Chapter Summaries

Lei Dong reached the brink of a breakthrough while Evil Phoenix and Mystic Snake were overwhelmed by the Nether King Hall’s puppet guards. After rescuing Evil Phoenix, Lei Dong persuaded the Silver Puppets to spare them temporarily and await the Nether King’s judgment.

• Lei Dong’s body and cultivation were strengthened as he neared a dangerous breakthrough into the Nascent Soul Mid-tier.
• Two Silver Puppets awakened at Mid Spirit Transmutation strength and joined the two bronze puppets fighting Evil Phoenix and Mystic Snake.
• The Silver Puppets struck Mystic Snake down and wounded Evil Phoenix, who spent her remaining strength on a spatial-blade attack that failed to harm them.
• As a Silver Puppet moved to kill Evil Phoenix, Lei Dong recovered, carried her away, and was surrounded by all four puppets.
• Lei Dong pleaded with the puppets, and one ordered him and Evil Phoenix to surrender and await the Nether King’s judgment, sparing their lives for now.

Lei Dong gained the Silver Puppet’s trust by explaining his connection to the ghost race and the reason he sought Ten Thousand Year Nether Milk. The puppet learned that the Nether King’s era had passed at least tens of millions of years ago and feared that something had happened to its master.

• The Silver Puppet tested Lei Dong and confirmed that he had endured the Nether King Body Tempering Art.
• Lei Dong explained that Xiao You, a Heavenly Spirit Ghost, had helped him survive the cultivation method and that he sought Ten Thousand Year Nether Milk for her.
• The Silver Puppet asked about the ghost race, and Lei Dong described its current dominance under the Netherworld Ghost Emperor.
• Lei Dong explained that the other races had weakened because Chaos Spirit Qi and Acquired Spirit Qi had become scarce.
• The Silver Puppet realized that more than a billion years might have passed since the Nether King’s era and worried that its master had not returned.

Lei Dong learned that the Silver Guard of the Nether King Hall belonged to the Heavenly Spirit Ghost lineage and heard how Lord Nether King had sought a Chaos Origin for a divided spiritual treasure. The Chaos Soul Devouring Pagoda’s reaction strengthened Lei Dong’s suspicion that it was connected to that treasure, and he tried to keep the secret from Mystic Snake without driving Evil Phoenix away.

• The Silver Guard told Lei Dong that he believed Nether King was still alive and explained Lord Nether King’s efforts to strengthen the ghost clan and create a treasure requiring a Chaos Origin.
• Lei Dong felt the Chaos Soul Devouring Pagoda tremble violently and suspected it was one of the components of Lord Nether King’s unfinished treasure.
• Evil Phoenix recovered enough strength to leave Lei Dong’s arms, but she asked him to take Mystic Snake away and looked at him pleadingly.
• Lei Dong reflected on Evil Phoenix’s care for him and decided to risk trusting her with part of the truth.
• Lei Dong told Evil Phoenix that his secret could endanger his family and implied that Mystic Snake was the reason he could not reveal it.

Lei Dong summoned the Chaos Soul Devouring Pagoda, which flew to Nether King Hall and reunited with the radiant spirit that had been nurturing there. The awakened spirit recognized Lei Dong as its master, while the Silver Puppet and Evil Phoenix learned the pagoda was tied to Nether King and the Devil Emperor.

• Evil Phoenix drove Mystic Snake away, then Lei Dong summoned the Chaos Soul Devouring Pagoda before the four Spirit Transmutation Puppets.
• The pagoda broke free of Lei Dong's restraints and flew to Nether King Hall, where its light joined with a radiant glow from inside the hall.
• The glow entered the pagoda, awakening its spirit, who introduced herself as a living spirit created by Nether King from Chaos Spirit Qi and a Chaos Golden Lotus.
• Lei Dong commanded the pagoda back into his Nascent Soul and told the Silver Puppet that the treasure had been crafted by Nether King.
• Lei Dong said the Devil Emperor had found a piece of Chaos Origin and completed the pagoda's refinement, prompting Evil Phoenix to exclaim that Lei Dong had obtained the Devil Emperor's inheritance.

Lei Dong discussed the Devil Emperor Sect’s legacy with Evil Phoenix and the Silver Puppet, learning about its powerful final emperor and its destruction by the Supremes of the Three Realms. The Nether King Hall guards then chose Lei Dong as the Nether King’s successor, leaving him stunned by the offer.

