Chapter Summaries

After defeating Vajra Temple, Lei Dong led his companions to a secluded valley where several prepared to advance to the Golden Core Stage. As Lei Dong began his breakthrough with Qi Feifei’s help, Tantai Bingyun arrived, gave the Heavenly Demon a concealment technique for Lei Dong, and announced she would return to Tianyin Palace but avoid worldly affairs.

• Lei Dong’s group ambushed and killed the ten Arhats, then collected the spoils from the battle.
• Shangguan and Qing Niangzi decided to attempt breakthroughs to the Golden Core, and Lei Dong reunited with Qi Feifei near the border.
• Lei Dong led the group into the Hengduan Mountain Range, where they claimed a spirit valley after killing its Golden Core Demon Beast.
• Lei Dong prepared to break through in a stone chamber, and Qi Feifei joined him to use the Plain Maiden Great Method to improve his chances.
• The Heavenly Demon discovered Tantai Bingyun nearby, and Tantai gave her a Jade Slip containing a concealment technique for Lei Dong.
• Tantai Bingyun said she would return to Tianyin Palace and focus on cultivation rather than take part in worldly affairs.

Tantai Bingyun chose to withdraw from worldly affairs rather than oppose Lei Dong, while Lei Dong completed his Golden Core breakthrough and survived the minor heavenly tribulation. He emerged as a Golden Core Initial Stage cultivator with a body and spiritual sense strengthened far beyond his cultivation level.

• Tantai Bingyun told Tianmo she would leave and return to her sect to enter seclusion, then vanished after looking toward Lei Dong's stone chamber.
• Lei Dong and Qi Feifei finished cultivating together and advanced in separate stone chambers so they would not disturb each other.
• Lei Dong used the refined qi and resources from their cultivation to temper his body and soul, gradually condensing a Golden Core in his dantian.
• Lei Dong prepared tribulation aids and endured three bolts of heavenly lightning, surviving the minor tribulation despite being injured by the final strike.
• Lei Dong absorbed the tribulation clouds' spiritual energy over several days, strengthening his Golden Core, body, and soul before roaring in triumph at his breakthrough.

After stabilizing his new Golden Core Stage cultivation, Lei Dong considered how to keep a low profile when returning to Kang Prefecture. The Heavenly Demon delivered Tantai Bingyun’s parting gift, an ancient learning Jade Slip that taught him the concealment technique Zhou Tian Cang Ri Jue.

• Lei Dong broke through to the Golden Core Stage, accepted congratulations from the Heavenly Demon and his followers, and gave them pills.
• Lei Dong ordered Han Chao and the others to guard Shangguan, Qing Niangzi, and Qi Feifei while they approached their own breakthroughs, then secluded himself to stabilize his cultivation.
• Lei Dong decided that he needed to conceal his strength and avoid attracting attention when he returned to Kang Prefecture.
• The Heavenly Demon gave Lei Dong an ancient Jade Slip containing Tantai Bingyun’s message and gift, and Lei Dong suppressed his urge to pursue her to Tianyin Palace.
• The Jade Slip shattered as Lei Dong read it, transferring its contents into his mind, and he began studying the concealment technique Zhou Tian Cang Ri Jue.

Myriad Ghost Ancestor worried over Lei Dong’s decade-long disappearance, while Lei Dong’s companions advanced to Golden Core and he planned to strengthen his allies with powerful ghosts. The chapter ended with the Heavenly Demon stunned when Lei Dong revealed two Top Grade Spirit Ghosts.

• Myriad Ghost Ancestor dismissed his disciples and fretted that Lei Dong had vanished, while an attendant reassured him that Lei Dong could survive even the Nether Domain or Asura Realm.
• Myriad Ghost Ancestor hoped Lei Dong would return so he could use the Ascension Pill he had bought for him.
• Lei Dong, Qing Niangzi, Shangguan Hong, and Qi Feifei reached Golden Core, giving Lei Dong trusted allies to organize his forces and develop his plans.
• Lei Dong dissolved his spiritual fusion with Qi Feifei but invited her to work with him, intending to support her and keep her close.
• Lei Dong considered using the Soul Devouring Pagoda to equip his allies and the Heavenly Demon with powerful spirit ghosts.
• Lei Dong summoned the Heavenly Demon and showed her two Top Grade Spirit Ghosts, leaving her astonished.

