Chapter Summaries

Zhang Chu defeated Zhou Zheng in the contest and met the Old Celestial Master that night, explaining that Zhou Zheng carried an Outer-Realm Heavenly Demon and had to be killed to prevent the world's destruction. He warned that Quan Xing had come to Longhu Mountain to target someone unimaginable, leaving the Old Celestial Master ready to act.

• Zhang Chu watched Zhou Zheng defeat the other contestants with the bells, then left to inform the Old Celestial Master before making his move.
• Zhang Chu met the Old Celestial Master, who explained that Longhu Mountain's momentum let him see Zhang Chu despite his concealment.
• Zhang Chu revealed that he intended to kill Zhou Zheng because the man carried an Outer-Realm Heavenly Demon whose emergence would destroy the world.
• Zhang Chu demonstrated the Five Thunder Orthodox Method, said he would wait until the final night to act, and warned that Zhang Chulan would not inherit the Celestial Master Position for now.
• Zhang Chu warned that Quan Xing members had come to the mountain to target someone the Old Celestial Master would never expect, then vanished.
• The Old Celestial Master reflected on Zhang Chu's identity and the warning, then resolved to deal with the situation and questioned Jin Zhong's stubborn vigil.

Zhang Chulan met Lu Ci and Wang Ai, who demanded the Qi-State Origin-Flow, but he denied inheriting it and pointed them toward his missing father. Lu Ci and Wang Ai accepted that Zhang Chulan was unlikely to have the art, leaving them to consider Zhang Huaiyi’s son as its possible heir.

• Zhang Chu followed the Black-Clad Men as they brought Zhang Chulan to a house at the back of Longhu Mountain.
• Lu Ci and Wang Ai questioned Zhang Chulan, and he mocked their supposedly kind and benevolent appearances.
• Zhang Chulan threatened to help the elders become men with nothing left to lose, then asked why they had summoned him.
• Lu Ci demanded the Qi-State Origin-Flow and offered to grant Zhang Chulan any condition in exchange.
• Zhang Chulan denied receiving the Qi-State Origin-Flow from his grandfather and told the elders to look for his missing father.
• Lu Ci and Wang Ai concluded that Zhang Huaiyi’s son was more likely than Zhang Chulan to have inherited the art.

Zhang Chulan fought off Wang Ai and clashed with Lu Ci after they pressed him to reveal the origins of his techniques. The fight ended with Lu Ci praising Zhang Chulan and inviting him to join the Lu Family, just as the Old Celestial Master, Lu Jin, and others arrived.

• Wang Ai asked Zhang Chulan where his sword technique and Ghostly Movement Technique came from, and Zhang Chulan challenged him and Lu Ci to test whether they were qualified to learn them.
• Zhang Chulan destroyed Wang Ai's brush and split Lu Ci's Ruyi Force with his golden sword, forcing Wang Ai to retreat.
• Lu Ci charged Zhang Chulan, and the two battled through the room while Wang Ai watched and considered how troublesome Zhang Chulan had become.
• Zhang Chulan asked Lu Ci if he wanted to continue, and Lu Ci praised his strength and offered him the Lu Family clan leadership if his children took the Lu surname.
• The Old Celestial Master, Lu Jin, and others arrived to find the room wrecked, and Lu Jin remarked that Zhang Chulan and Lu Ci had fought.

Zhang Chu helped smooth over Zhang Chulan’s confrontation with Lu Ci and Wang Ai, then watched Zhang Chulan win the competition and decline the Heavenly Talisman. As Quan Xing attacked Longhu Mountain, Zhang Chu offered the Old Celestial Master a restorative pill and began killing the invaders, then went searching for Zhou Zheng.

• Lu Jin questioned the wrecked room, while Wang Ai claimed Lu Ci and he had only been testing Zhang Chulan; Zhang Zhiwei checked on Zhang Chulan, praised him, and warned Lu Ci and Wang Ai.
• Zhang Chu surveyed the damage and congratulated himself for smoothing over the incident by shifting blame to Zhang Chulan’s father.
• Zhang Chulan defeated Zhang Lingyu with Yang Five Thunders and declined Lu Jin’s Heavenly Talisman because he lacked the skills to use it properly.
• Zhang Chu offered to handle the Quan Xing attack, gave Zhang Zhiwei a Vitality Pill for Jin Zhong, and then went to the main hall.
• Zhang Chu killed a disguised Quan Xing attacker and more than a dozen ambushers, then hunted down Quan Xing members across the Celestial Master's Mansion.
• Zhang Chu realized Zhou Zheng was outside the mansion and went after him.

