Chapter Summaries

Luo Bin and the others escaped Bai Zihua’s corpse and hid inside Primordial Calculation’s Outer Field until daylight, fearing that the mountain’s guardians could move at night. While passing the emotion flower garden, Luo Bin found a Rice-Grass Person among the flowers.

• Bai Wei recognized that Bai Zihua had undergone corpse liberation and lodged his soul in an object, while Luo Bin pulled the Divine Firmament Four Sovereigns Mirror free of the corpse.
• Si Yan caught the mirror, Luo Xianshen took it, and Luo Bin spat out the Corpse Core, which Third Master Hu retrieved and brought to Bai Wei.
• Luo Bin and Mao Yousan warned the others that Bai Zihua and Bai Yi might move at night, so the group traveled across Elephant Mountain and hid in Primordial Calculation’s Outer Field.
• Luo Xianshen revealed a thriving garden of emotion flowers, but Mao Yousan stopped him from destroying it and provoking the mountain’s guardians.
• Luo Bin entered the dense flowers and discovered a Rice-Grass Person.

Luo Bin and the others sheltered in the Outer Field’s Main Hall while the practitioners in Tang Suits prowled outside. Bai Zihua’s yin spirit escaped the Divine Firmament Four Sovereigns Mirror, leaving him facing the group in the hall.

• Luo Bin saw Che Che carved into a flower before leading everyone into the Main Hall and covering it with Heavenly Cycle Concealment Talismans.
• Bai Wei revealed that Bai Zihua’s yin spirit had taken refuge inside the Divine Firmament Four Sovereigns Mirror, and Luo Bin explained that leaving the mirror would risk his corpse liberation.
• Old Gong said Mao Yousan had led them away to avoid the wandering Eight Winds and Five Elements practitioners, who might be connected to what was inside Primordial Calculation Mountain.
• Mao Yousan and Luo Bin noticed practitioners in Tang Suits wandering through the mist, and the group kept their backs turned as Che Che and Xu Lu’s voices tried to lure them outside.
• Bai Zihua’s yin spirit left the mirror, absorbed the impurities gathering in the hall, and formed a solid figure behind the table.

Luo Bin and the others fled the hall after Bai Zihua used himself as bait to draw in the gentlemen in Tang suits, but Bai Yi and Bai Zihua’s corpse attacked them as they escaped with the Divine Firmament Four Sovereigns Mirror. As white mist closed in, a figure resembling Liu Shengqi offered help, but Luo Bin recognized that something was wrong and refused to approach.

• Bai Zihua’s Yin Spirit lured the gentlemen in Tang suits into the hall, and Fourth Master Gray retrieved the Divine Firmament Four Sovereigns Mirror as Luo Bin’s group escaped.
• Bai Wei explained that the gentlemen could assimilate souls and that Bai Zihua had likely emerged to lure them in and become an Immortal Ghost.
• Bai Yi ambushed the group, accusing them of ruining the Abbey Master’s Corpse Liberation, while Bai Zihua’s corpse pursued the mirror.
• White mist spread around the group as the gentlemen in Tang suits drew near, and Bai Yi and Bai Zihua’s corpse suddenly froze.
• A figure resembling Liu Shengqi beckoned Luo Bin and the others toward him, but Luo Bin recognized that it was not Liu Shengqi and refused to go.

Luo Bin used the Moon-Shaped Stone to escape the Ascended Corpses and realized a soul hidden in a ritual artifact had manipulated the group to lure them toward Primordial Calculation. After leaving Elephant Mountain, he chose to continue to Divine Firmament Mountain to find his two friends rather than investigate the mountain gate.

• Luo Bin raised the Moon-Shaped Stone, freezing Bai Zihua's Corpse-Liberation Immortal and Bai Yi, then led the group through the white mist.
• Luo Bin realized Liu Shuisheng's ritual artifact contained a soul and that the soul had likely seized Liu Shengqi and tried to guide them into a trap.
• Luo Bin used the Moon-Shaped Stone to deter the Ascended Corpses that appeared along their descent from Elephant Mountain.
• Luo Xianshen speculated that the soul wanted help controlling the dangers at Primordial Calculation, but Old Gong argued that the strange events were meant to manipulate Luo Bin.
• Mao Yousan urged the group to reach Divine Firmament Mountain and check on Luo Bin's two friends, and Luo Bin agreed to leave Elephant Mountain behind.

Bai Wei returned to find Yan Nan missing and left to search for her, while Luo Bin and the others faced the cost of the scheme against them. Luo Bin chose not to accept Mao Yousan’s view without question and prepared to return to the Primordial Calculation Mountain Gate.

