Chapter Summaries

Tu Shan Jun discovered that the infant he had saved possessed an extreme yang lightning Heavenly Spirit Root and terrifying heavy pupils, then chose to protect both her eyes and her freedom to choose her future. After settling the child, he examined the Ghost King’s belongings and the Spirit Demon Sect evil ghost’s memories, but found little useful.

• Tu Shan Jun examined the infant and found her extreme yang lightning Heavenly Spirit Root, then sealed it with a talisman.
• The infant’s heavy pupils attacked Tu Shan Jun’s sea of consciousness, and he realized her extraordinary gifts could bring her danger.
• Tu Shan Jun debated destroying the infant’s eyes but decided to preserve them, then sealed her heavy pupils until she could choose her own path.
• Tu Shan Jun arranged for a pregnant mother tiger to nurse the infant and inspected the Ghost King of Great Black Mountain’s storage pouch, finding a scripture about incense wish-power.
• Tu Shan Jun used Soul Inquiry on the Spirit Demon Sect evil ghost but discovered it had learned no Spirit Demon Sect arts.

Tu Shan Jun reorganized Great Black Mountain and began planning ways to solve its resource shortage while rewarding Nie Quanjiu with support for forming a core. After a mortal delegation investigated the new ruler, a man in the Netherworld recognized a pill exchanged by Great Black Mountain as the medicine he had once known.

• Tu Shan Jun repaired Great Black Mountain, established a defensive formation, and discovered its territory depended on three Spirit Stone veins, one of which was nearly exhausted.
• Nie Quanjiu warned Tu Shan Jun that the failing mine threatened salaries and stability, so Tu Shan Jun ordered a census and records while considering farming spirit plants and other production.
• Tu Shan Jun promised to combine Nie Quanjiu's savings with Great Black Mountain's resources to buy him a spiritual item for forming a core.
• Tu Shan Jun spent half a month raising the child and exchanging Yin Soul Pills for divine-path artifact fragments, while a mortal delegation investigated Great Black Mountain's new ruler and was dismissed without an audience.
• In the Netherworld, a man in brocade robes heard that Great Black Mountain was exchanging pills for Baleful Intent, tasted one, and recognized it, exclaiming, "This is it!"

Tu Shan Jun consolidated his rule over Great Black Mountain and planned farmland and spirit-boat routes to develop the territory, but his treasury lacked the funds. The chapter left him considering how to raise money as Nie Quanjiu and the other demons feared he meant to seize estates by force.

• Tu Shan Jun used the Black Mountain Seal to gather incense power for the Soul Banner, while people across Great Black Mountain began worshipping him as the Red-Haired Immortal.
• A broad-foreheaded cultivator secretly destroyed Tu Shan Jun's statue during a public sacrifice, frightening the worshippers, and his companions criticized his actions.
• Nie Quanjiu reported that Great Black Mountain contained about 37,600 spirits and monsters and roughly 100,000 ghosts.
• Tu Shan Jun proposed cultivating a million mu of land and buying spirit boats from Sun City to link markets, but Nie Quanjiu warned that the treasury could not afford them.
• Tu Shan Jun asked how many powerful factions were in Great Black Mountain and considered borrowing money from them, prompting Nie Quanjiu and the other demons to plead with him not to begin a slaughter.

Tu Shan Jun mobilized the demons, spirits, and ghosts of Great Black Mountain to reclaim spiritual farmland, promising food, rewards, and a share of the harvest. After a hundred thousand mu had been planted, he prepared to meet visiting Demon Kings and Ghost Kings at his child’s hundred-day celebration, while still struggling to choose the child’s name.

• Miss Long'er suggested holding a celebration to invite the Demon Kings and Ghost Kings, and Tu Shan Jun decided to use it to discuss borrowing Spirit Stones and reclaiming farmland.
• Tu Shan Jun ordered the recruitment of workers, and Stone Dog joined after learning the job offered food, Spirit Stones, and future merit benefits.
• Tu Shan Jun addressed several thousand recruits, promised them protection and a share of the spiritual crops, then used the Black Mountain Seal to imprint farming knowledge into their minds.
• Ma Lu led the workers in clearing the wilderness, and demons, spirits, and ghosts began reclaiming the land with magical tools and their true forms.
• Two months later, the group had planted crops across a hundred thousand mu, and Tu Shan Jun prepared to welcome invited guests while pondering a name for his child.

