Chapter Summaries

Lu Yang used his power to let Ding Ran kill Deng Qi for betraying him over the Nine Heavens Golden-Winged Peng egg. After receiving system rewards for the egg, Lu Yang agreed to speak with Ten Thousand Beast Mountain on Ding Ran’s behalf.

• Lu Yang gave Ding Ran permission to deal with Deng Qi, who tried to attack Lu Yang but was pinned down by Divine Sense pressure.
• Lu Yang received a Low-Level Puppet Upgrade Card and a Low-Level Spirit Beast Nurturing Card from the system and considered using the nurturing card on the Nine Heavens Golden-Winged Peng egg.
• Ding Ran killed Deng Qi with his broken sword after Deng Qi begged for his life, and Wang Da burned the corpse away.
• Ding Ran thanked Lu Yang and offered to serve him, but Lu Yang declined and said the beast egg had made his help worthwhile.
• Ding Ran asked Lu Yang to protect him and his Lineage from Chen Chuanmo of Ten Thousand Beast Mountain, and Lu Yang agreed to put in a word for him.

Lu Yang let Ding Ran decide the fate of Deng Qi’s companions, and Ding Ran spared the Ten Thousand Beast Mountain disciples after they swore a Great Heavenly Dao Oath. Back in his cultivation room, Lu Yang used a Low-Level Spirit Beast Nurturing Card on the Nine Heavens Golden-Winged Peng egg, strengthening its life and forming a Spirit Beast Mark in his sea of consciousness.

• Lu Yang collected Deng Qi’s Storage Bag and Law Treasures, then called the four Ten Thousand Beast Mountain disciples onto the flying boat.
• Lu Yang left Sun Hao, Zhao Ge, Song Danian, and Huang Jing to Ding Ran, who spared them after they swore not to trouble him or the Ding Household.
• Lu Yang and Mu Yunxue returned to the palace while Ding Ran and the four disciples waited awkwardly on the deck.
• Lu Yang used a Low-Level Spirit Beast Nurturing Card on the Nine Heavens Golden-Winged Peng egg, reviving its heartbeat and forming a Spirit Beast Mark in his sea of consciousness.

Lu Yang hatched a Nine Heavens Golden-Winged Peng with a nurturing card, and the newborn rapidly reached Nascent Soul Perfection. He named her Lu Qingtong and discovered that her bloodline had broken through its limit, leaving her with the potential to grow even stronger.

• The beast egg hatched, and Lu Qingtong grew into a golden peng with azure eyes as the card raised her cultivation to Nascent Soul Perfection.
• Lu Yang bound the peng as his spirit pet, named her Lu Qingtong, and watched her transform into a little girl.
• Lu Yang realized the nurturing card had stopped at its Nascent Soul limit, suggesting Qingtong had not reached maturity and might have surpassed her bloodline's usual ceiling.
• Lu Qingtong confirmed she could continue cultivating and had gained the ability to comprehend Wind Dao alongside Metal Dao.

Jiang Shiqing searched Azure Moon Lake for a Jade-Scaled Snake assigned by Lu Yang and finally detected one with the Water Ripple Technique. She prepared to pursue it while Wang Shiyi and two others secretly guarded her.

• Lu Yang gave Lu Qingtong a separate guest room aboard the flying boat, and she accepted reluctantly before he returned to his daily reading.
• Jiang Shiqing arrived at Azure Moon Lake with Wang Shiyi, Wang Shisan, and Wang Shiwu to find a Jade-Scaled Snake for Lu Yang.
• After searching unsuccessfully, Jiang Shiqing hired Wang Li, a local Rogue Cultivator, to guide her through the reeds.
• Wang Li found a Jade-Scaled Snake's shed skin and warned Jiang Shiqing that the snakes were dangerous and that Bandit Cultivators might target her valuables.
• Jiang Shiqing used the Water Ripple Technique to search the surrounding lake and reeds, then announced that she had found the snake.

Jiang Shiqing fought three Jade-Scaled Snakes and killed them effortlessly with her powerful defensive techniques and artifacts. Afterward, she reflected on how the young master’s gifts had transformed her life and wondered when he would return.

