Chapter Summaries

After returning from the Ancient Yue Secret Realm, Lu Yang promised the women Spirit Grade Cultivation Methods and pushed them to undertake new tasks, then spent the night dual cultivating with them. He left a trove of treasures with the Lu Household and learned that Baili Qiushui and Baili Mingyue expected to finish planning the mountain-protecting formation within two months.

• Lin Ying told Lu Yang that the Heavenly Melody Pavilion's supreme elder planned to bring the Wenren sisters to visit the Lu Household, and Lu Yang confirmed he had Perilla Flowers for their mother's treatment.
• Lu Yang praised Lin Ying, Jiang Shiqing, Qin Nanyue, and Mu Yunxue for completing their secret-realm tasks, promised to prepare Spirit Grade Cultivation Methods when their comprehension improved, and assigned them new tasks.
• Qin Nanyue eagerly prepared to hunt an Azure Rock-Armored Lizard, but Lu Yang stopped her and spent the night dual cultivating with her and the other women.
• Lu Yang gave Lu Sheng and the Lu Household a large share of the treasures and Spirit Stones he had obtained from the holy land inheritances.
• Baili Qiushui told Lu Yang that she and Baili Mingyue expected to finish observing the Spirit Vein and setting up the mountain-protecting formation within two months, and Lu Yang promised them a generous reward.

Lu Yang completed his cultivation and daily tasks, then found Mu Yunxue alone in his bedroom. After she asked for a Metal Dao body-refining method so she could dual cultivate for longer, he gave her the Vajra Glazed Body manual.

• Lu Yang discussed formation plates and formation flags with Baili Qiushui and Baili Mingyue before returning to his courtyard.
• Lu Yang studied the Metal Source Heaven-Reaching Record and comprehended several Great Dao Principles, estimating that digesting his latest insights would take about half a year.
• Lu Yang found Mu Yunxue cultivating alone and learned that Nanyue, Yingying, and Shiqing were elsewhere.
• Mu Yunxue said she wanted to strengthen her physique so she could dual cultivate with Lu Yang for longer.
• Lu Yang took the Vajra Glazed Body manual from his Storage Ring and gave it to Mu Yunxue.

Lu Yang discovered that part of Mu Yunxue’s memories and Divine Sense had been deleted after she could not remember where she found a mysterious stele. The Search Module confirmed she was safe, but Lu Yang’s attempt to learn who had altered her memories revealed that the answer involved another plane and cost thirty billion Mid-Grade Spirit Stones.

• Lu Yang gave Mu Yunxue the Vajra Glazed Body cultivation method and decided to cultivate it himself.
• Mu Yunxue forgot which secret realm had yielded the stele she gave Lu Yang, and Lu Yang compared it with a similar stele taken from a Great Void Sword Sect disciple.
• Lu Yang examined Mu Yunxue’s Sea of Consciousness but found nothing, so he used the Search Module to learn that part of her Divine Sense and memories had been deleted.
• The Search Module confirmed the deletion posed no danger to Mu Yunxue’s cultivation, and Lu Yang comforted her.
• Lu Yang searched for the deleted memories and the identity of the one responsible, learned the information involved another plane, and paid thirty billion Mid-Grade Spirit Stones to continue.

Lu Yang used the Search Module to learn that Mu Yunxue had entered a Tribulation Transcendence cultivator’s inheritance secret realm, where her memories were erased and she obtained a stone stele. He also discovered that the damaged bronze bell was a Heaven-Connecting Spirit Treasure, then reassured Mu Yunxue before she sent him out of his room; he decided to check on Su Jinxuan’s cultivation.

• Lu Yang learned that Mu Yunxue entered a randomly accessible inheritance secret realm three years earlier and had her memories erased there.
• Lu Yang showed Mu Yunxue the damaged bronze bell, but it did not restore her memories.
• Lu Yang used the Search Module and learned the bell was a damaged Heaven-Connecting Spirit Treasure with its artifact spirit destroyed.
• Lu Yang told Mu Yunxue her lost memories were connected to the inheritance secret realm, and she relaxed after learning she had been safe.
• Mu Yunxue chased Lu Yang from his room after they spent time together, and he decided to visit Su Jinxuan and check on her cultivation.

