Chapter Summaries

Lei Dong and Tantai Bingyun vowed to kill each other over their opposing histories with Myriad Ghost Cave before the cultivators entered the Inner Devil Hall. After arriving, Lei Dong was ambushed by a pack of wolves, but he fought back and killed their Silver Wolf leader.

• Tantai Bingyun swore to slaughter every last member of Myriad Ghost Cave, and Lei Dong declared that he would fight her to the death.
• Li Yijian led the cultivators by flying boat to a desolate canyon and activated the ancient teleportation array to the Inner Devil Hall.
• Lei Dong entered the teleportation vortex and, after arriving, raised his Profound Yin Shield to deflect icicles fired by a pack of snow-white wolves.
• Lei Dong used his Netherworld Ghost Qi to ensnare the wolves and sent his Critical Hit Ghost Guard and fierce ghosts after the Silver Wolf.
• Lei Dong's forces killed the Silver Wolf, then his Critical Hit Ghost Guard devoured its body while his Soul Devouring Shadow Tiger consumed its soul.

Lei Dong explored the snowbound forest in the Heart Devil Hall and encountered a huge Foundation Establishment Realm bear. He defeated it with his Ghost Guards and ghost swarm, then distributed its remains among his servants.

• Lei Dong found himself on an icy lake and discovered that a restriction prevented him from flying high above the ground.
• Lei Dong entered the frozen woods with his Ghost Guards, Ghost Soldiers, and Soul Devouring Shadow Tiger, keeping his divine sense alert for danger.
• Lei Dong heard a bear roar and led his entourage toward the beast, then prepared his forces when it charged at them.
• Lei Dong had his three Ghost Guards surround the bear while he unleashed fierce ghosts and used Netherworld Ghost Qi to weaken it.
• Lei Dong's forces killed the bear, and he sent the fierce ghosts back into the Myriad Ghost Banner while the Ghost Guards and Ghost Soldiers divided the spoils and the Soul Devouring Shadow Tiger ate the bear's living soul.

Lei Dong found the first Black Tower in the Inner Devil Hall and cautiously entered, using ghost servants and expendable ghosts to probe its traps. He reached a chamber guarded by two half-snake phantom beasts, which grew stronger instead of vanishing, leaving him facing a more dangerous obstacle than expected.

• Lei Dong continued hunting Foundation Establishment Demon Beasts, and the Soul Devouring Shadow Tiger returned to its Spirit Beast Bag to advance.
• Lei Dong discovered the Black Tower and sent the Shadow Ghost Soldier inside, where hidden spears badly wounded it.
• Lei Dong sent the Critical Hit Ghost Guard into the tower, then used Ghost Souls from the Myriad Ghost Banner to test traps along a passage.
• Lei Dong entered a circular hall, where a Ghost Soul was destroyed and two half-human, half-snake phantom beasts appeared.
• Lei Dong waited for the phantom beasts to fade, but they grew from the first level of Foundation Establishment toward the second.

Lei Dong fought his way through the Black Tower’s layers, collecting several rewards and pushing his Ghost Guards against increasingly powerful phantom beasts. On the Seventh Layer, he faced a gigantic flaming bull that seemed to be a real creature rather than an illusion.

• Lei Dong defeated the first layer’s phantom beasts, received an Upper Grade Spirit Stone, and continued upward after recovering.
• Lei Dong cleared the second layer without receiving a reward, then defeated a powerful winged warrior on the third and collected an unidentified piece of hot ore.
• Lei Dong and his Ghost Guards defeated two yaksha on the fourth layer, earning a Zhu Fruit instead of the Heart Cleansing Fruit he sought.
• Lei Dong overcame a flying phantom on the fifth layer and two mermaid-like phantoms on the sixth, receiving an eight-hundred-year-old Spirit Ginseng.
• Lei Dong reached the seventh layer, where a huge flaming bull charged him and sent the Critical Hit Ghost Guard flying.

