Recaps

Yin Yunze took Hu Siniang in as a follower, renamed her Zhao Zixuan, and granted her limited access to Earth Vein Power and the Power of Frost and Snow. After healing her when she injured herself in disbelief, he received a Soul-Capturing Pearl she had taken from the Evil Ghost Division.

• Hu Siniang explained how the Heavenly Wheel Sect had enslaved her and why she had sought Yin Yunze’s protection.
• Hu Siniang begged Yin Yunze to take her in, and he agreed, naming her Zhao Zixuan and marking her as his follower.
• Zhao Zixuan sensed that Yin Yunze had granted her limited use of Earth Vein Power and the Power of Frost and Snow, then bit her arm to confirm that her good fortune was real.
• Yin Yunze healed Zhao Zixuan’s wound after Zhao Wan intervened, and Zhao Zixuan apologized before setting off to fetch a treasure.
• Zhao Zixuan presented Yin Yunze with the Soul-Capturing Pearl, a Law Artifact intended to capture the county magistrate’s daughter’s soul, and Yin Yunze began examining it.

Zhao Zixuan offered Yin Yunze a fragment of the Six Divisions Infinite Scripture and swore an oath of loyalty, after which he welcomed her into his service. He brought her back to the shrine maidens, where he established her seniority and she received an enthusiastic welcome.

• Zhao Zixuan gave Yin Yunze the Animal Realm fragment of the Six Divisions Infinite Scripture, and he recognized its valuable cultivation method and Law Techniques.
• Zhao Zixuan swore never to betray Yin Yunze, and he used Forge Oaths to bind her promise before inviting her to return with him.
• Zhao Zixuan transformed into a giant fox and carried Yin Yunze and Zhao Wan toward the temple, while rumors spread that Lady Qingnü had a large red fox under her command.
• Yin Yunze brought Zhao Zixuan to the shrine maidens' dormitory and introduced her to the eleven young shrine maidens as their new companion.
• Yin Yunze corrected Zhao Zixuan's humble greeting and told the shrine maidens to address her as their elder sister, and they welcomed her as Sister Zixuan.

Yin Yunze welcomed Zhao Zixuan into her service, gave her an ice-and-fire Snake Bone Whip, and began cultivating from the Infinite True Scripture. When the Gate of Incense stayed shut and five underworld deities summoned her to the City God, Yin Yunze used divination and agreed to go despite the warning of misfortune.

• Yin Yunze introduced Zhao Zixuan to the shrine maidens, ordered her to protect them, and reforged the Snake Bone Whip for her as the Ice and Fire Whip.
• Yin Yunze studied the Infinite True Scripture, mastered its basic cultivation method overnight, and considered teaching its three Law Techniques to the shrine maidens.
• Yin Yunze discovered that the Gate of Incense remained shut, leaving her unable to return to the real world as five deities entered her territory.
• The Martial Judge used three command tokens to force Yin Yunze out of the Dao Field and temple and summon her before him and Black and White Impermanence and Ox-Head and Horse-Face.
• Yin Yunze divined that accompanying the deities meant misfortune while refusing meant great misfortune, so she agreed to go before the City God.

Yin Yunze accompanied the Martial Judge, Black and White Impermanence, and Ox-Head and Horse-Face to meet the City God after secretly divining his situation. He protected the little fox girl from drawing the officials’ ire, then followed the Martial Judge’s advice and offered incense gifts to all five as they set out.

• Yin Yunze agreed to go to the City God Temple with the five officials, who escorted him from his sealed temple.
• The little fox girl ran after Yin Yunze and tried to offer to carry him, but he rebuked her and sent her back to guard the village.
• The Martial Judge advised Yin Yunze to hide his fox ears and tails before meeting the City God, so Yin Yunze changed into a humanlike form.
• Yin Yunze gave the Martial Judge a thousand portions of Power of Incense Offerings, which the judge accepted while praising its purity.
• Yin Yunze gave Black and White Impermanence and Ox-Head and Horse-Face eight hundred portions each, and they accepted the gifts warmly.

