Vol. 8The Miao King’s Broken Core

Luo Bin faced the Corpse Prison crisis, inherited the Miao King’s place, and pursued the truth behind his missing body and Kong An’s schemes. After escaping the Old Temple, he watched Dai Zhixiong destroy his damaged corpse core and faced Zhou Ling in the courtyard.

  • Luo Bin joined three Taoists to break the Corpse Prison and drive off the corpses, then woke at home uncertain about the Corpse King, Spirit-Transfer Cave, and Kong An.
  • After Miao Yi was killed and villagers blamed him for the calamities, Luo Bin helped Bai Guanli use the Fire Palace Sixteen Hexagram Array to drive away the corpses.
  • Luo Bin resisted the Three Corpse Worms’ influence and survived the battles involving Lord Mo Di and Kong An, while the Old Miao King died.
  • Granny Li welcomed Luo Bin as the new Miao King, and he returned to Thousand Miao Village with the heartwood’s new power.
  • Luo Bin rescued Chen Zu from a Fierce Prison and learned that his original body was alive inside a jade coffin.
  • At the Old Temple, Luo Bin found Lu Li being used as a Bell-Striking Pestle and Bai Guanli waiting hungrily.
  • Luo Bin helped free Bai Guanli and escaped Lake Island with Bai Xian and Xu Lu as Six Yin Mountain closed in.
  • Dai Zhixiong smashed Luo Bin’s weakened corpse core, and Luo Bin faced Zhou Ling in the courtyard.
Chapters 705–804 Read from ch. 705

Arc 29The Corpse Prison Crisis

Luo Bin tried to protect Thousand Miao Village as poison, living corpses, and the Corpse King brought it under attack, while Kong An and Spirit-Transfer Cave fueled the conflict. After joining forces with three Taoists to break the Corpse Prison, Luo Bin woke at home and remained uncertain about the Corpse King, Spirit-Transfer Cave, and Kong An.

  • Luo Bin searched for Huang Ying, discovered she had left alone, and told Granny Li what he knew about Lord Mo Di and the three corpse worms.
  • Zhang Yunxi warned Luo Bin that Three Miao Village faced chaos, while Luo Bin learned to draw Gray Immortal Spirit-Inviting Talismans and Spirit-Transfer Cave prepared an attack.
  • Luo Bin found Granny Li poisoned through the village well, then helped Zhang Yunxi and Hu Jin confront the spreading living corpses and trace the threat to a Corpse King Valley.
  • Luo Bin tried to seal the well opening, but the Corpse King attacked and drained his energy until Fourth Master Gray distracted it and helped him escape with Hu Jin.
  • Luo Bin and Miao Yi confronted Huang Hang, but Miao Na’s accusation and Kong An’s interference sparked a battle in which Miao Yi was killed and Luo Bin was pursued.
  • Luo Bin escaped the Black Di Water Corpse with help from Bai Guanli, Bai Su, and Bai Xian, then persuaded the Taoists to help fight the Corpse King in exchange for a chance to obtain a Rainbow Pill.
  • Luo Bin and the Taoists returned to Thousand Miao Village and broke through the Corpse Prison, where Luo Bin found Miao Yi’s mutilated body and faced villagers who blamed him for the calamities.
  • Luo Bin helped Bai Guanli use the Fire Palace Sixteen Hexagram Array to drive away the corpses, collapsed from exhaustion, and woke three days later as Miao Miao explained her vow and the split golden bamboo.
Chapters 705–729 Summaries Read

Arc 30The New Miao King

Luo Bin helped uncover the Three Corpse Worms’ influence, then survived the battles surrounding Lord Mo Di, Kong An, and the Miao King. After the Old Miao King died, Luo Bin inherited his place and returned to Thousand Miao Village, where the Grand Shamanic Healer demanded to see his treasures.

