Chapter Summaries

Yu Ling explained the Two Poles Heavenly Pride List and the Hundred Ghosts Sect to Jiang Qiu as she brought him to the sect. He learned that the list offered a path to the Yang Domain, then met the masked disciples who welcomed him as a rare summon-born recruit.

• Yu Ling told Jiang Qiu that the Hundred Ghosts Sect had declined and that its members hoped to reach the Yang Domain after death.
• Yu Ling showed Jiang Qiu the Two Poles Heavenly Pride List, and he was astonished that Underworld ranked only hundredth.
• Yu Ling explained that reaching the list could take many lifetimes, while Jiang Qiu resolved to find Hua and investigate the Nine Venerables Great World rather than die there.
• Yu Ling brought Jiang Qiu to a grand hall, where masked disciples examined him and marveled that a teenage youth had emerged from Two Poles Summoning Life.

Jiang Qiu learned why people in the Yin Domain wore masks and moved into Lingyu Palace to cultivate with Lingyu. After discovering that Lingyu’s mask felt like living flesh, he realized it was her face.

• Lingyu explained that masks hid people’s appearances and thoughts, defended against secret arts, and were worn from adulthood or even infancy.
• Lingyu brought Jiang Qiu to Lingyu Palace, connected him to the Yin Network, and led him to choose a mask.
• Jiang Qiu sensed something familiar about the masked maid Xue and asked her to remove her mask.
• Lingyu warned that exposing one’s true appearance shortened one’s lifespan because Yin Domain residents were born incomplete, and that asking someone to remove a mask was like declaring war.
• Lingyu guided Jiang Qiu’s hand onto her mask, and he felt that it was like living flesh.

Jiang Qiu learned how masks governed lifespan and were difficult to remove, then chose to wear a Mask Embryo and pursue the Two Poles Heavenly Pride List. He left the chapter committed to growing strong in the Two Poles Great World so he could eventually reach the Nine Venerables Great World and save his allies.

• Jiang Qiu asked Lingyu about lifespan, and she explained that people without masks lived only twenty years while masked cultivators could live for thousands.
• Lingyu warned Jiang Qiu that removing a fully fused mask was extremely difficult, though ascending the Two Poles Heavenly Pride List could restore a cultivator's original appearance.
• Jiang Qiu concluded that he needed to gain strength and qualifications in the Two Poles Great World before he could access a grand teleportation array or pursue his goals.
• Jiang Qiu resolved to challenge the Two Poles Heavenly Pride List and eventually storm the Nine Venerables Great World to save Grandmaster Zhu, Liu Zili, Binglian, and the others.
• Jiang Qiu put on the dragon-patterned Mask Embryo as his Dragon Bloodline began to boil.

Jiang Qiu bonded with a dragon-patterned Mask Embryo, whose Dragon Race Will resisted the laws of the Two Poles Great World. After [Lingyu] taught him about the Hundred Ghosts Sect’s cultivation method, he discovered that he needed an Abyssal Dark Spiritual Essence vessel to begin practicing it.

• Jiang Qiu’s Mask Embryo revealed his incomplete true form, but his Dragon Race Will broke its binding and formed a Dragon Spirit around his heart.
• [Lingyu] and [Snow] examined Jiang Qiu’s vivid dragon mask, and [Lingyu] passed on the Hundred Ghosts Universal Method and related cultivation knowledge.
• Jiang Qiu learned that the Hundred Ghosts Sect’s Great Dao treated all beings as ghosts commanded through the cultivator’s body.
• [Lingyu] assigned [Snow] to accompany Jiang Qiu and told him to enter the sect’s top ten in its Heavenly Talent List selection in three years.
• Jiang Qiu could not cultivate the Hundred Ghosts Universal Method with his existing Spiritual Essence, so [Lingyu] revealed that [Snow] was the vessel prepared for him.

Jiang Qiu learned that [Snow], once named the chief seat of Two Poles Summoning Life, could not cultivate and had become [Lingyu]’s maid. After [Snow] agreed to serve as his vessel, Jiang Qiu unexpectedly bound himself to her and discovered he could cultivate the Hundred Ghosts Dao despite already having entered My Dao.

