Recaps

Qin Nanyue and her relatives said goodbye to Lu Yang as the Qin Household’s flying boat arrived to take them home. After Elder Wang sensed a deadly threat when he used his Divine Sense on Lu Yang, he suspected a Nascent Soul True Lord was secretly protecting him, leaving Qin Nanyue and the others bewildered about Lu Yang’s background.

• Lu Yang greeted Qin Nanyue’s relatives, who welcomed him warmly and invited him to visit the Qin Household.
• The Qin Household’s flying boat arrived, and Lu Yang declined to travel with Qin Nanyue’s family, saying he would visit them later.
• Qin Nanyue hugged Lin Ying and quietly sent her a voice transmission before boarding the flying boat with her relatives.
• Elder Wang asked whether Lu Yang was a friend or enemy after sensing a deadly threat when he locked onto him with his Divine Sense.
• Wang Yin told the Qin family he suspected a Nascent Soul True Lord was secretly protecting Lu Yang, and Qin Nanyue admitted she knew little about his background.

After Qin Nanyue and the others departed, Lu Yang took Lin Ying shopping and secretly bought a jade bangle for a struggling pair of dao companions. The pair were stunned when the shop assistant delivered the expensive gift on Lu Yang’s behalf and wished them a happy new year.

• Qin Nanyue’s flying ship departed, and Lin Ying gathered the courage to ask Lu Yang to walk through the market with her.
• Lu Yang took Lin Ying’s hand and led her into a shop selling Law Artifacts for female cultivators.
• Lu Yang and Lin Ying watched Wan'er decline a five-hundred-Spirit-Stone jade bangle so she and her dao companion could save for their future expenses.
• Moved by the couple’s consideration for each other, Lu Yang paid for the bangle and asked the assistant to give it to them anonymously as a new-year gift.
• The assistant caught up with Wan'er and her dao companion and presented the bangle, leaving them and nearby cultivators astonished.

Lu Yang spent New Year's Eve shopping with Lin Ying, received an investment contract from his system, and bought her two High-Grade Law Artifacts. As they parted, Lin Ying offered him a gift back at the sect, and he agreed to go with her.

• Lu Yang's system rewarded him with Spirit Stones and a Low-Level Investment Contract after he enjoyed spending money, and he considered potential cultivators to invest in.
• Lu Yang's favorability with Lin Ying rose to 90 when he called her his own Senior Sister and offered to buy her a New Year's gift.
• Lu Yang bought the White Phoenix Jade Hairpin and United Hearts Wind-Riding Pendant for Lin Ying from Liang Shuangshuang, paying 8,400 Low-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Lu Yang and Lin Ying spent the day strolling through the market, sharing treats and watching street entertainment.
• As Lu Yang prepared to leave, Lin Ying offered him a New Year's gift at the sect, and he agreed to accompany her there.

Lin Ying brought Lu Yang to her residence to give him his New Year's gift, showed him her Alchemy Chamber, and shared an intimate night with him. The next morning, she woke embarrassed by what had happened and hid beneath the covers while Lu Yang teased her.

• Lin Ying led Lu Yang from the outer sect plaza to her residence and explained the benefits of Pill Peak's private Alchemy Chambers.
• Lin Ying showed Lu Yang her Alchemy Chamber and excitedly described how she prepared ingredients and controlled the earth fire.
• Lin Ying took Lu Yang to her bedroom, closed the shutters and door, and kissed him after he embraced her.
• Lu Yang and Lin Ying spent the night together, and Lu Yang woke beside her the following morning.
• Lin Ying remembered the previous night, hid inside the quilt in embarrassment, and told Lu Yang he was awful when he teased her.

After dual cultivating with Lin Ying, Lu Yang received a million spirit stones, ownership of Miaoshou Pharmacy, and experience toward a Supreme-Grade Spirit Root, then grew closer to her at the sect. The chapter leaves him warned that a disciple from the Li Household has arranged an ambush outside the Golden Sun Mountain Range.

