Chapter Summaries

Xiao Zhen fought Black Mountain Demon’s avatar, matching the demon’s attacks with the thirteenth level of Fire Dance Whirlwind. When Xiao Zhen replenished his battle qi with medicinal pills, Black Mountain Demon began sacrificing his own ghost soldiers to recover his strength, leaving their battle unresolved.

• Xiao Zhen drove back Black Mountain Demon’s tentacles with his flaming sword and decided to use the thirteenth level of Fire Dance Whirlwind.
• Black Mountain Demon burned the power of his avatar and attacked Xiao Zhen with a barrage of eerie heads, saying he no longer cared about taking Nie Xiaoqian back.
• Xiao Zhen drank bottles of Fourth-grade Medicinal Pills to restore his battle qi and sustain his attack.
• Black Mountain Demon sent his tentacles among his ghost soldiers, draining their yin energy to replenish his power.
• Xiao Zhen considered fleeing into the Mecha Beast World and summoning robots as a backup while Black Mountain Demon challenged him to outlast the demon’s sacrifices.

Xiao Zhen destroyed Black Mountain Demon's avatar but was badly injured by its explosive death and hid in an abandoned village to recover. Meanwhile, the Amethyst Winged Lion King arrived at Fire God Mountain to warn the Fire Wolf King about powerful invaders taking over the Magical Beast Mountain Range and ask to see his lady.

• Xiao Zhen used his concealment ability to get behind Black Mountain Demon and split the avatar in two with his sword.
• Black Mountain Demon's avatar exploded, leaving Xiao Zhen seriously injured before he fled to a remote village and concealed it.
• Black Mountain Demon learned that his avatar had been destroyed and threatened Xiao Zhen from the Underworld.
• The wounded Amethyst Winged Lion King reached Fire God Mountain and asked the Fire Wolf King to take him to his lady.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King told the Fire Wolf King that the Tiger King and another invader had defeated several rulers and seized their territories across the Magical Beast Mountain Range.

Tiger King and Tyrannosaurus God faced a massive magical beast army gathered outside Dragon Tiger City. The woman leading it introduced herself as Chiyu, the sole ruler of the Magical Beast Mountain Range.

• Tyrannosaurus God admitted he sensed an approaching crisis, but Tiger King dismissed his fears.
• An Ice Wolf Beast reported that a huge horde of magical beasts had surrounded Dragon Tiger City, and the two War Kings went to inspect it.
• Tiger King and Tyrannosaurus God saw that several Sixth-Tier Magical Beasts had joined the horde.
• Chiyu emerged from the beasts, flew above the city, and asked Tiger King and Tyrannosaurus God what kind of magical beasts they were and where they came from.
• Tiger King challenged Chiyu to introduce herself, and she said she was the sole ruler of the Magical Beast Mountain Range.

Chiyu confronted Tiger King and Tyrannosaurus God for violating her rules and fought them both at once. The battle continued with Chiyu holding her ground against their combined attacks.

• Chiyu declared that Tiger King and Tyrannosaurus God would be punished for slaughtering high-tier Magical Beasts.
• Tyrannosaurus God fired Dragon King Cannons while Tiger King used the smoke to attack Chiyu with Storm Nebula Split, but she vanished and struck Tiger King from behind.
• Tyrannosaurus God attacked Chiyu with Dragon Emperor's Other Dimension and followed with a punch, while Chiyu countered both attacks and forced the two to retreat.
• Tiger King transformed into robot form and attacked Chiyu again with Storm Nebula Split, while Tyrannosaurus God joined the assault from behind.
• Chiyu fought Tiger King with one hand and blocked Tyrannosaurus God's attack with the other, leaving the watching Magical Beasts cheering as she held her own.

Chiyu defeated Tiger King and Tyrannosaurus God, then spared them after they agreed to stop casually slaughtering magical beasts and serve under her. The two War Kings accepted for now and planned to wait for Xiao Zhen to return, while the Ice Wolf Beasts and Black Panther Beasts watched them lose.

• Chiyu forced Tiger King and Tyrannosaurus God to retreat after they fought her for several minutes and became badly depleted.
• Chiyu recalled how Yun Potian had slaughtered the other Seventh-Tier Magical Beasts, prompting her to hide and cultivate for centuries.
• Tiger King and Tyrannosaurus God privately agreed to placate Chiyu and conserve their Energy Amethysts until Xiao Zhen returned.
• Chiyu secured the War Kings' promise not to casually kill magical beasts and to obey her orders, while swearing not to use them as cannon fodder.
• Chiyu rebuked the Amethyst Winged Lion King for doubting the agreement, then left with the Fire Wolf King and his subordinates.
• Tiger King and Tyrannosaurus God decided to wait for Xiao Zhen, while the Ice Wolf Beasts and Black Panther Beasts looked dejected at their defeat.

