Chapter Summaries

Zhang Heng and the Yin Sha Sect Battle Hall squad escaped Small Continent City after Han Wu turned against Ning Xiao and helped them break through the barrier. Zhang Heng reported the attempted trap, and Ouyang Mi rushed to send reinforcements as the incident threatened to spark a conflict with Tianyin Palace.

• Zhang Heng, Lei Dong, and the others blasted open the barrier, and Han Wu attacked Ning Xiao to cover their escape.
• Han Wu and seven or eight Foundation Establishment Cultivators sided with Zhang Heng, while Ning Xiao and another Golden Core Cultivator abandoned the pursuit.
• Lei Dong revealed that he had used a Netherflame Cannon talisman and suffered severe spiritual injuries from controlling it.
• Zhang Heng treated Lei Dong, sent messages through Ghost Messengers, and thanked the cultivators who had joined them.
• Han Wu followed Netherworld Nine as Zhang Heng took a detour over the sea and waited for an escort warship.
• Ouyang Mi received Zhang Heng's report, informed his superiors, and led reinforcements toward the squad aboard Nether King and two medium-sized warships.

Ouyang Mi led the Yin Sha Sect’s forces to the Southern Seventy-Six Islands, where the four warships swiftly subdued Small Continent City and began conquering the entire region. The campaign left over thirteen hundred cultivators dead, and the Sect publicly announced the toll, drawing the Cultivation World’s attention.

• Ouyang Mi arrived above Small Continent Island with four warships and Han Wu’s forces, then ordered the army to advance on Small Continent City.
• Han Wu brought surrendering cultivators from a fortified city and Small Continent City into the Yin Sha Sect’s ranks as Ning Xiao fled and the city withdrew its defenses.
• Lei Dong pursued two fleeing Foundation Establishment Cultivators, defeated them with his Ghost Guards, and collected their spoils and Living Souls.
• Ouyang Mi gathered Small Continent City’s remaining cultivators and executed those who resisted or were closely tied to Tianyin Palace, while Han Wu organized the others into the army.
• Ouyang Mi split the warships to conquer all seventy-six islands, and the Yin Sha Sect announced that its campaign had killed more than thirteen hundred cultivators.

The Yin Sha Sect and Tianyin Palace mobilized for war after publicly blaming each other over Ning Xiao’s rebellion and the Battle Hall squad’s deaths. In the Southern Seventy-Six Islands, Han Wu organized a local guard for the Yin Sha Sect, while Lei Dong’s squad received a mission and prepared to meet an approaching force.

• The Yin Sha Sect accused Tianyin Palace of inciting Ning Xiao and killing its patrol squad, and Tianyin Palace denied responsibility while demanding that Yin Sha Sect disciples leave the Southern Seventy-Six Islands.
• The Yin Sha Sect issued a war mobilization order and recruited cultivators, while Tianyin Palace prepared its own forces and attracted fewer neutral recruits.
• The Third Commandery pacified the Southern Seventy-Six Islands, left Han Wu in charge, and helped him form the Southern Islands Guard.
• Han Wu spread accusations against Ning Xiao, turning local opinion against him and Tianyin Palace.
• Lei Dong’s squad flew northeast aboard Netherworld Nine, rested on an uninhabited island, and received word that someone had arrived.

Zhang Heng's squad ambushed two Tianyin Palace ships carrying resources and trapped their escorts after Netherworld Nine crippled the Flawless Warship. Lei Dong overwhelmed the enemies on his flank, while the rest of the battle continued and Number Two intercepted a fleeing disciple.

• Zhang Heng assigned Lei Dong and two other fast fighters to guard the flanks and ordered the squad to kill the escorts without letting anyone escape.
• Netherworld Nine struck the Flawless Warship with its Netherflame Main Cannon, shattering its shield and badly damaging its hull.
• The Tianyin Palace cultivators abandoned their ships, and Zhang Heng's squad leaped into battle as two Foundation Establishment Cultivators and the Qi Refining Cultivators fled.
• Lei Dong sent three eighth-level Ghost Guards against a male Foundation Establishment Cultivator and unleashed his Wraiths to devour three fleeing Qi Refining Cultivators.
• Number Two caught up with a Tianyin Palace disciple who had used a secret technique to flee and slashed at them.

