Chapter Summaries

Qin Fengming used powerful pills and a dangerous influx of Heaven and Earth energy to heal his Dao injury. As his tribulation clouds engulfed Azure Sky City, he succeeded and began drawing in the surrounding energy.

• Qin Fengming’s tribulation clouds spread across Azure Sky City, terrifying cultivators until his calming voice and Ancestor Chiming’s guidance steadied them.
• During five years of seclusion, Qin Fengming refined Essence-Nourishing Pills and other medicines, which improved but did not fully heal his Dao injury.
• Qin Fengming swallowed twelve Five Spirits Yang Replenishing Pills and used both nascent souls and his techniques to channel their immense energy through his body.
• Qin Fengming’s Righteous Path Nascent Soul absorbed the energy surrounding it, healing his Dao injury and turning his body into an energy black hole.

Qin Fengming advanced to the Immortal Venerable realm after a strange energy phenomenon over Azure Sky City, then led its cultivators toward the site of the soul calamity. The group reached their defensive position, where Qin Fengming began investigating the formations and a familiar aura in the mist.

• Qin Fengming absorbed the energy gathering over Azure Sky City for more than ten days while tens of thousands of cultivators gained insights from the aura.
• The energy clouds vanished, and Qin Fengming appeared before Ancestor Chiming and the other Immortal Lord cultivators as an Immortal Venerable, though no Heavenly Tribulation had formed.
• Qin Fengming ordered Chiming to prepare the cultivators and carried them aboard the Black Crow Boat toward the soul calamity's source.
• The Black Crow Boat reached the mist-shrouded mountains in less than a month, and Qin Fengming sensed a faint, familiar aura before briefly focusing on Fairy Wei Yan.
• Qin Fengming inspected the defensive formations with Chiming, then extended his divine sense across the surrounding region to investigate.

Qin Fengming met Venerable Brown Tiger and learned that the soul calamity could erupt within three to five years. After securing formation materials and recruiting Bao Chengtian and five formation experts, he began preparing to seal Yin Soul Valley with a grand formation.

• Venerable Brown Tiger arrived with Azure Sky City's cultivators and recognized that Qin Fengming had advanced to the Immortal Venerable realm.
• Qin Fengming confirmed his advancement and asked Ancestor Chiming about the formation materials, which were mostly prepared.
• Venerable Brown Tiger estimated that the soul calamity would erupt within three to five years and said Bao Chengtian had gathered five formation experts.
• Qin Fengming assigned the eastern defenses to Ancestor Chiming and went to meet Bao Chengtian and the five cultivators.
• Qin Fengming gave the six formation experts ancient formation texts to study for a year before they helped arrange the Three Hundred Sixty Wall Clear Formation.

Qin Fengming completed the Three Hundred Sixty Wall Clear Formation around Yinhun Valley to defend against the approaching soul calamity. The calamity began as a vast black rift opened in the valley, releasing spreading Yin mist, blood-red fog, and terrifying ghostly howls.

• Qin Fengming gave Bao Chengtian and five other Immortal Lord cultivators the formation instructions, then surveyed the area while cultivators gathered and trained in combined-strike formations.
• After nearly four years, Qin Fengming completed the Three Hundred Sixty Wall Clear Formation, which enclosed Yinhun Valley and impressed Venerable Brown Tiger with its defensive power.
• Qin Fengming guarded the formation hub as Venerable Brown Tiger sent messages and thousands of cultivators took their positions around the formation.
• A deafening boom shook Yinhun Valley as a vast black rift opened and released a powerful spatial force, dark clouds, and black mist.
• Qin Fengming activated the formation, and the black mist enveloped the valley and surrounding mountains before blood-red fog and terrifying ghostly howls emerged.

Qin Fengming’s formation held back the soul calamity, slaughtering tens of millions of ghostly souls and creatures before its energy ran out. As the cultivators took over the defense, two eastern formations were breached, leaving Qin Fengming to respond to the escaping horde.

• Qin Fengming activated the Three Hundred Sixty Wall Clear Formation, whose blue barrier and energy blasts annihilated the first wave of ghostly souls and creatures.
• Venerable Brown Tiger worried that the formation’s ten million energy stones would not last against the full soul calamity.
• After three hours, Qin Fengming’s formation exhausted its energy and collapsed, having killed two or three tens of millions of ghostly souls and creatures.
• Venerable Brown Tiger thanked Qin Fengming and asked him to stand by as a responder while the cultivators fought the remaining horde.
• Ancestor Chiming warned Qin Fengming that two eastern formations had vanished, allowing tens of thousands of ghostly souls and creatures to escape through the gap.

