Chapter Summaries

As Baiyun Immortal City’s war drained Cloud Mountain Sect and its rogue cultivators, Hundred Treasures Pavilion revealed that its Sea-Hunting Cloud Kun could not rescue them. Su Qing gathered his allies and prepared to use the Nascent Soul Cave Mansion’s emergence as their chance to break out of the city.

• Wei De Bao traded a Tier 2 Magic Artifact to Su Qing, who gave him a Thunderous Serpent Puppet that launched him out of danger during a demon-beast battle.
• After half a month of fighting, Cloud Mountain Sect lost three elders on the eastern battlefield and another Golden Core Venerable on the western front, then withdrew behind the city’s defenses.
• Shopkeeper Liu and He Xinyan admitted that the Sea-Hunting Cloud Kun had been waiting outside Baiyun Immortal City for half a year and would not enter, leaving the guest elders to find their own escape.
• Su Qing told his allies that the Nascent Soul Cave Mansion would emerge within two months and ordered them to prepare formations, Puppets, armor, healing supplies, and intelligence for a breakout.
• Liang Hai Shun left with Su Qing for Fate Comes Pavilion, hoping Heaven would show them mercy.

Su Qing traded three Mountain Ghoul Funeral Spirits to Baiyun Immortal for a Wind Thunder Tiger demonic core and learned how to reach the Thousand Islands Immortal Kingdom. He returned home to prepare to craft Lu Wu of the Gods, a Tier 3 puppet, despite having only Foundation Establishment Early-stage cultivation.

• Baiyun Immortal urged Liang Hai Shun to join Fate Comes Pavilion and escape the city, but he refused to give up his freedom.
• Baiyun Immortal offered Su Qing a Wind Thunder Tiger demonic core in place of the Luli Tiger core, and Liang Hai Shun insisted the agreed price remain unchanged.
• Su Qing traded three Mountain Ghoul Funeral Spirits for the Wind Thunder Tiger core and learned that he should reach Demonic Smoke City within half a year.
• Su Qing returned to Su's Small Building and considered how to craft a Tier 3 puppet with his current strength and resources.
• Su Qing decided not to reduce his existing puppet roster, even though that meant he could only barely craft a Tier 3 mid-grade puppet.

Su Qing reforged Tiger Egg into a Tier 3 Puppet by feeding it a Third-tier Demonic Core and inscribing Tier 4 and Tier 3 runes, turning it into Lu Wu of the Gods. The chapter ended with Tiger Egg transforming into its Armor Puppet form around Su Qing, covered in images suggesting Lu Wu’s ancestors had once served the Heavenly Emperor.

• Tiger Egg developed Self-Awareness, trained until it reached Tier 2 Limit, and agreed to undergo a dangerous reforging.
• Su Qing used Mountain Sea Capture to restrain the Wind Lightning Demonic Core while Tiger Egg subdued and absorbed it.
• Su Qing covered Tiger Egg in a costly layer of tiger skin and successfully drew Tier 4 Biomimetic and Intelligence Runes, transforming it into Lu Wu of the Gods.
• Su Qing inscribed numerous Tier 3 and Tier 2 runes onto Tiger Egg, making it his first fully equipped Tier 3 Puppet.
• Su Qing ordered Tiger Egg into its Armor Puppet form and saw images of Lu Wu guarding a heavenly palace alongside other divine beings.

Su Qing used the Tier 3 Wind Thunder Lu Wu Armor Puppet as a Temporary Furnace Lid, breaking through his body-cultivation bottleneck and gaining powerful abilities. After forcing a heavenly secret from the barrier, he learned he must submit to the Demoness three times to attain Life Force Creation, then advanced his Puppet Master skill to Tier 3 and resolved to head for the West Sea.

• Su Qing transformed into his berserker form and used the Armor Puppet as a Temporary Furnace Lid, allowing his body cultivation to progress again.
• Su Qing tested the Armor Puppet’s abilities, including Wind Thunder Nine Tails, Lu Wu True Sight, and several rune-granted powers.
• Su Qing used Ritual Healing to batter a blood-red pillar against a heavenly barrier until it revealed that submitting to the Demoness three times could grant Life Force Creation.
• Su Qing took a Blood Return Pill, repaired Tiger Egg, and received notifications that his Wind Thunder Lu Wu proficiency had increased and his Puppet Master skill had reached Tier 3.
• Su Qing gained mid-Golden Core-stage spiritual sense and resolved to go to the West Sea and become an island lord.

