Chapter Summaries

Lei Dong escaped the Inner Devil Hall’s illusion after Jie Chen guided him through the Heart-Cleansing Mantra. He awoke to find his companions gravely injured and learned that Jie Chen had saved him so he could kill someone.

• Lei Dong recognized Ding Wanyan and the other figures as inner demons, destroyed them, and tried unsuccessfully to escape the hall.
• Lei Dong repeatedly demolished the Inner Devil Hall, but the hall and its illusions kept restoring themselves until he was trapped in a cycle of destruction.
• Jie Chen spoke to Lei Dong from outside the illusion and taught him the Heart-Cleansing Mantra, calming his mind and breaking the illusion.
• Lei Dong awoke in the ruined Inner Devil Hall and saw the corpses of past victims, along with Jie Chen, Tantai Bingyun, Dongfang Fu, and Zhao Wuji badly injured.
• Jie Chen told Lei Dong that he had been trapped for three months and had saved him so Lei Dong could kill someone; when Lei Dong asked who, Jie Chen answered, “Me!”

Wang Hui appeared after his puppet was destroyed and confronted Lei Dong, Dongfang Fu, Tantai Bingyun, and Jie Chen. Lei Dong challenged him, and their battle began with Wang Hui summoning two powerful Red Luan Beast Talismans.

• Wang Hui appeared and taunted Dongfang Fu and Tantai Bingyun for failing to seal him after destroying his peak Foundation Establishment puppet.
• Lei Dong challenged Wang Hui, while Tantai Bingyun warned Lei Dong about Wang Hui's cultivation, powerful treasures, and remaining talismans.
• Lei Dong used Ghost Shadow Escape to evade Wang Hui's green attacks and summoned three Ghost Guards, including one that had advanced to level four.
• Wang Hui summoned two third-level Foundation Establishment Red Luan Beast Talismans, which engaged two of Lei Dong's Ghost Guards.

Lei Dong used the Inner Devil Hall’s protective shields and Netherworld Ghost Qi to frustrate Wang Hui while turning the fight against the Red Luan beast souls. He left Wang Hui furious and unable to land a decisive blow as the Soul Devouring Shadow Tiger consumed one Red Luan and targeted the other.

• Lei Dong used the fourth-level Ghost Guard to harass Wang Hui while dodging his attacks, then discovered that the shields protecting disciples in heart-demon trials could block Wang Hui’s attacks.
• Li Huntian appeared in the Inner Devil Hall and fell under a protective shield, giving Lei Dong another place to evade Wang Hui’s strikes.
• Lei Dong filled the battlefield with Netherworld Ghost Qi, strengthening his Ghost Guards and slowing the two Red Luan beast souls.
• Lei Dong discovered that the Soul Devouring Shadow Tiger had reached the second level of Foundation Establishment and summoned it to attack the Red Luan.
• The Soul Devouring Shadow Tiger swallowed one Red Luan, while Lei Dong evaded Wang Hui’s assault behind Xi Donglai’s shield, leaving Wang Hui enraged and frustrated.

Lei Dong used his ghosts and the Myriad Ghost Banner to pressure Wang Hui while Tantai Bingyun was wounded and Jie Chen was silenced. He and Wang Hui began a direct exchange of attacks, with Lei Dong taking cover behind Li Huntian.

• Wang Hui attacked Tantai Bingyun to force Lei Dong to reveal himself, but Lei Dong sent his Ghost Guards, Soul Devouring Shadow Tiger, and Nirvana Disc against Wang Hui.
• Wang Hui defended himself with his Taiji Diagram, while Lei Dong recalled his attackers before Wang Hui’s counterattack and turned the ghosts and tiger against the last Red Luan.
• Wang Hui’s green beams wounded Tantai Bingyun, and Lei Dong summoned the Myriad Ghost Banner to form a large ghostly army.
• Jie Chen demanded that Lei Dong protect Tantai Bingyun, but Lei Dong threatened him with a Netherflame Bullet and warned him to stay quiet.
• After Wang Hui replenished his true qi, Lei Dong declared they would settle the fight once and for all and attacked with a Netherflame Bullet.
• Wang Hui blocked Lei Dong’s attack with a Taiji Diagram and fired green beams at him, while Lei Dong dodged and hid behind Li Huntian.

