Chapter Summaries

Kong Zhuxin took Ye Qiubai and his companions to the ruined Glazed Fire Sect, where they discovered the Sacred Church had slaughtered the sect and was preparing a vast soul-summoning and teleportation array. After the group purified the corpse puppets, Kong Zhuxin led them toward the fallen Banan Divine Kingdom, while He Mengshen watched events unfold from the Supervisory Sacred Hall.

• Kong Zhuxin learned the locations of the Glazed Fire Sect and the Banan Divine Kingdom, then transported Ye Qiubai and his companions there with the Mount Qingcheng group.
• Kong Zhuxin found the Glazed Fire Sect in ruins and crushed several hundred Sacred Church Evil Cultivators who were working inside the volcano.
• Ye Qiubai and his companions discovered the remains of a damaged array, and Kong Zhuxin identified it as a soul-summoning and teleportation array that could require a million souls.
• Mu Fusheng copied the array's layout, while Ning Chenxin, Qu Lü, and Gu You purified the corpse puppets.
• Kong Zhuxin led the group toward the Banan Divine Kingdom, while He Mengshen sat in the Supervisory Sacred Hall with Deputy Hall Master Lin and the Hall Master.

He Mengshen explained that he had stolen the World Tree petal amid the chaos and ordered a wanted notice while leaving his larger plans unfinished. In the ruined Banan Divine Kingdom, the group found three empty treasure pedestals and met the kingdom’s state preceptor, Xu Wu.

• He Mengshen told the Sacred Hall’s leaders that keeping the fugitives on the run served his plans, then ordered them to issue a wanted notice.
• Hong Ying said the Banan Divine Kingdom’s Dragon Qi had vanished, leaving no chance to restore the kingdom.
• Kong Zhuxin froze the corpse puppets across the imperial capital so Qu Lü, Gu You, and Ning Chenxin could purify them.
• Mu Fusheng led the group to the treasury, where they found the ninth floor’s three jade pedestals empty and their contents erased.
• Kong Zhuxin summoned an old man from the shadows, and Xu Wu introduced himself as Banan’s state preceptor.

Xu Wu revealed that the Sacred Church sought three divine objects, including an underworld object, and entrusted Hong Ying with the Banan Dragon Staff to avenge his fallen kingdom. The group chose to seek refuge at the Void Behemoth Clan, while the damaged Soul-Summoning Array at the Glazed Fire Sect began repairing itself with wronged souls.

• Xu Wu recognized Kong Zhuxin from her visit to the Banan Divine Kingdom ten years earlier, and explained that his kingdom had once sought its own Star Orbit to the Realm of All Heavens.
• Xu Wu confirmed that one of the three divine objects sought by the Sacred Church was an underworld object, and he sensed that Hong Ying cultivated the power of reincarnation.
• Xu Wu explained that he had survived the kingdom's fall by hiding in a pocket world, then gave Hong Ying the Banan Dragon Staff and asked her to eradicate the Sacred Church.
• Xu Wu thanked Ning Chenxin, Qu Lü, and Gu You for purifying the souls of the Banan Divine Kingdom, and Hong Ying accepted the Dragon Qi and promised to oppose the Sacred Church.
• The group decided that Hong Ying, Ye Qiubai, Mu Fusheng, Jiu Bailu, Xu Yeming, and Xiao Shitou would go with Kong Zhuxin to the Void Behemoth Clan, while Ning Chenxin returned to Mount Qingcheng with Qu Lü and Gu You.
• At the Glazed Fire Sect, wronged souls flowed into the Myriad Souls Banners and began repairing the damaged Soul-Summoning Array.

After learning that the Sacred Church had killed Kong Zhuxin’s daughter, the Void Behemoth Clan planned to wait for a chance to trap its members while Ye Qiubai and his companions trained in Boundless Space. Meanwhile, the Sacred Church prepared a soul-summoning ritual, and Xiao Hei arrived in the Nine Nether Underworld, where successors gathered to choose a new Nether Lord.

• The Void Behemoth Clan’s patriarch agreed to gather intelligence on the Sacred Church, while Kong Zhuxin planned to ambush it and imprison its members in Black Hole Purgatory.
• The patriarch sent Ye Qiubai and his companions to cultivate in Boundless Space, and Kong Xuan chose to stay with Xu Yeming.
• At the Glazed Fire Sect, the Sacred Church finished preparing its soul-summoning and teleportation formations and began a ritual to awaken two souls from the Nine Nether Underworld.
• Xiao Hei learned that the Nine Nether Underworld’s successors had gathered to choose a Nether Lord, and he looked forward to fighting.

Xiao Hei arrived at the Nine Nether Underworld for the Nether Lord's succession and met candidates who doubted he belonged there because he could not use the Power of Reincarnation. As the first trial began, Envoy Tao exempted Xiao Hei from the first two rounds and took him away, leaving the other candidates stunned.

