Chapter Summaries

After Taishu Yan blamed Sun Zhen for the deaths of two Small Banners, Zhang Lingshan returned to Precious Jade Pavilion and tested the new abilities of his deduced Flowing Cloud Art. He began studying the Spear Demon's Manual, and Zhao Mingxu visited to apologize with a gift and offered help with comprehending an intent.

• Taishu Yan released Zhao Mingxu but ordered Sun Zhen imprisoned, while Chen Xi watched helplessly as Sun Zhen was dragged away.
• Zhao Junshan offered Zhang Lingshan a place under his command, but Zhang Lingshan refused and left with He Qianshou.
• Back at Precious Jade Pavilion, Zhang Lingshan warned He Qianshou to keep the day's matter secret, then studied the Flowing Cloud Art's Clone, Rapid Speed, Levitation, and Cloud Ladder abilities.
• Zhang Lingshan accidentally smashed through walls while testing Rapid Speed, then practiced hovering and Cloud Ladder before deciding to train further outside the city.
• Zhang Lingshan studied the Spear Demon's Manual to comprehend Piercing Intent, and Zhao Mingxu later apologized with about thirty pieces of South Sea Jade and offered to help him comprehend an intent.

Mei Yuhuan became Hai Pig of the Esoteric Sect and returned toward Jiang City to find candidates and pursue her enemies. At White Night's headquarters, the Night King learned that a mysterious One Viscera cultivator had wielded the Qi and Blood Long Rainbow, then set out for Jiang City with Zhiyin, White Skirt, and Red Name.

• Shen Monkey assigned Hai Pig to investigate Si Snake and Wu Ma's deaths and find their replacements, but Hai Pig refused to investigate the deaths and he left alone.
• Hai Pig was revealed to be Mei Yuhuan, who had joined the Esoteric Sect after the Lord saved her from White Night and helped her break through to the Four Viscera Realm.
• Mei Yuhuan decided to return to Jiang City, find suitable candidates for Si Snake and Wu Ma, and take revenge on her enemies.
• Zhiyin reported to the Night King that a mysterious One Viscera cultivator had taken the Wordless True Scripture, while Red Aunt, White Skirt, and Red Name described the cultivator's devastating Qi and Blood Long Bridges.
• Zhiyin identified the Qi and Blood Long Rainbow as the Soul Return Bridge, which could let the Three Yang Society return to life, and the Night King decided to meet its wielder in Jiang City.
• The Night King solidified White Skirt and Red Name's bodies and ordered them, Zhiyin, and himself to go to Jiang City, while Red Aunt stayed behind.

Zhang Lingshan learned the history of Gongye Chang Geng and the Heavenly Demon Sect, then received instruction from Chen Xi about Organ Refining. He suspected that powerful forces were watching for someone to reunite the ten Intents, so he resolved to conceal his abilities and keep a low profile.

• Zhao Mingxu explained Separation Intent to Zhang Lingshan and recounted how Gongye Chang Geng founded Heaven Sect, discovered Profound Gold, and taught ten Intents to his disciples.
• Zhao Mingxu said the surrounding sects later destroyed Gongye Chang Geng and the Heavenly Demon Sect, then divided the Profound Gold mine and looted its treasures.
• Chen Xi thanked Zhang Lingshan for saving his life and brought him supplies, then explained the pills and methods used in Organ Refining.
• Zhang Lingshan asked Chen Xi how to absorb organs and whether a Cultivation Method could refine them, and learned that Five Elements Intent could aid the process.
• Zhang Lingshan wondered whether the South Sea Auction House and other provinces were withholding Five Elements Intent to control Jade Province, and feared that his study of the ten Intents had attracted attention.
• Zhang Lingshan decided not to reveal any more Intents because the South Sea Auction House might be monitoring him.

