Chapter Summaries

Qin Ming investigated the Ghost Entity haunting the Li Residence, where he bullied Yang Zhi into staying on guard while he searched the grounds. After discovering that destroying a blood-red lantern earned him Free Attribute Points, he went to a pig farm and slaughtered pigs for an hour, leaving the owner and butchers shocked by what they found.

• Qin Ming arrived at the Li Residence with Yang Zhi and Wang Wei, confirmed that a Ghost Entity was present, and examined the drained guards and frightened maids.
• Li Yuanqing revealed that several guest elders had entered the blood-red-lantern side courtyard and never returned.
• Qin Ming struck Yang Zhi through the courtyard gate and ordered him to stay there on watch that night.
• Qin Ming destroyed a blood-red lantern and gained two Free Attribute Points, then told Wang Wei to watch the courtyard while he went out.
• Qin Ming paid the pig farm owner ten taels of silver to slaughter pigs for an hour, and the butchers cried out in fright when they entered the farm afterward.

Qin Ming advanced his Pig-Slaying Saber Technique and Fire Poison Art, then returned to the Li Lineage residence to confront a powerful female ghost. He killed her with his Xingyi Fist and gained 300 Free Attribute Points.

• Qin Ming slaughtered over a thousand pigs, advancing his Pig-Slaying Saber Technique and strengthening its Sha Qi.
• Qin Ming spent his silver on medicinal herbs, reached Perfect Mastery in the Fire Poison Art, and advanced to the Perfected Skin-Refining Realm.
• Yang Zhi tried to escape the dark Side Courtyard, but a ghostly hand dragged him back inside as Wang Wei and the Li Lineage members watched in terror.
• Qin Ming charged into the Haunted Residence, wounded the female ghost with his Butcher's Knife, and pursued her when she fled.
• Qin Ming used Tiger Fist to seize and pummel the female ghost, then smashed her head and gained 300 Free Attribute Points.

Qin Ming killed the female ghost at the Li Lineage’s estate, then forced Li Yuanqing to pay him Spirit Medicines for both his injuries and the Wandering Dragon Step. After using the medicines to bring the Fire Poison Art to Perfect Mastery and approach the Flesh Refining Realm, Qin Ming sensed someone on his roof.

• Qin Ming killed the female ghost, frightened Yang Zhi, and demanded compensation from Li Yuanqing for dealing with the Ghost Entity.
• Li Yuanqing gave Qin Ming ten Spirit Medicines, and Qin Ming then forced him to pay another ten for the Wandering Dragon Step manual.
• Li Yuanqing let Qin Ming leave with the manual and medicines, then warned his followers that he would seek revenge when he had the chance.
• Qin Ming moved into the large house the Li Lineage had provided, while a gang leader ordered an assassin to kill him that night.
• Qin Ming consumed the Spirit Medicines and aged herbs, raising the Fire Poison Art to Perfect Mastery and reaching the threshold of the Flesh Refining Realm.
• Qin Ming heard someone step on the roof tiles and prepared to confront the intruder.

Qin Ming fought two black-clad men who targeted him for a roster and discovered that his Fire Poison Art absorbed their poison and grew stronger. He escaped the ghostly brothel after the Red-Clad Female Ghost drained one attacker, leaving him wary of the powerful entity behind her.

• A Wild Wolf Gang poison expert and a second black-clad man approached Qin Ming’s room, but Qin Ming exposed them and led them away from his home.
• The men attacked Qin Ming and demanded a roster; poison needles pierced his skin, but his Fire Poison Art consumed the poison and gained strength.
• Qin Ming seized the man searching him and killed him, then pursued the surviving poison expert toward a brothel.
• Qin Ming stopped outside the brothel when his Butcher’s Knife warned him, while the Red-Clad Female Ghost merged with the fleeing man and drained him into a sheet of skin.
• Qin Ming fled as the ghost women froze and stared after him, fearing the presence of the Red-Clad Female Ghost’s master.

As the Ghost Fog surrounded Qingyang County and cut off all communication, Yu Qing ordered the Demon-Hunting Team to investigate beyond the city walls. Qin Ming strengthened himself by refining Ghost Artifacts and venom, then prepared to lead the frightened team out at daybreak.

