Chapter Summaries

Su Shi'er used Ghostly Qi-tainted and demonic spiritual materials to conceal his tracks while studying the array. At the array eye, Fei Gu suspected an unknown Dao Robe Cultivator with deep Array Dao knowledge had interfered with Lou Cang’s operation.

• Su Shi'er placed spiritual materials around the formation, using demonic qi to disguise his investigation of the array.
• Lou Cang told Fei Gu that a clash between a Demon Race Great Demon and a lightning-wielding human cultivator had disrupted the array and exposed his tracks.
• Fei Gu rejected Lou Cang’s explanation and reasoned that someone had secretly plotted against him.
• Fei Gu reviewed the known Tribulation Crossing stage cultivators in the Sinful Dao and considered whether an unknown expert had infiltrated it.
• Lou Cang revealed that an unaccounted-for Integrated Body Realm Cultivator in a Dao robe had entered the Sinful Dao.
• Fei Gu pointed out that the Dao Robe Cultivator must have exceptional Array Dao attainments, and Lou Cang asked whether he had secretly caused the trouble.

Fei Gu, Lou Cang, and Yin Luo failed to locate Lin Hezou and the Dao Robe Cultivator, who repeatedly evaded Yin Luo inside the Sinful Dao. Fei Gu used the formation to investigate their whereabouts and concluded that both cultivators had notable Array Dao skill, though she had not yet ruled out finding them.

• Lou Cang suggested capturing the Dao Robe Cultivator, but Fei Gu decided their priority was to let the Demon Race Great Demons pursue the Heaven and Earth Supreme Treasure.
• Yin Luo returned and admitted that he had failed to find Lin Hezou or capture the Dao Robe Cultivator.
• Yin Luo explained that the Dao Robe Cultivator knew ghost cultivators’ methods and had escaped his pursuit, after which both cultivators disappeared from the formation’s reach.
• Fei Gu searched the Sinful Dao with the formation and judged that both fugitives possessed considerable Array Dao skill.
• Lou Cang asked whether Fei Gu could locate them, and she answered that their whereabouts were not entirely impossible to investigate.

Fei Gu and her allies planned to draw Lin Hezou toward the Ghost Cultivator’s cave mansion and wait for the Heaven and Earth Supreme Treasure to change hands. Fei Gu said she would take action at the decisive moment, while the four cultivators led by Ye Tianling watched the cave mansion’s barrier.

• Fei Gu said she had detected scattered auras of several Body Integration Realm Cultivators in the Sinful Dao but still needed time to locate the two targets.
• Yin Luo and Lou Cang realized Lin Hezou might have been behind the earlier interference, and they regretted missing a chance to seize the Heaven and Earth Supreme Treasure.
• Yin Luo proposed using the cave mansion’s location to lure Lin Hezou into revealing himself, while Lou Cang warned that powerful newcomers were closing in and the treasure had to be secured.
• Fei Gu told Yin Luo and Lou Cang to let the others fight first, promising that the great formation would let her claim the Heaven and Earth Supreme Treasure in the end.
• Yin Luo changed his formation seals, and the formation hid the three of them as unseen changes spread through the Sinful Dao.
• Led by Ye Tianling, four cultivators watched the Ghostly Qi Barrier outside the Ghost Cultivator’s Cave Mansion.

Ye Tianling, the Profound Clarity Cave Master, and the two Venerable Tianyus failed to break the Ghost Qi Barrier with their combined attacks. Venerable Tianyu proposed taking turns attacking it, while three Demon Race Great Demons emerged from the Ghostly Qi and cautiously watched them.

• After several days of attacks failed to breach the Ghost Qi Barrier, Ye Tianling and the Profound Clarity Cave Master withdrew their True Yuan.
• Venerable Tianyu said the barrier was connected to the Ghostly Qi throughout the Sinful Dao and could be overcome only by attacking until it reached its limit.
• Venerable Tianyu proposed that the four attack in succession while the others guarded against danger.
• Ye Tianling volunteered to attack first and resumed striking the barrier.
• Three Tribulation Crossing stage Great Demons from the Demon Race appeared in the Ghostly Qi, noticed Venerable Tianyu's group, and slowed down.

