Zhou Jueyin

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Zhou Jueyin (纣绝阴)
Alias(es)	Lu Zangfeng; Shen Yanzhou 81 82
Species/Race	Divine Abomination of the Ghost Gate Lineage 54 144
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Ghost Gate Lineage; cooperates with factions of the Path of God Worship 54 144
Occupation/Role	Architect of the sabotage against the God Slaying Grand Array; manipulator behind the Plum Garden case 63 68
Status	At large; obtained the Head of the Soaring Serpent while pursuing a path to the Twelfth Realm 157
First Appearance	Chapter 54

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Eleventh Realm (Incense Realm)	143	Revealed to have quietly advanced to the Eleventh Realm despite having previously lost his physical body; his aura intimidates six Tenth-Realm Divine Abominations. 143

Appearance

Zhou Jueyin can assume a monstrous true form through his forbidden cultivation: a colossal, thirty-zhang creature with a human head and serpent body. 144 157

• Half-human, half-snake body capable of growing to the size of a small mountain. 144
• His serpent tail can shatter the void, crush a physical body, and destroy hills with direct blows. 144 157
• Even his Ninth-Realm External Incarnation relies primarily on overwhelming physical force rather than conventional divine abilities. 148

Personality

Zhou Jueyin is patient, calculating, and exceptionally cautious. He avoids exposing himself when subordinates can test an opponent or advance his objectives, as demonstrated when he sent Ghost Gate agents to attack Yujing's northern ley line rather than appearing personally. 78

He is also ruthless toward both enemies and allies. His Changhu Villa plot was designed to annihilate both the White Lotus Lineage and Sparrow Tower before assigning the blame to Qingque, while Withered Glory Old Monster was instantly killed after attempting to seize his Divinity. 82 144

His ambition outweighs any concern for the risks of forbidden cultivation. After Emperor Yuanchu destroyed his original body, he merged with the Body of the Bashe Serpent and continued seeking the means to reach the Twelfth Realm. 83 157

Abilities & Skills

Thousand Tribulation Dragon Transformation

A forbidden body-refining art that merges its practitioner with a serpent-type demonic beast.

• Zhou Jueyin fused with the headless Body of the Bashe Serpent after losing his original physical body. 157
• The transformation restored his strength and pushed him to within one step of the Twelfth Realm. 157
• His incomplete Bashe Serpent body left flaws that he sought to repair with the Head of the Soaring Serpent. 157
• The technique grants him a human-headed, serpent-bodied true form with immense raw strength. 144 157

Physical Combat

Zhou Jueyin's fighting style emphasizes direct, overwhelming bodily power.

• A single punch from his Ninth-Realm External Incarnation breached the earth-vein force controlled through the Heaven and Earth Chessboard. 148
• His serpent tail crushed Withered Glory Old Monster's body and soul in one strike. 144
• He annihilated Emperor Yuling's Ghost Cavalry while forcing his way through Mangshan Mountain. 157

Nine Nether Seal and Yellow Springs Road

Zhou Jueyin possesses the Nine Nether Seal, one of the Lord of Yellow Springs' three divine artifacts. 148

• He stole the Seal's essence from the God Slaying Grand Array and used it to obscure heavenly secrets. 81
• He can summon the Yellow Springs Road instantly to escape, allowing his spirit to evade Emperor Yuanchu's pursuit after his body was destroyed. 83
• The Seal reacted violently to Fang Heng's Yin Heavenly Emperor Fate Attribute, forcing Zhou Jueyin's External Incarnation to withdraw rather than continue fighting for the Book of Life and Death's origin. 148

External Incarnation

Zhou Jueyin can dispatch a genuine External Incarnation independent of his main body.

• His incarnation that confronted Fang Heng beneath the earth veins possessed Ninth-Realm cultivation. 148
• It carried the Nine Nether Seal and could contend with Fang Heng after Fang Heng used secret arts to raise his own realm. 148
• The incarnation's retreat preserved the Nine Nether Seal when it became unstable. 148

Array Manipulation and Deception

Zhou Jueyin combines formation expertise with layered false identities and scapegoats.

