Chapter Summaries

Zheng Qing and the You Zui Hunting Team realized they had to counterattack the Vine Demons instead of relying on their defensive formation. As Fatty Xin was bound and threatened, Zheng Qing cast an Escape Incantation to free him.

• Zheng Qing switched places with Xiao Xiao and began copying spells as the hidden attacker struck the defensive formation.
• Xiao Xiao warned that the formation could falter when his protective spell expired, and Zheng Qing argued that the team needed to counterattack.
• Zheng Qing and Xiao Xiao settled on using Binding Spells against the attacker, while the others formed a vine defense against the creatures emerging from the forest.
• Xiao Xiao identified the attackers as Vine Demons disguised as banyan aerial roots, and Fatty Xin was bound by their vines.
• Zheng Qing cast an Escape Incantation to help Fatty Xin break free.

Zheng Qing and the Youzui Hunting Team held off a Vine Demon with defensive talismans after escaping its bindings. As the team rested inside their temporary defenses, Zheng Qing watched the remaining time and insisted they follow his plan.

• Zheng Qing used the Escape Incantation to free Fatty Xin, leaving a burning flower in his place and driving back the vines attacking Xiao Xiao and Zhang Jixin.
• Zheng Qing recalled the Five Elements Bagua Talismans and changed their formation to block the Vine Demon's renewed assault with a golden barrier.
• Zheng Qing used a Point to Ground to Become Steel Talisman to harden the ground beneath the team and temporarily neutralize the Vine Demon's attacks.
• Zheng Qing warned that the defenses would not last long and told the team to rest while he practiced Unfettered Fist.
• The Youzui Lead Hunter asked Xiao Xiao about Zheng Qing's plan, and Xiao Xiao replied that they had one because Zheng Qing was the captain.

Zheng Qing planned a chained Shu Zai Sou spell to drive off the Vine Demon, but Lan Que warned the You Zui Hunting Team that a powerful demon was approaching from the north. The team prepared to finish the fight quickly using Connecting Talismans.

• Zheng Qing rebuked his companions for failing to rest and asked what they knew of Shu Zai Sou.
• Xiao Xiao proposed chaining their different sections of Shu Zai Sou, and Zheng Qing offered Connecting Talismans to link the spells.
• Lan Que arrived and used Cyclone Slash - Thirty-Nine Style to shred the Vine Demon's vines, forcing it to retreat.
• Lan Que warned that a powerful independent demon two li to the north was moving toward them.
• Zheng Qing asked Lan Que to use Shu Zai Sou, but Lan Que refused as a Sword Cultivator, so the team reviewed the spell while Zheng Qing searched for Connecting Talismans.

Zheng Qing led the You Zui Hunting Team through the forest while the elusive Vine Demon repeatedly delayed them. After gathering the team to cast Shu Zai Sou, Fatty Xin began the spell and golden sparks appeared throughout the surrounding trees and grass.

• The Vine Demon ambushed and misdirected the You Zui Hunting Team as they tried to leave the forest.
• Zhang Jixin urged the team to stop stumbling through the Vine Demon's attacks, and Zheng Qing decided they would cast Shu Zai Sou after walking another three hundred and thirty-four steps.
• Lan Que guarded the team while Zheng Qing arranged the hunters and tied Connecting Talismans around their arms.
• At Zheng Qing's signal, Fatty Xin recited the opening verse of Shu Zai Sou, and golden sparks appeared across the forest.

The You Zui Hunter Team unleashed a coordinated fire attack that devastated the Vine Demon’s forest. With the demon unable to interfere, Zheng Qing used a relocation spell to take the group away, leaving the forest burning and silent.

• Fatty Xin cast the first section of "Shu Zai Sou," causing the forest to clear a path for the You Zui Hunter Team.
• Zhang Jixin cast the second section and enlarged the sparks into spreading fireballs.
• Zheng Qing used two Patchwork Spells to strip moisture from the forest and drive the flames deeper with a fierce wind.
• Xiao Xiao cast the final section, binding the forest in chains of flame and making the Vine Demon scream.
• Zheng Qing gave his teammates Cold Air Talismans, then used a relocation spell to transport all five out of the forest.
• The Vine Demon’s burning forest fell silent and stiffened into a charred landscape.