Lei Dong and Zhang Heng’s squad defeated a Tianyin Palace group and discovered a vast cargo of East Sea goods. Lei Dong warned Zhang Heng against stealing from the cargo, and after the squad returned to Small Continent Island, they divided the valuable personal spoils among themselves.

• Lei Dong’s three eighth-tier ghost guards helped the squad defeat seven Foundation Establishment Cultivators and several Qi Refining Cultivators, and he captured the middle-aged cultivator’s Living Soul.
• Lei Dong and Zhang Heng searched the cargo Flying Boat and found it packed with rare goods, Monster Beast materials, Spirit Stones, and Soul Sealing Balls.
• When Zhang Heng considered secretly taking some cargo, Lei Dong warned that a Golden Core Stage Cultivator might be guarding the operation, and Zhang Heng abandoned the idea.
• Zhang Heng ordered the squad to retreat with three ships and had Number Two and Number Four tally the seized personal belongings.
• Back on Small Continent Island, the squad valued the spoils at more than twenty million and exchanged them for Upper Grade Spirit Stones; Zhang Heng received twenty percent and Lei Dong received fifteen percent.

Lei Dong and Zhang Heng met the Battle Hall Master after their successful seizure of Tianyin Palace’s transport ship and learned that the mission had tested their character. The Hall Master revealed herself as the Heavenly Demon, then ordered Lei Dong to knead her shoulders.

• Ouyang Mi praised Zhang Heng and Lei Dong for capturing the cargo intact and told them it was worth 1.83 billion Spirit Stones.
• Ouyang Mi brought the two men to meet the Battle Hall Master, who praised Lei Dong for warning Zhang Heng about the cargo’s danger.
• The Hall Master explained that the ship-seizure mission had been a test, promoted them to core Battle Hall members, and doubled their Contribution Value.
• The Hall Master dismissed Zhang Heng but asked Lei Dong to stay, then revealed herself as the Heavenly Demon.
• The Heavenly Demon told Lei Dong about her past as Battle Hall Vice Hall Master and ordered him to knead her shoulders.

Lei Dong learned that Yin Sha Sect and Tianyin Palace would fight a limited war over the East Sea Star Islands in three months. He assessed his escape speed and began considering how to improve his chances of surviving the conflict.

• Lei Dong returned to camp, reassured Zhang Heng that the Hall Master had treated him well, and heard that she had been angered by the ambush on his squad.
• Zhang Heng told Lei Dong that Yin Sha Sect and Tianyin Palace had agreed to restrict the coming war to the sea, limit the disciples and Ancestors they could deploy, and begin fighting in three months.
• Lei Dong considered the danger of the war and decided that becoming stronger was his best chance of survival.
• Lei Dong tested his escape speed, reaching about eight hundred li per hour with true energy, thirteen hundred with Ghost Shadow Escape, and fifteen hundred when he empowered it with the Netherworld Great Law.

Lei Dong assessed his chances of escaping Golden Core cultivators and sought ways to survive the war with Tianyin Palace. After updating his Contribution Value, he agreed to learn the Blood Escape Technique and asked Deacon Zhao to recommend other life-saving options.

• Lei Dong tested his escape speed and concluded that only greater cultivation or improved techniques could give him a chance against a Golden Core cultivator.
• Lei Dong returned to Small Continent City with 780 Spirit Stones and 20 million Contribution Points earned through battles and missions.
• Lei Dong visited the Third Commandery's Contribution Value clerk, Deacon Zhao, and updated the amount recorded on his token.
• Lei Dong asked Deacon Zhao for life-saving spirit items or a Cultivation Method that could help him escape a Golden Core cultivator.
• Deacon Zhao recommended the Blood Escape Technique, and Lei Dong decided to learn it while asking for other options.

