Recaps

Fang Shu discovered a small spirit vein branching from Venom Hall Valley and used it to choose a secluded hill for a cave residence. After the pangolin excavated the unfinished dwelling, he named it Fang Immortal Cave and left pleased with his new home.

• Fang Shu traced spiritual energy through an underground river and realized its tiny spirit vein branched from Venom Hall Valley.
• Fang Shu chose an inconspicuous hill three or four li from Venom Hall Valley and ordered the pangolin to excavate horizontally into it.
• The pangolin spent three days carving out a spacious cave residence, including a central platform, water channel, light shaft, and escape passage.
• Fang Shu stopped the pangolin one zhang above the underground river and determined the spirit vein could make the residence exceptionally rich in spiritual energy.
• Fang Shu rewarded the pangolin, carved the name Fang Immortal Cave and couplets at the entrance, and departed in high spirits.

Fang Shu saw Black Mouse reduced to menial labor in the Beast Hall and left without approaching him. That night, Black Mouse sacrificed his Treasure-Seeking Rat to help a pockmarked steward catch a giant red pond catfish, and the steward offered to teach him how to plant spirit roots.

• Fang Shu spotted Black Mouse scrubbing the Beast Hall floor but chose not to acknowledge or help him.
• Black Mouse slipped out at night and helped the pockmarked steward haul a smaller red pond catfish from the composting pool.
• The steward offered Black Mouse a chance to become his servant and learn his craft if he helped catch an enormous catfish.
• Black Mouse agreed to use his Treasure-Seeking Rat as bait, and the steward cast it into the pool to find the giant catfish.
• The rat lured up the man-sized catfish, but Black Mouse crushed the injured animal and followed the steward, who promised to teach him how to plant spirit roots.

Fang Shu visited Fang Lu and supported her decision to leave the flesh trade and pursue spirit-plant and spirit-pet work, promising to connect her with the Venom Hall. After furnishing his cave abode, he prepared to continue cultivating with the Life-and-Death Yin-Yang Lesser Bliss Rhapsody.

• Fang Shu found Fang Lu had transformed her cottage and learned she had quit her former business to cultivate spirit plants and breed spirit pets.
• Fang Lu asked Fang Shu to connect her with Venom Hall work, and he agreed to help and entrust his own venomous-insect breeding to her.
• Fang Lu explained the cost of spirit-gathering formations and offered spirit-gathering talismans as a cheaper alternative, but Fang Shu clarified he had only been asking.
• Fang Shu declined to rekindle their past intimacy, congratulated Fang Lu on her new life, and left her cottage.
• Fang Shu bought two spirit-gathering talismans and two sunlight talismans, then furnished his cave abode and drew spiritual energy from an underground dark river.
• Fang Shu decided to visit the Venom Hall to request a cultivation method from his Second Senior Brother and settled on the Life-and-Death Yin-Yang Lesser Bliss Rhapsody.

Fang Shu convinced Hao Junliang to let him cultivate the Life-and-Death Yin-Yang Lesser Bliss Rhapsody and passed a test of his true qi. After studying the method and the previous disciples’ experiences, Fang Shu began cultivating with confidence in the Dao Register’s ability to monitor his body.

• Hao Junliang warned Fang Shu about the dangers and slow progress of the Life-and-Death Yin-Yang Lesser Bliss Rhapsody, but Fang Shu insisted on choosing it for its increased chance of Foundation Establishment.
• Hao Junliang tested Fang Shu’s true qi with Copper Coin Toads, and Fang Shu held five toads for thirty breaths to earn the cultivation jade slips.
• Fang Shu asked Hao Junliang about work involving venomous insects, and Hao Junliang told him he could give orders using his waist token.
• Fang Shu used the Dao Register to rapidly organize the cultivation method and the previous disciples’ experiences, then began circulating his true qi to practice.
• Hao Junliang tested the toads himself and discovered that their excessive hunger made them unusually restless and caused them to underestimate cultivators’ true qi.

Fang Shu refined Life-and-Death Yin-Yang true qi in seclusion until the Scripture Hall announced a series of immortal studies lectures. He attended with former roommates and other disciples, and the lectures continued for several days before a Foundation Establishment lecturer began teaching a specific spell.

