Chapter Summaries

Lu Zheng and Lin Wan encountered a Northeast leopard in the forest, and Lin Wan subdued it and befriended it. They left to find it food, and the chapter ended with the leopard attacking a wild boar after Lu Zheng and Lin Wan knocked it down.

• Lin Wan stopped the Northeast leopard from leaving, pinned it down, and swung it around until it rolled over and showed its belly.
• Lin Wan and Lu Zheng discussed the leopard’s hunger and decided to find it something to eat instead of the sika deer that had escaped.
• Lin Wan led the Northeast leopard north with her and Lu Zheng until they found a huge wild boar.
• Lu Zheng flipped the wild boar over, and Lin Wan punched it into a tree when it charged at him.
• The Northeast leopard seized the fallen wild boar by the neck.

Lu Zheng and Lin Wan befriended a Northeast Leopard and continued searching for a northeast tiger before discovering a forest fire. They found firefighters organizing a rescue and reached Professor Gu’s trapped team just as the flames closed in.

• The Northeast Leopard killed a wild boar, and Lin Wan helped it stash the carcass in a tree before she and Lu Zheng played with it and took a selfie.
• Lu Zheng and Lin Wan spotted black smoke and flew toward the forest fire, where they saw animals fleeing and firefighters fighting the blaze.
• A captain organized teams to contain the fire and led a rescue mission for Professor Gu’s group trapped in a valley.
• Professor Gu and several others argued over who should stay outside as the fire approached, unaware that Lu Zheng and Lin Wan had arrived beside them.

Lu Zheng and Lin Wan used the Fire Aversion Art and a localized rainstorm to help firefighters rescue Professor Gu’s research team and contain a forest fire. Once the danger had passed, they flew east toward their destination beyond the border.

• Lu Zheng used the Fire Aversion Art to block flames along the researchers’ firebreak and left with Lin Wan as firefighters rushed in.
• The firefighters carried Professor Gu’s group out, and Lu Zheng’s magic helped two firefighters survive a sudden wave of fire.
• The rescue team escaped the fireground, where reinforcements and an aircraft joined the effort to suppress the blaze.
• Dark clouds gathered and rain fell over the fireground, helping firefighters bring the forest fire mostly under control.
• Lu Zheng and Lin Wan left the area and flew east toward their destination beyond the border.

Lu Zheng and Lin Wan traveled through the Russian wilderness, then returned home and learned that the Saint Miguel treasure auction had ended. In Tonglin County, Lu Zheng reunited with Liu Qingyan and took her to lunch, where a White-Clothed Youth noticed her.

• Lu Zheng and Lin Wan spent several days exploring the forests, befriended a Northeast Tiger, and returned home with photographs from their trip.
• Lu Zheng and Lin Wan learned that the Saint Miguel treasure auction had brought in 1.35 billion dollars and discussed the deductions from his share.
• Lu Zheng returned to Tonglin County, spoke with Ao Qian and Liu Qingquan, and agreed to dine at home that evening.
• Lu Zheng visited Renxin Hall, found no patients, and took Liu Qingyan to Bright Moon Pavilion before their planned visit to Jade Ling Garden.
• A White-Clothed Youth arrived at Bright Moon Pavilion, saw Liu Qingyan, and immediately became interested in her.

Lu Zheng and Liu Qingyan discovered a suspicious young man following them and waited to see what he would do. At midnight, Xu Yihong confronted a Black-Clothed Man attempting to enter the Liu residence, but Lu Zheng and Liu Qingyan arrived as the two fought over a poisoned Flying Sword.

• Lu Zheng and Liu Qingyan noticed the young man from Bright Moon Pavilion following them to Jade Ling Garden and Renxin Hall.
• After dinner, Lu Zheng and Liu Qingyan sensed the man hiding near their home and decided to wait for him to make a move.
• Xu Yihong hid nearby, unaware that Lu Zheng and Liu Qingyan could sense him watching them.
• At midnight, the Black-Clothed Man tried to enter the Liu residence, and Xu Yihong confronted him with his Flying Sword.
• The Black-Clothed Man poisoned Xu Yihong, who struggled to overpower him as they became locked in a deadly standoff.
• Lu Zheng appeared on the wall with Liu Qingyan and remarked that Xu Yihong lacked experience in the martial world.

Lu Zheng killed the Black-Clothed Man and rescued Xu Yihong, who woke the next day and explained his pursuit of the criminal. After discussing sword cultivation, Lu Zheng decided to visit Flying Feather Mountain to learn its Sword Refining Method and seek materials for a better Flying Sword.

