Chapter Summaries

Yang Xuan met Ren Tingting while bargaining for an ancient suit of armor and discussed the dangers and ingredients of cosmetics with her. He gave her an antique rouge box, and she left after learning he was staying at the mortuary outside town.

• Yang Xuan and the old shopkeeper haggled over a well-preserved suit of armor from the Sui or Tang Dynasty.
• Ren Tingting entered the shop looking for an antique rouge box and explained that she wanted to show Chinese antiques to her foreign friends.
• Yang Xuan warned Ren Tingting about harmful chemicals in some cosmetics and advised her to learn about their ingredients.
• Yang Xuan gave Ren Tingting a rouge box that the old shopkeeper had included as a free gift.
• Ren Tingting introduced herself, exchanged names with Yang Xuan, and learned that he was Uncle Nine's disciple staying at the mortuary outside town.

Ren Tingting visited Yang Xuan to learn about skincare, while he continued training at Uncle Nine’s mortuary. After Yang Xuan subdued a group of zombies and Four Eyes prepared to leave, Yang Xuan advanced his magic power to a new level.

• Ren Tingting visited Yang Xuan regularly, and he taught her how to make skincare products and warned her about dangerous whitening cosmetics.
• Qiu Sheng and Wen Cai envied Ren Tingting’s closeness with Yang Xuan, but Qiu Sheng admitted they had little chance with her.
• Yang Xuan rushed to help Wen Cai and found Qiu Sheng fleeing from a dozen zombies; he immobilized the zombies with talismans before Uncle Nine and Four Eyes arrived.
• Four Eyes thanked Yang Xuan for sparing his zombie customers and decided to leave, while Yang Xuan recognized that the familiar events of Mr. Vampire had begun.
• Yang Xuan cultivated through the night and merged ten strands of magic power into a stream, completing his breakthrough.

Yang Xuan accompanied Uncle Nine and Wen Cai to meet Master Ren, then joined Ren Tingting on a cosmetics-shopping trip before helping with the exhumation of Master Ren’s father. The coffin contained an intact corpse, and Uncle Nine suspected that an unknown Feng Shui Master had turned the grave into a corpse-nurturing site; the group took the coffin back to the morgue.

• Uncle Nine took Yang Xuan and Wen Cai to meet Master Ren, who discussed relocating his father’s grave.
• Yang Xuan guided Uncle Nine and Wen Cai through ordering and drinking coffee at the Western restaurant.
• Ren Tingting asked Yang Xuan to take her to Qiu Sheng’s shop for rouge and cosmetics.
• At the grave, Uncle Nine recognized that its Feng Shui had been altered into a corpse-nurturing site.
• The group opened the coffin and found Master Ren’s father’s corpse intact, but Master Ren refused to let Uncle Nine destroy it.
• Uncle Nine and the others carried the coffin back to the morgue to consider what to do next.

Yang Xuan tried to prevent Master Ren from becoming a zombie by sealing his coffin with ink lines, but the zombie escaped and a murder occurred at the Ren residence. As Uncle Nine faced arrest, Yang Xuan confronted the newly risen Master Ren, restrained him, and left him hanging out of reach.

• Yang Xuan warned Ren Tingting and Master Ren to hold their breath around zombies, then used telekinesis to cover the bottom of Master Ren's coffin with ink lines.
• A black cat startled onto the coffin during a thunderclap, breaking it open and allowing the zombie to escape unnoticed.
• After a murder at the Ren residence, the system warned Yang Xuan that powerful worlds could punish him and threaten his primary world if he interfered with their rules.
• Qiu Sheng told Yang Xuan that Uncle Nine was being taken to jail and needed them to bring supplies, so Yang Xuan corrected Qiu Sheng's mistaken plan to cook the glutinous rice.
• Yang Xuan and Qiu Sheng found Uncle Nine stuck with his head through a wall, while Yang Xuan went to check on Master Ren's corpse.
• Master Ren rose and attacked Yang Xuan, who tested the zombie's strength, restrained him, and hung him out of reach.

Yang Xuan and Uncle Nine stopped Ren Ren from reaching Ren Tingting, but Master Ren and his father had both become zombies. Unable to save them, Ren Tingting chose to cremate them and send their souls on, leaving her alone.

• Uncle Nine realized Master Ren had been killed by Ren Ren and hurried with Yang Xuan, Qiu Sheng, and A-Wei to protect Ren Tingting.
• Yang Xuan fought Ren Ren with Baji Quan and battered the zombie until its limbs were broken.
• Uncle Nine told Ren Tingting that her father could not be restored and that cremation would free his soul, so she asked him to perform rites for her father and grandfather.
• Ren Tingting decided to cremate both bodies beside her grandfather's grave and fill in the Dragonfly Skimming Water Fengshui Spot.
• Ren Tingting set the pyre alight as Uncle Nine performed a sending-off rite, mourning her last family members.

