Chapter Summaries

Li Yankai fused with Blood Ghost Armor and pursued Kong Wu, who intervened in a battle between the Water Moon Sword Sect and Ghostly Soul Manor. After saving Nie He from the grand elder’s sword strike, Kong Wu killed him and crushed his Nascent Soul.

• Li Yankai sacrificed his body to Blood Ghost Armor, transforming into a bloodthirsty being with late-stage Spirit Transformation cultivation.
• Kong Wu fled toward the grand elder of the Water Moon Sword Sect as the grand elder attacked a mid-stage Spirit Transformation head of Ghostly Soul Manor.
• Kong Wu shielded the Ghostly Soul Manor head from the grand elder’s Sword Qi, and Li Yankai arrived and recognized the scene.
• Nie He mistook Kong Wu’s intervention for a change of allegiance and thanked him.
• Kong Wu told Nie He he had been happy too soon, tore out his Nascent Soul, and crushed it.

Kong Wu used his Attribute Points to raise his Strength and defeated Li Yankai in a direct clash. Li Yankai unleashed the Blood Armor Sect’s spirit-devouring Divine Ability, leaving Kong Wu to face a new threat.

• Kong Wu killed the Spirit Transformation-stage Ghostly Soul Manor cultivator he had just saved, then turned his attention to Li Yankai.
• Kong Wu added all 165 free Attribute Points to Strength, bringing his Strength to over 2,000, and chose to save Blood Burst Technique for the Manor Master of Ghostly Soul Manor.
• Kong Wu bypassed the Water Moon Sword Sect's Grand Elder and struck Li Yankai, shattering his remaining arm and armor in their fist clash.
• Li Yankai spat his blood essence onto the Blood Ghost Armor and unleashed Blood Ghost Slays Heaven, sending its grotesque face flying toward Kong Wu to attack his spirit.

Kong Wu survived Li Yankai’s ghost face and killed him, gaining attribute points and a powerful new skill. He then tore through the Ghostly Soul Manor forces as their disciples fled and the Water Moon Sword Sect joined the attack.

• Li Yankai sent a ghost face into Kong Wu, but the Stone Sun Crown destroyed it and restored Kong Wu’s consciousness.
• Kong Wu tore apart Li Yankai’s Blood Ghost Armor, killing him and gaining 196 free attribute points and Blood Ghost Battle Body, which replaced Blood Burst Technique and rose to level two.
• Kong Wu killed Yan Xiu with one blow and gained 8 free attribute points.
• Kong Wu slaughtered Ghostly Soul Manor cultivators, shrugging off their attacks and frightening the surviving disciples into fleeing.
• The Water Moon Sword Sect attacked the fleeing Ghostly Soul Manor disciples, and Kong Wu hurried to compete with them for kills.

Hun Jie discovered that the Water Moon Sword Sect had already routed Ghostly Soul Manor and fought Kong Wu before escaping to the manor’s main hall. The Great Elder pursued him but could not break the hall’s powerful protective formation, so he decided to bring the Sect Master.

• Hun Jie broke off his act against the two Water Moon Sword Sect elders and saw that Ghostly Soul Manor’s disciples were fleeing and its division heads were nowhere to be found.
• Kong Wu attacked Hun Jie, but Hun Jie used a bone sword and Soul Shift to evade him, then fled toward Ghostly Soul Manor.
• Kong Wu chose not to pursue Hun Jie and instead resumed killing Ghostly Soul Manor’s ordinary disciples.
• The Great Elder chased Hun Jie to the main hall and struck its protective barrier, but the Sword Qi dissipated against it.
• The Great Elder concluded that the barrier would take too long to break and decided to bring the Sect Master over.

Shui Yueqi questioned how quickly the Water Moon Sword Sect was overwhelming Ghostly Soul Manor, then learned a mysterious newcomer had killed its Spirit Transformation experts and exposed Li Yan as a Blood Armor Sect spy. As Shui Yueqi went to finish the operation, Hun Qi endured the manor’s losses and waited for him to arrive, while the surviving disciples gathered around Hun Jie in the main hall.

• Shui Yueqi suspected Ghostly Soul Manor's apparent defeat was a trap because Hun Jie was still alive and powerful enough to resist the Water Moon Sword Sect.
• A disciple reported that a formidable newcomer had killed Ghostly Soul Manor's Spirit Transformation experts and revealed that Li Yan was a Blood Armor Sect spy.
• Shui Yueqi concluded the attack could succeed and flew toward Ghostly Soul Manor with the old man.
• Kong Wu killed every Spirit Transformation expert except Hun Jie, and Hun Qi suppressed his fury rather than risk ruining his plan to capture Shui Yueqi.
• Fewer than a hundred surviving Ghostly Soul Manor disciples regrouped in the main hall and asked Hun Jie what they should do.

