Chapter Summaries

Yi Kong brought Lei Dong and a powerful squad to the fortress, where he revealed his plan to overthrow King of Dawn and killed Andrew. The chapter also recounted Lei Dong’s strengthening of his forces, his revenge against the Nine Nether Soul Devouring Insect King, and the insect king’s brain core, which could enhance Mei Ji’s bewitching techniques.

• Yi Kong gave Andrew gifts and entered the fortress with human companions, while Andrew dismissed humans as expendable and welcomed his old friend.
• Yi Kong told Andrew he intended to overthrow King of Dawn, then stabbed him with a shadowy dagger that exploded and killed him.
• Yi Kong’s squad included Lei Dong, Dongfang Fu, Mochou, White Bone Old Devil, Yin Yang Old Monster, and Mei Ji, all powerful Nascent Soul cultivators.
• Lei Dong released White Bone Old Devil, helped him take possession of a gifted young man, and later imposed a Nine Nether Soul Devouring Insect restriction on him.
• Lei Dong traveled to the insect king’s lair and killed the Nine Nether Soul Devouring Insect King, avenging A Chou and deepening the Fierce Ghost Army’s loyalty.
• Lei Dong gained the insect king’s brain core, which amplified bewitching techniques and could strengthen Mei Ji’s illusions and Charm Technique.

Lei Dong tested his Sword and Shield Ghosts by attacking Fortress Fifteen, where they overwhelmed the Iron Blood Knights and killed Andrew. Yin Yang Old Monster captured fleeing winged fighters and executed one, while the battle’s aftermath remained unresolved.

• After Andrew was killed, Lei Dong summoned the Netherflame Ghost Banner and unleashed his Sword and Shield Ghosts against Fortress Fifteen.
• The Sword and Shield Ghosts charged through the Iron Blood Knights, whose morale collapsed amid the black mist and the ghosts’ brutal attacks.
• A heavily armored warrior shattered a ghost general’s shield, but the ghost recovered by devouring a mage and replenished its wounds with blood.
• The Sword and Shield Ghosts defeated the human defenders, while the remaining Golden Core-level winged fighters fled the battlefield.
• Yin Yang Old Monster ensnared the fleeing winged fighters and dissolved one captive in corrosive red mist.

Yi Kong recruited ten young Winged People into his new faction while Mei Ji prepared to turn more of the clan against its rulers. As Merk’s reinforcements charged toward the captured fortress, Lei Dong held back his Nascent Soul fighters to test his troops and revealed that his Fierce Ghost Army had grown to more than ten thousand elite soldiers.

• Yi Kong gave the surviving young Winged People ten breaths to join him, and ten surrendered while two refused.
• Yin Yang Old Monster carried the two holdouts away in a cloud of Baleful Intent, leaving the others relieved they had surrendered.
• Yi Kong comforted his new recruits and reaffirmed his determination to serve Lei Dong and rebuild the Winged God Clan under his leadership.
• Mei Ji prepared to use her Charm Techniques and the Insect King's brain core to turn young Winged People against the Eight Kings and draw them into Lei Dong's camp.
• Merk led three Nascent Soul Winged People, more than eighty Golden Core Winged People, and over eight thousand Iron Blood Knights toward the captured fortress.
• Lei Dong watched the fighting without committing his Nascent Soul fighters and explained that he had expanded his Fierce Ghost Army to over ten thousand elite soldiers through cultivation and training.

Lei Dong unleashed the Fierce Ghost Army against Merk’s Iron Blood Knights at Fortress Fifteen, where Red Ghost’s disciplined command overwhelmed the enemy despite its powerful winged fighters. As Merk tried to flee, Red Ghost’s hidden forces prepared to trap him.

