Chapter Summaries

Shen Xiu annihilated the Ghost Clan experts and defeated the Thirty-Six Cave Mansions' white-haired old woman, then gained rewards and advanced to the Saint Domain Third Layer. As the Ghost Gate Sect feared his strength but clung to hope that it would fade, the white-haired old woman warned him that their sect's powerful experts would stop him.

• Shen Xiu blasted several hundred Ghost Clan experts into dust, then challenged the human experts and confronted the arriving Thirty-Six Cave Mansions.
• The white-haired old woman attacked Shen Xiu with her spear, but he wounded her and overwhelmed her with flame before killing her with a Sword Aura.
• Shen Xiu took the old woman's ring, gained Saint Spirit treasures and rewards, advanced to the Saint Domain Third Layer, and absorbed energy from her corpse.
• The Ghost Gate Sect disciples fled or resolved to endure until Shen Xiu's strength declined, while the Shen Family watched him with reverence.
• The white-haired old woman warned Shen Xiu that the Ghost Gate Sect had several Great Perfection Realm experts, including Shen Hao, and ordered him to surrender.

Shen Xiu crushed the Ghost Gate Sect’s resistance after they admitted to killing his woman, then confronted their threat to summon their Sect Master. The chapter ended as Shen Xiu unleashed the Dragon Tiger Seal and prepared to begin the battle.

• Shen Xiu shrugged off the Ghost King’s attack and blasted him away with a single palm strike.
• Shen Xiu captured the white-browed elder with a golden dragon claw and crushed him to death.
• Shen Xiu warned the Ghost Gate Sect against seeking revenge and departed, but an elder sent a black python after him.
• Shen Xiu destroyed the python as the Ghost Gate Sect elder threatened to summon their Sect Master and kill Shen Xiu’s friends.
• Shen Xiu accepted the challenge and unleashed the Dragon Tiger Seal.

Shen Xiu defeated the Ghost Gate Sect elder’s poisoned black bead and drove the sect’s disciples away without surrendering his two Dragon Pearls. After reassuring his father, he flew toward his courtyard, considering what to do next about the Ghost Gate Sect.

• Shen Xiu enlarged his golden dragon claw and destroyed the Ghost Gate Sect elder’s black bead, whose venom corroded the bead and tore at the surrounding air.
• Shen Xiu declared victory and refused to hand over his two Dragon Pearls, while the Ghost Gate Sect disciples hesitated to challenge him again.
• A Ghost Gate Sect elder ordered the disciples to leave, and one disciple apologized to Shen Xiu before they withdrew.
• Shen Xiu reassured his worried father that the Ghost Gate Sect disciples were no threat, then flew toward his courtyard.
• Shen Xiu considered whether to follow his mother’s advice and attack the Ghost Gate Sect or choose another course.

Shen Xiu attacked the Ghost Gate Sect disciples with his black-and-white beads, then recovered a rare Azure Lotus from the cave. After pursuing the fleeing disciples and killing a Ghost King, he turned his golden beads on the remaining enemies.

• Shen Xiu entered the virtual space and used the black-and-white beads to devour the Ghost Gate Sect disciples and nearby demonic beasts.
• Shen Xiu was buried when the cave wall collapsed, then dug up a rare Azure Lotus and recovered from his exertion.
• Shen Xiu spotted fleeing Ghost Gate Sect disciples, chased them, and killed one by crushing his throat.
• Shen Xiu pierced the fleeing disciples with golden Sword Qi and killed a Ghost King with a series of attacks.
• Shen Xiu appeared before the remaining Ghost Gate Sect disciples and fired golden beads at them.

Shen Xiu forced the Ghost King to submit and led the surviving Ghost Gate Sect disciples out of the cave, where they encountered the Green-clothed Woman who had slaughtered their comrades. After she and her followers overwhelmed Shen Xiu, he lay badly injured amid the dead disciples.

• Shen Xiu used Golden Dragons to defeat the Ghost Gate Sect disciples, and the Ghost King surrendered and gave him his Storage Ring.
• Shen Xiu healed the surviving disciples and led them out of the cave, where they found thousands of slain Ghost Gate Sect disciples and learned the Green-clothed Woman had killed them.
• Shen Xiu attacked the Green-clothed Woman with a lightning technique, but she recovered the Black Skeletons and struck back with silver needles.
• The Green-clothed Woman ordered her men to capture Shen Xiu, and he fought them with powerful gauntlets before being kicked into a mountain peak.
• Shen Xiu lay in a rock-filled pit spitting blood as Ghost Gate Sect disciples around him were smashed into meat patties.

Shen Xiu fought the Ghost Gate Sect’s forces after rejecting their attempt to manipulate him, and he broke through while under attack. He unleashed a surge of power and Golden Wings against the sect’s experts, leaving the battle unresolved.