Su Qing advanced as a Puppet Master, unlocked the Evil Refining Furnace Puppet blueprint, and agreed to inscribe a Tier 4 Biomimetic Rune on Old Daoist Tong. While examining Tong’s strange Dao Puppet body, Su Qing unexpectedly encountered the Heavenly Master Dao Pattern and gained Dao Pattern Light Spots; the chapter left Tong unaware of what Su Qing had discovered.

• Su Qing reviewed his growing puppet forces and dwindling funds, then chose to spend his remaining divine sense preparing more Thunderous Serpents.
• Su Qing raised his Exorcism Rune to Tier 4 and unlocked the Evil Refining Furnace Puppet blueprint after judging its materials more attainable than those of the other options.
• Su Qing answered Liu Yun’er and Little Muddlehead, then met Old Daoist Tong, who revealed that he was a powerful, self-willed puppet seeking a Tier 4 Biomimetic Rune inscription.
• Su Qing and Old Daoist Tong agreed that Su Qing would inscribe the rune in exchange for Tier 4 Talisman Paper and a divination, and Tong revealed that different observers perceived his body in different forms.
• Su Qing noticed the Dao Pattern on Tong’s chest and unexpectedly entered a Heavenly Master Dao Pattern phenomenon, gaining Dao Pattern Light Spots without Tong realizing it.

Su Qing drew Tier 4 Biomimetic Runes on Old Daoist Tong, discovering the old daoist’s Heavenly Master Dao Pattern and learning an ancient method of combining runes. He left with several Tier 4 and Tier 3 talismans to prepare for escaping Baiyun Immortal City, though Old Daoist Tong warned that his Evil Suppressing Talismans might not be enough against the demons he faced.

• Su Qing saw the Heavenly Master Dao Pattern on Old Daoist Tong but kept its presence secret and drew Tier 4 Biomimetic Runes onto him.
• The Heavenly Master Dao Pattern suppressed the Biomimetic Runes, and Su Qing learned the King, Minister, Assistant, and Envoy method of combining runes while Old Daoist Tong endured the painful process.
• Old Daoist Tong was pleased that the Biomimetic Runes made his human form more expressive and offered Su Qing a selection of Tier 4 Talisman Paper.
• Su Qing chose a nearly expired Summon God Talisman, Golden Light Talisman, Five Thunders Talisman, and Divine General Talisman, then selected Tier 3 Five Elements Escape Talismans, Evil Suppressing Talismans, and a Thunderous Movement Talisman.
• Old Daoist Tong warned Su Qing that Tier 2 Exorcism Puppets and Tier 3 Evil Suppressing Talismans would not be enough against powerful Evil Demons, and Su Qing said he wanted to be prepared.

Su Qing sent Tiger Egg and a Golden Armored Divine General to raid the Lin Family as Gao Erqiang’s lanterns attacked, while Cloud Mountain Sect refused to intervene and sealed the city. The Lin Family prepared to fight alone, and the chapter ended with the divine general killing and Tiger Egg looting amid the assault.

• Old Daoist Tong used the Heavenly Master Dao Pattern to divine that three women would help Su Qing survive, conflicting with the Nine Li Shamanic Art’s prediction that he should obey the Demoness three times.
• Su Qing noticed that Gao Erqiang’s lanterns were converging on the Lin Family and decided to intervene with his expiring Tier 4 talismans.
• Su Qing summoned a Golden Armored Divine General, gave Tiger Egg the Five Thunders Talisman, and ordered them to loot the Lin Family while the divine general fought.
• Lin Bonian rallied his clan, activated the Exorcism Formation, and called on the city’s cultivators to help the Lin Family resist Gao Erqiang.
• Sect Master Bai Mei revealed that Cloud Mountain Sect had sealed the city and left the Lin Family to face the attack alone, driving the Rogue Cultivators’ hopes of resistance away.
• Su Qing stayed back as the Golden Armored Divine General killed attackers and Tiger Egg robbed the Lin Family.

