Chapter Summaries

Yue Wen, Zhao Xing'er, and Qi Dian defeated and killed the Hu Family elder after he tried to bargain for his life, then used his jade slip to navigate the fox demon tomb. They reached a cavern containing the enormous corpse of a seven-tailed fox, and Yue Wen wondered whether it was the Fox Demon Lady.

• Zhao Xing'er battered the Hu Family elder with her Silver Staff while Yue Wen bound him with lightning and Qi Dian's doppelgangers wore down his golden-rope protections.
• Yue Wen pierced the wounded elder with his Azure-Purple Flying Sword, and Zhao Xing'er killed him with a shot from her Silver Sniper Rifle despite his warning that he belonged to the Hu Family.
• Yue Wen took the jade slip, hid the corpse, and led Zhao Xing'er and Qi Dian along the marked route through the tomb.
• The three entered a vast cavern and found a mountain-sized, white-furred fox with seven tails lying on a stone platform.
• Zhao Xing'er identified the fox as a Dao Realm greater demon, and Yue Wen wondered whether it was the Fox Demon Lady.

Yue Wen and the others found a pearl inside the fox demon’s mouth and tried to keep its corpse from falling into Fan Baimo’s hands. Their potion made the fox demon awaken in a strange, catlike frenzy, leaving Fan Baimo trapped beneath its paws.

• Yue Wen noticed a concentration of spiritual energy in the fox demon’s mouth, and Zhao Xing'er retrieved a massive dark pearl from its tongue.
• After Perfected One Fengguang warned them that Fan Baimo was fleeing deeper into the Demon Domain, Yue Wen decided to damage the fox demon’s corpse rather than leave it for him.
• Yue Wen cut the corpse with the Brass Little Sword, let Shousui drink its blood essence, and injected the wound with all three doses of the corpse madness potion.
• Fan Baimo reached the chamber hoping to claim the intact Dao Realm corpse, but the fox demon twitched, opened its eyes, and began swatting him whenever he tried to escape.

After leaving the Demon Domain, Yue Wen, Zhao Xing'er, and Qi Dian were ambushed by Mountain-Moving Tiger, who demanded their treasure and money in exchange for their lives. Yue Wen drew out the bandit’s confession while Perfected One Fengguang arrived, and Mountain-Moving Tiger recognized her and fell to his knees.

• Yue Wen and his companions emerged from the Demon Domain near Green Fox Cave and began looking for a safe place.
• Mountain-Moving Tiger ambushed the trio, injuring them and demanding the pearl and money for their lives.
• Yue Wen crushed his Message Jade Talisman and kept Mountain-Moving Tiger talking while they awaited help.
• Mountain-Moving Tiger bragged about his crimes and named the tombs he had robbed, giving Yue Wen enough of a confession.
• Perfected One Fengguang appeared behind Mountain-Moving Tiger, who recognized her and dropped to his knees in terror.

Yue Wen and his companions helped the Supernatural Affairs Bureau capture the Mountain-Moving Tiger, then used a staged interrogation to convince Fan Baimo that Yue Wen had died protecting him. Fan Baimo stayed hidden after the Bureau left, believing Yue Wen was Flame Ghost Hall’s most loyal disciple.

• Perfected One Fengguang captured the Mountain-Moving Tiger and sent a clone to escort Yue Wen, Zhao Xing'er, and Qi Dian back toward River City.
• Yue Wen showed Guang Zhenren Gongsun Mo’s messages revealing that Dai Muhun had captured him and wanted to meet Fan Baimo.
• Fan Baimo emerged from the Demon Tomb, badly injured after escaping the Fox Demon’s body, and overheard what sounded like Yue Wen being tortured for his whereabouts.
• Yue Wen pretended to resist interrogation and die rather than betray Fan Baimo, convincing the hidden Hall Master that his disciple had sacrificed himself for him.
• Perfected One Fengguang pursued the fleeing Mountain-Moving Tiger, while Fan Baimo remained concealed and mourned the apparent death of Flame Ghost Hall’s most loyal disciple.

