Chapter Summaries

Yuchi Liuxiang learned that Night Zi’s Ghost Dao Dharma Body had been destroyed and ordered an investigation, while Yan Yuqing advanced toward Organ Refining and encountered her disgraced aunt, Yan Li. In Jiang City, Zhang Lingshan weighed whether to join Fengdu as a Great Constable and revealed that he served in the Demon Suppression Division.

• Yuchi Liuxiang questioned her mysterious master’s report about Night Zi and sent a subordinate to investigate Fengdu’s actions.
• Yan Zhengfeng told Yan Yuqing she had reached the peak of Bone Forging and could begin Organ Refining, while he also urged her to marry.
• Yan Yuqing saw Yan Li being whipped for betraying the Yan Family, unaware that Yan Li planned to use her to cultivate the Mystic Ghost Golden Body Art and advance her own power.
• Zhang Lingshan returned to the Three Yang Society with Zhao Huanyang and Celestial Crane Daoist, then asked them to advise him about becoming Fengdu’s Great Constable.
• Zhao Huanyang and Celestial Crane Daoist warned Zhang Lingshan about holding posts in both Fengdu and the Demon Suppression Division, and Zhang revealed that He Qianshou had taken him under his command.

Yuchi Yuan and Qin Buqi traced Zhang Lingshan’s Immobilization Character to Celestial Crane Daoist and tried to summon him back to Fengdu. Zhang Lingshan refused to hand him over, delayed Liao Dang, and prepared to cultivate at the Three Yang Society despite the danger posed by the Yuchi Family.

• Yuchi Yuan questioned Liao Dang about Fengdu’s talisman experts and learned that Celestial Crane Daoist might have drawn the Body Immobilization Talisman.
• Yuchi Yuan sent Liao Dang to find Celestial Crane Daoist at the Three Yang Society while she and Qin Buqi discussed taking the Daoist and Zhang Lingshan by force.
• Zhang Lingshan restored the Zhengyang Realm ghosts of the Three Yang Society to life, and Zhao Huanyang rewarded him with treasures and a place to stay.
• Liao Dang arrived on Yuchi Yuan and Qin Buqi’s orders, but Zhang Lingshan refused to send Celestial Crane Daoist back and warned that intruders would die.
• Zhao Huanyang warned Zhang Lingshan that Yuchi Yuan’s family ties to the City Lord made retaliation dangerous, so Zhang Lingshan ordered Liao Dang kept waiting while he cultivated.

Zhang Lingshan survived a dangerous breakthrough in Cutting Intent, strengthened his body, and advanced his Flowing Cloud Art while considering how to develop more intents. In Fengdu, Yuchi Yuan decided to seize Celestial Crane Daoist and Heart Fire Young Master, ordering Liao Dang to assemble talisman experts for the operation.

• Zhang Lingshan raised his Cutting Intent, nearly exhausting his qi and blood, then replenished himself with pills and refined his spleen using Spleen Earth Nourishing Pills and Heart Fire Viscera.
• Zhang Lingshan advanced his Flowing Cloud Art to Greater Accomplishment, gaining stronger clone, speed, levitation, and cloud-ladder abilities.
• Zhang Lingshan reviewed notes on ten kinds of intent and began comprehending them, hoping to reach the Profound Gold Intent.
• Liao Dang reported to Yuchi Yuan that the Three Yang Society had kept him waiting and said Celestial Crane Daoist was helping Heart Fire Young Master cultivate.
• Yuchi Yuan concluded that Heart Fire Young Master had obtained benefits from Night Zi and decided to capture him and Celestial Crane Daoist.
• Yuchi Yuan ordered Liao Dang to gather his talisman experts, promising him the first merit if they captured the Heavenly Crane Thief.

Yuchi Yuan assembled ten Five Viscera Realm experts from the Yuchi and Qin families to capture Heart Fire Young Master and Celestial Crane Daoist, while Yuchi Liuxiang planned to approach Heart Fire Young Master. They surrounded the Three Yang Society and entered, where Yuchi Yuan demanded to know why he and Zhao Huanyang were absent.

• Yuchi Yuan ordered her guards to gather the Yuchi Family forces and returned to speak with Yuchi Liuxiang and Qin Buqi.
• Yuchi Yuan explained that she intended to capture Heart Fire Young Master and Celestial Crane Daoist, and Yuchi Liuxiang agreed to meet Heart Fire Young Master.
• Yuchi Yuan and Qin Buqi assembled eight additional Five Viscera Realm experts, making ten in total, while Qin Buqi went to bring Liao Dang and the others from Fengdu.
• Yuchi Liuxiang appeared dressed plainly, and the group set out to surround the Three Yang Society.
• Yuchi Yuan and Yuchi Liuxiang entered the Three Yang Society, where Yuchi Yuan asked Nong Shaobao and Xue Gu why Heart Fire Young Master and Zhao Huanyang were not there.

