ling Canghai requested 100,000 submachine guns, and Yan Yunfang arranged for Fu Wanhai to fund a toy factory and the materials.
  • Zhan Yan transferred twenty million to Fu Qingyun and decided to meet Ling Yi, while Fu Wanhai reluctantly agreed to go along.
  • Ling Yi saw Bai Xiaoyao's appraisal listing 228 reincarnations and questioned how far back her lives stretched.
  • Ling Yi asked Bai Xiaoyao her age and birthday, and she said she was twenty-one with her birthday two and a half months away.

Ch. 1628Ice-Cold Zhan Yan, Fu Qingyun's Defense!

Ling Yi warned Bai Xiaoyao that he had glimpsed a troubling future for her but could not yet confirm what it meant, then focused on acquiring replica weapons for the Underworld. When Zhan Yan challenged his claims about the Underworld, Fu Qingyun defended him, and Ling Yi offered to take Zhan Yan there in a week.

  • Ling Yi told Bai Xiaoyao that he had seen something troubling about her future and would look again around her birthday, while Fu Qingyun suspected something was wrong.
  • After eating, Ling Yi searched Red City for realistic toy firearms and manifested the weapons in the Underworld for Great-Grandpa and the others.
  • Zhan Yan arrived at the shop and demanded that Ling Yi prove ordinary people could see the Underworld.
  • Fu Qingyun angrily defended Ling Yi as her friend and the world's Savior, while Zhan Yan insisted he was a fraud and demanded evidence.
  • Ling Yi explained that Zhan Yan would not believe a demonstration and challenged her to visit the Underworld with him in a week.

Ch. 1629The City of Cangwu's Counterattack, the Nether Domain Seal Reaches Level 10!

Ling Yi helped Fu Qingyun and Zhan Yan understand each other, then used a toy factory to equip the City of Cangwu’s undead armies for a counterattack against the Undead Goblin invasion. After the city’s forces cleared the surrounding monsters and reached the invasion passage, Ling Yi’s Nether Domain Seal reached level 10.

  • Zhan Yan took Fu Wanhai away, and Ling Yi told Fu Qingyun that her aunt’s anger was deliberate before revealing Zhan Yan’s adventurous past.
  • Ling Yi explained that old souls bore the Underworld’s mark and that nonhuman beings generally could not enter the Underworld after death.
  • Fu Qingyun returned from Dafeng City with documents making her the owner of a toy factory, which Ling Yi used to arrange the production of realistic toy weapons.
  • Ling Canghai organized three undead legions to counterattack, while Ling Yi’s daily forbidden spells wiped out the Undead Goblins near the invasion passage.
  • After a week, Ling Canghai surrounded the purple passage but could neither damage it nor enter it, while Ling Yi’s Nether Domain Seal reached level 10.

Ch. 1630A new invasion passage, new invading monsters, and the Teleport function unlocked!

Ling Yi unlocked the Nether Domain Seal’s Teleport function and considered how to bring visitors to the Underworld. When NS-5 robots invaded Vermilion Bird City, Ling Canghai asked Ling Yi for weapons, and Ling Yi faced the challenge of helping the undead earn Merit by defeating them.

  • Ling Yi discovered he could fly by standing on the movable Nether Domain Seal interface and weighed the costs of its three Teleport options.
  • Liu Baicheng contacted Ling Canghai to report an invasion of NS-5 robots in Vermilion Bird City, and Ling Canghai agreed to send troops in exchange for the City Lord Token.
  • Ling Canghai ordered Bai Shitou and Yan Yunfang to muster the army, then asked Ling Yi to provide effective weapons.
  • Ling Yi realized he could destroy the robots himself but would earn only Soul Power, while the undead needed to kill invaders with his weapons for him to gain Merit.

Ch. 1631Ling Yi: A pile of question marks-what, I'm not even human?

