Chapter Summaries

Zhang Yuanqing and Kou Beiyue attacked the Bronze Sparrow House casino, where Sacred Music used hypnotized guests and his allies to ambush them. Zhang Yuanqing killed Sacred Music and Green Pine with his equipment and clones, but Chiyue An arrived just as the fight ended.

• Zhang Yuanqing and Kou Beiyue entered the casino, where Sacred Music had hypnotized guests to attack them and Seven Blades and Green Pine joined the fight.
• Zhang Yuanqing used the Cat King Speaker and Howl at the Moon to overpower Seven Blades and beat him to death, while Kou Beiyue pursued Sacred Music.
• Sacred Music crushed a lightning gemstone pendant, gained lightning powers, and drove Kou Beiyue back as Zhang Yuanqing prepared his collection of items.
• Zhang Yuanqing activated the Yin-Yang Robe, separated into water and fire clones, and used the Straw Man to make Sacred Music reckless before Kou Beiyue wounded him through a blood ritual.
• Zhang Yuanqing's water clone shot Sacred Music dead, and his fire clone beheaded Green Pine while the Red Dancing Shoes trampled him.
• Zhang Yuanqing told Kou Beiyue to bring Master Wu over, but Chiyue An burst through a window and appeared in the casino.

Zhang Yuanqing and Kou Beiyue fought Chiyue An at the Bronze Sparrow House until Guan Ya, Li Dongze, and Ling Jun arrived. Although Chiyue An tried to take control of the case, Zhang Yuanqing exposed his crimes, leaving Ling Jun and the others to decide whether to challenge him.

• Chiyue An arrived at the hall, taunted Kou Beiyue about his sister, and fought him and Zhang Yuanqing.
• Zhang Yuanqing used his items and Kou Beiyue and the Red Dancing Shoes to hold Chiyue An off, but Chiyue An activated Berserker and shattered Kou Beiyue's breastbone.
• Guan Ya, Li Dongze, and Ling Jun entered after Guan Ya had summoned help, and Chiyue An claimed jurisdiction over the case.
• Chiyue An recognized Zhang Yuanqing and offered to let the group take him while insisting they leave Kou Beiyue behind.
• Zhang Yuanqing refused to leave and listed Chiyue An's alleged crimes, causing Ling Jun's expression to turn serious.

Ling Jun defeated Chiyue An after the corrupt executive and Director Lu tried to use armed officers against Zhang Yuanqing’s group. The Five Elements Alliance elders debated Yuanshi Tianzun’s punishment, then agreed to frame the scandal as a victory over Dark Night Rose and publish a favorable announcement.

• Chiyue An accused Zhang Yuanqing’s group of murder, but Director Lu ordered security officers to fire on them; Ling Jun shielded the group with vines and subdued the officers.
• Ling Jun transformed into a tiger and then a giant snake, poisoned Chiyue An, and ordered Li Dongze to take Master Wu and retrieve the evidence.
• Seven or eight Spirit Realm Walkers arrived as Chiyue An lay helpless and silently urged his subordinates to save him or face exposure.
• Dog Elder convened the Five Elements Alliance elders to discuss Chiyue An’s crimes and whether Yuanshi Tianzun should be punished for associating with Kou Beiyue.
• Fu Qingyang explained Yuanshi Tianzun’s motives and proposed presenting the case as a successful operation against Dark Night Rose; the elders accepted the plan.
• The Songhai Branch posted a forum thread declaring that Yuanshi Tianzun had single-handedly destroyed a Dark Night Rose traitor hideout.

A public investigation into Chiyue An’s crimes boosted Yuanshi Tianzun’s reputation and earned him a major Moral Value settlement. The Grand Protector and Demon Eye Heavenly King reacted to the case, while Zhang Yuanqing and his companions compared their rewards, leaving them curious about how much he had received.

• A Five Elements Alliance forum post detailed Yuanshi Tianzun’s investigation of Shakou District Deacon Chiyue An and his capture, drawing widespread praise for Yuanshi Tianzun and the Songhai Branch.
• The Grand Protector blamed the Songhai Branch for tarnishing Dark Night Rose and decided to prepare a surprise for the organization’s upcoming internal tournament.
• Demon Eye Heavenly King read the report on Chiyue An, praised Yuanshi Tianzun, and ordered his subordinate to investigate Yuanshi Tianzun, Dark Night Rose, and powerful figures tied to the case.
• At Fu Family Bay Villa, Zhang Yuanqing told Ling Jun, Li Dongze, and Guan Ya that Fu Qingyang wanted him to discuss the Bewitching Demon matter himself.
• Zhang Yuanqing received 2,000 Moral Value, while Ling Jun received 300 and Guan Ya 60; Li Dongze received 30, and the group asked Zhang Yuanqing how much he had earned.