• Lei Dong ordered Red Ghost and the Fierce Ghost Army to attack Merk’s forces at Fortress Fifteen.
• Red Ghost led more than ten thousand ghost soldiers in a wedge charge that cut through the Iron Blood Knights.
• Merk ordered his troops to fight for King of Dawn and attacked the ghost army with his winged fighters.
• Red Ghost shifted the army into circular formations and surrounded Merk’s group with elite soldiers casting Netherworld spells.
• The Fierce Ghost Army killed or wounded more than half the Iron Blood Knights and brought down several winged fighters.
• Merk blasted a group of ghost soldiers and fled, but Red Ghost’s two hidden Ghost King deputies and their squads cast enormous black nets in his path.

Lei Dong's Fierce Ghost Army crushed the defenders of a fortress, capturing thousands and efficiently gathering prisoners and spoils. Red reported that the victory had yielded roughly fifty Heavenly Spirit Stones, leaving Lei Dong astonished by the fortune war had brought.

• The Fierce Ghost Army trapped Merk and the enemy's Nascent Soul fighters in giant nets, beating or killing them and forcing the remaining defenders to surrender.
• With the enemy's morale broken, the army captured prisoners while Lei Dong's Netherworld Ghost Soldiers finished the battle on the city walls.
• White Bone Devil Lord was awed by Lei Dong's forces and resolved to stay close to his lord and earn merit.
• The Fierce Ghost Army searched the fortress, secured its prisoners, and catalogued weapons, supplies, corpses, and other spoils.
• Red reported more than six thousand three hundred enemies killed, over three thousand eight hundred captured, and roughly fifty Heavenly Spirit Stones in spoils; Lei Dong was stunned by the wealth.

Lei Dong assessed his spoils from the Light Domain battle and left prisoner management to Mei Ji, who planned to secure captives and turn them against King of Dawn. Mei Ji’s fabricated tale drew on the Winged God Clan’s real abuses, and Lei Dong ended the chapter with little guilt about his campaign.

• Lei Dong counted his spoils and realized most were strategic assets for strengthening his army, leaving only a few sellable goods and Heavenly Spirit Stones.
• Mei Ji proposed selling prisoners and the families of dead enemy soldiers, and Lei Dong entrusted her with handling the captives.
• Mei Ji outlined ways to control surrendered troops, including separating their families, punishing dissent collectively, and using Gu and poison.
• Mei Ji planned to brainwash the captives with a story about Yi Kong’s father and Princess Sophia rebelling against King of Dawn.
• Mei Ji revealed that King of Dawn’s crimes against humans were real, and Lei Dong’s guilt over invading the Light Domain faded.
• Mei Ji described the human resisters known as heretics, who had opposed the Winged God Clan and been driven underground or crushed.

Lei Dong’s forces took control of Fortress Fifteen as he prepared to ignite a rebellion among the Dawn Continent’s heretical groups. Lei Long arrived with a Nascent Soul Peak Earthshaking Tyrannosaurus, which he had subdued along with a clan of dragons.

• Lei Dong planned to use the heretical organizations as the spark for an uprising against the Winged God Clan’s rule over the Dawn Continent.
• The chapter described the King of Dawn’s human armies and elite Winged God Guard Army, which kept the continent under the clan’s control.
• Lei Dong’s forces arrived through the ancient teleportation array, and Fortress Fifteen fell completely under his control within half a day.
• Lei Long arrived in crimson armor riding his Earthshaking Tyrannosaurus, a massive Nascent Soul Peak Monster Beast.
• Lei Long had subdued the Earthshaking Tyrannosaurus through his dragon bloodline and strength, and had also tamed a clan of more than a dozen dragons.

Lei Dong gathered Lei Long’s Flying Dragon army, Rock’s Earth Giants, and Lan Qisi’s Guardian Clan forces for the coming battle. Their growing armies strengthened Lei Dong’s position, while Lan Qisi continued building the Guardian Clan’s loyalty to him.

