Chapter Summaries

Zhao Fu’s group crossed the Forbidden Land and reached a Ghost City to use its Teleportation Array, but a clash involving a Ghost Kingdom prince led Zhao Fu to kill the city lord and send the prince flying. The group then teleported onward toward the Nether Region.

• Zhao Fu allowed Divine Ghost to keep the cat-like creature and stored the Yin-Seeking Beast before leading the group across the Forbidden Land.
• Zhao Fu’s group arrived at a Ghost City, where a Ghost Kingdom prince’s fight with the city lord’s son caused the Teleportation Array to be temporarily shut down.
• The prince revealed his Ghost Prince Token, and the city lord knelt to apologize before the lockdown was lifted.
• When the city lord ordered soldiers to force Zhao Fu’s group to kneel, Zhao Fu’s people killed the soldiers and split the city lord in two.
• Zhao Fu flung the prince through several buildings, then his group used the Teleportation Array to reach another city.

Zhao Fu and his companions traveled through the Netherworld toward the ruins, stopping at an inn where he named the spirit ghost Ghost Princess. Their meal was interrupted by the Second Prince of the Ghost Lord Kingdom, who tried to buy Zhao Fu’s women and left after Zhao Fu refused.

• Zhao Fu and his companions used Teleportation Arrays to reach another faction’s territory, where they stopped at an inn to rest.
• Zhao Fu asked Hei Xiaojie about their progress, and she explained that the inner region’s Teleportation Arrays would speed their journey to the ruins.
• Bai Xiaoxi said their route passed through her family’s territory, and Zhao Fu named the spirit ghost Ghost Princess.
• Zhao Fu and his companions went to the inn’s main hall for dinner, where the Second Prince of the Ghost Lord Kingdom entered and offered Zhao Fu a Ten Thousand Man Curse in exchange for his three women.
• Zhao Fu told the Second Prince to leave, and the prince departed after noticing Shang Long’s cultivation.

Zhao Fu used his Nation-Guarding Artifact and the power of the Six Paths of Reincarnation to turn the Second Prince’s hired allies against him and capture him. After binding the four hired experts to secrecy with contracts, Zhao Fu released the five women who had been with the prince.

• The Second Prince intercepted Zhao Fu and threatened to abuse and sell the three women traveling with him.
• Zhao Fu unleashed his Nation-Guarding Artifact and the power of the Six Paths of Reincarnation, frightening the Second Prince’s four hired allies into withdrawing.
• The Second Prince warned the four allies that Zhao Fu’s power could become known, but Zhao Fu made them sign contracts promising not to reveal his identity.
• The Second Prince tried to flee with several women, but Zhao Fu’s iron chains captured them; he then bound the four hired allies by contract, and they left.
• The Second Prince begged for his life and offered Zhao Fu the women, while one woman tried to seduce Zhao Fu; Zhao Fu released the five women.

Zhao Fu killed the white-robed prince after taking his women, then learned about the Myriad-Person Curse from the jade slip he had carried. Seven days later, Zhao Fu reached the Nether Region with Hei Xiaojie and Bai Xiaoxi, whose families were shocked to see them return.

• Zhao Fu blinded the white-robed man and took his five women, while Black and White Impermanence and Ghost Princess joined him.
• The white-robed man offered Zhao Fu more women in exchange for his life, but Zhao Fu refused and killed him after the women urged him to act.
• The women introduced themselves as Han Lengli, Xiao Li, Long Di, Qiu Mei, and Ni Youyou, and Zhao Fu discovered the jade slip contained the Myriad-Person Curse.
• Zhao Fu collected the white-robed man's corpse and traveled with the others for seven days before reaching the Nether Region.
• Hei Xiaojie and Bai Xiaoxi's families gathered at the city gate in disbelief, and a White Impermanence asked how the two had returned.

Zhao Fu and his companions returned to Hei Xiaojie and Bai Xiaoxi’s family, where Black War God challenged him over his sisters’ marriage before Bai Wusheng calmed the confrontation. The family welcomed Zhao Fu after learning of his power and potential, and the banquet ended with both sides building friendly ties.

• Bai Xiaoxi introduced Zhao Fu as her husband, and Hei Xiaojie said that the other women were also their husband’s women.
• Black War God attacked Hei Xiaojie, but Zhao Fu cut apart his invisible hand and warned him not to make another move.
• Bai Wusheng mediated, and Zhao Fu agreed to enter the city with the group after Bai Xiaoxi asked him to calm down.
• The family elders questioned Hei Xiaojie and Bai Xiaoxi, learned that Zhao Fu had become master of five worlds in eight years, and supported their marriages.
• Zhao Fu assessed the family’s forces and learned that its branch families answered to a powerful main family.
• The family hosted a banquet for Zhao Fu, and its leaders exchanged friendly toasts with him.

