Recaps

Chen Mu and Mingye left for the Netherworld, using a spatial rift at Nether Luo Mountain that Chen Mu stabilized with a one-use formation. After more than half a month traveling through the chaotic void, they still had not found the Netherworld’s entrance.

• Chen Mu packed supplies, said goodbye to Meng Hui, and promised to return after settling matters in the Netherworld.
• Chen Mu took Mingye to Nether Luo Mountain and explained that the nearby spatial rift might help them learn about her origins.
• Chen Mu used his enhanced perception of spatial rules to set up a one-use formation and open a spatial rift.
• Chen Mu and Mingye entered the rift holding hands and began traveling through the chaotic void.
• After flying for over half a month, Mingye questioned why they had not found the Netherworld despite the ancient star route map placing it nearby.

Chen Mu and Mingye searched the chaotic void for the Netherworld and finally found a rift that led into it. Their cultivation was suppressed inside, and a Nether Clan Saint blocked their escape and tried to enslave them.

• Chen Mu reassured Mingye and searched near the old map coordinates, surviving several dangerous chaotic calamities along the way.
• A month and a half after leaving the Pan Emperor Continent, Chen Mu and Mingye found a spatial rift that carried the breath of Death Spiritual Power.
• Chen Mu opened a stable passage through the rift, and he and Mingye entered together.
• Inside the passage, Chen Mu and Mingye discovered that the local Heavenly Dao was suppressing their inner worlds, so they turned back.
• A Nether Clan elder intercepted them, refused Chen Mu's plea to leave, and attacked them with a giant palm, declaring that they would become his slaves.

Chen Mu and Mingye fought the Nether Clan elder inside the Nine Nether Netherworld, where the Heavenly Dao had sealed their inner worlds and left them unable to replenish their power. Mingye escaped with an Instant Teleportation Talisman while Chen Mu injured the elder with his Ultimate Devil Spirit Cannon and teleported away, leaving the elder to order a search for both humans.

• Chen Mu and Mingye combined their attacks to shatter the Nether Clan elder's palm, but the elder attacked again and sealed the spatial passage.
• Chen Mu gave Mingye an Instant Teleportation Talisman, and she used it to vanish; the elder then unleashed his domain and disrupted the spatial laws around them.
• Chen Mu fired three missiles from his Ultimate Devil Spirit Cannon at the elder, and their explosion injured him and damaged his robes.
• Chen Mu activated his talisman to escape, and the injured elder failed to track him.
• The Nether Clan elder reached a towering pagoda and ordered three cultivators to find Chen Mu and Mingye within three months.

Chen Mu traveled through the Nine Nether Netherworld, disguised himself to avoid the Nether Clan elder’s search, and reached the village where he sensed Mingye. He slipped inside and found the house where Mingye was staying, waiting for a chance to approach her.

• Chen Mu watched Nether Clan hunters and human laborers kill and butcher a Ghost Wolf, learning more about the world and its people.
• Chen Mu used Demonic Patterns to change his appearance, despite the difficulty of adapting them to the Netherworld’s laws.
• Chen Mu reflected that his sealed dantian left him unable to cultivate or use divine abilities, then followed the hunting party toward its settlement.
• Chen Mu found the village where Mingye was staying and sneaked past patrols and villagers to reach her house.
• Chen Mu heard a woman offer Mingye Ghost Wolf soup and waited until the elderly woman left the house.

Chen Mu reunited with Mingye in the Netherworld, where both had lost most of their power and could not cultivate normally. He revealed his plan to use Rune Core No. 4 to become a computing vessel and grow stronger, while their food supplies would sustain them only for a month or two.

• Chen Mu entered the house and checked that Mingye was safe, and she explained that her Spiritual Qi and strength had been drained.
• Chen Mu reassured Mingye that he had a way to grow stronger despite being unable to cultivate in the Netherworld.
• Chen Mu showed Mingye Rune Core No. 4 and explained that he planned to replace Taichu as an information-processing vessel and develop the Dharma Network Realm.
• Chen Mu and Mingye discussed the Netherworld's poor food, and Chen Mu shared beggar's chicken from his supplies.
• Chen Mu estimated that their food would last them a month or two.

Chen Mu and Mingye planned to seize control of Iron Soul Village by using Mingye’s marriage scheme to get close to its leader, Gao Fenghai. Their preparations were interrupted when Li Wei arrived to help Mingye escape before the wedding night.

