Chapter Summaries

Fen Ye tricked Yoshikawa Masao into handing over the Immortal Remains, then killed him and unleashed black flames to destroy Yamaguchi Chamber of Commerce. A Qing learned Fen Ye had obtained the remains and discovered he could absorb their abilities, while continuing to worry about the vanished Ji Qinglin.

• Fen Ye used a fake crystal skull to lower Yoshikawa Masao’s guard, seized the Immortal Remains, and severed Yoshikawa Masao’s arm with a Black Flame hand blade.
• Fen Ye killed Yoshikawa Masao with a Karma Fire Slash after Yoshikawa Masao attacked him, then turned black flames on the charging Yamaguchi Chamber of Commerce forces.
• Moon Envoy withdrew with her subordinates and reported to A Qing that Fen Ye had obtained the Immortal Remains of a left foot.
• A Qing reviewed Moon Envoy’s footage and realized Fen Ye absorbed the defensive power Yoshikawa Masao had gained from the Immortal Remains.
• A Qing remained suspicious of Fen Ye and worried that Ji Qinglin might reappear after vanishing with his team.

On Nanyang Island, Ji Qinglin trained Yu Ye, Red Night, and Jiang Chen in rare cultivation arts while Zhang Huaisu searched for a cure and reconstructed Old Era books from Ji Qinglin’s accounts. Their training strengthened their abilities and brought new possibilities for Jiang Chen’s corpse cultivation, while Ji Qinglin promised to help Yu Ye get revenge on Red Night.

• Ji Qinglin told Zhang Huaisu about Old Era books in the mornings and trained Yu Ye, Red Night, and Jiang Chen in rare cultivation arts in the afternoons.
• Jiang Chen studied Blood Control of All Things, which could let her use blood instead of corpse qi, and Lu Bing said the path could make her a counter to Yan Tong.
• Ji Qinglin caught Red Night slacking and struck her with a teaching whip; Lu Bing explained how Fire Vein Path could ignite an opponent’s meridians and recognized Red Night’s Fire-Quelling Body-Securing Talisman.
• Yu Ye demonstrated the Thunder Armor Array, cracking the Practice Room with her strikes, and Ji Qinglin cautioned her about the force straining her bones.
• Ji Qinglin guessed Yu Ye was still angry about being embarrassed in front of Red Night and promised to help her get revenge, making her eager to continue training.

Ji Qinglin waited on Nanyang Island for Zhang Huaisu’s research while his disciples secretly came to his room one by one, each hoping to help him manage the tribulation fire in his body. After Yu Ye reported that A Qing had apparently returned and stolen the Immortal Remains, NanGong Qian Feng arrived, and Ji Qinglin’s disciples hid together in the bathroom to keep his identity secret.

• Ji Qinglin let Red Night into his room, treated the fire-swollen meridians, and agreed she could stay, but she hid in the bathroom when Yu Ye knocked.
• Yu Ye told Ji Qinglin that A Qing had apparently destroyed the Yamaguchi Chamber of Commerce and taken the Immortal Remains, and Ji Qinglin told Third Sister to defend their General Store and advised patience.
• Yu Ye asked to stay with Ji Qinglin, then hid in the bathroom when Jiang Chen arrived.
• Jiang Chen explained that she suspected Ji Qinglin’s inner fire had returned and wanted to help regulate it, then discovered Yu Ye and Red Night hiding in the bathroom.
• NanGong Qian Feng knocked, prompting all three disciples to hide in the bathroom while Ji Qinglin put on his mask and opened the door.

Zhang Huaisu proposed a dangerous treatment for Ji Qinglin’s damaged body and soul: cultivate Heart Desire Fire and use other flames to provoke his tribulation fire’s healing power. Her attempt to kindle his desire by undressing in the woods was interrupted by passing cultivators and Ji Qinglin’s disciples, who left with the wrong impression.

• NanGong Qian Feng visited Ji Qinglin to ask about his progress and asked him to keep her feelings for Ji Qinglin secret.
• Ji Qinglin woke early after a restless night with Yu Ye, Red Night, and Jiang Chen, then met Zhang Huaisu, who said she had found a treatment method.
• Zhang Huaisu explained that Ji Qinglin could use other flames to damage his body and soul, forcing his tribulation fire to heal him while he cultivated.
• Zhang Huaisu said Ji Qinglin should accumulate Heart Desire Fire and offered to help kindle it by removing her Daoist robe.
• Several morning practitioners saw Ji Qinglin beside the half-naked Zhang Huaisu and hurried away, then Yu Ye, Red Night, and Jiang Chen arrived and fled after seeing him tie her clothes.