After receiving 2,000 Moral Value points for the case, Zhang Yuanqing learned that Fu Qingyang wanted him to watch Master Wuhen’s group as an undercover informant, with Kou Beiyue as his token of allegiance. The chapter ended with Kou Beiyue reunited with Little Round and Little Round going to report to Master Wuhen.

• Zhang Yuanqing told Guan Ya, Li Dongze, and Ling Jun that he had earned 2,000 Moral Value points, then joked with them about his attraction to Guan Ya and Queen.
• Fu Qingyang asked Zhang Yuanqing about the case and explained that he wanted him to monitor Master Wuhen because the Sovereign’s Evil Profession might eventually drive him to lose control.
• Zhang Yuanqing told Kou Beiyue that Chiyue An would be executed and that the Songhai Branch had decided to forgive Kou Beiyue, who angrily called him a bastard after learning he was free.
• A man in Shakou District reported Chiyue An’s arrest to an unidentified person, who ordered him to stay hidden and said they would handle Chiyue An.
• Kou Beiyue called Little Round, told her he had been reborn after Chiyue An’s capture, and agreed to return so she could ask Master Wuhen to accept him again.
• Little Round went to Room 404 at the Wuhen Hotel to report something to Master Wuhen.

The author thanked Vegetable Patriarch for giving Spirit Realm its first E Alliance and honoring a promise to support the author’s ranking competition. The author also criticized Qidian’s review process and customer service after Vegetable Patriarch’s account was reduced to a numerical ID.

• The author recalled telling Boss Vegetable at the end of May that the new book had stabilized and they wanted to compete for the rankings.
• Boss Vegetable promised to support the author the following month, but at the start of June his account was hit by a dimensionality-reduction strike.
• The author urged Boss Vegetable to focus on the ranking competition, but Boss Vegetable said his Hundred-million Alliance had disappeared.
• Boss Vegetable later gave the author an E Alliance, and the author believed he had remembered his promise and had been checking whether the author’s ranking position was secure.
• The author thanked Boss Vegetable and called on Qidian to improve its review operations and support for major customers.

Little Round secured Master Wuhen’s acceptance of Kou Beiyue and a request for Yuanshi Tianzun to find Evil Profession practitioners with kind hearts. At Fu Family Bay, Zhang Yuanqing and Fu Qingyang tried to interrogate Chiyue An, but Chiyue An suddenly burned away under a mysterious curse.

• Little Round persuaded Master Wuhen to accept Kou Beiyue’s return and heard him entrust Yuanshi Tianzun with finding good-hearted Evil Profession practitioners.
• Zhang Yuanqing learned Master Wuhen had accepted him and went with Fu Qingyang to question Chiyue An about the missing money and a possible mastermind.
• Fu Qingyang and Zhang Yuanqing told Chiyue An that the Council of Elders had sentenced him to death, then pressed him to reveal who was behind his crimes.
• Fu Qingyang suggested Chiyue An’s abusive past had shaped his cruelty, but Chiyue An refused to trust them and demanded they bring in an Elder.
• A pair of jade-white hands used Chiyue An’s blood and a doll in a ritual, then drove a silver needle into the doll’s brow.
• Chiyue An challenged Zhang Yuanqing’s motives, then green smoke and black flames erupted from his brow and erased him while leaving his clothes and restraints intact.

After Chiyue An was killed by a long-range curse, Zhang Yuanqing learned how dangerous Voodoo Masters could be and tried to strengthen himself while Fu Qingyang hosted foreign merchants. The next morning, Zhang Yuanqing returned to Songhai University and spotted Demon Eye Heavenly King waiting at the gate.

• Zhang Yuanqing found no spirit residue on Chiyue An, and Fu Qingyang explained that a Voodoo Master could use DNA and other personal information to kill from afar.
• Fu Qingyang suspected Chiyue An's ex-wife had arranged the killing but said they lacked proof, and Zhang Yuanqing worried she might target him.
• Annie and Bill Tarantino visited Fu Qingyang to negotiate a trade, while Guan Ya beat Zhang Yuanqing in the sparring room and Ling Jun later explained the Goddess of Beauty Association and the Void profession.
• The next morning, Jiang Yu'er drove Zhang Yuanqing to Songhai University, where he saw Demon Eye Heavenly King sweeping the school entrance and felt his heart race.