• Lu Zheng slew the Black-Clothed Man, and the Red Jade Sword knocked aside the silver Flying Sword before it could kill Xu Yihong.
• Xu Yihong woke at Lu Zheng's home, thanked him for saving his life, and explained that he had tracked the disguised criminal across several counties to prevent further victims.
• Xu Yihong told Lu Zheng that he was a disciple of Lone Goose Peak who had descended the mountain to seek materials for forging a Flying Sword.
• Lu Zheng explained that he had learned the Flying Feather Mountain Sword Control Scripture but knew little about Sword Cultivator traditions or sword forging.
• Xu Yihong advised Lu Zheng to visit Flying Feather Mountain to return the scripture and learn its Sword Refining Method, and Lu Zheng resolved to seek a better sword and suitable materials.

Lu Zheng discussed sword forging and the Sword Dao with Shen Ying, who hoped to travel with him once she escaped the limits of Peach Blossom Glade. After a night together at Peach Blossom Manor, Shen Ying sensed something in the distant Peach Forest.

• Lu Zheng spoke with Xu Yihong and Lu Zheng about sword forging and the Sword Dao, then continued his journey in search of materials and to uphold justice.
• Shen Ying worried that forging a Flying Sword would send Lu Zheng far away, and Lu Zheng promised they could travel together after her soul was purified.
• Shen Ying said she would soon escape her constraints and gain the ability to return to Peach Blossom Glade from anywhere; she revealed she could already return from within five hundred li.
• Tao Ying and Tao Luo reported unfamiliar ghosts around Tonglin County, and Shen Ying ordered them to keep investigating after the Yizhou Prefecture City God warned of Netherworld Ghosts appearing in the Yang World.
• Lu Zheng stayed the night at Peach Blossom Manor, and Shen Ying explained that Peach Blossom Shrines had increased her Incense Luck before suddenly looking toward the Peach Forest.

Shen Ying and Lu Zheng discovered that agents seeking the Black Wheel King's Refining Yang Chapter had come to Peach Blossom Glade, then learned from Duan Jiang and Zhan Yue that the chapter belonged to the legendary Hui Ming Seven Classics. The ghosts’ deaths alerted them to a powerful Netherworld lord, whose next move remained unknown.

• Shen Ying and Lu Zheng overheard two century-old ghosts investigating whether she had obtained the Black Wheel King's complete Refining Yang Chapter.
• Shen Ying subdued the ghosts with Peach Blossom Evil, but a curse in their souls made them explode and perish before she could question them.
• Lu Zheng and Shen Ying hurried to the Du residence to ask Duan Jiang and Zhan Yue about the Black Wheel King's secret art.
• Zhan Yue explained that the Black Wheel King had found the Refining Yang Chapter, one of seven rare cultivation texts compiled by the deceased Dharma King Hui Ming.

Lu Zheng and Shen Ying learned that a Netherworld force was hunting Black Wheel King for the Hui Ming Seven Classics, then informed Xin Zhanting and the City God Temple. The manor’s residents prepared for further attacks, while Lu Zheng revealed that Shen Ying had the Refining Yang Chapter and said they could surrender it if they could not win.

• Duan Jiang and Zhan Yue confirmed that Dharma King Hui Ming had few followers, leading Lu Zheng to conclude that another ghost sought the Hui Ming Seven Classics.
• Lu Zheng and Shen Ying went through the Yin-Yang Road to Nightfall Mountain and told Xin Zhanting about the unknown force hunting Black Wheel King.
• Xin Zhanting promised to report the matter to City God Lu Yuxing and offered Netherworld troops if the ghosts threatened Shen Ying.
• Lu Zheng and Shen Ying returned to Peach Blossom Manor, briefed the Eighteen Heavenly Women, and told them to stay alert and cultivate there.
• At the Lu Residence, Lu Zheng explained the threat to Liu Qingyan, Du YueYao, and Fan Boyu, then said Shen Ying could hand over the Refining Yang Chapter if they could not defeat the enemy.

The Ghost King visited Peach Blossom Manor and proposed exchanging the Refining Yang Chapter for the Soul Refining Chapter from the Hui Ming Seven Classics. Lu Zheng and Shen Ying agreed to trade once the Ghost King obtained it, and they ended the night relieved that they had avoided a fight.

• The Ghost King revealed that he knew Lu Zheng had killed Black Wheel King’s possessed body after extracting a constable’s memories.
• The Ghost King said he had killed the other ghosts who knew about the Refining Yang Chapter and offered to exchange a cultivation method for it.
• Lu Zheng accepted the Soul Refining Chapter, and the Ghost King explained that he would return once he obtained it.
• Lu Zheng and Shen Ying discussed the Ghost King’s strength and concluded that a peaceful exchange served both sides.
• Lu Zheng embraced Shen Ying and took her back to their room for the night.

