Chapter Summaries

After learning that Li Xinyu had been injured, Shen Ge decided to focus on breaking through to the Spirit Severing Realm and accepted Li Xue’s help. Elsewhere, Mo Shang was pursued by the Hai Household, accused of crimes he denied, and revealed a Hundred Million Soul Soul-Summoning Banner as he prepared to prove his claims.

• Shen Ge read that Li Xinyu had returned injured from a mission and wondered whether his senior sister or master had attacked her.
• Shen Ge rejected the idea of pursuing Li Xinyu and chose to concentrate on reaching the Spirit Severing Realm.
• Li Xue offered Shen Ge a powerful cultivation array and lent him her Morning Glow Flower to aid his breakthrough.
• Shen Ge asked Li Xue about the Myriad Stars Sect, then agreed to go for a stroll with her.
• Mo Shang fled from Hai Household pursuers and denied raping and killing their young women, accusing Hai Shou of using their clan juniors to cultivate.
• Mo Shang summoned a Hundred Million Soul Soul-Summoning Banner, and the Hai Household members called for their elders as he prepared to prove his accusations.

Mo Shang exposed Hai Shou as a Devil Cultivator, escaped while the Hai Household fought Hai Shou, and waited in vain for him to teleport to a Yin Qi-rich valley. At the Myriad Stars Sect, a lightning tribulation began, and the assembled sect leaders realized that Qingguang’s disciple was undergoing Tribulation Transcendence.

• Mo Shang’s Yin souls attacked the Hai Household cultivators, and Hai Shou revealed his concealed Devil Qi when he faced danger.
• The Hai Household attacked Hai Shou after his Devil Qi exposed his guilt, and Hai Shou admitted he had sacrificed his niece for his path to immortality.
• Hai Shou used Devil Explosion to injure the Hai Household cultivators and escape, prompting the scar-faced man to order a search and a wanted notice.
• Mo Shang fled and lay in ambush at a valley thick with Yin Qi, but Hai Shou did not appear there before the Hai Household’s experts arrived.
• Dark clouds and a lightning tribulation gathered over the Myriad Stars Sect, where Xuanguang and the others recognized Qingguang’s disciple as the one undergoing Tribulation Transcendence.

Mo Qingyu returned to the Ancient Wilderness after breaking through to the Spirit Severing Realm and began hunting the Li Household, while thirty years later Shen Ge faced a lightning tribulation outside Azure Origin City. Li Xue summoned her master, Venerable Xu, to protect him, and the chapter ended with Venerable Xu scolding Li Xue for staying away for fifty-seven years and asking whether she had forgotten her master because of her lover.

• Mo Qingyu crushed a Li Household Nascent Soul and continued attacking the household to lure out its Spirit Severing Realm expert.
• Thirty years later, Shen Ge drew a crowd of hostile onlookers as he left Azure Origin City to undergo his lightning tribulation.
• Li Xue began assembling a formation to summon her master, but an Integrated Body Middle Stage old man restrained her.
• Shen Ge endured the first tribulation bolt unharmed, then used Southern Splendor to strike at the golden second bolt.
• The old man released Li Xue, and she completed the formation that allowed Venerable Xu to speak and order the hidden experts to leave.
• Venerable Xu asked Li Xue why she had been away for fifty-seven years and whether her lover had made her forget her master.

Shen Ge endured the Five Elements and Human Tribulations, using the Samsara Method to withstand an unseen Yin Lightning strike. As the final Heavenly Lightning gathered, he unleashed his strength and charged into the tribulation clouds, while the white-haired elder sensed an inexplicable connection between Shen Ge and a mysterious figure.

• Shen Ge endured the Wind Tribulation as it stripped away his flesh, then regenerated it after the attack ended.
• Xu Wei predicted the Earth Tribulation would target Shen Ge’s spleen, and the Samsara Qi in his body neutralized an undetectable Yin Lightning strike.
• The white-haired elder sensed a strange mixture of vitality and death Qi in Shen Ge’s Cultivation Method and felt fear in his presence.
• The final Heavenly Lightning gathered in the clouds, and Shen Ge sensed a faint breath of death as spectators worried for him.
• Shen Ge revealed his strength and charged toward the tribulation clouds, prompting the white-haired elder to wonder whether a mysterious figure was Shen Ge’s subordinate.

