Chapter Summaries

Lu Zheng destroyed the Millennium Peach Tree Spirit with hundreds of high-explosive bombs, then encountered Hu Yijun and Hu Zhou on his return journey and accepted their invitation to Dingfeng Mountain. The chapter ended with Hu Yijun revealing that he had taken Hu Zhou to Feixiong Mountain to propose marriage.

• Lu Zheng detonated hundreds of high-explosive bombs, destroying Peach Mother Divine Mountain’s upper peak and killing the Millennium Peach Tree Spirit.
• Lu Zheng collected bomb fragments, searched the ruined mountain, and found no valuable relics or surviving life.
• While traveling northeast, Lu Zheng met Hu Yijun and Hu Zhou, who invited him to visit Dingfeng Mountain.
• Hu Yijun carried Lu Zheng and his companions through the air to Dingfeng Mountain while Hu Zhou happily told Lu Zheng about his new life there.
• After Lu Zheng teased Hu Zhou about marrying, Hu Yijun revealed that he had taken his son to Feixiong Mountain to propose marriage.

Lu Zheng visited Hu Yijun’s home on Dingfeng Mountain, where he learned Hu Zhou’s courtship with Mountain Lord Gao’s daughter was progressing toward a wedding date. After feasting with the mountain’s powerful Demon Creatures and touring the nearby human settlements, Lu Zheng was still there three days later when Mountain Lord Gao arrived with his daughter and return gifts.

• Hu Yijun told Lu Zheng that Hu Zhou and Mountain Lord Gao’s daughter liked each other, and that he had delivered the betrothal gifts.
• Lu Zheng arrived at Dingfeng Mountain and learned Mountain Lord Gao had accepted the gifts and would soon bring return gifts to set a date.
• Hu Yijun hosted a banquet where Lu Zheng shared Wuliangye and grilled-meat seasonings with the Demon Creatures.
• Hu Zhou showed Lu Zheng Dingfeng Mountain and nearby villages, explaining that the mountain protected humans from hostile creatures.
• After Lu Zheng had stayed for three days, Mountain Lord Gao visited Dingfeng Mountain with his daughter and return gifts.

Lu Zheng met Gao Xiu, Wang Muran, and Gao Junyu, and gave Gao Junyu a Bright Silver Coiling Dragon Spear as a first-meeting gift. After the families set Hu Zhou and Gao Junyu’s wedding date, Gao Junyu used her new spear to defeat Hu Zhou in a sparring match.

• Lu Zheng greeted Gao Xiu and Wang Muran, then presented Gao Junyu with a Bright Silver Coiling Dragon Spear.
• Gao Junyu accepted the spear after Gao Xiu urged her to thank Lu Zheng, while Hu Zhou realized Lu Zheng had a gift in mind for him too.
• Lu Zheng and the others agreed that Hu Zhou and Gao Junyu would marry on the tenth day of the tenth month, half a year later.
• Gao Junyu and Hu Zhou sparred with her new spear and his Embroidered Spring Blade as their families watched.
• Gao Junyu knocked Hu Zhou’s blade aside and thrust her spear to his chest, ending the match with her victory.

After Hu Zhou lost to Gao Junyu, Lu Zheng’s short cultivation history astonished the group and sparked Gao Junyu’s desire to challenge him. Lu Zheng defeated her in their spar by combining martial techniques with Daoist abilities, leaving the gathering impressed by his talent.

• Hu Zhou admitted that Gao Junyu had beaten him, and Gao Xiu reassured him that the loss was expected.
• Hu Zhou revealed that Lu Zheng had cultivated for only two years, surprising Hu Yijun, Gao Xiu, and Wang Muran.
• Gao Junyu challenged Lu Zheng to a spar in which anything was allowed, and he accepted.
• Lu Zheng upgraded his saber technique and met Gao Junyu’s spear attacks head-on, keeping her from using her full strength.
• Gao Junyu unleashed her Black Bear power, but Lu Zheng disrupted her attack with the Golden Citadel Heart Sword and wind magic, then froze her to win.

After returning from Southern Frontier, Lu Zheng was confronted by Shen Ying and Liu Qingyan, who had guessed he went to destroy the Millennium Peach Tree Spirit. He admitted the deed but kept the details secret, leaving the women reassured and curious.

• Hu Yijun realized Lu Zheng had mastered the Body Immobilization Spell and the Western Extremes Wind-Calling Spell with remarkable speed.
• Gao Junyu accepted her defeat, and Lu Zheng gave Hu Zhou a new saber before leaving to attend his wedding later.
• Shen Ying and Liu Qingyan worried that Lu Zheng had gone to Southern Frontier after incense faith power from the south surged.
• Lu Zheng returned to Peach Blossom Manor, and Shen Ying bluffed him into admitting he had gone to kill the Millennium Peach Tree Spirit.
• Lu Zheng said Peach Mother Divine Mountain had been destroyed and attributed his method to a secret technique of his sect.

