Chapter Summaries

Qin He attacked Li Yao and the Flying Corpse King in the command tent, killed Li Yao by making the corpse monster's strike hit him, and subdued the Flying Corpse King with lightning and Corpse Suppressing Nails. He took both bodies and escaped by transforming into Yu Balang, leaving the guards to find the impostor apparently defecating in the tent.

• Qin He entered Li Yao's tent and revealed that he intended to kill Li Yao and the Flying Corpse King.
• The Flying Corpse King missed Qin He and split Li Yao in two with its bone wings.
• Qin He smashed the Flying Corpse King into the ground with the Big Black Shovel, then blasted it with lightning when it tried to flee.
• Qin He pinned the weakened Flying Corpse King down with Corpse Suppressing Nails and stored both bodies in his yellow cloth sack.
• As the guards rushed in, Qin He transformed into Yu Balang, and they found the transformed man squatting with his pants down.

Yu Balang celebrated gaining two rare Snow Mountain Ginseng roots from Li Yao, then used them to push his inner strength past fifty years. A sudden lightning strike and a strange shift left him caught relieving himself inside the Superintendent-General's tent as the camp rushed in.

• Yu Balang left Li Yao's tent with two three-hundred-year-old Snow Mountain Ginseng roots and congratulated himself on his plan to lie low.
• Sun Bing flattered Yu Balang while his men cleared the snow from Yu Balang's tent, and Yu Balang promised to promote him.
• Yu Balang swallowed both roots raw and reached the fifty-year inner-strength threshold by nightfall, but developed diarrhea.
• Yu Balang heard a tremor and saw lightning strike a winged bird-man near Li Yao's tent, then decided the camp was no longer safe.
• The scene abruptly shifted while Yu Balang was relieving himself, and Zhao Dahai and the others found him inside the Superintendent-General's tent.

Yu Balang fled the central army camp after Zhao Dahai accused him of attacking Lord Inspector, while Qin He escaped separately and rewarded Sun Bing with a Marrow Cleansing Pill. Qin He left Sun Bing with a warning not to ask about his missing shoe.

• Zhao Dahai questioned Yu Balang about the damage in the camp, and Yu Balang admitted his fart had blasted out the pit before threatening him.
• Zhao Dahai accused Yu Balang of attacking Lord Inspector and called on the others to capture him, so Yu Balang hitched up his pants and ran.
• Sun Bing heard the shouts from inside the camp and worried that Qin He had been caught, but Qin He soon appeared at the gate.
• Qin He gave Sun Bing a Marrow Cleansing Pill and complained that Yu Balang was a monster.
• Sun Bing noticed Qin He wore only one shoe, and Qin He warned that anyone who asked about it would die.

Sun Bing watched Yu Balang escape pursuit from the camp while Qin He burned the Flying Corpse King and four other corpses in his private chamber. After collecting several rewards, including the dubious Duck Raising Art, Qin He went to bed as Big Turtle and Little Yellow Ox continued developing.

• Sun Bing saw Yu Balang sprint out of the camp alive, and Zhao Dahai ordered a carrier pigeon sent to the Cult Leader before doubling the patrols.
• Qin He pinned the Flying Corpse King with seventy-two Corpse Suppressing Nails and put it in the furnace to burn.
• Qin He sewed Li Yao's split corpse back together, checked on Big Turtle and Little Yellow Ox, and returned to his bedding.
• The bald man's corpse rewarded Qin He with Cloud Ascending Step, which he learned but sealed away rather than risk testing.
• Qin He received Iron Sand Palm and Wild Fox Fist from two corpses, then got Duck Raising Art from Li Yao.

Qin He worked through the night imparting cultivation techniques, medicines, and resources to the people of Liucheng, bringing a surge of devotion to Great Immortal Green Ox. After Dou Lao Liu and Chang Wen received Marrow Cleansing Pills, Wei Wu explained that their role in spreading worship had earned them greater rewards, prompting Wei Yuanji to urge him to join in.

• Qin He used the Mysterious Little Notebook to guide the city guards and common people, then continued teaching until dawn.
• The people of Liucheng crowded the new Great Immortal Green Ox Temple, and Dou Lao Liu and Chang Wen each received a Marrow Cleansing Pill.
• Dou Lao Liu and Chang Wen swallowed the pills and purified their bodies as cultivators watched in envy.
• Wei Yuanji complained that he had received only the Ghost Blade Art, and Wei Wu explained that Dou Lao Liu and Chang Wen had earned better rewards by promoting worship and building the temple.
• Wei Yuanji told Wei Wu he could have received a Marrow Cleansing Pill if he had led the worship, leaving Wei Wu blushing and unable to answer.

