Chapter Summaries

Ren Ye realized the Corpse Puppets were immune to the poisonous miasma because the silver-flecked black blood in their bodies neutralized it, allowing the group to recover and reach a hidden secret chamber. There they suppressed the puppets’ controlling souls without destroying the statues, earning a Heavenly Dao reward that revealed the chamber’s poison-filled Incense Burners as a significant clue.

• The Little Marquis provoked the Corpse Puppets and drew both of them away from Deng Tongqi while Dragon Head used her Azure Dragon Void-Roaming Art to swap the male corpse’s position and bind him with Azure Chi Threads.
• Ren Ye noticed that the Corpse Puppets had not been harmed by the miasma and reasoned that their black blood mixed with Divine Dao Star Sand might be an antidote.
• The Little Marquis covered himself in the bound male corpse’s blood and confirmed that it neutralized the poison, after which Ren Ye and Dragon Head used the blood to recover as well.
• With the group’s strength restored, Deng Tongqi found and opened the eight-trigrams mechanism, revealing a secret chamber containing bronze statues that housed the Corpse Puppets’ damaged yin souls.
• Ren Ye stopped Deng Tongqi from destroying the statues to avoid alerting An Mountain Master, and Deng Tongqi suppressed the souls instead, cutting off the Corpse Puppets’ control and triggering a Heavenly Dao proclamation.
• The Heavenly Dao awarded the four Travelers a significant clue identifying the chamber’s poison-emitting Incense Burners, and Ren Ye recognized their potential value.

Ren Ye and the Park District team investigated An Luping’s secret chamber, collected evidence of the mysterious disappearances, and avoided taking anything that might expose them. Meanwhile, Black Brother Dog arranged to recruit Lei Hu for Tuoba Chan, and Lushu contacted the Golden-Haired Hou for help after dying three times.

• Ren Ye explored An Luping’s secret chamber, found records and spirit beast inner cores, and condensed a Memory Soul Ball that the Heavenly Dao recognized as irrefutable evidence.
• The Little Marquis brought the Park District team into the chamber to gather evidence, and Ren Ye restored the temple before they returned to Peak Fifty-Three.
• Tuoba Chan questioned Lei Hu about joining him and demanded that Lei Hu kill the Black-Haired Netherwolf as proof of loyalty.
• Lei Hu asked Black Brother Dog for extra spirit pill dregs to take on the dangerous task, and Ren Ye agreed to provide four bags.
• Lushu contacted the Golden-Haired Hou through a golden Key and pleaded for clues after revealing that he had died three times; the Golden-Haired Hou said he had also died twice and had left the Dragon Palace.

The Golden-Haired Hou gave Zhang Biyun a lead on sheltering from the mysterious disappearances, while Ren Ye suspected a connection between the hunting party and the True Dragon. As Travelers crowded into the Medicine Peaks on the seventh night, Ren Ye's covert recruitment rebuilt Tuoba Chan's army and Ding Ying hinted at a scheme against Ren Ye's group.

• The Golden-Haired Hou told Zhang Biyun that a corpse's letter identified the Thirty-Three Medicine Peaks as a possible refuge and suggested the disappearances lasted no more than seven days, while concealing a dangerous task he had triggered.
• Brother Tiger returned after his third death and described saving Wang Lili and Ox Little Mouse during his escape from the Dragon Palace.
• Ren Ye comforted Ox Little Mouse and suspected that the True Dragon's return was connected to the mysterious hunting party rather than a rule imposed to balance the Secret Realm.
• Lei Hu earned Tuoba Chan's trust by destroying the Black-Haired Netherwolf's gang, while Black Brother Dog secretly paid recruits with Ren Ye's pill dregs and helped expand the Divine Elephant Army to nearly three hundred.
• Ren Ye and Zhang Biyun sheltered their groups among hundreds of Travelers in the Medicine Peaks on the seventh night, and both groups avoided fighting despite their grudges.
• Ding Ying asked Lou Changfeng whether Bai Ze's group knew the disappearances would temporarily end after seven days and hinted at a scheme against them.

Ding Ying and Lou Changfeng plotted to trigger chaos at the Thirty-Three Medicine Peaks, frame Ren Ye’s group, and exploit the confusion to investigate the Three-Courtyard Taoist Temple. Their scheme began when a hidden puppet exploded beside Ren Ye’s group, drawing the seven corpse puppets’ attention and putting everyone at risk.

