Chapter Summaries

Zhang Yuanqing secured Fu Qingxuan’s promise to protect him from the Green Wheat Branch, while Minister Poppy’s family unexpectedly ordered their men to bring him home. That night, Zhang prepared a level-six wraith for his Spirit Servants and presented Ghost Bride with a gift.

• Zhang Yuanqing buttered up Fu Qingxuan and explained his conflict with the Green Wheat Branch, prompting her to promise to threaten them on his behalf.
• Zhang Yuanqing told Xie Lingxi, Queen, and Annie that Fu Qingxuan had agreed to protect him, leaving Annie worried that she could no longer recruit him.
• Gods Above reported Minister Poppy’s injury to his wife, who threatened Zhang and said she would send the Investigation Department’s Sixth Uncle after him.
• Minister Poppy’s wife abruptly ordered Gods Above to bring Poppy back, and Gods Above and Snail Rice Noodles suspected that Zhang’s background had frightened her.
• Zhang Yuanqing prepared a Spirit Talisman formation to refine a level-six wraith and summoned Ghost Bride, Little Doubi, and White Orchid.
• Zhang Yuanqing told Ghost Bride that he had prepared a gift for her.

Zhang Yuanqing upgraded White Orchid and Little Doubi, then returned to the dormitory and learned that the Five Elements Alliance had lost badly at an exchange meeting with Heaven’s Punishment. The chapter left him reviewing the defeats and wondering how many more powerful young experts Heaven’s Punishment had.

• Zhang Yuanqing used a Spirit Talisman formation and a level-six wraith to raise White Orchid to level six and Little Doubi to level four, then infused White Orchid with the Source of Plague.
• Zhang Yuanqing tested White Orchid’s new disease-spreading ability and found that it briefly weakened him before his Night Wanderer constitution cleared the effects.
• Zhang Yuanqing returned to the Southern Ming Branch dormitory, where Xie Lingxi showed him a popular forum post about the exchange meeting.
• Zhang Yuanqing watched footage of Osmon defeating Jiang Ju with a seawater-releasing pendant and taunting Yuanshi Tianzun for avoiding a challenge.
• Zhang Yuanqing watched Hoover defeat Yin Ji with aerial wind-blade attacks and saw Huang Taiji and a Heaven’s Punishment knight end their match in a draw.
• Zhang Yuanqing asked Annie whether Heaven’s Punishment had many experts like the three challengers.

Zhang Yuanqing discussed Heaven's Punishment's elite fighters, prepared the Southern Ming Branch to help capture a wanted criminal, and learned that Heaven's Punishment had arrived in Bagui Province. Meanwhile, Osmon, Hoover, and Xia Zuo traveled toward the Green Wheat Branch, planning to recruit its help in searching the mountains for the Underworld King.

• Annie explained that Heaven's Punishment had more top-tier experts than the Five Elements Alliance and assessed Zhang Yuanqing's chances against Osmon, Hoover, and Xia Zuo.
• Zhang Yuanqing read reactions to Heaven's Punishment's victories, while commenters mocked Ling Jun for claiming Yuanshi Tianzun as his student.
• Zhang Yuanqing learned that the Southern Ming Branch's seized money had been returned and told Drug Chaser to put the branch on standby for a coming operation.
• Fu Qingyang informed Zhang Yuanqing that Heaven's Punishment had arrived in Bagui Province to contact the Green Wheat Branch.
• Xia Zuo explained the Green Wheat Branch's origins and territory as Hoover suggested bribing them to help search the Hundred Thousand Mountains for the Underworld King.

Xia Zuo’s team arrived at the Green Wheat Branch and hired its help to search the Hundred Thousand Mountains for the Underworld King, while Zhang Yuanqing learned that Heaven’s Punishment was moving against the same target. With the Green Wheat Branch’s support making a direct confrontation too dangerous, Zhang Yuanqing went to the mountains ahead of the others to locate the Underworld King before he fell asleep.

