Chapter Summaries

Luo Bin met Zhang Fu of the Jade Hall Taoist Grounds, who shared what the City God Temple knew about the Death-Prison Yama Ghost and learned how its prison worked. Zhang Fu then asked Luo Bin to reveal his relationship with Luo Bin and whether he could contact the missing grounds master.

• Luo Bin encountered Zhang Fu, who had arrived with a Day Patrol after it noticed unusual activity on Old Street.
• Zhang Fu praised Luo Bin for bringing people to bury the infant corpses in the river and explained that the City God Temple had not approached him because it was occupied with the Death-Prison Yama Ghost and other temple incidents.
• Luo Bin explained that the ghost trapped people in looping nightmares and changed their details when they began to remember, while those who forgot themselves could escape.
• Zhang Fu said the City God Temple had preserved Qian Tongbao and the others in hopes of catching the ghost, but they had since become corpses; Luo Bin clarified that victims remembered only the period of suffering.
• Zhang Fu asked Luo Bin about his relationship with Mr. Luo Bin and whether he could contact him, explaining that the Jade Hall Taoist Grounds' missing grounds master was deeply missed and could return.

Luo Bin, traveling under the name Tang Yu, reassured Zhang Fu that Zhang Yunxi was safe and learned that Six Yin Mountain’s forces had vanished after a bloody conflict. At the Female Crypt, he discovered that the infant corpses’ souls had been taken, then went to investigate the Male Cave.

• Luo Bin revealed Luo Shan’s soul to convince Zhang Fu that Mr. Luo had died, and explained that Zhang Yunxi had left with Hu Jin to hide from danger.
• Zhang Fu told Luo Bin that Six Yin Mountain’s disciples had withdrawn and that many had died while pursuing their traitor, leading Luo Bin to suspect a blood feud.
• Zhang Fu explained that the burial site contained a Female Crypt and a Male Cave, and Luo Bin chose to investigate without involving City God Zhang.
• Fourth Master Gray brought infant corpses out of the Female Crypt, and Luo Bin found that their souls were missing and their bodies were decaying.
• Luo Bin considered whether the Death-Prison Yama Ghost had taken the infants’ souls, then walked toward the Male Cave and saw its deformed corpse infants.

Luo Bin concealed the Female Crypt’s Righteous Pagoda, oversaw the recovery and disposition of the infant corpses, then left Old Street after entrusting Zhang Ze’s family with his teachings and resources. At the Male Crypt’s pagoda, he and Fourth Master Gray uncovered a rotting infant corpse with a missing forehead bone and dark green moss covering its face.

• Luo Bin sealed the Female Crypt’s Righteous Pagoda with a Heavenly Cycle Concealment Talisman, and the infant Corpse-Ghosts disappeared inside it.
• Luo Bin led the residents in recovering infant corpses from the river, arranging funerals and offerings, and having the remaining bodies cremated.
• Luo Bin kept Primordial Calculation closed, taught himself to read faces, and wrote out Heavenly First’s Sixty Hexagrams for Zhang Ze.
• Luo Bin gave Zhang Ze’s family the teachings, two gold bars to buy the shop for Zhang Ze, and an iron tin before leaving Old Street.
• Luo Bin reached the Male Crypt’s Righteous Pagoda with Fourth Master Gray and found an infant corpse missing the bone at its forehead, its body rotting beneath dark green moss.

Luo Bin investigated the moss-covered infant corpses in the Male Crypt and suspected the Blackblood Vine in his shadow had devoured their souls. After finding a healthy baby abandoned at the pagoda, he took the child and followed Fourth Master Gray to find the mother.

• Luo Bin entered the Male Crypt pagoda and found moss growing over its infant corpses, then suspected the Blackblood Vine had consumed their souls.
• Luo Bin spread his shadow through the pagoda and discovered numerous moss eater flowers growing from the Blackblood Vine before withdrawing it and removing the Heavenly Cycle Concealment Talisman.
• Luo Bin spotted a young woman carrying a baby and ordered Fourth Master Gray to keep the child safe without disturbing her.
• The woman left the baby at the Male Crypt pagoda after nursing him and then walked away in tears.
• Luo Bin picked up the crying infant, judged him healthy despite an ordinary and difficult fate, and asked Fourth Master Gray to lead him after the woman.