Zhang Chu arrived to confront Zhou Zheng and the Four Maniacs while Lu Jin rushed to save his great-granddaughter from the Corpse Demon. After Zhang Chu killed Zhou Zheng and his allies and trapped the entity inside Zhou Zheng, he turned to help the Old Celestial Master on Longhu Mountain.

• Yuan Tao and the Four Maniacs confronted Lu Jin, while one of them carried Zhang Lingyu away.
• Zhang Chu appeared, warned Lu Jin that the Corpse Demon was heading toward his great-granddaughter, and sent him to help her.
• Zhang Chu confronted Zhou Zheng over his schemes to obtain the Heavenly Talisman and the Eight Wonders, then killed Gao Ning and the other four men with a rapid attack.
• Zhou Zheng attacked Zhang Chu with Bee Bombs, but Zhang Chu was unharmed and killed him with lightning.
• A ball of light escaped Zhou Zheng, but Zhang Chulan trapped it in a cage of lightning beyond the world.
• After hearing that the entity was contained, Zhang Chu began sending lightning down to help the Old Celestial Master on Longhu Mountain.

Zhang Chu’s thunder defeated most of Quan Xing, while the Old Celestial Master confirmed Zhang Chu’s power and refused his offer to remove the Prohibition. Zhang Chu gave him the removal method, then ascended and left Longhu Mountain, leaving Xu San and Xu Si to keep his identity secret.

• Thunder struck Quan Xing across Longhu Mountain, and Lu Jin, Lu Linglong, Xu San, and Xu Si realized the attacks were precise and beyond the Old Celestial Master’s ability.
• Xu San and Xu Si found Zhang Zhiwei with the recovered Tian Jinzhong and learned that a powerful man connected to Longhu Mountain had acted.
• Zhang Chu appeared, thanked Zhang Zhiwei for making his choice, and warned Xu San and Xu Si not to reveal his existence.
• Zhang Chu offered to remove the Old Celestial Master’s Prohibition, but Zhang Zhiwei declined and received the removal method from him instead.
• Zhang Chu ascended and vanished, and Zhang Zhiwei warned Xu San and Xu Si to keep quiet before sending them away.
• Zhang Chulan returned to the Starry Sky Chat Group and praised the goods he had obtained from the Transmigrators, while Li Lianhua praised the resources from his system.

Uncle Jiu entered the Spiritual and Illusory Realm and destroyed two ghostly spirits with his Great Sun Golden Crow Talisman before heading toward Renjia Town. Three system-guided travelers reached the town ahead of him, hoping to become his disciples, while Uncle Jiu continued fighting demons on the road.

• Uncle Jiu arrived in the Spiritual and Illusory Realm and used his Talisman Gourd to destroy the Red and White Double Fiends with a Great Sun Golden Crow Talisman.
• Uncle Jiu set out for Renjia Town, where many Transmigrators came seeking to become his disciples.
• Three travelers reached Renjia Town after surviving dangers on the road and discussed finding Uncle Jiu and preparing apprenticeship gifts.
• Brother Wang warned his companions not to speak carelessly and said they would discuss their chances of becoming disciples after meeting Uncle Jiu.
• Uncle Jiu continued toward Renjia Town on horseback, delayed by the distance and by exorcising demons along the way.

Wang Sheng, Liu Ruyan, and Jiang Yi visited Uncle Jiu to ask him to take them as disciples so they could avenge their families. Uncle Jiu returned to the Mourning Hall and heard their request, but the chapter ended before he answered.

