Chapter Summaries

Jiang Chen confronted the Young Ba after it consumed part of the old Ba’s corpse and grew to a power approaching that of a Supreme Powerhouse. He used an ominous grave to drive it off, but the Young Ba escaped into the mist with the old Ba’s remains.

• Zhou Tai, Tang Yi, and Fei Yaoyu realized the Young Ba had grown powerful enough to threaten even Jiang Chen after swallowing the old Ba’s left hand.
• Jiang Chen greeted the Young Ba as his nephew and provoked it while concealing an old grave behind him.
• The Young Ba attacked, but it severed its own arm to evade the grave Jiang Chen hurled at it.
• Jiang Xiao Chen used the Six Paths Thunder Method to neutralize the Young Ba’s strike while the River Earl pursued it.
• The Young Ba retreated into the mist with the old Ba’s remains, and Jiang Chen let it escape.

Jiang Chen reunited with Tang Yi, Zhou Tai, and Fei Yaoyu in the Blood-Colored City Restricted Zone and shared accounts of their gains and exploits. He then opened an old grave and began devouring the Ominous Source inside, leaving the others stunned.

• Jiang Chen proved his identity to Tang Yi, while Fei Yaoyu, Zhou Tai, and Tie Zhu mistook their exchange for a romance and called him family.
• Tang Yi, Fei Yaoyu, and Zhou Tai described their recovered legacies and promised to help Jiang Chen after leaving the Restricted Zone.
• Jiang Chen recounted his unusual exploits in the Restricted Zone, including holding lectures for Evil Selves and waging war against Evil Sha.
• Jiang Chen opened the old grave he had used to smash Young Ba, and ominous black vapor poured out.
• Jiang Chen used the Yin God Hammer to smash and devour the Ominous Source while the River Earl absorbed the escaping aura, shocking Tang Yi, Fei Yaoyu, and Zhou Tai.

Jiang Chen followed clues left by King Wei Wu to a half-Red Blood Grave, where he found Uncle Wei impaled and gravely wounded. He freed Uncle Wei from the Stone Sculpture and sent him away, but remained beside the ominous grave.

• After Zhou Tai told Jiang Chen he had seen a smoked cigarette and lingering Yin Qi near a new grave, Jiang Chen searched for it while digging up graves along the way.
• Jiang Chen found Uncle Wei’s half-smoked cigarette and a half-burned Yellow Talisman inscribed with Ghostly Scrawl, then followed the traces across the Grave Region.
• Jiang Chen discovered Uncle Wei hanging from an ancient grave that was seeping blood, with his limbs severed and his eyes gouged out.
• Jiang Chen struck the grave with the Yin God Hammer, but it remained unharmed as the power of ill omen began winding toward him.
• After Uncle Wei urged him to flee, Jiang Chen pulled the Stone Sculpture from his heart, fed him Healing Pills, and tossed him away to escape.

Jiang Chen endured the half-step Red Grave’s corruption while his blood changed the grave into something resembling an ancient beast. Uncle Wei realized Jiang Chen might have cursed the grave, while Tie Zhu bragged about his father’s power.

• Uncle Wei regenerated from his injuries and tried to rush to Jiang Chen, but Tie Zhu stopped him and brought him close enough to see Jiang Chen impaled and aged by the grave.
• Jiang Chen ordered Tie Zhu, the evil self, and Uncle Wei to stay back, then admitted he had told Tie Zhu it would inherit everything if he died.
• Jiang Chen asked Number Two to make Tie Zhu cry, and the evil self pinned Tie Zhu down and beat it while Uncle Wei repaired himself nearby.
• As Jiang Chen’s blood flowed into the grave, strange roars sounded from within and bristling animal hair grew across its mound.
• Uncle Wei recognized the transformation as resembling the effects of ancient Gods’ curses and wondered if Jiang Chen had cursed the grave.

Jiang Chen drained the Half-Red Grave, reached the Sixth Step of the King Realm, and destroyed both the grave and the bizarre creature tied to it. Uncle Wei revealed that the grave belonged to the Founding Patriarch of the Ghost Cultivation Lineage.

