Vol. 10Elephant Mountain and Gui City

Luo Bin recovered Primordial Calculation’s inheritance, survived the dangers of Sawu Mountain, and became involved in the Su family’s troubles and the Gui Market. The stretch ended after he killed two monks and learned that Six Mountain Yin had several people in Daxiang City.

  • Luo Bin and his companions reached Primordial Calculation, where he treated Bai Xian and discovered the Yang Residence’s dead inhabitants and empty ritual rooms.
  • Luo Bin placed the Copper Awl and Eight-Trigram Mirror at the estate’s heart and saw Primordial Calculation’s remains and a feathered coffin.
  • Luo Bin recovered Primordial Calculation’s inheritance, and its corpses drove Bai Zihua and Bai Yi’s forces back.
  • Luo Bin restrained Zhou Sanming, who escaped into the fog, then returned the Monk Corpse to its prison, where it demanded something back.
  • The shamanesses captured Luo Bin on Sawu Mountain, but he separated his soul from his body and escaped.
  • After recovering at Su Su’s home, Luo Bin confronted Jin Youde and weakened him with Mountain Death-Extinction Hexagram.
  • Luo Bin joined the Gui Market and retrieved the Crown Rats’ Crimson Robes and the hidden stockpile of Zhongshan baijiao.
  • Luo Bin killed two monks with Jin Youde’s aid, then returned to Gui City and learned Six Mountain Yin had several people in Daxiang City.
Chapters 905–1004 Read from ch. 905

Arc 37The Veiled Primordial Abbey

Luo Bin and his companions entered Elephant Mountain and uncovered the dangers surrounding Primordial Calculation, while Shangguan Xingyue claimed control of the survivors and remained behind at the outer temple. Luo Bin reached the Yang Residence, treated Bai Xian, and discovered the estate’s dead inhabitants and empty ritual chambers.

  • Luo Bin’s group reached Elephant Mountain, where they discovered the Elephant Tomb and learned that Tao Kan’s party had taken the Old Tortoise despite Shangguan Xingyue’s warning.
  • The released Turtle-Faced Evil Soul killed practitioners, and Shangguan Xingyue forced the survivors to surrender slivers of their life souls and serve as scouts.
  • Luo Bin and his companions followed Shangguan Xingyue through the mountain’s dangerous paths to the Mountain God Temple, where Luo Bin identified the spirits as part of Primordial Calculation’s entrance.
  • Bai Zihua confronted Shangguan Xingyue at the temple, but the Mountain God Nightmare attacked and Elephant Mountain expelled Zhou Sanming and his followers as it veiled the heavens again.
  • Luo Bin, Xu Lu, and Bai Xian climbed to Primordial Calculation, avoided its forbidden approach, and entered the Taoist Grounds above the yin grounds.
  • Luo Bin used his blood, the Human-Skin Garment, and the Black-Gold Toad to drive an entity from Bai Xian, then explored the Yang Residence and ate a pill from a dead disciple’s box.
  • The Yang Residence’s dead inhabitants revived after dark, and Luo Bin and Xu Lu hid beneath the grounds, finding evidence that missing suppression objects had made the estate unsafe.
  • Luo Bin and Bai Xian placed the Copper Awl and Eight-Trigram Mirror at the estate’s heart, where Luo Bin saw the dried remains of Primordial Calculation’s last people and a feathered coffin before finding the ritual rooms empty.
Chapters 905–929 Summaries Read

Arc 38The Elephant Mountain Reckoning

Luo Bin recovered Primordial Calculation’s inheritance and fought Divine Firmament Mountain’s forces before escaping into Elephant Mountain with Bai Xian and Xu Lu. They confronted Zhou Sanming and freed his captives, but Zhou Sanming survived, leaving Luo Bin to return the Monk Corpse to its tomb, where it demanded something back.

