Recaps

Yanyuan Caimeng’s dream-slave army nearly destroyed the Heavenly Abyss Beast Que, and he gravely wounded Beast Emperor Que Haoming before Qin Yu and his companions arrived. Qin Yu broke Yanyuan Caimeng’s dream techniques and erased him and his forces with No Cause, ending the Battle of Burning Dreams.

• The Nightmare Abyss Army breached the Beast Que’s Ten-Domain Realm Formation, and the dream slaves sacrificed themselves to overwhelm its defenses.
• Que Haoming entered the battle and shattered the dream-slave vanguard, but Yanyuan Caimeng appeared, broke the formation, and gravely wounded him.
• Qin Yu, Zhou Yu, Qian Ruishan, Yao Wanqing, Ming Ye, and Ming Kong arrived and launched a counterattack against the dream slaves.
• Yanyuan Caimeng restored fallen dream slaves and trapped the battlefield in a dream domain, then challenged Qin Yu with five dream-arbitration techniques.
• Qin Yu broke all five techniques and used Silent Origin: Lifeless Silent Cause to erase Yanyuan Caimeng, the Nightmare Abyss Army, and the Nether Devouring Hall dream slaves.
• The Battle of Burning Dreams ended with the Beast Que surviving and Que Haoming saved.

After Qin Yu destroyed Yanyuan Caimeng and the Nether Devouring Hall, the Heavenly Abyss Beast Que rejoined the alliance and the eight remaining sects activated a realm-wide defensive formation. As the Immortal Ancient Epoch’s forces launched their assault and Xuancang Shenying faced the three commanders at the Extreme Heaven Boundary, Qin Yu and his allies prepared to defend Spirit Firmament and lead its counterattack.

• The Heavenly Abyss Beast Emperor pledged the surviving Beast Que to Qin Yu, and the clan’s survivors swore their allegiance.
• The realms’ sects gathered in the Nether Firmament Underworld Sect, where Xuancang Shenying ordered their forces to prepare for war and named Qin Yu supreme commander of the Heaven-Suppressing Soul Army.
• The Beast Emperor offered the Beast Soul Heaven-Sealing Diagram, and the allied sects joined their artifacts and formations to activate a realm-wide defense.
• Qin Yu swore himself to the diagram and became its mobile battle core alongside Zhou Yu, Ming Ye, Ming Kong, Ming Zhen, and Yao Wanqing.
• At the Extreme Heaven Boundary, Xuancang Shenying and ten Silent Source Realm experts confronted the three Immortal Ancient commanders as war engulfed Spirit Firmament.
• Qin Yu declared that he and his allies would defend the eight sects and serve as the starting point of the counterattack.

Qin Yu and his allies defended the Myriad Spirits Contract Beast Clan against the Sacrificial Fire Nether Abyss Army and defeated Chiyuan before facing Guji Tuzhu. When Guji Tuzhu ignited the realm’s causality, Qin Yu used the Origin Destroyer Sword and Azure Ring to erase him and his army, then looked toward the next battle.

• Xuanmang Cangkui activated the Beast Soul Heaven-Sealing Diagram as Qin Yu, Zhou Yu, Ming Kong, Ming Ye, and Yao Wanqing fought off the enemy vanguard.
• Qin Yu and his allies killed Chiyuan, but Guji Tuzhu appeared and unleashed the Soul-Sacrificing Fire Cauldron and Blazing Soul Killing Formation.
• Guji Tuzhu descended in person and summoned the World-Burning Main Soul, while Zhou Yu, Qian Ruishan, Yao Wanqing, Ming Kong, and Ming Ye helped Qin Yu resist the spreading flames.
• Qin Yu used the Source-Extinguishing Divine Sword’s seventh move and Ring Spear’s ultimate technique to destroy Guji Tuzhu’s World-Burning Main Soul and sacrificial core.
• Guji Tuzhu returned as a gray realm flame and tried to erase the realm’s causality, but Qin Yu used the Origin Destroyer’s ninth form and Azure Ring’s first form to annihilate Guji Tuzhu and his army.
• Qin Yu put away his sword, looked toward the shattered sky, and said, “Next.”