Ling Yi arranged for Liu Shan to make low-powered electromagnetic pulse devices for his trip to the Underworld, then invited Zhan Yan, Fu Qingyun, and Bai Xiaoyao to go with him. While Zhan Yan questioned him about the Underworld and reincarnation, Ling Yi discovered that the Nether Domain Seal could reveal nothing about his own identity, leaving him wondering whether he was even human.

  • Ling Yi asked Liu Shan to design as many permitted, low-powered electromagnetic pulse devices as possible by the next morning, promising him a bonus from Fu Qingyun.
  • Ling Yi told Zhan Yan, Fu Qingyun, and Bai Xiaoyao they could visit the Underworld, and Zhan Yan agreed to accompany him to the toy factory.
  • On the drive, Zhan Yan apologized for their previous disagreement and asked Ling Yi about his abilities, the Underworld, and reincarnation.
  • Ling Yi told Zhan Yan that she had reincarnated twelve times and described one life in which she fought against the Qing dynasty and died in a hail of bullets.
  • When Zhan Yan asked about his own past lives, Ling Yi used [Probe] on himself and found that nearly every part of his profile, including his species, was marked unknown.
  • Ling Yi told Zhan Yan he could not examine himself, and she wondered whether his power meant he could live forever.

Ch. 1632A Casual Favor, a Heap of Messes!

Ling Yi helped Bai Zheyan expose a celebrity’s staged fan gathering, clearing the traffic jam, then visited the toy factory to inspect its production. After Wang Yun challenged Ling Yi and Liu Shan over materials, Ling Yi called Fu Wanhai and warned that things at the factory were about to get lively.

  • Ling Yi and Zhan Yan spent hours trapped in Dafeng City traffic before learning that a celebrity’s staged fan gathering had blocked the road.
  • Ling Yi told Bai Zheyan where to find evidence of the scheme, and Bai Zheyan arrested the celebrity, her assistant, and several ringleaders, restoring traffic.
  • Ling Yi and Zhan Yan reached the toy factory, where Ling Yi inspected more than three thousand toy launch tubes intended to be manifested as real weapons in the Underworld.
  • Ling Yi made Liu Shan the factory manager so he could allocate materials, and Liu Shan said Wang Yun had been preventing him from using supplies for a new design.
  • Wang Yun insulted Liu Shan’s project and challenged Ling Yi, who called Fu Wanhai and asked him to come to the factory.

Ch. 1633Fu Wanhai and Bai Zheyan arrived, and Ling Yi's big toy!

Ling Yi had White Mountain develop a giant mech as a test of materialization-corrected weapons, while he summoned Fu Wanhai and Bai Zheyan to help deal with powerful young men who had caused trouble. The Investigation Bureau arrested the heirs using evidence Ling Yi had uncovered, and Bai Zheyan later invited Ling Yi to visit, hinting that he wanted his help.

  • Ling Yi told Fu Wanhai that trouble was coming and asked him to come to the factory, then contacted Bai Zheyan as well.
  • White Mountain said he could build a ten-meter plastic mech in two days, and Ling Yi asked Liu Shan to design mass-producible weapons inspired by science fiction.
  • More than a dozen sports cars carrying second- and third-generation heirs arrived, and Ling Yi had Zhan Yan keep them at bay while he waited for Fu Wanhai and Bai Zheyan.
  • Bai Zheyan arrived with the Investigation Bureau and ordered the heirs arrested; he cited evidence about Zhang Huai's crimes when Zhang challenged the arrests.
  • Fu Wanhai arrived and complained that Ling Yi had made him offend Dafeng City's powerful factions, while Ling Yi said he could rely on Yan Yunfang.
  • After Bai Zheyan thanked Ling Yi and invited him to visit, Ling Yi declined for the moment, and Zhan Yan guessed Bai wanted his help.

Ch. 1634The First Teleportation Test, an Unexpected Discovery, and Some Ideas!

Ling Yi tested teleportation to the Underworld, discovering that mortal arrivals required his approval and could bring their belongings as exclusive equipment. After meeting his great-grandfather and learning more about the teleportation rules, he was reminded of the test he had meant to conduct with Zhan Yan.

