Chapter Summaries

After the Huang Family Fort seized the bandit stronghold, Qing He Miao inspected the loot and questioned the captives about their crimes. A frightened young bandit broke the silence by accusing Zhao Si, leaving the captives’ judgment underway.

• Qing He Miao reviewed his battle records, noticed his [Killing Intent] status remained, and reflected on his need for a weapon and the mental strain of using his stand.
• Huang Wulang reported the fort’s stores and weapons, while Qing He Miao examined incomplete scraps of military saber techniques and dismissed them.
• Qing He Miao aimed a crossbow at the captives and ordered them to identify those guilty of crimes punishable by execution, requiring corroborating witnesses.
• After Qing He Miao fired a bolt into the ground to frighten them, a young bandit accused Zhao Si of assaulting a man’s wife and killing an old man during a raid.

Qing He Miao executed bandits accused of serious crimes, accepted gold and silver from Huang Wulang, and returned to Wind Spirit Moon Shadow Temple. As spring approached, he helped disaster victims prepare farmland and formed a paid group of Courtyard Guards.

• Qing He Miao killed Zhao Si and several other bandits after prisoners accused them of serious crimes.
• Huang Wulang thanked Qing He Miao for sorting the prisoners and gave him the seized gold and silver.
• Huang Wulang arranged for his clansmen to guard the stronghold and returned to Huang Family Fort with Qing He Miao.
• Qing He Miao returned to his real-world home, endured a scolding, and spent several days acting like a normal student before school began.
• Qing He Miao bought seeds for the disaster victims and planned for them to clear land, dig irrigation channels, and farm.
• Qing He Miao formed fifteen paid Courtyard Guard positions and offered farming households the right to keep seventy percent of their first harvest.

Qing He Miao formed a temple guard troop, discovered he could gain experience through its members, and took in another group of refugees. While hunting with Huang Wulang, he learned that local salt was plentiful but that cheaper smuggled salt and Western Region spices could still find buyers; the chapter ended as Huang Wulang reacted with excitement to the proposed goods.

• Qing He Miao recruited fifteen temple guards and received system information about their loyalty and negative traits.
• Qing He Miao tested whether a guard’s kill granted him experience and confirmed that it did, though the amount was greatly reduced.
• A new group of refugees arrived, so Qing He Miao arranged more porridge, well-digging, and housing.
• While hunting with Huang Wulang, Qing He Miao asked about local salt and learned Hebei produced plenty, though government salt was coarse and expensive.
• Huang Wulang offered the Huang Family’s trade contacts for smuggled salt, and Qing He Miao proposed supplying refined salt and Western Region spices.

Qing He Miao turned his salt supply into a partnership with Huang Wulang and secured an official Great Liang appointment that let him move goods through the Taihang region. After reaching LV 13, he drew the Stand Black Sabbath and began testing its shadow-travel and soul-attacking abilities.

• Huang Wulang saw the quality of Qing He Miao's refined salt and recruited powerful partners to expand their business.
• Huang Wulang helped Qing He Miao obtain a Great Liang appointment and iron token, giving him a legitimate pretext to travel through northern camps, markets, and passes.
• Qing He Miao found that disaster victims kept appearing while bandit groups became rarer as his reputation spread, limiting his chances to gain experience.
• Qing He Miao reached LV 13 and drew Black Sabbath, a long-range automatic Stand that traveled through shadows and could restrain souls.
• Qing He Miao tested Black Sabbath as it merged into the shadows of walls, trees, and people.

Qing He Miao’s school knowledge abilities returned to Proficient, ending his Forgetfulness status as he continued developing his reputation among the Horse-Riding Immortal lineage Beyond the Pass. One night, he spotted a figure near his school and was ambushed by Deng Youcai, but countered the attempted throw with a kick.

• Qing He Miao cautiously recorded information about his activities and continued training with Grandma Guan while building a small reputation in the Horse-Riding Immortal lineage Beyond the Pass.
• After reaching Proficient in General History, General Literature, and Science Fundamentals, Qing He Miao lost his Forgetfulness status and regained his former peak condition.
• During his second year of high school, Qing He Miao noticed a shadowy figure between school buildings and secretly followed it.
• Deng Youcai ambushed Qing He Miao with a grappling attack and tried to throw him over his shoulder.
• Qing He Miao used the throw’s momentum to flip sideways and kicked Deng Youcai’s supporting calf.

