Recaps

Zhou Pan explained that the conflict with the Zhou family was tied to the imperial court’s appointment of Shaanxi’s next Administration Commissioner, then announced his retreat to avoid provoking his enemies. Li Yan learned the political stakes and proposed killing Lu Kang, but Zhang ShiTong urged him to follow the rules; Li Yan resolved to strengthen himself and investigate the Eight Great Vajras.

• Zhou Pan stopped the Eight Great Vajras from arguing, made Yuan Qu cover Zhou Bai’s expenses, and explained that the struggle in Xianyang stemmed from the court’s decision to replace Lu Qing.
• Zhou Pan ordered his disciples to announce that he had entered seclusion and warned them to conceal any wrongdoing while he waited for the larger political contest to settle.
• Zhang ShiTong visited Li Yan and Sha LiFei, reporting that Zhou Pan had withdrawn and explaining how Lu Kang’s possible appointment could empower the Zhou family.
• Li Yan suggested finding experts to kill Lu Kang, but Zhang ShiTong warned that it would break the rules and said evidence against the Zhou family could help Li Siyuan’s side take power.
• After Zhang ShiTong left, Li Yan told Sha LiFei to focus on improving their strength and gathering travel money, and asked him to find intelligence on the Eight Great Vajras.

Li Yan and his companions visited Hearing Sound Pavilion to arrange a Great Cloud Thunder Drum, and Manager Wan proposed making it from thunderstruck jujube wood. After witnessing unrest spreading through Xianyang, they decided to retrieve the wood and use the turmoil to evade the Zhou family.

• Wang Dao Xuan brought Li Yan and Sha LiFei to Hearing Sound Pavilion to find a craftsman for the Great Cloud Thunder Drum.
• Manager Wan recognized Li Yan’s Three Talents Demon Suppressing Coin and offered to make the drum as an artifact if they retrieved thunderstruck jujube wood.
• Sha LiFei negotiated with Manager Wan until he agreed to craft the drum for free in exchange for the wood.
• Li Yan and his companions saw disguised martial artists provoke fights with the White Ape Gang and observed further violence across the city.
• Li Yan decided the group would retrieve the wood, secure their important items, and use the city’s turmoil to disappear from the Zhou family’s sight.

Li Yan and his companions set out with Zhao the Donkey to find Thunderstruck Jujube Wood on YeTai Mountain, while Li Yan uncovered a Zhou family plot against him. In Chunhua County, a worker warned them that the mountain was troubled by something called Red Hair Blood Face.

• Zhao the Donkey refused to enter Sha LiFei’s courtyard because of his ancestral rule, and Li Yan secretly left to confront a watcher sent by Zhou PeiDe.
• Li Yan wounded the watcher, learned that Zhou PeiDe had hired a knife-wielder to ambush him outside Xianyang, and left him alive.
• Li Yan met Wang Dao Xuan, Sha LiFei, and Zhao the Donkey outside the city, and they rode toward YeTai Mountain to seek Thunderstruck Jujube Wood.
• Zhao the Donkey told the group about the Mountain Guiding People and the different Treasure Hunter lineages.
• After reaching Chunhua County, the group arranged to leave their horses and organize transport for the timber.
• A cart-shop worker warned Li Yan and the others that YeTai Mountain was not peaceful and asked whether they had heard of Red Hair Blood Face.

Li Yan and his companions learned that the Red Haired Red Faced Ones were linked to a possible tomb, but Zhao the Donkey suspected bandits were using the legend to conceal their hideout. They entered YeTai Mountain to retrieve a Thunderstruck Jujube Wood, and the chapter ended when Li Yan smelled corpses near the bandits’ territory.

