Chapter Summaries

Xiluo showed Li Boyang the Jade Pool Flat Peach she and the Undying Spring God had cultivated, while explaining how the deity’s memories helped her advance her Primordial Spirit. Xiluo then pressed Li Boyang to explain the dangerous plan he had been hiding for five years.

• Xiluo revealed the Jade Pool Flat Peach, a fruit that could extend a person’s lifespan by several hundred years.
• Xiluo explained that the Undying Spring God had helped her cultivate her Primordial Spirit by sharing its carefully screened knowledge and experience in exchange for her help creating an Elixir of Immortality.
• Li Boyang tasted the peach and said its vitality had slightly improved his immortal body, showing a faint golden light in his palm.
• Xiluo assured Li Boyang that she was absorbing the Undying Spring God’s memories gradually and would not lose her sense of self.
• Xiluo demanded to know what Li Boyang had planned for the past five years and asked whether he was using Fuyou and the others to collect Soul Jade, with Yu Guo searching for them.

Li Boyang explained to Xiluo that Heavenly Tribulation was spreading catastrophe across the land and that he planned to intervene in the order of Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi. He revealed that the Yin Son of Heaven might share his aims and asked Xiluo to stop Xuansu Shi from making a desperate sacrifice, while she suspected his true plan was even more reckless.

• Li Boyang told Xiluo that he wanted to end the catastrophe and admitted his Way of the Celestial Person had helped set events in motion.
• Li Boyang explained that Heavenly Tribulation was blocking advancement and devastating regions beyond Great Xia and the Hundred Lands Mountain Range.
• Li Boyang connected Xiao Xi's prophecy and the deaths of the gods to the Yin World, concluding that the Yin Son of Heaven would oppose the chaos.
• Li Boyang asked Xiluo to prevent Xuansu Shi from sacrificing herself or Yinglong when the boundary between life and death became blurred.
• Xiluo agreed that Li Boyang was hiding a far more dangerous plan than he had admitted.

Ox-Head fought a ghost god forming in the Longbo Mountain Range and used his Netherworld Sword to freeze it. He returned through Ghost Gate Pass, aware that the Yin and Yang Worlds were falling out of balance.

• Ox-Head appeared in the ice forest and challenged the ghost god born from the resentment of a fallen mountain god.
• The ghost god blocked Ox-Head’s fork with a giant ghost face, but Ox-Head smashed it and exposed the stone giant covered in trapped souls.
• The ghost god released its Yin souls to attack Ox-Head and began rebuilding its body.
• Ox-Head used his Netherworld Sword to freeze the ghost god’s body, divine soul, and resentment.
• Ox-Head explained that he had forged the sword by adapting Li Boyang’s methods, then returned through Ghost Gate Pass after reflecting on the imbalance between the Yin and Yang Worlds.

Wu Luo fought the rising ghost gods in the Nine Li State while recognizing how much the Hundred Lands Mountain Range’s weapons and technology helped defend his people. The crisis pushed Great Xia’s great witches toward learning from the mountain folk and spreading the Luo River Book, while Wu Luo wondered whether the next Witch King might accelerate sweeping changes.

• Wu Luo fought ghost gods and their monsters on the Nine Li State’s front lines, refusing to rest because the people there were his kin.
• Nine Li warriors and witches used weapons and Talisman Seal Scripts from the Hundred Lands mountain folk to hold back the monsters.
• Wu Luo admired the mountain folk’s advanced equipment and decided the Nine Li State should send people to learn from them after the catastrophe.
• Wu Luo observed that farsighted great witches across Great Xia were also planning to learn from the Hundred Lands Mountain Range and spread the Luo River Book more widely.
• Wu Luo considered that a Witch King born among slaves or in the Hundred Lands Mountain Range could hasten profound changes in Great Xia.