• Chen Mu discussed recruiting followers and using the village as a base with Mingye, who told him how Gao Fenghai had brought her to the village and planned to take her as a concubine.
• Chen Mu used his Biological Intelligent Brain to pass his understanding of the Netherworld’s language to Mingye.
• Chen Mu proposed controlling Gao Fenghai with the Divine Soul Secret Art and using him to take over the village, and Mingye agreed.
• After Chen Mu and Mingye cultivated for more than two hours, Li Wei entered and tried to lead Mingye away from the village.
• Mingye pretended that her throat had only recently healed, and Li Wei warned that Gao Fenghai intended to spend the wedding night with her that evening.

Mingye and Chen Mu witnessed an Undead Tide attacking the village and watched its poorly equipped defenders struggle against the horde. As Li Wei joined the battle, Chen Mu considered how to protect her and preserve the village as his first base.

• Li Wei warned Mingye about Gao Fenghai and urged her to flee, but Mingye insisted she had her own plan.
• Copper gongs announced an Undead Tide, and Li Wei ran outside as Chen Mu and Mingye followed to investigate.
• Chen Mu and Mingye climbed a watchtower and saw more than ten thousand undead charging toward the village.
• The village defenders fought the horde, and Chen Mu judged that their rigid tactics would cause heavy casualties.
• Mingye asked Chen Mu whether they should find another base, but he tried to think of a way to save the village.
• Li Wei charged into battle with a massive cleaver, and Mingye and Chen Mu resolved to keep her safe.

Mingye and Chen Mu helped Iron Soul Village fight an unexpectedly large undead tide, with Chen Mu using a Thunder Control Umbrella to create a lightning barrier that destroyed more than a thousand undead. The Skeleton King then charged toward the village, and Gao Fenghai led his guards to confront it.

• Mingye used Chen Mu's Rune Gun to shoot down undead while Li Wei continued fighting.
• Chen Mu assembled a Thunder Control Umbrella from Rune Artifact parts as the undead tide overwhelmed Iron Soul Village.
• Gao Fenghai recognized the Skeleton King's roar, ordered the villagers to use oil arrows, and prepared them to fight for their lives.
• Chen Mu activated the Thunder Control Umbrella and formed a lightning force field around the village entrance, burning undead to ash.
• A red Skeleton King charged out of the undead tide, and Gao Fenghai led his personal guards to stop it.

Chen Mu and Iron Soul Village defeated an undead tide after he killed its King Level Skeleton King with a specially prepared Rune Gun shot. With the village safe, Chen Mu told Gao Fenghai that he planned to recruit troops and build a city, and asked him to serve.

• Chen Mu and the village warriors used the Thunder Force Fields to destroy most of the undead while Gao Fenghai and his guards fought the Skeleton King.
• As Gao Fenghai’s guards began to falter against the King Level creature, Chen Mu gave the Thunder Control Umbrella to Mingye and prepared a rune-inscribed silver bullet.
• Chen Mu shot the red Skeleton King with a lightning-wreathed bullet, and the creature crumbled to dust.
• Gao Fenghai presented Chen Mu with all the Yin Power collected from the undead and offered to serve him.
• Chen Mu told Gao Fenghai he intended to recruit troops and build a city, then asked whether Gao Fenghai would join his ranks.

Chen Mu took control of Iron Soul Village and asked Li Wei about the Netherworld’s surrounding powers, but she knew little beyond the three great imperial courts. Three days later, Chen Mu finished forging a set of parts after learning that Li Taiping was the village’s most skilled blacksmith.

• Gao Fenghai readily pledged his service to Chen Mu, who told him to gather Iron Soul Village’s senior figures for an assembly.
• Chen Mu met Li Wei and learned that Iron Soul Village was in Sinai Ridge, over two hundred kilometers from Nine Yama City.
• Li Wei said she had never heard of the Nether Imperial Court and had only heard that three great imperial courts ruled the world.
• Gao Fenghai brought the village’s senior figures, and Chen Mu formally took control of Iron Soul Village.
• Chen Mu learned that Li Taiping was the village’s strongest human and best blacksmith, then spent three days forging parts at his home.

Chen Mu completed a Multifunction Refining Machine and used it to turn plants, rocks, and soil into tasty nutrition bars. After Li Taiping and Li Wei confirmed the food was good, Chen Mu promised Iron Soul Village would not run out of food.