Wei Yuanji persuaded Wei Wu to worship Great Immortal Green Ox, and the people of Liucheng greatly increased Qin He’s Merit. After learning Divine Transmission Art, Qin He used Dream Weaving Art to send a teaching to Wei Yuanji and Wei Wu.

• Wei Yuanji urged Wei Wu to worship Great Immortal Green Ox, and Wei Wu relented.
• The soldiers and civilians of Liucheng increased their worship, bringing Qin He more than thirty thousand Merit in one day.
• Qin He woke near midnight and learned that the Flying Corpse King had once been the street performer Gu Xiaoyu, chosen by the Thousand Corpse Ghost Mother.
• Qin He received and learned Divine Transmission Art, which let him preach to believers across space through dreams.
• Qin He found Wei Yuanji and Wei Wu in his notebook and cast Duck Raising Art on them.

Qin He left Liucheng with a powerful Disciple Army bound for Jinan, while Big Turtle completed its transformation into a human youth. After passing through devastated cities and defeating Lotus Army soldiers at Jiyang, Qin He reached the outskirts of Jinan and saw the enormous battlefield awaiting him.

• Wei Wu shouted in outrage after receiving the Duck Raising Art, while Qin He prepared to leave Liucheng and fleece the Lotus Army elsewhere.
• Sun Bing led the Lotus Army detachment into a panicked retreat, and Dou Lao Liu and Chang Wen later marched toward Jinan with more than a thousand Green Ox Disciples.
• Qin He introduced the newly human Big Turtle as his cook, Wang Tie Zhu, while Little Yellow Ox envied its transformation and received Qin He's promise of a Form Transformation Pill.
• The Disciple Army burned corpses in Nine-Linked City and passed through massacred En County and Linyi before Dou Lao Liu routed four thousand Lotus soldiers at Jiyang.
• Qin He led the Disciple Army to a hill outside Jinan, surveyed the damaged city and vast Lotus Army camp, and anticipated earning a fortune from the battlefield.

Wei Yuanji reported that reinforcements from Liucheng had reached Jinan, and Tu Baishou decided to risk letting them into the besieged city. Meanwhile, Qin He and Dou Lao Liu led more than a thousand men through a string of mysteriously deserted checkpoints until they reached Jinan’s walls.

• Wei Yuanji told Tu Baishou and the commanders that his cousin, Chang Wen, and the Corpse Burning Team were waiting outside Jinan with more than a thousand men.
• Tu Baishou chose to trust Wei Yuanji and ordered the West City gate opened cautiously after an inspection.
• Dou Lao Liu called at a checkpoint for the guards to open the gate, but no one answered.
• Qin He told Dou Lao Liu’s men to open the gate themselves, and they found the garrison asleep.
• Qin He and Dou Lao Liu led the force through more than a dozen unguarded checkpoints and reached the base of Jinan’s walls without raising an alarm.

Tu Baishou admitted Chang Wen and a thousand-man force of powerful reinforcements into Jinan City, lifting the city’s morale. Qin He then sold statues of Great Immortal Green Ox to Chang Wen, Dou Lao Liu, and Wei Yuanji, whose eagerness suggested they had come seeking his foreknowledge.

• Tu Baishou ordered the city gates opened, and Chang Wen led the powerful reinforcements into Jinan City.
• News of the reinforcements spread through the city and raised the morale of its civilians and soldiers.
• Qin He waited at his tent for his foreknowing guests, and Chang Wen bought a statue of Great Immortal Green Ox for one hundred taels.
• Dou Lao Liu bought a second statue and rushed away after learning only three were available.
• Wei Yuanji bought the final statue, then called out that Chang Wen and Dou Lao Liu had beaten him and his companions to it.

After Qin He earned over six hundred taels selling relief carvings, he took the East City Corpse Burning Facility group out to celebrate. At dinner, Xu Changshou and Li Tie pressed Qin He to worship Great Immortal Green Ox more regularly, and Xu asked about the Big Turtle.

• Qin He sold more than a dozen flat relief carvings by noon, earning over six hundred taels with Wang Tie Zhu’s help.
• Qin He called everyone from the East City Corpse Burning Facility to dine at a nearby restaurant.
• Li Tie and Xu Changshou praised their gains and new inner strength, then urged Qin He to worship Great Immortal Green Ox daily.
• Wang Tie Zhu tasted the restaurant’s ginseng stewed chicken and learned that the dish used Winter Radish rather than ginseng.
• Xu Changshou asked Qin He why the Big Turtle had not been seen lately and whether it had received enough ginseng.