Lu Yang visited Su Jinxuan to check her cultivation progress, but their lesson turned into an intimate encounter. He carried her toward the bed and offered to guide her in cultivating the Hidden Return Dragon and Phoenix Secret Canon.

• Lu Yang entered Su Jinxuan’s room and praised her progress after sensing her Spiritual Qi.
• Lu Yang pulled Su Jinxuan into his lap, and she struggled while worrying about hurting him.
• Lu Yang teased Su Jinxuan and asked her for a kiss, so she pinched his waist and called him a street ruffian.
• Su Jinxuan smiled like an unreasonable little woman, and Lu Yang kissed her.
• Lu Yang lifted Su Jinxuan and carried her toward the bed, then offered to guide her in the Hidden Return Dragon and Phoenix Secret Canon.

After spending nearly two days dual cultivating with Lu Yang, Su Jinxuan discovered that her cultivation had improved greatly and resolved to refine her body so she could keep up with him. She sought a Three-Aperture Thunder Sound Fruit from Baili Qiushui and left to ask Lu Yang for the ingredients needed to make a body-tempering pill.

• Lu Yang left Su Jinxuan's room exhausted and decided to cultivate the Vajra Glazed Body.
• Su Jinxuan found that dual cultivation had refined her Spiritual Qi and advanced her Nascent Soul, then resolved to strengthen her body.
• Su Jinxuan flew to Baili Qiushui and Baili Mingyue, nearly buckling when she landed.
• Su Jinxuan asked Baili Qiushui about her Three-Aperture Thunder Sound Fruit and learned she still needed Vein-Shaking Flower, Cloud Essence Stone, and Wind Breath Spirit Dew.
• Su Jinxuan said she would ask Lu Yang for the missing ingredients and hurried off.

After returning to his courtyard, Lu Yang learned that Mu Yunxue and Jiang Shiqing had heard his two-day tryst with Su Jinxuan, and he agreed to help Jiang Shiqing begin body refinement. He discovered that Su Jinxuan’s affection had reached 100, claimed her rewards, and unlocked her Beauty Cultivation Plan before checking its offerings.

• Lu Yang returned to find Mu Yunxue and Jiang Shiqing cultivating, and they revealed that everyone in the courtyard had heard his tryst with Su Jinxuan.
• Jiang Shiqing asked to refine her body, and Lu Yang gave her a Heaven Grade Supreme Quality Water Dao Body Refining Cultivation Method.
• Lu Yang checked the system and found that Su Jinxuan’s affection had reached 100, earning max-affection rewards and a Beauty Cultivation Plan.
• Lu Yang inspected his rewards, including an Intermediate Cultivation Method Level Raising Card, the Metal Origin Immortal-Slaying Sword Canon, and a Low-Level Principle Raising Card.
• Lu Yang unlocked Su Jinxuan’s Beauty Cultivation module and began checking its rewards.

Lu Yang unlocked Su Jinxuan’s Beauty Cultivation Plan and gained powerful rewards, including five Void Refinement Realm puppet bodyguards. The plan set Su Jinxuan on a path to become a Metal Dao Sword Emperor, while Lu Yang considered how to use her new traits and cultivation items.

• Lu Yang checked Su Jinxuan’s panel and found her at the auxiliary peak, happy, tired, and unwilling to admit defeat.
• Lu Yang activated Su Jinxuan’s Beauty Cultivation Plan, which tasked her with reaching Spirit Transformation, manifesting the Metal Dao and Sword Dao Principles, and defeating an Early Spirit Transformation opponent.
• Su Jinxuan received the Golden Radiance Sword Bone and Metal Edge Reflects the Sword traits, while Lu Yang gained cultivation items, upgrade cards, and five Puppet Bodyguards.
• Lu Yang examined the bodyguards and discovered that Wang Sanyi had reached Void Refinement Perfection and possessed three Spirit Grade Fortune Traits.
• Lu Yang learned that the other four puppets were also in the Void Refinement Realm but were suppressed to Spirit Transformation Perfection by the Canglan Realm’s Heavenly Dao.