• Wang Dao Xuan questioned a worker about the Red Haired Red Faced Ones, and Zhao the Donkey explained their connection to ancient tombs and vengeful spirits.
• Zhao the Donkey revealed that Yan Lao Jiu, known as Skinning Yama, and his bandits were hiding in the mountains and likely faking the sightings.
• Li Yan agreed to search for the Thunderstruck Jujube Wood in Leopard Gully, and he told Sha LiFei to prepare Meat Caltrops for the leopards there.
• The group entered YeTai Mountain after Zhao the Donkey worshiped at an old shrine and warned them to follow his mountain taboos.
• At a fork in the road, Li Yan smelled a strong odor of corpses coming from the direction of the bandits’ lair.

Li Yan and his companions discovered that Yan Lao Jiu’s bandits had been slaughtered and learned from the blinded, mutilated Zhao Cheng that a Swallow Gate con artist named Yu Lian had betrayed the Lu household while bandits sought an ancient painting. Zhao Cheng revealed that the attackers had gathered at the order of a capital figure called Master Luo, then died after sharing the truth; Li Yan’s search of the stronghold uncovered a chest of gold bars.

• Li Yan led Wang Dao Xuan and the others to the bandit stronghold, where they found poisoned and mauled corpses and discovered that the sole survivor was the mutilated Zhao Cheng.
• Zhao Cheng explained that Yu Lian, the White-Clothed Concubine, had stolen the ancient painting and worked with Yan Lao Jiu’s bandits, who had forced Zhao Cheng and Cui Lan to cooperate.
• Zhao Cheng said the bandits had gathered at the order of someone in the capital called Master Luo, then struck his head against a stone and died.
• Zhao the Donkey suggested a Cockscomb Snake had killed the bandits, while Wang Dao Xuan urged the group to leave the stronghold.
• Li Yan sensed something buried near the main hall, and Sha LiFei dug up a chest filled with Small Gold Bars.

Li Yan and his companions reached Leopard Gully to retrieve the Thunderstruck Jujube Wood, learning that they needed Earthly Metal to restrain the treasure. As Zhao the Donkey began the ritual, two unusually clever leopards attacked, leaving Li Yan and the others to face them.

• Sha LiFei insisted on carrying the heavy chest of gold as the group continued toward Leopard Gully.
• Zhao the Donkey explained that the Thunderstruck Jujube Wood required Earthly Metal and Heavenly Thunder, then assigned everyone roles before Zi Hour passed.
• Wang Dao Xuan located the West Metal position, and Li Yan used Nose Mystical Power to find Iron Clothes buried underground.
• Zhao the Donkey took the Iron Clothes rope and slipped into the forest to snare the treasure while the others waited.
• Li Yan sensed two approaching leopards, scattered blood-soaked meatballs to draw them away, and prepared to defend the group.
• The leopards ignored the bait and charged after sensing the Three Talents Demon Suppressing Coin Sword Tassel.

Li Yan and his companions recovered the Thunderstruck Jujube Wood and brought it to Shangyi Village, where Manager Wan planned to use it for a major ritual commission. Manager Wan warned them that Xianyang City had descended into chaos after Zheng Xianhuai and his household were killed.

• Li Yan and Sha LiFei fought off two leopards while Zhao the Donkey completed the treasure-hunting work, then they retrieved the Thunderstruck Jujube Wood.
• Zhao the Donkey explained the wood’s value and how it could become a powerful magical-implement material after enduring heavenly lightning.
• Li Yan and the others hauled the wood out of YeTai Mountain and returned to Xianyang City with it.
• Manager Wan brought them to Shangyi Village, where villagers gathered to help prepare the wood for a set of Ritual Music Instruments for the Doumu Institute’s Tai Bai Prefecture.
• Manager Wan warned Li Yan and the others to stay out of Xianyang City because Zheng Xianhuai, one of the Eight Great Vajras, and his entire household had been killed, and the opposing sides had abandoned their rules.

Li Yan and his companions learned that an unknown killer had murdered Zheng Xianhuai’s household with a Guanshan Knife, leaving them wanted suspects who had to hide in Shangyi Village. Meanwhile, Zhou PeiDe sought revenge for Zhou Bai and agreed to Yuan Qu’s plan to lure Li Yan out, despite its grisly price.