Divine Lord Meng Zhang investigated the widespread Netherworld Qi over the Black Teeth Kingdom and discovered that a God of Disease had unleashed multiple plagues there. He found the kingdom’s patients isolated in quarantine zones while Lingguzi’s bone-masked physicians pursued varied treatments, but the cause of the outbreak remained unresolved.

• Divine Lord Meng Zhang and the red snake detected Netherworld Qi over the plague-stricken Black Teeth Kingdom and ruled out the [Yin World Nether Spring] as its source.
• The red snake guessed that the kingdom’s population was dying rapidly from diseases deliberately spread by a deity, and Divine Lord Meng Zhang concluded that a God of Disease was responsible.
• Divine Lord Meng Zhang descended to the Black Teeth Kingdom and found the mountain folk operating quarantine zones and treating patients with preventive equipment and procedures.
• Divine Lord Meng Zhang recognized Lingguzi’s followers among the physicians, who entered quarantine zones, sometimes infected themselves, and used unconventional treatments.
• The bone-masked physicians applied differing treatments and disinfection procedures, leaving the camp without a standardized treatment process.

Shouyi told Divine Lord Meng Zhang that a God of Pestilence had arranged the plague outbreaks into a National Territory Transmutation Formation across the Black Teeth Kingdom. With the formation already complete and absorbing the vitality and resentment of the dead, Shouyi warned that only Meng Zhang might be able to stop the calamity.

• Shouyi had traveled to the Black Teeth Kingdom and organized quarantine, disinfection, vaccination, and an Epidemic Prevention Medical Gazette to help contain its spreading plagues.
• The mountain folk faced hostility and violence as rumors blamed them for the plagues, though the kingdom’s gods and great shamans knew the truth and protected them.
• Shouyi told Divine Lord Meng Zhang that new plagues kept appearing and mutating, leaving him unsure how long he could continue his work.
• Shouyi showed Meng Zhang a map linking the plague outbreak sites into a National Territory Transmutation Formation, with the royal capital as its hub.
• Shouyi explained that the formation was absorbing the vitality and resentment of those who died, and asked Meng Zhang to stop the looming calamity.

The Undying Spring God watched over Azure Bird as she remained in an egg after gaining the Vermilion Bird’s Nirvanic Rebirth ability. Li Boyang visited the Heaven-Eroding Lord and revealed that he needed the Eight Trigrams Furnace and Soul Jade, leaving the Lord to ask whether Wu Yao could truly not be resurrected.

• The Undying Spring God worried about Azure Bird, who had transformed into an enormous egg while digesting Yuan Qi after gaining Nirvanic Rebirth.
• Li Boyang found the Heaven-Eroding Lord purifying Yin Fei’s Soul Jade in the Eight Trigrams Furnace.
• Li Boyang told the Heaven-Eroding Lord that he needed the furnace and Soul Jade, and that he wanted to make him and Xiluo give up hope completely.
• The Heaven-Eroding Lord realized Li Boyang had found the remaining Soul Jade and asked whether Wu Yao could truly not be resurrected.

Divine Lord Meng Zhang discovered that Fuyou and Yinyi were activating a kingdom-wide formation in Lacquer Teeth City, turning the Black Teeth Kingdom toward the same fate as Tufang Kingdom. As plague-born shadow monsters began attacking the sick, Shouyi chose to stay and fight, calling on the shamans and the mountain folk.

• Divine Lord Meng Zhang traveled across the Black Teeth Kingdom and found Netherworld Qi gathering over Lacquer Teeth City.
• Fuyou and Yinyi appeared above the city as the Yin World overlapped with it, and an ancestral god warned Divine Lord Meng Zhang to evacuate the kingdom.
• Fuyou and Yinyi triggered their ritual, causing plague patients across the kingdom to spawn shadow monsters.
• A great shaman explained to Shouyi that the monsters arose from plague Qi and shadows and would attack all living beings.
• Shouyi refused to retreat, asked the great shaman to summon every shaman he could reach, and went to retrieve the master copy of the Epidemic Prevention Medical Gazette.
• The great shaman accepted Shouyi's resolve and decided that the kingdom's guardians would not shrink from the crisis.

