Recaps

Xiong San recruited Qin Ming to pursue a place on the Demon-Hunting Team and assigned him to investigate ghost fog in Qingshan Town. Yan Yue-Ren learned of Qin Ming's connection to Xiong San but dismissed the threat of revenge and planned to join the same team.

• Xiong San showed Qin Ming case files documenting deadly ghost incidents, including ghost fog that destroyed Gaochao Village.
• Xiong San asked Qin Ming to join the Demon-Hunting Team and eventually become its captain to counter the county magistrate's attempt to seize control of it.
• Xiong San explained how Sha Weapons, powerful blood Qi, and certain inner cultivation arts could kill ghost monsters.
• Xiong San assigned Qin Ming to investigate Qingshan Town's ghost fog and rescue survivors during the assessment, promising to support his request for a fire-attribute inner art.
• Chen gave Qin Ming chicken soup for the injured Embroiderer.
• Yan Yue-Ren learned that Xiong San had killed his men and that Qin Ming was Xiong San's martial nephew, but planned to join the Demon-Hunting Team anyway.

Qin Ming merged Tiger Fist with Xingyi Fist and joined the Demon-Hunting Team's expedition to Qingshan Town, where a Ghost Fog concealed the female ghost he had wounded. As the team entered town, the ghost recognized Qin Ming and rushed to confront him.

• Qin Ming merged Tiger Fist into Xingyi Fist, raising the latter to Minor Mastery, then continued training his stance and Iron Body Shirt.
• At the Qingyang County yamen, Yu Qing challenged Qin Ming's place on the team, while Xiong San defended him and refused to make him withdraw.
• Yu Qing and Yan Yue-Ren secretly planned to kill Qin Ming in Qingshan Town and use the deaths of other team members to discredit Xiong San.
• The county magistrate, Xiong San, the Demon-Hunting Team, and the twelve assessment candidates traveled to Qingshan Town to rescue people and investigate its Ghost Fog.
• Yang Zhi described the Ghost Fog as low-grade, while Qin Ming suspected the injured female ghost had been recovering there by possessing people and draining their Qi and blood.
• The red-clad female ghost sensed Qin Ming entering Qingshan Town, recognized him, and rushed out through the Ghost Fog to attack him.

Qin Ming and the Demon-Hunting Team entered Qingshan Town’s Ghost Fog, where they were attacked by rising corpses, Wraiths, and a Corpse King. After improving his martial arts while fighting, Qin Ming dodged an ambush by the Red-Clad Female Ghost, but the Corpse King attacked him and revealed its body had no organs.

• Yan Yue-Ren and the others pursued a ghostly figure into Qingshan Town, where drained bandit corpses and the town’s dead began to rise and attack them.
• Qin Ming discovered he could earn Free Attribute Points by killing the dried corpses and used them to reach Perfect Mastery in Savage Bull Strength and Greater Mastery in Wandering Dragon Step.
• A Corpse King appeared among the corpses, while Wraiths emerged from the Ghost Fog and Qin Ming began killing them for more Free Attribute Points.
• The Red-Clad Female Ghost attacked Qin Ming from behind, but he evaded her with Wandering Dragon Step; she retreated into the fog and promised to return.
• The Corpse King lunged at Qin Ming, who dodged and slashed its belly open, only to find that it had no internal organs.

Qin Ming was poisoned by the Corpse King while fighting through the Ghost Fog, but he hid in the academy granary and used Glutinous Rice to suppress the poison while advancing his Iron Body Shirt. After recovering enough to resume hunting dried corpses, he faced the Corpse King again and was confronted by Huo Lan, whose body the Red-Clad Female Ghost had possessed.

• Qin Ming broke free of the Red-Clad Female Ghost's Ghost Howl, but the Corpse King pierced his Heart-Guard Mirror and poisoned him with its claws as he fled into the Eight Trigrams Martial Arts Academy.
• Qin Ming hid beneath Glutinous Rice in the granary, where it absorbed and suppressed the Corpse Poison while his Iron Body Shirt proficiency increased.
• Qin Ming spent his remaining Free Attribute Points to raise Iron Body Shirt to Minor Mastery, strengthening his defense and helping him force the poison from his body.
• Yu Qing, Yang Zhi, and Xiong San waited outside Qingshan Town and worried that Qin Ming's prolonged absence meant something had gone wrong.
• Qin Ming resumed killing dried corpses and Wraiths to gain Free Attribute Points, but the Corpse King caught up and resisted his attack.
• Huo Lan appeared with the Red-Clad Female Ghost possessing her, seized control through her hatred of Qin Ming, and challenged him to die.

