Chapter Summaries

Jiang Yu'er learned Zhang Yuanqing’s fabricated story about being a wealthy superpowered agent, while Elder Sun returned from the Spirit Realm and discovered that Yuanshi Tianzun possessed Lady of Three Paths Mountain’s Yang soul. The chapter ended with Elder Sun demanding to see Yuan Ting after finding out he had started the forum jokes calling Elder Sun foolish.

• Jiang Yu'er visited Zhang Yuanqing, who claimed he was a powerful superpowered agent and boasted about his income until she finally left at two in the morning.
• Elder Sun returned to the Capital City, recovered from his injuries with Dog Elder’s help, and cleansed Yuanshi Tianzun’s Red Dancing Shoes.
• Elder Sun learned that the Red Dancing Shoes belonged to Yuanshi Tianzun and offered to trade for Lady of Three Paths Mountain’s Yang soul, but Dog Elder refused.
• The Red Dancing Shoes attacked Elder Sun and then Dog Elder when neither agreed to dance with them.
• Dog Elder explained that the Alliance was cultivating Yuanshi Tianzun, and Elder Sun learned about his achievements and the forum posts mocking Elder Sun as foolish.
• Elder Sun ordered Yuan Ting to appear before him, and Deacon Wang warned Yuan Ting that Elder Sun was furious.

Li Xianzong sought weapons to counter high-level spirits as he prepared to hunt Yuanshi Tianzun, while Zhang Yuanqing met with Xie Lingxi and Stop-Killing Palace Mistress before heading to train. Fu Qingyang then summoned Zhang Yuanqing to meet Dog Elder, who had returned from the capital.

• Li Xianzong agreed to capture ten Orderly Walkers for Yi Chuanmei in exchange for future dealings, hoping to obtain a weapon against Yuanshi Tianzun.
• Xie Lingxi offered Zhang Yuanqing her jade talisman, but he refused it and learned that Stop-Killing Palace Mistress wanted to see him.
• Stop-Killing Palace Mistress offered to kill Li Xianzong for five million, then tested Zhang Yuanqing's resolve; he declined her help.
• Zhang Yuanqing discovered that Palace Mistress had called Xie Lingxi a dead girl, then left the hotel to train with Guan Ya at Fu Family Bay.
• Fu Qingyang called Zhang Yuanqing and told him to come meet Dog Elder, who had returned from the capital.

Zhang Yuanqing returned the Red Dancing Shoes to his possession, learned why Elder Sun wanted Lady of Three Paths Mountain’s yang soul, and began combat training with Guan Ya and Jiang Jingwei. The chapter ended with Lady of Three Paths Mountain visiting Jinshui Amusement Park to ask whether the spirits had found the person she was searching for.

• Zhang Yuanqing reclaimed the Red Dancing Shoes from Dog Elder, then had to dance to satisfy the item’s demand before discussing Elder Sun’s offer for Lady of Three Paths Mountain’s yang soul.
• Dog Elder explained the yang soul’s uses and advised Zhang Yuanqing that he could store it with the branch for safety, while Zhang Yuanqing decided to think over what to do with it.
• Guan Ya began teaching Zhang Yuanqing kickboxing and free fighting, while she and Jiang Jingwei defeated him in sparring.
• Zhang Yuanqing returned home bruised, ate a meal prepared for him, and exchanged messages with Xie Lingxi.
• Lady of Three Paths Mountain arrived at Jinshui Amusement Park and asked a bridal spirit whether it had found the person she wanted.

Lady of Three Paths Mountain learned that a man with exceptionally pure Solar Power had appeared, while Li Xianzong planned to hunt Yuanshi Tianzun. As Zhang Yuanqing trained and caught up on reports of mounting losses, he learned Li Xianzong had abducted ten official Walkers and was threatening him.

