Chapter Summaries

Lu Yang reunited with his family and brought Lu Qingtong to meet Lu Hongdou, then took Baili Mingyue to inspect the Lu Household’s grounds for a mountain-protecting formation. Baili Mingyue discovered Eastward Prospect Mountain was nurturing a Spirit Vein, and Lu Yang revealed he had planted one there.

• Lu Yang introduced Lu Qingtong to Lu Hongdou, and the two girls ran off together to play while Lu Cheng and the others watched enviously.
• Lu Yang warned Lu Qingtong not to lead Lu Hongdou astray, then ordered Baili Mingyue to inspect the area with him and plan the mountain-protecting formation.
• Lu Sheng offered to show Lu Yang around and prepare a welcoming banquet, but Lu Yang explained that he and Baili Mingyue needed to examine the mountain’s terrain and Spiritual Qi.
• Baili Mingyue observed that Eastward Prospect Mountain was growing into a spiritual mountain and seemed to be nurturing a Spirit Vein.
• Lu Yang confirmed that he had planted a mid-grade Spirit Vein in the mountain, leaving Baili Mingyue astonished that Spirit Veins could be planted.

Lu Yang took Baili Mingyue to study Eastward Prospect Mountain’s growing Spirit Vein so she could plan a mountain-protecting formation, then spent the night with Mu Yunxue and Liu Yaoyao. The next morning, he discovered Baili Mingyue’s affection had unexpectedly risen to 99.

• Baili Mingyue knelt to praise Lu Yang, then nervously offered to be beaten when he reminded her not to kneel.
• Lu Yang smacked Baili Mingyue’s bottom, and her startling reaction made him decide not to punish her further.
• Baili Mingyue said she could create a mountain-protecting formation after studying the Spirit Vein and mountain range, so Lu Yang showed her around Eastward Prospect Mountain.
• Lu Yang and Baili Mingyue returned to a feast at the Lu Household, where Lu Sheng, Liu Qing, Mu Yunxue, Liu Yaoyao, Lu Qingtong, and Lu Hongdou had gathered.
• Lu Yang spent the night with Mu Yunxue and Liu Yaoyao, whose affection scores both reached 100.
• The next morning, Lu Yang checked his panel and saw Baili Mingyue’s affection had risen to 99, leaving him bewildered.

After Mu Yunxue and Liu Yaoyao reached 100 affection, Lu Yang reviewed their rewards and unlocked Mu Yunxue’s Beauty Cultivation Plan. The plan set her on a path toward becoming a Metal Dao Immortal Emperor and left Lu Yang with new tasks and activation rewards.

• Lu Yang received Mu Yunxue’s rewards, including 400,000 Cultivation Method Experience and the Heaven Grade Supreme Quality Metal Dao method "Mystic Edge Tribulation-Transmuting Scripture," which he planned to give her.
• Lu Yang received Liu Yaoyao’s rewards, including 300,000 Cultivation Method Experience and the Heaven Grade Supreme Quality Spirit Dao method "Primordial Spirit Insight Method," which he considered studying to strengthen his Divine Sense.
• Lu Yang checked Mu Yunxue’s information and found she had a Transcendent-Grade Spirit Root, two Fortune Traits, and had reached the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage at age twenty.
• Lu Yang unlocked Mu Yunxue’s Beauty Cultivation Plan, which tasked her with reaching the Golden Core Realm, grasping the basics of the Metal Dao Principle, and defeating a third-tier Demon Beast.
• The plan granted Mu Yunxue the Fortune Traits Essence of the Metal Mother and Where the Edge Points, while Lu Yang received 50,000 Universal Experience, a Metal Spirit Fruit, and five Puppet Bodyguards.

Lu Yang reviewed Mu Yunxue’s rewards, gave her two Metal Dao Fortune Traits, and decided to save the Metal Spirit Fruit for her. He activated Liu Yaoyao’s Beauty Cultivation Plan and received its initial rewards, leaving her cultivation toward becoming a Spirit Dao Immortal Emperor just beginning.

• Lu Yang gave Mu Yunxue the supreme-grade Essence of the Metal Mother and high-grade Where the Edge Points Fortune Traits.
• Lu Yang invested 50,000 Universal Experience in his Spirit Root and received a Metal Spirit Fruit that could awaken a Metal Dao Spirit Physique.
• Lu Yang decided to give the Metal Spirit Fruit to Mu Yunxue and claimed five Nascent Soul Realm Puppet Bodyguards named Wang Er One through Wang Er Five.
• Lu Yang checked Liu Yaoyao’s details and unlocked her Beauty Cultivation Plan after confirming her affection had reached 100.
• Liu Yaoyao received Lotus Born in the Sea of Consciousness and Inexhaustible Soul River, while Lu Yang received a Dual Cultivation Resonance Formation, a Marrow-Washing Profound-Penetrating Fruit, and five Puppet Bodyguards.

