Cultivating the Ways of Humans, Ghosts, and Demons: Starting in Black Cliff Village

He enters Black Cliff Village, where his consciousness takes up residence in a mountain spirit from the Qing Dynasty. His spirit estate is empty, so he burns his life force to cultivate ghost energy.

Three days later, a Five-Star Mountain Spirit comes to claim his body, while a blood net drains the lives of everyone in the village.

Humans wield magic, ghosts supply the strength, and he has to seize the demons' spirit too.

Humans cultivate magic to extend their lives, ghosts burn life force to increase their strength, and demons seize souls to strengthen their spirits.

Cultivating as a human, ghost, and demon, he advances at a monstrous pace, at the cost of becoming less and less human.