Chen Xi explained the Demonic Path, contaminated Demon Monsters, and ways to improve combat strength, prompting Zhang Lingshan to test the Blood Shadow Blade. The blade drained his qi and blood but increased his spiritual power, and its vision connected it to the White Caterpillars from Master Hong’s Black Box.

• Chen Xi offered Zhang Lingshan a chance to stay and help Taishu Yan, then described the Collapse Cultivation Method and how Demonic Path cultivators could become contaminated Demon Monsters.
• Chen Xi explained how martial artists could improve their combat strength with Momentum, conceptual realms, magical artifacts, divine weapons, and Mystical Powers.
• Zhang Lingshan retrieved the Blood Shadow Blade and discovered it could suck his qi and blood, so he trapped it in a Bone Cage after burning it with his Heart Fire Qi Membrane.
• Zhang Lingshan heard the blade speak and noticed that being drained by it had increased his spiritual power, so he fed it qi and blood through the Bone Cage.
• Zhang Lingshan perceived a vision of white fleshy worms and recognized them as the caterpillars from Master Hong’s Black Box, leading him to suspect the Blood Shadow Blade came from another world.

Zhang Lingshan escaped the Source of Contamination and advanced his spiritual power into Spiritual Consciousness, but the transformation overwhelmed him with sounds and sent him crashing to the ground. Nearby, escorts at a Mountain God Temple woke to the impact as Si Si and Song Qingyu headed out to investigate a falling streak of fire.

• Zhang Lingshan saw the enormous Gray Caterpillar producing the White Caterpillars, then used Heavenly Eye to escape the eye-like light pulling at his consciousness.
• Zhang Lingshan found no physical mutations, raised his Spirit to Level Three, and comprehended Separation Intent to reach 1,000 mental power.
• Zhang Lingshan advanced his Spiritual Power into Spiritual Consciousness, became overwhelmed by sounds, and flew into the sky before falling unconscious after a crash landing.
• The Fuwei Escort Agency escorts at a Mountain God Temple mistook Zhang Lingshan's impact for an earthquake and feared what had fallen from the sky.
• Si Si insisted on investigating the falling fire, and Song Qingyu followed while they argued about buying Beauty Pills.

Song Qingyu and Yu Si Si encountered grave robbers who unearthed Zhang Lingshan, an apparently dead man with extraordinarily durable bones, and the robbers carried him to their Heavenly Corpse Sect contact. Zhang Lingshan opened his eyes in the sect’s chamber, and the grave robbers prepared to attack him.

• Song Qingyu and Yu Si Si arrived at the site of a heavenly fire and watched six grave robbers dig up Zhang Lingshan while nearby experts held back.
• The grave robbers discovered Zhang Lingshan’s body and bones resisted their tools, then decided to sell him to the Heavenly Corpse Sect.
• Uncle Qin and Uncle Tang pulled Song Qingyu and Yu Si Si aside as the grave robbers escaped using Water Smoke.
• The grave robbers brought Zhang Lingshan to Li Xun’s mountain chamber, where they met the Pine Bamboo Duo Elders of the Heavenly Corpse Sect.
• Li Xun sensed danger when he found Zhang Lingshan warm, and Zhang Lingshan opened his eyes; Bearded Man ordered the grave robbers to attack.

Zhang Lingshan defeated the grave robbers and Heavenly Corpse Sect elders in their cave, acquired a Ghost-Seeking Compass, and discovered a mysterious mark planted on him. He rushed through the valley to find the nearby caster controlling the two corpse elders before the mark could spread.

• Zhang Lingshan survived the Bearded Man’s Corpse Rotting Sand, killed the Bearded Man and another robber, and learned the group had brought him to a Heavenly Corpse Sect base.
• Li Xun and the Pine Bamboo Duo Elders attacked Zhang Lingshan, but Zhang Lingshan killed Li Xun and knocked the two elders unconscious as they tried to flee.
• Zhang Lingshan questioned the surviving Grave Robbers, found the Ghost-Seeking Compass, and used his Blood Qi Clones to kill the remaining robbers.
• Zhang Lingshan found a Missing-Character Black Paper resembling a coded letter he had copied earlier and woke one of the Pine Bamboo Duo Elders to question him.
• The elder planted a faint mark on Zhang Lingshan, which resisted his blood and qi and began spreading unless he continually refined it.
• Zhang Lingshan realized both elders were remotely controlled corpses and rushed through the valley to search for their nearby caster.

