Chapter Summaries

Lu Yang arrived at Taibai Market aboard the Flowing Light Flying Boat, where Guan Qiu revealed to seven Golden Core cultivators that he was her young master and that his mysterious backing had supported her since she was a Qi Refining cultivator. As the market’s cultivators welcomed Lu Yang with great respect, he claimed Miaoshou Pharmacy through the system and made Guan Qiu his first employee.

• Seven Golden Core cultivators led by Fang Xun stopped the approaching Flowing Light Flying Boat and wondered who was aboard.
• Guan Qiu told the cultivators that the arriving figure was her young master and said his people had supported her since she was a Qi Refining cultivator.
• Fang Xun and the other six Golden Core cultivators respectfully welcomed Lu Yang, prompting speculation across Taibai Market that a Nascent Soul True Lord had arrived.
• Lin Mingyue and the other two watched in shock as the market’s powerful cultivators bowed to their brother-in-law.
• Lu Yang claimed Miaoshou Pharmacy through the system, which established a connection with its founder and named Guan Qiu his first employee.

Lu Yang discovered that his system had shaped Guan Qiu’s life by transporting her to an alchemy inheritance and binding her as an employee centuries ago. As Lu Yang arrived at Taibai Market with powerful Golden Core guards, Guan Qiu greeted him and received his thanks for her long service.

• Lu Yang viewed the system’s account of Guan Qiu’s rise from a Qi Refining herb gatherer to a Golden Core cultivator and peak third-tier Alchemist, learning that she had signed an employment contract to claim an alchemy inheritance.
• Lu Yang recognized the elderly Guan Qiu among seven Golden Core cultivators waiting outside his flying boat and flew toward them with Lin Ying and his guards.
• Fang Xun and the other cultivators felt the guards’ overwhelming Divine Sense and respectfully welcomed Lu Yang to Taibai Market.
• Guan Qiu stepped forward and bowed to Lu Yang, while he thanked her for her efforts over the centuries.
• Lu Yang gently told Guan Qiu to rise as night fell over Taibai Market.

Lu Yang brought Lin Ying and her siblings to Miaoshou Pharmacy, where the gathered cultivators were stunned by the Golden Core figures accompanying him. Lin Mingyue, Lin Ling, and Lin Jin recognized Deng Xian and his companions in the crowd and entered the pharmacy smugly, leaving their former bullies too intimidated to approach.

• Lu Yang asked Guan Qiu to take the group to Miaoshou Pharmacy and chose to enter through its first floor.
• Lin Mingyue, Lin Ling, and Lin Jin realized Lu Yang had heard they were bullied and believed he was standing up for them.
• Deng Xian and his companions watched Lu Yang arrive with seven Golden Core True Persons and were stunned by his appearance and status.
• Deng Yu recognized Lin Jin and the others beside Lu Yang, while Deng Yue grew jealous of Lin Mingyue.
• Lin Ling spotted Deng Xian and his companions, and the siblings exchanged smug, triumphant looks with their former bullies.
• Lu Yang and Lin Ying entered Miaoshou Pharmacy with the Golden Core cultivators, followed by the three siblings.

Lu Yang toured Miaoshou Pharmacy with Guan Qiu and confirmed that she would continue managing the business. After learning that its thirty-one branches earned around eight hundred thousand low-grade spirit stones in annual net profit, Lin Ying and her relatives were stunned by the scale of his wealth.

• Guan Qiu showed Lu Yang the pharmacy’s first three floors while Fang Xun and the other Golden Core cultivators accompanied them.
• Guan Qiu stopped Fang Xun and the others from entering the fourth floor, and they invited Lu Yang to a banquet, which he accepted.
• Lu Yang told Guan Qiu that she would continue managing Miaoshou Pharmacy and should contact him if she encountered a problem.
• Guan Qiu reported that the pharmacy’s thirty-one branches earned around eight hundred thousand low-grade spirit stones in annual net profit.
• Lin Ying, Lin Mingyue, and the other two were shocked to learn that one year of the pharmacy’s profits exceeded the Lin Household’s total assets many times over.

