Chapter Summaries

Zhang Yuanqing’s team weighed how to identify the armored man without exposing the underground palace treasure, while the academy teachers investigated Xia Chaoxue’s murder. The headmaster announced that Zhu Mingxu had lied about his whereabouts, but the timing of his absence cast doubt on whether he was the killer.

• All Under Heaven Returns to Fire warned Zhang Yuanqing not to reveal his suspicion that the armored man belonged to Dark Night Rose, lest the academy investigate the underground palace and its treasure.
• The dean reasoned that the armored man might have killed Xia Chaoxue and sent Lin Su to ask the Mermaid Queen whether anything unusual had happened in the lake.
• Sun Miaomiao explained that the academy teachers probably lacked current information about Dark Night Rose, and Xiahou Aotian outlined why lunar yin’s secrecy could not be defeated by reverse reasoning.
• Red Chicken Bro noticed the team’s earpieces, but the headmaster’s announcement summoned everyone to the library for a new development in the case.
• The headmaster revealed that Zhu Mingxu had lied about leaving dinner for ten minutes, and Red Chicken Bro questioned whether that was enough time for him to commit the murder.

Zhu Mingxu confessed that he had used a Love Thread item on Xia Chaoxue, while Zhang Yuanqing and the Underground Palace Squad investigated the armored killer and the principal. The investigation remained unresolved, and the principal announced that Teacher Lin Su had been murdered.

• Zhu Mingxu admitted that he had secretly used a Love Thread item on Xia Chaoxue and visited her with a Night Wanderer item, but the lie detector showed that he had not killed her or told anyone about their relationship.
• Zhang Yuanqing and the Underground Palace Squad reasoned that the armored killer might be a female student who knew about Zhu Mingxu and Xia Chaoxue, and they planned ways to test their suspects and investigate the principal.
• Xiahou Aotian proposed using hallucinogenic smoke and hypnosis to question the principal, while the squad exchanged items and spread poison across the academy's plants and animal habitats.
• Zhang Yuanqing disguised himself as Lin Su, drugged and hypnotized the principal, and learned that the principal claimed he had only wanted to determine where the students had been; Zhang Yuanqing concealed the principal's affair with Lin Su.
• Sun Miaomiao reported that Cicada-Bearing Lord and Moon Rabbit were not the armored killer, while Zhang Yuanqing told the squad that questioning the principal had yielded no useful answers.
• The principal summoned everyone to the library and announced that Teacher Lin Su had been murdered.

After Teacher Lin Su was murdered, Yuanshi Tianzun deduced that the armored man had mistaken him for Lin Su and was targeting whoever entered the stone door. The armored man then influenced the dean to turn on the trainees, forcing the Underground Palace Squad into a dangerous confrontation.

• Teacher Song Man reported that Lin Su had died in bed with her heart shattered, and the trainees’ lie-detector test found no murderer among them.
• Zhang Yuanqing reasoned that the armored man had watched the dean’s residence and killed Lin Su after mistaking her disguise for Yuanshi Tianzun.
• Zhang Yuanqing linked Xia Chaoxue’s death to her absence from her dormitory and concluded that the armored man had learned about it through someone who knew of her connection to Zhu Mingxu.
• Moon Rabbit and Cicada-Bearing Lord reported being attacked by a man in blood-red armor, prompting Fire Demon Luo Lesheng to demand another lie-detector test.
• Zhang Yuanqing urged the trainees to avoid further investigations by staying together, but the dean accused them of killing Lin Su and blew a whistle.
• The dean roared that everyone had to die, revealing that the armored man had influenced him to force the culprit out through violence.

Three Yang Opens Madam used the Light Compass Fragment to steer the investigation toward Yuanshi Tianzun and Sun Miaomiao as the Tiger King and the maddened dean attacked the students. Sun Miaomiao revealed Ten Thousand Butcher and killed both enemies, then removed the armor before its cost could drive her to kill again; the survivors agreed to restrain her until they could report to headquarters.

