Chapter Summaries

The Netherworld Ghost Emperor began refining the Netherworld Essence while Ao You and Ao Ming guarded him, and Lei Dong’s group traveled through the Nine Nether Abyss toward the Nine Nether Ghost Flame. After more than a month, Ao Ming sensed intruders, and the Heavenly Ghost King revealed himself to the Ghost Emperor.

• The Netherworld Ghost Emperor dismissed Ao Ming’s warnings and began a three-month cultivation using the Nether King Body Tempering Art and the Netherworld Essence.
• Lei Dong and his companions entered the Nine Nether Abyss aboard the Heavenly Ghost King’s warship and encountered its vortices, floating rocks, and dangerous native creatures.
• On their fifth day in the abyss, Lei Dong’s group fought a flock of Underworld Crows with the Myriad Ghost Banner, losing more than a hundred thousand fierce ghosts while nearly wiping out the birds.
• The group traveled cautiously for more than a month, collecting ordinary ores but finding no rare treasures as the Heavenly Ghost King guided them.
• Ao Ming sensed an approaching group of Golden Core Cultivators led by a Middle Grade Ghost King, and the Heavenly Ghost King announced himself to the Netherworld Ghost Emperor.

Lei Dong discovered that the Heavenly Ghost King was actually a Ghost Emperor and failed to escape his grasp. He secured time before pledging loyalty, and the group followed the Heavenly Ghost Emperor to witness his confrontation with the Netherworld Ghost Emperor.

• Lei Dong sensed the Heavenly Ghost King's overwhelming aura and fled with Wan Yan, the other women, and Xiao You, but the Heavenly Ghost Emperor stopped him and wounded him.
• Lei Dong recognized his opponent's Ghost Emperor strength and asked him to spare the group, so the Heavenly Ghost Emperor offered to recruit him and promised to find the Nine Nether Ghost Flame.
• Lei Dong agreed to consider serving the Heavenly Ghost Emperor but asked to wait until he had settled matters with the Netherworld Ghost Emperor.
• The Heavenly Ghost Emperor accepted Lei Dong's request and warned the group not to flee before tearing open space and departing.
• Ding Wanyan, Dongfang Fu, and Qi Feifei supported Lei Dong's decision, and he gathered everyone and followed the Heavenly Ghost Emperor.

Lei Dong witnessed the Heavenly Ghost Emperor confront the Netherworld Ghost Emperor, whose former allies had turned against him. The Heavenly Ghost Emperor revealed that his grudge began with the Netherworld Ghost Emperor’s killings of Heavenly Spirit Ghosts, including one survivor from two thousand years ago.

• Ao You betrayed the Netherworld Ghost Emperor for promised Netherworld Essence and territory, while Ao Ming refused to abandon his master.
• The Heavenly Ghost Emperor exposed Ao You’s failed attempt to win Ao Ming over and killed Ao You as he tried to flee.
• Ao Ming charged the Heavenly Ghost Emperor in a bid to self-destruct, but the Netherworld Ghost Emperor stopped him with the Nether God True Word Technique.
• The Netherworld Ghost Emperor deduced that the Heavenly Ghost Emperor was using the Hidden Dragon Pendant, which Lei Dong had provided.
• The Heavenly Ghost Emperor accused the Netherworld Ghost Emperor of killing four Heavenly Spirit Ghosts two thousand years earlier, then revealed that one of them had survived.

The Heavenly Ghost Emperor attacked the Netherworld Ghost Emperor, who protected himself with the legendary Netherworld Black Sha Formation. When the Heavenly Ghost Emperor threatened Xiao You, Lei Dong stood between them, and the clash ended with the Netherworld Ghost Emperor emerging to face his weakened rival.

• The Netherworld Ghost Emperor revealed the nine flags of the Netherworld Black Sha Formation, which blocked the Heavenly Ghost Emperor's attack.
• The Heavenly Ghost Emperor identified Xiao You as a gifted Heavenly Spirit Ghost and threatened to kill her to hurt the Netherworld Ghost Emperor.
• Lei Dong shielded Xiao You and refused to abandon her, prompting the Heavenly Ghost Emperor to strike at him.
• Xiao You tried to intercept the punch, while Dongfang Fu shattered a mysterious icy orb to weaken its force; Lei Dong caught the wounded Xiao You.
• The Netherworld Ghost Emperor appeared and challenged the Heavenly Ghost Emperor, who blocked his attack and taunted him for being weakened.