Qin He’s companions discussed turtle demons and wisdom pills before Fahai and Wu De confronted him over being hit by his cow. The dispute turned into a street fight, and Qin He attacked the monk after Li Tie’s kick was caught.

• Qin He claimed Big Turtle had already been stewed and eaten, while Li Tie and Xu Changshou urged him to worship the Great Immortal and seek powerful turtle demons for pills.
• Wang Tiezhu tried to leave after hearing the discussion, but Qin He stopped him with the Beast Speech Technique and lectured him about learning from others.
• Wang Tiezhu rushed downstairs and nearly collided with Fahai and Wu De, who suspected he had a demon scent.
• Fahai and Wu De recognized Qin He and accused him of twice riding his cow into them, but Qin He denied it.
• Wu De lunged at Qin He, and Xu Changshou kicked him in the crotch with the Street Brawl Technique.
• Li Tie tried to kick Fahai, but the monk caught his leg between his thighs; Qin He then flashed forward and thrust two fingers toward Fahai.

Qin He used the Intermediate Dream Weaving Art to trap the Great Monk in an illusion, causing him to attack and lick the Daoist. The pair tumbled into the street, where a crowd gathered to watch as Qin He joined them.

• The Great Monk activated his Golden Bell Shield after Li Tie gouged his eyes and kicked him in the groin, and the Daoist rolled inside for protection.
• Xu Changshou failed to break the shield, while Li Tie tried to retreat with Qin He.
• Qin He cast the Intermediate Dream Weaving Art and made the Great Monk hallucinate that the Daoist was a roast suckling pig outside a prison cell.
• The Great Monk pounced on the Daoist and licked him, then dragged him down the stairs and out into the street.
• Passersby crowded around to watch, and Qin He conjured sunflower seeds and squeezed into the crowd.

Cao Yan arrived with soldiers and rescued Wu De from Fahai, who was trapped in an illusion. Qin He disguised himself to evade notice, then sent Wang Tie Zhu to investigate the pair and learned they had defended the city alongside Tu Baishou, leaving Qin He to suspect the Thousand Corpse Ghost Mother had returned to Jinan.

• Cao Yan and his soldiers broke up the crowd and pulled Fahai away from Wu De.
• Wu De explained that Fahai had been caught in an Illusion Technique, and the soldiers tied the monk up and carried him away.
• Qin He used his Disguise Technique to escape notice, then ordered Wang Tie Zhu to investigate Wu De and Fahai.
• Wang Tie Zhu reported that Wu De and Fahai had defended the city against the Corpse Army, evil fiends, and malicious ghosts, and had been close to Tu Baishou.
• Qin He heard about the Corpse Army and suspected the Thousand Corpse Ghost Mother had returned to Jinan.

Qin He learned that the White Lotus Army had brought powerful Armored Corpses to the siege of Jinan City, then went to the Lotus Army’s grand banquet at Lu King’s Villa. He entered disguised as a sackcloth-clad youth and watched Iron Demon Venerable beat a guard before heading inside.

• Wang Tie Zhu told Qin He that Armored Corpses had appeared during the White Lotus Army’s recent assault on Jinan City, and Qin He decided to resume his work that night.
• The Lotus Sect Leader, Bai Mou, held a banquet at Lu King’s Villa and promised the gathered martial artists rewards and fiefs after Jinan City fell.
• Qin He arrived at the banquet without an invitation or military badge, and a guard turned him away.
• Iron Demon Venerable shoved past the guard, who warned Qin He that the martial artist had killed over a thousand people in one night.
• Iron Demon Venerable returned from the latrine, misread the guard’s remark about his speed as an insult, and beat him before entering the banquet hall.

Qin He attended the White Lotus Sect gathering and sat with Miao Qianhe, the Poison Witch Sect's Grand Elder, despite the danger. After surviving Miao Qianhe's covert poisons, Qin He drank a cup laced with a deadly corrosive poison and proposed switching to bowls.

• Qin He entered the main hall and saw the White Lotus Sect Leader, Jin Wuhao, and other powerful martial artists gathered there.
• Qin He sat at Miao Qianhe's isolated table, ignoring the other guests' warnings about the Poison Witch Sect's Grand Elder.
• Miao Qianhe secretly poisoned Qin He with two toxins, but Qin He forced them into his abdomen and absorbed them with the Corpse Eating Immortal Skill.
• Miao Qianhe offered Qin He a cup of wine laced with corrosive poison and threatened him, while the gathered guests expected Qin He to die.
• Qin He drank the poisoned wine and told Miao Qianhe that the cup was too small and they should use bowls.

