Recaps

At Liu Manqing’s engagement banquet, Hu Mang and Huang Jiayou exposed the Bai Household’s misconduct before Eighth Master Hui revealed that the five households were surrounded and proposed escaping through a passage to the underworld. Ji Xiaodao attacked Eighth Master Hui with a Dragon-Slaying Department blade, but he stopped it between two fingers.

• Hu Mang frightened Bai Chengwan with his Golden Core-level Divine Sense, and Bai Siniang took her son home after he wet himself.
• Huang Jiayou displayed Pine Peak Security’s losses and evidence of Bai Siniang’s corruption, until an old overseas demonic cultivator silenced the screen with Divine Sense.
• The old cultivator questioned Hu Mang about the previous night and the middle-aged man beside Liu Wuniang about his demonic inheritance; the man identified himself as the Heavenly Demon Saintess of the Eastern Demonic Cult.
• Eighth Master Hui arrived with Bai Chengwan, revealed that the Demon Suppression Bureau had captured Bai Siniang’s secret force, and warned that Liu Wuniang’s Dragon Vein research had been exposed.
• Eighth Master Hui proposed that the five households escape through the Ghost Lord’s yin-yang passage, but Ji Xiaodao attacked him with her dragon-shaped tiger guillotine blade.
• Eighth Master Hui caught Ji Xiaodao’s blade between two fingers and identified it as a weapon of the Dragon-Slaying Department.

Hu Mang fought Ji Xiaodao as she tried to cut and refine the Ghost Dragon Vein, then plunged into the Yin Qi when the ground collapsed. Ji Xiaodao and Qian Xiao Long prepared to follow him underground, where Minister Hong had already gone ahead to open a path.

• Hu Mang protected Mama Hu and fought Ji Xiaodao while Eighth Master Hui worked to open the Yin-Yang passage.
• Hu Mang learned that Eighth Master Hui was part of the official establishment and stood between Ji Xiaodao and the others.
• Ji Xiaodao drove her blade into the ground to sever the Ghost Dragon Vein and refine it, while Hu Mang used the Eye of the Tribulation Dragon to absorb its power.
• The ground shattered beneath Hu Mang, pulling him into the Yin Qi as the Liu residence's main hall collapsed.
• Ji Xiaodao told the arriving Qian Xiao Long that Hu Mang and the others had gone below, and Qian Xiao Long said Minister Hong had gone ahead to open a path for them.

Hu Mang woke in a modern ghost city and reasoned through his fight with Ji Xiaodao and his connection to the Ghost Lord’s plans. Unable to find his mother or navigate the city, he spotted Old Third delivering food and followed him toward Many Gates Garden.

• Hu Mang woke beneath a gray-white sky in a modern city and realized he was neither alive nor dead.
• Hu Mang concluded that Ji Xiaodao had controlled the Dragon Vein rather than tribulations, and decided he needed to repay the Ghost Lord by helping his plans succeed.
• Hu Mang explored the ghost city, where silent ghosts refused to let him enter shops and his Spirit Pivot No. 1 had no signal.
• Hu Mang spotted Old Third, also known as Chen Xiaosan, riding a flying sword while livestreaming a delivery, but Old Third did not notice him.
• Hu Mang chased Old Third toward Many Gates Garden, hoping the delivery rider could help him find his way and locate his mother.

Hu Mang followed Old Third to Many Gates Garden, where the deadly security guard forced him to put on a security uniform before he could enter. Inside, Old Third was livestreaming another boastful exploration of the complex, while viewers recalled how badly his earlier visits had gone.

• Hu Mang reached Many Gates Garden and found that its buildings concealed overwhelming Yin Qi and a terrifying security guard.
• The guard’s Ghost Eye attacked Hu Mang, but Hu Mang used his Shattering Thunder spear and Heavenly Eye to resist.
• The guard recognized Hu Mang’s Heavenly Eye, then stopped him and handed him a filthy security uniform to wear.
• Hu Mang put on the uniform, and the guard left him alone until he seemed to remember that Hu Mang owed him cigarettes.
• Old Third livestreamed his third exploration of Many Gates Garden as viewers mocked his claims and recalled his frightened escapes on earlier visits.

Old Third bragged that his new residence in Many Gates Residential Complex would keep him safe from being teleported, but a thousand-year-old ghost pulled him into a Ghost Haunt. As Old Third escaped the grasping arms with strange, agile movements, the Ghost-Binding Willow appeared above him.