Su Shi'er continued studying the Sinful Dao formation rather than rushing into the cave mansion, while Fei Gu and her allies waited for him to arrive. After months of preparation, Su Shi'er decided to investigate the cave mansion, believing the formation and Star Light Spirit Jade could give him a chance against a Tribulation Crossing stage opponent.

• Su Shi'er realized the formation had fallen nearly silent and suspected the ghost cultivator was luring him toward the cave mansion, so he continued deducing the formation instead.
• Ye Tianling and his companions confronted Kong Yue and two other Great Demons outside the cave mansion, and the two groups entered a stalemate.
• After a month without Lin Hezou appearing, Lou Cang and Yin Luo worried that their plan might fail, but Fei Gu insisted they wait rather than expose their formation.
• Su Shi'er spent several months studying the Sinful Dao formation and gained enough understanding to seize partial control of it in an emergency.
• Su Shi'er decided to head to the cave mansion, counting on the formation and the Star Light Spirit Jade to help him contend with a Tribulation Crossing stage cultivator.

Su Shi'er followed the Ghostly Qi toward a Tribulation Crossing stage ghost cultivator’s cave mansion, prepared to rely on his formations and other trump cards. Along the way he reunited with Su Taiping, who warned him about the ghost cultivators and claimed his cultivation method could restrain them.

• Su Shi'er used the Illuminating World Lamp to trace the Ghostly Qi toward the ghost cultivator’s cave mansion while concealing his movements with formations and the Spatial Secret Law.
• Su Shi'er sensed the pressure of a Tribulation Crossing stage existence and considered approaching while the powerful cultivators were occupied fighting over the cave mansion’s treasures.
• Su Taiping suddenly appeared and warned Su Shi'er not to continue, identifying him despite his disguise.
• Su Taiping explained that he had come to pursue the ghost cultivators and said his special cultivation method restrained them.
• Su Shi'er questioned whether Su Taiping’s method could let him fight Tribulation Crossing stage ghost cultivators across realms.

Su Taiping warned Su Shi'er that the ghost cultivator’s cave mansion was protected by a barrier and that powerful factions were gathering nearby, but Su Shi'er remained determined to enter to repair his Soul Origin. Su Taiping offered to help, leaving Su Shi'er questioning whether the other man’s concern for others was truly selfless.

• Su Taiping cautioned Su Shi'er that the Sinful Dao was a trap and urged him to seek another way to heal his injured Soul Origin.
• Su Taiping revealed that a Ghost Qi Barrier protected the cave mansion Su Shi'er sought and that four Heavenly Capital cultivators, including Venerable Tianyu, faced three Demon Race Great Demons nearby.
• Su Shi'er weighed Venerable Tianyu’s presence against the conflicts brewing among the factions and concluded that the turmoil might give him a chance to enter the cave mansion.
• Su Shi'er insisted that he had to take the risk because his Soul Origin injury could prevent him from reaching the Tribulation Crossing stage.
• Su Taiping offered to help, explaining that he could not stand by while ghost cultivators threatened the lives of people across the Cultivation World.

Su Taiping explained why he had vowed to serve ordinary people, then discussed with Su Shi'er how to break the standoff around the Ghost Cultivator's Cave Mansion. The two identified the Ghost Qi Barrier as their main obstacle, and Su Taiping revealed that it had an obvious flaw.

• Su Taiping explained that the wishes of ordinary people shaped his path of cultivation, and Su Shi'er accepted his offer to help.
• Su Shi'er proposed exposing the hidden Ghost Cultivators so the Human Race and Demon Race would turn against them.
• Su Taiping warned that the Ghost Qi Barrier could prevent them from reaching the cave mansion and leave them targeted by Tribulation Crossing stage beings.
• Su Shi'er said he could use the formation in the Sinful Dao to try to find the Ghost Cultivators, then asked how to deal with the barrier.
• Su Taiping said the barrier was connected to the entire Sinful Dao and difficult to break from outside, but that it had an obvious flaw.

