Chapter Summaries

After taking control of all three cities in Severed Soul City, Ye Qiubai, Xiao Hei, Mu Fusheng, and their companions witnessed the city's souls being drawn into the starry river and were transported away. Yuezheng Chi, Chen Hui, and Miao Bangdao emerged outside the city and told the waiting factions about the Purgatory Ancestor's resurrection and Demon King City's victory.

• Xiao Hei read the old man's book and learned that the old man knew he was the Devil Master and knew about his soul fragments.
• Ye Qiubai absorbed the wooden token's Spiritual Qi and broke through to the late Turbid Immortal Realm.
• Yuezheng Chi, Chen Hui, and Miao Bangdao yielded Nebula City to Ye Qiubai, giving Demon King City control of all three cities.
• A river of stars absorbed the souls throughout Severed Soul City, then starlight transported Ye Qiubai, Xiao Hei, Mu Fusheng, Su Muyou, and the others away.
• Yuezheng Chi, Chen Hui, and Miao Bangdao appeared outside Severed Soul City and told the waiting faction leaders about Qi Shadao's resurrection and Demon King City's control of the cities.

The leading factions debated how to respond to Qi Shadao’s rebirth, but many refused to act before Avici Purgatory threatened them directly. Meanwhile, Ye Qiubai and the others reached a starry river in Severed Soul City and learned their reward was the river itself and its soul power.

• The Spirit Immortal Palace, Su Clan, Holy Talisman Sect, and Heavenly Sword Peak urged the factions to discuss Avici Purgatory, while the Azure Wood Sect and others argued that Qi Shadao posed no immediate threat.
• Huo Zhengheng and the Su Clan's elder criticized the hesitant factions, and the Spirit Immortal Palace's grand elder proposed inviting those willing to prepare for Qi Shadao's return.
• Ye Qiubai, Xiao Hei, Mu Fusheng, Lin Zhinan, Su Muyou, and the three people from Immortal Ape Village stood within a starry river whose suppressive power had vanished.
• A mysterious figure appeared on a screen of light, declared that everyone present qualified for a reward, and said fortune and their choices were forms of strength.
• When Ye Qiubai asked about the reward, the figure’s gaze pressed against him until the Azure Cloud Sword released Sword Dao Law and cut through the presence.
• The mysterious figure praised Ye Qiubai’s fortune and revealed that the reward was the soul power within the river of stars and the river of stars itself.

Ye Qiubai, Mu Fusheng, and the others learned that Severed Soul City's river of stars was its true body and a treasure that purified the souls it devoured, making them safe to absorb. Mu Fusheng suspected the reward concealed a hidden purpose, and Ye Qiubai proposed using the Azure Cloud Sword to inspect the souls for tampering.

• The figure in the screen of light explained that the river of stars was Severed Soul City's true body and that it had devoured and integrated the suppressed soul entities.
• Ye Qiubai realized the river of stars had purified the souls, erasing their memories and imprints so cultivators could absorb the resulting soul power directly.
• Lin Zhinan and Su Muyou welcomed the chance to strengthen their souls, while Mu Fusheng privately warned Ye Qiubai and Xiao Hei that the reward and its purpose seemed suspicious.
• Mu Fusheng argued that the powerful figure might have tampered with the souls, and Xiao Hei suggested checking them, but Mu Fusheng said his current lightning techniques were not strong enough.
• Ye Qiubai proposed that the Azure Cloud Sword could help him see through falsehood and reveal whether the souls had been altered.

Ye Qiubai and Mu Fusheng tested the river of ownerless soul bodies for hidden danger using the Azure Cloud Sword and two kinds of divine lightning. As their powers entered the souls, the figure within the screen of light realized what they intended to do.

• Ye Qiubai stopped Lin Zhinan and Su Muyou before they began absorbing the soul bodies, and they swore Heavenly Dao Oaths to keep what happened secret.
• Mu Fusheng brought out Purple Profound Yin Purple Lightning and golden Heavenly Punishment Divine Lightning while Ye Qiubai summoned the Azure Cloud Sword, stunning Lin Zhinan, Su Muyou, and the figure within the screen of light.
• Ye Qiubai drew part of the Azure Cloud Sword, releasing Sword Dao Law that swept through the river of stars toward the soul bodies.
• Mu Fusheng sent both kinds of lightning alongside the Sword Dao Law and into the soul bodies, and the figure within the screen of light realized their plan.