Qin Fengming exposed Immortal Fairy Wei Yan as a Yin soul’s host, restored the broken formations, and learned that the Yin souls came from the Yinhun Domain. As dozens of Ghost Kings appeared, Qin Fengming and Venerable Brown Tiger were called on to hold them back.

• Qin Fengming restrained and captured Immortal Fairy Wei Yan, revealing that a Yin soul had possessed her during the previous soul calamity.
• Qin Fengming reactivated the two broken formations and left Ancestor Chiming to organize the defense against the escaped Yin souls and ghostly creatures.
• Qin Fengming searched Immortal Fairy Wei Yan’s soul and discovered a powerful divine sense and the name Yinhun Domain.
• Qin Fengming asked Venerable Brown Tiger about the Yinhun Domain, and Brown Tiger explained that it was the source of the Yin souls and that its periodic chaos caused the soul calamities.
• A cultivator reported that dozens of Ghost Kings had appeared and asked Qin Fengming and Venerable Brown Tiger to engage them.

Qin Fengming and Venerable Brown Tiger confronted thousands of intelligent Yin-soul ghost cultivators gathering to enter the Immortal's Remnant Land. Qin Fengming charged their leaders and shattered their combined defense, leaving the peak Ghost Lord missing.

• Venerable Brown Tiger explained that the two cultivators would have to fight the intelligent Ghost Kings directly.
• Qin Fengming and Venerable Brown Tiger crossed the restriction to face the gathered ghosts, and a peak Ghost Lord challenged them.
• Qin Fengming rushed toward the leading Ghost Lord as the ghosts combined their attacks against him.
• Qin Fengming unleashed hundreds of five-colored sword rays that broke the Ghost Lords' combined shield and made the leading old man disappear.

Qin Fengming captured a leading ghost cultivator and learned that an Aggregation lord named Guilo was directing an invasion of the Immortal's Remnant Land. Venerable Brown Tiger recognized the threat as a Soul Sacrifice, but its ultimate purpose remained unknown.

• Qin Fengming swiftly captured a peak Ghost Lord and revived him while Venerable Brown Tiger watched in astonishment.
• The old ghost cultivator sensed Qin Fengming's True Ghost Qi and mistook him for someone appointed by Lord Guilo.
• The old man revealed that Lord Guilo was leading the operation and threatened that hundreds of millions of yin souls would invade unless the defenders withdrew.
• Venerable Brown Tiger recognized the invasion as a Soul Sacrifice and recalled that a previous calamity had killed millions of cultivators and mortals.
• Qin Fengming asked about the Soul Sacrifice's purpose, but the old ghost cultivator refused to explain and insisted the prepared invasion could not be stopped.

Qin Fengming questioned a captured ghost cultivator about the Yinhun Domain, then joined Venerable Brown Tiger in fighting thousands of ghosts. The chapter left Qin Fengming enveloping the Ghost Kings’ combined formation in Ghost Devouring Yin Mist as they launched attacks to disperse it.

• Qin Fengming asked the captured old ghost cultivator about Spirit Severing seniors in the Yinhun Domain, but the old man refused to answer and threatened him with Lord Guilo.
• Qin Fengming sealed the old man and put him in the Spirit Beast Bracelet, then assigned Venerable Brown Tiger the thousands of Ghost Marshals while he faced the Ghost Kings.
• Venerable Brown Tiger transformed into a huge tiger and charged into the ghost cultivators, battling them amid demonic flames and explosions.
• The Ghost Kings formed a large combined attack formation to confront Qin Fengming.
• Qin Fengming unleashed his Yin mist and Profound Yin Ghost Fire, enveloping the formation in Ghost Devouring Yin Mist.
• The Ghost Kings lost sight of Qin Fengming and launched attacks in every direction to disperse the mist.

Qin Fengming captured and killed the Ghost Lord cultivators, then left the battle to the Immortal's Remnant Land forces while he questioned his prisoners about the Yinhun Domain. Learning where its yin souls originated, he began considering a dangerous plan as he sought to stop the coming soul sacrifice.

• Qin Fengming used the Ghost Devouring Yin Mist and Green Soul Silk to capture and kill the Ghost Lord cultivators, collapsing their formation.
• Qin Fengming told Venerable Brown Tiger that the Ghost Lords were dealt with, and the Immortal's Remnant Land cultivators attacked the remaining ghost cultivators.
• Qin Fengming withdrew to his cave abode and resolved to sabotage the soul sacrifice by killing the cultivator presiding over it.
• Qin Fengming interrogated the captured ghost cultivators and learned that the Yinhun Domain's mindless yin souls emerged from a dangerous source of bizarre yin mist.
• Qin Fengming became intrigued by the place where the yin mist gushed forth and formed a bold idea.