• A spear-carrying young man identified himself as the Ghost Gate Sect’s eldest young master and warned Shen Xiu to stay out of the sect’s conflict; Shen Xiu refused to be manipulated and collapsed after spitting black blood.
• Shen Xiu fought hundreds of Ghost Gate Sect disciples with his Myriad Flowers Return to One Sword Art, exhausting his True Yuan as their experts attacked him.
• The Ghost Gate Sect Sect Master ordered his disciples to cripple Shen Xiu, but Shen Xiu broke through and shattered their palm seals with an eruption of blood and qi.
• A Ghost Gate Sect expert summoned a giant hooked-nose ape to attack Shen Xiu, but Shen Xiu destroyed it with a single punch.
• Shen Xiu unfurled his Golden Wings and accelerated into the remaining Ghost Gate Sect experts, moving too quickly for them to match.

Shen Xiu fought the Ghost Gate Sect leader, absorbing some origin power before his attacks and the leader’s Purple Gold Seal turned the battle against him. After the leader knocked Shen Xiu back, a green-robed young man trapped him with black chains, and the leader mistook Shen Xiu for the Lord of Shen City.

• Shen Xiu blocked a giant ape’s attack with an azure battle-axe and absorbed some of its origin power.
• The Ghost Gate Sect leader ordered his men to kill Shen Xiu, but Shen Xiu attacked him and learned that he belonged to the Ghost Gate Sect.
• Shen Xiu’s azure shield withstood the leader’s attacks, and his golden motes pierced the leader before Shen Xiu cut him repeatedly with the Black Long Saber.
• The Ghost Gate Sect leader revealed his Purple Gold Seal and overpowered Shen Xiu, knocking him back and making him cough blood.
• Black chains emerged from a deep pit and bound the Ghost Gate Sect leader; a green-robed young man appeared, and the leader mistook Shen Xiu for the Lord of Shen City.

Shen Xiu fought the Ghost Gate Sect leader and other sect experts, revealing a mysterious black aura and overwhelming power despite his injuries. He left the palace battle poised to continue after onlookers recognized him and realized his strength surpassed what they had believed.

• Shen Xiu wounded the Ghost Gate Sect leader with his sword, but the clash left Shen Xiu bleeding from a chest wound as well.
• Shen Xiu covered himself in black mist and attacked again, overpowering the Ghost Gate Sect leader in a direct clash.
• A burly Ghost Gate Sect expert challenged Shen Xiu, and the two fought fiercely inside the palace.
• The Ghost Gate Sect leader vanished and struck Shen Xiu, sending him crashing into the ground, but Shen Xiu rose and unleashed a terrifying hidden aura.
• The Ghost Gate Sect leader realized Shen Xiu had concealed his strength, while onlookers recognized Shen Xiu and wondered whether he had surpassed every expert on the War God Rankings.

Shen Xiu overwhelmed the Ghost Gate Sect leader and his forces with his immense strength, flames, and techniques. After revealing a sealed spirit-treasure sword and growing to enormous size, he charged to meet the leader’s attack, leaving their decisive clash unresolved.

• The Ghost Gate Sect leader challenged Shen Xiu, but their palm clash sent both fighters several hundred zhang away.
• Shen Xiu used Wrath of the Demon God to knock down the Ghost Gate Sect leader, then burned the attacking Ghost Gate Sect experts to ashes.
• The Ghost Gate Sect leader pierced Shen Xiu with a bone spike and attacked with azure dragons, but Shen Xiu’s Fire Pythons swallowed them.
• Shen Xiu’s Fire Pythons blasted the Ghost Gate Sect leader away and left him badly injured.
• Shen Xiu grew several hundred zhang tall and revealed a black spirit-treasure sword as the Ghost Gate Sect leader drew his own sword and charged.
• Shen Xiu charged forward to confront the Ghost Gate Sect leader, and their sword clash remained to come.

Shen Xiu fought the Ghost Gate Sect leader, survived a powerful counterattack, and followed him toward the sect's headquarters in the Qing Yang Empire. The chapter then shifted to another encounter, where Law Enforcement Elder Zhou Tian confronted Shen Xiu and asked if he belonged to the Shen Family.

• Shen Xiu and the Ghost Gate Sect leader clashed fiercely until Shen Xiu's spirit sword cracked and he was blasted into a mountainside.
• Shen Xiu emerged alive and unnerved the leader, who called off the fight and led him toward the Ghost Gate Sect headquarters.
• At the Qing Yang Empire's imperial city plain, Shen Xiu waited while Ghost Gate Sect disciples patrolled and teams arrived nearby.
• Elsewhere, Zhou Tian ambushed Shen Xiu with soul pressure, but Shen Xiu sensed the attack and evaded it.
• Zhou Tian identified himself as the Ghost Gate Sect's Law Enforcement Elder and asked whether Shen Xiu was from the Shen Family.

