Chapter Summaries

After Hao Shuai returned to Ren Mansion with the Taoist’s corpse, he explained how he had defeated the Taoist and destroyed Old Master Ren’s zombie, leaving Master Ren and the others relieved. Over the next two days, Hao Shuai studied the Taiyin Corpse Refining Technique while spending time with Ren Tingting.

• Hao Shuai brought the Taoist’s corpse to Ren Mansion, where Master Ren recognized him as the feng shui master from twenty years earlier.
• Hao Shuai and Uncle Jiu confirmed that the Taoist had killed Old Master Ren using evil arts.
• Hao Shuai recounted how he killed the Taoist and burned the zombie, easing Master Ren’s fear for himself and Ren Tingting.
• Master Ren hosted Hao Shuai and Uncle Jiu for a late-night meal and arranged rooms for them to stay.
• Hao Shuai spent the next two days traveling between the charity cemetery and Ren Mansion, cultivating his relationship with Ren Tingting and studying the corpse-refining manual.
• Hao Shuai learned the manual’s first three refining steps: choosing a corpse, washing it in medicinal solution, and burying it in a yin-rich location.

Hao Shuai reviewed the Taiyin Corpse Refining Technique and decided to leave Renjia Town after rescuing Qiu Sheng from the ghost haunting him. He and Uncle Jiu followed Qiu Sheng to a mansion that Hao Shuai saw through as an illusion, where Qiu Sheng was embracing the disfigured ghost Dong Xiao Yu.

• Hao Shuai read about three methods for advancing zombies and chose to strengthen one by feeding it blood.
• Hao Shuai noticed ghostly energy on Qiu Sheng and realized Dong Xiao Yu had been haunting him.
• Uncle Jiu sent the exhausted Qiu Sheng to rest, then beat Wen Cai when he also asked to go to bed.
• Hao Shuai reassured Uncle Jiu that Qiu Sheng's ghostly entanglement did not seem immediately dangerous, and they agreed to follow him that night.
• Uncle Jiu and Hao Shuai followed Qiu Sheng to a grand compound, which Hao Shuai recognized as an illusion hiding an abandoned building.
• Hao Shuai saw Qiu Sheng embracing Dong Xiao Yu, whose face and body were charred and rotting.

Hao Shuai helped Uncle Jiu defeat Dong Xiao Yu and end her relationship with Qiu Sheng, who began training diligently afterward. As Hao Shuai prepared to leave Renjia Town, Uncle Jiu asked Master Ren for Ren Tingting’s hand in marriage on his behalf.

• Uncle Jiu attacked Dong Xiao Yu, but she bewitched Qiu Sheng into mistaking him for Ah Wei and attacking him.
• Hao Shuai stopped Qiu Sheng, drenched him with ice water, and used his Heavenly Eye to reveal Dong Xiao Yu’s true appearance.
• Qiu Sheng begged Uncle Jiu to spare Dong Xiao Yu, but she vanished after realizing Qiu Sheng feared her.
• Uncle Jiu threatened to punish Qiu Sheng, who later changed his ways and trained diligently.
• Hao Shuai decided to leave Renjia Town and asked Uncle Jiu to propose to Ren Tingting on his behalf.
• Uncle Jiu presented a betrothal gift to Master Ren and asked for Ren Tingting’s hand in marriage for Hao Shuai.

Hao Shuai and Ren Tingting’s marriage was arranged with Master Ren’s approval, and Hao Shuai later traveled with Daoist Priest Four Eyes to learn about corpse refining. On the road, Hao Shuai detected a nearby spirit, prompting Four Eyes to explain how spirits differed from demons.

• Master Ren agreed to Hao Shuai’s proposal, and Ren Tingting accepted her father’s decision to arrange the marriage.
• Hao Shuai visited Ren Mansion, taught Ren Tingting martial arts, and told Master Ren he wanted to take her traveling.
• Hao Shuai asked Daoist Priest Four Eyes to let him accompany him so they could discuss the Corpse Refining Technique.
• Hao Shuai, Ren Tingting, and Four Eyes traveled with a group of walking corpses, and Ren Tingting grew comfortable riding one.
• Hao Shuai detected an animal stench on the forest path, and Four Eyes identified the approaching presence as a spirit and explained the difference between spirits and demons.

