Chapter Summaries

Qin He defeated the blood-red eye formed from the perilous place’s killing intent with his Slaughter Domain and continued along the Sword Dao Trace. He then faced a flock of strange, flickering spirit creatures charging out of the mist.

• Qin He confronted the blood-red eye as the surrounding killing intent threatened his soul.
• Qin He unleashed his Slaughter Domain, shattered the eye, and disrupted the boundless killing intent.
• Qin He continued forward along the Sword Dao Trace after surviving the clash.
• Dozens of bird-like sinister spirit creatures emerged from the mist and charged at Qin He.
• Qin He turned the Big Black Shovel into a longsword to cut down the creatures.

Qin He fought off the Yin Evil Creatures with the Azure Cloud Sword Art and used merit-infused sword light to destroy a powerful one. Unable to see their source through the mist, he blasted the hollow with Samadhi True Fire, revealing a crater filled with bursting sacs and flowing black water.

• Qin He used Azure Cloud Dawnbreaker and Clouds Gather, Clouds Disperse to illuminate and strike the Yin Evil Creatures.
• Qin He cleaved a powerful Yin Evil Creature in two with his merit-infused sword.
• Qin He found a mist-shrouded hollow where the creatures had emerged but could not see through the mist.
• Qin He tried probing the hollow with Southern Ming Li Fire, but the attack revealed nothing.
• Qin He unleashed Samadhi True Fire, burning away the mist and exposing burst sac-like objects, black water, and shrieking creatures in the crater.

Qin He discovered and burned clusters of gestation sacs that spawned varied Yin Evil Creatures as he advanced into Black Wind Mountain. At Heaven Gate Ravine, he witnessed the immense sword strike that split the mountain, then found a gigantic gestation sac surrounded by hundreds more.

• Qin He observed that the gestation sacs birthed wildly different Yin Evil Creatures, then incinerated the breeding ground and killed the creatures that fled.
• Qin He burned more than twenty clusters of gestation sacs as he traveled toward the heart of Black Wind Mountain.
• Qin He reached Heaven Gate Ravine and witnessed the Sword Dao strike that had cleaved through the ring-shaped mountain.
• Qin He walked through the ravine, was shaken by its Sword Intent, and gained new insight into the Azure Origin Sword Art.
• Qin He saw an enormous black gestation sac beyond Heaven Gate, surrounded by hundreds of smaller sacs.

Qin He survived the Humanoid Fierce Beast’s ambush and unleashed the full power of his Samadhi True Fire against the danger within the giant sac. He retreated from the burning mountain ring, intending to return after reaching the Dao Palace realm.

• The Humanoid Fierce Beast slashed Qin He’s head with killing intent, but Qin He recovered and decapitated it before it could cut his throat.
• Qin He set the twitching beast ablaze with a spark and reflected on how close its attack had come to destroying his soul.
• Qin He judged that the creature inside the giant sac was too dangerous to fight and hurled a huge tricolored fireball toward it.
• Qin He fully unleashed the Samadhi True Fire, which spread across the mountain ring and burned the nether soil into lava.
• Qin He saw no resistance from within the flames and left the area, planning to return after breaking through to the Dao Palace.

Samadhi True Fire erupted from Black Wind Mountain, prompting the Kui Family to warn people to evacuate as a Supernatural Disturbance began. A Thousand-legged Centipede and a tide of beasts then tore through Black Wind Mountain Town, sending its residents fleeing.

• Samadhi True Fire blazed from Black Wind Mountain, and Fan Gu, Huo Dong Ming, and Tian Zi Zhen watched in shock as the town’s livelihood was threatened.
• Elder Kui Xing recognized the fire as the start of the Supernatural Disturbance and ordered his family to leave Black Wind Mountain.
• Kui Family servants rang gongs and warned the town to evacuate, but most residents initially stayed behind.
• A mountain-sized Thousand-legged Centipede charged through Black Wind Mountain Town, crushing buildings and killing or injuring those in its path.
• A horde of ferocious creatures and Demonic Beasts followed the centipede, and the panicked townspeople fled.

After the Samadhi True Fire burned through most of Black Wind Mountain, it weakened and left the mountain as a blazing wasteland. Qin He decided to visit Heavenly Wolf Valley to use the Moon Radiance Cauldron and sent Lamborghini to fetch Little Sable.