• Jiang Qiu questioned [Snow] about her origins and learned that she had been named chief seat after snow fell across the Hundred Ghosts Sect when she was born.
• [Snow] explained that she could not cultivate and that her original master had intended to give her away for refining before [Lingyu] took her in.
• Jiang Qiu probed [Snow]’s body and soul but found no cultivation and was unable to sense her soul state.
• Jiang Qiu stopped himself from removing [Snow]’s mask when she asked him not to, and promised he would leave it on.
• [Snow] agreed to become Jiang Qiu’s vessel, believing it was the greatest meaning and honor her life could have.
• Jiang Qiu attempted to refine [Snow] using the Hundred Ghosts Universal Method and discovered that he could cultivate its Dao despite already having entered My Dao.

Jiang Qiu made Snow his cultivation vessel through the Hundred Ghosts Universal Method, allowing her to cultivate and linking their spiritual essence and souls. He took her to explore the Hundred Ghosts Sect, where disciples mocked her past as a failed genius, and she wondered whether she could simply kill them.

• Jiang Qiu designated Snow as his cultivation vessel and felt their souls connect as she began absorbing Abyssal Dark Spiritual Essence.
• Snow discovered that she could cultivate, and Jiang Qiu learned that the strongest person of her generation was near the Path-Glimpsing Realm.
• Jiang Qiu asked Snow to show him around the Hundred Ghosts Sect, and she eagerly introduced Lingyu's palace and its surroundings.
• A group of ordinary disciples mocked Snow for being unable to cultivate and reduced to serving as a maid.
• Snow lowered her head as the disciples displayed their minor secret arts, then wondered whether she could kill them directly.

Jiang Qiu urged Snow to challenge Ghost Head to a duel, promising to help her win and give her his cultivation resources. Snow accepted, and Ghost Head agreed to fight her in the arena three days later.

• Snow reminded Jiang Qiu that Hundred Ghosts Sect disciples had to settle conflicts through the sect and its arena.
• Ghost Head mocked Jiang Qiu and Snow, and Jiang Qiu told Snow to challenge him to a duel.
• Jiang Qiu promised to support Snow and give her his cultivation resources, and she agreed to challenge Ghost Head for Senior Brother Baimo.
• Ghost Head received Snow’s duel request and accepted, eager to defeat and absorb her before the sect’s elders and disciples.

Jiang Qiu helped Snow cultivate with Abyssal Dark Essence Ore and discovered that her talent allowed her to absorb Spiritual Essence rapidly. As they held hands and cultivated together, Snow felt an unfamiliar closeness to him but resolved to remain a well-behaved cultivation vessel.

• Jiang Qiu explained the Hundred Ghosts Sect's elders, disciples, and cultivation resources to Snow during their stroll.
• Jiang Qiu gave Snow Abyssal Dark Essence Ore and told her to cultivate so she could grow strong enough to defeat Ghost Head.
• Snow absorbed the Spiritual Essence rapidly, and Jiang Qiu sensed some of it entering his body.
• Jiang Qiu held Snow's hands and cultivated alongside her using the Hundred Ghosts Universal Method, helping their cultivation vessel state take shape.
• Snow felt her heart race at their contact and wondered if the sensation came from being Jiang Qiu's cultivation vessel.
• Snow suppressed her thoughts and resolved to follow the rules and cherish her chance to cultivate.

Jiang Qiu and Snow ate soul-nourishing incense before Snow brought him to Elder Lingyu’s bathhouse. When Jiang Qiu tried to bathe alone, Snow pleaded to stay and help him.

• Jiang Qiu and Snow discovered that their dinner was fragrant incense that nourished the soul, and they ate it while discussing its rarity.
• After the incense burned out, Snow led Jiang Qiu to a bathhouse Elder Lingyu had prepared for him.
• Snow began undressing Jiang Qiu, but he stopped her and told her to leave so he could bathe alone.
• Snow noticed Jiang Qiu’s arousal, and he tried to suppress his desire as she tearfully begged him not to send her away.

Jiang Qiu let Snow bathe alongside him after she misunderstood his concerns about bathing together, and her massage caused their soul correlation to surge. In the consciousness realm, he recognized that their souls were drawn together because their incomplete aspects complemented each other, and he grasped the essence of the Hundred Ghosts Universal Method.

• Snow failed to understand Jiang Qiu's explanation of gender and left the bath in tears, thinking he disliked her and wanted her to be absorbed.
• Jiang Qiu called Snow back and entered the bath, using Vast Water Spiritual Essence to obscure his body from view.
• Snow joined Jiang Qiu in the pool and began washing and massaging him as she had once helped Elder Lingyu.
• Jiang Qiu's Abyssal Dark Spiritual Essence flowed rapidly, and his soul correlation with Snow rose to its highest rate as she pressed against him.
• Jiang Qiu entered the consciousness realm and saw Snow's soul drawn toward his, with their incomplete aspects complementing one another.
• Jiang Qiu understood that the Hundred Ghosts Universal Method used vessels to convert Abyssal Dark Spiritual Essence before the vessels ultimately merged into the soul.

