Chapter Summaries

Yu Ye hired the masked swordsman Zhang Mazi to escort the group on their trip to Myanmar and Vietnam, while Red Night discovered that NanGong Qian Feng could enter Ji Qinglin’s Penglai Wonderland and wondered if her Master was still alive. The next morning, Yu Ye, Red Night, Jiang Chen, and their companions set out with Zhang Mazi and Coal Boss.

• Shen Bixin introduced Zhang Mazi to Yu Ye, and they agreed on a price for him to join her dangerous trip.
• Shen Bixin took ten percent of Zhang Mazi’s payment as her introduction fee, and explained that his fire-force cultivation had left his face burned and his voice hoarse.
• Red Night learned that NanGong Qian Feng could meet Ji Qinglin’s soul consciousness in Penglai Wonderland and suspected that her Master might still be alive.
• Red Night asked NanGong Qian Feng to manage the company while the group traveled, and Spirit Hero Murphy refused to share intelligence or intervene.
• Yu Ye, Red Night, Jiang Chen, and their companions picked up Zhang Mazi and departed toward the Myanmar and Vietnam border with Coal Boss.

Jiang Chen’s team entered the lawless Myanmar and Vietnam border region to search for the Immortal Remains, and Zhang Mazi went alone to question Black Forest Gate. After killing its gang leader, he learned the Remains were likely with the Crocodile Gang and persuaded the gang members to join the Machina Gang.

• Jiang Chen’s group exchanged medicine for maps and information about local factions, then identified the Crocodile Gang as their likeliest lead on the Immortal Remains.
• Yu Ye agreed to let Zhang Mazi approach Black Forest Gate alone because he had experience with local gangs.
• The Black Forest Gate leader ordered Zhang Mazi attacked, so Zhang Mazi killed him with a single blade strike.
• Black Forest Gate’s guards told Zhang Mazi that the Immortal Remains had been with Ironblood Gate and were now believed to be with the Crocodile Gang, while the Machina Gang had also asked about them.
• Zhang Mazi claimed to be the Machina Gang’s second-in-command and said the gang planned to unite the local factions, prompting Black Forest Gate’s guards to accept him as their leader.
• Zhang Mazi invited the woman who had been with the dead gang leader to stop acting coquettishly, worried that his companions would tease him about robbing chiefs’ wives.

Yu Ye’s group secured Black Forest Gate through Zhang Mazi’s takeover and planned to build alliances with southern gangs before pursuing the Immortal Remains. Yu Ye remained determined to revive Ji Qinglin, even if the Immortal Remains proved useless.

• Zhang Mazi took over Black Forest Gate, rescued the former gang leader’s wife, and arranged lodging for Yu Ye’s group.
• Zhang Mazi told the group that the Immortal Remains might be with the Crocodile Gang, which Machina had investigated three days earlier without taking them.
• Yu Ye and the others agreed to unify southern gangs under Machina’s banner before confronting the Crocodile Gang.
• Yu Ye worried about risking her companions’ lives and feared A Qing might come after the Immortal Remains.
• Zhang Mazi asked why Yu Ye sought the Immortal Remains, and she admitted she wanted to revive Ji Qinglin and would keep searching even if this attempt failed.

Yu Ye and the others set out to take over the southern gangs, but their easy victories made them suspect a trap. At Gu-Nan Stronghold, they defeated an ambush, and Zhang Mazi treated Yu Ye’s poisoned wound with a costly family remedy.

• Red Night told Yu Ye and Jiang Chen that NanGong Qian Feng had met Master in Penglai Wonderland, giving them hope that Master might still be alive.
• Zhang Mazi, Yu Ye, Fan Yu, Red Night, Jiang Chen, and Xie Ling split into two teams and took over seven gangs, installing Black Forest Gate members to monitor the new leaders.
• Yu Ye and Zhang Mazi worried that the gangs’ easy surrender and the Machina Gang’s failure to seize them earlier pointed to a hidden danger.
• At Gu-Nan Stronghold, the middle-aged gang leader ordered an ambush using poisonous smoke and Electromagnetic Soul Severing Needles, but Zhang Mazi’s slash scattered the attack.
• Yu Ye killed the gang leader but was struck in the shoulder by poisoned blood, and the stronghold’s subordinates surrendered.
• Zhang Mazi treated Yu Ye’s wound with his Zhang family medicinal cloth, then demanded extra pay for using it.

