Chapter Summaries

Wei Wu defended the Flying Fish Guard Office gate against a burly challenger from the Northern Plains Hu Family, destroying his shield with the Great Majestic Heavenly Dragon. After the man revealed his powerful blood and qi and attacked again, Wei Wu met him in battle as a crowd gathered to watch.

• The burly man attacked Wei Wu, who dodged with Sparrow Steps and countered with his spiked mace and Great Majestic Heavenly Dragon.
• The burly man used a black shield to block the Heavenly Dragon, but the attack shattered it and sent him crashing to the ground, while Wei Wu staggered back.
• The burly man revealed that his master belonged to the Hu Family of the Northern Plains, and Wei Wu and the Flying Fish Guards refused to let the Fox Clan summon their commander without passing the gatekeeper.
• The burly man dismissed his defeat as luck, unleashed a surge of blood and qi, and charged Wei Wu again.
• Onlookers gathered around the Flying Fish Guard Office as Wei Wu and the burly man resumed their fight.

Qin He and Wang Tie Zhu dealt with Gao Facai after he threatened to extort them, while Wei Wu was crippled in his fight with the burly Fox Clan attendant. As Wei Yuanji struggled against the same opponent, Wei Wu suddenly gained knowledge of the Self-Healing Technique.

• Qin He and Wang Tie Zhu confronted Gao Facai, and Wang Tie Zhu sealed him with sunflower seed shells after Qin He ordered it to deal with him.
• The burly Fox Clan attendant gained the upper hand against Wei Wu and struck him hard enough to send him flying and break his ribs.
• Wei Yuanji rushed to help Wei Wu, but the burly man attacked again, forcing Wei Yuanji to fight him.
• The burly man pierced Wei Wu's hands with a pebble and injured his qi acupoint, leaving Wei Wu unable to use his strength.
• Wei Yuanji fought the burly man with growing desperation as Wei Wu received a vast knowledge of bodily recovery called the Self-Healing Technique.

Wei Wu used the Self-Healing Technique to recover from his severe injuries and returned to the fight against the burly man. He defeated the man with a relentless assault, while the crowd hailed his victory.

• Wei Wu activated the Self-Healing Technique, rapidly regrowing his broken bones, severed meridians, and mangled flesh.
• Wei Wu rose and charged the burly man, telling Wei Yuanji to stand back.
• Wei Wu fought without defending, using his rapid recovery to overwhelm the burly man.
• The burly man made a mistake, and Wei Wu smashed his arm with the wolf-toothed club.
• Wei Wu kicked the burly man in the face and sent him crashing to the ground as the crowd cheered.

Wei Wu faced the Fox Immortal after the demon demanded that Shen Lian appear, but the Fox Immortal attacked him when he hesitated. Shen Lian and a one-eyed man intervened, and the chapter ended with them confronting the Fox Immortal.

• Wei Wu searched the crowd for the mysterious presence and wondered why his teachings came only when he was beaten.
• The Fox Immortal emerged from the green sedan chair and ordered Wei Wu to summon Shen Lian.
• When Wei Wu hesitated, the Fox Immortal struck him with a streak of light and sent him flying.
• The Fox Immortal fired two more streaks at Wei Wu, intent on killing him.
• Shen Lian cut apart the streaks with a Xiuchun Saber while a one-eyed man pulled Wei Wu out of danger.
• The one-eyed man condemned the Fox Immortal for attacking a junior as Shen Lian stood beside him.

Qin He explained why the sixth-rank Fox Immortal had forced Shen Lian and Tu Baishou out of the Flying Fish Guard’s defenses. The Fox Immortal drove them back in battle, while Qin He watched with Wang Tie Zhu and said the outcome was not certain.

• Wang Tie Zhu asked about the Fox Immortal’s cultivation, and Qin He said it had reached sixth rank.
• Wang Tie Zhu refused to help, and Qin He explained that Shen Lian had secretly reinforced the Flying Fish Guard’s defensive formation.
• The Fox Immortal forced Shen Lian and Tu Baishou to reveal themselves so it could fight them outside the formation.
• The Fox Immortal attacked Shen Lian and Tu Baishou with five streams of demonic energy and sent them staggering backward.
• Wang Tie Zhu said Shen Lian and Tu Baishou could not win, but Qin He told him not to be anxious.

