Right now, he had already mastered the first two major Chapters of the Six Paths Wheel of Destruction Technique, the Animal Path and the Asura Path.

By calculation, it was time to tackle the third Chapter, the Hungry Ghost Path.

[Are you sure you wish to spend 280,000 Providence Points to redeem the Third Chapter of the Six Paths Wheel of Destruction Technique, the Hungry Ghost Path?]

Good heavens, 280,000. If he remembered correctly, redeeming the second Chapter, the Asura Path, had only cost him 28,000. Reaching the third Chapter, it had actually multiplied by a full ten times.

No wonder the system had to come with an investment function to give him a stable source of Providence Point income.

Otherwise, if he relied solely on chipping away the protagonist’s Luck to earn Providence Points, even if he scraped Knox’s bones clean, he wouldn’t be able to gather the 280,000 points needed for this third Chapter.

Alex secretly clicked his tongue. Although it hurt his wallet slightly, he still shifted his thoughts and silently confirmed.

[Congratulations to the host for successfully redeeming the Third Chapter of the Six Paths Wheel of Destruction Technique, the Hungry Ghost Path!\

[Hungry Ghost Path: Of the Three Realms of all living beings, the Underworld lies below. When the physical bodies of all living creatures perish, their souls return to the Underworld and transform into malicious ghosts.]

[By merely chanting specific incantations, one can summon various powerful ghosts from Hell for their own use.]

[Note: The host must expend spiritual energy to refine Ghost Servant Contracts. Every time a ghost is summoned, one Ghost Servant Contract must be consumed. Before the power of the Ghost Servant Contract is exhausted, the summoned ghost must be recalled.]

[Otherwise, there is a probability the ghost will remain in the mortal realm and cause backlash against the host.]

After reading this introduction, Alex stroked his chin, a trace of interest flowing through his eyes.

"The ability of the Hungry Ghost Path is summoning ghosts? Not bad, that is a bit interesting."

Compared to the Animal Path and the Asura Path, where one only needed to master the corresponding incantations to summon Soul Beasts and divine weapons for their own use, the threshold and restrictions of the Hungry Ghost Path were clearly a good deal higher.

Not only did it require expending massive amounts of spiritual energy to refine enough Ghost Servant Contracts in advance, but it also required ensuring that the summoned ghosts were recalled within the designated time frame.

However, these tedious requirements didn’t make Alex shrink back.

Instead, his interest grew even thicker.

The presence of restrictions and thresholds meant that the power and utility of the Hungry Ghost Path must definitely surpass the Animal Path and the Asura Path.

Of course, aside from the requirements, the Hungry Ghost Path also possessed its own unique advantages.

The Animal Path summoned Soul Beasts, which required researching the corresponding incantations in advance.

The Asura Path summoned weapons, which required seeing the weapon with one’s own eyes.

But this Hungry Ghost Path required neither mastering incantations nor seeing the ghosts firsthand.

Instead, it came with an ancient tome that appeared in his sea of consciousness, named the Record of the Six Paths’ Ten Thousand Ghosts.

[Ghost Name: Heavenly Fiend Ghost.]

[Rank: Ghost Commander.]

[Cultivation: Seventh Level Supreme Realm.]

[Special Ability: Heavenly Fiend Soul Rend.

[Summoning Requirement: Two Ghost Servant Contracts.]

[Duration: 50 minutes.]

...

[Ghost Name: Devouring Yin Ghost.]

[Rank: Ghost Commander.]

[Cultivation: Eighth Level Supreme Realm.]

[Special Ability: Yin Devouring Ghost Swallow.]

[Summoning Requirement: Two Ghost Servant Contracts.]

[Duration: 40 minutes.]

...

[Ghost Name: Yin-Yang Ghost.]

[Rank: Ghost Monarch.]

[Cultivation: First Level Saint Realm.]

[Special Ability: Plucking Yin to Nourish Yang.]

[Summoning Requirement: Five Ghost Servant Contracts.]

[Duration: 30 minutes.]

This Record of the Six Paths’ Ten Thousand Ghosts was extremely thoughtful.

Not only were the introductions remarkably detailed, but next to every single ghost there was a corresponding illustration.

Watching the various bloody-faced, green-fanged ghost portraits on it, Alex couldn’t help but look at them with immense interest, like a little kid reading a comic book.

"Good heavens, are these ghosts actually all this awesome?"

Anything capable of appearing in the Record, even the weakest ghost among them, had reached the Mahayana Realm or above.

Ghosts at the Supreme Realm were even more countless, having a full thirty to fifty varieties.

The further back he flipped, the stronger the ghosts became.

Some Saint Realm ghosts could even forcefully clash head-on with true Saints.

Flipping even further back, Great Emperor-level ghosts were not entirely absent either.

It was just that summoning Great Emperor-level ghosts required a starting cost of over a hundred Ghost Servant Contracts, and they could basically only last five to six minutes. This price tag was truly a bit too expensive.

Harboring feelings of curiosity and excitement, Alex flipped to the very last few pages. Seeing the content recorded on them, he couldn’t help but freeze entirely in a daze.

"My heavens, isn’t this a bit too rule-breaking?"

The final three pages of the Record recorded the only three God Realm ghosts in the entire book.

[Ghost Name: Northern Yin Ghost Emperor.]

[Rank: Ghost Emperor.]

[Cultivation: Eighth Level God Realm.]

[Special Ability: ???]

[Summoning Requirement: ???]

[Duration: One Instant.]

...

[Ghost Name: Heavenly Mountain Ghost Ancestor.]

[Rank: Ghost Emperor.]

[Cultivation: Ninth Level God Realm.]

[Special Ability: ???]

[Summoning Requirement: ???]

[Duration: One Cycle of Reincarnation.]

...

[Ghost Name: Wheel-Turning King.]

[Rank: Ghost Emperor.]

[Cultivation: Tenth Level God Realm.]

[Special Ability: ???]

[Summoning Requirement: ???]

[Duration: Eternal.]

These three God Realm Ghost Emperor mighty figures could be said to have maxed out both their prestige and their badassery.

The three question marks for their special abilities and summoning requirements already highlighted their absolute mystery. Moreover, their durations were also extremely bizarre.

The Northern Yin Ghost Emperor’s summoning duration was one instant.

What is one instant?

Blinking an eye, taking a breath of air, or even a thought inadvertently flashing through one’s mind could all be considered one instant.