Lu Yang examined the rewards from Liu Yaoyao's beauty cultivation and gifted her two Fortune Traits before discovering a powerful Dual Cultivation Resonance Formation. After claiming the remaining rewards, he encountered Lu Qingtong and Lu Hongdou playing and learned that Lu Qingtong might soon break through to Spirit Transformation.

• Lu Yang gave Liu Yaoyao the Inexhaustible Soul River and Lotus Born in the Sea of Consciousness Fortune Traits, then inspected the Dual Cultivation Resonance Formation and its cultivation-efficiency bonuses.
• Lu Yang claimed a Marrow-Washing Profound-Penetrating Fruit and a puppet bodyguard for Liu Yaoyao, and considered the cultivation methods Mu Yunxue and Liu Yaoyao needed to master.
• Lu Yang left the room and saw Lu Qingtong flying through the sky with Lu Hongdou on her back.
• Lu Qingtong and Lu Hongdou launched a surprise attack on Lu Yang, who caught them and told Lu Hongdou he had been cultivating diligently.
• Lu Qingtong claimed that a few more sleeps might let her break through to Spirit Transformation, then agreed to cultivate diligently after Lu Yang reprimanded her.

Lu Yang strengthened the Lu Household and gave Lu Sheng longevity pills and cultivation resources, while allowing Lu Qingtong to stay with Lu Hongdou as long as they both cultivated diligently. Afterward, he left Baili Mingyue to her observations and resumed his daily reading before Mu Yunxue and Liu Yaoyao emerged from their room after cultivating through the night.

• Lu Yang asked Lu Hongdou whether she wanted to cultivate with the Lu Household or at the Golden Rainbow Sword Sect, and she chose to stay home so she could play with Lu Qingtong.
• Lu Yang agreed to let Lu Qingtong remain with Lu Hongdou, warning both girls that he would take Qingtong back if she failed to make progress in cultivation.
• Lu Yang urged Lu Sheng to distribute more resources and supplied the Lu Household with pills, talismans, Law Treasures, and other items; Lu Sheng increased each cultivator's allocation fivefold.
• Lu Yang gave Lu Sheng five Low-Level Longevity-Enhancing Pills and explained that other treasures and cultivation methods could help him prepare to break through to the Foundation Establishment Realm.
• Lu Yang found Baili Mingyue studying Eastward Prospect Mountain's Spirit Vein and terrain, then left her undisturbed and returned to his courtyard to read.
• Mu Yunxue and Liu Yaoyao emerged from their bedroom after cultivating through the night, and Liu Yaoyao admired Mu Yunxue's devotion to cultivation.

Lu Yang gave Mu Yunxue and Liu Yaoyao more gifts, including a golden fruit whose appearance stirred the Metal Dao Principle and drew cultivators toward Eastward Prospect Mountain. Elsewhere, Pang Zhao and Xu Youling killed Li Feihe before sensing the phenomenon and flying toward it, while the Lu Household learned Lu Yang had given its elders Longevity-Enhancing Pills.

• Lu Yang presented Mu Yunxue and Liu Yaoyao with gifts, then revealed a pale golden fruit that filled the sky with golden Qi and stirred the Metal Dao Principle.
• Cultivators across Qin Province noticed the phenomenon, and nearby Golden Core cultivators headed toward Eastward Prospect Mountain as distant Nascent Soul True Lords considered investigating.
• Pang Zhao and Xu Youling reflected on their difficult victory over Li Feihe, then sensed the golden pillar and flew toward it to investigate the Spirit Grade treasure.
• Lu Sheng and the Lu Household found the phenomenon coming from Lu Yang's courtyard, and Lu Sheng told them it was likely a treasure Yang'er had obtained.
• Lu Xuelang noticed Lu Sheng, Lu Yunzhong, Lu Xian, Lu Shu, and Lu Yong looked younger, and Lu Sheng explained that Lu Yang had given them Longevity-Enhancing Pills that added a hundred years to their lives.
• Lu Xuelang complained that Lu Yang had not given one to his own father, but Lu Yunzhong scolded him for calling his grandson a brat.

