Chapter Summaries

Lu Zheng and Lin Wan returned to Lu Province for the Mid-Autumn Festival, visited Mother Lin, and discussed the uproar over the Saint Miguel treasure auction. With their trip nearly over, Lin Wan suggested visiting Laoshan to see whether Daoist practitioners existed in the modern world, and they set off for the mountain.

• Lu Zheng and Lin Wan discussed Spain and Latin American countries contesting the Saint Miguel treasure, while Lin Wan noted that the auction estimates had risen to as much as 1.2 billion dollars.
• Lu Zheng and Lin Wan flew to Shandong, spent a day with Mother Lin, and took her to Island City for sightseeing.
• Lu Zheng and Lin Wan stayed in an Island City seaview hotel, where Lu Zheng teased Lin Wan and she reminded him they still had plans for the night market.
• After Mother Lin returned home, Lin Wan suggested visiting Laoshan because the Taiyuan Xuan Book was a Daoist cultivation method.
• Lu Zheng suggested that the authorities would know if other supernatural practitioners existed, and Lin Wan concluded that he was the only one with true supernatural abilities.
• Lu Zheng and Lin Wan booked tickets and set off for Laoshan.

Lu Zheng and Lin Wan toured Mount Laoshan’s major scenic areas, paying their respects at Daoist temples and Huayan Temple while discussing immortals and the risks of drawing attention from the Upper Realm. As they finished their visit at Yangkou, they heard that an out-of-control helicopter was crashing toward them.

• Lu Zheng and Lin Wan visited Giant Peak and the Taiqing Scenic Area, where Lin Wan noted that the Daoist temples lacked immortal aura.
• Lu Zheng explained Mount Laoshan’s Daoist history but admitted he did not know whether the stories in Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio were true.
• Lu Zheng and Lin Wan bowed at the divine statues in Taiqing Palace, Shangqing Palace, and Mingxia Cave, then toured Huayan Temple and Taiping Palace.
• Lu Zheng and Lin Wan discussed returning to the mountain after Lin Wan mastered Qi Refining, but agreed they needed to keep a low profile.
• Tourists shouted that an out-of-control helicopter was crashing toward them.

Lu Zheng secretly used his Moving Skill and Golden Light Spell to protect a crashing helicopter, its passengers, and the surrounding tourists, making the emergency landing seem like a lucky accident. After returning to Sea City, Lin Wan teased Huang Xiumin and Lu Zheng, who claimed double the reward they had agreed on.

• At Laoshan Yangkou Scenic Area, a sightseeing helicopter spun out of control and plunged toward Lu Zheng and Lin Wan.
• Lu Zheng used his Moving Skill and Golden Light Spell to guide the helicopter into a rough landing while shielding everyone from the wreckage.
• Tourists helped the pilot and four passengers out, and the pilot attributed their survival to his emergency landing before police and ambulances arrived.
• Lu Zheng and Lin Wan rode back to Sea City, where Lin Wan posted about the accident and met Huang Xiumin for a late-night snack.
• Lin Wan encouraged Huang Xiumin about her blind dates, then left with Lu Zheng, who demanded double the promised reward.

Lu Zheng organized a talent show for the Ten-Day Rest after Ao Qian and Liu Qingquan asked what they would do. Just as Hua Yixing prepared to perform, Hu Zhou and Gao Junyu arrived at the Peach Blossom Forest.

• Tong Muxuan told Lu Zheng that he and Su Mengmeng were getting married and invited him to their Sea City ceremony.
• Lu Zheng learned that Ao Qian wanted another event for the Ten-Day Rest and proposed a talent show with cake prizes.
• At the Peach Blossom Forest, Lu Zheng explained the performance rules and handed out voting forms he had printed in the modern world.
• Hua Yixing volunteered to perform first, but Hu Zhou and Gao Junyu arrived and called out to Lu Zheng.

Hu Zhou and Gao Junyu visited Lu Zheng and joined a talent showcase, where Ao Qian won first place and settled into the local circle. After the youngsters departed, Lu Zheng considered traveling before deciding to stay in Tonglin County and enjoy himself at Le Ping Teahouse.

• Hu Zhou and Gao Junyu arrived using a Wind-Riding Flag, and Lu Zheng welcomed them to the talent showcase.
• Gao Junyu considered performing the Flying Bear War Dance but chose to watch, while Hu Zhou was relieved he did not have to perform.
• Liu Qingquan carved a lifelike fox, Ao Qian performed with her pipa, and Ao Qian won first place with a cake made by Lu Zheng.
• Ao Qian shared the cake with the older girls and became part of Tonglin County's circle of demons, ghosts, and deities.
• Hu Zhou and Gao Junyu toured Tonglin County, then departed for Eastern Chuan Province to deliver a letter.
• Lu Zheng weighed the risks of traveling, decided to remain in Tonglin County, and headed to Le Ping Teahouse.