Yang Xuan and Uncle Nine fought an old feng shui master and the zombies he controlled, after the old man came seeking revenge for his wife's death and the destruction of his jumping corpse. As Uncle Nine's group fell into danger, Yang Xuan announced that he would stop holding back.

• The old man revealed that Ren Tingting's father had driven him from Ren Family Town, leading to his wife's death, and that he had turned her grandfather into a zombie for revenge.
• The old man rang a bell and sent two zombies against Yang Xuan while five more emerged, and Yang Xuan fought them with his Tathagata Palm.
• Uncle Nine and the others battled the remaining zombies, with Uncle Nine using his peachwood sword while Qiu Sheng and Wen Cai struggled to defend themselves.
• The old man changed the bell's rhythm, increasing the zombies' speed and strength, and Wen Cai was injured as Uncle Nine rushed to help him and Qiu Sheng.
• Uncle Nine urged Yang Xuan to stop hiding his strength, and Yang Xuan said the fight had gone on long enough.

Yang Xuan killed a Feng Shui Master who controlled zombies, then found a longevity lock suggesting the man had once been a loving father and began to doubt his actions. Uncle Nine urged him to protect himself, and Yang Xuan later agreed to teach Qiu Sheng and Wen Cai martial arts if Qiu Sheng persuaded Uncle Nine to join them.

• Yang Xuan defeated the Feng Shui Master's zombies with Black Flame while Uncle Nine and A-Wei's group dealt with the remaining threats.
• When the Feng Shui Master reached into his robes, Yang Xuan killed him, then discovered a book and learned the Corpse Control Technique from it.
• Yang Xuan opened a wooden box and found a longevity lock addressed to the old man's son, leaving him shaken and unsure whether he had done wrong.
• Uncle Nine comforted Yang Xuan and returned with Qiu Sheng to treat Wen Cai, whose corpse poison was not severe.
• Yang Xuan drank alone, and Uncle Nine later advised him that kindness should not keep him from protecting himself.
• Yang Xuan told Qiu Sheng that Black Flame weighed six hundred jin and agreed to teach him and Wen Cai if Qiu Sheng persuaded Uncle Nine to learn too.

Yang Xuan taught Uncle Nine, Qiu Sheng, and Wen Cai the National Arts while continuing his own training. After comforting Ren Tingting and discussing his long lifespan, he agreed to accompany her to a meeting with her family’s shop managers.

• Yang Xuan began teaching Uncle Nine, Qiu Sheng, and Wen Cai the National Arts, and they made slow progress as he continued practicing martial arts and psychokinesis.
• Yang Xuan told Uncle Nine that he had learned the Corpse Control Technique and explained that he had allowed Xiao Yu to remain near Qiu Sheng as long as she did not harm him.
• Ren Tingting visited the mortuary, and Yang Xuan embraced her to comfort her over the loss of her family until Uncle Nine interrupted them.
• Ren Tingting asked Yang Xuan whether he had feelings for her, and he claimed he already had a fiancée before admitting that he might live for more than two hundred years.
• Ren Tingting decided to practice the National Arts and asked Yang Xuan to accompany her to a meeting with her family’s shop managers so he could help establish her authority.

Yang Xuan stopped Ren Tingting’s shop managers from taking over the Ren family business and confronted Huang Baiwan at his mansion. Huang Baiwan agreed to stop interfering and ordered his servant to bring valuable items, including a book and Divine Iron.

• Ren Tingting’s shop managers demanded to take over the Ren family shops, but Yang Xuan ordered them to work honestly or leave town.
• Yang Xuan told Ren Tingting he would confront Huang Baiwan, then sneaked into Huang’s mansion at night.
• Huang Baiwan summoned armed men, but Yang Xuan used six arms of Inner Force to defeat them.
• Yang Xuan roared at Huang Baiwan with true qi, leaving Huang injured and forcing him to promise not to interfere with the Ren family business.
• Huang Baiwan called for A'Bao to bring 10,000 silver-dollar deposit certificates, Divine Iron, and an ancestral book.

Yang Xuan dealt with Huang Baiwan, returned to Ren Tingting, and spent the night with her. The next morning, he promised to protect her and learned from Uncle Nine that his martial uncle would soon arrive and could teach him the Corpse Control Technique.

• Yang Xuan collected the Divine Iron and learned the Thousand Mountains Shield before warning Huang Baiwan to keep quiet.
• Yang Xuan returned to Ren Tingting and told her that Huang Baiwan would no longer threaten the Ren family.
• Yang Xuan and Ren Tingting kissed, spent the night together, and began their relationship.
• Ren Tingting worried about Yang Xuan's fiancée, and Yang Xuan promised that no one would bully her.
• Uncle Nine advised Yang Xuan to visit his martial uncle to study corpse control and steady his state of mind.