Qin Ming advanced Iron Body Shirt to Greater Mastery and killed Huo Lan’s vengeful spirit and the Corpse King, but he realized the Red-Clad Female Ghost remained alive. After escaping the receding Ghost Fog, he encountered a strange man who called him “Little Junior Brother.”

• Yan Yue-Ren and his group fled Qingshan Town after seeing Qin Ming battle the Ghost Entities, then blamed him for provoking them when they reached safety.
• Yu Qing dismissed Xiong San, who rushed back into the Ghost Fog to search for Qin Ming.
• Qin Ming used Free Attribute Points to advance Iron Body Shirt to Greater Mastery, trapped Huo Lan’s claws, and smashed her vengeful spirit against the Corpse King until she was destroyed.
• Qin Ming killed the Corpse King with Tiger Fist and gained three hundred Free Attribute Points; a bead beside Huo Lan’s corpse then gave him two hundred more before crumbling to ash.
• Qin Ming cleared out nearby dried corpses and noticed the Ghost Fog and Wraiths had vanished, then hurried toward the outskirts when he sensed danger.
• A long-haired man appeared ahead of Qin Ming and greeted him as his Little Junior Brother.

Qin Ming killed Yan Yangtian in Qingshan Town, but the Ninth Boss of Clearwind Stronghold pursued him until Xiong San intervened. Two days later, Qin Ming exposed Yan Yue-Ren’s role in the failed assessment before the county yamen, where Yan Yue-Ren challenged him to a fight to the death over the Demon-Hunting Team position.

• Qin Ming perfected Iron Body Shirt and used the Butcher's Knife to kill Yan Yangtian, then fled Qingshan Town as a black-robed Ghost Entity sent dried corpses after him.
• Xiong San struck the black-robed pursuer, identified him as the Ninth Boss of Clearwind Stronghold, and carried Qin Ming to safety outside town.
• Qin Ming told Xiong San that Yan Yue-Ren had led the group into danger, so Xiong San brought him to the county yamen two days later to confront Yu Qing.
• Qin Ming recounted the events in Qingshan Town and presented the Corpse King's nails and bead powder as proof, but Yan Yue-Ren denied his account.
• Xiong San proposed a fight to the death to decide who earned the Demon-Hunting Team position, and Yan Yue-Ren accepted and challenged Qin Ming.

Qin Ming killed Yan Yue-Ren with Fire Sand Palm and won the permanent post in the Demon-Hunting Team, while Xiong San regained his former position. Yu Qing learned that Qin Ming might have the missing Register and decided to strike first, as the Wild Wolf Gang also plotted revenge in secret.

• Qin Ming dodged Yan Yue-Ren’s attacks, shattered his broadsword, and killed him with one Fire Sand Palm strike.
• Xiong San argued that Qin Ming deserved the permanent post and asked Yu Qing to restore his former position; Yu Qing accepted both demands.
• Yu Qing ordered a search for the missing Register, but his Registrar said Yan Yue-Ren had never handed it over.
• The Wild Wolf Gang’s Military Advisor persuaded the gang leader to seek secret revenge against Qin Ming rather than confront him openly.
• After Yan Yue-Ren’s room yielded no Register, Yu Qing questioned Wu Yong, who claimed Qin Ming might have it, then ordered Wu Yong strangled.
• Yu Qing resolved to strike first because the Register could cost him his Black Gauze Cap.

The Red-Clad Female Ghost recovered some strength as her elder sister ordered the Ghost Entities to spread across Qingyang County. Meanwhile, Qin Ming received gifts and a house from local Lineages, stayed indoors to cultivate while enemies plotted against him, and was finally summoned by Xiong San to choose an Internal Cultivation Manual.

• The Red-Clad Female Ghost told her elder sister that a mortal with a Sha Weapon had injured her, and the elder sister gave her Yin Qi before ordering the Ghost Entities to swallow Qingyang County.
• Qin Ming checked on the Embroiderer and learned that Li Shengnan was recovering; he also told Lu Liu and Pei Heng that he had killed Yan Yangtian.
• Local gangs and Lineages visited Qin Ming with gifts, and Li Yuanqing gave him a courtyard while secretly suspecting he possessed Wandering Dragon Step.
• Xiong San warned Qin Ming that the Wild Wolf Gang might target him, while Li Yuanqing, the Wild Wolf Gang, and Yu Qing waited for him to leave his courtyard.
• After Qin Ming stayed indoors cultivating for seven days, Xiong San arrived with news that officials had come to let him choose an Internal Cultivation Manual.