Luo Bin followed Fourth Master Gray into a village and found Zhang Qiuxi being brutally beaten by Kuang Peng after she abandoned their healthy baby. When Kuang Peng threatened them with an air gun, Luo Bin quietly intervened, leaving Kuang Peng collapsed and the villagers in chaos.

• Fourth Master Gray led Luo Bin into a village where Kuang Peng was beating Zhang Qiuxi while villagers argued about her family and the baby she had left behind.
• Kuang Peng threatened the Village Committee with an air gun, then aimed it at Luo Bin after recognizing the baby.
• Luo Bin spoke quietly, causing Kuang Peng to drop the gun and clutch his chest.
• Luo Bin moved to another spot and murmured again, and Kuang Peng began pounding his own head while Zhang Qiuxi fled.
• Several large black rats attacked Kuang Peng’s crotch as the crowd screamed and watched in shock.

Luo Bin helped Zhang Qiuxi escape her abusive village and reflected with Fourth Master Gray on Heaven, fate, and the limits of his efforts. He decided to return to Sawu Mountain for the White Flower Lantern and then visit the Underground Palace to help Shangguan Xingyue atone and establish Taoist grounds.

• Luo Bin found Zhang Qiuxi beneath a locust tree and urged her not to return to her husband, giving her money and an address in Qushui Town.
• Zhang Qiuxi took the money, photographed the address, and hurried away with her baby as villagers approached.
• Luo Bin debated with Fourth Master Gray whether his good deeds followed Heaven's will, and Fourth Master Gray cursed the heavenly lightning House Immortals faced.
• Luo Bin told Fourth Master Gray he planned to retrieve the White Flower Lantern from Sawu Mountain and visit the Underground Palace to help Shangguan Xingyue atone.
• Fourth Master Gray urged Luo Bin to find Little Xu instead and mentioned the Divine Yin Spirit and a formidable figure on Baixiao Mountain.

Luo Bin decided to return to Sawu Mountain to retrieve the White Flower Lantern and Primordial Calculation ritual artifacts, then traveled to Peach Immortal Town with Fourth Master Gray. The chapter left them preparing to enter the mountains when Fourth Master Gray caught a mysterious scent and began to panic.

• Luo Bin reconsidered his plans and decided to return to Sawu Mountain before visiting Divine Firmament Mountain or the Underground Palace.
• Luo Bin and Fourth Master Gray traveled to Beiwei City, where Fourth Master Gray secretly carried Luo Bin’s backpack through station security.
• Luo Bin took the high-speed train and reached Peach Immortal Town by evening, much faster than on his previous journey.
• Fourth Master Gray urged Luo Bin to rest and plan carefully before entering the Shamanesses’ territory.
• While Luo Bin searched for lodging, Fourth Master Gray smelled something, then trembled and said his nose had stopped working.

Luo Bin and Fourth Master Gray reached Peach Immortal Town and learned that Sawu Mountain’s territory had grown crowded with Spirit Mediums and disciples. Nearby, Dai Zhixiong tried to force Hu Xing to help him enter Sawu Mountain, while she demanded death.

• Fourth Master Gray sensed a trace connected to Hu Xing and refused Luo Bin’s suggestion to investigate, fearing they would be discovered.
• Luo Bin found lodging, bought supplies, and heard Fourth Master Gray explain that Nine Mountains and Seventy-Two Caves had recently begun recruiting outsiders.
• The guesthouse owner brought food for Luo Bin and an offering for Fourth Master Gray, showing respect to the Immortal Creature.
• Luo Bin ate, then sat outside with Fourth Master Gray and began planning their covert operation.
• Nearby, Dai Zhixiong handled four corpse cores while Shangguan Xingyue sat with him and Hu Xing’s head rested atop a jar.
• Dai Zhixiong threatened to torture Hu Xing if she would not help them enter Sawu Mountain, and Hu Xing told Shangguan Xingyue to kill her.