• Manager Wan told Li Yan, Sha LiFei, and Wang Dao Xuan that Zheng Xianhuai’s family had been slaughtered and the authorities were treating them as suspects.
• The three men stayed in Shangyi Village, suspecting someone had arranged the murders to profit from the turmoil.
• Zhou Bai woke crippled and demanded that his father avenge him, while Zhou PeiDe quarreled with Jia Shi before leaving the compound.
• Zhou PeiDe met Yuan Qu, who revealed that Li Yan and his companions were hiding in Shangyi Village and warned that the Craftsmen’s Guild made a direct attack risky.
• Yuan Qu proposed using a ritual expert to lure Li Yan out so knife wielders could ambush him, and Zhou PeiDe accepted after learning the expert demanded a virgin boy and girl.

Yuan Qu persuaded Zhou PeiDe to help gather suitable boy and girl sacrifices for Master Chen’s plan, while secretly plotting to protect his own fortune and power. Li Yan received an improved sword tassel from Manager Wan and was preparing to visit Zhao the Donkey when a man arrived begging for help after Zhu Zi was kidnapped.

• Yuan Qu convinced Zhou PeiDe to bring him the village youth registers, promising that Master Chen might be able to treat Zhou Bai’s injuries.
• Yuan Qu and Zheng HeiBei discussed their fear that Master would sacrifice them to protect himself, and Yuan Qu revealed that he controlled the saber-wielders.
• Sha LiFei woke to find the carpenters and others eating breakfast in the courtyard, then joined them.
• Manager Wan showed Li Yan the Thunderstruck Jujube Wood war drum in progress and explained that its smaller size would be safer for him to use.
• Manager Wan reforged Li Yan’s sword tassel with spiritually endowed Rhinoceros Hide, concealing the Three Talents Demon Suppressing Coin and enhancing its power.
• As Li Yan prepared to visit Zhao the Donkey, a burly man rushed in and begged Manager Wan to save Zhu Zi, who had been kidnapped.

Li Yan tracked the abducted Zhu Zi using his mystical sense of smell and confronted two armed kidnappers on the road near Menggu Village. He defeated them and found three unconscious children hidden beneath hay, but the chapter ended before Zhu Zi was identified among them.

• A craftsman told Manager Wan that a peddler had drugged several children and abducted Zhu Zi.
• Sha LiFei suspected the kidnapping was an act of revenge, so Manager Wan asked Li Yan to track the child using a personal belonging.
• Li Yan followed Zhu Zi's scent past Xianyang City and toward Menggu Village, then uncovered the kidnapper's false trail through a river.
• Li Yan encountered a peddler and a woman with a donkey cart, dodged the peddler's Flick Sleeve Arrow, and fought both attackers.
• Li Yan killed the peddler, knocked the woman unconscious, and discovered three sleeping children beneath the hay.

Li Yan helped uncover a child-kidnapping scheme tied to the Evil Path’s Life Borrowing Breakthrough Method, while Manager Wan took the captured trafficker to the City God Temple. Later, Li Yan visited Zhao the Donkey and learned that a Treasure Hunter had invited him to seek the ominous Mountain Tai Sui near Xianyang City.

• Li Yan returned to the village with three drugged children, and the villagers revived them with Raw Licorice Water.
• Manager Wan identified the kidnappers’ purpose as the Evil Path’s Life Borrowing Breakthrough Method, and the captured woman revealed that Butcher Two had directed her to deliver children to Menggu Village.
• Manager Wan took the woman toward the City God Temple and told Li Yan, Sha LiFei, and Wang Daoyou to leave the matter to him.
• Li Yan visited Zhao the Donkey at the Mountain God Temple and saw a rat-faced Treasure Hunter leave after asking Zhao to join a search.
• Zhao the Donkey told Li Yan that the search concerned Mountain Tai Sui, an ominous object said to lie in the Mass Burial Grounds outside Xianyang City.