• Bai Wei raced back toward Victory Qi Town after realizing Yan Nan might be in danger, while Luo Bin and the others continued toward town.
• Luo Bin and the others found Bai Wei waiting alone in the courtyard; he said Yan Nan was still alive and left to find her himself.
• Luo Bin struggled with Bai Wei’s departure, but Luo Xianshen explained that Bai Wei had considered the group’s needs and his own limits.
• Mao Yousan called the plot a scheme in plain sight, and Luo Bin said he did not want to think that way; Mao Yousan accepted his independent judgment.
• Luo Bin resolved to return to the Primordial Calculation Mountain Gate as its Venue Master, and Mao Yousan noticed Si Yan sway.

Luo Bin brought Luo Xianshen, Si Yan, and Mao Yousan to Divine Firmament Mountain to find Xu Lu and Bai Xian, while explaining Four-Rules Mountain’s past ties to the abbey. Their arrival shocked the Taoists when Luo Xianshen and Si Yan introduced themselves as Four-Rules Mountain elders, and the chapter ended with Jade Clarity Peak Master Bai Xiaoshan welcoming their arrival.

• Luo Bin and his companions traveled from Victory Qi Town to Three Incense Mountain, then climbed to Jade Clarity Peak at Divine Firmament Mountain.
• Luo Bin told Luo Xianshen and Si Yan that Divine Firmament Mountain had lost interest in Four-Rules Mountain, and Luo Xianshen and Si Yan said the abbey would renew its ties.
• A Taoist spotted the group and fled, prompting Luo Bin to worry about Divine Firmament Mountain’s reception and whether Xu Lu and Bai Xian were present.
• Bai Xiannan confronted Luo Bin and questioned who he was, while the gathered Taoists regarded Mao Yousan, the Dao Corpses, Luo Xianshen, and Si Yan warily.
• Luo Xianshen introduced himself as Four-Rules Mountain’s Thirteenth Elder, and Si Yan identified herself as its Seventh Elder and Mystic Profundity Hall Master, stunning the crowd with their youth and cultivation.
• Bai Xiaoshan arrived, applauded the visitors, and praised Four-Rules Mountain for producing such accomplished young elders.

Bai Xiaoshan welcomed Luo Bin and confirmed that Xu Lu and Bai Xian were on the Four Imperial Peaks, while Xu Lu resisted Kong An’s attempts to turn him into a deity. Outside Shicuo City, the seventeenth Rinpoche revived and escaped Kong An’s tracking, leaving Kong An searching for whoever had helped him.

• Bai Xiaoshan introduced himself to Luo Xianshen and Si Yan, then praised Luo Bin and assured him that Xu Lu and Bai Xian were on the Four Imperial Peaks.
• At the Black City Monastery, Xu Lu’s soul resisted Kong An’s plan to make him Chief Seat Deity and retreated into a roof beam when three women were brought in to test him.
• A dead boy revived outside Shicuo City beneath an auspicious sign and remembered that Kong An had killed him repeatedly.
• Lama Tsangyang found the boy, identified himself as Khenpo Tsangyang, and urged the Rinpoche to come with him because Sinpo Kong An was nearby.
• Kong An, surrounded by herders in his guise as Tulku Gongbu, saw his prayer beads made from the Rinpoche’s bones break apart and realized the Rinpoche’s connection had been severed.

Luo Bin and his companions arrived at Jade Clarity Peak and offered to return the Divine Firmament Four Sovereigns Mirror, but Bai Xiannan revealed that the peak was caught in a struggle with Divine Firmament Peak over the abbacy. Bai Xiannan urged Luo Bin to persuade Bai Xiaoshan to break the rules and help Jade Clarity Peak restore order.

• Luo Bin learned that Xu Lu and Bai Xian were safe, married, and staying with Chen Hongming, who was being asked to bring them over.
• Luo Xianshen offered the Divine Firmament Four Sovereigns Mirror to Bai Xiaoshan, while Luo Bin explained how they had obtained it through their earlier work as Mountain Guardians.
• Bai Xiannan argued that Jade Clarity Peak needed to keep the mirror because Bai Xiaoshan had lost it and Divine Firmament Peak had installed a new Abbey Master.
• Bai Xiaoshan rebuked Bai Xiannan and said the mirror should be given to the current Abbey Master, then ordered Bai Xiannan to face the wall for three months.
• Bai Xiannan revealed that White Oak Grandmaster had imprisoned Bai Xiaoshan and taken the mirror, and that a Yin Spirit Grandmaster now influenced Divine Firmament Peak.
• Bai Xiannan and the disciples appealed to Luo Bin to persuade Bai Xiaoshan to help Jade Clarity Peak restore order.