The Fox Immortal wounded Tu Baishou, broke Shen Lian’s Xiuchun Saber, and trapped them outside the grand formation. A sudden-inspiration blessing transformed their minds, while a half melon seed shell unexpectedly struck the Fox Immortal and sent it flying toward the Flying Fish Guard headquarters.

• The Fox Immortal pierced Tu Baishou’s chest with its claws and attacked again with its concealed Fox Fur.
• Shen Lian slashed at the Fox Fur to save Tu Baishou, but it wrapped around and snapped his Xiuchun Saber.
• The Fox Immortal took up position blocking the grand formation’s entrance, leaving Shen Lian and Tu Baishou trapped outside.
• A Blessing Technique flooded Shen Lian and Tu Baishou with sudden inspiration, rapidly deepening their understanding and changing their auras.
• A tiny object struck the Fox Immortal in the chest and sent it crashing toward the Flying Fish Guard headquarters; it recognized the object as half a melon seed shell.

Qin He accidentally knocked the Five-tailed Fox Immortal into the Flying Fish Guard’s grand array with a sneeze, giving Shen Lian and Tu Baishou a chance to fight back. When the weakening array could not contain the fox, Qin He gathered storm clouds and lightning to help.

• The Fox Immortal tried to flee but was trapped when the Flying Fish Grand Array rose around it.
• Qin He sneezed sunflower seed shells and saliva, sending the Fox Immortal crashing into the Flying Fish Guard’s Government Office.
• Shen Lian and Tu Baishou realized Immortal Green Ox had intervened and led Flying Fish experts into the array to suppress the fox.
• Qin He used Qi Gazing Technique and saw that the dynasty’s weakened national destiny left the array short of power.
• The Fox Immortal fought through the Flying Fish Guard’s attacks and continued to threaten the array.
• Qin He summoned dark clouds and a vast vortex of lightning over the Capital City.

The Flying Fish Guard fought the Five-tailed Fox Immortal as a terrifying storm of lightning battered the array. Though the Fox Immortal’s body was destroyed, Qin He discovered its soul had escaped, and he took Wang Tie Zhu home to cut open the ox.

• Crowds across and around the Capital City watched as a black-cloud vortex gathered overhead and the Flying Fish Array faced the Five-tailed Fox Immortal.
• Lightning struck the array repeatedly, strengthening it as the Flying Fish Guard battled the Fox Immortal for nearly half an hour.
• The clouds dispersed, revealing the Fox Immortal’s charred body and the exhausted but standing Flying Fish Guard.
• Qin He showed Wang Tie Zhu that the Fox Immortal’s soul had fled its body, meaning it might return through soul arts or body seizing.
• Qin He and Wang Tie Zhu left for home, where Qin He said they would cut open the ox.

After fleeing its pursuers, Hu Tianlan reached a hidden Rebirth Cave and began using its secret technique to possess a prepared fox corpse. As the vulnerable rebirth began, a white mink entered the cave and attacked.

• Hu Tianlan escaped north from the Capital City while its soul body weakened and evaded its pursuers.
• Hu Tianlan found a hidden cave, swallowed pills to restore its soul, and uncovered a snow-white fox corpse.
• Hu Tianlan revealed its Corpse Possession Rebirth Technique and began merging its soul with the corpse.
• A snow-white mink crawled into the cave, inspected Hu Tianlan, and struck at it with a claw.

Hu Tianlan woke in a hall that appeared to be Yama’s Palace and tried to convince the young ruler there to spare him. The young King Yama could not find Hu Tianlan in the Book of Life and Death, and Hu Tianlan explained that he had not yet stood on the Sin Mirror Platform.

• Hu Tianlan was struck from the cave, carried away, and set down in a freezing black hall decorated with moving scenes of Underworld punishment.
• Hu Tianlan saw a black-faced youth, a hunchbacked youth, an ox-headed ghost soldier, and a white mink, and concluded that the hall was Yama’s Palace.
• The black-faced youth opened court, and the Hunchback Youth and black ox answered his call.
• The young ruler searched the Book of Life and Death for Hu Tianlan, who introduced himself and pleaded for the King Yama’s favor.
• When the young King Yama could not find Hu Tianlan in the book, Hu Tianlan said he had not yet stood upon the Sin Mirror Platform.