Li Yan learned that the Mountain Tai Sui at the Mass Burial Grounds was an inauspicious treasure the westbound beggars planned to claim on the Double Ninth Festival. Meanwhile, Chen FaKui used a ritual puppet to begin a scheme near Shangyi Village, where it vanished from Zhu TieDan’s back.

• Zhao the Donkey explained that Heavenly Spiritual Treasures could be inauspicious and described how the Mountain Tai Sui formed at a mountain’s ley-line nexus.
• Zhao the Donkey revealed that the Mass Burial Grounds’ Mountain Tai Sui had been corrupted by Yin Energy and that the westbound beggars’ leader planned to seize it on the Double Ninth Festival.
• Li Yan lost interest in the treasure and shared food and stories with Zhao the Donkey by a hillside bonfire.
• Outside Xianyang, Zhou PeiDe agreed to help Chen FaKui pursue the treasure in hopes of saving Zhou Bai, while Yuan Qu arranged for men to be sent to Menggu Village.
• Chen FaKui performed a ritual that animated a wooden puppet, then ordered Zhu TieDan to carry it to the outskirts of Shangyi Village.
• Zhu TieDan reached Shangyi Village, where the puppet disappeared from his back.

Chen FaKui sent a puppet to the Wan Family Residence and used it to seize Wang Dao Xuan’s Living Soul, forcing him to lure Li Yan out. After Chen FaKui sensed a warning from the ancestor, he gathered Yuan Qu and his men inside a protective circle as frost and mysterious footprints spread around them.

• Zhou PeiDe waited with armed disciples on the Official Road, expecting Li Yan to chase after him, while Zhu TieDan carried Chen FaKui’s puppet away from Shangyi Village.
• Chen FaKui guided the puppet past the Wan Family Residence’s wards and used the Soul Calling Technique to make Wang Dao Xuan answer its call.
• Wang Dao Xuan collapsed unconscious, and Sha LiFei raised the alarm as lights came on across the courtyard.
• Zhu TieDan reached Chen FaKui’s altar and collapsed after Chen FaKui said he had borrowed the man’s human aura and Life Flame to break through the formation.
• Chen FaKui sealed the puppet in a gourd and told Yuan Qu that Wang Dao Xuan’s Living Soul was restrained, so Li Yan would have to come looking for him.
• After three divination throws landed yin, Chen FaKui warned that the ancestor was sending a warning and drew a protective circle around his men as fierce winds, cold, frost, and dense footprints appeared.

Master Chen FaKui and Yuan Qu fled after a supernatural warning and the discovery that Xianyang authorities were closing in, while Zhou PeiDe was arrested at the city gate. At dawn, Sha LiFei arrived to tell Li Yan that the Daoist had been ambushed.

• Master Chen FaKui identified the apparition as a Social Order Netherworld Soldier and warned Yuan Qu that the City God Temple had discovered them.
• Yuan Qu entered his secret tunnel, killed his subordinates, and found Constable Guan WanChe’s men waiting at his residence.
• Yuan Qu returned to Master Chen FaKui and agreed to follow him, while Zhou PeiDe discovered his men had left and was arrested at the city gate.
• After spending the night drinking with Zhao the Donkey, Li Yan was awakened by Sha LiFei, who reported that the Daoist had been ambushed.

After Wang Dao Xuan’s Living Soul was seized by Chen FaKui, Manager Wan explained that they had seven days to locate it and sent Li Yan to seek help from Wu Lao Si at the Longsheng Opera House. Li Yan and Sha LiFei entered the theater, where Wu Lao Si agreed to meet them after the performance.