Bai Xiaoshan ended the confrontation over the Divine Firmament Four Sovereigns Mirror and asked the disciples to preserve unity, while Luo Xianshen and Old Gong reacted to the Abbey Master’s request that they wait for an audience. Chen Hongming arrived without Xu Lu or Bai Xian, and Mao Yousan questioned his apparent displeasure as Luo Bin prepared to hear what had happened.

• Bai Xiaoshan withdrew Bai Xiannan’s wall punishment, told the disciples to forget the dispute, and asked Luo Xianshen to put away the mirror.
• Old Gong urged Luo Xianshen to stop offering the mirror to Divine Firmament Mountain after they were told to wait until tomorrow for an audience.
• Bai Chuanyun said Xu Lu and Bai Xian were staying at Divine Firmament Peak, and Chen Hongming arrived alone to meet Luo Bin.
• Chen Hongming explained that Xu Lu was tending to Second Madam Hu and nurturing a new immortal creature, while Bai Xian was studying the Yin-Yang Arts.
• Mao Yousan asked Chen Hongming why he seemed displeased as the two Divine Yin Spirit Taoist corpses followed Luo Bin.

Mao Yousan tested Chen Hongming’s reaction, returned the Divine Firmament Five Thunder Pestle to Bai Xiaoshan, and settled in at Divine Firmament Mountain with Luo Xianshen and Si Yan. Luo Bin stayed in a valley where Xu Lu and Bai Xian were supposedly in seclusion, but Fourth Master Gray sensed that neither of them was there.

• Mao Yousan bluffed Chen Hongming by questioning his lack of reaction to the Dao Corpses, and Chen Hongming explained that he trusted Luo Bin and Divine Firmament Mountain.
• Mao Yousan returned the Divine Firmament Five Thunder Pestle to Bai Xiaoshan and explained that he had reinforced it with a Daoist talisman.
• Mao Yousan told Luo Xianshen that the Divine Firmament Mountain figure had not been possessed, then advised him to consider why that person had allowed Old Gong to speak freely.
• Chen Hongming led Luo Bin to a valley dwelling and said Xu Lu and Bai Xian were close to emerging from seclusion.
• Fourth Master Gray told Luo Bin that he could not detect Xu Lu or Bai Xian’s scent and concluded that they were not there.

Luo Bin reunited with Xu Lu and Bai Xian on Divine Firmament Mountain, while Mao Yousan discovered that Chen Hongming had blocked divination. Xu Lu tried to bring Luo Bin to a secret that night, but the Moon-Shaped Stone slipped and Luo Bin postponed the trip until tomorrow.

• Luo Bin followed Fourth Master Gray to Bai Xian's room, where Xu Lu startled him and the three companions reunited.
• Chen Hongming joined them and learned that Xu Lu and Bai Xian had recovered, while Luo Bin had achieved emergence from darkness.
• Mao Yousan found his divination scrambled and suspected Chen Hongming had deliberately hidden something from him, so he sent two Dao corpses out into the night.
• Xu Lu told Luo Bin about Divine Firmament Mountain and invited him to see a great secret, but Luo Bin urged Xu Lu and Bai Xian to meet his master and Luo Xianshen the next day to remove the deity inside Xu Lu.
• Xu Lu touched Luo Bin, causing the Moon-Shaped Stone to slip inside his clothes, and Luo Bin declined to see the secret that night.

Luo Bin suspected that Xu Lu had been possessed after the Moon-Shaped Stone reacted to his touch and a divination about him produced a chaotic hexagram. A second divination suggested that Bai Xian was pregnant and imprisoned, contradicting what Luo Bin had seen, and his successful reading of an earlier Xu Lu left him alarmed.

• Luo Bin hid his fear from Xu Lu, then used gu worms to check that no one was outside his room.
• Luo Bin divined Xu Lu and got a chaotic hexagram, leading him to suspect that Xu Lu's body had been seized by a powerful spirit.
• Luo Bin divined Bai Xian and read a hexagram that suggested she was pregnant and imprisoned, although she had appeared normal to him.
• Luo Bin wondered whether the Bai Xian he had seen was an impostor and performed another divination about Xu Lu.
• Luo Bin successfully divined an earlier Xu Lu and stared at the result in shock.