Zhang Lingshan followed the Ghost-Seeking Compass to White Night's headquarters and devoured its ghosts, while Kou Guan remained hidden underground. After destroying White Night, Zhang Lingshan confronted Green Skirt and her Netherworld group, suspecting she was one of the Netherworld Nine Sons.

• Kou Guan hid in his underground coffin as Zhang Lingshan searched the area above him, then stayed concealed after Zhang Lingshan left to follow the Ghost-Seeking Compass.
• Zhang Lingshan found a ghost-filled crack and transformed into a flame-wreathed giant to attack White Night's headquarters.
• Zhang Lingshan destroyed and absorbed the ghosts inside White Night, including Red Aunt, while Green Skirt and her Netherworld subordinates watched from a nearby peak.
• Zhang Lingshan approached Green Skirt's group and asked whether they had been spying on him; Green Skirt explained that they had come to take down White Night.
• Zhang Lingshan identified the White-Haired Strongman as a Four Viscera Realm cultivator and asked Green Skirt whether she was one of the Netherworld Nine Sons.

Zhang Lingshan spared Qing Ming and her companions in exchange for her promise to find the Ghostly Charm Exchange, then urged her to kill Li Ziming. After discovering he had wiped out White Night’s headquarters, Zhang Lingshan spent one million Energy Points to raise the Flowing Cloud Art to Minor Accomplishment, leaving him stronger and anticipating the Mid-Autumn gathering.

• Zhang Lingshan struck Bai Jun down with one finger, then spared Qing Ming’s group after she promised to find the Ghostly Charm Exchange at Spirit Jade Riverbank before Mid-Autumn.
• Zhang Lingshan asked Qing Ming about Li Ziming and offered to help her rise to power if she killed him, then left to inspect his gains.
• Qing Ming ordered her team to search the remnants of White Night’s headquarters, while Bai Jun and Ran Jinru argued over whether to trust Zhang Lingshan.
• Zhang Lingshan realized he had gained just over three million Energy Points from the ghosts and suspected he had wiped out White Night’s headquarters.
• Zhang Lingshan spent one million Energy Points to raise the Flowing Cloud Art to Minor Accomplishment, enhancing its clones, speed, levitation, and Cloud Ladder abilities.

Zhang Lingshan strengthened his Cutting Intent and developed new Demon Arts combinations, then raced back toward Jiang City. He left the city entrance disguised as a Red Cloak Guard wearing the Esoteric Sect’s Bronze Mask, intending to sell the Wordless True Scripture at South Sea Auction House.

• Zhang Lingshan raised his Cutting Intent to the third level, accidentally slicing through the mountain cave’s supports and causing it to collapse.
• Zhang Lingshan used the Jade Buddha Bodhi Method, Spirit Ape Transformation, and Mystic Tortoise Transformation to form a new head-and-arms combination for Black Boar Nine Transformations.
• Zhang Lingshan named his two Demon Arts combinations Berserk Transformation and Jade Buddha Transformation, then improved his recorded Cultivation Methods and Spiritual Consciousness.
• Zhang Lingshan tested his enhanced speed and mental field as he traveled toward Jiang City, arriving near the city before dawn.
• Zhang Lingshan disguised himself with Wu Ma’s Bronze Mask and a Red Cloak Guard uniform, then headed to South Sea Auction House to sell the Wordless True Scripture.