• Jiang Chen recovered his vitality by absorbing the power the Half-Red Grave had drained from him, reaching the Sixth Step of the King Realm.
• Jiang Chen used the Stone Sculpture to shatter the grave, while the Yin God Hammer absorbed the remaining ominous power.
• Jiang Chen ordered the Evil Self to hurl the Stone Sculpture at the creature fleeing through the mist, killing it.
• Jiang Chen dug through the grave and found three strange, vital treasures and a yellowed notebook.
• Uncle Wei revealed that the person buried in the grave was the Founding Patriarch of the Ghost Cultivation Lineage.

Jiang Chen and the others learned that Blood Rakshasa and Ghost God Judge were legendary figures from the Dao Decline Era, with Ghost God Judge vastly surpassing Blood Rakshasa. Tie Zhu revealed that Ghost God Judge survived the era’s fall and might still be alive, leaving Uncle Wei shaken by the possibility.

• Jiang Chen asked whether the figure who founded Ghost Cultivation had also founded the Netherworld, and Uncle Wei explained that Blood Rakshasa and Ghost God Judge were two legendary figures from the early Dao Decline Era.
• Tie Zhu corrected Uncle Wei, saying the two were not equals and that they belonged to a group of godlike figures who could kill the era’s highest existences.
• Tie Zhu recounted how Blood Rakshasa killed the Master of the Formation Gate after trying to take Little Stone Pillar, but other members of his group intervened and stopped him from claiming it.
• Tie Zhu said Ghost God Judge was the youngest son of the North Yin Feng Lord and had outmatched Blood Rakshasa in background, wisdom, and strength.
• Tie Zhu revealed that Ghost God Judge had schemed against members of his group, disappeared, then returned after the Dao Decline Era to found an early predecessor of the Netherworld.
• Uncle Wei realized Ghost God Judge had survived the fall of the Dao Decline Era and might have lived into the present.

Jiang Chen learned from Tie Zhu about Blood Rakshasa’s ancient battle with Yellow Daoist and the rare treasure they fought over. After enhancing the spiritual delicacies, Jiang Chen discovered they could help King-Level powerhouses overcome a major hurdle on the path to becoming Supreme Powerhouses.

• Tie Zhu explained that the People Beyond the World were reclusive, powerful figures and recounted surviving a battle between Blood Rakshasa and Yellow Daoist.
• Tie Zhu revealed that Blood Rakshasa had fought Yellow Daoist over an object used to hold incense power, which Yellow Daoist later used in the Heavenly Sacrifice.
• Uncle Wei recognized Blood Rakshasa from the Ghost Cultivation Inheritance’s records and warned Jiang Chen to keep the patriarch’s spiritual delicacies hidden.
• Jiang Chen used the Voidless Flame and about three hundred thousand Ghost Qi to enhance each delicacy to Rebirth and Bone-Remolding.
• Jiang Chen discovered that the delicacies could evolve a King-Level powerhouse’s life level and remove one and a half of the hurdles to becoming a Supreme Powerhouse.

Jiang Chen distributed enhanced spirit fruits to Tie Zhu, Uncle Wei, and the Evil Self, then urged them to risk consuming the treasures for greater power. As the three endured a near-fatal evolution, Jiang Chen pocketed his own fruit and left to smoke, drawing their murderous glares.

• Jiang Chen gave Tie Zhu a child-shaped spirit fruit, kept a round vermilion fruit for himself, and gave Uncle Wei and the Evil Self two death-energy leaves each.
• Jiang Chen warned that consuming the treasures before a breakthrough was dangerous, but said surviving could grant them immense power.
• Jiang Chen urged the three to take the risk, and Tie Zhu, Uncle Wei, and the Evil Self swallowed their treasures.
• The treasures unleashed overwhelming energy that tore apart the Evil Self, Tie Zhu, and Uncle Wei as they struggled to survive.
• Jiang Chen pocketed his own fruit and walked away to smoke, leaving the three to glare at him and generate ghost qi.