Lei Dong offered Heavenly Demon two Top Grade Spirit Ghosts to strengthen her, and his tender words brought them closer. She then restrained him and spent nearly half the night interrogating him about the women he had charmed before finally releasing him.

• Heavenly Demon was shocked by Lei Dong's two Top Grade Spirit Ghosts and urged him to keep them for himself.
• Lei Dong insisted Heavenly Demon refine the Spirit Ghosts so she could better protect herself, and she accepted his concern.
• Heavenly Demon teased Lei Dong about his other women, then restrained him with demonic energy and demanded he confess.
• Lei Dong admitted that Lan Qisi had been an accident, and Heavenly Demon released him after questioning him for nearly half the night.

Lei Dong returned to Myriad Ghost City after nearly twenty years away, hiding his Golden Core cultivation as he explored the city’s changes and made his way to his parents’ residence. He reunited with his parents and Wan Yan’s parents, leaving them astonished as he knelt to greet them.

• Lei Dong concealed his Golden Core aura with the Breath Concealment Art and entered Myriad Ghost City under the surname Ding.
• Li Xi and Qin Yun questioned Lei Dong at the city gate, then gave him an entry token after mistaking him for a cultivator from a Great Ding Kingdom family.
• Lei Dong bought a map and secretly entered the restricted district where his parents lived.
• Lei Dong found his parents dining with King Zhennan and his wife, Wan Yan’s parents, and heard the four elders lament that he and Wan Yan had no child.
• Lei Dong appeared before the elders, knelt, and introduced himself as their unfilial son and son-in-law, prompting his parents to exclaim, “Dong’er?”

Lei Dong secretly investigated Myriad Ghost City and discovered that Blood Demon and another Nascent Soul Cultivator were plotting to kidnap his parents, King Zhennan and his wife. He learned they also intended to capture Ding Wanyan, and the chapter ended as their conversation stirred his killing intent.

• Lei Dong reunited with his parents in Myriad Ghost City and became concerned when he learned Wan Yan had hurried off on another mission.
• Lei Dong secretly surveyed the city market, noticed a suspicious Golden Core Cultivator disguised as a Foundation Establishment Cultivator, and followed him out of the city.
• Lei Dong evaded a powerful divine sense and discovered two Nascent Soul Cultivators waiting in a canyon.
• The Golden Core Cultivator reported to Blood Demon that King Zhennan and his wife were staying at the Lei residence, and Blood Demon ordered their abduction after they left the city.
• Blood Demon explained that Myriad Ghost was close to Heavenly Demon, while the other cultivator revealed he wanted Ding Wanyan; Lei Dong listened with rising killing intent.

Lei Dong returned to Myriad Ghost Cave after discovering Blood Demon and Li Yao’s plot against Wan Yan and Myriad Ghost Ancestor, then reunited with his master and revealed his plan to strike back. Myriad Ghost Ancestor agreed to offer the Netherworld Map to the Heavenly Devil Lord in exchange for secret help.

• Lei Dong overheard Blood Demon and Li Yao agree to exchange help with their schemes against Wan Yan and Myriad Ghost Ancestor for access to the Netherworld Map.
• Lei Dong waited until the two men left, returned to Myriad Ghost City, sent messages with Ghost Messengers, and secretly entered Myriad Ghost Cave.
• Lei Dong reunited with Myriad Ghost Ancestor and told him he had reached the Golden Core Initial Stage.
• Lei Dong informed Myriad Ghost Ancestor of the plot and proposed retaliating with his Golden Core allies and twenty Golden Core level Earth Giants.
• Myriad Ghost Ancestor agreed that the Heavenly Devil Lord could help them keep one enemy there and offered to give him the Netherworld Map for his assistance.