Lu Yang summoned five Void Refinement Realm puppet bodyguards for Su Jinxuan and gave Jiang Shiqing a fruit to improve her Spirit Root. After upgrading Tycoon’s Confidence to level 20, he triggered a system upgrade and unlocked Tycoon’s Shop.

• Lu Yang summoned Wang Sanyi and four other puppet bodyguards, explaining that they would protect Su Jinxuan and that they could display strength up to Spirit Transformation Perfection in the Canglan Realm.
• Mu Yunxue and Jiang Shiqing resumed cultivating after learning how powerful the bodyguards were, and Lu Yang gave Jiang Shiqing a Marrow-Washing Profound-Penetrating Fruit.
• Lu Yang spent Spirit Stone experience to upgrade Tycoon’s Confidence from level 18 to level 20, unlocking a reward of 100 High-Grade Spirit Stones every two hours.
• The system upgraded when Tycoon’s Confidence reached level 20 and announced that rewards would improve and that Lu Yang had unlocked Tycoon’s Shop.

Lu Yang bought the Tycoon's Shop’s first offerings, used puppet upgrades, and examined a card that enabled a safe trade with someone from another plane. Before he could use the card, Su Jinxuan arrived, embarrassed that Jiang Shiqing and Mu Yunxue knew she was Lu Yang’s dao companion, and she noticed the hidden strength of Wang Sanyi and Wang San’er.

• Lu Yang bought the Low-Level Mercenary Contract, Low-Level Puppet Upgrade Cards, and Marrow-Cleansing Mysterious Fruits, then used the upgrade cards and set aside the other items.
• Lu Yang inspected the Cross-Plane Trading Card and decided to use it, but Su Jinxuan knocked before he could activate it.
• Jiang Shiqing and Mu Yunxue greeted Su Jinxuan as their sister, leaving her embarrassed and worried that others had heard her and Lu Yang dual cultivating.
• Lu Yang reassured Su Jinxuan that they were a family and agreed to let her adjust to public affection at her own pace.
• Lu Yang called Wang Sanyi and Wang San’er forward, and Su Jinxuan was shocked that she had failed to notice them in the room.

Lu Yang appointed the Void Refinement Realm cultivators Wang Sanyi and Wang San'er as Su Jinxuan’s Dao Protectors, then gave her a Metal Spirit Fruit and promised to safeguard her cultivation path. The fruit’s appearance stirred powerful reactions across the region, including Xu Youling’s jealousy, while Heavenly Melody Pavilion elders watched the golden pillar of light.

• Lu Yang told Su Jinxuan that Wang Sanyi and Wang San'er were Void Refinement Realm cultivators who would protect her.
• Su Jinxuan was moved by Lu Yang’s gift of powerful Dao Protectors and kissed him before thanking him.
• Lu Yang presented Su Jinxuan with a Metal Spirit Fruit and promised to stay by her side as she cultivated.
• The Metal Spirit Fruit’s aura spread across the provinces, and Pang Zhao and Xu Youling recognized its power.
• Xu Youling grew jealous at the thought that Lu Yang might give the fruit to another female cultivator, and Pang Zhao stopped teasing her.
• Deng Peihuan, Wenren Yu, and Wenren Ge watched the golden pillar of light from a flying boat.

Deng Peihuan brought Wenren Ge and Wenren Yu toward the Lu Household, hoping to secure a Perilla Flower to save their mother while learning more about their connection to Lu Yang. At the Lu Household, Su Jinxuan was moved by Lu Yang’s promise and gift of a Metal Spirit Fruit, while Jiang Shiqing’s teasing left her embarrassed and Mu Yunxue startled.

• Deng Peihuan made Wenren Ge and Wenren Yu her personal disciples and promised to help obtain a Perilla Evil-Warding Pill for their mother.
• Wenren Ge explained that they had met Lu Yang’s dao companion in the Ancient Yue Secret Realm, and that she had asked Lu Yang for the Perilla Flower.
• Cultivators who sensed the Metal Dao Principle’s fluctuations avoided investigating when they recognized the Lu Household as their source.
• Su Jinxuan embraced and kissed Lu Yang after he promised to guard her cultivation path and gave her the precious Metal Spirit Fruit.
• Jiang Shiqing teased Su Jinxuan about repaying Lu Yang through dual cultivation, leaving Su Jinxuan embarrassed and Mu Yunxue surprised.