Uncle Wei, Tie Zhu, and Jiang Chen’s evil self absorbed the Black Leaves and advanced to terrifying levels of power. The group then examined Blood Rakshasa’s notebook, which offered Uncle Wei a possible path toward becoming a Supreme Powerhouse, while Jiang Chen’s praise for him grew increasingly alarming.

• Uncle Wei and Tie Zhu broke through to the Nine-Step King Realm, while Jiang Chen’s evil self reached the peak of King-Level.
• Jiang Chen praised the three for their new strength, and Tie Zhu defied him until Jiang Chen threatened to ban cartoons, prompting Tie Zhu to offer him a ride.
• Uncle Wei examined Blood Rakshasa’s notebook and discovered its study of turning a ghost into a living being.
• Uncle Wei said mastering the notebook might let him attempt the Supreme Powerhouse level, and Jiang Chen praised him with increasingly grand titles.
• Uncle Wei clamped a hand over Jiang Chen’s mouth when his praise turned to claims that Uncle Wei could replace Reincarnation and seize power over the Netherworld and the Dao Alliance.

Jiang Chen and his companions followed Er Leng’s marks through the Restricted Zone after learning he had challenged the Hidden Kill Sect. They found evidence that Er Leng had wounded Tian Yi, but his final message revealed that an unexpected turn had left him in danger and without a trail to follow.

• Jiang Chen gave Uncle Wei the Ancient Spear in exchange for his Grave Region loot and a promise to name Jiang Chen’s son as heir.
• Jiang Chen dug up six ominous graves before Tie Zhu found a Cross-Shaped Mark and realized Er Leng might be in trouble.
• Tie Zhu used the marks to follow Er Leng’s recorded messages, which revealed his challenge to the Hidden Kill Sect and his fight with Tian Yi.
• The group found blood and brain matter that showed Er Leng had struck Tian Yi, but Er Leng’s next message warned Tie Zhu to flee or risk his life saving him.
• Tie Zhu said Er Leng had left no coordinates in his final message, leaving Jiang Chen and the others unable to track him.

Jiang Chen tried to draw the Hidden Kill Sect out by leaving markers that described his supposed worsening condition while he and Uncle Wei posed as gravely wounded. Xuanyi found them and declared that the Hidden Kill Sect would kill Jiang Chen once more assassins arrived.

• Jiang Chen searched for Er Leng with Tie Zhu and the others but found no further traces of the battle.
• Jiang Chen left voice markers portraying himself and King Wei Wu as increasingly cursed, confused, and desperate, hoping the Hidden Kill Sect would follow them.
• Jiang Chen and Uncle Wei staged a scene of grave injury while the River Earl used misfortune to surround Uncle Wei with ominous aura.
• Xuanyi emerged from the mist and recognized Jiang Chen, taunting him about his injuries and the black energy's curse.
• Jiang Chen challenged Xuanyi, but Xuanyi waited for reinforcements, saying the Hidden Kill Sect would take Jiang Chen's life that day.

Jiang Chen and Uncle Wei were ambushed by the Hidden Kill Sect, whose leader Tian Yi killed Uncle Wei before Jiang Chen’s hidden forces turned the attack into three battles. The fight left Xuanyi desperately fleeing toward the mist under a barrage of Jiang Chen’s allies and debuffs.

• Jiang Chen realized Xuanyi was bait for a larger Hidden Kill Sect ambush and rushed to warn Uncle Wei, but Earth One stabbed Uncle Wei through the heart with a Colorless Blade.
• Tian Yi appeared and attacked Jiang Chen, who unleashed Dragon-Snake Chaotic Prohibition and Thousand-Armed Guanyin to summon his Evil Self and Tie Zhu against him.
• Uncle Wei revived and attacked Earth One, revealing that his death had been part of a trap.
• Jiang Chen, Uncle Wei, and their allies engaged Xuanyi, Earth One, and Tian Yi in three battles.
• Xuanyi struggled against Jiang Chen’s numerous Evil Sha, Ancient Strange Snakes, and River Earl, then used trump cards and fled toward the mist.

Uncle Wei defeated Earth One, while Tie Zhu and Jiang Chen’s Evil Self kept Tian Yi from gaining the upper hand. Tian Yi revealed that Jiang Chen was the Hidden Kill Sect’s true target, and Jiang Chen had already chased Xuanyi deep into the Mist.

