Chapter Summaries

Lu Yang claimed the Myriad Manifestations Merchant Alliance and gained Fan Jinyuan, Huang Ci, and Kong Xinci as employees. Fan Jinyuan’s past revealed how the Commerce Scripture transformed his Spirit Root and led him to build the alliance, and the chapter ended with his current profile showing Nascent Soul Perfection and a Transcendent-Grade Spirit Root.

• Lu Yang claimed the Myriad Manifestations Merchant Alliance, establishing connections with Fan Jinyuan, Huang Ci, and Kong Xinci as employees.
• Fan Jinyuan discovered the Commerce Scripture in a cave and signed a Heavenly Dao contract to enter Lu Yang’s employ.
• Fan Jinyuan expanded the Fan Household’s businesses, improving his Spirit Root and comprehension while advancing his cultivation.
• Fan Jinyuan prolonged Fan Luoyu’s life, reached the Nascent Soul Realm, and later defeated challengers while rising to prominence in Dao Province.
• Fan Jinyuan renamed the family’s shops the Myriad Manifestations Merchant Alliance and joined forces with Huang Ci and Kong Xinci.

Lu Yang arrived in Myriad Manifestations City and met Fan Jinyuan, Huang Ci, and Kong Xinci, whose cultivation and abilities had been enhanced by the Commerce Scripture. Their reception of Lu Yang drew attention across the city, and a nearby sect sent word after discovering that a Spirit Transformation expert accompanied him.

• Lu Yang examined Huang Ci and Kong Xinci's histories and learned that both had joined the Myriad Manifestations Merchant Association and risen to Supreme-Grade Spirit Roots.
• Lu Yang left the small world with Jiang Shiqing and his other companions, then met Fan Jinyuan, Huang Ci, and Kong Xinci in Myriad Manifestations City.
• Fan Jinyuan led Lu Yang and his companions to the Myriad Manifestations Tower, while onlookers watched the Nine Splendors Cloud Chariot arrive.
• Cultivators spread news that a mysterious young master stood behind the Myriad Manifestations Merchant Alliance and that a Spirit Transformation expert accompanied him.
• A young cultivator's master noticed the Spirit Transformation expert and ordered him to report the news to their sect; the young cultivator remarked that Lu Yang seemed more mysterious than the Dao Child.

The Dao Master of the Supreme Mystic Dao Sect investigated the mysterious Spirit Transformation Realm cultivator who had appeared in Myriad Manifestations City, suspecting he was the one who had defeated an Evil Cultivator at Profound Earth Mountain. His attempt to deduce the cultivator’s origins was overwhelmed by a mysterious gaze, and he awoke with the memory erased, deciding not to investigate further.

• A Nascent Soul Realm elder sent the Dao Master of the Supreme Mystic Dao Sect a report about the Spirit Transformation Realm cultivator and the mysterious young master in Myriad Manifestations City.
• The Dao Master connected the cultivator to the unknown fighter who had defeated a Spirit Transformation Realm Evil Cultivator at Profound Earth Mountain.
• The Dao Master used the White Jade Heaven-Derivation Disc to investigate the cultivator’s origins but found only chaos obscuring his fate.
• The Dao Master glimpsed brilliant lights and a blurry gaze, then lost his consciousness as his senses and perception collapsed.
• The Dao Master regained consciousness with part of his memory missing and decided that the loss was a warning not to attempt another deduction.

Lu Yang toured the Myriad Manifestations Tower and met the alliance’s three Nascent Soul Perfection leaders, showing little interest in its accounts or operations. When Fan Jinyuan revealed the alliance earned twelve million Mid-Grade Spirit Stones annually, Lu Yang thought it was surprisingly little, leaving Fan Jinyuan and his companions stunned.

• Lu Yang toured the busy Myriad Manifestations Tower with Fan Jinyuan and his two companions, observing the alliance’s shops and departments.
• In Fan Jinyuan’s study, Lu Yang introduced Jiang Shiqing and Liu Yaoyao as his personal maids and Qin Nanyue as his dao companion.
• Fan Jinyuan presented the alliance’s accounts, but Lu Yang declined to review them, saying he trusted the three leaders.
• Fan Jinyuan offered to explain the alliance’s operations, but Lu Yang asked only for its approximate annual profit.
• Fan Jinyuan said the alliance earned about twelve million Mid-Grade Spirit Stones in annual net profit, and Lu Yang wondered aloud if that was all.