Yin Yunze learned that Judge Li considered him an Innate Holy Spirit and explained why the City God had summoned him for establishing a temple without permission. Reassured that the matter was likely a formality, Yin Yunze set off with Judge Li and the others to meet the City God.

• Judge Li explained that Yin Yunze was an Innate Holy Spirit, then advised him to admit fault and comply when he met the City God.
• Judge Li told Yin Yunze that the City God had summoned him for founding a temple and granting himself divine status without notifying him.
• Judge Li explained that Yin Yunze had been arrested under the third of the Three Decrees and could only be released with the City God's pardon.
• Judge Li and the other underworld officials praised Yin Yunze's tact and encouraged him to stay calm before the City God.
• Black and White Impermanence and Ox-Head and Horse-Face lightly looped chains around Yin Yunze's hands and feet, then escorted him away with Judge Li.

Judge Li and the four lords escorted Yin Yunze to the City God Temple, where a ghost named Provincial Graduate Guo warned that the City God was lustful. At the temple, Yin Yunze saw a vast lake of grievances held back by Dynastic Karmic Luck, and Judge Qian arrived as Yin Yunze retched in its presence.

• Judge Li's group brought Yin Yunze to Qingling County using Shrinking the Earth to an Inch.
• Provincial Graduate Guo tried to pull Yin Yunze away and warned that the City God was a lecher, but Judge Li identified Yin Yunze as Lady Qingnü and Ox-Head and Horse-Face dragged Guo off.
• Judge Li explained that Provincial Graduate Guo was an upright provincial graduate whose grievances soared to the heavens and who could not be kept locked up.
• Yin Yunze saw a lake of grievance power above the City God Temple and realized that the City God's Dynastic Karmic Luck was keeping it at bay.
• Judge Qian emerged from the temple, mistook Yin Yunze's condition for an injury caused by Judge Li, and angered Judge Li with the accusation.

Yin Yunze was brought before the City God, who let her go regarding her temple and divine title but ordered her to stop distributing Fox Rice. The City God explained that her relief efforts threatened the offerings and standing of the other gods, and Yin Yunze agreed to stop.

• Judge Qian fastened God-Binding Shackles on Yin Yunze, but Judge Li intervened and escorted her to the City God.
• Judge Li led Yin Yunze into the City God's vast Dao Field, where the City God recognized her as an Innate Holy Spirit less than a month old.
• The City God dismissed the temple and divine-title accusation as a misunderstanding but ordered Yin Yunze to stop supplying Fox Rice.
• Yin Yunze agreed to end her disaster relief and asked why the City God had forbidden it.
• The City God explained that Yin Yunze's grain distributions drew believers away from other gods and pressured him to provide relief as well.

Yin Yunze learned that the City God deliberately let evil creatures terrorize the people to secure their worship through fear, while refusing to intervene in the drought caused by the Tomb of Prince Jing. He left with a pardon decree and learned that ending the drought would require a powerful ally he did not have.

• The City God lectured Yin Yunze that gods should rule through fear and revealed that he had allowed evil creatures to run rampant to make the people depend on him.
• Yin Yunze realized the City God's neglect had caused the lake of resentment above the temple and that resentment had accumulated against him for centuries.
• The City God explained that a grand elder of the Yin Immortal Sect was attempting to turn a corpse into an immortal at the Tomb of Prince Jing, and the drought might last from three to five years or even centuries.
• The City God described a way to end the drought by purifying and sealing the tomb, but Yin Yunze knew he had no powerful ally to carry it out.
• Judge Li raised Yin Yunze's earlier disrespect, prompting the City God to give Yin Yunze a pardon decree that would lift the edict's seal.

Yin Yunze left the City God Temple still wearing one God-Binding Shackle after Judge Qian’s underlings demanded incense offerings to unlock them. Judge Qian took the offerings and killed one of the little devils, while Yin Yunze walked away unaware of the danger behind the scheme.