Ye Qiubai and Mu Fusheng uncovered a plan to control the prodigies who passed Severed Soul City's final trial. The figure in the light screen invited them to join him, promising them power over the Mid-Latitude Realm if his group took control of it.

• Ye Qiubai drew one foot of the Azure Cloud Sword and joined Mu Fusheng in probing the enormous soul body with Sword Dao Law and divine lightning, while the backlash left Ye Qiubai gravely wounded.
• Mu Fusheng found the hidden trap and told Ye Qiubai to stop; after Ye Qiubai withdrew the sword, Mu Fusheng asked the figure in the light screen if he meant to control them.
• The figure admitted that he intended to control the prodigies who passed Severed Soul City's final trial, so they could eventually lead the powers of the Mid-Latitude Realm.
• Ye Qiubai asked why the figure did not seize the realm himself, and the figure explained that the High-Latitude Realm faced restrictions on acting against the Mid-Latitude Realm.
• The figure invited Ye Qiubai and the others to join his group, offering to relinquish control over them and let them manage the latitude once it was under his group's control.

Ye Qiubai and his companions rejected the High-Latitude Realm figure’s offer of control over the Mid-Latitude Realm, refusing to become puppets. Xiao Hei then destroyed the imprint in the star river’s soul entity, alerting a man in the High-Latitude Realm.

• The figure in the screen of light offered Ye Qiubai, Mu Fusheng, Xiao Hei, Lin Zhinan, and Su Muyou the chance to control the Mid-Latitude Realm, but Ye Qiubai rejected the offer because it would mean surrendering their freedom.
• Ye Qiubai, Mu Fusheng, Xiao Hei, Lin Zhinan, and Su Muyou all refused, and the figure warned them they would be drawn into the storm before vanishing and withdrawing the reward.
• Xiao Hei said he could erase the imprint in the star river’s soul entity and unleashed his full bloodline and soul power despite the Immortal Ape Village members’ warning.
• Xiao Hei plunged his hand into the soul entity and destroyed the imprint with his Demonic Intent and bloodline power.
• In the High-Latitude Realm, a man sensed the imprint’s destruction and grimly remarked that Xiao Hei had a few tricks.

Mo Ji sensed the Devil Master’s presence in the Mid-Latitude Realm and ordered a search despite the threat of the Supervisory Sacred Hall. In Severed Soul City, Mu Fusheng absorbed soul essence and broke through toward the sixth level of the Soul Nourishing Technique, Cold Soul White Flame.

• Mo Ji ordered Mo Ge and Mo Li to search the High-Latitude Realm, then reacted with fear when he sensed the Devil Master’s presence again.
• Mo Ji ordered a search of the Mid-Latitude Realm and said he would seek help from two Heavenly Lord Class factions to hold back the Supervisory Sacred Hall.
• Mo Ge and Mo Li led the Cloud Sky Demon Birds and Hell Demon Hounds toward the realm barrier.
• Ye Qiubai, Mu Fusheng, Lin Zhinan, and Su Muyou absorbed soul essence in Severed Soul City while Xiao Hei and the three from Immortal Ape Village abstained.
• Lin Zhinan and Su Muyou stopped absorbing soul power when they reached their limits, while Ye Qiubai and Mu Fusheng continued.
• Mu Fusheng used the soul essence and Heavenly Punishment Divine Lightning to cultivate Cold Soul White Flame, making Ye Qiubai and Lin Zhinan shudder at the soul fire’s chill.

Lu Changsheng trained Xiao Shitou by bathing him in Space Dao Law, rapidly raising his cultivation while using pills to stabilize his foundation. Hong Ying and the others arrived at the Changsheng Realm, where Mu Wan'er mistook the beautiful woman beside Lu Changsheng for a romantic interest.

