Recaps

Luo Bin dealt with Lu You’s death, discovered his blood and hexagrams could counter Gu, and joined Zhang Yunxi’s group to confront the murderous Kong An. After escaping the temple, Luo Bin learned more about the Six-Arts Fangshi and accepted a test from an old man who claimed the Essence-Devouring Gu had made Luo Bin its host.

• Luo Bin and Bai Wei killed Lu You, but a false corpse pill taken by a Gray Immortal exploded, and the group concealed what had happened from the Nether Market.
• Luo Bin went to White Buddha Temple, where the white silkworm entered Bai Guang’s ear, and he then used his blood and the Lake-Thunder Following hexagram to free the afflicted Monk Overseers.
• Luo Bin returned to South Flat City, advanced his physiognomy skills, and joined Zhang Yunxi and Bai Wei at Golden Peace Temple to investigate Kong An.
• The group entered the old temple, where Kong An overpowered Bai Wei and Zhang Yunxi and tried to sacrifice Luo Bin to a deity.
• Gu Worms killed Kong An, but he later recovered and attacked again, and the white silkworm entered his nostril, giving Luo Bin time to free his companions and escape.
• Luo Bin blamed Miao Miao and her grandmother for failing to kill Kong An when they could, then learned from Bai Wei about the Six-Arts Fangshi and their search for Dai Zhixiong.
• Dai Zhixiong told Shangguan Xingyue he wanted her as his disciple, while an old man told Luo Bin the Essence-Devouring Gu had accepted him as its host and urged him to return to the temple.
• Luo Bin chose to consider the old man’s offer, and after asking whether he could survive a problem with the Gu, he cut flesh from his left little finger for a Shell-Devouring Gu.

Luo Bin entered Dai Zhixiong’s Underground Palace to rescue Hu Jin and Huang Ying, fighting through its Fangshi and reuniting with Shangguan Xingyue. After the group escaped with a Corpse Core, Luo Bin split off to confront Dai Tong at Gravemound Ridge.

• Luo Bin and Miao Miao recognized that Dai Zhixiong had trapped the routes around Ludi Village, then found the Sacred Way leading into the Underground Palace.
• Luo Bin and Miao Gu defeated Dai Ji and forced him to reveal how to open the palace entrance.
• Luo Bin entered the Underground Palace alone with Miao Gu, burned corpse guardians with Lightning-Struck Chestnut Heartwood, and fought through Fangshi who broke his formation.
• Dai Sheng wounded Luo Bin and Miao Gu with palace mechanisms, but Miao Gu’s leeches overwhelmed him before Shangguan Xingyue arrived with Hu Jin and Huang Ying.
• Shangguan Xingyue explained that failed Fangshi refinements had created living corpses, then chose to pursue her own path despite Luo Bin’s warning about Dai Zhixiong.
• Luo Bin and his companions escaped the Underground Palace as Miao Gu’s skin began to burn in the sunlight, while the Gray Immortal stole and swallowed a Corpse Core.
• The wounded Gray Immortal emerged from a qi vent and gave the Corpse Core to Luo Bin, who kept it despite Hu Jin’s warning that Dai Zhixiong would pursue him.
• Luo Bin sent Hu Jin’s group toward Barrier Pass, then ran to Gravemound Ridge with Dai Tong in pursuit and formed a sixteen-palace death formation at the summit.

Luo Bin traveled to Thousand Miao Village, where his gu and unusual mark drew the attention of the Miao people and the forces of Spirit-Transfer Cave. After fighting their ambush, he discovered that the pool’s feng shui could revive corpses and found a deep hole beneath its island.

• Luo Bin reached Thousand Miao Village with Miao Miao and his companions, passed Granny Li’s test, and was allowed to stay under supervision.
• Miao Lan tried to steal Luo Bin’s Shell-Devouring Gu, but Fourth Master Gray injured him, and Luo Bin later gave blood to help revive Miao Miao’s grandfather.
• During the visit to Three Miao Cave, Luo Bin endured a painful ritual and discovered that his gu mark attracted Gu-Bound People and Cave Maidens.
• Luo Bin used the Lake-Thunder Following Hexagram to cross the storm safely with Miao Miao, then fought a living corpse at a forbidden pool and learned it had become a black fiend.
• Granny Li revealed Luo Bin’s golden-purple mark, and the Miao people knelt before him as Miao Na was sent to report to the Great Witch Doctor.
• Miao Gu told Luo Bin that he had brought back a Miao King and asked him to promise Miao Miao that Kong An would die, but Spirit-Transfer Cave trapped them in a corpse prison and sent attackers after them.
• Luo Bin and Miao Gu defeated the ambushers with the Calling Bell and Blood Leech Gu, while Fourth Master Gray and the Living Corpses killed more of the fleeing attackers.
• Luo Bin chose not to pursue the last two attackers, studied the pool’s feng shui, and found a deep hole beneath its island after the corpse pill warmed in his hand.

Luo Bin survived the tomb’s White Gu, escaped the village’s marriage rite, and accepted the Miao King’s offer to cultivate for Thousand Miao Village. After half a year refining gu, he returned with a Black-Gold Toad while Huang Ying left Three Perils Mountain.

• Fourth Master Gray took the corpse core into the passage beneath Lakeheart Island, and Luo Bin followed him into a tomb where White Gu trapped him in painful illusions.
• Miao Gu rang the Calling Bell to wake Luo Bin, who escaped the tomb and returned to Thousand Miao Village, where Zhang Yunxi used a Bronze Club to drive out a White Gu.
• Granny Li brought Luo Bin to the Miao King, who revealed Lord Mo Di’s connection to the Three Corpse Worms and offered Luo Bin freedom and succession in exchange for protecting the village.
• Luo Bin entered Corpse King Valley to gather venomous creatures, escaped the valley’s strange influence, and returned to Three Miao Cave to begin cultivating gu in the ravine.
• Luo Bin spent six months refining gu through four successive generations while Miao Na secretly sought Spirit-Transfer Cave’s help to lure him out.
• A tiny Black-Gold Toad emerged from Luo Bin’s iron vat, ate his Shell-Devouring Gu, and formed a faint bond with him as a young golden silkworm entered his brow.
• Luo Bin returned to Thousand Miao Village with the Black-Gold Toad, while Huang Ying left Three Perils Mountain and Miao Na prepared to capture her.