Recaps

Fang Cheng entered a mist-shrouded ruin through an incantation and followed a crowd of newcomers toward the City of Night. After crossing the River of the Dead by boat, he arrived in the bizarre city and asked Yuan Datou to guide him to the Bridge of Helplessness.

• Fang Cheng recited Lark's incantation and appeared in a desolate city where hungry ghosts prowled the ruins.
• Fang Cheng's golden aura drove off the spirits, and a growing group of newcomers followed him through the fog.
• Yuan Datou offered to guide Fang Cheng toward the City of Night and led the group to a ferry across the River of the Dead.
• A young man nearly jumped into the river after gazing at its ghostly faces, but Yuan Datou pulled him back.
• Fang Cheng and the others reached the City of Night, where he hired Yuan Datou to guide him to the Bridge of Helplessness.

Fang Cheng visited the Bridge of Helplessness to buy intelligence about the Tiannan Province Chen Family Curse Case, but Yuan Datou ended up paying for it. Fang Cheng obtained an encrypted download link and left the Service Hall with Yuan Datou.

• Yuan Datou guided Fang Cheng and three newcomers through the City of Night, warning them about the Thousand-Mile Eye and explaining the city’s districts and rules.
• Yuan Datou brought Fang Cheng to the Bridge of Helplessness, where Fang Cheng entered the Intelligence Trading Area and asked about the Tiannan Province Chen Family Curse Case.
• A clerk quoted a steep price for the Condensed Edition and refused to disclose who had purchased the intelligence.
• Fang Cheng considered targeting the Bridge of Helplessness to get the information without paying, but Yuan Datou interrupted and offered to cover the cost.
• Fang Cheng chose an encrypted cloud link, memorized its password, and left the Service Hall with Yuan Datou.

Fang Cheng reviewed the Chen Family Curse Case intelligence and decided to travel to Tiannan Province to investigate the Professor and Crow’s disappearance. Lin Chuqiao arranged for them to fly there on a friend’s private jet the next morning.

• Fang Cheng left the City of Night after seeing a fleeting blood-red fissure in the sky and regretting the money he had spent on case intelligence.
• Fang Cheng read the Chen Family Curse Case report, which described a series of unexplained deaths and disasters attributed to a curse, and decided he needed to go to Tiannan Province himself.
• Lin Chuqiao called Fang Cheng and confirmed that she had also obtained intelligence about the Professor’s mission and disappearance.
• Fang Cheng told Lin Chuqiao that his commercial flight was booked for the day after tomorrow, and she offered a seat on her friend’s private jet leaving the next morning.
• Fang Cheng accepted Lin Chuqiao’s offer, and they agreed to travel to Tiannan Province together.

Fang Cheng, Lin Chuqiao, and Lark flew to Tiannan Province to investigate the Chen Family curse case and search for the Professor and Crow. Pan Wendi joined them aboard his private jet, and the group began preparing for their arrival in Emerald City.

• Fang Cheng boarded Lin Chuqiao's private jet with Lin Chuqiao and Lark, who had joined the trip to help investigate.
• Pan Wendi surprised Fang Cheng aboard the plane and explained that Lin Chuqiao had persuaded him to come along.
• Pan Wendi teased Lin Chuqiao about caring for Fang Cheng, and Lin Chuqiao interrupted a flight attendant who was flirting with him by bringing him tea.
• Fang Cheng and Lin Chuqiao reviewed intelligence about the Chen Family curse case, including three deaths and a suspected Nanyang Gu-poisoning technique.
• The aircraft began descending toward Cuicheng International Airport, where the group was expected to arrive in fifteen minutes.

Fang Cheng, Lin Chuqiao, and Lark visited the Chen Family Mansion to investigate the deaths linked to suspected Gu-poisoning. Madam Chen Li recounted the horrifying changes in her grandson Chen Shaoze before his death, just as Chen Xu'an arrived.

• Fang Cheng learned that the powerful Chen Family had sought help after suffering a string of tragedies, and he suspected their Gu-poisoning case could involve a formidable hidden enemy.
• Lin Chuqiao gave Fang Cheng and Lark protective wooden talismans before they entered the Chen Family Mansion.
• Lin Chuqiao explained that Madam Chen Li now led the family, the eldest grandson was comatose after a car accident, and the second grandson, Chen Xu'an, managed the business; Lark wondered whether he might benefit from the misfortunes.
• Madam Chen Li agreed to answer Fang Cheng's questions and described Chen Shaoze eating raw beef in a trance, then forgetting the incident the next day.
• As Madam Chen Li broke down while recalling Chen Shaoze's death, a man outside called out, asking why she was bringing up those sad things again.