Zhang Lingshan met Zhao Huanyang, the Guild Master of the Three Yang Society, and brought the Wordless True Scripture to the South Sea Auction House for appraisal and sale. After Zhao Huanyang negotiated a better deal for him, he followed her to the Three Yang Society’s residence to hear about her proposed business.

• Zhao Huanyang introduced herself as the Guild Master of the Three Yang Society and asked Zhang Lingshan to talk with her.
• Zhang Lingshan entered the South Sea Auction House with Zhao Huanyang and submitted all eighty-one pieces of the Wordless True Scripture for appraisal.
• The Yuwen Zhengfan brothers confirmed the scripture was genuine, and Zhao Huanyang negotiated a guaranteed payment of four hundred and ten pieces of South Sea Jade.
• Zhang Lingshan signed the auction contract, received the South Sea Jade, and asked Zhao Huanyang about her proposed deal.
• Zhao Huanyang led Zhang Lingshan to her Jiang City residence, where the gate plaque identified the place as the Three Yang Society.

Zhang Lingshan studied the Three Yang True Scripture and decided to forge his own Solar True Body by compressing his qi and blood into his heart. He left the room seeking Zhao Huanyang, only to find Xiang Yi guarding the door while Zhao pursued a mysterious intruder.

• Zhao Huanyang explained the Three Yang Society’s stages of returning to yang and gave Zhang Lingshan a copy of the Three Yang True Scripture, which recorded Gongye Chang Geng’s efforts to revive his family.
• As Zhang Lingshan read, his qi and blood erupted, and Zhao Huanyang sealed the room to contain the force while Nong Shaobao joked about marrying her if he achieved the Solar Realm.
• Xiang Yi told Zhao Huanyang that Night Old Woman/Man had arrived in Jiang City under a male identity, and Zhao Huanyang rushed off after spotting a figure crossing the wall.
• Inspired by the scripture, Zhang Lingshan resolved to create a Solar True Body with his heart as its nuclear reactor, then forced qi and blood toward his heart and coughed up blood.
• Zhang Lingshan recovered, opened the door, and demanded that Xiang Yi tell him where Zhao Huanyang was as his qi and blood flared.

Zhang Lingshan negotiated with Zhao Huanyang to help the Three Yang Society return to life in exchange for support, cultivation knowledge, and help tracking Night Old Woman/Man. As Zhao Huanyang prepared to cross his Soul Return Bridge, the society’s elders grew suspicious and Xue Gu volunteered to test it instead.

• Zhang Lingshan discovered that his surging qi and blood had shattered his mask and learned that the Heavenly Corpse Seal could turn him into a Golden Armor Heavenly Corpse, a prospect he welcomed as a way to strengthen his skin and flesh.
• Zhao Huanyang returned after pursuing Night Old Woman/Man, and Zhang Lingshan agreed to help the Three Yang Society use the Soul Return Bridge in exchange for friendship, supplies to replenish his qi and blood, cultivation guidance, and help finding Night Old Woman/Man.
• Zhao Huanyang explained that Night Old Woman/Man had once belonged to the Three Yang Society, was exceptionally talented, and had cultivated the Ghost Dao Dharma Body for about thirty years.
• Zhang Lingshan offered to let Zhao Huanyang cross the Soul Return Bridge, while she went to prepare herself and he regulated his qi and blood.
• Xue Gu, Xu Dongmei, and other Three Yang Society members questioned whether Zhang Lingshan could be trusted, but Zhao Huanyang insisted on honoring their agreement.
• Xue Gu volunteered to test the Soul Return Bridge before Zhao Huanyang risked crossing it.

Zhang Lingshan began testing whether the Soul Return Bridge could revive the dead, using Xue Gu as the first person to cross it. As Xue Gu endured the bridge’s crushing process, the White Night King arrived and watched from the wall.