Kong Wu stayed at Ghostly Soul Manor, hoping to face a Void Refining stage cultivator, while Shui Yueqi arrived and broke through the manor’s protective barrier. Shui Yueqi realized too late that Hun Qi had remained behind, as the Myriad Souls Banner appeared and dark clouds engulfed the manor.

• Kong Wu decided to stay at Ghostly Soul Manor, calculating that his Blood Ghost Battle Body and Heaven Shaking Finger might let him survive or kill a Void Refining stage cultivator.
• Shui Yueqi entered Ghostly Soul Manor and greeted Kong Wu, who he suspected was an unfamiliar body cultivator.
• Shui Yueqi learned that fewer than a hundred devil cultivators remained inside the main hall and broke its protective barrier with one sword strike.
• Shui Yueqi realized the nearby orthodox sects had not reported any approaching reinforcements and looked up at the sky.
• Black clouds enveloped Ghostly Soul Manor as the Myriad Souls Banner appeared, revealing that Hun Qi had never left.

Hun Qi and the Thousand Poison Elder used a poisonous attack to cripple the Water Moon Sword Sect’s complete sword array, leaving Shui Yueqi facing despair. Kong Wu remained unaffected by the poison, startling the Thousand Poison Elder.

• Hun Qi confronted Shui Yueqi and revealed he intended to seize the Water Moon Sword Sect without sharing the spoils with other Devil Dao Sects.
• Shui Yueqi ordered the disciples to form the Water Moon Sword Array, while Hun Qi decided to deal with Kong Wu later.
• Hun Qi’s confidence became clear when the Thousand Poison Elder appeared and released poison that caused the Water Moon Sword Sect disciples to suffer grotesque deaths.
• Shui Yueqi recognized the Thousand Poison Elder and realized why Hun Qi believed he could win.
• Kong Wu sneezed through the poison and cursed about dust, prompting the Thousand Poison Elder to question whether Kong Wu truly had only Spirit Transformation battle power.

Kong Wu confronted Hun Jie and the Thousand Poison Elder, leaving Shui Yueqi to hold off Hun Qi. After catching Hun Jie’s bone sword barehanded, Kong Wu severed its soul connection and began transforming the weapon.

• Kong Wu asked Shui Yueqi to hold Hun Qi back while he faced the Thousand Poison Elder, and Shui Yueqi agreed.
• Hun Jie charged Kong Wu with his bone sword, and Kong Wu caught the blade with his bare hands.
• Kong Wu used his newly assigned attribute points to raise his strength and examined the bone sword.
• Kong Wu claimed the sword, then tapped it and severed its soul connection to Hun Jie, causing Hun Jie intense pain.
• The bone sword shed its spikes and changed from an evil-looking weapon into one radiating righteous qi.

Kong Wu used the Tiger Soul Sword and Soul Shock to confront the Thousand Poison Elder while Shui Yueqi held Hun Qi back. As the elder’s strength faltered, Kong Wu activated the Blood Ghost Battle Body and prepared to continue the fight.

• Kong Wu claimed the Tiger Soul Sword after taking it from Hun Jie, alarming Hun Qi and the Thousand Poison Elder.
• Hun Qi and the Thousand Poison Elder agreed to join forces against Kong Wu, but Shui Yueqi intervened with a Sword Qi strike.
• Shui Yueqi used Sword Slash... Water Moon to hold Hun Qi back while Kong Wu charged at the Thousand Poison Elder.
• Kong Wu used Soul Shock to disrupt the Thousand Poison Elder’s true essence and weaken his Strength attribute.
• Kong Wu activated the Blood Ghost Battle Body as he prepared to face the Thousand Poison Elder.

Kong Wu unleashed enough power to split Thousand Poison Elder in two, leaving Shui Wanting and the First Elder stunned. Thousand Poison Elder revived through a Void Refining Divine Ability clone, and the First Elder explained how such clones worked and why those forged from a single Great Dao were stronger.

• Kong Wu felt the immense force surging through his body damage his meridians and bones, while his senses revealed lines of strength throughout himself and the world.
• Kong Wu struck Thousand Poison Elder with Moon Slash Saber, splitting him in two before he could recover from Soul Shock.
• Shui Wanting and the First Elder witnessed the strike, and the First Elder warned that Thousand Poison Elder was not truly finished.
• Thousand Poison Elder’s split body became black liquid, then he reappeared unharmed and asked Kong Wu about his background.
• The First Elder explained that Void Refining cultivators could refine Divine Ability clones that survived death, while a single Great Dao produced a stronger clone capable of defeating many weaker ones.