Chen Xu'an described how three previous groups investigating the Chen Family's curse met grisly deaths, while Fang Cheng learned a possible clue to his uncle's whereabouts and gained permission to inspect Chen Shaoze's room. Fang Cheng's Scavenger's Eye revealed unusual traces on the wall behind the bed.

• Chen Xu'an told Fang Cheng, Lin Chuqiao, and Lark that three previous investigative groups had suffered lethal supernatural incidents at the estate.
• Fang Cheng learned that Chen Xu'an had spotted a man resembling the mustached professor near the estate on the day Chen Xu'an's eldest brother had a car accident.
• Chen Xu'an said his eldest brother was in the ICU and his second uncle had been sent to the family Secret Realm, blocking the team's access to both survivors.
• Lin Chuqiao persuaded Chen Xu'an to let Fang Cheng inspect the room where Chen Shaoze had died.
• Fang Cheng activated Scavenger's Eye and noticed faint, unusual glows on the wall behind Chen Shaoze's headboard.

Fang Cheng discovered that Chen Shaoze had caressed a smoke-like figure through the wall, then arranged for reinforcements and prepared to hunt the Gu-poisoning master. After Lark sensed an unseen presence in the mansion and came to Fang Cheng for safety, he meditated through the night as the manor grew increasingly ominous.

• Fang Cheng used Trace Back on the wall and saw Chen Shaoze lovingly touch a black-smoke figure that met his fingers from the other side.
• Fang Cheng found no trace that his uncle or the professor had investigated the mansion and suspected they had come to Tiannan to target the Gu-poisoning master.
• Fang Cheng told Chen Xu'an he had a crucial clue, claimed reinforcements would arrive in Emerald City the morning after tomorrow, and arranged for his team to stay at the manor.
• Fang Cheng assured Chen Xu'an he was at least ninety percent confident he could find the killer, then joined the Chen Family for dinner.
• Lark told Fang Cheng and Lin Chuqiao that an unseen presence had watched her in the dark living room, so she and Lin Chuqiao stayed in Fang Cheng's room.
• Fang Cheng meditated while the two women slept, sensing the mansion grow shrouded in mist and oppressive darkness.

Fang Cheng chased a ghostly shadow through the Chen Family Manor, traced its controller to an ambush, and lost the trail amid a swarm of venomous snakes. He returned to find the mansion in chaos and learned that the Chen Family Old Madam had been poisoned by a vicious Needle Gu.

• A black shadow tried to devour Fang Cheng, but his golden flames burned it and drove it from the room.
• Fang Cheng pursued the burning shadow through the garden, destroyed it, and used his mental network to trace its controller to the estate’s northwest corner.
• The mastermind’s ambush sent hundreds of venomous snakes at Fang Cheng, and he killed them, but the connection to the controller was severed.
• Hearing cries from the mansion, Fang Cheng rushed back, worried that Lin Chuqiao and Lark had been targeted, but found them unharmed.
• Lin Chuqiao told Fang Cheng that the Chen Family Old Madam appeared to have been poisoned by a vicious Needle Gu.

After the Chen Family Old Madam was hospitalized following a brutal Needle Gu attack, Fang Cheng, Lin Chuqiao, and Lark helped manage the crisis and met Chen Qiming, whose invasive attention Lin Chuqiao rebuffed with a warning about romantic misfortune. Lin Chuqiao concluded that the attack required inside knowledge, leaving the group to suspect either a Chen Family informant or a family member as the culprit.

• Chen Xu'an thanked Fang Cheng and Lin Chuqiao, agreed to cooperate with their investigation, and said the Chen Family's experts would follow Fang Cheng's instructions.
• Chen relatives arrived at the hospital, and Fang Cheng recognized Chen Qiming as a disfavored, pleasure-seeking member of the direct line.
• Chen Qiming tried to flirt with Lin Chuqiao and use his Spirit Eye on her, but she rejected his invitation and warned that his romantic entanglements would bring disaster.
• Lin Chuqiao explained that her Kirin Wood Talisman concealed her from Chen Qiming's Spirit Eye and said her mental energy had reached A+-Class.
• Lark recounted finding the Old Madam bleeding and screaming, while Lin Chuqiao identified the attack as Needle Gu requiring both Medicine Gu and Flying Gu.
• Fang Cheng and Lin Chuqiao reasoned that the caster needed inside knowledge of the Chen Family and concluded that a family member or an informant was likely involved.

