Chapter Summaries

Ling Pengyun agreed to send Ling Lihao to guard Qianyuan Market in exchange for the Ling Clan’s share of its profits, then used the Primordial Scripture to improve his natal inheritances. The chapter ended with him raising those inheritances to Grade Six Mid-Rank.

• Ling Pengyun agreed to dispatch Ling Lihao to Qianyuan Market to help Hundred Mysteries Mountain deal with Void Refinement bandits.
• After the Void Refinement Ceremony ended, Ling Pengyun sent Ling Lihao to the market, increased his salary, and offered a reward for every Void Refinement bandit he killed.
• Ling Lihao arrived at Qianyuan Market and began searching for troublesome bandit cultivators.
• Ling Pengyun used Spirit Stones to feed the Primordial Scripture and improve his comprehension of his natal inheritances.
• Within a few years, Ling Pengyun raised his natal inheritances to Grade Six Mid-Rank.

Ling Pengyun’s Yellow Sand Treasure-Seeking Rat reached Nascent Soul and uncovered valuable resources in the Three Demon Minor Realm, while members of the Lineage made major contributions elsewhere. After learning of two valuable minor mystic realms in the Myriad Ghost Realm and checking in with the Frost Immortal Sect, Ling Pengyun returned to oversee the Lineage, leaving the sect elders puzzled by his secrecy.

• The Yellow Sand Treasure-Seeking Rat broke through to Nascent Soul, revealed its expanded treasure-sensing abilities, and agreed to search the Three Demon Minor Realm for a ninety-ten share of its finds.
• Over the next several years, the rat uncovered spiritual plants and mineral veins, reached Nascent Soul Late Stage, and helped the Lineage earn a fortune.
• Ling Lihao slew a Void Refinement bandit near Qianyuan Market with a Grade Six Low-Rank Natal Talisman, advanced his talisman arts, and helped stabilize the area.
• Yan Siyi increased the Lineage’s supply of spirit food while advancing her cultivation and spirit-chef skills, and Ling Pengxing learned of two Fifth Grade Peak minor mystic realms in the Myriad Ghost Realm.
• Ling Pengyun visited the Frost Immortal Sect, learned that Old Sect Master Frost had greatly improved his success rate at refining Void Refinement spiritual objects, and left Communication Talismans before returning to the Lineage.

Ling Pengyun arranged for Ling Lihao to lead Household cultivators in answering the Sun Moon Immortal Sect’s call while he and his wife prepared to attack two minor mystic realms of the Wu Earth Spirit Ghost Clan. After the fleet departed, Primordial Unity Heavenly Monarch invited Ling Pengyun to help attack several Ghost Dao minor mystic realms, including a Grade Six Low-Rank realm, and Ling Pengyun agreed to consider them after the Wu Earth realms.

• Ling Pengyun received the Sun Moon Immortal Sect’s request for the Household to send cultivators to contain the Myriad Ghost Realm’s forces and agreed to participate.
• Ling Pengyun assigned Ling Lihao to lead the Household’s response, gave him Grade Six protective items and two Spirit Treasures, and left candidate selection to Ling Cheng Yuan and the elders.
• Ling Lihao led a fleet of Household cultivators toward the Sun Moon Immortal Sect as Ling Pengyun watched them depart from Crimson Feather Small Mountain.
• Primordial Unity Heavenly Monarch visited Ling Pengyun and said Hunwen Dao Lord would lead the Primordial Unity Lineage’s contingent, equipped with Spirit Treasures from the Three Demon Minor Realm.
• Primordial Unity Heavenly Monarch invited Ling Pengyun to help attack several Ghost Dao minor mystic realms, including a Grade Six Low-Rank realm, and Ling Pengyun agreed to first target the Wu Earth Spirit Ghost Clan’s two Fifth Grade Peak realms.

Ling Pengyun led the Lingxiao Ling Clan’s cultivators into the Myriad Ghost Realm to seize the Wu Earth Spirit Ghost Clan’s Wu Abyss Minor Secret Realm. The Evil Eye Spirit Ghost Clan withdrew rather than clash with them, leaving Ling Pengyun’s forces to assault the realm’s guardian array.