A Qing ordered his forces to expand cautiously and prepare a new body while plotting against Ji Qinglin’s disciples. Yu Ye’s group prepared to investigate the Crocodile Gang, and Zhang Mazi captured one of its members at Lin Paradise to question him.

• A Qing told his projections to secure cities, cooperate with cultivation companies without sharing information, and prioritize resurrected Qi Practitioners.
• Sun Envoy reported attacks on southern gangs and the Gu Maiden’s death; A Qing ordered his forces to keep tracking events and not reinforce the Crocodile Gang.
• Moon Envoy said A Qing’s new body was delayed, and he insisted that its construction remain the top priority.
• After taking eight gangs, Yu Ye’s group discussed how suspiciously easy their victories had been and decided to prepare before approaching the Crocodile Gang.
• Yu Ye, Red Night, and Zhang Mazi went to Lin Paradise to find someone to question, and Zhang Mazi knocked out a Crocodile Gang member with a Soul Severing Needle.

Zhang Mazi and the others learned that the Crocodile Gang’s Immortal Remains might be part of a Machina trap targeting their own remains and their hope of reviving Master. They went to investigate the tomb where the remains had been found, and Zhang Mazi rushed inside after spotting a shadow.

• Jiang Chen tortured Brother Wei until he revealed that the Crocodile Gang had taken an Immortal Skull from Stone Tomb Village and that Machina Qi Practitioners were now helping guard it.
• Zhang Mazi suspected the Crocodile Gang’s Immortal Remains had been used as bait, and Yu Ye reasoned that A Qing was ultimately after the group’s own Immortal Remains.
• The group decided to avoid attacking the Crocodile Gang for now and investigate the tomb where the Immortal Skull had been discovered.
• Zhang Mazi, Yu Ye, Red Night, Jiang Chen, Xie Ling, and Fan Yu brought Brother Wei to the tomb under cover of night and put him to sleep outside.
• Zhang Mazi startled the group with a fake scream, then spotted a shadow in the passage and charged into the tomb.

Zhang Mazi and the others chased a mysterious figure through the ancient tomb and discovered that he was Corpse Hero Yan Tong, who had moved in because he liked the place. As Fan Yu finished reconstructing the shattered stone records, Yan Tong noticed that Zhang Mazi’s body was still unhealthy despite his recovery.

• Zhang Mazi pursued a gaunt figure into the Main Tomb Chamber and stopped him at swordpoint.
• The figure revealed that he was Yan Tong, a martial artist who had made the tomb his home, and Yu Ye recognized him as the Corpse Hero.
• Yan Tong let the group search the tomb and pointed them to shattered stone records left by the former tomb owner.
• Fan Yu used a tablet and Mini Camera to scan and reassemble the broken stones while Jiang Chen expressed his intention to challenge Yan Tong.
• Yan Tong sensed Jiang Chen’s corpse cultivation, then examined Zhang Mazi and questioned what part of his body had recovered.
• Fan Yu announced that he had finished piecing the stones together and called everyone over.

Zhang Mazi and the others discovered that the Immortal Remains had driven the tomb’s owner mad, then searched the tomb and questioned Yan Tong. Yan Tong revealed he had come to investigate the apparent resurrection of his brother Yan Yi, and Yu Ye said she might know where Yan Yi was.

• Fan Yu reassembled the stele, whose writing said the tomb’s owner had gone mad after obtaining the Immortal Remains and that his family had buried them with him.
• Zhang Mazi suspected someone had destroyed the stele to hide the remains’ effects, while Yan Tong denied doing so and let Fan Yu take the remains for inspection.
• The group searched the tomb and found nothing else, so Yu Ye revealed that they were undercover Bangkok police investigating the Immortal Remains and the Machina Gang.
• Yan Tong agreed to help and explained that Yan Yi had died after becoming a Machina Corpse Cultivator, but his tomb was later opened and his remains, techniques, and machinery disappeared.
• Yan Tong showed photographs of destruction he recognized as evidence of Yan Yi’s techniques, and Yu Ye said she might know where Yan Yi was.