Fang Cheng, Lin Chuqiao, and Lark investigated the attack on Madam Chen Li and suspected the Chen family’s succession struggle was tied to the Gu-poisoning case. Disguised as Chen Xu'an, Lark helped Fang Cheng and Pan Wendi return to Chen Family Manor, where they followed clues to the woods and discovered a small four-story building.

• Lin Chuqiao suspected Chen Xu'an of eliminating rivals for the family succession, while Fang Cheng revealed that a Hungry Ghost Gu had attacked him and that its controller had severed his Mental Lock.
• Fang Cheng planned to return to Chen Family Manor to find evidence, asking Lin Chuqiao to watch Chen Xu'an and Chen Qiming at the hospital while he and Lark left with Pan Wendi.
• Lark used her disguise ability to impersonate Chen Xu'an, allowing the group to pass through the manor gates and persuade Butler Li Tiansheng to give them the key to Madam Chen Li's room.
• Fang Cheng used Trace Back in Madam Chen Li's room and saw her suffer in bed before a black-smoke figure appeared, but he found no new clues.
• Fang Cheng, Lark, and Pan Wendi crossed the woods filled with severed snake carcasses and found a lone four-story building.

Fang Cheng, Pan Wendi, and Lark investigated a sealed building on the Chen Family estate and discovered a hidden basement with a three-eyed statue and a recently dead old man. After Butler Li Tiansheng entered the building, Fang Cheng decided to return to the hospital, but Lin Chuqiao called to report another Chen Family member had been harmed.

• Pan Wendi used his Wall-Penetration Technique to explore the building and found floors packed with Chen Family coffins, plus a basement containing a blood-red three-eyed statue and a recently deceased old man.
• Fang Cheng sent Pan Wendi back to check the tablets for Chen Shaoze, Chen Qiwen, and Chen Tailai; Pan Wendi found all three names on the Fourth Floor, but their coffins were empty.
• Fang Cheng, Pan Wendi, and Lark hid when Li Tiansheng arrived, unlocked the building, and went inside; he later emerged looking relieved and left.
• Fang Cheng decided not to investigate the building further yet and planned to return with Chen Xu'an the next day after meeting Lin Chuqiao at the hospital.
• Lin Chuqiao called Fang Cheng and urgently reported that another member of the Chen Family had suffered an incident.

Fang Cheng and his companions learned that nine Chen Family members had been struck by Needle Gu, while Chen Xu'an’s suspicious actions remained difficult to explain. After deciding to confront him, Fang Cheng claimed their reinforcements had arrived and they had found the culprit’s hideout, prompting Chen Xu'an to demand where Fang Cheng had gone.

• Lin Chuqiao told Fang Cheng that nine Chen Family members who had recently left the Secret Realm had fallen ill with Needle Gu, and the collateral relatives had fled.
• Fang Cheng argued that Chen Xu'an’s apparent role as culprit made little sense because he had incapacitated his own potential allies.
• Fang Cheng described the Corpse-Hiding Building, its coffins and memorial tablets, and the Eldritch Idol and elderly man’s corpse in the basement.
• Fang Cheng decided to confront Chen Xu'an immediately, and Lin Chuqiao, Lark, and Pan Wendi agreed to follow him.
• Fang Cheng told Chen Xu'an that their reinforcements had arrived and they had searched the culprit’s hideout, then followed him into a lounge.
• Chen Xu'an locked the lounge door, confronted Fang Cheng, and demanded to know where he had gone.

Fang Cheng and his companions confronted Chen Xu'an about the Black Building, and Chen Xu'an revealed that he suspected his grandfather's corpse was behind the Chen Family deaths. He recounted the family’s history of deaths and disappearances, then explained that he had found Chen Hongye’s apparently living body in a coffin.