• Yan Siyi reported that the Lineage’s forces and minor secret realms remained secure, and Ling Pengyun decided it was time to attack an enemy secret realm.
• Ling Pengyun and Yan Siyi gathered nearly ten million cultivators, while Cheng Xin stayed behind and gave them talismans, healing pills, and other supplies.
• Ling Pengyun led the expedition through a transmission array to the Wu Abyss Minor Secret Realm, where the Evil Eye Spirit Ghost Clan was already fighting the Wu Earth Spirit Ghost Clan.
• The Evil Eye Spirit Ghost Clan learned who Ling Pengyun was and withdrew after deciding not to provoke the Lingxiao Ling Clan.
• Ling Pengyun ordered the Lineage’s cultivators to attack, and their battle arrays battered the Wu Abyss Minor Secret Realm’s guardian array with cracks.

Ling Pengyun trapped the Wu Earth Spirit Ghost Clan forces in the Wu Abyss Minor Secret Realm and led his allies in wiping them out, leaving Ghost Monarch Wu Chen alive. He then gave Yan Siyi the chance to gain combat experience by making her fight Wu Chen inside his Nether Void Domain.

• Ghost Monarch Wu Chen called for reinforcements, but the Wu Earth Spirit Ghost Clan ordered him to withdraw because it could not spare forces against the Evil Eye Spirit Ghost Clan.
• Ling Pengyun used the Nether Void Blade to seal the secret realm’s space and prevent Wu Chen and his forces from escaping.
• Ling Pengyun and his allies broke through the grand array, killed the ordinary evil ghosts, and captured Ghost Monarch Wu Chen alive.
• Ling Pengyun trapped Wu Chen in the Nether Void Domain and invited Yan Siyi to use him as a sparring partner.
• Yan Siyi attacked Wu Chen with her Mandarin Duck Fire Cloud Pot and its Yin Moon Morning Glow Mandarin Duck, forcing him back with its flame that consumed his ghostly qi.
• Wu Chen complained that Ling Pengyun was toying with him by leaving Yan Siyi to fight alone.

Yan Siyi defeated Ghost Monarch Wu Chen and captured his soul, while Ling Pengyun’s Lineage secured the Wu Abyss Minor Secret Realm and began converting it into a hidden Righteous Path stronghold. With the initial work complete, Ling Pengyun prepared to lead the Lineage onward to their next destination.

• Yan Siyi used the Mandarin Duck Treasure Fire and her deep spiritual power reserves to defeat Ghost Monarch Wu Chen and capture his soul.
• Yan Siyi brought Wu Chen’s spoils to Ling Pengyun, and they agreed to divide the items and reforge his Ghost Tools for her.
• Ling Pengyun and Yan Siyi ordered their Lineage members to gather the spoils and begin purifying, fortifying, and concealing the Wu Abyss Minor Secret Realm.
• About half a month later, Ling Pengyun decided to leave the remaining secret-realm work to others and activated the Teleportation Array.
• Ling Pengyun ordered the Lineage members who had fought in the battle to enter the array and set out for the next destination.

Ling Pengyun’s forces seized the Wu Water Minor Secret Realm after driving off the Evil Eye Spirit Ghost Clan and killing the Wu Earth Spirit Ghost Clan’s defenders. Meanwhile, Ling Pengxing joined the Evil Eye Spirit Ghost Clan’s plan to attack the weakened Wu Earth Spirit Spirit Ghost Clan’s clan grounds.

