Recaps

Xu Long trapped and killed the banana tree demoness with talismans while Wen Cai served as bait. Uncle Nine rushed in after eliminating the chang ghosts and found the fight already over.

• Xu Long persuaded Uncle Nine to use Wen Cai as the groom bait, and Wen Cai agreed in hopes of earning pocket money.
• Xu Long and Uncle Nine prepared the room, and the banana tree demoness arrived and began draining Wen Cai’s yang energy.
• Xu Long sprang the trap, striking the demoness with a talisman and stopping her escape with an ink-marker line.
• Xu Long burned the banana tree demoness with Blazing Fire Talismans and earned 1,500 points for completing the hidden mission.
• Uncle Nine eliminated the chang ghosts and rushed into the room, where he found Xu Long had already won.

Xu Long destroyed the mass grave with a machine gun and talismans, earning 2,000 points, while a vampire named Yuehan emerged from his ruined hiding place. Yuehan headed toward Ren Family Town, hoping to earn points by hunting a jiangshi despite fearing its strength.

• Xu Long handed Uncle Nine a banana peel and revealed that Wen Cai had been drained of yang energy by the banana demoness.
• Xu Long asked Uncle Nine to take Wen Cai home while he investigated the mass grave.
• Xu Long used a Vulcan Machine Gun to destroy thirty undecayed corpses and Blazing Fire Talismans to burn the attacking resentful spirits.
• Xu Long completed the hidden mission to clear out the mass grave and earned 2,000 points.
• Yuehan, a vampire viscount whose lair beneath the mass grave had been wrecked, emerged and decided to seek points by hunting a jiangshi in Ren Family Town.

After recovering from the loss of his yang energy, Xu Long accompanied Uncle Nine to Ren Family Town for Master Ren’s grave relocation. There he met Yuehan, a baron-ranked vampire who recognized him and asked to follow him.

• Xu Long ate and drew talismans while Uncle Nine prepared to take Qiu Sheng to Ren Family Town for a job.
• Xu Long and Uncle Nine met Master Ren and Ren Tingting to discuss relocating Master Ren’s father’s grave.
• Xu Long spotted the vampire Yuehan, who had come to Ren Family Town after his mass grave was dug up.
• Yuehan told Xu Long that the Western European District’s marquis had ordered his people not to make an enemy of Xu Long.
• Yuehan said he had no plans and asked Xu Long if he could follow him.

Xu Long brought Yuehan to a hidden grave and killed the female ghost there, earning Yuehan 1,000 points from a hidden quest. Afterward, Xu Long examined the surrounding energies with an Eye-Opening Talisman while Yuehan admired eastern magic but realized it was incompatible with vampires.

• Xu Long agreed to bring Yuehan along and introduced him to Uncle Nine before the group set out to relocate the Ren family's grave.
• Xu Long led Yuehan away from the group to a lonely grave, intending to find the female ghost hidden there.
• Yuehan blasted the grave with blood magic, but Xu Long had to open the ground with a powerful punch to expose the coffin and remains.
• Yuehan attacked the exposed ghost, and Xu Long used a talisman to destroy her, completing a hidden quest and earning 1,000 points.
• Xu Long used an Eye-Opening Talisman to see the energies around them, while Yuehan admired eastern magic but recognized that vampire attributes made it dangerous for him to use.

Xu Long and Yuehan searched graves for ghosts and learned that Master Ren’s father’s corpse was close to becoming a jiangshi. That night, Japanese reincarnation-world participants arrived at the mortuary, intending to feed a ghoul more corpses so it could advance.

