Chapter Summaries

After decades of cultivating and educating his two Ghost Kings, Lei Dong decided to test whether he could raise intelligent ghosts into an army without Blood Sacrifice. He gathered Spirit Ghosts in his Cave Heaven Blessed Land and began experimenting with fifty Top Grade and five hundred Upper Grade Spirit Ghosts.

• Lei Dong's soul strength grew enough for him to barely control two early-stage Ghost Kings, whom he had taught Netherworld spells, language, and independent thought.
• Lei Dong concluded that ghosts could develop humanlike intelligence and decided to build an army by raising Top Grade Spirit Ghosts without Blood Sacrifice.
• Lei Dong ordered a wider hunt for Yin Souls, relying on Qing Niangzi and his Ghost Gu-controlled subordinates to supply them.
• Lei Dong gathered fifty Top Grade Spirit Ghosts and five hundred Upper Grade Spirit Ghosts, then opened connected levels of his Cave Heaven Blessed Land for his first army experiment.
• Lei Dong chose to include Upper Grade Spirit Ghosts because they could become Ghost Generals faster and in greater numbers than Top Grade Spirit Ghosts.

Lei Dong trained a swarm of high-grade Yin Souls to obey orders by rewarding obedience with Netherworld Ghost Qi and punishing disobedience with Nether Fire. After a month, the souls could move and form ranks as an army, and Lei Dong prepared to help them advance to Ghost Soldier.

• Lei Dong fed the Yin Souls Netherworld Ghost Qi, then burned several that tried to attack him to instill fear.
• He demonstrated reward and punishment with A Chou and Ghost Thorn, then taught a Yin Soul to crouch for a reward.
• Lei Dong trained the swarm to crouch, punishing those that disobeyed and rewarding those that followed his orders.
• Over several days, Lei Dong established obedience even when he withheld rewards, using Nether Fire to punish failures.
• Lei Dong spent a month teaching the Yin Souls basic commands until they could maneuver and form ranks, then decided to help them advance to Ghost Soldier.

Lei Dong advanced his Spirit Ghosts into Ghost Soldiers using Netherworld Ghost Qi, then began training them into a disciplined force. The chapter ended with the little ghosts competing for rank and gradually recognizing his authority, while A Chou and Ghost Thorn prepared to lead them.

• Lei Dong evolved a Yin Soul into an untamed Ghost Soldier, which he subdued after it defied his order.
• A Chou offered to teach the newly born ghosts, and Lei Dong promised to free A Chou and Ghost Thorn from their Blood Sacrifice oaths when he was strong enough.
• Lei Dong advanced his remaining Spirit Ghosts into Ghost Soldiers, whose innate abilities varied according to their talents.
• Lei Dong, A Chou, and Ghost Thorn trained the Ghost Soldiers and worked to develop their intelligence, loyalty, and discipline.
• The Ghost Soldiers competed for advancement, with talented Top Grade and hardworking Upper Grade ghosts earning squad-leader positions as Lei Dong established his authority.

Lei Dong watched the Fierce Ghost Army’s first campaign as Red Ghost led it to conquer a ghost domain with no casualties. Just as Lei Dong prepared to congratulate the army, the fleeing Yin Yang appeared, and Ghost Thorn vanished to pursue him.

• Lei Dong established the Fierce Ghost Army in a ghost domain near the Hengduan Mountain Range and set a limit of ten casualties for its first battle.
• Red Ghost and his officers devised a plan, sending scouts to gather intelligence and lure a Golden Core Roaring Heaven Ape toward the domain.
• The Roaring Heaven Ape fought the Ghost General, and Red Ghost’s forces ambushed and killed the wounded Ghost General before hunting down the ape.
• The Fierce Ghost Army rounded up the remaining ghosts, suffered no deaths, and collected its spoils for an orderly distribution.
• Lei Dong spotted a red Escape Light and recognized the fleeing Yin Yang, while Ghost Thorn disappeared to pursue him.

Ghost Thorn captured Yin Yang Old Monster and brought him to Lei Dong, who spared him and gave him cultivation pills. Grateful, Yin Yang asked to join Lei Dong, who warned him about the dangers and revealed his true cultivation before offering him two pills.

