Chapter Summaries

Shen Lian killed the Hedgehog Immortal with a calculated strike, rallying the Flying Fish Guards to attack the remaining demons. The battle split between the Snake Immortal, who was surrounded, and Yin Bailiang’s duel with the Yellow Immortal, while Wei Wu recovered his strength for the fight.

• Shen Lian wounded the Hedgehog Immortal with a surprise slash and parried the Snake Immortal’s counterattack as he retreated.
• Wei Wu and Wei Yuanji finished off the wounded Hedgehog Immortal, and the Snake Immortal and Yellow Immortal raged at its death.
• Shen Lian’s strike inspired the Flying Fish Guards, who charged as Yin Bailiang and Tu Baishou joined the battle against the demons.
• The Snake Immortal fought off Shen Lian, Tu Baishou, and the other guards, while Yin Bailiang battled the Yellow Immortal one-on-one.
• Wei Yuanji gave Wei Wu a Qi Strengthening Pill, restoring his qi force as the fighting continued.

The Flying Fish Guard killed Hedgehog Immortal while Yellow Immortal and Snake Immortal escaped, then cooked the demon’s body into a feast. Enraged by the humiliation, the two survivors sneaked back into the Capital City to reclaim Hedgehog Immortal’s remains, while a food-loving stranger followed the stew’s scent toward headquarters.

• Yellow Immortal and Snake Immortal fled after the Flying Fish Guard overwhelmed them, leaving Hedgehog Immortal dead.
• The Flying Fish Guard stripped Hedgehog Immortal’s hide and spines, kept its head as evidence, and stewed the rest for everyone to share.
• Snake Immortal and Yellow Immortal smelled the cooking demon meat outside the city and vowed to reclaim Hedgehog Immortal’s remains.
• Snake Immortal and Yellow Immortal sneaked back into the Capital City as someone carrying a Big Black Shovel followed the stew’s scent toward Flying Fish Guard headquarters.

The Snake Immortal and Yellow Immortal infiltrated the Flying Fish Guard banquet to retrieve the Hedgehog Immortal’s remains, but found his body already cooked and served. As they settled for a chance to recover his head, a strange ash-covered man seemed to see through their disguises.

• The Snake Immortal and Yellow Immortal disguised themselves in Flying Fish Robes after swallowing two Flying Fish Officers.
• They discovered that the Hedgehog Immortal’s body had been chopped up and cooked for the banquet, so the Snake Immortal decided they should at least retrieve the head.
• The Yellow Immortal noticed Shen Lian, Tu Baishou, Yin Bailiang, and other Flying Fish Guards gathered near the cauldrons, while the boy who used the Great Majestic Heavenly Dragon was absent.
• Shen Lian briefly looked toward the disguised immortals, who quickly turned away and sat at an empty table.
• An ash-covered man sat across from the immortals and studied them, making them feel that their disguises and secrets had been exposed.

Snake Immortal and Yellow Immortal sat down to eat meat soup made from their slain companion, Weirdo Lao San, while a man watched them. Though they struggled with guilt, Snake Immortal found the soup delicious, and Yellow Immortal began gulping it down.

• A young Flying Fish Officer brought Snake Immortal, Yellow Immortal, and the man three bowls of meat soup.
• The man ate eagerly and asked why the two immortals were not eating, drawing the attention of nearby diners.
• Snake Immortal pretended the soup was too hot and urged Yellow Immortal to follow its lead.
• Snake Immortal silently apologized to Brother Weirdo before taking a sip of the soup.
• Snake Immortal found the soup delicious and felt ashamed, while Yellow Immortal gulped down more.

Snake Immortal and Yellow Immortal ate the soup and meat made from their brother Lao San, rationalizing that it was better for them than the Flying Fish Guard. After Yellow Immortal accidentally revealed they were searching for Weirdo Lao San’s head, Qin He said he knew where Hedgehog Immortal’s beast head was and offered to lead them there.

• Snake Immortal scolded Yellow Immortal for drinking Lao San’s soup, but Yellow Immortal argued that the Flying Fish Guard would otherwise eat it.
• The two immortals gave in, drank the soup, and devoured the meat while apologizing to Lao San and remembering their brotherhood.
• After finishing three bowls apiece, Snake Immortal and Yellow Immortal prepared to search for Weirdo Lao San’s head.
• Yellow Immortal blurted out their destination to Qin He, and the two immortals grew wary when they realized he had heard.
• Snake Immortal asked Qin He about Hedgehog Immortal’s beast head, and Qin He offered to take them to it.