While the Lin Family fought Gao Erqiang and the lantern monsters, Su Qing sent Tiger Egg and the Golden Armored Divine General to loot the family treasury. They killed Lin Feng and escaped south with the Lin Family’s treasure and captured souls.

• Su Qing watched the Lin Family’s battle through Tiger Egg’s vision and sent it to raid the treasury with the Golden Armored Divine General.
• Lin Feng left the battle after the treasury’s warning formation activated, expecting to claim the family’s wealth for himself.
• Lin Feng found Lin Song and other clansmen dead, then attacked the looters, but the Golden Armored Divine General killed him and captured his soul.
• Tiger Egg collected Lin Feng’s body and soul, gathered the treasury’s valuables, and destroyed the restricted puppets and nearby Foundation Establishment cultivators.
• Tiger Egg sent the Golden Armored Divine General away to draw Cloud Mountain Sect’s firepower, then fled south with more than a hundred Storage Bags.

Su Qing used a Five Thunders Talisman to stop Cloud Mountain Sect elders from pursuing Tiger Egg after Sect Master Bai Mei clashed with the Golden Armored Divine General. The elders returned to Cloud Mountain Hall, where its spiritual energy erased their doubts about Bai Mei, and they prepared to claim the Lin Family’s remaining assets.

• Sect Master Bai Mei and the Cloud Mountain Sect elders confronted the Golden Armored Divine General while Bai Mei spotted Tiger Egg fleeing and ordered four elders to pursue it.
• Six elders used the Soaring Feather Formation to gain speed, but Su Qing unleashed a Five Thunders Talisman to strike them with lightning.
• The thunder killed one Golden Core elder, while the other five fled back to Sect Master Bai Mei after the bombardment ended.
• Bai Mei told the elders to be vigilant and sent them to rest in Cloud Mountain Hall, without acknowledging the dead disciple.
• Cloud Mountain Hall’s spiritual energy erased the elders’ doubts about Bai Mei, and they joined him in waiting to seize the Lin Family’s remaining assets.

After the Cloud Mountain Sect searched Baiyun Immortal City for the thief who killed a Golden Core Venerable, Su Qing bribed Lin Shuangmu and his companions to protect his shop and avoid inspections. As the Rogue Cultivators prepared to flee and his Puppet Shop ran out of customers, Su Qing gave away Ghoul-type Puppets and returned to refining with the Lin Family’s stolen Rune Inheritances.

• Su Qing watched the ruined districts of Baiyun Immortal City as Cloud Mountain Sect disciples set out to search shops for the thief who had used Tier 4 Talisman Paper.
• Su Qing paid Lin Shuangmu and other Cloud Mountain disciples to spare his shop and neighboring businesses, and they left without inspecting his Storage Bags.
• After the sect’s month-long lockdown failed to find the thief, Rogue Cultivators bought Puppets in preparation for escape, making Su Qing’s shop and allied shops prosper before demand finally dried up.
• Su Qing reassured Qing He and Ge Ling that he would not dismiss them, then gave Ge Ling Storage Bags of Ghoul-type Puppets to distribute discreetly among the city’s Rogue Cultivators.
• Su Qing returned upstairs to work with materials and Rune Inheritances taken from the Lin Family treasury, including the Soul Ghoul Rune.

After two months of preparation, Gao Erqiang completed a Tier 3 Limit Exorcism Furnace Puppet just as Venerable Jade Wall’s cave mansion emerged. Sect Master Bai Mei revealed that he was Granny Ao, an Evil Entity bound to Cloud Mountain Hall and Baiyun Immortal City, and began a battle with Gao Erqiang that drew the Rogue Cultivators into the conflict.