• The dean ordered the Tiger King to slaughter the students, while Song Man and the teachers fought to subdue the dean and the students battled the beast.
• The Tiger King badly injured Three Yang Opens Madam, who used the Light Compass Fragment to prophesy that Yuanshi Tianzun would use the stone-gate treasure to kill the Tiger King and dean.
• The Tiger King killed Xie Lingzhou and Liu Yushu and wounded Red Chicken Bro, while Zhang Yuanqing transformed into a black bear and tried to hold it back.
• Three Yang Opens Madam concluded that Sun Miaomiao had the true treasure and made a prophecy that she would use it to kill the Tiger King and dean.
• Sun Miaomiao summoned Ten Thousand Butcher, killed the Tiger King and drained the dean of his blood, then removed the armor when All Under Heaven Returns to Fire warned her about its cost.
• The students and teachers accused Sun Miaomiao of killing Xia Chaoxue and Lin Su, but Three Yang Opens Madam proposed restraining her until the instance ended, and Sun Miaomiao agreed.

Zhang Yuanqing’s team attacked Three Yang Opens Madam, believing he was the Armor Man, while Ren Junzi revealed himself as the real culprit and used a prophecy item to control events. Zhang had anticipated the trap, rescued Sun Miaomiao, and possessed Ren Junzi to interrogate him.

• Zhang Yuanqing identified Three Yang Opens Madam as a likely suspect and led Zhao Chenghuang and All Under Heaven Returns to Fire to attack him in Room 612.
• The group discovered a ghost face on Three Yang Opens Madam’s back, which claimed its master had already obtained the armor.
• Ren Junzi knocked out Song Man and confronted Sun Miaomiao, using a golden compass to force her to surrender her treasures.
• Zhang Yuanqing appeared after Ren Junzi took the treasures, severed his hands and legs, and explained how he had used a clone and Perfect Skin to evade the prophecy.
• Zhang Yuanqing exposed Ren Junzi’s connection to Xia Chaoxue and the murder, then used Spirit Roaming to possess him.

Zhang Yuanqing killed Ren Junzi and learned that Dark Night Rose had sent him into Qin Feng Academy to find a treasure beneath Mermaid Lake. After the group agreed on a shared account and joined Zhang Yuanqing’s guild, the dungeon ended with no rewards.

• All Under Heaven Returns to Fire burned the parasitic gu beast on Ren Junzi, and Zhang Yuanqing used Spirit Devour to overcome the Great Protector’s blessing and consume Ren Junzi’s spirit.
• Zhang Yuanqing learned that Ren Junzi had infiltrated Qin Feng Academy for Dark Night Rose’s leader and had used Three Yang Opens Madam to mislead the group, then found the golden compass fragment on the floor.
• Zhang Yuanqing rescued Sun Miaomiao, told Teacher Song Man that Ren Junzi had been the armored man, and carried Sun Miaomiao back to the boys’ dormitory.
• Zhang Yuanqing told his companions what he had learned, discussed handing over the compass and agreeing on a shared account, then invited them to join his guild, Return of the Dead.
• Sun Miaomiao took a detox pill and left, while Zhang Yuanqing returned to his room and went to sleep; the next morning, the Spirit Realm announced that Qin Feng Academy was complete and awarded no experience or items.

After returning from the Qin Feng Academy underground palace, Zhang Yuanqing coordinated the team’s story with Fu Qingyang and reported the Light Compass fragment and recovered treasures. Fu Qingyang arranged to trade the fragment for a Myriad Worlds Trading House redemption ticket, while Zhang Yuanqing prepared to investigate High Plain of Heaven with the Stop-Killing Palace Lord and offered Fu Qingyang a Sovereign-grade cloak.

