Chapter Summaries

Luo Bin used Jade Tortoise Shells to form a protective circle and stopped Qin Que and the Nightmare Corpse with Lightning-Struck Wood Talismans, but the group remained trapped. Qin Tianqing spotted holes high in the cave, and the disciples began to see them as a possible escape route.

• Luo Bin arranged the Jade Tortoise Shells into a formation, allowing Qin Tianqing, Zhang Yunxi, and the surviving disciples to retreat inside while the demons and evil spirits stopped at its boundary.
• Qin Que urged the disciples to kill Qin Tianqing, but Zhang Yunxi warned them that Qin Que was controlled by Yuan Yinxin.
• Luo Bin struck Qin Que and the Nightmare Corpse with Lightning-Struck Wood Talismans, then convinced the wavering disciples not to trust Qin Que.
• Luo Bin explained that the formation could not move, leaving the group trapped as the demons and evil spirits surrounded them.
• Qin Tianqing noticed holes in the cave walls high above, and the disciples rose to look at them as a possible way out.

Luo Bin, Zhang Yunxi, Qin Tianqing, and the remaining Heavenly Mechanism Taoist Grounds disciples escaped the cavern using rope crossbows, only to find Shangguan Xingyue and Yuan Yinxin waiting at the exit. The survivors emerged into a tense standoff between Qin Tianqing’s group and Yuan Yinxin.

• Qin Tianqing used a Crossbow Launcher to anchor ropes in the cavern ceiling, giving the trapped group a way to climb out.
• Luo Bin and Zhang Yunxi climbed through the narrow passage, followed by the Heavenly Mechanism Taoist Grounds disciples and Qin Tianqing.
• At the exit, Luo Bin sensed an oppressive presence and saw Shangguan Xingyue looking into the passage.
• Shangguan Xingyue pulled Luo Bin out and said that Yuan Yinxin had become able to leave the Main Hall and that they had found him.
• Zhang Yunxi, the disciples, and Qin Tianqing emerged, leaving Qin Tianqing’s wary group facing Yuan Yinxin and Shangguan Xingyue.

Yuan Yinxin confronted Qin Tianqing’s group, killed a disciple with Hexagram Speech Manifestation, and accused them of deceiving Shangguan Xingyue and Luo Bin. Luo Bin attacked Yuan Yinxin to interrupt his speech but woke to find the Heavenly Mechanism Taoist Grounds’ survivors defeated and imprisoned, while Yuan Yinxin remained in control.

• Yuan Yinxin revealed that he knew Yuan Kong was dead and killed a Heavenly Mechanism Taoist Grounds disciple, reducing their number to thirteen.
• Luo Bin told Shangguan Xingyue that Yuan Kong had used the disciples as talismans and that Luo Bin had killed him.
• Yuan Yinxin declared that only he, Shangguan Xingyue, and Luo Bin would leave alive, and Qin Tianqing ordered the disciples to attack.
• Luo Bin seized Shangguan Xingyue to stop her from speaking and used Yin Hexagram Strangulation against Yuan Yinxin, then lost consciousness.
• Luo Bin woke to find five people kneeling under ram-horned Two-Legged Sheep, six surrounded by demons, and Qin Tianqing and Zhang Yunxi wounded and subdued.
• Yuan Yinxin called Luo Bin an ant shaking a tree and said he would have killed him if Luo Bin were not his disciple; Luo Bin refused to apologize.

Luo Bin resisted Yuan Yinxin’s efforts to convince him that Qin Tianqing had deceived him, but Yuan used Zhang Yunling’s account to make Shangguan Xingyue turn against Qin Tianqing. Luo Bin realized Yuan’s real aim was to tighten his control over Shangguan Xingyue.

• Yuan Yinxin offered to protect Luo Bin’s family and friends if Luo Bin explained what had happened to the aura of Floating Tortoise Mountain and Ba Xiao, while Luo Bin recognized the offer as a veiled threat.
• Yuan Yinxin sent Mountain Fens to retrieve people from the forest, claiming Qin Tianqing had lied about getting Luo Bin’s loved ones out of Cabinet Mountain.
• After several hours, Mountain Fens brought in the badly injured Zhang Baijiao and Zhang Yunling, and Yuan Yinxin questioned Zhang Yunling about their failed attempt to leave.
• Zhang Yunling described how fog had trapped their group, and Yuan Yinxin presented her account as proof that Qin Tianqing had deceived Luo Bin.
• Shangguan Xingyue stabbed Qin Tianqing twice with the Bone-Cleaving Knife, while Snake Beauties restrained and bit him.
• Luo Bin realized Yuan Yinxin had used the incident not to change his mind, but to deepen his control over Shangguan Xingyue.

