Chapter Summaries

Ji Qinglin arranged undercover-police support for an investigation in Desolate City while preparing Yu Ye for the trip, though he had no confirmed case yet. In Desolate City, Sanada inspected Wild God Technology’s secret farm and warned its operators to avoid attracting the authorities’ attention.

• Jiang Chen told Ji Qinglin that her corpse cultivation had reached the upper tier of the Core Formation Realm and that Corpse Blood Dual Cultivation protected her from corpse qi backlash.
• Ji Qinglin arranged for Zhang HuaiMin to disguise Yu Ye and contacted Cui SanMei to request temporary assistants and undercover-police support for his planned Desolate City investigation.
• Ji Qinglin told Yu Ye he was selling his superior a dream about a major case, reasoning that Desolate City’s persistent excavation and security suggested something hidden beneath it.
• At Wild God Technology’s underground testing zone, Sanada inspected samples from the farm and heard that its harvest of soul consciousness, data qi force, and corpse qi would exceed previous years.
• Sanada told the blond man and the Black butler to keep the farm secret from local authorities, then left without visiting Bangkok.

Ji Qinglin took Yu Ye to Zhang HuaiMin for a disguise and learned how Xiao Jiang’s lost sensation from corpse qi might be treated. After Yu Ye emerged disguised as a man, Ji Qinglin took her toward the Old City Old Courtyard to practice lightning force.

• Zhang HuaiMin teased Yu Ye and agreed to disguise her after Ji Qinglin paid him.
• Ji Qinglin called Sun Yi, who explained that Corpse Dew or lightning force might restore Xiao Jiang’s lost sensation.
• Sima Shi confirmed that Xiao Jiang had concealed her condition and said the Nanhua District was searching for Corpse Dew.
• Zhang HuaiMin transformed Yu Ye into a convincing young man and gave Ji Qinglin a portable disguise kit.
• Ji Qinglin took Yu Ye to the Old City Old Courtyard to practice the Lightning Guiding Art, and Yu Ye worried that her disguise might excite him more.

Ji Qinglin practiced the lightning-summoning art in the condemned buildings, where a clear-sky strike collapsed nearby ruins. Three days later, he and Yu Ye prepared with Jiang Chen to investigate Wild God Technology’s Experimental Zone, with Ji Qinglin planning to descend alone into the cave beneath it.

• Ji Qinglin sent Yu Ye to wait outside while he tested the Lightning Summoning Art, and a sudden bolt of lightning struck the condemned buildings.
• Jiang Chen arrived at the General Store and, along with Yu Ye, dressed in a police uniform for an undercover inspection with Ji Qinglin.
• Ji Qinglin, Yu Ye, Jiang Chen, and Coal Boss set off in a police car as Ji Qinglin briefed them on Wild God Technology’s leaders, Simon and Candy.
• Ji Qinglin explained that he had planted traces to lure human traffickers to the area as a pretext for inspecting the cave without probing the company’s suspected dealings.
• Ji Qinglin told Yu Ye and Jiang Chen that he would enter the cave alone while they waited above and watched out for each other.

Ji Qinglin, Jiang Chen, and Yu Ye entered Wild God Technology’s Experimental Zone under the guise of investigating a suspected human trafficker. Their search uncovered an unexpected scene beneath a tree, embarrassing Simon and undermining his claims about the zone’s security.

• Ji Qinglin sent Jiang Chen to the gate with a search warrant, and Simon agreed to lead the officers inside after learning they would not search the laboratories.
• Simon arranged for Candy to pause noisy activity at the farm and warned him not to harm the officers while he checked whether the investigation was official.
• Ji Qinglin, Jiang Chen, and Yu Ye stalled as they searched, while Ji Qinglin questioned Simon about the company and his unfamiliarity with Desolate City’s superintendent.
• Yu Ye found a human-shaped hollow beneath a tree, an electric mosquito coil, and used family planning products scattered across the lawn.
• Ji Qinglin challenged Simon’s claims that the Experimental Zone was secure after the officers and Simon’s staff saw the scene.

