Chapter Summaries

Qin Yang used Crazy Old Ancestor’s confusion to send him toward the Nether Saint Sect, then learned about the ancestor’s tragic history with his long-dead disciple Ming Zhe. Crazy Old Ancestor forgot his mission along the way and wandered into a Nether Saint Sect interception, where a middle-aged man confronted him.

• Qin Yang persuaded Crazy Old Ancestor to leave and retrieve the stolen Yellow Springs Secret Canon, then departed with the Yin Bei Beast.
• Qin Yang found and buried a Nether Saint Sect disciple killed by Crazy Old Ancestor, and recovered the man’s mission records and a Jade Slip about Crazy Old Ancestor.
• Qin Yang learned that Crazy Old Ancestor was Cui Liangping, that his disciple Ming Zhe had died over a thousand years earlier, and that the Nether Saint Sect had plotted to lure him into a deadly region.
• Qin Yang offered to lead the Yin Bei Beast to a place filled with ghosts if it helped find Senior Black Li’s corpse, and the beast agreed.
• Crazy Old Ancestor forgot his mission halfway to the Nether Saint Sect, unleashed destruction across the wilderness, and drifted aimlessly for two days.
• A middle-aged Nether Saint Sect man encountered Crazy Old Ancestor while escorting an item away on a White Jade Boat, sent his crimson ghostly companion ahead, and challenged him to a fight.

Crazy Old Ancestor effortlessly defeated a returning enemy and carried him off to make soup for Ming Zhe. In the Black Forest Sea, Qin Yang began cultivating at a Yang-rich volcano while the Crimson Vicious Ghost was wounded by a distant sword strike from the Infatuated Man.

• The middle-aged man attacked Crazy Old Ancestor with the Nether Ghost Hand, but Crazy Old Ancestor shattered it, seized him, and snapped his neck while forgetting who he was.
• The Crimson Vicious Ghost swallowed the White Jade Boat and fled toward the Black Forest Sea after encountering people from the Yellow Springs Demon Sect.
• Qin Yang and the Yin Bei Beast searched the beast’s territory for Black Li’s missing senior, then Qin Yang found a volcano and cultivated with Crazy Old Ancestor’s soup at its Yang-rich crater.
• The Infatuated Man entered the Black Forest Sea carrying the weakened woman in bridal robes and cut down a wisp of Ghost Qi that targeted her.
• The Infatuated Man’s sword strike reached the Crimson Vicious Ghost thousands of li away and severed its arm, sending it fleeing deeper into the forest.

Qin Yang cultivated the Yang Spirit Body and several sun-based techniques in the Yin Extreme Land, while Ugly Chicken drained the crater’s golden liquid. After the Crimson Vicious Ghost was eaten by the Yin Bei Beast, Qin Yang touched its corpse and uncovered a chain of events involving the Yellow Springs Secret Canon; a month later, he woke the Yin Bei Beast and set out with it to find someone from Black Dawn.

• Qin Yang cultivated the Yang Spirit Body and reached entry level in the Three Yangs Bring Prosperity Method and the Great Sun Divine Light, while Ugly Chicken absorbed the crater’s golden liquid into the Radiant Sun Treasure Bell.
• The Yin Bei Beast returned to its nest and swallowed the approaching Crimson Vicious Ghost, then spat it out after realizing the ghost was poisonous.
• Qin Yang touched the Crimson Vicious Ghost’s corpse, obtained several items and a second try, and found a locked bronze book marked Yellow Springs.
• Qin Yang learned from the ghost’s memories that it had carried the Yellow Springs Secret Canon for the Nether Saint Sect, and he buried it in a golden coffin beneath a gravestone calling it “A Good Ghost with Poison.”
• A month later, Qin Yang found the Yin Bei Beast asleep in the crater, woke it, and learned that someone from Black Dawn had visited the area before leaving.
• The Yin Bei Beast agreed to take Qin Yang to find the person from Black Dawn.

