Chapter Summaries

Qin He accepted Zhang Liang’s offer to investigate the Zhang Family’s vicious ancestor at Graveyard Mountain. After entering the mountain’s Killing Intent array with Wang Tie Zhu and Ma Fei, Qin He sensed that something besides corpses was hidden there.

• Zhang Liang hired Qin He for five hundred thousand silver coins to investigate an ancestor whose golden body had awakened inauspiciously.
• Qin He set out the next day with Wang Tie Zhu and Ma Fei and saw Yin Energy and Killing Intent enveloping Graveyard Mountain.
• Zhang Liang introduced Qin He to Zhang Yuan, who doubted that a True Essence Realm cultivator could handle the danger.
• Qin He waited until noon before riding the Lamborghini up Graveyard Mountain with Wang Tie Zhu and Ma Fei.
• The Killing Intent array cut off their path and shifted them to the mountainside, where Qin He decided they should scout the graveyard first.

Qin He and his companions followed the Killing Intent to the burial hill’s summit, where a corpse demon emerged after Ma Fei provoked it. Qin He recognized the powerful creature and saw that his Immortal's Coffin Lid Technique had worked better than expected.

• Qin He led Wang Tie Zhu, Ma Fei, and the others to the Zhang Family ancestor’s shattered tomb and followed the Killing Intent up the hill.
• Qin He sealed off the Killing Intent when Ma Fei could no longer endure it, and the group waited until nightfall.
• When Yang Energy vanished, a creature roared from the summit and repeatedly chanted that it wished to ascend to heaven.
• At Qin He’s direction, Ma Fei insulted the creature, drawing a towering corpse demon down to the group.
• Wang Tie Zhu recognized the creature as a corpse demon, and Qin He realized his Immortal's Coffin Lid Technique had exceeded his expectations.

Qin He sent Wang Tie Zhu, Lamborghini, and Ma Fei to fight the powerful corpse demon, confident that his corpse-suppressing methods would keep it subdued. Wang Tie Zhu and Lamborghini pummeled the fallen demon while Ma Fei joined the attack with a stool.

• Qin He estimated that the corpse demon had reached late Wheel Sea Realm strength and told Wang Tie Zhu to attack while he handled the rest.
• Wang Tie Zhu struck the corpse demon’s forehead with his Mystic Iron Staff, knocking it down as Qin He’s corpse-suppressing power stiffened its body.
• Wang Tie Zhu repeatedly beat the restrained corpse demon with the Dog Beating Staff Technique.
• Lamborghini charged in and stomped the corpse demon while Qin He declared the fight finished.
• Qin He looked to Ma Fei, who grabbed a small stool and charged at the demon.

Qin He and the others defeated and burned the corpse demon, then learned from its Shadow Play how it had conspired with Zhang Yuan to lure victims up the mountain. The trap ended just as Zhang Yuan’s scheme was getting started, and Qin He learned who had been behind it.

• Qin He’s group beat the corpse demon until Wang Tie Zhu piled it on firewood, and Qin He burned it with Southern Ming Li Fire.
• Qin He watched the corpse demon’s Shadow Play and learned that it had awakened from a Zhang Family ancestor’s corpse and needed flesh and blood to open its eyes.
• The corpse demon had joined forces with Zhang Yuan, who selected victims to be eaten while he looted their corpses.
• The first victims died, but a Daoist and monk fought the corpse demon and escaped down the mountain, marking the pair’s first failed attempt.
• Zhang Liang invited Qin He to the mountain before Zhang Yuan could find new victims, bringing the scheme to an abrupt halt.

Qin He received a damaged Purple Gold Gourd and discovered that it could amplify fire when fed wind, making it useful for burning corpses. He left the mountain with his companions and planned to expose a bad person among the Zhang Family that night.

• After the corpse demon turned to ash, Qin He received the Broken Furnace reward and found it was a damaged purple-gold gourd-shaped furnace.
• Qin He enlarged the Purple Gold Gourd and examined its extensive cracks, missing pieces, and strange black furnace slag.
• Qin He tested the gourd with Southern Ming Li Fire and discovered that wind made its flames burn fiercely again.
• Qin He put away the Purple Gold Gourd and led the humans and beasts down the mountain instead of returning home.
• Qin He told his companions to claim they had fought the Zhang Family ancestor to a draw and said they would expose a bad person among the family that night.