Lei Dong returned to Myriad Ghost Ancestor with pills and told him about his connection to the Yaksha King, while his master planned to seek the Heavenly Devil Lord’s help. After discovering Lei Dong had brought an Immortal Transformation Pill and hundreds of Xuanjin Pills, Myriad Ghost Ancestor resolved to reach the Nascent Soul Realm quickly and protect Myriad Ghost Cave.

• Lei Dong told Myriad Ghost Ancestor that the Yaksha King owed him a favor and explained how he had nearly died while earning it.
• Myriad Ghost Ancestor decided to seek the Heavenly Devil Lord’s help and urged Lei Dong to use the Yaksha King’s favor to obtain treasures for his future breakthrough.
• Lei Dong gave Myriad Ghost Ancestor a collection of pills he had bought in Zhao Prefecture, including an Immortal Transformation Pill.
• Myriad Ghost Ancestor was shocked by the Immortal Transformation Pill and the hundreds of Xuanjin Pills, which could greatly accelerate his cultivation.
• Lei Dong urged his master to grow stronger so Myriad Ghost Cave would no longer have to rely on others for protection.
• Myriad Ghost Ancestor vowed to reach the Nascent Soul Realm as soon as possible and ensure no one bullied Myriad Ghost Cave.

A black-robed Evil Cultivator attacked the Prince and Princess Zhennan’s Flying Boat with two Blood Puppets, but the Heavenly Devil stopped him and forced him into her service. The Prince and Princess were left safe, while the Heavenly Devil learned that Blood Demon had gathered twenty Blood Puppets.

• The Prince and Princess Zhennan praised Wan Yan and Li Yao while traveling on a Flying Boat, until a black-robed Evil Cultivator attacked them.
• The Evil Cultivator sent two Blood Puppets to kill the Foundation Establishment Attendants, who were overwhelmed and devoured.
• The Evil Cultivator tried to seize the Prince and Princess Zhennan, but the Heavenly Devil’s voice stopped him from fleeing.
• The Heavenly Devil forced the Evil Cultivator to swallow a Ghost Gu and ordered him to serve Qing Niangzi.
• The Evil Cultivator revealed that his Blood Puppets belonged to Blood Demon, and the Heavenly Devil said Blood Demon had gathered twenty.

Lei Dong arranged to lure the Blood Demon to a hidden Netherworld site with the promise of a fifty-thousand-year Netherworld Ginseng. The Blood Demon entered the fissure expecting treasure and found himself caught in a natural Gravity Technique, where he realized an Earth Giant was involved.

• Lei Dong decided to use Yi Kong to help subdue the Blood Demon rather than risk exposing the Yaksha King and his Supreme Ghost Gu.
• A black-robed man delivered King Zhennan and his wife to a stone cell, then reported that he had discovered a fifty-thousand-year Netherworld Ginseng guarded by a Golden Core High-tier Soul Devouring Shadow Tiger.
• The Blood Demon questioned the black-robed man, sent a Blood Puppet to verify the site, and found no signs of an ambush.
• The Blood Demon flew to the fissure and spotted the Netherworld Ginseng beneath a rocky outcrop.
• A powerful natural Gravity Technique seized the Blood Demon, who recognized that an Earth Giant had sprung the trap.

Lei Dong and his allies ambushed the Blood Demon after he plotted against Ding Wanyan, using the Earth Giants, Yi Kong, and the Heavenly Demon to overcome his escape attempts. With the Blood Demon captured and exposed to Lei Dong’s identity, Lei Dong offered him a chance to make amends by joining their side.

• The Earth Giants halted the Blood Demon with their Gravity Techniques, and Yi Kong struck him with a Light Cannon.
• The Blood Demon unleashed his Blood Sha Divine Skill against the Earth Giants, but Yi Kong dispelled the mist with the Great Light Incantation.
• The Blood Demon tried to escape with the Blood Escape Technique, but the Heavenly Demon trapped him with a Space Solidification Talisman and struck him.
• Lei Dong arrived and revealed that he was the Myriad Ghost Ancestor’s Personal Disciple and Ding Wanyan’s husband.
• After the Blood Demon admitted his scheme had failed and asked for a quick death, Lei Dong offered him a chance to make amends.

