Chapter Summaries

Constable God was lured into a trap by Ru Yan and An Yunshan, who overpowered him and planned to kill him so Ji Yaohua could take control of the Six Doors. As Ru Yan prepared to fire the Heavenly Gang Five Thunders, an unseen voice insisted that Ji Yaohua was a good person.

• Emotionless asked whether the people who killed her family had been avenged, and Zhuge Zhengwo claimed he had killed them all twelve years earlier.
• Leng Xue continued investigating the Twelve Villains, and Zhuge Zhengwo promised to give him two days.
• Constable God met someone impersonating Zhuge Zhengwo at the forest of steles and defeated her, revealing her to be Ru Yan.
• An Yunshan appeared and used Star Absorbing Magic to drain Constable God’s inner energy, then knocked him down.
• An Yunshan ordered Ru Yan to kill Constable God and told her to have Ji Yaohua take over the Six Doors.
• Ru Yan picked up the Heavenly Gang Five Thunders, but an unseen voice warned Constable God not to believe An Yunshan’s claim about Ji Yaohua.

Hao Shuai rescued Constable God from An Yunshan and defeated the older man with his absorption technique and physical strength. He captured Ru Yan, gave Constable God a healing pill, and left with both prisoners.

• Hao Shuai appeared in front of Constable God and blocked An Yunshan’s attack, prompting An Yunshan to recognize him as his son’s killer.
• Hao Shuai and An Yunshan clashed with their power-absorbing techniques, but Hao Shuai’s Northern Darkness Sky Absorption Skill began draining An Yunshan instead.
• Hao Shuai endured An Yunshan’s staff blows with his Invincible Golden Body and knocked him back with a punch.
• Hao Shuai struck An Yunshan from behind with Cannon Fist, badly injuring him and leaving him near death.
• Hao Shuai immobilized Ru Yan, gave Constable God a healing pill, and departed with An Yunshan and Ru Yan.

Hao Shuai killed An Yunshan, learned the secrets behind his Star Absorbing Magic and Ru Yan’s disguise technique, then followed her to An Yunshan’s hidden mountain base. He reached the treasure vault and discovered chests filled with gold and enormous gemstones.

• Hao Shuai absorbed An Yunshan’s energy, searched his weakened memories, and killed him before burying him.
• Hao Shuai learned that An Yunshan had created the Star Absorbing Magic and harvested women who shared the same cultivation method to build his power.
• Hao Shuai made Ru Yan reveal the Spiritual Path disguise technique, mastered its illusion, and tested it by appearing to look like her.
• Hao Shuai ordered Ru Yan to lead him to An Yunshan’s mountain hideout, where they entered the treasure vault.
• Hao Shuai opened several chests and found them packed with gold ingots and large, colorful gemstones.

Hao Shuai took the treasures from An Yunshan’s vault, left Ru Yan with wealth, and brought Wuqing to the Sheng Family cemetery to reveal the truth about her family’s massacre. He exposed Zhuge Zhengwo’s long-kept secret and placed two surviving killers before Wuqing so she could take her revenge.

• Hao Shuai collected An Yunshan’s martial arts manuals, medicinal ingredients, weapons materials, gold, and jewelry from the vault.
• Hao Shuai spent the night with Ru Yan, then left her three chests of gold and half a chest of jewelry before departing.
• Hao Shuai returned to the Divine Marquis Manor, took Wuqing and the others to the Sheng Family cemetery, and revealed that the Twelve Villains had survived the massacre twelve years earlier.
• Zhuge Zhengwo admitted that he had not killed the Twelve Villains, leaving Wuqing devastated by his deception.
• Hao Shuai told Wuqing that eight of the villains were already dead and brought Ouyang Da and Young Master Ximen before her to face her revenge.
• Ouyang Da accepted Wuqing’s revenge, while Young Master Ximen said he regretted not killing the entire Sheng Family.