• Ghost Thorn defeated Yin Yang Old Monster's attack and ordered him to meet his master.
• Lei Dong recognized Yin Yang Old Monster, heard that the Yin Sha Sect had hunted him, and told him to leave without revealing Lei Dong's secrets.
• Yin Yang Old Monster asked Lei Dong for cultivation pills, and Lei Dong gave him a bottle of Profound Essence Pills.
• Yin Yang Old Monster offered to follow Lei Dong, who disclosed that he was only at Golden Core High-tier and warned that serving him would be dangerous.
• Lei Dong offered Yin Yang Old Monster a Ghost Gu Pill and an Immortal Transformation Pill, startling him.

Lei Dong secured Yin Yang Old Monster’s loyalty with an Immortal Transformation Pill, then spent a year building the Fierce Ghost Army while Yin Yang Old Monster cultivated into the Nascent Soul Realm. As Lei Dong and Yin Yang Old Monster traveled toward Yin Sha Sect headquarters, three Grand Elders of the Hehuan Sect intercepted them with a force of Golden Core Cultivators.

• Lei Dong offered Yin Yang Old Monster an Immortal Transformation Pill in exchange for swallowing the Ghost Gu, and Yin Yang Old Monster pledged his life and began his Nascent Soul breakthrough under A Chou’s guard.
• Lei Dong ordered the Fierce Ghost Army to expand through the Hengduan Mountain Range, while Red Ghost organized the troops and Qing Niangzi continued refining new Spirit Ghosts.
• Lei Dong stayed in the ghost domain for a year as the Fierce Ghost Army grew to five thousand elite ghosts and more than ten thousand troops including cannon fodder, before Ghost Thorn drove off a Nascent Soul-level Monster Beast.
• Yin Yang Old Monster emerged from seclusion as a Nascent Soul Cultivator, and Lei Dong left Ghost Thorn to continue training the army before heading toward Yin Sha Sect headquarters with him.
• Three Grand Elders of the Hehuan Sect and dozens of Golden Core Cultivators surrounded Lei Dong and Yin Yang Old Monster, and the leader identified Lei Dong as the Ghost Asura.

Lei Dong and Yin-Yang Old Monster fought three Nascent Soul cultivators from Hehuan Sect after Silver Fox revealed plans to attack Yin Sha Sect. Lei Dong and A Chou overwhelmed Silver Fox, while Lei Dong caught Mei Ji and Red Luan as they tried to flee.

• Lei Dong questioned Silver Fox about his plan to attack Yin Sha Sect, while Mei Ji and Red Luan moved to fight Yin-Yang Old Monster.
• Silver Fox attacked Lei Dong, who evaded him with his Asura Wings and unleashed the Netherflame Ghost Banner’s Ghost army.
• Lei Dong summoned A Chou to keep Silver Fox occupied, and Yin-Yang Old Monster escaped the women’s encirclement and joined the fight.
• Yin-Yang Old Monster and A Chou wounded Silver Fox, allowing Lei Dong’s Ghost army to overwhelm him.
• Mei Ji and Red Luan fled, but Lei Dong caught them with his Netherflame Ghost Claws.

Lei Dong’s Netherflame Ghost Banner trapped three Hehuan Sect Nascent Soul Cultivators, but Silver Fox transformed into a Black Winged Devil King by consuming a Devil King Essence and turned the battle against him. As the transformed Silver Fox pursued Mei Ji, Lei Dong rescued her with his newly awakened Devil Emperor Transformation and escaped through space.

• Lei Dong used the Netherflame Ghost Banner to surround the Hehuan Sect cultivators with a vast horde of ghosts and wear down their strength.
• Lei Dong offered the three Nascent Soul Cultivators a chance to surrender, but Silver Fox refused and then tried to bargain when Lei Dong attacked him.
• Silver Fox consumed a Devil King Essence, transformed into the Black Winged Devil King, and crushed Red Luan before swallowing her remains and Nascent Soul.
• Mei Ji fled under the protection of a Great Body Protection Technique, but the Black Winged Devil King caught up and battered her shield.
• Lei Dong’s Devil Emperor Transformation manifested, and he rescued Mei Ji before escaping dozens of miles away with his Asura Wings.