Miyan Mystic Restriction and the Epoch forces emerged through the Epoch Heavenly Gate, threatening the Spirit Firmament Great Realm. Xuancang Shenying rallied the eight sects, while Ming Ye, Ming Kong, and Ming Tong gained powerful soul-beast bonds; the chapter ended with both armies assembled for the coming battle.

• Miyan Mystic Restriction led the three wardens, five ancient soul battle generals, and a vast Epoch army out of the Epoch Heavenly Gate.
• Xuancang Shenying ordered the eight sects to activate their defenses and assemble their forces against the invasion.
• Ming Ye bonded with the Nine Nether Flame Bone Dragon, Ming Kong with the Soul Rend Thunder Viper, and Ming Tong with the Nether Soul Dream Taotie, each gaining new powers.
• The Spirit Firmament disciples swore to defend their realm as Qin Yu and his companions stood at the front of the united forces.
• Miyan Mystic Restriction and his commanders faced Qin Yu, Xuancang Shenying, and the assembled Spirit Firmament army across the battlefield.

Immortal Antiquity’s forces launched a three-pronged assault on the Spirit Firmament Great Realm, and Qin Yu answered with devastating Ring Spear and Source-Extinguishing Divine Sword techniques that crippled the enemy vanguards. The Spirit Firmament suffered catastrophic losses but held its ground, and Qin Yu rallied the surviving eight-sect troops to renew the fight.

• Jiezhe Youqi attacked Realm Bone Ridge, Duansheng Hunyi assaulted the Myriad Spirits Contract Beast Clan, and Yanwang Liutan struck the Wind Extinction God Clan as the three fronts erupted into battle.
• Ming Ye, Yao Wanqing, Zhou Yu, and the realm’s defenders resisted the invasions, while Qin Yu arrived and erased an advancing Soul-Breaking Death Army with the Source-Extinguishing Divine Sword.
• Qin Yu used successive Ring Spear forms to tear through enemy formations, severely wound Yanwang Liutan and Duansheng Hunyi, and annihilate tens of thousands of soul soldiers.
• The Spirit Firmament’s eight-sect alliance suffered devastating casualties, while the Beast Soul Heaven-Sealing Diagram cracked and the Divine Flame Radiant Realm’s battle line nearly collapsed.
• Qin Yu stepped before the damaged formation and told the surviving troops there was no need to retreat; his allies and the remaining soldiers renewed their battle intent and charged again.

Qin Yu and the Spirit Firmament forces fought the ancient soul generals and epoch army, killing Yao Yunfei and using Xuancang Shenying’s Ten Silences formation to annihilate Duansheng Hunyi, Yanwang Liutan, and their soldiers. The battle resumed after a brief victory, with Zhou Yu and Yao Wanqing confronting Pei Yulin and managing to crack his weapon, though both sides remained locked in combat.

• Qin Yu gave Origin-Restoring Spirits to Zhou Yu, Yao Wanqing, Qian Ruishan, and the Ming brothers, empowering them to fight the five ancient soul generals and the epoch army.
• Qin Yu used the Source-Extinguishing Divine Sword’s seventh form to erase Yao Yunfei, while Xuancang Shenying and ten Silent Source experts activated Ten Silences Suppress the Source.
• The formation annihilated Duansheng Hunyi, Yanwang Liutan, and the hundred thousand epoch soul soldiers, but badly injured the ten experts who had formed it.
• After the Spirit Firmament forces regrouped, Xuancang Shenying moved to face Tu Xingji, while Zhou Yu and Yao Wanqing challenged Pei Yulin.
• Zhou Yu and Yao Wanqing trapped Pei Yulin with lightning and mirror techniques, then damaged his Nether Soul Rend Blade in a clash that left them wounded.