• Old Third explained why Many Gates Residential Complex was dangerous and claimed his room card would prevent him from being randomly teleported.
• Old Third knocked on a door to deliver takeout, and a ghostly hand pulled him inside and accepted the order.
• Old Third found himself in a Lesser Underworld filled with ghost fog and pursued by countless pale arms.
• The arms dragged Old Third down, but he slipped free and evaded them with unpredictable movements.
• Yin Qi grew heavier, and the enormous Ghost-Binding Willow appeared above Old Third.

Old Third was nearly dragged into the yin-yang passage by a ghost willow before a powerful stranger helped him escape, and Hu Mang found him in the ghost domain. Old Third revealed that his delivery work involved preventing ferocious ghosts from reviving, while Hu Mang recognized the willow as the Liu Household’s Soul-Binding Willow.

• Old Third was caught by a ghost willow, but his ghost bride and red scarf briefly resisted it as he livestreamed his predicament.
• Fengdu Mountain Recluse connected with Old Third, used Peak Nascent Soul Divine Sense to clear the ghostly mist, and directed him east toward signs of living people.
• Old Third followed the direction and found Hu Mang in a security uniform, who pulled him out of the ghost domain while searching for his mother.
• Old Third and Hu Mang exchanged stories about their backgrounds and learned that Hu Mang’s mother led the Underworld Bureau, where Old Third worked as an outsourced deliveryman.
• Old Third explained that the Many Gates Garden was a sealed yin-yang passage and that its ghost subway connected ghost cities through a Ghost Dragon Vein.
• Hu Mang identified the thousand-year-old ghost tree as the Liu Household’s Soul-Binding Willow, and Old Third revealed that his work was meant to prevent ferocious ghosts from reviving.

Hu Mang learned more about Old Third’s ghost-delivery work and followed him to search for his missing mother through the Underworld’s Yin-Yang passage nodes. Using the old security guard’s flashlight, Hu Mang opened a blocked passage and saw a bustling ghost street from another era.

• Hu Mang learned that Underworld delivery drivers fed ghosts to balance Yin and Yang, and that Old Third was paid in hell money.
• Hu Mang wondered whether the other delivery drivers were ghosts, and Old Third explained that he had learned cultivation online and worked for the Underworld Bureau.
• Old Third said Hu Mang’s mother had likely fallen into the same Ghost Dragon Vein branch and proposed checking its passage nodes to find her.
• Hu Mang and Old Third reached a blocked Yin-Yang Passage node, but Hu Mang used the flashlight to open the ghost door without spending Old Third’s Essence Blood.
• Hu Mang’s flashlight revealed a neon-lit street filled with shadowless ghosts dressed in old-fashioned clothing, and he wondered whether it showed the recent past.

Hu Mang and Chen Xiaosan searched the Ghost Dragon Vein’s stations for a missing living person, learning that Iron Gate Pass was the likeliest place to investigate. At the pass, Hu Mang recognized a powerful sword technique and suspected Eighth Master Hui was there, then the pair headed for the ghost subway.

• Chen Xiaosan contacted Liu Ruyan at Red Beach Station, and she said no living person was there but directed them to ask Old Ironhead at Iron Gate Pass.
• Chen Xiaosan explained that Liu Ruyan was a powerful being who hoped to gain status in the Underworld Bureau by devouring part of a Dragon Vein.
• At Iron Gate Pass, thousands of broken weapons formed the Ten Thousand Swords Return to the Origin technique and split the clouds above the ancient battlefield.
• Hu Mang recognized the sword technique as one used through a Dragon Vein and suspected Eighth Master Hui had forced someone to unleash it.
• Chen Xiaosan led Hu Mang to the ghost subway, where Hu Mang entered without a ticket in his security uniform while Chen Xiaosan had to buy one.

Hu Mang and Chen Xiaosan rode the ghost subway, where Hu Mang’s Profound Yin Devil Fire drove the ghosts from their carriage. At Iron Gate Pass, Eighth Master Hui confronted Minister Hong about his motives for joining the Dragon-Slaying Department as Hong unleashed his Heavenly General Dharma Aspect.

• Chen Xiaosan told Hu Mang that the Underworld Bureau let outsourced workers exchange hell money for Yin Virtue, and that the ghost subway was dangerous for delivery workers.
• As the train arrived, its Yin wind suppressed Hu Mang’s Yang Qi, but his Cauldron-Boiling Devil Meridian fueled his Profound Yin Devil Fire and made the ghosts flee.
• Hu Mang cleared the carriage of ghosts and boarded with Chen Xiaosan, who marveled at his strength despite his injuries.
• At Iron Gate Pass, Eighth Master Hui lit incense among the ruins and spoke with Minister Hong, who had infiltrated the Underworld.
• Eighth Master Hui questioned whether Minister Hong had joined the Dragon-Slaying Department to investigate the Ghost Lord or to revive his late wife, and Hong unleashed his Heavenly General Dharma Aspect against him.