• Lu Yang read his rewards for dual cultivating with Lin Ying and added the Universal Experience to his Spirit Root experience.
• Lu Yang gave Lin Ying black stockings that were a Supreme-Grade Law Artifact and dressed her in them, but her favorability remained at 98.
• Lu Yang and Lin Ying went to the dining hall hand in hand, where Lin Ying served him food as other disciples watched jealously.
• Wang Siyuan sent Lu Yang a warning that a disciple from the Li Household had found people to lie in wait for him outside the Golden Sun Mountain Range.
• Lu Yang stopped after hearing Wang Siyuan's warning, and Lin Ying asked what was wrong.

Lu Yang learned that Li Yao was preparing to target him and decided to leave the sect with Lin Ying and Wang Siyuan. After Wang Siyuan risked warning him, Lu Yang invited him to travel together to the Yuan Kingdom and considered investing in his future.

• Lu Yang learned Li Yao had been planning a move against him outside the sect, and he told Lin Ying he would take her to see a good show.
• Wang Siyuan agonized over whether to warn Lu Yang about Li Yao, then chose to send him a warning.
• Lu Yang reassured Wang Siyuan that Li Yao's plans would not affect him and invited him to travel together to the Yuan Kingdom.
• Wang Siyuan weighed the risk of Li Yao's retaliation, accepted Lu Yang's invitation, and decided to leave with him.
• Lu Yang considered Wang Siyuan's talent and character as a possible investment, then told him to meet at the outer sect square.

Lu Yang, Lin Ying, and Wang Siyuan left the Golden Rainbow Sword Sect for the Yuan Kingdom, where Li Yao had arranged an ambush. When Li Yao’s men attacked, Lu Yang unleashed a devastating sword strike, leaving the battle’s outcome unresolved.

• Lu Yang learned that the group could rent spirit beast mounts, so he and Lin Ying led Wang Siyuan to the market and rented Black-Scaled Horses.
• After riding out of the Golden Sun Mountain Range, Lu Yang and his companions were surrounded by more than a dozen rogue cultivators led by Li Yao.
• Li Yao revealed that he had waited to ambush Lu Yang and threatened Lin Ying, prompting Lu Yang to draw the Obsidian Sword.
• Lu Yang swung the Obsidian Sword and sent a golden sword image crashing down, killing five or six cultivators in a bloody mist.

Lu Yang killed Li Yao’s attackers, revealed his two Golden Core Dao protectors, and spared the Li Household from blame before having Wang Da burn Li Yao and Elder Yang to ash. Mu Yunxue and her Dao protector arrived, and the elder greeted Wang Da and Wang San as equals before expressing surprise at Lu Yang’s standing in the Golden Rainbow Sword Sect.

• Lu Yang cut down the fleeing cultivators with his Obsidian Sword, then revealed Elder Yang, crippled and captured by his Dao protectors.
• Li Yao realized Wang Da and Wang San were Golden Core True Persons, begged Lu Yang for mercy, and insisted the Li Household had not known about his actions.
• Lu Yang said he would leave the Li Household alone if it did not seek trouble, then ordered Wang Da to burn Li Yao and Elder Yang to ash.
• Wang Da looked toward the sky as Mu Yunxue and her Dao protector descended on sword light.
• Mu Yunxue’s Dao protector greeted Wang Da and Wang San as equals, then remarked on Lu Yang’s hidden standing within the Golden Rainbow Sword Sect.

Xiao Changli witnessed Lu Yang defeat Li Yao’s group and realized the young cultivator had refined the Golden Rainbow Sword Sect’s foundational techniques and touched the Dao Principles despite being at Mid-stage Qi Refining. After Lu Yang’s Golden Core Dao Protectors killed Li Yao and his protector, Xiao Changli and Mu Yunxue approached him, where he insisted he was an ordinary cultivator.