Qin He effortlessly endured Miao Qianhe’s increasingly potent poisons, prompting the poison expert to resort to the Poison Witch Sect’s legendary God-Slaying Powder. The chapter ended with Miao Qianhe preparing the powder so conspicuously that Qin He asked whether he should drink it.

• Miao Qianhe poisoned Qin He with a venom bomb, but Qin calmly praised the wine and showed no signs of harm.
• Miao Qianhe served Qin a bowl of Myriad Ants Devour, and Qin drank it without reacting before asking for more.
• Miao Qianhe gave Qin Meridian Dissolving Powder, but Qin drank that too and remarked that it tasted sour.
• Miao Qianhe decided to use God-Slaying Powder, a sect relic said to be powerful enough to kill transcendent-grade cultivators.
• Miao Qianhe dissolved the blackish-red pill into a bowl of wine in full view of the crowd, and Qin asked whether he should drink it.

Miao Qianhe tried to poison Qin He, but Qin He drank the bubbling wine and gained seventeen years of inner force. Miao Qianhe sent his Four-tailed Centipede to attack, only for it to fail to pierce Qin He's skin.

• Miao Qianhe claimed the bubbling wine contained a Great Tonic Pill rather than poison.
• Qin He drank the entire bowl, praised its taste, and gained seventeen years of inner force.
• Qin He asked about Miao Qianhe's Four-tailed Centipede and reached for it.
• Miao Qianhe ordered the centipede to attack Qin He's finger.
• The centipede's legs and jaws struck Qin, but sparks flew as they failed to pierce his skin.

Qin He defeated Miao Qianhe’s Four-tailed Centipede, grilled and ate it, then offered Miao Qianhe a chance to escape before dawn. Miao Qianhe fled, while Qin He turned his attention to the guests seated with the White Lotus Sect Leader.

• Miao Qianhe’s Four-tailed Centipede failed to pierce Qin He, and Miao Qianhe insisted it had acted without his orders.
• Miao Qianhe let Qin He dispose of the centipede, so Qin He chopped it up and grilled it while the onlookers watched in shock.
• Qin He ate the centipede and refused Miao Qianhe’s offer to become his servant, citing the karmic debt clinging to him.
• Qin He gave Miao Qianhe until dawn to escape, and Miao Qianhe immediately bolted from the main hall.
• Qin He looked toward the guests drinking with the White Lotus Sect Leader and pointed at them while chanting.

Qin He provoked Jin Wuhao at the Allied Forces banquet, then tricked him and the Hundred Ghosts Venerable into leaving for a private fight. Xu Hong questioned their departure, and Qin He claimed they had agreed to exchange moves.

• Qin He sat beside Jin Wuhao and repeatedly stole his food and wine while provoking him at the banquet.
• Jin Wuhao asked what Qin He wanted, and Qin He said he wanted to beat Jin Wuhao to death or be beaten by him.
• Jin Wuhao agreed to a one-on-one fight in a grove two li away and left with his two armored corpses.
• Qin He falsely told the Hundred Ghosts Venerable that Jin Wuhao wanted to fight him, and the ghost cultivator angrily headed to the grove.
• Xu Hong asked why Jin Wuhao and the Hundred Ghosts Venerable had left, and Qin He said they had arranged a private spar.

Xu Hong and Feng Jingyu suspected that Great Immortal Green Ox had appeared at the banquet, but feared leaving the Lotus Sect would let Bai Tiangang accuse them of treason. When Jin Wuhao and Hundred Ghosts Venerable went out to spar, a mysterious figure fell from the sky, and Xu Hong concluded the Holy Cult's grand cause was over.

• Qin He spoke with Xu Hong, whose vague familiarity with him did not reveal who he was.
• Feng Jingyu recognized the possibility that Great Immortal Green Ox had attended the banquet and urged Xu Hong to leave Jinan.
• Xu Hong refused to leave because Bai Tiangang could use their departure to accuse them of colluding with foreign enemies.
• Xu Hong realized that Jin Wuhao and Hundred Ghosts Venerable had gone out to spar just as the ground began to tremble.
• Lightning struck the distant woods, and a black figure fell from above; Xu Hong declared the Holy Cult's grand cause over.