• The Three Yang Society argued over who should test the Soul Return Bridge, then drew lots and chose Bian Xiaoqing, but Zhang Lingshan rejected her and knocked her aside with a strike of qi and blood.
• Zhang Lingshan confronted Zhao Huanyang about the Society’s investigation of him, ordered Xu Dongmei to track Night Zi, and chose Xue Gu to test the bridge.
• Zhang Lingshan formed the red Soul Return Bridge with his Essence Blood and told Xue Gu to cross toward him.
• Xue Gu’s first step sent a tremendous force through the bridge, knocking the onlookers down and snapping Zhang Lingshan’s wrists as he struggled to maintain it.
• Xue Gu slowly ground his yin-spirit body against the bridge while Zhang Lingshan’s blood and qi rebuilt him, and the White Night King appeared atop the wall to watch.

Zhang Lingshan discovered that the Soul Return Bridge could restore the Three Yang Society’s members and turn their shattered yin spirits into Energy Points, while White Night King escaped using Night Mist. After helping Xue Gu, Xu Dongmei, and Bian Xiaoqing return to life, Zhang Lingshan faced Fengdu Impermanence Constable Yuchi Yuan, who uncovered his disguise.

• Zhang Lingshan realized that absorbing Xue Gu’s yin spirit through the Soul Return Bridge had earned him more than a million Energy Points, and he prepared to attack White Night King if he moved.
• Xue Gu crawled off the Soul Return Bridge with a living body, and Zhang Lingshan attacked White Night King, who vanished into Night Mist.
• Zhao Huanyang explained that White Night King could travel between his main body and Ghost Dao Dharma Body, and Zhang Lingshan resolved to learn his abilities and capture him.
• Zhang Lingshan helped Xu Dongmei and Bian Xiaoqing return to life, gaining more than two million Energy Points and considering how his blood might connect him to those he restored.
• Yuchi Yuan arrived at the Three Yang Society, seized Xue Gu to test whether he was alive, and deduced that he had crossed the Soul Return Bridge.
• Yuchi Yuan spotted Zhang Lingshan’s Heart Fire Qi Membrane and tore through it to reveal his appearance.

Zhang Lingshan joined Yuchi Yuan’s Fengdu operation to capture Night Zi after learning the destruction of White Night could earn him a Great Constable position. On the way out, he reunited with Celestial Crane Daoist, who gave him a Body Immobilization Talisman that could counter Night Zi’s shifting technique.

• Yuchi Yuan challenged Zhang Lingshan, then offered him a chance to earn a Great Constable position by helping capture Night Zi.
• Zhang Lingshan revealed that he and Qing Ming had destroyed White Night headquarters, and Yuchi Yuan said she had located Night Zi’s hiding place.
• Yuchi Yuan led the Three Yang Society and Fengdu constables out of Jiang City to intercept Night Zi.
• Zhang Lingshan recognized Celestial Crane Daoist among the conscripted forces, and Celestial Crane Daoist recognized him as his benefactor.
• Celestial Crane Daoist gave Zhang Lingshan a Body Immobilization Talisman and explained that he had learned to make talismans from the Celestial Talisman Treasure Record.

Yuchi Yuan led the Fengdu and Three Yang Society forces to corner Night Zi in a mountain cave, where Night Zi revealed she had finally formed a Zhengyang Dharma Body. Night Zi’s poisonous ghost fog incapacitated Zhang Lingshan as the battle began, leaving Yuchi Yuan demanding that Zhao Huanyang clear it before Night Zi could escape.

• Celestial Crane Daoist explained that his talismans needed powerful qi and blood to work, and Zhang Lingshan agreed to value his help if his Body Immobilization Talisman could stop Night Zi.
• Yuchi Yuan recruited Zhang Lingshan and Zhao Huanyang to join her pursuit of Night Zi, then surrounded the mountain forest with red qi-and-blood threads.
• Red Name revealed that she had betrayed Night Zi and gave Yuchi Yuan information, while White Skirt tried to warn Night Zi before Yuchi Yuan seized her.
• Yuchi Yuan’s group found Night Zi in a mountain cave, where Qin Buqi had already blocked her escape; Night Zi declared that she would demonstrate her newly formed Zhengyang Dharma Body.
• Night Zi released poisonous ghost fog that burned Zhang Lingshan’s lungs when he tried to disperse it with vital energy, and Yuchi Yuan ordered Zhao Huanyang to clear the fog.