Lei Dong tried to make the Blood Demon accept a Ghost Gu by revealing his strength, resources, and powerful connections, then offered him a hundred years of service in exchange for freedom and a Top Grade Spirit Ghost. The Blood Demon began to waver and said he would join Lei Dong if Lei Dong swore not to betray the Yin Sha Sect.

• Lei Dong offered the Blood Demon a Ghost Gu and explained that it could control a Nascent Soul Cultivator, but the Blood Demon refused to submit and chose to hear Lei Dong out.
• Lei Dong showed the Blood Demon his two high-tier Ghost Generals, six Golden Core Initial Stage Vicious Ghosts, and Golden Core High-tier Soul Devouring Shadow Tiger, and described how he had strengthened his soul.
• Lei Dong revealed that he had intercepted Top Grade Spirit Ghosts meant as gifts for the Netherworld Ghost Emperor and had connections to an Ancient Flying Dragon and the Yaksha King.
• Lei Dong offered the Blood Demon a Top Grade Spirit Ghost and promised to remove the Ghost Gu after a hundred years of service.
• The Blood Demon said he would join Lei Dong if Lei Dong swore not to betray the Yin Sha Sect, provided the sect had not wronged him.

Lei Dong secured Blood Demon’s submission with a Ghost Gu and learned that Li Yao was backed by the powerful Supreme Sect of Great Gan Continent. After Yi Kong offered another chance to fight, Lei Dong prepared to kill Li Yao, confident he was as good as dead.

• Lei Dong accepted Blood Demon’s oath, and Blood Demon swallowed the Ghost Gu and experienced its painful control when he tried to refine it.
• Lei Dong promised to provide Blood Demon with a Top Grade Spirit Ghost after three months and planned to have controlled Golden Core Cultivators gather Yin Souls.
• Blood Demon warned Lei Dong about Great Gan Continent and revealed Li Yao’s ties to the Supreme Sect, but Lei Dong insisted that Li Yao had to die for coveting Wan Yan.
• Blood Demon described Li Yao as an ordinary Nascent Soul Cultivator, though Lei Dong resolved not to underestimate his experience and hidden tricks.
• Yi Kong offered to count his next chance to act as his third, and Lei Dong agreed to find him a body with a pure light constitution after he helped kill Li Yao.

Lei Dong prepared to expand his influence by building an army of Ghost Gu-controlled cultivators and recruiting gifted children. Through Qing Niangzi, he used Zheng Xiong and the Zheng Clan to gather children, while the identity of Lei Dong as the mysterious Master remained hidden.

• Lei Dong secured Yi Kong's help in dealing with Li Yao and secretly continued preparing against Supreme Sect.
• Lei Dong focused on using Ghost Gu to control Foundation Establishment Realm and Golden Core Stage Cultivators and planned to raise loyal subordinates from childhood.
• Zheng Xiong advanced to the Golden Core Stage, restored the Zheng Clan's black iron ore vein, and gained acclaim among the clan.
• On the eve of the Zheng Clan's banquet, Zheng Xiong reported to Qing Niangzi that guests had arrived but admitted he had not gathered the requested gifted children.
• Qing Niangzi threatened to replace Zheng Xiong unless he produced a list of suitable children within ten days, reminding him to serve Lei Dong, the mysterious Master.

Zheng Xiong seized leadership of the Zheng Clan with help from Lei Dong’s allies, while Han Chao expanded their trade network. Meanwhile, Ding Wanyan hid in the Yin Sha Ghost Domain to cultivate and search for a gift for Lei Dong, where an unexpected event began.