• Judge Li urged Yin Yunze to leave with him, but Judge Qian appeared and sent Judge Li back to the City God while ordering two pale-faced little devils to remove Yin Yunze’s shackles.
• One little devil demanded 3,650 portions of incense offerings, and Yin Yunze paid him to unlock the shackle on her left hand.
• The second little devil demanded another share, so Yin Yunze refused and left the temple wearing the remaining shackle despite the little devil’s warning.
• Provincial Graduate Guo saw Yin Yunze storm away and decided to follow her, fearing she might harm herself.
• The first little devil brought the incense offerings to Judge Qian, who admitted he had intended to give Yin Yunze a chance, then crushed the devil to death.

Yin Yunze was ambushed by the Heavenly Wheel Sect's Third Warden, whose grievance-powered blade left her paralyzed, but Provincial Graduate Guo intervened and fought him. When Guo was defeated, Yin Yunze made him her subordinate god and transformed his soul into a ghost king dharma robe, rising to face the Third Warden.

• Yin Yunze sensed danger outside the Xu residence but was stabbed in the back with a Hundred-Grievance Soul-Eroding Blade by the Third Warden.
• The Third Warden revealed that he was attacking Yin Yunze because she had ruined his plans, then tried to strike her head with a second blade.
• Provincial Graduate Guo caught the blade to protect Lady Qingnü, transformed into a powerful vicious ghost, and drove the Third Warden back.
• The Third Warden used the Immovable Wisdom King Seal, Great Wisdom Sword, Vajra Rope, and Demon-Suppressing Vajra to defeat and subdue Provincial Graduate Guo.
• Yin Yunze appointed Provincial Graduate Guo her subordinate god and refined his soul into a ghost king dharma robe, then rose to confront the Third Warden.

Yin Yunze escaped the Third Warden by sacrificing his right hand, then hid in the Tomb of Prince Jing until he purged the resentment restricting his body. He ambushed the Third Warden with the Soul-Shaking Staff and left him motionless in the snow.

• Yin Yunze severed his shackled right hand, unleashed his Authority over Frost and Snow, and fled toward the City God Temple.
• Yin Yunze froze the white-faced little ghost guarding the temple, then shattered him with an ice spike and flew back out of town.
• The City God and Judge Qian chose not to help Yin Yunze, while the City God admitted he had hoped to detain Qingnü for his own designs.
• Yin Yunze evaded the Third Warden in the Tomb of Prince Jing by hiding beneath the snow and using the Power of Incense Offerings to dispel his resentment.
• Yin Yunze froze the Third Warden, struck his exposed head with the Soul-Shaking Staff sacrificed by Zhao Zixuan, and sent him flying into the snow.

Yin Yunze fought the third warden by unleashing the six Dark Heavenly Lightning Flags, and both were battered by a devastating storm of mystic lightning. He survived and returned to his Dao Field and then the real world, but as he checked his surroundings, he sensed something was wrong.

• Yin Yunze gathered the six unrefined Dark Heavenly Lightning Flags and lured the third warden to an uninhabited place, where he attacked in nine-tailed fox form.
• Yin Yunze poured his Power of Incense Offerings into the flags, and he and the third warden endured successive bolts of mystic lightning while grappling.
• The six flags unleashed the Six Ke Mystic Lightning Formation, killing the third warden and knocking Yin Yunze unconscious.
• Zhao Zixuan carried Yin Yunze back to his Dao Field, where he awoke after three days and learned that she was badly burned.
• Yin Yunze awoke in the real world, confirmed he was not dreaming, and noticed that something seemed wrong with his surroundings.

Yin Yunze discovered that believers’ faith had transformed his real-world body into a fox-eared girl and shifted his sense of self, while the injured nine-tailed white fox in the other world had become his mystical original self. He opened the Great Gate of Incense, returned to the Dao Field, and began talking with the white fox about how their shared consciousness behaved differently in each body.

• Yin Yunze found that only one day had passed in the real world while five days had passed in the other world, and he noticed his clothes no longer fit his suddenly thinner body.
• Yin Yunze realized that the believers’ incense offerings had reshaped his real-world body and perception to match Green Hill Yi Yun, leaving him with a fox-girl form while his consciousness still regarded itself as male.
• Yin Yunze manifested the Great Gate of Incense, opened it, and stepped into the Dao Field, where he confirmed that he could still open a gate back to the real world.
• Yin Yunze found the injured nine-tailed white fox and teased it by prying open its eye; the fox explained that their shared consciousness behaved differently depending on which body it inhabited.

