Recaps

After Xia Ping left, City Lord Gao Ansheng explained that his overwhelming strength made it too dangerous to oppose him, while Elder Tang Yu speculated that Xia Ping came from another world. The elders withdrew, and Gao Ansheng revealed his own Nether Ghost possession by entering a hall where several possessed elders waited.

• The elders demanded that Gao Ansheng punish Xia Ping for his arrogance and grant him access to the Scripture Library without payment.
• Gao Ansheng told the elders that Xia Ping had slaughtered over a thousand Petrifying Demon Snakes and more than a hundred Nether Ghosts, and said he had yielded to Xia Ping's demands to protect Qingyang City.
• Tang Yu argued that Xia Ping was likely a visitor from another world because he lacked Nether Power and behaved unlike people in their world.
• Gao Ansheng urged the elders to accept Xia Ping as a potentially useful human ally, and they withdrew after agreeing to leave the matter alone.
• Gao Ansheng entered a reception hall, where several elders waited with him, all radiating the aura of Nether Ghost possession.

Gao Ansheng and the Nether Ghosts plotted to kill Xia Ping, while Xia Ping studied Qingyang City's cultivation techniques and learned two soul-targeting divine abilities. The chapter left him practicing the Netherworld Ghost Hand and Soul-Locking Chain when someone came to find him.

• Gao Ansheng and the Nether Ghosts agreed that Xia Ping might come from another human world and decided he had to die.
• Gao Ansheng planned to poison Xia Ping at a banquet and prepare an ambush of more than a thousand Nether Ghosts as backup.
• Xia Ping finished reading most of the City Lord's Mansion's Scripture Library and learned why Netherworld power shortened human lifespans.
• Xia Ping discovered the Netherworld Ghost Hand and Soul-Locking Chain, then quickly mastered both divine abilities.
• Someone came looking for Xia Ping while he was absorbed in practicing.

Xia Ping learned that Qingyang City's leaders had been possessed by Nether Ghosts and was warned that Formless Mountain had marked him for death. After Che Xiujie led him through an underground passage, over a thousand Nether Ghosts ambushed him outside the city, revealing that Che Xiujie had betrayed him.

• Tang Yu and Che Xiujun told Xia Ping that Nether Ghosts had possessed the City Lord, dozens of elders, and many soldiers, making it too dangerous for them to act openly.
• Tang Yu warned Xia Ping that Formless Mountain had sent over a thousand Nether Ghosts to kill him in Qingyang City and urged him to flee.
• Soldiers reported that the City Lord had discovered the gathering and sent an army to capture them, so Tang Yu directed Xia Ping toward an underground passage.
• Che Xiujie led Xia Ping through the tunnel and opened its exit on a desolate plain outside Qingyang City.
• More than a thousand Nether Ghosts appeared around Xia Ping, and Che Xiujie moved away with a vicious smile, exposing his betrayal.

Xia Ping confronted Qingyang City's leaders and commanders after they revealed their alliance with the Nether Ghosts and their plan to kill him. Though Gao Ansheng claimed poison had weakened Xia Ping, Xia Ping had seen through their scheme, and the chapter ended as Che Xiujun and the generals attacked him.

• Gao Ansheng revealed that Tang Yu had only pretended to betray him to lure Xia Ping into a trap.
• Tang Yu and Gao Ansheng defended becoming Nether Ghost servants, while Xia Ping condemned them and the commanders for betraying humanity.
• Xia Ping declared that he had sensed their killing intent and had played along to see their plan.
• Gao Ansheng claimed the City Lord's Mansion had poisoned Xia Ping's food and ordered Commander Che to kill him.
• Che Xiujun and more than a dozen generals unleashed their Nether-powered Ghostly Nether Heart-Destroying Palm attacks against Xia Ping.

Xia Ping overwhelmed the Qingyang City commanders and elders who attacked him, killing Che Xiujun, Gao Ansheng, and their followers. The nearby Nether Ghosts recognized him as a major threat but did not intervene as the surviving elders begged for help.

• Xia Ping blocked the commanders’ attacks with his Northern Underworld Body Protection Art, then killed Che Xiujun and another general with punches.
• Xia Ping used Black Vortex Ripple Fist to kill the remaining fleeing generals, while the Nether Ghosts recognized him as a dangerous enemy.
• Gao Ansheng and the Qingyang City elders formed the Nether Ghost Great Wheel and attacked Xia Ping.
• Xia Ping countered with Yang God Fist, shattered the black wheel, and killed Gao Ansheng with a single punch.
• The surviving elders, including Tang Yu, pleaded with the Nether Ghosts to save them, but the Nether Ghosts refused to act.

