Chapter Summaries

After earning a VIP Token Plaque and receiving rewards for his lavish auction spending, Lu Yang exchanged contact information with Liu Yaoyao and left with Qin Nanyue and Lin Ying. Outside, they encountered Li Feng and Li Yao, who brought up Lu Yang’s auction bids, leaving Lu Yang to ask what they wanted.

• Liu Yaoyao gave Lu Yang a Low-Level VIP Token Plaque and Azurite Jade Liquid, and the system rewarded him with an Intermediate Storage Ring and a Flowing Light Flying Boat.
• Liu Yaoyao exchanged voice transmission marks with Lu Yang so she could inform him about future auction items, then left with Sun Shouzheng and the maid.
• Lu Yang, Qin Nanyue, and Lin Ying left the auction house, teasing one another about their newly acquired treasures.
• Li Feng and his younger cousin Li Yao approached Qin Nanyue, and she introduced them to Lu Yang and Lin Ying.
• Li Yao scrutinized Lu Yang and acted provocatively, while Li Feng praised Lu Yang’s bidding on five bottles of Supreme-Grade Yellow Dragon Pills.
• Lu Yang realized Li Feng had approached him about the auction and asked him to speak plainly.

Lu Yang refused Li Feng and Li Yao’s attempt to buy his Supreme-Grade Yellow Dragon Pills, then reassured Qin Nanyue and Lin Ying that the Li Household posed no threat to him. After parting from the two women, he entered a secluded clearing outside the sect to claim his five Golden Core Realm bodyguards.

• Li Yao demanded a bottle of Lu Yang’s Supreme-Grade Yellow Dragon Pills, and Li Feng offered Spirit Stones or a trade for them.
• Lu Yang refused to exchange the pills for Spirit Stones, and Li Yao lost his temper when Lu Yang named rare treasures he would accept.
• Li Feng restrained Li Yao, apologized to Lu Yang, and left with him without making a deal.
• Qin Nanyue and Lin Ying worried that Li Yao might cause trouble, but Lu Yang reassured them and teased both women before they headed back to the sect.
• Lu Yang stopped outside the sect, sent Qin Nanyue and Lin Ying ahead, and entered the forest to claim his five Golden Core Realm bodyguards.

Lu Yang claimed five Golden Core puppets and dispatched three to protect the Lu Household, then examined his new Storage Ring and Flowing Light Flying Boat. He discovered a contract that could hire a temporary Peak Nascent Soul mercenary, but its three-million-Spirit-Stone daily cost left him planning to save up.

• Lu Yang claimed five puppets, bound them to his control, and told them to call him Young Master.
• Lu Yang ordered Wang Er, Wang Si, and Wang Wu to protect the Lu Household, and the three flew off to carry out his command.
• Lu Yang examined the Intermediate Storage Ring and claimed the Flowing Light Flying Boat, which he could pilot by controlling its core formation disk.
• The system rewarded Lu Yang with 10,000 Low-Grade Spirit Stones and a Low-Level Mercenary Contract.
• Lu Yang learned that the contract could hire an absolutely loyal Peak Nascent Soul puppet for 3,000,000 Low-Grade Spirit Stones per day, and he decided to save more money.

After the auction, Lu Yang tallied his gains, received a million Spirit Stones from his rebate card, and claimed Liu Yaoyao’s contact reward, which granted him the mid-grade Fortune Trait Breath of Geng Metal. He left his Golden Core puppet guards near the market and ordered them to watch Li Yao, especially if he left the Golden Sun Mountain Range.

• Lu Yang admired the Flowing Light Flying Boat but decided not to summon it, then stored its control formation plate while planning to refine several new treasures.
• Lu Yang used a Mid-Level Rebate Card on the Azurite Jade Liquid purchase and received 1,000,000 Low-Grade Spirit Stones at a tenfold multiplier.
• Lu Yang upgraded Tycoon’s Confidence to level 6 and reviewed the treasures, contracts, and Spirit Stones he had gained at the auction.
• Lu Yang claimed the reward for adding Liu Yaoyao to the Beauty Module and received 10,000 Low-Grade Spirit Stones and the mid-grade trait Breath of Geng Metal.
• Lu Yang ordered Wang Da and Wang San to stay near the market, protect him when he left the sect, and notify him if Li Yao left the Golden Sun Mountain Range.