Lu Yang collected Miaoshou Pharmacy’s annual income and arranged for Guan Qiu to teach Lin Ying alchemy before attending a lavish banquet hosted by the Wang Household. Surrounded by Golden Core cultivators and greeted with great ceremony, he felt the allure of his newfound power as the group entered the restaurant.

• Guan Qiu delivered eight thousand Mid-Grade Spirit Stones to Lu Yang, who let her keep two hundred thousand of the annual income for the pharmacy or her cultivation.
• Lu Yang introduced Lin Ying as his dao companion and asked Guan Qiu to guide her in alchemy, which Guan Qiu gladly agreed to do.
• Guan Qiu shared her cultivation insights with Lu Yang and Lin Ying before receiving a message that the Fang Household’s banquet was ready.
• Lu Yang asked Guan Qiu to prepare pills, talismans, Law Artifacts, and spirit fruits, then left Miaoshou Pharmacy with Lin Ying and the Lin Household juniors.
• Fang Xun, Wang Qing, and other Golden Core cultivators welcomed Lu Yang outside the Wang Restaurant and led him past a grand reception into its private banquet hall.

Lu Yang attended a banquet at the Wang Restaurant with Lin Ying, where the younger cultivators and Golden Core elders eagerly sought his favor. He took the seat of honor with Lin Ying beside him and invited Lin Mingyue and her companions to sit at the main table, while other cultivators settled nearby.

• The Golden Core lineages gathered their descendants at the Wang Restaurant banquet, hoping they would make Lu Yang's acquaintance.
• Lu Yang entered holding Lin Ying's hand, drawing the admiration of the young cultivators and the attention of the assembled elders.
• Wang Qing guided Lu Yang to the seat of honor as Lin Ying felt the female cultivators' envy and Lu Yang gently drew her closer.
• Lu Yang invited Lin Mingyue and the other two to sit beside Lin Ying, despite their hesitation about dining with Golden Core cultivators.
• Fang Xun and other powerful Golden Core cultivators took seats near Lu Yang, while the remaining Early Golden Core cultivators planned to sit nearby and offer him a toast.

At the banquet, Lu Yang exchanged contact information with several Golden Rainbow Sword Sect disciples while Lin Ying affectionately served him food. When the declining Jiang Household approached, Lu Yang’s system detected a beauty among them, leaving him eager to see who she was.

• Lu Yang declined to seat Wang Da and the other bodyguards, prompting the Golden Core patriarchs to fear that even stronger protectors might be hidden nearby.
• Lin Ying served Lu Yang Spirit Cuisine while Lin Mingyue and the others watched smugly as the patriarchs tried to introduce their descendants.
• Fang Xun introduced Fang Jingzhi and Fang Jin, and Lu Yang exchanged sect transmission marks with both after learning they belonged to his sect.
• The Song Household introduced three women, and Lu Yang exchanged transmission marks with Song Lingyi before other descendants took turns toasting him.
• Jiang Feng led three young descendants toward Lu Yang as the patriarchs discussed the Jiang Household’s decline and his failing lifespan.
• Lu Yang’s system detected a nine-out-of-ten beauty among the Jiang Household’s young people, and he focused on the only woman in the group.

At the Wang Household banquet, Jiang Feng brought Jiang Shiqing to meet Lu Yang, hoping to secure help for his declining household. Lu Yang asked Jiang Shiqing to handle miscellaneous matters for him, and she accepted, leaving Jiang Feng hopeful that the Jiang Household might survive his approaching death.

• Jiang Feng, facing the end of his lifespan and the likely collapse of his household, brought three young relatives to the banquet to seek Lu Yang’s favor.
• Lu Yang politely returned Jiang Feng’s toast, prompting the assembled cultivators to reassess the aging Golden Core cultivator.
• Lu Yang addressed Jiang Shiqing by name, surprising her and drawing jealous and puzzled looks from the guests.
• Jiang Feng offered Jiang Shiqing as a maid, and Lu Yang asked whether she would help him with miscellaneous matters.
• Jiang Shiqing agreed to serve Lu Yang, and Jiang Feng quietly celebrated the chance to preserve the Jiang Household.

