Chapter Summaries

Lu Yang tried to reward Baili Mingyue for helping him understand the Formation Dao Principle, but her strange desire to be punished left him alarmed. After he finally beat her, her favorability reached 100, and Lu Yang realized something was seriously wrong.

• Baili Mingyue told Lu Yang she could offer little more guidance, and he thanked her for helping him comprehend the Formation Dao Principle.
• Baili Mingyue knelt, hoping Lu Yang would get angry, but he gently helped her up instead.
• Lu Yang gave Baili Mingyue the Eight Gates Spirit-Locking Mirror and the Heavenly Evolving Seven Stars Formation Robe as thanks for her guidance.
• Baili Mingyue repeatedly insisted she was unworthy of the gifts, even after Lu Yang ordered her to accept them.
• Lu Yang put Baili Mingyue over his lap and smacked her, causing her favorability to rise to 100 and leaving him stunned.

After Baili Mingyue’s affection reached 100, Lu Yang examined her cultivation plan and its rewards, including a fruit that could improve her spirit root. He planned to give her the fruit, formation scripture, and bodyguards, but hesitated over whether to begin dual cultivation.

• Lu Yang left Baili Mingyue’s room after giving her two Supreme-Grade Law Treasures, while she happily treasured them and his robe.
• Lu Yang realized Baili Mingyue’s affection had reached 100 despite their limited time together and worried about her unusual preferences influencing the other women in his household.
• Lu Yang checked Baili Mingyue’s rewards and profile, discovering her three Formation Dao Fortune Traits and her lingering self-consciousness.
• Lu Yang activated the cultivation plan for Baili Qiushui, which set goals for reaching Nascent Soul and becoming a fourth-tier formation master, and granted new Fortune Traits and items.
• Lu Yang decided to give Baili Mingyue the Nine-Aperture Spirit-Communing Fruit and Eight Wastelands Spirit-Locking Formation Scripture, and to assign her five Spirit Transformation Realm Puppet Bodyguards.
• Lu Yang considered dual cultivation with Baili Mingyue but resolved to prepare himself mentally first.

Lu Yang weighed his rapid cultivation progress against his plan to strengthen his understanding of Principles before reaching the Golden Core Realm. Lin Ying completed her first stage cultivation task, earning Lu Yang powerful rewards, including an Immortal-Grade Fortune Card, and he decided to open the Fortune Cards before examining the newly unlocked Palace of the Tycoon.

• Lu Yang spent three days cultivating the Fire Dao and Formation Dao while gaining cultivation feedback from Su Jinxuan, Mu Yunxue, and his other beauties, advancing past halfway through the Foundation Establishment Late Stage.
• Lu Yang planned to reach Foundation Establishment Perfection, then spend time comprehending Principles before breaking through to the Golden Core Realm and attending the Dao of Alchemy Convention.
• The panel announced that Lin Ying had completed cultivation stage one and gained introductory mastery of the Dao of Alchemy Principle and Wood Dao Principle.
• Lu Yang received 300,000 Universal Experience, a Special-Grade Rebate Card, twenty Low-Level Puppet Upgrade Cards, Fortune Cards, Spirit Stones, and attribute boosts; he used the puppet cards to upgrade his Golden Core puppets to the Nascent Soul Realm.
• Lu Yang received an additional Random Immortal-Grade Fortune Card, unlocked the Palace of the Tycoon, and chose to open his Fortune Cards before inspecting the Palace.

Lu Yang obtained the spirit-grade Purple Empyrean Thunder Bone and the immortal-grade Immortal Immortal Soul, gaining powerful Thunder Dao and soul-related abilities. He then entered the Palace of the Tycoon and discovered that its grassland world held Spiritual Qi denser than a Supreme-Grade Spirit Vein.

• Lu Yang used a Random Spirit-Grade Trait Card and obtained Purple Empyrean Thunder Bone, which strengthened Thunder Dao techniques and gave them a paralyzing effect.
• Lu Yang opened an Immortal-Grade Fortune Card and obtained Immortal Immortal Soul, which protected him from immortal-level and lower soul attacks and possession.
• Lu Yang felt his bones tingling with lightning and his soul becoming solid and glass-bright as the two traits entered his fortune list.
• Lu Yang examined the Palace of the Tycoon reward and learned that its world and Spiritual Qi concentration grew with Tycoon's Confidence.
• Lu Yang entered the Palace of the Tycoon and found himself on a misty grassland filled with Spiritual Qi denser than that of a Supreme-Grade Spirit Vein.