Netherworld Ghost Emperor used a Demon Fruit to regain his strength and battled Heavenly Ghost Emperor with the Nether God True Word Technique. After freezing time for three breaths, he enabled Lei Dong to strike Heavenly Ghost Emperor with over a hundred Yin Sha Heavenly Thunders, leaving him gravely damaged but alive and furious at Lei Dong.

• Netherworld Ghost Emperor swallowed a Demon Fruit and used space-based techniques to fight Heavenly Ghost Emperor.
• Lei Dong moved his family and Dongfang Fu away from the battlefield but stayed nearby after both Ghost Emperors forbade him from leaving.
• Netherworld Ghost Emperor secretly ordered Lei Dong to approach the battle, and Lei Dong used the Zhou Tian Lian Xi Technique to hide himself as he prepared the Yin Sha Heavenly Thunders.
• Netherworld Ghost Emperor froze time around Heavenly Ghost Emperor, allowing Lei Dong to teleport close and hurl more than a hundred Yin Sha Heavenly Thunders at him.
• Heavenly Ghost Emperor survived the explosions with severe injuries, regrew his missing limbs, and roared that he would kill Lei Dong.

Lei Dong and his allies fought the weakened Heavenly Ghost Emperor in the Nine Nether Abyss, but he still outmatched them and gravely injured Wan Yan. Enraged, Lei Dong activated the Devil Emperor Transformation and vowed to kill him.

• Lei Dong used his Myriad Ghost Banner and Black Dragon Chant to fight Heavenly Ghost Emperor while Xiao You brought in reinforcements.
• Xiao You, Dongfang Fu, Wan Yan, and Qi Feifei joined Lei Dong, and their ghost generals, Battle Pets, and banners battled Heavenly Ghost Emperor's ghost army.
• Heavenly Ghost Emperor attacked the group from the shadows, injuring their ghost generals and Battle Pets as they struggled to defend themselves.
• Heavenly Ghost Emperor struck Wan Yan from behind and gravely injured her, but she retaliated with Yin Sha Heavenly Thunders.
• Lei Dong activated the Devil Emperor Transformation, unleashed a powerful aura, and swore to kill Heavenly Ghost Emperor.

Lei Dong and Xiao You fought the wounded Heavenly Ghost Emperor, but Lei Dong was caught in a deadly Netherworld Vortex. The Netherworld Ghost Emperor rescued them and began transforming Xiao You, whose request for Lei Dong’s companions’ safety left him hesitant.

• Lei Dong and Xiao You joined forces against the Heavenly Ghost Emperor while Dongfang Fu, Wan Yan, and Qi Feifei defended themselves and the ghost army.
• The Heavenly Ghost Emperor tried to flee, but Lei Dong and Xiao You pursued him until he struck Lei Dong and sent him into a Netherworld Vortex.
• Xiao You tried to reach Lei Dong inside the vortex, and the Netherworld Ghost Emperor used a mysterious force to bring her to him and move them both to the vortex’s center.
• The Netherworld Ghost Emperor gave Xiao You the Nether King Body Tempering Art, which would strengthen her and free her from the Blood Sacrifice’s influence.
• Xiao You asked the Netherworld Ghost Emperor to protect Lei Dong’s wife and companions, and he hesitated.

Lei Dong and the others waited for the Sky Ghost Emperor to finish absorbing ghostly energy so they could attack him at his weakest. The Ghostly Old Devil arrived with powerful ghosts, and Lei Dong’s group prepared to act once the fighting began.

• Lei Dong and two companions agreed to wait until the Sky Ghost Emperor had absorbed the ghostly energy before ambushing him.
• The Ghostly Old Devil arrived with several powerful ghosts, catching the Sky Ghost Emperor and his allies by surprise.
• Lei Dong noticed the Ghostly Old Devil approaching and planned to exploit the coming fight.
• Xiao You worried that the Sky Ghost Emperor might be in trouble, while Lei Dong remained calm.
• Lei Dong told his men to wait for the enemies to start fighting before making their move.

Lei Dong endured three months of agony tempering his body with Netherworld Essence, until a sudden surge threatened to make him explode and Xiao You used her hidden Dual Cultivation Art to save him. Meanwhile, the Netherworld Ghost Emperor prepared to help Lei Dong’s wives escape from the Heavenly Ghost Emperor, who claimed Lei Dong had died—until a voice challenged him.