Lu Zheng visited Shen Ying and Liu Qingyan in the ancient world, then returned to the modern world to spend the weekend with Lin Wan. Lin Wan reported that the investigation into the Japanese case had stalled, and they concluded that they were no longer at risk.

• Lu Zheng learned that Shen Ying's Eighteen Heavenly Women had merged with the peach trees to cultivate, and he discussed her prospects for joining the October journey.
• Lu Zheng visited Liu Qingyan at Renxin Hall, where she taught Du YueYao to diagnose and treat a patient's lung illness.
• Lu Zheng spent the night with Liu Qingyan, who agreed that he was in excellent health.
• Lu Zheng returned to the modern world and spent the weekend shopping, watching a movie, and eating hotpot with Lin Wan.
• Lin Wan told Lu Zheng that investigators had captured most of the assassin organization behind Haneda Masahiro's death but had not found its leader or the mastermind, and that Silverlight Group had been absorbed by major financial conglomerates.
• Lin Wan said she had avoided asking about the Matsushima Lineage and the Osaka naval base, and she and Lu Zheng concluded that nobody had approached them in nearly a month.

Lu Zheng, Liu Qingyan, and Du YueYao watched an opera at Jade Ling Garden, where they ran into Zhao Wenrong, the man who had previously tried to buy Lu Zheng’s shop. After Zhao Wenrong apologized and left, Lu Zheng sensed Ghost Qi on him and suspected he had been involved with a female ghost.

• Lu Zheng and Liu Qingyan took Du YueYao to Jade Ling Garden to watch The Tale of Hong Ling.
• After the performance, Lu Zheng encountered Zhao Wenrong, who politely apologized for his earlier offense.
• Lu Zheng accepted Zhao Wenrong’s apology, and the two groups went their separate ways.
• Du YueYao asked who Zhao Wenrong was, and Liu Qingyan explained his earlier attempt to buy Lu Zheng’s shop.
• Lu Zheng revealed that Zhao Wenrong had Ghost Qi on him and was probably having a romantic affair with a female ghost.

Liu Qingyan and Du YueYao realized that Zhao Wenrong was being drained by a female ghost, and Lu Zheng agreed to investigate. That night, Lu Zheng found Yingniang confronting Zhao after he used a newly acquired Dust Whisk to keep her from entering his room.

• Liu Qingyan diagnosed Zhao Wenrong's weakness as the result of a female ghost draining his life and said he could recover if he stopped seeing her.
• Lu Zheng agreed to visit Zhao Wenrong that night, and Liu Qingyan thanked him for honoring her wish to help.
• Lu Zheng sensed concentrated Ghost Qi near the Zhao residence and used concealment techniques to approach it.
• Lu Zheng entered the Zhao residence after hearing a shout and saw Yingniang blocked by a Dust Whisk protecting Zhao's room.
• Yingniang urged Zhao to remove the Dust Whisk and talk, while Zhao trembled and admitted he had not known she was a ghost.

Lu Zheng intervened when Yingniang tried to turn Zhao Wenrong into a ghost, but she attacked Lu Zheng instead. The chapter ended with Lu Zheng countering her strike and challenging her confidence.

• Yingniang revealed that she planned to kill Zhao Wenrong and help him become a ghost, while Zhao Wenrong pleaded for his life.
• Yingniang knocked away the Dust Whisk protecting Zhao Wenrong and moved to kill him.
• Lu Zheng appeared, and Zhao Wenrong begged him to intervene; Lu Zheng urged Yingniang to pursue cultivation instead of forcing Zhao Wenrong to die.
• Yingniang threatened to kill both men, transformed amid surging black mist, and lunged at Lu Zheng.
• Lu Zheng countered her attack and asked where she got the confidence to think she could kill him with a casual swipe.

Lu Zheng saved Zhao Wenrong from Yingniang, a Fierce Ghost, and returned a borrowed Dust Whisk to Zhang Chunyuan of Green Pine Temple. The next day, Zhao Wenrong visited Renxin Hall for treatment and resumed flattering everyone there.