• Qin He watched Black Wind Mountain for seven days while the Samadhi True Fire burned and dealt with several creatures that fled.
• The fire weakened into ordinary flames, stopped within Black Wind Mountain, and left it burning beneath clouds of smoke.
• Wang Tie Zhu called the transformed mountain Flame Mountain, prompting Qin He to wonder if the name was more than a coincidence.
• Qin He said he and Wang Tie Zhu would go to Heavenly Wolf Valley to borrow the Heavenly Wolf Tribe's Moon Radiance Cauldron.
• Qin He told Lamborghini to return and pick up Little Sable so they could all go to Heavenly Wolf Valley together.

Qin He and his companions visited Heavenly Wolf Valley to borrow the Moon Radiance Cauldron, and Old Wolf Ancestor first refused. Qin He offered the Bone Transformation Technique in exchange, leaving Old Wolf Ancestor delighted and willing to trade.

• Old Wolf Ancestor refused to lend the Moon Radiance Cauldron, but changed its mind when Qin He threatened to make roasted wolf leg.
• Wang Tie Zhu argued that the cauldron could not help Old Wolf Ancestor break through because its qi and blood were depleted and it was still injured.
• Qin He offered Old Wolf Ancestor the Bone Transformation Technique as compensation for the cauldron.
• Old Wolf Ancestor felt the technique's benefits and agreed to the trade, though it declined Wang Tie Zhu's demand to kneel and give thanks.

Qin He and his companions entered the Heavenly Wolf Tribe’s Moon Radiance Cauldron to absorb its gentle Moon Yin Essence. Old Wolf Ancestor watched them enter, then left without interfering.

• Old Wolf Ancestor led Qin He and the three beasts through Heavenly Wolf Valley to the Moon Radiance Cauldron.
• Old Wolf Ancestor opened the cauldron’s restrictions after Wang Tie Zhu and Lamborghini warned him not to betray their deal.
• Wang Tie Zhu entered first and called out that a huge lake lay inside the cauldron.
• Qin He, Little Sable, and Lamborghini entered and found a vast inner space filled with Moon Yin Essence.
• Qin He sensed the essence’s nourishing power and judged that absorbing the entire lake would take several months.
• Old Wolf Ancestor watched the group disappear into the cauldron, then sighed and left as Lang Qing breathed a sigh of relief.

The Golden Treasure Group looted Black Wind Mountain Town under Li Tian Lan’s command and killed an elderly man and a girl who had witnessed them. The girl’s corpse transformed into a paranormal creature and attacked the group, leaving Li Tian Lan dead and the survivors fleeing.

• Li Tian Lan led the Golden Treasure Group through Black Wind Mountain Town to steal abandoned supplies.
• Cao Tian Chuo and the others found an elderly man and a girl in a shop and brought them to Li Tian Lan.
• Li Tian Lan ordered the two killed to prevent them from telling anyone, and Cao Tian Chuo snapped their necks.
• After the group left, the girl’s corpse transformed, grew black claws and red fur, and rose from the ground.
• The transformed girl attacked the Golden Treasure Group, killing Li Tian Lan as the others panicked and tried to escape.

A supernatural outbreak began at Lingchuan Mine and spread across the Black Wind Mountain Domain, turning the dead into powerful, contagious threats. Half a month later, Wei Wu watched Inlaid City brace for more outbreaks and suspected the phenomena were connected to corpse mutations in the Eastern Lands World.

• A dead miner at Lingchuan Mine rose as a pig demon, and supernatural creatures overran the tunnels, leaving only one wounded Thousand Crane Clan member alive.
• Supernatural outbreaks spread through mines, settlements, cities, and clan territories, wiping out smaller clans and forcing survivors to burn corpses each night.
• Wei Wu saw the moon reddening over Inlaid City and considered how First Generation Supernatural Phenomena could multiply by killing the living.
• Inlaid City residents panicked after a possessed corpse was sealed with Purple Cloud Divine Thunder and destroyed with the Spirit Crossing Sutra.
• Wei Wu suspected corpse mutations in the Eastern Lands World were connected to supernatural phenomena in the Abyss World and to the Corpse Burner profession.

Wei Wu and Qian Wuliang discussed how to counter supernatural horrors, and Qian Wuliang suggested the legendary Duo'e Dharma Scripture as a possible universal restraint. They left without a way to obtain it, and Qian Wuliang advised Wei Wu to study captured horrors instead.