Lu Yang accepted Jiang Shiqing as a maid and brought her under Lin Ying’s care, while the Jiang Household gained renewed respect from the banquet guests. After returning to the Flowing Light Flying Boat, Lu Yang took Lin Ying to their room and began exploring the Record of Same-Heart Creation with her.

• Lu Yang agreed to take Jiang Shiqing as a maid and told her to stay with Lin Ying until he came to collect her after the new year.
• Lin Ying welcomed Jiang Shiqing, while Lu Yang teased her privately and Jiang Feng arranged to bring Shiqing to the Lin Household’s residence the next morning.
• Other cultivators warmed to Jiang Feng after learning of Jiang Shiqing’s connection to Lu Yang, but Lu Yang responded coolly to their offers.
• Fang Xun and the others gave Lu Yang Storage Bags before Wang Da carried him and his companions back to the Flowing Light Flying Boat.
• Lu Yang sent Lin Mingyue and the others to cultivate, then took Lin Ying to their room and kissed her.
• Lu Yang showed Lin Ying the Record of Same-Heart Creation, and the two began studying its intimate cultivation method together.

Lu Yang inspected the gifts from Fang Xun and the other Golden Core patriarchs, then collected the supplies Guan Qiu had prepared before departing for the Lin Household. After exercising and studying the Record of Same-Heart Creation aboard the flying boat, he startled Lin Ying when she saw him reading it, and she fled.

• Lu Yang found two Supreme-Grade Law Artifacts and other valuable gifts in the Storage Bags from Fang Xun and the other patriarchs, and gave Lin Ying the Crimson Blood Fruits for later.
• Lu Yang returned to Miaoshou Pharmacy, where Guan Qiu showed him the pills, talismans, Law Artifacts, and materials she had gathered for him.
• Lu Yang thanked Guan Qiu and asked her to look after Lin Ying before Wang Da carried him back to the Flowing Light Flying Boat.
• Lu Yang ordered Wang San to fly toward the Lin Household, ran laps around the deck, and read the Record of Same-Heart Creation while considering the benefits of dual cultivation.
• Lin Ying entered the study, saw Lu Yang reading the dual cultivation method, and fled in embarrassment before she could finish speaking.

Lu Yang left the Lin Household for home before the New Year, leaving Lin Ying with three powerful Dao protectors, then strengthened his understanding of the Record of Same-Heart Creation aboard the flying boat. In Eastward Prospect Town, his younger siblings wondered whether he would finally return after more than four years away.

• Lu Yang said farewell to Lin Qiaohua and Lin Ying, then departed while Lin Mingyue revealed that Wang Liu, Wang Qi, and Wang Jiu would protect Lin Ying.
• Lin Mingyue, Lin Jin, and Lin Ling recounted their extraordinary visit to Taibai Market, astonishing the Lin Household and changing how its members treated Lin Ying.
• Lu Yang completed his daily reading and spent over ten thousand cultivation method experience points to raise the Record of Same-Heart Creation to level 2.
• As Lu Yang traveled toward the Yue Kingdom, the chapter described Eastward Prospect Mountain and the New Year bustle in Eastward Prospect Town.
• Lu Hongdou asked her brothers whether Lu Yang would come home for the New Year, and Second Brother and Third Brother comforted her while privately worrying about his outer sect assessment.

Lu Hongdou and her two brothers watched a huge flying boat pass over Eastward Prospect Town, then saw it stop above Eastward Prospect Mountain and feared it had come for their family. At the Lu Household, Lu Sheng reviewed the family’s finances while Lu Shu worried that Zimu had not returned from Green Creek Market with Xiao'er.

• Lu Hongdou and her two brothers sensed a powerful presence and hid their faces as a huge flying boat passed over Eastward Prospect Town.
• When the boat stopped above Eastward Prospect Mountain, the second Lu brother decided to return to the Lu Household while the third stayed with Hongdou and prepared to flee if he did not come back by nightfall.
• Lu Sheng reviewed the modest yearly savings of the Lu Household’s four branches with three clan elders.
• Lu Shu raised concern that Zimu had gone to Green Creek Market to pick up Xiao'er several days earlier and still had not returned.