Ji Qinglin and his companions searched the Experimental Zone’s perimeter and discovered a cave tied to Jiang Chen’s past. While Simon and Candy threatened Jiang Chen and Yu Ye aboveground, Ji Qinglin found an old tunnel inside the cave and saw a flash of light ahead.

• Ji Qinglin continued searching the zone despite Simon’s attempts to end the inspection, and he found a strip of recently torn cloth on a mountain.
• Jiang Chen led the group to a cave she remembered from long ago and planted a matching strip of cloth for Ji Qinglin to find.
• Ji Qinglin entered the cave alone while Jiang Chen and Yu Ye guarded the entrance with Simon’s security guards nearby.
• Simon received word that the police station had not authorized the investigation, and Candy arrived on the mountain as Jiang Chen and Yu Ye stayed alert.
• Ji Qinglin found the underground chamber and the bluestone slab where Qing had saved Jiang Chen, then noticed a flash of light in an old tunnel.

Ji Qinglin discovered Qing’s hidden laboratory and spoke with the lingering soul consciousness he had left behind. She learned that Qing had revived her after a betrayal shattered the Scientific Cultivation team, and that recovering the Immortal Remains could reveal her past and help her confront the virtual traitor Lian.

• Ji Qinglin entered the underground shelter and found its living quarters empty, confirming that Qing had left long ago.
• Ji Qinglin discovered a hidden medical room containing a glass tank and a metal box, and Qing’s lingering soul consciousness spoke to her from the tank.
• Qing told Ji Qinglin that he had revived her by infusing her corpse with soul consciousness, while his memories and cultivation arts had been erased from the box.
• Qing explained that Lian had betrayed the Scientific Cultivation team, stolen cultivation arts through the network, and exposed their location to the allied forces.
• Qing told Ji Qinglin that Immortal Remains could help restore memories of the experiments and that she might be able to oppose Lian, but left the choice to her.
• Ji Qinglin inferred that her Old Era self had died and thanked Qing for giving her a second chance to choose.

Ji Qinglin learned that A Qing had restricted his soul consciousness, and A Qing removed the restrictions before revealing a nearby human experimentation site. As the mountain facility collapsed and exposed the corpses, Simon realized Jiang Chen and Yu Ye had seen the evidence and ordered his guards to stop them.

• A Qing explained Ji Qinglin's supposedly incomplete soul consciousness and removed its restrictions by touching palms with him.
• A Qing showed Ji Qinglin a room of people sealed in bags and explained how Wild God Technology used them to produce corpse qi and Corpse Dew.
• Ji Qinglin told A Qing that he needed Corpse Dew to help Jiang Chen recover her physical sensation, and they decided to take it from the site.
• Ji Qinglin sent Jiang Chen a secret message, prompting Yu Ye and then Jiang Chen to leave Simon and Candy on the mountain.
• The mountain shook, the ground split open, and the collapsed farm exposed rows of corpses.
• Simon recognized that Jiang Chen and Yu Ye had seen the evidence and ordered his guards to catch them before they could escape.

Ji Qinglin stole a barrel of Corpse Dew from Wild God Technology’s exposed Living Corpse Farm by bluffing Simon into letting him leave. After his disciples drove the stolen goods away, Ji Qinglin fired his Signal Gun, summoning the police as the confrontation escalated.

• Simon ordered his guards to stop Huang Silang and sent Candy after Jiang Chen and Yu Ye while he went to secure the farm.
• Jiang Chen and Yu Ye discovered rows of living people connected to nutrient tubes beneath the cracked pasture and headed for the entrance.
• Ji Qinglin emerged from the farm pushing a barrel of Corpse Dew and persuaded Simon to let him take it in exchange for keeping quiet.
• Candy was driven back by Jiang Chen and Yu Ye, while Simon agreed to let Ji Qinglin and his disciples leave with the barrel.
• Ji Qinglin sent Jiang Chen and Yu Ye ahead with the stolen goods, then turned his Signal Gun toward the sky and fired.