• Fang Cheng revealed that he had found a strange statue and an unknown corpse in the Black Building’s basement, prompting Chen Xu'an to admit the building might be the source of the Chen Family’s troubles.
• Chen Xu'an said he had withheld the Black Building’s connection to the family’s bloodline ability because it was taboo, and explained that he had lacked authority to investigate it.
• Chen Xu'an identified the killer as his grandfather, Chen Hongye, whose coffin had been kept in the Black Building under the family’s burial customs.
• Chen Xu'an recounted how his grandfather’s death was followed by family deaths, Chen Shaoze’s fiancée’s disappearance and death, two servants’ deaths, and further attacks that left his older brother hospitalized.
• Chen Xu'an said he had found the bodies of Shaoze and two other victims missing from their coffins, then discovered Chen Hongye’s body in a basement coffin, still preserved and faintly breathing.

Chen Xu'an and the investigators concluded that an evil spirit might have possessed his grandfather’s corpse and used it to attack the Chen Family. Chen Xu'an decided to hold a Water-Land Dharma Assembly to deliver his grandfather’s soul and suppress the spirit, and the coffin was brought into the sunlight as preparations ended.

• Chen Xu'an described his grandfather’s corpse appearing younger in the coffin, and revealed that the Chen Family’s Solidification ability could slow decay after death.
• Lin Chuqiao explained that the corpse’s reverse growth could indicate a ghoul, vampire, or a body possessed by an evil spirit, and linked the attacks to the Spirit Gu tradition.
• Chen Xu'an agreed that the figure in the coffin was no longer his grandfather and asked Fang Cheng and the others to help deal with it.
• Chen Xu'an arranged a Water-Land Dharma Assembly at the manor with the monk Yuan Jue to deliver his grandfather’s soul and suppress the evil spirit.
• Servants carried the open black-lacquered coffin into the courtyard and exposed the corpse to the afternoon sunlight.

Fang Cheng and the others helped Chen Xu'an overcome the Chen Family elders’ objections and cremate Chen Hongye’s unnaturally preserved corpse to draw out the suspected evil spirit. As the fire engulfed the coffin, the corpse inexplicably refused to burn.

• Fang Cheng found Chen Hongye’s corpse strangely vital yet empty of any detectable spirit, while Chen Xu'an explained the family’s recent tragedies to the protesting elders.
• Lin Chuqiao, Lark, and Master Yuan Jue supported Chen Xu'an’s claim that an evil presence was behind the Chen Family’s misfortunes, and Chen Dehai agreed to the cremation.
• Li Tiansheng objected that disturbing the remains would bring ancestral punishment, but Pan Wendi knocked him unconscious and claimed sinister energy had bewitched him.
• Master Yuan Jue began the rites, and Chen Xu'an set the Black Lacquer Coffin atop a pyre and threw a torch onto the woodpile.
• As the fire consumed the pyre, Chen Family members cried out that Chen Hongye’s corpse would not burn.

During Chen Hongye’s cremation, his corpse resisted the flames until Chen Xu'an intensified the fire. As eerie energy and runes appeared, Chen Hongye spoke from within the pyre, demanding to know why his peaceful slumber had been disturbed.

• Chen Xu'an learned that the fire had barely harmed Chen Hongye’s coffin or body, while Fang Cheng used Scavenger's Eye to see an energy barrier protecting the corpse.
• Chen Dehai claimed Chen Hongye’s Solidification bloodline ability was shielding his remains, but Chen Xu'an ordered more gasoline and wood to make the fire burn hotter.
• Lin Chuqiao advised Chen Xu'an to leave gaps for airflow, and the rearranged pyre eventually burned through Chen Hongye’s burial clothes and began scorching his body.
• Fang Cheng sensed energy gathering around Chen Hongye’s heart as the flames continued, and the corpse’s heart began to beat faintly.
• Dark red runes appeared on Chen Hongye’s charred body, the fire’s heat gave way to a bitter cold, and Master Yuan Jue hastened his chanting.
• Chen Hongye sighed from within the fire and asked why they had disturbed his peaceful slumber when his merit was nearly complete.

Chen Hongye rose from the funeral pyre, revealed himself as a murderous monster, and forced the Chen Family to kneel. Chen Xu'an accused him of killing his relatives, but Chen Hongye tried to compel him to approach until Fang Cheng intervened, drawing the monster’s wary attention.

