Chapter Summaries

Luo Yunji and his senior brothers learned that the stone staff was guarded by a Quhu and could only be removed with its glowing weir fluid, which came in the form of gemstones. After the group failed to pull the staff free, Luo Yunji used a yellow gemstone on it, and the staff began to change.

• Luo Yunji explained that only he could see the stone staff clearly and managed to grab it, but neither he nor He Dazhi could pull it from the ground.
• The Yanshe Snake told Luo Yunji that the Quhu's weir fluid could release the guarded treasure and that different-colored stones could give it different abilities.
• He Dazhi asked Zhang Xiaofan for gemstones, but Luo Yunji refused to give up his two-colored gemstone and instead smashed a yellow one against the staff.
• The staff absorbed the yellow gemstone, and Luo Yunji noticed that it seemed different afterward.

Luo Yunji discovered that the stone staff absorbed yellow gemstones and eased Wu Dayi’s headaches, making it a suitable magic treasure for him. After the group prepared to leave Black Mountain, Zhang Xiaofan found an opening from the cave to the outside, and He Dazhi realized the mountain they had climbed was the cave’s outer body.

• Luo Yunji noticed that the stone staff felt different after absorbing a yellow gemstone, while the others speculated about what it could become.
• The group returned to the cave, where Luo Yunji explained that the staff had absorbed the gemstones and become less black.
• Wu Dayi took the staff and found that its coolness cleared his mind and relieved his headache, so he accepted it as his magic treasure.
• Wu Dayi chose to refine the staff into a flute, and Luo Yunji suggested combining Quhu’s horn spikes into a powerful magic treasure for him.
• Zhang Xiaofan brought back yellow gemstones, the group decided to leave Black Mountain, and he told He Dazhi about a small opening at the top of the cave.
• He Dazhi sensed the terrain and realized the mountain the Yanshe Snake had led them up was the cave’s outer body.

He Dazhi realized the stone staff had caused Wu Dayi’s headaches, and Luo Yunji gave Yanshe Snake a spirit herb in exchange for guarding the cave’s Yan Fluid. After the group left Black Mountain and wandered into an old forest, they took shelter from a storm in a foul-smelling cave, where a swarm of bats flew at them.

• He Dazhi realized that the uncollected stone staff, not Quhu, had caused Wu Dayi’s headaches.
• Luo Yunji gave Yanshe Snake a spirit herb for its eggs and asked it to guard the Yan Fluid; Yanshe Snake escorted the group out of the cave.
• Luo Yunji had his senior brothers set up an illusory formation to protect the jewels, and the group left Black Mountain with Big Yellow and Little Gray.
• The group found Sixth Senior Brother’s hometown abandoned after a disaster, then wandered through the wilderness without a destination.
• The senior brothers led the group into a foul-smelling cave to escape a storm, where they discovered bat droppings and a swarm of bats approaching.

Zhang Xiaofan and his senior brothers fought through a swarm of giant bats and fled deeper into the grotto. They emerged at the Ancient Cave of Ten Thousand Bats, where a glowing boulder marked the entrance to Death Spirit Abyss, and He Dazhi urged them to rest before retreating the next day.

• The bat swarm drove He Dazhi and the others deeper into the grotto after the thunderclouds blocked the exit.
• The little fatty combined the Fire Poker with his hairpin and threw it into the bats, while Zhang Xiaofan cast a spell that unleashed its blood-red power.
• He Dazhi used his Wind Formula to tear through the bats, and the group ran toward a light at the end of the passage.
• Zhang Xiaofan reached a vast cavern and saw the words Death Spirit Abyss carved into a glowing boulder, while an abyss opened behind it.
• He Dazhi recognized the place as the Ancient Cave of Ten Thousand Bats in Kongsang Mountain and explained that the Blood Refining Hall had likely been destroyed.
• The group approached the boulder, where the little fatty complained about their filthy shoes and Sixth Senior Brother asked for water to wash them.