Ji Qinglin gathered Yu Ye, Red Night, and Jiang Chen to prepare for Zhang Huaisu’s Three Fires Aligning treatment, which required them to kindle his emotions and Desire Fire. As Ji Qinglin studied a cultivation manual, his disciples planned how to help him, until NanGong Qian Feng arrived with news that something was wrong on the island.

• Ji Qinglin told NanGong Qian Feng that Zhang Huaisu had a treatment method and asked her not to disturb their seclusion; he also asked Lu Bing to guard them.
• Ji Qinglin explained the Three Fires Aligning method to Yu Ye, Red Night, and Jiang Chen, then began studying the manual “Seven Absolutes are Empty.”
• Yu Ye, Red Night, and Jiang Chen discussed how to stir Ji Qinglin’s emotions, and Jiang Chen argued that they should use an unexpected approach rather than rely only on seduction.
• NanGong Qian Feng arrived at Jiang Chen’s room and warned that something seemed wrong with the island.

NanGong Qian Feng and Uncle Mo uncovered a plot to overthrow Zhang Huaisu, but Jiang Chen chose to warn the Calligrapher Saint directly without involving Zhang Mazi. Zhang Huaisu revealed that she had deliberately lured would-be rebels into exposing themselves, and Jiang Chen proposed using the operation to find something that could help revive Ji Qinglin.

• Uncle Mo overheard island residents discussing a coming operation to seize power and reported it to NanGong Qian Feng.
• Jiang Chen told the group not to inform Zhang Mazi and led them to warn Zhang Huaisu instead.
• The group met Vice Island Lord Pan Liu in Zhang Huaisu's office, then waited until he had left before explaining the threat.
• Zhang Huaisu confirmed that Pan Liu planned to rebel, but said the supposed forty-eight-hour period of weakness was a rumor she had spread to expose traitors.
• Jiang Chen deduced that Zhang Huaisu regularly lured disloyal residents into rebellion and suggested using the scheme to find something that could help Ji Qinglin.

Fen Ye stole the Immortal Remains from the Voodoo Gang and killed Prasid before escaping, while A Qing arranged to send a shipment to Bangkok through Sanada’s channels. Ji Qinglin made progress cultivating Desire Fire, but his disciples drugged him and began their plan to help him cultivate.

• Fen Ye broke into the Voodoo Gang’s warehouse, killed Prasid with his black-flame Yang Spirit, and escaped with the Immortal Remains.
• Fen Ye and A Qing discussed targeting the Immortal Remains in Singapore, Malaysia, and Thailand, while A Qing decided to wait for information about Ji Qinglin before acting in Bangkok.
• A Qing persuaded Sanada to find a way to transport a shipment into Bangkok within a month in exchange for attacking three more Artificial Meridians factories.
• Ji Qinglin developed a small green Desire Fire after a day of cultivation but could not make it strong enough to burn a soul body.
• Yu Ye, Red Night, and Jiang Chen drugged Ji Qinglin during a meal, and Red Night sat on his lap in black lace stockings.

Ji Qinglin’s disciples tried to provoke his Desire Fire with a powerful drug and seductive outfits, but his tribulation fire countered their plan. They prepared another scheme for his Three Fires Aligning while Zhang Huaisu set a formation and appointed Pan Liu as his guardian for the next day.

• Red Night, Yu Ye, and Jiang Chen gave Ji Qinglin a potent Joy Union Drug and tried to stir his Desire Fire, but Ji Qinglin asked Jiang Chen to bind him so he would not lose control.
• Tribulation fire ignited around Ji Qinglin, drained away the accumulated Desire Fire, and began repairing his damaged body, forcing the three disciples to abandon their attempt.
• After Ji Qinglin sent the disciples next door, they met Lu Bing, confirmed her preparations were complete, and discussed their plan to act alongside Zhang Huaisu and NanGong Qian Feng.
• Jiang Chen told Yu Ye that NanGong Qian Feng would cooperate by staying in Book Grave under Uncle Mo’s protection.
• Zhang Huaisu finished preparing a formation to save someone and asked Pan Liu to guard him during the procedure the following day.