Lu Yang gave Fan Jinyuan, Huang Ci, and Shen Xinci ten million mid-grade Spirit Stones each year for cultivation, keeping only two million for himself. He also promised to cover Qin Nanyue’s cultivation costs, then insisted she spend at least one million Spirit Stones a year.

• Lu Yang told Fan Jinyuan, Huang Ci, and Shen Xinci to hand over two million mid-grade Spirit Stones annually and keep the rest for their own use.
• Lu Yang decided that Guan Qiu no longer needed to hand over Spirit Stones and considered rewarding Li Ao for his hard work.
• Jiang Shiqing and Liu Yaoyao stayed silent as Qin Nanyue privately questioned Lu Yang’s generosity toward the three men.
• Lu Yang told Qin Nanyue he would cover her cultivation resources, and she asked for a hundred thousand mid-grade Spirit Stones a year.
• Lu Yang raised Qin Nanyue’s annual allowance to one million mid-grade Spirit Stones and threatened to make her spend it during dual cultivation.

Lu Yang visited the Myriad Manifestations Merchant Alliance’s treasury and took its entire stock of rare materials and treasures, directing Fan Jinyuan to keep acquiring more with the alliance’s funds. He left the treasury nearly empty, turning almost a century of the alliance’s accumulated wealth into his personal collection.

• Fan Jinyuan told Lu Yang the alliance had accumulated around two hundred million Mid-Grade Spirit Stones, and Lu Yang ordered him to spend the funds on rare materials, treasures, and other valuable items.
• Fan Jinyuan led Lu Yang and the others to the underground treasury, where two Nascent Soul Middle Stage cultivators guarded the entrance.
• Lu Yang and the three women saw the treasury’s enormous stores of rare materials, Supreme-Grade artifacts, and other valuables.
• Fan Jinyuan offered Lu Yang anything he wanted from the treasury, and Lu Yang said he would take everything and have the alliance continue gathering more.
• Lu Yang used his Storage Ring to clear out nearly all the treasury’s contents, leaving Jiang Shiqing and the other two women stunned.

Lu Yang prepared to leave the Myriad Manifestations Merchant Alliance for the Golden Rainbow Sword Sect, but the Supreme Mystic Dao Master arrived seeking an audience with him. Lu Yang agreed to meet him and entered the reception hall, where two cultivators stared at him in a daze.

• Lu Yang told Fan Jinyuan to keep collecting treasures, exchanged sound transmission imprints with him, Huang Ci, Shen Xinci, Liu Yaoyao, and Jiang Shiqing, and said he would stay at the Golden Rainbow Sword Sect.
• An elder reported that the Supreme Mystic Dao Master had come to meet Lu Yang, and Lu Yang agreed to see him.
• Fan Jinyuan led Lu Yang and his companions to the Myriad Manifestations Reception Hall, where the Supreme Mystic Dao Master and his attendants were waiting.
• Lu Yang noticed a beautiful female cultivator and saw that both she and a young male cultivator stared at him in a daze.

The Supreme Mystic Dao Master and two Spirit Transformation Realm cultivators recognized Lu Yang’s extraordinary comprehension of the Great Dao and treated him with respect. The Supreme Mystic Dao Master assigned Pang Zhao and Xu Youling to help Lu Yang deal with the Blood Devil Hall, leaving them eager to work with him.

• The Supreme Mystic Dao Master, a middle-aged scholar, and a beautiful woman sensed that the Great Dao nearly surrounded Lu Yang and wondered at his mysterious origins.
• The three seniors warmly thanked Lu Yang for opposing the Blood Devil Hall, while Pang Zhao and Xu Youling were surprised by their respectful attitude toward him.
• Lu Yang told the seniors that the Blood Devil Hall’s strongest members were only at the Nascent Soul Realm and that Spirit Transformation Realm cultivators were not needed yet.
• The Supreme Mystic Dao Master and Han Yun asked Lu Yang to assign Pang Zhao and Xu Youling tasks in the campaign against the Blood Devil Hall.
• Pang Zhao welcomed the chance to fight evil, while Xu Youling looked forward to spending more time with Lu Yang.