• Ding Ying convinced Lou Changfeng to create chaos, blame Ren Ye’s group, and seize evidence before other travelers could investigate.
• Ding Ying kept the plan from Zhang Biyun, intending to use the resulting crisis to push him into leading an investigation.
• Zhang Biyun meditated at the medicine peaks while Wei Tianbao and his companions discussed stealing herbs and a prophecy of impending calamity.
• Ren Ye’s group waited in Field C as Meng Anchen stood guard and the seven corpse puppets emerged from the Taoist temple.
• A hidden wooden puppet sprang from a hole and exploded, illuminating the field and sending flames toward Ren Ye’s group.
• Meng Anchen shielded his companions and warned them to prepare their Infiltrator Tokens, while the seven corpse puppets turned toward them.

The Seven Fiend Corpse Puppets attacked Ren Ye’s group after a puppet explosion exposed them, and Lou Changfeng and Ding Ying tried to ensure the squad was wiped out. Tang Feng captured Lou Changfeng’s controlling soul and rallied the New Year’s Watchers to use their Infiltrator Tokens and fight back, revealing that the squad had many Fifth Grade experts.

• The Immortal Crane recognized the danger and led Wei Tianbao’s people off Medicine Peak while An Mountain Master learned that intruders had been discovered in the herb garden.
• Meng Anchen awakened his Taiyin Cold Marrow and fought the Seven Fiend Corpse Puppets while Ren Ye’s group retreated, but the puppets gravely wounded him and Lin Ning.
• Lou Changfeng sent another humanoid puppet to block the retreat, and Tang Feng used his Infiltrator Token to trace and capture the divine soul controlling it.
• Tang Feng called on the group to stop fleeing and use their Infiltrator Tokens, while Apu shielded them from the puppet’s explosion with his Thousand-Mechanism Fluid umbrella.
• Deng Tongqi ordered the available New Year’s Watchers to activate their tokens, and their many Fifth Grade auras shocked Ding Ying.

The Park District Squad fought the Seven Fiend Corpse Puppets as the battle drew hidden Travelers into the open, while Ding Ying and Lou Changfeng led Lushu Army members toward the temple. An Mountain Master ordered Gan Jinrong to erase evidence and kill all witnesses, but the corpse puppets abruptly returned to the temple, leaving Zhang Biyun exposed to Tang Feng’s squad.

• The Park District Squad and Apu’s group fought the Seven Fiend Corpse Puppets, whose attacks devastated Medicine Peak and killed many trapped Spirit Beasts.
• Ding Ying urged Zhang Biyun to exploit the chaos by entering the temple, and Zhang ordered her, Lou Changfeng, and others to search it while he stayed behind.
• An Mountain Master rejected Gan Jinrong’s plan to wait for help and ordered her to erase the secret chamber’s traces as he prepared to kill every witness.
• Tang Feng identified the Lushu Army as the squad that had plotted against them and led the Park District Squad toward the stable to draw the corpse puppets after Zhang Biyun.
• An Mountain Master recalled the Seven Fiend Corpse Puppets, leaving Zhang alone as Tang Feng, Apu, and the others charged at him.

Zhang Biyun revealed his inherited Forbidden Art and used two Lotus Root Bodies to summon the manifestations of Lord Xuanyin and Literary Sage Mofeng, but the Park District Squad kept attacking him. As Medicine Peak’s Wind-Miasma Mountain-Locking Grand Formation awakened and two powerful Corpse Puppets arrived, Zhang Biyun lost an arm and accused Ding Ying of being a traitor.

• Surrounded by Tang Feng and the Park District Squad, Zhang Biyun restored his true body and summoned Lord Xuanyin and Literary Sage Mofeng through two Lotus Root Bodies, breaking their combined attack.
• Zhang Biyun tried to persuade Tang Feng and the others to stop fighting, but they refused, forcing him to flee while his manifestations fought them.
• Zeng and several companions returned to reinforce Zhang Biyun, while Medicine Peak shook and its Wind-Miasma Mountain-Locking Grand Formation began sealing the mountain.
• Ding Ying and Lou Changfeng fled the Taoist Temple as the two powerful Corpse Puppets pursued them, and Zhang Biyun sent Lord Xuanyin to intervene.
• The Corpse Puppets destroyed Lord Xuanyin’s manifestation and shattered Zhang Biyun’s left arm, prompting him to curse Ding Ying and accuse her of being a traitor.

