Chapter Summaries

Lei Dong pursued an injured Three-tailed Spirit Fox after White Bone Devil Lord revealed its presence, hoping to claim the valuable soul-nourishing jade bead it carried. Lei Dong and his summoned ghosts cornered the beast, and his hidden Netherworld Ghost Qi nets finally trapped it.

• White Bone Devil Lord told Lei Dong that an injured Three-tailed Spirit Fox was nearby and that Lei Dong could defeat it himself.
• Lei Dong used Ghost Shadow Escape and his Asura Wings to pursue the fleeing spirit fox through the mountains.
• Lei Dong summoned the Soul Devouring Shadow Tiger, Critical Ghost General, and Five Ghosts to surround the fox while he defended against its ice and spiritual sense attacks.
• Lei Dong's summoned allies overwhelmed the injured fox, resisting its illusions and driving it into a shrinking field of Netherworld Ghost Qi.
• Lei Dong formed layered ghost-qi nets that caught the spirit fox and wrapped it tightly.

Lei Dong captured a Three-tailed Spirit Fox and prepared to kill it for its valuable divine sense bead, but the fox offered a secret about an ancient shrine to save its life. Its promise of a Soul Fruit made Lei Dong reconsider, while Elder Tian Luo and his young master guarded the shrine entrance nearby.

• Elder Tian Luo refused his young master's request to investigate a distant battle, insisting they protect their discovery of the shrine entrance and secure the barbarians' inheritance.
• Lei Dong trapped the Three-tailed Spirit Fox in his Heaven's Net and Earth's Snare and prepared to kill it for its divine sense bead and other valuable parts.
• The Three-tailed Spirit Fox used an illusion to plead for its life and offered Lei Dong rare treasures, but he rejected the offer and demanded its divine sense bead.
• The fox revealed that it knew an ancient shrine connected to the ancestors of the barbarian tribes and said the entrance could only be used at the right time by someone at Foundation Establishment Realm or below.
• The fox told Lei Dong the shrine contained a Soul Fruit that had once strengthened its divine sense, and Lei Dong was greatly shocked.

Lei Dong and the White Bone Devil Lord learned that a temple held a Soul Tree and bargained over its ownership. Their negotiations were interrupted when Prophet Karkas and the Saintess arrived, warning that Unicorn Race experts had reached the temple first.

• The Three-tailed Spirit Fox claimed that only Foundation Establishment cultivators could enter the temple and that its entrance would close in ten days.
• The White Bone Devil Lord asked Lei Dong to retrieve the Soul Tree and agreed to pay him fifty Top Grade Spirit Stones for it.
• Lei Dong and the White Bone Devil Lord disagreed over how to divide any other treasures in the temple.
• Prophet Karkas and the Saintess appeared, and the Saintess proposed cooperation against the Unicorn Race experts at the temple.
• Lei Dong questioned why the barbarians needed their help against only two Unicorn Race experts.

Lei Dong and White Bone Devil Lord negotiated with the barbarian Saintess to enter the temple, each concealing plans to claim its treasures. The group agreed to keep the Unicorn Race elders occupied while Lei Dong and the Saintess dealt with the Unicorn youth inside, and Lei Dong let the little fox escape.

• White Bone Devil Lord proposed that he occupy the barbarian Oracle while Lei Dong dealt with the Saintess, with the spoils split between them.
• Lei Dong pretended to have a Nine Nether Soul Devouring Insect and urged White Bone Devil Lord to accept mutual restrictions, but the two settled for no safeguards or oath.
• Lei Dong, White Bone Devil Lord, and the Saintess's group agreed to distract the Unicorn Race elders and send the Unicorn youth into the temple, where Lei Dong and the Saintess would kill him.
• Lei Dong grabbed the little fox and refused the Saintess's suggestion to kill her, saying he had promised to spare her in exchange for information.
• Lei Dong released the little fox and told her to flee and recover.

