Chapter Summaries

After defeating the Zhao Family’s Level 5 Swordsman, Zhang Yuanqing enforced his wager and severed Zhao Feichen’s legs, then rested before using the Hundred-Forged Furnace. He forged a powerful artifact with three forms and left the chapter ready to test his new weapon.

• Zhang Yuanqing killed the Level 5 Swordsman, collected his items, and lost 60 Reputation points.
• After Lian Sanyue confirmed the wager still counted, Zhang Yuanqing used the Golden Mask’s Mental Strike and cut off Zhao Feichen’s legs.
• Lian Sanyue warned Zhang Yuanqing that the Zhao Family might wait outside, and he spent an hour clearing the negative effects of his items.
• Zhang Yuanqing asked Lian Sanyue to contact Fu Qingyang, then fed sixteen props and Firestones into the Hundred-Forged Furnace.
• Zhang Yuanqing forged the Thunder Drum Purple Lightning Hammer, which transformed into the Thunderstorm Cannon and Purple Thunder Shield.

Zhang Yuanqing tested the three forms and powers of his new divine artifact, then faced Zhao Hongzheng and Zhao Feichen, who demanded the item as compensation for Zhao Feichen’s injuries. Surrounded by the Zhao Family, Zhang removed his Disguise Ring and revealed his true face before they could attack.

• Zhang Yuanqing tested the Purple Thunder Hammer by striking Fire Demon Ore until it shattered, then had Blood Rose attack the Purple Thunder Shield and observed its defenses and drawbacks.
• Zhang Yuanqing learned that Zhao Feichen had survived and that Zhao Hongzheng had come to the House of Myriad Treasures with the Zhao Family.
• Zhao Feichen persuaded Zhao Hongzheng to surround the shop and target Zhang Yuanqing’s escape abilities so they could seize the item from the furnace.
• Lian Sanyue brought Zhang Yuanqing and Blood Rose into the shop, where Zhao Hongzheng demanded the item as compensation and Zhao Feichen identified Zhang as his attacker.
• Zhang Yuanqing refused to hand over the item, recalled how his uncle had stood up to bullies, removed his Disguise Ring, and challenged Zhao Hongzheng to recognize him.

Zhang Yuanqing revealed his identity, fought off the Zhao Family with his newly crafted Thunderstorm Cannon, and met Fu Qingyang in Flower City. Later, disguised as an ordinary passerby, he returned to Lian Sanyue’s shop to ask about Brother Bing.

• Zhang Yuanqing revealed himself as Yuanshi Tianzun and challenged Zhao Hongzheng, while Zhao Feichen vowed to have a level-six Saint kill him.
• Fifth Master Zhao arrived, but after Lian Sanyue prompted him to divine, he saw an inauspicious hexagram and left with the Zhao Family.
• Zhang Yuanqing kicked Zhao Feichen, then blasted Zhao Hongzheng’s golden bowl with the Thunderstorm Cannon and forced the injured Zhao Family to retreat.
• Zhang Yuanqing was struck by lightning as the Thunderstorm Cannon’s price, then met Fu Qingyang, who had come to back him up.
• Lian Sanyue confronted Zhao Wudi, who warned her not to harm Zhao Feichen again; she vowed to kill him once she reached level nine.
• Zhang Yuanqing returned to Lian Sanyue’s shop in disguise and asked her about Brother Bing.

Zhang Yuanqing learned from Lian Sanyue that the Young Soldier King had been a Master-level Fire Master and that Spirit Realm Instance No. 19 could seal the Fallen Holy Grail’s corruption. Before leaving, he asked her about the previous owner of Dog Elder’s rule-type item, Zoo.

