Chapter Summaries

After registering as an outer sect disciple, Lu Yang learned he had earned a reward of Spirit Stones and Law Technique experience, then set out with Lin Ying to find his residence at Profound Metal Peak. He exchanged voice transmission imprints with Wang Siyuan before arriving at building sixty-four with Lin Ying.

• Lu Yang anticipated using his reward of ten thousand Spirit Stones and Law Technique experience to strengthen himself and his Heavy Sword Technique.
• Lu Yang checked his sect token and learned his residence was at Profound Metal Peak, southern district, number sixty-four, and Lin Ying agreed to guide him there.
• Wang Siyuan finished registering, learned his residence was at Seven Kills Peak, and exchanged voice transmission imprints with Lu Yang before leaving.
• Lin Ying explained how the sect's peaks and disciple residences were arranged as she and Lu Yang walked toward Profound Metal Peak.
• Lu Yang and Lin Ying arrived at building number sixty-four, and Lu Yang invited her inside to look around.

Lu Yang brought Lin Ying to his new outer disciple house, where her tender care and his growing attraction brought them close to a romantic moment. The chapter ended as Lu Yang nervously leaned toward Lin Ying, leaving their next move uncertain.

• Lu Yang showed Lin Ying his new house and declined to hire servant disciples.
• Lin Ying offered Lu Yang spare bedding and carefully made up his bed.
• Lu Yang noticed Lin Ying's favorability remained at 80 and wondered whether she would accept him as a dao companion.
• Lin Ying reflected on how her feelings for Lu Yang had grown after he lent her the Purple Cloud Pill-Nurturing Robe.
• Lu Yang teased the nervous Lin Ying, moved close to her, and slowly leaned toward her.

After kissing Lin Ying, Lu Yang checked that her favorability had risen and turned to learning the Heavy Sword Technique. He tested the technique on a cliff, saw its tremendous power and drawbacks, and gained his first experience in it.

• Lu Yang kissed Lin Ying, who eventually returned his embrace before fleeing when he tried to continue; her favorability rose to 82.
• Lu Yang read the outer sect handbook and learned that Spirit Stones could be exchanged for Sect Contribution Points, though at a steep rate.
• Lu Yang began studying the Heavy Sword Technique, using his mastery of the paired Heavy Sword Instruction to understand it quickly.
• Lu Yang condensed the Heavy Sword Technique for eight breaths and cleaved a deep mark through a cliff, spending nearly a tenth of his Spiritual Qi.
• Lu Yang saw that the Heavy Sword Technique had reached level 1 with 25 experience and told the system to add points.

Lu Yang improved his Heavy Sword Technique and met Zhao Qingshan, who offered to help him navigate the outer sect. The next morning, Qin Nanyue and Lin Ying joined Lu Yang on the way to the market, while Lin Ying nervously hid her feelings about their kiss the previous day.

• Lu Yang used Law Technique experience to raise his Heavy Sword Technique to level three, then unleashed a more powerful strike that consumed less Spiritual Qi.
• Zhao Qingshan investigated the noise, mistook Lu Yang for a senior disciple, and exchanged voice transmission marks with him after learning Lu Yang had just joined the outer sect.
• Lu Yang returned to his small building and cultivated with the denser Spiritual Qi in the outer sect residence.
• At the outer sect square, Lu Yang attracted attention from senior sisters until Qin Nanyue and Lin Ying arrived and Qin Nanyue sent the other women away with her imposing presence.
• Qin Nanyue invited Lu Yang to the market, and Lin Ying grew flustered when he addressed her, worrying Qin Nanyue would discover their kiss.

Lu Yang walked with Lin Ying and Qin Nanyue to the market, where Qin Nanyue explained the sect’s exchange privileges and Lu Yang resolved to climb the rankings for better cultivation methods. At a restaurant, Lu Yang teased Lin Ying and Qin Nanyue over a costly second-tier Spirit Cuisine order, leaving Lin Ying embarrassed as she accused them of ganging up on her.