• Yu Qing learned that the Ghost Fog had surrounded the city and summoned the city's Bone Refining Realm experts to discuss their options.
• Qin Ming advanced his Pig-Slaying Saber Technique, absorbed a Ghost Entity for Free Attribute Points, and raised Xingyi Fist to Greater Mastery.
• Yu Qing and the other experts chose the Demon-Hunting Team to investigate the Ghost Fog, while Xiong San privately warned Qin Ming about the danger.
• Xiong San took Qin Ming to the County Yamen storeroom, where Qin Ming found six Ghost Artifacts and used their ghost Qi to bring Wandering Dragon Step and Xingyi Fist to Perfection Realm.
• Qin Ming refined potent venom overnight to strengthen his Fire Poison Art, then gathered the terrified Demon-Hunting Team and led them toward the city exit.

Qin Ming led the Demon-Hunting Team toward the Ghost Fog under Yu Qing’s orders, while those watching expected them to die. At the city gate, Qin Ming killed a powerful female ghost with one strike of his Sha Weapon, and the team prepared to leave the city.

• Lu Liu offered to join Qin Ming’s group, but Qin Ming told him to return and care for Li Shengnan.
• Li Shengnan wished Qin Ming safety as Yu Qing watched his departure with satisfaction and Li Yuanqing hoped he would die.
• A female ghost disguised as a little beggar attacked the Demon-Hunting Team and quickly overwhelmed its members.
• The female ghost grabbed Yang Zhi and began strangling him, but Qin Ming killed her with one slash of his butcher’s knife.
• The team regrouped, recognized Qin Ming’s strength, and prepared to leave the city.

Qin Ming led the Demon-Hunting Team into the Ghost Fog, slaughtering Ghost Entities for Free Attribute Points and forcing his companions to surrender their martial arts. As Dry Corpses besieged Qingyang City, Qin Ming fought through them until a powerful Ghost Knight and a red-clad female ghost appeared.

• Qin Ming crushed the Wraiths at the city gates, spent his accumulated points to perfect the Eight Trigrams Palm, and ordered the gates closed before leading the team into the Ghost Fog.
• Qin Ming demanded the Demon-Hunting Team's martial arts, beat Zheng Wu for refusing to hand over the Eagle Claw Skill, and took techniques from the others.
• A Human-Headed, Eagle-Bodied Monster seized Wang Wei, but Qin Ming cut it in half and rescued him as Dry Corpses surrounded Qingyang City.
• Qin Ming slaughtered the Dry Corpses and used Free Attribute Points to perfect the Eagle Claw Skill while Yu Qing urged the city's forces to hold the gates.
• A headless Ghost Knight charged Qin Ming and knocked him back, while a red-clad female ghost descended behind him seeking revenge.

Qin Ming defeated the Headless Ghost Knight and strengthened his Bedrock Skill, but a powerful Demon emerged from the Ghost Fog and slaughtered the rest of his team. Qin Ming escaped back to the city gate, where Yu Qing stopped the guards from opening it.

• The Red-Clad Female Ghost tried to possess Qin Ming, but his Fire Poison Skill forced her out, while Qin Ming fought the Headless Ghost Knight and destroyed him with a powerful punch.
• Qin Ming used the Attribute Points he earned to raise his Bedrock Skill to the Perfection Realm and killed the dried corpses and Wraiths around him.
• A huge Demon emerged from the Ghost Fog, killed Yang Zhi, and petrified and shattered three people, including Wang Wei, with its blood-red eye.
• Qin Ming fled to the city gate and demanded that it be opened, but Yu Qing ordered the guards not to open it without his permission.

Qin Ming fused his martial arts into the Black Tiger Xingyi Saber and fought his way up Qingyang County’s wall after the city leaders refused to open the gate. He survived the silver-haired evil ghost’s spear, arrows, and lamp oil, reached the wall, and prepared to confront Yu Qing and the other leaders.

• Xiong San refused to open the gate despite Pei Heng’s plea, and Li Shengnan fainted while Lu Liu and Ye Wei grieved for Qin Ming.
• Qin Ming maxed out the Black Tiger Life-Severing Blade, fused it with Tiger Fist and Xingyi Tiger Fist, and created the Black Tiger Xingyi Saber.
• Qin Ming climbed the granite wall, deflected the silver-haired evil ghost’s spear with Black Tiger Life Severing, and endured a rain of arrows.
• Yu Qing ordered lamp oil poured over Qin Ming, but Qin Ming’s Fire Poison Art devoured the flames and helped him recover.
• Qin Ming used the spear to launch himself onto the wall, accepted Lu Liu’s robe, and told Yu Qing and the assembled leaders that it was time to settle accounts.

