Chapter Summaries

Ren Ye deduced that the Zhao Family had framed him and Little Aunt Tian Wei, then learned that restoring the Huang Family inheritance and finding the Origin Eyes might earn them a pardon. The four companions entered the Divine Tomb through a bridge in the sky, while Daoist Jiuhan discovered their abandoned hiding place and prepared to contact the Benefactor.

• Ren Ye concluded that Zhao Mi and Zhao Haochen had used his real blood and fabricated testimony to frame him and Little Aunt Tian Wei.
• Little Aunt Tian Wei arrived at the Dry Well after avoiding Daoist Jiuhan, and Ren Ye explained the Clan Hall's arrest orders and the Zhao Family's scheme.
• Little Aunt Tian Wei said recovering the Origin Eyes and completing the Huang Family inheritance could earn them a special pardon, so Ren Ye and his companions decided to enter the Divine Tomb.
• The Storyteller activated the Guiding Talisman, revealing a rainbow bridge to the Divine Tomb in the sky, and Ren Ye, Little Aunt Tian Wei, Li Xiaopang, and the Storyteller crossed it.
• Daoist Jiuhan pierced the Storyteller's illusion, found the Dry Well empty, and realized the framed Huang Family pair had had unknown helpers.

Ren Ye and Li Xiaopang entered the Divine Tomb and explored the outskirts of the Death-Sacrifice Ground while the Storyteller and Tian Wei investigated the tomb’s perimeter. They discovered that a Little Golden Man was hollow, leaving the fate of the death-row prisoner inside unexplained.

• Daoist Jiuhan reported to the Benefactor that Tian Wei had vanished near the Ruined Temple after an expert’s illusion misdirected him, and the Benefactor told him to leave the area and wait.
• Ren Ye, Li Xiaopang, the Storyteller, and Tian Wei reached the Divine Tomb, where Tian Wei led them across the wilderness toward the floating Divine Mountain.
• Tian Wei told Ren Ye and Li Xiaopang to wait outside the Death-Sacrifice Ground while she and the Storyteller investigated the tomb’s perimeter with the Heavenly Dragon Four Directions Mirror.
• Zhao Haochen ordered the Three Great Halls and Clan Hall to search Delusion Village for the missing Huang Family Aunt and Nephew, then sent Wu Li toward the Ruined Temple.
• Ren Ye and Li Xiaopang entered the edge of the Death-Sacrifice Ground to examine a Little Golden Man, and Ren Ye found a hole in its head that opened into an empty shell.

Ren Ye and Li Xiaopang discovered that many golden shells in the Death-Sacrifice Ground were empty, suspected Zhao Mi was secretly devouring the living dead, and joined Tian Wei and the Storyteller to reach Divine Tomb Mountain and attempt to enter its Immortal Palace. Meanwhile, Wu Li found No. 79’s aura near a ruined temple, leading Zhao Haochen to realize that the people he had framed might really be accomplices.

• Ren Ye and Li Xiaopang found holes in several golden figures’ heads and discovered that their shells were empty, while a golden figure without a hole nearly lured Li Xiaopang into a deadly sleep.
• Ren Ye and Li Xiaopang suspected Zhao Mi had been secretly consuming the living dead to strengthen himself, and Ren Ye believed his stolen Origin Eyes might be inside the Divine Tomb.
• Tian Wei led Ren Ye and Li Xiaopang up a transparent staircase to Divine Tomb Mountain, where the Storyteller found no weak point in the Immortal Palace and began using the Heavenly Dragon Four Directions Mirror to break in.
• Wu Li reported to Zhao Haochen that No. 79’s aura had been found near a ruined temple, and Zhao Haochen realized Tian Wei and the blind man might truly be connected to No. 79.
• Zhao Haochen left the Patrol Hall to secretly contact Daoist Jiuhan, while Wu Li praised him for his supposed insight.

Zhao Haochen arranged for Jiuhan and four experts to kill the Storyteller, Tian Wei, and No. 79 inside the Divine Tomb, then planned to exploit the aftermath. At the tomb, the Storyteller and Tian Wei failed to break through its barriers with the Heavenly Dragon Four Directions Mirror, leaving Ren Ye to consider a desperate move against Zhao Haochen as disguised Cultivators gathered in Delusion Village.