Hao Shuai, Ren Tingting, and Four Eyes encountered a fox spirit on the road, then reached Four Eyes’ home, where Hao Shuai met his disciple Jia Le. The chapter left Hao Shuai settling in as a guest and observing Four Eyes’ household.

• Four Eyes fought a fox spirit that tried to steal one of his corpses, then killed it, and Hao Shuai skinned the fox.
• Hao Shuai, Ren Tingting, and Four Eyes arrived at Four Eyes’ home around sunrise, and Four Eyes invited Hao Shuai to stay.
• Four Eyes found Jia Le asleep and kicked him awake before introducing him to Hao Shuai as his senior brother.
• Hao Shuai gave Jia Le two new outfits, and Four Eyes sent him to prepare tea.

Hao Shuai showed Four Eyes his portable villa and settled in nearby with Ren Tingting. At breakfast, they met Master Yixiu and Qingqing, and Four Eyes and Yixiu resumed their familiar bickering.

• Hao Shuai produced a villa from a Hoi-Poi Capsule and showed Four Eyes its Western appliances.
• Four Eyes gave up on hosting Hao Shuai and Ren Tingting after seeing how comfortable their villa was.
• Jia Le told Four Eyes that Master Yixiu had returned, then welcomed Yixiu and Qingqing to breakfast.
• Hao Shuai and Ren Tingting greeted Master Yixiu and Qingqing, and Yixiu praised Hao Shuai's appearance.
• Four Eyes bragged about Hao Shuai's cultivation, traded insults with Master Yixiu, and explained the villa as Maoshan's Mustard Seed Sumeru Technique.

Hao Shuai spent half a month training Ren Tingting and refining a powerful peach wood sword before Daoist Priest Qian He arrived escorting a golden coffin. He recognized that the coffin held a zombie and resolved to save Qian He that night.

• Hao Shuai trained Ren Tingting until she reached the peak of the Houtian realm and refined a nearly fifteen-hundred-year-old lightning-struck peach wood sword.
• Hao Shuai spent time learning the Maoshan Sect's Corpse Refining Technique from Four Eyes and watching Four Eyes and Master Yixiu bicker.
• Daoist Priest Qian He arrived with several dozen escorts, a golden coffin, and a wealthy family's young boy, and he reunited with Four Eyes and Master Yixiu.
• Qian He mistook Hao Shuai for Four Eyes' disciple, then learned from Four Eyes that Hao Shuai was Senior Brother Lin's exceptionally gifted disciple.
• Qian He explained that the coffin contained a zombie, and Four Eyes sent Jia Le to fetch glutinous rice.

Hao Shuai followed Qian He's caravan, expecting lightning to transform the Imperial Zombie. After a storm weakened its restraints and lightning strengthened it, the zombie emerged from its golden coffin as Qian He and the others faced it.

• Qian He explained that the imperial-family zombie had to be taken to the capital, and he continued the journey with Steward Wu and his disciples.
• After the caravan left, Hao Shuai gave Ren Tingting a sword and talisman, then flew after Qian He's group.
• Rain washed away the coffin's inked mesh, and a gust blew off its zombie-subduing talisman, revealing the zombie's powerful corpse energy.
• Lightning struck the coffin and killed four soldiers, while the Imperial Zombie evolved into a Bronze Armor Zombie.
• Qian He tried to hold down the rising coffin lid, but the zombie threw it aside and stood upright in its python-embroidered robe.

Hao Shuai subdued the Imperial Zombie after it killed Qian He’s disciples and hired fighters, then concealed his involvement while the injured survivors recovered. A week later, Qian He departed for the capital, and Hao Shuai left with Ren Tingting to seek experience.