Lu Yang explored the Palace of the Tycoon and discovered that he could control parts of its vast world and buy specialized cultivation rooms and residences. After furnishing a large courtyard and creating access tokens for his favored beauties, he left the Palace of the Tycoon satisfied.

• Lu Yang used his Divine Sense to survey the Palace of the Tycoon and found that it was a vast planet with varied terrain, animals, and spirit beasts.
• Lu Yang discovered that he could control the weather and make limited changes to the terrain, and that the Palace of the Tycoon panel offered expensive cultivation rooms and other facilities.
• Lu Yang bought a large courtyard residence with fifty rooms, modern conveniences, entertainment rooms, and a gaming room.
• Lu Yang tried playing a soulslike game but found it too easy, then considered playing competitive games with Mu Yunxue and the others.
• Lu Yang configured the courtyard and created jade tokens that allowed beauties with 100 favorability to enter it from anywhere in the same or a lower-level plane, then left the Palace of the Tycoon.

Lu Yang gave palace-entry jade tokens to several beloved women, then visited Lin Ying and gifted her a Spirit-Grade Fortune Trait that greatly enhanced her alchemy. Lin Ying gained a remarkable grasp of medicinal combinations, and the chapter left the two together after she thanked Lu Yang.

• Lu Yang gave jade tokens to Mu Yunxue, Jiang Shiqing, Su Jinxuan, and Liu Yaoyao, while planning to give tokens to Qin Nanyue and Baili Mingyue later.
• Lu Yang visited Lin Ying, whose appearance and confidence had improved after completing her cultivation plan.
• Lu Yang opened Lin Ying's Fortune Card and discovered the Spirit-Grade Divine Mastery of Medicinal Properties trait, which boosted pill success rates and enabled her to deduce formulas.
• Lu Yang gifted the trait to Lin Ying, who felt her understanding of combining medicines transform and excitedly thanked him.
• Lu Yang told Lin Ying that he had another gift for her.

Lu Yang brought Lin Ying and his other companions to his private plane, a spacious world with dense Spiritual Qi that he said would become their home. As Jiang Shiqing and Liu Yaoyao investigated the modern fixtures, Lu Yang explained that they ran on electricity, and the group prepared to explore the residence further.

• Lin Ying refined Lu Yang's jade token and activated it, entering the private plane before Lu Yang joined her.
• Lin Ying met Mu Yunxue and Su Jinxuan, who reported that the plane was peaceful, province-sized, and had unusually dense Spiritual Qi.
• Lu Yang told the women that the jade tokens let them enter his independent plane and that the residence would be their home.
• Lu Yang and the women found Jiang Shiqing and Liu Yaoyao puzzling over the kitchen faucet, and Lu Yang explained that electricity powered it.
• Jiang Shiqing and Liu Yaoyao teased Lin Ying about changing clothes in front of them, so Lin Ying fled to change while Lu Yang offered to show them the other rooms.

Lu Yang showed Su Jinxuan and the others the [Palace of the Tycoon], planted a Dao Comprehension Tea Tree, and let them explore its entertainment rooms. After a day of games and a night of accelerated cultivation, he reached Foundation Establishment Perfection and planned to improve his Great Daos before advancing to the Golden Core Realm.

• Lu Yang showed Su Jinxuan and the others the residence’s cultivation, comprehension, combat, and gravity rooms, then set up the Dual Cultivation Resonance Formation.
• Lu Yang planted the Dao Comprehension Tea Tree in the courtyard, astonishing Su Jinxuan and the others with the rare treasure he possessed.
• Lu Yang took the group to the entertainment room, where they watched movies, sang, and played competitive games; Jiang Shiqing struggled against the stronger cultivators.
• After a day of entertainment, Su Jinxuan went to cultivate alone while Lu Yang and the others used the cultivation room and Dual Cultivation Resonance Formation, greatly accelerating their progress.
• Lu Yang reached Foundation Establishment Perfection, Jiang Shiqing advanced to Peak Qi Refinement and prepared to break through, and Lu Yang went to the comprehension room to improve his Great Daos before seeking the Golden Core Realm.