Ao Qian and Liu Qingquan helped catch a child trafficker, but his accomplice rescued him and two kidnapped girls, then threatened to return for Ao Qian. Liu Butou warned Lu Zheng and gave him a piece of the accomplice’s clothing, leaving Lu Zheng ready to track the man down.

• Ao Qian and Liu Qingquan beat a child trafficker who had tried to drug and abduct Ao Qian, and constables took him away.
• Lu Zheng celebrated the girls’ actions with a feast and told Du YueYao to focus on healing her divine-soul injury rather than returning to Renxin Hall.
• Liu Butou told Lu Zheng that the captured trafficker had confessed to holding two girls in a ruined temple north of the city.
• An expert at the temple defeated Liu Butou and four constables, freed the trafficker and kidnapped girls, and threatened to return for Ao Qian.
• Liu Butou came to Lu Zheng with a scrap of the expert’s clothing to help identify or track him.

Lu Zheng stopped two Golden Severing Hall men from transporting two abducted girls and learned that the First Hall Master had ordered them captured for a wicked scripture. He sent the men to return the girls and turn themselves in, promising that Golden Severing Hall would soon be destroyed.

• Lu Zheng disarmed the burly man in black and uncovered two sleeping girls hidden beneath the cart's straw.
• The hemp-clad man and the burly man in black revealed that they belonged to Golden Severing Hall and had been ordered to abduct girls.
• The hemp-clad man explained that the First Hall Master needed girls of pure yin for a scripture he had obtained.
• Lu Zheng ordered the two men to take the girls back to Tonglin County, help Liu Butou return them home, and then turn themselves in.
• Lu Zheng told the men that Golden Severing Hall would soon cease to exist.

Lu Zheng attacked Golden Severing Hall to rescue the kidnapped girls, killing its three hall masters with little difficulty. He discovered the First Hall Master's soul was about to enter the Netherworld with the souls of more than twenty girls, and struck again.

• Lu Zheng followed the kidnappers to Golden Severing Hall's headquarters and found more than a dozen captive girls in its rear courtyard.
• Lu Zheng summoned clouds around the manor and forced the three hall masters to confront him.
• Lu Zheng killed the Second Hall Master with the True Dragon Great Handprint and the Third Hall Master with the Golden Citadel Heart Sword.
• Lu Zheng killed the fleeing First Hall Master with Qingwei Divine Lightning, then saw his soul surrounded by the fading souls of more than twenty girls.
• Lu Zheng cast another bolt of Qingwei Divine Lightning at the First Hall Master's soul.

Lu Zheng pursued the chief hall master into the Netherworld after destroying Golden Severing Hall and rescuing its captive girls. The chief hall master and the girls’ souls were swallowed by a black-mist forest array, and the injured Qingwei Jade Supreme emerged to attack Lu Zheng.

• Lu Zheng killed Golden Severing Hall’s remaining gang members and old man You, then rescued the captive girls and brought them to the county government office.
• Lu Zheng entered the Netherworld and tracked the chief hall master by the Qingwei lightning lingering in his soul.
• The chief hall master fled toward a black-mist forest while trying to purge the lightning, and Lu Zheng followed close behind.
• The forest array reacted to the lightning and opened as a cracked, jade-boned skeleton escaped, then sent the chief hall master and the eight girls’ souls into the forest, where they were consumed.
• The skeletal figure charged at Lu Zheng, who recognized Qingwei Jade Supreme and called down the Grand Yi Five Thunders.

Lu Zheng killed Jiao Baigu and recovered the Soul Refining Chapter and Bone Refining Chapter, then returned the scrolls to the Ghost King and offered to retrieve the Refining Yang Chapter. The Ghost King revealed himself as Wen Jiong of Spotless Mountain and accepted Lu Zheng’s friendship.

• Lu Zheng struck Jiao Baigu with thunder, cloud qi, and Golden Citadel Heart Swords until the skeleton’s soul was destroyed.
• Lu Zheng searched Jiao Baigu’s remains and found the Soul Refining Chapter, the Bone Refining Chapter, Nether Energy stones, and two Buddhist relics.
• The Ghost King asked Lu Zheng to disperse the clouds, and Lu Zheng returned the two scrolls after confirming Jiao Baigu was dead.
• Lu Zheng offered to retrieve the Refining Yang Chapter from his wife, surprising the Ghost King by continuing their exchange despite returning the Soul Refining Chapter.
• The Ghost King revealed his appearance and introduced himself as Wen Jiong of Spotless Mountain.