• Jiang Shiqing lured three Jade-Scaled Snakes out of the reeds, while Wang Li warned her about their venom and prepared to flee if necessary.
• Jiang Shiqing blocked the snakes’ water arrows with Azure Waves Thousandfold Shield, then killed the Mid-stage snake with the White Frost Water-Covering Wheel and struck the Late Qi Refining snake with Azure Waves Thousandfold Palm.
• The Peak Qi Refinement snake sprayed venom onto Jiang Shiqing’s shield, but she protected herself with the Water-Controlling True Spirit Ring.
• Jiang Shiqing repeatedly attacked the Peak Qi Refinement snake with the White Frost Water-Covering Wheel until it was cut in two, killing all three snakes within a dozen breaths.
• Jiang Shiqing reflected on how the young master’s gifts had changed her life and wondered when he would return.

Jiang Shiqing returned toward Azure Moon Lake Market with Wang Li after killing the Jade-Scaled Snakes, then learned that Liu Yaoyao was calling for help during a battle with an Evil Cultivator. Jiang Shiqing decided to investigate and summoned Shiyi, whose appearance stunned Wang Li.

• Jiang Shiqing collected the three Jade-Scaled Snake corpses and paid Wang Li a hundred low-grade spirit stones for guiding her.
• Jiang Shiqing told Wang Li that she was her young master's personal maid and declined to reveal his identity.
• Jiang Shiqing and Wang Li heard a battle nearby, and Jiang Shiqing received Liu Yaoyao's plea for help against an Evil Cultivator east of Azure Moon Lake.
• Jiang Shiqing decided to help the Golden Rainbow Sword Sect disciple despite Wang Li's warning that Foundation Establishment Realm experts were fighting.
• Jiang Shiqing called for Shiyi, who appeared in crimson flames and bowed respectfully to her, leaving Wang Li shocked by her formidable presence.

Jiang Shiqing and Wang Shiyi flew toward fighting on the eastern side of Azure Moon Lake, where Liu Yaoyao was trapped by two masked Evil Cultivators. After realizing the sect’s reports had likely been bait, Liu Yaoyao sent a distress signal as her jade shield began to fail.

• Jiang Shiqing parted from Wang Li and flew with Wang Shiyi toward the fighting at Azure Moon Lake.
• Liu Yaoyao found herself trapped in a blood formation created by two black-robed, masked Evil Cultivators, whose attacks battered her jade shield.
• Liu Yaoyao recalled that the Evil Cultivators had been striking unusually often and that the story of an escaped Rogue Cultivator had no identifiable source.
• Liu Yaoyao investigated Foundation Establishment cultivators near Azure Moon Lake and grew suspicious of three Rogue Cultivators who had appeared in the markets.
• As Liu Yaoyao prepared to return to the sect, the two Evil Cultivators blocked her and trapped her in their powerful formation.
• Liu Yaoyao failed to escape and used her sect token to send a distress signal to nearby disciples.

Liu Yaoyao struggled against two Evil Cultivators and their blood formation until scarlet flames destroyed it in an instant. Jiang Shiqing and Wang Shiyi emerged from the flames as Liu Yaoyao thanked her unknown rescuer.

• Liu Yaoyao used the Mind-Bewitching Incantation to daze one black-robed figure, but her Jade Radiance Mysterious Light Bracelet could not pierce the formation's blood shields.
• The two black-robed figures intensified their assault, cracking Liu Yaoyao's Jade Radiance barrier as they rushed to kill her before reinforcements arrived.
• Liu Yaoyao prepared to burn her Essence Blood rather than be captured, but scarlet flames appeared on the formation's six metal spikes and broke the formation instantly.
• The black-robed figures feared that a Golden Core Perfection expert had intervened, while Liu Yaoyao called out to thank her rescuer.
• Jiang Shiqing and Wang Shiyi emerged from the scarlet flames beside Liu Yaoyao.

After Jiang Shiqing revealed that she belonged to the Golden Rainbow Sword Sect, Liu Yaoyao became convinced that her junior had an extraordinary background and wondered who could be worthy of her. Liu Yaoyao then remembered the two black-robed Evil Cultivators and discovered that Wang Shiyi had already immobilized them, leaving her astonished by Jiang Shiqing’s claim that few in Qin Province could escape her companion.