Zhang Yuanqing narrowly survived Demon Eye Heavenly King's attempt to identify and kill him at Songhai University, then learned a Water God Palace elder had intervened. With Demon Eye closing in and a week to find his home, Zhang Yuanqing sought a way to conceal his aura and arranged to meet Bill Tarantino.

• Zhang Yuanqing disguised himself as a passerby and walked past Demon Eye Heavenly King at Songhai University, but Demon Eye followed him and recognized his suspicious reaction.
• Demon Eye revealed his vertical eye and unleashed its power, nearly destroying Zhang Yuanqing's mind and body before a dragon's roar restored his consciousness.
• Zhang Yuanqing used Night Roaming to flee as a violent storm erupted around Demon Eye, then collapsed in a secluded park with severe injuries.
• Fu Qingyang told Zhang Yuanqing that a Water God Palace elder had intervened and warned that Demon Eye could trace him to his home within a week.
• After purifying himself with the Demon Subduing Pestle, Zhang Yuanqing decided to seek an aura-concealing item from Bill Tarantino and called to arrange a meeting.

Zhang Yuanqing visited Bill Tarantino to buy an item that could conceal him from a powerful enemy and materials for refining a yin corpse. He acquired the Silencer by trading the Heavenly Toad Incense Burner, then left with the materials and cash.

• Zhang Yuanqing rejected Bill Tarantino's offer of Spirit Realm Walker intelligence and asked to buy concealment equipment and yin materials.
• Bill Tarantino showed Zhang Yuanqing several items, and Zhang Yuanqing chose the Silencer mask because its costs were manageable.
• Zhang Yuanqing traded the Heavenly Toad Incense Burner, haggled Bill Tarantino up to twelve million, and used 9.36 million to buy the Silencer and yin materials.
• Zhang Yuanqing checked the remaining 2.4 million in cash before leaving, while Bill Tarantino said he would remain on the mainland.

Zhang Yuanqing joined Fu Qingyang’s White Tiger Guard and learned more about its elite members and the upcoming slaughter dungeon. Elsewhere, Bill Tarantino heard a prophecy linking the Night Wanderer’s origin to the awakening of a hidden Spirit Realm region, while Zhang Yuanqing was jolted awake by a strange sound from the Cat King Speaker.

• Zhang Yuanqing ate dinner with his family and learned that his aunt was seeking connections to help Yuan Jun get promoted.
• Zhang Yuanqing put on the Silencer mask, accepted Fu Qingyang’s invitation to join the White Tiger Guard, and discovered that its warehouse held valuable items and materials.
• Zhang Yuanqing joined the White Tiger Guard group chat, where its members discussed his prospects in the midyear slaughter dungeon and the challenges of arena matches.
• Bill Tarantino tried to persuade a masked Merchant to return west and lead the Merchant Guild, but the man said he would wait for a new Demon Lord and recited the prophecy of the Light Compass.
• The masked man told Bill Tarantino that the prophecy concerned the Night Wanderer and an unopened Spirit Realm region, and that the Demon Lord had left a secret about the Night Wanderer’s origin in his Role Card.
• Zhang Yuanqing woke to electrical crackling and intimate sounds from the Cat King Speaker, removed the Silencer mask, and transformed into Night Wanderer form.

Zhang Yuanqing listened to Demon Lord’s recordings and uncovered how the Role Card’s rewards, the Night Wanderer profession, and a mysterious prophecy were connected. The chapter ended with Zhang Yuanqing sensing Demon Eye Heavenly King watching him again.

• Zhang Yuanqing endured the Cat King Speaker’s lewd recording, then heard Demon Lord discuss Endurance Spray and realized Role Card rewards could be items Demon Lord had used.
• Zhang Yuanqing recalled the Red Dancing Shoes’ message and concluded Demon Lord had once visited the Mountain God Temple and known the shoes.
• Demon Lord’s recordings revealed his analysis of advancement to Saint, his efforts to escape the Fallen Holy Grail’s control, and several scandalous encounters with women.
• An unfamiliar man told Demon Lord that supreme beings wanted to cultivate Night Wanderers and described the Light Compass prophecy, which involved an unopened region of the Spirit Realm and the deaths of three powerful figures.
• Zhang Yuanqing reconsidered the Role Card’s exclusive rewards as the means by which Demon Lord’s legacy would pass to him, then sensed Demon Eye Heavenly King watching him and calmed himself.