Qin Ming chose the dangerous Fire Poison Art and cultivated it through the night, discovering it was a seventh-rank martial art and rapidly raising his mastery. At dawn, he headed to report to the Demon-Hunting Team, where the other members were already waiting and Yang Zhi was preparing to confront him.

• At the Inner Office, Qin Ming met Gao Da, a messenger from Wangjing Prefecture, and chose the Fire Poison Art over two other fire-attribute manuals despite its deadly risks.
• Qin Ming returned to his courtyard and began cultivating the Fire Poison Art, using the Fire Poison already formed by his perfected Fire Sand Palm.
• Qin Ming drew the Fire Poison through his meridians into his Dantian and discovered that the art was seventh-rank.
• After absorbing all the Fire Poison from Fire Sand Palm, Qin Ming used his remaining Free Attribute Points to advance the Fire Poison Art to Greater Mastery.
• Qin Ming tested the art’s black flame on a potted plant, which withered and burned to ash, and found that his Fire Poison damage bonus had increased.
• At dawn, Qin Ming set out to report to the Demon-Hunting Team as Yang Zhi complained about his delay and prepared to confront him.

Qin Ming defeated Yang Zhi with the Fire Poison Art, forced him to submit, and took charge of the Demon-Hunting Team. While studying its case files, Qin Ming learned that supernatural incidents were growing more frequent and found a strange case from the previous day inside the city.

• Qin Ming confronted Yang Zhi over his attempt to impose rules and challenged his authority as temporary captain.
• Yang Zhi attacked Qin Ming, but Qin Ming’s palm strike filled Yang Zhi’s arm with Fire Poison and forced him to beg for his life.
• Qin Ming drew the Fire Poison out of Yang Zhi, spared him, and asked the Demon-Hunting Team whether anyone objected to Qin Ming taking charge.
• Qin Ming reviewed the case files and found that nearly all recorded supernatural incidents were unresolved, with recent cases describing towns and villages swallowed by Ghost Fog.
• Qin Ming ruled out the most dangerous cases and spotted a strange supernatural incident that had occurred in the city the previous day.

Qin Ming investigated the Ghost Entity haunting the Li Residence, where he bullied Yang Zhi into staying on guard while he searched the grounds. After discovering that destroying a blood-red lantern earned him Free Attribute Points, he went to a pig farm and slaughtered pigs for an hour, leaving the owner and butchers shocked by what they found.

• Qin Ming arrived at the Li Residence with Yang Zhi and Wang Wei, confirmed that a Ghost Entity was present, and examined the drained guards and frightened maids.
• Li Yuanqing revealed that several guest elders had entered the blood-red-lantern side courtyard and never returned.
• Qin Ming struck Yang Zhi through the courtyard gate and ordered him to stay there on watch that night.
• Qin Ming destroyed a blood-red lantern and gained two Free Attribute Points, then told Wang Wei to watch the courtyard while he went out.
• Qin Ming paid the pig farm owner ten taels of silver to slaughter pigs for an hour, and the butchers cried out in fright when they entered the farm afterward.

Qin Ming advanced his Pig-Slaying Saber Technique and Fire Poison Art, then returned to the Li Lineage residence to confront a powerful female ghost. He killed her with his Xingyi Fist and gained 300 Free Attribute Points.

• Qin Ming slaughtered over a thousand pigs, advancing his Pig-Slaying Saber Technique and strengthening its Sha Qi.
• Qin Ming spent his silver on medicinal herbs, reached Perfect Mastery in the Fire Poison Art, and advanced to the Perfected Skin-Refining Realm.
• Yang Zhi tried to escape the dark Side Courtyard, but a ghostly hand dragged him back inside as Wang Wei and the Li Lineage members watched in terror.
• Qin Ming charged into the Haunted Residence, wounded the female ghost with his Butcher's Knife, and pursued her when she fled.
• Qin Ming used Tiger Fist to seize and pummel the female ghost, then smashed her head and gained 300 Free Attribute Points.

Qin Ming killed the female ghost at the Li Lineage’s estate, then forced Li Yuanqing to pay him Spirit Medicines for both his injuries and the Wandering Dragon Step. After using the medicines to bring the Fire Poison Art to Perfect Mastery and approach the Flesh Refining Realm, Qin Ming sensed someone on his roof.