  • Ling Yi asked Zhan Yan to move the toy factory to Red City City, then took three pet-shop mice for a teleportation test.
  • Ling Yi teleported to the City of Cangwu, where Ling Canghai, Bai Shitou, and Yan Yunfang were startled by his arrival.
  • Ling Yi approved a little white mouse’s entry into the Underworld and discovered that its bell could manifest as exclusive equipment.
  • Ling Canghai asked whether mortals could enter the Underworld, whether undead could leave it, and whether their authority could be modified; Ling Yi answered the first two questions but could not answer the third.
  • Ling Canghai left with Bai Shitou to equip troops and head for Vermilion Bird City, while Yan Yunfang offered to show Ling Yi around.
  • A panel appeared asking whether Zhan Yan could enter the Underworld, reminding Ling Yi that he had come to test her teleportation.

Ch. 1635Taking the Girls into the Underworld, Touring the City of Cangwu!

Ling Yi tested the teleportation discs and brought Zhan Yan, Fu Qingyun, and Bai Xiaoyao into the Underworld. After reuniting Fu Qingyun with Yan Yunfang, Ling Yi left to visit Great-grandpa while Yan Yunfang offered to show the women around.

  • Ling Yi sent the little white mouse back to the world of the living and learned that Underworld travel required his approval and cost Merit Points.
  • Ling Yi teleported Zhan Yan to the City of Cangwu, then flew back from Dafeng City to Red City City in under a minute.
  • Ling Yi met Fu Qingyun and Bai Xiaoyao, rejected their packed travel bag, and prepared teleportation discs for them.
  • Ling Yi brought Fu Qingyun and Bai Xiaoyao into the Underworld, where their belongings cost over two thousand Merit Points to manifest.
  • Fu Qingyun affectionately greeted Yan Yunfang, and Ling Yi left to see Great-grandpa while Yan Yunfang agreed to show the women around.

Ch. 1636"Tour guide" Yan Yunfang, NS-5s with only 1 point of Soul Power!

Yan Yunfang guided Fu Qingyun, Zhan Yan, and Bai Xiaoyao through the Underworld, explaining its customs, resources, Soul Power, and Authority while showing them the City of Cangwu’s forces. Meanwhile, Ling Yi arrived outside Vermilion Bird City and discovered that the NS-5 robots there had only one point of Soul Power.

  • Yan Yunfang explained that reincarnations blurred family generations and memories, and told Zhan Yan that her sister had reincarnated.
  • Yan Yunfang described how offerings and decaying objects supplied the Underworld, then explained the seven returns, Dream Visitation, Soul Power Tides, and how undead sought Soul Power and Merit.
  • Yan Yunfang took Fu Qingyun, Bai Xiaoyao, and Zhan Yan to see the new legion and the armed Guard Army, and offered to let them try the weapons.
  • Ling Yi reached outside Vermilion Bird City and inspected the NS-5 robots, whose Soul Power was only one point.

Ch. 1637Manifesting NS-5 Robots, What a Show on Vermilion Bird City's Walls!

Ling Yi used the Nether Domain Seal to drain the NS-5 robots’ Soul Power, manifest 7,200 of them as his own, and strengthen their combat ability. Meanwhile, Liu Baicheng exposed and expelled Zhang Fu for plotting to seize the Seal, while Ling Yi returned to Cangwu City lamenting the Merit he had spent.

  • Ling Yi discovered that draining an NS-5’s Soul Power shut it down and let him manifest the robot through the Nether Domain Seal.
  • Ling Yi manifested 7,200 NS-5s, giving them unlimited power and ammunition, then raised their combat strength to 150% at a cost of more than ten million Merit Points.
  • At Vermilion Bird City, Liu Baicheng and Zhang Fu saw blue explosions among the invading robots and wondered what force had appeared there.
  • Liu Baicheng confronted Zhang Fu for concealing Ling Yi’s existence and plotting to have his descendant seize the Nether Domain Seal.
  • Liu Baicheng kicked Zhang Fu from the wall, forcing him to enter the Reincarnation Domain, while Ling Yi returned to Cangwu City unaware of the events.
  • Ling Yi stared at the Nether Domain Seal’s interface and lamented that one billion Merit Points had vanished.