Lei Dong escaped the weakened Black Winged Devil King with Mei Ji and hid with her in a concealed cave, where he questioned her loyalty and tried to recruit her. The chapter ended with Mei Ji considering his offer of benefits beyond her imagination.

• Black Winged Devil King chased Lei Dong, who used repeated spatial teleports to escape and told A Chou and Yin Yang Old Monster to flee on their own.
• Lei Dong brought the injured Mei Ji to a secluded cave and ordered her to create an illusion array that would conceal them and confuse anyone searching with divine sense.
• Mei Ji set up the formations, then began recovering while Lei Dong secretly watched for any sign that she might attack him.
• Lei Dong recovered his strength and demanded to know what had happened at Yin Sha Sect, suspecting Supreme Sect might be involved and considering recruiting Mei Ji.
• Mei Ji tried to influence Lei Dong with the Charm Technique and then acted coyly, but he warned her to stop and asked whether she would pledge herself to him.
• Mei Ji questioned what benefits Lei Dong could offer her.

Lei Dong tried to recruit Mei Ji with a Top Grade Spirit Ghost and three Nascent Soul Pills, then learned that the Supreme Sect had organized a secret coalition to destroy the Yin Sha Sect. He judged that his sect’s strength could withstand the attack and claimed the Netherworld Ghost Emperor had supplied his Spirit Ghosts, leaving Mei Ji stunned.

• Lei Dong offered Mei Ji a Top Grade Spirit Ghost and three Nascent Soul Pills to join him, and said Qi Feifei and the Twin Yin Sha Heroes had reached the Nascent Soul Realm.
• Mei Ji revealed that the Supreme Sect had persuaded the Winged God Clan and several demonic and orthodox sects to help destroy the Yin Sha Sect in exchange for territory, rewards, and a promise to stay out of Kang Prefecture.
• Lei Dong learned that no Spirit Transmutation Experts would participate and assessed that the Yin Sha Sect’s fifteen Nascent Soul Cultivators and Ghost Kings could withstand the three demonic sects.
• Lei Dong told Mei Ji he had obtained his Top Grade Spirit Ghosts from the Netherworld Ghost Emperor after saving his life, and Mei Ji reacted with shock.

Lei Dong persuaded Mei Ji to surrender by revealing his connection to the Netherworld Ghost Emperor, then secured her loyalty with a Ghost Gu and valuable gifts. After she warned him about the Black Winged Devil King, she explained the risks and power contained in ancient Devil King Essences.

• Lei Dong showed Mei Ji the Netherworld Ghost Emperor’s token and convinced her that the three sects could not easily destroy his sect.
• Mei Ji agreed to surrender after the war, and Lei Dong required her to swallow a Ghost Gu, promising to remove it after a hundred years of service.
• Mei Ji bowed to Lei Dong as her lord, and he gave her three Nascent Soul Pills and a Top Grade Spirit Ghost.
• Mei Ji warned Lei Dong to beware of the Black Winged Devil King and said Silver Fox had found its Devil King Essence.
• Mei Ji explained that Devil King Essences could grant cultivators great power but might consume them if a powerful consciousness remained within.

Lei Dong learned that Silver Fox’s failed attempt to devour a spirit essence had resurrected the Black Winged Devil King, then returned to Myriad Ghost Cave as the three great Evil Sects besieged Yin Sha Sect. He found his master safe and prepared to bring reinforcements from the Great Desert and Zhao Prefecture.

• Mei Ji warned Lei Dong that the Black Winged Devil King might inherit Silver Fox’s hatred and target him, but Lei Dong decided not to summon the injured Netherworld Ghost Emperor unless necessary.
• Lei Dong told Mei Ji to recover and avoid the war, then used Ghost Shadow Escape to return to Myriad Ghost Cave with A Chou and Yin Yang Old Monster.
• Lei Dong learned that three Evil Sects had surrounded Yin Sha Sect’s headquarters and blocked outside contact, trapping the sect’s Nascent Soul Cultivators inside.
• Lei Dong found Myriad Ghost Ancestor safe and confirmed that the Cave Heaven Blessed Land group had remained hidden at Myriad Ghost Cave.
• Lei Dong had sent Blood Demon to organize an Earth Giant army with Clan Leader Rock and Qian Luo, while Lan Qisi was expected to arrive from Zhao Prefecture with her Alien Race troops.