Qin Ming defeated the Wild Wolf Gang leader, the Savage Tiger Gang fighter, and Zheng Xiong, then killed Yu Qing despite the warning that the court would pursue him. As Ghost Entities attacked the city wall, Qin Ming rescued Xiong San, but Lu Liu reported that their master had been taken by a Ghost Monster.

• Qin Ming seriously injured the Wild Wolf Gang leader with Fire Sand Palm and defeated a Savage Tiger Gang fighter with Black Tiger Splits the Mountain.
• Qin Ming crushed Zheng Xiong’s hands with Eagle Claw Skill and kicked him away, leaving the assembled experts too afraid to challenge him.
• Qin Ming killed Yu Qing with the Butcher’s Knife and showed him a Wangjing Prefecture recommendation token before Yu Qing died of rage.
• Human-Headed, Beast-Bodied Ghost Entities attacked the city wall, and Qin Ming cut apart the snake-bodied creature that was crushing Xiong San.
• Lu Liu rushed to Qin Ming and told him that their master had been taken by a Ghost Monster.

After Pei Heng was carried into the Ghost Fog, Qin Ming gathered martial arts and supplies, fused his Horizontal Training Martial Arts into the Eighth-Rank Pure Yang Art, and secluded himself to cultivate. Two days later, Ye Wei reported that gang remnants had attacked the residence and abducted Senior Sister and Embroiderer, prompting Qin Ming to burst from the yamen in flames.

• A winged Ghost Entity seized Pei Heng and flew into the Ghost Fog, and Qin Ming killed the remaining Ghost Entities before leading the survivors from the walls.
• Qin Ming demanded martial arts and supplies, plundered the Wild Wolf Gang, the Black Tiger Gang, and the Zheng Family, and had Xiong San collect manuals, Yin Artifacts, and poisons.
• Qin Ming perfected Iron Arm Art and Iron Crotch Art, gained yang Qi, and fused his Horizontal Training Martial Arts into the Eighth-Rank Pure Yang Art.
• Qin Ming entered seclusion to absorb poisons and spirit herbs with Fire Poison Art while lawlessness and violence spread through Qingyang City.
• Ye Wei arrived wounded and told Xiong San and Lu Liu that remnants of the Wild Wolf Gang and the Black Tiger Gang had abducted Senior Sister and Embroiderer.
• Qin Ming erupted from the yamen in flames and crashed into the ground.

After reaching the Late Flesh-Refining Realm, Qin Ming rescued Li Shengnan, Embroiderer, and Lu Liu from the Savage Wolf Gang and Black Tiger Gang, then set out into the Ghost Entity-ravaged city. The chapter ends when he and the doctor find robbers attacking the doctor’s home, and Qin Ming recognizes one of them.

• Qin Ming learned that the Savage Wolf Gang and Black Tiger Gang had abducted Li Shengnan and Embroiderer, and rushed to the yamen.
• Qin Ming killed Jackal, Black Panther, and dozens of gang members, then rescued Li Shengnan and Embroiderer and stopped Lu Liu from bleeding to death.
• Xiong San brought a doctor, who stabilized Lu Liu; Qin Ming then escorted the doctor through the dark, Ghost Entity-infested streets.
• Qin Ming crushed a Ghost Entity that attacked the doctor and gained fifty free attribute points.
• Qin Ming and the doctor reached the doctor’s burning home, where robbers were killing and looting, and Qin Ming recognized one of them.

Qin Ming rescued a physician’s family from Clearwind Stronghold bandits, captured the Viper Elder, and learned that Ghost Entities had let the bandits into Qingyang City to massacre its people. As Qin Ming and Xiong San suspected the killings were meant to create Wraiths, Ye Wei encountered a Ghost Entity after disposing of the Viper Elder’s corpse.