Qin Yang followed the footprints revealed by his Footprints Skill Book into a dangerous region of the Black Forest Sea, where his cultivation was suppressed and a ghost-filled river blocked his path. A mysterious boatman arrived and appeared to demand a fare before Qin Yang could board.

• The Yin Bei Beast refused to enter the forest ahead, gave Qin Yang two venom fangs, and left him to continue alone.
• Qin Yang recognized the black phantoms as footprints through his Footprints Skill Book and followed them deeper into the forest.
• Qin Yang reached a rare supreme Yin land and found that the footprints crossed a dark-golden river whose scale changed as his cultivation was suppressed.
• Ghosts rose from the river, but a bell from an approaching lone boat drove them back into the water.
• The boatman brought the lone boat to the riverbank, and Qin Yang discovered that the footprints continued aboard it; the boatman then presented a box of money as a fare.

Qin Yang crossed a deadly river into a fragment of the Ancient Underworld by paying the ferryman with a Halo Set, then followed the Footprints deeper into the land. Crazy Old Ancestor crossed after him and caught up, leaving Qin Yang to continue with his confused master close behind.

• Qin Yang discovered that the ferryman accepted Spirit Incense and pointed to his Halo Set, which he used to pay the fare and board the boat.
• Qin Yang reached the opposite shore, where the Halo Set and Talisman Sword grew stronger while his True Essence remained suppressed, confirming that the land was a fragment of the Ancient Underworld.
• Crazy Old Ancestor crossed the river after paying with the Yin Bei Beast, and a white-haired youth and Brooding Bro later followed with their own fares.
• Qin Yang followed the Footprints across a barren landscape until the path reached a mist-covered plain where his sense of danger intensified.
• Crazy Old Ancestor caught up with Qin Yang, explained that the Yin Bei Beast had become his fare, and insisted on accompanying Qin Yang deeper into the dangerous land.

Qin Yang and Crazy Old Ancestor crossed a ghostly procession and watched countless ghosts turn to ash against a crimson bronze pillar. After seven days of black ash, Brooding Bro appeared, and Qin Yang prevented Crazy Old Ancestor from attacking him.

• Dense Yin Qi swept over Qin Yang and Crazy Old Ancestor, and Crazy Old Ancestor briefly regained his senses to warn Qin Yang to stay still and hide his aura.
• A procession of ghosts passed along a path while a song drew Qin Yang toward Wedding Gown; Crazy Old Ancestor sealed Qin Yang’s senses and stopped him from being taken away.
• After the procession passed, Crazy Old Ancestor treated Qin Yang as Ming Zhe and shared soup with him.
• Qin Yang watched ghosts throw themselves against a crimson bronze pillar, where they turned to ash that fell like black snow for seven days.
• Brooding Bro appeared carrying his woman, and Crazy Old Ancestor raised his aura against him until Qin Yang called Brooding Bro a friend.
• Qin Yang explained Crazy Old Ancestor’s condition to Brooding Bro, who withdrew his Sword Qi and continued on without speaking.

Qin Yang learned from Black Shadow that he had entered a fragment of the Ancient Underworld, where his cultivation was suppressed and dangerous Nether forces might remain. After cautiously drawing on the Demon Hand’s power, he tried to send Crazy Old Ancestor away, but Crazy Old Ancestor’s recovered memories and unstable state left Qin Yang unable to abandon him.

• Qin Yang spoke with Black Shadow, who identified the ghost procession’s location as a shattered Ancient Underworld prison and warned that Nether Envoys could still be dangerous.
• Black Shadow explained that Dark Night Udumbara flowers might grow among the bronze-pillar ash and urged Qin Yang to seek one so Black Shadow could leave the Demon Hand, but Qin Yang refused to risk taking it from Brooding Bro.
• Qin Yang negotiated with Black Shadow and tested the Demon Hand’s unsuppressed power by using it to activate Thunderfire.
• Qin Yang tried to send Crazy Old Ancestor back to the river, but Crazy Old Ancestor remembered that others might be plotting against his disciple and nearly lost control.
• Qin Yang calmed Crazy Old Ancestor by saying he was hungry, and Crazy Old Ancestor prepared soup while Qin Yang reconsidered leaving him behind.