Shen Xiu defeated Law Enforcement Officer Zhou Tian, but the Ghost Gate Sect leader ambushed him and the sect disciples turned against him. Shen Xiu fought back against their attacks, leaving the confrontation unresolved as a disciple vowed to make him pay.

• Shen Xiu struck down Zhou Tian with a single attack, alarming the surrounding Ghost Gate Sect disciples.
• The Ghost Gate Sect leader ambushed Shen Xiu with a snake-tail strike, then attacked him with hurricanes while accusing him of being an impostor.
• The Ghost Gate Sect disciples charged Shen Xiu, and he retaliated with a furious assault before the leader struck him down.
• Shen Xiu rose again and fought the disciples, blasting several away with his fists, legs, and sharp stones.
• A Ghost Gate Sect disciple confronted Shen Xiu and vowed that he would pay, and Shen Xiu accepted the challenge.

Shen Xiu fought the Ghost Gate Sect disciples who tried to reach an ancient stone pillar, defeating and killing many of them as they attacked with lightning, talismans, and other techniques. He continued pursuing the survivors, and the chapter ended as one disciple unleashed a powerful force from his blackened hands and the others threatened Shen Xiu.

• Shen Xiu beat a Ghost Gate Sect disciple and ordered the others to leave, but they rushed toward an ancient stone pillar and challenged him again.
• Shen Xiu repelled their Lightning Technique, then killed several disciples with a fiery beam and a black longsword.
• A Ghost Gate Sect disciple summoned the Ghost Talisman Grand Array, but Shen Xiu crushed its ghostly shadows and cut down more attackers.
• Shen Xiu pursued the fleeing disciples and blocked their attacks with crimson-gold flames and the Spear of Thunder.
• A wounded Ghost Gate Sect disciple darkened his hands and released a powerful pulling force as his companions warned Shen Xiu that killing their core disciples would not be easy.

Shen Xiu killed a group of Ghost Gate Sect disciples, then confronted their leader and his allies while they threatened A Mu and pursued a child. Shen Xiu revealed his Blood Refinement Demonic Art and Puppet Technique, but the middle-aged man overwhelmed him with Black Flames and left him badly wounded.

• Shen Xiu slashed down the Ghost Gate Sect disciples who tried to flee, then looted their Storage Rings.
• Shen Xiu found A Mu being attacked in a cave and struck the attackers with Sword Qi, but a middle-aged man captured A Mu and brought him to the mountain peak.
• The middle-aged man led Ghost Gate Sect disciples against Shen Xiu, who activated the Blood Refinement Demonic Art as their Flesh and Blood Puppet Technique strengthened them.
• Shen Xiu revealed a black humanoid puppet, surprising the middle-aged man, who grew greedy over Shen Xiu's Puppet Technique and threatened to kill him.
• The middle-aged man engulfed Shen Xiu in Black Flames and punched him in the back, breaking through his defenses and making him spit blood.

Shen Xiu unleashed the Nine Nether Puppet Refining Technique and revealed himself as the Nether Child while fighting the Ghost Gate Sect. The patriarch arrived and attacked him with Nine Nether Underworld Fire, but Shen Xiu survived the blast, leaving their battle unresolved.

• Shen Xiu awakened his sealed power, raised dozens of puppets, and used their formation to attack the Ghost Gate Sect disciples and the middle-aged man.
• Shen Xiu declared himself the Nether Child as the Ghost Gate Sect patriarch sensed his emergence and rushed to the valley.
• Shen Xiu attacked the middle-aged man, but the patriarch intervened and forced him back.
• The patriarch summoned Nine Nether Underworld Fire, and Shen Xiu countered it with the power of the crimson sigil in his left eye, though the collision blasted him several steps back.

Shen Xiu used the Nine Nether Underworld Record to repel the old man's Nine Nether Underworld Fire and withstand the Ghost Gate Sect's Netherworld Blood Curse. The old man was badly injured by Shen Xiu's puppets, but the curse's power continued to clash with Shen Xiu's as the valley shook.

• The old man attacked Shen Xiu with the Nine Nether Underworld Fire, but Shen Xiu drove the flames back with the power of the Nine Nether Underworld Record.
• Shen Xiu sent dozens of empowered puppets through the flames, and they blasted the old man into the valley wall and seriously injured him.
• The old man activated the Ghost Gate Sect's black jade talisman, unleashing the Netherworld Blood Curse that engulfed Shen Xiu and the puppets.
• Shen Xiu formed a black vortex that began devouring the curse, then used the Nine Nether Underworld Record to force its power back.
• Shen Xiu sent his puppets after the old man again, and their collision with the Nine Nether Underworld Fire sent him crashing into the valley wall.