• Liu Yaoyao mistook Jiang Shiqing for a powerful outsider and invited her and Wang Shiyi to the Golden Rainbow Sword Sect to repay them for saving her.
• Jiang Shiqing showed Liu Yaoyao her sect token and explained that she had joined the sect after the New Year, with Elder Mo Xianyun arranging her membership.
• Liu Yaoyao offered to help Jiang Shiqing with external affairs, while Jiang Shiqing considered whether the beautiful senior might suit her young master.
• Liu Yaoyao remembered the two black-robed Evil Cultivators and turned to look for them, only to find them frozen in midair.
• Jiang Shiqing assured Liu Yaoyao that Wang Shiyi would not let the Evil Cultivators escape, making Liu Yaoyao wonder whether even Nascent Soul True Lords could flee her.

Jiang Shiqing agreed to escort Liu Yaoyao back to the Golden Rainbow Sword Sect after Wang Shiyi captured two Evil Cultivators and detected another nearby. When the third cultivator tried to flee, Wang Shiyi unleashed a gigantic Great Sun Divine Palm that lit up the night sky and terrified witnesses far away.

• Liu Yaoyao explained that the Evil Cultivators absorbed blood pills and spirit pills unusually quickly, and asked to take them back alive for questioning.
• Wang Shiyi’s flames sealed the two black-robed figures and stopped their attempt to self-destruct.
• Jiang Shiqing invited Liu Yaoyao to return with them, but Wang Shiyi sensed another nearby Golden Core Realm cultivator with similar Spiritual Qi fluctuations.
• The third black-robed cultivator fled in a streak of blood-red light, and Jiang Shiqing ordered Wang Shiyi to catch him.
• Wang Shiyi restrained the fleeing cultivator with earth force and struck with the Great Sun Divine Palm, whose golden light was seen by Wang Li and people in a distant mortal town.

Wang Shiyi used her Great Sun Divine Palm to capture a Golden Core Evil Cultivator near Azure Moon Lake, while the battle’s immense power shocked cultivators across the region. Liu Yaoyao learned that Jiang Shiqing was a maid whose young master had assigned her a Nascent Soul Perfection protector, leaving Liu envious and wondering whether he needed another maid.

• Cultivators around Azure Moon Lake and Golden Core experts sensed Wang Shiyi’s enormous golden palm, while Qi Yunshu, Lin Xuanchen, and Han Qianshan recognized her power and envied Lu Yang’s household servants.
• Wang Shiyi immobilized the Golden Core Evil Cultivator, prevented him from escaping or self-detonating, and carried him back toward Jiang Shiqing and Liu Yaoyao.
• Wang Shiyi told Jiang Shiqing that she had captured the Evil Cultivator, and Liu Yaoyao was stunned by the strength of her casual strike.
• Jiang Shiqing told Liu Yaoyao that her young master had assigned Wang Shiyi, a Nascent Soul Perfection cultivator, to protect her.
• Liu Yaoyao realized Jiang Shiqing was a maid and silently wondered whether her young master still needed one.

Jiang Shiqing revealed that her young master was Lu Yang, and Liu Yaoyao realized he was the wealthy outer-sect disciple she had met at an auction. After the group captured three Evil Cultivators and headed back to the sect, Lu Yang learned Shiqing had completed a random mission and received new Spiritual Connection Rings.

• Jiang Shiqing told Liu Yaoyao that Lu Yang was her young master and an outer sect disciple in the Golden Rainbow Sword Sect.
• Liu Yaoyao recognized Lu Yang as the auction buyer she had exchanged voice transmission marks with, and Jiang Shiqing confirmed the mark was his.
• Wang Shiyi bound the two Foundation Establishment cultivators and the Golden Core Evil Cultivator, and the group flew toward the Golden Rainbow Sword Sect.
• Lu Yang received 2,000 Universal Experience and ten Spiritual Connection Rings after Jiang Shiqing completed her solo Jade-Scaled Snake hunt.
• Lu Yang added the experience to his Spirit Root progress and began examining the Spiritual Connection Rings.

