Recaps

Lei Dong led his allied armies in a coordinated assault on the Evil Sects, killed the Immortal Demon Venerable, and forced the Hehuan Sect to surrender. After the Hidden Dragon Army searched the sect, Lei Dong discovered its headquarters held an immense fortune.

• Lei Dong gathered reinforcements from the Yaksha Tribe, the Netherworld Ghost Domain, and Lan Qisi's forces, then divided his army to attack three Evil Sects at once.
• Lei Dong captured the Immortal Demon Venerable's Nascent Soul, sealed it, and fed it to the Soul Devouring Shadow Tiger before sending the tiger into seclusion.
• Lei Dong's forces broke the Hehuan Sect's Mountain Protecting Formation, and its two remaining Nascent Soul elders surrendered.
• Lei Dong ordered the Hidden Dragon Army to register the Hehuan Sect's prisoners and confiscate their possessions under the control of Ghost Gu.
• Long Yi and Feng Yi led the Hidden Dragon Army in searching the Hehuan Sect, and Lei Dong learned that its vast stores of treasures and Spirit Stones had only been counted in part.

Lei Dong secured the Hehuan Sect’s treasury and prepared its defenses against the Supreme Sect, but True Lord Xuanyuan arrived before the formation was repaired. Lei Dong’s forces stopped Xuanyuan’s attack, then the Earth Giants and swift insects counterattacked, leaving him trapped in a crater.

• Lei Dong claimed the Hehuan Sect’s resources and ordered its formation repaired while secretly positioning Earth Giants and swift insects for an ambush.
• True Lord Xuanyuan rushed to the Hehuan Sect after receiving a garbled report and attacked Lei Dong’s gathered forces with a massive golden palm.
• Lei Dong crushed a Netherworld Token and ordered everyone to hold their ground as the ghost kings and Yaksha elders combined their strength to block Xuanyuan’s strike.
• Lei Dong signaled the Earth Giants, whose coordinated Gravity Technique dragged True Lord Xuanyuan from the sky and slammed him into a crater.
• Countless swift insects surged from the soil toward True Lord Xuanyuan’s crater.

Lei Dong was nearly killed by True Lord Xuanyuan, but the Heavenly Devil took the blow for him and her Nascent Soul disintegrated. As Lei Dong grieved, a mysterious voice declared that time was moving backward, and the battle’s events began to reverse.

• True Lord Xuanyuan broke through the Earth Giants’ pressure long enough to teleport in front of Lei Dong and strike at him with a deadly punch.
• The Heavenly Devil appeared and intercepted True Lord Xuanyuan’s attack, suffering catastrophic injuries as the impact hurled her away.
• Lei Dong caught the Heavenly Devil and tried to save her, but her Nascent Soul crumbled and her life faded away.
• Lei Dong broke down in grief and roared as he held the Heavenly Devil’s body.
• A mysterious voice declared that time was moving backward, and the shockwaves and Lei Dong’s movements reversed.

The Netherworld Ghost Emperor reversed time to save the Heavenly Demon from True Lord Xuanyuan’s fatal punch, and Lei Dong led the pursuit as Xuanyuan fled toward Supreme Sect reinforcements. With the opposing forces gathered, Lei Dong appeared willing to negotiate, though he secretly sought to keep Xuanyuan from escaping without consequences.

• The Netherworld Ghost Emperor used the Nether God True Word Technique to reverse time and preserve the Heavenly Demon’s last thread of life, while Lei Dong vowed to stop True Lord Xuanyuan from escaping.
• Lei Dong, Xiao You, and their allied forces pursued the injured Xuanyuan, with Xiao You harassing him as he fled toward Supreme Sect reinforcements.
• Dozens of Nascent Soul experts and hundreds of Golden Core Cultivators arrived from the Supreme Sect’s warships, and Lei Dong called Xiao You back rather than risk a reckless clash.
• Xuanyuan proposed that the Supreme Sect withdraw from Kang Prefecture and offered compensation, while Lei Dong asked how much he could offer.

True Lord Xuanyuan used the Ancient Arena to force Lei Dong into a fair fight to the death, separating him from the armies on the battlefield. Lei Dong learned the arena’s rules and requested that his Ghost Servant Xiao You join him.