Kong Wu recovered from the Thousand Poison Elder’s poisonous powders through the strength of his body and prepared to attack again. The Thousand Poison Elder realized his toxins could not stop Kong Wu and faced another imminent charge.

• Kong Wu attacked the Thousand Poison Elder, who scattered poisonous powders across his path.
• The poisons transformed Kong Wu’s body and caused him to fall, leading the Thousand Poison Elder to believe he had won.
• Kong Wu’s petrified skin cracked away, and his body recovered from the poisons.
• Kong Wu praised the poisons as potential barbecue sauce and told the Thousand Poison Elder he would kill him and save some.
• The Thousand Poison Elder recognized that Kong Wu’s physique had resisted his toxins and watched him prepare to charge again.

Kong Wu fought off the Thousand Poison Elder’s swarms and survived a Gu worm by digesting it, then killed the elder and gained a large reward of attribute points. Nearby, Hun Qi shattered the space and blasted Shui Yueqi’s body into pieces.

• The Thousand Poison Elder unleashed a swarm of poisonous creatures, and Kong Wu cut them down with the Tiger Soul Sword despite being splattered with their fluids.
• The Thousand Poison Elder shot a Gu worm into Kong Wu’s mouth, but Kong Wu’s digestive ability consumed it before it could harm him.
• Kong Wu charged the Thousand Poison Elder and killed him with a sword strike, earning 467 free attribute points and 1 Divine attribute.
• Hun Qi withdrew his palm as the space nearby shattered and Shui Yueqi’s body was blasted out in pieces.

Kong Wu killed the Thousand Poison Elder, then spent the points he gained to strengthen himself and upgrade Moon Slash Saber into the Divine Ability Moon Slash. As Kong Wu prepared to fight Hun Qi, Hun Jie rang a black bell to summon reinforcements from the other Devil Dao Sects.

• Shui Yueqi emerged from his destroyed Void Refining clone, but Hun Qi had already defeated him and broken through his Shui Moon Illusion.
• Kong Wu revealed that he had killed the Thousand Poison Elder, while Hun Qi's Strength surged to 3,429 points after he used a secret technique.
• Kong Wu spent 481 attribute points, raising his Vitality and Strength and upgrading Moon Slash Saber into the Divine Ability Moon Slash.
• Kong Wu challenged Hun Qi to fight, while Hun Qi secretly signaled Hun Jie to leave and summon help.
• Hun Jie entered a hidden room in Ghostly Soul Manor and struck a black bell, prompting Shui Yueqi to warn that reinforcements from other Devil Dao Sects were coming.

Kong Wu and Shui Yueqi fought Hun Qi after Ghostly Soul Manor summoned demonic reinforcements, while the Water Moon Sword Sect withdrew. Kong Wu’s Tiger Soul Sword and Soul Shock weakened Hun Qi’s ghost souls, but Hun Qi fused with a ghost soul and unleashed the Myriad Souls Banner’s full power.

• Hun Qi dispersed the clouds surrounding Ghostly Soul Manor and took up the Myriad Souls Banner as Kong Wu and Shui Yueqi attacked him.
• Shui Yueqi ordered the Water Moon Sword Sect disciples to retreat, then joined Kong Wu in fighting Hun Qi.
• Kong Wu’s Tiger Soul Sword and Soul Shock burned away ghost souls and weakened Hun Qi, while Shui Wanting withdrew with the great elder.
• Hun Qi fused with a ghost soul, blasted Kong Wu back, and raised his Strength attribute beyond Kong Wu’s before it rapidly fell under Soul Shock.
• Hun Qi sent countless ghost souls from the Myriad Souls Banner to blot out the sky and sun.

Kong Wu battled Hun Qi’s overwhelming ghost swarm while Shui Yueqi discovered that Daoist Yuzhe had apparently been defeated by a dangerous unknown enemy. The Devil Dao Sect’s reinforcements arrived in the form of Young Master Hongchen, leaving the confrontation poised to escalate.

• Kong Wu endured and destroyed wave after wave of wandering ghosts, while a foreboding instinct stopped him from using the Heaven Shaking Finger.
• Hun Qi sent a concentrated attack of ghosts crashing into Kong Wu, but Kong Wu recovered and cut them apart.
• Shui Yueqi’s sword qi failed to dent Hun Qi’s ghostly defenses, and he wondered at Kong Wu’s mysterious strength.
• Shui Yueqi received a jade-token warning from Daoist Yuzhe, who told him to flee before the connection cut off; a woman’s voice then taunted him and deepened his fear.
• A bamboo sedan bearing Young Master Hongchen arrived, and a maid ordered the Devil Dao Sect cultivators to step forward and pay homage.

