Chapter Summaries

Qin He, Marquis of Purple Robes, and Lamborghini found the remains of Zen Master Hui'an, a powerful monk who had died confronting something in the depths of the cavern. After Marquis paid his respects, the group continued toward the hidden presence Hui'an had guarded.

• Marquis of Purple Robes pushed the Big Black Ox through the cavern until Lamborghini spotted a golden light ahead.
• Qin He and the others discovered a withered monk whose body and Buddhist beads radiated golden light.
• Marquis of Purple Robes identified the monk as Zen Master Hui'an, a renowned Buddhist expert who had vanished during a supernatural calamity.
• Lamborghini tried to take Hui'an's Buddha Bone Sarira, but Qin He stopped him and warned that the monk's defenses would destroy anyone who touched it.
• Marquis of Purple Robes bowed to Hui'an, and Qin He led the group deeper into the cavern to face the thing the monk had confronted.

Qin He and Lamborghini traveled through an Echo Wall passage in the cave, where Qin He recognized the walls as a prison structure from the Ancient Heavenly Court. They advanced toward the likely source of the Longevity Substance, while Qin He welcomed the possibility of supernatural entities pursuing them.

• The group entered a passage with pitch-black walls that reflected their footsteps and breathing, and Lamborghini identified it as an Echo Wall.
• Qin He tested the unusually resilient walls and recognized them as similar to the Ancient Heavenly Court prison beneath the Corpse Burning Hall of the Flying Fish Guard.
• Little Sable led the way with Samadhi True Fire, destroying the many weak Demons and Monsters that crowded the passage.
• As the passage widened into a horn-shaped space, Lamborghini guessed it had been remodeled from an ancient creature's nest and wondered why the Ancient Heavenly Court had placed Longevity Substance in a prison.
• Lamborghini asked whether someone should guard the entrance, but Qin He ordered them onward and said he would welcome any supernatural entities that followed.

Qin He and his companions entered a vast cavern and were attacked by creatures hiding in the darkness. They revealed a huge White Cocoon that Marquis of Purple Robes identified as a butterfly demon, leaving the group to face the Corpse Worms around it.

• Lamborghini shouted into the cavern, drawing a sudden attack that struck it after Marquis of Purple Robes dodged.
• Qin He raised a purple lightning barrier to repel dozens of incoming attacks.
• Qin He's golden light pierced the darkness and revealed a colossal White Cocoon with wings and purple eyes.
• Marquis of Purple Robes identified the cocoon as a butterfly demon and said the Illusion Butterfly clan had been searching for it.
• Marquis of Purple Robes spotted Corpse Worms crawling across the cocoon, and Lamborghini blamed him for dodging and letting them hit its nose.

Qin He and his companions encountered the Demon Moth, a sentient corpse that bewitched Lamborghini and claimed it as its servant. Qin He revealed himself as Great Immortal Green Ox and challenged the Demon Moth to report his name to the Lord of Reincarnation.

• Lamborghini crushed the Corpse Worm after it failed to pierce his defenses.
• Lamborghini charged White Cocoon, but the figure vanished and a ruined Demon Moth appeared in the cavern.
• The Demon Moth spread gray mist and bewitched Lamborghini, who began addressing it as Ancestor Lord.
• The Demon Moth praised Lamborghini and threatened to use him against the dead monk at the entrance, then turned its attention to Qin He.
• Qin He recognized the Demon Moth as an ancient corpse that had become a spirit and introduced himself as Great Immortal Green Ox.

Qin He challenged the Moth Ancestor’s beliefs about immortality and fate before attacking it with Tricolor Flames and Purple Lightning. The Moth Ancestor was burned to ashes beneath Lin City, though it was not the true mastermind.

• The Moth Ancestor questioned Qin He about his connection to Daoist Ling Yun and the Sword Dao Laws, but Qin He refused to answer.
• The Moth Ancestor argued that all beings saved themselves and declared that its fate belonged to itself, not Heaven.
• Qin He rejected the Moth Ancestor’s justification and decided to kill it, while the Marquis of Purple Robes called it a narcissist.
• Qin He struck the Moth Ancestor with three flames and Purple Lightning, shaking Lin City above as the entity burned to ashes.
• The chapter revealed that the Moth Ancestor was not the real mastermind.