• Lei Dong admitted that he had obtained the Devil Emperor Sect’s legacy, and Evil Phoenix promised to keep it secret.
• Evil Phoenix explained that the Devil Emperor Sect passed down its knowledge through Devil Seeds and that its final Devil Emperor had reached a realm comparable to the Supremes of the Three Realms.
• Evil Phoenix said the Supremes had destroyed the Devil Emperor Sect and erased its history, while the Silver Puppet speculated that the Nether King might have been connected to the sect.
• The Silver Puppet reflected that Lei Dong’s Chaos Supreme Treasure, Nether King Body Tempering Art, and arrival at the Nether King Hall might have been ordained by fate.
• Lei Dong set aside his questions about fate and focused on escaping his predicament and preparing to seek the Water of Life in the Light Domain.
• The Silver Puppet announced that the Nether King Hall guards had chosen Lei Dong as the Nether King’s successor until the Nether King returned or his death was confirmed, and Lei Dong was shaken by the news.

Lei Dong weighed the dangers and responsibilities of becoming the Nether King's successor, then sought compensation for taking on the role. Evil Phoenix negotiated on his behalf, and the Nether King Hall agreed to provide Lei Dong with some cultivation resources in advance.

• Lei Dong considered that becoming the Nether King's successor would draw the attention of the Supreme of the Three Realms, but decided he might as well accept the role and gain its benefits.
• The Silver Puppet praised Lei Dong's talent and explained that his duties would include strengthening the ghost race, finding the Nether King, and avenging him if necessary.
• Lei Dong asked what benefits came with succession, and Evil Phoenix argued that the Nether King Hall's resources should belong to him.
• The Silver Puppet refused to grant Lei Dong control of the hall's resources before he fulfilled his duties and truly became Nether King.
• Evil Phoenix pointed out that investigating the Nether King's disappearance would endanger Lei Dong, so the Silver Puppet agreed to provide him with a limited batch of cultivation resources in advance.

Lei Dong and Evil Phoenix negotiated with the spirit of Nether King Hall for Silver Puppets, but learned that only four remained and the spirit could not spare them. Their bargaining was interrupted when three powerful unknown avatars from the Spirit World attacked the hall’s defensive formation, forcing them to unite against the outsiders.

• Evil Phoenix pressed the spirit of Nether King Hall to give Lei Dong Silver Puppet bodyguards, but it refused because the hall had only two bronze and two silver puppets left and had to protect the hall.
• Three figures attacked Nether King Hall’s defensive formation: a black-armored leader, a towering giant who punched the barrier, and a woman whose umbrella absorbed Yin Thunder.
• The black-armored leader noticed the group watching through the illusion and dispelled it with a flash of lightning.
• Lei Dong and Evil Phoenix realized they did not recognize the three experts, and concluded that they were likely avatars from beyond the Six Domains and Nine Provinces.
• Evil Phoenix identified the trio as likely from the Demon Spirit Realm, while the Silver Puppet assessed them as Spirit World beings, including an Archaic War Giant and a Crimson Refining Divine Snake.
• Lei Dong, Evil Phoenix, and the spirit of Nether King Hall stopped negotiating and prepared to face the intruders together.

Lei Dong, Evil Phoenix, and the Nether King Hall spirit prepared to face three Demon Spirit Realm experts, and rare Innate Spirit Gathering Pills restored Evil Phoenix and strengthened their allies. The Mystic Snake recovered after Lei Dong gave him a pill, and Lei Dong began outlining a plan centered on his ghost soldiers.

• The Nether King Hall spirit agreed to share Innate Spirit Gathering Pills with Lei Dong and Evil Phoenix as allies.
• Evil Phoenix swallowed a pill, restored her strength, and felt her Spirit Transmutation bottleneck loosen.
• The Mystic Snake returned injured, and Lei Dong gave him his own Innate Spirit Pill to aid their coming battle.
• Evil Phoenix accepted Lei Dong’s gift to the Mystic Snake, who swallowed the pill and began healing.
• Lei Dong said his improved ghost soldier technique could severely injure or kill a Spirit Transmutation expert caught off guard.