Lei Dong, the Saintess, and two Unicorn Race cultivators entered an ancient Guardian Clan temple after their elders discovered its entrance and agreed to send in only younger cultivators. The temple’s teleportation array scattered them across a separate space, and Lei Dong arrived in the wilderness facing an enormous Archaic Period beast.

• The allied group reached the canyon and found an ancient ruin exposed beneath the fallen mountainside, while White Bone Devil Lord asked Lei Dong to secure treasures that could extend his lifespan.
• Prophet Karkas used his crystal orb to reveal Tian Luo and another hidden party, and the cultivators from both sides gathered at the ruin’s entrance.
• The four younger cultivators entered the temple through a crack while the Nascent Soul cultivators took positions outside to guard them.
• Inside the hall, the group discovered a teleportation vortex, and the Saintess gave Lei Dong a positioning pearl so they could locate one another after being sent to random places.
• Lei Dong entered the vortex third and appeared in a wilderness, where an armored Archaic Period beast brought its enormous foot down toward him.

Tantai Bingyun escaped into the temple’s teleportation array, leaving the Nascent Soul Cultivators arguing over her concealment treasure and waiting for Lei Dong. Inside the separate space, Lei Dong used his ghosts to defeat an ancient beast and let them feed on it.

• Tantai Bingyun revealed herself at the temple entrance, thanked the White Bone Devil Lord, and vanished into the teleportation array before the Nascent Soul Cultivators could stop her.
• Elder Tian Luo accused the White Bone Devil Lord and Prophet Karkas of helping Tantai Bingyun, but Prophet Karkas concluded she had followed him and the Saintess using a powerful heavenly treasure.
• The White Bone Devil Lord failed several times to enter the teleportation array, and the Nascent Soul Cultivators took positions in the hall to wait for Lei Dong.
• Lei Dong dodged the enormous ancient beast with Ghost Shadow Escape while the separate space weakened his Asura Wings.
• Lei Dong summoned five leader-level fierce ghosts and the level-two Critical Ghost General, who joined forces to bring down the beast.
• Lei Dong let the ghosts devour the beast’s flesh and blood to replenish their strength.

Lei Dong hunted the desert’s powerful beasts and gathered ancient spirit medicines, then found an altar that opened a distant teleportation formation. The altar also summoned a Black Winged Clan member, who mistook Lei Dong for the Devil Emperor.

• Lei Dong found a ten-thousand-year-old Golden Ginseng and learned that the shrine’s beasts avoided advancing because of the Lightning Tribulations that destroyed their ancestors.
• Lei Dong and his Soul Devouring Shadow Tiger and peak Golden Puppet killed the desert’s powerful beasts and collected rare spirit medicines.
• Three of Lei Dong’s five vengeful spirits gained Golden Core-level combat strength, though he still found no Soul Fruit or way out of the desert.
• Lei Dong searched beneath the sand, uncovered an ancient altar, and activated it with a drop of blood, causing a distant Teleportation Formation to appear.
• A Black Winged Clan member emerged from the altar, reached Golden Core Late Stage strength, and cried out that Lei Dong was the Devil Emperor.

Lei Dong fought a Winged God Clan spirit in an ancient divine temple and discovered that the seemingly Golden Core Late Stage opponent had been weakened by five thousand years of imprisonment. After Lei Dong’s summoned fighters overwhelmed him, the Winged God Person surrendered and offered to become Lei Dong’s servant.

• The Winged God Person mistook Lei Dong’s Emperor Devil Seed for the Devil Emperor’s, then attacked him after realizing Lei Dong was only a Foundation Establishment cultivator.
• Lei Dong fled on the Evil Ghost Banner, but the Winged God Person quickly caught up and forced him to summon two Golden Core evil ghosts.
• Lei Dong revealed his Emperor Devil Seed and sent his Natal Ghost Servant, Soul Devouring Shadow Tiger, and two puppets to join the fight.
• The Winged God Person struggled against Lei Dong’s fighters because his body and strength had been taken from him and his soul had been corrupted while imprisoned by the Devil Emperor Sect.
• As the Winged God Person weakened, he surrendered and offered to become Lei Dong’s servant, surprising Lei Dong, who questioned whether he could trust him.

