Chapter Summaries

Yanhuang Hall's fighters overwhelmed Buddhism's forces on Flower and Fruit Mountain. Kong Xuan and Mahavairocana Tathagata fled after Tang Xiao and Tang Hao defeated them, while Huang Tian allowed Kong Xuan to escape.

• Bibi Dong kept Tathagata on the defensive, while Yanhuang Hall's fighters gained the upper hand against Buddhism's forces.
• Kong Xuan used his Five-Colored Divine Light against Tang Xiao, but Tang Xiao evaded it and repeatedly struck him until Kong Xuan fled in his peacock form.
• Huang Tian told Tang Xiao not to pursue Kong Xuan, and Tang Xiao joined Zhao Wuji to watch the remaining battles.
• Mahavairocana Tathagata used the Immortal-Slaying Flying Knife against Tang Hao, but it failed to harm him.
• Tang Hao shattered Mahavairocana Tathagata's Golden Crow manifestation with the Clear Sky Hammer, and Mahavairocana Tathagata fled toward Western Heaven Spirit Mountain.

Dipamkara and Guanyin fled after Liu Erlong and Bo Saixi overwhelmed them, while the Heavenly Court debated whether to intervene. Bo Saixi was left frustrated after Guanyin escaped again.

• Liu Erlong battered Dipamkara until he used Blood Escape to flee toward Western Heaven Spirit Mountain.
• The immortals celebrated Dingguang Joyful Buddha’s death, and Jie School members considered ambushing the wounded Tathagata.
• Li Jing asked the Jade Emperor to send troops to aid the Buddhas, but Fire Mansion Star Spirit Mother rebuked him and the Jade Emperor refused to intervene.
• Bo Saixi overwhelmed Guanyin with Summoning Wind and Rain, then dragged her back with Star Shifting after Guanyin tried to escape.
• Bo Saixi gravely injured Guanyin with Overturning Rivers and Seas, but Guanyin fled behind Bodhisattva Puxian.

Samantabhadra and Tathagata fled after Yanhuang Hall’s fighters overwhelmed the Buddhist forces at Flower and Fruit Mountain. With the battle over, Huang Tian introduced Sun Wukong to the Yanhuang Hall members and welcomed him as family.

• Zhu Zhuqing wounded Samantabhadra with attacks infused with the Law of Darkness, but Samantabhadra escaped using the Fire Escape Technique after her lotus platform broke.
• Tathagata endured Bibi Dong’s attacks, then fled with the Earth-Traveling Golden Light rather than risk using the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree.
• Huang Tian warned his companions that the saints behind Buddhism might target them, while Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue spoke of their future strength.
• Huang Tian introduced Sun Wukong to Tang Chen, Bo Saixi, Qian Daoliu, Tang Xiao, Tang Hao, and Zhao Wuji, and asked Tang Chen to guide his cultivation.
• Sun Wukong accepted the Yanhuang Hall members as elder brothers after they welcomed him into their family.

Huang Tian fought Jieyin and Zhunti in the chaos after refusing to hand over Sun Wukong. He trapped Zhunti in the Huang Tian Realm and killed him, leaving Jieyin to realize that he could be next.

• Huang Tian traveled through the Outer Chaos, collecting drifting stones to replenish the Huang Tian Realm's origin.
• Jieyin and Zhunti confronted Huang Tian and demanded that he return Sun Wukong, but Huang Tian insulted them and refused.
• Zhunti attacked Huang Tian with the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree, and Jieyin joined the fight with his Golden Pestle.
• Huang Tian endured their attacks, tested his laws in battle, and suppressed both Saints.
• Huang Tian trapped Zhunti in the Huang Tian Realm and killed him with the Sky-Opening Axe.
• The Primordial Wilderness shook with signs of a Saint's death, and Jieyin learned Zhunti had fallen and feared Huang Tian would kill him next.

Huang Tian killed Jieyin inside the Huang Tian Realm, gained enough Heavenly Dao origin to advance to the late stage of the Primordial Great Luo Golden Immortal Realm, and fled into the World Sea of Small Worlds. He arrived in the world of Mr. Zombie and recognized Uncle Nine and Wencai heading to meet Master Ren.

