Chapter Summaries

The King of Reincarnation gave up on completing his Divine Sacrifice and distributed his accumulated offerings among the kings who had defended the Nine Provinces. He recognized Sister Hong as a descendant of the Li family, gave her rare offerings, and ended the gathering.

• The King of Reincarnation gave Jiang Chen a Divine Sacrifice item and said he would leave the future to the young.
• He gave two Divine Sacrifice items to the old Celestial Master of Zhengyi Dao and the Mount Tai King, then distributed more offerings to Uncle Wei, the King of Equality, and the other kings who had defended the Nine Provinces.
• The King of Reincarnation asked Yuan Tiansuan whether Sister Hong descended from the Li family, and Yuan Tiansuan confirmed it.
• The King of Reincarnation and Yuan Tiansuan gave Sister Hong their remaining High-Grade Sacrificial Offerings and told her where to seek help if she faced danger.
• The King of Reincarnation told the kings they could disperse, bringing the gathering to an end.

King Chujiang assigned the Nine Provinces’ forces to strike the Dark Alliance and Hospital Ward while Mount Tai King and other kings prepared to enter the Ghost Prison. After Uncle Wei found only a fabricated account of Jiang Chen’s past, Jiang Chen grew more troubled about Old Zhang’s identity and why he had saved him.

• King Chujiang called for volunteers to destroy Dark Alliance branches and the Hospital Ward, while Mount Tai King agreed to lead a team into the Ghost Prison after entering the ninth step.
• The old Celestial Master of Zhengyi Dao announced that he would guard the Nine Provinces and enter the ninth step before sunrise, and the King of the Metropolis and the Treasure-Gathering Daoist joined the Ghost Prison expedition.
• Jiang Chen asked Uncle Wei to investigate his identity, but even Uncle Wei’s King-Level clearance revealed only a record claiming Jiang Chen had been orphaned and adopted by a corpse carrier.
• Jiang Chen recalled that Old Zhang had raised him and suspected he might be tied to the Netherworld or Dao Alliance, but Old Zhang had not appeared at the gathering.
• Uncle Wei showed Jiang Chen images of the current and previous Yama Kings, but neither resembled Old Zhang, leaving Jiang Chen wondering why Old Zhang had saved him and whether he could explain Jiang Chen’s transmigration and system.

After seeing off his companions, Jiang Chen learned Sister Hong wanted to grow stronger and decided to give the Gu family a top-tier Grand Sacrifice. Tie Zhu agreed to help arrange it, leaving Sister Hong embarrassed by his teasing.

• Jiang Chen enhanced sacrificial offerings and gave them to Su Ling and the others before they left the Fengdu Forbidden Domain.
• After seeing everyone else off in Jiangbei, Jiang Chen asked Sister Hong whether she wanted the Gu family to stay ordinary or pursue greater power, and she chose to become stronger.
• Sister Hong gave Jiang Chen all her sacrificial offerings, and he enhanced them into nine high-grade offerings and one divine sacrifice item for the Gu family’s Grand Sacrifice.
• Jiang Chen asked Tie Zhu how to perform a Grand Sacrifice, and Tie Zhu stopped pretending to cry when Jiang Chen threatened him with the Yin God Hammer.
• Tie Zhu said he knew the method and offered to arrange a Divine Sacrifice, then asked to share some of Sister Hong’s good fortune, making her blush.

Jiang Chen returned to Jade Garden Residential Complex, where the Gu family began a Grand Sacrifice, then went to Mubian Town to visit Old Zhang’s grave. He discovered that the body in the coffin was a fake and wondered what secrets Old Zhang was hiding.

• The Gu family welcomed Jiang Chen, and Sister Hong gathered those who had entered the Unusual Person World to hear about their new responsibility to the Nine Provinces.
• Jiang Chen had Tie Zhu perform a Grand Sacrifice at Jade Garden Residential Complex while the flood dragon concealed the gathering’s aura.
• Jiang Chen traveled to Mubian Town and revisited the places where he had spent time with Old Zhang as a child.
• Jiang Chen found Old Zhang’s grave and saw that the remains in the coffin looked genuine, but his intuition told him the corpse was fake.
• Jiang Chen speculated that Old Zhang was hiding from powerful forces and reflected on the mysteries surrounding Old Zhang, Po Jun, the Reincarnators, and the Restricted Zone.