After defeating the Black Mountain Demon's avatar, Xiao Zhen recovered from his injuries while Nie Xiaoqian and Xiaoqing competed to care for him. The next morning, he practiced alchemy and successfully refined several Third-grade and a Fourth-grade pill, then wondered whether he could make Fifth-grade pills.

• Xiao Zhen swallowed healing pills, and Nie Xiaoqian and Xiaoqing argued over who would treat his injured backside.
• Xiao Zhen ordered Xiaoqing to boil bathwater while Nie Xiaoqian applied medicinal powder to his wounds.
• The next morning, Xiao Zhen found his injury nearly healed and recalled that his butt was the one weakness of his Indestructible Vajra Body.
• Xiao Zhen studied how to refine the Tree Demon's Demonic Core into a Healing Pill and decided to practice with other ingredients first.
• Xiao Zhen refined several marked Third-grade Medicinal Pills and a high-quality Fourth-grade Medicinal Pill, then considered trying Fifth-grade alchemy when he found the required materials.

After refining a low-quality Fifth-grade healing pill, Xiao Zhen prepared to test whether modern weapons could harm ghosts before confronting the Black Mountain Demon. He went hunting at night and arrived as a female ghost was about to drain a young man in a town.

• Xiao Zhen used the Demonic Core to refine a low-quality Fifth-grade Medicinal Pill, but the process cracked his Brass Cauldron beyond repair.
• Xiao Zhen planned to test weapons against vicious wandering ghosts and collected an assortment of weapons from the Mecha Beast World.
• At night, Xiao Zhen flew toward a town where a female ghost had been preying on men and preventing residents from escaping.
• The female ghost cornered a weakened young man and threatened to drain him again while the townsfolk hid nearby.

Xiao Zhen captured three ghosts and tested weapons on the Hanged Ghost to see what could harm spirits. He found that bullets and a rocket launcher did nothing, then aimed a High-Voltage Electric Gun at the terrified ghost.

• Xiao Zhen trapped the Female Ghost who was attacking Wang Er and left with her and two other ghosts imprisoned in his energy cage.
• Wang Er told the townspeople that Xiao Zhen had saved him, and the town later built a temple to Xiao Zhen and renamed itself Ghost Subjugation Town.
• Xiao Zhen returned to the village and told Nie Xiaoqian and the other Female Ghost that he had captured ghosts to test his weapons.
• Xiao Zhen fired a Heavy Machine Gun and a Rocket Launcher at the Hanged Ghost, but neither weapon harmed him.
• Xiao Zhen took out a High-Voltage Electric Gun, and the Hanged Ghost pleaded with him not to use it because ghosts feared lightning.

Xiao Zhen tested electric and laser weapons on ghosts, then ordered mass production in the Mecha Beast World to prepare for Black Mountain Demon. Afterward, he cultivated and studied puppet refinement, realizing he had eaten the body of a powerful beast that could have become a combat puppet.

• Xiao Zhen electrocuted the Hanged Ghost and found that electric attacks were devastating to ghosts.
• Xiao Zhen destroyed the Female Ghost and Water Ghost with a laser cannon, then ordered Nie Xiaoqian and Xiaoqing to cook for him.
• Xiao Zhen visited the machine beast lords and Fierce Beast Clan and ordered cities to mass-produce electric and laser weapons.
• Xiao Zhen returned to eat with Nie Xiaoqian and Xiaoqing, then took them into the thatched hut.
• Xiao Zhen learned that Ning Caichen had been imprisoned under a mistaken identity but chose not to intervene.
• Xiao Zhen studied puppet refinement and realized that he had already eaten the body of a Sixth-Tier Magical Beast that could have been made into a combat puppet.

After half a year in the spirit-poor world, Xiao Zhen took Nie Xiaoqian and Xiaoqing to ruined Zhengqi Villa to await Pudu Cihang. There, he explained that the Centipede Demon had corrupted the imperial court, unaware that hidden watchers inside the villa heard him.

• Xiao Zhen, now a three-star Dou Wang, decided to leave and asked Nie Xiaoqian and Xiaoqing to guide him to Zhengqi Villa.
• Ning Caichen, imprisoned under the mistaken name Zhou Yabing, learned his chicken leg was called the Life-Taking Chicken and that he was likely marked for execution.
• An experienced old prisoner showed Ning Caichen a tunnel out and gave him identification papers so he could escape.
• Xiao Zhen arrived at the ruined Zhengqi Villa with Nie Xiaoqian and Xiaoqing, and Nie Xiaoqian mourned its desolation.
• Xiao Zhen told the two Female Ghosts that Pudu Cihang was a Centipede Demon devouring officials and replacing them with lesser demons.
• A group of mysterious people secretly watching from inside Zhengqi Villa heard Xiao Zhen's explanation.

