Recaps

Yin Yunze killed Grandfather Huang Three, claimed Upper Creek Village, and became a living fox deity with a widening domain and new powers. After accepting official recognition as Lady Qingnü, Yin Yunze learned that a Drought Demon threatened the county and that the Heavenly Wheel Sect was plotting against local magistrates.

• Yin Yunze killed Grandfather Huang Three, inherited his Land God Divinity and treasures, and learned how the god had planned to take Zhao Wan as a vessel.
• Yin Yunze killed Liu Zhu for concealing her role in the attack on Clear Creek Village, then gained nearly four hundred followers in Upper Creek Village.
• Yin Yunze brought the shrine maidens to Clear Creek Village, where Zhang Yufei joined his followers and he organized a force to take control of Upper Creek Village.
• At the temple ceremony, Yin Yunze manifested as a white-haired, nine-tailed fox deity, gained a real divine body, and fused the three Land God Divinities to expand his domain across the Clear Creek basin.
• Yin Yunze gained authority over frost and snow, established his protected Dao Field, and accepted official recognition as Lady Qingnü while discovering that the Great Gate of Incense had trapped him in this world.
• After the recognition ceremony strengthened the temple’s protections and his followers’ faith, Yin Yunze learned that the bureau had concealed the danger of the Drought Demon at the Tomb of Prince Jing and agreed to prepare to face it.
• Yin Yunze freed Hu Siniang from her black collar and transformed her into a believer, then learned that the Heavenly Wheel Sect planned a rebellion and had more than three hundred thousand followers.

Yin Yunze escaped the Third Warden’s attack, discovered how the two worlds and his mortal and divine bodies worked, and gathered allies and strength against the City God. The arc ended with Yin Yunze transforming Guo Jing into the Pure Fox Robe so he could pursue revenge.

• Zhao Zixuan joined Yin Yunze as his follower, gave him the Soul-Capturing Pearl and Animal Realm scripture fragment, and went with him to protect the shrine maidens.
• The City God summoned Yin Yunze over his temple and relief work, revealed his neglect and ambitions, and tried to stop her from aiding the people.
• The Third Warden ambushed Yin Yunze, but Guo Jing intervened, and Yin Yunze made Guo Jing her subordinate god and used the Dark Heavenly Lightning Flags to kill the Warden.
• Yin Yunze discovered that offerings had changed his real-world body into a fox-girl form and learned to move between the worlds while managing his mortal and divine bodies.
• Yin Yunze bombed the City God’s temple, recovered the lightning flags, and learned from Guo Jing how the City God had abused his wife and obstructed his revenge.
• Yin Yunze trained Zhang Yufei and Sun Qin, recruited Peng Shulan to protect Xu Hanxian, and studied the Three Prison Warden’s scripture and possessions.
• Yin Yunze warned Xu Hanxian about the Heavenly Wheel Sect, arranged for the county magistrates to meet, and stole weapons and supplies from an American military base.
• Yin Yunze forged Guo Jing’s soul into the Pure Fox Robe, giving him a powerful projected form and a chance to pursue revenge on the City God.

Yin Yunze expanded Qingnü’s faith, crushed the Heavenly Wheel Sect’s local allies, and built a Demon-Summoning Banner by hunting lesser gods. After defeating the Lord of Du Mountain, Yin Yunze bound her into an uneasy alliance, then raced to stop an attack on Qingnü’s golden statue.

• Yin Yunze appointed Guo Jing, Zhao Zixuan, Zhang Yufei, and Sun Qin as Subordinate Deity envoys, and sent the shrine maidens to aid their families and recruit demons.
• Hu Cheng confronted her brother over his wife’s abuse, while Zhang Yufei reconciled with Zhang Liuyun and Zhao Zixuan recruited her fox kin for Lady Qingnü.
• Yin Yunze secured the magistrates’ agreement to distribute cheap Fox Rice, build Qingnü temples, recognize her faith, and expel Heavenly Wheel Sect followers.
• Yin Yunze transformed Zhao Rui into a young fox spirit, refined the Demon-Summoning Banner, and spread Qingnü’s aid through the Three Treasures across eight counties.
• Yin Yunze captured Judge Qian and the four Yin generals, then let Guo Jing devour them, complete his Asura Battle Body, and endure his Golden Core Lightning Tribulation.
• Yin Yunze began turning the people against the Qingling County City God, bound Bai Xian'er and other local land gods into her expanding power, and killed gods who resisted her campaign.
• Yin Yunze fought the Lord of Du Mountain, discovered she was a tigress, and bound her with an oath after refusing her demand that they have children.
• When an attacker struck Qingnü’s golden statue, the Lord of Du Mountain carried Yin Yunze toward Qingling County as Yin Yunze’s divine body confronted Judge Li with the Demon-Summoning Banner.

Yin Yunze rallied the people and her allies to defeat the Qingling County City God, then helped the resentful ghosts move on and arranged a new order of local deities. The arc left her preparing the formal investiture of her Subordinate Deities while training her mortal body with lightning.

• Yin Yunze killed Judge Li, destroyed the City God Temple again, and began spreading accounts of the City God’s crimes through Qingling County.
• Liu Zhengyuan elevated Yin Yunze to County God across Anqing Prefecture and issued an edict dismissing the Qingling County City God.
• Yin Yunze gathered demons and Land Gods, armed them against the City God’s forces, and formed a Golden Core during the battle.
• Yin Yunze exposed the City God’s crimes and used the people’s accumulated resentment to strip away his protection, while Guo Jing killed him with the Crime-Measuring Ruler.
• Li Miaoyan appointed Yin Yunze Second Warden of the Celestial Person Division and entrusted Anqing Prefecture to her.
• Yin Yunze used the Rebirth Sutra and the Rebirth Golden Lotus Seal to deliver the resentful ghosts, then healed and dismissed the surviving demons.
• Yin Yunze chose the office of Agricultural God and appointed Guo Jing to serve as Qingling County City God until the formal appointment arrived.
• Yin Yunze tempered her mortal body with lightning, then gave her four Subordinate Deities divine titles and palace gowns.