Zheng Qing’s You Zui Hunting Team regrouped outside the burning forest and prepared for an approaching bull demon, while the Ouroboros Hunting Team finished collecting spoils from a Python Demon. The two teams were heading toward the same dangerous area as the chapter ended.

• Zheng Qing reunited with his team, checked their condition and remaining spells, and set up the Five Elements Eight Trigrams Talisman Formation.
• Xiao Xiao used divination and warned that the bull demon approaching from the north would reach them in about one and a half minutes.
• Zheng Qing began explaining a plan to his hunters while lamenting that the fire had likely ruined the valuable Vine Demon corpse.
• Andrew urged the Ouroboros Hunting Team to hurry after their hunt, and Amber divined that they should head east toward the fire.
• Andrew corrected Iseni’s direction and sent the Painted Skin frog to scout ahead as Omega and Julian talked about their fathers.

A green ox demon searched the scorched forest for a powerful scent while a white rabbit repeatedly tried to provoke it. After the ox demon destroyed the rabbit, muffled laughter came from a nearby hill and a hidden figure began to emerge.

• The green ox demon followed an alluring scent to the forest where the You Zui Hunting Team had left glowing embers, but smoke and ash obscured the trail.
• A white rabbit appeared, and the ox demon dismissed it as neither prey nor a threat.
• The rabbit attacked the ox demon with a carrot sword, but the ox demon crushed it and continued searching along the forest's edge.
• The rabbit tried again from behind, and the ox demon struck it with its tail, scattering it into scraps of paper.
• Someone hidden in the grass on a nearby hill laughed and gradually revealed their true form.

The Youzui Hunting Team trapped a powerful bull demon, but Zheng Qing warned Zhang Jixin and Fatty Xin to take their hunt seriously and conserve their magic. Just as the team prepared to weaken and kill the demon, it broke through the formation and its bindings.

• Zhang Jixin laughed at Fatty Xin after the Talisman Rabbit's mishap, and Fatty Xin tore off his Illusionary Body Talisman in frustration.
• Zheng Qing reprimanded Zhang Jixin for exposing himself before receiving the signal and urged the team to act with a unified will because their lives were at stake.
• Xiao Xiao warned the hunters that the bull demon was about to break free as it battered the formation and snapped its vines.
• Zheng Qing ordered the team to wait, conserve magic, then use Languid Charms and Weak Leg Curses before killing the demon.
• The Anti-Five-Elements-Eight-Trigrams Magic Formation shattered, and the bull demon swelled in size and burst free of its bindings.

The Youzui Hunting Team subdued the escaped bull demon with the Languid Charm and follow-up spells, then Lan Que prepared to finish it with a sword technique. Zhang Jixin’s newly refined Flying Centipede interrupted the strike and flew into the demon’s ear.

• The bull demon charged Zheng Qing, and Zhang Jixin and Fatty Xin used the Languid Charm to slow and disorient it until it knelt.
• Zheng Qing cast spells to blind the bull demon and weaken its legs, leaving it further subdued.
• Lan Que summoned a sword phantom and sent it toward the bull demon’s head.
• A golden streak shot from Zhang Jixin’s chest, knocked the sword phantom aside, and entered the bull demon’s ear.
• Zhang Jixin revealed that the streak was his Flying Centipede, which he had finished refining the previous week.

The You Zui hunters harvested a bull demon while Zhang Jixin’s Flying Centipede damaged its valuable eyes, then unexpectedly caught a weak snake demon during the team’s silent period. Xiao Xiao warned that the bull demon had seemed to be searching for something, leaving the hunters uneasy about what might be drawing demons to them.

• Fatty Xin angrily blamed Zhang Jixin’s Flying Centipede for ruining the bull demon’s eyes, while Zhang Jixin argued that the team should focus on escaping the hunting ground.
• Xiao Xiao pointed out that the Flying Centipede had left the bull demon’s hide intact, and Fatty Xin finished collecting and preserving the carcass’s valuable parts.
• The Flying Centipede flew into the grass and returned to its box, prompting Zheng Qing to check the area and discover a weak snake demon it had killed.
• Xiao Xiao noted that the bull demon had sniffed around as if searching for something, and the hunters considered what might be drawing demons to them.