• Xu Long and Yuehan opened graves, killed nine ghosts, and earned seven thousand points.
• Uncle Nine noticed black qi around Master Ren’s father’s corpse and, after Master Ren refused cremation, left it in the mortuary to be reburied later.
• Xu Long told Yuehan that the corpse would become a jiangshi and seek its closest blood relatives, and Yuehan realized Xu Long was waiting to gain points from the incident.
• Gangban and Richuan arrived at the mortuary, where Richuan said many corpses were stored and warned of a powerful Chinese man inside.
• Gangban explained that he had taken over a C-rank ghoul’s body after its shikigami backlash and now needed to devour corpses to grow stronger.
• Confident his ghoul body could withstand attacks, Gangban sent Richuan into the mortuary to clear the way.

Xu Long and Yuehan fought off a group of Japanese intruders, with Xu Long targeting their leader, Gangban. After the Eighteen Dragon-Subduing Palms failed to stop Gangban, Xu Long opened fire with his Vulcan Machine Gun, only to discover Gangban's body was as hard as steel.

• Xu Long sensed the intruders, killed Richuan with a palm strike, and identified the group as Japanese.
• Xu Long attacked Gangban with the Eighteen Dragon-Subduing Palms while Yuehan cleared out the other Japanese fighters.
• A Japanese ninja recognized Yuehan as the Blood Ghost Emperor's grandson, and Yuehan killed him.
• Gangban dodged Xu Long's palm strikes and asked why Xu Long was attacking him, so Xu Long pulled out his Vulcan Machine Gun.
• Gangban tried to flee, but Xu Long's bullets struck him and revealed his ghoul body, which was hard enough to throw sparks.

Xu Long killed Gangban with the Vulcan Machine Gun, then traveled with Uncle Nine and Yuehan to Ren Family Town, where Master Ren’s father turned into a zombie and killed Master Ren. After the guard captain threatened Xu Long over his explanation of the death, Xu Long killed him and brought out the Red Queen.

• Xu Long fired the Vulcan Machine Gun until Gangban was dead, then discussed selling the weapon to Yuehan.
• Uncle Nine checked Master Ren’s father’s coffin the next morning and took Xu Long and Yuehan to Ren Family Town, where Xu Long studied feng shui under him.
• Master Ren’s father turned into a zombie overnight, followed their bloodline to Ren Family Town, and killed Master Ren.
• Uncle Nine examined Master Ren’s body and confirmed he had been bitten by a zombie, while Wen Cai went to check the funeral home.
• Xu Long lured the guard captain aside, snapped his neck, burned his corpse, and brought out the Red Queen.

Xu Long and Uncle Nine prepared the Ren residence for Master Ren’s father, a powerful zombie, but their defenses failed to stop his approach. The zombie broke through the gate and fixed on Ren Tingting inside the house.

• Xu Long told Uncle Nine that the guard captain would cooperate, while Uncle Nine finished preparing the Ren residence with glutinous rice, talismans, and inked lines.
• Master Ren’s father prepared a ritual with five slaughtered animals and vowed to settle his thirty-year-old grudge with Old Nine.
• As a storm and terrifying evil aura spread, Xu Long reassured Uncle Nine and prepared more than a thousand talismans for the fight.
• Xu Long ordered the others to retreat inside and tested Master Ren’s father with ten Blazing Fire Talismans, but the rain and the zombie’s strength quickly extinguished them.
• Uncle Nine withdrew as Master Ren’s father smashed through the gate, broke the inked defenses, and locked onto Ren Tingting inside.

Xu Long and Uncle Nine nearly burned Master Ren's father to ashes, while Master Ren broke free and drank Ren Tingting's blood. After the hidden mission confirmed Master Ren's father was dead, Xu Long realized the assessment target was the newly risen Master Ren, who transformed into a corpse demon.

• Uncle Nine explained that the corpse-nurturing ground had made Master Ren's father far stronger than an ordinary zombie.
• Xu Long and Uncle Nine attacked Master Ren's father with Blazing Fire Talismans and blood-coated peachwood swords, gradually weakening him.
• Master Ren escaped his restraints and bit Ren Tingting's neck, draining her blood and gaining strength.
• Yuehan tried to stop Master Ren but was slapped away, while Xu Long kept attacking Master Ren's father to finish the mission.
• Xu Long received a notification that killing Master Ren's father completed a hidden mission and realized he had mistaken the assessment's target.
• Master Ren growled that they would all die, and Xu Long and Uncle Nine recognized that he had become a corpse demon.

