Chapter Summaries

Chu Mo reflected on how to shape the scenery of his Dao Mansion and drew inspiration from the Eternal Night Sea. He completed the scenery generation stage by forming the Nether Capital around the divine mountain Tai, then emerged from seclusion with greater power to suppress ghosts.

• Chu Mo considered the meaning of the Netherworld-Passing Register and searched for scenery that suited his Dao Path.
• Chu Mo observed Di Yang catching ghosts in the Eternal Night Sea, then warned him that he would be leaving for a while.
• Chu Mo opened himself to his Dao Mansion, where land, cold light, hills, a settlement, and phantom ghost inhabitants began to form.
• Chu Mo named the mountain at the center of the Nether Capital Tai, and the scenery generation stage reached completion.
• Chu Mo awakened after more than two years in seclusion at foundation establishment late stage and noticed that his aura suppressed ghosts more strongly.

After reaching Foundation Establishment Late Stage, Chu Mo glimpsed the Eternal Night Sea’s dangerous true nature and kept its secrets to himself. Xuan Cheng sent him to prepare for exploration, and Chu Mo discovered that Clearlight’s secret vault was full of imitations before finding a talisman called Wondrous True Being.

• Chu Mo explored the Nether Capital within his Dao Mansion and saw that the Eternal Night Sea was a world with recommended entry levels reaching the Spirit Transformation Realm.
• Chu Mo resolved to keep the Eternal Night Sea’s secrets hidden and use his Mystic Womb Incarnation to scout it.
• Several days later, Xuan Cheng gave Chu Mo a Clearlight token and permission to choose two protective items from the secret vault, assigning Xuanji and Miao Xin to accompany him.
• Chu Mo inspected the vault’s treasures and found that the items he checked were stable imitations of famous artifacts.
• Chu Mo noticed an unremarkable talisman named [Divine Ability · Wondrous True Being].

Chu Mo selected the Azure Thunderclap Pearl and prepared to test the mystic embryo in the Eternal Night Sea, but visitors interrupted him. Xuanji, Miao Xin, and Ming He argued over who would accompany him into the Heavenly Register Otherworld before agreeing to meet in one month.

• Chu Mo took the Wondrous True Being Treasure Talisman and chose the Azure Thunderclap Pearl from the secret vault.
• Chu Mo prepared to send the mystic embryo into the Eternal Night Sea, but Xuanji, Miao Xin, and Ming He arrived at his Cave Abode.
• Xuanji and Miao Xin said they had come under True Lord Xuan Cheng's order to assist Chu Mo in exploring the Heavenly Register Otherworld, while Ming He invoked his prior agreement with Chu Mo.
• Xuanji and Miao Xin challenged Ming He's motives, and Miao Xin brought up his past conflict with Chu Mo.
• Chu Mo told the three to settle their dispute before discussing his possessions, and they calmed down and agreed to meet in one month.

Chu Mo entered the Eternal Night Sea through the Heavenly Register’s teleportation passage and escaped the urban legend Family and Friends. The Calling Voice then pursued him until a distant firelight appeared and the event ended.

• Chu Mo considered killing Xuanji and Miao Xin to obtain their law-refinement methods, then sent his mystic embryo into the Eternal Night Sea.
• Chu Mo arrived in an abandoned village and sensed a strong presence of yin qi while searching for Di Yang.
• Di Yang appeared, but Chu Mo’s panel warned him that the area event Family and Friends had begun, so he fled without engaging with the familiar faces that appeared along his path.
• After escaping Family and Friends, Chu Mo triggered the Calling Voice and fled as it repeatedly called his name and made him feel lighter.
• A point of firelight appeared in the darkness, and the Calling Voice event ended.

Chu Mo fled the Guide and suspected the Eternal Night Sea was reacting to his presence, then returned to Di Yang and rescued him from two vengeful ghosts. The chapter ended with Chu Mo reunited with Di Yang and relieved to encounter ordinary spirits again.

• Chu Mo escaped the Guide and wondered whether the Eternal Night Heavenly Dao or the world itself was targeting him.
• Chu Mo decided to seek Di Yang, whom the Heavenly Register had designated as an anchor, and changed course toward him.
• Di Yang battled two vengeful ghosts while trying to capture them alive, and one wounded him with a claw.
• Chu Mo appeared, froze both ghosts, absorbed them, and introduced himself to Di Yang as Youxuan.
• Di Yang recognized Chu Mo and bowed, while Chu Mo reflected that the area near Di Yang seemed finally normal.