• Zhang Yuanqing rejected the underground palace team’s initial warehouse requests as a joke, then approved them and agreed Xiahou Aotian could auction one antique.
• Zhang Yuanqing learned that Guan Ya had taken Queen and Li Chunfeng on a mission, then told Fu Qingyang about Ren Junzi’s attack at Qin Feng Academy while leaving out the underground palace’s details.
• Fu Qingyang advised Zhang Yuanqing to play ignorant about Ren Junzi’s motive and said Sun Miaomiao’s armor was the main weakness in their story; Sun Miaomiao persuaded Elder Sun to claim he had given it to her.
• Zhang Yuanqing showed Fu Qingyang the Light Compass fragment, and Fu Qingyang proposed trading it to the president of the Merchant Guild for a redemption ticket.
• Zhang Yuanqing revealed the Nüwa Sovereign Map and Twin Dragon Jade Pendant, and Fu Qingyang recognized the Xie Family’s Holy Infant and Lian Sanyue’s furnace.
• Fu Qingyang tested Zhang Yuanqing’s resolve to travel with the Stop-Killing Palace Lord, then declined the Swordmaster’s Cloak, so Zhang Yuanqing offered it to Guan Ya and asked Fu Qingyang to appraise it.

Zhang Yuanqing gave Fu Qingyang a powerful Scout cloak and a sword manual, then warned his companions about the missing terracotta army core as Dark Night Rose investigated the academy incident. Fear Heavenly King revealed that Role Cards could be replaced from order to freedom, leaving Zhang Yuanqing stunned by the Spirit Realm’s role in the system.

• Zhang Yuanqing gave Fu Qingyang the Court Swordmaster Cloak, which increased Scout, Swordsman, and Puppet Master skills by 40%, and Fu Qingyang accepted it as a gift.
• Zhang Yuanqing gave Fu Qingyang a Sword Control Technique manual, and Fu Qingyang warned him that the terracotta army’s controlling core was missing and advised his companions to check themselves.
• The Grand Protector divined that Ren Junzi’s death had no apparent cause and ordered an investigation into Qin Feng Academy’s trainees.
• Cloud Master suspected that Yuanshi Tianzun had been involved in the academy’s hidden mission and told Ling Jun to watch him.
• Zhang Yuanqing raised the missing terracotta army core in the group chat, then contacted Fear Heavenly King about his class change.
• Fear Heavenly King told Zhang Yuanqing that Role Cards could be replaced from order to freedom, and described them as both protection for Spirit Realm Walkers and a self-defense mechanism of the Spirit Realm.

Zhang Yuanqing considered the dangers of Role Cards, his death prophecy, and whether to save Magic Eye, while Fu Qingyang revealed he had temporarily cut Zhang Yuanqing’s marriage red thread. Meanwhile, Xiahou Aotian investigated the terracotta warrior core and discovered that his examination machine detected two people in his body.

• Zhang Yuanqing questioned Fear Heavenly King about Role Cards and the Spirit Realm’s self-defense mechanism, then decided to wait for level-five Stargazing before deciding whether to save Magic Eye.
• Yin Ji refused to tell Zhang Yuanqing how to obtain Taiyi Sect’s secret technique, and he considered using Perfect Skin to evade Fear Heavenly King’s contract and curse.
• Ling Jun learned that the Hundred Flowers Society suspected Zhang Yuanqing had uncovered Qin Feng Academy’s hidden mission and agreed to keep an eye on him.
• Fu Qingyang told Zhang Yuanqing he had cut his marriage red thread for twenty-four hours to guard against the Stop-Killing Palace Lord’s Musician skill.
• Xiahou Aotian entered the patriarch’s treasure vault to examine himself, and the scanner warned him not to scan two people at the same time.

Xiahou Aotian discovered that a Qin Kingdom Occultist had possessed him and agreed to work with the ancient spirit. Meanwhile, Zhang Yuanqing and Guan Ya broke up after their feelings changed, and Fu Qingyang told Zhang Yuanqing the Merchant Guild's president wanted to meet him that night.

• Xiahou Aotian's scanner revealed a high-level wraith possessing him, and the spirit identified itself as an Occultist of the Qin Kingdom who had survived for over two thousand years.
• The Occultist offered to teach Xiahou Aotian alchemy and artifact forging in exchange for spiritual power and help finding a soul-nourishing artifact.
• Zhang Yuanqing found that Xie Lingxi and Queen treated him with unusual distance, and Guan Ya told him she no longer liked him; he left the villa after their breakup.
• Zhang Yuanqing spent the evening playing games with Jiang Yu'er at his grandmother's house and reflected that family remained dependable despite his broken relationship.
• Fu Qingyang called Zhang Yuanqing and said the Merchant Guild's president wanted to meet him that night, arranging for him to come over at ten.

