Chapter Summaries

Li Chu visited Dream Pavilion to learn the Spirit Wandering Void Technique from Fairy Luo so he could confront the Soul Gu Master targeting Shopkeeper Liu’s family. After Li Chu mastered leaving his body almost immediately, Fairy Luo asked whether he would consider changing Masters.

• Li Chu and Wang Longqi arrived at Dream Pavilion, where Fairy Luo invited them upstairs after receiving Li Chu’s night pearl.
• Fairy Luo sent Wang Longqi into a dream, then explained that the Soul Gu Master was refining a Lifeless Gu by cultivating a child’s soul through cruelty and evil.
• Fairy Luo tested Li Chu’s divine soul with the Immortal Visualization Scroll and confirmed he was strong enough to learn the Spirit Wandering Void Technique.
• Fairy Luo taught Li Chu the technique and warned him about the dangers of leaving his body, including the need to protect his physical form.
• Li Chu immediately left his body, passed through solid objects, and used the Sword Control Art to draw the Chunyang Sword while in his primordial-spirit state.
• After Li Chu returned to his body, Fairy Luo asked him to consider changing Masters.

Li Chu practiced primordial spirit possession by taking control of Wang Longqi’s body, then encountered and killed a demonic cultivator on Flower Street. Ji Yuhuan praised the young hero who saved her, while Wang Longqi remained shaken inside his own body.

• After leaving Dream Pavilion, Li Chu declined Fairy Luo’s offer to study soul arts but learned the essentials of primordial spirit possession.
• Back at Virtuous Cloud Branch Temple, Li Chu possessed Wang Longqi’s body, and the two went out to explore the street together.
• Near Jinyue Tower, Ji Yuhuan fell from a railing as a demonic cultivator attacked her, and Li Chu caught her before turning to face the demon.
• Li Chu summoned the Chunyang Sword, which arrived and instantly destroyed the demonic cultivator.
• Ji Yuhuan called after Li Chu and praised his bravery, while Wang Longqi complained that the close fight had terrified him.

Li Chu entered Madam Liu’s fetus with his primordial spirit and destroyed the soul-gu insects attacking it. He then pursued the Soul Gu Master’s puppet but failed to find the real enemy, who watched from a frozen lake and vowed to retrieve what he believed was his.

• Shopkeeper Liu prepared to seek help from Facing Heaven Pavilion, but Du Lanke persuaded him to wait for Li Chu.
• Li Chu returned to the Liu Residence, examined Madam Liu, and prepared to enter her fetus and fight the soul-gu insects.
• A lantern-bearing old man sent soul gu into Madam Liu, but the insects fled when they encountered Li Chu’s powerful primordial spirit.
• Li Chu killed the insects and pursued the old man, then destroyed his lantern’s Soul Gu and discovered the old man was a straw puppet.
• Li Chu searched the city for the Soul Gu Master but found no trace of him.
• Outside Divine Luo City, the Soul Gu Master watched Li Chu through Mirror Flower Water Moon and declared that he would reclaim what was his.

Li Chu kidnapped Wei Jiangli and brought her to the Virtuous Cloud Branch Temple, while the Yin brothers planned to exploit a rift to the Ghost Kingdom to attack the temple. The chapter left Wei Jiangli settling into her role as a hostage and Daoist Du awkwardly offering her care.

• Li Chu visited Youlan Pavilion and told Wei Jiangli he intended to kidnap her; she agreed to go with him.
• Li Chu took Wei Jiangli to the Virtuous Cloud Branch Temple and left a note directing anyone seeking her to Shanyin Alley.
• Su Wan and Yin the Third discussed Wei Jiangli’s disappearance, and Yin the Third returned to report it to Yin Ru and Yin Shi.
• Yin Ru proposed widening an old Ghost Kingdom rift near Shanyin Alley to unleash a Hundred Ghosts Parade and destroy the Virtuous Cloud Branch Temple.
• Daoist Du brought Wei Jiangli food at the temple and nervously asked whether she planned to take a bath.