• Sha LiFei told Li Yan that Wang Dao Xuan had collapsed, and Manager Wan’s divination confirmed that his Living Soul had been seized.
• Manager Wan identified Chen FaKui as the culprit and explained that the White Ape Gang had been wiped out while Zhou PeiDe was imprisoned.
• Manager Wan said Wu Lao Si could locate Wang Dao Xuan’s Living Soul and warned Li Yan to find it within seven days and avoid fighting Chen FaKui at night.
• The Longsheng Opera Troupe announced a free three-day run of Drunkenly Beating the Demon Monkey, drawing a crowd that complained about the choice.
• Li Yan presented Manager Wan’s Visiting Card to a Willow Gate servant and asked to meet Wu Lao Si.
• The servant brought Li Yan and Sha LiFei inside, saying Wu Lao Si would meet them after the show, then hurried off to warn Troupe Leader Luo.

Li Yan and Sha LiFei sought out Wu Lao Si to learn how to save Wang Dao Xuan, while a theater troupe staged a mocking play against the Zhou family. Wu Lao Si revealed that the object involved was a Soul Summons Document, but its dangers and the rescue plan remained unclear.

• Luo ShiHai’s troupe performed a play that ridiculed the Zhou family, delighting the audience and stirring up resentment against them.
• Li Yan noticed Wu Lao Si lacked the lingering Yin energy he expected from a practitioner of Crossing Yin, then accepted an invitation to meet Luo ShiHai but prioritized saving Wang Dao Xuan.
• After the performance, Li Yan and Sha LiFei followed a page backstage to Wu Lao Si’s quarters and explained their predicament.
• Wu Lao Si said he owed Manager Wan his life and warned that a blade would be of little use in resolving the matter.
• Wu Lao Si uncovered a sealed wooden box and identified the ominous token inside as a Soul Summons Document.

Wu Lao Si explained that his Hook Writ bound him to the Underworld and that he would risk his life to help Li Yan locate the Living Soul trapped in the Wandering Soul Jar. After Li Yan promised to fulfill Wu Lao Si’s final requests, they prepared to perform the rite outside Xianyang, while Luo ShiHai learned that a Jiangzuo Sorcerer was after the opera troupe’s treasure and decided to act that night.

• Wu Lao Si explained the Hook Writ, his failed mission, and why crossing over again would kill him.
• Wu Lao Si asked Li Yan to return his remains to Fengyang County and restore the Hook Writ to his lineage’s altar in the Qinling Mountains, and Li Yan agreed.
• Wu Lao Si agreed to perform the Underworld Crossing Art that night to determine the Living Soul’s location, and he listed the items they needed.
• Wu Lao Si warned Luo ShiHai that a Jiangzuo Sorcerer had tried to steal the treasure nurtured by the Grandmaster Statue and urged him to stay vigilant.
• Luo ShiHai decided to take action that night, while Li Yan and Sha LiFei dug a pit beneath an Old Locust Tree by the Wei River.

Wu Lao Si used the Underworld Crossing Art to enter a coffin while Li Yan and Sha LiFei prepared to watch over him until dawn. In Xianyang, the Tai Xing Cart and Horse Company attacked the Iron Saber Gang, while the chapter ended as Yin Wind rose at Wu Lao Si’s burial site.

• Wu Lao Si instructed Li Yan and Sha LiFei to open the coffin only if its bell rang by dawn, then sealed himself inside with the hook document.
• Li Yan and Sha LiFei buried the coffin, arranged six oil lamps, and prepared to repel anything drawn by the Yin Wind.
• Luo ShiHai and the Tai Xing Cart and Horse Company attacked the Iron Saber Gang’s Blacksmith Shop, crippling its members while searching for Zheng HeiBei and You LaoSi.
• The attackers overlooked the room where You LaoSi was performing a ritual, then withdrew without finding him.
• You LaoSi dismantled his altar and crept toward Zheng HeiBei’s room, apparently planning to exploit the gang’s injuries.
• At Zi Hour, Yin Wind rose beside the river, and Li Yan urged Sha LiFei to scatter spirit money.