Zheng Qing’s group spotted and trapped a lone monkey demon, but Xiao Xiao’s divination warned that danger was imminent. The monkey transformed into a towering beast and broke free, leaving the group facing a fierce fight.

• Xiao Xiao and the others discussed why wild demons were gathering in the vine demons’ former territory and feared their presence had drawn them there.
• Zhang Jixin spotted a red-eyed monkey demon in a tree, and Blue Sparrow identified it as a monkey demon.
• Zheng Qing assigned the group their roles and used a slingshot to fire a Binding Spell Talisman Bomb, trapping the monkey in vines.
• Xiao Xiao divined Upper Six and warned that the group had reached the end of their path as Zheng Qing examined the captive demon.
• The monkey demon grinned, surged with demonic energy, grew into a seven- or eight-meter beast, and tore free of the vines.

Zheng Qing's team fought a giant monkey demon while responding to approaching demonic auras. After the monkey escaped and Lan Que reported a wolf pack on his heels, Zheng Qing decided to lead the team southwest to help him and investigate the area.

• Zheng Qing sent Lan Que southwest to scout the approaching demonic auras and gave him speed talismans.
• Zhang Jixin seized the leaping monkey demon by its tail, and Zheng Qing weakened it while Zhang Jixin pummeled it.
• The monkey demon escaped into the smoky forest after scattering ash, and Zheng Qing pulled Zhang Jixin back and washed the ash from him with a Clear Spring Incantation.
• Xiao Xiao reported that Lan Que had killed a young wolf and was being chased by a pack of wolf demons.
• Zheng Qing weighed whether to approach the faint magical fluctuations to the west, then ordered the team southwest to support Lan Que.

Zheng Qing rejected cooperation with the western hunting team and chose to keep the Youzui Hunting Team independent as they prepared to fight the wolf demons. Fatty Xin began transforming into his Blue Giant form, though his improvised sedative potion raised concerns.

• Zheng Qing decided not to trust the western hunting team and chose to protect Youzui by surviving independently.
• Zheng Qing and the others agreed they needed to deal with the wolf demons to the southwest.
• Fatty Xin removed his belongings and asked Zheng Qing to keep them safe and prevent anyone from recording his transformation.
• Fatty Xin drank his homemade calming potion despite Xiao Xiao and Zhang Jixin warning him about it.
• Fatty Xin began transforming into the Blue Giant, making Zheng Qing uncomfortable.

Lan Que fled a powerful Demon Wolf pack and chose to draw most of the wolves into the dangerous tall grass while sending Purple Sable toward the You Zui Hunting Team to warn them. The pack split up to pursue them, leaving Lan Que alone in the grassland.

• Lan Que recalled the Demon Wolf pack’s strength and numbers, realized he had lost his warning talismans, and decided to keep the wolves away from his team.
• Lan Que sent Purple Sable through the Twisted Yellow Reed to tell the You Zui Hunting Team that the wolf pack was strong and numerous.
• Lan Que plunged into the tall Yellow Back Grassland to lure the wolves away from the team’s camp.
• The Demon Wolf pack reached the fork and split up, with one black-backed wolf and two gray wolves pursuing Purple Sable while the rest chased Lan Que.

The You Zui Hunting Team found Lan Que’s warning on Purple Sable and were ambushed by wolf demons while trying to assess his danger. After defeating several attackers, they discovered the last wolf had alerted the pack, leaving the team surrounded by howls.

• Purple Sable returned to the You Zui Hunting Team with a muddied warning to beware the Wolf King, and Zheng Qing realized Lan Que was likely in danger.
• Purple Sable warned Zheng Qing just before a gray Giant Wolf attacked Zhang Jixin, and Zheng Qing restrained it with a vine spell.
• Zheng Qing and Xiao Xiao killed a second wolf demon with a net and a barrage of axes.
• The Blue Giant caught a black Giant Wolf attempting to escape and broke its waist before throwing it to the team.
• The black Giant Wolf howled before Zhang Jixin crushed its throat, triggering answering howls from the pack around the hill.

