Chapter Summaries

Zhang Yuanqing rescued Annie and fought off two Dionysus Club Saints at the International Building, though Baker Vernal and Yule Ban escaped. He treated Annie’s wounds afterward, and she awoke as the chapter ended.

• Zhang Yuanqing arrived at the International Building, where Mr. Bill was fighting Baker Vernal and Annie was badly injured by Yule Ban.
• Zhang Yuanqing used the Yin Jade Doll to disrupt Yule Ban, carried Annie away, and fought her with his sword and artifacts.
• Zhang Yuanqing resisted Yule Ban’s disorienting skills and overwhelmed her, but Baker Vernal’s liquor jar intoxicated them and let the two Saints escape through a window.
• Mr. Bill asked Zhang Yuanqing to treat Annie, and Zhang Yuanqing removed the bullet and used the Mountain God Scepter to heal her.
• Annie woke after Zhang Yuanqing offered her a cup of medicine.

Zhang Yuanqing recovered from the attack on Mr. Bill, negotiated for materials and learned about a powerful evasion item. After a quiet stretch in Songhai, Fu Qingyang sent him and his team to investigate an ancient tomb and rescue a missing squad in fog-shrouded Golden Radiance City.

• Annie recovered and tried to seduce Zhang Yuanqing after her damaged clothes slipped, but he resisted the Mountain God Scepter's influence and urged her to help Mr. Bill.
• Mr. Bill reported the casualties and his lost Moral Value, then agreed to sell Zhang Yuanqing supplementary materials at a reduced price.
• Mr. Bill showed Zhang Yuanqing his Extremely Angry Slide Tackle shoes, which could evade attacks but were not for sale unless exchanged for a high-quality Saint Realm item.
• During the following weeks, Zhang Yuanqing upgraded Blood Rose and Ghost Bride, spent his savings, and continued waiting for Li Chunfeng's reply as his first Star Official dungeon approached.
• Zhang Yuanqing saw news of a strange fog and assaults in Golden Radiance City, where an ancient tomb had yielded a bronze statue.
• Fu Qingyang assigned Zhang Yuanqing to take his team to Golden Radiance City to investigate the tomb and rescue a squad lost in the fog.

Zhang Yuanqing traveled to Golden Radiance City to help investigate a spreading fog caused by a bronze sculpture, which had swallowed several search teams. After arriving at the response team’s hotel, he revealed that he had an item capable of determining direction inside the fog, and the group prepared to enter.

• Fu Qingyang told Zhang Yuanqing that the fog from the museum had swallowed investigators and was spreading across Golden Radiance City, then assigned him to join the investigation.
• Zhang Yuanqing canceled his shopping plans with Jiang Yu'er by claiming that the Dragon Group had called him to deal with the crisis.
• At the Regal Hotel, Love of Summer Trees told the gathered officials that Deacon Cloud Dream’s team had also gone missing in the fog.
• The Hangzhou Branch officials debated whether to enter the fog without a way to navigate it, while Love of Summer Trees waited for Songhai’s reinforcements.
• Zhang Yuanqing arrived with four women, introduced himself to Love of Summer Trees, and said he had an item that could determine direction in the fog.
• Saint of Fire urged the officials to move out immediately after Zhang Yuanqing revealed his item.

Zhang Yuanqing led the Hangzhou team through the mind-altering fog to the museum, where they discovered the missing deacons and other visitors had been slaughtered by an enemy likely near Level 6. A camera recording revealed that the bronze statue had warned intruders they would be killed without mercy.

• Zhang Yuanqing used the Great Luo Star Chart to guide Love of Summer Trees, Guan Ya, Jiang Jingwei, and the Hangzhou Saints through the fog toward the museum.
• Guan Ya subdued a crazed citizen, and Flower Speech restrained a swarm of Berserk citizens with vines as the group crossed the museum plaza.
• Love of Summer Trees found Deacon Cloud Dream and other Hangzhou Branch colleagues dismembered, and Guan Ya and Xia Shu concluded their killer was at least near Level 6.
• Zhang Yuanqing found a working camera among the archaeologists' and film crew's remains and played footage of a bronze statue with a sharpened sword.
• The recording showed a young man saying he heard the statue warn that anyone trespassing into the Immortal Gate's demon-sealing grounds would be killed without mercy.

Zhang Yuanqing explained that Spirit Realm instances originated in reality and argued that the ancient tomb’s sealed demon had likely died, but the bronze guardian attacked the group in the fog. After Flower Speech and Great Virtue Bears All Things were wounded and Saint of Fire was impaled, Zhang Yuanqing proposed an idea instead of letting the others retreat.