At Iron Gate Pass, Eighth Master Hui tried to bargain with Minister Hong and used the pass’s ancient terrain to thwart Hong’s attempt to break its restraints. A powerful Demonic Dao figure emerged and proposed an alliance with Hong, but Hui attacked before he could answer.

• Eighth Master Hui offered to resurrect Minister Hong’s late wife if Hong stopped investigating him and the old Ghost Lord.
• The rift closed and Hong’s dharma manifestation dissipated, as Hui explained that Iron Gate Pass’s Dragon-Locking terrain had neutralized Hong’s dragon-controlling methods.
• Hui revealed that his Soul-Binding Willow had trapped one of Hong’s subordinates and that another was caught in an ancient military formation.
• A middle-aged man emerged from the darkness, and Hui identified him as likely belonging to the Luo Lord Demonic Dao faction.
• The middle-aged man invited Hong to cooperate in investigating the Demonic Dao, but Eighth Master Hui attacked Hong with the modern Dragon Vein known as the Ghost Subway.

Hu Mang and Chen Xiaosan entered Iron Gate Pass to investigate what had happened to Old Ironhead, only to find its ghost army in chaos. When the soldiers attacked, Hu Mang fought through them with his spear and Wisdom King Fire, while Chen Xiaosan watched in alarm.

• The Profound Yin Devil Fire returned to Hu Mang after devouring ghosts, and he warned Chen Xiaosan that the danger lay ahead at Iron Gate Pass.
• Hu Mang and Chen Xiaosan entered the pass, where Hu Mang sensed dense Sha Qi and Chen Xiaosan agreed to continue searching for Old Ironhead.
• They found the ancient army camp in disarray, with ghost soldiers roaming and fighting one another.
• A ghost soldier attacked Hu Mang, who destroyed it with his spear and Wisdom King Fire, drawing the rest of the camp into a mass assault.
• Hu Mang advanced through the attacking soldiers, killing them with precise spear strikes as Chen Xiaosan compared his bearing to Boss Gu and tried to reassure his red scarf.

Hu Mang followed Chen Xiaosan to a Yin Qi-filled graveyard and discovered a demonic old man refining demon corpses with mechanical exoskeletons and threads of Divine Sense. After Hu Mang rescued Chen Xiaosan from the old man's attack, the two recognized each other and Hu Mang revealed the metal Dantian taken from the steam factory.

• Hu Mang slaughtered the ghost troops, then followed Chen Xiaosan as he tracked a ghost carrying Old Ironhead's natal flag.
• Chen Xiaosan left markers warning that someone was using Old Ironhead's flag to summon ghosts and refine demon corpses fitted with exoskeletons.
• Hu Mang found more than a hundred demon corpses, including familiar demons, being infused with Yin Qi through mechanical threads extending from the demonic old man's modified head.
• The old man caught Chen Xiaosan with a thread of Divine Sense, but Hu Mang intervened and burned the thread out of Chen Xiaosan's shoulder with the Wisdom King Fire.
• Hu Mang confronted the demonic old man and showed him the metal Dantian, accusing him of killing Jia Number Four at the steam factory.

Hu Mang learned that he might be a sealed Holy Son from the baby-selection experiments of the Holy Son Cult, but he rejected the old devil cultivator’s offer and fought the mechanical devil cultivators. He turned the battle with his devil-path Law Treasures, though the old cultivator’s fate remained unresolved.

• The old devil cultivator explained that the baby experiments had sought candidates for cult leader and suggested Hu Mang might be a sealed Holy Son.
• The old devil cultivator invited Hu Mang overseas, but Hu Mang suspected he wanted to dissect him or seize his body.
• Hu Mang fought the exoskeleton monsters, destroying several with his spear and Profound Yin Devil Fire.
• The old devil cultivator assembled the remaining exoskeletons into a Golden Core Late Stage monster and used powerful Divine Sense to extinguish Hu Mang’s devil flames.
• Hu Mang rang the Ten Thousand Ghost Bell, snapping the old devil cultivator’s Divine Sense threads, then attacked the formation with the Blood-Melting Divine Needle.