Tang Feng awakened the Extreme Wrath Aspect by absorbing the fury of hundreds of Travelers, then pursued Zhang Biyun's group and slaughtered most of them. As the Female Prophet and Wei Tianbao fought their way back into the Taoist Temple, Tang Feng stopped Ding Ying from taking her own life.

• Zhang Biyun and Lou Changfeng fled with their group while Tang Feng stayed behind, and the Corpse Puppets killed Xiao Zeng's junior brother as Little Bad King and the others escaped.
• Trapped by Medicine Peak's wind-and-miasma formation, Travelers grew furious and the Female Prophet persuaded Wei Tianbao's group to return to the Taoist Temple and search for a way out.
• Tang Feng drew the anger of hundreds into himself, formed the Extreme Wrath Aspect, and advanced to the Fourth Grade Extreme Realm.
• Tang Feng caught Zhang Biyun's group, destroyed Literary Sage Mofeng's Dharma Body, killed Zhang Biyun, and slaughtered his fellow disciples.
• Tang Feng killed Xiao Zeng and the others, then cornered Ding Ying and used his power over desire to stop her from transforming herself to death.
• The Female Prophet, Wei Tianbao, and their companions fought their way into the Taoist Temple's third courtyard in search of clues or benefits.

Tang Feng burned himself and his enemies with the wrathful qi gathered from hundreds of Cultivators, killing Ding Ying and Lou Changfeng after breaking their pride and dignity. He then rushed into the Three-Courtyard Taoist Temple to help Wei Tianbao’s group, while the New Year’s Watchers remained trapped at the Wind Miasma Wall until the large azure ox spotted a possible way out.

• Ding Ying and Lou Changfeng resisted Tang Feng’s desire-controlling art, but he unleashed the wrathful qi and set them ablaze from within.
• Tang Feng burned away Ding Ying’s and Lou Changfeng’s clothes, exposing them to the watching Travelers and provoking their fury.
• Ding Ying exploded while swearing revenge, and Lou Changfeng exploded after declaring Tang Feng his sole reason for staying in the Secret Realm.
• Tang Feng flew to the Three-Courtyard Taoist Temple, accepted Wei Tianbao’s offer of two million Star Source, and charged inside to help.
• The New Year’s Watchers failed to break through the Wind Miasma Wall, but the large azure ox said he had spotted a way out.

An Mountain Master used the Myriad Spirits Illustrated Record and poisonous miasma to slaughter the Travelers who had entered the temple, while the Female Prophet discovered the Secret Chamber and learned that the Corpse Puppets’ souls were connected to bronze statues. An Mountain Master used a soul-transfer technique to switch bodies with her, and outside the temple, the remaining Travelers faced the approaching Corpse Puppets as Little Bad King prepared an incense burner.

• Tang Feng entered the temple’s main hall and joined Wei Tianbao, the Female Prophet, and other Travelers confronting An Mountain Master, who demanded to know why they had come to Medicine Peak.
• An Mountain Master revealed that the Myriad Spirits Garden was rotten to the core, then attacked the Travelers with miasma drawn into the Myriad Spirits Illustrated Record.
• The Travelers fought back, but most died; Tang Feng perished, and An Mountain Master killed Wei Tianbao after the fatty stole a wisp of the record’s Golden-Light Miasma and poisoned him in return.
• The Female Prophet reached the Secret Chamber, discovered bronze statues linked to the Corpse Puppets, and received a Heavenly Dao announcement identifying the chamber and its incense burners as an important clue.
• An Mountain Master struck the Female Prophet with his Bone Whip and transferred their souls, leaving her soul in his body and his soul in hers.
• The Corpse Puppets slaughtered nearly all the Travelers on Medicine Peak, while Little Bad King summoned an incense burner as the survivors faced the approaching Male and Female Corpses.