Zhang Yuanqing met the Merchant Guild chairman, received a powerful exchange ticket for returning the Light Compass Fragment, and asked about the Carefree Organization. The ticket then offered to trade for his Lunar Moon Origin Fragment, exposing how much it knew about him.

• Zhang Yuanqing left home and used a black jade talisman from Fu Qingyang to teleport to the chairman’s nightclub suite.
• The chairman thanked Zhang Yuanqing for finding the Light Compass Fragment, gave it to him, and rewarded him with a Class A Myriad Worlds Trading House Exchange Ticket.
• The chairman explained that the ticket exchanged items for power, could only be used by its holder, and chose what it wanted in the trade.
• The chairman said the Carefree Organization’s Solar Twins and Shadow Twins had taken the compass’s core fragment after the White Tiger Corps old marshal died protecting it.
• Zhang Yuanqing took the exchange ticket out of his Inventory and saw it ask to trade for his Lunar Moon Origin Fragment.

Zhang Yuanqing confronted the Stop-Killing Palace Lord about her secrets, then agreed to travel with her to the High Plain of Heaven. They opened the entrance beneath Mount Fuji and revealed a towering door of light, leaving their journey into the hidden place about to begin.

• Zhang Yuanqing rejected the Exchange Ticket's offers, learned why Bill had invested in him, and returned to Fu Qingyang with the ticket.
• Zhang Yuanqing asked Fu Qingyang to keep the red string secret from Guan Ya, then met the Stop-Killing Palace Lord and challenged her about Nuwa and his father's hidden item.
• After the Stop-Killing Palace Lord admitted she had concealed truths to protect him, Zhang Yuanqing agreed to visit the High Plain of Heaven with her the next morning.
• Zhang Yuanqing advised Xiahou Aotian to sell the antiques through the House of Myriad Treasures, while Xiahou Aotian discussed alchemy with the Occultist in his ring.
• At Mount Fuji, the Stop-Killing Palace Lord opened a cavern beneath the High Plain of Heaven, and Zhang Yuanqing placed the jade disc in the Golden Crow statue's eye, revealing a door of light.

Zhang Yuanqing and the Stop-Killing Palace Lord entered the High Plain of Heaven and activated the Bronze Divine Tree, where they found the Demon Refining Pot and relics connected to Nüwa Sovereign. As they examined the ancient bronze records, they discovered a depiction of meteorites granting divine power to the people who found them.

• Zhang Yuanqing ordered Little Doubi and the Ghost Bride to guard the entrance while he and the Stop-Killing Palace Lord entered the High Plain of Heaven.
• The Stop-Killing Palace Lord used Nüwa Sovereign's divine blood to activate the Bronze Divine Tree, opening its living interior.
• The Stop-Killing Palace Lord identified the bronze pot as the Demon Refining Pot, collected the Life Essence inside it, and made Zhang Yuanqing a clay body that could serve as a backup after death.
• Zhang Yuanqing and the Stop-Killing Palace Lord examined the bronze plates and found one depicting meteorites that gave ancient people divine powers.

Zhang Yuanqing and the Stop-Killing Palace Lord uncovered carvings suggesting meteor showers created ancient supernatural powers and caused a catastrophe that Nüwa Sovereign stopped, while they remained uncertain about who or what caused it. They extracted Solar Power from the Bronze Divine Tree, and the chapter ended with Xiahou Aotian arriving at the House of Myriad Treasures in disguise.

• Zhang Yuanqing and the Stop-Killing Palace Lord studied the bronze carvings and inferred that a second meteor shower had created monstrous beings and triggered an ancient catastrophe.
• Zhang Yuanqing connected the catastrophe to the Carefree Sect’s records and questioned whether experimenters had caused the meteor showers, but the Palace Lord warned that the evidence was incomplete.
• Zhang Yuanqing recognized the ten Little Suns carved atop the Bronze Divine Tree as possibly the Golden Crows associated with the Demon Lord’s Little Sun.
• The Stop-Killing Palace Lord used her Fate Commander abilities to make the Bronze Divine Tree give birth to ten strands of Solar Power and stored them in the Demon Refining Pot for Zhang Yuanqing.
• Zhang Yuanqing collected the six bronze plates and prepared to return, while Xiahou Aotian disguised himself and arrived at the House of Myriad Treasures.
• A woman inside the shop told Xiahou Aotian to stop putting on a monkey show and come in.