Shen Ge fought the overwhelming lightning tribulation by summoning Ghost Gate Pass and using its sword light and chains to restrain the lightning dragon's tail. Three chains snapped and Shen Ge was injured, but he defiantly prepared to keep fighting.

• Shen Ge struck the lightning claw with a punch that released a phoenix in black flames and blasted a hole through the tribulation clouds.
• A lightning dragon's head emerged, and its terrifying might broke the Dao hearts of several Peak Nascent Soul spectators.
• The lightning dragon attacked Shen Ge with its tail, and Shen Ge briefly halted it before entering Ghost Gate Pass.
• Shen Ge sent out sword light and five chains from Ghost Gate Pass to intercept and drag the dragon's tail toward the gate.
• Three chains snapped, Shen Ge spat golden blood, and he vowed to risk his life against the tribulation.

Shen Ge defeated the thunder dragon with the power of Ghost Gate Pass, but the battle left him gravely injured. Li Xue took him away to recover, while Bai Lili sensed his presence in Azure Origin City and vowed to seek him out again.

• Shen Ge summoned a giant black hand and struck the thunder dragon with a sword, slicing off part of its tail before attacking again with a destructive yin-yang millstone.
• The thunder dragon collided with the millstone in a blinding explosion, and Shen Ge fell from the sky, badly injured but alive.
• Li Xue caught Shen Ge and carried him away through the array after Xu Wei told her not to disturb him.
• Venerable Thunder Sea wondered whether Shen Ge's strange cultivation method and Ghost Gate Pass were connected to reincarnation and Venerable Reincarnation.
• Bai Lili sensed a presence connected to reincarnation, realized Shen Ge was nearby, and promised to find him and defeat him again.

Shen Ge awakened after Xu Wei and Li Xue helped him recover, leaving his old body behind as an external avatar named Shen Linfeng. After reuniting with Li Xue and learning news about the Myriad Stars Sect and Lü Yang, he asked Xu Wei about White Dragon City and the Xinlan Sword.

• Shen Ge woke up and separated from his withered body, which revived as his external avatar.
• Shen Ge and his avatar, who called himself Shen Linfeng, bantered while Li Xue struggled to adjust to their identical presence.
• Shen Ge thanked Li Xue and Xu Wei for helping him, while Xu Wei asked whether he considered Li Xue unsuitable for him.
• Li Xue told Shen Ge that the Myriad Stars Sect had six people in the Spirit Severing Realm and that Lü Yang had become the dao companion of the Xue Household head's thirteenth legitimate daughter.
• Shen Ge asked Xu Wei what White Dragon City was and whether it had caused the old man to abandon his attack because of the Xinlan Sword.

Shen Linfeng told Li Xue that he was an independent version of Shen Ge, and they discussed his feelings about Mu Wan and his past. Meanwhile, Shen Ge headed to the Myriad Stars Sect to settle old scores, while Ziyang persuaded Xuanguang to leave rather than face him.

• Shen Linfeng explained to Li Xue that he could survive independently from Shen Ge, though he was weaker and still shared Shen Ge's feelings about Mu Wan.
• Li Xue asked Shen Linfeng about his past, and he began telling her about the childhood of the deceased Shen Ge.
• Shen Ge formed a new body and entered a teleportation array bound for the Myriad Stars Sect to settle matters there.
• Xuanguang waited in the sect with four ancient bronze lamps, while Ziyang urged him to flee before Shen Ge arrived to kill him.
• Ziyang reminded Xuanguang that Fenghuo had died after helping him and Junior Sister avoid a clash with Shen Ge, and Xuanguang finally agreed to leave.

Shen Ge arrived at the Myriad Stars Sect and confronted Ziyang over Xuanguang’s departure, then attacked him. The sect’s experts joined forces against Shen Ge, but he fought back with his Yin spirit powers and Morning Longing Sword as the battle escalated.

