Chapter Summaries

Yang Yong’s Incomplete World Tree Seed began to wither after the Man in the Suit inspected it, and Yezi’s voice urged Yang Yong to use two-colored strange mud. The mud revived the sprout, while the Man in the Suit watched with a faint smile and left his identity uncertain.

• Cao Xianming wondered whether Yang Yong’s furnace could obtain inexplicable items in exchange for bargaining chips.
• At the Man in the Suit’s request, Yang Yong opened the furnace and removed the World Tree Seed, which briefly shone and sprouted before rapidly withering.
• The Man in the Suit murmured that the world was rotten and might need to be shattered and reassembled, then returned to the off-road vehicle.
• Yang Yong heard Yezi’s voice say “Two-colored strange mud” and planted the seed in the mud he had obtained inside the Whale Lord’s Body.
• The mud stopped the sprout from wilting and restored its green color, while the Man in the Suit watched without trying to take it and showed a faint smile.

A mysterious Man in the Suit took control of the Survival Convoy and sent the earth dragon underground to follow it. Yang Yong realized the stranger might be one of the legendary Corpse Ancestors after Mang Dabiao mentally addressed him as one.

• The Man in the Suit told Cao Xianming to call him handsome and casually sent the earth dragon underground, where Qi Peiliang sensed it continued to trail the convoy.
• Yang Yong secured the damaged World Tree Seed and Two-Colored Strange Mud in the Demoness Pickup Truck, then found Mang Dabiao trembling in fear.
• The Man in the Suit watched Mang Dabiao, who stiffened and played dead while thinking of him as the Corpse Ancestor.
• Yang Yong heard Mang Dabiao's thoughts, suspected the Man in the Suit was one of the four legendary Corpse Ancestors, and carried the python back to the truck.

The Survival Convoy traveled with the mysterious Man in the Suit, whose presence terrified even Cao Xianming and Wang Ying. As the convoy made camp, Qi Peiliang discovered that every mutated creature and Eerie within a hundred kilometers was fleeing from them, leaving the travelers unsure whether the Man in the Suit was their protector or a threat.

• Yang Yong told Mang Dabiao to guard the flowerpot, then hid his thoughts as the convoy set off again.
• Cao Xianming nervously offered the Man in the Suit cigarettes and snacks until the man told him to relax and continue on his way.
• Wang Ying kept her blade sheathed, while Cao Xianming and Xiao Ma remained afraid to disturb the Man in the Suit.
• Qi Peiliang sensed that all mutated creatures and Eerie within a hundred kilometers were fleeing from the convoy.
• The convoy made camp without a security perimeter, and Xiao Ma quietly relayed the setup instructions instead of using the loudspeaker.

Cao Xianming and Yang Yong learned that the Man in the Suit was Corpse Ancestor Jiang Chen and nervously tried to accommodate him. The chapter ended with Jiang Chen ordering Yang Yong to forge him an Imperial Palace.

• Jiang Chen told Cao Xianming to use his real name, revealing that he was Corpse Ancestor Jiang Chen.
• Cao Xianming nervously escorted Jiang Chen to the convoy’s best tent, but Jiang Chen rejected it as unsuitable.
• Jiang Chen ordered Cao Xianming to summon the boy who knew how to forge and have him build an Imperial Palace.
• Cao Xianming called Yang Yong, who approached Jiang Chen in fear and introduced himself.
• Yang Yong learned Jiang Chen wanted him to forge an Imperial Palace and wondered why a zombie wanted one instead of a coffin.

Yang Yong forged a basic military camp from scrap for Jiang Chen, who approved of it instead of demanding a better structure. Jiang Chen then gave Yang Yong a drop of Corpse Ancestor Essence Blood to feed the World Tree sprout, which came alive as the blood approached.

• Jiang Chen gave Yang Yong a blueprint for a temporary base and told him to find the materials himself.
• Yang Yong forged the military camp from junk, and it expanded into a colossal but ordinary structure.
• Jiang Chen inspected the camp and nodded with satisfaction, leaving Yang Yong confused and empty-handed.
• Jiang Chen tossed Yang Yong a drop of Corpse Ancestor Essence Blood and told him to give it to the World Tree sprout.
• Yang Yong brought the blood to the drooping sprout, which seemed to come alive as the bead drew near.

Yang Yong watched the damaged World Tree Seed form a green cocoon, then realized it needed Yezi’s missing soul to hatch. After returning her soul to the cocoon, he witnessed it crack open and saw Yezi begin to emerge.