The brothers cleaned off the filth and sweat from their journey while taking turns keeping watch in the cave. Little Fatty and Zhang Xiaofan made a large stone pool, and the chapter ended with Little Fatty filling it with fresh water and Zheng Dali heating it.

• Little Fatty used water to clean the brothers’ shoes and socks, then Zhang Xiaofan made a stone basin so they could wash their feet.
• At He Dazhi’s suggestion, the brothers agreed to take turns bathing while the others kept watch.
• Zhang Xiaofan and Little Fatty secretly made a larger, more comfortable stone pool while Sixth Senior Brother bathed.
• Little Fatty emptied the small basin, filled the new pool with fresh water, and asked Zheng Dali to heat it.
• Lu Daxin chose to wash without asking Zheng Dali to heat the water.

Zhang Xiaofan and his senior brothers ate and bathed while keeping watch in the former Demon Sect territory. When the little fatty mentioned a warning formation, He Dazhi tried to set it up with his help, but the directions left him frustrated, and Zhang Xiaofan carried the little fatty off to finish the task.

• Zhang Xiaofan served food to his senior brothers and sent a tray drifting across the pool to Luo Yunji.
• Zheng Dali explained that the senior brothers were keeping watch because of the former Demon Sect territory and the bats, until the little fatty pointed out they could set up a warning formation.
• The senior brothers gathered around the little fatty, who gave Fourth Senior Brother vague instructions for making a warning formation.
• He Dazhi carried the little fatty around as he called out steps, but Zhang Xiaofan realized the little fatty meant his own smaller strides.
• He Dazhi handed the little fatty to Zhang Xiaofan and left, while Zhang Xiaofan carried him on his back and followed further instructions to place the formation.

Zhang Xiaofan and Little Fatty finished setting three formations, then played with a strange gauze-like object at the pool. Little Fatty accidentally bound himself in it and fell underwater, leaving Zhang Xiaofan and the senior brothers struggling to find an end so they could free him.

• Zhang Xiaofan helped Little Fatty complete a trapping formation, a warning formation, and a formation that sent intruders back into the trap.
• The senior brothers ate Little Fatty’s food, but Zheng Dali distracted him with the warm pool before he could get angry.
• Little Fatty threw the gauze-like object from Black Mountain into the pool, and the brothers’ clothes were soaked by the splash.
• Zhang Xiaofan expanded and reheated the pool, and the brothers soaked together while the two little ones played with the gauze.
• Little Fatty discovered that spiritual energy made the gauze tougher and opaque, then accidentally wrapped himself in it and fell underwater.
• Zhang Xiaofan pulled Little Fatty from the water, and the brothers searched unsuccessfully for an end of the gauze.

The senior brothers struggled to remove and divide the strange gauze that had bound Little Fatty, then rested while the rain kept the Blood-Sucking Bats away. After Zhang Xiaofan and Little Fatty returned from a reckless trip over Death Spirit Abyss, Little Fatty revealed that the abyss could help cultivate spiritual abilities, and Fourth Senior Brother sent Zhang Xiaofan to take Second Senior Brother down to investigate.

• Fourth Senior Brother discovered that Wind Blades could not cut the gauze around Little Fatty, then loosened it by swishing him in water until Zhang Xiaofan unwound it.
• The senior brothers failed to cut or tear the gauze, so Little Fatty chewed through it and left it ragged; Zhang Xiaofan comforted him and packed it away.
• After resting through the rain, the senior brothers awoke to see Little Fatty jump into Death Spirit Abyss, and Zhang Xiaofan flew back up with him on the Fire Poker.
• Fourth Senior Brother scolded Little Fatty, while Zhang Xiaofan admitted he had encouraged the dangerous game.
• Little Fatty told the senior brothers that enduring the abyss's darkness and silence could strengthen spiritual abilities, so Fourth Senior Brother asked Zhang Xiaofan to take Second Senior Brother down to investigate.