• He secretly damaged the foundations of fifteen interconnected arrays within the God Slaying Grand Array, leaving more than a million restrictions requiring repair. 68
• He used missing officials and soldiers as a smokescreen while framing Xiao Yi for the Plum Garden case. 63
• He arranged the Profound Yellow Annihilation Array at Changhu Villa to destroy both the White Lotus Lineage and Sparrow Tower, then intended to present Qingque as “Zhou Jueyin.” 82
• His knowledge of Yujing's deployment maps indicated that he had personally arranged part of the South City defenses. 78 82

Connection to the Yin Heavenly Emperor

Zhou Jueyin identifies the Yin Heavenly Emperor as his Divine Spirit and seeks its Great Dao authority. 144

• He disclosed the imminent emergence of the Yin Heavenly Emperor to recruit cooperation from the Path of God Worship. 144
• He used the Divine Abominations' desire for freedom from Outer Realm Evil Gods to secure their assistance. 144
• His Divinity and the Yin Heavenly Emperor's authority were coveted by Withered Glory Old Monster. 144

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Nine Nether Seal — Divine artifact connected to the Lord of Yellow Springs; enables his Yellow Springs Road escape and obscures heavenly secrets. 81 83 148
• Head of the Soaring Serpent — Given to him by Emperor Yuling to repair the defects in his Bashe Serpent transformation and pursue the Twelfth Realm. 157
• Thirty-Six Stratagems — A military treatise he studies, particularly drawing inspiration from “Golden Cicada Sheds its Shell.” 78 82

Relationships

• Fang Heng — Principal adversary. Fang Heng exposed Zhou Jueyin's identity as Lu Zangfeng and later contested him for the origin of the Book of Life and Death. 82 83 148
• Emperor Yuanchu — Enemy who personally destroyed Zhou Jueyin's physical body, forcing him to escape with the Nine Nether Seal. 83 157
• Emperor Yuling — Transactional ally. Emperor Yuling gave him the Head of the Soaring Serpent after recognizing his cultivation of Thousand Tribulation Dragon Transformation. 157
• Yin Heavenly Emperor — Zhou Jueyin's Divine Spirit and the source of the Great Dao authority he intends to exploit. 144 145
• Withered Glory Old Monster — Temporary collaborator who attempted to seize Zhou Jueyin's Divinity; Zhou Jueyin killed him immediately. 144
• Blood Refinement Old Ancestor and the other Divine Abominations — Potential allies intimidated into cooperating after Zhou Jueyin revealed his Eleventh-Realm strength. 143 144
• Qingque — Sparrow Tower leader selected as a scapegoat in Zhou Jueyin's Golden Cicada Sheds its Shell scheme. 82
• White Lotus Lineage — A faction Zhou Jueyin manipulated through covert communications and ultimately planned to sacrifice at Changhu Villa. 76 78 82

Story Role / Major Arcs

Plum Garden Case

Zhou Jueyin works with the six lineages of the Path of God Worship to target Shang Hongye's plum blossom viewing banquet. He offers to conceal the God Slaying Grand Array's perception, but his ulterior motive remains unclear even to his allies. 54

Following the attack, he creates false leads by arranging the disappearances of officials and soldiers, framing Xiao Yi, and concealing the damage done to the God Slaying Grand Array. 63 68

Changhu Villa Scheme

After Fang Heng uses White Lotus communications to lure him out, Zhou Jueyin avoids the trap and sends subordinates to attack Yujing's ley line instead. He then proposes a meeting at Changhu Villa. 78

The meeting is another deception. Zhou Jueyin activates the Profound Yellow Annihilation Array, killing the White Lotus and Sparrow Tower forces assembled there while preparing to blame Qingque for his crimes. 81 82

Exposure and Escape

Fang Heng identifies Lu Zangfeng as Zhou Jueyin by connecting his knowledge of Yujing's defenses, Xiao Yi's framing, and Lu Zangfeng's ties to Chu Xiaoye's Southern Marches service. 82

Emperor Yuanchu confronts Lu Zangfeng and destroys his body, but Zhou Jueyin's spirit escapes through the Yellow Springs Road using the Nine Nether Seal. 83

Forbidden Transformation and the Yin Heavenly Emperor

After possessing a new body, Zhou Jueyin reveals his Eleventh-Realm cultivation to six pursuing Divine Abominations. He recruits them by promising access to the Yin Heavenly Emperor's emerging authority, then kills Withered Glory Old Monster for attempting to take that authority himself. 143 144

Conflict Beneath the Earth Veins

Zhou Jueyin's Ninth-Realm External Incarnation encounters Fang Heng while both seek the origin of the Book of Life and Death. Fang Heng temporarily matches the incarnation through Six Void Yin-Yang Transformation and Morning Dew Sword Intent, causing Zhou Jueyin to abandon the prize when the Nine Nether Seal becomes unstable. 148

Search for the Twelfth Realm

Zhou Jueyin travels to Mangshan Mountain to obtain the Head of the Soaring Serpent from Emperor Yuling. The item is meant to complete his flawed Bashe Serpent transformation and provide his opportunity to advance to the Twelfth Realm. 157