Xu Long pursued Master Ren, a corpse fiend, and cornered him in a cave after using reconnaissance robots to scout it. He left Master Ren badly wounded and continued attacking him, but the chapter ended before the fight was resolved.

• Master Ren knocked away Uncle Nine's peachwood sword, and Xu Long rushed in to protect his master and broke Master Ren's shoulder with a forceful punch.
• Master Ren fled into the rain, so Xu Long pursued him with Blazing Fire Talismans while Yuehan followed behind.
• Master Ren hid in a cave, and Xu Long sent miniature reconnaissance robots inside before entering with Yuehan.
• Xu Long threw Yuehan onto a dying gorilla, killing it and completing a hidden mission that awarded them 1,000 points.
• Xu Long attacked Master Ren with the Eighteen Dragon-Subduing Palms and several other techniques, leaving the corpse fiend battered and bleeding.

Xu Long completed his mission by killing Master Ren, but learned that Ren Tingting was the true threat and that she was fighting Uncle Nine at the Ren residence. He rushed back to help as explosions sounded in the distance.

• Xu Long noticed Master Ren seemed unusually weak while beating him, as Uncle Nine discovered that Master Ren was a corpse fiend.
• Master Ren's severed arm attacked Uncle Nine, who rushed inside and realized Ren Tingting was fighting the Red Queen after inheriting Master Ren's power.
• Ren Tingting revealed herself as Old Eight, Uncle Nine's former senior brother, and attacked him over their master's decision to pass on his mantle to Old Nine.
• Ren Tingting tore apart the Red Queen, but the robot wrapped around her again as Uncle Nine tried to face her.
• Xu Long killed Master Ren and completed his assessment mission, then learned from the Red Queen that Ren Tingting was the real enemy.
• Xu Long hurried back to the Ren residence with Yuehan and saw two people fighting as explosions sounded nearby.

Xu Long fought Ren Tingting while Uncle Nine used a ritual to locate Old Eight, and Ren Tingting self-destructed before the group could finish her off. Xu Long received the reward for killing the corpse demon, and the survivors prepared to pursue Old Eight at the mortuary.

• Xu Long fought Ren Tingting, while Uncle Nine began a ritual with Yuehan’s help to find Old Eight.
• Uncle Nine located Old Eight three li west at the mortuary, and the Red Queen rode Rice Bucket away to confront him.
• Ren Tingting absorbed the surrounding black qi and began swelling, so Uncle Nine warned everyone to run.
• Ren Tingting exploded, injuring Uncle Nine, Xu Long, and Yuehan, and the hidden mission reward confirmed her death.
• Xu Long dressed Uncle Nine’s wound and noted that his own injuries were already healing.

Xu Long endured the corpse demon’s genes fighting the T-virus and survived three days of flames and sunlight, while Uncle Nine worried over him. After Xu Long studied under Uncle Nine and Yuehan recovered from a run of defeats, the thirty-day mission ended and they returned to the Reincarnation Temple to receive their rewards.

• The Red Queen and Rice Bucket killed Old Eight as he left the funeral home, completing a hidden mission and earning Xu Long 2,500 points.
• The Red Queen advised Xu Long to use Blazing Fire Talismans and sunlight to help the T-virus adapt to the corpse demon’s genes, and he followed her advice despite Uncle Nine’s alarm.
• Xu Long endured three days of internal conflict, flames, and sunlight until the corpse demon genes finished fusing, then demonstrated that his body had become extremely durable.
• Xu Long studied under Uncle Nine while Yuehan went out to earn money and later settled down after being beaten by zombies and ghosts.
• Xu Long and Yuehan completed their thirty-day survival mission, returned to the Reincarnation Temple, and received 3,000 points for survival and 3,000 points plus a D-rank access card for killing Master Ren after he became a zombie.

