Chapter Summaries

Captain Luo Yan and Shi Beiluo planned to protect the Holy Grail and counter Michael before heading to Xing City to investigate the underground palace. There, Luo Yan named Zhurong’s newly awakened Spirit Suit Chang Li and used its power to drive the Xia Geng aliens from the first level of the Undercity.

• Captain Luo Yan and Shi Beiluo discussed keeping Zaren in Guixu as a possible source of false information against Michael, and theorized that separating Michael’s angels from his energy could disable them.
• Captain Luo Yan and Shi Beiluo agreed to investigate the possible Divine Remnant beneath Xing City, and their forces set out that afternoon with two mecha squads and heavy-duty trucks.
• During the journey, Shi Beiluo told Captain Luo Yan that Dr. Jia Miao had left North Sea Base safely, while Luo Yan declined to choose a Spirit Suit because he already had one.
• Captain Luo Yan recognized the Vermilion Bird’s spirit in Zhurong’s heavy sword, named the weapon Chang Li, and noted its traits of Immortality and Chang Li’s Fire.
• At the Undercity, Captain Luo Yan summoned Fire Yang True Lord and unleashed Zhurong’s divine aura, causing the Xia Geng aliens to flee the first level.

Luo Yan and his companions entered the Tomb Palace and discovered the preserved remains of the Ancient People and the Divine Remnant. Meanwhile, Qing Lian visited Ziyang City with her assistant, sensed something strange, and watched a hotel employee named Minhui leave.

• Luo Yan and his companions entered the Tomb Palace after defeating the Tomb Guardian Beast and found the Ancient People’s remains and the Divine Remnant.
• Qing Lian arrived in Ziyang City with Bai Shaotang’s assistant and decided to visit a hot-spring hotel.
• Qing Lian soaked in the hot spring, then startled a hotel employee when she sniffed her neck and reacted with a murderous glare.
• Minhui left the hotel for the light-rail station while Qing Lian watched her from a rooftop.

Qing Lian followed Minhui to the Old City and discovered that a Hunting Ground had been opened there by one of her kind. In Jinge City, Luo Yan reported the Heavenly Fire Squad’s discoveries and agreed to give up priority over the recovered divine corpse in exchange for two Spirit Suits and an additional reward.

• Qing Lian followed Minhui to the Old City, sensed a Hunting Ground, and realized one of her kind had descended.
• Minhui bought Blissful Incense with her Work Point Card, then smoked it at home while ignoring her hungry child; the incense formed a goat-like Tāngòu lineage symbol.
• Luo Yan dismissed the Heavenly Fire Squad and went to Strategic Affairs Department headquarters to report to Bai Shaotang.
• Bai Shaotang said Freedom Wings would track Michael and would soon send the Holy Grail, God's Legacy, to Jinge City for protection.
• Luo Yan reported that the squad had recovered the Divine Remnant and other artifacts but found no new clues about Kunlun Palace.
• Bai Shaotang offered the divine corpse to a more suitable candidate and promised the Heavenly Fire Squad two Spirit Suits and an additional reward; Luo Yan accepted.

Luo Yan took Xiao Xiao shopping in Jinlin Urban Area, where he stopped a speeding car and had its drunk driver arrested after revealing his Dragon Rider rank. The pair left the scene, but a call informed Luo Yan that a Heavenly Ghost had appeared in Ziyang City.

• Xiao Xiao persuaded Luo Yan to accompany her shopping, and he carried bags while she visited several malls.
• A speeding sedan raced through a red light toward pedestrians, and Luo Yan stopped it with a kick despite his hands being full.
• The drunk driver, Hu Jun, invoked his connection to Hu Xuanyi and threatened Luo Yan and the security officers.
• At Xiao Xiao's urging, Luo Yan spared Hu Jun and showed the officers his identification, prompting them to arrest him.
• Hu Jun recognized Luo Yan as the Heavenly Killing Star and begged to be taken into custody, while Luo Yan and Xiao Xiao left the scene.
• Xiao Xiao answered Luo Yan's phone, and he learned that a Heavenly Ghost had appeared in Ziyang City.

Luo Yan and the two squads learned that a Sky Ghost had established a Hunting Ground in Ziyang City's Old City, putting its residents at risk. Chu Hao began outlining ways to find and kill it, but the briefing ended while he was explaining how Sky Ghosts prepared to use Ghost Person Stance.