After angering Li Yao at the auction, Lu Yang returned to his residence and used the Azurite Jade Liquid to awaken Divine Sense ahead of his cultivation level. He then asked Qin Nanyue to help him exchange spirit stones for contribution points and buy items, and she agreed to meet him at the outer sect plaza.

• Li Feng warned Li Yao not to provoke Lu Yang or ignore the Golden Rainbow Sword Sect's rules, but Li Yao decided to investigate Lu Yang's background himself.
• Wang Da and Wang San escorted Lu Yang to the sect gate, and Lu Yang returned to his residence on Profound Metal Peak's companion peak.
• Lu Yang drank the Azurite Jade Liquid, expanded his Divine Sense, and awakened the ability to perceive everything around him despite being a Mid-stage Qi Refining cultivator.
• Lu Yang asked Qin Nanyue to use her access privileges to help him buy items, and she explained that Cultivation Methods and Law Techniques could not be exchanged for him.
• Lu Yang agreed to have Qin Nanyue help him exchange for pills, talismans, and Law Treasures, and she arranged to meet him at the outer sect plaza.

Lu Yang exchanged three hundred thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones for contribution points at the Affairs Hall, astonishing Qin Nanyue and the disciples nearby. The exchange let him upgrade Tycoon's Confidence again.

• Qin Nanyue met Lu Yang at the outer sect plaza and led him to the Affairs Hall to exchange Spirit Stones for contribution points.
• Lu Yang told Qin Nanyue he planned to exchange three hundred thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones, surprising her with the amount.
• At the Affairs Hall, Lu Yang poured three hundred thousand Spirit Stones into the appraisal formation while the surrounding disciples watched in shock.
• The deacon completed the exchange, giving Qin Nanyue's sect token ten thousand contribution points, and Qin Nanyue noticed Lu Yang had awakened his Divine Sense.
• Lu Yang saw that Tycoon's Confidence could be upgraded and raised it another level.

Lu Yang and Qin Nanyue visited the Law Treasure Hall, where Lu Yang spent most of his newly acquired contribution points on two supreme-grade Law Artifacts. They left with Lu Yang equipped with an Obsidian Sword and a powerful shield robe, while Qin Nanyue silently noted how quickly he had spent his funds.

• Lu Yang calculated that his Tycoon's Confidence earned him sixty-four Low-Grade Spirit Stones every two hours and considered how long it would take to reach the next level.
• Lu Yang and Qin Nanyue went to the Law Treasure Hall to exchange contribution points for supreme-grade Law Artifacts.
• Lu Yang chose the Obsidian Sword, which strengthened both Metal Dao and Sword Dao Law Techniques, for four thousand one hundred contribution points.
• Lu Yang bought a supreme-grade shield robe capable of withstanding a strike from an Early-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator for five thousand five hundred contribution points.
• Lu Yang declined to buy anything else, leaving him with only four hundred of the ten thousand contribution points he had received.

Lu Yang and Qin Nanyue exchanged sect contribution points for Law Treasures and pills, then spent the day together, raising Qin Nanyue’s favorability to 77. After more than a month of cultivation and training, Lu Yang prepared to leave the sect and return to the Lu Household for the New Year.

