Recaps

Mu Fusheng and his companions survived a clash with the Devious Arts Imperial Guard’s God Emperor-level formation, but Xin Hongyi ordered them killed. Three yellow-robed elders then appeared, shielded the disciples, and revealed that they would not allow anyone to target the successor of the Nine Nether Underworld.

• Mu Fusheng hurled a spear fused with six kinds of Ancient Divine Lightning at the Evil God Heavenly Baleful Intent Formation as the Devious Arts Imperial Guard unleashed its devastating beam.
• The spear and beam collided, leaving Mu Fusheng, Xiao Hei, and Shi Sheng wounded in a crater while the formation’s power diminished.
• Mu Fusheng told Xiao Hei and Shi Sheng to escape with Heavenly Lightning Escape Talismans, but Xin Hongyi ordered the Imperial Guard to kill them and keep the body cultivator alive.
• Three illusory yellow-robed elders emerged from underground and blocked the formation’s attack with a barrier of Yellow Springs Death Qi.
• One elder pierced the formation with an arrow of Yellow Springs Death Qi and warned the Evil Devil Domain not to target the successor of the Nine Nether Underworld.

The Nine Nether Underworld’s elders protected Xiao Hei from Xin Hongyi and the Devious Arts Imperial Guard, then summoned him to join the contest for Nether Lord. After Lu Changsheng urged him to go, Xiao Hei left with the elders while Mu Fusheng and Shi Sheng headed back to report.

• A Devious Arts Imperial Guard member explained that the Nine Nether Underworld governed reincarnation, and the yellow-robed elders identified Xiao Hei as its chosen heir.
• Xin Hongyi and the Devious Arts Imperial Guard withdrew after the elders warned them against attacking, and the pressure over the Wilderness Realm disappeared.
• The elders asked Xiao Hei to go with them to the Nine Nether Underworld and explained that he could not yet use its power to intervene in the war.
• Xiao Hei initially refused to leave his senior and junior brothers fighting, but Lu Changsheng told him to go, and he agreed.
• The three elders departed with Xiao Hei, while Mu Fusheng and Shi Sheng set off to report back at the Ancient Battlefield.

Xin Hongyi reported that Xiao Hei was the heir to the Nine Nether Underworld, and the Devil God ordered the Evil Devil Domain to continue its campaign in the Mortal Realm. As the Mortal and Immortal Realms faced a crisis on both the front line and their rear, Hong Ying proposed abandoning the front and retreating to wage guerrilla warfare, winning the leaders’ approval.

• Xin Hongyi told the Devil God that Xiao Hei’s powers matched the presence and bloodline abilities he had described, but that an expert from the Nine Nether Underworld had taken him away.
• The Devil God said the Nine Nether Underworld would not interfere in outside power struggles and ordered Xin Hongyi to continue eroding the Mortal Realm’s rear forces.
• The Immortal Emperor gathered the Mortal and Immortal Realm leaders, who could find no way to defend the front line while dealing with forces turning traitor in the rear.
• Hong Ying proposed retreating from the front and using the Mortal Realm’s vast territory for guerrilla attacks while investigating and dealing with traitorous forces.
• Divine Lord Hao Tian, the Primordial Sword Master, and the valley master of Fen Yan Valley supported Hong Ying’s plan, and the Immortal Emperor asked the gathered leaders for their agreement.

The Evil Devil Domain army found the Mortal Realm’s battlefield abandoned, while the Ancient Battlefield was dragged into the Endless Sea. In the Nine Nether Underworld, Xiao Hei began the Ghost Gate Pass trial and was trapped in blue ice as Yin Cold Qi threatened to pull his soul from his body.

• The Evil Devil Domain army broke through the empty walls and advanced, and the Ancient Battlefield was dragged beneath the Endless Sea.
• Xiao Hei arrived at the Nine Nether Underworld trial with eight other candidates and rebuffed a fair-skinned man from the Chaos Realm.
• The trial’s voice announced the Ghost Gate Pass trial, and white mist revealed the enormous archway.
• Xiao Hei stepped beneath Ghost Gate Pass while the other candidates watched, and blue ice rapidly encased him.
• The Yin Cold Qi froze Xiao Hei’s blood and began trying to strip his soul from his body.