• Lu Changsheng used strands of Space Dao Law to torment Xiao Shitou while deepening his comprehension and rapidly advancing his cultivation.
• Lu Changsheng showed Huang Qian and Liu Ziru the pill-refining room, where three furnaces overflowed with pills he had made to support his disciples.
• Willow Tree warned Lu Changsheng that pills granting immortality would defy the universe's rules, while pills improving Concepts might be possible.
• Xiao Shitou broke through to the early turbid immortal realm and gained an initial grasp of Space Dao Law, so Lu Changsheng sent him into the pill-refining room to stabilize his foundation.
• Hong Ying, Ning Chenxin, Shi Sheng, Mu Wan'er, and the others arrived aboard a spatial ship, and Mu Wan'er shouted that her master had finally got a clue after seeing a beautiful woman beside him.

Lu Changsheng reunited with his disciples in the Cottage, where they mistook Huang Qian for his wife before learning she was Little Bird from the past. After hearing how the others had progressed, Lu Changsheng decided to help Hong Ying consolidate the realm powers she had gathered.

• Hong Ying, Shi Sheng, Ning Chenxin, and Mu Wan'er teased Lu Changsheng about Huang Qian, and Shi Sheng mistakenly called her Master's wife.
• Lu Changsheng corrected his disciples, introduced Huang Qian as Little Bird, and gave Mu Wan'er and Shi Sheng a scolding that left bumps on their heads.
• Hong Ying reported that they had occupied the cultivator factions across the low-latitude realms and that she had reached the half-step Earth Immortal realm.
• Ning Chenxin said he was spreading his teachings with Hong Ying's help, while Shi Sheng reported reaching the early Earth Immortal realm by cultivating star power.
• Lu Changsheng noticed that Hong Ying's gathered realm powers had not fully fused and told her they would consolidate them first.

Hong Ying asked how to fuse the scattered powers of the realms within her, and the Willow Tree explained that they needed to become the origin power of a latitude. The Willow Tree suggested Lu Changsheng use his Grand Primordium cultivation technique, which successfully fused a test sample, and Lu Changsheng went to refine pills to prepare Hong Ying's body.

• Hong Ying asked Lu Changsheng how to condense the scattered powers of the realms in her body.
• The Willow Tree explained that uniting the powers meant forming a heart of the latitude, an origin power no one had ever obtained.
• The Willow Tree suggested Lu Changsheng use Grand Primordium to fuse the powers, and Lu Changsheng tested the technique on a small amount taken from Hong Ying.
• Lu Changsheng successfully fused the test powers into a profound wisp of origin Qi.
• Lu Changsheng went to the pill-refining room to prepare pills because Hong Ying's body could not yet withstand fusing so much origin power.

Lu Changsheng refined four pills to help Hong Ying withstand the condensed Power of the Latitude, while Mu Wan'er watched and learned. The pills’ lightning tribulations were driven away by Lu Changsheng’s Nine Nether Yellow Springs Grand Array, and he handed the pills to Hong Ying, asking her to cook for him afterward.

• Willow Tree helped Hong Ying stabilize the Power of the Realm while Lu Changsheng prepared to refine pills.
• Lu Changsheng chose pills to strengthen Hong Ying’s body and meridians, and to stabilize her soul and state of mind.
• Mu Wan'er watched Lu Changsheng refine the pills and marveled at his techniques.
• Dark clouds gathered over the Changsheng Realm as the pill tribulations formed, and Lu Changsheng used the Nine Nether Yellow Springs Grand Array to make them vanish.
• Lu Changsheng gave Hong Ying four pills and asked her to make him soup once she succeeded; Hong Ying agreed and mentioned the dishes she had learned during her campaigns.

Lu Changsheng guided Hong Ying through a dangerous process to condense the power of her realm into the power of the latitude, using pills, arrays, Grand Primordium, and Willow Tree’s protection. The power of the latitude formed, but Hong Ying could not absorb it all at once, so Willow Tree suggested sealing it temporarily.

• Lu Changsheng prepared pill-powered arrays and asked Willow Tree to protect Hong Ying’s heart meridians during the process.
• Lu Changsheng used Grand Primordium to gather the power scattered through Hong Ying’s body toward her dantian, while she took the Heavenly Mystic Meridian-Expanding Pill.
• After half a day, Lu Changsheng had Hong Ying take the Clear Spirit Mystic Pill and began condensing the gathered power into the power of the latitude.
• Three days later, the power of the latitude formed and surged through the Low-Latitude Realm.
• Willow Tree suggested temporarily sealing the power of the latitude so Hong Ying could absorb it slowly.

