Chapter Summaries

Granny Red explained to Wen Ning and Shi Dajian that the Demon-Suppressing Pagoda had been built as a refuge for gentle yao, not merely as a prison. She then warned that trouble at the pagoda’s top threatened the village’s long-standing safety.

• Granny Red led Wen Ning and Shi Dajian to the village inn and ordered twenty roast chickens for the little Fox Demons.
• Wen Ning asked why kind yao lived in the Demon-Suppressing Pagoda, and Granny Red explained that Maoshan elders had sheltered them there from evil yao and prejudiced cultivators.
• Granny Red told Wen Ning and Shi Dajian that the pagoda had protected the yao village for generations, though its peace might soon be lost.
• Wen Ning asked whether the unstable barrier meant something had gone wrong at the top of the pagoda, and Granny Red confirmed that it had.

Granny Red left Wen Ning and Shi Dajian to pay for the roast chickens, but the innkeeper rejected Shi Dajian’s mortal-world phone payment and required him to work off the bill. Wen Ning left with Granny Red to handle the pagoda’s seal, while Shi Dajian stayed behind to wash dishes for four or five days.

• Granny Red led the fox demons toward the inn’s exit after they finished eating, but the innkeeper stopped the group and demanded payment for the roast chickens.
• Granny Red said she had no money and insisted that Wen Ning and Shi Dajian should treat, leaving them responsible for the bill.
• Shi Dajian offered to pay by phone, but the innkeeper explained that payments from the mortal world were useless inside the Demon-Suppressing Pagoda.
• The innkeeper told Shi Dajian to wash dishes to work off the debt, and Wen Ning argued that the Maoshan disciple should take responsibility because the pagoda belonged to Maoshan.
• Granny Red and the fox demons urged Shi Dajian to accept the inn’s rules, and the innkeeper said he would have to wash dishes for at least four or five days.
• Wen Ning left with Granny Red, while Shi Dajian remained at the inn to wash dishes.

Wen Ning left Shi Dajian washing dishes to repay his meal and explained that the Demon Village could help soften the rigid Maoshan disciple's outlook. He reinforced the first-floor seal beneath Granny Red's home, while Shi Dajian remained trapped in the inn kitchen, watched by little Fox Demons.

• Wen Ning told Granny Red he had left Shi Dajian at the inn to experience life among the peaceful demons and temper his rigid views.
• Granny Red explained that the first-floor seal was beneath her home, where she could guard it safely from the curious young demons.
• Granny Red showed Wen Ning the damaged formation, and he used thunder arts to reinforce its cracked seal.
• Shi Dajian continued washing dishes to repay his debt while the innkeeper supervised and he silently resented Wen Ning for leaving him behind.
• The little Fox Demons returned to the kitchen and watched Shi Dajian wash the mountain of dishes.

Wen Ning reinforced the first-floor seal and entered the Demon-Suppressing Pagoda’s second floor, which contained a vast casino designed to exploit visitors’ desires. He resisted the casino’s bewitching influence and let a rabbit demon lead him deeper inside as he searched for the seal.

• Wen Ning told Granny Red that he had reinforced the first-floor seal, and she warned him to restrain his desires on the second floor.
• Wen Ning found the Aochuang Old Lisboa Casino and entered after two tiger spirits welcomed him, while they privately planned to exploit his greed.
• Wen Ning resisted the casino’s bewitching mist and searched the gambling hall for traces of the second-floor seal.
• A rabbit demon linked arms with Wen Ning and offered to show him around, while he discreetly blocked her Yao Qi and agreed to follow her.

Wen Ning used his Celestial Eye Supernatural Ability to win every round of sic bo at the casino, amassing a huge pile of chips. The rabbit spirit steered him toward the higher-stakes VIP rooms, where the casino planned to deal with his winning streak.