• Luo Yan met Bai Qixue and Qing Lian in Bai Shaotang's office, where Qing Lian reported a Sky Ghost in Ziyang City's Old City.
• Bai Shaotang assigned the Tianjian Squad and the Heavenly Fire Squad to eliminate the Sky Ghost and said Ziyang City's residents were being evacuated, with the Old City scheduled to empty last.
• Qing Lian agreed to assist the squads but warned that she would leave if the operation threatened her life.
• Chu Hao took charge of the joint briefing and proposed using Qing Lian to lure the Sky Ghost from its Hunting Ground only as a last resort.
• Chu Hao explained that past Sky Ghosts had hidden while recovering and had needed extensive preparations to use Ghost Person Stance.

Chu Hao’s group planned to find the Sky Ghost in Ziyang City by tracking its human followers, while Qing Lian warned that the Jambudvipa Gate could bring more powerful beings into the Mortal World. In the Old City, a thin man used Blissful Incense to drain people’s emotions and received cages containing captives.

• Chu Hao proposed investigating the Sky Ghost’s human servants in the Old City, and Luo Yan offered to identify any who had become blood descendants.
• Qing Lian warned that the Jambudvipa Gate could deploy multiple beings that retained most of their strength and temporarily evaded the Primordial Tent.
• Luo Yan vowed that humanity would resist and keep seeking a way to close the Jambudvipa Gate, while Chu Hao ordered the group to prepare for multiple Sky Ghosts in Ziyang City.
• In the Old City, a thin man inhaled Seven Emotions Smoke produced by his Blissful Incense and explained that it drained people’s emotions.
• Several men delivered cages to the thin man, who checked a bound and gagged old man and complained that the captives were becoming worse materials.

Tāngòu Jilan supplied the pockmarked man with human-derived Blissful Incense and ordered him to use force against Jade Stream Tower. Meanwhile, Luo Yan and Bai Qixue arrived at the Ziyang City Mecha Legion headquarters, where Zhou Yuqing revealed she was Yuhang’s older sister.

• Tāngòu Jilan threatened the pockmarked man and ordered him to promote Blissful Incense by forcing Jade Stream Tower to cooperate.
• Jilan made another batch of Blissful Incense from human brains processed by Chīgòu Shatuo and his Hate Curse Technique.
• The pockmarked man warned his adviser that the incense was made from humans but chose to continue the profitable business and planned to invite Zhao Huaian for tea.
• Luo Yan arrived at the Ziyang City Mecha Legion headquarters with Bai Qixue and their group.
• Zhou Yuqing escorted them to the Legion Commander’s Office and told Luo Yan she was Yuhang’s older sister.

Luo Yan arranged to enter the Old City undercover as a Jade Stream Tower procurement agent while the Undercity prepared to evacuate residents. The chapter ended with Zhao Huaian meeting his rival Long Si, who had invited him to discuss his profitable Blissful Incense business.

• Jiao Cheng told Luo Yan that the Undercity was evacuating residents and offered the Ziyang Legion's assistance.
• Luo Yan said the Jambudvipa Visitor might be hiding in the Old City and asked Jiao Cheng to help him obtain a cover identity.
• Luo Yan's group decided he would enter the Old City alone while the investigation team waited nearby and Bai Qixue reconnoitered with Youwu.
• Zhao Huaian offered Luo Yan a job as a Jade Stream Tower procurement agent, giving him a plausible reason to move around the Old City.
• Zhao Huaian learned that Long Si had invited him to Sihai Restaurant and agreed to attend, suspecting Long Si wanted to discuss Blissful Incense.
• Zhao Huaian confronted Long Si at Sihai Restaurant, joking that Long Si wanted him dead so he could take over Jade Stream Tower.

Long Si tried to persuade Zhao Huaian to sell Blissful Incense through Jade Stream Tower, but Zhao refused without proper paperwork, prompting Long Si to threaten him. The next morning, Luo You arrived at Jade Stream Tower’s purchasing office and joined other agents as Manager Chen announced a major effort to secure orders.

• Long Si offered Zhao Huaian a large share of Blissful Incense profits, but Zhao refused to sell the underground product without proper paperwork.
• Zhao Huaian left, and Long Si declared that Zhao would have to drink a punitive wine before smashing his cup.
• Luo You walked through the Old City, arrived at Jade Stream Tower’s Purchasing Office, and met fellow purchasing agent Feng Yang.
• Manager Chen welcomed the assembled agents and said Jade Stream Tower would make a major push, giving them supplier information so they could secure orders.

Luo Yan searched the Old City for signs of a Heavenly Ghost while two Jade Stream Tower procurement agents, Feng Yang and Ji Fa, died in apparent accidents. Zhao Huaian suspected Long Si was behind the deaths, and Long Si ordered his people to target the Procurement Department.