Zhou Yu and Yao Wanqing defeated Pei Yulin, while Ming Kong, Ming Ye, Ming Zhen, Qin Yu, Qian Ruishan, and Xuancang Shenying helped bring down several ancient soul generals. The battle escalated when Miyan Mystic Restriction confronted Qin Yu and Xuancang Shenying, and his second step of judgment struck Qin Yu as the chapter ended.

• Zhou Yu and Yao Wanqing shattered Pei Yulin’s soul blade and ultimately erased him with the Nine Abyss restriction.
• Ming Kong and Ming Ye broke Li Yuanshe’s bell prison with the aid of Ming Zhen and Life-Extinguishing Spirit Pills, then Qin Yu severed Li Yuanshe’s final attack and Ming Zhen killed him.
• Qin Yu and Qian Ruishan defeated Kui Junhuo and annihilated his Soul-Devouring Fire Wraith army.
• Xuancang Shenying gravely wounded Tu Xingji, and Qin Yu intercepted and erased Tu Xingji as he fled.
• Miyan Mystic Restriction appeared and used fate judgments and dual locks against Qin Yu and Xuancang Shenying, then struck them with the first two steps of his Heavenly Steps of Judgment and Punishment.

After the war, Qin Yu and the surviving factions began rebuilding Spirit Firmament, while Qin Yu and Qian Ruishan set out to find three transcendence-level divine beasts. At the Soulfall Ice Plain, Qian Ruishan passed the Myriad-Colored Ice Butterfly’s trials and formed a Soul Pact with it, gaining the butterfly as her companion.

• Qin Yu revealed the Azure Ring, and Xuancang Shenying named him the Spirit Firmament Ring Bearer as the surviving factions established a new order.
• Qin Yu told Qian Ruishan he planned to find three transcendence-level divine beasts, and she agreed to join him.
• Azure Soul True Qilin shared records identifying the Myriad-Colored Ice Butterfly in the Soulfall Ice Plain, the Silent Spirit Snow Fox in Mirror Spirit Moon Valley, and the Nether Abyss Black Dragon in the Abyssal Rift Realm.
• Qin Yu and Qian Ruishan traveled to the Soulfall Ice Plain, where the Myriad-Colored Ice Butterfly drew Qian Ruishan into its soul domain and tested her will through seven illusions.
• Qian Ruishan passed the trials and formed a Soul Pact with the Myriad-Colored Ice Butterfly, transforming her soul power and awakening the beast as her companion.
• The Myriad-Colored Ice Butterfly acknowledged Qin Yu as an ally and promised to serve Qian Ruishan as her wings and blade.

Qin Yu, Qian Ruishan, and Mu Qingwan sought a soul-contract divine beast in Mirror Spirit Moon Valley, where trials of memory, will, and sincerity led to the Silent Spirit Snow Fox. Mu Qingwan formed a pact with the fox, while Qian Ruishan and the Myriad-Colored Ice Butterfly welcomed their new companion.

• Qin Yu and Qian Ruishan entered Mirror Spirit Moon Valley and followed its moonlit trials toward the Silent Spirit Snow Fox.
• Qian Ruishan crossed the Mirror of the Snow Spirit and the Ice Mist Remnant Traces, where the Silent Spirit Snow Fox's presence guided her toward the soul-contract realm.
• Mu Qingwan passed the Silent Spirit Snow Fox's three mirror trials by answering honestly about her desires, conscience, and future.
• The Silent Spirit Snow Fox appeared and formed a Soul Pact with Mu Qingwan, joining her as Phantom Moon Silken Melody.
• Qian Ruishan introduced the Silent Spirit Snow Fox to Mu Qingwan, and the fox agreed to follow her as her master.

Qin Yu and Qian Ruishan entered the Abyssal Rift Realm to seek a soul contract with the Abyssal Black Dragoness, and they endured her tests until the Azure Ring revealed Qin Yu’s authority. The dragoness pledged herself to him, transformed into a girl named Youlong Yunyi, and Qin Yu and Qian Ruishan prepared to continue their soul-contracting journey.