Jiang Chen drew four Five-Star Monster Transformation Cards and a Six-Star Bull Demon King, then decided not to wait for the other Kings and set out for the Ghost Prison with Tie Zhu. He left Uncle Wei watching the Gu Family’s Grand Sacrifice as he began the journey alone.

• Jiang Chen stopped in the mountains, drew four Five-Star Cards, and considered the abilities of Great Sage Who Moves Mountains, Six-Eared Macaque, Jing River Dragon King, and Sun Wukong.
• Jiang Chen spent ten million Ghost Qi on a Six-Star draw and witnessed Bull Demon King battling a spreading fire before receiving the card.
• Jiang Chen judged Bull Demon King a powerful trump card but lamented that the draws had consumed most of his Ghost Qi.
• Jiang Chen learned from Uncle Wei that the Kings would travel to the Ghost Prison by Netherworld Special Plane and asked him to watch the Gu Family’s Grand Sacrifice.
• Jiang Chen returned to Jade Garden Residential Complex, took Tie Zhu, and set out for the Ghost Prison without waiting for the Kings.

Jiang Chen researched the foreign organizations that drew power from Restricted Zones, then spotted a Puppeteer drifting across the sea atop a pile of corpses. The Puppeteer fled after sensing Jiang Chen and Tie Zhu, leaving Jiang Chen with a chance to pursue the old enemy.

• Jiang Chen rode Tie Zhu across the sea and scolded the flood dragon for mistaking his words about carrying a father for a son.
• Jiang Chen used the Underworld App to learn that the Gods Organization, the Church, and the Saints gained power through dangerous ties to ghosts and Ghost Artifacts.
• Jiang Chen reflected that the organizations' methods did not alone determine whether they were good or evil, and decided he could still rob them without guilt.
• Tie Zhu spotted hundreds of fresh corpses floating at sea, and Jiang Chen recognized the scarred man atop them as a Puppeteer.
• The Puppeteer sensed Jiang Chen and Tie Zhu's powerful auras and fled.

Jiang Chen and Tie Zhu pursued Liang Shiliu to Puppet Island, where the Puppeteer lineage’s defenders prepared to fight them. The chapter ended with Liang Shiliu boasting that five Half-Kings would defeat the two intruders.

• Jiang Chen taught Tie Zhu to exhaust their prey through pursuit, and Tie Zhu used water arrows to wound Liang Shiliu.
• Jiang Chen warned Tie Zhu not to guess his wishes, then said they would kill any Eight-Step King they encountered.
• Liang Shiliu lured Jiang Chen and Tie Zhu through the fog to Puppet Island, the Puppeteer lineage’s headquarters.
• The island’s master and two martial uncles appeared with powerful corpse puppets, bringing their force to five Half-Kings’ worth of combat power.
• Jiang Chen claimed they were allies and showed his Dark Alliance Blood Talisman, but the Puppeteers recognized it as a mark earned by killing their members.
• Liang Shiliu rallied the island’s onlookers and declared that five Half-Kings would defeat Jiang Chen and Tie Zhu.

Jiang Chen overwhelmed the Puppeteers and the people on Puppet Island by summoning fifteen Half-Kings, then recognized Liang Si in the crowd. Liang Si's family mistook Jiang Chen's mention of their past encounters for friendship, though Liang Si knew they were deadly enemies.

• Jiang Chen revealed a Half-King puppet, then summoned more allies until his side matched the Puppeteers' numbers.
• Jiang Chen brought out enough Half-Kings to raise his total to fifteen, terrifying the island's Unusual People.
• The old Puppeteer blamed Liang Shiliu for bringing Jiang Chen to Puppet Island, severed one of his arms, and his master struck him down.
• Jiang Chen paused to let the crowd's fear produce Ghost Qi, then spotted Liang Si and recalled their past encounters.
• The Puppeteers asked Liang Si whether he was friends with Jiang Chen, while Liang Si silently remembered that they were deadly enemies.