• Lady of Three Paths Mountain questioned the Ghost Bride, arranged to sense her next summoning, and had her sketch the man with unusually pure Solar Power.
• Li Xianzong told the Demon Eye Heavenly King that he would hunt Yuanshi Tianzun within half a month, while the Heavenly King said a new Fog Master would soon arrive in Songhai.
• A young man called Mr. Yang visited a northern orphanage, checked that its children were being cared for, and took them out to fly kites.
• Zhang Yuanqing continued fighting practice with Guan Ya, then read forum reports of victories among Saint Realm officials and repeated losses among Transcendent Walkers.
• Fu Qingyang's group announced that Li Xianzong had abducted ten official Walkers and left threats aimed at Yuanshi Tianzun.
• Zhang Yuanqing confirmed that he would enter a dungeon within the next few days as the captains discussed the disappearances and the need to capture Li Xianzong.

Zhang Yuanqing learned more about the Demon Lord and Yin-Yang Town from the Cat King Speaker, then received notice that he would enter that A-rank Spirit Realm. Guan Ya and Li Xianzong received the same notice, leaving all three preparing for the dangerous multiplayer death dungeon.

• Zhang Yuanqing left Fu Family Bay in disguise, returned home, and spent the day training, studying Spirit Realm guides, and bantering with Jiang Yu'er.
• Xie Lingxi told Zhang Yuanqing that the Stop-Killing Palace Master had gone to the Northern Frontier to investigate the Chu Family massacre and warned him about the Lord of Weapons Cult's powerful Heavenly Kings.
• The Cat King Speaker played recordings in which the Demon Lord discussed Yin-Yang Town, the Spirit Realm's regions, and a costly encounter with Dale of the Goddess of Beauty Association.
• Zhang Yuanqing received a Spirit Realm notification announcing that he would enter Yin-Yang Town, Spirit Realm No. 2273, an A-rank multiplayer death dungeon.
• Guan Ya and Li Xianzong also received notifications that they would enter Yin-Yang Town, and Guan Ya prepared to report the mission to Li Dongze.

Zhang Yuanqing and Guan Ya entered the A-rank death-type instance Yin-Yang Town at the same time, alarming Li Dongze and Fu Qingyang. At the town entrance, their team began choosing a captain, and Zhang Yuanqing challenged Call Me Queen for the role.

• Zhang Yuanqing received Yin-Yang Town as his instance, sent Li Dongze a voice message, and was transported before he could reach Guan Ya.
• Li Dongze learned that Guan Ya had entered Yin-Yang Town, then discovered Zhang Yuanqing had entered the same instance and informed Fu Qingyang.
• Zhang Yuanqing arrived at Yin-Yang Town and recognized Guan Ya among his six companions.
• Call Me Queen introduced herself as a Level 3 Water Ghost, explained the race to the central square, and proposed choosing a captain.
• The companions disclosed their professions and levels, and Call Me Queen offered to lead the team.
• Zhang Yuanqing identified himself as the Level 2 Night Wanderer Yuanshi Tianzun and said he was better suited to be captain than Call Me Queen.

Zhang Yuanqing led his team into Yin-Yang Town and found Granny Wang, who brought them to her locked, decaying courtyard. As the group noticed skinned cats hanging from the beams and questioned why the door had been locked, they began to suspect something inside the house might escape.

• Call Me Queen and the other team members recognized Zhang Yuanqing’s reputation, and he became captain of their group.
• Zhang Yuanqing called out for Granny Wang, who appeared and invited the group to her home for food and water.
• Granny Wang led the team through the town’s alleys to her old courtyard, while Li Chunfeng identified the setting as early Ming Dynasty.
• Guan Ya noticed skinned cats hanging from the courtyard’s beams and pointed out that Granny Wang had locked the door despite walking only a short distance.
• Call Me Queen wondered whether Granny Wang had locked the house to keep something inside from escaping.

Zhang Yuanqing and his team investigated the deserted Yin-Yang Town, learned of a curse tied to a descendant of Yin-Yang Recluse, and discovered Granny Wang’s son was still inside her house. Granny Wang’s curse transformed the entire team into cats, leaving them at the mercy of her son.

• Zhang Yuanqing’s team discussed the skinned cat corpses and agreed to be cautious while investigating Granny Wang.
• Li Xianzong’s group found Smith Wang’s blacksmith shop, where the blacksmith raised blood-red eyes.
• Granny Wang told Zhang Yuanqing’s team that a descendant of Yin-Yang Recluse had cursed the town after townspeople killed her for harvesting hearts and livers.
• Granny Wang named five other remaining residents, including her son, and revealed that he was inside her house.
• Granny Wang’s curse turned Zhang Yuanqing, Guan Ya, the Queen, and their teammates into cats as she announced that outsiders had arrived for her son.