• Zhao Haochen ordered Jiuhan to enter the Divine Tomb, kill the Storyteller and Tian Wei, dispose of No. 79's body, and stage a scene of infighting before the Three Great Halls arrived.
• Zhao Haochen met Sun Qingxue, who brought soup to Sun Michen, and Sun Michen quietly gave his daughter instructions.
• The Storyteller and Tian Wei poured their spiritual energy into the Heavenly Dragon Four Directions Mirror, but the mirror could not break through the Divine Tomb's barriers and lost its power.
• Ren Ye rejected the idea of threatening the Li Family for help and decided their remaining chance might be to capture Zhao Haochen and confront the Zhao Family.
• The Storyteller agreed with Ren Ye's resolve, while more than a dozen disguised Cultivators secretly gathered in Delusion Village.

Ren Ye sent Li Xiaopang back to Delusion Village while the Storyteller fought five Zhao Family experts alone. As the Storyteller neared defeat, he invoked the Divine Canon: Heroes' Mound and began summoning the legendary warrior Long Tassel.

• The Storyteller sensed five powerful opponents approaching, told Ren Ye and the others to hide, and flew north to confront them.
• Jiuhan and four other experts attacked the Storyteller together, overwhelming him with coordinated strikes and Jiuhan's soul-disrupting doll technique.
• Ren Ye urged Li Xiaopang to leave through the Tomb-Guardian Divine Beast statue, and Xiaopang returned to Delusion Village after promising to help if Ren Ye escaped or was captured.
• As the wounded Storyteller struggled against the five attackers, he burned his Heavenly Impulse to break Jiuhan's doll and free his mind.
• The Storyteller invoked the Divine Canon: Heroes' Mound, recited verses about the Eastern Palace and Long Tassel, and summoned the phantom spear Heaven's Fall and the warrior's armor before declaring, "Heroic Spirit, awaken!"

The Storyteller awakened as a silver-armored warrior and overwhelmed the five experts who tried to stop him, then pursued them as they fled. Meanwhile, Zhao Haochen arranged to enter the Divine Tomb, and a disguised group arrived near Ren Ye and Little Aunt Tian Wei as the Storyteller killed one of the fleeing experts.

• The Storyteller transformed into the Silver-Armored Corpse, awakened with the Heaven-Tilting Spear, and killed Xiao Tianhong with a single strike.
• Ren Ye watched the Storyteller destroy the other experts’ attacks, while Jiuhan recognized that his power was immense but could not last long.
• Jiuhan sent a warning through the Black Spy Board, then fled with the other experts; the Storyteller pursued them despite Ren Ye’s pleas to return.
• Zhao Haochen persuaded Sun Michen to authorize a search of the Divine Tomb and set off with his trusted followers.
• A disguised group entered the Divine Tomb and headed toward Divine Tomb Mountain; Little Aunt Tian Wei spotted them, and she and Ren Ye hid near the Immortal Palace.
• The Storyteller caught the cane-wielding old man and crushed his head with a spear sweep.

Ren Ye and Little Aunt Tian Wei accepted Sun Qingxue’s family’s help to escape the Divine Tomb, while the Storyteller pursued Jiuhan into the Nine Netherworlds and vanished after killing him. The Sun family brought Ren Ye and the others home, and Li Xiaopang returned to his family compound, unaware of their escape.

• The Storyteller killed the cane-bearing old man and chased the Buddhist Woman, while Ren Ye and Little Aunt Tian Wei hid on Divine Tomb Mountain.
• Sun Qingxue found Ren Ye and Little Aunt Tian Wei, explained that Sun Michen had sent her to rescue them, and heard Ren Ye confess that he was an Inside Mole and No. 79 was his accomplice.
• Ren Ye ran to summon the Storyteller as Sun Qingxue and her companions attuned themselves to the divine beast statue and prepared to leave the tomb.
• The Storyteller killed the Buddhist Woman and the black-robed man, pursued Jiuhan into the Nine Netherworlds, and killed him there despite Ren Ye’s calls to return.
• Ren Ye returned to the statue, and his group escaped the Divine Tomb before the Sun family expert reported their safe arrival to Sun Michen.
• Li Xiaopang returned home, replaced the Heavenly Dragon Four Directions Mirror, and was ordered by Second Uncle Li to come straight home after work; Sixth Grandpa and Second Uncle Li then pretended the mirror had never been moved.