Golden Core cultivators gathered at Eastward Prospect Mountain, where Shangguan Xun sensed a terrifying Divine Sense and realized a powerful senior was present. Pang Zhao and Xu Youling respectfully requested an audience with Lu Yang, and Wang Da allowed them to enter.

• Shangguan Xun arrived at Eastward Prospect Mountain seeking the treasure but recoiled after sensing a terrifying Divine Sense.
• Other Golden Core cultivators arrived, then stopped when Shangguan Xun's fear revealed that a powerful senior was nearby.
• Pang Zhao and Xu Youling recognized Lu Yang's presence and decided to report that they had dealt with Li Feihe.
• Pang Zhao and Xu Youling requested an audience with Lu Yang, leaving Shangguan Xun and the other cultivators bewildered by their deference.
• Wang Da appeared before Pang Zhao and Xu Youling and told them that Lu Yang would receive them.

Lu Yang gave Mu Yunxue a Metal Spirit Fruit, a powerful Metal Dao cultivation scripture, and three bodyguard puppets to protect her. Overwhelmed by his generosity, Mu Yunxue embraced and kissed him, then declared that she wanted him.

• Pang Zhao and Xu Youling arrived at Lu Yang's courtyard, greeted Lu Sheng and the others, and were admitted by Wang Da.
• Lu Yang took the Metal Spirit Fruit from his system space, stirring the world's Metal Dao and drawing the attention of Liu Yaoyao and Mu Yunxue.
• Lu Yang explained that eating the fruit could awaken a Metal Dao Spirit Physique, then gave it to Mu Yunxue after she asked whether he intended to use it himself.
• Lu Yang gave Mu Yunxue the Heaven Grade Supreme Quality Mystic Edge Tribulation-Transmuting Scripture and assigned Wang Er'yi, Wang Ersan, and Wang Erwu as her Dao protectors.
• Mu Yunxue embraced and kissed Lu Yang, then told him, "Lu Yang, I want you."

Lu Yang gave Liu Yaoyao a spirit fruit, a cultivation method, and three puppet Dao protectors after improving Mu Yunxue’s Spirit Root with a Metal Spirit Fruit. Powerful cultivators gathered around Eastward Prospect Mountain, and Pang Zhao recognized Mu Yunxue’s fruit as a Great Dao Spirit Fruit.

• Lu Yang gave Liu Yaoyao a Marrow-Washing Profound-Penetrating Fruit, the Primordial Spirit Insight Method, and Wang Erliu, Wang Erba, and Wang Sanshi as her Dao protectors.
• Golden Core cultivators arrived at Eastward Prospect Mountain, drawn by the Metal Spirit Fruit, while Mu Yunxue explained the cause of their arrival.
• Pang Zhao and Xu Youling came to meet Lu Yang, and Pang Zhao identified Mu Yunxue’s Metal Spirit Fruit as a Great Dao Spirit Fruit.

Xu Youling and Pang Zhao recognized the Metal Spirit Fruit as a rare Great Dao Spirit Fruit, and Lu Yang confirmed that he had given it to Mu Yunxue. Xu Youling grew envious of Mu Yunxue, and Lu Yang noticed her rising favorability before offering to give her a gift too.

• Xu Youling and Pang Zhao identified the Metal Spirit Fruit as a Great Dao Spirit Fruit coveted even in the Spirit Realm.
• Pang Zhao explained that he and Xu Youling had learned of the fruit through the Supreme Mystic Dao Sect.
• Lu Yang confirmed that he had given the Metal Spirit Fruit to Mu Yunxue, leaving Pang Zhao envious and Xu Youling jealous.
• Xu Youling hinted that Mu Yunxue was fortunate, and Mu Yunxue bluntly asked whether she was envious.
• Lu Yang saw that Xu Youling's favorability had risen to 57 and offered to give her a gift.

Lu Yang gave Xu Youling a box of Dao Comprehension Tea Leaves, stunning her and making Pang Zhao envious. Xu Youling accepted the gift, raising her favorability to 68 and earning Lu Yang the reward for reaching 60 points.

• Xu Youling eagerly asked Lu Yang what gift he intended to give her, while Pang Zhao wondered why he was being left out.
• Lu Yang presented Xu Youling with a box of Dao Comprehension Tea Leaves, astonishing both her and Pang Zhao with the precious gift.
• Xu Youling hesitated to accept the leaves, but Lu Yang insisted he would give them to Pang Zhao if she refused.
• Xu Youling accepted the box and thanked Lu Yang, while warning Pang Zhao not to try to take it.
• Xu Youling's favorability toward Lu Yang rose to 68, securing the reward for reaching 60 points.