Lei Dong learned that the Winged God Person had been made a Soul Slave by the ancient Devil Emperor Sect and refined him into his servant, Yi Kong. After testing his control over Yi Kong, Lei Dong asked how he could restore his strength and prepared to supply him with spiritual sense.

• The Winged God Person explained that the Devil Emperor Sect had refined his soul into a Soul Slave and sealed him as a trial guardian.
• Lei Dong ordered the Winged God Person to become his Soul Slave and cautiously began refining his soul while shielding himself against possible treachery.
• Lei Dong completed the soul-refining process, and the servant introduced himself as Yi Kong and bowed to his new master.
• Lei Dong tested his control by tormenting Yi Kong with spiritual force and Nether Fire, then ordered him to extinguish the flames before they could destroy him.
• Yi Kong said he could recover slowly by absorbing energy or quickly if Lei Dong supplied spiritual sense, and Lei Dong decided to try the latter.

Lei Dong discovered that Netherworld Ghost Qi could rapidly restore Yi Kong, bringing him back to the Golden Core Late Stage before they entered a snowy region of the temple. He followed the positioning bead toward the Saintess and found her fighting two Unicorn Race youths with a powerful lightning-spitting Monster Beast.

• Lei Dong poured his Soul Force into Yi Kong, then used Netherworld Ghost Qi to restore him to the Golden Core Late Stage.
• Lei Dong learned from Yi Kong that the temple was likely a Devil Emperor Sect branch built to recruit exceptional young people and that trial-takers could flee or defeat Yi Kong.
• Lei Dong found the teleportation entrance, hid Yi Kong as a bead, and entered a world of ice and snow.
• The positioning bead guided Lei Dong toward the other mind-sense, and he traveled toward it in black mist.
• Lei Dong found the Saintess and two Unicorn Race youths fighting, with the Saintess riding a Monster Beast that attacked with powerful lightning.

The Saintess and her Thunder Beast fought two Unicorn youths until Ming Wuxie transformed into a Unicorn Devil and the young master began activating the Soul Breaking Awl. As the Saintess sent a swarm of Swift Shadow Insects at the young master, Ming Wuxie turned them against himself, and she called on Lei Dong to help.

• The Thunder Beast overwhelmed the two Unicorn youths, prompting the young master to reveal the Soul Breaking Awl and ask Ming Wuxie to hold off their enemies.
• Ming Wuxie swallowed a pill, transformed into a Unicorn Devil, and charged the Thunder Beast while the young master worked to activate the awl.
• Ming Wuxie clashed with the Thunder Beast, revealing power comparable to a Golden Core cultivator but taking heavy damage.
• The Saintess left the Thunder Beast to fight Ming Wuxie and summoned hundreds of Swift Shadow Insects against the Unicorn young master.
• Ming Wuxie used Black Demonic Flame and a shout to turn the insects against himself, and the Saintess demanded that Lei Dong join the fight.

Lei Dong and Tantai Bingyun helped the Saintess defeat the Unicorn Race members and agreed to work with her to cross the temple. After learning that the Saintess knew some of the temple’s history, the three began breaking through its barriers and progressed without incident.

• Lei Dong appeared on the battlefield and used a Golden Core evil ghost to attack the Unicorn young master, who fired the Soul Breaking Awl at him before redirecting it toward the Thunder Beast.
• The Soul Breaking Awl pierced the Thunder Beast’s chest, but the Saintess healed its wound with a glowing pearl while Tantai Bingyun urged Lei Dong to protect their chance to leave the Great Desert.
• Lei Dong killed the weakened Unicorn young master, trapped his Living Soul, and fed it to the battered evil ghost; the Saintess and Tantai Bingyun then defeated Ming Wuxie’s Unicorn Devil.
• Lei Dong took the Unicorn young master’s Storage Bracelet and Soul Breaking Awl, then learned that Tantai Bingyun had met the Saintess while following him after the White Bone Old Devil’s pursuit.
• The Saintess shared what her clan’s records said about the temple, and Lei Dong, Tantai Bingyun, and the Saintess worked together to pass its barriers.