After escaping the Demon Tomb, Yue Wen and Fan Baimo traveled toward River City while each privately judged the other to be useful and easily fooled. Yue Wen arranged a meeting between Fan Baimo and the Soul-Controlling Sect, then alerted Wang Shoucai that Fan Baimo remained at large; meanwhile, Gongsun Mo blamed Wen Mo for the conflict between the two groups.

• Yue Wen recovered from his injuries and reunited with Fan Baimo, who promised him leadership of Flame Ghost Hall if he reached the Fifth Realm.
• Fan Baimo and Yue Wen traveled toward River City, each privately considering the other loyal, dim-witted, and easy to manipulate.
• Near River City, Fan Baimo gave Yue Wen three talismans and parted ways with him to recover in the Wasteland Zone.
• Yue Wen contacted Fan Baimo through a talisman and arranged a meeting with the Soul-Controlling Sect's sect master at an unfinished building in City Seven three days later.
• Yue Wen warned Wang Shoucai that Fan Baimo was still free and urged the Supernatural Affairs Bureau to prepare to capture another arch-Demonic Cultivator.
• While held captive, Gongsun Mo told a masked Soul-Controlling Sect member that Wen Mo had ordered the actions that damaged relations between the two organizations.

After recovering from the fight with the Hu Family elder, Yue Wen broke through to the middle Astral Realm and produced perfect astral qi, triggering a heavenly circuit phenomenon. Qi Dian also advanced to the peak of the Unity Realm, but Yue Wen’s breakthrough left him realizing how far ahead his companion remained.

• Yue Wen recovered from his injuries and sensed a surge of power as Shousui’s growth and other boosts brought his astral qi to the threshold of a breakthrough.
• Yue Wen circulated the True Dragon Method and elevated his astral qi into perfect astral qi, filling his room with golden dragons and spiritual mist.
• Qi Dian broke through to the peak of the Unity Realm after taking a pill refined by Apothecary Bai, and he celebrated his new chance to catch up with Yue Wen.
• Qi Dian and Zhao Xing'er followed the strange mist upstairs and found Yue Wen meditating amid golden dragons before he completed his breakthrough.
• Qi Dian explained that Yue Wen’s perfect astral qi had triggered a heavenly circuit phenomenon, then silently reconsidered his hope of matching Yue Wen’s talent.

Yue Wen learned about his golden dragon astral force and negotiated with Da Long over the next section of the True Dragon Method. After Qi Dian revealed his own breakthrough, Yue Wen arranged for him to pursue a top-tier cultivation method as a reward for capturing Dai Muhun, then proposed that the group redeem their Supernatural Powers card.

• Yue Wen showed Da Long his golden dragon astral force, learned it favored sword cultivation, and heard that a bead from the fox demon's tomb held harmless evil thoughts.
• Yue Wen negotiated a possible installment plan for the Appearance Realm section of the True Dragon Method, while Da Long demanded three pieces of Evil-Suppressing Money in interest.
• Yue Wen considered preparing for the Demon-Locking Secret Realm and building up Evil-Suppressing Money after his Bureau mission ended.
• Qi Dian told Yue Wen and Zhao Xing'er that he had reached the peak of the Unity Realm but lacked the Astral Realm section of his cultivation method.
• Yue Wen secured Perfected One Fengguang's promise of an Azurefall Profound Gate cultivation method and Great Fire Astral Refining materials if they captured Dai Muhun.
• Yue Wen suggested that the group redeem their Supernatural Powers card the following day.

Yue Wen, Zhao Xing'er, and Qi Dian entered the Supernatural Powers Treasury and received abilities matched to their cultivation and skills. As they discussed ways to combine their powers, a level-one alert sounded about unusual activity at the Fox-Pressing Pagoda.