• Ling Pengyun arrived at the Wu Water Minor Secret Realm, where the Evil Eye Spirit Ghost Clan was besieging it, and its Void Refinement cultivator offered to share the spoils if the Ling Clan left.
• Ling Pengyun refused, drove the Evil Eye Spirit Ghost Clan away, then led his forces in breaching the realm’s array and killing its Wu Earth Spirit Ghost Clan defenders.
• Ling Pengyun collected the spoils, including a second Void Refinement Ghost Monarch soul, and left guards behind as he prepared to move on.
• The Evil Eye Spirit Ghost Clan’s Void Refinement cultivator returned to the Myriad Ghost Realm and proposed attacking the weakened Wu Earth Spirit Ghost Clan’s clan grounds; the clan’s leaders agreed and gathered their forces.
• Ling Pengxing joined the assault, intending to earn merit and gain standing that could help him locate more Ghost Dao Minor Secret Realms for the Lineage.

Ling Pengyun reforged five Ghost Treasures into Spirit Treasures, then secured four stackable Void Refinement spiritual items to prepare Ling Yunhong for a breakthrough. After his forces recovered, he joined the Primordial Unity Heavenly Monarch and led a huge army toward a powerful Ghost Dao minor secret realm.

• Ling Pengyun reforged five Ghost Treasures into Spirit Treasures and let Yan Siyi choose a flying sword, flying saber, and magical shield.
• Yan Siyi gave Ling Pengyun four Void Refinement treasure liquids from Old Sect Master Frost, and Ling Pengyun exchanged two surplus bottles for other spiritual items with different effects.
• Ling Pengyun assembled four stackable Void Refinement spiritual items to improve Ling Yunhong's chances of breaking through and planned to gather Spirit Stones for a strand of Void Refinement creation aura.
• Several months later, Ling Pengyun and the recovered Lineage cultivators met the Primordial Unity Heavenly Monarch and agreed to attack the strongest grade six low-rank Ghost Dao Minor Secret Realm the Primordial Unity Lineage had found.
• The Primordial Unity Heavenly Monarch activated a Teleportation Array, and Ling Pengyun, Yan Siyi, and their armies followed his forces through the space channel.

Ling Pengyun led the Primordial Unity Lineage’s forces to the Five Metals Minor Secret Realm, intending to cripple the Five Howling Ghost Sect and draw its reinforcements into a trap. He hoped the attack would also tempt the Evil Eye Spirit Ghost Clan to seize the sect’s valuable Ghost Veins, advancing the Lineage’s plans in the Myriad Ghost Realm.

• Ling Pengyun and tens of millions of cultivators emerged from a spatial rift and flew to the Five Metals Minor Secret Realm, a valuable stronghold of the Five Howling Ghost Sect.
• The Primordial Unity Heavenly Monarch warned Ling Pengyun that the sect’s remaining forces could reinforce the secret realm and turn the assault into a conflict with the entire sect.
• Ling Pengyun told the Primordial Unity Heavenly Monarch to hold back and prolong the battle until reinforcements arrived, so he could catch them all in one net.
• Ling Pengyun planned to cripple the Five Howling Ghost Sect and use Ling Pengxing’s ties to the Evil Eye Spirit Ghost Clan to encourage it to seize the sect’s Ghost Veins.
• Ling Pengyun resolved that the plan had to begin with taking the Five Metals Minor Secret Realm, leaving the Primordial Unity Heavenly Monarch speechless.

Ling Pengyun persuaded Primordial Unity Heavenly Monarch to join his plan to draw in the Five Howling Ghost Sect’s forces by attacking their Five Metals Minor Secret Realm. As the attackers battered its protective array, Golden-White Ghost Monarch called for reinforcements and held the array, expecting the sect’s forces to arrive and defeat them.

• Primordial Unity Heavenly Monarch agreed to Ling Pengyun’s plan after witnessing his powerful aura, and they agreed to divide any spoils according to their contributions.
• Ling Pengyun and his allies attacked the Five Metals Minor Secret Realm, with Ling Pengyun using the Five Elements Dharma Bead to summon a thunder flood dragon against its protective array.
• Primordial Unity Heavenly Monarch and the other cultivators added their own attacks while holding back their full strength.
• Golden-White Ghost Monarch sensed the assault and wondered how the concealed secret realm had been discovered.
• Golden-White Ghost Monarch sent a message to the Five Howling Ghost Sect for reinforcements and led the secret realm’s ghost cultivators in defending the array.