• Huang Tian killed Jieyin with the Sky-Opening Axe, and Jieyin’s death further enriched the Huang Tian Realm and restored its Heavenly Dao origin.
• Huang Tian’s cultivation advanced to the late stage of the Primordial Great Luo Golden Immortal Realm, and he escaped into the World Sea of Small Worlds to avoid the other saints.
• Zhunti, Jieyin, Yuanshi Tianzun, and Daode Tianzun searched for Huang Tian but failed to find him, then discussed replacing Sun Wukong and guarding the inner chaos.
• Huang Tian concealed his strength in a small world and found himself in a bustling marketplace filled with Republican-era buildings.
• Huang Tian recognized Uncle Nine and Wencai passing by and realized they were going to see Master Ren about relocating Old Master Ren’s grave.

Huang Tian appeared at Yi Zhuang and used his merit light to heal Lin Jiu and improve Wencai’s aptitude before warning them that the exhumation would unleash a Black Zombie. He gave Lin Jiu a Flying Sword and Golden Cores to help him prepare, leaving Lin Jiu determined to face the danger himself.

• Lin Jiu and Wencai returned to Yi Zhuang to prepare for the exhumation and reburial, where they found Huang Tian meditating in the courtyard.
• Huang Tian revealed his power by flying on a Nine-Rank Merit Golden Lotus, whose light healed Lin Jiu’s injuries and helped him break through to the Late Foundation Establishment Stage while cleansing Wencai’s body and improving his aptitude.
• Huang Tian warned Lin Jiu that the exhumation would awaken Ren Weiyong as a Black Zombie and endanger Ren Fa, Ren Tingting, Lin Jiu, and his two disciples.
• Lin Jiu resolved to handle the Black Zombie himself, and Huang Tian gave him a Low-Grade Immortal Tool Flying Sword and five First Revolution Golden Cores to aid him.
• Wencai thanked Huang Tian, who urged him to cultivate diligently and preserve Lin Jiu’s lineage.

Huang Tian brought Uncle Nine to cultivate in the Huang Tian Realm, where accelerated time and a First Revolution Golden Core sent Uncle Nine’s strength soaring. After reaching the Late Tribulation Stage, Uncle Nine bound his Immortal Sword and began mastering Maoshan Sect spells before leaving seclusion.

• Huang Tian refused to stay at Yi Zhuang and took Uncle Nine through a spatial passage into the Huang Tian Realm, where time flowed one hundred times faster.
• Huang Tian gave Uncle Nine a courtyard for secluded cultivation and promised to protect him while he trained.
• Uncle Nine consumed half a First Revolution Golden Core and rapidly advanced through the Supreme Clarity Yellow Court Outer Scripture to the Late Soul Splitting Stage.
• Uncle Nine cultivated the Inner Scripture and refined the remaining medicinal energy, advancing to the Late Tribulation Stage.
• Uncle Nine blood-refined and mastered the Immortal Sword, stored it in his Dantian, and began rapidly learning Maoshan Sect spells.

Uncle Nine discovered that a feng shui master had sabotaged the Ren family’s burial site, and the coffin was raised for reburial. When the unrotted corpse emerged amid a swarm of crows and dense Baleful Energy, Uncle Nine warned that it should be cremated, but Ren Fa refused, so the coffin was taken to the Yi Zhuang.

• Ren Fa brought Uncle Nine, his disciples, and servants to Old Master Ren’s grave, where Uncle Nine identified its Dragonfly Touching Water Acupoint and explained that the coffin had been buried upright.
• Ren Fa revealed that his father had forced the feng shui master to sell the land, and Uncle Nine concluded that the master had retaliated by directing the family to cover the grave with cement.
• The servants unearthed and opened the coffin, revealing an unrotted corpse surrounded by dense Baleful Energy as hundreds of crows flew from the forest.
• Uncle Nine urged Ren Fa to cremate the corpse, but Ren Fa refused, so Uncle Nine arranged to keep it at the Yi Zhuang until he found another grave site.
• Uncle Nine ordered Wencai and Qiusheng to set up a Plum Blossom Incense Array and offer incense at the surrounding graves before using Shrinking the Ground into Inches to leave.