• Yue Wen received the Giant Gate Sword Art and learned its visualization diagram taught him to enlarge his sword and sword radiance.
• Zhao Xing'er received the Eagle Eye Catching Cicada Art, a gun combat art that could guide bullets toward their targets.
• Qi Dian received the Heaven One Generates Water Art, and Yue Wen suggested combining it with Qi Dian's heavenly thunder power to amplify its damage.
• Zhao Xing'er and Yue Wen proposed further ways to combine water, poison, and heavenly thunder, alarming Wang Shoucai with their ideas.
• A level-one alert rang through the bureau, and an investigator reported unusual activity at the Fox-Pressing Pagoda.

Hu Hanyi’s failure to retrieve the Fox Demon Lady’s Remnant Thought Pearl triggered her fury, and she unleashed a Demon Domain over River City before returning to her seal. As the city reacted to the spectacle, Yue Wen and his companions were stopped by a film crew on their way home, and Xing’er got off the scooter.

• Hu Hanyi told the Fox Demon Lady that his family had failed to recover the Remnant Thought Pearl, and she blasted him away while shattering the chains and talismans around her mirror.
• Perfected One Fengguang left the Black Bar after sensing the disturbance and used her Great Dao projection to suppress the Fox Demon Lady’s surge of demonic energy.
• The Fox Demon Lady spread her Void-Reality Dao Marrow across River City to create a Demon Domain, then returned to her seal after exhausting her power.
• Residents and the Agency’s Three Little Ones watched the immense fox face appear over the city as Yue Wen’s scooter continued toward Night Market Street.
• A film crew blocked the intersection, and when crew members refused to let Yue Wen pass, Xing’er got off the scooter.

Zhao Xing'er cleared a film crew and its hired gangsters from Yue Wen’s path, while Shousui revealed new combat abilities. The Fox Demon then summoned everyone with ten Fox Demon Game Coins into the citywide Special-Class Amusement Park and gave Yue Wen Malice Perception.

• Zhao Xing'er knocked down the East City Society gangsters, Su Yun’s bodyguard, and members of the film crew after they blocked Yue Wen’s way.
• Yue Wen returned to the Agency and saw Shousui gain Bloodthirst as a blade and Backlash as armor.
• The Fox Demon’s amusement park opened across Jiangcheng City, and everyone carrying ten Fox Demon Game Coins vanished into it.
• The seven-colored Fox Demon shattered the blue bead Yue Wen had taken from her tomb, releasing its sealed malice, and granted him Malice Perception.
• Yue Wen arrived inside the Special-Class Amusement Park as the citywide summons began.

Yue Wen, Zhao Xing'er, and Qi Dian were summoned to the Fox Demon Amusement Park, where they had to hide from malicious thoughts and earn points by riding attractions. After the game began, Yue Wen observed the creatures hunting players and discovered that they tracked targets by malice; the chapter ended as a stealthy malicious thought crept up on the trio.

• Yue Wen, Zhao Xing'er, and Qi Dian were summoned to the amusement park and heard the rules for its hide-and-seek game.
• Yue Wen realized the Fox Demon Lady had used spiritual energy from malicious thoughts to expand her Demon Domain.
• The trio escaped into a nearby building before the countdown ended, then went to the rooftop to survey the city.
• Yue Wen saw a middle-aged Cultivator rescue a little girl, drawing the malicious thoughts away from her and toward himself.
• Yue Wen worked out that the malicious thoughts pursued one target at a time, then spotted one sneaking toward the trio and warned Zhao Xing'er and Qi Dian.

Yue Wen tested a malicious thought and discovered that killing it caused it to merge with another and grow stronger, then announced that he had devised a way to complete the game. Meanwhile, Ji Yang and Su Renxue watched Yue Wen’s group race toward the Drop Tower, planning to use the chaos to board it themselves.

• Yue Wen used Zhao Xing'er and Qi Dian to keep a malicious thought spinning until it collapsed, then killed it and saw its body merge into another malicious thought.
• Yue Wen explained that killing malicious thoughts made them stronger and claimed his experiment had given him a plan to finish the game.
• Ji Yang and Su Renxue discussed how to reach the Drop Tower, with Ji Yang arguing that players should fight before the malicious thoughts became too powerful.
• Yue Wen, Zhao Xing'er, and Qi Dian flew toward the Drop Tower in their Blazing Fire Helicopter, drawing a large horde of malicious thoughts behind them.
• Ji Yang and Su Renxue slipped out of the church, intending to use the distraction to board the Drop Tower and earn a point.