Xiao Hei broke free of Ghost Gate Pass by unleashing his bloodline power and learned from Tan Zongzhao that the assessment had five stages. He agreed to ally with Tan Zongzhao during the fourth-stage free-for-all so he could move through the trials quickly.

• Xiao Hei used his bloodline power to shatter the blue ice and passed through Ghost Gate Pass despite the chilling Qi.
• Tan Zongzhao crossed Ghost Gate Pass easily with a white light shielding him from the chilling Qi.
• Tan Zongzhao told Xiao Hei that the assessment had five stages and described the later free-for-all and final duel.
• Tan Zongzhao proposed that Xiao Hei ally with him during the free-for-all, and Xiao Hei agreed after learning Tan Zongzhao had seen two Nine Nether Underworld elders bring him there.

Xiao Hei and Tan Zongzhao crossed Yellow Springs Road, where Xiao Hei’s powerful Demonic Qi shattered the ghosts attacking his soul. At the River of Forgetfulness, Xiao Hei watched his Demonic Qi drift into the river as the remaining trial participants struggled to stay above it.

• Xiao Hei and Tan Zongzhao entered Yellow Springs Road together, and Tan Zongzhao defended his choice to associate with Xiao Hei after Shen Jie criticized him.
• Ghostly memories overwhelmed Xiao Hei until black Qi formed a figure in his sea of consciousness and destroyed the fragments with demonic halberds.
• Xiao Hei’s Demonic Qi shattered the ghosts along the road, and he followed it after realizing it was drawn toward the final soul fragment of one of his three souls.
• Xiao Hei and Tan Zongzhao reached the end of Yellow Springs Road after a day, and Tan Zongzhao stopped Xiao Hei from going farther while they waited for the others.
• The voice announced the River of Forgetfulness, where one participant sank and was devoured by ghosts while the others used Spiritual Qi to keep from sinking.
• Xiao Hei stared into the blood-yellow river as his mass of black Demonic Qi drifted into its riverbed.

Xiao Hei plunged into the River of Forgetfulness to search for one of his missing soul fragments, relying on his master's blood essence to withstand the poison. At the riverbed, surrounded by powerful ghosts and unable to locate the fragment, he decided to undo his bloodline seal.

• Xiao Hei ignored Tan Zongzhao's warning and plunged into the River of Forgetfulness, while Shen Jie mocked Tan Zongzhao and Tan Zongzhao continued toward the opposite bank.
• The Underworld elders worried that Xiao Hei was seeking death, but their lord allowed him to proceed, trusting that he had his reasons.
• Xiao Hei's master's blood essence dissolved the river's poison as he sank through swarms of venomous creatures and ghosts.
• Xiao Hei fought off ghosts with his Demon God Armor and Nine Heavens Devil Halberd, but their attacks left him badly wounded.
• Xiao Hei reached the riverbed, found his black Devil Qi spread in every direction, and decided to undo his bloodline seal so he could sense the soul fragment.

Xiao Hei endured the River of Forgetfulness, absorbed his final soul, and recovered memories that revealed a mysterious secret surrounding his identity. His parents had been entrusted with him by an unknown man in white, while Mo Xinxin planned to give him a Holy Devil Condensation Pearl when his bloodline awakened.

• Xiao Hei awakened his bloodline power, drove away the ghosts, and found his final soul amid powerful Devil Qi.
• Xiao Hei merged with the soul and endured three days of agony as Tan Zongzhao and Shen Jie waited on the opposite bank of the River of Forgetfulness.
• Xiao Hei advanced to the Early God Emperor Realm and gained the Bloodline Boiling ability.
• Xiao Hei recalled Mo Xinxin speaking to his parents’ gravestones about concealing his identity and giving him the Holy Devil Condensation Pearl once his bloodline awakened.
• Xiao Hei remembered that a man in white had rescued his parents and entrusted them with him, but he could not see the man’s face.

Xiao Hei emerged from the River of Forgetfulness with increased strength and Devil Qi, then entered the fourth trial, a melee in which only the last two standing would advance. As Shen Jie and the others targeted Tan Zongzhao, Xiao Hei charged at Shen Jie, and their fight began.