• The Imperial Zombie killed Qian He’s disciple and overwhelmed Qian He, his remaining disciples, and the hired fighters before Hao Shuai rescued the young prince and Steward Wu.
• Hao Shuai bound the Imperial Zombie with a specially prepared red-rope net, sealed it with a talisman, and stored it in its golden coffin as he planned to refine it and make it his subordinate.
• Hao Shuai drew blood from the young prince to feed the zombie, healed him with a Senzu Bean, and returned to his villa after releasing Qian He and the others from their sleep points.
• After Four Eyes and Master Yixiu treated the survivors, Qian He and Steward Wu stayed a week to recover before leaving with the young prince for the capital.
• Hao Shuai said goodbye to Four Eyes, Master Yixiu, and the others, put away his villa, and set off with Ren Tingting.

Hao Shuai followed the events surrounding Old Master Ren’s corpse in Ren Family Village and watched A Hao lose Ren Tingting to three corpse thieves. The thieves brought the body to a foreign scientist, who began preparing an experiment as Hao Shuai watched from outside.

• Hao Shuai arrived in Ren Family Village with Ren Tingting and learned it was the fifth day of the month, so he expected A Hao to lose Old Master Ren’s corpse that night.
• Hao Shuai went to the pool where Ren Zhuzhu was swimming, then followed A Hao from a distance after Ren Zhuzhu fled from him.
• Three men knocked A Hao unconscious, left him hanging in a net, and carried Ren Tingting away.
• Hao Shuai followed the men to a foreigner’s house, where the foreigner excitedly kissed Ren Tingting’s head and paid them for bringing her corpse.
• The foreigner set up bottles and IV tubes beside Ren Tingting and approached her with needles while Hao Shuai watched through the window.

Hao Shuai seized the mutating liquid and rescued Ren Tingting's father from the foreign devil's laboratory, then took Ren Tingting to a secluded valley to begin refining two zombies. He left the Imperial Zombie and Ren Tingting's father buried in coffins, requiring forty-nine days of daily rituals before they could become bodyguards.

• Hao Shuai teleported into the laboratory, restrained Ren Tingting's father, and killed the three young thugs who had stolen the corpse.
• Hao Shuai searched the foreign devil's memories for the liquid's formula, killed him, took the remaining liquid, and burned down the laboratory.
• Hao Shuai returned to Ren Family Village, ate breakfast with Ren Tingting, and took her to a secluded valley rich in yin energy.
• Hao Shuai used blood and runes to begin refining the Imperial Zombie and Ren Tingting's father, then had robots bury them in their coffins.
• Hao Shuai recalled that the liquid was thyroid hormone and that his attempts to use it to create other mutated zombies had failed.

Hao Shuai completed refining Old Huang and Old Ren, tested their strength, and trained with them alongside Ren Tingting. After receiving a Spirit Crane Message from Uncle Jiu, Hao Shuai returned to Renjia Town and learned that Qiu Sheng and Wen Cai had caused trouble too serious for Uncle Jiu to handle alone.

• Hao Shuai finished refining the imperial zombie and Ren Tingting's father into intermediate Bronze Armor Zombies, named them Old Huang and Old Ren, and fought them to test their strength.
• Hao Shuai trained with Old Huang and Old Ren while Ren Tingting practiced fighting them, continuing until a Spirit Crane Message arrived from Uncle Jiu.
• Hao Shuai and Ren Tingting traveled to Renjia Town, where Hao Shuai visited Master Ren before heading to Uncle Jiu's funeral home.
• Uncle Jiu told Hao Shuai that he had become an Underworld Official responsible for printing Underworld currency and that Qiu Sheng and Wen Cai had caused a serious problem.

After Qiu Sheng and Wen Cai helped the ghosts escape, Hao Shuai and Uncle Jiu prepared Renjia Town and waited for Maoshan reinforcements. Zhe Gu, Daoist Priest Four Eyes, and Ma Ma Di arrived, while Hao Shuai anticipated the coming conflict with Shi Jian.