Lei Dong convinced the Nether King Hall’s Silver Puppet that he could help repel the Demon Spirit Realm forces, and Evil Phoenix negotiated six damaged puppets as a reward. The group reached the shield and Lei Dong deployed a vast Ghost Soldier formation as they prepared to face the attackers.

• Evil Phoenix defended Lei Dong’s talent and rebuked the Silver Puppet, who apologized and offered a reward if Lei Dong helped defeat the invading forces.
• Evil Phoenix bargained with the Silver Puppet and secured six damaged puppets as the group’s reward for victory.
• Mystic Snake recovered, and the group planned how to confront the three enemy incarnations, prioritizing the ancient battle giant as the easiest target.
• Lei Dong summoned more than fifty thousand Suicide Ghosts and ten thousand Big Belly Cannon Ghosts around the shield, alarming Evil Phoenix with the scale of his killing formation.

Lei Dong prepared his forces inside the Nether King Hall as Blood Child summoned a vast army of Blood Puppets to attack. Lei Dong met the invasion with tens of thousands of Suicide Ghosts, whose explosions tore through the Blood Puppets as the battle began.

• Lei Dong arranged Qi Storage Ghosts to support his Big Belly Cannon Ghosts, strengthened his forces with Netherworld Ghost Qi, and prepared Evil Phoenix, the Mystic Snake, and the puppets for battle.
• Dana broke a hole through the shield, but Blood Child stopped him after recognizing the opening as a trap; Blood Child demanded the Nether King's treasure, and the Silver Puppet refused.
• Blood Child created a sea of blood and summoned more than a thousand Nascent Soul Early Stage Blood Puppets, then sent them through the opening to attack.
• Lei Dong urged his allies to protect the Big Belly Cannon Ghosts and detonated the first wave of Suicide Ghosts, whose blasts ripped apart the Blood Puppets.

Lei Dong and his allies nearly wiped out Blood Child’s Blood Puppet army with overwhelming attacks, but the battle split into individual duels as Mei She targeted Mystic Snake and the Archaic Giant Dana challenged Evil Phoenix. Blood Child’s costly technique was almost entirely broken, leaving him drained and his side with only a few dozen battered Blood Puppets.

• Lei Dong unleashed Suicide Ghosts and Big Belly Cannon Ghosts, destroying most of Blood Child’s Blood Puppets in a barrage of explosions.
• Evil Phoenix rallied her forces and used the Netherflame Black Phoenix Flag and Phoenix Dance Nine Heavens to slaughter more Blood Puppets.
• Mei She attacked Mystic Snake with the Soul-Snatching Whip and began dragging out his Primordial Spirit.
• Dana blocked Evil Phoenix’s feather attack and struck her with a space-shattering punch, wounding her wings.
• Evil Phoenix dodged Dana’s roar, which tore apart over a hundred Blood Puppets, leaving only a few dozen survivors.
• Blood Child was left nearly exhausted after his costly technique failed to overcome Lei Dong’s forces.

Lei Dong confronted Mei She while Evil Phoenix went to rescue Mystic Snake, and he damaged Mei She's Soul-Snatching Whip with a strike that revealed Annihilation Law. Blood Child recognized the Immortal Slaying Finger associated with Devil Emperor Yan Chi Xing and panicked, while the sealed Nether King Hall left the enemies with no way to retreat.

• Evil Phoenix left Lei Dong to hold Mei She off and rushed to save Mystic Snake.
• Lei Dong evaded Mei She's Soul-Snatching Whip with Ghost Shadow Escape, which he had strengthened with Space Law.
• Mei She trapped the space around Lei Dong and attacked with a whip transformed into a red snake, but Lei Dong's Finger Force shattered the illusion and badly damaged the whip's spirit.
• Blood Child identified traces of Annihilation Law in Lei Dong's strike and feared that Lei Dong was Devil Emperor Yan Chi Xing.
• Blood Child tried to flee through the shield's opening, but Nether King Hall's artifact spirit had sealed it.
• Blood Child recalled how the Devil Emperor's Immortal Slaying Finger had erased Blood River Ancestor and all his incarnations.

Lei Dong and Evil Phoenix fought Blood Child, Mei She, and Dana as they tried to prevent the Demon Spirit Realm avatars from escaping. Lei Dong used the Annihilation Law to destroy Blood Child’s blood mist, leaving the battle’s outcome unresolved.