Lei Dong, Tantai Bingyun, and the Saintess reached the ancient temple and learned that its Soul Fruit was guarded by a mutant flying dragon that might have grown far stronger over the ages. When Lei Dong sent a ghost to scout, a colossal dragon rose into the air, leaving the three to face an unknown and overwhelming threat.

• Lei Dong and his companions found many ancient treasures, but discovered that the other Soul Slave seals were empty.
• The group reached the magnificent temple, where the Saintess knelt and paid respects to the vanished Holy Lord.
• The Saintess explained that the Soul Fruit grew in the plaza and that its guardian was a mutant flying dragon; Tantai yielded her claim to Lei Dong.
• The Saintess warned that the dragon might have advanced beyond Golden Core Stage, though its original restrictions and purpose were uncertain.
• Lei Dong sent a fierce ghost to scout, but its divine sense was overwhelmed, and the dragon—at least ten li long—rose into the air.

Lei Dong, Tantai Bingyun, and the Saintess encountered a colossal flying dragon whose overwhelming power left them unable to resist. They discovered it was intelligent and lonely, and it spared them because it wanted their company, revealing that a little fox had brought them there.

• The flying dragon's immense pressure forced Lei Dong, Tantai Bingyun, and the Saintess to the ground, and its force also blew away the Saintess's veil.
• Lei Dong and Tantai Bingyun spoke about their rival sects and the possibility of friendship as they faced what seemed like certain death.
• The three realized the dragon was watching them with curiosity, and Lei Dong asked whether it could understand them.
• The dragon nodded and answered aloud, accidentally blasting the three a hundred zhang away with its voice before communicating through psychic energy.
• The dragon told them it would not let them die because it would be lonely without them, and said a little fox had brought them to keep it company.

Lei Dong deceived the lonely flying dragon into becoming his sworn brother and learned that the dragon was sealed as guardian of the Soul Tree. Hoping to free Lei Long and obtain a Soul Fruit, Lei Dong learned that the temple and its restrictions stood in his way, then asked how the Three-tailed Spirit Fox had passed the trial.

• Lei Dong won Lei Long’s trust with flattery, stories, and spirit wine, and helped him take human form and adopt the name Lei Long.
• Lei Dong learned that Lei Long was a Spirit Transmutation-level monster who had been sealed to guard the Soul Tree and defeat, but not kill, trial-takers.
• Lei Long warned Lei Dong that temple guardians would kill him if he entered without the Holy Lord’s summons, and that Lei Long could neither enter the temple nor harm its guardians.
• Lei Dong asked for a ripe Soul Fruit, but Lei Long refused because the restriction required a trial-taker to defeat him first.
• Lei Dong wondered how the Three-tailed Spirit Fox had passed the trial, and Lei Long began explaining the trick he had devised to help her.

Lei Dong defeated the temple guardian Lei Long’s staged challenge and consumed the Soul Fruit, greatly strengthening his divine sense. He discovered that the temple was a Space Sacred Artifact linked to the Emperor Devil Seed and spent months partially refining it, leaving him able to control a few minor functions as he prepared to deal with White Bone Devil Lord.

• Lei Long pretended to be defeated by Lei Dong’s Netherflame Bullet and yielded the Soul Fruit to him.
• Lei Dong swallowed the Soul Fruit, increasing his divine sense by twenty to thirty percent and improving his ability to control powerful ghosts.
• Lei Dong followed the temple’s rules, entered its main hall, and sat on the imperial dragon throne, awakening the Emperor Devil Seed’s connection to it.
• Lei Dong learned that the temple was a Space Sacred Artifact made for the Devil Emperor and that he would need Nascent Soul cultivation to master it fully.
• After several months of refining, Lei Dong gained control of the temple’s outer gate and a few minor functions, then thought of using it against White Bone Devil Lord.