• Wei Wu complained that Lamborghini had taken Little Sable to Heavenly Wolf Valley and left the others to guard the house.
• Qian Wuliang teased Wei Wu about being jealous, and the two argued until Qian Wuliang backed down from a wager.
• Wei Wu asked Qian Wuliang how to deal with supernatural horrors, and Qian Wuliang named Purple Cloud Divine Thunder, the Spirit Crossing Sutra, and Samadhi True Fire.
• Wei Wu said those methods could not solve the problem completely, so Qian Wuliang proposed the Duo'e Dharma Scripture as a possible universal counter.
• Qian Wuliang said the Great Immortal did not have the scripture and warned that supernatural horrors would make it difficult to obtain.
• Qian Wuliang advised Wei Wu to capture and study supernatural horrors rather than worry about finding the scripture.

Wei Wu arranged to study supernatural corpses and had Hui Miqiu prepare layered defenses in Spirit Medicine Valley. After the group waited through the night, a red light touched one corpse, which rose and opened blood-red eyes.

• Wei Wu asked Qian Wuliang where they could catch supernatural entities, and Qian suggested waiting for corpses to mutate.
• Wei Wu went to Spirit Medicine Valley and asked Hui Miqiu to set up defenses for researching supernatural corpses.
• Hui Miqiu completed five Eight Gates Golden Lock Formations, while Wei Wu arranged iron cages, talismans, and the valley-protecting formation as three lines of defense.
• Wei Wu brought five corpses into the cages, and Divine Chariot Pillar, Wu De, and Fahai waited with the others for them to mutate.
• A thread of red light touched the corpse at the edge, which rose, laughed, and opened blood-red eyes.

The cultivators examined a risen corpse whose intelligence and power suggested the First Generation Supernatural Phenomenon, then discussed how to test ways of restraining it. Several days later, Qin He continued cultivating inside the Moon Radiance Cauldron, transforming his Gushing Spring pillars as he advanced toward the Wheel Sea Realm.

• A Lynx Cat Demon corpse rose inside the formation with Dao Palace Realm power and unusual intelligence, prompting the onlookers to question how the phenomenon had possessed it.
• Qian Wuliang, Wu De, Fahai, and Wei Wu debated the phenomenon’s nature and proposed testing which spells or talismans could restrain it.
• Hui Miqiu suggested slicing up one of the risen corpses to test it, leaving the group silent.
• Several days later, Qin He cultivated in the Moon Radiance Cauldron as the remaining moonlight essence dwindled and his Gushing Spring pillars began transforming into jade pillars.

Qin He emerged from the Moon Radiance Cauldron after breaking through to the late Wheel Sea Realm and learned that the supernatural outbreak had begun. As he prepared to unite the tribes against it, Lang Qing offered to serve under his command.

• Qin He completed his breakthrough, while Little Sable, Lamborghini, and Wang Tie Zhu had each advanced during their cultivation.
• Wang Tie Zhu told Qin He that the supernatural outbreak had begun and that mutated corpses had caused chaos in Heavenly Wolf City.
• Qin He greeted the Old Wolf Ancestor, whose cultivation of the Bone Transformation Technique had made him look and feel younger.
• Qin He said that uniting the tribes would help them fight the supernatural, and Lang Qing pledged to serve him.

Lang Qing knelt before Qin He and offered his service, securing a mission as Qin He sought cooperation among the three clans against the supernatural outbreak. The chapter ended with Lang Qing setting out to investigate how far the outbreak had spread.

• Lang Qing dropped to his knees before Qin He, stunning Wang Tie Zhu, Lamborghini, Old Wolf Ancestor, and Qin He.
• Wang Tie Zhu called Lang Qing an opportunist and worried he would become a rival for Qin He's favor.
• Qin He recognized that Lang Qing's gesture could help unite the three clans and accepted his offer to serve.
• Qin He ordered Lang Qing to investigate the outbreak in the Black Wind Mountain Domain and determine whether it had spread across the Western Regions.
• Lang Qing agreed to carry out Qin He's orders as quickly as possible.

Qin He convened a meeting in Inlaid City after Lang Qing joined him, and learned that Wei Wu and the others had organized a large army and prepared plans to counter the supernatural resurgence. The preparations were complete, leaving Qin He to give the order to begin the campaign.