Ji Qinglin fired a signal flare, stole the Corpse Dew from Wild God Technology’s Experimental Zone, and drew Simon into a fight while Cui SanMei’s team rushed to the site. The chapter ended with Ji Qinglin using sword control to split his Black Sword and attack Simon from both sides.

• Ji Qinglin handed Simon the Signal Gun, then fired it by claiming his hand had slipped and ran deeper into the Experimental Zone.
• Yu Ye and Jiang Chen hid the Corpse Dew barrel, and Jiang Chen discovered that the liquid restored feeling to her hand as Yu Ye revealed Master had found it for her.
• Cui SanMei recognized the signal from the Experimental Zone and mobilized her people to hurry there.
• Simon caught up with Ji Qinglin and attacked him by filling the area with corpse qi and creating dozens of solid-looking copies of himself.
• Ji Qinglin destroyed Simon’s copies with his Black Sword, wounded Simon with a thrown sword, then used sword control to split the weapon into two blades and attack again.

Ji Qinglin, posing as Huang Silang, battled Simon and used sword control, thunder force, and dirty tricks against Simon’s corpse-based powers. Simon retaliated by unleashing living corpses, but Ji Qinglin destroyed them and wounded him; Simon then gathered the surrounding corpse qi into a tornado as the fight continued.

• Ji Qinglin’s twin sword intents cut Simon’s throat, but Simon formed corpse-blood arms that shattered the blades and healed his wound.
• Simon charged with a corpse-qi attack, and Ji Qinglin met it with Thunderous Baji Collapse; their clash ended evenly before they grappled and exchanged more close-range attacks.
• Ji Qinglin launched a concealed sword from his trousers, but Simon caught it between his teeth, and the two broke apart after another exchange.
• Simon used the Corpse Qi Corpse Driving Technique to raise living corpses from the farm and sent them at Ji Qinglin.
• Ji Qinglin destroyed the corpses with his Thunderous Sword Intent, severed two arms of Simon’s Corpse Blood Arhat, and wounded Simon beneath the ribs.
• Simon halted the drifting corpse qi and formed a black tornado around himself and Ji Qinglin.

Yu Ye and Jiang Chen returned to the park entrance and fought Candy while Ji Qinglin faced Simon elsewhere in the park. Yu Ye used the lightning force Ji Qinglin had inscribed in her to defeat Candy’s soul attacks, but the battle continued after Red Night struck him with Purple Thunder Penetration.

• Candy ordered the guards to capture Yu Ye and Jiang Chen, and Yu Ye took him on while Jiang Chen fought the guards.
• Candy attacked Yu Ye with soul constructs, but she feigned weakness and struck him with Raging Thunder Surge, blasting him away.
• Candy pretended to flee, lured Yu Ye into a trap, and bound her with soul snakes.
• Candy sent his own soul snake to absorb Yu Ye, but Red Night seized it and sent lightning through it into Candy with Purple Thunder Penetration.

Yu Ye and Red Night killed Candy and subdued the guards at the compound entrance, but more guards arrived and opened fire. Cui SanMei then brought undercover police reinforcements, who rushed into the compound as the remaining guards prepared to defend it.

• Yu Ye battered Candy with thunder techniques, and Red Night used the Molecular Blade Soft Sword to cut his throat before he could use his Soul Sealing Art.
• Yu Ye and Red Night bound the guards who surrendered, but newly arrived guards attacked them with launchers and guns, forcing Jiang Chen and Yu Ye to retreat from the entrance.
• Cui SanMei arrived with undercover police, and Jiang Chen told her that the compound contained a Living Corpse Raising Ground involving hundreds of victims.
• Cui SanMei ordered the undercover police to subdue the compound's guards, and they rushed inside in teams despite the compound's interference system.
• The guards saw the police squad enter and realized the supposed two intruders had been joined by a much larger force.

