Chapter Summaries

Qin Yan broke free of the Min Family’s illusion and joined Zhao Zhen in destroying the Yin Souls and paper effigies that had trapped their group. After rescuing the others, the group discovered the old woman they had met was connected to the enemy.

• Qin Yan shattered the illusion with Blood Sha Qi, escaped a coffin, and realized the Min Family consisted of Yin Souls and paper effigies.
• Qin Yan freed Zhao Zhen, and the two men destroyed the five Fierce Ghosts and defeated Min Xingzhi and the old servant’s paper effigies.
• The darkness lifted, and Qin Yan woke the group members who had been sealed in the coffins.
• Ma Daren and the other Demon Suppression Commandants broke through the gate and found Qin Yan and Zhao Zhen had already dealt with the threat.
• The group searched the old woman’s home and found it abandoned, realizing she had been working with the hidden enemy.

Zhao Zhen’s group redirected their efforts to Mass Grave Mound, where Qin Yan was asked to lure ancient corpses out with his potent blood and Yang Qi. After Master Wuci destroyed Liao Qian’s corpse, three stronger jiangshi emerged and charged toward Qin Yan.

• Zhao Zhen relayed the general’s order to focus on Mass Grave Mound and asked Qin Yan to help draw out the remaining ancient corpses.
• Qin Yan agreed to spill blood near the deep pool after Long-Brow Daoist and Master Wuci promised to protect him.
• Qin Yan’s blood stirred the buried corpses, and Liao Qian emerged as a Purple-Clothed Walking Corpse and lunged toward him.
• Master Wuci intercepted Liao Qian and shattered its bones with a single golden palm strike.
• Three ancient jiangshi emerged and rushed toward Qin Yan, while Long-Brow Daoist recognized the strongest as nearing the Flying Corpse stage.

Qin Zhu swiftly slew the awakened ancient corpses at Mass Grave Mound, but workers clearing the deep pool uncovered a Hidden Dragon Drinking Water Formation. As the old Daoist warned everyone to flee, Butcher hurled a spear into the dragon-shaped cliff, releasing a violent surge of Sha Qi from the pool.

• Long-Brow Daoist and the other Daoist experts tried to bind the strongest ancient corpse, while Long-Brow Daoist's flame attack and Master Wuci's staff destroyed the weaker corpses.
• Qin Zhu shot the nearly five-hundred-year-old Hairy Corpse twice and cleaved it in two with his crescent blade.
• Workers cleared weeds from the stone beside the deep pool, and an old Daoist discovered that the site formed a Hidden Dragon Drinking Water Formation.
• The old Daoist ordered everyone to flee, but Yinrou Scholar told Butcher to act from a distant hillside.
• Butcher hurled his pitch-black spear into the throat of the dragon-head-shaped cliff, and Sha Qi surged upward as a chilling presence rose from the deep pool.

Two peerless evil creatures emerged at Mass Grave Mound, unleashing the Underworld’s escaped monsters and forcing the defenders to battle while evacuating nearby villages. Qin Yan reached Shanghe Village and drove the villagers to hurry toward Qinghe Town.

• A demonic corpse and a being inside a black iron coffin emerged, and Qin Zhu ordered the Demon-Suppressing Bureau and Green Mountain Camp to protect Qinghe Town’s people.
• The black iron coffin’s disappearance opened the Underworld exit, and Master Wuci’s Buddha Dharma Form was shattered in the battle against the demonic corpse.
• Evil creatures escaped Mass Grave Mound as Lu Xiao’s soldiers and the Daoists began evacuating the surrounding villages.
• Qin Yan warned Shanghe Village chief Qi Guanghan to move the villagers to Qinghe Town under military orders.
• When villagers delayed, Qin Yan ordered Infinite Martial Arts School disciples to enforce the evacuation and threatened a troublemaker until the crowd hurried to gather their belongings.