Qin He’s group returned from the burial mountain after fighting the Zhang Family ancestors, and Qin He secretly struck them again with his techniques. Zhang Yuan sneaked back to the mountain at midnight to check on his ancestor and plot against Qin He, only to realize he had walked into a trap.

• Qin He and his companions returned to the Zhang Family camp and told Zhang Liang they had not yet subdued his ancestors.
• Qin He passed Zhang Yuan and secretly fired three Immortal's Coffin Lid Techniques toward the burial mountain, setting off explosions and cries.
• Qin He told Ma Fei to watch Zhang Yuan, and Ma Fei flew out in bird form to keep an eye on him.
• Zhang Yuan recalled how he had colluded with the corpse demon to lure people to the mountain in exchange for a chance to reach the Dao Palace.
• Zhang Yuan sneaked up the burial mountain at midnight and saw that his ancestor had changed its face and had two new ancestors beside it, realizing he had fallen into a trap.

Zhang Liang learned that Zhang Yuan had been killed and eaten by the newly risen Zhang Family ancestors, who had become powerful zombies. Qin He agreed to handle the three zombies for triple payment, and Ma Fei stunned Zhang Liang by knocking them all down with a small stool.

• After screams came from Grave Mountain, Zhang Liang discovered Zhang Yuan was missing and asked Hua An for help.
• Wang Tie Zhu claimed Zhang Yuan had merged with his ancestors, while Qin He refused to investigate because the omens were vicious.
• The next day, Zhang Liang found Zhang Yuan's scattered remains, and Qin He concluded that the three risen ancestors were zombies rather than corpse demons.
• Three zombies—a super-grade one and two ninth-grade ones—emerged from the baleful fog, and Zhang Liang promised Qin He triple payment to deal with them.
• Ma Fei charged the zombies and struck all three down with the small stool, leaving Zhang Liang in disbelief.

Qin He and his companions subdued the Zhang Family’s three zombie ancestors and cremated them in the Purple Gold Gourd. The zombies’ shadow plays revealed that the Zhang Family had seized the Yuan Family’s ancestral burial ground, and Qin He concluded that the resulting disturbance was only the beginning of the Zhang Family’s troubles.

• Ma Fei, Wang Tie Zhu, and Lamborghini beat the Zhang Family’s three zombie ancestors, while Qin He stopped Zhang Liang from attacking them by strengthening one zombie with a Blessing Technique.
• The zombie knocked Zhang Liang down the burial hill, and Ma Fei and the others subdued it before Qin He sealed all three zombies with Corpse Suppressing Nails.
• Wang Tie Zhu put the zombies into the Purple Gold Gourd, and Qin He used Southern Ming Li Fire and fanning to cremate them.
• The zombies’ shadow plays showed that the Zhang Family had taken the Yuan Family’s burial ground and built its ancestral graves over the Yuan graves.
• Qin He judged that the Zhang Family’s misfortune was tied to its stolen fortune and that the disturbance would continue even without his involvement.

After Qin He and his companions settled the three ancestors on Grave Mountain, Zhang Liang reneged on the agreed payment and paid only five hundred thousand silver coins. As Qin He left, explosions and roars erupted from the mountain, leaving Zhang Liang and a young Zhang Family man facing a new disaster.

• Qin He learned Earth Art, gave Shadow Flight to Ma Fei, and distributed Golden Marrow Pills to Wang Tie Zhu and Lamborghini.
• Qin He handed Zhang Liang the three ancestors' ashes and asked him to pay the agreed fee.
• Ma Fei demanded four million five hundred thousand silver coins, but Zhang Liang argued that the original five hundred thousand covered all three ancestors.
• Qin He accepted five hundred thousand, and Zhang Liang paid him before Qin He and his companions departed.
• Zhang Liang told a young Zhang Family man to investigate Hua An, but explosions shook Grave Mountain and coffin boards flew toward the camp.

Qin He learned that Wei Wu had been captured and sentenced to lingchi for assassinating the Crown Prince. He went with his three beasts to watch the execution, where he discovered the Crown Prince had come to witness it in person.