Yin Yunze divided his consciousness between his divine body and mortal body, and the two argued over how divinity and demonhood affected them. After Zhao Zixuan mistook him for an attacker and whipped him, Yin Yunze reclaimed the Land God Divinity and healed her, then promised to grant her wish for greater closeness.

• Yin Yunze and his nine-tailed white fox divine body argued about their divided personalities and concluded that controlling both bodies at once let divinity and demonhood interfere with their shared consciousness.
• Yin Yunze decided to call himself the mortal body and the fox the divine body, then withdrew his consciousness and reached for the Land God Divinity in the divine body's heart.
• Zhao Zixuan struck Yin Yunze with her whip while trying to protect her ladyship, then fainted when she learned that both bodies were Yin Yunze.
• Yin Yunze took the Land God Divinity into his mortal body, regained authority over the Clear Creek basin, and used Heal Wounds and Cure Illness on the divine body and Zhao Zixuan.
• Zhao Zixuan begged forgiveness for whipping him, and Yin Yunze forgave her and ordered her to name a reward.
• Zhao Zixuan asked only for Yin Yunze to carry her and hold her more often, and Yin Yunze agreed.

Yin Yunze moved the divine body into the real world to recover, then returned to the other world and bombed the City God Temple. He left Xu Hanxian and the city to deal with the explosions, which proved far bigger than the “little commotion” he had promised.

• Yin Yunze drew the Frost and Snow Divinity from the divine body's tail and brought the weakened divine body through the Great Gate of Incense into the real world.
• Yin Yunze checked the different flow of time between the worlds, assessed his diminished divine powers, and used the divine body as a bed while he sensed the Divinities within himself.
• Yin Yunze returned to the other world at night, visited Xu Yue, and entered Xu Hanxian's dream to ask him to meet the next day and warn him of a little commotion.
• Yin Yunze flew above the City God Temple under concealment and dropped explosives through the Great Gate of Incense, setting off a massive blast.
• The City God emerged from the burning temple and roared, so Yin Yunze dropped another bundle of explosives before vanishing.
• Xu Hanxian woke to the blasts and protested that Yin Yunze had promised not to make people work overtime, just as a second explosion sounded.

Yin Yunze assessed the limits of damaging the City God and recovered the Dark Heavenly Lightning Flags and other items from the battlefield. After returning to her temple and seeing the shrine maidens training, she discovered that Provincial Graduate Guo had survived as a ghost.

• Yin Yunze considered how destroying a temple could hurt a deity but concluded that defeating the City God required undermining both his legitimacy and his believers' faith.
• Yin Yunze searched the Mystic Lightning battlefield, collected the six Dark Heavenly Lightning Flags, and found the Third Warden's saber and a pouch she could not open.
• Yin Yunze failed to find Provincial Graduate Guo's soul and left the battlefield believing he had died protecting her.
• Yin Yunze returned to her temple, comforted the worried shrine maidens, and began considering martial arts training to improve her close-combat skills.
• Yin Yunze entered the rear hall and found Provincial Graduate Guo alive as a ghost, then bluntly asked him whether he had died.

Yin Yunze learned that Provincial Graduate Guo had survived inside the Soul-Capturing Pearl and heard how the City God had murdered Guo Jing’s wife, ruined his prospects, and continued tormenting her soul. She promised to help Guo Jing take revenge, then entrusted his recovery to Xuan'er and turned back to Zhang Yufei.

• Xuan'er explained that she had placed Guo Jing's unstable soul in the Soul-Capturing Pearl, and Yin Yunze restored some of his strength with Shelter.
• Guo Jing revealed that his wife had died after the City God repeatedly abducted and abused her, and that the City God had also sent a plague ghost to stop him from taking the capital examination.
• Guo Jing told Yin Yunze that he had watched the City God Temple for years, hoping to protect women and find a chance for revenge.
• Guo Jing explained that Peng Shulan had kept him alive with offerings and introduced him to Yin Yunze through her divine statue.
• Yin Yunze promised to help Guo Jing deal with the City God, sent him back to the Soul-Capturing Pearl to recuperate, and entrusted the pearl to Xuan'er.
• Yin Yunze apologized to Zhang Yufei for leaving her waiting.

