Chapter Summaries

Ren Qing entered the Qingqiu Immortal Realm disguised as a demon cultivator and endured its crushing pressure by absorbing demonic aura. As Qingqiu cultivators began a demon-transformation ritual, Lin Xi shed his remaining humanity and killed a rogue cultivator, while Ren Qing concealed his own intentions.

• Ren Qing used the Demon Anomaly Dream Seed to enter the Qingqiu Immortal Realm, where Wen Yu killed Daoist Master Qingcheng for calling the Qingqiu cultivators Anomalous.
• Ren Qing absorbed the surrounding demonic aura to withstand the realm's pressure, convincing Zhou Wei and Lin Xi that he might have reached the Demon Core stage.
• Wen Yu had Lin Xi capture white foxes, skinned and ate them, then offered one to Ren Qing as a test; Ren Qing swallowed it whole without changing.
• Wen Yu ordered the demon-transformation ritual to begin and made Lin Xi go first, so Lin Xi peeled off his fox skin and draped it over a female corpse in a bridal sedan.
• When a rogue cultivator approached Lin Xi, Lin Xi bit off his head and celebrated the taste, and Wen Yu praised him for comprehending the Dao.

Ren Qing uncovered how the Qingqiu Demon Anomaly Method used moonlight and anomalies’ taboos to absorb demon qi, while Lin Xi’s uncontrolled cultivation ended with the Giant Rabbit Toad devouring him. Wen Yu killed Zhou Wei and attacked Ren Qing, who revealed his Ghost Wolf form before returning to human form and dismissing Wen Yu’s mistaken identification.

• Ren Qing determined that Demon Cultivators used moonlight and fox-skin rituals to exploit anomalies’ taboos, while Lin Xi’s cultivation and bodily aberrations spiraled out of control.
• The Giant Rabbit Toad reached through the Blood Moon and carried Lin Xi away, then Wen Yu killed Zhou Wei and tried to recruit Ren Qing.
• Ren Qing refused Wen Yu’s offer, and their fight began as wandering cultivators and coffin bearers fought over the limited fox skins.
• Wen Yu’s claws failed to penetrate Ren Qing’s Human Skin, and Ren Qing gained the advantage in their fight.
• Ren Qing released the Ghost Wolf and transformed, prompting Wen Yu to mistake him for a Swift Wolf Demon Cultivator from Bingxing Mountain.
• Ren Qing returned to human form and told Wen Yu he had merely changed demon forms.

Ren Qing investigated the Qingqiu demon cultivators and tested whether demon aura could turn Prison Guards into Eerie Objects, discovering that Split Soul could absorb it and grow a Demon Anomaly Head. When the corpse elephant mistook Split Soul for an Eerie Object, it sent a desperate plea for help.

• Ren Qing defeated Wen Yu, destroyed the courtyard, and escaped as Qingqiu demon cultivators surrounded the Mourning Hall.
• Ren Qing studied Wen Yu’s memories and the Demon Anomaly Method, then unsuccessfully tried to merge demon aura with a Kunpeng to create an Eerie Object.
• Ren Qing discovered that Split Soul could adapt to demon aura and carefully fed it enough to begin growing a third head.
• Eerie Objects across Qingyan Town erupted with demon aura, and the corpse elephant expanded its territory as the town descended into chaos.
• Ren Qing accidentally gave Split Soul too much demon aura, causing the Demon Anomaly Head to emerge and transform Split Soul’s body.
• Ren Qing let Split Soul answer a thought from the corpse elephant, which cried out, “Save me...”

Ren Qing learned that the Jailer Hall feared Wine and Meat Daoist’s corpse would soon decay and expose Xiangxiang, prompting him to investigate the growing Corpse Phenomenon. As the Immortal Market and Ghost Market began merging, Great Dream awakened Han Li, whose true body was trapped in the Corpse Zone.

• Ren Qing saw the Corpse Phenomenon spread across Changning Street and concluded that the Eerie fiends might be transforming the Waning Moon Layer.
• Great Dream True Person began merging the Immortal Market and Ghost Market and revealed that Wine and Meat Daoist’s corpse was decaying, threatening to expose Xiangxiang.
• Ren Qing decided to investigate the Corpse Phenomenon and traveled toward Changning Street as the dream markets merged.
• Han Li, trapped in the Corpse Zone with only his consciousness in the Immortal Market, walked toward the mist-covered buildings at the market’s edge.
• Great Dream True Person emerged from the Ghost Market, questioned Han Li about his Art, and sent his consciousness back to his true body.