Qin Yang found Brooding Bro fighting Tian Lin beneath the bronze pillar over the Dark Night Udumbara, which could save the woman named Ruo Yan. Brooding Bro's Thinking Art unleashed a world of longing, but after the flower bloomed and danger closed in, Qin Yang arrived and recognized the corpse beneath it.

• Qin Yang wandered through a shifting part of Xing Prison, found the Footprints again, and followed them toward the bronze pillar after seeing a flash of Golden Sword Qi.
• Tian Lin taunted Brooding Bro and tried to stop him from obtaining the Dark Night Udumbara, while a Yue Zhi attacked the woman on Brooding Bro's back.
• Brooding Bro's longing awakened the Thinking Art, recreating the past and terrifying Tian Lin, who escaped with the injured Yue Zhi as ghosts appeared around the pillar.
• Brooding Bro prepared to fight through the ghosts for the blooming flower while the life force of Ruo Yan faded, and Qin Yang arrived and offered him encouragement.
• Qin Yang started to leave through Brooding Bro's sword-created rift, but stopped when he saw the withered corpse beneath the Dark Night Udumbara and recognized it.

Qin Yang stayed to help Brooding Bro protect the Dark Night Udumbara until it reached its peak, hoping to save Brooding Bro’s wife and recover Senior Black Li’s corpse. After Qin Yang destroyed the approaching ghosts with the Radiant Sun Treasure Bell, a powerful Xing Prison officer appeared, and Brooding Bro entrusted Qin Yang with plucking the flower.

• Qin Yang decided not to leave because he could not abandon Senior Black Li’s corpse or risk Brooding Bro’s chance to save his wife.
• Qin Yang told Brooding Bro why he was staying, and Brooding Bro thanked him before they prepared to face the incoming ghosts.
• Qin Yang summoned Ugly Chicken and unleashed the Radiant Sun Treasure Bell, annihilating the ghosts and severely injuring himself.
• Qin Yang touched a fading Nether Soldier and obtained a secret art, then noticed the ghosts had returned alongside a powerful black-robed Xing Prison officer.
• As the Dark Night Udumbara neared full bloom, Qin Yang offered to pluck it using his secret art, and Brooding Bro went to hold off the officer while trusting Qin Yang with his wife’s rescue.

Qin Yang and Brooding Bro survived the battle in Xing Prison, obtained the Dark Night Udumbara Flower, and used it to revive Brooding Bro’s wife. Brooding Bro gave Qin Yang the Thinking Art and left with his wife, while Qin Yang tried to use the flower’s remaining petals to help Crazy Old Ancestor.

• Brooding Bro fought two black-robed prison officers while Qin Yang realized the officers could be killed permanently by destroying their bodies and chains before they revived.
• Qin Yang told Crazy Old Ancestor to protect him as the Dark Night Udumbara bloomed, then used his skill to preserve the fully bloomed flower while its beauty dazed everyone.
• Brooding Bro regained his senses and attacked the prison officers; Crazy Old Ancestor suppressed one officer with his seven-story tower, and Qin Yang killed the officer who came for the flower using Corpse Touching.
• Qin Yang learned that the prison officer had planted the flower and repeatedly tried to steal it, then left Xing Prison with Brooding Bro and Crazy Old Ancestor, carrying Senior Black Li’s body.
• Qin Yang used most of the flower’s petals to restore Brooding Bro’s wife, and Second Sword Lord gave him the Thinking Art and a jade sword before departing with her.
• Qin Yang added the remaining petals to Crazy Old Ancestor’s soup and left; Crazy Old Ancestor saved half the soup for Ming Zhe after drinking some.

Qin Yang got stranded at the river because the ferryman would no longer accept Halo Sets, so he traded a petal of his Dark Night Udumbara flower for the Yin Bei Beast and passage back. He began preparing for Corpse Touching in a nearby city, while Crazy Old Ancestor crossed the river without paying and chose not to drink the rest of his healing soup.