• Zhang Yuanqing asked Lian Sanyue about the Young Soldier King, and she revealed that they had survived an S-rank multiplayer dungeon together as Masters.
• Lian Sanyue required Zhang Yuanqing to identify his relationship to the Young Soldier King; he gave the passphrase “Detective Assistant” and learned that the Young Soldier King had asked her to safeguard information.
• Lian Sanyue told Zhang Yuanqing that Spirit Realm Instance No. 19, Secret of the Five Elements, contained an abyss whose power could seal the Fallen Holy Grail’s corruption, though it would seal the person inside as well.
• Lian Sanyue explained that the instance’s abyss might imprison an ancient cultivator or be a Spirit Realm bug, and Zhang Yuanqing inferred that the Young Soldier King had returned there using Demon Lord’s Teleportation Jade Talisman.
• Zhang Yuanqing asked Lian Sanyue who had previously owned Dog Elder’s rule-type item, Zoo.

Zhang Yuanqing planned to investigate his father’s possible connection to the zoo, hunt Evil Professions, and obtain the Ghost Mirror while learning that two powerful artifacts remained missing. After Little Round contacted Kou Beiyue about Bloody Mary, Zhang Yuanqing received a message identifying her as a level 5 peak Spirit Medium and saw a promising target for his reputation hunt.

• Zhang Yuanqing hired Lian Sanyue to investigate the zoo’s previous owner and planned to return to Flower City to learn whether the zoo had ties to his father.
• Zhang Yuanqing reviewed Guan Ya’s solo instance and outlined plans to hunt Evil Professions and summon Old Clapper for the Ghost Mirror.
• Fu Qingyang told Zhang Yuanqing that most missing artifacts had been recovered, though two top-ranked artifacts were still missing, and promised him a list of Evil Professions to target.
• Zhang Yuanqing asked Little Round for leads on Evil Professions, but she refused; after he left, she texted Kou Beiyue.
• Kou Beiyue persuaded Human Blood Bun to give him an address connected to Bloody Mary, a level 5 Saint who had repeatedly humiliated Human Blood Bun.
• Zhang Yuanqing received a message from Little Round identifying Bloody Mary as a level 5 peak Spirit Medium.

After learning about Bloody Mary’s abilities and habits, Zhang Yuanqing used the Great Luo Star Chart to predict her visit to her male pet. He killed the pet, disguised himself as Jade-Faced Gentleman, and was still in costume when Bloody Mary arrived.

• Zhang Yuanqing learned that Bloody Mary was a powerful Spirit Medium and used the Cat King Speaker to hear recordings of her past with the Demon Lord.
• Zhang Yuanqing analyzed Bloody Mary’s abilities and used the Great Luo Star Chart to foresee her visit to Jade-Faced Gentleman the following night.
• Zhang Yuanqing entered Jade-Faced Gentleman’s apartment, where Ghost Bride killed the Voodoo Master, and he hid the corpse.
• Zhang Yuanqing used Perfect Skin to disguise himself as Jade-Faced Gentleman and put on the sailor outfit Bloody Mary expected.
• Bloody Mary arrived and mistook Zhang Yuanqing for her male pet, calling him her little dog.

Zhang Yuanqing lured Bloody Mary into his living room, trapped her in the Yin-Yang Formation, and killed her with his clay figures and Thunderstorm Cannon. In Gold Mountain City, Voodoo King ordered Human Blood Bun to investigate Yuanshi Tianzun, but Human Blood Bun instead considered how to use Kou Beiyue to build a useful connection with him.

• Zhang Yuanqing, disguised as Jade-Faced Gentleman, played along with Bloody Mary until he persuaded her to move their encounter into the living room.
• Zhang Yuanqing removed Perfect Skin, equipped his items, and used the Yin-Yang Robe and Empress Earth Boots to trap Bloody Mary inside the apartment.
• Zhang Yuanqing's clay figures battered Bloody Mary and severed her arms before the Thunderstorm Cannon killed her, earning him 120 Reputation.
• Zhang Yuanqing dismissed the formation, extinguished the flames, called Queen to arrange cleanup, and left as starlight.
• Voodoo King told Human Blood Bun that Yuanshi Tianzun had killed Bloody Mary and ordered him to use Kou Beiyue to find Yuanshi Tianzun and investigate how he tracked Bloody Mary.
• Human Blood Bun concealed his delight from Voodoo King and decided he might use Kou Beiyue to establish a lasting connection with Yuanshi Tianzun.