• Manager Chen assigned the procurement agents their work, and Luo Yan left without joining Feng Yang.
• Feng Yang rode into the street and was struck and killed by a car that fled the scene.
• Luo Yan searched around Hua Xin Road but found no Heavenly Ghost blood descendants, then heard that Feng Yang and Ji Fa had died.
• Zhao Huaian suspected Long Si had arranged the deaths and told Zha Yongkang to warn the staff to be careful.
• Long Si ordered his adviser to finish off the procurement agents and bring in people trained by Mr. Jilan to wreck Jade Stream Tower's Procurement Department.

Luo Yan traced an attempt on his life to Long Si of Four Seas Restaurant, who was targeting Jade Stream Tower after Zhao Huaian refused to cooperate with him. Zhao Huaian asked Luo Yan for help protecting his employees, leaving Luo Yan to weigh the request against his search for the Heavenly Ghost.

• Manager Chen announced that daily labor allowances would double, but Purchaser Li resigned because he feared for his safety.
• Luo Yan learned that Long Si was suspected of targeting Jade Stream Tower and continued searching the Old City for the Heavenly Ghost.
• A small truck nearly hit Luo Yan, who pretended to panic, paid for damage to a fruit stall, then tracked the truck to Four Seas Restaurant.
• Luo Yan overheard Long Si ordering the driver to run over Jade Stream Tower's purchasers again that afternoon.
• Zhao Huaian told Luo Yan that Long Si had targeted his employees after Zhao refused to cooperate, and asked Luo Yan for help.

Luo Yan agreed to deal with Long Si and arranged for Jiao Cheng to have the Security Department detain him and his associates. That night, corpses emerged from trucks outside the procurement office building, where Manager Chen and a security guard encountered them.

• Luo Yan warned Zhao Huaian against playing tricks on him, then agreed to handle Long Si.
• Zhao Huaian realized Luo Yan was more powerful and influential than he had assumed, and considered how to build a relationship with him.
• Luo Yan asked Jiao Cheng to have the Security Department find an excuse to detain Long Si and the others involved.
• Luo Yan searched the Old City for the Heavenly Ghost until late at night.
• Several Huaxin Cold Chain trucks arrived near the procurement office building, and pale, corpse-like people began stumbling out of them.
• A corpse battered the building's entrance, and Manager Chen found the security guard sprawled on the floor as the guard warned him there was a corpse outside.

Luo Yan stopped a corpse attack at Jade Stream Tower and traced the threads controlling the corpses to Zheng Kangying. He confronted Zheng at his incense shop and demanded to know who he was and where his power came from.

• Corpses broke into Jade Stream Tower, killed Manager Chen, and caused everyone inside to collapse under a mysterious aura.
• Luo Yan cut the gray-white threads linked to the corpses, then followed them to an empty cold-storage facility and used visions to identify the man who had fled.
• Zheng Kangying called Long Si and reported that an expert had destroyed his corpse puppets, while Long Si insisted Zheng find another way to cause a death at Jade Stream Tower.
• Luo Yan tracked Zheng to his incense and candle shop, sliced through its doors, and confronted him about controlling corpses and the source of his ability.

Luo Yan pursued Zheng Kangying, whose nerve-like threads let him control objects and living people. Zheng Kangying transformed himself and fled into a building as Luo Yan closed in.

• Zheng Kangying used gray-white threads to hurl objects at Luo Yan, who cut through them with Vermilion Sword Light.
• Zheng Kangying transformed into a horned, hair-covered bloodkin and sent nerve-like strands into nearby residents, making them attack Luo Yan.
• Luo Yan severed the strands and explained that they were Zheng Kangying’s nerves, but Zheng Kangying refused to reveal who had changed him.
• Zheng Kangying adjusted his nerves to dull their sensitivity, sent a car charging at Luo Yan, and ran into a three-story building.
• Zheng Kangying tried to escape through a bedroom window, but Luo Yan’s sword lights curved around and attacked him again.

Luo Yan fought Zheng Kangying in a sealed building and killed him after trying to learn who had transformed him. Ji Lan sensed a Watchdog’s death and wondered if Long Si had caused trouble.

• Luo Yan sealed the building with the Luo Net and demanded that Zheng Kangying reveal who had transformed him.
• Zheng Kangying described his lonely, painful life and attacked Luo Yan with the nerves covering his body.
• Luo Yan wounded Zheng Kangying with Ten Steps, One Kill and warned that he would kill him if he refused to answer.
• Zheng Kangying tried to control Luo Yan and crush him with the room, but Luo Yan summoned Fire Yang True Lord and unleashed Crimson Gold Flame.
• The building collapsed, leaving Zheng Kangying’s charred corpse inside, while Luo Yan escaped.
• Ji Lan sensed that a Watchdog had died and wondered whether Long Si had caused trouble.