• Fang Shu spent half a month studying the true qi method and refined a strand of Life-and-Death Yin-Yang true qi.
• Fang Shu received a waist-token message announcing that the Scripture Hall would hold lectures the next day.
• Fang Shu went to the Scripture Hall and joined Lu Renjia and Bao Fengtao, later greeting Ling Bai Lang and Er Daiyuan.
• Fang Shu invited Mai Shenger to sit with them after realizing she had also advanced to qi refinement.
• Daoists lectured on different immortal disciplines over several days, and Fang Shu eagerly listened and memorized their teachings.
• After the fifth day of lectures, a Foundation Establishment lecturer stayed to teach a specific spell, drawing the disciples' attention.

Immortal Jin Yan demonstrated and sold his Golden Smoke Fire-Niter Cloud to Qi Refinement disciples, and Fang Shu decided to buy it with his Lead-Essence Treasure Pearl. Jin Yan took the pearl but gave Fang Shu three other spells instead, leaving him without the cloud-riding technique.

• Immortal Jin Yan lifted the assembled disciples on his Golden Niter Cloud and explained its uses and how buyers could store it in snuff bottles.
• Jin Yan offered the cloud-riding spell for ten taels of low-grade spirit stones, and disciples including Er Daiyuan and Mai Shenger bought it.
• Jin Yan dispersed the cloud beneath the non-buyers, causing Fang Shu and the others to drop, while Mai Shenger urged Fang Shu and his companions to purchase the spell.
• Fang Shu offered his Lead-Essence Treasure Pearl in exchange for the cloud-riding spell, but Jin Yan took the pearl and gave him the Wall-Piercing Technique, Object-Driving Technique, and Invisibility Technique instead.

Fang Shu received three ancient Qi Refinement spells after losing his chance to buy the Golden Niter Cloud, then returned to his cave and advanced his cultivation. At a later lecture, he spotted his former roommate Black Mouse among the outer disciples.

• Fang Shu accepted three spell manuals from the Golden Smoke immortal, and Lu Renjia was punished with a fall after disparaging the Wall-Piercing Technique.
• Mai Shenger explained the differences between ancient and modern spells and described how the orthodox Mystic Sect judged various arts.
• After the Golden Niter Clouds sold out, the Golden Smoke immortal left, and Fang Shu agreed with Lu Renjia, Bao Fengtao, and Mai Shenger to meet again at the next lecture.
• Fang Shu secluded himself in his cave, and his Dao Register completed its analysis of the first volume of the Minor Joy Ode of Life, Death, Yin, and Yang, improving his cultivation.
• At a later lecture, Fang Shu recognized Black Mouse, his former roommate, who had completed Qi Refinement and entered the outer sect.

Fang Shu mastered three ancient Qi Refinement spells and earned spirit stones by tutoring fellow disciples after sermons. When Foundation Establishment practitioners began noticing his comprehension, he deliberately kept a low profile, and the approaching year-end brought a message from Venom Hall.

• Fang Shu converted his true qi into Life-and-Death Yin-Yang True Qi and tested the Object-Driving, Wall-Piercing, and Invisibility Techniques.
• After comparing ancient methods with modern techniques, Fang Shu continued practicing the three spells as useful tools despite their limited combat value.
• Fang Shu tutored Lu Renjia, Bao Fengtao, and Mai Shenger for spirit stones, then accepted Er Daiyuan as a student too.
• When a Foundation Establishment practitioner questioned him and he learned that such practitioners considered recruiting talented disciples for spell research, Fang Shu feigned poor comprehension and stopped tutoring outsiders.
• Fang Shu's waist token displayed the words "Venom Hall," reminding him of Senior Brother Hao's promised year-end good fortune.

Fang Shu received permission to observe the Yin-Yang venom pits after Long Gu assigned him to assist Huai Liangxing, who retained control of them. When Huai Liangxing failed to meet him, Fang Shu waited overnight, then investigated his senior brother and the venom pits, while Huai Liangxing resolved to protect his chance to reach the sixth tribulation.

• Long Gu heard her disciples’ annual reports, inspected Fang Shu’s Yin-Yang true qi, and assigned him to observe and assist with Huai Liangxing’s venom pits for three Dao merits a year.
• Hao Junliang warned Fang Shu that Huai Liangxing had once changed cultivation methods and cautioned him not to force the Yin-Yang method if it proved harmful.
• Fang Shu learned that managing a venom pit brought major cultivation resources and could help him bring allies from Solitary Gu Hall into the sect.
• Huai Liangxing failed to appear for their agreed meeting, and Fang Shu waited through the night at Venom Hall’s gate, becoming the subject of gossip.
• Huai Liangxing arrived after Fang Shu had left and suspected him of deliberately damaging his reputation, then decided to keep the venom pit until he reached the sixth tribulation.
• Fang Shu went to Household Hall and sent letters to learn more about Huai Liangxing and the venom pits.

