Chapter Summaries

The Ghost King tried to award Qi Ling to Moduoluo, but Shasha challenged Moduoluo to a match to keep Qi Ling for herself. The Ghost King scheduled the decisive fight for seven days later, with the winner claiming Qi Ling.

• The Ghost King declared that Moduoluo had won the right to receive Qi Ling, prompting Shasha to protest that she still needed him.
• Shasha argued that Moduoluo was not the strongest warrior and challenged him herself.
• The two elders urged the Ghost King to allow the match, and Moduoluo accepted Shasha's challenge.
• The Ghost King ruled that the winner would gain Qi Ling and scheduled the match for seven days later.
• Shasha agreed to the delay so she and Moduoluo could prepare.

Qi Ling trained Shasha for seven days to exploit Moduoluo’s confidence and win with one decisive attack. Shasha learned to control her ghost transformation, unlock a stronger second stage with Qi Ling’s blood, and practice a finishing move and basic combat techniques, while others remained unaware of her preparations.

• Shasha panicked after challenging Moduoluo, and Qi Ling explained that her only chance was to exploit his underestimation and strike decisively.
• Qi Ling began training Shasha to control her ghost transformation, then found she needed to ingest his blood to reach a more powerful second stage.
• Qi Ling taught Shasha a finishing move, which she mostly mastered in two days despite having no prior training in such skills.
• Qi Ling showed Shasha how to read feints, use an opponent’s center of gravity, and defend by absorbing attacks with the right posture.
• Shasha applied Qi Ling’s lessons in practice and said she thought he was more formidable than Moduoluo, though she considered Moduoluo stronger.
• The others assumed Shasha had challenged Moduoluo casually and did not know about her training.

Shasha defeated Moduoluo after a second transformation gave her enough strength to overcome him. The Ghost King learned that she called this newly awakened ability Second-Stage Ghost Transformation.

• Shasha and Moduoluo began their witnessed spar, and her growing strength forced him to fight seriously.
• Shasha underwent Ghost Transformation first, prompting Moduoluo to transform as well, and he gained the advantage.
• After Moduoluo knocked Shasha down several times, she rose without answering his demand to concede.
• Shasha used the opening in Moduoluo's final attack to strike him with Qi Ling's Ghost Roaring Fist, which left him unable to continue.
• The Ghost King rushed to Shasha and asked about her new power, and she explained that she could undergo a deeper transformation called Second-Stage Ghost Transformation.

After Shasha won her match with Moduoluo by achieving a Second-Stage Ghost Transformation through Qi Ling's power, the Ghost King decided Qi Ling should become a member of the Ghost Clan. He gave Shasha a scroll explaining the process and sent them away to prepare.

• The Ghost King declared Moduoluo the loser, and the Ghost Clan members carried him off for treatment.
• The Ghost King took Shasha and Qi Ling aside, where Shasha insisted that Qi Ling belonged to her and asked her father not to target him.
• The Ghost King said Qi Ling could not safely remain a human among the Ghost Clan and proposed turning him into one of their own.
• Qi Ling asked what the transformation involved, and the Ghost King explained that Shasha alone could perform it.
• The Ghost King gave Shasha a scroll describing the transformation, praised Qi Ling for teaching her, and sent them away to prepare.

Shasha used the Ghost King's method to make Qi Ling a member of the Ghost Clan by transferring her Ghost Qi into him through a kiss. Qi Ling learned that the Ghost Clan’s defining trait was its breath, and Shasha confirmed the transfer had worked.

• Shasha read the Ghost King's scroll and refused to let Qi Ling see its contents, saying she would carry out the method the next day.
• That night, Shasha entered Qi Ling's room and transferred power into him by pressing her hands along her body and kissing him.
• Qi Ling woke and revealed he had watched Shasha perform the ritual, then asked whether the method could truly make him a member of the Ghost Clan.
• Shasha explained that Ghost Qi was the Ghost Clan's defining trait and that her pure bloodline let her transfer it to Qi Ling easily.

Qi Ling accepted Moduoluo’s challenge to a Duel Before the King, where the winner could eat the loser, and the contest was set for seven days later. Shasha admitted she had fallen for Qi Ling and tried to stop the duel, but the Ghost King urged her to trust him, leaving her puzzled about why men fought.

• Shasha explained that a Duel Before the King was a solemn contest whose winner could eat the loser, and Moduoluo declared Qi Ling a worthy opponent.
• Qi Ling accepted Moduoluo’s challenge, and the Ghost King approved the duel for seven days later.
• Shasha reproached Qi Ling for agreeing and returned to the great hall to ask the Ghost King to reject the contest.
• The Ghost King asked Shasha why she wanted to stop the duel, and she admitted she had fallen for Qi Ling.
• The Ghost King told Shasha to trust Qi Ling and said he would likely survive even if he lost.
• Shasha returned to Qi Ling and asked what men hoped to gain from battles without a reason, and Qi Ling thought she herself was the reason for this one.