Li Chu confronted Yin the Third at the Virtuous Cloud Branch Temple, where Yin the Third widened a Ghost Kingdom Rift and unleashed a powerful ghost. In the Ghost Country, a Blood Qilin tried to pass through the same rift but was destroyed by a burst of rainbow light, leaving the Eighth Hall Master wondering whether it led to the Immortal Realm.

• Li Chu demanded that Yin the Third release the captured Mysterious Yin Bodies and Extreme Yang Boys in exchange for Wei Jiangli, and Yin the Third agreed to meet him the following night.
• Yin the Third stayed outside the Virtuous Cloud Branch Temple and forced open the small rift in its well with Yin Qi.
• A huge crimson ghost claw reached through the rift, releasing overwhelming Yin Qi as Li Chu's Chunyang Sword rang out.
• The Seventh Hall Master defeated the rebel army and charged toward the Eighth Hall Master, who tried to negotiate a retreat.
• A rift opened in the Blood Qilin's path, and it thrust itself through in search of human blood food.
• Rainbow light burst from the rift and destroyed the Blood Qilin, prompting the Eighth Hall Master to suspect that the rift led to the Immortal Realm.

Li Chu killed the Blood Sea Qilin with one sword strike, while the Eighth Hall Lord realized the rift might lead to the Immortal Realm and ordered the Ghost Kingdom to prepare for a crisis. Yin the Third fled in awe of Li Chu and decided the surname Li might make a good choice for a new ancestor; Li Chu then faced another ghost beast sent through the rift.

• The Eighth Hall Lord tested the rift by sending a strengthened Nether Sea Fierce Beast through it and saw Li Chu destroy it with a sword strike.
• The Eighth Hall Lord suspected the rift led to the Immortal Realm, drove back the Seventh Hall’s routed beasts, and ordered the other hall lords to be warned.
• Yin the Third watched Li Chu blast apart the Blood Sea Qilin and fled, wondering whether the Yin Clan should choose Li as its ancestor instead of retrieving Emperor Yin.
• Li Chu gained a huge amount of Experience Points from killing the Qilin and regretted that Yin the Third had escaped before he could defeat him too.
• Another Nether Sea Fierce Beast emerged from the rift, and Li Chu welcomed the chance to gain more Experience Points.

After Li Chu’s rise in power, Zen Master Jintan and Zen Master Zehui visited Virtuous Cloud Branch Temple and explained that Li Chu’s miraculous performance might be tied to the rare chance of immortal affinity. The young master pressed Li Chu to reveal whether he had obtained it.

• Li Chu greeted Wei Jiangli and discussed the powerful ghost he had slain, while Little Fatty Dragon fled from his aura.
• Zen Master Jintan and Zen Master Zehui arrived at Virtuous Cloud Branch Temple, and Li Chu learned that Jintan was Zehui’s master despite appearing much younger.
• Zen Master Jintan said Li Chu’s performance at the Buddha Affinity Assembly had made the Dharma Bell ring and suggested that he might be a Buddha Son, though Li Chu denied having Buddhist ties.
• Zen Master Jintan explained that immortal affinity was a rare opportunity to ascend, and that a diviner had predicted its arrival with the words “A hundred years, Jiang Nan.”
• Zen Master Jintan asked Li Chu whether he was the reincarnated body of an old monster and whether he had obtained immortal affinity.

A little monk questioned Li Chu about immortal fate before departing, and Li Chu later agreed to help Mu Feng search for her missing fisherman husband after a water-monster attack. As Li Chu left with Mu Feng, Wang Longqi teased Du Lanke about the beautiful married woman, while Jiang Li came looking for Li Chu and left disappointed.

• The little monk asked Li Chu about immortal fate, accepted his uncertainty, and left with the old monk.
• Li Chu suspected the little monk had briefly considered attacking him because he feared Li Chu might be a powerful figure's reincarnation.
• Mu Feng arrived at the temple and asked Li Chu to search for her husband, whose fishing boat had encountered a water monster in the Luo River.
• Li Chu agreed to go with Mu Feng and left the temple, while Du Lanke stayed behind to guard it.
• Wang Longqi teased Du Lanke about courting Mu Feng, and Du Lanke protested his innocence when Jiang Li entered the courtyard.
• Jiang Li left after seeing that Li Chu was not at the temple, and Du Lanke wondered why the phrase "married woman" seemed familiar.