Lei Dong outmaneuvered Wang Hui with feints before launching a coordinated assault that strained Wang Hui’s defenses and threatened to destroy his Taiji Diagram. As Wang Hui swallowed a mysterious pill, Lei Dong summoned the Black Dragon Banner, and its Flood Dragon attacked at the battle’s turning point.

• Lei Dong baited Wang Hui into wasting two Lei Sha Bombs by sending cannon-fodder ghosts forward before retreating.
• Lei Dong feinted again, then suddenly sent his ghosts and Netherworld Ghost Qi surging at Wang Hui, whose Taiji Diagram absorbed the assault.
• Lei Dong’s ghost horde tore at the Taiji Diagram while his Netherworld Ghost Qi clashed with Wang Hui’s Blazing Flames, draining both fighters and their forces.
• Wang Hui abandoned the exchange of flames, swallowed an unknown pill, and left Lei Dong sensing danger.
• Lei Dong brought out the Black Dragon Banner and summoned a powerful black Flood Dragon to attack Wang Hui as Dongfang Fu and Tantai Bingyun watched.

Wang Hui used a Devil Explosion Pill to raise his strength and overwhelmed Lei Dong’s summoned ghosts. Lei Dong activated the Heavenly Devil Transformation and met Wang Hui’s charge with a punch, leaving the two to clash head-on.

• The black Flood Dragon shattered Wang Hui’s Taiji Diagram, and Wang Hui’s Devil Explosion Pill surged into effect.
• Wang Hui destroyed Critical Hit Ghost Guard’s Soul Shield and burned through the malicious ghosts as he charged at Lei Dong.
• Lei Dong ordered his ghosts and the black Flood Dragon to hold Wang Hui back, but Wang Hui overwhelmed them and destroyed the Flood Dragon.
• Lei Dong took replenishing pills and an Upper Grade Spirit Stone, then activated the Heavenly Devil Transformation.
• Wang Hui and Lei Dong met fist to fist, their white and black flames colliding in a thunderous shockwave.

Lei Dong and Wang Hui fought to the brink of collapse in the Inner Devil Hall, while their allies were knocked out of the battle. They finally met again, and Wang Hui remembered he still had a Lei Sha Bomb, leaving them debating whether to risk using it.

• Lei Dong and Wang Hui traded brutal blows as the Ghost Guards and Shadow Tiger joined in, and the spectators watched their evenly matched fight.
• Lei Dong drew strength from his Upper Grade Spirit Stone while Wang Hui swallowed Lesser Misty Spirit Replenishing Pills and unleashed a final surge that disabled the Ghost Guards and Shadow Tiger.
• Their strongest attacks sent Wang Hui crashing into a pillar and Lei Dong through the hall’s wall, exposing the endless void beyond it.
• Despite their injuries and fading strength, Lei Dong and Wang Hui slowly crossed the hall and knocked each other down with weak punches.
• Wang Hui revealed a Lei Sha Bomb, and Lei Dong pointed out that using it at close range would kill them both before suggesting they throw it toward Tantai Bingyun and Jie Chen.

Lei Dong used flattery to distract Wang Hui while Qi Feifei killed him and destroyed his soul. Lei Dong then refused Jie Chen’s pleas to spare Tantai Bingyun, and Qi Feifei attacked her as Jie Chen threw himself in front of the sword.

• Lei Dong praised Wang Hui and pretended to feel kinship with him while keeping him distracted from the hidden Qi Feifei.
• Qi Feifei ambushed Wang Hui, killed him with her Flying Sword, destroyed his Living Soul, and took the Lei Sha Bomb.
• Qi Feifei suggested using Tantai Bingyun for Lei Dong’s pleasure, but Lei Dong ordered her to kill Tantai Bingyun and the little monk instead.
• Jie Chen pleaded with Lei Dong to spare Tantai Bingyun, but Lei Dong said he had already repaid his debt, and Dongfang Fu declined to intervene.
• Qi Feifei sent her Flying Sword toward Tantai Bingyun, and Jie Chen used his remaining strength to leap in front of the blow.