Sun Michen sheltered Ren Ye and Tian Wei, then revealed that he and Qian Zhongge had long suspected Zhao Mi of involvement in the Tomb Keepers’ deaths and the theft of Ren Ye’s Origin Eyes. As Zhao Haochen returned home defeated, Zhao Mi served him porridge and asked whether a father or son should drink the only bowl that could save one life.

• Sun Michen sent Law Hall experts into the Divine Tomb to watch its entrance, then persuaded Clan Hall to seal the site and appoint new Tomb Keepers.
• At breakfast, Ren Ye and Tian Wei thanked Sun Michen for sheltering them, and Ren Ye told him a carefully limited account of his investigation and escape.
• Sun Michen connected Zhao Mi’s suspicious absence on the night Ren Ye emerged from his coffin to the Tomb Keepers’ fates and the likely theft of Ren Ye’s Origin Eyes.
• Sun Michen promised to protect the aunt and nephew and wait for the Zhao Family to make a mistake, while Ren Ye confirmed that No. 79 had fallen into the Nine Netherworlds.
• Zhao Haochen returned home after failing to find Ren Ye and Tian Wei, with his assassins dead and Clan Hall elders criticizing his handling of the case.
• Zhao Mi welcomed Zhao Haochen with venison porridge, then asked whether a father or son should drink the only bowl capable of saving one life.

Zhao Mi removed Zhao Haochen from the Patrol Hall after warning him that the cost of his failures was still bearable, while Sun Michen took charge of the search for Blind Huang and Tian Wei. A message from Blind Huang reached Li Xiaopang, who visited the Sun Family under a pretext and used his Space-Escaping Ancient Mirror to get Blind Huang’s attention.

• Zhao Mi explained that people in Delusion Village could do as they pleased if they could bear the price, then ordered Zhao Haochen to resign from the Patrol Hall and cultivate in seclusion before Leaving Hometown Road opened.
• Zhao Mi said Sun Michen would lead the search for the Huang Family Aunt and Nephew and would personally inspect its progress.
• Li Xiaopang received a note from Blind Huang, who said he was alive, that the Sun Family had taken the others, and that Li Xiaopang should help him make contact.
• Li Xiaopang planned to visit the Sun Family and attract Blind Huang’s attention without revealing their connection, then used plans to travel together on Leaving Hometown Road as his excuse to visit Sun Qingxue.
• Li Xiaopang demonstrated his Space-Escaping Ancient Mirror in the Sun Family reception hall, and Ren Ye and Tian Wei recognized his aura from the Scripture Pavilion.

Ren Ye and Little Aunt Tian Wei discovered that the Sun Family had confined them and planned to use their knowledge of the Origin Eyes to turn the Sun and Zhao Families against each other. Meanwhile, Li Xiaopang tried to contact the Storyteller but was tailed by Big Shrimp and Second Crab, and Ren Ye began an evening meeting with Sun Michen by admitting his mistake.

• Sun Zhihai stopped Ren Ye from leaving the Scripture Pavilion, and Ren Ye realized an array had confined him and Little Aunt Tian Wei inside the courtyard.
• Ren Ye concluded that Sun Michen had been plotting to obtain the Origin Eyes and intended to exploit the Sun Family's greed while drawing the Zhao Family into conflict.
• Ren Ye planned to tell Sun Michen mostly true information about the Origin Eyes and quietly arranged with Little Aunt Tian Wei to meet him that night.
• Li Xiaopang failed to get a response from Ren Ye, then used the Azure Bird to arrange a meeting with the Storyteller at Guo's Beef Offal.
• Big Shrimp and Second Crab followed Li Xiaopang east under Second Uncle Li's orders and watched him head toward the Warm Fragrance Pavilion.
• Ren Ye and Little Aunt Tian Wei met Sun Michen and Sun Qingxue in the Sun Family's Inner Hall, where Ren Ye bowed and admitted his mistake.