Su Taiping explained that Judge’s Seals could disrupt the Ghost Qi Barrier around the Ghost Cultivator’s Cave Mansion and proposed traveling to the Ghost Realm to obtain one. Su Shi’er revealed that he already possessed a Judge’s Seal, and Su Taiping said they could activate it at the barrier to enter the cave mansion.

• Su Taiping told Su Shi’er that Judge’s Seals hidden in the cave mansion could be stirred to break its Ghost Qi Barrier.
• Su Taiping proposed entering the Ghost Realm through the Sinful Dao to retrieve Judge’s Seals from the Bridge of Six Paths Reincarnation.
• Su Taiping explained that even one Judge’s Seal could affect the seals inside the cave mansion.
• Su Shi’er revealed that he had obtained a Judge’s Seal from a ghost cultivator centuries earlier.
• Su Taiping said Su Shi’er could activate the Judge’s Seal before the barrier, creating an opportunity for them to enter the cave mansion.

Su Shi'er used the array to expose the ghost cultivators hiding near the Ghost Cultivator's Cave Mansion. The three were revealed to the Heavenly Capital and Demon Race cultivators, who prepared to capture them.

• Su Shi'er began manipulating the array and told Su Taiping that even if he could not locate the ghost cultivators, he could disrupt the other cultivators' plans.
• Fei Gu, Yin Luo, and Lou Cang waited in hiding for Lin Hezou, then noticed that the array was changing without Fei Gu's control.
• Fei Gu realized someone was using the array to locate them and tried to stabilize it, but the array abruptly vanished and exposed the three ghost cultivators.
• Fei Gu attempted to conceal them again, but Liu Yuan attacked and interrupted her array incantations.
• Xuan Jue identified the three as Tribulation Crossing stage ghost cultivators, and Liu Yuan urged the group to capture them while accusing them of plotting to set the human and Demon Race cultivators against one another.

Liu Yuan and Kong Yue recognized the revealed ghost cultivators as a threat and joined Ye Tianling’s group in attacking them. Fei Gu sent Lou Cang and Yin Luo to hold off the attackers while she prepared to activate the formation, still troubled by someone else taking control of it.

• Liu Yuan concluded that the ghost cultivators had been hiding in the Sinful Dao and charged toward Fei Gu and the others.
• Kong Yue agreed that the ghost cultivators posed a danger and rushed to attack them alongside Liu Yuan.
• Ye Tianling and the other Heavenly Capital cultivators reasoned that the ghost cultivators had been secretly waiting to benefit from a fight, then followed Venerable Tianyu’s decision to attack them.
• Fei Gu ordered Lou Cang and Yin Luo to block the human cultivators and demons while she activated the formation.
• Fei Gu unleashed a blood mist that made her body appear half-real, and Yin Luo and Lou Cang reluctantly engaged the attackers.

Su Shi'er and Su Taiping arrived at the Ghostly Qi Barrier, and Su Shi'er used the Judge's Seal to stir the Ghostly Qi behind it. Kong Yue, Xuan Jue, Ye Tianling, and the others recognized Su Shi'er and turned their attention toward him as the confrontation shifted.

• Fei Gu continued operating the formation while wondering who had secretly disrupted her plans.
• Su Shi'er and Su Taiping reached the Ghostly Qi Barrier and prepared to flee into Exotic Space if danger arose.
• Su Shi'er infused the Judge's Seal with Ghostly Qi, causing power to gather behind the barrier.
• Kong Yue recognized Su Shi'er as the one stirring up trouble and began preparing an attack.
• Xuan Jue also turned toward Su Shi'er and hurried to attack, hoping his spell might leave him a chance to survive.
• Ye Tianling and the others identified Su Shi'er and Su Taiping, while Ye Tianling secretly gathered a spell.

Venerable Tianyu and the other Tribulation Crossing stage beings rushed toward Su Shi'er after recognizing his great treasure, while Fei Gu and the Ghost Cultivators focused on the Judge’s Seal he carried. Su Taiping shielded Su Shi'er from their overwhelming pressure as the powerful cultivators closed in.