Hong Ying condensed the heart of the latitude, drawing in immense origin power that nearly destroyed her despite Lu Changsheng’s protections. After Lu Changsheng contained the heart and guided her cultivation, Hong Ying broke through to the early Earth Immortal realm, though her advancement continued.

• Origin power gathered across the Low-Latitude Realm, and an enormous eye watching from the Immortal Realm passage sensed the phenomenon but could not penetrate Lu Changsheng’s arrays.
• Six elders of the Supervisory Sacred Hall discussed bringing the person condensing the heart of the latitude under their oversight and decided to report the matter upward.
• As origin power flooded Hong Ying’s body, Lu Changsheng used the power of primordial beginning and Willow Tree’s branch to seal the heart of the latitude inside her dantian.
• Lu Changsheng instructed Hong Ying to circulate her cultivation technique and guide the remaining origin power through her body.
• Hong Ying completed one circuit, broke through to the early Earth Immortal realm, and continued advancing.

Hong Ying absorbed the Latitude’s Origin Power and reached the Earth Immortal Realm Late Stage, while Lu Changsheng prepared to take his disciples to the Immortal Realm together once they were all ready. After discovering eight traces of divine sense in his formation—including one far stronger than the others—he erased them, moved the formation core, and resolved to strengthen his defenses.

• With Lu Changsheng’s help, Hong Ying absorbed the Latitude’s remaining Origin Power and broke through to the Earth Immortal Realm Late Stage.
• Lu Changsheng gave Hong Ying a cultivation route for drawing power from the seal and told her to catch fish for soup; he then beat Liu Ziru for muttering about his laziness.
• Willow Tree asked whether Lu Changsheng would take Hong Ying to the Immortal Realm, and Lu Changsheng said he would wait until his other disciples reached the Earth Immortal Realm.
• Lu Changsheng examined his formation and found eight traces of divine sense, including one from the enormous eye in the Immortal Realm passage and an unfamiliar trace stronger than all the others.
• Lu Changsheng erased the traces, moved the formation core, and decided to refine and strengthen his formations.

Hong Ying and the others secretly left the Changsheng Realm to gain experience, while Lu Changsheng allowed them to go despite his earlier warning. In Severed Soul City, Mu Fusheng absorbed most of a vast soul body, and he and his companions emerged to find powerful factions gathering outside.

• Hong Ying, Shi Sheng, and the other disciples asked to venture out, and Lu Changsheng agreed to let them go after they slipped away; he kept Xiao Shitou behind to cultivate.
• Mu Fusheng absorbed more of the enormous soul body than the others, raising his soul realm above his cultivation realm and transforming his Soul Fire into Cold Soul White Flame.
• Ye Qiubai and Mu Fusheng decided to leave Severed Soul City and return later with Shi Sheng to see whether he could subdue the river of stars.
• Lin Zhinan assured Mu Fusheng that she and Su Muyou would keep what happened in the city secret because they had sworn a Heavenly Dao Oath.
• The factions outside Severed Soul City gathered around Ye Qiubai and the others as they emerged, seeking to protect them and their unknown reward from anyone who might try to seize it.

After the major forces tried to pressure Ye Qiubai and the others into revealing Severed Soul City's final reward, the Holy Talisman Sect and its allies helped them escape with a Heavenly Lightning Escape Talisman. Meanwhile, Qi Shadao announced that Avici Purgatory could begin emerging into the world.

• Yu Qingyan, Lie Xiao, and Jing Zhitan joined the major forces in surrounding Ye Qiubai and the others and demanding to know about Severed Soul City's final reward.
• The Spirit Immortal Palace's grand elder and the Su Clan elder warned that revealing too much could provoke the forces to kill and plunder, while Huo Zhengheng prepared to send the youngsters away.
• The Holy Talisman Sect's supreme elder and the other protectors distracted the encircling forces as Ye Qiubai, Xiao Hei, Mu Fusheng, and the others escaped with a Heavenly Lightning Escape Talisman.
• The Su Clan elder and the Spirit Immortal Palace's grand elder urged the remaining forces to focus on Avici Purgatory and attend a future alliance conference.
• At Avici Purgatory's base, Qi Shadao told its sect master, elders, and disciples that Avici Purgatory could begin gradually emerging into the world.