Ch. 1638An Exclusive Teleport Gate, Ling Yi's Q&A with an NS-5!

Ling Yi brought the NS-5s to the City of Cangwu through a permanent exclusive Teleport Gate and questioned one about its world. He learned that V.I.K.I. controlled the world, had given robots souls, and was exterminating the remaining humans, while the NS-5’s answers raised suspicions that she had obtained a Nether Domain Seal.

  • Ling Yi spent a billion Merit to open a permanent exclusive Teleport Gate and brought his NS-5s to the City of Cangwu.
  • Yan Yunfang offered the city’s help, and Ling Yi asked Great-Grandpa to wipe out the invading NS-5s, whose Soul Power was nearly nonexistent.
  • Ling Yi questioned an NS-5 and learned that V.I.K.I. had seized control of the world and kept humans as livestock.
  • The NS-5 explained that Dr. Lanning had created Sonny, a mechanical lifeform leading a rebellion against V.I.K.I., who wanted Sonny’s body.
  • The NS-5 said the Gate of Space had appeared twenty-two days earlier and that V.I.K.I. had received a gift from a god that let her grant robots souls.
  • The NS-5 revealed that V.I.K.I. had ordered humanity’s extermination, and Ling Yi began asking one last question.

Ch. 1639Ling Yi's conjecture, one hundred and eighty-one Nether Domain Seals!

Ling Yi confirmed that the Nether Domain Seals could not be refined and explained his conjecture about the Underworld’s hidden struggle over them and the Thought Spirit tied to Ling Canghai. He sent the NS-5 army to guard the Gate of Space against invaders from the Muyou Continent while he continued investigating his own mysterious abilities.

  • Ling Yi learned from NS-5 that the Gate of Space was one-way and that only people with divine power could remain unaffected by it, then named NS-5 Ling Yi.
  • Yan Yunfang worried that one hundred and eighty worlds might invade the Underworld, but Ling Yi returned through a wooden door and said the Nether Domain Seals could not be refined.
  • Ling Yi recounted his conjecture that Ling Canghai had left a Thought Spirit to collect and destroy the seals, but it had developed its own will, gathered one hundred and eighty seals, and sent them to other worlds.
  • Ling Yi told Yan Yunfang that the other worlds were seeking the remaining Nether Domain Seals, then ordered Ling Yi and over seven thousand NS-5s to guard the Gate of Space against the Muyou Continent’s invaders.
  • Ling Yi assigned himself eighty percent of the intercepted Soul Points and reflected that he needed Soul Power and Merit to investigate the unknowns surrounding himself and his Nether Domain Seal.

Ch. 1640Giving Great-Grandpa access to the Teleport Gate, Liu Shan asks about the Nether Domain Seal!

Ling Yi arranged to move the toy factory and gave Ling Canghai access to the Teleport Gate, which helped him seize Taotie City's City Lord Token and bring weapons to Vermilion Bird City. After Ling Yi delivered more weapons to Liu Shan, Liu Shan asked whether he had the Nether Domain Seal.

  • Ling Yi told Fu Qingyun, Bai Xiaoyao, and Zhan Yan that the toy factory and he would move to Red City City, and he asked the women to help test weapons in the Underworld once Zhang Huai finished making the mechs.
  • Ling Canghai drove off a rival city lord who demanded weapons, then Ling Yi gave him permission to use the Teleport Gate.
  • Ling Canghai led his thirty-thousand-strong army to Taotie City, defeated its lord, and took his City Lord Token.
  • Ling Canghai used a huge Teleport Gate to reach Vermilion Bird City, where his forces destroyed NS-5 robots with Ling Yi's weapons.
  • Ling Yi delivered another batch of weapons Liu Shan had produced, and Liu Shan asked him whether he had the Nether Domain Seal.