After clearing the Mr. Vampire world, Xu Long spent his rewards on D-rank Internal Force, a war base core, materials, and attribute enhancements. He prepared to return to the fallen zone, while Rice Bucket was sent back to Minghu City to keep Xu Jiao company.

• Xu Long received an S-rank rating, 24,500 points, and a D-rank access card, then used an access card to enhance his Internal Force to D-rank.
• Yuehan told Xu Long that the Blood Ghost Emperor had given him 20,000 points, and Xu Long mailed him the Vulcan Machine Gun.
• The Red Queen found the Black Tortoise Type III War Base Core, which Xu Long exchanged for after learning the Great Wilderness Main World would absorb this world when it collapsed.
• Xu Long spent points on special materials and raised all five basic attributes to 300.
• Xu Long decided to return to the fallen zone without Rice Bucket, who was sent back to the old house in Minghu City to stay with Xu Jiao.

Xu Jiao learned from Rice Bucket that Xu Long had completed four mission worlds with S-rank ratings, while Hong Chao grew desperate to avenge his son and began recruiting powerful allies to target him. The chapter left Hong Chao secretly pursuing a dangerous tortoise shell and gathering C-rank reincarnators despite warnings from the Divine Heavenly Emperor and Xuanming Emperor.

• Xu Jiao questioned Rice Bucket, who revealed through gestures that Xu Long had passed through four mission worlds and earned four S-rank ratings.
• Xu Jiao deduced that Xu Long had gained the T-virus and serum, martial arts, Rice Bucket, and knowledge of zombies or talismans.
• Hong Chao killed a subordinate who failed to find Long Aotian, despite the Divine Heavenly Emperor's order not to investigate or harm him.
• Hong Chao reviewed the robots clearing a path through Southeast Asia and learned that Long Aotian might soon rise to C-rank.
• Hong Chao contacted an associate to obtain a tortoise shell dropped by a B-rank Flame Hell Beast, accepting the danger of discovery.
• Hong Chao made several calls to enlist powerful C-rank reincarnators by offering them rewards.

Xu Long joined the joint offensive to clear the Flame Hell Beasts from the Sixth District’s Australasian District and install the Black Tortoise Type III War Base core. As the battle raged, he weighed several potential base sites and focused on the safest western location, where only humans stood in his way.

• Xu Long explained how difficult C-rank advancement was and why so few reincarnators dared to attempt B-rank assessments.
• After waiting nearly ten days, Xu Long set out with the joint force from the First District’s Huaxia District and the Second District’s Western Europe Region.
• At the Australasian District border, the Divine Heavenly Emperor, Xuanming Emperor, Mad Wolf Emperor, and Holy Emperor fought three B-rank Flame Hell Beasts while the larger force battled below.
• Xu Long followed the main force and fired his Flame Light Machine Gun as the fighting continued.
• The Red Queen reported five possible war-base sites, and Xu Long learned the best one could save up to ten days of development.
• Xu Long asked which site was safest and learned that the western location was twenty kilometers away and occupied by humans.

Xu Long joined the sweep of the Sixth District, where humans fought Flame Hell Beasts that had grown more dangerous through mutation. After he knocked a C-rank beast away with Ten Thousand Buddhas Pay Homage, a reincarnator urged him to help finish it, but Xu Long claimed he had spent half his Internal Force and stayed out of the fight.

• Red Queen explained that nuclear attacks had caused Flame Hell Beasts to mutate and warned that survivors of a nuclear strike could become nearly invincible.
• Red Queen estimated that at least seventy Flame Hell Beasts were nearby, ranging from E-rank to C-rank.
• Piao Renyong introduced himself to Xu Long and told him to stay alert as they advanced.
• A C-rank Flame Hell Beast attacked and stunned several soldiers with its shrill hiss.
• Xu Long struck the beast with Ten Thousand Buddhas Pay Homage, sending it flying and injuring it.
• A C-rank reincarnator asked Xu Long to help kill the beast, but Xu Long said the attack had used half his Internal Force and declined.