Luo Bin realized Yuan Yinxin had manipulated Shangguan Xingyue into abandoning her doubts so she would not interfere with his next move. Yuan Yinxin began a mysterious ritual with the captured Luo Bin and a cold, preserved heart, leaving his plan unclear.

• Luo Bin understood that Yuan Yinxin had engineered a confrontation to make Shangguan Xingyue choose his side before attacking him.
• Yuan Yinxin demanded that Luo Bin reveal what he had obtained and done on Floating Tortoise Mountain, but Luo Bin refused.
• Shangguan Xingyue went to fetch Luo Yong while Shang Liuli remained wounded and pinned by Fen Mountain.
• Qin Tianqing guessed that Yuan Yinxin had sent Shangguan Xingyue away so she would not witness his next actions, and Yuan Yinxin praised his insight.
• Four Two-Legged Sheep surrounded Luo Bin as five more knelt before Yuan Yinxin, who removed a bundle and took out a cold, motionless heart.

Yuan Yinxin used a ritual made from Luo Bin’s father’s organs and his own body parts to try to force Luo Bin to reveal what he knew. Luo Bin learned that his father had died and resisted swallowing the pill, while Shangguan Xingyue turned back toward the summit but was stopped by Two-Legged Sheep.

• Yuan Yinxin arranged Luo Bin’s father’s five organs and ritually ground pieces of them with his fingernail, hair, and blood to make a pill intended to control Luo Bin.
• Yuan Yinxin revealed that Luo Bin’s father was dead and that he had been intimately connected to an Outsider from Beyond the Mountain, leaving Luo Bin devastated.
• Luo Bin pushed against the Two-Legged Sheep’s horns as his grief overwhelmed him, and his anguished roar reached Shangguan Xingyue on the mountainside.
• Shangguan Xingyue reconsidered whether Luo Bin could still be saved and turned back toward the summit, but Two-Legged Sheep blocked her path.
• Yuan Yinxin tried to force the pill into Luo Bin’s mouth, but Luo Bin bit down on Yuan Yinxin’s fingers and refused to let go despite being struck.

Luo Bin broke free of the Emotion Flower Fruit’s control and bit off Yuan Yinxin’s fingertips, while Mao Yousan used Soul Suppression to preserve Luo Bin’s body from afar. Yuan Yinxin then wore Luo Yong’s skin and tried to manipulate Luo Bin through his father’s voice, but Luo Bin remained resistant.

• As the Two-Legged Sheep pierced and lifted Luo Bin, he bit down on Yuan Yinxin’s fingers despite the Emotion Flower Fruit’s suppression.
• In a distant apartment, Mao Yousan found Luo Bin’s body reacting violently and used Soul Suppression to keep its life anchored.
• Luo Bin bit through Yuan Yinxin’s index and middle fingertips, then swallowed the severed pieces.
• Yuan Yinxin covered himself in Luo Yong’s skin and smeared Luo Bin’s blood over it.
• Speaking in Luo Yong’s voice, Yuan Yinxin tried to draw Luo Bin into an illusion, but Luo Bin continued to resist, leaving Yuan Yinxin baffled.

Yuan Yinxin revealed that he intended to kill Luo Bin and use Shangguan Xingyue as an ingredient for a pill. Qin Tianqing and Shangguan Xingyue struck back, but Yuan Yinxin survived the knife wound.

• Yuan Yinxin tore off Luo Bin’s disguise and said he would kill him unless he revealed his secrets.
• Qin Tianqing questioned Yuan Yinxin, who admitted that Shangguan Xingyue would make an excellent pill and that he had been nurturing her for the right moment.
• As the beauty snakes strangled Qin Tianqing, a hidden hand emerged from his chest and fired a needle at Yuan Yinxin, then cut several snakes away.
• Shangguan Xingyue appeared after overhearing Yuan Yinxin’s plans and stabbed him in the chest with a knife.
• Qin Tianqing freed himself from the remaining beauty snakes, but he was shocked when Yuan Yinxin did not die.

Luo Bin and the disciples of the Heavenly Mechanism Taoist Grounds fought to survive Yuan Yinxin's attack, and Qin Que, controlled by Ba Xiao, dragged Yuan Yinxin into a pit. Luo Bin reached the disciples' protective formation, but Qin Tianqing warned that Ba Xiao would soon target someone else and they had to escape.

