Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yu entered Yomotsu Hirasaka and began forcing the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud’s power under his control, while the Sea God and Asura God realized they had lost contact with the relic. The Sea God’s remnant appeared before Xiao Yu as he resisted its pressure.

• Xiao Yu entered Yomotsu Hirasaka and sensed the distant Netherworld.
• The Sea God told Asura God that he had lost his connection to the Heart of the Sea God, and they suspected the Angel God inheritor was responsible.
• Asura God tried to investigate the relic’s disappearance, but the God of Destruction destroyed his divine power and warned him to stop interfering.
• Asura God told the Sea God to decide whether to send someone from Sea God Island to protect Tang San, leaving the Sea God uncertain about the risks.
• Xiao Yu used Underworld King Power to squeeze the Sea God’s power within the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, prompting the Sea God’s remnant to appear and confront him.

Xiao Yu used the Death Scythe to destroy the Sea God's remnant thought and claim the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud. After discovering its invisibility skill could protect him in the Netherworld, he decided he no longer needed Dugu Bo to accompany him.

• Xiao Yu invoked the Netherworld's suppression against the Sea God's remnant thought and summoned the Death Scythe.
• The Sea God attacked with a conjured sea and Golden Trident, but Xiao Yu cleaved through the flood and shattered the trident.
• Xiao Yu struck down the Sea God's phantom, leaving the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud behind.
• Xiao Yu claimed the shroud and found its four soul skills intact, though weaker without the Sea God's divine sense.
• Xiao Yu decided the shroud's invisibility made Dugu Bo unnecessary for the Netherworld trip.

Xiao Yu took Qian Renxue, Huo Wu, and Ye Lingling into the Netherworld for training, descending through Yomotsu Hirasaka and reaching the Gates of Hell. As the ancient gate opened, Cerberus appeared before them.

• Xiao Yu left for the Netherworld with Qian Renxue, Huo Wu, and Ye Lingling, while Dugu Yan refused to join them.
• Qian Renxue and Huo Wu argued at the entrance, and Xiao Yu intervened before their confrontation became a fight.
• Xiao Yu led the group through the dark passage, keeping Huo Wu close and warning Qian Renxue not to rush ahead alone.
• The group reached a huge stone gate bearing a warning, and it opened as cold winds and cries came from within.
• Xiao Yu sensed a killing intent and recognized the three-headed gatekeeper as Cerberus, the Hound of Hell.

Huo Wu and Qian Renxue fought Cerberus, whose strength proved far greater than an ordinary watchdog. Qian Renxue exploited its weakness to mental attacks and killed it, after which a dark-red pearl rose from its body.

• Huo Wu attacked Cerberus with her Second Spirit Skill, but Qian Renxue shielded her from its powerful flames.
• Qian Renxue challenged Cerberus and used her Angel skills to wound it, while it prepared a powerful fireball attack.
• Qian Renxue cleaved Cerberus's fireball and struck the beast with her Sacred Sword, but its body endured the blow.
• Qian Renxue used Angel's Roar to assault Cerberus's weak mental defenses and killed it.
• A dark-red pearl rose from Cerberus's body, and Qian Renxue feared its energy might draw another powerful monster.

Xiao Yu and the women cultivated in the Netherworld after he purified Cerberus’s Inner Core, and Qian Renxue broke through to level seventy. The chapter left Qian Renxue refining the Inner Core as Xiao Yu watched over her in case its energy attracted a dangerous creature.

• Xiao Yu explained that Cerberus’s Inner Core contained its cultivation energy and purified it for Qian Renxue to use as her seventh spirit ring.
• Xiao Yu advised Qian Renxue, Ye Lingling, and Huo Wu to cultivate in the Netherworld before advancing, and he concealed them beneath the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud.
• After about twenty days, Qian Renxue broke through to level seventy and reached the Soul Sage rank.
• Xiao Yu gave Qian Renxue Cerberus’s Inner Core, and she began refining it as its red light engulfed her.
• Ye Lingling and Huo Wu worried about Qian Renxue, while Xiao Yu reassured them and stayed beside her as she refined the Inner Core.

After Qian Renxue reached level seventy-two by refining Cerberus's Inner Core, Xiao Yu and the others entered the First Hell and fought through an army of Skeleton Soldiers. Defeating the Headless Knights cleared the way to the Styx, also known as the Akron River.

