Chapter Summaries

Chen Changqing spent ten million AFK points to begin training the sixth revolution of the Primordial Nine Revolutions Body Refining Art, then headed to Blackwind Plain to await the Thirty-six Ghost Fiends. At their Hundred Ghost Hall, Youming Kuang learned that twenty-three chiefs had been killed and sensed Chen Changqing’s traces.

• Chen Changqing gathered over eleven million AFK points and stored the wealth taken from the ghost cultivators he had killed.
• Chen Changqing spent ten million AFK points to begin ten days of AFK training toward a Quasi-Immortal Artifact-level physique.
• Chen Changqing anticipated retaliation from the surviving Thirty-six Ghost Fiends and flew toward Blackwind Plain.
• More than twenty chiefs’ soul tablets shattered in the Hundred Ghost Hall, revealing that twenty-three chiefs had died.
• The guards reported the deaths to Youming Kuang, who used a bloodlight water mirror to detect the traces of Chen Changqing’s Sword Qi and aura on Blackwind Plain.

Youming Kuang led the Thirty-Six Ghost Fiends to Blackwind Plain after learning that Chen Changqing had killed twenty-three of their members. Chen Changqing continued cultivating in the Nine Nether Ghost Domain’s outskirts as Youming Kuang’s army closed in on him.

• Youming Kuang summoned the remaining thirteen chiefs and hundreds of elite ghost cultivators to avenge the slain members of the Thirty-Six Ghost Fiends.
• Youming Kuang and his army traveled toward Blackwind Plain, alarming cultivators and merchants near Xuanming City.
• Youming Kuang’s forces found the devastated battlefield and discovered that twenty-three ghost cultivators had been reduced to ash.
• Yin Wujiu identified traces of powerful sword intent and Immortal Artifacts, while Youming Kuang followed Chen Changqing’s trail north into Blackwind Plain.
• Chen Changqing completed the cultivation pathways for the sixth revolution and sensed Youming Kuang’s army approaching.

Chen Changqing confronted Youming Kuang and the Thirty-Six Ghost Fiends, crushing two chiefs with the Human Emperor Heaven-Subduing Seal. Youming Kuang suspected Chen Changqing was connected to the Jiuzhou Divine Dynasty, but his grief and rage over his slain brothers drove him to attack.

• Youming Kuang led hundreds of ghost cultivators to the stone mountain where Chen Changqing had waited for three days.
• Youming Kuang ordered the Ninth and Fifteenth to seize Chen Changqing, but Chen Changqing formed the Human Emperor Heaven-Subduing Seal and killed them both.
• Youming Kuang recognized the seal as a supreme art of the Jiuzhou Divine Dynasty and asked Chen Changqing if he was from there.
• Chen Changqing neither confirmed nor denied the connection and warned Youming Kuang to calm down.
• Youming Kuang's rage over the deaths of twenty-five brothers overcame his wariness, and he unleashed his mid-stage Heavenly Lord cultivation.

Chen Changqing overwhelmed Youming Kuang and the ghost cultivators at Blackwind Plain with his Invincible Sword Domain and powerful sword techniques. Youming Kuang failed to escape, and Yin Wujiu and the remaining chiefs attacked to cover his retreat.

• Youming Kuang ordered the eleven chiefs and the Ten Thousand Ghosts Formation to attack Chen Changqing, who swallowed a Nine Revolutions Battle Elixir and unleashed his Invincible Sword Domain.
• Chen Changqing cut down the ghost cultivators in the formation and wounded Youming Kuang with the Immortal-Slaying Sword Technique’s God-Burying strike.
• Youming Kuang unleashed the Netherworld Heavenly Eye, but Chen Changqing countered with Dao Reversal and tore through his defenses, leaving a deep wound in his throat.
• Yin Wujiu warned Youming Kuang that Chen Changqing had at least the combat power of a half-step Heavenly Monarch, while Youming Kuang failed to escape through space suppressed by the sword domain.
• Yin Wujiu sent 108 Vicious Ghosts at Chen Changqing as the remaining chiefs launched eleven attacks to give Youming Kuang time to recover.

Chen Changqing survived the Thirty-Six Ghost Fiends’ combined assault without a scratch, then revealed his identity as Shushan’s First Sequence Holy Son and the top-ranked figure on the Azure Dragon Ranking. Terrified, the ghost cultivators fled, and Chen Changqing prepared to stop them with his Invincible Sword Domain.