The Black War God tried to persuade Ghost Princess to leave Zhao Fu, but she rejected him. After spending the night with Hei Xiaojie and her mother, Zhao Fu went to the Black and White Impermanence Trial Tower, where outsiders could compete for rewards.

• The Black War God asked Ghost Princess to leave Zhao Fu, but she refused and walked away, angering him.
• Zhao Fu went to Hei Xiaojie's room after the banquet and slept with her and Bai Xiaoxi.
• Hei Xiaojie's mother explained that she had come to visit her daughter and had ended up spending the night with Zhao Fu; Zhao Fu offered to bring her along when Hei Xiaojie returned.
• Zhao Fu arrived at the Black and White Impermanence Trial Tower, hoping to gain its rewards, while Bai Wusheng greeted him and the Black War God ignored him.

Zhao Fu cleared the Impermanence Family’s Trial Tower with unprecedented speed and claimed the Heavenly Demon Ancestor Heart as his reward. After securing cooperation with the family and leaving with Hei Xiaomei, he and his companions reached the ruin and opened it with seven keys.

• Zhao Fu entered the Trial Tower, absorbed its ghosts with his Six Paths of Reincarnation eye technique, and swiftly reached the ninth floor.
• Zhao Fu opened the trial chest, found the Heavenly Demon Ancestor Heart, and ate it.
• The Impermanence Family gave Zhao Fu supplies and yin treasures and formally agreed to cooperate with Great Qin.
• Zhao Fu persuaded Hei Xiaomei to leave with him, and she slipped away secretly the next day.
• Zhao Fu and his companions arrived at the ruin several days later and used seven keys to open it.

Zhao Fu opened a powerful relic with seven keys and entered it with his group, shutting the gate behind them to keep others out. Inside, invisible ancient ghosts attacked, and Zhao Fu used the Eye of Reincarnation to absorb and refine them, gaining the ability to see them.

• Zhao Fu used seven keys to open the silver gate, then led his group into the relic and closed it behind them.
• Experts including Hei Xiaojie's family, Black War God, and Bai Wusheng arrived, but Old Mu failed to damage the sealed gate.
• Zhao Fu's group entered a silent, hazy mountain region where invisible creatures attacked and passed through their defenses.
• Hei Xiaomei identified the attackers as ancient ghosts that ordinary attacks could not harm, while Zhao Fu's Saint Domain protected the group.
• Zhao Fu used the Eye of Reincarnation to absorb the ghosts and refine them, after which his right eye could see them.

Zhao Fu and his companions traveled through the ghost-filled region, collecting rare treasures and strengthening their ghostly allies. After defeating a powerful stone dragon, Zhao Fu obtained a Ghost Vein Pearl, whose use he had yet to discover.

• Zhao Fu released the Yin-Seeking Beast, whose presence drew invisible ghosts into his right eye as it led the group to a Ghostface Tree.
• Hei Xiaojie and the other women collected Ghostface Fruits, and Zhao Fu dug up the tree to take with him.
• The Yin-Seeking Beast found a Ghost Divine Flower, which Ghost Princess absorbed, advancing from the third stage to the eighth stage.
• The Yin-Seeking Beast roared to lure out a massive stone dragon, and Shang Long battled it as Zhao Fu prepared to strike.
• Zhao Fu bound the damaged stone dragon with gray chains and severed its neck with the Imperial Killing Sword.
• Zhao Fu collected the stone dragon’s Ghost Vein Pearl and learned that it could gather ghostly energy.

Zhao Fu and his companions cleared the outer ruins, where Zhao Fu absorbed a vast horde of ghosts and found a scroll that could summon one billion ghosts. They entered the second level and faced an enormous army of ghost soldiers, as Zhao Fu prepared to use the Imperial Killing Sword against them.

• Zhao Fu bound the thousand-meter tree demon with the power of the Six Paths of Reincarnation, and Shang Long killed it with a slash of yin energy; Zhao Fu gave Shang Long the Thousand-Year Ghost Ginseng.
• Over ten days, Black and White Impermanence reached the Saint Realm, Han Lengli and the other women advanced to eighth-rank cultivation, and Shang Long grew younger after consuming the ginseng.
• Zhao Fu absorbed the countless ghosts gathered near the silver door into his right eye, which transformed into a crystallized cross-shaped pupil filled with immense ghost power.
• Zhao Fu took a summoning scroll that could summon one billion ghosts, then led everyone through the silver door into the battlefield-like second level of the ruins.
• When countless powerful ghost soldiers charged, Di Yue told Zhao Fu that the Imperial Killing Sword could restrain them; Zhao Fu cut his palm, stained the sword with blood, and poured his Emperor's Power into it.