Qin Fengming learned how the Yinhun Domain’s ghost creatures entered the Immortal's Remnant Land and why the soul sacrifice took place. With the next invasion due in six or seven months, he decided to enter the Yinhun Domain alone to disrupt it.

• Qin Fengming learned that the Yinhun Domain’s factions sent mindless ghost creatures through a spatial rift every thousand years, and that the soul sacrifice offered participating ghost cultivators a chance to advance.
• Qin Fengming learned that the next red-mist surge would occur in six or seven months and considered releasing the gathered yin souls from within the Yinhun Domain.
• Venerable Brown Tiger warned Qin Fengming that entering the Yinhun Domain during the soul sacrifice would leave him surrounded by countless yin souls and powerful ghost cultivators.
• Qin Fengming insisted that entering the Yinhun Domain was the only chance to stop the calamity and told Venerable Brown Tiger to guard the area with the others.
• Qin Fengming said he would enter seclusion for three months before entering the Yinhun Domain alone, then departed.

After three months of preparation, Qin Fengming entered the Yinhun Domain and discovered the vast formation containing over a hundred million Yin souls. While searching the area for a way forward, he encountered a hidden Ghost Lord cultivator.

• Qin Fengming emerged from seclusion and slipped through the spatial rift using a Wind Concealment Talisman.
• Qin Fengming reached a desolate region filled with True Ghost Qi and saw red Yin mist flowing toward a distant area.
• Qin Fengming sensed a huge formation spanning two thousand li that concealed countless ghostly shadows, and realized he could not break through it alone.
• Qin Fengming searched several thousand li around the rift but found no ghost cultivators guarding the area.
• A middle-aged Ghost Lord cultivator suddenly appeared on a pile of rubble near Qin Fengming.

Qin Fengming captured a Ghost Lord cultivator serving Guilo and questioned him about the planned soul sacrifice and assault on the Immortal's Remnant Land. He learned that Guilo had only a small force left to command, leaving Qin Fengming better informed as he considered how to disrupt the sacrifice.

• Qin Fengming followed a Ghost Lord cultivator from the rubble and secretly captured him while he crossed the mountains.
• Qin Fengming took the captive to a concealed cave, released him from the restriction, and demanded information about Guilo's forces and plans.
• The captive explained that Guilo and other Integration Ghost Lord cultivators had gathered more than one hundred million Yinhun for a soul sacrifice and sent groups into the Immortal's Remnant Land every thousand years.
• The captive told Qin Fengming that Guilo's first wave was intended to break the area's formations, using a joint-strike formation capable of challenging an early Immortal Venerable.
• Qin Fengming learned that Guilo now had only about a thousand followers, including twenty or thirty Ghost Lord cultivators, and felt relieved.

Qin Fengming waited near the Soul Restraining Grand Formation for the ghost cultivators preparing a massive invasion of the Immortal's Remnant Land. As the army assembled and arranged a star-heaven battle formation, he moved to disrupt their preparations.

• Qin Fengming stored the middle-aged ghost cultivator in his Spirit Beast Pouch and returned toward the rift passage to await Gui Luo and the invading forces.
• Qin Fengming activated the Immortal Sealing Six Seals Formation on a mountain near the enormous restriction and waited there for over a month.
• A horn summoned ghost cultivators to the formation, where Commander Lang questioned Sha Xu about the yin souls and learned that Chong Guang and his group had not returned.
• Commander Lang ordered Sha Xu and the other mid Ghost Lord cultivators to resume guarding the yin souls while the gathered forces prepared to guide red yin mist into the rift passage.
• Qin Fengming recognized the formation being assembled as a star-heaven battle formation and moved toward the scattered ghost cultivators to disrupt it.

Qin Fengming’s hidden sabotage disrupted Guilo’s soul sacrifice as billions of Yin souls surged toward the rift. Guilo ordered his forces to pursue the scattered souls and continue the sacrifice despite the chaos.

• Qin Fengming moved unseen through the Ghost Marshals and Yin ghosts using his Wind Concealment Talisman.
• Guilo arrived with three red-mist-shrouded cultivators and ordered the formation activated to guide the Yin souls toward the rift.
• A vast torrent of Yin souls poured from the formation, and Guilo’s unease faded as it approached the rift.
• The passage formation abruptly vanished, scattering the Yin souls and triggering explosions that destroyed much of the red mist and many souls.
• The released Yin souls swept up the guards, while surviving Ghost Lords fled to Guilo and asked whether someone had sabotaged the sacrifice.
• Guilo declared that three great powers were responsible, then ordered his subordinates to send sound-transmission talismans, activate the outer restrictions, and intercept the souls.