• Yin Wujiu and the other chiefs unleashed their magical artifacts and attacks on Chen Changqing, but his body shattered their weapons and remained unharmed.
• The ghost cultivators demanded to know Chen Changqing’s identity, and he named himself Shushan’s First Sequence Holy Son, Shushan’s next Sect Leader, and the Azure Dragon Ranking’s top figure.
• Youming Kuang recognized Chen Changqing and ordered the ghost cultivators to run and scatter.
• Chen Changqing raised his sword and warned the fleeing ghost cultivators that his Invincible Sword Domain would not let them come and go as they pleased.

Chen Changqing slaughtered the Thirty-Six Ghost Fiends on the Blackwind Plain, earning five million eight hundred thousand AFK points and seizing their wealth. He then traveled toward the Nine Nether Ghost Domain and stopped on a black cliff at its edge.

• Chen Changqing killed Yin Wujiu and massacred the ghost cultivators and bosses trapped inside his Invincible Sword Domain.
• Chen Changqing struck down Youming Kuang with the Immortal Slaying Form, destroying his body, primordial spirit, and Dao fruit.
• Chen Changqing collected the storage artifacts and gained five million eight hundred thousand AFK points, bringing his balance to seven million.
• Chen Changqing recovered his true essence, then flew north toward the Nine Nether Ghost Domain.
• Chen Changqing crossed the increasingly frigid, death-filled terrain and stopped atop a thousand-zhang black cliff.

Chen Changqing entered the Nine Nether Ghost Domain to find Xiaoqian, following the Soul-Guiding Lamp’s pull toward her. After arriving, he encountered a pack of Nine Nether Corpse Wolves and burned the attackers with his pure yang blood qi.

• Chen Changqing used the Nine Nether Domain-Entry Token and his Pure Yang Soul-Guarding Jade to pass through the death-qi barrier.
• Inside the Nine Nether Ghost Domain, Chen Changqing found that its laws greatly suppressed his spiritual sense.
• Chen Changqing used the Soul-Guiding Lamp, whose flame pointed toward the domain’s depths, and confirmed that Xiaoqian’s true spirit remained alive.
• More than a hundred Nine Nether Corpse Wolves emerged from the soil and charged at Chen Changqing.
• Chen Changqing released his pure yang blood qi, burning the leading corpse wolves and driving the others to flee.

Chen Changqing followed the Soul-Guiding Lamp into the Nine Nether Ghost Domain, where spatial turbulence disrupted its trail to Xiaoqian. A patrol led by a Ghost General attacked him, but Chen Changqing calmly raised two fingers to counter their assault.

• Chen Changqing crossed the ghost domain’s outskirts while suppressing his living aura and following the Soul-Guiding Lamp northwest.
• Chen Changqing reached the Shattered Sky Bone Plain, where unstable spatial fissures disrupted the lamp’s ability to track Xiaoqian.
• A patrol of ghost cavalry led by a middle True Lord stage Ghost General confronted Chen Changqing and identified him as a living outsider.
• The Ghost General charged Chen Changqing with the Ten-Thousand Souls’ Heavenly Burial while his soldiers formed a Soul-Locking Grand Array.
• Chen Changqing stood unmoved by the storm of souls and pointed two fingers into the air.

Chen Changqing defeated the Ghost General and learned that Xiaoqian had been taken to the Yama Heavenly Palace for a sacrifice planned for the next full-moon night. He set his sights on Yin Moon Ghost City, where the teleportation array to the palace was located.

• Chen Changqing used the Heaven-Slaying Sword Drawing Technique to shatter the Ghost General's sword, wound him, and kill his Three-Headed Black-Scaled Ghost Leopard.
• Chen Changqing crushed the yin soldiers with the Human Emperor Heaven-Subduing Seal and captured the fleeing Ghost General.
• Chen Changqing searched the Ghost General's soul and learned that Xiaoqian had been taken to the Yama Heavenly Palace for the Myriad Ghosts Worship Heaven Grand Sacrifice.
• Chen Changqing killed the Ghost General, collected his Storage Pouch, and looked toward Yin Moon Ghost City, where the teleportation array to the Yama Heavenly Palace stood.

Chen Changqing stormed Yin Moon City, destroying its defenses and defeating the forces sent to stop him. He continued toward the city’s center as the Yin Moon Ghost Lord remained in seclusion at the City Lord’s Residence.