• Qin Yu and Qian Ruishan crossed the Abyssal Rift Realm and reached the black dragoness’s lair, where she emerged and tested them with overwhelming soul pressure.
• Qian Ruishan, the Myriad-Colored Ice Butterfly, and the Silent Spirit Snow Fox combined their abilities against the dragoness, while Qin Yu defended them and advanced toward her soul domain.
• The black dragoness summoned a soul illusion trial, separating Qin Yu and Qian Ruishan into different battles against manifestations of her power and their own souls.
• Qin Yu awakened the Azure Ring’s full divine presence, prompting the black dragoness, the Myriad-Colored Ice Butterfly, and the Silent Spirit Snow Fox to submit to him.
• The black dragoness transformed into a human girl, accepted the name Youlong Yunyi from Qin Yu, and pledged to follow him.
• Qin Yu told Qian Ruishan they were ready to leave and continue their soul-contracting journey.

Qin Yu returned to the Spirit Firmament Great Realm with Qian Ruishan and new Soul Pact beasts, then traveled with her to the Silent Ring Palace to reunite with Mu Qingwan. Mu Qingwan accepted the Silent Spirit Snow Fox as her pact beast, while Youlong Yunyi’s arrival surprised her, and the group ended the night together at the palace.

• Qin Yu returned with Qian Ruishan, the Myriad-Colored Ice Butterfly, the Silent Spirit Snow Fox, and Youlong Yunyi, whom he introduced as his Soul Pact divine beast.
• Qin Yu told Grand Venerable Mingxu and Qian Xuancang that he was leaving for the Divine Abyss and Great Yan Continent, and both gave their blessing.
• Qin Yu used the Azure Ring to take Qian Ruishan and their companions to the Silent Ring Palace, where Mu Qingwan tearfully reunited with him and kissed him.
• Qin Yu, Qian Ruishan, and Mu Qingwan shared tea and promised to remain together as they faced the future.
• The Silent Spirit Snow Fox offered herself to Mu Qingwan, formed a Soul Pact with her, and revealed her name as Xueli.
• Youlong Yunyi arrived at the pavilion, prompting Mu Qingwan to tease Qin Yu about bringing home another beautiful divine beast.

Qin Yu returned to the White Cloud Sect with Qian Ruishan and Mu Qingwan to visit his mother, reuniting with her after years apart. As his mother welcomed his companions, Qin Yu learned that Great Yan had remained stable and that Yang Zheng and Zhao Xinyu planned to marry.

• Qin Yu, Qian Ruishan, and Mu Qingwan set out for the White Cloud Sect, accompanied by Youlong Yunyi and their spirit companions.
• Xiao Yinshan recognized Qin Yu’s return and led the group to the Heavenly Ultimate Cloud Residence.
• Qin Yu reunited with his mother, who welcomed Qian Ruishan and Mu Qingwan warmly.
• Qin Yu’s mother brought the two women into the inner hall, where they shared tea and conversation.
• Xiao Yinshan told Qin Yu that his victory over the Demon Spirit Legion had secured Great Yan’s peace and raised the White Cloud Sect’s standing.
• Qin Yu learned that Zhao Xinyu had recovered and that she and Yang Zheng planned to hold their wedding at the White Cloud Sect.

Qin Yu gave his mother the Azure Essence Limitless Pill, restoring her youth and granting her immortality, then spent a peaceful day with her, Qian Ruishan, and Mu Qingwan. At dusk, he left the Heavenly Ultimate Cloud Residence to visit old friends Yang Zheng and Zhao Xinyu.