Li Chu accompanied Madam Mu down the Luo River and slew a series of water monsters, while the Second Prince of the Dragon-Rearing Kingdom watched from beneath the water and prepared to confront him. The Second Prince finally emerged atop a Flood Dragon, unaware that Madam Mu feared the intelligence about Li Chu had been wrong.

• Li Chu killed a bone-spurred monster fish that leaped from the river, while the Second Prince learned of the attack and ordered his men to keep scouting.
• Li Chu pulled Madam Mu out of the way of a tentacle and destroyed another water monster with his sword.
• Li Chu recognized a dragonborn white shark and slew it, then killed a zombie on the riverbank with a fourth sword strike.
• Madam Mu asked Li Chu to turn back, but he said he could keep fighting until dark and planned to visit Shopkeeper Liu's house afterward.
• The Second Prince appeared standing between the horns of a massive Flood Dragon and threatened Li Chu, while Madam Mu realized the intelligence about him was mistaken.

Li Chu killed the Second Prince of the Dragon-Rearing Kingdom after the Ancestral Land True Dragon abandoned him rather than risk fighting Li Chu. Madam Mu confessed that the Second Prince had forced her to lure Li Chu onto the ship, and Li Chu said she should tell the authorities.

• The Second Prince attacked Li Chu on his Dark Flood Dragon, and Li Chu countered with a Red Dragon of sword qi.
• The Second Prince summoned the Ancestral Land True Dragon for protection, but it withdrew after briefly appearing rather than confront Li Chu.
• Li Chu's sword-qi Red Dragon swallowed the Second Prince and the Dark Flood Dragon, killing them both.
• A scout watching from the water realized that Li Chu's claims about acting three times a day had fooled him.
• Li Chu questioned Madam Mu, who admitted the Second Prince had forced her to lure Li Chu onto the ship, and Li Chu told her to explain herself to the authorities.

Li Chu defeated the Dragon-Rearing Kingdom’s forces and learned why the imperial court tolerated their provocations, then returned to Virtuous Cloud Branch Temple. There, a Princess’s invitation meant for Wang Longqi arrived, and Wang realized it came from Ji Yuhuan, the woman Li Chu had once saved while possessing his body.

• Duan Geng explained that the Heluo imperial clan’s past conflict with the Dragon-Rearing Clan, and the Dragon Race behind the kingdom, made officials reluctant to intervene in minor incidents.
• Li Chu released three Dragon-Rearing Kingdom prisoners from their restraints at Facing Heaven Pavilion and returned to Virtuous Cloud Branch Temple.
• Wang Longqi entertained Jiang Li by making Little Fatty Dragon perform tricks for roast chicken while Li Chu watched.
• An attendant from the Princess Mansion arrived with gifts and a formal invitation, initially mistook Li Chu for Daoist Du’s disciple, and asked him to step aside.
• The attendant presented Wang Longqi with an invitation personally written by the Princess, and Wang recognized Ji Yuhuan as the woman Li Chu had saved while possessing his body.

Yin Ru and Yin Shi debated abandoning their plans after Yin the Third warned them about Li Chu, but they remained reluctant to seek help elsewhere. Back at Virtuous Cloud Branch Temple, Wang Longqi recounted the Princess’s troubles and revealed that he had promised to help her, leaving Li Chu and Du Lanke asking what each side wanted.

• Yin the Third warned Yin Ru and Yin Shi that Li Chu was too powerful to challenge, but Yin Ru insisted that the clan should remain loyal to its ancestor, Lord Emperor Yin.
• Yin Ru decided that the clan might give up Youlan Pavilion and the Flower Capital Assembly, while Yin Shi worried about their debts and expenses.
• Li Chu, Du Lanke, and Fox Girl interrogated Wang Longqi about his return from the Princess’s estate, and he admitted he had spent the night there.
• Wang Longqi explained that the Princess had been branded the Star of Calamity, had a poor relationship with the current East Sea King, and faced rivals targeting her businesses.
• Wang Longqi said he had impulsively promised to help the Princess, prompting Li Chu and Du Lanke to ask what help they had each requested.