Tu Shan Jun hosted a hundred-day banquet for his son, Tu Shan Jinghong, and gathered the demon and ghost cultivators of Great Black Mountain. After greeting the guests and raising a toast, he had spirit-rice dishes served, while the banquet’s purpose of gathering support and Spirit Stones remained unspoken.

• Green Horn, King Brocade Fur, and Iron Feather discussed their improved cultivation and the Yin Soul Pills before joining the other guests at the banquet.
• Nie Quanjii deflected questions from Green-Eyed Ghost, Red-Horned Manglong, and Lady Night Spirit about why he served Tu Shan Jun, while the guests privately considered how many Spirit Stones to offer.
• Tu Shan Jun entered carrying Tu Shan Jinghong, received the assembled cultivators’ greetings, and announced that he had invited them to celebrate his son’s hundredth day.
• Tu Shan Jun toasted his son, and the banquet grew more relaxed as the guests drank.
• Tu Shan Jun signaled Lady Long'er to serve spirit-rice dishes, and the guests’ attention turned to the food as a pig-headed demon’s stomach growled.

At Tu Shan Jun’s banquet for his child’s hundredth day, he laid out plans for Great Black Mountain to cultivate spirit crops, divide the profits, and buy spirit vessels. The banquet ended with the arrival of his old friend Big Head, now a Golden Core cultivator.

• Tu Shan Jun announced plans to reclaim three million mu of spirit fields, distribute shares among Great Black Mountain and allied demons, and reward contributions by merit.
• Tu Shan Jun asked the assembled leaders to pool Spirit Stones for a second spirit vessel, and Ma Lu, Nie Quanjiu, the Azure-Eyed Ghost King, and others pledged funds.
• Miss Long’er and her attendants collected the pledged Spirit Stones.
• Tu Shan Jun sensed a hidden guest and called him out.
• Big Head entered the hall, greeted Tu Shan Jun as an old friend, and said he had come to celebrate the child’s hundredth day as the child’s uncle.

A sect expedition discovered a rich spirit mine on Mount Lidang while the local demons were away at the Great Black Mountain Demon King's banquet. At the banquet, Tu Shan Jun reunited with the Big-Head Ghost King, whose questions about Wen Yue stirred Tu Shan Jun’s grief before Big Head swiftly departed.

• Two Foundation Establishment elders led their disciples into Southern Nether Ridge after learning the Mount Lidang demon had gone to the Great Black Mountain Demon King's banquet.
• The elders found a spirit mine and ordered the disciples to conceal it until reinforcements arrived.
• Tu Shan Jun invited the Big-Head Ghost King to sit beside him, and they reminisced over a banquet as old acquaintances.
• After the banquet, Big Head asked about Wen Yue, and Tu Shan Jun said that Wen Yue had died.
• Big Head left quickly after telling his attendants that he and Tu Shan Jun had once clashed, while Tu Shan Jun watched him go and remarked that he was lucky to have escaped.

Tu Shan Jun expanded Great Black Mountain’s military, agricultural, and transport operations, establishing spirit-vessel routes and enforcing registration and order across his territory. After his officials began apprehending unregistered wild demons, he dealt with crop thieves, then learned that the Demon King of Mount Li Dang had disappeared.

• Tu Shan Jun allocated soldiers to register newly born ghosts and sprites, established rewards and punishments, and set rules for demons and other beings in Great Black Mountain’s territory.
• Ancient Immortal Tower opened a branch pavilion, and two medium-sized spirit vessels arrived; Tu Shan Jun’s ghost cultivators Wu Tou and Tun Chan guarded them as the completed harbor began operating.
• Little Diamond Wind of the Bureau of Military Affairs caught a weasel spirit possessing Master Zhou’s daughter and took it away for judgment, leaving two visiting Daoists bewildered.
• Tu Shan Jun had monsters caught stealing mature spiritual crops after earlier punishing those who ate the crop seeds.
• Nie Quanjiu told Tu Shan Jun that the Demon King of Mount Li Dang had disappeared.

On Hong'er's first birthday, Tu Shan Jun balanced concern over a missing demon king with caring for his daughter and arranged a choosing ceremony. Hong'er ultimately chose a broad saber, hinting at the path she might follow.