• Qin Ming killed the female ghost, frightened Yang Zhi, and demanded compensation from Li Yuanqing for dealing with the Ghost Entity.
• Li Yuanqing gave Qin Ming ten Spirit Medicines, and Qin Ming then forced him to pay another ten for the Wandering Dragon Step manual.
• Li Yuanqing let Qin Ming leave with the manual and medicines, then warned his followers that he would seek revenge when he had the chance.
• Qin Ming moved into the large house the Li Lineage had provided, while a gang leader ordered an assassin to kill him that night.
• Qin Ming consumed the Spirit Medicines and aged herbs, raising the Fire Poison Art to Perfect Mastery and reaching the threshold of the Flesh Refining Realm.
• Qin Ming heard someone step on the roof tiles and prepared to confront the intruder.

Qin Ming fought two black-clad men who targeted him for a roster and discovered that his Fire Poison Art absorbed their poison and grew stronger. He escaped the ghostly brothel after the Red-Clad Female Ghost drained one attacker, leaving him wary of the powerful entity behind her.

• A Wild Wolf Gang poison expert and a second black-clad man approached Qin Ming’s room, but Qin Ming exposed them and led them away from his home.
• The men attacked Qin Ming and demanded a roster; poison needles pierced his skin, but his Fire Poison Art consumed the poison and gained strength.
• Qin Ming seized the man searching him and killed him, then pursued the surviving poison expert toward a brothel.
• Qin Ming stopped outside the brothel when his Butcher’s Knife warned him, while the Red-Clad Female Ghost merged with the fleeing man and drained him into a sheet of skin.
• Qin Ming fled as the ghost women froze and stared after him, fearing the presence of the Red-Clad Female Ghost’s master.

As the Ghost Fog surrounded Qingyang County and cut off all communication, Yu Qing ordered the Demon-Hunting Team to investigate beyond the city walls. Qin Ming strengthened himself by refining Ghost Artifacts and venom, then prepared to lead the frightened team out at daybreak.

• Yu Qing learned that the Ghost Fog had surrounded the city and summoned the city's Bone Refining Realm experts to discuss their options.
• Qin Ming advanced his Pig-Slaying Saber Technique, absorbed a Ghost Entity for Free Attribute Points, and raised Xingyi Fist to Greater Mastery.
• Yu Qing and the other experts chose the Demon-Hunting Team to investigate the Ghost Fog, while Xiong San privately warned Qin Ming about the danger.
• Xiong San took Qin Ming to the County Yamen storeroom, where Qin Ming found six Ghost Artifacts and used their ghost Qi to bring Wandering Dragon Step and Xingyi Fist to Perfection Realm.
• Qin Ming refined potent venom overnight to strengthen his Fire Poison Art, then gathered the terrified Demon-Hunting Team and led them toward the city exit.

Qin Ming led the Demon-Hunting Team toward the Ghost Fog under Yu Qing’s orders, while those watching expected them to die. At the city gate, Qin Ming killed a powerful female ghost with one strike of his Sha Weapon, and the team prepared to leave the city.

• Lu Liu offered to join Qin Ming’s group, but Qin Ming told him to return and care for Li Shengnan.
• Li Shengnan wished Qin Ming safety as Yu Qing watched his departure with satisfaction and Li Yuanqing hoped he would die.
• A female ghost disguised as a little beggar attacked the Demon-Hunting Team and quickly overwhelmed its members.
• The female ghost grabbed Yang Zhi and began strangling him, but Qin Ming killed her with one slash of his butcher’s knife.
• The team regrouped, recognized Qin Ming’s strength, and prepared to leave the city.

Qin Ming led the Demon-Hunting Team into the Ghost Fog, slaughtering Ghost Entities for Free Attribute Points and forcing his companions to surrender their martial arts. As Dry Corpses besieged Qingyang City, Qin Ming fought through them until a powerful Ghost Knight and a red-clad female ghost appeared.

• Qin Ming crushed the Wraiths at the city gates, spent his accumulated points to perfect the Eight Trigrams Palm, and ordered the gates closed before leading the team into the Ghost Fog.
• Qin Ming demanded the Demon-Hunting Team's martial arts, beat Zheng Wu for refusing to hand over the Eagle Claw Skill, and took techniques from the others.
• A Human-Headed, Eagle-Bodied Monster seized Wang Wei, but Qin Ming cut it in half and rescued him as Dry Corpses surrounded Qingyang City.
• Qin Ming slaughtered the Dry Corpses and used Free Attribute Points to perfect the Eagle Claw Skill while Yu Qing urged the city's forces to hold the gates.
• A headless Ghost Knight charged Qin Ming and knocked him back, while a red-clad female ghost descended behind him seeking revenge.