Daoist Yuzhe waited outside Qing'an City to stop demonic reinforcements in exchange for spirit crystals, while two women emerged from the city and unleashed a strange desire on the crowd. The city descended into chaos as its inhabitants acted on their impulses.

• Daoist Yuzhe admired the three fire-attribute spirit crystals Shui Yueqi had given him and agreed to block the demonic cultivators for a further payment.
• Daoist Yuzhe sensed spatial fluctuations near Qing'an City but detected no demonic cultivators and stayed outside the city.
• Shui Yueqi's master kissed her at the city gate, causing the crowd to scatter under the influence of an uncanny desire.
• The people of Qing'an City began attacking or pursuing others, and the city plunged into chaos.

Blood Thorn Hermit attacked Daoist Yuzhe while Thousand Emotions Demon watched, and Yuzhe realized the powerful woman was one of the Demonic Sect’s Seven Devils. He tried to flee and warn Yueqi, but Thousand Emotions Demon stopped his escape and struck him down.

• Blood Thorn Hermit left Thousand Emotions Demon to handle her duties and flew toward Daoist Yuzhe.
• Blood Thorn Hermit attacked Yuzhe and shattered his mountaintop with a whip strike.
• Daoist Yuzhe summoned Dragonflame, but Blood Thorn Hermit’s whip destroyed the pillar of fire.
• Thousand Emotions Demon appeared behind Yuzhe, and he recognized her as one of the Seven Devils.
• Yuzhe fled, swallowed a pill, and tried to escape through a spatial rift while warning Yueqi.
• Thousand Emotions Demon closed the rift with one finger and pointed at Yuzhe, causing his consciousness to fade.

Thousand Emotions Demon and Blood Thorn Hermit encountered Qing'an, the lord of Qing'an City, after arriving near Ghostly Soul Manor. Blood Thorn Hermit fought Qing'an, and the chapter ended as he unleashed a powerful sword technique against her Heaven Severing Whip.

• Thousand Emotions Demon took Daoist Yuzhe’s jade tablet and told him to run while Blood Thorn Hermit warned her that intervening could spark an all-out war.
• Thousand Emotions Demon said she had come to find Young Master Hongchen, her runaway stepson, while Blood Thorn Hermit went to seek reinforcements for Ghostly Soul Manor.
• Qing'an emerged from a spatial rift, questioned Blood Thorn Hermit about the disturbances in his city, and threatened to imprison her.
• Blood Thorn Hermit attacked Qing'an with her blood-red whip, then shattered his Sword Qi with the thorny vine hidden in her hairpin.
• Blood Thorn Hermit used Heaven Severing Whip to tear open a spatial rift, and Qing'an countered with Heaven Breaking Waterfall.

Blood Thorn Hermit defeated Qing An, but Nangong Yun arrived and saved him before challenging her. Nangong Yun called for his sword, but his treasured swords were wreaking havoc tens of millions of li away in Shu Mountain.

• Qing An and Blood Thorn Hermit’s attacks collided in a devastating clash that ended in a draw.
• Blood Thorn Hermit ambushed Qing An with Thousand Emotions Palm and knocked him unconscious, then prepared to strike him with her vine.
• Nangong Yun appeared, used sword qi to stop the vine, and awakened Qing An.
• Thousand Emotions Demon recognized Nangong Yun’s Heart-Pervading Sword Body, while Blood Thorn Hermit resolved to kill him before he matured.
• Nangong Yun challenged Blood Thorn Hermit and called for his sword, but no sword arrived.
• Tens of millions of li away, Shu Mountain’s senior disciple brother watched treasured swords fly wildly around his room.

Nangong Yun fought Blood Thorn Hermit while, inside Ghostly Soul Manor, Kong Wu battled Hun Qi as Young Master Hongchen and his maids watched. Kong Wu killed Hun Qi just before the maid’s attack could reach him and received 578 free attribute points.

• Nangong Yun deflected Blood Thorn Hermit’s vines with Sword Qi and fought her in the sky.
• Kong Wu pressed Hun Qi inside Ghostly Soul Manor as Hun Qi kept the ghosts attacking him.
• A maid serving Young Master Hongchen attacked Hun Qi with zither blades, severing his right arm and forcing him to face both her and Kong Wu.
• Hun Qi used Soul Explosion to detonate more than ten thousand ghosts, but the maids’ music and a celestial phantom stopped the blasts.
• Kong Wu struck Hun Qi down with a round moon before the phantom’s flowing light hit him, earning 578 free attribute points.