Baili Qiushui completed the formations on Eastward Prospect Mountain while worrying about Baili Mingyue’s feelings for Lu Yang. She sensed Lu Yang had reached the Golden Core Realm and went to confront him about what he thought of her disciple.

• The townsfolk of Eastward Prospect Town kept away from Eastward Prospect Mountain and prayed to its immortals after hearing rumors about its changed peaks and spiritual beasts.
• Baili Qiushui finished the mountain’s formation and thanked Baili Mingyue for helping her.
• Baili Qiushui recalled that Baili Mingyue had been distressed when Lu Yang disappeared, then learned from Su Jinxuan that he had entered seclusion at the Lu Household after reaching Foundation Establishment Perfection.
• Baili Qiushui decided to return to the Golden Rainbow Sword Sect with Baili Mingyue to continue forming its forbidden land.
• Baili Qiushui sensed Lu Yang’s Spiritual Qi at the Golden Core Realm and sent Baili Mingyue away before flying to his courtyard to ask about his feelings for her.

After a month of secluded cultivation, Lu Yang broke through to the Golden Core Realm and formed a Glazed Golden Core that let him influence the Principles of heaven and earth. He prepared to leave for the Dao of Alchemy Convention, but Baili Qiushui’s arrival reminded him he had neglected Baili Mingyue.

• Lu Yang advanced several Principles, brought his Metal Dao and Sword Dao close to the Domain level, and reached the Golden Core Realm.
• Lu Yang formed a Glazed Golden Core whose Principle runes strengthened his body and allowed him to slightly influence the Principles of heaven and earth.
• The system rewarded Lu Yang with two Tycoon's Confidence Upgrade Cards, a Tribulation-Transcending Flower, and one hundred jin of Mid-Grade Dao Comprehension Tea Leaves.
• Lu Yang arranged a lightning-filled area in the Palace of the Tycoon to cultivate the Tribulation-Transcending Flower, whose petals could weaken heavenly tribulations.
• As Lu Yang prepared to travel to the Crimson Cloud Sect, Baili Qiushui arrived, and Lu Yang remembered he had forgotten to visit Baili Mingyue after spanking her.

Baili Qiushui told Lu Yang that the protective formation on Eastward Prospect Mountain was complete, then questioned him about his relationship with Baili Mingyue. Lu Yang admitted that he liked Mingyue and did not want to give up on her, and he prepared to visit her.

• Baili Qiushui told Lu Yang that she had finished the mountain-protecting formation and offered to explain it to the Lu Household elders.
• Baili Qiushui tried to learn what had happened between Lu Yang and Baili Mingyue, and Lu Yang mistakenly thought she wanted him to hit her too.
• Baili Qiushui admitted she was concerned about Mingyue and asked Lu Yang to tell Mingyue plainly if he had no feelings for her.
• Lu Yang said he liked Mingyue and would not give up on her despite having multiple dao companions.
• Baili Qiushui approved of the match, and Lu Yang decided to go see Mingyue.

Lu Yang went to see Baili Mingyue and declared that she would be his dao companion, hoping to help her overcome her low self-esteem. When he asked what gift she wanted, she asked him to hit her, leaving Lu Yang to reluctantly indulge her unusual request.

• Baili Qiushui went to discuss the mountain-guarding formation with the Lu Household elders, while Lu Yang headed to Baili Mingyue's quarters.
• Baili Mingyue nervously opened the door after sensing Lu Yang approach, and he led her into her room.
• Lu Yang told Baili Mingyue that she would be his dao companion, but she insisted she was unworthy and said being his pet would be enough.
• Lu Yang reassured Baili Mingyue that she could refuse but insisted on making her his dao companion, and she shakily accepted.
• Lu Yang offered Baili Mingyue a gift, and she asked him to hit her; after hesitating, he walked toward her.

Lu Yang gave Baili Mingyue powerful Formation Dao inheritances, improved her talent, and equipped her with further treasures before setting out for the Dao of Alchemy Convention. Baili Qiushui joined them, and the three flew toward the Crimson Cloud Sect.