Lu Zheng reunited with his college dormmates for a seafood barbecue, where Lei Zhiyun met Zhu Luoluo after accidentally spilling wine on her skirt. As the group teased Lei Zhiyun about his sudden romantic luck, Lu Zheng overheard something that made him frown.

• Lu Zheng remembered it was Saturday, replied to his dormmates, and spent the afternoon playing Honor of Kings before riding to Kairi Plaza.
• Lu Zheng met Zhao Wei, Tong Muxuan, and Lei Zhiyun for dinner, where they toasted Tong Muxuan’s upcoming marriage and caught up on their lives.
• Lei Zhiyun accidentally spilled red wine on Zhu Luoluo’s skirt and offered to pay for its cleaning, so they exchanged contact information.
• Lu Zheng and the others returned to their table and teased Lei Zhiyun after he admitted he liked Zhu Luoluo.
• Lu Zheng’s ears twitched as he overheard something, and his expression turned serious.

Lu Zheng grew suspicious of Zhu Luoluo’s sudden interest in Lei Zhiyun and asked Lin Wan to investigate her. Lin Wan learned that Zhu Luoluo was Japanese and had attended a Japanese school in Sea City, leaving Lu Zheng unsure whether her background posed a problem.

• Lu Zheng overheard Zhu Luoluo and her companion talk about Lei Zhiyun and wondered whether she had an ulterior motive.
• Zhu Luoluo exchanged contact details with Lei Zhiyun, who eagerly began messaging her after she left.
• Lu Zheng asked Lin Wan to investigate Zhu Luoluo, and she agreed to contact Huang Xiumin for information.
• Lin Wan told Lu Zheng that Zhu Luoluo had no apparent background problems but was Japanese and had attended a Japanese school in Sea City.

Lu Zheng warned Lei Zhiyun that Zhu Luoluo was Japanese and might be targeting his confidential commercial project, then decided to meet her. Zhu Luoluo’s plan to approach Lei Zhiyun failed, and she reported the setback to her superior, unaware that Lu Zheng and Lin Wan were watching her apartment.

• Lin Wan explained that Zhu Luoluo had attended a Japanese school in Hua Country and had no criminal record.
• Lu Zheng told Lei Zhiyun that Zhu Luoluo was Japanese and advised him to cancel their dinner, return her money, and block her.
• Lin Wan confirmed that Zhu Luoluo had not been involved in previous information-leak cases, and Lu Zheng decided to meet her.
• Zhu Luoluo discovered that Lei Zhiyun had deleted her, called him new prey, and reported her failed plan to her superior.
• Lu Zheng and Lin Wan watched Zhu Luoluo from outside her apartment window.

Lu Zheng and Lin Wan exposed Zhu Luoluo as a corporate spy, cursed her to gain weight, and helped get a Japanese school shut down. After Lin Wan left on a work trip to Japan, Lu Zheng returned to Tonglin County, where he learned that Du YueYao had gone home and Wang Xiaowan had begun cultivating, before hearing that a young woman had been captured.

• Lu Zheng and Lin Wan discovered that Zhu Luoluo had tried to steal a research solution, and Lu Zheng cursed her to become obese.
• Lu Zheng and Lin Wan photographed evidence of the Japanese school's textbooks and reported the school, which was shut down the next day.
• Lu Zheng and Lin Wan attended Tong Muxuan and Su Mengmeng's wedding, then Lin Wan left for a case in Japan over the National Day holiday.
• Lu Zheng returned to Tonglin County and learned from Old Master Wang that Wang Xiaowan had entered the gate of cultivation.
• A storyteller announced to Lu Zheng and Fan Boyu that Miss had been captured.

Fan Boyu and Lu Zheng tracked Du YueYao to a cave where the Xueyi Saintess was preparing a ritual, and fought to stop the New Sect from taking her. Lu Zheng broke through the cave’s formation and rushed inside, where he saw what was happening.

• Fan Boyu and Lu Zheng learned that Du YueYao had been carried away by a westward gale, then followed a trace Liu Qingyan had left on her.
• Lu Zheng found Du YueYao in a cave, where Zhao Wuji confronted them and revealed that the Xueyi Saintess had come to the Central Plains.
• Fan Boyu held Zhao Wuji back while Lu Zheng entered the cave to interrupt the Saintess’s casting.
• Lu Zheng broke through the cave’s true qi barrier with five successive Grand Yi Five Thunders strikes and rushed into the cave’s inner chamber.

Lu Zheng entered the cave and fought Xueyi Saintess to stop her Descent Art from possessing Du YueYao. He extinguished the bronze lamp’s flame and broke the ritual, forcing Xueyi Saintess to withdraw her true spirit from Du YueYao.