Zhang Yuanqing hunted Evil Professions to build his Reputation, while news spread that Illusionists were mysteriously disappearing in Jiangnan Province and Huaihai Province. As he prepared to claim the Ghost Mirror, he suspected Pure Yang Sect Leader was behind the disappearances.

• Zhang Yuanqing killed twelve Transcendent-stage Evil Professions, bringing his Reputation to 500, and considered using Little Doubi and a treasure-seeking cloak to locate small black markets.
• Dog Elder and Fu Qingyang discussed Zhang Yuanqing's black-market raids, his growing Reputation, and the possibility that he intended to kill a Saint from his own faction.
• Zhang Yuanqing gave Auntie Little Round 200,000 in cash, learned Master Wuhen would preach to Redeemers at the end of August, and agreed to attend.
• Human Blood Bun welcomed Kou Beiyue as his boss, and Little Fatty told them Illusionists had mysteriously disappeared in Jiangnan Province and Huaihai Province.
• Kou Beiyue sent Zhang Yuanqing a message about the missing Illusionists; while preparing to claim the Ghost Mirror, Zhang Yuanqing suspected Pure Yang Sect Leader.

Zhang Yuanqing investigated the Pure Yang Sect Leader’s attacks on Illusionists and summoned the Lady, who sent Princess Yinyao to the mortal world instead of the Ghost Mirror. Meanwhile, Little Fatty rushed to report the threat to the Nihility Sect’s Grand Elder, leaving the chapter with his warning about to begin.

• Zhang Yuanqing told Elder Gao Feng that the Pure Yang Sect Leader might be behind the disappearances and learned of unexplained deaths, a missing Water Ghost, and a corpse found near Yong City harbor.
• Zhang Yuanqing sent Kou Beiyue details about the Pure Yang Sect Leader, and Little Fatty recognized the danger and hurried away to report it.
• Zhang Yuanqing opened a Spirit Realm passage to summon the Lady, but the Spirit Realm blocked it until the Lady shattered the barrier and sent Princess Yinyao through instead of the Ghost Mirror.
• Little Green Tea, the Queen, Fu Qingyang, and Ling Jun arrived after sensing the Sovereign and Spirit Realm auras, then questioned Zhang Yuanqing about Princess Yinyao.
• Little Fatty entered the Nihility Sect Grand Elder’s dream hall and announced that he had discovered the reason behind the Illusionists’ mysterious disappearances.

Little Fatty reported Yuanshi Tianzun’s revelations to the Grand Protector, who ordered him to stay in contact and pass along any official developments. Meanwhile, Zhang Yuanqing welcomed Princess Yinyao into the modern world, received the Ghost Mirror, and arranged to meet Yin Ji at the Hundred Flowers Clubhouse, where Ling Jun invited him to join a gathering.

• Little Fatty told the Grand Protector that Yuanshi Tianzun had revealed a threat involving a ruler with the Night Wanderer and Illusionist systems, and the Grand Protector instructed him to remain at Wuhen Hotel and report any progress.
• Zhang Yuanqing learned that Princess Yinyao had been sent to the mortal world to train and borrow his spiritual power, and he promised to treat her as an equal rather than a corpse puppet.
• Zhang Yuanqing showed Princess Yinyao modern appliances and customs, while she objected to the Spirit Talisman procedure and gave him the Ghost Mirror, which recognized him as its master.
• Zhang Yuanqing asked Queen to find Princess Yinyao conservative clothing, introduced her to his companions, and watched her begin learning about modern life and cosmetics.
• Yin Ji messaged Zhang Yuanqing to meet at the Hundred Flowers Clubhouse, and Ling Jun revealed that his cousin was hosting a gathering there with Yin Ji among the guests.
• Zhang Yuanqing agreed to join Ling Jun at the gathering, intrigued by the prospect of meeting Yin Ji and Ling Jun’s cousin.