Ji Qinglin entered Zhang Huaisu’s Affliction Array to attempt Three Fires Aligning, while the group outside drank Nanyang Island’s secret Three Yang Dew Juice. The drink poisoned them, and Pan Liu attacked Zhang Huaisu as Ji Qinglin realized the ceremony was a trap.

• Jiang Chen told Ji Qinglin that Zhang Huaisu had found an array that could wear away his soul consciousness and help him achieve Three Fires Aligning.
• Zhang Huaisu explained the Affliction Array and arranged for Pan Liu and his guards to protect the group while she transferred knowledge into a new body.
• Pan Liu brought Three Yang Dew Juice, which Zhang Huaisu and most of the group drank, while Red Night refused it.
• Ji Qinglin entered the array, and Zhang Huaisu sealed it with a Divine Fire Shroud before he began to summon Mortal Fire.
• Zhang Huaisu and the others who drank the juice suddenly collapsed and vomited blood, and Pan Liu drew his sword and attacked Zhang Huaisu.

Pan Liu killed Zhang Huaisu and trapped Ji Qinglin, Yu Ye, and the others inside the Divine Fire Shroud while his men attacked them. After Red Night was killed by a surprise assault, Ji Qinglin’s fury unleashed his tribulation fire, erased the shroud, and let him strike Pan Liu down.

• Ji Qinglin attacked Pan Liu, but his blade qi struck the Divine Fire Shroud, and Pan Liu killed Zhang Huaisu with a slash to the neck.
• Pan Liu ordered his guards to kill everyone, while Red Night used the Nine Dragons Fan to blast away the attackers closing in on the poisoned group.
• Ji Qinglin failed to break the shroud with his Lightning Summoning Art and Black Blade, while Red Night fought Pan Liu outside it.
• A masked subordinate stabbed Red Night from behind, and she died after reaching toward Ji Qinglin.
• Ji Qinglin’s rage awakened his tribulation fire, which extinguished the flames and removed the hidden danger in his body.
• Ji Qinglin’s strike made the Divine Fire Shroud vanish, shattered Pan Liu’s blade, and cleaved away the left half of Pan Liu’s body.

Ji Qinglin’s rage let him break Pan Liu’s rebellion, but Zhang Huaisu revealed that the apparent poisoning and injuries had all been staged to help Ji Qinglin achieve Three Fires Aligning. After NanGong Qian Feng recognized Ji Qinglin as Red Night’s master, she removed his mask and exposed his identity.

• Ji Qinglin slashed Pan Liu, severing his shoulder and left side, then demanded the antidote as the rebels closed in.
• Zhang Huaisu stopped Ji Qinglin’s blade and revealed that he had survived the apparent wound and that the soup had been made harmless by Lu Bing.
• Zhang Huaisu exposed the staged poisoning, and Yu Ye, Jiang Chen, Lu Bing, NanGong Qian Feng, and Uncle Mo got up while Zhang Huaisu knocked out Pan Liu’s followers.
• Ji Qinglin discovered that Red Night’s apparent sword wound had been faked with a liquid vest and blood packet, and that Shen Shuyuan had delivered the staged attack before fleeing.
• Jiang Chen explained that the group had staged the rebellion to provoke Ji Qinglin’s anger and help him achieve Three Fires Aligning, while Ji Qinglin said his heart’s burning sensation had disappeared.
• NanGong Qian Feng heard Ji Qinglin call Red Night his master, removed his mask, and recognized him.

Ji Qinglin reunited with NanGong Qian Feng, who confronted him for hiding his identity, while Zhang Huaisu dealt with Pan Liu’s failed rebellion on Nanyang Island. Zhang Huaisu disclosed that Ji Qinglin was her creator and a legendary immortal, but stopped before explaining further as islanders arrived to take the rebels away.

• NanGong Qian Feng grabbed Ji Qinglin after recognizing him and accused him of deceiving her as Zhang Mazi, while Yu Ye, Red Night, Jiang Chen, and Lu Bing left them alone.
• NanGong Qian Feng led Ji Qinglin away, and Zhang Huaisu stayed behind with the wounded Pan Liu and his captured followers.
• Zhang Huaisu told Pan Liu that she had allowed his rebellion for entertainment and planned to put the captured criminals to use on Nanyang Island.
• Pan Liu asked who Zhang Mazi was, and Zhang Huaisu said he was her creator, a legendary immortal, before Shen Shuyuan returned with islanders and interrupted her explanation.
• Shen Shuyuan’s islanders loaded Pan Liu and the other captured Qi Practitioners into trucks, and Zhang Huaisu urged Shen to become the next Vice Island Lord before asking him to find a more scheming candidate.