Zhang Xiaofan helped Wu Dayi begin cultivating in a hollow in the Death Spirit Abyss, while the other disciples waited above with Little Fatty, Big Yellow, and Little Gray. When Zhang Xiaofan later brought Wu Dayi food, he found him drenched in sweat and staring blankly.

• Little Fatty suggested carving a hollow into the cliff so Wu Dayi could cultivate in the Death Spirit Abyss, and Zhang Xiaofan carried him down to the abyss.
• Wu Dayi widened the shallow hollow himself, settled inside it, and began cultivating while Zhang Xiaofan returned to the cliff edge.
• Big Yellow and Little Gray arrived through Little Fatty's warning array, and Zhang Xiaofan washed them before they played and made noise with Little Fatty.
• Third Senior Brother went off to cultivate away from the commotion, while Luo Yunji asked Zhang Xiaofan to take him exploring beneath the abyss.
• Zhang Xiaofan brought food to Wu Dayi and found him drenched in sweat, leaning against the hollow wall and staring blankly.

Zhang Xiaofan and Little Fatty descended deeper into Death Spirit Abyss, where a swarm of yin spirits surrounded them. Zhang Xiaofan escaped with Little Fatty, unaware that Little Fatty had caught one of the spirits.

• Wu Dayi refused to leave the abyss, saying its oppressive environment was useful for his cultivation.
• Zhang Xiaofan and Little Fatty continued downward and heard water before a yin spirit appeared and leaned toward Zhang Xiaofan.
• Little Fatty called out at the spirits, drawing countless yin spirits toward them, but the Fire Poker's green light kept them at bay.
• Little Fatty reached through the green light and caught a nearby yin spirit while Zhang Xiaofan focused on protecting him.
• Zhang Xiaofan flew upward with Little Fatty and saw the spirits had not followed as they neared the cliff edge.

Zhang Xiaofan returned from Death Spirit Abyss frightened by the many yin spirits, but Luo Yunji was unharmed and had caught one that crystallized into a particle. After learning the particles could strengthen spiritual power, He Dazhi asked Zhang Xiaofan to take him back down to collect more, leaving the others waiting above.

• Zhang Xiaofan rushed back to the cliff edge, shaken by the yin spirits below, while Luo Yunji remained unharmed and confused.
• Luo Yunji showed everyone a yin spirit he had grabbed, which flashed and became a small particle in his paw.
• Luo Yunji explained that the particles could strengthen spiritual power and help with casting spells and cultivation.
• He Dazhi asked Zhang Xiaofan to take him down to collect more yin spirits, and Zhang Xiaofan agreed.
• Zhang Xiaofan and He Dazhi descended into Death Spirit Abyss on the Fire Poker while Third Senior Brother told He Dazhi to be careful.

Zhang Xiaofan returned from the Death Spirit Abyss with He Dazhi unconscious after a yin spirit entered his body. Little Fatty removed the spirit and the group decided Zhang Xiaofan and Little Fatty should gather the spirits, while Sixth Senior Brother was left wondering what important thing they had forgotten.

• Zhang Xiaofan carried the unconscious He Dazhi back and explained that a yin spirit had entered his arm in the Death Spirit Abyss.
• The senior brothers worried over He Dazhi, and Little Fatty said he would recover once he woke, prompting them to consider calling Second Senior Brother.
• He Dazhi woke and told Zhang Xiaofan he had scammed him; Little Fatty then pinched the yin spirit out of He Dazhi and restored his complexion.
• He Dazhi concluded that only Little Junior Brother could safely handle the yin spirits, and the senior brothers agreed to have Zhang Xiaofan and Little Fatty gather them.
• After most of the day had passed, Sixth Senior Brother sensed that the group had forgotten something important but could not remember what it was.