• Love of Summer Trees and the other Saints suspected the tomb was an immortal sect’s seal, and Zhang Yuanqing argued that the sealed demon had probably died long ago.
• Zhang Yuanqing revealed that Spirit Realm instances originated in reality, then urged the group to leave the fog and report the threat to the elders.
• Guan Ya warned the group of an approaching enemy, and Saint of Fire’s fireball revealed the bronze statue before it attacked Flower Speech from behind.
• Great Virtue Bears All Things shielded Flower Speech, Love of Summer Trees pulled her clear, and Saint of Fire charged after the statue into the fog.
• The bronze statue pierced Saint of Fire’s chest, but Zhang Yuanqing rescued him while Love of Summer Trees helped them retreat.
• As Flower Speech treated the wounded, Saint of Fire urged the others to escape; Love of Summer Trees agreed, but Zhang Yuanqing said he had an idea to try.

Zhang Yuanqing and the team destroyed the bronze puppet, then joined Elder Gao Feng in investigating the sealed ancient tomb. They discovered the tomb belonged to the Pure Yang Sect, and the Demon Subduing Pestle reacted to the site.

• Zhang Yuanqing explained that the bronze man contained a resentful spirit, and the team helped him crack its armor so he could destroy it with the Demon Subduing Pestle.
• The team left the fog, reported the deaths and missing colleagues, and briefed Elder Gao Feng on the bronze puppet and ancient tomb.
• Elder Gao Feng transported Zhang Yuanqing and the others to the tomb, where he broke open the sealed stone door and led them into the main chamber.
• The group found a stone coffin covered in talismans, a ring of mercury, and a stele identifying the site as the Pure Yang Sect Demon-Sealing Site.
• Zhang Yuanqing sensed scorching heat coming from the Demon Subduing Pestle in his Inventory.

Zhang Yuanqing and the official Walkers explored an ancient tomb, deciphered its inscription, and opened a sealed coffin containing the remains of a mysterious demon. They discovered ancient cultivation manuals and artifacts, and Zhang Yuanqing realized the manuals could greatly strengthen his Night Wanderer abilities before Elder Gao Feng sensed something was wrong.

• Zhang Yuanqing read the stele's account of a demon suppressed by an imperial princess and the Pure Yang Sect, then pointed out questions about the demon's identity and the sect's role.
• Elder Challenge the Peak led the group across the moat to the coffin, and Zhang Yuanqing recognized the talismans sealing it as Night Wanderer spirit talismans.
• Great Virtue Bears All Things opened the coffin, revealing a skeleton and several ancient books and artifacts.
• Zhang Yuanqing found that the Lunar God-Refining Chapter taught advanced Night Wanderer techniques and the Pure Yang Body Cleansing Record taught a method for strengthening the body.
• Zhang Yuanqing considered using the Demon Subduing Pestle's Solar Power to cultivate the body-cleansing method, but Elder Gao Feng warned that something was wrong.

Zhang Yuanqing and the Hangzhou team uncovered the truth behind the Pure Yang Sect Leader’s imprisonment, but the ancient leader tried to possess Zhang before Elder Gao Feng destroyed his primordial spirit. Back in Songhai, Zhang obtained materials to summon Lady of Three Paths Mountain and began the ritual, while a security officer at the tomb hinted that the Pure Yang Sect Leader’s disciple was still alive.

• Jiang Jingwei revealed that the Pure Yang Sect Leader’s remnant soul had awakened inside the Flame Banner, and he claimed his disciple had betrayed him and sealed him in the tomb.
• The Pure Yang Sect Leader conjured an image of his disciple, whom Zhang Yuanqing recognized as Old Clapper, then asked to borrow Jiang Jingwei’s body to see the outside world.
• Zhang Yuanqing warned Elder Gao Feng that the Pure Yang Sect Leader was lying, and the elder drove the spirit from Jiang Jingwei before it attacked Zhang.
• Zhang Yuanqing used the Demon Subduing Pestle to expose the Pure Yang Sect Leader’s reaction, and Elder Gao Feng trapped and destroyed the primordial spirit.
• The team divided the burial goods and returned to Songhai; a security officer at the tomb revealed black eyes and muttered that his good disciple was still alive.
• Fu Qingyang approved Zhang Yuanqing’s request for summoning materials, and Zhang began a ritual to summon Lady of Three Paths Mountain.

