Chapter Summaries

Xiao Liang fought Ghost-Hand Scholar, whose ghost hands and Black Blood Sword pressured him despite his powerful yang spiritual energy. Xiao Liang unleashed the golden flames stored in a fiery red pearl, destroying the scholar’s weapons and leaving him badly injured.

• Xiao Liang blocked Ghost-Hand Scholar’s first ghost hand with his Heavenly Yang Demon-Subduing Hand.
• Xiao Liang countered the ghost hand’s attacks, burning away its black mist with the Golden Crow Sun-Refining Divine Art.
• Ghost-Hand Scholar revealed a second ghost hand and wounded Xiao Liang, but Xiao Liang burned away the poison.
• Ghost-Hand Scholar sent his Black Blood Sword at Xiao Liang while Qin Long warned him about the magic artifact.
• Xiao Liang blew on a fiery red pearl, releasing a golden flame dragon that swallowed both ghost hands and the sword, severing Ghost-Hand Scholar’s connection to them and making him spit blood.

Xiao Liang and Qin Long killed the middle-aged scholar guarding the Grand General’s Manor, then pressed deeper into the seemingly deserted grounds. They discovered the inner courtyard was blanketed in blood mist and prepared to face the enemy hidden within.

• Qin Long killed the wounded middle-aged scholar with his own Black Blood Sword after Xiao Liang destroyed his ghost hands and magical artifact.
• Xiao Liang healed Qin Long’s burned hand, and Qin Long explained that she had used the scholar’s sword because her Four Symbols Swordsmanship move required time to build momentum.
• Xiao Liang, Qin Long, and Pandora searched the empty manor and concluded that Yan Wuxu was likely still inside.
• Pandora broke through the inner courtyard wall, where Xiao Liang and Qin Long found pale red mist made from warm blood.
• Qin Long resolved to enter the blood mist, believing her greatest enemy was hidden within it.

Xiao Liang, Qin Long, and Pandora fought through a swarm of female Cha Ghosts in the Grand General's Manor. After the Hundred Tribulations Daoist freed Xiao Liang from an illusion and advised him to use Sun True Fire, Xiao Liang cleared the corridor with the Fire Chi Pearl, but more ghosts gathered ahead.

• Xiao Liang woke the Hundred Tribulations Daoist, who sensed no immediate danger in the blood mist.
• Xiao Liang and Qin Long sensed a fast-moving presence in the garden, while Pandora encountered and destroyed a female ghost.
• More female Cha Ghosts appeared, and Pandora fought them as Xiao Liang and Qin Long defended themselves.
• A ghostly cry trapped Xiao Liang in an illusion where Qin Long appeared to attack him, but the Hundred Tribulations Daoist broke the illusion and warned him to use Sun True Fire.
• Xiao Liang used the Fire Chi Pearl to unleash Sun True Fire and destroy the ghosts, but more Cha Ghosts gathered beyond the corridor bend.

Xiao Liang and Qin Long faced an endless wave of Cha Ghosts and learned they came from the demonic Spirit Artifact called the Charming Maiden Hundred Beauties Painting. Qin Long used her Mystic Sword Heavenly Note Body to cut through the ghosts and advanced toward the artifact’s hidden location.

• Xiao Liang asked why Qin Long had not been caught by the ghosts’ illusions, and Hundred Tribulations Daoist explained that her Mystic Sword Heavenly Note Body protected her from external evils.
• Hundred Tribulations Daoist identified the Cha Ghosts as creations of the Charming Maiden Hundred Beauties Painting, an extreme-grade demonic Spirit Artifact made through the brutal sacrifice and torment of a hundred souls.
• Hundred Tribulations Daoist sensed that the artifact’s true body lay in the depths of the corridor and explained that it could overwhelm Qi Refining cultivators by sending endless ghosts to wear them down.
• Qin Long stepped forward to confront the artifact, releasing her Formless Sword Tone as more than a hundred Cha Ghosts charged.
• Qin Long’s Formless Sword Tone scattered dozens of Cha Ghosts while Xiao Liang watched her display her true strength.

Qin Long fought through the Cha Ghosts and nearly destroyed the Charming Maiden Hundred Beauties Painting, but a lightning attack gave its owner time to escape. Yan Wuxu appeared as a dragon-headed monster, and the Golden Core old ghost identified him as a Half-Demon.

• Qin Long reached the courtyard and found hundreds of dead servants beneath the Charming Maiden Hundred Beauties Painting, which spawned Cha Ghosts to attack her.
• Qin Long used Azure Dragon Concealing the Pearl to break the painting’s blood-colored barrier, but a lightning sphere struck before she could destroy it.
• Qin Long redirected her sword strike to repel the lightning sphere, which exploded and reduced the courtyard to ruins; the painting vanished.
• Yan Wuxu emerged from the smoke holding the painting and caught Qin Long’s sword Qi with his scaled claw.
• The Golden Core old ghost recognized Yan Wuxu as a Half-Demon and warned Xiao Liang that his presence in the Yan Kingdom was deeply strange.