Xiao Zhen revealed that Pudu Cihang was a demon and destroyed the Giant Corpse beneath Zhengqi Villa, impressing Fu Qingfeng and the others. After agreeing to consider helping rescue her father, he rested at the villa for two days before spotting Ning Caichen approaching with something in pursuit.

• Fu Yuechi and Fu Qingfeng questioned Xiao Zhen about Pudu Cihang, and he warned that the Imperial Preceptor was a demon devouring court officials.
• Xiao Zhen sensed an evil presence beneath Zhengqi Villa and led the group to a basement, where a Giant Corpse burst from a huge coffin.
• Xiao Zhen burned the Giant Corpse with a powerful palm strike, and Fu Qingfeng knelt to ask him to help rescue her father.
• Xiao Zhen agreed to consider helping, then rested at the villa for two days while the others awaited Ning Caichen.
• Xiao Zhen used Clairvoyance and Clairaudience to spot Ning Caichen approaching on horseback with something chasing him.

Xiao Zhen reunited with Ning Caichen and met Zhiqiu Yiye, who had chased him over a stolen horse. The group rested at Xiao Zhen’s manor, where Zhiqiu Yiye identified Xiao Zhen’s maids as Female Ghosts and recognized the dried meat he offered as demon flesh.

• Xiao Zhen welcomed Ning Caichen after he escaped prison, and Ning Caichen tearfully told him about his ordeal.
• Zhiqiu Yiye emerged from underground and angrily confronted Ning Caichen for stealing his horse, then accepted Xiao Zhen’s invitation to rest at the manor.
• As Ning Caichen recounted his troubles, Zhiqiu Yiye noticed Xiao Zhen’s two Female Ghost maids and questioned why he kept them.
• Xiao Zhen dismissed Zhiqiu Yiye’s concerns and asked him about the Cultivation World while the others rested.
• When Ning Caichen and Zhiqiu Yiye grew hungry, Xiao Zhen offered dried meat, which Zhiqiu Yiye recognized as the flesh of a demon that had once possessed Golden Core-stage strength.

Xiao Zhen hosted the group at Zhengqi Villa, where Zhiqiu Yiye discovered that the demon jerky improved his cultivation. After Xiao Zhen spotted soldiers escorting an old man, he agreed to help the Fu Sisters rescue their father and set out to meet them.

• Zhiqiu Yiye ate most of Xiao Zhen's demon jerky and felt his cultivation improve, while the others learned the meat was safe to eat.
• During two days at Zhengqi Villa, Zhiqiu Yiye asked Xiao Zhen about cultivation, and Ning Caichen's token led everyone to mistake him for Zhuge Wolong until Xiao Zhen clarified who he was.
• Xiao Zhen sensed soldiers escorting a disheveled old man and warned the Fu Sisters that their leader was a formidable martial artist.
• Fu Qingfeng appealed to Xiao Zhen's promise to help, while Fu Yuechi teased him by offering her sister as a reward.
• Xiao Zhen refused Fu Yuechi's offer but reaffirmed that he would help, then led the group out to meet the soldiers.

Xiao Zhen stopped Commander Zuo and the Fu sisters from fighting, freed Fu Tianchou, and learned that corrupt officials had framed him. The group gathered at Zhengqi Villa, where signs of the Centipede Demon’s arrival emerged outside.

• Commander Zuo’s soldiers reached a dilapidated villa, where Fu Qingfeng and Fu Yuechi confronted them to rescue their father.
• Xiao Zhen suppressed both sides with his overwhelming pressure, then cut Fu Tianchou’s shackles and restored some of his strength.
• At Zhengqi Villa, Fu Tianchou explained that he had been framed after preparing to impeach corrupt officials, including Wang Bian.
• Commander Zuo invited Xiao Zhen to serve the court, but Xiao Zhen refused, saying the court could not afford his price.
• Xiao Zhen heard gongs and chanting outside and recognized that the Centipede Demon had arrived.

Xiao Zhen warned Fu Tianchou and the others that Imperial Preceptor Pudu Cihang was a demon who had infiltrated the court, then confronted him outside. Pudu Cihang attacked with the Soul-Reaping Sanskrit Sound, leaving Fu Tianchou and others dazed as Zhiqiu Yiye tried to protect them.

• Commander Zuo urged Fu Tianchou to seek Pudu Cihang's help, but Xiao Zhen warned that going outside could cost Fu Tianchou his life.
• Xiao Zhen accused Pudu Cihang of being a man-eating demon who used demons wearing ministers' skins to stir up trouble in court.
• Fu Tianchou and Commander Zuo decided to go out and learn the truth for themselves.
• Pudu Cihang arrived and scolded Xiao Zhen for keeping company with ghosts, while Xiao Zhen openly insulted him and called him a demon.
• Pudu Cihang chanted the Soul-Reaping Sanskrit Sound, dazing Fu Tianchou and the others, and Xiao Zhen put Nie Xiaoqian and Xiaoqing into his Storage Ring.
• Zhiqiu Yiye warned Xiao Zhen about the spiritual attack and began helping the others regain their senses.