Xu Long reached a human settlement in the Australasian District and secretly deployed the war base core. After overhearing Japanese reincarnators plotting to poison the Chinese forces, he attacked them and returned to camp as an emergency assembly was called.

• After the B-rank Flame Hell Beasts were slain, Xu Long and the others reached a settlement and continued to one of the Red Queen's target locations.
• Xu Long slipped away from camp and planted the war base core behind it.
• Three Japanese C-rank reincarnators discussed a plan to poison the Chinese forces and drive them from the region.
• Xu Long killed one man, crippled the other two, and left them with their recorder and the poison as evidence.
• Xu Long returned to camp, where a robot summoned him to an emergency assembly.

Xu Long helped orchestrate the execution of Japanese and Hanguo prisoners and the withdrawal of rival forces from the Sixth District, protecting his plans for Australasian development. When the Reincarnation Temple opened for the fifth time, he entered it and weighed his world options, focusing on Number One Under Heaven and its powerful martial arts.

• Xuanming Emperor accused the Japanese and Hanguo prisoners of poisoning the ground, played Xu Long's recording, and ordered the robots to execute them.
• Divine Heavenly Emperor and Xuanming Emperor withdrew from the Sixth District, and Red Queen imposed sanctions that forced the Second District's Western European forces to retreat.
• Mad Wolf Emperor rampaged through the Sixth District's Australasian District and destroyed three human settlements, while Xu Long revealed that he had secretly manipulated events to protect the area he planned to develop.
• Xu Long planned to eliminate the Flame Hell Beasts and build a safe human realm, but resolved to grow stronger before revealing himself and claiming Earth's resources.
• When the Reincarnation Temple opened for the fifth time, Xu Long entered and considered The Storm Riders, The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber, and Number One Under Heaven, leaving the latter as a possible choice.

Xu Long entered the Number One Under Heaven mission as Cheng Shifei and rescued the empress dowager from a jar. He prepared to ambush Wuwan with Bone-Dissolving Powder, and the chapter ended as Wuwan opened the door.

• Hong Chao used a tortoise shell to teleport ten people to a target's location.
• Xu Jiao selected Number One Under Heaven as Xu Long's next mission world.
• Xu Long entered the world as Cheng Shifei, gained the Vajra Indestructible Divine Art, and received a mission to survive for two years.
• Xu Long shattered his jar and restored his dislocated limbs, then helped the empress dowager escape her jar.
• Xu Long placed bottles of poison above the door and hid the empress dowager in a cabinet to ambush Wuwan.
• Wuwan opened the door with two subordinates, unaware of Xu Long's trap.

Xu Long killed Wuwan and Princess Lixiu, rescued the empress dowager, and returned to the palace, where he grew closer to Princess Yunluo. At an inn, he reviewed Cheng Shifei’s inherited martial arts and learned how to make a C-rank Divination Talisman.

• Xu Long killed Wuwan with the Bone-Dissolving Powder and earned 4,500 points.
• Xu Long reached the palace as Duan Tianya and Guihai Yidao fought Princess Lixiu, then kicked and killed Princess Lixiu for another 4,000 points.
• Xu Long returned the empress dowager to the emperor and left the palace without approaching Zhu Wushi.
• Xu Long embraced Princess Yunluo, who promised to arrange palace access for him and asked him to visit the next day.
• Xu Long reviewed Cheng Shifei’s inherited techniques and learned the materials needed to make the C-rank Divination Talisman.

Xu Long planned to obtain the Energy Absorption Great Art and a Heavenly Fragrance Cardamom while learning that Xu Jiao had captured Rice Bucket. He refused an imperial secret agent position, then gave Princess Yunluo a pendant and held back from taking their relationship further because of the danger of spreading the T-virus.