• True Lord Xuanyuan offered Lei Dong the supposed Innate Spiritual Treasure Glazed Hall, then revealed it was the Ancient Arena and that it had recorded Lei Dong’s divine sense imprint.
• Lei Dong ordered the Hidden Dragon Army, Earth Giants, ghosts, and yakshas to attack the Supreme Sect while he retreated.
• True Lord Xuanyuan invoked the Ancient Arena’s oath, and the arena transported him and Lei Dong into its vast, battered fighting space.
• Lei Dong tried to strike Xuanyuan before the duel began, but the Fair Arena blocked his attack and warned him to wait.
• Lei Dong asked about the duel’s rules and learned that he could use bound servants and magical resources, but not armies or subordinates.
• Lei Dong requested that the arena bring in his blood-bound Ghost Servant, Xiao You.

Lei Dong summoned Xiao You into the Arena, where she revealed the limits of her father's time-reversal technique and challenged True Lord Xuanyuan. The duel began, and Xiao You deployed the Netherworld Black Sha Formation, forcing Xuanyuanzi to retreat as he recognized its power.

• Lei Dong summoned Xiao You and learned from her that the Netherworld Ghost Emperor would be weakened after using time reversal to save Sister Mu.
• Lei Dong and Xiao You confronted Xuanyuanzi, who threatened to torment Lei Dong and warned Xiao You to leave the Arena.
• The Arena Spirit began the duel to the death, and Xuanyuanzi charged Lei Dong.
• Xiao You unleashed nine banners of the Netherworld Black Sha Formation, and Xuanyuanzi retreated after sensing their terrifying power.
• The Arena Spirit identified the formation, and Xuanyuanzi recognized it as an ancient treasure containing nine Spirit Transmutation-level Netherworld monsters.

Trapped in the Fair Arena with Xuanyuanzi, Lei Dong realized the Netherworld Black Sha Formation could only delay their inevitable fight. With few chances of winning, he swallowed the essence of a pureblooded Black Winged Devil King, gambling that he could resist possession and defeat Xuanyuanzi.

• Xiao You used the Netherworld Black Sha Formation to protect Lei Dong and herself while Xuanyuanzi explained that the arena's life-or-death battle could not be stopped.
• Lei Dong learned that the arena's time laws could leave them trapped for a year or two, and Xiao You warned she could maintain the formation only that long.
• Lei Dong discovered that the Soul Sealing Ball holding the Black Winged Devil King's essence might give him a chance against Xuanyuanzi.
• Xuanyuanzi warned that the Devil King could possess Lei Dong, but the Arena Spirit said it would declare Lei Dong the loser if his consciousness vanished.
• Lei Dong pierced the Soul Sealing Ball and swallowed the Devil King's essence, choosing to risk possession rather than face certain defeat.

Lei Dong swallowed the Devil King Essence and fought the Black Winged Devil King's consciousness with the aid of the Emperor Devil Seed. As the struggle continued, he witnessed a vision of the Devil Emperor battling the Devil Venerable Asura, the Heavenly Emperor, and the Mother of All Spirits over the Chaos Origin.

• Xiao You warned Xuanyuanzi that their father would avenge them if Lei Dong and she died, while Xuanyuanzi feared the consequences of Lei Dong losing control.
• Lei Dong resisted the Black Winged Devil King's consciousness as it attacked him in his sea of consciousness, and the Emperor Devil Seed appeared on his forehead.
• Xuanyuanzi recognized the seed as possibly belonging to the Devil Emperor Sect's inheritance and regretted provoking Lei Dong.
• The Emperor Devil Seed empowered Lei Dong's divine sense, preventing the Black Winged Devil King's consciousness from devouring it and bringing a flood of information into his mind.
• Lei Dong witnessed the masked Devil Emperor lead an army against the Alien Races and slaughter countless enemies before three powerful figures confronted him.
• The Devil Venerable Asura, the Heavenly Emperor, and the Mother of All Spirits demanded the Chaos Origin, and the Devil Emperor refused before they attacked him.