Yang Xuan decided to accompany Four Eyes on a period of quiet cultivation and arranged for Tingting to travel with him. Before leaving, he learned the Pill Scripture, found and strengthened a treasured furnace, and helped Tingting reach Ming Jin; the chapter ended as they prepared to depart.

• Yang Xuan told Tingting that Uncle Nine wanted him to cultivate with Four Eyes, and she agreed to go with him.
• Qiu Sheng brought Yang Xuan back to the funeral parlor, where Four Eyes agreed Tingting could join the journey and Uncle Nine gave Yang Xuan a medical book.
• Yang Xuan learned the Pill Scripture and discovered a massive antique cauldron that the system identified as the Four Saints Qiankun Furnace.
• Yang Xuan gathered medicinal herbs and strengthened the furnace, then made optimized medicinal soups for himself and Tingting.
• After three days of training and drinking the soups, Tingting reached Ming Jin, and Yang Xuan said farewell to Uncle Nine, Qiu Sheng, and Wen Cai before setting out.

Yang Xuan, Ren Tingting, and Four Eyes continued their nighttime journey with Four Eyes’s corpse procession, and Yang Xuan trained while traveling. They defeated a fox spirit that tried to steal a corpse, then Yang Xuan checked his increased physical attributes as they neared Four Eyes’s home.

• Yang Xuan and Ren Tingting traveled with Four Eyes, who explained the work and pay involved in driving corpses.
• Yang Xuan set up tents and served stored meals, while he and Ren Tingting practiced martial arts during the journey.
• Yang Xuan sensed a monster nearby and noticed that one of Four Eyes’s corpses was missing.
• Four Eyes fought and killed a fox spirit that had taken the corpse, while Yang Xuan and Ren Tingting watched.
• Yang Xuan checked his system status and found that his physical attributes had increased, including his weight to 200 kilograms and his endurance to seven times normal.

Yang Xuan and Ren Tingting settled at Four Eyes's home, where Yang Xuan used his storage ability to surprise Jiale. During a walk in the woods, Tingting killed a large wild boar, and Yang Xuan brought it back for dinner.

• Four Eyes brought Yang Xuan and Ren Tingting to his home and introduced them to his disciple Jiale.
• Yang Xuan stored their belongings in the side room with a wave of his hand, startling Jiale into thinking he had seen a ghost.
• Yang Xuan and Ren Tingting went for a walk in the woods, where Yang Xuan struck a large wild boar with Black Flame.
• Ren Tingting hurled stones at the boar and killed it with a blow to the head.
• Yang Xuan carried the boar back to Four Eyes and Jiale, then butchered it so they could cook some and preserve the rest.

Yang Xuan and Four Eyes discussed training Jiale in the National Arts, and Yang Xuan gave them a Baji Quan manual. The next morning, Master Yixiu and Qingqing arrived, bringing the old rivalry between Four Eyes and Master Yixiu back to life as Yang Xuan and Ren Tingting helped prepare breakfast.

• Yang Xuan explained the costs and physical demands of National Arts training, and Four Eyes told Jiale how Yang Xuan had defeated a hopping corpse.
• Yang Xuan shared his National Arts insights and gave Four Eyes and Jiale a handwritten Baji Quan manual before taking Ren Tingting back to their room.
• The next morning, Jiale announced that Master Yixiu and Qingqing had arrived, and Four Eyes tried to avoid greeting them by claiming he was unwell.
• Jiale introduced Master Yixiu and Qingqing to Yang Xuan and Ren Tingting, then invited them to eat breakfast together.
• Yang Xuan and Ren Tingting helped Jiale and Qingqing prepare breakfast, with Yang Xuan chopping a large, neat pile of firewood.

Yang Xuan learned two Maoshan techniques, advanced his Neijiaquan, and enhanced Black Flame at great cost. He went into the mountains for food, where he rescued a panda from a brown bear’s approach before returning with a mountain goat.

• Yang Xuan avoided Four Eyes and Yi Xiu’s argument by eating with Ren Tingting, then learned Maoshan Corpse Raising Technique and Maoshan Spirit Invocation Technique from Four Eyes.
• Yang Xuan advanced to late-stage Hua Jin, checked his attributes, and discovered that Black Flame’s third enhancement nearly drained his strength.
• Yang Xuan went into the mountains to find different food and encountered a half-grown panda that ate meat he gave it.
• A huge brown bear confronted Yang Xuan, but after they sized each other up, it left without attacking.
• Yang Xuan waved goodbye to the panda, killed a mountain goat, and returned home.