• Yuan Yinxin revealed that Shangguan Xingyue's heart stab had not killed him and prepared to attack Luo Bin and the others as demons and evil spirits surrounded them.
• Qin Que emerged from the ground under Ba Xiao's control, and Luo Bin shouted Earth-Void Collapse as Yuan Yinxin tried to strike him with a Five-Element Seal.
• Yuan Yinxin lost control of his body, dropped the seal, and was wrapped in Qin Que's strands before plunging into the pit with him.
• Mao Yousan suffered a blow through the Soul-Calming Bell and worried about the danger Luo Bin faced at Mountain Cabinet.
• Qin Tianqing and the disciples brought Luo Bin and Shangguan Xingyue into their protective circle, then Qin Tianqing urged them to flee before Ba Xiao chose a new target.

As Cabinet Mountain began collapsing, Shangguan Xingyue explained that Yuan Yinxin’s actions were changing the mountain’s dragon veins, and Qin Tianqing led everyone in a desperate escape. Yuan Yinxin was dragged back into the hole, but his fate remained uncertain as the survivors rested briefly before continuing downhill.

• Shangguan Xingyue regained control of herself and warned that Cabinet Mountain’s dragon veins were changing, prompting Qin Tianqing to lead the group toward the summit’s edge.
• Yuan Yinxin emerged from the hole, pleaded with Shangguan Xingyue to return, and was dragged back inside after Qin Tianqing stopped her from going to him.
• The mountain shook violently, forcing the group to flee downhill while demons and Sui Xie tumbled down the mountainside.
• Luo Bin, Shangguan Xingyue, Zhang Yunxi, and Qin Tianqing eventually stopped to rest, mourning their losses and their failure to kill Yuan Yinxin.
• Shangguan Xingyue warned that the mountain remained unstable and offered the group food to help them continue their escape.

Luo Bin refused to forgive Shangguan Xingyue for her past crimes, even as she ran back up the collapsing mountain to rescue Zhang Baijiao, Zhang Yunling, and Shang Liuli. Luo Bin and Zhang Yunxi escaped Cabinet Mountain with the Heavenly Mechanism Taoist Grounds disciples, but Qin Tianqing had not returned by daylight.

• Shangguan Xingyue explained that the people rooted to Cabinet Mountain could leave only if they ate the Emotion Flower Fruits their emotions had produced.
• Luo Bin accused Shangguan Xingyue of responsibility for past deaths and rejected her attempts to guide him.
• Shangguan Xingyue admitted her guilt and ran back up the mountain to rescue Zhang Baijiao, Zhang Yunling, and Shang Liuli; Qin Tianqing followed her.
• The Heavenly Mechanism Taoist Grounds disciples escorted Luo Bin and recovering Zhang Yunxi down the mountain while treating Luo Bin with growing coldness.
• Luo Bin and Zhang Yunxi reached an ordinary road beyond the mountain, where they waited with the disciples for Qin Tianqing, who had still not appeared by daylight.

As Cabinet Mountain crumbled, Shang Liuli, Zhang Baijiao, and Zhang Yunling faced being trapped or separated until Shangguan Xingyue returned and freed Zhang Baijiao from a rock crevice. Qin Tianqing urged Shangguan Xingyue to stop blaming herself and carry on her lineage, then led the survivors away.

• Zhang Baijiao became trapped in a mountain crevice, and he pleaded with Shang Liuli to save Zhang Yunling rather than risk them all for him.
• Shangguan Xingyue appeared and used her ability to free Zhang Baijiao, telling the others that all of them had to live.
• Shangguan Xingyue told Zhang Yunling that she owed them a debt she could not repay, and Heaven-Dumping Qin arrived to carry Zhang Yunling.
• Qin Tianqing encouraged Shangguan Xingyue to live and pass her legacy to Luo Bin, explaining that she had trusted and obeyed Yuan Yinxin rather than acting from malice.
• Qin Tianqing told Shangguan Xingyue that the fault wasn't hers and urged the group to leave.

After Qin Tianqing and the others returned safely, the mountain erupted into a devastating collapse, and Qin Que emerged, transformed by Ba Xiao, to stop Qin Tianqing and Shangguan Xingyue from escaping. When the landslide finally ended, the mountain had become a fist-shaped mound, and Qin Tianqing and Shangguan Xingyue lay injured among the rubble as Luo Bin and the others rushed to help them.