Wuliangzi discovered that the corpse phenomenon was turning Dao of Non-action Monastery disciples into Demon Cultivators, while Ren Qing’s connection to the Soul Butterfly blurred in the Ghost Market’s demonic aura. When zombified former disciples attacked the monastery, Wuliangzi and the others struggled to defend it, and Qingsongzi called for an Earthly Immortal as the Blood Moon appeared over Jing Province.

• Wuliangzi showed Qingsongzi the memorial tablets of disciples who had turned into Demon Cultivators and warned that the Corpse Zone was spreading.
• Wuliangzi sensed that the monastery was in danger, and he and the other disciples found themselves unable to sleep as an ominous caravan approached.
• Wuliangzi recognized Deng Chuan’s caravan, then saw that its carts held coffins and ordered Qingsongzi to evacuate the Dao Boys.
• The coffins burst open, releasing zombified former disciples who attacked Huang Qiuzi and the Daoists.
• Wuliangzi held the mountain path so the others could flee, but zombies breached the monastery and inflicted heavy casualties.
• Qingsongzi pleaded for an Earthly Immortal to descend, while Song Zongwu looked up to find the Blood Moon filling the sky.

Song Zongwu arrived in Jingzhou and reached the besieged Dao of Non-action Monastery, where he rescued its disciples and learned that the Rabbit Toad Immortal was expected to descend. As Qingqiu Mountain began changing the surrounding landscape, he chose to stay and guard the monastery.

• Song Zongwu sealed the swastika on his brow, escaped Demon Cultivators in Qingyan Town, and learned from a fishmonger that the Dao of Non-action Monastery was in danger.
• Song Zongwu flew toward the monastery, fought off a Whale Anomaly, and concealed himself as he crossed Qingyan Town.
• A zombie Demon Cultivator destroyed the Earthly Immortal statue and threatened Qingsongzi, but Song Zongwu crashed into the main hall and killed the zombie with a flick.
• Song Zongwu cut down zombies, rescued Wuliangzi, and treated the wounded disciples of the Dao of Non-action Monastery.
• Qingqiu Mountain began rising, and Song Zongwu sensed that Jingzhou's environment was being reshaped ahead of the Rabbit Toad Immortal's descent.
• Song Zongwu decided to remain at the monastery and guard it while its disciples cleaned up the mountain gate.

Ren Qing investigated the spreading Corpse Zone, learned that the Eerie Objects were reshaping the Waning Moon Layer for the Blood Moon, and discussed how the Dao of Non-action Monastery might survive. He uncovered a burial ground where corpses vanished underground and found the Corpse Elephant chained beneath the earth while Demon Cultivators worked inside it.

• Ren Qing saw Qingqiu Mountain undergoing drastic changes and worried that the expanding Fox Immortal Eerie Object would threaten the Dao of Non-action Monastery.
• Ren Qing met Song Zongwu through his Split Soul, learned what had happened at the monastery, and told him to gather the disciples and teach them the Jailer Method.
• Song Zongwu proposed that Jailer Hall could counter the Eerie Objects by creating Forbidden Zones, while Ren Qing continued deeper into the Corpse Zone to investigate.
• Ren Qing found a vast burial ground where townspeople buried an elderly man, whose corpse disappeared as a tombstone emerged.
• Ren Qing used his Ghost Shadow to discover the chained Corpse Elephant underground and saw Demon Cultivators arranging things inside its body, prompting him to form a bold plan.

Ren Qing infiltrated the Corpse Zone, learned that the zombie Demon Cultivators distrusted the Rabbit Toad Immortal and were using Corpse Elephant as cultivation material, then attacked Corpse Elephant to steal his bone marrow. Four Demon Infant elders intervened to suppress Corpse Elephant, but Ren Qing continued his assault.

• Ren Qing entered the mining area around Corpse Elephant and saw half-corpses excavating flesh for the Demon Cultivators and their altar.
• Ren Qing used darkness to isolate Du Fang, swallowed him, and absorbed his memories through Dream Entry.
• Ren Qing learned that the zombie Demon Cultivators were secretly wary of the Rabbit Toad Immortal and were using Corpse Elephant to break through their cultivation limits.
• Ren Qing drove the Dragon Snake Spine into Corpse Elephant's exposed vertebrae and began devouring his bone marrow.
• Four Demon Infant elders emerged from their coffins and used chains to restrain Corpse Elephant, while Ren Qing continued the attack.