Lu Yang claimed Liu Yaoyao’s affection reward and discovered a Spirit Dao artifact that could strengthen her, then traveled toward the Ten Thousand Beast Mountain Range. He left the chapter with Lu Qingtong greeting Mu Yunxue as the Young Madam, catching her off guard.

• Lu Yang noticed Liu Yaoyao’s affection had risen from 10 to 62 and claimed her 60-point reward, including a Heart-Bewitching Bell.
• Lu Yang examined the Spirit Dao artifact and decided to give it to Liu Yaoyao, hoping to increase her affection further.
• After cultivating, Lu Yang met Mu Yunxue aboard the Flowing Light Flying Boat as it approached the Ten Thousand Beast Mountain Range.
• Lu Qingtong leaped onto Lu Yang’s back and asked Mu Yunxue whether she was the Young Madam.

Lu Yang teased Mu Yunxue during a conversation about Lu Qingtong, then revealed that Qingtong was the Nine Heavens Golden-Winged Peng who had hatched and reached human form overnight. As they neared Ten Thousand Beast Mountain, Lu Yang and Mu Yunxue prepared to meet Ding Ran, while Qingtong eagerly sensed powerful spirit beasts ahead.

• Lu Qingtong called herself Lu Yang's pet, and Mu Yunxue misunderstood before Lu Yang clarified that she was his spirit beast pet.
• Lu Yang teased Mu Yunxue about her familiarity with the subject, making her lose her composure and think of Mu Tian.
• Lu Yang told Mu Yunxue she had seen Qingtong before, and Mu Yunxue guessed that Qingtong was the Nine Heavens Golden-Winged Peng from the previous day.
• Mu Yunxue marveled that Lu Yang had raised the barely living egg into a human-form beast overnight, then joked that he would be a lecherous immortal.
• As the flying boat approached Ten Thousand Beast Mountain, Lu Yang said they would settle their karma with Ding Ran, and Qingtong excitedly sensed powerful spirit beasts in the mountains.

Lu Qingtong transformed into a golden giant bird above the Ten Thousand Beast Mountain Range, drawing the homage of countless avian demons and the attention of the mountain’s sacred beasts. The sect leader and four sacred beasts arrived to greet the visitors, and their leader suspected that Lu Qingtong was a Nine Heavens Golden-Winged Peng.

• Lu Qingtong flew outside the Flowing Light Flying Boat, released a powerful aura, and transformed into a majestic golden bird.
• Ding Ran and the four Ten Thousand Beast Mountain disciples recognized her as a powerful demon and wondered whether she resembled a Nine Heavens Golden-Winged Peng.
• Tens of thousands of avian demons gathered in the sky, while the mountain’s sacred beasts answered with roars.
• Ye Qianyuan announced that he and the grand elders and sacred beasts had come to greet the visitors.
• Lu Qingtong greeted the four approaching sacred beasts, and Ye Qianyuan asked in shock whether she was a Nine Heavens Golden-Winged Peng.

Ten Thousand Beast Mountain’s leaders were stunned by Lu Qingtong’s bloodline and the power aboard the Flowing Light Flying Boat as they went to greet its owner. They realized the four disciples on deck looked guilty and feared they had angered Lu Yang, leaving Ye Qianyuan and the other elders to face a potentially dangerous confrontation.

• The four sacred beasts and Ten Thousand Beast Mountain’s Nascent Soul elders sensed Lu Qingtong’s overwhelming bloodline and speculated about the flying boat’s owner and his power.
• Lu Qingtong told the Heavenly Gang Dark Gold Python that he smelled tasty, alarming the gathered demons and elders until a voice from the flying boat told her not to be rude.
• Lu Qingtong transformed into a little girl, returned to the flying boat, and stood affectionately beside Lu Yang.
• Ye Qianyuan and the other elders welcomed the approaching flying boat, then sensed Wang Da’s terrifying strength as he stood behind Lu Yang.
• The elders noticed four guilty-looking Ten Thousand Beast Mountain disciples aboard and feared they had provoked Lu Yang, leaving the sect in danger of a reckoning.