Lan Que hid underwater from a pack of wolf demons, then slipped away toward the hunting party as their howls moved off. Zheng Qing prepared the group for the wolves’ approach, assigning defenses while he rested after exhausting himself with talismans.

• Lan Que hid in a concealed underwater world and worried that seeing a Rányí Fish meant misfortune.
• Lan Que heard the wolf demons’ howls grow more distant and suspected they had found another group of wizards to pursue.
• Lan Que climbed out of the puddle and stealthily headed back toward the hunting party.
• Zheng Qing ordered Blue Fatty to fetch logs and build a defensive position on the hill.
• Zheng Qing assigned Xiao Xiao and the Elder to watch and protect the group, then asked Zhang Jixin and Fatty to handle the fighting while he rested.
• Zhang Jixin agreed to fight the wolf demons.

The You Zui Hunting Team prepared to defend their hill as another wave of demons approached, while Xiao Xiao’s divination warned Zheng Qing against overexerting himself. A massive wolf pack surrounded the team, and Zheng Qing spotted a disturbance behind it just as Purple Sable rushed toward the wolves.

• Xiao Xiao divined that Zheng Qing was in a dangerous position and warned him not to exceed his abilities.
• Zheng Qing questioned why demons kept finding the team, and Xiao Xiao suggested someone among them was attracting the demons.
• A pack of gray wolves and large black wolves surrounded the hill as the You Zui Hunting Team prepared to fight.
• Purple Sable suddenly dashed down the hill, and Zhang Jixin caught it before it could run into the wolves.
• Zheng Qing searched the pack with his telescope, said the swordsman should be outside, and warned the team when movement appeared behind the wolves.

Zheng Qing realized the wolf pack’s tiny white cub was a dangerous threat, but Lan Que was swallowed before the team could save him. The chapter left the You Zui Hunting Team facing the wolf pack and Fenrir’s attack.

• Zheng Qing watched the disciplined wolf pack and noticed a white cub riding atop its largest black wolf.
• Zhang Jixin, Blue Fatty, and Purple Sable fought their way through the wolves while Zheng Qing and Xiao Xiao guarded the talisman array.
• Lan Que ambushed several wolves and sprinted toward the team’s hill.
• Zheng Qing saw the white cub vanish from the black wolf’s head and warned his teammates to watch out for it.
• Lan Que tried to dodge the enormous white wolf, but it swallowed him before he could reach safety.

Zheng Qing and the You Zui Hunting Team charged the Wolf Demon King to rescue Lan Que, but monkey demons attacked their camp and broke the talisman array. With their retreat cut off, the team watched a monkey demon eat Xiao Xiao, leaving Zheng Qing devastated.

• After the Wolf Demon King swallowed Lan Que and revealed its true form, Zheng Qing summoned the Two-headed Minotaur and led the team in a desperate attack.
• Zhang Jixin, Blue Fatty, Purple Sable, and the Two-headed Minotaur fought through the wolf pack as the white wolf demon retreated.
• Two monkey demons appeared at the camp and battered the talisman array, forcing Zheng Qing to order the team to fall back.
• The talisman array collapsed, and Xiao Xiao suffered magical backlash while guarding the camp's core.
• A monkey demon grabbed and ate Xiao Xiao as Zheng Qing and the hunters watched helplessly.

Zheng Qing recovered his composure and led the You Zui Hunting Team through a tightening demon encirclement, relying on the demons’ mutual distrust to survive. As other demon species joined the conflict, a strange incantation rang out nearby.

• Zheng Qing rose after Zhang Jixin urged him to act and assessed the wolves, monkey demons, and the team’s predicament.
• Zheng Qing ordered the team toward the hill with Blue Fatty at the center and the Two-headed Minotaur guarding the rear, explaining that the monkey and wolf demons distrusted each other.
• Zheng Qing checked Zhang Jixin’s Level 1 injury, and Zhang Jixin said he could keep fighting.
• Boar demons charged into the area, drawing wolf demons’ attention; Zheng Qing chose to hold position rather than use a limited-range teleportation spell.
• Sparrow Demons attacked Blue Fatty, a spotted frog swallowed one and vanished, and an incantation sounded from the northwest.