Qin He destroyed the Corpse Worm controlling the Moth Ancestor’s body, but the corpse began awakening behind a powerful black domain that even the Samadhi True Fire could not penetrate. Qin He ordered the others to retreat as the true terror stirred.

• Qin He struck the Corpse Worm out of the Moth Ancestor’s corpse and burned it away with the Samadhi True Fire.
• The Corpse Worm warned Qin He that its death would awaken the Moth Ancestor, but Qin He crushed it anyway.
• The Moth Ancestor’s corpse resisted the flames and formed a black domain as a far more powerful aura awakened.
• Qin He signaled for everyone to retreat, and Little Sable, Lamborghini, and Marquis of Purple Robes left the cave.

Qin He faced the Moth Ancestor’s corpse as Phantom Dream Phosphor Fire overwhelmed the Samadhi True Fire. The chapter ended with the fire taking moth form and lunging at Qin He.

• Qin He judged the Moth Ancestor’s corpse to be more powerful than any Lord of Supernatural Phenomena he had encountered and wondered whether something still dwelled within it.
• Qin He recognized the blue-green flames around the corpse as Phantom Dream Phosphor Fire, one of the Nine Great Demon Flames and the Moth Clan’s Natal True Fire.
• Qin He recalled that Phantom Dream Phosphor Fire burned its victims away inside a dream and could not be extinguished unless they were reduced to ash.
• Phantom Dream Phosphor Fire erupted around the Moth Ancestor and formed an enormous moth.
• The moth-shaped flame rushed at Qin He, spreading the black domain as a bone-chilling cold swept over him and the Samadhi True Fire failed to stop it.

Qin He used Southern Ming Li Fire to gain the advantage over the fire moth, but an ancient, strange sigh disrupted his perception and nearly overwhelmed his defenses. He regained his clarity only to find the moth less than an inch from his face.

• Qin He summoned the Vermilion Bird with Southern Ming Li Fire to counter the fire moth's Phantom Dream Phosphor Fire.
• The fire moth filled the surroundings with illusions, but the Vermilion Bird held it back with a wall of blue flames.
• Qin He strengthened the Vermilion Bird with his true essence, allowing it to pierce the fire moth's wings and force it to retreat.
• An ancient sigh shook Qin He's soul and made the world and its laws seem alien, but his merit and saintly body and soul restored his clarity.
• Qin He saw that the fire moth had pounced to within an inch of his face.

Qin He and the Vermilion Bird destroyed the fire moth spirit and awakened the Moth Ancestor’s corpse, which spoke to him without hostility. The Moth Ancestor learned that the world was in the early Age of Dharma Decline and was bewildered by the changed cultivation system, leaving Qin He shocked by how ancient it was.

• Qin He restored his resonance with the Heavenly Dao, and the Vermilion Bird tore apart the fire moth and flooded it with Southern Ming Li Fire until it exploded.
• The Vermilion Bird charged at the Moth Ancestor’s corpse as Qin He readied the Chaos Black Shovel and sensed the corpse fully awakening.
• The Vermilion Bird’s flames burned the Moth Ancestor, which stared at Qin He and asked whether he was human.
• Qin He confirmed he was human and explained that it was the early Age of Dharma Decline, with Dao Palace Realm cultivators now considered peak experts.
• The Moth Ancestor questioned whether the cultivation system had changed, and Qin He realized it came from a super ancient era.

The Moth Ancestor's corpse used Void Divine Art to escape into the Sea of Fury, and Qin He followed it through the spatial passage. After searching through the violent sea, he found the corpse standing motionless on a remote island cliff, gazing out over the water.

• The Moth Ancestor's corpse tore open space with Void Divine Art and vanished, and Qin He immediately followed.
• Qin He emerged deep in the Sea of Fury and found that the turbulent origin energy and spatial deviation had hidden the corpse from his divine sense.
• Qin He searched in widening circles through the storm and raging waves until he detected a faint trace of the corpse.
• Qin He found the Moth Ancestor's corpse standing silently on a sheer cliff, staring out across the sea without any Origin Power fluctuation.