• Gao Fenghai told Chen Mu that refugees were flocking to Iron Soul Village and warned that the village's food stores would soon run out.
• Chen Mu finished assembling the Multifunction Refining Machine and powered it with two third-grade Yin Stones from Li Wei.
• Chen Mu fed plants, rocks, and soil into the machine, which analyzed the materials and produced a high-calorie nutrition bar.
• Li Wei tasted the bar, praised its flavor, and gave the remaining half to Li Taiping, who also found it delicious.
• Chen Mu promised to build more machines if needed, and Li Taiping knelt to thank him on behalf of Iron Soul Village.

After expanding Iron Soul Village and building a production workshop, Chen Mu faced a shortage of Yin Stones that threatened his plans for further development. A cavalry squad from Nine Yama City arrived to inspect the village, surprised by its rapid growth and towering walls.

• Chen Mu established an automated production workshop that made food, armor, weapons, and tools, freeing villagers for construction and other work.
• Gao Fenghai warned Chen Mu that Iron Soul Village was consuming Yin Stones too quickly and said thousands of miners and a military escort would be needed to maintain supplies.
• Chen Mu rejected Gao Fenghai's suggestion to sell food in Nine Yama City and decided to consider other ways to obtain Yin Stones.
• Yan Qingtai and Yin Guang led a cavalry squad of about five hundred to Iron Soul Village and were startled by its population and stone walls.
• Yan Qingtai ordered Yin Guang to summon Iron Soul Village's leader so he could ask how the settlement had changed so quickly.

Chen Mu met a Nine Yama City cavalry squad and reassured its captain that Iron Soul Village still recognized the city's authority. He arranged a possible weapons deal with the captain's cousin, then concealed that he and Mingye were the people shown in the Profound Baleful Intent Sect's wanted portraits as the squad departed.

• Yin Guang introduced Chen Mu to cavalry captain Yan Qingtai, who asked how Iron Soul Village had built its new wall.
• Chen Mu claimed he was an artifact refiner planning to turn the village into an artifact-refining city and promised it would continue paying tribute to Nine Yama City.
• Yan Qingtai asked about buying weapons, and Chen Mu invited him to arrange an order through a younger male cousin.
• Yan Qingtai sent a letter to his cousin, who was expected to arrive that evening to discuss the weapons.
• Yan Qingtai showed Chen Mu portraits of Chen Mu and Mingye and warned that the Profound Baleful Intent Sect was offering a reward for information about them.
• Chen Mu denied recognizing the people in the portraits, and Yan Qingtai led his cavalry squad away.

Yan Qingshu of Nine Yama City visited Iron Soul Village to arrange an equipment order with Chen Mu. They agreed that Chen Mu would produce five thousand sets within three months, leaving the village poised to supply Nine Yama City’s urgent military needs.

• Yan Qingshu received Lord Qing Tai’s letter about an equipment crafting city and hurried to Iron Soul Village.
• Chen Mu examined the Yan Lineage’s battle saber and armor and confirmed he could design lower-grade versions using available materials.
• Chen Mu gave Yan Qingshu a list of materials, and Yan Qingshu agreed to supply them.
• Yan Qingshu ordered five thousand sets within three months and offered to pay twenty percent above market price.
• Chen Mu accepted the terms and asked for a twenty percent deposit when they signed the contract.

Chen Mu used the central computer room and Death Spirit Yin Power to open 108 Qi Seas in his body, restoring a formidable foundation for cultivation. Little Blue consumed most of Chen Mu’s stored Yin Power, and Li Wei rushed into the room as Chen Mu confronted him.

• Chen Mu used the central computer room’s computing power to devise a way to cultivate without a dantian.
• Chen Mu absorbed Spiritual Power and Yin Stones, then opened 108 Qi Seas inside his body.
• Chen Mu decided not to open more Qi Seas, saving his Thoughts for other uses and recognizing that he needed more Yin Stones to advance.
• Little Blue ate more than 800 streams of Death Spirit Yin Power from Chen Mu’s pouch, and Chen Mu caught him and scolded him.
• Little Blue heated the room until Chen Mu released him, and Li Wei rushed in with a tense expression.

Chen Mu learned that Little Blue was a Holy Spirit whose power grew rapidly by absorbing undead Yin Power, and he told Li Wei to keep Little Blue’s existence secret. After arranging an early delivery of equipment to Nine Yama City, Chen Mu received Mingye’s intelligence about the three great imperial courts, though she had found no clues about her origins.

• Li Wei rushed into Chen Mu’s room after seeing flames, then learned that Little Blue was his companion Fire Spirit and a Holy Spirit revered for countering the undead.
• Chen Mu realized Little Blue could absorb undead Yin Power to grow far faster and ordered Li Wei not to reveal his existence.
• Chen Mu called Little Blue back and learned from Li Wei that the Yan Lineage’s equipment order was complete.
• Chen Mu scheduled delivery for three days later so he could collect payment and visit Nine Yama City.
• Mingye gave Chen Mu a scroll of intelligence about the three great imperial courts and said she had found no information about her origins.