• Lu Zheng killed Yingniang and saved Zhao Wenrong, who thanked him and explained how a daoist priest had lent him a Dust Whisk.
• Lu Zheng took the Dust Whisk from Zhao Wenrong and warned him that his Original Qi had been damaged, advising him to seek restorative medicine.
• Lu Zheng met Zhang Chunyuan at Tonglai Inn, returned the Dust Whisk, and discussed the previous night’s events with him.
• Lu Zheng told Liu Qingyan and Du YueYao that he had saved Zhao Wenrong and destroyed Yingniang, then went to meet Zhang Chunyuan.
• Zhao Wenrong arrived at Renxin Hall for treatment and flattered Liu Qingyan, Du YueYao, and Old Mr. Liu.

Lu Zheng learned that floods had devastated several prefectures and that demons and other enemies had worsened the disaster. After Yuan Jing asked him to help the victims, Lu Zheng agreed to bring relief supplies and travel with Liu Qingyan and Du YueYao.

• Lu Zheng arranged to replenish Sweet Delights Shop's rock sugar by collecting a large shipment from a factory near Kun City.
• Lu Zheng found refugees arriving in Tonglin County after floods struck several prefectures, and he saw relief camps and more patients at Renxin Hall.
• Liu Qingyan warned Lu Zheng that the warm weather and flood could lead to an epidemic.
• Yuan Jing told Lu Zheng that demons, remnants of the Previous Dynasty, and heretical cultivators had worsened the flooding by obstructing the River God Residences' efforts.
• Yuan Jing asked Lu Zheng to bring medicine and grain to the disaster areas, and Liu Qingyan and Du YueYao agreed to accompany him.

Lu Zheng prepared to travel to the flood-stricken northwest with supplies, accepting a large grain donation from Zhao Wenrong and storing it in his gourd. The next morning, Liu Qingyan joined him with the five women of Five Beauties Manor, who had volunteered to help.

• Lu Zheng decided to head for the worst-hit disaster areas and asked Uncle Li to buy grain and medicinal herbs before their departure.
• Zhao Wenrong offered his family's entire shipment of grain and provisions, and Lu Zheng accepted the donation for disaster relief.
• Lu Zheng stored the grain from dozens of carts in his gourd, astonishing Zhao Wenrong and the others.
• Lu Zheng traveled to the modern world and rented a large warehouse as a precaution.
• The next morning, Lu Zheng saw Liu Qingyan arrive with the five women of Five Beauties Manor, who had decided to help after hearing about the trip.

Lu Zheng and his companions brought food and medical aid to flood-stricken Yu Province, where Liu Qingyan tested a new malaria prescription in Fish Head Village. After the villagers found temporary shelter, two figures arrived across the floodwaters and threatened them.

• Lu Zheng’s group traveled into Yu Province, treating sick refugees and distributing porridge along the way.
• In Fish Head Village, Liu Qingyan examined malaria patients and developed a prescription using Star Foxglove Grass and Thorough Goji.
• Lu Zheng brewed the new medicine for an elderly woman, whose complexion improved after drinking it, and Liu Qingyan began testing the prescription on other patients.
• Lu Zheng and his companions served porridge and built temporary shelters for the displaced villagers, then shared sweets with the children.
• Two figures rode over the floodwaters toward the village, laughing about taking food and children and saying virgins would do.

Lu Zheng and his companions rescued villagers from floods and disease, and he killed two demons who threatened them. After several days of relief work, the group set out for another destination, and Liu Qingyan received a great share of merit for her healing.

• Two demons approached the villagers and threatened the women, but Lu Zheng killed them with his Red Jade Swords.
• The villagers held a bonfire celebration to thank Liu Qingyan and Lu Zheng for treating the sick and slaying the demons.
• Lu Zheng's group continued providing disaster relief, saving thousands and treating malaria in nearby villages.
• The group encountered a monk from Returning Mountain Temple who had just slain a green snake demon and saluted them after seeing their relief work.
• After the surrounding villages recovered, the group departed, and Liu Qingyan received the greatest share of Merit Golden Light.

Lu Zheng and his companions continued relief work in the flood-stricken regions as their supplies dwindled. He arranged to bring in more food and medicine by using a modern-world grain purchase, and learned that thousands of tons could be available.

• Lu Zheng recognized that Liu Qingyan and Du YueYao had earned unusually large shares of merit through their roles in the relief effort.
• Liu Qingyan asked Lu Zheng about dwindling food and medicine, and he said he had prepared a way to replenish both.
• Lu Zheng explained that grain supplies in the provincial capital were scarce because floods and disasters had affected several regions.
• Lu Zheng told Liu Qingyan he would leave the next day to obtain more food and ordinary medicinal herbs.
• Liu Zhenming told Lu Zheng that three hundred tons of rice were ready for shipment and offered to mobilize thousands more tons from nearby depots.