Lei Dong received the Devil Emperor’s second inheritance and learned that the ancient emperor had also been a transmigrator whose soul was tied to the laws of time, space, and chaos. He acquired the Devil Emperor True Word Technique and began to understand how it altered laws, leaving him with a potential new tool against Xuanyuanzi.

• The Devil Emperor appeared through the inheritance and explained that Lei Dong’s unusual soul had allowed him to resonate with the Chaos Pagoda.
• The Devil Emperor revealed that he had come from another world and described how all beings remained bound by the universe’s laws.
• The Devil Emperor offered to pass on the Devil Emperor True Word Technique, which Lei Dong requested through the Emperor Devil Seed while the Black Winged Devil King's attack paused.
• The Emperor Devil Seed implanted the technique’s principles and memories into Lei Dong, causing brief but intense pain.
• Lei Dong studied the inheritance and realized the True Word Technique could edit local laws without deep mastery, though using it caused backlash.

Lei Dong received the Devil Emperor’s inheritance, including powerful techniques and clues about the Chaos Pagoda, but the revelations raised more questions about his rebirth and the coming calamity. As the Black Winged Devil King attacked his consciousness again, Lei Dong found resolve in protecting the people he cared about and began to understand how willpower could shape reality.

• The Devil Emperor’s inheritance gave Lei Dong King's Reign Over the World, Immortal Slaying Finger, and true essence armor, while the Devil Emperor True Word Technique remained beyond his current Mind Power.
• The Old Devil Emperor said the next inheritance seal would open when Lei Dong’s Mind Power reached peak Spirit Transmutation, leaving Lei Dong pondering the Chaos Pagoda, the Chaos Origin, and his unexplained rebirth.
• The Black Winged Devil King’s consciousness resumed its assault, and Lei Dong resolved to fight for his survival and protect those he loved.
• Lei Dong counterattacked with Mind Power, resisting the Devil King’s illusions and transforming his power into a giant beast and a blade.
• As they fought, Lei Dong realized that willpower joined faith and Mind Power and could affect the Laws, then commanded, “I say: stop!”

Lei Dong used the True Word Technique to restrain the Black Winged Devil King's consciousness, but the laws' backlash injured him before Xiao You healed him. He ultimately shattered the Devil King's consciousness and began absorbing its immense essence, gaining energy and access to its understanding of the laws.

• Lei Dong held the Black Winged Devil King's consciousness in place for three breaths with the True Word Technique, suffering a backlash that made him cough up blood.
• Xiao You infused Lei Dong with Netherworld Ghost Qi, stabilizing his injuries and healing his body.
• Lei Dong recognized that the technique had frightened and weakened the Black Winged Devil King, then counterattacked and gained the advantage in their struggle.
• Lei Dong shattered the Black Winged Devil King's consciousness and claimed its refined Devil King Essence as his spoils.
• Lei Dong absorbed the essence, strengthening his body and soul while drawing in the Devil King's understanding of the laws.
• Lei Dong considered how the Devil King's Essence could carry memories, consciousness, life essence, and genetic information beyond what a Nascent Soul contained.

Lei Dong absorbed the Black Winged Devil King's life essence and began forming a Nascent Soul, enduring the painful transformation as Xiao You and Xuanyuanzi watched. His Nascent Soul repeatedly scattered and reformed, growing stronger as his breakthrough neared.

• Lei Dong's body and soul strengthened as he absorbed the Devil King's life essence, bringing him to the bottleneck of a breakthrough.
• Lei Dong took the Immortal Transformation Pill and other aids, then guided his Golden Core and soul to meet at the Tanzhong acupoint.
• Lei Dong burned and fused his Golden Core's true essence with his soul, enduring intense pain as the medicines eased his suffering and spiritual energy fueled the process.
• Lei Dong's soul gradually took the shape of a Nascent Soul, repeatedly dispersing and reforming into a stronger, more solid form.
• Xiao You watched anxiously but refrained from interfering, while Xuanyuanzi recognized Lei Dong's breakthrough and resented his extraordinary luck.

Lei Dong successfully formed his Nascent Soul and refined his remaining energy into powerful true essence. As his Nascent Soul tempered his body, he broke through the Golden Core limit and emerged with greatly enhanced senses and divine sense.