Yuchi Yuan led a group of Five Viscera Realm experts to the Heart Fire Residence, where Zhang Lingshan revealed his overwhelming strength and killed nearly all of them. He spared Yuchi Yuan only long enough to mock her before killing her and ordering Zhao Huanyang to display her body as a warning.

• Yuchi Yuan struck Xue Gu, forced Nong Shaobao to lead her to Heart Fire Residence, and attacked Zhao Huanyang when she came out to meet them.
• Yuchi Liuxiang sensed that the person inside could not be fought and fled, but Yuchi Yuan dismissed her warning and summoned the other Five Viscera Realm cultivators.
• Qin Bu Mie tried to seize Celestial Crane Daoist, but Zhang Lingshan appeared and revealed that he had already killed Qin Bu Mie.
• Zhang Lingshan slaughtered the gathered cultivators as they begged, fought, or tried to flee, leaving only Yuchi Yuan alive among those present.
• Yuchi Yuan begged for her life, but Zhang Lingshan killed her and ordered Zhao Huanyang to hang her body on the Three Yang Society's wall with a warning inscribed above it.

After Yuchi Yuan and eight other Five Viscera Realm cultivators vanished inside the Three Yang Society, Yan Zhaoyuan investigated the killing while Qin Buqi fled to the Qin Family. The chapter leaves Qin Zhengjue ordering an investigation into Yuchi Liuxiang’s early escape and the fate of Qin Bu Mie.

• Zhao Huanyang treated Nong Shaobao and hung Yuchi Yuan’s corpse outside the Three Yang Society with a warning written on its covering.
• Yan Zhaoyuan informed Li Ziming of Yuchi Yuan’s death, and Li Ziming considered seizing Fengdu before agreeing to wait and investigate.
• Yan Zhaoyuan saw the City Guard withdraw and learned that Jiang Chenyu would not intervene immediately; the red-nosed old man hinted that Yuchi Liuxiang had left the Three Yang Society early.
• Qin Buqi returned to the Qin Family in terror and told Qin Zhengjue that Yuchi Yuan and the others were dead, though he had not entered the Three Yang Society.
• A Qin Family subordinate reported that Qin Bu Mie and the others had entered the Three Yang Society and vanished, while Yuchi Liuxiang had escaped beforehand; Qin Zhengjue ordered an investigation.

Yuchi Liuxiang claimed she had a talent for sensing danger, and a test convinced the Yuchi Family to protect and nurture her. Yuchi Wenmin then returned furious over Yuchi Yuan’s death and set out to retrieve her body from the Three Yang Society.

• Yuchi Wenfeng learned that Yuchi Yuan had been killed and displayed at the Three Yang Society, and summoned Yuchi Liuxiang to explain what happened.
• Yuchi Liuxiang said her danger-sensing talent had warned her to leave, but Yuchi Yuan had ignored her warning and died.
• Yuchi Bing tested Yuchi Liuxiang with White Qi Nails, and she evaded the dangerous strike while recognizing that the later attack posed no real danger.
• Yuchi Wenfeng declared that the family would devote its resources to nurturing Yuchi Liuxiang, while Yuchi Bing’s attack and Yuchi Wenfeng’s response briefly sparked a clash.
• Yuchi Wenmin returned from the City Lord’s Mansion, condemned Jiang Chenyu for refusing to act, and headed to the Three Yang Society to retrieve Yuchi Yuan’s body.

The Yuchi Family backed away from the Three Yang Society after Yuchi Liuxiang detected a deadly trap, while Zhang Lingshan completed the fusion of ten Intents into Profound Gold Intent and transformed both arms. He learned that Kong Dagui had come to investigate Tong Gang’s betrayal and decided to meet him after the Jiang City Auction.

• Yuchi Liuxiang warned the Yuchi Family to retreat as Yuchi Yuan’s corpse exploded, severely injuring the woman who had carried it.
• Yuchi Liuxiang persuaded Yuchi Wenmin to leave the Three Yang Society rather than risk heavy losses against its powerful occupant.
• Zhang Lingshan endured the ten Intents assaulting his body, raised nine Intents to the fourth level, and fused them into Profound Gold Intent.
• Zhang Lingshan discovered that golden blood had transformed his arms, tested their strength, and resolved to keep Profound Gold Intent secret.
• Zhao Huanyang told Zhang Lingshan that Kong Dagui had arrived to investigate Tong Gang’s betrayal and had demanded to question him.
• Zhang Lingshan decided to meet Kong Dagui after the Jiang City Auction, hoping to use his recommendation to enter the Demon Suppression Division in Jade City.