Qiusheng heard a ghost thank him at the graveyard and brought an ominous incense omen to Uncle Nine, who realized Old Master Ren’s corpse was nearing its transformation into a Black Zombie. Uncle Nine prepared to suppress the corpse as the danger to the Ren Family drew close.

• Qiusheng heard Dong Xiaoyu’s grave thank him after he offered incense, then noticed the incense had burned one long and two short.
• Qiusheng and Wencai brought the omen to Uncle Nine, who warned that someone in the Ren Family would die.
• Wencai and Qiusheng argued over who would pursue Ren Tingting, then asked Uncle Nine to protect her.
• Qiusheng and Wencai opened Old Master Ren’s coffin and saw that his corpse had grown fatter.
• Uncle Nine ordered Wencai and Qiusheng to prepare yellow paper, a red brush, black ink, a kitchen knife, and a wooden sword to suppress the transforming corpse.

Uncle Nine discovered that Ren Weiyong had become a Black Zombie because a geomancer had turned his burial site into a Corpse Nurturing Ground. Huang Tian took Ren Weiyong into the Huang Tian Realm and advised Uncle Nine to use a paper effigy as a substitute, leaving Uncle Nine to conceal the deception and prepare for the geomancer’s scheme.

• Qiusheng fled Yi Zhuang after he and Wencai accidentally angered Uncle Nine, while Uncle Nine ordered Wencai to cultivate and reach the Mid Qi Condensation Stage by the next day.
• At midnight, Ren Weiyong’s Black Zombie repeatedly tried to break out of his coffin, and Uncle Nine realized Wencai and Qiusheng had failed to mark beneath it.
• Huang Tian questioned Uncle Nine about the Ren Family’s fate and helped him realize that a geomancer had used the burial site to nurture Ren Weiyong into a zombie.
• Huang Tian took Ren Weiyong and his coffin into the Huang Tian Realm, then suggested Uncle Nine replace him with a lifelike paper effigy that would burn itself.
• Uncle Nine placed the paper effigy in the coffin, accepted a Spatial Ring from Huang Tian, and added ink lines beneath the coffin to hide the substitution.

Huang Tian transformed Ren Weiyong into a powerful Zombie King and sent him to kill the feng shui master and protect Ren Family Town. Ren Weiyong appeared at Uncle Nine’s ceremony and advised him to let Qiusheng and Wencai pursue Ren Tingting, while first resolving Qiusheng’s connection to a female ghost.

• Huang Tian erased the feng shui master's mark on Ren Weiyong's Corpse Control Talisman, strengthened Ren Weiyong with Gray Flame, and raised him to the Zombie King level.
• Ren Weiyong awakened, recognized Huang Tian as his master, and received orders to kill the feng shui master and protect Ren Family Town.
• Huang Tian sent Ren Weiyong to the grave mountain, where Ren Fa and Ren Tingting completed the burial rites for Ren Weiyong.
• Uncle Nine scolded Wencai for pursuing Ren Tingting and reprimanded Qiusheng for becoming involved with a female ghost.
• Ren Weiyong advised Uncle Nine to let both disciples pursue Ren Tingting, while Uncle Nine said Qiusheng's female ghost should be dealt with first.

Ren Weiyong revealed that he was the Ren family’s ancestor and a Human Immortal Realm Zombie King, tasked with hunting the feng shui master and protecting Ren Family Town. After defeating and freeing two Black Zombies controlled by the feng shui master, he stayed behind to await the enemy while Uncle Nine, Qiusheng, and Wencai returned to Yi Zhuang.

• Ren Weiyong identified himself as Old Master Ren and told Uncle Nine he had become a Zombie King with orders to find the feng shui master and build a Mountain God Temple.
• Uncle Nine explained his disciples’ weak cultivation ahead of the Maoshan Sect martial competition, and Ren Weiyong suggested using portions of the Dao Venerable’s First Revolution Golden Core pills.
• Uncle Nine sensed zombies underground, and Ren Weiyong dragged two attacking Black Zombies to the surface and defeated them.
• Ren Weiyong shattered the Corpse Control Talismans inside the Black Zombies, and they submitted to him as their king.
• Ren Weiyong sensed the feng shui master to the north and chose to wait for him, while Uncle Nine, Qiusheng, and Wencai returned to Yi Zhuang.