• Lei Dong circulated the Nether King Body Tempering Art for three months as Xiao You guided and encouraged him through the pain.
• The remaining Netherworld Essence rushed into Lei Dong, threatening to make his body explode, so Xiao You used her Dual Cultivation Art to drain and absorb the excess energy.
• The Netherworld Ghost Emperor told Ding Wanyan, Dongfang Fu, and Qi Feifei that he was nearly out of strength and offered to help them escape.
• Ding Wanyan and Dongfang Fu urged the Netherworld Ghost Emperor to flee while they held off the Heavenly Ghost Emperor.
• The Heavenly Ghost Emperor broke into the failing formation and claimed that Lei Dong had been thrown into the abyss and reduced to dust.
• An unfamiliar voice asked who had said Lei Dong was dead.

Lei Dong returned from the Netherworld Vortex transformed into a Golden Core Mid-tier cultivator, while Xiao You advanced to Initial-stage Ghost King. Together with their allies, they defeated the weakened Heavenly Ghost Emperor, and Lei Dong claimed a jade-pendant-like object as the battle ended.

• Ding Wanyan rejoiced when Lei Dong returned, and the Heavenly Ghost Emperor realized Lei Dong had reached Golden Core Mid-tier.
• Xiao You appeared as an Initial-stage Ghost King and blocked the Heavenly Ghost Emperor’s attack with a black hole.
• Xiao You used a Netherworld Ghost Qi net to drag the retreating Heavenly Ghost Emperor out of a spatial rift.
• Lei Dong, Xiao You, and their allies attacked the Heavenly Ghost Emperor, preventing his escape and wearing him down over dozens of hours.
• The Heavenly Ghost Emperor died in black flames, and Lei Dong used his remaining strength to retrieve a jade-pendant-like object.

After the battle, Lei Dong offered to undo the Blood Sacrifice binding him to Xiao You, but she refused to leave him. Netherworld Ghost Emperor adopted Xiao You as his daughter and, at her request, agreed to seek Nine Nether Ghost Flame for Lei Dong.

• Lei Dong thanked Netherworld Ghost Emperor for protecting Ding Wanyan and the others, and Netherworld Ghost Emperor demanded that he free Xiao You from the Blood Sacrifice.
• Xiao You clung to Netherworld Ghost Emperor and pleaded with him not to blame Lei Dong, while Lei Dong offered to undo their bond and return her freedom.
• Xiao You tearfully insisted she did not want to leave Lei Dong, and Ding Wanyan comforted her until she agreed to follow her advice.
• Netherworld Ghost Emperor declared that Xiao You would be his heir and asked to adopt her as his daughter, and Xiao You accepted.
• Xiao You asked her new father to find Lei Dong a portion of Nine Nether Ghost Flame, and Netherworld Ghost Emperor said he could find Nether Domain Ghost Flame instead.

Lei Dong subdued the Nine Nether Ghost Flame, then gave the Hidden Dragon Pendant to the Netherworld Ghost Emperor and advised him to use his enemies’ conspiracy to expose traitors in the Nether Domain. Lei Dong planned to free Xiao You from their Blood Sacrifice oath and left the encounter stronger, with hopes of advancing A Chou and completing his Myriad Ghost Banner.

• The Netherworld Ghost Emperor gave Lei Dong the Nine Nether Ghost Flame, and Lei Dong crushed its resistance with his powerful divine sense until it obeyed him.
• The Netherworld Ghost Emperor acknowledged Lei Dong’s strength and offered to handle the Hidden Dragon Pendant; Lei Dong willingly handed it over and thanked him for saving his life.
• The Netherworld Ghost Emperor revealed that he intended to give the pendant to Xiao You to conceal his weakened state from the other Ghost Emperors.
• Lei Dong advised the Netherworld Ghost Emperor to turn the conspiracy against its plotters and use it to root out traitors, and the Ghost Emperor agreed.
• Lei Dong planned to break his Blood Sacrifice oath with Xiao You and judged that his improved cultivation and divine sense would let him control A Chou after A Chou advanced to Ghost King.