Zhang Lingshan decoded Tong Gang’s secret letter and revealed evidence of a Heavenly Corpse Sect plot to Kong Dagui. As Zhang Lingshan completed his Spleen Earth Solid Viscera cultivation, Kong Dagui assigned him and Dongfang Hua to investigate young Demon Suppression Division members, and the two set off to begin.

• Zhang Lingshan decoded Tong Gang’s letter, learned how to make corpse poison, and suspected it was meant to be released at the auction.
• Zhang Lingshan met Kong Dagui at the Demon Suppression Division and explained his dealings with Tong Gang, then showed him the encoded letter.
• Kong Dagui identified the writing as Corpse Script and concluded that Tong Gang had ties to the Heavenly Corpse Sect; he accepted Zhang Lingshan’s explanation and gave He Qianshou a reprieve.
• Zhang Lingshan used a Spleen Earth Nourishing Pill to complete his Spleen Earth Solid Viscera cultivation while Kong Dagui and his subordinates studied the letter.
• Kong Dagui divided the investigators into teams, pairing Zhang Lingshan with Dongfang Hua to look into young Demon Suppression Division members who might be connected to the Heavenly Corpse Sect.
• Dongfang Hua asked Zhang Lingshan where they should begin their investigation.

Zhang Lingshan joined Dongfang Hua and a group of young cultivators, then visited Ren Kaiming at the South Sea Auction House to repay his debt, sell items, and ask about learning other Intents. Ren Kaiming explained that the South Sea caravan crossed the dangerous Mist Realm to travel between provinces in one day, and that a costly Road Guide Jade Talisman bought passage with the caravan.

• Dongfang Hua introduced Zhang Lingshan to Yu Si Si, Song Qingyu, Qin Bu Xiao, and Yuchi Liu Mei, and the group set out for the South Sea Auction House.
• Zhang Lingshan remembered seeing Yu Si Si and Song Qingyu when he was half-conscious after falling from the sky, though the two old men who had accompanied them were now absent.
• Zhang Lingshan separated from the others in the crowd and went to see Ren Kaiming, repaying the five million silver notes and consigning pills and other items for sale.
• Zhang Lingshan asked whether Ren Kaiming or the auction house offered Five Elements Intent manuals, and Ren Kaiming said they did not.
• Ren Kaiming told Zhang Lingshan that Road Guide Jade Talismans allowed travelers to cross between provinces with the South Sea caravan through the Mist Realm in one day.

Zhang Lingshan learned how powerful figures crossed the Mist Realm and worried that revealing his Profound Gold Intent would draw overwhelming enemies. After Dongfang Hua found a trail linked to the Heavenly Corpse Sect, the group followed the Grave Robbers’ traces toward a place where they had hidden bodies.

• Zhang Lingshan learned from Ren Kaiming that powerful experts could travel swiftly through the Mist Realm, and he resolved to keep his Profound Gold Intent concealed.
• Zhang Lingshan intimidated Yu Si Si when she insulted him, then agreed to join Dongfang Hua and the others in investigating the corpse she had seen.
• Dongfang Hua explained that Yu Si Si and Song Qingyu had seen Grave Robbers carry away a corpse surrounded by strange fire, giving the group a lead to the Heavenly Corpse Sect.
• The group left the city to search the scorched impact site, while Yuchi Liu Mei and Qin Bu Xiao hoped to use the corpse to turn the Heavenly Corpse Sect against Heart Fire Young Master.
• Yuchi Liu Mei found the direction of the Grave Robbers’ trail, and Dongfang Hua hurried ahead with Zhang Lingshan while Song Qingyu stayed back to protect Yu Si Si.

Zhang Lingshan and his companions confronted Elder Qiu of the Heavenly Corpse Sect, whose poison attacks and Corpse Puppet schemes threatened them. After Yuchi Liu Mei and Qin Bu Xiao wounded him with their treasures, Qiu Tianzuo realized Zhang Lingshan was the strongest among them when he casually shattered a poison arrow.