Lu Yang agreed to take Supreme Mystic Dao Sect heirs Pang Zhao and Xu Youling with him to deal with the Blood Devil Hall's remnants, while their masters told them to follow his orders and learn from him. After the group prepared to leave, Lu Yang set off with them, eager to return and see his senior sister Yingying.

• Lu Yang accepted the Supreme Mystic Dao Master's offer to take Pang Zhao and Xu Youling along on his mission against the Blood Devil Hall's remnants.
• The Supreme Mystic Dao Master ordered Pang Zhao to follow Lu Yang and learn from him, while Han Yun encouraged Xu Youling to ask Lu Yang about the Great Yin Dao.
• Xu Youling developed a favorable first impression of Lu Yang, while Qin Nanyue, Jiang Shiqing, and Liu Yaoyao privately reacted to her joining the group.
• Pang Zhao and Xu Youling greeted Lu Yang, who told them to call him Young Master Lu.
• Lu Yang said he was leaving to see Yingying, and Fan Jinyuan offered to see him off.

After Lu Yang departed in the Nine Splendors Cloud Chariot with Pang Zhao and Xu Youling, Fan Jinyuan proposed that the Myriad Manifestations Merchant Alliance and the Supreme Mystic Dao Sect open trade routes to other major domains. The Supreme Mystic Dao Master considered the risky plan, while Lu Yang brought his new companions toward his sect and had Liu Yaoyao arrange their rooms.

• Lu Yang's group left Myriad Manifestations City aboard the Nine Splendors Cloud Chariot with Pang Zhao and Xu Youling.
• The Supreme Mystic Dao Master offered to explore closer cooperation between the Supreme Mystic Dao Sect and the Myriad Manifestations Merchant Alliance.
• Fan Jinyuan proposed joining forces to open trade routes into other major domains, and the Supreme Mystic Dao Master said the risks required careful thought.
• Pang Zhao and Xu Youling admired the chariot's vast interior and asked Lu Yang what work they would do.
• Lu Yang said he would arrange their roles after they reached his sect, and Liu Yaoyao led the guests to find rooms.

Lu Yang returned to Qin Province while coordinating the hunt for Blood Devil Hall and other Evil Cultivators. After reaching Golden Rainbow Mountain Range, Jiang Shiqing and Qin Nanyue planned to visit their households, and Qin Nanyue hoped Lu Yang would accompany her to meet her family.

• Lu Yang hunted Blood Devil Hall Evil Cultivators along the journey and sent their locations to Su Jinxuan, while other Evil Cultivators took advantage of the chaos.
• The grand elders of Ten Thousand Beast Mountain prepared to welcome Lu Yang, but the Nine Splendors Cloud Chariot flew past without stopping.
• Jiang Shiqing asked Lu Yang to return to the Jiang Household with a longevity-enhancing pill and check on her lineage, and he suggested she travel with Yingying.
• Lu Yang offered Qin Nanyue and Liu Yaoyao longevity-enhancing pills for their households, but both declined because they had no suitable relatives in need.
• Qin Nanyue told Lu Yang she planned to visit the Qin Household and hoped he would go with her to meet her parents.

Lu Yang returned to the Golden Rainbow Sword Sect with Qin Nanyue and agreed to visit her family as her dao companion. He learned that Wang Siyuan and several Qin Household disciples had left to hunt Evil Cultivators, but his search function revealed that they were no longer in the current plane.

• Qin Nanyue was delighted when Lu Yang offered to visit the Qin Household and meet her elders.
• Lu Yang returned to the Golden Rainbow Sword Sect, where Lin Xuanchen welcomed him and asked about Su Jinxuan and the others.
• Lu Yang told Lin Xuanchen how the sect’s leaders had dealt with the Blood Devil Hall, easing the elder’s worries.
• Lin Xuanchen reported that Lin Ying had begun learning Pill Formulas and that Wang Siyuan had left with Qin Household cultivators to gain experience and hunt Evil Cultivators.
• Lu Yang used his search function to check on Wang Siyuan and the Qin Household disciples, but it reported that they were not in the current plane.

