Ghost King Sect

Biodata

Power Progression

History

Conflict over the Heavenly Wolf Gang

The Heavenly Wolf Gang operated in Fengluo City under the Ghost King Sect’s protection. When the Six Sword Slaves attacked its headquarters, gang leader Xiong Tian invoked that backing, but Zhen Gang killed him regardless. The Shadow Pavilion then seized the gang’s holdings 7 8.

The sect sent Fifth Elder Yin Tiankui, several deacon elders, and disciples to destroy the Shadow Pavilion in retaliation. Yin Tiankui publicly declared the gang’s destruction a provocation against the sect and attempted to capture Luo Tian. Han Tang intercepted him, while the other Ghost King Sect elders fought Lü Baichuan 14 15.

The expedition was annihilated. Luo Tian broke the elders’ joint formation and killed one elder; Lü Baichuan killed the others with Seven Star Needles. Han Tang pierced Yin Tiankui’s heart, and the Shadow Pavilion’s remaining fighters killed the accompanying disciples 15.

Assassination Plans and Sun Qi’s Death

After receiving news of the defeat, Qi Tianlong convened the elders. Grand Elder Gui Ming urged caution: the Shadow Pavilion’s reserves were unknown, and heavy losses could invite attacks from the Falling Rosy Clouds Sect or the imperial family. The leadership instead agreed to hire the Blood Kill Organization secretly to assassinate Shadow Pavilion leaders and test its strength 17.

A second dispute began when Sun Qi and other disciples attempted to rob Luo Tian after he killed a Twin-Horned Poison Crocodile Beast. Luo Tian killed the entire group using the Falling Rosy Clouds Sword Art, intending to implicate the Falling Rosy Clouds Sect 26.

Alerted by Sun Qi’s shattered soul jade, Qi Tianlong sent Gui Ming to investigate. Gui Ming reconstructed fragments of the killings through the Image Retention Technique and recognized the sword art. Qi Tianlong subsequently confronted Falling Rosy Clouds Sect Master Liu Ran; their fight ended without a victor, and Qi Tianlong demanded that the murderer be surrendered within three days 27 28.

The sect publicized a bounty offering a mid-grade Profound-tier cultivation method, one million low-grade spirit stones, and admission as an inner disciple for useful information. Disciples were instructed to report sightings rather than confront the killer themselves 29.

Gui Ming’s Assassination

Qi Tianlong ordered his disciples to kill Falling Rosy Clouds Sect members on sight. Despite this hostility, Gui Ming and the rival sect’s grand elder, Lin Ye, agreed to investigate the suspected provocateur, Tian Luo, after fighting to a standstill 31.

Luo Tian responded by sending Han Tang and Lü Baichuan to assassinate Gui Ming. They killed him and the accompanying Ghost King Sect members, then removed his head to claim the black-market reward. Because the Falling Rosy Clouds Sect’s investigators survived unharmed, suspicion initially fell on them 33.

Qi Tianlong personally examined the scene and connected the poisoned needles in Gui Ming’s body with the Shadow Pavilion’s earlier methods. He concluded that the Shadow Pavilion was responsible, while suspecting cooperation between it and the Falling Rosy Clouds Sect 34.

Three-Force Assault

Qi Tianlong sought Ancestor Guixuan’s support for war. Guixuan ordered the sect’s disciples recalled and preparations made to destroy the Shadow Pavilion. He also instructed Qi Tianlong to test the Falling Rosy Clouds Sect’s allegiance by demanding its participation 35.

Threatened with war if he refused, Liu Ran agreed to join the campaign. The Ghost King Sect, Falling Rosy Clouds Sect, and Blood Kill Organization assembled at Fengluo City and surrounded the Shadow Pavilion’s base 36 39.

During the battle, Tianshan Tonglao initially overpowered Guixuan. His Netherworld Transformation briefly reversed their matchup, allowing him to injure her, but Yan Nantian intervened and killed him with Divine Sword Art. Qi Tianlong attempted to flee after the ancestor’s death; Yan Nantian caught and killed him 40 42 43.