Lei Dong learned that the three Evil Sects were besieging Yin Sha Sect and planned to destroy their headquarters with allied reinforcements. On his way to seek the Yaksha Tribe’s aid, he encountered the Black Winged Devil King attacking a Langya Mountain swordsman.

• Lei Dong gathered Myriad Ghost Ancestor, Dongfang Fu, Wan Yan, Qi Feifei, Mute Girl, and Qing'er and told them the three Evil Sects were attacking Yin Sha Sect.
• Lei Dong rejected a direct counterattack and proposed striking the poorly defended headquarters of the three Evil Sects to force their allied forces to retreat.
• Lei Dong assigned groups to seek help from the Netherworld Ghost Emperor and Lan Qisi’s forces, while he went to contact the Yaksha Tribe himself.
• Myriad Ghost Ancestor relocated Myriad Ghost Cave’s elite family members, and Yin Yang Old Monster took over training the Fierce Ghost Army as Ghost Thorn rejoined Lei Dong.
• Lei Dong flew toward the Heavenly Dao Alliance on the Evil Ghost Banner and saw the Black Winged Devil King pursue a Langya Mountain swordsman who had used a Teleportation Talisman.
• The Black Winged Devil King overwhelmed the swordsman’s escape attempt and raised his palm to strike him.

Lei Dong and Qin Tairan joined forces against the Black Winged Devil King, but Lei Dong urged Qin Tairan to escape while he stayed behind. The Devil King then burned his Demon Body to pursue Lei Dong, who unleashed his own power to flee.

• Lei Dong struck the Black Winged Devil King with Black Dragon Chant and teamed up with Qin Tairan, a sword cultivator from Langya Mountain.
• Qin Tairan gave Lei Dong a gourd of Fire Spirit Elixir and planned to hold off the Devil King so Lei Dong could escape.
• Lei Dong convinced Qin Tairan to flee, revealing that he had previously rescued Mei Ji from the Devil King.
• After Qin Tairan escaped, the Black Winged Devil King attacked Lei Dong and pursued him while burning his Demon Body.
• Lei Dong swallowed a Top Grade Spirit Stone and spirit medicines, raised the Emperor Devil Seed, and fled at full speed.

Lei Dong fled to Vajra Temple with Black Winged Devil King close behind, then concealed himself near the temple and drew the devil king into a battle with its monks. Wonderful Light Venerable detonated his Nascent Soul to damage Black Winged Devil King, leaving Dragon Subduing Venerable and the arriving monks to fight him.

• Lei Dong sustained his escape with repeated teleports and reached Vajra Peak after an hour and a half of pursuit.
• Lei Dong hid in a cave near Vajra Temple and used Zhou Tian Cang Ri Jue to suppress his aura.
• Black Winged Devil King searched for Lei Dong and attacked the area, drawing Vajra Temple's Nascent Soul cultivators and battle monks to the scene.
• Wonderful Light Venerable blocked Black Winged Devil King's attack with his vajra shield, while Dragon Subduing Venerable struck the devil king with Buddha's Palm.
• Black Winged Devil King pressed his attack on the wounded Wonderful Light Venerable, who detonated his Nascent Soul and badly damaged the devil king.
• Dragon Subduing Venerable and the other arriving Nascent Soul cultivators fought Black Winged Devil King with all their strength.

Lei Dong pursued the badly wounded Black Winged Devil King after its fight with Vajra Temple, while Tantai Bingyun emerged from the Azure Wave Secret Realm in the Yaksha royal city. She revealed that she had reached the Nascent Soul Mid-tier after remaining in the secret realm for twenty extra years.

• The Black Winged Devil King broke through Vajra Temple’s spatial formation and fled toward the East Sea, pursued by the three surviving monks.
• Lei Dong secretly followed the wounded devil, intending to kill it and claim its body as valuable materials.
• The Yaksha King warned his elders against attacking the Winged God Clan and said he would destroy their Sky City with a tsunami once it was nearly finished.
• The Yaksha King sensed movement in the secret realm’s whirlpool and went to meet Tantai Bingyun as she emerged.
• Tantai Bingyun revealed her concealment art and told the Yaksha King she had reached the Nascent Soul Mid-tier after spending another twenty years inside the secret realm.