Ren Qing infiltrated the corpse elephant, learned how its demon qi was produced, and secretly began turning one of its vertebrae into an Eerie Fetus Artifact. After rescuing Han Li and returning to the Dao of Non-action Monastery, Ren Qing considered how to advance his methods as the world began changing dramatically.

• Ren Qing found the corpse elephant’s pulsing flesh ball and recorded its shifting patterns, then refined one vertebra into an Eerie Fetus Artifact that began assimilating the surrounding bones.
• Han Li escaped his coffin but found his fellow disciples dead; when an elder caught him, Ren Qing intervened, swallowed Han Li into the Prison Within the Stomach, and defeated the elder while leaving him alive.
• Ren Qing escaped the Mining Area as the zombie Demon Cultivators moved the corpse elephant deeper underground and spread news about Bingxing Mountain.
• Ren Qing returned to the expanded Dao of Non-action Monastery, gave Han Li a concealed artifact and the Taotie Method’s Vice-Stomach User instructions, and sent him to capture a bizarre entity in Morning Street.
• A whale’s cry accompanied the river’s expansion across Jingzhou, while Qingqiu Mountain rose dramatically; Ren Qing wondered whether bizarre entities or Forbidden Zones could alter their surroundings.

Ren Qing discovered that the Blood Moon was wounded and that the Earth Immortal Heavenly Dao Worm was struggling to survive its erosion. By securing a worm molt and proposing a defensive base in Jingzhou, he arranged for Jailer Hall to enter the conflict while Song Zongwu set out to investigate and Ren Qing prepared to deal with Qingyan Town.

• Ren Qing and Song Zongwu explored the Blood Moon, saw its Buddha-light wound and the Rabbit Toad settlement, then returned to the Waning Moon Layer.
• Song Zongwu urged Ren Qing to evacuate the Daoist temple disciples and Jailer Hall from Jingzhou, but Ren Qing sought another way to protect them.
• Ren Qing used the Ghost Shadow to contact the Earth Immortal Heavenly Dao Worm, which gave him dead Heavenly Dao Worm Eggs and a centuries-old worm molt.
• Ren Qing told Song Zongwu about the worm molt, and they decided to establish Jailer Hall at Jingzhou's edge near a Yang God Realm forbidden zone.
• Song Zongwu prepared to summon Jailer Hall and investigate other towns, while Ren Qing claimed Qingyan Town and planned to test his strength against its aberrant monsters.

The Jailer Hall prepared to send Forbidden Guards and Yin Messenger Realm cultivators to Jingzhou as Ren Qing advanced the Taotie Method and transformed his Prison Within the Stomach into Eternal Prison. After demonstrating his new power and killing Qingqiu Demon Cultivators, Ren Qing headed for Morning Street in Qingyan Town.

• The Jailer Hall opened trade between the Immortal Market and Ghost Market and prepared a Sand Boat expedition to Jingzhou, with Qin Jun and Xiao San'er joining the journey.
• Ren Qing promoted the Taotie Method to the Yin Messenger Realm, transforming his Prison Within the Stomach into Eternal Prison and gaining greater control over its world.
• Ren Qing expanded Eternal Prison with mountains, rivers, seasons, and living creatures, while its Prison Guards increased in number and gained the ability to advance further.
• Ren Qing used Eternal Prison's black ropes to restrain Kun Peng, then released it into the wine lake.
• Li Tiangang and the other Yin Messenger Realm cultivators decided to make preparations for Jingzhou and returned to their bodies as the Sand Boats filled with travelers.
• Ren Qing killed the Qingqiu Demon Cultivators who approached him, sent a Ghost Shadow to alert Wuliangzi, and headed toward Morning Street in Qingyan Town.

Han Li and Old Man Coffin tried to capture the weakened night watchman while the cultivators hiding in Morning Street attempted to flee. Ren Qing arrived as Mountain Spider Demon Cultivators closed in, devoured the people of Morning Street, and continued toward Qingyan Town.

• Du Cun led the cultivators out of the coffin shop to escape, while Han Li and Old Man Coffin stayed behind to capture the night watchman.
• Han Li and Old Man Coffin used a bronze gong to summon the night watchman, and Old Man Coffin fought it while Han Li prepared his fishing-net artifact.
• Du Cun rushed into the residential district carrying Jin Hui and feeding pieces of his flesh to the pursuing Mountain Spider Demon Cultivators.
• Han Li trapped the night watchman in the fishing net, and Old Man Coffin sealed it inside an artifact as the spiders converged on them.
• Ren Qing appeared as a Bone-Armored Ghost Wolf, used Lightless to kill the Mountain Spiders, and swallowed the people of Morning Street with a Strange Mouth.
• Ren Qing cut through Qingyan Town's city wall and headed onward, regarding the pseudo-Yang God Realm strange entities as the real threats.

