Vol. 16The Four-Rules Wager

Luo Bin and his allies contained the Plague Gu, followed the trail of the Three Miao lineage, and faced new dangers at Divine Firmament Mountain. The volume ended with a three-against-three wager over Four-Rules Mountain’s place in the lineage, while the threat of possession remained unresolved.

  • Luo Bin freed the true White Miao and restored the Purple Miao Corpse-Liberation Immortal’s soul, earning recognition as the Three-Gu Miao King.
  • Luo Bin rejected the Tomb Guardian’s offer to merge their souls and learned that the Three Miao lineage needed protection.
  • Luo Bin and his allies used the Blackblood Vine to contain the Plague Gu at Nuo God Temple, and the Tomb Guardian trapped Yuan Tianshu inside the mountain.
  • Luo Bin’s group searched for the vanished Yuan Yinxin and planned to confront Kong An, but the Chief Seat Deity took control of Luo Bin.
  • Mao Yousan accepted Luo Bin as his disciple, and Luo Bin gathered Ghost Lantern Flowers while resisting the Weilu Sect and the City God Temple.
  • Mao Yousan and Luo Bin settled the Second Deity’s remains on Weilu Mountain, where Luo Bin reunited with Luo Xianshen and Bai Wei and met a veiled Taoist.
  • Luo Bin and his companions returned the Divine Firmament Four Sovereigns Mirror and uncovered impostors and signs of possession at Divine Firmament Mountain.
  • Old Gong proposed a three-against-three wager over Four-Rules Mountain’s place in the lineage, with Luo Xianshen’s future as abbey master at stake.
Chapters 1506–1605 Read from ch. 1506

Arc 61The Three-Gu Miao King

Luo Bin uncovered the Black Miao’s deception, restored the Purple Miao Corpse-Liberation Immortal’s soul, and was recognized as the Three-Gu Miao King. He refused to merge with the Tomb Guardian and learned that the Three Miao lineage had to be protected after the seal was briefly opened.

  • Luo Bin discovered that Three Miao Village’s supposed White Miao were Black Miao under the Cave God’s influence, and fled when the Cave God and Corpse King attacked him.
  • Luo Bin found the true White Miao and played the Gu-Breaking Ocarina Tune to free them, but the Purple Miao captured him and intended to sacrifice him to preserve the seal.
  • Mao Yousan, Luo Xianshen, and Bai Wei rescued Luo Bin and fought the Purple Miao Corpse-Liberation Immortal, while Luo Xianshen summoned a Patriarch to strike the enemy with thunder.
  • Luo Bin played the Miao King Ocarina to gather the Corpse-Liberation Immortal’s scattered soul, and the Purple Miao gave him their life-bound gu to help restore it.
  • The Corpse-Liberation Immortal transformed into gray butterflies, and Miao Cang and the Purple Miao named Luo Bin their Three-Gu Miao King.
  • Luo Bin returned to Three Miao Village and found it deserted, then escaped a swarm of gu worms and rejected the Tomb Guardian’s offer to merge their souls.
  • Luo Bin reunited with Qin Tianqing, learned that the seal had briefly opened and closed and that Miss Yi was safe, and heard that the Three Miao lineage needed to be guarded.
Chapters 1506–1530 Summaries Read

Arc 62The Nuo God Mountain Seal

Luo Bin and his allies confronted the Black Miao Corpse-Liberation Immortal and used the Blackblood Vine to contain the Plague Gu at Nuo God Temple. After the Tomb Guardian trapped Yuan Tianshu inside the mountain, Luo Bin’s group searched for Yuan Yinxin and planned to confront Kong An, but the Chief Seat Deity took control of Luo Bin’s body.

  • Miao Cang explained how Primordial Calculation had sealed the Nuo God Temple and directed the Black Miao toward Root Vine, while Luo Bin suspected his Blackblood Vine could remove the Plague Gu.
  • Luo Bin and his allies climbed Nuo God Mountain, but gray butterflies misled the Nuo Purple Gu masters and drew them away from the temple.
  • At the temple, Miao Qi revealed himself as a vessel for the Black Miao Corpse-Liberation Immortal, and the masked Black Miao attacked Luo Bin’s group.
  • Luo Bin empowered Luo Xianshen with the Medicine Person’s life force, and Luo Xianshen wore the Thunder Duke Nuo Deity Mask and destroyed Miao Qi with heavenly thunder.
  • Luo Bin spread Blackblood Vines through the sealed hall and trapped the Plague Gu and the Black Miao Corpse-Liberation Immortal, while the Tomb Guardian revealed that Yuan Tianshu had to guard the mountain.
  • The Tomb Guardian trapped Yuan Tianshu inside the mountain, devoured his Yin Spirit, and told Luo Bin to continue Heavenly First’s path, and Luo Bin then gave the Corpse Core to Luo Xianshen.
  • Luo Bin’s group found Cabinet Mountain Dojo empty and learned that Yuan Yinxin had vanished, then Luo Bin agreed to help investigate Divine Firmament Mountain and Black City Monastery.
  • Mao Yousan planned to bring Kong An to Black City Monastery and kill him, but the Chief Seat Deity took control of Luo Bin as Luo Xianshen and Qin Tianqing used their treasures to illuminate him.
Chapters 1531–1555 Summaries Read