• Qian Renxue refined most of Cerberus's Inner Core, reached level seventy-two, and vowed to catch up to Xiao Yu.
• After Huo Wu and Ye Lingling finished cultivating, Xiao Yu led the group through the Gates of Hell toward the First Hell.
• Xiao Yu and Qian Renxue defeated the first Skeleton Soldiers, then the group formed a protective formation against hundreds more.
• Xiao Yu, Qian Renxue, and Ye Lingling used their domains to empower the group as they charged through the Skeleton Soldiers toward eight Headless Knights.
• Huo Wu trapped the Headless Knights with Fire Dance Storm, and Xiao Yu destroyed them with his Sixth Spirit Skill, causing the Skeleton Soldiers to retreat.
• The group reached the banks of the Styx, also known as the Akron River.

Xiao Yu and the three women found a ferryman who demanded that one of them stay behind to secure his master's permission to cross the Underworld River. After Qian Renxue struck the ferryman down, a dark green leopard appeared, and Huo Wu stepped forward to fight it.

• Xiao Yu tested the Underworld River with a sheet of paper and confirmed that it sank immediately, while Qian Renxue revealed that a mysterious force prevented flight.
• Xiao Yu led the group downstream, where they found a black-robed Ferryman beside a boat.
• The Ferryman accepted Xiao Yu's money but said his master required one of the women to stay behind before they could cross.
• When Xiao Yu and the women refused, the Ferryman summoned a dark green leopard and threatened them.
• Qian Renxue knocked the Ferryman down with Angelic Divine Power, and Huo Wu volunteered to fight the leopard.

Huo Wu killed the leopard guarding the crossing and collected its Inner Core, but Xiao Yu exposed the Ferryman’s plan to ambush them on the river. The true guardian, the Underworld Sea Jiao Dragon, emerged and demanded the Ferryman’s release, leaving Qian Renxue ready to face it.

• Huo Wu used Invincible Golden Body to repel the leopard, trapped it with her Fifth Spirit Skill, and killed it with her Ring Fusion attack.
• Huo Wu collected the leopard’s Inner Core and urged Ye Lingling to board the Ferryman’s boat.
• Xiao Yu accused the Ferryman of luring them onto the boat to attack them in the river, and Qian Renxue knocked the Ferryman down.
• The Nether River boiled as the Underworld Sea Jiao Dragon emerged and demanded that Qian Renxue release the Ferryman.
• Qian Renxue tossed the Ferryman aside and prepared to test her strength against the jiao dragon.

Xiao Yu confronted the Underworld Sea Jiao Dragon while Qian Renxue and the others stayed back, and his power revealed him as the returning Lord of the Plane. After injuring the dragon with the Underworld Sword, he faced its furious counterattack.

• Xiao Yu stopped Qian Renxue from fighting the Underworld Sea Jiao Dragon because Netherworld water could harm her, and Huo Wu kept the Ferryman pinned while the group retained his guidance.
• Xiao Yu revealed his Underworld Monarch Martial Soul and seven spirit rings, causing the Underworld Sea Jiao Dragon to recognize him as the returning Lord of the Plane.
• The Underworld Sea Jiao Dragon attacked Xiao Yu with a massive beam, and Xiao Yu countered with the Underworld Sword before activating Martial Soul Avatar and his Underworld God Domain.
• Xiao Yu used Mind Imprisonment to interrupt the dragon's attack, then slashed open its body with the Underworld Sword.
• The wounded Underworld Sea Jiao Dragon charged Xiao Yu in a frenzy, and Xiao Yu met its attack with a sword strike.

Xiao Yu defeated the Underworld Sea Jiao Dragon and claimed its Inner Core, then led his companions across the Underworld River. The group reached the next stage of the Netherworld, First Hell—Silent Court.

• Xiao Yu used Underworld Emperor's Heaven-Shaking Wrath to destroy the Underworld Sea Jiao Dragon's strongest attack and leave it badly injured.
• Xiao Yu killed the Underworld Sea Jiao Dragon and stored its Inner Core in the Ruyi Treasure Pouch.
• The Underworld River Ferryman recognized Xiao Yu as the Lord of the Plane and invited Xiao Yu, Huo Wu, Ye Lingling, and Qian Renxue aboard.
• Xiao Yu arranged for Huo Wu and Ye Lingling to cultivate while he and Qian Renxue took turns keeping watch during the twenty-day crossing.
• Xiao Yu and his companions reached the opposite bank and arrived at First Hell—Silent Court.

Xiao Yu confronted the Dark Judge, who tried to overwhelm him with psychic attacks and demonic beasts. Xiao Yu shattered the Judge’s mental illusion with his Death Gaze, leaving the Judge badly injured and weakening his control over the beasts.