• Fan Boyu told Lu Zheng how to break the Eight-Direction Divine Protection Formation and sever the Descent Art.
• Lu Zheng used lightning to shatter the formation banners and his Golden Citadel Heart Sword to weaken the bronze lamp, but Xueyi Saintess awakened and broke his sword.
• Lu Zheng fought Xueyi Saintess while she defended herself with a jade pearl and attacked him with a soul-dissolving curse.
• Lu Zheng used Earthwalk Technique to reach Du YueYao, pulled her from the platform, and let Xueyi Saintess draw them toward her.
• Lu Zheng struck the bronze lamp with a Golden Citadel Heart Sword and extinguished its flame, completely breaking the Descent Art.

Lu Zheng rescued Du YueYao from the Xueyi Saintess, then fought her as she tried to stop him from reaching Tonglin County. As Lu Zheng struggled to hold her off in the desolate mountains, several auras arrived, and he recognized his master and other allies.

• Lu Zheng broke the Saintly Goddess Descent Art, wounded the Xueyi Saintess, and stowed Du YueYao in his gourd before retreating.
• The Xueyi Saintess pursued Lu Zheng with curses, and he escaped the cave and blocked her attacks with his spells.
• The Xueyi Saintess threatened to massacre Tonglin County unless Lu Zheng returned Du YueYao, so he stood his ground and fought while retreating.
• Lu Zheng used White Cloud Temple, Jinhua Sect, and soul-targeting techniques to defend against the Xueyi Saintess's attacks.
• Several auras approached, and Lu Zheng heard his master and Teacher Lu call out to him.

Hu Zhou, Gao Junyu, Gao Zhen, and Hu Dalu joined Lu Zheng’s battle against the injured Xueyi Saintess and helped turn the fight in his favor. The Saintess made a desperate attack on Lu Zheng, who met her with a freezing spell.

• Hu Zhou and Gao Junyu arrived with Gao Zhen and Hu Dalu, and Lu Zheng warned the two younger men that the Xueyi Saintess was too strong for them.
• Hu Zhou and Gao Junyu joined Fan Boyu against Zhao Wuji, while Gao Zhen and Hu Dalu attacked the Saintess alongside Lu Zheng.
• Lu Zheng’s Red Jade Swords wounded the Saintess, and the group’s coordinated assault forced her to rely on her defensive jade pearl.
• Lu Zheng gathered power in his lightning-nourished Peach Wood Sword and unleashed the Grand Yi Five Thunders Spell, dimming the Saintess’s jade pearl.
• The Saintess rushed Lu Zheng while he was committed to the lightning spell, but he began casting a Three Pure Ones decree to freeze her.

Lu Zheng killed Xueyi Saintess after immobilizing her and dodging her final soul attack, then joined the others in killing Zhao Wuji. With both enemies dead, the confrontation was settled.

• Lu Zheng immobilized Xueyi Saintess, and his six Red Jade Swords pierced her body.
• Xueyi Saintess launched a dying mental sword at Lu Zheng, but he vanished briefly and escaped its lock before destroying her divine soul with his Golden Citadel Heart Sword.
• Lu Zheng gained over four hundred strands of Light of Luck as Zhao Wuji witnessed Xueyi Saintess's death and tried to flee.
• Hu Zhou, Gao Junyu, Hu Dalu, Gao Zhen, and Lu Zheng surrounded Zhao Wuji while Fan Boyu admitted his betrayal.
• Gao Zhen killed Zhao Wuji with a palm strike, and the Light of Luck was credited.

After Lu Zheng and his allies defeated the Xueyi Saintess and Zhao Wuji, they discovered that Du YueYao had suffered damage to her divine soul but had also gained more than a hundred years of cultivation. The group returned to Tonglin County, where Liu Qingyan treated Du YueYao and predicted she would wake in three days and recover fully in three months.

• Lu Zheng thanked Hu Dalu and Gao Zhen for helping defeat the Xueyi Saintess, then learned from Fan Boyu that Du YueYao's divine soul was injured but that she had gained the Saintess's transferred cultivation and improved physique.
• Lu Zheng invited Hu Dalu, Gao Zhen, Hu Zhou, and the others to his home for a meal, and the group divided the spoils while reserving the three most valuable items for Du YueYao.
• Lu Zheng and the others destroyed the bodies of the Xueyi Saintess and Zhao Wuji, collected their magical treasures, and discovered the Saintess's storage bracelet.
• The group returned to Tonglin County, where Liu Qingyan checked Lu Zheng and Du YueYao and said her soul-nourishing incense and silver needles would help Du YueYao wake in three days and recover in about three months.