Jiang Chen faced the Puppeteer Half-Kings and their awakened King-Level puppet, Ronnie, while pretending to be overwhelmed. He revealed the name he was once known by as the Wan Chai Gun God, and Ronnie exploded as a mysterious ancient figure appeared behind him.

• Jiang Chen ordered Quasi-King Mist Ghost and three Dark Alliance Half-Kings to attack the Puppeteer leader, who revealed the corpse-filled pool beneath a collapsed hotel.
• The Puppeteer Half-Kings sacrificed their own blood to awaken Ronnie, a King-Level puppet from the Gods Organization.
• Ronnie slaughtered Jiang Chen’s summoned Half-Kings while Jiang Chen acted desperate, and Tie Zhu fled while urging his father to stop pretending.
• After Ronnie advanced on him, Jiang Chen called himself the Wan Chai Gun God and mimed firing a gun.
• Ronnie exploded, and a mysterious ancient figure emerged behind Jiang Chen.

Jiang Chen and his puppets slaughtered the Puppeteer Lineage and Dark Alliance members on the resort island, killing King Ronnie and the Half-Kings. He recorded the island’s coordinates and declared his grudge with Liang Si settled, leaving the ruins to become a possible Ghost Domain.

• Jiang Chen’s River Earl repeatedly killed Ronnie, then trapped him and battered him to death with the Yin God Hammer.
• Jiang Chen deliberately misfired at the Puppeteers and Dark Alliance members while mocking them, drawing Ghost Qi from their anger.
• The three Half-King Puppeteers fled, but Tie Zhu killed one, and Jiang Chen killed another with lightning when it attacked him at close range.
• The massacre left no Unusual Person alive on the resort island, which Jiang Chen expected might become a Ghost Domain.
• Jiang Chen recorded the island’s coordinates and said his grudge with Liang Si was settled.

Jiang Chen and Tie Zhu harassed Dark Alliance branches at sea, striking quickly before escaping and collecting Ghost Qi. After destroying several branches, they sensed pursuers behind them and fled onward.

• Jiang Chen changed course and searched the sea for troubled Unusual People and Dark Alliance branches.
• Jiang Chen attacked a branch with Blackwater Dragon Spears, then retreated when Blood Shadow appeared and struck back.
• Jiang Chen flooded and destroyed an underwater branch, overcoming its defenses with the River Earl and Ronnie before escaping.
• Jiang Chen raided four more branches, teaching Tie Zhu that an assassin should strike once and flee immediately.
• Jiang Chen sensed something pursuing them across the sea and urged Tie Zhu to swim faster, while Tie Zhu stayed silent about the homeless people behind them.

Jiang Chen arrived at a Mediterranean-style harbor town and encountered Tang Yi and three other powerful figures, including the alluring Fei Yaoyu and the threatening Xuanyi. The chapter ended with Xuanyi refusing Tang Yi’s request to spare Jiang Chen unless Fei Yaoyu asked him herself.

• Jiang Chen and Tie Zhu reached the harbor town and attracted attention as they walked through its streets.
• Jiang Chen noticed four East Asian people in a coffee shop, including a huge middle-aged man and Xuanyi, who warned him to get lost.
• Jiang Chen photographed Xuanyi and recorded his unprovoked provocation before entering the shop and recognizing Tang Yi.
• Jiang Chen ordered milk and chiffon cakes for Tie Zhu, then sat with Tang Yi and the others.
• Fei Yaoyu recognized that Jiang Chen was not a Reincarnator from their era, and Tang Yi asked Xuanyi to show him consideration.
• Xuanyi refused Tang Yi’s request and said he would do Fei Yaoyu a favor if she asked.

Jiang Chen provoked Xuanyi, the Hidden Kill Sect's top Xuan Rank assassin, while Tang Yi tried to protect him. Xuanyi withdrew after Tang Yi invoked the Reincarnators Pact, and Tang Yi explained the Hidden Kill Sect's origins and warned Jiang Chen of its power.