Lei Dong wore down and killed the sixth-layer Foundation Establishment Inferno Fire Bull, then discovered Qi Feifei had been watching and waiting for a chance to strike. When she tried to charm him, he ordered his Ghost Guards to attack her.

• Lei Dong used the Myriad Ghost Banner, Netherflame Bullet, and evasive movement to keep the Inferno Fire Bull occupied while avoiding its attacks.
• Lei Dong endured the battle and restored his strength with a Qi-restoring pill and an Upper Grade Spirit Stone as the bull grew exhausted.
• Lei Dong summoned three Ghost Guards, which killed the weakened bull, while he sealed its beast soul in a Soul-Sealing Bead.
• Lei Dong found only a glossy black ore where he had hoped for a Heart Cleansing Fruit, then called Qi Feifei out of hiding.
• Qi Feifei denied plotting against Lei Dong and used her Charm Technique, so Lei Dong sent the crimson-stained Ghost Guards to attack her.

Lei Dong cornered Qi Feifei after discovering she had waited to ambush him, and she tried to bargain for her life by offering the benefits of her Pure Maiden cultivation. When he refused to spare her, she offered to become his Ghost Slave on the condition that he free her after they joined in yin-yang union and he obtained her Yuan Yin.

• Lei Dong sent his three Ghost Guards after Qi Feifei and rejected her plea for mercy, even after she offered her Yin Core and Yuan Yin.
• Lei Dong remembered his vows to Ding Wanyan and chose to kill Qi Feifei rather than trust her promise to serve him.
• Qi Feifei used her Red Silk to deflect Lei Dong's Nirvana Disc, but he blocked her escape and sent a swarm of Yin Souls after her.
• Qi Feifei offered to let Lei Dong refine her soul and control her as a Ghost Slave, provided he swore to release her after taking her Yuan Yin through yin-yang union.
• Lei Dong slowed his attack and asked Qi Feifei to confirm that she was willing to become his Ghost Slave.

Lei Dong swore to release Qi Feifei after taking her Yuan Yin, then used the Soul Refinement and Fusion Technique to bind their souls. He left Qi Feifei under his control, accepting the risks of soul fusion in hopes of breaking through to the Golden Core Path.

• Lei Dong halted the Ghost Guards and swore to release Qi Feifei after obtaining what he was owed.
• Qi Feifei discarded her weapons and belongings, then opened her heart to Lei Dong.
• Lei Dong refined Qi Feifei's soul, carved in his mark, and cut away a wisp of her soul.
• Lei Dong fused Qi Feifei's soul wisp into his own, binding their lives and making her his slave.
• Qi Feifei woke and felt an inexplicable awe and closeness toward Lei Dong.

Lei Dong kept Qi Feifei at his side after learning she could track men marked with her Xun Lang Gui, and they used a Black Devil Tower’s teleportation array to reach a marsh. After splitting up to search, Qi Feifei found a Black Tower near Xi Donglai, and Lei Dong hurried to meet her.

• Lei Dong told Qi Feifei their bond was only a matter of survival, but agreed to keep her with him after she explained that her Xun Lang Gui could track marked men.
• Qi Feifei led Lei Dong to a teleportation array, and they traveled through it together to a vast marsh.
• Lei Dong and Qi Feifei used Telepathic Pearls to stay in contact, then split up to search for a Black Devil Tower.
• Lei Dong killed a Foundation Establishment giant swamp crocodile, and his Soul Devouring Shadow Tiger advanced to become a Foundation Establishment Demon Beast.
• Qi Feifei reported finding a Black Tower near Xi Donglai and showed Lei Dong two Foundation Establishment Monster Beasts she had killed.

Lei Dong and Qi Feifei pursued Xi Donglai through the Black Devil Tower, but he ambushed them and escaped before they could catch him. They cleared several more regions without finding a Heart Cleansing Fruit and entered an eighth area, where they were increasingly likely to encounter other cultivators.