• Lei Dong ordered Evil Phoenix to kill Blood Child before he could escape and expose the Devil Emperor’s successor.
• Evil Phoenix’s Phoenix Dance Nine Heavens failed to harm Blood Child, so she used her life essence to create Netherworld ice mist that slowed him.
• Dana and Mei She rushed to help Blood Child, but Lei Dong’s four puppets intercepted them, and Mei She revealed her colossal serpent form.
• Lei Dong froze time with the Devil Emperor True Word Technique and struck Blood Child’s blood mist with the Immortal Slaying Finger.
• Annihilation Law consumed Blood Child’s blood mist, destroying it as Lei Dong suffered severe backlash from his attack.

Lei Dong killed Blood Child’s clone and collected a Blood Spirit Pearl, then joined Evil Phoenix, Mystic Snake, and two Puppets against Mei She. Mei She’s clone was badly wounded and surrounded, and Lei Dong ordered the assault to continue.

• Lei Dong destroyed Blood Child’s clone with the Immortal Slaying Finger, leaving a Blood Spirit Pearl that he stored away.
• Blood Child’s true form roared in fury from a distant blood river and slaughtered the creatures living there with blood waves.
• Mei She tried to bargain with Lei Dong, but he gathered his ghost soldiers and ordered Evil Phoenix to attack her.
• Mei She lunged at Lei Dong, but he feinted with two Profound Yin Fingers and escaped while Evil Phoenix and the others pressed their attack.
• Mei She’s attempt to break through and her offer to become Lei Dong’s maid failed, and Lei Dong ordered the Big Belly Cannon Ghosts to keep firing as the battle turned against her.

After Lei Dong and his companions defeated the Crimson Refining Divine Snake and the Archaic War Giant, they divided the spoils and earned the Nether King Hall's respect. Lei Dong acquired three Spirit Transmutation-level Primordial Spirits and asked Evil Phoenix to help him gather Heavenly Spirit Stones, leaving his plan to obtain enough for his pocket dimension underway.

• Lei Dong and his companions finished off the Crimson Refining Divine Snake and the Archaic War Giant after several days of fighting, though their puppets and fighters suffered heavy damage.
• The Nether King Hall's spirit gave the spoils to Lei Dong's group, and Lei Dong divided them among himself, Mystic Snake, and Evil Phoenix; Evil Phoenix then confiscated Mystic Snake's share as payment for future equipment and Cultivation Methods.
• Evil Phoenix gave Lei Dong the War Giant's Primordial Spirit, and he exchanged materials for it, adding it to the Primordial Spirits he had obtained from Mei She and Xuanyuanzi.
• Lei Dong asked Evil Phoenix for Heavenly Spirit Stones, but learned the Nether Phoenix Race had fewer than a hundred and that the stones were extremely scarce and expensive.
• Lei Dong asked Evil Phoenix to use the Nether Phoenix Race's connections to gather Heavenly Spirit Stones for a ten-percent commission, and she agreed.

After leaving Nether River Valley with Evil Phoenix, Lei Dong gained the Ten Thousand Year Nether Milk and plans to seek out the Myriad Puppet Sect while traveling toward Xiao You. Xiao You and her allies faced a Spirit Transmutation-level Netherworld Ghost Tiger King in the Nine Nether Abyss, and she led them into battle as their formation failed.

• Lei Dong and Evil Phoenix left Nether River Valley with several dozen bottles of Ten Thousand Year Nether Milk and damaged Spirit Transmutation Puppets.
• Lei Dong learned that Evil Phoenix could direct him to the Myriad Puppet Sect, and the two traveled toward the place where Xiao You and Evil Phoenix's people were gathered.
• Lei Dong's connection to Xiao You grew stronger, but she did not answer his calls through the Blood Sacrifice.
• Xiao You, five Ghost King guards, four Nether Phoenixes, and the badly injured Lei Long were trapped inside a failing Netherworld Black Sha Formation while the Netherworld Ghost Tiger King waited outside.
• Xiao You refused to abandon her companions, dispelled the formation, and led them in an attack; the Ghost Tiger King swiped at them without rising.

Xiao You and the Netherworld forces fought Ghost Tiger King, suffering heavy casualties before Lei Dong and Evil Phoenix intervened. Evil Phoenix attacked the wounded tiger over the deaths of her people, while Ghost Tiger King defended its actions by blaming their attack on its descendants.