• Liu Ruyan introduced herself and her companions to Wencai and said they had come to see Uncle Jiu.
• Wang Sheng explained that ghosts and monsters had slaughtered their village and that the three wanted to learn from Uncle Jiu and seek revenge.
• Wencai warned them Uncle Jiu would not accept disciples who were focused on revenge, but agreed to put in a word after Wang Sheng offered him silver dollars.
• Uncle Jiu returned, heard that the three wanted to become his disciples, and questioned them about their request.
• Wencai urged Uncle Jiu to accept them, and Uncle Jiu rebuked him for trying to decide who could become his disciples.

Uncle Jiu saw through the three visitors’ story and refused to take them as disciples. He returned their silver dollars and sent them away, leaving their attempt to learn Taoist arts unsuccessful.

• Jiang Yi, Wang Sheng, and Liu Ruyan worried that Uncle Jiu would refuse them and discussed why they needed to learn Taoist arts.
• Uncle Jiu questioned Wencai, who confessed that the three had offered him silver dollars in hopes of becoming disciples.
• Uncle Jiu explained that the three had lied about their village being destroyed by Ghosts and had concealed their martial arts and other details.
• Uncle Jiu told Wencai to stay quiet and obedient because the visitors might be targeting him.
• Uncle Jiu returned the silver dollars, refused to accept the three as disciples, and sent Wencai to see them out.

After Uncle Jiu refused to take them in, Wang Sheng suspected that their violent past had made him wary and decided to seek cultivation methods elsewhere. He planned to visit Old Master Ren’s residence at night and ordered Jiang Yi to find weapons for dealing with ghosts.

• Wang Sheng led Liu Ruyan and Jiang Yi away from the Mourning Hall after Uncle Jiu refused to accept them.
• Wang Sheng suspected Uncle Jiu had noticed their martial arts and murderous aura, while Liu Ruyan and Jiang Yi wondered how he could see through the system’s concealment.
• Wang Sheng proposed seeking instruction through less orthodox paths and planned to tempt True Master Qian with their gold and jewelry.
• Wang Sheng decided they would visit Old Master Ren’s residence at night because the coffin was due to be opened soon.
• After Jiang Yi warned that Dong Xiaoyu was dangerous, Wang Sheng told him to find a Ghost Head Saber and an ancestral Pig-slaughtering Knife.

Three men contaminated Old Master Ren’s grave with blood and corpses, while Uncle Jiu investigated a group of strange diggers and discovered that their leader was a human soul fused with a Zombie body. He identified the group as survivors of the Yin Corpse Sect, who surrounded him in the Eighteen Heavenly Corpse Nine Yin Great Formation.

• Wang Sheng and Jiang Yi poured the blood of four animals into Old Master Ren’s grave and covered it before leaving with their companion.
• Uncle Jiu followed a man with a baleful aura to a mountain hollow, where strange men were digging as others cried out nearby.
• Uncle Jiu entered the camp and confronted a Zombie who detected him despite his Invisibility Talisman.
• Uncle Jiu restrained the attacking Zombies with Zombie Suppressing Talismans, but their leader escaped using Earth Escape.
• The leader gathered seventeen more Zombies and formed the Eighteen Heavenly Corpse Nine Yin Great Formation around Uncle Jiu.
• Uncle Jiu recognized the group as survivors of the Yin Corpse Sect, and their leader declared they could not let him leave.

Uncle Jiu discovered that the Yin Corpse Sect had been seeking tombs for Corpse Qi to evolve into Corpse Immortals, and he destroyed its Flying Zombie Corpse King and the other Zombies with nine purple Five Thunder Talismans. He left after giving the rescued people some treasure, unaware that they would build a village and honor him as an immortal Taoist.

• Uncle Jiu questioned the Yin Corpse Sect and learned that its members were gathering Corpse Qi from tombs to evolve into Corpse Immortals.
• The Corpse King explained that he had become a Flying Zombie Corpse King by advancing gradually and intended to keep growing.
• Uncle Jiu summoned nine purple Five Thunder Talismans and destroyed the Corpse King and every other Zombie with lightning.
• The freed people thanked Uncle Jiu, and he gave them some treasure before leaving to avoid drawing unwanted attention to this world's Uncle Jiu.
• The people stayed nearby, built a village, and erected a longevity tablet for Uncle Jiu, whose story later spread among visitors.