Lady of Three Paths Mountain learned that the Pure Yang Sect Leader had escaped his tomb and possessed someone in Zhang Yuanqing’s group. She explained how he had fallen to the Heart Demon Grand Method and told Zhang Yuanqing how to detect the possession, warning that the fugitive was not bound by Moral Value.

• Lady of Three Paths Mountain forgave Princess Yinyao for becoming a yin creature, asked her about Yuanshi Tianzun, and considered having her serve him.
• Princess Yinyao told Lady of Three Paths Mountain that the instance dungeon containing the blazing sun had opened after the Stars and Black Moon found their owners.
• Zhang Yuanqing summoned Lady of Three Paths Mountain and told her that his group had opened a coffin in the Pure Yang Sect Demon-Sealing Ground and destroyed the demon inside.
• Lady of Three Paths Mountain revealed that the demon was her former master, the Pure Yang Sect Leader, who had cultivated the Heart Demon Grand Method and could resurrect through the Dao Heart Demon Seed.
• Lady of Three Paths Mountain said the Pure Yang Sect Leader had likely possessed someone in Zhang Yuanqing’s group and instructed him to use the Demon Subduing Pestle and Astral Physiognomy to check for possession.
• Lady of Three Paths Mountain warned Zhang Yuanqing that the Pure Yang Sect Leader was not a Spirit Realm Walker and was not bound by Moral Value.

Zhang Yuanqing learned that the sealed Pure Yang Sect Leader was a weakened Golden Crow Sovereign who could recover by feeding on Spirit Realm Walkers, and he reported the threat to Fu Qingyang. He also began learning to make talismans and sought to buy Slide-Tackle Shoes, but Mr. Bill wanted a valuable item rather than money.

• Lady of Three Paths Mountain warned Zhang Yuanqing that the Pure Yang Sect Leader had targeted him and could recover by consuming Spirit Realm Walkers, then taught him to draw Evil-Breaking Talismans in exchange for money.
• Lady of Three Paths Mountain told Princess Yinyao she would send her to protect Yuanshi Tianzun, and Zhang Yuanqing reported the Pure Yang Sect Leader's survival to Fu Qingyang.
• Fu Qingyang decided the threat warranted an Elder Council meeting after hearing Zhang Yuanqing's account.
• Zhang Yuanqing visited Mr. Bill to buy Slide-Tackle Shoes and talisman materials, but Mr. Bill said he would only consider trading the shoes for an item he valued.

Zhang Yuanqing traded talismans and an ancient artifact with Mr. Bill for the Slide-Tackle Shoes, then learned about the links between mythological gods and ancient superpowered beings. Meanwhile, Kou Beiyue recruited Human Blood Bun as an informant, and the Five Elements Alliance convened a meeting about Yuanshi Tianzun.

• Zhang Yuanqing traded twelve Evil-Breaking Talismans and a bronze cauldron to Mr. Bill for the Slide-Tackle Shoes, then sold him eight more talismans and bought talisman-making materials.
• Mr. Bill told Zhang Yuanqing that Spirit Realm Walkers might resemble ancient superpowered beings worshipped as gods, and that Ragnarok could explain why the Spirit Realm's Norse region remained unopened.
• Kou Beiyue asked Human Blood Bun whether he had betrayed him, then asked him to gather information for Yuanshi Tianzun and promised compensation.
• Kou Beiyue received a message from a supposed loyal underling as the conversation with Human Blood Bun continued.
• The Five Elements Alliance convened a Ten Elders' Meeting with Taiyi Sect elder Zhao Chenghuang's great-grandfather present, and Di Hong said the meeting concerned Yuanshi Tianzun before asking Fu Qingyang to explain.

Zhang Yuanqing considered selling Evil-Breaking Talismans to protect Night Wanderers from the escaped Pure Yang Sect Leader, while Fu Qingyang briefed the Ten Elders on the threat. As the elders organized a hunt and discussed safeguards, Zhang Yuanqing interrupted Fu Qingyang’s meeting to propose a deal with the organization.

• Zhang Yuanqing rode back to the villa with Queen and considered using Evil-Breaking Talismans to hinder the Pure Yang Sect Leader’s recovery.
• Fu Qingyang told the Ten Elders that the Pure Yang Sect Leader had survived and possessed a security officer, prompting the elders to treat him as a serious threat.
• Grand Elder Di Hong ordered a task force to hunt the Pure Yang Sect Leader and assigned branches to protect low-level Walkers and seek intelligence.
• Elder Yandere proposed protecting Night Wanderers and Illusionists to deprive the Pure Yang Sect Leader of victims, but Elder Zhao explained that available protective talismans and holy power were difficult to distribute widely.
• Zhang Yuanqing asked Fu Qingyang to mute himself during the meeting and announced that he wanted to make a deal with the organization.