• Xiao Hei met Xue Ling, Pei Jing, and Wu Fei, introduced himself as being from the Wilderness Realm, and said he could not use the Power of Reincarnation.
• Chen Qi reasoned that Xiao Hei must have an exceptional strength or connection to have been invited to the succession.
• Envoy Tao announced that the first trial required candidates to cross the Naihe Bridge using the Power of Reincarnation, or risk having their souls devoured by the Yellow Springs River.
• Wu Fei questioned whether Xiao Hei could pass, but Envoy Tao announced that Xiao Hei would skip the first two rounds and dismissed objections by saying fairness belonged to the stronger.
• Envoy Tao amiably invited Xiao Hei to come with him, while Chen Qi suspected the third round would be difficult.

Xiao Hei learned that the Nether Lord and his master had arranged for him to compete for the Nether Lord’s position, and he welcomed the hostility aimed at him because he wanted a fight. After the first two trials ended, Envoy Tao summoned him to begin the third-round melee.

• Envoy Tao took Xiao Hei to meet a man who explained that Xiao Hei had been promised as a successor and chosen by the Nether Lord.
• Xiao Hei said he welcomed the candidates’ resentment because he wanted to fight, while the man warned that the melee’s strongest contenders could target him together.
• The man explained that Xiao Hei could rule without the Power of Reincarnation if his strength overwhelmed the other contenders and he employed capable people.
• During the thirty days of the first two trials, Xiao Hei sparred with a Yellow Springs Envoy and grew stronger as he recovered from his injuries.
• Envoy Tao announced that the third trial was about to begin, and the man sent Xiao Hei to take the stage.

Xiao Hei faced the remaining candidates after receiving special treatment and challenged them to attack him together. He defeated a dagger-wielding candidate and then knocked Wu Fei off the platform, leaving the others stunned by his strength.

• The candidates confronted Xiao Hei over his special treatment, and he challenged them all to attack him at once.
• A peak Creation Realm candidate from the Shadow Moon Realm ambushed Xiao Hei, but Xiao Hei shattered his daggers and broke his arms before knocking him off the platform.
• Chen Qi praised Xiao Hei's physique, while Xue Ling and the others watched in shock.
• Wu Fei activated her body cultivation and challenged Xiao Hei to a head-on clash.
• Xiao Hei used the Eternal Devil Body and Holy Devil Bloodline to overpower Wu Fei, break free from her technique, and punch her off the platform.

Xiao Hei fought the remaining candidates after they united against him, and his holy devil bloodline awakened as he broke Xue Ling’s restraints. He sent Xue Ling and Pei Jing off the platform and challenged the others to leave or face him.

• After Wu Fei was eliminated, Xue Ling, Pei Jing, and four other candidates attacked Xiao Hei together.
• The group wounded Xiao Hei and used Xue Ling’s Reincarnation God-Locking Chains to drag him toward the platform’s edge.
• As the attacks continued, Xiao Hei healed and grew stronger until he stopped moving and broke the chains with a surge of Devil Qi.
• Xue Ling recognized Xiao Hei’s holy devil bloodline, and Xiao Hei struck him and Pei Jing off the platform.
• Xiao Hei hovered above the platform and asked the remaining candidates whether they would leave on their own or be forced off.

Xiao Hei unleashed his Demonic Intent and overwhelmed the other platform fighters, but Pei Jing and four others withdrew rather than risk serious injuries. Chen Qi and He Zhou joined forces against him, using the power of reincarnation to counter his attacks, and the fight remained unresolved.

• Xiao Hei’s fully unleashed Demonic Intent transformed his demeanor and intimidated the remaining fighters on the platform.
• Pei Jing withdrew, and four others followed, leaving Chen Qi and He Zhou to face Xiao Hei.
• Chen Qi formed a Soul-Slaying Sword from the power of reincarnation and used it to tear away the Devil God phantom’s arm and blunt Xiao Hei’s punch.
• He Zhou attacked from behind with a spear, using a reincarnation vortex to grind apart the Devil God phantom’s palm.
• Chen Qi and He Zhou positioned themselves on either side of Xiao Hei and claimed he might not be able to defeat them, while Xiao Hei challenged them to withstand his next punches.

Xiao Hei revealed the Nether King Baleful Shadow technique and used his seven External Avatars to overwhelm Chen Qi and He Zhou despite their Power of Reincarnation. He destroyed Chen Qi's sword and struck him down, then repelled He Zhou's spear attack with the Eternal Devil Halberd.

• Xue Ling recognized that Xiao Hei had inherited the Nether Lord's legacy, while Wu Fei predicted that his Nether King Baleful Shadow would win the fight.
• Xiao Hei created seven External Avatars, and the eight figures charged Chen Qi.
• Chen Qi concentrated the Power of Reincarnation into his Soul-Slaying Sword, but Xiao Hei's seven clones merged with his original body and exceeded the power's devouring limit.
• Xiao Hei crushed the Soul-Slaying Sword and punched Chen Qi, shattering his bones.
• Chen Qi grabbed Xiao Hei's arm as He Zhou thrust his spear at Xiao Hei's back, but an External Avatar wielding the Eternal Devil Halberd knocked He Zhou away and broke his spear.