• The Heavenly Mechanism Taoist Grounds disciples condemned Luo Bin for being narrow-minded, while Zhang Yunxi defended him and said he had understood something.
• Qin Tianqing returned with Zhang Yunling, Zhang Baijiao, Shang Liuli, and Shangguan Xingyue, all apparently unharmed.
• The mountain shook violently, and Qin Que emerged from a fissure, transformed by Ba Xiao, and grabbed Qin Tianqing and Shangguan Xingyue as they tried to flee.
• Zhang Yunxi judged that Qin Que and Ba Xiao were both resisting their escape, while Luo Bin used the Sixteen Hexagrams of the Spirit Palace to guide everyone to safe positions.
• The landslide reshaped the mountain into a fist-like mound, and Qin Que disappeared as Qin Tianqing and Shangguan Xingyue were found lying among the rubble.
• Luo Bin and the Heavenly Mechanism Taoist Grounds disciples rushed to save Qin Tianqing and Shangguan Xingyue.

After Yuan Yinxin’s final mountain collapse, Luo Bin rescued Zhang Baijiao, Zhang Yunling, and Shang Liuli and learned that Shangguan Xingyue had helped the group escape before Cabinet Mountain was sealed again. Zhang Yunxi and Qin Tianqing arranged for Shangguan Xingyue to travel with the Heavenly Mechanism Taoist Grounds, and Zhang Yunxi explained that she was crucial to their plans for Cabinet Mountain.

• Luo Bin used Rewind to locate and rescue Zhang Baijiao, Zhang Yunling, and Shang Liuli from the rubble.
• Shangguan Xingyue explained that her master had resealed Cabinet Mountain, while Qin Tianqing said she had helped everyone escape.
• Zhang Yunxi and Qin Tianqing exchanged pointed remarks, then agreed that the group should part ways and Shangguan Xingyue should stay with the Heavenly Mechanism Taoist Grounds.
• Shangguan Xingyue stopped Luo Bin and handed him a small bundle before returning to Qin Tianqing’s group.
• After walking away, Zhang Yunxi told Luo Bin that Qin Tianqing had used the situation to unite his disciples and that Shangguan Xingyue was a crucial move in the effort to reclaim Cabinet Mountain.

Luo Bin understood Qin Tianqing’s plan and reunited with Gu Feng, Gu Ya, and Gu Yiren at Cabinet Mountain, but collapsed from exhaustion. Meanwhile, Qin Tianqing urged Shangguan Xingyue to take responsibility for the mountain and promised to show her why he treated her well.

• Zhang Yunxi explained how Qin Tianqing had used the battle with Yuan Yinxin to earn Shangguan Xingyue’s trust and secure the Heavenly Mechanism Taoist Grounds disciples’ loyalty.
• Luo Bin decided to return to Cabinet Mountain to find Yi Ren and meet his parents, then followed his heightened perception toward the mountain.
• Luo Bin and the others found Gu Ya and Gu Yiren resting beside a boulder while Luo Feng stood facing the mountain, and Luo Bin collapsed after seeing them safe.
• Qin Tianqing told Shangguan Xingyue to gather the scattered disciples, suppress the mountain’s demons, and take responsibility for the Primordial Calculation Lineage.
• Shangguan Xingyue asked whether Qin Tianqing had been scheming against her, and he admitted that he had.

Qin Tianqing tried to persuade Shangguan Xingyue to cooperate over Cabinet Mountain, but Dai Zhixiong arrived and accused him of manipulating her. When Shangguan Xingyue refused to go with Dai Zhixiong, he and Hu Jin confronted the Heavenly Mechanism Taoist Grounds, and Dai Zhixiong killed one of its disciples with ease.

• Qin Tianqing asked Shangguan Xingyue to let the Heavenly Mechanism Taoist Grounds settle on Cabinet Mountain, and she felt wary despite his apparent sincerity.
• Dai Zhixiong interrupted them, accused Qin Tianqing of deceiving Shangguan Xingyue, and urged her to leave her sect behind.
• Shangguan Xingyue refused to go with Dai Zhixiong, while Hu Jin emerged and threatened her.
• The disciples of the Heavenly Mechanism Taoist Grounds formed up and attacked Dai Zhixiong, who leaped past their concealed weapons and killed one disciple.
• Dai Zhixiong warned Qin Tianqing that the Heavenly Mechanism Taoist Grounds was too weak to protect Shangguan Xingyue and demanded that he hand her over.