Zhang Yuanqing evaded Demon Eye Heavenly King's search with the Silencer mask, then warned Fu Qingyang that the threat was becoming unsustainable. After Demon Eye identified Zhang Yuanqing as a missing student at Songhai University, Dog Elder gathered the Songhai Branch elders to discuss dealing with him before the headquarters tournament.

• Demon Eye Heavenly King searched the neighborhood but failed to find Zhang Yuanqing, then decided to investigate Songhai University.
• Phoenix Arrives shared intelligence about Bill Tarantino and Annie in the White Tiger Guard chat, and Fu Qingyang explained that the Merchant Guild's president was a powerful Void profession walker allied with them.
• Zhang Yuanqing suggested using a Knight-class contract item to prevent a Love and Desire walker from demanding payment, and Fu Qingyang agreed to look for one.
• Zhang Yuanqing told Fu Qingyang that Demon Eye Heavenly King's gaze had reached his home, and Fu Qingyang promised to inform Dog Elder.
• Demon Eye Heavenly King questioned students at Songhai University, learned that Zhang Yuanqing had been absent for a long time, and planned to identify him through the school archives.
• Dog Elder told the Songhai Branch elders that Demon Eye had found Zhang Yuanqing's home and asked Luo Shen how strong Demon Eye was in combat.

The Songhai Branch elders planned to lure Demon Eye Heavenly King into Dog Elder’s Zoo and asked Zhang Yuanqing to recruit Master Wuhen to create an illusion. Zhang Yuanqing won Master Wuhen’s agreement and obtained a jade talisman, then called Fu Qingyang to report back.

• The Songhai Branch elders and the Stop-Killing Palace Master discussed how to capture Demon Eye without endangering Songhai’s residents, and Dog Elder proposed using a Voidwalker’s illusion to conceal the Zoo.
• The elders asked Zhang Yuanqing to approach Master Wuhen, and Fu Qingyang explained that Wuhen only needed to create an illusion.
• Zhang Yuanqing traveled to Wuhen Hotel and persuaded Little Round to take him to Master Wuhen.
• Zhang Yuanqing told Master Wuhen about the plan and begged for help, and Master Wuhen agreed to assist by giving him a Dream-Entering Jade Talisman.
• Zhang Yuanqing left the temple and called Fu Qingyang to report Master Wuhen’s agreement.

Zhang Yuanqing secured The Past Leaves No Trace’s help for the plan to lure the Demon Eye Heavenly King, then agreed to help Kou Beiyue correct his sister’s case. The Stop-Killing Palace Master entered a town illusion built around the Zoo, and the Demon Eye Heavenly King followed her inside.

• Zhang Yuanqing told Fu Qingyang that The Past Leaves No Trace had agreed to help and received a jade talisman to contact him.
• Dog Elder told the Four Elders that The Past Leaves No Trace would create an illusion, and they discussed why he valued Zhang Yuanqing so highly.
• Zhang Yuanqing joked with Little Round and Kou Beiyue, then offered to help correct the official record of Kou Beiyue’s sister’s case.
• The Demon Eye Heavenly King learned that his trackers had died, used his Mark to locate the Stop-Killing Palace Master, and headed toward her position.
• Dog Elder summoned the Zoo and used The Past Leaves No Trace’s illusion to disguise it as part of a distant town, while the Stop-Killing Palace Master entered the town.
• The Demon Eye Heavenly King arrived, confirmed that the Stop-Killing Palace Master was inside, and charged into the town.

The elders confronted Demon Eye Heavenly King at the zoo and captured him after a fierce battle, though several were seriously injured. Zhang Yuanqing learned that Demon Eye could revive through the Chu Family’s rule-type item and turned his attention back to preparing for the arena tournament.

• The Palace Master of Stop-Killing Palace revealed that the apparent town was an illusion and attacked Demon Eye Heavenly King alongside the arriving Red Fire Gang elder.
• Demon Eye broke free and tried to escape the zoo, but God Elder Luo, a sword-wielding elder, Curly Teddy, and other elders joined the fight and sealed the area.
• Zhang Yuanqing waited at home with the Infant Spirit until Fu Qingyang called to report that the elders had captured Demon Eye and imprisoned him in the zoo.
• Fu Qingyang explained that Demon Eye could revive once wherever the Chu Family’s rule-type item was located, and that killing him would only let him return.
• Zhang Yuanqing learned that the Water God Palace elder, the Red Fire Gang elder, and the Stop-Killing Palace Master were seriously injured, then settled in to rest before the arena tournament.