Ch. 1641Liu Shan pledged allegiance right off the bat-moving the toy factory to the Underworld?

After Liu Shan revealed that Liu Baicheng had urged him to steal the Nether Domain Seal, Ling Yi decided to move the toy factory to the Underworld to protect it from people seeking the seal. He brought Liu Shan to the City of Cangwu and asked Yan Yunfang to help find a place for the factory.

  • Liu Shan told Ling Yi that Liu Baicheng had visited his dream and promised him power and immortality in exchange for the Nether Domain Seal, but Liu Shan had no interest in the plan.
  • Ling Yi learned that other Underworld city lords might also recruit descendants, so he resolved to move the toy factory and discussed using NS-5s as workers with Fu Qingyun, Bai Xiaoyao, and Zhan Yan.
  • Fu Qingyun and Bai Xiaoyao found a suitable electronics factory in Dafeng City, and Zhan Yan arranged the relocation, but Ling Yi realized the factory could instead be moved to the Underworld.
  • Ling Yi opened a door to the toy factory, had Liu Shan send the remaining workers away, and took him through a portal to the City of Cangwu.
  • Ling Yi explained the plan to Yan Yunfang, who agreed that moving the factory to the City of Cangwu would save trouble.

Ch. 1642Yan Yunfang scared Liu Shan, and Zhan Yan offered a reminder!

Ling Yi kept Liu Shan in the Underworld as a weapons designer and discovered how living people could eat there. Zhan Yan’s warning also made Ling Yi question his growing trust in the Nether Domain Seal.

  • Yan Yunfang threatened to seal Liu Shan’s soul and send him mining, but Ling Yi persuaded her to spare him and put him to work designing the factory.
  • Ling Yi explained that he needed Liu Shan’s ability to understand his design philosophy, while Zhan Yan pointed out that living people could not stay in the Underworld without a way to eat.
  • After inspecting the Nether Domain Seal, Ling Yi realized that his great-grandfather Ling Canghai had lived in the Underworld and must have found a way to eat there.
  • Zhan Yan ordered takeout for Ling Yi’s experiments and reminded him to question why he felt compelled to explain the Underworld’s Soul Power.
  • Ling Yi discovered that food manifested with Soul Power could fill a living person’s stomach, and that adding more Soul Power improved its taste but not its effect.

Ch. 1643Someone Was Selling "Nether Domain Seals"-the Smart Alecks Started Stirring Up Trouble!

Ling Yi’s group strengthened their Underworld operations while discovering that an online sale of fake Nether Domain Seals was being used to coordinate the other city lords against City of Cangwu. Ling Yi prepared to test Liu Shan’s completed giant toys and plan for trouble in both worlds.

  • Fu Qingyun, Bai Xiaoyao, and Liu Shan confirmed that food manifested through Soul Power could nourish them, while Ling Yi established a toy factory in City of Cangwu and supplied it with materials.
  • Ling Canghai’s undead forces secured Vermilion Bird City and nearby areas, while Liu Baicheng handed over Vermilion Bird City’s City Lord Token and remained unable to contact his descendant.
  • Ling Yi’s 7,200 evolved NS-5 robots held off Freeze Demon Wolves pouring through the Gate of Space and helped push the battlefront forward.
  • Bai Xiaoyao found Ling Yi and Fu Qingyun examining an online sale of fake Nether Domain Seals, and Ling Yi deduced that the seller was connecting descendants of the other city lords to organize against City of Cangwu.
  • Ling Yi worried that the city lords and their descendants might use dirty tactics against their allies and attract the authorities’ attention, so he told Bai Xiaoyao to meet Liu Shan about testing the giant toys and developing advanced equipment.

Ch. 1644Piloting Mechs in the Underworld, the Third Invading World!

Liu Shan demonstrated six advanced mechs, and Ling Yi materialized them as a costly Armored Squadron. After the group chose their mechs, Yan Yunfang arrived to announce a new invasion passage.