Fang Shu learned about his Fifth Senior Brother’s damaged foundation and chose to avoid a direct conflict while making use of the Yin-Label and Yang-Label Gu Pits. Despite his senior’s petty interference with supplies, Fang Shu refined three Gu insects to the Four-Tribulation level and gained a new source of income.

• Er Daiyuan and others reviewed Fang Shu’s background and judged him to be a poor-born disciple skilled at forging connections.
• Fang Shu read that his Fifth Senior Brother had a middle-grade spirit root but had damaged his foundation, and decided to keep his distance while still pursuing opportunities at the Gu Pits.
• Hao Junliang escorted Fang Shu through the Yin-Label and Yang-Label Gu Pits, explaining their workers, Dao Soldiers, and duties.
• Fang Shu used materials in the Yang-Label Gu Pit to refine Gu, but suspected his Fifth Senior Brother had diverted some supplies to hinder him.
• Fang Shu mastered the Four-Tribulation refinement methods for the Sleepy Insect, Tagalong Insect, and Breath-Holding Insect, and realized he could sell them for money.

Fang Shu sold his refined Gu insects at Treasure Hall, learned about qi coins and Qi Refinement trade, and spent most of his earnings on pills and a storage bag. After cultivating with the pills and earning a spirit stone for lecturing, he was approached by Er Daiyuan with an offer of sponsorship from the Er Family.

• Fang Shu sold fifteen Gu insects to Tong Cou for five thousand Yellow Toad Qi Coins.
• Fang Shu studied Treasure Hall's Common Knowledge booklet and learned about qi coins, exchange rates, and the income and costs of Qi Refinement cultivation.
• Fang Shu spent his earnings on Qi-Nourishing Pills and traded his storage pouch plus three thousand coins and one tael of spirit stone for a fourth-calamity storage bag.
• Fang Shu cultivated with the pills and found they increased his cultivation speed, shortening his estimated time to tribulation readiness to ten years.
• Fang Shu lectured and discussed the Dao again, earning a tael of spirit stone, then Er Daiyuan told him the Er Family wished to sponsor him.

Er Daiyuan brought Fang Shu to the Er Family to arrange a sponsorship, and Fang Shu accepted the basic terms despite the clan’s dismissive treatment. After spending the night with Er Daiyuan, he left at dawn, while the Er Family’s attempt to use Er Daiyang in a cultivation scheme exposed the family’s ruthless dealings.

• Er Daiyuan offered Fang Shu sponsorship from the Er Family and explained that the clan hoped he would leave behind a descendant after establishing his foundation.
• Fang Shu learned that the Er Family’s ancestor had established his foundation over two hundred and twenty years earlier, then followed Er Daiyuan to Er Valley to discuss the offer.
• Er Daiyang presented the basic Grade C sponsorship contract, and Fang Shu accepted its modest benefits and nonbinding obligations before signing it with Er Daiyuan.
• Er Daiyuan visited Fang Shu in his room that night, saying she wished to form a connection with him, and they became lovers.
• Fang Shu left Er Valley at dawn without staying, while Er Daiyuan watched him depart and hoped he would prove exceptional.
• The Er Family’s matriarch berated Er Daiyuan and ordered Er Daiyang to assist with cultivation instead; Er Daiyang panicked as her mother restrained and led her away.

Fang Shu absorbed Er Daiyuan’s yin spirit qi, raising his magic power to twelve toads, then visited the Er Family Library to study its extensive collection of cultivation texts. He began rapidly memorizing the third level’s complete spells and cultivation methods, leaving himself immersed in the library’s riches.

• Fang Shu cultivated the yin spirit qi he had harvested from Er Daiyuan and raised his magic power to ten toads, then to twelve after several days of secluded cultivation.
• Fang Shu learned that Er Daiyuan was confined to quarters and could not meet him, so he went to the Er Family Library instead.
• Fang Shu explored the library’s first two underground levels and found mortal books, cultivation methods, prescriptions, and notes that could help him improve his own arts.
• Fang Shu reached the third level and discovered a vast collection of complete qi-refining spells and cultivation texts, with warnings attached to incomplete works.
• Fang Shu began rapidly reading and memorizing the third level’s texts, using the Dao Register to build up his cultivation knowledge.