Tantai Bingyun emerged from the Azure Wave Secret Realm at Nascent Soul Mid-tier and learned from the Yaksha King about the upheaval in Kang Prefecture. After revealing Lei Dong’s strength and influence to improve his standing with the Yaksha King, she left the Yaksha Sea, hopeful that her new power could help change the relationship between their sects.

• Tantai Bingyun discussed the human race and her advancement with the Yaksha King, who welcomed her as a promising future Spirit Transmutation cultivator.
• Tantai Bingyun learned that the Yin Sha Sect had clashed with the Supreme Sect and suspected Lei Dong had killed Li Yao because Li Yao pursued Ding Wanyan, Lei Dong’s wife.
• Tantai Bingyun told the Yaksha King that Lei Dong had killed Nascent Soul cultivators and had a Spirit Transmutation flying dragon as his sworn younger brother.
• Tantai Bingyun praised Lei Dong to the Yaksha King to strengthen his support for Lei Dong, while privately worrying about the trouble Lei Dong had stirred up.
• Tantai Bingyun concealed her aura with the Zhou Tian Cang Ri Jue, left the Yaksha Sea to avoid the Winged God Clan, and considered how her new strength might help her relationship with Lei Dong.

Lei Dong pursued the wounded Black Winged Devil King into the perilous East Sea Migu, determined to kill him before he could recover. After summoning his Ghost Kings and raising a Ghost Sea to guard against an ambush, Lei Dong encountered a massive colony of Flame Claw Blood Bats.

• The Black Winged Devil King sought refuge in the East Sea Migu, where he could hunt Monster Beasts and Fire Spirits while recovering his strength.
• The Black Winged Devil King vowed to kill Lei Dong once he regained his power, while Lei Dong decided to finish him before that could happen.
• Lei Dong entered the fog-shrouded forbidden land, where his Mind Power and sense of direction were heavily suppressed, and followed the Devil King's faint aura trail.
• Lei Dong summoned Ghost King A Chou, concealed Ghost Thorn for a surprise attack, and unleashed the Netherflame Ghost Banner's Ghosts to protect himself.
• Lei Dong discovered a colony of more than ten thousand Flame Claw Blood Bats, including a powerful Golden Core High-tier creature.

Lei Dong used his ghosts and Soul Devouring Shadow Tiger to fight the Flame Claw Blood Bat swarm while staying wary of the hidden Black Winged Devil King. After the Shadow Tiger killed the Blood Bat King, Lei Dong healed it and promised to help it reach the Nascent Soul Realm.

• Lei Dong sent his ghosts against the Flame Claw Blood Bats, whose numbers were overwhelmed by the ghosts’ swarming attacks.
• Lei Dong unleashed the Soul Devouring Shadow Tiger, which killed several powerful Blood Bats and drew the Blood Bat King into a duel.
• The Soul Devouring Shadow Tiger and the Blood Bat King fought fiercely until the wounded king tried to flee.
• The Soul Devouring Shadow Tiger pursued the Blood Bat King, bit through its neck, and devoured its beast soul.
• Lei Dong treated the Shadow Tiger’s wounds, acknowledged that he had neglected it, and promised to help it reach the Nascent Soul Realm.

Lei Dong searched the East Sea Ravine for the wounded Black Winged Devil King and prepared for his sudden attack. The Devil King’s assault badly injured Lei Dong, but A Chou and the concealed Ghost Thorn struck back and wounded him in turn.

• Lei Dong taunted the Black Winged Devil King and sent thousands of Nether Ghosts to search the ravine.
• The Black Winged Devil King abandoned his hiding place and charged through the Nether Ghosts toward Lei Dong.
• Lei Dong evaded the Devil King’s attack with Ghost Shadow Escape and a sudden insight into the Space Law, then countered with a black dragon of Netherworld Ghost Qi.
• The Black Winged Devil King struck Lei Dong with a massive demonic palm, and Lei Dong was blasted through the air, coughing blood.
• A Chou intercepted the Devil King and injured his chest with Blade Qi, but was knocked away.
• The concealed Ghost Thorn stabbed the Black Winged Devil King in the back with a Ghostly Strike.