• Yang Yong fed a drop of Corpse Progenitor essence blood to the World Tree Seed, which grew a leaf and produced a green cocoon.
• Yang Yong kept watch as the cocoon remained unhatched for seven days while the convoy stayed safe near Jiang Chen.
• Jiang Chen told Yang Yong that the cocoon’s occupant was missing half her soul, and Yang Yong realized the seed had been made from Yezi’s body.
• Yang Yong removed Yezi’s soul from the Four Yang God-Sealing Banner and returned it to the cocoon, unleashing green light that made nearby plants grow rapidly.
• Yang Yong harvested the fast-growing forage grass, then heard the cocoon crack and saw a small hand and head emerge.

Yezi emerged from her cocoon in a tiny, winged form and fell asleep on Yang Yong’s shoulder. Meanwhile, the Netherworld Ancient Tree Clone manipulated Yang Fei into entering the darkness of the Military Camp Palace to investigate Jiang Chen, leaving her trapped in an apparently endless passageway.

• Yezi transformed into a miniature fairy-like being, settled on Yang Yong’s shoulder, and fell asleep.
• Jiang Chen sensed Yezi’s emergence and quietly remarked that it was interesting.
• Yang Fei entered the Military Camp Palace, hoping to win over the Man in the Suit and gain power in the Survival Convoy.
• Yang Fei walked through a dark, seemingly endless passageway as unnatural impulses drove her onward toward Jiang Chen.
• A miniature Netherworld Ancient Tree beneath an off-road vehicle controlled Yang Fei and urged her to continue probing Jiang Chen.

Jiang Chen destroyed the Netherworld Ancient Tree’s avatar after it lured Yang Fei into a passage, and Yang Fei’s scream brought the Survival Convoy to his gates. He questioned Cao Xianming about the convoy’s past encounter with the tree and learned they could not locate the passage again.

• The Netherworld Ancient Tree’s avatar tried to flee, but Jiang Chen seized and crushed it, and its remains fed the World Tree seedling.
• Yang Fei regained her senses in a dark passage and screamed, waking the Survival Convoy.
• Cao Xianming and Yang Yong led the convoy toward Jiang Chen’s Military Camp, where they found him standing outside the gates.
• Jiang Chen asked Cao Xianming about the convoy’s encounter with the Netherworld Ancient Tree and whether he could find the passage again.
• Jiang Chen opened the gates, revealing Yang Fei in a terrified and disheveled state.

After Jiang Chen stopped shielding the Survival Convoy with his aura, the convoy resumed traveling with him riding in the Demoness Pickup Truck. When a powerful Eerie approached and its aura vanished, Cao Xianming calculated that it was likely connected to Jiang Chen, and Yang Yong cautiously asked whether it was Jiang Chen’s subordinate.

• Cao Xianming ordered the convoy to stay away from Jiang Chen’s palace, then began calculating the danger posed by the Netherworld Ancient Tree that had bewitched Yang Fei.
• Qi Peiliang noticed that Jiang Chen’s aura no longer protected the area around the convoy, and Cao Xianming decided to wait and see what Jiang Chen would do.
• After half a month, the convoy set out again, and Jiang Chen rode in the Demoness Pickup Truck, praising Yang Yong for giving it a spirit body.
• Qi Peiliang reported a powerful Eerie ahead, then said its aura had suddenly vanished; Cao Xianming calculated an 87% chance that it was connected to someone in the group.
• Cao Xianming concluded that the approaching Eerie was likely Jiang Chen’s subordinate, and Yang Yong asked Jiang Chen whether the newcomers were his subordinates.

Jiang Chen’s apparent followers joined the Survival Convoy over several days, while Cao Xianming struggled to understand why Jiang Chen stayed with them. One night, a black-smoke avatar of the Goat Eerie infiltrated the camp and dispersed into several wisps after He Jing’s spell stirred it.

• A woman named Xiao Ying arrived by motorcycle, knelt before Jiang Chen, and joined the convoy.
• Over the following days, several more people who could switch between human and Eerie forms joined Jiang Chen’s group, including a man who tortured and drank the blood of small animals.
• The convoy’s Sequence Transcendents speculated about Jiang Chen’s reasons for staying with them, and Cao Xianming calculated that Jiang Chen was most likely interested in his data analysis ability.
• On a moonless night, Wang Ying spotted black smoke approaching the camp and sounded the alarm after her blade failed to affect it.
• He Jing cast a wind spell at the smoke, scattering it into several wisps that moved in different directions.

A stray wisp of black mist transformed a curious young man into a monster, and Zhang Bihuang’s Holy Light cleared the mist from the air but could not remove it from his body. As the man writhed in agony, the Survival Convoy remained surrounded, while Jiang Chen’s followers watched from nearby and mocked them.

