Chapter Summaries

Yun Zhi took Lu Yang and the Everlasting Immortal to Ask Dao Sect’s treasury so Lu Yang could collect his flying-car patent fees. After seeing the sect’s immense reserves, Lu Yang accidentally released a duck he had kept in Village in the Palm, then roasted it and served it to Big Sis.

• Yun Zhi found Lu Yang’s two months of flying-car patent fees and led him and the Everlasting Immortal to the treasury on Heaven Gate Peak.
• Yun Zhi broke through the treasury’s stone wall, and the Everlasting Immortal identified its many valuable treasures.
• Yun Zhi retrieved ten high-grade spirit stones for Lu Yang from a mountain of supreme-grade spirit stones while the Everlasting Immortal marveled at the treasury’s deeper reserves.
• Lu Yang discovered that he had been maintaining Village in the Palm and dispelled the spell, releasing stones, branches, and a duck.
• Lu Yang defeated the duck and the Everlasting Immortal in a struggle, roasted the duck, and brought it to Big Sis.

A stealthy intruder infiltrated Ask Dao Sect and reached Meng Jingzhou’s cave abode, where he revealed himself as the Sect Master of the Five Elements Sect. He had come to learn Meng Jingzhou’s Singlehood Curse Fist so he could punch Ba Lao'er.

• Lu Yang ignored Immortal Fairy’s pleas to taste his roast duck while he ate with the senior sister and junior brother.
• A black-clad figure bypassed the River Spirit, the Mission Hall, and Ask Dao Sect’s disciples without being detected.
• The intruder reached Body Tempering Peak and entered Meng Jingzhou’s cave abode while the old horse slept.
• The black-clad figure asked Meng Jingzhou how he created the Singlehood Curse Fist.
• The intruder revealed himself as the Sect Master of the Five Elements Sect and said he wanted to punch Ba Lao'er for praising his mother.

Meng Jingzhou let Qiu Jin'an borrow his body to use the Single Curse Fist against Old Ba, while Qiu Jin'an promised him cultivation guidance and a Five Elements Sect secret spell. Their attack failed when Old Ba's marriage fate ensnared them, leaving Meng Jingzhou and Qiu Jin'an trapped in red threads.

• Meng Jingzhou explained that the Single Curse Fist depended on his two Single Golden Cores, and Qiu Jin'an asked him to demonstrate it.
• Qiu Jin'an proposed borrowing Meng Jingzhou's body to strengthen the fist's curse, offering him cultivation insights and a secret spell in return; Meng Jingzhou agreed.
• As they waited for dawn, Qiu Jin'an taught Meng Jingzhou how to improve his shadow cultivation, resolving a problem that had troubled him for days.
• Qiu Jin'an and Meng Jingzhou approached Old Ba at the medicinal garden, and Meng Jingzhou challenged him to be his stepfather before attacking with the Single Curse Fist.
• The fist struck Old Ba but failed to affect him, while red threads wrapped around Meng Jingzhou and Qiu Jin'an; Meng Jingzhou realized Old Ba's marriage fate had overwhelmed them.

Meng Jingzhou explained the Singlehood Curse Fist’s limits and backlash to Qiu Jinan, who then fought Old Ba Second at the Ask Dao Sect. Their brawl drew the Elders and excited disciples, and the chapter ended with the River Spirit watching the spectacle.

• Meng Jingzhou warned Qiu Jinan that the Singlehood Curse Fist could not suppress Old Ba Second’s marriage bond and that using it would cause backlash.
• Old Ba Second recognized Qiu Jinan’s possession technique and tried to reconcile with him, but Qiu Jinan attacked him instead.
• Old Ba Second trapped Qiu Jinan with a wood formation, but Qiu Jinan broke it with his Five-Colored Light Wheel and struck back.
• The Third Elder summoned the other Elders as Ask Dao Sect disciples hurried to watch and buy food, while Lu Yang mistook the commotion for a sect-destroying crisis.
• The Elders decided to attack both Qiu Jinan and Old Ba Second, and the River Spirit watched from the bamboo forest.

Qiu Jingan escaped Ask Dao Sect and returned to the Five Elements Sect, still suffering backlash from the Singlehood Cursing Fist. Meng Jingzhou sought Lu Yang’s help, but the backlash kept him from seeing Sixth Elder, leaving the elders unable to find a lasting solution.

• The four elders attacked Qiu Jingan and Uncle Ba with spells, but Qiu Jingan broke free and fled as the River Spirit returned to the river.
• Qiu Jingan reached the Five Elements Spiritual Vein, planning to resolve his own backlash before helping Meng Jingzhou.
• Meng Jingzhou told Lu Yang that Qiu Jingan had controlled his body and tried to make him punch Uncle Ba, only to suffer the fist’s backlash.
• The Everlasting Immortal suggested Meng Jingzhou punch himself to disrupt the backlash, but Lu Yang decided not to pass on the risky advice.
• When Lu Yang brought the elders to help, Meng Jingzhou’s pain made him vanish into a mountain stream until Sixth Elder left, revealing that the backlash prevented him from seeing women.

