Chapter Summaries

The Extraterrestrial Evil Race moved up its plan to break through the latitude barrier while Mu Qingqing’s group prepared to descend into the lower three levels. On the black staircase, Devil Qi weakened their Spiritual Qi and perception, and shadowy attackers appeared around them.

• The Extraterrestrial Evil Race learned that more forces were targeting the Low-Latitude Realm and ordered an immediate attempt to break through the latitude barrier.
• Ye Qiubai, Shi Sheng, and Mu Fusheng reunited with Mu Qingqing’s group, and Mu Fusheng claimed they had been transported elsewhere.
• Mu Qingqing led the group down the suspended black staircase, while Mu Fusheng gave protective talismans to Ye Qiubai, Shi Sheng, and Mu Qingqing.
• Devil Qi surrounded the group on the staircase, slowing their Spiritual Qi and weakening their perception as they descended.
• After the group had gone down fifty meters, dark shadows appeared and charged at them.

Mu Qingqing organized the cultivators to defend against seven powerful eagle-beaked Devil Beasts on the black stairs. They coordinated their attacks to kill the beasts without casualties and continued their descent into the abyss.

• The group discovered that the black stairs restricted Spiritual Qi and perception, and seven eagle-beaked Devil Beasts ambushed them.
• Mu Qingqing assigned defensive, ranged, and close-burst roles, while Mu Fusheng chose to support from the rear with defensive talismans.
• Shi Sheng slowed the charging beasts with the Power of the Stars, and Mu Fusheng's talismans and the ranged cultivators' attacks helped the front line withstand their assault.
• The gold-armored commander killed two beasts, while Shi Sheng and Ye Qiubai worked together to kill another with the Minghuang Mystic Axe and Four Absolutes Primordial Sword.
• The group killed the remaining beasts without casualties, and Ye Qiubai called Mu Fusheng a sneaky bastard.

The Extraterrestrial Evil Race crossed the Latitude Barrier into the Low-Latitude Realm, where Lu Changsheng’s four newly developed sword formations ambushed and annihilated nearly the entire invading force. The exalted man escaped by crushing a talisman, while the seven remaining Evil Kings were slain.

• Ten Evil Kings led the Extraterrestrial Evil Race army to the Latitude Barrier, where their exalted lord ordered them to cross.
• An Evil King used the willow-carved Latitude Seal to open a passage, and the army entered the Low-Latitude Realm.
• Four slaughter formations created by Lu Changsheng activated around the army and attacked with Sword Dao Law.
• The formations destroyed the army and killed three Evil Kings, leaving seven and the exalted man alive.
• The exalted man crushed a talisman and teleported away as the formations slew the seven remaining Evil Kings.

Lu Changsheng noticed flaws in the four sword formations but chose to keep resting while Liu Ziru resigned himself to cultivating instead of trying to recruit him. At Prince Linlong’s residence, a mysterious man revealed overwhelming power and persuaded the prince to cooperate in his bid for the throne.

• Lu Changsheng assessed the activated sword formations and decided to sleep longer, while Liu Ziru resolved to focus on cultivating.
• A handsome stranger entered Prince Linlong’s residence after terrifying the guard with his gaze.
• The stranger accused Prince Linlong of wanting the throne and claimed they shared a purpose, while Prince Linlong denied plotting against the dynasty.
• The stranger surrounded Prince Linlong with ghosts to demonstrate his strength, leaving the prince unable to resist.
• Prince Linlong agreed to cooperate with the stranger, hoping to secure the stranger’s help in ascending the throne.

As the group descended the seemingly endless Demon Abyss staircase, fear and dwindling supplies threatened to split them apart. Mu Fusheng arranged for the golden-armored commander to crush dissent before he reassured the survivors, leaving the group to continue downward under pressure.