• Xuanyuanzi watched from outside the Netherworld Black Sha Formation, unable to interrupt Lei Dong’s Nascent Soul formation.
• Lei Dong’s half-formed Nascent Soul survived repeated tempering and became solid, marking his successful entry into the Nascent Soul Realm.
• Lei Dong’s Nascent Soul moved into his Violet Palace and refined the energies in his body into condensed true essence.
• Lei Dong consumed precious pills and three Top Grade Spirit Stones to replenish his Nascent Soul and temper his body.
• Lei Dong broke through the Golden Core physical limit as his Nascent Soul transformed his cells and strengthened his body.
• Lei Dong opened his eyes with sharper senses and divine sense nearly twice as strong as before, comparable to an ordinary Nascent Soul High-tier Cultivator.

Lei Dong advanced to the Nascent Soul Realm while absorbing the Black Winged Devil King's life essence, and the Arena Spirit explained why the Fair Arena had blocked his heavenly tribulation. After considering the ancient powers whose legacies had aided him, Lei Dong prepared to face Xuanyuanzi.

• Xiao You saw Lei Dong awaken with a powerful aura, and Lei Dong confirmed he had advanced to the Nascent Soul Realm.
• The Arena Spirit explained that the Fair Arena blocked heavenly tribulations for cultivators below Spirit Transmutation level.
• Lei Dong reflected on the ancient wars and the powerful predecessors who had left behind the Fair Arena and other legacies.
• Lei Dong confronted Xuanyuanzi, who claimed he could defeat Lei Dong and Xiao You despite having only a fraction of his strength.
• Lei Dong summoned the Netherflame Ghost Banner and began refining its Ghosts with Top Grade Soul Nurturing Pagodas.

After advancing to the Nascent Soul Early Stage, Lei Dong discovered that his Netherworld Ghost Qi had grown far purer, strengthening Xiao You and the souls in the Netherworld Black Sha Formation. He fed the Black Winged Devil King's remains to A Chou and Ghost Thorn, who began evolving, while Lei Dong continued preparing to face Xuanyuanzi.

• Lei Dong used the formation and his strengthened Netherworld Ghost Qi to conceal himself from Xuanyuanzi and let Xiao You absorb the improved energy.
• Lei Dong noticed the Spirit Transmutation-level beast souls in the formation flags absorbing his Netherworld Ghost Qi and allowed them to continue.
• Lei Dong summoned A Chou and Ghost Thorn and offered them the remains of the Black Winged Devil King to help them advance.
• Xiao You declined the flesh and gave A Chou and Ghost Thorn permission to eat it.
• A Chou and Ghost Thorn devoured the Devil King's remains, then formed black cocoons to absorb Netherworld Ghost Qi and evolve.

Lei Dong refined more Ghosts and reconsidered how to use his army against the Spirit Transmutation-level Xuanyuanzi. He began testing squad-based commands through the Netherflame Ghost Banner, but his first attempt failed when the Ghosts ignored their designated leader.

• Lei Dong added a fresh batch of powerful Ghosts to the Netherflame Ghost Banner while relying on the Netherworld Black Sha Formation for protection.
• Lei Dong assessed the limits of overwhelming enemies with a Ghost Sea, recalling how space spells made high-ranking cultivators difficult to trap and how the Black Winged Devil King had nearly killed him.
• Lei Dong decided to apply squad tactics inspired by strategy games and considered how his divine sense worked through the Netherflame Ghost Banner to suppress and direct Ghosts.
• Lei Dong released one hundred ordinary Ghosts and tried appointing one as their leader, but the others followed no commands unless he directed them all together.

Lei Dong struggled to make the Myriad Ghost Banner’s ghost soldiers follow coordinated tactics until the Arena Spirit offered its expertise. The spirit revealed the Ghost Race’s origins and began explaining the rare Chaos Origins that could create worlds and nurture life.