Xiahou Aotian sold Qin dynasty relics to Lian Sanyue and discovered that her cauldron was a rule-type item. Meanwhile, Zhang Yuanqing learned more about cultivation secret arts, offered to help the Taiyi Sect contact the Nihility Sect, and headed to speak with Fu Qingyang.

• Xiahou Aotian sold Lian Sanyue Qin dynasty relics for auction and paid her to keep the deal secret.
• Xiahou Aotian paid to enter the House of Myriad Treasures' black market but found no bargains, so Lian Sanyue showed him a cauldron that he recognized as a rule-type item.
• Zhang Yuanqing returned to Songhai and read messages from Guan Ya, Xie Lingxi, the Queen, and Sun Miaomiao.
• Yin Ji told Zhang Yuanqing that cultivation secret arts could unbalance the powers of the sun, moon, and stars, and warned that the Sun's supreme power might be troubled.
• Zhang Yuanqing offered to help the Taiyi Sect contact the Nihility Sect about the Pure Yang Sect Leader and asked Sun Miaomiao to compile a list of Taiyi Sect Night Wanderers.
• Zhang Yuanqing used Star Escape to appear outside Fu Qingyang's study.

Zhang Yuanqing reported his discoveries from High Plain of Heaven to Fu Qingyang, who examined bronze plates depicting ancient events and questioned what they revealed about Nüwa Sovereign and the Spirit Realm. Meanwhile, Xiahou Aotian learned the Hundred-Forged Furnace’s history and lost nearly all his materials trying to use it, leaving the chapter with him threatening to blow himself up.

• Zhang Yuanqing told Fu Qingyang about the Demon Refining Pot, the Palace Lord’s plan to nourish his clay figurine avatar and Solar Power, and the bronze plates he had brought back.
• Fu Qingyang reacted angrily to Zhang Yuanqing giving the Demon Refining Pot to the Palace Lord, then studied the bronze carvings and questioned Zhang Yuanqing’s theories about meteorites and the Spirit Realm.
• Fu Qingyang suggested Nüwa Sovereign’s power beyond demigod rank made her unusual, but rejected Zhang Yuanqing’s speculation about the Spirit Realm’s role in the ancient apocalypse as too simplistic.
• The Qin Kingdom Occultist told Xiahou Aotian that the Hundred-Forged Furnace was part of Nüwa Sovereign’s inheritance and recounted how the First Emperor’s attempts to use it caused disasters.
• Xiahou Aotian fed increasingly valuable materials into the Hundred-Forged Furnace, gaining little energy, then assembled his weapon and threatened to take everyone down with him.

Zhang Yuanqing tried to manipulate Guan Ya into regretting their breakup, but she saw through his scheme and beat him up. After Ling Jun advised him to let her feel his absence, Zhang Yuanqing shut himself away, and Guan Ya lay awake until she heard him sneak to her door.

• Zhang Yuanqing learned that Guan Ya had gone to his house, rejected Xiahou Aotian’s request to access the warehouse, and planned his next steps.
• Lian Sanyue offered Xiahou Aotian a partial refund for the materials lost to the furnace, while Fu Qingyang and Ling Jun discussed Guan Ya’s relationship and possible changes to the Spirit Realm’s performance assessments.
• Zhang Yuanqing pretended to accept the breakup, but Guan Ya recognized his scheme, threw him down, and dislocated his arm before leaving.
• Zhang Yuanqing complained to Ling Jun, who advised him to make Guan Ya feel his absence; Zhang Yuanqing stayed in his room for the rest of the day, and Guan Ya went upstairs after dinner.
• Guan Ya tossed and turned late into the night until she heard Zhang Yuanqing quietly open her bedroom door and ask if she was asleep.

