Recaps

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.

Lei Dong learned that the Myriad Puppet Sect would hold its Puppet Competition in three years and found an opportunity to approach the sect’s Grand Elder through one of its declining affiliated lineages. He entered Myriad Flower Valley and located the old man he sought, leaving the man alarmed by his sudden appearance.

• Lei Dong learned that the Myriad Puppet Sect’s affiliated lineages selected disciples for the decade-long Puppet Competition, which was three years away.
• Lei Dong examined the mountain-guarding array and watched Gongsun Qing defeat Luo Hongqing’s puppet with a hidden cannon.
• Lei Dong entered the clan’s main courtyard and discovered that the attendants fanning the old man were lifelike puppets.
• Lei Dong appeared beside the courtyard lake, and the old man rose and demanded to know who was there.

Lei Dong persuaded Old Man Gongsun to help him join the Gongsun Family and enter the Myriad Puppet Sect’s puppet competition three years later. After Lei Dong cleared Old Man Gongsun’s meridians and helped him break through, he promised to protect the clan’s important members if the plan went awry, then demanded that Old Man Gongsun swallow a Nine Nether Soul Devouring Insect as proof of loyalty.

• Old Man Gongsun feared Lei Dong’s concealed power and waited nervously while Lei Dong silently admired the lotus flowers.
• Lei Dong struck Old Man Gongsun’s dantian with true essence, clearing his meridians and helping him break through to Foundation Establishment High-tier.
• Old Man Gongsun thanked Lei Dong and offered to do his bidding, while Lei Dong explained that he wanted to become a disciple of the clan and enter the Myriad Puppet Sect’s puppet competition in three years.
• Old Man Gongsun worried that helping Lei Dong could destroy his clan, so Lei Dong promised to protect its important members if the plan went wrong.
• Lei Dong offered Old Man Gongsun a reward and told him to swallow a Nine Nether Soul Devouring Insect to demonstrate his sincerity.

Lei Dong forced Old Man Gongsun to accept a Nine Nether Soul Devouring Insect and help him pose as Gongsun Dong, his long-lost son, for the Myriad Puppet Sect’s competition. After securing the Gongsun family’s puppet techniques, Lei Dong began designing and crafting a Transformer-inspired puppet.

• Old Man Gongsun swallowed the Nine Nether Soul Devouring Insect, and Lei Dong gave him a storage ring filled with valuable resources.
• Lei Dong told Old Man Gongsun to introduce him as his illegitimate son Gongsun Dong, and the old man agreed to arrange a convincing family history.
• Lei Dong disguised his cultivation as Qi Refining High Stage and received a Jade Slip containing the Gongsun family’s puppet techniques and materials.
• Old Man Gongsun began arranging Lei Dong’s return, while Lei Dong watched him for three days to confirm his loyalty.
• Lei Dong studied the Gongsun family’s Puppet Technique, designed a Bumblebee-inspired transforming puppet, and began crafting its components.

Lei Dong used yin fire to build Bumblebee, a Qi Refining-level Mechanism Puppet, and installed a simplified artifact spirit to control it. Bumblebee sprang to life, while Lei Dong planned to keep improving his yin fire and puppet-making skills.

• Lei Dong decided to study yin fire alongside the Mechanism Puppet Technique so he could eventually repair a Spirit Transmutation Puppet.
• Lei Dong used yin fire and his spiritual sense to assemble Bumblebee, a car-shaped Flying Boat puppet.
• Lei Dong considered how puppet cores and artifact spirits controlled puppets and compared the world’s technology with Earth’s.
• Lei Dong modified one of Old Man Gongsun’s simplified artifact spirits and installed it in Bumblebee.
• Lei Dong sent Bumblebee a command with his spiritual sense, and it began to move.

Lei Dong trained the Bumblebee puppet’s blank spirit in basic movements and began thinking of a more standardized, programming-based way to train puppets. With his month-long agreement with Old Man Gongsun nearly over, he attended the Gongsun Family gathering and was publicly welcomed back as Gongsun Dong.

• Lei Dong took control of the Bumblebee and taught its spirit to walk, then trained it in other movements and combat actions.
• Lei Dong compared spirit training to programming and considered applying standardized methods from his previous life to make puppet training more efficient.
• Lei Dong set aside the unfinished Bumblebee and went to meet Old Man Gongsun as their agreed month drew to a close.
• Old Man Gongsun hosted a gathering at Myriad Flower Valley to celebrate his breakthrough to the high stage of Foundation Establishment.
• Old Man Gongsun announced that he was welcoming his secretly raised son back into the family, warned the clan against disrespecting him, and introduced Lei Dong as Gongsun Dong.