• Lei Dong discovered that the Myriad Ghost Banner’s ghost soldiers had too little memory for complex coordinated orders, and he considered modifying its formations.
• The Arena Spirit mocked Lei Dong and Xiao You for lacking basic knowledge of formations and artifact crafting, then revealed that it had once been a living Spirit Transmutation expert.
• The Arena Spirit said the Ghost Race and Netherworld Ghost Domain had been created by Nether God using a Chaos Origin, and explained that the Ghost Race combined traits from several species.
• Lei Dong asked what a Chaos Origin was, and the Arena Spirit explained that such rare sources produced Chaos Spirit Qi and nurtured living things.

Lei Dong learned how the Netherflame Ghost Banner could direct formations and persuaded the Arena Spirit to guide him while he modified it. After six months of study, he had mastered the knowledge he needed and continued preparing for the duel against Xuan Zhenzi.

• Lei Dong learned that the scarcity of spiritual energy came from the lack of Chaos Origins and decided that seeking one would be too dangerous.
• The Arena Spirit criticized the Netherflame Ghost Banner and explained that Lei Dong could engrave formations into the ghost soldiers’ instincts while refining them.
• The Arena Spirit refused to help refine the banner directly, but agreed to offer academic guidance after Lei Dong and Xiao You framed their request as a matter of study.
• Lei Dong gave Xiao You talismans and told her to harass Xuan Zhenzi while he worked on the banner.
• With the Arena Spirit’s guidance, Lei Dong studied the banner for six months and mastered the artifact-refining and formation knowledge he needed.

Lei Dong redesigned the Netherflame Ghost Banner to create specialized ghost soldiers and tested a revised batch of Suicide Ghosts. After a year of experiments, he prepared to try them against True Lord Xuanyuan, who had been trapped near the formation and harried without rest.

• Lei Dong and the Arena Spirit designed four specialized ghost soldiers: Suicide Ghosts, Haughty Ghosts, Netherflame Bullet Ghosts, and Big Belly Cannon Ghosts.
• Lei Dong refined one hundred Suicide Ghosts, but more than seventy exploded because their energy exceeded what their souls could withstand.
• Lei Dong learned that ghost refinement consumed scarce Chaos Spirit Qi, so he and the artifact spirit reduced the Suicide Ghosts' attributes and revised the formations.
• The revised batch mostly survived, leaving Lei Dong with more than a hundred Suicide Ghosts to test.
• While Lei Dong spent nearly a year experimenting, True Lord Xuanyuan remained trapped near the Netherworld Black Sha Formation and endured constant attacks without sleep.

Lei Dong tested Suicide Ghosts against Xuanyuanzi, proving their explosive attacks could injure him and drain his true essence. After refining more than a thousand Big Belly Cannon Ghosts, Lei Dong launched a barrage at Xuanyuanzi, who sensed danger as the cannonballs descended.

• Xuanyuanzi dismissed the approaching Suicide Ghosts as weak, but their close-range explosions shattered his protective qi and churned his blood and qi.
• Xuanyuanzi shot down more than a hundred rapidly charging Suicide Ghosts with precise Finger Force before they could reach him.
• Lei Dong and the artifact spirit assessed how repeated waves of Suicide Ghosts could exhaust or overwhelm Xuanyuanzi.
• Lei Dong refined over a thousand Big Belly Cannon Ghosts and arranged them in a three-dimensional artillery formation.
• Xuanyuanzi sensed danger as more than a thousand emerald-flamed Netherflame Cannonballs rained down toward him.

Lei Dong tested the Big Belly Cannon Ghosts and saw their volley devastate the arena, but their enormous Ghost Qi consumption threatened to limit their use. After several days of discussion with the spirit and Xiao You, he began planning a specialized carrier troop to store Netherworld Ghost Qi and keep his forces supplied.

• The Big Belly Cannon Ghosts fired over a thousand Netherflame Cannonballs, forcing Xuanyuanzi to teleport away from the explosions.
• The spirit praised the ghosts' overwhelming firepower and reflected on how the Nether God and Nether King had shaped the ghost race and its artifacts.
• Lei Dong replenished the ghosts with Netherworld Ghost Qi, restoring them at the cost of a tenth of his Profound Yin True Essence.
• Lei Dong, the spirit, and Xiao You discussed the ghosts' high energy costs and decided to prioritize stronger troop types over vast numbers of low-level soldiers.
• Lei Dong proposed creating a troop type to carry and store Netherworld Ghost Qi, building a reserve that could refuel the cannon ghosts during battle.