After divining that Xu Lu and Bai Xian had been replaced by a dangerous entity connected to Divine Firmament Mountain’s hidden secret, Luo Bin fled to warn others and search for the real Bai Xian. He reached the safety of Jade Clarity Peak, where Bai Xiaoshan appeared in the hall doorway.

• Luo Bin interpreted Xu Lu’s hexagram and realized the people he had met were impostors, with the real Xu Lu likely at Black City Monastery.
• Luo Bin questioned Fourth Master Gray about the impostors’ scents and concluded that Chen Hongming had also been replaced.
• Luo Bin left the valley, inferred that the entity could not imitate a House Immortal, and hurried back toward Jade Clarity Peak to assess the danger and organize a rescue.
• Luo Bin asked Fourth Master Gray to search for the real Bai Xian while he sought help, suspecting she was imprisoned at the site of Divine Firmament Mountain’s secret.
• Luo Bin reached the main hall on Jade Clarity Peak and found Bai Xiaoshan standing in the doorway.

Luo Bin suspected that the Bai Xiaoshan who returned to Jade Clarity Peak was not the real one after noticing his contradictory advice about the Divine Firmament Four Sovereigns Mirror. He told Mao Yousan, Luo Xianshen, and Si Yan what he had discovered, but Luo Xianshen remained determined to accept Bai Xiaoshan’s offer.

• Bai Xiaoshan met Luo Bin and said Four-Rules Mountain would need to endure humiliation to gain the Main Peak’s acceptance, while urging Luo Bin to persuade Luo Xianshen to take the Divine Firmament Four Sovereigns Mirror.
• After Bai Xiaoshan left, Luo Bin concluded that something was wrong with him because he seemed unwilling to handle the mirror but still encouraged Luo Xianshen to take it.
• Mao Yousan met Luo Bin and said Bai Xiaoshan was concealing something that made him impossible to divine.
• Luo Bin recounted his suspicions to Mao Yousan, Luo Xianshen, and Si Yan, while Old Gong dismissed his theory and cited tests that Bai Xiaoshan had passed.
• Luo Xianshen praised Bai Xiaoshan’s kindness toward Four-Rules Mountain, and Old Gong called him stubborn.

Luo Bin revealed that he was possessed by the Blackblood Vine and a Fierce Prison entity, while Old Gong examined a fragment of his soul and offered guidance. Old Gong then proposed a plan for Luo Xianshen to expose Divine Firmament Mountain’s internal problems, leaving the group to carry it out after daybreak.

• Luo Bin used the Divine Firmament Four Sovereigns Mirror and discovered his changed appearance, revealing that he was possessed by the Blackblood Vine and a Fierce Prison entity.
• Mao Yousan struck Luo Bin’s pressure points and let Old Gong consume a Soul Fragment, after which Mao left with two Daoist corpses and told Luo Xianshen to handle the matter himself.
• Old Gong examined Luo Bin’s memories, warned that Divine Firmament Mountain’s Daoists would not believe direct accusations, and urged Luo Bin to trust his arrangements.
• Old Gong told Luo Xianshen to go to Divine Firmament Peak after daybreak, hand over the Divine Firmament Four Sovereigns Mirror, and claim that Bai Xiaoshan and Chen Hongming had obstructed him.

Luo Xianshen, Si Yan, and Luo Bin went to Divine Firmament Peak to return the Divine Firmament Four Sovereigns Mirror and ask for an audience with the Abbey Master. Luo Xianshen’s account of Jade Clarity Peak’s hostility provoked the new Abbey Master into condemning Bai Xiaoshan.

• Luo Bin, Luo Xianshen, and Si Yan left before dawn and walked to Divine Firmament Peak, where they waited until noon to meet the Abbey Master.
• Bai Xianming welcomed the three into the Main Hall while Taoists gathered outside to watch them.
• The new Abbey Master arrived with ten purple-robed Real Persons and greeted the visitors with hostility.
• Luo Xianshen produced the Divine Firmament Four Sovereigns Mirror and explained that he had brought it back despite the Jade Clarity Peak Master urging him to leave the mountain with it.
• Luo Xianshen presented the mirror to the new Abbey Master, who examined it and angrily accused Bai Xiaoshan of betraying his master and defying his ancestors.

Bai Dantai led Divine Firmament Peak to Jade Clarity Peak after Luo Xianshen accused Bai Xiaoshan and his allies of plotting to seize the Divine Firmament Four Sovereigns Mirror. The confrontation left Bai Xiannan preparing to swear that Bai Xiaoshan was innocent, while the two peaks stood on the brink of open conflict.