Shangguan Xingyue secretly gave Hu Xing a Dark-Gold Pill and asked her to help find Luo Bin’s corpse, while Dai Zhixiong planned to turn Lingling into a benevolent corpse with a Jade Brainstone Pill. The next morning, Luo Bin and Fourth Master Gray headed toward Sawu Mountain, where they sensed Yan Nan following them.

• Shangguan Xingyue stopped Hu Xing from killing herself, then secretly gave her a Dark-Gold Pill and asked her to help find Luo Bin’s corpse.
• Dai Zhixiong told Dai Xiaohua he planned to give Lingling a Jade Brainstone Pill and benevolent Corpse Core so she could achieve yin spirit projection without being corrupted by evil thoughts.
• Luo Bin spent the night planning routes and considering how to defend himself against Yi Yi’s strange ability.
• The next morning, Luo Bin left town with Fourth Master Gray, who led him along a hidden path toward Sawu Mountain and recalled Hu Xing’s childhood visits outside the mountain.
• Fourth Master Gray sensed Yan Nan behind them and angrily objected to the old grand masters and old grandmas treating her as Hu Xing’s replacement.

Luo Bin and Fourth Master Gray reached Sawu Mountain and entered a hidden fissure, while Fourth Master Gray went back to block the path after Hu Xing Yan Nan. Dai Zhixiong then arrived with Shangguan Yuexingguan and Hu Xing, and Hu Xing sensed something that frightened her.

• Luo Bin studied Sawu Mountain's feng shui before Fourth Master Gray led him around the mountain's guarded routes.
• Fourth Master Gray guided Luo Bin through a hidden fissure and told him to continue toward an Immortal Tower while he returned to deal with Yan Nan.
• Fourth Master Gray marked the fissure entrance and hid inside after spotting Dai Zhixiong's group approaching.
• Dai Zhixiong praised Shangguan Yuexingguan for finding the fissure and said he would trust her to lead the Underground Palace.
• Hu Xing recalled Luo Bin's death and Bai Wei's involvement, then stiffened in alarm and lowered her head.

Hu Xing led Dai Zhixiong’s group toward a dangerous mountain rift, where Fourth Master Gray and the resident Immortal Creatures interfered with their advance. The group encountered Granny Huang, who recognized Hu Xing and confronted Dai Ci over her capture and mutilation.

• Hu Xing warned Dai Zhixiong’s group away from the mountain rift, but Dai Zhixiong ordered two Six-Arts Fangshi to continue.
• The two disciples became bewitched and wandered off, while Fourth Master Gray emerged from the rift and spotted Dai Zhixiong holding four Corpse Cores.
• Dai Zhixiong led the group to a sulfurous hot spring, where the two disciples drank before Dai Ci knocked them unconscious.
• Granny Huang and two old women emerged from a hidden opening in the rock wall.
• Granny Huang recognized Hu Xing, accused Dai Ci of cutting off her hands and feet, and spat at him.

Granny Huang and the Immortal Creatures fought Dai Zhixiong’s Six-Arts Fangshi, leaving Shangguan Xingyue trapped beneath a white wolf as more creatures converged on Sawu Mountain. Meanwhile, Luo Bin emerged from the Mountain Rift without Fourth Master Gray and hid near the Immortal Tower, wary that danger was close.

• Dai Ci drank from the hot spring after Granny Huang’s uncanny influence took hold, and the Six-Arts Fangshi attacked her with medicine and powder.
• Two ancient, white-haired Immortal Creatures joined Granny Huang, and a large white-furred creature burst from the cave and mutilated a Fangshi disciple.
• Dai Zhixiong sent out his Yin Spirit and killed the disciple, but a wolf’s howl drew more Immortal Creatures toward the mountain.
• A wiry old man confronted Dai Zhixiong and demanded the Pill Corpses, while a white wolf pinned Shangguan Xingyue beneath its paws.
• Luo Bin emerged from the Mountain Rift into an Immortal Tower, waited for Fourth Master Gray, then hid nearby and released poisonous Gu insects when he sensed danger.