Jiang Qiu watched over Snow after her soul and cultivation transformed, then cultivated with her using Abyssal Dark Essence Ore. By the end of the day, Snow had reached the peak of the Spirit Body Realm, and the ore had revealed itself as the key to unsealing her.

• Jiang Qiu discovered that Snow had entered the Spirit Body Realm and that a fourth Jade Tendon had begun forming within him.
• Snow woke, recalled seeing a vast dragon in a dream, and asked Jiang Qiu why he wore a dragon-shaped mask.
• Jiang Qiu and Snow cultivated together, with their joined hands greatly increasing Snow's absorption of Abyssal Dark Spiritual Essence.
• Snow advanced to the second, third, and fourth levels of the Spirit Body Realm as she absorbed the ore.
• Snow drained ten jin of Abyssal Dark Essence Ore and reached the peak of the Spirit Body Realm, her soul and body becoming more mature.

Jiang Qiu taught Snow the Ghost Possession secret art, and the two quickly learned to partially merge their souls and bodies. Just as Snow spoke of wanting to be together with him, an elder summoned them to the dueling arena for her match against Ghost Head.

• Snow emerged from a brief soul-separation experience and told Jiang Qiu that her cultivation had made her stronger and extended her life.
• Jiang Qiu decided Snow needed secret arts to challenge Ghost Head and taught her Ghost Possession.
• Jiang Qiu and Snow cultivated the art together for two days, and Jiang Qiu gained the ability to partially control Snow's body.
• Snow said she wanted to be close to Jiang Qiu and believed being together with him was her life's destination; Jiang Qiu said he planned to restore her true form in the Yang Domain.
• An elder sent Jiang Qiu notice that Snow's duel was about to begin and warned that missing it would count as a forfeit.

Snow faced Ghost Head in a duel where the loser would become the winner’s nourishment, while Jiang Qiu concealed her cultivation with Ghost Possession. The duel began as golden light flashed in Snow’s eyes and a dragon’s shadow appeared.

• Lingyu brought Baimo, Snow, and hundreds of elite disciples to the Hundred Ghosts Sect’s dueling grounds.
• The Duel Elder instructed Baimo to lead Snow to defeat Ghost Head and announced that the loser would become nourishment for the winner.
• Jiang Qiu reassured Snow and went to the spectator stands as Snow entered the arena alone.
• Ghost Head confronted Snow, his desire for recognition and greed intensifying as he prepared to fight.
• The Duel Elder started the duel, and golden radiance burst from Snow’s eyes as a dragon’s shadow flashed past.

Snow’s duel with Ghost Head stalled when he was overwhelmed by inexplicable fear, unable to attack her. When the Duel Elder demanded they fight, Snow revealed that she had reached the first layer of the Spirit Body Realm, shocking the arena and prompting speculation about her cultivation vessel and talent.

• Ghost Head felt terrifying pressure from Snow and froze, unable to gather or release his Abyssal Dark Spiritual Essence.
• The spectators and elders grew impatient and criticized Ghost Head for failing to fight.
• The Duel Elder questioned Lingyu, who said she had not arranged the duel and trusted Baimo to look after Snow.
• The Duel Elder ordered the fighters to begin, and Snow released Abyssal Dark Spiritual Essence.
• The crowd discovered that Snow had reached the first layer of the Spirit Body Realm and argued over how she had begun cultivating.

Snow revealed that she could cultivate, shocking the Hundred Ghosts Sect elders and spectators who had long believed she was unable to do so. Her displayed power rose from the first to the third layer of the Spirit Body Realm, while no one could sense how she was doing it.

• Snow unleashed Abyssal Dark Spiritual Essence, and the elders questioned how she could cultivate after years of failed attempts to bind her with a cultivation vessel.
• Lingyu denied tampering with Snow, while the Duel Elder ordered everyone to keep watching.
• Snow taunted Ghost Head, whose fear briefly gave way to disbelief as he convinced himself her power was fake.
• Snow's aura rose to the second layer of the Spirit Body Realm, leaving the elders puzzled because they could not sense her cultivation.
• Snow's aura surged again to the third layer of the Spirit Body Realm, and the crowd grew more horrified.