As God Futu’s ritual destroyed Lacquer Teeth City, Divine Lord Meng Zhang intervened while Fuyou prepared the collected Soul Jade for the sake of the great god Gong Gong. The battle spread across the city as Yinyi held Meng Zhang back, and Meng Zhang countered Yinyi’s shadow restraint with lightning.

• God Futu howled, killing every surviving human in Lacquer Teeth City as the city began to collapse.
• Divine Lord Meng Zhang flew to stop Fuyou and Yinyi, while God Futu pursued him and the red snake challenged the mad god.
• God Futu manifested his headless body from the Yin World and attacked the red snake with three blades.
• Yinyi blamed the mountain folk for disrupting the ritual, and Fuyou prepared the pieces of Soul Jade for the great god Gong Gong.
• Yinyi restrained Divine Lord Meng Zhang by binding his shadow, but Meng Zhang summoned lightning and struck the shadow to break free.

Divine Lord Meng Zhang defeated Yinyi while Red Serpent used Bearing the Essence of Fire to destroy God Futu and disperse the Netherworld Qi. With Fuyou’s ritual thwarted, Meng Zhang confronted him and demanded that he dispel the plague.

• Yinyi sacrificed himself to create a shadow dragon and hold Divine Lord Meng Zhang back, but Meng Zhang grew to a thousand zhang and swallowed him.
• God Futu attacked Red Serpent with three swords while seawater flooded Lacquer Teeth City.
• Red Serpent unleashed Bearing the Essence of Fire, burning God Futu away and dispersing the Netherworld Qi, though the fire also harmed Lacquer Teeth City’s residents.
• Divine Lord Meng Zhang praised Red Serpent, then confronted Fuyou and demanded that he dispel the plague.

Shao interfered with the sacrificial ritual in the Black Teeth Kingdom, bringing him into conflict with the Yin Deity Yi Ming. Through the Red Eye Cauldron, Wu Zhen revealed to Yinglong and Yu that Yi Ming was the soul of the sixth Witch King, Ye Ming.

• Shao discovered that the village held the remains of a god who could cross between the living world and the Netherworld, then gathered Netherworld Qi to interfere with the ritual.
• Yi Ming projected her power before Shao and condemned him for abandoning his duties and disrupting the Netherworld’s order.
• Shao mocked Yi Ming and declared that he intended to become a Great Heavenly Deity equal to the Netherworld Lord.
• Yinglong used the Red Eye Cauldron to witness Shao’s confrontation with Yi Ming from Flying Sky Stockade.
• Wu Zhen criticized Yu for knowing so little about the Red Eye Cauldron and revealed that Yi Ming was the sixth Witch King, whose soul had become a Yin Deity named Ye Ming.

Fuyou’s ritual resurrected Kang Hui, but the returned Gonggong became a monstrous being who attacked Divine Lord Meng Zhang and swallowed Fuyou. Watching from Great Xia, Wu Peng warned the Six Witches of Kaiming that Kang Hui’s return was not their achievement and suspected someone had interfered with their plan.

• Fuyou called upon Kang Hui at the boundary between life and death, and a giant black palm struck Divine Lord Meng Zhang from the sky.
• A black-water serpent attacked Meng Zhang, while Kang Hui emerged as a furious monster neither living nor dead and swallowed Fuyou.
• The Six Witches of Kaiming watched Kang Hui fight Meng Zhang, but Wu Peng dismissed their initial delight and said the resurrection was a failed attempt at creating an Elixir of Immortality.
• Wu Peng questioned whether the witches had caused Kang Hui’s resurrection, noting that the epidemic-prevention measures had disrupted their plan to sacrifice the Black Teeth Kingdom.
• Wu Peng considered Li Boyang’s possible interference, then Wu Yang suggested Yu Guo might have resurrected Kang Hui.

