Recaps

Qin Yan helped contain the horrors emerging from Mass Grave Mound, then grew stronger while handling spirits, monsters, and a corrupt official’s schemes around Qinghe Town. Sent to capture Yin Souls near Misty Sword Mountain, he reached an abandoned temple where the slain bandits rose as Vengeful Ghosts and attacked everyone inside.

• Qin Yan escaped the Min Family’s illusion with Zhao Zhen, destroyed the Yin Souls and paper effigies, and woke the group trapped in coffins.
• Qin Yan helped draw out the ancient corpses at Mass Grave Mound, where Butcher’s spear unleashed Sha Qi and a demonic corpse emerged from the Underworld exit.
• Qin Yan evacuated Shanghe Village’s people to Qinghe Town and fought the escaped evil creatures while Master Wuci sacrificed himself to seal the female corpse.
• Qin Yan helped clear the Cremation Site, gained Human Magnetic Field, and secretly expanded his influence through Zong Xiaoshan and the Black Dragon Gang.
• Qin Yan defeated the tree spirit, fox demon, and wolf demon in the mountains, then returned Shuyunzi’s remains to Azure Sun Abbey so the Daoists could help him pursue becoming a Yin God.
• Qin Yan rejected Wen Qinsi’s gifts and investigated Lang Santong’s escape, uncovering Pang An’s abuse of Ye Rou and the Yinluo Way’s role in creating a Mother-and-Child Corpse Sha.
• Qin Yan trained against the Green Zombie, then accepted Red Star Daoist’s Soul-Binding Bag and Purple Sun Talisman and traveled toward Misty Sword Mountain.
• Qin Yan sheltered in an abandoned temple with Zhang Zheyuan, Lu Yunyi, merchants, and hunters, where slain bandits rose as Vengeful Ghosts and a skeleton seized Lu Yunyi.

Qin Yan hunted demons, expanded his influence, and took up a post in Youshan Prefecture, where he uncovered a false god and a powerful official’s crimes. The arc ended with the Cao residence raided and Cao Zhizhang exposed.

• Qin Yan defeated a tiger demon on Misty Sword Mountain, found an ancient cave abode, and learned from its jade slip about the Tai Xuan Immortal Sect.
• Qin Yan helped Red Star Daoist develop Ghost Dao cultivation, then joined Zhao Zhen’s operation to escort Pi Sanqiu and defeated the criminals who ambushed the prisoners.
• Qin Yan investigated the river deaths, tracked down and killed the giant black fish, and distributed its nourishing meat among his men and the people who had helped him.
• Zhao Zhen transferred Qin Yan to Youshan Prefecture as acting Commandant Patrol Envoy, where Qin Yan quickly subdued the wanted criminal An Wuxia and commissioned a divine bow from Old Master Ou.
• Qin Yan investigated Cloud Glow Temple, defeated Yuanhai and Yuan You True Lord, and exposed the temple’s creation of Yin Souls before recovering the Ghost-Taming jade slip.
• The Zheshen Ghost reached Ghost Spirit Level, and Qin Yan used Ghost-Taming to summon Hua Zhen, who identified Cao Zhizhang as her killer and abuser.
• Qin Yan persuaded Tao Wang to help expose Cao Zhizhang, then watched constables raid the Cao residence and discover imprisoned women and bodies in a sealed well.

Qin Yan was dragged into the Underworld while hunting the corpse carrier and fought his way back to the Yang Realm after more than two months. In Tianlan Prefecture, he reunited with allies and confronted the Uncut Jade Monastery’s Daoists, killing two of them after they challenged him.

• Tao Wang arrested Cao Zhizhang and exposed Liu Polu’s faction, while Qin Yan received a White Jade Ginseng and learned that Cao had supposedly died in prison.
• Qin Yan traveled to Wuan County, defeated the Shanxiao tribe, rescued its captives, and investigated corpse transformations and the resentful spirit Xu Xing'e.
• Qin Yan pursued the corpse carrier and Li Spirit Medium, but an artifact from the Immortal's Tomb pulled them into the Underworld with the Sha Infant.
• After the spirit medium died on the river, Qin Yan and the corpse carrier sought a way back, while Red Star Daoist and Ma Daren arranged for Eagle Daoist to help Qin Yan escape.
• Qin Yan evaded a red-clad evil spirit and hunted Yin Souls before finding a dangerous passage back to the Yang Realm, where Li Muqing’s people rescued him.
• Qin Yan reached Tianlan Prefecture, cultivated to greater strength, and learned that Prince Jing’s people were investigating him while Zhao Zhen and Red Star Daoist celebrated his survival.
• Zong Xiaoshan reached Xiantian and chose to guard Qin Yan’s holdings, while Qin Yan returned to the Demon-Suppressing Bureau and faced Daoists accusing him of killing their master.
• Qin Yan challenged Chensu, Chenzhai, and Chenxi to fight together, crippled them, and slit Chensu’s and Chenzhai’s throats.

Qin Yan escorted Xia Chengqian to the Capital, crushed the Taiping Army’s advance with his archery, and helped reclaim Eastern Heaven Prefecture. At court, the emperor rewarded him with a general’s post and a noble title, and Qin Yan then went to the Martial Hall, where he considered recruiting talented students from humble backgrounds.

• Prince Jing tasked Qin Yan with escorting Xia Chengqian to the Capital, and Qin Yan disciplined the unruly heir while training him to face danger.
• Qin Yan gathered deserters and routed rebels across Eastern Heaven Prefecture, then led a force against Windraising Town and helped Xia Chengqian secure safe passage for refugees.
• Qin Yan recovered the cauldron holding the Green Sha evil spirit by killing Daoist Kushan, Chi Yifeng, and other Taiping Army experts.
• Qin Yan joined Ye Yingshan at Red Ridge, where he killed enemy officers and generals, routed Taiping forces, and captured Hu Zhanfeng in a surprise attack on Yangfeng Town.
• Qin Yan helped destroy the Taiping Army’s forces and reclaim Eastern Heaven Prefecture before Jia Yuanheng escorted him and Xia Chengqian toward the Capital.
• Qi Hong backed Qin Yan against court accusations, and the Hongjia Emperor appointed him Fourth-Rank Divine Bow General, granted him three thousand cavalry, and made him the Count of Qinghe.
• Qin Yan received a residence and household staff, cured Liu Jin’s ailments, and gave Chang Fu silver for Mingming’s new clothes.
• Qi Hong gave Qin Yan the Heavenly Eagle Armor and directed him to attend the Elder Pillar of the State’s birthday and study at the Martial Hall, where Qin Yan considered recruiting talented students from humble families.