[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-reborn-as-a-ghost-time-to-build-my-undead-army":3,"chapter-reborn-as-a-ghost-time-to-build-my-undead-army-reborn-as-a-ghost-time-to-build-my-undead-army-chapter-1748":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Reborn As A Ghost: Time To Build My Undead Army!",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1694354,2163,"Chapter 1748: Madness","reborn-as-a-ghost-time-to-build-my-undead-army-chapter-1748",1748,"\u003Cp>-----\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After slapping her daughter across the face, Vampire Archduchess Veloria Lucarion glared at her with a forced smile that made her appear incredibly unsettling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hm? What was that, my dear? Don’t you remember what I said about talking back to your mother? You will do what I say... right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Y-Yes... yes... I-I... will do it...\" The girl’s hands trembled, her heart pounding rapidly. Her mother knew.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ahh, so adorable and small...\" Veloria laughed, patting her head once. \"So disgusting...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She turned and walked away, casting one last cold glance over her shoulder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Get ready. We’re leaving in a few hours. Also wipe your face. Water is leaking from your eyes again, and you know how much Mommy finds that disgusting.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...O-Okay.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The girl nodded, standing alone in the room as tears streamed down her cheeks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Master Wu Lieng... Everyone... I’m sorry... sniff... ugh...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the Poison Sect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Thousand Poison Master laughed, gazing at the hundreds of corpses laid out before him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All were victims dragged here by his disciples from various missions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They rested within a massive demonic pentagram formation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My first Demon Army, rise!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He raised a glowing red key. A blazing portal tore open, flooding the formation with demonic energy. The corpses floated upward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their auras erupted, exploding with immense power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, they absorbed the demonic energy and began to mutate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hundreds of demons leaped from the gate as spectral beings, possessing the changing corpses and breathing new life into them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The humans’ skin shifted into various colors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some grew muscular, others long and slender.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few even resembled giant beasts or insects.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They all rejoiced, laughing demonically as they raised their claws to the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Gyahahahaha!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We have escaped Floor Zero!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We are free to destroy, burn, and devour!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We can finally live!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Thousand Poison Master smiled at their celebration, spreading his arms and nodding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thank you for coming,\" he said, sensing their overwhelming power. Several demons rivaled Immortals in strength. \"Your King has entrusted me with a great task. Will you help me accomplish it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s why he sent us.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Maria, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We’ll shred her to pieces. Gyahahaha!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then this world will burn and weep!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"As we devour everything!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Souls... give me souls already!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Patience...\" the Thousand Poison Master said calmly. \"You will have plenty of souls soon.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As hundreds of demonic voices echoed with laughter, sharp ears on the surface caught something ominous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Ming paused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An unsettling chorus of voices drifted up from below.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hm?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stared toward the sect building, his expression darkening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn’t quite comprehend it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet his senses recoiled, as if something vile was brewing beneath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was so repulsive that nausea rose in his throat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"S-Senior! What’s wrong? Are you okay?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A young Dhampir boy rushed over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m fine.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Ming held up a hand, keeping distance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don’t worry about me, Terion...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He sighed as his direct superior approached—an Assassin at the Nascent Soul Realm known as the Hundred Poison Master.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lin Ming, prepare yourself. We depart soon. The master has a grand plan, and you must be part of it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A grand plan? What is it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A grand plan... With his newfound powers, this world will kneel before our sect.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No longer will we hide. No longer will we be despised... Isn’t that wonderful, Lin Ming?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The senior smiled unsettlingly, patting Lin Ming’s shoulder and leaning close to his ear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’d better not hesitate like before, or the master will kill you personally.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Ming broke into a cold sweat as his superior—now radiating a strange, unnatural aura—walked away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I won’t.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Good. Go prepare.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...Yes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Terion stood there, almost invisible to the other sect members.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Lin Ming glanced at him, the senior suddenly fixed the boy with a piercing stare.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your father says you may join us, Terion. He has high expectations after your rigorous training.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A-Ah! Really?! Yes...! Of course!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Poisonous Needle Assassin couldn’t shake the ominous feeling surrounding all of this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just what has the Sect Master done?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next morning, Maria slowly opened her eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had been sitting cross-legged, meditating while using her Dream Ghosts to practice martial arts and spar against one another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She trained relentlessly this way, honing her skills at breakneck speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While battling within her mind and soul, she meditated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She circulated Sword Ki from her soul into her Dream Heart, then her Spiritual Heart and body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dream Ki, Nightmare Ki, and Phantasmal Ki flowed and merged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet without a proper Cultivation Method, progress felt slow and awkward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was why she imitated the philosophies of existing methods, adapting them with her own abilities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maria was slowly grasping what she had been missing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the Heavens rejected her and Fate despised her, she forged her own path through blood and tears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the sun rose on the horizon, her connection to the stars gradually faded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yes, the stars.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From studying countless Cultivation Method books, Maria discovered one common truth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All humans in Murim studied, communed with, and deciphered the stars.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It brought them closer to Heaven, allowing them to understand their own Fate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cultivation toward Immortality meant defying Heaven and Fate itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To achieve that, Cultivators first had to grasp their Fate, predict it, and comprehend the meaning of each star in the night sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They sought the stars’ blessings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Maria could not receive those blessings. She was incompatible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The stars ignored her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They never looked upon her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their radiance and knowledge remained forever out of reach.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Deciphering Constellations, their ties to the Five Elements—Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, and Water—and everything connected to them...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was how Cultivators unleashed such devastating spells.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Martial Artists followed a different path, refining their bodies, weapon mastery, and self-transcendence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet the paths often overlapped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pure Cultivators who never touched weapons or learned Martial Arts existed, but there were no pure Martial Artists.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Martial Arts alone could not split the heavens. They required Cultivation’s power to elevate further.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Maria pondered obsessively, teetering on the edge of madness...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As her eyes watched the sunrise and a faint smile touched her lips...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She finally saw it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don’t need those stars. I’ve always had my own.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A Dream Soul Sphere surged from her Aura.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then another, and another...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Until nine floated around her body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>FLUOSH!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A dark sphere manifested.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A Nightmare Soul Heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She wielded her magic to create night, draping the sky in darkness and forcing the world into an artificial evening of her own design.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-----\u003C\u002Fp>",1092,"2026-06-06T14:08:12.993Z",1,"novelbin.me","a9a71f9bbf0720206b7348cf85f20ffd9b38de11199c0f5b94505be7455a06be","reborn-as-a-ghost-time-to-build-my-undead-army-chapter-1749","reborn-as-a-ghost-time-to-build-my-undead-army-chapter-1747",1954,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Freborn-as-a-ghost-time-to-build-my-undead-army-cover.jpg"]