Chapter Summaries

Lu Yang gave Wenren Ge Thousand-Year Spirit Milk to help Yin Ziyu recover, then accepted a room beside the Wenren sisters rather than making Yin Ziyu leave hers. After the group settled in, Wenren Ge and Wenren Yu speculated about Lu Yang and Lin Ying’s relationship and decided to tell their master about the visitors the next day.

• Lu Yang gave Wenren Ge a bottle of Thousand-Year Spirit Milk, which Wenren Ge fed to Yin Ziyu and visibly improved her condition.
• Lu Yang declined to take Yin Ziyu’s room, and Lin Ying reassured the Wenren sisters that he did not care about status or room arrangements.
• Wenren Ge showed Lu Yang and his companions to their rooms, where Lin Ying brought Baili Mingyue to stay with Lu Yang, Liu Yaoyao, and herself.
• Wenren Yu wondered whether Lu Yang was fickle for having several dao companions, and Wenren Ge suggested Lin Ying might have reached her current position because of him.
• Wenren Ge and Wenren Yu went to check on Yin Ziyu and agreed to tell their master about Lu Yang the next day.

Lu Yang left the Crimson Cloud Sect’s guest quarters with Lin Ying and Liu Yaoyao to explore Crimson Cloud City before registering for the Dao of Alchemy Convention. Baili Mingyue went to find Baili Qiushui, while Lu Yang and Lin Ying drew amazed attention from the sect’s disciples.

• Lin Ying and Liu Yaoyao recalled the previous night’s cultivation with Baili Mingyue and agreed that Jiang Shiqing should keep her company next time.
• Deng Peihuan apologized to Lu Yang and offered to accompany him, but he declined so they could keep a low profile.
• Wenren Ge and Wenren Yu greeted Lu Yang and Lin Ying before staying behind to care for their mother.
• Baili Mingyue nervously left the guest quarters to seek Baili Qiushui after Lu Yang departed.
• Lu Yang walked through the Crimson Cloud Sect with Lin Ying and Liu Yaoyao, and the disciples who saw them marveled at their appearance before arguing over who looked worse.

Lu Yang, Lin Ying, and Liu Yaoyao traveled to Crimson Cloud City to register Lin Ying for the Dao of Alchemy Convention, concealing their identities along the way. When a Golden Core cultivator insulted and tried to shove them aside, Liu Yaoyao struck him with a divine soul attack that left him gravely wounded.

• Lu Yang gave Lin Ying and Liu Yaoyao veils, concealed his own appearance and charm, and flew with them toward Crimson Cloud City.
• The three joined the crowd of cultivators approaching the city on a flying sword.
• A Golden Core cultivator aboard a jade flying boat tried to force them aside and called Lu Yang a dog blocking the road.
• Liu Yaoyao used the Primordial Spirit Insight Method to attack the cultivator's divine soul, making him bleed from his orifices and collapse.

Lu Yang accepted the refined young man's apology after Liu Yaoyao badly injured Wang, then declined his invitation and entered Crimson Cloud City with Lin Ying and Liu Yaoyao. The young man explained to Li Feifan that Liu Yaoyao's strength and soul cultivation were extraordinary, leaving Li to wonder whether she came from an immortal sect or holy land.

• Liu Yaoyao asked Lu Yang what to do with the three cultivators, and he told her to let the matter go because Wang was already seriously injured.
• The refined young man stopped Li Feifan from retaliating, apologized to Lu Yang, and offered to treat the group at Muyu Pavilion.
• Lu Yang accepted the apology but declined the invitation, then flew into Crimson Cloud City with Lin Ying and Liu Yaoyao.
• After they left, the young man told Li Feifan that Liu Yaoyao's Foundation Establishment cultivation concealed Golden Core-level soul strength and likely powerful techniques.
• Li Feifan was astonished and asked whether Liu Yaoyao might be a disciple of an immortal sect or holy land.

Duan Chong warned Li Feifan not to provoke Lu Yang, suspecting he came from an upper realm and had a powerful background. Duan Chong then prepared to treat Uncle Wang and make his debut at the Dao of Alchemy Convention before joining the Crimson Cloud Sect.

• Li Feifan realized the female cultivator might be Lu Yang’s maid, and Duan Chong cautioned him that her status and talent suggested Lu Yang was someone they should not offend.
• Duan Chong revealed that he was a descendant of the Spirit Realm’s Duan Household, sent to the Canglan Realm to prove himself through its trial.
• Duan Chong reflected that his Azure Wood Spirit Physique and alchemy knowledge made him a gifted alchemist, though his Foundation Establishment cultivation limited him to second-tier pills.
• Duan Chong decided to avoid investigating Lu Yang because he lacked the Duan Household’s support in the Canglan Realm and needed to conserve his life-saving trump card.
• Duan Chong planned to make a strong impression at the Dao of Alchemy Convention, enter the Crimson Cloud Sect, and cultivate until he could ascend back to the Spirit Realm.
• Duan Chong told Li Feifan to take him to treat Uncle Wang’s injuries before the convention began, and Li Feifan agreed.