Wu Qing learned the truth behind her family's massacre as Hao Shuai confronted the Prince, Tie Shou, the Emperor, and Chancellor Cai. Chancellor Cai confessed to engineering the killings, and Wu Qing killed him, while Hao Shuai promised to clear her father's name.

• Wu Qing killed Ouyang Da and Young Master Ximen, then learned that Tie Shou had killed her family but had also protected her as a child.
• The Prince revealed that Sheng Ding Tian had been spared after betraying the Eight Gentlemen, and Wu Qing confronted Zhuge Zhengwo over his earlier assurances.
• Hao Shuai comforted Wu Qing, revealed that the other captives were the Emperor and Chancellor Cai, and threatened the Prince when he protested.
• Chancellor Cai confessed that he had manipulated the Emperor, arranged the massacre of seven families, and framed Sheng Ding Tian.
• Wu Qing killed Chancellor Cai with a powerful palm strike after he mocked the Emperor and described his role in her family's deaths.

After exposing the truth behind her family’s execution, Emotionless spared the Emperor but left Divine Marquis Manor with Hao Shuai, who killed the Prince and Chancellor Cai. They traveled to Hangzhou, where Emotionless thanked Hao Shuai and embraced him.

• Hao Shuai revealed that Zhuge Zhengwo had concealed the Emperor’s role in Sheng Ding Tian’s execution to protect the throne.
• Emotionless chose to spare the Emperor to prevent turmoil, and Hao Shuai killed the Prince for her.
• Emotionless told Tie Youxia that they owed each other nothing and left Divine Marquis Manor with Hao Shuai.
• Hao Shuai summoned Xuan Yu, warned Zhuge Zhengwo’s group not to pursue them, and flew southeast with Emotionless.
• Hao Shuai took Emotionless to an inn in Hangzhou, where she woke, thanked him, and returned his kiss.

Hao Shuai told Wu Qing about his origins and many wives, then won her over and brought her to the Deer Cauldron World. After returning to the Divine Condor World, he entered the Mr. Vampire World to learn Daoist magic and began weighing the dangers of arriving alone in its wilderness at night.

• Hao Shuai took Wu Qing sightseeing and told her he came from another world and had many wives; after an angry quarrel and several days of attention, she forgave him and left with him for the Deer Cauldron World.
• Hao Shuai spent a week with his family, returned to the Divine Condor World, and later entered the Mr. Vampire World in the middle of the night.
• Hao Shuai found himself in a desolate wilderness and worried that his telekinesis might not work on ghosts, though he believed he could handle most zombies and monsters.
• Hao Shuai considered how to become Uncle Jiu’s disciple and reflected on the Ren family zombie story, including Uncle Jiu’s efforts to protect Ren Tingting and defeat Old Master Ren.

Hao Shuai wandered into a burial ground and met Daoist Priest Four Eyes while he was transporting a line of zombies. After Four Eyes discovered Hao Shuai's extraordinary Yang life force, he warned him about evil spirits and offered to take him to the nearest town.

• Hao Shuai crossed a burial ground without seeing any ghosts, unaware that his powerful life force had driven them away.
• Hao Shuai followed the sound of a copper bell and encountered Daoist Priest Four Eyes leading a line of zombies.
• Four Eyes mistook Hao Shuai for a ghost, then apologized after confirming Hao Shuai was alive.
• Four Eyes used his Heavenly Eye and saw Hao Shuai radiating intense pure Yang life force.
• Four Eyes explained that Hao Shuai's life force repelled ghosts, warned him about illusions, and offered to escort him to the nearest town.

Hao Shuai accompanied Daoist Priest Four Eyes to the mortuary, where he met Uncle Jiu and asked to become his disciple. Uncle Jiu hesitated to accept him, leaving Hao Shuai wondering what was wrong.