• Lei Long assembled descendants of dragon blood into a growing army and brought several hundred Golden Core and more than a dozen Nascent Soul Monster Beasts to aid Lei Dong.
• Lei Long refused to claim a kingly title before his sworn big brother Lei Dong had granted him one.
• Mystic Snake envied Lei Long’s command of an army and considered recruiting Netherworld underlings after the current matters were settled.
• Rock answered Lei Dong’s call with more than ten thousand Earth Giants, while his own clan had grown to three thousand under his direct command.
• Lan Qisi and Prophet Karkas led the Guardian Clan’s finest troops, as Lan Qisi used her standing and strength to keep building the clan’s support for Lei Dong.

The Guardian Clan grew into a formidable force under Lan Qisi, while Lei Dong assembled an army for the coming conflict. Lei Dong inspected the inexperienced but fiercely loyal Hidden Dragon Army and believed it could become his true trump card.

• The Guardian Clan rapidly developed under Lan Qisi, gaining thousands of Golden Core fighters and several Nascent Soul fighters.
• Lan Qisi brought five thousand elite barbarians, a thousand Earth Giants, and several hundred thousand swift and ferocious insects to join Lei Dong's forces.
• Lei Dong brought the Hidden Dragon Army out to gain combat experience, intending to keep its casualties below three hundred.
• Lei Dong inspected the army of more than eight hundred highly trained Golden Core soldiers and recognized their absolute loyalty to him.
• Lei Dong watched the Hidden Dragon Army stand ready and believed it would one day become his true trump card.

Mei Ji entered the Roman Empire’s palace, revealed that she came from the Nine Provinces on behalf of her king, and offered Roman IX and Natasha a glimpse of the aid he could provide. Roman IX heard the offer of immense resources and waited to learn its purpose.

• Mei Ji used her Charm Technique to daze Roman IX’s guards and turn some of them against their comrades.
• Natasha arrived and attacked Mei Ji, but Roman IX dispelled the charm and ordered his daughter to stand down.
• Roman IX recognized Mei Ji as an envoy from beyond the Light Domain, and Mei Ji introduced herself as a human from the Nine Provinces sent by her king.
• Mei Ji gave Natasha a Jade Slip containing a Concealment Art to hide the aura of her soul.
• Roman IX asked Mei Ji to state her request, and she listed millions of Spirit Stones and large quantities of pills, stunning him and Natasha.

Mei Ji recruited Roman Great Emperor to help Lei Dong conquer the Bright Holy Domain, and he accepted in exchange for sending Natasha to serve Lei Dong. Meanwhile, Blood Demon and his heir Mo Chou unleashed blood monsters on the Fahsi Empire's capital, while Blood Demon marveled at the Blood Spirit Pearl's power.

• Mei Ji offered Roman Great Emperor vast cultivation resources and revealed that her king planned to conquer the Bright Holy Domain and defeat the Winged God Clan.
• Roman Great Emperor accepted the offer and asked that Natasha become Lei Dong's maid; Natasha protested, but her father urged her to go.
• A blood-red monster attacked the Fahsi Empire's capital, devouring soldiers and growing stronger as other monsters ravaged the city's garrisons.
• Blood Demon praised Mo Chou's use of the Blood Baleful Art, and Mo Chou explained that the Blood Spirit Pearl had improved the art and inspired stronger Blood Puppets.

Mo Chou’s Blood Spirit Pearl unleashed Blood Puppets across the Fahsi capital while Lei Dong’s forces moved to stop the Imperial Guard. As the Guard’s mages and Law Saint turned the battle against the Earth Giants and swift insects with powerful magic, Lei Dong ordered Mò Yáo to intervene.

• Blood Demon learned that Mo Chou’s Blood Spirit Pearl was one of twelve Chaos Spirit Treasures containing parts of the Blood River Divine Art and the power to store Blood Puppets.
• Blood Puppets ravaged the capital, and the Imperial Guard set out to defend it but was blocked by Earth Giants hurling boulders.
• The Guard’s mages raised a shield and bombarded the Earth Giants, prompting Lei Dong to recognize their strength and resolve to capture some for study.
• The Imperial Guard’s Law Saint summoned a meteor that killed or injured dozens of Earth Giants, so Lan Qisi sent swift insects into the battle.
• The Law Saint joined his divine sense with more than a hundred mages and opened a portal that released a huge flaming hand, while Lei Dong told Mò Yáo to strike when the spell was unleashed.