• Xia Zuo’s team reached the Green Wheat Branch, where Iron Ox checked their credentials and led them to Wu Agui’s villa.
• Demon Hunter paid the Green Wheat Branch a deposit of three million Federation dollars to search the Hundred Thousand Mountains and seal off the area.
• Zhang Yuanqing warned Drug Chaser and his companions that Heaven’s Punishment had arrived, then learned the details from Cloud Dream during a flattering phone call.
• Zhang Yuanqing and his companions discussed ways to keep the Green Wheat Branch from aiding Heaven’s Punishment, and Xie Lingxi suggested having Cloud Dream lead the team astray.
• Zhang Yuanqing went to a hotel near the Hundred Thousand Mountains and began using the star chart to locate the Underworld King before his slumber began.

Zhang Yuanqing used the Great Luo Star Chart to locate the Underworld King's sleeping place in the Hundred Thousand Mountains and rushed there before the Green Wheat Branch's search teams could close in. He found two sleeping Green Grain Tribe scouts near the site and urged Princess Yinyao to move, leaving the search effort on the verge of exposing his target.

• The Underworld King hid in a cave in the Hundred Thousand Mountains, prayed to an Infant Spirit statue for blessings, and fell asleep beneath a curse that put the surrounding forest to sleep.
• Zhang Yuanqing used the Great Luo Star Chart to locate the Underworld King's sleeping place and sent Princess Yinyao to take the Perfect Skin to Cloud Dream at the Green Wheat Branch.
• Cloud Dream rejected Osmon's advances and said Yuanshi Tianzun was more handsome, while Osmon waited for news from the mountain search.
• Two Green Grain Tribe scouts and their beasts entered the cursed pine forest, fell asleep, and one scout nearly reported their discovery before succumbing to the curse.
• Zhang Yuanqing arrived by starlight, saw the sleeping scouts, and called Princess Yinyao to move immediately.

Zhang Yuanqing and the Stop-Killing Palace Lord tracked the Underworld King through his sleep-inducing zone while Heaven's Punishment and the Green Grain Tribe searched for him. After the Palace Lord captured the Underworld King, Wu Agui and Osmon arrived, leaving Zhang Yuanqing facing new opponents.

• Zhang Yuanqing tested the Underworld King's Sleeping Curse, found that it weakened him and sealed many abilities, and withdrew to wait for the Stop-Killing Palace Lord.
• Osmon reviewed Heaven's Punishment's information on Yuanshi Tianzun and planned to challenge him, while Cloud Dream reported finding the wanted criminal in the northeast.
• The Stop-Killing Palace Lord arrived, but the Demon Hunter approached, so Zhang Yuanqing hid her, the Green Grain Tribe members, and the strange beasts in Little Red Riding Hood.
• Wu Agui and Osmon learned that the report had been a deception, and Osmon urged the Green Grain Tribe to search the southwest for the Underworld King.
• After the Sleeping Curse faded, Zhang Yuanqing found the Stop-Killing Palace Lord had captured the Underworld King, but Wu Agui and Osmon arrived in a flash of green light.

Zhang Yuanqing and the Stop-Killing Palace Lord tried to take the Underworld King away, but Wu Agui and Wu Youhua’s arrival left them surrounded by the Green Wheat Branch and Heaven’s Punishment. After Poppy accused Zhang Yuanqing of injuring her and stealing tribal money, Wu Youhua ordered him to sever an arm, prompting Zhang Yuanqing to reveal his true face.

• Osmon attacked Zhang Yuanqing and the Stop-Killing Palace Lord, but Wu Agui subdued them and caught Osmon’s bullet after Zhang Yuanqing identified himself as a Five Elements Alliance executive.
• Wu Youhua arrived with Green Wheat Branch troops as the Demon Hunter, Hoover, and Xia Zuo joined Osmon, surrounding Zhang Yuanqing and the Stop-Killing Palace Lord.
• Wu Youhua tore up Zhang Yuanqing’s credentials and sided with Heaven’s Punishment, but Wu Agui argued that the branch had to verify the mission with the Songhai Branch.
• The Demon Hunter and Hoover offered the Green Wheat Branch ten million federal dollars to hand over the Underworld King, and Wu Youhua accepted despite Wu Agui’s objections.
• Poppy accused Zhang Yuanqing of injuring her and embezzling tribal money, so Wu Youhua seized the Underworld King and ordered Zhang Yuanqing to sever one arm.
• Zhang Yuanqing refused to submit and changed his face, preparing to reveal his real identity.