• Qin Nanyue mistook Lin Ying’s nervousness for jealousy over Lu Yang and was reassured when Lu Yang said Lin Ying was the one in his heart.
• As they walked to the market, Qin Nanyue explained the exchange tiers for outer disciples and the greater privileges available to inner and core disciples.
• Lu Yang decided he would need to rise through the sect ranks to obtain the best cultivation methods and Law Techniques.
• At the Golden Rainbow Restaurant, Lu Yang ordered second-tier Spirit Cuisine, surprising Qin Nanyue because he could not digest its medicinal effects.
• Lu Yang joked that Lin Ying had not denied he was her sweetheart, and Lin Ying blushed before accusing him and Qin Nanyue of ganging up on her.

After a meal with Lin Ying and Qin Nanyue, Lu Yang received five Beauty-Preserving Pills and used two to win their favor. Qin Nanyue’s affection rose sharply, giving Lu Yang another affection reward to claim.

• Lu Yang enjoyed second-tier Spirit Cuisine with Qin Nanyue and Lin Ying, then received 2,000 Low-Grade Spirit Stones and five Beauty-Preserving Pills from the system.
• Qin Nanyue and Lin Ying recognized the Beauty-Preserving Pill and eagerly tried to persuade Lu Yang to give them one.
• Lu Yang made Qin Nanyue massage his shoulders and Lin Ying massage his leg before handing each woman a Beauty-Preserving Pill.
• Qin Nanyue swallowed her pill immediately, while Lin Ying clutched hers tightly.
• Lu Yang checked the panel and saw Lin Ying’s affection at 88 and Qin Nanyue’s at 60, earning another affection reward.

After giving Lin Ying and Qin Nanyue Beauty-Preserving Pills, Lu Yang returned to his cultivation room and claimed the reward for reaching sixty affection with Qin Nanyue. He gained a Rebate Card, Law Technique experience, and a supreme-grade sword Dao Law Artifact, then used the experience to improve his Heavy Sword Technique.

• Lu Yang flattered Lin Ying after she swallowed the Beauty-Preserving Pill and teased Qin Nanyue, who wondered whether she might someday meet someone like him.
• Lu Yang parted from Lin Ying and Qin Nanyue, returned to house number sixty-four on Profound Metal Peak, and opened his system reward for reaching sixty affection with Qin Nanyue.
• The system awarded Lu Yang a Low-Level Rebate Card, 1,000 Law Technique experience, and the supreme-grade Cinnabar Sword-Binding Silk.
• Lu Yang decided to keep the sword Dao artifact for a more natural chance to give it to Qin Nanyue, alongside the gifts he had saved for Lin Ying.
• Lu Yang invested all 1,000 experience points into the Heavy Sword Technique and received a flood of insights as its experience bar rose.

Lu Yang mastered the Heavy Sword Technique and planned his next cultivation steps while steadily improving his attributes and Spirit Root. On the opening day of the sect auction, he met Qin Nanyue and Lin Ying, and the three arrived at Golden Rainbow Pavilion, where Qin Nanyue revealed she had a VIP Token.

• Lu Yang raised the Heavy Sword Technique to its maximum level, reducing its Spiritual Qi consumption and gaining finer control over it.
• Lu Yang planned to cultivate, use a Rebate Card to multiply his Spirit Stones, and seek offensive, defensive, and escape techniques while working toward the outer sect top hundred.
• Over half a month, Lu Yang completed his daily tasks, invested Universal Experience in his Spirit Root, and continued improving his cultivation and attributes.
• Lu Yang met Qin Nanyue and Lin Ying at the outer sect square, where Lin Ying blushed after saying that Junior Brother Lu seemed even more handsome.
• Lu Yang, Qin Nanyue, and Lin Ying traveled through the crowded marketplace to Golden Rainbow Pavilion for the auction.
• Qin Nanyue said she had a VIP Token and could take them through the VIP entrance.