• Gao Erqiang raised his runes and Phoenix Cooks the Sea dao pattern, then refined an Evil Refining Furnace Puppet using Lin Feng’s Golden Core Dharma Bone and Soul Spirit.
• The cave mansion emerged in the Hundred Beasts Mountain Range, and Sect Master Bai Mei ordered Venerable Thunderlight and the Cloud Mountain Sect to let Gao Erqiang devour the city’s Rogue Cultivators.
• Gao Erqiang’s buried Explosive Stone Puppets detonated across Baiyun Immortal City, while Bai Mei released Granny Ao into Venerable Thunderlight’s sea of consciousness and devoured him.
• Venerable Thunderlight sent the Five Thunder Shuttle away with the Cloud Mountain Sect’s inheritance, and Bai Mei revealed himself as Granny Ao and sought to merge with Gao Erqiang.
• Gao Erqiang refused Bai Mei’s offer, and both attacked: Bai Mei crushed the Gao Family Butcher Shop while Gao Erqiang detonated puppets throughout the city.
• As Bai Mei’s evil spirits emerged and the city filled with Bloody Evil Mist, the Rogue Cultivators turned their weapons on the Cloud Mountain Sect’s forces.

Su Qing led his cultivators and puppet army through White Cloud City, fighting their way east against Old Evil of Cloud Mountain’s forces. After breaking through the first horde, the group faced powerful Evil Spirits, and their battle continued as allies used bloodline armor, formations, and lifespan-burning artifacts to hold them off.

• Su Qing led a heavily armed puppet legion toward the eastern city wall, refusing to gather rogue cultivators because some might be Evil Entities in disguise.
• Su Qing’s cannons, Liang Hai Shun’s Thunder Fire Golden Light Array, and the Lizard Knight Regiment attacked tens of thousands of Evil Spirits blocking the route.
• Hai Changqing, the Dragon Snake Puppets, and Shao Delong formed an Explosive Kill Squad that cleared the Ox Horse Evil Monsters and opened a path for the Lizard Knights.
• Dozens of Golden Core Evil Spirits and a hundred Foundation Establishment Evil Spirits appeared, prompting Tang Wanqing and the cultivators to charge into battle.
• Yao Fei summoned Nine Li armor and battle beasts, and Su Qing unexpectedly received the Great Shaman’s armor and an Iron Eater King Beast that fought two Golden Core Evil Spirits.
• He Lian Xian used the Whale Absorption Gourd to restrain a Golden Core Evil Spirit while Liang Hai Shun planted life-consuming flags on him, and Qing He killed two Foundation Establishment Evil Spirits with her sword puppet.

Su Qing led his team through White Cloud City, defeating the Golden Core Evil Spirits and recruiting surviving rogue cultivators as they advanced. Near the eastern wall, they encountered two towering Pavilion Evil Spirits and Cloud Mountain Foundation Establishment Disciples, including Lin Shuangmu, Hai Yunlou, and Yuan Tianye.

• Pang Feifan deployed his Spirit Beast Squad while Su Qing’s Exorcism Funeral Squad trapped and subdued a Golden Core Evil Spirit with help from the Earth Virtue Buddha Spirits and Black Coffin Granny.
• Su Qing fought three Golden Core Evil Spirits with his spears, armor, and teammates’ support, then helped eliminate the remaining Golden Core and Foundation Establishment enemies.
• Sect Master Bai Mei summoned two Pavilion Evil Spirits containing Venerable Thunderlight and Venerable Yun Zhong, then continued pursuing Gao Erqiang as he destroyed Gao’s Blood Patterns.
• Su Qing led his teams onward, rescued rogue cultivators, and recruited several skilled survivors, including the Tier 2 leather craftsman Fellow Daoist Liu, nicknamed Old Six.
• Su Qing used Blood Lotus Flowers to restore Yao Fei’s strength and gave flowers to Qing He, Guo Qiao Lian, and Tang Wanqing, while the other cultivators mistakenly assumed he was struggling to perform.
• Near the eastern city wall, Su Qing’s team met the two Pavilion Evil Spirits and Cloud Mountain Foundation Establishment Disciples, including Lin Shuangmu, Hai Yunlou, and Yuan Tianye, who grieved over Venerable Thunderlight inside one of the colossi.

Su Qing’s forces fought the Cloud Mountain disciples and the Pavilion Evil Spirits as the Old Evil of Cloud Mountain tightened its control over the city. After the battle turned against them, Su Qing entered the field and prepared to summon a powerful ally.