Chu Mo sought a Foundation Establishment Pill for Di Yang and traded High Person Mingli an incomplete pill formula to secure his help. Mingli eagerly began refining the pill, while Chu Mo also hoped Mingli might complete the formula for his own benefit.

• Chu Mo reasoned that Di Yang’s rise to foundation establishment might extend the world’s tacit acceptance of him, and decided to avoid having Di Yang accept a Dao Register.
• Chu Mo visited High Person Mingli and asked him for a Foundation Establishment Pill.
• Chu Mo offered Mingli a Jade Slip containing an incomplete [Cold Blossom Heart-Nurturing Pill] formula in exchange for the pill.
• Mingli became fascinated by the formula and immediately ordered ingredients brought so he could refine a Foundation Establishment Pill.

Chu Mo obtained a Foundation Establishment Pill from Mingli and brought Ming He, Xuanji, and Miao Xin into the Eternal Night Sea, intending to use its dangers to probe their hidden abilities. The group arrived in Karma City, where Xuanji noticed that Chu Mo’s mystic embryo looked slightly different.

• Mingli refined a Foundation Establishment Pill for Chu Mo using an Lower Vehicle Foundation Establishment cultivator, then received Chu Mo’s prepared pill formula on a Jade Slip.
• Chu Mo decided to let the dangers of the Eternal Night Sea test Ming He, Xuanji, and Miao Xin, while keeping Di Yang’s existence hidden.
• Chu Mo took Di Yang to Karma City through his mystic womb incarnation and prepared to meet the three cultivators at the agreed time.
• Chu Mo transported Ming He, Xuanji, and Miao Xin to Karma City, where they deployed protective measures and assessed the world’s dense yin energy.
• Xuanji noticed that Chu Mo looked thinner, but Chu Mo changed the subject and the group’s attention shifted toward Ming He.

Chu Mo and his companions investigated Karma City, then split up to avoid drawing attention. Chu Mo obtained a pass to the Shadow Puppet Market, while Ming He seized control of the Radiant Spirit Gate.

• Ming He and the others captured local cultivators and searched their souls to learn about the Eternal Night Sea.
• Ming He proposed that the group split up, and Chu Mo gave Xuanji, Miao Xin, and Ming He communication talismans before sending Paper Dolls to shadow them.
• Chu Mo met Di Yang, who showed him a pass to the Shadow Puppet Market; Chu Mo decided they would visit it.
• Ming He entered the Radiant Spirit Gate, forced its leader to submit, and dismissed the sect’s cultivation method as a death-seeking crooked art.

Ming He investigated the Heavenly Water Goddess while Xuanji and Miao Xin searched Karma City for the rumored Oddity. After night fell, the goddess appeared in Blackwater County, and a mirror-born copy confronted Xuanji with his own divine ability.

• Ming He forced the Radiant Spirit Gate's master to reveal that the Heavenly Water Goddess had last appeared in Blackwater County and was said to drive witnesses to kill themselves.
• Xuanji and Miao Xin found only lingering ghosts in an abandoned residence, then split up to search for the Oddity.
• Chu Mo observed their movements through the Dao Mansion and welcomed their separation as night approached.
• Ming He saw a goddess statue appear in Blackwater County through his split soul, unaware that another statue had appeared behind him in the main hall.
• Xuanji's Bronze Mirror reflected and produced an identical copy of him, which matched his Profound Treasure Myriad Forms Divine Ability in a destructive clash.

Chu Mo watched Xuanji use the Six Heavens Law-Suppressing Treasure Talisman to seal a Mirror Person, then secretly arranged for another Ghost Mirror to appear before him. Xuanji fled from the new double, which headed toward Chu Mo's mystic embryo.

• Chu Mo recognized the Mirror Person as a Ghost Mirror that was gradually replacing Xuanji's existence.
• Xuanji used the Six Heavens Law-Suppressing Treasure Talisman to crush and seal the Mirror Person.
• Chu Mo ordered a Banner Spirit lurking in the western city to send another Ghost Mirror toward Xuanji.
• A Ferocious Ghost revealed a mirror, and a second Mirror Person emerged and began draining Xuanji's allotted fate.
• Xuanji feigned a buildup of power, then fled, while the Mirror Person flew toward Chu Mo's mystic embryo.

Chu Mo realized the Ghost Mirror was using Xuanji’s identity to replace him and watched the danger grow as the disciples faced urban legends across Karma City. At dawn, Chu Mo set out to find Xuanji and reclaim his true refinement method.