Ren Ye persuaded Sun Michen to help recover his Origin Eyes by claiming they were hidden in the Undying Hall, while Sun Michen proposed marrying him to Sun Qingxue. Elsewhere, the Storyteller suspected the Sun Family had imprisoned Ren Ye and Tian Wei and planned a rescue, but Li Xiaopang claimed he already had an earth-shaking plan.

• Ren Ye told Sun Michen that Zhao Mi had likely hidden his Origin Eyes in the Undying Hall and promised to share the inheritance if the Sun Family helped recover them.
• Sun Michen agreed to help Ren Ye and proposed that he marry Sun Qingxue, while Tian Wei offered to marry Sun Michen if he rescued her nephew.
• Sun Michen pledged to fight the Zhao Family for Tian Wei, and Ren Ye left the Inner Hall with Sun Qingxue.
• Li Xiaopang and the Storyteller sent Big Shrimp and Second Crab chasing an illusion of Xiaopang into a distant graveyard, where the frightened pair saw a ghostly vision.
• The Storyteller inferred that the Sun Family had placed Ren Ye and Tian Wei under house arrest and decided to launch a surprise rescue.
• Li Xiaopang told the Storyteller he already had an earth-shaking plan, and the Storyteller urged him to stop before explaining it.

Li Xiaopang confessed his crimes to Second Uncle Li and urged him to rescue the Huang Family Aunt and Nephew, arguing that backing Huang Boy could secure the Li Family's future. After the Sun Family sent an invitation based on a mistaken interpretation of Li Xiaopang's visit, Li Taishan used the Space-Escaping Ancient Mirror to signal someone and received a response.

• Li Xiaopang confessed to helping No. 79 Death Row Inmate escape, stealing the Guiding Talisman, provoking Zhou Taozhi, and participating in the Divine Tomb operation.
• Li Xiaopang asked Second Uncle Li to rescue the Huang Family Aunt and Nephew from the Sun Family, but Second Uncle Li refused to risk the clan.
• Li Xiaopang threatened to surrender to the Clan Hall, endured Second Uncle Li's beating, and argued that supporting Huang Boy offered the Li Family a chance to prosper rather than fall behind its rivals.
• Sun Qingxue interpreted Li Xu's visit and use of the Space-Escaping Ancient Mirror as Li Taishan's offer of cooperation, and Sun Michen sent Li Taishan a private banquet invitation.
• Li Taishan worried that Sun Michen had discovered Li Xiaopang's crimes and reconsidered whether the Li Family could remain uninvolved.
• Li Taishan borrowed Li Xiaopang's Space-Escaping Ancient Mirror, displayed moonlight and stars outside the Pill Academy, and later heard an unidentified voice ask whether he was looking for them.

Li Taishan met with Sun Michen and learned that the Sun Family wanted his help using the Void Method to enter the Divine Tomb Immortal Palace and seize the Former Master's inheritance. After meeting Ren Ye, Li Taishan indicated that he would help him and Li Xiaopang, but his old ailment began to flare up.

• Li Taishan prepared for Sun Michen's invitation, delivered a secret letter through Li Fusheng, consulted Sixth Grandpa, and went alone to the Sun Family estate.
• Sun Michen discussed the Four Clans' future with Li Taishan and proposed that their families join forces to obtain the Origin Eyes and reunite the Former Master's inheritance.
• Li Taishan inferred that Sun Michen needed the Li Family's Void Method to infiltrate the Divine Tomb Immortal Palace, while Sun Michen offered to share the inheritance and proposed marriage alliances.
• Li Taishan insisted on meeting the Huang Family Aunt and Nephew, so Sun Michen led him to the Scripture Pavilion, where Ren Ye was waiting.
• Ren Ye privately told Li Taishan that he and Li Xiaopang were brothers and claimed there was a ninety-percent chance the Origin Eyes were in the Divine Tomb; Li Taishan pledged support, then began coughing as his old ailment resurfaced.

Second Uncle Li opened a path into the Divine Tomb Immortal Palace and sent Ren Ye, Li Xiaopang, the Storyteller, and Little Aunt Tian Wei inside, then allowed the Sun Family to imprison him. In the tomb, Tian Wei recognized a direction toward the Hanging Coffin Grounds, while Sun Michen began plotting his next move after learning Yang Qianfeng had arrived.

