Vol. 5The Cabinet Mountain Crisis

Luo Bin pursued answers about his inheritance and confronted the Taoists, traps, and hostile forces surrounding Cabinet Mountain. He reunited with his family, learned the Spirit Mediums had been trapped for over twenty years, and continued toward the village with Shangguan Xingyue, who could guide the group to the Nightmare Corpse’s tomb.

  • Luo Bin escaped the Jade Hall Taoist Grounds and killed Wen Ye while fleeing the Taoists who sought his inheritance.
  • Luo Bin reunited with his blind father, then followed a hidden route with Zhang Yunxi into a chamber filled with human heads.
  • Luo Bin and Zhang Yunxi escaped the burning Heart-Peering Grounds and joined Qin Tianqing at the ruined Heavenly Mechanism Taoist Grounds.
  • Luo Bin killed Qin Ju and Qin Quan, but the evil spirit took complete control of his body.
  • Shangguan Xingyue taught Luo Bin primordial calculation, and Luo Bin killed Zhang Yunjin after evading his Taoists.
  • Luo Bin and his companions entered Cabinet Mountain as its mist and awakened corpses scattered them, and Luo Bin sought Yuan Yinxin’s weakness.
  • Luo Bin reunited with his family and learned that his parents and Zhang Baijiao had survived.
  • Shangguan Xingyue joined Luo Bin’s group and said she could guide them to the Nightmare Corpse’s tomb.
Chapters 403–503 Read from ch. 403

Arc 17The Hidden Taoist Grounds

Luo Bin escaped the Jade Hall Taoist Grounds, reunited with his blind father, and joined Zhang Yunxi in searching for the Heavenly Mechanism Taoist Grounds. They reached a false compound ruled by the unstable Qin Ju, uncovered a hidden map, and entered a hall filled with human heads.

  • Luo Bin killed Song Tianzhu and escaped Floating Tortoise Mountain with Zhang Yunxi, Hu Jin, and two Taoists, while Shangguan Xingyue followed them into the fog.
  • After reaching the Jade Hall Taoist Grounds, Luo Bin was subjected to a failed poison treatment, discovered that the Taoists meant to take his inheritance, and killed Wen Ye while escaping.
  • Zhang Yunni and the Taoists attacked Luo Bin and Zhang Yunxi at a ruined temple, where Luo Bin’s Moss Eater Flowers killed several attackers before Shangguan Xingyue killed Zhang Yunni and the survivors.
  • Luo Bin and Zhang Yunxi left for Nanping, where Luo Bin found his blind father, visited his mother’s grave, and resolved to settle his score with Yuan Yinxin.
  • In Qushui Town, Luo Bin and Zhang Yunxi encountered Li Zi and the Carp Wraiths, then accepted Wei Dong’s offer to guide them toward the Heavenly Mechanism Taoist Grounds.
  • The three reached a compound where Qin Ju claimed to be the grounds’ master, but Luo Bin and Zhang Yunxi found dried corpses and learned that visitors had entered the mountain without returning.
  • Luo Bin uncovered the map’s hidden route, while Zhang Yunxi planned to find Qin Jiumo’s true disciples and Wei Dong secretly returned to the grounds.
  • Luo Bin followed a hidden figure into a hall, where Zhang Yunxi joined him and they found tables covered with human heads.
Chapters 403–428 Summaries Read

Arc 18The Heart-Peering Mountain

Luo Bin and Zhang Yunxi escaped the Heart-Peering Grounds, joined Qin Tianqing, and faced Qin Ju’s traps and treachery on the mountain. Luo Bin’s evil spirit overwhelmed him as he killed Qin Ju and Qin Quan, leaving him unable to move.