• Xuanyi threatened Tang Yi and Jiang Chen, while Tang Yi offered him a Mystery Sect secret art to spare Jiang Chen.
• Jiang Chen photographed Xuanyi and tried to inspect his face and tongue, provoking the assassin's killing aura.
• Tang Yi neutralized Xuanyi's aura and hid the group from ordinary people, then invoked the Reincarnators Pact to stop him from attacking.
• Xuanyi vanished and threatened that the Hidden Kill Sect would eventually kill Jiang Chen.
• Tang Yi introduced Zhou Tai as the Nine Provinces' last Mountain God, and he offered to help Jiang Chen return safely.
• Tang Yi explained that the Hidden Kill Sect united the ancient Killing Sect and Hidden Sect, and that its four branch assassins had entered reincarnation.

Tang Yi explained the ancient eras, the Hidden Kill Sect, and why the surviving sects sent disciples into reincarnation, warning Jiang Chen that this knowledge could draw danger. She promised to take him safely back to the Nine Provinces after finishing her business, and Jiang Chen asked whether it involved the Ghost Prison.

• Jiang Chen asked Tang Yi about the Dao Prosperity Era, the Hidden Kill Sect, and why Xuanyi had tested her and Fei Yaoyu.
• Tang Yi explained that a great war ended the Dao Prosperity Era, and the Yin God helped the Restricted Zone cut off the Nine Provinces' remaining Dao fortune.
• Tang Yi described the Hidden Kill Sect's powerful assassins, including Xuanyi, Earth One, and the mysterious Heaven Number One.
• Tang Yi said the Mystery Sect and Demon Sect had been depleted by the ancient war, while the Hidden Kill Sect had preserved its strength and sent nearly ten disciples into reincarnation.
• Tang Yi offered to take Jiang Chen safely back to the Nine Provinces after completing her business and warned that other Reincarnators might seek him out for what he knew.
• Jiang Chen asked Tang Yi whether her business involved the Ghost Prison and whether she was heading there.

Jiang Chen learned that Shenji was using the Ghost Prison Restricted Zone to lure Kings into a trap for their Sacrificial Offerings and corpses. He arrived with Tang Yi and the others to watch the powerful factions guard the entrance, while the Reincarnators prepared their scheme for that night.

• Tang Yi explained that the Ghost Prison Restricted Zone was guarded by powerful Kings and revealed Shenji’s reputation as a mysterious Reincarnator and successor to the Shenji Sect.
• Tang Yi told Jiang Chen that Shenji planned to trap and kill Kings inside the Restricted Zone, taking their Sacrificial Offerings and corpses for the Grand Sacrifice.
• Jiang Chen agreed to keep the Reincarnators’ plan secret and decided not to help the Three Official Organizations, which had ignored the Nine Provinces’ crisis.
• At dawn, Jiang Chen, Tang Yi, Fei Yaoyu, and Zhou Tai reached a mountain overlooking the guarded Ghost Prison entrance, where Jiang Chen concealed his aura with the Death Curse.
• Jiang Chen saw King You, the Puppeteer, and other Eight-Step Kings guarding the entrance, while Fei Yaoyu speculated that the factions might turn on each other after the Reincarnators’ trap was sprung.

Tang Yi led Jiang Chen, Fei Yaoyu, and Zhou Tai through a Guiding Array into Ghost Prison, while Jiang Chen distracted the Puppeteer sect master with photographs of Puppet Island’s destruction. The Reincarnators entered as the golden doors began closing, trapping the remaining Kings outside and leaving them to decide whether anyone would pursue the intruders.

• Tang Yi drew the Guiding Array as Zhou Tai concealed the group’s auras, and the four used it to reach Ghost Prison despite the Puppeteer sect master’s attempt to stop them.
• Jiang Chen offered the Puppeteer sect master photographs of Puppet Island’s destruction, distracting him while the array carried the group through the golden doors.
• The Reincarnators forced their way into Ghost Prison, and the golden doors began closing after their entry.
• Experts warned the Eight-Step Kings that changes to the Talisman Formation would keep the doors shut for at least a day, and the Kings failed to hold them open.
• The official organizations urged King You to enter after the intruders, but no King volunteered before the doors closed completely.
• The Eight-Step Kings threatened the researchers with death if they failed to reopen the doors before dark.