• Xiao Hei recovered his memories in the River of Forgetfulness and wondered whether the man in white had arranged for his soul fragments to appear in specific places.
• After four days, Xiao Hei burst out of the River of Forgetfulness unharmed, with greater physical strength and more oppressive Devil Qi.
• The trial’s voice announced a melee, and the River of Forgetfulness vanished, leaving a battlefield of bones, gravestones, and broken weapons.
• Shen Jie and the other five moved against Tan Zongzhao and Xiao Hei, while Tan Zongzhao offered to fight Shen Jie.
• Xiao Hei ignored Tan Zongzhao’s warning and charged at Shen Jie, who sent the others to attack Tan Zongzhao.

Xiao Hei fought Shen Jie, a powerful cultivator of the Seven Treasures Holy Sect, and destroyed his Void Refining Seal despite suffering severe injuries. Shen Jie then invoked two more treasure seals, leaving Xiao Hei facing an even greater attack.

• Shen Jie used the Void Refining Seal to trap Xiao Hei in a furnace of flames, badly burning him.
• Xiao Hei recovered quickly, used Bloodline Entanglement to strengthen the Nine Heavens Devil Halberd, and shattered Shen Jie's furnace.
• Shen Jie acknowledged Xiao Hei's strength and said he would stop holding back.
• Shen Jie summoned the Seven Slaughter Seal and Sea Overturning Seal, calling forth seven spears and towering waves, and urged Xiao Hei to surrender.

Xiao Hei activated Bloodline Boiling to withstand Shen Jie's Sea Overturning Seal and Seven Slaughter Seal, then broke through Shen Jie's combined attack. He ended with his halberd poised between Shen Jie's brows and told him to surrender.

• Shen Jie pressured Xiao Hei with the Seven Slaughter Seal and Sea Overturning Seal while Ke Dalai and four others kept Tan Zongzhao occupied.
• Xiao Hei refused Shen Jie's offer to surrender and charged at him.
• Xiao Hei activated Bloodline Boiling, broke through the Sea Overturning Seal's waves, and deflected the Seven Slaughter Seal's seven spears.
• Shen Jie merged the two seals into a single spear, but Xiao Hei shattered it with his devil halberd.
• Xiao Hei held his halberd between Shen Jie's brows and told him to surrender.

Xiao Hei defeated Shen Jie, who admitted defeat and was sent away, but Xiao Hei fell into a weakened state after using his bloodline ability. Tan Zongzhao protected him from Ke Dalai and the other four with the Fly Whisk Holy Manifestation Art as they prepared a powerful final attack.

• Xiao Hei threatened Shen Jie with his halberd, and Shen Jie admitted defeat before a force sent him away.
• Xiao Hei sat down to recover from the weakness caused by Bloodline Boiling, and Tan Zongzhao promised to protect him for the time he needed.
• Ke Dalai and the other four attacked Tan Zongzhao, who summoned True Lord Demon Breaking with his fly whisk to block and wear down their strikes.
• Ke Dalai urged the others to gather their strength for one final attack, hoping to defeat Tan Zongzhao before Xiao Hei recovered.

Xiao Hei fought Ke Dalai in Tan Zongzhao’s trial and defeated him in a fierce clash of fists and saber. Ke Dalai conceded, leaving Xiao Hei and Tan Zongzhao with the two spots.

• After one incense stick of time, Xiao Hei charged at Ke Dalai as Tan Zongzhao manifested the Baleful Intent Shadow True Lord to keep the other four prodigies at bay.
• Ke Dalai suppressed Xiao Hei with his Saber Intent and slashed at him, but Xiao Hei planted the Nine Heavens Devil Halberd and struck Ke Dalai in the chest with his fist.
• Xiao Hei surged forward with his bloodline powers as Ke Dalai covered his saber in blood and unleashed a powerful slash.
• Xiao Hei met Ke Dalai’s blood-colored saber slash with his fist, and the two clashed until both were injured and exhausted.
• Ke Dalai withdrew his saber, said he would fight Xiao Hei again in the Chaos Realm, and conceded the trial.

After fighting beside Tan Zongzhao for two days, Xiao Hei learned about the Chaos Realm and its factions. Tan Zongzhao conceded the final trial to make Xiao Hei the Nine Nether Underworld’s successor and offered to bring friends to help defend the Mortal Realm from the Evil Devil Domain.