  • Luo Bin, Xu Lu, and Bai Xian entered Primordial Calculation’s tomb, recovered its ritual artifacts and inheritance, and witnessed the corpses bow to Luo Bin after he took the Moon-Shaped Stone.
  • Bai Zihua and Bai Yi attacked Luo Bin’s group, but the Primordial Calculation corpses drove them back and trapped Bai Zihua’s forces in a Corpse Horde that transformed Bai Zihua and Bai Yi.
  • Luo Bin led Bai Xian and Xu Lu through Elephant Mountain, freed the Ascended Malevolent Corpse, and recruited it to help him confront Yuan Yinxin and Zhou Sanming.
  • The Old Monk attacked Zhou Sanming, but Zhou Sanming destroyed its malevolent soul before Luo Bin and his companions fought him with the White Flower Lantern, blood peachwood sword, and Bai Xian’s spirits.
  • Luo Bin restrained Zhou Sanming with the Primordial Fiend-Subduing Talisman, and Bai Xian’s nine retreats weakened him, but Zhou Sanming escaped into the fog after attacking the Nightmare Fiend.
  • Luo Bin and Bai Xian found the dying Yin-Yang Practitioners, gave them turtle meat and golden pills, and arranged for Shangguan Xingyue and the others to leave Elephant Mountain.
  • Luo Bin returned the Monk Corpse to its original prison beneath the turtle corpse, where it opened its eyes and demanded that he return something.
Chapters 930–954 Summaries Read

Arc 39Sawu Mountain and the Su Family

Luo Bin was captured by Sawu Mountain’s shamanesses and escaped by separating his soul from his body, leaving his companions to search for him. After recovering in a village, he began rebuilding his divination skills and confronted Jin Youde, who had targeted the Su family.

  • Luo Bin traveled to Sawu Mountain with Bai Wei, Xu Lu, and Bai Xian, where Fourth Master Gray lured him to a cave of corpses and a sword-swallowing corpse.
  • Luo Bin met Shi Gan, but the shamanesses abducted him, subdued him, and brought him before Yi Yi, the Shaman Queen, who planned to use him to continue their bloodline.
  • Luo Bin hid in the mountain fissure, completed the Seven Yin Arts Talisman formation, and expelled his soul while his body remained behind.
  • Xu Lu discovered that Luo Bin had vanished, while Shangguan Xingyue lost her connection to him and Yi Yi ordered the capture of his companions.
  • Luo Bin awoke beside a coffin with Luo Shan’s soul, then regained access to Primordial Calculation and drew Luo Shan into his fingernail.
  • The Black-Gold Toad freed Fourth Master Gray, and the two descended Sawu Mountain as Xu Lu set out to find help.
  • Luo Bin recovered at Su Su’s home, used divination to help Su Jian, and began studying his inheritance while preparing a gu.
  • Luo Bin sent his centipede gu after Jin Jie and confronted Jin Youde, weakening him with Mountain Death-Extinction Hexagram as Jin Youde hurled a patchwork garment at him.
Chapters 955–979 Summaries Read

Arc 40The Gui Market and the Monks

Luo Bin hunted the Crown Rats, joined the Gui Market, and became entangled in the hunt for a namesake and a clash with Lu Si. After two monks attacked him, he killed them and returned to Gui City, where the Gui Market bought their possessions and revealed Six Mountain Yin’s growing presence.

  • Luo Bin entered the Gui Market, sold ritual equipment, and accepted a mission to retrieve the Crown Rats’ Crimson Robes and locate Zhongshan baijiao.
  • Luo Bin followed the Zhou Family’s Crown Rats to their den, resisted the Crown Rat’s attack, and returned with three Crimson Robes and the hidden stockpile of Zhongshan baijiao.
  • Luo Bin became a Gui Market elder and learned that a powerful faction was searching for someone named Luo Bin, while Lu Si decided he was not the wanted man.
  • Luo Bin and Fan Jie fought Lu Si at Fan Jie’s residence, killed him, and sealed his soul inside the Human-Skin Garment before dividing his ritual artifacts.
  • Luo Bin recognized two monks linked to Kong An as a threat, escaped them through a river and cave, then found Jin Youde’s skin and ghosts in a hollow tree.
  • Jin Youde’s skin and the ghosts disrupted the monks’ attack, and Luo Bin used his Calling Bell, Bronze Club, and Copper Beads to kill them.
  • Luo Bin returned to Gui City with the monks’ possessions, sold them to Wu Dong, and learned that Lu Si had been missing for nearly a week and Six Mountain Yin had several people in Daxiang City.
Chapters 980–1004 Summaries Read
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