Qin Yan led villagers fleeing toward Qinghe Town and killed supernatural entities with blood-red arrows, while the town’s defenders prepared for attacks. At the front line, he joined Ma Daren and impressed Daoist masters with his archery as unfamiliar powerful presences appeared near the Mass Grave Mound.

• Qin Yan shot down a Vengeful Ghost approaching the villagers and urged them to hurry toward Qinghe Town.
• Qin Yan escorted the villagers to town, killing supernatural entities along the road, and ordered Xiaoshan to maintain order.
• A roar came from the Mass Grave Mound as three unfamiliar presences appeared, and Qin Yan wondered whether they were allies or enemies.
• Qin Yan reached the front line, where Ma Daren and several Second Realm powerhouses defended Qinghe Town.
• Qin Yan shot down an evil ghost with a Blood Sha Qi-coated arrow, impressing Daoist Master Xuzhen, then killed another supernatural entity.

Qin Yan’s archery kept the uncanny creatures from reaching Qinghe Town, even as the Underworld entrance at Mass Grave Mound lost control. After the commandants saw his strength, Ye Pingzhou tried to recruit him for Changshan Prefecture, but Qin Yan said he had not considered transferring.

• Qin Yan killed uncanny creatures with blood-infused arrows, improving his Archery and Unlimited Combat skills.
• Zhao Zhen arrived with injured commandants and warned that Ghost Spirit-level and stronger evil creatures had escaped from the Underworld entrance at Mass Grave Mound.
• Ma Daren told Zhao Zhen that Qin Yan had kept Qinghe Town safe, and Qin Yan demonstrated his powerful archery to the commandants.
• Ye Pingzhou asked to take Qin Yan to Changshan Prefecture and suggested Qin Yan could eventually succeed him as commandant.
• Qin Yan said he had only just joined the Demon-Suppressing Bureau and had not considered transferring.

At Mass Grave Mound, Qin Zhu, Long-Brow Daoist, and Master Wuci fought the awakened female corpse after the Yinluo Way escaped. Master Wuci sacrificed himself to seal her for fifty years, and the survivors later brought her headless body back under talisman guard.

• The effeminate scholar sent paper men against Qin Zhu while Granny Tang and the butcher escaped through a well with the demonic corpse.
• The effeminate scholar trapped the female corpse in blood, and Long-Brow Daoist struck her with a lightning talisman, but she absorbed the blood and grew stronger.
• Master Wuci surrendered his three hundred years of Buddhist cultivation to calm the spirits and try to deliver the female corpse from her resentment.
• Long-Brow Daoist and Qin Zhu struck the female corpse with lightning and a blade, while Master Wuci sealed her head and Yin Soul in the deep pool with his sarira.
• Qin Zhu and Long-Brow Daoist mourned Master Wuci, and Qin Yan and the others later learned of his sacrifice as the female corpse’s headless body was returned under talisman guard.

Qin Yan discovered that the Jade Turtle could absorb the headless corpse’s Sha Qi and suppress it, before a bolt of heavenly lightning destroyed the corpse. After Long-Brow Daoist confirmed the lightning strike, Qin Zhu allowed Qin Yan to leave and fight evil beings.

• Qin Yan let the trembling Jade Turtle absorb Sha Qi from the headless corpse, causing the corpse to stir against its restraints.
• The Jade Turtle flew onto the corpse, suppressed it, and drained away all its Sha Qi; Qin Yan glimpsed the character for “luck” glowing on its back.
• Qin Yan fled the mortuary as a bolt of lightning struck and reduced the corpse and building to ruins, and he suspected the Jade Turtle had caused the strike.
• Qin Zhu questioned Qin Yan, who said lightning had destroyed the corpse, and Long-Brow Daoist confirmed that heavenly lightning had struck the evil being.
• Qin Yan asked to help slay evil beings, and Qin Zhu approved, praising him and saying he could have a future in the Demon-Suppressing Bureau.