• Shen Ge reached the Myriad Stars Sect and silently examined four bronze lamps in the Spirit Moon courtyard while Ziyang and the other Spirit Severing Realm experts gathered.
• Shen Ge asked Ziyang where Xuanguang had gone, rejected his apology, and accused him of unfairness for letting Xuanguang leave.
• Shen Ge attacked Ziyang with a Yin-Yang Millstone, forcing Ziyang to defend himself to protect the disciples below.
• Qingguang, Liyue, Ye Xingchen, and Meng Yan joined the fight against Shen Ge after he warned them to stay out of it.
• Meng Yan unleashed a storm of lightning against Shen Ge, who cut through it with the Morning Longing Sword and challenged him to continue fighting.

Shen Ge fought five Spirit Severing opponents at the Myriad Stars Sect and began to falter after Meng Yan wounded him. A powerful sword strike opened an escape route, and Su Liuyue appeared to defend Shen Ge as her junior brother.

• Meng Yan intensified his golden lightning after Shen Ge injured him, while Ye Xingchen and High Person Liyue continued fighting alongside the others.
• Hanyue and High Person Liyue discussed why Shen Ge had turned against the sect, suspecting Xuanguang’s breakthrough and the death of Qingyou’s junior.
• Meng Yan struck Shen Ge from behind, and Ziyang, Ye Xingchen, Daoist Qingguang, and High Person Liyue attacked the opening.
• A domineering sword strike forced Hanyue and Daoist Qingguang to break away, allowing Shen Ge to block Meng Yan’s and Ziyang’s attacks and evade Ye Xingchen’s wood dragon.
• Daoist Qingguang and Hanyue stopped the sword strike, and Su Liuyue appeared before the sect masters and challenged them for bullying her junior brother.

Shen Ge attacked the Myriad Stars Sect to draw out the person he sought, fighting Ziyang while Su Liuyue held off Meng Yan and Hanyue. After Shen Ge unleashed the Ghost Gate Pass’s flames on the sect, Ziyang revealed why he had remained loyal to his master and began dissolving his own soul to trade his life for the master’s.

• Su Liuyue stopped Meng Yan’s lightning and fought him, later facing pressure when Hanyue joined the battle.
• Shen Ge fought Ziyang while Ye Xingchen tried to protect both men, then took a severe wound from Shen Ge’s sword and withdrew from the fight.
• Shen Ge summoned the Ghost Gate Pass and unleashed cyan flames across the sect, forcing High Person Liyue, Hanyue, and Ye Xingchen to block the spreading fire.
• Shen Ge approached Ziyang through the flames, and Ziyang explained that his master had saved and raised him after famine and plague destroyed his family.
• Ziyang began dissolving his soul, offering his life in exchange for his master’s and asking Shen Ge to stop.

Ziyang chose death rather than betray his master, and Shen Ge restrained the enraged elders of Spirit Moon Sect. Shen Ge then fought the sect leaders while Su Liuyue held off the others, determined to wait for Mu Wan’s return and kill him if he came back.

• Ziyang died before Shen Ge could stop him, and the elders of Spirit Moon Sect caught his body as the formation they had prepared took effect too late.
• Shen Ge restrained the former elders on Spirit Moon Peak, including Shangguan Ouyang, and declared that Ziyang’s death would not save his master.
• Shen Ge told Su Liuyue that he would spread the word and wait for Mu Wan to return, while she agreed to respect Sect Master Martial Uncle’s choice.
• Liyue, Daoist Qingguang, Ye Xingchen, Meng Yan, and the others attacked Shen Ge, and Su Liuyue took on the three sect masters.
• Shen Ge used Ghost Gate Pass to evade Meng Yan and Ye Xingchen’s attacks, then sent a giant sword of black Qi toward them as Su Liuyue held off Liyue and the other two.