The Security Department arrested Long Si after uncovering evidence linking him to organ trafficking, smuggling, and other crimes. As the Heavenly Fire Squad and Tianjian Squad discussed Blissful Incense and its possible connection to the Heavenly Ghost, an insect bit Long Si in his cell and left his neck bleeding.

• Xiong Gang led the Security Department in arresting Long Si and accused him of multiple crimes after revealing that bodies seized from the Jade Stream Tower Procurement Office were missing organs.
• Chu Hao credited Vice Captain Bai with locating the bodies and vehicles, then raised concerns that Long Si's Blissful Incense might be connected to the Heavenly Ghost.
• Luo Yan decided to investigate the Blissful Incense sample and the spice warehouse discovered by the Security Department.
• Long Si tried to reassure himself in detention that Mr. Jilan would save him and blamed the failed operation on Jilan's Watchdog.
• A patterned insect bit Long Si's neck, and he found blood and fragments of skin on his hand.

Luo Yan and Chu Hao discovered that Blissful Incense was made using the Heavenly Ghost’s Hate Curse Technique and learned that Long Si and his associates had been killed. They suspected Zhao Huaian would be recruited to replace Long Si and split up to pursue leads on the Heavenly Ghost.

• Long Si died after tiny insects emerged from his body and devoured him, and the same fate befell his mentor and subordinates.
• Fei Li reported to Jilan that Long Si and Zheng Kangying were dead, and Jilan ordered Jian Hongmao to bring Zhao Huaian to him as a replacement incense seller.
• Luo Yan examined the Blissful Incense in a warehouse and identified it as a cursed product that fed on users’ desires and emotions until they became numb.
• Chu Hao learned that Long Si was dead, and Luo Yan reasoned that the Heavenly Ghost had killed him to silence him and would need another merchant to sell the incense.
• Luo Yan and Chu Hao identified Zhao Huaian as the likely replacement and split up, with Luo Yan going to find him while Chu Hao investigated the autopsies.

Jian Hongmao used his Golden Toad ability to persuade Zhao Huaian to sell Jade Stream Tower for gold. After Zhao Huaian agreed, Jian Hongmao planned to lure him to a designated place and bring him before Mister Jealousy.

• Zhao Huaian learned that Long Si had been arrested and that the Undercity's residents were being evacuated, threatening Jade Stream Tower's business.
• Jian Hongmao introduced himself to Zhao Huaian and offered to acquire Jade Stream Tower, presenting documents proving his assets.
• Zhao Huaian agreed to sell the business for gold, and Jian Hongmao promised to prepare it within three days.
• After leaving, Jian Hongmao absorbed the Golden Toad and revealed that its power had influenced Zhao Huaian to accept the deal.
• Jian Hongmao planned to arrange the contract signing at a designated location so he could bring Zhao Huaian before Mister Jealousy.

Luo Yan tracked Jian Hongmao to a Buddhist hall in the Old City, where an illusion concealed an attack and hid Jian’s destination. After exposing and burning away the illusion, Luo Yan found himself in an abandoned building.

• Luo Yan learned that Jian Hongmao was a blood descendant of the Heavenly Ghost and followed his traces with Divine Treasure after Jian left Tai’an Teahouse.
• Luo Yan tracked Jian to a Buddhist hall and saw Jian’s figure enter a lounge, but a lay Buddhist blocked his way.
• The believers and a moving golden Buddha appeared to attack Luo Yan as the hall filled with chanting and blood.
• Luo Yan realized the Buddhist hall and its horrors were an illusion and used Divine Treasure’s Scorch Delusion trait to burn it away.
• Luo Yan found himself inside a dusty, abandoned building after the illusion vanished.

Luo Yan lost the middle-aged bloodkin after an unknown illusion erased his trail, while Meng Ying traced Zhao Huaian’s memories to identify the crimson-eyed young man who had broken Ji Ping’s illusion. She discovered he belonged to a group of more than a dozen companions and decided to alert Jilan.

• Luo Yan failed to recover the middle-aged bloodkin’s trail and warned Chu Hao to be careful after suspecting that a third bloodkin had used the illusion.
• Jilan warned Ji Ping that Luo Yan was his natural enemy, then ordered Meng Ying to investigate the man who had broken Ji Ping’s illusion.
• Jian Hongmao reasoned that the man might be investigating him on Zhao Huaian’s behalf, and Meng Ying agreed to search Zhao Huaian’s memories.
• Meng Ying posed as a hungry girl at Jade Stream Tower headquarters and used Zhao Huaian’s memories to find the crimson-eyed young man who matched Ji Ping’s description.
• Meng Ying saw that the young man had more than a dozen companions and decided to inform Jilan immediately.