Lu Yang discovered that Wang Siyuan, Qin Huan, and the others had reached the Spirit Realm, though they appeared to be safe. Lin Xuanchen set out to investigate how they got there, while Lu Yang returned to his mountain peak with Qin Nanyue and the others.

• Lu Yang told Qin Nanyue, Jiang Shiqing, Liu Yaoyao, and Lin Xuanchen that Wang Siyuan, Qin Huan, and the others had left the Canglan Realm.
• Lu Yang used Wang Siyuan's contract information to learn that he was in the Spirit Realm and was nervous but not in serious danger.
• Lu Yang reassured Qin Nanyue that Qin Huan and the others were likely with Wang Siyuan and still alive.
• Lin Xuanchen decided to investigate the road to the Spirit Realm and departed after Lu Yang agreed to help if needed.
• Lu Yang had Wang San land the Nine Splendors Cloud Chariot on his mountain peak, then asked Liu Yaoyao to summon Pang Zhao and Xu Youling.

Lu Yang brought Pang Zhao and Xu Youling out of the ancient carriage and into the Golden Rainbow Sword Sect, where they were astonished by the forbidden area's extraordinary Spiritual Qi. Jiang Shiqing explained that Lu Yang had altered the Spiritual Qi there, leaving the two visitors stunned.

• Lu Yang offered to assign Pang Zhao and Xu Youling tasks against Evil Cultivators and exchanged sound transmission imprints with them.
• Lu Yang saw that Xu Youling's affection was 49 and wondered why Baili Mingyue's affection had risen to 91 despite their limited contact.
• Pang Zhao and Xu Youling stepped out of the ancient carriage and were overwhelmed by the dense, mist-like Spiritual Qi.
• Xu Youling questioned how a Nascent Soul sect could have Spiritual Qi comparable to the Supreme Mystic Dao Sect's core area.
• Jiang Shiqing said the Golden Rainbow Sword Sect's forbidden area had been altered by Lu Yang, prompting Pang Zhao and Xu Youling to react in disbelief.

Lu Yang considered expanding the Spiritual Qi Concentration Regulator across the Golden Rainbow Sword Sect after Pang Zhao imagined raising the Spiritual Qi of the entire Eastern Domain. Mu Yunxue arrived and openly asked Lu Yang to discuss the Dao and dual cultivate, while Qi Fang came to escort Pang Zhao and Xu Youling to the Sect Master's Peak.

• Pang Zhao wondered whether Lu Yang could raise Spiritual Qi across the Eastern Domain, prompting Lu Yang to consider using the regulator on a much larger area and deciding that covering the Golden Rainbow Sword Sect might be worthwhile.
• Mu Yunxue descended onto the peak, hugged Lu Yang, and told him she had missed him before asking to discuss the Dao and dual cultivate.
• Lu Yang asked Mu Yunxue to wait while he told Pang Zhao and Xu Youling they could stay on the sect master's mountain peak until someone came to collect them.
• Qi Fang arrived, noticed Mu Yunxue beside Lu Yang, then greeted Pang Zhao and Xu Youling and offered to take them to the Sect Master's Peak.

Lu Yang reunited with Lin Ying after she emerged from seclusion and learned that she had reached the Foundation Establishment Realm and was studying second-tier pill formulas. After spending the night with her, he checked his reward for adding Xu Youling as a contact and received spirit stones and the Greater Yin Spirit Body fortune trait.

• Qi Fang led Pang Zhao and Xu Youling to their lodging while Lu Yang promised to spend time discussing the Dao with Mu Yunxue later.
• Lu Yang went with Qin Nanyue and Mu Yunxue to visit Lin Ying, who had emerged from seclusion and reached the Foundation Establishment Realm.
• Lin Ying told Lu Yang she was learning second-tier pill formulas, then Lu Yang carried her to the bedroom.
• More than six hours later, Lin Ying fell asleep exhausted, and Lu Yang considered having her refine a Supreme-Grade Origin-Nurturing Pill.
• Lu Yang checked his reward for adding Xu Youling as a contact and received 500,000 Mid-Grade Spirit Stones and the Greater Yin Spirit Body fortune trait.