• Qin Yang discovered that the Sun Moon Star Shuttle could not carry him out of the shattered realm and that the ferryman refused his Halo Sets.
• Qin Yang offered a petal from his Dark Night Udumbara flower, traded for the Yin Bei Beast, and asked the ferryman to let Crazy Old Ancestor cross for free if he returned.
• Qin Yang used a secret art to bind the Yin Bei Beast, crossed the river, and went to an inn to calculate an auspicious time and place for Corpse Touching.
• Crazy Old Ancestor returned to the riverbank, and the ferryman let him board without a fare because Qin Yang had already paid for him.
• Crazy Old Ancestor decided not to drink the remaining soup, crossed the river, and wandered away as his consciousness grew muddled again.
• Qin Yang struggled to calculate an auspicious time for Corpse Touching and considered asking Junior Brother Zhang or Uncle Meng for help.

Qin Yang arranged a respectful burial for Senior Black Li and received the Wu Xian Scripture and Star Guiding Art through Corpse Touching. After beginning cultivation and traveling toward Black Li, he learned that the Crazy Old Ancestor and Second Sword Lord had sparked major conflicts across the Southern Wasteland.

• Zhang Zhengyi abandoned his attempt to open a mausoleum after sneezing, then copied a record and left after performing protective rituals.
• Qin Yang summoned Meng Yi, who frightened the Yin Bei Beast and calculated an auspicious place and time for Qin Yang’s ritual.
• Qin Yang buried Senior Black Li with care and received the Wu Xian Scripture and Star Guiding Art as Skill Books.
• Qin Yang began cultivating the Wu Xian Scripture and traveled toward Black Li, learning that the Nether Saint Sect had provoked the Crazy Old Ancestor and that the Yellow Springs Demon Sect had escalated the dispute.
• Qin Yang learned that the Second Sword Lord had attacked the Stupa Demon Sect, killed its Yue Zhi vicious bird, badly injured Tian Lin, and escaped despite the sect leader’s intervention.

Crazy Old Ancestor taught Second Sword Lord how to make nourishing soup for his recovering wife, while Qin Yang attended a Black Li burial and gained the clan’s trust and gifts. After reading news that Crazy Old Ancestor had been injured in recent fights, Qin Yang considered using the Yellow Springs Treasure Book to draw attention away from him.

• Second Sword Lord brought Crazy Old Ancestor a Yue pheasant, and Crazy Old Ancestor taught him to stew it gently into clear soup for his wife.
• Qin Yang attended a Black Li burial, raised his reputation with the clan to Revered, and learned that Divine Ox and the others assumed he had inherited the Wu Xian Scripture from a deceased senior.
• Qin Yang spent a month learning Black Li cultivation methods and received a Substitute Divine Statue and a Black Li token before leaving for the sect.
• Qin Yang read the Southern Wasteland Monthly Report and saw that the Stupa Demon Sect was being attacked by rival factions and Reincarnation Temple monks.
• Qin Yang learned that Crazy Old Ancestor remained muddled and had been injured, and considered publicizing the Yellow Springs Treasure Book’s future auction to divert trouble from him.

Qin Yang rescued Crazy Old Ancestor, brought him to Black Li to recover, and recruited Zhang Zhengyi to find the old demon’s severed arm. Zhang Zhengyi discovered that the arm was in the Yellow Springs Lineage’s floating great hall, while the Yellow Springs Lineage Master warned his disciples not to provoke Black Li.