• Tan Zongzhao and Xiao Hei watched Shen Jie, Ke Dalai, and the other challengers withdraw after their two-day free-for-all, then exchanged praise for one another’s strength.
• Tan Zongzhao explained that the Chaos Realm connected the Six Realms and surpassed the ancient Mortal Realm in strength, while warning Xiao Hei that its rogue cultivators lacked safe channels and protection.
• Tan Zongzhao urged Xiao Hei to join the Chaotic Spirit Academy, but Xiao Hei said he would come to the Chaos Realm with his fellow disciples, whom he regarded as prodigies in their own paths.
• When the fifth trial called for a one-on-one fight, Tan Zongzhao conceded, making Xiao Hei the successor to the Nine Nether Underworld.
• Tan Zongzhao recognized that Xiao Hei was rushing to face the Evil Devil Domain’s attack on the Mortal Realm and offered to bring friends to help, though the Chaotic Spirit Academy would not join the war officially.

Tan Zongzhao conceded the contest and left the Nine Nether Underworld, while Xiao Hei learned that his master had promised to help find a Nether Lord successor. The representative revealed that a mysterious white-robed man had brought Xiao Hei’s soul fragment to the River of Forgetfulness, convincing Xiao Hei that his fate had been deliberately arranged.

• Tan Zongzhao conceded defeat, saying Xiao Hei was better suited to become the Nether Lord’s successor, and agreed to meet him in the Mortal Realm.
• Xiao Hei gave Tan Zongzhao a jade pendant so he could find Ye Qiubai, then followed the elder in yellow to meet the representative.
• The representative told Xiao Hei that his master had borrowed the Spirit of the Yellow Springs River Water and promised to find a successor to the Nether Lord.
• Xiao Hei asked why a fragment of his soul had been placed in the River of Forgetfulness, and the representative said a white-robed man had brought it there.
• The representative revealed that the white-robed man had claimed Xiao Hei could become the Nether Lord, leaving Xiao Hei convinced that someone had plotted his fate in advance.

Ji Lin showed Xiao Hei the Nine Nether Underworld’s hidden collection, where the Nether Lord’s successor could claim treasures. Xiao Hei captured and swallowed a Devil God Bloodbath Pill to strengthen himself before returning to the Mortal Realm.

• Ji Lin explained that Xiao Hei needed to reach the Ancestor Realm to inherit the Nether Lord’s position and that the Nine Nether Underworld could not openly intervene in the Mortal Realm’s war.
• Ji Lin led Xiao Hei to a hidden space filled with soul bodies containing techniques, pills, medicines, formations, and talismans collected by past Nether Lords.
• Xiao Hei searched for treasures that could temper his body and chose the Devil God Bloodbath Pill after Ji Lin explained its effects.
• Xiao Hei pursued the fast-moving soul body, used his demonic power and bloodline to catch it, and let the pill’s Devil Qi enter his sea of consciousness.
• Xiao Hei swallowed the Devil God Bloodbath Pill and began refining it because he feared disaster could strike the Mortal Realm at any moment.

As the Evil Devil Domain consolidated its hold on the Mid-Latitude Realm, Hong Ying urged the Mortal Realm forces to attack its strongholds before it gathered enough intelligence to overwhelm them. Tan Zongzhao arrived with a powerful force from the Chaos Realm, giving the leaders the strength to launch a counterattack.

• The Immortal Emperor and the other leaders assessed the stretched front lines, and Hong Ying explained that the enemy’s lack of intelligence had let the Mortal Realm anticipate its attacks.
• Hong Ying proposed striking Evil Devil Domain strongholds before its intelligence units could map the Mortal Realm, though the leaders worried that their forces were too scattered.
• Ye Qiubai received a message on Xiao Hei’s voice transmission jade pendant, and he and Mu Fusheng went to investigate.
• Tan Zongzhao entered the Boundless Dynasty’s great hall with two other God Emperor Realm experts and thirty Half-Step God Emperor Realm experts, then explained how he had come to help.
• Xiao Hei arrived and thanked Tan Zongzhao, giving the leaders hope that they could counterattack.

Ye Qiubai and his companions set out with Tan Zongzhao’s thirty Half-Step God Emperor experts to launch surprise attacks across distant star domains, traveling aboard a Void Behemoth. Xiao Shitou challenged the experts to a contest that could bind them to the war, and the group reached the Vast Sea Star Domain.