Lu Zheng arranged for grain and medicinal herbs to be delivered and stored, then shared a meal with Lin Wan before returning to the village in ancient times. He brought supplies to the villagers, where Liu Qingyan found the modern herbs less potent than their ancient counterparts.

• Lu Zheng thanked Liu Zhenming for arranging the purchase of three hundred tons of rice through his trading company.
• Lu Zheng accepted a delivery of medicinal herbs from Xie Feng and decided to keep relying on Liu Zhenming's business connections instead of starting a foreign trade company.
• Lu Zheng ate with Lin Wan, who urged him to rest, and promised to make her zhajiang noodles at home.
• Lu Zheng returned to the village and met Iron Mountain Sect disciples Chu Zhen and Yi Lingling, who had killed a demon crocodile and shared its meat with the villagers.
• Lu Zheng brought grain and medicinal herbs from his Storage Gourd, and Liu Qingyan said the herbs were weak enough that their dosage would need to increase by thirty percent.

Liu Qingyan’s malaria treatment and freely shared prescription saved countless lives during the flood disaster, earning her the name Green Physician Goddess and bringing her and her companions great merit. After aiding Lingbei Province, the group decided to travel to Eastern Chuan, where Old Turtle arrived to carry them across the flooded river.

• Chu Zhen and Yi Lingling rallied others to find Star Beard Grass and Tongqi, while Liu Qingyan treated patients and shared her malaria prescription with physicians.
• As Liu Qingyan’s reputation spread, she and her assistants gained Merit Golden Light, and Lu Zheng saw the Jade Seal repeatedly receive Light of Luck.
• The group spent a month and a half distributing food and treating patients across Lingbei, helping suppress the malaria outbreak and relieve the disaster.
• After learning Eastern Chuan remained in danger from floods and monsters, Lu Zheng and his companions chose to travel there.
• Old Turtle of the Yuejin River Water Mansion appeared and offered to ferry the group to Eastern Chuan on the River Earl’s behalf.

Lu Zheng and his party traveled up the Yuejin River on an Old Turtle sent by the Yuejin River Earl, who had heard of Liu Qingyan’s lifesaving work. When a cultivator from Pan Water Cave tried to cause another flood, Lu Zheng fought him off, but the man escaped after conceding defeat.

• The Old Turtle explained that Liu Qingyan’s malaria treatment had earned her a reputation among cultivators and that the Yuejin River Earl had sent him to guide her party.
• The Old Turtle warned Lu Zheng that Eastern Chuan Province had many active demons and monsters.
• A cultivator manipulated clouds and rain on the Yuejin River to raise its waters and cause another flood.
• Lu Zheng used cloud arts and his Seven Stars Sword to counter the cultivator’s water swords and tornadoes while the Old Turtle protected the others.
• The Pan Water Cave cultivator escaped into the river, praised Lu Zheng’s cloud art and swordsmanship, and said they would meet again.

Lu Zheng learned that Pan Water Cave had secretly aided the Previous Dynasty and was bound by an understanding with Great Jing, then traveled with his companions into Eastern Chuan Province. After reaching Yuejiang County, the group set out toward plague-stricken Wushi Stronghold, which appeared to have been cut off by floods and landslides.

• Old Turtle explained Pan Water Cave’s history, its sealed Blessed Grotto-Heaven, and its agreement with Great Jing, and promised to report its role in worsening the rains to the River Earl.
• Old Turtle carried Lu Zheng, Liu Qingyan, Du YueYao, Yu Lan, and the guards upstream to Junzhou, where they thanked him before he returned to the Yuejin River.
• Lu Zheng’s group reached Yuejiang County, stayed overnight, and bought supplies before continuing toward Wushi Stronghold.
• Liu Qingyan said a physician had gone to Wushi Stronghold ten days earlier and had not been heard from, and Lu Zheng concluded that floods had likely cut off the stronghold.

After finding a village slaughtered by Mountain Demons, Lu Zheng and his companions tracked the creatures into the Back Mountain. Hua Yixing and the other women attacked their nest, but a voice ordered them to stop as a towering Mountain Demon appeared.

• Du YueYao learned she was the weakest member of the group, but Liu Qingyan reassured her and taught her healing arts.
• The group found a mutilated head on the mountain road and discovered that Mountain Demons had destroyed a village and killed everyone there.
• A Mountain Demon attacked the group, and Hua Yixing struck it aside before letting it flee toward the Back Mountain.
• Hua Yixing and the others chased the creature, killed it, and confronted more than twenty Mountain Demons.
• A voice told the group to stop killing the Mountain Demons, and a towering Mountain Demon crashed out of the forest as only five of the creatures remained.