• Second Uncle Li used the Heavenly Domain Mirror to trap Sun Michen in a Mirror Labyrinth and bring the Storyteller and Li Xiaopang into the Scripture Pavilion.
• Second Uncle Li sent Ren Ye, Li Xiaopang, the Storyteller, and Little Aunt Tian Wei into the Divine Tomb Immortal Palace, despite Sun Michen's attempts to stop him.
• Second Uncle Li confronted Sun Michen over his dealings with the Huang Family and the Origin Eyes, then accepted imprisonment by the Sun Family.
• Sun Michen decided to stabilize the Li Family and force open the Divine Tomb, then learned Yang Qianfeng had come to see him and prepared to meet him.
• Inside the Divine Tomb, Ren Ye and his companions discussed how to locate the Origin Eyes, and Little Aunt Tian Wei pointed them toward the Hanging Coffin Grounds to the north.

Sixth Grandpa received Sun Michen’s letter saying Li Taishan would stay at the Sun Family estate, but he ordered the Li Family to avoid confrontation while the four families’ plans remained unclear. In the Immortal Palace, Ren Ye discovered he was Huang Qi, the Huang Family’s sixth patriarch, and the group opened his jade coffin, where a powerful devouring force emerged.

• Sixth Grandpa read Sun Michen’s letter, questioned the Sun Family steward, and told him the Li Family would let Li Taishan stay at the Sun estate.
• Sixth Grandpa ordered the Li Family elders not to confront the Sun Family while the situation remained unclear.
• Little Aunt Tian Wei led Ren Ye, Li Xiaopang, and the Storyteller to the Azure Palace, where Ren Ye found a tablet identifying him as Huang Qi, the Huang Family’s sixth patriarch.
• Ren Ye touched his jade coffin and recalled fragments from the night before he awoke, including a crash, a blinding light, and a mysterious warmth.
• The Storyteller opened Ren Ye’s jade coffin, and a devouring force rose from inside as Li Xiaopang recognized the aura of the Origin Eyes.

Ren Ye and his companions found the jade coffin empty, then discovered evidence that its lid had smashed a bookshelf and recalled a deafening crash. Meanwhile, Yang Huanzhen confronted Zhao Mi over Zhao Haochen’s resignation and the struggle surrounding the Divine Tomb, ending by asking whether Zhao Mi had the Origin Eyes.

• Ren Ye found the jade coffin empty and, after the Storyteller and Li Xiaopang reassured him, decided to search the Divine Tomb further for the Origin Eyes.
• Li Xiaopang noticed broken wood beside the shelves, and Ren Ye found matching wood shavings on the jade coffin, suggesting its lid had smashed a bookshelf and recalling the crash from his memories.
• Yang Huanzhen visited Zhao Mi before dawn to drink and reproached him for forcing Zhao Haochen to resign as Patrol Hall Official.
• Yang Huanzhen told Zhao Mi that the Sun and Li Families had made their moves around the Divine Tomb and that Sun Michen wanted the Zhao and Sun Families to open the Immortal Palace together.
• Yang Huanzhen asked Zhao Mi whether the Origin Eyes were in his hands and whether he alone knew their location, and Zhao Mi raised his sharp gaze at him.

Qian Zhongge urged Qin Yanting to uphold fairness in the Clan Hall, then opposed Sun Michen’s plan to open the Divine Tomb and restrict entry to the Law and Patrol Halls. His defiance won support from six Sitting Elders, while Ren Ye and the others remained inside the tomb, unaware of the time he had bought them.

• Qian Zhongge told Qin Yanting that Li Taishan had helped the Huang Family aunt and nephew enter the Divine Tomb, and predicted that the Zhao and Sun Families would cooperate at a Clan Hall meeting.
• Qian Zhongge persuaded Qin Yanting to support the Zhao and Sun Families’ proposal rather than confront them, arguing that preserving the village’s rules and fairness would protect the Qian Family and Delusion Village.
• Qian Mei informed Qian Zhongge that Sun Michen had called a Clan Hall council meeting, where Sun Michen proposed opening the tomb to arrest the Huang Family aunt and nephew and limiting entry to Law and Patrol Hall descendants.
• Zhao Han and Sixth Grandpa supported Sun Michen’s proposal, but Qian Zhongge rejected it, citing the absent patriarchs and the unfairness of granting select families exclusive access to the tomb.
• Sun Michen accused Qian Mei of helping No. 79 escape, and Qian Zhongge erupted in curses and vowed that the Qian Family would never surrender its Dragon Key.
• Six Sitting Elders sided with Qian Zhongge, while Ren Ye and the others inside the Divine Tomb remained unaware that the dispute had bought them time as the Storyteller prepared to enter the Undying Hall.