After the Demon-Suppressing Pagoda was established, Qin Yan stayed in Qinghe Town to oversee the remaining evil entities and help manage a new Cremation Site. He removed dangerous Sha Qi from two corpses before they were burned, and the site became a place where he could collect Sha Qi.

• The Buddhist and Daoist experts departed after raising the Demon-Suppressing Pagoda, leaving its upkeep to the local yamen and Demon-Suppressing Bureau.
• Zhao Zhen praised Qin Yan for killing nearly half of the Bureau’s targets and left him in charge of watching over Qinghe Town.
• Wang Qing told Qin Yan that the Cremation Site was overwhelmed with bodies and asked him to handle two corpses that resisted cremation.
• Qin Yan drew the baleful Qi from a charred corpse that was close to reanimating, then destroyed the Vengeful Ghost forming inside Ma Guihua’s corpse and removed its Sha Qi.
• Qin Yan watched both corpses enter the furnace and offered to handle any future bodies the Cremation Site could not manage.

Qin Yan received special equipment and attended a farewell banquet for Jiang Fuji, where he learned about the incoming county magistrate, Wen Qinsi. After continued cultivation raised his strength limit to 100, Qin Yan gained the ability Human Magnetic Field and began exploring its powers.

• Di Feng delivered Qin Yan's special fighting clothes, boots, and Century-Old Spirit Ginseng, and Qin Yan invited him to a meal.
• A yamen runner summoned Qin Yan to a gathering for Jiang Fuji, whose transfer to Supervising Censor had been arranged by his influential family.
• At Abundant Harvest Tower, Lu Chi told Qin Yan about Jiang Fuji's new post, and Jiang Fuji reflected on Qin Yan's rise and his daughters' past offense against him.
• Jiang Fuji told the gathering that Wen Qinsi, a provincial examination graduate, would become the next county magistrate and that Jiang Fuji would leave in three months.
• Qin Yan continued training and investigating strange incidents until his strength limit reached 100 and he acquired Human Magnetic Field, which let him levitate, form barriers, and divert attacks.

Qin Yan trained his magnetic-field control and grew stronger while consolidating his power in Qinghe Town. At his forest base, he helped his followers cultivate and taught the Black Cat a breathing method as he continued training.

• Qin Yan controlled flying knives and pebbles with his magnetic field, demonstrating greater attack and movement speed.
• Zong Xiaoshan brought down the Black Dragon Gang, while Qin Yan secretly absorbed its businesses and kept his role in the Infinite Martial Arts School concealed.
• Qin Yan visited the forest base, where Qin An reported that the group had captured strange insects and exotic beasts, some of Mountain Treasure grade.
• Qin Yan promised to provide recipes for turning the spirit insects into medicine to help Qin An, Chen Ergou and the others cultivate.
• Qin Yan taught the Black Cat the Great Five-Viscera Immortal Abode breathing method, and it quickly learned the basics and began absorbing ambient energy.
• Qin Yan cultivated with lingzhi medicinal wine in the base, increasing his strength, speed and spirit limits.

Qin Yan rescued Qin Ya and two others from an old locust tree spirit, killed it, and learned about other supernatural threats in the forest. He planned to investigate the powerful ghost living in a nearby cave before dealing with the remaining spirits.

• Qin An told Qin Yan that Qin Ya and two others had been bewitched by a large locust tree while hunting.
• Qin Yan used Qi-Reading Technique to identify the tree spirit and its three vengeful souls, then freed Qin Ya and the others.
• The vengeful souls attacked Qin Yan but were burned away by his Rock Realm presence.
• Qin Yan forced the old locust tree to reveal that an intelligent fox, a wolf pack leader, and a powerful cave ghost lived nearby.
• Qin Yan destroyed the locust tree despite promising to spare it, and the Little Jade Turtle devoured the spirit.
• Qin Yan had the tree’s heartwood collected and planned to investigate the cave ghost before dealing with the other spirits.