• Qin He returned to Inlaid City, where Lang Qing reported back and Qin He gathered his forces for a meeting.
• Wei Wu reported that Inlaid City had over forty-two thousand troops, more than eighty thousand on the periphery, and a clear military structure that Qin He approved for the western expedition force.
• Ma Fei reported seventeen concentrated supernatural sites and at least two hundred other outbreak points near the Black Wind Mountain Domain.
• Ma Fei explained the strength of the supernatural phenomena, while Wei Wu and Wang Tie Zhu presented plans to encircle and suppress the sites and methods to counter them.
• Wei Wu and Wang Tie Zhu had joined forces to prepare the response and had Ma Fei present it, leaving Lang Qing isolated as they awaited Qin He's order.

Qin He organized a coordinated campaign against the Supernatural Creatures, ordering the Spirit Crossing Sutra taught to his forces and made available to sincere worshippers. The four armies marched out from Inlaid City to reclaim territories devastated by the outbreak.

• Lang Qing reported signs of supernatural resurgence in several regions beyond Black Wind Mountain Domain, and Qin He ordered him to monitor them and join the campaign.
• Qin He ordered the Scorpion King's Lair, Thousand Crane Palace, and Heavenly Wolf Valley to join the fight, then directed Wei Wu to coordinate with them.
• After Wei Wu reported that the Spirit Crossing Sutra best suppressed Supernatural Creatures, Qin He ordered its distribution and selected four thousand people to learn it, warning them about its karmic risks.
• Worshippers sought the Spirit Crossing Sutra at Inlaid City's temple through the night, and their requests were answered.
• The next day, forty thousand troops split into four armies and set out toward the Grey Wolf Tribe, Cat Demon Ridge, Rabbit Burrow, and Rat King City, with most seized spoils promised to the army that captured them.

Qin He’s army confronted the supernatural Cat Demons in their ruined territory, and Wang Tie Zhu ordered over a thousand people to chant the Spirit Crossing Sutra. The chant summoned a deity and the Gate of Guidance, overwhelming the attackers and leaving Qin He confident that the first round was secure.

• The supernatural Cat Demons poured from the caves and charged the army through the burned Cat Demon Territory.
• Wang Tie Zhu ordered the army to use the Spirit Crossing Sutra rather than fight the corpses head-on.
• Over a thousand people chanted together, manifesting a deity and the Gate of Guidance above the battlefield.
• The chant slowed the Cat Demons, faded the crimson from their eyes, and caused their bodies to crumble or vanish.
• Qin He judged the attack successful and considered the first round secure.

Qin He and the army fought the cat demon supernatural horde, whose First Generation source disrupted the Spirit Crossing Sutra with a devastating roar. After Wang Tie Zhu and Wu De destroyed it, Qin He rode toward Black Wind Mountain, believing its supernatural phenomena could also be defeated.

• Qin He saw that the cat demons’ lingering souls were drawn into the Gate of Guidance and realized those killed by supernatural phenomena could not enter reincarnation.
• Wang Tie Zhu identified the ordinary-looking cat demon at the cavern’s center as the First Generation Supernatural Phenomenon and the source of the cat demon race’s curse.
• The First Generation and more than a hundred Second Generation Supernatural Phenomena unleashed a sound wave that injured the army and weakened the Spirit Crossing Sutra’s chanting.
• Wang Tie Zhu ordered the stronger experts to charge, while Purple Cloud Divine Thunder struck the horde and the army resumed its attack.
• Wang Tie Zhu smashed the First Generation Supernatural Phenomenon down with his staff, and Wu De blasted it into ashes with Purple Cloud Divine Thunder, causing the horde to collapse.
• Qin He rode on the Lamborghini’s back toward Black Wind Mountain to confront its supernatural phenomena.

Qin He rode Lamborghini to the outskirts of Black Wind Mountain and found it transformed into a burning wasteland. After sensing that the Samadhi True Fire still raged while the Gale Wind had weakened, he entered the mountain alone to investigate.

• Lamborghini carried Qin He at great speed after growing stronger through the Ancestral Demon Technique.
• Lamborghini had stolen herbs, pills, and other treasures from the Heavenly Wolf Tribe while Qin He was in the Moon Radiance Cauldron.
• Qin He and Lamborghini reached Black Wind Mountain and saw that its town and forests had been devastated by a fire burning for more than a month.
• Qin He sensed that the Samadhi True Fire remained fierce, while the mountain's Gale Wind had weakened and now fueled the flames.
• Qin He told Lamborghini to wait outside and stepped into Black Wind Mountain.