Lu Yang, Lin Ying, and Qin Nanyue entered the auction through the VIP passage, where Lu Yang learned how VIP tokens were earned. They spotted Mu Yunxue in a fourth-floor box, and the chapter left Lu Yang wondering how far her cultivation had advanced after years in seclusion.

• Qin Nanyue used her VIP Token to lead Lu Yang and Lin Ying into the auction hall and a private box.
• Qin Nanyue explained the spending thresholds for low-, mid-, and high-level VIP Tokens, and offered Lu Yang use of hers.
• Lu Yang noticed Mu Yunxue across the hall and saw that the system rated her beauty at eleven points.
• Lin Ying and Qin Nanyue explained that Mu Yunxue had a Transcendent-Grade Spirit Root, broke the sect's assessment record, and was personally taken as a disciple by the sect master.
• Lu Yang wondered what realm Mu Yunxue had reached after spending several years in seclusion.

Lu Yang attended the Golden Rainbow Sword Sect’s auction with Qin Nanyue and Lin Ying, trading playful remarks with them as the bewitching Liu Yaoyao opened the event. The first lot was five bottles of Supreme-grade Yellow Dragon Pills, and Lu Yang eagerly prepared to bid.

• Lu Yang and the two women discussed Mu Yunxue’s extraordinary talent and her likely future as a Nascent Soul True Lord.
• Liu Yaoyao appeared as the auctioneer, captivating the cultivators gathered in the auction house.
• Qin Nanyue teased Lu Yang about Liu Yaoyao’s beauty, and Lu Yang flirted with both Qin Nanyue and Lin Ying before they turned their attention to the auction.
• Liu Yaoyao offered five bottles of Supreme-grade Yellow Dragon Pills for Qi Refining cultivators, starting at three thousand low-grade Spirit Stones.
• Lu Yang recognized the pills as a worthwhile find and sat up eagerly as the bidding was about to begin.

Lu Yang entered the bidding for five bottles of Supreme-Grade Yellow Dragon Pills and drove the price up to twenty-five thousand low-grade spirit stones. He left Qin Nanyue and Lin Ying stunned, then reassured Lin Ying that he would rely on the Yellow Dragon Pills she refined in the future.

• Lu Yang told Qin Nanyue and Lin Ying that he wanted to bid on the pills to raise his cultivation quickly.
• Bidders in the auction hall competed for the pills, and private-room guests raised the price to twenty thousand five hundred spirit stones.
• Lu Yang abruptly bid twenty-five thousand, stunning Liu Yaoyao and everyone watching the auction.
• Qin Nanyue questioned Lu Yang's high bid, while Lin Ying apologized for not being able to refine supreme-grade pills.
• Lu Yang privately thought he could maximize his Rebate Card rewards by spending all the spirit stones he had left, then told Lin Ying he would rely on her pills in the future.

Lu Yang won five bottles of top-grade Yellow Dragon Pills for twenty-five thousand low-grade Spirit Stones, drawing attention and covetous looks at the auction. The system rewarded him with five puppet bodyguards, and he discovered that their captain, Wang Da, was at peak Golden Core.

• Lin Ying blushed at Lu Yang's gentle touch, while Qin Nanyue complained that they were flirting openly in the auction hall.
• A youth lamented that Lu Yang's winning bid had ruined his plan to buy top-grade Yellow Dragon Pills, but his brother warned him not to threaten or bribe anyone and suggested approaching Qin Nanyue after the auction.
• Liu Yaoyao counted down the bids, and Lu Yang's offer of twenty-five thousand low-grade Spirit Stones won the five bottles of pills.
• Lu Yang noticed curious and greedy eyes on him and decided to postpone his trip home because leaving the sect with so much wealth could be dangerous.
• The system rewarded Lu Yang with five puppet bodyguards, and he discovered that their captain, Wang Da, had reached peak Golden Core.