• Lei Dong paid Qi Feifei for her help, then flew with her toward the Black Devil Tower to pursue Xi Donglai.
• Lei Dong and Qi Feifei followed Xi Donglai into the tower, but he caught them with a Sword Qi ambush and escaped faster than they could pursue him.
• Lei Dong and Qi Feifei cleared the fifth through seventh layers, defeated an illusion-casting snake demon, and obtained a spirit herb instead of a Heart Cleansing Fruit.
• Lei Dong and Qi Feifei searched a desert region and four more uninhabited regions, clearing their towers without finding a Heart Cleansing Fruit.
• Qi Feifei explained the tower’s teleportation limits and the special containers needed to preserve Heart Cleansing Fruits, and Lei Dong entered an eighth region with her.

Lei Dong and Qi Feifei entered a volcanic region and encountered a Flame Giant. As its lava attack overwhelmed their defenses, the two were swept beneath the wall of molten rock.

• Lei Dong reflected on the growth of his Ghost Guards and the Soul Devouring Shadow Tiger before arriving with Qi Feifei in a lava-filled world.
• Qi Feifei sensed someone to the southeast, and Lei Dong guided them toward the presence.
• Lava erupted around Lei Dong and Qi Feifei, and a Flame Giant burst from a molten pool.
• Lei Dong ordered Qi Feifei to flee with him, but the Flame Giant hurled a vast wall of lava after them.
• Lei Dong and Qi Feifei combined their shields, magic, and Ghost Guard to resist the lava, but the wall swept over them.

After escaping the Flame Giant, Lei Dong recovered in a cave and broke through to the third layer of the Foundation Establishment Realm. He and Qi Feifei discovered two wounded beasts fighting over a strange Fire Lotus in a deeper cavern.

• Lei Dong and Qi Feifei escaped the Flame Giant, found a cave, and used pills to recover.
• After taking Qi Feifei’s Lesser Misty Spirit Replenishing Pill, Lei Dong seized a breakthrough opportunity and reached the third layer of the Foundation Establishment Realm.
• Qi Feifei told Lei Dong that the two people at the Black Devil Tower had not left, and Lei Dong decided to investigate.
• When a wounded beast roared from deeper in the cave, Lei Dong sent a Ghost Guard ahead, then followed with Qi Feifei.
• Lei Dong and Qi Feifei saw an Inferno Lion Tiger and a fiery giant serpent fighting beside a Fire Lotus growing in white-hot lava.

Lei Dong and Qi Feifei defeated the beasts guarding a Purgatory Red Lotus and divided its seeds. They then flew southeast to identify two nearby cultivators and discovered that they were Luo Peng and Jie Chen.

• The Purgatory Fire Python killed the Lion Tiger, but Lei Dong and Qi Feifei attacked while it fought off the Ghost Guard and took the ripe Lotus Pod.
• Lei Dong and Qi Feifei joined their ghosts, guards, and magic to kill the Purgatory Fire Python, while Lei Dong sealed its beast soul in a Soul Bead.
• Qi Feifei identified the treasure as a rare Purgatory Red Lotus, and Lei Dong split its eleven seeds between them, taking six and giving her five.
• Qi Feifei gave Lei Dong four Lesser Misty Spirit Replenishing Pills, and the pair searched the cavern before leaving empty-handed otherwise.
• Lei Dong and Qi Feifei flew southeast toward two nearby figures, and Qi Feifei identified them as Luo Peng of the Asura Path and Jie Chen of Vajra Temple.

Lei Dong and Qi Feifei found Jie Chen and Wu Peng gravely wounded after their repeated battles, but Tantai Bingyun arrived to stop Qi Feifei from killing Jie Chen. Lei Dong joined Qi Feifei against Tantai Bingyun, and their fight continued as she proved formidable with her zither.