Zhang Yuanqing and Ling Jun joked about their styles and love lives on the way to Miao Teng'er’s social banquet. At the banquet, Miao Teng'er introduced guests to her friends while they discussed Flower Prince, Yuanshi Tianzun, and Yin Ji, and two casually dressed young men arrived.

• Zhang Yuanqing drove Ling Jun to the banquet, where Ling Jun defended spending his money on women and warned Zhang Yuanqing not to imitate him because of Guan Ya.
• Miao Teng'er hosted guests at Hundred Flowers Clubhouse, while Uncle Yang warned her that he had sensed a strange aura outside.
• Miao Teng'er introduced Broken Bridge Bloodstain, High Mountains and Flowing Water, and other eligible guests to the women at the banquet.
• The guests asked about Flower Prince and Yuanshi Tianzun, while Miao Teng'er said she had not invited Yuanshi Tianzun and that her cousin had yet to arrive.
• Miao Teng'er explained that Yin Ji had come unexpectedly, and the guests watched her draw the attention of the men around her.
• A waiter brought two casually dressed young men into the restaurant.

At Miao Teng'er’s banquet, Zhang Yuanqing drew attention from the guests, chose a Beast King bracelet from Yin Ji, and resisted Yan’er’s attempt to seduce him. Yan’er then tore her clothes and collapsed without a heartbeat after screaming for help, leaving Zhang Yuanqing baffled as footsteps approached.

• Miao Teng'er introduced Zhang Yuanqing and Ling Jun to the banquet guests, including Broken Bridge Bloodstain, Liu Zhiyi, Huayangzi, and Painting Virtuoso.
• Yan'er and Xie Lingyun sat close to Zhang Yuanqing while he recounted his adventures and gained the guests’ attention.
• Liu Zhiyi tried to approach Yin Ji, but a gust of sinister wind flung him and his chair across the hall.
• Zhang Yuanqing sat beside Yin Ji, who agreed to trade him a Beast King bracelet and warned him to control his emotions.
• Yan'er followed Zhang Yuanqing into the men's restroom and used an Illusionist's method to stir his desire, but he exposed her with the Ghost Mirror.
• Yan'er tore her clothes and screamed for help before collapsing without signs of life, and hurried footsteps sounded outside.

Zhang Yuanqing was framed for Yan'er’s death at a banquet, but he realized she had been possessed by an enemy who could combine Night Wanderer and Illusionist abilities. After the club was sealed off and communications were cut, he concluded that the enemy had targeted everyone inside.

• A security guard found Yan'er dead beside Zhang Yuanqing in the restroom and raised the alarm.
• Zhang Yuanqing recalled how Yan'er had seduced him, then discovered that her corpse held no spirit body and suspected she had been possessed.
• Miao Teng'er, Ling Jun, Yin Ji, and the other guests arrived, while Liu Zhiyi accused Zhang Yuanqing of killing Yan'er and Broken Bridge Bloodstain inferred that he had tried to violate her.
• Yin Ji confirmed that Yan'er's spirit body had dispersed, and Zhang Yuanqing argued that she might have been dead before someone possessed her.
• Zhang Yuanqing found no items on Yan'er and recognized that the enemy might be Pure Yang Sect Leader, who could use both Night Wanderer and Illusionist abilities.
• The guests discovered that the club had lost its phone signal and was sealed by a mysterious force, and Zhang Yuanqing told them a powerful enemy had targeted everyone inside.