• Daoist Priest Four Eyes brought Hao Shuai and his corpses to the mortuary outside town and asked Wen Cai to prepare a bed.
• Hao Shuai met Uncle Jiu and respectfully introduced himself, hoping to make a good impression.
• Uncle Jiu used his Heavenly Eye to examine Hao Shuai and was dazzled by his powerful qi and blood.
• Hao Shuai revealed that he had reached the Innate Realm and asked Uncle Jiu to take him as a disciple so he could overcome a cultivation bottleneck.
• Uncle Jiu pondered without agreeing, so Hao Shuai asked what concerns were holding him back.

Hao Shuai persuaded Uncle Jiu to accept him as a Maoshan disciple by offering generous donations, and he completed a simple initiation ceremony at the charity cemetery. Afterward, he used gifts to convince Wen Cai and Qiu Sheng to call him their senior brother, and Uncle Jiu agreed to begin teaching him Maoshan sorcery the next day.

• Uncle Jiu initially refused to take Hao Shuai as a disciple because he was not raised in the sect, but Hao Shuai offered to fund cemetery renovations and donate twenty thousand taels of gold for a statue.
• Daoist Priest Four Eyes urged Uncle Jiu to overlook the rules, and Uncle Jiu agreed to accept Hao Shuai after learning that his parents had passed away.
• Uncle Jiu and Four Eyes officiated as Hao Shuai bowed to the founding master, served tea to Uncle Jiu, and formally joined the Maoshan Sect.
• Hao Shuai gave Western-style watches to Wen Cai and Qiu Sheng, who agreed to acknowledge him as their senior brother, and presented watches to Uncle Jiu and Four Eyes.
• Hao Shuai arranged a lavish banquet to celebrate, and Uncle Jiu told him that his Maoshan sorcery lessons would begin the next day.

Hao Shuai began learning Maoshan cultivation and sorcery from Uncle Jiu, displaying exceptional talent as he quickly memorized the scriptures, sensed spiritual energy, and learned to draw talismans. He discovered that he could convert true qi into magic power, giving him a faster way to cultivate as he continued building his foundation.

• Uncle Jiu gave Hao Shuai the Supreme Clarity Great Cave True Scripture and the Maoshan Sorcery Compendium and began teaching him Maoshan sorcery.
• Hao Shuai memorized the cultivation method and, after Uncle Jiu taught him how to condense magic power, sensed spiritual energy and began cultivating almost immediately.
• Uncle Jiu taught Hao Shuai the principles of casting spells and drawing talismans, and Hao Shuai successfully drew his first talisman.
• Hao Shuai discovered that his upper dantian connected with his middle and lower dantians, allowing him to convert true qi into magic power at about a ten-to-one ratio.
• Hao Shuai asked Uncle Jiu about the conversion, then continued studying and practicing until he could draw a talisman in one fluid motion.

Hao Shuai spent the months improving the funeral home and supporting his cultivation, while waiting for Ren Fa’s daughter to return and the plot to begin. When Four Eyes arrived with his clients, Qiu Sheng and Wen Cai accidentally caused the corpses to run wild, and Hao Shuai helped subdue them.

• Hao Shuai renovated the funeral home, hired a chef, and treated Uncle Jiu, Wen Cai, and Qiu Sheng to better living conditions.
• Hao Shuai welcomed Four Eyes, who arrived with a group of clients and praised his disciple-nephew’s talent and hard work.
• After Four Eyes rested, cries for help came from the morgue, and Uncle Jiu, Four Eyes, and Hao Shuai rushed to investigate.
• Uncle Jiu and Four Eyes mistook Qiu Sheng for a corpse and attacked him until Hao Shuai recognized him.
• Hao Shuai used zombie-subduing talismans to help Uncle Jiu and Four Eyes immobilize the rampaging corpses, while Qiu Sheng and Wen Cai apologized for the mess.

After Qiu Sheng and Wen Cai’s prank angered Uncle Jiu, Hao Shuai helped smooth things over and prepared to accompany his master to meet Master Ren for Western tea. Wen Cai joined them, though Hao Shuai left him in his green clothes and promised to buy him new outfits later.