• Ye Qiubai, Mu Fusheng, and the others saw morale collapse as the endless staircase and dwindling supplies made some members urge a retreat.
• Mu Fusheng proposed using an iron fist to suppress the group’s fear, and the golden-armored commander agreed to play the bad cop while Mu Fusheng stepped in afterward.
• When an early-stage Spirit Division Realm cultivator demanded retreat, the golden-armored commander killed him with a strike of Spear Intent and warned the others not to desert.
• Mu Fusheng urged the group to continue so they could thwart the Extraterrestrial Evil Race’s plan and promised to petition Mu Zhengting for rewards if they succeeded.

After noticing that the light above them never changed size despite their long descent, Ye Qiubai and Mu Fusheng suspected the staircase was an illusion or formation. Shi Sheng conjectured that they should climb back up, and Mu Fusheng and Mu Qingqing agreed to try it, though they did not know whether it would break the illusion.

• Ye Qiubai and Mu Fusheng noticed that the ring of light above remained the same size and concluded that the group might be trapped in an illusion or formation.
• Mu Qingqing ordered everyone to stop, and the Spirit Division Realm experts, Ye Qiubai, Shi Sheng, and Mu Fusheng searched their surroundings but found no clues.
• Shi Sheng recalled a line from the Chaos Stars Record about faint starlight appearing dazzling up close, then suggested that the group head upward.
• The crowd objected, but Mu Fusheng argued that continuing down could leave them trapped until their Spiritual Qi ran out.
• Mu Qingqing agreed with Mu Fusheng, and the group began climbing upward as Shi Sheng watched the ring of light overhead.

Shi Sheng used the ring of light to break the illusion on the stairs, allowing the group to reach a door leading to the lower three levels of the Demon Abyss. As they passed through to confront the Extraterrestrial Evil Race, Emperor Mu Zhengting learned that unidentified individuals had slaughtered the troops at Boundary Mountain.

• Shi Sheng realized the ring of light had stopped changing and used the Power of the Stars to make it expand, dispelling the illusion and revealing the end of the stairs.
• The group found corpses and a door at the top of the stairs; Shi Sheng, exhausted, said he needed a day to recover.
• Mu Qingqing led everyone through the opened door, warning them that they might face the Extraterrestrial Evil Race.
• In the Boundless Dynasty, Mu Zhengting learned the imperial preceptor had reached the lower three levels after the Extraterrestrial Evil Race and ordered reinforcements sent to Boundary Mountain.
• A minister rushed in and reported that unidentified individuals had slaughtered the troops at Boundary Mountain.

Mu Zhengting questioned Prince Linlong about the ambush at Boundary Mountain and secretly ordered him monitored, while Linlong sent guards to identify the real attacker. Ye Qiubai and his companions reached the bottom three floors, where Dao Integration Realm experts from the Boundless Realm and the Extraterrestrial Evil Race faced off.

• Mu Zhengting summoned Prince Linlong and questioned him about the mysterious attack on the troops outside Boundary Mountain.
• Prince Linlong feigned outrage, offered to investigate, and left after Mu Zhengting declined his offer.
• Mu Zhengting told a black-robed figure to monitor Prince Linlong because his flawless response seemed suspicious.
• Prince Linlong ordered his personal guards to investigate the attack so he would not be blamed for it.
• A handsome man denied carrying out the attack, and Prince Linlong went to his room to think.
• Ye Qiubai and his companions entered the bottom three floors and saw a blood-red plain, a distant black hall, and more than a dozen Dao Integration Realm experts facing off.

Ye Qiubai and Mu Qingqing’s group reached the Demon Abyss and found the Extraterrestrial Evil Race battling powerful Devil Creatures. Ye Qiubai urged them to strike before the enemy’s evil kings could break free, and the group launched a coordinated sneak attack under the World-Purifying Great Array.