Ren Weiyong prepared an underground lair and faced the feng shui master who had controlled him and his zombies. He killed the old Daoist, freed himself from the Corpse Control Talisman, and took his revenge.

• Ren Weiyong named the two Black Zombies Big Black and Little Black, then built a deep underground palace in the ruined feng shui site.
• The old Daoist divined Ren Weiyong's location and set out with two Fierce Ghosts, two Black Zombies, and a Hopping Zombie, intending to control Ren Weiyong and make him slaughter his relatives.
• Ren Weiyong sensed the approaching group, sent Big Black and Little Black to cultivate, and waited outside the underground palace.
• The old Daoist tried to command Ren Weiyong through his Mother Corpse Controlling Talisman, but Ren Weiyong resisted and crushed the old Daoist's head.
• Ren Weiyong's resentment vanished after the old Daoist died, and Big Black, Little Black, and the freed zombies tore into the corpse.

Ren Weiyong accepted Dong Xiaoyu into his underground palace after learning she truly cared for Qiusheng, while Uncle Nine tested whether she would come for him at Yi Zhuang. Dong Xiaoyu chose to cultivate under Ren Weiyong’s protection, and she never appeared that night.

• Ren Weiyong expanded his underground palace, helped his zombies and Fierce Ghosts refine their transverse bones, and ordered them not to harm humans.
• Dong Xiaoyu asked Ren Weiyong to unite the local demons and ghosts, and he questioned her about her relationship with Qiusheng.
• Dong Xiaoyu said she truly loved Qiusheng, so Ren Weiyong advised her to stop seeing him until his cultivation improved and offered her a place to cultivate.
• Uncle Nine gave Wencai and Qiusheng pieces of a First Revolution Golden Core and falsely told Qiusheng he could absorb it in a few hours to keep him at Yi Zhuang.
• Uncle Nine waited for Dong Xiaoyu to come for Qiusheng, unaware she had joined Ren Weiyong, and resumed refining his magical artifacts after she did not appear.

Ren Weiyong and Uncle Nine discussed Ren Weiyong's plan to claim the Earth god's authority when Huang Tian refined the Mr. Zombie world and raised it to a Small Thousand World. The world's transformation broke the Heavenly Dao shackles and advanced both men, leaving them convinced the Dao Venerable had intervened.

• Ren Weiyong gathered solar and lunar essence to strengthen his followers, while Dong Xiaoyu and his other subordinates absorbed it.
• Ren Fa told Uncle Nine that the Ren Family's business had improved since Ren Weiyong was reburied, and Uncle Nine went to check the tomb.
• Ren Weiyong summoned Uncle Nine to the original tomb and explained he planned to capture the town's Earth god and take his authority, despite Uncle Nine's warning about provoking the righteous factions.
• Huang Tian refined the Mr. Zombie world, joined it to the Huang Tian Realm, and raised it to a Small Thousand World with a path of ascension.
• The transformed world's spiritual energy and laws surged, advancing Ren Weiyong to the early Earth Immortal stage and Uncle Nine to the early Human Immortal stage; they recognized the Dao Venerable's hand in the change.

After Huang Tian refined the Mr. Zombie World into a Small Thousand World, he ordered Lin Jiu and Ren Weiyong to patrol it and punish evildoers. As they and the world’s cultivators fought demons and ghosts, Huang Tian searched the World Sea for more Eastern immortal worlds to refine.

• Huang Tian ordered Lin Jiu and Ren Weiyong to leave the mountain and maintain order in the ascended world.
• Ren Weiyong named his upgraded zombie subordinates Ren Da through Ren Wu, then led them west while Uncle Nine set out east with his disciples.
• Cultivation sects across the world sent their disciples out to fight demons and uphold justice, while demons and ghosts took advantage of their new strength to attack villages.
• Ren Weiyong’s forces slaughtered evildoers in the west, and Uncle Nine, Wencai, and Qiusheng killed hundreds of Fierce Ghosts and Black Zombies in three days.
• Huang Tian let Lin Jiu and Ren Weiyong earn Heavenly Dao Merit, then searched the World Sea for suitable Eastern immortal worlds to refine.