Yue Wen drew hundreds of Malice away from the drop tower so Zhao Xing'er and Qi Dian could play, then redirected the swarm onto Ji Yang. Ji Yang was overwhelmed and killed, while Yue Wen watched from concealment.

• Yue Wen used Malice Perception to lead the Malice away from the drop tower as Zhao Xing'er and Qi Dian prepared to start the game.
• Yue Wen spotted Ji Yang and Su Renxue and deliberately drew the pursuing swarm toward them.
• Su Renxue vanished to escape, and Yue Wen used the Trace-Hiding Art to disappear after transferring the Malice's aggro to Ji Yang.
• Ji Yang tried to fight his way out, but the Malice fused into stronger enemies and overwhelmed him.
• Ji Yang was swallowed by the Malice and transformed into one of their shadows, while Yue Wen watched from concealment.

Yue Wen, Zhao Xing'er, and Qi Dian tested the drop tower before heading toward the Ferris wheel, where they encountered Mustached Uncle and a powerful malicious thought. At the Ferris wheel, Hu Yunting revealed that he was deliberately strengthening the malicious thoughts to eliminate his competitors and take revenge on Yue Wen.

• Yue Wen, Zhao Xing'er, and Qi Dian survived the drop tower and decided to head for the Ferris wheel, using Yue Wen’s Sword Heart Resonance Method to guide their monster-luring efforts.
• The trio met Mustached Uncle and a little girl in a red dress fleeing a powerful malicious thought, which Mustached Uncle killed with a cracked jade disc before warning them about the Ferris wheel.
• Mustached Uncle told Yue Wen’s group that the Hu Family was slaughtering malicious thoughts without regard for the danger to other competitors.
• Hu Yunting used his Liuli Flying Sword to destroy powerful malicious thoughts while Hu Kaiting worried that their growing strength would become unmanageable.
• Hu Yunting explained that he was intentionally making malicious thoughts stronger so they would eliminate other competitors, and he vowed to defeat Yue Wen and claim the Fox Demon Lady’s Immortal Treasures.

Fang Qingcang and the Supernatural Affairs Bureau raided Jiangcheng City's largest black market, using poison and ambushes to capture its operators. Watching his colleagues’ ruthless methods, Fang Qingcang wondered if something had gone wrong with the bureau.

• Fang Qingcang learned that the Mountain-Moving Tiger had exposed criminal gangs involved in Jiangcheng City's black market, and he joined the raid on its hidden operators.
• Lan Zhi confirmed the targets were gathered, and Old Yang ordered the team to wait until they had finished their takeout.
• Old Yang sealed the rear exits with poisoned silver threads while Lan Zhi threw a Thunder Pellet filled with Poisonous Smoke into the building.
• Lan Zhi ambushed fleeing criminals with Jade Leaves, while the poison in the takeout incapacitated the Astral Realm leader when he tried to circulate his power.
• Old Yang and Lan Zhi explained their poisoning tactics as the bureau’s investigators captured the criminals, leaving Fang Qingcang unnerved by his colleagues’ behavior.

Yue Wen devised a way to counter Hu Yunting’s plan to create a Malice King by gathering the Malice around the Ferris wheel and unleashing them on Hu Yunting and his companions while they were trapped in their cabins. The chapter ended with the Hu family engulfed by the horde as Yue Wen escaped their aggro.

• Hu Yunting planned to keep killing Malice and build a powerful Malice King, prompting Yue Wen to seek a countermeasure.
• Yue Wen instructed Qi Dian and Zhao Xing'er to lure Malice around the Ferris wheel, though Zhao Xing'er killed the first Malice she tried to kite.
• The Hu family boarded the Ferris wheel after the surrounding Malice stopped appearing.
• Yue Wen led the gathered Malice toward the Ferris wheel, landed on Hu Yunting’s cabin, and taunted him before disappearing.
• The Malice lost Yue Wen as their target and swarmed the three Hu family members in their cabins while Yue Wen escaped.