• Venerable Tianyu urged Ye Tianling and the others to pursue Su Shi'er, and they abandoned their attacks on the Ghost Cultivators to follow him.
• Lou Cang and Yin Luo recognized the Judge’s Seal in Su Shi'er's possession, and Fei Gu stopped forming seals to pursue him.
• Fei Gu warned Lou Cang and Yin Luo that the Judge’s Seal could link the seals inside and outside the Ghostly Qi Barrier, allowing Su Shi'er to enter the cave mansion.
• The Tribulation Crossing stage beings sent waves of pressure toward Su Shi'er and Su Taiping as they moved to attack.
• Su Taiping used his Natal Flying Sword to cast “Dao Transformation Yin Yang, Qi Charges Taihe!” and formed a trembling Taiji to shield Su Shi'er.

Su Shi'er used the Judge's Seal to open the Ghostly Qi Barrier, and he and Su Taiping escaped inside as their attackers' strikes hit the barrier. The gathered factions debated how to breach it and capture Su Shi'er, while Fei Gu questioned how quickly he had activated the seal.

• Su Shi'er opened a breach in the Ghostly Qi Barrier with the Judge's Seal and urged Su Taiping to follow him inside.
• Su Taiping recalled his Flying Sword, and the two entered the barrier just before it sealed; the attackers' techniques struck it without effect.
• Kong Yue and Xuanjue discussed waiting for Su Shi'er to emerge, while worrying that he might escape with the cave mansion's treasures.
• Venerable Tianyu told Ye Tianling and the others that the resources he sought could be recovered after they captured Su Shi'er.
• Fei Gu questioned Lou Cang and Yin Luo about Su Shi'er's Cultivation Method and how he had activated the Judge's Seal so quickly.

Fei Gu and the other ghost cultivators escaped into hiding while the Demon Race and Heavenly Capital joined forces to attack the Ghostly Qi Barrier. Inside the Ghost Cultivator's Cave Mansion, Su Shi'er thanked Su Taiping for his help and asked why he had spent centuries hunting ghost cultivators.

• Fei Gu concealed himself, Lou Cang, and Yin Luo with a formation before the Demon Race and Heavenly Capital could strike them.
• Kong Yue and Venerable Tianyu agreed to cooperate in breaking the Ghostly Qi Barrier, while the ghost cultivators remained hidden.
• The Demon Race's Great Demons and Heavenly Capital's four cultivators repeatedly attacked the barrier, stirring the Ghostly Qi and causing faint signs of strain.
• Su Shi'er and Su Taiping carefully proceeded deeper into the cave mansion, wary of dangers within the former Tribulation Crossing stage ghost cultivator's domain.
• Su Shi'er thanked Su Taiping for guiding him and asked whether he had a deep blood feud with the ghost cultivators he had hunted for centuries.

Su Shi'er and Su Taiping explored a Tribulation Crossing ghost cultivator’s cave mansion, discovering signs that many beings had died there across different eras. They reached a field of rare soul-restoring Spiritual Plants, including a ninth-grade Soul Returning Orchid.

• Su Taiping warned Su Shi'er that the aura in the cave mansion felt wrong, and Su Shi'er used Wan Jianyi's Illuminating World Lamp to reveal dried bloodstains and lingering images of dead intruders.
• Su Shi'er and Su Taiping realized the deaths had occurred at different times and questioned why news of the long-dead ghost cultivator's cave mansion had leaked out.
• The two agreed to proceed cautiously while searching for resources to repair Su Shi'er's soul.
• As they traveled deeper, they passed increasingly dense bloodstains and skeletons that crumbled into dust.
• Su Shi'er and Su Taiping reached Spiritual Fields filled with dark-red plants, and Su Taiping identified the Nine Yin Soul Condensing Lotus, Mysterious Yin Soul Gathering Grass, and ninth-grade Soul Returning Orchid.