Xia Ping rejected the Qingyang City elders’ pleas, killed them for betraying humanity, and faced the Nether Ghost forces. When the Nether Ghosts invaded his Purple Mansion to devour his soul, he transformed it into a Sun Furnace and trapped them inside.

• Tang Yu and the Qingyang City elders begged the Nether Ghosts for help, but the Nether Ghosts refused and mocked them.
• The elders offered to switch sides and serve Xia Ping, but he condemned their betrayal and killed them with Lightning Fist.
• A Nether Ghost commander offered Xia Ping a position ruling humanity as their servant, but Xia Ping refused and challenged the Nether Ghosts.
• The Nether Ghosts attacked Xia Ping with Ten Thousand Ghosts Devour Souls and entered his Purple Mansion, expecting to consume his soul.
• Xia Ping transformed the depths of his Purple Mansion into a Sun Furnace, trapping the Nether Ghosts amid blazing flames.

Xia Ping consumed the Nether Ghosts that invaded his inner palace and tested his evolved Netherworld Ghost Hand against the others. After he shattered their grand array with one strike, the surviving Nether Ghosts fled, leaving them unable to stop him without their Lord.

• Xia Ping burned the Nether Ghosts inside his inner palace to ashes and absorbed their soul energy, strengthening his Spirit Fire.
• Xia Ping discovered that his Hell Golden Crow power had evolved the Netherworld Ghost Hand into a dark golden divine ability capable of capturing and crushing dozens of Nether Ghosts.
• The Nether Ghost commander ordered the Nether Ghosts to form the Nether Ghost Restraint Grand Array against Xia Ping.
• Xia Ping smashed the array and its chains with a single palm, killing many Nether Ghosts in the backlash.
• The surviving Nether Ghosts admitted they were no match for Xia Ping and fled, hoping their Lord could deal with him.

Xia Ping transformed the Soul-Locking Chain after connecting with hell’s will, then used it to capture and destroy more than a thousand Nether Ghosts. After absorbing their soul energy, he reached the peak of the True Fire Realm and sensed Qingyang City’s army approaching.

• Xia Ping’s Hell Golden Crow Bloodline resonated with hell’s will, empowering his Soul-Locking Chain with hell’s origin energy.
• Xia Ping bound the Nether Ghosts and their commander, sealing their powers and preventing them from escaping.
• Xia Ping crushed the captured Nether Ghosts and absorbed their remaining soul energy.
• Xia Ping advanced to the peak of the True Fire Realm and awakened a total of two million Hell Golden Crow Cells.
• Xia Ping sensed Qingyang City’s army approaching to investigate the battle.

Xia Ping took control of Qingyang City after killing its leaders, whom he said had colluded with Nether Ghosts. He gathered the army and residents to declare himself the city’s master, but Gao Ding rallied opposition, leaving the generals’ response uncertain.

• A squad of soldiers found Xia Ping at the battlefield, and he ordered them to gather Qingyang City's army at the plaza.
• Xia Ping told the soldiers that Che Xiujun, Tang Yu, and other leaders had colluded with Nether Ghosts and were killed in the battle.
• Xia Ping explained to Cat Immortal that he intended to make Qingyang City his base for investigating the secret realm.
• More than two hundred thousand soldiers and many residents gathered at the plaza, where Xia Ping displayed the heads of Qingyang City's leaders.
• Xia Ping declared himself Qingyang City's master, but Gao Ding accused him of murdering the leaders and urged the crowd to reject his rule.
• Xia Ping asked the twenty generals whether they would accept his command.

Xia Ping demanded that the Qingyang City generals submit or die after they rejected his claim to the City Lord position. When two generals rallied their troops against him, he killed them and their soldiers with Golden Slime.

• Several generals challenged Xia Ping's right to become City Lord, and Gao Ding urged them to kill him in revenge for Gao Ansheng.
• Xia Ping pierced Gao Ding's head with a finger, then blasted a black-clad general to pieces when he denounced him.
• Xia Ping told the remaining generals they had only one choice: submit or die.
• Two generals and their troops refused to submit, but Xia Ping ordered Golden Slime to turn into blades and slaughter both armies.