Qin He used the Sin Mirror Platform to inspect the Fox Immortal's Book of Life and Death, but its record praised the murderous creature as kindhearted and friendly with the Underworld. The Fox Immortal admitted its connections among Underworld officials, leaving Qin He to realize how thoroughly its crimes had been covered up.

• Wang Tie Zhu urged the Fox Immortal onto the Sin Mirror Platform, and the Book of Life and Death opened to Hu Tianlan's record.
• Qin He noticed the record omitted the Fox Immortal's many crimes and instead described it as charitable and on good terms with the Underworld.
• Qin He suspected that Underworld officials had been bribed to falsify the Fox Immortal's record, making it difficult to arrest or punish.
• Qin He questioned the Fox Immortal about its good affinity with the Underworld, and it boasted that it was sworn brothers with Northern Plains officials and had drunk with Commander Niu, Commander Ma, and Commander Huang.

Qin He questioned the Fox Immortal about its crimes and let it believe he was granting its extravagant reincarnation wishes. The Fox Immortal discovered too late that Qin He had written its eternal punishment in the Book of Life and Death.

• The Fox Immortal claimed its good deeds outweighed its evils and lied that it had merely dug up the fox corpse.
• Qin He revealed that he had burned the corpse, leading the Fox Immortal to believe he was protecting it.
• The Fox Immortal asked to keep its memories, reincarnate as a Fox Clan descendant with a Nine-Tailed Divine Fox Physique, and gain immortal beauty.
• Qin He secretly wrote that the Fox Immortal would be eternally imprisoned in hell and never reborn, while it mistook his writing for approval.
• The Fox Immortal asked Qin He for his name, and Qin He revealed that he was Great Immortal Green Ox, terrifying it.

Wang Tie Zhu and Little Calf revealed that they had captured the Fox Immortal and were behind the Flying Fish Guard’s sudden strength. After proving their claim to judge it with Commander Niu’s seized snake spear, they sent the Fox Immortal flying through the gates of hell.

• The Fox Immortal realized that Great Immortal Green Ox was among its captors and protested that it wanted a fair fight.
• Wang Tie Zhu revealed that the Flying Fish Guard served his master and mocked the Fox Immortal for failing to defeat them.
• Wang Tie Zhu showed the Fox Immortal Commander Niu’s snake spear as proof that they had defeated him and seized his weapon.
• The Fox Immortal screamed that its judgment was invalid and threatened the group with the Fox Clan’s retribution.
• A white paw struck the Fox Immortal and sent it through the gates of hell behind the Sin Mirror Platform.

After the judgment, Qin He left the Underworld with Little Calf, while the Flying Fish Guard dealt with the battle’s damage and the Fox Immortal’s corpse. The corpse was engulfed in mysterious blue flames as the night deepened.

• Little Sable struck Wang Tie Zhu and Little Calf, ending their argument, while Wang Tie Zhu went to inspect the Sin Mirror Platform.
• When Wang Tie Zhu approached the platform, the Book of Life and Death turned to a page that made Qin He react with recognition.
• Little Calf suggested charging into the Underworld to kill Commander Niu, but Qin He refused and took them home.
• After three imperial summonses, Tu Baishou oversaw repairs, relief efforts, and preparations to dispose of the Fox Immortal’s corpse.
• A huge ball of blue flame suddenly consumed the fox corpse, forcing nearby Flying Fish Guard members to flee.

Qin He learned how Hu Tianlan used the Corpse Possession Rebirth Technique to extend its life by refining the corpses of blood relatives, and how its ambition led it to attack the Flying Fish Guard for Marrow Cleansing Pills. Hu Tianlan's downfall earned Qin He the Nine Deaths Rebirth Technique.

• Hu Tianlan discovered the Corpse Possession Rebirth Technique and refined more than a dozen relatives' corpses before successfully being reborn.
• Hu Tianlan built eighteen hidden stores of resources and repeatedly used prepared corpses to escape death and grow stronger.
• Hu Tianlan raised its white-furred grandson for his supreme-grade Spiritual Root, then refined him as a corpse for its next rebirth.
• Hu Tianlan went south to seize Marrow Cleansing Pills from the Flying Fish Guard, hoping to reach eight or nine tails.
• Qin He defeated Hu Tianlan, and the Black Robed Man awarded him the Nine Deaths Rebirth Technique.