Ji Qinglin reunited with NanGong Qian Feng and explained why he had hidden his survival from her. NanGong Qian Feng tried to take responsibility for him on the beach, but his disciples interrupted them and blamed him for being reckless.

• NanGong Qian Feng dragged Ji Qinglin to a deserted shore, kissed him, and listened as he explained his fake death and revealed that Old Mr. NanGong had known he was alive.
• NanGong Qian Feng admitted her feelings were genuine, while Ji Qinglin teased her about visiting his presence in her inner realm and explained why her father had asked him to comfort her.
• Remembering how waiting had ended with news of Ji Qinglin's death, NanGong Qian Feng tried to undress him and declared she would take responsibility for him.
• Ji Qinglin stopped NanGong Qian Feng, saying his revived body needed examination and the beach was not an appropriate place, so she agreed to wait until they returned to Bangkok.
• Yu Ye, Red Night, and Jiang Chen arrived and saw Ji Qinglin and NanGong Qian Feng getting dressed; NanGong Qian Feng fled while the disciples teased Ji Qinglin for blaming her.

Ji Qinglin recovered from her tribulation fire and investigated the black flames used by Fen Ye, who had stolen Immortal Remains again. Zhang Huaisu suggested that the flames came from a destructive consciousness within Ji Qinglin’s own Immortal remains, leaving her wondering how she could possibly defeat it.

• Ji Qinglin learned that Zhang Huaisu had put down the island’s rebellion and that Fen Ye had stolen more Immortal Remains in South America, killing a guild president with black flames.
• Ji Qinglin ordered Yu Ye to have more people inspect everyone entering Bangkok and considered how Fen Ye might be connected to A Qing.
• Zhang Huaisu examined Ji Qinglin and confirmed that her body had recovered, but warned that she could not undergo tribulation fire rebirth again.
• Ji Qinglin asked Zhang Huaisu about black flames, and Zhang Huaisu connected them to the legendary World-Destroying Black Lotus and powerful destructive consciousness.
• Ji Qinglin revealed that the flames came from an Immortal Skull, and Zhang Huaisu suspected they were controlled by the consciousness within Ji Qinglin’s remains.

Ji Qinglin learned more about the Four Sages and the mysterious One God from Zhang Huaisu, then comforted her by promising to visit Nanyang Island whenever he had time. As the two embraced, Zhang Huaisu proposed dual cultivation to transfer some of her power to him, and Ji Qinglin refused.

• Ji Qinglin asked Zhang Huaisu about consciousness entities and the Four Sages, and she explained their identities and what she knew about the One God.
• Zhang Huaisu revealed that she had built the Book Grave partly hoping Ji Qinglin would return to read with her, as the immortal had once promised.
• Ji Qinglin hugged Zhang Huaisu, thanked her, and promised to visit the island whenever he had free time.
• Zhang Huaisu offered to transfer at least forty percent of her cultivation to Ji Qinglin through dual cultivation so he would be safer outside.
• Ji Qinglin firmly refused Zhang Huaisu's offer.

Ji Qinglin rejected Zhang Huaisu’s offer to dual cultivate, and she explained how the Four Saints’ Pseudo Divine Connection tied them to the Cultivation World. At a celebratory banquet, Red Night proposed recruiting Nanyang Island’s reclusive masters to teach through Heavenly Dao Consulting, but Yu Ye received word that Wild God Technology’s stolen vehicle had turned up with its driver dead, signaling that their vacation was ending.

• Ji Qinglin declined Zhang Huaisu’s offer to dual cultivate, and she explained that surpassing Nine Heroes required a great opportunity and that the Four Saints were tied to the Cultivation World.
• Ji Qinglin kissed Zhang Huaisu, who revealed she had learned to kiss from books, and he hurriedly changed the subject to the banquet.
• At the banquet, Shen Shuyuan hinted that Pan Liu and his accomplices would be dealt with under Nanyang Island’s rules.
• Red Night proposed that Nanyang Island’s reclusive masters teach Qi Practitioners remotely through Heavenly Dao Consulting, and Shen Shuyuan said the idea might work with the Island Lord’s approval.
• Yu Ye received a report that a Wild God Technology vehicle had been hijacked and its driver found dead, and she warned that their vacation was about to end.