The elders of Ask Dao Sect searched for a way to lift Meng Jingzhou’s karmic curse, but none of their ideas seemed reliable. Meng Jingzhou decided to seek a solution in the Desolate Province.

• The Fourth Elder said Meng Jingzhou might have to reach Nascent Soul or Spirit Transformation to break the curse, and admitted he could not dispel it himself.
• The elders proposed using Li Haoran’s Rebirth Golden Core or asking the Heavenly Strategy Sect for help, but both ideas were rejected as ineffective or risky.
• The elders joked about canceling Meng Jingzhou’s curse with another curse, while the Fourth Elder said he knew how to break curses but not cast them.
• Lu Yang asked the Undying Fairy for advice, and she suggested that Meng Jingzhou die once to erase his karma.
• Meng Jingzhou decided to go to the Desolate Province to look for a solution.

Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou prepared to travel to Wasteland Province to find a cure for Meng Jingzhou’s curse, with the Everlasting Fairy joining them in spirit and promising protection. On the road, she revealed that the Years Immortal’s Jianmu body could bestow blessings and might remove the backlash of Meng Jingzhou’s karma.

• The Third Elder decided Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou should seek a solution in Wasteland Province, while the Fourth Elder gave Meng Jingzhou a recommendation letter for the Corpse-Driving Sect.
• The Third Elder refused to accompany them because he feared the embarrassment of others learning about Meng Jingzhou’s problem.
• Lu Yang gathered detoxification pills, antidote herbs, books, talismans, and other supplies before meeting Meng Jingzhou at the mountain gate.
• Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou set off for Wasteland Province in a carriage, and the Everlasting Fairy assured Lu Yang that curses would not threaten them.
• The Everlasting Fairy explained that the Years Immortal’s Jianmu body could bestow blessings and that a branch might dispel Meng Jingzhou’s karmic backlash.

Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou stopped at a haunted, abandoned Clearbright Inn in Huang Province, where a mysterious white-paper-hatted man let corpse drivers stay. After they left, constables revealed that someone had been impersonating the innkeeper for five years, but he escaped their attempt to catch him.

• Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou entered Clearbright Inn and asked the white-paper-hatted man for rooms, but he tried to chase them away.
• A Daoist cultivator and a procession of corpses left the inn, and the white-paper-hatted man explained that it served corpse drivers.
• Lu Yang found a sign saying Clearbright Inn had moved five years earlier, and the inn was empty when he and Meng Jingzhou rushed back inside.
• A bearded constable told Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou that the inn had been abandoned and that the white-paper-hatted impostor had escaped their ambush.

Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou heard about the elusive white-paper-hat man before traveling to Sturdy Stone Village to find lodging. After the villagers warned them to leave because the dead might eat them, the two settled in the ancestral shrine, while the cemetery began to stir.

• A bearded constable told Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou about the white-paper-hat man's many crimes and unusual escape technique, and the Everlasting Fairy said he had fled west and left only a clone behind.
• Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou left the constables and had Old Horse take them to Sturdy Stone Village for the night.
• The villagers refused to let the travelers stay and warned them that the dead might eat them.
• Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou chose to sleep in the village ancestral shrine and lit its lamps with the True Samadhi Fire.
• With Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou in the shrine, claws began bursting out of the soil in the village cemetery.

Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou discussed how to deal with karmic backlash while learning about the history of corpse-driving in Desolate Province. The Everlasting Immortal described her fake-death technique, but before they could investigate further, nearly a hundred withered corpses surrounded the ancestral hall.

• Meng Jingzhou suggested summoning Senior Sister to help, but Lu Yang refused because she was busy and might punish Meng Jingzhou for causing trouble.
• Meng Jingzhou read about how corpse-driving grew common in Desolate Province after wars following the collapse of the Great Yu Dynasty.
• The Everlasting Immortal recalled ancient corpse drivers, including a fool whose words came true and a cultivator with a Harem Golden Core who raised a female zombie.
• The Everlasting Immortal called her fake-death technique the finest corpse-driving technique, and said she and the other immortals had discussed whether a technique could truly resurrect the dead.
• Lu Yang sensed something approaching, and he and Meng Jingzhou prepared to fight as nearly a hundred withered corpses surrounded the ancestral hall.

Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou fought off corpses surrounding Solidrock Village’s ancestral shrine, then learned the corpses only wanted to eat offerings and were helping the villagers farm. The village chief explained how the arrangement began and why he had tried to drive the two away.

• Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou battled the unusually tough corpses, then stopped when the village chief said they meant no harm.
• The corpses entered the ancestral shrine to absorb the warmth from the mantou before taking farm tools and leaving the village.
• Lu Yang, Meng Jingzhou, and the village chief followed the corpses to the fields, where they farmed before digging their own graves.
• The village chief explained that he had learned a little corpse-driving and used mantou to get the corpses moving so they could work the fields.
• The village chief admitted the villagers had tried to scare Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou away because they feared officials would claim the ownerless corpses and end the villagers’ convenient arrangement.

Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou learned that the ownerless living corpses in Stone Village could match an Integrated Body Realm Cultivator, so they set out to investigate whether a powerful corpse driver had died. The Undying Fairy offered Meng Jingzhou no help with his karmic backlash, telling him to go die.

• The village chief explained that the living corpses bore a distinctive ownership mark and that their unknown master might belong to the distant Corpse Driving Sect.
• Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou stayed the night in Stone Village, then left the next morning and continued west toward the Corpse Driving Sect.
• The Undying Fairy revealed that the living corpses could fight an Integrated Body Realm Cultivator when acting together.
• Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou decided to ask around in a big city for signs of a battle or the death of an Integrated Body Realm Cultivator.
• Meng Jingzhou asked the Undying Fairy for help with his karmic backlash, and Lu Yang said she had told him to go die.

Lu Yang helped the Immortal Fairy see how many of Meng Jingzhou's claims about an ancient immortal inside him were true, then left the mental space with Meng Jingzhou to seek a city. Repeated mudslides blocked their way, and Lu Yang concluded that Meng Jingzhou's karmic backlash was preventing him from reaching one, so he decided to go alone.

• The Immortal Fairy defended her virtues by listing the fortune, secrets, techniques, and other advantages she had given Lu Yang, then offered to hug him.
• Lu Yang left the mental space after the Immortal Fairy reminded him that he owed her his life.
• Meng Jingzhou asked Old Horse to take them to the nearest city, but a mudslide blocked both roads.
• Lu Yang swallowed the mud and stones behind them with Heaven-Devouring and Earth-Eating while Meng Jingzhou punched a path through the obstruction ahead.
• When another mudslide struck, Lu Yang blamed Meng Jingzhou's karmic backlash for stopping their journey and said he would go to the city alone.

After parting from Meng Jingzhou, Lu Yang reached Far Mountain City and bought an intelligence report on Huang Province, learning about local affairs and a recent Body Integration Realm battle. He found no clear clue about the living corpses from Stonehard Village.

• Lu Yang traveled through Huang Province, fought bandits, rescued wealthy young women, helped an escort convoy, and hurried away from a tournament to choose a husband.
• Lu Yang entered Far Mountain City and bought a detailed report from the Fallen Money Commerce, which described what intelligence it would and would not sell.
• Lu Yang read that Man Gu had won the Barbarian Tribe's coming-of-age ceremony and that Huang Ming and Zhao Po had placed first and second in the Corpse-Driving Sect tournament.
• Lu Yang learned that the White Paper Hat Man had claimed a bounty by splitting into two people, and he noticed advertisements mixed into the intelligence report.
• Lu Yang found a record of a Body Integration Realm battle, which had been fought over child custody after two True Lords filed for divorce.

Lu Yang searched Huang Province for clues about the living corpses, then intervened when the Gu family’s young master abducted a woman in Far Mountain City. After invoking Ask Dao Sect’s reputation to deter the Gu family, he left the city and headed back.

• Lu Yang found no reports of Body Integration Realm battles in Huang Province and obtained a map to Seven Emotions Valley while seeking a solution to Old Meng’s problem.
• Lu Yang stopped the Gu family’s young master from snatching a woman, struck him, and sent his Foundation Establishment Realm lackeys flying.
• Lu Yang pinned the Gu family head, a late-stage Golden Core cultivator, and his Nascent Soul Early Stage father to a wall before asking whether the family had anyone else.
• When the Gu family’s Spirit Transformation old ancestor arrived, Lu Yang showed his Ask Dao Sect identity jade token, prompting the old ancestor to thank him and promise to discipline his descendants.
• Lu Yang warned the old ancestor that Ask Dao Sect could post missions against the Gu family, then left Far Mountain City and retraced his steps.

Lu Yang met three cultivators who mistook the mountain’s strange mishaps for signs of a powerful battle and exposed their disguises to one another. The journey ended with Miss Ye’s confession to Brother Wenren collapsing when Wenren revealed she was also a woman, while Brother Zhao insisted he was a man.