Wang Longqi and Ji Yuhuan attended a banquet hosted by Dongliu Gang deputy leader Cui Ziyong, who tried to intimidate them and provoke Wang into a fight. With Li Chu secretly possessing him, Wang defeated the gang’s top warrior and demanded ten opponents.

• Wang Longqi arrived at Zui Li Pavilion with Ji Yuhuan and met Cui Ziyong and the Dongliu Gang warriors.
• Ji Yuhuan accused Cui Ziyong of having ambushed her, and Cui denied it before proposing a martial challenge for Wang.
• Wang initially refused to fight, then agreed and called for Li Chu to switch hands and take control of his body.
• Li Chu froze the first Dongliu Warrior, allowing Wang to rush in and beat him until Cui Ziyong stopped the match.
• Wang told Cui Ziyong to send more warriors and declared that he wanted to fight ten.

Li Chu left Wang Longqi at the Dongliu Gang gathering to return to Virtuous Cloud Branch Temple, where the Soul Gu Master attacked with two puppets. Li Chu survived the assault, and the Soul Gu Master fled wounded before meeting a scholar who confronted him about his past.

• Li Chu sensed danger at Virtuous Cloud Branch Temple and left Wang Longqi to return there, while Wang Longqi stalled Old Feng by insisting he needed to eat before sparring.
• The Soul Gu Master sent two Soul-Infused Puppets into Virtuous Cloud Branch Temple, where they knocked down Du Lanke and the Fox Girl before the Little Fatty Dragon struck back.
• The tiger-headed puppet smashed Li Chu's physical body, but the blow destroyed the puppet and badly injured the Soul Gu Master through their connection.
• Li Chu revived the Fox Girl and Du Lanke, learned what had happened, and saw Wei Jiangli return with two Black-Clad Guards from Facing Heaven Pavilion.
• The wounded Soul Gu Master returned to his lakeside hut and found a middle-aged scholar waiting, who identified him as Mr. Fang and confronted him about his past crimes and a Divine Luo City murder.

Li Chu possessed Wang Longqi and killed the Wind God Order with a Sword Control Technique, then let the Dongliu Gang know the dead man had been a Demon Sect cultivator. Elsewhere, a middle-aged scholar learned of the Wind God Order’s death and discussed obtaining the Mystic Ice Slip.

• Wang Longqi delayed his duel with Old Man Feng by eating, until Li Chu’s soul fire entered his body.
• Li Chu recognized Old Man Feng as the Wind God Order, a subordinate of Lord Canghai, and used Wang Longqi to strike with the Chunyang Sword, killing him.
• Cui Ziyong accepted Li Chu’s claim that Old Man Feng was a Demon Sect member and praised Wang Longqi for killing him.
• A baby-faced youth told a middle-aged scholar that the Wind God Order was dead; the scholar declined to seek revenge.
• The youth reported that the Black Tortoise Prison Guard Bureau had arrived in Divine Luo City, and the scholar said they needed to obtain the Mystic Ice Slip and had a new helper.

Zhan Yunting visited Li Chu to thank him for saving his life and offered Divine Firmament Sect’s protection against Dragon-Rearing Kingdom. He then recognized the temple’s Little Fatty Dragon as the abducted Baby Thunder Dragon, leaving Li Chu exposed as the apparent culprit behind the conflict.

• Zhan Yunting thanked Li Chu for stopping the attackers at Youlan Pavilion and explained that Dragon-Rearing Kingdom had targeted him over the stolen Baby Thunder Dragon.
• Li Chu told Zhan Yunting that Wei Jiangli deserved much of the thanks, and Wei Jiangli appeared with Xiao Bai before leaving to go shopping.
• Zhan Yunting warned Li Chu that Dragon-Rearing Kingdom might seek revenge and promised Divine Firmament Sect would protect him.
• Wang Longqi chased down Little Fatty Dragon and dragged it back into the courtyard after it tried to follow Xiao Bai and Wei Jiangli.
• Zhan Yunting recognized Little Fatty Dragon as the unique Baby Thunder Dragon and concluded that Li Chu was behind its abduction.