Fang Shu asked Immortal Jin Yan about root spells and learned how ancient spell ideas developed into the basic spells used by the nine branches, confirming his suspicion that spells shared deeper connections. After the lectures, he tried to keep a low profile, but Mai Shenger stopped him as he was leaving.

• Fang Shu asked Immortal Jin Yan whether the world's many spells were derived from a limited set of root spells, after revealing that he was Lady Long Gu's registered disciple.
• Immortal Jin Yan explained the ancient Root Spell Table of the Thirty-Six Heavenly Spirit Methods and Seventy-Two Earthly Fiend Arts, then described how the nine branches developed their own basic spells.
• Fang Shu realized Jin Yan's explanation supported his research into connections among spells and thanked him, while Jin Yan left after the other disciples peppered him with questions.
• Fang Shu resolved to avoid drawing attention at future lectures, then listened to a Five Elements Thunder Method lecture and earned spirit stones by advising friends afterward.
• Mai Shenger stopped Fang Shu as he was about to descend the mountain.

Fang Shu borrowed eight taels of spirit stones from Mai Shenger in exchange for her Golden Niter Cloud, then used what he learned from Immortal Jin Yan to organize his spell cultivation around three ancient arts. After two or three years, he had developed the Leaping Wall-Piercing Art, Five-Sense Invisibility Art, and Flying Weapon Manipulation Art, but wanted access to a much larger collection of books.

• Mai Shenger asked Fang Shu for an eight-tael loan and gave him her Golden Niter Cloud as collateral, which he accepted.
• Fang Shu tested the Golden Niter Cloud, practiced flying, and returned to his cave abode through the wall.
• While reviewing his spells, Fang Shu chose the Wall-Piercing Art, Invisibility Art, and Object Manipulation Art as foundations for combining ancient arts with modern spells.
• Fang Shu spent two or three years cultivating and refining the three arts into the Leaping Wall-Piercing Art, Five-Sense Invisibility Art, and Flying Weapon Manipulation Art.
• Fang Shu imagined more advanced versions of his arts but concluded that the Er Family's collection was too small to help him realize them.

Fang Shu studied the Acquired Exotic Insect Compendium and used the Yin-Yang Bliss Gu as inspiration to refine Qi-Refining yin and yang Gu insects that could help gather qi. After a servant attack nearly killed several attendants during his work at the Yin-Label Gu Pit, Fang Shu successfully refined his yin Gu and left, while his fifth senior brother’s interference suddenly stopped.

• Fang Shu exchanged Dao Merit for the Acquired Exotic Insect Compendium and learned about the Yin-Yang Bliss Gu’s powers and yin-yang qi.
• Fang Shu gathered yin- and yang-aligned Gu materials and began spending longer periods refining Gu at the Yang-Label and Yin-Label Gu Pits.
• Fang Shu continued refining at the Yin-Label Gu Pit as black frost and yin qi spread around him.
• Servants ordered Fang Shu to leave the pit, but entering his range caused black qi to drain their vitality and freeze them into zombie-like figures.
• Fang Shu completed his refinement, drew the black light and surrounding yin qi into his sleeve, and departed after saluting toward the spot where his fifth senior brother was hidden.
• Fang Shu found that his remaining time at the Gu pits passed without further interference or missing materials.

Fang Shu tested his Yin-Yang Gu insects on Mai Shenger, then used them to accelerate his cultivation. After three years, he completed his Fourth Tribulation and had more than half a year to strengthen his foundation.

• Fang Shu refined six pairs of Fourth Tribulation Yin-Yang Gu whose combined power approached the Fifth Tribulation, but ran out of money to continue refining them.
• Fang Shu hired Mai Shenger as a test subject and implanted Yin Corpse Gu and Yang Huo Gu in her womb vessel, recording their effects and learning how to use them safely.
• Fang Shu successfully tested both Gu insects and paid Mai Shenger for the extended session, then returned to his cave abode.
• Fang Shu began secluded cultivation with the Yin-Yang Gu, which circulated through his body and formed a symbiotic relationship with his true qi.
• After three years, Fang Shu completed his Fourth Tribulation and had more than half a year to address deficiencies and solidify his foundation.