Lu Yang rewarded Xu Youling and Pang Zhao for killing Li Feihe, then had Wang Da drive away cultivators drawn to Eastward Prospect Mountain. Wang Da’s warning swept across Qin Province, leaving even the major sects’ Nascent Soul patriarchs afraid to approach.

• Xu Youling and Pang Zhao reported that they had killed Li Feihe and continued pursuing the other Evil Cultivators and Bandit Cultivators.
• Lu Yang gave Xu Youling and Pang Zhao Supreme-Grade treasures, pills, and talismans as rewards, and Xu Youling’s affection score rose to 71.
• Xu Youling refused Pang Zhao’s pleas to share her Dao Comprehension Tea Leaves as they flew away from Lu Yang’s courtyard.
• Lu Yang told Wang Da to warn the cultivators approaching Eastward Prospect Mountain, and Wang Da unleashed Spirit Transformation pressure infused with the Fire Dao Principle.
• Wang Da’s fiery pressure swept across Qin Province, driving away nearby Golden Core cultivators and sending the major sects’ Nascent Soul patriarchs back without pursuing the treasures.

Lu Yang oversaw cultivation and the Lu Household’s rapid growth while the Eastern Domain struggled with a Blood Devil Envoy’s decision to spread the Blood Devil Great Art. The resulting wave of murderous Evil Cultivators was crushed, and the Golden Rainbow Sword Sect elders prepared to return as Lin Ying neared her task’s next milestone.

• Lu Yang claimed the reward for reaching 60 affection points with Xu Youling, including a Low-Level Rebate Card, Cultivation Method Experience, and Cold Moon Light-Splitting Shears, then resumed cultivating.
• Over half a month passed as Eastward Prospect Mountain’s Spirit Vein grew stronger and the Lu Household cultivators devoted themselves to cultivation; Liu Yaoyao and Mu Yunxue ended their dual cultivation with Lu Yang after five days.
• A Blood Devil Envoy revealed the Blood Devil Great Art, prompting Qi Refining Realm cultivators to attack mortal settlements and cause widespread deaths.
• Cultivators across the Eastern Domain united against practitioners of the Blood Devil Great Art, while Lu Yang sent Wang Da and others to hunt them down; nearly all were killed within days.
• The Golden Rainbow Sword Sect elders, including Su Jinxuan and Baili Qiushui, prepared to return, while Lin Ying completed a Supreme-Grade Origin-Nurturing Pill and neared the next stage of her Beauty Cultivation task.

Lu Yang received a generous reward after Lin Ying completed a pill-refining task, then learned that the Ancient Yue Secret Realm would open in less than ten days. As he prepared for the upcoming trip, Qin Nanyue and Mu Yunxue both completed tasks by mastering the basics of their Heaven Grade Cultivation Methods.

• Lin Ying completed a task refining a High-Grade Origin-Nurturing Pill, earning Lu Yang 8,000 Universal Experience and 10 jin of Dao Comprehension Tea Leaves.
• Lu Yang added the experience to his Spirit Root and continued cultivating while Liu Yaoyao and Mu Yunxue studied Heaven Grade Cultivation Methods.
• Su Jinxuan told Lu Yang that Baili Qiushui planned to come to Eastward Prospect Mountain to help Baili Mingyue with the formation.
• Su Jinxuan said the Ancient Yue Secret Realm would open in less than ten days, and Lu Yang decided that he and Yingying and the others would enter.
• Qin Nanyue and Mu Yunxue completed random tasks by mastering the basics of the Heavenly Trace Sword Canon and Mystic Edge Tribulation-Transmuting Scripture.

Lu Yang used the rewards from Qin Nanyue and Mu Yunxue’s completed tasks to upgrade his Spirit Root and Wang San, then learned their next tasks would take place in the Ancient Yue Secret Realm. Mu Yunxue discovered that Lu Yang had caused her recent improvements, and their conversation ended with her teasing him about his intentions.