• Qin Nanyue spent 9,600 contribution points on two supreme-grade Law Artifacts for Lu Yang, and the pair later exchanged more points for pills while keeping the purchase from Lin Ying.
• Qin Nanyue refused Lu Yang’s offer of 100 contribution points and used her own points to buy him a third bottle of Supreme-Grade Qi Nourishing Pills before they shared a meal.
• After returning to their residences, Lu Yang discovered that Qin Nanyue’s favorability had risen by two points to 77.
• Over the following month, Lu Yang completed his daily tasks, refined his Law Treasures and other possessions, and took Supreme-Grade Yellow Dragon Pills to strengthen his cultivation.
• Lu Yang advanced his Spirit Root experience to 3,250 out of 10,000 and decided to leave the sect that day to celebrate the New Year with the Lu Household.

Lu Yang exchanged voice transmissions with Lin Ying and Qin Nanyue before meeting them at the outer sect square to leave the sect for the New Year. He teased Qin Nanyue about joining him and Lin Ying, then walked with both women toward the marketplace, holding each of their hands.

• Lu Yang learned more about Lin Ying’s family and invited her to visit the Lin Household, which made her shyly agree to tell her family.
• Qin Nanyue told Lu Yang that Lin Ying planned to see them off, then blushed when he joked that she and Lin Ying could join him together.
• Qin Nanyue hid Lu Yang’s teasing from Lin Ying when she asked what was wrong.
• Lu Yang met Lin Ying and Qin Nanyue at the outer sect square, where Qin Nanyue teased Lin Ying about his attention.
• Lu Yang took Lin Ying’s hand, and Qin Nanyue took her other hand as the three headed toward the marketplace.

Qin Huan and the Qin family met Lu Yang after Qin Nanyue brought him to the marketplace, where his striking appearance and bearing made them wonder whether he had begun comprehending the Great Dao. Lu Yang casually called Qin Huan “Third Uncle,” and Qin Huan accepted Qin Nanyue’s description of Lu Yang as family.

• Qin Huan and the others left the Golden Rainbow Restaurant to meet Qin Nanyue and her friend Lu Yang.
• At the marketplace entrance, the group was stunned by Lu Yang’s appearance, and Qin Huan wondered if he had begun comprehending the Great Dao of heaven and earth.
• Qin Huan dismissed the idea as an impression caused by Lu Yang’s extraordinary bearing, and the Qin family approached him and Qin Nanyue.
• Lu Yang greeted Qin Huan as “Third Uncle,” embarrassing Qin Nanyue, who explained that she and Lu Yang were good friends and that her family was his family.
• Qin Huan warmly agreed to treat Lu Yang as family and asked to call him A Yang, which Lu Yang accepted.

Qin Nanyue and her relatives said goodbye to Lu Yang as the Qin Household’s flying boat arrived to take them home. After Elder Wang sensed a deadly threat when he used his Divine Sense on Lu Yang, he suspected a Nascent Soul True Lord was secretly protecting him, leaving Qin Nanyue and the others bewildered about Lu Yang’s background.

• Lu Yang greeted Qin Nanyue’s relatives, who welcomed him warmly and invited him to visit the Qin Household.
• The Qin Household’s flying boat arrived, and Lu Yang declined to travel with Qin Nanyue’s family, saying he would visit them later.
• Qin Nanyue hugged Lin Ying and quietly sent her a voice transmission before boarding the flying boat with her relatives.
• Elder Wang asked whether Lu Yang was a friend or enemy after sensing a deadly threat when he locked onto him with his Divine Sense.
• Wang Yin told the Qin family he suspected a Nascent Soul True Lord was secretly protecting Lu Yang, and Qin Nanyue admitted she knew little about his background.

After Qin Nanyue and the others departed, Lu Yang took Lin Ying shopping and secretly bought a jade bangle for a struggling pair of dao companions. The pair were stunned when the shop assistant delivered the expensive gift on Lu Yang’s behalf and wished them a happy new year.

• Qin Nanyue’s flying ship departed, and Lin Ying gathered the courage to ask Lu Yang to walk through the market with her.
• Lu Yang took Lin Ying’s hand and led her into a shop selling Law Artifacts for female cultivators.
• Lu Yang and Lin Ying watched Wan'er decline a five-hundred-Spirit-Stone jade bangle so she and her dao companion could save for their future expenses.
• Moved by the couple’s consideration for each other, Lu Yang paid for the bangle and asked the assistant to give it to them anonymously as a new-year gift.
• The assistant caught up with Wan'er and her dao companion and presented the bangle, leaving them and nearby cultivators astonished.