Qin Fengming disrupted the formation containing the Yin Souls and escaped, but three peak Integration stage ghost cultivators pursued him and steadily closed the distance. With no reliable escape tactic left, he stopped in a mountain valley to face them.

• Qin Fengming discovered that Ghost Luo had arrived with three identical peak Integration stage ghost cultivators, leaving him trapped among four powerful opponents.
• Qin Fengming muddled the Ghost Marshal cultivators controlling the formation and changed its shape, releasing the red mist and Yin Souls.
• Qin Fengming made the controlled Ghost Marshal cultivators self-detonate, using the blast as cover to flee with Spirit Evasion.
• Three peak Integration stage ghost cultivators fused into the red mist and pursued Qin Fengming, gradually catching up despite his full-speed flight.
• With the pursuers less than fifty miles away, Qin Fengming halted in a mountain valley and turned to face them.

Qin Fengming confronted three mysterious peak Integration stage ghost cultivators and used a powerful Yin Sha Heavenly Capital Array to resist them. The array withstood their opening attack, leaving the three pursuers surprised by its strength.

• Qin Fengming stopped fleeing and calmly asked the three identical ghost cultivators about their identities and origins.
• One ghost cultivator demanded that Qin Fengming swear a blood oath and serve him, promising to reveal their origins and help him advance.
• Qin Fengming rejected the offer and activated the Yin Sha Heavenly Capital Array around the three ghost cultivators.
• One ghost cultivator identified the array talisman and attacked its location, but the array blocked the powerful strike.
• The three ghost cultivators realized that the array held far more energy than an ordinary Yin Sha Heavenly Capital Array.

Qin Fengming used the Yin Sha Heavenly Capital Array to delay three peak Integration stage ghost cultivators and escaped, but they continued tracking him. With the pursuers closing in, he created three copies and detonated a Lightning Talisman to disguise his escape.

• Qin Fengming activated the Yin Sha Heavenly Capital Array to withstand an attack from the three old men, then used a Wind Concealment Talisman to flee.
• The three old men broke through the array and pursued Qin Fengming, tracking him despite his concealment.
• Qin Fengming realized faint red yin mist on his body had exposed his position and used Spirit Devouring Netherflame to consume it.
• Qin Fengming flew past a mountain and changed direction, but the three old men continued following and closed the distance.
• Qin Fengming activated a Shadow Body Talisman, created three figures, detonated a Lightning Talisman, and sent the figures fleeing in different directions.

Qin Fengming fled three peak Integration stage ghost cultivators through the Yinhun Domain, but his escape led him into the dreaded Withered Soul Mountain Range. The pursuers stopped at its edge and warned him that the range would soon gnaw away at his soul.

• Qin Fengming used a Shadow Body Talisman and detonated a Lightning Talisman to break the three old men’s divine sense lock, but they saw through his clones and continued their pursuit.
• Qin Fengming flew for a day toward the source of the dark mist as his magic power dwindled and the three old men steadily closed in.
• Qin Fengming spotted a vast black mountain range and turned toward it, hoping its terrain would favor his close-range techniques.
• The three old men stopped when Qin Fengming entered the range and told him he would die there within days.
• Qin Fengming recognized the place as the Withered Soul Mountain Range, a feared perilous region of the Yinhun Domain, and the old men mocked him for entering it.

Qin Fengming fled from three peak Integration stage ghost cultivators into the Withered Soul Mountain Range, where a force that devoured soul power proved especially dangerous to ghost cultivators. He continued deeper and approached an icy-blue region whose winds could cut through his defenses, leaving him confronting an unknown danger.

• Qin Fengming entered the Withered Soul Mountain Range rather than let the three old men capture him, and they refused to follow.
• Qin Fengming traveled more than ten thousand li into the range, recognized its soul-dissolving force, and replenished his soul power with Soul Stones.
• Qin Fengming pressed onward for three days before halting at the sight of icy-blue light and enormous wind dragons.
• Qin Fengming used his Silver Spirit Shield, Spirit Devouring Netherflame, Golden Body Art, and Treasure Refining Ghost Scripture as he approached the region.
• Qin Fengming found that the region’s strange cutting force intensified and passed through his Five-Element shield.