• The Dark Judge attacked Xiao Yu with a psychic judgment, but Xiao Yu broke through it with his spiritual power.
• The Judge summoned a Flame Demon Gorilla, two Black Spirit Tigers, and four Bloodthirsty Demon Wolves to attack Xiao Yu and the women.
• Xiao Yu separated from Qian Renxue and the others to face the Dark Judge in a battle of spiritual power.
• The Judge trapped Xiao Yu in an icy illusion and attacked him as a frost giant snake.
• Xiao Yu used his hundred-thousand-year head Soul Bone skill, Death Gaze, to destroy the snake and severely damage the Judge’s sea of consciousness.
• As the demonic beasts’ servant marks weakened, Qian Renxue struck the Flame Demon Gorilla with her Angelic Sacred Sword and sent it flying.

Xiao Yu fought the Dark Judge in a contest of spiritual power while Qian Renxue, Huo Wu, and Ye Lingling defeated the demonic beasts. Xiao Yu shattered the Judge’s illusion and devastated his sea of consciousness, leaving the battle at its end.

• Qian Renxue wounded the Flame Demon Gorilla, Huo Wu attacked the Bloodthirsty Demon Wolf, and Ye Lingling killed the Black Spirit Tiger with a Soul Tool.
• Qian Renxue cleaved the remaining demonic beasts in two and told Ye Lingling that Xiao Yu had gained the upper hand against the Dark Judge.
• The Dark Judge burned his life force to amplify his spiritual attack, while Xiao Yu switched to defense and endured the Judge’s changing illusions.
• After half an hour, Xiao Yu unleashed a powerful spiritual attack that shattered the illusion and severely damaged the Judge’s sea of consciousness.
• Qian Renxue declared the fight over, Ye Lingling relaxed, and Huo Wu complained that waiting had made her neck sore.

Xiao Yu and the others paused in the Netherworld so Ye Lingling and Huo Wu could improve their cultivation before continuing their trial. Meanwhile, Bibi Dong learned that Ghost Douluo had failed to make Qian Renxue’s substitute in Heaven Dou Palace obey Pope’s Hall.

• Xiao Yu teased Huo Wu after his clash of spiritual power, then welcomed Ye Lingling and noticed she was near level sixty.
• Xiao Yu gave Ye Lingling the Black Spirit Tiger’s Inner Core for her sixth spirit ring and Huo Wu the Flame Demon Gorilla’s Inner Core for a future ring.
• Qian Renxue recognized that Xiao Yu had encouraged Ye Lingling gently and provoked Huo Wu to spur their cultivation.
• Xiao Yu released the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, and he and the three women began cultivating in the Netherworld.
• In Pope’s Hall, Bibi Dong crushed a teacup and berated Ghost Douluo for failing to intimidate Qian Renxue’s substitute in Heaven Dou Palace.

Bibi Dong questioned Ghost Douluo after Aegaeon stopped his attempt to reach Qian Renxue’s double, and Hu Liena advised how to target Nine Stars Hall in the Soul Hunting Operation. Meanwhile, Tang San trained beneath a waterfall, consumed by grief and a desperate desire for strength.

• Ghost Douluo reported that an unknown lightning-wielding Titled Douluo had defeated him while guarding Qian Renxue’s double.
• Hu Liena calmed Bibi Dong and suggested that Nine Stars Hall was pursuing control of Heaven Dou Empire’s army.
• Bibi Dong asked whether the Soul Hunting Operation should target Nine Stars Hall, and Hu Liena advised attacking its Heaven Dou City branch but not its distant headquarters.
• Bibi Dong praised Hu Liena’s strategic judgment and approved removing the branch to protect the infiltration plan.
• Tang San practiced swinging his Clear Sky Hammer beneath a waterfall, driven by his father’s death and his hunger for greater strength.

Tang San urged the Clear Sky Sect to openly support Dai Mubai's claim to the Star Luo throne, arguing that he could become a vital ally against Spirit Hall and Nine Stars Hall. Tang Xiao took the proposal to Tang Yuehua, who supported it and resolved to bring Tang San back to lead the sect.

• Tang Xiao interrupted Tang San's training and warned him not to aggravate his injuries while grieving for Tang Hao.
• Tang Xiao told Tang San that Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing had lost the Star Luo succession contest and faced having their Soul Power crippled and being exiled.
• Tang Xiao offered to secure Dai Mubai's release, but Tang San insisted the Clear Sky Sect should preserve his princely status and back his bid for the throne.
• Tang San argued that supporting Dai Mubai at his lowest point would secure the Star Luo Empire as an ally against Spirit Hall and Nine Stars Hall.
• Tang Xiao said he would consult the sect elders, then went to Heaven Dou City to discuss Tang San's proposal with Tang Yuehua.
• Tang Yuehua endorsed the proposal and resolved to bring Tang San back to the Clear Sky Sect and make him its sect master.