• Chen Hongye emerged from the flames covered in strange markings and accused his descendants of burning his body.
• Chen Hongye attacked and drained a monk from Cui Cheng Temple, healing his burned body with the monk’s blood.
• Chen Hongye’s supernatural pressure forced the Chen Family members, including Chen Dehai, to kneel, but Chen Xu'an stayed standing and denounced him as an impostor who had killed his relatives.
• Chen Hongye used his gaze to compel Chen Xu'an to approach, but Fang Cheng seized his wrist and broke the control.
• Chen Hongye recognized Fang Cheng and regarded him with suspicion after noticing the red light in Fang Cheng’s eyes.

Fang Cheng confronted Chen Hongye, who recognized him as Fang Shijie's son and taunted him with hints about his father's death in a fire. Chen Hongye trapped the group in a supernatural domain and unleashed ghostly forces, but the spirits avoided Fang Cheng as the chapter ended.

• Fang Cheng questioned Chen Hongye about Crow and the professor, but Chen Hongye denied knowing them.
• Chen Hongye recognized Fang Cheng's resemblance to Fang Shijie, identified him as Fang Shijie's son, and mocked him about his father's death in a fire.
• Lin Chuqiao calmed Fang Cheng, while Chen Xu'an, Pan Wendi, Lark, and Lin Chuqiao prepared to fight alongside him.
• Chen Hongye raised the Chen Family members as puppets and summoned ghostly flames and spirits to attack the group.
• Master Yuan Jue tried to flee with the monks, but Chen Hongye's domain trapped them and turned them into part of the advancing horde.
• Chen Hongye noticed that the ghostly shadows would not approach Fang Cheng, who stood without using a protective talisman.

Fang Cheng shattered Chen Hongye’s supernatural assault with a supersonic Qilin Arm punch, sending him crashing through the ritual altar and greenhouse. Chen Hongye survived and demanded to know what kind of monster Fang Cheng was.

• Fang Cheng dismissed Chen Hongye’s Soul-Snatching Demonic Shadow and prepared to attack him with his fists.
• Chen Hongye mocked Fang Cheng and beckoned him to strike, confident his body could withstand the attack.
• Fang Cheng broke the sound barrier and hit Chen Hongye with a golden-flamed Sonic Boom Fist, blasting him through the altar, rockery, and greenhouse.
• The shockwave dispersed the ghostly shadows and knocked out the controlled Chen Family members and Cui Cheng Temple monks as Lin Chuqiao, Chen Xu'an, Lark, and Pan Wendi watched in shock.
• Fang Cheng assessed the recoil and his injuries, then realized Chen Hongye’s body had exceptional durability from the Chen Family’s Solidification ability.
• Chen Hongye rose from the rubble with a crushed chest and demanded to know how Fang Cheng possessed such monstrous strength.

Fang Cheng threatened Chen Hongye to uncover the truth about his father, Fang Shijie, and negotiated for him to reveal what he knew. Chen Hongye claimed he and Fang Shijie had been friends and revealed that Fang Shijie had joined an organization called Utopia.

• Fang Cheng accused Chen Hongye of knowing too much about Fang Shijie's death and demanded that he explain himself.
• Fang Cheng threatened Chen Hongye with a stronger punch, but Chen Hongye warned that destroying his body could let his soul escape and bury the truth forever.
• Fang Cheng offered to let Chen Hongye go if he told him the truth about Fang Shijie's accident, and Chen Hongye agreed to answer his questions.
• Fang Cheng asked about Chen Hongye's relationship with his father, and Chen Hongye said they had been friends despite their age difference.
• Chen Hongye invited Fang Cheng to join his organization and revealed that Fang Shijie had once belonged to Utopia.

Chen Hongye told Fang Cheng that Utopia had split over whether to join the Military Government, and claimed a traitor from the surrender faction had exposed Fang Shijie's identity, leading to his death. Fang Cheng demanded a name, and Chen Hongye offered to reveal it inside his Mental Secret Realm; Fang Cheng agreed and prepared to enter.

• Chen Hongye explained Utopia's ideals and its division between members who opposed cooperating with the Military Government and those who sought power.
• Chen Hongye said a traitor exposed Utopia's core members, and claimed Fang Shijie had died in a fire to keep the Special Search Team from learning other members' identities.
• Fang Cheng demanded the name of either the faction leader or the person who betrayed his father, and Chen Hongye agreed to tell him privately.
• Chen Hongye proposed that Fang Cheng enter his Mental Secret Realm, while Lin Chuqiao warned Fang Cheng that the offer might be a trap.
• Fang Cheng agreed to enter the realm and told Lin Chuqiao, Pan Wendi, and Lark to guard his body as he asked Chen Hongye how to get inside.