The Five Howling Ghost Sect mobilized its forces to ambush Ling Pengyun and the Righteous Path cultivators in the Five Metals Minor Secret Realm. Ling Pengyun unleashed the Thunder Flood Dragon’s full power and sealed the realm’s escape route, leaving the ghost cultivators trapped.

• The Five Howling Ghost Sect confirmed the situation in the secret realm and sent its sect master, the Five Howling Ghost Monarch, with hundreds of millions of ghost cultivators to attack Ling Pengyun’s group.
• The Five Howling Ghost Monarch trapped the invaders with the Five Howling Bronze Bell and attacked Ling Pengyun using the Five Howling Ghost Banner and powerful ghost techniques.
• Ling Pengyun poured his spiritual power into the Thunder Flood Dragon, raising its strength to that of a sixth-layer Void Refinement demonic beast.
• The Thunder Flood Dragon shattered the bronze bell’s barrier and the secret realm’s formation, forcing the Five Howling Ghost Monarch to defend himself with grade-six defensive talismans.
• The Five Howling Ghost Monarch ordered the ghost cultivators to retreat through the secret realm’s Teleportation Array, but Ling Pengyun used the Nether Void Blade to block their escape.
• The Five Howling Ghost Monarch and the other ghost cultivators realized they were trapped and fell into despair.

Ling Pengyun and his companions defeated the Five Howling Ghost Sect forces in the Five Metals Minor Secret Realm and killed them all. Ling Pengyun collected their treasures and sent a message to Pengxing Clan Brother, leaving the next move pending.

• The Five Howling Ghost Monarch begged Ling Pengyun to spare the sect in exchange for its wealth, but Ling Pengyun refused and said someone would collect it from the Myriad Souls Ghost Realm.
• Ling Pengyun and his companions broke the secret realm's formation and slaughtered the Five Howling Ghost Monarch and the other ghost cultivators.
• Ling Pengyun sent a special message to Pengxing Clan Brother with the Nether Void Blade, then joined Yan Siyi and the others in gathering the spoils.
• Ling Pengyun took the Five Howling Ghost Monarch's Primordial Spirit, the Five Howling Ghost Banner, and the Five Howling Bronze Bell, considering how the treasures could aid his cultivation and spiritual treasures.
• Ling Pengyun also recovered valuables from the two other Void Refinement Early Stage Ghost Monarchs, including ghost treasures and rare items.

Ling Pengyun’s Lineage secured the Five Metals Minor Secret Realm and its Ghost Veins, gaining a major source of future wealth and a potential hidden refuge. The Primordial Unity Heavenly Monarch returned to the Clear Mist Realm to seek resources for a breakthrough to the Void Refinement mid-stage, while Ling Pengyun considered future raids on other secret realms.

• Ling Pengyun’s Lineage traded part of its spoils to the Primordial Unity Lineage and acquired the entire Five Metals Minor Secret Realm, including its grand formation and all its Ghost Veins.
• Ling Pengyun planned to relocate the secret realm and eventually turn its Ghost Veins into spirit veins, making it a secure refuge and continuing source of income for his Lineage.
• Yan Siyi and the Lineage’s cultivators received a substantial share of wealth after helping kill a Void Refinement early stage Ghost Monarch.
• The Primordial Unity Heavenly Monarch gained enough resources to consider attempting a breakthrough and hurried back to the Clear Mist Realm to seek Boundary Breaking Spirit Items.
• Ling Pengyun reflected that a stronger Primordial Unity Heavenly Monarch could help his Lineage attack several other fifth grade peak Ghost Dao Secret Realms.

Ling Pengyun secured and relocated the Five Metals Minor Secret Realm, then learned that the Evil Eye Spirit Ghost Clan was close to capturing the Five Howling Ghost Sect’s lands. The story left the sect’s remaining forces and five rival Void Refinement cultivators defending Five Howling Ghost Mountain together against the clan.