• Qin Yang found the gravely injured Crazy Old Ancestor, treated him with Dark Night Udumbara and healing pills, and decided to care for him as his Master.
• Qin Yang brought Crazy Old Ancestor to Black Li, where the old man put him to sleep and agreed to let him recover; the Divine Ox and the old man discussed supporting Qin Yang.
• Qin Yang summoned Zhang Zhengyi and asked him to locate Crazy Old Ancestor’s severed arm, which he believed was being held by either the Nether Saint Sect or the Yellow Springs Demon Sect.
• Zhang Zhengyi infiltrated the Yellow Springs Demon Sect and overheard Zhao Ronghui accuse sect members of leaking Grandmaster Cui’s whereabouts; Zhao Ronghui killed several alleged traitors before the Yellow Springs Lineage Master stopped him.
• The Yellow Springs Lineage Master learned that Crazy Old Ancestor was in Black Li territory and ordered his disciples not to provoke Black Li, then turned their attention to finding the Yellow Springs Treasure Book.
• Zhang Zhengyi returned to Qin Yang and reported that Crazy Old Ancestor’s arm was inside the Yellow Springs Lineage’s floating great hall, and Qin Yang suspected Zhang Zhengyi had also explored the sect’s ancestral grounds.

Qin Yang sent Zhang Zhengyi to stir up trouble among the demonic sects, then entered the Nether Saint Sect’s hunting ground and the Yellow Springs Demon Sect in disguise. He arranged to be sent to the Beast Arena, where he planned to investigate Ming Zhe’s death, and ended the chapter recalling the vicious beasts he had eaten before.

• Qin Yang found Wen Mingzhe’s mausoleum recorded in Zhang Zhengyi’s Jade Slip and urged Zhang Zhengyi to provoke the Yellow Springs Demon Sect, Nether Saint Sect, and Stupa Demon Sect into conflict.
• Qin Yang released the Yin Bei Beast into the Nether Saint Sect’s basin, where it devoured the ghosts and Ghost Kings across a three-hundred-mile area.
• Qin Yang disguised himself as the peripheral Yellow Springs Demon Sect disciple Bei Luo after finding the man dead following a skirmish with the Nether Saint Sect.
• Qin Yang entered the Yellow Springs Demon Sect and let disciples accuse him of abandoning his comrades, leading them to send him to the Beast Arena as punishment.
• Qin Yang headed toward the Beast Arena near the Ancestral Land, intending to investigate Ming Zhe’s death and possibly obtain information from his resentment.

Qin Yang investigated Ming Zhe’s grave in the Yellow Springs Ancestral Land and discovered memory fragments suggesting Ming Zhe had been deliberately killed and silenced. He freed the Beast Arena’s prisoners to create chaos, then disguised himself as the furious Lineage Master and entered the floating great hall.

• Qin Yang subdued the Beast Arena’s beasts with his killing intent, then slipped away and crossed the Yellow Springs river into the Ancestral Land.
• Qin Yang met Zhang Zhengyi near the mausoleums and found Ming Zhe’s damaged skull in the grave marked with his name.
• Qin Yang obtained Ming Zhe’s fragmented memories, which showed him being pursued and killed before a four-fingered left hand destroyed his remnant soul.
• Qin Yang restored Ming Zhe’s grave, warned Zhang Zhengyi to leave, and released the Beast Arena’s beasts after weakening its formations.
• At sunset, the beasts charged toward the mountain gate and overwhelmed the sect’s defenses while Qin Yang watched from nearby.
• Qin Yang transformed into the Lineage Master’s appearance and entered the floating great hall while its gatekeepers mistook him for their master.

Qin Yang disguised himself as the Yellow Springs Lineage Master and stole Crazy Old Ancestor’s left arm from the Yellow Springs Hall. As he escaped the ensuing search with Zhao Ronghui’s help, the real Lineage Master confronted Zhao Ronghui, who claimed the thief had severed his arm and asked whether the Lineage Master had further guidance.

• Qin Yang used the Lineage Master’s disguise to make a disciple reveal where Crazy Old Ancestor’s left arm was kept, then took the arm and shattered the Bronze Altar.
• Qin Yang escaped the floating hall amid the Beast Arena riot, but the returning Yellow Springs Lineage Master discovered the theft and ordered disciples to search for the thief.
• Qin Yang received the order to return, but Zhao Ronghui warned him not to head toward the Li clan and watched him depart using the Sun Moon Star Shuttle.
• The Yellow Springs Lineage Master saw Qin Yang’s starlight escape and returned to confront Zhao Ronghui, who tore off his own left arm and claimed the thief had injured him.
• Zhao Ronghui prepared to leave and apologize to the Sect Master, but the Yellow Springs Lineage Master stopped him, and Zhao Ronghui calmly asked whether he had further guidance.