Zhao Fu cleared the first battlefield with the Imperial Killing Sword, then faced a Soul Pact Beast guarding the passage to the second level. After its mind attacks wounded him, Zhao Fu struck back with the sword, and the beast raised a Ghost Shield to block his blow.

• Zhao Fu unleashed the Imperial Killing Sword’s slaughter aura, which devoured every ghost soldier on the battlefield.
• Zhao Fu and his companions reached the second-level passage, where Shang Long identified its enormous guardian as a Soul Pact Beast.
• Zhao Fu went to fight the beast alone, but his Six Paths of Reincarnation chains passed through its intangible body.
• The Soul Pact Beast struck Zhao Fu with physical and mental attacks, blasted him with beams from its four eyes, and wounded him.
• Zhao Fu used the Imperial Killing Sword to destroy the beast’s phantom inside his mind, then attacked its true body with a black-blood-colored sword light.
• The Soul Pact Beast conjured a massive black Ghost Shield and blocked Zhao Fu’s sword light.

Zhao Fu activated Immortal Mode and defeated the Contract Beast, binding it and refining it into an Eye Spirit for his right eye. Afterward, Hei Xiaomei praised his strength, and Zhao Fu returned to the platform to retrieve the book.

• Zhao Fu activated Immortal Mode and unleashed seven-colored chains that killed the Contract Beast's clones and bound its true body.
• Zhao Fu drew the Contract Beast into his right eye and spent more than half a day refining it into an Eye Spirit.
• Hei Xiaomei embraced Zhao Fu and praised his strength, while Hei Xiaojie said her mother would learn Zhao Fu's identity in Great Qin.
• Bai Xiaoxi watched Hei Xiaomei and Zhao Fu with envy, thinking of her own family.
• Zhao Fu flew down to the platform with Hei Xiaomei and picked up the book.

Zhao Fu discovered that the Book of Yin Souls could help Great Qin create vast numbers of second-tier soldiers, then led his group through a multicolored realm and captured more than thirteen million pseudo spirits. They reached the passage to the third level, where Zhao Fu approached a sealed platform guarded by a little girl.

• Zhao Fu examined the Book of Yin Souls and learned how to raise yin soul beasts that could strengthen transformed yin soldiers.
• Zhao Fu and his companions entered a multicolored world filled with pseudo spirits, and he tested fusing a golden sword spirit into an iron sword.
• Zhao Fu, Shang Long, Black and White Impermanence, Han Lengli, and the others captured pseudo spirits and fused suitable ones into their weapons.
• Zhao Fu and his group captured more than thirteen million pseudo spirits over several days and reached the passage to the third level.
• Zhao Fu told the others to wait while he approached a sealed platform guarded by a curious little girl.

Ghost Princess reclaimed her sealed Emperor Heaven sword and power, rising to the Emperor Heaven Realm and giving Great Qin a powerful ally. Zhao Fu then entered the next floor alone, where Desire Flowers covered the ground.

• A pillar of black-gray energy flowed into Ghost Princess after she took the multicolored sword, raising her strength from the eighth stage to the Emperor Heaven Realm.
• Ghost Princess told Zhao Fu that the sword had once been hers, and she had recovered some of her former power and memories.
• Zhao Fu let Ghost Princess keep the Emperor Heaven sword and stored Green Vine inside the Heaven-Sealing Sword as its sword spirit.
• Zhao Fu and his group opened the door to the next floor and found it covered with glowing blue Desire Flowers on black vines.
• After Shang Long warned that the flowers could drive people to exhaustion with lustful illusions, Zhao Fu left the women and Shang Long behind and entered alone.

Zhao Fu fought through the fourth level’s corrosive blue mist, life-draining vines, and plant monsters before overcoming a flower ghost who had tried to drain his vitality. He spared her and gained her help, learning that the Desire Flower’s true body and the vines’ core lay at the center of the space.

• Zhao Fu protected himself with three barriers as blue mist corroded his defenses and vines tried to drain his life force.
• Zhao Fu used the Heaven-Sealing Sword to disable the vines and slaughtered the plant monsters, collecting Desire Pearls.
• A flower ghost emerged from the mist and tried to seduce Zhao Fu so she could devour his vitality.
• Zhao Fu turned the flower ghost’s plan against her, drained her power, then spared her and accepted her offer to serve him.
• The flower ghost told Zhao Fu that the Desire Flower’s true body and the vines’ core were at the center of the space, and offered to lure the other six flower ghosts to him.

