Chapter Summaries

After being appointed a divine general through his father’s connections, Ao Zuling received a lucrative mission to pressure the King of Liang. A Golden Finch insulted him and fled, leaving Ao Zuling in pursuit.

• The Heaven Punishing Bureau appointed seven Heavenly Soldiers as divine generals after Shadow Brake’s hidden squad was wiped out.
• Ao Zuling, whose family fortune had helped secure his appointment, rode proudly through Heaven Punishing City and reflected on how connections and favors had brought him success.
• The Bureau Lord assigned Ao Zuling to question the King of Liang about his refusal to oppose the False Gods of Lin City and the Great Jing Empire.
• A Golden Finch called Ao Zuling a straw bag, cursed his family, and flew away.
• Ao Zuling furiously chased after the Golden Finch.

Ma Fei baited Ao Zuling into chasing it, then escaped beyond Heaven Punishing City. After city guards told Ao Zuling that Ma Fei came from Number Seven Inn sixty li west, he set off to find it, unaware the young soldier had invented the story.

• Ao Zuling chased Ma Fei after the bird insulted him, but stopped at the city walls when he realized its speed was suspicious.
• Ma Fei mocked Ao Zuling from beyond the city, then flew away without trying to lure him farther.
• Ao Zuling questioned city guards, who said Ma Fei had come from Number Seven Inn sixty li west of the city.
• Ao Zuling believed the guards and raced toward Number Seven Inn to confront Ma Fei.
• The young soldier admitted to the other guards that he had made up the story about the inn and Ma Fei.

Wang Tie Zhu and the beasts lured Ao Zuling into a prepared trap at Number Seven Inn. Ao Zuling rushed inside after Ma Fei, where the trap closed around him and the beating began.

• Wang Tie Zhu transformed into a hunchback youth and headed west after the group chose a weak Divine General as their target.
• Ao Zuling reached Number Seven Inn and noticed that its appearance differed from what he remembered.
• Ma Fei provoked Ao Zuling from inside the inn, then appeared and pretended to be frightened when he saw him.
• Ao Zuling charged through the door after Ma Fei, and the door slammed shut behind him.
• Ao Zuling cried out for help from inside as the group shouted that they were beating him.

Ao Zuling entered Inn No. 7 and found himself trapped and suppressed by its overwhelming power. As Lamborghini, Ma Fei, and the other beasts attacked him, he faced a pincer strike from the front and rear.

• Ao Zuling rushed into Inn No. 7, where the inn's pressure crippled his strength and the beasts confronted him.
• Ao Zuling tried to escape through the main door, but its rippling surface dissolved his attacks.
• Ma Fei ordered the others to attack, and Lamborghini swung the Purple-Gold Gourd Furnace at Ao Zuling.
• Ao Zuling blocked Lamborghini's blow with his Golden Small Shield, but the impact nearly shattered it.
• The beasts rushed Ao Zuling together as the white sable moved behind him to strike the back of his head.

Wang Tie Zhu and the beasts subdued Ao Zuling in the Corpse Burning Room, then tortured him until he agreed to cooperate. Wang Tie Zhu began interrogating him, but the chapter ended before Ao Zuling revealed anything about the master's whereabouts.

• Little Sable knocked Ao Zuling unconscious, and Ma Fei claimed credit for the final blow after striking him with a stool.
• Wang Tie Zhu arrived and checked on the beasts, while Lamborghini pointed out that Old Ape had suffered a bald patch during the fight.
• Wang Tie Zhu teased Old Ape about its shaved scalp and ordered Ma Fei to fetch the Immortal Binding Rope.
• The beasts tied Ao Zuling to a cross, revived him, and beat him until he gave in to Wang Tie Zhu's threats.
• Wang Tie Zhu asked Ao Zuling his name and demanded to know his ancestor, while Ma Fei pointed out that Ao was probably his surname.

After surviving Brown Bear Ridge, Qin He left the caravan near South Pass City and headed north with a haul of Beast Crystals. Little Bean wondered about Innate Skill and dreamed of becoming powerful like Qin He, whom Old Cartmaster identified as a Land Immortal.