Ren Qing infiltrated the Mountain Spider while Wuliangzi led the Dao of Non-action Monastery into battle against the fox immortals and their Demon Cultivators. As disciples and former monks joined the fight, the chapter left the battle raging across Qingqiu Mountain and Qingyan Town.

• Ren Qing fought the Mountain Spider, pierced its armor with the Dragon Snake Spine, and slipped through its wound toward its inner flesh ball.
• Grandmother Fox Immortal sent her demon aura against the Dao of Non-action Monastery, but its disciples formed up to fight back.
• Wuliangzi used the Art of Liberation by Violence, empowered himself with jade swords, and charged toward Qingqiu Mountain to confront the fox immortals.
• Wuliangzi's wooden sword wounded Grandmother Fox Immortal, and he broke through the mountain peak as the Daoist disciples clashed with Demon Cultivators.
• A former coachman, a beggar, an old one-armed man, and other former disciples retrieved their weapons and Arts and joined the battle.

Ren Qing transformed into a monstrous Taotie to save the Dao of Non-action Monastery from the Anomalies attacking Qingyan Town, but the power nearly destroyed his body and soul. After Wuliangzi died and Song Zongwu arrived to confront the Anomalies, Ren Qing escaped Jing Province to recover and prepare for future battles.

• Qingsongzi sent the Daoist temple disciples into Qingyan Town to fight the Demon Cultivators, but the Anomalies emerged and forced them to retreat toward the Mountain Spider.
• Ren Qing tore the Mountain Spider's flesh ball free, then merged the Ghost Shadow, nightmare aura, and three Prison Guards to transform into a Taotie.
• Ren Qing swallowed the Daoist temple disciples into the Eternal Prison and attacked the Anomalies, devouring the blue ox's flesh ball before they retreated.
• Ren Qing blasted Qingqiu Mountain to drive away the fox immortal Anomaly, and Wuliangzi died as his body turned to ash.
• Ren Qing swallowed the Dao of Non-action Monastery and nearby peaks into the Eternal Prison, then escaped as Song Zongwu arrived and attacked the Anomalies.
• Ren Qing released the Husky at a safe distance and set out to recover from the Aberration caused by his transformation.

Ren Qing brought the Dao of Non-action Monastery and Qingyan Town’s residents out of the Eternal Prison and into a town near the edge of Jing Province, where Jailer Hall began settling them in. He turned the Heavenly Dao Worm’s molt into a fungus tree that could serve as a spirit vein, while Great Dream True Person linked it to the Immortality Forbidden Zone and Ren Qing sensed a disturbing presence in the marsh.

• Han Li and the Daoist temple disciples were pulled out of the Eternal Prison and found themselves in a town near an endless desert, surrounded by Earthly Immortals and Forbidden Guards.
• Li Tiangang ordered Xu Nian to expand the town, then arranged housing and supplies for the displaced civilians as Qingsongzi helped integrate the Dao of Non-action Monastery into Jailer Hall.
• Ren Qing explained the Dao of Non-action Monastery’s history to Qingsongzi, easing his doubts about the sect’s place in the new order.
• Ren Qing brought out the Heavenly Dao Worm’s molt, and Great Dream True Person scattered Tai Sui fungus seeds over it before it was buried in a deep pit.
• A black fungus tree sprouted from the buried molt, and Great Dream True Person said it might reveal information about the Immortality Forbidden Zone.
• Ren Qing sensed a strange presence in the marsh and felt the Nightmare Art Eerie Object in his blood stir when he heard the Forbidden Zone’s name.

Ren Qing studied how to refine a Demon Spirit into an artifact spirit and discovered that it could create unusual Demon Cultivators and empower Eerie Fetus Artifacts. After the Ghost Ship absorbed a Nightmare Demon artifact spirit, he considered giving each of its figureheads a different one.