Lei Dong exchanged twenty-one million Contribution Value for a damaged pair of top-tier Great Asura wings after Steward Zhao urged him to buy them. After discovering their poor condition, Lei Dong left in anger, and Zhao Chong reported to a Hall Master that he had followed the Hall Master’s order to recommend the wings.

• Steward Zhao told Lei Dong that the top-tier Great Asura wings could be refined into a speed-enhancing Spirit Item, though they could not be transplanted directly.
• Lei Dong spent twenty-one million Contribution Value, including twenty High Grade Spirit Stones to cover a shortfall, to exchange for the wings.
• Lei Dong inspected the wings and found them badly damaged, with broken bones and much of one wing’s membrane burned away.
• Lei Dong grabbed Steward Zhao in anger, but Zhao warned him that attacking a Contribution Steward would bring punishment under sect rules.
• Lei Dong put away the wings and stormed out, and Zhao Chong later told a Hall Master that he had recommended them as ordered.

Lei Dong searched Small Continent City for someone capable of refining the battered Asura Wings and learned about the reclusive Artifact Refining Grandmaster Wang Lei, whose family had been slaughtered by the Blood Demon. He sailed with Zhang Heng to Wang Lei’s island, hoping to persuade him to refine the wings while guarding against the dangerous old master.

• The Heavenly Demon took the Asura Wings, and Steward Zhao regretted charging Lei Dong only twenty million contribution points for them.
• Lei Dong searched Small Continent City for an artifact refiner capable of turning the Great Asura’s wings into a magical artifact, but the local refiners refused the task.
• Lei Dong learned that Wang Lei had once been a renowned Artifact Refining Grandmaster before the Blood Demon murdered his wife and children, leaving him isolated and broken.
• Lei Dong decided to seek Wang Lei’s help despite expecting him to refuse.
• Lei Dong asked Zhang Heng to sail the Netherworld Nine to Wang Lei’s island and brought the ship along as a precaution.

Lei Dong visited Wang Lei to ask him to refine a Spirit Item, but Wang Lei attacked him and then offered to hear his request if he survived ten Finger Swords. Lei Dong endured Wang Lei’s opening barrage, though the Golden Core cultivator’s strikes wounded him.

• Lei Dong arrived at Wang Lei’s island and asked him to refine a Spirit Item, but Wang Lei ignored him until he turned to leave.
• Wang Lei attacked Lei Dong with a Finger Sword, and Lei Dong dodged while Zhang Heng brought Netherworld Nine closer.
• Lei Dong noticed Wang Lei’s pride in the Blood-colored Cloak and praised his work, prompting Wang Lei to challenge him to withstand ten Finger Swords.
• Lei Dong prepared his defenses and accepted the challenge as Zhang Heng warned Wang Lei not to go too far.
• Wang Lei’s second Finger Sword curved after Lei Dong, who blocked it with the Indestructible Shield.
• Wang Lei unleashed seven or eight more attacks, and Lei Dong stopped them with his treasures and Peak Puppet but spat out blood from the impact.

Lei Dong survived Wang Lei’s final Finger Force and asked him to refine a pair of Great Asura wings. Wang Lei discovered the wings belonged not to a Peak Great Asura, but to an Asura King.

• Lei Dong used the Black Dragon Banner, Golden Puppet, Black Dragon Chant, and Indestructible Shield to withstand Wang Lei’s final Finger Force, then recovered with spiritual medicine.
• Wang Lei acknowledged Lei Dong’s unusual strength and asked what material he wanted refined into a Spirit Item.
• Zhang Heng flew away under the excuse of relieving himself, giving Lei Dong privacy to show Wang Lei his material.
• Lei Dong presented a battered pair of wings he believed belonged to a Peak Great Asura and asked Wang Lei to refine them.
• Wang Lei examined the wings and told Lei Dong they were Asura King wings, leaving Lei Dong stunned.