• The false Xuanji visited Chu Mo and left to find Miao Xin, while Chu Mo inferred that recognition of the impostor could hasten its replacement of the real Xuanji.
• True Xuanji discovered that his communication talismans had vanished and began doubting his own identity.
• Miao Xin and the false Xuanji encountered an old woman selling paper cuttings, and Miao Xin recognized another urban legend.
• At dawn, Chu Mo took the Azure Thunderclap Pearl and Wondrous True Being talisman and headed to find Senior Brother Xuanji.

Chu Mo killed True Xuanji, then exposed and helped defeat the Mirror Person impersonating him, obtaining the True Refinement Art: Bright Furnace Pure Fire. He proposed returning to the sect with Ming He and Miao Xin to report Xuanji’s death, but Miao Xin hesitated.

• Chu Mo used the Azure Thunderclap Pearl to kill True Xuanji, but the True Refinement art did not drop and Xuanji’s Storage Bag was empty.
• Ming He, Miao Xin, and a convincing fake Xuanji arrived, and Chu Mo accused the fake of being an impostor.
• Chu Mo showed them True Xuanji’s Returning Truth Cauldron and attacked the fake Xuanji with the Azure Thunderclap Pearl.
• Ming He and Miao Xin joined Chu Mo’s assault after noticing the fake’s cauldron was illusory, and they killed the Mirror Person.
• Chu Mo obtained the True Refinement Art: Bright Furnace Pure Fire and asked Ming He and Miao Xin to return to the sect with him.

In Fuli Heaven, Chu Mo used the newly acquired True Refinement Art to refine a fragment of the Ghost Mirror, transforming the Nether Capital’s phantom Ghostfolk and raising his cultivation to Level 23. He resolved to investigate the Ghost Mirror further and seek a way to capture an urban legend’s true body.

• Chu Mo inspected his gains, recognized that the Ghost Mirror fragment suited his Dao Path, and decided to test it with the True Refinement Art.
• Chu Mo kindled Bright Furnace Pure Fire within his Dao Mansion and released the Ghost Mirror fragment from the Six Heavens Law-Suppressing Treasure Talisman into the flame.
• Chu Mo refined the fragment until its purified essence scattered through the Nether Capital, making the Ghostfolk clearer and more spiritually tangible.
• Chu Mo gained two levels and sensed that his Nether Capital Inner Landscape had become more complete.
• Chu Mo wondered whether the Mirror Person was a derivative of the Ghost Mirror and identified the Shadow Puppet Market and Heart-Examining Abbey as sources of information.
• Chu Mo decided he needed a method to capture or imprison an urban legend’s true body.

Chu Mo gave Di Yang a Foundation Establishment Pill, and Di Yang successfully broke through, easing the Eternal Night Sea’s hostility toward Chu Mo. With his true body now able to enter the sea safely, Chu Mo prepared to visit the Ghost-Shadow Market with Di Yang.

• Chu Mo gave Di Yang a Foundation Establishment Pill and guided him through his breakthrough.
• After three days, Di Yang reached foundation establishment, and Chu Mo sensed the malice from heaven and earth disappear.
• Chu Mo tested the wilderness outside Karma City and found that the Eternal Night Sea no longer targeted him as an illegal entrant.
• Chu Mo brought his true body into the Eternal Night Sea and reunited it with his Mystic Embryo.
• Chu Mo took out the black Talisman Token and invited Di Yang to visit the Ghost-Shadow Market.

Chu Mo and Di Yang used a Talisman Token to enter the Shadow Puppet Market through the Nether Road, an Urban Legend that Chu Mo cautiously decided to cross. They arrived at a bustling market and headed for the Hundred Affairs Tower to seek information.

• Di Yang activated the Talisman Token, revealing a mist-covered Nether Road, and warned Chu Mo they had to leave the Ghost Market before sunrise.
• Chu Mo discovered that stepping onto the Nether Road triggered an Area Event, but trusted the panel's description and continued along it with Di Yang.
• Chu Mo and Di Yang reached the Twenty-Third Ghost Market, which the panel identified as a dungeon with a recommended challenge level of 30.
• A Shadow Puppet Receptionist welcomed them, explained the market's three rules, and pointed them toward the Hundred Affairs Tower for information.
• Chu Mo told Di Yang they would investigate the Hundred Affairs Tower first, and Di Yang agreed.

Chu Mo bought information about the Ghost Mirror and two incomplete reflected entities in the Ghost Market. Learning that the Ghost Mirror could combine with other urban legends to form [Multitude], he considered seeking out the Heart-Examining Abbey.