Lu Yang, Liu Yaoyao, and Lin Ying entered Crimson Cloud City, where Lin Ying registered for the Dao of Alchemy Convention. After learning how the competition worked, Lu Yang expected Lin Ying’s powerful Cinnabar Yang Sect inheritance and alchemy talent to give her a strong chance of taking first place.

• Duan Chong led Li Feifan and the badly injured Uncle Wang into Crimson Cloud City, and the watching cultivators discussed the strength and status of those involved.
• Lu Yang, Liu Yaoyao, and Lin Ying went to the Crimson Cloud Sect’s registration site and waited in line without revealing their identities.
• Lin Ying registered for the Dao of Alchemy Convention, while Lu Yang and Liu Yaoyao chose not to compete.
• Lu Yang read the convention schedule and learned that contestants would face elimination rounds before an open main competition and final ranking.
• Lu Yang concluded that the convention benefited ordinary Alchemists and the Crimson Cloud Sect by sharing valuable Pill Formulas and building goodwill.
• Lu Yang trusted Lin Ying’s Cinnabar Yang Sect inheritance and alchemy talent to carry her to first place.

Lu Yang took Lin Ying and Liu Yaoyao shopping in Crimson Cloud City, where Lin Ying spent lavishly on pills. As they prepared to explore a shop’s second floor and clothing stores, the Palace of the Tycoon panel generated a new challenge mission.

• Lu Yang accompanied Lin Ying and Liu Yaoyao through Crimson Cloud City’s pill shops, where Lin Ying examined pills and bought those that interested her.
• Lin Ying spent over five hundred thousand Mid-Grade Spirit Stones, drawing attention from cultivators and shopkeepers across the street.
• Lu Yang reassured himself that Lin Ying’s puppet bodyguards would protect her from anyone tempted to rob her.
• Liu Yaoyao told Lu Yang she preferred clothes and jewelry, and Lu Yang promised to take the women to clothing shops after Lin Ying finished shopping.
• A clerk invited Lin Ying and Lu Yang upstairs to see pills personally refined by Ning Yu, and Lin Ying eagerly agreed.
• The Palace of the Tycoon panel appeared and generated the Tycoon's Shopping Challenge mission.

Lu Yang accepted the Tycoon's Shopping Challenge, which rewarded him for keeping Lin Ying and Liu Yaoyao’s shopping totals close while spending generously. He accompanied Lin Ying to a pill shop, where she ordered one bottle of every unusual pill, while Liu Yaoyao was set to shop with him the next day.

• Lu Yang accepted the challenge mission and learned he could not reveal either woman’s spending total during their separate shopping trips.
• Lu Yang sent Liu Yaoyao back to the palace and promised to spend the following day alone with her, delighting her.
• Lu Yang encouraged Lin Ying to buy whatever she wanted, and she chose to inspect the pill shop’s unusual pills.
• Fairy Qu introduced Lu Yang and Lin Ying to rare pills created by Ning Yu and his alchemists.
• Lin Ying asked Fairy Qu to bring out one bottle of every unusual pill so she could buy them all.

Lin Ying and Lu Yang bought nearly nine hundred thousand Mid-Grade Spirit Stones’ worth of pills, leaving Qu Mingxin envious of their relationship and wealth. They left the shop together and continued through the street, teasing each other about Qu Mingxin and Lu Yang’s plans for the night.

• Qu Mingxin listed the rare pills’ prices, and Lin Ying asked Lu Yang to pay when she realized she lacked enough Spirit Stones.
• Lu Yang paid 897,000 Mid-Grade Spirit Stones for the pills, and Lin Ying checked their authenticity before the deal was completed.
• Qu Mingxin escorted Lin Ying and Lu Yang out, while other cultivators guessed that the pair had spent a fortune and some left the second floor.
• Lin Ying sensed Qu Mingxin’s envy, and she and Lu Yang walked on together, pleased with their relationship.
• Lin Ying teased Lu Yang for not asking the beautiful Qu Mingxin for her voice transmission marks, and Lu Yang insisted he had principles because she was married.
• Lu Yang threatened to deal with Lin Ying that night, making her wary; she quickly suggested they keep looking around.

After Lu Yang and Lin Ying spent nearly two million Mid-Grade Spirit Stones in Crimson Cloud City, Lu Yang avoided leaving the city to evade cultivators who might rob them. The next morning, he took Liu Yaoyao shopping instead, while Lin Ying rested and prepared to study her new pills and Pill Formulas.