Shen Xiu broke the Netherworld Blood Curse, killed a Ghost Gate Sect elder, and set out to find the remaining fragments of the Nine Nether Underworld Record. After reaching the far northern lands and entering Ice Valley, he encountered a burly man he believed to be the record’s creator, who threatened to kill him.

• Shen Xiu shattered the old man's Netherworld Blood Curse and killed him with black blades, prompting the Ghost Gate Sect to order every disciple to hunt Shen Xiu down.
• Shen Xiu told the young woman in white that he would keep searching for the Nine Nether Underworld Record, then traveled north while killing Ghost Gate Sect pursuers.
• Shen Xiu reached the far northern lands, defeated a black-robed old man with ice blades, and entered an ice cave in search of a remnant of the record.
• Shen Xiu arrived at Ice Valley, where the Ice Valley King was said to be the only one able to refine a Nine Nether Pill, and reflected on the levels of the Nine Nether Underworld Record.
• A burly man appeared near Shen Xiu and claimed he could kill him with one finger; Shen Xiu challenged him to pay for provoking him.

Shen Xiu fought a burly Heaven Immortal Realm expert, transforming with the power of demon-beast puppets and defeating him after a fierce pursuit. When Shen Xiu demanded to know where Li Yuanba was, a black-robed elder from the Devil Race intervened and told him to return to human territory.

• Shen Xiu survived the burly man's punch and clashed with him using his cultivation art and black Sword Aura.
• The burly man struck Shen Xiu into a cliff, but Shen Xiu pursued him and wounded him with a Lightning Greatsword.
• Shen Xiu transformed by unleashing demon-beast puppets sealed in his body, overpowering the burly man and chasing him down.
• Shen Xiu battered the burly man and demanded to know who had sent him and whether Li Yuanba was involved.
• A black-robed Devil Race elder appeared and warned Shen Xiu to return to human territory.

Shen Xiu fought the Li Clan after its members tried to kill him, defeating Li Xuanming and the elders who attacked him. The Li Clan trapped him inside a forbidden barrier and demanded an antidote, but Li Haonan destroyed the barrier, allowing Shen Xiu to kill Li Xuanming again as the battle continued.

• Li Xuanming confronted Shen Xiu, claiming the Li Clan would avenge its Young Master and threatening the people around Shen Xiu.
• Shen Xiu broke Li Xuanming’s shoulder, killed a black-clothed elder, and defeated Li Xuanming with a golden spear before crushing him.
• Shen Xiu burned the cursing burly man to ashes and headed toward the Li Clan’s estate.
• The Li Clan trapped Shen Xiu in a barrier and demanded the antidote, but his attacks failed to break it.
• Li Haonan destroyed the barrier with poisonous gas, and Shen Xiu pierced Li Xuanming with a spear, killing him.

Shen Xiu attacked Li Xuanming at Li Family Manor, then encountered the Devil Emperor’s son and fought him and his guards. Shen Xiu repeatedly injured the ninth-level Saint Realm prince, and the battle remained unresolved.

• Shen Xiu broke into Li Family Manor, fought Li Xuanming, and took his Nascent Soul after Li Xuanming’s body exploded.
• Shen Xiu returned to Li Family Manor searching for Li Xuanming and was confronted by a black-robed man who identified himself as the Devil Emperor’s son.
• The Devil Emperor’s son tried to make Shen Xiu submit and revealed that he wanted to devour Shen Xiu’s mysterious energy and strong body.
• Shen Xiu fought the prince’s guards, killing or injuring several, then punched the black-robed man and wounded him despite his ninth-level Saint Realm cultivation.
• Shen Xiu used Blazing Sun Burns the Heavens and continued beating the black-robed man, who struggled to escape but was struck again.

Shen Xiu defeated the black-robed man, who claimed ties to the Ye Family, and used the black bead to enter a palace on the second level. He arrived eager to explore the world and seek its entrance.

• The black-robed man attacked Shen Xiu and warned that killing him would bring ruin upon the Shen Family because he belonged to the Ye Family.
• Shen Xiu fought back, enduring the black-robed man’s dark attacks while overwhelming him with lightning, sword strikes, and physical strength.
• The black-robed man pressed Shen Xiu with a black curved blade and battle spear, but Shen Xiu broke through his defenses and revealed two powerful phantoms.
• The black-robed man’s attack clashed with the phantoms’ demonic energy, sending Shen Xiu flying and leaving him badly hurt.
• Shen Xiu summoned an ancient spear and pierced the black-robed man, whose body burst into black mist.
• Shen Xiu pointed at the black bead, was transported into a palace, and realized he had reached the second level.