Cui SanMei and the covert police broke into the Experimental Zone while Ji Qinglin fought Simon in the Living Corpse Raising Ground. Ji Qinglin summoned heavenly lightning, and as Simon prepared to attack again, an even stronger bolt descended.

• Cui SanMei sent Qi Pangzi to create a passage through the guards, allowing her, Yu Ye, and Jiang Chen to enter the Experimental Zone.
• Simon transformed into a flying corpse and trapped Ji Qinglin inside a corpse qi storm that absorbed much of his lightning force.
• Ji Qinglin summoned heavenly lightning, striking Simon and destabilizing the corpse qi storm.
• Yu Ye warned Jiang Chen that Ji Qinglin, not Simon, was the one who needed stopping.
• Simon survived the lightning strike and moved to attack Ji Qinglin, but a stronger bolt split the corpse qi storm apart.

Ji Qinglin defeated Simon with the Azure Lightning summoned by his Lightning Summoning Art, but the heavenly lightning’s lingering force left him unconscious. Yu Ye took him into the woods to release the force, where her attempt to guide it out began to make him stir.

• Yu Ye stopped Jiang Chen from entering the corpse qi storm and warned her that Ji Qinglin’s Lightning Summoning Art was dangerous.
• Ji Qinglin’s second Azure Lightning shattered Simon’s storm and left both fighters badly injured; the lightning’s lingering force then caused Ji Qinglin to lose consciousness.
• Simon rebuilt his body with corpse qi and attacked Ji Qinglin, who dodged the blow and beheaded him with a lightning-charged strike.
• Yu Ye explained that Ji Qinglin needed to release the lingering force, then led him toward the woods while absorbing some of it herself.
• Yu Ye stumbled and fell onto Ji Qinglin, triggering another surge of lightning force; her Lightning Prison could not contain it, but the shock began to rouse him.

Yu Ye and Red Night drew the Heavenly Thunder Lingering Force out of Ji Qinglin, who woke and learned that Simon was dead and the compound was safe. Ji Qinglin left the woods carrying Yu Ye and reunited with Jiang Chen, while the disciples discussed their cultivation and the secrets they had kept from him.

• Yu Ye and Red Night channeled the Heavenly Thunder Lingering Force from Ji Qinglin into the ground, and he returned to normal and woke.
• Ji Qinglin learned that he had killed Simon and that Yu Ye had been hurt while helping him release the thunder force.
• Ji Qinglin carried Yu Ye out of the woods and promised to conceal how she had helped him.
• Ji Qinglin told Red Night he would practice Soul Refining alongside her and allowed Yu Ye to join while keeping Body Refinement as her main focus.
• Jiang Chen greeted Ji Qinglin, confirmed she had kept the Corpse Dew safe, and explained that she had concealed her body to avoid worrying him.

Jiang Chen reunited with Ji Qinglin after he retrieved the Corpse Dew, and he told her he remembered their past. After the Dark Police exposed the horrors of the Living Corpse Raising Ground, Ji Qinglin helped Cui SanMei inspect the site and arranged to study some confiscated cultivation methods.

• Jiang Chen thanked Ji Qinglin for retrieving the medicine, and he told her he remembered their shared past despite not truly recovering his memories.
• Cui SanMei explained that Wild God Technology had kept hundreds of people half-alive to extract corpse qi and refine cultivation methods, and she described the likely consequences of the case.
• Ji Qinglin laid Yu Ye down to rest, while Jiang Chen realized Yu Ye had wet her pants and teased her about it.
• Ji Qinglin and Cui SanMei inspected Simon's remains and learned that the collected Corpse Dew was missing and that the Dark Police needed to pursue escaped suspects and disable dangerous systems.
• Ji Qinglin asked to study confiscated cultivation methods, and Cui SanMei approved the request on the condition that nothing went missing.