Xia Ping massacred Qingyang City's defiant soldiers and took control as its new City Lord. At a meeting, Gu Bo warned him that Nether Ghosts still infested the city, and a general cautioned that provoking them could lead to a massacre of civilians.

• Xia Ping killed twenty thousand soldiers and forced the remaining generals and troops to kneel and submit.
• Xia Ping declared himself Qingyang City's City Lord and held a meeting with the city's generals and surviving officials.
• Gu Bo told Xia Ping that Nether Ghosts and their human collaborators had infiltrated Qingyang City and were killing residents at night.
• A general warned Xia Ping that openly hunting the hidden Nether Ghosts could provoke them to slaughter civilians.

Xia Ping began rebuilding Qingyang City with advanced technology while secretly installing a Pure Yang Evil-Exorcising Array to deal with the Nether Ghosts. The city was transformed in a day, but the Nether Ghosts planned to capture Xia Ping and attack him with help from other factions.

• Xia Ping proposed concealing a Pure Yang Evil-Exorcising Array inside a city renovation so the Nether Ghosts would not notice.
• Xia Ping supplied materials and construction robots, and the Cat Immortal directed Qingyang City's rapid reconstruction.
• The robots rebuilt the streets and city walls in a day using durable, self-repairing materials while Xia Ping secretly set up the array.
• Qingyang City's leaders and residents marveled at the technology, while the Nether Ghosts concluded that Xia Ping came from another world.
• The Nether Ghosts said their Lord planned to ally with other factions to capture Xia Ping and exact revenge for his killings.

Xia Ping activated the Pure Yang Evil-Exorcising Array and destroyed the Nether Ghosts hiding in Qingyang City. After absorbing their soul energy, he prepared to break through to the Golden Core Realm using Green Ox’s Divine Ability Pills.

• The Nether Ghosts in Qingyang City ignored their lord’s order and began sneaking into homes to eat humans.
• Xia Ping’s Pure Yang Evil-Exorcising Array activated, filling the city with pure yang energy that burned the Nether Ghosts to ashes.
• Gu Bo and the other generals recognized the array’s power, while soldiers reassured Qingyang City’s residents that the danger had passed.
• Xia Ping gathered and absorbed the Nether Ghost soul energy, bringing his Spirit Fire to the peak of the True Fire Realm.
• Green Ox gave Xia Ping twenty Divine Ability Pills, and Xia Ping entered the City Lord’s Mansion cultivation chamber to prepare for his breakthrough.

The Formless Ghost King persuaded the Ram-Horn Devil King to help capture Xia Ping, claiming he came from another human world and wielded Hellfire. The two other Devil Kings agreed to join the assault, while Qingyang City remained unaware of the danger and Xia Ping secluded himself to advance to the Golden Core Realm.

• The Formless Ghost King told the Ram-Horn Devil King that Xia Ping had destroyed over a thousand Nether Ghosts and mastered Hellfire.
• The Formless Ghost King claimed Xia Ping might come from another world, tempting the Ram-Horn Devil King with the prospect of finding more human worlds.
• The Ram-Horn Devil King agreed to join the attack, and the Formless Ghost King planned to recruit the Venom Centipede Devil King and the Slayer Devil King.
• The Formless Ghost King secured the other two Devil Kings' agreement to march on Qingyang City in three days and kill Xia Ping.
• The people of Qingyang City remained unaware of the coming invasion while Xia Ping secluded himself at a critical point in his advance to the Golden Core Realm.

Xia Ping condensed his enormous Golden Core by refining his Divine Ability Talismans and consuming twenty Divine Ability Pills, successfully advancing to the Golden Core Realm. He discovered that his merged abilities could be unleashed faster and in greater number, and sensed that strengthening his core would eventually let him form a Primordial Spirit.

• Xia Ping compressed the Spirit Fire in his Purple Mansion into a blazing sun and used it to refine his Divine Ability Talismans into a massive Golden Core.
• As the forming Golden Core drained his energy and threatened to collapse, Xia Ping consumed twenty Divine Ability Pills that Green Ox had refined.
• Xia Ping absorbed the pills’ immense energy until his Golden Core solidified and stabilized, advancing him to the Golden Core Realm.
• Xia Ping found that he could unleash multiple divine abilities instantly, and sensed his soul dwelling within the dark-gold core.
• Xia Ping realized that further growth of his Golden Core could transform his soul into a Primordial Spirit and allow him to enter the Return to Truth Realm.