• Lei Dong and Qi Feifei found Jie Chen and Wu Peng recovering from severe injuries after fighting each other repeatedly.
• Qi Feifei attacked Jie Chen, but Tantai Bingyun appeared and deflected her Flying Sword with a streak of green light.
• Qi Feifei taunted Tantai Bingyun, who responded by attacking her with the ancient zither.
• Lei Dong summoned Violent Strike, Frost, and a swarm of ghosts to help Qi Feifei fight Tantai Bingyun.
• Tantai Bingyun used her zither, flowing sleeves, and evasive movements to fend off Lei Dong and the attackers.

Lei Dong, Qi Feifei, and their ghosts battled Tantai Bingyun, who spent her strength protecting the wounded Jie Chen. Tantai Bingyun unleashed the Green Lotus Sword Tune against Lei Dong, and the fight ended with Jie Chen fleeing and Lei Dong revealing the Emperor Devil Seed.

• Tantai Bingyun fought off Lei Dong, Qi Feifei, and their fierce ghosts while her barrier steadily weakened.
• Lei Dong and Qi Feifei attacked Jie Chen to force Tantai Bingyun to divert her strength and leave herself exposed.
• Tantai Bingyun was immobilized and wounded, but she broke free and used the Green Lotus Sword Tune to send a giant green lotus sword after Lei Dong.
• Tantai Bingyun protected herself with Thin Gauze as Lei Dong dodged the pursuing sword, while Qi Feifei attacked Jie Chen.
• Jie Chen used his remaining strength to flee, and Tantai Bingyun vowed to kill Lei Dong as the Emperor Devil Seed appeared on his forehead.

Lei Dong used the Heavenly Devil Transformation to overpower Tantai Bingyun, but she escaped before he could finish her. He recovered in a safe cave while Qi Feifei stood guard, and then took over so she could heal.

• Lei Dong shattered Tantai Bingyun's Green Lotus Sword Tune with his fists, and both fighters suffered severe backlash.
• Tantai Bingyun unleashed a rain of sword Qi, while Qi Feifei shielded Lei Dong and was wounded.
• Lei Dong broke through Tantai Bingyun's sword shield and landed a powerful punch that sent her crashing into the ground.
• Tantai Bingyun escaped in a streak of Green Light, warning Lei Dong that she would remember him.
• The Heavenly Devil Transformation left Lei Dong weakened, so Qi Feifei carried him to a safe cave where he meditated and recovered.
• After waking, Lei Dong told Qi Feifei to tend to her wounds and took over guard duty.

Lei Dong and Qi Feifei found the Heart Cleansing Fruit in the Black Devil Tower, but Zhao Wuji appeared with a claim on it for the Heavenly Dao Alliance. Lei Dong agreed to honor the claim while taking Zhao Wuji’s Surveillance Cloak, leaving Zhao Wuji warned to keep quiet about what he had seen.

• Lei Dong and Qi Feifei searched the region for Tantai Bingyun, Jie Chen, and Wu Peng, then conquered all seven levels of the Black Devil Tower.
• A Heart Cleansing Fruit appeared, and Qi Feifei identified it before Lei Dong stored it in a spatial jade bottle.
• Zhao Wuji appeared wearing a Surveillance Cloak and claimed the Heavenly Dao Alliance had first claim to the fruit under Lei Dong’s agreement with Elder Li.
• Zhao Wuji explained that the cloak concealed its wearer and could control some Inner Devil Hall restrictions, and Lei Dong realized the alliance had planned to use him to secure the fruit.
• Lei Dong agreed to give the fruit to Elder Li after leaving the Inner Devil Hall, then took the Surveillance Cloak from Zhao Wuji.
• Lei Dong warned Zhao Wuji not to spread rumors about him and Qi Feifei, reminding him that he held grudges.

Lei Dong and Qi Feifei secured another Heart Cleansing Fruit before entering a Netherworld-like region that greatly enhanced Lei Dong and his Soul Devouring Shadow Tiger. They spent two days gathering ghosts and refining captured Ghost Guards into the Myriad Ghost Banner, leaving it with ten Foundation Establishment-level main souls.