Shen Ge pursued Xuanguang to avenge Mu Wan, while Xuanguang blamed Shen Ge for Ziyang’s death and fought him in the mountains. Su Liuyue faced Ye Xingchen, Meng Yan, Hanyue, and the other sect leaders as they moved to help Xuanguang.

• Hanyue halted the battle at the Myriad Stars Sect, and Shen Ge vanished before Su Liuyue and the others followed.
• Shen Ge and Xuanguang clashed in a barren mountain, where Shen Ge cut Xuanguang in half at the waist.
• Xuanguang blamed Shen Ge for Ziyang’s death and resumed fighting him, while Su Liuyue watched from a distant mountaintop.
• Ye Xingchen tried to intervene, but Su Liuyue stopped him, prompting him to challenge her with his Wood Spirit Domain.
• Meng Yan and the three sect leaders joined Ye Xingchen and confronted Su Liuyue, who drew her golden greatsword and invited all five to attack together.

Shen Ge killed Xuanguang, but felt no joy in his revenge and resolved to find Mu Wan through reincarnation. After Su Liuyue recovered Mu Wan’s soul lamp and parted from Shen Ge, their master Mo Qingyu chose not to go to the Myriad Stars Sect, where she might have to fight her disciples.

• Shen Ge pursued Xuanguang and destroyed his body and soul, ending the battle.
• Su Liuyue forced the spiritual power from her body to heal her injuries, and Daoist Qingguang and the other fighters left.
• Su Liuyue asked Shen Ge if he regretted his revenge, and he said he did not believe in reincarnation but was reincarnation and would find Mu Wan.
• Su Liuyue recovered Mu Wan’s extinguished soul lamp from Xuanguang’s Storage Bag and gave it to Shen Ge.
• Shen Ge and Su Liuyue discussed the Ancient Wilderness and their master before Shen Ge left to handle other matters.
• Mo Qingyu waited near the Myriad Stars Sect, then vanished rather than face the prospect of fighting her two disciples.

Song Junjie led the survivors from Heavenly South to Thousand Hills Town after their journey cost half the group their lives. Meanwhile, Shen Ge exchanged the Record of Exotic Beasts with Bai Wushuang for information about evil demons and a route to the Netherworld Domain.

• Song Junjie asked the survivors whether they would split up, and they chose to follow him; Ao Xi also stayed with them for safety.
• Song Junjie’s group reached Thousand Hills Town after more than half a month, having lost half their remaining members to attacks drawn by the battered ship.
• Fairy Qingyu met Bai Wushuang at the Luan Bird Forest, and Shen Ge arrived to hand over the Record of Exotic Beasts.
• Shen Ge asked Bai Wushuang about evil demons and the Netherworld, and Bai Wushuang explained their origins and named several dangerous locations.
• Bai Wushuang gave Shen Ge a scroll showing how to reach a teleportation array connecting the Netherworld Domain and Heaven’s Edge Domain, then drew three protective talismans from the book and gave them to him.

Bai Wushuang and Fairy Qingyu discussed the strange presence around a junior who had asked about the Land of the Netherworld, while Venerable Reincarnation took over Purple Eyes' body. In Thousand Hills Town, the Li Household decided to fight the Wang Household over its seized Spirit Stone vein, and the two sides agreed to battle outside town.

• Bai Wushuang and Fairy Qingyu observed that the junior's unusual presence appeared after his breakthrough and speculated that his cultivation method was responsible.
• Venerable Reincarnation overcame Purple Eyes and took control of her body, intending to use it as his eyes and ears before discarding it.
• Li Household members argued over the Wang Household's seizure of their Spirit Stone vein and blamed Li Yuan's daughter for bringing trouble upon them.
• The Li Household's old ancestor declared that they would fight, and the Li Household vanished before he struck at the Wang Household's ancestral grounds.
• An elder from the Wang Household blocked the old ancestor's attack with sword light, and both sides agreed to fight outside Thousand Hills Town.