Zhang Yuanqing and his companions were cursed into cats and nearly killed by a monstrous cat, but he broke the curse by destroying the cat-corpse array. After the group recovered, they found a straw doll marked Xu Xiu’er, and Zhang Yuanqing took the surviving monster cat to investigate the dungeon further.

• A curse stripped Zhang Yuanqing and his six companions of their abilities and transformed them into cats, while Granny Wang released a blood-covered, human-faced cat from a coffin.
• The monster cat critically wounded Li Chunfeng, Fire Virtue Star Commander, Zhang Yuanqing, and Lush Grass on the Plains, then pinned Queen as Guan Ya held it off.
• Li Chunfeng signaled Zhang Yuanqing to inspect the cat corpse hanging from a beam, and Zhang Yuanqing climbed up and bit through its rope, breaking the curse array.
• The curse ended, the monster cat transformed into a grotesque beast, and it killed Granny Wang before Zhang Yuanqing restrained it instead of killing it.
• Guan Ya treated the injured companions with Life Essence, while Lush Grass on the Plains revealed that his recovery skill had already healed him.
• Guan Ya showed the group a straw doll labeled Xu Xiu’er, and Zhang Yuanqing carried the surviving monster cat away to conduct an experiment.

Zhang Yuanqing and his team uncovered how the cursed cat, Granny Wang, and Widow Xu were connected, then set out to find Widow Xu. The chapter ended with Li Xianzong’s group battered after killing Smith Wang and a bald strongman, as they discovered something strange inside the smithy.

• Zhang Yuanqing returned the flayed giant cat to its coffin, restored the red string and purple talisman, and triggered the hidden mission Eternal Cat Corpse (1/3).
• Zhang Yuanqing led his teammates in reviewing the curse and concluded that Widow Xu had cursed Granny Wang’s son, while another person had taught Granny Wang to restrain and nurture the cursed cat.
• Li Chunfeng reasoned that the coffin and cat corpses suppressed the cursed cat while keeping it alive, and the team suspected one of the remaining townspeople had helped Granny Wang.
• Zhang Yuanqing’s team decided to find Widow Xu, and Guan Ya teased Zhang Yuanqing about his exposed measurements as they left the courtyard house.
• Li Xianzong and his companions survived a bloody fight in the smithy, killing Smith Wang and a bald strongman before discovering something strange inside the shop.

Li Xianzong’s team found a cursed nail and clues linking Smith Wang’s torture instruments to Squire Zhao, then set off to investigate him. Meanwhile, Zhang Yuanqing’s group searched unsuccessfully for Widow Xu until Guan Ya suspected that a female Walker might be needed to trigger her appearance.

• Li Xianzong’s team searched Smith Wang’s warehouse, found a Cursed Nail, and Li Xianzong kept it as a powerful consumable.
• The team found Smith Wang’s ledger, learned that Squire Zhao had ordered some torture instruments, and suspected a curse was making Smith Wang forge more than he sold.
• Li Xianzong led his team toward Squire Zhao to pursue the side quest before the lawful faction could complete it.
• Zhang Yuanqing’s group searched the western streets for Widow Xu, but could not find her despite calling out and reviewing their clues.
• The Queen went to fetch water for the group, while Guan Ya proposed that a female Walker might be required to trigger Widow Xu’s appearance.

Zhang Yuanqing’s group tested Widow Xu’s beauty trial and entered her house, where the men became enthralled by her. Meanwhile, Guan Ya found Queen and discovered a sinister infant clinging to her back.

• Eating Lotus went to find the Queen, but neither of them returned, so Zhang Yuanqing led the group to search for them.
• Zhang Yuanqing separated from Guan Ya and returned with the men to the alley, where Widow Xu’s voice lured them toward a dark house.
• The men resisted the temptation long enough to enter the house and climb to the second floor, where they found a beautiful woman at her dressing table.
• Queen returned to Guan Ya, looking drained, and described being followed by a child’s laughter.
• Guan Ya saw a bluish-black infant clinging to Queen’s back as Zhang Yuanqing and the others became captivated by the woman upstairs.