• Earth One wounded Uncle Wei, but Uncle Wei killed himself to trigger an attack from his severed arm and turned the battle around.
• Tian Yi fought Tie Zhu and Jiang Chen’s Evil Self with time- and space-bending methods, while the Evil Self’s techniques increasingly came to resemble his own.
• Earth One used a Blood Talisman to escape into the Mist, and Uncle Wei pursued him.
• Tian Yi remained locked in battle with Tie Zhu and the Evil Self, unable to kill either of them as the Evil Self grew more like him.
• Tian Yi said the Hidden Kill Sect’s target had not changed, and the Evil Self realized Jiang Chen had chased Xuanyi deep into the Mist.

Jiang Chen killed Xuanyi, then transformed into Yellow-Browed Old Buddha when Tian Yi appeared inside Xuanyi’s corpse and attacked him. Tian Yi’s unavoidable strike pierced Jiang Chen’s heart, but Jiang Chen’s Buddha-light and chants disrupted Tian Yi and weakened his ability to strike again.

• Tian Yi fled after losing his power, while the Evil Self and Tie Zhu raced away to support Jiang Chen and claim credit.
• Jiang Chen cornered Xuanyi and killed the Hidden Kill Sect’s Xuan-rank chief assassin with the Yin God Hammer.
• Jiang Chen sensed danger and used a Five-Star Demon Transformation to become Yellow-Browed Old Buddha.
• Tian Yi took over Xuanyi’s corpse, revived it, and struck Jiang Chen through the heart with an attack that warped time and space.
• Jiang Chen smiled through the wound and chanted Buddhist words, leaving Tian Yi shaken and unable to draw his blade again.

Jiang Chen fought Tian Yi with Buddhist powers, severing his arm before Tian Yi invoked the Hidden Kill Sect's ancient Ancestor and gained the upper hand. As Tian Yi attacked, Jiang Chen revealed the thousand-zhang Yellow-Browed Old Buddha form, leaving the battle poised to escalate.

• Jiang Chen used Buddhist chanting to erode Tian Yi's will, but Tian Yi resisted with an ancient will within him.
• Tian Yi called upon the Hidden Kill Sect's Ancestor, whose power let him break through Jiang Chen's Buddhist influence.
• Jiang Chen transformed into a golden-bodied Buddha and severed Tian Yi's blade-wielding arm, but Tian Yi restored himself and attacked with a killing formation and death blade.
• Jiang Chen used the Great Thousand Buddha Eye to discern Tian Yi's illusory duplicate as Tian Yi's empowered blade pierced him.
• Jiang Chen manifested a thousand-zhang Buddha by combining Complete Demonization with the World-Suppressing Dharma Body and Great Thousand Buddha Eye.

Jiang Chen crushed Tian Yi’s body, subdued the Hidden Kill Sect Ancestor, and pursued the sect’s survivors through the Grave Region. After Wuhen returned with Huang Yi’s corpse, Jiang Chen’s group found a true Red Grave and several powerful figures as the battle between the Yin God and the River of Forgetfulness Blood River intensified.

• Jiang Chen killed Tian Yi beneath his golden palm, then trapped the Hidden Kill Sect Ancestor’s remnant will with a Buddhist lotus and drove it into Maitreya’s Human-Seed Bag.
• The Ancestor detonated his remaining power, destroying the Human-Seed Bag, but Jiang Chen pursued his weakened remnant soul while Tie Zhu and the Evil Self followed.
• Jiang Chen saved the gravely wounded Earth One at Uncle Wei’s battlefield, but Huang Yi had already escaped.
• Wuhen emerged with Huang Yi’s corpse, thanked Jiang Chen for saving him, and sent the Stone Pillar to Jiang Chen.
• Jiang Chen and his companions searched the Grave Region as the Yin God and the River of Forgetfulness Blood River fought, then discovered a true Red Grave surrounded by powerful figures.

