Chapter Summaries

The group searched the Haunted House for the Ghost Room while Zhou Qiaoling encountered a terrifying mirror illusion and discovered a cursed divination item. Zhou Yue found the Ghost Room in the basement, but the Iron Gate slammed shut above him.

• Zhong Yi sent the group to search for the Ghost Room with their Cold-Pointing Needles.
• A mirror illusion made Zhou Qiaoling believe she was twisting her own neck, costing her 20 Sanity Points before the mirror shattered.
• Zhou Qiaoling found the Yin-Yang Bone Divination and drew slips that restored her Sanity Points and produced other effects or no visible result.
• Zhou Yue followed his Cold-Pointing Needle into the basement and found the Ghost Room.
• The Iron Gate above Zhou Yue suddenly slammed shut.

Zhou Yue became trapped in the basement with the old woman ghost and faced its hunt while Zhou Qiaoling, Zhong Yi, and Mu Yawen tested Yin-Yang Bone Divination. The chapter ended with the ghost closing in on Zhou Yue, who had no means to defend himself.

• Zhou Qiaoling drew a Heavenly Net slip and then a Minor Misfortune slip, but neither caused an immediate effect.
• Zhou Yue failed to open the basement gate as the temperature dropped and the lantern flickered out.
• The old woman ghost appeared behind Zhou Yue, causing his Sanity Points to plunge as he fumbled for his Spirit Lantern.
• Zhou Qiaoling, Zhong Yi, and Mu Yawen tested the divination slips and found that their results altered Sanity Points or became invalid.
• Zhou Qiaoling drew a Great Misfortune slip, and Zhong Yi reassured her that the ghost could not yet threaten them.
• The old woman ghost began its hunt, and Zhou Yue realized he had no protective items as it approached.

Zhou Qiaoling drew a Great Luck lot while Zhou Yue suffered a grisly death in the basement, only to be revived by a spirit bird. Zhou Yue escaped upstairs and reunited with the others, who wondered what had happened to him.

• Zhou Qiaoling drew the Great Luck lot, Rebirth from Despair, but nothing seemed to happen in the bedroom.
• An evil entity attacked Zhou Yue in the basement, killing him after it touched his eyes despite its promised five-minute protection period.
• A spirit bird enveloped Zhou Yue in its golden wings and revived him, and he found that the basement door had opened.
• Zhou Yue hurried upstairs, celebrating that his luck had turned, while Zhou Qiaoling thought her ominous draws had become Flowers in the Mirror, Moon on the Water.
• Zhou Yue limped into the master bedroom, and Zhong Yi asked where he had gone and why he looked so battered.

Zhou Yue recounted being trapped and killed by the Ghost Room ghost before a divine bird revived him, leading Zhong Yi to realize the bone lots’ effects had all fallen on Zhou Yue. Believing his luck had changed, Zhou Yue drew the final lot and died again when it revealed an extremely ominous result.

• Zhou Yue told Zhong Yi, Mu Yawen, and Zhou Qiaoling how the Ghost Room ghost trapped, hunted, and killed him before a divine bird revived him.
• Zhong Yi figured out that the earlier bone lots’ effects had all landed on Zhou Yue.
• Zhou Yue spotted the Yin-Yang Bone Divination cylinder, took it from Zhou Qiaoling, and drew its last bone lot.
• The lot turned black and revealed “Extremely Ominous: The Hour of the Horse Has Arrived.”
• Black deathly energy reached Zhou Yue, and ghostly hands dug into his eyes, killing him again.
• Zhong Yi and the others cried out over Zhou Yue’s corpse.

After Zhou Yue died, Zhong Yi, Mu Yawen, and Zhou Qiaoling searched the basement for clues and identified bone-chilling cold and ghost fire as two traits of the entity. They narrowed the possibilities to a Vengeful Spirit or Water Ghost, but when the corridor lights went out, Mu Yawen’s voice came from somewhere despite him standing beside Zhong Yi.