White Bone Devil Lord and the other Nascent Soul Realm cultivators entered the temple after discovering its seal had vanished and its trial grounds were filled with ancient treasures. Lei Dong lured Elder Shadow into the main temple, where an immense pressure stopped him and a mysterious voice addressed Lei Dong as its big brother.

• The temple seal vanished, and White Bone Devil Lord and the other three Nascent Soul Realm cultivators sent Golden Core-level fighters inside to test the entrance.
• The cultivators sensed vast quantities of ancient treasures in the trial grounds, and White Bone Devil Lord entered first before the others followed.
• Lei Dong sensed the four powerful cultivators inside, closed the temple entrance, and began drawing Elder Shadow away from the treasures.
• Elder Shadow pursued Lei Dong, believing he had obtained the temple's legacy, and Lei Dong led him into the space containing the main temple.
• An immense pressure nearly crushed Elder Shadow, and a deep voice asked Lei Dong whether Elder Shadow was his enemy.

Lei Long defeated Elder Shadow and trapped his Nascent Soul, leaving Lei Dong to decide its fate. Lei Dong resolved to refine it into a chief soul for his Myriad Ghost Banner.

• Lei Long attacked Elder Shadow, who used a Space Talisman to escape the first blow and transformed into a Unicorn Devil to withstand the next.
• Lei Long changed into his dragon form, battered Elder Shadow, and crushed him beneath his claw.
• Lei Long trapped Elder Shadow's escaping Nascent Soul with his divine sense and offered it to Lei Dong as a Ghost Servant.
• Lei Dong reflected on the gulf between cultivation realms and resolved to keep striving toward the peak of the Cultivation World.
• Elder Shadow begged Lei Dong to spare him in exchange for his treasures, but Lei Dong refused and declared that he would make him a chief soul in the Myriad Ghost Banner.

Lei Dong revealed his Emperor Devil Seed to Lan Qisi and was acknowledged as the Saint Lord. He ordered her to kill Tantai Bingyun so no outsider would learn his secret, and she attacked despite their bond.

• Lei Dong sealed Elder Shadow’s Nascent Soul, took his treasures and wealth, and let the Critical Ghost General devour his body.
• Lei Dong admitted that he had gained the temple’s recognition, then revealed the Emperor Devil Seed to Lan Qisi and Tantai Bingyun.
• Lan Qisi recognized Lei Dong as the Saint Lord, knelt before him, and affirmed her loyalty to the Guardian Clan’s master.
• Lei Dong ordered Lan Qisi to silence Tantai Bingyun, and she summoned a Thunder Beast to attack her.
• Tantai Bingyun fled on her wings, summoned a Red Luan to fight the Thunder Beast, and challenged Lei Dong over their alliance.

Lan Qisi and Tantai Bingyun fought to a standstill while Lei Dong weighed whether to kill Tantai to protect his secret. Lan Qisi proposed bringing Tantai under Lei Dong’s command, but both Lei Dong and Tantai rejected the idea.

• Lan Qisi unleashed her Swift Shadow Insects against Tantai Bingyun, who used a puppet and her Green Lotus Sword Tune to fight them off.
• Lan Qisi empowered and healed her forces with her inherited techniques, and the two women fought evenly for an incense stick’s worth of time.
• Lei Long gave Lei Dong two spirit artifacts and offered to kill Tantai Bingyun for him.
• Tantai swore she would never reveal Lei Dong’s secret, but Lei Dong said he trusted only one person completely.
• Tantai recalled her Red Luan and puppet and accepted that she might die, asking Lan Qisi to leave her body intact.
• Lan Qisi suggested that Lei Dong keep Tantai under his command instead of killing her, and both Lei Dong and Tantai immediately refused.