After seven days of waiting, Qin He watched the Moth Ancestor's corpse open a portal and followed it to the frozen North Continent of Jiluzhou. There he found the corpse standing guard over an impenetrable sheet of ice, but he could detect nothing beneath it.

• Qin He spent seven days trying to rouse the Moth Ancestor's corpse as violent spiritual energy drained his Origin Power.
• The Moth Ancestor's corpse opened a pitch-black passage, and Qin He followed it to the North Continent of Jiluzhou.
• Qin He used his Marking Technique to locate the corpse less than twenty li away and found it hovering over the ice.
• Qin He searched the area and sensed beneath the ice but detected no anomaly, leaving him to wait beside the corpse.

Qin He discovered an ancient battlefield frozen beneath the Icefield and realized the immense freeze might have encompassed all of North Continent of Jiluzhou. He asked the Moth Ancestor's corpse who had frozen the place, and the corpse turned its head toward him.

• Qin He dropped Samadhi True Fire onto the ice and saw a shattered war chariot and a battlefield frozen beneath it.
• Qin He used more Samadhi True Fire to survey the battlefield and found it stretched over a hundred li across.
• Qin He concluded that the battlefield had been frozen instantly, possibly along with the entire North Continent of Jiluzhou.
• Qin He recalled the legend of the Danzhou Continent freezing for nine hundred years and wondered whether the same event had also frozen Jiluzhou.
• Qin He asked the Moth Ancestor's corpse who had frozen the place, and it slowly turned its head toward him.

Qin He questioned the Moth Ancestor's corpse about gods, immortals, and demons, learning that demons were immortals cursed by the gods. The corpse could not explain how paranormal phenomena related to demons and left through a newly appeared Void Gate, with Qin He following it.

• Qin He asked whether the Moth Ancestor's corpse was an immortal, and it explained that gods and immortals were different.
• The Moth Ancestor's corpse said demons were immortals who stood against the gods, and Qin He considered what that meant for old legends.
• The corpse explained that the gods had cursed demons, making them Cursed Immortals.
• Qin He asked how paranormal phenomena related to demons, but the corpse said it did not know.
• A Void Gate appeared in the water, and the Moth Ancestor's corpse departed through it as Qin He followed.

For three months, Qin He followed Moth Ancestor’s corpse through the Abyss World, exploring its many hidden places. At last, Moth Ancestor spoke and revealed that it had forgotten its own name, leaving Qin He to consider what time and immortality could erase.

• Qin He followed Moth Ancestor’s corpse to thirty-six places across the Abyss World and defeated two lurking supernatural entities.
• After three months, Moth Ancestor spoke to Qin He and asked his name.
• Qin He introduced himself as Qin He, courtesy name Nameless, style Green Ox Immortal, and asked Moth Ancestor for its name.
• Moth Ancestor said it remembered many things but had forgotten its own name.
• Qin He reflected on how names were forgotten over time and how Moth Ancestor had lost even the first thing it had ever possessed.

Qin He learned that the Moth Ancestor's corpse had regained a spark of will and offered to repair the flaw in his Holy Body in exchange for using it to nourish its true body. The chapter ended with Qin He suspiciously weighing the proposal.

• The Moth Ancestor's corpse recalled that revisiting an old place might restore its broken memories, and its gaze gained a trace of vitality.
• The corpse began eyeing Qin He's body, prompting Qin He to threaten it with the Big Black Shovel and warn that Samadhi True Fire was not his limit.
• The Moth Ancestor's corpse claimed Qin He's Holy Body had a flaw and warned that it could prevent him from transcending the world.
• Qin He realized the flaw was his missing big toe, which he suspected had been tainted by the paranormal.
• The Moth Ancestor's corpse offered to mend the flaw in exchange for borrowing Qin He's Holy Body to nourish its true body, and Qin He questioned what it meant by a win-win.