Li Chu explained how Lord Canghai’s schemes connected the stolen Dragon Race hatchling to the Northern Abyss Sect, while Zhan Yunting negotiated with Baby Thunder Dragon for its essence blood. After Wei Jiangli and Fox Girl rescued a would-be suicide, the man began explaining his troubles.

• Li Chu told Zhan Yunting that Lord Canghai had orchestrated the kidnapping of the Dragon-Rearing Kingdom’s Left Dragon Envoy and traded the True Dragon hatchling to the Northern Abyss Sect.
• Zhan Yunting offered Little Fatty Dragon ten Thunder Pool Immortal Carp in exchange for a drop of essence blood, and Wang Longqi relayed its demand for chicken drumsticks.
• Zhan Yunting left after the deal was tentatively settled, and Wei Jiangli and Fox Girl returned carrying a man they had pulled from the Luo City River.
• The rescued man woke and revealed that his family was forcing him to marry a rich older woman.

Shen Ming told Li Chu and the others that he loved Hua Qiluo and had jumped into a river after she stopped responding to him and his parents arranged his marriage to a wealthy woman. Wang Longqi and Du Lanke proposed using Li Chu’s overwhelming appeal to put the wealthy woman off, leaving Li Chu asking whether he could refuse.

• Shen Ming introduced himself as a talented man from a carriage-owning family in Divine Luo City, then revealed that he had written poems insulting Wei Jiangli during the Flower Capital Assembly.
• Shen Ming said he and Hua Qiluo had known each other since childhood, pledged themselves to each other, and planned to be together after she retired from the brothel.
• Shen Ming explained that a wealthy female merchant from Zhao Ge City had invested in his family’s business and asked his parents to marry him, and that Hua Qiluo had refused to see him when he sought to elope.
• Wang Longqi suggested that Li Chu’s presence would make Shen Ming look unattractive to the wealthy woman, and Fox Girl and Wei Jiangli confirmed the effect.
• Wei Jiangli asked what would happen if the wealthy woman fell for Li Chu, and Li Chu asked whether he could refuse to help.

Shen Ming met Wang Ayi at Virtuous Cloud Branch Temple to reject their arranged marriage, but her unexpected enthusiasm left everyone baffled about how to handle the situation. The Little Divine Doctor then revealed that he was treating Hua Qiluo, Shen Ming’s beloved.

• Shen Ming met Wang Ayi at the temple, where Du Lanke improvised a marriage-compatibility consultation when Shen Ming froze.
• After Wang Ayi left, Shen Ming and the others puzzled over why she seemed so eager to marry him despite meeting Li Chu.
• Shen Ming insisted he would never marry Wang Ayi because he loved Qiluo, while the others debated how he could refuse without angering her family.
• The Little Divine Doctor visited the temple and revealed that he was treating Hua Qiluo, the runner-up courtesan queen from last year’s Flower Capital Assembly.

Lord Canghai planned to use the Black Tortoise Prison Guard Bureau’s actions to track the Mystic Ice Slip and explained how human support could help divine beasts advance. Meanwhile, Li Chu, the Little Divine Doctor, and Shen Mu the Monk visited the Musk Pavilion to investigate Hua Qiluo’s strange illness, but Shen Mu could only say that she was unusually beautiful.

• Lord Canghai learned that the Black Tortoise Prison Guard Bureau had found its target and was preparing to act, and he ordered the Mystic Ice Slip’s whereabouts recorded.
• Lord Canghai told the Soul Gu Master that human support could help divine beasts gain greater power, then mourned that he could not trade for Xue'e’s life.
• The Little Divine Doctor brought Li Chu and Shen Mu the Monk to the Musk Pavilion to investigate Hua Qiluo’s soul-lost syndrome.
• Li Chu and his companions watched Hua Qiluo practice her dance, and Shen Mu the Monk said the strange thing about her was that she was unusually good-looking.