• Lin Ying bought pills and Pill Formulas across the shopping street, spending nearly five hundred thousand Mid-Grade Spirit Stones there and bringing her total spending for the day to about a million.
• Qu Mingxin learned that Lu Yang and Lin Ying had spent close to two million Mid-Grade Spirit Stones in total and grew envious of Lin Ying.
• Lu Yang noticed Late Golden Core cultivators watching them and checked into an inn in Crimson Cloud City rather than risk being attacked outside the city.
• Back at the Palace of the Tycoon, Lin Ying told Liu Yaoyao she would study her purchases, and Liu Yaoyao teased her before joining Lu Yang and Lin Ying in cultivation.
• The next morning, Lu Yang left the inn with Liu Yaoyao and took her shopping for clothes and jewelry.

Lu Yang took Liu Yaoyao shopping for enchanted clothing, where she bought high-grade and supreme-grade treasures for herself and his other women, stunning the shop’s customers. After shopping all day, the challenge mission ended, and Lu Yang checked the panel in anticipation of his reward.

• Lu Yang held Liu Yaoyao’s hand and reassured her that she could stay close to him despite her concern for his reputation.
• Liu Yaoyao bought nearly all the high-grade and supreme-grade enchanted robes in a shop, shocking the maid and the other customers.
• Liu Yaoyao explained that she was also buying gifts for Lu Yang’s other women, and Lu Yang approved of her thoughtfulness.
• Lu Yang followed Liu Yaoyao through shops as she bought clothing, accessories, and jewelry until evening.
• The challenge mission ended, and Lu Yang anticipated the completion rate and reward after estimating Liu Yaoyao had spent over a million Mid-Grade Spirit Stones.

Lu Yang checked the results of the shopping challenge and received lavish rewards after Lin Ying and Liu Yaoyao spent similar amounts. He gained a fortune in Spirit Stones and several special cards, then considered which two beauties should receive the new Beauty Bond.

• Lu Yang saw that Lin Ying and Liu Yaoyao had each spent over one million Mid-Grade Spirit Stones, earning a top-tier challenge settlement.
• Lin Ying and Liu Yaoyao each received attribute increases, improved comprehension of their respective Dao Principles, and a Random Primary Cultivation Great Dao Fortune Card; Lu Yang gained attribute increases, 50,000 Universal Experience, and another Fortune Card.
• Lu Yang spent his Universal Experience on his Spirit Root and received a twelvefold return of 25.056 million Mid-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Lu Yang received three Tycoon's Shop Refresh Cards and examined the Beauty Bond Card, which linked two beauties' cultivation and coordination.
• Lu Yang pondered which two beauties he should choose for the Beauty Bond.

Lu Yang used the Beauty Bond Card to link Lin Ying and Jiang Shiqing, whose new connection let them sense each other’s thoughts and led to Lin Ying ruining a batch of pills. He then used his Random Fortune Cards and gained an immortal-grade Fortune Trait, while Liu Yaoyao and Lin Ying each gained a spirit-grade Fortune Trait.

• Lu Yang chose Lin Ying and Jiang Shiqing to form a bond, then used the Beauty Bond Card on them.
• Lin Ying sensed a connection to Jiang Shiqing while refining pills and realized they could sense each other’s feelings and thoughts.
• Jiang Shiqing imagined serving Lu Yang together with Lin Ying, and Lin Ying warned her through their mental connection.
• Jiang Shiqing tried something through their bond, distracting Lin Ying until her pill furnace went bang and ruined the batch.
• Lu Yang used all three Random Fortune Cards, gaining an immortal-grade Fortune Trait while Liu Yaoyao and Lin Ying each gained a spirit-grade Fortune Trait.

Lu Yang used spirit-grade Fortune Traits for Lin Ying and Liu Yaoyao and an immortal-grade Metal Dao trait for himself, which let him reach a Principle Domain while still at Foundation Establishment. He then refreshed the Tycoon's Shop as Lin Ying began preparing for the Dao of Alchemy Convention.

• Lu Yang examined Lin Ying's spirit-grade Fortune Trait, which strengthened her State of Mind and alchemy, and Liu Yaoyao's trait, which greatly enhanced her Spirit Dao abilities.
• Lu Yang used his Great White Metal Emperor Fortune Trait and comprehended the Metal Dao Principle to the domain level.
• Lu Yang's Principle Domain let him blend his Spiritual Qi with Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, granting him some Void Refinement Realm traits while he remained at Foundation Establishment.
• Lin Ying, upset with Jiang Shiqing, felt her comprehension of Pill Formulas improve and decided to prepare for the Dao of Alchemy Convention.
• Lu Yang used a shop refresh card, and three new items appeared in the Tycoon's Shop.