Li Xianzong’s team searched the ruined Zhao Residence and discovered a treasure guarded by the monstrous Squire Zhao, while Zhang Yuanqing’s group faced Widow Xu’s seduction and a swarm of Infant Spirits. After uncovering Widow Xu’s role in the ancient town’s tragedy and rescuing his teammates, Zhang Yuanqing set out to find Guan Ya and Queen, who remained surrounded by spirits.

• Li Xianzong’s team entered the ruined Zhao Residence, found corpses with their hearts and livers removed, and heard Squire Zhao muttering beside a mountain of treasure.
• Squire Zhao threatened to eat the intruders’ hearts and livers as the treasure’s bewitching power made Li Xianzong’s companions turn against one another.
• Guan Ya and Queen were surrounded by Infant Spirits, and Guan Ya was badly wounded while trying to fight them off.
• Xu Xiu’er bewitched Zhang Yuanqing and his teammates, but Zhang Yuanqing regained his reason, knocked out the others, and questioned her.
• Xu Xiu’er revealed that she had helped drug a descendant of the Yin-Yang Recluse out of jealousy, triggering Zhang Yuanqing’s hidden mission and completing his jade pendant.
• Zhang Yuanqing rescued Eating Lotus and his unconscious teammates, then sensed Little Doubi to locate Guan Ya and Queen.

Zhang Yuanqing’s Spirit Servant, Little Doubi, drove off the Infant Spirits attacking Guan Ya and the Queen, while the team regrouped and discussed the remaining plotline. After Li Xianzong’s group killed Squire Zhao, the Spirit Realm ordered both factions to head to the town square, kill the evil mage, and begin the final battle.

• Zhang Yuanqing took control of Little Doubi, then ordered him to fight the Infant Spirits surrounding Guan Ya and the Queen.
• Little Doubi defeated and absorbed one Infant Spirit before chasing off the others, saving Guan Ya and the Queen.
• Zhang Yuanqing’s team reunited, treated Guan Ya and the Queen’s injuries, and learned that Little Doubi had been the Infant Spirit that saved them.
• Zhang Yuanqing searched the river for the treasure Little Doubi sensed, then concluded that the hidden mission and the Yin-Yang Town plot remained unfinished.
• Guan Ya identified the mage Squire Zhao hired as the final plotline, while Li Xianzong’s group killed Squire Zhao and lost another companion.
• The Spirit Realm ordered both factions to go to the town square, kill the evil mage, and begin the final battle.

Zhang Yuanqing and his team worked out a battle plan to kill the Mage and claim the reward, while Li Xianzong’s evil faction prepared to strike first. Both groups left their hiding places at the same moment and ran into each other, bringing the standoff to a head.

• Zhang Yuanqing deduced that the Mage was a Voodoo Master and led the team in assessing their remaining strength and assigning combat roles.
• Zhang Yuanqing lent the Explosive Pistol to Li Chunfeng and gave Eating Lotus the Straw Man for ranged support.
• The lawful faction waited near the town square while Li Xianzong’s group waited in another alley, with neither side willing to make the first move.
• Guan Ya realized that killing the Mage would earn the reward, and both factions formed plans to attack him before the other side could react.
• Li Xianzong led his team out to attack the Mage just as Zhang Yuanqing’s team also emerged, and both factions stopped in surprise when they saw each other.

Zhang Yuanqing and Li Xianzong’s groups met in Yin-Yang Town, but a powerful insect-transformed mage attacked both sides with poison and curses. As the fighters struggled against his speed and strength, Li Chunfeng and Eating Lotus created an opening by targeting the mage through a straw man.

• Li Xianzong recognized Zhang Yuanqing and taunted him while their companions reacted to the dangerous reunion.
• The mage released poisonous gas, and the orderly camp used gunfire and Queen’s water dragon to turn the attack back on the Evil Profession Walkers.
• The mage cursed everyone nearby, but Zhang Yuanqing used the Demon Subduing Pestle to dispel the curse and charge him.
• The mage transformed into a fast, armored insect creature, wounded Zhang Yuanqing, and struck Fire Virtue Star Commander into retreat.
• Li Chunfeng spotted Eating Lotus holding a straw man modeled on the mage, and both camps recognized their chance to attack.