Zhang Xiaofan took Little Fatty into the Death Spirit Abyss to gather yin spirits, while Wu Dayi discovered that his spiritual attribute let him absorb their crystals safely. The haul of yin spirits overwhelmed the senior brothers with a spiritual attack, and Luo Yunji dumped them back into the abyss before anyone was seriously harmed.

• Zhang Xiaofan remembered Wu Dayi was still in the Death Spirit Abyss and flew down with food and the Night-Shining Pearl to bring him back.
• Wu Dayi recovered from the cold, absorbed a yin spirit crystal, and learned that his spiritual attribute made the process comfortable.
• Little Fatty and Zhang Xiaofan returned to the abyss, where Little Fatty used the Mysterious Gauze to gather a huge sack of yin spirits.
• The yin spirits’ screams struck the people near the abyss with a spiritual attack, leaving Zhang Xiaofan and the senior brothers in pain while Little Fatty remained unharmed.
• Luo Yunji dragged the Mysterious Gauze to the cliff and shook the yin spirits into the depths of the Death Spirit Abyss.

After recovering from the Yin Spirit attack, Luo Yunji and Zhang Xiaofan explored Death Spirit Abyss to catch fish. They found several grotesque creatures instead of anything edible, and the chapter ended with them examining a transparent, flat-bodied monster.

• Luo Yunji fed Zhang Xiaofan dried fruit but refused to bring any to Sixth Senior Brother, making the recovering group laugh.
• After the group ate, He Dazhi examined the glowing stone inscribed with “Death Spirit Abyss,” while Luo Yunji persuaded Zhang Xiaofan to dig at it.
• Luo Yunji grew bored of digging and had Zhang Xiaofan carry him down the abyss to fish in the river.
• Zhang Xiaofan and Luo Yunji caught a green-stranded fish with strange wormlike shapes beneath its flesh, and Zhang Xiaofan packed it to show He Dazhi.
• Luo Yunji caught another ugly creature with a sucking mouth and a flat, transparent body, and he and Zhang Xiaofan wondered what it was.

Zhang Xiaofan and Luo Yunji discovered that the Monster Fish were feeding on a gigantic black serpent beneath the river. Zhang Xiaofan tried to escape with Luo Yunji, but the serpent struck them and knocked them into the water.

• Zhang Xiaofan and Luo Yunji searched the water with the Mysterious Gauze, then found it snagged on something below.
• Zhang Xiaofan pulled until the river surged and a gigantic black serpent rose from the water.
• They saw Monster Fish packed into the serpent’s wounds, feeding on it and catching the Mysterious Gauze against its body.
• Zhang Xiaofan scooped up Luo Yunji and used his Footwork and the Fire Poker to leap into the air.
• The black serpent burst through the water and struck them, sending Zhang Xiaofan into unconsciousness as they plunged into the river.

Little Fatty and Zhang Xiaofan encountered a giant snake after it carried them out of the water, and they tried to defend themselves when it threatened to eat them. The snake lifted them before its eyes, and Luo Yunji realized it was rubbing its wounds against the strange fish attached to its body.

• Little Fatty woke in the water, rescued Zhang Xiaofan, and realized the ground beneath them was the giant snake's body.
• The snake threatened to eat the children, so Little Fatty armed Zhang Xiaofan's Fire Poker with his hairpin and warned the snake to leave.
• Luo Yunji used a Taiji Seal to block the snake's attack, but the blow sent him flying; he returned to the snake's body on a water column and woke Zhang Xiaofan.
• Zhang Xiaofan planned to use the Fire Poker to escape while Luo Yunji held the snake back, but they discovered they were far from shore and the Mysterious Gauze was still around the snake's neck.
• The snake raised them before its eyes, and Little Fatty asked whether the strange fish attached to its wounds could be eaten.
• Luo Yunji noticed the snake rubbing its body where the wounds were and asked whether it was in pain.