• Tu Shan Jun learned from Nie Quanjiu that the Li Dang Mountain Demon King, Four-Armed Owl, and many of his demons had been missing for half a month, and decided to send an incarnation to investigate.
• Tu Shan Jun heard that Great Black Mountain's demon and ghost soldier training was progressing poorly, while its other affairs continued under Nie Quanjiu's management.
• Tu Shan Jun celebrated Hong'er's first birthday with a choosing ceremony and offered her a hundred different objects.
• Hong'er first reached for a wooden horse, then opened a pill furnace and nearly ate a pill before Tu Shan Jun stopped her.
• Hong'er eventually stood before a broad saber and chose it.

Tu Shan Jun traced Four-Armed Owl to a hidden spirit-stone mine on Great Black Mountain’s territory, where cultivators were exploiting conscripted mortals. He discovered Four-Armed Owl had been mutilated and left pinned to a formation flag, and confronted Daoist Blazing Sun in fury.

• Tu Shan Jun secretly boarded a spirit vessel and traveled to Li Dang Mountain, where he used Blood Curse Soul Pursuit on Four-Armed Owl’s feather.
• The curse led Tu Shan Jun to a temple with a repaired statue bearing Four-Armed Owl’s demon aura, then onward to South Nether Ridge.
• Tu Shan Jun used his Dharma Eye to uncover a concealed mountain-sealing formation hiding a spirit-stone mine worked by thousands of conscripted mortals.
• Daoist Blazing Sun of the Crimson Crow Sect confronted Tu Shan Jun, denied capturing Four-Armed Owl, and threatened him.
• Tu Shan Jun used World of Ignorance to see Four-Armed Owl mutilated and pinned through the chest with a formation flag, then roared at Daoist Blazing Sun.

The Red-Haired Ghost cultivator attacked Daoist Blazing Sun over Scarlet Crow Sect’s theft and killings at South Nether Ridge. Though Daoist Blazing Sun destroyed the ghost’s apparent incarnation, the Red-Haired Ghost cultivator survived, badly wounded, and faced the sect’s disciples as they formed the Golden Crow Formation.

• Daoist Blazing Sun confronted the Red-Haired Ghost cultivator, who broke his Blazing Flame Sword Art and injured him with the Five Fatigues and Seven Injuries Art.
• Daoist Blazing Sun struck down the ghost’s apparent body and swallowed it with the Fire Dragon Art, while the cultivators and laborers watched from inside the great formation.
• The Red-Haired Ghost cultivator revealed that a blood shadow had taken the fatal attacks and ambushed Daoist Blazing Sun from behind.
• The Red-Haired Ghost cultivator used his severed ghost hand to make a blood shadow explode inside Daoist Blazing Sun’s barrier, destroying his physical body and driving his Yin God into the mountain-sealing formation.
• Daoist Blazing Sun fled behind the formation and ordered over a hundred late-stage Qi Refinement disciples to set up the Golden Crow Formation.

Tu Shan Jun survived the Red Crow Sect’s attack by drawing on the people’s incense and vow power, then shattered their mountain-sealing formation and captured Lieyang Daoist and the defeated cultivators’ Yin souls. He freed the dying Four-Armed Owl, and the two faced the aftermath and the Red Crow Sect’s expected retaliation.

• More than a hundred late-stage Qi Refiners formed the Crimson Sun Golden Crow formation and struck the Red-Haired Daoist, whose body appeared dead but endured through the Spirit Demon Death-Enduring Art.
• Tu Shan Jun called on the people of Great Black Mountain, and their worship gathered enough incense and vow power to manifest his divine body and crush the Golden Crow.
• Tu Shan Jun shattered the mountain-sealing grand formation with a punch, protected the common folk, and captured Lieyang Daoist and the other cultivators’ Yin souls.
• Tu Shan Jun pulled the formation flag from the Four-Armed Owl, who left his dying body as a Yin Spirit and called Tu Shan Jun his king.
• Tu Shan Jun told the Four-Armed Owl that they still had much to do as they faced the aftermath and the Red Crow Sect’s likely retaliation.