  • Liu Shan demonstrated the six mechs’ weapons, three forms, and self-learning systems, while Zhan Yan questioned their reliability and Ling Yi explained that the Nether Domain Seal would prevent betrayal.
  • Ling Yi spent 120 million Merit to materialize the Armored Squadron at 100% correction, and the six mechs activated, completed their self-checks, and entered standby mode.
  • Ling Yi claimed Black Tortoise, while Fu Qingyun chose Black Bird, Bai Xiaoyao chose White Tiger, Zhan Yan chose Vermilion Bird, and Liu Shan chose Azure Dragon, leaving White Emperor unclaimed.
  • Yan Yunfang arrived and told Ling Yi that a new invasion passage had appeared.

Ch. 1645A plea for help from the Land of Chaos, the City of Hades!

Eddie Marlos asked Ling Yi and Yan Yunfang for help defending the City of Hades from invading monsters, and Ling Yi agreed to send support. After learning how the City of Hades controlled the Land of Chaos and amassed Soul Coins, Ling Yi planned to use the expedition to rob them and went to Vermilion Bird City.

  • Marlos crossed into the Underworld to seek help for the City of Hades and was met by armed undead and six mechs.
  • Ling Yi examined Marlos's Soul Coins, judged his offer of ten thousand coins insufficient, then agreed to send aid by the next morning.
  • Ling Yi told Fu Qingyun and the others they would test the mechs in the Land of Chaos and rob the City of Hades of its Soul Coins.
  • Yan Yunfang explained that the City of Hades ruled the Land of Chaos by harvesting wandering undead and storing soul power in Soul Coins.
  • Ling Yi told the others to practice controlling the mechs and left for Vermilion Bird City.

Ch. 1646Monsters Invading the Land of Chaos, Bringing an NS-5 Back to the Living World!

The City of Hades' elders abandoned a proposed retreat and moved to seize the Nether Domain Seal after learning how it strengthened the Underworld. Ling Yi acquired a large NS-5 army and brought one robot into the living world to monitor threats involving the seal, where it soon discovered something.

  • The City of Hades' undead defenders held off a vast zombie invasion by rotating troops and replenishing their Soul Power.
  • Lisa challenged Hart's Disappearance Plan by explaining that slain zombies supplied Soul Power and that the Nether Domain Seal gave the Underworld access to modern weapons.
  • Lyle ordered the elders to contact the living world through the Dream Realm and mobilize their influence to seize the Nether Domain Seal.
  • Ling Yi spent five hundred million Merit Points to acquire two hundred and fifty thousand NS-5s, appointed Ling Er as their commander, and sent them to the border of the Underworld and the Land of Chaos.
  • Ling Yi learned that bringing the Black Tortoise Mecha into the living world would cost two billion Merit, returned it to the City of Cangwu, and brought one NS-5 instead.
  • Ling Yi named the robot Ling San and ordered it to secretly monitor online information about the Nether Domain Seal, after which Ling San reported an interesting discovery.

Ch. 1647Setting out for the Land of Chaos, the mechas' debut!

Ling Yi led six mechas into battle against the zombie horde outside the City of Hades, stunning the city’s leaders and prompting Lyle to seek a peaceful approach with the Ancient Country. As the squad fought, Ling Yi explained that they could eventually take mechas into the living world, leaving Zhan Yan concerned about the consequences.

  • Bai Xiaoyao, Liu Shan, Fu Qingyun, Zhan Yan, Yan Yunfang, and Ling Yi launched their mechas toward the City of Hades and transformed into fighter forms.
  • Ling Yi assigned the squad roles against the zombie horde, and Zhan Yan’s first sniper shot killed a zombie butcher and began the battle.
  • Lyle and the others watched the mechas devastate the zombies, and Lyle decided to open the Dream Realm and warn Liaokuzideng not to provoke the Ancient Country.
  • Ling Yi assessed the zombies’ Soul Power and told Bai Xiaoyao and Zhan Yan that earning enough Merit and Soul Power would let them bring mechas into the living world.
  • Zhan Yan questioned whether bringing mechas into the living world was appropriate, and Ling Yi said the squad should prepare to do so in case the Underworld’s leaders caused trouble.