• Kou Guan hid underground as the Heavenly Corpse Seal and Zhang Lingshan's group approached, while Elder Qiu emerged to investigate the missing members of the Heavenly Corpse Sect.
• Elder Qiu attacked Yuchi Liu Mei and the others with poison arrows, but Dongfang Hua transformed using an Ox-Headed Scorpion-Tailed Snake monster bloodline and forced him to keep his distance.
• Yuchi Liu Mei lured Elder Qiu close and struck him with the Ice Nether Treasure Mirror, while Qin Bu Xiao's Heavenly Flame Treasure Seal blasted him and the freezing energy spread through his hand.
• Qiu Tianzuo severed his right arm to escape the cold, then fled through black smoke as Yuchi Liu Mei and Qin Bu Xiao pursued him.
• Elder Qiu fired a poison arrow at Zhang Lingshan, who casually shattered it, leaving Qiu Tianzuo alarmed that Zhang was the strongest person there.

Kong Dagui captured Qiu Tianzuo, stopped Qin Bu Xiao from killing Yu Si Si and Song Qingyu, and purified Dongfang Hua’s Demonization with the Lotus Crown. As Kong Dagui questioned Zhang Lingshan about the scholar who had helped him, they argued over whether Demon Persons should all be treated as evil.

• Qiu Tianzuo escaped through black smoke, but Yuchi Liu Mei tracked him as Qin Bu Xiao and Zhang Lingshan pursued.
• Qiu Tianzuo attacked Yu Si Si and Song Qingyu with poisonous sand and talismans, turning them into Iron Corpses to block his pursuers.
• Kong Dagui intercepted Qiu Tianzuo, knocked him unconscious, and ordered Ouyang Han to restrain and drag him away.
• Kong Dagui stopped Qin Bu Xiao from using the Heavenly Flame Treasure Seal on Yu Si Si and Song Qingyu, then reprimanded him for risking their lives.
• Kong Dagui used the Lotus Crown to restore Dongfang Hua from Demonization and ordered Zhang Lingshan to bring him back to the Demon Suppression Division.
• Kong Dagui questioned Zhang Lingshan about the scholar who had helped him, and Zhang Lingshan challenged his assumption that all Demon Persons were evil.

Zhang Lingshan and Kong Dagui investigated Mountain Cave, where they found the dead Pine Bamboo Duo Elders and discussed hunting the Heavenly Corpse Sect. At a strange Mountain God Temple, the uncanny presence stole the souls of Kong Dagui’s companions, leaving Zhang Lingshan and Kong Dagui to seek a way to save them.

• Zhang Lingshan persuaded Kong Dagui to investigate Mountain Cave, where they found the Pine Bamboo Duo Elders’ corpses, dead for years despite reports they had acted recently.
• Kong Dagui offered Zhang Lingshan a squad to search for the Heavenly Corpse Sect’s mountain gate, and Zhang Lingshan accepted in hopes of earning a supervisor position.
• Kong Dagui’s group approached the Mountain God Temple, whose uncanny influence made Wu Qi and the others turn on Kong Dagui and try to enter.
• Zhang Lingshan threw the affected companions away from the temple, but Kong Dagui could not wake them and said their souls had been taken by the uncanny presence.
• Kong Dagui explained that saving them required entering the uncanny presence and severing its connection to the Mist Realm, and Zhang Lingshan asked whether that connection could let someone enter the Mist Realm.

Zhang Lingshan escaped the mist and human-faced Ash Moths, then encountered Xiahou Ge and Guo Meijun, disciples of the Dao Light Sect. He warned them about the Multicolor Tree and asked for a way out of the Mist Realm.

• Kong Dagui revived Dongfang Hua and left him to guard the others before entering the Mountain God Temple with Zhang Lingshan.
• The temple separated Kong Dagui and Zhang Lingshan, and Zhang Lingshan explored a featureless white expanse alone.
• Zhang Lingshan cut through space and entered a place swarming with human-faced Ash Moths, then charged through them when he could not open another rift.
• Xiahou Ge and Guo Meijun approached a glowing Multicolor Tree, and Zhang Lingshan warned them not to touch it because it attracted human-faced Ash Moths.
• Zhang Lingshan introduced himself as a Red Cloak Guard and asked Xiahou Ge and Guo Meijun how to leave the Mist Realm, while Xiahou Ge wondered how he had survived the moths unharmed.

After escaping the Human-Faced Moths, Zhang Lingshan learned that Xiahou Ge and Guo Meijun had lost their Road Guide Jade Talisman and supplies in an Evil Wind. Xiahou Ge cast a spell to locate their bundle, collapsed after injuring his hands, and sent Zhang Lingshan onward with Guo Meijun; an unknown black figure picked up his yellow cloth and pursued them.