Tang Yuehua persuaded the Clear Sky Sect elders to support Tang San’s eventual return and back Dai Mubai, strengthening his position in the Star Luo Empire. As Dai Mubai gained resources and confidence, Dai Weisi panicked, but Zhu Zhuyun devised a scheme to deal with him.

• Tang Yuehua and Tang Xiao persuaded the Clear Sky Sect elders to soften their stance toward Tang San and set three conditions for his return, with twenty years to fulfill them.
• Tang Xiao went to Star Luo City to pledge the Clear Sky Sect’s support for Dai Mubai, prompting the Star Luo Emperor to direct royal resources toward him.
• Dai Mubai resumed serious cultivation and began gaining influence, while believing Tang San had secured the Clear Sky Sect’s support for him.
• Dai Weisi smashed his treasures in anger and feared that Dai Mubai would surpass him with the Clear Sky Sect’s backing.
• Zhu Zhuyun reassured Dai Weisi and quietly explained a plan to deal with Dai Mubai, restoring Dai Weisi’s confidence.

A month after defeating Dark Judge, Xiao Yu, Qian Renxue, Ye Lingling, and Huo Wu finished preparing to enter the Second Hell. They cut through its skeleton army, where the Hell Knight appeared to confront them.

• Over the past month, Ye Lingling reached level sixty-three, Huo Wu broke through level sixty, and Xiao Yu and Qian Renxue also improved their Soul Power.
• Xiao Yu waited for Huo Wu to stabilize her cultivation, then led her, Qian Renxue, and Ye Lingling into the Second Hell.
• Xiao Yu used his Underworld God Domain to protect the group as they crossed the storm between the Hells.
• The four fought through the Second Hell's skeleton army, with Ye Lingling supporting them while the others attacked.
• The Skeleton Soldiers halted and parted at a command, and the Hell Knight rode forward to face the group.

Xiao Yu challenged the Hell Knight and used his Underworld King Power to overpower and kill him. The Skeleton Soldiers knelt before Xiao Yu after the Hell Knight died.

• Xiao Yu charged the Hell Knight, and their first clash drove the Hell Knight and his horse back.
• Xiao Yu battered the Hell Knight with sword strikes, cracking his armor and splitting his mask.
• The Hell Knight gathered Dark Element and attacked, but Xiao Yu drew the element away with his Underworld King Power.
• Xiao Yu used Netherworld Emperor's Protection to repel the Hell Knight's charge and block his spear attacks.
• Xiao Yu suppressed the Hell Knight with Underworld King Power and killed him with the Underworld Sword.
• The Skeleton Soldiers knelt before Xiao Yu after the Hell Knight died.

Xiao Yu and the three women entered the Third Hell, where rolling boulders led them to a horde of Flame Demon Gorillas. After Huo Wu found potential Sixth Spirit Ring candidates, Xiao Yu and Qian Renxue attacked the horde, and Xiao Yu prepared to face its powerful king.

• Xiao Yu led Qian Renxue, Huo Wu, and Ye Lingling from the Second Hell into the rocky Third Hell.
• Xiao Yu sensed a barrage of rolling boulders, located the attackers, and led the group toward more than a hundred Flame Demon Gorillas.
• Xiao Yu pointed out that the gorillas offered Huo Wu a choice of Sixth Spirit Ring, while their leader roared and sent the horde charging.
• Huo Wu stayed back to protect Ye Lingling as Qian Renxue's Holy Light Meteor and Xiao Yu's Underworld Sword Thousand Decisive Strikes killed or wounded more than half the gorillas.
• The Flame Demon Gorilla King unleashed a powerful shockwave, and Xiao Yu accepted Qian Renxue's invitation to fight it while she watched.

Xiao Yu fought and killed the Flame Demon Gorilla King in the Third Hell, using the battle to hone his skills and push against the barrier to the next level. After Huo Wu absorbed a suitable Inner Core and reached Soul Power level sixty-three, the group set out for the Fourth Hell.

• Xiao Yu's Underworld aura overpowered the Flame Demon Gorilla King's aura, and his Underworld God Destruction wounded its fists.
• Xiao Yu unleashed Martial Soul True Body and the Underworld God Domain, then clashed with the gorilla king's attacks as Qian Renxue protected herself from the shockwaves.
• Xiao Yu provoked the enraged gorilla king and continued fighting it, using their exchanges to temper his Soul Power.
• Xiao Yu defeated the exhausted gorilla king with Underworld Emperor's Heaven-Shaking Wrath, clearing the Third Hell.
• Xiao Yu collected the gorilla king's Inner Core and gave Huo Wu a suitable one; Huo Wu reached Soul Power level sixty-three, and the group left for the Fourth Hell.