• Wen Ning pretended to accept the rabbit spirit's offer and borrowed a huge stack of chips from the leopard cat demon at the loan counter.
• Wen Ning used his Celestial Eye Supernatural Ability to see the dice and won his first bet on small.
• Wen Ning kept winning every round despite the snake demon dealer changing his technique and using demonic arts.
• The rabbit spirit invited Wen Ning to play in the VIP rooms after his winnings began costing the casino heavily.
• Wen Ning gathered his mountain of chips and agreed to follow the rabbit spirit upstairs.

Wen Ning faced the tiger spirit in the casino’s VIP room and lost his chips before wagering his body against information about the Demon-Suppressing Pagoda’s second-floor seal. He activated his Celestial Eye to win back the chips, leaving the tiger spirit accusing him of cheating and the rabbit demon watching viciously.

• The rabbit demon led Wen Ning to the VIP room, where the tiger spirit agreed to gamble with him.
• Wen Ning gambled without using his Celestial Eye and lost all his chips, then offered his body as collateral to keep playing.
• Wen Ning asked the tiger spirit to reveal the location of the second-floor seal if Wen Ning won, and the tiger spirit agreed while threatening to kill him if he lost.
• Wen Ning activated his Celestial Eye and accurately bet on the dice, winning the chips back from the tiger spirit.
• The tiger spirit accused Wen Ning of cheating, while Wen Ning claimed his success came from good luck and the rabbit demon turned hostile.

Wen Ning defeated Tiger Essence, Rabbit Essence, and their underlings with the Five Thunder Righteous Method, then demanded to know where the Demon-Suppressing Pagoda’s second-floor seal was. When Tiger Essence refused to reveal it, Wen Ning threatened them with a devastating lightning attack, and Rabbit Essence finally offered to talk.

• Tiger Essence and Rabbit Essence attacked Wen Ning after he overturned the gambling table, but Wen Ning struck them down with lightning.
• The monsters' underlings rushed into the VIP room, and Wen Ning incapacitated them all with the Five Thunder Righteous Method.
• Wen Ning asked Tiger Essence where the second-floor seal of the Demon-Suppressing Pagoda was, but Tiger Essence refused to betray its secrets.
• Wen Ning repeatedly struck Rabbit Essence with lightning to pressure Tiger Essence, while Tiger Essence insisted the demons would rather die than yield.
• Wen Ning gathered a powerful sphere of lightning, and Rabbit Essence broke down and offered to reveal the seal's location.

Wen Ning uncovered and reinforced the Demon-Suppressing Pagoda’s second-level seal beneath the casino, then killed the defiant tiger spirit and warned the monsters against malice. On the first level, Shi Dajian spent a quiet moment with Little Fox, who bluntly explained that she called him uncle because he looked old.

• The rabbit spirit revealed that the second-level seal lay beneath the casino and that the monsters had been eroding it with the casino’s corrupt energy.
• Wen Ning shattered the casino floor, exposed the damaged seal, and restored it with the Five Thunder Righteous Method.
• Wen Ning killed the tiger spirit with lightning and announced that he had reinforced the seal and installed a restriction that would activate against malice and evil intentions.
• On the first level, Shi Dajian relaxed with Little Fox after a day of washing dishes, and she asked when he would bring her roast chicken.
• Shi Dajian asked why Little Fox called Wen Ning her big brother but called him uncle, and she said Wen Ning was handsome while Shi Dajian looked old.

Wen Ning explored the Demon-Suppressing Pagoda’s third floor, a world of woods and streets, where he met a flower demon fleeing from pursuers. Over a meal, she told him the floor’s strongest monster was the owner of Spring Radiance Garden and warned that she liked fair, tender humans like him.

• Wen Ning entered the third floor and saw a flower demon flee from several pursuing monsters.
• Wen Ning let the flower demon and her pursuers pass, then continued exploring the floor.
• Wen Ning stopped at a restaurant and ordered food, drawing the attention of the demon diners.
• The flower demon sat opposite Wen Ning and scolded him for not rescuing her from the monsters.
• Wen Ning asked about the strongest monster on the floor, and the flower demon named the owner of Spring Radiance Garden.
• The flower demon warned Wen Ning that the owner liked fair, tender humans like him.