Fang Cheng entered Chen Hongye’s Mental Secret Realm to learn who led the Guangwu Gate shooting case, but Chen Hongye revealed his true identity as Xuan Zhen and trapped him in a Soul Devouring Domain. As Xuan Zhen prepared to take Fang Cheng’s body, he admitted that he had been one of the main perpetrators of the shooting.

• Chen Hongye taught Fang Cheng the Contact Cipher, and Fang Cheng entered his Secret Realm while Lin Chuqiao, Pan Wendi, and Lark guarded his body.
• Fang Cheng arrived at Chen Hongye’s eerie Bone Altar hall, where Chen Hongye appeared as the Taoist-looking Xuan Zhen.
• Xuan Zhen bound Fang Cheng to the Bone Altar and revealed that his realm was a Soul Devouring Domain that prevented Fang Cheng from returning to his body.
• Xuan Zhen explained that he intended to devour Fang Cheng’s soul and take his powerful body, then attacked him with conjured weapons.
• Fang Cheng asked who had led the Guangwu Gate shooting case, and Xuan Zhen refused to name that person but confessed that he had been one of the main perpetrators.

Fang Cheng learned that Xuan Zhen had helped purge Utopia’s dissenters and served the New Government, while Xuan Zhen revealed that Fang Cheng’s father had been the Midnight Red Devil. As Xuan Zhen prepared to torture Fang Cheng and seize his body, Fang Cheng’s eyes ignited with golden flames and he unleashed a terrifying murderous aura.

• Xuan Zhen admitted he had killed witnesses, investigators, and Utopia members who opposed his faction, and explained that the faction sought aberrant dominance and had allied with the New Government.
• Fang Cheng asked whether Xuan Zhen was the Midnight Red Devil, but Xuan Zhen said that alias had belonged to Fang Cheng’s father, Fang Shijie.
• Xuan Zhen threatened to take over Fang Cheng’s body and harm his family and girlfriend, then prepared to torture him with a Boning Knife inside the Soul Devouring Domain.
• Fang Cheng clenched his fists against the chains, raised his head, and told Xuan Zhen that he was afraid Xuan Zhen would run away.
• Golden flames appeared in Fang Cheng’s eyes as a murderous aura erupted around him.

Fang Cheng broke free of Xuan Zhen’s Soul Devouring Domain and used his strength and mental power to destroy it. With the domain collapsing, Xuan Zhen’s true spiritual body was exposed, and Fang Cheng prepared to finish him.

• Fang Cheng activated Overlord Body, shattered the Black Prison Soul Lock Chain, and broke free of the altar.
• Fang Cheng smashed Xuan Zhen’s Boning Knife and battered his spiritual body with Infinite Combo.
• Xuan Zhen merged with the Soul Devouring Domain and unleashed Ten Thousand Ghosts Paying Homage, but Fang Cheng’s golden fire and resistance repelled the attack.
• Fang Cheng unleashed Ghost Back, destroyed the Bone Altar, and revealed that his mental power let him break the domain’s walls.
• Fang Cheng shattered the blood-colored vortex, collapsing the Mental Secret Realm and forcing Xuan Zhen’s true spiritual body into view.
• Fang Cheng appeared before the terrified Xuan Zhen and raised his fist as the space collapsed.

Fang Cheng destroyed the Evil Spirit possessing Chen Hongye, ending the darkness around Chen Family Manor and saving the gathered family. As the Chen family resumed the cremation, Fang Cheng stood with Lin Chuqiao, while his search for Utopia's traitors and the truth about his father remained unfinished.

• Lin Chuqiao stopped Pan Wendi from interrupting Fang Cheng as golden flames erupted around him and the darkness over Chen Family Manor began to break apart.
• Fang Cheng woke and said he had destroyed the Evil Spirit inside the Mental Secret Realm, while the ghostly figures vanished and the night sky returned.
• Chen Xu'an thanked Fang Cheng, and Master Yuan Jue declared that Fang Cheng was a Dharmapala Arhat incarnate.
• Fang Cheng ordered Chen Hongye's corpse cremated again and asked the Cui Cheng Temple monks to hold another Water-Land Dharma Assembly.
• Lin Chuqiao clasped Fang Cheng's hand beside the pyre, and he felt reassured despite the unresolved search for Utopia's traitors and his missing relatives.