Lu Yang spent New Year's Eve shopping with Lin Ying, received an investment contract from his system, and bought her two High-Grade Law Artifacts. As they parted, Lin Ying offered him a gift back at the sect, and he agreed to go with her.

• Lu Yang's system rewarded him with Spirit Stones and a Low-Level Investment Contract after he enjoyed spending money, and he considered potential cultivators to invest in.
• Lu Yang's favorability with Lin Ying rose to 90 when he called her his own Senior Sister and offered to buy her a New Year's gift.
• Lu Yang bought the White Phoenix Jade Hairpin and United Hearts Wind-Riding Pendant for Lin Ying from Liang Shuangshuang, paying 8,400 Low-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Lu Yang and Lin Ying spent the day strolling through the market, sharing treats and watching street entertainment.
• As Lu Yang prepared to leave, Lin Ying offered him a New Year's gift at the sect, and he agreed to accompany her there.

Lin Ying brought Lu Yang to her residence to give him his New Year's gift, showed him her Alchemy Chamber, and shared an intimate night with him. The next morning, she woke embarrassed by what had happened and hid beneath the covers while Lu Yang teased her.

• Lin Ying led Lu Yang from the outer sect plaza to her residence and explained the benefits of Pill Peak's private Alchemy Chambers.
• Lin Ying showed Lu Yang her Alchemy Chamber and excitedly described how she prepared ingredients and controlled the earth fire.
• Lin Ying took Lu Yang to her bedroom, closed the shutters and door, and kissed him after he embraced her.
• Lu Yang and Lin Ying spent the night together, and Lu Yang woke beside her the following morning.
• Lin Ying remembered the previous night, hid inside the quilt in embarrassment, and told Lu Yang he was awful when he teased her.

After dual cultivating with Lin Ying, Lu Yang received a million spirit stones, ownership of Miaoshou Pharmacy, and experience toward a Supreme-Grade Spirit Root, then grew closer to her at the sect. The chapter leaves him warned that a disciple from the Li Household has arranged an ambush outside the Golden Sun Mountain Range.

• Lu Yang read his rewards for dual cultivating with Lin Ying and added the Universal Experience to his Spirit Root experience.
• Lu Yang gave Lin Ying black stockings that were a Supreme-Grade Law Artifact and dressed her in them, but her favorability remained at 98.
• Lu Yang and Lin Ying went to the dining hall hand in hand, where Lin Ying served him food as other disciples watched jealously.
• Wang Siyuan sent Lu Yang a warning that a disciple from the Li Household had found people to lie in wait for him outside the Golden Sun Mountain Range.
• Lu Yang stopped after hearing Wang Siyuan's warning, and Lin Ying asked what was wrong.

Lu Yang learned that Li Yao was preparing to target him and decided to leave the sect with Lin Ying and Wang Siyuan. After Wang Siyuan risked warning him, Lu Yang invited him to travel together to the Yuan Kingdom and considered investing in his future.

• Lu Yang learned Li Yao had been planning a move against him outside the sect, and he told Lin Ying he would take her to see a good show.
• Wang Siyuan agonized over whether to warn Lu Yang about Li Yao, then chose to send him a warning.
• Lu Yang reassured Wang Siyuan that Li Yao's plans would not affect him and invited him to travel together to the Yuan Kingdom.
• Wang Siyuan weighed the risk of Li Yao's retaliation, accepted Lu Yang's invitation, and decided to leave with him.
• Lu Yang considered Wang Siyuan's talent and character as a possible investment, then told him to meet at the outer sect square.