Hu Yunting tried to survive the Ferris wheel by defending against the malice, but Yue Wen deliberately strengthened it until Hu Yunting and the other Hu Family disciples were eliminated. Meanwhile, the little girl in the red dress revealed an ability to freeze the malice, leaving the mustached man able to attack.

• Hu Yunting told Hu Kaiting to stop burning the malice and abandon the ride, but Hu Kaiting was overwhelmed and eliminated.
• Hu Yuting's White Jade Luo Umbrella broke, and the malice invaded her mind before she was eliminated.
• Yue Wen slaughtered the malice outside Hu Yunting's cabin, making three powerful malice kings that broke through his sword qi barrier and eliminated him.
• The mustached man prepared to fight the malice surrounding him and the little girl in the red dress, but she commanded the creatures to freeze and told him to kill them.

Yue Wen and Zhao Xing'er began the Ferris wheel game while Qi Dian guarded them, and Yue Wen noticed that Malice had vanished from other parts of the amusement park. Danxia, a Fox Demon from Green Fox Cave, gathered Malice into an army to claim the Fox Demon Lady's inheritance, eliminating her human companion and attacking Cultivators at the pirate ship.

• Yue Wen and Zhao Xing'er boarded the Ferris wheel while Qi Dian stayed behind as their bodyguard.
• Yue Wen noticed that there were no signs of Malice or fighting near the other Amusement Rides and suspected someone was gathering them.
• Danxia told the mustached man that she was a Fox Demon from Green Fox Cave seeking the Fox Demon Lady's Secret Realm, and had him kill Malice to create several oversized Malice Kings.
• Danxia had the Malice eliminate Jia after he recognized the mustached man, then questioned the man about killing Red Foxes.
• Danxia's oversized Malice devoured the mustached man, turning him into one of her followers and costing him his chance at second place.
• Danxia led the Malice to the pirate ship and ordered them to eliminate the Cultivators playing there.

Yue Wen and Qi Dian exploited the amusement park’s aggro mechanics to keep a Malice King occupied near the Ferris Wheel while eliminated players watched in disbelief. Hu Yunting and his clan members were eliminated, and the chapter ended with a mustached spectator predicting that the fox demon Danxia would win.

• Yue Wen controlled Qi Dian to lure a Malice King away from the Ferris Wheel, then alternated attacks with Qi Dian to keep shifting its aggro.
• Yue Wen discovered Qi Dian’s weaker attacks could not reliably draw the Malice King’s attention, so Qi Dian struck repeatedly until the monster turned toward him.
• Hu Kaiting and Hu Yuting arrived in the Control Room after being eliminated and learned from Hu Yunting how Yue Wen had outmaneuvered their group.
• The eliminated players watched Yue Wen and Qi Dian lead the Malice King around the Ferris Wheel and marveled at their unconventional tactics.
• The mustached spectator pointed out Danxia walking among the Malice and declared that she would be the final winner.

Yue Wen and his companions learned that Danxia, a fox demon who could control Malice, was eliminating players across the Amusement Park. Yue Wen suspected she had to be defeated by Malice too, so the group hid near the Ferris Wheel as Danxia’s horde approached.

• Yue Wen and Zhao Xing'er took turns drawing the Malice King's attention until they weakened it, then Su Renxue arrived and warned them about Danxia.
• Su Renxue explained that Danxia had controlled Malice to slaughter players at the Pirate Ship and was heading toward the Roller Coaster.
• Yue Wen reasoned that Danxia could not directly claim the Treasure and might have to be eliminated by Malice after the other players were gone.
• Yue Wen told the group to hide nearby, and Zhao Xing'er, Qi Dian, Yue Wen, and Su Renxue each concealed themselves around the Ferris Wheel.
• Danxia led her vast tide of Malice toward the Ferris Wheel after wiping out the other players in three areas.