Qin Ming defeated the Headless Ghost Knight and strengthened his Bedrock Skill, but a powerful Demon emerged from the Ghost Fog and slaughtered the rest of his team. Qin Ming escaped back to the city gate, where Yu Qing stopped the guards from opening it.

• The Red-Clad Female Ghost tried to possess Qin Ming, but his Fire Poison Skill forced her out, while Qin Ming fought the Headless Ghost Knight and destroyed him with a powerful punch.
• Qin Ming used the Attribute Points he earned to raise his Bedrock Skill to the Perfection Realm and killed the dried corpses and Wraiths around him.
• A huge Demon emerged from the Ghost Fog, killed Yang Zhi, and petrified and shattered three people, including Wang Wei, with its blood-red eye.
• Qin Ming fled to the city gate and demanded that it be opened, but Yu Qing ordered the guards not to open it without his permission.

Qin Ming fused his martial arts into the Black Tiger Xingyi Saber and fought his way up Qingyang County’s wall after the city leaders refused to open the gate. He survived the silver-haired evil ghost’s spear, arrows, and lamp oil, reached the wall, and prepared to confront Yu Qing and the other leaders.

• Xiong San refused to open the gate despite Pei Heng’s plea, and Li Shengnan fainted while Lu Liu and Ye Wei grieved for Qin Ming.
• Qin Ming maxed out the Black Tiger Life-Severing Blade, fused it with Tiger Fist and Xingyi Tiger Fist, and created the Black Tiger Xingyi Saber.
• Qin Ming climbed the granite wall, deflected the silver-haired evil ghost’s spear with Black Tiger Life Severing, and endured a rain of arrows.
• Yu Qing ordered lamp oil poured over Qin Ming, but Qin Ming’s Fire Poison Art devoured the flames and helped him recover.
• Qin Ming used the spear to launch himself onto the wall, accepted Lu Liu’s robe, and told Yu Qing and the assembled leaders that it was time to settle accounts.

Qin Ming defeated the Wild Wolf Gang leader, the Savage Tiger Gang fighter, and Zheng Xiong, then killed Yu Qing despite the warning that the court would pursue him. As Ghost Entities attacked the city wall, Qin Ming rescued Xiong San, but Lu Liu reported that their master had been taken by a Ghost Monster.

• Qin Ming seriously injured the Wild Wolf Gang leader with Fire Sand Palm and defeated a Savage Tiger Gang fighter with Black Tiger Splits the Mountain.
• Qin Ming crushed Zheng Xiong’s hands with Eagle Claw Skill and kicked him away, leaving the assembled experts too afraid to challenge him.
• Qin Ming killed Yu Qing with the Butcher’s Knife and showed him a Wangjing Prefecture recommendation token before Yu Qing died of rage.
• Human-Headed, Beast-Bodied Ghost Entities attacked the city wall, and Qin Ming cut apart the snake-bodied creature that was crushing Xiong San.
• Lu Liu rushed to Qin Ming and told him that their master had been taken by a Ghost Monster.

After Pei Heng was carried into the Ghost Fog, Qin Ming gathered martial arts and supplies, fused his Horizontal Training Martial Arts into the Eighth-Rank Pure Yang Art, and secluded himself to cultivate. Two days later, Ye Wei reported that gang remnants had attacked the residence and abducted Senior Sister and Embroiderer, prompting Qin Ming to burst from the yamen in flames.

• A winged Ghost Entity seized Pei Heng and flew into the Ghost Fog, and Qin Ming killed the remaining Ghost Entities before leading the survivors from the walls.
• Qin Ming demanded martial arts and supplies, plundered the Wild Wolf Gang, the Black Tiger Gang, and the Zheng Family, and had Xiong San collect manuals, Yin Artifacts, and poisons.
• Qin Ming perfected Iron Arm Art and Iron Crotch Art, gained yang Qi, and fused his Horizontal Training Martial Arts into the Eighth-Rank Pure Yang Art.
• Qin Ming entered seclusion to absorb poisons and spirit herbs with Fire Poison Art while lawlessness and violence spread through Qingyang City.
• Ye Wei arrived wounded and told Xiong San and Lu Liu that remnants of the Wild Wolf Gang and the Black Tiger Gang had abducted Senior Sister and Embroiderer.
• Qin Ming erupted from the yamen in flames and crashed into the ground.