Zhang Yuanqing revealed his identity and forced the Green Wheat Branch to withdraw from Heaven's Punishment's attempt to seize the Underworld King. As the Demon Hunter and the Stop-Killing Palace Lord fought overhead, Zhang Yuanqing faced Heaven's Punishment's three Saints and summoned his powerful undead allies.

• Cloud Dream recognized Zhang Yuanqing, and the Green Wheat Branch clansmen realized who had arrived.
• Zhang Yuanqing invoked the Marshal's authority, while Cloud Dream and the clan's concerns about headquarters swayed the Green Wheat Branch.
• Wu Youhua refused to hand over the Underworld King but withdrew his clan from the conflict, and the Demon Hunter sealed the captive with an Evernight-class item.
• The Stop-Killing Palace Lord attacked the Demon Hunter, who countered her song by rupturing his eardrum and using wind blades.
• Osmon, Hoover, and Xia Zuo surrounded Zhang Yuanqing as Drug Chaser prepared to intervene, but the Wanderer of the Human World told him to wait.
• Zhang Yuanqing summoned nine figures, three level-six yin corpses, and two level-six Spirit Servants, then challenged all three Saints; a female corpse struck Osmon from behind.

Zhang Yuanqing used his stargazing and arsenal of Yin corpses and items to defeat Hoover, Osmon, and Xia Zuo in the ground battle. After the Yin-Yang Turntable trapped and weakened the three Heaven's Punishment elites, Greedy Divine General incapacitated them while Zhang Yuanqing protected the restriction from the Demon Hunter's attack.

• Princess Yinyao used the Mountain God Scepter to suppress Osmon, while Hoover recognized Zhang Yuanqing's stargazing and ordered his allies to abandon their plan.
• Zhang Yuanqing equipped Greedy Divine General with the Heaven-Worship Set, which let it repel Hoover's hurricane and Osmon's electrified waves.
• Xia Zuo used Decree to prohibit corpse puppets and Spirit Servants, but Princess Yinyao broke the law with a disguised corpse puppet, forcing him to use Judgment.
• Greedy Divine General overwhelmed Xia Zuo in close combat, while Hoover and Osmon turned it to stone and shattered an apparent illusion before Yi Chuanmei's shriek disrupted them.
• Zhang Yuanqing's Yin-Yang Turntable trapped Hoover, Osmon, and Xia Zuo, draining their vitality as the Ghost Bride's disease took hold; he shielded the domain from the Demon Hunter's wind blade.
• Greedy Divine General dismembered Hoover and blasted Osmon and Xia Zuo aside, and Zhang Yuanqing declared victory after the three opponents were incapacitated.

Zhang Yuanqing defeated Osmon, Hoover, and Xia Zuo, seized their items and the Underworld King, and escaped the Demon Hunter with a teleportation talisman. After returning to Songhai, he assessed his spoils and began planning how to handle the political fallout, then told Fu Qingyang that he had beaten all three Saints.

• Zhang Yuanqing used his items, corpse puppets, and Spirit Servants to defeat Osmon, Hoover, and Xia Zuo, then took their equipment while the Stop-Killing Palace Lord held off the Demon Hunter.
• Zhang Yuanqing removed the black cross, collected the Underworld King and his summons, and escaped with a Teleportation Jade Talisman as the Demon Hunter arrived; the Stop-Killing Palace Lord also teleported away.
• Drug Chaser ordered the operation team to retreat, while Cloud Dream and the onlookers reacted to Zhang Yuanqing's victory.
• Zhang Yuanqing returned to the Fu Family Bay villa, considered how to negotiate over the Underworld King and explain his exposed items, then told Annie to contact the Goddess of Beauty Association.
• Zhang Yuanqing examined the stolen items and decided to keep the charming perfume and Thunder God's Seal before going to Fu Qingyang's study.
• Fu Qingyang tried to comfort Zhang Yuanqing over his supposed defeat, but Zhang Yuanqing revealed that he had beaten all three Saints, making Fu Qingyang drop his cigar ash.