Lu Zheng brought Wen Jiong to Peach Blossom Manor, where they exchanged copies of their cultivation techniques and became tentative friends. After Wen Jiong departed, Lu Zheng and Shen Ying discovered that the Refining Yin Chapter could complement the Lesser Earth Emperor’s Ghost-Controlling Divine Communion Method.

• Shen Ying greeted Lu Zheng and Wen Jiong, recognizing Wen Jiong as the Ghost King from the Netherworld.
• Lu Zheng explained how he had met Wen Jiong again and recounted the events that led to their exchange.
• Wen Jiong gave Shen Ying the Refining Yin Chapter, and he, Lu Zheng, and Shen Ying copied their respective techniques.
• Wen Jiong shared tea and dinner with Lu Zheng and Shen Ying, then told them they could visit him at Spotless Mountain.
• Lu Zheng and Shen Ying discussed how he had earned Wen Jiong’s trust, then went to the master bedroom together.
• Lu Zheng told Shen Ying that the Refining Yin Chapter could complement the Lesser Earth Emperor’s Ghost-Controlling Divine Communion Method.

Lu Zheng studied new cultivation arts with Shen Ying before returning to the modern world and meeting Lin Wan after work. After a night out, they prepared to pursue a target in Nara the next day.

• Shen Ying set aside the cultivation booklet and spent the night with Lu Zheng instead of studying it.
• Lu Zheng and Shen Ying discussed the Soul Refining Chapter and its connection to Houtu's inheritance, then Lu Zheng returned to Tonglin County.
• Liu Butou visited Lu Zheng with gifts, and Liu Qingquan and Ao Qian followed to his home for food.
• Lu Zheng met Lin Wan outside her workplace, and she explained how her colleagues mistook her suppressed happiness for grief.
• Lu Zheng and Lin Wan went clubbing and for barbecue, then discussed a target traveling to Nara for a business deal the next day.

Lu Zheng and Lin Wan visited Todaiji Temple, where Lu Zheng cursed Matsuda Takeo and later helped cause two Lighthouse Country fighter jets to crash. They realized the payment from the Saint Miguel treasure auction had not arrived and suspected the FBI or CIA had intervened because of Allen Art Company.

• Lu Zheng and Lin Wan discussed Japanese and Hua Country culture while touring Todaiji Temple, then decided Lu Zheng would deal with Matsuda Takeo.
• Lu Zheng secretly placed a Nightmare Curse on Matsuda Takeo during his meeting with the abbot.
• Lu Zheng and Lin Wan flew to Osaka for lunch, then caused two Lighthouse Country fighter jets to collide and crash without casualties.
• Lu Zheng and Lin Wan noticed the Saint Miguel treasure auction money had not reached his secret account after half a month.
• Lin Wan suggested the FBI or CIA might be investigating the auction because the clue came from Allen Art Company, which had recently been attacked and lost eighteen artworks.

Lu Zheng discovered that the CIA had taken the proceeds from the Saint Miguel auction, so he rerouted the money and exposed the agency’s secret account. He planned to travel to Lighthouse Country to find Grant, but first he and Lin Wan stayed home and made plans for a movie.

• Lu Zheng and Lin Wan found that the Saint Miguel auction proceeds had gone into a secret CIA account, and Lin Wan concluded that Grant had told the CIA about them.
• Lu Zheng split eight billion U.S. dollars into hundreds of thousands of transfers, sent the money to an overseas account, and leaked records of the CIA account to a Russian news agency.
• The CIA scrambled to trace the money and investigate the leak, while Lu Zheng said he still planned to find Grant in Lighthouse Country.
• Lu Zheng and Lin Wan agreed to see a movie on Sunday and postpone the trip until Monday.
• Lin Wan emerged from the walk-in closet dressed in a short skirt and black stockings and greeted Lu Zheng as a flight attendant.

After arranging Grant’s downfall and leaving Miami, Lu Zheng watched police gun down a pickup driver while eating at a Burger King. When officers tried to detain him without cause, he fought back and faced a larger group of police outside.

• Grant died in a bathtub accident, and the missing will helped trigger a violent fight among his heirs as Lu Zheng covertly took nearly one billion dollars from the chaos.
• Lu Zheng watched police shoot a pickup driver, then saw two officers approach him and demand identification.
• When Lu Zheng refused to accompany the officers, they accused him of robbery and aimed their guns at him.
• The officers fired, but Lu Zheng blocked the shots with a table, disarmed them, and left both in vegetative states.
• Other officers took cover outside the restaurant as Lu Zheng spun a handgun and looked toward them.