Yu Ye enlisted Yan Tong’s help in investigating his brother Yan Yi’s fate, while Zhang Mazi learned that Yan Tong could not treat him but might know someone who could. Meanwhile, Lu Bing exposed and subdued two machina agents at the Heavenly Water Dojo before leaving to investigate their plans.

• Yu Ye told Yan Tong that Yan Yi might have been copied and revived by the Machina Gang, and Yan Tong agreed to help if needed.
• Zhang Mazi privately asked Yan Tong for treatment, but Yan Tong said he could not save him and promised to name someone who might after his brother’s matter was settled.
• Zhang Yang and Cheng Ke discussed how their fake challenges were keeping Lu Bing tied to the Heavenly Water Dojo.
• Lu Bing and her allies ambushed Zhang Yang and Cheng Ke, broke their arms, and captured them after discovering they were machina agents.
• Lu Bing ordered her allies to keep the challenge ruse going and left the dojo to investigate the machina’s next move.

After Zhang Mazi released the excess fire force in his body, Yu Ye and the others devised a plan to exploit the Crocodile Gang’s expectations. Brother Wei escaped Gu-Nan Stronghold and told Jin Bikui that its people planned to leave, prompting Jin to urge Crocodile Gang’s mysterious seniors to launch a surprise attack that night.

• Zhang Mazi expelled the excess fire force from his body, and Yu Ye asked about his injuries and whether he resembled her lost Master, Ji Qinglin.
• Yu Ye suggested turning the passive situation around, and Red Night and Jiang Chen realized they could use Brother Wei to mislead Crocodile Gang.
• Brother Wei overheard guards discussing Gu-Nan Stronghold’s plan to leave for Singapore, Malaysia, and Thailand, then escaped disguised in a gang uniform.
• Brother Wei reached Crocodile Gang and told Jin Bikui that Gu-Nan Stronghold planned to leave, embellishing his own role in the escape.
• Jin Bikui confirmed the report through his spy and urged Crocodile Gang’s seniors to attack Gu-Nan Stronghold that night, claiming they had a ninety percent chance of success.

Yu Ye’s forces lured the Crocodile Gang into a trapped Gu-Nan Stronghold, then attacked while the gang struggled to rescue its poisoned and burned members. The fight escalated as Jiang Chen and allies separated Yan Yi’s experts, and Yan Tong arrived to even the numbers.

• Jin Bikui and Yan Yi led the Crocodile Gang into Gu-Nan Stronghold, where hidden speakers, blinding lights, poison, and fire caused heavy casualties and chaos.
• Yan Yi ordered the Crocodile Gang to continue fighting and capture Yu Ye alive, while Yu Ye’s forces prepared to keep the battle inside the stronghold.
• Yu Ye launched the eight small gangs against the Crocodile Gang, and a hidden speaker imitated Jin Bikui to order his men to rescue their wounded instead of attacking.
• The red-haired Black Robed Man sent a fire dragon toward the attackers, but the Nine Dragons Fan dispersed it, and Jiang Chen’s strike threw Yan Yi and the other experts away from the gang battle.
• Jiang Chen, Red Night, and Yu Ye surrounded Yan Yi’s group, and Yan Tong arrived to make the matchup five against five.

Yu Ye, Red Night, and Jiang Chen fought three resurrected Grandmasters while Zhang Mazi engaged Mizumoto Hisanobu. The battle remained unresolved, but Zhang Mazi surprised Mizumoto by blocking his returning slash with an ancient sword and counterattacking with a golden blade.

• Yan Yi challenged Yan Tong to settle their dispute over corpse cultivation and rushed toward Gu-Nan Stronghold, while Yan Tong, Zhang Mazi, and Yu Ye's group followed.
• Yu Ye got the four resurrected opponents to reveal their names, but Mizumoto Hisanobu attacked Zhang Mazi and Henry engaged Red Night.
• Red Night used stored fire force to weaken Henry, and Yu Ye struck him with a punch after the team disrupted his defense.
• Wu Xing vanished and tried to strike Yu Ye and Red Night, but Jiang Chen pulled them clear with Blood Threads.
• Zhang Mazi battled Mizumoto's nearly invisible blade force, then drew an ancient sword to block Mizumoto's returning slash and countered with a golden short blade.