Xuansu Shi arrived to confront Yinglong, whose body Yu Guo could control, and her hesitation over whether to see her son or her former chief god left Yinglong feeling rejected. Deception Rabbit intervened and ordered Xuansu Shi back to Hidden Dragon Island, but she declared that the Wind-Wielding Thunder God Xuansu Shi no longer existed.

• Xuansu Shi attacked Yinglong with wind and lightning, and Yinglong recognized her as his mother.
• Wu Zhen urged Yinglong not to test his mother's feelings and asked him to let Yu Guo speak to her.
• Deception Rabbit and Xiluo watched from nearby, and Xiluo warned that Xuansu Shi's mission could hurt Yinglong and Deception Rabbit.
• Deception Rabbit transformed into a black dragon, blocked Xuansu Shi, and ordered her to return to Hidden Dragon Island, saying he would keep Yinglong away from her.
• Xuansu Shi gave Yinglong a final look and declared that the Wind-Wielding Thunder God Xuansu Shi no longer existed.

Yan Xiaojun watched the battles over the Black Teeth Kingdom and agreed to help Hanging Silk Lady locate Lingguzi in exchange for regular supplies of Innate One Qi. He used his newly developed Foreknowledge of the Future to search, as the chapter revealed that the Divine Ability was also meant to help him find the best way to cultivate.

• Yan Xiaojun watched Divine Lord Meng Zhang overpower Kang Hui while the Blackwater Black Serpent and Red Serpent fought a deadly, even battle.
• Hanging Silk Lady emerged and discussed Yan Xiaojun’s Thousand-Mile Eyes, which let him perceive distant scenes and predict possible outcomes.
• Hanging Silk Lady asked Yan Xiaojun to find Lingguzi, who might have gone to the Black Teeth Kingdom, and offered him regular Innate One Qi in return.
• Yan Xiaojun accepted and used his double-pupiled eyes to examine present and possible future scenes.
• Yan Xiaojun recalled that Li Boyang had refined the Divine Ability and said the coming convergence of Yin and Yang and blurring of life and death offered a chance and a trial for them both.

Divine Lord Meng Zhang battled Kang Hui while Shaohao began breaking the barrier sealing the Yin World Nether Spring, hoping to return his people to the living world. As Ye Ming warned that opening the divide would destroy both worlds, a crash sounded from the Yin World, suggesting Shaohao’s plan was already advancing.

• Kang Hui manifested his complete serpent-tailed form and fought Divine Lord Meng Zhang, who damaged Kang Hui with a lightning-charged attack.
• Divine Lord Meng Zhang heard a shattering sound from the depths of the East Sea and turned toward it.
• Shaohao used feathered serpents to locate the Yin World Nether Spring while Ye Ming appeared and warned that forcing open the divide would destroy both worlds.
• Shaohao struck the golden barrier and revealed the enormous Sea-Pacifying Pillar spanning the Yang and Yin Worlds.
• Shaohao told Ye Ming he intended to bring his people back to the living world, and a tremendous crash sounded from the Yin World.

Shaohao used a ghost god capable of attacking from both Yin and Yang to break the golden barrier protecting the [Sea-Calming Divine Treasure], but the feathered serpent god’s emergence was interrupted by the Heaven-Eroding Lord. Their battle over the East Sea caused the sun to flicker between light and darkness, leaving the outcome undecided.

• Shaohao’s ghost gods surrounded Ye Ming, allowing his feathered-serpent servant to attack the golden barrier from both the Yin and Yang Worlds.
• The barrier cracked, but a violent eruption from the seabed brought forth an enormous feathered serpent and forced Shaohao to defend himself.
• The Heaven-Eroding Lord appeared above the whirlpool, and his Heavenly Dog Devours the Sun power began to weaken Shaohao by darkening the sun.
• Shaohao and the Heaven-Eroding Lord clashed with dragons formed from sunlight and Yin and Yang Qi, causing their advantage to shift as the sun alternately brightened and dimmed.