Tantai Bingyun escaped the Inner Devil Hall through a portal with Jie Chen, while Lei Dong and the others followed after her. After recovering in Heavenly Dao City, Lei Dong received a visit from Dongfang Fu, who gave him the promised Heart Cleansing Fruit.

• Tantai Bingyun used a secret technique to suppress her injuries, fought off Qi Feifei, and fled through the portal with Jie Chen.
• Lei Dong, Qi Feifei, Dongfang Fu, and Zhao Wuji escaped the Inner Devil Hall and emerged outside with the other survivors.
• Lei Dong gave Li Yijian a Heart Cleansing Fruit and asked the Heavenly Dao Alliance to arrange treatment for the injured.
• The Heavenly Dao Alliance took the survivors to Heavenly Dao City, where Lei Dong spent a month recovering and restoring his companions.
• Dongfang Fu visited Lei Dong and gave him the Heart Cleansing Fruit she had promised before they entered the hall.

After recovering from his injuries, Lei Dong assessed the treasures taken from Wang Hui and divided the spoils with Qi Feifei according to their agreement. He sold surplus treasures to Li Yijian for a fortune, leaving him eager to invest his new wealth in cultivation and combat strength.

• Dongfang Fu accepted Lei Dong’s request to keep quiet about Qi Feifei and left after he explained what had happened.
• Lei Dong examined Wang Hui’s Storage Bracelet and bundle, finding abundant Spirit Stones, treasures, beast remains, and a second Heart Cleansing Fruit.
• Lei Dong showed Qi Feifei the spoils and honored their sixty-forty split; Qi Feifei took a Heart Cleansing Fruit and the Carefree Fan, paying Lei Dong the difference.
• Lei Dong brought Qi Feifei to Li Yijian and sold him a Heart Cleansing Fruit and miscellaneous treasures after negotiating their prices.
• Lei Dong received 2.4 million Upper Grade Spirit Stones for the sale, bringing his total assets to nearly three million Low-grade Spirit Stones’ worth.

Lei Dong searched Heavenly Dao City for ways to improve his combat and survival abilities, then decided to pursue a Top Grade defensive Spirit Item at Wanbao Pavilion’s auction. He entered the auction disguised with Qi Feifei, while news from the Inner Devil Hall revealed that Li Huntian had emerged, Tantai Bingyun remained badly injured, and Xi Donglai was still trapped.

• Lei Dong disguised himself and Qi Feifei while shopping in Heavenly Dao City, avoiding Yin Sha Sect businesses so Huangfu Ce would not learn of his purchases.
• After surveying the market, Lei Dong learned that Top Grade Spirit Items were rare auction lots costing between 1.2 million and 2.5 million Spirit Stones.
• Lei Dong discovered that Wanbao Pavilion would auction a Top Grade Spirit Item in a month and chose to wait and cultivate while Qi Feifei gathered information.
• Qi Feifei reported that Tantai Bingyun’s injuries remained severe, Li Huntian had overcome his inner demon, the Heavenly Dao Alliance was concealing Wang Hui’s situation, and Xi Donglai might perish in the Inner Devil Hall.
• Qi Feifei learned that the auction’s Top Grade Spirit Item was defensive, strengthening Lei Dong’s resolve to buy it.
• Lei Dong and Qi Feifei entered Wanbao Pavilion’s auction in disguise, paid the qualification fee, and received gray cloaks that obscured their appearance and blocked spiritual sense to some extent.

Lei Dong and Qi Feifei attended Wanbao Pavilion’s auction, where the Heart Cleansing Fruit and an Upper Grade Spirit Ghost sold for enormous sums. The final auction item, the Blood-colored Cloak, was introduced, and bidding was about to begin.

• Bei Jie opened the auction and sold the Star Brilliance Stone for sixty-three thousand Spirit Stones.
• Lei Dong worried about affording the Top Grade Spirit Item, and Qi Feifei offered her million Spirit Stones and a Heart Cleansing Fruit as backup.
• The Heart Cleansing Fruit sold for one million three hundred and fifty thousand Spirit Stones.
• A Golden Core Ancestor bought the Upper Grade Spirit Ghost for one million eight hundred thousand Spirit Stones.
• Bei Jie introduced the Blood-colored Cloak, a Top Grade Spirit Item with defensive and speed-enhancing abilities, at a starting bid of one million five hundred thousand Spirit Stones.