After condensing his Golden Core, Xia Ping discovered that his Purple Mansion and divine sense had expanded dramatically, then replenished his depleted magic power by drawing in natural energy. His cultivation produced extraordinary heavenly phenomena over Qingyang City, and he emerged a day later with his Golden Core Realm cultivation stabilized.

• Xia Ping found that his Purple Mansion had become a life-filled world a million kilometers across and that his divine sense could cover the same distance.
• Xia Ping used the Pure Yang Indestructible Art to absorb natural energy and refill his exhausted magic power.
• Xia Ping's cultivation drew scarlet clouds and mythic visions over Qingyang City, startling its residents and Gu Bo's group.
• Natural energy condensed into Spirit Liquid and rained over Qingyang City, healing residents and accelerating their cultivation as they collected it and thanked Xia Ping.
• Xia Ping emerged from seclusion a day later after stabilizing his Golden Core Realm cultivation and mastering its power.

After emerging from seclusion, Xia Ping learned that the Formless Ghost King had joined forces with three demon armies to attack Qingyang City. The city prepared for battle as the enormous forces arrived, leaving its defenders terrified by their numbers.

• Xia Ping emerged from seclusion, heard Qingyang City was thriving, and sensed the Formless Ghost King and three allied demon armies approaching.
• Xia Ping ordered the generals to sound the alarm, close the gates, evacuate the citizens, and activate the city's defenses.
• An hour later, Xia Ping and Qingyang City's generals gathered on the walls as the citizens took shelter in underground passages.
• The Ram-Horn Demons, Slayer Demons, Venom Centipede Demons, and tens of thousands of Nether Ghosts arrived and threatened to destroy the city.
• Gu Bo and the other defenders trembled as they faced the overwhelming enemy forces.

The four Devil Kings demanded Qingyang City’s surrender, but Xia Ping and Gu Bo refused to yield. As the demon and Nether Ghost armies charged, Xia Ping activated the Earth-Mystic Tortoise Array, and the first attackers struck its barrier.

• The Formless Ghost King, Venom Centipede Devil King, Slayer Devil King, and Ram-Horn Devil King arrived above Qingyang City and ordered its people to surrender.
• Gu Bo rejected the Ram-Horn Devil King’s demand, and Xia Ping warned the four Devil Kings to retreat or die.
• The Formless Ghost King urged the others to send their soldiers first rather than risk attacking Xia Ping’s city themselves.
• The four Devil Kings ordered their armies to destroy Qingyang City, and the demons and Nether Ghosts charged.
• Xia Ping activated the Earth-Mystic Tortoise Array, raising an ochre, tortoise-shell-patterned barrier over Qingyang City.
• Tens of thousands of demons struck the barrier as they reached the city.

Xia Ping used his Chaos Bell to repel the demons and Nether Ghosts attacking Qingyang City, killing most of their forces. The surviving Devil Kings were left furious and the remaining invaders terrified.

• Gu Bo and the others watched the Earth-Mystic Tortoise Array withstand the demons’ first assault on Qingyang City.
• The Ram-Horn Devil King ordered over a hundred thousand demons to attack the city from four directions.
• Xia Ping activated the Chaos Bell and sent destructive sound waves across the battlefield.
• The Chaos Bell killed more than seventy percent of the demons and Nether Ghosts, forcing the survivors to flee beyond its range.
• The Ram-Horn Devil King, Slayer Devil King, Venom Centipede Devil King, and Formless Ghost King blamed Xia Ping for their catastrophic losses, while the surviving invaders feared his power.

Xia Ping’s Chaos Bell devastated the Nether Ghost and demon army attacking Qingyang City, forcing the survivors to flee. The Ram-Horn Devil King and three other powerful enemies then attacked Xia Ping together, surrounding him with physical and spiritual assaults.

• Xia Ping taunted the fleeing demons after the Chaos Bell killed most of their forces.
• The Ram-Horn Devil King attacked Xia Ping with a mountain-splitting axe, and Xia Ping met the strike with his Lightning Fist.
• The Ram-Horn Devil King and Xia Ping recognized each other’s formidable strength after their clash shook the Earth-Mystic Tortoise Array.
• The Venom Centipede Devil King sprayed poisonous mist and rain at Xia Ping, while the Slayer Devil King attacked with cutting claws.
• The Formless Ghost King cast a domain of illusions to overwhelm Xia Ping’s soul.