• Qin Ming killed the bandits attacking the physician’s family and captured the Viper Elder, then tortured him until he revealed that Ghost Entities had recently let Clearwind Stronghold bandits into the city to kill and loot.
• Qin Ming found that the physician, his wife, and his daughter had died, promised to avenge them, and brought the Viper Elder back to Li Shengnan.
• Li Shengnan recognized the Viper Elder as her father’s murderer, and Qin Ming left him for her to deal with.
• Qin Ming told Xiong San what he had learned, and they connected the bandit massacres to the Ghost Fog’s creation of Wraiths.
• After the Viper Elder died, Ye Wei threw his body over the wall, where something devoured it, then turned and found a Ghost Entity behind him.

Qin Ming fought through Qingshan Town, killing Clearwind Stronghold bandits, evildoers, and Ghost Entities as the Ghost Fog threatened the city. After reaching the Perfected Flesh-Refining Realm, he joined Xiong San at the yamen’s secret Sutra Pavilion to search for martial arts manuals.

• Qin Ming and Xiong San killed a Big-Head Evil Ghost after it attacked Ye Wei, and Xiong San later reported encountering Clearwind Stronghold bandits again.
• Qin Ming went to the Li Lineage residence, killed the bandits there, and took medicines, martial arts manuals, and banknotes from its storeroom.
• Qin Ming fought across town through the night, killing more than two hundred Clearwind Stronghold bandits, evildoers, and Ghost Entities, and reached the Perfected Flesh-Refining Realm.
• Qin Ming briefly clashed with the Silver-Haired Evil Ghost near the Ghost Fog surrounding the city gate, then retreated when he sensed a more terrifying presence within the fog.
• After daybreak, Qin Ming told Xiong San about the night’s events, and Xiong San led him to the yamen’s secret Sutra Pavilion to search for martial arts.
• Qin Ming examined the manuals and noticed one that caught his attention.

Qin Ming perfected several martial arts, secretly cultivated Xiong San’s Black Sha Skill, and confronted the silver-haired evil ghost after it tracked him down. He drove the Butcher’s Knife into the ghost’s brow but was struck through several houses, leaving him injured while the ghost remained alive.

• Qin Ming perfected the Gale Saber Technique, Ladder Cloud Vertical, Vajra Leg, and Xingyi Snake Fist, then gave Xiong San the original Xingyi Fist manuals.
• Qin Ming persuaded Xiong San to show him the Black Sha Skill and later secretly cultivated it with an old ginseng root until it reached Greater Mastery.
• Qin Ming and Xiong San left the cellar and went into the city to stop Clearwind Stronghold bandits and hunt Ghost Entities.
• The silver-haired evil ghost found Qin Ming and attacked him with a stone club, but Qin Ming dodged its blows and struck back with the Butcher’s Knife.
• Qin Ming combined the Black Sha Skill’s Sha Qi with Fire Poison and stabbed the knife into the evil ghost’s brow, but the ghost survived and sent him crashing through three houses.
• Qin Ming crawled from the rubble, spat blood, and stirred the pure Yang Qi in his Dantian to test its power against the still-living ghost.

Qin Ming used Pure Yang Power to kill the Silver-Haired Evil Ghost, then advanced his Pure Yang Art and learned that his cultivation was dangerously unbalanced. The Ghost Fog continued to engulf Qingyang City, while the Red-Clad Female Ghost prepared a stronger Silver-Haired Evil Ghost for the nearly completed plan.

• Qin Ming struck the Silver-Haired Evil Ghost with Pure Yang Power, melting it into Corpse Water and gaining one thousand Free Attribute Points.
• Xiong San led the injured Qin Ming back as the Ghost Fog spread across Qingyang City and the surviving population dwindled.
• Qin Ming cleared the Yin Qi from his body, advanced the Pure Yang Art to the eighth rank, and created a second wisp of Pure Yang Power.
• Qin Ming reached the Perfected Flesh-Refining Realm and told Xiong San about his excessive Qi and Blood; Xiong San warned him that his cultivation methods could harm him.
• The Red-Clad Female Ghost learned that Silver Hair had died and fed Wraiths to another Silver-Haired Evil Ghost, strengthening it for the plan.