Chen Mu and Mingye learned that the Manju Imperial Court was losing ground in its war with the Extreme Evil Imperial Court, threatening Iron Soul City's development and Mingye's search for her origins. Chen Mu planned for them to visit Nine Yama City, while Mingye continued cultivating and strengthening the power of her Netherworld Pearl.

• Chen Mu read Mingye's account of the Netherworld's imperial courts and realized the Yan Lineage urgently needed equipment because the Extreme Evil Imperial Court was at war with the Manju Imperial Court.
• Mingye warned that the Manju Imperial Court might soon be swallowed up, making Iron Soul City's secret growth and her search for clues about her origins more difficult.
• Chen Mu decided that he and Mingye would travel to Nine Yama City in three days to contact its higher-ups and look for clues.
• Mingye said that cultivating had made the Spiritual Power released by her Netherworld Pearl purer and that it might soon transform into Yin Qi.
• Chen Mu encouraged Mingye to continue cultivating and said he would seek more Yin Stones to help them recover their strength.

Chen Mu and Mingye set out from Iron Soul City for Nine Yama City, leaving Li Taiping and Li Wei in charge. After they departed, Li Taiping won the Nether Clan leaders’ support by urging humans and the Nether Clan to cooperate in strengthening the city.

• Chen Mu and Mingye left Iron Soul City with a convoy of carriages and five hundred cavalrymen bound for Nine Yama City.
• Before departing, Chen Mu entrusted Iron Soul City to Li Taiping and Li Wei and authorized them to use the city’s defensive weapons against anyone with ill intentions.
• After the convoy left, Li Taiping asked the assembled leaders to cooperate with him in keeping Iron Soul City safe.
• Meng Huabin publicly supported Li Taiping, and the Nether Clan leaders showed no objection to his authority.
• Li Taiping urged the humans and the Nether Clan to set aside their differences and work together to make Iron Soul City prosperous, winning enthusiastic applause from the crowd.

Chen Mu and Mingye traveled toward Nine Yama City with their convoy, using Little Blue’s disguised sword form to clear undead and Mingye to handle powerful demonic beasts. They reached the outskirts of Nine Yama City by evening, while remaining wary of the Profound Baleful Intent Sect’s bounty and the possibility of being discovered.

• Mingye asked whether Li Wei and her father could manage the Nether Clan experts, and Chen Mu reassured her that Iron Soul City’s defenses would protect them.
• When scouts reported undead in a canyon, Chen Mu sent Little Blue in her disguised longsword form to destroy them before the convoy arrived.
• Mingye warned Chen Mu that Little Blue’s disguise might fail against skilled detectors and cautioned him about powerful natives and the bounty on them.
• Chen Mu argued that the Netherworld likely had no God Level beings and said they should not hide their strength, though Mingye reminded him to stay cautious in Nine Yama City.
• Little Blue cleared undead along the route while Mingye dealt with high-level demonic beasts, and Gao Fenghai led the convoy to Nine Yama City by evening.

Chen Mu's caravan reached Nine Yama City to deliver equipment to the Yan residence, but a patrol commander tried to arrest them and Kang Yuanzhong confronted Chen Mu. Mingye blocked Kang Yuanzhong's attack, leaving him cautious about escalating the clash.

• Gao Fenghai led the Iron Soul City caravan into Nine Yama City to deliver equipment purchased by the Yan residence.
• A patrol commander rejected Gao Fenghai's token and ordered his soldiers to arrest the caravan.
• Chen Mu challenged the commander and defeated him with a single palm strike after catching his saber between two fingers.
• Kang Yuanzhong arrived and attacked Chen Mu, who let Mingye block the punch with a curtain of seven-colored light.
• Kang Yuanzhong recognized Mingye as a formidable expert and questioned why someone like her was in Iron Soul Village.

Yan Lianfang stopped Kang Yuanzhong from detaining Chen Mu’s group and invited them to stay at the Yan Residence. On the way there, Chen Mu examined Nether Clan and Human Clan half-bloods and concluded that their potential might improve outside the Netherworld.