From Witch Mountain, Wu Xian and Wu Ji watched Shao battle the Heaven-Eroding Lord and realized both were drawing on the Celestial Person’s path. As the fight reached a deadlock, Wu Ji wondered why the Celestial Person had not intervened.

• Wu Xian and Wu Ji watched the worldwide eclipse caused by the Heaven-Eroding Lord from Witch Mountain.
• Wu Ji used a bronze mirror to view the battle between the Heaven-Eroding Lord and Shao in the East Sea.
• Wu Xian explained that Shao had adopted the Celestial Person’s cultivation method, allowing him to cultivate Solar Essence Qi and reclaim the Sun God’s powers.
• Wu Xian reflected that the battle was challenging established ideas and could inspire powerful beings across the world.
• Wu Ji noticed the battle had reached a deadlock and questioned whether the Celestial Person was deliberately allowing it to escalate.

Shao fused the powers of a ghost god, the Sun God, and the god of the East Sea to reach Qi Dao Perfection, but the Heaven-Eroding Lord revealed his own advance toward returning to emptiness and overwhelmed him with countless incarnations. As Heavenly Dog Devours the Sun plunged the world into darkness, Shao charged into the Sea-Calming Divine Treasure that suppressed the Yin World Nether Spring, shaking the seas and the Nine Provinces.

• Shao used the ocean’s power and explained that he had united the powers of three gods to achieve Qi Dao Perfection.
• The Heaven-Eroding Lord said Wu Yi had reached Path of Spirit Perfection and explained that Shao’s realm was only the beginning of the path beyond being.
• The Heaven-Eroding Lord manifested countless real Yang God incarnations and drove Shao into a disadvantage.
• Heavenly Dog Devours the Sun reached completion, and darkness spread across the land.
• Shao ignored the Heaven-Eroding Lord’s attacks and rammed into the Sea-Calming Divine Treasure, triggering a shock that shook the ocean and reached across the Nine Provinces.

Shao tilted the Sea-Calming Divine Treasure, unleashing the Yin World Nether Spring and allowing ghosts and gods to cross into the Yang World. Yin Deities pursued the escapees as battles raged across the East Sea, while Li Jingshu and Qinghe watched from Hundred Lands School.

• Shao rammed the Sea-Calming Divine Treasure, tilting it and causing the Yin World Nether Spring to erupt and the Yin and Yang worlds to collide.
• Ghosts and gods crossed into the Yang World and fled, but Yi Ming, Ox-Head, Horse-Face, and other Yin Deities pursued and captured them.
• Battles continued around the East Sea, including Shao's fight with the Heaven-Eroding Lord and the clashes near the Black Teeth Kingdom.
• At Hundred Lands School, Li Jingshu watched the East Sea battle with her Heavenly Eye while Qinghe failed to divine what would happen next.
• Qinghe admired Li Jingshu's Heavenly Eye and wondered whether Li Boyang had created the Divine Ability especially for her.

As the Yin World and Yang World neared collapse, Li Boyang confronted the Netherworld Lord and argued that both worlds had to be understood as one. He used the confrontation to explain the Dao transformation realm and point out a path beyond it, while the battlefields fell silent to listen.

• The Netherworld Lord halted the deaths of the two worlds and challenged Li Boyang to reveal the Heavenly Dao’s power.
• Li Boyang said he intended not only to stop the catastrophe but also to usher in a more prosperous age and reshape the order of both worlds.
• Li Boyang appeared inside the Heaven and Earth Black and Yellow Exquisite Pagoda and told the Netherworld Lord that treating the Yin and Yang Worlds separately had led their paths astray.
• Li Boyang explained the stages of cultivation and said that Great Heavenly Deities had all stopped at the Dao transformation realm, where each embodied the Dao in a different way.
• Kang Hui, Shaohao, the other combatants, and the Netherworld Lord listened as Li Boyang outlined what cultivators needed to advance beyond the Dao transformation realm.