Zhang Mazi, Yan Tong and Yan Yi, and Yu Ye’s group fought separate battles against their opponents in Gu-Nan Stronghold. The clashes remained unresolved, with Jiang Chen identifying Wu Xing’s ability as Emergence of the Yang Spirit.

• Zhang Mazi used his split weapon and coordinated attacks with the Black Sword to drive Mizumoto Hisanobu back, but Mizumoto revealed a second tachi held by an arm extending from his sword and countered.
• Yan Tong and Yan Yi raised the dead Crocodile Gang members to fight under their opposing corpse-cultivation methods, then began battling each other.
• Yu Ye and Red Night coordinated an attack that severed Henry’s arm and Red Night’s arm, while Ji Lingyun blasted them back with the talismans on his body.
• Wu Xing bypassed Jiang Chen’s Blood Threads and attacked her, but her Blood Severing Silk slowed him enough that she escaped with only a cut.
• Jiang Chen told Yu Ye that Wu Xing had Emergence of the Yang Spirit, the same ability as Red Night.

Zhang Mazi defeated Mizumoto Hisanobu by binding and shattering his tachi, while Yu Ye, Red Night, and Jiang Chen were trapped in Ji Lingyun’s formation and overwhelmed by Henry’s flames. Master’s Azure Lightning broke through the formation, leaving the two battles poised to shift.

• Zhang Mazi wrapped Mizumoto Hisanobu’s tachi in Black Sword threads and shattered it with the Golden Saber, badly injuring Mizumoto Hisanobu.
• A distant explosion drew Zhang Mazi’s attention to Yu Ye and the others as Henry, Ji Lingyun, and Wu Xing continued their fight.
• Henry unleashed Burning Feathers, forcing Yu Ye, Red Night, and Jiang Chen to defend themselves against his overwhelming flames.
• Ji Lingyun trapped the fighters in the Ten Thousand Talismans Formation, while Henry used the formation to intensify his attack.
• Yu Ye, Red Night, and Jiang Chen recognized the gathering storm as Master’s Azure Lightning struck the formation and shattered it.

Yu Ye, Red Night, and Jiang Chen searched for their Master after his Lightning Summoning Art shattered Ji Lingyun’s formation, while Red Night and Zhang Mazi defeated Henry and drove Ji Lingyun and Wu Xing to flee. Elsewhere, Yan Tong revealed how his Dispersing Corpse Method countered Yan Yi’s corpse cultivation, and their fight ended with both brothers down.

• Purple lightning broke Ji Lingyun’s Ten Thousand Talismans Formation, but Yu Ye, Red Night, and Jiang Chen found no sign of their Master.
• Henry unleashed Heavenly Fire of Burning Feathers, and Zhang Mazi helped Red Night reach the Azure Beacon stage so she could destroy Henry with Dragon Flame Fire Burial.
• Ji Lingyun grabbed Wu Xing and escaped, while Yu Ye and Jiang Chen searched the forest and found only the dead Mizumoto Hisanobu.
• Yan Yi combined corpses into a Flying Stiff and attacked Yan Tong, but Yan Tong drained its corpse energy and explained that his Dispersing Corpse Method was meant to revive and make corpse cultivation safer.
• Yan Yi launched a final attack with the Machina Finger, but the clash exhausted both brothers and left them on the ground.

Yan Tong defeated Yan Yi and ended his long-held resentment, while Yu Ye’s alliance secured Gu-Nan Stronghold and the Crocodile Gang retreated. Zhang Mazi’s identity remained uncertain, and Lu Bing arrived seeking directions only to be attacked by the fleeing gang members.

• Yan Tong’s final punch destroyed Yan Yi’s corpse-qi support, leaving Yan Yi dead again and resolving Yan Tong’s lingering resentment.
• Jin Bikui led the Crocodile Gang remnants away as Xie Ling and Fan Yu’s forces secured Gu-Nan Stronghold and began clearing the battlefield.
• Red Night removed Zhang Mazi’s mask, but his scarred, unfamiliar face disappointed her, Yu Ye, and Jiang Chen; Zhang Mazi then received an address from Yan Tong for treatment of his illness.
• Yan Tong departed with Yan Yi’s corpse after giving Zhang Mazi the address and offering Jiang Chen a chance to exchange cultivation pointers.
• Ji Lingyun told Jin Bikui to blame Yan Yi’s failed surprise attack for the defeat, while Lu Bing arrived asking for directions to Gu-Nan Stronghold and was attacked by the Crocodile Gang.