• Qin Yu woke before dawn and joined his mother for breakfast, telling her how much he had missed the Heavenly Ultimate Cloud Residence.
• Qin Yu gave his mother the Azure Essence Limitless Pill and explained that it would let her live forever without aging.
• Qin Yu's mother took the pill, which restored her youthful appearance, while Qian Ruishan and Mu Qingwan watched with Xueli and Cai'er.
• Qin Yu, his mother, Qian Ruishan, and Mu Qingwan shared a family meal and spent the day together in the residence's garden.
• Qin Yu told his mother he wanted to visit Yang Zheng and Zhao Xinyu, then departed alone using the Azure Ring.

Qin Yu returned to the White Cloud Sect and reunited with Zhao Xinyu and Yang Zheng, then presided over their grand wedding and created a Heart Realm Eternal Pact Seal for them. As the celebration ended, Yunyi pledged to protect the newlyweds, and Qin Yu promised Qian Ruishan and Mu Qingwan that they would have a celebration of their own someday.

• Qin Yu reunited with Zhao Xinyu and Yang Zheng at the Hall of Returning to Truth, where he learned they planned to marry and promised to witness their wedding.
• Qin Yu told Zhao Xinyu and Yang Zheng he would carve them a Heart Realm Eternal Pact Seal so they could sense each other's safety and emotions across realms.
• Six days later, Qin Yu presided over Yang Zheng and Zhao Xinyu's lavish White Cloud Sect wedding, where their souls were joined through the pact and spirit oath.
• Yunyi praised the newlyweds' bond and vowed to break through realms to protect them if calamity came, while Cai'er and Xueli bickered over a spirit cake.
• As soul lanterns rose over the Great Yan Continent, Qian Ruishan and Mu Qingwan wished to celebrate their own wedding with Qin Yu, and he promised they would.

Qin Yu reunited with Yang Zheng and Zhao Xinyu at the Spirit Empyrean Palace, warned them that Great Yan might face future threats, and entrusted Yang Zheng with the Black Bone War Spear. Before leaving for Divine Abyss in three days and then returning to Spirit Firmament, Qin Yu also entrusted his mother to their care.

• Qin Yu visited Yang Zheng and Zhao Xinyu at the Spirit Empyrean Palace and discussed Great Yan's peace and the powers threatening Spirit Firmament.
• Qin Yu explained that he would travel to Divine Abyss to face an old enemy before returning to Spirit Firmament to harmonize the Azure Ring and his power.
• Qin Yu gave Yang Zheng the Black Bone War Spear and taught him about its five combat techniques.
• Qin Yu said he would leave Great Yan in three days and asked Yang Zheng and Zhao Xinyu to protect Great Yan and care for his mother.
• Yang Zheng and Zhao Xinyu promised to keep Qin Yu's mother safe, and Qin Yu accepted their pledge before they shared a final drink.

Qin Yu, Qian Ruishan, and Mu Qingwan left the White Cloud Sect for the Divine Abyss Continent, where Mu Qingwan returned to the Silent Ring Palace and settled its old betrayals. After appointing Lin Yan as the new palace master and bidding farewell to her parents, Mu Qingwan crossed the Spirit Firmament Great Realm’s barrier with Qin Yu and Qian Ruishan.

• Qin Yu, Qian Ruishan, and Mu Qingwan said farewell to Qin Ning, Yang Zheng, Zhao Xinyu, Xiao Yinshan, and the White Cloud Sect before departing.
• Qin Yu and Qian Ruishan accompanied Mu Qingwan back to the Silent Ring Palace, where the elders and disciples welcomed her return.
• Mu Qingwan confronted the imprisoned elder who had betrayed Silent Ring, severed his soul chains, and established four new rules for the palace.
• Mu Qingwan appointed Lin Yan as her successor and gave her the Snow Soul Palace Seal.
• Mu Qingwan, Qin Yu, and Qian Ruishan visited her parents, and Qin Yu and Qian Ruishan promised to protect and accompany her.
• Qin Yu used the Azure Ring to guide Mu Qingwan through the Spirit Firmament Great Realm’s barrier, and the three entered the realm together.