After defeating Heaven’s Punishment’s Saints, Zhang Yuanqing discussed the Underworld King and the Free Covenant with Fu Qingyang, while the battle’s footage spread across the Five Elements Alliance forum and drew widespread attention. The chapter ended with Yin Ji watching the battle video and wondering whether Zhang Yuanqing had been hurt while avenging her.

• Zhang Yuanqing told Fu Qingyang how he had defeated the three Heaven’s Punishment Saints, and Stop-Killing Palace Lord called to confirm she had escaped their battle safely.
• Fu Qingyang advised Zhang Yuanqing to let headquarters and the other interested groups make offers for the Underworld King before deciding what to do with him.
• Fu Qingyang and Zhang Yuanqing questioned the Underworld King, who revealed that his father, Eternal Dream, belonged to the Free Covenant, a hidden organization behind major historical events.
• The Underworld King said Heaven’s Punishment had sought a list of Free Covenant members, but he had memorized it rather than kept a copy; Fu Qingyang then sent him to the detention room.
• The Demon Hunter’s subordinates recovered aboard their flight as the Five Elements Alliance forum erupted over posts and videos showing Zhang Yuanqing defeating three peak Saints.
• Yin Ji saw Elder Hongying share the battle footage and hurried to watch it after wondering whether Zhang Yuanqing had been injured while taking revenge for her.

Yin Ji analyzed Yuanshi Tianzun’s battle against Heaven’s Punishment and withheld her conclusion that his Stargazing Art might predict a Dominion-level enemy. As headquarters discussed the Free Covenant’s hidden history and Zhang Yuanqing woke to hundreds of messages about the battle, the Alliance prepared to receive the Goddess of Beauty Association and negotiate with him.

• Yin Ji studied the footage and concluded Yuanshi Tianzun had predicted and countered Heaven’s Punishment’s attacks, then chose not to reveal her suspicion that his Stargazing Art could predict a Dominion-level existence.
• Xiahou Aotian watched the battle repeatedly, envied Yuanshi Tianzun, and learned from the Qin dynasty occultist that he would have been an artisan in ancient times.
• Heaven’s Punishment returned to the capital, but the hotel staff and foreign guests department manager treated the defeated group with contempt and refused to immediately arrange a meeting with Elder Miao.
• Di Hong briefed the headquarters elders on the Free Covenant and revealed that its wartime Same Boat Society had recruited local elites to seize control of the country, and that the Alliance Leader had once belonged to it.
• The elders directed Elder Miao to receive the Goddess of Beauty Association and have Yuanshi Tianzun name his price; the next day, Zhang Yuanqing turned off airplane mode and found hundreds of messages about the battle.

After defeating Heaven's Punishment's three Saints, Zhang Yuanqing fielded messages, family calls, and a flood of public praise while the battle's truth spread through Heaven's Punishment. Annie then told him the Goddess of Beauty Association's minister wanted to meet, and Zhang Yuanqing refused a private meeting until Annie mentioned the Merchant Guild's president.

• Zhang Yuanqing replied to Fear Heavenly King and Demon Eye Heavenly King, then learned from Kou Beiyue that the Southern Faction was studying his combat footage for a future hunt.
• Zhang Yuanqing answered congratulations, ignored Chen Shu and Fu Xue's calls and messages, and replied to Fu Qingyang about Xiahou Aotian's attempted resignation.
• Zhang Yuanqing read forum praise for his victory and watched Heaven's Punishment members discover that the Five Elements Alliance's report of the battle was true.
• Annie called to say the Goddess of Beauty Association's minister wanted to meet Zhang Yuanqing, but he refused to meet her privately and insisted on Fu Family Bay.
• Annie asked whether Zhang Yuanqing would agree if the Merchant Guild's president were present.

Zhang Yuanqing met with the Goddess of Beauty Association’s Minister Diana and received the Companion Spirit Moon as payment for capturing Underworld King. After learning about the Free Covenant and rejecting Diana’s proposed personal partnership, he wondered whether they had met before.