Arc 63White Flower Lantern

Luo Bin became Mao Yousan’s disciple, learned to harmonize with feng shui, and gathered Ghost Lantern Flowers while facing the Weilu Sect and the City God Temple. After the conflict over the Second Deity’s remains, he reunited with Luo Xianshen and Bai Wei, then was stunned by a veiled Taoist’s arrival.

  • Luo Bin left Cabinet Mountain Dojo with Mao Yousan and the others, agreed to send the Purple Miao people to Greater Xiang City, and later traveled with Mao Yousan to his Taoist establishment.
  • Mao Yousan found Luo Bin lost in darkness amid a heavenly storm, helped him endure it, and formally accepted him as his disciple.
  • Mao Yousan warned Luo Bin about the City God Temple’s invitation, then took him toward Worry-Free Mountain to seek Ghost Lantern Flowers and replenish his Dao Corpses.
  • Luo Bin crossed a perilous cliff by harmonizing with the mountain, found the Ghost Lantern Flower field, and drove Mao Yousan and the Dao Corpses beyond its boundary.
  • A Weilu Sect Taoist attacked Luo Bin, but Luo Bin controlled him with the mother thread gu and resisted the six-thread golden silkworm gu’s temptation.
  • Luo Bin made a White Flower Lantern using a Five Camps Command Banner handle, then Mao Yousan brought him to the City God Temple, where Weilu Sect Taoists and Night Watch confronted them.
  • Luo Bin stopped Mao Yousan from escalating the fight, but the Night Watch attacked the Second Deity’s corpse and the Grand Night Watch took control of Shi Xin before Mao Yousan sealed the Night Watch into a talisman bundle.
  • Mao Yousan and Luo Bin settled the Second Deity’s remains on Weilu Mountain, then Luo Bin reunited with Luo Xianshen and Bai Wei and encountered a veiled Taoist seeking Xianshen.
Chapters 1556–1580 Summaries Read

Arc 64The Mirror and the Veil

Luo Bin returned the Divine Firmament Four Sovereigns Mirror to Divine Firmament Mountain and uncovered signs that powerful impostors and a possessing entity had infiltrated the mountain. The dispute over Four-Rules Mountain’s place in the lineage escalated into a three-against-three wager, while the threat within Divine Firmament Mountain remained unresolved.

  • Luo Bin and his companions recovered the Divine Firmament Four Sovereigns Mirror from Bai Zihua and escaped the dangers around Primordial Calculation and Elephant Mountain.
  • At Divine Firmament Mountain, Luo Bin learned that the people posing as Xu Lu, Bai Xian, and Chen Hongming were impostors, and he suspected the real Xu Lu and Bai Xian were being held elsewhere.
  • Luo Bin discovered through the mirror that the Blackblood Vine and a Fierce Prison entity had possessed him, and Old Gong arranged for Luo Xianshen to return the mirror to the new Abbey Master.
  • Luo Xianshen presented the mirror to Bai Dantai, who accused Bai Xiaoshan and Chen Hongming of defying the mountain’s orthodox lineage and ordered them brought in for punishment.
  • Luo Bin urged Bai Dantai to investigate whether Bai Xiaoshan had been possessed, and the search revealed that Bai Xiaoshan had disappeared.
  • Bai Dantai demanded that Four-Rules Mountain join Three Incense Mountain, but Luo Xianshen refused and defended his lineage as the two sides confronted each other.
  • Old Gong proposed a three-against-three wager: if Divine Firmament Mountain won, Four-Rules Mountain would join Three Incense Mountain, and if Four-Rules Mountain won, Luo Xianshen would become Divine Firmament Mountain’s abbey master.
Chapters 1581–1605 Summaries Read
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