Lei Dong won the Blood-colored Cloak at auction, then left Heavenly Dao City with Qi Feifei and was pursued by a Demon Prison Sect cultivator. When the pursuer ambushed them on the road, Lei Dong and Qi Feifei fought back, and the Demon Prison Sect cultivator was left screaming as a sword strike hit him.

• Lei Dong outbid a Demon Prison Sect buyer and won the Blood-colored Cloak for two million six hundred thousand Spirit Stones.
• Lei Dong refined the cloak, left the auction with Qi Feifei, and shook off nearly all their pursuers before heading to the Heavenly Dao Alliance headquarters.
• The Demon Prison Sect cultivator followed Lei Dong and Qi Feifei out of Heavenly Dao City and confronted them with two other Foundation Establishment Cultivators.
• Lei Dong tested the Blood-colored Cloak against the pursuer's fire attack while Qi Feifei killed the two accompanying cultivators.
• The Demon Prison Sect cultivator tried to flee, but Lei Dong and Qi Feifei chased him down and attacked him until a huge white Sword Light struck.

Lei Dong and Qi Feifei captured three fleeing Living Souls and divided the spoils with Li Yijian, while Lei Dong turned Li Yijian’s brief temptation toward his Top Grade Spirit Item into a better share and valuable cultivation advice. The chapter revealed how Lei Dong had arranged the ambush on a Demon Prison Sect purchaser and ended with all three celebrating their enormous haul.

• Lei Dong stopped Li Yijian from killing the three Living Souls, and he and Qi Feifei captured them and took their belongings.
• Lei Dong reminded Li Yijian that Qi Feifei’s sect would investigate if they disappeared, then negotiated a larger share of the spoils and asked Li Yijian for cultivation guidance.
• Li Yijian answered Lei Dong’s questions, helping him understand how his two lifetimes and accumulated distractions had made it harder to overcome his inner demons.
• Qi Feifei counted the spoils and found that the Demon Prison Sect purchaser had carried three million Spirit Stones and rare goods worth more than 1.2 million.
• Lei Dong explained that he had used himself and Qi Feifei as bait to lure the purchaser out of Heavenly Dao City, where Li Yijian could kill him, and that Qi Feifei had recorded the events with Sound-fixing Talismans.
• Li Yijian and Lei Dong each took 1.8 million spirit’s worth of spoils, while Qi Feifei gained a two-tenths share.

After losing his way in the mountains, Lei Dong found a small cultivation lineage in a secluded valley and asked a young girl for directions. He accepted her invitation for Spirit Tea and followed Rong'er into the valley.

• Lei Dong flew low and followed a twisting route for more than ten days before discovering a small Spirit Vein and a hidden lineage in Nanli Kingdom.
• Lei Dong disguised himself as Ding Xiangtian, asked the girl inside for directions, and learned the nearest market was over eight hundred li to the east.
• The girl refused Lei Dong's Middle Grade Spirit Stone, so he gave her leftover Qi Refining pills instead and warned her not to trust strangers easily.
• The girl introduced herself as Rong'er and invited Lei Dong to drink Spirit Tea she had grown herself.
• Rong'er opened the valley's restriction and led Lei Dong into the charming lakeside courtyard.

Lei Dong discovered that Rong'er's rare Spirit Tea strengthened the soul and spiritual sense, making it especially valuable to his cultivation. After accepting a small gift of tea, he decided to negotiate with Rong'er's grandfather to secure more.

• Rong'er brewed Lei Dong tea with flower dew, and he sensed that his soul had grown stronger after drinking it.
• Rong'er explained that she had discovered and cultivated the wild tea plant, producing only a small amount of tea from a few surviving plants.
• Lei Dong learned the tea's effects weakened with each cup and realized stronger spiritual sense would benefit his Ghost Taming Art, Myriad Ghost Banner, and Emperor Devil Seed.
• Rong'er gave Lei Dong about two qian of tea without asking for Spirit Stones, and he accepted it after feeling his soul strengthen further.
• Lei Dong asked where Rong'er's grandfather had gone and decided to discuss obtaining the tea with him.