Three months after leaving Lin City, Qin He returned with Moth Ancestor attached to his foot, completing his sacred body and gaining access to the Void Gate. They agreed on three rules, ending with Moth Ancestor demanding that Qin He wash his feet regularly.

• Qin He used the Void Gate to arrive in Lin City after three months away.
• Moth Ancestor explained that it had replaced Qin He's missing toe, making his sacred body complete.
• Qin He warned Moth Ancestor not to scheme against him, while Moth Ancestor insisted it had no reason to harm him.
• Moth Ancestor set rules limiting the Void Gate's use and requiring Qin not to disturb it while it slept.
• Moth Ancestor complained about Qin He's smelly shoes and demanded that he wash his feet regularly with spiritual liquid.

Qin He argued with Moth Ancestor, which reneged on their agreement by falling asleep before hearing his rules. He reunited with Little Sable and Lamborghini, then discovered Lamborghini had grown much larger after feasting while he was away.

• Qin He agreed to wash after Moth Ancestor insisted that he smelled, though he could not detect any odor.
• Qin He began to state his rules, but Moth Ancestor invoked its rule about sleeping and vanished into slumber.
• Qin He threatened Moth Ancestor, then isolated his Big Toe with runes in case it tried anything while he slept.
• Lamborghini and Little Sable flew up to greet Qin He after waiting for his return in the city.
• Qin He accused Lamborghini of feasting on the rich, and Little Sable's mixed reaction confirmed that the ox's excuse was only partly true.

Qin He returned to Lin City and learned that his clone and Little Sable had dealt with the ambushers while he was away. With the city nearly cleared of supernatural creatures, he prepared to celebrate—and to torment the Moth Ancestor with a feast.

• Lamborghini told Qin He that Little Sable had killed one ambusher and Qin He's clone had killed the other.
• Qin He explained that his clone had dispersed while he was in the Sea of Fury, leaving him unaware of what had happened outside.
• Lamborghini reported that Little Sable had helped keep Lin City safe and that Steel Pillar said Zhu Ganglie was nearly finished purging the supernatural phenomena.
• Qin He learned that merit in Lin City had surged and said the purge should continue with strong measures.
• Qin He asked Lamborghini to prepare a rich, heavily seasoned feast, intending to make the Moth Ancestor smell it.

Marquis of Purple Robes and the Great Jing Kingdom palace court scrambled to prepare a banquet after Immortal Green Ox requested a meal. Qin He chose a whole table of gourd garlic dishes, while Lamborghini was denied meat and Little Sable was promised two fish.

• Marquis of Purple Robes gathered palace chefs and leading city chefs to prepare a banquet for Qin He.
• Qin He sampled the appetizers and asked about a garlic-like ingredient called gourd garlic.
• Qin He ordered the chefs to make gourd garlic the main ingredient in a whole table of dishes, alarming Marquis of Purple Robes.
• Lamborghini asked whether the banquet would include meat, and Qin He said that meat would be served for Little Sable.
• Marquis of Purple Robes offered Little Sable two six-hundred-year-old Feathered Star Sturgeon, one steamed and one stewed.
• Lamborghini demanded meat for itself, but Qin He told it to lose weight.

Qin He stayed in the Great Jing Imperial Palace while the Spirit-Slaying Legion crushed supernatural forces across the land. He waited as Little Sable attempted to break through from the Divine Bridge Realm into the Other Shore Realm, an unprecedented feat in the End of Dharma Era.

• Qin He tried to make himself smell bad, but the Sky-Swallowing Demonic Art refined everything he ate and left no odor behind.
• Marquis of Purple Robes gained land, tributes, and political favor for Great Jing because of its ties to Immortal Green Ox.
• Ma Fei repeatedly reported that Zhu Ganglie and the Spirit-Slaying Legion were steamrolling supernatural forces and interrogating their allies for clues.
• Little Sable stabilized its cultivation at the great completion of the Divine Bridge Realm and began attempting to enter the Other Shore Realm.
• Qin He stayed by Little Sable and patiently stood guard, uncertain whether it could break through.