Qin Yu returned to the Nether Firmament Underworld Sect with Qian Ruishan and Mu Qingwan, whom he introduced as the woman he had longed for. He rebuilt Mu Qingwan’s cultivation in the Spirit Firmament Great Realm and warned her of the remaining Immortal Ancient threats, as they vowed to face the future together.

• Qin Yu returned to the Nether Firmament Underworld Sect with Qian Ruishan and Mu Qingwan, and Grand Venerable Mingxu welcomed them.
• Qin Yu introduced Mu Qingwan as the one his heart and soul had longed for, and Mingxu arranged a permanent residence for her beside Qin Ning’s.
• Zhou Yu and Yao Wanqing visited Qin Yu, met Mu Qingwan and the spirit beasts Xueli and Cai’er, and learned that Qin Yu treasured them all.
• Qin Yu used the Azure Ring to rebuild Mu Qingwan’s soul meridians and cultivation, bringing her to Initial Yuan Realm, Second Stage Perfection.
• Qin Yu told Mu Qingwan about the Immortal Ancient Overseer Tribulation and the remaining powerful enemies, then said he would find her a lifebound weapon.
• Mu Qingwan vowed to face the coming dangers with Qin Yu and Qian Ruishan, and the three affirmed they would stay together.

Qin Yu went to the Heavenly Cosmos Auction House seeking Ling Jingxi, but learned she had left and asked him not to look for her. He then investigated strange disturbances in the Annihilation and Oblivion Forbidden Wilds, where he and two elders entered the Mirror Abyss Illusory Realm and found a mysterious silver platform that might be a Realm Artifact.

• Qin Yu visited the Heavenly Cosmos Auction House and learned that Ling Jingxi had departed, leaving him a message asking him not to miss her and not to search for her.
• Qin Yu returned to the Nether Firmament Underworld Sect and showed Qian Ruishan and Mu Qingwan Ling Jingxi's note saying she had gone away for a short while.
• Grand Venerable Mingxu sent Qin Yu to investigate strange disturbances in the Annihilation and Oblivion Forbidden Wilds, accompanied by two Silent Source Realm elders.
• Qin Yu and the elders entered a hidden domain beneath the forbidden wilds, where Qin Yu recognized a reflection of the Spirit Firmament Great Realm's future death shadow and found an ancient soul trace.
• A Mirror Abyss Illusory Beast attacked the group, and Qin Yu, Ming Xun, and Jin Lin destroyed it with their techniques.
• Qin Yu identified the Moon Abyss at the realm's core as the likely location of the true illusory realm and noticed a silver spiritual platform that might be a Realm Artifact.

Qin Yu defeated Jingyuan Yuehuang with the Azure Ring’s Fate-Severing power and freed Ling Jingxi from the Mirror Abyss seal. Mu Qingwan passed the Mirror Moon Spirit Wheel’s trial and claimed it as her soul artifact before the group left the collapsing realm.

• Qin Yu used the Azure Ring to break Jingyuan Yuehuang’s soul-sealing formation as Ling Zhan and You Jin held off the Mirror Abyss Illusory Beasts.
• Jingyuan Yuehuang manifested and tried to erase Qin Yu’s name from the Myriad Spirits Soul Register, but Qin Yu formed the Azure Ring Fate-Severing Sword and destroyed her soul foundation.
• Ling Jingxi awakened after the seal collapsed, and the Mirror Moon Spirit Wheel emerged from Jingyuan Yuehuang’s remnant soul.
• Qin Yu summoned Qian Ruishan and Mu Qingwan, and the Spirit Wheel chose Mu Qingwan, who passed its Mirror Soul Trial and became its master.
• Xueli praised Mu Qingwan, while Qian Ruishan and Yunyi witnessed her claim the artifact; Qin Yu and the others then departed the collapsing Mirror Abyss Illusory Realm.