Zhao Fu subdued the Flower King of the Desire Flowers with the Flower Fairy Origin and obtained the seed of the Nether Night Ghost Flower. He returned to the third level with the Flower King and the other Flower Ghosts.

• The Flower Ghost summoned the other Flower Ghosts, and Zhao Fu appeared and bound two who tried to leave.
• Zhao Fu made the Flower Ghosts submit, then left them behind as he went to the center of the space.
• The Flower King attacked Zhao Fu with vines, flowers, and corrosive blue mist, but the Flower Fairy Origin suppressed her.
• Zhao Fu subdued the Flower King, who revealed that he had undone the seal on her desires.
• Zhao Fu opened the box and found the Nether Night Ghost Flower seed, then returned to the third level with the Flower Ghosts.

Zhao Fu and his companions reached the palace on the ruin’s final level, where its powerful master summoned him and offered him an inheritance. The old man also required Zhao Fu to marry his daughter, Xuan’er, and the chapter ended with her appearing before him.

• Hei Xiaomei complained that Zhao Fu had taken in many women, and You Qinglan and the Flower Ghost Seven Sisters introduced themselves.
• Zhao Fu asked You Qinglan about the Desire Pearls and learned that they had a potent aphrodisiac effect.
• Zhao Fu and his companions entered the eerie palace, where black-armored Saint Realm soldiers stood aside and an elderly attendant led them to the master.
• The old man revealed that he was a trace of spirit and offered Zhao Fu the inheritance of the Ghost Empire.
• The old man said Zhao Fu must marry his daughter, and Xuan’er appeared before Zhao Fu with a cold expression.

Zhao Fu absorbed the Ghost Pool’s yin power and married Xuan'er while expelling the hidden power and ghostly inscriptions planted in him. When he entered the inheritance formation, the old man possessed his body but was shocked by Zhao Fu’s resistance, five dragons of fortune, reincarnation power, and Sacred Blood.

• The old man told Zhao Fu about a ruin in the Demon Domain of Apocalypse World containing Mo Qinyue and promised him the Ghost Empire’s inheritance after he married Xuan'er.
• Zhao Fu entered the Ghost Pool, absorbed its yin power, and used the Six Paths of Reincarnation to expel a concealed power.
• Zhao Fu married Xuan'er and discovered that the hidden power and ghostly inscriptions were entering his body through her, but he expelled them while filling her with Six Desires Demonic Qi.
• The guiding elder summoned Zhao Fu to receive the inheritance, and the old man possessed him inside the magic formation.
• The old man was astonished that Zhao Fu had resisted ghost soul power and possessed five dragons of fortune, reincarnation power, and Sacred Blood.

Zhao Fu fought the old man’s remnant soul as it tried to seize his body, but the old man burned his origin power and suppressed him. Zhao Fu’s four Imperial Stars appeared in the sky, and the Six Paths Demon Idols roared across the Netherworld.

• Zhao Fu revealed that he had anticipated the old man’s possession attempt and activated Immortal Mode to resist him.
• Zhao Fu used the Six Paths of Reincarnation and the Six Paths Demon Idols to pull the old man toward him, but the old man shattered the formation and became green fire by burning his origin power.
• The old man imprisoned Zhao Fu and invaded his head while the women fought the soldiers trying to keep them away.
• Four Imperial Stars descended over the ruins, and experts recognized that their identical auras belonged to one person.
• The Six Paths Demon Idols roared throughout the Netherworld after sensing Zhao Fu’s undisguised aura.

Zhao Fu used the power of his four Imperial Stars to kill the remnant soul of Ming You and take over his identity. After revealing himself to the Ghost Empire’s surviving women, he demanded that Ming Lengxuan take him to the treasury.

• The four Imperial Stars poured their power into Zhao Fu, destroying Ming You’s remnant soul and raising Zhao Fu’s cultivation to the Earth Human Realm.
• Zhao Fu ordered the fighting to stop and convinced Ming You’s followers that he was their master by copying Ming You’s aura and manner.
• Ming Lengxuan and five former consorts approached Zhao Fu, who used Ming You’s memories to identify them and learned the Ghost Empire’s history.
• Zhao Fu took the women to a nearby room and punished Ming Lengxuan, who begged him to stop without realizing his true identity.
• Ming Yue and the other consorts learned Zhao Fu had killed Ming You, and Zhao Fu ordered Ming Lengxuan to lead him to the Ghost Empire’s treasury.