• The caravan safely emerged from Long Corridor Valley and reached South Pass City with all twenty carts intact.
• Qin He told Little Bean he was going somewhere far away and reflected on the twenty-four Beast Crystals he had taken from Brown Bear Ridge, bringing his total to thirty-six.
• Qin He said goodbye to Little Bean, left the carriage, and headed north without looking back.
• Little Bean asked Old Cartmaster about Innate Skill and said he wanted to become like Qin He.
• Old Cartmaster watched Qin He disappear into the distance and told Little Bean that Qin He was a Land Immortal.

Qin He consumed dozens of Beast Crystals to expand his Inner Sea, but even after it stretched to the horizon, he still had not reached the Spring Gushing Realm. As he swallowed his last three mid-grade crystals and became vulnerable, the Shadow Play Performance appeared.

• Qin He waited two days in Beiliang Kingdom for the Heaven Punishing Bureau to follow up, then began consuming Beast Crystals to break through.
• Qin He used the Sky-Swallowing Demonic Art to turn the crystals into Origin Power, expanding his Inner Sea into a vast sea over three days.
• Qin He realized that thirty-six Beast Crystals had not brought him to the Spring Gushing Realm and worried that his enormous Inner Sea required even more power.
• Qin He swallowed his last three mid-grade Beast Crystals, causing his belly to swell and leaving him vulnerable to a Dao Palace Realm ambush.
• Qin He grew hazy as the Shadow Play Performance appeared, and he cursed its timing.

After Ao Zuling confessed to years of crimes, Wang Tie Zhu learned that the Heaven Punishing Divine Mirror had been installed and its presence concealed by Heaven’s secrets. He ordered Ma Fei to continue the operation to target Divine Generals and find a way to destroy the mirror.

• Wang Tie Zhu sneezed while shoveling Ao Zuling’s ashes, scattering most of them, then suspected his companions had cursed him.
• Ma Fei, Old Ape, and Lamborghini denied cursing Wang Tie Zhu, while Little Sable only rolled its eyes.
• Wang Tie Zhu recalled that Ao Zuling had confessed to extortion, blackmail, and trafficking people with special constitutions to evil cultivators.
• Wang Tie Zhu had Ao Zuling executed and scattered his ashes without a proper burial.
• The group learned that the Heaven Punishing Divine Mirror had been installed under concealment by Heaven’s secrets.
• Wang Tie Zhu told Ma Fei to continue the operation and target more Divine Generals in hopes of destroying the mirror.

After Ma Fei’s provocation drew the Heaven Punishing Bureau’s entire force, Wang Tie Zhu and the others took refuge in Qin He’s Corpse Burning Room. A divine official called on them to surrender as the army surrounded the building.

• The Heaven Punishing Bureau mobilized after Ao Zuling vanished and Great Immortal Green Ox’s whereabouts remained unknown.
• Ma Fei provoked one of the Bureau Lords outside the Bureau’s offices, bringing the three Bureau Lords, divine generals, and divine soldiers after him.
• Wang Tie Zhu scolded Ma Fei for drawing the entire Heaven Punishing Bureau, while Lamborghini, Little Sable, and Old Ape feared the approaching force.
• Wang Tie Zhu and the others hid inside the Corpse Burning Room, following Qin He’s advice to keep the doors and windows shut.
• A divine official stepped forward and ordered the people inside to surrender.

Sheng Tianming led the Heaven Punishing Bureau in surrounding Corpse Burning Room No. 7 after spotting Ma Fei, a lackey of Great Immortal Green Ox. Ma Fei defiantly insulted the Bureau and refused to surrender while its master remained asleep.

• Sheng Tianming recognized Ma Fei and summoned the other Bureau Lords and the Bureau’s forces to surround Corpse Burning Room No. 7.
• The Black Robe Divine Official called on the occupants to surrender, but Ma Fei cursed at him and spat through the window.
• Sheng Tianming ordered the divine official to offer the occupants a chance to join the Deity World.
• Ma Fei again refused to surrender and told the Bureau to wait until its master woke or start a fight.

The Heaven Punishing Bureau attacked Corpse Burning Room No. 7 after Ma Fei's insults, but its powerful protective formation repelled both a Divine General's hammer strike and a barrage of spells. Sheng Tianming grew more wary of Great Immortal Green Ox, while the Bureau's army was left facing an undamaged building.