Zhang Yuanqing helped Fu Qingyang secure a lucrative deal to supply Evil-Breaking Talismans, while Kou Beiyue brought Little Fatty to Wuhen Hotel, where Little Round tested his willingness to rejoin the world. Later, Zhang Yuanqing successfully created a Peach Blossom Talisman and activated it.

• Zhang Yuanqing gave Fu Qingyang Evil-Breaking Talismans and a Peace Talisman, prompting Fu Qingyang to negotiate their sale with Headquarters.
• Fu Qingyang told the elders that Zhang Yuanqing could produce fifty Evil-Breaking Talismans, and he secured a payment of three million per talisman plus a materials quota.
• Fu Qingyang told Zhang Yuanqing to make fifty talismans within three days, and Zhang Yuanqing thanked him before returning to practice.
• Kou Beiyue met Little Fatty at Wuhen Hotel, where Little Round asked whether he was willing to reconcile with the world and sent him into Room 404 for a test.
• Little Round learned from Master Wuhen to take Little Fatty to cultivate, and Little Fatty became a new member of the team.
• Zhang Yuanqing drew a Peach Blossom Talisman after ruining ten sheets and activated it, causing it to burn with black flames.

Zhang Yuanqing tested the Peach Blossom Talisman and learned that it created chances for romantic encounters, with results shaped by how much the other person already liked him. After he returned to his bedroom, Xie Lingxi opened the door and asked him to practice physical techniques with her.

• Zhang Yuanqing avoided leaving the villa with the Peach Blossom Talisman active and went to Fu Qingyang's villa, where Ling Jun explained how Spirit Realm matchmaking could pair Walkers of different levels.
• Zhang Yuanqing's presence and words affected the Rabbit Girl cook, who invited him to her room before he chose to ask for food instead.
• Zhang Yuanqing flirted with Rui Rui, who admitted she might consider his feelings after her contract ended in three years.
• Zhang Yuanqing concluded that the Peach Blossom Talisman created opportunities for interaction and worked better when someone already had affection for him.
• Xie Lingxi left the screening room and entered Zhang Yuanqing's bedroom, asking to borrow the combat room to practice physical techniques with him.

Zhang Yuanqing dealt with the Peach Blossom Talisman’s effects, which prompted Xie Lingxi and Queen to confess their feelings before Guan Ya beat them all in the combat room. The next morning, Li Chunfeng agreed to join Zhang’s patrol team under strict conditions, and Fu Qingyang assigned Zhang a mission.

• Xie Lingxi confessed to Zhang Yuanqing and kissed his cheek, and Queen arrived and admitted that she admired him too.
• Guan Ya found Zhang, Xie Lingxi, and Queen together and beat them in the combat room, leaving all three bruised.
• Fu Qingyang found Ling Jun despondent over another romantic disappointment, while Mr. Bill discussed the Dionysus Club and his plans to auction an ancient cultivator’s prop.
• The next morning, Zhang Yuanqing woke in Guan Ya’s room and learned that Xie Lingxi and Queen were too embarrassed to join breakfast.
• Li Chunfeng agreed to join Zhang Yuanqing’s patrol team as a temporary worker, provided Zhang respected his privacy and signed a contract not to harm him.
• Fu Qingyang approved Li Chunfeng’s conditions and told Zhang Yuanqing that a mission required him to make a trip.

Zhang Yuanqing recruited Li Chunfeng to his team, completed fifty Evil-Breaking Talismans, and traveled to Quiet Sea City to investigate the assassination of Long Live White Tiger. He reached the hospital with his team and hurried to see the unconscious victim, who might still be in danger.

• Fu Qingyang told Zhang Yuanqing that Long Live White Tiger had survived two assassination attempts and ordered him to assist Quiet Sea City in the investigation.
• Zhang Yuanqing picked up Li Chunfeng, checked that his identity was genuine, and welcomed him as a new teammate alongside Guan Ya, Queen, Jiang Jingwei, and Xie Lingxi.
• Zhang Yuanqing finished fifty Evil-Breaking Talismans two days later and gave them to Fu Qingyang before preparing to leave for Quiet Sea City.
• Zhang Yuanqing gave Ling Jun a Peach Blossom Talisman and asked him for advice about his relationship with Guan Ya.
• Zhang Yuanqing arrived at Quiet Sea City People's Hospital with his team and learned from Wei Yuanzhou and Tang Guoqiang that Long Live White Tiger remained unconscious after severe injuries.