Destruction

With the sect’s principal fighters dead, Luo Tian ordered Yan Nantian to eliminate its remaining members and seize its resources. Ding Chunqiu’s assassins surrounded the headquarters and killed those attempting to escape 45 47.

Yan Nantian shattered the sect-protecting formation with a single sword strike. The Shadow Pavilion then killed everyone remaining inside, buried the bodies, collected the resources, and began repairing the grounds for use as its temporary headquarters 47.

Organization and Members

The sect maintained an ancestor, sect master, ranked elders, deacon elders, stewards, and several disciple categories. Its reputation had been established over centuries within the Heavenly Star Dynasty 13 14 17 27.

Headquarters

• Mountain grounds: Occupied dozens of li outside Heavenly Star City, facing the Falling Rosy Clouds Sect across the capital 13 47.
• Netherworld Hall: A hall deep within the sect where Qi Tianlong received the report of Sun Qi’s death 27.
• Forbidden grounds: The secluded area Qi Tianlong visited to request the ancestor’s intervention 35.
• Protective formation: Rated by Yan Nantian as equivalent to the Tribulation Transcendence Realm. It deterred Ding Chunqiu from forcing entry but could not withstand Yan Nantian’s sword 47.
• Later use: Converted into the Shadow Pavilion’s temporary headquarters and publicly announced as its branch pavilion 47 48.

Abilities and Techniques

Netherworld Transformation

A restricted secret art available to high-ranking figures such as the sect master, ancestors, and elders 42.

• Consumes a vast quantity of the user’s origin blood essence to raise cultivation temporarily.
• Lasts approximately a quarter of an hour.
• Causes cultivation decline, severe blood and Qi depletion, meridian damage, and loss of lifespan afterward.
• Can leave lasting damage to the user’s foundation without rare medicinal pills.
• Raised Guixuan from peak Tribulation Transcendence to mid Reincarnation during the final assault 42.

Image Retention Technique

An investigative secret art used by Gui Ming to recover fragments of events preceding a deceased person’s death 27.

• Revealed the encounter in which Luo Tian killed Sun Qi and the other disciples.
• Allowed Gui Ming to recognize the Falling Rosy Clouds Sword Art.
• Required the caster’s blood essence and placed immense strain on the body 27.

Joint Attack Formations

The elders combined their power to contend with a peak Yin-Yang Realm opponent 15.

• Long Dragon Formation: Concentrated the elders’ power into one participant, supporting his Netherworld Palm.
• Black Dragon Formation: Gathered netherworld spiritual power into a defensive black tornado.
• Limitation: Luo Tian’s Azure Lotus Sword Art broke the formation, exposing the surviving elders to Lü Baichuan’s needles 15.

Netherworld Martial Skills

Items and Resources

• Soul jade: Held a trace of its owner’s soul presence and shattered upon their death. True and elite disciples possessed it; the sect also monitored the soul jades of its ancestor, sect master, and elders 27 34 45.
• Life-protecting talisman: Qi Tianlong gave Sun Qi a talisman containing a Tribulation Transcendence Realm strike 27.
• Communication jade slip: Gui Ming recorded the killer’s image and investigative findings in a specially made slip for transmission to the sect 27.
• Ghost-headed staff: Gui Ming’s weapon, used with his netherworld techniques 31 33.

Relationships

• Heavenly Wolf Gang — Subordinate organization. Its destruction triggered the sect’s first attack on the Shadow Pavilion 7 8 14.
• Shadow Pavilion — Enemy and eventual destroyer. Seized the sect’s resources and headquarters after eliminating its leadership and remaining members 43 45 47.
• Falling Rosy Clouds Sect — Generational rival turned coerced military ally against the Shadow Pavilion 31 36.
• Blood Kill Organization — Approached for assassination contracts and later joined the three-force assault on Fengluo City 17 29 30 39.
• Heavenly Star imperial family — A competing power that Gui Ming feared would exploit losses among the sect’s strongest cultivators 17.