Ren Ye and the Park District Squad escaped Medicine Peak by using the Corpse Puppets’ sword light to cut the Wind-Miasma Grand Formation and the Incense Burner to hold an opening steady. While An Mountain Master and Gan Jinrong hid evidence and covered up the deaths, Daoist Yunhai arrived to investigate, and Ren Ye turned his attention to attacking Yaoguang Peak.

• Ren Ye ordered the New Year's Watchers to bait the Corpse Puppets into striking the wind-miasma wall, confirming their sword light could cut through the formation.
• Ren Ye used the Incense Burner to absorb miasma and stabilize a gap, allowing the Park District Squad to escape Medicine Peak, though Tang Feng, Meng Anchen, Lin Ning, and Zhang Tong were left behind.
• The Female Prophet ignited her Divine Soul to escape An Mountain Master's confinement, and he returned to his own body after her soul perished.
• An Mountain Master and Gan Jinrong planned their cover-up, dissolved the dead Spirit Beasts' bodies, and staged the murdered dormitory disciples as battle casualties.
• Daoist Yunhai arrived with Garden disciples and Fifth Grade experts, but Ren Ye's squad hid outside the formation and prepared to return to Fifty-Third Peak before attacking Yaoguang Peak.

An Mountain Master concealed his role in the Medicine Peak massacre while Myriad Spirits Garden elders investigated, and Ren Ye recruited Black Brother Dog to stir up trouble on Yaoguang Peak. Zhang Biyun decided to move against Ding Ying and Lou Changfeng, while Black Brother Dog began provoking their group at the Heavenly Star Good Fortune Dao Abode.

• An Mountain Master told Daoist Yunhai that two groups of infiltrators had fought on Medicine Peak, blaming the devastation on escaped Corpse Puppets and unidentified cultivators while hiding his own actions.
• Punishment Hall elders searched Medicine Peak, and Gan Jinrong worried that they might uncover evidence of the peak's spirit-beast trade.
• Ren Ye met Black Brother Dog, threatened to expose his covert dealings, and instructed him to stir up trouble on Yaoguang Peak ahead of the spirit-beast squads' planned attack.
• Zhang Biyun told Golden-Haired Hou about Ding Ying and Lou Changfeng's actions on Medicine Peak and decided to stop tolerating them, while Golden-Haired Hou advised him to draw closer to Tuoba Chan.
• Black Brother Dog and Lei Hu brought a group of spirit beasts to the Heavenly Star Good Fortune Dao Abode, where Black Brother Dog provoked Xu Yanhe.

Black Brother Dog and Lei Hu provoked Xu Yanhe into a staged fight, drawing Ding Ying, Lou Changfeng, Tuoba Chan, and Zhang Biyun into the dispute over the spirit beasts’ treatment. Zhang Biyun granted Tuoba Chan temporary use of Ding Ying’s Heavenly Star Dao Mansion, while Black Brother Dog accused Lushu and Lou Changfeng of conspiring against them; Zhang Biyun then confronted Ding Ying and Lou Changfeng about their role in the Medicine Peak incident.

• Black Brother Dog and Lei Hu taunted Xu Yanhe, provoked him with a fart, and fought him with their group until Ding Ying arrived to intervene.
• Lei Hu signaled for help, Tuoba Chan confronted Lou Changfeng, and Zhang Biyun stopped the battle and ordered the leaders to return to the dao mansion.
• Zhang Biyun promised Tuoba Chan temporary use of Ding Ying’s Heavenly Star Dao Mansion, and Tuoba Chan left to check on his injured followers.
• Black Brother Dog had Lei Hu bite his backside to make his wounds look worse, then told Tuoba Chan that Lou Changfeng was suppressing them on Lushu’s orders.
• Ding Ying and Lou Changfeng went to complain about Tuoba Chan, but Zhang Biyun confronted them about setting a trap for Bai Ze’s group at Medicine Peak and using him and the others.

Zhang Biyun exposed Ding Ying and Lou Changfeng’s role in the Medicine Peak disaster and ordered them to leave Yaoguang Peak with whoever chose to follow. Their departure fueled Tuoba Chan’s suspicions that Zhang Biyun intended to use his Divine Elephant Army, while Ren Ye’s team finally approached Yaoguang Peak to attack after dark.