Lu Yang discovered that Wang Da and the other four puppet bodyguards possessed formidable Golden Core cultivation and powerful earth-rank skills, making him feel far more secure about spending freely. The auction continued while Qin Nanyue offered to help him with cultivation, giving him a reason to spend more time with her.

• Lu Yang examined Wang Da’s panel and found a Peak Golden Core puppet with two fire-enhancing destiny traits and maximum-level earth-rank techniques.
• Lin Ying and Qin Nanyue worried about Lu Yang’s sudden reaction, and he reassured them before Qin Nanyue offered to answer his cultivation questions.
• Lu Yang told Qin Nanyue he hoped to rank well in next year’s assessment and agreed to seek her advice.
• As the auction moved on to ordinary lots, Lu Yang inspected Wang Er, Wang San, Wang Si, and Wang Wu and found that they were Golden Core puppets spanning the other four elements.
• Lu Yang concluded that his five powerful bodyguards let him spend Spirit Stones freely and act boldly under the Golden Rainbow Sword Sect’s protection.

Lu Yang completed the purchase of five Supreme-Grade Yellow Dragon Pills and used his rebate to gain a hundred thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones. He upgraded Tycoon's Confidence to level five and considered how further spending could increase his income.

• Sun Shouzheng brought the five Supreme-Grade Yellow Dragon Pills to Qin Nanyue and Lu Yang, and Lin Ying confirmed they were genuine.
• Lu Yang paid twenty-five thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones for the pills, and Sun Shouzheng completed the transaction and left.
• Qin Nanyue explained that Sun Shouzheng had once been talented but had his foundation damaged by Devil Cultivators, ending his chance to reach the Golden Core Realm.
• Lu Yang used a Low-Level Rebate Card on the purchase and received a hundred thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Lu Yang upgraded Tycoon's Confidence to level five, raising its passive income to sixteen Low-Grade Spirit Stones every shichen.

Lu Yang watched the auction and dismissed the Gold-and-White Sword-Scar Waistband as too cheap, surprising Qin Nanyue and Lin Ying. Qin Nanyue, eager to buy it, asked Lu Yang to lend her Spirit Stones if her bidding funds ran short.

• The auction introduced a high-grade yellow-rank Cultivation Method, which Rogue Cultivators and minor-clan scions fought over while the upstairs factions ignored it.
• Liu Yaoyao presented the Supreme-Grade Gold-and-White Sword-Scar Waistband, and Lu Yang compared it unfavorably with his Cinnabar Sword-Binding Silk.
• Qin Nanyue estimated the waistband might sell for thirty to forty thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones, and Lu Yang complained that forty thousand seemed too little.
• Qin Nanyue asked Lu Yang to lend her Spirit Stones if she lacked enough to win the auction, promising repayment with interest after the new year.

At the auction, Lu Yang gave Qin Nanyue the Supreme-Grade Law Artifact Cinnabar Sword-Binding Silk, which suited her Sword Dao better than the waistband being auctioned. Lin Ying watched their exchange with tangled feelings, and Qin Nanyue noticed the quiet jealousy in Lin Ying’s glances.

• Lu Yang realized he could give Qin Nanyue the Cinnabar Sword-Binding Silk she wanted instead of agreeing to help her buy the auctioned waistband.
• Lu Yang revealed the Supreme-Grade Law Artifact and explained that it would strengthen Qin Nanyue’s Sword Dao techniques and Sword Qi.
• Qin Nanyue asked how many Spirit Stones Lu Yang wanted, but he said he would give the artifact to her because it was too feminine for him.
• Lin Ying felt jealous when Lu Yang gave Qin Nanyue a treasure too, and wondered if he liked pretty women.
• Qin Nanyue noticed Lin Ying watching them with a guarded, sour look.