• A young man breathed in black mist released by He Jing’s Wind Cluster and grew black hair and goat horns as he suffered terrible pain.
• Zhang Bihuang used Grand Holy Light Art to clear the airborne mist, but the man’s infected body kept growing hair and worsening as he scratched himself bloody.
• Yang Yong stopped Zhang Bihuang from pouring more Holy Light onto the man, and she let the light go out.
• Nearly twenty people at Jiang Chen’s Military Camp Palace watched the Survival Convoy and mocked its defenses, confident that Corpse Ancestor Jiang Chen could defeat the threat.
• Cao Xianming, Zhang Bihuang, and Xiao Xuan remained surrounded with the convoy as its people stood back-to-back in the darkness, unable to devise a plan.

The Survival Convoy discovered that a remotely controlled swarm of hair-thin insects was transforming a young man, and Cao Xianming concluded they needed to sever the unseen link controlling them. With Yang Yong’s Cause-and-Effect Scissors and Liu Hong’s strength, the group cut the connection, though Liu Hong’s body burst immediately afterward.

• Xiao Xuan joined Zhang Bihuang in using holy and Buddha light to remove the black hair from the young man, but the infestation remained deep inside him.
• Cao Xianming analyzed the black mist and identified it as multiplying insects controlled by an unseen entity.
• Yang Yong called Liu Hong and produced the Cause-and-Effect Scissors, whose price prevented Cao Xianming from safely using them.
• Cao Xianming calculated where the invisible connection lay, and Liu Hong used the scissors to cut it.
• A distant inhuman roar sounded, and Liu Hong’s body burst.

Liu Hong survived his wounds by eating and sleeping, while Xiao Xuan and Zhang Bihuang purged the black worms from a possessed young man. The Goat Eerie’s avatar warned that this was only the beginning, and the Survival Convoy fled toward its vehicles as black mist closed in.

• Liu Hong’s wounds opened across his body, but he ate mutton, fell asleep, and began healing.
• Cao Xianming ordered Zhang Bihuang to keep shining holy light and Xiao Xuan to force the Buddha-Light Jewel down the young man’s throat.
• Xiao Xuan and Zhang Bihuang purged the black worms from the young man, who returned to human form but remained gravely injured.
• The Goat Eerie’s avatar appeared in the darkness, warned that this was only the beginning, and let the bonfire go out.
• Black mist filled the wilderness and surged toward the camp as Zhang Bihuang raised a holy-light barrier.
• Cao Xianming ordered Xiao Ma to use the Loudspeaker, and the survivors abandoned their tents and rushed toward the vehicles.

Zhang Bihuang and Xiao Xuan combined Holy Light and Buddha Light to protect the convoy from the Goat Eerie’s insect-filled black mist, while Yang Yong, the Monk, and Wang Ying counterattacked. Ma Xiaotong’s lightning struck and injured the monster, but it regenerated, and Yang Yong asked Cao Xianming about his calculations as the convoy continued gathering data on the avatar.

• Zhang Bihuang and Xiao Xuan shielded the convoy with Holy Light and Buddha Light as the Goat Eerie formed enormous hands from black mist and attacked them.
• Yang Yong and the Monk intercepted the hands with a Fire Flood Dragon and a Golden Dragon, then Yang Yong empowered Wang Ying’s blade with flames.
• Wang Ying sensed the Goat Monster in the darkness and slashed it, revealing that its body was made of black mist and could quickly regenerate.
• Ma Xiaotong used Wang Ying’s strike to locate the Goat Eerie and hit it with a lightning talisman, scattering its body and leaving it smaller after it reformed.
• Yang Yong asked Cao Xianming about his calculations while the convoy assessed the Goat Eerie’s abilities and weaknesses.

Cao Xianming analyzed the black mist and concluded the convoy could not defeat the Goat Eerie, so Yang Yong led the vehicles into a desperate escape. Jiang Chen refused to help, intending to use the convoy to find a Two-World Passage, while the group tried to outrun the encroaching mist under their own defenses.

• Cao Xianming found that the black mist reproduced inside people and turned them into mindless monsters, then calculated that the convoy had no chance of winning.
• Xiao Ying asked Jiang Chen whether they should help, but he refused to intervene; the fatty told her Jiang Chen planned to use the convoy to find a Two-World Passage into the Eerie World.
• The Goat Eerie thickened the mist and compressed the convoy's protective dome until Yang Yong demanded Cao Xianming's results.
• Cao Xianming told Yang Yong the convoy had to flee, and Yang Yong collected their scattered supplies with the Nine Nether Yuanchen White Bone Ring before ordering everyone into position.
• Yang Yong led the six vehicles away with a Fire Flood Dragon guarding his pickup, while Zhang Bihuang protected the front vehicles and Monk took the Buddha-Light Jewel from Xiao Xuan to shield the rest.