• Zhang Biyun accused Ding Ying and Lou Changfeng of controlling the Humanoid Puppet that exposed Bai Ze’s group, citing the lingering aura on Lou Changfeng as evidence.
• Zhang Biyun gave Ding Ying and Lou Changfeng four hours to recruit followers before leaving Yaoguang Peak, and they departed with fourteen Travelers from their own team.
• The Three-Headed Azure Bird and Black Dog persuaded Tuoba Chan that Zhang Biyun might be planning to use the Divine Elephant Army as cannon fodder and later eliminate it.
• Black Dog and Lei Hu waited all day for Ren Daniú to attack Yaoguang Peak, but he did not arrive by sunset.
• Ren Ye led the Park District teams toward Yaoguang Peak after dark and ordered them to rest briefly before beginning the assault.

Ren Ye led the Park District Squad to attack Yaoguang Peak, announcing their challenge to Lushu and claiming they would follow a kingly way. The battle began as the outnumbered squad faced Lushu’s forces, while Tuoba Chan’s group decided to wait before joining the fight.

• Ren Ye’s squad ambushed two Lushu sentries at Hengxi Ridge, but he spared them and sent the stone demon to tell Lushu they were coming.
• Ren Ye explained that the squad would build a public image by challenging Lushu openly rather than launching a futile sneak attack.
• Lushu gathered his troops and confronted the squad at Hengxi Ridge, while Zhang Biyun denied responsibility for Ding Ying and Lou Changfeng’s actions.
• Ren Ye challenged Lushu’s forces and called on the mountain’s Spirit Beasts to withdraw, then ordered the squad to attack when they mocked him.
• An Azure Flood Dragon summoned water from Hengxi Waters as Lushu ordered his troops to charge, beginning the battle for Yaoguang Peak’s Dao Mansions.
• Tuoba Chan’s group heard that Bai Ze’s squad was attacking and decided to wait instead of rushing to Hengxi Ridge.

Tuoba Chan marched slowly toward Hengxi Ridge after the Three-Headed Azure Bird urged him to delay, while Ren Ye and the Park District Squad fought the Lushu Army. Ren Ye revealed the power of his Returning Dragon Technique and annihilated Su Mufeng and more than twenty Spirit Beasts, leaving Tuoba Chan wary of him as a potential rival to Lushu.

• The Three-Headed Azure Bird advised Tuoba Chan to delay helping Lushu, but Tuoba Chan declared that he would honor their agreement and led his followers toward Hengxi Ridge at a comically slow pace.
• Zhang Biyun sent more than a hundred and fifty Spirit Beasts against the Park District Squad, while Bai Ze and Zhang Biyun fought each other and Ren Ye faced an advancing group of enemies.
• Su Mufeng hurled a boulder at Ren Ye, but Ren Ye used the Returning Dragon Technique: Seven Kills to corrode it into dust and evade Su Mufeng's attack.
• Ren Ye countered the surrounding Spirit Beasts, cutting apart one beast's tail and turning a yellow-skinned creature's soul attack back on it, while Su Mufeng mistook Ren Ye's fading aura for exhaustion.
• Ren Ye used Returning Spirit Seven Kills-All Beings Share the Same Lifespan to restore his strength, then swept a massive black blade through Su Mufeng and more than twenty Spirit Beasts, killing them.
• The Three-Headed Azure Bird and Tuoba Chan watched Ren Ye's display in shock, and Tuoba Chan realized that Ren Ye might become a formidable rival to him.

Ren Ye lured the Lushu Army into a mass attack, then used Wang Lili and the Miasma Incense Burner to unleash Medicine Peak’s poison and turn the battle into a stalemate. Seeing Lushu’s forces weakened, Tuoba Chan led more than two hundred followers down the mountain to attack, but Zhang Biyun tried to stop him by offering the promised Heavenly Star Dao Mansion.

• Ren Daniú killed more than twenty spirit beasts in an instant, and Tuoba Chan concluded that his powerful technique had left him badly injured.
• Ren Ye acted weak to draw more than eighty attackers toward him, then Wang Lili released poisonous miasma from the Miasma Incense Burner and scattered the Lushu Army.
• The miasma killed many remnant soul spirit beasts and poisoned Travelers, leaving the Park District Squad and the Lushu Army at a temporary stalemate.
• The Three-Headed Azure Bird and Black Brother Dog urged Tuoba Chan to seize the opportunity and rebel against Lushu.
• Tuoba Chan ordered his followers to attack the Lushu Army and charged Zhang Biyun, who offered him the Heavenly Star Dao Mansion.