Fang Shu tested the destructive power of his Yin-Yang Venom Worms, then attended the Five Viscera Temple’s final lecture and learned the requirements for competing for inner sect status. The selection would admit nine disciples based on Dao merit earned for the Temple over the coming year, leaving Fang Shu and the other eligible disciples to consider their prospects.

• Fang Shu tested his Yin-Yang Venom Worms and found they could combine to unleash Five Tribulations-level mana, then concealed the evidence and hid the worms again.
• Fang Shu joined Lu Renjia and the others at the final lecture, where Lu Renjia explained that outer sect disciples faced compulsory work while inner sect disciples received cultivation support.
• A purple-robed Foundation Establishment immortal announced that disciples with nine years in the sect could seek review if they had innate spirit roots or mastered one of the nine immortal arts.
• Fang Shu realized that Er Daiyuan, Mai Shenger, and Bao Fengtao did not qualify to compete because they lacked spirit roots or mastery of an immortal art.
• The immortal announced that nine inner sect places would go to the disciples who ranked highest in Dao merit earned for the Temple during the year.
• Er Daiyuan explained that the Dao merit system both simplified selection and encouraged competitors to serve the Temple, while she and Mai Shenger watched Fang Shu closely.

After learning he could descend the mountain to seek support for the inner disciple contest, Fang Shu arranged a trip to Guling Town and prepared for the journey. He learned that two people traveling there with him were suspected competitors.

• Er Daiyuan told Fang Shu that disciples could visit family and seek support from their clans or Daoist halls before the inner disciple contest.
• Fang Shu consulted Senior Sister Fang Lu, who urged him to travel down the mountain and warned him to be cautious of competitors from his town.
• Fang Shu waited overnight at the Household Hall and secured a route to Guling Town departing three days later, noticing Ling Bai Lang's name ahead of his.
• Fang Shu bought gifts and supplies, then received letters from Senior Sister Fang Lu and Er Daiyuan with information about the competitors.
• Fang Shu learned that seventy-six people qualified to compete and that two suspected competitors would travel with him to Guling Town.

Fang Shu discovered that Deng Lixing and the Pan family crew were plotting to kill him, Ling Bai Lang, and Black Mouse, then struck first and exposed a connection to Withered Bone Abbey. The three disciples killed Deng Lixing and later separated before reaching Guling Town after the Pan Family Cargo Ship sank.

• Fang Shu secretly overheard Deng Lixing, the captain, and the cargo master discussing a plan to kill the three disciples and force Deng to participate.
• Fang Shu attacked the captain and cargo master on deck, and Ling Bai Lang and Black Mouse joined him after he revealed the plot.
• Ling Bai Lang found Sound-Recording Talismans, while Black Mouse recovered a gray bone linked to Withered Bone Abbey from the cargo master's corpse.
• Deng Lixing admitted that someone from Venom Hall had approached him, but Fang Shu and the others killed him despite his claim that he had refused to join the plot.
• Fang Shu, Ling Bai Lang, and Black Mouse later went their separate ways after the Pan Family Cargo Ship struck a reef and sank before reaching Guling Town.

After surviving the incident aboard the Pan family's boat, Fang Shu sent reports to the Five Viscera Temple and claimed a valuable artifact and a large cache of Spirit Stones. He reached Guling Town and returned to Solitary Gu Hall, where the aged Lone Pavilion Master recognized him as a former disciple.

• Fang Shu sent two Thousand-Mile Message Talismans to the Household Hall, reporting what had happened aboard the Pan family's boat.
• Fang Shu kept the Four-Calamity Bone Nail and the Storage Bag containing fifty-two taels of low-grade Spirit Stones, then grew wary of threats outside the temple.
• Fang Shu traveled to Guling Town and entered Solitary Gu Hall unseen, looking for his second uncle.
• Fang Shu found the Lone Pavilion Master teaching inner-courtyard disciples and revealed himself when she sensed his presence.
• Fang Shu greeted Master Lone, whose smile led the disciples to realize that an Immortal Sect disciple had come down from the mountain.

Fang Shu returned to Solitary Gu Hall after nine years and told the Lone Pavilion Master he planned to compete for an inner sect disciple position. After learning that the Pan family and Mountainbreaker Hall might be tied to Withered Bone Abbey and the killing of Five Viscera Temple disciples, the Lone Pavilion Master gathered her forces to seek revenge and resources for Fang Shu’s contest.