After reaching the Late Flesh-Refining Realm, Qin Ming rescued Li Shengnan, Embroiderer, and Lu Liu from the Savage Wolf Gang and Black Tiger Gang, then set out into the Ghost Entity-ravaged city. The chapter ends when he and the doctor find robbers attacking the doctor’s home, and Qin Ming recognizes one of them.

• Qin Ming learned that the Savage Wolf Gang and Black Tiger Gang had abducted Li Shengnan and Embroiderer, and rushed to the yamen.
• Qin Ming killed Jackal, Black Panther, and dozens of gang members, then rescued Li Shengnan and Embroiderer and stopped Lu Liu from bleeding to death.
• Xiong San brought a doctor, who stabilized Lu Liu; Qin Ming then escorted the doctor through the dark, Ghost Entity-infested streets.
• Qin Ming crushed a Ghost Entity that attacked the doctor and gained fifty free attribute points.
• Qin Ming and the doctor reached the doctor’s burning home, where robbers were killing and looting, and Qin Ming recognized one of them.

Qin Ming rescued a physician’s family from Clearwind Stronghold bandits, captured the Viper Elder, and learned that Ghost Entities had let the bandits into Qingyang City to massacre its people. As Qin Ming and Xiong San suspected the killings were meant to create Wraiths, Ye Wei encountered a Ghost Entity after disposing of the Viper Elder’s corpse.

• Qin Ming killed the bandits attacking the physician’s family and captured the Viper Elder, then tortured him until he revealed that Ghost Entities had recently let Clearwind Stronghold bandits into the city to kill and loot.
• Qin Ming found that the physician, his wife, and his daughter had died, promised to avenge them, and brought the Viper Elder back to Li Shengnan.
• Li Shengnan recognized the Viper Elder as her father’s murderer, and Qin Ming left him for her to deal with.
• Qin Ming told Xiong San what he had learned, and they connected the bandit massacres to the Ghost Fog’s creation of Wraiths.
• After the Viper Elder died, Ye Wei threw his body over the wall, where something devoured it, then turned and found a Ghost Entity behind him.

Qin Ming fought through Qingshan Town, killing Clearwind Stronghold bandits, evildoers, and Ghost Entities as the Ghost Fog threatened the city. After reaching the Perfected Flesh-Refining Realm, he joined Xiong San at the yamen’s secret Sutra Pavilion to search for martial arts manuals.

• Qin Ming and Xiong San killed a Big-Head Evil Ghost after it attacked Ye Wei, and Xiong San later reported encountering Clearwind Stronghold bandits again.
• Qin Ming went to the Li Lineage residence, killed the bandits there, and took medicines, martial arts manuals, and banknotes from its storeroom.
• Qin Ming fought across town through the night, killing more than two hundred Clearwind Stronghold bandits, evildoers, and Ghost Entities, and reached the Perfected Flesh-Refining Realm.
• Qin Ming briefly clashed with the Silver-Haired Evil Ghost near the Ghost Fog surrounding the city gate, then retreated when he sensed a more terrifying presence within the fog.
• After daybreak, Qin Ming told Xiong San about the night’s events, and Xiong San led him to the yamen’s secret Sutra Pavilion to search for martial arts.
• Qin Ming examined the manuals and noticed one that caught his attention.

Qin Ming perfected several martial arts, secretly cultivated Xiong San’s Black Sha Skill, and confronted the silver-haired evil ghost after it tracked him down. He drove the Butcher’s Knife into the ghost’s brow but was struck through several houses, leaving him injured while the ghost remained alive.

• Qin Ming perfected the Gale Saber Technique, Ladder Cloud Vertical, Vajra Leg, and Xingyi Snake Fist, then gave Xiong San the original Xingyi Fist manuals.
• Qin Ming persuaded Xiong San to show him the Black Sha Skill and later secretly cultivated it with an old ginseng root until it reached Greater Mastery.
• Qin Ming and Xiong San left the cellar and went into the city to stop Clearwind Stronghold bandits and hunt Ghost Entities.
• The silver-haired evil ghost found Qin Ming and attacked him with a stone club, but Qin Ming dodged its blows and struck back with the Butcher’s Knife.
• Qin Ming combined the Black Sha Skill’s Sha Qi with Fire Poison and stabbed the knife into the evil ghost’s brow, but the ghost survived and sent him crashing through three houses.
• Qin Ming crawled from the rubble, spat blood, and stirred the pure Yang Qi in his Dantian to test its power against the still-living ghost.