• Xiao Changli recognized that Lu Yang’s improved Heavy Sword Technique and Heavy Sword Instruction showed extraordinary comprehension and glimpses of the Metal Dao Principle and Sword Dao Principle.
• Lu Yang cut down the Rogue Cultivators and prepared to deal with Li Yao, while Xiao Changli considered intervening on behalf of the sect’s rules.
• Wang Da and Wang San’s Divine Sense warned Xiao Changli away, and Wang Da burned Li Yao and his Dao Protector to death.
• Xiao Changli and Mu Yunxue descended to meet Lu Yang after realizing his powerful Golden Core Dao Protectors guarded him.
• Lu Yang called himself an ordinary cultivator, leaving Xiao Changli incredulous.

Lu Yang met Mu Yunxue and exchanged voice transmission marks with her, while Xiao Changli promised that the Golden Rainbow Sword Sect would make the Li Household answer for its disciple’s attack. When Lu Yang offered them a ride, he revealed a hundred-zhang golden flying boat, stunning everyone and leaving Mu Yunxue curious about his background.

• Lu Yang introduced himself to Mu Yunxue and learned that she remembered all the disciples from their cohort.
• At Xiao Changli’s suggestion, Lu Yang and Mu Yunxue exchanged voice transmission marks.
• Lu Yang asked whether the sect would punish him for killing the people Li Yao had hired, and Xiao Changli promised to pressure the Li Household for an explanation.
• Lu Yang offered Xiao Changli and Mu Yunxue a ride to Mu Yunxue’s home for the New Year.
• Lu Yang summoned a hundred-zhang golden flying boat, astonishing Xiao Changli, Lin Ying, Wang Siyuan, and Mu Yunxue.

After Lu Yang invited Xiao Changli and Mu Yunxue aboard his flying boat, they declined because the Yun Kingdom lay off his route, and the pair departed. Lu Yang set course for the Yuan Kingdom, showed Lin Ying around the vessel, and left the story with the two of them alone in its master bedroom.

• Lu Yang offered Xiao Changli and Mu Yunxue a ride, but Mu Yunxue declined because the flying boat was headed toward the Yue Kingdom and the Yuan Kingdom.
• After Xiao Changli and Mu Yunxue left, Lu Yang had Wang San pilot the flying boat southeast toward the Yuan Kingdom.
• Lu Yang told Wang Siyuan to settle the Black-Scaled Horses in the spirit beast pen and explore the vessel, while warning him not to go above the fourth floor.
• Lu Yang reassured Lin Ying, then guided her around the flying boat until her nervousness gave way to excitement.
• Lu Yang and Lin Ying reached the master bedroom, kissed, and began an intimate encounter as the flying boat traveled toward the Yuan Kingdom.

Wang Ming’s family struggled after his hunting injuries left them unable to afford proper medicine, while Wang Siyue chose to stay home rather than seek a chance to join the Golden Rainbow Sword Sect. Their worries were interrupted by reports of a huge flying boat arriving over Sanlidun Market, and He Xiaoyue went outside to investigate.

• Wang Ming remained bedridden after his injuries from an Azure Wind Wolf, while He Xiaoyue and Wang Siyue cared for him and the family struggled financially.
• Wang Ming suggested that Wang Siyue have her Spirit Root tested, but she refused because she wanted to look after her parents.
• He Xiaoyue told Wang Ming that a neighbor could not lend them Spirit Stones for another Jade Dew Pill.
• Wang Ming and He Xiaoyue wondered whether Wang Siyuan had failed the sect’s assessment and become a menial disciple after more than four years away.
• People outside cried out at the sight of a huge flying boat, and He Xiaoyue left the cave abode to see what had arrived.

Wang Siyuan arrived at Sanlidun Market aboard a vast flying boat and revealed that he served Senior Brother Lu, alarming the market’s three great Lineages. When Lu emerged, Wang He and the other Foundation Establishment cultivators bowed to him as Lord Lu.