Qin Yan hunted for medicinal herbs in the snowy mountains, saw through a fox demon’s illusion, and killed it before discovering a skeleton and a secret manual in its den. He left the chapter with the manual, titled God-Driving, in hand.

• Qin Yan told Xiaoxuan to watch over the mountain base and alert the others to danger.
• Qin Yan used the Qi-Reading Technique and the Little Jade Turtle to find a nearly 130-year-old Fo-ti and other medicinal herbs.
• Qin Yan found a wounded woman in the snow, recognized her as a fox demon in disguise, and crushed her to death.
• Qin Yan found the fox demon’s den and gathered thirteen Red Essence plants, four of them over fifty years old.
• Qin Yan discovered a skeleton in the den and found an inscribed jade pendant and a secret manual titled God-Driving.

Qin Yan studied the God-Driving ability, brought a red fox spirit back to the stronghold, and absorbed a century-old red essence that greatly improved his attributes. He later confronted and swiftly killed a powerful wolf demon, leaving him impressed by how his growing strength enhanced his magnetic field.

• Qin Yan realized the God-Driving scripture might be incomplete and speculated that his jade items were connected to an ancient battle over immortal cultivation.
• Qin Yan brought the red fox spirit's carcass to the stronghold, where Qin An and the others processed and ate its meat before returning to practice.
• Qin Yan absorbed the century-old red essence overnight, raising his strength, speed, and spirit caps.
• Qin Yan shot down a pack of wolves, then faced their enormous black wolf leader in the forest.
• Qin Yan dodged the wolf demon's attacks and killed it with a rapid series of devastating blows, noting that his stronger body also strengthened his magnetic field.

Qin Yan discovered that the powerful ghost in the cave was Shuyunzi, a former disciple of the Azure Sun Abbey who had died while seeking treasure in an ancient immortal cultivator’s tomb. He agreed to bring Shuyunzi and his remains to the abbey so its abbot could decide what to do with him, but three elderly Daoists confronted them upon arrival.

• Qin Yan found Shuyunzi in a cave and learned that the ghost had been a Qi Origin Realm disciple of the Azure Sun Abbey.
• Shuyunzi told Qin Yan that he had died decades earlier while pursuing an immortal treasure after an ancient cultivator’s tomb was opened near Qinghe Town.
• Shuyunzi explained that his soul was bound to his remains and asked Qin Yan to take them to the Azure Sun Abbey.
• Qin Yan agreed to bring Shuyunzi back and consult the abbey’s abbot, then carried his remains to the abbey.
• Shuyunzi emerged at the Azure Sun Abbey, where three elderly Daoists rushed out and challenged him as an evil creature.

Qin Yan reported Shuyunzi’s attempt to become a Yin God to his superiors, who approved the research and sent Red Star Daoist to oversee it. Red Star Daoist arrived in Qinghe Town, praised Qin Yan’s potential, and revealed that the imperial family and court were deeply interested in Shuyunzi’s unique transformation.

• Shuyunzi asked his junior brothers at the Azure Sun Abbey to help him pursue the path of becoming a Yin God, and the abbey master promised to watch over him.
• Qin Yan reported Shuyunzi’s case to Zhao Zhen and received permission for the research, along with notice that a Daoist master from the Demon-Suppressing Bureau would come to oversee it.
• Jiang Fuji departed for Youshan Prefecture with his family, while Jiang Wan regretted her missed chance with Qin Yan and accepted her father’s plans for her marriage.
• Red Star Daoist arrived in Qinghe Town and told Qin Yan that people in the Demon-Suppressing Bureau were betting on whether he could break Qin Zhu’s record for reaching the Xiantian Realm.
• Red Star Daoist explained that the imperial family and court were concerned with granting Shuyunzi the title of Yin God because he was the only cultivator known to have become a Yin Soul.