Jiang Chen and his companions entered the Ghost Prison Restricted Zone, where he attacked a group of masked Reincarnators and wounded one before they escaped. As the group explored the ruins in search of Sacrificial Offerings, Jiang Chen learned more about Reincarnators and their Guiding Array, while Tie Zhu offered to introduce him to a Reincarnator friend.

• Jiang Chen and his companions arrived in the Ghost Prison Restricted Zone and spotted three masked figures nearby.
• Jiang Chen attacked the masked trio with his ghost-covered hammer, and the swarm tore off one figure’s arm before all three escaped.
• Tang Yi stopped Jiang Chen from pursuing them and explained that the trio were powerful figures whose deaths could draw others into a fight.
• Tang Yi led the group through explored ruins and explained that they needed to seize Sacrificial Offerings from Weird Objects.
• Jiang Chen learned that Reincarnators knew special Guiding Arrays and came from different eras, while Tie Zhu offered to introduce him to a Reincarnator friend.

Jiang Chen and the three Reincarnators set a trap in a ruined temple, using Tang Yi’s control of an ancient formation to lure kings inside. King Wu Zuo Yi and another king entered to claim Sacrificial Offerings, and Tang Yi sealed the temple and unleashed its guardians against them.

• Jiang Chen warned Tie Zhu to keep his identity as its father secret, then struggled to stop Tie Zhu from attacking other Reincarnators they encountered.
• Tang Yi chose a ruined temple containing a demonic old monk and, with Zhou Tai’s concealment, restored and took control of its ancient formation.
• The group hid underground and waited until Fei Yaoyu’s shadow drew King Wu Zuo Yi and another king to the temple.
• Zuo Yi and the black-mist-shrouded king overwhelmed the old monk and entered the temple to seize its Sacrificial Offerings.
• Tang Yi activated the formation, sealed the temple with golden gates, and sent two Buddhist guardian warriors to attack all three kings.

Jiang Chen and the Reincarnators watched as the formation and Vajra Warriors overwhelmed Zuo Yi and the Black-Mist Elder, then Jiang Chen invoked King Wei Wu’s name to explain their deaths. Tang Yi accepted Jiang Chen’s order to torture the two Kings after he secretly gave her a High-Grade Sacrificial Offering.

• Zuo Yi and the Black-Mist Elder struggled against the two Vajra Warriors and the maddened old monk, while Tang Yi controlled the Restricting Formation.
• Four masked figures appeared outside the Temple and watched the trapped Kings, who could not break through the Golden-Light Portal.
• Jiang Chen told Zuo Yi that King Wei Wu had sent a message linking their deaths to their past attacks on Wei Wudi and the Nine Provinces.
• Zuo Yi accused the masked figures of revealing valuable intelligence to the Dark Alliance, while the Black-Mist Elder protested that he had not committed the alleged crimes.
• Jiang Chen ordered Tang Yi to torture the two Kings, and Tang Yi eagerly agreed after receiving a High-Grade Sacrificial Offering.

Tang Yi’s formation killed Zuo Yi, the old man in black mist, and the temple’s old monk, after which the group divided their Sacrificial Offerings. As they continued through the Ghost Prison Restricted Zone, Xuanyi ambushed Jiang Chen, who struck him down, but Xuanyi escaped death and began recovering in the distance.

• Tang Yi changed the formation, forcing Zuo Yi and the old man in black mist to mutilate themselves while the old monk smashed its own head against the golden gates.
• Tang Yi crushed the temple into rubble, and Zhou Tai gathered the remains and divided the group’s haul of more than twenty Sacrificial Offerings into four equal shares.
• Tang Yi warned Jiang Chen to avoid provoking powerful Reincarnators, while Jiang Chen secretly looked for a chance to leave the group.
• Xuanyi emerged from the void and attacked Jiang Chen with a Colorless Blade, but Jiang Chen evaded the strike and hit him with the Yin God Hammer.
• Tang Yi recognized Xuanyi’s Space Escape technique and warned the others that he was still alive and had to be stopped before he recovered.