Lei Dong left the Netherworld with the treasures he had sought and began recovering while flying toward the Eastern Sea, unaware that the Supreme Sect’s Eight Sons of Lingxiao were confronting the Yin Sha Sect over Li Yao’s death. Xuan Zhenzi demanded that the Yin Sha Sect hand over the killer, bringing the sect to the brink of a crisis.

• The Netherworld Ghost Emperor gave Lei Dong a Netherworld Token and a teleportation token, while Xiao You stayed behind to learn from her father.
• Lei Dong and his companions used the Netherworld’s teleportation arrays to return to Kang Prefecture, and Lei Dong sent Wan Yan and the others back to the sect to recuperate.
• Lei Dong flew toward the Eastern Sea on the Evil Ghost Banner, fed A Chou, and began healing his injuries during the journey.
• The Eight Sons of Lingxiao traced Li Yao’s last known whereabouts to the Yin Sha Sect and stirred Kang Prefecture into turmoil.
• Xuan Zhenzi confronted the Yin Sha Sect’s elders in their main hall and demanded they surrender Li Yao’s killer.

The Supreme Sect’s delegation pressed the Yin Sha Sect over Li Yao’s death, while the Heavenly Devil provoked Fan Quqing into a duel. The Heavenly Devil concealed her confidence and steered Fan Quqing toward a friendly contest, leaving Fan convinced she had the advantage.

• Yin Sha Devil Venerable denied that his sect was responsible for Li Yao’s death, and Fan Quqing threatened to summon the Supreme Sect’s elders.
• The Heavenly Devil confronted Fan Quqing after she insulted Kang Prefecture’s Eight Great Sects, then challenged her to prove the strength of cultivators from Great Gan Continent.
• Fan Quqing accepted the challenge and hinted that they should sign a Life and Death Contract, while the Heavenly Devil secretly welcomed the chance to stir up trouble.
• The Heavenly Devil pretended to fear the consequences of Fan Quqing’s death and proposed a friendly contest instead.
• Fan Quqing mistook the Heavenly Devil’s act for weakness and trusted that her Nascent Soul Early Stage puppet would give her an overwhelming advantage.

Tianmo accepted Fan Quqing’s challenge to a duel under a Life and Death Contract, which was set for six months later. As both sects began preparing, Yin Sha Devil Venerable proposed obtaining a Nascent Soul-level Puppet from the Heavenly Mechanism Sect to improve Tianmo’s chances.

• Fan Quqing provoked Tianmo into accepting a Life and Death Contract duel, and Yin Sha Devil Venerable and Xuan Zhenzi witnessed the agreement.
• Yin Sha Devil Venerable delayed the duel for six months so both sides could gather witnesses, despite Xuan Zhenzi’s objections.
• Fan Quqing worried that Tianmo would acquire powerful treasures during the delay, but Xuan Zhenzi said he had already made arrangements.
• The Yin Sha Sect elders discussed ways to strengthen Tianmo with treasures, talismans, and other support items.
• Yin Sha Devil Venerable suggested obtaining the Heavenly Mechanism Sect’s newly completed Nascent Soul-level Puppet for Tianmo.

The Yin Sha Sect committed massive resources and sought a Nascent Soul-level Puppet to prepare the Deviless for her life-or-death duel with Fan Quqing. Meanwhile, Lei Dong returned to Wang Lei with the rare materials needed for his Myriad Ghost Banner, and Wang Lei revealed he would not waste them on an ordinary magic treasure.

• Yin Sha Devil Venerable and the sect elders agreed to seek a Nascent Soul-level Puppet and spend five hundred million Spirit Stones on pills and talismans for the Deviless's duel.
• Yin Sha Devil Venerable ordered Lady Xuan Gu to approach the Heavenly Mechanism Elder and sent the others to invite Grand Elders to witness the duel.
• The Deviless silently welcomed the preparations, thinking that a Nascent Soul-level Puppet would strengthen her and help protect Lei Dong.
• Lei Dong traveled safely to the deserted island and surprised Wang Lei by revealing that he had advanced to the Golden Core middle stage.
• Lei Dong showed Wang Lei Nascent Soul-level Mysterious Nether Ice Silkworm Silk, a Demon Dragon Beast Soul, and the Nine Nether Ghost Flame.
• Wang Lei said he would use the rare materials to craft a Myriad Ghost Banner rather than waste them on a Top Grade Magic Treasure.