  • Luo Bin joined Zhang Yunxi’s group in the Tomb Chamber, resisted the Three Corpse Worms’ illusions, and helped expose Bai Guanli’s possession by Middle Corpse White.
  • Luo Bin poisoned Bai Guanli and Bai Su to stop their attack, then helped Zhang Yunxi remove the worm and followed the Goldfish Water toward Lord Mo Di.
  • Luo Bin entered Three Miao Cave with the group, but Lord Mo Di’s illusions separated them, and Lord Mo Di dragged him away to receive the Rainbow Pill.
  • Kong An fought Lord Mo Di while the Miao King came to Luo Bin’s aid, and the Miao King later drew Kong An into an ambush with the Burden-Bearer.
  • Luo Bin and Zhang Yunxi escaped the cave, but the Miao King remained behind, after the cave expelled Bai Guanli and the others, Luo Bin led Zhang Yunxi and Hu Jin onward.
  • Huang Hang ambushed Luo Bin, Zhang Yunxi, and Hu Jin with Living Green Corpses, but Luo Bin disrupted his control and used the Miao King’s ocarina to overwhelm him with gu insects.
  • The Black-Gold Toad poisoned and killed Huang Hang, and Granny Li welcomed Luo Bin as the new Miao King after the Old Miao King’s death.
  • Luo Bin returned to Thousand Miao Village, discovered the heartwood’s new power, and refused Miao Zi’s demands to see his Golden Silkworm Gu and the Miao King’s Ocarina.
Chapters 730–754 Summaries Read

Arc 31The Bell-Striking Pestle

Luo Bin rescued Chen Zu from a Fierce Prison and uncovered that a soul linked to a talisman and inkstone had left his original body trapped in a jade coffin. After discovering Lu Li’s horrific fate at the Old Temple, he was left facing Bai Guanli and Kong An’s schemes.

  • Luo Bin challenged Miao Zi’s authority with the Miao King’s Ocarina, but Miao Zi took the ocarina, injured Granny Li, and sent Luo Bin to the Three Miao Caves.
  • Luo Bin escaped with Zhang Yunxi and Hu Jin, learned that Chen Zu had been abducted, and received a Talisman Inkstone from the Nether Market.
  • Kong An tortured Lu Li and took Kong Chen’s remains while Luo Bin and his companions entered a Fierce Prison to find Chen Zu.
  • Luo Bin and Zhang Yunxi helped Chen Zu escape the opera-haunted village by destroying the Opera Ghost’s hold over his family.
  • A young practitioner’s ghost and the inkstone’s talisman caused Luo Bin to relive events and attack Zhang Yunxi, who discovered a face-shaped mark on Luo Bin’s chest.
  • Xie Qing sent Luo Bin’s awareness into a prisoner’s body, where Luo Bin saw Kong An and learned his original body was alive inside a jade coffin.
  • Zhang Yunxi suppressed the mark on Luo Bin’s chest, and Luo Bin asked Chen Zu to investigate his missing original body and Mr. Mao.
  • Luo Bin stopped Chen Zu from going to the Southern Heaven Taoist Abbey and entered the Old Temple, where he found Lu Li being used as a Bell-Striking Pestle and Bai Guanli waiting hungrily.
Chapters 755–779 Summaries Read

Arc 32The Yellow Spring and the Broken Core

Luo Bin helped bring down Kong An’s Old Temple and escaped Lake Island with Bai Guanli, Bai Xian, and Xu Lu. As Six Yin Mountain and Dai Zhixiong closed in, Dai Zhixiong destroyed Luo Bin’s damaged corpse core, leaving Luo Bin facing Zhou Ling inside the courtyard.

  • Luo Bin freed Bai Guanli from Kong An’s control, then pretended to accept the role of chief Black Rakshasa while resolving to save the captives and kill Kong An.
  • When Zhou Ling and the Six Yin Mountain disciples attacked, Kong An used the Lotus Tower against them, and Luo Bin freed Bai Xian and Xu Lu before joining Bai Guanli against Kong An.
  • Bai Guanli struck Kong An with heavenly lightning but was badly wounded, so Luo Bin carried him to the dock and escaped with the others as the Six Yin Mountain pursuers fell into the lake.
  • After Shen Dong brought them away, Bai Guanli began Corpse Liberation, and Xu Lu recovered his soul and warned Luo Bin that killing a Six Yin Mountain disciple had made them enemies.
  • Xu Lu and Luo Bin altered Jin’an Lake’s feng shui to create a murderous Yellow Spring and evacuate the island, while Zhang Yunxi and Hu Jin faced danger at the City God Temple.
  • Luo Bin and Xu Lu returned to the courtyard, where Dai Zhixiong’s Fangshi ambushed them and captured them after Luo Bin was stabbed and the Black-Gold Toad seized.
  • Dai Zhixiong found the corpse core inside the Golden Silkworm Gu’s cocoon, broke the cocoon, then smashed the weakened core despite Luo Bin’s warning.
  • As Dai Zhixiong attacked Luo Bin, Zhou Ling and his injured Six Yin Mountain disciples were brought into the courtyard, and Luo Bin faced Zhou Ling amid the growing confrontation.
Chapters 780–804 Summaries Read
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