Wen Ning followed Hua Manlou’s directions to Spring Radiance Garden and discovered that the feared destination was a pleasure house run by female demons. He entered to investigate, unaware that the demons planned to exploit his pure human aura for nourishment.

• Hua Manlou warned Wen Ning that Spring Radiance Garden was dangerous, then told him where to find it and gave him her name.
• Wen Ning reached Spring Radiance Garden and realized it was a decadent pleasure house rather than a demonic lair.
• Several female demons coaxed Wen Ning inside, and he entered while secretly observing the Yao Qi around him.
• The pink-clad demon watched Wen Ning go with the fox spirits and said the demons should wait before trying to use his vital essence as nourishment.

Wen Ning searched Spring Radiance Garden for the location of the Demon-Suppressing Pagoda’s third-floor seal, but the fox demons there did not know where it was. After defeating them, he learned that their mysterious owner controlled the seal, though they could not tell him who she was or where to find her.

• Wen Ning sat untouched by the food and wine while asking the fox demons about the third-floor seal, but they claimed to know nothing.
• The garden’s leading female demon revealed her suspicion that Wen Ning had come seeking the seal and ordered the demons to attack him.
• Wen Ning used the Five Thunder Righteous Method to defeat the attacking fox demons without leaving his seat.
• Wen Ning threatened the demons with thunderlight, stopping the leading female demon’s attempt to feign weakness.
• The female demon admitted that she did not know the seal’s location and said Spring Radiance Garden’s hidden owner guarded and controlled it personally.

Wen Ning failed to find the Seal among the Fox Demons, but Hua Manlou revealed that she was the boss of Spring Radiance Garden and held the Seal. She also admitted that she had staged a chase to see if Wen Ning would rescue her, leaving them bickering over his failure to play the hero.

• Wen Ning left the private room without finding the Seal and met Hua Manlou waiting outside.
• Hua Manlou told Wen Ning that the Seal was with her and revealed that she was the boss of Spring Radiance Garden.
• Wen Ning realized Hua Manlou had been warning him not to seek out herself, the formidable boss she had described at the restaurant.
• Hua Manlou explained that the monsters chasing her were her underlings and that she had staged the pursuit to test whether Wen Ning would rescue her.
• Wen Ning teased Hua Manlou by saying she would have had to offer herself to him if he had played the hero, leaving her flustered and glaring at him.

After storming out of the restaurant, Shi Dajian shared his tragic past and his master’s teachings with the little foxes who had followed him. Granny Red reminded him that he still owed the restaurant for his meal, so he returned to finish washing dishes.

• Shi Dajian smashed a plate and quit his dishwashing job, then found several little foxes following him to his courtyard.
• Xiao Bai explained that Granny Red had sent the foxes to keep him company, and Shi Dajian told them that a monster had killed his parents before his master took him in.
• Shi Dajian described his master’s rule to judge monsters by their actions, then frightened the foxes by pretending he would eat them.
• Granny Red confronted Shi Dajian for leaving without repaying his meal through work, and he agreed to return to the restaurant and wash the dishes.
• Shi Dajian walked back to the restaurant, where the owner was still cursing over the broken plate.

Wen Ning asked Hua Manlou for the location of the third-floor seal, and she agreed to reveal it if he helped her eliminate a dangerous pangolin demon. Hua Manlou led him to the demon inside Spring Radiance Garden, where Wen Ning judged its Yao Qi to be wicked.

• Shi Dajian admitted his mistake to Hua Manlou and returned to washing dishes.
• Hua Manlou explained that she had inherited Spring Radiance Garden from her deceased mother and refused Wen Ning's offer to take her out of the Demon-Suppressing Pagoda because she needed to keep the third floor in check.
• Hua Manlou asked Wen Ning to help kill a pangolin demon, and he agreed after she said it had harmed weaker demons.
• Hua Manlou led Wen Ning into Spring Radiance Garden and kicked open the room where the pangolin demon was drinking.
• The pangolin demon flirted with Hua Manlou and proposed that they join forces, while Wen Ning examined its Yao Qi and judged it to be wicked.