At a dinner trapped inside a sealed clubhouse, Zhang Yuanqing identified the Pure Yang Sect Leader as the ancient cultivator manipulating the guests and tried to break the seal. His items failed, and a Sovereign-tier game began, forcing everyone to vote on which two companions to abandon.

• Liu Zhiyi accused Yuanshi Tianzun of betrayal, but Ling Jun’s tiger roar broke the crowd’s emotional influence and helped them see that something was wrong.
• Zhang Yuanqing questioned Yan’er’s bodyguards and concluded that the Pure Yang Sect Leader had possessed her and was now hiding among the guests.
• Zhang Yuanqing explained that the ancient cultivator could possess Night Wanderers and Illusionists, while Liu Zhiyi described how the enemy grew stronger by devouring them.
• Yin Ji prepared a spirit-trapping formation as Zhang Yuanqing used the Purple Thunder Hammer and Red Dancing Shoes to try to escape the seal, but neither item worked.
• Zhang Yuanqing recognized that the seal came from a Sovereign-tier item, and a projection announced a Grimm Forest board game that demanded the guests choose two companions to abandon within three minutes.

Zhang Yuanqing and the guests were forced to play Grimm’s Adventure, where a vote killed two waiters and a search for the Pure Yang Sect Leader led to a deadly false lead. When the game moved everyone into a scarecrow domain, the hidden enemy spread panic among the weaker guests, and Zhang Yuanqing realized a Musician among them might be able to counter it.

• The guests voted to sacrifice two waiters, and Zhang Yuanqing explained that they had ten minutes to find the Pure Yang Sect Leader before Grimm’s Adventure resumed.
• Zhang Yuanqing and Ling Jun organized the guests and staff to search for the hidden enemy, then used Lofty Mountains, Flowing Water’s lie-detecting token to check the Transcendence Realm Walkers.
• Painting Virtuoso stole the token and ran, so Broken Bridge Bloodstain shot him dead, but Zhang Yuanqing and the others found no trace of the Pure Yang Sect Leader’s spirit body.
• The die sent the group into a scarecrow domain that forbade movement for ten minutes, and a waitress and two Transcendence Realm Walkers died after trying to flee.
• The Pure Yang Sect Leader’s fear-inducing illusion began spreading panic through the crowd, and Zhang Yuanqing realized that a Musician could help counter it.

Zhang Yuanqing failed to identify the hidden Pure Yang Sect Leader before the next game round began. The Bandit Valley arrow attack killed many people, and Yin Ji realized the enemy had struck inside the restaurant.

• Xie Lingyun soothed the guests with her singing while Zhang Yuanqing tested the people present, but no one admitted to being the Pure Yang Sect Leader.
• Yin Ji explained that the Pure Yang Sect Leader had no Inventory, and Zhang Yuanqing ordered everyone to reveal their items; Liu Zhiyi tried to attack the staff, but Zhang Yuanqing stopped him.
• The die landed on four and sent the group into Bandit Valley, where three waves of arrows were announced.
• Lofty Mountains, Flowing Water raised a shield against the first arrow wave, but it shattered; the attack killed Huayangzi, two Night Wanderers, and several other people.
• Zhang Yuanqing shielded Yin Ji from the arrows, and after the first wave ended, Yin Ji spotted her dead fellow disciples and warned that the Pure Yang Sect Leader had made his move.

Zhang Yuanqing and the guests endured the second and third arrow barrages, and he used the fully charged Purple Thunder Shield to protect them. He discovered the Grimm's Adventure game board inside Golden Retriever, but the next roll weakened everyone as Pure Yang Sect Leader emerged from the dog's remains.