Luo Bin reached the Shamaness Lineage after evading Sawu Mountain’s guards and discovered that the Shamanesses had imprisoned five Corpse Immortals, including Hu Qingfeng. He realized the missing piece of the Pill Corpse was inside Hu Qingfeng and began casting a Divination Hexagram.

• Luo Bin watched Huang Shan and a middle-aged man leave the Immortal Towers, then worried that the mountain route might be exposed.
• Luo Bin traveled for two days around Sawu Mountain’s summit and rested in a cave before heading toward the Shamaness Lineage.
• Luo Bin saw Yi leading dozens of Shamanesses and Beast-Headed Men away from the Immortal Towers.
• Luo Bin peered into an Immortal Tower and saw five caged Corpse Immortals, including Hu Qingfeng, bound by fine threads.
• Luo Bin realized the missing piece of the Pill Corpse was inside Hu Qingfeng and began casting a Divination Hexagram.

Luo Bin used divination to determine how to find Bai Wei and realized the hexagram pointed toward the Ghost Granny Lineage’s rules, not a literal stone. He killed the Stone Pagoda’s guards and drew its occupants away, leaving himself an opening to enter.

• Luo Bin interpreted Bai Wei’s hexagram and concluded that Bai Wei’s lifelong oppression had not yet reached its end.
• Luo Bin realized the hexagram’s “great stone” represented the Ghost Granny Lineage’s rules and moved west toward a stone tower.
• Luo Bin sent the Golden Silkworm Gu toward the tower, but it could not control the Beast-Headed Men and killed the two guards instead.
• Eight Beast-Headed Men emerged from the Stone Pagoda; the Golden Silkworm Gu killed two, while Luo Bin’s other gu worms drove the remaining six away in pain.
• Luo Bin left his hiding place and hurried toward the Stone Pagoda’s entrance.

Luo Bin searched the Tower Building for Bai Wei, encountering imprisoned Beast-Headed Men, chained Spirit Mediums, ghosts, and unsettling portraits tied to supernatural entities. On the fifth floor, he found Bai Wei alive, but the other prisoners’ attention made him sense an immediate threat.

• Luo Bin entered the Tower Building, passed imprisoned Beast-Headed Men on the first floor, and found living Spirit Mediums chained to beds on the second.
• A ghostly child appeared on the stairs, and numerous sinister ghosts manifested on the second floor before Luo Bin escaped to the empty third floor.
• Luo Bin examined portraits of the Death-Prison Yama Ghost and the creature that had hunted Li Qingxiu, recalling that it had once lunged at him during Rewind.
• Luo Bin climbed to the fourth floor, where dead witches were nailed to the walls, then continued to the fifth floor.
• Luo Bin found Bai Wei bound to a stone and called to him; Bai Wei asked who he was as the other prisoners raised their heads and Luo Bin sensed danger.

Luo Bin, posing as Tang Yu, freed Bai Wei from the tower and warned him that his wife was tied to an impending ill omen. As guards closed in, Bai Wei realized Tang Yu’s elusive footwork followed the hexagram positions of Heavenly First’s calculations.

• Luo Bin disguised his face, introduced himself to Bai Wei as Tang Yu, and said an old acquaintance had sent him to rescue him.
• When Bai Wei refused to leave, Luo Bin warned him to check on his wife, then broke ribs and dislocated joints to free him from the chains.
• Luo Bin gave Bai Wei medicinal human blood and ignored the seven other captives’ offers as they left the tower.
• Bai Wei explained that the strange beings in the tower were not ordinary ghosts and that some were Immortal Creatures difficult for the Shamaness Lineage to control.
• After Bai Wei and Luo Bin found guards dead and torches approaching, Bai Wei called for them to split up and recognized Tang Yu’s footwork as Yin Yuan.

Bai Wei, under Hu Qingfeng’s influence, subdued the Beast-Headed Men and shamanesses at the Immortal Tower without killing them. Meanwhile, Luo Bin entered the pig-cage cave to retrieve Luo Shan’s body, where the shamanesses’ corpses began behaving unnaturally and turned toward him with monstrous grins.