Shen Lian revealed that the Snake Immortal and Yellow Immortal were about to die, even as they followed Qin He away from the banquet. He told Tu Baishou that the culprit was a fellow hanging on the wall.

• The Snake Immortal agreed to let Qin He lead him and the Yellow Immortal out, planning to kill him once they learned whether he knew where the Hedgehog Immortal's beast head was.
• Shen Lian glanced at the departing trio and drained his wine after Wei Yuanji toasted him, surprising Wei Yuanji and the others.
• Tu Baishou asked Shen Lian what had happened, and Shen Lian said the Snake Immortal and the Yellow Immortal were dead.
• When Tu Baishou pressed for details, Shen Lian said they would die soon by disappearing, at the hands of a fellow hanging on the wall.

Qin He returned from the Underworld as a soul and discovered that his body had gone missing. Wang Tie Zhu and Little Calf assured him that the body was safe somewhere in the city, though their search had already led to an alarming encounter.

• Wang Tie Zhu worried that Qin He's soul had been missing for three days while Little Calf urged him to stay calm.
• Wang Tie Zhu recalled finding Qin He eating turtle stew and braised ox head in a West City restaurant, frightening him and Little Calf away.
• Qin He rushed into the Corpse Burning Room and asked where his body was, and Wang Tie Zhu and Little Calf recognized his returned divine soul.
• Little Calf exaggerated how tirelessly he and Wang Tie Zhu had searched for Qin He, and Qin He comforted him.
• Wang Tie Zhu told Qin He that his body was safe in the city and had recently been making noise.
• Qin He asked whether anything strange had happened during his absence, and Wang Tie Zhu and Little Calf hesitated.

Qin He’s disguised form confronted the two Immortals beneath the Imperial City after they followed Weirdo Lao San’s blood trail. He killed Yellow Immortal and Snake Immortal, then Qin He’s soul arrived and angrily berated him for smashing Snake Immortal so violently.

• Qin He calmed down after Wang Tie Zhu and Little Yellow Ox assured him that no one knew he was behind the embarrassing acts done in Wei Wu’s guise.
• Yellow Immortal and Snake Immortal followed the man from the banquet to the Imperial City and realized Weirdo Lao San’s head had been taken into the palace.
• The man admitted he had done it, and Snake Immortal attacked him with the Divine Snake Molt.
• The man used Shape-Shifting to make Snake Immortal’s strike kill Yellow Immortal, then revealed himself as Great Immortal Green Ox to Snake Immortal.
• Snake Immortal tried to flee, but the man killed him with a Great Iron Shovel.
• Qin He’s soul arrived and slapped the man into a ditch, furious that he had smashed Snake Immortal so badly.

After Qin He returned to his body and left the palace, the Dragon Guard Eunuch ordered the palace secured while the Flying Fish Guard dealt with the Snake Immortal’s remains. A Giant Rat celebrated its role in the deaths of three immortals and plotted to target Great Immortal Green Ox and Wei Wu next.

• Qin He returned to his body, purified himself, collected the Yellow Immortal’s corpse and a shattered Divine Relic, and left to investigate the other two immortals.
• The Dragon Guard Eunuch found the Snake Immortal’s pulverized remains, ordered the Flying Fish Guard notified, and doubled security around the palace.
• A rat carried news to a ruined temple, where the Giant Rat celebrated the deaths of Liu Wenlong, Wei Tianyang, and Huang Fei.
• The Giant Rat admitted it had leaked the immortals’ whereabouts to the Flying Fish Guard and stayed silent about the planned ambush.
• The Giant Rat vowed to target Great Immortal Green Ox and destroy his stand-in, Wei Wu, with the help of a Fox Immortal.

Qin He welcomed the Little Sable back, discovered its unusual bloodline, and rewarded it with a Beast Strengthening Pill while Wang Tie Zhu prepared a late-night meal. The Yellow Immortal’s Shadow Play revealed Huang Fei’s history and sworn brotherhood with Liu Wenlong and Wei Tianyang, earning Qin He the reward Prajna All Buddhas.