• Ling Pengyun used the Nether Void Blade and a special array to move the Five Metals Minor Secret Realm far from its original location, while Array Formation Masters repaired its protective Ghost Dao array.
• Ling Pengyun inspected the secret realm and found that the Lineage had developed its spirit veins and planted spirit plants for both righteous and ghost cultivators.
• Ling Pengyun contacted Ling Pengxing and learned that the Evil Eye Spirit Ghost Clan had attacked the Five Howling Ghost Sect after confirming its elites had been killed.
• The Evil Eye Spirit Ghost Clan occupied nearly seventy percent of the sect’s ordinary treasure lands and began besieging Five Howling Ghost Mountain, while Ling Pengyun returned to Scarlet Feather Mountain to reforge ghost treasures.
• The Five Howling Ghost Sect’s remaining Void Refinement cultivator allied with five rival Void Refinement experts to defend Five Howling Ghost Mountain, agreeing to surrender most of the sect’s lands and inheritances if they repelled the clan.

Five Peace Ghost Monarch defended the Five Howling Ghost Sect from the Evil Eye Spirit Ghost Clan with help from five surrounding ghost-path forces. After nearly half a month of attacks weakened the sect’s protective array, Ghost Night Heavenly Monarch used a Nether Abyss Formation-Breaking Talisman to drain its essence, leaving Five Peace Ghost Monarch alarmed.

• Five Peace Ghost Monarch returned from the front lines to defend the Five Howling Ghost Sect after the sect master and others were killed in the Five Metals Minor Secret Realm.
• Five Peace Ghost Monarch pressured five allied Void Refinement cultivators to stop holding back, and they brought their abilities and disciples into the battle.
• Five Peace Ghost Monarch controlled the Five-Origin Soul-Void Ghost Array and its five soul spirits to help hold off Ghost Night Heavenly Monarch and the Evil Eye Spirit Ghost Clan.
• Over nearly half a month, the Evil Eye Spirit Ghost Clan battered the array until it had only about half its strength remaining.
• Ghost Night Heavenly Monarch used a grade six mid-rank Nether Abyss Formation-Breaking Talisman to drain the array’s essence, and Five Peace Ghost Monarch realized the danger.

Five Peace Ghost Monarch trapped Ghost Night Heavenly Monarch with two powerful talismans while Ling Pengxing confronted three Void Refinement Early Stage cultivators. Ling Pengxing unleashed a devastating sword strike that overwhelmed their Ghost Treasures.

• Ghost Night Heavenly Monarch entered Five Howling Ghost Mountain and attacked Five Peace Ghost Monarch, whose defensive items protected him.
• Five Peace Ghost Monarch trapped Ghost Night Heavenly Monarch with the Five Howling Prison Talisman and attacked him with the Five Howling Tiger Shadow Talisman.
• Ling Pengxing and the Evil Eye Spirit Ghost Clan's forces moved to help Ghost Night Heavenly Monarch, while five allied Ghost Monarchs went to stop them.
• Ling Pengxing faced three Void Refinement Early Stage cultivators alone and unleashed his Ghost Immortal Flying Sword's Annihilation Slash.
• Ling Pengxing's hundred-zhang sword knocked aside the enemies' Ghost Treasures and battered their defensive barriers, leaving the three cultivators stunned.

Ling Pengxing used Ghost Dao talismans and a desperate technique to overcome three Flame Demon Ghost Sect cultivators attacking him at Five Howling Mountain. He killed all three and captured their souls, leaving him with valuable spoils and a chance to claim further rewards.

• The Evil Eye Spirit Ghost Clan cultivators saw Ling Pengxing hold off three enemies and turned to fight the other Ghost Dao forces, easing Ghost Night Heavenly Monarch’s situation.
• Ling Pengxing decided to kill the three Flame Demon Ghost Sect cultivators and unleashed more than a dozen Grade Six Low-Rank Ghost Dao attack talismans against them.
• The three Flame Demon Ghost Sect cultivators used Flame Demon Transformation, raising their cultivation to the fourth layer of Void Refinement and attacking with Flame Demon Ghostfire.
• Ling Pengxing used his Spirit-Raising Divine Ability to raise his cultivation to the Void Refinement Peak Third Layer, then cut one enemy down with a Heaven-Shaking Sword strike.
• Ling Pengxing restored his Ghost Power with Ghost Pills, killed the remaining two cultivators, and captured all three souls for the Lineage.