• After Zhou Yue’s death, Zhong Yi led Mu Yawen and Zhou Qiaoling into the basement, which Zhou Yue had identified as the Ghost Room.
• Zhou Qiaoling’s Cold-Pointing Needle detected bone-chilling cold and a dense deathly aura, while the other tools initially revealed no clues.
• Zhong Yi suggested the lantern light might be interfering with their tools, and the flames went out, allowing Mu Yawen to see ghost fire through the Spirit Projector.
• Zhong Yi recognized ghost fire as their second clue and led the group out to retrieve more tools, concluding that the entity was either a Vengeful Spirit or a Water Ghost.
• Zhou Qiaoling tried questioning the Spirit Communication Jade Slip, but it gave no response; after the corridor lights went out, Zhong Yi heard Mu Yawen speak from somewhere even though Mu Yawen was beside him.

Zhong Yi, Zhou Qiaoling, and Mu Yawen were hunted by a ghost after Zhou Qiaoling mentioned Old Devil Lu, and Zhong Yi sacrificed himself so the others could escape. The settlement screen revealed the entity was a Mimic Soul, disproving Zhong Yi’s confident guess that it was a Vengeful Spirit.

• Zhou Qiaoling mentioned Old Devil Lu through the Spirit Communication Jade Slip, provoking the ghost into a frenzy.
• The ghost erupted from the Jade Slip and sealed the main door, starting its hunt.
• Zhong Yi told Zhou Qiaoling and Mu Yawen to escape while he tried to stop the ghost with an Evil-warding Copper Coin.
• Zhong Yi charged the ghost, but the Copper Coin failed because it only worked when placed on the ground, and he died.
• Zhong Yi and Zhou Yue watched Mu Yawen and Zhou Qiaoling return to the carriage before the settlement identified the ghost as a Mimic Soul.

Cultivators flocked to play Lu Ze’s new ghost Illusion Realm, only to be terrified by its ghosts. After Li Moran also struggled with fear, Lu Ze challenged her to clear the highest difficulty of “Ghost Town Terror” before he would duel her.

• Cultivators mocked expert players’ failures, then Rogue Cultivators streamed their own attempts and were repeatedly frightened out of the Illusion Realm.
• Zhong Yi, Zhou Yue, Zhou Qiaoling, and Mu Yawen were wiped out again after a Painted Skin attacked them, and they realized Artifacts attracted ghosts and Amateur difficulty allowed only five attempts.
• Li Moran emerged from the Illusion Tower shaken by fear, questioned why she had felt it, and then set the experience aside.
• The Fragment of the Heavenly Dao and Lu Ze enjoyed the fear-driven Demonic Value generated by players, while Lu Ze noted that stronger ghosts could torment them more viciously.
• When Li Moran invited Lu Ze to a custom match, he refused and told her to clear the highest difficulty of “Ghost Town Terror” first; her avatar turned black and white.

Liu Ming’s midterm ghost test failed to impress the Spirit Cloud Sect disciples, and he publicly challenged Lu Ze’s Ghost Town Terror Illusion Realm. Lu Ze accepted, setting up Liu Ming to face its highest difficulty.

• Liu Ming complained to Nangong Yuan that the Spirit Cloud Sect disciples had stopped attending his classes, and Nangong explained that they were studying ghosts in Lu Ze’s Illusion Realm.
• Nangong Yuan agreed that if the Illusion Realm proved ineffective, the disciples would be required to attend Liu Ming’s classes.
• Liu Ming’s midterm test had a 95% pass rate, and disciples on the Ghost Town Terror Forum mocked how easy it was compared with Lu Ze’s Illusion Realm.
• Angered by the forum posts, Liu Ming declared under his real name that Ghost Town Terror was child's play even at its highest difficulty.
• Lu Ze saw Liu Ming’s challenge and replied that he would let him try it.