• Xiao You froze space to help the Ghost Kings and Nether Phoenixes wound Ghost Tiger King, but its roar shattered the space, killing one Nether Phoenix and injuring Xiao You and a Ghost King.
• Ghost Tiger King attacked Xiao You again, so Lei Long struck it and drew it into a fierce battle; the tiger eventually overpowered him and prepared to kill him.
• Xiao You used Black Dragon Chant to save Lei Long, but Ghost Tiger King dodged and struck back at her when she had no strength left to evade.
• Lei Dong appeared and stopped Ghost Tiger King's blow with his improved Profound Yin Shield and Immortal Slaying Finger.
• Evil Phoenix appeared and assaulted Ghost Tiger King with Phoenix Dance Nine Heavens, accusing it of killing her people; Ghost Tiger King said they had slaughtered its descendants first.

Lei Dong reunited with Xiao You and Lei Long, healed them, and joined Evil Phoenix and Mystic Snake in overpowering the Netherworld Ghost Tiger King. The Ghost Tiger King launched a desperate attack on Lei Dong, unaware that Lei Dong had deliberately baited him so he could be captured alive.

• Evil Phoenix defended her clan and attacked the Netherworld Ghost Tiger King while Lei Dong comforted Xiao You and apologized for arriving late.
• Lei Dong healed Lei Long with an Innate Spirit Pill and promised to avenge him.
• Mystic Snake crashed into a floating mountain while teleporting, then joined Evil Phoenix in beating down the Netherworld Ghost Tiger King.
• Lei Dong asked Evil Phoenix to capture the Ghost Tiger King alive so he could absorb the beast’s bloodline essence, stunning the gathered Ghost Kings and Nether Phoenixes with their exchange.
• The Netherworld Ghost Tiger King deliberately took a hit and lunged at Lei Dong, hoping to use him as a shield, but Lei Dong had baited the attack to capture him alive.

Lei Dong and his allies defeated the Ghost Tiger King, completed their business in the Nine Nether Abyss, and returned home after improving the Soul Devouring Shadow Tiger and freeing Xiao You from the Blood Sacrifice bond. With the Heavenly Demon still unconscious, Lei Dong set out alone for the Great Gan Continent, leaving Lei Long to recover and oversee Kang Prefecture.

• Lei Dong, Evil Phoenix, and Mystic Snake trapped and killed the Ghost Tiger King, and Lei Dong extracted a vial of its bloodline essence.
• Lei Dong reunited with Lei Long and Xiao You, and the group left the Nine Nether Abyss together before parting from Evil Phoenix.
• Lei Dong used the bloodline essence to raise the Soul Devouring Shadow Tiger's bloodline, and it advanced to Nascent Soul Early Stage.
• Lei Dong and Xiao You gave the Ten Thousand Year Nether Milk to the Ghost Emperor, who removed the Blood Sacrifice Technique connecting them.
• Lei Dong returned to Kang Prefecture, checked on the unconscious Heavenly Demon, and left Lei Long behind to recover and develop the Great Desert.
• Lei Dong set out for the Great Gan Continent with the Soul Devouring Shadow Tiger and Ghost Thorn, crossing the Yaksha Sea with a guide.

Lei Dong crossed the outer sea and reached the Myriad Puppet Sect after a year and a half, hoping to repair a Spirit Transmutation Puppet before seeking the Life Divine Water. The sect dismissed Evil Phoenix’s recommendation, so Lei Dong left to consider how he could obtain its puppet techniques.

• Lei Dong sailed through the dangerous outer sea, entered Great Gan Continent’s inner sea, and kept his identity and strength concealed.
• Two crews attacked Lei Dong while he sought directions, and his Soul Devouring Shadow Tiger wiped them out.
• Lei Dong traveled across Great Gan Continent and studied the Mechanism Puppet Technique on his way to the Myriad Puppet Sect.
• The Myriad Puppet Sect gave Lei Dong a lukewarm reception and delayed his request to repair the puppet, despite his letter from Evil Phoenix.
• Lei Dong learned the sect’s new Grand Elder disregarded Evil Phoenix and considered ways to force the sect to reveal its Spirit Transmutation Puppet Technique.