• Bai Dantai pardoned Luo Bin in part and ordered Chen Hongming, Bai Xian, and Xu Lu brought in for punishment after Si Yan revealed their involvement.
• Bai Dantai, the Elders, Luo Xianshen, and Si Yan marched to Jade Clarity Peak, where Bai Dantai demanded to know why Bai Xiaoshan had not appeared.
• Bai Dantai accused Bai Xiaoshan and Chen Hongming of taking the Divine Firmament Four Sovereigns Mirror and declaring Jade Clarity Peak the orthodox lineage.
• Bai Xiannan recognized Luo Xianshen as the source of the accusations, denounced him as a traitor, and drew his sword before the Real Person Elders overwhelmed him with their presence.
• Bai Dantai pointed the Divine Firmament Four Sovereigns Mirror at Bai Xiannan, who swore that Bai Xiaoshan was innocent and raised his hand to stake his life on the oath.

Luo Bin swore that Bai Xiaoshan had urged him to humiliate Luo Xianshen and take the Divine Firmament Four Sovereigns Mirror away, shifting the dispute toward investigating whether Bai Xiaoshan had been possessed. When Taoists reported that Bai Xiaoshan had vanished, Bai Dantai ordered a search, and Luo Bin questioned Bai Xiannan about whether the mountain had ever been searched for him this way before.

• Luo Bin swore that Bai Xiaoshan had told him Four-Rules Mountain would not be accepted unless Luo Xianshen suffered humiliation, and had asked him to persuade Luo Xianshen to take the Divine Firmament Four Sovereigns Mirror away.
• Luo Bin urged Bai Dantai to summon Bai Xiaoshan and investigate whether a sinister entity or Insect Corpse had possessed him, and Bai Dantai agreed to verify what had happened.
• Bai Xiannan recalled that Bai Xiaoshan had first opposed returning the mirror but later accepted Old Gong's suggestion to take it away, making him suspect the mirror could expose something wrong with Bai Xiaoshan.
• Taoists reported that Bai Xiaoshan had disappeared from his resting and meditation halls, and Bai Dantai ordered everyone to search the mountain.
• Luo Bin stayed behind with Luo Xianshen and Si Yan, then asked Bai Xiannan whether they had ever searched for Bai Xiaoshan this way before.

Luo Bin warned Divine Firmament Mountain about suspicious behavior tied to its Heaven Veil entity, but Bai Dantai soon turned on him and demanded that he perform a dangerous service. Bai Dantai also revealed that Four-Rules Mountain had once refused to enter the Heaven-and-Earth Veil, overturning Luo Xianshen’s understanding of its history.

• Luo Bin warned Bai Xiannan and Bai Chuanyun to watch for abnormal behavior and send suspected people to be examined with the Divine Firmament Four Sovereigns Mirror.
• Bai Xianming confirmed that Divine Firmament Mountain’s Heaven Veil entity was a closely guarded secret, then accompanied Luo Bin and the others back to Main Peak.
• Bai Dantai stopped Luo Bin from interfering in the mountain’s affairs and demanded that he redeem his offenses by doing a task for Divine Firmament Mountain.
• Luo Xianshen and Si Yan stepped between Luo Bin and three Real Persons as Bai Dantai pressed his demand and offered Luo Xianshen a place on Main Peak.
• Bai Dantai revealed that Four-Rules Mountain had refused to enter the Heaven-and-Earth Veil, shocking Luo Xianshen and contradicting what he and the elders had believed.

Luo Xianshen refused to join Divine Firmament Mountain, arguing that Four-Rules Mountain was the true main lineage and condemning the abbey for abandoning its Dao tradition. As a fight loomed, Old Gong proposed a three-against-three wager to settle the dispute.

• Luo Xianshen rejected Bai Dantai’s invitation, saying Four-Rules Mountain could not betray its teachers and ancestors by joining Three Incense Mountain.
• Bai Dantai accused Four-Rules Mountain of lacking a legitimate inheritance and raised his horsetail whisk, while Luo Xianshen defended its spirit and drew the Heaven-Reaching Sword.
• Luo Bin realized the conflict was rooted in irreconcilable beliefs, and Bai Xianming warned that an unidentified evil presence still threatened Divine Firmament Mountain.
• Luo Xianshen moved into the Martial Arts Arena with Si Yan as the Real Persons encircled them, and Old Gong appeared on his shoulder.
• Old Gong proposed a three-against-three wager: if Divine Firmament Mountain won, Four-Rules Mountain would join Three Incense Mountain; if Four-Rules Mountain won, Luo Xianshen would become Divine Firmament Mountain’s abbey master.