Li Yan and Sha LiFei protected Wu Lao Si’s Underworld Crossing ritual from restless spirits and a powerful snake while Zheng HeiBei’s gang came under attack. Wu Lao Si awoke with the location of the evil cultivator and abducted children, then died after sensing a presence, leaving Li Yan to ride ahead toward the old tomb.

• Li Yan and Sha LiFei scattered road-opening money to repel Lonely Souls and Wild Ghosts, then Li Yan held off a large snake until it returned to the river.
• The Tai Xing Carriage Company attacked the Iron Saber Gang, and Liu JinCheng rebuked Zheng HeiBei for provoking them.
• Zheng HeiBei discovered that his gold bars had been stolen, fled through a hidden passage, and was later exposed as having run away.
• After the rooster crowed, the bell rang and Li Yan and Sha LiFei opened the coffin, where Wu Lao Si awoke covered in frost.
• Wu Lao Si revealed that the evil cultivator and several abducted children were in an old tomb a hundred li to the southwest, then knelt toward the south and died.
• Li Yan told Sha LiFei to report to the City God Temple and prepare Wu Lao Si’s remains, then rode toward the tomb to keep the demon from escaping.

Sha LiFei sought Daoist Qing YangZi’s help to rescue Li Yan and Wang Dao Xuan’s Living Soul from Chen FaKui, then returned with two Daoists to the ancient tombs. Li Yan failed to locate Chen FaKui and spotted Yuan Qu and Zheng HeiBei approaching in disguise.

• News spread that Zheng HeiBei had fled Xianyang after Tai Xing Carriage Company crippled many Iron Saber Gang fighters, leaving the injured at Wang Yao’s clinic.
• Sha LiFei visited Qing YangZi at the City God Temple and asked for help against Chen FaKui, who held Wang Dao Xuan’s Living Soul.
• Qing YangZi told Sha LiFei to return at the Si Hour so he could send help at night, when the She Ling Soldiers could safely pursue Chen FaKui.
• Sha LiFei collected Wu Lao Si’s remains and returned to the temple, where Qing YangZi assigned Daoist Luo MingZi and Zhao FaCheng to accompany him.
• Li Yan searched the ancient tombs but could not find Chen FaKui, then spotted Yuan Qu and Zheng HeiBei riding toward him in disguise.

Li Yan tracked Yuan Qu and Zheng HeiBei to Chen FaKui’s tomb, where they had abducted children, and joined Sha LiFei, Luo MingZi, and Zhao FaCheng to plan a rescue. Zhao FaCheng would draw Chen FaKui’s attention while Luo MingZi infiltrated the mountain, but Chen FaKui appeared to be preparing another ritual as the chapter ended.

• Li Yan spotted Yuan Qu and Zheng HeiBei carrying abducted children toward the mountain and followed their scent without confronting them.
• Sha LiFei, Luo MingZi, and Zhao FaCheng found Li Yan, who reported that the Iron Saber Gang had been wiped out and that Chen FaKui’s helpers were at the tomb.
• Zhao FaCheng identified the mountain as Taiyin Star Land and warned that Chen FaKui had prepared its ancient tombs to detect intruders.
• Luo MingZi proposed that Zhao FaCheng lure Chen FaKui into a confrontation while he climbed the mountain to rescue the children, destroy the altar, and seize the Wandering Soul Jar.
• Inside the tomb, Chen FaKui approached the twelve unconscious children and told Yuan Qu and Zheng HeiBei to take off their clothes.

Li Yan learned an Invisibility Technique from Luo MingZi and joined him in climbing toward the tomb to stop Chen FaKui’s Excessive Sacrifice. As Zhao FaCheng raised a signal for reinforcements, Chen FaKui noticed the Nine Yuan Sect’s presence and sent animated wooden puppets into the mountain mist.