The Corpse Herding Sect learned that Zhang Mu had gone missing near Ren Family Town and planned to exploit the surge in spiritual energy to slaughter villagers. Ren Weiyong intercepted and destroyed the sect’s Daoists, freed their zombies, and led them onward to protect nearby settlements.

• The Corpse Herding Sect’s leader sent Wang Er to investigate Zhang Mu’s disappearance near Ren Family Town and ordered Bai Li to deliver a message to Longhu Mountain.
• Heaven and earth’s shackles vanished, prompting the sect’s leader to send the Daoists and their refined corpses out to slaughter villagers and strengthen themselves.
• Ren Weiyong and his eight subordinates blocked the sect’s path, and Ren Weiyong identified the Daoists as Zhang Mu’s fellow sect members.
• Ren Weiyong transformed into his Zombie King form and killed the sect’s Daoists with a single palm strike.
• Ren Weiyong broke the Corpse Control Talismans in more than forty zombies, claimed them as his subordinates, and led them onward to guard nearby villages and towns.

Ren Weiyong had Ren Fa build a Mountain God Temple and granted blessings to the people of Ren Family Town, gaining their devotion and a stream of sentient power. As worship spread to neighboring towns, Ren Weiyong’s spirituality transformed, making him appear increasingly divine rather than like a bloodthirsty zombie.

• Ren Weiyong returned to Ren Family Town and appeared in Ren Fa’s dream, ordering him to build a Mountain God Temple and prepare the townspeople for blessings.
• Ren Fa went to Uncle Nine, who helped arrange a gathering at the temple three days later.
• Ren Weiyong manifested through his statue and bestowed blessings, while the townspeople reported their lost buffalo, locust plague, and childbirth troubles resolved.
• Ren Weiyong absorbed the townspeople’s power of thought, sharpening his mind and gradually transforming his spirituality into divinity.
• Ren Weiyong sent Dong Xiaoyu to help residents, and worshippers from nearby towns began visiting the temple as his reputation spread.

Ren Weiyong learned that a Western church had reopened in Jiuquan Town over Uncle Nine’s warnings, unleashing a powerful Western zombie and a zombie tide. He arrived to confront the threat and watched in surprise as the Western zombie regenerated after Uncle Nine cut it apart.

• Dong Xiaoyu told Ren Weiyong that Father Wu had gained followers in Jiuquan Town and that Uncle Nine was trying to oppose him.
• The church reopened on the Three Fiends Position, and a Western zombie escaped from its basement, while vampire bats attacked people.
• Dragon Slaying Daoist and his disguised zombies were bitten and transformed, then attacked the people of Jiuquan Town.
• Ren Weiyong flew to Jiuquan Town, destroyed a Black Zombie, and sent Wencai and Qiusheng to warn the townspeople.
• Uncle Nine cut the Western zombie into pieces with his Immortal Sword, but it regenerated within seconds, prompting Ren Weiyong to tell him to keep cutting it.

Ren Weiyong destroyed the Western zombie, strengthened his cultivation, and ordered Uncle Nine to eradicate the remaining zombies and establish worship of the mountain god. Half a month later, a hostile Daoist arrived in Ren Family Town and attacked the Mountain God Temple, leaving the townspeople confronting him.

• Ren Weiyong had Uncle Nine repeatedly dismember the Western zombie until it weakened, then absorbed and ground it to dust, advancing to the middle stage of Earth Immortal.
• Ren Weiyong told Uncle Nine to handle Jiuquan Town and announced that he would forbid worship of Western false gods, while Uncle Nine agreed to support him.
• Uncle Nine killed every zombie in the church and courtyard, ending Jiuquan Town's crisis, and the townspeople built a Mountain God Temple dedicated to Ren Weiyong.
• Half a month later, a gaunt Daoist and a towering black-robed companion arrived in Ren Family Town as residents headed to the mountain god's ceremony.
• After learning that Ren Weiyong was worshipped as a mountain god, the Daoist called him a zombie and split the temple's plaque with his sword.
• The townspeople angrily defended Ren Weiyong and confronted the Daoist, citing the mountain god's past miracles and Uncle Nine's endorsement.