Chapter Summaries

Xia Ping destroyed more than a hundred Nether Ghosts with Hell Golden Crow Flame and took the Nether Stones they had mined. A survivor warned the Formless Ghost King, who ordered an investigation into Xia Ping and his powers.

• Xia Ping burned and punched the Nether Ghosts to death, absorbing their soul energy and growing stronger.
• Xia Ping collected all the Nether Stones from the mine and left to follow Meng Nan and the others toward Qingyang City.
• A weak Nether Ghost emerged from hiding after Xia Ping left and returned to Formless Mountain to report the slaughter to the Formless Ghost King.
• Ghost Three Thousand told the Formless Ghost King that a human wielding hellflames had killed the Nether Ghosts and stolen the Nether Stones.
• The Formless Ghost King ordered the Nether Ghosts to investigate Xia Ping and uncover his secrets before confronting him.

Xia Ping and the Storm Caravan arrived at Qingyang City, where corrupt guards tried to extort them at the gate. When Gao Ding threatened Xia Ping for criticizing him, Xia Ping struck him down and warned him not to speak again.

• Xia Ping arrived at Qingyang City with Meng Nan and the Storm Caravan after a long journey.
• Gao Ding demanded five Nether Stones from the caravan as an entry fee, despite the usual fee being one.
• When Meng Nan protested, Gao Ding threatened to imprison and torture the caravan members.
• Xia Ping called Gao Ding trash, prompting the guards to surround the caravan.
• Gao Ding threatened Xia Ping, who slapped him across the face and warned that he would kill him if he spoke again.

Xia Ping crushed Gao Ding and more than a thousand soldiers with his Gravity Domain after they tried to arrest him in Qingyang City. Commander Che Xiujun arrived and demanded Gao Ding’s release, but Xia Ping attacked him with a massive divine ability hand.

• Gao Ding ordered his soldiers to seize Xia Ping after Xia Ping slapped him.
• Xia Ping unleashed his Gravity Domain, forcing the soldiers to their knees and flattening Gao Ding into the ground.
• Che Xiujun flew to the city gate and confronted Xia Ping, demanding that he release Gao Ding.
• Xia Ping refused and summoned a huge yin-and-yang divine ability hand that trapped Che Xiujun.

Xia Ping defeated Che Xiujun after the commander intervened in the dispute at Qingyang City's gates, prompting City Lord Gao Ansheng to defuse the conflict and invite him to the City Lord's Mansion. There, Xia Ping introduced himself as a traveler from the distant east, leaving Qingyang City's leaders wary of his strength and origins.

• Xia Ping seized Che Xiujun, shattered his armor, and slammed him into the ground, while Gao Ding and the others realized they were in danger.
• City Lord Gao Ansheng and Qingyang City's elders arrived, and Gao Ansheng blamed the corrupt guards and offered Xia Ping a chance to discuss compensation at the City Lord's Mansion.
• Xia Ping accepted Gao Ansheng's invitation, while Che Xiujun was taken for treatment and Gao Ding and the other instigators were arrested.
• At the City Lord's Mansion, Gao Ansheng asked Xia Ping about his identity, and Xia Ping said he was a traveler from the distant east.
• Qingyang City's leaders reacted with concern when they learned Xia Ping had traveled across the world, recognizing that such a journey required extraordinary ability.

Xia Ping intimidated Qingyang City's officials and learned that Nether Ghosts and demons had emerged through nine black holes, with the nearest controlled by the Formless Ghost King. He then asked to study the city's Nether-power cultivation methods and went to the City Lord's Mansion Scripture Library.

• Xia Ping revealed that he had come to Qingyang City to learn how Nether Ghosts and demons came to be.
• When a general mocked him, Xia Ping crushed him with his aura and warned the officials to mind their manners.
• City Lord Gao Ansheng explained that Nether Ghosts and demons had poured from a black hole ten thousand years earlier, and that nine black holes now existed around the world.
• Gao Ansheng identified Formless Mountain, ruled by the Formless Ghost King, as the site of the nearest black hole.
• Xia Ping learned that Nether power was needed to kill Nether Ghosts and asked to see Qingyang City's cultivation methods.
• Gao Ansheng offered access to the city's Scripture Library, and Xia Ping followed a steward there.

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.