Lu Yang gave Su Jinxuan his Fortune Traits, helping her comprehension of the Golden Radiance Sword Canon rise to level 2 and earning generous quest rewards. After gifting her Supreme-Grade Spirit Treasures and the ingredients she needed for body-tempering pills, he was interrupted by Lin Ying, who reported that two sisters had arrived.

• Lu Yang gave Su Jinxuan his Fortune Traits, and her comprehension of the Golden Radiance Sword Canon immediately reached level 2.
• Lu Yang received 40,000 Universal Experience, increased attributes, and an Intermediate Trait Copy Card, while Su Jinxuan gained greater comprehension of the Metal Dao and Sword Dao.
• Su Jinxuan realized Lu Yang’s gifts had improved her talent and appearance, then accepted several Supreme-Grade Spirit Treasures from him.
• Su Jinxuan asked Lu Yang for ingredients to make Thunder Sound Body Tempering Pills, and he handed them over after suspecting she wanted to strengthen herself for dual cultivation.
• Lin Ying entered and told Lu Yang that two sisters had arrived.

Lu Yang received Deng Peihuan and the Wenren sisters at his mountain pavilion after Deng brought them to request an audience. Wenren Yu struggled to suppress her attraction to Lu Yang, while Lin Ying welcomed the sisters warmly.

• Lu Yang left Mu Yunxue to cultivate and went with Jiang Shiqing and Lin Ying toward the back mountain.
• Deng Peihuan arrived with Wenren Ge and Wenren Yu, and Lu Yang sent Wang Da to escort them to the pavilion.
• The Wenren sisters were captivated by Lu Yang when they saw him, and Wenren Yu tried to resist her improper thoughts about him.
• Deng Peihuan explained that she had accompanied the sisters, and Lu Yang greeted them and said Lin Ying had spoken fondly of them.
• Lin Ying told Lu Yang she liked Wenren Ge and Wenren Yu for their good temperaments and beauty.

Lu Yang gave Wenren Ge and Wenren Yu a Perilla Flower and arranged for a Crimson Cloud Sect elder to refine the pill needed to save their mother. Lin Ying organized their return home with Deng Peihuan and Wang Liu, while Lu Yang discovered the sisters’ affection for him was already exceptionally high.

• Wenren Ge and Wenren Yu told Lu Yang their mother needed a Perilla Flower to counter an evil gu, and Lu Yang gave them one as their brother-in-law.
• Lu Yang offered to arrange for a Crimson Cloud Sect supreme elder to refine a Perilla Evil-Warding Pill, and the sisters exchanged transmission imprints with him.
• Lu Yang saw that Wenren Ge and Wenren Yu each had an affection level of 88, while Lin Ying proposed inviting Elder Zhong Yue to teach alchemy at the Golden Rainbow Sword Sect.
• Lin Ying arranged for Deng Peihuan to take the sisters home to fetch their mother and assigned Wang Liu to accompany them.
• Deng Peihuan recognized Wang Liu as a Nascent Soul Perfection cultivator and was stunned by the protection Lin Ying provided.

Lu Yang copied the Sun Spirit Physique trait from Wang Sanyi and used his Cross-Plane Trading Card to enter a strange trading space. There, he met a veiled woman who had received a similar invitation, and they began discussing what she needed.

• Deng Peihuan and the Wenren sisters departed to bring back the injured woman, while Lin Ying returned to refining the Body-Restoring Pill.
• Lu Yang used the Intermediate Trait Copy Card to copy Wang Sanyi's Sun Spirit Physique, gaining his seventh spirit-grade trait.
• Lu Yang activated the Cross-Plane Trading Card and found himself in a dim, yellow-lit space.
• A veiled woman appeared and asked whether Lu Yang was her trading partner.
• Lu Yang learned that the woman had received an invitation while cultivating and asked what she needed.

Lu Yang traded ten jin of Dao Comprehension Tea Leaves to Zhao Yulu for a Middle Spirit Grade Metal Dao Cultivation Method. After both confirmed the exchange, the trading space returned him to his body with the Jade Slip in hand.