Revered Netherworld Soul challenged Lu Ze to prove his mastery of fear by playing Ghost Town Terror on its highest difficulty during a livestream. He entered Fengmen Village with punishing conditions, and his first step outside the safe zone immediately frightened him back into the carriage.

• Revered Netherworld Soul argued with netizens that the Illusion Realm was useless and insisted his lessons were superior.
• Lu Ze accepted the challenge and created a livestream room, where Revered Netherworld Soul vowed to play the highest difficulty without fear.
• Lu Ze set Revered Netherworld Soul’s game to Ghost Immortal difficulty and sent him into Fengmen Village with severe restrictions.
• Revered Netherworld Soul dismissed the viewers’ warnings, stepped out of the carriage, and was instantly gripped by fear.
• Revered Netherworld Soul returned to the carriage and carefully chose protective items as Lu Ze anticipated the difficulty would keep players from triggering their spiritual energy.

Revered Netherworld Soul returned to Fengmen Village with items to steady his nerves, then faced escalating hallucinations and a terrifying supernatural procession. The chapter ended with the red and white processions confronting each other as his Sanity Points plunged and he realized their ghostly leaders could overpower him even at full strength.

• Revered Netherworld Soul took an Evil-warding Copper Coin, Evil-dispelling Incense, matches, and a Lucidity Pill before setting out through the dark village.
• Revered Netherworld Soul mistook a Spirit Emblem for a person, suffered a horrifying hallucination, and swallowed the Lucidity Pill to restore his Sanity Points.
• Revered Netherworld Soul ignored the viewers' advice to light a lamp and headed toward the ancestral hall.
• Revered Netherworld Soul encountered an encroaching mist and eerie ceremonial sounds as his Sanity Points rapidly fell.
• White Wraiths carrying a black coffin and a red bridal procession appeared, creating a Red and White Clash that made Revered Netherworld Soul fear their leaders could crush him even at full strength.

Revered Netherworld Soul escaped a Red and White Clash and nearly completed Ghost Marriage by using Evil-dispelling Incense, but he stumbled into the Ghost Buddha’s presence. The Ghost Buddha showed him visions of his death and demanded that he bow.

• Revered Netherworld Soul realized the red and white ghost processions had tricked him, then used Evil-dispelling Incense to survive being sealed in a coffin as it filled with water.
• He awoke in a dark passage and was forced through a Ghost Marriage ceremony, escaping the final bow when Evil-dispelling Incense blinded the ghostly men.
• With the incense nearly burned out and the Danmu gone from his sight, Revered Netherworld Soul fled into a pitch-black passageway.
• Revered Netherworld Soul emerged before a black Ghost Buddha, which showed him visions of his own death and revealed itself as the true evil entity.
• The Ghost Buddha asked Revered Netherworld Soul why he did not bow after seeing the future.

Revered Netherworld Soul survived Ghost Buddha’s Illusion Realm and emerged believing he had overcome its deception, only to find Ghost Buddha had appeared in the Spirit Cloud Sect. Realizing his vision had shown the future, he faced the same demand to bow.

• Revered Netherworld Soul nearly knelt before Ghost Buddha in the Illusion Realm but remembered it was an illusion and resisted.
• Ghost Buddha crushed Revered Netherworld Soul, and the settlement screen recorded his failure to escape a ghost hunt and survive an eerie perspective.
• Back in the safe room, Revered Netherworld Soul boasted that the Illusion Realm had not troubled him and angrily called for Lu Ze to apologize.
• Nangong Yuan stumbled into Revered Netherworld Soul’s room, warned him to run, and was crushed by the deathly aura behind him.
• Ghost Buddha appeared in the Spirit Cloud Sect, and Revered Netherworld Soul realized his earlier vision had been a real future as Ghost Buddha asked why he would not bow.

Lu Ze’s Ghost Buddha Illusion Realm drove Revered Netherworld Soul to a breakdown and exposed his collusion with the Demon Path. After the Spirit Cloud Sect confirmed the Ghost Calamity plot, Lu Ze received a system upgrade and considered making a different kind of game.