• Zhang Lingshan, Xiahou Ge, and Guo Meijun fled the Human-Faced Moths and stopped once the creatures fell behind.
• Xiahou Ge explained that an Evil Wind had swept away their bundle, including their Road Guide Jade Talisman, which could guide them to the exit near Jiang City.
• When Guo Meijun refused to spend her magic power searching for the bundle, Xiahou Ge berated her and then cast the locating spell himself.
• Xiahou Ge's hands began tearing at one another, so Zhang Lingshan broke his wrists to stop him; Xiahou Ge then passed out after pointing them toward the bundle.
• Zhang Lingshan carried Xiahou Ge and Guo Meijun in the indicated direction, while a black figure swallowed Xiahou Ge's yellow cloth and pursued them using it as a guide.

Zhang Lingshan stopped fleeing and defeated the Cloth Strip Man, gaining ten million Energy Points before saving Xiahou Ge. He made Guo Meijun sense the package, and she found its general direction, giving them a chance to leave the Mist Realm.

• Zhang Lingshan cleared a battlefield and waited for the pursuing monster while Guo Meijun moved Xiahou Ge aside.
• The Cloth Strip Man attacked with sound patterns and a black blade, but Zhang Lingshan survived and punched it before its strips wrapped him into a cocoon.
• Zhang Lingshan broke free and destroyed the Cloth Strip Man, gaining 1000w Energy Points, then used his qi and blood to stabilize Xiahou Ge.
• Guo Meijun began sensing for the package after Zhang Lingshan urged her to do so, and she located its general direction.

Zhang Lingshan helped Guo Meijun recover the Road Guide Jade Talisman, then discovered a powerful turtle in the Viscous Mire and killed it. He gained eight million Energy Points and concluded that the Mist Realm held valuable creatures to absorb.

• Guo Meijun used the Acquisition Method to retrieve her yellow bundle from the Viscous Mire, and Zhang Lingshan ordered her to recover the Road Guide Jade Talisman.
• Guo Meijun cleaned the bundle with magic, retrieved the talisman, and shared Jade Dew Nectar with Xiahou Ge before Zhang Lingshan took the bottle and drank some.
• Zhang Lingshan asked Guo Meijun for Flying Needles and threw them into the mire to draw out whatever was hidden there.
• A colossal five-colored turtle emerged from the mire and struck Zhang Lingshan with a Five-Colored Light Sphere, but he shattered it with a punch.
• Zhang Lingshan tore the turtle apart, absorbed its remaining essence, and gained 8,000,000 Energy Points.

Zhang Lingshan escaped the Mist Realm with Guo Meijun and Xiahou Ge, then returned with Xiahou Ge to investigate the Mountain God Temple. They rescued Kong Dagui and destroyed the Mountain God Statue, revealing the Bright Jade Pearl beneath it.

• Zhang Lingshan carried Guo Meijun and Xiahou Ge out of the Mist Realm, where Jian Shao greeted them and said Ye Yitong had been badly injured but had stabilized.
• Xiahou Ge identified an expert who had helped Jian Shao and Ye Yitong as possibly belonging to the mysterious Green Lotus Sect, then learned Zhang Lingshan had entered the Mist Realm through a Mountain God Temple.
• Zhang Lingshan took Xiahou Ge back toward the temple, while Jian Shao stayed behind with Guo Meijun and hid a dark glint in his eyes.
• Kong Dagui carried the Mountain God Statue through the Vast White World until Zhang Lingshan arrived and rescued him; Xiahou Ge called for help as the statue attacked.
• Zhang Lingshan smashed the huge statue, ending the Vast White World and revealing Yan Zheng Gang, Ouyang Han, He Qianshou, and the others beneath the offering table.
• The small Mountain God Statue shattered, and Zhang Lingshan found the Bright Jade Pearl buried beneath its fragments.

Zhang Lingshan and Xiahou Ge escaped the Mountain God Temple, where Zhang fed the group Mist Realm turtle meat and earned appointment as Chief Banner of the Jade City Demon Suppression Division. After Kong Dagui took Qiu Tianzuo away for interrogation, Zhang returned alone to the temple.

• Xiahou Ge explained that the Bright Jade Pearl attracted Mist Realm beings and could guide its holder to an exit, and Zhang Lingshan put it away before they left the temple.
• Kong Dagui and the others recovered while Zhang roasted and ate the turtle meat; Xiahou Ge and the others discovered that the meat restored their strength and refined its energy.
• Xiahou Ge departed to check on Guo Meijun and the other disciples, and Kong Dagui appointed Zhang Chief Banner after the group praised his rescue.
• Zhang asked for materials to help him reach the Five Viscera Realm, and Kong Dagui and the others gave him pills and other cultivation supplies.
• Kong Dagui took Qiu Tianzuo away to interrogate him, while Zhang asked Dongfang Hua to guard the turtle shell and went back into the Mountain God Temple alone.