Lu Yang spent his accumulated wealth on rare treasures, used the rebates to multiply his Spirit Stones, and raised Tycoon's Confidence to level 23. After helping Liu Yaoyao improve her Spirit Dao talent, he left to accompany Lin Ying to the Dao of Alchemy Convention.

• Lu Yang bought a Spiritual Qi Concentration Regulator, Spiritual Connection Rings, and Longevity-Enhancing Pills, then purchased Dao Comprehension Tea Leaves and other items from the refreshed shop.
• Lu Yang used an Advanced Rebate Card on the tea purchase and received a twentyfold rebate, bringing his High-Grade Spirit Stones to 3.2 trillion before further purchases.
• Lu Yang spent Spirit Stones to raise Tycoon's Confidence to level 23, which granted him 800 High-Grade Spirit Stones every shichen.
• Lu Yang bought the final shop items and called Liu Yaoyao to his room after absorbing the gains from his challenge mission.
• Liu Yaoyao thanked Lu Yang for improving her Spirit Dao talent, and he left her unconscious the following morning to accompany Lin Ying to the Dao of Alchemy Convention.

Lu Yang accompanied Lin Ying to the Dao of Alchemy Convention, where she entered Palace Four for the elimination rounds. After recognizing Duan Chong from their earlier encounter, Lin Ying focused on the competition, but a confident alchemist approached her to introduce himself.

• Lu Yang and Lin Ying traveled to the convention square, where alchemists were assigned stations in floating palaces.
• Duan Chong bypassed the queue and received a station in Palace Four, and Lin Ying recognized him from their encounter in Crimson Cloud City.
• Lin Ying received her station token and entered Palace Four to wait for the examining elder to announce the task.
• Jian Shuchen introduced himself to Lin Ying and invited her to discuss the Dao of Alchemy, confident that his status and charm would win her over.

Lin Ying rejected Jian Shuchen’s advances at the Dao of Alchemy Convention, and he threatened to have her eliminated in the preliminary selection. Afterward, she spoke with Duan Chong, who suspected that Lu Yang had a powerful background.

• Jian Shuchen approached Lin Ying, but she rejected him and told him to stay away.
• Jian Shuchen threatened Lin Ying’s competition qualification, then tried to grab her shoulder; Lin Ying evaded him with a technique that turned her into leaves.
• Jian Shuchen left and decided to have Lin Ying eliminated in the preliminary selection before dealing with her after the convention.
• Lin Ying found her assigned seat near Duan Chong, who said he could treat Uncle Wang’s injured soul and introduced himself.
• Duan Chong asked who had provoked Lin Ying, and her response strengthened his suspicion that Lu Yang had an important background.

Lin Ying entered the Dao of Alchemy Convention’s elimination round and quickly drew attention by processing the Origin-Nurturing Pill’s ingredients with remarkable speed. As she began refining with a Supreme-Grade Law Treasure Pill Furnace, the other alchemists were left astonished and thrown off their work.

• Duan Chong offered to help Lin Ying if she encountered trouble, then set aside his curiosity about the alchemy book she was reading.
• Jian Shuchen hid his resentment after Lin Ying rejected him and sought admiration from other female cultivators.
• A Crimson Cloud Sect elder announced the end of entry and began the convention’s elimination rounds with the Origin-Nurturing Pill.
• Lin Ying processed all the pill ingredients in under fifteen minutes using techniques from the Cinnabar Yang Pill Scripture.
• Lin Ying brought out her Supreme-Grade Law Treasure Pill Furnace, startling nearby alchemists, who then realized she had already finished preparing the ingredients and lost their rhythm.

Lin Ying astonished the Alchemists at the Dao of Alchemy Convention by preparing herbs faster than Duan Chong and using an extraordinary Fire Control Technique to refine them all at once. Duan Chong recognized that her inheritance could rival the greatest in the Spirit Realm, while Jian Shuchen tried to convince himself she had merely found it in ruins.

• Duan Chong learned that Lin Ying had finished preparing her herbs before he had and turned to watch her begin refining.
• Lin Ying put all her prepared herbs into her furnace and controlled its flames with intricate Hand Seals and eerie green Runes.
• Duan Chong judged Lin Ying's Fire Control Technique to be on par with or beyond his household's best inheritance, and the watching Alchemists whispered in amazement.
• Jian Shuchen recognized that Lin Ying's inheritance could surpass what even a Nascent Soul True Lord possessed and feared the consequences of having offended her.
• Jian Shuchen clung to the idea that Lin Ying had found her inheritance in ruins, imagining he might obtain it himself.