• Ma Fei reported that three more corpses had risen from the Zhang Family burial hill, and Qin He concluded that the family’s downfall was near.
• Qin He and his companions returned to Lin'an City and found a notice announcing Wei Wu’s capture and execution at West Market Gate.
• Qin He recognized Wei Wu’s name on the notice and agreed to go watch the execution with Wang Tie Zhu and Ma Fei.
• At West Market Gate, Qin He saw the Crown Prince watching from the viewing platform and was astonished that he had left the Imperial Palace.

As Wei Wu’s public torture was about to begin, he feared Qin He had abandoned him and silently begged for rescue. The scene suddenly changed, leaving Wei Wu seated on a luxurious dragon throne behind curtains.

• Li Chenggang ordered the Execution Department to keep Wei Wu alive and make his torture last three days.
• The chief executioner began the execution and ordered Wei Wu’s true essence sealed with nails through his collarbones.
• Wei Wu saw the executioners’ tools and desperately prayed for Qin He or the Great Immortal Green Ox to save him.
• Wei Wu suddenly found himself seated on a dragon throne before a table of food and wine, with guards and a crowd beyond the curtains.

Wei Wu escaped execution when Great Immortal Green Ox’s improved Shape-Shifting switched his body with Crown Prince Li Chenggang’s, while also exchanging their clothes and belongings. As Li Chenggang was prepared for execution in Wei Wu’s place, the crowd mocked his body, and the red-robed eunuch began to suspect the prisoner was the Crown Prince but dismissed the thought.

• Wei Wu realized Great Immortal Green Ox’s Shape-Shifting had saved him by putting him in Li Chenggang’s clothes and leaving Li Chenggang tied to the execution post.
• The executioners nailed Li Chenggang’s shoulder blades, gave him execution medicine, and began preparing him for the formal execution.
• The crowd laughed and mocked Li Chenggang’s tiny body after the executioners stripped his clothes.
• The red-robed eunuch recognized the prisoner’s appearance and body as resembling Li Chenggang, but dismissed his suspicion after seeing the Crown Prince behind the curtain.

Li Chenggang endured a brutal execution while Qin He and his companions watched from the crowd. Qin He removed the gag from Li Chenggang's mouth, exposing his identity as the Regent Crown Prince as he raged at the people around him.

• Bai Sandao replaced his sharp knife with a dull Sealed Grinding Blade and tortured Li Chenggang by slicing his body.
• Wang Tie Zhu, Ma Fei, Lamborghini, and Qin He discussed Li Chenggang's crimes and what would happen if the gag came off.
• Qin He flicked his hand, causing the gag in Li Chenggang's mouth to fall out.
• Li Chenggang shouted that he was the Regent Crown Prince and threatened to kill the executioners and punish their families.

At his execution, Li Chenggang proclaimed that he was the Crown Prince, prompting Bai Sandao and the red-robed eunuch to suspect the truth. The eunuch discovered that Wei Wu had taken the Crown Prince’s place behind the curtains, leaving both men frozen in a dangerous predicament.

• Li Chenggang shouted that he was the Crown Prince, but the crowd mocked him as a madman.
• Bai Sandao and the red-robed eunuch noticed that the prisoner resembled Li Chenggang and began to fear that he really was the Crown Prince.
• The red-robed eunuch entered behind the curtains, claiming he needed to punish the prisoner for his outburst.
• The eunuch found Wei Wu sitting in the Crown Prince’s seat and recognized him as the assassin he had once delivered to the bedchamber.
• Wei Wu invited the stunned eunuch to sit and eat.

The red-robed eunuch decided to let the Crown Prince’s flaying continue rather than risk his own life, and Wei Wu played along when the eunuch mistook him for the Crown Prince. The chapter ended with Bai Sandao agreeing to hasten the punishment and flay the assassin’s face first.

• The red-robed eunuch resolved to carry on with the flaying so the Crown Prince would die and leave him a chance to survive.
• The eunuch addressed Wei Wu as the Crown Prince and asked him to order the punishment hastened.
• Wei Wu recognized the eunuch’s mistake and agreed to the proposed order.
• The red-robed eunuch told Bai Sandao to flay the assassin’s face first on the Crown Prince’s orders.
• Bai Sandao hesitated, then bowed and agreed to obey the decree.