Qi Shadao returned to Avici Purgatory and instructed its followers to help restore his strength while concealing their resurgence. He planned to exploit rival factions’ interest in reaching the High-Latitude Realm to provoke conflict and prepare for revenge.

• At Purgatory Island, Sect Master Tao Mo and Avici Purgatory’s followers welcomed Qi Shadao and asked him to lead them in conquering the Mid-Latitude Realm.
• Qi Shadao refused to announce Avici Purgatory’s return, explaining that his strength had not fully recovered and that their enemies might unite against them.
• Qi Shadao gave everyone a portrait of Xiao Hei and ordered them to bring him Xiao Hei’s physical body, dead or alive.
• Qi Shadao said Avici Purgatory would delay its revenge and take advantage of rival factions’ reluctance to unite against it.
• Qi Shadao ordered Tao Mo to spread a claim that Severed Soul City’s final rewards contained crucial information about reaching the High-Latitude Realm, hoping to spur factions into conflict.

After Severed Soul City, the allied sects prepared to discuss Avici Purgatory’s resurgence, while Ye Qiubai, Su Muyou, Lin Zhinan, and Mu Fusheng dealt with the aftermath and their discoveries. The chapter ended with Mu Fusheng worrying that the next day’s meeting would bring trouble.

• Ye Qiubai told Huo Zhengheng how Chu Lan, Zhuang Zidong, and Chi Bing had died, and Huo Zhengheng lamented that Heavenly Sword Peak could not yet avenge them.
• Su Muyou told Huan Shun that Severed Soul City had been a conspiracy and that a Heavenly Dao Oath prevented her from revealing more.
• Lin Zhinan warned Zhang Guan that Spirit Immortal Palace should befriend Ye Qiubai, Mu Fusheng, and Xiao Hei without making its intentions too obvious.
• Mu Fusheng showed the Holy Talisman Sect’s three Supreme Elders his progress in the Soul Nourishing Technique, and they offered him access to the Talisman Repository Hall.
• Mu Fusheng worried that there would be no peace at the following day’s gathering.

News that Severed Soul City's final reward contained a way to enter the High-Latitude Realm spread across the Mid-Latitude Realm, drawing powerful factions toward the Holy Talisman Sect. As the leaders debated whether to hold the Evil-Slaying Conference, Ye Qiubai and Lin Zhinan urged them to proceed so they would not fall into Avici Purgatory's trap.

• The Holy Talisman Sect, Spirit Immortal Palace, Su Clan, and Heavenly Sword Peak announced that they would reconvene the Evil-Slaying Conference to oppose Avici Purgatory and Qi Shadao.
• News spread that Severed Soul City's final reward contained a method of entering the High-Latitude Realm, prompting major powers and reclusive experts to head for the Holy Talisman Sect.
• The four powers gathered early at the Holy Talisman Sect, where Su Muyou and Lin Zhinan denied knowing about the High-Latitude Realm information and Lin Zhinan suspected Avici Purgatory had leaked it to disrupt the conference.
• The leaders considered postponing the conference because of the influx of outsiders, but Ye Qiubai and Lin Zhinan argued that it had to proceed or Avici Purgatory would appear to have exposed their guilty conscience.

Ye Qiubai proposed holding the Evil-Slaying Conference as scheduled and gambling on a way to turn Qi Shadao’s scheme to their advantage. After the meeting, the Holy Talisman Sect, Su Clan, and Spirit Immortal Palace leaders recognized Ye Qiubai’s abilities and placed even greater trust in their younger allies.

• Ye Qiubai told the gathered experts that the Evil-Slaying Conference had to proceed on schedule, then proposed a gamble that might draw sideline forces and long-secluded Heavenly Immortal Realm experts into the Evil-Slaying Alliance.
• Huan Shun praised Ye Qiubai to Su Muyou and said he understood why she had urged the Su Clan to win him over.
• The Holy Talisman Sect Master told the Supreme Elders about the meeting, and a white-bearded elder decided Mu Fusheng could enter the fifth floor of the Talisman Repository Hall after the crisis ended.
• Zhang Guan told Lin Zhinan that Spirit Immortal Palace should spare no effort to befriend Ye Qiubai, while Lin Zhinan joked that Ye Qiubai might take over his role as strategist.