• Bai Wei seized the Immortal Tower and gathered the Five Immortals around himself while Hu Qingfeng complained about the Shamaness Lineage.
• Bai Wei attacked the approaching Beast-Headed Men and shamanesses, binding them alive after Hu Qingfeng demanded revenge for the Five Immortals’ past humiliation.
• Luo Bin removed his disguise and decided to retrieve Luo Shan’s body before seeking information from the Shamaness Lineage.
• Luo Bin descended into the pig-cage cave and recognized a standing shamaness as one of the corpses he had seen there before.
• The Black-Gold Toad warned Luo Bin as the shamanesses’ corpses seemed to shift, and he hurried toward the gap leading to Luo Shan’s body.
• Luo Bin looked back and saw the shamanesses’ faces turned toward him, their eyes bulging and mouths stretched into wide grins.

Luo Bin reached the deepest part of Sawu Mountain’s crevice and found that Luo Shan’s fleshly shell had vanished. On the mountain slopes, the Six-Arts Fangshi battled Sawu Mountain’s forces until a woman’s uncanny technique severed Dai Xiaohua’s head, leaving his Yin Spirit enraged.

• Luo Bin squeezed through the crevice and reached its end, where he discovered that Luo Shan’s fleshly shell was gone.
• Dai Zhixiong and the Six-Arts Fangshi fought Sawu Mountain’s Spirit Mediums and Immortal Creatures as Shangguan Xingyue used the Bright God’s power to disable enemies.
• A group of monsters surrounded the fighters and began pounding drums while the women among them chanted a Hand-Seal Art.
• Dai Xiaohua’s Yin Spirit charged the group’s leading woman, who cut her own neck and caused Dai Xiaohua’s body to be decapitated.
• Dai Xiaohua’s Yin Spirit blamed the woman for ruining his Corpse-Transformation Feather and vowed to slaughter everyone on Sawu Mountain.

Dai Zhixiong’s assault on Sawu Mountain collapsed into a deadly rout after Dai Xiaohua was killed and Dai Zhixiong forced Dai Ci to use Corpse Liberation. Meanwhile, Luo Bin found Shan Luo’s body and talismans missing in the Mountain Rift, where a crowd of Shamanesses closed in on him.

• Dai Xiaohua’s corpse was decapitated, and a strange mist swallowed his Yin Spirit as the Fangshi Green Corpses began to rot.
• Shi Gan urged everyone to flee, while Dai Zhixiong forced Dai Ci to consume a Corpse Core and used a Bronze Sword to trigger Corpse Liberation.
• Dai Ci’s explosion ignited Dai Xiaohua’s corpse, unleashing blasts that killed Spirit Mediums, beast-headed men, and other fighters across the mountainside.
• Shangguan Xingyue fled the carnage and ignored Dai Zhixiong’s distant calls as she feared he would turn on her too.
• Luo Bin found Shan Luo’s body and seven Yin talismans missing from the Mountain Rift, then faced advancing Shamanesses as the Black-Gold Toad began dissolving again.

Luo Bin was overwhelmed by ghosts in Mountain Rift after his fate-suppressing objects and Thunderstruck Blood Peach Sword failed. The Blackblood Vine forced the creatures back and revealed Luo Shan’s original body, which had been hidden in a strange Underworld-like space.

• The Shamanesses overwhelmed Luo Bin after the Compass, Black-Gold Toad, and Thunderstruck Blood Peach Sword proved ineffective against them.
• Luo Bin spat blood to force the ghosts back, but they soon pressed toward him again.
• The Blackblood Vine spread through Mountain Rift, making the ghostly creatures retreat and opening a path for Luo Bin.
• The Black-Gold Toad refused Luo Bin’s command and led him back to the place where he had released his soul.
• As the Blackblood Vine covered the deepest part of the rift, Luo Bin saw Luo Shan’s original body sitting there with a corpse core between his fingers.