• Qin He finished stitching Huang Chengren’s corpse and learned that the Little Sable had gone out after finding him absent.
• The Little Sable returned with a large white chub, and Qin He identified it as a Jade Clear Brocade Mink with an unknown Primordial Bloodline.
• Qin He fed the Little Sable a Beast Strengthening Pill while Wang Tie Zhu prepared the fish and grumbled privately about the favoritism.
• Qin He and Wang Tie Zhu shared grilled fish and plum wine with the Little Sable as the corpse-burning work continued.
• The Yellow Immortal’s Shadow Play recounted how Huang Fei, Liu Wenlong, and Wei Tianyang swore brotherhood and later died together fighting Great Immortal Green Ox.
• The Black Robed Man judged the Shadow Play and awarded Qin He Prajna All Buddhas.

Qin He learned the Abyssal Buddhist Sect secret art Prajna All Buddhas while the Capital City and Underworld both drifted toward unrest. That night, Qin He encountered an uninvited guest.

• Qin He learned Prajna All Buddhas and told Wang Tie Zhu to plant chili peppers.
• A little ghost bound Yellow Immortal's soul in the Corpse Burning Room, then fled when it met Little Sable's gaze.
• Drought and famine worsened in Shaanxi-Gansu Region and Jinxi as Gao Yingxiang gathered the Chuang Army's Thirty-Six Battalions and captured several counties.
• The Emperor ordered the Capital Garrison rebuilt, and Nine Thousand Years Old sent his grain-collection fleet south to Jiangnan.
• The Yin Gods discovered Yama's Palace was gone, leaving dead souls trapped in Guangqian Hall as unrest spread through the Underworld.
• Qin He ran into an uninvited guest that night.

Qin He was confronted by Commander Niu of the Underworld, who accused him of stealing a divine artifact and attacked him. After matching Commander Niu’s powerful strike with the Big Black Shovel, Qin He evaded his next blow and appeared behind him as two identical figures.

• Commander Niu dragged Qin He into a pocket of nether soil and demanded that he return the Underworld’s divine artifact.
• Qin He recognized Commander Niu as the Ling Family’s backer and refused to hand over the artifact.
• Commander Niu attacked with his snake spear, and Qin He met the blow with the Big Black Shovel, forcing Commander Niu back.
• Commander Niu transformed, gathered Bloody Lightning around his spear, and struck Qin He with overwhelming force.
• Commander Niu’s spear struck the ground without meeting resistance, and he turned to find two identical Qin Hes behind him, praising his attack.

Qin He used Illusory Shadow to evade Commander Niu’s attacks, but Commander Niu overwhelmed the clones with hundreds of Yin God soldiers and forced Qin He into the open. Commander Niu’s strongest charge ended with Qin He catching his serpent spear barehanded.

• Commander Niu repeatedly attacked Qin He’s illusory shadows, but each time his strikes hit only fading light.
• Qin He created dozens of indistinguishable clones and taunted Commander Niu as he failed to find the true body.
• Commander Niu summoned hundreds of ox-headed ghost soldiers to crowd and destroy Qin He’s illusory shadows.
• Commander Niu used Savage Bull Charge to attack the exposed Qin He at close range.
• Qin He caught Commander Niu’s serpent spear in his bare hand, leaving Commander Niu wary.

Qin He overwhelmed Commander Niu, an Underworld Yin Commander, and struck it down with nine bolts of heavenly lightning. As he prepared to burn the defeated Commander Niu, a powerful skeletal hand reached through the vortex, carrying the familiar aura of False Gods.

• Commander Niu attacked Qin He with its Evil Spirit Serpent Spear, but Qin He caught the blade and swung Commander Niu into the ground repeatedly.
• Commander Niu let go of its spear and tried to escape through the Yin Energy vortex, but Qin He struck it with heavenly lightning.
• Commander Niu blocked Qin He's first lightning bolt with yin lightning and rushed into the vortex, but Qin He struck it with nine more bolts and blasted it back into the crater.
• Qin He found Commander Niu charred and badly wounded, then prepared to burn it with the Fire Stone.
• A huge skeletal hand reached through the vortex to seize Commander Niu, and Qin He sensed the aura of False Gods from it.

Qin He used three Buddhist arts and a flying shovel to sever the False God's skeletal hand, but it escaped with Commander Niu. The Underworld collapsed, leaving Qin He facing the False God above the exposed city.