• Pure Yang Sect Leader killed two Night Wanderers, and a second arrow barrage forced Ling Jun to shield the guests in his giant-snake form.
• Zhang Yuanqing used his Golden Mask to stop the panicked guests from fleeing, but Ling Jun died while protecting them from the arrows.
• After Ling Jun revived, Liu Zhiyi insulted Yin Ji and Miao Teng'er, so Zhang Yuanqing beat him and then blocked the third arrow wave with the charged Purple Thunder Shield.
• Zhang Yuanqing sent Little Doubi to find the hidden game item, realized it was concealed inside Golden Retriever, and blasted the dog apart to reveal a bloodstained disc and a pearl.
• The next dice roll sent the players into the witch's house and weakened them all, while black smoke from Golden Retriever's remains formed into the white-haired Pure Yang Sect Leader.

The Pure Yang Sect Leader attacked Yuanshi Tianzun, but the black moon in Yuanshi Tianzun’s Role Card awakened and let him devour part of the Sect Leader’s spirit body. Yuanshi Tianzun regained his strength as the Pure Yang Sect Leader escaped, leaving him struggling to control the evil thoughts he had absorbed.

• The Pure Yang Sect Leader sealed Yin Ji and revealed that he had hidden in the dog’s dream using the Dream Pearl.
• Yuanshi Tianzun tried to evade the Sect Leader with the Slide-Tackle Shoes, then used the Military Soul Mask against an illusion during the Sect Leader’s attack.
• Yuanshi Tianzun activated Blue Face, but the Sect Leader possessed him and began devouring his spirit body.
• A black moon rose in Yuanshi Tianzun’s sea of consciousness and empowered him to devour part of the Sect Leader’s spirit body, forcing the Sect Leader to flee with two artifacts.
• Yuanshi Tianzun regained consciousness and warned the guests to call the Songhai Branch while he could still control himself.
• Miao Teng'er called Dog Elder for help as Yuanshi Tianzun tore off Yin Ji’s veil.

After surviving the Hundred Flowers Clubhouse attack, Zhang Yuanqing cleansed the Pure Yang Sect Leader’s mental corruption and concealed how he had driven the attacker back. He then dreamed of his father speaking about the fallen Chu Family and woke beside Guan Ya with a sudden realization about the dream.

• Zhang Yuanqing removed Yin Ji’s veil while corrupted, then apologized and withdrew to the lounge, where he used Evil-Breaking Talismans to clear the corruption but remained troubled by a deep sense of discord.
• Zhang Yuanqing considered how to explain his survival and told Fu Qingyang that Lady of Three Paths Mountain had left him a life-saving talisman.
• Fu Qingyang and Dog Elder reported the clubhouse attack at a meeting, where the elders discussed the casualties, the Pure Yang Sect Leader’s threat, and a reward for Zhang Yuanqing.
• Zhang Yuanqing dreamed that his father, Zhang Zizhen, said the Chu Family was gone and that a little girl would have to live in Songhai.
• Guan Ya stayed beside Zhang Yuanqing after he woke, and he suddenly sat upright when he connected the dream’s references to the Chu Family, a little girl, and his father.

After dreaming of Stop-Killing Palace Lord’s memories, Zhang Yuanqing investigated his father’s past and learned that Celestial Master Zhang had been a Sovereign Night Wanderer connected to the Chu Family and the Unfettered organization. He met Stop-Killing Palace Lord at midnight and asked whether she had known him long ago.

• Zhang Yuanqing asked Xie Su whether a scattered soul could be restored, then invited Stop-Killing Palace Lord to meet that night.
• Zhang Yuanqing visited Lian Sanyue, who revealed that Zoo’s previous owner was a Sovereign Night Wanderer called Celestial Master Zhang.
• Lian Sanyue told Zhang Yuanqing that Celestial Master Zhang and Chu Shang were close friends in the Unfettered organization, and that the Chu Family had been exterminated about twenty-one years earlier.
• Zhang Yuanqing returned to the villa, heard Li Chunfeng advise castration as a way to settle romantic rivalries, and learned that Guan Ya and Princess Yinyao were sparring.
• Zhang Yuanqing met Stop-Killing Palace Lord at midnight and asked whether she had known him long ago.