Red Star Daoist welcomed Shuyunzi, a Ghost Spirit Level Yin Soul, and offered to guide his cultivation. Qin Yan gained Magnetic Field Healing and learned that the new county magistrate, Wen Qinsi, had a Xiantian Realm bodyguard.

• Red Star Daoist recognized Shuyunzi's transformation into a Ghost Spirit Level Yin Soul and said his existence mattered to the Demon-Suppressing Bureau.
• Qin Yan gained control of Magnetic Field Healing as his strength and spiritual power continued to rise.
• Xiaoxuan brought back awakened creatures and herbs from the mountains, helping the camp's martial artists improve their cultivation.
• Song Bao told Qin Yan that Wen Qinsi had arrived in Qinghe Town and invited him to a welcoming banquet.
• At the Abundant Harvest Tower, Lu Chi described Wen Qinsi as a ruthless, corrupt official, while Qin Yan spotted a Xiantian Realm martial artist among his attendants.

Wen Qinsi tried to recruit Qin Yan with a residence and ten thousand taels of gold, but Qin Yan refused and exposed his formidable strength to Zhang Tuo. Wen Qinsi and Zhang Tuo decided to approach him cautiously while continuing to pursue their plans in Qinghe Town.

• Lu Chi realized Qin Yan had noticed the steward’s concealed strength, but Qin Yan dismissed his suspicions by claiming he had keen perception.
• Wen Qinsi privately offered Qin Yan a residence and two chests of gold on behalf of the person behind him, hoping to win his friendship.
• Qin Yan refused the gifts, saying he did not want to incur a hidden price, and left the tea room.
• Qin Yan shoved the steward aside, revealing his tremendous physical strength and shocking Wen Qinsi and Zhang Tuo.
• Wen Qinsi urged Zhang Tuo to recruit Qin Yan or destroy him, but Zhang Tuo warned that the Demon-Suppressing Bureau might retaliate and recommended moving carefully.
• Wen Qinsi reflected on the forces gathering in Qinghe Town and wondered whether another Immortal’s Tomb might be found.

Qin Yan investigated a corpse that escaped from the Cremation Site and killed a grave robber, then found a corpse Qi-filled coffin in an old tomb. As the coffin lid began to rise, a creature inside growled.

• Qin Yan learned that his cultivation had greatly increased his strength, but decided to hide most of his abilities until he could protect himself from powerful enemies.
• Wang Qing reported that a corpse had escaped from the Cremation Site after killing a worker, and Qin Yan ordered an investigation while dealing with five other corpses.
• Qin Yan identified the escaped corpse as Lang Santong and asked Lu Chi, the constables, and the Infinite Martial Arts School to search for it.
• Constable Feng showed Qin Yan the drained corpse of a grave robber, whose wounds and lingering corpse Qi indicated a zombie attack.
• Qin Yan found corpse Qi at a nearby abandoned tomb and ordered the grave opened; inside, he discovered an intact coffin that began to open as greenish hands lifted its lid.

Qin Yan subdued the Green Zombie and investigated Lang Santong’s reanimated corpse in Southpo Village. He discovered that the corpse was rushing toward Pang An rather than Lang Santong’s family, suggesting Pang An was connected to the death.

• Qin Yan defeated the Green Zombie, bound it with an iron chain, and deduced that it had driven the escaped corpse from the tomb chamber.
• Qin Yan and Constable Feng took the Green Zombie away and headed to Southpo Village to track the escaped corpse.
• Qin Yan learned from Lang Siqing that Lang Santong had liked Ye Rou, who had recently become engaged to Pang An.
• Constable Feng discovered that Ye Rou’s father had sold her to Pang An to settle gambling debts, while the Pang Family claimed not to know about Lang Santong’s death.
• After Pang An returned to the village, Qin Yan spotted a fast-moving figure in the forest heading toward Pang An instead of the Lang Family.