• The False God’s skeletal hand seized Commander Niu and tried to retreat through the black vortex.
• Qin He struck the hand with the Naga Heavenly Dragon, a Dharma Spell divine mountain, and the light of gods and Buddhas.
• Qin He hurled his black shovel through the hand’s weakened wrist, severing it and forcing the False God to retreat with Commander Niu.
• The False God warned Qin He that killing Commander Niu would throw the Underworld into chaos and that their battle threatened the city.
• The Underworld space collapsed, revealing the city below and leaving the black vortex in the sky.

Qin He fought the giant skeleton after it demanded that he spare Commander Niu, and destroyed the False God’s body with his shovel and Southern Ming Li Fire. The city was left illuminated by the blue flames consuming the skeleton.

• Qin He rejected the giant skeleton’s demand and told it to lie down and take Commander Niu’s place.
• The giant skeleton attacked Qin He with its other Giant Skeleton Hand, but Qin He used Cloud Ascending Step to leap toward it.
• The giant skeleton spewed netherfire at Qin He, and his Merit Golden Body extinguished the flames and burned the skull with golden light.
• Qin He smashed the giant skeleton’s skull with the Big Black Shovel.
• Qin He ignited the skeleton’s bones with Southern Ming Li Fire, which rapidly burned them to ash and lit up the city.

Qin He defeated a massive skeletal opponent in a fierce battle near Wang Gong Factory, but Commander Niu escaped before Qin He could capture it. Wei Wu and the Flying Fish Guards arrived afterward to investigate the devastated scene, unaware of who had fought there.

• Qin He burned the skeletal remains with Southern Ming Li Fire, while Commander Niu fled and left its snake spear behind.
• Qin He erased the remaining traces of the battle, took the snake spear, and left the scene.
• Wei Wu and several Flying Fish Guards arrived to find craters, ruined buildings, and ash across the battlefield.
• Wei Wu ordered a young guard to report the explosion near Wang Gong Factory and summon the commander to inspect the scene.

After cremating the Giant Bone Skeleton, Qin He received the powerful secret art Flying Dragon in the Sky but no Shadow Play. He learned that keeping Yama's Palace could destabilize the Underworld and bring immense karma, leaving him to consider how—or whether—to return it.

• Qin He received Flying Dragon in the Sky as a reward for cremating the Giant Bone Skeleton and speculated about why no Shadow Play appeared.
• Qin He examined the palm-sized Yama's Palace while Wang Tie Zhu asked where he had obtained it.
• Qin He told Wang Tie Zhu that Yama's Palace came from the real Underworld, and Wang Tie Zhu explained that it was the Underworld's Reincarnation Divine Artifact.
• Wang Tie Zhu warned that without Yama's Palace, Lost Souls could not be judged or reincarnated, potentially causing chaos and mass casualties in the Underworld.
• Qin He worried that keeping Yama's Palace could saddle him with immense karma and considered returning it, but questioned why he should hand it back after Commander Niu had tried to seize it.

After the Wanggongchang explosion sparked rumors and unrest across the Capital City, the Northern Plains Fox Clan entered openly and demanded that Shen Lian receive them. The chapter ended with the Fox Clan blocking the Flying Fish Guard headquarters’ entrance.

• Qin He decided he would never give away what he possessed and would wait for the Underworld to approach him respectfully.
• Rumors about the Wanggongchang Great Explosion spread through the Capital City, turning into conflicting stories about the emperor, the Capital Garrison, and Great Immortal Green Ox.
• People blamed Wei Wu’s death on heavenly punishment, and some visited the Immortal Green Ox Temple to fulfill their vows.
• A luxurious green sedan chair bearing the character Hu entered the Capital City with the Fox Clan, a powerful Northern Plains demon clan.
• The Fox Clan arrived at the Flying Fish Guard headquarters, blocked its entrance, and demanded that Commander Shen Lian come receive them.

The Northern Plains Fox Clan came to the Flying Fish Guard headquarters to question Shen Lian, and their attendant injured Wei Yuanchun before clashing with Wei Wu. The attendant recognized Wei Wu and revealed that he had come looking for him.

• A Fox Clan procession entered the Flying Fish Guard headquarters and demanded that Shen Lian be summoned for questioning.
• The attendant struck Wei Yuanchun with a gust of force, sending him crashing into a wall and coughing blood.
• Wei Wu rushed out with Wei Yuanji and attacked the attendant to avenge Wei Yuanchun.
• Wei Wu and the attendant exchanged powerful blows, each forcing the other to retreat.
• The attendant learned Wei Wu's identity and said that Wei Wu was exactly who he had come looking for.