Qin He learned the Nine Deaths Rebirth Technique, planted nine soul imprints across the Eastern Lands World, and gained nine rebirths in addition to his Lucky Doll. After promising Little Calf a Form Transformation Pill, he noticed a timid little ghost entering the Corpse Burning Room and asked it if he was handsome.

• Qin He learned the Nine Deaths Rebirth Technique and created nine soul imprints as places to be reborn, giving him ten lives with his Lucky Doll.
• Little Calf asked Qin He to refine a Form Transformation Pill, and he promised to do so once the materials were ready.
• Qin He sensed a little ghost entering the Corpse Burning Room and watched it capture a dead soul with its iron chain.
• The little ghost explored the room and cautiously approached Qin He, who opened his eyes and asked if he was handsome.

Qin He captured the new ghost messenger, Shen Yu, and questioned him about the Underworld’s disorder. After Shen Yu praised Qin He’s looks, Qin He gave him a pitch-black object, leaving him stunned.

• Qin He used the Thirty-Six Spirit Suppressing Forms to immobilize Shen Yu and reveal his ghostly form.
• Qin He questioned Shen Yu, who said he was new and that the previous ghost messengers had been transferred because they feared Qin He.
• Shen Yu explained that the Underworld was overwhelmed by departed souls, delaying his schedule to reap them.
• Qin He made Shen Yu praise his appearance, then gave him a pitch-black object.
• Shen Yu examined the object and stared at it in shock.

The Ten Great Yin Commanders gathered in Guangqian Hall as the Soul Sea Calamity threatened to overwhelm the Underworld’s forces. They argued over whether to awaken King Yama or retrieve Yama’s Palace, with the Impermanence Department blaming the Ox-Horse Department for the crisis.

• Yin soldiers struggled to contain the agitated dead souls gathering in Guangqian Hall.
• The Ghost King convened the twelve Yin Commanders and warned that the Underworld could no longer suppress the Soul Sea Calamity.
• White and Black Impermanence said the Underworld had to awaken King Yama or retrieve Yama’s Palace, and insisted those responsible should handle the problem.
• The commanders accused Commander Niu and the Ox-Horse Department of responsibility because the Ling Family, which had stolen Yama’s Palace, belonged to their department.
• Horseface claimed the Ox-Horse Department had executed the Ling Family after discovering the theft, but Black Impermanence accused them of killing the family to silence them.

The Ghost King and the Yin Marshals argued over who should retrieve Yama's Palace from Great Immortal Green Ox, then considered sending an envoy to negotiate. Their dispute was interrupted by news that Yama's Palace had been brought back.

• Commander Niu and Black and White Impermanence traded accusations over the Ling Family and the failed attempt to reclaim Yama's Palace.
• The Ghost King stopped the quarrel, but the Yin Marshals stayed silent because no one wanted to face Great Immortal Green Ox or enter the dangerous Ancient Reincarnation Ruins to awaken King Yama.
• Meng Po suggested contacting Great Immortal Green Ox and offering an exchange for Yama's Palace.
• Meng Po proposed sending an envoy, and White Impermanence and Commander Niu argued over which department should provide one.
• A Yin Official rushed into the palace and announced that Yama's Palace had been brought back.

A low-ranking ghost from the Impermanence Department brought Yama's Palace to the council hall, shocking the Underworld Emissaries. He revealed that Great Immortal Green Ox had given him the divine artifact after he praised the immortal for being handsome.

• The little ghost carried Yama's Palace into the council hall, and Black and White Impermanence celebrated while Ox-Head and Horse-Face reacted in disbelief.
• The Ghost King asked the nervous little ghost about his name and how he had reclaimed Yama's Palace, while White Impermanence promised to protect and reward him.
• The little ghost said Great Immortal Green Ox had given him Yama's Palace, dispelling Commander Niu's hope that the artifact had been stolen.
• Meng Po asked why Great Immortal Green Ox had given the artifact to the little ghost, who explained that he had praised the immortal for being handsome.