After the Crimson Crow Sect discovered that Black Mountain had killed Elder Blazing Sun and more than a hundred disciples while taking the Spirit Stone mine, Sect Master Jin Lianhuo prepared to sacrifice himself to secure help from Sunset Mountain. The sect’s Golden Core ancestor arrived, stopped him, and announced that Sunset Mountain had already been contacted and that the sect would fight Black Mountain.

• Zhang Gui and another hall-sweeping disciple watched the life lamps of Foundation Establishment cultivators and more than a hundred late Qi Refining disciples go out, and Zhang Gui raised the alarm.
• Jin Lianhuo told the elders that Elder Blazing Sun and over a hundred disciples had died, and they suspected the new Ghost King of Black Mountain was responsible.
• The elders debated retaliation and whether to seek help from Sunset Mountain, while recognizing that the Crimson Crow Sect had secretly mined a Spirit Stone deposit in disputed territory.
• Jin Lianhuo accepted sole responsibility and tried to cut off his own head so the elders could take it to Sunset Mountain and ask for aid.
• The Crimson Crow Sect’s Golden Core ancestor stopped Jin Lianhuo’s sword, said the sect would confront Black Mountain, and revealed that he had already sent word to Sunset Mountain.

After learning the cost of the Scarlet Crow Sect’s mining operation, Tu Shan Jun prepared Great Black Mountain for conflict and went alone to confront the sect. He declared that he would destroy the Scarlet Crow Sect, refusing Jin Kui’s offer of compensation and warning that even Sunset Mountain could not stop him.

• After the cleanup at South Nether Ridge, Tu Shan Jun explained that his avatar had killed a late Foundation Establishment cultivator and more than a hundred Qi Refinement cultivators, alarming Nie Quanjiu and the others.
• Nie Quanjiu urged Tu Shan Jun to prepare for war, but Tu Shan Jun said the preparations were for Sunset Mountain and appointed Nie Quanjiu regent while he was away.
• Tu Shan Jun left Great Black Mountain and arrived at the Scarlet Crow Sect, where he demanded to meet whoever was in charge.
• Jin Kui identified himself as a Scarlet Crow Sect grandmaster and tried to deter Tu Shan Jun by invoking the sect’s formation, disciples, and ties to Sunset Mountain.
• Tu Shan Jun said he had come to avenge the commoners conscripted to mine the Spirit Stone deposit, and rejected Jin Kui’s offer of one hundred thousand Spirit Stones.
• Tu Shan Jun declared that he would exterminate the Scarlet Crow Sect and that not even Sunset Mountain could stop him.

Tu Shan Jun trapped the Red Crow Sect inside a strange barrier that disrupted its mountain-protecting formation, then attacked Jin Kui. Jin Kui countered with Golden Crow magic and, as Tu Shan Jun broke through his defenses, invoked his Dharma Domain and Fusang Divine Tree.

• Jin Kui ordered the Red Crow Sect to raise its mountain-protecting formation and prepared to defend the sect from Tu Shan Jun.
• Tu Shan Jun used the word “Reverse” to disrupt the sect’s formation, trapping its cultivators beneath a black barrier.
• Tu Shan Jun attacked Jin Kui with talismanic sword beams, but Jin Kui used his treasure mirror to summon a Golden Crow and block them.
• Jin Kui turned the Golden Crow into a flying sword and sent it at Tu Shan Jun, who used his Dharma Eye and Lawbreaking Awl to shatter its attack.
• Jin Kui invoked his Heavenly Dao Seal and Dharma Domain, then summoned the blazing Fusang Divine Tree and prepared another attack.

Tu Shan Jun defeated Jin Kui and destroyed the Red Crow Sect after rejecting Jin Lianhuo’s plea for mercy. He left the sect annihilated beneath the Great Black Mountain Seal.

• Jin Kui burned his power to trap Tu Shan Jun with the Golden Crow and treasure mirror, but Tu Shan Jun struck him with the Great Black Mountain Seal and wounded him severely.
• Jin Kui fled through Tu Shan Jun’s formation and tried to block another strike with his treasure mirror, but Tu Shan Jun killed him and captured his Yin Spirit in the Soul Banner.
• Tu Shan Jun announced himself to the Red Crow Sect and killed sect master Jin Lianhuo after refusing his offer to take responsibility alone.
• Tu Shan Jun shattered the Red Crow Sect’s formation and dropped the phantom of Great Black Mountain onto the sect, annihilating it.