Jiang Chen recognized the ancient sword intent in the ruined Red Grave and realized that his stored relics could influence the battle between the Yin Gods. After sending the White Jade Immortal Maiden’s leg bone, Yin God fingers, and a bloody tendon into the fight, he helped shift the battle in the skeletons’ favor.

• Jiang Chen found an ancient sword-intent scar in the ruined Red Grave and wondered whether a descendant of the legendary Sword Master had made it.
• Jiang Chen and the others watched the River of Forgetfulness Blood River and the Yin Gods battle as the clash threatened everyone in the Restricted Zone.
• Tie Zhu pointed out that a Yin God was targeting the White Jade Immortal Maiden’s missing leg, whose bone Jiang Chen carried.
• Jiang Chen sent the River Earl into the Restricted Zone with the leg bone, five Yin God fingers, and a bloody tendon attached.
• A Yin God swallowed the relics and was afflicted by two curses, while the White Jade Skeleton recovered part of her leg and gained the advantage.
• The young man with the Yin God’s left hand trembled and hid his aura as the skeletons intensified their attack and the battle continued against a greater force in the dark heavens.

The River of Forgetfulness Blood River and three white jade skeletons attacked the Blood-Colored City to seize the Death Book, provoking the Yin Gods and an ancient forbidden existence. The Blood River ultimately retreated with the skeletons, leaving Jiang Chen to suspect it had concealed the full extent of its power.

• The three white jade skeletons wounded and restrained the Yin Gods before reaching a bone altar and taking the Death Book.
• Jing Shou identified the writing on the book as the character for death, and powerful figures feared its removal would break the Restricted Zone's seal.
• The Blood River and the skeletons attacked a black-robed Yin God, but an ancient forbidden existence crushed one skeleton and plunged into the river.
• Dozens of dead beings emerged from the Blood River and entangled the forbidden existence, allowing the river to flee with the remaining skeletons.
• Jiang Chen recognized a rock exposed on the riverbed and realized the Blood River had revealed only what it wanted others to see.
• After confirming the seal remained intact, the onlookers relaxed, and the Mortal World visitors prepared to leave by leaping into the Blood River.

Jiang Chen and his allies fought back when Xiao Changzai, the Master of the Artifact Gate, attacked them with the God-Slaying Arsenal. Their combined strikes destroyed the arsenal, and the chapter ended with Jiang Chen’s Evil Self landing a hidden blow on Xiao Changzai.

• Xiao Changzai confronted Jiang Chen over refining the Artifact Gate’s Myriad Weapons Mother Anvil and attacked him with the God-Slaying Arsenal.
• Uncle Wei stood by Jiang Chen, while the Evil Self prepared to fight despite the overwhelming pressure.
• The Evil Self destroyed part of the arsenal before a red sword pierced it and blasted it into the earth.
• Uncle Wei used his life-and-death power to destroy nearly half the remaining weapons, then burst into fragments while keeping his aura.
• Tie Zhu transformed into a thousand-zhang dragon-like form and annihilated the rest of the arsenal.
• Xiao Changzai caught the Pig-Butchering Knife, but Jiang Chen’s Evil Self struck him from behind with an invisible blade.

Jiang Chen used the Human-Seed Bag to disrupt Xiao Changzai’s attack after the Master of the Artifact Gate wounded his allies and threatened them with his domain. Xiao Changzai destroyed the bag and stood before Jiang Chen, asking whether that had been his final trump card.

• Jiang Chen’s Evil Self and Er Leng wounded Xiao Changzai, but Xiao Changzai used his domain to turn their weapons against them and cut them apart.
• Xiao Changzai drew weapons and other objects from the surrounding area under his control, then used a blade of grass to cut Tie Zhu in two.
• Jiang Chen called Xiao Changzai an old bastard for attacking his son and friends and stealing his possessions.
• Xiao Changzai unleashed a storm of weapons at Jiang Chen, who summoned his world-suppressing dharma body and the Human-Seed Bag.
• The Human-Seed Bag began pulling Xiao Changzai toward it, forcing him to redirect his attack and destroy the bag.
• Xiao Changzai’s attack lost its initial momentum, and he appeared before Jiang Chen and asked if the bag had been his final trump card.