Ji Qinglin revealed Huang Silang’s true face to the undercover police and received the recovered cultivation manuals after the Living Corpse Raising Ground was secured. He left the sealed underground shelter behind and planned to return home with Jiang Chen and Yu Ye to treat Jiang Chen’s illness.

• Qi Futian reported that the compound was under control but that several people had escaped, and Cui SanMei refused to involve the Desolate City police.
• Cui SanMei introduced Huang Silang to the undercover police, and Ji Qinglin removed his disguise while warning everyone to keep undercover identities confidential.
• Ji Qinglin stopped Yu Ye from removing her mask, intending to bear Wild God Technology’s retaliation himself.
• Cui SanMei handed Ji Qinglin the backed-up cultivation manuals and told him to rest before handling them.
• Ji Qinglin left the sealed shelter behind and told Yu Ye they would go home to treat Jiang Chen’s illness, making Jiang Chen stiffen.

Ji Qinglin took Jiang Chen to a hidden courtyard to treat her hundred-year ailment with Corpse Dew and lightning force, while Yu Ye waited outside and misread the treatment as intimacy. The treatment restored sensation to Jiang Chen’s body, and Yu Ye entered when Ji Qinglin called her to help massage Jiang Chen’s foot.

• Jiang Chen worried that Ji Qinglin’s lightning treatment would be too intimate, but agreed to let him treat her after he explained the risks of handling the Corpse Dew herself.
• Ji Qinglin, Jiang Chen, and Yu Ye returned to a renovated courtyard in Bangkok’s old town, where he poured Corpse Dew into a bathtub for Jiang Chen to soak in.
• Ji Qinglin told Yu Ye to wait outside and joined Jiang Chen in the tub to combine the Corpse Dew treatment with lightning force.
• Yu Ye listened outside as Jiang Chen cried out during the treatment, and Red Night struggled to reassure her that Ji Qinglin was only helping his senior apprentice sister.
• Ji Qinglin called Yu Ye inside, where she found him wearing an eye mask and using lightning force to massage Jiang Chen’s foot.

Ji Qinglin treated Jiang Chen’s lingering numbness by sending lightning force through her feet while Yu Ye and Red Night held her still. Jiang Chen regained much of her sensation, but Ji Qinglin insisted on one final treatment step in the bedroom.

• Ji Qinglin explained to Yu Ye that he was restoring Jiang Chen’s sensation by channeling lightning force through her soles.
• Yu Ye and Red Night helped hold Jiang Chen while Ji Qinglin treated both feet, and Jiang Chen’s sensation returned across much of her body.
• Jiang Chen admitted she had recovered considerably, and Ji Qinglin told her to keep soaking in the Corpse Dew before continuing treatment.
• Yu Ye suggested Jiang Chen take the remaining Corpse Dew to the Nanhua District for its corpse cultivators, and Ji Qinglin left the decision to Jiang Chen.
• Ji Qinglin ordered Jiang Chen to dry off and go to the bedroom for the final treatment, then asked whether she could still use Coagulate Blood into Rope.

Ji Qinglin tied Jiang Chen up and had Yu Ye and Red Night use lightning force to restore sensation throughout her body. The treatment continued until near dawn, when the three disciples finally went quiet and Ji Qinglin waited outside with Coal Boss.

• Jiang Chen created a sturdy blood rope at Ji Qinglin's request, and he used it to bind her hands to keep her from resisting during treatment.
• Ji Qinglin explained that Yu Ye would use her lightning patterns to restore sensation through skin contact, then left the bedroom with Coal Boss.
• Yu Ye and Red Night treated Jiang Chen together, while Red Night teased her and Jiang Chen struggled and pleaded for them to slow down.
• Ji Qinglin remained outside, listening and trying to calm himself, then took Coal Boss into the courtyard as the eastern sky neared dawn.
• The treatment continued until Yu Ye, Red Night, and Jiang Chen finally fell quiet.