• Xu Long considered how to acquire the Energy Absorption Great Art and the Heavenly Fragrance Cardamom, and wondered whether Rice Bucket was lost or trapped.
• Xu Jiao kept Rice Bucket beside her and suspected he would betray her as soon as he saw Xu Long.
• Xu Long refused the empress dowager and emperor's offer to make him an imperial secret agent, prompting Cao Zhengchun to consider recruiting him.
• Xu Long went with Princess Yunluo to her chambers and restrained himself because he feared infecting her with the T-virus.
• Xu Long gave Princess Yunluo a pendant made by Red Queen and claimed it was a family heirloom crafted from meteoric iron.

Xu Long obtained the Heavenly Fragrance Cardamom hidden in Princess Yunluo’s Mermaid Little Pearl and sent liquid-metal robots to infiltrate Cao Zhengchun’s residence and the imperial palace. As he traveled toward the Giant Whale Gang, ronin blocked his road, and he ordered them killed.

• Xu Long sweet-talked Princess Yunluo into giving him the Mermaid Little Pearl, which contained a Heavenly Fragrance Cardamom.
• Xu Long recalled Cao Zhengchun’s plans against the Giant Whale Gang and decided to investigate the gang and steal the last Heavenly Fragrance Cardamom from Cao Zhengchun.
• Xu Long sent one liquid-metal robot to Cao Zhengchun’s residence and another into the imperial palace to steal the cardamom and prepare to impersonate the emperor.
• Xu Long traveled toward the Giant Whale Gang while cultivating his internal force and thinking about its leader, Li Zhengkai, and the rivalries involving Li Tianhao and Yagyu Tajima no Kami.
• Xu Long spotted Fusang-style ronin blocking the road and ordered his men to kill them.

Xu Long decided to kill Yagyu Tajima no Kami and Li Tianhao to collect points, while improving his Internal Force with medicinal herbs. At Li Tianhao’s home, ten Giant Whale Gang elders gathered to search for Long Aotian, leaving Li Tianhao wary of their unity.

• Xu Long weighed ways to deal with the Giant Whale Gang and chose to kill Yagyu Tajima no Kami and Li Tianhao before leaving the aftermath to the Dragon Guardian Villa.
• Xu Long explained how essence, qi, and spirit complemented one another, then reflected that the Red Queen had killed the emperor and taken medicinal herbs from the palace.
• Xu Long continued taking century-old herbs, which strengthened his Internal Force but caused heat to build inside him.
• Li Tianhao met with Yagyu Tajima no Kami, Yagyu Piaoxu, and ten Giant Whale Gang elders who had gathered to find Long Aotian.
• Li Tianhao considered splitting up the ten elders, while Yagyu Piaoxu stroked the dog at her feet and the group admitted they knew little about Long Aotian.

Xu Jiao, disguised as Yagyu Piaoxu, drove a wedge between Li Tianhao and Hong Chao's group to protect Xu Long. Hong Chao used his special ability to narrow the tortoise shell's search to within ten li of Long Aotian, setting his group on a collision course with him.

• Li Tianhao pretended he would search for Long Aotian after Hong Chao said Long Aotian had killed his son.
• Xu Jiao suggested Hong Chao's group had come to pressure Li Tianhao, prompting Li Tianhao to add them to his must-kill list.
• Yagyu Tajima no Kami asked Xu Jiao why she had stirred up trouble, and she explained that weakening Li Tianhao's other allies would make him depend more on her father.
• Hong Chao used his life-force ability to turn the cracked tortoise shell into a more precise search item, and it indicated that Long Aotian was within ten li.
• Hong Chao's group decided to stay near Li Tianhao, kill anyone who might be Long Aotian, and then kill Li Tianhao and Yagyu Tajima no Kami.