Su Shi'er and Su Taiping examined Spiritual Fields filled with soul-related plants, but the Soul Returning Orchids nearly ensnared Su Taiping. After Su Shi'er saved him, they considered how to safely collect the plants and left off weighing whether to use the Illuminating World Lamp.

• Su Shi'er and Su Taiping surveyed the Spiritual Fields and identified their rare plants, including three Soul Returning Orchids that tempted them with soul fragments and murmuring calls.
• Su Taiping began walking toward the Soul Returning Orchids, but Su Shi'er used a calming chant to restore both of their senses.
• Su Taiping thanked Su Shi'er and explained that his weak soul made him vulnerable, then asked to share any soul-strengthening method they found.
• Su Shi'er agreed to share any discoveries, and the two recognized that the Spiritual Fields' arrangement and aura concealed dangers that could destroy the plants if mishandled.
• Su Taiping suggested using Su Shi'er's Illuminating World Lamp to absorb and transform the Ghostly Qi, while Su Shi'er worried that the borrowed treasure might be damaged.

Su Shi'er used the Sì Beast to absorb Ghostly Qi from the Spiritual Fields, revealing hostile remnant souls hidden among the plants. He destroyed the souls with his treasure umbrella while Su Taiping studied the Spiritual Fields’ array, which did not activate.

• Su Shi'er summoned the Nine Heavens Exquisite Pagoda and brought out the Sì Beast to handle the Ghostly Qi.
• The Sì Beast absorbed the Ghostly Qi and released Spiritual Qi across the Spiritual Fields, causing the plants to wilt and exposing countless remnant souls.
• Su Taiping explained that the remnant souls could attack living beings’ souls and hide within the Ghostly Qi.
• Su Shi'er summoned a Half-Immortal Artifact treasure umbrella and destroyed the remnant souls with fire arrows.
• Su Taiping examined the array-like layout of the Spiritual Fields and saw that Su Shi'er's attacks had not triggered it.

Su Shi'er cleared the remnant souls from the Spiritual Fields and used the Nine Heavens Exquisite Pagoda to pull the fields and their plants into his Small World. After the Ghostly Qi beneath them receded, he stared solemnly at the empty depression, prompting Su Taiping to ask what troubled him.

• Su Shi'er's flames destroyed the remnant souls in the Spiritual Fields, leaving the area filled mostly with Spiritual Qi.
• Su Taiping warned that an inactive formation might still activate if they approached the fields.
• Su Shi'er decided to uproot the Spiritual Fields and draw them into the Nine Heavens Exquisite Pagoda's Small World.
• Su Shi'er used Taichu, Taishi, and Taisu to sever the fields from the ground, then forced them past the Ghostly Qi and into his Small World.
• The Ghostly Qi receded after the fields vanished, and Su Shi'er looked solemn as Su Taiping asked why he seemed troubled.

Su Shi'er and Su Taiping realized the Ghost Cultivator's Cave Mansion might conceal a living presence that was gathering power, but they continued deeper to seek the Tribulation Crossing stage ghost cultivator's Cultivation Methods and Secret Techniques. Behind them, a Ghostly Qi face revealed its plans as the two discovered remains of powerful cultivators throughout the cave mansion.

• Su Shi'er told Su Taiping that collecting the Spiritual Field had drained his True Yuan into the Ghostly Qi underground, suggesting a hidden presence was accumulating power from the dead and their resources.
• Su Shi'er decided they should avoid investigating the possible presence and instead find the ghost cultivator's Cultivation Methods and Secret Techniques before leaving.
• After Su Shi'er and Su Taiping departed, Ghostly Qi formed a face that lamented the loss of its Spiritual Plants and resolved to gather power before outsiders breached the Ghost Qi Barrier.
• Su Shi'er and Su Taiping continued deeper through the cave mansion and saw countless remains, including bones infused with Ghostly Qi that indicated some of the dead had been Body Integration Realm cultivators or Tribulation Crossing stage magnates.
• Su Shi'er and Su Taiping kept going despite their concerns, knowing that leaving could bring them into conflict with the ten Tribulation Crossing stage beings guarding the barrier.