• Song Zongwu brought several thousand people from Jing Province to Wuwei City, and Li Tiangang considered recruiting them into Jailer Hall.
• Ren Qing examined a Demon Spirit taken from an aberrant wraith and spent a hundred days studying its demon patterns in Eternal Prison.
• Ren Qing’s Ghost Shadow repeatedly failed to carve the moving patterns into wild beasts, then succeeded in giving Husky a Nightmare Demon artifact spirit that also made Tian A a Nightmare Demon cultivator.
• Ren Qing tested the artifact spirit on a Ghost Wolf wraith, recorded his findings, and placed the spirit inside the Ghost Ship’s keel.
• The Ghost Ship absorbed the artifact spirit and an Eerie Object, grew bone spikes, and sailed across Eternal Prison before plunging into the wine lake.

Ren Qing demonstrated the ghost ship, an Eerie Fetus Artifact fused with an artifact spirit, and shared his artifact spirit method with the Jailer Hall. After discussing the Immortality Forbidden Zone with Li Tiangang, he used the Snake Molting Method to eliminate his Aberration and created a blood python Prison Guard.

• Ren Qing showed the ghost ship to the gathered cultivators, then explained its artifact spirit to Head in a Jar, Li Tiangang, and Xiao San'er.
• Li Tiangang told Ren Qing that the Jailer Hall had suspended exploration of the Immortality Forbidden Zone and asked him to discuss it with Great Dream True Person after his seclusion.
• Ren Qing used the Snake Molting Method to advance along the Snake Gu Master path, shed his skin, and eliminate his remaining Aberration.
• Ren Qing imprisoned the blood python in Eternal Prison and fed it snake blood until it grew to about sixty feet long.
• Ren Qing studied Rock Vein Strength and the Ice Crystal Method and mastered both Arts.

Ren Qing forged artifact spirits from prison guards, empowered Demon Cultivators, and developed Wuwei City while preparing to investigate the Immortality Forbidden Zone. His split soul entered the Forbidden Zone and died within moments, but the memories it sent back left him astonished.

• Ren Qing advanced Rock Vein Strength and the Ice Crystal Method along risky aberration paths, then imprisoned their Eerie Objects as guards in the Eternal Prison.
• Ren Qing used Ghost Shadow and wine aura to inscribe patterns on Kun Peng, confirming that prison guards could cultivate through the aura etched into them.
• Ren Qing inscribed different auras onto several prison guards and used their blood to restore Demon Cultivators, then established a rudimentary Demon Market for them.
• Ren Qing surveyed Wuwei City, learned Li Tiangang had left to investigate, and decided to focus on strengthening himself as the Jailer Hall took over Jing Province.
• Great Dream True Person gave Ren Qing information about the Immortality Forbidden Zone, so Ren Qing sent a split soul into it after arriving at the guarded well.
• Ren Qing's split soul died within a few breaths, but its memories left him astonished.

Ren Qing sent Split Souls into the Immortality Forbidden Zone to investigate its deadly conditions and learned that it had delayed the Lifespans of some explorers. He continued experimenting despite the danger, and another Split Soul died in the zone as he developed demon beasts for Jailer Hall.

• Ren Qing's Split Soul entered the Immortality Forbidden Zone and died within a few breaths in a diseased, failing body.
• Ren Qing found a century of records showing that three of seventeen Forbidden Guards who entered had their Lifespans delayed by five to thirty years.
• Ren Qing raised a new Split Soul and decided to keep exploring the Forbidden Zone, but avoided advancing its Marsh Immortal Method further.
• Ren Qing used the Fabricated Art and Prison Guard blood to create wolf demons and monstrous carp, then considered asking Sun for the Nether Crow Art.
• Ren Qing sent the Split Soul back into the Forbidden Zone, where it died again and sent Ren Qing a kaleidoscopic memory.

Ren Qing’s Split Soul descended into the Immortality Forbidden Zone, where its diseased body worsened as he searched for people and clues about extending life. After reaching a ruined temple, he discovered that his illness was contagious, then died before he could learn what the men meant by a medical hall.

• Ren Qing awoke in the Forbidden Zone with a congenital heart defect and searched the forest for food, which aggravated his illness.
• Ren Qing found deformed animals and followed footprints toward a village, eating a fleshy leaf that worsened his condition less than the other food.
• Ren Qing reached a ruined Fu Lu Shou temple, where two sick martial artists eyed him greedily and planned to capture him for food.
• Ren Qing fought off the men by bluffing about an evil ghost and taking one hostage with a wooden spear.
• The captive developed Ren Qing’s disease and dissolved into sludge after saying the men planned to take him to a medical hall.
• Ren Qing’s body rapidly decayed and vanished as his Split Soul died.