• Lei Dong and Qi Feifei ambushed Xi Donglai, accepted the Heart Cleansing Fruit in exchange for sparing him, and later killed the seventh-floor guardian beast to obtain another fruit.
• Lei Dong and Qi Feifei entered the twelfth region, where the Netherworld environment strengthened Lei Dong's abilities and excited his Soul Devouring Shadow Tiger.
• The Soul Devouring Shadow Tiger defeated and devoured a Wild Ghost Guard while Lei Dong and Qi Feifei began capturing Yin Souls and Ghost Guards.
• Lei Dong and Qi Feifei spent two days collecting several thousand Yin Souls, more than a hundred Wild Ghost Soldiers, and seven Wild Ghost Guards between them.
• Lei Dong refined the seven captured Wild Ghost Guards into the Myriad Ghost Banner, bringing its Foundation Establishment-level main souls to ten.

Lei Dong confronted Li Huntian over a Black Devil Tower and negotiated for a Heart Cleansing Fruit by offering Purgatory Red Lotus seeds. The trade was agreed, but Lei Dong’s knowledge of Fen Wanli’s poor health left Li Huntian alarmed and uncertain about his status.

• Lei Dong finished strengthening the Myriad Ghost Banner, then joined Qi Feifei in clearing several regions without finding a Heart Cleansing Fruit.
• In the fifteenth region, Lei Dong and Qi Feifei found that Li Huntian had reached the Black Devil Tower first, and Lei Dong challenged him because his group still needed a Heart Cleansing Fruit.
• Lei Dong revealed three powerful Ghost Guards and his formidable Myriad Ghost Banner, making Li Huntian reassess him.
• Lei Dong offered two Purgatory Red Lotus seeds for one Heart Cleansing Fruit, and Qi Feifei revealed two more seeds to support the exchange.
• Li Huntian accepted all four seeds for one Heart Cleansing Fruit and let Lei Dong have the tower after Qi Feifei urged him to settle fairly.
• Lei Dong mentioned Fen Wanli’s poor health, and Li Huntian grew alarmed that Lei Dong knew about his grandmaster’s condition.

Lei Dong and Qi Feifei exchanged Heart Cleansing Fruits for Lotus Seeds, then entered the Inner Devil Hall after clearing the Black Devil Towers. Lei Dong found himself alone in the hall, sensed Qi Feifei nearby but separated from him, and followed the path toward a throne that stirred an overwhelming desire in him.

• Lei Dong accepted Li Huntian's deal, and Qi Feifei traded four Lotus Seeds for a Heart Cleansing Fruit before giving it to Lei Dong.
• Li Huntian left the Black Devil Tower, and Lei Dong and Qi Feifei cleared the remaining towers without finding more Heart Cleansing Fruits.
• Lei Dong and Qi Feifei entered the teleportation array, but Lei Dong arrived alone in the vast Inner Devil Hall.
• Lei Dong found the hall's Star Brilliance Stone floor impossible to damage and realized Qi Feifei was nearby but nowhere he could see or reach.
• Lei Dong followed the path toward the throne, passing statues of powerful beings including the Asura King and Yaksha King, and resolved to grow stronger.

Lei Dong reached the throne and discovered that the awakened kings recognized him as the Devil Emperor, though he had no memory of being one. The visions then turned to the deaths of Chen Ge and Wei Hua, and Lei Dong questioned whether the scene was real as Ding Wanyan accused them of betraying him.

• Lei Dong fought through spectral hands, Vengeful Souls, and visions of death as he climbed to the throne.
• After Lei Dong sat down, the statues of powerful kings came alive and bowed to him as the Great Emperor.
• The Asura King revealed Lei Dong's title was Devil Emperor and asked to be called Xiao Lu.
• Lei Dong dismissed the kings, then saw the ghostly forms of Chen Ge and Wei Hua demanding revenge against Ding Wanyan.
• Ding Wanyan claimed she had killed Chen Ge and Wei Hua to protect Lei Dong, and Lei Dong asked her if she knew where he came from.