Zhang Lingshan used a Body Immobilization Talisman to capture Night Zi after she escaped by shifting into Xu Dongmei. He carried the immobilized Night Zi away and demanded that she either cross the Soul Return Bridge or teach him Night Mist Shift.

• Zhao Huanyang used Yin Willow Ice Dew to weaken Night Zi’s ghost fog, allowing Zhang Lingshan to absorb it for Energy Points.
• Xiang Yi revealed herself as Night Zi’s mole, but Night Zi shifted into Xu Dongmei and escaped after Yuchi Yuan struck Xiang Yi into Qin Buqi’s golden net.
• Zhang Lingshan pursued Xu Dongmei while Qin Buqi and Yuchi Yuan chased after them, and Night Zi began using ghostly mist to attempt another escape.
• Zhang Lingshan activated the Body Immobilization Talisman, which expelled Night Zi’s true body from Xu Dongmei and pinned her in the air as her Ghost Dao Dharma Body dispersed.
• Zhang Lingshan wrapped Night Zi in his red robe and carried her away, offering her the choice of crossing the Soul Return Bridge or teaching him Night Mist Shift.

Zhang Lingshan subdued Night Zi by forcing a Soul Return Body into her and learned how the Mist Realm and her translocation worked. As he fled with her from Qin Buqi and Yuchi Yuan, Night Zi realized the Mystic Ghost Golden Body Art had altered her mind, but speaking its name caused her to collapse and vomit blood.

• Night Zi explained that her translocation required entering the dangerous Mist Realm through fleeting connections and finding an exit marked by someone outside.
• When Night Zi tried to flee, Zhang Lingshan formed a Soul Return Bridge inside her, flooded her with his blood, and forced her Soul Return Body to condense.
• Zhang Lingshan sensed pursuers, carried Night Zi away, and told her that White Night had been destroyed and its members scattered or killed.
• Night Zi realized the Mystic Ghost Golden Body Art had changed her mind and driven her conflict with Zhao Huanyang and the Three Yang Society, but she could not remember the person who gave it to her.
• Night Zi spoke the name Mystic Ghost Golden Body Art, immediately began vomiting blood, and collapsed convulsing as Zhang Lingshan demanded to know who had attacked her.

Zhang Lingshan saved Night Zi from a mysterious backlash, then handed her over to Mister Cang and Xu Zhongyin, who wanted her help entering the dangerous Mist Realm. After Qin Buqi and Yuchi Yuan accepted his claim that Night Zi had been destroyed, they invited him back to River City and offered him the post of Great Constable and a meeting with Yuchi Liuxiang.

• Mister Cang and Xu Zhongyin arrived as Zhang Lingshan protected the unconscious Night Zi, and Xu Zhongyin nearly struck them before Mister Cang stopped him.
• Zhang Lingshan explained that Night Zi had suffered a backlash after speaking the name of the Mystic Ghost Golden Body Art, and Mister Cang suspected a powerful curse had been placed on her.
• Mister Cang and Xu Zhongyin asked Zhang Lingshan to join them in the Mist Realm, and he entrusted the confused Night Zi to them before they departed.
• Qin Buqi and Yuchi Yuan arrived, and Yuchi Yuan persuaded Qin Buqi that Zhang Lingshan’s golden Ding Character could have destroyed Night Zi; Qin Buqi then confirmed the traces of Yin Spirit Qi and accepted that she was gone.
• Yuchi Yuan offered Zhang Lingshan the position of Great Constable and a chance to meet her niece, Yuchi Liuxiang, but Zhang Lingshan declined both offers for the moment.