The orderly and evil factions fought together to kill the Saint Realm Voodoo Master after his curses and poison left them close to death. Zhang Yuanqing completed the hidden Greedy Mage quest, and both factions turned their attention to the mage’s cane as the Yin-Yang Robe remained unclaimed.

• Guan Ya, Queen, Li Xianzong, Zhang Yuanqing, and Fire Virtue Star Commander repeatedly interrupted the mage’s curses and wounded him, while he poisoned several fighters and knocked out Eating Lotus.
• The evil faction joined the assault, but the mage overpowered the suited man and injured Li Xianzong before his weakening condition made him vulnerable to gunfire.
• Li Chunfeng used the Straw Man to interrupt the mage’s final curse, and Li Xianzong held him in place while the ratman shot the Cursed Nail into the wound at the back of his head.
• The mage died, and Spirit Realm Walkers from both factions received the order to claim their reward and kill the opposing faction.
• Zhang Yuanqing received notice that he had completed the Greedy Mage hidden quest and that the Yin-Yang Robe was unclaimed.

Zhang Yuanqing’s team retreated from Li Xianzong after losing control of the Staff of Decay, then reached the hidden mission’s coffin in the river. Zhang Yuanqing used a white jade pendant to open it, leaving the team poised to discover whether its contents could turn the fight around.

• Zhang Yuanqing and his allies fought Li Xianzong’s team over the staff, but Li Xianzong used fog, poison, and a countermeasure against spirit bodies to seize it.
• Guan Ya broke Li Xianzong’s neck with a kick, but he killed a companion and went berserk, forcing Zhang Yuanqing to rescue Guan Ya and flee with Queen.
• Li Xianzong used the Staff of Decay to weaken the Red Dancing Shoes as Zhang Yuanqing’s group escaped through the river with Fire Virtue Star Commander and Eating Lotus.
• Zhang Yuanqing led the group to a coffin he had found through the hidden mission, and explained that their chance to turn the battle around depended on what was inside.
• Zhang Yuanqing placed a white jade pendant on the coffin lid, which opened when he pressed it, and everyone looked inside.

Zhang Yuanqing discovered Yin-Yang Recluse’s Yin-Yang Robe and used its water-and-fire formation to defeat Li Xianzong and the ratman. The team received confirmation that they had completed the Yin-Yang Town mission.

• Zhang Yuanqing found Yin-Yang Recluse in a coffin and took the Yin-Yang Robe, which could command water and fire and create a sealed formation.
• Zhang Yuanqing sent his teammates away, stored Yin-Yang Recluse’s cultivation record in his Inventory, and prepared to face Li Xianzong and the ratman alone.
• Zhang Yuanqing used the robe to trap Li Xianzong and the ratman in a water-and-fire formation, then split into water and fire clones to attack them.
• Zhang Yuanqing’s clones killed the ratman and fatally wounded Li Xianzong, who recalled his items into his Inventory before dying.
• Zhang Yuanqing ended the formation, and the Spirit Realm announced that the team had completed the Yin-Yang Town mission.

After Yuanshi Tianzun’s team defeated Li Xianzong in Yin-Yang Town, the survivors received their rewards and returned to reality. Yuanshi formed a guild and reached Level 3, while Li Dongze and Fu Qingyang learned that the team had faced Li Xianzong and awaited Guan Ya’s report.

• Queen and the others celebrated their victory as the settlement awarded Zhang Yuanqing a Guild Token, experience, the Yin-Yang Robe, and an Endurance Spray, and advanced him to Level 3 Night Wanderer.
• Zhang Yuanqing activated the Guild Token, founded the guild Return of the Dead, and discovered its warehouse could store members’ items.
• Zhang Yuanqing and the others exchanged contact information before the instance returned them to reality, where he left a note and went to sleep.
• Li Dongze read messages from Zhang Yuanqing and Guan Ya, learned Li Xianzong had been their enemy, and realized the team had killed him.
• Guan Ya called Fu Qingyang and told him she had written a report about the instance, while Ling Jun asked what she meant.