Lu Yang returned to Eastward Prospect Mountain aboard a huge flying boat, startling the Lu Household, who feared powerful visitors had come to harm them. After they recognized him, Lu Yang reunited with his parents and revealed that he had passed the Golden Rainbow Sword Sect’s entry assessment and become an outer disciple; his great-grandfather then cautiously asked who the seniors accompanying him were.

• Lu Sheng told Lu Shu to visit the people they were waiting for if they had not returned by the next day, but a relative soon reported that a flying boat was approaching.
• Lu Sheng and the Lu Household initially assumed the enormous flying boat could not be there for them, then panicked when it stopped above Eastward Prospect Mountain and several figures flew toward them.
• Lu Yang called out to his family and used Spiritual Qi to prevent them from bowing, revealing that he had returned with the visitors.
• Lu Yang’s parents recognized him, and he apologized for staying away before explaining that he had passed the Golden Rainbow Sword Sect’s assessment and become an outer disciple.
• Lu Yang greeted the Lu Household elders, who celebrated his success but remained wary of his powerful companions, prompting Lu Sheng to ask who they were.

Lu Yang returned to the Lu Household with Golden Core Realm servants and explained that a powerful master had given them to him. As he set out to find Lu Cheng, Lu Bai, and Lu Hongdou in Eastward Prospect Town, Lu Cheng rushed up the mountain in a panic.

• Lu Yang told Lu Sheng and the Lu Household that Wang Da and the others were his servants, given to him by a powerful master who had accepted him as a disciple.
• Lu Yang summoned Wang Er and Wang Si to protect the Lu Household, and learned that Wang Wu was guarding Lu Xiao at Green Creek Market.
• Lu Sheng said Lu Zimu had gone to Green Creek Market to fetch Lu Xiao several days earlier, but Lu Yang heard no news of trouble.
• Lu Xuelang told Lu Yang that Lu Cheng and Lu Bai had taken Lu Hongdou to Eastward Prospect Town, so Lu Yang decided to go find them.
• As Lu Yang started down the mountain, Lu Cheng raced up the path looking pale, drenched in sweat, and visibly panicked.

Lu Cheng returned to the mountain and learned that Lu Yang had come home, then joined him aboard his flying boat to reunite with Lu Bai and Lu Hongdou. Mistaking the approaching boat for a threat to the Lu Household, Lu Bai prepared to hide Hongdou with strangers, leaving their reunion unresolved.

• Lu Cheng rushed back to the mountain, where Wang Da transported him to the elders in a burst of flame.
• Lu Cheng discovered Lu Yang had returned and explained that he had sent Lu Bai and Lu Hongdou to stay in town while he checked on the family.
• Lu Yang invited Lu Cheng aboard his flying boat and promised to explain his changed circumstances after they met Lu Bai and Hongdou.
• Lu Bai saw the flying boat heading toward town and feared its occupants meant to wipe out the Lu Household.
• Lu Bai decided to leave Hongdou with an unrelated family for her safety and placed his Storage Bag in her hand.
• Lu Hongdou asked Lu Bai through tears whether he was leaving too.

Lu Yang returned to Eastward Prospect Town and reunited with Lu Bai, Lu Cheng, and Lu Hongdou after Wang Da brought the siblings aboard his flying boat. The brothers began a fight over the scare, but Lu Yang easily knocked them down and revealed his exceptional physical strength.

• Lu Bai told Lu Hongdou to flee and keep the Storage Bag secret as the flying boat approached, but Wang Da restrained them and carried them aboard.
• Wang Da told Lu Bai that Lu Yang had worried he would leave Lu Hongdou alone, and Lu Bai learned that the young master was his fourth brother.
• Lu Hongdou reunited with Lu Yang, scolded him for missing his promised visits, and forgave him when he promised to buy her a present.
• Lu Cheng and Lu Bai confronted Lu Yang over frightening them, then charged him after challenging him to a fight.
• Lu Yang struck Lu Cheng and Lu Bai on the forehead and told them his physique was stronger than an ordinary Peak Qi Refinement body cultivator's.