Xiao Hei won the candidates' competition and was confirmed as the successor to the Nine Nether Underworld Lord. As he discussed delegating the work to Gu Sheng, Tan Feng questioned He Zhou and Chen Qi about their unusual weapons and abilities before the Nether Lord appeared.

• Xiao Hei defeated Chen Qi, claimed first place, and was named the successor after He Zhou was carried away for treatment.
• Envoy Tao announced that candidates who reached the third round could visit Nether King Hall to comprehend the Nether King's True Essence.
• Tan Feng advised Xiao Hei to delegate Underworld affairs, and Xiao Hei proposed that Gu Sheng manage them with Tan Feng's guidance.
• Tan Feng asked He Zhou about his shattered spear and Chen Qi about his Power of Reincarnation; He Zhou said the ruler of the Soaring Realm's Underworld had given him the spear.
• After He Zhou and Chen Qi left for Nether King Hall, Tan Feng warned Xiao Hei that their arrival amid factional tensions was suspicious, and the Nether Lord appeared behind them.

The Nether Lord revealed that the other side might be infiltrating the Underworld and sent Xiao Hei, Tan Feng, and Envoy Tao to investigate He Zhou’s weapon in the Soaring Realm Underworld. Xiao Hei arrived to find its officials waiting and ordered the Underworld sealed while he summoned its lord and senior members.

• The Nether Lord warned that He Zhou might be tied to a plot to control the Underworld and directed an investigation into the Soaring Realm Underworld.
• Xiao Hei appointed Gu Sheng to help manage the Nine Nether Underworld while Tan Feng handed over his duties.
• Ten days later, Tan Feng, Envoy Tao, and Xiao Hei accompanied He Zhou to the Soaring Realm Underworld to investigate his weapon’s origins.
• Tan Feng opened a route through the Yellow Springs River, and the group reached the Soaring Realm Underworld in about half a cup of tea.
• Xiao Hei ordered the Soaring Realm Underworld sealed, allowing entry but forbidding anyone to leave, and demanded to meet its lord and senior members.

Xiao Hei took control of the Soaring Realm Underworld and learned that an Upper Realm intruder had stolen an Underworld item that could enable access to the Underworld. After ordering an investigation into hidden intruders and array traces, he said he would call in his junior brother, who had learned Array Dao from their master.

• Xiao Hei sealed the Soaring Realm Underworld and ordered the envoys’ leader executed for defying the Nether Lord, but the Underworld Master intervened and pledged obedience.
• The Soaring Realm Underworld Master explained that an Upper Realm intruder had torn open the Underworld’s space seven hundred years earlier, leaving behind the broken spear that He Zhou used.
• Tan Feng confronted the Underworld Master and learned that he had concealed the incident and that an envoy had allowed the intruder to take an Underworld item.
• Tan Feng stripped the envoy of his position and ordered him to walk across the Naihe Bridge, while Envoy Tao warned that the stolen item could help Upper Realm forces enter the Underworld.
• Xiao Hei proposed checking everyone and searching for array traces; Tan Feng and Envoy Tao took charge of the inspections, and Xiao Hei said he would summon his junior brother to examine the array.

Fang Qiong investigated the Soaring Realm's Underworld for a teleportation array and uncovered one hidden near the Naihe Bridge, along with an evil Soul-Summoning Array. Tan Feng trapped the Underworld's higher-ups and moved to deal with the discovery.

• Lu Changsheng kicked Fang Qiong out of the Changsheng Realm, and Xiao Hei asked him to investigate the Underworld for arrays.
• Fang Qiong quickly identified the Great Reincarnation Array in the main hall, then learned that Xiao Hei needed him to find a teleportation array to the Upper Realm.
• Fang Qiong used the Good Fortune Formation Spirit Physique and its array spirits to search the Underworld.
• Fang Qiong found a teleportation array east of them, concealed by twenty-four arrays, and also detected an evil Soul-Summoning Array.
• Envoy Tao condemned the factions behind the arrays, and Tan Feng trapped the Underworld's higher-ups in a Yellow Springs River cage while ordering them to wait.

Fang Qiong revealed that the Upper Realm had layered a teleportation array with a Soul-Summoning Array beneath the Naihe Bridge, prompting Tan Feng to report the intrusion to the Nether Lord. Dou Xun confronted the Holy Lord with evidence linking the Holy Court to the scheme, and the Holy Lord ordered the suspected agent brought before him.

• Fang Qiong exposed the arrays beneath the Naihe Bridge, and Tan Feng ordered Envoy Tao to inform the Nether Lord.
• Dou Xun arrived at the Holy Court with Chen Qi, subdued its guards, and demanded to see the Holy Lord.
• The Holy Lord recognized Dou Xun, who challenged him and presented evidence that the Holy Court had recruited Chen Qi to meddle in the Underworld.
• The Holy Lord ordered an investigation, and an old man soon brought a man before him.