Lu Yang gained the Greater Yin Spirit Body after befriending Xu Youling, and its cultivation boost helped him break through to Foundation Establishment Middle Stage after a night of dual cultivation. As Lin Ying and Jiang Shiqing prepared to return to the Lin Household, Lu Yang began considering how to arrange a grand array for the Lu Household while Baili Qiushui was occupied.

• Lu Yang checked his new Greater Yin Spirit Body trait and realized Xu Youling possessed the same Spirit Physique.
• Lu Yang joined Qin Nanyue and Mu Yunxue, and the three spent the night together.
• Lu Yang broke through to Foundation Establishment Middle Stage, surprising Lin Ying with how quickly his cultivation had advanced.
• Lu Yang urged Lin Ying to refine Supreme-grade Origin-Nurturing Pills and learned that she and Jiang Shiqing planned to return to the Lin Household that day.
• Lu Yang considered returning to the Lu Household and arranging an array, then thought of Baili Mingyue because Baili Qiushui was busy fighting the Blood Devil Hall's remaining envoys.

Lu Yang investigated the remaining Blood Devil Hall members and the chaos in Qin Province, then assigned Pang Zhao and Xu Youling to handle a dangerous envoy and the other threats. He visited Su Jinxuan’s peak to ask Baili Mingyue for help with a formation, leaving her panicked that he had discovered her private fantasies about him.

• Lu Yang learned from Su Jinxuan that nearly ten more Blood Devil Envoys had been eliminated and checked for an active envoy in Qin Province.
• Lu Yang found Li Feihe near Fallen Moon Valley and assigned Pang Zhao and Xu Youling to deal with him.
• Lu Yang discovered that over a thousand Evil Cultivators and tens of thousands of Bandit Cultivators had emerged amid the turmoil, then sent Pang Zhao and Xu Youling information about those still active.
• Lu Yang went to Su Jinxuan’s peak to ask Baili Mingyue for help with a mountain-protecting formation and sent her a message from outside its mist barrier.
• Baili Mingyue, who had been reading and privately indulging fantasies about Lu Yang, received his message and feared he had discovered what she had done.

Baili Mingyue panicked when Lu Yang asked for her help, then greeted him by kneeling and calling herself unworthy of being his pet. Lu Yang was baffled by her behavior and asked where she had gotten the idea, leaving Baili Mingyue speechless and mortified.

• Baili Mingyue read Lu Yang's message, panicked about helping him, and hurried to open her cave abode.
• Lu Yang entered Su Jinxuan's mountain, sensed Baili Mingyue, and found her waiting outside her cave abode in sleepwear.
• Baili Mingyue dropped to her knees and prostrated herself before Lu Yang, startling him.
• Lu Yang told Baili Mingyue to get up and reassured her that he had come because he needed her help.
• Baili Mingyue called herself unworthy of being Lu Yang's pet, prompting him to ask where she had heard such things.
• Baili Mingyue recalled her fondness for stories about demons becoming pets and struggled to answer Lu Yang.

Lu Yang arranged for Baili Mingyue to help establish a mountain-protecting formation, offering her access to formation patterns and treasures as compensation. After returning to the cave abode, he reassured Mu Yunxue that he would take her back to the Mu Household as well as accompany Qin Nanyue to the Qin Household.

• Lu Yang asked Baili Mingyue to set up a mountain-protecting formation and offered her a chance to study the Nine Splendors Cloud Chariot's formation patterns and receive Supreme-Grade Law Treasures.
• Baili Mingyue agreed to help whenever Lu Yang commanded her, and Lu Yang left after warning her to stop kneeling before him.
• Baili Mingyue reactivated the formation around Su Jinxuan's peak, then blushed and indulged in fantasies about Lu Yang.
• Lu Yang returned to Qin Nanyue and Lin Ying's cave abode and found Mu Yunxue waiting for him in the living room.
• Mu Yunxue asked about Lu Yang's trip with Qin Nanyue, and Lu Yang told her he would take her back to the Mu Household too.