Lu Bing arrived late at Gu-Nan Stronghold, got lost, and defeated the fleeing Crocodile Gang remnants before the alliance could reach her. Her arrival settled the gang’s fate, while Zhang Mazi’s identity remained hidden from her.

• Yu Ye reviewed the battle losses and delayed an attack on the Crocodile Gang while Red Night worried that Lu Bing was lost.
• Jiang Chen and Red Night wondered whether their deceased Master had protected them, while Zhang Mazi secretly struggled to control his firepower.
• Lu Bing called Red Night and revealed she had defeated Jin Bikui’s fleeing group, though Ji Lingyun and Wu Xing had escaped.
• Yu Ye ordered the alliance to collect Jin Bikui and the captured Crocodile Gang members, and Zhang Mazi arranged to detain suspected spies.
• Lu Bing reunited with Yu Ye, Red Night, Jiang Chen, and Zhang Mazi, then noticed Zhang Mazi’s mask and approached him.

Lu Bing uncovered that Zhang Mazi was Ji Qinglin, who had secretly returned after using the Eternal Tribulation Fire Art to rebuild his body. Ji Qinglin explained that his body would collapse within two months, and he was hiding his survival while searching for a cure and protecting Yu Ye’s group.

• Lu Bing and Zhang Mazi set out to scout the Crocodile Gang’s camp while Yu Ye’s exhausted group rested.
• After stopping far from the camp, Lu Bing struck Zhang Mazi and identified him as Ji Qinglin through his soul consciousness.
• Ji Qinglin revealed that the Eternal Tribulation Fire Art had brought him back, but his unstable body would last only two months at most.
• Ji Qinglin explained that he had concealed his survival to keep A Qing from targeting the group and to prevent Yu Ye and the others from risking themselves to save him.
• Lu Bing admitted she had recorded Ji Qinglin’s confession so she could prove it to the others later.

Ji Qinglin explained his plans to Lu Bing, who joined him in heading to the Crocodile Gang. Lu Bing helped Yu Ye’s forces take the stronghold, while A Qing learned of the Crocodile Gang’s defeat and prepared to act personally.

• Ji Qinglin told Lu Bing that he planned to lure A Qing into revealing the Immortal Remains and shared Yan Tong’s note as a backup lead.
• Lu Bing promised not to tell Yu Ye and the others about Ji Qinglin’s identity, then went with him to the Crocodile Gang.
• Lu Bing subdued three gate guards, learned the stronghold was lightly defended, and confirmed Jin Bikui had been captured.
• Yu Ye led the main force into the Crocodile Gang stronghold, where its remaining members surrendered after seeing Jin Bikui bound.
• Sun Envoy told A Qing that Yan Yi, Henry, Mizumoto Hisanobu, Jin Bikui, and the Crocodile Gang had been defeated, and A Qing ordered his forces to regroup before he acted personally.

A Qing partnered with Sanada for Cultivation Suits, transferred his consciousness into a new body made with the Immortal Skull, and prepared to fight in Celestial Elephant City. Meanwhile, Lu Bing helped Zhang Mazi recover while concealing from Yu Ye and the others that he was Ji Qinglin in disguise, as they headed north toward their next battle.

• A Qing persuaded Sanada to supply Cultivation Suits and promised to eliminate Sanada's competitors during the Machina Storm.
• A Qing sent forces toward Celestial Elephant City and uploaded his consciousness into a new body built with the Immortal Skull.
• Xie Ling and Fan Yu took Jin Bikui to help Yu Ye's group control the Crocodile Gang, while Yu Ye told Cui SanMei that they had found no Immortal Remains and asked about support for the journey north.
• Yu Ye, Red Night, and Jiang Chen asked Lu Bing to check whether Zhang Mazi was Ji Qinglin in disguise, and Lu Bing falsely insisted that he was not.
• Lu Bing used her water force to help Zhang Mazi control his raging fire force, then hid her knowledge of his identity as Yu Ye's group prepared to travel to Celestial Elephant City.