• Chen Changqing crossed the Shattered Sky Bone Plain and crushed the undead creatures that swarmed toward him.
• The Yin Moon City defenders activated the city’s barrier and fired Soul-Breaking Heavy Crossbows at Chen Changqing.
• Chen Changqing shattered the crossbow bolts, the defensive formation, and the city gate with one sword strike, then entered the city.
• The defense commander crushed a Jade Talisman to send a distress signal as Chen Changqing advanced through the city.
• Chen Changqing destroyed the Nine Nether Battle Soul and killed five Yin Generals before speeding toward the Teleportation Array.
• Chen Changqing approached the City Lord’s Residence while the Yin Moon Ghost Lord cultivated in a secret chamber.

The Yin Moon Ghost Lord confronted Chen Changqing after he carved through Yin Moon City to reach its Teleportation Array. Chen Changqing said he needed to borrow the array, while the Ghost Lord questioned his identity and weighed the threat he posed.

• A Black-robed elder reported that an outsider had breached Yin Moon City's southern gate and slaughtered its defenders as he advanced toward the city lord's manor.
• The Yin Moon Ghost Lord summoned the Ten Great Ghost Generals and led them to confront the intruder.
• Chen Changqing reached the Teleportation Array leading to the Yama Heavenly Palace, but the Yin Moon Ghost Lord and her generals blocked his path.
• Chen Changqing said he was pressed for time and had killed only those who stood in his way, angering the First Ghost General.
• The Yin Moon Ghost Lord sensed Chen Changqing's extraordinary body and sword, halted the First Ghost General, and asked who he was.

Chen Changqing agreed to fight for Yin Moon City in the Ghost Domain War in exchange for access to the Teleportation Array and a Soul-Guiding Jade Tablet. He secluded himself at the Violet Sky Retreat to train before the decisive battle, while the Yin Moon Ghost Lord ordered him watched.

• Chen Changqing identified himself as a Shushan Sword Sect disciple and confirmed that he needed Yin Moon City's Teleportation Array to reach the Yama Heavenly Palace.
• The Yin Moon Ghost Lord offered him passage and a Soul-Guiding Jade Tablet if he won the Ghost Domain War for Yin Moon City.
• Chen Changqing accepted on the conditions that he receive undisturbed seclusion, Yin Moon City pay the array's costs, and he keep all war spoils.
• The Yin Moon Ghost Lord ordered spies to watch Chen Changqing and sent him participant lists from the White Bone Territory and Ten Thousand Poisons Ridge.
• Chen Changqing reinforced his chamber at the Violet Sky Retreat and spent five million AFK Points to train the second phase of the Myriad Transformations Star Method.

Chen Changqing used his remaining AFK Points to advance the Primordial Nine Revolutions Body Refining Art to the sixth turn, giving him a body as powerful as a Quasi-Immortal Artifact. The Yin Moon Ghost Lord brought him and her elite cultivators aboard a Netherworld Warship and set out for the Grand Tournament at the Heavenly Nether Abyss.

• Chen Changqing invested his remaining 2.8 million AFK Points in the Primordial Nine Revolutions Body Refining Art and, after two days of cultivation, advanced to the sixth turn.
• Chen Changqing’s body reached the level of a Quasi-Immortal Artifact, and he tested his strength by crushing the air in his fist.
• The Yin Moon Ghost Lord sensed Chen Changqing’s surging yang blood vitality, recognized his formidable power, and decided he could help her prevail in the tournament.
• Chen Changqing emerged from seclusion on the third morning, and the Yin Moon Ghost Lord greeted him before inviting him to join the expedition.
• Chen Changqing, the Yin Moon Ghost Lord, the First Ghost General, and two elite ghost cultivators boarded a Netherworld Warship and flew toward the Heavenly Nether Abyss.

Chen Changqing and the Yin Moon Ghost Lord arrived at the Heavenly Nether Abyss for a contest over its mineral veins, where four powers would send young fighters into the Lightless Dead Zone. The rival leaders and champions gathered, and the confrontation was poised to escalate as Rakshasa City arrived.

• The Yin Moon Ghost Lord explained that twelve fighters would enter the Lightless Dead Zone, where only three survivors or banner-seizers would advance to the Grand Tournament.
• The Yin Moon warship reached the Heavenly Nether Abyss, where Heavenly Lord Bone Demon and Thousand Poisons Old Fiend pressured the arriving Yin Moon Ghost Lord and mocked her city's recent troubles.
• Gu Li threatened the First Ghost General, while Poison Boy mocked Chen Changqing and threatened to turn him into poison pills; Chen Changqing dismissed both as weak opponents.
• The Rakshasa Ghost King arrived aboard the Asura Bone Ship, bringing the leaders of all four major powers together at the abyss.