• The Ghost Buddha trapped Revered Netherworld Soul in an Illusion Realm within an Illusion Realm, terrifying him until he kowtowed and begged for mercy before vanishing from the simulation.
• Nangong Yuan and Lu Ze found Revered Netherworld Soul broken in the guest quarters, and his words revealed his ties to the Demon Path.
• The Spirit Cloud Sect investigated by disguising themselves as the Ghost Buddha, and Revered Netherworld Soul confessed that the Demon Path had promised him Ghost Immortal power in exchange for helping cause the Ghost Calamity.
• Revered Netherworld Soul lost his reverence, his soul cultivation path, and much of his cultivation, while Ghost Immortal difficulty became infamous across Tianxuan Continent.
• Lu Ze completed his mission and received an upgrade that increased his Demonic Value gain coefficient, prompting him to consider making a heartbreaker game.

Zhou Yue destroyed the Ghost Immortal and captured the Demon Cultivators behind the Ghost Calamity, while cultivators across the sects learned to resist ghosts by playing Lu Ze’s Illusion Realm. Lu Ze advanced to the Nascent Soul Realm and received word that Chi Shengtian had found the Spiritual Sense-enhancing treasure he promised.

• Demon Path leaders discussed the Ghost Immortal’s formation and planned to use it to slaughter Righteous Path disciples, then learned Zhou Yue was coming to Immortal Abyss Continent.
• Zhou Yue reported to Chao Wendao that he had killed the Ghost Immortal and captured the Demon Cultivators responsible for the Ghost Calamity.
• After learning that Zhou Yue had resisted the Ghost Immortal, the major sects and Rogue Cultivators began playing Lu Ze’s “Ghost Town Terror” Illusion Realm to overcome their fear of ghosts.
• Lu Ze benefited from the Illusion Realm’s popularity, accumulated enough Demonic Value, and advanced to the Nascent Soul Realm.
• Lu Ze tested his Illusion Realm’s range, found it reached six thousand meters, and considered making smaller versions of large-scale games.
• Chi Shengtian sent Lu Ze a voice transmission to say that he had found the promised Heavenly Treasure that could enhance Spiritual Sense.

Lu Ze broke through to the Nascent Soul Realm, expanded his illusion range to ten thousand meters, and faced a new group of cultivators competing with his illusion games. When Zhong Yi warned that the Illusion Alliance was attracting attention with unrestricted combat, Lu Ze remained confident that their creations could not match his.

• Zhou Qiaoling challenged Lu Ze to a spar, but was shocked when he revealed his Nascent Soul Realm cultivation and then beat her black and blue.
• Chi Shengtian gave Lu Ze the Mystic Sea Hidden Sky Flower, and Lu Ze arranged for Lin Qingxuan to refine it into a pill that would strengthen his Spiritual Sense.
• Lu Ze swallowed the supreme-grade pill and discovered that his illusion range had grown to ten thousand meters.
• Zhong Yi told Lu Ze that the Illusion Alliance was promoting free combat illusions made by powerful cultivators and had begun advertising on Lu Ze's forums.
• Lu Ze dismissed Zhong Yi's worries, insisting that the Heavenly Dao did not favor their illusions and that his own creations were more fun.

Lu Ze tested the Illusion Alliance’s Heavenly Dao Mystic Realm and judged its unrestricted combat design would drive away weaker cultivators. Seeing an opportunity to demonstrate a better kind of free combat, he announced that he would soon release Naraka: Bladepoint.

• Lu Ze entered the Illusion Alliance’s Heavenly Dao Mystic Realm and found that cultivators could bring their real cultivation levels and abilities into its battles.
• Lu Ze concluded that the realm’s lack of balance would make weaker players quit and eventually leave only powerful cultivators.
• Lu Ze decided to create a battle royale inspired by Naraka: Bladepoint, adapting its martial arts combat for the Cultivation World.
• Lu Ze announced Naraka: Bladepoint server-wide and challenged the Illusion Alliance to see how real free combat should be done.