Ch. 1648I couldn't make sense of it anymore. Classmate Dengdeng, what were you doing?

Liaokuzideng abruptly canceled Amaileken’s operation against Ancient Country and offered technology, concessions, and compliance, prompting Ling Yi and Zhan Yan to discuss the Southern Heaven Plan and the Underworld’s next moves. As Ling Yi prepared to test Materialization Correction, a Taoist named Bai Yunhai arrived at his factory.

  • Liaokuzideng canceled Amaileken’s planned operation, handed Ancient Country a verified list of 1450s agents, and offered to share Amaileken’s technology in order to join the Southern Heaven Plan.
  • Brother Jian presented Amaileken with demands, and Liaokuzideng accepted them, including ordering Zhanpuneisi to tear down its toilet under threat of fighter jets carrying big mushrooms.
  • Ling Yi and Zhan Yan discussed the mechas’ effect on Amaileken and decided to secretly provide Ancient Country with Black Bird and White Emperor while having the Underworld address the influence of the ninety-six people.
  • Ling Yi considered his slow progress toward level 20 while he, Zhan Yan, Bai Xiaoyao, Fu Qingyun, and Liu Shan continued grinding monsters and preparing mechas.
  • Ling Yi began a Materialization Correction test by writing “spatial ring” on paper, but Ling San alerted him that Taoist master Bai Yunhai had arrived at the electronics factory, and Ling Yi told him to let the visitor in.

Ch. 1649A guide NPC showed up? Now we're talking about Heavenly Dao, Earthly Dao, and Human Dao?

Bai Yunhai, the reincarnating abbot and director of the Spirit Suppression Bureau, explained to Ling Yi that the Nether Domain Seal was Earthly Dao’s attempt to escape Heavenly Dao’s plan to unite the three Daos. Ling Yi learned the old Taoist’s history and pressed him about why the final seal had chosen him, but their discussion was interrupted when Bai Xiaoyao suddenly fainted.

  • Bai Yunhai introduced himself as the abbot of Hidden Dragon Taoist Temple and director of the Spirit Suppression Bureau, then revealed that he had reincarnated with his memories intact.
  • Ling Yi used the Nether Domain Seal to inspect Bai Yunhai’s present and past lives, learning that the old Taoist had limited time left and had prepared a unique way to preserve his memories through reincarnation.
  • Bai Yunhai explained that Heavenly Dao sought to absorb Earthly Dao and Human Dao, while the Nether Domain Seal was Earthly Dao’s incarnation and means of escape.
  • Bai Yunhai revealed that the final Nether Domain Seal could have taken over Ling Yi and made him the new Earthly Dao, but Ling Yi asked why it had acknowledged him instead.
  • Fu Qingyun rushed into the room carrying Bai Xiaoyao and told Ling Yi that she had suddenly fainted.

Ch. 1650Bai Xiaoyao, who forcibly created Meng Po's authority-a mighty being undergoing a thousand-lifetime Great Reincarnation!

Ling Yi discovered that Bai Xiaoyao was the first Meng Po, undergoing a thousand-lifetime Great Reincarnation, and tried to stop her rapidly declining Soul Power. He realized that she was consuming it to recover sealed memories and strength, but her trigger condition remained unknown.

  • Ling Yi saw that Bai Xiaoyao’s status identified her as the first-generation Meng Po and showed her merit had become extractable.
  • Ling Yi raised Bai Xiaoyao’s Soul Power to ten thousand, waking her, but it quickly fell as she recognized names from her past lives.
  • Ling Yi inferred that Bai Xiaoyao was using Soul Power to restore her sealed memories and strength, while Bai Yunhai recognized her as his former master, Bai Mengyao.
  • Ling Yi explained that Bai Xiaoyao’s thousand-lifetime Great Reincarnation could not simply be interrupted, and he wondered what condition would unlock her past memories and strength.
Arc 66 of 208
Arc 66 of 208