Ling Pengxing helped the Evil Eye Spirit Ghost Clan destroy the Five Howling Ghost Sect, then led an attack that eliminated the Flame Demon Ghost Sect and the Azure Yin Ghost Sect. The clan gained vast territory and resources, while Ling Pengxing settled into cultivation and planned to take control of it later.

• Ling Pengxing killed the three Flame Demon Ghost Sect cultivators, joined the battle, and helped the Evil Eye Spirit Ghost Clan defeat the Five Howling Ghost Sect.
• Ghost Night Heavenly Monarch and Ling Pengxing killed Five Peace Ghost Monarch, the two Azure Yin Immortal Sect cultivators, and the surviving Five Howling Ghost Sect forces.
• The Evil Eye Spirit Ghost Clan rewarded Ling Pengxing with resources and a share of Five Howling Mountain, then agreed to help him conquer the Flame Demon Ghost Sect's territory.
• Ling Pengxing and the clan's forces destroyed the Flame Demon Ghost Sect and the Azure Yin Ghost Sect, greatly expanding the clan's holdings.
• Ling Pengxing considered helping the clan grow stronger before taking it over, then entered secluded cultivation on Five Howling Mountain.

After breaking through to Void Refinement Third Layer, Ling Pengxing asked Ling Pengyun to reforge his Ghost Immortal Flying Sword, which advanced to Grade Six Mid-Rank and greatly increased his strength. The two agreed it was time to bring the Evil Eye Spirit Ghost Clan under their control, and Ling Pengxing returned to Five Howling Mountain to confront its leaders.

• Ling Pengxing reached Void Refinement Third Layer and advanced his Sword Dao mastery to Grade Six Mid-Rank.
• Ling Pengxing gathered the materials to reforge his Ghost Immortal Flying Sword and secretly sought Ling Pengyun's help.
• Ling Pengyun and Ling Pengxing reforged the sword in the Five Metals Minor Secret Realm, and it survived the tribulation to reach Grade Six Mid-Rank.
• Ling Pengxing tested the sword against Ling Pengyun and found it let him contend with cultivators at Void Refinement Fifth or Sixth Layer.
• Ling Pengyun proposed taking control of the Evil Eye Spirit Ghost Clan, and Ling Pengxing agreed before returning to Five Howling Mountain to seek out the clan's leaders.

Ling Pengxing forced Ghost Night Heavenly Monarch and the Evil Eye Spirit Ghost Clan’s three Void Refinement cultivators to submit, then took most of the clan’s stored treasures for the Lineage. After Ling Pengyun praised his success and gave him cultivation resources, he secretly refined some of the new Ghost Dao Spirit Objects, producing two strands of Void Refinement Qi and preparing two further opportunities for Ling Pengxing.

• Ling Pengxing demonstrated the power of his reforged Ghost Immortal Flying Sword, overcame Ghost Night Heavenly Monarch, and persuaded him and the three other Void Refinement cultivators to submit.
• Ling Pengxing placed restrictions in the four cultivators’ Seas of Consciousness and took most of the Evil Eye Spirit Ghost Clan’s stored Ghost Dao Spirit Objects, leaving some for the clan.
• Ling Pengxing ordered the clan’s cultivators to gather intelligence on the Realm Chaos, powerful factions, and hidden minor realms, then secretly met Ling Pengyun and handed over the treasures.
• Ling Pengyun praised Ling Pengxing’s work, rewarded him with high-grade cultivation resources, and asked him to wait while he entered seclusion to prepare two opportunities.
• Ling Pengyun fed selected Ghost Dao Spirit Objects into the Primordial Scripture, which condensed two strands of Void Refinement Qi.