• Lu Yang gave Baili Mingyue a Low Spirit Grade formation cultivation method and several Heaven Grade inheritances, then agreed she could share them with Baili Qiushui.
• Lu Yang bestowed Formation Dao talents on Baili Mingyue and gave her a Nine-Aperture Spirit-Communing Fruit, a Dao Protector, supplies, and the Palace of the Tycoon jade token.
• Lu Yang told Baili Mingyue he was leaving for the Dao of Alchemy Convention, and she asked to accompany him.
• Baili Qiushui joined Lu Yang and Baili Mingyue, partly to arrange body-tempering pills at the Crimson Cloud Sect and partly because she worried about Mingyue.
• Lu Yang said goodbye to his family and household elders, then took Baili Qiushui and Baili Mingyue aboard the Nine Splendors Cloud Chariot toward the Crimson Cloud Sect.

Baili Mingyue told Baili Qiushui about Lu Yang’s generous gifts and offered to share his Formation Dao resources with her, giving her hope of reaching the Spirit Transformation Realm. When Baili Qiushui warned her not to risk angering Lu Yang, Mingyue panicked at the thought of being abandoned, leaving her master startled by her choice of address.

• Baili Qiushui helped the exhausted Baili Mingyue rest and asked whether Lu Yang had bullied her, but Mingyue insisted she had asked for it.
• Baili Mingyue listed the valuable gifts Lu Yang had given her, including Formation Dao methods, insights, a Nine-Aperture Spirit-Communing Fruit, and a protector, leaving Baili Qiushui envious and amazed.
• Baili Qiushui said she was relieved that Lu Yang would look after Mingyue after her own lifespan ended, but Mingyue became frightened at the thought of losing her master.
• Baili Mingyue told Baili Qiushui that she could study Lu Yang’s Formation Dao methods and insights, giving her hope of advancing to the Spirit Transformation Realm.
• Baili Mingyue vowed to beg Lu Yang to keep Baili Qiushui alive if she could not break through, and Baili Qiushui sternly forbade her from making such a request.
• Baili Qiushui warned Mingyue not to anger Lu Yang or risk losing his affection, and Mingyue asked in panic whether her master would abandon her.

Baili Mingyue hoped Baili Qiushui would become Lu Yang’s dao companion so they could remain together, while Baili Qiushui struggled with her own thoughts about Lu Yang. Lu Yang received rewards for Baili Qiushui’s increased affection and Liu Yaoyao’s completed mission, then arranged for Liu Yaoyao to accompany him to the Dao of Alchemy Convention.

• Baili Mingyue asked Baili Qiushui whether becoming Lu Yang’s dao companion would keep her from dying when her lifespan ran out, and Baili Qiushui scolded her.
• Baili Qiushui tried to study a Formation Dao cultivation method but kept thinking about Lu Yang and reminded herself that he was her disciple’s dao companion.
• Lu Yang received system rewards after Baili Qiushui’s affection rose to 77 and Liu Yaoyao attained beginner mastery of the Primordial Spirit Insight Method.
• Lu Yang checked Liu Yaoyao’s new mission to reach Foundation Establishment Late Stage and considered how quickly she could complete it.
• Liu Yaoyao told Lu Yang she had mastered the Nascent Soul Insight Method, and he invited her to accompany him to the Dao of Alchemy Convention while Jiang Shiqing cultivated in seclusion.

Lu Yang told Lin Ying and Liu Yaoyao that Baili Mingyue had become his dao companion, then learned that Wenren Ge and Wenren Yu’s mother was recovering after receiving a pill refined by Elder Zhong Ming. The Nine Splendors Cloud Chariot reached the Crimson Cloud Forest, where its imposing arrival stirred excitement and speculation ahead of the Dao of Alchemy Convention.

• Lu Yang told Lin Ying and Liu Yaoyao that Baili Mingyue was his dao companion, and they took the news in stride while teasing him about his lecherous nature.
• Lin Ying explained that Wenren Ge and Wenren Yu had taken their mother to the Crimson Cloud Sect for treatment, where Elder Zhong Ming refined a pill that helped her recover.
• Lu Yang, Lin Ying, and Liu Yaoyao rested aboard the Nine Splendors Cloud Chariot as it traveled toward the Crimson Cloud Forest.
• The Nine Splendors Cloud Chariot arrived over the Crimson Cloud Forest, the Crimson Cloud Sect’s herb-rich territory, as cultivators gathered for the coming convention.
• Cultivators in the forest’s markets marveled at the nine Cloud Flood Dragons pulling the chariot and speculated about the important figure aboard and the convention’s prospects.