Lu Yang returned to the Lu Household and gave his family a vast amount of cultivation resources and spirit stones, leaving his elders amazed and grateful. The system rewarded his satisfaction, and Lu Yang left the elders to plan the clan’s future so he could inspect his new rewards.

• Lu Yang returned to Eastward Prospect Mountain with Lu Bai and Lu Hongdou, and the Lu Household welcomed them home.
• Lu Yang told his family that a mysterious master had taught him body cultivation, and the elders celebrated his Peak Qi Refinement strength.
• Lu Yang gave the Lu Household pills, talismans, artifacts, materials, and a hundred thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones, promising to bring more next year.
• Lu Yang said Wang Er, Wang Si, and Wang Ba would guard the family, and the system awarded him cards, a Spirit Vein Generation Card, and one million Low-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Lu Sheng distributed the resources among the four branches and planned to discuss the clan’s future, while Lu Yang returned to his old house to examine his rewards.

Lu Yang used a Low-Level Puppet Upgrade Card to raise Wang Da to peak Nascent Soul and generated a mid-grade Spirit Vein beneath Eastward Prospect Mountain. He planned to arrange a sect-protecting formation and checked on his missing brother, Lu Xiao, through Wang Wu.

• Lu Yang upgraded Wang Da to peak Nascent Soul, granting him the high-grade Fortune Trait Zhuyan Frenzied Blood and additional max-level techniques.
• Lu Yang reviewed his rebate cards and Spirit Stones, then used a Mid-Grade Spirit Vein Generation Card on Eastward Prospect Mountain.
• The mountain shook, prompting Lu Xuelang and Liu Qing to check on Lu Yang; he concealed the reason for the tremor.
• Lu Yang realized the emerging Spirit Vein would need protection and planned to seek a sect-protecting formation.
• Lu Yang used his puppet connection to ask Wang Wu about Lu Xiao, who had been missing at Green Creek Market for several days.

Lu Yang learned that Lu Xiao was safely attempting a breakthrough and planned to visit Green Creek Market with Hongdou and bring him Supreme-Grade Qi Nourishing Pills. At Miaoshou Pharmacy, Lin Ying began learning to refine Yellow Dragon Pills from Guan Qiu, who was astonished when Lin Ying entered the legendary Alchemical Heart of Clarity.

• Lu Yang learned from Wang Wu that Lu Xiao was in seclusion trying to break through, and decided to visit Green Creek Market with Hongdou and bring his eldest brother Supreme-Grade Qi Nourishing Pills.
• Guan Qiu explained the Yellow Dragon Pill Formula to Lin Ying at Miaoshou Pharmacy, while Lin Ying privately considered adjusting the quantities of its supplementary ingredients.
• Lin Ying briefly lost focus thinking about Lu Yang, then apologized to Guan Qiu and agreed to try refining a batch.
• Lin Ying took out the Crimson Cloud Pill-Heart Furnace and, after settling herself, entered a clear and focused state she had never experienced before.
• Lin Ying began refining Yellow Dragon Pills, carefully controlling the fire and adjusting some supplementary ingredients according to her own understanding.
• Guan Qiu recognized Lin Ying's state as the legendary Alchemical Heart of Clarity and wondered whether she could teach someone so talented.

Lin Ying refined two Supreme-Grade Yellow Dragon Pills after entering a remarkable state of clarity, leaving Guan Qiu astonished by her alchemy talent. Meanwhile, Lu Yang took Lu Hongdou around Green Creek Market, where the looming flying boat had frightened the locals, and treated a nervous stallholder generously.

• Lin Ying opened the Crimson Cloud Pill-Heart Furnace and found two Supreme-Grade Yellow Dragon Pills inside.
• Guan Qiu praised Lin Ying’s alchemy talent, while Lin Ying admitted she could not explain how she had refined such excellent pills.
• Jiang Shiqing brought Lin Ying pastries and spirit tea, and Lin Ying wondered whether she might someday become her sister through Lu Yang.
• Lu Yang bought all of an old stallholder’s spirit jujube cakes with twenty Low-Grade Spirit Stones and gave some to Lu Hongdou.
• The old stallholder bowed gratefully to Lu Yang as he left with Lu Bai, Lu Cheng, and Lu Hongdou.