• A female cultivator asked Lu Yang for treasures that could improve her comprehension, and he offered Dao Comprehension Tea Leaves.
• The female cultivator listed her available treasures and revealed she could trade a Middle Spirit Grade Metal Dao Cultivation Method.
• Lu Yang offered ten jin of low-grade Dao Comprehension Tea Leaves for the method, and Zhao Yulu accepted.
• Lu Yang and Zhao Yulu exchanged the tea leaves and Jade Slip, then confirmed the trade was complete.
• Lu Yang returned to his body holding the Middle Spirit Grade Metal Dao Cultivation Method.

Lu Yang synthesized three Middle Spirit Grade Cultivation Methods into the High Spirit Grade "Metal Pivot Sword Formation Secret Canon," which could cultivate a self-reinforcing sword formation. He considered expanding its principles into a five-element sword formation in the future and finished assessing the new method's powerful techniques.

• Lu Yang chose the "Nine Revolutions Pure Jun Art," "Mystic Pivot Six Chapters," and "Metal Origin Immortal-Slaying Sword Canon" for synthesis, combining the Metal, Sword, and Formation Daos.
• The Intermediate Cultivation Method Synthesis Card produced the High Spirit Grade "Metal Pivot Sword Formation Secret Canon," a method capable of cultivation up to the Mahayana Realm and potentially the Tribulation Transcendence Realm.
• Lu Yang imagined developing a five-element sword formation method that could eventually reach the level of an immortal's Cultivation Method, but decided to wait for more synthesis cards.
• Lu Yang examined the new method's three offensive Law Techniques, defensive and escape techniques, and two secret techniques for breaking and splitting sword formations.
• Lu Yang estimated that mastering the method could let him suppress a Nascent Soul True Lord at the Foundation Establishment Realm or fight a Spirit Transformation Realm cultivator at the Golden Core Realm.

Lu Yang checked the rewards from Wenren Yu and Wenren Ge, gaining high-grade Sound Dao Fortune Traits and several treasures. Meanwhile, Su Jinxuan confirmed to Baili Qiushui that Lu Yang had given her a Metal Spirit Fruit, and Qiushui pulled her aside to ask for a favor.

• Lu Yang reviewed the Wenren sisters’ rewards and found that their Fortune Traits boosted his comprehension of Sound Dao techniques and let him quickly refine qin- and xiao-type treasures.
• Lu Yang considered asking Wenren Yu and Wenren Ge to teach him their instruments, then left to complete his daily running task.
• Su Jinxuan arrived at Baili Qiushui and Baili Mingyue’s peak, where Qiushui pressed her about the disturbance caused by Lu Yang’s Metal Dao cultivation.
• Su Jinxuan admitted that Lu Yang had given her a Metal Spirit Fruit, prompting Baili Qiushui to shake her excitedly while Baili Mingyue quietly felt unworthy of Lu Yang’s generosity.
• Su Jinxuan and Baili Qiushui agreed they would need the Crimson Cloud Sect’s help refining the pill from the gathered ingredients, and Qiushui set up a soundproofing formation before asking Su Jinxuan for a favor.

Su Jinxuan agreed to ask Lu Yang whether he might accept Baili Mingyue as a dao companion, then teased Baili Qiushui about her lack of romantic experience. Over the next three days, Lu Yang studied the Formation Dao with Baili Qiushui and Baili Mingyue, making rapid progress.

• Baili Qiushui asked Su Jinxuan to find out what Lu Yang thought of Baili Mingyue and explained she worried about leaving her disciple alone in the future.
• Su Jinxuan agreed to ask Lu Yang, and she and Baili Qiushui joked about dual cultivation and their changed lives.
• Lu Yang spent the next three days completing his daily tasks and studying the Formation Dao with Baili Qiushui and Baili Mingyue.
• Lu Yang shared Mystic Pivot Gate formations, delighting Baili Qiushui and giving her a way to strengthen the formation on Eastward Prospect Mountain.
• Lu Yang studied Baili Qiushui and Baili Mingyue's lower-grade methods and, with Dao Comprehension Tea, mastered three Yellow Grade and two Profound Grade methods while advancing an Earth Grade method to level three.