• The Flowing Light Flying Boat arrived above Sanlidun Market, and the Wang, Mi, and Lan Lineages hurried to welcome its unseen occupant.
• Wang Siyuan stepped onto the deck, and the three Lineages recognized the former Golden Rainbow Sword Sect entrant and wondered why he was aboard the flying boat.
• Wang Siyuan told Wang He and the others to wait for Senior Brother Lu, then confirmed his identity and rebuked them for asking about Lu’s status.
• Lu emerged from the palace with Senior Sister Lin, and his presence stunned the Foundation Establishment cultivators.
• Wang He and the heads of the Mi and Lan Lineages bowed and greeted Lu as Lord Lu.

Lu Yang agreed to visit Wang Siyuan’s family and descended with him into the market town, where his powerful protectors and flying boat frightened the local cultivators. Wang Siyuan reunited with his mother, He Xiaoyue, and the neighbors realized the Wang family’s fortunes were about to change.

• Lu Yang accepted Wang Siyuan’s invitation to visit his home and had Wang Da carry them down from the flying boat.
• Wang He and the other Foundation Establishment cultivators feared Lu Yang’s two protectors and sent word that no one in the market town should disturb him.
• The rogue cultivators in the cave abode district panicked as Lu Yang and his companions descended, while He Xiaoyue worried that her family might offend the visitors.
• Wang Siyuan called out to He Xiaoyue, introduced her to Lu Yang, and ran over to reunite with her.
• Wang Siyuan knelt before He Xiaoyue and apologized for taking four years to return, leaving the neighbors stunned by his powerful companions and prosperous prospects.

Wang Siyuan returned home with Lu Yang and learned that his father, Wang Ming, had been badly injured while hunting and needed Jade Dew Pills. When Wang Siyuan realized he could not afford them, Lu Yang gave him five thousand Spirit Stones, leaving the family stunned.

• Wang Siyuan reunited with He Xiaoyue and introduced Lu Yang as his senior brother.
• He Xiaoyue led Lu Yang and his companions into the cave abode, where Wang Siyuan found his injured father and younger sister.
• He Xiaoyue explained that Wang Ming needed a bottle of Jade Dew Pills but the family lacked the Spirit Stones to buy them.
• Wang Siyuan realized he could not afford the pills and offered to sell his High-Grade Law Artifact instead.
• Lu Yang gave Wang Siyuan five thousand Spirit Stones, stunning the entire family.

Lu Yang rewarded Wang Siyuan for warning him about Li Yao, giving him five thousand Spirit Stones and a bottle of Jade Dew Pills for his injured father. As Lu Yang and Lin Ying continued their journey by flying boat, Lin Ying’s favorability reached 99, leaving Lu Yang anticipating their arrival at the Lin Household.

• Lu Yang used the investment system to inspect Wang Siyuan’s information and insisted that he accept five thousand Spirit Stones.
• Lin Ying gave Wang Siyuan a bottle of Jade Dew Pills, and Lu Yang and his companions departed without staying for a meal.
• Wang Siyuan told his family how he had met Lu Yang and learned that Lu Yang had powerful Golden Core protectors and the sect elders’ respect.
• Aboard the flying boat, Lu Yang persuaded Lin Ying to try something new, and her favorability reached 99.
• Lu Yang wondered whether returning to the Lin Household would raise Lin Ying’s favorability to 100.

Li Nanfeng summoned Li Feng and Li Yao’s parents to learn how Li Yao had provoked Lu Yang, whom the Li Household feared because of his formidable background. Li Feng recounted the auction dispute and denied knowing that Li Yao had later pursued Lu Yang, leaving the clan’s leaders furious and his parents terrified.

• Li Yiyang brought Li Feng, Li Qifeng, and An Yan before Li Nanfeng and the Li Household’s assembled leaders.
• Li Nanfeng asked Li Feng how he and Li Yao had offended Lu Yang, and Li Feng insisted he had never wronged him.
• Li Nanfeng revealed that Li Yao had taken people to surround and kill Lu Yang, shocking Li Feng and his parents.
• Li Feng explained that Li Yao had tried to use the Li Household’s name to pressure Lu Yang into selling the Supreme-Grade Yellow Dragon Pill after the auction.
• Li Feng said he had apologized to Lu Yang and warned Li Yao not to cause trouble, but Li Yao had secretly investigated him anyway.
• The Li Household’s Golden Core cultivators reacted with fear and anger, while Li Qifeng and An Yan realized their son might have doomed them.