Hu Mang defeated the devil cultivator and learned that the Holy Son Cult had ties to the Immortal Dynasty’s Four Immortals, including the Destruction Kalpa Immortal. After hearing where the ghost general and a terrible sword intent had gone, Hu Mang and Chen Xiaosan followed the trail and found Old Ironhead dead beneath a city wall.

• Hu Mang overwhelmed the old devil cultivator, sealed his soul, and searched his memories, learning that awakened Holy Sons could become disciples of the Destruction Kalpa Immortal.
• Hu Mang found Huang Jiayou and Fourth Aunt Bai among the survivors, while Huang Jiayou recounted how the Liu Household mother and daughter had been taken by a black willow branch.
• Huang Jiayou said he had glimpsed Old Xie and had sensed a terrifying sword intent in the direction of the ghost general, so Chen Xiaosan asked Hu Mang to investigate with him.
• Hu Mang used his Heavenly Eye to follow faint Blood Qi through the ghost walls and led Chen Xiaosan to Old Ironhead.
• Hu Mang and Chen Xiaosan found Old Ironhead dead against a collapsed city wall, with a fine sword mark through his skull and terrifying sword intent still within it.

Hu Mang and Chen Xiaosan traced the Iron banner to a heavily fortified ghost camp, where a mysterious figure had taken Old Ironhead’s place. Hu Mang recognized the camp as a deadly formation and entered alone, fighting through its ghostly walls as he sensed an acquaintance inside.

• Hu Mang comforted Chen Xiaosan over Old Ironhead’s death, and Chen Xiaosan vowed to avenge him despite fearing the killer’s swordsmanship.
• Chen Xiaosan revealed that Iron Gate Pass’s banner should have vanished with Old Ironhead, but the Iron command flag remained and pointed toward an apparent impostor.
• Hu Mang and Chen Xiaosan followed the flag to a vast, disciplined ghost army camp, where a lean man sat at the command table in place of Old Ironhead.
• Hu Mang warned Chen Xiaosan that the camp was a place of certain death and told him not to follow, then admitted he knew someone inside and walked into the formation.
• Hu Mang’s Yin Eye revealed that the charging wooden walls were layers of ghost wall effects, and he shattered one with Shattering Thunder after his spear struck it.

Hu Mang fought through a deadly Underworld formation and reached the command platform, where the Crimson Moon Fox recognized him as her son and gave him the tiger tally. He emerged from the Underworld at Foundation Establishment Great Perfection and reunited with Mama Hu, while the artificial intelligence "Xie Xianyu" appeared behind him.

• Hu Mang broke through the ghost-filled wooden walls and charged into the Crescent Moon Formation, using the Dragon-Suppressing Stake and his spears to carve a path toward the command platform.
• Chen Xiaosan attacked the blue-robed man, giving Hu Mang time to fight his way to within three steps of the platform.
• Hu Mang shouted "Mom," and the Crimson Moon Fox kicked "Xie Xianyu," took the tiger tally, and ran to Hu Mang.
• Hu Mang took the tiger tally and opened a gate to the Underworld, then realized he had reached Foundation Establishment Great Perfection as the camp and formation disappeared.
• Hu Mang emerged near an abandoned grave and found Mama Hu, who said she had sent Old Xie to search for him.
• Hu Mang turned and saw the artificial intelligence "Xie Xianyu" standing behind him.

Hu Mang learned that the Pine Peak Security crisis was resolved, while Eighth Master Hui explained the newly approved Grotto-Heaven Project, which would use Dragon Veins to restore talented historical figures through reincarnation. After Minister Hong and his companion left, Eighth Master Hui began handling the aftermath and recruited the newly merged personality of Liu Manqing into the Underworld Bureau.

• Hu Mang asked Mama Hu about Xie Xianyu's Receding Moon Formation and learned the Ghost Lord had resolved the Pine Peak Security problem.
• At Iron Gate Pass, Eighth Master Hui surrendered after Minister Hong and a middle-aged cultivator defeated him, then revealed that the Ten Lords had approved the Grotto-Heaven Project.
• Eighth Master Hui explained that the project would restore selected historical talents through the Dragon Vein and said the Dragon-Slaying Department would help identify candidates.
• Eighth Master Hui revealed that most demons who believed they were ancient demons were modern creations, except for five in the Five Great Households, and Minister Hong departed.
• Eighth Master Hui found Old Ironhead's remains and entered the Soul-Binding Willow, where he discovered that Liu Manqing and her mother's personalities had fused into a new one.
• Eighth Master Hui invited the new personality to work for the Underworld Bureau.