Lei Dong learned that the damaged wings were Asura King Wings and discovered that repairing and refining them would require rare materials and a powerful fire source. He returned to Small Continent Island with a plan to find a Nascent Soul Cultivator and arrange materials, only to learn their auxiliary cost totaled forty-one million Contribution Value.

• Wang Lei explained that the Asura King Wings needed extensive repairs and either an Earth Fire Core or a Nascent Soul Cultivator skilled with flames to refine them.
• Lei Dong decided to gather the auxiliary materials and find a Nascent Soul Cultivator himself, while Wang Lei gave him a list of what he needed.
• After Lei Dong left, Miss Mu thanked Wang Lei for helping and asked him to keep her involvement secret from Lei Dong.
• Lei Dong showed Zhang Heng the wings, and Zhang Heng offered to exchange Spirit Stones for Contribution Value through Battle Hall members.
• Lei Dong checked Wang Lei's materials list with Steward Zhao and found that the auxiliary materials would cost forty-one million Contribution Value.

Lei Dong gathered the costly materials needed for Wang Lei to repair the Asura King Wings, with Tian Mo agreeing to assist. After a month, Wang Lei began forging the wings, bringing them to a majestic, nearly restored state as the chapter ended before the final step.

• Lei Dong recruited squadmates to help cover the materials' cost, spent 410 Upper Grade Spirit Stones, and arranged to receive supplies unavailable at Small Continent Island.
• Tian Mo readily agreed to accompany Lei Dong and help Wang Lei forge the wings once the materials arrived.
• After a month of cultivation and patrols, Lei Dong received the shipment and brought Tian Mo to Wang Lei's island.
• Wang Lei purified the materials, shaped and repaired the wing frames, and used Tian Mo's Demonic Flame to assist with the difficult forging.
• Wang Lei wove the Mysterious Nether Heavenly Silk across the frames and formed new membranes, leaving the restored wings to dry before the final step.

Lei Dong completed the refinement of the Asura King Wings and discovered they gave him astonishing bursts of speed. Wang Lei then attacked to test whether Lei Dong could escape his pursuit, leaving Lei Dong fleeing on wings that rapidly drained his true energy.

• After the Heavenly Demon tempered the wings and Wang Lei inscribed formations on them, Lei Dong used five mouthfuls of Essence Blood and began refining them with his soul.
• Lei Dong spent three days overcoming the wings’ resistance and finally melded them into his soul alongside his other magic tools and spiritual artifacts.
• Lei Dong summoned the wings and flew several li in an instant, then practiced controlling their speed while the Heavenly Demon assessed their limits.
• Wang Lei suddenly attacked Lei Dong with a giant green claw, forcing Lei Dong to flee with repeated bursts from the wings.
• Lei Dong swallowed a Lesser Misty Spirit Replenishing Pill and continued escaping as the wings drained his true energy.

Lei Dong fled across the sea while Wang Lei pursued him, surviving an attack by a colossal sea monster before using his treasures and pills to keep ahead of his pursuer. Wang Lei eventually gave up the chase, and the Heavenly Demon appeared to advise Lei Dong to refine his wings and improve his cultivation.

• Lei Dong flew low over the sea on the Evil Ghost Banner and recovered his strength with a Lesser Misty Spirit Replenishing Pill.
• A colossal tentacled sea monster attacked Lei Dong, but he severed one of its tentacles, blocked its water arrow, and escaped with his Asura Wings.
• Wang Lei caught up with Lei Dong, who repeatedly used his Asura Wings and pills to maintain his lead during a long pursuit.
• Wang Lei gave up chasing Lei Dong, then praised the Asura King Wings he had crafted and explained their potential.
• The Heavenly Demon appeared and told Lei Dong to refine his wings further and focus on raising his cultivation.