Xia Ping resisted the Formless Ghost King’s illusions and defeated the four devil kings’ attacks, badly injuring each of them. The devil kings regenerated and prepared to continue fighting, while the demons and Nether Ghosts watched Xia Ping in terror.

• Xia Ping used his Hell Golden Crow Bloodline and Seven Kill True Dragon Roar to break the Formless Ghost King’s illusion and injure it.
• Xia Ping’s Yang God Fist burned away the Venom Centipede Devil King’s poison and severely injured it.
• Xia Ping’s Northern Underworld Body Protection Art stopped the Slayer Devil King’s claws, and his palm strike slammed the Slayer Devil King into the ground.
• The demons and Nether Ghosts were shocked to see Xia Ping overpower the four devil kings.
• The Ram-Horn Devil King, Slayer Devil King, Venom Centipede Devil King, and Formless Ghost King healed from their injuries within moments.

Xia Ping faced the four Devil Kings again and revealed the Spear of Hell, whose restored power filled them with fear. The Ram-Horn Devil King coveted the weapon’s authority and launched an all-out attack to take it.

• The Ram-Horn Devil King, Slayer Devil King, Venom Centipede Devil King, and Formless Ghost King surrounded Xia Ping and argued over whether to capture or kill him.
• Xia Ping summoned the Spear of Hell, which gained a mark from hell’s will and revealed a terrifying power that made the Devil Kings retreat.
• The Formless Ghost King and Slayer Devil King recognized the Spear of Hell, while Xia Ping demanded that the devils submit to its authority.
• The Ram-Horn Devil King rejected Xia Ping’s demand and decided to seize the spear so it could rise to greater power.
• The Ram-Horn Devil King vanished and appeared beside Xia Ping, striking with a peak-strength punch.

Xia Ping used the Spear of Hell to kill Ram-Horn Devil King and Venom Centipede Devil King, absorbing their essence and awakening more Hell Golden Crow Cells. As Slayer Devil King and Formless Ghost King faced him, Slayer Devil King decided they needed help from a Devil Emperor and tried to flee.

• Xia Ping's first-form spear technique crushed Ram-Horn Devil King's attack and pierced its body.
• Xia Ping destroyed Ram-Horn Devil King's body and soul, and the Spear of Hell absorbed its essence, awakening two hundred thousand Hell Golden Crow Cells in Xia Ping.
• Venom Centipede Devil King, Slayer Devil King, and Formless Ghost King resolved to attack Xia Ping before he grew stronger.
• Xia Ping comprehended the second form of the Spear of Hell-Suppressing Demon and cut Venom Centipede Devil King into pieces, destroying its soul.
• The Spear of Hell absorbed Venom Centipede Devil King's essence, and Slayer Devil King panicked, deciding to seek a Devil Emperor's help and flee.

Xia Ping killed the fleeing Slayer Devil King with the Spear of Hell, then revealed that he had planted a Hell Golden Crow Flame seed inside the Formless Ghost King. The seed destroyed the ghost king, leaving behind only its white mask.

• The Slayer Devil King used its Death-Cutting Array to block Xia Ping's attack, but the Spear of Hell pierced the formation and wounded it.
• Xia Ping hurled the Spear of Hell after the fleeing Slayer Devil King, killing it and letting the spear devour its blood and vitality.
• The Spear of Hell's energy formed several hundred thousand more Hell Golden Crow Cells in Xia Ping's body.
• The Formless Ghost King fled hundreds of li away and threatened that demons would avenge it, but Xia Ping said he had planted a hidden flame inside it.
• Xia Ping triggered the Hell Golden Crow Flame seed, which annihilated the Formless Ghost King and left its white ghost mask behind.

Xia Ping defeated the remaining demons and Nether Ghosts after killing the four great Devil Kings, then led Qingyang City's forces toward Formless Mountain. The chapter ended with the army marching to plunder the Formless Ghost King's treasures and investigate the black hole leading to hell.

• Xia Ping absorbed the Formless Ghost King's soul energy and stored the white mask it left behind.
• The surviving demons and Nether Ghosts fled after seeing Xia Ping kill the four great Devil Kings, but he froze them across a thousand kilometers with the Nine Heavens Mysterious Nether Force.
• Xia Ping shattered the frozen enemies and absorbed their soul power, while the people of Qingyang City celebrated their victory.
• Xia Ping ordered Qingyang City's army to march on Formless Mountain and explore the black hole leading to hell.