Xiao Zhen used amplified sound and a Jade Emperor transformation to expose Pudu Cihang as a centipede demon and shatter his fake Tathagata form. The demon tried to withdraw after Xiao Zhen said he did not want to trouble him, but the chapter ended as he prepared to burrow underground.

• Xiao Zhen used oversized speakers to overwhelm Pudu Cihang’s Soul-Reaping Sanskrit Sound and injure nearby demons with his amplified shout.
• Pudu Cihang transformed into a golden Tathagata, and Xiao Zhen responded by enlarging himself and taking the form of the Jade Emperor.
• Pudu Cihang attacked with flames, but Xiao Zhen kicked apart his golden disguise and revealed his giant centipede form.
• Fu Tianchou recognized Pudu Cihang as the demon responsible for devouring his former friends.
• The Centipede Demon asked Xiao Zhen why he was ruining his plans, and Xiao Zhen said he did not want to trouble him.
• The Centipede Demon accepted Xiao Zhen’s words and began twisting away to burrow underground.

Xiao Zhen stopped the Centipede Demon from escaping and beat it into submission, then demanded it accept a Slave Seal. The demon reluctantly agreed to compromise while secretly hoping it could eventually break free.

• Xiao Zhen challenged the Centipede Demon for its Demonic Core and body, making clear he would not let it escape.
• The Centipede Demon bit Xiao Zhen repeatedly, but could not pierce his skin, and Xiao Zhen battered its head with powerful punches.
• Fu Tianchou urged Xiao Zhen to kill the demon, while Zhiqiu Yiye warned him not to trust its offer to submit.
• Xiao Zhen demanded that the Centipede Demon open its sea of consciousness so he could plant a Slave Seal, and struck it again when it resisted.
• The Centipede Demon reluctantly decided to comply while secretly plotting to remove the seal or attack Xiao Zhen's soul.

Xiao Zhen killed the Centipede Demon after tricking it into opening its sea of consciousness, then agreed to help Fu Tianchou and the others purge demons from the imperial court. The group set out before dawn, while Ning Caichen and Zhiqiu Yiye showed interest in the Fu Sisters.

• Xiao Zhen pretended he would place a slave seal on the Centipede Demon, then erased its soul to preserve its Demonic Core and body.
• Xiao Zhen stored the Centipede Demon's remains, and Zhiqiu Yiye led the soldiers and martial world heroes in killing the lesser demons.
• Fu Tianchou and the Fu Sisters thanked Xiao Zhen, who offered to eliminate the demons hiding in the imperial court.
• Commander Zuo volunteered to lead the way, and the group set off before dawn to purge the imperial court.
• Ning Caichen called Fu Tianchou his adoptive father, while Zhiqiu Yiye secretly watched Fu Yuechi.

After exposing the demons at court, Xiao Zhen left with Zhiqiu Yiye and traveled to Lanruo Temple to find Yan Chixia. He asked Yan Chixia to open a passage to the Underworld, leaving Yan Chixia stunned.

• Xiao Zhen exposed the demons disguised as people in the palace, then refused rewards and left the court.
• Zhiqiu Yiye begged to accompany Xiao Zhen, who agreed and flew away with him.
• Xiao Zhen asked Zhiqiu Yiye how to enter the Underworld, but Zhiqiu Yiye admitted he had not learned the spell.
• Xiao Zhen and Zhiqiu Yiye reached Lanruo Temple, where they reunited with Yan Chixia and Xiahou Swordsman.
• Xiao Zhen offered Yan Chixia liquor and asked him to open a passage to the Underworld, making Yan Chixia freeze in shock.

Xiao Zhen entered the Underworld with Yan Chixia, Zhiqiu Yiye, and Xiahou Swordsman, intending to kill Black Mountain Demon. After forcing a ghost to guide them, the group reached the outskirts of the City of Wronged Souls.

• Yan Chixia opened a passage to the Underworld, and Xiao Zhen, Zhiqiu Yiye, and Xiahou Swordsman followed him through.
• Xiao Zhen revealed that he planned to kill Black Mountain Demon, alarming Yan Chixia and the others.
• Yan Chixia used talismans to make the group visible to a ghost, and Xiao Zhen intimidated the ghost into revealing the way to Black Mountain Demon's lair.
• The ghost agreed to guide the group toward the City of Wronged Souls while secretly resenting them.
• Xiao Zhen and his companions reached the outskirts of the gloomy city as nearby ghosts fled from their aura.