Yin Yunze mastered Zhang Yufei’s martial arts, reached the Innate realm, and helped Zhang Yufei advance by teaching her the Frost Instruction. After arranging for her to train the other shrine maidens and preparing to reward Sun Qin, he refined the Dark Heavenly Lightning Flags while waiting for Xu Hanxian, but Peng Shulan arrived instead.

• Zhang Yufei taught Yin Yunze the Cloud and Water Instruction, and he quickly reached the Innate realm before mastering her movement, palm, and saber techniques.
• Yin Yunze analyzed the martial arts and improved his command of skills and authority, realizing he could better face the Three Prison Wardens.
• Yin Yunze taught Zhang Yufei the Proud Cold Instruction and granted her frost internal force until she reached the Innate realm.
• Yin Yunze taught Zhang Yufei improved movement, palm, and saber techniques, then told her to train the other shrine maidens and considered granting Sun Qin similar strength.
• Yin Yunze began refining the unowned Dark Heavenly Lightning Flags while waiting for Xu Hanxian, but Peng Shulan arrived alone.

Yin Yunze arranged for Zhang Yufei to greet Peng Shulan with her newly gained Innate strength, then demonstrated how he could rapidly cultivate Sun Qin to the Innate Realm. He asked the envious Peng Shulan whether he wanted the same opportunity.

• Yin Yunze sent Zhang Yufei to welcome Peng Shulan, and she defeated him instantly with her new Innate strength.
• Peng Shulan recognized Zhang Yufei's achievement, congratulated her, and let her lead him to Yin Yunze.
• Yin Yunze guided Sun Qin through the Frost Instruction, and she reached the Innate Realm in one hour.
• Yin Yunze asked Peng Shulan what he thought of his Divine Ability, then asked whether Peng Shulan wanted it.

Yin Yunze secured Peng Shulan’s oath to serve as her blade and protect Xu Hanxian’s family, while promising to help him reach the Innate realm after he studied her improved technique. She then refined the Third Warden’s Storage Bag and discovered the Hungry Ghost Path scripture, learning how its human and ghost cultivation methods fit together.

• Yin Yunze offered to help Peng Shulan enter the Innate realm in exchange for becoming her blade, and he agreed to kill anyone she commanded except his family and friends.
• Peng Shulan volunteered to kill Xu Hanxian, but Yin Yunze ordered him to protect Xu Hanxian and his family instead; he swore an oath to serve Lady Qingnü.
• Peng Shulan delivered Xu Hanxian’s apology letter and gold, and Yin Yunze accepted the gold before sending him to study the Frost Instruction with Zhang Yufei.
• Yin Yunze refined the Third Warden’s Storage Bag, found valuables and two Jade Slips, and read the Six Divisions Infinite Scripture: Hungry Ghost Path.
• Yin Yunze learned the scripture’s cultivation ranks and how the Asura Battle Body and Wisdom King Dharma Form could ultimately combine into the Six-Wheel Wisdom King Form.

Yin Yunze examined the sinister techniques and items left by the third prison warden, destroying what he could not safely keep and saving spirit puppets for Guo Jing. He then dealt with stolen White Fox weapons by ordering their recovery and tighter village controls, and decided the villagers needed moral instruction.

• Yin Yunze studied the second Jade Slip, identified the third prison warden’s vicious methods and possessions, and kept only Soul-Capturing Pearls and spirit puppets for practical use.
• Yin Yunze destroyed the dangerous remaining goods with the Dark Heavenly Lightning Flag and Fox Fire, then buried their ashes underground.
• Yin Yunze raised Peng Shulan to the Innate Realm, and Peng Shulan reported that white fox-marked sabers and armor were being sold in the county town.
• Sun Qin confessed that weapons had been swapped from the storeroom and the White Fox Corps, and Yin Yunze ordered her to recover them and punish those who failed to return them.
• Yin Yunze restricted access to the temple grounds and resolved to have the shrine maidens reform the villagers’ conduct.