Lei Dong confronted the Flame Devil King after the summoned Flame Element attacked his forces, and the king tried to retreat once he recognized him. Lei Dong refused to let him leave and demanded that he serve for three hundred years.

• The Flame Devil King emerged through the summoning passage and attacked the Earth Giants, killing hundreds of Lei Dong’s Zerglings with his first strike.
• The Law Saint asked the Flame Devil King to defeat their enemies in exchange for pure souls, and the king prepared to attack the Earth Giants.
• Lei Dong recognized the Flame Devil King and called him out, prompting the king to abandon the fight and attempt to leave.
• The Flame Devil King offered Lei Dong ten million Fire Spirit Jades as compensation for killing his subordinates.
• Lei Dong rejected the offer and demanded that the Flame Devil King serve him for three hundred years or face being kept there.

Lei Dong blocked Flame Devil King's escape and demanded that he serve for three hundred years, then ordered Mò Yáo and Mystic Snake to kill him when he refused. Lei Dong caught up with Flame Devil King himself, revealing that his mastery of the Space Law had transformed his Ghost Shadow Escape into a formidable speed technique.

• Lei Dong collapsed the spatial passage to stop Flame Devil King from returning home, and Mò Yáo knocked him into the Imperial Guard army.
• Lei Dong struck Flame Devil King with a giant Netherworld Ghost Qi palm and repeated his demand for three hundred years of service.
• When Flame Devil King refused, Lei Dong ordered Mò Yáo and Mystic Snake to destroy him, forcing him to flee through space.
• Lei Dong, Mò Yáo, and Mystic Snake pursued Flame Devil King, but Lei Dong raced ahead and blocked his path.
• Lei Dong's mastery of the Space Law and his improved Ghost Shadow Escape explained how he had overtaken Flame Devil King.

Lei Dong and his allies cornered the Flame Devil King and pressured him to serve Lei Dong for three hundred years. The Flame Devil King began to accept the deal after hearing about Lei Dong’s gifts and the group’s plan to raid the Bright Holy Domain, and he asked for a share of the birdmen’s Life Divine Water.

• Lei Dong used the Ghost Shadow Escape to catch up with the Flame Devil King, while Mò Yáo and the Mystic Snake arrived to surround him.
• The Flame Devil King tried to bargain and drive a wedge between Lei Dong and the Mystic Snake, but the Mystic Snake defended Lei Dong and described the benefits of serving him.
• After learning that Lei Dong had given the Mystic Snake an Innate Spirit Pill, the Flame Devil King asked for the other one, and Lei Dong said Lei Long had eaten it.
• Lei Long appeared and threatened to kill the Flame Devil King, who hastily insisted that his past hostility toward Lei Dong had only been a joke.
• Lei Dong revealed that the group had come to the Bright Holy Domain to cause trouble and take its treasures, and the Flame Devil King asked whether he could claim some Life Divine Water.

Lei Dong forced the Flame Devil King to surrender and bound him through soul fusion, then learned that the Flame Element Clan remained divided over the Flame Monarch’s succession. Lei Dong prepared to help Old Flame consolidate control of the clan, even if that meant killing those who resisted.

• The Flame Devil King accepted Lei Dong’s terms after learning he would receive Life Divine Water only after the first ten bottles.
• Lei Dong rejected the Flame Devil King’s offer to swear an oath and used soul fusion to secure his loyalty for three hundred years.
• Lei Long, Mò Yáo, and Mystic Snake welcomed the Flame Devil King into their circle, and Lei Dong counted four Spirit Transmutation Experts under his command.
• Lei Dong asked Old Flame about the Flame Elements, and Old Flame admitted he had brought fewer than two tenths under his control.
• Mystic Snake offered to help Old Flame claim leadership, and Lei Dong warned that the Flame Element Clan would splinter unless Old Flame dealt ruthlessly with opposition.