Mu Qingwan bonded with the Mirror Moon Spirit Wheel in the Jade Moon Hall, mastered its five soul techniques, and rose to Initial Yuan Realm Fifth Stage Perfection. Afterward, she accepted her new place in Spirit Firmament and vowed to continue beside Qin Ning toward its highest peak.

• Ling Zhan and You Jin reported to Grand Venerable Mingxu that Mu Qingwan had resonated with the Mirror Moon Spirit Wheel after Jingyuan Yuehuang was slain.
• Mingxu recognized Mu Qingwan's affinity with the artifact and told her she could establish her own soul domain beneath the Snow Soul Heavenly Palace.
• With Xueli's help, Mu Qingwan comprehended the Mirror Moon Spirit Wheel's five techniques and merged the artifact into her true soul.
• The artifact reshaped Mu Qingwan's soul and divine sense, raising her to Initial Yuan Realm Fifth Stage Perfection as Xueli stabilized her breakthrough.
• Qian Ruishan congratulated Mu Qingwan, who reflected on her new power and told Qin Ning she wanted to walk beside him to the highest peak of Spirit Firmament.

Xuancang Shenying convened the five surviving powers of Spirit Firmament to reorganize the realm and seek pacts with its four remaining divine beasts against the Immortal Clan’s commanders. Qin Yu agreed to lead the effort, then joined his companions in swearing to defend Spirit Firmament.

• Xuancang Shenying arrived at the Nether Firmament Underworld Sect, praised Qin Ning for slaying the Mirror Abyss divine beast, and announced that he would take Qin Yu to the Supreme Firmament Divine Rank.
• Xuancang Shenying gathered the five surviving sects to reorganize Spirit Firmament and warned that the Immortal Clan’s three commanders still threatened the realm.
• Xuancang Shenying proposed that the five sects search for and form Soul Pacts with the four remaining divine beasts, and the sect leaders agreed to begin the perilous mission.
• Xuancang Shenying asked Qin Yu whether he would join the effort, and Qin Yu agreed to seek pacts with the divine beasts for Spirit Firmament and his companions.
• Qin Yu returned to the Underworld Sect and told Mingxu, Zhou Yu, Qian Ruishan, Mu Qingwan, and Yao Wanqing that he had accepted the mission.
• Qin Yu and his companions swore together to defend Spirit Firmament against the Immortal Clan’s commanders.

The Nether Firmament Underworld Sect’s six-person expedition entered the Chaos Rift to subdue Candle Tribulation Nether Blaze, enduring successive soul trials and losing Ming Xiao, Ming Hong, Ming Kong, and Ming Tong. Ming Zhen and Ming Ye completed the soul pact and returned with the divine beast sealed as the sect’s flame guardian, strengthening Spirit Firmament’s preparations for its wider war.

• Xuancang Shenying sent Spirit Firmament’s five expeditionary forces toward their separate targets, and Ming Tong led the Nether Firmament Underworld Sect team into the Chaos Rift.
• Candle Tribulation Nether Blaze tested the six with karmic flames and successive soul domains; Ming Xiao and Ming Hong sacrificed themselves to open paths through the trials.
• Ming Kong destroyed his soul to break the sacrificial sea’s fire ring, while Ming Zhen and Ming Tong helped drive back Candle Tribulation Nether Blaze’s prison manifestation and reach its Soul Hall.
• Ming Tong, Ming Ye, and Ming Zhen endured the Ash Tribulation Refining Soul Realm, then fought Candle Tribulation Nether Blaze’s origin body; Ming Tong sacrificed herself to destroy it.
• Ming Zhen and Ming Ye used the remnants of their fallen companions to complete the Silent Origin Soul Pact, sealing Candle Tribulation Nether Blaze as the Nether Firmament Underworld Sect’s guardian.
• Ming Ye returned carrying Ming Zhen, and Xuancang Shenying and Mingxu welcomed them as Candle Tribulation Nether Blaze’s pact body appeared above the sect.