• Yan Lianfang confronted Kang Yuanzhong, who withdrew with his patrol rather than risk a conflict with the Yan Lineage.
• Yan Lianfang introduced herself to Chen Mu and invited his group to stay at the Yan Residence; Chen Mu accepted after checking with Mingye.
• Yan Lianfang flew back ahead of the group to arrange guest rooms, hoping to court Iron Soul City because of Chen Mu’s and Mingye’s strength.
• As the carriage crossed Nine Yama City, Chen Mu observed its residents and used his x-ray ability to examine people with mixed Nether Clan and Human Clan features.
• Chen Mu told Mingye that half-bloods might have greater cultivation potential on the Pan Emperor Continent, then looked thoughtful as he remembered something.

Chen Mu explained why half-bloods could thrive on the Pan Emperor Continent and concluded that Mingye was likely one herself, promising to help her find her parents. He and Mingye arrived in Nine Yama City, where Yan Qingtai welcomed them amid the Yan Lineage’s struggle to retain control of the city.

• Chen Mu told Mingye that half-bloods could benefit from the Pan Emperor Continent because their mixed physiques could use human cultivation techniques while retaining exceptional talent.
• Chen Mu examined Mingye’s traits and told her he was practically certain that one of her parents had been human.
• Mingye reacted with shock to the possibility of her human ancestry, and Chen Mu promised to help her investigate her parents’ origins.
• Gao Fenghai brought the transport convoy to the Yan residence, where Yan Qingtai and Yan Lianfang welcomed Chen Mu and Mingye.
• Yan Qingtai praised Chen Mu for defeating the Patrol Department’s troublemakers and invited him to a banquet, while Chen Mu left Gao Fenghai to manage the equipment and supplies.

Chen Mu and Mingye visited the Yan residence, where Chen Mu claimed to be a successor of the Divine Talisman Gate, drawing Yan Lianfang’s interest. Afterward, he admitted to Mingye that he had invented the connection as a disguise, and she asked how he planned to proceed with the Yan Lineage.

• Yan Qingtai explained Yan Lianfang’s status in the Yan Lineage as they led Chen Mu and Mingye to her courtyard.
• At dinner, Yan Lianfang asked about Mingye and their sect, and Chen Mu claimed they had learned from the Divine Talisman Gate.
• Yan Lianfang recognized the sect’s name and suspected Chen Mu might be its successor, then decided to report the possibility to her father.
• After Chen Mu and Mingye left for the guest rooms, Yan Lianfang considered whether his supposed lineage could benefit the Yan Lineage.
• Chen Mu told Mingye that he had borrowed the Divine Talisman Gate’s name as a disguise, and Mingye asked whether he planned to use it to deepen cooperation with the Yan Lineage.

Chen Mu planned to work with the Yan Lineage to gain resources and investigate his origins, while Yan Hongcai tested whether Chen Mu was truly an inheritor of the Divine Talisman Gate. The chapter ended with Chen Mu beginning a new path to strengthen his body and neuron network while his inner world remained sealed.

• Chen Mu told Mingye that cooperating with the Yan Lineage could help them gain Yin Stones, contact the Manju Imperial Court, and investigate his origins, despite the lineage's weakened position in Nine Yama City.
• Yan Lianfang told Yan Hongcai that a Divine Talisman Gate disciple who could make lightning-attribute Dharma treasures was staying at their residence.
• Yan Hongcai gave Yan Lianfang a gift box bearing a Sealing Talisman made by Ancestor Yan Zhen and instructed her to watch Chen Mu open it as a test.
• Yan Hongcai warned Yan Lianfang that spies from the Extreme Evil Imperial Court had infiltrated the city and that the Li and Wang families were vying for the city lord's position.
• After cultivating overnight, Chen Mu considered using his neuron network to develop dantians in his acupoints and strengthen his foundations while his inner world remained sealed.

Chen Mu delivered five thousand sets of battle sabers and armor to Yan Lianfang in Nine Yama City and received the balance in Yin Stones. Meanwhile, Chu Xuanzi removed Mo Kesha as sect master for failing to find two people and appointed Fang Yin in his place.

• Chen Mu explained that he needed to earn money and expand his power, then agreed to let Yan Lianfang inspect his goods.
• Yan Lianfang examined a battle saber and armor, praised Chen Mu's work, and ordered her guards to count the five thousand equipment sets.
• After the count, Chen Mu received the balance in Yin Stones, accepted Yan Lianfang's invitation to lunch, and gave Gao Fenghai Yin Stones to reward the guards.
• At the Yin Baleful Intent Sect, Mo Kesha told Chu Xuanzi that his disciples had found clues while searching for two people.
• Chu Xuanzi replaced Mo Kesha with Fang Yin as sect master, and Mo Kesha handed over the sect master's token.