• A newly promoted Divine General volunteered to attack Corpse Burning Room No. 7, and Sheng Tianming ordered him to level it.
• The Divine General's hammer strike rebounded off the room's formation, grievously injuring him and knocking him unconscious.
• The Black Robe Divine Official felt relieved that he had stayed back, while a Bureau member identified the room's protective formation as the reason weapons had failed.
• Sheng Tianming ordered the Divine Generals to attack with spells, and they bombarded the Corpse Burning Room with varied elemental assaults.
• The spells also failed to damage the room, leaving the surrounding ground cratered and the Heaven Punishing Bureau's army shocked.

Heaven Punishing Bureau’s attacks failed to damage the Corpse Burning Room, whose barrier then unleashed a counterattack that scattered the army. The beasts celebrated their safety, but Wang Tie Zhu warned that Heaven Punishing Bureau still had a Heaven Punishing Divine Mirror.

• Sheng Tian Zhang ordered Zhū Tiān Fǔ’s Divine Generals to storm the Corpse Burning Room.
• Heaven Punishing Bureau’s forces battered the room’s barrier, but it remained intact.
• The Corpse Burning Room counterattacked, blasting apart the battle formation and forcing the army to retreat.
• Wang Tie Zhu, Lamborghini, Ma Fei, and the other beasts celebrated the room’s protection and discussed the remaining threat from the three Bureau Lords.
• Wang Tie Zhu warned the beasts that Heaven Punishing Bureau still had a Heaven Punishing Divine Mirror.

The beasts at the Corpse Burning Room realized the Heaven Punishing Bureau had unleashed the Heaven Punishing Strike, and they struggled to endure its overwhelming power. As the blasts engulfed the room, Wang Tie Zhu glimpsed a faint figure standing above it and facing the heavenly bolts.

• The beasts debated whether the Heaven Punishing Strike could overwhelm the Corpse Burning Room, and Wang Tie Zhu blamed Ma Fei for ruining their chance to negotiate.
• A crushing pressure descended as black clouds formed a vast vortex above the Corpse Burning Room.
• Wang Tie Zhu recognized the Heaven Punishing Strike as lightning filled the sky and then abruptly fell silent.
• Two massive blasts engulfed the beasts in white light, leaving Wang Tie Zhu dazed and barely able to recover his senses.
• Wang Tie Zhu looked through his fingers and saw a faint Illusory Shadow standing atop the Corpse Burning Room, facing the heavenly punishment.

Great Immortal Green Ox devoured most of the Heaven Punishing lightning, leaving the Heaven Punishing Bureau’s leaders unable to challenge him and prompting them to retreat. After the final bolt passed, Ma Fei and Wang Tie Zhu found their charred, swollen master outside the Corpse Burning Room.

• Heaven Punishing Bureau experts spotted Great Immortal Green Ox gulping down the lightning and realized the strike had lost most of its power.
• Black Robe Divine Official urged the Bureau Lords to retreat to the divine realm, but Sheng Tian Zhang said it was too late and Sheng Tianming ordered a withdrawal to defend the Heaven Punishing Bureau.
• The Heaven Punishing Bureau army turned back toward Heaven Punishing City as the lightning storm continued.
• The final blood-colored bolt fell, the storm vanished, and the doors of the Corpse Burning Room opened.
• Ma Fei mistook the blackened Great Immortal Green Ox for a ghost, and Wang Tie Zhu knocked Ma Fei down before greeting his master.

Qin He devoured the Heaven Punishing Strike but was left recovering from the excess energy, so the beasts decided to confront the Heaven Punishing Bureau without him. Wang Tie Zhu sent Ma Fei to proclaim that the bureau had been surrounded.

• Qin He returned to the room after swallowing the thunder tribulation and rested while the energy rampaged inside him.
• The beasts praised Qin He’s feat and asked what to do about the Heaven Punishing Bureau.
• Ma Fei reported that most bureau members had retreated inside while others had scattered and fled.
• Wang Tie Zhu ordered the beasts to contain the bureau at its doorstep, despite Old Ape’s concerns.
• Ma Fei shouted outside the Heaven Punishing Bureau and demanded that its members surrender.

Wei Wu and Qian Wuliang arrived at Heaven Punishing City, where they saw signs of chaos and a battle involving Immortal Green Ox. Their wager over You Wenqu’s number of legs ended with Qian Wuliang discovering that he had two and a half.