Lei Dong posed as Old Man Gongsun’s son, Gongsun Dong, and won over the Gongsun Family and the gathered cultivators with his apparent talent and plans to join the Myriad Puppet Sect. He met the family’s young prodigy Gongsun Qing, who asked him to teach her cultivation.

• Lei Dong drew the crowd’s attention when Foundation Establishment cultivators recognized that his displayed cultivation was near the peak of Qi Refining.
• Old Man Gongsun introduced Lei Dong as his son, Gongsun Dong, and said he hoped he would become a Myriad Puppet Sect core disciple.
• The crowd and Gongsun Family members warmly welcomed Lei Dong, hoping to secure favor with a promising cultivator.
• Gongsun Qing called Lei Dong her Fourth Uncle and asked him to teach her how to advance in cultivation.
• Lei Dong told Gongsun Qing that she could only succeed through diligent cultivation.

Lei Dong demonstrated the remarkable combat and flying abilities of his puppet, the Hornet, winning over Gongsun Qing and impressing the gathered families. Old Man Gongsun secured agreement for Lei Dong to represent the family in the Puppet Tournament, while a jealous observer watched from the shadows.

• Gongsun Qing asked Lei Dong to show his puppet, and he agreed to demonstrate his Puppet Technique.
• Lei Dong summoned the bright yellow Hornet and controlled it to defeat Gongsun Qing’s Pink Maiden.
• Lei Dong transformed the Hornet into a flying car, took Gongsun Qing for a ride, and gave her its blueprints.
• Old Man Gongsun asked the guests to accept Lei Dong as the family’s representative in the Puppet Tournament, and no one objected.
• A jealous figure watched Lei Dong from the shadows, threatened by his arrival.

Luo Hongqing resented Lei Dong for taking his place in the puppet competition and persuaded his mother, Gongsun Rong, to help him injure Lei Dong. Lei Dong continued studying in seclusion until Gongsun Qing came to call for him.

• Luo Hongqing grew jealous of Lei Dong, who had claimed the Gongsun Family's second slot in the Myriad Puppet Sect tournament.
• Lei Dong joined the Gongsun Family as Gongsun Dong, studied its Puppet Techniques, and gained a reputation among rival families as a potential threat.
• Luo Hongqing complained to Gongsun Rong that Lei Dong had taken his opportunity and urged her to help him secure a tournament place.
• Gongsun Rong agreed to help Luo Hongqing injure Lei Dong, provided the attack did not endanger his life.
• Gongsun Qing called to Lei Dong outside his room while he was studying in seclusion.

Gongsun Qing brought Lei Dong a cultivated ginseng root and told him about a thousand-year-old He Shou Wu guarded by a Demon Snake, prompting him to join her and Luo Hongqing on an outing. In the ravine, masked cultivators ambushed them, and Lei Dong calmly prepared to deal with the attackers.

• Gongsun Qing gave Lei Dong a several-hundred-year-old ginseng root and asked him to help retrieve a thousand-year-old herb.
• Lei Dong realized Luo Hongqing was plotting against him but agreed to accompany him and Gongsun Qing, intending to teach her a lesson about the dangers of cultivation.
• The next morning, Lei Dong, Gongsun Qing, and Luo Hongqing traveled to a secluded ravine where Luo claimed the He Shou Wu grew.
• Masked cultivators sprang an ambush, and their black-robed Foundation Establishment leader threatened Gongsun Qing.
• Lei Dong reassured Gongsun Qing and dismissed the attackers as he prepared to face them.

Lei Dong faced an ambush by Rogue Cultivators and watched their threats turn into an attack. He effortlessly stopped Black Vajra’s whip and scattered Liu Sanniang’s knives, leaving the attackers stunned.

• Liu Sanniang and Black Vajra recognized Lei Dong and mocked him while the black-robed Foundation Establishment cultivator ordered them to cripple him.
• Gongsun Qing stepped in to protect Lei Dong, but he sent her safely away and she fainted.
• Liu Sanniang and Black Vajra charged Lei Dong with flying knives and a steel whip.
• Lei Dong halted Black Vajra’s whip with one finger and blew Liu Sanniang’s knives into the surrounding rocks.
• Lei Dong sighed at the stunned attackers and asked why they had chosen to do this.