Li Nanfeng ordered Li Feng and Li Ao to seek Young Master Lu Yang's forgiveness for the Li Household, while explaining the overwhelming power and backing that made appeasing him essential. The chapter left Li Feng determined to win Lu Yang's pardon or die trying.

• Li Nanfeng blamed Li Feng for failing to restrain Li Yao and report his defiance, but offered him a chance to live if he sought Young Master Lu Yang's forgiveness.
• Li Nanfeng ordered Li Feng to take the heads of Li Yao's blood relatives within three generations to Lu Yang, and Li Qifeng and An Yan pleaded for their family.
• Li Ao admitted responsibility for Li Yao's temperament and agreed to accompany Li Feng, while Li Nanfeng sent them with the Mystic Water Flood Dragon Binding Flag, the Mystic Yin Cold Soul Crystal, and five million Low-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Li Nanfeng revealed that the Golden Rainbow Sword Sect would abandon the Li Household unless it appeased Lu Yang, who had two powerful Golden Core Dao protectors and a flying artifact suspected to be a supreme-grade Law Treasure or low-grade Spirit Treasure.
• Li Feng said he would take his own life before Lu Yang if he failed to obtain his forgiveness.

Lin Qiaohua hosted Han Fei and other suitors seeking Lin Ying's hand, but their gathering was interrupted by news of an enormous flying boat outside the Lin Household. The chapter ended with Han Fei and the visiting elders stunned by the report that it was around a hundred zhang long.

• As New Year approached, cultivators visited the Lin Household to seek pills from Lin Ying and pursue a marriage alliance.
• Han Fei, a top-hundred Golden Rainbow Sword Sect outer disciple from the powerful Han Household, told Lin Qiaohua he had fallen for Lin Ying and offered her a Mid-Grade Spirit Artifact.
• Lin Qiaohua declined to accept Han Fei's valuable gift before learning how Lin Ying felt about him.
• A youth rushed into the reception hall and announced that a huge flying boat had arrived outside.
• The youth said the flying boat was around a hundred zhang long, leaving Han Fei and the visiting elders stunned.

A hundred-zhang flying boat arrived at the Lin Household, frightening the gathered cultivators and making them fear the household had offended a powerful figure. When Lin Ying descended with Lu Yang, she revealed that he was her dao companion, leaving her family and the other cultivators stunned.

• A messenger told Lin Qiaohua that a hundred-zhang flying boat had stopped outside, prompting several cultivators to leave in alarm.
• Han Fei abandoned his plans to pursue Lin Ying and hurried to leave with the Han Household elders.
• Lin Qiaohua and the remaining cultivators went outside and watched Lu Yang and his companions descend from the enormous flying boat.
• Lin Qiaohua recognized Lin Ying beside Lu Yang, and Lin Ying joyfully greeted her great-grandmother.
• Lin Ying introduced Lu Yang to Lin Qiaohua as her dao companion, stunning the gathered cultivators.

Lu Yang arrived at the Lin Household with Lin Ying and was welcomed by her great-grandmother, Lin Qiaohua, after he made clear that he treated her family warmly. The visiting suitors and Han Fei’s group left in alarm after realizing the cultivators protecting Lu Yang were powerful Golden Core Realm figures, and the Han Household resolved not to offend either Lu Yang or the Lin Household.

• Lin Qiaohua warmly welcomed Lu Yang, and Lin Ying blushed as she explained that she had not expected him to return with her.
• Lu Yang asked why the Lin Household had several Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators, and Lin Ying explained that her great-grandmother’s friends brought their juniors to meet her each year.
• Lu Yang teased Lin Ying about her popularity, and the two exchanged affectionate voice transmissions while Lin Qiaohua realized how much he cared for her great-granddaughter.
• The visiting cultivators and Han Fei left the Lin Household after Lu Yang showed no sign of taking offense over their interest in Lin Ying.
• Han Fei’s First Uncle and Third Uncle revealed that Lu Yang’s two protectors were Golden Core Realm cultivators stronger than their ancestor, and the group decided to warn the Han Household against offending Lu Yang or the Lin Household.