• Hao Shuai recognized that the escaped-ghost crisis followed the events of Vampire Supreme and decided to let matters unfold so he could pursue Shi Jian’s Lightning Strike Fist.
• Hao Shuai woke Qiu Sheng and Wen Cai with cold water, then scolded them for endangering Uncle Jiu and the townspeople.
• Hao Shuai and Uncle Jiu spent two days making Ghost Repelling Talismans, while Qiu Sheng and Wen Cai handed them out and Ah Wei’s Security Team warned residents to stay indoors at night.
• Zhe Gu arrived first, followed by Daoist Priest Four Eyes and his clients.
• Ma Ma Di arrived with two disciples, and Hao Shuai avoided approaching him after noticing his unhygienic habits.

Shi Jian arrived at the funeral home as the Maoshan Sect gathered to plan how to capture the escaped ghosts. After agreeing to use the Innate Eight Trigrams Formation, Uncle Jiu later told Hao Shuai that his rivalry with Shi Jian had driven him to leave Maoshan.

• Uncle Jiu asked the assembled Maoshan Sect disciples to help capture the wandering ghosts released by Qiu Sheng and Wen Cai.
• Shi Jian arrived with Shi Shaojian, criticized Uncle Jiu, and demanded to know who had caused the trouble.
• Hao Shuai challenged Shi Jian to offer a better plan, and Shi Jian agreed to use the Innate Eight Trigrams Formation.
• Hao Shuai volunteered Qiu Sheng and Wen Cai to lure the ghosts, and the Maoshan Sect members went to an inn for a meal.
• Hao Shuai asked Uncle Jiu about his strained relationship with Shi Jian, and Uncle Jiu explained that their rivalry had led him to leave Maoshan.

Hao Shuai watched Uncle Jiu and the Maoshan disciples capture the ghosts in Renjia Town, protecting Xiao Li from Shi Jian’s attack. Afterward, he hosted a banquet for the disciples, then went to Ren Mansion to keep Ren Tingting company.

• Hao Shuai failed to learn why Uncle Jiu had been sent down the mountain while Shi Jian stayed at Maoshan, then helped explain the tofu trap to Qiu Sheng and Wen Cai.
• Qiu Sheng and Wen Cai encountered Xiao Li while luring ghosts through Renjia Town, and hundreds of ghosts followed them into the Innate Eight Trigrams Formation.
• Uncle Jiu and the Maoshan disciples trapped and subdued the ghosts, while Hao Shuai blocked Shi Jian’s Lightning Strike Fist from hitting Xiao Li.
• Uncle Jiu handed the captured ghosts to the four Ghost Messengers, and Hao Shuai treated the Maoshan disciples to a banquet and gifts.
• Uncle Jiu returned to the funeral home with Qiu Sheng and Wen Cai, while Hao Shuai went to Ren Mansion to see Ren Tingting.

Hao Shuai followed Qiu Sheng and Wen Cai as they tracked Shi Shaojian, then stole his cultivation manuals and used Psychic Power to learn the Lightning Strike Fist from his soul. He let Shi Shaojian return to the funeral home after erasing his recent memories.

• Hao Shuai spotted Shi Jian and Shi Shaojian at a Western restaurant, where Uncle Jiu warned Shi Jian that his disciple had taken a strand of Mary's hair.
• Mr. Qian hired Shi Jian to inspect his feng shui after Qiu Sheng demanded five hundred Silver Dollars, and Uncle Jiu sent Qiu Sheng and Wen Cai to watch Shi Shaojian that night.
• Qiu Sheng and Wen Cai followed Shi Shaojian as he left his body to visit Mary's house, but Wen Cai abandoned the body while fleeing a pack of dogs.
• Hao Shuai chased away the dogs, searched Shi Shaojian's body, and took the Maoshan cultivation method and Wooden Stake Great Dharma.
• Hao Shuai bound Shi Shaojian's returning soul, used Psychic Power to make him recite the Lightning Strike Fist manual, and recorded it.
• Hao Shuai erased Shi Shaojian's recent memories, released his soul, and let it fly toward the funeral home.