• Chu Mo and Di Yang visited the Hundred Affairs Tower, where a Shadow Puppet Deacon explained that the Ghost Mirror inhabited reflections and that its Mirror Persons were only shadows of its true body.
• The Shadow Puppet Deacon said that creating [Multitude] required a special item, such as an unrecorded urban legend or the buyer's own shadow, and that a shadow could also make the Ghost Mirror's true body appear.
• Chu Mo declined to trade his shadow and purchased two incomplete reflected entities for four vengeful ghosts.
• After leaving the tower, Chu Mo reasoned that [Multitude] might let him obtain a divine ability combining multiple laws and thought about visiting the Heart-Examining Abbey.
• Chu Mo invited Di Yang to look around the Ghost Market for anything else they needed.

Chu Mo followed Di Yang through the Ghost Market, where Di Yang found a Recording Stone that strengthened his foundation. The market master, Shadow Daoist, chose Di Yang as a potential disciple and sent Chu Mo out of the market, leaving him stranded on the Nether Road.

• Chu Mo let Di Yang follow his instincts through the Ghost Market until Di Yang stopped at a stall and sensed something special about a black stone.
• The stallkeeper demanded sixty first-tier souls for the Recording Stone, but Chu Mo subdued him with his divine thought and let Di Yang take it for free.
• The stone released a streak of light into Di Yang, strengthening his foundation, and Chu Mo identified it as a Recording Stone containing a trace of the urban legend "Calling Voice."
• Shadow Daoist appeared, examined Di Yang, and asked him to become his disciple and inherit his mantle.
• Shadow Daoist sent Chu Mo out of the Ghost Market, then took Di Yang to his residence to consider the offer, leaving Chu Mo on the Nether Road.

After Di Yang was detained by the Shadow Daoist, Chu Mo refined two Ghost Mirror derivatives and gained a level, then searched the Scripture Repository for a way to capture an Urban Legend. Blocked from the upper floors until he reached Golden Core, he heard about a Golden Vault for sale and devised a plan to use it with the Mystic Embryo.

• Chu Mo confirmed that Di Yang was safe in the Shadow Puppet Market, then returned from the Nether Road to Karma City.
• Chu Mo refined two Ghost Mirror derivatives with the Bright Furnace Pure Fire, raising his level to 24 and advancing the Ghostfolk in his Nether Capital Inner Landscape.
• Chu Mo left the Mystic Embryo in Karma City as a coordinate and traveled to Fuli Heaven to search the Scripture Repository for a way to capture an Urban Legend.
• Chu Mo discovered that access to texts about Urban Legends required Golden Core status, leaving him unable to find the method he needed.
• Chu Mo overheard disciples discussing the Upper Mound Commerce Association's planned sale of a Golden Vault and considered using the Mystic Embryo and Golden Vault Transfer technique to create a portable Golden Core combatant.

Chu Mo visited the Upper Mound Commerce Association to investigate buying a Golden Vault, hoping to gain a way to expose the hidden urban legends in the Eternal Night Sea. He found a vault with the ideal divine ability but balked at its enormous price and left wondering whether its appearance was part of a scheme.

• Chu Mo decided the Mystic Embryo could enter the Eternal Night Sea without the usual cultivation restriction, then headed to the Upper Mound Commerce Association to inspect its Golden Vaults.
• A blue-robed deacon told Chu Mo that the association planned to sell a Golden Vault, and Hong Xuan took over the conversation and invited him to a side room.
• Hong Xuan showed Chu Mo a vault priced at five hundred thousand Dharma Coins, whose [Zhao Ming Xian Zhen] divine ability could reveal concealed things and expose falsehoods.
• Chu Mo recognized that the divine ability could help him locate the urban legends in the Eternal Night Sea, but suspected the vault might have appeared too conveniently to be a coincidence.
• Chu Mo refused Hong Xuan's loan offer, said the vault was beyond his means, and left the association still questioning whether he was overthinking the situation.

Chu Mo found True Person Crimson Sun’s golden vault and entered it by disguising his aura, hoping to claim its power. Inside, he discovered Yuan Bai trapped in a struggle against Feng Yan, whose soul was trying to possess him.

• Chu Mo abandoned the idea of borrowing from Upper Mound and decided to seek the ownerless golden vault instead.
• Chu Mo located the valley from Yuan Bai’s old description and broke the formation concealing the vault’s entrance.
• Chu Mo used the Golden Vault Possession Method to mimic True Person Crimson Sun’s aura and enter the vault.
• Chu Mo searched the vault for its core while Yuan Bai struggled against Feng Yan, whose soul had invaded him through a damaged seal.
• Yuan Bai saw Chu Mo enter the hall and exclaimed, “Junior Brother Youxuan?”