Qin He disguised Wei Wu to fill the vacant throne, then returned home and told Wang Tie Zhu to track down Fahai and Wu De. Zhang Liang came back to ask Qin He to deal with another ancestor rising from the Zhang Family graves, and Qin He sent him to negotiate with Ma Fei.

• Bai Sandao severed Li Chenggang's tongue after Li Chenggang's words brought trouble upon him.
• Qin He used Disguise Technique and Illusionary Breath Technique on Wei Wu, intending for him to fill the vacant throne.
• Qin He asked Wang Tie Zhu to find Fahai and Wu De in Lin'an City, and Lamborghini eagerly looked forward to ramming them again.
• Qin He and the three beasts returned to the Corpse Burning Room and found Zhang Liang waiting for them.
• Zhang Liang explained that another Zhang Family ancestor had risen, and Qin He told him to reach an agreement with Ma Fei before they set out.

Zhang Liang left Corpse Burning Room No. 7 in tears after Ma Fei charged him thirteen and a half million silver coins. With the Liang Family’s failed attack earning the room recognition from the rules, Qin He enjoyed growing protection and walked Lin'an City openly with a powerful demon beast on his shoulder.

• Ma Fei billed Zhang Liang thirteen and a half million silver coins and refused to let him haggle.
• After the Liang Family’s attack failed, Corpse Burning Room No. 7 gained the recognition of the rules, and people stopped daring to cause trouble there.
• Ma Fei handled visitors and trouble while Qin He burned corpses when they arrived and otherwise relaxed.
• Qin He decided he no longer needed to keep a low profile because his safety level had risen to ninety-nine percent.
• Qin He rode Lamborghini through Lin'an City with Little Sable on his shoulder, drawing attention because the demon beast had Wheel Sea Realm strength.

Qin He wandered through the Capital City, shared grilled meat with Lamborghini, and reflected on how much more he favored Little Sable than his other beasts. He then encountered a messenger from the Liang Family and agreed to visit, intending to investigate the vicious soul above Liang Hengshi.

• Qin He bought grilled meat and fed Little Sable before eating several skewers himself.
• Lamborghini complained that Qin He had not offered it any, so Qin He gave it a skewer after asking whether it wanted to try meat that might come from the Hoofed Clan.
• Lamborghini got meat stuck in its teeth and shook its head while Qin He asked what was wrong.
• Qin He headed to South Market to visit Du Ziteng of the Purple Thorn Merchant Guild.
• A green-robed messenger invited Qin He to the Liang Family, and Qin He agreed so he could inspect the vicious soul above Liang Hengshi.

Qin He confronted Liang Hengshi, whose life was being drained by the newborn demon wolf’s vicious soul, and negotiated over removing it. After rejecting money and ordinary valuables, Qin He asked the Liang Family to offer him a dog.

• Qin He saw Liang Hengshi withered and gaunt from the demon wolf’s vicious soul, and Liang Hengshi demanded to know who he was.
• Liang Hengshi accused Qin He of causing the supernatural entity to hover over him, while Qin He reminded him that Liang Hengshi had attacked first.
• Liang Hengshi offered one hundred thousand Purple Gold Coins to remove the entity, but Qin He refused the money.
• Liang Hengshi offered treasures, Pills, cultivation arts, spell formulas, authority, or status, and Qin He asked for a dog.

Disguised as Regent Crown Prince Li Chenggang, Wei Wu used his new position to order a hardline response to the Myriad Demon Kingdom and proposed building a temple for the immortal who had guided him. The ministers were left stunned by his sudden change in conduct.

• Wei Wu listened to the ministers while You Wenqu stood guard outside the beaded curtain, and he decided to keep the eunuch alive as a useful accomplice.
• When Chancellor Yan Hui asked how to handle the Centipede Demon, Wei Wu ordered the Demon Suppression Division and the southern camp to kill it and bring its corpse to the Capital City within half a month.
• Wei Wu dismissed Yan Hui's warning about provoking the Bloodwing Bat King and challenged the demon king to face him in the Capital City.
• Wei Wu told the ministers that an immortal riding a Blue Ox had guided him in a dream and proposed building the immortal a temple in the Capital City.