Ji Qinglin and Zhang Huaisu hosted a banquet on Nanyang Island, where their allies arranged closer cooperation and Ji Qinglin kept their growing intimacy discreet. After the feast, Yu Ye went to consult Zhang Huaisu about her mysterious connection to Ji Qinglin and the truth behind her missing past.

• Ji Qinglin thanked the people of Nanyang Island for helping him survive, and Zhang Huaisu approved Red Night’s cooperation proposal and NanGong Qian Feng’s offer to expand ties.
• The group drank together until late, and Ji Qinglin escorted his disciples back while Zhang Huaisu returned to the Book Grave.
• Ji Qinglin checked on the sleeping NanGong Qian Feng after Yu Ye and Jiang Chen urged him to look after her, then fell asleep beside her.
• Yu Ye quietly left the room and went to the Book Grave to ask Zhang Huaisu about her complementary soul with Ji Qinglin, her role in curing his incomplete soul body, and her unknown past.

Yu Ye asked Zhang Huaisu about her created body, her soul’s connection to Ji Qinglin, and whether their souls were still incomplete. After Zhang Huaisu reassured her and gave her a Jade Token for private contact, she wondered what relationship Ji Qinglin had with the Cyber God.

• Zhang Huaisu examined Yu Ye and concluded that her body and soul had been created, though she could not identify the creator; Yu Ye revealed that her memories came from Wild God Technology’s laboratory and that Spirit Hero Murphy had been present.
• Zhang Huaisu reasoned that the force behind Yu Ye’s creation might have vanished or abandoned them, and said both Yu Ye’s and Ji Qinglin’s soul bodies were now complete.
• Zhang Huaisu gave Yu Ye an ancient dual-cultivation manual for her Senior Apprentice Sisters and Junior Apprentice Sisters, then asked how Yu Ye had met Ji Qinglin.
• Yu Ye recounted her and Ji Qinglin’s adventures, and Zhang Huaisu admitted she wanted to help Ji Qinglin cultivate but expected him to leave the island soon.
• Yu Ye proposed keeping Zhang Huaisu informed about their travels, so Zhang Huaisu gave her a Jade Token that let her share her senses and summon help in an emergency.
• After Yu Ye left, Zhang Huaisu wondered what relationship Ji Qinglin had with the Cyber God.

Fen Ye collected the Hongkou family’s debt by draining Hongkou Jingzhi and Hongkou Ichiro, then discussed his plans in Bangkok with A Qing. As Fen Ye headed out to deal with another painting’s recipients, Ji Dao Zhenyi prepared to leave Bangkok for Celestial Elephant City.

• Fen Ye arrived at Hongkou Dojo and demanded the family return the painting their ancestor had received.
• Hongkou Jingzhi handed over the scroll, but Fen Ye burned it and drained Hongkou Jingzhi and Hongkou Ichiro of their qi strength and bodies.
• Fen Ye told A Qing he would help obtain the remaining Immortal Remains in Bangkok after A Qing distracted Ji Qinglin, while A Qing ordered Moon Envoy to monitor Fen Ye.
• Ji Dao Zhenyi prepared to move with his wife to Celestial Elephant City and told her to leave an old black-ink painting behind.

Ji Qinglin visited Zhang Huaisu, who revised her theory about the black flames and suspected Fen Ye was collecting the Immortal Remains to undo a seal. They traced the sealed threat to an ancient heretic and concluded that Buddhist records might reveal more about it.

• NanGong Qian Feng woke beside Ji Qinglin, believed his teasing claim that they had cultivated together, and then realized he was joking.
• Ji Qinglin checked on Jiang Chen, Red Night, and Yu Ye before going to Book Grave to speak with Zhang Huaisu.
• Zhang Huaisu explained that the black flames were likely not Ji Qinglin's Evil Body and that Fen Ye's connection to the Immortal Remains suggested something was sealed within them.
• Ji Qinglin and Zhang Huaisu studied a local chronicle describing a heretic who drained the life from more than eighteen hundred people near Celestial Elephant City.
• Zhang Huaisu proposed that the Immortal Remains were keys to releasing the heretic, whose power was sealed elsewhere, and Ji Qinglin suggested investigating Buddhist sources for information.