Tu Shan Jun absorbed the Red Crow Sect’s yin souls and Baleful Intent, transforming the Soul Banner into a Finest Quality magical artifact and advancing to late-stage Golden Core. He spared the sect’s mortal servants, then learned the banner’s new divine ability and considered how to strengthen himself further.

• Tu Shan Jun used the Black Mountain Seal to erase the Red Crow Sect’s grounds and used the Soul Banner to absorb the sect’s yin souls and Baleful Intent.
• Wang Er and more than a thousand mortal servants survived, realized the cultivators were gone, and debated whether to return to the mortal world.
• Tu Shan Jun warned the servants to do good and take care of themselves, then continued refining the Soul Banner with the gathered souls.
• The Soul Banner transformed into a Finest Quality magical artifact, and Tu Shan Jun’s cultivation advanced to late-stage Golden Core.
• Tu Shan Jun discovered the banner’s new Ten Thousand Ghosts Curse Devouring ability and recognized that raising his cultivation further would require more Yin Gods.

Tu Shan Jun destroyed the Red Crow Sect and left his followers at Great Black Mountain uncertain about his fate. After rival Demon Kings and Ghost Kings plotted to seize power, Tu Shan Jun returned during a leadership challenge and reclaimed his seat.

• Tu Shan Jun recalled the Black Mountain Seal after transforming the Red Crow Sect into mountains and rivers, then left its resources for his forces to collect later.
• As Tu Shan Jun remained absent, Nie Quanjiu and the other leaders tried to keep Great Black Mountain stable while Tun Chan questioned what would happen if the King never returned.
• Green-Eyed Ghost King investigated the guards protecting Tu Shan Jinghong, prepared his troops, and considered allying with Night Spirit to take control.
• After another half month passed, demons argued over leadership and one mid Foundation Establishment ghost demanded that strength decide who ruled.
• Tu Shan Jun appeared, forced the challenger to kneel, took the empty seat of honor, and received the gathered demons' greetings.

Tu Shan Jun announced that he had destroyed the Scarlet Crow Sect, and Red-Horned Manglong tried to leave Great Black Mountain rather than face Sunset Mountain. Tu Shan Jun killed him to steady the army, then asked how many troops Red-Horned had brought.

• Tu Shan Jun revealed that he had destroyed the Scarlet Crow Sect, alarming the gathered demons and prompting several to criticize his decision.
• Red-Horned Manglong declared that he would leave Great Black Mountain and urged the other demon kings and ghost kings to join him.
• The Green-Eyed Ghost King and Lady Night Spirit refused to abandon Tu Shan Jun, while Nie Quanjui recognized that Red-Horned Manglong had likely been recruited by rival demon kings.
• Tu Shan Jun allowed Red-Horned Manglong to leave, then said he wanted to borrow his head to steady the army's morale.
• Tu Shan Jun beheaded Red-Horned Manglong, captured his fleeing Yin Spirit in the soul banner, and asked how many troops he had brought.

Tu Shan Jun executed the Scarlet-Horned Mang Dragon, won the loyalty of Great Black Mountain’s demons, and prepared the mountain for war against Sunset Mountain. As two Golden Core cultivators from Sunset Mountain arrived to confront him, Tu Shan Jun’s forces faced their first test.

• Tu Shan Jun killed the Scarlet-Horned Mang Dragon, ordered the Chancellor and commandant to divide his troops, and heard the Azure-Eyed Ghost King confess to plotting to replace him.
• Tu Shan Jun forgave the Azure-Eyed Ghost King, urged Great Black Mountain’s cultivators to stand with dignity, and ordered resources opened and preparations for war begun.
• Tu Shan Jun sold resources to the Ancient Immortal Tower, rejected seeking help from the Heavenly Ghost King, and told Tu Shan Jinghong that father and son would face the coming tribulation together.
• A cultivator from Sunset Mountain discovered that the Scarlet Crow Sect had been destroyed by a black-robed cultivator from Great Black Mountain and returned to report what he had learned.
• Nearly a month later, two mid-stage Golden Core cultivators from Sunset Mountain arrived at Great Black Mountain, where one demanded that its king come out.