Zhang Yuanqing and Guan Ya investigated the attacks on Long Live White Tiger and used a healing artifact to purge the gu insects from his body. Zhang Yuanqing foresaw that another fight was coming and pressed Long Live White Tiger to explain whether he had made enemies before becoming a Saint.

• Wei Yuanzhou explained that a masked Level 4 Spirit Medium had poisoned Long Live White Tiger at home and attacked him again in the hospital before escaping.
• Guan Ya reasoned that the attacker was likely an unaffiliated cultivator who held a personal grudge against Long Live White Tiger.
• Zhang Yuanqing used a healing staff to force the remaining gu insects and poisoned blood from Long Live White Tiger, and Jiang Jingwei burned the worms.
• Long Live White Tiger woke and said he did not recognize the attacker or know of any recent enemies.
• Zhang Yuanqing used Astral Physiognomy and saw signs that Guan Ya and Jiang Jingwei would soon be injured in a battle, suggesting the attacker would strike again.
• Zhang Yuanqing asked Long Live White Tiger whether he had offended anyone or broken rules before entering the Slaughter Dungeon.

Zhang Yuanqing and the Quiet Sea City officials prepared for an assassin at the hospital, but the Spirit Medium attacked with poison gas and insect eggs. They nearly captured him before a bee-like figure rescued him, and Zhang Yuanqing recognized Little Round.

• At Wuhen Hotel, Kou Beiyue told Uncle Zhang that Yuanshi Tianzun had helped clear his sister’s case, while Uncle Zhang concealed the reason for his visit.
• At the hospital, Zhang Yuanqing questioned Wei Yuanzhou about his lack of promotion as officials guarded the intensive care ward and waited for the killer.
• Xie Lingxi reported that the attacker had incapacitated the corridor guards, and Wei Yuanzhou identified the poison gas spreading through the hospital ventilation system.
• Zhang Yuanqing used the Mountain God Scepter to fight the Spirit Medium, while Wei Yuanzhou, Little Doubi, the Ghost Bride, and the red-haired girl helped weaken and attack him.
• A fast-moving figure crashed through a ward window, knocked Zhang Yuanqing aside, seized the injured Spirit Medium, and flew away; Zhang Yuanqing recognized the figure as Little Round.

After Uncle Zhang’s failed assassination attempt on Long Live White Tiger, Zhang Yuanqing tracked him to Wuhen Hotel and demanded an explanation. Little Round defended the injured man and attacked Zhang Yuanqing to stop him from taking Uncle Zhang away, leaving their friendship in conflict as Uncle Zhang asked for a few days to explain himself.

• Zhang Yuanqing sent the others to guard the hospital, used the Red Dancing Shoes to track the attacker, and followed them to Wuhen Hotel.
• Little Round brought the badly wounded Uncle Zhang to the hotel, treated him with gu worms, and learned that he had tried to assassinate an official Saint.
• Zhang Yuanqing arrived and demanded to know why Uncle Zhang had attacked Long Live White Tiger, offering to resolve any misunderstanding or seek justice for him.
• Uncle Zhang pleaded with Little Round not to let Zhang Yuanqing take him away, and Little Round stopped Zhang Yuanqing by throwing him across the room.
• Zhang Yuanqing accused Little Round of choosing her companions over him and insisted on arresting Uncle Zhang, who promised not to hurt anyone again and asked for a few days to explain.

Uncle Zhang confessed that he had become an Evil Profession after taking revenge on the family responsible for his son and daughter-in-law’s deaths, and revealed that he was Wei Yuanzhou’s grandfather. After asking Zhang Yuanqing for one day before surrendering, Uncle Zhang met Wei Yuanzhou, who stabbed him to claim credit for his capture; Zhang Yuanqing then learned that the attacker had already been killed.

• Uncle Zhang told Zhang Yuanqing and Little Round how injustice and hardship had led him to kill two generations of a powerful family, while sparing their child.
• Uncle Zhang revealed that the surviving child was his grandson Wei Yuanzhou and explained that he had tried to assassinate Long Live White Tiger to help Wei Yuanzhou advance.
• Zhang Yuanqing agreed to let Uncle Zhang return to Wuhen Hotel the next night and promised to seek life imprisonment for him.
• At the hospital, Wei Yuanzhou confronted Uncle Zhang about sparing Long Live White Tiger and stabbed him to claim credit for capturing him.
• Guan Ya called Zhang Yuanqing and told him that last night’s attacker had already been killed.