Yin Yunze uploaded a video to attract believers, then cultivated the Immovable Wisdom King Seal and realized he needed to expand his territory to gather more spiritual energy. Xu Hanxian visited Qingnü Temple and relayed the City God's warning, leaving Yin Yunze facing the consequences of their earlier dispute.

• Yin Yunze filmed and uploaded a promotional video introducing himself as a Nine-Tailed Fox and the God of Frost and Snow, hoping to gain more believers.
• Yin Yunze refined the Pure Scenery Ruyi Saber and chose to cultivate the Immovable Wisdom King Seal, relying on his nine tails for offense and seeking stronger defense.
• Yin Yunze found that the Clear Creek Basin lacked enough Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi for his cultivation and concluded that he needed to expand his territory.
• Yin Yunze pulled Xu Hanxian into the Dao Field, healed his exhaustion, and made him snow-fragrant tea while asking why Yue'er had not come.
• Xu Hanxian told Yin Yunze that the City God admitted fault in the earlier matter and would let it end, but warned that he would not be so courteous next time.

Yin Yunze denied responsibility for the City God temple attack, then recruited Xu Hanxian to gather county magistrates by offering them Fox Rice while warning them about the Heavenly Wheel Sect. Back in the present world, she discovered that her followers’ pink Power of Incense Offerings contained lewd thoughts, leaving her furious and embarrassed.

• Yin Yunze told Xu Hanxian to tell the City God that she did not understand his message, then warned him that the Heavenly Wheel Sect had targeted Xu Yue and the drought-stricken magistrates.
• Yin Yunze explained that she had killed the chief culprit but that the sect still had followers in the counties, and she asked Xu Hanxian to invite the other magistrates to meet.
• Yin Yunze offered Fox Rice as an incentive, and Xu Hanxian agreed to gather the magistrates and present the grain as a gift from Lady Qingnü.
• Yin Yunze returned to the present world and found her room filled with pink Power of Incense Offerings around her divine body.
• Yin Yunze sensed the offerings’ lewd contents and angrily cursed the people whose thoughts had produced them.

Yin Yunze fled the flood of lewd incense offerings and traveled to an island nation to steal weapons and supplies from an American military base. After escaping with a vast haul through the Great Gate of Incense, he prepared to recover his divinities and use the stolen arsenal against the City God.

• Yin Yunze sealed the lewd incense offerings, deleted the videos that were attracting them, and returned to the Dao Field in the other world.
• Yin Yunze delivered pig feed, marked a remote location, returned the Land God and God of Frost and Snow Divinities to his divine body, and flew invisibly to an island nation.
• Yin Yunze entered an American military base under cover of darkness and snow, disabled warehouse cameras with the Dark Heavenly Lightning Flag, and moved the contents of both armories through the Great Gate of Incense.
• Yin Yunze also emptied a fuel and supply warehouse before base personnel discovered the thefts, then escaped through the Great Gate of Incense.
• Yin Yunze surveyed the mountain of stolen supplies and planned to retrieve his divinities and store the weapons before confronting the City God.

Yin Yunze summoned the shrine maidens to introduce Guo Jing and refine him into the Pure Fox Robe, a powerful Law Treasure that combined their abilities. Guo Jing emerged stronger and clear-minded, with the robe itself now serving as his true body.

• Yin Yunze pulled the shrine maidens into the Dao Field and introduced Guo Jing, placing his soul in a spirit puppet that took the form of a white-haired girl.
• Yin Yunze persuaded Guo Jing to accept a painful enhancement so he could pursue revenge on the City God.
• Yin Yunze used the Bright Incense Flame, Guo Jing’s soul, tail fur, and supplementary materials to forge the Pure Fox Robe with five Law Techniques.
• Yin Yunze gave Guo Jing the finished robe, and Guo Jing transformed into a powerful, monstrous-looking beauty while retaining his reason.
• Yin Yunze explained that Guo Jing’s true body was now the Pure Fox Robe, while his apparent body was only a projection.