• Zhang Yuanqing agreed to meet Annie’s minister after learning the Merchant Guild president would attend, and Annie brought him to their private room with teleportation jade.
• Diana said the Goddess of Beauty Association had already obtained Underworld King’s list but paid Zhang Yuanqing the agreed money and points, plus the Demon Lord’s Companion Spirit Moon.
• Zhang Yuanqing tested the Companion Spirit Moon and gained a major boost to his Lunar Moon abilities, a connection to the Lunar Moon Origin Fragment, and the ability to grant Concealment Protection.
• Diana and the president explained that the Free Covenant might have infiltrated lawful organizations, and warned Zhang Yuanqing not to pursue the list.
• Diana proposed that Annie become Zhang Yuanqing’s assistant and that he visit the Goddess of Beauty Association after advancing to Sovereign, but Zhang Yuanqing requested a paid partnership without personal obligations.
• As the meeting ended, Zhang Yuanqing asked Diana whether they had met before.

Zhang Yuanqing revisited his memories, uncovered suspicions about the Merchant president and the Pure Yang Sect Leader, and accepted Fu Qingyang’s support. Meanwhile, Fu Xue arranged an eight-million-dollar sponsorship from Heaven’s Punishment, and Zhang Yuanqing joined a tense meeting with his former opponents.

• Zhang Yuanqing bought a teleportation jade stone from the Merchant president, then used pills and Life Essence to rewind his memories six months and realized he had not met Diana during that period.
• Zhang Yuanqing told Fu Qingyang about the Merchant president, and Fu Qingyang said headquarters wanted him to attend a meeting about the Underworld King; Zhang Yuanqing offered Fu Qingyang the jade stone.
• At a banquet, Fu Xue claimed Yuanshi Tianzun was her future son-in-law, and Ivan Charles offered to sponsor him with eight million Federation dollars.
• Fu Xue advised Zhang Yuanqing that overseas ties could protect his standing in the Five Elements Alliance, but he remained wary of the sponsorship and the World Salvation Society.
• Zhang Yuanqing attended the nine o’clock online meeting with Fu Qingyang, Elder Miao, the secretaries, and Heaven’s Punishment representatives Osmon, Hoover, and Xia Zuo, greeting his defeated opponents cheerfully.

Zhang Yuanqing and Fu Qingyang turned a dispute with Heaven’s Punishment over seized items into a compensation negotiation, using headquarters authorization to counter accusations that Zhang had violated their alliance. Heaven’s Punishment’s delegation left to seek approval for a trade, while Zhang kept the Underworld King in Five Elements Alliance custody until compensation arrived.

• Elder Miao announced Zhang Yuanqing’s rewards and ordered the return of Heaven’s Punishment’s seized items, but Zhang rejected the rewards and negotiated for materials and a top-tier Swordsman item.
• The Demon Hunter threatened to send a Level One Golden Executive to recover the items, while headquarters secretaries pressured Zhang to return them and accept a demerit.
• Fu Qingyang argued that Zhang had been pursuing the Underworld King with official authorization and accused Heaven’s Punishment of interfering with law enforcement; Money Prince produced Elder Sword Pavilion’s approval letter.
• Fu Qingyang demanded compensation for property damage and emotional distress, and Zhang asked for two hundred billion federal dollars before settling on a rule-type Saint item, three Sovereign materials, Charm Perfume, and Thunder God’s Seal.
• The Demon Hunter ended the meeting and left with Osmon, Hoover, and Xia Zuo; Zhang said the Underworld King would be escorted to headquarters after Heaven’s Punishment paid compensation.
• At the Maple Grove Evening Hotel, the Demon Hunter decided to ask headquarters for a rule-type item to trade, while Osmon and Hoover insisted Heaven’s Punishment should recover its losses first.

Zhang Yuanqing accepted Heaven's Punishment's compensation deal and watched Fu Qingyang leave to train in a White Tiger Corps instance. He collected Fu Qingyang's stored materials and received a wish-granting rule-type item, whose restrictions he began to understand after binding it.