The Pure Yang Sect Leader met with Dark Night Rose in Kaifeng, while Fu Qingyang warned Zhang Yuanqing that Guan Ya’s family would oppose their relationship and gave him Qin Feng Academy’s training roster. In Gold Mountain City, Little Fatty reported to the Grand Elder that Yuanshi Tianzun had approached him.

• The Pure Yang Sect Leader met a water-bodied representative of Dark Night Rose, discussed his plans and the threats from the Taiyi Sect and Five Elements Alliance, and agreed to help them if circumstances allowed.
• Fu Qingyang told Zhang Yuanqing that Guan Ya’s mother would oppose their relationship, explained that she might use her influence against him, and handed him the Qin Feng Academy roster.
• Little Fatty saw Yuanshi Tianzun in Gold Mountain City and told Little Round that he had gone to Songhai; Little Round reacted with restrained displeasure.
• Little Fatty entered the dream palace and reported to the Grand Elder that Yuanshi Tianzun had come looking for him.

Little Fatty was ordered to negotiate the Nihility Sect’s cooperation against the Pure Yang Sect Leader, while learning that Master Wuhen might be nearing demigodhood. Zhang Yuanqing investigated Dark Night Rose, uncovered more about its leader’s concealment and Fu Qingyang’s family, and ended by questioning whether the Demon Lord had truly died.

• The Nihility Sect’s Grand Elder ordered Little Fatty to represent the sect in negotiations with Yuanshi Tianzun’s allies in two days and asked him to keep watch on The Past Leaves No Trace, whose strength might approach demigod level.
• Zhang Yuanqing examined Qin Feng Academy’s training roster, but Fu Qingyang pointed out that Dark Night Rose’s leader could not have attended the academy because the leader had died before it was founded and later revived using the Mother Goddess’s Womb.
• Ling Jun warned Zhang Yuanqing that investigating Dark Night Rose’s leader could expose him to fate-based detection, while Zhang Yuanqing found Fear Heavenly King’s old Spirit Realm ID, Freedom Dove, on the roster.
• Zhang Yuanqing discovered that Fu Qingxuan was Fu Qingyang’s older sister, the Female Marshal, and Fu Qingyang explained that headquarters limited alliance leaders’ authority.
• Ling Jun said the Taiyi Sect could not locate Dark Night Rose’s leader, who might wield lunar-moon power and have touched upon its origin; Zhang Yuanqing suspected the leader possessed a Lunar Moon Origin Fragment.
• Zhang Yuanqing realized that the lunar moon could shield the Demon Lord from divination too, and began to doubt whether the Taiyi Sect Master’s report of the Demon Lord’s death was accurate.

Zhang Yuanqing arranged a potential alliance between Elder Hongying and the Nihility Sect, then returned to Fu Family Bay and continued his new relationship with Guan Ya. As Queen reacted to their intimacy and Xie Lingxi received her message, Zhang Yuanqing learned the Nihility Sect’s meeting conditions and obtained Sun Miaomiao’s list of Night Wanderers.

• Zhang Yuanqing reassured himself that the Demon Lord was dead, then asked Fu Qingyang to help Elder Hongying cooperate with the Nihility Sect against the Pure Yang Sect Leader; Fu Qingyang agreed, citing Elder Gao Feng as protection against betrayal.
• Little Fatty asked Master Wuhen whether reaching demigod status would provoke the Sect Leader, and learned that Wuhen had spent twenty years lowering his level to avoid slaughter.
• Rabbit Girl told Zhang Yuanqing that Queen had become upset about Guan Ya sleeping with him, and that Guan Ya had taken Queen and Princess Yinyao to practice fighting.
• Zhang Yuanqing reunited with Guan Ya, and they resumed their sexual relationship while Queen trained with Princess Yinyao and messaged Xie Lingxi about Guan Ya.
• Xie Lingxi read Queen’s message during Xie Lingzhou’s funeral and began crying dramatically, convincing the mourners that she was overcome with grief.
• After Guan Ya went to shower, Zhang Yuanqing read Kou Beiyue’s message about the Nihility Sect’s meeting conditions and downloaded Sun Miaomiao’s list of Night Wanderers.