Lei Dong discussed attacking the Bright Holy Domain with the Flame Devil King, while King of Dawn learned that Fortress No. 15 had fallen and ordered a search for the intruders. Lei Dong then focused on the Sky City in the Fahsi Empire, deciding to attack directly after his plan to draw out its forces was spoiled.

• Lei Dong reassured the Flame Devil King that he did not have to slaughter his own kind, and they turned to planning against the Bright Holy Domain.
• King of Dawn blamed Merk for losing Fortress No. 15, unaware that Merk had concealed the attack and died trying to retake it.
• King of Dawn ordered Fortress No. 15 sealed, sent an envoy to the Netherworld Ghost Emperor, and commanded the countries on his continent to search for the enemy.
• Lei Dong considered the Sky City in the Fahsi Empire and recognized that revealing a Spirit Transmutation expert had ruined his plan to lure out its troops.
• Lei Dong decided to attack the human army directly before taking on the Sky City.

Lei Dong's forces overwhelmed the Fahsi Imperial Guard and attacked Sky City, breaking its shield before Hirus countered with Flying Boats. Meanwhile, Bright King Ajana introduced a mysterious veiled woman to the King of Holy Radiance.

• Hirus recalled his troops after learning that the rebels might have a Spirit Transmutation expert and sent word to the King of Dawn for reinforcements.
• Lei Dong's swift worms crushed the Fahsi Imperial Guard, while his armies captured the Law Saint and surrounded Sky City.
• Lei Dong's Flying Boats exchanged fire with Sky City's defenses, and thirty thousand Big Belly Cannon Ghosts shattered the city's shield with a massive volley.
• Hirus sent hundreds of Flying Boats against the Big Belly Cannon Ghosts, but thousands of Earth Giants used their Gravity Technique to drag the attackers toward the ground.
• Bright King Ajana brought a mysterious veiled woman to meet the King of Holy Radiance at Holy Radiance Palace.

Ajana introduced Tantai Bingyun to King of Holy Radiance, who offered Ajana territory and welcomed Bingyun after learning she had saved his niece. Bingyun revealed she had come under the Immortal Race's Supreme Order to retrieve the Nether King Banner, leaving King of Holy Radiance testing the token and burning his finger on its white flames.

• King of Holy Radiance offered Ajana the lands beyond the Saint Alaja Mountains and several human kingdoms.
• Ajana told King of Holy Radiance that Tantai Bingyun had saved her after Yaksha King Zana defeated her.
• Tantai Bingyun asked King of Holy Radiance for the Nether King Banner and said she could sense it nearby.
• Tantai Bingyun produced the Immortal Race's Supreme Order, and King of Holy Radiance recognized her as the Supreme's envoy.
• King of Holy Radiance and Ajana knelt to Tantai Bingyun, then he touched the Supreme Order and white flames surged onto his finger.

Tantai Bingyun convinced King of Holy Radiance that she was a genuine Immortal envoy, secured the Nether King Banner, and left Radiance Main City. King of Holy Radiance recognized her Azure Wave Divine Art, further confirming her connection to Azure Wave Fairy.

• King of Holy Radiance burned his hand on Tantai Bingyun's Supreme Token, recognized its Extreme Yang True Fire, and apologized for doubting her.
• Tantai Bingyun praised King of Holy Radiance's healing art, and he promised to support Ajana's claim to become queen once she reached the Mid Spirit Transmutation stage.
• Ajana left after King of Holy Radiance raised the painful dispute over her mother's death and her father, King of Radiance.
• King of Holy Radiance gave Tantai Bingyun the damaged Nether King Banner, and she accepted it without requesting repair materials.
• Tantai Bingyun revealed that Azure Wave Fairy was her master, then left using the Azure Wave Divine Art, which King of Holy Radiance recognized.