  • Luo Bin and Zhang Yunxi discovered the heads in Qin Ju’s secret chamber, fled the Taoist Grounds, and learned that Wei Dong had set the grounds on fire after finding his son’s head.
  • At the Heart-Peering Grounds, Luo Bin used Rewind to recognize the hallucinations and help Zhang Yunxi escape by breaking the formation’s talismans, while Shangguan Xingyue remained trapped.
  • Luo Bin and Zhang Yunxi found Qin Tianqing at the ruined Heavenly Mechanism Taoist Grounds and persuaded him to leave the mountain and preserve its legacy.
  • Qin Tianqing led Luo Bin and Zhang Yunxi away from the poisonous miasma, but Qin Ju’s linked traps and ambushes blocked their route.
  • Luo Bin triggered the traps with his transformed body, then was separated from Zhang Yunxi and Qin Tianqing when Qin Ju lured him into the formation and the traitors attacked him.
  • The Moss Eater Flowers killed many of Luo Bin’s attackers, but Qin Ju’s group later restrained Luo Bin with spirit-suppressing tools, and Luo Bin talked Qin Ju into cooperating with him.
  • Luo Bin turned on Qin Ju and Qin Quan, cut off their heads, and the Hunter hung them from his waist as he walked toward the Heavenly Gate.
  • At dawn, Luo Bin’s clothes and weapon returned to normal, but he could not move because the evil spirit’s consciousness had taken complete control of him.
Chapters 429–453 Summaries Read

Arc 19Return to Cabinet Mountain

Luo Bin escaped the Heavenly Gate Mountain crisis, learned from Shangguan Xingyue, and fought off Zhang Yunjin’s Taoists before returning to Cabinet Mountain. The mountain’s mist and awakened corpses scattered the group, leaving Luo Bin and Qin Tianqing searching for Yuan Yinxin’s weakness.

  • Shangguan Xingyue led Luo Bin away from Cabinet Mountain’s imprisoned people, but an Unlived Person attacked them and Qin Tianqing and Zhang Yunxi rescued Luo Bin.
  • Qin Que used the Twelve Palaces of Life-Binding on Luo Bin, but Luo Bin’s stolen fate left Qin Que frozen while Luo Bin recovered from his Evil Spirit transformation.
  • Luo Bin and his companions found the wounded Shangguan Xingyue, escaped Heavenly Gate Mountain with Wei Dong’s help, and traveled toward Cabinet Mountain.
  • Shangguan Xingyue began teaching Luo Bin primordial calculation, but Zhang Yunjin and the Red Armor Taoists ambushed them and wounded her.
  • Luo Bin used the Moss Eaters and his knowledge of the Primordial Sixteen Trigrams to evade the Taoists, then lured Zhang Yunjin into a concealed pit and killed him.
  • Qin Que led his disciples into Cabinet Mountain Village, where the villagers’ blood flowed toward him and strengthened the instinct controlling him.
  • Luo Bin, Qin Tianqing, Zhang Yunxi, and Shangguan Xingyue entered Cabinet Mountain as its paths vanished and mist, a Two-Legged Sheep, and a Nightmare Corpse disrupted their journey.
  • Yuan Yinxin lost control of the Corpse Child as chaos spread through Cabinet Mountain, while Luo Bin reached the second Resting Place and resolved to find Yuan Yinxin’s weakness.
Chapters 454–478 Summaries Read

Arc 20The Fall of Cabinet Mountain

Luo Bin returned to Cabinet Mountain, where a fear-warping field and the mountain’s hostile forces threatened his companions. After learning his family was safe but discovering the Spirit Mediums had been trapped for decades, he continued toward the village with Shangguan Xingyue, who could guide them to the Nightmare Corpse’s tomb.

  • Luo Bin reunited with Gu Yiren in Cabinet Mountain Village, while the Heart-Peering Field made villagers and companions see their fears as reality.
  • Luo Bin and Qin Tianqing rescued Qin Que from the Morgue and learned Cabinet Mountain had taken control of the Nightmare Corpse and was targeting them.
  • Luo Bin and Gu Yiren traveled toward Cabinet Mountain Town, survived a fox-like demon’s attack, and gathered Emotion Flower Fruit at Li Yunyi’s abandoned courtyard.
  • Luo Bin found the town in ruins and learned from Li Yuan that his parents and Zhang Baijiao were dead, before Yu Hao revealed they had survived and reunited him with his family.
  • Luo Bin refused to abandon Qin Tianqing and Zhang Yunxi, and his family agreed to accompany him back toward the village.
  • Shang Liuli warned that the mountain’s restraints had failed, while Spirit Mediums emerged from the mountain and realized they had been trapped for over twenty years.
  • Shangguan Xingyue joined Luo Bin’s group and said she might take him to meet her Master, and Luo Bin concluded she could guide them to the Nightmare Corpse’s tomb.
Chapters 479–503 Summaries Read
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