Zhong Ming returned to the Crimson Cloud Sect and told its alchemists that Wenren’s Evil Qi had mostly been dealt with and that she needed a Spirit Jade Origin-Replenishing Pill. The sect learned that Young Master Lu was approaching with nine Nascent Soul True Lord Cloud Flood Dragons and hurried to welcome him, unsure why he had come.

• Zhong Ming told the alchemists that Wenren was recovering and that he planned to refine a Spirit Jade Origin-Replenishing Pill for her.
• The Crimson Cloud Sect’s alchemists agreed that the sect should supply the Spirit Jade Ginseng because Wenren’s situation involved Young Master Lu.
• Zhong Ming recalled that Lu Yang had Chi Mo killed and had given orders to a Spirit Transformation expert, reinforcing the sect’s fear of offending him.
• The sect master received word that a mysterious figure was approaching Crimson Cloud City in a bronze carriage pulled by nine Nascent Soul True Lord white flood dragons.
• Zhong Ming recognized the carriage as Lu Yang’s, and the sect master ordered the cultivators to go greet him.

Crimson Cloud City filled with cultivators arriving for the Dao of Alchemy Convention, where rumors spread about the Crimson Cloud Sect’s talented Alchemists and generous prizes. Mo Xun and the sect’s grand elders gathered to welcome Young Master Lu, leaving the city’s cultivators stunned and wondering who he was.

• Cultivators in Crimson Cloud City discussed the convention’s two young Golden Core, third-tier Alchemists and the rare rewards offered to its winner.
• The gathered cultivators speculated that the Crimson Cloud Sect’s own geniuses would claim first place and that visitors could use the convention to buy pills and meet Alchemists.
• Powerful Nascent Soul presences appeared above the city, and the crowd recognized Sect Master Mo Xun, True Lord Zhong Ming, and other Crimson Cloud Sect grand elders.
• The grand elders waited in the sky, prompting the city’s cultivators to wonder which distinguished guest they had come to welcome.
• Nine Cloud Flood Dragons arrived pulling an ancient bronze carriage, and Mo Xun respectfully welcomed Young Master Lu on behalf of the sect.

Lu Yang arrived at the Crimson Cloud Sect for the Dao of Alchemy Convention, where the sect’s elders welcomed him and arranged for him to stay near the Wenren sisters. He reunited with Baili Mingyue and Baili Qiushui, and Lin Ying and Liu Yaoyao welcomed Mingyue into their circle before the group set off to explore the convention.

• Lu Yang’s charm briefly dazed Mo Xun and the other Crimson Cloud Sect elders when he greeted them from the Nine Splendors Cloud Chariot.
• Lin Ying asked Zhong Ming about the Wenren sisters, and Lu Yang agreed to stay near them at the Crimson Cloud Sect.
• Mo Xun and the other elders escorted Lu Yang, Lin Ying, and Liu Yaoyao from Crimson Cloud City to the sect.
• Lu Yang, Lin Ying, and Liu Yaoyao visited Baili Mingyue and Baili Qiushui, who had been focused on refining a jade token and studying Formation Dao texts.
• Lin Ying took Baili Mingyue’s hand and welcomed her as a sister, while Liu Yaoyao introduced herself as Lu Yang’s personal maid.
• Lu Yang hurried the group out to see the Dao of Alchemy Convention, leaving Lin Ying and Liu Yaoyao curious about why Baili Mingyue seemed so frightened of him.

Lu Yang and his companions arrived at the Crimson Cloud Sect and met Wenren Yu and Wenren Ge, whose mother had recovered after the Perilla Flower helped remove her evil Gu. The sisters offered to serve Lu Yang, and he welcomed them as singers and dancers; the chapter ended with their mother, Yin Ziyu, thanking him for saving her life.

• Zhong Ming escorted Lu Yang and his companions to the inner hall, where they met Wenren Yu and Wenren Ge.
• Wenren Yu told Lu Yang that their mother was recovering thanks to the Perilla Flower and offered that the sisters would serve him.
• Lu Yang invited the sisters to sing and dance for him, and Lin Ying welcomed them and reassured them.
• Lu Yang and his companions followed the sisters to visit their mother, Yin Ziyu, who thanked Lu Yang for saving her life.