• Zheng Xiong defeated the Zheng Clan Leader’s challenge after Black Robe drove away two Golden Core Cultivators, then took over as Clan Leader and recruited allies.
• Qing Niangzi selected three talented Zheng Clan children and took them away for focused cultivation.
• Han Chao traveled under changing disguises, selling goods from Zhao Prefecture and trading for supplies to send back there.
• Ding Wanyan hid in the Yin Sha Ghost Domain to cultivate the Great Yin Sha Technique and collect Yin Souls for Lei Dong, but something strange happened.

Ding Wanyan discovered that the Yin Soul she had captured was a legendary Heavenly Spirit Ghost, which she hoped to give to Lei Dong. Her joy ended when Li Yao found her in the Yin Sha Ghost Domain and threatened to take her away by force.

• Ding Wanyan captured and identified Yin Souls while thinking of Lei Dong, and the Soul Devouring Shadow Tiger helped drive them toward her.
• The Soul Nurturing Pagoda revealed that one Yin Soul shone with brilliant golden light and circling white spiritual radiance.
• Ding Wanyan checked the records and realized she had found a Heavenly Spirit Ghost, then delighted in imagining Lei Dong's reaction.
• Li Yao appeared before Ding Wanyan, and she grew wary, suspecting he had tracked her with a hidden mark.
• Li Yao urged Ding Wanyan to return with him and abandon Lei Dong and the Yin Sha Sect; when she refused, he threatened to use force.

Ding Wanyan fought Li Yao after he tried to force her to submit, but he threatened her parents to gain leverage. Lei Dong returned after nearly twenty years, reunited with Ding Wanyan, and challenged Li Yao to a fight.

• Ding Wanyan used her Blood Traces gloves to break Li Yao’s shield and wound him with Sha Blades and Yin Sha Heavenly Thunder.
• Li Yao threatened Ding Wanyan’s parents and offered to spare them if she agreed to go with him.
• Lei Dong appeared, embraced Ding Wanyan, and apologized for leaving her alone.
• Lei Dong put himself between Ding Wanyan and Li Yao, who dismissed him as a weak Foundation Establishment cultivator.
• Lei Dong told Li Yao that their other choice was for Lei Dong to kill him.

Lei Dong returned to protect Ding Wanyan and led a group of powerful allies in defeating Li Yao. The chapter ended with Li Yao’s Nascent Soul being dragged into the Myriad Ghost Banner.

• Li Yao attacked Lei Dong, but Yi Kong blocked him with a Light Cannon as Ding Wanyan tried to defend Lei Dong.
• The Heavenly Devil and Blood Demon joined Lei Dong and Yi Kong to surround Li Yao, while the Earth Giants stopped his attempt to escape.
• Li Yao tried to bargain and flee with his Nascent Soul, but Lei Dong used the Asura Wings to catch it.
• Lei Dong summoned the Myriad Ghost Banner, and its six Golden Core wraiths dragged Li Yao’s Nascent Soul inside despite his pleas to Ding Wanyan.

Lei Dong claimed Li Yao’s soul-refined Storage Box and arranged for the Blood Demon to escort it to Lei Long to remove its imprint. After returning to the Yin Sha Sect and concealing the truth about his years away, Lei Dong discovered that his efforts to catalyze a Heavenly Spirit Ghost had failed—until Ding Wanyan casually gave him one.

• Lei Dong collected Li Yao’s Storage Bracelet and corpse, then asked the Blood Demon to escort goods across the Great Desert and take the Storage Box and fan-shaped spirit treasure to Lei Long for imprint removal.
• The Blood Demon agreed to the trip, and the Heavenly Devil Lord asked Lei Dong to include some of her goods.
• Lei Dong quietly led the group away, and Li Yao disappeared without a trace.
• Six months later, Withered Bone Devil was killed on a mission, and the Yin Sha Sect blamed Tianyin Palace, renewing their conflict.
• Lei Dong returned to the Yin Sha Sect as a Foundation Establishment Late Stage cultivator and claimed he had been trapped on a deserted island for more than a decade.
• Lei Dong used ghosts gathered by Shangguan Hong’s recruits to try to catalyze a Heavenly Spirit Ghost, concluded it was impossible, and received one from Ding Wanyan.