Qin Ming arrived at the County Yamen and overwhelmed the Ninth Boss, who had been hunting Qingyang County’s Bone Refining Realm experts. The Red-Clad Female Ghost revealed Pei Heng transformed into a Ghost Entity, and Qin Ming killed it without hesitation; as the ghostly faces vanished, he gained five thousand Free Attribute Points, but the female ghost summoned more monsters from the fog.

• The Ninth Boss and the Red-Clad Female Ghost cornered injured Bone Refining Realm experts at the County Yamen and tortured them while waiting for Xiong San.
• Xiong San fought the Ninth Boss but gradually lost the advantage until Qin Ming appeared and tore off the Ninth Boss’s arms with his Eagle Claw Skill.
• The Red-Clad Female Ghost revealed a Ghost Entity bearing Pei Heng’s face and taunted Qin Ming with the choice of killing his master or dying.
• Qin Ming used the Gale Saber Technique and Black Tiger Splits the Mountain to burn and split the Ghost Entity, freeing Pei Heng and gaining five thousand Free Attribute Points.
• The Red-Clad Female Ghost revealed that she had a backup plan and summoned enormous figures through the encroaching Ghost Fog.

Qin Ming escaped Qingyang City with Embroiderer and the others as the Ghost Entities brought forth a ghost artifact, but he returned after Wangjing Prefecture's young Martial Artists appeared to contest it. The chapter ended with Qin Ming launching a surprise attack on the Red-Clad Female Ghost and the white-clad female ghost.

• Nine silver-haired Demons and the white-clad female ghost arrived as the ghost artifact began emerging, and the ground split apart, trapping people beneath the collapsing city.
• Qin Ming rescued Ye Wei and the others from the cellar, then escorted them out of Qingyang City in a carriage while the Ghost Entities focused on the city center.
• The ghost artifact rose from the fissure, and the black-robed Master tried to seize it before three young men from Wangjing Prefecture interrupted him.
• Qin Ming left Embroiderer and the others with Xiong San outside the city, then returned after sensing fire-attribute power at the center of Qingyang City.
• Qin Ming found the three Wangjing Prefecture youths fighting the Ghost Entities and attacked the Red-Clad Female Ghost and the white-clad female ghost from behind.

Qin Ming was nearly killed by Li Qingfeng, but the Ghost Artifact landed beside him while the black-robed man fought Ghost Blade. He absorbed its Yin Qi and upgraded the Pure Yang Art, but the black-robed man noticed and charged at him.

• Qin Ming ambushed the Red-Clad Female Ghost and the white-clad female ghost, but Li Qingfeng interrupted him and sent him crashing through several houses with a sword strike.
• The black-robed man used the opening to kill the two Wangjing Prefecture Demon Hunters, then captured Li Qingfeng after mistaking the white-clad ghost for Ling'er.
• Ghost Blade emerged from a fissure and fought the black-robed man over the Ghost Artifact, and their clash sent it into the rubble above Qin Ming.
• Qin Ming touched the bloodred eyeball and absorbed its Yin Qi, gaining five thousand Free Attribute Points and raising his total to ten thousand.
• Qin Ming spent the points to advance the Pure Yang Art to Greater Mastery, while his panel continued draining Yin Qi from the Ghost Artifact.
• The black-robed man noticed the artifact weakening and charged at Qin Ming in fury.

Qin Ming used the Ghost Artifact to stop the black-robed man from killing him, but Silver Dragon arrived, defeated the ghosts, and claimed the artifact. Silver Dragon stole Qin Ming’s golden Recommendation Token and handed him over to the black-robed man, who carried Qin Ming out of Qingyang City.

• Qin Ming held up the Ghost Artifact to stop the black-robed man’s palm strike, and Silver Dragon arrived to confront the ghosts.
• Silver Dragon’s sword techniques overwhelmed the black-robed man and Ghost Blade, and he killed Ghost Blade by triggering Dark Strength within him.
• Silver Dragon forced the black-robed man to release Li Qingfeng, then agreed to hand Qin Ming over in exchange for Li Qingfeng’s safety.
• Qin Ming showed Silver Dragon his golden Recommendation Token, but Silver Dragon claimed it was stolen, confiscated it, and struck Qin Ming with a palm.
• The black-robed man took Qin Ming and fled Qingyang City while Silver Dragon kept the Ghost Artifact and token, and Li Qingfeng swore to conceal the theft.