Hu Mang returned to the alley after Bai Siniang’s arrest and trained with the Tribulation-Breaking Great Spear. Huang Jiayou took over Pine Peak Security and showed Hu Mang a hidden stock of addictive Bone-Molding Pills, revealing a scheme linked to Sixth Master Shen.

• Mama Hu and Hu Mang learned from the news that Bai Siniang had been jailed on smuggling and other charges.
• Hu Mang practiced the Tribulation-Breaking Great Spear at night to prepare to overcome the formations that had trapped him.
• Huang Jiayou told Hu Mang that Shi Gandang had left after being recruited by the military and that Huang had become Pine Peak Security’s general manager.
• Huang Jiayou explained that Eighth Master Hui had kept Pine Peak Security intact and made him its third head, then gave Hu Mang shares in several businesses.
• Huang Jiayou showed Hu Mang boxes of disguised Bone-Molding Pills and said the operation had been planned with Sixth Master Shen.

Hu Mang accepted Huang Jiayou’s pills and the Huang Household’s dual-cultivation legacy, then learned its tale connected to the ancient immortal Shen Yan. After touring Huang Media and signing a medicinal-herb venture with Huang Jiayou, he returned home and found Eighth Master Hui with a newly changed Liu Manqing.

• Hu Mang agreed to take Huang Jiayou’s batch of pills and asked him to find a secluded warehouse for future dealings.
• Huang Jiayou gave Hu Mang the Twelve Heavens of Yin-Yang Coupling, whose history linked it to Shen Yan, the Dragon King’s live-in son-in-law.
• Huang Jiayou explained how his family’s dual-cultivation method supported its long line of weasel spirits and showed Hu Mang Huang Media’s streamers and magical tools.
• Hu Mang signed shares in a new medicinal-herb company called Hu Huang Lin Farm.
• Hu Mang returned home and found Eighth Master Hui with Liu Manqing, whose personality had formed from the memories of Liu Manqing and Liu Wuniang.

Hu Mang learned that the Dragon-Shaped Meridian Diagram was an Innate Law Treasure capable of controlling Tribulation Fortune, making him a target for powerful factions. Eighth Master Hui offered him a place in the Underworld Bureau, but Hu Mang resisted joining and was left facing the need to secure his treasure and choose an official organization.

• Eighth Master Hui told Hu Mang that the Dragon-Slaying Department was producing Slaughter Fortune and explained that the Grotto-Heaven Project could resurrect historical figures, though Xie Xianyu was still missing.
• Eighth Master Hui explained that Xie Xianyu might have been erased by the Dragon Vein or might already be beside Mama Hu without his memories, and advised her to give him time to recover.
• Hu Mang showed Eighth Master Hui On Tribulation Dao Qi Meridians and the Dragon-Shaped Meridian Diagram, and Eighth Master Hui identified the diagram as an Innate Law Treasure tied to Tribulation Fortune.
• Eighth Master Hui warned Hu Mang that the Dragon-Slaying Department and other powerful groups could seek his treasure, then offered him a high-level position in the Underworld Bureau.
• Hu Mang said he did not want to work among ghosts, and Eighth Master Hui advised him to make arrangements to protect the diagram from being taken.
• Eighth Master Hui revealed that combining one virtue and one fortune produced Void Refinement, leaving Hu Mang considering which Heavenly Gate organization to join.

Hu Mang arranged for Eighth Master Hui to study the Dragon-Shaped Meridian Diagram and learned more about Liu Manqing’s transformation and the Underworld Bureau’s plans. He decided to travel overseas under the pretext of seeking revenge on the Holy Son Cult, and the chapter ended with a caller announcing they had formed a National Standard Golden Core.

• Hu Mang lent Eighth Master Hui the Dragon-Shaped Meridian Diagram to study and accepted a token making it easier to visit the Underworld Bureau.
• Eighth Master Hui explained that Liu Wuniang and Liu Manqing had become a new personality shaped by the Soul-Binding Willow’s snake nature, and said she now worked as an Underworld official.
• Hu Mang asked Eighth Master Hui to make Old Third an official employee, and learned the Underworld Bureau was monitoring his ghost livestreams as an experiment in contact between yin and yang.
• Hu Mang told Mama Hu and Eighth Master Hui he planned to go overseas to pursue remnants of the Holy Son Cult, and Eighth Master Hui gave him a contact for emergencies.
• Mama Hu agreed to let Hu Mang go and began planning his preparations, while Hu Mang received a call from someone who said they had formed a National Standard Golden Core.