• Lu Yang came across Brother Ye, Brother Wenren, and Brother Zhao arguing over mishaps that had repeatedly stopped them from traveling through the mountains.
• Brother Zhao concluded that a powerful cultivator’s battle formation was blocking the road, and the others agreed to take a detour.
• Lu Yang asked which companion was a woman disguised as a man, prompting Brother Ye to remove her jade pendant and reveal herself as Miss Ye of the Ye family of Liangzhou.
• Miss Ye confessed that she liked Brother Wenren, who revealed that she too had been disguised as a man and had taken a slash to protect Miss Ye.
• Lu Yang, Miss Ye, and Miss Wenren turned to Brother Zhao, who angrily declared that he was a man.

After Miss Ye and Wenren Hui revealed their identities and left, Lu Yang reunited with Zhao Po and introduced himself as the famous Ask Dao Sect disciple. Lu Yang and Zhao Po joined Meng Jingzhou, who was eating by the carriage, and Lu Yang regaled him with an embellished account of his journey.

• Miss Ye and Wenren Hui said farewell to Zhao Po and returned home together after their disguises were exposed.
• Lu Yang introduced himself to Zhao Po, who recognized him as the Qingzhou Grand Ceremony champion rumored to have beaten a judge.
• Lu Yang invited Zhao Po to join him in meeting Meng Jingzhou and explained they had come to Desolate Province to deal with Meng Jingzhou's curse.
• Lu Yang and Zhao Po reached Meng Jingzhou by the carriage after Meng Jingzhou cleared the mudslide and started a barbecue.
• Lu Yang exaggerated his adventures for Meng Jingzhou, whose eyes reddened with envy, while Zhao Po wondered whether he could stop the two friends if they fought.

Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou traveled with Zhao Po toward Seven Emotions Valley, hoping to find help for Meng Jingzhou’s curse. Zhao Po revealed the sect’s reputation for curse arts and was stunned when Meng described his curse as half-step Tribulation Transcendence level.

• Zhao Po explained that Huang Ming was far stronger than him and had recently become the Corpse-Driving Sect Master’s disciple.
• Zhao Po advised Meng Jingzhou to seek help at Seven Emotions Valley, whose curse arts surpassed the Corpse-Driving Sect’s.
• Lu Yang, Meng Jingzhou, and Zhao Po rode toward Seven Emotions Valley while Zhao Po answered their questions about corpse-driving arts.
• Zhao Po said his true-disciple friend could undo curses below Nascent Soul level and might alleviate a Spirit Transformation-level curse.
• Meng Jingzhou estimated that his curse was at the half-step Tribulation Transcendence level, leaving Zhao Po solemnly impressed.

Lu Yang and Zhao Po reached Seven Emotions Valley to seek help for Old Meng, while the Everlasting Fairy told Lu Yang a wildly distorted tale of Foolish Old Man. At the valley, Lu Yang recognized a wanted man in a white paper hat, who fled after sensing the danger of their group.

• Lu Yang and Zhao Po left Meng Jingzhou with Old Horse and headed toward Seven Emotions Valley, where Zhao Po explained that its canyon had been carved by a sword master and was an illegal structure.
• The Everlasting Fairy recounted how Foolish Old Man moved mountains into the sea, filled the ocean, and caused a flood that the Ninefold Immortal stopped with expanding soil.
• Lu Yang and Zhao Po found a long line of people seeking curse removal and learned that only the Valley Master might be able to remove Senior Brother Meng's curse.
• A man in a white paper hat offered Lu Yang a place in line for five hundred spirit stones, and Lu Yang recognized him as the Qingming Inn impersonator.
• The white-hatted man noticed Old Horse was absent, then fled after realizing Lu Yang's group had a complicated and dangerous background; Zhao Po recognized him from a wanted poster.

Lu Yang and Zhao Po entered Seven Emotions Valley to seek help with Meng Jingzhou’s curse, where Lu Yang learned the Valley Master still held feelings for Ask Dao Sect’s Fourth Elder, Xie Shanren. As they passed the valley’s curse consultations, its disciples handled both dubious complaints and a genuine curse by deciding to escort the cursed man to the authorities.

• Luo Yu welcomed Lu Yang and Zhao Po into Seven Emotions Valley and revealed that her master had once fallen in love with Xie Shanren, now Ask Dao Sect’s Fourth Elder.
• Lu Yang realized the Fourth Elder had avoided recommending Seven Emotions Valley because of the Valley Master’s history with him, but continued onward to seek help for Meng Jingzhou.
• The Undying Fairy recalled cooking for Qilin Immortal and Ying Tian Immortal, who both fainted after tasting her food, and believed Qilin Immortal had mistaken her for his mother.
• Lu Yang, Zhao Po, and Luo Yu passed disciples who sold mosquito incense and offered a loan to visitors whose supposed curses had ordinary explanations.
• A disciple confirmed that a frightened man was afflicted by the difficult Grudge of the Wrongfully Dead, then summoned his senior brother to help escort the murderer to the authorities.