Uncle Jiu divined that a terrible disaster awaited him, then examined Master Ren’s father’s grave and discovered that its condition seemed incompatible with Master Ren’s long survival. Master Ren revealed that he and Tingting had suffered a string of injuries and illnesses, leaving Uncle Jiu to investigate whether the grave was responsible.

• Uncle Jiu cast a divination after sensing danger and saw a chaotic reading that foretold grievous injuries followed by an eventual resolution.
• Uncle Jiu made Qiusheng and Wencai practice after they finished preparing for the grave relocation.
• Uncle Jiu accompanied Master Ren, Qiusheng, and Wencai to Old Master Ren’s grave and identified it as a Dragonfly Water Point, also called a Lone Dragon Site, that required ritual burial.
• Uncle Jiu questioned whether the grave had been altered, explaining that if it had always looked as it did, Master Ren should not have survived safely for so many years.
• Master Ren described his recent injuries and said Tingting had also suffered an ankle sprain, a dislocated arm, and repeated fevers.

Uncle Jiu investigated the strange Yin Sha energy gathering around Old Master Ren’s grave and warned Master Ren that the burial site had become dangerous. When they opened the coffin, Uncle Jiu discovered that someone had tampered with the corpse and urged cremation, but Master Ren refused because his father had forbidden fire.

• Uncle Jiu explained that Yin Sha energy had turned Old Master Ren’s grave into a baleful site and might be responsible for Master Ren’s condition.
• Master Ren ordered the grave dug up, but the men found the earth frozen hard until Uncle Jiu used Talismans to Break Evil on their shovels.
• The men uncovered Old Master Ren’s coffin, and Uncle Jiu noticed a small hole in it that Master Ren had never seen before.
• As the coffin was lifted and opened, freezing air and black qi poured out, and Uncle Jiu saw a strange substance staining Old Master Ren’s clothes.
• Uncle Jiu urged Master Ren to cremate the corpse, but Master Ren refused because his father had feared fire and forbidden it.
• Uncle Jiu realized someone had fed Old Master Ren Crow blood, Snake blood, Bat blood, and Black cat blood, which could make him a Hairy Zombie.

Uncle Jiu arranged to keep Old Master Ren in the Mourning Hall after Master Ren refused to burn the body, then prepared to contain the rising Zombie. Wencai and Qiusheng returned with troubling incense results, and Uncle Jiu explained the danger before ordering them to ink-line the coffin.

• Master Ren refused to let Uncle Jiu burn Old Master Ren's body, so Uncle Jiu arranged to place it in the Mourning Hall while searching for a grave site.
• Uncle Jiu sent Wencai and Qiusheng to offer incense and test Old Master Ren's grave site with a Plum Blossom Incense Formation while he prepared protective measures.
• Wencai brought Qiusheng three sticks of incense that signaled trouble, and they hurried back to the Mourning Hall.
• Wencai and Qiusheng found Uncle Jiu surrounding the coffin with Ink Lines and covering it with talismans.
• Uncle Jiu explained that Old Master Ren was becoming a powerful Hairy Zombie and ordered Wencai and Qiusheng to ink-line the coffin.

Lin Jiu met this world's Uncle Jiu, recognized that he faced a deadly calamity tied to Old Master Ren, and gave him a Talisman Gourd to help. The Starry Sky Chat Group discussed the danger, then Esdeath revealed that she had already defeated the Transmigrator and captured its system in her Parallel World mission.

• Lin Jiu entered Renjia Town disguised and learned that the Ren family's grave relocation had gone wrong, then noticed that this world's Uncle Jiu bore signs of approaching death.
• Lin Jiu followed Uncle Jiu into an alley, learned that Uncle Jiu had traced his calamity to Old Master Ren, and lent him a Talisman Gourd before disappearing.
• Lin Jiu watched Uncle Jiu accept the Gourd and explained that he trusted him because they were essentially the same person.
• Zhang Chulan asked the Starry Sky Chat Group to assess the situation, and Li Lianhua and Hong Hong of Tushan suspected a hostile Transmigrator had approached Uncle Jiu.
• Esdeath told the group that she had frozen and shattered the Transmigrator in her Parallel World and captured its system.