Lei Dong developed Qi Storage Ghosts to supply his cannon units and tested how the Ghost Banner could boost elite ghost soldiers. He left with a Golden Core Initial Stage Big Belly Cannon Ghost ready for its first major firepower test.

• Lei Dong designed Qi Storage Ghosts, which stored vast quantities of compressed Netherworld Ghost Qi and could refill Big Belly Cannon Ghosts.
• Lei Dong compared the Ghost Sea and elite-unit strategies, then decided to test how much the Ghost Banner could enhance high-level ghost soldiers.
• Lei Dong refined Spirit Ghosts of different aptitudes into test units and fed them ordinary ghosts to spur their growth.
• Lei Dong’s Top Grade Big Belly Cannon Ghost advanced to Golden Core Initial Stage and displayed abilities close to Golden Core High-tier.
• Lei Dong prepared to test the Golden Core-level ghost’s Netherflame Cannonball.

Lei Dong tested the Golden Core Big Belly Cannon Ghost and saw it unleash a shot with the force of a Nascent Soul High-tier cultivator. He then fed the captured Nascent Soul of the Immortal Demon Venerable into the Netherflame Ghost Banner to refine it into a ghost soldier, but the powerful soul resisted.

• Lei Dong's Golden Core Big Belly Cannon Ghost fired a Netherflame Cannonball that badly injured Xuanyuanzi despite his shield.
• The artifact spirit assessed the cannon blast as equivalent to a Nascent Soul High-tier cultivator's full-power strike, and Lei Dong restored the ghost's spent energy.
• Lei Dong considered how difficult it would be to raise the Big Belly Cannon Ghost to a higher cultivation level.
• Lei Dong took out the Immortal Demon Venerable's Nascent Soul and decided to refine it into a ghost soldier.
• The Immortal Demon Venerable's Nascent Soul resisted inside the Netherflame Ghost Banner, so Lei Dong and the artifact spirit poured in their power to suppress it.

Lei Dong created an army of Ghost Soldiers and launched a coordinated assault on Xuanyuanzi before the Netherworld Black Sha Formation failed. Xuanyuanzi began evading the overwhelming barrage, but the battle remained underway.

• Lei Dong finished refining the Immortal Demon Venerable into a Big Belly Cannon Ghost and tested its strength and resilience.
• Lei Dong spent two months producing fifty thousand low-grade Suicide Ghosts, thirty thousand low-grade Big Belly Cannon Ghosts, and thirty thousand low-grade Qi Storage Ghosts.
• After Xiao You warned that the Netherworld Black Sha Formation could last only one more month, Lei Dong sent waves of Suicide Ghosts toward Xuanyuanzi.
• Xuanyuanzi used Finger Force to shoot down the approaching Suicide Ghosts, while Lei Dong guided the front ranks into evasive maneuvers that disrupted his aim.
• Lei Dong's Big Belly Cannon Ghosts fired a volley of Netherflame Cannonballs, forcing Xuanyuanzi to abandon his attacks and teleport eight or nine li away.

Lei Dong used the Netherworld Black Sha Formation and a risky True Word Technique to destroy Xuanyuanzi’s body, but Xuanyuanzi’s Primordial Spirit escaped the blast and found a breach in the arena. The chapter ended with Xuanyuanzi fleeing toward the arena’s edge and threatening to return.

• Xuanyuanzi replenished his true essence with a Heavenly Spirit Stone and pills as Lei Dong’s Suicide Ghosts and cannon fire wore him down.
• Lei Dong concealed his aura, approached Xuanyuanzi, and used the True Word Technique to stop time as Xuanyuanzi tried to teleport away.
• A supercharged Netherflame Cannonball struck the spatial tear, and the resulting blasts and spatial blades destroyed Xuanyuanzi’s body.
• The Arena Spirit warned Lei Dong that the arena’s space had shattered, and Lei Dong ordered A Chou and Ghost Thorn to stop Xuanyuanzi’s Primordial Spirit from escaping.
• Xuanyuanzi noticed the breach and fled toward the arena’s edge, promising to return and make Lei Dong regret his actions.