• Lu Yang spent 14,000 Universal Experience to raise his Spirit Root to transcendent grade and used a Low-Level Puppet Upgrade Card to raise Wang San to the Nascent Soul Late Stage.
• Lu Yang checked Qin Nanyue and Mu Yunxue’s next tasks, which required them to find treasures in the Ancient Yue Secret Realm, and told them, Jiang Shiqing, and Lin Ying that he planned to take them there.
• Mu Yunxue noticed another sudden improvement in her comprehension and physical strength, then went to ask Lu Yang whether he had caused the changes.
• Lu Yang confirmed that his actions had improved Mu Yunxue’s Metal Dao abilities, comprehension, physique, and appearance, then flirted with her.
• Mu Yunxue jumped out of Lu Yang’s lap and told him to let the other sisters keep him company after they returned to the sect.

Lu Yang asked Mu Yunxue and Qin Nanyue to find Metal Vein Stones in the Ancient Yue Secret Realm in exchange for improved talent. Baili Qiushui and Su Jinxuan arrived at Eastward Prospect Mountain, where Baili Qiushui noticed Baili Mingyue looked upset and wondered whether Lu Yang had mistreated her.

• Mu Yunxue agreed to find a Metal Vein Stone in the Ancient Yue Secret Realm after Lu Yang promised to improve her talent.
• Lu Yang gave Qin Nanyue the same task, and she looked forward to entering the secret realm.
• Baili Qiushui and Su Jinxuan arrived at Eastward Prospect Mountain, and Baili Mingyue flew out to greet her master.
• Lu Yang wondered whether striking Baili Mingyue again would raise her favorability, while Baili Mingyue feared she was unworthy of his attention.
• Baili Qiushui embraced Baili Mingyue, noticed her reddened eyes, and resolved to ask her privately whether Lu Yang had bullied her.

After helping Lu Yang coordinate the effort against the Blood Devil Hall, Su Jinxuan reunited with him and struggled with her feelings when he offered her a cultivation method suited to her. The group rested at the Lu Household, where Baili Qiushui privately asked Baili Mingyue whether Lu Yang had bullied her.

• Lu Yang offered Su Jinxuan a Heaven Grade Supreme Quality Cultivation Method, but she put off accepting it despite being tempted and feeling increasingly drawn to him.
• Lu Yang invited Su Jinxuan and Baili Qiushui to stay overnight at the Lu Household and arranged a welcoming banquet.
• Su Jinxuan stayed in Lu Yang's courtyard, while Baili Qiushui stayed with Baili Mingyue.
• After the banquet, Baili Qiushui set up a soundproofing formation and asked Baili Mingyue whether Lu Yang had bullied her.

Baili Qiushui realized Baili Mingyue had fallen for Lu Yang and tried to dissuade her, while Mingyue defended him as a gentleman. In Lu Yang’s courtyard, Su Jinxuan learned he had given Mu Yunxue a Great Dao Spirit Fruit, leaving her envious.

• Baili Qiushui mistook Baili Mingyue’s embarrassment for proof that Lu Yang had taken her body, but Mingyue denied it.
• Baili Qiushui realized Mingyue was in love with Lu Yang and warned her that he was a dissolute man who would bring her heartache.
• Baili Mingyue insisted Lu Yang was a true gentleman, leaving Baili Qiushui bewildered and reconsidering how she might protect her disciple.
• Baili Qiushui told Baili Mingyue to rest before they inspected the Spirit Vein nodes together the next day.
• In the courtyard, Mu Yunxue told Su Jinxuan that Lu Yang had given her a Metal Spirit Fruit, awakening her Geng Metal Spirit Physique.
• Su Jinxuan reacted with shock and envy when she learned Lu Yang had given away a Great Dao Spirit Fruit.

After Lu Yang gave Mu Yunxue a Metal Dao Spirit Fruit that transformed her Spirit Root into a Spirit Physique, Su Jinxuan struggled with envy and growing feelings for him. The next morning, she accepted Lu Yang’s Golden Radiance Sword Canon to study, while he teased her about their reversed teacher-student roles.

• Su Jinxuan envied Mu Yunxue’s new Spirit Physique and left Lu Yang with Mu Yunxue and Liu Yaoyao for the night.
• Unable to meditate, Su Jinxuan watched the silhouettes in Lu Yang’s room, wondered about dual cultivation, and realized her heart was in turmoil.
• Lu Yang woke refreshed and reflected on his rapid cultivation, his Greater Yin Spirit Body, and his level 5 Hidden Return Dragon and Phoenix Secret Canon.
• Su Jinxuan asked Lu Yang about the Heaven Grade Supreme Quality Cultivation Method, and he gave her the Golden Radiance Sword Canon.
• Lu Yang offered to answer her questions and teased Su Jinxuan about how their roles as teacher and student had reversed, prompting her to playfully praise his talent.