Xiao Liang and Qin Long fought Yan Wuxu, whose Half-Demon body and Charming Maiden Hundred Beauties Painting made him a formidable opponent. After enduring Qin Long’s Four Symbols Swordsmanship, Yan Wuxu consumed the damaged Spirit Artifact and began trying to break through to the Foundation Establishment Stage.

• Xiao Liang realized Yan Wuxu was a Half-Demon, and Yan Wuxu attacked him with lightning-charged speed.
• Qin Long blocked Yan Wuxu’s strike and wounded him with the Luoshui Sword, while the old ghost’s spiritual sense briefly disrupted him.
• Qin Long unleashed the Four Symbols Swordsmanship, sweeping away the Cha Ghosts and badly injuring Yan Wuxu.
• Yan Wuxu used the Charming Maiden Hundred Beauties Painting to shield himself, then bit into and swallowed the Spirit Artifact.
• Yan Wuxu drew in the courtyard’s spiritual energy and began attempting to break through to the Foundation Establishment Stage.

Xiao Liang used a barrage of modern weapons to interrupt Yan Wuxu’s attempted Foundation Establishment breakthrough, allowing Qin Long to kill him and complete her revenge. Xiao Liang, Qin Long, and Pandora left the ruined general’s residence together in the rain.

• Yan Wuxu tore off Pandora’s arm and wing while fighting Qin Long, but Pandora’s limbs began to regenerate.
• Xiao Liang assembled launchers and explosives, then bombarded Yan Wuxu until his breakthrough failed and his battle frenzy subsided.
• Xiao Liang fired his pistols at the wounded Yan Wuxu but left the final blow to Qin Long.
• Qin Long beheaded Yan Wuxu, and Pandora retrieved his advanced storage bag for Xiao Liang.
• Xiao Liang took Qin Long’s hand, and the three left the general’s residence together.

Xiao Liang and Qin Long spent their final day together in the Royal Capital before deciding to follow separate paths. Xiao Liang left for the Ten Thousand Demon Cavern, while Qin Long planned to travel the kingdoms and seek a cultivation sect.

• Xiao Liang and Qin Long left the Immortal Welcoming Inn and strolled through the bustling Royal Capital, where Xiao Liang beat away Qin Long's persistent admirers.
• At sunset on Purple Smoke Mountain, Xiao Liang asked Qin Long to return with him to the Ten Thousand Demon Cavern, but she declined because she would not join the sect that destroyed Heavenly Sun Mountain.
• Xiao Liang accepted Qin Long's choice and told her he wanted to continue exploring the cultivation path.
• Qin Long decided to travel through the kingdoms and perhaps join a cultivation sect, promising Xiao Liang they would meet again.
• Xiao Liang said farewell to Qin Long and left with Pandora, who carried him away on her bat wings.

After returning to the Ten Thousand Demon Cavern, Xiao Liang passed the hidden entrance and headed toward Little Ghost Hall to learn about the grand competition. On the way, Yan Xiaodie provoked Hua Song into attacking him with a Corpse-Binding Net, leaving Xiao Liang facing a lethal test.

• Xiao Liang returned to the Ten Thousand Demon Cavern and persuaded Law Enforcement disciple Qiu Ling to let him pass through the hidden entrance.
• Xiao Liang entered the sect through its teleporting protective formation and made his way toward Little Ghost Hall.
• Xiao Liang recognized Yan Xiaodie on the outer sect training ground, where she was cuddling with Hua Song.
• Yan Xiaodie drew Hua Song's attention to Xiao Liang, and Hua Song ordered him to serve as a sparring partner.
• Hua Song attacked Xiao Liang with a Corpse-Binding Net that could infect its victim with corpse poison.

Xiao Liang confronted Hua Song and Yan Xiaodie after Hua Song attacked him with a Corpse-Binding Net. He revealed his Sixth Layer of Qi Refining strength, defeated Hua Song before dozens of outer sect disciples, and left the training ground with his power on display.

• Xiao Liang evaded Hua Song's Corpse-Binding Net and recognized that Hua Song was only at the Fifth Level of Qi Refining.
• Hua Song and Yan Xiaodie learned that Xiao Liang had advanced cultivation techniques, and Yan Xiaodie urged Hua Song to seize them.
• Hua Song attacked Xiao Liang with the Corpse-Binding Net and Yin Demon Claw after Yan Xiaodie claimed Xiao Liang was no stronger than the Peak Third Level of Qi Refining.
• Xiao Liang caught the Corpse-Binding Net with the Heavenly Yang Demon-Subduing Hand and struck Hua Song with it, then broke several of Hua Song's fingers.
• Xiao Liang chased down Hua Song with Ghost Shadow Step and kicked him through three wooden training posts, defeating him in front of dozens of outer sect disciples.