Yang Xuan returned with a goat and a panda, which the household decided to keep and name Little Taiji. He helped Master Yixiu gather ingredients for medicinal soups, then watched Four Eyes retaliate against Yixiu with a Puppet Curse.

• Yang Xuan arrived with a goat and a panda that had followed him home, and Four Eyes agreed to keep the panda in the bamboo grove.
• Tingting named the washed panda Little Taiji, and Qingqing and Jiale admired it when Master Yixiu visited.
• Yang Xuan warned Master Yixiu about a brown bear and asked him to gather herbs for medicinal soups in exchange for sharing them.
• Four Eyes grew angry over Master Yixiu's loud chanting and returned with a clay doll after going to buy a house nearby.
• Four Eyes used a Puppet Curse on a straw man to torment Master Yixiu, but the straw man eventually stopped getting up.

Yang Xuan watched Taoist Qianhe’s party transport a powerful Royal Zombie in a pure-gold coffin, then agreed to teach Jiale, Master Yixiu, and Qingqing National Arts. A cry for help interrupted their late-night gathering, leaving the group facing an unknown emergency.

• Yang Xuan sneaked into Four Eyes’ morgue to inspect the zombies but found none worth controlling.
• Taoist Qianhe arrived with an imperial escort transporting a Royal Zombie, which Yang Xuan sensed was a powerful Iron Armor Zombie nearing advancement.
• Four Eyes, Master Yixiu, and Yang Xuan recognized the danger inside the coffin, and the party continued toward the capital.
• Yang Xuan agreed to teach Jiale, Master Yixiu, and Qingqing National Arts in exchange for medicinal herbs, and arranged for Tingting to train them afterward.
• Yang Xuan, Four Eyes, Master Yixiu, Jiale, Tingting, and Qingqing gathered to eat and discuss National Arts before cries for help came from outside.

Yang Xuan followed Four Eyes and Yi Xiu, secretly took a golden coffin and three weapons, then returned to find Jiale and Tingting. When three zombies arrived with a huge horde behind them, Yang Xuan ordered Jiale and Tingting to face the zombies without weapons and test their training.

• Assistant Minister Wu and the Little Prince arrived wounded, and Yi Xiu and Qingqing began treating their zombie poison.
• Assistant Minister Wu revealed that a zombie had attacked the procession and that Four Eyes' junior brother was in danger, so Four Eyes and Yi Xiu went to find him.
• Yang Xuan lied about needing the outhouse, flew after Four Eyes and Yi Xiu, and took a golden coffin and three weapons from the camp.
• Yang Xuan returned to find that the others had taken Assistant Minister Wu and the Little Prince to the monk's house, then watched Jiale get kissed by Assistant Minister Wu.
• Three zombies appeared outside, and Yang Xuan told Jiale and Tingting to fight them without weapons while a huge horde followed behind.

Yang Xuan, Tingting, and Jiale defeated the walking corpses, then Yang Xuan joined Four Eyes and Yi Xiu to search the bamboo forest after Little Taiji became restless. They found an Iron Armor Zombie, and Yang Xuan asked the others to help him subdue it for his Corpse Control Technique.

• Yang Xuan lured the walking corpses toward the house while Tingting and Jiale fought them, and he coached Tingting as they defeated the zombies.
• Yang Xuan burned the corpses, then Four Eyes and Yi Xiu told him that Little Taiji's unease suggested the Royal Zombie was in the bamboo forest.
• Yang Xuan sent Tingting back inside and went to the bamboo forest with Four Eyes and Yi Xiu to investigate.
• Yang Xuan struck a shadow with his Black Flame, revealing an Iron Armor Zombie that resisted the group's talismans and Buddhist techniques.
• Yang Xuan asked Four Eyes and Yi Xiu to help him subdue the zombie for his Corpse Control Technique, and they agreed.

Yang Xuan and his companions trapped the Royal Zombie, and Yang Xuan used the system to optimize his control over it. After the group concealed the capture, Yang Xuan accepted the Little Prince, Yong Yan, as his disciple and prepared to teach him National Arts.

• Yang Xuan held the Royal Zombie while Four Eyes and Yi Xiu completed a trap using the Northern Dipper Array and Buddhist incantations.
• Yang Xuan threw the zombie into the trap, where the array pinned it down, and then began using the Corpse Control Technique to subdue it.
• When constructing the control array threatened to exhaust Yang Xuan's mental power, he activated the system's optimization function and gained control of the Royal Zombie.
• Yang Xuan stored the zombie and returned with Four Eyes and Yi Xiu, and they told Assistant Minister Wu and the Little Prince that it had escaped.
• While recuperating, Yang Xuan discovered Yong Yan's talent for National Arts, accepted him as a disciple, and announced that he would teach him.