Deng Youcai and Deng Youfu found Qing He Miao at school, where Deng Youcai tested his fighting skills before the brothers invited him to dinner. At a barbecue restaurant, they discussed contacting him by phone, and Deng Youfu called Qing He Miao’s parents to let them know he would be home late.

• Deng Youcai ambushed Qing He Miao at school, but Qing He Miao countered him and avoided being thrown.
• Deng Youfu stopped Deng Youcai from continuing the sparring and invited Qing He Miao to dinner.
• The three went to a barbecue restaurant, where Qing He Miao asked the brothers not to use an Immortal Family to find him at school.
• Deng Youcai and Deng Youfu urged Qing He Miao to get a phone, but he declined and asked them to tell his parents he would be late.
• Deng Youfu called Qing He Miao’s mother and explained that Qing He Miao was with them.

Qing He Miao encouraged Deng Youfu to study abroad, arguing that Outcasts needed to understand and adapt to the growing influence of modern technology. Deng Youfu felt reassured, while Deng Youcai remained opposed, and Qing He Miao warned Deng Youfu to be careful in the foreign Outcast world.

• Qing He Miao and the Deng brothers ate and drank together, and Deng Youfu said he was considering going abroad after graduation.
• Deng Youcai objected to Deng Youfu leaving home, saying he saw little value in studying abroad.
• Qing He Miao supported Deng Youfu’s plan and explained that modern technology was replacing many supernatural methods, making it important for Outcasts to adapt.
• Qing He Miao suggested Deng Youfu learn from foreign Outcast traditions and warned him not to take unnecessary risks.
• Deng Youfu took Qing He Miao’s advice to heart and looked visibly reassured.

Qing He Miao advised Deng Youfu to travel abroad while Deng Youcai focused on expanding their funeral business, then explained his practical views on marriage and named three potential partners. The brothers were surprised by his specific choices, especially the unfamiliar Tao Tao.

• Qing He Miao encouraged Deng Youfu to go abroad but told Deng Youcai to stay and develop the funeral industry beyond the pass.
• Deng Youfu vowed to broaden his horizons and help revitalize their Horse-Riding Immortal lineage.
• Deng Youcai and Deng Youfu teased Qing He Miao about romance, and he said he planned to find a wife rather than pursue a high-school relationship.
• Qing He Miao listed his preferences for a future wife, including someone from the cultivation circle who could continue the family line and manage household affairs.
• Qing He Miao named Feng Shayan, Lu Linglong, and Tao Tao as tentative candidates, prompting the Deng brothers to question how he knew them and what they had in common.

Qing He Miao discussed his possible marriage prospects with the Deng brothers, who later performed a rite to prepare for the spirit of his Henan opera master. Years passed, and during Qing He Miao’s busy final year of high school, a group of monks arrived at his expanded Daoist temple.

• Qing He Miao explained how Feng Shayan, Lu Linglong, and Tao Tao each might become a suitable match, while the Deng brothers reacted with disbelief.
• The Deng brothers arranged a Spirit Domain formation near the village auditorium to help Qing He Miao’s spirit master pass on peacefully.
• Deng Youfu went abroad to study, while Deng Youcai returned to his hometown after graduating and prospered there.
• Qing He Miao continued expanding the Daoist temple to shelter displaced people and provide them with work.
• A group of weary monks arrived at the Wind Spirit Moon Shadow Temple, and their leader greeted Qing He Miao.

Qing He Miao agreed to shelter a group of displaced monks from Jingye Temple on the condition that they work and support themselves. Their leader, Huiming, offered him the Lankavatara Vajra Treatise, and the chapter ended as Qing He Miao’s system identified the manual and asked whether he wanted to learn it.

• Weihong and the other monks told Qing He Miao that war had destroyed Jingye Temple and left them injured and homeless.
• Qing He Miao welcomed the monks, heard Huiming explain how armies had driven them from their temple, and offered them shelter if they obeyed his rules.
• Huiming agreed that the monks would work alongside the displaced people and support themselves, then presented the Lankavatara Vajra Treatise as their offering.
• After the monks left to settle into temporary lodgings, Qing He Miao opened the manual and received a system notification describing its origins and asking whether he wanted to learn it.