Monk used the Buddha-Light Jewel to shield the convoy and restore Xiao Xuan’s Supernatural Power, while Qi Peiliang tracked the Goat Eerie’s avatar through the black mist. Cao Xianming’s calculations revealed that the avatar feared Yang Yong’s Four Yang God-Sealing Banner, and he urged Yang Yong to use it.

• Monk expanded the Buddha Light across the convoy, repelling the black mist and helping Xiao Xuan recover her Supernatural Power.
• Monk told Xiao Xuan that Buddhist Dharma was necessary to advance in her Buddhist Sequence and offered to find her scriptures to study.
• The convoy drove for half an hour without escaping the mist, while Qi Peiliang sensed that the Goat Eerie’s avatar stayed two kilometers behind them.
• Yang Yong asked Cao Xianming what the Goat Eerie feared, and Cao Xianming’s calculations pointed to Yang Yong rather than Wang Ying.
• Cao Xianming determined that the Four Yang God-Sealing Banner was the key thing the Goat Eerie feared and asked Yang Yong to use it.

Yang Yong used three ghostly decoys to make the Goat Eerie’s double believe the Four Yang God-Sealing Banner had left, prompting the monster to launch a full assault on the convoy. As monstrous insects broke through the light barrier, the group fought back while the convoy remained under attack.

• Cao Xianming suggested that the Red-Clothed Female Ghost could carry the Four Yang God-Sealing Banner to the Goat Eerie’s double instead of luring him closer.
• Yang Yong made two fake banners, gave them to the Red-and-White Twin Fiends, and sent the three ghosts in different directions with the real banner’s aura suppressed.
• The Goat Monster sensed the banners moving away, concluded that the threat had passed, and unleashed the black fog against the convoy.
• Monstrous insects surged into the Buddha Light and Holy Light barrier, burning away in layers until several broke through.
• Ma Xiaotong struck the insects with a Thunder Talisman, while Lei Hong fired his Flesh-and-Blood Submachine Gun and Zheng Xiaofeng watched from the vehicle roof.

The Survival Convoy fought off the Goat Monster’s endless insect attacks until he gathered the black mist into a giant body and charged Yang Yong. Yang Yong baited him into an irreversible punch and revealed that he had kept the real Four Yang God-Sealing Banner hidden, leaving the trap about to spring.

• Yezi used her ivy vines to pierce the monstrous insects and drain away their power while the others held the barrier against the endless assault.
• The Goat Monster gathered the black mist and insects into a colossal, nearly thousand-meter-tall goat-headed body.
• Yang Yong provoked the giant Goat Monster into attacking the Demoness Pickup Truck with a full-force punch.
• Yang Yong summoned the Three Great Female Ghosts and revealed the real Four Yang God-Sealing Banner, whose power made the Goat Monster realize he had fallen for a trap.

Yang Yong and his allies attacked the Goat Eerie, and Wang Ying’s full-strength blade strikes split him apart. Yang Yong trapped the Goat Eerie’s head inside the Four Yang God-Sealing Banner, where the Three Great Female Ghosts began binding and controlling him.

• Yang Yong and the others surrounded the Goat Eerie with attacks, leaving him no route to escape.
• Wang Ying unleashed the Eerie General’s full power and cleaved through the Goat Eerie’s head and body.
• Yang Yong used the Four Yang God-Sealing Banner’s chains to restrain the Goat Eerie’s head and stop him from self-destructing.
• Wang Ying split the Goat Eerie’s approaching body with another slash as the banner dragged his head into its black hole.
• The Three Great Female Ghosts added red and white runic chains, suppressing the Goat Eerie’s self-destruction and trapping him in an illusion where he believed he had escaped.

Yang Yong captured and destroyed the Goat Eerie’s avatar, strengthening the Four Yang God-Sealing Banner as it absorbed the avatar’s Eerie Qi. The Goat Eerie roared in fury and seized a woman from the surrounding crowd.

• The Little Girl Eerie slapped the goat-headed monster’s two body halves into dolls, and Yang Yong forged them in the Ten-Thousand-Forged Primordial Furnace into Eerie Qi.
• Inside the Four Yang God-Sealing Banner, Yang Yong ordered the chains to subdue the enormous goat head, then used the Six Yang God-Sealing Restriction to destroy it when it refused to submit.
• The Four Yang God-Sealing Banner absorbed the goat head’s Eerie Qi, strengthening its runes as Yang Yong watched their evolution.
• The Goat Eerie roared across the grasslands, demanding to know who had killed its avatar.
• An enormous hand descended and seized a terrified woman from the prostrate crowd, carrying her into the central Yurt.