Sun Michen and Zhao Han seized control of the Clan Hall and arranged to surround Divine Tomb Mountain to capture the Huang Family Aunt and Nephew. Inside the tomb, the Storyteller entered the Undying Hall to search for the Origin Eyes and the missing divine object, then summoned a golden square object that released Human Destiny.

• Qian Zhongge refused to surrender the Qian Family's Dragon Key, while six presiding elders joined him in opposing the opening of the Divine Tomb.
• Qin Yanting and the remaining elders backed opening the tomb, and Zhao Han proposed surrounding Divine Tomb Mountain to arrest the Huang Family Aunt and Nephew when they emerged.
• Zhao Han ordered the Clan Hall sealed, and hundreds of experts from the Sun and Zhao Families surrounded the hall and later sealed off Divine Tomb Mountain.
• Sun Michen and Zhao Han agreed to send a hundred experts to surround the mountain, while Zhao Haochen secretly entered the tomb with Zhao elders.
• After searching the Hanging Coffin Grounds without finding the Origin Eyes, the four companions chose to investigate the Undying Hall and selected the Storyteller to enter first.
• The Storyteller resisted the hall's devouring mist and whispers, then summoned a golden square divine object that released purple-and-gold Human Destiny around him.

The Storyteller ventured deep into the Undying Hall, found the great dao intent he sought, and encountered a mysterious soul that called itself Emperor Venerable. After the Storyteller confirmed that Ren Ye’s Origin Eyes were being nourished by the tomb’s devouring power but remained unfound, Ren Ye received a sudden Heavenly Dao warning that his Behavioral Compatibility Value had dropped to 67.

• The Storyteller used the destiny stored in his square magic treasure to cross the gray mist and locate the great dao intent containing the origin power he sought.
• A soul silhouette within the great dao intent resisted the Storyteller, warned that his rootless destiny would soon run out, and identified itself as Emperor Venerable before he fled.
• The Storyteller returned to Ren Ye, Little Aunt, and Li Xiaopang without finding Ren Ye’s Origin Eyes or Li Xiaopang’s divine object, but confirmed the Origin Eyes still existed and were difficult for outsiders to refine.
• The Storyteller explained that the gray mist contained a vibrant aura resembling Ren Ye’s, suggesting that someone was nourishing the Origin Eyes with the tomb’s devouring power.
• Ren Ye considered how the Origin Eyes could be hidden and nourished in the Divine Tomb, but could not determine where they were.
• The Heavenly Dao told Ren Ye that his behavior did not match Huang Qi’s, reducing his Behavioral Compatibility Value by 20 points to 67; Ren Ye protested that he had done nothing.

Ren Ye realized the compatibility deductions might be tied to the blind man’s hidden actions in the tomb, then used clues about his nightly recovery and Little Aunt’s work to identify her as the one who had taken the Origin Eyes and secretly devoured corpses. Little Aunt’s reaction left the truth—and the danger facing Ren Ye—exposed.

• Ren Ye analyzed earlier compatibility changes and concluded that his ordinary behavior might conflict with something abnormal the blind man had done in the tomb.
• After the medicinal scent from Little Aunt’s porridge briefly reached him, Ren Ye suffered another twenty-point deduction, leaving his Behavioral Compatibility Value at 47.
• Ren Ye told the Storyteller he had found a possible truth and asked him to help test it.
• Ren Ye confronted Little Aunt in the Azure Palace, suggesting Zhao Mi had arrived too late to find the Origin Eyes because someone else had already taken them.
• Ren Ye cited Little Aunt’s nightly cooking, her resistance to changing jobs, and the nighttime hours of her Pill Academy work as evidence that she had secretly entered the tomb to steal the Origin Eyes and devour corpses.
• Little Aunt laughed brightly and licked her lips after Ren Ye accused her.