The Thunder Prison Mystic Gate’s second group entered the Soul Source Anomalous Tide and fought through the Nether Glaze Soul Luan’s deadly illusions. Zhou Yu and Yao Wanqing formed a joint Soul Pact with the beast, but returned to the sect after losing Nangong Heyao, Yin Xuanxi, and Jiang Liran; Zhou Yu was formally recognized as sect master.

• Nangong Heyao led Zhou Yu, Yao Wanqing, Yin Xuanxi, Jiang Liran, and Ran Haoxuan through the Mirror Feather Illusory Realm, where the Soul Luan’s trials drew out their memories and fears.
• Yao Wanqing and Zhou Yu broke free of their personal illusions, but Yin Xuanxi and Jiang Liran later died in the Soul Luan’s attacks, while Nangong Heyao sacrificed his life protecting the group.
• Yao Wanqing used her Mystic Mirror Ice Soul techniques to break the enemy formation, and Zhou Yu fused the Azure Thunder Lightning Hunter with the Nether Soul Abyss Viper and advanced to the Severed Phenomena Realm.
• Zhou Yu and Yao Wanqing completed a joint Soul Pact with the Nether Glaze Soul Luan, subduing it as their shared soul beast; Ran Haoxuan survived gravely wounded.
• Xuancang Shenying acknowledged Zhou Yu as sect master, and Grand Venerable Mingxu lit soul candles for Nangong Heyao, Yin Xuanxi, and Jiang Liran.
• Zhou Yu and Yao Wanqing returned to the Thunder Prison Mystic Gate, where the Nether Glaze Soul Luan appeared above the sect as its guardian.

Venerable He Yanyao and Xuan Yicang led the Divine Flame Radiant Realm and Heavenly Abyss Beast Que into the Severed Realm Void Vortex to confront the Star Prisoner Abyss Chi. After a devastating battle, He Qingli formed a Soul Pact with the awakened chi, and the two sects joined under her leadership.

• Venerable He Yanyao and Xuan Yicang led their forces into the Severed Realm Void Vortex, where the Star Prisoner Abyss Chi awakened and began attacking them with its nine locks.
• The expedition broke through the Chi's first six locks, but Ao Yanti and other fighters were gravely wounded or killed as the Chi's prison realm disrupted their souls, senses, and powers.
• He Qingli and the others helped resist the seventh and eighth locks, while Venerable He Yanyao and Xuan Yicang led the counterattack that cracked the Chi's soul seal and stopped its ninth lock from fully opening.
• He Qingli resonated with the Chi's remaining will and formed a Soul Pact with it, becoming its pact master.
• After the survivors returned, Venerable He Yanyao and Xuan Yicang pledged both sects to He Qingli, and the Star Prisoner Abyss Chi appeared above the Divine Flame Radiant Realm to guard it.

Qin Yu and his companions fought the Extinguished Light Void Desert through its sensory and temporal domains, then joined forces with Youlong Yunyi to destroy its true soul. Qin Yu used the Azure Ring’s fifth form to annihilate the beast’s soul and complete the pact, but a new Pact Master Form began to appear as the chapter ended.

• Qin Yu, Qian Ruishan, Mu Qingwan, Ling Jingxi, Lu Chenshuang, Xia Beiyuan, and Youlong Yunyi entered the Silent Nether Swamp and attacked the Extinguished Light Void Desert.
• The Extinguished Light Void Desert trapped the fighters in separate perception and time domains, but each broke free and reunited with the others.
• Qin Yu and his companions disrupted the beast’s Silent Radiance Falling Wheel and survived its Void Time Disordered Realm and Realm of No Time.
• Youlong Yunyi joined the group as they attacked the Extinguished Light Void Desert’s true soul and shattered its ghostly soul moon.
• Qin Yu revealed the Azure Ring’s fifth form, Spirit Filth Annihilates Heaven, and annihilated the Extinguished Light Void Desert’s soul, completing their pact.
• A new Extinguished Light Void Desert Pact Master Form descended over the Silent Nether Swamp.