After Du YueYao was injured while confronting Xueyi Saintess, Liu Qingyan treated her and helped her recover at home. Du YueYao awakened after absorbing soul-nourishing incense and revealed that the Yuan Sheng Sect's Founding Master, Su Nv, had appeared in her dream and perfected her cultivation method.

• Liu Qingyan treated Du YueYao, sent Du Yuru a letter explaining what had happened, and predicted Du YueYao would awaken after three days of soul-nourishing incense.
• Du Furen arrived to care for Du YueYao, and Liu Qingyan reassured her that the injuries would leave no lasting effects.
• Lu Zheng told Liu Qingyan that the Yuan Sheng Sect was unlikely to pursue them because Xueyi Saintess and Zhao Wuji had died and Fan Boyu had dealt with the shaman who exposed them.
• Liu Qingyan administered acupuncture to Du YueYao, whose divine soul became active as she absorbed the incense, but Du YueYao remained asleep while dreaming.
• Du YueYao woke and told Lu Zheng, Liu Qingyan, and her mother that Su Nv had appeared in her dream and perfected her incomplete Su Nv Zhu Shen Method.

Du YueYao recovered from Xueyi Saintess’s possession and learned that Su Nv had perfected her cultivation method, giving her hope for longevity. After visiting her, Lu Zheng returned to the modern world, where Lin Wan arrived in a murderous mood and said she had fallen into a trap.

• Du YueYao explained that her prayers to Su Nv had brought a dream in which Su Nv told her the possession had been lifted and perfected her Su Nv Zhu Shen Method.
• Liu Qingyan and Fan Boyu congratulated Du YueYao, and Lu Zheng cooked a celebratory meal before everyone left her to rest.
• Liu Qingyan treated Du YueYao and Du Furen, while Lu Zheng and Shen Ying visited every few days to offer cultivation guidance.
• Lu Zheng crossed to the modern world, cooked noodles, watched a drama, and chatted with Tong Muxuan and their friends.
• Lin Wan entered Lu Zheng’s home looking furious, then smiled when she saw him and said she had fallen into a trap.

After Lin Wan told Lu Zheng how Japanese officials and gangsters had lured her into an ambush, the two decided to retaliate against Ito Tanji and the forces behind overseas Japanese schools. They planned to begin with Ito Tanji and target the other shareholders one by one.

• Lin Wan told Lu Zheng that her Japanese colleague had betrayed her during an ambush, and she learned that Ito Tanji was behind the plot.
• Lin Wan explained that the Tokyo office had sent her away instead of pursuing Ito Tanji, and Lu Zheng agreed that Ito Tanji might still pose a threat.
• Lin Wan said she would go to Japan with Lu Zheng to take revenge, while they planned a shopping trip and movie as alibis.
• Lu Zheng suggested that Ito Tanji could die of natural causes, and Lin Wan explained how the overseas Japanese school shareholders were organized.
• Lin Wan showed Lu Zheng a list of the conglomerates and shareholders involved in overseas Japanese schools, and they decided to target Ito Tanji first and the others afterward.

Lin Wan and Lu Zheng traveled to Tokyo to deal with the people involved in the scheme against her. They killed Ito Tanji and left Iwamoto Kaoru and Oyama Tsunayoshi with lingering afflictions, then set fire to Ito Tanji’s room as they departed.

• Lin Wan and Lu Zheng discovered that Ito Tanji had been released from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department and added Oyama Tsunayoshi and Iwamoto Kaoru to their list of targets.
• Lin Wan used blood qi to block seven of Iwamoto Kaoru’s meridians, condemning him to gradually waste away over the next six months.
• Lin Wan placed a painful qi mechanism in Oyama Tsunayoshi’s heart meridian, which would torment him nightly for a year.
• Ito Tanji considered hiring the Hattori family to kill Lin Wan, but she and Lu Zheng appeared in his bedroom before he could act.
• Lin Wan killed Ito Tanji, and Lu Zheng ignited the carpet before they left.

After resolving the threat from Ito Tanji, Lu Zheng and Lin Wan took leave and flew to the Far East to find Northeast Tigers. Their search began in the snowy forest, where Lin Wan petted a sika deer before it reacted strangely to Lu Zheng’s cabbage and fled.

• Lu Zheng and Lin Wan decided to travel to the Outer Khingan Mountains to look for Northeast Tigers.
• Lin Wan learned Ito Tanji had died in a fire and accepted a second-class merit citation for her actions.
• Lu Zheng and Lin Wan flew from Sea City into the primeval forest of eastern Black Province.
• Lin Wan caught a female sika deer and fed it leaves from Lu Zheng’s cabbage.
• The sika deer suddenly shuddered, broke free, and fled, prompting Lin Wan to stare toward the east.