Lu Yang accepted Qin Nanyue’s proposal to exchange supreme-grade Law Artifacts, easing her worries about betraying Lin Ying. As the bidding for the Gold-and-White Sword-Scar Waistband climbed, Qin Nanyue’s bid outpaced the Li Household cousins, prompting the older cousin to reprimand Li Yao.

• Qin Nanyue grew angry at the thought of accepting a supreme-grade Law Artifact from Lu Yang while Lin Ying was his sister, then proposed exchanging it for the Gold-and-White Sword-Scar Waistband.
• Lu Yang agreed to the exchange, and Qin Nanyue relaxed after seeing Lin Ying smile; Lu Yang noticed Qin Nanyue’s affection had risen to seventy-five.
• Bidding for the Gold-and-White Sword-Scar Waistband surpassed thirty thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones as the first-floor cultivators gave up and VIP-room bidders competed.
• A young man in third-floor VIP room nine bid thirty-one thousand, but Qin Nanyue raised the price to thirty-two thousand from second-floor room fifteen.
• Li Yao accused the bidders in room fifteen of targeting his cousin, and the young man warned Li Yao that his entitled temper could bring trouble.

Li Feng stopped bidding against Qin Nanyue for the gold-and-white sword-scar waist cincher, which she won with Lin Ying’s offer to lend her Spirit Stones. After the first-tier lots ended and Lu Yang found nothing among the second-tier treasures worth buying, the auction’s final item was revealed as a drop of thousand-year-old Azurite Jade Liquid that could greatly enhance Divine Sense.

• Li Feng refused to bid above thirty-two thousand five hundred Spirit Stones, and Qin Nanyue won the waist cincher for thirty-three thousand.
• Qin Nanyue admitted she would have fewer than five hundred Spirit Stones left, and Lin Ying offered to lend her money.
• Lu Yang watched the remaining lots, but the Fire Dao Law Artifact and second-tier treasures did not interest him.
• Liu Yaoyao presented the final auction item and revealed that it was a drop of thousand-year-old Azurite Jade Liquid, which could awaken or strengthen Divine Sense.

Lu Yang decided to bid for the Azurite Jade Liquid, while Mu Yunxue's opening offer of fifty thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones silenced most of the auction hall. The bidding resumed when Lu Yang suddenly offered one hundred thousand, drawing Mu Yunxue's surprised attention.

• Qin Nanyue regretted that she could not afford the Azurite Jade Liquid, while Lu Yang said he would bid for it.
• Mu Yunxue opened the bidding at fifty thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones, frightening off Li Feng and Li Yao.
• Li Feng warned Li Yao not to speak carelessly about Mu Yunxue and revealed that a Peak Golden Core sect elder protected her.
• A Golden Rainbow Sword Sect elder and other cultivators prepared to bid, but Lu Yang called out one hundred thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Mu Yunxue looked toward Lu Yang's private room with a rare trace of surprise.

Lu Yang won the thousand-year-old Azurite Jade Liquid with a bid of one hundred thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones, astonishing the other auction guests and leaving Qin Nanyue and Lin Ying wondering about his resources. After the auction ended, Liu Yaoyao visited his box to deliver the liquid and a VIP Token Token.

• Liu Yaoyao announced Lu Yang's hundred-thousand bid for the Azurite Jade Liquid, while Li Yao seethed and Li Feng warned him not to provoke the bidder.
• Mu Yunxue declined to bid higher, deciding that the liquid was not worth the price to her, and Lu Yang won when the countdown ended.
• After the auction concluded, Qin Nanyue and Lin Ying were stunned by Lu Yang's wealth, and Qin Nanyue asked whether a top Nascent Soul-level power stood behind him.
• Lu Yang denied having a powerful background, but Qin Nanyue remained unconvinced.
• Liu Yaoyao entered Lu Yang's box with Sun Shouzheng and the maid, explaining that she had come to deliver the Azurite Jade Liquid and a VIP Token Token.