Snow revealed that she could cultivate and instantly rose to the ninth layer of the Spirit Body Realm, shocking the disciples and elders in the Duel Secret Realm. The Duel Elder suspected she possessed power beyond the Path-Entering Realm and warned everyone not to act rashly against her after the duel.

• Snow surged through eight layers of the Spirit Body Realm and reached the ninth layer before the spectators.
• The disciples argued over how Snow, who had been unable to cultivate, could suddenly display such powerful cultivation.
• Elder Lingyu said she had never given Snow cultivation resources and had never sensed Abyssal Dark Spiritual Essence from her before.
• The elders accused Lingyu of concealing what she knew, while the Duel Elder realized he had lost control of the situation.
• The Duel Elder suspected Snow had power beyond the Path-Entering Realm and ordered everyone not to act rashly against her after the duel.

Snow revealed her ninth-layer Spirit Body Realm cultivation, killed Ghost Head, and silenced the spectators and elders with her presence. After the Duel Elder declared her the victor, she devoured Ghost Head’s soul, triggering a breakthrough.

• Snow approached Ghost Head, who was overwhelmed by her cultivation and unable to resist.
• Snow crushed Ghost Head to death and faced the stunned spectators, whose fear silenced them.
• The elders confronted Lingyu for hiding Snow’s cultivation, but Snow’s glance made their anger fade.
• The Duel Elder declared Snow the winner and said she could devour Ghost Head’s soul.
• Snow swallowed Ghost Head’s soul, and a breakthrough began.

Snow broke through from the ninth layer of the Spirit Body Realm to the Enlightened Soul Realm after Jiang Qiu devoured Ghost Head, shocking the elders. After the duel, the Duel Elder offered to make Snow his personal disciple, but she refused because she was already Senior Brother Baimo's cultivation vessel.

• Jiang Qiu devoured Ghost Head and gained a soul imprint as Ghost Head's soul was refined into his body.
• Snow surged into the Enlightened Soul Realm, leaving the Duel Elder and the other elders astonished and suspicious of her.
• Jiang Qiu's consciousness returned to his body, and Snow told him through the Yin Network that she had reached the Enlightened Soul Realm.
• The duel ended, and the Duel Elder offered Snow personal discipleship and as much Abyssal Dark Essence Ore as she wanted.
• Snow refused the Duel Elder because she was already Senior Brother Baimo's cultivation vessel, and he reacted with shock.

The Duel Elder questioned Jiang Qiu about how he had bound Snow, whose sudden cultivation breakthrough had astonished the sect. He offered Jiang Qiu resources and support, leaving them with the chance to pursue the Two Poles Heavenly Pride List.

• The Duel Elder examined Snow and Jiang Qiu but could not detect anything unusual, then asked how Jiang Qiu had bound her.
• Jiang Qiu said he had bound Snow with the Hundred Ghosts Universal Method when he was a beginner and had not understood what he was doing.
• The Duel Elder concluded that Snow’s awakened talent had raised both her and Baimo to the first level of the Enlightened Soul Realm, though he privately considered other explanations for her power.
• The Duel Elder offered to supply Jiang Qiu with resources and help him obtain more souls from disciples who had violated sect rules.
• Jiang Qiu accepted the offer, and the Duel Elder encouraged him to cultivate with Snow and aim for the Two Poles Heavenly Pride List.

After a month of absorbing Abyssal Dark Essence Ore, Jiang Qiu and Snow reached the ninth level of the Enlightened Soul Realm but could advance no further without a fusion. Lingyu explained the risks and limits of several fusion methods, leaving Jiang Qiu to consider what kind they should attempt.

• Snow absorbed the Duel Elder's Abyssal Dark Essence Ore over a month and rapidly reached the ninth level of the Enlightened Soul Realm.
• Jiang Qiu and Snow told Lingyu that they could no longer absorb Abyssal Dark Essence Ore, and Lingyu discovered they had reached the threshold of the Dharma Manifestation Realm.
• Lingyu explained that entering the Dharma Manifestation Realm required Jiang Qiu and Snow to complete an initial fusion.
• Lingyu described several fusion methods, warning that each had drawbacks, including limited prospects or the risk of a vessel devouring its cultivator.
• Jiang Qiu rejected the methods involving soul refinement, dual-soul symbiosis, and male-female fusion as he weighed their choices.