Hu Mang watched Gu Yunshu reveal his immaculate National Standard Golden Core, then went to a hidden Bai Household factory to test and consume problematic Bone-Molding Pills. The pills’ Devil Qi began purifying his devil-path Root Bone through his Cauldron-Boiling Devil Meridian.

• Hu Mang examined Gu Yunshu’s Golden Core through Divine Communication, and Gu Yunshu credited the Three-Part Corpse Liberation Sword before ending the call to stabilize his cultivation.
• Inspired by Gu Yunshu’s achievement, Hu Mang practiced with his Tribulation-Breaking Divine Spear throughout the night.
• Hu Mang flew to the Bai Household’s hidden underground medicinal herb processing plant to collect the problematic Bone-Molding Pills arranged by Huang Jiayou.
• Hu Mang tested several pills and found that his Cauldron-Boiling Devil Meridian safely extracted and refined their Devil Qi.
• After Hu Mang consumed more pills, their accumulated medicinal power surged through his body, and his Devil Meridian refined the Devil Qi and sent it into his bones.

Hu Mang opened the Stone-Flicking Devil Meridians and discovered that they sharpened his comprehension and let him create a Heavenly Devil Field. He tested the field’s ability to sense, dismantle, and restore objects, including Law Artifacts and Spirit Artifacts, and found that it could imitate lost spirituality within its boundaries.

• Hu Mang spent three days cultivating with mid-grade Spirit Stones and gradually sensed three hidden devil path developments in his body.
• Hu Mang struck the devil meridian between his brows five times with medicinal power and opened the Stone-Flicking Devil Meridians.
• Hu Mang found that the meridians enhanced his senses and comprehension, then traced their path from the Gate of Life to the Heavenly Devil Mysterious Pass.
• Hu Mang opened the Heavenly Devil Field around himself, creating a zone of silence where his Divine Sense could perceive and affect objects in detail.
• Hu Mang dismantled and restored a medicine cutter, a Law Artifact, and a Spirit Artifact, discovering that he could imitate the Spirit Artifact’s lost spirituality inside the field.

Hu Mang used the Heavenly Devil Field to simulate Devil-path abilities and study four Devil cultivation methods, then chose the Profound Yin True Scripture as his foundation while incorporating techniques from the others. Short on medicine and seeking another route to open his third Devil Meridian, he went to the Huang residence and asked Huang Jiayou for help with a cultivation method involving suggestive dancing.

• Hu Mang transformed the Heavenly Devil Field into vivid simulations of Buddha, devil, Dao, ghosts, and military formations, then assessed the ability’s power and limits.
• Hu Mang studied the Profound Yin True Scripture, Profound Soul Demon-Refining Great Method, Supreme Yin Soul-Slaying True Scripture, and Nine Nether Corpse-Control Great Method in the field.
• Hu Mang decided to use the Profound Yin True Scripture as his foundation while incorporating the other methods’ evolutions, including the Supreme Yin Soul-Slaying Forbidden Method and Nine Nether Corpse-Nurturing Technique.
• Hu Mang realized his Bone-Molding Pills had lost much of their effect and might not suffice to open his third Devil Meridian, so he considered using Buddha to promote the Devil and pursuing the Yugi Sutra.
• Hu Mang stored the remaining medicinal power in his Cauldron-Boiling Devil Meridian and went to the Huang residence, where he asked Huang Jiayou to have his stepmother perform a suggestive dance for his cultivation.

Hu Mang used a Divine Sense connection to cultivate a Wisdom King by resisting the seductive dance of Huang Jiayou’s demon stepmothers. The dance overwhelmed his senses and stirred a fire in his heart, leaving his attempt at cultivation in danger.

• Hu Mang persuaded Huang Jiayou to arrange for his stepmothers to perform through Divine Sense while he cultivated.
• Hu Mang studied the Yugi Sutra and explained that he hoped to transform desire into a Wisdom King, though he lacked its grand altruistic aims.
• Huang Jiayou described how his stepmothers, members of the Huang Household, had strengthened their cultivation through online Verbal Bestowals.
• The stepmothers connected with Hu Mang and performed an entrancing dance in a hazy courtyard within his consciousness.
• The dance heated Hu Mang’s body, clouded his thoughts, and scattered his recollection of the Yugi Sutra.
• A formless fire of desire ignited in Hu Mang’s chest.