Qin Tianqing and Shangguan Xingyue tried to stop Dai Zhixiong from taking Shangguan Xingyue, but their attacks failed to defeat him. Dai Zhixiong revealed that he practiced six arts and threatened the Heavenly Mechanism Taoist Grounds as he prepared to use his knives.

• Shangguan Xingyue used a killing hexagram against Dai Zhixiong, but the attack backfired and left her badly weakened.
• Qin Tianqing used a hidden arm to shoot poisoned needles into Dai Zhixiong’s face, while Hu Jin slipped away to warn Huang Ying.
• Dai Zhixiong pulled the needles out and revealed that he was not a Five-Arts Fangshi but practiced six arts.
• Dai Zhixiong demanded that Qin Tianqing surrender Shangguan Xingyue and threatened to kill the Heavenly Mechanism Taoist Grounds disciples if they resisted.
• Dai Zhixiong revealed a belt holding dozens of knives, leaving Qin Tianqing feeling as if his body were being sliced apart.

Luo Bin woke to find Huang Ying alive and learned that Dai Zhixiong had gone after Shangguan Xingyue. As Luo Bin urged the group to find Qin Tianqing and prevent a clash, Hu Jin arrived claiming that the Divine Seer of Heavenly Secrets had poisoned Dai Zhixiong and that they were all in danger.

• Luo Bin woke beside Huang Ying, used Rewind to confirm she was real, and heard Gu Yiren explain how she had met Huang Ying and Dai Zhixiong.
• Huang Ying said Dai Zhixiong had come to Cabinet Mountain seeking Shangguan Xingyue, and Zhang Yunxi and Luo Bin worried he intended to kill her.
• Huang Ying warned that Shangguan Xingyue was dangerous, while Luo Bin ordered the group to find Mr. Qin and stop the two from clashing.
• Hu Jin rushed back in a panic and claimed the Divine Seer of Heavenly Secrets had struck Dai Zhixiong with thirteen kinds of poison, leaving the group fearing Shangguan Xingyue would pursue them.

Luo Bin and the others learned that Dai Zhixiong had defeated the Heavenly Mechanism Taoist Grounds and taken Shangguan Xingyue, while Qin Tianqing and his disciples were trapped inside Cabinet Mountain. Luo Bin chose not to interfere with Dai Zhixiong, but resolved to stop Yuan Yinxin from regaining control of the mountain.

• Hu Jin urged the group to flee, but Zhang Yunxi argued that Dai Zhixiong might still be alive and that they should go retrieve him.
• Dai Zhixiong returned with Shangguan Xingyue and said Qin Tianqing and his disciples had gone back into Cabinet Mountain and could not get out.
• Dai Zhixiong described Xiao Ba as a person on the brink of being devoured, while Shangguan Xingyue revealed that Qin Tianqing was still alive and fighting inside the mountain.
• Zhang Yunxi decided the Heavenly Mechanism Taoist Grounds had to face their own fate, and Luo Bin resolved to prevent Yuan Yinxin from regaining power.
• Dai Zhixiong prepared to leave with Huang Ying and Hu Jin after Luo Bin made his choice, while Shangguan Xingyue apologized to Luo Bin.

Luo Bin rejected Dai Zhixiong’s group and chose to return home with his family, intending to study the legacy of primordial calculation before seeking revenge or rescuing Huang Ying. Meanwhile, Dai Zhixiong revealed that he had known Hu Jin was secretly signaling Luo Bin and was waiting for him to come.

• Luo Bin tried to persuade Dai Zhixiong to let him and his family travel with the group, but Dai Zhixiong saw through his lie and left with Shangguan Xingyue, Huang Ying, and Hu Jin.
• Zhang Yunxi warned Luo Bin not to provoke Dai Zhixiong or return to Cabinet Mountain before he had gained enough strength, and offered him a safe place at the Jade Hall Taoist Grounds.
• Luo Bin declined Zhang Yunxi’s offer and decided to go home with Luo Feng, Gu Ya, and the others, while Zhang Yunxi invited him to visit the Jade Hall Taoist Grounds whenever he wished.
• Zhang Baijiao led Luo Bin and his family toward his home so they could rest and recover.
• In the minivan, Dai Zhixiong confronted Hu Jin about secretly signaling Luo Bin and revealed that he had anticipated the betrayal and was waiting for Luo Bin to find him.