Zhang Xiaofan and Luo Yunji helped the giant snake remove the strange fish from its wounds, but Luo Yunji was bitten and poisoned. After the snake revealed that crystal beads could draw out the poison, Zhang Xiaofan treated him and continued clearing the snake’s wounds, while the surrounding yin spirits called Luo Yunji the Child of the Netherworld.

• Zhang Xiaofan removed the strange fish from the giant snake’s wounds, and Luo Yunji was bitten when he tried to catch them.
• Zhang Xiaofan brought Luo Yunji to shore and used salt to make one strange fish release its grip, while the other fish poisoned Luo Yunji’s hand.
• The giant snake showed Zhang Xiaofan and Luo Yunji crystal beads that absorbed the poison from Luo Yunji’s wound.
• Zhang Xiaofan resumed clearing the giant snake’s wounds as Luo Yunji ate, fell asleep among the yin spirits, and woke when Zhang Xiaofan shook him.
• Luo Yunji said he was hungry and wanted to leave, and the giant snake confronted him with a fierce look.

Zhang Xiaofan and Luo Yunji escaped Death Spirit Abyss after encountering a giant snake and dangerous creatures. Their senior brothers identified the snake and a crystal bead as rare treasures, but Luo Yunji still wanted to return to the abyss to find more beads.

• Luo Yunji stabbed the Black Water Mystic Snake with the Fire Poker, and Zhang Xiaofan recalled it after the snake begged to be released.
• Zhang Xiaofan carried Luo Yunji out of Death Spirit Abyss while yin spirits followed and repeatedly called after them.
• The senior brothers reunited with Zhang Xiaofan and Luo Yunji, and He Dazhi identified the strange fish as poisonous Mayfly Lice and Blood Hairpins.
• He Dazhi recognized the Black Water Mystic Snake from ancient records and explained that it lived in the Heartless Sea.
• After eating and resting, Luo Yunji insisted on returning to find the pretty beads, revealing the crystal bead to the senior brothers.
• He Dazhi identified the crystal bead as White Elixir and explained that it neutralized poisons and could become a deadly weapon after absorbing filth.

Little Fatty’s deadly poison bead frightened his senior brothers, and he later revived the giant snake in exchange for a trip to find gems. The group was interrupted by a yin spirit that addressed Little Fatty as the Prince of the Nether.

• He Dazhi explained that white elixir could not cure the poison in the black bead, and Little Fatty accidentally revealed its destructive power when it cracked and corroded the ground.
• Little Fatty refused to give up his last bead but agreed to store it in his bamboo pack after his senior brothers pleaded with him.
• Little Fatty and Zhang Xiaofan returned to Death Spirit Abyss, where Zhang Xiaofan removed insects from the giant snake while Little Fatty pried loose its scales.
• Little Fatty healed the giant snake with the hairpin after asking it to take him somewhere fun, and the snake offered to show him gems at the bottom of the Heartless Sea.
• A yin spirit approached and called Little Fatty the Prince of the Nether, while Luo Yunji refused to give it his name.

Luo Yunji, Zhang Xiaofan, the Black Water Mystic Snake, and a wraith explored the seabed of the Heartless Sea, where the wraith explained the local plants and gemstones. Little Fatty collected treasures and learned about the Heartless Fruit, while the snake warned him away from its island.

• A wraith asked to stay by Little Fatty, and the Black Water Mystic Snake explained that wraiths from Death Spirit Abyss could not reincarnate until their malice or resentment was cleansed.
• Little Fatty agreed to let the wraith follow him, then persuaded the Black Water Mystic Snake to take him and Zhang Xiaofan underwater.
• The group reached the seabed, where the wraith identified the glowing Starlight Grass and explained its properties.
• Little Fatty collected gemstones as the wraith described their uses, and Zhang Xiaofan picked Starlight Grass to take back to Big Bamboo Peak.
• The wraith mentioned a thousand-year fruit on an island, and the Black Water Mystic Snake warned that the Heartless Fruit would strip a human of emotion and told Little Fatty not to seek the island.