Zhao Ronghui returned to the Demon Sect after forcing the Yellow Springs Lineage Master to back down, while Qin Yang restored Crazy Old Ancestor's arm and weighed whether to help him seek revenge. Qin Yang accepted the Black Li elder's aid and learned that the powerful figure missing his left ring finger was the Nine-Fingered Divine Marquis of the Great Ying Divine Dynasty.

• Zhao Ronghui reattached his severed arm at the Demon Sect and watched the Li Clan's territory in silence.
• Qin Yang returned to Black Li, cleaned and reattached Crazy Old Ancestor's arm, and helped him begin recovering.
• The Black Li elder warned Qin Yang that Crazy Old Ancestor would seek revenge and likely die, but Qin Yang resolved to kill their enemies himself rather than abandon him.
• The Black Li elder gave Qin Yang a Black Li Clan Token and marked his Three Lives Ghost Willow branch so it could summon White Li's assistance.
• Qin Yang asked about a powerful expert missing his left ring finger, and the elder identified him as the Nine-Fingered Divine Marquis of the Great Ying Divine Dynasty.

Crazy Old Ancestor recovered his clarity and took Qin Yang to meet powerful old friends who owed him favors, arranging protection for his disciple before confronting his enemies. He left Qin Yang sealed in the Yellow Springs Demon Sect’s ancestral shrine, and Qin Yang was left furious and helpless as his Master went off alone.

• The old man of the Black Li told Crazy Old Ancestor that Qin Yang stayed loyal because Crazy Old Ancestor had once protected him, then let him leave despite warning that his divine soul had only just recovered.
• Crazy Old Ancestor reunited with Qin Yang and brought him to Celestial Star Child, who gave Qin Yang a Star Realm projection to summon him for help.
• Crazy Old Ancestor took Qin Yang to Black Robe Bei Moting and then visited more than a dozen trusted allies, having Qin Yang record their names and warning him about his enemies.
• Crazy Old Ancestor brought Qin Yang to the Yellow Springs Demon Sect’s ancestral shrine and asked the Dried Bone to protect him.
• Crazy Old Ancestor sealed Qin Yang inside Celestial Star Child’s Drawing the Earth as a Prison talisman and left to kill his enemies, while Qin Yang shouted that he had not meant his fear of death literally.

Qin Yang was trapped by Celestial Star Child’s Drawing the Earth as a Prison, but he unlocked the Yellow Springs Secret Canon and began cultivating it while waiting for the divine ability to fade. Aboveground, the Yin Bei Beast’s feeding sparked a battle between the Nether Saint Sect and the basin’s ghost creatures, leaving Crazy Old Ancestor bewildered when he arrived to take revenge and found the Nether Second Elder already dead.

• Qin Yang learned from Black Shadow that the Dried Bone was borrowing lifespan with the Three Gods Incense Burner, then used its rune to open the Yellow Springs Treasure Book and receive the Yellow Springs Secret Canon’s inheritance.
• Qin Yang realized the Yellow Springs Secret Canon could complement his Wu Xian Scripture by linking his physical body, qi and blood, and True Essence, so he began cultivating it inside the prison.
• The Yin Bei Beast devoured the basin’s rare ghost creatures, prompting Nether Saint Sect disciples to suspect that someone was stealing the best Ghost Seeds.
• The ghost creatures attacked the Nether Saint Sect’s mountain gate, and a clash erupted after a hot-tempered elder killed their messenger.
• Crazy Old Ancestor left the underground labyrinth and headed to the Nether Saint Sect to take revenge, but he stopped when he saw the Sect Master and the ghost army already fighting.
• A towering ghost creature killed the Nether Second Elder, and Crazy Old Ancestor wondered what had happened before he could carry out his revenge.