Tuoba Chan betrayed Zhang Biyun during the battle at Hengxi Ridge, but the Divine Elephant Army’s ranks scattered and Tuoba’s forces suffered a crushing defeat. Tuoba Chan learned that Black Brother Dog and Lei Hu had called Azure Ox their benefactor, yet returned to save him anyway.

• Zhang Biyun accused Tuoba Chan of conspiring with Azure Ox, and Tuoba Chan denied it before Brother Tiger fled and left him to face Zhang alone.
• Little Bad King led the Azure Ox Squad away while the Divine Elephant Army and Lushu Army fought over Hengxi Ridge.
• Tuoba Chan discovered that his strategists and many soldiers had vanished, then retreated south with the few brothers still beside him as Zhang Biyun pursued.
• Tuoba Chan was cornered by Zhang Biyun’s junior fellow disciple, but Black Brother Dog and Lei Hu returned and helped him defeat their attackers.
• Black Brother Dog admitted that he and Lei Hu called Azure Ox “Ox Heavenly Venerable” for their own benefit, but had returned because Tuoba Chan’s life was in danger.

Tuoba Chan abandoned his rebellion and joined Ren Daniú in defeating Zhang Biyun’s Lushu Army, after which Ren Ye opened Yaoguang Peak to outer-peak Spirit Beasts and organized its defenses. As the Park District Squad began dividing the Dao Mansion spoils, Ren Ye confronted Tuoba Chan about his failures, then teased him by implying Three-Headed Azure Bird was a spy.

• Black Brother Dog admitted that he and Lei Hu had infiltrated Tuoba Chan’s army for Ren Daniú, explained why they had returned to save him, and told him where Ren Daniú was hiding.
• Tuoba Chan negotiated with Ren Daniú, who gave him recovery pills and ordered him to gather the scattered Divine Elephant Army for a joint assault on the Lushu Army.
• Tuoba Chan reassembled his forces, including Three-Headed Azure Bird, and attacked Yaoguang Peak; Ren Ye then sent the spies around the Lushu Army’s flank, forcing Zhang Biyun to retreat with heavy losses.
• Ren Ye’s allies posted rules inviting outer-peak Spirit Beasts to cultivate on Yaoguang Peak, then recruited strong squads and promised them spirit pill dregs to help maintain order.
• After the struggle was settled, the Park District Squad gathered to allocate the Dao Mansion courtyards, and Ren Ye criticized Tuoba Chan for his arrogance and poor judgment rather than blaming spies.
• When Tuoba Chan demanded a duel, Ren Ye called on Three-Headed Azure Bird to reveal his true identity, frightening the bird and leaving Tuoba Chan convinced he had been betrayed.

After taking Yaoguang Peak, Ren Ye divided its cultivation opportunities and auctioned the remaining Good Fortune Dao Abodes to fund a larger Park District Super Brigade. As he began to theatrically give up the Fortunate Destiny Dao Mansion, Wei Tianbao and the Female Prophet discussed summoning the mansion holders to investigate the mysterious disappearances.

• The Three-Headed Azure Bird, Chu Qing, asked Ren Ye for Seven-Treasure Pills, and Ren Ye gave him one and a bag of pill dregs before sending him away.
• Ren Ye awarded the Human Star Dao Mansion to Tuoba Chan as promised, then claimed the Fortunate Destiny Dao Mansion for himself.
• Ren Ye proposed auctioning the Heavenly Star and Earth Star Dao Mansions to finance a Park District Super Brigade, and the assembled spirit beasts agreed.
• The Little Marquis bid five million star source for Heavenly Star, while Brother Tiger won Earth Star with a bid of eight million eight hundred thousand.
• Ren Ye began a speech about relinquishing his own mansion, and the Little Marquis cursed him as he demanded an apology.
• At Tianquan Peak, the Female Prophet told Wei Tianbao that she wanted to gather the Fortunate Destiny Dao Mansion holders to address the mysterious disappearances.