Hong Hong of Tushan learned that a Transmigrator had appeared in a parallel Fox Demon World and went to deal with him. There, Cao Xiu activated his Fortune-Snatching Lottery System and won the Flame-Flame Fruit, though he still did not know what world he was in or how to acquire Fortune.

• Hong Hong of Tushan said the Transmigrator could not alter the past, then left to handle the parallel-world mission herself.
• The Chat Group members learned Hong Hong had started a livestream and turned their attention to her instead of Uncle Jiu's situation.
• Cao Xiu, a sixteen-year-old with an actual age of thirty-six, arrived in the Fox Demon World and waited in an empty amusement park for his System to load.
• Cao Xiu activated the Fortune-Snatching Lottery System, but the System could not identify his world or explain how he could plunder Fortune.
• Cao Xiu used his single lottery draw and won the Flame-Flame Fruit, then planned to train its abilities and investigate his surroundings.

Cao Xiu ate the Flame-Flame Fruit, trained to develop its power, and spent over a month trying to understand the demon-filled world he had landed in. After recognizing Tushan Susu on a television show, he suspected he was in Fox Demon World and began checking whether its major clans were present.

• Cao Xiu ate the entire Flame-Flame Fruit and discovered he could create fire, but raising its temperature to 300°C exhausted him.
• Cao Xiu worked at a small restaurant and trained nightly, complaining that he still could not obtain Fortune or identify his world.
• Cao Xiu gradually raised his fire's temperature to a little over 500 degrees, though his stamina remained limited.
• Cao Xiu saw Tushan Susu and a Taoist-robed Youth on a matchmaking show and realized the world might be Fox Demon World.
• Cao Xiu asked the owner whether a Dao Alliance and the Wangquan, Ji, Li, and Yang families existed, and she said they did not.

Cao Xiu confirmed that he had arrived in the world of Fox Spirit Matchmaker, five hundred years after its crucial events, and feared that pursuing Fortune would get him killed. Meanwhile, a red-haired Hong Hong of Tushan appeared with overwhelming power, drawing the Third Young Master and Liu'er of Aolai Country to confront her as she called out the hidden Senior Bai.

• Cao Xiu learned from the landlady that Tushan, the Western Regions, the Southern Kingdom, and North Mountain existed, then confirmed his location after seeing Bai Yuechu fight Wang Fugui on television.
• Cao Xiu worried that pursuing Fortune by interfering with the lives of Tushan's demons and their allies would provoke powerful enemies, including the Third Young Master and Bai Yuechu's Father.
• A red light appeared in the sky, and the Third Young Master and Liu'er sensed an aura more terrifying than their former peak strength and went to investigate.
• A middle-aged slovenly Taoist sensed the powerful aura and vanished to investigate, while Rong Rong of Tushan only faintly detected it through the Great Tree of Affection.
• The Third Young Master and Liu'er found Hong Hong of Tushan and questioned her identity because her strength seemed impossible, and she recognized them and called for Senior Bai to reveal himself.

Hong Hong of Tushan met Bai Yuechu's Father, Liu'er, and the Third Young Master in Aolai Country and explained that she came from a parallel world. She revealed that she was searching for a Transmigrator who planned to steal the World Origin, then learned that her presence in Tushan could cause major turmoil.

• Bai Yuechu's Father, Liu'er, and the Third Young Master questioned Hong Hong of Tushan after sensing that she was not the Hong Hong they knew.
• The Third Young Master brought Hong Hong of Tushan and the others to Aolai Country, where she explained that she came from a parallel world and that the figure present was only her clone.
• Hong Hong of Tushan said she had gained Golden Immortal strength, helped resolve the crisis Outside the Circle, and had never experienced the events involving Dongfang Yuechu and Tushan Susu.
• Hong Hong of Tushan revealed that she had come to find a Transmigrator who intended to plunder the World Origin, and Liu'er offered to help search.
• The Third Young Master warned that Hong Hong of Tushan's appearance in Tushan would alarm Ya Ya of Tushan and stir up trouble, leaving her to ask whether it would really cause such a commotion.