• Fu Qingyang told Zhang Yuanqing he would enter a guild instance after Heaven's Punishment paid its compensation, leaving Dog Elder to watch over things.
• Xie Lingxi and Queen returned, and Zhang Yuanqing promised each of them five hundred thousand Federal Coins instead of Saint-quality items.
• Heaven's Punishment offered one Saint-stage rule-type item and one Sovereign-quality material in exchange for the return of Heart of the Ocean, Dysfunctional Doll, and Sword of Judgment, and Zhang Yuanqing agreed.
• Fu Qingyang took Underworld King and the three returned items, then left to train and said he would try to return before October.
• Zhang Yuanqing collected forty Saint-quality items, Sovereign-grade materials, and the Despair Bracer from the White Tiger Guard warehouse.
• Zhang Yuanqing received Little Girl's Matchbox, read its rules, and put it in his Inventory to bind it and learn its restrictions.

Zhang Yuanqing tested the matchbox’s wishes, using its final match to make Return of the Dead complete its dungeon mission and bring the guild members back. Guan Ya returned exhausted but alive, while the guild chat turned to Xiahou Aotian’s reaction to an apparent loss involving the Five Elements Alliance.

• Zhang Yuanqing used a match to wish a Teleportation Jade Talisman into its casket, then wished for the Queen to win the lottery and granted her two personal wishes.
• Zhang Yuanqing used a corpse puppet to make the matchbox’s final wish: that Return of the Dead would complete its mission that day.
• The Spirit Realm announced that the guild had cleared the Lin'an Ghost Market dungeon, and Guan Ya returned after the group survived a brutal fight against an early Level 6 Plague God.
• Guan Ya told Zhang Yuanqing how difficult the dungeon had been, and he embraced her and urged her to bathe.
• Red Chicken Bro announced he had reached Level 5, while the guild members chatted about their dungeon rewards and bathing.
• Asano Ryo asked about the Five Elements Alliance’s exchange with Heaven’s Punishment, Xiahou Aotian reacted angrily, and Zhao Chenghuang told the others to check the forum.

After Yuanshi Tianzun’s victory over three powerful opponents stunned his friends, he gave Guan Ya a rare Scout prop and spent the night cultivating with her, though their experience gain was tiny. The next morning, Little Round called to report that something had happened to Tongtong.

• Sun Miaomiao and Red Chicken Bro shared videos and screenshots of Yuanshi Tianzun defeating three Saints, while Zhao Chenghuang and All Under Heaven Returns to Fire felt pressured by his strength.
• Zhang Yuanqing teased Little Round in the group chat, then deleted their messages when Guan Ya came out of the bathroom.
• Guan Ya worried that Yuanshi’s growing strength would leave her behind, but her mood changed when she opened his gift and discovered a powerful Scout prop.
• Zhang Yuanqing and Guan Ya cultivated through the night, gaining only 0.03% experience and leaving Guan Ya furious.
• At breakfast, the Queen and Xie Lingxi commented on Guan Ya’s absence, and Little Round called Zhang Yuanqing to say that something had happened to Tongtong.

Zhang Yuanqing learned that Zhao Xintong had been arrested by the Taiyi Sect’s White Wax Branch after seriously injuring a classmate, and he headed to White Wax City to try to save her. The chapter ended with a disguised interrogator speaking to Zhao Xintong in the interrogation room, and she recognized his voice as familiar.

• Little Round told Zhang Yuanqing that Zhao Xintong had pushed a classmate down the stairs, fled, and been captured by Star Officials from the Taiyi Sect’s White Wax Branch.
• Zhang Yuanqing contacted Sun Miaomiao and Zhao Chenghuang, then asked Ling Jun to find out what had happened to Zhao Xintong.
• Ling Jun told Zhang Yuanqing that Zhao Xintong was alive and being held at the White Wax Public Security Headquarters, but Victoria would not decide whether to release her until the investigation was clear.
• Zhang Yuanqing told Little Round he would go to White Wax City and try to get Zhao Xintong out, easing the Wuhen Team’s fears when Little Round shared the news.
• At the interrogation room, a disguised Zhang Yuanqing switched off the recorder and questioned Zhao Xintong, who recognized his voice.