• Ye Qiubai and his companions prepared to attack the Vast Sea, Nine Heavens, and Azure Fire Star Domains, relying on the Void Behemoth lord to carry them quickly between targets.
• Tan Zongzhao’s thirty experts doubted Ye Qiubai’s companions, and Xiao Shitou proposed that the two groups compete to kill more enemies and earn more merit.
• Xiao Shitou persuaded the experts to agree that the losing side would remain and fight the Evil Devil Domain for free until the war ended.
• Ye Qiubai’s companions teased Xiao Shitou about his scheming and joked over whether Ye Qiubai had taught him to act that way.
• An aged voice announced that they were nearing the Vast Sea Star Domain.

Hong Ying used the Fusheng Diagram and Xiao Shitou’s void Dao Body to bring their group past the defenses of the Vast Sea Star Domain. Ye Qiubai’s team launched a surprise attack, stunning Tan Zongzhao’s companions with their abilities, while the Evil Devil Domain’s God Emperor experts called for reinforcements.

• Hong Ying brought Tan Zongzhao and the others into the Fusheng Diagram, and Xiao Shitou concealed himself in space to carry them through the Vast Sea Star Domain’s defenses.
• Tan Zongzhao recognized Xiao Shitou’s void Dao Body and realized it could evade the domain’s surveillance.
• Ye Qiubai ordered the group to attack at the center of the base, then rebuked Lin Tao when he challenged Ye Qiubai’s authority.
• Hong Ying opened the Fusheng Diagram, and Ye Qiubai’s group and Tan Zongzhao’s companions attacked the Evil Devil Domain forces with their powers.
• The Evil Devil Domain’s God Emperor experts spotted Xiao Hei and ordered a report to the Devil God and the mobilization of nearby armies.

Ye Qiubai and his companions devastated the Evil Devil Domain garrison in the Vast Sea Star Domain, then escaped as the Devil God ordered Xiao Hei captured alive because he might carry the Demon Realm’s Holy Devil Bloodline. After the group struck the Nine Heavens Star Domain, the Devil God began searching for Xiao Hei, and Elder Yao did not stop him.

• Ye Qiubai and his companions overwhelmed the Evil Devil Domain forces in the Vast Sea Star Domain, killing seven Half-Step God Emperor Realm experts and destroying most of the garrison.
• The Devil God ordered reinforcements to the Vast Sea Star Domain and demanded that Xiao Hei be captured alive, explaining to the Evil Lord that the Holy Devil Bloodline could free the Demon Realm from its control.
• Xiao Shitou drew the group into a scroll, escaped with them, and left the Vast Sea Star Domain before the Purgatory Imperial Guard could find them.
• The group attacked the Nine Heavens Star Domain an hour later, inflicted heavy losses, and escaped before reinforcements arrived.
• The Devil God spread his divine sense across the surrounding star domains to search for Xiao Hei, while Elder Yao did not intervene.

Lu Changsheng learned that Xiao Hei might possess the Demon Realm’s legendary Holy Devil Bloodline and decided to watch events unfold, while Ye Qiubai and his companions were trapped in an ambush at the Azure Fire Star Domain. The Evil Devil Domain’s grand elder offered to spare the others if Xiao Hei came with them.

• The Immortal Ancestors and the Immortal Emperor sensed the Devil God’s divine sense and prepared for what the Evil Devil Domain might do next.
• Lu Changsheng detected the Devil God’s presence, but Willow Tree advised him to wait because Xiao Hei might carry the Demon Realm’s Holy Devil Bloodline.
• Willow Tree explained that the Demon Realm would likely want Xiao Hei alive to awaken his bloodline, and Lu Changsheng dismissed the possibility that Xiao Hei would stop acknowledging him as his master.
• Lu Changsheng mistook Huang Qian’s room for his own, then hurried into his own room and slammed the door.
• Ye Qiubai and his companions were surrounded by Evil Devil Domain troops in a powerful formation at the Azure Fire Star Domain, which prevented Mu Fusheng from using his escape talisman.
• The grand elder offered to release Ye Qiubai and the others if Xiao Hei agreed to go with the Evil Devil Domain.