• Ye Qiubai told Jian Wufeng that Xiao Hei had entered the Demon Abyss’s trial, then Mu Qingqing learned that the human experts could only hold back the evil kings.
• Mu Qingqing led the group toward the black hall, where the Extraterrestrial Evil Race was fighting the Devil Creatures across the lower three levels.
• Ye Qiubai argued that they should attack while the evil kings were occupied, rather than wait for the Evil Race to defeat the Devil Creatures.
• Mu Qingqing agreed, activated the World-Purifying Great Array, and ordered the group to attack the Evil Race while avoiding the Devil Creatures.
• Ye Qiubai, Shi Sheng, and the others launched their assault as Mu Fusheng struck with lightning talisman seals, inflicting devastating casualties on the Evil Race.

Ye Qiubai and the others ambushed the Extraterrestrial Evil Race, only to be trapped by a hidden force while the human Dao Integration Realm experts were cut off from them. As the group prepared to flee, a figure emerged from the black hall along a path of black divine light, and Ye Qiubai, Shi Sheng, and Mu Fusheng recognized him with smiles.

• Ye Qiubai and his companions attacked the Extraterrestrial Evil Race from the flank, quickly overwhelming its generals and commanders while the evil kings remained occupied.
• The evil kings activated a black mist that blocked the human Dao Integration Realm experts from sensing or contacting the others, revealing that the Evil Race had laid an ambush.
• Mu Qingqing, Ye Qiubai, Mu Fusheng, Shi Sheng, and their companions found themselves surrounded by two evil kings, fourteen evil generals, and numerous lesser enemies, and prepared to use Heavenly Lightning Escape Talismans.
• The sky filled with black Demonic Intent, suppressing the bloodlines of the Extraterrestrial Evil Race and many humans, while Ye Qiubai, Shi Sheng, and Mu Fusheng remained unaffected.
• Black divine light streamed from the black hall, forming a path along which a figure approached the battlefield; Ye Qiubai, Shi Sheng, and Mu Fusheng smiled as they saw him.

After completing the Demon Abyss trials, Xiao Hei returned with immense strength and control over the abyss. He turned the tide against the Extraterrestrial Evil Race and began slaughtering them with a black millstone.

• Xiao Hei completed five trials, strengthened his body, learned the first punch of Demon's Descent, and gained preliminary control over the Demon Abyss.
• Xiao Hei emerged from the black hall, and his presence collapsed the Evil Kings' barrier and suppressed the Extraterrestrial Evil Race.
• Xiao Hei greeted Ye Qiubai, Shi Sheng, and Mu Fusheng before announcing that he would deal with the enemy first.
• An Evil King pleaded for mercy by citing the Evil Race's Ghost Race blood, but Xiao Hei dismissed them as useless and declared them enemies of the Cottage.
• Xiao Hei formed a black millstone from the Demon Abyss's divine light and drained the blood of the Evil Soldiers, Evil Generals, and resisting Evil Kings.

Xiao Hei used his control over the Demon Abyss to wipe out the Extraterrestrial Evil Race forces and their Evil King, foiling their scheme. As the group prepared to leave, Ye Qiubai learned Mu Ziqing was well but remained bound to her clan, and Jian Wufeng warned him that taking her away would be difficult.

• Xiao Hei summoned a black millstone that drained the blood of every Extraterrestrial Evil Race member present, including the Evil King.
• Xiao Hei told Ye Qiubai and the others that their mission was complete, and Mu Qingqing and the imperial preceptor thanked him for saving them and the Boundless Realm.
• The imperial preceptor suggested Xiao Hei become Dao companions with Mu Qingqing, but Xiao Hei declined.
• Mu Cisheng told Ye Qiubai that Mu Ziqing was well but could not leave the clan, and Ye Qiubai promised to find her soon.
• Jian Wufeng warned Ye Qiubai that the Mu Clan prized its bloodlines and that Mu Ziqing possessed its purest bloodline in tens of thousands of years.

Xiao Hei told Ye Qiubai, Shi Sheng, and Mu Fusheng that his clan had betrayed him and scattered most of his three souls and seven spirits, putting him in danger as he recovered them. The group stood by him and entered the Demon Abyss treasury, while Prince Linlong’s guards arrived at Boundary Mountain elsewhere.