Du Cheng and Jiang Lingfeng tried to boost the Illusion Alliance’s failing Heavenly Dao Mystic Realm while preparing to outsize Lu Ze’s upcoming free-combat illusion. Lu Ze finished building his Naraka: Bladepoint illusion and accepted Li Moran’s challenge to settle their rivalry there.

• Jiang Lingfeng warned Du Cheng that the Heavenly Dao Mystic Realm was losing players, and Du Cheng promised to make disciples use it daily.
• Du Cheng claimed Lu Ze’s illusion could not match the Alliance’s in scale, so Jiang Lingfeng planned to expand theirs to ten thousand meters.
• Forum users argued over the rival illusions as the Heavenly Dao Mystic Realm’s player count fell and cultivators awaited Lu Ze’s release.
• Lu Ze completed Naraka: Bladepoint’s map and balanced movement system, then tested it with cyber souls.
• Li Moran challenged Lu Ze after clearing Ghost Immortal difficulty, and Lu Ze suggested they spar in his new illusion.

Zhong Yi, Zhou Yue, and Mu Yawen tried Lu Ze’s new Illusion Realm, “Naraka: Bladepoint,” and learned its combat mechanics on Juku Island. Zhong Yi defeated the tutorial version of Master Tianhai, then was killed by a hidden archer.

• Zhong Yi argued with Illusion Alliance players about the scale of their Illusion Realms until Zhou Yue and Mu Yawen called his attention to Lu Ze’s new release.
• The three watched the “Naraka: Bladepoint” trailer and discussed its setting, characters, and low-martial combat.
• Zhong Yi, Zhou Yue, and Mu Yawen logged in and learned the Illusion Realm’s weapons, attacks, dodges, equipment, and survival mechanics.
• Zhong Yi defeated Master Tianhai in the tutorial and laughed that Lu Ze had gone easy on him.
• A hidden archer shot Zhong Yi through the skull as he headed toward his quest destination.

Zhong Yi, Mu Yawen, and Zhou Yue entered the Chosen Ones mode of Naraka: Bladepoint, explored their characters and appearances, and began a match on Juku Island. The chapter left them aboard the flying ship as Zhong Yi chose Tianren City as their landing destination.

• Zhong Yi invited Mu Yawen and Zhou Yue to play after they finished Lu Ze's beginner tutorial.
• The three chose trio mode in Chosen Ones, and Mu Yawen and Zhou Yue selected Yue Shan and Ji Canghai while Zhong Yi studied the characters' Skills.
• Zhong Yi selected Master Tianhai and entered the preparation area in his outfit, while Mu Yawen and Zhou Yue transformed into their chosen characters.
• The trio appeared aboard a flying ship above the enormous Juku Island and learned they could choose where to land.
• Zhong Yi examined the map, spotted the high-resource areas, and pointed to Tianren City as their destination.

Zhong Yi, Zhou Yue, and Mu Yawen tried to reach Tianren City in the Illusion Realm while the cultivators aboard the flying ship deceived one another about where they were jumping. They reached the city ahead of a crowd, but their attempt to fight Chu Feiyu ended with him armed with a spear and Mu Yawen knocked away.

• Zhong Yi urged Zhou Yue to keep Tianren City’s location quiet, and the three plotted to get there while others were drawn toward Buzhou Beach.
• Chu Feiyu provoked the cultivators aboard the flying ship into pursuing him to Buzhou Beach, but he and dozens of others secretly jumped toward Tianren City.
• Zhong Yi, Zhou Yue, and Mu Yawen opened their Spirit Umbrellas and descended toward Tianren City, only to discover Chu Feiyu and many others gliding there behind them.
• The three landed and chased Chu Feiyu, who fled into a dilapidated tiled house before emerging with a spear.
• Zhou Yue retreated from Chu Feiyu, and Mu Yawen tried to disarm him with a barehanded technique but was sent flying.