Xiao Hei agreed to go with the Evil Devil Domain after Elder Yao urged him to uncover his identity and bloodline, and the Devil God and Evil Lord brought him to the Holy Talisman Sect. Under the Devil God's immense pressure, Xiao Hei's blood began to boil and his heartbeat thundered, hinting that his hidden power was awakening.

• The Evil Devil Domain's Grand Elder threatened Ye Qiubai and the others, but Xiao Hei agreed to go with him after hearing Elder Yao's private message.
• Tan Zongzhao presented a Chaotic Spirit Academy token to assert Xiao Hei's connection to the academy, but the Grand Elder took Xiao Hei away regardless.
• Ye Qiubai and the others left to report what had happened as Xiao Hei was brought to the Holy Talisman Sect in the Firmament Domain.
• The Devil God and the Evil Lord subjected Xiao Hei to crushing pressure, and the Devil God pinned him to the ground with a stronger force.
• Xiao Hei's Devil Qi failed to break free, but blood lines appeared across his skin as his blood boiled and his heartbeat thundered through the hall.

Xiao Hei endured the Devil God's pressure and was recognized as the Holy Demon because of his Holy Devil Bloodline. The Devil God offered to withdraw the Demon Realm from the war and support the Mortal Realm if Xiao Hei returned, while Elder Yao warned Lu Changsheng and the others that an even greater calamity was approaching.

• Xiao Hei resisted the Devil God's escalating pressure until his bloodline awakened, and the Devil God knelt to greet him as the Holy Demon.
• The Devil God explained that Xiao Hei carried the Demon Realm's Holy Devil Bloodline and said returning could awaken its remaining six abilities.
• Xiao Hei refused to leave the Mortal Realm without learning more, but the Devil God offered to withdraw from the war and support the Mortal Realm if he returned.
• The Devil God ordered the Demon Realm forces to remain in place and left with Xiao Hei, while the Evil Lord vowed to stop the Demon Realm's revival.
• Elder Yao warned Lu Changsheng, Ye Qiubai, Huang Qian, and the others that enemies stronger than the Evil Devil Domain were about to arrive.

Elder Yao warned Lu Changsheng that Xiao Hei’s Holy Devil Bloodline could provoke the Divine Realm, while the Evil Lord ordered an all-out assault on the Mortal Realm. The Devil God revealed the Demon Realm’s history to Xiao Hei and led him to a hidden passage that might hold the method to awaken his bloodline.

• Elder Yao told Lu Changsheng that the Divine Realm had once eradicated the Holy Devil Bloodline and might already know Xiao Hei possessed it, then suggested they visit the Ancient Battlefield in the Endless Sea.
• The Evil Lord ordered every Evil Realm force to divide into two armies and attack the Low-Latitude Realm and High-Latitude Realm, leaving their strongholds exposed.
• The Devil God showed Xiao Hei records explaining how the Holy Devil Bloodline once enabled the Demon Realm to challenge the Divine Realm, and described the nine Holy Demons who were eventually killed.
• The Devil God knelt and declared Xiao Hei lord of the Demon Realm, pledging all its resources to him.
• The Devil God opened a concealed passage in the cave, where a powerful bloodline presence emerged, and told Xiao Hei the method to awaken his bloodline might lie within.

The Evil Realm’s all-out offensive devastated the Mortal Realm, forcing its survivors to retreat toward the Heavenly River Star Region as their final defensive line. In the Demon Realm, a bare-armed man bearing eight markings emerged from the cave before the waiting Devil God.

• The Evil Realm’s forces overwhelmed the Chongxiao Realm, and Ye Qiubai, Shi Sheng, and Ning Chenxin fought off a group of Half-Step God Emperor Realm experts before Mu Fusheng rescued them.
• The Immortal Emperor ordered a retreat after the Mortal Realm lost the Chongxiao Realm and nearly thirty percent of its fighting strength; the High-Latitude Realm also fell completely.
• Hong Ying defended the earlier retreat from the Ancient Battlefield, and the Immortal Emperor directed everyone to establish their last defensive line in the Heavenly River Star Region and prepare a passage to the Immortal Realm.
• In the Demon Realm, black-and-red blood Qi surged from a cave, and the Devil God watched as a bare-armed man with eight markings emerged.