• Ye Qiubai said he would pursue Mu Ziqing despite the Mu Clan’s restrictions on her choosing an outsider as a Dao companion.
• Xiao Hei led Ye Qiubai, Shi Sheng, and Mu Fusheng to the black hall and revealed that his clan had plotted against him, scattering two of his souls and six of his spirits.
• Xiao Hei warned that his enemies would search for him as he recovered his spirits, and Ye Qiubai, Shi Sheng, and Mu Fusheng vowed to face the danger with him.
• The black-haired man warned Xiao Hei not to activate the power of three spirits and led the group toward the treasury.
• Prince Linlong’s personal guards arrived at Boundary Mountain.

After an attack at Boundary Mountain left many imperial troops dead or wounded, the leaders in Dragonrise City investigated who was responsible. The investigation ended in a staged scene that made King Wulin look guilty, though Dong Xiaoqin suspected the truth was more complicated.

• Dong Xiaoqin, Prince Yun, and King Wulin discussed whether an Evil King or someone on their side had attacked the troops, then King Wulin led an investigation into Dao Integration Realm cultivators.
• King Wulin found no clues and angered the Dao Integration Realm experts by investigating them.
• A messenger reported another attack at Boundary Mountain, and King Wulin rushed there with several black-robed figures.
• The disguised messenger injured himself and damaged his armor, making it look as though King Wulin had attacked him.
• Prince Yun, Dong Xiaoqin, and the Dao Integration Realm experts arrived, and Prince Yun accused King Wulin of being behind the attacks.
• King Wulin blamed Mu Zhengting for framing him, while Dong Xiaoqin suspected the circumstances were too coincidental.

Mu Zhengting and Prince Yun staged King Wulin’s capture to implicate Prince Linlong and break his influence, prompting Linlong to flee before the imperial guards arrived. Back at the Cottage, Hong Ying told Lu Changsheng that the Heavenly Spirit Realm preparations were complete and that they were ready to find their senior brothers.

• Prince Yun accused King Wulin of acting under Prince Linlong, and the Dao Integration Realm experts captured King Wulin and his men.
• Dong Xiaoqin noticed that the evidence at Boundary Mountain seemed suspicious and suspected Mu Zhengting was hiding his true intentions.
• Mu Zhengting revealed to King Wulin that he had staged the killings to draw out Prince Linlong, and King Wulin offered to testify in exchange for sparing his Lineage.
• After King Wulin accused Prince Linlong, the imperial guards found his residence empty, and Mu Zhengting ordered a search for him.
• Hong Ying told Lu Changsheng that she, Ning Chenxin, and Mu Wan'er had finished the Heavenly Spirit Realm arrangements and were ready to find their senior brothers.

Dong Xiaoqin and Dong Wancai discussed secretly helping Mu Zhengting search for Prince Linlong, whom they believed had been trapped by the emperor’s layered scheme. In hiding, Prince Linlong asked a mysterious handsome man how to turn things around, and the man told him to join the Extraterrestrial Evil Race and use his hidden agents to feed it intelligence.

• Dong Xiaoqin learned Prince Linlong had defected and discussed helping the Boundless Dynasty find him with her father, Dong Wancai.
• Dong Wancai agreed to assist secretly and ensure Mu Zhengting knew the Holy Hidden Chamber of Commerce had helped.
• Dong Xiaoqin concluded Mu Zhengting had used the Boundary Mountain incident to expose Prince Linlong’s treason and force him to flee.
• Prince Linlong and his black-robed guards hid in a remote valley and waited for someone to arrive.
• A handsome man appeared and advised Prince Linlong to join the Extraterrestrial Evil Race and use his agents inside the dynasty to send it intelligence.

Prince Linlong agreed to serve the handsome man from the Evil Race in exchange for a chance to reach the Mid-Latitude Realm and gain immortality. After the man forced Linlong and his guards to wear Soul Rings, Linlong provided a list of his hidden agents; elsewhere, Hong Ying, Ning Chenxin, and Mu Wan'er arrived in the Boundless Realm.