• Wei Wu and Qian Wuliang reached deserted Heaven Punishing City and spotted green smoke and immense pressure from a distant battle.
• Wei Wu and Qian Wuliang’s past was recounted: they met in the Abyss, joined forces, and set out to find Immortal Green Ox despite their growing disagreements.
• Wei Wu exploited Qian Wuliang’s fondness for gambling by wagering a Corpse Pill against Qian Wuliang’s right to use his sedan chair.
• Qian Wuliang hedged his guess by claiming You Wenqu had either two or three legs, then watched You Wenqu reveal that he had two and a half.

Wei Wu won Qian Wuliang’s Dual Corpse Sedan in a wager and reached Heaven Punishing City with him. After meeting Wang Tie Zhu and the others on their way to surround Heaven Punishing Bureau, Wei Wu joined them, leaving Qian Wuliang scrambling after his sedan.

• Wei Wu reminded Qian Wuliang that their wager was fair, took his Corpse Control Bell, and claimed the Dual Corpse Sedan for a month.
• Wei Wu dragged Qian Wuliang to Heaven Punishing City, where they heard a crowd approaching and saw Wang Tie Zhu’s group racing toward the city.
• Wang Tie Zhu invited Wei Wu to help surround Heaven Punishing Bureau, and Wei Wu agreed after pretending to hesitate.
• Wei Wu ordered the corpse puppets to chase after Wang Tie Zhu’s group, and they hauled along You Wenqu while Qian Wuliang shouted after them.

Wang Tie Zhu led a tiny band to the Heaven Punishing Bureau and pretended they had surrounded it, hoping to frighten its defenders into inaction. After Ma Fei taunted the silent Bureau, Wang Tie Zhu asked Wei Wu to strike its barrier.

• The group arrived at the Heaven Punishing Bureau, where its compound was sealed behind a sky-blue light screen.
• Wang Tie Zhu revealed that their entire force consisted of only eight breathing creatures, then had Ma Fei announce that the Bureau was surrounded.
• Wei Wu and Qian Wuliang realized Qin He was absent and panicked, but Wei Wu stopped Qian Wuliang from retreating.
• Wang Tie Zhu claimed his master could reach the battlefield within ten breaths and urged Ma Fei to keep up the show.
• Ma Fei hurled insults at the silent Bureau until Wang Tie Zhu asked Wei Wu to hit the barrier.

Wei Wu, Wang Tie Zhu, and Lamborghini argued over who deserved to be Blue Ox's first disciple while a Dao Palace Realm hammer-wielder attacked Ma Fei. Old Ape reminded them that Ma Fei was struggling, leaving the group to face the immediate threat.

• Wei Wu refused to attack Heaven Punishing Bureau's Protective Magic Array, and Wang Tie Zhu tried to goad him into it.
• A burly man wielding a Gilded Hammer emerged from the light screen and attacked Ma Fei, who dodged with Shadow Flight.
• Wang Tie Zhu told Wei Wu to handle the attacker, and Wei Wu claimed he deserved to be Blue Ox's first disciple.
• Wang Tie Zhu and Lamborghini challenged Wei Wu's claim, and the three bickered over their status, strength, and time with their master.
• Old Ape reminded the group that Ma Fei could barely hold on against the hammer-wielding man.

Wang Tie Zhu intervened when Ma Fei was cornered by a hammer-wielding brute and defeated the stronger opponent with a series of rapid techniques. After crushing the brute beneath a golden mountain, Wang Tie Zhu challenged anyone else to come forward.

• Ma Fei dodged the hammer-wielding brute while hurling insults, and Wang Tie Zhu and Wei Wu watched.
• Wang Tie Zhu used Earth Escape to rush the brute and struck with a Seven-Headed Naga palm, driving him into a crater.
• The brute blocked Wang Tie Zhu's attack with a giant hammer, but Wang Tie Zhu began forming seals for another move.
• The brute charged and struck at Wang Tie Zhu, only to hit an Illusory Shadow while Wang Tie Zhu appeared across the pit.
• Wang Tie Zhu summoned the Great Luo Dharma Spell and crushed the hammer-wielding brute beneath a golden mountain.
• Wang Tie Zhu smoothed back its hair and roared, "Who else!!"