Hao Shuai cleared the zombies from Coffin Mountain, defeated the Zombie King, and recovered its coffin fungus. He reunited with Uncle Jiu, Qiu Sheng, and Wen Cai, then learned the fungus was needed for his eldest martial uncle.

• Hao Shuai went to Coffin Mountain to use its zombie nest to strengthen the Heng Ha Two Generals.
• Hao Shuai ordered Old Huang and Old Ren to drain the corpse energy from nearly a hundred zombies.
• Old Huang defeated the Zombie King and extracted the coffin fungus, which Hao Shuai stored in a jade bottle.
• Hao Shuai met Uncle Jiu, Qiu Sheng, and Wen Cai, and showed them the remains of the zombies.
• Hao Shuai gave Uncle Jiu the coffin fungus and learned it was intended for his eldest martial uncle.

Hao Shuai warned Uncle Jiu that Shi Jian might use people born at an inauspicious time to revive Shi Shaojian, then confronted Qiu Sheng and Wen Cai over their recklessness. The truth about Shi Shaojian and the danger of facing Shi Jian emerged, and Qiu Sheng and Wen Cai returned to the funeral home while Hao Shuai and Uncle Jiu prepared to confront him.

• Hao Shuai warned Uncle Jiu that Shi Shaojian's ruined body might lead Shi Jian to use the blood of people born in the yin year, yin month, and yin hour.
• Uncle Jiu, Hao Shuai, Qiu Sheng, and Wen Cai delivered the coffin fungus to Shi Jian, who accepted it while suspecting their safe return.
• Uncle Jiu ordered Qiu Sheng and Wen Cai back to the funeral home, but Hao Shuai scolded them for ignoring his instructions and making trouble.
• Hao Shuai asked Uncle Jiu about his chances against Shi Jian, and Uncle Jiu admitted Qiu Sheng and Wen Cai would make those odds worse.
• Uncle Jiu and Hao Shuai revealed that Shi Shaojian was Shi Jian's biological son and that his body could not be restored, so Qiu Sheng and Wen Cai returned to the funeral home.

Hao Shuai and Uncle Jiu interrupted Shi Jian’s ritual to turn Shi Shaojian into a corpse demon, and Hao Shuai killed Shi Jian after testing his Lightning Strike Fist. Uncle Jiu stayed behind to care for his former senior brother’s body while Hao Shuai returned to the funeral home.

• Uncle Jiu and Hao Shuai arrived at Shi Jian’s altar and stopped Shi Shaojian from biting one of the captured men.
• Shi Jian attacked Hao Shuai and Uncle Jiu with his Lightning Strike Fist, but Hao Shuai survived the lightning unharmed.
• Hao Shuai fought Shi Jian with martial arts while Uncle Jiu blocked the lightning and watched.
• Shi Jian summoned wooden stakes, but Hao Shuai dodged them and then struck Shi Jian in the chest, killing him.
• Uncle Jiu stayed to tend Shi Jian’s body, and Hao Shuai left for the funeral home.

After spending more time with Ren Tingting and mastering Lightning Strike Fist, Hao Shuai left Zombie World and returned to the Divine Condor World. He reunited with Little Dragon Girl and prepared to leave the ancient tomb with her, while Li Mochou challenged him to a spar.

• Hao Shuai studied Shi Jian's manual and practiced Lightning Strike Fist at the corpse-raising ground for more than a month.
• Hao Shuai and Ren Tingting said goodbye to Master Ren, Uncle Jiu, Qiu Sheng, and Wen Cai before leaving Renjia Town and Zombie World.
• Hao Shuai returned to the Divine Condor World with his cultivation at the mid-stage of the Grandmaster realm and his cultivation as a Foundation Establishment Mid-stage cultivator.
• Hao Shuai embraced Little Dragon Girl, promised to spend more time with her, and told her to pack so they could leave the mountain the next day.
• Hao Shuai noticed Yang Guo, Hong Lingbo, and Lu Wushuang had grown up, then Li Mochou challenged him to spar.