Dog Elder questioned Demon Eye Heavenly King about the Lord of Weapons Cult and the Chu Family, while Zhang Yuanqing sought help for his cousin Chen Yuanjun’s stalled promotion. The chapter ended with Chen Yuanjun learning he had been promoted and spotting Guan Ya’s sports car outside the Public Security Bureau.

• Demon Eye Heavenly King offered information about the Lord of Weapons Cult in exchange for help killing people on his lists, then hinted that Dark Night Rose had no leader before the Chu Family was exterminated.
• Zhang Yuanqing woke to Aunt accusing him of stealing Jiang Yu'er's underwear and later learned that Chen Yuanjun's promotion had fallen through.
• Zhang Yuanqing asked Guan Ya to help Chen Yuanjun, and she agreed to handle the promotion through her family’s connections.
• Chen Yuanqing learned from Director Qiao that headquarters had promoted him to police chief after someone from the special department intervened.
• Chen Yuanjun left the Public Security Bureau and saw Guan Ya's blue sports car approaching the gate.

Chen Yuanjun learned that Zhang Yuanqing had helped secure his promotion and told the family, while mistaking Zhang Yuanqing’s friendship with Guan Ya for a relationship with a wealthy older woman. The misunderstanding spread to Grandmother, as Zhang Yuanqing opened the official forum and saw announcements about the arena tournament.

• Chen Yuanjun encountered Zhang Yuanqing and Guan Ya at the Public Security Bureau, then learned from Zhang Yuanqing that his promotion had gone through.
• Chen Yuanjun told his parents and grandparents that Zhang Yuanqing’s friend had helped secure his promotion, surprising and delighting the family.
• Chen Yuanjun questioned Zhang Yuanqing about Guan Ya and warned him against being kept by a woman, but Zhang Yuanqing insisted they were ordinary friends.
• Grandmother heard neighborhood gossip claiming Zhang Yuanqing had been kept by a rich woman and discovered that the gossip concerned her grandson.
• Zhang Yuanqing opened the official forum and saw posts announcing the Taiyi Sect’s participation in the arena tournament and its prizes.

Zhang Yuanqing learned that the Empress Earth Boots were part of the Saint-grade Heaven-Worship Ceremonial Attire set and became determined to win them in the arena tournament. As he considered the competition and his own weaknesses, Grandmother confronted him over rumors that he was being kept and demanded that he invite his wealthy girlfriend to dinner.

• Zhang Yuanqing read that the Empress Earth Boots were the first-place prize in the Transcendence Realm rankings and discovered they were one piece of a set that could rival Sovereign-grade items when complete.
• Fu Qingyang confirmed that the Empress Earth Boots belonged to the Heaven-Worship Ceremonial Attire, whose four pieces could reveal the secret of immortality, and Zhang Yuanqing realized they might complement his Yin-Yang Robe.
• Fu Qingyang warned Zhang Yuanqing that the Taiyi Sect was entering the arena tournament, while forum commenters debated Zhang Yuanqing’s chances against its veteran Level 3 Walkers.
• Zhang Yuanqing acknowledged that his experience and combat skills were limited and hoped Little Round would help him obtain Yin corpses before the tournament.
• Grandmother confronted Zhang Yuanqing about neighborhood rumors that he was being kept, accepted his explanation only provisionally, and ordered him to invite the woman to dinner that week.

Zhang Yuanqing registered for the arena tournament and discussed who would compete with Guan Ya and Li Dongze. Meanwhile, Fear Heavenly King sent Lust Divine General to Songhai to investigate Demon Eye's disappearance, and Zhang Yuanqing ended the chapter opening the newly released rankings.

• Zhang Yuanqing read a forum post predicting that the arena tournament would include scenario-based matches held in a guild-exclusive instance.
• Zhang Yuanqing's aunt-in-law gave him spending money after he joked about needing cash to take girls to dinner.
• Fear Heavenly King ordered Lust Divine General to go to Songhai, keep its black market running, and investigate Demon Eye's disappearance.
• Guan Ya helped Zhang Yuanqing register for the tournament and deferred his invitation to dinner until after it ended.
• Guan Ya said she might not compete, while Li Dongze announced he would sit out because fighting before a crowd was inelegant.
• Zhang Yuanqing opened the newly posted official top-twenty rankings for the Transcendence Realm.