The Wang Household patriarch joined Mo Qingyu and Su Liuyue in defeating the Li Household patriarch, while Shen Ge set out for the Chaos and Separation Plains and Meng Yan and Ye Xingchen considered leaving their sects. In the Fallen Devil Ravine, Su Sui and Zhang Fengge clashed with Blood Devil Grotto cultivators as Lü Yang and Lu Xiu were ambushed, leaving Lü Yang facing the enemy he recognized as Corpse Soul.

• The Wang Household patriarch enlisted Mo Qingyu and Su Liuyue to fight the Li Household patriarch, and the three grievously wounded him after a month-long battle.
• A black-marked woman and her companion drained dozens of corpses near Origin Exchange Mountain before disappearing as black smoke.
• Shen Ge decided to travel to the Chaos and Separation Plains to visit Lü Yang and his disciples.
• Meng Yan parted ways with his master Zhu Nian, and Ye Xingchen discussed with Daoist Qingguang whether to leave the Myriad Stars Sect.
• Su Sui and Zhang Fengge confronted Blood Devil Grotto cultivators transporting children through the Fallen Devil Ravine, and Su Liuyue recognized Zi Qi among them.
• Three Peak Nascent Soul cultivators ambushed Lü Yang and Lu Xiu; as Lu Xiu fled for help, Lü Yang recognized one attacker as Corpse Soul.

Shen Ge rescued Lü Yang, Lu Xiu, Su Sui, Zhang Fengge, and more than a hundred children from their attackers. After Zhang Fengge chose to take the children in, the group reunited and left, while the Blood Devil Grotto learned that Corpse Soul and the others had died and ordered its members to lie low.

• Corpse Soul and his junior brother overwhelmed Lü Yang, but Shen Ge arrived, shattered their attacks, and pulled the fleeing cultivators back.
• Shen Ge rescued Lu Xiu and killed the three men attacking Su Sui and Zhang Fengge with a slash of sword light.
• Shen Ge suggested sending the children to a nearby town or taking them in, and Zhang Fengge chose to adopt them.
• Su Sui and Lu Xiu told Shen Ge they feared Zhang Fengge had lost her desire to cultivate, but Shen Ge said her aspirations were her own.
• Lü Yang reunited with Shen Ge, and the group left together to celebrate over drinks.
• The Blood Devil Grotto learned that Corpse Soul and the others' soul lamps had gone out, and its sect master ordered everyone to keep a low profile.

Shen Ge entered the Yellow Wind Sands to find the Land of the Nine Netherworlds and question its fiends about reincarnation. He met the powerful ghost-path entity Lan Yu, brought her through Ghost Gate Pass, and began drawing the cavern’s Yin souls into it.

• Three years after leaving Su Sui, Shen Ge entered an underground cavern beneath the Yellow Wind Sands to search for the Land of the Nine Netherworlds.
• Shen Ge sensed a powerful presence and realized it had kept him circling nearby, so he approached it rather than trying to flee.
• A mysterious ghost-path senior appeared, recognized that Shen Ge was connected to a thunderclap of rule power, and discussed reincarnation with him.
• Shen Ge opened Ghost Gate Pass, and the senior entered, revealing her name as Lan Yu.
• Shen Ge expanded Ghost Gate Pass to draw the cavern’s Yin souls inside.

Shen Ge searched for clues about the world and Mu Wan’s resurrection before meeting Zhu Xiu in Desert Wind City. Zhu Xiu invited him into the newly opened wind cavern, where the two headed toward a secret realm connected to the Underworld.

• Shen Ge found nothing unusual in the underground cavern, then visited a temple in the Yellow Wind Sands and questioned an old monk about the Buddha.
• Shen Ge considered whether Buddhism in this world was connected to another world, but remained focused on resurrecting Mu Wan.
• Zhu Xiu met Shen Ge in Desert Wind City and invited him to enter the Underworld through the wind cavern to seek the Three Lives Flower and a senior’s lifebound Law Treasure.
• Shen Ge agreed, and he and Zhu Xiu waited nearly a month for the wind cavern to open.
• When the cavern opened, Shen Ge and Zhu Xiu appeared near its vortex, where Zhu Xiu spoke with City Lord Xue and warned Shen Ge about Dao Jin’s strength.