• Fang Shu greeted the Lone Pavilion Master, who introduced him to the inner courtyard disciples as their Senior Brother and offered him the chance to teach them.
• Fang Shu told the Lone Pavilion Master he had come to visit his family and seek her guidance as he prepared to compete for an inner sect disciple position.
• The Lone Pavilion Master revealed that their Eldest Senior Brother had left on a mission and never returned, prompting an investigation into his possible defection.
• Fang Shu recounted the Pan family fleet’s attack and showed the Lone Pavilion Master the Four-Calamity Bone Nail and sound-recording talismans as evidence of a suspected link to Withered Bone Abbey.
• The Lone Pavilion Master summoned her forces and told Fang Shu she would take him to punish those involved and gather resources for his contest.

The Lone Pavilion Master and Fang Shu attacked Mountainbreaker Hall, accusing its master of plotting against Solitary Gu Hall and colluding with Withered Bone Abbey. Their battle left the Mountainbreaker Hall Master badly wounded, and the chapter ended with the Lone Pavilion Master's jujube pit smashing open his skull.

• The Lone Pavilion Master told Fang Shu that Mountainbreaker Hall had likely arranged the old attack at Seven Fragrance Tower, then gathered Snake Master and Bee Master to strike first.
• The Lone Pavilion Master and Fang Shu rode to Mountainbreaker Hall, smashed its plaque, and displayed evidence accusing its master of conspiring against Fang Shu and colluding with Withered Bone Abbey.
• The Mountainbreaker Hall Master denied the charges, attacked them, and transformed into a giant ghost while his summoned spirits fought the Lone Pavilion Master's venom insects.
• Fang Shu released Yang Huo Gu to overwhelm the ghostly creatures, then joined the fight with his bone spike and Yin-Yang Venom Worms.
• The Mountainbreaker Hall Master resisted Fang Shu's attacks, but the Lone Pavilion Master seized his opening and struck his skull with a jujube pit, blasting it open.

The Lone Pavilion Master killed Old Ghost Deng and sent Fang Shu back to guard the Solitary Gu Hall while trouble spread through Guling Town. At Scorched-Tail Hall, Ling Bai Lang killed his adoptive father and began a grotesque transformation, but Fang Shu intervened and killed him, leaving the other Immortals stunned.

• The Lone Pavilion Master revealed that she had killed the Mountainbreaker Hall Master with a gu worm, then subdued the yin ghost concealed within his corpse.
• As disturbances erupted at Black Tiger Hall and Scorched-Tail Hall, the Lone Pavilion Master asked Fang Shu to return to the Solitary Gu Hall and guard their property.
• Fang Shu reached the Solitary Gu Hall with several hall masters, found it secure, and went with them to inspect the ruined Scorched-Tail Hall.
• Ling Bai Lang claimed that the Scorched-Tail Hall Master had tried to turn him into a medicine man, while the wounded Hall Master accused Ling Bai Lang of attacking him over money and provisions.
• Ling Bai Lang killed the Scorched-Tail Hall Master and tried to attach the man's head to his own body, but Fang Shu severed the flesh buds and killed him with a bone nail.
• When Ling Bai Lang asked why he had intervened, Fang Shu replied that he needed no reason to kill him.

Fang Shu fought Ling Bai Lang in Scorched-Tail Hall and killed him by wearing down his strength, then combining venom worms and a reanimated corpse. He collected both bodies and their belongings as evidence and left the pavilion masters to witness his claim.

• Fang Shu ignored the pavilion masters’ warnings and accepted Ling Bai Lang’s challenge as Ling attacked him.
• Fang Shu dodged Ling Bai Lang’s charges and used bone spikes to weaken him while his demonic nature worsened.
• Ling Bai Lang unleashed a Flying-Head Technique, but Fang Shu used the Scorched-Tail Hall Master’s corpse and hidden Yang Huo Gu to counterattack.
• Fang Shu’s Yin Corpse Gu and Yang Huo Gu engulfed Ling Bai Lang in gray flames until he died, and Fang Shu confirmed the kill with bone spikes.
• Fang Shu stored Ling Bai Lang’s and the Scorched-Tail Hall Master’s corpses, found two damaged storage pouches, and asked the pavilion masters to witness that he was safeguarding the evidence.