• Four Eyes left the funeral home after scolding Qiu Sheng and Wen Cai for disrupting his customers, and Uncle Jiu punished them by withholding dinner.
• Hao Shuai persuaded Uncle Jiu to forgive Qiu Sheng and Wen Cai, and Uncle Jiu invited him to meet Master Ren for Western tea.
• Hao Shuai gave Uncle Jiu a Western suit and an expensive pipe before they set out for town.
• Wen Cai asked to join them, and Hao Shuai convinced Uncle Jiu to bring him along.
• Hao Shuai refused Wen Cai a suit, promised to buy him new clothes later, and joked that his green outfit would bring him a better life.

Hao Shuai accompanied Uncle Jiu and Wen Cai to meet Ren Fa, where he met Ren Tingting and grew interested in her. The chapter left Hao Shuai and Ren Tingting getting acquainted as she asked him about London.

• Uncle Jiu and Hao Shuai walked through Renjia Town to meet Ren Fa, while townspeople greeted them and tried to arrange dates for Hao Shuai.
• Hao Shuai handled their arrival at the Western restaurant, where Ren Fa welcomed Uncle Jiu and introduced his apprentices.
• Ren Tingting arrived, and Wen Cai stared at her until Hao Shuai threatened him telepathically to stop.
• Ren Fa introduced Hao Shuai to Ren Tingting, and Hao Shuai greeted her and claimed he had studied at the University of Home Squatting in London.
• Ren Tingting admired Hao Shuai and asked him to tell her what London was like.

Hao Shuai helped Uncle Jiu order coffee and apple pie at a Western restaurant, where Uncle Jiu arranged to exhume Master Ren’s father’s grave in three days. After Master Ren left to speak with Huang Baiwan, Hao Shuai accompanied Ren Tingting to buy makeup and met his junior brother Qiu Sheng at the cosmetics shop.

• Hao Shuai read the foreign menu and ordered coffee for Uncle Jiu, Wen Cai, Ren Tingting, and himself, along with apple pie.
• Uncle Jiu advised Master Ren to leave his father’s grave undisturbed, but agreed to exhume it in three days after Master Ren insisted.
• Master Ren left to greet Huang Baiwan, while Hao Shuai helped Uncle Jiu sweeten his coffee and served apple pie to him and Ren Tingting.
• Ren Tingting invited Hao Shuai to accompany her shopping, and Uncle Jiu gave him permission to go.
• Hao Shuai and Ren Tingting reached a cosmetics shop, where Hao Shuai introduced her to his junior brother Qiu Sheng.

Hao Shuai and Uncle Jiu joined the Ren family to begin relocating Old Master Ren’s grave, while Ren Tingting’s father hoped she would marry Hao Shuai. At the burial site, Uncle Jiu identified the unusual upright coffin placement, and Hao Shuai stopped Wen Cai from interrupting him.

• Hao Shuai promised Ren Tingting imported cosmetics and told her he preferred natural beauty before leaving town with Uncle Jiu.
• Master Ren learned of Hao Shuai’s wealth and abilities and became eager for him to marry Ren Tingting.
• On the third morning, Uncle Jiu brought Hao Shuai, Qiu Sheng, and Wen Cai to Old Master Ren’s grave, where Master Ren was waiting.
• Ah Wei separated Hao Shuai and Ren Tingting and accused Hao Shuai of trying to trick his cousin.
• Uncle Jiu identified the grave as a Dragonfly Touching Water burial site and explained that its narrow dimensions required the coffin to be buried upright.
• Wen Cai asked whether the upright burial was a French-style funeral, and Hao Shuai rapped him on the head and told him not to interrupt Uncle Jiu.

Hao Shuai and Uncle Jiu uncovered the danger surrounding Old Master Ren’s grave and moved the corpse to the funeral home after Master Ren refused cremation. Hao Shuai suspected the corpse was close to becoming a zombie and warned Uncle Jiu that someone might be behind it.