• Chen FaKui covered Yuan Qu and Zheng HeiBei with blood-colored talismans and prepared them to borrow the power of Yin souls for the coming raid.
• Luo MingZi taught Li Yan an Invisibility Technique using yarrow, then set out with him to stop the sacrifice before Zi Hour.
• Zhao FaCheng and Sha LiFei established a ritual altar, and Zhao FaCheng sent a burst of Gang qi skyward to summon aid.
• Luo MingZi used a superior concealment spell as Li Yan led him up the mountainside toward the tomb.
• Chen FaKui sensed the Nine Yuan Sect’s Order Talisman, performed a ritual, and sent animated wooden puppets into the mountain mist.

Chen FaKui sent Yuan Qu down the mountain empowered by a Spirit Medium spell while Li Yan and Luo MingZi advanced through the Ghost Wall toward the altar. Li Yan’s Invisibility Technique failed against Chen FaKui’s Wooden Puppets, and he drew their attention as the puppets closed in to attack him.

• Chen FaKui used a talisman to fill Yuan Qu with Yin Energy and ordered him to disrupt the spellcasting below the mountain.
• Luo MingZi explained the Ghost Wall to Li Yan as they passed through the forest’s Lonely Souls and Wild Ghosts.
• Li Yan recognized the possessed Yuan Qu racing past, and Luo MingZi identified his condition as a Spirit Medium technique.
• A Wooden Puppet called to Li Yan in Sha LiFei’s voice, and Luo MingZi warned him not to answer its Soul Calling Technique.
• Li Yan abandoned his Invisibility Technique to draw the puppets’ attention while Luo MingZi followed in concealment.
• Li Yan used the Demon Suppression Coin to scatter the ghosts, but a Wooden Puppet dressed as an old Sheng lunged at his head.

Li Yan fought through Chen FaKui’s puppets and found the tomb, but Zheng HeiBei’s Spirit Medium attack badly injured him before Luo MingZi intervened. As Luo held Zheng HeiBei back, Li Yan entered a hidden tunnel to reach the ritual altar, while Yuan Qu charged down the mountain toward Zhao FaCheng and Sha LiFei.

• Li Yan destroyed Chen FaKui’s attacking puppets while following Yuan Qu and Zheng HeiBei’s scent to the opened tomb entrance.
• Zheng HeiBei ambushed Li Yan with Spirit Medium strength and broke his arm, forcing Luo MingZi to reveal himself and draw Zheng’s attention.
• Chen FaKui released several powerful Yin Souls into Zheng HeiBei, while Li Yan healed and spotted a tunnel leading toward the tomb.
• Li Yan crawled into the tunnel to reach the ritual altar as Luo MingZi faced the possessed Zheng HeiBei.
• At the foot of the mountain, Zhao FaCheng summoned soldiers and horses while Sha LiFei watched, and Yuan Qu charged down toward them in Spirit Medium form.

Zhao FaCheng and Sha LiFei fought Yuan Qu while Luo MingZi battled Zheng HeiBei, both of whom had been empowered and clouded by Yin Souls. After the fighters killed Yuan Qu and Zheng HeiBei, Luo MingZi rushed toward the tomb but found Chen FaKui performing a bloody ritual at the altar.

• Zhao FaCheng summoned Yin soldiers, but Yuan Qu broke through them and lost control of his mind under the Spirit Medium method.
• Sha LiFei tripped Yuan Qu, and Zhao FaCheng struck him with incense-offered rice and fire before Sha LiFei severed his arm.
• Zhao FaCheng prepared Black Dog Blood while Sha LiFei led Yuan Qu on a chase, then drenched him in it and helped kill him with the Guanshan Knife.
• Luo MingZi severed Zheng HeiBei's leg and broke his spine with a Hidden Strength strike that scattered the Yin Souls possessing him.
• Luo MingZi charged toward the tomb and saw Chen FaKui cutting bloody marks into his forehead and chanting at the ritual altar.