Lei Dong realized Rong'er's Spirit Tea was a rare treasure and warned her about the danger of revealing it. After her great-uncle Zhao arrived and confessed to killing her grandfather to seize the Bodhi Heart-Cleansing Tea, Lei Dong revealed himself to protect Rong'er.

• Lei Dong learned that Rong'er's grandfather had taken Spirit Tea to market, and he feared its value would attract trouble.
• Rong'er said her grandfather was a Tenth Layer Qi Refining cultivator and hoped to trade the tea for pills to help her reach Foundation Establishment.
• Lei Dong sensed three approaching cultivators, including a Foundation Establishment Level Three expert, and hid as Rong'er let them into the valley.
• Great-uncle Zhao admitted that he and his companions had killed Rong'er's grandfather and demanded that she lead them to the Bodhi Heart-Cleansing Tea trees.
• When Rong'er tried to resist and the Foundation Establishment cultivator attacked her, Lei Dong blocked his strike and appeared in front of her.

Lei Dong killed the cultivators who had attacked Ouyang Rong'er and captured the Foundation Establishment Cultivator’s Living Soul. He refined four Foundation Establishment Living Souls into the Evil Ghost Banner, then flew away with its increased power and speed.

• Lei Dong revealed himself as a Yin Sha Sect disciple and used his ghost guard to stop the Foundation Establishment Cultivator while his ghosts hunted down the two fleeing Qi Refining Cultivators.
• Lei Dong’s ghost horde overwhelmed the Foundation Establishment Cultivator, and Lei Dong sealed his Living Soul for later use.
• Lei Dong descended before Ouyang Rong'er, who panicked at the slaughter and then broke down crying over her grandfather.
• Lei Dong refined the Living Souls of four Foundation Establishment Cultivators into the Evil Ghost Banner while Ouyang Rong'er watched.
• Lei Dong mounted the strengthened Evil Ghost Banner and flew into the sky, discovering that it made him several times faster.

Lei Dong forced Ouyang Rong'er to tend his Spirit Tea and study alchemy while he settled in Green Valley and cultivated. Months later, his soul and cultivation had strengthened, and Rong'er had begun successfully refining Lesser Vitality Pills.

• Lei Dong demanded most of Ouyang Rong'er's Spirit Tea harvest and threatened her with a Shadow Ghost Soldier to keep her under watch.
• Lei Dong settled in a quiet house in Green Valley and decided to keep Rong'er tending the tea plants while he cultivated.
• After half a month, Lei Dong returned with a captured alchemist, alchemy texts, a pill furnace, and ingredients for Lesser Vitality Pills.
• Lei Dong assigned Rong'er daily alchemy lessons, pill-making, cultivation, and tea tending, using the Shadow Ghost Soldier to punish her when she slacked off.
• Over the next several months, Lei Dong improved his cultivation and divine sense through pills, training, and regular Spirit Tea.
• Rong'er raised her Lesser Vitality Pill success rate to fifteen percent across a hundred batches, satisfying Lei Dong.

Lei Dong advanced to the middle stage of Foundation Establishment and spent eight years cultivating in Little Green Valley while Ouyang Rong'er became a highly skilled pill refiner. With his cultivation stalled at the peak of the fifth layer and his ten-year agreement approaching, he decided to shift his focus to improving his spirit weapons and gathering supplies for his battle with Huangfu Ce.

• Lei Dong broke through to the fourth layer of Foundation Establishment with a Lesser Heaven Spirit Pill and told Ouyang Rong'er that his strength came from relentless cultivation.
• Lei Dong increased Ouyang Rong'er’s pill-refining workload, and she improved her cultivation and raised her success rate refining Lesser Vitality Pills.
• Eight years after leaving the Yin Sha Sect, Lei Dong used a Heart Cleansing Fruit to break through the early-stage bottleneck and reach the middle stage of Foundation Establishment.
• Lei Dong cultivated to the peak of the fifth layer but encountered another bottleneck, while his accumulated Spirit Stones dwindled and Ouyang Rong'er’s pill refining became profitable.
• Lei Dong planned to spend the next two years improving his spirit weapons and collecting supplies so he could kill Huangfu Ce before his ten-year agreement.