Lu Yang, Lin Ying, and Wang Siyuan left the Golden Rainbow Sword Sect for the Yuan Kingdom, where Li Yao had arranged an ambush. When Li Yao’s men attacked, Lu Yang unleashed a devastating sword strike, leaving the battle’s outcome unresolved.

• Lu Yang learned that the group could rent spirit beast mounts, so he and Lin Ying led Wang Siyuan to the market and rented Black-Scaled Horses.
• After riding out of the Golden Sun Mountain Range, Lu Yang and his companions were surrounded by more than a dozen rogue cultivators led by Li Yao.
• Li Yao revealed that he had waited to ambush Lu Yang and threatened Lin Ying, prompting Lu Yang to draw the Obsidian Sword.
• Lu Yang swung the Obsidian Sword and sent a golden sword image crashing down, killing five or six cultivators in a bloody mist.

Lu Yang killed Li Yao’s attackers, revealed his two Golden Core Dao protectors, and spared the Li Household from blame before having Wang Da burn Li Yao and Elder Yang to ash. Mu Yunxue and her Dao protector arrived, and the elder greeted Wang Da and Wang San as equals before expressing surprise at Lu Yang’s standing in the Golden Rainbow Sword Sect.

• Lu Yang cut down the fleeing cultivators with his Obsidian Sword, then revealed Elder Yang, crippled and captured by his Dao protectors.
• Li Yao realized Wang Da and Wang San were Golden Core True Persons, begged Lu Yang for mercy, and insisted the Li Household had not known about his actions.
• Lu Yang said he would leave the Li Household alone if it did not seek trouble, then ordered Wang Da to burn Li Yao and Elder Yang to ash.
• Wang Da looked toward the sky as Mu Yunxue and her Dao protector descended on sword light.
• Mu Yunxue’s Dao protector greeted Wang Da and Wang San as equals, then remarked on Lu Yang’s hidden standing within the Golden Rainbow Sword Sect.

Xiao Changli witnessed Lu Yang defeat Li Yao’s group and realized the young cultivator had refined the Golden Rainbow Sword Sect’s foundational techniques and touched the Dao Principles despite being at Mid-stage Qi Refining. After Lu Yang’s Golden Core Dao Protectors killed Li Yao and his protector, Xiao Changli and Mu Yunxue approached him, where he insisted he was an ordinary cultivator.

• Xiao Changli recognized that Lu Yang’s improved Heavy Sword Technique and Heavy Sword Instruction showed extraordinary comprehension and glimpses of the Metal Dao Principle and Sword Dao Principle.
• Lu Yang cut down the Rogue Cultivators and prepared to deal with Li Yao, while Xiao Changli considered intervening on behalf of the sect’s rules.
• Wang Da and Wang San’s Divine Sense warned Xiao Changli away, and Wang Da burned Li Yao and his Dao Protector to death.
• Xiao Changli and Mu Yunxue descended to meet Lu Yang after realizing his powerful Golden Core Dao Protectors guarded him.
• Lu Yang called himself an ordinary cultivator, leaving Xiao Changli incredulous.

Lu Yang met Mu Yunxue and exchanged voice transmission marks with her, while Xiao Changli promised that the Golden Rainbow Sword Sect would make the Li Household answer for its disciple’s attack. When Lu Yang offered them a ride, he revealed a hundred-zhang golden flying boat, stunning everyone and leaving Mu Yunxue curious about his background.

• Lu Yang introduced himself to Mu Yunxue and learned that she remembered all the disciples from their cohort.
• At Xiao Changli’s suggestion, Lu Yang and Mu Yunxue exchanged voice transmission marks.
• Lu Yang asked whether the sect would punish him for killing the people Li Yao had hired, and Xiao Changli promised to pressure the Li Household for an explanation.
• Lu Yang offered Xiao Changli and Mu Yunxue a ride to Mu Yunxue’s home for the New Year.
• Lu Yang summoned a hundred-zhang golden flying boat, astonishing Xiao Changli, Lin Ying, Wang Siyuan, and Mu Yunxue.