• Hao Shuai explained that the Ren family’s grave had become inauspicious after Master Ren’s family threatened the feng shui master who owned the land.
• Uncle Jiu and Hao Shuai watched workers raise Old Master Ren’s upright coffin and uncover a lifelike corpse surrounded by thick corpse qi.
• Hao Shuai sensed that a crow had been enchanted, while Uncle Jiu also realized something was wrong with the scene.
• Master Ren refused Uncle Jiu’s advice to cremate the corpse, so Uncle Jiu arranged to keep it at the funeral home and find a new burial site.
• After Master Ren and Ren Tingting left, Uncle Jiu assigned Qiu Sheng and Wen Cai to perform a Plum Blossom Formation at the grave.
• Hao Shuai told Uncle Jiu that Old Master Ren’s corpse was close to becoming a zombie and that the situation might involve more than corpse transformation.

Hao Shuai and Uncle Jiu discovered that Old Master Ren’s corpse was turning into a zombie, and Hao Shuai suspected someone had deliberately arranged it. The next day they went to Ren Mansion to warn Master Ren, where Hao Shuai spent time with Ren Tingting and clashed with Ah Wei.

• Wen Cai and Qiu Sheng returned with incense that had burned in an ominous pattern, and Hao Shuai and Uncle Jiu found Old Master Ren’s corpse had grown plump, with lengthened fingers and thickening corpse qi.
• Uncle Jiu prepared rooster-blood ink and ordered Qiu Sheng and Wen Cai to seal the coffin with an ink line, though they left the bottom untouched.
• Hao Shuai told Uncle Jiu that a Yin Gathering Formation and an inauspicious burial site had kept Old Master Ren’s body from decaying and were likely part of a plan to make him a zombie.
• Uncle Jiu agreed to visit Ren Mansion with Hao Shuai the next day and protect the family before Old Master Ren was reburied.
• At Ren Mansion, Hao Shuai complimented Ren Tingting, and Ah Wei angrily wedged himself between them before Hao Shuai kicked him away.

Hao Shuai stopped Ah Wei from threatening him, then stayed at Ren Mansion and fought Old Master Ren after the zombie attacked Master Ren. He pursued the fleeing zombie, suspecting someone nearby was controlling it.

• Ah Wei drew his pistol, but Hao Shuai snatched it, caught a bullet between his fingers, and crushed the gun into scrap metal, sending Ah Wei fleeing.
• Qiu Sheng told Uncle Jiu and Master Ren what had happened, and Hao Shuai stayed the night at Ren Mansion.
• Old Master Ren attacked Master Ren in his study, but Hao Shuai pulled him away with telekinesis and drove Master Ren to safety with Ren Tingting.
• Hao Shuai battered Old Master Ren and broke both his arms, but the zombie escaped toward the mansion exit.
• Hao Shuai suspected someone was controlling Old Master Ren, checked on Master Ren and Ren Tingting, and followed the zombie.

Hao Shuai tracked Old Master Ren to the Taoist who had engineered his transformation into a zombie, then killed the Taoist and obtained his corpse-refining manual. He left with the manual but rejected the idea of keeping Old Master Ren as a servant because the zombie was too hideous.

• Hao Shuai followed the wounded Old Master Ren into the woods and found a malicious Taoist with two other zombies.
• Hao Shuai questioned the Taoist, who admitted he had deliberately lured the Ren family to the Dragonfly Pointing at Water burial site and corrupted it with a Yin Gathering Formation.
• The Taoist sent his two zombies to attack Hao Shuai, but Hao Shuai crushed them with telekinetic power and snapped the Taoist's neck.
• Hao Shuai searched the Taoist's corpse and found the Taiyin Corpse Refining Technique, talismans, Silver Dollars, and a bell.
• Hao Shuai considered keeping Old Master Ren as a zombie but changed his mind because of its grotesque appearance.