• The handsome man revealed he belonged to the Evil Race and offered Prince Linlong resources, immortality, and a chance to join the Evil Race if he obeyed.
• Prince Linlong accepted the offer, and the handsome man demanded that he and his guards wear Soul Rings that would destroy their souls if they rebelled.
• When one guard refused, the handsome man killed him with a single strike, prompting Prince Linlong and the remaining guards to put on the Soul Rings.
• Prince Linlong handed over a list of his hidden agents, and the handsome man ordered him to obtain the Boundless Realm's battle deployments and personnel movements.
• The handsome man promised to take Prince Linlong to the Evil Race's territory in the Mid-Latitude Realm and replace his blood after the task was complete.
• Hong Ying, Ning Chenxin, and Mu Wan'er arrived in the Boundless Realm through the Cottage's spatial teleportation array.

Hong Ying, Ning Chenxin, and Mu Wan'er arrived at the Starfall Sword Sect and learned that Ye Qiubai, Xiao Hei, and Shi Sheng were at Boundary Mountain, where the Boundless Realm was preparing to defend against the Extraterrestrial Evil Race. They agreed to join the forces heading there, and Hong Ying sent word to Ye Qiubai's group that they would meet Mu Fusheng.

• The Boundless Realm prepared to reinforce Boundary Mountain because its damaged sealing formation could not be rebuilt or strengthened in time.
• Hong Ying, Ning Chenxin, and Mu Wan'er arrived at the Starfall Sword Sect and asked for news of Ye Qiubai, Xiao Hei, and Shi Sheng.
• Jian Wufeng told them that Ye Qiubai and the others were at Boundary Mountain and explained the threat posed by the escaped Extraterrestrial Evil Race.
• Hong Ying and her companions agreed to travel to Boundary Mountain with the Starfall Sword Sect's forces.
• Hong Ying sent a voice transmission to Ye Qiubai's group and said she would introduce Mu Fusheng to his senior siblings.

As the realm’s factions gathered to face the approaching Extraterrestrial Evil Race, Mu Cisheng brought Ye Qiubai to meet Mu Clan head Mu Libei, Mu Ziqing’s father. At the Mu residence, Mu Liyi challenged Ye Qiubai over his interest in Ziqing, and Ye Qiubai stepped forward to handle him.

• The Cottage reunited in Dragonrise City, where Mu Fusheng explained that the Extraterrestrial Evil Race far outmatched the realm’s strongest forces.
• Mu Cisheng told Ye Qiubai that Mu Libei wanted to see him, while Mu Ziqing had been kept away until she awakened her bloodline and reached the Dao Integration realm.
• Ye Qiubai went with Mu Cisheng to the Mu Clan’s secluded residence and sensed powerful watchers scrutinizing him.
• Mu Liyi blocked their way and disparaged Ye Qiubai for pursuing Mu Ziqing, so Ye Qiubai stepped forward and told Mu Cisheng to leave the matter to him.

Ye Qiubai challenged Mu Liyi to prove that bloodline power did not guarantee superiority, and revealed his Sword Saint realm when Mu Liyi's ice attacks failed to stop him. Just as Ye Qiubai's Sword Intent overwhelmed Mu Liyi, an icy force from the room froze it.

• Mu Liyi claimed that the Mu Clan's bloodline rules forbade Mu Ziqing from becoming Dao companions with outsiders and challenged Ye Qiubai's strength.
• Ye Qiubai drew the Nine-Foot Starfall Sword and met Mu Liyi's ice-infused palm strike with his Sword Domain.
• Mu Liyi formed ice spikes and hurled them at Ye Qiubai, but Ye Qiubai unleashed Sword Saint Sword Intent and shattered them.
• Ye Qiubai's Sword Intent swept toward the horrified Mu Liyi, but a strand of icy intent shot from the room and froze it.