Lu Yang confronted Ten Thousand Beast Mountain over its disciples’ attempt to seize Ding Ran’s Nine Heavens Golden-Winged Peng egg, while the sect leaders feared the power behind Lu Yang and Wang Da. Ye Qianyuan condemned the four disciples and ordered their cultivation crippled and their expulsion from the sect.

• Wang Da introduced Lu Yang as his young master, prompting Ye Qianyuan and the other Ten Thousand Beast Mountain experts to treat Lu Yang with deference.
• Lu Yang said he had come to settle a matter of cause and effect involving Ding Ran and Chen Chuanmo.
• Lu Yang explained that Chen Chuanmo had sent four disciples to seize Ding Ran’s Nine Heavens Golden-Winged Peng egg after a friend betrayed Ding Ran and exposed its existence.
• Ye Qianyuan condemned the four disciples as Bandit Cultivators and declared that sect rules required crippling their cultivation and expelling them.
• The four disciples begged Ye Qianyuan for mercy and blamed their actions on Chen Chuanmo, while Lu Yang watched without intervening.

Ye Qianyuan punished four inner disciples who had robbed Ding Ran, then hesitated to deal with Chen Chuanmo, the core disciple who had ordered them. After Lu Qingtong revealed she had grown from a Nine Heavens Golden-Winged Peng egg into a Nascent Soul Perfection demon overnight, Ye Qianyuan reversed course and ordered Chen Chuanmo crippled and expelled.

• Ye Qianyuan crippled the four inner disciples' cultivation and expelled them, then assured Ding Ran that their families and friends would be informed so no one would seek revenge.
• Ye Qianyuan asked Ding Ran to decide Chen Chuanmo's punishment, while Lu Yang promised he would support Ding Ran's choice.
• Lu Qingtong offered to kill Chen Chuanmo for Ding Ran and revealed to the assembled elders and demons that she had been the Nine Heavens Golden-Winged Peng egg he presented the previous day.
• The four transformed great demons realized Lu Qingtong had reached Nascent Soul Perfection overnight and began hoping Lu Yang could help them surpass their limits.
• Fearing Lu Yang's backing and the possibility that the guardian sacred beasts would leave, Ye Qianyuan declared Chen Chuanmo guilty and ordered his cultivation crippled and his expulsion from Ten Thousand Beast Mountain.

Ding Ran accepted Ye Qianyuan’s decision to punish Chen Chuanmo, while Lu Yang’s presence unsettled Ten Thousand Beast Mountain’s elders and their sacred beasts. Chen Chuanmo arrived before the group and realized something was wrong as Ye Qianyuan silently scrutinized him.

• Ding Ran thanked Ye Qianyuan and left Chen Chuanmo’s punishment to the mountain lord’s judgment.
• Ye Qianyuan dismissed the four grand elders, who hurried away with their sect-guarding sacred beasts after Lu Yang showed no interest in them.
• Chen Chuanmo arrived with an older sect member and saw his four junior brothers kneeling beside Ding Ran.
• Ye Qianyuan studied Chen Chuanmo in silence, and Chen Chuanmo grew increasingly nervous, wondering what his junior brothers had done.

Ye Qianyuan initially considered accepting Chen Chuanmo’s attempt to blame the robbery on four inner disciples, but Lu Yang’s knowing expression made him enforce the sect rules against Chen Chuanmo instead. Chen Chuanmo denied the charges and appealed to the sect’s investment in him, but Ye Qianyuan’s decision left him facing punishment.

• Chen Chuanmo denied ordering the robbery and accused the four inner disciples of acting on their own.
• The four inner disciples bowed to Chen Chuanmo’s pressure and took all the blame to protect their families from the Chen Household.
• Ye Qianyuan noticed Lu Yang watching Chen Chuanmo’s defense with amusement and decided not to intervene on Chen Chuanmo’s behalf.
• Ye Qianyuan declared that the four disciples had already confessed Chen Chuanmo’s guilt and ordered that the sect rules be applied to him.
• Chen Chuanmo panicked, denied the charges again, and appealed to the sect’s investment in his cultivation.