Lei Dong spent three years fighting in the Eastern Sea war, rising to the peak of the seventh Foundation Establishment layer and earning the fearsome nickname Ghost Asura. He led an assault on the Qian family’s island, where its protective formation finally shattered.

• Lei Dong returned to camp with his refined wings, and his squad members tried unsuccessfully to exchange for Great Asura Wings.
• The war between the Yin Sha Sect and Tianyin Palace erupted, and Lei Dong and Number Nine were assigned to command twenty-five Foundation Establishment cultivators.
• Over three years of missions, Lei Dong advanced to the peak of the seventh layer, while battle-tested survivors under his command gained wealth, equipment, and respect for him.
• Lei Dong led the Netherworld Twenty-Six against the Qian family and offered its acting clan leader a chance to surrender, but the man refused.
• Lei Dong and his forces attacked the Qian family’s Mountain Protecting Formation until Lei Dong’s black dragon strike shattered it.

Lei Dong wiped out the Qian Lineage before fleeing Tianyin Palace’s pursuing warships. Tantai Bingyun used white wings to overtake the Netherworld Warship and unleashed a fiery dragon attack, leaving Lei Dong’s crew stunned and in immediate danger.

• Lei Dong led his Foundation Establishment Cultivators in slaughtering the Qian Lineage, then ordered them to finish quickly and loot the island.
• Lei Dong killed the fleeing Scarlet Refinement with one sword strike, and his squad wiped out the Qian Lineage in under half an hour.
• Two White Jade Warships arrived, and Tantai Bingyun recognized Lei Dong and ordered a pursuit.
• Lei Dong escaped aboard the Netherworld Warship, but the two White Jade Warships stayed on its heels and fired their cannons.
• Tantai Bingyun spread a pair of white wings, flew past the Netherworld Warship, and summoned a fiery dragon that attacked it.

Lei Dong drew Tantai Bingyun’s Infernal Flame Dragon away from the Netherworld Warship so Number Nine could steer it toward the Yin Sha Sect’s stronghold. Tantai Bingyun pursued Lei Dong herself with a pair of powerful wings, and the chapter ended with the two flying off in pursuit.

• Lei Dong blasted Tantai Bingyun’s Infernal Flame Dragon with the Netherflame Main Cannon, then attacked it with Black Dragon Chant to draw its attention away from the Netherworld Warship.
• The wounded flame dragon ignored Tantai Bingyun’s commands and pursued Lei Dong, while Number Nine steered the Netherworld Warship toward the Yin Sha Sect’s stronghold.
• Tantai Bingyun abandoned her attempt to control the flame dragon, caught up with Lei Dong, and struck him with her Green Lotus Sword Tune.
• Lei Dong used his Asura Wings to fly more than four li away, but Tantai Bingyun followed with her own wings and vowed not to let him escape.
• Lei Dong fled again, and Tantai Bingyun turned into a streak of white light and chased after him.

Lei Dong fled Tantai Bingyun and Sima Jie across the sea, using pills and his Asura Wings to endure their relentless pursuit. After six days, they reached Yaksha Tribe waters, where a giant fish spear suddenly rose from the sea.

• Lei Dong evaded the Heavenly Maiden Warship and escaped after Sima Jie placed a tracking marker on him.
• Lei Dong used replenishing pills and the Evil Ghost Banner to sustain his flight while Tantai Bingyun and Sima Jie followed.
• Sima Jie warned Tantai Bingyun that they were approaching Yaksha Tribe territory, but she continued chasing Lei Dong.
• Tantai Bingyun tried to ambush Lei Dong with her Seven-String Soul-Calming Melody, but he fled before the music could ensnare him.
• After six days of pursuit, Lei Dong and Tantai Bingyun were exhausted, while Sima Jie trailed far behind aboard the warship.
• A huge triangular fish spear shot out of the sea near the pursuing cultivators.