Lu Yang visited Lin Ying’s family and impressed the Lin Household with his powerful attendants and generous gifts. The chapter ended with the family stunned by the wealth he had brought for a first visit.

• Lin Qiaohua warmly welcomed Lu Yang and served him tea, pastries, and spirit fruits.
• Wang Da called Lu Yang their young master, startling Lin Qiaohua and Lin Ying with the implication that Golden Core Realm cultivators served him.
• Lin Qiaohua summoned Lin Ying’s parents, and Lin Donglin and Lu Mian hurried to greet Lu Yang.
• Lu Mian teased Lin Ying about Lu Yang and promised to teach her about the bedchamber.
• Lu Yang produced five Law Treasures, pills, talismans, spirit fruits, herbs, and other gifts, leaving the Lin Household astonished.

Lu Yang presented Lin Ying’s family with a lavish pile of greeting gifts, deepening their astonishment and Lin Ying’s affection for him. Lin Ying reached 100 affection points, unlocking her nurturing plan in the Beauty Module.

• Lin Qiaohua compared Lu Yang’s gifts with the Lin Household’s meager reserves and struggled to accept the scale of the fortune.
• Lin Ying asked Lu Yang when he had prepared the gifts, and he explained that he had bought them gradually to surprise her.
• Lin Ying privately urged Lu Yang to take some gifts back, but he insisted they were his own resources and teased her about rewarding him.
• Lin Donglin and Lu Mian asked Lu Yang to keep most of the gifts, but he told them to accept everything because Lin Ying mattered more to him.
• The system announced that Lin Ying had reached 100 affection points and unlocked her Beauty Module nurturing plan.

Lu Yang revealed that Miaoshou Pharmacy was his personal property, astonishing the Lin Household as they prepared an elaborate meal to honor him. Before leaving for Taibai Market, he agreed to take Lin Ying’s younger siblings along to see the pharmacy.

• Lin Qiaohua accepted Lu Yang’s decision not to stay long and invited him to eat before he left for Taibai Market.
• Lu Yang told the Lin Household that he owned Miaoshou Pharmacy personally, leaving the family stunned by his wealth and influence.
• Lin Qiaohua and Lu Mian went to prepare food while the Lin Household members hurried to gather fine drinks and gifts for Lu Yang.
• Lin Mingyue, Lin Jin, and Lin Ling asked Lu Yang to take them to Miaoshou Pharmacy, and he agreed despite Lin Ying’s initial objection.

Lu Yang visited Lin Ying’s childhood home, met her family, and agreed to take Lin Mingyue, Lin Ling, and Lin Jin to Miaoshou Pharmacy. The three were eager to confront Deng Xian with the news that Lu Yang owned the pharmacy, while Lin Qiaohua approved of their newfound closeness to him.

• Lu Yang reassured Lin Ying that he would treat her younger siblings well, and Lin Ying warned Lin Ling and Lin Jin not to misuse his name.
• Lin Ying showed Lu Yang around the Lin Household and shared memories from her childhood, including her old alchemy chamber, a sword-marked tree, and her kitten’s grave.
• Lin Qiaohua served Lu Yang Spirit Cuisine at a family meal, and Lin Mingyue, Lin Ling, and Lin Jin learned he would take them to Miaoshou Pharmacy.
• Lin Mingyue planned to show Deng Xian that Lu Yang owned Miaoshou Pharmacy, since Deng Xian had boasted about his grandfather’s status there.
• Lin Qiaohua welcomed Lu Yang’s plan to take the three younger relatives to the pharmacy and told them to listen to Lin Ying and Lu Yang.