• Venerable Thunderlight and Venerable Yun Zhong ordered the Cloud Mountain disciples to attack Su Qing, whose cannons and allied forces met their charge.
• Hidden Spirit Explosion Runes detonated among the Cloud Mountain disciples, while Lin Shuangmu and Yuan Tianye accepted their likely deaths and passed their knowledge and possessions to Su Qing.
• Great Brother-in-law blew himself up against a Pavilion Evil Spirit, inspiring other Cloud Mountain disciples to sacrifice themselves before the Old Evil transformed the survivors into evil spirits.
• Su Qing’s Explosive Hammer War Bears entered the battle, and Lai Yongren used the Black Cloth and his Formation Breaking Pupil Light to seek flaws in the Pavilion Evil Spirits’ formations.
• Venerable Thunderlight and Venerable Yun Zhong attacked Su Qing’s forces with devastating Golden Core arts, prompting Su Qing to mount the Iron Eater King Beast and join the fight.
• As the Pavilion Evil Spirits’ attacks overwhelmed his puppets, Su Qing declared that he would invite a god onto the battlefield.

Su Qing followed Lai Yiren’s instructions to break the Pavilion Evil Spirit’s formations, then confronted and trapped Venerable Thunderlight, who was possessed by the Old Evil of Cloud Mountain. He left the Old Evil’s remaining spirit trapped in the Evil Refining Furnace, where Su Qing’s Ghoul Dolls destroyed it.

• Lai Yiren revealed the Pavilion Evil Spirit’s formation weak points, and Su Qing broke its formations while riding the Iron Eater King Beast.
• Su Qing entered the Pavilion Evil Spirit, collected Cloud Mountain Sect treasures, and found Venerable Thunderlight in the Law Transmission Hall.
• Venerable Thunderlight revealed that the Old Evil of Cloud Mountain had devoured the original owner’s Star-Sun Spiritual Root, All-Nature Bone Structure, and soul spirit.
• Su Qing used Lycoris Radiata flowers to disrupt Lightning Escape, then sent the Evil Refining Furnace Puppet to trap Venerable Thunderlight.
• Bear Two’s blows shook the Old Evil out of Venerable Thunderlight, and the furnace puppet swallowed them both before sealing its lid.
• Inside the furnace, Su Qing’s Ghoul Dolls and Giant Exorcism Missile destroyed the Old Evil’s Ox Horse Evil Monster form.

Su Qing gained the Fetus Transformation Easy Form Dao Pattern, destroyed both Pavilion Evil Spirits, and led the survivors toward Baiyun Immortal City’s eastern wall. Sect Master Bai Mei pursued Gao Erqiang into a lake, where a colossal Tier 3 Puppet and hidden Red Lanterns trapped it.

• Su Qing mastered the Fetus Transformation Easy Form Dao Pattern and transformed into Niu Ya, gaining access to the transformed person’s skills and abilities.
• Liang Hai Shun, He Lian Xian, Hai Changqing, and the other cultivators sacrificed lifespan to hold off the Pavilion Evil Spirit while Su Qing was inside the other pavilion.
• Su Qing defeated Venerable Yun Zhong, destroyed the second Pavilion Evil Spirit, and led the group toward the eastern city wall at an increased pace.
• Sect Master Bai Mei stopped sending evil spirits after Su Qing and focused on pursuing Gao Erqiang, who fled into a lake.
• At the lakebed, Sect Master Bai Mei discovered a colossal Tier 3 Puppet sealing it with yellow beams while Gao Erqiang’s hidden Red Lanterns bound it with blood threads.

Su Qing and the surviving cultivators escaped Baiyun Immortal City after Old Daoist Tong broke the evil domain barrier, while the Old Evil of Cloud Mountain emerged and pursued them. The group reached the Low Mountain range, and the chapter ended with demon kings debating the threat and hoping Penglai would deal with the old evil.