Wang Lei revealed his ancient artifact-refining inheritance and began forging an Innate Spiritual Treasure-grade Myriad Ghost Banner for Lei Dong. After four months of work, the nearly completed treasure triggered heavenly lightning, leaving Lei Dong to protect it while Wang Lei finished the final step.

• Lei Dong agreed to let Wang Lei attempt to refine an Innate Spiritual Treasure and swore to keep Wang Lei's ancient inheritance secret.
• Lei Dong showed Wang Lei the Nascent Soul-level demonic dragon's soul and the Nine Nether Ghost Flame, which Wang Lei said would more than double the Myriad Ghost Banner's power and chance of success.
• Wang Lei asked Lei Dong to assist him and promised to forge a top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure Myriad Ghost Banner, using auxiliary materials he already had.
• Lei Dong assisted Wang Lei for four months as they refined the banner.
• Dark clouds gathered and heavenly lightning struck toward the nearly completed Myriad Ghost Banner, so Wang Lei told Lei Dong to stop the lightning while he completed the final step.

As Kang Prefecture’s cultivators focused on the Heavenly Demon’s coming duel with Fan Quqing, Lei Dong faced the ninth heavenly thunder while helping Wang Lei forge the Innate Spiritual Treasure Myriad Ghost Banner. Lei Dong survived the strike, but the chapter left the banner’s fate uncertain as he asked Wang Lei whether they had succeeded.

• Cultivators across Kang Prefecture discussed the Heavenly Demon’s life-or-death duel with Fan Quqing, while powerful sects prepared to support the Yin Sha Sect against the Supreme Sect.
• Lei Dong endured eight bolts of heavenly thunder, losing his spirit items and leaving his ghost generals and Soul Devouring Shadow Tiger gravely injured.
• Wang Lei urged Lei Dong to abandon the forging, but Lei Dong drew on pills, Top Grade Spirit Stones, and the ancient Devil Emperor Seed to prepare for the ninth bolt.
• Lei Dong met the ninth heavenly thunder with a Black Dragon Chant, weakening it before the remaining force slammed him into the island.
• Lei Dong rose from the crater, charred and naked, and asked Wang Lei whether they had succeeded and if he could see the Myriad Ghost Banner.

Lei Dong survived the lightning strike by using an incomplete space spell and took possession of Wang Lei’s newly forged Myriad Ghost Banner. Testing it revealed that its Nine Nether Ghost Flame-tempered vengeful ghosts were vastly stronger than those from his old banner, and its artifact spirit would let him control an enormous army.

• Lei Dong explained that he had used the Space Law from his Asura Wings to disperse most of the lightning strike, stunning Wang Lei.
• Wang Lei handed Lei Dong the completed Myriad Ghost Banner, and Lei Dong bound it to himself with his Essence Blood and Divine Sense.
• Wang Lei described how the demonic dragon artifact spirit reduced the burden on Lei Dong’s Divine Sense and how the banner could strengthen its vengeful ghosts.
• Lei Dong summoned a new banner ghost and tested it against ordinary ghosts, finding that one elite ghost defeated three ordinary ones but fell to ten.
• Lei Dong realized the artifact spirit could let him control at least 150,000 powerful elite vengeful ghosts.

Lei Dong returned to Great Ding Kingdom after Wang Lei forged and named his Innate Spiritual Treasure the Netherflame Ghost Banner. At Warm Fragrance Small Abode, he reunited with his old brothers and learned that the Heavenly Devil Lord was due to fight a Nascent Soul Mid-tier woman from the Great Gan Continent, stirring his hostility toward the Supreme Sect.

• Wang Lei named the newly forged Innate Spiritual Treasure the Netherflame Ghost Banner, and Lei Dong promised to credit him publicly once he reached the Nascent Soul Realm.
• Lei Dong traveled to Great Ding Kingdom, refining Yin Souls along the way until he controlled two hundred and seventy thousand nether ghosts.
• Lei Dong returned to Warm Fragrance Small Abode after more than twenty years and reunited with Zuo Chao, Chen Ge, and Wei Hua.
• Zuo Chao told Lei Dong that the Heavenly Devil Lord would fight a Nascent Soul Mid-tier woman from the Great Gan Continent.
• Lei Dong heard Zuo Chao's account and inwardly declared that he was at odds with the Supreme Sect.