• Bai Mei broke free of the blood threads, but Su Qing’s Deepwater Tyrant puppet exploded and badly damaged it as Baiyun Immortal City began transforming into the Old Evil of Cloud Mountain’s true body.
• Su Qing led the survivors toward the eastern wall, but Brother 260’s warning stopped them before the evil domain barrier, where fleeing Rogue Cultivators lost their spiritual power and fell to their deaths.
• Su Qing and Gao Erqiang prepared to break the barrier, but Old Daoist Tong arrived and used several Tier 4 talismans to shatter it.
• Su Qing led the cultivators out of the city while Gao Erqiang’s Red Lanterns followed; Old Daoist Tong briefly suppressed the old evil with a golden seal before escaping underground.
• Su Qing’s group reached the Low Mountain range, took shelter in a cave, and sent Pang Feifan’s Gang Jing Pig King to gather information.
• The Magic Lizard King, Wind Eagle King, and Yellow Leopard King discussed the Old Evil of Cloud Mountain and whether Penglai’s cultivators would come to defeat it.

Liu Yun'er, disguised as a Fire Phoenix Demon King, watched the Desiring Demon Sect negotiate with the Demon Kings while Jia Chunqiu sought to rally them for the cave mansion. White-faced Green Lion King challenged her authenticity, and she answered his roar with a phoenix manifestation as the confrontation began.

• Wind Eagle King and Yellow Leopard King discussed their doubts about the Fire Phoenix Demon King while Liu Yun'er secretly watched Jia Chunqiu and the Desiring Demon Sect.
• Jia Chunqiu warned Shi Li Jing about rival forces, then received the Demon Country True King Token and offered Spirit Stone and other rewards to recruit the Demon Kings.
• White-faced Green Lion King accepted Jia Chunqiu's Blazing Fire Essences and a promised Lion King Armor in exchange for testing the Fire Phoenix Demon King.
• Green Lion King demanded the Fire Phoenix Demon King's true name and accused her of being an impostor because Phoenix Perch Mountain was closed.
• Green Lion King unleashed a lion's roar at Liu Yun'er, and she summoned a Li Huo Phoenix Shadow and threatened him.

Liu Yun'er’s fight with the White-faced Green Lion King nearly exposed her, but Su Qing arrived disguised as the Golden Winged Black Tiger King and defeated the lion. After the group disguised themselves as demonic beasts and continued toward safety, Wei Yingying entered Su Qing’s unsecured Spirit House while he was bathing.

• Liu Yun'er fought the White-faced Green Lion King as the watching cultivators and demons questioned whether she was truly a Fire Phoenix.
• Su Qing appeared as the Golden Winged Black Tiger King, beat the Green Lion King, and stopped when the Fire Phoenix ordered him to spare it.
• Two days earlier, the White Horned Sheep Demon joined the cultivators, and Fellow Daoist Liu used beast hides to disguise them as demonic beasts.
• Su Qing donned a Tier 3 Golden Winged Black Tiger hide, led the disguised group onward, and imprinted Fetus Transformation Easy Form onto himself while recovering in a bath.
• Wei Yingying entered Su Qing’s unsecured Spirit House, intent on getting close to him and securing him as De Bao’s brother-in-law.

Su Qing repaired his damaged puppet forces, discovered that Bear Two had become a stronger Buddhist High Bear, and searched unsuccessfully for information about Creation Runes. When the Old Evil of Cloud Mountain approached, Su Qing led the disguised cultivators and demon beasts deeper into the Hundred Beasts Mountain Range, where Brother 260 warned that every direction was both safe and dangerous.

• Wei Yingying entered Su Qing's Spirit House dressed seductively, but Su Qing misunderstood her intentions, made her put her clothes back on, and sent her away.
• Su Qing counted the heavy puppet losses from the battle and blamed the Old Evil of Cloud Mountain, while Hongshang tallied the valuable spoils they had gained from the Pavilion Evil Spirits.
• Su Qing found that the Merit Wooden Fish had increased from twelve to eighteen and discovered that Bear Two had gained stronger Vajra Pestle attacks and a Sermon Whistle after absorbing Buddhist light.
• Su Qing searched the Heavenly Talisman Hall for Creation Rune information but found nothing, despite sensing that Creation Type Puppets would matter to his future.
• Su Qing sensed the Old Evil of Cloud Mountain approaching, gathered the cultivators and puppets, and led the disguised group of demon beasts east into the mountain range.
• Su Qing halted after finding that Brother 260's warning made every escape route seem both safe and dangerous, while the nearby Gray Back Wolf King stirred the Gang Jing Pig King and White Horned Sheep King.